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Home My WebLink About04/03/2024 - Human Services and Housing Funding Board - AGENDA - Regular Meeting04/03/2024 Agenda Page 1 HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING FUNDING BOARD SUMMARY AGENDA REGULAR MEETING April 3, 2024 5:30PM – 7:30PM 222 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins - Colorado River Room **Additional viewing option via Zoom – details below** PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PERSON: Participation for this Human Services and Housing Funding Board regular meeting will be available in-person at the location identified above. Public participation is also available online or by phone via Zoom. ONLINE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: You will need an internet connection on a laptop, computer, or smartphone, and may join the meeting through Zoom at https://fcgov.zoom.us/j/97662045806?pwd=T0I4aDNNU0FuVDY4SUVSM2hyMllyQT09 Webinar ID: 976 6204 5806 (Using earphones with a microphone will greatly improve your audio). Keep yourself on muted status. For public comments, the Chairperson will ask participants to click the “Raise Hand” button to indicate you would like to speak at that time. Staff will moderate the Zoom session to ensure all participants have an opportunity to comment. To participate online, individuals should join the Zoom meeting online and the chairperson will call upon each participant to speak. There is no physical location for public participation at this meeting. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION BY PHONE: Please dial +1 720 928 9299 and enter Webinar ID 976 6204 5806 Keep yourself on muted status. For public comments, when the Chair asks participants to click the “Raise Hand” button if they wish to speak, phone participants will need to press *9 to do this. Staff will be moderating the Zoom session to ensure all participants have an opportunity to address the Human Services & Housing Funding Board. When you are called, press *6 to unmute yourself. Documents to Share: Any document or presentation a member of the public wishes to provide to the Human Services & Housing Funding Board for its consideration must be emailed to amolzer@fcgov.com at least 24 hours before the meeting. Provide Comments via Email: Individuals uncomfortable or unable to access the Zoom platform or unable to participate by phone are encouraged to participate by emailing general public comments you may have to amolzer@fcgov.com. The Staff Liaison will ensure the Human Services & Housing Funding Board receives your comments. If you have specific comments on any of the discussion items scheduled, please make that clear in the subject line of the email and send at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING FUNDING BOARD SUMMARY AGENDA REGULAR MEETING April 3, 2024 5:30PM – 7:30PM 222 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins - Colorado River Room **Additional viewing option via Zoom – details below** 04/03/2024 Agenda Page 2 1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL 2. AGENDA REVIEW 3. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION (3 MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL) 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: March 13, 2024 Regular Meeting 5. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS (Committees, Event attendance, etc.) 6. STAFF REPORTS 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 8. NEW BUSINESS a. Follow-Up Discussion of Affordable Housing Proposals b. Preliminary Review and Discussion of Human Services Proposals 9. OTHER BUSINESS (Board member concerns, Announcements) 10. NEXT MEETING *Locations and times subject to change – please check next meeting agenda* • Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 5:30pm | 222 Laporte Avenue – Colorado River Room Funding Deliberation Special Meeting – Affordable Housing & CDBG Public Service • Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 4:00pm | 222 Laporte Avenue – Colorado River Room Funding Deliberation Special Meeting – Human Services 11. ADJOURNMENT Human Services & Housing Funding Board DRAFT REGULAR MEETING March 13, 2024 at 5:30 PM Remote/ZOOM 3 /1 3 /2024 – MINUTES Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER • At 5:33 PM the meeting was called to order by Pat Hastings. 2. ROLL CALL • Board Members Present o Pat Hastings, Chair o Olga Duvall, Vice Chair (joined in-progress) o Christine Koepnick o Erma Woodfin o Lori Kempter o Michaela Ruppert o Mike Nielsen • Board Members Excused o Mike Kulisheck • Staff Members Present o Adam Molzer, Staff Liaison, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins o Beth Rosen, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins • Guests Present o None For further information, details and insight, and audio recording, resources are available by contacting the HSHF-Board staff liaison. 3. AGENDA REVIEW Adam Molzer reviewed the agenda. The Board accepted the agenda without modification. 4. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION None. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – February 14, 2024 Regular Meeting Michaela Ruppert motioned to approve the February 14, 2024 meeting minutes as presented. Pat Hastings seconded. Approved 6-0. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. 7. LEARNING SERIES PRESENTATION a. Affordable Housing – Beth Rosen, City of Fort Collins – Grants Compliance & Policy Manager • Beth Rosen, Grants Compliance & Policy Manager at the City of Fort Collins, joined the Human Services and Housing Funding Board members for a presentation regarding the City’s housing goals Human Services & Housing Funding Board REGULAR BOARD MEETING 3 /1 3 /2024 – MINUTES Page 2 and the evaluation of housing proposals entering the competitive grant process’s alignment with those goals. The presentation offered insight into the different components of a project proposal, including but not limited to the income of the populations being served, funding history, debt service ratio, and total City subsidy per unit. Several board members followed up with clarifying questions for Beth. • Beth informed the Board that she would be revising the Housing Staff Summary and Guidance Chart and providing updated versions to the Board. Two applicants’ potential funding sources have changed, and they will be providing City staff with new AMI targets for their unit mix. Both applicants will be submitting a new Project Operating Budget and City staff will update any relevant information in ZoomGrants. • Adam Molzer informed the Board that Housing Deliberations will take place on Tuesday, April 30. During this deliberation, the Board is asked to rank the proposed housing programs and projects (rather than making specific funding recommendations) in a process facilitated by Beth Rosen and himself. 8. NEW BUSINESS a. Affordable Housing Presentations and Q&A Process • Adam Molzer explained that the eight (8) housing applicants will submit recordings of their presentations for Board members to view a week prior to the Joint Work Session with the Affordable Housing Board on March 27. This meeting will be dedicated to a question-and-answer session between the housing applicants and both boards. b. Human Services Grant Funding Protocol • Adam Molzer went over the protocol that provides guidance as to how the Board members are expected to approach the Human Service Deliberations that will take place on May 1. • Adam reminded the Board that they will be asked to vote on renewal applications for the 3-year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Public Service Fund recipients. This will occur on April 30 following housing deliberations. • Pat Hastings made a motion to follow the funding protocol as presented for the 2024 Competitive Funding Process. Erma Woodfin seconded. Approved 7-0. 9. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Olga Duvall shared information about a free 21-day racial equity habit-building challenge that Food Solutions New England hosts in April. Adam Molzer will send an email to the Board with more information about the challenge. 10. STAFF REPORTS a. Human Services Priorities Platform Update • Social Sustainability’s HUD (Housing and Urban Development) Team is in the beginning phases of their engagement and data gathering process for the 2025 HUD Consolidated Plan. Part of this process includes conducting interviews, forming focus groups, and distributing surveys to local Human Services & Housing Funding Board REGULAR BOARD MEETING 3 /1 3 /2024 – MINUTES Page 3 service providers. The Human Services Priorities Platform Team and HUD Team are working to combine efforts to avoid duplicating requests from the community. • Dianne Tjalkens, who is leading the HUD Consolidated Plan, will be coming to speak with the Board in the spring and fall. b. New Board Members – July 2024 • Adam Molzer helped facilitate interviews with Councilmember Julie Pignataro for new and reapplying Board members. 2 returning members have been nominated again, and 2 new members are anticipated to begin in July. City Council will be voting on new Boards & Commissions members at their March 19 meeting. • Adam will be inviting the new members to the April & May HSHF meetings to observe as members of the public. c. Super Issues Meeting (March 25) and B&C Orientation (April 8 & 22) • Super Issues Meetings are put on by the City Clerk’s Office for Boards and Commissions across the City to come together and discuss various topics of interest. The next one will be held on March 25. • There will be a mandatory orientation for new and reappointed board members held on April 8 and April 22. 11. OTHER BUSINESS Bird Whistle Affordable Townhomes, a project that the Human Services & Housing Funding Board contributed to, will have a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 22. CARE Housing sent a letter to City Council and City Leaders referencing the City’s contributions made to their Heartside Hill project. Over $3 million from the City has been invested in the project and CARE specifically called out the Human Services & Housing Funding Board. 12. NEXT MEETING Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | 5:30pm | Location: Zoom/Online Joint Meeting with the Affordable Housing Board 13. ADJOURNMENT Pat Hastings adjourned meeting at 7:08 PM. Minutes were finalized and approved by the Human Services & Housing Funding Board on ____________.