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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 FY 202 4- 2025 FINAL STATEMENT OF CDBG AND ESG COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES AND PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS AND
THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN; AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
OF CDBG AND ESG AGREEMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND
GRANTEE AGENCIES; AND MAKING FINDINGS OF CEQA
EXEMPTION
WHEREAS, the City of Fremont (City) is estimated to be allocated $1,663,572 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement funding and $152,943 in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) entitlement funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for FY 2024-2025; and
WHEREAS, Fremont residents have been afforded an adequate opportunity to participate in an advisory role in planning the federal funding programs as City staff held a public workshop on the federal fund process on January 11, 2024, and the Citizens Advisory Committee held public hearings on February 21, 2024, and March 7, 2024, and March 28, 2024 where the public had an opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, on May 7, 2024, the City Council conducted a public hearing on the proposed FY 2024-25 CDBG and ESG Programs Statement of Community Development Objectives and projected Use of Funds and the FY 2024-25 Annual Action Plan, afforded the public an opportunity to be heard, and considered the staff report including the staff recommendations therein; and
WHEREAS, on June 18, 2024, the City Council conducted a public hearing on the final FY 2024-25 CDBG and ESG Programs Statement of Community Development Objectives and projected Use of Funds and the FY 2024-25 Annual 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. The City’s Final Statement of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) And Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Objectives and Projected Use of Funds FY 2024-25, attached as Exhibit 1 (“Final Statement), and the FY 2024-25 Annual Action Plan, attached as Exhibit 2 (“Action Plan”) are approved, and the City Manager or designee is authorized to submit the approved Final Statement and Action Plan 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 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan and the CDBG and ESG programs.
SECTION 2. CDBG Funds for FY 2024-25 are allocated as specified in Exhibit 1 (“Final Statement”).
SECTION 3. The City Manager or designee shall take such actions necessary to:
a. Appropriate an additional $40,037 to Fund 105 (CDBG); b. Appropriate an additional $7,250 to Fund 191 (ESG);
c. Allocate additional funds to public service projects should the City receive additional program funds in FY 2024-25 or a greater entitlement allocation from HUD in FY 2024-25; and
d. Reserve unallocated funds to provide gap funding or fund projects that meet emerging needs.
SECTION 4. CDBG-funded capital projects are exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to, without limitation, 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.
SECTION 5. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to execute the CDBG and ESG entitlement funding agreements with HUD.
SECTION 6. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to execute CDBG agreements effective July 1, 2024 with the grantees recommended for funding in the amounts set forth in the FY 2024-25 Annual Action Plan contingent upon a finding of no significant impact in the corresponding environmental assessments, and contingent upon adoption of the budget.
ADOPTED, , 2024, 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