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2017-01 Approving Pacific Pines Property Assessment RESOLUTION EHA 2017-01 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ENCINITAS HOUSING AUTHORITY (EHA) BOARD APPROVING THE PACIFIC PINES PROPERTY CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE; AUTHORIZING THE EHA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO AMEND THE CONTRACT WITH HYDER & COMPANY TO ALLOW HYDER TO INCUR ADDITIONAL COSTS, UTILIZING THEIR OPERATING BUDGET, FOR THE WORK IDENTIFIED IN THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO INCLUDE THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE WORK AND FUNDS IN SUBSEQUENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS; AND, AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE PACIFIC PINES AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE AS NEEDED. WHEREAS, there is a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing which is affordable to lower-income households in the City of Encinitas and a consequent need to encourage the creation and availability of affordable rental units for lower-income households, and; WHEREAS, the City of Encinitas Housing Authority (EHA) approved the purchase of sixteen condominium units at Pacific Pines to provide rental units for low-income households, located on South El Camino Real in 2003, and; WHEREAS, the EHA contracts with a professional property management firm to manage and maintain the rental units, and: WHEREAS, the EHA seeks to plan for the long-term maintenance needs of the units in order to keep the units in good condition, and; WHEREAS, a Property Assessment Condition and Replacement Schedule was prepared by Real Property Reporting Services, LLC in December 2016, which outlines the useful life and estimated remaining life of all major components of the rental units, and provides the annual cost required for adequate maintenance of the sixteen units, and; WHEREAS, based on the Replacement Schedule, the total costs over a six-year period from FY 2017-18 through FY 2022-23 are estimated at $142,246, and; WHEREAS, a Capital Improvement Project will be created and included in the City's six-year budget cycle for FY 2017-18 through FY 2022-23, and; WHEREAS, the City and Hyder & Company entered into an agreement effective April 1, 2016, for the property management and maintenance of the sixteen EHA owned condominium units at Pacific Pines and based on satisfactory performance in the judgement of the EHA, and at the sole discretion of the EHA Executive Director, the EHA may extend that agreement for an additional two-year period ending on March 31, 2019, and, WHEREAS, the available balance in the Pacific Pines Reserve Fund is currently $444,725. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the EHA Board as follows: 1. That the foregoing recitations are true and correct. 2. The EHA hereby approves the Pacific Pines Property Condition Assessment and Replacement Schedule. 3. The EHA authorizes the Executive Director, to amend the current contract with Hyder & Company to include additional work related to the Replacement Schedule and include an additional contract amount not to exceed $38,633 for the remainder of the existing contract, until March 31, 2019, if so extended per the EHA Executive Director. The EHA authorizes the EHA Executive Director to include the replacement schedule work and funds in subsequent property management contracts. 4. The EHA authorizes the transfer of funds from the Pacific Pines Available Fund Balance if the operating budget is unable to accommodate all of the necessary work in accordance with the Replacement Schedule. 5. A new Capital Improvement Project has been created to be incorporated into the City's six- year Capital Improvement and Work Projects budget request cycle, which will be considered by the City Council in spring 2017. The total anticipated cost for the work outlined in the Replacement Schedule over a six-year period (FY 2017-18 through FY 2022-23) is $142,246. 6. The action before the EHA Board is adoption of Resolution No. EHA 2017-11, approving the Pacific Pines Property Condition Assessment and Replacement Schedule, and authorizing the amendment of the property management contract to allocation additional funds to accommodate all of the necessary work in accordance with the Replacement Schedule, which is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15060 (c) (2) and (c) (3) of the Guidelines of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment; and the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of March, 2017, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Blakespear, Boerner Horvath, Kranz, Mohler, Mosca, Muir NAYS: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: Chavez Catherine S. Blakespear, Chairperson ATTEST: Kathy Hol ywoo , Secretary