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Type:
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Ordinance-S
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Status:
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Adopted
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On agenda:
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12/14/2022
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Final action:
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12/14/2022
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Title:
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Additional Choice Neighborhoods Program Resources (Ordinance S-49244)
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Title
Additional Choice Neighborhoods Program Resources (Ordinance S-49244)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to implement additional Choice Neighborhoods Program resources, initiatives, and program amendments, including any U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved amendments or revisions. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse all funds for the life of the grant(s).
Report
Summary
Choice Neighborhoods is a federal initiative through HUD that is designed to transform distressed neighborhoods and public housing into mixed-income neighborhoods linking housing and neighborhood improvements with appropriate services, transportation, and access to jobs. In July 2018, the City of Phoenix was awarded a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant to revitalize the Edison-Eastlake Community (EEC) bounded by the I-10 Freeway on the north and east, 16th Street on the west, and the Union Pacific Railroad on the south.
In addition to any authority already granted in relation to the Choice Neighborhoods Planning and Action, and Implementation grants (the “Grants”), the City Manager, or City Manager’s designee, is authorized to:
- Appropriate, expend and disburse up to $1 million in federal Economic Development Initiative/Community Project Funding and up to $5 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the pre-development, development, rehabilitation, programming, and/or operations of the future Edison Impact Hub, located at 1855 E. Garfield St., a community services hub located in the EEC that will provide medical and behavioral health services;
- Appropriate, expend and disburse up to $2 million in federal ARPA funds to provide access to Wi-Fi and internet connectivity, digital literacy training, Wi-Fi and digital broadband infrastructure, and other digital initiatives to address the needs of households living in the EEC;
- Apply for additional Choice Neighborhoods funding from HUD to supplement the existing Implementation Grant in an amount up to $10 million. If awarded the additional grant funds, accept, appropriate, expend and disburse for housing improvements, or other activities that support the implementation of the Choice Neighborhoods program as deemed eligible by HUD;
- Appropriate, expend and disburse up to $2 million in Choice Neighborhoods Program Income funds and up to $6.5 million Section 18 Public Housing Proceeds for neighborhood and/or housing improvements, or other activities that support the implementation of the Choice Neighborhoods program;
- Provide relocation assistance and benefits;
- Form new City-controlled non-profit corporations with the Housing Director as sole incorporator;
- Form a new corporate entity or entities to serve as ownership entities for the sites;
- Procure and/or engage in funding transactions to finance capital needs, including submitting applications and accepting awards of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), seeking a LIHTC equity investor, and obtaining other grants and/or loans;
- Enter into agreements and convey or grant fee title or lesser interests including easements, leases, licenses and/or use agreements in EEC site(s) to the corporations, LLCs, public utilities, Grants and Edison Impact Hub partners and other third parties as necessary or appropriate to facilitate financing, construction, rehabilitation, operations, and implementation of the housing development sites, Grants and Edison Impact Hub;
- Procure, award, execute and submit all contracts, documents, and agreements necessary to implement the Grants, ARPA and other funding as detailed in this report including agreements with the co-developer, other government and quasi-government entities, financing partners, Grant partners, design and development contractors, Wi-Fi providers and partners, service and training providers and other parties as appropriate to carry out the terms of the Grants, ARPA and other funding;
- Allocate an additional 377, for a total of up to 577, Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers, amend HUD Annual Plans, and enter into or execute associated contracts, documents, and agreements, as necessary to facilitate activities for the application and implementation of the Grants; and
- Amend and extend the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with Phoenix Elementary School District #1 for five years through May 2027. Provide school-based caseworkers at two Choice Neighborhoods adjacent schools; track test scores and identify at-risk youth needing additional services.
Financial Impact
There is no impact to the General Fund.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
On Oct. 4, 2017, through Ordinance S-43959, the City Council authorized applying for and implementing a $30 million HUD Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant for the EEC, that also included approval to apply for and accept grants and to expend matching funds, in-kind and other funding sources to support and implement the Grant.
Location
The Edison-Eastlake Community is bounded by the I-10 Freeway on the north and east, 16th Street on the west, and the Union Pacific Railroad on the south.
Council District: 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Gina Montes and the Housing Department.
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