HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 12 - SB 2 Planning Grant
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Consent Calendar
City of San Bernardino
Request for Council Action
Date: February 19, 2020
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Teri Ledoux, City Manager
By: Michael Huntley, Community & Economic Development
Director
Subject: SB 2 Planning Grant
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution No. 2020-37 of the Mayor and City Council of the City of San
Bernardino, California, authorizing the City Manager to instruct Evan Brooks Associates
to submit an updated City Council resolution with the application for the SB 2 Planning
Grant intended to fund the update to the City's Development Code.
Background
The Mayor and the City Council have directed the Community and Economic
Development Department to proceed with a Request for Proposal (RFP) to retain the
services of a professional planning and environmental firm to assist the City with a
comprehensive update to the General Plan. The General Plan is City’s long -range
policy document that establishes the community’s vision for the growth and
development over the next 20 years. Funding for this project has been allocated by the
State of California as part of the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 state budget.
The Development Code is the City’s implementation tool for the General Plan. Since
the Mayor and City Council have authorized staff to proceed with the update to the
General Plan, it only makes sense to update the Development Code where appropriate.
Since the Mayor and City Council have directed the Community and Economic
Development Department to proceed with the RFP for the General Plan update, it now
made sense to proceed with the comprehensive update to the Development Code. On
September 18, 2019, the City Council directed the City Manager to proceed with
submitting a grant application (SB2 - Planning Grant) to fund the Development Code
update.
Subsequent to the City Council’s approval, City staff forwarded the approved resolution
and grant application to the State Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD). Following HCD’s review of the submittal, the State informed that City that
additional clarity was necessary in the grant application and that they would not accept
the City’s resolution in the format presented. HCD has since provided a sample
resolution for the City to use, however, the adoption of this new resolution has to come
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back before the City Council for consideration.
2020-2025 Key Strategic Targets and Goals
The agreement with the State aligns with Key Target No. 1: Financial Stability.
Specifically, applying for and obtain funding from the SB 2 Grant will assist in the
funding of the City’s update to the Development Code. The modernization of the
Development Code with contemporary development concepts will be a catalyst for
planned growth and development in the community.
Fiscal Impact
The cost of the grant writing consultant services is included in the FY 2019 -20 Adopted
Budget, no General Fund appropriation is required for this action.
Conclusion
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino,
California, adopt Resolution No. 2020-37, authorizing the City Manager to instruct Evan
Brooks Associates to submit the revised resolution along with the application for the SB
2 Planning Grant to update the City's Development Code.
Attachments
Attachment 1 Resolution 2020-37
Ward: All
May 15, 2019 Mayor and City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-78,
authorizing an Agreement with Evan Brooks Associates, Inc.
for as needed grant writing services.
September 18, 2019 Mayor and the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019 -
297 authorizing the City Manager to instruct Evan Brooks
Associates to submit a grant application for the SB 2
Planning Grant to update the City's Development Code.
Resolution No. 2020-37
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-37
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR, AND RECEIPT
OF, SB 2 PLANNING GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDS
WHEREAS, the State of California, Department of Housing and Community
Development (Department) has issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) dated
March 28, 2019, for its Planning Grants Program (PGP); and
WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino desires to submit a project application for
the PGP program to accelerate the production of housing and will submit a 2019 PGP
grant application as described in the Planning Grants Program NOFA and SB 2
Planning Grants Program Guidelines released by the Department for the PGP Program;
and
WHEREAS, the Department is authorized to provide up to $123 million under
the SB 2 Planning Grants Program from the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund for
assistance to Counties (as described in Health and Safety Code section 50470 et seq.
(Chapter 364, Statutes of 2017 (SB 2)) related to the PGP Program.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of San Bernardino is hereby authorized and directed to
apply for and submit to the Department the 2019 Planning Grants Program application
in the amount of $625,000.
SECTION 2. In connection with the PGP grant, if the application is approved by
the Department, the City Manager is authorized to enter into, execute, and deliver a
State of California Agreement (Standard Agreement) for the amount of $625,000, and
any and all other documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to evidence
and secure the PGP grant, the City of San Bernardino obligations related thereto, and
all amendments thereto (collectively, the “PGP Grant Documents”).
SECTION 3. The City of San Bernardino shall be subject to the terms and
conditions as specified in the Standard Agreement, the SB 2 Planning Grants Program
Guidelines, and any applicable PGP guidelines published by the Department. Funds are
to be used for allowable expenditures as specifically identified in the Standard
Agreement. The application in full is incorporated as part of the Standard Agreement.
Any and all activities funded, inf ormation provided, and timelines represented in the
application will be enforceable through the executed Standard Agreement. The City
Council hereby agrees to use the funds for eligible uses in the manner presented in the
Resolution No. 2020-37
application as approved by the Department and in accordance with the Planning Grants
NOFA, the Planning Grants Program Guidelines, and 2019 Planning Grants Program
Application.
SECTION 4. The City Manager is authorized to execute the City of San
Bernardino Planning Grants Program application, the PGP Grant Documents, and any
amendments thereto, on behalf of the City as required by the Department for receipt of
the PGP Grant.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and
attested by the City Clerk this ___ day of __________ 2020.
John Valdivia, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Attest:
Georgeann Hanna, MMC, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Gary D. Saenz, City Attorney
Resolution No. 2020-37
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO) ss
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
I, Georgeann Hanna, MMC, City Clerk, hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of
Resolution No. _____, adopted at a regular meeting held at the ___ day of _______, 2020 by the
following vote:
Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
SANCHEZ _____ _____ _______ _______
IBARRA _____ _____ _______ _______
FIGUEROA _____ _____ _______ _______
SHORETT _____ _____ _______ _______
NICKEL _____ _____ _______ _______
RICHARD _____ _____ _______ _______
MULVIHILL _____ _____ _______ _______
WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of San Bernardino t his ___ day of
____________ 2020.
______________________________
Georgeann Hanna, MMC, City Clerk