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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
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T0: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE: August •6, 1991
FROM: Perfecto Villarreal , Executive Director
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SUBJECT: RESIDENT INITIATIVES COMMISSIONER
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ACCEPT report from Alice Latimer, Chairperson of the Advisory Housing
Commission, serving as the Board of Commissioners appointed Resident Initiatives
Commissioner to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) .
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMi MENDATION/BACKGROUND:
In January, 1991 .the Board received a request from the Regional Administrator-
Regional Housing Commissioner of HUD's San Francisco Regional Office to appoint one s
commissioner as a Resident Initiatives Commissioner.. On March 12, 1991 the Board
appointed Advisory Housing Commissioner Alice Latimer to represent them as Resident
Initiatives Commissioner.
On June 8, 1991 the first meeting of the Resident Initiatives Commissioners
was held in conjunction with the Pacific Southwest Regional Council of NAHRO
Spring Workshop and Conference held in Tucson, Arizona. HUD priorities under
President Bush and Secretary Jack Kemp were spelled out under the sloan "Recapturing
the American Dream" . The priorities include: Expanded Homeownership and Affordable
Housing Opportunities; .Creating Jobs and Economic Development through Enterprise
Zones; Empowering the Poor through Resident Management and Homesteading;- Enforcement
of Fair Housing for All ; Help Make Public Housing Drug Free; and, Help End the
Tragedy of Homelessness.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
None.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATI N OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON a APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _ OTHER
VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT L ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS A TRUE AND
AYES: NOES: CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: ATTESTED AUG 6 1991
Phil Batchelor. Clerk of the
Board of Commissioners
M3e2/7-e3 BY , DEPUTY
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RESIDENT INITIATIVES COMMISSIONER
The first meeting of the Resident Initiatives Commissioners was held at the
PSWRC/NAHRO Regional Conference in Tucson, Arizon on Saturday, June 8, 1991.
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Julian Fitzhugh, Doug Frice and Joyce Robinson of HUD served as moderators for
the meeting. During the introduction, we learned that the idea for this
program came from the concern of President Bush and the need for the program
was highlighted by;.the case in New Jersey.
Resident Initiatives Commissioners have been instructed to organize committees
which will consist; of residents and members of the general public. The
organization of the Resident Initiatives Committees will be a process by which
emphasis can be placed on homeownership, neighborhood development and drug
elimination. It should take about three years to deal with the impowerment of
the residents to take charge of their own lives and increase their self-esteem.
Working with the residents toward impowerment will require education and
training, as well as working with the resident managers to deal with police
issues in attacking the drug problem in conjunction with other issues.
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Three fourths (3/4) of the Commissioners attending this meeting were Tenant
(Resident) Commissioners. The Resident Initiatives Commissioner program was
not designed as a format for Tenant (Resident) Commissioners, but for the
appointment of nonresident commissioners who would work with the residents,
Tenant (Resident) Commissioners and the general public to bring about resident
impowerment. i
Julian Fitzhugh noted that the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa
has a drug programl, in place and wondered what would happen when the program
was completed. Thais is an issue over which we have no control .
Under Title IV Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere Program,
planning grants will be made to applicants for the purpose of developing
homeownership programs under this title.
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