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PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM EXHIBIT A INPUT FORM
1. ACTIVITY:
(a) Project Title: Year 5: Activity 2 Walnut Bluff Workforce Housing Program
(b) Beginning Date: 2024 Ending: 6/30/2028
2. OPERATING AGENCY:
(a) Agency Name: City of Signal Hill
(b) Agency Address: 2175 Cherry Ave. Signal Hill CA 90755 [email protected]
(c) Contact Information:
Name:
Colleen Doan
Title: Community Development Director
Telephone Number: (562) 989-7344
E-mail Address: [email protected]
3. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION:
Colleen Doan, Community Development Director
City of Signal Hill
2175 Cherry Ave. Signal Hill CA 90755
[email protected]
Alexa Washburn
Chief Development Officer
National Community Renaissance
9692 Haven Avenue Suite 100
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
949-394-7996
[email protected]
Exhibit A
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4. CONTRACTED SERVICES/SUBRECIPIENTS: (Describe duties to be performed.) • The City of Signal Hill will partner with the following:
o National CORE – National CORE will be the developer, general contractor, property manager, and asset manager for the proposed Walnut Bluff Workforce Housing project. o Remediation consultants and engineers include Catalyst Environmental Solutions, Roux, and Stantec.
5. ACTIVITY ELIGIBILITY SUMMARY: Select Activity and Sub-Activity:
X Multifamily Rental Housing
X Acquisition X Predevelopment X Development
Rehabilitation Preservation Operating Subsidies
Affordable Rental, Ownership, and ADU Housing
Acquisition Predevelopment Development
Rehabilitation Preservation
Matching Funds to Regional Housing Trust Funds
Housing for Homeless
Rapid Rehousing Rental Assistance Supportive Case Management Operating Costs for Navigating Centers Capital Costs for Navigation Centers Operating Costs for Emergency Shelters New Construction Rehabilitation Preservation
Homeownership Opportunities Assistance
(b) Estimated Number of Accomplishments: The project will build approximately 83 affordable rental units in Signal Hill.
(c) Performance Indicator:
X Units 83 units
Households
6. ACTIVITY SUMMARY:
(a) Provide a detailed description of the activity to be implemented within the overall project. The summary should provide sufficient detail (who, what, when, where) to permit a clear understanding of the nature, beneficiaries, and eligibility of the activity.
PLHA funds will cover predevelopment/development costs of the construction of multifamily rental housing located on a 2- acre property at the northwest corner of East Willow Street and Walnut Avenue. The project site would support 4-story residential buildings with approximately 83 affordable homes for individuals and families earning below 80% of the area median income (AMI), with a mix of one, two and three bedrooms and ground floor space for resident amenities and programs. Up to twenty-five units will be reserved as permanent supportive housing for Veterans and their families who are unhoused or at-risk of becoming unhoused.
PLHA funds will cover costs of remediation of the project site to abandon idle oil and gas wells. Funds will also cover costs for conducting soils remediation and site preparation associated with historic oil field operations.
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(b) Will this project involve construction expenses of $1,000 or more? X Yes No
7. ACTIVITY SERVICE AREA INFORMATION:
(a) Service Area (Select the method by which you will define your service area):
X Citywide Countywide Districtwide
Other - Please describe, i.e. San Gabriel Valley, Unincorporated South Whittier (b) Site Address/Type/Census Tract:
Site Address Type (Choose one only.) Census Tract(s)
Northwest corner of Willow Street and
Walnut Avenue in Signal Hill, CA.
APN: 7212-010-038
X Construction Site
Service Facility
5734.02
Construction Site
Service Facility
Construction Site
Service Facility
Construction Site
Service Facility
Construction Site
Service Facility
8. ACTIVITY BUDGET SUMMARY: (The Operating Agency understands that no expenditures may be incurred before the contract has been fully executed.)
Budget by Cost Category Total
Personnel $
Non-Personnel $
Capital Outlays $ 31,874
Administration $
TOTAL: $ 31,874
9. ACTIVITY LEVERAGED FUNDING SOURCES:
Source Amount Source Amount
Signal Hill Housing
Authority Low-Mod $5,500,000 Tax Credit Equity $27,706,688 Gateway Cities
Affordable Housing
Trust
$2,245,000
Permanent Loan
$9,415,477
Signal Hill Housing
Authority In-Lieu $745,419 General Partner $100
LACDA (Name of
Funding Source) $3,600,000 TOTAL: $51,515,329
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10. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE: (For predevelopment, construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, or preservation activities only.)
Milestone Target Date (MonthDay-Year)Comments
Phase 1: Predevelopment January 2024-
December 2025
Includes acquisition of site
Phase 2: Financing June 2024-December
2026
GCAHT funds and City funds
secured; apply for LACDA in Q1
2025; tax credits in 2026.
Phase 3: Construction Begins 2027
Phase 4: Construction Completed 2029
Phase 5: Post Construction/Labor
File Review and Lease Up
Q3 2029
11. COMMENTS: If necessary, attach any additional information which you believe will assist in evaluating your project’s eligibility.
EXHIBIT A INPUT FORM INSTRUCTIONS
(1) ACTIVITY
(a) Project Title:
Each project is given an activity title that gives a clear indication of the overall nature of the activity (e.g., “Walnut Park Division Project - First District”). Do not exceed 60 characters. (b) Funding Period:
Each activity must be given a funding period. For each Program Year, no projects may start, or incur costs, earlier than the contract execution date and no later than 90-days prior to the Program Year deadline. Except for certain predevelopment costs, any costs incurred outside of the contract term must be disallowed. (2) OPERATING AGENCY
(a) Agency Name: Identify the Operating Agency of the proposed activity described in this Exhibit A Input Form. (b) Agency Address: Identify the Agency's mailing address. (c) Contact Information
▪ Contact Name: Identify the name of the Division's contact person. This contact person should be able to answer questions related to the project and the related contract that may develop from this Exhibit A Input Form. This person could be the Grants Manager, Division Budget Analyst, or Project Manager. ▪ Title: Identify the title of the contact person.
▪ Telephone Number: Identify the area code and telephone number of the contact person. ▪ E-mail Address: Identify the contact person’s e-mail address. (3) PROJECT ADMINISTRATION
Identify the entity administering the project. Include the name(s) and title(s) of the project manager(s), and the address and phone number for the Agency administering the project, if other than a LACDA Project Manager.
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(4) CONTRACTED SERVICES/SUBRECIPIENTS
List the name(s) of the individuals, firms, or subrecipients providing contracted services as part of the project.
Describe the duties to be performed under the contract or agreement, and indicate whether the individual, firm or agency has already been selected.
▪ Contracted services include legal counsel, bookkeeping, construction, as well as architectural and engineering services and must be obtained through a procurement process. ▪ Subrecipient agencies include public or private non-profit entities providing services such as youth or senior programs.
(5) ACTIVITY ELIGIBILITY SUMMARY
(a) Select Activity and Sub-Activity: Indicate proposed project activity and budget. You may select more than one activity for each funding year.
(b) Expected Accomplishments:
Based on the the performance indicator, provide the specific accomplishments your Agency expects to achieve by the end of the contract period using PLHA funds only. Remember that the selection of the correct performance indicator at the inception of a project is very important because it identifies the nature of the activity to be undertaken. The Performance Indicator that is selected is then used as a tool to measure the performance of a funded project. The goal may include the number of households assisted housing units made available because of this funding. (c) Performance Indicator:
Identify the performance indicator that most correctly corresponds to the activity. The performance indicator may include number of units or households assisted.
(6) ACTIVITY SUMMARY:
(a) Detailed Description: Provide a detailed description of the activity to be implemented within the overall project.
The summary should provide sufficient detail (who, what, when, where) to permit a clear understanding of the nature, beneficiaries, and eligibility of the activity.
The description must clearly describe what PLHA funds will pay for and indicate whether a subrecipient, consultant, or staff will undertake the implementation of the activity. Please include a line-item level listing of proposed expenditures.
For example, "Funds will be used for travel, space costs, consultant services", etc. For equipment purchases exceeding $300 per unit, please specify the equipment to be purchased (e.g., a copier, facsimile machine, computer, etc.). Also, include proposed accomplishments for leveraged funding (e.g., Other specific public funds, Tax Credits, Bond Fees, Other Private, etc.).
(b) Will this project involve construction expenses of $1,000 or more? Yes No (7) ACTIVITY SERVICE AREA INFORMATION
(a) Service Area: Identify the service area for the proposed project. Please note that we will utilize Census 2000 data as found in Map Locator.
(b) Site Address/Type/Census Tracts: Indicate the address of the site(s). Indicate if it is a construction or a service facility. Indicate what census tract(s) it is in (if construction) or the census tracts it serves (if a facility). (8) ACTIVITY BUDGET SUMMARY
Budget: Indicate budgeted amounts by Cost Category: Personnel, Non-Personnel, Capital Outlays, and Administration.
In developing your construction activity (if applicable), consider whether State prevailing wage requirements apply to the activity. In general, State prevailing wage applies to construction projects with expenses of $1,000 or more.
Please complete an Exhibit A form for each Activity and Sub-Activity. It will be considered on a project-by project basis if these may be combined into a single project that will be completed during the same contract term using the same Program Year funding.
(9) ACTIVITY LEVERAGED FUNDING SOURCES
Indicate the type and amount of leveraged funds to be used for this activity. Please note that PLHA funds are not to be included in this Section. Leveraged funds are project funds in addition to PLHA funds.
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(10) IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
For activities that involve housing development and facility projects only, provide target dates (month-date-year) that correspond to identified milestones with regard to the completion of the activity. Activity schedule should correspond with the Expenditure deadlines assigned to each funding Year. (11) COMMENTS: Please provide any additional comments which you believe will assist LACDA staff in evaluating this project's eligibility.