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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
BUTTE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE VALLI=Y VIEW APARTMENTS PROJECT
WHERI=AS, the Butte County Department of Behavioral Health (BCDBH), has been granted
Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funding to develop permanent supportive housing for individuals with
serious mental illness who are homeless or at risk of homelessness;
WHEREAS, BCDBH in partnership with Northern Valley Catholic Social Services (NVCSS) and
Youth for Change (YFC) are developing Valley View Apartments which will provide affordable housing to
low income transition age youth (TAY} with severe mental illness who are homeless or at risk of
homelessness;
WHEREAS, BCDBH requires Butte County Board of Supervisors authorization in order to move
forward with the Valley View Apartments Project as follows: recommendation of the project; authorization
for BCDBH #a submit a housing program application to the Department of Mental Health (DMH) and the
California Housing and Finance Agency (CaIHFA) to draw down MHSA housing funds; authorization for
BCDBH Director, Anne Robin, #a sign the housing program application and related Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) prepared as part of the housing program application; authorization for BCDBH
Director to submit a letter to CaIHFA requesting a waiver to increase the use of MHSA Housing Program
funds from 33% to 52% per unit; authorization for CaIHFA to allocate interest earned in Butte County's
account, until CaIHFA loan closing, to the Valley View Apartments project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors authorizes
BCDBH to move forward with the Valley View Apartments Project as follows: recommendation of the
project; authorization for BCDBH to submit a housing program application to the Department of Mental
Health (DMH) and the California Housing and Finance Agency {CaIHFA) to draw down MHSA housing
funds; authorization for BCDBH Director, Anne Rabin, to sign the housing program application and
related Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) prepared as part of the housing program application;
authorization for BCDBH Director to submit a letter to CaIHFA requesting a waiver to increase the use of
MHSA Housing Program funds from 33% to 52% per unit; authorization for CaIHFA to allocate interest
earned in Butte County's account, until CaIHFA loan closing, to the Valley View Apartments project.
PASSED AND ADOPTIED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 26t'' day of April 2091,
by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Wahl, Kirk,, Yamaguchi, and Chair Lambert
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
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