08-08-11 (8-9 & 8-10) City Council Meeting including a Budget Workshop of La Porte City Council

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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Agenda Date Requested: August 08, 2011 Requested By: D. Wilmore for T. Tietjens Department: Planning Report: X Resolution: Ordinance: Exhibits: Appendix A — MAST Form Guide Exhibits: Fair Housing Work Group Appointees Budget Source of Funds: N/A Account Number: N/A Amount Budgeted: N/A Amount Requested: N/A Budgeted Item: YES NO SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION In order to comply with the Fair Housing grant the City has been awarded (approx $1.5 million) and to continue the application for the other grant the City is applying for (approx $4.5 million), City Council must appoint members to a Fair Housing Work Group. Timing is such that appointments must be made at this meeting in order to complete the City's application. The Fair Housing Work Group will work together to complete the State's Fair Housing Activity Statement — Texas Form. In short, completion of this Form by the appointed Work Group results in a locally -defined Fair Housing Action Plan. Through this Group's discussions, the locally - defined Fair Housing Action Plan will result in a good plan tailored to La Porte, as well as ensuring La Porte can meets its obligation to abide by Fair Housing laws and regulations and to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing. The Work Group should be a diverse but knowledgeable group of at least five members taken from the two groupings below. Mayor Rigby or City staff should be appointed to fill the two slots from Group 1. Group 1: Two members from the following: Chief Elected Official; City Manager or designee; and/or Planning Officer or designee. Group 2: Three members who reside or work in LaPorte, and should be selected from the following_groups: Representative from the protected classes (race, color, religion, national original, gender, presence of a disability, and familial status); Minority business leaders; affordable housing providers; school district leadership, including members of the school board; members from local organizations that advocate on behalf of members of the protected classes (i.e. disability advocates, NAACP chapter president, etc.); developers of affordable housing in LaPorte, and community based improvement associations.