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File Number: 20-223 <br />to the County to receive its annual share of HOME funding. As part of this process, the City’s <br />Action Plans must be submitted to Alameda County. The County serves as the lead agency for <br />the Consortium and the HOME Program and is responsible for submittal of these documents to <br />HUD on behalf of the entire Consortium. The County requires all Consortium members to <br />prepare and submit their respective Consolidated Plans through HUD’s online application <br />system, which streamlines formatting and HUD review. <br />The drafts of the Consolidated Plan and Action Plan were presented to the City Council at a <br />public hearing on March 16, 2020. The City Council directed staff to make both Plans available <br />for public comment for a 30-day period from March 17th through April 17th, 2020. On the same <br />night of this meeting, the City Council ratified a proclamation of a local emergency and a state of <br />emergency due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Most Community Development staff were directed <br />to follow Alameda County’s order to Shelter-In-Place. These activities allowed the draft <br />documents to have a longer public review period but with fewer viewing options due to the closure <br />of public buildings where hard copies of the document are normally available to review. The drafts <br />of both the Consolidated Plan and Action Plan were available for public review on the City's <br />website from March 17 to June 14. As of the publishing of this staff report, there have been no <br />public comments received on either of these documents. <br />HUD requires the City to use the Consolidated Planning document to identify Priority Needs, <br />Goals to address those needs, and Projects that provide specificity for activities that will be <br />carried out to address the City’s needs. The City of San Leandro has identified the following <br />Priority Needs: Affordable Housing Needs, Homeless Assistance and Prevention Services, <br />Community Development Needs - Public Services, Community Development Needs - Public <br />Facilities, Community Development Needs - Economic Development, and COVID-19 Pandemic <br />Response (CARES Act and other federal legislation). <br />Proposed Changes to the Draft FY 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan <br />Due to the federal government’s response to COVID-19 and HUD guidance, there were some <br />substantial edits to the draft of the Consolidated Plan. Additionally, staff received HUD technical <br />assistance with suggested various ways to streamline existing Priority Needs, Goals, and <br />Projects to accomplish efficiencies in CDBG program administration. For both of these reasons, <br />the draft documents presented to the City Council on March 16, 2020 have been edited in a way <br />to highlight those changes (using a different font and color so that it stands out in the final <br />proposed document). (See Attachment B: 5-Yr Con Plan FY 2020-2024 Draft of Final <br />2020.06.15.) The main changes to the FY 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan document <br />occur in the following sections: <br />·ES-05 Executive Summary discussing CARES Act and additional HUD guidance and <br />authority to the City to use CDBG funding for COVID-19 relief; <br />·PR-10 Consultation discussing COVID-19 response coordinated through the City’s Office <br />of Emergency Services; <br />·NA-05 Needs Assessment discussing COVID-19 prompted community needs for both the <br />short and long-term; <br />·MA-65 Hazard Mitigation adding “Disease Outbreak” as a vulnerability; <br />·SP-25 Priority Needs further defining existing identified needs in response to HUD <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/10/2020 <br />232