HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso_103-20 Authorizing REAP Planning Grant AppRESOLUTION NO. 103-20
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA
AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR, AND RECEIPT OF,
REGIONAL EARLY ACTION PLANNING SUPPORT GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS
THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Morro Bay, California
WHEREAS, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 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 the California Central Coast's
Councils of Government form a multiagency 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 multiagency 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 2024; and
WHEREAS, AMBAG will allocate AB 101 housing planning funds to the four COGs
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 Morro Bay is eligible to submit a request for allocation for
a portion of the Central California AB 101 housing planning funds from AMBAG; and
WHEREAS, the amounts allocated to the Association of Monterey Bay Area
Governments (AMBAG) are based on the allocation method approved by the Central
Coast Housing Working Group; and
WHEREAS, the amount allocated to the City of Morro Bay will be based on the
allocation method approved by AMBAG; and
WHEREAS, AMBAG shall approve allocation requests subject to the terms and
conditions of eligibility, guidelines, Notices of Funding Availability, and program
requirements.
N OW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Morro
Bay resolves as follows:
S ECTION 1: The Community Development Director, on behalf of the City of Morro
Bay, is hereby authorized to submit an application requesting an allocation not to exceed
Seventy -Eight Thousand, Six Hundred Forty-three Dollars ($78,643.00) from the
Association of Monterey Area Governments which acts on behalf of the Central Coastal
Housing Working Group, and
S ECTION 2: In connection with the REAP grant, if the Application is approved by
AMBAG, on behalf of the City of Morro Bay, the Community Development Director is
authorized to, enter into agreement 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 the San Luis
Obispo Council of Governments for the REAP grant funding.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Morro Bay City Council, at a regular meeting
held on this 8th day of December 2020 by the following vote:
AYES Headding, Addis, Davis, Heller, McPherson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
JOHN ' EADDING MSor
ATTEST:
ANA SWANSON,
ANA City Clerk