Resolution 15647CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15647
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY FOR AND
RECEIVE UP TO THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($300,000) IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING SUPPORT
GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code 50515 et seq., the Department
of Housing and Community Development (Department) is authorized to issue a Notice of
Funding Availability (NOFA) as part of the Local Government Planning Support Grants
Program (hereinafter referred to by the Department as the Local Early Action Planning
Grants program or LEAP); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Alameda desires to submit a LEAP grant
application package ("Application"), on the forms provided by the Department, for
approval of grant funding for projects that assist in the preparation and adoption of
planning documents and process improvements that accelerate housing production and
facilitate compliance to implement the sixth cycle of the regional housing need
assessment; and
WHEREAS, the Department has issued a NOFA and Application on January 27,
2020 in the amount of $119,040,000 for assistance to all California Jurisdictions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Alameda ("Applicant") hereby authorizes and directs the City Manager to apply for and
submit to the Department the Application package; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, in connection with the LEAP grant, if the
Application is approved by the Department, the City Manager of the City of Alameda is
authorized to submit the Application, enter into, execute, and deliver on behalf of the
Applicant, a State of California Agreement (Standard Agreement) for the amount of
Three-Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000), and any and all other documents required
or deemed necessary or appropriate to evidence and secure the LEAP grant, the
Applicant's obligations related thereto, and all amendments thereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, the Applicant shall be subject to the terms and
conditions as specified in the NOFA, and the Standard Agreement provided by the
Department after approval. The Application and any and all accompanying documents
are incorporated in full as part of the Standard Agreement. Any and all activities funded,
information provided, and timelines represented in the Application will be enforceable
through the fully executed Standard Agreement. Pursuant to the NOFA and in conjunction
with the terms of the Standard Agreement, the Applicant hereby agrees to use the funds
for eligible uses and allowable expenditures in the manner presented and specifically
identified in the approved Application.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a continued regular
meeting assembled on the 22nd day of April, 2020, by the following vote to wit:
A YES: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, Vella and
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft-5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said City this 23rd day of April, 2020.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
{b/Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda
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