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Project Update

Housing and Homelessness Committee
January 23, 2023

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Project Update
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January 23, 2023
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PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO.

PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/BEDS
PSH
UNIT
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. On November 15, 2022, the City Council approved an additional allocation of $833,031.28 in HOME CHDO funds. The Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding request for $438,117.72 will be presented to City Council for consideration in February 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 was presented to the City Council for consideration on December 6th. Escrow closed on December 20, 2022. Preconstruction work in underway.

Construction is to begin early 2023.

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 complete Applicants are currently being interviewed and will move in shortly after completion. A Grand Opening was held on October 22nd. Final inspections have been performed and corrections are being made.

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 Architect contract was approved by City Council on December 20, 2022.

County staff is meeting with the architect on the floor plan.

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO.

PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/BEDS
PSH
UNIT
STATUS
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. Final reimbursement paid out December 16, 2022
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 approved by City Council on December 6th. Regulatory and associated agreements are being routed.

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 the Lease was approved by Council on November 1st and the project is underway.UCR is working with Planning and Building and Safety to finalize building plans.

Bridge Housing 2881 Hulen Place 1 Mercy House 23 beds
Final plumbing work is being completed. Improvements to gates and doorways are in process. Clients are being housed at the facility while looking for permanent housing.

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO.

PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/BEDS
PSH
UNIT
STATUS
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 applied for Section 8 Project Based Vouchers in November 2022 and will be applying for 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 and securing additional partners.

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.

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.

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO.

PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/BEDS
PSH
UNIT
STATUS
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 beginning of February 2023.

Developer addressed the landscape issue 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. All seven of the affordable homes have closed escrow with the final home closing escrow on December 1, 2022.

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. City Council approved the additional funding request 11/15/22.

Construction has completed. Certificate of Occupancy expected to be pulled early January. They are currently undergoing tenant review and expect to have the two units occupied by March 2023.

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 has been completed Framing has begun and he asphalt has been poured. Project is 30% completed and on schedule.

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO.

PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/BEDS
PSH
UNIT
STATUS
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
342 trees have been planted and 234 trees have been given away to residents of the project area. 2 (two) trees were taken but otherwise there is a 100% survival rate. There will be 2 (two) tree planting events in January on the 21st and 28th. The xeriscaping project is underway with six (6) approved applications with 13 total applications with installations to begin in January.

There are 8 (eight) pending applications for solar installation and 8 (eight) approved with 2 (two) ready for installation starting in January once permits are approved. There will be a showcase event for the first installation that will be scheduled once the installation date is known. The next construction workforce cohort is recruiting with several people already signed up but with no start date yet. There is 1 (one) person signed up for the solar internship ready to start in January. The Next Gen Farmer Training Program will start early 2023 and will begin recruitment in January. There will be a symposium at Cesar Chavez Auditorium on January 23rd for the 2 (two) current Resident Leadership Academy (RLA) cohorts to present on their projects. TCC partners will attend and present as well. The ninth invoice and progress report has been submitted and is awaiting final approval.

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO.

PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/BEDS
PSH
UNIT
STATUS
Total Housing
Total PSH Units
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%
689
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