October 13, 2026
Public Works & Transportation Committee
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Elizabeth Lake FROM: Josh Rowan
Interim City Administrator Director of Transportation
SUBJECT: Amendment to Resolution No.91091
C.M.S.
DATE: September 18, 2026
City Administrator Approval Date:
RECOMMENDATION
Staff Recommends That The City Council Amend Resolution No.91091 C.M.S.
Authorizing The City To Accept And Appropriate Loan And Grant Funds Under The State Of California’s Round 8 2024-2025 Affordable Housing And Sustainable Communities Program For The Residences At Liberation Park Project, In An Amount Not To Exceed $44,661,404
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Approval of this resolution will amend Resolution No. 91091 C.M.S. adopted on March 16, 2026, to reflect updated AHSC Program Loan Award and AHSC Program Grant Award (Program Award) payees that have since changed, in order to amend the Standard Agreement executed in connection with the AHSC Program Award for the grant funds.
The Program Award, which includes Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (STI), Transportation Related Amenities (TRA), and Program (PGM) components, will be disbursed directly to the payees as indicated below in Table 1.
Table 1
AHSC Program Award Component Amount Awarded Payee
STI component #1 and #3 $7,195,126 City
STI component #2 $152,437 Eden Housing, Inc.
STI component #2 $152,437 Black Cultural Zone
Community Development
Corporation
TRA component $1,500,000 City
PGM component $661,404 Black Cultural Zone
Community Development
Corporation
AHSC Program Grant Award $9,661,404
Elizabeth Lake (Oct 1, 2026 16:04:22 PDT) Oct 1, 2026
Elizabeth Lake, Interim City Administrator
Subject: Amendment to Resolution No.91091 C.M.S.
Date: September18, 2026 Page 2
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AHSC Program Loan Award $35,000,000 Liberation Park Residences, L.P.
AHSC Program Round 8 Award Total $44,661,404
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the proposed amendment to authorize the City of Oakland (City) to accept and appropriate loan and grant funding from Round 8 of the State of California Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program. These funds will provide critical funds to deliver desperately needed affordable housing units in the City and implement a transformative suite of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements. These resolutions are a requirement of the AHSC Program to enter into standard grant agreements with the State.
BACKGROUND / LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
On January 19, 2024, the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (CA HCD) and the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) released the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 2024-2025 Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (AHSC or AHSC Program) funding round. The City submitted a joint application for housing and transportation improvements with Eden Housing, Inc., and Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation (BCZ), for the Residences at Liberation Park (Project). Based on that application, the State made an award of AHSC Program funds. A conditional award letter was received on August 23, 2024, and signed by the City and application partners on September 5, 2024.
CA HCD and SGC have made a conditional commitment of AHSC Program funds to assist the Project, and such commitment was made to awardees pursuant to that certain conditional award letter, dated August 23, 2024 (the “Award Letter”) in the amount(s) listed in Table 2.
Table 2
AHSC Program Award Component Amount Awarded
AHSC Program Loan Award $35,000,000
AHSC Program Grant Award $9,661,404
Total: $44,661,404
Liberation Park Residences, L.P., a California limited partnership affiliated with Eden Housing, Inc., is the Ultimate Borrower of the AHSC Program Loan Award funds.
On March 16, 2026, the City Council adopted City Council Resolution No. 91091 C.M.S. which included a statement that the Program Award, which includes Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (STI), Transportation Related Amenities (TRA), and Program (PGM) components, will be disbursed directly to the payees as indicated in Table 3.
Elizabeth Lake, Interim City Administrator
Subject: Amendment to Resolution No.91091 C.M.S.
Date: September18, 2026 Page 3
October 13, 2026
Public Works & Transportation Committee
Table 3
AHSC Program Award Component Amount Awarded Payee
STI component #1 and #3 $7,195,126 City
STI component #2 $304,874 Liberation Park Residences,
L.P.
TRA component $1,500,000 City
PGM component $661,404 Black Cultural Zone
Community Development
Corporation
AHSC Program Grant Award $9,661,404
AHSC Program Loan Award $35,000,000 Liberation Park Residences, L.P.
AHSC Program Round 8 Award Total $44,661,404
The Program Award payees have since changed, and in order to amend the Standard Agreement executed in connection with the AHSC Program Award, CA HCD has requested that the City of Oakland amend City Council Resolution No. 91091 C.M.S. to reflect the updated payees.
With this amendment, the Program Award will be disbursed directly to the payees as indicated above in Table 1.
ANALYSIS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES
The Residences at Liberation Park award will provide transportation funding for Laurel Access to Mills, Maxwell Park, and Seminary (LAMMPS) Phase II & III, which will construct a new offstreet multi-use path, transit signal priority, and pedestrian and connectivity improvements on MacArthur Blvd and Seminary Ave.
This project aligns with the citywide priorities of housing, economic, and cultural security, and vibrant, sustainable infrastructure by delivering desperately needed affordable housing units and implementing a transformative suite of bicycle, pedestrian, and transit access infrastructure improvements. The housing developments will construct affordable units in Oakland, as well as provide various workforce development and transit subsidy programs to support residents. The transportation project will improve the quality, access, and safety of infrastructure for future residents and Oaklanders.
In order to amend the Standard Agreement executed in connection with the AHSC Program Award, CA HCD has requested that the City of Oakland amend City Council Resolution No. 91091 C.M.S. to reflect the updated payees. There is no alternative that allows retention of these funds.
Elizabeth Lake, Interim City Administrator
Subject: Amendment to Resolution No.91091 C.M.S.
Date: September18, 2026 Page 4
October 13, 2026
Public Works & Transportation Committee
FISCAL IMPACT
Adoption of the proposed amendment will allow the City to meet CA HCD’s conditional award requirements and enter into standard agreements with the State. This will include a disbursement agreement outlining how the AHSC loan and grant funds will be disbursed to the City and the joint applicant parties. The AHSC Program award includes Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (STI), Transportation Related Amenities (TRA), Housing Related Infrastructure (HRI), and Program (PGM) components, which will be disbursed to the specified payees indicated above in Table 1.
There is no change to the City’s share, q total of $8,695,126, which includes $7,195,126 of STI Program Award funds and $1,500,000 of TRA Program Award funds. The funding has been appropriated and allocated in the State of California Fund (2159) in the Laurel Access to Mills, Maxwell Park, and Seminary (LAMMPS) Phase II and Phase III Project (1007351).
PUBLIC OUTREACH / INTEREST
As part of the AHSC application process, the City and its joint applicants were required to demonstrate and document a robust record of community outreach methods (e.g., in person meetings, pop-up tabling, social media, printed flyers distributed in the neighborhood, email listserves, etc.) and past engagement for the affordable housing and transportation components.
This also included documentation that the transportation infrastructure projects were included in a community plan (i.e., specific plan, bicycle master plan, Capital Improvement Program).
Details on public engagement for LAMMPS Phase II and Phase III, are available on the linked project webpages.
COORDINATION
The work involved to develop and implement AHSC projects strengthens important relationships between OakDOT, HCD, affordable housing developers, transit agencies, and State partner agencies—SGC and CA HCD. This report and legislation were prepared by OakDOT and HCD in coordination with the Office of the City Attorney and the Budget Bureau.
RACE AND EQUITY
The awarded projects will enhance the provision of basic service levels and quality of life amenities to very low- and low-income neighborhoods. Based on OakDOT’s Geographic Equity Toolbox, the awarded housing and transportation projects are located within or adjacent to Highest and High Priority Neighborhoods in Oakland. Finally, all these projects have consulted with and received thorough feedback from community-based organizations and the public.
Elizabeth Lake, Interim City Administrator
Subject: Amendment to Resolution No.91091 C.M.S.
Date: September18, 2026 Page 5
October 13, 2026
Public Works & Transportation Committee
ACTION REQUESTED OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Staff Recommends That The City Council Amend Resolution No.91091 C.M.S. Authorizing The City To Accept And Appropriate Loan And Grant Funds Under The State Of California’s Round 8 2024-2025 Affordable Housing And Sustainable Communities Program For The Residences At Liberation Park Project, In An Amount Not To Exceed $44,661,404 For questions regarding this report, please contact Acacia Dupierre, Supervising Transportation Planner.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSH ROWAN
Director, Department of Transportation
Reviewed by:
Emily Ehlers
Interim Assistant Director, Department of
Transportation
Christia Katz Mulvey
Strategic Projects Manager, Department of
Housing & Community Development
Prepared by:
Acacia Dupierre
Supervising Transportation Planner
Funding Strategy Section