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RESOLUTION NO. 09-276 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL AND CITY FUNDS RELATIVE TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 (2009/10) WHEREAS, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds are distributed to metropolitan cities, urban counties, states, and consortia of local governments by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and WHEREAS, HUD encourages jurisdictions to plan for the use of federal funds in multi- year program cycles for the purposes of planning and implementation of housing and community development programs; and WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton is a participating jurisdiction under the Alameda County HOME Consortium and receives an annual formula allocation of federal funds from the Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) to enable certain housing projects and activities which benefit low income persons; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the use of City Lower Income Housing Funds to supplement CDBG funds is an appropriate use under certain conditions as listed in Resolution No. 94-80 adopted in July 1994; and WHEREAS, at its meeting of April 7, 2009, the City Council reviewed the report of the Assistant City Manager regarding the proposed CDBG program funding allocation for Fiscal Year 2009; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: SECTION 1. Council approves the overall funding program for the City's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) programs for Fiscal Year 2009 as depicted in Table A, including an estimated total of $250,000 in CDBG funds, $180,000 in HOME funds, and $80,729 in City Housing Funds. Any surplus CDBG public services funding shall be allocated to the four underfunded projects in proportion to the amount that was underfunded for each project. Any surplus CDBG capital funding should be allocated to the Housing Rehabilitation Program while reducing the HOME funding by the same amount to keep the total allocation constant. SECTION 2. Council authorizes the City Manager to enter into individual contracts with each agency receiving Pleasanton CDBG and HOME funding in FY 2009 and to take all other necessary actions to carry out the programs for FY 2009. SECTION 3. City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.