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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuman Services and Housing Funding Board - MINUTES - 01/08/2025HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING FUNDING BOARD REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, January 08, 2025 – 5:30 PM Teams Meeting 1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:02 PM 2. ROLL CALL Board Members Present – Erma Woodfin, Chair Olga Duvall Mike Kulisheck Michaela Ruppert Chris Coy Christine Koepnick Board Members Absent – Lori Kempter, Vice Chair Jan Stallones Staff Members Present – Adam Molzer, Staff Liaison, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins Jessi Kauffmann, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins Beth Rosen – Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins Guest(s) – Kristi Briles 3. AGENDA REVIEW – Adam Molzer reviewed the agenda. The Board accepted the agenda without modification. 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION Kristi Briles – Executive Director of Respite Care 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 13, 2024 Regular Meeting Erma Woodfin motioned to approve the November 13, 2024 meeting minutes as presented. Chris Coy seconded. Approved 6-0. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7. NEW BUSINESS Request from Respite Care for CDBG Public Facility Funding Retention Beth Rosen presented a request from Respite care asking Council to allow them to sell the Lemay property and pay a lien owed to the City toward their new building site rather than paying back the City directly. Erma Woodfin asked about student transport from Fort Collins to Timnath, Kristi Briles answered that parents are the majority, with Thompson and Poudre School Districts also providing transportation. •10,000 square feet in the new building, will allow to serve 170+ clients. Groundbreaking is February 10th with a goal opening date in February of 2026.•The existing location is under contract, closing August 2025. Erma Woodfin motioned to support the Respite Care Request for CDBG Public Facility Funding Retention as presented. Mike Kulisheck seconded. Approved 6-0. Beth Rosen will submit the request for formal approval to City Council. •2024 Annual Report•Adam Melzer shared the 2024 Annual Report draft. Erma Woodfin motioned to approve the Human Services & Housing Funding Board 2024 Annual Report as presented. Chris Coy seconded. Approved 6-0. •Competitive Process Update and Schedule of Activities•Adam Melzer announced the opening of the next grant application cycle and outlined process changes as well as the estimated timeline. •Human Services & Homelessness Priority Platforms•Adam Melzer presented an overview of the Human Services & Homelessness Priority Platforms final version.•This will be a guiding document for most of the (non-housing) work in the Social Sustainability department. 8.BOARD MEMBER REPORTS -None. 9.STAFF REPORTS•Councilmember Julie Pignataro will be joining at the beginning of the next board meeting.•Social Sustainability hired a new Housing Manager, Vanessa Fenley. 10.OTHER BUSINESS•Adam Melzer shared a story from Teaching Tree Early Childhood Learning Center - a family with 2 children attending was worried about losing childcare due to no longer qualifying for sliding fee from a decrease in pay -they now qualify for CCAP but there is a waiting list. Teaching Tree was able to lower the daily amount cost by adjusting their sliding scale so that CCAP families waiting could still afford childcare and avoid a break in care. This family remains on the waiting list but still has access to childcare. 11.ADJOURNMENT •Meeting was adjourned at 6:17 pm. Minutes approved by the Chair and a vote of the Board/Commission on 02/12/2025 01/08/2025-MINUTES Page 1