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File Number: 18-131 <br />grants to extremely low- and very-low income San Leandro homeowners. <br />Administrative funding for FY 2018-2019 is $131,916, which conforms to the HUD-regulated 20% <br />spending cap on general administration costs and expenses. Staff recommends allocating <br />$121,916 to City staffing for CDBG program administration. $10,000 in CDBG funds will also be <br />allocated to ECHO Housing’s Fair Housing services. Fair Housing is federally mandated, and <br />ECHO Housing assists the City in meeting HUD requirements to advance fair housing. <br />The City uses HOME funds for the acquisition, rehabilitation, and new construction of affordable <br />rental housing as well as tenant-based rental assistance to serve lower income households in <br />need. The City’s HOME allocation for FY18-19, as well as from FY 2017-2018 and for FY <br />2019-2020, will be used to repay the County’s regional HOME competitive funding pool, of which <br />BRIDGE Housing received approximately $566,000 in 2012 for the construction of the 115-unit <br />Marea Alta Phase 1 development. Under the Consortium’s rules, affordable housing projects <br />within each local jurisdiction may tap into HOME funds from the applicable local jurisdiction’s <br />pro-rated annual share, and may also apply for monies from the County-administered regional <br />fund pool. However, local jurisdictions must repay the County’s regional pool if their affordable <br />housing projects receive funding from it. In the case of Marea Alta Phase 1, the City Council <br />approved $650,000 in 2012 from the City’s annual HOME allocation allotment and BRIDGE <br />Housing then applied for and received County approval for the approximately $566,000 from the <br />competitive regional pool. <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 home <br />ownership, preserving and rehabilitating existing affordable owner-occupied and rental housing, <br />and addressing special needs populations. <br />Environmental Review <br />National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), <br />the latter when applicable, review will be conducted for each project or activity approved by the <br />City Council. Neither NEPA nor CEQA apply to the review and approval of the FY 2018-2019 <br />Annual Action Plan, because there is no foreseeable effect on the environment. <br />Summary of Public Outreach Efforts <br />Staff published a notice of the public hearing in the Daily Review newspaper on March 16, 2018. <br />Copies of the Draft FY 2018-2019 Annual Action Plan, as well as public notices with partial <br />translations in Spanish and Chinese, will be available for review at City Hall (in the City Clerk’s <br />office and the City’s Community Development Department), at the Main Library, and on the City’s <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/27/2018 <br />10