City of Redondo Beach
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND
START OF THE 30-DAY COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER. ANY AND ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY APPEAR AND BE HEARD.
SUBJECT OF THE HEARING: To Obtain Input of the Draft Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan and Start 30-Day Comment Period Regarding the City’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
The purpose of the hearing is for the City Council to provide input and to gain public input to the proposed Draft Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan. The Annual Action Plan is a federally mandated document that includes goals and budgets for City housing and community development activities. The plan will outline the City’s Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects and activities. The report will be available for public review beginning April 13, 2022 and ending May 13, 2022. Opportunities to comment include ability to mail-in or drop-off written comments to City Hall at 415 Diamond Street, Redondo Beach.
The CDBG Program provides federal funds for local improvement projects and programs. Activities assisted with CDBG funds must meet one of three national objectives: principally benefit low- and moderate-income persons; aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight; or meet other community development needs having a particular urgency. The City’s CDBG allocation for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 is estimated to be $285,916.
PUBLIC HEARING: The public hearing on this matter will take place before the City Council on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, by Virtual Meeting pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20 issued by Governor Newsom. All City Council members and City staff will participate by teleconference/ virtual meeting. The meeting will be broadcast live through Spectrum Channel 8 and Frontier Communications Channel 41 and also livestreamed on the City’s website at www.redondo.org/RBTV and YouTube at https://www.youtube. com/c/CityofRedondoBeachIT.
PUBLIC COMMENT: There will be two options for public testimony during the meeting as outlined below:
1. Interested persons may submit a written eComment thought the City’s agenda webpage at https://redondo.legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. Specific instructions for eComment will be provided on the agenda cover page when it is released at least 72 hours prior to the public hearing. eComments will be read out loud by City staff during the Public Hearing and are limited to 3 minutes in length. Only one eComment per person.
2. Oral public testimony can be provided live by joining the virtual meeting by computer or phone-in. Specific instructions for joining live will be provided on the agenda cover page when it is released at least 72 hours prior to the public hearing. Each speaker can speak only once, and speakers are limited to 3 minutes.
A person may either comment live or submit an eComment but cannot do both.
For those that cannot participate during the public hearing, written comments for the City Council on this matter may be submitted by email to [email protected]. Written comments will be accepted up to 3:00 p.m. the day of the public hearing, April 12, to allow time for distribution to the City Council as a Blue Folder item.
The agenda packet with the administrative report and materials related to this matter will be available for review at least 72 hours prior to the public hearing, pursuant to State Law and local ordinance, on the City of Redondo Beach website https://redondo.legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. Select the April 5, 2022 City Council meeting.
If you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA
Eleanor Manzano
City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach
Easy Reader Inc/Redondo Beach News/March 31, 2022/RD22-018