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Resolution in support of an Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Grant application for the 1051 Mission Road affordable housing project and authorizing the City Manager to execute an AHSC Implementation and Cooperation Agreement for transportation related improvements and an AHSC Scope of Work for an Anti-Displacement Strategy ..body
WHEREAS, 1051 Mission Affordable, LLC, the development team for the affordable housing component of the PUC Project, located at 1051 Mission Road, (“1051 Mission Affordable”) is seeking an award of Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities (AHSC) funding to support the development of the 158-unit, 100% affordable project; and WHEREAS, key to assembling the funds to build this much-needed affordable housing is securing two major State of California Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) grants:
the Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG) and AHSC; and
WHEREAS, the project was awarded $28.8 million in IIG funds in February 2023 and 1051 Mission Affordable, in cooperation with the City, has assembled a highly competitive AHSC application; and
WHEREAS, the City has identified sustainable transportation infrastructure improvements (STI) for which to request funding as part of the AHSC application for 1051 Mission Road; and WHEREAS, those improvements identified as STI #1 include 0.42 new Lane Miles of Class I bikeway along Mission Road between Lawndale Boulevard and BART Road; 1.48 new Lane Miles of Class IV bikeway along Mission Road between BART Rd Road and Chestnut Avenue; 0.98 new Lane Miles of Class II buffered bike lane along either side of Grand Avenue between Mission Road and Laurel Avenue; 0.50 new Lane Miles of Class IV bikeway along Chestnut Avenue between Mission Road and Grand Avenue; 0.240.25 new Lane Miles of Class II buffered bike lane along one side of Chestnut Avenue between Sunset Avenue and Hillside Boulevard; 0.220.26 new Lane Miles of Class II buffered bike lane along either side of Arroyo Drive between El Camino Real and Camaritas Avenue; and 0.180.22 new Lane Miles of Class II buffered bike lane along either side of Camaritas Avenue between Arroyo Drive and Westborough Boulevard; and WHEREAS, those improvements identified as STI #2 include the installation and maintenance for 10 years of Transit Signal Priority (TSP) for the 52 signal intersections along the San Mateo County Transit District Routes 130/B, 122, 28, 35, 37, 141, ECR and ECR/O and; Commute.org Routes OPB and UGB, ; and South City Free Shuttle Routes Orange, Blue and Green within South San Francisco City limits and such TSP shall have a 40-year life expectancy as an infrastructure installation; and
Government Code Section
54957.5
SB 343 Item #12d
04/22/2026 REG CC
WHEREAS, those improvements identified as STI #3 include the purchase of four (4) new zeroemission electric shuttle buses to replace the existing fleet of the Free South City Shuttles, expanded service to include a new fourth shuttle route, purchase and installation of electric chargers, and continued operations of the shuttle program for up to 10 years; and WHEREAS, the City has identified an Anti-Displacement Strategy scope of work to expand the City’s existing Rental Assistance Program administered by the YMCA Community Resource Center; and
WHEREAS, in order to obtain reimbursement for the identified transportation infrastructure improvements and anti-displacement work, the City and the 1051 Mission Affordable must enter into an AHSC Implementation and Cooperation Agreement (Agreement); and WHEREAS, if awarded the AHSC funds, the City will receive approximately $9,623,3428,487,919 through the Agreement to fund the work described above.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco:
1. Affirms its support for 1051 Mission Affordable’s Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities grant application for the 1051 Mission Affordable project; and
2. Authorizes the City Manager, or her designee, to execute the AHSC Implementation and Cooperation Agreement substantially in the form incorporated as Exhibit A; to make any revisions, amendments, or modifications; to execute any other documents; and to take such other actions deemed necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent of this resolution which do not materially alter or increase the City's obligations thereunder, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney; and
3. Authorizes the City Manager, or her designee, to execute the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Commitment Letter substantially in the form incorporated as Exhibit B as required for the application’s Anti-Displacement Strategy.
Exhibits:
A. AHSC Implementation and Cooperation Agreement
B. AHSC Anti-Displacement Scope of Work