Infill Infrastructure Grant Program

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Infill InfrastructureGrant Program
State Department of Housing and Community
Development Eugene Lee
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What Can I Get Funds For?

• A Capital Improvement Project required as a
  condition of, or approved by the local
  jurisdiction in connection with its approval of
  entitlements for the project or area. (Section
  304)

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Eligible Costs

• Parks and open space development
• Up to 200 million
• Utility improvements relocation
• Streets, roads, transit linkages and facilities
• Facilities to support pedestrian bicycle
  transit
• Traffic mitigation, such as street signals
• Site preparation or demolition
• Sidewalk or streetscape improvements

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Eligible Costs (cont)

• Storm drains, storm water basins, culverts,
  similar drainage features.
• Required environmental remediation for the CIP,
  not to exceed 50 of the grant amount
• Parking structures.
• Impact fees required by local ordinance for
  identified eligible Capital Assets
• Other capital asset costs approved by the
  Department and required as a condition of local
  approval of the CIP

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Prop. 1C Awards June 2008

• Infill Infrastructure
• 46 Awards
• 340 Million
• 9,862 Units

• Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
• 16 Awards
• 145 Million
• 3,477 Units

485 Million
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Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Results

• April 1, 2009
• 709 million subscribed (FY 08-09)
• 41 oversubscribed overall
• 21 oversubscribed to projects
• 51 oversubscribed to areas multi-phased
  projects

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Geographic Target Areas

• 45 to Southern California (Kern, San
  Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
  Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San
  Diego, and Imperial)
• 10 to Central Valley (Fresno, Kings, Madera,
  Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare)
• 45 to Northern California (all those not listed
  above)
• Application deadline
• 4/1/09, 5 PM

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What is a QIP?

• Residential or mixed-use infill development
• Located in an Urbanized Area
• e.g. incorporated city, urbanized area, or urban
  cluster per census
• Discrete Development
• Common development scheme and common, affiliated,
  or contractually related ownership and financing
  structures

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What Is a QIP (cont)?

• Affordability
• At least 15 of its units are offered at an
  affordable rent or affordable housing cost.
• Density
• Will be developed at no less than the densities
  set forth in AB 2348/Ch. 724 (2004) (commonly
  referred to as Mullin Densities).

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Large, Multi-Phased QIPs (MPP)

• Minimum number of units 200
• Must be multi-phased
• Must meet all QIP threshold criteria
• Scored as either a Project or an Area

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What is a QIA?

• Contiguous, coherent area in local planning
  documents (cannot include extensions or satellite
  areas).
• Multiple project infill development
• Affordability At least 15

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What is a QIA (cont)?

• Includes a QIP that meets all QIP requirements
  and has received all land use entitlements or has
  an application pending and deemed complete.

• Density
• Will be developed at no less than the densities
  set forth in AB 2348/Ch. 724 (2004) (commonly
  referred to as Mullin Densities).
• Includes a QIP which contains no more than 50 of
  the total Areas housing units.

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Eligible Applicants

• For projects (QIP/MPP)
• Non-Profit or For-Profit Developer, individually
  or with a
• Locality
• Public Housing Authority
• Redevelopment Agency

• For areas (QIA)
• Locality
• Public Housing Authority
• Redevelopment Agency
• Business Improvement District (as a joint
  applicant only)

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Grant Terms Limits
197 Million NOFA Minimum 210 point score needed
to submit application

• QIA Areas MPPs
• Minimum Grant Amount 2 million (1 million for
  Rural Areas)
• Maximum 30 million

• QIP Projects
• Minimum Grant Amount 500,000 (250,000 for Rural
  Areas)
• Maximum 20 million

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Grant Terms Limits

• Additional considerations
• Grant calculation based on of units, bedroom
  size, affordability, and density.
• Over the life of the program, total awards not to
  exceed 50 million per Infill Project or Area.
• May not exceed the amount of the actual costs of
  the infrastructure.

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Competitive Points Based On

• Readiness (90)
• Environmental review (25)
• Land use entitlements (25)
• Funding commitments (20)
• Local support (20)
• Affordability (60)
• Depth and duration of affordability, to what
  extent the development exceeds the required 15
  threshold?

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Competitive Points Based On

• Density (40)
• To what extent does the development maximize the
  available land by exceeding required densities?
• Access to Transit (20)
• Proximity to Amenities (20)
• Public parks, employment and retail centers,
  public schools, social services, and senior
  services.
• Consistency with Regional Plans (20)

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Contact Us!

• Dept. of Housing Community Development
• Infill Infrastructure Grant Program
• 1800 3rd Street, MS 460-2
• Sacramento, CA 95811
• [phone]
• [phone] Fax
• infill_at_hcd.ca.gov
• www.hcd.ca.gov/fa/iig