75A - PH CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN UPDATE

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1:*AVMII his The following standards apply to real property within the recipient's control and acquired or improved, in whole or in part, using HUD funds. These standards will apply from the date funds are first spent for the property until five years after the project is audited and closed. A recipient may not change the use of any such property (including the beneficiaries of such use) from that for which the acquisition or improvement was made unless the recipient gives affected citizens reasonable notice of, and opportunity to comment on, any such proposed change, and either: The use of such property qualifies as meeting a national objective and is not a building for the general conduct of government; • The requirements in the paragraph below are met; • If the recipient determines, after consultation with affected citizens, that it is appropriate to change the use of property to a use that does not qualify under the above paragraph, it may retain or dispose of the property. The City must be reimbursed in the amount of the current fair market value of the property less any portion attributable to expenditures of non-federal funds for the acquisition of and improvements to the property; • If the change of use occurs within five years of the project being audited and closed, income from the disposition of the real property will be returned to the City's HUD programs; and • Following the reimbursement of the federal program pursuant to the above paragraph of this section, the property is no longer subject to any federal requirements. 2. Real Property Acquisition All real property acquisition activities described in this section and funded in whole or in part with CDBG funds and all real property that must be acquired for an activity assisted with Federal funds, regardless of the actual funding source for the acquisition, are subject to the URA (as amended). Real property acquisition is any acquisition by purchase, lease, donation, or otherwise, including the acquisition of such interests as rights -of -way and permanent easements. HUD Handbook 1378 and 49 CFR Part 24 currently contains such regulations. These regulations detail a standard procedure for acquiring property and methods of determining a purchase price and outline other documents that must be provided to the City before disbursement of funds. These regulations further require the applicant to provide relocation payments and assistance to any business or residential occupant of the property whom the acquisition will displace. City of Santa Ana Citizen Participation Plan I September 2019 Page 26 75A-30