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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Parks and Human Services - 06/26/2014 KENT WASRINCTON SPECIAL Parks and Human Services Committee Agenda Councilmembers: Deborah Ranniger, Chair • Dennis Higgins • Brenda Fincher June 26, 2014 - 5:00 p.m. Item Description Action Speaker(s) Minutes Page 1. Minutes dated May15, 2014 - YES Council n/a 01 Approve 2. HOME Interlocal Cooperation YES Katherin Johnson / 05 07 Agreement - Authorize Merina Hanson 3. 2014 Western States Arts Federation YES Ronda Billerbeck 05 23 Grant - Accept 4. Ordinance to Establish a Parks and YES Jeff Watling 05 31 Recreation Commission - Adopt 5. Director's Report — INFO ONLY NO Jeff Watling 05 39 Unless otherwise noted, the Parks Committee meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers East, Kent City Hall, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent, 98032. For information, please contact the Parks, Recreation, and Human Services Department at (253) 856-5100. Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact the City Clerk's Office at (253) 856-5725 in advance. For TDD relay service call the Washington Telecommunications Relay Service at 1-800-833-6388. Page 1 40 - K WASHINGTOaN Parks and Human Services Committee Meeting May 15, 2014 Council members present: Chair Debbie Ranniger, Dennis Higgins, and Brenda Fincher Call to order: Chair D. Ranniger called the meeting to order at 5:14 p.m. 1. Minutes dated April 17, 2014 - Approve Committeemember D. Higgins MOVED to approve the minutes dated April 17, 2014. Councilmember B. Fincher SECONDED. The motion PASSED 3-0. 2. 2014 First Quarter Fee-in-lieu Funds - Accept Hope Gibson, Manager of Parks Planning and Development summarized the fee-in- - - lieu funds for the first quarter of 2014. Between January and March 2014, the City of Kent received a total of $16,875.95 from developers who voluntarily paid fees in lieu of dedicating park land to mitigate the development of single family homes in one subdivision. 111 $12,000.00 from High Country Malik Ridge LLC of Malik Ridge Plat for Springwood Park. ® $4,875.95 from JD 45 LLC of Villa Siena Short Plat for Clark Lake. Ordinance 2975 requires developers to dedicate park and open space land in proximity to new construction sites or to pay "fee-in-lieu" funds. The fee is based on assessed land values. Jeff added that it is the parks department preference that developers dedicate land to onsite recreation but, in cases when the project is so small that the net size of the space would not be a benefit, or the development is in close enough proximity to an existing park for residents to walk, we accept fee in lieu funds. Committeemember B. Fincher MOVED to recommend accepting $16,875.95 for first quarter 2014 fee-in-lieu funds and authorizing the amendment to the community parks reinvestment budget for future expenditures of funds in project budgets. Committeemember D. Higgins SECONDED. The motion PASSED 3-0. Page 1 Page 2 3 Recreation and Conservation office Grant Application Resolutions - Adopt Hope Gibson shared some background on the projects going to Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) for funding. They were part of the park asset list discussed by the citizen's group assembled a couple years ago to review and prioritize parks. The report assisted the council in deciding whether to take a Park Bond to the voters. Committeemember B. Fincher was a member of that group. H. Gibson explained that staff pursues funding for park development and/or acquisition of property through the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) as the appropriate funding cycles are available. If awarded by RCO, the grant dollars would help to fund three projects that have been identified as top priority projects. The projects include: • Russell Road Athletic Field Conversion - Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) - Local Parks • Lake Meridian Dock Redevelopment - Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) • Lake Meridian Dock Replacement - Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) - Water Access - • Van Doren's Landing Park Expansion --Washington Wildlife andRecreation - Program (WWRP) - Local Parks Chair Ranniger clarified that RCO is the Recreation and Conservation Office, a state granting agency where selections for granting are made when certain criteria is met and points are accumulated for a proposed project. J. Watling provided additional information and the timeline for the proposed projects. RCO will score these projects this year and they will be confirmed in next year's legislative session and budget. J. Watling summarized the three projects. Two of the grant applications pertain to the Lake Meridian dock. The projects together are very expensive but the dock is a key asset within Lake Meridian Park. Another project pertains to a high priority need for community sports fields. This one is at Russell Road and converts the field to an all synthetic turf that will create a year round multi-use facility instead of the seasonal field it is now. The third item at Van Doren's is part of our Green River corridor strategy and part of our goal for expansion of the park. It creates a better coordination of the Green River Natural Resources Area and the levee redesign work with the King County Flood Control. J. Watling confirmed to Committeemember D. Higgins that Russell Road field does have lights. Committeemember B. Fincher explained how the fields are used only six months out of the year and installing synthetic turf would allow usage to twelve months out of the year, thus maximizing the use of the park by making it more available year- round. Page 2 Page 3 J. Watling confirmed what Committeemember B. Fincher said, adding that by maximizing the existing amenities and adding the synthetic turf, we will create a more sustainable park. Committeemember D. Higgins MOVED to recommend council adopt the four resolutions authorizing the submittal of grant applications to the Recreation and Conservation Office to assist in funding three top-priority projects. Committeemember B. Fincher SECONDED. The motion PASSED 3- 0. Chair D. Ranniger asked if staff is looking ahead at a replacement plan for these synthetic turf parks and possibly using park fees to pay for that investment. J. Watling agreed, telling the committee to expect a budget request for the 2015/2016 biennial budget that asks for a portion of the user fees be dedicated to the capital fund to support a turf replacement plan. 4 Human Services Funding Application Process - INFO ONLY Chair D. Ranniger made the introduction to this item saying that she had requested this topic be placed on the agenda because the city is in the middle of the granting process. She wanted staff to educate the community on this procedure and explain the importance of human service funding. Merina Hanson, Human Services Senior Coordinator presented a-review of thehow -the application review and funding process works. A Request for Proposals (RFP) process is conducted every two years. The funds for this cycle will be allocated in 2015 and 2016. The city is part of a collaborative effort for the Human Services funding process. There are sixteen cities involved in the shared online application process called Share One Act. Applicants are provided workshops, technical support, one on one, in person assistance, as well as an open door work shop session for application assistance. The city received a total of ninety-four applications. There was a total of $2M in requests and there are $1.5M in available funds. The process has staff reviewing the applications for a quick completeness check and then they review for technical appropriateness. After that, the Commission is assigned half of the applications to review - all done online. They first review for conflicts with users. They can select the points they have assigned to all the general categories and insert comments at that point. They look for the best fit for Kent's perspective and what services meet the needs of Kent. They finalize by assigning a score and submitting their results. May 29 is the first half-day review session for the Commission and in June a full day is dedicated to sorting out the details and looking for balanced funding on a continuum of priorities. In collaboration with the Commission, staff reviews the scores, and if the points are off more than 10 points, discussion follows on their ratings. A high rating doesn't necessarily mean the applicant will be funded. For funding, the Commission and staff look for duplicative services, history with the City of Kent, performance, billing history, if the services the agency provided matched the actual services, their track record, and cost effectiveness. Page 3 Page 4 Committeemember B. Fincher asked if the city funds requests for less than $25,000. M. Hanson responded yes on occasion, adding that Kent prefers not to fund programs under $10,000 because of the cost of contracting and managing the contracts. Chair D. Ranniger asked how a new agency gets traction in order to be competitive for funding. M. Hanson responded that the agency needs to be in existence for two years with the usual requirements before they can be funded. The city does not generally receive applications from newer agencies because it's such a process to apply. J. Watling thanked the work that Merina and Katherin have done for the city and the other agencies. The Share One application has allowed all of the cities involved, the benefit of simplifying the application process, which was not an easy task. K. Johnson said that Share One is a complete grant management package. The agencies can use one application for multiple cities. It facilitates comparisons across the network. This system gives the cities the ability to review the applicant's history and track record with other cities. And, granting agencies can track information on applicants across King County, not just in the Kent area. Committeemember D. Higgins reflected that being part of the Human Services Commission for the first time this year he has been impressed and reassured to be a part of this, working along side everyone and seeing the hard work of staff. The community shouldhave confidence in the Human Services Commissionand staff. S. Formation of a Parks and Recreation Commission - INFO ONLY Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director Jeff Watling provided information on the formation of a Parks and Recreation Commission. He began by saying that the commission would consist of community members who would act as an advisory body and a voice affecting strategic thinking, centered around our park system. The draft Ordinance adopting the Parks and Recreation Commission was reviewed. The goal of staff is to bring a completed Ordinance back to the Committee on June 19. The terms of the ordinance are standard. A sixteen person member commission would hold three year terms with a residency requirement for at least ten of the members. We want a degree of flexibility for reappointment, so residency applies to business owners and user group representation. For example within the Kent School District, but maybe not within the Kent city limits. J. Watling informed the committee that any reference to the Kent Parks Foundation will be removed from the Ordinance. Staff doesn't see it advisable right now for the Foundation to be a part of the Commission. An important priority however, will be to review how the Parks Foundation will be related to the Commission. Chair D. Ranniger was concerned with the wording in the membership section relative to the Parks Foundation. J. Watling reiterated that any reference to the Foundation will be stricken from the Ordinance. Page 4 Page 5 Committeemember B. Fincher asked if the issue with involving the Parks Foundation was because of its 501c3 status and blending that with the city? J. Watling confirmed it is part of the issue we are working through. Chair D. Ranniger suggested an ex officio position on the Commission for a Parks Foundation member. Committeemember D. Higgins asked about membership on the Kent Parks Foundation. J. Watling clarified that as a 501c3 the Parks Foundation Board is a separate entity from the city and appoints its own members. Committeemember D. Higgins asked about appointments by the mayor and council being done differently. J. Watling responded that the intention is to match the Arts Commission and Human Services appointments, to be consistent. Committeemember B. Fincher asked how the school student is selected and if there would be an application process. J. Watling said that staff wants to initiate a recruitment process through an application/interview process. Chair D. Ranniger spoke to the importance of the link between the Commission and Foundation and how it is important for communicating goals and expectations. In particular, ensuring fund raising efforts are in line with department needs. J. Watling appreciated her comments and agrees with maintaining a key relationship between a 501c3 and the Commission. Committeemember D. Higgins asked about the timeline. J. Watling said that the final Ordinance would be on the June 19 Parks and Human Services Committee agenda with more detailed format. Recruitment could be completed over the summer and kick off in the fall. 6. Director's Report - INFO ONLY Jeff Watling, Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, informed the committee of noteworthy information and upcoming events. J. Watling introduced Jay Hill, Program Coordinator at Kent Commons and announcing that the Elementary School Track Program just wrapped up last weekend, along with the Junior Olympics. J. Watling noted Jay Hill's coordination skills in these events. The elementary school track program has been in existence for 51 years - in part, due to the huge success of our relationship with the Kent School District. There were 26 of the 28 elementary schools represented this year with 1,437 participants. And, there were 25 scholarships through the Access to Recreation Program. At the same time, Junior Olympics was going on at French Field last weekend. J. Watling complimented Jay on doing such a great job on putting this program as well and highlighted his creativity in programming that allows many to participate. Commenting that by looking at the faces of the participants, you can see how important and fulfilling this program is to the community. Page 5 Page 6 Jay Hill wanted to stress the support of the Kent School District with these programs. It is always emphasized that the kids are participating for their schools. All of the students get their own t-shirts in their school colors. This sports program is not just about the good athletes, but every kid is encouraged to attend. Since it's open to all kids, no one is turned away and sometimes it's the only sports program that the kids get to participate in. In order to get as many kids as possible to attend the track meet, Jay and one of the coaches went to Birch Creek to gather registrations, and they ended up with 135 kids participating in the event this year. Chair D. Ranniger commented that she has thoroughly enjoyed attending the event in the past. Committeemember D. Higgins shared that both of his kids have participated in the event. Committeemember B. Fincher said she enjoyed seeing the families supporting their kids and the students in t-shirts, identifiable by their school colors. Summer Playground The Summer Playground Program will be at five sites, West Fenwick Park, Morrill Meadows Park, Chestnut Ridge, and at Tot Lots One and Two. The program runs June 25 through August 16 from 10:30 to 4:30, including free sack lunches. Brian Steward, Program Coordinator, anticipates approximately 9,000 visits to the program over the summer months. This year, the "Let's Read Program" with King County Library has been incorporated into the summer programming to insure there is no lapse in reading over the summer break. For the second year, the city will partner with the Community Center for Education Results (CCR). Wilson Playfields The Wilson Turf Replacement Project is underway and on time. The fields will be open in August. Renovation of Council Chambers Space Facilities and IT are meeting to discuss an update to the Audio / Visual equipment in both Chambers East and West. Facilities staff, with an architect's assistance, will examine the entire space with the goal of reprogramming it to create a more flexible area with better efficiency and function. Chair D. Ranniger adjourned the meeting at 6:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Tl-i Pet1ole Teri Petrole Parks and Human Services Council Committee Recorder Page 6 Page 7 PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Jeff Watling, Director KEN T Phone: 253-856-5100 Fax: 253-856-6050 Address: 220 Fourth Avenue S. Kent, WA. 98032-5895 June 26, 2014 TO: Kent City Council Parks and Human Services Committee FROM: Katherin Johnson, Housing and Human Services Manager THROUGH: Jeff Watling, Director Parks, Recreation & Community Services SUBJECT: HOME Interlocal Cooperation Agreement - Authorize MOTION: Move to recommend authorizing the Mayor to sign the 2015- 2017 HOME Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with King County, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and the Parks Director. SUMMARY: The current Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the King County HOME Consortium expires at the end of 2014. The agreement contained an automatic renewal clause but due to a HUD requirement to add some technical language, it is necessary for the Council to approve the new agreement. Continued participation in the HOME Consortium is advantageous for the following reasons: • The City and affordable housing developers serving Kent may apply for HOME funds to help meet locally identified affordable housing needs, including affordable rental housing and first-time homeownership programs; • The City and affordable housing developers serving Kent may apply for HOME funds to support the rehabilitation and preservation of affordable privately owned multifamily rental housing in your jurisdiction; • The City can participate in the Interjurisdictional Advisory Group that helps develop recommendations for the inter-jurisdictional Joint Recommendations Committee on specific projects to receive funds, as well as program guidelines. EXHIBITS: 1.) HOME-ONLY Agreement Cities Transmittal Letter, 2.) HOME Agreement 2015-2017 - Bold Changes, 3.) HOME Agreement 2015-2017 Final BUDGET IMPACT: None Page 8 Page 9 Lid King County Community Services Division Housing and Community Development Dcpartment of Community and Haman services 401 56'Avenue,Suite 510 '... Seattle,WA 98104 206-263-9062 FAX: 206-296-0229 'fl'Y Relay: 741 May 14, 2014 HOME-ONLY Agreement Cities Dear : I am writing to you regarding the continuing participation of your city in the King County HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Consortium and the Regional Affordable Housing Program (RAHP)Consortium. King County Code,Title 24, Chapter 13 (KCC 24.13)sets out the framework for King County to enter into consortia relationships through interlocal cooperation agreements to partner in the distribution and administration of funds made available through the United States Department of Housing and Urban - -- Development(HUD), and affordable housing funds established in Section 36,22.178 of the Revised Code of Washington(RCW). Pursuant to KCC 24.13, it is the policy of King County to partner and form urban county consortia with the cities and towns in King County outside the City of Seattlelrl for the HUD-administered HOME program.King County also partners with all cities and towns in King County for RAHP document recording surcharge fee funds for affordable housing, governed by RCW 36.22.178,which requires the County to enter interlocal agreements. The King County Housing and Community Development Program administers the HOME and RAHP Consortia funds on behalf of the participating city members, and staffs the interjurisdictional Joint Recommendations Committee(JRC)of the consortia. The JRC reviews and recommends policy matters and project selections concerning consortia funds to the King County Executive. HOME Consortium Agreement As a city that receives CDBG funds directly from HUD, and a prior signatory to the HOME Consortium Agreement for the 2012-2014 period of qualification,your city is eligible to continue participating in the King County HOME Consortium through a new Agreement for the 2015-2017 period of qualification. In reviewing HUD's most recent"Notice of Procedures for Designation of Consortia as a Participating Jurisdiction for the HOME Program"with our attorney,King County has discovered that there is some technical language required by HUD that must be added to the King County HOME Consortium t'l As a large metropolitan city,Seattle receives an independent allocation of CDBG,ESG and HOME Program funds directly from HUD. Page 10 May 14, 2014 Page 2 of 3 Agreement. This language is beneficial to the Consortium in that it will allow King County to make amendments for technical HUD requirements without all of the participating cities needing to get council approval and re-sign the HOME Agreement in the future. Amendments by King County will only be allowed for HU D-required technical changes and not for other amendments that the City(s)and County may negotiate. In addition,we are adding a new member, the City of Kirkland,to the HOME Consortium for the 2015- 2017 period of qualification. Kirkland is eligible to become a Joint Agreement City or a separate entitlement, and is electing to become a Joint Agreement city and to join the HOME Consortium with that new status. As a unit of general local government eligible for continuing participation in the HOME Urban County Consortia,we must inform you that if your city chooses to remain with the King County HOME Consortium,your city will participate in the HOME program as a part of the King County HOME Consortium, and may only have access to the Consortium's HOME formula grant amount. This does not preclude the Consortium or a unit of government participating in the Consortium from applying for HOME funds from the state, if the state were to allow such an application. Benefits of Continuing Participation in the King County HOME Consortium • Your city, and affordable housing developers serving your city,may apply for HOME finds to - - help meet-locally-identified-affordable-housing needs,including affordable rental housing and first-time homeownership programs. • Your city, and affordable housing developers serving your city,may apply for HOME funds to support the rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing in your jurisdiction. • Your city can participate in the city/county staff work group that develops recommendations for the inter jurisdictional JRC on specific projects to receive HOME funds, as well as program guidelines. RAHP Agreement The RAHP Agreement governs the administration of funds for housing affordable to households at or below 50 percent of AMI throughout King County. The RAHP Agreement has an automatic renewal clause that allows it to renew for subsequent three-year periods, and is renewing without changes for the 2015-2017 period. Your city signed a RAHP Agreement for the 2012-2014 period,thus your agreement will automatically renew and you do not have to take any further action.The RAHP Guidelines are updated through the JRC as needed, and will be updated during 2014. Staff from your city is invited to attend the meetings this spring that will culminate in JRC recommendations. Page 11 May 14,2014 Page 3 of 3 HOME Agreement Next Steams If your city desires to continue to participate in the King County HOME Consortium, your city must sign the enclosed HOME Agreement for the 2015-2017 period of qualification,which has been revised to include the HUD-required technical elements, and is included in this packet as Attachment A. If your city does not desire to continue participation in the King County HOME Consortium for 2015- 2017,you must notify both HUD and King County in writing, at the addresses below, no later than June 13,2014.A decision to be excluded from participation in the consortia would be effective for the entire three-year period of 2015-2017, unless your city were to specifically request to be included in a subsequent year for the remainder of the three-year period. Your letters indicating that your city does not desire to continue participating in the King County HOME Consortium must be mailed to both King County and HUD at the following addresses: Kinc County King County Housing and Community Development Program ATTN: Cheryl Markham,Program Manager 401 Fifth Avenue, Suite 510 Seattle, WA 98104-1818 HUD John W. Peters,Director Office of Community Planning and Development U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 909 First Avenue, Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98104-1000 We look forward to your continued participation in the King County Consortia, and thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Cheryl Markham Program Manager CM:cm Enclosures Attachm&WC HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into between King County, hereinafter referred to as the "County," and the City of 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, King County is an urban county, as defined by 24 CFR 92.2 and 24 CFR 570.3; and WHEREAS, a unit of general local government that is located within in an urban county may be part of a HOME consortium only through the urban county; and WHEREAS,the City and King County agree that it is mutually desirable and beneficial to enter into a consortium arrangement for purposes of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, hereinafter referred to as "HOME. Program'; NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FOREGOING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL PROMISES CONTAINED HEREIN, IT IS AGREED TIIAT: 1. This Agreement is made pursuant to the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended, 42 USC § 12701 et. seq. (the "Act") and RCW 39.34,the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. 2. The City and the County agree to cooperate to undertake or assist in undertaking HOME Program housing assistance activities which are eligible under 24 CFR Part 92. 3. The County is hereby authorized to act as the representative member on behalf of the Consortium for the purposes of the HOME Program. The County as the applicant, grantee and lead entity for the HOME Program funds has responsibility for and assumes all obligations in the executing the HOME Program, including the ability to adopt amendments to this Agreement for the purpose of adding new members on behalf of the HOME Consortium and for the purpose of incorporating changes necessary to meet U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements for consortium agreements under the applicable HUD notice of procedures for designation of consortia as a participating jurisdiction for HOME; final responsibility for selecting and executing activities; ensuring compliance with federal requirements and submitting to HUD the Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan(Consolidated Plan), Annual Action Plans, and related plans and reports, including the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and the Fair Housing Action Plan.Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as an abdication of those responsibilities and obligations. HOME Interlocal Agreement 1 of 5 2015—2017 AttachmeAaVee' The City agrees to cooperate fully with the County in the development and preparation of the Consolidated Plan and related plans, and to prepare and provide those elements specifically pertaining to the City. 4. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the period necessary to plan and carry out all activities that will be funded from HOME funds awarded for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 federal fiscal years, the three-year qualification period that coincides with the Agreement for the Distribution and Administration of the King County Consortium's Community Development Block Grant,or until the County's designation as a participating HOME jurisdiction or an urban county is rescinded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,whichever is shorter. 5. This Agreement will be automatically renewed for participation in successive qualification periods of three federal fiscal years each. No later than the date specified by HUD's consortia designation notice or HOME Consortia web pace,King County shall notify each HOME consortium member in writing of its right to decide not to participate in the Consortium for the next qualification period, and King County will send copies of those written notices to the HUD local field office by the date specified in the qualification notice. Unless the County or the City provides written notice it wishes to amend the Agreement, or elects not to participate in the new qualification period in writing to both King County and the HUD local field office by the date set forth in the HUD qualification notice applicable to subsequent three-year qualification periods,this Agreement shall automatically renew. Before the beginning of each new qualification period,King County shall submit to HUD a statement of whether or not any amendments have been made to this Agreement a copy of each amendment, and if the Consortium's membership has changed the state certification required under 24 CFR, Section 92101(a)(2)(i). This automatic renewal provision will be void if King County fails to submit a copy of each amendment to this Agreement as required under this automatic renewal provision. 6. The City and the County agree to adopt any amendments to this Agreement other than the incorporation of changes necessary to meet the requirements for cooperation agreements set forth in the applicable HUD HOME consortia qualification notice for a subsequent three-year qualification period,which King County as the lead entity shall act upon pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement. King County shall submit any other amendments that have been adopted by the City and County to the HUD local field office by the applicable deadline. 7. During the term of this Agreement, neither the County nor the City may withdraw from participation from their respective obligations under this Agreement. 8. By executing the HOME Agreement,the City understands that it may not participate in a HOME consortium except through the County, regardless of whether the County receives a HOME formula allocation. 9. This Agreement shall be executed in three counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original,by the chief executive officers of the County and the City,pursuant to the authority granted them by their respective governing bodies. One of the signed Agreements shall be filed by the County with the Region X office of HUD, one shall be filed with the City and I10NM Interlocal Agreement 2 of 5 2015—2017 I AttachmenpeCl4 one shall be filed with the County. Prior to its taking effect, the fully executed Agreement shall be filed with the County Auditor, or, alternatively, listed by subject on a public agency's web site or other electronically retrievable public source. 10. The parties to this Agreement hereby agree to affirmatively further fair housing and to ensure that no HOME funds are expended for activities that do not affirmatively further fair housing within the boundaries of their jurisdiction or for activities that impede the County's actions to comply with its fair housing certification. For purposes of this section, "affirmatively furthering fair housing" includes participation in the process of developing an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and a Fair Housing Action Plan. While King County has the primary responsibility for the development of these reports to HUD pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement, upon request,the City shall provide assistance to the County in preparing such reports. 11. Joint Recommendations Committee Composition. An inter-jurisdictional Joint Recommendations Committee ("JRC") shall be established through the 2015—2017 Consortium Interlocal Cooperation Agreement. The JRC shall be composed of three county representatives and eight cities representatives. i The three county representatives shall be King County Executive staff with broad policy responsibilities and/or department directors. County representatives shall be specified in writing and, where possible, shall be consistently the same persons from meeting to meeting. Four of the cities representatives shall be from non-entitlement consortium cities signing the King County Consortium Regular Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Regarding the Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) Program, two from each sub-region, as appointed by Sound Cities Association. The remaining four cities representatives shall be from cities that qualify to receive CDBG funds directly from HUD, but are signing a Joint Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program and a HOME Program Agreement with King County; or receive their own CDBG grant directly from HUD and signing a HOME Program-only Agreement with King County. These latter four representatives shall have no vote on matters specific to the jurisdictions of the King County Consortium Regular Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program. Two of the eight cities representatives shall be rotated among the HOME Program-only Agreement Cities, and two of the eight cities representatives shall be rotated among the cities signing a Joint Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program and a HOME Program Agreement. Those four representatives will vote on issues affecting HOME Program Agreement Cities that are specific to this Agreement. For the HOME Program-only Agreement Cities' rotating positions,the HOME Program Agreement Cities will notify the County by the end of the second week in February of each year, who the two HOME Prograin-only Agreement City representatives will be for that year. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the JRC shall be chosen from among the members of the JRC by a majority vote of the members for a term of one year beginning with the first meeting of the calendar year. Attendance of five members shall constitute a quorum. IIOME Interlocal Agreement 3of5 2015-2017 Pa Attachmen?efts 12. JRC Appointments. The King County Executive shall appoint the three county representatives.The participating cities of the King County Consortium Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the Community Development Block Grant Program shall provide for the appointment of their shared representatives in a manner to be determined by those cities through the Suburban Cities Association or other agreed-upon mechanism for the execution of shared appointing authority. The Suburban Cities Association or other agreed mechanism will select four jurisdictions of varying size from among those signing this agreement, two from the north/east sub-region and two from the south sub-region. The cities representatives shall be elected officials, chief administrative officers, or persons who report directly to the chief administrative officer and who have broad policy responsibilities; e.g., planning directors, department directors, etc. Members of the JRC shall serve for two years, or at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities. 13. Powers and Duties of the JRC. The JRC shall be empowered to: a. Review and recommend to the King County Executive all policy matters concerning the King County CDBG Consortium and HOME Program Consortium, including but not limited to the Consolidated Plan and related plans and policies. b. Review and recommend to the King County Executive the projects and programs to be undertaken with King County CDBG Consortium funds and HOME Program Consortium funds, including the Administrative Set-aside. c. Monitor and ensure that all geographic areas and participating jurisdictions benefit fairly from King County CDBG Consortium and HOME Program Consortium funded activities over the three-year agreement period, so far as is feasible and within the goals and objectives of the Consolidated Plan. 14. Advisory Committees to the JRC. In fulfilling its duty to review and recommend projects and programs to be undertaken with HOME Program funds, the JRC shall consider the advice of inter jurisdictional advisory committees. Sub-regional advisory committees, made tip of one representative from each participating jurisdiction in a sub-region that wishes to participate, shall be convened to assist in the review and recommendation of projects and programs to be undertaken in that sub-region. The JRC may also solicit recommendations from other inter- jurisdictional housing and community development committees. 15. The City shall assist the County in developing the Consortium's HOME Program by participating in development of the Consolidated Plan to accommodate both the collective and individual housing objectives contained within local comprehensive plans or other adopted plans of the City and the County. 16. The City and County shall each assign a staff person to serve as the primary contact for the administration of this Agreement. The assigned contact person is responsible for communicating relevant information to their respective jurisdiction. 17. This Agreement applies to the Consortium's acceptance of other federal housing-related funds which may be allocated by formula to the Consortium. Allocation decisions for these funds will be subject to policies and procedures developed by the advisory committees to the JRC and adopted by the JRC. HOME Tnledocal Agreement 4 of 5 2015—2017 Pa Attachmen��s I 18. This Agreement is made and entered into for the sole protection and benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns. No other person shall have any right of action based i on any provision of this Agreement. I KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON CITY OF I for King County Executive By: Signature Adrienne Quinn Printed Name Printed Name Director, Department of Community and Human Services Title Title Date Date Approved as to Form: Approved as to Form: OFFICE OF THE KING COUNTY CITY OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY CITY ATTORNEY City Attorney ATTEST: CITY OF City Clerk I i i HOME Interlocal Agreement 5 of 5 2015—2017 III Page 17 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into between King County, hereinafter referred to as the "County," and the City of 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, King County is an urban county, as defined by 24 CFR 92.2 and 24 CFR 570.3; and WHEREAS, a unit of general local government that is located within in an urban county may be part of a HOME consortium only through the urban county; and WHEREAS, the City and King County agree that it is mutually desirable and beneficial to enter into a consortium arrangement for purposes of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, hereinafter referred to as "HOME Program"; NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FOREGOING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL PROMISES CONTAINED HEREIN, IT IS AGREED THAT: 1. This Agreement is made pursuant to the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended, 42 USC § 12701 et. seq. (the "Act") and RCW 39.34,the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. 2. The City and the County agree to cooperate to undertake or assist in undertaking HOME Program housing assistance activities which are eligible under 24 CFR Part 92. 3. The County is hereby authorized to act as the representative member on behalf of the Consortium for the purposes of the HOME Program. The County as the applicant, grantee and lead entity for the HOME Program fiords has responsibility for and assumes all obligations in the executing the HOME Program, including the ability to adopt amendments to this Agreement for the purpose of adding new members on behalf of the HOME Consortium and for the purpose of incorporating changes necessary to meet U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements for consortium agreements under the applicable HUD notice of procedures for designation of consortia as a participating jurisdiction for HOME; final responsibility for selecting and executing activities; ensuring compliance with federal requirements and submitting to HUD the Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan (Consolidated Plan), Annual Action Plans, and related plans and reports, including the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and the Fair Housing Action Plan.Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as an abdication of those responsibilities and obligations. HOME:interlocal Agreement 1 of 5 2015—2017 Page 18 I The City agrees to cooperate fully with the County in the development and preparation of the Consolidated Plan and related plans, and to prepare and provide those elements specifically pertaining to the City. 4. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the period necessary to plan and carry out all activities that will be funded from HOME funds awarded for the 2015,2016 and 2017 federal fiscal years, the three-year qualification period that coincides with the Agreement for the Distribution and Administration of the King County Consortium's Community Development Block Grant, or until the County's designation as a participating HOME jurisdiction or an urban county is rescinded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, whichever is shorter. 5. This Agreement will be automatically.renewed for participation in successive qualification periods of three federal fiscal years each. No later than the date specified by HUD's consortia designation notice or HOME Consortia web page, King County shall notify each HOME consortium member in writing of its right to decide not to participate in the Consortium for the next qualification period, and King County will send copies of those written notices to the HUD local field office by the date specified in the qualification notice. Unless the County or the City provides written notice it wishes to amend the Agreement, or elects not to participate _ in the new qualification period in writing to both King County and the HUD local field office f by the date set forth in the HUD qualification notice applicable to subsequent three-year qualification periods, this Agreement shall automatically renew. Before the beginning of each new qualification period,King County shall submit to HUD a statement of whether or not - - any amendments have been made to this Agreement, a copy of each amendment, and if the Consortium's membership has changed, the state certification required under 24 CER, Section 92.10 1(a)(2)(i). This automatic renewal provision will be void if King County fails to submit a copy of each amendment to this Agreement as required under this automatic renewal provision. 6. The City and the County agree to adopt any amendments to this Agreement other than the incorporation of changes necessary to meet the requirements for cooperation agreements set forth in the applicable HUD HOME consortia qualification notice for a subsequent three-year qualification period, which King County as the lead entity shall act upon pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement. King County shall submit any other amendments adopted by the City and County to the HUD local field office by the applicable deadline. 7. During the term of this Agreement, neither the County nor the City may withdraw from j participation from their respective obligations under this Agreement. 8. By executing the HOME Agreement, the City understands that it may not participate in a HOME consortium except through the County, regardless of whether the County receives a HOME formula allocation. 9. This Agreement shall be executed in three counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, by the chief executive officers of the County and the City, pursuant to the authority granted them by their respective governing bodies. One of the signed Agreements shall be filed by the County with the Region X office of HUD, one shall be filed with the City and one shall be filed with the-Cotnty. Prior to its taking effect, the fully executed Agreement HOME Interlocal Ag eement 2 of 5 2015—2017 Page 19 shall be fled with the County Auditor, or, alternatively, listed by subject on a public agency's web site or other electronically retrievable public source. 10. The parties to this Agreement hereby agree to affirmatively further fair housing and to ensure that no HOME funds are expended for activities that do not affirmatively further fair housing within the boundaries of their jurisdiction or for activities that impede the County's actions to comply with its fair housing certification. For purposes of this section, "affirmatively furthering fair housing" includes participation in the process of developing an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and a Fair Housing Action Plan. While King County has the primary responsibility for the development of these reports to HUD pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement, upon request, the City shall provide assistance to the County in preparing such reports. i 11. Joint Recommendations Committee Composition. An inter jurisdictional Joint Recommendations Committee ("JRC") shall be established through the 2015—2017 Consortium Interlocal Cooperation Agreement. The JRC shall be composed of three county representatives and eight cities representatives. The three county representatives shall be King County Executive staff with broad policy responsibilities and/or department directors. County representatives shall be specified in writing and, where possible, shall be consistently the same persons from meeting to meeting. Four of the cities representatives shall be from non-entitlement consortium cities signing the King County Consortium Regular Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Regarding the Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) Program, two from each sub-region, as appointed by Sound Cities Association. The remaining four cities representatives shall be from cities that qualify to receive CDBG funds directly from HUD, but are signing a Joint Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program and a HOME Program Agreement with King County; or receive their own CDBG grant directly from HUD and signing a HOME Program-only Agreement with King County. These latter four representatives shall have no vote on matters specific to the jurisdictions of the King County Consortium Regular Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program. Two of the eight cities representatives shall be rotated among the HOME Program-only Agreement Cities, and two of the eight cities representatives shall be rotated among the cities signing a Joint Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program and a HOME Program Agreement. Those four representatives will vote on issues affecting HOME Program Agreement Cities that are specific to this Agreement. For the HOME Program-only Agreement Cities' rotating positions, the HOME Program Agreement Cities will notify the County by the end of the second week in February of each year, who the two HOME Program-only Agreement City representatives will be for that year. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the JRC shall be chosen from among the members of the JRC by a majority vote of the members for a term of one year beginning with the first meeting of the calendar year. Attendance of five members shall constitute a quorum. IIOME Interlocal Agreement 1 3 of 5 2015—2017 Page 20 12, JRC Appointments. The King County Executive shall appoint the three county representatives. The participating cities of the King County Consortium Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the Community Development Block Grant Program shall provide for the appointment of their shared representatives in a manner to be determined by those cities through the Suburban Cities Association or other agreed-upon mechanism for the execution of shared appointing authority. The Suburban Cities Association or other agreed mechanism will select four jurisdictions of varying size from among those signing this agreement,two from the north/east sub-region and two from the south sub-region. The cities representatives shall be elected officials, chief administrative officers, or persons who report directly to the chief administrative officer and who have broad policy responsibilities; e.g., planning directors, department directors, etc. Members of the JRC shall serve for two years, or at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities. 13. Powers and Duties of the JRC. The JRC shall be empowered to: a. Review and recommend to the King County Executive all policy matters concerning the King County CDBG Consortium and HOME Program Consortium, including but not limited to the Consolidated Plan and related plans and policies. b. Review and recommend to the King County Executive the projects and programs to be undertaken with King County CDBG Consortium funds and HOME Program Consortium funds, including the Administrative Set-aside. c. Monitor and ensure that all geographic areas and participating jurisdictions benefit fairly - —from King County CDBG Consortium and HOME Program Consortiums funded activities over the three-year agreement period, so far as is feasible and within the goals and objectives of the Consolidated Plan. 14. Advisory Committees to the JRC. In fulfilling its duty to review and recommend projects and programs to be undertaken with HOME Program funds, the JRC shall consider the advice of inter-jurisdictional advisory committees. Sub-regional advisory committees, made up of one representative from each participating j urisdiction in a sub-region that wishes to participate, shall be convened to assist in the review and recommendation of projects and programs to be undertaken in that sub-region. The JRC may also solicit recommendations from other inter- jurisdictional housing and community development committees. 15. The City shall assist the County in developing the Consortium's HOME Program by participating in development of the Consolidated Plan to accommodate both the collective and individual housing objectives contained within local comprehensive plans or other adopted plans of the City and the County. 16.The City and County shall each assign a staff person to serve as the primary contact for the administration of this Agreement. The assigned contact person is responsible for communicating relevant information to their respective jurisdiction. 17. This Agreement applies to the Consortium's acceptance of other federal housing-related funds which may be allocated by formula to the Consortium. Allocation decisions for these funds will be subject to policies and procedures developed by the advisory committees to the JRC and adopted by the JRC. — 1 HOME Intedoual Agreement 4 of 5 2015 20 7 Page 21 18. This Agreement is made and entered into for the sole protection and benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.No other person shall have any right of action based on any provision of this Agreement. KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON CITY OF for King Comity Executive By: Signature Adrienne Quinn Printed Name Printed Name Director, Department of Community and Hunan Services "Title Title Date Date Approved as to Form: Approved as to Form: OFFICE, OF THE KING COUNTY - CITY OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY CITY ATTORNEY City Attorney ATTEST: CITY OF City Clerk HOME,lnlerlocal Agreement 5 of 5 2015—2017 Page 22 Page 23 PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Jeff Watling, Director ® Phone: 253-856-5100 N T Fax: 253-856-6050 WASHINGTGN Address: 220 Fourth Avenue S. Kent, WA. 98032-5895 June 26, 2014 TO: Kent City Council Parks and Human Services Committee FROM: Ronda Billerbeck, Cultural Programs Manager THROUGH: Jeff Watling, Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services SUBJECT: 2014 Western States Arts Federation Grant - Accept MOTION: Move_to recommend Council accept the TourWest grant from WESTAF to support 2014-2015 Kent Arts Commission Spotlight Series in the amount of $2,150, amend the budget and authorize expenditure of funds in accordance with the grant agreement. SUMMARY: TourWest has awarded the Kent Arts Commission a TourWest grant in the amount of $2,150 (maximum award is $2,500) through a competitive grant process. The funding will support the 2014-2015 Spotlight Series - specifically a performance and community outreach activity by Hawaiian slack key guitarist John Keawe (kee-ah-vay.) EXHIBITS: Award Letter, Award Contract BUDGET IMPACT: Kent Arts Commission Budget I Page 24 Page 25 W TAF i 5/30/2014 Ronda Billerbeck City of Kent Arts Commission 220 4th Avenue South Kent, Washington 98032 RE: TourWest 2014-2015 TW201400306 DearRonda: The Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) is pleased to inform you that a 2014-2015 TourWest grant has been awarded to City of Kent Arts Commission in the amount of $2,150.00 for the John Keawe performance beginning on 10/ 1/2014. The following letter contains important information regarding -- deadlines for grant materials that need to be submitted in order to receive your award payment. Signed Grant Agreement - Due Date: 6/29/2014 Please note, this award is contingent upon the return of a signed copy of the enclosed TourWest grant agreement within 30 days of receipt of this award letter. This is the grant agreement between City of Kent Arts Commission and WESTAF. Failure to return the grant agreement in accordance with this schedule shall result in the forfeiture of the grant award. Contract with the artist - Due Date: 9/20/2014 If an final artist's letter of agreement/contract was not included with your TourWest application, this grant award will not become official until you send the fully executed, co-signed contract between City of Kent Arts Commission and John Keawe We must receive the contract no later than three weeks preceding the performance. Notification to WESTAF of changes to the funded project: If any aspect of this project changes from what was originally outlined in your application, or, in the event of cancellation, you are required to notify WESTAF as soon as possible. Notifications can be made to WESTAF via e-mail to staff@westaf.org. If changes to your outreach or public performance activities occur, please note that the TourWest guidelines stipulate that all funded projects must include at least one outreach activity (with an educational component) and one public performance. Failure to meet these requirements will result in the forfeiture of the grant award. Final grant report and support materials submission - Due Date: 12/10/2014 CFDA#45.025 TW201400306 Page 26 In order to receive your grant award, you must complete the final grant report within 60 days following your engagement. WESTAF will pay 100% of the TourWest award to City of Kent Arts Commission when the following have been met: • Grantee has successfully satisfied the terms of the grant agreement and the project is complete. • Grantee has completed the TourWest final report form and project description online at tourwest.Culturegrants.org • Final report has been approved by WESTAF and the funds have been received by WESTAF from the NEA. • The award amount must be 50% or less of the actual total artistic fee. If the actual artistic fee has decreased, WESTAF will adjust the grant award amount accordingly. • Submission of Funder Crediting in the following forms. o A current season brochure o Copy of the performance program '... o Copies of any other promotional material o Grantees must clearly acknowledge support from the National Endowment for the Arts and WESTAF in their programs and related promotional materials. • Final report support materials, such as season brochures and performance programs, may be submitted online or sent to WESTAF at: 1743 Wazee Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO, 80202. Support materials that are mailed to WESTAF must be received within 30 days of the submission of the online final grant report form. Please note that failure t0 observe any of the TourWest deadlines for submission of the above documentation may result in forfeiture of the grant award. TourWest is made possible through support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Western State Arts Federation (WESTAF), and its participating state arts agencies. Support through TourWest is contingent on available funds. We appreciate your interest in WESTAF and extend our congratulations to you on this award! Sincerely, Sayan Lucero Associate Director WESTAF 1743 Wazee St. Ste. 300 Denver, CO 80202 T 303.629.1166 F 303.629,9717 www.westaf.org www.artistsregister.com I www.zappl!cation.org www.callforentry.org www.artjob.org Enclosure CFDA#45.025 T W 201400306 I Page 27 in Celebrating the Western through the farts 2014-2015 TourWest Grant Contract Contract Date: May 30, 2014 Presenter: City of Kent Arts Commission TourWest Award Amount; $2,150.00 Artistic Fees: $7,000.00 TourWest App ID; TW201400306 CFDA number: 45.025 The Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) shall assign the grant award amount to City of Kent Arts Commission following the return of a signed copy of this contract within 30 days of the contract date, Failure to return a signed copy of this contract in accordance with the schedule outlined above shall result in the forfeiture of the grant award. TourWest is made possible through support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), and WESTAF's participating state arts agencies. Support through TourWest is contingent on available funds. Project Description - the presenting organization is granted the above award amount for the following project: Project Summary: Hawaiian slack key guitarist John Keawe will present one public performance and one educational outreach activity (slack key guitar workshop) in Kent, WA. Artist/Company: John Keawe Engagement Dates: 10/11/2014 to 10/11/2014 Number of Public Performances: 1 Number of Outreach Activities: 1 All TourWest supported engagements must include at least one (1) public performance and one (1) outreach activity with an educational component. A public performance is defined as a full- length performance for which promotion and marketing to the general public have been provided TW201400306 Page 1 of 4 CFDA number: 45.025 Page 28 and the audience for which is a cross-section of the community (e.g. not primarily school-aged children during regular school hours). Examples of qualifying outreach activities are: lecture- demonstrations, master classes, in-school educational activities involving students with the artist, etc.. The following items are not considered to be qualifying outreach activities: 1) a performance for students that does not include an educational component about the art form; 2) a guest artist's residency at an institution of higher education; 3) activities at an institution of higher education for which the majority of the audience are students and/or faculty; 4) tickets to the public performance offered on a complimentary basis; and 5) a lecture or demonstration that directly precedes or follows the public performance. Contracting with WESTAF - due date: 6/29/2014 Please note this award is contingent upon the return of a signed copy of the enclosed TourWest grant contract within 30 days of receipt of this award letter. This is the grant contract between City f Kent Arts Commission and WESTAF. Failure to return the grant contract in accordance with this schedule shall result in the forfeiture of the grant award. Contracting with the artist - due date: 9/20/2014 �� llvuCrcG� �� If the final artist's letter of agreement/contract was not included with the proposed TourWest application, this grant award will not become official until the grantee sends the fully executed, co-signed contract between City of Kent Arts Commission and the artist(s), John Keawe. We must receive the contract no later than three weeks preceding the performance. I Payment to the Grantee (Presenting Organization)' WESTAF shall pay the grantee $2,150.00 upon: ® The satisfactory performance of the services outlined in the project description above. • Project and grantee compliance with established program rules and requirements per the TourWest grant guidelines. • Submission of a copy of the final artist's letter of agreement/contract Including the artistic o The award amount must be 50% or less of the actual total artistic fee. If the actual artistic fee has decreased, WESTAF will adjust the grant award amount accordingly. ® Timely return of a completed 2014-2015 TourWest final report and project description online at tourwest culturegrants org within 60 days following the engagement. ® Final report has been approved by WESTAF and the funds have been received by WESTAF from the NEA. • Funder crediting must be included in the grantee's current season brochure, the performance program, and any other promotional materials. Copies of these materials must be sent in with the final report. Grantees must clearly acknowledge support from the National Endowment for the Arts and WESTAFin their programs and related promotional materials. Final report support materials, such as season brochures and performance programs, may be submitted online or sent to WESTAF at: 1743 Wazee Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202. Support materials that are mailed to WESTAF must be received within 30 days of the submission of the online final grant report form. Payment to the Artist: TJ201400306 Page 2 of 4 CFDA number: 45.025 Page 29 The above artistic fees shall be paid directly to the artist/company (or designated representative) by the presenter as per the artist-presenter contract. Change Requests: If any dates, fees, and/or activities change at any time from those listed above, the presenter must notify WESTAF in writing via email to staff@Westaf.org within 30 days of the change and provide an updated artistic contract. NOTE: Changes in plans may affect award amounts and must meet the goals and review criteria of the TourWest program. Failure to meet these requirements will result in the forfeiture of the grant award. Required Credit: Grantees must clearly acknowledge support from the National Endowment for the Arts, WESTAF and their state arts agency in the programs and related promotional materials. Acknowledgement should be given in text and graphically by using the NEA and WESTAF logos. Copies of both the WESTAF and NEA logos may be found at httm//www.westaf org/grants. Alternately, copies of these logos may be requested via email by calling 303.629,1166. Acknowledgment of the National Endowment for the Arts, WESTAF and the grantee's state arts agency can be phrased in a variety of ways: For example: Funding for the Commission and its programs is provided by the Western States Arts Federation and the National Endowment for the Arts. This project received support from [Grantee's State Arts Agency]; WESTAF, the Western States Arts Federation; and the National Endowment for the Arts. Compliance: All information and conditions contained in the 2014-2015 TourWest guidelines are incorporated herein. By signing this contract, the presenter agrees to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S,C. 2000d et seq.); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA") (42 U.S.C. 12101- 12213); the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.); Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); and The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (41 U.S.C. 701 et seq. And 45 C.F.R. pt. 1154); as well as all regulations of the National Endowment for the Arts issued pursuant to these statutes; and the applicant thereby gives assurance to immediately take any measures necessary to comply. Compliance is mandatory with all requirements, paperwork, and related time lines as described herein; failure to do so may jeopardize current and/or future funding from WESTAF. TW201400306 Page 3 of 4 CFDA number: 45.025 Page 30 We the undersigned understand and will comply with the terms of this contract. City of Kent Arts Commission WESTAF (Western States Arts Federation) 220 4th Avenue South 1743 Wazee Street, Suite 300 Kent, Washington 98032 Denver, CO 80202 Grantee (Presenter)/Address WESTAF/Address please write in any corrections above May 30, 2014 I Authorized ignature for Presenter/Date Authorized Signature for WESTAF/Date �VVIG(G2 t3�� �e�1 C; t hYY_ � Seyan Lucero/Associate Director Print Name/Title Print Name/Title Phone: 303.629.1166 * Fax: 303.629.9717 I' i (fir t7� �<FZ�hc2 u- U✓ E-mail: seyan.lucero@westaf.org Phone/Fax/E-mail Phone/Fax/E-mail 91, Tax ID Number Please return the signed contract within 30 days to: WESTAF, 1743 Wazee St, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202 Attn: TourWest Phone: 303.629.1166 * Fax: 303.629.9717 * E-mail: andy.thomas@westaf.org TW201400306 Page 4 of 4 CFDA numbe r: 45.025 I' Page 31 PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Jeff Watling, Director Phone: 253-856-5100 ® Fax: 253-856-6050 VKENNO Address: 220 Fourth Avenue S. Kent, WA. 98032-5895 June 26, 2014 TO: Kent City Council Parks and Human Services Committee FROM: Jeff Watling, Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services SUBJECT: Ordinance to Establish a Parks and Recreation Commission - Adopt MOTION: Move to recommend Council adopt an Ordinance to establish a Parks and Recreation Commission. SUMMARY: The parks, trails and programs provided by the City of Kent touch the lives of tens of thousands of residents each year. Effective delivery of those services and stewardship of those public spaces relies on direct communication with our residents and customers. Although this communication happens in a wide variety of ways, another means for more formal interaction would be through a Parks and Recreation Commission. Through previous discussions it has been determined that the Mayor, City Council and Department Staff all concur that the formation of a Kent Parks and Recreation Commission is needed and will be an effective way for residents to interact directly with staff on numerous strategic planning efforts that influence the public parks and recreation system. A draft Ordinance was presented and discussed at the May Parks and Human Services Committee meeting. From the feedback given at that meeting, staff has made minor revisions to the draft and will be presenting the Ordinance possible adoption. EXHIBITS: Ordinance BUDGET IMPACTS: None Page 32 Page 33 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE of the city council of the city of Kent, Washington, relating to parks, creating a new chapter 2.60 Kent City Code, and establishing a Parks and Recreation Commission. RECITALS A. The City of Kent Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department supports and serves the community through its own programs and services and in cooperation with other agencies, building social capital, enhancing the quality of life, and fostering relationships. B. These services are an essential element to the livability, public health, safety, and welfare of Kent residents. C. The City of Kent has a vibrant parks and trails system that has been developed over the past fifty years. D. The system provides a rich and diverse spectrum of opportunities to an equally rich and diverse community. 1 Parks and Recreation Commission Page 34 E. Ongoing communication and connection to that community Is essential to ensure the system is fulfilling the needs of the residents of Kent. F. The City of Kent recognizes the value of citizen involvement in parks and recreation-related issues and finds it appropriate to establish a Parks and Recreation Commission for guidance and assistance in parks and recreation priorities and services in an advisory capacity. NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: ORDINANCE SECT%ON 1. — Amendment. Title 2 of the Kent City Code is amended to adopt a new Chapter 2.60, entitled "Parks and Recreation Commission" as follows: Chapter 2.60 Parks and Recreation Commission Sec. 2.60.010. Parks and Recreation Commission created. The city of Kent Parks and Recreation Commission is hereby created. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall serve in an advisory capacity to the mayor, city council, and city staff. I I Sec. 2.60.020. Membership, terms, residence requirements. A. Number of Members. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall consist of sixteen appointed members, each of whom shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council. 2 Parks and Recreation Commission i I Page 35 i B. Terms of office. The term of office for commissioners shall be for three years, except for the initial terms as provided below, and commissioners may only serve two consecutive terms. The term of office of the first four commissioners appointed and confirmed shall expire December 31, 2015; the term of the second six commissioners appointed and confirmed shall expire December 31, 2016; the term of office of the final six commissioners appointed and confirmed shall expire December 31, 2017. When a vacancy occurs on the Parks and Recreation Commission, appointment for that position shall be for three years, or for the remainder of the unexpired term, whichever is the shorter period of time. C. Residence Requirements. At least ten persons appointed to serve on the Parks and Recreation Commission shall reside within the corporate limits of the city' p p To the extent practicable, appointment shall reflect a balance and diversity of residents, users of and interests in Kent's Parks and Recreation Services, and shall include not more than two youth representatives of high school age who live within the city's municipal boundaries. D. Removal. Members of the Parks and Recreation Commission shall be removed for unexcused absence from more than three consecutive regular meetings, or may be removed by a majority vote of the entire Parks and Recreation Commission for neglect of duty, conflict of interest, I malfeasance in office, or other just cause. The decision of the Parks and Recreation Commission shall be final and there shall be no appeal. Sec. 2.60.030. Organization and meetings. A. Election of Officers. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall elect from among its members a chair, who shall preside at all meetings, 3 Parks and Recreation Commission Page 36 I and a vice chair, who shall preside in the absence of the chair. The chair and vice chair shall be elected annually. A majority of the Parks and Recreation Commission members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and a majority vote of those present shall be necessary to carry any motion. B. Rules and Regulations. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations as necessary for the conduct of its business. C. Meeting Schedule. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall provide a regular meeting schedule, including time, place, and frequency of meetings as necessary, but no less frequent than once a month. The Parks and Recreation Commission may, from time to time, provide for special meetings in accordance with RCW 42.30. All meetings shall be open to the public, in accordance with RCW 42.30, the Open Public Meetings Act. i D. Documentation. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall adopt such procedures to insure minutes of the meeting are recorded and a i monthly summary of minutes of meetings are recorded along with all decisions. Sec. 2.60.040. Duties and Responsibilities. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall be an advisory board to the mayor, city council, and city staff and responsible for providing guidance concerning the following matters: a. Comprehensive parks and trails planning. b. Priorities for the acquisition of land and/or facilities. 4 Parks and Recreation Commission Page 37 '..,. c. Development, design, and operation of parks and recreation programming and facilities. d. Capital improvements planning. e. Regulations and restrictions governing the hours of park and facilities use. f. Concessions. g. Contracts, interlocal agreements, and lease agreements regarding parks and recreation activities. h. Other matters that may be referred to the Parks and Recreation Commission by the mayor or city council. SECTION 2. - Severability. If any one or more section, subsection, or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall maintain its full force and effect. SECTION 3. - Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section or subsection numbering; or references to other local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations. SECTION 4. - Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. SUZETTE COOKE, MAYOR 5 Parks and Recreation Commission Page 38 ATTEST: RONALD F. MOORE, CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: ARTHUR FITZPATRICK, ACTING CITY ATTORNEY PASSED: day of 2014. APPROVED: day of 2014. PUBLISHED: day of 2014. I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No. passed by the city council of the city of Kent, Washington, and approved by the mayor of the city of Kent as hereon indicated. (SEAL) RONALD F. MOORE, CITY CLERK P:!CkiIONiwnee'3ala ComMsslon.tlaue 6 Parks and Recreation Commission Page 39 PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Jeff Watling, Director Phone: 253-856-5100 ® Fax: 253-856-6050 WASHING-ONKENT Address: 220 Fourth Avenue S. Kent, WA. 98032-5895 June 26, 2014 TO: Kent City Council Parks and Human Services Committee FROM: Jeff Watling, Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Services SUBJECT: Director's Report - INFO ONLY MOTION: None SUMMARY: Jeff Watling, Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, will inform the committee of noteworthy information and upcoming events. - - EXHIBITS: None BUDGET IMPACT: None i i, i II i KENT WASRINCTON SPECIAL Parks and Human Services Committee Agenda Councilmembers: Deborah Ranniger, Chair • Dennis Higgins • Brenda Fincher June 26, 2014 - 5:00 p.m. Item Description Action Speaker(s) Minutes Page 1. Minutes dated May15, 2014 - YES Council n/a 01 Approve 2. HOME Interlocal Cooperation YES Katherin Johnson / 05 07 Agreement - Authorize Merina Hanson 3. 2014 Western State Arts Federation YES Ronda Billerbeck 05 23 Grant - Accept 4. Ordinance to Establish a Parks and YES Jeff Watling 05 31 Recreation Commission - Adopt 5. Director's Report — INFO ONLY NO Jeff Watling 05 39 Unless otherwise noted, the Parks Committee meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers East, Kent City Hall, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent, 98032. For information, please contact the Parks, Recreation, and Human Services Department at (253) 856-5100. Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact the City Clerk's Office at (253) 856-5725 in advance. For TDD relay service call the Washington Telecommunications Relay Service at 1-800-833-6388. Page 1 40 - K WASHINGTOaN Parks and Human Services Committee Meeting May 15, 2014 Council members present: Chair Debbie Ranniger, Dennis Higgins, and Brenda Fincher Call to order: Chair D. Ranniger called the meeting to order at 5:14 p.m. 1. Minutes dated April 17, 2014 - Approve Committeemember D. Higgins MOVED to approve the minutes dated April 17, 2014. Councilmember B. Fincher SECONDED. The motion PASSED 3-0. 2. 2014 First Quarter Fee-in-lieu Funds - Accept Hope Gibson, Manager of Parks Planning and Development summarized the fee-in- - - lieu funds for the first quarter of 2014. Between January and March 2014, the City of Kent received a total of $16,875.95 from developers who voluntarily paid fees in lieu of dedicating park land to mitigate the development of single family homes in one subdivision. 111 $12,000.00 from High Country Malik Ridge LLC of Malik Ridge Plat for Springwood Park. ® $4,875.95 from JD 45 LLC of Villa Siena Short Plat for Clark Lake. Ordinance 2975 requires developers to dedicate park and open space land in proximity to new construction sites or to pay "fee-in-lieu" funds. The fee is based on assessed land values. Jeff added that it is the parks department preference that developers dedicate land to onsite recreation but, in cases when the project is so small that the net size of the space would not be a benefit, or the development is in close enough proximity to an existing park for residents to walk, we accept fee in lieu funds. Committeemember B. Fincher MOVED to recommend accepting $16,875.95 for first quarter 2014 fee-in-lieu funds and authorizing the amendment to the community parks reinvestment budget for future expenditures of funds in project budgets. Committeemember D. Higgins SECONDED. The motion PASSED 3-0. Page 1 Page 2 3 Recreation and Conservation office Grant Application Resolutions - Adopt Hope Gibson shared some background on the projects going to Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) for funding. They were part of the park asset list discussed by the citizen's group assembled a couple years ago to review and prioritize parks. The report assisted the council in deciding whether to take a Park Bond to the voters. Committeemember B. Fincher was a member of that group. H. Gibson explained that staff pursues funding for park development and/or acquisition of property through the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) as the appropriate funding cycles are available. If awarded by RCO, the grant dollars would help to fund three projects that have been identified as top priority projects. The projects include: • Russell Road Athletic Field Conversion - Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) - Local Parks • Lake Meridian Dock Redevelopment - Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) • Lake Meridian Dock Replacement - Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) - Water Access - • Van Doren's Landing Park Expansion --Washington Wildlife andRecreation - Program (WWRP) - Local Parks Chair Ranniger clarified that RCO is the Recreation and Conservation Office, a state granting agency where selections for granting are made when certain criteria is met and points are accumulated for a proposed project. J. Watling provided additional information and the timeline for the proposed projects. RCO will score these projects this year and they will be confirmed in next year's legislative session and budget. J. Watling summarized the three projects. Two of the grant applications pertain to the Lake Meridian dock. The projects together are very expensive but the dock is a key asset within Lake Meridian Park. Another project pertains to a high priority need for community sports fields. This one is at Russell Road and converts the field to an all synthetic turf that will create a year round multi-use facility instead of the seasonal field it is now. The third item at Van Doren's is part of our Green River corridor strategy and part of our goal for expansion of the park. It creates a better coordination of the Green River Natural Resources Area and the levee redesign work with the King County Flood Control. J. Watling confirmed to Committeemember D. Higgins that Russell Road field does have lights. Committeemember B. Fincher explained how the fields are used only six months out of the year and installing synthetic turf would allow usage to twelve months out of the year, thus maximizing the use of the park by making it more available year- round. Page 2 Page 3 J. Watling confirmed what Committeemember B. Fincher said, adding that by maximizing the existing amenities and adding the synthetic turf, we will create a more sustainable park. Committeemember D. Higgins MOVED to recommend council adopt the four resolutions authorizing the submittal of grant applications to the Recreation and Conservation Office to assist in funding three top-priority projects. Committeemember B. Fincher SECONDED. The motion PASSED 3- 0. Chair D. Ranniger asked if staff is looking ahead at a replacement plan for these synthetic turf parks and possibly using park fees to pay for that investment. J. Watling agreed, telling the committee to expect a budget request for the 2015/2016 biennial budget that asks for a portion of the user fees be dedicated to the capital fund to support a turf replacement plan. 4 Human Services Funding Application Process - INFO ONLY Chair D. Ranniger made the introduction to this item saying that she had requested this topic be placed on the agenda because the city is in the middle of the granting process. She wanted staff to educate the community on this procedure and explain the importance of human service funding. Merina Hanson, Human Services Senior Coordinator presented a-review of thehow -the application review and funding process works. A Request for Proposals (RFP) process is conducted every two years. The funds for this cycle will be allocated in 2015 and 2016. The city is part of a collaborative effort for the Human Services funding process. There are sixteen cities involved in the shared online application process called Share One Act. Applicants are provided workshops, technical support, one on one, in person assistance, as well as an open door work shop session for application assistance. The city received a total of ninety-four applications. There was a total of $2M in requests and there are $1.5M in available funds. The process has staff reviewing the applications for a quick completeness check and then they review for technical appropriateness. After that, the Commission is assigned half of the applications to review - all done online. They first review for conflicts with users. They can select the points they have assigned to all the general categories and insert comments at that point. They look for the best fit for Kent's perspective and what services meet the needs of Kent. They finalize by assigning a score and submitting their results. May 29 is the first half-day review session for the Commission and in June a full day is dedicated to sorting out the details and looking for balanced funding on a continuum of priorities. In collaboration with the Commission, staff reviews the scores, and if the points are off more than 10 points, discussion follows on their ratings. A high rating doesn't necessarily mean the applicant will be funded. For funding, the Commission and staff look for duplicative services, history with the City of Kent, performance, billing history, if the services the agency provided matched the actual services, their track record, and cost effectiveness. Page 3 Page 4 Committeemember B. Fincher asked if the city funds requests for less than $25,000. M. Hanson responded yes on occasion, adding that Kent prefers not to fund programs under $10,000 because of the cost of contracting and managing the contracts. Chair D. Ranniger asked how a new agency gets traction in order to be competitive for funding. M. Hanson responded that the agency needs to be in existence for two years with the usual requirements before they can be funded. The city does not generally receive applications from newer agencies because it's such a process to apply. J. Watling thanked the work that Merina and Katherin have done for the city and the other agencies. The Share One application has allowed all of the cities involved, the benefit of simplifying the application process, which was not an easy task. K. Johnson said that Share One is a complete grant management package. The agencies can use one application for multiple cities. It facilitates comparisons across the network. This system gives the cities the ability to review the applicant's history and track record with other cities. And, granting agencies can track information on applicants across King County, not just in the Kent area. Committeemember D. Higgins reflected that being part of the Human Services Commission for the first time this year he has been impressed and reassured to be a part of this, working along side everyone and seeing the hard work of staff. The community shouldhave confidence in the Human Services Commissionand staff. S. Formation of a Parks and Recreation Commission - INFO ONLY Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director Jeff Watling provided information on the formation of a Parks and Recreation Commission. He began by saying that the commission would consist of community members who would act as an advisory body and a voice affecting strategic thinking, centered around our park system. The draft Ordinance adopting the Parks and Recreation Commission was reviewed. The goal of staff is to bring a completed Ordinance back to the Committee on June 19. The terms of the ordinance are standard. A sixteen person member commission would hold three year terms with a residency requirement for at least ten of the members. We want a degree of flexibility for reappointment, so residency applies to business owners and user group representation. For example within the Kent School District, but maybe not within the Kent city limits. J. Watling informed the committee that any reference to the Kent Parks Foundation will be removed from the Ordinance. Staff doesn't see it advisable right now for the Foundation to be a part of the Commission. An important priority however, will be to review how the Parks Foundation will be related to the Commission. Chair D. Ranniger was concerned with the wording in the membership section relative to the Parks Foundation. J. Watling reiterated that any reference to the Foundation will be stricken from the Ordinance. Page 4 Page 5 Committeemember B. Fincher asked if the issue with involving the Parks Foundation was because of its 501c3 status and blending that with the city? J. Watling confirmed it is part of the issue we are working through. Chair D. Ranniger suggested an ex officio position on the Commission for a Parks Foundation member. Committeemember D. Higgins asked about membership on the Kent Parks Foundation. J. Watling clarified that as a 501c3 the Parks Foundation Board is a separate entity from the city and appoints its own members. Committeemember D. Higgins asked about appointments by the mayor and council being done differently. J. Watling responded that the intention is to match the Arts Commission and Human Services appointments, to be consistent. Committeemember B. Fincher asked how the school student is selected and if there would be an application process. J. Watling said that staff wants to initiate a recruitment process through an application/interview process. Chair D. Ranniger spoke to the importance of the link between the Commission and Foundation and how it is important for communicating goals and expectations. In particular, ensuring fund raising efforts are in line with department needs. J. Watling appreciated her comments and agrees with maintaining a key relationship between a 501c3 and the Commission. Committeemember D. Higgins asked about the timeline. J. Watling said that the final Ordinance would be on the June 19 Parks and Human Services Committee agenda with more detailed format. Recruitment could be completed over the summer and kick off in the fall. 6. Director's Report - INFO ONLY Jeff Watling, Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, informed the committee of noteworthy information and upcoming events. J. Watling introduced Jay Hill, Program Coordinator at Kent Commons and announcing that the Elementary School Track Program just wrapped up last weekend, along with the Junior Olympics. J. Watling noted Jay Hill's coordination skills in these events. The elementary school track program has been in existence for 51 years - in part, due to the huge success of our relationship with the Kent School District. There were 26 of the 28 elementary schools represented this year with 1,437 participants. And, there were 25 scholarships through the Access to Recreation Program. At the same time, Junior Olympics was going on at French Field last weekend. J. Watling complimented Jay on doing such a great job on putting this program as well and highlighted his creativity in programming that allows many to participate. Commenting that by looking at the faces of the participants, you can see how important and fulfilling this program is to the community. Page 5 Page 6 Jay Hill wanted to stress the support of the Kent School District with these programs. It is always emphasized that the kids are participating for their schools. All of the students get their own t-shirts in their school colors. This sports program is not just about the good athletes, but every kid is encouraged to attend. Since it's open to all kids, no one is turned away and sometimes it's the only sports program that the kids get to participate in. In order to get as many kids as possible to attend the track meet, Jay and one of the coaches went to Birch Creek to gather registrations, and they ended up with 135 kids participating in the event this year. Chair D. Ranniger commented that she has thoroughly enjoyed attending the event in the past. Committeemember D. Higgins shared that both of his kids have participated in the event. Committeemember B. Fincher said she enjoyed seeing the families supporting their kids and the students in t-shirts, identifiable by their school colors. Summer Playground The Summer Playground Program will be at five sites, West Fenwick Park, Morrill Meadows Park, Chestnut Ridge, and at Tot Lots One and Two. The program runs June 25 through August 16 from 10:30 to 4:30, including free sack lunches. Brian Steward, Program Coordinator, anticipates approximately 9,000 visits to the program over the summer months. This year, the "Let's Read Program" with King County Library has been incorporated into the summer programming to insure there is no lapse in reading over the summer break. For the second year, the city will partner with the Community Center for Education Results (CCR). Wilson Playfields The Wilson Turf Replacement Project is underway and on time. The fields will be open in August. Renovation of Council Chambers Space Facilities and IT are meeting to discuss an update to the Audio / Visual equipment in both Chambers East and West. Facilities staff, with an architect's assistance, will examine the entire space with the goal of reprogramming it to create a more flexible area with better efficiency and function. Chair D. Ranniger adjourned the meeting at 6:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Tl-i Pet1ole Teri Petrole Parks and Human Services Council Committee Recorder Page 6 Page 7 PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Jeff Watling, Director KEN T Phone: 253-856-5100 Fax: 253-856-6050 Address: 220 Fourth Avenue S. Kent, WA. 98032-5895 June 26, 2014 TO: Kent City Council Parks and Human Services Committee FROM: Katherin Johnson, Housing and Human Services Manager THROUGH: Jeff Watling, Director Parks, Recreation & Community Services SUBJECT: HOME Interlocal Cooperation Agreement - Authorize MOTION: Move to recommend authorizing the Mayor to sign the 2015- 2017 HOME Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with King County, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and the Parks Director. SUMMARY: The current Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the King County HOME Consortium expires at the end of 2014. The agreement contained an automatic renewal clause but due to a HUD requirement to add some technical language, it is necessary for the Council to approve the new agreement. Continued participation in the HOME Consortium is advantageous for the following reasons: • The City and affordable housing developers serving Kent may apply for HOME funds to help meet locally identified affordable housing needs, including affordable rental housing and first-time homeownership programs; • The City and affordable housing developers serving Kent may apply for HOME funds to support the rehabilitation and preservation of affordable privately owned multifamily rental housing in your jurisdiction; • The City can participate in the Interjurisdictional Advisory Group that helps develop recommendations for the inter-jurisdictional Joint Recommendations Committee on specific projects to receive funds, as well as program guidelines. EXHIBITS: 1.) HOME-ONLY Agreement Cities Transmittal Letter, 2.) HOME Agreement 2015-2017 - Bold Changes, 3.) HOME Agreement 2015-2017 Final BUDGET IMPACT: None Page 8 Page 9 Lid King County Community Services Division Housing and Community Development Dcpartment of Community and Haman services 401 56'Avenue,Suite 510 '... Seattle,WA 98104 206-263-9062 FAX: 206-296-0229 'fl'Y Relay: 741 May 14, 2014 HOME-ONLY Agreement Cities Dear : I am writing to you regarding the continuing participation of your city in the King County HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Consortium and the Regional Affordable Housing Program (RAHP)Consortium. King County Code,Title 24, Chapter 13 (KCC 24.13)sets out the framework for King County to enter into consortia relationships through interlocal cooperation agreements to partner in the distribution and administration of funds made available through the United States Department of Housing and Urban - -- Development(HUD), and affordable housing funds established in Section 36,22.178 of the Revised Code of Washington(RCW). Pursuant to KCC 24.13, it is the policy of King County to partner and form urban county consortia with the cities and towns in King County outside the City of Seattlelrl for the HUD-administered HOME program.King County also partners with all cities and towns in King County for RAHP document recording surcharge fee funds for affordable housing, governed by RCW 36.22.178,which requires the County to enter interlocal agreements. The King County Housing and Community Development Program administers the HOME and RAHP Consortia funds on behalf of the participating city members, and staffs the interjurisdictional Joint Recommendations Committee(JRC)of the consortia. The JRC reviews and recommends policy matters and project selections concerning consortia funds to the King County Executive. HOME Consortium Agreement As a city that receives CDBG funds directly from HUD, and a prior signatory to the HOME Consortium Agreement for the 2012-2014 period of qualification,your city is eligible to continue participating in the King County HOME Consortium through a new Agreement for the 2015-2017 period of qualification. In reviewing HUD's most recent"Notice of Procedures for Designation of Consortia as a Participating Jurisdiction for the HOME Program"with our attorney,King County has discovered that there is some technical language required by HUD that must be added to the King County HOME Consortium t'l As a large metropolitan city,Seattle receives an independent allocation of CDBG,ESG and HOME Program funds directly from HUD. Page 10 May 14, 2014 Page 2 of 3 Agreement. This language is beneficial to the Consortium in that it will allow King County to make amendments for technical HUD requirements without all of the participating cities needing to get council approval and re-sign the HOME Agreement in the future. Amendments by King County will only be allowed for HU D-required technical changes and not for other amendments that the City(s)and County may negotiate. In addition,we are adding a new member, the City of Kirkland,to the HOME Consortium for the 2015- 2017 period of qualification. Kirkland is eligible to become a Joint Agreement City or a separate entitlement, and is electing to become a Joint Agreement city and to join the HOME Consortium with that new status. As a unit of general local government eligible for continuing participation in the HOME Urban County Consortia,we must inform you that if your city chooses to remain with the King County HOME Consortium,your city will participate in the HOME program as a part of the King County HOME Consortium, and may only have access to the Consortium's HOME formula grant amount. This does not preclude the Consortium or a unit of government participating in the Consortium from applying for HOME funds from the state, if the state were to allow such an application. Benefits of Continuing Participation in the King County HOME Consortium • Your city, and affordable housing developers serving your city,may apply for HOME finds to - - help meet-locally-identified-affordable-housing needs,including affordable rental housing and first-time homeownership programs. • Your city, and affordable housing developers serving your city,may apply for HOME funds to support the rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing in your jurisdiction. • Your city can participate in the city/county staff work group that develops recommendations for the inter jurisdictional JRC on specific projects to receive HOME funds, as well as program guidelines. RAHP Agreement The RAHP Agreement governs the administration of funds for housing affordable to households at or below 50 percent of AMI throughout King County. The RAHP Agreement has an automatic renewal clause that allows it to renew for subsequent three-year periods, and is renewing without changes for the 2015-2017 period. Your city signed a RAHP Agreement for the 2012-2014 period,thus your agreement will automatically renew and you do not have to take any further action.The RAHP Guidelines are updated through the JRC as needed, and will be updated during 2014. Staff from your city is invited to attend the meetings this spring that will culminate in JRC recommendations. Page 11 May 14,2014 Page 3 of 3 HOME Agreement Next Steams If your city desires to continue to participate in the King County HOME Consortium, your city must sign the enclosed HOME Agreement for the 2015-2017 period of qualification,which has been revised to include the HUD-required technical elements, and is included in this packet as Attachment A. If your city does not desire to continue participation in the King County HOME Consortium for 2015- 2017,you must notify both HUD and King County in writing, at the addresses below, no later than June 13,2014.A decision to be excluded from participation in the consortia would be effective for the entire three-year period of 2015-2017, unless your city were to specifically request to be included in a subsequent year for the remainder of the three-year period. Your letters indicating that your city does not desire to continue participating in the King County HOME Consortium must be mailed to both King County and HUD at the following addresses: Kinc County King County Housing and Community Development Program ATTN: Cheryl Markham,Program Manager 401 Fifth Avenue, Suite 510 Seattle, WA 98104-1818 HUD John W. Peters,Director Office of Community Planning and Development U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 909 First Avenue, Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98104-1000 We look forward to your continued participation in the King County Consortia, and thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Cheryl Markham Program Manager CM:cm Enclosures Attachm&WC HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into between King County, hereinafter referred to as the "County," and the City of 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, King County is an urban county, as defined by 24 CFR 92.2 and 24 CFR 570.3; and WHEREAS, a unit of general local government that is located within in an urban county may be part of a HOME consortium only through the urban county; and WHEREAS,the City and King County agree that it is mutually desirable and beneficial to enter into a consortium arrangement for purposes of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, hereinafter referred to as "HOME. Program'; NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FOREGOING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL PROMISES CONTAINED HEREIN, IT IS AGREED TIIAT: 1. This Agreement is made pursuant to the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended, 42 USC § 12701 et. seq. (the "Act") and RCW 39.34,the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. 2. The City and the County agree to cooperate to undertake or assist in undertaking HOME Program housing assistance activities which are eligible under 24 CFR Part 92. 3. The County is hereby authorized to act as the representative member on behalf of the Consortium for the purposes of the HOME Program. The County as the applicant, grantee and lead entity for the HOME Program funds has responsibility for and assumes all obligations in the executing the HOME Program, including the ability to adopt amendments to this Agreement for the purpose of adding new members on behalf of the HOME Consortium and for the purpose of incorporating changes necessary to meet U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements for consortium agreements under the applicable HUD notice of procedures for designation of consortia as a participating jurisdiction for HOME; final responsibility for selecting and executing activities; ensuring compliance with federal requirements and submitting to HUD the Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan(Consolidated Plan), Annual Action Plans, and related plans and reports, including the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and the Fair Housing Action Plan.Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as an abdication of those responsibilities and obligations. HOME Interlocal Agreement 1 of 5 2015—2017 AttachmeAaVee' The City agrees to cooperate fully with the County in the development and preparation of the Consolidated Plan and related plans, and to prepare and provide those elements specifically pertaining to the City. 4. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the period necessary to plan and carry out all activities that will be funded from HOME funds awarded for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 federal fiscal years, the three-year qualification period that coincides with the Agreement for the Distribution and Administration of the King County Consortium's Community Development Block Grant,or until the County's designation as a participating HOME jurisdiction or an urban county is rescinded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,whichever is shorter. 5. This Agreement will be automatically renewed for participation in successive qualification periods of three federal fiscal years each. No later than the date specified by HUD's consortia designation notice or HOME Consortia web pace,King County shall notify each HOME consortium member in writing of its right to decide not to participate in the Consortium for the next qualification period, and King County will send copies of those written notices to the HUD local field office by the date specified in the qualification notice. Unless the County or the City provides written notice it wishes to amend the Agreement, or elects not to participate in the new qualification period in writing to both King County and the HUD local field office by the date set forth in the HUD qualification notice applicable to subsequent three-year qualification periods,this Agreement shall automatically renew. Before the beginning of each new qualification period,King County shall submit to HUD a statement of whether or not any amendments have been made to this Agreement a copy of each amendment, and if the Consortium's membership has changed the state certification required under 24 CFR, Section 92101(a)(2)(i). This automatic renewal provision will be void if King County fails to submit a copy of each amendment to this Agreement as required under this automatic renewal provision. 6. The City and the County agree to adopt any amendments to this Agreement other than the incorporation of changes necessary to meet the requirements for cooperation agreements set forth in the applicable HUD HOME consortia qualification notice for a subsequent three-year qualification period,which King County as the lead entity shall act upon pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement. King County shall submit any other amendments that have been adopted by the City and County to the HUD local field office by the applicable deadline. 7. During the term of this Agreement, neither the County nor the City may withdraw from participation from their respective obligations under this Agreement. 8. By executing the HOME Agreement,the City understands that it may not participate in a HOME consortium except through the County, regardless of whether the County receives a HOME formula allocation. 9. This Agreement shall be executed in three counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original,by the chief executive officers of the County and the City,pursuant to the authority granted them by their respective governing bodies. One of the signed Agreements shall be filed by the County with the Region X office of HUD, one shall be filed with the City and I10NM Interlocal Agreement 2 of 5 2015—2017 I AttachmenpeCl4 one shall be filed with the County. Prior to its taking effect, the fully executed Agreement shall be filed with the County Auditor, or, alternatively, listed by subject on a public agency's web site or other electronically retrievable public source. 10. The parties to this Agreement hereby agree to affirmatively further fair housing and to ensure that no HOME funds are expended for activities that do not affirmatively further fair housing within the boundaries of their jurisdiction or for activities that impede the County's actions to comply with its fair housing certification. For purposes of this section, "affirmatively furthering fair housing" includes participation in the process of developing an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and a Fair Housing Action Plan. While King County has the primary responsibility for the development of these reports to HUD pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement, upon request,the City shall provide assistance to the County in preparing such reports. 11. Joint Recommendations Committee Composition. An inter-jurisdictional Joint Recommendations Committee ("JRC") shall be established through the 2015—2017 Consortium Interlocal Cooperation Agreement. The JRC shall be composed of three county representatives and eight cities representatives. i The three county representatives shall be King County Executive staff with broad policy responsibilities and/or department directors. County representatives shall be specified in writing and, where possible, shall be consistently the same persons from meeting to meeting. Four of the cities representatives shall be from non-entitlement consortium cities signing the King County Consortium Regular Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Regarding the Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) Program, two from each sub-region, as appointed by Sound Cities Association. The remaining four cities representatives shall be from cities that qualify to receive CDBG funds directly from HUD, but are signing a Joint Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program and a HOME Program Agreement with King County; or receive their own CDBG grant directly from HUD and signing a HOME Program-only Agreement with King County. These latter four representatives shall have no vote on matters specific to the jurisdictions of the King County Consortium Regular Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program. Two of the eight cities representatives shall be rotated among the HOME Program-only Agreement Cities, and two of the eight cities representatives shall be rotated among the cities signing a Joint Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program and a HOME Program Agreement. Those four representatives will vote on issues affecting HOME Program Agreement Cities that are specific to this Agreement. For the HOME Program-only Agreement Cities' rotating positions,the HOME Program Agreement Cities will notify the County by the end of the second week in February of each year, who the two HOME Prograin-only Agreement City representatives will be for that year. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the JRC shall be chosen from among the members of the JRC by a majority vote of the members for a term of one year beginning with the first meeting of the calendar year. Attendance of five members shall constitute a quorum. IIOME Interlocal Agreement 3of5 2015-2017 Pa Attachmen?efts 12. JRC Appointments. The King County Executive shall appoint the three county representatives.The participating cities of the King County Consortium Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the Community Development Block Grant Program shall provide for the appointment of their shared representatives in a manner to be determined by those cities through the Suburban Cities Association or other agreed-upon mechanism for the execution of shared appointing authority. The Suburban Cities Association or other agreed mechanism will select four jurisdictions of varying size from among those signing this agreement, two from the north/east sub-region and two from the south sub-region. The cities representatives shall be elected officials, chief administrative officers, or persons who report directly to the chief administrative officer and who have broad policy responsibilities; e.g., planning directors, department directors, etc. Members of the JRC shall serve for two years, or at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities. 13. Powers and Duties of the JRC. The JRC shall be empowered to: a. Review and recommend to the King County Executive all policy matters concerning the King County CDBG Consortium and HOME Program Consortium, including but not limited to the Consolidated Plan and related plans and policies. b. Review and recommend to the King County Executive the projects and programs to be undertaken with King County CDBG Consortium funds and HOME Program Consortium funds, including the Administrative Set-aside. c. Monitor and ensure that all geographic areas and participating jurisdictions benefit fairly from King County CDBG Consortium and HOME Program Consortium funded activities over the three-year agreement period, so far as is feasible and within the goals and objectives of the Consolidated Plan. 14. Advisory Committees to the JRC. In fulfilling its duty to review and recommend projects and programs to be undertaken with HOME Program funds, the JRC shall consider the advice of inter jurisdictional advisory committees. Sub-regional advisory committees, made tip of one representative from each participating jurisdiction in a sub-region that wishes to participate, shall be convened to assist in the review and recommendation of projects and programs to be undertaken in that sub-region. The JRC may also solicit recommendations from other inter- jurisdictional housing and community development committees. 15. The City shall assist the County in developing the Consortium's HOME Program by participating in development of the Consolidated Plan to accommodate both the collective and individual housing objectives contained within local comprehensive plans or other adopted plans of the City and the County. 16. The City and County shall each assign a staff person to serve as the primary contact for the administration of this Agreement. The assigned contact person is responsible for communicating relevant information to their respective jurisdiction. 17. This Agreement applies to the Consortium's acceptance of other federal housing-related funds which may be allocated by formula to the Consortium. Allocation decisions for these funds will be subject to policies and procedures developed by the advisory committees to the JRC and adopted by the JRC. HOME Tnledocal Agreement 4 of 5 2015—2017 Pa Attachmen��s I 18. This Agreement is made and entered into for the sole protection and benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns. No other person shall have any right of action based i on any provision of this Agreement. I KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON CITY OF I for King County Executive By: Signature Adrienne Quinn Printed Name Printed Name Director, Department of Community and Human Services Title Title Date Date Approved as to Form: Approved as to Form: OFFICE OF THE KING COUNTY CITY OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY CITY ATTORNEY City Attorney ATTEST: CITY OF City Clerk I i i HOME Interlocal Agreement 5 of 5 2015—2017 III Page 17 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into between King County, hereinafter referred to as the "County," and the City of 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, King County is an urban county, as defined by 24 CFR 92.2 and 24 CFR 570.3; and WHEREAS, a unit of general local government that is located within in an urban county may be part of a HOME consortium only through the urban county; and WHEREAS, the City and King County agree that it is mutually desirable and beneficial to enter into a consortium arrangement for purposes of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, hereinafter referred to as "HOME Program"; NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FOREGOING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL PROMISES CONTAINED HEREIN, IT IS AGREED THAT: 1. This Agreement is made pursuant to the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended, 42 USC § 12701 et. seq. (the "Act") and RCW 39.34,the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. 2. The City and the County agree to cooperate to undertake or assist in undertaking HOME Program housing assistance activities which are eligible under 24 CFR Part 92. 3. The County is hereby authorized to act as the representative member on behalf of the Consortium for the purposes of the HOME Program. The County as the applicant, grantee and lead entity for the HOME Program fiords has responsibility for and assumes all obligations in the executing the HOME Program, including the ability to adopt amendments to this Agreement for the purpose of adding new members on behalf of the HOME Consortium and for the purpose of incorporating changes necessary to meet U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements for consortium agreements under the applicable HUD notice of procedures for designation of consortia as a participating jurisdiction for HOME; final responsibility for selecting and executing activities; ensuring compliance with federal requirements and submitting to HUD the Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan (Consolidated Plan), Annual Action Plans, and related plans and reports, including the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and the Fair Housing Action Plan.Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as an abdication of those responsibilities and obligations. HOME:interlocal Agreement 1 of 5 2015—2017 Page 18 I The City agrees to cooperate fully with the County in the development and preparation of the Consolidated Plan and related plans, and to prepare and provide those elements specifically pertaining to the City. 4. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the period necessary to plan and carry out all activities that will be funded from HOME funds awarded for the 2015,2016 and 2017 federal fiscal years, the three-year qualification period that coincides with the Agreement for the Distribution and Administration of the King County Consortium's Community Development Block Grant, or until the County's designation as a participating HOME jurisdiction or an urban county is rescinded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, whichever is shorter. 5. This Agreement will be automatically.renewed for participation in successive qualification periods of three federal fiscal years each. No later than the date specified by HUD's consortia designation notice or HOME Consortia web page, King County shall notify each HOME consortium member in writing of its right to decide not to participate in the Consortium for the next qualification period, and King County will send copies of those written notices to the HUD local field office by the date specified in the qualification notice. Unless the County or the City provides written notice it wishes to amend the Agreement, or elects not to participate _ in the new qualification period in writing to both King County and the HUD local field office f by the date set forth in the HUD qualification notice applicable to subsequent three-year qualification periods, this Agreement shall automatically renew. Before the beginning of each new qualification period,King County shall submit to HUD a statement of whether or not - - any amendments have been made to this Agreement, a copy of each amendment, and if the Consortium's membership has changed, the state certification required under 24 CER, Section 92.10 1(a)(2)(i). This automatic renewal provision will be void if King County fails to submit a copy of each amendment to this Agreement as required under this automatic renewal provision. 6. The City and the County agree to adopt any amendments to this Agreement other than the incorporation of changes necessary to meet the requirements for cooperation agreements set forth in the applicable HUD HOME consortia qualification notice for a subsequent three-year qualification period, which King County as the lead entity shall act upon pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement. King County shall submit any other amendments adopted by the City and County to the HUD local field office by the applicable deadline. 7. During the term of this Agreement, neither the County nor the City may withdraw from j participation from their respective obligations under this Agreement. 8. By executing the HOME Agreement, the City understands that it may not participate in a HOME consortium except through the County, regardless of whether the County receives a HOME formula allocation. 9. This Agreement shall be executed in three counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, by the chief executive officers of the County and the City, pursuant to the authority granted them by their respective governing bodies. One of the signed Agreements shall be filed by the County with the Region X office of HUD, one shall be filed with the City and one shall be filed with the-Cotnty. Prior to its taking effect, the fully executed Agreement HOME Interlocal Ag eement 2 of 5 2015—2017 Page 19 shall be fled with the County Auditor, or, alternatively, listed by subject on a public agency's web site or other electronically retrievable public source. 10. The parties to this Agreement hereby agree to affirmatively further fair housing and to ensure that no HOME funds are expended for activities that do not affirmatively further fair housing within the boundaries of their jurisdiction or for activities that impede the County's actions to comply with its fair housing certification. For purposes of this section, "affirmatively furthering fair housing" includes participation in the process of developing an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and a Fair Housing Action Plan. While King County has the primary responsibility for the development of these reports to HUD pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement, upon request, the City shall provide assistance to the County in preparing such reports. i 11. Joint Recommendations Committee Composition. An inter jurisdictional Joint Recommendations Committee ("JRC") shall be established through the 2015—2017 Consortium Interlocal Cooperation Agreement. The JRC shall be composed of three county representatives and eight cities representatives. The three county representatives shall be King County Executive staff with broad policy responsibilities and/or department directors. County representatives shall be specified in writing and, where possible, shall be consistently the same persons from meeting to meeting. Four of the cities representatives shall be from non-entitlement consortium cities signing the King County Consortium Regular Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Regarding the Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) Program, two from each sub-region, as appointed by Sound Cities Association. The remaining four cities representatives shall be from cities that qualify to receive CDBG funds directly from HUD, but are signing a Joint Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program and a HOME Program Agreement with King County; or receive their own CDBG grant directly from HUD and signing a HOME Program-only Agreement with King County. These latter four representatives shall have no vote on matters specific to the jurisdictions of the King County Consortium Regular Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program. Two of the eight cities representatives shall be rotated among the HOME Program-only Agreement Cities, and two of the eight cities representatives shall be rotated among the cities signing a Joint Agreement Regarding the CDBG Program and a HOME Program Agreement. Those four representatives will vote on issues affecting HOME Program Agreement Cities that are specific to this Agreement. For the HOME Program-only Agreement Cities' rotating positions, the HOME Program Agreement Cities will notify the County by the end of the second week in February of each year, who the two HOME Program-only Agreement City representatives will be for that year. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the JRC shall be chosen from among the members of the JRC by a majority vote of the members for a term of one year beginning with the first meeting of the calendar year. Attendance of five members shall constitute a quorum. IIOME Interlocal Agreement 1 3 of 5 2015—2017 Page 20 12, JRC Appointments. The King County Executive shall appoint the three county representatives. The participating cities of the King County Consortium Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the Community Development Block Grant Program shall provide for the appointment of their shared representatives in a manner to be determined by those cities through the Suburban Cities Association or other agreed-upon mechanism for the execution of shared appointing authority. The Suburban Cities Association or other agreed mechanism will select four jurisdictions of varying size from among those signing this agreement,two from the north/east sub-region and two from the south sub-region. The cities representatives shall be elected officials, chief administrative officers, or persons who report directly to the chief administrative officer and who have broad policy responsibilities; e.g., planning directors, department directors, etc. Members of the JRC shall serve for two years, or at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities. 13. Powers and Duties of the JRC. The JRC shall be empowered to: a. Review and recommend to the King County Executive all policy matters concerning the King County CDBG Consortium and HOME Program Consortium, including but not limited to the Consolidated Plan and related plans and policies. b. Review and recommend to the King County Executive the projects and programs to be undertaken with King County CDBG Consortium funds and HOME Program Consortium funds, including the Administrative Set-aside. c. Monitor and ensure that all geographic areas and participating jurisdictions benefit fairly - —from King County CDBG Consortium and HOME Program Consortiums funded activities over the three-year agreement period, so far as is feasible and within the goals and objectives of the Consolidated Plan. 14. Advisory Committees to the JRC. In fulfilling its duty to review and recommend projects and programs to be undertaken with HOME Program funds, the JRC shall consider the advice of inter-jurisdictional advisory committees. Sub-regional advisory committees, made up of one representative from each participating j urisdiction in a sub-region that wishes to participate, shall be convened to assist in the review and recommendation of projects and programs to be undertaken in that sub-region. The JRC may also solicit recommendations from other inter- jurisdictional housing and community development committees. 15. The City shall assist the County in developing the Consortium's HOME Program by participating in development of the Consolidated Plan to accommodate both the collective and individual housing objectives contained within local comprehensive plans or other adopted plans of the City and the County. 16.The City and County shall each assign a staff person to serve as the primary contact for the administration of this Agreement. The assigned contact person is responsible for communicating relevant information to their respective jurisdiction. 17. This Agreement applies to the Consortium's acceptance of other federal housing-related funds which may be allocated by formula to the Consortium. Allocation decisions for these funds will be subject to policies and procedures developed by the advisory committees to the JRC and adopted by the JRC. — 1 HOME Intedoual Agreement 4 of 5 2015 20 7 Page 21 18. This Agreement is made and entered into for the sole protection and benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.No other person shall have any right of action based on any provision of this Agreement. KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON CITY OF for King Comity Executive By: Signature Adrienne Quinn Printed Name Printed Name Director, Department of Community and Hunan Services "Title Title Date Date Approved as to Form: Approved as to Form: OFFICE, OF THE KING COUNTY - CITY OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY CITY ATTORNEY City Attorney ATTEST: CITY OF City Clerk HOME,lnlerlocal Agreement 5 of 5 2015—2017 Page 22 Page 23 PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Jeff Watling, Director ® Phone: 253-856-5100 N T Fax: 253-856-6050 WASHINGTGN Address: 220 Fourth Avenue S. Kent, WA. 98032-5895 June 26, 2014 TO: Kent City Council Parks and Human Services Committee FROM: Ronda Billerbeck, Cultural Programs Manager THROUGH: Jeff Watling, Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services SUBJECT: 2014 Western States Arts Federation Grant - Accept MOTION: Move_to recommend Council accept the TourWest grant from WESTAF to support 2014-2015 Kent Arts Commission Spotlight Series in the amount of $2,150, amend the budget and authorize expenditure of funds in accordance with the grant agreement. SUMMARY: TourWest has awarded the Kent Arts Commission a TourWest grant in the amount of $2,150 (maximum award is $2,500) through a competitive grant process. The funding will support the 2014-2015 Spotlight Series - specifically a performance and community outreach activity by Hawaiian slack key guitarist John Keawe (kee-ah-vay.) EXHIBITS: Award Letter, Award Contract BUDGET IMPACT: Kent Arts Commission Budget I Page 24 Page 25 W TAF i 5/30/2014 Ronda Billerbeck City of Kent Arts Commission 220 4th Avenue South Kent, Washington 98032 RE: TourWest 2014-2015 TW201400306 DearRonda: The Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) is pleased to inform you that a 2014-2015 TourWest grant has been awarded to City of Kent Arts Commission in the amount of $2,150.00 for the John Keawe performance beginning on 10/ 1/2014. The following letter contains important information regarding -- deadlines for grant materials that need to be submitted in order to receive your award payment. Signed Grant Agreement - Due Date: 6/29/2014 Please note, this award is contingent upon the return of a signed copy of the enclosed TourWest grant agreement within 30 days of receipt of this award letter. This is the grant agreement between City of Kent Arts Commission and WESTAF. Failure to return the grant agreement in accordance with this schedule shall result in the forfeiture of the grant award. Contract with the artist - Due Date: 9/20/2014 If an final artist's letter of agreement/contract was not included with your TourWest application, this grant award will not become official until you send the fully executed, co-signed contract between City of Kent Arts Commission and John Keawe We must receive the contract no later than three weeks preceding the performance. Notification to WESTAF of changes to the funded project: If any aspect of this project changes from what was originally outlined in your application, or, in the event of cancellation, you are required to notify WESTAF as soon as possible. Notifications can be made to WESTAF via e-mail to staff@westaf.org. If changes to your outreach or public performance activities occur, please note that the TourWest guidelines stipulate that all funded projects must include at least one outreach activity (with an educational component) and one public performance. Failure to meet these requirements will result in the forfeiture of the grant award. Final grant report and support materials submission - Due Date: 12/10/2014 CFDA#45.025 TW201400306 Page 26 In order to receive your grant award, you must complete the final grant report within 60 days following your engagement. WESTAF will pay 100% of the TourWest award to City of Kent Arts Commission when the following have been met: • Grantee has successfully satisfied the terms of the grant agreement and the project is complete. • Grantee has completed the TourWest final report form and project description online at tourwest.Culturegrants.org • Final report has been approved by WESTAF and the funds have been received by WESTAF from the NEA. • The award amount must be 50% or less of the actual total artistic fee. If the actual artistic fee has decreased, WESTAF will adjust the grant award amount accordingly. • Submission of Funder Crediting in the following forms. o A current season brochure o Copy of the performance program '... o Copies of any other promotional material o Grantees must clearly acknowledge support from the National Endowment for the Arts and WESTAF in their programs and related promotional materials. • Final report support materials, such as season brochures and performance programs, may be submitted online or sent to WESTAF at: 1743 Wazee Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO, 80202. Support materials that are mailed to WESTAF must be received within 30 days of the submission of the online final grant report form. Please note that failure t0 observe any of the TourWest deadlines for submission of the above documentation may result in forfeiture of the grant award. TourWest is made possible through support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Western State Arts Federation (WESTAF), and its participating state arts agencies. Support through TourWest is contingent on available funds. We appreciate your interest in WESTAF and extend our congratulations to you on this award! Sincerely, Sayan Lucero Associate Director WESTAF 1743 Wazee St. Ste. 300 Denver, CO 80202 T 303.629.1166 F 303.629,9717 www.westaf.org www.artistsregister.com I www.zappl!cation.org www.callforentry.org www.artjob.org Enclosure CFDA#45.025 T W 201400306 I Page 27 in Celebrating the Western through the farts 2014-2015 TourWest Grant Contract Contract Date: May 30, 2014 Presenter: City of Kent Arts Commission TourWest Award Amount; $2,150.00 Artistic Fees: $7,000.00 TourWest App ID; TW201400306 CFDA number: 45.025 The Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) shall assign the grant award amount to City of Kent Arts Commission following the return of a signed copy of this contract within 30 days of the contract date, Failure to return a signed copy of this contract in accordance with the schedule outlined above shall result in the forfeiture of the grant award. TourWest is made possible through support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), and WESTAF's participating state arts agencies. Support through TourWest is contingent on available funds. Project Description - the presenting organization is granted the above award amount for the following project: Project Summary: Hawaiian slack key guitarist John Keawe will present one public performance and one educational outreach activity (slack key guitar workshop) in Kent, WA. Artist/Company: John Keawe Engagement Dates: 10/11/2014 to 10/11/2014 Number of Public Performances: 1 Number of Outreach Activities: 1 All TourWest supported engagements must include at least one (1) public performance and one (1) outreach activity with an educational component. A public performance is defined as a full- length performance for which promotion and marketing to the general public have been provided TW201400306 Page 1 of 4 CFDA number: 45.025 Page 28 and the audience for which is a cross-section of the community (e.g. not primarily school-aged children during regular school hours). Examples of qualifying outreach activities are: lecture- demonstrations, master classes, in-school educational activities involving students with the artist, etc.. The following items are not considered to be qualifying outreach activities: 1) a performance for students that does not include an educational component about the art form; 2) a guest artist's residency at an institution of higher education; 3) activities at an institution of higher education for which the majority of the audience are students and/or faculty; 4) tickets to the public performance offered on a complimentary basis; and 5) a lecture or demonstration that directly precedes or follows the public performance. Contracting with WESTAF - due date: 6/29/2014 Please note this award is contingent upon the return of a signed copy of the enclosed TourWest grant contract within 30 days of receipt of this award letter. This is the grant contract between City f Kent Arts Commission and WESTAF. Failure to return the grant contract in accordance with this schedule shall result in the forfeiture of the grant award. Contracting with the artist - due date: 9/20/2014 �� llvuCrcG� �� If the final artist's letter of agreement/contract was not included with the proposed TourWest application, this grant award will not become official until the grantee sends the fully executed, co-signed contract between City of Kent Arts Commission and the artist(s), John Keawe. We must receive the contract no later than three weeks preceding the performance. I Payment to the Grantee (Presenting Organization)' WESTAF shall pay the grantee $2,150.00 upon: ® The satisfactory performance of the services outlined in the project description above. • Project and grantee compliance with established program rules and requirements per the TourWest grant guidelines. • Submission of a copy of the final artist's letter of agreement/contract Including the artistic o The award amount must be 50% or less of the actual total artistic fee. If the actual artistic fee has decreased, WESTAF will adjust the grant award amount accordingly. ® Timely return of a completed 2014-2015 TourWest final report and project description online at tourwest culturegrants org within 60 days following the engagement. ® Final report has been approved by WESTAF and the funds have been received by WESTAF from the NEA. • Funder crediting must be included in the grantee's current season brochure, the performance program, and any other promotional materials. Copies of these materials must be sent in with the final report. Grantees must clearly acknowledge support from the National Endowment for the Arts and WESTAFin their programs and related promotional materials. Final report support materials, such as season brochures and performance programs, may be submitted online or sent to WESTAF at: 1743 Wazee Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202. Support materials that are mailed to WESTAF must be received within 30 days of the submission of the online final grant report form. Payment to the Artist: TJ201400306 Page 2 of 4 CFDA number: 45.025 Page 29 The above artistic fees shall be paid directly to the artist/company (or designated representative) by the presenter as per the artist-presenter contract. Change Requests: If any dates, fees, and/or activities change at any time from those listed above, the presenter must notify WESTAF in writing via email to staff@Westaf.org within 30 days of the change and provide an updated artistic contract. NOTE: Changes in plans may affect award amounts and must meet the goals and review criteria of the TourWest program. Failure to meet these requirements will result in the forfeiture of the grant award. Required Credit: Grantees must clearly acknowledge support from the National Endowment for the Arts, WESTAF and their state arts agency in the programs and related promotional materials. Acknowledgement should be given in text and graphically by using the NEA and WESTAF logos. Copies of both the WESTAF and NEA logos may be found at httm//www.westaf org/grants. Alternately, copies of these logos may be requested via email by calling 303.629,1166. Acknowledgment of the National Endowment for the Arts, WESTAF and the grantee's state arts agency can be phrased in a variety of ways: For example: Funding for the Commission and its programs is provided by the Western States Arts Federation and the National Endowment for the Arts. This project received support from [Grantee's State Arts Agency]; WESTAF, the Western States Arts Federation; and the National Endowment for the Arts. Compliance: All information and conditions contained in the 2014-2015 TourWest guidelines are incorporated herein. By signing this contract, the presenter agrees to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S,C. 2000d et seq.); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA") (42 U.S.C. 12101- 12213); the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.); Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); and The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (41 U.S.C. 701 et seq. And 45 C.F.R. pt. 1154); as well as all regulations of the National Endowment for the Arts issued pursuant to these statutes; and the applicant thereby gives assurance to immediately take any measures necessary to comply. Compliance is mandatory with all requirements, paperwork, and related time lines as described herein; failure to do so may jeopardize current and/or future funding from WESTAF. TW201400306 Page 3 of 4 CFDA number: 45.025 Page 30 We the undersigned understand and will comply with the terms of this contract. City of Kent Arts Commission WESTAF (Western States Arts Federation) 220 4th Avenue South 1743 Wazee Street, Suite 300 Kent, Washington 98032 Denver, CO 80202 Grantee (Presenter)/Address WESTAF/Address please write in any corrections above May 30, 2014 I Authorized ignature for Presenter/Date Authorized Signature for WESTAF/Date �VVIG(G2 t3�� �e�1 C; t hYY_ � Seyan Lucero/Associate Director Print Name/Title Print Name/Title Phone: 303.629.1166 * Fax: 303.629.9717 I' i (fir t7� �<FZ�hc2 u- U✓ E-mail: seyan.lucero@westaf.org Phone/Fax/E-mail Phone/Fax/E-mail 91, Tax ID Number Please return the signed contract within 30 days to: WESTAF, 1743 Wazee St, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202 Attn: TourWest Phone: 303.629.1166 * Fax: 303.629.9717 * E-mail: andy.thomas@westaf.org TW201400306 Page 4 of 4 CFDA numbe r: 45.025 I' Page 31 PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Jeff Watling, Director Phone: 253-856-5100 ® Fax: 253-856-6050 VKENNO Address: 220 Fourth Avenue S. Kent, WA. 98032-5895 June 26, 2014 TO: Kent City Council Parks and Human Services Committee FROM: Jeff Watling, Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services SUBJECT: Ordinance to Establish a Parks and Recreation Commission - Adopt MOTION: Move to recommend Council adopt an Ordinance to establish a Parks and Recreation Commission. SUMMARY: The parks, trails and programs provided by the City of Kent touch the lives of tens of thousands of residents each year. Effective delivery of those services and stewardship of those public spaces relies on direct communication with our residents and customers. Although this communication happens in a wide variety of ways, another means for more formal interaction would be through a Parks and Recreation Commission. Through previous discussions it has been determined that the Mayor, City Council and Department Staff all concur that the formation of a Kent Parks and Recreation Commission is needed and will be an effective way for residents to interact directly with staff on numerous strategic planning efforts that influence the public parks and recreation system. A draft Ordinance was presented and discussed at the May Parks and Human Services Committee meeting. From the feedback given at that meeting, staff has made minor revisions to the draft and will be presenting the Ordinance possible adoption. EXHIBITS: Ordinance BUDGET IMPACTS: None Page 32 Page 33 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE of the city council of the city of Kent, Washington, relating to parks, creating a new chapter 2.60 Kent City Code, and establishing a Parks and Recreation Commission. RECITALS A. The City of Kent Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department supports and serves the community through its own programs and services and in cooperation with other agencies, building social capital, enhancing the quality of life, and fostering relationships. B. These services are an essential element to the livability, public health, safety, and welfare of Kent residents. C. The City of Kent has a vibrant parks and trails system that has been developed over the past fifty years. D. The system provides a rich and diverse spectrum of opportunities to an equally rich and diverse community. 1 Parks and Recreation Commission Page 34 E. Ongoing communication and connection to that community Is essential to ensure the system is fulfilling the needs of the residents of Kent. F. The City of Kent recognizes the value of citizen involvement in parks and recreation-related issues and finds it appropriate to establish a Parks and Recreation Commission for guidance and assistance in parks and recreation priorities and services in an advisory capacity. NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: ORDINANCE SECT%ON 1. — Amendment. Title 2 of the Kent City Code is amended to adopt a new Chapter 2.60, entitled "Parks and Recreation Commission" as follows: Chapter 2.60 Parks and Recreation Commission Sec. 2.60.010. Parks and Recreation Commission created. The city of Kent Parks and Recreation Commission is hereby created. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall serve in an advisory capacity to the mayor, city council, and city staff. I I Sec. 2.60.020. Membership, terms, residence requirements. A. Number of Members. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall consist of sixteen appointed members, each of whom shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council. 2 Parks and Recreation Commission i I Page 35 i B. Terms of office. The term of office for commissioners shall be for three years, except for the initial terms as provided below, and commissioners may only serve two consecutive terms. The term of office of the first four commissioners appointed and confirmed shall expire December 31, 2015; the term of the second six commissioners appointed and confirmed shall expire December 31, 2016; the term of office of the final six commissioners appointed and confirmed shall expire December 31, 2017. When a vacancy occurs on the Parks and Recreation Commission, appointment for that position shall be for three years, or for the remainder of the unexpired term, whichever is the shorter period of time. C. Residence Requirements. At least ten persons appointed to serve on the Parks and Recreation Commission shall reside within the corporate limits of the city' p p To the extent practicable, appointment shall reflect a balance and diversity of residents, users of and interests in Kent's Parks and Recreation Services, and shall include not more than two youth representatives of high school age who live within the city's municipal boundaries. D. Removal. Members of the Parks and Recreation Commission shall be removed for unexcused absence from more than three consecutive regular meetings, or may be removed by a majority vote of the entire Parks and Recreation Commission for neglect of duty, conflict of interest, I malfeasance in office, or other just cause. The decision of the Parks and Recreation Commission shall be final and there shall be no appeal. Sec. 2.60.030. Organization and meetings. A. Election of Officers. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall elect from among its members a chair, who shall preside at all meetings, 3 Parks and Recreation Commission Page 36 I and a vice chair, who shall preside in the absence of the chair. The chair and vice chair shall be elected annually. A majority of the Parks and Recreation Commission members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and a majority vote of those present shall be necessary to carry any motion. B. Rules and Regulations. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations as necessary for the conduct of its business. C. Meeting Schedule. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall provide a regular meeting schedule, including time, place, and frequency of meetings as necessary, but no less frequent than once a month. The Parks and Recreation Commission may, from time to time, provide for special meetings in accordance with RCW 42.30. All meetings shall be open to the public, in accordance with RCW 42.30, the Open Public Meetings Act. i D. Documentation. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall adopt such procedures to insure minutes of the meeting are recorded and a i monthly summary of minutes of meetings are recorded along with all decisions. Sec. 2.60.040. Duties and Responsibilities. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall be an advisory board to the mayor, city council, and city staff and responsible for providing guidance concerning the following matters: a. Comprehensive parks and trails planning. b. Priorities for the acquisition of land and/or facilities. 4 Parks and Recreation Commission Page 37 '..,. c. Development, design, and operation of parks and recreation programming and facilities. d. Capital improvements planning. e. Regulations and restrictions governing the hours of park and facilities use. f. Concessions. g. Contracts, interlocal agreements, and lease agreements regarding parks and recreation activities. h. Other matters that may be referred to the Parks and Recreation Commission by the mayor or city council. SECTION 2. - Severability. If any one or more section, subsection, or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall maintain its full force and effect. SECTION 3. - Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section or subsection numbering; or references to other local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations. SECTION 4. - Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. SUZETTE COOKE, MAYOR 5 Parks and Recreation Commission Page 38 ATTEST: RONALD F. MOORE, CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: ARTHUR FITZPATRICK, ACTING CITY ATTORNEY PASSED: day of 2014. APPROVED: day of 2014. PUBLISHED: day of 2014. I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No. passed by the city council of the city of Kent, Washington, and approved by the mayor of the city of Kent as hereon indicated. (SEAL) RONALD F. MOORE, CITY CLERK P:!CkiIONiwnee'3ala ComMsslon.tlaue 6 Parks and Recreation Commission Page 39 PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Jeff Watling, Director Phone: 253-856-5100 ® Fax: 253-856-6050 WASHING-ONKENT Address: 220 Fourth Avenue S. Kent, WA. 98032-5895 June 26, 2014 TO: Kent City Council Parks and Human Services Committee FROM: Jeff Watling, Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Services SUBJECT: Director's Report - INFO ONLY MOTION: None SUMMARY: Jeff Watling, Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, will inform the committee of noteworthy information and upcoming events. - - EXHIBITS: None BUDGET IMPACT: None i i, i II i KENT WASH ING70N PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERIVCES Council Committee Members: Chair Deborah Ranniger - Dennis Higgins - Brenda Fincher Jeff Watling, Director NOTICE Of Special Meeting There will be a Special Parks and Human Services Committee Meeting On June 26, 2014 at 5:00 p. m. in Chambers East The Parks Committee meets on the third Thursday of each month at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers East, Kent City Hall, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent 98032, unless otherwise noted. For agenda information, please call (253) 856-5100 Any Person Requiring A Disability Accommodation Should Contact The City Clerk's Office At (253) 856-5725 In Advance. For TDD Relay Service Call The Washington Telecommunications Relay Service at 1-800-833-6388 KENT WASH ING70N PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERIVCES Council Committee Members: Chair Deborah Ranniger - Dennis Higgins - Brenda Fincher Jeff Watling, Director NOTICE Of Special Meeting There will be a Special Parks and Human Services Committee Meeting On June 26, 2014 at 5:00 p. m. in Chambers East The Parks Committee meets on the third Thursday of each month at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers East, Kent City Hall, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent 98032, unless otherwise noted. For agenda information, please call (253) 856-5100 Any Person Requiring A Disability Accommodation Should Contact The City Clerk's Office At (253) 856-5725 In Advance. For TDD Relay Service Call The Washington Telecommunications Relay Service at 1-800-833-6388