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STATE OF WASHINGTON
Jefferson County
A Resolution Authorizing the Housing Action Plan
Network to Review Proposals in Preparation
For the 2008 General Purpose Community Development
Block Grant for Preservation and/or Development of
Moderate and/or Low-Income Housing.
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WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners for Jefferson County, "Board,"
found (1) that' unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the
Jefferson County; (2) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary residential dwelling
accommodations in Jefferson County available to persons of low income and senior
citizens with rents or mortgages they can afford; and (3) that there is a shortage of safe or
sanitary residential dwellings, apartments, mobile home parks, or other living
accommodations available for low-income persons and to senior citizens in Jefferson
County.
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that a scarcity of full-time and well-
paying jobs within the County has limited the economic opportunities for its residents
and has exacerbated the foregoing housing problem.
WHEREAS, it is written in the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan, GOAL
HSG 1.0, that the County shall "Encourage and Support efforts to provide an adequate
supply of housing for County residents of all income groups; GOAL HSG 3.0 adds a goal
to "Cooperate with the appropriate agencies to create programs aimed at conserving and
improving the County's existing housing", and policy HSP 3.3 encourages the County to
cooperate with the Jefferson County Housing Authority,
WHEREAS, ARTICLE VII, SECTION 7 of the Constitution of the State of
Washington expressly states that, "No county, city, town or other municipal corporation
shall hereafter give any money, or property, or loan its money, or credit to or in aid of
any individual, association, company or corporation, except for the necessary support of
the poor and infirm, or become directly or indirectly the owner of any stock in or bonds
of any association, company or corporation",
WHEREAS, the Board, with the assistance of the City of Port Townsend, co-
established a steering committee consisting of elected and appointed members of
government and the private sector, including the representatives and/or employees of
School Boards, Economic Development Organizations, Non-Profit Organizations with
expertise in housing, Western Washington University, Jefferson County's homebuilders,
realtors and lenders, as well as any and all members of the general public who wished to
participate,
RESOLUTION NO. 60-07
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WHEREAS, this steering committee approved a Final Housing Action Plan,
completed in October 2006, and adopted by the City of Port Townsend at a regularly
scheduled and properly noticed meeting on October 2, 2006.
WHEREAS, the Housing Action Plan was unanimously adopted by the Planning
Commission of Jefferson County on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at a properly noticed
and regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting and unanimously adopted by the
Board of County Commissioners after a regularly scheduled and properly noticed public
hearing on October 9, 2007.
WHEREAS, the Housing Action Plan Network was officially created by
Resolution 69-06 for the purpose of implementing the Housing Action Plan and meeting
the County's housing needs, and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant Program's 2008 General
Purpose Grant could assist the County in meeting the goals of assisting low and moderate
income households as outlined in the Comprehensive Plan and the Housing Action Plan.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Jefferson, Washington, that:
1. That a Request for Proposals (letter of intent) shall be published in July 2007
and
2. The Housing Action Plan Network shall submit to the Board of County
Commissioners a recommendation of the most suitable housing providers for
Community Development Block Grant funding from the respondents of the
RFP no later than September of 2007.
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Deputy Clerk ofthe Board
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JEFFERSON COUNTY
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