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Home My WebLink About2016-61 - Approving the 2016-2017 Action Plan for the Allocation of the Federal Community Development Block Grant for the 2016-2017 Fiscal YearRESOLUTION NO. 2016-61 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE 2016- 2017 ACTION PLAN FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOMENT BLOCK GRANT FOR THE 2016-2017 FISCAL YEAR WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach ("City") participates in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's ("HUD") Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program; WHEREAS, HUD requires the City to prepare a Five Year Consolidated Plan for the use of HUD grant programs outlining the use of the Community Development Block Grant and the strategic vision for housing and community development in the City. The current 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan was adopted on May 12, 2015; WHEREAS, HUD also requires the City to prepare an annual Action Plan for the appropriation of the CDBG annual grant. The City anticipates receiving approximately $388,285 in grant funds for the 2016-2017 Program Year, and the draft 2016-2017 Action Plan appropriates these funds to various projects and programs that are deemed consistent with the approved 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan and HUD requirements; WHEREAS, on December 15, 2015, a Notice of Funding Availability was published in the Daily Pilot newspaper and sent to known non-profit community organizations currently operating within the City requesting proposals from non-profit organizations to provide public services to low -and moderate -income residents within the City and to provide fair housing services to all residents of the community. Four proposals to provide public services and one proposal to provide fair housing services were received by the City; WHEREAS, the City prepared the 2016-2017 Action Plan in accordance with applicable sections of 24 Code of Federal Regulation Part 91; WHEREAS, on April 9, 2016, a public notice was published in the Daily Pilot newspaper indicating that the draft 2016-2017 Action Plan would be available to the public for review and comment from April 10, 2016, to May 10, 2016; and WHEREAS, on May 10, 2016, the City Council conducted a public hearing regarding the draft 2016-2017 Action Plan and a notice of this public hearing was published in the Daily Pilot on April 9, 2016, consistent with requirements of the City's Citizen Participation Plan. Resolution No. 2016-61 Page 2 of 3 NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby resolves as follows: Section 1: The recitals provided above are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. Section 2: the City Council finds the development of required plans and allocation of CDBG program funds is an administrative activity exempt under 24 CFR Part 58, Section 58.34 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ("NEPA"), as amended. Section 3: the City Council finds the approval of the 2016-2017 Action Plan is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Section 4: The City Council does hereby approve the 2016-2017 Action Plan attached as Attachment "A" of this resolution, which is incorporated herein by reference. Section 5: The City Council does hereby authorize the City Manager, or his/her designee, to: 1) Submit the 2016-2017 Action Plan to HUD; 2) Execute the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 CDBG Program Grant Agreement and all related documents on behalf of the City; 3) Execute all subrecipient agreements with the nonprofit organizations receiving allocations of CDBG funds in the Action Plan; 4) Authorize the Community Development Director, or his/her designee to be the official representative of the City to administer the program and submit required environmental documentation to HUD for CDBG projects. Section 6: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional. H H Resolution No. 2016-61 Page 3 of 3 Section 7: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution. ADOPTED this 10" day of May, 2016. ATTEST: ah� i A� Leilani I. Brown City Clerk r-- Diane B. Dixon Mayor Attachment: 2016-2017 Action Plan 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. 2016-61 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 1 & day of May, 2016, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Member Peotter, Council Member Duffield, Council Member Selich, Council Member Curry, Council Member Petros, Mayor Pro Tem Muldoon NAYS: None ABSENT: Mayor Dixon IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 11th day of May, 2016. Leilani I. Brown, MMC City Clerk Newport Beach, California (Seal)