CC - 2020-25 - Authorizing Application for, and Receipt of, Local Goverment Planning Support Grant Program Funds (LEAP Grant) RESOLUTION NO.2020-25
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD,COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING
APPLICATION FOR, AND RECEIPT OF, LOCAL
GOVERNMENT PLANNING SUPPORT GRANT
PROGRAM FUNDS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code 50515 et. Seq, the Department of
Housing and_Con munity Development (Department) is authorized to issue a Notice of Funding
Availability-=(NOFA) as part of the Local Government Planning Support Grants Program
(hereinafter refers d to by the Department as the Local Early Action Planning Grants program or
LEAP); and''
WHEREAS, the City Council of Rosemead 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,the City Council of the City of Rosemead resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to apply for and submit
to the Department the Application package;
SECTION 2. In connection with the LEAP grant, if the Application is approved by the
Department, the City Manager of the City of Rosemead 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$150,000, 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
SECTION 3.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
andany 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
:. FA and in_i onjunction with the terms of the Standard Agreement,the Applicant hereby agrees
tousethe.'funds for eligible uses and allowable expenditures in the manner presented and
specifically identified in the approved Application.
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PASSED, APPROVED,AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of June 2020.
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Sandra Armenta, Ma or
APP'OVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
Rachel Richman, City Attorney Ericka Hernandez, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) §
CITY OF ROSEMEAD )
I,Ericka Hernandez,City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Rosemead,California,do hereby
certify that the foregoing City Council Resolution, No. 2020-25 was duly adopted by the City
Council of the City of Rosemead, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 23rd day of
June 2020,by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: ARMENTA, CLARK, DANG, LOW, LY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
Ericka Hernandez, City Clerk
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