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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAFFORDABLE HOUSING BOARD - MINUTES - 06/05/2025 Affordable Housing Board REGULAR MEETING Thursday, June 5, 2025 – 4:00 PM 222 Laporte Ave – CO River Room and online via Teams 1. CALL TO ORDER: 4:00 PM 2. ROLL CALL a. Board Members Present – • Stefanie Berganini, Chair • Bob Pawlikowski, Vice Chair • Liz Young-Winne • Claire Bouchard • Jorja Whyte • Josh Beard • John Singleton b. Board Members Absent • Kristin Fritz, Ex Officio c. Staff Members Present – • Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Staff Liaison • Jessi Kauffmann, Minutes d. Guest(s) – • Marilyn Heller • Lisa Cunningham • Nina Clark • Adrienne Wong 3. AGENDA REVIEW – No changes. 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – None. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – May 1st Regular Meeting Minutes Claire Bouchard motioned to approve the May 1st Regular Meeting Minutes. John Singleton seconded. Approved 7-0. 6. City Council Work Session Viewing a. The Board took an informal vote to tune in and watch the live City Council Work Session regarding the Remington/Oak Parking Lot Update for 30 minutes and then continue with the planned agenda. b. The Board discussed past support for this project and general encouragement to stay tuned in on the conversation. 7. NEW BUSINESS – a. BOB 25 Proposal • This proposal was discussed at the May 1st meeting. Stefanie shared that the Board can now decide on a formal opinion on this proposal. • City Council had a discussion on the topic previously and will discuss this issue in July and is seeking public input before it has the potential to be officially added to the ballot. • CCIP is possibly to be on ballot for renewal – if passed the BOB would advocate a larger amount of the funds to go toward housing. • The Board discussed John drafting a memo to Council supporting CCIP renewal to be on the ballot and supporting committing as much as possible to affordable housing. Liz Young Winne motioned that the Board write a memo to City Council supporting the effort to put the CCIP renewal on the ballot as well as supporting City staff’s recommendation for $10 million dollars, with the amendment to raise the recommended amount to $25 million. Bob Pawlikowski seconded. Approved 7-0. b. Competitive Process Debrief • The Board discussed a proposal to draft a memo to City Council regarding the 2025 Affordable Housing Funding Allocation Process. • Sue shared apologies from Adam who was unable to attend this meeting on behalf of the HSHF Board but will attend a future meeting. She also discussed attending the HSHF debrief meeting and the HSHF Board had thoughtful discussion related to the discrepancies in the final funding recommendations. • Funding process suggestions were sent in to Sue which were forwarded to Adam for review. Stefanie went through a few of the proposed suggestions including: A formal way to include AHB’s rankings into the final funding decisions, invitations for HSHF members to attend AHB meetings, more collaboration between the Boards in general, clearer communication and conversation around inclusion of AHB’s ranking considerations. Claire Bouchard motioned that Stefanie Berganini and John Singleton draft memo to Council including suggested funding process improvements. John Singleton seconded. Approved 7-0. c. Outreach Visits • Jorja and Claire went to the Planning and Zoning Board’s work session last month – they shared their focus on affordable housing when asked about the Remington lot, and that the Board talked about short-term rentals both non-primary and primary properties, and revisions to the short-term rental vouchers. She asked if the AHB has a stance on short-term rentals. • Sue shared that short-term rentals were not regulated until recently, and City Council is currently considering rule changes specifically related to short-term rentals in Old Town. • Liz and Stefanie met with Councilmember Potyondy – Stefanie shared that she followed-up on the camping memo sent from the Board, and they are currently working on hypothetically putting together a framework. Two programs are being vetted, one related to churches and one related to CSU. • Bob went to HSHF meetings and shared that the rubric they use for funding recommendations require the Board to go one-by-one through each application. • John shared that the Economic Advisor Council talked at last meeting on room-rent amounts, looking at progression on getting into housing, affordable housing. John will reach out about this as a potential engagement opportunity. 8. BOARD PRIORITY COMMITTEE REPORTS – None. 9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None. 10. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS a. July 10th Meeting Logistics • Stefanie opened up an informal vote to hold the July 10th meeting as scheduled, or take July off and resume in August. Sue will not be at the July meeting, but Vanessa would attend in her stead. The Board agreed to cancel the July meeting. 11. STAFF REPORTS 12. OTHER BUSINESS – None. 13. BOARD MEMBER CONCERNS, ANNOUNCEMENTS 14. ADJOURNMENT a. Meeting adjourned at 6:08 PM Minutes approved by the Chair and a vote of the Board/Commission on 08/07/2025.