HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2020-066 - Authorizing Application for Local Government Planning Support Grants Program Funds RESOLUTION NO. 2020-066
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR, AND RECEIPT OF, LOCAL
GOVERNMENT PLANNING SUPPORT GRANTS 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 Redding 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 REDDING RESOLVES
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council is hereby authorized and directed to apply for and submit to the
Department the Application package;
SECTION 2. In connection with the LEAP grant, if the application is approved by the
Department, the City Manager of the City of Redding 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$300,000, 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.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 16th day of June, 2020, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Dacquisto,Resner,Schreder,Winter,and McElvain
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ADAM McELVAIN, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
AMELA MIZE, City Clerk BARRY E. DeWAL , City Attorney