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AP-12 Participation - 91.401, 91.105, 91.200(c) 1. Summary of citizen participation process/Efforts made to broaden citizen participation Summarize citizen participation process and how it impacted goal-setting The City maintains(in collaboration with our neighbor cities of Livermore and Dublin) an on-going data base of approximately 250 nonprofit agencies and other parties that have expressed an interest in the Housing and Human Services Grant(HHSG) program (which serves as the local umbrella program for allocating federal CDBG and HOME funds). The City held one joint virtual application workshop via Zoom in collaboration with the cities of Livermore and Dublin on December 9, 2021. Notices regarding the workshops were emailed directly to agencies and persons in the aforementioned database, and notices were also published in the key local newspapers and on city websites prior to the workshop. At the virtual workshop, staff from each city discussed all aspects of the HHSG program, including city- specific policies and procedures. HHSG applicants attended virtual public meetings via Zoom before either the Pleasanton Human Services Commission (March 2, 2022) or the Pleasanton Housing Commission (March 17, 2022)for funding consideration and recommendation. The Commissions considered the applications and formulated funding recommendations for consideration by the Pleasanton City Council.The funding recommendations were reviewed for approval by the Pleasanton City Council in a public hearing on May 3, 2022,at which time the FY 2022/2023 Action Plan was also approved for submittal to HUD. All City Council meeting was noticed in the Valley Times, a newspaper of general circulation. Alameda County also published notices regarding the overall Action Plan (which includes all entitlement cities and the urban county) in ANG newspapers throughout the County. Copies of the draft Action Plan were provided to the main Library and City Hall in Pleasanton as well as on the City's website for public review. A 30-day public review period to solicit public comments on the Draft FY 2022/2023 Action Plan, was coordinated by Alameda County HOME Consortium from April 15th through May 14th, 2022. No public comments were received. DRAFT Annual Action Plan 15 2021 OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.09/30/2021)