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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/13/2023 - Meeting Materials CDBG HOUSING&NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS Alliance House,Inc.-1805 South Main Street Rebuild ASSIST Inc-Community Design Center Emergency Home Repair&Accessibility and Community Design First Step House-Facilities Renovations and Improvements International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technol-Providing Solar Energy and Green Rehabilitation to Low-Income Salt Lake City Residents Odyssey House Inc.-Utah-Lighthouse and Martindale Clinic Roof Replacement Salt Lake City Corporation-SLC Neighborhood Business Improvement Program(aka Facade grant) Salt Lake City Neighborhood Improvement&Stabilization Team-Fix the Bricks Salt Lake City Neighborhood Improvement&Stabilization Team-Home Repair Program Salt Lake City Neighborhood Improvement&Stabilization Team-Shared Equity Program NeighborWorks Salt Lake-Downpayment assistance and home rehabilitations WeeCare,Inc. (DBA Upwards)-BOOST Program I Business Operations&Optimization Support&Tools for Child Care Providers YWCA Utah-Roof replacement for YWCA Utah's Transitional Housing Facility Follow up questions from Previous Week questions ii/6/23 meetinw Children Media Workshop—Trave1Well program: Ask for Data on the School Alternate Transportation program: Question 2/3 from last week. Please send us what they have for their Pilot Programs Application Review for 11-13-2023 #1.Alliance House,Inc.-1805 South Main Street Rebuild CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description: Residents of 1805 South Main are all members of the Clubhouse where they receive intense rehabilitation services.All residents are at or below 3o%AMI. Residents pay 30%of their income for rent and the Clubhouse subsidizes the rest.All residents have an assigned case manager at the Clubhouse that assists with community needs and reintegration.The project will be going from 9 units to 16 units,increasing the ability to assist members in obtaining safe and deeply affordable housing,moving many from homelessness. Funds will go toward demolition,architectural testing,construction costs,and connection/impact fees Requesting: $300,000.00 Beneficiaries: 16 Board Questions: Jenny: What will happen with the 9 currently living in at the Clubhouse?Will they be displaced or is there a plan in place for them during construction? #2.ASSIST Inc-Community Design Center Emergency Home Repair&Accessibility and Community Design CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description: This Program includes Emergency Home Repair,Accessibility Design,and Community Design.This program helps meet needs by providing critical home repairs and accessibility modifications at no cost to eligible households.The program is available to households whose income is below 8o%of Area Median Income(AMI); average income of households served is 30%AMI. Funding will go toward contractor expenses for emergency home repair and program delivery Requesting: $950,000.00 Beneficiaries: 130 Board Questions: #3.First Step House-Facilities Renovations and Improvements CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description: FSH provides substance use disorder treatment to adult low-income males at three facilities in Salt Lake City.On average,clients stay in treatment for 90-12o days and receive clinical therapy and medication management in addition to supportive services like case management.Funding will go towards the completion of badly needed ceiling repairs at the 411 N. Grant Street site.Valor House addresses the challenges of veteran homelessness with 72 beds of transitional housing for veterans.The building requires major repairs to its HVAC system.The final project is to reseal,patch,and recoat a parking lot of one of the recovery residences.This is transitional sober living for clients who have completed residential treatment. Recovery housing improves clients'ability to maintain treatment gains and achieve stable income and housing. Requesting: $302,000.00 Beneficiaries: 46o Board Questions: Jurphy: What is the basis for the$35k, $25k,and$ilk budgeted amounts?Has FSH already received bids for the capital projects? #4.International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technol-Providing Solar Energy and Green Rehabilitation to Low-Income Salt Lake City Residents CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description: ICAST will implement solar PV(photovoltaics)with or without battery energy storage systems(BESS)that include key rehabilitative aspects in multi-unit housing(including shelters). Funding will largely go towards installation of solar PV and BESS,infrastructure upgrades,and health/safety upgrades Requesting: $ 2,000,000.00 Beneficiaries: 1,000 Board Questions: Jurphy: One of the outcomes is"Execute...at least 1[project]having battery storage."The provided budget states Battery Energy Storage Systems Installation totals $75ok.How many battery storage projects are budged against the$75ok? #6.Odyssey House Inc.-Utah-Lighthouse and Martindale Clinic Roof Replacement CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description:The project will provide two connected facilities with a new,safe,functional roof.Using the requested funds,Odyssey House can have the old roof removed and properly disposed of.Then,can install the new Thermoplastic Polyolefin(TPO)roof,seal pipes,insulate drains,and attach the drip edge. It is estimated that this roof will last up to 20 years. Funding will support roof removal and installation costs Requesting: $ 80,000.00 Beneficiaries: 5,885 Board Questions: Jenny: How many people will be potentially displaced and is there a plan for placement for those displaced? #7.Salt Lake City Corporation-SLC Neighborhood Business Improvement Program(aka Facade grant) CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description:NBIP is requesting a total of$885,000 in funding.This will provide,at a minimum, 16 grants of up to$50,000 for businesses to make fagade improvements.A competitive grant application process will be facilitated by the grant administrator.A selection committee is comprised of city staff and community members.After the awardees are determined,a grant orientation with all grantees is held. The grant administrator works closely with all awardees to develop their scopes of work.Once finalized, an environmental review is conducted.The projects are then posted on the State public procurement website for bidding.Projects are awarded to the lowest and most responsive bidders.Once a General Contractor is awarded,a contract is entered into with the City,Grantee,and the construction company and the project can commence. Funding will go towards the salary of the grant administrator,program costs,and administration costs Requesting: $ 885,000.00 Beneficiaries: 16 Board Questions: Teresa: Is there an expected increase in foot traffic for the commercial property?Is there any data on this information? #8. Salt Lake City Neighborhood Improvement&Stabilization Team-Fix the Bricks CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description: SLC works with licensed contractors to complete the seismic retrofits.The contractor removes a strip of the roofing and sheathing materials to access the roof-to-wall-connection points.The contractor then constructs a framework at the base of the roof rafters,drills holes through the framework into the URM wall below and drives helical pins through the holes to connect the roof to the URM walls. The estimated average cost for seismic improvements is$25,766.34 for single-family structures. This funding will go towards the construction costs,administrative costs,and engineering costs for ten URM homes in Salt Lake City. Requesting: $ 240,000.00 Beneficiaries: io Board Questions: #9.Salt Lake City Neighborhood Improvement&Stabilization Team-Home Repair Program CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description: Qualified homeowners can receive a loan up to$5o,000,depending on income and underwriting standards,to complete necessary repairs on their home.The Handyman program provides a grant for$1,500 to homeowners who are over 65 or have someone who is disabled in the home. Repairs must address habitability needs first and then further needed repairs.There are no upgrades applicable for the programs,only habitability repairs. This funding may also go to preparing a home for low to moderate income homeownership.Occasionally Salt Lake City purchases a home that needs habitability repairs.In that case,this funding may be used on the vacant home for necessary and needed repairs.The vacant homes that will be rehabilitated or repaired will be sold by Salt Lake City to a low to moderate income resident.The homes will be occupied by a low to moderate income homeowner within six months of rehab completion. Requesting: $ 800,000.00 Beneficiaries: 43 Board Questions: Andrea: What is the average cost of a funded home repair over the last 2 years?Could we see a list of all home repairs and actual costs for current year?Can you comment more on the level of assistance given to this population in managing a home repair project in the$5o,000 range when they may not have experience or skills with contractors etc.?The application mentions that grant applications are reviewed on first come,first serve basis.Can you comment on how or if the danger represented by an unsafe condition is incorporated into selection of recipients? Are the loans forgivable?Are there income guidelines for the program that determines if the loans are forgivable vs.low interest loans?And If so what are those guidelines? #1o.Salt Lake City Neighborhood Improvement&Stabilization Team-Shared Equity Program CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description: Potential homebuyers must be under 8o%AMI and purchase a home in Salt Lake City boundaries. CDBG will fund the purchase of that land that will then be owned by Salt Lake City and leased to the homeowner for$50 per month for the time of land restriction.This funding will be paired with the homebuyer loan program for homebuyers to receive a low-interest,non-predatory loan. The Shared Equity Program keeps the land in Salt Lake City's name while selling the Building and Improvements to a low to moderate income homebuyer.This lowers the mortgage amount that the homeowner must pay up front and provide an opportunity to build equity.The equity is split with SLC if the homeowner wants to sell depending on how long they are in the home.This allows for households to experience homeownership and have a steppingstone to purchase a home in the open market. Funding will go towards direct costs of purchasing land and project delivery costs Requesting: $500,000.00 Beneficiaries: 3 Board Questions: Teresa: Is there a project dollar value of the land in benefit and is there a projected dollar value for the property for the client. *ii.NeighborWorks Salt Lake-Downpayment assistance and home rehabilitations CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description:NeighborWorks Salt Lake(NWSL)will provide grants to low to moderate-income residents of Salt Lake City for home rehabilitation and down payment assistance.Grants will be issued up to$25,000.Home rehabilitation projects include,but are not limited to,emergency home repairs, accessibility modifications,hazard abatement,and energy conservation efforts.Down payment assistance is awarded to clients purchasing their first home.NWSL Lending and Real Estate Development staff will work with clients to identify their financial capabilities and needs and will provide support until completion of all construction and documentation.Funds will be used for the direct cost of services,with minimal allocation to program administration. Funding will go towards down payment assistance and home rehabilitations Requesting: $ 400,000.00 Beneficiaries: 35 Board Questions: *12.WeeCare,Inc. (DBA Upwards)-BOOST Program I Business Operations& Optimization Support&Tools for Child Care Providers CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description: Requesting: $ 28o,000.00 Beneficiaries: 35 Board Questions: Andrea will send the questions to Kerry after the meeting in an email. Looking for Data on their Boost program for the last 12 months. What is still being used 12 months later. Looking for more data. Is the BOOST program currently operating in any other state and if so, could we get a list of all current programs and when they started? If not, have any pilot programs been conducted and could we get a list of those programs and dates of operation? For both the regular program (charged to participants) and any BOOST programs, could we get data on the percent use of the resources provided at 12, 24 and 36 months? Could you also provide retention data for both paid and BOOST programs? You mention an outcome goal of daycares increasing capacity. Can you provide data on actual capacity increases for your existing paid and BOOST programs? For the BOOST program specifically, are the participants charged for any resources or services at anytime during their contract with you and if so, could you list those charges? At what point would the BOOST program participants be required to transition off the subsidized program and pay for services should they choose to continue? Jacob: Has your single audit,that was stated in your application to be completed in October 2023,been completed,and if so,what was the outcome and are there any findings or concerns that arose from that audit? #13.YWCA Utah-Roof replacement for YWCA Utah's Transitional Housing Facility CDBG Housing and Neighborhood Improvements Description:This project requests funding to replace YWCA Utah's Kathleen Robison Huntsman(KRH) transitional housing facility's roof.This roof was installed in 1997,leaving the roof 6 years past expiration. Constant leaks are damaging the facility,decreasing YWCA Utah's capacity to serve survivors.This 36- unit facility(located in downtown Salt Lake City)provides the city's only DV-specialized transitional housing units—serving men,women,non-binary,and trans individuals and their children.i00%served are SLC residents.At KRH,survivors pay a reduced rent and have access to YWCA Utah's specialized case management services and childcare offerings for up to two years. Requesting: $ 225,000.00 Beneficiaries: 40 Board Questions: Jenny: Will this effect the residence?will they be displaced,and if so what is the plan for those displaced during the project?