DATE: June 2, 2026
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt Resolutions Authorizing the City Manager to 1) Accept and Appropriate a Congressionally Designated Community Project Funding Grant in the Amount of $1,930,000 to Support Regis Village Improvements, and 2) Execute an Agreement with Bay Area Community Services to Pass Through the Community Project Funding Grant as Designated by Congress
RECOMMENDATION
That the City Council:
1. Adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate $1,930,000 in FY2024 Community Project Funding Grant funds from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development to support Regis Village Improvements; and
2. Adopts a resolution (Attachment I II) authorizing the City Manager to execute an Agreement with Bay Are Community Services to pass through the FY2024 Community Project Funding Grant funds for Regis Village Improvements.
SUMMARY
This month, staff is bringing two items to Council related to Bay Area Community Services (BACS) and the Hayward Navigation Center (HNC): 1) This time-sensitive item seeking Council approval to pass through federal funds to BACS for infrastructure improvements, and 2) An item on June 16 seeking Council authorizing to execute the FY 2026-27 operating agreement with BACS.
The purpose of this report is to request City Council authorization for the City Manager to accept and appropriate congressionally designated Community Project Funding and to execute an agreement with BACS to pass through these funds for HNC physical impro vements to Regis Village, including rehabilitation activities necessary to support the transition of the HNC to the new site. This passthrough funding was included in the FY 2024-25 federal budget and is time sensitive. Staff will return on June 16 with the second item that will include a discussion of HNC and Regis Village operations for the coming year.
BACKGROUND
In Fiscal Year 2024-2025, the City was designated as a pass-through entity for a congressionally directed FY2024 Economic Development Initiative – Community Project Funding (EDI-CPF) grant administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024. EDI-CPF g rants support a broad range of community and economic development activities, typically tied to public infrastructure construction and improvements, housing, and community services projects identified through Congressional Community Project Funding requests. The City was awarded $1,930,000 to support the Regis Multi-Service Campus Project. These restricted funds will be used for site preparation and rehabilitation activities necessary to bring the property into compliance to support planned uses, including operation of the HNC.
DISCUSSION
EDI-CPF Grants are congressionally directed grants administered by HUD under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024. Congress appropriated approximately $3.29 billion across 2,407 projects nationwide.
In August 2024, staff was notified that the City was awarded a CPF grant in the amount of $1,930,000 in support of the Regis Multi-Service Campus Project. These funds were specifically designated by Congress and were not awarded through a competitive process. Since notification, staff have participated in required HUD onboarding meetings and trainings and completed the Environmental Review requirements as required by HUD. The grant funds are restricted to the approved project scope and support site preparation and rehabilitation activities necessary to bring the property into compliance to support planned uses, including operation of the HNC.
FISCAL IMPACT
This item has no impact on the General Fund. Approval of this resolution allows BACS to complete planned property rehabilitation activities.
Upon Council approval, staff will be prepared to promptly draw down eligible costs under the grant to ensure timely reimbursement from HUD.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
Reducing homelessness and poverty and supporting individuals in moving into permanent housing through programs like the ones offered at Regis Village produce broader positive economic and community impacts.
STRATEGIC ROADMAP
This agenda item supports the Strategic Priority of Preserve, Protect, and Produce Housing, under
• Project H2: Implement the Homelessness Reduction Strategic Plan
PUBLIC CONTACT
This item is related to the Let’s House Hayward (LHH) Strategic Plan, under Strategy 2.1.
Through the LHH process, Homebase, City staff, and partners throughout the Hayward community have worked together to engage a diverse set of stakeholders to inform the plan and strategy for Hayward moving forward.1
NEXT STEPS
If City Council adopts these resolutions, staff will work with the City Manager to execute agreements with BACS to pass through the EDI-CPF grant funds.
Prepared by: Carol Lee, Senior Management Analyst
Recommended by: Dr. Emily Young, YFSB Administrator
Mary Thomas, Assistant City Manager
Approved by:
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Jennifer Ott, City Manager
1 For more information on the Let’s House Hayward! Strategic Plan process, please visit https://www.haywardca.gov/lets-house-hayward