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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: March 16, 2020 <br />Resolution - Council <br />Agenda Section:File Number:19-681 ATS Review <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Tom Liao <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Liz Warmerdam <br />Interim Finance Director <br />TITLE:RESOLUTION of the City of San Leandro City Council Approving a Consulting <br />Services Agreement with Miller Planning Associates to Prepare Objective <br />Residential and Mixed-Use Design and Development Standards and Authorizing <br />the City Manager to Execute a Consulting Services Agreement with Miller <br />Planning Associates with a Not to Exceed amount of $310,000 Contingent on <br />Receipt and Appropriation of Grant Monies from the State Housing and <br />Community Development Department’s SB 2 Planning Grant Program <br />WHEREAS, in 2017, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), titled the “Building <br />Homes and Jobs Act,” which specifically established a permanent, on-going source of funding <br />dedicated to promoting and facilitating affordable housing development; and <br />WHEREAS, the State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development <br />(HCD) issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) dated March 28, 2019, for its Planning <br />Grants Program for approximately $123 million in grant monies earmarked for local government <br />planning grants; and <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of the Planning Grants Program is to provide financial and <br />technical assistance to local governments to update planning documents to: accelerate housing <br />production; streamline the approval of housing development; facilitate housing affordability; <br />promote the development of housing; and ensure geographic equity in the distribution and <br />expenditure of allocated funds; and <br />WHEREAS, under this grant program, local governments are provided an eligibility <br />allowance based on community population and the City of San Leandro falls within the “medium <br />localities” category, which is eligible for up to $310,000 in grant funding; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2017, Senate Bill 35 (SB 35) was also signed by Governor Brown, <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 2/25/2020 <br />1001