TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Planning and Community Development
Carol Helland
425-556-2107
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Planning and Community Development
Seraphie Allen
Deputy Director
Planning and Community Development
Jeff Churchill, AICP
Planning Manager
Planning and Community Development
Ian Lefcourte, AICP
Senior Planner
TITLE:
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Adoption of a Resolution Approving the Allocation of $1,321,900 to A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) for the Development of Affordable Housing
a. Resolution No. 1570: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Redmond, Washington, Authorizing the Duly-Appointed Administering Agency for A Regional Coalition For Housing (ARCH) to Execute All Documents Necessary to Enter Into Agreements for the Funding of Affordable Housing Projects, as Recommended by the ARCH Executive Board, Utilizing Funds from the City's Housing Trust Fund
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution (Attachment A) to authorize the allocation of $1,321,900 from the Housing Trust Fund to A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) to finance affordable housing projects in East King County communities per the December 2022 Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Recommendations (Attachment A, Exhibit A). The final WHEREAS statement in the resolution has been modified to include the year of City contribution. ARCH Executive Director, Lindsay Masters, provided information to the Council regarding the coalition's work and the Housing Trust Fund recommendations at the March 7, 2023, Council meeting. An issues matrix has been prepared that responds to Council questions posed during the Planning and Public Works Committee of the Whole Meeting on February 21 (Attachment B).
ARCH was created in 1992 through an interlocal agreement of several city governments and King County to address housing needs in East King County; it currently has 16 member jurisdictions. The ARCH...
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