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Annual Action Plan <br />2019 <br />14 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) <br />AP-12 Participation - 91.401, 91.105, 91.200(c) <br />1. Summary of citizen participation process/Efforts made to broaden citizen participation <br />Summarize citizen participation process and how it impacted goal-setting <br /> <br />On 4/13/20, the City received a waiver that permits a reduced period for public noticing and public <br />comment on amendments to the AAP for 7/1/19-6/30/20. The City is took the opportunity to re-allocate <br />prior year unspent CDBG funds and program new stimulus funding, CDBG-CV, towards COVID-19 <br />emergency services. <br />The first draft Substantial Amendment to the 19-20 AAP was available for comment from 6/2/20 to <br />6/7/2020. The second draft Substantial Amendment to the 19-20 AAP was available for comment from <br />11/3/20 to 11/16/2020. Due to the Alameda County Shelter-In-Place Order the draft all documents are <br />was available for review on the City’s and Library websites. There were no comments received during <br />the first draft Substantial Amendment public comment period. Any comments on the second draft <br />Substantial Amendment will be included in this section. <br />The needs in this document were derived from preliminary data from the impacts of COVID-19 which <br />indicate significant unmet needs in many areas of potential CDBG and CDBG-CV funding categories. The <br />City of San Leandro is considering the following eligible activities for this funding for current and/or <br />future funding that may become available: assisting low- and moderate-income households with <br />housing rental assistance for no more than three months, food pantry/distribution/delivery meal <br />programs, business assistance (technical assistance, financial support to microenterprises or funding to <br />retain employees that are low- and moderate-income), and support of other COVID-19 response <br />services. <br />Notice of a summary and the availability of the Draft FY 19-20 AAP for 30-day public comment was <br />published in a locally circulated newspaper, Daily Review, on March 15, 2019. The City Council held a <br />public hearing on April 1, 2019 to receive initial public input on the Draft AAP and to begin the 30-day <br />comment from April 2 through May 1, 2019. The Draft Action Plan was available for public review and <br />comment at City Hall (City Clerk’s office and Community Development Department), the Main Library, <br />and the City website (https://www.sanleandro.org/depts/cd/housing/plans.asp) during the 30-day <br />period. <br />The second and final public hearing was held on May 6, 2019. There were no public comments received <br />either in writing in response to the public hearing notice or in person at the City Council hearing. <br />In addition to the public hearings, FY 19-20 is the first of a two-year funding cycle. On March 6, 2019, the <br />City’s Department of Recreation and Human Services released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit <br />applications for both the City’s Community Assistance Program (CAP) and CDBG-funded Public Services <br />programs over the next two fiscal years (FY 2019-2021). CAP public services are funded from an annual