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Sx <br />i! <br />A' City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 2, 2012 <br />00 11 . Staff Report <br />File Number: 12 -316 Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: 8.E. <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Luke Sims <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW: David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE: Staff Report for Resolution Approving a FY 2012 -13 Contractual Services <br />Agreement with Bay Area Homebuyer Agency to Administer the City <br />Homebuyer Programs <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The City outsourced, under the Redevelopment Agency, the administration of its homebuyer <br />programs: the First Time Homebuyer (FTHB) and the Inclusionary Housing /Below Market <br />Rate Ownership (IH /BMR) Programs. The IH /BMR Program is a component of the City's <br />Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance. Bay Area Homebuyer Agency (BAHBA) is a nonprofit agency <br />with extensive regional experience in administering public first time homebuyer and <br />inclusionary/below market rate ownership housing programs. <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving a contractual services <br />agreement with Bay Area Homebuyer Agency (BAHBA) for $33,065 to continue administering <br />the FTHB and IH /BMR Programs in FY 2012 -13. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Due to increased demand and inquiries in recent years regarding the City's FTHB and <br />IH /BMR Programs, and limited City /Agency staffing capacity, the RDA began outsourcing the <br />administration of the City's homebuyer programs to BAHBA in FY 2007 -08. Outsourcing to <br />BAHBA has helped to better integrate, administratively streamline, and market the <br />comprehensive homebuyer services under both programs. <br />BAHBA was created in 2000 as a nonprofit joint powers authority. Its members include <br />Contra Costa County, Alameda County, and nine cities within the two counties. BAHBA's <br />primary mission is to promote homeownership opportunities for low- to moderate - income <br />households in the nine county Bay Area region. BAHBA contracts with First Home, Inc. (FHI), <br />a for profit entity that serves as BAHBA's administrative arm to manage operations and <br />contracts. BAHBA administers the homebuyer /below market rate ownership programs for <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 612612012 <br />