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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10061987 - 1.6 (3) 1-061. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY 0F.,CONTRA COSTA TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE: September 22, 1987 FROM: cc: Perfecto Villarreal , Executive Director SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT CDBG APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A CHILD CARE CENTER AT CA011002, LOS MEDANOS, WEST PITTSBURG I . RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa to submit a $150,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding application for 1988/89 to enable the Housing Authority to construct a child care facility at the Los Medanos public housing development in West Pittsburg, as recommended by the Advisory Housing Commission. II. FINANCIAL IMPACT: A total of $375,000 is 'needed to enable the Housing Authority to construct a child care center facility at the Los Medanos public housing development in West Pittsburg. An application would be submitted to the CDBG program requesting 40% of this total , or $150,000. The remaining $225,000 would be funded by the Housing , Authority through donation of the land site valued at $50,000 and $175,000 from the operating budget for 1988/89 and/or the Local Management Fund. III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND: One of the goals of the Housing Authority is to encourage private and community agencies to provide non-shelter services to low-income families. Day care facilities are provided by community agencies in Housing Authority facilities located in .Pittsburg, Brentwood and Rodeo. At Los Medanos in West Pittsburg, no Housing Authority facilities are available for child care or other related services. The Family Stress Center Head Start Head Start Program in West Pittsburg serves 112 low income pre-schoolers and their families. Of the 112 children served through this Head Start Program, 38 reside in West Pittsburg. This vitally needed program is in jeopardy because of the lack of a permanent and adequate site in West Pittsburg. The Housing Authority is prepared to offer a site and matching funds to construct a permanent Head Start Facility in West Pittsburg. The proposed facility will consist of 3,000 square feet of space to provide child care, parent education, child abuse prevention, conference room and other related services to the West CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDAIQON OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER t SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON Octc)']PY- Fly 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER vnTE: OF COMMISSIONERS UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS A TRUE AND AYES: NOES: CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Count Administrator October 6 , 1987 C C: y' ATTESTED County Counsel Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners M382/7-69 BY DEPUTY Board of Supervisors September 22, 1987 Page -2- Pittsburg low income community. Family Stress Center will lease the proposed facility to operate its Head Start Program and the child care center would be designed to serve up to 40 children between the ages of 3 to 5 years. However, the proposed facility cannot be built without assistance from the Community Development Block Grant Program. ' At its Regular Meeting on September 21, 1987, the Advisory Housing Commission recommended that the Housing Authority submit an application to the County' s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program requesting 40% matching funds to enable the Housing Authority to construct a child care facility at the Los Medanos public housing development in West Pittsburg. IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION: Should the Board of Commissioners elect to not approve submission of an application for $150,000 in Community Development Block Grant Program funds, the Housing Authority would be unable to construct the child care facility at its Los Medanos public housing development in West Pittsburg and the important Family Stress Center Head Start Program could become unavailable to the low-income community in West Pittsburg. -061. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF.CONTRA COSTA TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE: September 22, '1987 FROM: Perfecto Villarreal , Executive Director cc: SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT CDBG APPLICATION FOR REPLACEMENT OF WALL FURNACES I. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa to submit a $136,800 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding application for 1988/89 to implement the Housing Authority's wall furnace replacement program, as recommended by the Advisory Housing Commission. II. FINANCIAL IMPACT: ,A total of $273,600 is needed to implement the Housing Authority' s wall furnace replacement program. An application would be submitted to the CDBG program requesting 50% of. this total , or $136,800. The remaining $136,800 would be funded by the Housing Authority through either the operating budget for 1988/89 or the Local Management Fund. III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND: One of the primary goals of the Housing Authority is to modernize all of its 1140 public housing units which are located throughout the county. The principal funding resource used to accomplish this goal has been the HUD Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program (CIAP) . In the past five years the Housing Authority has been successful in obtaining over $17,000,000 in CIAP funds to modernize the Las Deltas housing development in North Richmond, Bayo Vista in Rodeo, begin Phase I at El Pueblo in Pittsburg, and accomplish some scattered emergency work projects in other housing developments. Some physical improvements are funded through the Housing Authority's annual operating budget, however, there are insufficient funds in the annual operating budget to pay for all of the necessary physical improvements. One costly major physical improvement which needs to be addressed next year is the replacement of wall furnaces at Las Deltas in North Richmond and Los Arboles in Oakley. The $136,800 requested from CDBG, combined with the matching funds from the Housing Authority, would enable the replacement of badly worn wall furnaces in these two public housing developments. A total of 288 wall furnaces, ranging in age from 26 to 35 years, would be replaced. CONTINJED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDA ION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON October 6 , 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS __ ..XUNANIMOUS (ABSENT - ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS A TRUE AND AYES: NOES: CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ABSENT% ABSTAIN: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: County Administrator ATTESTED October 6, 1987 County Counsel Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners M382/7-88 BY Io'" ��1 �1i���� . DEPUTY .� .4•. to Board of Supervisors September 22, 1987 Page -2- At its Regular Meeting on September 21, 1987, the Advisory Housing Commission recommended that the Housing Authority submit an application to the County's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program requesting 50% matching funds to replace the badly worn wall furnaces at Lois Deltas housing development in North . Richmond and Los Arboles housing development in Oakley. IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION: Should the Board of Commissioners elect to not approve submission of an application for $136,800 in Community Development Block Grant Program funds, the wall heater replacement program would suffer delays in funding and the Housing Authority would be unable to replace the badly worn wall heaters at this time. Delays in .the wall heater replacement program would result in a considerable cost increase and additional funding difficulties. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY.OF CONTRA COSTA TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE: September 22, 1987 FROM: cc: Perfecto Villarreal , Executive Director SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT CDBG APPLICATION FOR FUNDING OF THE RENTAL REHABILITATION AND SECOND UNIT PROGRAMS I. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa to submit a $70,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding application for 1988-89 to continue the Rental Rehabilitation and Second Unit Programs; and to execute whatever forms are necessary in this endeavor, as recommended by the Advisory Housing Commission. II. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The $70,000 .being requested in a CDBG application is necessary to cover the administration and actual implementation costs of the Rental Rehabilitation and Second Unit Programs. Under the Department of Housing and Urban Develoment (HUD) Rehabilitation Program there is no allowance to cover administrative or implementation costs. Without the $70,000 in CDBG funding, the continuation of these established, successful programs would be jeopardized. The Housing Authority will provide matching funds of $40,000 through either the operating budget for 1988/89 or the Local Management Fund. It is estimated that the investment of $70,000 in CDBG funds for 1988/89 and $40,000 in Housing Authority funds will yield $978,000 in rehabilitation and second unit program activity. III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND: In the past three years the Housing Authority has been successful in obtaining funding from the Contra Costa County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program to develop and implement countywide Rental Rehabilitation and Second Unit Programs. Continued CDBG funding is vital as it provides a program base from which federal , state and other funding sources are leveraged. To date, the Rental Rehabilitation Program has committed $635,067 in funds which has generated $1,682,264 of rehabilitation activity. The average cost of rehabilitation a unit has been $9,451. This program has expanded the supply of affordable rental housing units available for low income families in Contra Costa County. The Second Unit Program is jointly sponsored by the County Community Development Department, the San Francisco Development Fund and the Housing Authority. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDA ION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON OEM= , 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X_ OTHER VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS _._X._ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS A TRUE AND AYES: NOES: CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: County Administrator ATTESTED October 6 1987 County Counsel Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Housing;,r_Authority Board of Commissioners M ae2/7-esB Y DEPUTY Board of Supervisors September 22, 1987 Page -2- The Program, which is named DUO (Double Unit Opportunity), is locally administered by the Housing Authority's Rental Rehabilitation staff. At the present time, staff has completed three applications and is processing an additional six applications for the Second Unit Program. At its Regular Meeting on September 21, 1987, the Advisory Housing Commission moved to recommend approval of a $70,000 CDBG funding application for 1988/89 to continue the Rental Rehabilitation and Second Unit Programs. IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION: Should the Board of Commissioners fail to respond positively to this request to submit an application for $70,000 in Community Development Block Grant Program funds, the Rental Rehabilitation and the Second Unit (DUO) Programs would be severely jeopardized and funding would not be available to administer the Programs. Additionally, the Board of Commissioners would be adopting a posture contrary to its position of providing decent, safe and sanitary housing for low-income families.