R113301
City Council Meeting: May 25, 2021 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11330 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO SUBMIT A JOINT APPLICATION WITH CENTURY AFFORDABLE
DEVELOPMENT, INC. FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITIES (AHSC) PROGRAM AND TO EXECUTE ALL APPLICATION
DOCUMENTS THERETO
WHEREAS, the State of California, the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) and the
Department of Housing and Community Development (Department), has issued a Notice
of Funding Availability dated February 24, 2021 (NOFA), under the Affordable Housing
and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program established under Division 44, Part 1 of
the Public Resources Code commencing with Section 75200; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica (City) desires to submit a joint application
with Century Affordable Development, Inc. (Developer) to apply for AHSC Program funds
and submit the Application Package released by the Department for the AHSC Program;
and
WHEREAS, the SGC is authorized to approve funding allocations for the AHSC
Program, subject to the terms and conditions of the NOFA, Program guidelines,
Application Package, and Standard Agreement, and the Department is authorized to
administer the approved funding allocations of the AHSC Program.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City is hereby authorized and directed to apply for and submit
to the Department the AHSC Program Application, as detailed in the NOFA dated
February 24, 2021, for Round 6 in a total grant funding amount not to exceed
$30,000,000, of which up to $20,000,000 can be requested as a loan for an Affordable
Housing Development (AHD) (AHSC Loan) and up to $10,000,000 can be requested for
a grant for Housing-Related Infrastructure (HRI), Sustainable Transportation
Infrastructure (STI), Transit-Related Amenities (TRA), or Program (PGM) activities
(AHSC Grant) as defined the AHSC Program Guidelines adopted by SGC on February
24, 2021. The application will include a request for up to $4,457,201 in grant funding to
go towards the purchase of five (5) battery electric buses (BEB) to be utilized by the City’s
Big Blue Bus transit service.
SECTION 2. The City Manager is authorized to execute in the name of the City the
AHSC Program Application Package.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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George S. Cardona
Interim City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 25th day of May 2021.
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Sue Himmelrich, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 11330 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 25th day of May 2021, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Brock, Davis, De la Torre, McKeown, Parra,
Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk
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