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<br />January 14, 2019, Meeting – Item 4 <br />The Commons on MLK – Homes for Good requested $900,000 to build 51 affordable housing units at 2411 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on Lane County property adjacent to Lane Behavioral Health and Community Health Center. The four-story building would include 51 studio apartments and common space. All units would be targeted to persons experiencing chronic homelessness through the “Housing First” model. Please see Attachment E for a map, image and additional information about the proposed site. <br />Evaluation Committee Scoring In the evaluation process the Evaluation Committee scores and ranks the proposals for consideration of the applicable City Council and the Governing Board. The proposals were reviewed according to the following criteria: 1) project concept and design, 2) site feasibility, 3) targeted population and services, 4) cost benefit, 5) financial feasibility, and 6) organizational experience and performance. Evaluation Committee members included: City of Eugene Councilor Chris Pryor; City of Springfield Councilor Sean VanGordon; Isabelle Matthews, who represents the Springfield Community Development Advisory Committee; John Barofsky, who represents the Eugene CDBG Advisory Committee; and Zoe York, a real estate appraiser with Duncan and Brown. The Evaluation Committee also included a representative from each neighborhood where the proposed projects were located. Pat Reilly represented the RRCO and Tiffany VanderZanden represented the Harlow Neighbors. The Evaluation Committee ranking of proposals for the River Road site from highest to lowest was 1) St. Vincent de Paul’s River Road Affordable Housing, 2) Cornerstone Community Housing’s River Connection, and 3) Northwest Real Estate Capital Corp’s Harmony Court. Homes for Good’s the Commons on MLK also received a high score. No written public comments were received about the proposals. At the public hearing, one RRCO neighbor spoke in favor of the St. Vincent de Paul proposal, and one neighbor spoke about concerns related to development including increased traffic on East Maynard Avenue. <br />Funding Two Eugene Proposals The projects could not proceed without the funds requested in the proposals. St. Vincent de Paul’s River Road Affordable Housing proposal requested $725,000 in HOME funds, leaving $749,534 available for Homes for Good’s the Commons on MLK. The Commons on MLK project requires a subsidy of $900,000, creating a gap of $150,466. The City has approximately $400,000 in a Low-Income Housing Fund that has historically been used for loans for operating and capital expenditures of affordable housing projects for persons of low income. Filling the remaining gap with the Low-Income Housing Fund would fully support the Commons on MLK project. If the Eugene City Council approves the recommended project proposals, final HOME funding decisions will be made by the HOME Consortium Governing Board at a public meeting to be held on January 29.