BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County, through the Conservation and Development Department, operates a multifamily mortgage revenue bond (MFMRB) financing program. The purpose of the program is to increase or preserve the supply of affordable rental housing available to low and very-low income households. The County program may be undertaken within the unincorporated County and within the cities located in the County that have agreed to let the County operate the program in their jurisdiction.
The project sponsor, Resources for Community Development (RCD), has requested to participate in the County's MFMRB program. Through two different limited partnerships, RCD currently owns Pinecrest Apartments at 1945 and 1949 Cavallo Road and Terrace Glen Apartments 104-106 West 20th Street and 35-107 West 20th Street in the City of Antioch. It has formed a new limited partnership to acquire and rehabilitate both properties as a single development. The proposed development meets the eligibility criteria for bond financing, and the proposed plan of finance is consistent with County policy for this program.
A requirement of federal tax law is that the prospective financing be subject to a conditional statement of intent to issue bonds, i.e. an inducement resolution must be adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The inducement action does not obligate the County of the sponsor without further discretionary actions.
City of Antioch staff support the project and will ask the City Council to approve a resolution asking the County to issue MFMRBs for this project.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without this inducement resolution, RCD will not be able to commence with the process of applying to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee for MFMRB authority through the County.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
The Pinecrest Apartments and Terrace Glen Apartments together provide 56 units of affordable rental housing for families. This supports outcome #3: Families are Economically Self Sufficient.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
ADOPTED Resolution No. 2018/76 as corrected today to accurately reflect addresses and parcel numbers.