Reso 2020-055 US HUD FY 2015-2020 5-Year Plan, 19-20 Action pLan and CPP

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PR -15 Citizen Participation - 91.105, 91.115, 91.200(c) and 91.300(c) 1. Summary of citizen participation process/Efforts made to broaden citizen participation Summarize citizen participation process and how it impacted goal -setting 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 5 -Year Consolidated Plan for the period of July 1, 2015 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 2015-2020 Consolidated 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/Iibrary/defauIt.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 support to microenterprises or funding to retain employees that are low- and moderate -income), and support of other COVID-19 response services. There were no public comments received during the public comment period nor at the June 1, 2020 public hearing where amendments to this documents were considered by City Council. HUD Consolidated Plan regulations provide guidelines for the City to develop a Citizen Participation Plan that governs the public input and noticing process for creating the Consolidated Plan and subsequent annual action plans. The goal of the Citizen Participation Plan is to encourage broader public involvement in the planning and allocation of CDBG and HOME funds and implementation of related programs. A minimum of two (2) public hearings are required with at least one (1) hearing to be held before the Proposed Five -Year Strategic Plan and Proposed Annual Action Plan are published for public comment. The City conducted two (2) community meetings in geographically dispersed locations to enable more citizens to attend the meetings. They were held on January 20th and 28th of 2015 and were advertised through many outlets including the City website, City facilities like the City Hall, public libraries, and community center, and a local ad and consecutive weekly press releases in the City's local newspaper San Leandro Times. In addition, public service providers and other organizations on the CDBG mailing list, the City's homeowners associations, and other interested parties and individuals were notified of Consolidated Plan SAN LEANDRO 13 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)