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RESOLUTION NO. 2020-03-01
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE FRASER HOUSING AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the Housing Authorities Law. C.R.S. §§ 24-4-201, et seq., provides for the
creation of a local housing authority;
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, pursuant to C.R.S. § 24-4-204, the Town Clerk received
a petition signed by 25 residents of the Town setting forth the need for a housing authority to
function in the Town (the "Petition");
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020 and the Town Board held a properly-noticed public
hearing to consider the Petition and to determine whether there is a need for a housing authority
in the Town.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
TOWN OF FRASER, COLORADO THAT:
Section 1. Findings. The Board of Trustees hereby finds and determines that:
A. The petition meets the requirements of C.R.S. § 29-4-204(1).
B. Notice of a public hearing was properly given as required pursuant to C.R.S. § 29-4-
204(1)
C. The public hearing was held on March 4, 2020, at which interested persons were
provided an opportunity to be heard on the Petition.
D. There is a lack of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the Town available to
the inhabitants thereof.
E. There is a need for the creation of a housing authority to function in the Town.
Section 2. Pursuant to C.R.S. § 29-4-204(4), notice of this resolution shall be given
to the Mayor of the Town.
Section 3. Pursuant to C.R.S. § 29-4-204(5), the boundaries of the Fraser Housing
Authority (the "Authority") shall be the same as the municipal boundaries of the Town.
Section 4. Pursuant to C.R.S. § 29-4-205(2), all current members of the Fraser
Board of Trustees shall ex officio be and hereby are appointed the Commissioners of the
Authority. The terms of office for such Commissioners shall be coterminous with the
terms of office for the Fraser Board of Trustees. Commissioners shall receive no
compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary
expenses incurred in the performance of official duties pursuant to C.R.S. § 29-4-205(4).
Section 5. Pursuant to C.R.S. § 29-4-205(2), the Mayor of the Fraser Board of
Trustees shall be the ex officio Chair of the Authority. The Mayor Pro-Tern of the Fraser
Board of Trustees shall be the ex officio Vice-Chair of the Authority.
Section 6. Pursuant to C.R.S. § 29-4-204(4), the Commissioners shall sign a
certificate setting forth that a properly-noticed public hearing was held, that the Board of
Trustees made a determination that there is a need for creation of the Authority, and that
the Fraser Board of Trustees have been appointed as the Commissioners. The
certificate shall be filed with the Division of Local Government in the Department of Local
Affairs. Upon the filing of such certificate, the Authority will be created and shall operate
in accordance with C.R.S. § 29-4-201, et seq., and other applicable law.
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DULY MOVED, SECONDED AND ADOPTED THIS --DAY OF , 2020.
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Votes opposed: C OWN F AS R, LORADO
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BY:
Mayor
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