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Staff Report for City Council Approval of the City of San Leandro U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Amendments to the Fiscal Year 2015-2020 Five-Year Consolidated Plan, Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan, and Citizen Participation Plan
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council hold a public hearing to adopt amendments to the following three documents and direct staff to submit them to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for approval: (1) Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-2020 Five-Year Consolidated Plan, (2) FY 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan & (3) Citizen Participation Plan (Amendment Documents). The City will also consider on June 15, 2020 the final version of the FY2020-2025 Five-Year Consolidated Plan and FY 2020-21 Annual Action Plan, which the City Council reviewed as drafts on March 16, 2020.
On June 1, 2020, the City Council held a public hearing to review the Draft Amended Documents listed above and approved by a 7-0 vote the 1) opening of the streamlined 5 day public comment period from June 2 - June 7 and 2) setting of the next public hearing date to review the final Amended Documents and the FY 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan and FY 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan. There were no public comments at the June 1 City Council meeting.
BACKGROUND
The City of San Leandro is an entitlement grantee of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). For the City to receive its annual CDBG grant allocation, the City must update its Consolidated Plan every five years and submit an Action Plan to HUD. In response to the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law 116-136 was adopted and authorized on March 27, 2020. As a result, HUD awarded the City of San Leandro $451,972 in Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) stimulus funds to...
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