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AP-12 Participation - 91.401, 91.105, 91.200(c) Summary of citizen participation process/Efforts made to broaden citizen participation Summarize citizen participation process and how it impacted goal -setting On 4/13/20, the City received a waiver that permits a reduced period for public noticing and public comment on amendments to the AAP for 7/1/19-6/30/20. The City is took the opportunity to re -allocate prior year unspent CDBG funds and program new stimulus funding, CDBG-CV, towards COVID-19 emergency services. The first draft Substantial Amendment to the 19-20 AAP was available for comment from 6/2/20 to 6/7/2020. The second draft Substantial Amendment to the 19-20 AAP was available for comment from 11/3/20 to 11/16/2020. Due to the Alameda County Shelter -In -Place Order all documents are available for review on the City's websites. There were no comments received during the first draft Substantial Amendment public comment period. Any comments on the second draft Substantial Amendment will be included in this section. 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. Notice of a summary and the availability of the Draft FY 19-20 AAP for 30-day public comment was published in a locally circulated newspaper, Daily Review, on March 15, 2019. The City Council held a public hearing on April 1, 2019 to receive initial public input on the Draft AAP and to begin the 30-day comment from April 2 through May 1, 2019. The Draft Action Plan was available for public review and comment at City Hall (City Clerk's office and Community Development Department), the Main Library, and the City website (https://www.sanIeandro.org/depts/cd/housing/plans.asp) during the 30-day period. The second and final public hearing was held on May 6, 2019. There were no public comments received either in writing in response to the public hearing notice or in person at the City Council hearing. In addition to the public hearings, FY 19-20 is the first of a two-year funding cycle. On March 6, 2019, the City's Department of Recreation and Human Services released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit applications for both the City's Community Assistance Program (CAP) and CDBG-funded Public Services programs over the next two fiscal years (FY 2019-2021). CAP public services are funded from an annual Annual Action Plan 2019 14 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)