RESOLUTION NO. 7
RESOLUTION OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH HOUSING
AUTHORITY APPROVING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AMERICAN
AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN FAMILY HOUSING AND
NATIONAL COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE OF CALIFORNIA FOR
$2.40 MILLION IN LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING ASSET
FUNDS FOR THE HOMEKEY MOTEL CONVERSION PROJECT
LOCATED AT 17251 BEACH BOULEVARD AND AUTHORIZE THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO
EXECUTE AND IMPLEMENT SAID AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, on September 9, 2021, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) issued a Notice of Funding Availability (Round 2) for Project Homekey ("Homekey") in the amount of $1.45 billion to sustain and rapidly expand the inventory of housing for people experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness and who are, thereby, inherently impacted by or at increased risk for medical diseases or conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other communicable diseases; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of Homekey is to provide an opportunity for state, regional, and local public entities to develop a broad range of housing types, including but not limited to hotels, motels, hostels, single-family homes and multifamily apartments, adult residential facilities, and manufactured housing, and to convert commercial properties and other existing buildings to permanent supportive housing or interim housing; and
WHEREAS, Homekey funds will be available to eligible applicants on a continuous, over- the-counter basis, rather than on a competitive basis; and WHEREAS, on or around December 28, 2021, the City of Huntington Beach ("City") in collaboration with AMERICAN FAMILY HOUSING, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, and NATIONAL COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE OF CALIFORNIA, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (together, "Developer ") and the County of Orange ("County") submitted an application for the Homekey program grant funding for the acquisition, rehabilitation and conversion of the motel located at 17251 Beach Boulevard, Huntington Beach for both interim housing and permanent supportive housing phases ("Project"); and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach previously adopted Resolution 2021-74, whereby the City approved conditional funding of the proposed Project in the amount of $4.21 million consisting of $2.40 million in Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Funds (LMIHAF) for rehabilitation and conversion of the rooms into supportive housing units, and $1.81 million in HOME Investment Partnerships-American Rescue Plan Act (HOME-ARP) funds for the fifth-year of supportive services costs; and WHEREAS, on February 16, 2022, the County and Developer as co-applicant, were awarded Homekey funds by HCD in the amount of up to $17.0 million for the Project; and WHEREAS, all of the conditions of funding for the Project as outlined in Section 3 of Resolution No. 2021-74 have been or will be met prior to the funding of the $4.21 million in Authority/City funds; and
RESOLUTION NO. 7
WHEREAS, the City Council has made a finding and determined that the Project is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080-50, because the Pale i am ental in here einodsang project as derined in Section WHEREAS, since LMIHAF will be used to partially fund the Project, the Huntington Beach Housing Authority ("Authority") will be party to the proposed Affordable Housing Agreement ("Agreement"); and
Authority and the Developer opera seal course hingeries eared emerger the NOW, THEREFORE, the Huntington Beach Housing Authority Board, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. The Authority hereby approves the Affordable Housing Agreement by and between the Authority and the Developer for the Project, substantially in the form presented to the Authority, in the amount of $2.40 million in LMIHAF funds.
Section 3. The Executive Director, or their designee, is delegated the authority to take any and all actions necessary to execute the LMIHAF Agreement and any Project-related documents thereto. The Executive Director shall have the authority to make technical, non-funding related revisions to the Agreement in order to implement the Project.
Section 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Huntington Beach Housing Authority at a regular meeting held on the 17'h day of May, 2022.
Chair
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Executive Director City Attorney wu
INITIATED AND APPROVED:
Unu
Director of Community Development
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