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FROM: Dennis M. Barry, AICP ' '; County
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Community .Development DirectorA__.e
DATE: July 24, 2001
SUBJECT: Allocation of FY 1998 and FY 1999 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS funds.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
(1) APPROVE the allocation of 5648,742 in FY 1998 and FY 1999 Housing Opportunities for Persons with
AIDs (HOPWA) funds for the Alvarez Court project, and (3) AUTHORIZE the Deputy Director,
Redevelopment, or his designee to enter into the required legal documents for this purpose. .
FISCAL IMPACT
No General Fund impact. HOPWA funds are allocated to local jurisdictions by formula, through the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
The City of Oakland is granted HOPWA funds by HUD annually for Alameda and Contra Costa County.
Oakland distributes the funds to Contra Costa on a formula basis. The County administers these funds on behalf
of the Contra Costa Urban County and the other five HUD entitlement jurisdictions. (The Urban County
includes the unincorporated County and all jurisdictions except the entitlement jurisdictions—Antioch,
Concord, Pittsburg, Richmond, and Walnut Creek).
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SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Kara Douglas, 335-1253 ATTESTED July 24, 2001
Orig: Community Development JOHN SWEETEN, CLERK
cc: County Administrator OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
County Counsel AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Auditor-Controller
BY It6161- , DEPUTY
I'Ik County currently has $305,806 in unobligated FY 1998 funds and $342,966 in unobligated FY 1999 funds
for a total of$648,742 in available funds for housing development. This funding recommendation is for FY
1998 and FY 1999 funds. There is also approximately.$680,000 in FY 2000 and FY 2001 funds that have not
been allocated. A notice of funding availability for the FY 2000 and FY 2001 funds was issued July 16 and
requests for funds are due September 14, 2001.
The purpose of the Alvarez Court project is to provide multi-family rental housing affordable to and occupied
by very-low incotnel physically disabled people including persons disabled with HIV/AIDS. The project will
provide 19 fully accessible units including 11 one-bedroom and 8 two-bedroom units.
Services will be provided to the residents and will include case management, medical treatment and referrals,
home health care, substance abuse counseling,job placement and training, benefits advocacy, money
management, assistance with meals and grocery shopping, and social and recreational activities.
Affordability restrictions imposed by HUD 811 and Pinole RDA will require all units in the project to remain
affordable to the target population for a minimum of 40 years. The County is requiring that ten units remain
affordable for 55 years and that five of those units be affordable to and occupied by households with extremely-
low incomes (e.g. incomes at or below 30 percent AMI).
The Board of Supervisors previously allocated $150,000 in HOPWA funds (December 14, 1999) and $500,000
in HOME funds (April 27, 1999) to this project. Additional funding is being provided by the City of Pinole
Redevelopment Agency, HUD Section 811 Housing for the Disabled, and the Federal Home Loan Bank
Affordable Housing Program (AHP).
Following initial funding approvals, escalating construction costs, and unforeseen soil conditions resulted in a
significant funding gap. Through value engineering and an anticipated $379,000 in additional funds from the
City of Pinole, the gap was reduced. This current request for HOPWA will provide the balance of funding
needed and will allow the project to proceed.
The total cost of the project is $4,254,242. The proposed development budget and sources of funds for this
project are:
Source Amount
HOPWA funds $798,742
HOME funds 500,000
Pinole RDA 988,000
AHP 75,000
HUD 811 1,892,500
$4,254,242
Representatives from the other five entitlement jurisdictions concur with this funding recommendation.
Assuming approval by the Board, existing County loan documents for this project will be amended to
incorporate the additional funds.
I Very-low income households are those who have incomes at or below 50 percent of the area median income(AMI).
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