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SPRINGFIELD
CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Date:
Meeting Type:
Staff Contact/Dept.:
Staff Phone No:
Estimated Time:
Council Goals:
2/14/2022
Work Session
Erin Fifield / DPW
541-726-2302
45 Minutes
Promote and Enhance
our Hometown Feel
while Focusing on
Livability and
Environmental Quality
ITEM TITLE: HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS PROJECT LIST
ACTION
Provide direction to City staff on potential projects to address affordable housing
REQUESTED:
and homelessness.
ISSUE
With recent state and federal legislation, the City will see an infusion of one-time
STATEMENT:
grants over the next few years to address the needs of affordable housing and
homelessness. Staff have identified several needs and project ideas from
community partners that the City could support with these additional funds.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: Council Briefing Memorandum
Attachment 2: Project List
DISCUSSION/
The state and federal one-time funds are in addition to the annual federal funds the
FINANCIAL
City receives — Community Development Block Grants to mostly benefit low -
IMPACT:
income persons in Springfield, and HOME Investment Partnership funds to help
develop new affordable housing.
Each funding source is asking for details on how the City plans to spend these
funds. Each funding source has particular requirements, some of which are more
flexible than others. Thus, some projects on this list are eligible to be funded by
some of these funds, and not others.
In order to be strategic with these funds, and match projects with the best
appropriate source of funding available, staff is seeking input from Council on the
projects themselves. Following this direction, staff plan to match funding sources
with projects, and return to Council for further guidance.
MEMORANDUM City of Springfield
Date: 2/14/2022
To: Nancy Newton COUNCIL
From: Erin Fifield, Community Development Analyst BRIEFING
Tom Boyatt, Community Development Director
Subject: Housing and Homelessness Project List MEMORANDUM
ISSUE: With recent state and federal legislation, the City will see an infusion of one-time grants
over the next few years to address the needs of affordable housing and homelessness. Staff have
identified several needs and project ideas from community partners that the City could support
with these additional funds.
COUNCIL GOALS/
MANDATE:
Promote and Enhance our Hometown Feel While Focusing on Livability and Environmental
Quality
BACKGROUND:
One -Time Funding
The need for more housing at all price levels existed before the pandemic and has been
exacerbated since. Recent state and federal one-time funding has been allocated to address the
needs in our community, including for more affordable housing for low-income persons as well
as other resources for those unhoused and low-income.
Oregon Legislative American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding
Sources of funds include the state allocation of ARPA funding programmed by our local
representatives. Representative Lively and Senator Beyer have each allocated a portion of their
ARPA funds toward affordable housing and/or a new behavioral health center, respectively, in
Springfield. These projects need to follow federal guidance, be approved by the Oregon
Department of Administrative Services (DAS) and be obligated by December 31, 2024.
$1 million in state funding
The legislature awarded $1million to Springfield, among other communities, to address the need
for affordable housing, housing affordability and homelessness. The specific guidance on these
funds is still being worked out, but it is thought the City will have flexibility in how and when
these funds get spent.
$3 million for a new Manufactured Home Park
Representative Lively also secured $3 million toward the development of a new Manufactured
Home Park in Springfield for low-income persons. This was a project that grew out of
Springfield's Oregon Solutions project to address the needs of park residents at risk of
displacement. City staff are working with Oregon Housing and Community Services to identify
a project; funds need to be awarded to a non-profit developer by June 30, 2023.
Attachment 1, Page 1 of 2
MEMORANDUM
HOME -ARP funding
Page 2
The Eugene -Springfield HOME Consortium has also been awarded $4.7 million in HOME -ARP
funds, about $1 million of which is expected for projects in Springfield. The HOME Consortium
Governing Board will have a chance over the next few months to review a needs analysis given
specific guidance on these funds and determine how to best allocate these funds for each
respective jurisdiction.
This list of projects
The projects listed in the attached table would create affordable housing for low-income persons,
help maintain affordability for housing, create shelter for the unhoused, and/or provide resources
for low-income and unhoused persons. Many of these projects are unique and do not qualify for
or align with the annual federal funds the City receives for housing and social services. Some of
these project ideas have been around for a few years and are ready to proceed but for funding.
There are other affordable housing project ideas in Springfield that aren't listed here. Local
developers Homes for Good, St. Vincent de Paul, Cornerstone Community Housing, devNW,
and Mainstream Housing have all expressed development ideas to staff. Many of those projects
are still being developed and not ready to proceed. The City's annual CDBG or HOME funds
may also be a good source of funding for those projects and would be available in the future.
Council Direction
Given staff's limited time to explore these additional projects, staff is seeking Council direction
on where to focus our efforts. Council's guidance will help ensure the city spends these one-
time funds within the required timeframes and in a way that meets the community's needs.
Next stens
Staff will take the direction received and come back to Council at a future date with a more
detailed proposal to allocate funds.
To note, funding guidance and projects themselves are dynamic. There may be additional
information received regarding funding sources, or projects themselves, that may influence
whether or how a project could move forward.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Provide direction to City staff on potential projects to address
affordable housing and homelessness.
Attachment 1, Page 2 of 2
Shelter for the Unhoused
Project
Activity
Cost
Notes
Install sprinklers in order to
Ebbert Methodist Church had been a longstanding Egan
1. Egan Warming Site
allow Ebbert to serve as an
$490,000
Warming Center site. A fire safety inspection a few years ago
Egan Warming site
determined it was unsafe for people to sleep in the basement
without a sprinkler system.
Creating a group home for homeless women called Ann's Heart
2. Ann's Heart Women's
guy/rehab a house
$525,000
has been in the works for many years. Carry It Forward would
Shelter - Purchase
partner with the group to provide staffing. Operational costs
are projected at $308K/year.
3. Ann's Heart Women's
Operating costs for a group
$308,000/
The City could fund up to 3 years of initial operating costs
Shelter - Operation
home/ shelter
year
($924,000) to allow for time to secure on-going funding
support.
New Affordable Housing for Low-Income Persons
Project
Activity
Cost
Notes
4. Fischer Village near R
Pay for construction of 2
Habitat for Humanity has approval to construct 12 units on this
and 11th Streets
units for low-income
$300,000
site. The site is prepped, Habitat has some funds on hand, but
homeownership.
otherwise needs to fundraise to finish constructing all 12 units.
5. F Street Co-Op / Land
SquareOne Villages has identified a property developed with
Buy land / house
$370,000
one house on which to build 14 "suites" as a housing
Trust
cooperative.
Rep. Lively secured $3 million in state funding for this project.
6. New Manufactured
To buy land, pay for
The City recently purchased a 33-acre property off of Linda
Home Park - Linda Lane
development costs
$3 Million +
Lane for wetland mitigation. The City could partition a portion
of the site for a new MHP; staff are currently doing site due
diligence.
7. New Low-Income
To buy land, pay for
TBD
SVDP has a plan to develop a project with Willamette Family
Rental Housing
development costs
using prefabricated units but has yet to find land.
Attachment 2, Page 1 of 3
Attachment 2, Page 2 of 3
Cornerstone Community Housing is looking at purchasing
8. New Low-Income
To buy land, pay for
property from a private seller. The City may need to purchase
Rental Housing
development costs
TBD
the property first. The City is in talks with Springfield Utility
Board (SUB) about this project given its proximity to a potential
drinking water well site.
To incentivize property
In the past, devNW, SVDP, CCS, Better Housing Together and
9. ADUincentive
owners to build an
others have expressed interest in an ADU pilot program that
additional housing unit on
TBD
would help fund the construction / property management of an
program
am
their property to rent to
accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on an existing lot, in exchange for
low-income persons
a commitment to rent the unit to a low-income person.
Resources for the Unhoused
Project
Activity
Cost
Notes
Springfield police is purchasing a van for CAHOOTS but would
10. New CAHOOTS back-up
Pay for a new van and
otherwise rely on White Bird for a shared backup vehicle.
$93,500
Purchasing our own backup van would increase reliability of
van
conversion
service with quality equipment, add flexibility to City Shops and
would extend the life of the recently purchased vehicle.
Temporary sanitation
During COVID, with City Hall shut down, the EOC put up port-a-
11. Downtown port-a-
facilities at City Hall and
$18,000
potties and handwashing stations in the City Hall Library
potties
Ebbert
parking lot, and at Ebbert Methodist Church (@ $1,000/mo).
$225,000+
Eugene Loo (public restroom open 24/7) cost about $225,000
"Loo"
Build a public "Loo" open
p p
($110K for the Loo; $115K for design/site prep). Maintenance
12. Downtown
24/7 in downtown
ongoingoi ng
costs TBD but Eugene staff stressed that having daily
maintenance
maintenance and management would be key to its success.
13. Mental/Behavioral
Buy land for a new
Lane County Behavioral Health has identified the need for a
mental/behavioral health
TBD
regional mental/behavioral health center and is looking for
Health center
center
property. Sen. Beyer asked for this project with ARPA funding.
There are over 400 kids in the Springfield School District
TBD (school district will
identified as homeless per the federal McKinney-Vento
14. Resources for
regroup post-holiday and
TBD
definition. The school district has two staff members to assist
Homeless Families
share unmet needs list)
homeless families, but otherwise has limited funds. A
McKinney-Vento liaison sits on the steering committee for
OASIS.
Attachment 2, Page 2 of 3
Resources to help low-income persons
Project
Activity
Cost
Notes
Catholic Community Services (CCS) administers a program for
15. Help fund low-income
Assist low-income
SUB, helping low-income residents pay overdue electricity bills.
residents with
residents with
$20,000
But CCS does not have money to help residents with water or
water/trash service
water/sewer/trash
trash bills. Some residents then have potential water shutoffs,
or choose not to get trash service.
Resources to maintain housing affordability
Project
Activity
Cost
Notes
16. Filbert Grove
This is a recently acquired, resident -owned, Manufactured
Manufactured Home
Help pay down permanent
$445,000
Home Park for seniors (formerly The Patrician). Rep. Lively
Park
loan
asked for this project with ARPA funding. Staff met with CASA
about this request.
Attachment 2, Page 3 of 3