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LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION AGENDA Monday, July 27, 2020 City of Lakewood 7:00 P.M. Residents can virtually attend City Council meetings by watching them live on the city’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/cityoflakewoodwa Those who do not have access to YouTube can call in to listen by telephone via Zoom: Dial +1(253) 215- 8782 and enter participant ID: 868 7263 2373 ________________________________________________________________ Page No. CALL TO ORDER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: (2) 1. Review of 2nd Quarter Police Report. – (Memorandum) (18) 2. Abatement Program Update. – (Memorandum) (66) 3. Review amendments to the CDBG CARES Act Program. – (Memorandum) ITEMS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THE AUGUST 3, 2020 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING: 1. Boys and Girls Club of South Puget Sound Youth of the Year Recognition of Charles Johnson, Jr. 2. Clover Park School District Report. 3. Appointing 2020-21 Youth Councilmembers. – (Motion – Consent Agenda) 4. Review appointment of Pierce County Independent Team Non- Law Enforcement Community Representative. – (New Business– Regular Agenda) REPORTS BY THE CITY MANAGER CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT Persons requesting special accommodations or language interpreters should contact the City Clerk, 253-983-7705, as soon as possible in advance of the Council meeting so that an attempt to provide the special accommodations can be made. http://www.cityoflakewood.us  Return to Agenda Lakewood Police Department Quarterly Crime Report • NIBRS Incidents for 2Q2020 by District • 2020 Comparison Charts • 2Q2020 Significant Event Synopsis • Fireworks Calls For Service • YTD Use of Force 2nd Quarter 2020 2  Return to Agenda Lakewood Police Department 2nd Quarter 2020 Calls For Service: 12,587 LE (1Q – 12,250 LE) Lakewood PD Arrests (Felony): 83 (1Q -123) Lakewood PD Arrests (Gross Misdemeanor): 2 (1Q- 0) Lakewood PD Arrests (Misdemeanor): 187 (1Q – 261) Warrant Arrests: 79 (1Q – 170) 2nd Quarter 2020 3  Return to Agenda COVID19 COMPARISON 1Q&2Q 2019-2012 CFS Total, Dispatch and Onview 6000 5320 4922 5000 4682 4500 4377 4085 4000 4327 4381 3854 4024 3407 3866 3838 2955 3107 3000 2681 2748 2475 3115 2970 2740 2750 2831 2530 1913 1815 2000 1819 1727 1629 1379 1587 1555 1000 1274 1266 1007 896 0 January February March April May June 2019Total 2020Total 2019Dispatch 2020Dispatch 2019Onview 2020Onview 4  City of Lakewood Incident Report 2Q 2020 2nd Quarter 2020 City Quarterly Percent Change City YTD Percent Change LD01 LD02 LD03 LD04 LD05 LD06 1Q2020 2Q2020 1Q20-2Q20 YTD2019 YTD2020 2Q2019-2020 Person Crimes Aggravated Assault 23 37 17 16 19 15 88 127 44.32% 189 215 13.76% Simple Assault 25 66 26 41 37 70 270 265 -1.85% 651 536 -17.67% Homicide 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 -66.67% 3 4 NA Kidnapping 1 1 1 0 3 3 12 9 -25.00% 14 21 50.00% Sex (Forcible) 2 3 0 4 0 0 10 9 -10.00% 28 19 -32.14% Sex (NonForcible) 0 5 1 1 4 4 13 15 15.38% 42 28 -33.33% Totals and Averages 51 113 45 62 63 92 390 426 9.23% 927 823 -11.22% Property Crimes Arson 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00% 7 4 -42.86% Bribery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 NA Burglary 20 16 22 21 20 17 118 116 -1.69% 210 234 11.43% Counterfeiting 1 2 1 1 0 0 15 5 -66.67% 46 20 -56.52% Vandalism 36 46 37 64 31 70 250 284 13.60% 561 534 -4.81% Embezzlement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 1 0 NA Extortion 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 4 300.00% 3 7 NA Fraud 2 5 8 19 11 20 44 65 47.73% 130 117 -10.00% Larceny 10 49 49 126 50 83 432 367 -15.05% 851 839 -1.41% Motor Vehicle Theft 50 32 21 30 15 20 94 168 78.72% 163 220 34.97% Robbery 8 4 2 4 1 1 14 20 42.86% 48 29 -39.58% Stolen Property 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 NA 0 0 NA Totals and Averages 131 156 140 266 128 213 970 1034 6.60% 2020 2004 -0.79% Society Crimes Drug 5 6 5 15 2 1 94 34 -63.83% 197 128 -35.03% Pornography 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 NA 7 3 -57.14% Prostitution 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0.00% 7 6 -14.29% apon Law Violations 5 3 1 6 3 2 27 20 -25.93% 43 47 9.30% 5 Totals and Averages 10 9 6 24 5 3 127 57 -55.12% 254 126 -50.39% Grand Totals and Ave 192 278 191 352 196 308 1487 1517 2.02% 3201 2953 -7.75%  Return to Agenda Comparison Crime Against Population Person Crime Comparison by District Property Crime Comparison by District Society Crime Comparison by District YTD 2020 YTD 2020 YTD 2020 250 30.00% 650 30.00% 250 30.00% 600 27.10% 230 27.10% 27.10% 210 550 27.30% 25.00% 25.00% 27.30% 25.00% 27.30% 200 500 190 450 20.00% 170 20.00% 20.00% 400 150 150 350 130 15.00% 12.60% 14.10% 15.00% 15.00% 12.60% 14.10% 300 110 12.60% 14.10% 100 9.50% 250 9.50% 90 10.00% 200 9.40% 10.00% 10.00% 9.40% 70 150 9.50% 9.40% 5.00% 50 50 100 5.00% 30 5.00% 50 208 314 289 577 247 369 22 28 36 66 13 19 114 195 89 127 110 187 10 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -10 0.00% District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 No. of Incidents % of Population No. of Incidents % of Population No. of Incidents Percent of population Total Group A Crime Comparison by District YTD 2020 900 27.30% 30.00% 27.10% 800 25.00% 700 600 20.00% 500 12.60% 14.10% 15.00% 400 300 10.00% 9.50% 9.40% 200 5.00% 100 344 537 414 770 370 575 0 0.00% District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 No. of Incidents % of Population 6  Return to Agenda NIBRS Person Crime By Quarter 2017-2020 550 492 496 500 457 437 431 427 450 406 406 396 395 386 400 360 370 349 350 300 7  Return to Agenda NIBRS Property Crime By Quarter 2017-2020 1200 1163 1161 1150 1178 1167 1078 1100 1021 1109 1126 1132 1050 1000 973 969 1034 970 950 900 942 8 Return to Agenda 9  Return to Agenda NIBRS Total Crime By Quarter 2017-2020 1800 1750 1705 1686 1693 1700 1747 1650 1600 1671 1689 1647 1624 1550 1500 1549 1450 1509 1504 1493 1518 1496 1400 1350 10  Return to Agenda Total Accidents By Quarter (Reports) 2018-2020 360 340 317 320 348 289 300 311 314 280 298 296 260 290 240 258 220 226 200 11  Return to Agenda 2nd Quarter 2020 Recap and analysis • 2016100401 – Homicide –On 9 June 2020 St. Clare Hospital. The suspect meets his estranged wife (a St. Clare nurse) in the parking lot of the hospital. He convinces her to have her boyfriend (also a St. Clare employee) to come outside to talk. As soon as they got near each other the suspect pulled out a pistol, shot and killed the boyfriend and then shot and killed himself. • 2016400393 – On 12 June 2020, Lakewood officers responded to a robbery at Advance Auto Parts Store on S Tacoma Way. Upon arrival, the suspect aggressively approached one officer with a knife, causing the officer to pull his service weapon. The suspect ran away and when encountered by other officers threatened them with the knife before running away again after being Tased with no effect (heavy clothing). An officer eventually used the threat of a non-lethal shotgun to get the suspect to comply where he was handcuffed and taken into custody. • 2015400098 – On 2 June 2020, amidst national protests over Minneapolis death in police custody incident, the Sprint Store at 5605 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd was broken into and looted. There have been three formal protests in Lakewood with Lakewood officers providing traffic control. All protests went off smoothly and peacefully. • 2012201340 – Lakewood Officer involved shooting at the 6400 Block of Steilacoom Blvd. The case is being investigated by the Cooperative Cities Crime Response Unit. • Crimes Against Persons rose 8% in the second quarter attributed almost exclusively to aggravated assaults. That being said, we typically see a 2nd quarter increase in persons crimes but the 8% this year is significantly less than the last three years (2019-15%, 2018-12%, and 2017-41%). • Crimes Against Property in the 2nd quarter rose almost 7% from the 1st quarter. This is attributed to motor vehicle thefts where we saw an increase of 78%. In consulting with the Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force, we learned that there were theft rings and individuals who were active during this time. Arrests have been made in some cases and we’ll wait to see the impact of those arrests in the 3rd quarter. 12 Return to Agenda 13  Return to Agenda Fireworks Related Calls For Service FIREWORKS 4 JULY 70 62 2011 60 2012 48 50 45 45 44 45 2013 41 42 40 36 34 2014 30 2015 2016 20 2017 10 2018 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2019 Fireworks 3 July Fireworks 5 July 60 60 50 50 50 40 40 32 32 30 30 28 27 30 26 25 25 23 23 20 18 18 18 20 16 13 12 11 10 9 10 10 0 0 14 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020  Return to Agenda CFS By FIRE 1 July to 6 July (mid day) 30 27 25 24 20 20 17 15 13 11 10 5 0 1-Jul 2-Jul 3-Jul 4-Jul 5-Jul 6-Jul 15  Return to Agenda WPFR Activity Summary 4th of July summary: WPFR received 14 incidents of firework related fires from crews this weekend. 13 of the fires were vegetation, brush, small tree, grass type. One fire involved discarded trash next to an old refrigerator outside near a home. No reports of damage to structures related to these calls. We had number of similar type fires during this same period but they did not appear to be related to fireworks. No firework related injuries were reported or documented. Fires: 12 from Lakewood, 1 from Steilacoom, 1 from University Place 16  Return to Agenda Use of Force • 1st 6 months: 65 incidents • Use of force by type • Physical strength (arm bar, counter joint, more than one person needed, etc): 43 • Taser: 8 • VNR: 7 • Impact Weapon: 2 • OC Spray: 1 • Strikes (punches or kicks): 2 • K9: 2 • Firearm: 1 • Compared to 905 total arrests: 7% (most uses of force are related to an arrest but not all) • Compared to 24,837 total calls for service: .26% 17  Return to Agenda TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Jeff Gumm, Program Manager THROUGH: John J. Caulfield, City Manager DATE: July 27, 2020 (Council Study Session) SUBJECT: Abatement Program Update Background: This memorandum will provide the City Council with an update of the status of the Dangerous & Nuisance Building Abatement Program. This memo is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation that will cover the following elements:  Projects completed in 2019;  Projects completed 2020 to date;  Status and location of current abatement projects; and  Photographs of completed and active abatement projects. 2019 Abatement Quick Facts:  14 abatements completed (13 dangerous building/ 1 nuisance)  12 projects completed by owner; 2 completed by City (85.7% compliance rate)  5 properties associated with squatter/transient activity  8 properties associated with structure fires  2 properties bank owned or foreclosed  $136,136 – Total Expenses ($132,474 fund 105/ $3,662 fund 191)  $236,408 – Total Program Income ($178,946 fund 105/ $57,462 fund 191) 2020 Abatement Projects: A total of 11 abatement projects have been completed to date in 2020 (9 dangerous buildings and 2 nuisance abatements). Another 10 dangerous properties are in the cue with pending abatement orders and one additional property with an abatement complaint and notice. Despite the delays due to COVID-19, limited access to the courts to seek warrants, and the tackling multiple large scale commercial properties, staff remains hopeful we will complete 18  Return to Agenda most of these projects in 2020 and a few additional pending projects for a projected total of 23 - 25 abatements in 2020. Watch List Projects: Attached is a list of projects the City is presently monitoring. Watch list projects are anticipated to be initiated in 2020/21 and completed in 2021. Watch List Projects: 3851 Steilacoom Blvd. SW 5408 Steilacoom Blvd SW 6420 Lake Grove St. SW 14440 Union Ave. SW 8423 Woodholme Dr. SW 11614 Military Rd. SW 11606 Military Rd. SW 12715 Addison St. SW 573 Lake Louise Dr. SW 9616 Gravelly Lk. Dr. SW 6622 146th St. SW, #45 7114 87th St. SW 8808 Wildwood Ave. SW 5501 116th St. SW Community Development staff will be present to answer questions regarding the abatement program or process. 19  Return to Agenda City of Lakewood Dangerous & Nuisance Building Abatement Program 20  Return to Agenda Current Status Projects Completed 2019: 14 (13 Dangerous Building/ 1 Nuisance) *12 completed by owner/ 2 completed by city* Projects Completed YTD 2020: 11 (9 Dangerous Building/ 2 Nuisance) *ALL completed by owner* Projects Pending: 17 (15 Dangerous Building/ 2 Nuisance Abatement) *10 under Abatement Order/ 1 under Abatement Complaint* 21 Return to Agenda 22  Return to Agenda Trends of Note Abatement Trends of Note 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total Abatements Completed # Owner Completed # With Squatters # With Fires # Bank Owned/ Foreclosure 23  Return to Agenda Abatements Completed - 2019 24  Return to Agenda 9128 Moreland Ave. SW 25  Return to Agenda 14433 Union Ave. SW 26  Return to Agenda 14433 Union Ave. SW 27  Return to Agenda 5118 Seattle Ave. SW 28  Return to Agenda 8113 Sherwood Forest St. SW 29  Return to Agenda 8113 Sherwood Forest St. SW 30  Return to Agenda 8810 Rose Rd. SW 31  Return to Agenda 6821 150th St. SW 32  Return to Agenda 11225 Pacific Hwy SW 33  Return to Agenda 7123 146th St. SW 34  Return to Agenda 5103 Filbert Ln. SW 35  Return to Agenda 5103 Filbert Ln. SW 36  Return to Agenda Abatements Completed - 2020 37  Return to Agenda 12616 47th Ave. SW 38  Return to Agenda 12616 47th Ave. SW 39  Return to Agenda 10506 Bridgeport Way SW 40  Return to Agenda 10506 Bridgeport Way SW 41  Return to Agenda 10506 Bridgeport Way SW 42  Return to Agenda 5509 Boston Ave. SW 43  Return to Agenda 5509 Boston Ave. SW 44 6419 & 6422 146th St. SW Return to Agenda 14601 Woodbrook Dr. SW 45  Return to Agenda 6419 & 6422 146th St. SW 14601 Woodbrook Dr. SW 46 6419 & 6422 146th St. SW Return to Agenda 14601 Woodbrook Dr. SW 47  Return to Agenda Active Abatements 48  Return to Agenda 9314-9330 Bridgeport Way SW Old QFC & Strip Mall) 49  Return to Agenda 2621 84th St. S (Karwan MHP) 50  Return to Agenda 2621 84th St. S (Karwan MHP) 51  Return to Agenda 2621 84th St. S (Karwan MHP) 52  Return to Agenda 6112 100th St. SW (Old Denny’s) 53  Return to Agenda 6112 100th St. SW (Old Denny’s) 54  Return to Agenda 6112 100th St. SW (Old Denny’s) 55  Return to Agenda 8410 S Tacoma Way 56  Return to Agenda 4824 101st St. SW 57  Return to Agenda 4824 101st St. SW 58  Return to Agenda 8602 & 8604 Maple St. SW 59  Return to Agenda 8113 Sherwood Forest St. SW 60  Return to Agenda 7119 Foster St. SW 61  Return to Agenda 7119 Foster St. SW 62  Return to Agenda 7119 Foster St. SW 63  Return to Agenda 9230 North Lake Dr. SW 64  Return to Agenda City of Lakewood Dangerous & Nuisance Building Abatement Program Jeff Gumm, Program Manager 65  Return to Agenda TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: David Bugher, Assistance City Manager for Development Services THROUGH: John J. Caulfield, City Manager MEETING DATE: July 27, 2020 SUBJECT: Amending the CDBG CARES Act Program (Replacing Deferred Loans with Grants) RECOMMENDATION: Amend the CDBG CARES Act Program: 1) Convert existing deferred loan applications into grants; and 2) Allow new grant applications based on available funding. If the City Council concurs with this recommendations, the proposal would be placed on the City Council Agenda for August 3, 2020. Unless otherwise directed, the proposal would be placed on the Consent Calendar as an amendment to a previous motion. BACKGROUND: A special allocation of Community Development Block Grant COVID-19 (CDBG-CV) funds was awarded to Lakewood totaling $350,611. The funds were authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law 116-136, which was signed on March 27, 2020 in response to the growing effects of this historic public health crisis. CDBG-CV funding is to be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the social and economic impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. On May 4th, two proposals were presented to the City Council. The first was a proposal for a zero-interest, deferred (forgivable) loans up to $10,000 to Lakewood businesses with 10 or fewer employees. The second proposal was a grant in the same amount, also with 10 or fewer employees. The City Council chose to move forward with a zero-interest deferred (forgivable) loan program through adoption of Motion 20-28 on May 18, 2020. The motion was written to require the program to return to the City Council later in the year, or early 2021. Upon return, the Council would review the program status, and if needs be, convert the zero interest, deferred (forgivable) loans into grants. The deferred loan program has been in operation since June. To-date, there are only seven applications. Recent experience has shown that local businesses, if they were to choose between the deferred loan program and the CVR Fund, would prefer the latter since the application process is much simpler (no household income calculations) and assistance is in 66  Return to Agenda the form of a grant. Rather than wait till later in the year for the Council to reconsider the CDBG CARES Act loan versus grant, it would seem appropriate to do so at this time. A change to a grant program may accelerate awards, thereby assisting local businesses sooner rather than later. The terms of the grant are found in Attachment A. Attachment A was provided to the City Council on May 18. The terms are the same, except that HUD has recently updated program income limits. 67  Return to Agenda ATTACHMENT A PROPOSED CARES ACT DEFERRED GRANT PROGRAM GRANT ELIGIBILITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME REQUIREMENTS: CALCULATION: This grant has specific eligibility requirements: To be classified as Low Moderate Income (LMI), an individual or family’s 1. The business must be located in the City of household income must be 80 percent of Lakewood. the median income for the county or area 2. Only one grant per business or ownership where they reside. These income levels group. can be further separated by low- or 3. Business must have experienced a loss of moderate-income. Moderate-income income directly related to the effects of individuals have an annualized family COVID-19. income between 50% and 80% of the 4. The business must have been operating for at HUD area median income. Low-income least one year, as of March 1, 2020. individuals have an annualized family 5. Amount of assistance would be tied to the income of less than 50% of the HUD area number of employees and provided in the median income. amount of $2,500 per employee, up to $10,000 maximum per assisted business. Maximum household income levels by 6. The business must employ 10 or fewer people household size: including the owner, part-time and full-time employees on the business payroll at the time 1 Person – $48,450 of the application. 2 Person – $55,400 7. The business must be a for-profit business 3 Person – $62,300 operating within the City of Lakewood. Non- 4 Person – $69,200 profit entities are not eligible. 5 Person – $74,750 8. Businesses must submit a Profit and Loss 6 Person – $80,300 Statement for 2019 and for 2020 (through 7 Person – $85,850 most recent quarter completed). 8 Person – $91,350 9. Business would have to submit payroll information documenting quarterly payroll and Additional CDBG qualifications for current employees. presumption of low income: 10. Business must create or retain low/moderate income jobs for at least one-year. A) An individual resides in a census tract 11. There would be two ways to qualify for that is 70% or more LMI; or CDBG job creation or retention activity: A) The business owner(s)’s household B) The assisted business and job is must be low/moderate income (if business located in a census tract that is 70% or has 5 or fewer employees, including the more LMI; or in a federally designated owner); or Empowerment Zone or Enterprise B) At least 51% of their jobs retained or Community with 20% or greater rate of jobs created must be held by low/ poverty. moderate income individuals (this could 68  Return to Agenda be for a business with any number of employees up to 10).  Total household income is to be calculated/projected for the coming 12 months effective the date of application.  Low/moderate income wage jobs are retained for a minimum of twelve (12) months. Job retention requires documentation the job would be lost without assistance. 12. Business is required to execute a small business program assistance duplication of benefits affidavit. FUNDING DETAILS: 1. Applications to be accepted and reviewed on a first come, first eligible, first completed basis, subject to availability of funding. 2. Total amount the City of Lakewood is expected to release is approximately $351,000 for this program. 3. Maximum grant amount, $10,000. 4. City expects to distribute 30 to 35 grants. ALLOWABLE USES: Funds could be used as working capital for the business without any restriction other than they must be a documented business expense used for day-to-day operations. The expense could not be an expense that was also reimbursed as a part of any other federal, state or local assistance program, or for any expense that would be considered ineligible under CDBG program regulations. 69