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RESOLUTION Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a State Standard Agreement with the California Department of Housing and Community Development for a Housing-Related Parks Program Grant in the Amount of $1,376,600 (provides necessary approval for the City of San Leandro to execute the Housing-Related Parks Program Grant Documents to secure the awarded Parks Program Grant)
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WHEREAS, the State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development (the "Department") issued a Notice of Funding Availability dated October 2, 2013 ("NOFA"), under its Housing-Related Parks ("Parks") Program; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2014-004, the City of San Leandro (the "Applicant") was authorized to apply for a Parks Program Grant and submitted the 2013 Designated Program Year Application Package released by the Department for the Parks Program; and
WHEREAS, the Department is authorized to approve funding allocations for the Parks Program, subject to the terms and conditions of the NOFA, Program Guidelines, Application Package, and Standard Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Department awarded the City of San Leandro a Parks Program Grant in the amount of $1,376,600.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
1. The Applicant (City of San Leandro) is hereby authorized and directed to enter into, execute, and deliver a State of California Standard Agreement ("Standard Agreement"), for a Parks Program Grant in the amount of $1,376,600, and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to secure the Parks Program Grant from the Department, and all amendments thereto (collectively, the "Parks Grant Documents"); and
2. The Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the Standard Agreement. Funds are to be used for allowable capital asset project expenditures to be identified in Exhibit A of the Standard Agreement. The application in full is incorporated as part of the Standard Agreement. Any and all activities funded, information provided, and timelines represented in the application are enforceable through the Standard Agreement. Applicant hereby agrees to use the funds for eligible capital asset(s) in the manner presented in the application as approved by the Department and in accordance with the NOFA, the Program Guidelines and the Application Package; and
3. That the City Manager, or his designee, is authorized to execute the Parks Grant Documents as required by the Department for participation in the Parks Program.