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<br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />Clerk of Council Kyna Thomas read the following Consent Agenda items into the record: <br /> <br />On motion by Pinkston, seconded by Payne, Council voted unanimously to adopt the consent agenda (Ayes: Payne, Pinkston, Puryear, Snook, Wade; Noes: none). 4. MINUTES: July 13 joint Planning Commission-City Council work session, July 20 <br />special meeting <br /> 5. RESOLUTION: Minor Amendment to HOME FY 2023-2024 Action Plan to reprogram unspent HOME Funds from prior years to support energy-efficiency home rehabilitations through the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP), approximately $111,749 <br />RESOLUTION Resolution Approving the Reprogramming of Unspent HOME Funds from FY 2021-2022 and FY 2022-2023 to Support Energy-Efficiency Home Rehabilitations through the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP), in the Amount of Approximately $111,749.90 <br />WHEREAS the City of Charlottesville has been designated as an Entitlement <br />Community by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and as such is a recipient of federal funds through the HOME Investment Partnerships program, and <br />WHEREAS the City is a contributing member of the Thomas Jefferson Area HOME <br />Consortium, in partnership with the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson, and through the Consortium shares in the benefits of participation in HUD’s HOME program, and <br />WHEREAS city staff have recently identified unspent HOME program funds initially <br />approved by Council for award in fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 to the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP), in the amount of approximately $111,749.90, that were unused by LEAP due, in large part, to challenges they experienced during the recent COVID pandemic, including delays to a solar panel installation program by Dominion Energy, and <br /> WHEREAS LEAP has resolved these challenges to program implementation and have identified new qualifying projects that will implement energy efficiency related home repairs and rehabilitations for income-qualified homeowners, now <br />THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Charlottesville, <br />Virginia, hereby approves the reprogramming of unspent HOME funds awarded to LEAP to support new efforts by LEAP to implement energy efficiency related home repairs and rehabilitations for income qualified homeowners within the City of Charlottesville and the necessary appropriation of funds. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 34 of 171