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Page 1 of 5 <br />Item #5 <br /> CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT <br /> <br />June 3, 2025 <br />Community Development <br /> <br />TITLE: APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SPECTRUM <br />COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM <br />ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026, <br />AND AUTHORIZE THE ALLOCATION OF $71,250 IN FEDERAL HOME FUNDS <br />FOR HOUSING REHAB AND REPAIR GRANTS AND $23,750 IN CITY LOWER <br />INCOME HOUSING FUNDS (LIHF) FOR SPECTRUM'S ADMINISTRATION FEES <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br />The Pleasanton Housing Rehabilitation Program provides grants and low-interest deferred <br />rehabilitation loans for low-income homeowners in need of health and safety repairs in their <br />homes. Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley (Habitat) had been administering the <br />City's Housing Rehabilitation Program since October 2016; however, in May 2024, Habitat <br />informed City staff that the organization had elected to no longer serve as the City's program <br />administrator, effective June 30, 2025. <br /> <br />City staff collaborated with the City of Livermore, which was seeking to reinvigorate a similar <br />local program, to issue a joint Request for Proposals (RFP) in January 2025. Spectrum <br />Community Services (Spectrum) was selected through the RFP process to serve as the new <br />housing rehabilitation program administrator for the Cities of Livermore and Pleasanton. Staff <br />is recommending that the City enter into a new professional services agreement with Spectrum <br />to provide the required housing rehabilitation program administration services for Pleasanton. <br />Spectrum will have a separate contract with Livermore to administer Livermore's housing <br />rehabilitation program. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />1. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the attached contract with <br />Spectrum Community Services, for Housing Rehabilitation Program Administration <br />Services for July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, including $71,250 in Federal HOME <br />funds for housing rehabilitation grants, and $23,750 in LIHF funds for program <br />administration, for a contract total of $95,000. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to approve up to four additional one-year extensions to this <br />contract up tp a maximum of five years, and authorize necessary budget allocations as <br />appropriate to fund future contract extensions subject to available budget in those future <br />years, not to exceed a total funding amount of $475,000 over the maximum five years. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />For decades, the City has provided a Housing Rehabilitation Program for its very low- and low- <br />income homeowners, assisting these households to make essential capital improvements and <br />home repairs to address conditions threatening occupants' health, safety, and well-being. The <br />Page 98 of 226