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We are having a community
service project that involves
three SkillsUSA
Washington State officers,
along with the members of the
Skills USA chapter. We are
going to be cleaning up graffiti
in Yakima.
PLEASE WEAR APPROPRIATE
CLOTHES FOR PAINTING.
SkillsUSX
Date 11/09/2013 Saturday
Time 11:00pm-4:00pm
Anyone can be a part of the dean up of
Yalama.We would like your support
Please contact us: Information is provided
below. Thank You!
Rosendo Lopez SkillsUSA Washington
State reporter
(509)307-9852
Alejandro Reyes Ski11sUSA Washington
State Parliamentarian
(509)952-0671
Leah Shannon SkillsUSA State
Historian
(509)554-6327
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Northwest Justice Project
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CITY OF YAKIMA
NOV 0 5 2013
OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL
November 1, 2013
Tony O'Rourke, Yakima City Manager
City of Yakima
129 N 2nd Street
Yakima, WA 98901
510 Larson Building
6 S 2nd Street
Yakima, WA 98901
Tel. (509) 574-4234
Fax (509) 574-4238
Toll Free 1-888-201-1018
www.nwjustice.org
Cesar E. Torres
Executive Director
RE: Comments to 2014 Annual Action Plan for CDBG and HOME funds
Dear Mr. O'Rourke:
On behalf of our client, Sunrise Outreach, Northwest Justice Project writes the following
comments to the proposed 2014 Annual Action Plan for use of Community Development
Blck Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds.
1. The 2014 Annual Action Plan is inconsistent with the 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan.
CDBG and HOME funds are intended to assist low income residents. The activities that they
fund should benefit low income residents of the city, including the lowest income residents in
the city. The City of Yakima has accepted this in principle. Accordingly, the City
consistently identified the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless as the highest
priority for use of CDBG funds. 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan, pp. 44, 54-55, 57, 76-77,
119. The City adopted the housing priorities recommended by the Homeless Network of
Yakima County. Consolidated Plan, p. 115. The Homeless Network's first priority is to
maintain existing housing resources. The City adopted this priority, and stated it is an active
participant with local churches and Sunrise Outreach in providing emergency shelters.
Consolidated Plan, pp. 44, 115-116.
The 2014 Annual Action Plan is not consistent with the Consolidated Plan. The budget
shows a priority for code enforcement activity and single-family, owner -occupied housing.
The City should balance its funding priorities to include the lowest income individuals and
families, consistent with the Consolidated Plan.
2. Code Compliance funding should be paired with funding for tenant relocation
As we saw in the summer of 2013, code enforcement activity carries the inherent risk of
displacing low income people who live in housing of last resort. Code Enfocement activity
actually displaced at least 12 households, and threatened the displacement of 80 households
living in the Cascade and Senator Apartments. Code Enforcement activity displaced 17
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households living at the Pine Street Apartments. When the tenants requested relocation
assistance from the City, they were denied.
In 2014, the City has budgeted $178,000 of CDBG funds for Code Compliance efforts, up
from $169,848 last year. Federal law requires the City to pay for relocation if the city uses
CDBG funds for activities that displace low income housing. If the city plans to continue
using CDBG funds for code enforcement, the city should also set aside funds to assist tenants
of buildings that have been condemned who must relocate because their housing has been
condemned.
Sincerely,
NORTHWEST JUSTICE PROJECT
Elisabeth Tutsch
Kathy Tierney
Attorneys for Sunrise Outreach
C: Micah Cawley, City Mayor
Dave Hanson, Sunrise Outreach
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