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Resolution amending the City of South San Francisco’s Community Development Block Grant Program Year 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan and authorizing its submittal and all other required documents to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) has a Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Program to assist local agencies with assessing their housing, community, and economic development needs; and
WHEREAS, HUD requires local jurisdictions to prepare an Action Plan to receive funds through the CDBG Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco’s (“City”) Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Annual Action Plan, initially approved by the City Council on May 9, 2024, assesses the City’s housing community and economic development needs and available resources, and outlines a strategy to address them; and
WHEREAS, at the close of Program Year (“PY”) 2023-2024, City staff identified an additional $566,695 amount of funding from projects from the prior year that had not been fully spent down; and
WHEREAS, in June of 2024, the City received a letter from HUD informing the City that it is not carrying out its CDBG Program in a timely manner, as the City’s balance of unspent funds is currently in excess of the statutory limit of 1.5 times the most recent entitlement grant; and
WHEREAS, an Amendment to the PY 2024-25 Action Plan is needed to allocate these additional funds to CDBG program areas; and
WHEREAS, the Amendment to the Action Plan would increase the PY 2024-2025 Public Facilities and Infrastructure Improvements budget from $277,248 to $861,980.78, which will be spent down within the next six to nine months on approximately 65 curb ramps citywide and the construction of a new accessibility project at the Cypress & Pine Park; and
WHEREAS, adoption of this resolution would have no impact to the General Fund, and would allocate funding for meaningful public improvement projects that would increase accessibility throughout the City, which would otherwise remain unfunded; and
WHEREAS, on December 11, 2024, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing to hear public testimony and comments in support thereof or any objections to amending the Annual Action Plan for PY 2024-25; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now seeks to approve the amended Annual Action Plan for PY 2024-25.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of South San Francisco herby approves the Amendment to the City’s PY 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan, attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council authorizes the City Manager or their designee to execute and submit all documents needed to effectuate the intent of this resolution.
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