Resolution - 2020-44RESOLUTION NO. 2020-44
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR, AND
RECEIPT OF, LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING SUPPORT GRANT
PROGRAM FUNDS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code 50515 et. Seq, the Department of Housing
and Community Development (Department) is authorized to issue a Notice of Funding Availability
(NOFA) as part ofthe Local Government Planning Support Grants Program (hereinafter referred
to by the Department as the Local Early Action Planning Grants program or LEAP); and
WHEREAS, the City Council ofthe City of West Covina, California desires to submit a LEAP
grant application package ("Application"), on the forms provided by the Department, 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 ofthe regional housing need assessment; and
WHEREAS, the Department has 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 WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA
("APPLICANT") DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to apply for and submit
to the Department the Application package;
SECTION 2. In connection with the LEAP grant, if the Application is approved by the
Department, the City Manager ofthe City of West Covina is authorized to submit the Application,
enter into, execute, and deliver on behalf of the Applicant, a State of California Agreement
(Standard Agreement) for the amount of $500,000, and any and all other documents required or
deemed necessary or appropriate to evidence and secure the LEAP grant, the Applicant's
obligations related thereto, and all amendments thereto; and
SECTION 3. The Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the
NOFA, and the Standard Agreement provided by the Department 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 and shall enter
the same in the book of original resolutions and it shall become effective immediately.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of June, 2020
APPROVED TO FORM
Thomas P. Duarte
City Attorney
ATTEST
Lisa Sh r ick
Assist tCityClerk
I, LIS4 SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-44 was duly adopted by the City Council of
the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of June, 2020,
by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES:
Castellanos, Johnson, Shewmaker, Lopez-Viado, Wu
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
Lisa rrick
Assi ntCityClerk