HomeMy WebLinkAbout072318_ra01 JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Philip Morley, County Administrator
DATE: July 23, 2018
RE: Briefing on Fund 148 Affordable Housing Fund's Current Status & Future
Revenue Projections
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: At the July 23, 2018 meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners staff will present a powerpoint presentation about the current status of Fund 148,
the County's Affordable Housing Fund, and also describe revenue projections for future years, in
view of state legislation adopted this year.
ANALYSIS: State law (RCW 36.22.178, .179, and .1791) allows counties to charge surcharges
on many of the documents recorded by the public at the County Auditor's Office, as a funding
source for local and state affordable housing and homelessness programs. State authorization for
most of those fees was scheduled to expire in the next year. Earlier this year the legislature
enacted and the governor signed two bills (Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1570 and
Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2578), which made authorization for the fees perpetual,
and which also increased the fees.
Since 2003, Jefferson County, the City of Port Townsend, and Olympic Community Action
Programs (OIyCAP) have had a joint interlocal agreement designating OIyCAP as the
administering agency for the administration and expenditure of the funds for affordable housing
collected as authorized by RCW 36.22.178. Two years later, the County, City and OIyCAP
signed a second joint interlocal agreement which also designates O1yCAP as the administering
agency for the administration and expenditure of funds, this time for homelessness services, with
fees collected as authorized by RCW 36.22.179 and .1791.
On May 9 of this year, I wrote to the City Manager and Mayor as a follow-up to two meetings
Commissioner Dean and I had with them in April, during which we had discussed updating the
two interlocals to reflect the new state legislation, and suggested in the email holding meetings
with all housing service agencies to have a broader discussion about how we might allocate those
recording fee funds for affordable housing and homelessness services in the future.
From:Philip Morley
Sent:Wednesday,May 9,2018 4:25 PM
To:Deborah Stinson(dstinson f cityofpt.us)<dstinson f cityofptus>;David Timmons(dtimmonsIcityofpt.us)<dtimmons@cityofpt.us>;
Kate Dean(KDeanico..jefferson.wa..us)<KDean@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Cc:Dale Wilson-OIyCAP(dwilson@iolycap.org)<dwilson@olycap_org>
Subject:Follow up on Homelessness and Affordable Housing funds 2060&2163
Dear Deborah,David and Kate,
I'm following up on our conversation when we all met regarding coordinating on homelessness and affordable housing.
• 2018 Summer Homeless Shelter-The County this week is drafting an agreement with OIyCAP for the$75,000 to fund the
summer homeless shelter. Per our discussion when the 4 of us last met,we will build into the Agreement some metrics for
•
reporting on financials and services provided,which will be shared with the County and City.
• The road forward regarding future use of 2060 2163 funds- how does this sound: •
Step 1: a meeting of City{Deborah and David),County(Kate and Philip);and OIyCAP(Dale Wilson and Kathy Morgan) -
to do initial scoping of issues and options
Step 2: a subsequent meeting to expand the circle to also include representation from Dove House,Habitat,Peninsula
Housing Authority,COAST—to discuss the issues,options,and potential resolutions. This could end up being 2-3
meetings instead of just one.
Step 3:After Step 2 is concluded,circle back to full City Council and Board of Commissioners—either as presentations to
each,or as a joint meeting,as may be appropriate,depending on the results of Step 2.
When the four of us last met, recall we discussed that the County should hold any other 2060&2163 funds that haven't yet been
budgeted,so they might be resources to fund for the results of this broader discussion outlined above.Accordingly we're holding off for
now,on OIyCAP issuing a RFP for other agencies to apply for those funds at this time.
Please let me know how this looks,and if you have further suggestions. Thanks for your input,and for our good discussions last month.
Philip
Philip Morley
! Jefferson County Administrator
pmorlev(®co_ieffersonwa.us
(360)385-9100 x-383
On July 2, 2018, the County received a letter from City Manager David Timmons with an
attached Resolution adopted by the City Council directing him to "give notice of termination" of
the two Interlocal Agreements, effective 90 days after giving notice, and tasking the City
Manager and the City's Ad Hoc Committee on Housing to negotiate a new interlocal agreement
for eventual consideration by the full City Council.
On July 30, 2018, representatives from the County, OIyCAP and the City will hold a first
meeting to begin discussions about developing a new ILA. The July 23 briefing to the County
Commissioners is intended to help build a shared, factual understanding for the Commissioners,
the City, OIyCAP and the public, about the funds being discussed: both the amount of existing
funds in Fund 148, and projections of future revenues from the new recording fees.
FISCAL IMPACT: N/A, as this is an informational briefing.
RECOMMENDATION: Hold the briefing, and ask clarifying questions
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