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File Number: 15-130 <br />serves as the lead agency for the Consortium and the HOME Program and is responsible for <br />submittal to HUD of the Annual Action Plan documents on behalf of the entire Consortium. <br />The County requires all Consortium members to prepare and submit their respective <br />Consolidated Plans through HUD’s online application system, which streamlines formatting <br />and HUD review. <br />There are three 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 />·Provide a suitable living environment <br />·Expand economic opportunity <br />In addition, CDBG funds must be used to meet one of three national objectives: <br />1)benefit low- and moderate-income persons, <br />2)aid in the prevention of slum and blight, or <br />3)meet an urgent need. <br />HOME funds, meanwhile, must be used specifically for housing opportunities for low- and <br />moderate-income persons. <br />The City will receive $628,306 in CDBG funds from HUD in FY 2015-16, which represents <br />about a 9%, or $63,000 reduction, from the current fiscal year. In addition, the City will <br />receive $141,964 in new HOME funds for FY 2015-16 available for general administration and <br />affordable housing projects as part of the Alameda County HOME Consortium. The FY <br />2015-16 HOME funding allocation from HUD reflects a 7%, or $11,000, reduction from the <br />current year. <br />Citizen Participation Process <br />HUD Consolidated Plan regulations provide guidelines for the City to develop a Citizen <br />Participation Plan that governs the public input and noticing processes for creating the <br />Consolidated Plan and subsequent annual action plans. The goal of the Citizen Participation <br />Plan is to encourage broader public involvement in the planning and allocation of CDBG and <br />HOME funds and implementation of related programs <br />The City conducted two community meetings, on January 20th and 28th, in geographically <br />dispersed locations to enable more citizens to attend the meetings. The meetings were <br />advertised through many outlets including the City website; City facilities like City Hall, City <br />libraries, the community centers; consecutive weekly press releases, and an ad in the San <br />Leandro Times. In addition, public service providers and other organizations on the CDBG <br />mailing list, the City’s homeowners associations, and other interested parties and individuals <br />were notified of the community meetings via email notices and mailings. The community <br />meetings were held to elicit public comments on what the City’s housing and community <br />development priority needs and objectives should be for the next five years. Priority Needs <br />surveys were distributed at the public meetings. A web link to a surveymonkey.com version of <br />the Priority Needs survey was also emailed to the City’s CDBG distribution list, which includes <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/11/2015