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Renton to seek 2026 CDBG funds; proposal would target senior center repairs
Summary
City staff proposed using estimated 2026 Community Development Block Grant funding for administration, countywide housing repair and a continued investment in the Don Parson Renton Senior Activity Center. Council later concurred with the Finance Committee recommendation to accept the 2026 CDBG funds and contingency plan.
City staff presented the proposed use of the city's estimated 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and took public comment before the council concurred with the Finance Committee's recommendation to accept the grant and contingency plan.
"These are federal dollars. They're from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and they must be used to serve low and moderate income persons," Laurie Fleming, presenting the program, told the council and public. Fleming said Renton is a joint agreement city with King County and that the city's estimated 2026 entitlement is $653,000, a figure she qualified as uncertain because federal allocations have not been finalized.
Fleming outlined the proposed distribution: approximately $78,000 for administration, about $163,000 to the King County housing repair program, and a proposed $313,000 to add to the Don Parson Renton Senior Activity Center improvement project for roof replacement, HVAC and siding. Fleming said seniors are a presumed low‑to‑moderate income group and that combining multiple years of CDBG funding for a single capital project is common practice.
After the public hearing and committee review, the Finance Committee recommended concurrence in the staff recommendation, and the council voted to approve and accept the 2026 CDBG funds and the contingency plan and to authorize the mayor and city clerk to execute the grant agreement subject to legal review.
The council vote did not appropriate detailed project budgets beyond the contingency plan described by staff; staff said final allocations and the grant agreement would be presented for legal review before execution.
