Resolution No. 2024-208
Resolution 2024-208
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-208
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING THE REVISED HOME INVESTMENT
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM CONDITIONAL FUNDING
COMMITMENT FOR ARROWHEAD GROVE PHASE IV,
AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
WHEREAS, on December 20, 2017, the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California, approved a Conditional Use Permit and Revised Subdivision to allow the development, establishment, and operation of the Arrowhead Grove project comprised of 411 residential units, approximately 194,200 square feet of commercial/mixed uses, two private community centers, one public community center, and two detention basins, on a site comprised of four parcels containing a total of approximately 39.36 acres (“Project”); and WHEREAS, on March 19, 2024, the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino (HACSB) applied for the State of California Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) funding; and
WHEREAS, the AHSC program provides grants and/or loans to projects that achieve Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reductions and benefit Disadvantaged Communities, Low- Income Communities, and Low-Income Households through increasing accessibility of affordable housing, employment centers, and Key Destinations via low-carbon transportation.
WHEREAS, these investments result in fewer vehicle miles traveled (VMT) through shortened or reduced vehicle trip lengths or mode shift to transit, bicycling, or walking in connection with the application for AHSC; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the application for the AHSC funding HACSB must demonstrate that the Project is financially feasible as evidenced by documentation including, but not limited to, Enforceable Funding Commitments.; and
WHEREAS, the HACSB entered into an agreement with National Community Renaissance of California (CORE), as the developer, and have jointly requested the City to conditionally commit HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) fund in the amount not to exceed four million and nine-hundred thousand dollars ($4,900,000) for the development of 92 low-income affordable housing units; and
WHEREAS, on March 6, 2024, the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California, approved the conditional funding commitment of HOME and NSP funds; and WHEREAS, the the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has informed the City of the requirement to close out NSP funding, meaning the City can no longer commit or expend any funds from the program; and Resolution No. 2024-208
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WHEREAS, the City will revise the conditional funding commitment, replacing the originally allocated $1.9 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funds with additional HOME funds, maintaining the total City funding commitment of $4.9 million; and WHEREAS, the City will commit the HOME funds, subject to Mayor and City Council approval, when HACSB and CORE demonstrate all the HOME commitment requirements of 24 CFR 92.2, the requirements contained in 24 CFR 92.250(b), provide assessment of the market demand in the neighborhood, complete the environmental review requirements, secure all necessary financing, provide a complete budget, demonstrate cost reasonableness, submit all documentation necessary for the City to complete underwriting and subsidy layering requirements; and
WHEREAS, the City will commit the HOME funds, subject to Mayor and City Council approval, with the execution of a formal HOME Agreement with HACSB and CORE which would set forth the conditions of disbursement of the City Loan, and document the Project compliance with HOME regulations and consistency with the housing needs identified in the City’s Consolidated Plan; now
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. Approve a revised HOME Investment Partnership Program Conditional Funding Commitment for Arrowhead Grove Phase IV affordable housing project.
SECTION 3. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to take further action and execute any further agreements or documents as necessary including minor and substantive changes as may be necessary to conditional commit the HOME funds.
SECTION 3.The Mayor and City Council finds this Resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty, as in this case, that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
SECTION 4.Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk this 2nd day of October, 2024.
Resolution No. 2024-208
Resolution 2024-208
October 2, 2024
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Helen Tran, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Attest:
Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Sonia Carvalho, City Attorney
Resolution No. 2024-208
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO) ss
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
I, Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk, hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Resolution No. 2024-208, adopted at a regular meeting held on the 2nd day of Ocotber 2024 by the following vote:
Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
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WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of San Bernardino this ___ day of ____________ 2024.
Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk