DATE: April 28, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Deputy City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) COVID-19 Emergency-Related Funding: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Implement a Contingency Plan for Allocation and Expenditure of Up to $1.47 Million in Available CDBG Funds for COVID-19 Emergency Expenditures; and Approving a Substantial Amendment to the CDBG FY 2020 Annual Action Plan
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II):
1. Authorizing the City Manager to implement a plan to allocate and expend up to $1.47 million in available CDBG funds for COVID-19 emergency expenditures; and
2. Approving a Substantial Amendment to the CDBG FY 2020 Annual Action Plan. End
SUMMARY
Since 1975, the City of Hayward has administered Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The City submits an Annual Action Plan to HUD to detail the City's funding strategy for the CDBG Program. The City's Citizenship Participation Plan specifies that any changes to the year's funding allocations requires a Substantial Amendment.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) allocates over two trillion in funds to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic at the federal, state, and local levels. In doing so, it makes available $5 billion in supplemental CDBG funding for grants to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus (i.e. CDBG-CV). Additionally, the CARES Act provides CDBG grantees with flexibilities that make it easier to use CDBG-CV grants as well as FY 2020 and FY 2021 CDBG funds for coronavirus response and authorizes HUD to grant waivers and alternative requirements. Through the CARES Act, the City of Hayward is receiving an additional $902,238 to address the COVID-19 crisis. Additionally, staff is proposing to amend the FY 2020 Ac...
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