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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 7, 2012 <br />TITLE: <br />2010-2011 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN <br />SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT - NSP3 <br />TARGET GEOGRAPHY AREA <br />(" (i yi, <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1St Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Approve a substantial amendment to the 2010-2011 Annual Action Plan expanding the NSP3 <br />Target Geography Area and authorize its submittal to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development. <br />COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION ACTION <br />At its regular meeting on April 3, 2012, by a vote of 6:0 (Bist absent), the Community <br />Redevelopment and Housing Commission approved the recommended action. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On February 28, 2011, the City submitted to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development (HUD) a Substantial Amendment to its 2010-2011 Annual Action Plan which <br />authorized the NSP3 program. The Annual Action Plan is the document whereby the City formally <br />applies to HUD for the annual federal grant allocations (CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA) and <br />describes how those grant funds will be utilized. <br />Pursuant to HUD regulations, NSP funds must also follow the Annual Action Plan and the Citizen <br />Participation Plan. This Substantial Amendment created and established the Target Geography <br />Area in which the NSP3 program would operate. Since that time, there have been insufficient <br />foreclosed and abandoned homes within this initial area. In order to meet expenditure deadlines, <br />staff is recommending that the Target Geography Area (Exhibit 1) be expanded. Revision of the <br />Target Geography Area requires approval of a Substantial Amendment to the 2010-11 Annual <br />Action Plan. <br />HUD regulations require that the draft Substantial Amendment be made available for a 30-day <br />public review and comment period. On March 30, 2012, notification was published in the Orange <br />County Reporter that the Substantial Amendment was available for review beginning March 30, <br />29A-1