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Resolution affirming the City’s support for BRIDGE Housing Corporation’s application to the Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Grant program and authorizing the City Manager to execute an AHSC Implementation and Cooperation Agreement with BRIDGE Housing Corporation and an AHSC Scope of Work for an Anti-Displacement Strategy.
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WHEREAS, the 158 affordable units being developed by BRIDGE Housing Corporation (BRIDGE) as part of the PUC Project are known for the Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities (AHSC) grant application as 1051 Mission Affordable; and
WHEREAS, key to assembling the funds to build this much-needed affordable housing is securing two major State of California Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) grants: the Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG) and AHSC; and
WHEREAS, the project was awarded $28.8 million in IIG funds in February 2023, and BRIDGE, in cooperation with the City, has assembled a highly competitive AHSC application; and
WHEREAS, the City has identified sustainable transportation infrastructure improvements for which to request AHSC funding as part of BRIDGE’s application; and
WHEREAS, those identified improvements include 1.8 lane miles of Class IV bike lane along Westborough Boulevard between Camaritas Avenue and Junipero Serra Boulevard, 0.40 lane miles of Class IV bike lane along Junipero Serra Boulevard between Westborough Boulevard and Arroyo Drive, Transit Signal Priority upgrade on Mission Road between Evergreen and Chestnut Avenue, and installation of five bus shelters along Mission & Holly on the North and South Side, Mission & Evergreen North, and Alida Way at Rotary Plaza on the East and West Side; and
WHEREAS, the City has identified the SSF Shuttle as its transportation partner and developed a scope of improvements to the SSF Shuttle program to expand available shuttle routes, purchase new zero emission vehicle shuttles, upgrade electrical charging infrastructure and fund two years of operation of the SSF Shuttle program, and
WHEREAS, the City has identified an Anti-Displacement Strategy scope of work to fund the City’s existing Rental Assistance Program; and
WHEREAS, in order to obtain reimbursement for the identified transportation infrastructure improvements and anti-displacement work, the City and BRIDGE must enter into an AHSC Implementation and Cooperation Agreement (Agreement); and
WHEREAS, if awarded the AHSC funds, the City will receive $5,442,340 through the Agreement to fund the work described above.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco:
1. Affirms its support for BRIDGE Housing Corporation’s Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities grant application; and
2. Authorizes the City Manager, or her designee, to execute the AHSC Implementation and Cooperation Agreement substantially in the form incorporated as Exhibit A; to make any revisions, amendments, or modifications; to execute any other documents; and to take such other actions deemed necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent of this resolution which do not materially alter or increase the City's obligations thereunder, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney; and
3. Authorizes the City Manager, or her designee, to execute the AHSC Scope of Work Document substantially in the form incorporated as Exhibit B as required for the application’s Anti-Displacement Strategy.
Exhibits:
1. AHSC Implementation and Cooperation Agreement
2. AHSC Anti-Displacement Scope of Work
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