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STATE OF WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
1011 Plum Street SE PO Box 42525 Olympia, Washington 98504-2525 (360) 725-4000
www.commerce.wa.gov
October 28, 2021
City of Bremerton
345 6th Street
Suite 100
Bremerton, WA 98337-1891
Delivered via Email to Greg.Wheeler@ci.bremerton.wa.us
RE: Housing Action Plan and Implementation Grant – Increasing Residential Building Capacity
Dear Mayor Wheeler,
I am pleased to inform you that the city of Bremerton has been awarded $40,000 in grant funds for the
2021-23 Biennium to assist with increasing urban residential building capacity and streamlining
regulations. The Washington State Legislature created this grant program under Engrossed Second
Substitute House Bill (E2SHB) 1923 (Chapter 348, Laws of 2019), and re-appropriated funding in the
2021 legislative session. This funding supports cities as they study their housing needs and develop
strategies to meet those needs with a Housing Action Plan (HAP), or implement housing strategies of an
adopted HAP or comparable housing study to increase housing capacity.
This grant will be administered by the Washington Department of Commerce, Growth Management
Services (GMS) unit. Before we disburse the funds, a contract with an agreed upon scope of work and
budget will need to be executed between your organization and the Department of Commerce. Your
scope of work and budget under this grant must be consistent with the scope of work and budget
included in your grant application or as adjusted with Commerce staff. Funds may be retroactively
applied to project costs related to your grant scope of work, beginning July 1, 2021, the beginning of the
2021-23 Biennium.
Laura Hodgson, Senior Planner, will be in touch with you in November to develop the contract and
answer any questions you may have. Laura can be reached at laura.hodgson@commerce.wa.gov.
Sincerely,
Dave Andersen, AICP
Managing Director
Growth Management Services
cc: Andrea L. Spencer, Director
Greg Wheeler, Mayor
Mike Riley, Finance Director
Gary Idleburg, Senior Planner