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Projects Update

Housing and Homelessness Committee
February 28, 2022

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Projects Update
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February 28, 2022
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PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO. PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/BEDS
PSH

UNITS STATUS
Mulberry Village 2825 Mulberry Street 1 Habitat for Humanity Riverside 10 10
Project is under development and to be completed by completed by April 2022. Habitat will be submitting a request for additional funding to cover construction overage costs due to increased labor and material costs
The Aspire 3861 - 3893 Third Street 1 Innovative Housing Opportunities 32 32
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) project for termed out foster, and homeless, youth.

Developer submitted a State Multifamily Housing Program (MHP) funding application and awards are to be announced in January 2022. As of 2/8/2022, the State has not announced the MHP awards.

Mission Heritage 3993 Mission Inn Blvd. 1 Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation 72 11 Affordable and permanent supportive housing with integrated Civil Rights Institute. Project began construction in spring of 2021 and is anticipated to be completed by 8/14/2022.

Entrada
1705, 1719, 1725, 1733,
1747, 1753 and 1761
Seventh Street
2 Wakeland Housing &
Development Corporation 65 16
Project awarded 9% housing tax credits in September 2021. Financing to close in early March 2022 and construction to begin shorlty thereafter. Subordination Agreement and AHSC Co-Applicant agreement under review by CAO. Waiting for the State to email the AHSC Standard Agreement to the City and Wakeland, which will need to be presented to City Council for their consideration.

Crest PSH Project 3431 Mt. Vernon
Avenue 2 Crest Community Church 11 10 10-unit manufactured housing project. Located in a high fire zone. The church has procured a firm to prepare a fire mitigation plans that can develop alternatives for compliance. 14th Street Rental 2550 14th Street 2 Path of Life Ministries 2 2 Disposition and Development Agreement was approved by the Housing Authority and the City Council approved $60,000 of Measure Z funding on 12/15/2020. The project is in the pre- development stage. Escrow closed 10/2021. In December 2021, POL informed staff the board would be appointing a new contractor and would have an updated in mid January. City staff has reached out to POL for an u
pdate meeting.

Oasis Senior Villas 2340 14th Street 2 A Community of Friends 95 46 Financing closed on October 20, 2021. The project site is currently being graded.

St. Michaels 4070 Jackson Street 5 Community Development Partners / Mercy House 50 24 Partnership with St. Michaels Episcopal Church. The project is under construction. The framing is almost completed.

Collett Crossings 4350 La Sierra Avenue 6 National Community Renaissance
34 Single
Family (7
affordable
housing)
0 Model will be completed in December 2021. Received 900 applications for the 7 affordable housing units. A lottery was conducted to select the 7 homebuyers and 8 applicants will remain on standby in the event one of the selected applications do not proceed. Of the 27 market-rate homes, 11 have sold and 11 are in escrow. The homes in Phase I have been completed. the homes in Phase II have all slabs poured over the week of January 31, 2022.

Phase II houses to be completed and sold by August 2022. City letters of approval underway for three qualified homebuyers (3 approved, 3 denied).

Anacapa Rental
Housing 11502 Anacapa Place 7 Northtown Housing, Inc. 2 0 Permits issued. Project is under construction. Project is 30% completed. A meeting is being scheduled with city staff and the developer for 2/11/22 to discuss options for increased construction costs.

Vista de la Sierra 11253 Pierce Street 7
La Sierra University Church /
National Community
Renaissance
80 34
The developer received $23.5 million in tax credits tax credits. Financing to close January 12th. Construction to begin spring 2022. Financing closed 2/4/2022. Grading to begin shortl
y.

Sunrise at Bogart 11049 Bogart Avenue 7 Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services 22 22
Submitted a request for an additional $1.5 million in gap funding. Staff will be taking a request to City Council in January 2022 for their consideration of a Homekey Funding application to help close the project's funding gap. City Council approved Homekey Resolution on 1/11/2022. Staff and NPHS submitted Homekey Application to the State on 1/31/22. 45-day response period.

ATTACHMENT 1

HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECTS UPDATE
TCC Implementation
Grant (Target area:

Eastside)
All

1.GRID Alternatives IE
(Energy for All)

2.TreePeople (Eastside
Greening)

3.Santa Ana Watershed
Project Authority (SAWPA)
(Water Energy Community
Action Network)

4.Riverside Community
Health Foundation (RCHF)
(Community Engagement
Plan)

5.Community Settlement
Association (CSA)
(Displacement Avoidance
Plan)

6.County of Riverside EDA
(Workforce Development and
Economic Opportunities Plan)

7.UC Riverside CE-CERT
(Indicator Tracking Plan)
N/A
TCC award: $9,080,894, AHSC, $22,121,206 for Entrada. First bi-monthly and annual reporting submitted. The fourth bi-monthly report was submitted. Project implementation is underway. The first cohort of a 7 week workforce development course started with 6 participants. The solar program was delayed but is recruiting for interns and will begin again soon. One proposal from a contractor for the Zero Scape program was received and was over budget, so City staff is working with the partners and the state to make a creative solution to lower the cost. Tree planting has begun with two large volunteer events planned for February.

The Place 2800 Hulen Place 1 Riverside University Health System - Behavioral Health 30
Riverside County Behavioral Health has been a lessee in the building since 2006. The County and City have executed a new $1 per year lease. The City General Servcies has draft a Request for Proposals for Architect Services that will be released by mid-February 2022.

Helping Hearts Hulen 2801 Hulen Place 1 Helping Hearts Hulen 28 beds The Helping Hearts Hulen Facility opened on November 15, 2021, which provides 28 interim housing beds for homeless individuals as a safe place to recuperate after a hospital discharge in order to prevent a return to an emergency room; greatly reducing public safety cost to the community and alleviating hospital bed capacity. Final Draw will be paid by FInance on 2/11/22. The City has received a request from Helping Hearts for cost overage of $226,454 related to additional costs due to compliance with City of Riverside requirements during the course of construction and requirements to install features not depicted on the approved plans, commercial kitchen requirements, consulting and legal fee costs, and FFEs, which is under review.

University Duplex 2348 University Avenue 2
Property Manager: Riverside
Housing Development
Corporation (RHDC)
2 Substantial rehabilitation of a duplex. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for the rehabilitation of this duplex has been approved by City Council. The CAO is drafting an Agreement between the Community & Economic Development and Office of Homeless Solutions. Workin
g on tenant relocation. Project to be completed in late 2022.

Cedar Rental Housing 4292 Cedar Street 1 RHDC 3
A CDBG Agreement has been executed between the Community & Economic Development Department and Office of Homeless Solutions for the rehabilitation of the property. The City Attorney's Office is preparing a CDBG and HOME Agreement between OHS and RHDC.

Staff is the process of procuring Birdseye Planning to complete the NEPA (environmental process) for the HOME grant funds.

UCR Medical Clinic 2880 Hulen Place 1 Access Center/Medical Clinic N/A CDBG Grant Agreement with UCR has been executed for $567,228.15 of grant funds for the rehabilitation of Access Center space being converted into a medical clinic.

Bridge Housing 2881 Hulen Place 1 Mercy House N/A 23-bed Bridge Housing project. Project is under construction and is to be completed by March 2022.

CalFire Site 2524 Mulberry Street 1 Eden Housing Corporation 209 State owned property. The State released a Request for Qualifications and a Request for Proposals which results in Eden Housing being selected to develop 209 housing units.

Community meetings will be scheduled in early 2022 on the project. Project is in the pre- development phase. First community meeting took place January 19, 2022. City staff is scheduled to meet with developer on 2/11/22 to discuss the application process of HCD NOFA - Excess Sites Local Government Matching Grants Program, which is due in April 2022.

Total Housing Units 689
Total PSH Units 207

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