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City of San Leandro Meeting Date: April 18, 2022 Staff Report Agenda Section:File Number:22-263 ACTION ITEMS Agenda Number:12.b. TO:City Council FROM:Fran Robustelli City Manager BY:Tom Liao Community Development Director FINANCE REVIEW:Susan Hsieh Finance Director TITLE:Resolution of the City of San Leandro City Council Authorizing a Joint Application to and Participation in the Homekey Program (for acquisition & rehabilitation of the Nimitz Motel at 555 Lewelling Blvd for a short-term navigation center/shelter and conversion to permanent supportive housing for the unhoused) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Staff recommends City Council approve the Resolution authorizing joint application to and participation in the State Project Homekey Program Round 2 for acquisition and rehabilitation of the Nimitz Motel at 555 Lewelling Blvd for a proposed short-term navigation center/shelter and later conversion to permanent supportive housing for the unhoused. The State Homekey Round 2 deadline is May 2, 2022. The City will be jointly applying with the local homeless and domestic violence services provider, Cornerstone Community Development Corporation, aka Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC), which will be the on-site services provider for the interim navigation center and shelter. BACKGROUND The State of California created Project Roomkey and Project Homekey (Round 1) in 2020 to address the critical and urgent housing and services needs for unhoused persons and persons at-risk of homelessness due to the COVID-19 pandemic impacts. The Homekey Round 2 Request for Proposals (RFP) opened in September 2021. On March 21, 2022, the City Council approved entering into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire the 33-unit Nimitz Motel at 555 Lewelling Boulevard. The City identified the Nimitz Motel as the target site to address the City Council’s policy priority to establish a short-term homeless navigation center with shelter and permanent supportive housing that will be affordable to the homeless or at-risk homeless population. The City is working with BFWC and the nonprofit housing developer Eden Housing, Inc., to prepare the Homekey application. Eden Housing will Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 4/13/2022