Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
A RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON AUTHORIZING JOINT APPLICATION TO AND PARTICIPATION IN THE HOMEKEY+ PROGRAM AND APPROVING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING TO THE HUNTER HOUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT WHEREAS:
The Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”) has issued a Notice of Funding Availability, dated November 26, 2024 (“NOFA”), for the Homekey+ Program (“Homekey+” or “Program”). HCD has issued the NOFA for Homekey+ grant funds pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 50675.1.3 (Assem. Bill No. 140 (2021-2022 Reg. Sess.), § 20.); Health and Safety Code section 50675.1.5 (Assem. Bill No. 531 (2023-2024 Reg. Sess.); Section 14184.402 of the Welfare and Institutions Code; Section 5891.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code; and Round 5 and 6 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) grant program. (Assem. Bill No. 129 (Chapter 40, Statutes 2023) and Assem. Bill No. 166 (Chapter 48, Statutes 2024), respectively.
City of Stockton (“Applicant”) desires to jointly apply for Homekey+ grant funds with Service First of Northern California (“Service First”). Therefore, the Applicant is joining Service First in the submittal of an application for Homekey+ funds to HCD for review and consideration.
HCD is authorized to administer Homekey+ pursuant to the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code. Homekey+ funding allocations are subject to the terms and conditions of the NOFA, the Application, the HCD-approved STD 213, Standard Agreement (“Standard Agreement”), and all other legal requirements of the Homekey+ Program.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The City Council hereby approves $1,301,263 million in Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) grant funding to Service First for the Hunter House affordable housing project; and The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed to submit a joint Application to HCD in response to the NOFA, and to jointly apply for Homekey+ grant funds in a total amount not to exceed $36,000,000; and If the Application is approved, the City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed to enter into, execute, and deliver a Standard Agreement in a total amount not to exceed $36,000,000 and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to secure the Homekey+ funds from HCD and to participate in the Homekey+ Program, and all amendments thereto (collectively, the “Homekey+ Documents”); and The City Manager acknowledges and agrees that the City shall be subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Standard Agreement, and that the NOFA and Application will be incorporated in the Standard Agreement by reference and made a part thereof. Any and all activities, expenditures, information, and timelines represented in the Application are enforceable through the Standard Agreement. Funds are to be used for the allowable expenditures and activities identified in the Standard Agreement; and The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to defund all awarded funding (previously $1,740,000, and through this Resolution an additional $1,301,263, for a total of $3,041,263) to Service First for the Hunter House project if the Homekey+ funding process that commences with applications due in April 2025 does not result in approval and award of required funding to the Hunter House project; and The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to take all necessary and appropriate actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution, including execution of a grant agreement and associated documents.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED April 1, 2025 , by the following vote:
AYES: [ ] NAYS: [ ] ABSTAIN: [ ] ABSENT: [ ] The undersigned, Clerk of the City of Stockton does hereby attest and certify that the foregoing is a true and full copy of a resolution of the governing body adopted at a duly convened meeting on the date above-mentioned, and that the resolution has not been altered, amended, or repealed.
CHRISTINA FUGAZI
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
KATHERINE ROLAND, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton