HomeMy WebLinkAboutCAP 2011-07-25 COMPLETE AGENDA PACKETCity of Tukwila
Community Affairs
Parks Committee
O Verna Seal, Chair
O Joe Duffie
O De'Sean Quinn
Distribution:
V. Seal
J. Duffie
D. Quinn
A. Ekberg
J. Hernandez
D. Robertson
Mayor Haggerton
S. Lancaster
C. O'Raherty
S. Kerslake
K. Matej
AGENDA
MONDAY,, JULY 25 2011
CONFERENCE ROOM #3, 5:00 PM
Item Recommended Action Page
1. PRESENTATION(S)
2. BUSINESS AGENDA
a. Interlocal Agreement for Regional Affordable
Housing Program.
Evelyn Boykan, Human Services Manager
b. North Highline Annexation update.
Lynn Miranda, Senior Planner
c. Parks Recreation Events Calendar
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS
4. MISCELLANEOUS
a. Forward to 8/8 COW Pg.1
and 8/15 Regular Mtg.
b. Information only. Pg.19
c. Information only. Pg.23
Next Scheduled Meeting: Monday, August 8, 2011
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City of Tukwila
Jim Haggerton, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Haggerton
Community and Parks
FROM: Evelyn Boykan, Human Services Manager
DATE: July 20, 2011
SUBJECT: Regional Affordable Housing Program (RAHP) Interlocal Agreement
ISSUE
The current RAHP Interlocal Agreement expires at the end of 2011, and the new one is
attached. The documents recording fee was passed at the state level to support affordable
housing projects at the state and local level. It is for all cities and towns in King County,
including the city of Seattle.
BACKGROUND
Changes to the existing agreement reflect moving the RAHP agreement onto the same three
year schedule as the CDBG and HOME agreements and adding an automatic renewal clause to
the agreement for potential successive three year periods if the parties agree that no changes
are needed in advance of the renewal date. The other change adds a section regarding a
consortium meeting and coordination in the event of a declared disaster or emergency that
displaces Consortium residents from housing.
DISCUSSION
The City's participation in the agreement allows us to influence the use of county, state, and
federal dollars for affordable housing. Top priorities for funds include capital funds for
acquisition, rehab and /or new construction of units. The second priority is for operations and
maintenance funding for existing homeless housing. Third priority is for operations and
maintenance for existing emergency shelters and licensed overnight youth shelters. See Exhibit
1 in the attached interlocal for further detail.
RECOMMENDATION
The Council is being asked to consider this item at the August 8, 2011 Committee of the Whole
meeting and subsequent August 15, 2011 Regular Meeting.
ATTACHMENTS
Regional Affordable Housing Program Interlocal Agreement
REGIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM
INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT
An Agreement for the use of SHB 2060 Local Low Income
Housing Funds in King County
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into between King County, a municipal corporation and political
subdivision of the State of Washington, hereinafter referred to as the "county and the Citv of Tukwila,
hereinafter referred to as the "City said parties to the Agreement each being a unit of general local
government of the State of Washington.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the King County Countywide Planning Policies, hereinafter referred to as the
"CPPs developed pursuant to the Washington State Growth Management Act, have established
standards for cities to plan for their share of regional growth and affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, to implement the CPPs, the King County Growth Management Planning Council
appointed a public private Housing Finance Task Force in 1994, hereinafter referred to as the "HFTF,"
to recommend potential fund sources for affordable housing for existing low income residents and for
meeting the affordable housing targets for future growth; and
WHEREAS the HFTF recommended a document recording fee as a source of regional dollars for
low- income housing development and support, and recommended that representatives of the county,
cities and the housing community work together to make decisions about the use and administration of
such a fund; and
WHEREAS RCW 36.22.178 provides, in pertinent part, that:
[A] surcharge of ten dollars per instrument shall be charged by the
county auditor for each real property document recorded, which will be in addition
to any other charge authorized by law. The county may retain up to five percent of
these funds collected solely for the collection, administration and local distribution
of the funds. Of the remaining funds, forty percent of the revenue generated through
this surcharge will be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer
All of the remaining funds generated by this surcharge will be retained by
the county and deposited into a fund that must be used by the county and its cities
and towns for eligible housing projects or units within housing projects that are
affordable to very low- income households at or below fifty percent of the area
median income. The portion of the surcharge retained by a county shall be allocated
pursuant to eligible housing projects or units within such housing projects that
serve extremely low and very low income households in the county and cities
within the county, according to an interlocal agreement between the county and the
cities within the county, consistent with countywide and local housing needs and
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policies [and in accordance with the eligible activities listed in the RCW
36.22.178]; and
WHEREAS, existing Interlocal Cooperation Agreements or Joint Agreements between the
county and cities in the King County Community Development Block Grant Consortium, hereinafter
referred to as the "CDBG Consortium Agreements," and/or existing Interlocal Cooperation Agreements
between the county and cities in the King County HOME Investment Partnerships Program Consortium,
hereinafter referred to as the "HOME Consortium Agreements," are not modified by this Regional
Affordable Housing Program Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the city and county agree that affordable housing is a regional issue, that
cooperation between the cities and the county is beneficial to the region, and that a regional approach to
utilizing the RCW 36.22.178 funds will allow those funds to be used in the most productive manner; and
WHEREAS, it is mutually beneficial and desirable to enter into a cooperative agreement in order
to administer the RCW 36.22.178 revenue as a regional fund, as authorized by the Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act, RCW 39.34, and, as required by RCW 36.22.178
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FOREGOING CIRCUMSTANCES
AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL PROMISES CONTAINED HEREIN, THE PARTIES
AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
I. Definitions and Interpretation.
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the following meanings unless the context in which they
are used clearly requires otherwise.
"Joint Recommendations Committee" or "JRC" means the interjurisdictional body developed
pursuant to and the CDBG and HOME Consortia Agreements as described in Section III of this
Agreement.
"Interjurisdictional Advisory Committee" or "Advisory Committee" means the work group
consisting of representatives from cities eligible to participate in the Regional Affordable
Housing Program, and from the county. This group is advisory to the JRC.
"RAHP /2060 Planning Group" means the planning group consisting of representatives from
the cities, from the county, and from housing and human services agencies serving King County,
that will convene during the year the Regional Affordable Housing Program Guidelines expire to
review the program and the guidelines and to recommend any changes or updates to the
guidelines to the JRC.
II. General Agreement
The purpose of this Agreement is to establish the Regional Affordable Housing Program
"RAHP to be administered by the county in cooperation with cities and towns within the
county that are eligible to participate in the program. The local portion of RCW 36.22.178
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revenue shall be administered as a regional fund by the King County Housing and Community
Development Program in a manner that is consistent with countywide and local housing needs
and policies. The city and the county agree to cooperate in undertaking RAHP activities as set
forth herein.
III. Administration, Distribution and Use of the RAHP.
A. Joint Recommendations Committee
An interjurisdictional Joint Recommendations Committee (JRC) has been established
through the CDBG and HOME Consortia Interlocal Cooperation Agreements and is hereby
adopted as part of this Agreement. Changes to the JRC that occur in the CDBG and HOME
Consortia Interlocal Agreements are incorporated by reference into this Agreement.
1. Composition of the JRC. For RAHP purposes, the JRC shall be composed of cities'
representatives and county representatives as specified in the CDBG and HOME
Consortia Agreements, with the addition of an appointment from the City of Seattle. The
Seattle JRC representative will only attend JRC meetings that concern the RAHP funds
and will be entitled to vote solely on RAHP issues and not on other King County
Consortium matters coming before the JRC. The Seattle representative shall be an elected
official, department director or comparable level staff.
2. Powers and Duties of the JRC. The JRC shall be empowered to:
a. Review and adopt annual RAHP fund allocations.
b. Review and adopt RAHP allocation policies.
C. Review and adopt any subsequent updates to the RAHP Administrative
Guidelines, as needed (the most recent version of the RAHP Administrative
Guidelines are attached to this Agreement as Exhibit 1 for illustrative purposes).
A jurisdiction that is party to this Agreement may dispute a JRC decision
concerning the RAHP Guidelines by informing the JRC Chair of the dispute, and
the JRC Chair will schedule time on the JRC agenda to discuss and resolve the
disputed issue. In carrying out its duties, the JRC shall make decisions that are
consistent with the RCW 36.22.178, the Consolidated Housing and Com>unity
Development Plan of the King County Consortium and the City of Seattle, the
Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness in King County and other local housing
plans, as applicable.
3. Interjurisdictional Advisory Committee to the JRC. In fulfilling its duties under this
Agreement, the JRC shall consider the advice of an Advisory Committee, made up of
representatives from those jurisdictions eligible to participate in the RAHP that choose to
send representation. The Advisory Committee will meet at least once per year with
county staff to recommend projects for RAHP funding to the JRC and may monitor the
distribution of RAHP funds to the sub regions and make recommendations to the JRC
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concerning actions to achieve geographic equity. If the Advisory Committee considers
issues other than the RAHP, the staff from the City of Seattle shall only participate for the
purpose of making RAHP recommendations.
B. Administration of RAHP Programs. The King County Housing and Community
Development Program (HCD) staff shall distribute RAHP funds pursuant to the allocations
adopted annually by the JRC, and shall administer the program pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement and the RAHP Administrative Guidelines.
County HCD staff shall provide the JRC and the Advisory Committee with an annual report
that provides information about the capital housing projects that were awarded RAHP funds
in that year, as well as the status of capital housing projects that were awarded RAHP funds
in a prior year(s).
County HCD staff shall invite the representatives of cities that are a party to this Agreement
to be involved in any work groups convened to update the RAHP Operations and
Maintenance (O &M) Fund policies, and to be on the review panel that will recommend O &M
funding awards to the JRC.
C. Administrative Costs. The county agrees to pay the costs of administering the RAHP out of
the five percent (5 of the funds collected by the county for expenses related to collection,
administration and local distribution of the funds, pursuant to RCW 36.22.178. No portion of
the sixty percent (60 of the RCW 36.22.178 revenue retained by the county in a fund for
the RAHP shall be utilized for RAHP administration.
D. Interest on the RAHP Fund. Interest accrued on the sixty percent (60 of the RCW
36.22.178 revenue retained by the county in a fund for the RAHP shall remain with the
RAHP fund and will be distributed to projects according to the subregional allocation target
formula found in the RAHP Administrative Guidelines.
E. Sub Regional Geographic Equity. The parties intend that the RAHP funds shall be awarded
to projects throughout the county in a fair and equitable manner over the duration of this
Agreement. Equity is to be achieved through sub regional allocation targets, as follows: A
fixed percentage of RAHP local funds will be allocated to each sub region of the county
identified in the RAHP Administrative Guidelines by the expiration of this Agreement. The
percentage goals for each sub region set by the formula in the RAHP Administrative
Guidelines shall by updated by the JRC when new data is available.
F. General Use of Funds. The local portion of the RCW 36.22.178 revenue shall be utilized to
meet regional housing priorities for households at or below fifty percent (50 of area
median income, as established in the RAHP Administrative Guidelines.
G. Compliance with Fair Housing Laws. Parties to this Agreement must take actions necessary
to ensure compliance with the Federal Fair Housing Act, as amended, the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, and other applicable state and local fair housing laws.
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IV. Effective Date
This Agreement shall be effective on January 1, 2012.
V. Agreement Duration
A. This Agreement shall extend for a three -year period, through the 2012, 2013 and 2014
calendar years, and shall remain in effect until the RAHP funds allocated in this three -year
period, including any recaptured funds received with respect to activities funded during this
three -year period, are expended, and the funded activities completed.
B. Renewal. In the final year of the three -year Agreement period, the county will initiate a
review of the Agreement no later than March 1 St through an invitation to all eligible cities in
the county, to determine whether a majority of cities favor automatic renewal without
amendment for a successive three -year period, or whether there are potential amendments.
This Agreement shall be automatically renewed for participation in a successive three -year
Agreement period, unless the city official empowered to sign the Agreement provides written
notice to the county that it elects not to participate in a new three -year Agreement period, or
that it wishes to amend the Agreement, by the date set forth by the County in a letter to the
city following the review process.
VI. General Matters and Recording
A. No separate legal or administrative entity is created by this Agreement. It is not
anticipated that the JRC, the Advisory Committee, nor the RAHP /2060 Planning Group
will acquire or to hold any real or personal property pursuant to this Agreement. Any
personal property utilized in the normal course of the work of such bodies shall remain
the property of the person, entity or city initially offering such personal property for the
use of any such body.
B. The county may terminate this Agreement if at least forty percent (40 of the
jurisdictions in the county representing seventy -five percent (75 of the population of
the county have not signed this Agreement by February 1, 2012, and by February 1st of
the first year of successive three -year periods.
C. The parties to this agreement agree to convene the King County RAHP Consortium as
rapidly as possible after a proclamation of a state of emergency by the King County
Executive or when the King County Emergency Coordination Center activates
Emergency Services Function 6 (ESF -6), which provides for mass care, emergency
assistance, housing and human services.
The RAHP Consortium will be convened through a meeting of the Joint
Recommendations Committee (JRC) and any representatives of Consortium Cities that
desire to attend. The meeting will be convened after the county has been able to gather
adequate information regarding housing displacement and potential interim housing needs
as a result of the emergency. The purpose of the JRC meeting will be to review the Post-
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Disaster Interim Housing Annex to the King County Comprehensive Emergency
Management Plan, and other available information regarding the emergency, and to begin
the process to acquire all federal, state, private or other disaster funding assistance for
housing and related needs available to the Consortium.
The JRC will also begin the process to determine if the Consortium can commit any
RAHP Consortium funds or other Consortium funds (CDBG, Disaster CDBG, HOME or
other federal funds that may be available to the King County Consortium through the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development) for disaster interim housing efforts.
D. Recording Pursuant to RCW 39.34.040, this Agreement shall be filed with King County
Records.
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
For King County Executive
Jackie MacLean, Director
Department of Community and Human Services
Date:
Approved as to Form:
OFFICE OF THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Michael Sinsky, King County Senior Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney
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CITY OF TUKWILA
By: CITY OF TUKWILA
Jim Haggerton, Mayor
Date:
Approved as to Form:
CITY OF CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF TUKWILA
Rachel Turpin, Assistant City Attorney
ATTEST:
CITY OF TUKWILA
Christy O' Flaherty, CMC
City Clerk
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Exhibit 1
EXHIBIT I
King County Regional Affordable Housing Program
Administrative Guidelines
I. Introduction
The provisions of Substitute House Bill (SHB) 2060 became effective in Washington
State on June 13, 2002.
SHB 2060 created a document recording fee on certain documents to be utilized for low
income housing. Administration of the fund is shared between local governments and the State.
The local portion of SHB 2060 funds is to be administered pursuant to a cooperative agreement
between the county and the cities and towns within King County.
The work of the Housing Finance Task Force (HFTF), appointed by the King County
Growth Management Planning Council in 1994, led to the passage of SHB 2060. In recognition
of the recommendations made by the HFTF, a Regional Affordable Housing Program
(RAHP) /2060 Planning Group convenes to plan for the use of King County SHB 2060 funds.
The King County RAHP /2060 Planning Group' is made up of city representatives, county
representatives, and representatives from a variety of private housing and services organizations
in King County.
City representatives have included staff from the cities of: Burien, Tukwila, Kent, Federal Way, Redmond,
Kirkland, Issaquah, Shoreline, Covington, Seatac, Auburn, Seattle, Bellevue and ARCH
Housing and services organization representatives included staff from the following: Seattle -King County Housing
Development Consortium, Impact Capital, South King County Multi- Service Center, Hopelink, Fremont Public
Association, Seattle Habitat for Humanity, South King County Habitat for Humanity, Friends of Youth, the Salvation
Army, Community Psychiatric Clinic, Lifelong Aids Alliance, St. Andrews Housing Group, Housing Resource
Group, EDVP, YWCA, Mental Health Housing Foundation, Rental Housing Association, Highline -West Mental
Health, Valley Cities Counseling, Seattle Emergency Housing Service, Common Ground, and Vietnam Veterans.
Leadership Program, Compass Center, Catholic Community Services, the King County Housing Authority, Seattle
Mental Health, and the Committee to End Homelessness
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Exhibit 1
The King County RAHP /2060 Planning Group has designed a regional low income
housing fund source, to be administered by the King County Housing and Community
Development Program (HCD) in the Department of Community and Human Services.
II. Duration of the Guidelines
The RAHP Guidelines shall take effect on January 1, 2007, and shall remain in effect
until December 31, 2010.
III. Review and Update of the Guidelines
Beginning in 2010, the Guidelines will be updated through the interjurisdictional Joint
Recommendations Committee (JRC) pursuant to the RAHP Interlocal Cooperation Agreement,
hereinafter "RAHP Agreement." The RAHP /2060 Planning Group will convene in the first half
of 2010 to review the program and the RAHP Guidelines and to recommend any proposed
changes to the JRC for adoption prior to the expiration date.
IV. Decision Making Structure and Regional Allocation Method
A. Aimrovin2 Bodv Joint Recommendations Committee.
The interjurisdictional JRC, as defined in the RAHP Agreement, shall be the body that
reviews and updates the RAHP Guidelines beginning in 2010, and reviews and adopts annual
RAHP funding allocations and related allocation policies. The JRC will be expanded, pursuant
to the RAHP Agreement, to include representation from the City of Seattle on RAHP matters.
Allocations and related policies adopted by the JRC must be consistent with these RAHP
Guidelines, the Consolidated Plans of the King County Consortium and the City of Seattle, other
local housing plans, as applicable, and the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness in King County.
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Exhibit 1
1. Appeal Process for JRC Decisions
a. Cities Adoption of Guidelines
Pursuant to the RAHP Interlocal Agreement, a participating jurisdiction
may appeal a JRC decision concerning the update of RAHP Guidelines. The
jurisdiction must inform the Chair of the JRC, and the JRC chair will schedule
time on the JRC agenda to discuss the appeal issue.
b. Applicants Annual Fund Allocations
Applicants for RAHP funds may appeal a JRC allocation decision if they
have grounds based on substantial violation of a fair allocation process, such as
bias, discrimination, conflict of interest, or failure to follow the RAHP Guidelines.
Appeals by applicants will receive initial review for adequate grounds by the
Director of the King County DCHS. If adequate grounds for an appeal are found,
the DCHS director will put the appeal on the JRC agenda for review.
B. Annual Fund Allocation Recommendations
An interjurisdictional advisory committee to the JRC, made up representatives from
participating jurisdictions in the RAHP Consortium, will work with the King County Housing
Finance Program (HFP) staff of King County HCD to make RAHP allocation recommendations
and related program policy recommendations to the JRC. While the advisory committee may
make recommendations concerning several fund sources for affordable housing in the King
County Consortium, the City of Seattle staff will participate on the committee solely for the
purpose of making RAHP recommendations.
The review process for RAHP allocations will proceed as follows:
King County HCD staff will review all RAHP applications and make preliminary funding
recommendations.
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Exhibit 1
Cities' staff will review applications for projects in their jurisdiction and make
preliminary recommendations on those applications.
Cities' staff will receive information on all RAHP applications to review prior to the
advisory committee meeting at which final funding recommendations are formulated for
transmittal to the JRC.
Advisory committee participants will meet together at least annually to decide upon
RAHP funding recommendations to the JRC, and may meet at other times during the
year, as necessary, to discuss RAHP issues and make recommendations to the JRC.
C. Subre2ional Allocation Targets
The RAHP Fund will be a flexible fund that can address regional and sub regional
housing needs. The fund will use subregional allocation targets as a means to achieve geographic
equity in the distribution of SHB 2060 funds by December 31, 2010, the date that these
guidelines expire.
1. Subre2ional Areas:
a. City of Seattle Subregion
b. North/East Subregion north and east urban and rural areas,
including 34 percent of unincorporated King County
C. South Subregion south urban and rural areas, including 66
percent of unincorporated King County
2. Formula for Subreeional Allocation Taruets
Each subregion will have a targeted percentage of the RAHP funds, including the
interest on the RAHP funds, allocated to projects within the subregion over the period of
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Exhibit 1
time that the RAHP Guidelines are in effect. Each subregion will receive allocations to
projects within the subregion that are equal to or greater than 95 percent, of the
subregions' allocation target by December 31, 2010.
The formula for allocating RAHP funds to the subregions is as follows:
One half of the RAHP funds shall be targeted for allocation among the three
subregions based on each subregion's relative share of total existing need for
affordable housing. Existing need shall be determined by the percentage of low-
income households paying more than 30 percent of their income for housing in the
subregion, according to the 2000 U.S. Census data.
One half of the RAHP funds shall be targeted for allocation amongst the three
subregions based on the subregions' growth targets for future need, as established
through the Growth Management Planning Council. Future need shall be determined
by the subregions' relative share of total future need for affordable housing in the
County. A subregion's relative share of future need is the percentage of the
subregion's affordable housing target for low- income households relative to the
cumulative affordable housing target for low- income households of all jurisdictions in
the county, including unincorporated King County Based upon the RAHP formula,
the subregional allocation targets are as follows:
City of Seattle: 37.9 percent
2 Percent of unincorporated King County attributed to the North/East and South Subregions is based on the 2000
census data for households in the unincorporated portions of the King County Community Planning Areas, as listed
in the 2002 Annual Growth Report.
3 The percentage of a subregion's target relative to the cumulative target is derived by averaging the target
percentages of the jurisdictions within that subregion. For each jurisdiction, the target percentage is calculated in the
following manner: the number of households that a jurisdiction must anticipate, per the 2002 -2022 Countywide
Planning Policy (CPP) Growth Target, is multiplied by .24 or .20 (depending on the ratio of low wage jobs to low
cost housing for the jurisdiction in Appendix 3 of the CPPs); that number is divided by the cummulative affordable
housing target for low income households of all King County jurisdictions, including unincorporated King County.
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South: 32.7 percent
North/East: 29.4 percent
3. Interiurisdictional Advisory Committee to Monitor Subre0onal Allocation
Targets
The advisory committee will monitor the subregional distribution of RAHP funds
every year, determining if any subregion(s) received allocations below 95 percent of the
subregion's allocation target.
If any subregion received allocations under 95 percent of the target allocation after
several funding cycles, the HCD staff will work with the advisory committee to adjust the
allocation targets of such subregion(s) in the subsequent funding cycles, as needed. In
addition, the advisory committee may propose strategies and actions, for review by the
JRC, that are designed to increase the percentage of RAHP funds spent in those
subregion(s). Staff of the jurisdictions that are parties to the RAHP Agreement will assist
in implementing actions that will aid in achieving geographic equity in RAHP allocations
by December 31, 2010.
V. Use of the RAHP Funds in Kine Countv
A. RAHP Priorities
1. Top Priority:
Capital funds for the acquisition, rehabilitation and /or new construction of
units of eligible housing types. New construction is not eligible if the low-
income housing vacancy rate for all of King County exceeds 10 percent
2. Second Priority:
4 The low income housing vacancy rate for each county will be established by the state, pursuant to the SHB 2060 legislation.
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Exhibit 1
Operations Maintenance "O &M fund program for existing homeless
housing This program provides O &M funding for existing transitional
housing and transition in place units. The housing units must be eligible
for the Washington State Housing Trust Fund, and must show that they
require RAHP O &M funds in order to cover ongoing building operating
expenses.
3. Third Priority:
O& M funds for existing emergency shelters and licensed overnight youth
shelters.
4. Last priority:
Rental assistance vouchers to be administered by a local housing authority
in conformity with the Section 8 program.
B. RAHP Eligibility
Eligible Housing Types
a. Capital Funds
Permanent rental housing units
Transition in place and transitional housing units; units that are not
time limited are encouraged.
Emergency shelter and licensed overnight youth shelter
Ownership housing
5 The O &M fund for the 2007 -2010 guidelines is set at approximately 22 percent of $3,222,000 (the average of the RAHP
collections in 2004 and 2005), which is $700,000 per year for the four year period of the guidelines.
6 Existing housing is defined as housing that exists as of the date of an application for RAHP funds.
7 Transition in place units are permanent rental units where supportive services are provided for a period of time, as needed by a
household. Households do not need to move when the supportive services are phased out.
8 RAHP funds are limited to 50 percent of the development cost of any project; consequently, if a shelter project cannot secure
adequate funding for the entire cost of development, the RAHP cannot prioritize the project.
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Exhibit 1
b. O &M Funds:
Existing transitional and transition in place housing units
Existing emergency shelters and licensed overnight youth shelters
2. Eligible Populations Served by Housing Units
All units funded with RAHP funds must serve households at or below 50
percent of area median income. Projects that include units for households
at or below 30 percent of area median income are encouraged.
Homeless households, including youth.
Households at risk of homelessness. 10
Disabled households or households with a disabled member.
Families.
Special needs populations, including seniors.
3. Eligible Applicants
Nonprofit organizations
Housing Authorities
Local governments
For profit entities are only eligible for capital funds in the top priority.
This is due to the language of the SHB 2060 legislation, which restricts
building operations and maintenance funds to projects "eligible for the
9 Homeless households include: households that lack a fixed, regular and adequate residence; households that reside in a publicly
or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations; households that reside in time- limited
housing; and households that currently reside in an institution and will be exiting the institution without a fixed, regular and
adequate residence.
10 Households at risk of homelessness include: households paying 50 percent or more of their income for rent, households that
have a history of homelessness and are currently unstable, households living in overcrowded or substandard housing, households
that are substantially behind on their monthly housing payment or have a pending eviction, households with a disability whose
housing is at risk due to aging relatives or other factors.
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Exhibit 1
Washington State Housing Trust Fund." For profit entities are not eligible
for the Washington State Housing Trust Fund.
4. Eligible use of RAHP Funds by Priority
a. Capital funds:
Acquisition of land for eligible housing.
New construction of eligible housing.
Acquisition of building(s) for eligible housing.
Rehabilitation of units of eligible housing or to create new units of
eligible housing.
Capitalization of a replacement reserve in connection with a capital
investment for new or existing eligible housing units.
Capitalization of O &M rent buy -down reserves for new eligible
housing units to serve households below 50 percent of AMI that
are primarily homeless", or at risk of homelessness Capitalized
O &M reserves may only be used to write down rents to very
affordable rent levels, below 30 percent of AMI and below 50
percent of AMI (i.e. between 30 percent and 50 percent of AMI)
for units that do not have debt service. Capitalized O &M reserves
must be used for expenses directly related to running the building
and may not be used for services to the tenants or to cover debt
11 See Note 6.
12 See Note 7.
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service 13 This eligible use may not exceed 20 percent of the
RAHP capital funds in any funding cycle.
b. O &M Funds:
Existing transition in place or transitional housing units are eligible
for O &M for ongoing building operations and maintenance
expenses that cannot be covered by the rental income of the
project, and may not include the cost of services to tenants or debt
service.
Existing emergency shelters and licensed, overnight youth shelters
are eligible for O &M for general operating expenses, including
services.
C. Vouchers:
Rental assistance vouchers must be administered by a local
housing authority in conformity with the Section 8 program.
VI. RAHP Administration
The RAHP funds shall be administered as a regional fund by the King County HCD
Program.
A. RAHP Capital Funds
13 Other requirements for capitalized O &M reserves include: 1) projects will not be eligible for these funds unless they have
either applied first to CTED for O &M and been denied, or have not received Housing Trust Fund capital dollars and are,
therefore, not eligible for O &M from CTED; 2) funds will be awarded only in appropriate amounts as neede,d pursuant to review
by the Housing Finance Program, and will be subject to negotiated modifications; and 3) capitalized reserves will be committed
for a maximum of five years' rent buy -down subsidy.
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Exhibit 1
RAHP capital funds, including capitalized O &M reserves for new projects and
maintenance reserves, will be administered by HFP in conjunction with other fund sources
administered by HFP.
The HFP will staff the interjurisdictional advisory committee and will work with the
committee to develop RAHP funding allocation recommendations and related policy
recommendations for JRC review and adoption.
The HFP will distribute RAHP funds through contracts pursuant to the allocations
adopted by the JRC, and will generate an annual RAHP report that provides information about
the projects that received funding in the current year, as well as the status of projects awarded
RAHP funds in prior year(s).
The terms of the King County Housing Opportunity Fund (HOF) will apply to RAHP
contracts, with the exception of the following:
To the extent that there are differences between the HOF guidelines and RAHP
guidelines, the RAHP guidelines will apply.
A financial match by the local government where a housing project is to be
located is not required, but is encouraged.
RAHP funds will have no maximum subsidy per unit, but the development
portion of the award (not including O &M rent buy -down reserves) will be limited
to 50 percent of the total development cost of a project.
B. RAHP Oneratina and Maintenance Funds
The RAHP O &M funds will be administered through the King County HCD Program's
Homeless Housing Programs (HHP) Section.
The priority for RAHP O &M funds is existing projects that have been unsuccessful in
receiving State 2060 O &M funds or ESAP funds.
HHP will work with the Committee to End Homelessness to ensure that the uses of
RAHP O &M funds are consistent with the priorities of the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness.
HHP will invite city staff and other stakeholders to participate in updating the RFP
parameters for O &M funds, if and when updates are necessary, and will invite the same to
participate on the panel to review applications for the RAHP O &M funds. The review panel will
recommend O &M fund awards to the JRC for final adoption.
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City of Tukwila
Jim Haggerton, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Haggerton
Community Affairs and Parks Committee
FROM: Lynn Miranda, Senior Planner, DCD
DATE: July 20, 2011
SUBJECT: Briefing on Tukwila's North Highline Annexation Effort
ISSUE
Provide a second briefing on the Tukwila's efforts to annex the North Highline area, including
overlap issues and the annexation process.
BACKGROUND
Staff briefed the Community Affairs and Parks Committee on March 14, 2011, and the
Committee of the Whole on March 28, 2011, on the issues involved with annexing the North
Highline area. Tukwila designated the North Highline area as a potential annexation area (PAA)
in the City's Comprehensive Plan in 1995. The City of Seattle has also designated a much
larger area of unincorporated North Highline area as its PAA, which overlaps with Tukwila's
PAA (see attached PAA map).
There are a number of methods of annexation including election, petition or Interlocal
Agreement method. At this time Tukwila has decided to use an Interlocal Agreement process to
annex its PAA. On April 4, 2011, Tukwila City Council adopted the resolution number 1737 to
commence negotiations with King County for an Interlocal Agreement with King County, as
required by RCW 35A.14.460(1).
Since April 2011 staff has rechecked the preliminary fiscal analysis to confirm that the additional
revenue generated by property and utility taxes (approximately $452,400 in general revenue,
$74,000 in enterprise funds) will likely exceed the costs associated with the annexation. There
are still some costs associated with servicing the area that cannot be confirmed due to unknown
nature of which agency will end up servicing the area.
Since the City of Seattle has also been considering annexation of their PAA, which overlaps
with Tukwila's smaller PAA, Seattle entered into negotiations with Tukwila and King County to
resolve the overlap issues prior to Seattle initiating the annexation. King County Countywide
Planning Policy LU -32 encourages using a negotiation process to resolve PAA overlaps in the
North Highline area, prior to filing Notice of Intent to annex with King County Boundary Review
Board. In June 2011, the City of Seattle formally ended the process to develop a negotiated
settlement of the overlap issues that it initiated earlier with the City of Tukwila. During
negotiations Tukwila offered to not pursue annexing the PAA provided the City of Seattle
entered into a settlement amending the city boundaries around Associated Grocers site and
Boeing properties along East Marginal Way South. However Seattle was not interested in any
boundary changes that would have a negative impact on their revenue.
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Also, in March 2011, Seattle passed a resolution stating that while they were interested in
annexing their PAA, financial challenges were making it difficult for the City to commit to the
annexation at this time. Instead, Seattle committed to making a final decision by February 28,
2012, as to whether to proceed with an annexation election or to withdraw its PAA designation
from their Comprehensive Plan. The resolution also stated that Seattle would not stand in the
way should Burien choose at any time to proceed with annexing that portion of the North
Highline Area designated by Burien as its PAA (which excludes Tukwila's PAA).
Burien's annexation of the southern portion of the North Highline area became effective in April,
2010. At this point, Burien is considering moving forward with annexing the northern portion of
its PAA that overlaps with Seattle's PAA. Burien and Tukwila's PAA do not overlap. Burien
anticipates that a study testing the financial viability of annexing the area will be completed by
August 2011 by their consultants. After studying the report and allowing for public comment,
Burien officials could place an annexation measure on the ballot.
NEXT STEPS
Staff is moving forward with a work program to annex Tukwila's PAA in the North Highline area.
The proposed next steps are as follows:
Summer 2011
Prepare a frequently asked question (FAQ) handout on annexation and associated issues
for the area's residents, businesses, and property owners.
Meet with property owners located in the PAA to introduce Tukwila and gauge their feelings
on annexation.
Fall 2011
Provide an update to the Community Affairs and Parks Committee on the preliminary
interviews and the status of other cities' annexation efforts.
Present the Community Affairs and Parks Committee with alternative strategies for moving
forward with Tukwila's annexation of the PAA. For example:
Based on the outcome of our meetings with property owners, determine if it is more
feasible to annex using the 60% Petition method rather than the Interlocal
Agreement method. The 60% Petition method requires a petition to the City Council
signed by property owners representing at least 60% of the assessed value of the
property in the PAA.
Determine the timing of our efforts considering other cities' actions and decisions.
For example:
Wait until Seattle withdraws the PAA from their comprehensive plan?
Wait until Burien moves forward with a decision to annex so that our process
can occur simultaneously? Or, wait until after Burien annexes?
Move forward with annexation as soon as possible, independent of other
cities' actions.
ATTACHMENTS
Map of Potential Annexation Area
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Potential Annexation Area Existinq
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PARKS RECREATION
DATE: July 20, 2011
TO: City Council Members
City Administration
Department Heads
FROM: Rick Still, Parks Recreation Director
RE: Tukwila Parks Recreation— Updated Events Calendar
Attached you will find our Tukwila Parks Recreation Upcoming Activities Events calen-
dar. We hope that you will find this a useful tool to keep up to date on the many activities,
events and programs that our department offers to the Tukwila community.
Some items that should be of special note include:
August 20
Community Heritage Culture Celebration at THCC, 12noon- 4:00pm
August 16
Metropolitan Pool District Vote
August 26
Last Day of Tukwila Parks Recreation Summer Camp Programs
August 29- September 5
TCC Maintenance Closure —Open for Registrations Only. No facility rentals,
programs or classes. Staff will be on -site 8:30am- 6:00pm, Monday- Friday.
September 10
Hands On Tukwila event Clean -up along the Duwamish River in conjunc-
tion with the 9111 National Day of Service and Remembrance.
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Swimming Lessons Session #4 begins
August 5
Peanut Butter Jam Kids Concert featuring
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August 5
Outdoor Cinema featuring "Yogi Bear TCC at dusk
August 12
Peanut Butter Jam Kids Concert featuring
Caspar B abypants, TCC at 12noon
August 12
Outdoor Cinema featuring "Alpha and Omega
TCC at dusk
August 15
Swimming Lessons Session #5 begins
August 16
Tukwila MPD Vote
August 19
Peanut Butter Jam Kids Concert featuring
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Outdoor Cinema featuring "Tangled", TCC at dusk
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site between 8:30am -6pm, Monday Friday only.
September 9
Teen Late Night at TCC, 8:00- 11:OOpm
September 10
Hands On Tukwila —Clean up along Duwamish River,
10:OOam- 2:OOpm
September 12 -15
Regional FEMA Drill
September 13 -15
Camp Wrinkle Ranch (Tukwila Senior Program)
September 16
United Way Day of Caring— Community Volunteer
Event at the Cottage Creek Buffer Enhancement
Project Site, 9:OOam
September 23
Teen Late Night at TCC, 8:00- 11:OOpm
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Teen Late Night (Fear Factor) at TCC, 8:00- 11:OOpm
August 26
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October 7--Teen Late Night atTC[, 8:00-11:00orn
October 11
Volunteer Work Party at KVVB Clothing Bank, 1:30-3:30prn
October 14--Teen
Late Night atT[[,8:O0'l1:OUpnn
October 150&16--Evergreen Cat Fanciers Cat Show atT[C
October 21--
Teen Late Night atTCC,8:00'11:UOpnn
October 27
Autumn Harvest Carnival atTCC, 6:00pm
October 28--
Teen Late Night atT[[,8:OO'11:OOpnn
November 1-- Winter Rates Begin at Foster Golf Links
November IG-- Thanksgiving Dinner for Seniors atTCC,11:OOann
November 17 Volunteer Work Party atTukwila Pantry, 1:30-3:30pnn
November 18 Teen Late Night at TCC, 8:00-11:00pm
December 2-- Teen Late Night atTC[,O:OU-ll:OOpnn
December 3 Tukwila Sister Cities Breakfast with Santa atTCC, 9:00'11:00ann
December 10-- Holiday Giving Program Event atT[C,1U:OOann
December 1O&&11--The Maine Event Cat Show atT[[
December 16-- Teen Late Night atTCC,8:O8-11:UOpnn
December 19 thru30-- Winter Break Camp atT[C
December 31-- New Years Eve Party Dinner at Billy Baroos
Tukwila CommunitV Center 12424 42nd Ave. S. Tukwila, WA