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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuman Services and Housing Funding Board - MINUTES - 03/26/2025 HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING FUNDING BOARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOARD JOINT MEETING Wednesday, March 26, 2025 – 5:30 PM Online via TEAMS Video Call. 1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:35 PM 2. AGENDA REVIEW 3. ROLL CALL • Affordable Housing Board Members Present – • Stefanie Berganini, Chair • John Singleton • Jorja Whyte • Claire Bouchard • Josh Beard • Liz Young-Winne • Affordable Housing Board Members Absent & Recusing from Discussions: • Kristin Fritz, Ex Officio • Bob Pawlikowski, Vice Chair • Human Services and Housing Funding Board Members Present – • Erma Woodfin, Chair • Lori Warren, Vice Chair • Olga Duvall • Michaela Ruppert • Chris Coy • Christine Koepnick • Mike Kulisheck • Human Services and Housing Funding Board Members Excused: • 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 • Sue Beck-Ferkiss – Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins • Vanessa Fenley – Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins • Tamra Leavenworth – Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins • Presenters – • VOA Switchgrass – Doug Snyder • VOA Handyperson – Jared Ratschkowsky, Keith Scholes, Kelly Focht • Loveland Housing Development Corp – Linda Wright • L’Arche Fort Collins – Dustin Barrington • Housing Catalyst –Kristin Fritz • Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity – Kristin Candella • CARE Communities – Kim Iwanski, Tatiana Zentner • Guest(s) – • Elizabeth Lok 4. AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPLICANT Q&A The seven (7) affordable housing applicants submitted pre-recorded presentations for the AHB and HSHFB members to view on March 20, 2025. Beginning at 5:45pm, Board members engaged in a question-and-answer session with each applicant in the following order: • Volunteers of America – Switchgrass Crossing • Volunteers of America – Handyperson Program • Loveland Housing Development Corp – Larimer Home Improvement Program • L’Arche Fort Collins – L’Arche Homes at Heartside Hill • Housing Catalyst – Remington Parking Lot • Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity – Harmony Cottages • CARE Communities – Windtrail Park Rehab 5. NEW BUSINESS • Preliminary Review and Discussion of Affordable Housing Proposals • Adam Molzer began by sharing that the discussion goal will be a “high-level” collaborative discussion to review the seven (7) 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: • Estimated total funds available: between $2.3 and $2.4M – The continuing resolution passed on March 14 did not indicate large impacts to CDBG and HOME programs. • The Boards discussed the increasing number of requests related to senior housing. A board member shared that older adults are the largest growing demographic sector in the area. • Board members expressed concern about audits related to nonprofit organizations. It was expressed that smaller organizations participate in fewer audits due to fewer requirements related to size and high expense. • Questions arose related to the commonality of early or unfinished projects in the applications. Sue Beck-Ferkiss shared that is important to get early support from local jurisdictions either as a requirement or otherwise positive support. • Beth Rosen explained that full funding recommendations are necessary 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 could halt development on the entire housing project. 6. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS 7. STAFF REPORTS • Adam Molzer shared the clerk’s office is hosting the next Super Issues meeting for all city boards and commissions and those that wish to participate on April 21st. The agenda topic is “Which Wheels Go Where?” • Social Sustainability will be going through a leadership transition. Long time director Beth Yonce will be retiring after 30 years at the City. • Adam informed the Human Services and Housing Funding Board on the next meeting, Wednesday, April 9th in person. He will be sending out a short questionnaire to identify any human services projects that may require more discussion at next week’s meeting. • Sue Beck-Ferkiss shared that next Thursday, April 3 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. She also mentioned that the AHB will be meeting at CSU in May and encouraged others to join. She informed the group of last night’s work session with council and that the video is available on the City Council website. 8. NEXT MEETING • Affordable Housing Board • Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 4:00pm | 222 Laporte Avenue – Colorado River Room • Human Services & Housing Funding Board • Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | 5:30pm | 222 Laporte Avenue – Colorado River Room 9. ADJOURNMENT • Meeting was adjourned at 8:39 pm. Minutes were finalized and approved by the Human Services & Housing Funding Board on 04/03/2025. Minutes were finalized and approved by the Affordable Housing Board on 04/09/2025.