AgdaPkt 2016-12-12 Closed and Joint SA PFA

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6.3.A. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager December 12, 2016 SUBJECT Amendments to the 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan and Citizen Participation Plan RECOMMENDATION Adopt (1) a resolution amending the 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute related documents, and (2) a resolution amending the Citizen Participation Plan BACKGROUND The City of Redwood City receives federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership Act (HOME) entitlement programs. In order to receive CDBG and HOME funds the City is required to submit a three-year or five- year Consolidated Plan to HUD and for each year of the plan, the City is required to adopt an Annual Action Plan. The Redwood City 2015-2020 five year Consolidated Plan was approved by City Council for submittal to the HUD on May 4, 2015. Federal regulations and the City's Citizen Participation Plan require a substantial amendment to the Consolidated Plan because it will be reduced from five years to three years. The City is currently in the second year of the Consolidated Plan. As a condition of receiving CDBG entitlement funds the City is required to adopt a Citizen Participation Plan (CPP). The City's CPP was originally developed and adopted by City Council on May 2, 1988 and was amended by resolution in 1995 and 2013, The City amended it in 1995 to extend the applicability of the requirements the Human Services Financial Assistance (HSFA) program in addition to CDBG and HOME programs. The 2013 amendment was for the purpose of adding the option for the use of HOME program funds to be used in contiguous jurisdictions for affordable housing activities when it would benefit Redwood City residents. New federal regulations require all entitlement jurisdictions to amend their CPP's to include new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule requirements. As noted below, the Housing and Human Concern Committee (HHCC) held a public hearing, reviewed the amendments, and recommended Council approval.