HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2020-078RESOLUTION NO. 2020-078
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ATASCADERO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING
APPLICATION FOR AND ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS FOR THE
REGIONAL EARLY ACTION PLANNING (REAP) GRANT PROGRAM
FUNDS WITH THE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
(SLOCOG) AND ASSOCIATION OF MONTEREY BAY AREA
GOVERNMENTS (AMBAG)
WHEREAS, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 101 (AB 101) in
September 2019, which established the Local Government Planning Support Grants Program
which 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 that the California Central Coast's
Councils of Government form a Multi -Agency working group comprising 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; and
WHEREAS, the Central Coast Housing Working Group has been established as the
multi -agency working group to administer these 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 will staff the 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, provide required reporting, and provide oversight of the grant program from 2020 to
2023; and
WHEREAS, AMBAG will allocate AB 101 housing planning funds to the four Council
of Governments in the Central Coast area: AMBAG, the San Luis Obispo Council of
Governments, the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, and the Council of San
Benito County Governments; and
WHEREAS, the City of Atascadero is eligible to submit a request for allocation of a
portion of Central California AB 101 housing planning funds from AMBAG; and
WHEREAS, the amounts allocated to AMBAG are based on the allocation method
approved by the Central Coast Housing Working Group; and
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WHEREAS, the amounts allocated to City of Atascadero will be based on the allocation
I method approved by AMBAG; and
uWHEREAS, 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 Atascadero
("Applicant'):
SECTION 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to apply for and
submit to the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments an Application package.
SECTION 2. The City of Atascadero is hereby authorized to request an allocation not to
exceed $285,053 from the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments which acts on behalf
of the Central Coast Housing Working Group.
SECTION 3. The City of Atascadero is hereby authorized to enter into agreements, and
take further actions as may be necessary to give effect to this Resolution, such as executing
amendments and approving funding applications with the Association of Monterey Bay Area
Governments and San Luis Obispo Council of Governments for REAP grant funding.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on the 10th day of November 2020, by the City Council of
U Atascadero by the following vote count:
On motion by Council Member Funk and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Bourbeau, the
foregoing Resolution is hereby adopted in its entirety on the following roll call vote:
AYES:
Council Members Bourbeau, Fonzi, Funk, Newsom and Mayor Moreno
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
CITY OF ATASCADERO
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Heather Moreno, Mayor
ATTEST:
�LXht sten ity Clerk
APPROVED �TO FORM:
UBrian A. Pierik, City Attorney