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RESOLUTION NO. 14869
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL APPROVING A HOUSING TRUST FUND
GRANT TO THE COUNTY OF MARIN FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT
3301 KERNER BOULEVARD IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,540,000, AND AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE GRANT DOCUMENTS AND ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS
THAT MAY BE REQUIRED BY OTHER SOURCES OF FINANCING FOR THE PROJECT
WHEREAS, on January 21, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 14760, establishing
Guidelines for the Administration of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2020 the California Department of Housing and Community
Development released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for $600 million in Project Homekey
funding to local public entities, including cities, counties, or other local public entities within California to
purchase and rehabilitate housing, including hotels, motels, vacant apartment buildings, and other
buildings and convert them into interim or permanent, long-term housing; and
WHEREAS, on August 11, 2020, the County of Marin Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution
No. 2020-86 endorsing and authorizing application for the Project Homekey program, including an
application for funding for the affordable housing development at 3301 Kerner Boulevard in San Rafael
(“3301 Kerner”); and
WHEREAS, the City received an application from the County of Marin seeking $1,540,000 in
funding for 3301 Kerner as part of the Project Homekey program; and
WHEREAS, Section 4 of the City’s Guidelines for the Administration of the Affordable Housing
Trust Fund allows eligible projects seeking Program funding for an eligible activity to submit a Program
Application through a “Rolling Application Process”; and
WHEREAS, City staff reviewed the 3301 Kerner project application using the evaluation criteria
listed in Section 5 of the Guidelines for the Administration of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund; and
WHEREAS, based upon this evaluation criteria, staff recommended the 3301 Kerner project for
funding as a grant in an amount up to $1,540,000 as result of the project’s ability to leverage Project
Homekey funding to provide new housing for very low and extremely low-income households and
substantial supportive services; and
WHEREAS, the purchase of the property is contingent on receiving State of California
Department of Housing and Community Development Homekey Grant funds; and
WHEREAS, a purchase of an ownership interest in real property funded pursuant to Health
and Safety Code Section 50675.1.1 as this project is, shall be statutorily exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 50675.1.2; and
WHEREAS, the City has sufficient funds in the Affordable Housing Trust Fund #243 to be
appropriated for FY20/21 to support this grant;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Rafael hereby
approves a housing trust fund grant to the County of Marin for the affordable housing development at
3301 Kerner Boulevard in an amount not to exceed $1,540,000, and authorizes the City Manager to
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execute grant documents and all related documents that may be required in connection with other
sources of financing for the project, in a form to be approved by the City Attorney.
I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on
Monday, the 2nd day of November 2020, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Colin
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk