2005/05/11 Council Agenda Packet

Staff Report for Community Development Block Grant 2005 May 11, 2005 2005 Annual Allocation Process The Citizen's Committee for Housing and Community Development called for and received proposals for the expenditure of the City of Everett's Community Development Block Grant program. The deadline was January 14, 2005. During February, March, and April the Committee studied each proposal and interviewed each proponent. Six meetings and approximately ten hours of interviews took place. The Committee as a whole spent approximately 15 hours in meetings and additional hours individually at home reviewing proposals. Copies of the proposals including requested funding amount are available in the City Council office for Council's reviewalong with copies of the 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan and 2005 Action Plan. The City's 2005 Community Development Block Grant will be $1,063,872.00, plus reallocation of unspent funding from prior years of $25,508.57. The 2005 CDBG grant is a decrease from the 2004 allocation of $1,127,000.00. The Committee recommends funding public services at the maximum allowed by HUD, 15 percent of the grant. 15% of the $1,063,872.00 the City will receive this year is $159,580.80. The Committee also recommends $17,876.57 be reallocated for a total of $177,457.37 for public services, which is about 57% of the funds requested for public services. The Committee recommends the remaining 85% of the 2005 CDBG, $904,921.20, plus $7,632.00 unspent non- public service funding from prior years be allocated to non-public services. This totals $911,923.20 which is about 39% of the funds requested for non-public services. There are Housing Trust 2060 funds available to fund non-public service projects. The Committee recommends using $288,865.00 in 2005 Housing Trust 2060 funds plus $200,000.00 in 2004 Housing Trust 2060 funds to supplement 2005 CDBG funds for non- public service funding. Also available are HOME funds which are available for housing projects. The Committee recommends spending $323,936.00 of available HOME funds for housing projects. In addition, for the first time this year American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI) funds are available to the City. The Committee recommends using ADDI funds for HomeSight's Downpayment Assistance Program. For Neighborhood Improvements, the Committee proposes Riverside, Port Gardner, and Delta Neighborhoods receive a total of $60,000.00 in CDBG funding split equally. These neighborhoods qualify for Community Development Block Grant funding. Each one of the members of the Committee provided a valuable contribution to this recommendation. This group was very dedicated while performing this difficult task. Staff congratulates the Committee for a job well done and thanks them for their time and effort. Participating Committee members were Patty Church, Chair, Jeff Huber, Bud Alkire, Marie Savoie, Rock Dorsey, Christina Aho, Cory Rein, Sheryl Sleeper, Gregg Elder, Tim Koss, and Bridget Larsen. 78