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RESOLUTION OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH HOUSING
AUTHORITY APPROVING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN FAMILY HOUSING AND
NATIONAL COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE OF CALIFORNIA FOR
$2.40 MILLION IN LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING ASSET
FUNDS FOR THE HOMEKEY MOTEL CONVERSION PROJECT
LOCATED AT 17251 BEACH BOULEVARD AND AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO
EXECUTE AND IMPLEMENT SAID AGREEMENT
WHEREAS,on September 9,2021,the California Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD) issued a Notice of Funding Availability (Round 2) for Project Homekey
("Homekey")in the amount of$1.45 billion to sustain and rapidly expand the inventory of housing
for people experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness and who are, thereby, inherently
impacted by or at increased risk for medical diseases or conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic
or other communicable diseases; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of Homekey is to provide an opportunity for state, regional, and
local public entities to develop a broad range of housing types, including but not limited to hotels,
motels, hostels, single-family homes and multifamily apartments, adult residential facilities, and
manufactured housing, and to convert commercial properties and other existing buildings to
permanent supportive housing or interim housing; and
WHEREAS,Homekey funds will be available to eligible applicants on a continuous,over-
the-counter basis, rather than on a competitive basis; and
WHEREAS, on or around December 28, 2021, the AMERICAN FAMILY HOUSING, a
California nonprofit public benefit corporation, and NATIONAL COMMUNITY
RENAISSANCE OF CALIFORNIA, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (together,
"Developer ") and the County of Orange ("County") submitted an application for the Homekey
program grant funding for the acquisition, rehabilitation and conversion of the motel located at
17251 Beach Boulevard, Huntington Beach for both interim housing and permanent supportive
housing phases ("Project"); and
WHEREAS,the City of Huntington Beach("City")desires to allocate $4.21 million to the
Project consisting of$2.40 million in Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Funds(LMIHAF)
for rehabilitation and conversion of the rooms into supportive housing units, and $1.81 million in
HOME Investment Partnerships-American Rescue Plan Act(HOME-ARP)funds for the fifth-year
of supportive services costs; and
WHEREAS, on February 16, 2022, the County and Developer as co-applicant, were
awarded Homekey funds by HCD in the amount of up to $17.0 million for the Project; and
WHEREAS,the City Council has made a finding and determined that the Project is exempt
from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code
Section 21080.50, because the Project is an interim hotel/motel/housing project as defined in
Section 21080.50, and no additional environmental review is required; and
RESOLUTION NO. 7
WHEREAS, since LMIHAF will be used to partially fund the Project, the Huntington
Beach Housing Authority ("Authority") will be party to the proposed Affordable Housing
Agreement ("Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the City special legal counsel has prepared a draft proposed Agreement
between the Authority and the Developer for purposes of implementing activities related to the
Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Huntington Beach Housing Authority Board, DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. The Authority hereby approves the Affordable Housing Agreement by and
between the Authority and the Developer for the Project, substantially in the form presented to the
Authority, which contains a loan in the amount of$2.40 million in LMIHAF funds.
Section 3. The Executive Director, or designee, is delegated the authority to take any and
all actions necessary to execute the Agreement and any attachments(sub-agreements)thereto. The
Executive Director, with approval as to form by City Attorney's Office, shall have the authority to
make typographical, non-funding related corrections to the attachments (sub-agreements) in order
to implement the Project.
Section 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Huntington Beach Housing Authority at a regular
meeting held on the 7th day of June, 2022.
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Res. No. 7
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ROBIN ESTANISLAU, Housing Authority Clerk of the
Huntington Beach Housing Authority DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Huntington Beach Housing
Authority at a Special meeting of said Housing Authority held on June 7,
2022, and that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Peterson, Bolton, Posey, Delgeize, Carr, Moser, Kalmick
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Clerk of the Huntington Beach
Housing Authority
City of Huntington Beach, California