CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

AN ORDINANCE relating to funding for housing and community development programs; adopting the City of Seattle 2014 -2017 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development and authorizing its submission to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; authorizing acceptance of grant funds from that department for programs and activities included in that plan; amending Ordinance 124349, which adopted the 2014 Budget; amending the 2012 Annual Allocation Plan component of the 2012 Update to the prior Consolidated Plan, as previously amended by Ordinance 123886, to reallocate federal HOME funds between activities; increasing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; and ratifying and confirming prior acts, all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") has required local jurisdictions seeking certain federal assistance to develop a Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development to bring together the principal housing and community development planning documents and the applications for four federal grant programs, including the Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG"), HOME Investment Partnerships, Emergency Solutions Grant Program ("ESGP") and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS ("HOPWA"), in one document; and

WHEREAS, the Mayor has proposed the 2014 2017 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development ("the Plan"), including the 2014 Annual Action Plan, and has requested that the City Council adopt the Plan and authorize its submission to HUD; and

WHEREAS, a preliminary version of the Plan was released for public review and comment in the Fall of 2013; and

WHEREAS, the Plan was developed with input from a number of publicly-vetted needs assessments and policy documents, and the Plan has been available for public review and comment for thirty (30) days prior to submittal to HUD; and

WHEREAS, the Plan summarizes Seattle's affordable housing and community development needs and identifies the City's strategies to partially address those needs using funds from HUD;

WHEREAS, the grant awards that have been announced from HUD for the 2014 CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESGP programs differ from the authorization levels for these grants made in the 2014 Adopted Budget, necessitating adjustments to those authorization levels; and

WHEREAS, HOME funds allocated to certain homeownership programs under the 2012 Annual Allocation Plan component of the 2012 Update to the 2009-2012 Consolidated Plan (part of the 2012 Annual Action Plan), as previously amended, have not yet been expended; and

WHEREAS, HUD requires HOME funds to be expended within a certain time period, and the Office of Housing has identified viable affordable multifamily housing projects to which unexpended 2012 HOME funds can be committed;

NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Seattle City Council hereby adopts the 2014 2017 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development, attached hereto as Attachment 1 (the "Plan").

Section 2. The Mayor and the Director of Human Services ("the Director") and their designees are hereby authorized to submit the adopted 2014 2017 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development, together with any necessary supplementary material, to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") as the application by the City for financial assistance under certain HUD programs; to represent the City in seeking HUD approval of the Plan; to make and submit to HUD such modifications to the Plan as HUD may require, provided that no substantial policy changes are involved; and to sign and deliver on behalf of the City such assurances and certifications as may be necessary to obtain HUD approval. The Director is further authorized to make such technical and conforming changes to the Plan as may be deemed reasonably necessary, and to amend the Plan, if necessary or appropriate under federal regulations, to reflect funding of specific activities, final appropriations in any Adopted Budget or amendments to an Adopted Budget, or changes in activities that are consistent with the policies and priorities established in the Plan. Any substantial amendment as defined by the Citizen Participation Plan of the Consolidated Plan shall require approval by the Council by ordinance or resolution.

Section 3. The allocations set forth in the Plan do not constitute appropriations and are not final decisions to undertake any project or to award any subgrant or contract. The authority of the respective City departments and offices to implement the activities set forth in the 2014 Annual Action Plan is subject to sufficient appropriations in the City of Seattle 2014 Adopted Budget, as amended by this ordinance, or in any separate ordinance. Implementation of any specific project or program is also subject to a final determination by the appropriate office or department after completion of any necessary review under environmental and related laws. No part of the Plan is intended to confer any legal rights or entitlements on any persons, groups or entities.

Section 4. The Mayor or his designee is authorized to execute, deliver and perform for and on behalf of The City of Seattle such agreements as are reasonably necessary to accept financial assistance from HUD for the following grant programs up to the maximum amounts listed below:

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) $9,355,961

HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) $2,666,931

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) $1,779,598

Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) $780,457

CDBG funds, when received, shall be deposited into the CDBG Main Fund (17810). HOME funds, when received, shall be deposited into the HOME Subfund of the Low-Income Housing Fund (16490). HOPWA and ESG funds, when received, shall be deposited into the Human Services Operating Fund (16200). The Mayor or his designee is further authorized to execute and deliver such other documents relating to the agreements as may be required.

Section 5. The appropriations for the following items in the 2014 Adopted Budget, which was enacted by Ordinance 124349, are increased for the funds shown, as follows:

Unspent funds so appropriated shall carry forward to subsequent fiscal years until they are exhausted or abandoned by ordinance. In accordance with RCW 35.32A.060, the foregoing appropriations are made to meet actual necessary expenditures of the City for which insufficient appropriations have been made due to causes which could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of the making of the 2014 Budget.

Section 6. Execution of the agreements authorized in Section 2 hereof, and other acts pursuant to the authority and prior to the effective date of this ordinance, are hereby ratified and confirmed.

Section 7. The allocations of HOME funds to certain activities in the 2012 Annual Allocation Plan component of the 2012 Update to the 2009-2012 Consolidated Plan, as such allocations were previously amended by Ordinance 123886, are further amended as identified in Attachment 2.

Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.

Passed by a three-fourths (3/4) vote of all the members of the City Council the ____ day of ________________________, 2014, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of ___________________, 2014.

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President __________of the City Council

Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2014.

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Edward B. Murray, Mayor

Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2014.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

(Seal)

Attachment 1: 2014 -2017 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development

Attachment 2: Amendment to 2012 HOME Allocations

Michael Look HSD 2014-2017 Consolidated Plan ORD April 18, 2014 Version #8



Attachment 1: 2014 -2017 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development


Attachment 2

Amendment to 2012 HOME Allocations

Prior Allocations (Ordinance 123886)

Homebuyer Programs (Allocation Plan I.D. No. 112 030), HOME Entitlement Amount: $587,314

Rental Housing Preservation and Production (Allocation Plan I.D. No. 121 030), HOME Entitlement Amount: $1,761,943

Amended Allocations:

Homebuyer Programs, HOME Entitlement Amount: $320,421

Rental Housing Preservation and Production, HOME Entitlement Amount: $2,028,836