Record No: CB 118361    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 118361
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 4/20/2015
Ordinance No: Ord 124756
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to funding for housing and community development programs; adopting the City of Seattle 2015 Annual Action Plan to the 2014 - 2017 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development and authorizing its submission to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; authorizing acceptance of grant funds from that department for programs and activities included in the Annual Action Plan; modifying appropriations to various departments and budget control levels in the 2015 Adopted Budget; and ratifying and confirming prior acts, all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.
Sponsors: Tim Burgess
Attachments: 1. Att 1: 2015 Annual Action Plan
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Briefing Memo, 3. Proposed Amendment (added 4/20/15), 4. Signed Ord 124756
CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to funding for housing and community development programs; adopting the City of Seattle 2015 Annual Action Plan to the 2014 - 2017 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development and authorizing its submission to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; authorizing acceptance of grant funds from that department for programs and activities included in the Annual Action Plan; modifying appropriations to various departments and budget control levels in the 2015 Adopted Budget; and ratifying and confirming prior acts, all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.
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WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has required each local jurisdiction seeking certain federal assistance to provide an annual action plan for its current Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development, which guides the allocation of funds from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESGP), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS ("HOPWA") Program; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 124496 adopted the City's 2014 - 2017 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development (the Consolidated Plan); and
WHEREAS, the Mayor has proposed a 2015 Annual Action Plan (AAP) to the Consolidated Plan; and
WHEREAS, a draft version of the AAP was released for public review and comment in March of 2015; and
WHEREAS, the AAP was developed with input from a number of publicly-vetted needs assessments and policy documents, and the AAP has been available for public review and comment for 30 days prior to submittal to HUD; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 124648 adopted the City's 2015 Annual Budget based upon assumptions about CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA grant amounts from HUD;
WHEREAS, the actual grant amounts from HUD differ from those assumption...

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