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Home My WebLink Aboutord2013-024 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 2013-179 CLEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned to: Originator: 43 ,q : 5/7/2013 Intro 5/21/13 Finance Division Head: Ir ECEOVED Committee: Council Dept.Head: APR 30 2013 �] Prosecutor: L)4 0426/13 WHATCOM COUNTY Purchasing/Budget: ` i/24/13- COUNCIL Executive: TITLE OF DO U ENT: Amending Ordinance No. 81-6 an Ordinance Authorizing the Treasurer to Establish a Fund to be Known as the Whatcom County Community Development Fund ATTACHMENTS: Ordinance and Exhibit A —Original Ordinance SEPA review required? ( ) Yes (X ) NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing? ( ) Yes (X ) NO SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes (X ) NO Requested Date: SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires a public hearing,you must provide the language for use in the required public notice. Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate. Be clear in explaining the intent of the action.) This request amends Ordinance 81-6, which established the Community Development Fund, to expand its purpose to also allow for accounting for on-site sewage system deferred loans and re-loaning of repayments. The Community Development Fund was originally established to account for deferred payment loans to low and moderate income homeowners to rehabilitate their homes. COMMITTEE ACTION: COUNCIL ACTION: 5/21/2013: Forwarded to Council for approval 5/07/2013: Introduced 5/21/2013: Council Adopted 7-0 Ord. 2013-024 Related County Contract#: Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number: Ord. 2013-024 Please Note: Once adopted and signed, ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing on the County's website at: www.co.whatcom.wa.us/council. Proposed By: AS-Finance Sponsored By: Executive Introduction Date: May 7, 2013 ORDINANCE NO. 2013-024 AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 81-6 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE TREASURER TO ESTABLISH A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE WHATCOM COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND WHEREAS, Ordinance 81-6 (Exhibit A)provided for the establishment of the Whatcom County Community Development Fund to account for delayed payment loans to low and moderate income single family home owners to rehabilitate their homes with Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD) Community Development Block Grant funds; and WHEREAS,proceeds from delayed payment loans must be used for mental health services, and WHEREAS, only one or two payments are received from delayed payment loans annually, and WHEREAS,the Health Department has received funding from the Washington State Department of Ecology for a similar program for delayed payment loans to low income single family home owners for on-site sewage system repairs; and WHEREAS,Whatcom County needs a fund to account for the delayed payment loans that will result from this program, NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that Ordinance No. 81-6 is hereby amended as follows: Section 1. The County Treasurer is hereby authorized to establish a fund to be known as the Whatcom County Community Development Fund (Fund No. 151). Section 2. The purposes of establishing Fund No. 151 (Whatcom County Community Development Fund) are: (d) Receiving repayment of delayed payment loans made to property owners by Whatcom County under the Deferred Payment Sewage System Loan Program, Whatcom County Contract No. 201106007 between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Ecology. (e) Using proceeds received in(d) for additional loans under the Deferred Payment Sewage System Loan Program. Section 3. The County Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to release and/or satisfy all liens placed upon these properties, upon fulfillment of the Promissory Note and Deed of Trust entered into by the property owner under the terms of the County Community Development Program and the Deferred Payment Sewage System Loan Program. 0.4,\\-d C 0 ti�,'i AtIQPT�s•��.C�d'a[3r of May , 2013. 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'Itaittialli"..._ / Dana Brown=Davis;Counci Clerk Kathy Kershner, Chair of the Council APPROVED AS TO FORM: ( Approv• f ) Denied l '01,,: 2121.hi-j4to j obs./13 . — Civil Deputy Prosecutor Jack Louw-, County E ecutive Date: ExHigir 4 T� Date: February )9, 798I INTRODUCED BY: IIansey PROPOSED BY:Grants & Executive ORDINANCE NO: 81-6 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY TREASURER TO ESTABLISH A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS,.THE WHATC(l COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMEwr FUND.• WHEREAS, Whatcom County has received funds under 24 CFR 570 from the Federal Department of Housing and Urban,Develonment (HUD) Community Development Block Grant/Small Cities Program; and lHERE:AS, the County has utilized such funds for delayed payment loans to low and moderate income single family home owners in the Cities of Sums and Blaine to rehabilitate their homes; and WHEREAS, the security instruments placing liens on such properties name Whatcom County as beneficiary; and h1IEREAS, from time to time as such properties are sold or transferred, monies will he received by the County; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish a County fund to receive such monies; NOW THEREFORE, THE WHATCOM COUN'T'Y COUNCIL DOES'ORDAIN: Section 1. The County'Treasurer is hereby authorized to establish a fund to be known as the Whatcom County Community Development Fund, (Fund No. 0829 Department No. 0031). ::,; Section 2. The purposes of establishing Fund No. 0829 (Whatcom County Community Development Fund) are: (a) Receiving and disbursement of funds from delayed payment loans Made to property owners by the Whatcom County Community Development Program; • (b) To use said funds as Program Income in accordance with 24 CPR 570.506(c) for activities approved in any current grant agreement under 24 CFR 570 between Whatcom County and HUD: (c) To use said funds as miscellaneous revenue in accordance with 24 CFR 570.512(c) subsequent to closeout of grant. agreements under 24 CFR 570 between the County and HUD. ORDINANCE - 1 1 , Y 'I 1 SECTION 3. The County Treasurer is hereby authorized and 2 empowered to release and/or satisfy all liens placed upon these 3 properties, upon fulfillment of the Promissory Note and I)eeci of 4 Trust entered into by the property owner under the terms of the 5 County Community Development Program. 6 PASSED this 5th day of March, 1981 . 7 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON 8 �. 9 Shirley Van' Zanted, Chairperson 10 Attest: Joan Ogden Auditor & Ex-officio 11 Clerk� of the Council 0.,0 Approved ( ) Vetoed 12 BY: l°Q^iz4! j �„fl r. • Deputy County Executive 13 Approved as to. form: 36/8] 14 -�1-�� Date 15 Livilepttfy Prasee`u ng Attorney 16 17 Published Fnhrua.ry 2&. and 18 This ordinance becomes effective on March 5, 1981 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32