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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />ADOPT RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING <br />APPLICATIONS FOR HUD COMMUNITY <br />CHALLENGE GRANT AND PEPPERDINE <br />UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT <br />GRANT <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s` Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution approving the application for grant funds for Department of Housing <br />and Urban Development (HUD) Sustainable Communities — Community Challenge Grant <br />(CFDA # 14.704). <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving the application for grant funds for the Pepperdine University <br />Davenport Institute 2011 Community Engagement Grant. <br />DISCUSSION <br />It is requested that the City Council authorize the preparation and submission of two grant <br />applications in furtherance of the City's commitment to creating a sustainable community and <br />providing for meaningful public engagement. <br />The grant opportunities relate to one Federal and one university program as follows: <br />1. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Sustainable Communities — <br />Community Challenge Grant (CFDA # 14.704). This grant opportunity arises out of the <br />Department of Defense and Full -Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, which <br />provided a total of $100,000,000 to HUD for a Sustainable Communities Initiative to <br />improve regional planning efforts that integrate housing and transportation decisions, and <br />increase the capacity to improve land use and zoning. Of this amount, $30,000,000 is <br />available for the Community Challenge Grant program. The goal of this program is to <br />foster reform and reduce barriers to achieving affordable, economically vital and <br />sustainable communities. Eligible activities include amending or replacing master plans or <br />zoning codes. The potential maximum grant award is $3,000,000. There is a 20% match <br />requirement for this grant, which can be fulfilled through in -kind contributions. <br />This grant would be used to fund a comprehensive update of the City's Zoning Ordinance <br />to better integrate the City's land use codes with its transit vision, as well as to modernize <br />and streamline the code. <br />55A -1 <br />