HCR14-037 - San Diego Housing Commission

REPORT
DATE ISSUED: April 14, 2014
ATTENTION:
SUBJECT:
REPORT NO: HCR14-037
Chair and Members of the San Diego Housing Commission
For the Agenda of May 9, 2014
Funding Commitment under the Naval Training Center (NTC) Homeless Assistance Plan
COUNCIL DISTRICT: 2
REQUESTED ACTION
Approve an allocation of $161,887 to rehabilitate San Diego Youth Services’ Take Wing housing
program, and $50,000 to rehabilitate Catholic Charities’ House of Rachel Independent Living Program.
This allocation will expend the balance of the San Diego Housing Commission’s remaining commitment
to the City of San Diego’s Naval Training Center Agreement.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
That the San Diego Housing Commission (Housing Commission) take the following actions:
1) Approve a revocable grant in the amount of $161,887 to San Diego Youth Services to install a
solar photovoltaic system at its Take Wing housing program; and
2) Approve a revocable grant in the amount of $50,000 to Catholic Charities to upgrade the
electrical system at the House of Rachel Independent Living Program; and
3) Authorize the President & Chief Executive Officer (President & CEO) to execute all necessary
documents in a form acceptable to General Counsel.
SUMMARY
In 1993, Congress and the President of the United States approved the closure of a large portion of the
Naval Training Center (NTC) at Rosecrans Street and Nimitz Boulevard in Point Loma. The federal
Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act required certain actions for
conversion from military to civilian use, including a plan showing how the needs of the homeless would
be met. The San Diego City Council (City Council) established the NTC Reuse Committee, which
brought together various homeless providers, to advise them in developing such a plan. (Attachment 1 is
a list of NTC Homeless Subcommittee Members).
In July 1996, the City Council approved the Homeless Assistance Element of the NTC Reuse Plan that
allowed the provision of off-site assistance to the homeless. A plan was developed to support 150
transitional housing units, primarily in Council District 2. The City of San Diego (City) and the NTC
Homeless Subcommittee executed an agreement for the City to “secure, appropriate, and disburse” up to
$7,500,000 on certain transitional housing projects proposed by members of the NTC Homeless
Subcommittee. This agreement recognizes the Homeless Subcommittee as an ad hoc advisory body to
be consulted for purposes of carrying out the agreement.
April 9, 2014
Funding Commitment under the Naval Training Center (NTC) Homeless Assistance Plan
Page 2
The Housing Commission is providing $1 million of the total $7.5 million in funding. The table below
shows the Housing Commission’s NTC funding to date, which includes expenditures for all but
$211,887 of the $1 million contribution. In 2003, the Housing Commission approved reserving the
$211,887 to fund a future project by the Salvation Army.
NTC Homeless Assistance Plan Funding Distribution
Agency
Project
Amount
San Diego Youth & Community Services
Wing Street
$ 483,113.00
The Salvation Army
Family Development Center
$ 150,000.00
Father Joe's Villages
Villa Harvey Mandel Project
$ 80,000.00
Catholic Charities
9th & F Street Project
$ 75,000.00
Total Spent
$ 788,113.00
Remaining Balance to be Committed
$ 211,887.00
In 2009, the City and the NTC Homeless Subcommittee executed a third amendment to the initial
Agreement allowing subsequent projects to support rehabilitation of existing facilities. The
Subcommittee supported allocating the Housing Commission’s remaining NTC fund commitment to the
Salvation Army’s Door of Hope project to replace an existing transitional housing facility in Kearny
Mesa. However, on July 29, 2010, the Salvation Army withdrew its request for NTC funds and the NTC
Homeless Subcommittee reallocated the funds to San Diego Youth Services (SDYS) and Catholic
Charities.
SDYS proposes to use $161,887 to install a solar photovoltaic system at its five-building, 33-unit Take
Wing housing development in the Midway District, which serves homeless youth. Incentives from the
California Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) Program will contribute approximately
$177,113 and SDYS will contribute the balance of funds for this project through its capital
improvements fund. Installation of the system is expected to result in annual operating cost savings of
approximately $90,000. Construction is estimated to start in August 2014. Attachment 2 provides a
project description.
Catholic Charities proposes to use $50,000 to repair the electrical system in nine units of the House of
Rachel Independent Living Program. Additional interior unit repairs will be completed if the cost to
repair the electrical system is less than $50,000. Attachment 3 provides a project description and repair
priority list.
FISCAL CONSIDERATIONS
The proposed funding sources and uses approved by this action are included in the Fiscal Year 2015
Proposed Budget and Proposed Affordable Housing Fund Plan under the Rental Housing Finance
activity. Approving this action will not change the Fiscal Year 2015 total budget.
Approving this action will result in the installation of a solar photovoltaic system for the Take Wing
housing development at a total cost to the Housing Commission of $161,887 and electrical/interior
rehabilitation at House of Rachel Independent Living at an average cost of $5,556 per housing unit.
April 9, 2014
Funding Commitment under the Naval Training Center (NTC) Homeless Assistance Plan
Page 3
Funding sources approved by this action will be as follows:
Housing Trust Fund (Linkage) - $211,887
Funding uses approved by this action will be allocated as follows:
Grants - $211,887
Approving this action will grant the President & CEO, or designee, the authority, for all project budgets,
to transfer and/or reallocate funds between any and all funding use line items within the total approved
project budget provided that the total project budget amount after any and all transfers/allocations does
not exceed the previously approved budget total, when the operational need(s) arise and/or when such
actions are to the benefit of the Housing Commission and its mission.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL and/or COMMITTEE ACTION
The initial agreement between the City and the NTC Homeless Subcommittee was approved on July 31,
1999, with amendments to the agreement approved as follows:
Amendment 1 – November 3, 2005
Amendment 2 – February 28, 2007
Amendment 3 – May 18, 2009
KEY STAKEHOLDERS and PROJECTED IMPACTS
Stakeholders include remaining members of the NTC Homeless Subcommittee, the City, and the
Housing Commission.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The proposed rehabilitation is categorically exempt from the requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 because Take Wing and “House of
Rachel” are existing facilities and the proposed actions do not involve expansion of the existing uses.
Processing under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is not required as no federal funds are
involved in this action.
Respectfully submitted,
Approved by,
Tina Kessler
Deborah N. Ruane
Tina Kessler
Program Analyst
Real Estate Division
Deborah N. Ruane
Senior Vice President
Real Estate Division
Attachments: 1) NTC Homeless Subcommittee Members
2) SDYS Project Description
3) Catholic Charities Project Description and Repair Priority List
Hard copies are available for review during business hours in the main lobby of the San Diego Housing
Commission offices at 1122 Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 and at the Office of the San Diego City
Clerk, 202 C Street, San Diego, CA 92101. You may also review complete docket materials on the San
Diego Housing Commission website at www.sdhc.org.
Attachment 1
NTC Homeless Subcommittee Members
Catholic Charities
Father Joe’s Villages
San Diego Youth Services
Vietnam Veterans of San Diego
Volunteers of America
Attachment 2
Attachment 3
Catholic Charities
House of Rachel Independent Living
759 Eighth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Rehabilitation Project
Program Description:
The House of Rachel Independent Living Program is 9-studio units for women completing recovery
programs and/or are newly employed. Women receive life skills coaching and case management while
being offered an affordable safe and sober living environment
Project Design:
Catholic Charities intends to use its NTC Settlement funds to install new electrical wiring and renovate
two bathrooms for the Independent Housing Program. A majority of the wiring in the building and in
particular the nine units is more than 50 years old. Residents experience frequent power outages and
flickering of lights. We believe that it is no longer safe to keep patching the problems and we should
replace the wiring in the building.
Project Funding:
The requested NTC funding of $50,000 will be used to fund the cost of the entire project.
Catholic Charities will take responsibility for any changes over the $50,000 allocation
Project Timeline:
Design Phase: Scope of work has been established
Estimated Project Start Date: As soon as funds are available
Estimated Project Completion Date: Approximately 30 days from start date