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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: April 1, 2013 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:13-099 PUBLIC HEARINGS – CITY <br />COUNCIL <br />Agenda Number:3.A. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for the City of San Leandro U .S. Department of Housing and <br />Urban Development (HUD) Draft FY 2013-2014 Annual Action Plan <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends the City Council hold a public hearing , publish the Proposed FY 2013-2014 <br />Annual Action Plan for a 30-day comment period (April 5th - May 6th, 2013), and set a public <br />hearing for May 6, 2013 to consider final approval of the FY 2013-2014 Annual Action Plan. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The FY 2010-2014 Five-Year Housing and Community Development Strategic Plan <br />(Consolidated Plan) identifies the housing and community development needs in San Leandro <br />and outlines the strategies for meeting these needs. The Draft FY 2013-2014 Annual Action <br />Plan (Consolidated Action Plan) represents the fourth (4th) year of the Five-Year Plan and <br />implements the strategies from the Five-Year Plan through the use of Community <br />Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership (HOME) funds from the <br />U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). <br />As a CDBG entitlement grantee, the City directly receives CDBG funds from HUD each year. <br />In order to receive its annual CDBG grant allocation from HUD, however, the City must update <br />its Consolidated Plan every five (5) years and annually submit the Consolidated Action Plans <br />to HUD. The City participates in the Alameda County HOME Consortium , which is made up of <br />the County and other Alameda County cities , excluding Berkeley and Oakland, and must <br />apply to the County to receive its annual share of HOME funding. The County serves as the <br />lead agency for the Consortium and the HOME Program and is responsible for submittal of <br />the Consolidated Plan documents to HUD on behalf of the entire Consortium. <br />There are three (3) major goals identified for the funds under the Housing and Community <br />Development Act from which the CDBG Program originated : <br />·Provide decent housing <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/26/2013