TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Carrie Tai, AICP, Community Development Director
Talyn Mirzakhanian, Planning Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Appropriating $150,000 from Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Grant Funds to the Preparation of the City's 6th Cycle Housing Element Update, Associated California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Documentation, and Associated Housing Policy Implementation (Community Development Director Tai).
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council appropriate $150,000 in the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 General Fund budget for the preparation of the City's 6th cycle Housing Element update, associated CEQA documentation, and associated housing policy implementation, with up to $150,000 reimbursable by the State through the executed LEAP grant contract (Attachment).
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The City pursued and was awarded a $150,000 LEAP grant from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to perform the work associated with the 6th cycle Housing Element update and implementation. Staff is requesting for City Council to appropriate $150,000 from the General Fund to support this work effort. The State HCD will reimburse the City for all related costs up to an amount not to exceed $150,000 with LEAP grant funding. Accordingly, budgeted revenues will also be adjusted in the amount of $150,000.
BACKGROUND:
All jurisdictions in the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) region are required to update their General Plan Housing Element for the 2021-2029 planning period (the "6th cycle"). The Housing Element is the portion of the City's General Plan that plans for and implements the production and maintenance of housing. In June 2020, the City pursued and was awarded a $150,000 LEAP grant from the State HCD. The purpos...
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