HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 14834 (Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Grant Application)RESOLUTION NO. 14834
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR, AND RECEIPT OF, LOCAL EARLY
ACTION PLANNING (LEAP) GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000, AND TO
EXECUTE DOCUMENTS OR AMENDMENTS ONCE THE GRANT IS AWARDED
WHEREAS pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 50515 et seq, the State
Department of Housing and Community Development (Department) is authorized to issue a
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) as part of the Local Government Planning Support Grants
Program (hereinafter referred to by the Department as the Local Early Action Planning Grants
program or LEAP); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Rafael desires to submit a LEAP grant
application package (Application), on the forms provided by the Department, for approval of grant
funding for projects that assist in the preparation and adoption of planning documents and process
improvements that accelerate housing production and facilitate compliance to implement the sixth
cycle of the regional housing need assessment; and
WHEREAS, the Department has issued a NOFA and Application on January 27, 2020 in
the amount of $119,040,000 for assistance to all California jurisdictions;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Rafael
approves and authorizes the City Manager or their designee to submit to the Department the
LEAP grant application package; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in connection with the LEAP grant, if the Application
is approved by the Department, the City Manager of the City of San Rafael is authorized to submit
the Application, enter into, execute, and deliver on behalf of the Applicant, a State of California
Agreement (Standard Agreement) for the amount of $300,000 and any and all other documents
required or deemed necessary or appropriate to evidence and secure the LEAP grant, the
Applicant’s obligations related thereto, and all amendments thereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Applicant shall be subject to the terms and
conditions as specified in the NOFA, and the Standard Agreement provided by the Department
after approval. The Application and any and all accompanying documents are incorporated in full
as part of the Standard Agreement. Any and all activities funded, information provided, and
timelines represented in the Application will be enforceable through the fully executed Standard
Agreement. Pursuant to the NOFA and in conjunction with the terms of the Standard Agreement,
the Applicant hereby agrees to use the funds for eligible uses and allowable expenditures in the
manner presented and specifically identified in the approved Application.
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 of said
City held on the 6th day of July, 2020 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushy, Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk