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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-1995-168 HOME Programs• RESOLUTION NO. R - 95 .. 168 A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the City Manager of the City of Yakima to file the Consolidated Plan with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for funding of the 1996 Community Development Block Grant and HOME Programs. WHEREAS, the City of Yakima contemplates a Community Development Block Grant Program and a HOME Program for which federal funding is available from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and • • WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima deems it to be in the best interests of the City that an application be filed for funding through the Consolidated. Plan for the purpose mentioned above, now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: R.A. Zais, Jr , City Manager of the City of Yakima, is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file the attached Consolidated Plan documents, including all understandings and assurances contained therein, with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for funding of the purpose mentioned above; and he further is hereby designated as the official representative of the City to act in connection with the grant requests and to provide such additional information as may be required ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this ATTEST: CITY CLERK 5th day of DECEMBER 1995. Mayor CITY OF YAKIMA OFFICE OF HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION A DIVISION OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (509) 575-6101 FAX (509) 575-6176 SCAN 278-6101 112 S. EIGHTH STREET, YAKIMA, WASHINGTON 98901 Public Comment Process Addendum to the City of Yakima 1995-1996 Consolidated Plan On November 9, 1995, members of the Community Development Advisory Committee held a public meeting to discuss the contents of the 1996 Consolidated Plan. The Committee discussed the plan and agreed to make a recommendation of approval to City Council which would include the changes and additions suggested during this meeting. This recommendation will be submitted to the City Council on December 5, at which time public comments will again be heard, and the Council will make a final decision of acceptance and HUD submittal. The attached document pages reflect the public's request for amendments and/or additions. The revised wording has been italicized for identification from the original text. Committee members' and citizen's comments which did not require document changes have be summarized below: Elberth Trotter commented that in all fairness to the staff, she appreciated the tremendous amount of work which went into putting this document together. Last year she was involved in some of the work Dixie did to gather information and assess the community needs. She believes it was thoroughly done. Dan Hernandez said he was very impressed, being a new CDAC member and not familiar with this process. He expressed that the plan was very well done. Dave Jones stated that he was very impressed with the document and the amount of information included. It seemed very well thought out. The question he had was whether or not we thought the allocation of the resources was appropriate; it would be nice to have more money in general. Bev Luby-Bartz commented on page 48, that she wanted us to accent the neighborhood and not housing. She asked that we turn that around, basically housing is part of the neighborhood but not the whole neighborhood and in order to have good housing you have to have a good neighborhood for the housing to be in. Regarding the information on page 51, she was glad to see that the preservation and substantial rehabilitation of the Central Business District residential housing stock was emphasized in this document. On page 54, she thanked us for including the intent to financially assist with the installation of sewage collection in older existing neighborhoods and ask if we could also look into assisting with the water needs. She expressed a concern about "mixed use planning" on page 58. She said we are mixing the uses so much at we are almost eliminating, in some areas, single family dwellings which is the basis of the community. Single family dwellings that have been broken up into apartment buildings have created a problem because they do not allow for play grounds and parking areas. On page 60, Ms. Bartz referred to the technical expertise being given to smaller non profit agencies. She thinks it is one thing to work with them but does not think we should share our expertise. She believes they should be able to stand on their own two feet. Also on page 60, she cautioned us not to lower our infrastructure standards, because she believes that we would be asking for additional problems down the road. Rosemary Small asked us to reword the statement on page 39 under "Barriers to Fair Housing" regarding educational opportunities to include convenient, fair access to schools. Se stated that we should have similar treatment :for those of high income and low income areas to access educational opportunities. She suggested that we change this phrase to read "fair access to schools in the same area where the affordable houses are provided for adults and children." Ms. Small suggested that parks and schools should be included in infrastructure improvements on page 68. Parks and schools (should be) in ratio to the population, especially when we are talking about multi-family higher density neighborhoods. (The) Growth Management Act is pushing us that way. She believes it is important to keep up with the real basic infrastructure needs for residential areas like park space and schools. The schools play a major part in providing neighborhood park space. On page 59, she doubted that the "NIMBY attitude" could be mitigated by "disclosing the importance of the project, its impact of the neighborhood and its overall benefit to the community". Again on page 68 in the infrastructure installation section, she asked that schools be listed. She placed an emphasis on the target area, because of the concentration of low income, minority population and where building activities are still occurring. Public Meeting November 9, 1995 Page 2 Maud Scott expressed concerns dealing with the language used in the "Barriers to Affordable Housing" section on page 38. She stated that we all know they exist, but she asked if we couldn't be more succinct by combining several items into the same statement, such as, connecting the lack of adequate financing with construction costs; City and County infrastructure policies and fees could be combined with the legislative or regulation restrictions. Again on page 38, in the second group, "short supply of affordable land" could be called rising land costs. While we do have a short supply of available land, not much is affordable any more. She stated that she believes we are running out of land in southeast and northeast Yakima that is suitable for development of any kind. On page 38, she went on to comment about when she came here 18 years ago and the CDBG program was already in existence and working to revitalize the target area. She thinks it is remarkable the distance we've made and she said we've done the impossible. Other cities have tried the same approach to solving their deteriorating housing stock problems and not managed to succeed. She believes our problem is the reverse: we have succeeded too well and now we are literally running out of land and over crowding neighborhoods which do not have adequate infrastructure to match that density . Her concerns include a need to slow the growth in the areas which have been over saturated and allow time to catch up on infrastructure and schools needs. She stated that she feels we have totally inadequate infrastructure and before we add even one more piece of housing to solve the affordable housing equation for someone, we should ask at what cost would this be to the existing neighborhoods and residents. She continues to be concerned that we are not doing an adequate job of providing not only schools and parks but other community facilities. Ms. Scott said if we included statements regarding unfair employment opportunities, red lining housing ownership opportunities and unfair tenancy screening on page 38, and we have proven as much, why aren't we as a community doing something about it. She believes if we have proved it, we had better be doing something to change it. She ask us to redefine our suspicions and add demonstration of what we are doing to correct it these practices. This is a summary of the reported comments received and does not reflect a verbatim testimony. Changes requested were reviewed and most were included. Changes not included would have changed the reported intent of the plan's content. Dixie Kracht, Block Grant Manager Public Meeting Page 3 November 9, 1995 Those in attendance at the Public Meeting to review the 1995-1996 Consolidated Plan at the Community Development Advisory Committee on November 9,,1995. Committee Members Greg Lighty David Jones Carol ]Fredrickson Lynn Kittleson Elberth Trotter Betty Gaudette Carl Falls Staff Dixie Kracht Zella Warner Public Rosemary Small Maud Scott Bev Luby Bartz Jo Ann Nowlin Ora Lee Payment Phil Hoge Public Meeting Page 4 November 9, 1995 This population is expected to become impacted by AIDS and mentally ill clients competing for nursing home beds and services. On a monthly average, the state and federal cost for elderly care in the following environments are: N. Adult family home care: $316 per month IN Congregate care facility: $256 per month I. Assisted living care: $904 per month Nursing home care: $1,937 per month Individuals who evaluate the cost of elderly care reported figures to be approximately 30% lower than current local cost incurred. State reimbursements are well below facility costs while most private adult family group homes without subsidy have an average monthly costs of $800 to $1,000 monthly. Many of the creative housing options such as cluster homes, accessory artmen housing 'ts occu e • by a re .. ive on me props d adj ac� to a sin family e, are :�`- ed with akima There is a great demand for assisted living care in private homes for the elderly. Few housing alternatives are available to support the elderly and disabled person with a limited income needing semi-independent housing. Their income and/or assets disqualify them for federal or state assistance due to program requirements. In the Yakima area, 78% of elderly own their homes. This indicates there is a great need for additional resources for home rehabilitation and weatherization programs to assist the aging population to remain in their own homes. Competition for rental housing has affected the housing availability options for the elderly/disabled. Waiting lists for low-income housing and Section 8 Certificate programs are extremely long; elderly couples 29 H. Fair Housing Major obstacles that face our community in regards to being treated fairly and equitably are: unfair employment opportunities 11. noncompliance with the Americans with Disability At red lining homeownership opportunities 1.1 selective mortgage and lending criteria unfair tenancy screening educational awareness and consumer rights Most fair housing obstacles are being addressed through an identification and referral to FHEEO State and Federal governmental agencies for remedy. Fair housing is defined as equitable and fair housing opportunities to all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, family origin, religious preference or family status. Although these obstacles are covert because of a lack of understanding and awareness, hese fac • s must b. isclose d reme ed to pr e a fair uitable. tme:nt X1.1 resid s within r commty. It i position of OHNC to offer housing opportunities to qualified members of the community on a fair and equitable basis. This is being; accomplished by using alternative media coverage, "bilingual" newspapers and radio advertising. The city's close relationship with other housing and social providers have allowed us to develop a strong referral process that has resulted in applications from persons who would not have otherwise submitted an application for services. OHNC has an appeal process for program applicants who feel an unfair decision was made. To provide for an equitable decision process and evaluation of fair housing issues, the City of Yakima has considered and will evaluate the need for the formation of a Human Rights Commission. result is the continued neglect and omission of infrastructure improvements within those areas which have the greatest need. Target area citizens have requested an upgrading and improved infrastructure to serve their needs so that they can receive equitable benefits with other parts of the city. It has been emphasized that consideration should be given to neighborhood impacts such as schools and parks. Infrastructure improvements include re-evaluation and upgrading of: - roadways and traffic control domestic water and irrigation lines - sewer 1. storm drain interceptors street lighting sidewalks, pedestrian walkways and bike paths Wages i e Yaki ea hav of kept,A with ethe s e- ide erage, n nflationhich alsupports assertio at there not been a significant increase in the median income structure of the Yakima area since 1980. Yakima continues to have the highest unemployment rate in Washington State. Yakima was reported at 10.5%, compared to the state-wide average of 5.7% (Washington State Labor Area Summary, September 1995). 43 *r Yakima Valley Opportunities Industrialization Center wi.11 implement a Youthbuild ',project for the development of ten homeowner units and build and operate a ten unit youth shelter. Community and Economic Development/City of Yakima will make application for a federal 108 economic development project fbr commercial infrastructure needs producing a minimum of 26 target area resident, jobs and resulting in other economic opportunities for community residents. Yakima Police Department/Legal Department Capital FacilitiP : The construction of a 52,000 square foot facility to house police, communication center for emergency county- wide 911 and the city legal department. - Yakima Fire Department and Emergency Medical Capital Facilities: The citizens approved a $3.7 million fire bond that addresses; a new fire station 3, new fire training tower facility, electronic/mechanical shop complex, 102 aerial apparatus, odelin • , fire sta ;o s s 1 and and a veigi;,ation sy .tios exi stin u s ire sta i�� s; in - tion toproxim $120,000 a year for equipment replacement. IN - Parks and Recreation Capital Facilities: The projected cost of $5.6 million for capital improvements of four park areas. ow IN Transportation Capital Facilities: The improvement of approximately 30 arterial streets and the completion of the I- 82 freeway project. - Transit Capital Facilities: The evaluation of a public transportation benefit area in Yakima County and the purchase of 19 buses. •• - Wastewater/UtilitieslCapital Facilities: The City ofYakirna has received approval of its loan application request for $209,400 to be used in conjunction with $89,729 of locally matched funds to financially assist the installation of a sewage collection system in an older, existing residential neighborhood. Several city neighborhoods fit the profile for this program. The citi's wastewater program has matured to the point where we can afford to financially assist (cost share) i � centers use of volunteers, in-kind contributions and alternate building materials. Supply and demand of building trade services - The supply and demand of building trade services would limit organizations from developing a large number of projects. A limited number of subcontractors are available to both non-profit and for-profit agencies. It is anticipated that the high level of demand will resolve itself through the evolution of economic opportunities for new businesses. NB Technical expertise for development and costs- The technical expertise of smaller nonprofit housing providers is very limited. This limits the agency in the type of programs and resources that can be applied for or administered. To assist these agencies in making application for resources, larger entities will offer technical assistance. The state's technical assistance contracts and partnerships with smaller entities can use their services, admin' ration an r staff. D u City and county infrastructure policies and fees - The existing policies instituted by the city and county in relationship to their infrastructure standards makes housing unaffordable to the low/moderate income clientele. It would be the intent of city and county governments to make allowances for projects that are used in the development of low income housing as long as it does not negatively impact the neighborhood or impede the hearing process. Local government support in providing improvements could make low income housing cost -feasible. 1.1 Political commitment - A necessary political commitment is needed at local, state and federal levels to develop programs, resources and concessions of existing policies. This will afford nonprofit housing providers the opportunity to address the housing needs within the community. This commitment would achieve an understanding of the community need; benefits of economic projects and a reflected commitment for their represented constituents. 61 A and developers in providing units affordable to low and moderate income households. The city recognizes the critical ''role of infrastructure installation and improvements in attracting private investment to the community. This will be accomplished by: stems for the installation of sewage collection systems initiating a program g in low-income, residential neighborhoods federal Section 108 application for commercial infrastructure installation ® provision of technical assistance for economic development to small, neighborhood -located businesses and home occupations INI establish a Neighborhood Improvement Project which shall provide a matching grant fund to make improvements to neighborhoods ® co:ntinually seek additional ''state, federal and private resources to assist in the :revitalization of its neighborhoods and commercial districts empha,. e and courage ucationk opportizities for a neighb ¢�% oods Zit '� pa�nse ta� '`_, eir neec INJ E. Lead Agencies The following entities have a long term history and experience in their respective fields to provide both leadership and technical assistance in the development and coordination of community services. Housing City of Yakima Office of Housing and Neighborhood Conservation Homeless Yakima County Coalition for the Homeless Economic Development City of Yakima Department of Community and Economic Development F. Monitoring Standards and Procedures Lead -Based Paint Hazards City of Yakima Office of Housing and Neighborhood Conservation. 1995. Lead -Based Paint Policy. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development. 1993. Notification: Watch Out for lead -Based Paint Poisoning. Population and Housing U.S. Census of Population and Housing. 1980. U.S. Census of Population and Housing. 1990. File Tapes la and 3a. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Northwest/Alaska Area. Northwest Quarterly Economic Report, 2nd Quarter 1994. Washington State Office of Financial Management. April 1, 1993. Population Estimate. Residential Sales and Building Activity U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 3rd Quarter 1992. Region X Quarterly Economic Report City of Yakima. 1988-1992. Multiple Listing Service. City of Yakima. 1980-1992. Residential Building Activity and Housing Conditions Report City akima. 19 • • . Field S of HousiVtructuraltinditions. A if U M General Sources of Information City of Yakima. October 1993. Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) Fiscal Year 1994-1998. City of Yakima. October 1994, Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) Annual Performance Report, Fiscal Year 1994. 1995 Agencies Central Washington Service Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health City of Yakima Rebound Rehabilitation Plus Evergreen Legal Services Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing Southeast Washington Office of Aging and Long Term Care Yakima Board of Realtors Yakima County Coalition for the Homeless Yakima Health District/Care Bearers Yakima Housing Authority Yakima Interfaith Coalition 115 Yakima Valley Opportunities Industrialization Center Yakima Valley Partners/Habitat for .Humanity YWCA/Family Crisis Center A D D E N D U M CITY OF YAK! ET ARE-- Tieton Dr C. W. Stets F*gtound W Nob Hill Blv W Mead Av OW— Washington Av I Air XPENDtp: AC N D U M 111 Appendix D: Acronyms: AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ALTC Aging and Long Term Care CBD Central Business District CDAC Community Development Advisory Committee CDBG Community Development Block Grant CED Community Economic Development CFR Community Redevelopment Financing CRAB Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy CRDO Community Housing Development Organization CWCMH Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health DCTED State of Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development ESG Emergency Shelter Grant FMR Fair Market Rent HIV Human Immune Virus HOME A HUD funding source HOPWA Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS HUD United States Department of Housing and Urban Development HTC edera s•w Inc sIs' Housi Tax C t1LJ TVE e tropo an S to tical a NIMBY Not in my Backyard OHNC Office of Housing and Neighborhood Conservation OIC Yakima Valley Opportunities and Industrialization Center ORFH Office of Rural Farmworker Housing PHA Public Housing Authority PSA Public Service Announcement PWTF State of Washington Public Work Trust Fund TTS Triumph Treatment Services YCCH Yakima County Coalition for the Homeless YHA Yakima Housing Authority YMSA Yakima Metropolitan Statistical Area YWCA Young Women's Christian Association 118