MINUTES
August 27, 2009
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Steve Hauck called the meeting to order at 4:33 p.m. at the Community Development and
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SOU Liaison: Alex Amarotico, resigned |
Steve Hauck, Chair |
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Richard Billin |
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Council Liaison: Carol Voisin |
Nick Frost |
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Aaron Benjamin |
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Staff Present:: |
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Linda Reid, Housing Specialist |
Graham Lewis |
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Carolyn Schwendener, Account Clerk |
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Commissioners Absent: |
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Bill Smith, resigned |
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Voisin/Ayars m/s to approve the minutes of the July 23, 2009 regular meeting. Minutes were approved.
FAREWELL TO COMMISSIONER SMITH AND SOU LIAISON AMORATICO
Reid explained that Bill Smith accepted a job offer in the Midwest and Alexandra Amarotico has gone to
PUBLIC FORUM
Audience member Grace Weill introduced herself stating she may be interested in taking Amarotico’s place as a SOU liaison.
REPORTS AND UPDATES
Subcommittee Report
Finance – Billin reported that the finance committee is in the process of finding a mechanism to finance the Housing Trust Fund. They have narrowed it down to three possibilities.
· Transit Oriented Districts
· Transfer development rights
· Tax deductable donations
Education – None
Land Use – None
Liaison Reports
Council – Voisin reported that the City is in somewhat of a water crisis which has required mandatory curtailment. The City is now using TID (Talent Irrigation District) for drinking water and plan on continuing using it until October. The City Council is working on the nudity Ordinance which states you cannot exhibit genitalia in the downtown area or parks. They are considering expanding that to one thousand feet around all schools and areas where students walk to school. The Council will be meeting with the City Attorney on September 22, 2009 in an executive session to discuss what the liabilities are. The Council is also still dealing with the Riparian Ordinance. Voisin reminded the Commissioners to go to the City website and fill out the goals, values and mission statement.
Parks – None
School Board – Frost commented they are mostly concerned at this time about getting
Planning – Benjamin reported that after some heated discussion and comments by the community, SOU decided to put off its master plans until further meetings in October. The Croman Site was discussed and some concern was shared that the current development of the site could divert resources from downtown. This may become an issue in the future. There was a joint meeting with the Transportation Commission to discuss transportation issues at the Croman Site.
SOU- Grace Weil, audience member, introduced herself again explaining she is a student working toward a Bachelor of Environmental Studies graduating in March with a Minor in Land Use Planning. She works with the student life Department. She would like to bring that student piece to the Housing Commission.
Staff – There will be a public hearing at next month’s meeting for the CAPER report (Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report) for the CDBG program. This report reviews the past year’s allocation of funds and the progress that the City has made in meeting the goals identified in the 2005-2009 consolidated plan. It will be publicly noticed and the Housing Commission will need to make a motion to approve it before it can be sent to HUD.
Reid is on a Steering committee for an upcoming foreclose event called HOPE (Home Owner Preservation Event) which will be held on October 17th at the SOU/RCC campus in
Reid and Benjamin met with a gentleman from an organization called the Green Light Cooperative out of
Croman Site Report - Lewis said the Committee met and discussed what the purpose of the committee would be, Lewis expects to have more information to report after the next meeting. The next meeting will be on September 9th.
Hauck said he has been attending the Transportation Commission meeting (TSP). This Commission is going to be focusing on alternative transportations and how that interconnects with Housing patterns.
VICE CHAIR ELECTION
Billin/Voisin m/s to nominate Graham Lewis for Vice Chair. Voice Vote: Passed.
HOMELESS LIAISON REPORT
Frost and Lewis met and both agreed that there were several reasons to have a Homeless Liaison, though they may suggest changing that title. They agreed that the liaison’s mission would be to report to the Commission on the effectiveness of the City’s assistance programs and to suggest new areas of studies for the Commission. They would also inform the homeless populations about resources that are available in the community.
Frost thought it would be a good idea for the Commission to choose the liaison rather then the mayor so that the Housing Commission would be confident to have a good working relationship with whomever is chosen. The liaison would be a non voting member, patterned after the SOU liaison.
Lewis commented that through his work with the needy people in
FAIR HOUSING DISCUSSION
Reid gave an overview regarding some of the impediments and proposed solutions that were presented by the Fair Housing Council.
Reid’s stated that being a community development entitlement program the City is required to take actions to affirmative further Fair Housing. Some of the suggestions made by the Fair Housing Council are already being addressed by the Housing Commission. Reid was directed to check with Louise Dix the Neighborhood Resource Coordinator with the City of
EXPIRING USE UNITS UPDATE
Reid explained that at the last meeting the Commissioners looked at a list of expiring units. The Commissioners wanted to explore what resources were available for protecting those units, keeping them from going out of affordability and options for funding their purchase.
Reid suggested taking a tour of the expiring use units. It was suggested that citizens could be invited to take tour as well, a CDBG assisted property Home Tour could be part of this. This tour would be an opportunity to see your CDBG funds at work. The Commission decided to take a tour in the fall in the early afternoon. It was suggested that the tour could take place during the first part of the October 22nd meeting, due to the shortening days it was decided that the Commission would meet at 4 pm instead of 4:30 so that the tour could take place while it was still light out.
The Commissioners would like to attend the ground breaking ceremony for
Benjamin had an idea about encouraging expiring use coops as an option. He suggested that the commissioners talk with local affordable housing developers such as ACLT. Reid will email the list and address of the expiring units and when they are going to expire.
September 24, 2009 MEETING AGENDA ITEMS
Quorum check – Ayars will be gone.
For the Consolidated plan hold a separate forum discussion at a separate meeting – maybe use the Community Center.
It was decided to cancel the November meeting as it falls on Thanksgiving. It was also decided that the Commission would move the December meeting to the 17th and will meet at 4:00 so the meeting can be adjourned before 6:00. It was suggested that the Consolidated Plan forum discussion meeting could be merged with the regular meeting on December 17th.
Homeless Liaison position description outline
Louise Dix, rental registry
CDBG CAPER report Public Hearing
Transferable development credits - have Richard come and talk about that sometime in the future.
UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS
September 8, 2009 7PM City Council Meeting-HC Ordinance 1st reading
September 22, 2009 7PM City Council Meeting-HC Ordinance 2nd reading
Next Housing Commission Regular Meeting
4:30-6:30 PM; Thursday September 24th, 2009
ADJOURNMENT – The meeting was adjourned at 6:08 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by, Carolyn Schwendener