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AGENDA
Committee of the Whole Meeting
5:00 PM - Monday, September 24, 2018
Conferencing Center / Chambers, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way
1. Airport Master Plan
(in Conferencing Center)
a) Presentation
2. Quasi-judicial Appeals
(in Conferencing Center)
3. Community Development Block Grant Funding Allocations
(in Chambers)
a) AB - 2212 Community & Economic Development Department recommends setting a
public hearing date on October 1, 2018 in order to accept public comment and consider
proposed funding allocations and use of 2019 Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) funds for human services and economic development activities.
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City Council Regular Meeting - 10 Sep 2018
SUBJECT/TITLE: 2019 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to Committee of the Whole
DEPARTMENT: Community & Economic Development
STAFF CONTACT: Cliff Long, Economic Development Director
EXT.: 6591
FISCAL IMPACT SUMMARY:
The City will receive an estimated $697,888 in CDBG funds to support human services and public improvement
activities.
SUMMARY OF ACTION:
CDBG funds can provide a source of funding to provide public facilities and improvements in the City’s
Civic Core in 2019. The Program’s selected projects will improve accessibility and safety for pedestrians
in areas where improvements are made, as well as bring sidewalks and associated infrastructure up to
current City standards, while also serving as an economic development catalyst within the designated
areas.
Furthermore, the improvements will benefit the area’s residents, including low- and moderate-income
persons. Allocation of other CDBG funds to satisfy contractual set asides per the Joint Agreement will
ensure that important human service programs provided by King County to Renton residents will
continue. The switching of projects and programs approved by Council for the City’s 2016 and 2018
CDBG funding cycles will ensure timely commitment and expenditure of those important funds per HUD
regulations.
By scheduling a public hearing for October 1, 2018, the Council will provide an opportunity for public
comment on the allocation of the City’s 2019 CDBG funding for human services and public
improvement/facilities, and modification to the 2018 contingency plan which includes unallocated 2016
funds.
EXHIBITS:
A. Issue Paper and map
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize a public hearing date on October 1, 2018, for public comment on the City's proposed allocation and use of
2019 CDBG funds for human services and economic development activities.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
& ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
M E M O R A N D U M
DATE: September 10, 2018
TO: Ed Prince, Council President
Members of Renton City Council
VIA: Denis Law, Mayor
FROM: Chip Vincent, Community & Economic Development
Administrator
STAFF CONTACT: Cliff Long, Economic Development Director
Jessie Kotarski, Economic Development Specialist
SUBJECT: 2019 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds
ISSUE:
Should the City of Renton hold a public hearing to provide an opportunity for public
comment on its use of 2019 CDBG funds for human services and public
improvement/facilities, the cancellation of the 2018 project and reallocation of funds,
and modification to the 2016 and 2018 CDBG Action Plans.
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize a public hearing date on October 1, 2018 for public comment on the City's
proposed allocation and use of 2019 CDBG funds for human services and public
improvement/facilities, 2018 project cancellation and reallocation of funds, and
modification to the 2016 and 2018 CDBG Action Plans.
BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
2019 Funding
The City of Renton is required to hold a public hearing to provide an opportunity for
public comment on its proposed allocation and use of 2019 CDBG funds. Staff
recommends that Council set October 1, 2018 as the public hearing date. Upon approval
of the date, the City Clerk will publish a public notice announcing the hearing date.
Representatives of the Community & Economic Development (CED) and Community
Services departments will brief Council’s Committee of the Whole on the proposed
allocation and use of the 2019 funds on October 1 (prior to the public hearing).
Over the past several years, Council has approved using these valuable federal dollars
for City- managed human services and economic development activities, along with King
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County- operated human services activities that are typically funded through this
source. In 2019, the
City is estimated to receive $697,888 in CDBG funds. From that amount, the City must
first provide contractual set-asides per the City’s joint agreement for CDBG funding with
King County (“Joint Agreement”), some of which fund important human service
programs that provide valuable assistance to Renton residents. The set-asides and
corresponding amounts consist of:
King County Administration: $69,789
County Capital Administration: $13,958
Housing Stability Program:
(provides rent and mortgage assistance to prevent
individuals or families from eviction)
$34,894
King County Housing Repair Program:
(provides interest-free loans and emergency grant
services to low- and moderate-income homeowners
to repair their homes)
$174,472
The net amount available for the City's use after set-asides is estimated to be $404,775.
Of the remaining $404,775, the City proposes to allocate $69,789 for Planning and
Administration (or the maximum amount allowed), leaving a discretionary balance of
$334,986.
For this discretionary balance of 2019 CDBG funding as well as the reprogrammed 2016
and 2018 funds, CED has created a Public Facilities and Improvements Program for
Downtown/South Renton (the “Downtown Streetscape Improvements”). With a goal to
improve the overall pedestrian experience downtown, the project will encompass a
variety of elements, such as replacing deteriorated or substandard sidewalks, widening
sidewalks, and/or filling in missing sidewalk gaps, landscaping, lighting, essential
streetscape furnishings. A better pedestrian experience will promote a better quality of
life for Downtown residents by improving connections within downtown, creating more
walkable and bikeable corridors, creating places that people want to visit and linger, and
providing a cohesive framework for the city as it evolves.
This multi-phased project to be funded through CDBG must be an eligible activity under
the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations (“HUD
regulations”), meet a national objective in accordance with HUD regulations, and
comply with the Joint Agreement. In this case, the Downtown Streetscape
Improvements has been designed to target the HUD CDBG national objective of “Low -
and Moderate-Income Area Benefit.” The area benefit objective requires that at least
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51% of the residents residing in a primarily residential area are low- and moderate-
income persons. Utilizing census data per HUD regulations, staff has determined that
the Downtown/South Renton area meets this requirement.
CDBG funds may be used for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction,
rehabilitation, or installation of public improvements or facilities, including sidewalks,
streets and parks amongst others. In addition to the direct benefits improved public
areas will provide residents of the Downtown Streetscape Improvements areas, CED
believes that providing these improvements and facilities will serve as an economic
development catalyst to continue existing and encourage additional private
development projects within the City’s Civic Core revitalization area.
The Downtown Streetscape Improvements will augment improvements already planned
by the City through Downtown’s one-way conversion projects at Wells, Williams and
Main avenues. Intersection improvements and sidewalk replacement are planned along
S 3rd Street between Burnett and Main; Wells Avenue S between S 2nd and 5th streets;
Williams Avenue S between S 3rd and 5th streets; and Main Avenue S between S 2nd
and 3rd streets. The Downtown Streetscape Improvements can assist with
improvements that will bring the public realm of the blocks in between the intersections
up to current standards that include level and accessible sidewalk surfaces, better
pedestrian-level lighting, additional trees and landscaping, and essential street
furniture.
2019 Contingency Plan
As funding numbers are estimates only at this time, HUD requires a contingency plan be
adopted. Should the City’s 2019 CDBG allocation increase, after funding planning and
administration to the maximum allowable amount, the increased amount from the
actual allocation or any recaptured funds will go to the Downtown Streetscape
Improvements. Any decreases in the allocation will decrease the amount provided to
the Downtown Streetscape Improvements. In the event the Downto wn Streetscape
Improvements has funds that are not under contract by December 31, 2019, and/or the
City has program income for 2019, staff recommends those funds be used for the City’s
Healthy Housing Program. For approximately every $15,000 in funding, Healthy Housing
proposes to replace the roof and add/improve ventilation to minimize moisture/mold
issues for one household. Healthy Housing clients will be selected from current Housing
Repair clients. Funds will first be targeted to the Housing Repair clients residing in the
Sunset area. If there are not enough households identified for Healthy Housing services
in that area after appropriate outreach is completed, then Housing Repair clients
citywide will be eligible for Healthy Housing services.
2016 Action Plan modification:
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The 2016 funds were originally allocated to continue the Downtown Commercial
Rehabilitation and Façade Improvement Loan Program. The balance remaining for 2016
is $392,475.77. $72,000 will remain in the Façade Improvement Loan Program to
complete identified projects. Moving the remainder of the funds to the Downtown
Streetscape Improvement program to fund the projects that are ready to move forward
will assist Renton to meet the timely expenditure requirements.
Downtown Streetscape Improvements; specifically the purchase of essential street
furniture, as defined in the Downtown Streetscape Standards adopted by Council in
August of 2017, to supplement and build on the intersection projects planned for the
conversion projects at Wells, Williams and Main avenues S and S 2nd St.
The 2018 and 2019 funds will support the next phases of the streetscape improvement
project including the installation of the items purchased with the previous years’ funds.
2018 Action Plan Modification -Cancellation of 2018 project and reallocation of funds
2018 funds were originally slated to fund the C18352 Renton Burnett Sidewalk
Improvements. That project is not yet ready to move forward. Staff proposed that it be
cancelled and the funds added to the 2016 funds to be used for the Downtown
Streetscape Improvements.
CONCLUSION:
CDBG funds can provide a source of funding to provide public facilities and
improvements in the City’s Civic Core in 2019. The Program’s selected projects will
improve accessibility and safety for pedestrians in areas where improvements are made,
as well as bring sidewalks and associated infrastructure up to current City standards,
while also serving as an economic development catalyst within the designated areas.
Furthermore, the improvements will benefit the area’s residents, including low- and
moderate-income persons. Allocation of other CDBG funds to satisfy contractual set -
asides per the Joint Agreement will ensure that important human service programs
provided by King County to Renton residents will continue. The switching of projects and
programs approved by Council for the City’s 2016 and 2018 CDBG funding cycles will
ensure timely commitment and expenditure of those important funds per HUD
regulations.
By scheduling a public hearing for October 1, 2018, the Council will provide an
opportunity for public comment on the allocation of the City’s 2019 CDBG funding for
human services and public improvement/facilities, and modification to the 2018
contingency plan which includes unallocated 2016 funds.
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