TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to submit a grant application to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for Planning Grants Program funding, for professional planning services to study land use and mobility regulations for the Anaheim Street corridor in the context of the City’s proposed updated General Plan Land Use Element, and for the update and environmental review of the Century Villages at Cabrillo Master Plan as well as the Atlantic Farms homeless shelter and services center master planning efforts; accept said grant, if awarded, in an amount not to exceed $625,000; and, execute all necessary documents to accept the funds. (Districts 1,2,4,6,7,9)
DISCUSSION
On March 29, 2019, the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for grants authorized under the Planning Grants Program (PGP) provisions of Senate Bill 2 (SB 2). Adopted in 2017, SB 2 established a permanent source of funding intended to increase the affordable housing stock in California. The legislation directs HCD to use 50 percent of the first year’s revenue to establish a program that provides financial and technical assistance to local governments to update planning documents and land use ordinances. The PGP is intended for the preparation, adoption, and implementation of plans that streamline housing approvals and accelerate housing production. Eligible grant activities include updates to general, community or specific plans, updates to zoning ordinances; environmental analyses that eliminate the need for project-specific review; and/or local process improvements that expedite local planning and permitting. One of the requirements to submit a grant application is a fully-executed Resolution authorizing application for, and receipt of, PGP funds.
Staff from the Planning and Housing and Neighborhood Services Bureaus within the Department of D...
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