HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-06-23 - AGENDA REPORTS - APPLICATION FOR AND RECEIPT OF LOCAL EARLY ACTION (2)24
Agenda Item:13
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: June 23, 2020
APPLICATION FOR AND RECEIPT OF LOCAL EARLY ACTION
SUBJECT:
PLANNING (LEAP) GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDS
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
PRESENTER: Erika Iverson
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or designee to apply to the Local
Early Action Planning Grants Program to obtain funding for the establishment of a City Center
Specific Plan that would create a mixed-use center and facilitate new housing production.
BACKGROUND
The 2019-20 State Budget Act allocated money for all regions, cities, and counties to do their
part by prioritizing planning activities that accelerate housing production. With a portion of this
allocation, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
established the Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Grants Program.
The LEAP Grants Program is similar to the SB2 Planning Grants Program that the City of Santa
Clarita (City) successfully applied for and received $625,000 in funding earlier this year. It is an
over-the-counter, non-competitive program administered by HCD that provides one-time funding
to local governments for the preparation and adoption of planning documents and to implement
process improvements that facilitate accelerated housing production. Under the LEAP Grants
Program, the City, based on population, is eligible to request up to $500,000.
The City is seeking LEAP Grants Program funds in the amount of $500,000 to establish a new
Specific Plan to encompass properties within the boundary of McBean Parkway, Magic
Mountain Parkway, and Valencia Boulevard to create a vibrant mixed-used City Center that
could add new housing units and enhance commercial and civic opportunities, in accordance
with the General Plan goal of providing a balance of jobs and housing in the City.
If successful, a consultant would be selected to work with staff to identify the proper boundary
for the Specific Plan area, develop standards that would allow the City Center to continue to
Page 1
Qbdlfu!Qh/!92
24
grow and ensure its economic viability into the future, and to complete the CEQA analysis.
As a requirement of the application, the City Council must authorize the City Manager or
designee to submit the application for, and be in receipt of, LEAP Grants Program funds. The
application deadline is July 1, 2020.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
Page 2
Qbdlfu!Qh/!93
24/b
RESOLUTION NO. 20- __
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR, AND RECEIPT OF,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING SUPPORT GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code 50515 et. Seq, the Department of
Housing and Community Development (HCD) is authorized to issue a Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) as part of the Local Government Planning Support Grants Program
(hereinafter referred to by HCD as the Local Early Action Planning Grants Program or LEAP);
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita desires to submit a LEAP
Grants Program application package (Application) for approval of grant funding for projects that
assist in the preparation and adoption of planning documents and process improvements that
accelerate housing production and facilitate compliance to implement the sixth cycle of the
Regional Housing Need Assessment; and
WHEREAS, HCD issued a NOFA and Application on January 27, 2020, in the amount of
$119,040,000 for assistance to all California Jurisdictions.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does
hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed to apply
for and submit to HCD the Application;
SECTION 2. In connection with the LEAP Grants Program, if the Application is approved
by HCD, the City Manager or designee is authorized to submit the Application, enter into,
execute, and deliver on behalf of the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita (Applicant), a State
of California Agreement (Standard Agreement) for the amount of $500,000, and any and all other
Buubdinfou;!Sftpmvujpo!!)MFBQ!Qmboojoh!Hsbou*
documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to evidence and secure LEAP Grants
Program funds; and
SECTION 3. The Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the
NOFA and the Standard Agreement provided by HCD after approval. The Application and any
and all accompanying documents are incorporated in full as part of the Standard Agreement. Any
and all activities funded, information provided, and timelines represented in the Application will
be enforceable through the fully executed Standard Agreement. Pursuant to the NOFA and in
conjunction with the terms of the Standard Agreement, the Applicant hereby agrees to use the
funds for eligible uses and allowable expenditures in the manner presented and specifically
identified in the approved Application.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
Page 1 of 2
Qbdlfu!Qh/!94
24/b
rd
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 23 day of June 2020.
___________________________________
MAYOR
ATTEST:
_______________________________
CITY CLERK
DATE:__________________________
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution 20- was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular
rd
meeting thereof, held on the 23 day of June 2020, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Buubdinfou;!Sftpmvujpo!!)MFBQ!Qmboojoh!Hsbou*
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
___________________________________
CITY CLERK
Page 2 of 2
Qbdlfu!Qh/!95