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COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN THE MATTER OF RE-ALLOCATING $75,000 }
FROM FUND 148 FOR THE 7TH &HENDRICKS } RESOLUTION NO. 61-20
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT BY OLYMPIC }
COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS }
WHEREAS, on July 31, 2017,the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners adopted
Resolution No. 35-17, finding"that an emergency exists with respect to the availability of
housing that is affordable to low-income households and with respect to the availability of
housing that is affordable to very low-income households in Jefferson County;" and
WHEREAS, on November 26, 2018 the County and the City entered into an Interlocal
Cooperation Agreement Between Jefferson County and The City of Port Townsend To Support
Affordable Housing and Homeless Housing Programs Pursuant To RCW 36.22.178, RCW
36.22.179, And RCW 36.22.1791 (the"Affordable Housing/Homeless Housing ILA"); and
WHEREAS, the Affordable Housing/Homeless Housing ILA established a Joint
Oversight Board and a Homeless Housing Task Force to evaluate and recommend for approval
by the Board of County Commissioners the budget and all expenditures of all funds subject to
the ILA for affordable housing and homeless housing, and to develop and recommend a Five-
Year Homeless Housing Plan as required by state statute; and
WHEREAS, Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP) is a local non-profit
community action agency that provides a variety of housing and human services to low income
residents of Jefferson County; and
WHEREAS, OlyCAP seeks to purchase parcel APN 948-323-702 for the purpose of
construction and operation of the 7th &Hendricks Affordable Housing Project, a two to four-
story multi-use building with a variety of sizes of residential apartment units and possibly an
early learning center, in which the residential apartment units must be offered for rent to low
income households at 60% of area median income or less, which project OlyCAP has named"7th
& Hendricks Affordable Housing" and which may contain up to 44 units of affordable housing;
and
WHEREAS, OlyCAP presented to the Homeless Housing Task Force their affordable
housing proposal including a funding request for a$75,000 commitment from Jefferson County
Fund 148 affordable housing funds to support the 7th& Hendricks Affordable Housing Project
and OlyCAP's application for the project to the Washington State Housing Trust Fund; and
WHEREAS, there are sufficient funds in the fund balance of Fund 148; and
WHEREAS, in 2019 the Homeless Housing Task Force recommended to the Joint
Oversight Board support for the OlyCAP request for an allocation of$75,000 to the project from
Fund 148; and
WHEREAS, in 2019 the Joint Oversight Board unanimously voted to recommend to the
Board of County Commissioners that the Board approve OlyCAP's request for a$75,000
commitment from Fund 148 affordable housing funds and submitted a Letter of
Recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners stating that"the affordable housing
project meets the affordable housing goals of the City of Port Townsend and Jefferson County
and it will increase the quality and quantity of affordable housing stock for our citizens,
something that the Task Force and Joint Oversight Board wholeheartedly support;"and
WHEREAS, on September 9, 2019,the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
adopted Resolution No. 48-19, allocating $75,000 from Fund 148 for the 7th & Hendricks
Affordable Housing Project by OlyCAP contingent on successfully obtaining funding
commitments within twelve months; and
WHEREAS, OlyCAP was successful in obtaining some, but not all, of the required
funding commitments within the initial twelve months, and has requested an extension of the
$75,000 allocation from Fund 148; and
WHEREAS, on August 26, 2020 the Joint Oversight Board moved to recommend to the
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners to extend the $75,000 OlyCAP application for a
period of one year for the 7th &Hendricks Project with all the same terms and conditions;
NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that pursuant to the recommendation
from the Joint Oversight Board, the Board of County Commissioners does hereby extend the
allocation of$75,000 of Fund 148 Affordable Housing funds for capital development of the 7th
& Hendricks Affordable Housing Project, and a grant agreement with OlyCAP shall be prepared
for this purpose contingent on OlyCAP successfully obtaining funding commitments by
September 9, 2021 from:
• the Washington State Housing Trust Fund; and
• an allocation of low income housing tax credits from the Washington Housing
Finance Commission,
together in sufficient quantities to support successful funding of construction of the 7th &
Hendricks Affordable Housing Project; and that if such contingency is not met, the Fund 148
funds shall remain in Fund 148.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution repeals and replaces Resolution No.
48-19.
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Carolyn`Cralla y,
Deputy Clerk of the Board