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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAffordable Housing Board - Minutes - 06/01/2023AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOARD REGULAR MEETING 6 /1 /2023 – M I N U TE S Page 1 June 1, 2023, 4:00-6:00pm Colorado River Room, 222 Laporte Ave CALL TO ORDER At 4:05 PM the meeting was called to order by John Singleton. 1. ROLL CALL • Board Members Present: John Singleton, Bob Pawlikowski, Jennifer Bray (left in progress), Kristin Fritz, Stefanie Berganini • Board Members Absent: Ed Hermsen, Sheila Seaver-Davis • Staff Members Present: • Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Staff Liaison – City of Fort Collins • Brittany Depew, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins • Meaghan Overton, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins • Tamra Leavenworth, Minutes – City of Fort Collins • Guests Present: • Jan • J. Jones • Kevin Stearns • Marilyn Heller 2. AGENDA REVIEW – No changes. 3. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION • Marilyn Heller, a member of the League of Women’s Voters, informed the Board that the South Larimer Discussion Group had a panel on Metro Districts a few weeks ago. The meeting was recorded and is available to view on the League of Women’s Voters website. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Bob Pawlikowski motioned to approve the May 4 Regular Meeting Minutes. Stefanie Berganini seconded. Approved 5-0. 5. NEW BUSINESS A. Homelessness Response – Brittany Depew, Social Sustainability • Brittany Depew, Lead Homelessness Specialist at the City of Fort Collins, joined the AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOARD REGULAR MEETING 6 /1 /2023 – M I N U TE S Page 2 Affordable Housing Board members for a presentation regarding Homelessness Response. The presentation offered insight into the different components of homelessness response at the City, including but not limited to funding, convening, housing and homelessness policy, tensions and challenges, and current projects such as overflow sheltering, the HOPE (Homeless Outreach and Proactive Engagement) Team, and camp cleanups. Several board members followed up with clarifying questions for Brittany Depew. B. Housing Strategic Plan – Meaghan Overton, Social Sustainability • Meaghan Overton, Housing Manager at the City of Fort Collins, provided the Board with updates about the Land Use Code and the Rental Housing Program. • The Land Use Code went to City Council for a Work Session on May 23 and the Rental Housing Program will go to City Council for first reading on June 6. • The last three months have been focused on re-engaging with community members around the Land Use Code, specifically focused on housing. June and July will be focused on intentionally engaging with renters, BIPOC communities, lower-income households, and younger community members. • On June 6, the Mandatory Rental Registration Program will be presented to Council. This program will allow the City to know the location of rental properties and who owns them. The program will focus on improving the complaint-based system and will also include enhanced mediation, education, and outreach tools for both landlords and tenants. • The Board asked Meaghan Overton what the current process is when a complaint is filed via the complaint-based system. Meaghan explained that a City inspector goes to the property and conducts an inspection. If a violation of the property maintenance code is found, the landlord is responsible for addressing it within an outlined period. If the violation is not addressed in the specified amount of time, there is an enforcement process. The system has a good foundation, but it needs to be modernized with added resources and support to function in a way that will best serve all who utilize it. C. ARPA Fee Credit Options – Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Social Sustainability • Sue Beck-Ferkiss led a discussion with the Board regarding support for seeking Council approval to provide additional fee credits to CARE Housing for the 40% units in the Heartside Hill Apartments development. Sue explained that while the ARPA limit for fee credits is 65% AMI, the City policy limits to 30% AMI. However, it is increasingly difficult to offer rents to serve 30% AMI households under current conditions such as rising costs of labor and construction materials and higher interest rates. The Board discussed how this could also be an opportunity to discuss expanding AMI limits with Council. Kristin Fritz motioned to seek Council approval for the request to utilize remaining ARPA funds for 40% AMI units at Heartside Hill and consider discussion to expand the City of Fort Collins local fee AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOARD REGULAR MEETING 6 /1 /2023 – M I N U TE S Page 3 credit program to include 40% AMI units. Stefanie Berganini seconded. Approved 3-0. Bob Pawlikowski abstained. 6. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS None. 7. OTHER BUSINESS None. 8. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 6:07 PM.