City of Fresno 2018 – 2019 Application for Home Repair ...

City of Fresno

2018 ? 2019 Application for

Home Repair Programs

February 1, 2018

Home Repair Programs Part B ? Application Overview

The City of Fresno invites eligible agencies/entities to submit an application(s) for a Home Repair Program. The 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan identified affordable housing preservation through home improvement as a critical priority for assisting low- to moderate-income persons and otherwise disadvantaged and underserved neighborhoods. As such, applications are being accepted from eligible agencies/entities interested in delivering a home repair program for lower income households utilizing Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program funds.

The City is interested in receiving applications for one or more of the following projects or activities:

1. Owner-occupied residential paint program for Neighborhood Revitalization Team (NRT) areas and/or senior residents on a City-wide basis o CDBG Category/Matrix Code: Rehab: Single Unit Residential, 14A

2. Lead-based paint / lead hazards testing / abatement program o CDBG Category/Matrix Code: Rehab: Single Unit Residential, 14I

3. Emergency home repair program for senior residents on a city-wide basis o CDBG Category/Matrix Code: Rehab: Single Unit Residential, 14A

4. Minor home repair in NRT target areas o CDBG Category/Matrix Code: Rehab: Single Unit Residential, 14A

5. Roof repair and replacement program targeted to NRT areas and/or senior residents on a city-wide basis o CDBG Category/Matrix Code: Rehab: Single Unit Residential, 14A o

6. Energy efficiency improvements, including solar o CDBG Category/Matrix Code: Rehab: Single Unit Residential, 14F

7. Owner-occupied housing rehabilitation o CDBG Category/Matrix Code: Rehab: Single Unit Residential, 14A

Important Note: Rehabilitation of residential units providing temporary shelter or transitional housing for the homeless, victims of domestic violence, or persons with Aids/HIV ? Use NOFA Application Part B, Community and Homelessness Facility Improvements

The anticipated amount of funding available for Home Repair Programs is $500,000.

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Home Repair Program Application Deadline:

Contact Person:

Application Delivery:

City of Fresno

2018 ? 2019 Application for

Home Repair Programs

March 1, 2018, by 4:00 p.m. Postmarked applications will not be accepted

Erica Castaneda, (559) 621-8514 erica.castaneda@

Development and Resource Management Department Housing and Community Development Division 2600 Fresno Street, Room 3065 Fresno, CA 93721

Do not email or fax the Application

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Application Part B Instructions

City of Fresno

2018 ? 2019 Application for

Home Repair Programs

The following information provides applicants with instructions on completing the 2018 2019 Home Repair Program, Part B Application. Prior to completing the application, applicants should complete Application Part A (Subrecipient Cover Sheet) and review the applicable Part B Application, the Appendices and the relevant reference materials making up the complete application packet.

Instructions were prepared to ensure a standardized method of evaluating applications for eligibility. Applicants are encouraged to carefully check the application prior to submission to ensure all questions are complete and narrative attachments are included. Once the application is submitted additional information will not be accepted. In the event additional clarification is needed on the application, City staff will contact the agency. In most instances, the applicant will have 24 hours to provide the additional clarifying information.

1. Prepare the Home Repair Program, in the prescribed format. Applicants requesting funds for multiple Home Repair Programs will need to complete separate Part B application for each Program.

2. Submit one (1) original application and one (1) copy.

3. Do not hole punch or bind the application. Binder clips are encouraged.

4. Applicants may provide as attachment a maximum of two, single-page letters of support. Additional pages beyond the maximum will not be reproduced.

5. Rehabilitation projects can submit one (1) additional page of pictures. Additional pages beyond the maximum will not be reproduced.

Application Process

1. Submission of complete application by or before the deadline.

2. Application review and staff analysis to determine:

a. Compliance with qualifying criteria b. Relation of proposed activity to Consolidated Plan priorities c. Eligibility of activity to the CDBG Program d. Agency organizational and functional capacity e. Reasonable cost of activity

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3. Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) discussion of Home Repair Programs process and initial application review

4. Public Hearing: Applicant presentation to HCDC

5. Recommendation:

a. Staff recommendation based upon application review and analysis. b. HCDC recommendation based upon review of applications and priority need

of activity.

6. Letter to Home Repair Programs applicants on the HCDC ranking and recommendation

7. Mayor review of Home Repair Programs applications and HCDC Recommendation

8. Mayor's 2018 - 2019 Proposed City Budget, including Home Repair Programs budgets.

9. Letter to Home Repair Program applicants on the Mayor's proposed CDBG funding

10. City Council Public Hearing on Mayor's Proposed Annual Action Plan

11. Adoption of the Annual Action Plan by the City Council

12. Award letters to agencies

Qualifying Threshold Criteria

All of the following qualifying criteria must be met for the application to receive a recommendation for CDBG funding. The organization:

1. is an established corporation chartered and in good standing with the State of California.

2. is a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization. 3. has established financial and management systems. 4. proposed program meets minimum CDBG eligibility standards.

Evaluation Process

The following information provides the factors used to evaluate and score CDBG applications. The evaluation factors are worth ten points each, on a scale of 1 to 10.

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The lowest score is one (1) and represents a lack of conformity with the CDBG Program and the established priorities. The highest score being ten (10) represents conformity to the CDBG Program and established priorities as follows:

? activity contributes to the City of Fresno's Consolidated Plan Priorities

? activity addresses a need in a manner that serves the purpose and intent of the CDBG Program

? activity serves that portion of the community in the greatest need of the resources

? activity leverages CDBG funding with other sources

? cost effectiveness of the activity as it relates to the cost to operate the program and the number of persons expected to be served

? proposed project affects other City priorities such as the revitalization of downtown; the General Plan, or addresses blight

? organization/department has a demonstrated capacity to carry out the proposed activity

Other Favorable Evaluation Factors

? activity is an enhancement of existing City priorities, strategies objectives and programs.

? activity has a diverse funding base and is not solely reliant upon City support for its operation.

? extent to which the agency demonstrates in its narrative statement that the program is unduplicated in services to the same target group in the same area.

Summary of Federal Rules and Regulations

Funded programs shall be administered in compliance with CDBG requirements and in a manner that meets the CDBG national objective(s) of 24 CFR 570.208.

Funded programs shall also be administered in compliance with all applicable City, State, and Federal guidelines including, but not limited to the following federal program requirements as now in effect and as may be amended from time to time:

A) Records shall be maintained as required by the Federal regulations specified in

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24 CFR 570.506 that are pertinent to the funded activities. Such records shall include but not be limited to:

1. A full description of each activity undertaken; 2. Records demonstrating each activity undertaken meets one of the

National Objectives of the CDBG program; 3. Records required to determine the eligibility of activities; 4. Records required to document the acquisition, improvement, use or

disposition of real property acquired or improved with CDBG assistance; 5. Records documenting compliance with the fair housing and equal

opportunity components of the CDBG program; 6. Financial records as required by 24 CFR 84.21-28 as amended by 24

CFR 570.502, and 7. Other records necessary to document compliance with Subpart K of 24

CFR Part 570.

B) Uniform Administrative Requirements found in the U.S. federal regulations at 2 CFR Part 200.

C) Contracts for more than the simplified acquisition threshold currently set at $150,000, which is the inflation adjusted amount determined by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) as authorized by 41 U.S.C. 1908, must address administrative, contractual, or legal remedies in instances where contractors violate or breach contract terms, and provide for such sanctions and penalties as appropriate.

D) All contracts in excess of $10,000 must address termination for cause and for convenience by the non-Federal entity including the manner by which it will be effected and the basis for settlement.

E) Equal Employment Opportunity. Except as otherwise provided under 41 CFR Part 60, all contracts that meet the definition of "federally assisted construction contract" in 41 CFR Part 60-1.3 must include the equal opportunity clause provided under 41 CFR 60-1.4(b), in accordance with Executive Order 11246, "Equal Employment Opportunity" (30 FR 12319, 12935, 3 CFR Part, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 339), as amended by Executive Order 11375, "Amending Executive Order 11246 Relating to Equal Employment Opportunity," and implementing regulations at 41 CFR part 60, "Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor."

F) Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 3141-3148). When required by Federal program legislation, all prime construction contracts in excess of $2,000 awarded by non-Federal entities must include a provision for compliance with the DavisBacon Act (40 U.S.C. 3141-3144, and 3146-3148) as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 5, "Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Covering Federally Financed and Assisted Construction"). In accordance with the statute, contractors must be required to

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pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the prevailing wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary of Labor. In addition, contractors must be required to pay wages not less than once a week. The non-Federal entity must place a copy of the current prevailing wage determination issued by the Department of Labor in each solicitation. The decision to award a contract or subcontract must be conditioned upon the acceptance of the wage determination. The non-Federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency. The contracts must also include a provision for compliance with the Copeland "Anti-Kickback" Act (40 U.S.C. 3145), as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 3, "Contractors and Subcontractors on Public Building or Public Work Financed in Whole or in Part by Loans or Grants from the United States"). The Act provides that each contractor or subrecipient must be prohibited from inducing, by any means, any person employed in the construction, completion, or repair of public work, to give up any part of the compensation to which he or she is otherwise entitled. The non-Federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency.

G) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 3701-3708). Where applicable, all contracts awarded by the non-Federal entity in excess of $100,000 that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers must include a provision for compliance with 40 U.S.C. 3702 and 3704, as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 5). Under 40 U.S.C. 3702 of the Act, each contractor must be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that the worker is compensated at a rate of not less than one and a half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. The requirements of 40 U.S.C. 3704 are applicable to construction work and provide that no laborer or mechanic must be required to work in surroundings or under working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous. These requirements do not apply to the purchases of supplies or materials or articles ordinarily available on the open market, or contracts for transportation or transmission of intelligence.

H) Rights to Inventions Made Under a Contract or Agreement. If the Federal award meets the definition of "funding agreement" under 37 CFR ?401.2 (a) and the recipient or subrecipient wishes to enter into a contract with a small business firm or nonprofit organization regarding the substitution of parties, assignment or performance of experimental, developmental, or research work under that "funding agreement," the recipient or subrecipient must comply with the requirements of 37 CFR Part 401, "Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements," and any implementing regulations issued by the awarding agency.

I) Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251-1387), as amended--Contracts and subgrants of amounts

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in excess of $150,000 must contain a provision that requires the non-Federal award to agree to comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251-1387). Violations must be reported to the Federal awarding agency and the Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

J) Mandatory standards and policies relating to energy efficiency which are contained in the state energy conservation plan issued in compliance with the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201).

K) Debarment and Suspension (Executive Orders 12549 and 12689)--A contract award (see 2 CFR 180.220) must not be made to parties listed on the government-wide Excluded Parties List System in the System for Award Management (SAM), in accordance with the OMB guidelines at 2 CFR 180 that implement Executive Orders 12549 (3 CFR Part 1986 Comp., p. 189) and 12689 (3 CFR Part 1989 Comp., p. 235), "Debarment and Suspension." The Excluded Parties List System in SAM contains the names of parties debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded by agencies, as well as parties declared ineligible under statutory or regulatory authority other than Executive Order 12549.

L) Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment (31 U.S.C. 1352)--Contractors that apply or bid for an award of $100,000 or more must file the required certification. Each tier certifies to the tier above that it will not and has not used Federal appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining any Federal contract, grant or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. 1352. Each tier must also disclose any lobbying with non-Federal funds that takes place in connection with obtaining any Federal award. Such disclosures are forwarded from tier to tier up to the non-Federal award.

M) See ?200.322 Procurement of recovered materials.

N) Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 requires that no person in the United States shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance made available pursuant to the Act. Section 109 also directs that the prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age under the Age Discrimination Act and the prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of disability under Section 504 shall apply to programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance under Title I programs.

O) Equal Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations as described in Executive Order 13279 and the implementing regulations at 41 CFR chapter 60.

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