RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF COTATI AUTHORIZING
APPLICATION FOR, AND RECEIPT OF, PROHOUSING INCENTIVE PILOT PROGRAM FUNDS.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code 50470 et. Seq, the Department of Housing and Community Development (Department) is authorized to issue Guidelines as part of an incentive program (hereinafter referred to by the Department as the Prohousing Incentive Pilot Program or “PIP”); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Cotati desires to submit a PIP grant application package (“Application”), on the forms provided by the Department, for approval of grant funding for eligible activities toward planning and implementation activities related to housing and community development as a result of meeting eligibility criteria including but not limited to Prohousing Designation; and
WHEREAS, the Department has issued Guidelines and Application on December 15, 2022, in the amount of $25,705,545.65 for PIP.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City Council of Cotati (“Applicant”) resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. The action of accepting grant funding does not constitute a project as defined by California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15378; therefore, no further environmental review is required. Further, adoption of this Resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under the “common sense” exemption in CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment; and SECTION 2. The Community Development Director is hereby authorized and directed to submit an Application to the Department in response to the NOFA, and to apply for the PIP grant funds in a total amount not to exceed $575,000; and
SECTION 3. In connection with the PIP grant, if the Application is approved by the Department, the Community Development Director of the City of Cotati is authorized and directed to enter into, execute, and deliver on behalf of the Applicant, a State of California Agreement (Standard Agreement) for the amount of $575,000 and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to evidence and secure the PIP grant, the Applicant’s obligations related thereto, and all amendments thereto; and SECTION 4. The Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the Guidelines, 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 Guidelines 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.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cotati held on the February 14th, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
Approved:________________________________
Mayor
Attest:____________________________
Kevin Patterson, Deputy City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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City Attorney