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___________________________________ <br />Citizen Participation Plan <br />City of San Leandro <br />Page 13 of 14 <br />such as the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Terrorism events include bomb threats, <br />biochemical attacks like the spread of anthrax, or cyber-attacks like hacking, phishing, and virus <br />distribution, etc. <br />2. Substantial Amendment(s): Expedited Substantial Amendments may include funding new <br />activities and/or the reprogramming of funds including canceling activities to meet needs <br />resulting from a declared disaster or emergency. The City of San Leandro may utilize CDBG or <br />HOME funds to meet these needs. <br />3. Use of funds: With respect to a declared disaster, the City of San Leandro may elect to use <br />CDBG or HOME funds to address needs not provided for by the Federal Emergency Manager <br />Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA), or other disaster relief efforts. <br />Funding for disaster relief may not duplicate other efforts undertaken by federal or local sources <br />unless allowed by the federal government. Potential eligible uses of funds are those that are <br />included in this Citizen Participation Plan, the Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan or any <br />other CDBG or HOME eligible use. HUD may provide new guidance on eligible uses in which <br />the City will comply with and may utilize as well. All eligible CDBG activities, including those <br />to address declared disasters or emergencies, must meet one of three national objectives which <br />are: (1) Benefit to low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons; (2) Aid in the prevention of slums <br />or blight; and (3) Meet a need having a particular urgency (referred to urgent need). The City of <br />San Leandro may carryout eligible CDBG activities to meet needs resulting from declared <br />disasters or emergencies under any one of the three national objectives. <br />4. Urgent Need National Objective: To comply with the CDBG National Objective of meeting <br />community development needs having particular urgency, an activity will alleviate existing <br />conditions that the City of San Leandro certifies: (1) Pose a serious and immediate threat to the <br />health and welfare of the community; (2) Are of recent origin or recently became urgent; (3) The <br />City is unable to finance the activity on its own; and, (4) Other resources of funding are not <br />available to carry out the activity. A condition will generally be considered to be of recent origin <br />if it is developed or became critical within 18 months preceding the City’s certification. If HUD <br />allows, such as through a waiver, activities under the urgent need national objective to be funded <br />without the requirement that the City is unable to finance the activity on its own and other <br />resources of funding are not available to carry out the activity, the City will only certify that the <br />activity poses a serious and immediate threat to the health and welfare of the community and is <br />of recent origin or recently became urgent. <br /> <br />5. Expedited Public Noticing: If the federal government, State, County or City declares a disaster or <br />emergency, then the City may expedite the public comment period to 5-days instead of the <br />required 30-day public comment period, which is otherwise required for Substantial <br />Amendments. <br />6.5.3 THE PROCESS <br />1. Public Notice: Presentation of the CPP or Substantial Amendment(s) made to the <br />CPP requires advance notice to the public. This notice shall be published at least 30 <br />days prior to the scheduled date for the presentation of the Plan or the Substntial <br />Amendment(s) to the Council at a public hearing. The notice shall be published in, <br />92