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

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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 the community meetings via both email notices and mailings. The community meetings were held to elicit public comments on what the City's housing and community development priority needs and objectives should be for the next five (5) years. Priority Needs surveys were distributed at these two (2) public meetings. A web link to a surveymonkey.com version of the Priority Needs survey was also emailed to the City's CDBG distribution list, which includes the African American, Asian, and Latino Business Councils, community-based organizations (CBOs), Below Market Rate (BMR) property managers, and San Leandro and San Lorenzo School Districts, and posted on the City's website to allow those who could not attend the public meetings the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns regarding the housing and community development needs of the City. In all, City staff received a total of thirty-six (36) survey responses (7 paper survey responses and 29 surveymonkey.com responses). Notice of the availability of the Draft Consolidated Plan for a 30 -day public comment period was published in the The Daily Review newspaper on February 26, 2015. The City Council held a public hearing on March 16, 2015 to receive initial public input on the draft Consolidated Plan and draft Annual Action Plan and to begin the 30 -day comment period from March 20th through April 20th, 2015. Both drafts shall be available for review at City Hall (at the City Clerk's office and City's Community Development Departmen), at the Main Library, and on the City's website at http://www.sanleandro.org/depts/cd/housing/plans.asp during the 30 -day period. The public notice for the April 20th public hearing was published in a locally circulated newspaper Daily Review on April 2, 2015. The Council held a public hearing on the final versions of both Plans on April 20th, 2015 City Council Meeting. 5. Summary of public comments The public comment period commenced on March 20th and ended on April 20th, 2015. At the March 20th City Council meeting, Mr. Robert Fox, a San Leandro resident, inquired and requested that CDBG funds be used to create community gardens throughout the City. 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. Consolidated Plan SAN LEANDRO 5 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)