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Consider recommendations regarding the Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Grants Program Application, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Director of the Planning and Development Department, or her designee, to:
i) Execute and submit to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) a grant application and Government Agency Taxpayer ID Form for the LEAP Grants Program to help cover the cost of preparing and adopting the 2024-2032 Housing Element Update (Housing Element Update) for Fiscal Years 2020-2021 through 2022-2023 in the amount of $500,000.00;
ii) Execute and submit to HCD a State Standard Agreement (Standard Agreement), upon review and concurrence of County Counsel, Auditor-Controller, and Risk Manager, or his or her designee, if the project is awarded grant funding;
iii) Execute and submit to HCD all required grant documents and amendments, including, but not limited to, payment requests, deliverables, and reports, if the project is awarded grant funding; and
b) Determine that the submittal of the LEAP grant application and required grant documents to HCD is not a project and, therefore, is not subject to environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(5) and 15060(c)(3).