HomeMy WebLinkAbout3580 Ordinance ORDINANCE NO. 3580
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON,
DISSOLVING THE JOINT HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY
PASCO AND FRANKLIN COUNTY.
WHEREAS, the City of Pasco, Washington, and Franklin County,
pursuant to RCW 35.82.300 created a Joint Housing Authority by City
Ordinance No. 2299 and County Ordinance No. 17-81; such Ordinances being
adopted on September 8, 1981; and
WHEREAS, said Ordinances provide that "This Joint Housing Authority
may be operated in the City of Pasco and Franklin County until such time as
the governing body of either the City of Pasco or Franklin County shall pass an
Ordinance dissolving the same."; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pasco has determined that more than 21 years
since the enactment of this Ordinance, there have been no facilities of the joint
housing authority constructed or operated outside of the City limits of the City
of Pasco; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that there is little beneficial reason
to continue the joint housing authority and to the contrary, additional benefits
may be enjoyed by the City in maintaining a housing authority solely for the
benefit of those residing within the City of Pasco and that a City housing
authority may be empowered to perform additional functions including the
preparation and administration of Community Renewal Plans and such other
functions as are consistent with the goals and objectives of the City of Pasco;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. DISSOLUTION OF JOINT HOUSING AUTHORITY. The joint
housing authority created by Ordinance No. 2299 known as "The Housing
Authority of the City of Pasco and Franklin County" shall be and hereby is
dissolved. The City of Pasco Ordinance No. 2299, together with its codification
as Pasco Municipal Code Chapter 2.36 entitled "Joint Housing Authority" as of
the effective date provided below, is repealed in its entirety. This repeal shall
not revive any prior Ordinance dealing with this same subject.
Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. The effective date of this repeal shall be
February 1, 2003.
Section 3. NOTICE TO COUNTY AND TO HOUSING AUTHORITY OF
THE CITY OF PASCO AND FRANKLIN COUNTY. The City Clerk shall forthwith
send to the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Washington,
and the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Pasco and
Franklin County, a copy of this Ordinance as notice dissolving the joint
housing authority effective February 1, 2003. This notice shall further restrict
a joint housing authority from entering into any contract or incur liabilities
that extend beyond February 1, 2003.
Section 4. AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY MANAGER. The City
Manager is authorized and directed to prepare, execute, and have executed by
the County, all documents necessary to segregate the interests of the City from
that of the County, if any, and to facilitate the dissolution of the joint housing
authority by the effective date provided above. The City Manager, or his
designee, shall have full authority to exercise all powers necessary to continue
the operation of those facilities of the joint housing authority which shall
devolve back to the possession and control of the City as a result of this
dissolution to the extent necessary. Further, to the extent necessary, the City
Council of the City of Pasco may exercise any power granted to a housing
authority under law until such time as a succeeding City housing authority or
other public agency is organized to fulfill this function.
Section 5. Subject to the effective date of the repeal provided in Section
2 above, this Ordinance shall take full force and effect five (5) days after its
passage, approval and publication as required by law.
Section fi. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, at its regular meeting of
November 18, 2002.
Michael L. Garrison, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Webster U. Jackso , City Clerk Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney