Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019.

Existing law establishes the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019 which requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to establish and administer a grant program to allocate those funds to capital improvement projects that are an integral part of, or necessary to facilitate the development of, a qualifying infill project or qualifying infill area, as those terms are defined, pursuant to specified requirements. This bill would require the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to create and administer a grant category within the Infill and Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019 that provides grants for capital improvement projects, as defined, that are within one mile of a qualifying infill project and would improve the quality of life in the qualifying infill area. This bill would subject the grant category established by these provisions to the same application process and review procedures as established in the Infill and Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019. The bill would authorize the department to adopt guidelines for the purposes of administering the program.