HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Resolution R-2006-071Temp Reso. #10956
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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
RESOLUTION NO. R-2006-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, IN SUPPORT OF "A WAY
HOME", BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA'S TEN YEAR
PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) and the
National Alliance to End Homelessness support and encourage local communities to
develop ten year plans to end chronic homelessness and overall homelessness,
respectively; and
WHEREAS, on September 24, 2004 at the Florida Summit on Homelessness
in Weston, Florida, Broward County announced its intention to join hundreds of other
communities in developing a Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness and reaffirmed
this commitment in a letter to ICH Executive Director, Phillip Mangano in February
2005; and
WHEREAS, since September 2004, over 140 individuals representing over 70
agencies attended workshops, focus groups, weekly steering committee meetings
and nine (9) topical committees to develop the Plan; and
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WHEREAS, other elements of the Plan involve goals and objectives related
to: prevention; data collection; access to mainstream resource and discharge
planning; affordable housing; shortening the time people spend homeless; street
outreach, rapid re -housing; treatment and services and income to pay for housing;
and
WHEREAS, a major goal of the plan is to add 1,200 new units of permanent
supportive housing, two-thirds of which would be targeted to the chronic homeless
based upon a 2005, point -in -time, analysis of need; and
WHEREAS, the estimated costs for the 1,200 new permanent supportive
housing units include capital development for three hundred sixty (360) project
based units of $43.2 million with $2.2 million in annual operating expenses; $6.5
million in annual rent subsidies for eight hundred forty (840) units of tenant based
scattered apartments, and support services costing $12 million annually. Even so,
research indicates a cost savings to house and treat the homeless as opposed to
serving them now in emergency rooms and jails; and
WHEREAS, Broward County government is already investing over $12 million
annually (FY05) in general revenue for homeless services which is leveraged by
almost $9 million of Federal McKinney-Vento and State Office on Homelessness
funding; and
WHEREAS, Broward County has requested that Broward municipalities
express their support for the Plan; and
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WHEREAS, the City Manager recommends support of the plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, deems it to
be in the best interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac to support
"A Way Home", Broward County, Florida's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified
and confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this
Resolution.
SECTION 2: "A Way Home", Broward County's Ten Year Plan to End
Homelessness is hereby endorsed by the City of Tamarac.
SECTION 3: All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4: If any clause, section, other part or application of this
Resolution is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or
invalid, in part or application, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
or applications of this Resolution.
SECTION 5:
its passage and adoption.
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This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this l D day of m0j , 2006.
ATTEST:
MARION S ENSON, CMC
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that
I have approved this
RESOLUTION as to form.
SAMUEL S. GOREN
CITY ATTORNEY
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RECORD OF COMMISSION VOTE:
MAYOR FLANSBAUM-TALABISCO
DIST 1: V/M PORTNER
DIST 2: COMM ATKINS-GRAD
DIST 3: COMM. SULTANOF
DIST 4: COMM. DRESSLER
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