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CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE
April 6, 1993 4 :00 PM
Committee Members Present City Attorney's Office
Leona Orr, Chair Laurie Evezich
Jon Johnson
Planning Staff Other City Staff
Lin Ball
Betsy Czark
Jim Harris Guests
Margaret Porter
Fred Satterstrom
GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE - (F. Satterstrom)
First, Planning Manager Fred Satterstrom reported SHB 1761 continues to
march through the Legislature with a prognostication that it will
doubtlessly pass. This bill would give a one year extension for the
completion of the Comprehensive Plan under the Growth Management Act.
DCD will be developing a schedule as to when the comprehensive plans will
be turned in between January 1994 and July 1994. Therefore, for some
counties and cities, this will not be a true one year extension. Also,
DCD has not given an extension on the development regulations. Fred will
be giving a more detailed presentation on this subject when the
Legislature is over.
Second, Fred reminded the Committee that the Wetlands Ordinance proposal
from the Planning Commission is scheduled to come to the full council on
April 20, 1993 . Fred made a suggestion to the Council members to view
the proposal as a simple matter with a number of options. The first
option is the original Planning Commission' s recommendation. The second
option is a revised recommendation as worked on by the Committee.
METRO SUBSIDIZED BUS PASSES - (L. Ball)
Due to some changes, this item was pulled from the agenda to be brought
back to the Committee on April 20, 1993 .
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1994 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) LOCAL PROGRAM POLICIES AND
FUNDING LEVEL - (L. Ball)
Human Services Manager Lin Ball explained that the City of Kent qualifies
to receive "pass-through" funds for its 1994 Community Development Block
Grant Program. The 1994 funds from King County is estimated to be
$359, 845, which is approximately $72,500 higher than the City's 1993
Program. Lin emphasized that this is only an estimate based on a
projected 1994 federal entitlement which could change due to changes in
the entitlement, program income and recaptured funds. Staff requested
that the following actions be approved:
1. Approval to accept 1994 Pass-Through funds.
2 . Allocate $48, 952 to Public (Human) Services, the maximum available
to the City of Kent.
3 . Allocate the City' s fair share maximum of 1994 Pass-Through funds to
Planning and Administration ($31, 011) .
4 . Approval of the proposed 1994 Local Program Policies.
5. Forward these recommendations to the full City Council for
consideration at its April 20, 1993 meeting.
Manager Ball explained the development of Local Program Policies is an
annual federal requirement for the receipt of Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) funds. It is necessary to readopt Kent's CDBG Program
Policies each year. Kent's 1994 CDBG Local Program Policies are a
description of our local strategies for the use of CDBG funds. These
draft policies form the basis for decisions pertaining to allocation of
CDBG funds in the City of Kent.
Lin explained three(3) major changes to the 1993 Local Program Policies.
The first one is a revision to Part III(B) - "Regional Needs", which
addresses a newly established Consortium-wide public services funding
pot. The new funding pot will replace the existing consortium-wide
emergency shelter and one-time only regional pot. This money will be
used to fund public services activities in support of the Affordable
Housing requirements under the Growth Management Act (GMA) and assist the
City in meeting some of its Affordable Housing human service requirements
under GMA.
The second change is a revision to Part IV - "Streets, Walkways, and
Architectural Barriers", which eliminates reference to projects that can
no longer meet the benefit criteria of the federal regulations.
Specifically, Lin said the following wording has been eliminated:
"projects that link residential areas to the downtown or to community
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facilities and services; projects that help implement or complement the
Downtown Improvement Plan;" .
The third change is the deletion of Part IV - "Historic Preservation,
which has been deleted as a priority for funding with City CDBG dollars.
The County no longer includes this as an eligible activity in its policy
plan and encourages cities to also remove it as a category.
Councilmember Johnson MOVED and Chair Orr SECONDED a motion to approve
the aforementioned five(5) actions. Motion carried.
1994-1996 DRAFT INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT (ICA) - (L. Ball)
Human Services manager Lin Ball explained the DRAFT Interlocal
Cooperation Agreement (ICA) for King County's Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) Consortium is brought to the Committee for their review and
input, prior to it going to the Joint Policy Committee (JPC) . The
agreement governs the City's participation in the Community Development
Block Grant Consortium, the vehicle by which Kent obtains its federal
Block Grant funds. It outlines how funds are shared among Consortium
members, includes requirements defined by the United States Department of
Housing & Urban Development (HUD) , and covers the specific powers and
responsibilities of the jurisdictions within the Consortium. It is
necessary to adopt a new Consortium ICA every three years.
Manager Ball explained the major changes in the new DRAFT ICA agreement
as follows:
1. Creation of a new GMA public services set-aside fund
Lin reported the existing one-time-only public services fund would
be replaced with a new funding pot which would fund public service
activities in support of Affordable Housing requirements under
implementation of the state Growth Management Act.
2 . Change in Pass-through City Oualification
Lin said the amount of money a city is eligible to receive in order
to qualify for a direct pass-through of funds has been increased
from $25, 000 to $50, 000. This change doesn't impact the City of
Kent since we consistently receive in excess of $200, 000. Also, the
ICA defines the responsibilities of a city in order to receive a
direct pass-through. In order to receive its pass-through dollars,
the City of Kent must agree to comply with these responsibilities.
Cities which are not able to meet the requirements will have their
pass-through status revoked.
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3 . Distribution of Administrative Funds
Lin reported the current ICA bases the amount of administrative
funds on 7% of the City's entitlement share. The proposed ICA bases
the amount on the City's proportion of low- and moderate-income
persons, which is a much more equitable process and will benefit the
City of Kent because of our large percentage of low- and moderate-
income residents.
4. Local Policies/Local Comprehensive Plan Consistency
Lin reported the new ICA requires that Consortium cities CDBG Local
Program Policies be consistent with their local comprehensive plans
being developed under the Growth Management Act. We already meet
this requirement.
5. Non-Violent Civil Rights Demonstrations
Lin reported a new requirement by HUD is that each city has to
certify that it is enforcing local policies which prohibit the use
of excessive force by law enforcement agencies against individuals
engaged in non-violent civil rights demonstrations; and that we
enforce applicable state and local laws against physically barring
entrance to or exit from a facility or location which is the subject
of non-violent civil rights demonstrations within jurisdictions.
Lin said that staff has been working with the City Attorney's office
and has been assured that the City can comply with this
certification since we do comply with the state laws and our Police
Department has policies which address these two items.
Manager Ball reported no formal action is being requested at this time on
this DRAFT CDBG ICA Agreement. It is being brought to the Committee for
review and input, prior to it going to the Joint Policy Committee (JPC)
for approval on April 15th. The Committee did not have any concerns or
changes.
1994-1996 DRAFT HOME INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT (ICA) - (L. Ball)
Manager Ball explained the DRAFT HOME Interlocal Cooperation Agreement
(ICA) for the King County HOME Consortium. She said this agreement
covers the City of Kent's participation with the County and other King
County cities in the distribution of federal HOME funds. Ball reported
in 1993 the management of these funds was covered under the CDBG
Interlocal Cooperation Agreement, since the same cities were
participating in both programs. For the next funding cycle, the Cities
of Federal Way and Bellevue have decided to join the HOME Consortium.
Since these two cities are not part of the CDBG Consortium, it is
necessary to create a separate ICA for HOME. The inclusion of these two
cities will benefit the HOME Consortium because the Consortium will
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receive more dollars from the federal government, due to the larger
participation of cities.
Ball said this ICA is very straight forward with no "pass-through" of
funds. The City's Housing and Human Services staff is involved in the
drafting of policies, review of applications, and recommendations for
funding. Jim Harris is currently on the HOME Working Committee which
makes funding decisions.
Manager Ball mentioned a mistake in the draft and passed out a new second
page of the Agreement with the following word changes: "The Joint Policy
Committee will adopt HOME program policies, developed by a City and
County staff working group. (* The
HOME project selection committee will make funding decisions. Manager
Ball also pointed some other minor word changes may occur in reference
to RCW 39 . 34 . on how the funds will be managed and distributed. Attorney
Laurie Evezich from the Law Department will have the wording cleared up
in a few days.
Manager Ball reported no formal action is being requested at this time on
this DRAFT HOME ICA. It is being brought to the Committee for review and
input, prior to it going to the Joint Policy Committee (JPC) for approval
on April 15th. The Committee did not have any concerns or changes.
After approval by the JPC, the final ICA will be brought back to the
Committee in May for approval and recommendation to forward to the full
City Council for final approval.
1993 CDBG SUPPLEMENTAL "STIMULUS" MONEY - (L. Ball)
Manager Ball expected to have more information on President Clinton's
economic stimulus plan in Congress, but this item is being held up in a
filibuster at this point. A big piece of this "stimulus" money is
supplemental Community Development Block Grant money. Ball stated that
a requirement on this supplemental money will be a tight time line.
Chair Orr recommended that Manager Ball contact Judy Woods to see if a
memo could be written to the City Council to be able to bend the rules in
order to act on this quickly.
ADDED ITEMS:
Chair Orr mentioned a correction needs to be made on the March 16, 1993
minutes on Short Plat Procedures. She requested a typographical error be
corrected in the minutes stating that the Short Plat Procedures be
brought back to the Committee not on April 10, 1993, but the correction
is April 20, 1993 .
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 4 : 50 p.m.
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