DATE: April 27, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Agreements for No Place Like Home Program - Round Two Supportive Housing Development - Butterfly Gardens
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with UPH Butterfly Gardens, LP, that commits the County to make available supportive services for a minimum of 20 years at the Butterfly Gardens permanent supportive housing development located at 784 W Holland Avenue in Clovis, CA, a No Place Like Home - Round Two project ($9,327,580);
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Regulatory Agreement that places affordability limits on the No Place Like Home units of Butterfly Gardens ($0); and
3. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Subordination Agreement that establishes the County as Junior Lienholder ($0).
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will fulfill the County's commitment to make available supportive services to tenants at Butterfly Gardens; a permanent supportive housing (PSH) project awarded in Round Two of the No Place Like Home Program (NPLH). Approval also ensures affordability limits for tenants of Butterfly Gardens and creates a relationship of the County as Junior Lienholder of Butterfly Gardens to U.S. National Bank and is required by the State's California Municipal Finance Authority Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds to buy the bonds used to finance Butterfly Gardens. The PSH development is for homeless individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) or youth with Serious Emotional Disorders (SED) and their families. PSH meets goals set forth in NPLH and Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) program guidelines for mentally ill homeless individuals to achieve safe PSH with voluntary supportive services. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Non-approval of the recommended actions would jeopardize the Butterfly Gardens development.
FISCAL IMP...
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