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City of San Leandro City Council Meeting Date: July 10, 2023 Agenda Number: 10.n. Agenda Section: ATS Review File Number: 23-268 File Type: Staff Report Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Loan for $150,229 in Federal American Rescue Plan Act and Community Development Block Grant Program Funds to Assist Building Futures with Women and Children with Phase 2 of the Rehabilitation of the San Leandro Shelter located at 501 Davis Street ·Housing and Homelessness SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Building Futures with Women and Children (Building Futures) is ready to proceed with the second phase of its renovation of the San Leandro Shelter, a 30-bed shelter located at St. Leander Catholic Church in San Leandro. The goal of this capital project is to address normal “wear and tear” to the building that was not addressed in the first phase of the rehabilitation project completed over a year ago. The total loan amount includes two federal grant sources. The first source of funding is from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for $85,000 . The second source of funding was approved at a public hearing on June 21, 2022, when the FY 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan (AAP) for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was adopted by the City Council. In the plan, Council approved the allocation of $65,229 in available Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program funds. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt this resolution to approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a loan in the amount of $150,229 in Federal ARPA and CDBG program Funds to assist Building Futures with Women and Children with the Rehabilitation of the San Leandro Shelter located at 501 Davis Street. BACKGROUND The City identified goals and priorities for spending its federal CDBG entitlement funds in the 5-Year Consolidated Plan for FY 2020-2024 submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in June 2020. This plan identified “Non-Housing Community Development Projects” as a specific action area where CDBG funds be spent. In “Actions Planned to Develop Institutional Structure” staff named capital improvement projects conducted by area non-profit organizations that provide social services as a priority area that CDBG funds should support. Analysis For over 30 years, Building Futures has helped thousands of women and children who come to the San Leandro Shelter to build new lives after experiencing homelessness or domestic violence. Building Futures’ main service is to shelter and support women and children who are Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/14/2023