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7.A. - Page 5 of 38 Proposed Amendments to the Community Participation Plan (CPP) As previously mentioned, HUD has issued several waivers to expedite the use of CDBG-CV funding. The waivers include a reduced public comment period requirement, from thirty days to five days, and allow the City to hold virtual public hearings to account for the shelter in place orders currently in effect. The City's CPP is being amended to include language that allows the City to have a modified community participation process during times of emergency. The proposed language allows for reduced public comment periods, virtual public hearings, and for hard copies of documents to be provided by mail rather than at in-person locations. The City also used this opportunity to make general clarifications to the CPP and reorganize sections to improve both understanding and use of the CPP. The amended CPP is included as Attachment D and a redline version is included as Attachment E. Additionally, City staff provided an email update to the City's Housing and Human Concerns Committee with the proposed amendments to the fiscal year 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan and Community Participation Plan in advance of this item coming before the City Council. FISCAL IMPACT Adoption of the 2019 Action Plan Amendment allows the City to receive and expend $448,039 in CDBG- CV funding as well as reprogram $321,000 in unspent 2019 CDBG funds to support the City's COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program. There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The proposed activity is categorically excluded under the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) because it involves tenant based rental assistance. 24 CFR 58.35. This activity is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as defined in CEQA Guidelines, section 15378, because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. PUBLIC NOTICE Public notification was achieved by posting a Public Hearing Notice in the San Mateo Daily Journal newspaper and on the City website on April 24, 2020. The draft 2019 Action Plan Amendment and draft CPP Amendment were made available on the City website for a 10 -day public comment from April 24, 2020 to May 4, 2020. Page 5 of 6 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 33