Resolution 15732CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15732
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 21-11
APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT LIST OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECTS AND FUNDING REQUEST FOR SUCH
PROJECTS AS REQUESTED BY THE ALAMEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT
Whereas, in 1991, the Community Improvement Commission of the City of
Alameda ("CIC") and the Alameda Unified School District ("AUSD") entered into a Pass
Through Agreement ("AUSD Agreement"); and
Whereas, the AUSD Agreement provides that funds allocated pursuant to Section
3, related to the School District Housing Fund ("District Housing Fund"), are to be utilized
for affordable housing purposes in a manner consistent with the AUSD Agreement and
funds from the District Housing Fund may only be drawn down by AUSD for eligible
affordable housing expenditures; and
Whereas, commencing in Fiscal Year 2016-17, the Successor Agency of the
Community Improvement Commission ("Successor Agency") has requested, and the
Department of Finance has approved, expenditures for the District's Housing Fund
obligation under the Guyton Judgment and Settlement Agreement, as reflected on the
Successor Agency's Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule ("ROPS"); and
Whereas, in May 2018, AUSD entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with
the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda ("MOU") that in part provides that the
Housing Authority ("AHA") will assist the AUSD in implementing its responsibilities under
the AUSD Agreement and establishes a process for the AHA to make funding requests
to AUSD for affordable housing projects that implement the terms of the AUSD
Agreement; and
Whereas, the Successor Agency has been transferring to the AHA funds approved
on its ROPS schedule, pursuant to the MOU; and
Whereas, the Successor Agency intends to continue to report amounts
corresponding to the District Housing Fund on its ROPS for affordable housing uses
consistent with the terms of the AUSD Agreement and amounts so received by the
Successor Agency will continue to be transferred to the AHA pursuant to the terms of the
MOU; and
Whereas, as provided in the AUSD Agreement, AUSD has requested the
Successor Agency and City Council of the City of Alameda ("City Council") to review and
approve the Development List and Funding Request at a noticed public hearing; and
Whereas, the Development List and Funding Request are attached hereto as
Exhibit A; and
Whereas, to approve the Development List and Funding Request, the Successor
Agency must make findings consistent with the requirements of the AUSD Agreement,
including that the Development List projects are consistent with the Community
Redevelopment Law, the terms and conditions of the AUSD Agreement, and the
Settlement Agreement; and
Whereas, in addition, to approve the Development List and Funding Request, the
City Council must make findings that the Development List is consistent with the City's
Housing Element of its General Plan; and
Whereas, on January 5, 2021, the Successor Agency and City Council held a joint
meeting and the Successor Agency conducted a noticed public hearing in order to take
public comment on and review the Development List and Funding Request as requested
by the AUSD; and
Whereas, the Successor Agency has reviewed the Development List projects in
accordance with Section 6 of the Pass Through Agreement; and
Whereas, the Successor Agency finds: (1) that the Development List includes one
project, Rosefield Village, and a Funding Request of $2.032 million; (2) Rosefield Village
is an existing Housing Authority property that will be redeveloped to increase the total
number of affordable apartments, the property currently includes 53 housing units, the
redevelopment project will demolish 40 of these units and replace them with a new 78 -
unit apartment building with community spaces and on-site property management offices,
five of the other buildings on the property will be renovated, when complete, the $77
million redevelopment and renovation project will provide 92 rental units, the project will
be affordable to households earning between 20-80% of AMI, and construction began in
late summer 2020; and
Whereas, based thereon, the Rosefield Village Project is consistent with Section
6 of the Pass -Through Agreement, the Community Redevelopment Law, and the Guyton
Judgment and Settlement Agreement as it is located in the former BWIP, is serving
households earning a maximum income of 80% of AMI, and will provide a preference for
a certain number of units for eligible AUSD employees.
Whereas, the City Council finds that the Rosefield Village Project is consistent with
the City's Housing Element as follows:
Goal #1: Provide housing services and opportunities to support, maintain, and
enhance Alameda's diverse community and excellent quality of life and provide for the
housing needs of Alameda's future residents and regional housing needs.
Policy HE -1: Support public and private efforts to increase the supply of housing
in Alameda consistent with the City's environmental, climate action, transportation,
historic preservation, and economic development policy objectives.
Goal #2: Provide housing that meets the City's diverse housing needs, specifically
including affordable housing, special needs housing, and senior housing.
Policy HE -2: Expand the City's supply of affordable rental and ownership housing
for extremely low-, very low-, low-, and moderate -income households.
Policy HE -3: Create rental, homeownership, and other housing opportunities for
special needs populations such as the elderly, homeless and people at risk of becoming
homeless, people with physical and/or developmental disabilities, single -parent
households, and young adults.
Policy HE -7: Promote the conservation and rehabilitation of the City's existing
housing.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE COMMUNITY
IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA AND THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Successor Agency approves the Development List and the Funding
Request.
Section 2. The City Council approves the Development List and the Funding Request.
Section 3. The Successor Agency shall transfer $2,032,000 in Redevelopment Property
Tax Trust Funds that it receives from its FY 2021-2022 Recognized Obligation Payment
Schedule to the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda to fund the Rosefield Village
Project consistent with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Housing
Authority and the Alameda Unified School District.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
Exhibit A
ALAMEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISRICT FISCAL YEAR 2021-22
DEVELOPMENT LIST AND FUNDING REQUEST
Pursuant to Section 6 of the 1991 Pass -Through Agreement between AUSD and the
Successor Agency to Community Improvement Commission of the City of Alameda,
AUSD is submitting its list of prioritized housing projects and programs for Fiscal Year
2021-22:
Housing Projects and Programs (Development List
Rosefield Village — redevelopment and renovation of a Housing Authority -owned
property to construct/rehabilitate 92 rental units available to eligible households earning
between 20-80% of Area Median Income.
Funding Request
It is requested that $2,032,000 in Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Funds,
corresponding to the estimated 1,212,000 District Housing fund obligations for FY 2021-
2022 plus $820,000 due for prior years, be included by the Successor Agency to the
Community Improvement Commission of the City of Alameda on its upcoming Fiscal
Year 2021-2022 Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS) for purposes of
funding the Rosefield Village Project. It is further requested that the Successor Agency
transfer these funds to the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda to fund the Project
consistent with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Housing Authority and
the AUSD.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Successor Agency to the Community Improvement Commission
of the City of Alameda and the Council of the City of Alameda in a special joint meeting
assembled on the 5th day of January 2021 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers/Commissioners Daysog, Knox White, Spencer,
Vella and Mayor/Chair Ezzy Ashcraft — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Successor Agency and City this 6th day of January 2021.
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk and Successor Agency Secretary
Approved as to form:
Yibin Shen
City Attorney and General Counsel