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Resolution approving a Second Amendment to Cooperation Agreement of the San Mateo County HOME Consortium under the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act (Alvina Condon, Management Analyst II)
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WHEREAS, staff recommends that City Council adopt a resolution to authorize the City Manager to execute a Second Amendment to Cooperation Agreement among the County of San Mateo, City of South San Francisco, the City of San Mateo and the City of Redwood City, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), to amend the Cooperation Agreement between the County of San Mateo, the City of South San Francisco and the City of San Mateo, under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; and
WHEREAS, the original agreement was signed June 21, 2005 to establish a San Mateo HOME Consortium for purposes of receiving HOME funds under the National Affordable Housing Act and promoting affordable housing and enabled the County and the City of South San Francisco to continue to cooperate in undertaking public-private partnerships to provide more affordable housing within San Mateo County though use of HOME funds to carry out multi-year housing, tenant-based rental assistance and financing of rental housing and first-time homeowners programs, primarily to benefit low and very low income households; and
WHEREAS, the term of the original agreement was for the Federal fiscal years 2006, 2007 and 2008, and renews automatically every three years for a new three-year period on the same terms and conditions unless the Consortium membership has changed, or a Consortium member expressly chooses not to participate; and
WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo and the City of San Mateo signed a First Amendment on July 21, 2015 to add the City of San Mateo as a member of the San Mateo County HOME Consortium and to incorporate the HUD required changes in CPD Notice 13-002 to the automatic renewal provisions of cooperation agreements which automatically renews for participation in successive three year qualification periods (together with the original Cooperation Agreement included as Exhibit A to the Resolution); and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco did not sign this First Amendment as the main terms did not change between the City and the County; and
WHEREAS, the first purpose of this Second Amendment is to add the City of Redwood City as an equal member of the San Mateo County HOME Consortium; and
WHEREAS, the second purpose of this Second Amendment is to update the program year so all Consortium members are on the same program year for purposes of CBDG, HOME ESG and HOPWA, which program year begin on July 1, 2024 and will now end on June 30, 2026 for the County of San Mateo, the City of South San Francisco and the City of San Mateo, and will begin on July 1, 2026 and end on June 30, 2029 for all Consortium members of the San Mateo County HOME Consortium; and
WHEREAS, the third purpose of this Second Amendment is to update the annual funding allocation from 1.000% to 0.063% of the Consortium’s total allocation, plus ten dollars ($10.00) for each HOME-assisted unit that the Consortium member will continue to manage and monitor, and to each Consortium member for general administration activities; and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco uses the full allocation of HOME Administration Funds received to fund fair housing activities, through supporting Project Sentinel, who provides comprehensive fair housing services of proactive community outreach and education to home seekers, in place residents and housing providers as well as reactive complaint investigations seeking remedies for victims of housing discrimination; and
WHEREAS, adoption of this resolution would have no impact on the General Fund, and would allow the City to receive its HOME Administrative Funds from the County each year; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now seeks to approve the Second Amendment to Cooperation Agreement of the San Mateo County HOME Consortium.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco herby approves the Second Amendment to Cooperation Agreement of the San Mateo County HOME Consortium under the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act attached to this Resolution as Exhibit B.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council authorizes the City Manager or their designee to execute and submit all documents needed to effectuate the intent of this resolution.
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