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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FREMONT APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF
THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE FY 20 19/2020 ANNUAL
ACTION PLAN WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND GRANTEE AGENCIES
WHEREAS, the City has been allocated a special allocation of CDBG funds authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), for the purpose of preventing, preparing for and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, Fremont citizens have been afforded an adequate opportunity to provide public comment on the use of CDBG CARES Act funding as required the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as City staff published a public notice on December 8, 2020 requesting comments; and
WHEREAS, the FY 2019/2020 Action Plan must be amended to reallocate CARES Act funding; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City’s FY 2019/2020 CDBG Action Plan, is amended to reallocate CARES Act funding and the City Manager or designee is authorized to submit the Amended Action Plan to HUD.
SECTION 2. 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;
ADOPTED, _____________, 2024, by the City Council of the City of Fremont, by the following vote:
AYE:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_______________________________ _________________________________ City Clerk Sr. Deputy City Attorney