TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Tom Kisela, City Manager
FROM: Russell Bunim, Community Development Director
1. SUBJECT
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Public Hearing to consider an amendment to the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan to add a Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program and updates to the Citizen Participation Plan.
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2. SUMMARY
Public Hearing to consider the approval to add a Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program as a goal in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and approve updates to the Citizen Participation Plan that includes expanding the scope of the Community Development Block Grant Program Committee and adding changes to the Citizen Participation Plan as a substantial amendment.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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1. Conduct and close Public Hearing.
2. Approve the draft amendment to the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan.
3. Approve the updates to the Citizen Participation Plan.
4. Authorize staff to incorporate comments received for the amendment to the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan at the Public Hearing before submitting to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 3: Enhance and promote quality of life in the community
e: Develop and strengthen collaborative partnerships to enhance and promote quality of life programs, projects, and services.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
Background
On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) was passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Congress appropriated $5.0 billion in ARP funds to be administered through the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) and authorized the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to distribute the funds to participating jurisdictions (PJ) that qualified for an allocation of HOME funds in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, of which Orange was a recipient.
On September 20, 2021, the City was notified that it was allocated $1,655,186 in HOME-ARP funds. In order to access the funds, the City develope...
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