HomeMy Public PortalAbout2020.127 - (10-06-20)RESOLUTION NO. 2020.127
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPROVING A
SUBSTANTIAL THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF LYNWOOD'S
FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT (HUD) REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, the City of Lynwood (City) is a federal entitlement grant recipient of
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership
(HOME) funds from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and
WHEREAS, as part of the process to receive funding under the CDBG and HOME
programs, the City must undertake development of a Consolidated Plan and an Annual
Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Consolidated Plan and the Annual Action Plan is to
identify housing and community development needs and to develop specific goals and
objectives to address those needs over a five-year period and is a requirement; and
WHEREAS, the City prepared and adopted a Five -Year Consolidated Plan for the City
covering the period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, on June 4, 2019, the City Council of the City of Lynwood approved the Fiscal
Year (FY) 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan for expenditure of the CDBG and HOME
entitlement grants. The approved Annual Action Plan was subsequently submitted to
HUD on June 5, 2019 and approved on August 8, 2019; and
WHEREAS, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, HUD announced the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which make available supplemental
CDBG funding (CDBG-CV grants) to entitlement communities to prevent, prepare for, and
respond to the coronavirus pandemic; and
WHEREAS, under the CARES Act, the City received $666,979 in CDBG-CV1 funds; and
WHEREAS, to receive the CDBG-CV1 funding, the City was required to submit a
Substantial Amendment to our most recently HUD approved Five Year Consolidated Plan
(FY 2015-2020) and Annual Action Plan (FY 2019-2020), and an Amended Citizen
Participation Plan in accordance with HUD regulations, which was approved through a
public hearing held by the City Council on June 2, 2020; and
WHEREAS, on September 15, 2020, the City Council of the City of Lynwood held a public
hearing approving a Substantial Second Amendment to its FY 2019-20 Annual Action
Plan to reprogram $250,000 of CDBG-CV1 funding made available under the CARES
Act to better serve the low- and moderate -income residents and small businesses of the
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City. In addition, during this same public hearing, one program was altered to comply
with CDBG-CV Federal Regulations; and
WHEREAS, on September 11, 2020, the City was notified by HUD that it would be
receiving a second allocation of CDBG-CV funding, under the CARES Act, in the amount
of $604,949 in CDBG-CV3 funds; and
WHEREAS, to receive the CDBG-CV3 funding, the City is required to submit a
Substantial Amendment to our most recently HUD approved Annual Action Plan (FY
2019-2020) in accordance with HUD regulations; and
WHEREAS, the CARES Act adds additional flexibility to reduce the required public
comment period from 30 days to not less than five (5) days. Grantees may use virtual
public hearings when necessary for public health reasons and the public services cap is
suspended during the emergency; and
WHEREAS, a notice of the City's public hearing and commencement of a five-day
comment period to obtain citizen input on the Substantial Third Amendment to the FY
2019-2020 Action Plan was published in the Long Beach Press Telegram on September
30, 2020, and posted within the 3 public places at City Hall (City website, inside City Hall,
and outside City Hall at the kiosk); and
WHEREAS, a copy of the Substantial Third Amendment to the FY 2019-2020 Action Plan
was made available for public review and comment from October 1, 2020 through October
5, 2020, in the Community Development Department, City Clerk's Office, and on the City's
website; and
WHEREAS, the adopted budget and proposed changes to the FY 2019-2020 Annual
Action Plan for the CDBG Program proposes to program available CDBG-CV3 funding
made available under the CARES Act, reprogram CDBG-CV1 funds, and clarify program
descriptions to better serve the low- and moderate -income residents and small
businesses within Lynwood.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby finds and determines that
all of the foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Lynwood does hereby adopt the Substantial
Third Amendment to the City's FY 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan.
Section 3. The City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby directs the Department of
Finance and Administration Services to take the necessary steps to adjust the FY 2020-
2021 Annual Operating Budget to reflect the authorized CDBG-CV1 and CDBG-CV3
appropriations as follows:
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Fund
Dept.
Div.
Object
Description
Amount
2941
51
306
60001
General Program Administration
$120,989
2941
Balance
$120,989
2941
51
306
-BudgetaryFund
67473
Housing and Utility Assistance
$683,960
2941
Budgetary Fund Balance
$683,960
2941
51
306
67474
Essential Goods Reimbursement
$100,000
2941
2941
51
306
67475
Budgetary Fund Balance
Senior Nutrition Program
($100 000)
$50,000
2941
Budgetary Fund Balance
$50,000
2941
51
306
67476
Small Business Rental Assistance
Pro ram
$300,000
2941
Budgetary Fund Balance
$300,000
2941
51
306
67478
Burial Cost
$16,979
2941
Budgetary Fund Balance
$16,979
Section 4. The City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby authorizes the City Manager
to make all conforming modifications and edits and to execute all implementing
documents required by HUD to receive funding identified under the approved Substantial
Third Amendment to the City's FY 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan.
Section 5. The City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby directs the City Manager to
submit the approved Substantial Third Amendment to the City's FY 2019-2020 Annual
Action Plan along with any required CDBG certifications to HUD.
Section 7. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption.
Section 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and hereafter the
same shall be in full force and effect.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6" day of October 2020.
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Noel Tapia,
City Attorney
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Aide Castro, Mayor
APPROVED AT TO CONTENT
Michelle Ramirez,
Acting City Manager
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of said City at its
regular meeting thereof held in the City Hall of the City on the 6th day of October, 2020
and passed by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS ALATORRE, SANTANA, SOLACHE, MAYOR PRO
TEM CASANOVA, AND MAYOR CASTRO
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
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Maria Quinonez,
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and Clerk of the City Council
of said City, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy
of Resolution No. 2020.127 on file in my office and that said resolution was adopted on
the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 6th day of October, 2020.
Maria Qu-inonez,- --V
City Clerk
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