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TITLE OF DOCU T.• Resolution regarding grant match for East Whatcom Regional Resource
Center expansion project
ATTACHMENTS: Memorandum, Resolution, Grant Award letter from WA Dept. of Commerce
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Resolution in support of $300,000 commitment from Whatcom County as local match to the Washington
State Department of Commerce CDBG grant for the East Whatcom Regional Resource Center expansion project.
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COMMITTEE ACTION.
COUNCIL ACTION:
10/13/15: Approved 2 -0 Kremen absent
10/13/15: Approved 4 -0 Resolution 2015 -039
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PROPOSED BY: County Executive
INTRODUCED: October 13, 2015
Resolution 2015- 039
AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF REET I FUNDING TO SUPPORT
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTI -USE BUILDING EXPANSION AT THE
EAST WHATCOM REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTER
WHEREAS, the Opportunity Council, together with Whatcom County, the East
Whatcom Community Council and other interested citizens, created a proposal
that will add a new multi-use building at the East Whatcom Regional Resource
Center for youth recreation activities and other community gatherings and for a
food bank aggregation and redistribution center to support hunger relief efforts
in the east Whatcom foothills; and
WHEREAS, on May 12, 2015, the Whatcom County Council approved a
Resolution which authorized the County Administration to submit a Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) General Purpose Grant application to the
Washington State Department of Commerce for a $750,000 grant to assist with
the construction of the multi-use building; and
WHEREAS, the County Administration submitted the grant proposal to the
Washington State Department of Commerce and has subsequently received
notification of a CDBG award of $750,000 contingent upon Whatcom County's
commitment of $300,000 in matching funds; and
WHEREAS, the Opportunity Council has pledged its commitment to securing
$500,000 or more in additional matching funds, contingent upon Whatcom
County's and WA Commerce's commitments of $300,000 and $750,000,
respectively;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Whatcom County Council
hereby authorizes the County Administration to allocate $300,000 in REET I
funds to support the design and construction of the proposed facility; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Whatcom County Council authorizes the
County Executive to proceed with the execution of an agreement with the
Washington State Department of Commerce for the $750,000 CDBG award; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Whatcom County Council authorizes the
County Executive to proceed with the execution of an agreement with the
Opportunity Council for the funding, design, construction and operation of the
proposed facility.
APPROVED tai 14ti, day of October, 2015.
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