HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 291-22 - Resolution - Contigency Funds for CRAH Housing Blueprint Supplemental Staffing
RESOLUTION
Authorizing Contingency Funding to Supplement Staffing in Conjunction with the
Coalition for Rochester Area Housing (CRAH) Implementation of the Housing
Blueprint.
WHEREAS, the City has previously contributed to the Coalition for Rochester Area
Housing (CRAH), supporting the work of the Housing Blueprint, including advancement
of community housing priorities specified by the Comprehensive Housing Needs
Assessment for Olmsted County; and
WHEREAS, the Implementation of the Housing Blueprint requires the initial completion of
the Housing Financial and Policy Tool Forecasting Analysis by December 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS, priority goals will be established per the completion of that analysis, which
will further inform the order of activities going forward. CRAH will report the funding priority
goals by March 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Coalition for Rochester Area Housing (CRAH) recently hired a full-time
executive director and proposes an additional staff person to carry out the work of CRAH;
and
WHEREAS, the CRAH is requesting $70,000 from each contributing partner agency to
fund two positions; and
WHEREAS, the City will use $20,000 from the contribution of $500,000 authorized on
December 5, 2022, and
WHEREAS, City teammates wish to utilize $50,000 in contingency funds to cover the
entirety of the requested $70,000, acknowledging that going forward, this supplemental
amount will be included in the budget process for the 2024-25 budget cycle.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester
that the Council does hereby authorize $50,000 in contingency funds to supplement
staffing for CRAH in ongoing implementation of the Housing Blueprint and the associated
priorities.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2022.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2022.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)