DRAFT
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FREMONT APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A
SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE FY 20 24/2025 ANNUAL
ACTION PLAN ALLOCATING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT FUNDING
WHEREAS, the City of Fremont (“City”) desires to amend its FY 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan to increase the Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) funding allocation for the Fremont Family Resource Center (“FRC”) Enhancing Navigation Project by $79,162, for a new total not to exceed amount of $209,162; and
WHEREAS, Fremont residents have been afforded an adequate opportunity to provide public input on the proposed changes in allocation of CDBG funding and the proposed substantial amendment to the FY 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan as required by the U.S. the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”).
WHEREAS, City staff published public notice of a 30-day public review period on the proposed increase in allocation of CDBG funding and the proposed substantial amendment to the FY 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan, between July 31, 2026, and August 29, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the public was afforded additional opportunities to participate in the process when the Citizens Advisory Committee held a public hearing before unanimously approving additional funding for the FRC Enhancing Navigation Project on August 6, 2026, as well as when the City Council held a public hearing on the matter at its meeting on September 1, 2026.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City’s FY 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan is amended to increase funding for the Fremont Family Resource Center (FRC) Enhancing Navigation Project by $79,162, for a new total not to exceed amount of $209,162.
SECTION 2. The City Manager or designee is authorized to submit to HUD the amended FY 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit 1.
SECTION 3. 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, _____________, 2026, 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
EXHIBIT 1
CITY OF FREMONT
AMENDED FY 2024-2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN