DATE: December 6, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept $8,558,902 in State Library Grant Funds for Construction of the Stack Center and to Execute Associated Grant Agreements
RECOMMENDATION
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept $8,558,902 in State Library grant funds for construction of the Stack Center and to execute the grant agreement and associated documents from the State of California.
SUMMARY
The City has received four grants for the construction of the Stack Center. Council accepted the first grant for $1,000,000 from the State’s General Fund in January 2022; the second grant for $2,647,000 from the CalTran’s Clean California funding in May 2022; the third grant for $1,500,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Project funding in October 2022; and recently, the City was awarded $8,558,000 from the State Library’s Building Forward Grant. Staff recommends that the Council authorize the City Manager to accept and appropriate these grant funds for the Stack Center.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Community members and elected officials have long held the dream of building a new South Hayward Youth and Family Center at the corner of Tennyson and Ruus Roads, often referred to as the Stack Center. For the past seven years, the city and its partners have worked to make this dream a reality.
To date, Council has accepted three grants totaling $5,147,000. The State Library’s Building Forward Grant provides an additional $8,558,000 towards the Stack Center construction. To accept these grant funds, staff is requesting Council adopt a resolution to accept these grant funds, appropriate them towards the project, and authorize the City Manager to execute any agreements related to this grant.
FISCAL IMPACT
This item will have no impact to the General Fund. The project has sufficient funds in the Adopted FY23 CIP Budget to contribute the City’s 50% local match requirement in accepting these funds. Currently, the City has enough funds to complete the first phase of construction, which is roughly $8.4 million. There is still a funding gap of approximately $14 million for the second phase of construction, which is roughly $36 million.
STRATEGIC ROADMAP
This agenda item is part of the City’s Strategic Roadmap Priority “Invest in Infrastructure:” N13: Oversee the rebuilding of the South Hayward Youth and Family Center (the Stack).
SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES
The construction this item supports will incorporate all City green building ordinances, including the zero-net-energy requirement for new construction.
NEXT STEPS
If approved, the City Manager will be authorized to execute the grant agreement, accept grant funds, and appropriate them to the Stack Center.
Prepared by: Manny Grewal, Management Analyst
Recommended by: Jennifer Ott, Assistant City Manager Approved by:
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Kelly McAdoo, City Manager