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File Number: 13-580 <br />The HRP Program is a non-competitive grant program. All applicants meeting the threshold <br />requirements will be funded. There is no maximum award; however; if the program is <br />oversubscribed, funds will be prorated among eligible applicants. In the event the Program is <br />undersubscribed, any unused funds will roll over to the next program year. <br />There are four threshold requirements that all applicants must meet to be eligible to <br />participate in the program: <br />1) Applicant must have a Housing Element in compliance with State housing element <br />pursuant to Government Code Section 65585; <br />2) Applicant must submit its Annual Progress Reports for all years in which applicant has <br />eligible units; <br />3) Applicant must submit documentation of eligible units; and <br />4) Applicant must meet a minimum grant amount of $75,000. <br />San Leandro meets all the threshold requirements. <br />Funds will be awarded on a per bedroom basis for each documented eligible unit: $500 per <br />bedroom in affordable to low-income households, and $750 per bedroom in affordable to very <br />low-income households. In addition to the base grant award, substantial bonus funds will be <br />awarded per bedroom as follows: <br />• $300 for newly constructed housing units; <br />• $250 for extremely low-income (30% of the Area Median Income) housing units; <br />$250 for housing units built in an infill project; <br />• $500 if park project is located in a Disadvantaged Community; <br />• $500 if park project is located in a Park -Deficient Community; <br />• $100 if park project supports an infill development; and/or <br />• $50-$75 for Regional Housing Needs Allocation progress as determined by HCD. <br />Based on the eligibility requirements, the grant application will include Estabrook Place Senior <br />Apartments and Lakeside Village Apartments. Estabrook Place has fifty (50) qualifying <br />one -bedroom units for very low-income seniors. The 840 -unit Lakeside Village, on the other <br />hand, which is currently in the process of converting from a market rate complex into a 100% <br />affordable housing tax credit property, has 21 very low income and 186 low income studios; <br />46 very low and 406 low income one -bedrooms; and 17 very low and 154 low income <br />two -bedrooms. <br />The City has a number of park and recreation facilities with deferred maintenance and capital <br />improvement needs; yet funding for these types of maintenance activities is limited. The HRP <br />Program provides an opportunity to fund and address these needs. In consultation and <br />coordination with the Public Works and Recreation & Human Services departments, City staff <br />proposes to apply HRP grant funds, if awarded, to renovate Siempre Verde Park and <br />Thrasher Park. Improvements at Siempre Verde Park could include replacing the outdated <br />playground equipment to meet safety codes and renovating the group picnic area. The <br />asphalt at Thrasher Skateboard Park could be replaced with a concrete surface to enhance <br />safety, while the outdated playground equipment at Thrasher Park could also be replaced to <br />meet safety codes. <br />City of San Leandro Page 2 Printed on 12123/2013 <br />