Agenda Item #12.3
For Council Meeting of: November 1, 2022
CITY OF SANTA ROSA
CITY COUNCIL
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: NICOLE DEL FIORENTINO, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
SUBJECT: ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $5,000,000 FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR CARITAS CENTER AGENDA ACTION: RESOLUTION
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended by the Housing and Community Services Department that the Council, by resolution: 1) accept and appropriate $5,000,000 in funding from the State of California for Caritas Center; 2) authorize payment of the $5,000,000 to Caritas Center; and 3) authorize the City Manager or designee to sign all related documents.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Pursuant to the California Budget Act of 2022, through Assembly Bill 178, the City of Santa Rosa has been allocated $5,000,000 for the Caritas Center (Project), a housing-focused homeless service center. In order to access and disburse these funds to the Project, the City Council must take action to accept the award, appropriate the funds, authorize payment disbursements, and authorize a representative to execute related documents.
BACKGROUND
The State of California Budget Act of 2022 (2022 Budget) made appropriates for the support of state government for the 2022-23 fiscal year. In September, the 2022 Budget was amended by California Assembly Bill 178 (AB178). Included in the AB178 amendment is a direct allocation of $5,000,000 to the City of Santa Rosa (City) for the Caritas Center.
Caritas Center is a newly developed homeless services center at Caritas Village in downtown Santa Rosa. Caritas Village includes Caritas Center housing focused homeless services center, Caritas Homes Phase I and Caritas Homes Phase II. Caritas Homes Phase I is under construction and Caritas Homes Phase II is in the predevelopment stage. The site is owned and operated by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa.
PRIOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW
None.
ANALYSIS
AB178 identified a direct allocation of $5,000,000 from the State of California’s 2022 Budget through its Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) to the City of Santa Rosa for Caritas Center, a housing-focused homeless service center. The City, as the pass-through entity between the State of California and the Project, will receive the appropriated funds from HCD and then disburse the monies to Catholic Charities, operator and owner of the Project. To accomplish this, City Council must act to:
Accept the $5,000,000 award from HCD;
Appropriate the monies into the Housing Authority’s budget – Fund 2130 Operating Reserves, to be paid out of Expense Key 340708 – Housing Reserve Transfers; Authorize payment of the $5,000,000 to Catholic Charities, owner and operator of the Project; and Authorize the City Manager or designee to sign all related documents.
FISCAL IMPACT
This item is pass through funding and does not impact the City’s budget. Approval increases the Housing Authority budget in Fund 2130 – Operating Reserves and appropriates the funds to Key 340708 – Housing Reserve Transfers for use during FY 2022/23.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
This action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a project which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, pursuant to CEQA Guideline Section 15378.
COUNCIL/BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS Not applicable.
NOTIFICATION
Not applicable.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
CONTACT
Nicole Del Fiorentino, Housing and Community Services Manager [email protected]
(707) 543-4472
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