To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Eric B. Whan, Acting Public Works Director
Prepared By: Lorien Clark, Transportation Planner
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Grant Funding for Construction of Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure Improvements, in conjunction with the Manzanita Family Apartments Project at 2951 Soscol Avenue
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Public Works Director to execute the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Implementation, Indemnity and Cooperative Agreement with Satellite Affordable Housing Associates , to facilitate an application for grant funding from the California Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Housing and Community Development in an amount up to $1,100,000 to reimburse the City's costs of constructing Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure Improvements (including rectangular rapid flashing beacons for streets with uncontrolled pedestrian crossings, a traffic signal at the intersection of Soscol Avenue and Old Soscol Way, and associated improvements).
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DISCUSSION:
On September 19, 2017, the City Council approved the Manzanita Family Apartments development proposed by Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA) to construct a 51-unit multi-family affordable apartment development located near the intersection of Soscol Avenue and Old Soscol Way. SAHA has since approached the City of Napa to partner with their application for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) grant program for the Manzanita Family Apartments project.
The AHSC Program provides grants to affordable housing projects that benefit low-income communities/households and achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions through increasing accessibility of affordable housing via Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (STI) improvements. Qualifying Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure projects include bicycle, pedestrian and transit improvements within...
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