Attachment 1
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CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
RESOLUTION NO.
SERIES 2026
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW DECLARING THAT THE
CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT AND INCUR AN OBLIGATION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES GRANT FUNDS AND ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE STANDARD AGREEMENT(S) 213 WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the California Department of Housing and Community Development ("Department") and the Strategic Growth Council (“SGC”) have issued an Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities Program (“AHSC” or “AHSC Program”) Notice of Funding Availability, dated March 25, 2025 (“AHSC Program NOFA”); and
WHEREAS, the City of Mountain View (“Public Entity”) partnered with Affirmed Housing Group, Inc. (“Affirmed Housing” ) who applied to the Department in response to the NOFA (the “Application”) and was determined to be an eligible Applicant; and based on the Application, the Department made an award of Program funds (the “Program Award”) pursuant to the conditional award letter (“Award Letter”), dated October 22, 2025; and
WHEREAS, on December 10, 2025, Department and SGC offered a conditional award to Public Entity and Affirmed Housing in the amount of $49,736,790, comprising of $35,000,000 for an AHSC Program Loan Award and $14,737,790 for an AHSC Program Grant Award; and
WHEREAS, Department and SGC have made a conditional commitment of AHSC Program funds to assist the Public Entity and Affirmed Housing with 87 E Evelyn Phase I to implement bicycle and pedestrian improvements along Middlefield Road, install ten new bus shelters within Mountain View, purchase two Caltrain cars for use along the service line between San Francisco and San Jose; and
WHEREAS, the AHSC Program Grant Award expressly identified above will hereinafter jointly be referred to as the “AHSC Program Award.”
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED: that the Public Entity is hereby authorized and directed to act in connection with the AHSC Program Award; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: that Public Entity is hereby authorized and directed to accept and incur an obligation for the AHSC Program Award. That in connection with the AHSC Program Award, the Public Entity is authorized and directed to enter into, execute, and deliver a State of California Standard Agreement (STD 213), for a sum not to exceed the full amount of the AHSC Program Award, and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to secure the AHSC Program Award from the Department and to anticipate in the AHSC Program, and all amendmendts thereto (collectively, the “Program Award Documents”); and be it -2-
FURTHER RESOLVED: that Public Entity acknowledges and agrees that it shall be subject to the terms and conditions specified in the STD 213, Standard Agreement, and that the Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities Program of 2025 NOFA and the Application will be incorporated by reference therein and made a part thereof. Public Entity also acknowledges and agrees that any and all activities, expenditures, information, and timelines represented and described in the Application are enforceable through the relevant STD 213, Standard Agreement.
Public Entity also acknowledges and agrees that Program Award funds are to be expended only on the eligible uses and activities identified in the relevant STD 213, Standard Agreement.
FURTHER RESOLVED: that the City Manager, or their designee, is hereby authorized to execute the Program Award Documents and all amendments on behalf of the Public Entity.
FURTHER RESOLVED: that this resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage, and that any actions taken thus far in furtherance of the activities authorized by this resolution are hereby ratified.
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