RESOLUTION 2022-69
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF PATTERSON APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE STANISLAUS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (STANCOG) AND THE CITY OF PATTERSON FOR SUBALLOCATION OF
REGIONAL EARLY ACTION PLANNING (REAP) FUNDS
WHEREAS, the Stanislaus Council of Governments (StanCOG) is the Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA) and Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Stanislaus region, pursuant to State and Federal designation; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Health and Safety Code section 50515.02, the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”) made available $125,000,000 in local government planning support grants to regional entities and working groups as outlined by the statute; and
WHEREAS, HCD released a Notice of Funding Availability (“NOFA”) for $118,750,000 for the Regional Early Action Planning Grant Program (REAP) to councils of governments and other regional entities with said funds to be released in three packages of funding; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 50515.02 of the Health and Safety Code, a San Joaquin Valley Multi Agency Working Group was formed in accordance with subdivision (c), consisting of the Fresno Council of Governments, the Kern Council of Governments, the Kings County Association of Governments, the Madera County Transportation Commission, the Merced County Association of Governments, the San Joaquin Council of Governments, the Stanislaus Council of Governments, and the Tulare County Association of Governments, representing the Counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare (the “SJV Working Group”); and
WHEREAS, HCD is authorized to provide up to $18,975,000 of REAP grant funds to the members of the SJV Working Group; and
WHEREAS, on August 14, 2020, HCD approved an allocation of $10,218,830.75 in grant funds (the “Initial Grant”) to the members of the SJV Working Group; and WHEREAS, a portion of the Initial Grant is available to the members of the SJV Working Group and the majority of the REAP Funds will be allocated to the local jurisdictions for compliance with Regional Housing Needs Allocation (“RHNA”) numbers that are developed to update the housing element of the local jurisdictions as well as other planning activities that would increase housing production; and
WHEREAS, the Initial Grant will be distributed in three separate funding packages and StanCOG is expected to receive approximately $415,000 and $1,065,000, as part of the first and third funding packages respectively, for a total of approximately $1,480,000 to be distributed to the local agencies; and
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2021, the StanCOG Policy Board approved by Resolution 20-27 the Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Suballocation Methodology of funding by percent of population adjusted for a minimum funding floor of $35,000 dollars, effectively suballocating approximately $1,480,097.57 of the REAP grant funds (“Grant Funds”) to StanCOG’s local member agencies for funding their planning activities that will accelerate housing production and facilitate compliance in implementing the sixth cycle of RHNA; and WHEREAS, the City of Patterson is to be suballocated $16,807.80 through the REAP Grant Funds as part of the first and third funding packages.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Patterson as follows:
1. The City Council of the City of Patterson hereby approves of the City Manager entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with StanCOG related to REAP funds.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Patterson City Council at a meeting thereof, held on the 4th day of October, 2022, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
EXCUSED:
APPROVED:
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Dennis McCord
Mayor of the City of Patterson
ATTEST:
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Aracely Alegre
City Clerk of the City of Patterson
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, correct, and true copy of a resolution passed by the City Council of the City of Patterson, a Municipal Corporation of the County of Stanislaus, State of California, at a regular meeting held on the 4 th day of October 2022, and I
further certify that said resolution is in full force and effect and has never been rescinded or modified.
DATE:
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City Clerk of the City of Patterson