Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ken Cole, Director of San Mateo County Department of Housing
Subject: Measure K: Loan Agreement with Peninsula Open Space Trust and Blue House Farm, LLC in the Amount of $300,000 for Farmworker Housing at 950 La Honda Road, San Gregorio, California
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Housing to execute a loan agreement with Peninsula Open Space Trust and Blue House Farm, LLC in the amount of $300,000 for two new mobilehome units to serve as farmworker housing pursuant to the County's Farmworker Housing Pilot Program for a term beginning December 5, 2016 through the date on which the loan is discharged.
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BACKGROUND:
The Housing Element of the County's General Plan identifies improving farmworker housing as an important need. Since 2014, the Board of Supervisors has allocated funds for initiatives to address the need for agriculture workforce housing, including commissioning an Agriculture Workforce Housing Needs Assessment and a program to repair existing, or create new, agriculture workforce housing, including farmworker housing.
In 2014, the Board, sitting as the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo County, approved the allocation for $500,000 of Moving to Work funds (Voucher Reserves) for the Farmworker Housing Pilot Program (previously identified as the "Farm Labor Housing Rehabilitation Pilot Program"). The Board later replaced the Moving to Work funds with Measure A funds to allow the County to better tailor the program to local needs. The Board subsequently committed Measure A and K funds in the amount of $500,000 in fiscal year (FY) 14/15, $500,000 in FY15/16, and $500,000 in FY 16/17 to the program.
The County created the Farmworker Housing Pilot Program to build partnerships and provide resources to enable farmers and agricultural l...
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