DRAFT
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE FY 202 2- 2024 FINAL STATEMENT OF CDBG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES AND PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS AND THE CDBG
ACTION PLAN ; AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF CDBG
AGREEMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND GRANTEE AGENCIES;
AND MAKING FINDINGS OF CEQA EXEMPTION
WHEREAS, the City has been allocated $1,744,934 in CDBG entitlement funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for FY 2022/2023; and
WHEREAS, Fremont residents have been afforded an adequate opportunity to participate in an advisory role in planning the CDBG entitlement program as City staff held a public workshop on the CDBG process on February 11, 2021, and the Citizens Advisory Committee held public hearings on January 20, 2022, March 3, 2022, and April 7, 2022 where the public had an opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG-funded capital projects are exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to, without limitation, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 as the repair, maintenance or minor alteration of existing facilities involving negligible or no expansion of use, and/or CEQA Guidelines Section 15302 as replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site and have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the replaced structure. Each of the foregoing provides a separate and independent basis for CEQA exemption. Funding will not be distributed for a project until appropriate National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) review and clearance is completed;
WHEREAS, on June 21, 2022, the City Council conducted a public hearing on the proposed FY 2022-23 CDBG Program Final State of Community Development Objectives and projected Use of Funds and the FY 2022/23 Annual Action Plan and the Amendment to the FY 2019/20 Action Plan, afforded the public an opportunity to be heard, and considered the staff report including the staff recommendations therein
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. CDBG Funds for FY 2022/23 and FY 2023/24 are allocated as specified in Exhibit 3, to the Staff Report accompanying this item (“Staff Report”) the Final Statement of Community
Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds (“Final Statement”).
SECTION 2. As required by CDBG regulations, the reallocation of $340,000 in CDBG CARES Act funding is approved as follows:
a. $190,000 for Project Homekey Motel 6 operating costs, in which an application to be submitted to the State of California was approved by City Council on January 18, 2022. b. $150,000 for the Safe Parking Program, which was approved by City Council on June 15, 2021.
SECTION 3. The City’s FY 2019/2020 CDBG Action Plan, is amended to incorporate new CARES Act funded projects.
SECTION 4. The City’s FY 2022/2023 CDBG Action Plan attached as Exhibit 2 to the Staff Report (“Action Plan”) and the Final Statement are approved, and the City Manager or designee is authorized to submit the approved Action Plan and Final Statement to HUD and to execute assurances of compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and to take all other necessary actions for implementation of the FY 2022/2023 Action Plan and the CDBG program.
SECTION 5. The City Manager or designee shall take such actions necessary to:
a. Allocate additional funds to public service projects should the City receive additional program funds in FY 2021-22 or a greater entitlement allocation from HUD in FY 2022-23.
b. Reserve unallocated funds to provide gap funding or fund projects that meet emerging needs.
SECTION 6. The City Manager or designee is authorized to execute the CDBG entitlement funding agreements with HUD.
SECTION 7. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to execute CDBG agreements effective July 1, 2022 with the grantees recommended for funding in the amounts set forth in the FY 2022/2023 Action Plan contingent upon a finding of no significant impact in the corresponding environmental assessments, and contingent upon adoption of the budget.
ADOPTED, , 2022, by the City Council of the City of Fremont, by the following vote:
AYE:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney