2020-026 - Authorizing Application For, and Receipt of, Local Government Planning Support Grant Program FundsRESOLUTION 2020-026
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
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 of the 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 Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos 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 of 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 TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ("APPLICANT")
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Town 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 Town Manager of the Town of Los Gatos 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 $150,000, 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.
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
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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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos, California, held on the 16th day of June 2020 by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS
AYES:
Rob Rennie, Marico Sayoc, Barbara Spector, Mayor Marcia Jensen
NAYS:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
DATE:
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TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
DATE: � O
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