HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - September 7, 2011 C-14AGENDA ITEM Ceto 14
CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit Application to
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the 2011
Community Challenge Planning Grant; and Execute the Agreement, any
Amendments Thereto, and of any Related Documents Necessary to
Participate in the Program.
MEETING DATE: September 7,201 1
PREPARED BY: Community Development Department
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit an
application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) for the 2011 Community Challenge
Planning Grant; and to execute the Agreement, any amendments thereto, and any related
documents necessary to participate in program.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: On July 27, 2011, HUD released a Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) for the 2011 Community Challenge
Planning Grant. The Community Challenge Grant program
is intended to reduce barriers to achieving sustainable communities by assisting communities
with planning, zoning reforms, neighborhood redevelopment and planning implementation. The
funding is intended to be flexible, allowing communities to develop strategies and set the table
for further private investment. Of the $28.6 million available, $3 million will be awarded to areas
with populations with fewer than 50,000 people, and $1 million will be available for capacity
support grants with a separate NOFA process. Applications are due on September 9, 201 1 _
Eligible activities include those related to the following:
• Development of master plans or comprehensive plans that 1) promote affordable
housing co -located and/or well-connected with retail and business development and 2)
discourage development not aligned with transportation plans, economic development
plans, or regional sustainability plans;
• Development and implementation of local, corridor or district plans and strategies that
promote livability and sustainability while avoiding residential and small business
displacement;
• Comprehensive review to develop and prioritize revisions to zoning codes, ordinances,
building standards, administrativeregulations/actions or other laws to remove barriers
and promote sustainable and mixed-use development and to overcome the effects of
impediments to fair housing choice in local zoning codes and other land use laws,
including form -based codes and inclusionary zoning ordinances to promote accessible,
long-term affordable housing that reduces racial and poverty housing concentration and
expands fair housing choice for low-income, minorities and persons with disabilities;
APPROVED:
"I�onradt Bartlam, City Manager
• Develop building codes that balance energy efficient rehabilitation of older structures
and the creation of affordable and healthy housing;
• Strategies for creating or preserving affordable housing for low-, very low-, and
extremely low-income families or individuals in mixed -income, mixed-use neighborhoods
along an existing or planned transportation corridor which are based on data and market
analysis;
• Strategies to bring additional affordable housing to areas that have few affordable
housing opportunities and are close to job clusters;
• Planning, establishing, and acquiring land for development, redevelopment, and
revitalization that reserves propertyfor the development of affordable housing within the
context of sustainable development;
• Development of community -scale energy strategies and implementation plans, and
climate adaptation plans; and
• Developmentof pre- and post -disaster plans in the context of sustainable communities.
In consultation with Public Works, we have selected the East Lockeford Corridor Plan (ELCP)
as the preferred projectthat will be modeled after the 2004 Eastside MobilityAccess Plan
(EMAP). EMAP identified improvementsto Lodi's Eastside, specifically focused on pedestrian
and bicycle safety and connectivity, transit service and amenities, vehicular circulation and
parking, streetscape elements and community identity.
The ELCP will look to identify the appropriate public improvements necessaryto promote
healthy, safe and walkable neighborhoods and improve connectivity to alternative modes of
transportation for residents and businesses along the corridor.
Additionally, the ELCP will look to acquire available land for those improvements and any future
development of affordable, equitable and energy-efficient housing and/or mixed use
development.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is a 20 percent match requirementfor eitherfunding or in-
kind contribution.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: 2011 HUD Community Challenge Planning Grant
Jordan Ayers, Deputy City Man ger
onradt Bartlam
Community Development Director
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Attachment:
RESOLUTION NO. 2011-144
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO SUBMIT APPLICATION TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENTOF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 2011 COMMUNITY
CHALLENGE PLANNING GRANT; TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT, ANY
AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS
NECESSARYTO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on July 27, 2011, the US. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 2011
Community Challenge Planning Grant (Grant); and
WHEREAS, the Grant is intended to reduce barriers to achieving sustainable
communities by assisting communities with planning, zoning reforms, neighborhood
redevelopment, and planning implementation. The funding is flexible, allowing
communities to develop strategies and set the table for further private investment; and
WHEREAS, in response to the 2011 NOFA, the City of Lodi, a municipal
corporation, wishes to apply to HUD for, and receive an allocation of, Grant funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
authorize the City Manager, in response to the 2011 NOFA, to submit application to
HUD to participate in the Community Challenge Planning Grant program and for an
allocation of funds not to exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) for the following
activities and/or programs: The East Lockeford Corridor Plan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, if the application for funding is approved, the
City of Lodi hereby agrees to use Community Challenge Planning Grant funds for
eligible activities in the manner presented in the application as approved by HUD. The
City Manager is authorized and may also execute a standard agreement, any
amendments thereto, and any and all other documents or instruments necessary or
required by HUD for participation in the Community Challenge Planning Grant program.
Dated: September 7, 2011
hereby certify that Resolution No. 2011-144 was passed and adopted by the
Lodi City Council in a regular meeting held September 7, 2011, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS— Hansen, Katzakian, Nakanishi, and
Mayor Johnson
COUNCIL MEMBERS— Mounce
COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
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JOHL
City Clerk