To: Honorable Chair and Commissioners
From: Rick Tooker, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Andrea Clark, Affordable Housing Representative
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Housing Services Agreements with the Cities of St. Helena and Calistoga and the Town of Yountville
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Deputy Director to execute the Housing Services Agreements with the Cities of St. Helena and Calistoga and Town of Yountville.
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DISCUSSION:
Since fiscal year 2007-2008, the Housing Authority has provided a variety of housing services to the Cities of St. Helena and Calistoga and the Town of Yountville. Every two years the Housing Authority enters into a Housing Services Agreement with each jurisdiction to provide these services. In addition, the City of St. Helena provides funds to the Housing Authority to pay for its share of additional housing services provided by Abode Services and Fair Housing Napa Valley, and the Housing Authority passes those funds on to Abode Services and Fair Housing Napa Valley. The Housing Authority also has an existing three-year services agreement in place with the City of American Canyon.
The services provided to each of the communities are similar in nature and include technical assistance related to a variety of housing functions. Outlined below are the general housing functions provided by the Housing Authority to each of the jurisdictions:
- Administer Section 8 Rental Assistance: 12% of the rental assistance vouchers are provided countywide.
- Represent each jurisdiction on the Countywide Continuum of Care Committee and secure funding from HUD for the delivery of homelessness services.
- Provide technical assistance to the planning departments on a variety of affordable housing issues.
- Provide technical assistance with housing grant applicants and/or program implementation and reporting.
- Review affordable housing development applications and draft necessary regulatory agreements.
- Provide annual compliance monitoring of rent restriction and inclusionary agreements (161 units)
- Provide loan servicing, annual owner occupancy monitoring, and marketing of re-sales for the ownership affordable housing units (136 units)
- Pass through of funds in the amount of $2,000 per year to Fair Housing Napa Valley for fair housing and mediation services for the City of St. Helena
- Pass through funds in the amount of $2,000 per year for countywide rental assistance to Abode Services through a separate agreement for the City of St. Helena
Housing staff met with each of the jurisdictions to review the services provided during the previous fiscal year and to discuss the upcoming contracts. The terms for each of the proposed agreements would be two years, beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2020. Each of the proposed agreements includes a 3.5% increase in compensation to the Housing Authority for services provided in FY 2018-19 and a 3.0% increase for services provided in FY 2019-20 to cover increased staff costs.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
The service agreements positively impact the Local Housing Fund (84601-34101) by $108,639 in FY 2018-19 and $111,779 in FY 2019-20. The adopted Two-Year Housing Authority budget includes a revenue appropriation for these agreements for FY2018-2019.
CEQA:
The Deputy Director has determined that the Recommended Action described in this Agenda Report is not subject to CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15050(c).
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - Resolution authorizing the agreements
NOTIFICATION:
Housing Authority staff has met with the staff at each of the other jurisdictions to discuss the terms of the proposed Housing Services Agreements.