CITY OF CULVER CITY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
HOUSING PROGRAMS OFFICE
9770 CULVER BOULEVARD, CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA 90232- 0507
AGENDA
COUNCIL AD HOC HOUSING AND HOMELESS SUBCOMMITTEE
March 10, 2021
10am – 11:30am
Ad Hoc Subcommittee Members:
Mayor Alex Fisch
Councilmember Yasmine- Imani McMorrin
Staff:
Sol Blumenfeld, Director
Helen Chin, Assistant to the City Manager on Homelessness Tevis Barnes, Housing Programs Administrator
Christina Stoffer, Homeless Coordinator
Presenters:
John Kaliski Associates-
John Kaliski, President, Managing Principal
Ariel Brenner, Urban Designer
Saint Joseph Center-
Dawan Mose, Director of Outreach and Engagement
Monica Peterson, Culver City Outreach Program Manager
Agenda Items:
• Motel Reuse Feasibility Study
o Presentation by John Kaliski Associates (JKA) on the findings of the Motel Reuse Feasibility Study
o Discussion on next steps on the implementation of the Motel Reuse Feas ibility Study findings
• Update – 2021 Internal Homeless Count
o Receive an update on the preliminary results of the 2021 Internal Homeless Count – Raw Data
• Expanded Homeless Outreach
o Presentation from the Saint Joseph Center Homeless Outreach Team o Discussion on the continuation of the Saint Joseph Center expanded homeless outreach
• Programming of the Low -Moderate-Income Housing Asset Fund (LMIHAF) to produce new affordable and permanent supportive housing units o Review Housing Program Matrix
o Discussion on the use of the LMIHAF to support the creation of affordable and/or permanent supportive housing at City -owned properties located at Virginia and Venice parking lots and the Community Garden site
o Discuss the proposed Culver Palms Methodist Church mixed-use 100% affordable project
o Discuss candidate sites identified for repurposing as part of the Motel Reuse Feasibility Study
o Discuss Committee on Homelessness Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Housing Budget and Work Plan
• Update – COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (COVID-19 ERAP) o Receive an update on the number of applicants assisted under the COVID -19 ERAP
o Discussion on second round application process including revising program guidelines related to income assets cap and receiving additional rental assistance from secondary sources
• Braddock/Lafayette Site
o Discussion to revise the FY 2021/2022 Housing Work Plan to remove the investigation of the Braddock/Lafayette site for redevelopment
• Homeless Economic Employment Ordinance
o Discussion to revise the FY 2021/2022 Housing Work Plan to draft an Economic Employment Ordinance to increase the income of the unhoused community through hiring preferences in City sponsored contracts
• Inter-Agency Agreement with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA)
o Consider enter into an Inter-Agency Agreement with HACLA to allowed Culver City Section 8 Voucher Holders to lease units within one mile of the Culver City border in the HACLA jurisdiction. This will allow for greater access to rental units within the Section 8 Payment Standard and prevent voucher holders from risk of relinquishing voucher or relocation outside the Westside of Los Angeles