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Home My WebLink About05/08/2024 - Human Services and Housing Funding Board - AGENDA - Regular MeetingHUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING FUNDING BOARD SUMMARY AGENDA REGULAR MEETING May 8, 2024 5:30PM – 7:30PM Foothills Activity Center, 241 East Foothills Parkway, Fort Collins - Meeting Room 05/06/2024 Agenda Page 1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PERSON: Participation for this Human Services and Housing Funding Board regular meeting will be available in-person only at the location identified above. Online viewing/participation will not be available for the public. Documents to Share: If residents wish to share a document or presentation, the Staff Liaison needs to receive those materials via email at least 24 hours before the meeting. Individuals uncomfortable or unable to participate by in-person are encouraged to participate by emailing general public comments you may have to amolzer@fcgov.com . The Staff Liaison will ensure the 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 24 hours prior to the meeting. 1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL 2. AGENDA REVIEW 3. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION (3 MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL) 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: April 30, 2024 Special Meeting 5. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS (Committees, Event attendance, etc.) 6. STAFF REPORTS 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 8. NEW BUSINESS a. Consolidated Plan and Community Needs Interview - Dianne Tjalkens b. Competitive Funding Process Update and 360-Review c. Human Services Priority Platform - Subcommittee d. Recess for Summer 9. OTHER BUSINESS (Board member concerns, Announcements) 10. NEXT MEETING *Locations and times subject to change – please check next meeting agenda* a. Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | 5:30pm | Location: TBD 11. ADJOURNMENT Human Services & Housing Funding Board SPECIAL MEETING DRAFT April 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM 222 Laporte Ave, Fort Collins – Colorado River Room Additional viewing option via Zoom 4/30 /2024 – MINUTES Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER • At 5:42 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 o Erma Woodfin o Lori Kempter o Michaela Ruppert o Mike Kulisheck o Mike Nielsen • Board Members Excused o Christine Koepnick • Staff Members Present o Adam Molzer, Staff Liaison, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins o Beth Rosen, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins o Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins o Megan Gallagher, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins o Tamra Leavenworth, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins • Community Members in Attendance o Kim Iwanski, CARE Housing o Tatiana Zentner, CARE Housing o Alex Statham-Lardner, Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity o Mara Johnson, Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity o Kristin Fritz, Housing Catalyst o Linda Wright, Loveland Housing Authority o Nathan Szanton, The Szanton Company Due to the duration and extent of the housing preliminary grant review, the summary of the meeting reflected in the minutes below may not include all details of the HSHF-Board’s discussion. 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. Human Services & Housing Funding Board SPECIAL BOARD MEETING 4/30 /2024 – MINUTES Page 2 4. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Guests from the public introduced themselves. No additional public comments. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – March 27, 2024 Special Meeting & April 3, 2024 Regular Meeting Erma Woodfin motioned to approve the March 27, 2024 meeting minutes as presented. Michaela Ruppert seconded. Approved 7-0. Olga Duvall motioned to approve the April 3, 2024 meeting minutes as presented. Michaela Ruppert seconded. Approved 7-0. 6. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS None. 7. STAFF REPORTS Adam Molzer informed the Board that next week’s meeting on Wednesday, May 8, would be held in-person at the Foothills Activity Center. 8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. 9. NEW BUSINESS a. Deliberations to Formulate Funding Recommendations – CDBG Public Services (renewal funding) • Beth Rosen provided a brief overview of the CDBG Public Service funds to the Board, explaining that since these awards were originally allocated in FY22, FY24 is the second and final year the Board must consider and vote on renewal funding. CDBG Public Service funds are distributed to organizations that provide emergency sheltering and services or provide housing stabilization services. The funds are distributed in percentages (of the eligible CDBG funding total for Public Service) over a multi-year period. • Beth Rosen gave an overview of each organization’s funding request, what the funds will be used for, how many clients will be served, and the organization’s progress over the last year. Several board members followed up with clarifying questions for Beth. • Olga Duvall motioned to approve the 2024 CDBG Public Service funding recommendations at the percentages presented. Erma Woodfin seconded. Approved 6-0-1. Lori Kempter abstained. • The CDBG Public Service funds will be renewed for FY24 as follows: o Catholic Charities – Samaritan House Fort Collins Shelter – Funding TBD (31% of available funding) o Crossroads Safehouse – Domestic Violence Emergency Shelter Advocacy – Funding TBD (26% of available funding) o Family Housing Network of Fort Collins, Inc. – Family Housing Network Shelter Program – Funding TBD (11% of available funding) o Neighbor to Neighbor, Inc. – N2N Housing Solutions – Direct Rental Assistance – Funding TBD (32% of available funding) Human Services & Housing Funding Board SPECIAL BOARD MEETING 4/30 /2024 – MINUTES Page 3 b. Deliberations to Formulate Project Ranked Order for Funding – Affordable Housing • The Affordable Housing Board’s rankings of the housing proposals were presented. • A total of 8 proposals were submitted, requesting $4.8 million total for housing projects and programs. Adam Molzer explained that the Board would first vote to support funding for each project, then rank each project in order of priority. • Beth Rosen provided an overview of the funding considerations and reviewed the Housing Strategic Plan goals, encouraging Board members to consider how each project relates to these goals when making their decisions. • Pat Hastings motioned to support funding for HO-1 CARE Housing. Olga Duvall seconded. Approved 7-0. • Pat Hastings motioned to support funding for HO-2 City of Fort Collins Forestry Division. Lori Kempter seconded. Approved 5-2. Opposed by Olga Duvall and Mike Kulisheck. • Opposing Board members explained that they did not think affordable housing funds were the appropriate funding source for HO-2 City of Fort Collins Forestry Division. • Olga Duvall motioned to support funding for HO-3 Habitat for Humanity. Lori Kempter seconded. Approved 7-0. • Olga Duvall motioned to support funding for HO-4 Housing Catalyst Remington Parking Lot. Lori Kempter seconded. Approved 4-3. Opposed by Michaela Ruppert, Erma Woodfin, and Pat Hastings. • Opposing Board members expressed concern that HO-4 Housing Catalyst Remington Parking Lot anticipates needing to return to the Competitive Process in 2025 and that they need more time to refine their funding request. • Olga Duvall motioned to support funding for HO-5 Housing Catalyst Village on Eastbrook. Mike Nielsen seconded. Approved 7-0. • Olga Duvall motioned to approve funding for HO-6 L’Arche Fort Collins. Seconded by Mike Kulisheck. The motion fails 4-3. Opposed by Mike Nielsen, Lori Kempter, Michaela Ruppert, and Erma Woodfin. • The Board engaged in discussion about HO-6 L’Arche Fort Collins – expressing concern about the small number of people served in relation to the cost of the project and the unintended consequences of the caretakers’ housing and occupation being interconnected. Board members also discussed that this project would move forward regardless of funding from the Competitive Process, since the funding request serves to fully eliminate project debt. • Mike Nielsen motioned to support funding for HO-7 Loveland Housing Development. Erma Woodfin seconded. Approved 7-0. • Erma Woodfin motioned to not support funding for HO-8 The Szanton Company. Lori Kempter seconded. Approved 7-0. • The Board engaged in discussion about HO-8 The Szanton Company – expressing that the project seems too early in the process to support funding at this time. It was also unclear if they were targeting Human Services & Housing Funding Board SPECIAL BOARD MEETING 4/30 /2024 – MINUTES Page 4 households earning no more than 80% Area Median Income. The Board encourages the applicant to return next year if appropriate based on the final details of the project. • Board members asked Beth Rosen what would happen if a project ranked in such a way that it would only receive partial funding. Beth explained that the project would get a conditional commitment for the balance of the funds remaining, with the expectation that they would take the partial funding to secure tax credits and other required funding and return to the Competitive Process later to fill their remaining funding gap. • Erma Woodfin motioned to recommend allocating funding to all supported projects in rank order until the funds are exhausted. If a project later withdraws their proposal, funding would be made available to the next eligible prioritized project. Mike Nielsen seconded. Mike Kulisheck proposed a friendly amendment to move HO-2 City of Fort Collins Forestry Division to Priority #5 and HO-4 Housing Catalyst Remington Parking Lot to Priority #6. Erma Woodfin and Mike Nielsen accepted the friendly amendment. The final priority ranking list was presented as follows: Priority #1 – HO-5: Housing Catalyst – Village on Eastbrook Priority #2 – HO-7: Loveland Housing Development – Larimer Home Improvement Program Priority #3 – HO-3: Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity – Harmony Cottages Priority #4 – HO-1: CARE Housing – Greenbriar-Windtrail Rehab Priority #5 – HO-2: City of Fort Collins Forestry Division – Tree Removal Assistance Program Priority #6 – HO-4: Housing Catalyst – Remington Parking Lot Motion to pass the FY24 prioritization as presented passed 7-0. Housing projects are ranked in priority order. If a project receives funding through the City from another source and/or withdraws their proposal, the funding recommendation will be withdrawn, and funds will be made available to the next eligible, prioritized project. 10. OTHER BUSINESS • Adam Molzer shared that he went through the process of standardizing the Board’s scoring of the Human Service grant proposals. He presented the results to the Board to see if they would like to use the standardized scores or raw scores for tomorrow’s deliberations. The Board decided they would like to use the raw scores. 11. NEXT MEETINGS Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 4:00pm | Location: 222 Laporte Avenue – Colorado River Room • Funding Deliberation Special Meeting – Human Services 13. ADJOURNMENT Pat Hastings adjourned meeting at 8:15 PM. Minutes were finalized and approved by the Human Services & Housing Funding Board on _____________. The Consolidated Plan Consolidated Plan The Consolidated Plan •Is a five-year planning document for the use of federal dollars •Includes a needs assessment and market analysis •Housing •Homelessness •Community Development •Identifies priorities and sets goals •Earmarks resources 2 HUD Funding Resources Funding from HUD to support Community Development and Affordable Housing •Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) •HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) How much? •Approx $8.5 million over 5 years •~$1,100,000/yr CDBG •~$600,000/yr HOME 3 Competitive Process How are funds distributed? •Competitive Process: City funds, CDBG and HOME •Staff review for eligibility •AHB ranking of housing applications •HSHF Board reviews all applications and recommends funding for all applications (40+). •Council approves the recommendations. 4 CDBG 34% HOME 22% AHF 16% HSP 28% Overview of Funding Sources CDBG: Community Development Block Grant Purpose: Improve the physical, economic, and social conditions for low income people Source: US Department of Housing and Urban Development Eligible Uses: Projects must: principally benefit low- and moderate-income persons, aid in the elimination of slums or blight, and/or meet an urgent or unanticipated community need 5 Public service activities: May not exceed 15% of annual CDBG fund allocation (~$170,000/year) Overview of Funding Sources HOME: HOME Investments Partnerships Program Purpose: Increase the supply of safe and sanitary housing affordable to low income people Source: US Department of Housing and Urban Development Eligible Uses: Eligible uses include development of new housing, rehabilitation of existing housing, tenant based rental assistance and homeownership assistance. 6 Consolidated Plan 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan Goals •Increase the supply of affordable housing units •Preserve existing affordable housing •Provide emergency sheltering and services •Provide housing stabilization services •Increase access to services 7 Consolidated Plan 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan Achievements (in progress) In 3 years, CDBG & HOME funds have supported: •55 new affordable rental housing units •6 new affordable ownership units •112 affordable housing units preserved •94 people provided homelessness prevention support •2238 people provided overnight shelter •1367 people provide supportive services to improve living conditions (case management, adult day care, behavioral health services, supports for people with disabilities, etc.) 8 Examples of Funded Projects 9 Housing •Habitat for Humanity: Harmony Cottage •Housing Catalyst: Plum Street Rehabilitation •Habitat for Humanity: Poudre Build #8 •Housing Catalyst: Impala Project •Housing Catalyst: Village on Bryan Rehabilitation •Mercy Housing: Northfield •Neighbor to Neighbor: Coachlight Plaza Rehabilitation •Neighbor to Neighbor: 44 Unit Rehabilitation •Housing Catalyst: Village on Bryan Rehabilitation Human Services •Catholic Charities: Samaritan House •Crossroads Safehouse: Domestic Violence Emergency Shelter •Family Housing Network: Shelter Programs •Neighbor to Neighbor: Homelessness Prevention •Elderhaus: Community Based Therapeutic Care •SummitStone: Community Behavioral Health Treatment Program •SummitStone: Essential Mental Health Services at Murphy Center •Disabled Resource Services: Access to Independence Consolidated Plan 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan •What are our community needs? •What goals can we achieve with CDBG & HOME funds? •How should we prioritize funding? 10 Consolidated Plan Determining Goals •Data: Census, American Community Survey, Housing Catalyst, HUD, MLS, etc. •Stakeholder Outreach: Stakeholder interviews, workshops & focus groups, boards & commissions •Community Outreach: Community questionnaire, public meetings 11 Questionnaire 12 Questionnaire Cuestionario Timeline Timeline •Now-December: •Collect community and stakeholder input •Collect and analyze available data •December: Draft plan goals •January-March: Continue outreach to refine and prioritize goals and funding •April: Complete draft Consolidated Plan •May: Public Review Period •July: Council Approval •August 2025: Final due to HUD 13 Questions/Contact More Info & Questionnaire: fcgov.com/socialsustainability/consolidated-plan Questions? Too shy to ask now? Contact me later: Dianne Tjalkens CDBG Program Administrator dtjalkens@fcgov.com 970-221-6734 14 Questions/Contact Additional Information 15 Eligible Projects CDBG National Objectives $5,375,000 over 5 years •Low- and Moderate-Income (LMI) Benefit •Activities that benefit LMI populations •Ex: services for seniors, homeless shelter, micro loans for LMI business owners, job training, etc. •LMI Housing •Ex: homeowner rehab, rental acquisition, homebuyer assistance •LMI Jobs •Ex: business loans, commercial rehab, infrastructure to a business •Slum and Blight Remediation •Area Basis •Ex: code enforcement, infrastructure, commercial rehab •Spot Basis •Ex: acquisition, clearance, relocation, historic preservation, remediation of contaminated property, building rehab •Urban Renewal •Activities in Urban Renewal or Neighborhood Development Program action areas •Ex: infrastructure, economic development •Urgent, Unanticipated Community Need 16 Eligible Projects CDBG Eligible Uses $5,375,000 over 5 years •Homeownership rehabilitation: energy efficiency, handicapped accessibility, emergency repairs, weatherization •Homeownership purchase: direct homeownership assistance to LMI households (ie: downpayment assistance) •Rental housing activities: •Acquisition: site clearance and assemblage, site improvements •Rehabilitation: labor and materials, energy efficiency improvements, utility connections, conversion of a closed building from one use to a residential use •Off-site infrastructure: installation of roads & public utilities in support of housing •Public facilities: develop facilities for persons with special needs and homeless shelters •Public service activities:may not exceed 15% of annual CDBG fund allocation ($806,250 over 5 years—$161,250 per year) 17 Eligible Projects HOME Eligible Uses $3,500,000 over 5 years •Affordable Rental Housing: acquisition, rehabilitation, new construction & tenant based rental assistance •At least 90% of families must have incomes below 60% AMI; the remainder must qualify as low-income •Affordable Ownership Housing: acquisition, rehabilitation, new construction & down-payment assistance •100% of families qualify as low-income •Includes: Building or rehabilitating housing for rent or ownership, providing homeowners with funds to purchase or rehabilitate, site acquisition, improvement or demolition to make way for HOME- assisted development. All units must meet current property standards. 18 Overview of Funding Sources AHF: Affordable Housing Fund Purpose: Increase the supply of housing affordable to low income people Source: City of Fort Collins General Fund and KFCG Eligible Uses: Acquisition of real property, soft costs associated with housing development, relocation expenses, site improvements, housing construction, housing rehabilitation, homeownership assistance 19 Overview of Funding Sources HSP: Human Services Program Purpose: Provide social services to low income people Source: City of Fort Collins General Fund and KFCG Eligible Uses: Public services KFCG: Keep Fort Collins Great Purpose: Sales tax originally passed in November 2010, renewed for 2020-2030, to fund critical services and programs for the community Source: .85 percent sales tax Eligible Uses: Road improvement projects, increased staffing and facilities for emergency responders, diverse needs in the Parks and Recreation Department, and other community priorities 20 Competitive Process 2024 HSHS Board 360 Review May 8, 2024 Wins - Challenges - Improvements for 2025 Applications  Questions & Attachments Tools  Workbooks, Support Documents & Staff Summaries Presentations & AHB Joint Meeting  Housing Applicants Review Meetings  Housing & Human Service Review Evaluation  Scorecard & Criteria Deliberation  Funding Protocol & Meeting