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File Number: 16-129 <br />also be allocated to ECHO Housing’s Fair Housing services in the amount of $10,000. Fair <br />Housing is federally mandated, and ECHO Housing assists the City in meeting HUD <br />requirements to affirmatively further fair housing. <br />Staff proposes to continue using the City’s HOME funds for the acquisition, rehabilitation, <br />and/or new construction of affordable rental housing as well as tenant-based rental assistance <br />to serve lower income households in need. Currently, the nonprofit developer BRIDGE <br />Housing Corporation has applied for the City’s $256,761 uncommitted HOME funds to assist <br />with the construction of Marea Alta Phase 2, which will consist of an 85-unit affordable rental <br />development for seniors. BRIDGE is currently applying for financing for Phase 2, which would <br />not commence construction until after the 115-unit Phase 1 development is completed. <br />Current Agency Policies <br />Current City Council Policy is defined by the FY 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan, adopted by <br />Resolution No. 2015-080 on April 20, 2015. <br />Applicable General Plan Policies <br />The Consolidated Plan addresses the goals of the General Plan Housing Element, such as <br />increasing the supply of affordable for-sale and rental housing, providing opportunities for <br />home ownership, preserving and rehabilitating existing affordable owner-occupied and rental <br />housing, and addressing special needs populations. <br />Environmental Review <br />National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act <br />(CEQA), the latter when applicable, review will be conducted for each project or activity <br />approved by the City Council. Neither NEPA nor CEQA apply to the review and approval of <br />the FY 2016-2017 Annual Action Plan, because there is no foreseeable effect on the <br />environment. <br />Summary of Public Outreach Efforts <br />A notice of the public hearing (with partial translations in Chinese and Spanish) was published <br />in the Daily Review newspaper on March 4, 2016. Copies of the Draft FY 2016-2017 Annual <br />Action Plan will be available for review at City Hall (in the City Clerk’s office and the City’s <br />Community Development Department), at the Main Library, and on the City’s website at <br />http://www.sanleandro.org/depts/cd/housing/plans.asp for a 30-day comment period from <br />March 22nd - April 20th 2016. The second public hearing will be held May 2, 2016, at which <br />time the City Council will consider approving the final Plan. <br />Fiscal Impacts <br />HUD will enter into contract with the City for the grant amount. The grant is on a <br />reimbursement basis; this means funds are reimbursed by HUD after expenditure by the City <br />for activities designated in the Annual Action Plan. <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/15/2016