REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JERRY DYER, Mayor
Office of Mayor & City Manager
BY: MATTHEW GRUNDY, Deputy Mayor
Office of Mayor & City Manager
SUBJECT
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Actions related to the One Fresno Housing Strategy:
1. ***RESOLUTION - Approving funding for the Central California Land Trust (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
2. Affirm the City Manager's finding that the Central California Land Trust is uniquely qualified to develop a community land trust plan
3. Approve a State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Grant Agreement with Central California Land Trust for $222,500 to develop a community land trust plan.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of funding for the Central California Land Trust as recommended in the One Fresno Housing Strategy.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
As part of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget planning cycle efforts, the Mayor proposed the allocation of $40 million dollars in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to support the execution of the City's One Fresno Housing Strategy (Housing Strategy). This was affirmed by City Council in its adoption of the budget on June 30, 2022. Housing strategy recommendation #27 was titled "Partner with and build capacity of local Community Land Trust."
The Central California Land Trust (CCLT) is a not-for-profit Community Land Trust. The CCLT aims to build capacity to develop a business plan that will focus on creating permanently affordable, community-controlled housing across Fresno neighborhoods.
Said business plan will focus on the creation of a scope of work that will provide key details regarding the CCLT's housing acquisition priorities, financial partners, and capital plans along with clarity on its stewardship and asset management model. The plan will also articulate desired outcomes for future civic programmatic and funding partnership funding consideration. The attached Grant Agreement provides for the terms and conditions of the proposed eligible activities to be funded with State an...
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