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AGENDA BILL APPROVAL FORM
Agenda Subiect Date:
Interlocal with King County re: SHB2060 funds October 14, 2003
Department: Attachments: Resolution No. 3653 Budget Impact:
Planning ILA, Program Guidelines
Administrative Recommendation:
City Council to adopt Resolution No. 3653.
Background Summary:
The provisions of Substitute House Bill 2060 became effective in Washington State on June 13, 2002.
SHB 2060 created a document recording fee on certain documents to be utilized for Iow-income housing.
Administration of the fund is shared between local governments and the State. The local portion of SHB
2060 funds is to be administered pursuant to a cooperative agreement between the County and the Cities
and Towns within the County. This program has been named the "Regional Affordable Housing
Program," or RAHP. Guidelines for the program and the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement are attached.
-- This is a parallel process to the ILA we signed with Pierce County earlier this spring.
-- The funding amount countywide is anticipated to be in the neighborhood of $2 million a year, but this
will change as interest rates change, etc., and property markets fluctuate.
-- The anticipation over the next few years is that most of this funding will be used for rehabilitation of
dilapidated affordable housing, although new development is possible, and a small amount is reserved for
maintenance and operation of transitional housing and shelters.
-- King County Housing and Community Development gets no administrative money for this (the 5% that
the county gets is taken by the auditor's office).
-- The proposal is that the Joint Recommendations Committee, which currently makes recommendations
for HOME, CDBG, and other housing dollars, would make the recommendations for this funding pool,
with the input of staff from suburban cities, small cities, Bellevue, and Seattle.
Staff recommendation: Approval of the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement. L1020-5
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Action:
Committee Approval: []Yes []No
Council Approval: []Yes []No Call for Public Hearing / /__
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Councilmember: Borden Staff: Krauss
Meeting Date: October 20, 2003 Item Number: VIII.B.5
AUBURN * THAN YOU IMAGINED
Regional Affordable Housing Program Guidelines
Guidelines for the Administration and Allocation of
SHB 2060 Local Low-Income Housing Funds
In King County
A. Introduction
The provisions of Substitute House Bill 2060 became effective in Washington State on June
13, 2002.
SHB 2060 created a document recording fee on certain documents to be utilized for low-
income housing. Administration of the fund is shared between local governments and the
State. The local portion of SHB 2060 funds is to be administered pursuant to a cooperative
agreement between the County and the Cities and Towns within the County.
The work of the Housing Finance Task Force ("HFTF"), appointed by the King County
Growth Management Planning Council in 1994, led to the passage of SHB 2060. In
recognition of the recommendations made by the HFTF, a SHB 2060 Planning Group was
invited to come together to produce guidelines for the King County SHB 2060 funds. The
King County SHB 2060 Planning Group~ is made up of City representatives, County
City representatives included staff from the cities off Burien, Tukwila, Kent, Federal Way, Redmond, Kirkland,
Issaquah, Shoreline, Covington, Seatac, Auburn, Seattle, Bellevue and ARCH
Housing organization representatives included staff from the following: Seattle-King County Housing Development
Consortium, Impact Capital, South King County Multi-Service Center, Hopelink, Fremont Public Association,
Seattle Habitat for Humanity, South King County Habitat for Humanity, Friends of Youth, The Salvation Army,
Community Psychiatric Clinic, Lifelong Aids Alliance, St. Andrews Housing Group, Housing Resource Group,
representatives and representatives from a variety of private housing organizations in King
County.
The King County SHB 2060 Planning Group strongly favored a regional low-income housing
fund source administered by King County. The planning group worked hard to achieve a
regional fund, and the Regional Affordable Housing Program Guidelines are the result of that
work.
B. Duration of the Guidelines
The Regional Affordable Housing Program ("RAHP") Guidelines shall take effect after
adoption by the King County Council, and shall remain in effect through December 31, 2006.
In the spring of 2006 the King County 2060 planning group shall be reconvened to evaluate
the RAHP, and to make recommendations as to whether the RAHP guidelines should be
amended or should remain in the current format.
C. Decision-Making Structure and Regional Allocation Method
1. Approving Body
EDVP, YWCA, Mental Health Housing Foundation, Rental Housing Association, Highline-West Mental Health,
Valley Cities Counseling, Seattle Emergency Housing Service, Common Ground, Vietnam Veterans Leadership
Program
RAHP Guidelines/Page 2
The interjurisdictional Joint Recommendations Committee (JRC), as defined in the
RAHP Interlocal Cooperation Agreement, hereinafter "RAHP Agreement" shall be the
body that reviews and adopts RAHP funding allocations and related allocation policies.
The JRC will be expanded, pursuant to the RAHP Agreement, to include representation
from the City of Seattle on RAHP matters.
Allocations and related policies adopted by the JRC must be consistent with these RAHP
Guidelines, the Consolidated Plans of the King County Consortium and the City of
Seattle, and other local housing plans, as applicable.
2. Annual Fund Allocation Recommendations
The existing HOME Working Group, as defined in the RAHP Agreement, shall be
renamed the RAHP/HOME Working Group and shall be expanded to include a staff
representative from the City of Seattle. City of Seattle staff will participate solely in
making RAHP recommendations.
The RAHP/HOME Working Group will work together to make RAHP fund allocation
recommendations and related allocation policy recommendations to the JRC:
King County HCD staff will review all RAHP applications and make preliminary
funding recommendations on them.
RAHP Guidelines/Page 3
· Cities staff will review applications for projects in their jurisdiction and make
preliminary recommendations on those applications.
· Cities staff will receive information on all RAHP applications to review prior to the
meeting of the RAHPPrtOME Working Group at which final funding
recommendations are formulated for transmittal to the JRC.
· RAHP/HOME Working Group participants will meet together to make annual RAHP
funding recommendations to the JRC, and at other times during the year, as necessary,
to discuss RAHP issues and make recommendations to the JRC.
3. Subregional Allocation Targets
The RAHP Fund will be a flexible fund that can address regional and subregional housing
needs. The fund will use subregional allocation targets as a means to achieve geographic
equity in the distribution of SHB 2060 funds by December 31, 2006, the date that these
guidelines and the RAHP Agreements expire.
a. Subregional Areas:
1) City of Seattle Subregion
2) North/East Subregion - north and east urban and rural areas, including 34% of
unincorporated King County2
2 Percent of unincorporated King County attributed to the North/East and South Subregions is based on the 2000
census data for households in the unincorporated portions of the King County Community Planning Areas, as listed
in the 2002 Annual Growth Report.
RAHP Guidelines/Page 4
3) South Subregion - south urban and rural areas, including 66% of unincorporated
King County
b. Formula for Subregional Allocation Targets
Each subregion will have a targeted percentage of the RAHP funds, including the
interest on the RAHP funds, allocated to projects within the subregion over the 4-year
period of the RAHP Guidelines and the RAHP Agreement. Each subregion will
receive allocations to projects within the subregion that are equal to or greater than
95%, of the subregions' allocation target by December 31, 2006.
The formula for allocating RAHP funds to the subregions is as follows:
One half of the RAHP funds shall be targeted for allocation amongst the three
subregions based on each subregion's relative share of total existing need for
affordable housing. Existing need shall be determined by the percentage of low-
income households paying more than 30% of their income for housing in the
subregion, according to the 2000 U.S. Census data3.
One half of the RAHP funds shall be targeted for allocation amongst the three
subregions based on the subregions' growth targets for future need, as established
through the Growth Management Planning Council. Future need shall be
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determined by the subregions' relative share of total future need for affordable
housing in the County. A subregion's relative share of future need is the
percentage of the subregion's affordable housing target for low-income
households relative to the cumulative affordable housing target for low-income
households of all jurisdictions in the County, including unincorporated King
County4.
When the U.S. Census data has been broken down in the form needed to determine
the subregional target percentages, it will be applied to the formula specified above in
order to calculate the actual targets. The actual target percentages will be presented to
the JRC for their approval to insert them into the RAHP Guidelines.
c. RAHP/HOME Working Group to Monitor Subregional Allocation Targets
The RAHP/HOME Working Group will monitor the subregional distribution of
RAHP funds every allocation cycle. Following the 2004 and 2005 RAHP allocation
cycles the working group will determine if any subregion(s) has received allocations
below 95% of the subregion's allocation target.
3 King County demographers are working to break down the 2000 U.S Census Data in the form that is needed to
develop the subregional allocation target percentages.
4 The percentage ofa subregion's target relative to the cumulative target is derived by averaging the target
percentages of the jurisdictions within that subregion. For each jurisdiction, the target percentage is calculated in the
following manner: the number of households that a jurisdiction must plan for, per the 2002-2022 Countywide
Planning Policy (CPP) Growth Target, is multiplied by .24 or .20 (depending on the ratio of low wage jobs to Iow
cost housing for the jurisdiction in Appendix 3 of the CPPs); that number is then divided by the cummulative
RAHP Guidelines/Page 6
If any subregions have received allocations under 95% of their target allocation after
the first two funding cycles, the working group will adjust the allocation targets of
such subregion(s) in the third and/or fourth funding cycles, as needed. In addition, the
Working Group will propose strategies and actions, for review by the JRC, that are
designed to increase the percentage of RAHP funds spent in those subregion(s). Staff
of the jurisdictions that are parties to the RAHP Agreement will work to implement
actions that will aid in achieving geographic equity in RAHP allocations by December
31, 2006.
D. Use of the RAHP Funds
1. RAHP Priorities
Top Priori .ty: Capital funds for the acquisition, rehabilitation and/or new
construction of eligible housing projects or units within housing projects. New
construction is not eligible if the low-income housing vacancy rate for all of King
County exceeds 10%5.
Second Priori ,ty: Building operations and maintenance funds for transitional housing
projects or transitional units within housing projects that were built with Housing
affordable housing target for Iow-income households of all King County jurisdictions, including unincorporated King
County.
5 The low-income housing vacancy rate for each county will be established by the State, pursuant to the SHB 2060
legislation.
RAHP Gu)delines/Page 7
Trust Fund dollars, and that require a supplement to the rental income in order to
cover ongoing operating expenses.
Third Priority: Operating funds for emergency shelters and licensed overnight youth
shelters.
Last priority: Rental assistance vouchers to be administered by a local housing
authority in conformity with the Section 8 program.
2. RAHP Eligibility
Eligible Housing Types
· Capital Funds: permanent rental or ownership housing projects or units within
housing projects, transitional housing projects or transitional units within housing
projects, emergency shelters and licensed overnight youth shelters or shelter space
within a housing project.
· Operating and Maintenance Funds: transitional housing projects, emergency shelters
and licensed overnight youth shelters.
Eligible Populations Served
* All projects or units funded with RAHP funds must serve households at or below
50% of area median income
· Families
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Homeless families and individuals, including youth
Special needs populations, including seniors
· Disabled households or households with a disabled member
Eligible Applicants
· Nonprofit organizations
· Housing Authorities
· Local governments
· For-profit entities are only eligible for capital funds in the top priority. This is due to
the language of the SHB 2060 legislation, which restricts operations and maintenance
funds to projects "built with Housing Trust Funds". For-profit entities are not eligible for
WA State Housing Trust Funds.
Eligible use of RAHP Funds - eligible uses of funds are subject to the RAHP priorities
listed above.
Capital funds:
· Acquisition of land for a housing project or units in a project that will serve eligible
population(s).
· New construction of a housing project or units in a project that will serve eligible
population(s).
· Acquisition of a housing project or units in a project that will serve eligible
population(s).
RAHP Guidelines/Page 9
· Rehabilitation of a housing project or units in a project that will serve eligible
population(s).
· Capitalization of a maintenance replacement reserve in connection with a capital
investment - applicants may be new housing projects that will serve eligible
populations, as well as existing6 housing projects that serve eligible populations.
· Rental assistance voucher program for housing projects or units within housing
projects administered by a housing authority.
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Funds:
· Ongoing building operations and maintenance expenses that cannot be covered by the
rental income of the housing project; building O&M expenses must be directly related
to running the building(s) and cannot include services (see section E. 1. below for
more information about the O&M fund program).
· Rental assistance vouchers to be administered by a local housing authority in
conformity with the Section 8 program.
E. RAHP Administration
The RAHP funds shall be administered as a regional fund by the King County Housing and
Community Development (HCD) Program.
6 Existing projects are housing projects or units in projects that already served eligible population(s) and already
existed as of the date of application for funds.
RAHP Guidelines/Page 10
1. RAHP Capital Funds
RAHP capital funds will be administered by the King County HCD's Housing Finance
Program (HFP), in conjunction with other fund sources administered by HFP.
The HFP will staff the RAHP/HOME Working Group and work with staff of the
participating cities in King County to develop RAHP funding allocation
recommendations and related policy recommendations for JRC review and adoption.
The HFP will distribute RAHP funds through contracts pursuant to the allocations
adopted by the JRC, and will generate an annual RAHP report that provides information
about the projects that received funding in the current year, as well as the status of
projects awarded RAHP funds in prior year(s).
By request of the 2060 Planning Group, the HFP staff will apply the terms of the King
County Housing Opportunity Fund ("HOF") to RAHP contracts, with the exception of the
following:
· to the extent that there are differences between the HOF guidelines and RAHP
guidelines, the RAHP guidelines will apply;
· a financial match by the local government where a housing project is to be located is
not required, but is encouraged.
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RAHP funds will have no maximum subsidy per unit, but will be limited to 50% of
the total development cost of a project.
2. RAHP Operations and Maintenance Fund
The local RAHP O&M fund will be administered through the King County HCD
Program's Homeless Housing Programs ("HHP") Section.
The local portion of SHB 2060 funds to be used as O&M for transitional housing projects
and emergency shelters will be 16% of the anticipated average amount of local SHB 2060
dollars ($2.2 million)7. In order to hold the RAHP O&M fund steady so that multi-year
commitments can be awarded to eligible projects, the O&M portion of the fund will be
held at $352,000 per year (16% of the total $2.2 million average) for the duration of the
RAHP Guidelines. As the total local portion of SHB 2060 funds collected fluctuates
from year to year, the O&M portion will remain at $352,000 and the remainder of the
local portion will be available for the other priorities.
The priority for RAHP O&M funds will be existing projects that the Washington State
O&M fund is unlikely to support. The priorities for the State O&M fund are new housing
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The percentage of local SHB 2060 funds set aside for O&M was determined by the 2060 Planning Group, which
worked together to balance O&M needs and other priority needs in the County. Given the fact that 40% of the
locally collected funds are sent to the State of Washington solely for O&M use, and the fact that King County
projects can apply for the State O&M funds, the 2060 Planning Group felt that local O&M needs and other priority
needs are adequately balanced at this percentage.
RAHP Guidelines/Page 12
projects that are simultaneously applying for WA State Housing Trust Fund capital funds
and shelters receiving Emergency Shelter Assistance Program ("ESAP") funds.
Therefore, the local RAHP O&M fund will prioritize existing transitional housing
projects and shelters that do not receive ESAP funds.
Following the adoption of the RAHP Guidelines and the RAHP Agreement by the
jurisdictions in King County that elect to participate in the RAHP, the HHP will convene
a focus group of city staff and stakeholders to further develop the parameters of the
RAHP O&M fund and the RAHP O&M Request for Proposals. The RAHP O&M funds
will be awarded in multi-year commitments and will have minimum and maximum grant
amounts, however, the minimum and maximum amounts and other O&M fund details
will be determined by the O&M focus group and will be reviewed by the JRC.
The HHP will invite city staff and other stakeholders to participate on the panel to review
applications for the RAHP O&M funds. The review panel will recommend O&M fund
awards to the JRC for final adoption.
RAHP Guidelines/Page 13
RESOLUTION NO. 3653
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN KING
COUNTY AND THE CITY OF AUBURN REGARDING
ADMINISTERING FUNDS GENERATED AS A
RESULT OF STATE OF WASHINGTON SHB 2060
WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature passed Substitute House
Bill 2060 (SHB 2060) during the 57th Legislative session which became effective
on June 13, 2002; and
WHEREAS, SHB 2060 authorizes a ten dollar surcharge on certain
documents recorded with the auditors office for the purpose of providing funds for
affordable Iow-income housing; and
WHEREAS, the City of Auburn City Council and their counterparts in King
County recognize that additional resources are needed to assist in the
development and preservation of affordable Iow-income housing; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to both the City of Auburn and King
County facilitate additional local housing, and it is appropriate for the City to enter
into an Interlocal Agreement with King County to coordinate on increasing local
housing and policies to promote the same.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES as follows:
Resolution 3653
October 20, 2003
Page 1
Section 1. That the Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to execute
an Interlocal Agreement in substantial conformity with the Agreement attached
hereto, marked as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. That the Mayor is authorized to implement such administrative
procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directives of this legislation.
Section 3. That this Resolution shall take effect and be in full force
upon passage and signatures hereon.
Dated and Signed this __ day of ,200
CITY OF AUBURN
ATTEST:
PETER B. LEWIS
MAYOR
Danielle E. Daskam,
City Clerk
~City Attorney
Resolution 3653
October 20, 2003
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REGIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM
INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT
An Agreement for the use of SHB 2060 Local Low-Income
Housing Funds in King County
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into between King County, a municipal corporation and
political subdivision of the State of Washington, hereinafter referred to as the "County", and the
City of AUBURN, hereinafter referred to as the "City", said parties to the Agreement each being
a unit of general local government of the State of Washington.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the King County Countywide Planning Policies, hereinafter referred to as
the "CPPs", developed pursuant to the Washington State Growth Management Act, have
established standards for cities to plan for their share of regional growth and affordable housing;
and
WHEREAS, to implement the CPPs, the King County Growth Management Planning
Council appointed a public-private Housing Finance Task Force in 1994, hereinafter referred to
as the "HFTF", to recommend potential fund sources for affordable housing for existing low-
income residents and for meeting the affordable housing targets for future growth; and
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WHEREAS the HFTF recommended a document recording fee as a source of regional
dollars for low-income housing development and support, and recommended that representatives
of the County, Cities and the housing community work together to make decisions about the use
and administration of such a fund; and
WHEREAS in March 2002, Substitute House Bill 2060, hereinafter referred to as SHB
2060, was passed by the Washington State Legislature and was signed into law by the Governor
as Chapter 294, 2002 Washington Laws in April 2002, and was effective on June 13, 2002.
SHB 2060 provides, in large part, that:
A surcharge often dollars per instrument shall be charged by the
county auditor for each real property document recorded, which will be in
addition to any other charge authorized by law;
After retention of up to five percent (5%) for collection
administration, forty percent (40%) of the revenue will be transmitted
monthly to the state treasurer, and sixty percent (60%) of the revenue will be
retained by the county and deposited into a fund that must be used by the
county and its cities and towns for housing projects or units within housing
projects that are affordable to very low-income households at or below fifty
percent (50%) of the area median income. The local portion of the funds
must be allocated pursuant to an interlocal agreement between the county and
the cities within the county that is consistent with countywide and local
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housing needs and policies, and pursuant to the eligible activities listed in the
SHB 2060 legislation; and
WHEREAS, existing Interlocal Cooperation Agreements or Joint Agreements between
King County and cities in the King County Community Development Block Grant Consortium,
hereinafter referred to as the "CDBG Agreements", and/or existing Interlocal Cooperation
Agreements between King County and cities in the King County HOME Investment Partnerships
Program Consortium, hereinafter referred to as the "HOME Agreements", are not modified by
this Regional Affordable Housing Program Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City and King County agree that affordable housing is a regional issue,
that cooperation between the Cities and the County is beneficial to the region, and that a regional
approach to utilizing the SHB 2060 funds will allow those funds to be used in the most
productive manner; and
WHEREAS, it is mutually beneficial and desirable to enter into a cooperative agreement
in order to administer the SHB 2060 revenue as a regional fund, as authorized by the
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, RCW 39.34, and, as required by SHB 2060;
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FOREGOING
CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL PROMISES
CONTAINED HEREIN, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
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I. Definitions and Interpretation.
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the following meanings unless the context in which they
are used clearly requires otherwise.
"Joint Recommendations Committee" or "JRC" means the inter-jurisdictional body
developed pursuant to the CDBG Agreements and the HOME Agreements. The YRC is currently
composed of five (5) Cities' representatives and four (4) King County representatives. The King
County Executive appoints the four County representative seats. The King County Consortium's
HOME-only cities rotate one of the City representative seats, and the Suburban Cities
Association selects the four remaining City representative seats. A small city representative is a
priority for one of the four remaining City seats. JRC members are appointed for a term two
years, with the exception of the alternating HOME-only cities' seat, which revolves every year.
"HOME Working Group" means the staff work group consisting of staff representatives from
participating Cities and from the County that work together to recommend annual capital fired
allocations for housing projects and related policies to the inter-jurisdictional Joint
Recommendations Committee.
"2060 Planning Group" means the planning group consisting of staff representatives from the
Cities, from the County, and from the housing community that worked together between August
2002 and October 2002 to develop guidelines for the local portion of the SHB 2060 funds,
pursuant to the recommendations of the HFTF.
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II. General Agreement
The purpose of this agreement is to establish the "Regional Affordable Housing Program",
hereinafter "RAHP",. to be administered by King County in cooperation with Cities and Towns
within the County that choose to participate in the program. The local portion of SHB 2060
revenue shall be administered as a regional fund by the King County Housing and Community
Development Program in a manner that is consistent with countywide and local housing needs
and policies.
The City and the County agree to cooperate in undertaking RAHP activities.
IlL General Administration~ Distribution and Use of the RAHP.
A. Expansion and role of the JRC. The JRC shall be the body that reviews and adopts
annual RAHP fund allocations and related allocation polices, consistent with the King
County Council-adopted RAHP Guidelines, the Consolidated Housing and
Community Development Plans of the King County Consortium and the City of
Seattle, and other local housing plans, as applicable. The membership of the JRC, as
authorized by the CDBG and HOME Agreements, and as defined herein, shall be
expanded to include an appointment from the City of Seattle. The Seattle JRC
representative will attend meetings that concern the SHB 2060 fund and will be
entitled to vote solely on SHB 2060 issues and not on other King County Consortium
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matters coming before the JRC. The Seattle representative shall be an elected
official, department director or comparable level staff.
Incorporation by reference of certain amendments to the King County Consortium's
CDBG and HOME Agreements. CDBG and HOME Agreement Cities and the
County agree to convene a special working group in 2003 to recommend changes
and/or expansion of the representation of cities on the JRC in the CDBG and HOME
Agreements. The special working group shall make recommendations on the
constitution of the JRC in time for CDBG and HOME Agreement cities to reach
agreement on amendments by December 31, 2003. Amendments made to the CDBG
and HOME Agreements concerning the representation of cities on the JRC, shall be
incorporated by reference into this RAHP Agreement and the RAHP Guidelines.
Amendments to the CDBG and HOME Agreement cities' representation on the JRC
shall not alter the City of Seattle's seat on the JRC for RAHP purposes.
Expansion of the HOME Working Group. The HOME Working Group, as defined
herein, shall be expanded to include an appointment from the City of Seattle's Office
of Housing, and shall be re-named the "RAHP/HOME Working Group". Seattle staff
will be entitled to participate solely in making SHB 2060 program recommendations
and not in other King County Consortium matters coming before the RAHP/HOME
Working Group. Each city that participates in the RAHP is entitled to have a staff
person on the RAHP/HOME Working Group.
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D_~. Role of the RAHP/HOME Working Group. The RAHP/HOME Working Group shall
make annual RAHP fund allocation and related allocation policy recommendations to
the JRC. The RAHP/HOME Working Group recommendations shall be consistent
with the King County Council-adopted RAHP Guidelines, the Consolidated Housing
and Community Development Plans of the King County Consortium and the City of
Seattle, and other local housing plans, as applicable.
Pursuant to the RAHP Guidelines, the RAHP/HOME Working Group shall examine
the percentages of RAHP funds distributed to the subregions of the County following
the 2004 and 2005 funding rounds, and shall recommend actions to achieve
geographic equity by the time the RAHP Agreement expires in 2006. City and
County staff will work together to take actions to achieve geographic equity in the
distribution of RAHP funds.
Administration of RAHP Programs. The King County Housing and Community
Development ("HCD") Program staff shall distribute RAHP funds pursuant to the
allocations adopted annually by the JRC, and shall administer the program pursuant to
the RAHP Agreement and the King County Council-adopted RAHP Guidelines,
attached hereto as Exhibit # 1.
King County HCD staff shall provide the RAHP/HOME Working Group, the JRC,
and participating jurisdictions with an annual report that provides information about
the capital housing projects that were awarded RAHP funds in that year; in addition to
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the status of capital housing projects that were awarded RAHP funds in a prior
year(s).
King County HCD staff shall invite the staff of participating cities to be involved in a
focus group to further develop the RAHP Operations and Maintenance ("O&M")
Fund, and to be on the review panel that will recommend O&M funding awards to the
JRC.
Administrative Costs. King County agrees to pay the costs of administering the
Regional Affordable Housing Program. No portion of the sixty percent (60%) of the
SHB 2060 revenue retained by King County in a fund for the RAHP shall be utilized
for RAHP administration.
G._~. Interest on the RAHP Fund. Interest accrued on the sixty percent (60%) of the SHB
2060 revenue retained by King County in a fund for the RAHP shall remain with the
RAHP fund and will be distributed to projects according to the subregional allocation
target formula found in the RAHP Guidelines, attached as Exhibit 1.
Sub-Regional Geographic Equity. The parties intend that the RAHP funds shall be
awarded to projects throughout King County in a fair and equitable manner over the
duration of this agreement. Equity is to be achieved through sub-regional allocation
targets, as follows: A fixed percentage of RAHP local funds will be allocated to sub-
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regions of the County by the end of this 4-year Agreement, as specified by a formula
contained in the RAHP Guidelines, attached hereto as Exhibit # 1.
General Use of Funds. The local portion of the SHB 2060 revenue shall be utilized to
meet regional housing priorities for households at or below 50% of area median
income, as established in the RAHP Guidelines, attached hereto as Exhibit # 1.
Compliance with Fair Housing Laws. Parties to this agreement must take actions
necessary to ensure compliance with the Federal Fair Housing Act, as amended, the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and other applicable state and local fair
housing laws.
IV. Agreement Duration
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect through December 31, 2006, when this
agreement will expire. The 2060 Planning Group will re-convene in the spring of 2006 to
evaluate the RAHP and to recommend whether the RAHP Guidelines and the RAHP Interlocal
Agreement should be re-negotiated or renewed in their current formats.
Vt
General Matters and Recording
No separate legal or administrative entity is created by this Agreement. Neither
the JRC, the RAHP/HOME Working Group, nor the 2060 Planning Group are
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anticipated to acquire or to hold any real or personal property pursuant to this
Agreement. Any personal property utilized in the normal course of the work of
such bodies shall remain the property of the person or city initially offering such
personal property for the use of any such body.
Pursuant to RCW 39.34.040, this Agreement shall be filed with the King County
Auditor.
CITY OF AUBURN
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Peter B. Lewis, Mayor
Ron Sims, County Executive
Name and Title (primed)
Date:
Date:
Approved as to Form:
Daniel B. Heid, City Attorney
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Signature of County Prosecuting Attomey
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Attest:
Danielle E. Daskam, City Clerk
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