HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 20-7938 - Authorizing Application for, and Receipt of Local Government Planning Support Program FundsPLANNING SUPPORT PROGRAM FUNDS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code 50515 et. Seq, the Department of Housing
and Community Development (Department) is authorized to issue a Notice of Funding Availability
(NOFA) as part of the Local Government Planning Support Grants Program (hereinafter referred to
by the Department as the Local Early Action Planning Grants program or LEAP); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Downey desires to submit a LEAP grant
application package ("Application"), on the forms provided by the Department, for approval of grant
funding for projects that assist in the preparation and adoption of planning documents and process
improvements that accelerate housing production and facilitate compliance to implement the sixth
cycle of the regional housing need assessment; and
WHEREAS, the Department has issued a NOFA and Application on January 27, 2020 in the
amount of $119,040,000 for assistance to all California Jurisdictions;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES
.AEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager or his designee is hereby authorized and directed to apply for
and submit to the Department the Application package; and
SECTION 2.. In connection with the LEAP grant, if the Application is approved by the
Department, the City Manager or his designee of the City of Downey is authorized to submit the
Application, enter into, execute, and deliver on behalf of the Applicant, a State of California
Agreement (Standard Agreement) for the amount of $293,275, and any and all other documents
required or deemed necessary or appropriate to evidence and secure the LEAP grant, the
Applicant's obligations related thereto, and all amendments thereto; and
SECTION 3. The Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the
NOFA, and the Standard Agreement provided by the Department after approval. The Application
and any and all accompanying documents are incorporated in full as part of the Standard
Agreement. Any and all activities funded, information provided, and timelines represented in the
Application will be enforceable through the fully executed Standard Agreement. Pursuant to the
NOFA and in conjunction with the terms of the Standard Agreement, the Applicant hereby agrees to
use the funds for eligible uses and allowable expenditures in the manner presented and specifically
identified in the approved Application.
SECTION 4. The City Manager is authorized to execute the City of Downey LEAP
application, the LEAP Grant Documents, and any amendments thereto; on behalf of the City as
required by the Department for receipt of the LEAP Grant.
SECTION 5. City Staff has reviewed the proposed action for compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). According to the State CEQA Guidelines definition of a Project,
the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not
involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical
impact on the environment is not considered to be a Project. As the action is not considered a
Project, it is not subject to CEQA.
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SECTION 6. The Mayor shall sign this Resolution and the City Clerk shall attest thereto,
and this Resolution shall thereafter take effect immediately in accordance with applicable law,
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 14 th day of April, 202Q---,_
-KL;ACNCA PACHECO, Mayor
44&1LICIA DU�ARTE, V!OC4
City Clerk
PATES:
Council Members:
Ashton, Rodriguez, Saab, Frometa, Mayor Pacheco
NOES:
Council Member:
None.
ABSENT:
Council Member:
None.
ABSTAIN:
Council Member:
Uoie.
WAkIA-'ALICIA DUARPEE—, 6FRO
City Clerk