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Chino Council approves joining San Bernardino Regional Housing Trust, allocates $25,000 membership fee
Summary
The Chino City Council voted unanimously March 24 to join the San Bernardino Regional Housing Trust and appropriate $25,000 from the affordable housing fund for membership fees, with staff saying the Trust has a tentative $5 million award contingent on formation.
The Chino City Council on March 24 voted unanimously to join the San Bernardino Regional Housing Trust and to appropriate $25,000 from the city’s affordable housing fund to cover the city’s initial membership fee.
Chris Corbin, deputy director of development services, told the council the joint powers agreement is modeled on successful regional trusts and would let member agencies pool capacity to access state, federal and private funding. "The trust has, in fact, already been tentatively awarded $5,000,000 from SCAG under the REAP 2 program," Corbin said, adding that the award is contingent on the trust forming and meeting by June.
Corbin said membership is voluntary and project participation would remain project-specific, with local land-use authority preserved: "The city within which that site or that project is gonna exist still has all the authority to approve it or deny it," he said.
Under the proposal, each member agency would pay an annual fee based on population share; Corbin estimated Chino’s share at about 6.1 percent of the current membership pool and projected annual fees of roughly $29,000 at full operation. He said the City’s first-year cost could be as low as $18,000 during the trust’s ramp-up.
Council members asked whether joining could create liability for Chino; Corbin said the joint powers authority would be self‑standing and indemnified, with the trust required to carry insurance. He also noted members may withdraw, but prior contributions would not be refundable.
With no members of the public addressing the item, Mayor Pro Tem Burton moved to approve the resolution and Councilman Lucille seconded. The motion passed by unanimous vote, approving the joint exercise of powers agreement and authorizing the city manager to execute necessary documents.
The council’s action directs staff to provide clerk contact information to the county and to anticipate designating a director in late April, with the trust’s first meeting targeted for May.
