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___________________________________ <br />Citizen Participation Plan <br />City of San Leandro <br />Page 12 of 14 <br />start and end date for the comment period. Free copies will be made available to the <br />public upon request and a copy of the proposed CAPER shall be available on the City's <br />web site. Copies will also be made available in a format accessible to persons with <br />disabilities, upon request. <br />2.Public Hearing: A public hearing to review the proposed CAPER will be held at a City <br />Council meeting on a date announced in the notice published in the newspaper. <br />Section 5.0 describes the public hearing requirements. All comments received will be <br />taken into consideration. The approved CAPER shall include a summary of the <br />comments and views of the citizens and shall be attached to the CAPER. <br />3.The CAPER will be sent to HUD every year by September 28. If requested by the <br />HOME Consortium, a copy will also be submitted to the County of Alameda. Copies of <br />the CAPER will be made available to the public at locations listed in Section 4.0. <br />6.5 Citizen Participation Plan and Amendments to the Citizen Participation Plan <br />6.5.1 GENERAL INFORMATION: The CPP adoption and the amendment process for the <br />CPP are the same. HUD regulations require that the City provide reasonable <br />opportunity to the public to comment and present their views on the original CPP and <br />Substantial Amendments to it. These Substantial Amendments may be made through <br />the Citizen Participation process, meeting the definition of “Substantial Change”. <br />Substantial Change for the Citizen Participation Plan is defined as: <br />A change in the participation process stated in the original CPP for the Consolidated <br />and Annual Action Plans, Substantial Amendments to them and the participation <br />process for the CAPER. <br />In response to the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and <br />Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law 116-136 was adopted and authorized on <br />March 27, 2020. The CARES Act allows the U.S. Department of Housing and Community <br />Development (HUD) to waive or specify alternative requirements to expedite distribution of <br />funding in response to COVID-19. Soon after the signing of the CARES Act, HUD issued <br />guidance that allows cities to shorten the public comment period for amending the Citizen <br />Participation Plan to maximize the use of CDBG and CDBG-CV funds allocated to entitlement <br />jurisdictions. As a result, on April 13, 2020, HUD issued a waiver to the City of San Leandro <br />that permits a reduced period of 5 days for public noticing and public comment. <br />6.5.2 EMERGENCY RESPONSE & EXPEDITED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS <br />1.Declaration of a Disaster and/or Emergency: It may be necessary to expedite Substantial <br />Amendments to the Consolidated Plan and/or Annual Action Plan(s) in the event of a declared <br />disaster or emergency. There are three types of disasters/emergency events that may necessitate <br />an expedited substantial amendment including (1) Human-made disasters, (2) Natural disasters, <br />and (3) Terrorism. Human-made disasters can include chemical spills, mass rioting, power <br />outages, dam failure, plant explosions, etc. Natural disasters can include earthquakes, tsunamis, <br />hurricanes, tornadoes, wild fires, flooding and public health crises such as wide-spread disease <br />81