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Home My WebLink About2011-36 - Annual Action Plan - CDBG 2011-2012RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -36 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH APPROVING THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WHICH IS PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, AND THE PROJECTED USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FOR FY 2011 -2012, AND SUPERSEDING ALL PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS WHICH ARE INCONSISTENT THEREWITH. WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach participates in the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); and WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach anticipates receiving $385,189 in CDBG funds for fiscal year 2011 -2012; and WHEREAS, on August 26, 2009, the City of Newport Beach's Planning Department conducted a Community Meeting with Newport Beach residents and community based organizations to evaluate the current level of services offered and to identify any new community needs; and WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the City to prepare a 5 -year "Consolidated Plan" document for the CDBG program and the 2010- 2014 Consolidated Plan was adopted by the City Council on April 27, 2010; and WHEREAS, the Annual Action Plan is an integral part of the Consolidated Plan; and WHEREAS, on December 11, 2010, the City published a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in the Daily Pilot newspaper to announce the availability of CDBG funds and solicit proposals for tax - exempt nonprofit organizations that provide eligible CDBG services or projects that benefit Newport Beach; and WHEREAS, on March 26, 2011, the City published a public notice in the Daily Pilot newspaper indicating that the draft Action Plan would be available to the public for review and comment from March 26, 2011 to April 26, 2011; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the community needs, priorities, and strategies set forth in the Consolidated Plan and the Housing Element of the General Plan and concludes the proposed allocation of $385,189 in fiscal year 2011 -2012 CDBG funds is consistent with the Consolidated Plan and Housing Element; and WHEREAS, the City Council find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ") pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment. The Action Plan includes funding for the construction /reconstruction of sidewalk ramps within public rights -of -way consistent with the American with Disabilities Act. These minor improvements involve negligible or no expansion of the existing sidewalks and will improve public access to the disabled. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES HEREBY RESOLVE as follows: SECTION 1. The Action Plan outlining the City's housing and community development needs, priorities and strategies for FY 2011 -2012 is hereby adopted, and the City Council DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE the City Manager to be the official representative of the City of Newport Beach to submit the Action Plan and certification required to HUD, including any modifications to program or project allocations necessary to conform the allocations to HUD's final 2011 -2012 CDBG grant allocations and currently unallocated funds in the City's account with HUD, as further described in the Action Plan. SECTION 2. That the City Council DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE the City Manager, or his /her designee, to execute the FY 2011 -2012 CDBG Program Grant Agreement and all related documents on behalf of the City. SECTION 3. That the City Council DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE the City Manager, or his /her designee, to execute Subrecipient Agreements with the not - for - profit organizations receiving allocations of CDBG funds in the Action Plan. SECTION 4. That the City Council DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE the City Manager, or his /her designee, to execute a contract extension with LDM Associates, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $60,000 to administer the CDBG program and to monitor Affordable Housing Covenants under the direction of the Community Development Department. SECTION 5. That the City Council DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE the Acting Planning Director, or his /her designee, to be the official representative of the City of Newport Beach to submit required environmental documentation for CDBG projects. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City, of Newport Beach at a regular meeting held on the 26th day of April 2011. MAYOR ATTEST: d0F NEWAO�'a W A CITY CLERK FGRNIP STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2011 -36 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 26th day of April, 2011, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Hill, Rosansky, Gardner, Selich, Curry, Daigle, Mayor Henn Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 27th day of April, 2011. 46- 0 City Clerk Newport Beach, California (Seal)