HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/20/2011 10 Low Income Housing Rehabilitation Grant Agreement with Vaughn Bay Construction BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
• AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 4
For Meeting of September 20, 2011
ITEM TITLE: Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to approve a
grant agreement with Vaughn Bay Construction to rehabilitate an existing
low income housing unit to better serve disabled tenants in the Viola II
affordable housing project.
SUBMITTED BY: Joan Davenport, Acting Director of Community and Economic Development
(509) 576 -6417
CONTACT PERSON /TELEPHONE: Archie M. Matthews, Neighborhood Development Services
Manager (575 -6101)
SUMMARY EXPLANATION: The City of Yakima receives HOME funds that allow for the
rehabilitation of existing units to better serve disabled tenants within affordable housing
complexes.
Seventy -five percent (75 %) of the fifty -two (52) units at the "Viola II" affordable housing project
located at 1100 East Viola are reserved for households that include farm workers. The units are
priced to be affordable to households pursuant to the federal median income guidelines. This
action will grant $5,000 of eligible HOME funds to be used for rehabilitation of at least one existing
housing unit to better serve a disabled tenant.
• This proposal was discussed at the meeting of the City Council's Neighborhood Development
Committee on August 10, 2011; the committee recommended that this proposal be forwarded to
the full Council for approval.
Resolution X Ordinance Contract Other (Specify)
Funding Source HOME
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL:
City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval
BOARD /COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Recommended for full Council consideration by
the Council's Neighborhood Development Committee.
COUNCIL ACTION:
RESOLUTION NO. R -2011-
A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager to approve a grant agreement with Vaughn
Bay Construction to rehabilitate an existing low income housing unit to
better serve disabled tenants in the Viola II affordable housing project.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima is a recipient of Federal HOME funds, which may be used,
among other things, to provide rehabilitation for handicap accessibility; and
WHEREAS, HUD requires grant agreements for such eligible activities, and
WHEREAS, The City Council has determined the need for rehabilitation of at least one existing
housing unit to better serve a disabled tenant in the Viola II Affordable Housing Project, now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The Yakima City Council hereby authorizes the city manager to approve a grant agreement with
Vaughn Bay Construction for five thousand dollars ($5,000) of HOME investment funds to
rehabilitate an existing housing unit in the Viola II Affordable Housing Project to better serve a
disabled tenant.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 20 day of September, 2011.
ATTEST: Micah Cawley, Mayor
City Clerk
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