REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
PHIL SKEI, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department
BY: BRANDON SISK, Senior Management Analyst
Housing and Community Development Division
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting Substantial Amendment 2020-04 to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan and approving submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to utilize reprogrammed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to develop affordable senior housing. (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council approve a resolution adopting Substantial Amendment 2020-04 to allow the City to add affordable senior housing development to land previously acquired for the development of a senior center.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this Substantial Amendment is to reprogram $2,584,000 in CDBG funds used to acquire land for the development of a senior center to add the activity of affordable senior housing development at one of the parcels purchased through Substantial Amendments 2020-01 and 2020-03.
BACKGROUND
The City of Fresno is a federal entitlement community that receives an annual allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As an entitlement community, the City is required to prepare an Annual Action Plan detailing the uses of CDBG funds to meet its affordable housing and community development goals as outlined in its Consolidated Plan.
For Program Year 2020-2021, the City is proposing to make a substantial amendment to its submitted plan. The purpose for the substantial amendment is to add affordable senior housing development to the site acquired in July 2022 for the development of a senior center.
Substantial Amendments 2020-01, through Resolution 2021-200, and 2020-03, through Resolution 2022-010, reprogrammed a total of $4,993,211.79 in CDBG funds for the acquisition of two parcels of land for the development of a senior center. The City would like to add an eligible activity to the site, specifically affordable senior housing. This substantial amendment does not allocate any additional funds to the project. Rather, it reprograms the $2,584,000 portion of CDBG funds used to acquire one of the parcels of land to add the development of affordable senior housing as an eligible use. The remaining $2,409,211.79 in CDBG used to acquire the second parcel will remain as the development of a senior center.
Substantial Amendment 2020-04 was posted on February 17, 2023, for the required 30-day public comment period. Thirteen (13) comments were received by the March 20, 2023, deadline. Those comments, any comments received at City Council, and the City’s responses will be included in the Substantial Amendment submitted to HUD.
ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS
This is not a project for purposes of CEQA pursuant to CEQA guidelines Section 15378. These plans, strategies and studies are an exempt activity under HUD NEPA Requirements (24 CFR 58.34 (1)).
LOCAL PREFERENCE
Local preference is not applicable because of the use of federal funding.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact because no funds are being reprogrammed.
Attachments: Resolution with attached Substantial Amendment 2020-04