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Staff Report for a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit an Application for State of California Department of Housing and Community Development's Housing-Related Parks Program Grant Funds
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to:
1) authorize the submittal of a Housing-Related Parks Program grant application for the 2014 Designated Program Year to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development, and
2) authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute all necessary Housing-Related Parks program application and grant documents.
BACKGROUND
On December 10, 2014, the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released the Notice of Funding Availability ("NOFA") for the Housing-Related Parks (Parks) Program grant funds. The grant application is due February 5, 2015. The Parks Program is funded through Proposition 1C, the Housing Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006. Approximately $35 million is available for the 2014 funding round.
The Parks Program is an innovative incentive program designed to reward local governments that approve housing for lower-income households and are in compliance with State housing element law with grant funds to create and/or renovate community parks and recreational facilities. HCD will award Parks Program funds to eligible jurisdictions on a per-bedroom basis for each residential unit affordable to very low- [50% of Area Median Income (AMI)] and low-income (80% AMI) households permitted during the Designated Program Year, which covers January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2014. In addition, units substantially rehabilitated, converted from market rate to affordable, and preserved with certificates of occupancy are also eligible to receive funding.
Last year, the City submitted a Parks Program grant application for the 2013 Designated Program Year and was awarded $1,376...
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