DATE: December 6, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt Resolutions Authorizing the City Manager to: (1) Accept and Appropriate Funds Awarded by the California State Legislature under Assembly Bill 179 in an Amount up to $5.4 Million for the City's Scattered Site Housing Program, and Negotiate and Execute Documents and Any Subsequent Amendments, Modifications, or Documents Thereto with the California State Department of Housing and Community Development; and (2) Negotiate and Execute Loan Documents between the City of Hayward and Bay Area Community Services in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $5.4 Million to Acquire and Rehabilitate a Minimum of Three Single-Family Homes for the City's Scattered Site Housing Program, for which the California Environmental Quality Act Does Not Apply
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council adopts two resolutions authorizing the City Manager to:
1. Accept and appropriate funds awarded by the California State Legislature under Assembly Bill (AB) 179 in an amount up to $5.4 million for the City's Scattered Site Housing program, and negotiate and execute documents and any subsequent amendments, modifications, or other documents thereto with the California State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) regarding acceptance of the funds (Attachment II); and
2. Negotiate and execute loan documents between the City of Hayward and Bay Area Community Services (BACS) in an amount not-to-exceed $5.4 million for the City's Scattered Site Housing program (Attachment III).
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SUMMARY
On January 25, 2022, Council adopted Resolution 22-030 authorizing a joint application with BACS for the State Homekey Program to fund the City's Scattered Site Housing program. The program converts single family homes to supportive shared housing, bringing housing for those experiencing chronic homelessness into existing residential communities with...
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