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ITEM 7.D.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 21, 2020
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Bryan Cook, City Manager
Via: Scott Reimers, Interim Community Development Director
By: Andrew Coyne, Management Analyst
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A LOCAL EARLY ACTION PLANNING
(“LEAP ”) GRANT APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF
$85,000 FOR THE PREPARATION OF A HOUSING ELEMENT
RECOMMENDATION:
The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution 20-5484 (Attachment “A”) authorizing
and directing the City Manager to apply for and submit an application for a LEAP grant
and if the grant is approved authorizing the City Manager enter into and execute an
agreement with the State of California
BACKGROUND:
1. In the 2019-20 Budget Act, Governor Newsom allocated $250 million in funding to
assist cities in prioritizing planning activities that accelerate housing production.
2. In February 2020, the California Housing and Community Development Department
(HCD) used these allocations to establish the Local Early Action Planning Grant
Program (LEAP) with $119 million for cities and counties.
3. On July 1, 2020, the Community Development Staff applied for a LEAP grant that
would allow the City to fund its next housing element without using general fund
dollars. The application requested a grant totaling $85,000. The State requires the
application to include a resolution from the City Council authorizing staff to submit the
application. If the City Council does not approve the attached resolution, the grant
application can be withdrawn.
City Council
July 21, 2020
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ANALYSIS:
In the coming months, the City of Temple City will begin preparing a housing element
update for the 2021-2029 planning period in anticipation of the October 15, 2021 deadline.
The housing element is one of the seven required elements for a General Plan. Its focus
is on planning for the construction of future housing in the city. Specifically, this means
demonstrating that the City has the capacity to meet its Regional Housing Needs
Assessment (RHNA) allotment. The RHNA allotment is the amount of future housing the
City is required to plan for. As a built-out community, the primary means to achieving this
is by identifying sites throughout the city that are prime candidates for in-fill development
with new housing and/or increased density. The housing element will also need to
demonstrate barriers to housing development and means of expediting construction.
The on-going Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the City’s finances, making it difficult for
the City to fund the housing element update with general funds alone. The City is
requesting grant funding so that it can hire a consultant to assist the planning staff through
the entire process of updating the housing element. The housing element is one of the
most challenging elements of a General Plan to update as there are many legal
requirements that must be met. Additionally, it is the only element that must be adopted
by a certain date and the only element that requires review and certification by the State.
The process for updating the housing element includes:
• Performing significant property research;
• Conducting community outreach;
• Preparation of technical studies; and the
• Development of an implementation plan with quantified objectives.
LEAP grants provide funding to jurisdictions for the preparation and adoption of planning
documents or process improvements that accelerate housing production. The timeline for
the grant is as follows:
Table 1 – LEAP Grant Program Timeline
Date / Period Activity
January 31, 2021 Submittal deadline
2020 to 2023 State review of LEAP
December 31, 2023 Deadline to complete work under the grant
If the City receives a grant, the planning staff will issue request for proposals and bring
to the City Council a contract for its review and approval.
CITY STRATEGIC GOALS:
Adopting the proposed resolutions would further the City Strategic Goals of Economic
Development, Quality of Life, and Good Governance.
City Council
July 21, 2020
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FISCAL IMPACT :
Approval of this item will not have an impact on the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 City budget.
Receiving this grant may take pressure off the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget which likely
would have required additional funds to complete the housing element.
ATTACHMENT:
A. Resolution 20-5484
RESOLUTION NO. 20-5484
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING APPLICATION
FOR, AND RECEIPT OF, LOCAL GOVERNMENT
PLANNING SUPPORT GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code 50515 et. Seq, the Department of
Housing and Community Development (Department) is authorized to issue a Notice of
Funding Availability (NOFA) as part of the Local Government Planning Support Grants
Program (hereinafter referred to by the Department as the Local Early Action Planning Grants
program or LEAP); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Temple City desires to submit a LEAP grant
application package (“Application”), on the forms provided by the Department, for approval of
grant funding for projects that assist in the preparation and adoption of planning documents
and process improvements that accelerate housing production and facilitate compliance to
implement the sixth cycle of the regional housing need assessment; and
WHEREAS, the Department has issued a NOFA and Application on January 27, 2020
in the amount of $119,040,000 for assistance to all California jurisdictions;
THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY RESOLVES:
SECTION 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to apply for and
submit to the Department the Application Package;
SECTION 2. In connection with the LEAP grant, if the Application is approved by the
Department, the City Manager of the City of Temple City is authorized to enter into, execute,
and deliver on behalf of the Applicant, a State of California Agreement (Standard Agreement)
for the amount of $85,000, and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary
or appropriate to evidence and secure the LEAP grant, the City of Temple City obligations
related thereto, and all amendments thereto; and
SECTION 3. The Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified
in the NOFA, and the Standard Agreement provided by the Department after approval. The
Application and any and all accompanying documents are incorporated in full as part of the
Standard Agreement. Any and all activities funded, information provided, and timelines
represented in the Application will be enforceable through the fully executed Standard
Agreement. Pursuant to the NOFA and in conjunction with the terms of the Standard
Agreement, the Applicant hereby agrees to use the funds for eligible uses and allowable
expenditures in the manner presented and specifically identified in the approved Application.
ATTACHMENT A
Resolution No. 20-5484
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of July 2020.
________________________
Tom Chavez, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
________________________ _______________________
Peggy Kuo, City Clerk Greg Murphy, City Attorney
I, Peggy Kuo, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 20-5484 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Temple City at a
regular meeting held on the 21st day of July 2020, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember –
NOES: Councilmember –
ABSENT: Councilmember –
ABSTAIN: Councilmember –
________________________
Peggy Kuo, City Clerk