04-28 Bill No. 2020-5
BILL NO. 2020-5
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TRUST FUND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY
RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHFIELD
THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Preamble.
1.01. The spread of COVID-19 in the United States and Minnesota has raised serious
public health concerns and resulted in a great deal of uncertainty. Much remains
unknown about the virus and how it spreads.
1.02. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization determined that the
COVID-19 outbreak constitutes a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, President Trump
declared a national state of emergency as a result of the pandemic.
1.03. On March 13, 2020, Governor Tim Walz issued Emergency Executive Order
20-01 declaring a state of peacetime emergency to address the COVID-19 pandemic in
Minnesota. The Governor’s Executive Order triggered activation of the City’s
emergency management plan and enabled the City to exercise its emergency powers.
The Governor has subsequently issued additional Executive Orders to combat the
impacts of COVID-19 within the State of Minnesota, which include closures of schools,
bars, restaurants, and other places of public accommodation, and directing
Minnesotans to stay at home (with exceptions for obtaining necessary supplies,
healthcare and similar needs) unless they are engaged in critical sector work.
1.04. On March 16, 2020, the Mayor of the City issued Declaration 2020-01, declaring
a local emergency. On March 18, 2020, the City Council of the City approved
Resolution No. 2020-11728 consenting to the Mayor’s declaration and formally
authorizing the City to implement its Emergency Operations Plan and Pandemic
Response Plan. These plans provide the basic strategy of the City to mobilize
resources, conduct activities to guide and support local emergency management efforts,
and authorize city staff to take actions deemed necessary to protect the public health
and safety.
1.05. In order to provide emergency rental housing assistance that will provide temporary
relief for households in the City that are experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19
and will allow them to remain in their homes, the City has determined to create an
Affordable Housing Trust Fund to assist residents who cannot pay their rent due to the
impact of the Governor’s Emergency Executive Orders.
Section 2. Definitions.
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2.01. “Persons of very low income”- means families and individuals whose incomes
do not exceed 50 percent of area median income, as median income was most
recently determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota Metropolitan
Statistical Area, as adjusted for smaller and larger families.
2.02. “Persons of low income” means families and individuals whose incomes do
not exceed 80 percent of the area median income, as median income was most
recently determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota Metropolitan
Statistical Area, as adjusted for smaller and larger families.
2.03. “Persons of moderate income” means families and individuals whose incomes
exceed 80 percent, but do not exceed 120 percent, of area median income, as median
income was most recently determined by the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota-Wisconsin
Metropolitan Statistical Area, as adjusted for smaller and larger families.
Section 3. Establishing Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
3.01. Pursuant to the authority granted to the City under Minnesota Statutes,
Section 462C.16, an affordable housing trust fund is established to provide rental
assistance to persons of very low, low, and moderate income.
Section 4. Funding Sources.
4.01. The Affordable Housing Trust Fund shall be initially funded with funds from the
Capital Improvement Fund of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the
City of Richfield (the “HRA”). The City Council or the HRA may also pledge other
sources of funding, which may include, but are not limited to:
(a) Private cash donations from individuals and corporations designated for
the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
(b) Payments in lieu of participation in current or future affordable housing
programs.
(c) Matching funds from a federal or state affordable housing trust fund or a
state program designated to fund an affordable housing trust fund.
(d) The sale of real and personal property.
(e) Local government appropriations, development fees and other funds as
designated from time to time by the city council.
(f) Housing and Redevelopment levy funds.
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Section 5. Purpose of Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
5.01. The City may use money from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to provide
tenant and project based rental assistance to residents of the City that are unable to pay
their rent due to the impact of COVID-19.
Section 6. Administration of Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
6.01 The Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Richfield,
Minnesota (the “Authority”) shall administer the Affordable Housing Trust Fund on
behalf of the City.
6.02. The Authority shall report annually to the City on the use of the Affordable
Housing Trust Fund account including the number and types of households for which
rental assistance payments were provided.
Section 7. Council Action.
7.01. The City Council of the City of Richfield hereby ordains the implementation of the
Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
7.02. This Emergency Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its adoption and
shall be automatically repealed upon the City Council rescinding its declaration of a
local emergency set forth in Resolution No. 11728.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota, on April 28, 2020.
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Maria Regan Gonzalez, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Elizabeth VanHoose, City Clerk
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CITY OF RICHFIELD
SUMMARY PUBLICATION
B|LL NO. 2020-5
AN EMERGENCY
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING
AN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TRUST FUND
This summary of the ordinance
is published pursuant to Section
3.12 of the Richfield City Charter.
This emergency ordinance es-
tablishes an affordable housing
trust fund in order to provide emer-
gency rental housing assistance
that will provide temporary relief
to low-income households that are
experiencing financial hardship due
to COVID-19 and will allow them to
remain in their homes.
Copies of the ordinance are
available for public inspection in
the City Clerk's office during nor-
mal business hours or upon re-
quest by calling the Department of
Community Development at (612)
861 -9760.
Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Richfield, Minnesota this
28th day of April, 2020.
Published in the
Sun Cunent
May 7,2O2O
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Desipated Agent
Subscribed and sworn to or allirmed before
me ot0510712020 by Diane Erickson.
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