Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ken Cole, Director, Department of Housing
Subject: Measure K: Updating Budget for Redwood Trailer Village New Unit Loan Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution:
A) Authorizing additional expenses beyond the original scope of work defined by the Redwood Trailer Village New Unit Loan Program, including for relocation assistance, site work, demolition, paving, and unit costs in a collective amount not to exceed the $6.5 million previously approved for the Loan Program; and
B) Authorizing an amendment to the agreement with Capital Program Management, Inc., increasing the total contract amount from $100,000 to $250,000 for continued project and construction management services for Redwood Trailer Village; and
C) Authorizing the Director of the Department of Housing or the Director's designee to execute documents, including contracts, amendments, and change orders, in a collective amount not to exceed $6.5 million, as may be necessary to implement the Redwood Trailer Village New Unit Loan Program, including providing relocation assistance, on terms approved by the County Manager, working in consultation with the County Counsel.
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BACKGROUND:
Redwood Trailer Village (the "Park") is a 51-space mobile home park in the North Fair Oaks neighborhood of unincorporated Redwood City. The Park is home to over 200 residents, many of whom are low-income and about half of whom are children. For approximately the past two years, staff from the San Mateo County Department of Housing ("DOH"), Human Services Agency ("HSA"), Department of Public Works and Planning and Building Department, coordinated by the County Manager's Office, have worked with the owner of Redwood Trailer Village to address habitability issues identified during inspections of the Park.
To resolve the outstanding habitability issues without displacing Park residents...
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