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Annual Action Plan <br />2019 <br />1 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) <br />Language added in the First Amendment to the FY 2019-20 Annual Action Plan <br />Language added in the Second Amendment to the FY 2019-20 Annual Action Plan <br />Executive Summary <br />AP-05 Executive Summary - 91.200(c), 91.220(b) <br />1. Introduction <br />In response to the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security <br />Act (CARES Act), Public Law 116-136 was adopted and authorized on March 27, 2020. As a result, In <br />April 2020, HUD awarded the City $451,972 in Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus <br />(CDBG-CV) Round I funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19. In a letter dated October 22, <br />2020, HUD notified the City of San Leandro that it had received an additional $768,193 in CDBG-CV <br />Round III CARES Act funds. The CARES Act allows for reimbursement of costs incurred prior to the <br />date of enactment of this legislation in addition to removal of the spending caps normally in place for <br />Public Services expenditures as long as those costs are in response to COVID-19. (Note that the removal <br />of the Public Services expenditure caps are only allowed for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 AAP Program <br />Years.) The CARES Act allows HUD to waive or specify alternative requirements to expedite distribution <br />of funding in response to COVID-19. Soon after the signing of the CARES Act, HUD issued guidance that <br />allows cities to shorten the public comment period for amending prior AAPs to expedite the use of CDBG <br />and CDBG-CV funds. Note that the Citizen Participation Plan was amended in tandem with the first <br />substantial amendment to this document. Further, HUD provided guidance that those funds must also be <br />programmed using the FY 2019-20 Annual Action Plan—thus the second Substantial Amendment to this <br />plan. <br />On April 13, 2020, the City received a waiver that permits a reduced period for public noticing and public <br />comment on this amendment to the 19-20 AAP (7/1/19-6/3020). The City is taking this opportunity to <br />re-allocate prior year unspent CDBG funds and program new stimulus funding, CDBG-CV, towards <br />COVID-19 emergency services. <br />ThisThe first and second substantial amendments to the 19-20 AAP summarizes Citizen Participation and <br />Public Comment and expected resources to address COVID-19 related impacts. Additionally, it will <br />identifiesy how the City plans to use available funds by updating its annual goals and objectives and the <br />related projects targeted for funding to address COVID-19. The updated sections of this annual planning <br />document—that are necessary to implement these changes to allocations and appropriations of these <br />funds—include: <br />• Summary of Citizen Participation <br />• AP-10 Consultation <br />• AP-12 Participation