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Projects Update

Housing and Homelessness Committee
November 28, 2022

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Projects Update
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November 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 December 2022. Habitat for Humanity submitted a funding request in the amount of $1,271,149 to cover increased material and labor costs that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. The request for amended HOME development agreement for the increase of funding is scheduled for City Council on November 15th. The Neighborhood Stabilization Program development agreement will be presented to City Council in December 2022.The project is expected to be completed by the end of March 2023.

The Aspire 3861 - 3893 Third Street 1 Innovative Housing Opportunities 32 32
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) project for termed out foster, and homeless, youth. IHO was awarded $7.6 million in Multifamily Housing Program (MHP) funds. Developer was awarded California Tax Credit Allocation Committee funding in June 2022. Escrow was opened to transfer the property from the Housing Authority to Aspire, L.P. Through a Request for Proposal process, the developer selected Portrait Construction as the general contractor. The project is expected to begin construction in December 2022. On August 2, 2022, City Council adopted a TEFRA Resolution that approves the issuance by the California Public Finance Authority, on behalf of Aspire, L.P. of exempt facility bonds not-to-exceed $16 million. HOME Loan Agreement will be presented to the City Council for consideration on December 6th. Anticipate closing escrow in early December.

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. There were approximately 450 people on the waiting list - 16 units will be filled from the waiting list; 55 units have vouchers and will be filled through the County lease-up process. The project is 90% complete and is expected to be completed in October 2022. Applicants are currently being interviewed and will move in shortly after completion. A Grand Opening was held on October 22nd.

The Place 2800 Hulen Place 1 Riverside University Health System - Behavioral Health 28 28
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 Services released a Request for Proposals for Architect Services and is in the process of negotiating the contract terms. The Architect contract is anticipated to be presented to City Council for their consideration in January 2023.

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.

The City received a request from Helping Hearts
for cost overage of $185,094.15 related to additional costs due to compliance with state building code requirements during the course of construction and requirements to install features not depicted on the approved plans, commercial kitchen requirements, and consulting and legal fee costs. On October 4, 2022, City Council approved Helping Hearts request for additional funding totaling $185,094.15 from Measure Z. The Purchase Order has been issued and staff is reviewing the invoice and supporting documentation in order to process the invoice for payment.

Cedar Rental Housing 4292 Cedar Street 1
Riverside Housing
Development Corporation
(RHDC)
3 A Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Agreement has been executed between the Community & Economic Development Department and Office of Homeless Solutions (OHS) for the rehabilitation of the property. The City Attorney's Office (CAO) is preparing a CDBG and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program Agreements between OHS and RHDC. NEPA review by Birdseye Planning Group determined this project categorially exempt. HOME and CDBG Agreements are anticipated to go before City Council on December 6th.

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO. PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/BEDS
PSH

UNITS STATUS
UCR Medical Clinic 2880 Hulen Place 1 UCR N/A
CDBG 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. The CDBG Agreement with UCR for the Medical Clinic at 2880 Hulen Place has been executed for the rehabilitation of this Access Center space being converted into a medical clinic. The project is currently in the design phase and plans are being drafted by the architect. It is expected that construction will begin in winter of 2022. A First Amendment to the Lease has been executed to extend the lease term. The Second Amendment to Lease was approved by Council on November 1st and the project is underway.

Bridge Housing 2881 Hulen Place 1 Mercy House 23 beds
23-bed Bridge Housing project. The project completion has been delayed due to Fire requiring a separate dedicated water line for the building's fire sprinklers. Final plumbing work is being completed. Staff estimates that the facility will be up and running at full capacity by Thanksgiving.

CalFire Site 2524 Mulberry Street 1 Eden Housing Corporation 209 State owned property that is leased to Eden Housing who was selected through the State's procurement process. Community meeting took place on January 19, 2022. Eden Housing had a pre-design meeting with DRC on March 23, 2022. The City provided a soft commitment for $3 million of HOME-ARP funding for the senior project.. The City's HOME-ARP Allocation Plan has been submitted to HUD and is awaiting final approval. Developer applied for Project Based Vouchers on April 28th and applied for the Multifamily Finance Super NOFA (including the Infill Infrastructure Grant and Multifamily Housing Program), in June of 2022 and awards will be announced in December 2022. The developer was awarded $6 million in Local Government Matching Grants. They will be applying for Section 8 Project Based Vouchers in November 2022 and 9 % tax credits in March 2023 for the senior housing development.

Entrada
1705, 1719, 1725, 1733,
1747, 1753 and 1761
Seventh Street
2 Wakeland Housing &
Development Corporation 65 8
Project awarded 9% housing tax credit in September 2021. Financing closed on April 11, 2022 and construction is underway. Grading has been completed, building permits are being pulled, slabs are being poured in the next few weeks and framing will begin in January. Project is expected to be completed in December 2023. Wakeland submitted a funding request for Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) funds to help fill the $1,000,000 gap in the project budget due to increased construction costs.

Crest PSH Project 3431 Mt. Vernon Avenue 2 Crest Community Church 10 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. Path of Life Ministries has confirmed with Harvest Church their interest in proceeding with the project. A new MOU agreement is being prepared and will be executed in a few weeks. Path of Life plans to replicate The Grove or Mulberry project design. Developer is currently exploring alternative site configurations.

Oasis Senior Villas 2340 14th Street 2 A Community of Friends 95 46 Financing closed on October 20, 2021. Groundbreaking ceremony took place on March 10, 2022.

Construction is expected to be completed by Summer of 2023.

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO. PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/BEDS
PSH

UNITS STATUS
University Duplex 2348 University Avenue 2 RHDC 2
Substantial rehabilitation of a duplex. CDBG funding for the rehabilitation of this duplex has been approved by City Council. The CDBG Agreement between the Community & Economic Development and Office of Homeless Solutions is being routed for signature. RHDC and case management staff is working on tenant relocation. Project to be completed in fall 2023.

St. Michaels 4070 Jackson Street 5 Community Development Partners / Mercy House 50 24
Partnership with St. Michaels Episcopal Church. The project is under construction and is expected to be completed by December 2022. Developer is working with the St. Michael's Church to address the landscape in the right-of-way.

Collett Crossings 4350 La Sierra Avenue 6 National Community Renaissance
34 Single
Family (7
affordable
housing)
0 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. All 27 market rate homes are constructed and 13 of those homes have closed escrow. Five of the seven affordable homes have closed escrow and the final two are currently in escrow.

Anacapa Rental
Housing 11502 Anacapa Place 7 Northtown Housing, Inc. 2 0 Project is under construction. The developer has requested an additional $156,062 in HOME funds to cover increased material costs . A First Amendment to the HOME Loan Agreement, Promissory Note, and Deed of Trust to reflect the increase of HOME funds from $354,726 to $510,788 will be presented to City Council for consideration on November 15th.

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. Construction began in spring 2022. Financing closed on February 4, 2022. Groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 15, 2022. Grading is underway and the project is expected to be completed in October 2023.

Sunrise at Bogart 11049 Bogart Avenue 7 Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services (NPHS) 22 22
City Council approved submitting a $2.2 million Homekey Round 2 funding application in partnership with NPHS. At the request of the State, the City Council approved increasing the Homekey funding request to $4.4 million on June 28, 2022. On June 29, 2022, the City received a Homekey Round 2 award of $3,314,710. At the end of July 2022, NPHS reviewed their construction costs and identified a new funding gap due to increased material costs. NPHS would not be able to fill the funding gap and complete the project within 12 months of the grant award.

As a result, the City would not be able to accept the Round 2 Homekey grant. Staff will be submitting an application for Round 3 Homekey grant that will be released in Spring 2023. This delay will provide the developer with sufficient time to fill the funding gap by applying for tax credits and move the project forward. NPHS is considering applying for the State's competitive PLHA funds. A First Amendment to the Disposition and Development Agreement to extend the outside closing date and update the project schedule has been executed. The property is in escrow.

TCC Implementation
Grant (Target area:

Eastside), TCC Award:
$9,080,894, AHSC
Award for Entrada:
$22,121,206
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
295 trees have been planted and an additional 60 trees to be planted by the end of the year. 100 fruit trees were distributed at a Trick-or-Tree Event. There are four (4) more planting events scheduled for this year. The xeriscaping project is underway with four (4) approved applications and five (5) more are under review. Sixteen (16) applications have been received for solar installation and five (5) applications have been approved. A showcase event for the first installation will take place in December. The next construction workforce cohort will take place on December 6th. Housing workshops are scheduled for November 8th and 17th. The eight invoice and progress report have been submitted and the ninth is in progress. There are two ongoing Resident Leadership Academy cohorts focusing on the TCC projects with seven (7) participants in the English cohort and 17 participants in the Spanish cohort. TCC partners will present to each cohort in November and a symposium for their graduation and presentation on the projects will occur in January. Project was runner up for an Inland Empire Economic Partnership Sustainable Development Award.

Total Housing Units 689
Total PSH Units 199
Ward No. of Units %
1 354 51%
2 174 25%
3 0 0%
4 0 0%
5 50 7%
6 7 1%
7 104 15%

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