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File Number: 20-103 <br />City’s Action Plan must be submitted to Alameda County. The County serves as the lead agency <br />for the Consortium and the HOME Program and is responsible for submittal to HUD of the Action <br />Plan documents on behalf of the entire Consortium. The County requires all Consortium <br />members to prepare and submit their respective Consolidated Plans through HUD’s online <br />system, known as IDIS (Integrated Disbursement and Information System), which streamlines <br />formatting, HUD review and fund tracking. <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; and <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 $768,310 in CDBG funds from HUD in FY 2020-2021, which represents <br />about an 8.5%, or approximately a $60,000 increase over what was received for FY 2019-2020. <br />In addition, the City will receive $238,792 in new HOME funds for FY 2020-2021, which are <br />available for general administration and affordable housing projects as part of the Alameda <br />County HOME Consortium. The FY 2020-2021 HOME funding allocation from HUD reflects a <br />7.5% or estimated $16,000 increase from the 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 Action Plans. The goal of the Citizen Participation Plan is to <br />encourage broad public involvement in the planning and allocation of CDBG and HOME funds and <br />implementation of related programs. <br />The City conducted two (2) community meetings (one in the Marina Community Center and the <br />second in the Senior Center) in geographically dispersed locations to enable more community <br />residents to attend the meetings. They were held on January 21st and 29th of 2020. These <br />meetings were extensively advertised through many outlets including the City website, Twitter, <br />Nextdoor.com, the City’s Facebook page, posted flyers at venues such as City Hall, public <br />libraries, and community centers, emailed to the City Manager’s “Weekly Update” list serve <br />(circulation exceeding approximately 500 addresses including City employees, Boards & <br />Commissions, City Council Members, San Leandro Unified School District employees, and local <br />residents). A press release to the City’s local newspaper San Leandro Times also prompted a <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/11/2020 <br />22