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Fiscal Year 2019 - 2020 Annual Action Plan June 4, 2019 Page 2 include the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grants Program (ESG). Every five years, the City must submit to HUD its Five -Year Consolidated Plan, a five-year comprehensive planning document and application for all of these programs. It describes our strategies to meet the needs of the community and identifies resources and programs that can be used to address them. In May of 2015, the Five -Year Consolidated Plan for the period of July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020 was submitted to HUD. As part of this planning process, the City is required to submit an Annual Action Plan to achieve the goals in the Five -Year Consolidated Plan. This document establishes a one-year investment plan that outlines the intended use of resources in the forthcoming fiscal year. The proposed Annual Action Plan covers FY 2019-20 and seeks to allocate funding in neighborhoods where programs and resources will have the maximum impact. During FY 2019-20, the City anticipates receiving the following formula grant allocations: Program Allocation CDBG $5,701,154 HOME $1,704,254 ESG $493,582 TOTAL $7,898,990 The programs covered under the Consolidated and Annual Action Plans are intended to serve low-income residents. These programs allow for funds to be used for the development of affordable housing, street improvements, park and public facilities improvements, economic development, code enforcement, public services, the expansion and retention of businesses, and for the delivery of services for individuals experiencing homelessness. The proposed Annual Action Plan for the CDBG and ESG Programs includes funding for community based organizations and the details for those recommendations is included in two separate staff reports. The proposed Annual Action Plan for the HOME program is described in this staff report. The HOME program provides funding to implement local housing strategies designed to increase homeownership and affordable housing opportunities for low and very low-income households. Proposed activities include site acquisition, site improvements, new construction and rehabilitation of existing multi -family properties for the purpose of developing affordable housing for low, very low and extremely low-income households in the City of Santa Ana. Available funds will be included in a Request for Proposals for Affordable Housing Development per the City's adopted Affordable Housing Funds Policies and Procedures. The federal regulations for HUD require that the draft Annual Action Plan be made available for a 30-day public review and comment period. On March 11, 2019, a public notice was published in the Orange County Register that the draft Annual Action Plan was available for review beginning March 27, 2019, and that a public hearing would be held on March 27, 2019. It was also noticed in La Opinion in Spanish and Nguoi Viet in Vietnamese. The 30-day public comment period 75C-2