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Wenatchee City Council 7/12/2018 Agenda Item B Page 1 of 319 CITY COUNCIL REPORT COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO: Frank Kuntz, Mayor City Council FROM: Brooklyn Holton, Housing and Community Planner SUBJECT: DRAFT CDBG 2013-2017 Consolidated Plan UPDATE and 2018 CDBG Annual Action Plan DATE: July 9, 2018 MEETING DATE: July 12, 2018 I. OVERVIEW The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Plan is a long-range strategic plan that assesses community needs, establishes priority objectives, and outlines strategies the City will pursue over a designated period to improve the City’s housing, community and economic assets principally benefiting low- and moderate-income persons or households. On June 27, 2017 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved City’s request to extend the five-year, 2013-2017 Consolidated Plan to a seven-year 2013-2019 Consolidated Plan. Required by HUD, the plan must be updated to accurately reflect the goals, strategies and data related to the CDBG program over the extended two-year period; resulting in a substantial amendment to the plan. According to the City’s CDBG Citizen Participation Plan, adoption of any substantial amendment must be preceded by an opportunity for the public to comment during a public hearing. The CDBG Annual Action Plan outlines the programs and activities the City will undertake in the coming year to implement the strategies identified in the current Consolidated Plan. According to the Participation Plan, a minimum of two public hearings are to be held each year to obtain comments from citizens and representatives of public agencies, nonprofit organizations, community stakeholders and other interested parties. The hearings provide opportunities to obtain the views of citizens on housing, community and economic development needs, offer information on the amount of funds available, the purpose for which funds have been allocated, discuss proposed activities and review program performance over the previous year. At least one public hearing is to be held prior to the final publishing of the Annual Action Plan. The City of Wenatchee will be working to extend the 2018 CDBG program year by six months in order to adjust the annual program year start date from April 1 to October 1. This adjustment requires the 2018 program year to be an 18 month program year. Neither the City’s entitlement status nor the Federal award are impacted by this update. As a result of this adjustment, the budget provided reflects allocations through the end of September 2018. The two-year extension of the Consolidated Plan and adjustment of the annual CDBG program year allows the City of Wenatchee to align planning efforts with both East Wenatchee and the Housing Authority of Chelan County and City of Wenatchee. A notice of public hearing was published in the Wenatchee World on June 8, 2018 announcing a 30- day comment period. The purpose of the public hearing is to obtain public comments on proposed substantial amendments to the City of Wenatchee's 2013 – 2017 CDBG Consolidated Plan Update and 2018 CDBG Annual Action Plan. 1 Wenatchee City Council 7/12/2018 Agenda Item B Page 2 of 319 CITY COUNCIL REPORT COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 1. The Draft 2013-2017 Consolidated Plan Update a. Revise the updated charts, tables and maps that provide updated data to include the two-year extension through the 2019 CDBG program year. b. Provide any recommended updates to the goals and/or strategies outlined in the 2013- 2017 Consolidated Plan Update. 2. The Draft 2018 CDBG Annual Action Plan The Action Plan describes how funds will be used and identifies associated activities the City proposes to undertake in the 18-month 2018 program year. The CDBG program year is currently April 1 – March 31 through will be updated to reflect the extension and starting in 2019 and continuing in subsequent years will be October 1 – September 30. The 2018 program award was in the amount of $242,460. There was $117,205.59 in unexpended funds from 2017 largely due to $98,905.59 in program income from the rehab loan program. Available for allocation is $359,665.59. In 2017, the Finance Committee approved a pre-award cost from the 2018 and 2019 program years for the Chelan Avenue Sidewalk project. In 2018, the Finance Committee approved the addition of supplemental funds to reduce the amount of the pre-award cost to be reimbursed by CDBG. The details from this approval are still being finalized and therefore the budget provided reflects a full reimbursement from CDBG. If the final reimbursement is equal to or more than 25 percent of the identified amount, a substantial amendment will be made to the Annual Action Plan and conducted as outlined in the Citizen Participation Plan. The Planning Commission accepted public testimony and considered the proposed Draft 2013-2017 Consolidated Plan Update and the 2018 Annual Action Plan at a public hearing on June 20, 2018. The Planning Commission recommended approval of the plan as presented with the following updates to be included in the final update: - Page 73: Change “Seattle – Chicago” to say “Burlington Northern” - Ensure recommendations referencing urban areas such as Seattle are relative to the Wenatchee Valley NOTE: - Program Admin and Planning is limited to 20% of federal award - Public Services is limited to 15% of federal award + prior year’s program income Project and Activity Allocation 1. Program Admin & Planning $48,492 2. Public Improvement: Engineering for Chelan Avenue $133.01 3. Public Improvement: Chelan Avenue Pre-Award Reimbursement $237,971.58 4. Public Improvement: Code Enforcement $36,700 5. Public Service: Literacy Council $35,000 6. Public Service: Debris Removal $1,369 TOTAL $359,665.59 2 Wenatchee City Council 7/12/2018 Agenda Item B Page 3 of 319 CITY COUNCIL REPORT COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT II. ACTION REQUESTED Motion to: 1. Conduct a public hearing. 2. Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign Resolution 2018-28 amending the 2013-2017 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan and the 2014 Annual Plan. III. FISCAL IMPACT The amendment of the 2013-2017 Consolidated Plan impact does not have a financial impact. Adoption of this plan enables the City to continue applying for annual CDBG funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The proposed plan includes budget amounts specifically targeted to cover direct and indirect costs of the city of administering the CDBG program and for carrying out grand-funded projects (including sidewalks, Code Enforcement and neighborhood grants). The 2018 Annual Action Plan includes a pre-award reimbursement for the Chelan Avenue Sidewalk project. The general fund will be fully reimbursed at project completion. Final details related to the Transportation Benefit District funding reimbursement are not yet available as aforementioned on Page 2, Section 2, Paragraph 3. IV. REFERENCE(S) 1. City of Wenatchee Resolution 2018-28 2. City of Wenatchee CDBG 2013-2017 Consolidated Plan Amendment 3. City of Wenatchee 2018 Annual Action Plan V. ADMINISTRATIVE ROUTING Tammy Stanger, City Clerk Allison Williams, Executive Services Director Glen DeVries, Community Development Director Brad Posenjak, Finance Director Rob Jammerman, Public Works Director 3 Wenatchee City Council 7/12/2018 Agenda Item B Page 4 of 319 RESOLUTION NO. 2018-28 A RESOLUTION, amending the City of Wenatchee 2013-2017 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan. WHEREAS, the City of Wenatchee is an entitlement jurisdiction for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program through the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development; and WHEREAS, the City of Wenatchee passed resolution 2013-12 adopting the 2013-2017 Consolidated Plan; and WHEREAS, the City of Wenatchee passed resolution 2014-57 adopting amendment #1 to the 2013-2017 Consolidated Plan; and WHEREAS, on June 17, 2017 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a request to extend the 2013-2017 Consolidated Plan by two years in order to align planning efforts with the City of East Wenatchee and the Housing Authority of Chelan County and the City of Wenatchee; and WHEREAS, the extension requires the goals, strategies and data to accurately reflect the goals, strategies, and data related to the CDBG program over the extended two-year period; through 2019; and WHEREAS, a duly advertised 30-day public comment period for this amendment to the City of Wenatchee 2013-2017 Consolidated Plan occurred between June 8, 2019 and July 12, 2018; no public comments were submitted; and RESOLUTION NO. 2018-28 Page 1 Wenatchee City Council 7/12/2018 Agenda Item B Page 5 of 319 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on June 20, 2018 and received no public comments. The Planning Commission recommended to the City Council approval of the amendment with a content correction on page 73 where “Seattle- Chicago” should read, “Burlington Northern” and a recommendation to ensure that recommendations that references highly urbanized areas such as Seattle are done so only if relative to the Wenatchee Valley; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly advertised public hearing on July 12, 2018. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WENATCHEE as follows: SECTION I The City of Wenatchee 2013-2017 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan is hereby amended and shall be known as the 2013-2019 Housing and Community Development Plan as set forth in Attachment “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein as though fully set forth. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WENATCHEE, at a regular meeting thereof, this _______ day of _______________, 2018. CITY OF WENATCHEE, a Municipal Corporation By: FRANK KUNTZ, Mayor RESOLUTION NO. 2018-28 Page 2 Wenatchee City Council 7/12/2018 Agenda Item B Page 6 of 319 ATTEST: By: TAMMY STANGER, City Clerk APPROVED: By: STEVE D.