...Title
Resolution No. 2026-14: Substantial Amendment to the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan for the Federal Community Development Block Grant Program
...Recommendation
a) Conduct a public hearing to receive comments on the Draft Substantial Amendment to the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan;
b) Find the approval of the Substantial Amendment to the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan exempt from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) pursuant to 24 CFR Part 58, Section 58.34;
c) Find the approval of the Substantial Amendment to the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15302(c), Class 2 (reconstruction of existing facility involving negligible or no expansion of capacity) of the CEQA Guidelines, because this project has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment;
d) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-14, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Approving a Substantial Amendment to the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan for the Federal Community Development Block Grant Program; and
e) Authorize the City Manager to: submit the Substantial Amendment to the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan to HUD; execute all related documents on behalf of the City; and authorize the Community Development Director, or his/her designee, to be the official representative of the City of Newport Beach, and to submit required environmental documentation for CDBG projects.