...Title
Substantial Amendments to the Fiscal Year 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan and 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan.
...Recommendations
(a) Hold a Public Hearing to allow for public comment.
(b) Adopt a resolution relating to the following actions regarding the spending plans for funds awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") to the City, including additional funds allocated to the City by HUD for COVID-related uses:
(1) Approve a Substantial Amendment to the City’s FY 2015-20 Consolidated Plan to add Job Retention as an eligible activity under the Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") Community Development Investment ("CDI") category.
(2) Approve the following relating to Substantial Amendments to the FY 2019-20 Annual Action Plan to:
(i) Add Job Retention as an eligible activity under the CDBG CDI category;
(ii) Allocate CDBG CDI funding for emergency job creation and retention loans to microenterprises in the amount of $2,500,000 to the Opportunity Fund, and authorize the Director of Housing to negotiate terms and conditions and execute a Subrecipient Agreement with the Opportunity Fund;
(iii) Award $1,200,000 of CDBG Public Services funding for City food services to Loaves and Fishes, and authorize the Director of Housing to negotiate and execute a sole source agreement with Loaves and Fishes;
(iv) Allocate $2,000,000 of CDBG Public Services category funding for emergency hotel/motel vouchers for families to LifeMoves, and authorize the Director of Housing to negotiate and execute an amendment to the current LifeMoves contract relating to these additional funds;
(v) Allocate $519,000 of CDBG CDI funding to fund operations costs for emergency shelters established by the City;
(vi) Reduce CDBG Public Services category funding to the San José Housing Rights Consortium ("Consortium") to provide Legal Services for Low-income Tenants by $125,000, from $500,000 to $375,000 and authorize the Director of Housing to negotiate and exe...
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