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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuman Services and Housing Funding Board - MINUTES - 03/27/2024 Human Services & Housing Funding Board and Affordable Housing Board JOINT WORK SESSION March 27, 2024 at 5:30 PM Remote/ZOOM 3 /2 7 /2024 – MINUTES Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER • At 5:33 PM the meeting was called to order by Pat Hastings. 2. ROLL CALL • Human Services and Housing Funding Board Members Present: o Pat Hastings, Chair o Olga Duvall, Vice Chair o Christine Koepnick o Erma Woodfin o Lori Kempter o Michaela Ruppert o Mike Kulisheck o Mike Nielsen • Affordable Housing Board Members Present: o John Singleton, Chair o Jennifer Bray (exited in progress) o Stefanie Berganini • Affordable Housing Board Members Absent & Recusing from Discussions: o Kristin Fritz, Ex Officio o Bob Pawlikowski • Staff Members Present: o Adam Molzer, Staff Liaison, Human Services and Housing Funding Board – City of Fort Collins o Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Staff Liaison, Affordable Housing Board – City of Fort Collins o Beth Rosen, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins o Tamra Leavenworth, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins • Presenters: o CARE Housing – Kim Iwanski, Tatiana Zentner o City of Fort Collins Forestry Division – Freddie Haberecht, Ralph Zentz o Habitat for Humanity – Kristin Candella o Housing Catalyst – Carly Johansson, Jennifer Wagner, Julie Brewen, Preston Nakayama o L’Arche Fort Collins – Dustin Barrington o Loveland Housing Authority – Linda Wright o Szanton Company – Carl Szanton, Nathan Szanton • Public Attendees: o Catherine Allum o Dustin Barrington o Josh Beard o Marie Ortiz o Tatiana Zentner Human Services and Housing Funding Board & Affordable Housing Board JOINT WORK SESSION 3 /2 7 /2024 – MINUTES Page 2 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 agenda. The Boards accepted the agenda without modification. 4. INTRODUCTIONS The members of both Boards (Affordable Housing Board & Human Services and Housing Funding Board) and City of Fort Collins staff introduced themselves. 5. AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPLICANT Q&A The eight (8) affordable housing applicants submitted pre-recorded presentations for the AHB and HSHFB members to view on March 20, 2024. Beginning at 5:45pm, Board members engaged in a question-and- answer session with each applicant in the following order: • CARE Housing – Greenbriar-Windtrail Rehab • City of Fort Collins Forestry Division – Homeowner Hazard Tree Removal Assistance Program • Habitat for Humanity – Harmony Cottages • Housing Catalyst – Remington Parking Lot • Housing Catalyst – Village on Eastbrook • L’Arche Fort Collins – L’Arche Homes at Heartside Hill • Loveland Housing Authority – Larimer Home Improvement Program • The Szanton Company – 302 Conifer 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Preliminary Review and Discussion of Affordable Housing Proposals • Adam Molzer began by iterating that the discussion goal of the evening will be a “high-level,” collaborative discussion to review the eight (8) funding applications for affordable housing. The primary goal is to gather individual contributions from both groups to gain a better understanding of the perspectives each group brings to the subject matter. • Total requests: approximately $4.8M, estimated total funds available: $2.4M • Beth Rosen explained that full funding recommendations are required for development projects, whereas partial funding recommendations can be made for programs. If a program doesn’t receive full funding, it would serve less households than anticipated. However, if a project doesn’t receive full funding, it would halt development on the entire housing project. • Board members expressed concerns about Housing Catalyst’s Remington Parking Lot project requesting partial funding this year and returning next year to request the rest of their funding. Beth explained that City funding is often the first and last source of funding for new construction and rehab development projects because receiving City grant funds demonstrates local commitment to housing projects to explore additional funding sources (such as tax credits) while also allowing developers to return the following year Human Services and Housing Funding Board & Affordable Housing Board JOINT WORK SESSION 3 /2 7 /2024 – MINUTES Page 3 to fill identified gaps to complete the project. • The Boards asked for clarification on the Szanton Company’s relationship with Housing Catalyst. Sue Beck- Ferkiss explained that she doesn’t think the Szanton Company currently has a relationship with Housing Catalyst, but they may be looking to join their partner program that brings tax abatement to potential housing projects. • The Board expressed concern that the City of Fort Collins Forestry Division Homeowner Hazard Tree Removal Assistance Program was unable to fully utilize their funding from last year’s competitive funding process. Beth shared that it took staff longer to contract this organization because of funding issues with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and that the Forestry Department had a change in program staff last year as well. 7. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS None. 8. STAFF REPORTS • Sue Beck-Ferkiss shared that next Thursday, April 4, the Affordable Housing Board will be doing their ranking of the affordable housing projects and providing written recommendations to the Human Services & Housing Funding Board. Beth Rosen will be joining this meeting to provide guidance on the process. • Adam Molzer informed the Human Services and Housing Funding Board that he would be sending out a short questionnaire to identify any human services projects that may require more discussion at next week’s meeting on Wednesday, April 3. 9. NEXT MEETING a. Affordable Housing Board  Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 4:00pm | 222 Laporte Avenue – Colorado River Room b. Human Services & Housing Funding Board  Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | 5:30pm | 222 Laporte Avenue – Colorado River Room 13. ADJOURNMENT Pat Hastings adjourned meeting at 9:08 PM. Minutes were finalized and approved by the Human Services & Housing Funding Board on April 30, 2024. Minutes were finalized and approved by the Affordable Housing Board on June 6, 2024.