DATE: February 25, 2025
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Amend the Fiscal Year 2025 Agreement with Habitat for Humanity of the East Bay/Silicon Valley, Inc. to Increase the Award by $53,817 for a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $228,817
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That City Council adopt a Resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the agreement Habitat for Humanity of the East Bay/Silicon Valley, Inc. (“Habitat”) to increase the contract by $53,817 for a total not to exceed $228,817 utilizing prior year unspent Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
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SUMMARY
This item amends the City’s existing home rehabilitation program agreement with Habitat for Humanity of the East Bay/Silicon Valley, Inc. (“Habitat”) to assign eligible and previously unspent Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. This amendment would allow Habitat to provide administrative support for upcoming City-funded projects and leverage State funds for home rehabilitation grants to low-income homeowners in Hayward. The additional $53,736 includes $37,081 in unspent balance from Habitat’s FY 2023 contract and $16,736 in unallocated FY 2019 CDBG entitlement funds set aside for this type of use. The amendment would increase the FY 2025 agreement to an amount not to exceed $228,817.
Habitat is one of two CDBG-funded providers in the City’s home rehabilitation program administered by the Community Services Division (CSD). Their work encompasses major health and safety repairs for owner-occupied, low-income single-family and mobile homes. The home rehabilitation program is intended to preserve habitability and prevent displacement of low-income homeowners. Habitat’s contract also includes project management and CDBG compliance support to the City for CDBG-funded public facilities and infrastructure projects. The additional funding added through this amendment would provide Habitat with the administrative support needed to grow its project pipeline for FY 2026 and leverage up to $1.6 million in outside funding for the rehabilitation of low-income Hayward homes, while still providing vital project management and CDBG-compliance support to the City.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution