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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: June 18, 2018 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:18-294 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.E. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Tom Liao <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a Resolution of the City of San Leandro City Council to Approve <br />a Consulting Services Agreement for $100,000 of Community Development <br />Block Grant (CDBG) Funds Between the City of San Leandro and Rebuilding <br />Together Oakland-East Bay for the 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 $100,000 to administer the City’s <br />Housing Rehabilitation Program from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. This Community <br />Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing Activity project is authorized by the City Council as <br />part of the City’s FY2018-19 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual <br />Action Plan 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 seniors, <br />to improve and affordably remain in their homes and age in place. Also, the Housing Rehab <br />Program contributes to the City’s efforts to preserve its aging housing stock. These are all efforts <br />to advance the goals in the City’s Housing Element of the General Plan. <br />The Housing Rehab Program provides grants of up to $5,000 to homeowners to improve and <br />maintain their homes. The grants are available to eligible owner-occupants of single-family <br />homes, duplexes, and mobile homes, and can pay for minor home repairs, mobile home repairs, <br />accessibility upgrades, exterior paint, exterior yard clean-up, and seismic strengthening. <br />Successfully completed rehabilitation projects include sewer lateral replacements, water heater <br />replacements, roof replacements and repairs, electrical repairs, plumbing repairs, installations of <br />ADA compliant bathroom fixtures, mobile home leveling and new mobile home skirting. Eligibility <br />is based on income. For example, the annual income of a one-person household must not <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/12/2018 <br />422