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Consider recommendations regarding California Department of Housing and Community Development (State HCD) Standard Agreement with Patterson Point, L.P. and Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara (HASBARCO) for No Place Like Home (NPLH) Competitive Allocation Round 4 Funds for the Patterson Point Project; and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Mental Health Supportive Services Agreement with Patterson Point, L.P. and HASBARCO in connection with the award of NPLH funds for the Patterson Point Project, Second District, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness to execute, on behalf of the County, State HCD Standard Agreement No. 21-NPLH-17353 with Patterson Point, L.P. (Partnership) and HASBARCO as joint applicants for NPLH program Competitive Allocation Round 4 funds for the Patterson Point affordable housing project, located at 80 N. Patterson Avenue, Goleta, California, APN 067-200-005 (Project), in an amount of $2,325,459.00 for a term of thirty (30) years from the effective date of the State HCD Agreement;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute any amendments to Standard Agreement No. 21-NPLH-17353 and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary to secure NPLH Round 4 grant funds and participate in the NPLH Program without having to return to the Board for approval, subject to the Board’s authority to rescind this delegated authority at any time;
c) Direct the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to obtain concurrence from Risk Management and Auditor-Controller before exercising the delegated authority under Resolution No. 22-2, adopted January 11, 2022, and the above recommended action “b”;
d) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute, on behalf of the County, a MOU with Partnership and HASBARCO that identifies the roles and responsibilities of the County, the project owner, and the property manager and commits the County’s provision of mental health supportive services for a period of twenty (20) years to NPLH tenants residing at the Project;
i) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness the authority to make immaterial changes to the MOU per section VII.B. of the MOU without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the MOU, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time;
e) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Mental Health (MH) Supportive Services Agreement with Partnership and HASBARCO for the County’s provision of mental health supportive services to eligible NPLH tenants residing at the Project, wherein County shall be compensated $80,502.00 annually, subject to 3% annual increases thereafter, for a period of twenty years; and
f) Determine that the approval of this item is not subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to California Government Code Section 65913.4(d)(2) as it being developed subject to SB35 and provides affordable multi-family rental housing opportunities.