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Chief Administrative Office and Community Development Agency recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Authorize the transfer of the Housing, Community, and Economic Development program, currently staffed with one filled Full Time Equivalent position, from the Chief Administrative Office (CAO), Economic Development division to the Community Development Agency (CDA), Long Range Planning division (LRP), effective immediately upon Board approval; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 032-2016 reassigning 1.0 filled FTE Department Analyst I/II position to the CDA-LRP from the CAO’s Economic Development division.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Chief Administrative Office and the Community Development Agency recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Authorize the transfer of the Housing, Community, and Economic Development (HCED) program, currently staffed with one filled Full Time Equivalent (FTE) position, from the Chief Administrative Office (CAO), Economic Development division to the Community Development Agency (CDA), Long Range Planning division (LRP); and
2) Adopt Resolution XXX-2016 reassigning 1.0 filled FTE Department Analyst I/II personnel allocation to the CDA-LRP from the CAO’s Economic Development division.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The County’s HCED program is currently housed under the Chief Administrative Office and has been considered a part of the County's Economic Development program, however, the HCED program covers responsibilities, primarily housing related, that are predominantly separate from those efforts under the Economic Development division. The HCED program is primarily funded by Federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) administered by the State of California to local jurisdictions. These funds were created by Congress more than 50 years ago to provide local decision makers the flexibility required to address social and economic needs of the communities they serve. The HCED ...
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