RESOLUTION NO. (N.C.S.)
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF A FIFTH SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF SALINAS FY 2019-2020 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act in response to the COVID-19 (CV) pandemic which was signed into law on March 27, 2020; and WHEREAS, on May 26, 2020, the City Council approved a Substantial Amendment to its Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan (AAP) to accept and program $1,190,782 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) CV Phase 1 funds and $617,245 of Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) CV Phase 1 funds; and WHEREAS, on June 23, 2020, the City Council approved a Second Substantial Amendment to its FY 2019-2020 AAP to accept $5,814,926 of ESG-CV CARES Act Phase 2 funds and reallocate $1,190,782 of CDBG-CV Phase 1 funds and $617,245 of ESG-CV Phase 1 funds; and WHEREAS, on January 19, 2021, the City Council approved a Third Substantial Amendment to the FY 2019-2020 AAP to initially accept and allocate $1,209,375 of CDBG-CV Phase 3 funds; and WHEREAS, on December 6, 2022, the City Council approved a Fourth Substantial Amendment to the FY 2019-2020 AAP to include new eligible activities and the modification and reconciliation of all activities and funding amounts for the City’s CDBG-CV and ESG-CV allocations; and WHEREAS, an Amendment to an AAP is required by HUD if a jurisdiction is seeking to fund new activities not previously identified in a Con Plan and AAP or if an increase in current activity funding or total activity beneficiaries exceeds a certain percentage; and WHEREAS, the FY 2019-2020 AAP describes the eligible proposed projects, programs, activities, and funding amounts for CDBG, CDBG-CV, HOME, ESG and ESG-CV and its relationship to the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan (Con Plan) objectives; and WHEREAS, this Fifth Amendment to the FY 2019-2020 AAP includes modification and reconciliation of all activities and funding amounts for the City’s CDBG-CV allocations; and WHEREAS, the City proposes to execute a Fifth Substantial Amendment to its FY 2019-2020 AAP to make final modifications and additions to various CDBG-CV activities and funding amounts to allow for full, compliant expenditure of all funds within stipulated expenditure timeframes as detailed in the Council Staff Report dated November 12, 2024, and outlined in the substantial amendment summary entitled “City of Salinas Fifth Substantial Amendment Summary” of the report; and WHEREAS, per the City’s HUD Citizen Participation Plan, substantial amendments related to COVID funding only require a minimum of five-day public review and comment period; and WHEREAS, this public review and comment period started November 2, 2024, and ended November 12, 2024; and WHEREAS, the Housing and Land Use Committee held a meeting on November 5, 2024, to obtain further comments on the proposed substantial amendment and unanimously recommended the proposal move forward to the City Council for final consideration; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on November 12, 2024, to obtain further comments on the proposed Amendment; and WHEREAS, the City will take appropriate action to incorporate any necessary modifications to Amendment based upon community feedback received within the comment period prior to submission to HUD; and WHEREAS, the City of Salinas has determined that the proposed action is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Salinas hereby approves the submission of a Fifth Substantial Amendment to the FY 2019-2020 AAP after incorporating any necessary modifications based upon community feedback to HUD; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Salinas City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager or designee to execute, for and on behalf of the City, any agreements and related documents for HUD funded projects and activities as outlined in the Fifth Substantial Amendment Summary to the FY 2019-2020 AAP.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 12th day of November 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
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Kimbley Craig, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk
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