| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 2.e.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | Lisa L. Kim
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Community and Economic Development
| | Subject: | Adoption of a Resolution authorizing an application for, and receipt of, Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Grant Program funds. (Action Item) | Date: | 5/12/2020 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this memorandum is to request that the City Council adopt a Resolution (Attachment No. 1) authorizing the City Manager to execute the LEAP Grant Application (Attachment No. 2), the LEAP Grant Standard Agreement and associated documents, and any amendments thereto, on behalf of the City as required by the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for receipt of the LEAP Grant, and appropriate any funds received from the LEAP Grant Application for the purposes designated therein. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
On January 27, 2020, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for approximately $119,040,000 as part of the LEAP Grants Program. LEAP is made available as a portion of the Local Government Planning Support Grants Program pursuant to Chapter 3.1 of Health and Safety Code (Sections 50515 to 50515.05) (Chapter 159, Statutes of 2019). LEAP provides funding to jurisdictions for the preparation and adoption of planning documents, process improvements that accelerate housing production, and facilitate compliance in implementing the sixth cycle of the Regional Housing Need Assessment (RHNA). |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
The City’s LEAP Grant Application requests $500,000 in grant funding for the following activities to streamline housing approvals and accelerate housing production:
- General Plan Land Use Element Update
- Book of Pre-Approved ADU Plans/Designs
- Objective Multi-Family Development Standards
- High Quality Transit Area (HQTA) Overlay District
- Building/Planning Software
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| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the General Fund. However, a successful grant application will bring up to $500,000 to the City to streamline housing approvals and accelerate housing production. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Adopt the Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the LEAP Grant Application, the LEAP Grant Standard Agreement and associated documents, and any amendments thereto, on behalf of the City as required by the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for receipt of the LEAP Grant; and
- Appropriate any funds received from the LEAP Grant Application for the purposes designated therein.
By: Nate Robbins, Sr. Program Specialist
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