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RESOLUTION NO. 14725
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR, AND RECEIPT OF,
SB 2 PLANNING GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDS, CASE NO. P19-004
The City Council of the City of San Rafael finds and determines that:
WHEREAS, the State of California, Department of Housing and Community
Development (Department) has issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) dated
March 28, 2019, for its Planning Grants Program (PGP); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Rafael adopted Resolution
No.14656 endorsing and authorizing the filing of a project application for the PGP
program to accelerate the production of housing and will submit a 2019 PGP grant
application as described in the Planning Grants Program NOFA and SB 2 Planning
Grants Program Guidelines released by the Department for the PGP Program; and
WHEREAS, the Department is authorized to provide up to $123 million under the
SB 2 Planning Grants Program from the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund for
assistance to Counties (as described in Health and Safety Code section 50470 et seq.
(Chapter 364, Statutes of 2017 (SB 2)) related to the PGP Program; and
WHEREAS, given the current housing crisis and the City’s goals and policies that
strongly encourage housing for all income levels, the SB 2 Planning Grants Program is
timely. Further, the Program does not require a “local match” or financial commitment
that would impact the City’s General Fund or Special General Plan Fund #218;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council resolves as
follows:
1) City staff is hereby authorized and directed to apply for and submit to the Department
the 2019 Planning Grants Program application in the amount of $310,000.
2) In connection with the PGP grant, if the application is approved by the Department,
the City Manager is authorized to enter into, execute, and deliver a State of
California Agreement (Standard Agreement) for the amount of $310,000, and any
and all other documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to evidence
and secure the PGP grant, the City’s obligations related thereto, and all amendments
thereto (collectively, the “PGP Grant Documents”).
3) The City shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the Standard
Agreement, the SB 2 Planning Grants Program Guidelines, and any applicable PGP
guidelines published by the Department. Funds are to be used for allowable
expenditures as specifically identified in the Standard Agreement. The application in
full is incorporated as part of the Standard Agreement. Any and all activities funded,
information provided, and timelines represented in the application will be enforceable
through the executed Standard Agreement. The City Council hereby agrees that the
City will use the funds for eligible uses in the manner presented in the application as
approved by the Department and in accordance with the Planning Grants NOFA, the
Planning Grants Program Guidelines, and 2019 Planning Grants Program
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Application.
4) The City Manager is authorized to execute the City of San Rafael Planning Grants
Program application, the PGP Grant Documents, and any amendments thereto, on
behalf of the City as required by the Department for receipt of the PGP Grant.
I, LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the
City Council held on the 16th day of September 2019 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Colin, Gamblin & Mayor Phillips
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Bushey and McCullough
GARY PHILLIPS, Mayor
LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk