HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-36 - 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:
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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.
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