Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Iliana Rodriguez, Assistant County Executive
Subject: Agreement with Bigfoot Homes, Inc. / Stone Pine Cove Farmworker Housing Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The President of the Board of Supervisors to execute an agreement with Bigfoot Homes, Inc. as the Design Build entity for the Stone Pine Cove Farmworker Housing Project, in the amount of $5,999,360; and
B) The County Executive Officer, or designee, to execute subsequent change orders from owners' allowance that modifies the terms and conditions of the agreement and increasing the contract value by $250,000 in aggregate for a maximum not to exceed contract value of $6,249,360.
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BACKGROUND:
On January 3, 2023, a tragic shooting in Half Moon Bay claimed the lives of seven farmworkers across two farms. Subsequent inspections of farmworker housing at those sites revealed unsafe living conditions and 19 households were displaced after their units were red tagged. Since then, the County has partnered with the City of Half Moon Bay ("Half Moon Bay") to temporarily re-house all 19 displaced households.
On January 6, 2023, the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development ("HCD") released approximately $35,000,000 in funding to address the housing needs of farmworkers under the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Homeownership Program ("Serna Program"). One eligible activity under the Serna Program is the acquisition of manufactured homes to address and remedy impacts from the displacement of farmworker families from labor camps, mobile home parks, or other housing.
On February 28, 2023, this Board authorized the County's Department of Housing to execute and apply for a grant award of up to $5,000,000 under the Serna Program to purchase manufactured homes for low-income farmworkers and thei...
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