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A-2020-266 EXHIBIT A AUTHORITY, PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF WORK 1. Authority City of Santa Ana 20-LEAP-15676 Page 1 of 2 Pursuant to Chapter 3.1 of the California Health and Safety Code (Ch. 159, Sec. 11, Stats. 2019), the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (the "Department" or "State") has established the Local Early Action Planning Grants Program ("LEAP;' or the "Program"), as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 50515, et seq., for Local Governments and Localities. In furtherance of the purpose of the Program, the Department has issued a Notice of Funding Availability ("NOW) dated January 27, 2020. This Standard Agreement, along with all its exhibits (the "Agreement"), is entered into under the authority of, and in furtherance of, the purpose of the Program. 2. Purnose In accordance with the authority cited above, the Grantee has been awarded financial assistance in the form of a grant from the Program. The Department has agreed to make the grant to provide financial assistance for technical assistance, preparation and adoption of planning documents, and process improvements to accelerate housing production and facilitate compliance to implement the sixth cycle of the regional housing needs assessment, pursuant to the terms of the NOFA, which includes associated forms, and this Agreement. By entering into this Agreement and thereby accepting the award of the Program funds, the Grantee agrees to comply with the terms and conditions of the NOFA, this Agreement, subsequent amendments to this agreement when necessary, the representations contained in the application and the requirements of the authority cited above. Based on the representations made by the Grantee, the State shall provide a grant in the amount shown in Exhibit B, Section 2. 3. Definitions Terms herein shall have the same meaning as definitions in Section Vill of the LEAP NOFA. 4. Scone of Work Preparation and adoption of planning documents and process improvements that accelerate housing production and facilitate compliance in implementing the sixth cycle of the regional housing needs assessment in accordance with the Grantee's Attachment 1: Project Timeline and Budget and Project Description as provided by the Grantee in the LEAP application used for subsequent approval by the Department. S. Department Contract Coordinator The Contract Coordinator of this Agreement for the Department is the Housing Policy Development Program Manager, or the Manager's designee. Unless otherwise informed, any Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) NOFA Date: January 27, 2020 Approved Date: May 29, 2020 Prep. Date: December 7, 2020