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To:Kate Dean; Monte Reinders; Robert Wheeler; Eric Kuzma
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Subject:FW: Community Project Funding Request Update
Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 8:26:56 AM
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Good morning.
On Friday Congressman Kilmer announced the community project funding requests he submitted to
the House Appropriations Committee. Below are the projects and email letting me know Jefferson
County’s projects were not submitted. The email from rep. Kilmer’s Office provides their decision
making process on making their final 10 project submissions. Thank you.
Community Project Funding Requests
U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) has submitted funding requests
for important community projects to the House Appropriations Committee.
Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each
Representative may request funding for up to 10 projects in their
community for fiscal year 2022 – although only a handful may actually be
funded. Projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding
streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit
entities are permitted to receive funding. Additional information on the
reforms governing Community Project Funding is available here.
To evaluate the requests, Rep. Kilmer convened an independent advisory
panel of local stakeholders to help inform the selection process and
evaluate the degree to which the requests have strong community support,
capture the geographic and demographic makeup of the district, and
achieve at least one of following goals:
Create sustained job growth and/or economic opportunity
Address imminent threats to public health, safety or the environment
Promote equity and inclusion for underserved populations
Fulfill unmet federal obligations, including treaty and trust
responsibilities to Native American tribes
In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Rep. Kilmer
has certified that he, his spouse, and his immediate family have no financial
interest in any of the projects he has requested.
Note: The projects are listed in alphabetical order by intended recipient.
1) Project Name: City of Bremerton Quincy Square Project
Requested Amount: $2,500,000
Intended Recipient: City of Bremerton
Intended Recipient Address: 345 6th Street, Suite 100, Bremerton, WA,
98337
Explanation of the Request: This funding will help develop a shovel-ready
civic improvement that will transform a long-neglected street into an
active, housing-based, day-to-night urban center with focused arts,
entertainment, and evening-centric retail spaces. The project honors the
legendary Quincy Jones, a world-renowned Grammy-winning artist, and
Bremerton, WA native.
Signed Financial Disclosure
2) Project Name: Hilltop Attainable Housing and Businesses
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Intended Recipient: Forterra
Intended Recipient Address: 217 First Avenue South, #4189, Seattle, WA
98194
Explanation of the Request: This funding will provide community
ownership of a mixed-use hub for culture, community, homes, and
businesses on the Hilltop in Tacoma. The investment will provide critical
funding to lower the ultimate cost so that the residential and business
spaces will be attainable to community residents and BIPOC-owned
businesses.
Signed Financial Disclosure
3) Project Name: Hoh Tribe Relocation Development
Requested Amount: $2,200,000
Intended Recipient: The Hoh Tribe
Intended Recipient Address: 2426 Lower Hoh Road, Forks, Washington
98331
Explanation of the Request: This funding will allow the Tribe to build out
essential infrastructure and bring sufficient electrical infrastructure to each
commercial, governmental, and residential lot in the Upper Highlands and
connect water and sewer lines to the existing reservation system as the
Tribe relocates to escape the imminent dangers of coastal flooding.
Signed Financial Disclosure
4) Project Name: Aberdeen-Hoquiam Flood Protection Project
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Intended Recipient: City of Hoquiam
Intended Recipient Address: 609 8th Street, Hoquiam, WA, 98550
Explanation of the Request: This funding will provide coastal flood
protection and improve the storm drainage systems in the cities of
Aberdeen and Hoquiam, so that they more effectively collect and convey
runoff from intense storm events, and significantly reduce the economic
burden on the community caused by flooding.
Signed Financial Disclosure
5) Project Name: Mason PUD 1 Power Line Relocation
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Intended Recipient: Mason County PUD No. 1
Intended Recipient Address: 21971 N. Highway 101, Shelton, WA 98584
Explanation of the Request: This funding will complete the relocation of an
essential distribution power line and will eliminate Mason PUD 1’s risk of
delaying the Duckabush Estuary Restoration Project and/or incurring
significant debt for their public ratepayers.
Signed Financial Disclosure
6) Project Name: Port Angeles Food Bank’s Nourish to Flourish
Expansion
Requested Amount: $900,000
Intended Recipient: Port Angeles Food Bank
Intended Recipient Address: 632 N. Oakridge Dr., Port Angeles, WA,
98362
Explanation of the Request: This funding will allow the Port Angeles Food
Bank to finalize the purchase of the building in which they currently
operate, ensuring a permanent location and consistent services for years to
come.
Signed Financial Disclosure
7) Project Name: Quileute Move to Higher Ground Water System
Improvement
Requested Amount: $1,479,355
Intended Recipient: Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation
Intended Recipient Address: 12181 La Push Rd., La Push, WA 98350
Explanation of the Request: This funding will help finish the development
of a reliable water source for the Quileute Tribe as they seek to move their
communities to higher ground to escape the imminent dangers of tsunami
inundation.
Signed Financial Disclosure
8) Project Name: Taholah Village Relocation
Requested Amount: $500,000
Intended Recipient: Quinault Indian Nation
Intended Recipient Address: 1214 Aalis Drive, Taholah, WA, 98587
Explanation of the Request: This funding will provide critical infrastructure
including streets, sewer, water, stormwater, and power utilities that are
needed to develop the Quinault Indian Nation’s first neighborhood above
the tsunami zone for approximately 70 families as part of their relocation
efforts.
Signed Financial Disclosure
9) Project Name: Housing Hilltop-Commercial
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Intended Recipient: Tacoma Housing Authority
Intended Recipient Address: 902 S L St, Tacoma, WA, 98405
Explanation of the Request: This funding will allow the Tacoma Housing
Authority to begin redeveloping three parcels of land as part of a public-
private partnership to bring approximately 200 units of affordable housing
to households earning up to 60% of AMI and approximately 20,000 sq ft of
commercial space for predominately BIPOC-owned businesses.
Signed Financial Disclosure
10) Project Name: Empowering the Peninsula: Building K12, Higher
Education, and Industry Partnerships
Requested Amount: $450,000
Intended Recipient: West Sound STEM Network (South Kitsap School
District)
Intended Recipient Address: 2689 Hoover Avenue SE, Port Orchard, WA,
98366
Explanation of the Request: This funding will support West Sound STEM
Network’s efforts to increase geographic equity in STEM programming on
the Olympic Peninsula, develop K-12 and higher education partnerships
with representation from underserved populations, and to establish a
satellite office on the Olympic Peninsula.
Signed Financial Disclosure
From: Roper, Andrea <Andrea.Roper@mail.house.gov>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 8:20 PM
To: Roper, Andrea <Andrea.Roper@mail.house.gov>
Subject: Community Project Funding Request Update
Thank you so much for applying for fiscal year 2022 Community Project Funding. We
greatly appreciated everyone that submitted projects to our office and the opportunity to
learn about the great work so many partners are doing across the district. Unfortunately,
your project was not selected this year for Community Project Funding.
We received well over 100 applications from across the district and given that each
Member may only submit 10 requests to the Appropriations Committee, it was a very
difficult choice. To evaluate the requests, Rep. Kilmer convened an independent advisory
panel of local stakeholders to help inform the selection process and evaluate the degree to
which the requests have strong community support, capture the geographic and
demographic makeup of the district, and achieve at least one of following goals:
· Create sustained job growth and/or economic opportunity
· Address imminent threats to public health, safety or the environment
· Promote equity and inclusion for underserved populations
· Fulfill unmet federal obligations, including treaty and trust responsibilities to Native
American tribes
We recognize that this is the first time in a decade that Congress has utilized member
directed spending. Our hope is that this year’s process will be both transparent and with
strong oversight and that we can accept applications again next year for fiscal year 2023.
We will keep your contact information on file and keep you apprised of any relevant federal
grant opportunities and future application periods for Community Project Funding. Should
you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
All the best,
ANDREA ROPER |District Director
Office of Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-6)
950 Pacific Avenue, Suite 1230 | Tacoma, WA 98402 | (253) 272-3515
kilmer.house.gov | Twitter: @repderekkilmer | Facebook: @Derek.Kilmer