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Annual Action Plan 2019 2 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) • AP-12 Participation • AP-15 Expected Resources • AP-20 Annual Goals and Objectives • AP-35 Projects • AP-38 Project Summary One final note on this Substantial Amendment, the Federal Register and final guidance from HUD has not been provided. This Substantial Amendment is drafted with the guidance from HUD available to date, including that the CDBG-CV funds allocated under the CARES Act must be used in preparation for, prevention of, and response to COVID-19. All CDBG-CV activities must still meet one of three National Objectives of the CDBG Program noted in the original five year Consolidated Plan document. The City of San Leandro is taking this opportunity to document COVID-19 as an additional National Objective: Urgent Need. In order to do this, an Urgent Need Certification must be provided to HUD with the five year Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan for the year of the Urgent Need activity(ies). Documentation and evidence the City certified that the CDBG activity was designed to address the urgent need must be maintained as part of the permanent CDBG records for the activity(ies). Summary of Citizen Participation Process and consultation process As noted earlier, On April 13, 2020, the City of San Leandro received a waiver that permits a reduced period for public noticing and public comment on this Substantial Amendment to the Annual Action Plan for the period of July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. The City is taking this opportunity to re-allocate prior year unspent CDBG funds and program new stimulus funding, CDBG-CV, towards COVID-19 emergency services. The City may also allocate additional funds as they are available. The draft Substantial Amendment to the 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan will be available for comment from all interested parties from June 2, 2020 to June 7, 2020. Due to the Alameda County Shelter-In-Place Order these amendment documents shall only be available for review on the City’s website (http://www.sanleandro.org/depts/cd/housing/plans.asp) or the Library website (https://www.sanleandro.org/depts/library/default.asp). The needs in this document were derived from preliminary data from the impacts of COVID-19 which indicate significant unmet needs in many areas of potential CDBG and CDBG-CV funding categories. The City of San Leandro is considering the following eligible activities for this funding for current and/or future funding that may become available: assisting low- and moderate- income households with housing rental assistance for no more than three months, food pantry/distribution/delivery meal programs, business assistance (technical assistance, financial 59