CC - Item 5D - Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Grant Program ResolutionROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
STAFF REPORT
TO:
THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM:
GLORIA MOLLEDA, CITY MANAGER "-t �" `
DATE: JUNE 23, 2020
SUBJECT: LOCAL EARLY ACTION PLANNING (LEAP) GRANTS PROGRAM
RESOLUTION
SUMMARY
The LEAP Grant provides funding to jurisdictions for the preparation and adoption of planning
documents, including process improvements that accelerate housing production and facilitate
compliance in implementing the 6th Cycle Regional Housing Need Assessment (RHNA). The
estimated award amount for Rosemead is up $150,000 (small localities with a population of 20,000-
59,999 people). The Planning Division is currently in the process of completing the grant application.
As part of the LEAP Planning Grant Application, the City Council must fully execute a resolution
authorizing application for, and receipt of, Local Government Planning Support Grant Program funds.
Similar to the Senate Bill 2 Planning Grant, the LEAP grant funds, if awarded, will be reimbursable
through the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
The Planning Division will utilize the funds to hire a consultant to assist staff in updating the Housing
Element of the Rosemead General Plan. This includes facilitating compliance with the 6th Cycle
RHNA, which covers the planning period of October 2021 through October 2029. The final RHNA
allocation will be adopted in October 2020. After the adoption of the final RHNA allocation, each City
is required to update their Housing Element by October 2021.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
That the City Council approve Resolution No. 2020-25, a resolution authorizing application for, and
receipt of, Local Government Planning Support Grant Program funds.
FISCAL IMPACT - None
STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT - None
PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS
This item has been noticed through the regular agenda notification process.
AGENDA ITEM 5.D
City Council Meeting
June 23, 2020
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Prepared by:
Annie Lao, ociate Pl er
Lily Valenzuela, ing & Economic Development Manager
Submitted by:
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Angelica Frausto-Lupo, Director of Community Development
Attachment A: Resolution 2020-25
Attachment A
Resolution No. 2020-25
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 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 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
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.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of June 2020.
Sandra Armenta, Mayor
APPROVED 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:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Ericka Hernandez, City Clerk