1 Resolution Number: __________
City of Salinas
AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION OF CITY OF SALINAS
AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION AND ADOPTING THE PLHA PLAN FOR THE
PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM
A necessary quorum and majority of the Council members of City of Salinas, a municipality (“Applicant”) hereby consents to , adopts and ratifies the following resolution:
A. WHEREAS, the Department is authorized to provide up to $335 million under the SB 2 Per manent Local Housing Allocation Program Formula Component from the Building Homes and J obs Trust Fund for assistanc e to Cities and Counties as described in Health and Safety Code section 50470 et seq. (Chapter 364, Statutes of 2017 (SB 2)).
B. WHEREAS the State of California (the “State”), Departm ent of Housing and Community Development (“Department”) issued a re-opening of Notice of Funding Availability (“NOFA”) dated 02/26/2020 under the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program;
C. WHEREAS the City of Salinas is an eligible Local government who has applied for program funds to adminis ter one or more eligible activities, or a Local or Regional Housing Trust Fund to whom an eligible Local government delegated its PLHA formula allocation.
D. WHEREAS the Department may approve funding allocations for PLHA Program, subject to the terms and conditions of the Guidelines, NOFA, Program requirements, the Standard Agreement and other contracts between the Department and PLHA grant recipients;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
1. If Applicant receives a grant of PLHA funds from the Department pursuant to the above referenced PLHA NOFA, it represents and certifies that it will use all such funds in a manner consistent and in compliance with all applicable state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, and laws, incl uding without limitation all rules and laws regarding the PLHA Program, as well as any and all contracts Applicant may have with the Department.
2. Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to receive a PLHA grant, in an amount not to exceed the five-year estimate of the PL HA formula allocations, as stated in Appendix C of the current NOFA $6,041,082 in accordance with all applicable rules and laws.
2 3. Applicant hereby agrees to us e the PLHA funds for eligible activities as approved by the Department and in accordance with all Program requirements, Guidelines, other rules and laws, as well as in a manner consistent and in compliance with the Standard Agreement and other contracts between the Applicant and the Department.
4. Pursuant to Section 302(c)(4) of the Gu idelines, Applicant’s PLHA Plan for the 2019-2023 Allocations is attached to th is resolution, and Applicant hereby adopts this Amended PLHA Plan and certifies compliance with all public notice, public comment, and public h earing requirements in accordance with the Guidelines.
5. If applicable: Applicant certifies that it was delegated by _____________________ to submit an application on its behalf and adm inister the PLHA grant award for the formula allocation of PLHA funds, pursuant to Guidelines Section 300(c) and 300(d), and the legally binding agreement between the recipient of the PLHA funds and the Applicant is submitted with the PLHA application.
6. If applicable: Applicant certifies that it has or will subgrant some or all of its PLHA funds to another entity or entit ies. Pursuant to Guidelines Section 302(c)(3), “entity” means a housing developer or program oper ator, but does not mean an administering Local government to whom a Local government may delegate its PLHA allocation.
7. If applicable: Applicant certifies that its select ion process of these subgrantees was or will be accessible to the public and avoided or shall avoid any conflicts of interest.
8. If applicable: Pursuant to Applicant’s certification in this resolution, the PLHA funds will be expended only for eligible Activiti es and consistent with all program requirements.
9. If applicable: Applicant certifies that, if funds are used for the acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of for-sale housing projects or units within for-sale housing projects, the grantee shall record a deed restrict ion against the proper ty that will ensure compliance with one of the requirement s stated in Guidelines Section 302(c)(6)(A),(B) and (C).
10. If applicable: Applicant certifies that , if funds are used fo r the development of an Affordable Rental Housing Development, t he Local government shall make PLHA assistance in the form of a low-interest, deferred loan to the Sponsor of the Project, and such loan shall be evidenced through a Promissory Note secured by a Deed of Trust and a Regulatory Agreement shall restrict occupancy and rents in accordance with a Local government-approv ed underwriting of the Projec t for a term of at least 55 years.
11. Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the Standard Agreement, the PLHA Program Guidelines and any other applicable SB 2 Guidelines published by the Department.
3 12. City Manager or Community Development Director is/are authorized to execute the PLHA Program Application, the PLHA Standard Agreement and any subsequent amendments or modifications thereto, as well as any other documents which are related to the Program or the PLHA grant awarded to A pplicant, as the Department may deem appropriate.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City of Salinas this 18th day of October 2022 by the following vote:
AYES:
ABSTENTIONS:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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Kimbley Craig, Mayor
CERTIFICATE OF THE ATTESTING OFFICER
The undersigned, Officer of Patricia M. Barajas does hereby attest and certify that the [foregoing / attached] Resolution is a true, full and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of the City which was duly convened and held on the date stated thereon, and that said document has not been amended, modified, repealed or rescinded since its date of adoption and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
ATTEST:
Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk