Title
Approval of 2020 Olympia Home Fund Capital Awards
Recommended Action
Move to approve the recommendation to forward to Council funding recommendations for Home Fund capital awards.
Report
Issue:
Deliberation of applications for 2020 Home Fund capital awards.
Staff Contact:
Cary Retlin, City of Olympia Home Fund Manager, Community Planning & Development, 360.570.3956.
Presenter(s):
Cary Retlin, City of Olympia.
Background and Analysis:
At your August 14 2019 meeting you approved the 2020 Home Fund capital award request for proposal (RFP) criteria. Based on the criteria an RFP was posted on the City website and over 130 potential interested parties were notified of the availability of funds.
One qualifying application was received before the deadline on March 2 at 5PM. That application was prescreened to ensure the bidder met the minimum qualifications and application documents were complete and in order. That application is for construction of supportive housing for homeless families submitted by Family Support Center of South Sound in partnership with their developer, Bellwether Housing. That same team submitted an application last year. This year's application is substantially different. It proposes more units on the site and has reduced costs, in part because of feedback from this body during last year's application process.
The March 11 meeting will provide time for review and discussion of the application and may result in a funding recommendation for Council in April.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
Siting of public housing, behavioral health treatment and homeless shelters and services is of high interest to neighborhoods and businesses.
Options:
1. Make Home Fund recommendations to Council
2. Take other action
3. Take no action
Financial Impact:
Staff estimate that $1 million is available in fiscal year 2020 for Home Fund awards from Fund 318. Staff budgeted capital reserves in 2019 and 2020 in the event that sales tax r...
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