Title
Approval of a Resolution Approving in Substantially Final Form Documents Relating to the Development and Construction of a Project by The Family Support of South Sound for Extremely Low-Income Families
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
No referred to a committee
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Resolution approving in substantially final form documents relating to the Development and Construction of a Project by the Family Support of South Sound for Extremely Low-Income Families.
Report
Issue:
Whether to Approve in Substantially Final Form Documents Relating to the Development and Construction of a Project by The Family Support of South Sound for Extremely Low-Income Families.
Staff Contact:
Darian Lightfoot, Housing Programs Manager, 360.280.8951
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
The Family Support Center of South Sound (FSCSS) is in the process of obtaining both public and private financing for a project in the City of Olympia to create 62 new homes for extremely low-income families. The Olympia City Council has conditionally approved three grants from the Olympia Home Fund for the years 2020, 2021, and 2022, aggregating a total of $2.5 million, toward the development and construction of The Family Support Center's low-income housing project.
The City of Olympia has also applied for a grant through the Washington State Department of Commerce, and was awarded the full requested amount of $2.5 million, which grant funds are to be awarded to FSCSS through a sub-grant from the City of Olympia so that FSCSS can pay for costs associated with the extension of new drinking water, wastewater or stormwater connections for the affordable housing units.
In 2018, the City of Olympia loaned FSCSS a CDBG loan in the sum of $400,000 for its property in West Olympia, secured by a Promissory Note and Deed of Trust naming the City of Olympia as Beneficiary, and recording same with the Thurston County...
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