HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-11188 authorizing an application for Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Grant FundsR 11188
RESOLUTION NO. 11188 (2020 SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR AND
ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS REGARDING REGIONAL EARLY
ACTION PLANNING (REAP) GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 101 in September 2019,
which established the Local Government Planning Support Grants Program that allocates $125
million in housing planning funds to regional entities throughout the state; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
has been assigned as the state agency overseeing this program; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of AB 101 require the California Central Coast’s Councils of
Government form a multiagency group comprising of three representatives from each of the
region’s five counties to administer approximately $8 million in housing planning funds dedicated
to the Central Coast region (the “Housing Planning Funds”); and
WHEREAS, the Central Coast Housing Working Group has been established as the
multiagency working group to administer a portion of the Housing Planning Funds pursuant to AB
101; and
WHEREAS, the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG) will serve
as the fiscal agent of the Central Coast Housing Working Group; and
WHEREAS, AMBAG will use three percent of the AB 101 Central Coast Regional
Funding to administer the mega regional grant program, staff the Central Coast Housing Working
Group, and provide required reporting and oversight of the grant program from 2020 to 2024; and
WHEREAS, AMBAG will allocate a portion of AB 101 Housing Planning Funds to the
four COGs in the Central Coast area: AMBAG, the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments
(SLOCOG), the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG), and the Council of
San Benito County Governments (SBCOG); and
WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo is eligible to submit a request for allocation of a
portion of the Housing Planning Funds from AMBAG; and
WHEREAS, the amount allocated to AMBAG is based on the allocation method approved
by the Central Coast Housing Working Group; and
WHEREAS, the amounts allocated to City of San Luis Obispo will be based on the
allocation method approved by AMBAG; and
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WHEREAS, AMBAG shall approve allocation requests subject to the terms and
conditions of eligibility, guidelines, Notices of Funding Availability, and program requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo
as follows:
SECTION 1. The City of San Luis Obispo is hereby authorized to request an allocation
not to exceed $283,003 from the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments which acts on
behalf of the Central Coast Housing Working Group to administer the AB 101 Central Coast
Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Grant Funding.
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SECTION 2. The City of San Luis Obispo is hereby authorized to enter into necessary
agreements, and take further actions as may be necessary to give effect to this resolution, such as
executing amendments to the grant application or grant agreements and approving the funding
application with AMBAG and SLOCOG for REAP grant funding.
Upon motion of Council Member Christianson, seconded by Council Member Pease, and
on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Member Christianson, Pease, Stewart, and Mayor Harmon
NOES: None
ABSENT: Vice Mayor Gomez
The foregoing resolution was passed and adopted this 17th day of November 2020.
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Mayor Heidi Harmon
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO:
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Derek Johnson, City Manager
ATTEST:
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Teresa Purrington, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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J. Christine Dietrick, City Attorney
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of San Luis Obispo, California, on _____________________________.
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Teresa Purrington, City Clerk