TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: April 30, 2025
Subject: CONSIDER proposed CA Strategic Growth Council (SGC)/Housing & Community Development (HCD) Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program grant application
Submitted For: John Kopchik || Director | DCD
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT || TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SECTION
Referral No: 2
Referral Name: Review applications for transportation, water, and infrastructure grants to be prepared by the Public Works and Conservation and Development Departments
Presenter: Robert Sarmiento || Transportation Planner | DCD
Contact: Robert Sarmiento | (925) 655-2918
Referral History:
Though there have been several cycles of the AHSC program, this is the first time the grant program will be discussed at TWIC. However, DCD staff regularly presents grant proposals to TWIC for review prior to their submission to the grant administering agency.
Referral Update:
On March 25, 2025, the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) and the California Department of Housing and Community Development issued a Notice of Funding Availability for Round 9 of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program. The ASHC program provides funding for affordable housing developments that support sustainable communities. A key component of the AHSC program is including projects that achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions to benefit communities throughout California, particularly through increasing accessibility to affordable housing and to vital community amenities and resources via low-carbon transportation, resulting in fewer vehicle miles traveled through shortened or reduced trip length or mode shift from single occupancy vehicle use to riding transit, bicycling, or walking. The deadline to apply is May 28, 2025.
Department of Conservation and Development staff will be submitting a project to the AHSC program. The proposed project will construct Orbisonia Village, a transit-oriented development adjacent to the Pittsburg-Bay Point BART Station that will include 100% affordable housing units, and supporting infrastructure and implement programs that support residents and tenants of the development. Specifically, the AHSC grant will fund the following components of the proposed project:
• Up to 380 affordable housing units,
• 10,900 square feet of square feet of retail/commercial space,
• New Bay Point Library,
• Bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements on Bailey Road, Canal Road, and several neighborhood streets in Bay Point,
• Improved operations for Tri Delta Transit Route 380, which runs adjacent to the proposed development,
• New Tri-Delta Transit bus shelters,
• Transit passes for residents, and
• Implementation of workforce development & anti-displacement programs.
The County is requesting $50 million from the AHSC program to fund the project. No local match is required.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER the proposed SGC/HCD AHSC Program candidate project, REVISE as appropriate, FORWARD to the full Board of Supervisors for approval, and/or DIRECT staff as appropriate.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
None to the General Fund. Staff time for recommended activities is covered under existing budgets (50% Road Fund and 50% Measure J Fund).