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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuman Services And Housing Funding Board - Minutes - 10/11/2023 Human Services & Housing Funding Board REGULAR MEETING October 11, 2023 at 5:30 PM Remote/ZOOM 10/11/2023 – MINUTES Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER • At 5:29 PM the meeting was called to order by Josh Johnson. 2. ROLL CALL • Board Members Present o Josh Johnson, Chair o Olga Duvall, Vice Chair o Christine Koepnick o Erma Woodfin o Lori Kempter o Michaela Ruppert o Mike Nielsen o Pat Hastings • Staff Members Present o Adam Molzer, Staff Liaison, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins o Tamra Leavenworth, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins • Guests Present o Mike Kulisheck For further information, details and insight, and audio recording, resources are available by contacting the HSHF-Board staff liaison. 3. AGENDA REVIEW Josh Johnson read remote session instructions for the Human Services & Housing Funding Board and public attendees. Adam Molzer reviewed the agenda. The Board accepted the agenda without modification. 4. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION None. 5. INTRODUCTIONS Board members introduced themselves, including Lori Kempter, the newest member who was attending a regular board meeting for the first time. 6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – September 13, 2023 Regular Meeting Pat Hastings motioned to approve the September 13, 2023 meeting minutes as presented. Olga Duvall seconded. Lori Kempter and Michaela Ruppert abstained due to absence at the September 13 meeting. Approved 6-0. Human Services & Housing Funding Board REGULAR BOARD MEETING 10/11 /2023 – MINUTES Page 2 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. 8. NEW BUSINESS a. City Council Ordinance – B&C Terms, Manual & Code of Conduct • Due to City elections moving to November, Board terms will be shifting. Most Board terms used to end on December 31 and will now end on March 31. For the Human Services & Housing Funding Board and Affordable Housing Board, board terms will end on June 30 to accommodate the annual competitive funding process held in the spring. • HSHF Board members whose term was set to expire on December 31, 2023 will receive a one-time extension and their term will be extended through June 30, 2024. • The City Clerk’s Office has also added a new Boards and Commissions manual, anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy, and code of conduct. Board members are expected to sign that they have read and agree to these new terms and submit this documentation to the Clerk’s Office. b. City Strategic Plan Inputs • Adam Molzer explained that the Budget Office is asking for each board’s insight on their specific strategic outcome area. The Human Services & Housing Funding Board’s outcome area is Neighborhood Livability and Social Health. • The Board provided feedback that included but was not limited to, creating networks with neighbors, access to services and transportation to those services, equitable and diverse programming, budgeting more funds to support human services and affordable housing, and supporting true homeownership efforts (not just rental housing). c. Ex Officio Member Interest • Adam Molzer explained that the City Clerk’s Office asked each staff liaison to gauge interest in adding an Ex Officio member to their respective board. An Ex Officio member is a non-voting member who offers specific expertise and insight. • After discussion, the HSHF Board decided this was not necessary at the present time. Adam Molzer reminded board members that this idea could be explored again in the future if a need arose. d. 2024 Work Plan • Adam Molzer reminded the Board that the annual Work Plan for 2024 is due in November. Adam provided a draft for them to review and modify at the November meeting. 9. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Erma Woodfin shared that she attended the ground-breaking event for Heartside Hill and the Neighbor to Neighbor Coachlight Renovation Reception event. She found both events to be informative and advantageous. 10. STAFF REPORTS a. Recruitment Open House – November 6 • The City Clerk’s Office is hosting an open house on November 6 as they prepare for Boards and Commissions recruitment. It will be a full information session for any community member Human Services & Housing Funding Board REGULAR BOARD MEETING 10/11 /2023 – MINUTES Page 3 interested in serving on a City Board or Commission. • Adam Molzer asked board members to share the opportunity with anyone in their network that they think would be interested. b. Summer Site Visits Summary • Adam Molzer and Tamra Leavenworth conducted 28 in-person and 4 virtual grant monitoring visits over the summer. These visits functioned as a way to check-in with the organizations that the City provides funding to and to verify compliance. There were no significant findings and programs are performing well. • During the visits, Adam and Tamra gathered feedback from organizations. They expressed gratitude for grant support from the City and Human Services program and appreciation for the time the HSHF Board invests in the grant review process. • Several organizations raised concern about the trend of partial funding and wanted to know how they could perform better or make the case for full funding. Organizations wanted staff and the HSHF Board to know that partial funding creates additional responsibility to find unfunded amounts elsewhere. • Adam Molzer has begun analyzing funding trends from the last 18 years and hopes to share more about his findings at the November meeting. • The Board engaged in discussion about potential ideas and strategies that could be implemented in the competitive process going forward. c. Human Services Priorities Platform Engagement • Adam Molzer explained that the Human Services department within Social Sustainability has begun examining existing data, reports, and historical funding to identify what current and emerging needs exist in the community and what Social Sustainability’s role is within human services in the community. Currently, the City has a multitude of funding priorities under the human services umbrella. • The Human Services staff will be coming to the HSHF Board in the next couple of months to gather opinions and gain insight into what they think the City’s role may look like in the future. 11. OTHER BUSINESS Grantee Client Story: Adam Molzer shared brief impact stories submitted by SAVA (Sexual Assault Victim Advocates) and Meals on Wheels. 12. NEXT MEETING Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | 5:30pm | Location: Zoom 13. ADJOURNMENT Josh Johnson adjourned meeting at 7:00 PM. Minutes were finalized and approved by the Human Services & Housing Funding Board on November 8, 2023.