Reso 2020-056 US HUD FY 2020-2024 5-Year Plan, 19-20 Action plan and CPP

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$451,972 in Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19. The CARES Act allows for reimbursement of costs incurred prior to the date of enactment of this legislation in addition to removal of the spending caps normally in place for Public Services expenditures as long as those costs are in response to COVID-19. (Note that the removal of the Public Services expenditure caps are only allowed for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan Program Years.) Additionally, the CARES Act allows HUD to waive or specify alternative requirements to expedite distribution of funding in response to COVID-19. Soon after the signing of the CARES Act, HUD issued guidance that allows cities to shorten the public comment period for amending prior 5-Year Consolidated Plans or Annual Action Plans to maximize the use of CDBG and CDBG-CV funds allocated to entitlement jurisdictions. Note that specific administrative changes to Citizen Participation will be reflected in Amendments to the Citizen Participation Plan with final a final version available and considered by City Council at a second public hearing on June 15, 2020 --in tandem with this document. On April 13, 2020, the City of San Leandro received a waiver that permits a reduced period for public noticing and public comment on amendments to the 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan for the period of July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. The City took that opportunity to re -allocate prior year unspent CDBG funds and program new stimulus funding, CDBG-CV, towards COVID-19 emergency services. The City is also allocating funds for COVID-19 relief in this FY 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan. One final note on this Annual Action Plan, the Federal Register and final guidance from HUD has not been provided on federal stimulus funds and authority for use to address the COVID-19 Pandemic. This Annual Action Plan 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 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). See Exhibit B: City of San Leandro —Justification of Urgent Need. Consolidated Plan SAN LEANDRO 68 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)