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HomeMy WebLinkAbout031620_ra02 JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST TO: Board of County Commissioners Philip Morley, County Administrator FROM: Leslie Locke,Executive Assistant DATE: March 16,2020 SUBJECT: HEARING re: Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) Application; 2020 Public Service Grant and Close Out of the 2019 Public Service Grant; Olympic Community Action Programs (OIyCAP) STATEMENT OF ISSUE: OIyCAP, a non-profit organization, has requested that the County continue to work with them to administer a CDBG Grant from CTED. The State requires a governmental agency to receive the funds. ANALYSIS: In 1998, Jefferson County and O1yCAP entered into an agreement(F-98-74098-047)with CTED for a CDBG Grant to provide essential services to low-income clients in Jefferson County. A grant application is submitted annually in order to continue funding. This public hearing is required for the Board to take comments on the new grant proposal and on the activities from the previous year in order to close out the 2019 grant. The Board signed the hearing notice on the CDBG Grant on March 2, 2020 and it was advertised in The Leader on March 4 and 11, 2020. FISCAL IMPACT: The total 2020 grant funding available for Jefferson County is $110,321. RECOMMENDATION: After receiving testimony at the public hearing, it is recommended that the Board approve the resolution in the matter of certification of compliance for the CDBG Public Services Grant which also designates the County Administrator as the authorized Chief Administrative Official to act in all official matters in connection with this application and Jefferson County's participation in the CDBG Program. RE_r 1 II' E 1 BY• 041 !'� ° P �`` orl . s rator Date STATE OF WASHINGTON County of Jefferson In the Matter of: } Certification of Compliance } for CDBG Public Services Grant } RESOLUTION NO. WHEREAS, Jefferson County is authorized to apply to the State Department of Commerce for a Community Development Block Grant(CDBG); and, WHEREAS, Jefferson County has identified a community development and housing priority need for which to seek CDBG funding; and, WHEREAS, it is necessary that certain conditions be met to receive CDBG funds; and, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Jefferson County Commissioners authorizes submission of this application to the Washington State Department of Commerce to request $110,321.00 and any amended amounts to fund public service activities in coordination with the Olympic Community Action Programs, and certifies that, if funded, it: ➢ Will comply with applicable provisions of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and other applicable State and federal laws; ➢ Has provided and will provide opportunities for citizen participation that satisfy the CDBG requirements of 24 CFR 570.486; ➢ Will not use assessments against properties owned and occupied by low- and moderate- income persons or charge user fees to recover the capital costs of CDBG-funded public improvements from low- and moderate-income owner-occupants; ➢ Has established or will establish a plan to minimize displacement as a result of activities assisted with CDBG funds; and assist persons actually displaced as a result of such activities, as provided in the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended; ➢ Will conduct and administer its program in conformance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act, will affirmatively further fair housing (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968); and ➢ Has adopted and enforce a policy to prohibit the use of excessive force by law enforcement agencies within its jurisdiction against any individuals engaged in nonviolent civil rights demonstrations; and has adopted and implemented a policy to enforce existing applicable State and local laws against physically barring entrance to or exit from a facility or location which is the subject of such nonviolent civil rights demonstrations within its jurisdiction, in accordance with Section 104(1) of the Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; ➢ Certifies to meeting the National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA)through a determination the CDBG-funded public services will not have a physical impact or result in any physical changes and are exempt under 24 CFR 58.34(a), and are not applicable to the other requirements under 24 CFR 58.6; and are categorically exempt under the State RESOLUTION NO. re: Certification of Compliance for CDBG Public Services Grant Environmental Policy Act(SEPA)per WAC 197-11-305(2); and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Board of Jefferson County Commissioners, designates the County Administrator, as the authorized Chief Administrative Official and authorized representative to act in all official matters in connection with this application and Jefferson County's participation in the Washington State CDBG Program. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of March, 2020. SEAL: JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ATTEST: Greg Brotherton, Chair David Sullivan, Member Carolyn Gallaway, CMC Deputy Clerk of the Board Kate Dean, Member ra Washington State �. ,m . ,� ri - Department of , .., . " '-� „,,IP Commerce ter► r RURAL COMMUNITY GRANTS FOR ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT LOW-AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) General Purpose Grants $12,000,000 Agency contact For planning or construction of public infrastructure, community Kaaren Roe facilities, affordable housing, and economic development projects. SECTION MANAGER Competitive. Maximum grant up to $900,000 based on project type. Application materials available in March and due in June. Local Government Division kaaren.roe@commerce.wa.gov Housing Enhancement Grants $200,000 Phone: 360.725.3018 For off-site infrastructure or the community facility component of a www.commerce.wa.gov/CDBG state Housing Trust Fund project. Competitive. Maximum grant is $200,000, with potential additional hardship funding. Initial CDBG ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: application forms are submitted with a HTF Stage 2 application. Washington State cities/towns with less than 50,000 in Public Services Grants $1 ,500,000 population and not participating For 17 counties and community action agencies to fund new or in a CDBG entitlement urban county consortium; and counties expanded services for lower income persons. Allocated by a with less than 200,000 in formula based on population and poverty. Application materials population. A complete list is on available in February and due in April. Commerce's CDBG webpage. Other public and non-profit National Objectives entities and Indian tribes are not eligible to apply directly for state Funded by the US Department of Housing & Urban Development, CDBG funding, but may be a CDBG activities must meet one of these national objectives: partner in projects and subrecipient of funding with an • Principally benefits low-and moderate-income (LMI) persons. eligible city/town or county. • Aids in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight. • Addresses imminent threat to public health or safety COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Funding is contingent on HUD approval of the state CDBG Action Plan. BLOCK GRANT February 2020 PUBLIC HEARING HANDOUT Federal Citizen Participation Requirements For Local Government Applicants to the State CDBG Program Federal Regulations 24 CFR 570.486 (a) (a) Citizen participation requirements of a unit of general local government. Each unit of general local government shall meet the following requirements as required by the state at Sec. 91.115(e) of this title. (1) Provide for and encourage citizen participation, particularly by low and moderate income persons who reside in slum or blighted areas and areas in which CDBG funds are proposed to be used; (2) Ensure that citizens will be given reasonable and timely access to local meetings, information, and records relating to the unit of local government's proposed and actual use of CDBG funds; (3) Furnish citizens information, including but not limited to: (i) The amount of CDBG funds expected to be made available for the current fiscal year (including the grant and anticipated program income); (ii) The range of activities that may be undertaken with the CDBG funds; (iii) The estimated amount of the CDBG funds proposed to be used for activities that will meet the national objective of benefit to low and moderate income persons; and (iv) The proposed CDBG activities likely to result in displacement and the unit of general local government's anti-displacement and relocation plans required under Sec. 570.488. (4) Provide technical assistance to groups representative of persons of low and moderate income that request assistance in developing proposals in accordance with the procedures developed by the state. Such assistance need not include providing funds to such groups; (5) Provide for a minimum of two public hearings, each at a different stage of the program, for the purpose of obtaining citizens' views and responding to proposals and questions. Together the hearings must cover community development and housing needs, development of proposed activities and a review of program performance. The public hearings to cover community development and housing needs must be held before submission of an application to the state. There must be reasonable notice of the hearings and they must be held at times and locations convenient to potential or actual beneficiaries, with accommodations for the handicapped. Public hearings shall be conducted in a manner to meet the needs of non-English speaking residents where a significant number of non-English speaking residents can reasonably be expected to participate; (6) Provide citizens with reasonable advance notice of, and opportunity to comment on, proposed activities in an application to the state and, for grants already made, activities which are proposed to be added, deleted or substantially changed from the unit of general local government's application to the state. Substantially changed means changes made in terms of purpose, scope, location or beneficiaries as defined by criteria established by the state. (7) Provide citizens the address, phone number, and times for submitting complaints and grievances, and provide timely written answers to written complaints and grievances, within 15 working days where practicable.