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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: May 1, 2017 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:17-190 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.K. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a Resolution Approving a Consulting Services Agreement for <br />$193,595 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds Between <br />the City of San Leandro and Rebuilding Together Oakland-East Bay for the <br />Provision of Housing Rehabilitation Grants <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving a Consulting Services <br />Agreement with Rebuilding Together Oakland-East Bay for $193,595 to administer the City’s <br />Housing Rehabilitation Program from May 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. This Community <br />Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing Activity project is authorized by the City Council <br />as part of the City’s U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual <br />Action Plans and will be funded by CDBG grant funds. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Since 1989, the City’s Housing Rehabilitation Program (Housing Rehab Program) has been <br />popular and effective in assisting very low-income homeowners, especially fixed-income <br />seniors, to improve and affordably remain in their homes. . The program also enables seniors <br />to age in place, a current General Plan Housing Element goal. <br />The Housing Rehab Program provides grants of up to $5,000 to homeowners to improve and <br />maintain their homes. The grants, which are available to eligible owner-occupants of <br />single-family homes, duplexes, and mobile homes, can pay for minor home repair, mobile <br />home repair, accessibility, exterior paint, exterior yard clean-up, and seismic strengthening. <br />Successfully completed rehabilitation projects include sewer lateral replacements, water <br />heater replacements, roof replacements and repairs, electrical repairs, plumbing repairs, <br />installations of ADA compliant bathroom fixtures, mobile home leveling and new mobile home <br />skirting. Eligibility is based on income. For example, the annual income of a one-person <br />household must not exceed $52,650 and the annual income of a two-person household must <br />not exceed $60,150. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 4/24/2017 <br />153