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EXHIBIT A PROJECT DESCRIPTION COLBY AVENUE YOUTH CENTER I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Agency shall develop a new multi-service facility to provide housing, a drop-in center, a kitchen and dining area, and social service and administrative areas at 3530 Colby Avenue, Everett, further described in the legal description attached as Attachment A. The residential portion of the Project will provide 40 units of supportive housing for youth and young adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Snohomish County. II. PROJECT CONFIGURATION The Colby Avenue Youth Center will be three stories tall with the first floor containing the outreach and prevention programs and the organization's administrative offices. The primary or shared program areas on the first floor will include the lobby, the drop-in center, the counseling and services areas, and Cocoon House's (CH's) administrative offices. The second and third floors will contain all 40 of the single room occupancy (SRO) housing and studio type units. The 31,848-square foot Youth Center will be made up of (1) housing (61% of square footage), and (2) the drop-in center, social service spaces and CH's administrative home office (aggregate 39% of square footage). Agency shall only use the HOME funds to support the housing component of the facility. By co-locating the housing with the drop-in center and other CH service programs, housing residents will have access to a wider range of amenities than if the housing were a stand-alone program. III. RESIDENT POPULATION a. At project completion, all forty (40) units will be affordable to households at or below 30% of Area Median Income (AMI). b. Agency shall ensure that twenty single room occupancy units of transitional housing, each with their own bathroom, will serve homeless youth, aged 15-17. This age group will be housed on a separate floor with a secure entrance in three separate dormitory-style wings, each wing with its own community living room and kitchen area. This is transitional housing with residency allowed for 21 months or until an individual's 18th birthday as required by licensing and funding requirements. c. Agency shall ensure that twenty studio units of permanent supportive housing, each with their own bathroom and kitchenette, will serve young adults, aged 18-24 who are homeless (literally or at-risk of homelessness.. These twenty units will be separated into two dormitory style wings, each wing with its own community living room and kitchen area. Although the housing will be permanent, the Agency shall ensure that residents are prepared to move to conventional housing as soon as they are ready to transition to self-sufficiency. Exhibit A Cocoon House Page 1 of 7