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Thurston County commissioners ask for contingency planning after state right-of-way funding uncertainty; RFP issuance paused
Summary
Commissioners asked staff to prepare contingency scenarios and postponed issuing some housing RFPs after signals that the state right-of-way funding may be reduced or omitted from the governor—s budget. County staff said a partial statewide allocation could leave a roughly $3.5 million shortfall for Thurston County in the best-case projection.
Thurston County commissioners on Jan. 7 directed staff to prepare contingency scenarios and to postpone action on a major request-for-proposals cycle for housing and homeless services after staff reported uncertainty about state right-of-way funding.
The county—s Office of Housing and Homeless Prevention had planned to issue four consolidated RFPs in mid-January for affordable housing capital projects, homeless services, community development block grant (CDBG) awards and the Veterans Emergency Shelter Program. Tom Webster, director of the Office of Housing and Homeless Prevention, told commissioners the RFP schedule had been moved up this year so awards and contracts could be in place by July 1 and come to the board for approval in June.
Webster and county manager Leonard…
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