DATE: August 9, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt Resolutions 1) Appropriating a $627,554 Community Development Block Grant Award to Bay Area Community Services (BACS) to Acquire the St. Regis Retirement Center; and 2) Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve a $2 Million Loan to BACS for Down Payment Assistance to Acquire the St. Regis Retirement Center and Authorizing an Amendment to the FY 2023 Operating Budget by $2 Million in the General Fund
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council:
1) Adopts a resolution (Attachment II) appropriating a $627,554 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) award to BACS for the acquisition of the St. Regis retirement center; and
2) Adopts a resolution (Attachment III):
a. Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and approve a $2 Million loan to BACS for down payment assistance to acquire St. Regis Retirement Center; and
b. Authorizing an amendment to the FY 2023 Operating Budget by $2 million in the General Fund.
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SUMMARY
In January 2022, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) announced a joint Request for Applications (RFA) to expand the State's behavioral health infrastructure and address historic gaps in the long-term care continuum serving seniors, people with disabilities, and people with behavioral health needs. Under this joint RFA, the State made available $518.5 million for launch ready behavioral health infrastructure projects through the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) and $570 million to preserve and expand adult and senior care facilities through the Community Care Expansion (CCE) program. Three Hayward serving nonprofits applied for funding through the joint RFA; the City submitted letters of support for each of these projects.
Bay Area Community Services (BACS) applied for BHCIP and CCE fund...
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