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Clerk 06/11/2014
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into updated interlocal cooperation agreements with cities that participate with King County in the Community Development Block Grant Consortium, the HOME Investments Partnership Consortium and the Regional Affordable Housing Program Consortium.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County receives an annual Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") entitlement formula grant, a HOME Investments Partnership ("HOME") formula grant, and a formula-based Emergency Solutions Grant ("ESG") from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD").
2. HUD allows ESG funding provisions to be incorporated into the CDBG agreements and does not require an independent agreement.
3. In order for the King County CDBG and HOME consortia to remain qualified as urban county consortia with HUD, every three years, King County must either renew or update, or both, interlocal cooperation agreements with cities that are eligible and choose to participate in the consortia.
4. King County annually collects document recording fee surcharge revenue generated in accordance with RCW 36.22.178, to be used for affordable housing projects in accordance with a Regional Affordable Housing Program ("RAHP") interlocal agreement with cities in King County.
5. In accordance with K.C.C. 24.13, it is the policy of King County to partner with cities and towns in King County as urban county consortia for planning the distribution and administration of federal CDBG, HOME and ESG moneys, and for planning the distribution and administration of state authorized RAHP moneys.
6. Under K.C.C. 24.13.010, King County consortium partnerships are established through the following interlocal cooperation agreements:
a. A Regular CDBG agreement for cities that do not qualify to receive their own CDBG grant and participate in both the CDBG and HOME consortia;
b. A CDBG joint agreement for cities that ...
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