San Mateo County Supervisors Allocate $11.5M for 880 Stone Pine Farmworker Housing Project Grading; Start End of May 2024 with Occupancy March 2025

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PRESS RELEASE. From the San Mateo County Executive’s Office on May 21st, 2024. Also includes the San Mateo County Supervisors meeting’s Consent Agenda (County Executive #19) for Tuesday, May 21st, 2024.

Redwood City – The Board of Supervisors today voted 5-0 to award a nearly $11.5 million contract for grading and other ground preparation work on the Half Moon Bay site where dozens of manufactured homes are planned for low-income farmworkers and their families.

The agreement with Interstate Grading & Paving, Inc allows work on the Stone Pine Cove Farm Labor Housing Project to start as early as this week but no later than next Monday. The proposed project will sit on five acres at 880 Stone Pine Road, approximately a mile from downtown Half Moon Bay just south of Highway 1.

“Usually, jurisdictions celebrate, holding groundbreaking ceremonies with special shovels and numerous officials to commemorate when work begins onsite. And, perhaps someday we will hold such an event. But not today. Not this week. At this moment we respond to the prayers of those waiting for a safe and healthy place to live with the urgency of this Board action,” said District Three Supervisor Ray Mueller.

Today’s action follows the Board’s May 7 vote to allocate $5,999,360 to buy and install 47 manufactured homes from Santa Cruz-based Bigfoot Homes for farmworkers and their families, including 19 households displaced by a Jan. 23, 2023, mass shooting at two farms. With $5 million in assistance from California’s Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program, at least 28 units will be set aside for farmworker households wanting home ownership.

The Stone Pine Cove property is city-owned and the project is a collaboration between the County of San Mateo and the City of Half Moon Bay, both of whom have long acknowledged the urgent need to create more safe and affordable housing for farmworkers and their families.

“This project will help address the fundamental housing needs of some of our most vulnerable residents,” said Joaquin Jiminez, mayor of Half Moon Bay. “Through this partnership with the County we are gratified to be able to move forward. Our hope and intent is to continue seeking other projects and partners that can bring additional affordable housing to those in need in the community of Half Moon Bay.”

Information about Half Moon Bay’s ongoing efforts to increase, improve, and preserve affordable housing is online at hmbcity.com/housing.

The initial site work includes grading, paving roadways and drives, adding infrastructure for utilities and creating building pads on which to set the manufactured housing units. Using manufactured homes rather than building from the ground up carries lower initial construction costs and quicker completion.

The city has provided updates and sought feedback through community outreach meetings and will continue to share information as they enter the next project phase. Additional details about the project including construction notices will be added to the project page at hmbcity.com/stonepinehousing.

Stone Pine Cove is tentatively scheduled to be ready for occupancy in March 2025.

San Mateo County Grading Contract. Page 49

San Mateo County Supervisors meeting’s Consent Agenda (County Executive #19) for Tuesday, May 21st, 2024.

Adopt a resolution authorizing:

A) The President of the Board of Supervisors to execute an agreement with Interstate Grading & Paving, Inc. as the grading and paving contractor entity for the Stone Pine Cove Farm Labor Housing Project in the amount of $11,463,000; and

B) The County Executive Officer, or designee, to execute subsequent change orders that modify the terms and conditions of the agreement and increasing the contract value by 2.5 percent or $286,575 in aggregate for a maximum not to exceed contract value of $11,749,575.

To: Honorable Board of Supervisors

From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive, Iliana Rodriguez, Assistant County Executive

Subject: Agreement with Interstate Grading & Paving, Inc. / Stone Pine Cove Farmworker Housing Project

RECOMMENDATION

Adopt a resolution authorizing:

BACKGROUND

On January 3, 2023, a tragic shooting in Half Moon Bay claimed the lives of seven farmworkers across two farms. Subsequent inspections of farmworker housing at those sites revealed unsafe living conditions and 19 households were displaced after their units were red tagged. Since then, the County has partnered with the City of Half Moon Bay (“Half Moon Bay”) to temporarily re-house all 19 displaced households.

On January 6, 2023, the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”) released approximately $35,000,000 in funding to address the housing needs of farmworkers under the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Homeownership Program (“Serna Program”). One eligible activity under the Serna Program is the acquisition of manufactured homes to address and remedy impacts from the displacement of farmworker families from labor camps, mobile home parks, or other housing.

On February 28, 2023, this Board authorized the County’s Department of Housing to execute and apply for a grant award of up to $5,000,000 under the Serna Program to purchase manufactured homes for low-income farmworkers and their families.

On June 1, 2023, the County was notified of the State’s conditional award of the full $5,000,000 under the Joe Serna Farmworker Housing Grant Program. These funds will go toward the purchase of manufactured homes and provide homeownership opportunities for low-income farmworker families in our community, including the 19 households displaced after the January 3, 2023, mass shooting event. The County worked with Half Moon Bay to identify and develop a potential site located at Stone Pine Cove that could house 45 to 50 manufactured housing units for low-income farmworker households (the “Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Project”).

DISCUSSION

The current project management firm Capital Program Management, Inc. (“CPM”) has been retained as the consultant project management firm managing the execution of this construction project for the County of San Mateo. On February 28 and March 3 of 2024 bids were solicited by advertisement for the grading and paving of the Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Project site. A non-mandatory pre-bid site inspection and conference was held at 2:00 PM on March 6, 2024. Bidder’s questions and request for clarifications were addressed by Addendums.

On April 17, 2024, bids were accepted by the County from two bidders. The bids and supporting documents were referred to CPM for evaluation and recommendation based on lowest responsive base bid amount. The bid of $11,463,000 was the lowest responsive bid received for the work. A summary of the proposals is attached as EXHIBIT “A” from Interstate Grading & Paving, Inc., 128 South Maple Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080

The project has an Emergency Coastal Development Permit issued by Half Moon Bay and is currently under review of the regular Coastal Development Permit. The building permit for the improvements is under review with Half Moon Bay.

County Attorney has reviewed and approved the Resolution and Amendment as to form.

EQUITY IMPACT

Farmworkers, who contribute immensely to our agricultural industry, often face significant barriers to accessing quality housing, including low wages and lack of affordable housing options on the Coast.

To promote equity and justice in the housing sector, the County is committed to providing affordable farmworker housing that is safe, healthy, and inclusive, and designed with the needs of farmworkers in mind, including proximity to job sites, schools, and access to transportation.

FISCAL IMPACT

The cost for this agreement is included in the County Executive’s Office FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget. There is no additional Net County Cost associated with this action.

Attachment: Exhibit “A” Summary of Proposals Received

EXHIBIT “A” SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS RECEIVED

STONE PINE COVE FARMWORKER HOUSING PROJECT [COUNTY EXECUTIVE’S OFFICE PROJECT ID CEOFW AND COUNTY PROJECT FILE NO. TMP-9341]

1.	Interstate Grading & Paving, Inc.	$11,463,000
2.	Joseph J. Albanese, Inc.	$11,863,000

City of HMB Stone Pine Cove Site Plan

2024 Election

The 2024 Board of Supervisors, from left: Ray Mueller (D3), Noelia Corzo (D2) Warren Slocum (D4, BOS President), David J. Canepa (D5, BOS Vice President) and Dave Pine (D1, outgoing BOS President).