Council approves next phase of housing project
An effort to add dozens of permanent housing units to the growing East Beamer Way campus is underway.
In a series of approvals, an effort to add dozens of permanent supportive housing units to the growing East Beamer Way campus is underway.
The move came during a Woodland City Council meeting earlier this month, where council members voted to approve four separate items allowing the $3.1 million project to move forward.
Deputy Community Development Director Stephen Coyle walked the council through the next phase of the project. The East Beamer Way campus already completed construction on a $2.3 million, 6,500-square-foot shelter facility. The permanent supportive housing units will be added to the grounds, representing the next step out of homelessness for residents.
“The next step is the 61 units of permanent supportive housing and the small community center,” Coyle explained, with an overhead photo of the project site displayed on the Zoom meeting screen. “The treatment center will take place just beyond that.”
The project as a whole consists of a collaboration between the city of Woodland, Yolo County, Friends of the Mission, Fourth & Hope, and Woodland Opportunity Village, according to a city report. Members from each group have been working on the project’s development since late 2018.
The funding for this phase of the project comes from a few different sources, including $1,482,000 from the Homeless Housing Fund; $325,972 from the City’s Partnership HealthPlan grant; and $1,353,356 in funds that will be provided by Friends of the Mission.
Plans for the campus also include a future shelter addition, which would remove the current trailers on site, Coyle added.
Coyle noted that the housing units themselves are modular homes, being constructed through a company called Cutting Edge Homes. He added that Friends of the Mission is pursuing a contract with them on behalf of the project.
Asked if there was a prototype in place, Coyle noted that Friends of the Mission and the city intend to create an offsite duplex for this purpose.
“We want the public a chance to tour a duplex, which are essentially two tiny homes that are joined end to end, each one is a little less than 400 square feet but they are one-bedroom units with complete kitchens and bathrooms,” Coyle explained. “We’re looking sometime in July to have something that people can walk through because it is really important that people can actually see the kind of product that Cutting Edge will be providing.”
As for the vote, the council unanimously approved four items related to the project. They included adopting a memorandum of understanding concerning funding for infrastructure construction work, approving funding for the project, awarding a construction contract to Lister Construction, Inc. and allowing City Manager Ken Hiatt to execute a contract for construction management and inspection.