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Home My WebLink About09/10/2025 - Human Services and Housing Funding Board - AGENDA - Regular MeetingHUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING FUNDING BOARD REGULAR MEETING September 10, 2025 – 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Participation for this Human Services & Housing Funding Board Meeting will be in-person only at the location identified above. Remote or online viewing/participation will not be available. Any document or presentation a member of the public wishes to provide to the Human Services & Housing for its consideration must be emailed to amolzer@fcgov.com at least 24 hours before the meeting. ttend the meeting are encouraged to participate by emailing general amolzer@fcgov.com, and send at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Fort Collins Senior Center – 1200 Raintree Drive, Fort Collins – Foxtail 1 Room 1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL 2. AGENDA REVIEW 3. INTRODUCTIONS WITH NEW BOARD MEMBERS 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (3 MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL) 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: March 12, 2025 & May 14, 2025 Regular Meetings 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7. NEW BUSINESS a. 2025-2026 Officers Nominations – Vote in October b. Affordable Housing Board Feedback & Process Improvements for 2026 c. Introduce Learning Series 2025-2026 – Affordable Housing d. FY24 Outcomes Reporting (Oct.2024-Mar.2025) 8. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS 9. STAFF REPORTS 10. OTHER BUSINESS (Board member concerns, Announcements) a. Grantee Client Story 11. NEXT MEETING *Locations and times subject to change – please check next meeting agenda* a. Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | 5:30pm | Location: Fort Collins Senior Center 12. ADJOURNMENT 03/12/2025– MINUTES HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING FUNDING BOARD REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – 5:30 PM In-Person at 222 Laporte Avenue, Colorado River Conference Room and online via TEAMS Video Call. 1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:37 PM 2. ROLL CALL • Board Members Present – • Erma Woodfin, Chair • Lori Warren, Vice Chair • Olga Duvall • Michaela Ruppert • Chris Coy • Christine Koepnick • Mike Kulisheck • 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 • Guest(s) – • Elizabeth Lok • Liliana Carredo • Bob Pawlikowski 3. AGENDA REVIEW – Adam Molzer reviewed the agenda. The Board accepted the agenda without modification. 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION – • Liz Lok introduced herself and will be joining the HSHF Board in July, if confirmed by Council in July • Liliana Carredo introduced herself as a CSU graduate student • Bob Pawlikowski is the Vice Chair of the Affordable Housing Board 03/12/2025– MINUTES 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – February 12, 2025 Regular Meeting Lori Warren motioned to approve the January 12th, 2025 meeting minutes as presented. Olga Duvall seconded. Approved 7-0. 6. LEARNING SERIES PRESENTATIONS • Affordable Housing – Beth Rosen, City of Fort Collins – Grants Compliance & Policy Manager • Beth Rosen presented on the City’s approach to Housing. She shared the Draft Consolidated Plan and Housing Strategic Plan as the two guiding documents for housing work at the City. • Currently at about 5% of all housing inventory as affordable housing, with the goal being 10%. • Estimated Funding – $2.3 million • Community Development Block Grant Funds • HOME Investment Partnership • City of Fort Collins Affordable Housing Fund • Homelessness Response – Vanessa Fenley, City of Fort Collins – Housing Manager • Vanessa Fenley presented on the City’s approach to Homelessness. She shared about the 2021 Housing Strategic plan and Regional Homelessness Strategy Across Larimer County (coming soon, expected later in 2025). • Goal is to make homelessness rare, short lived, non-recurring. • She shared the City’s role – providing infrastructure through community partners’ efforts to address priority human service issues. The City does not provide direct services. • The Homelessness Priority Platform highlights the three main priorities: Sheltering, Supportive Services, and Prevention. 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None. 8. NEW BUSINESS • 2025 Grant Proposals • Adam Molzer shared data on the 2025 funding proposals: • 7 Affordable Housing Proposals equaling $4.36M with approx. $2.3M anticipated. • 50 Human Services Proposals equaling $1.63M/year with approx. $770K/year anticipated • 11 Homelessness Response Proposals equaling $455K/year with $270K/year available. • CDBG Public Service (homelessness focus) Proposals equaling $250K/year with approx. $170K/year anticipated. • Human Services Grant Funding Protocol • Adam shared the Draft Funding Deliberation Structure & Protocol which aims to efficiently and equitably determine funding for the Human Services and Homelessness Response & Prevention applications. Erma Woodfin motioned to approve the Funding Deliberation Structure and Protocol Draft as presented. Olga Duvall seconded. Approved 7-0. 03/12/2025– MINUTES • Affordable Housing Presentations and Q&A Process • Adam Molzer shared upcoming events for the next steps of the competitive process including pre-recorded videos from housing applicants as well as a live Q&A. 9. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS – None. • Chris Coy shared positive news regarding a family member’s last chemotherapy session. • Olga shared the upcoming event Founded in FoCO. 10. STAFF REPORTS – None. • Beth Rosen shared that April is Fair Housing Month, the City will be sharing a proclamation on April 1st in support of Fair Housing • Sue Beck-Ferkiss shared the Affordable Housing Board will be passing along their rankings of the Housing funding proposals in early April. 11. OTHER BUSINESS – None. 12. ADJOURNMENT • Meeting was adjourned at 7:21 pm. Minutes approved by the Chair and a vote of the Board on 03 HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING FUNDING BOARD REGULAR MEETING DRAFT Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – 5:30 PM Online via TEAMS Video Call. 1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:31 PM 2. ROLL CALL • Board Members Present – • Erma Woodfin, Chair • Lori Warren, Vice Chair • Olga Duvall • Michaela Ruppert • Chris Coy • Christine Koepnick • Mike Kulisheck • 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 • Guest(s) – None. 3. AGENDA REVIEW – Adam Molzer reviewed the agenda. The Board accepted the agenda without modification. 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION – None. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 29, 2025 & April 30, 2025 Special Meetings Lori Warren motioned to approve the April 29, 2025 Human Services and Housing Funding Board special meeting minutes as presented. Olga Duvall seconded. Approved 7-0. Lori Warren motioned to approve the April 30, 2025 Human Services and Housing Funding Board special meeting minutes as presented. Olga Duvall seconded. Approved 7-0. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None. 7. NEW BUSINESS • Competitive Funding Process Update and 360-Review • Adam Molzer presented data and review of the 2025 competitive process. He captured questions, comments, and process improvement ideas for 2026. • Recess for Summer • The Board will not be meeting during the summer months and resume regular meetings on September 10, 2025. Erma Woodfin motioned that the HSHF Board take a recess for June, July, and August 2025. Olga Duvall seconded. Approved 7-0. 8. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS – None. 9. STAFF REPORTS – None. 10. OTHER BUSINESS – None. 11. ADJOURNMENT • Meeting was adjourned at 7:21 pm. Minutes approved by the Chair and a vote of the Board on XX/XX/XX June 9, 2025 From: Affordable Housing Board Chair Stefanie Berganini To: City Council, via Sarah Kane Re: 2025 Affordable Housing Funding Allocation Process Per the Affordable Housing Board’s mission of advising Council on matters pertaining to affordable housing issues of concern to the City, we believe it is essential that the process for allocating funds to affordable housing projects be updated to ensure that funding prioritization conforms with Council’s stated objectives outlined in the Housing Strategic Plan (HSP). Though the Affordable Housing Board (AHB) and Human Services and Housing Funding Board (HSHFB) often have a high degree of overlap in our ranking of affordable housing applicants, this year we did not; this has given us the opportunity to reflect and provide suggestions about how this process could be changed going forward to better capture the expertise of both boards. We recommend the following changes be made to future cycles of the housing portion of the City’s competitive funding process: ● Staff facilitate the development and adoption of a rubric aligned with the HSP and/or HUD Consolidated Plan that is utilized by both boards as the basis for ranking funding applications. ● Formalize more collaboration between the AHB and the HSHFB: ● Determine a weighting formula that formally includes both the AHB’s ranking of applicants and the HSHFB’s rankings in determining the priority order of applications. This would allow the AHB’s subject-matter expertise to be officially included in the ranking of applicants while still preserving the HSHFB’s pur view of assigning specific funding amounts. ● Allow the AHB and the HSHFB the option to conduct a second joint meeting - in addition to our joint Q&A with funding applicants - to openly share and discuss our thoughts on rankings, overall project evaluations, alignment with City strategic objectives, and similar. ● When submitting their final funding recommendations to Council, the HSHFB also provides detailed feedback as to how their ranking and funding allotments align with the stated priorities in the HSP and/or HUD Consolidated Plan. This information should also be made available to applicants upon request. ● Staff create a process whereby the AHB’s application rankings and summary comments are included in Council’s agenda packet for the meeting relevant to the funding decision. We have also attached the AHB’s rankings and summary comments of this year’s applicants for your reference. These were provided to the HSHFB on April 7th, 2025. Thank you for your consideration. Respectfully, Stefanie Berganini Chair, Affordable Housing Board April 7, 2025 From: Affordable Housing Board, Chair – Stefanie Berganini To: Human Service and Housing Funding Board Re: Ranking of Housing Applications in the 2025 Competitive Process The Affordable Housing Board met on April 3, 2025, and discussed the 7 Housing applications and ranked then in the following priority order: 1. HO 7 VOA - Switchgrass 2. HO 3 Housing Catalyst – Remington Parking Lot 3. HO 5 Loveland Housing Development Corp – Larimer Home Improvement Program (LHIP) 4. HO 2 Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity – Harmony Cottages 5. HO 1 CARE Housing –Windtrail Rehab 6. HO 4 L’Arche Fort Collins – L’Arche Homes at Heartside Hill 7. HO 6 VOA Handyperson Program Comments on ranking exercise: • This was a very difficult round understanding that all applications were for valuable projects and that the amount of funding available was not sufficient to fund all applications. • The Board prioritized projects bringing new housing units. • The Board considered readiness to proceed as a factor. • The Board noted that the Habitat application was the only home ownership application this funding cycle. • The Board prioritized LHIP as a response to emergency circumstances that put housing at risk. • The Board appreciates the L’Arche model because it serves a target population (people experiencing disabilities) that is generally lacking in services and housing options. Note: Members of the Human Services and Housing Funding Board are always invited to attend the Affordable Housing Board’s hybrid meetings (in-person or on Zoom) that occur the first Thursday of each month at 4:00. Social Sustainability Department 222 Laporte Ave. PO Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 970-221-6757 amolzer@fcgov.com MEMORANDUM Date: June 17, 2025 To: Mayor and City Councilmembers Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager Jacob Castillo, Chief Sustainability Officer From: Adam Molzer, Human Services Program Manager Subject: Context for Affordable Housing Funding Recommendations BOTTOM LINE The purpose of this memo is to provide additional context related to the 2025 funding recommendations for affordable housing projects and programs that have been submitted by the Human Services and Housing Funding Board (HSHFB), including specific interest in the disparities in ranked order of the proposals between HSHFB and the Affordable Housing Board (AHB), as well as HSHFB’s ranking of the Remington Parking Lot proposal from Housing Catalyst. SUMMARY The seven affordable housing funding proposals received in the 2025 process were all provided with equal opportunity to compete for funding. The ranking efforts conducted by HSHFB and AHB in April were done independently, with the final recommendations submitted to Council by HSHFB, as directed by City Code. The boards also met jointly on March 26. HSHFB received the AHB rankings/comments in early April and discussed the AHB ranked list on April 9. Funding deliberations occurred April 29. The rankings presented to Council should not be viewed as a lack of support for a project; rather, they are the recommended order of projects to award the available funds cascading down until expended. It is often that the lower ranked projects are not funded as a result of: • inadequate funding to meet all requests ($4.3M requested, $2.5M available), and/or • timing and readiness of the project to proceed HSHFB members commented during the 2025 process that all projects submitted were good projects, but there just wasn’t enough funding available. Docusign Envelope ID: 2180EE88-DBE6-48AA-AA8B-02F9EC226F80 2 The table below outlines the respective factors influencing each boards’ rankings, recognizing that each board is aware that City Council Priority 1 is to: Operationalize City resources to build and preserve affordable housing. AHB HSHFB Materials & Interaction with Applicants • Full Application Materials • Presentations from Applicants • Q&A Session with Applicants • Presentations from Applicants • Q&A Session with Applicants Exchanges with Other Board • Dialogue at March 26 Joint Meeting • AHB Ranking and Comments Sent to HSHFB for Non-Binding • Discussed AHB Rankings at April 9 Regular Meeting Guiding Factors • HUD Consolidated Plan • Vulnerable Populations: seniors, disability, etc. • Individual Assessment of Proposal Merits • HUD Consolidated Plan • Maximizing Funds • Leverage Provided from City Funds • Vulnerable Populations: seniors, mobile home parks, etc. • Individual Assessment of Proposal Prioritization Staff Guidance Not Given • New Units • Preservation of Units The boards’ rankings were more aligned with one another between 2022-2024 (following the same processes), however; it can be reasonably inferred that in some years the two boards may have different opinions of how they rank the affordable housing proposals. Specific to Housing Catalyst’s proposal requesting $1.25M for development costs of the Remington Parking Lot, AHB ranked the proposal #2 and HSHFB ranked the proposal #7. The HSHFB discussions largely were focused on the timing of the project, since it had not yet completed a conceptual review and its readiness to proceed was uncertain. One member Docusign Envelope ID: 2180EE88-DBE6-48AA-AA8B-02F9EC226F80 3 brought up parking displacement concerns, and staff advised that those concerns should not be a factor in this ranking. The HSHFB took a strategic approach to optimizing the funds. After ranking their top 2 projects, the board recognized that the remaining funds could first benefit the smaller dollar request applications, with the final balance of funds cascading down to one new construction project. The board chose the VOA Switchgrass new construction project to support with the remaining funding balance, given its anticipated readiness to utilize the funds in 2026 and focus on senior residents. NEXT STEPS • Process improvements for 2026 are currently being gathered and will be assessed further in Q3-Q4. Examples may include: o Additional joint meetings between HSHFB and AHB to prompt richer dialogue. o Modifying the HSHFB ranking process to include more metric scoring. o Standardizing the guiding factors influencing each board’s ranking process. • Sustainability Service Area staff met with Housing Catalyst’s leadership in early June to answer questions about the 2025 process, and will consider suggestions they offered for process improvements. • The staff liaison for HSHFB will meet with AHB at their August regular meeting to answer questions, solicit feedback and clarify misunderstandings. CC: Beth Yonce, Social Sustainability Director Beth Rosen, HUD Compliance Manager Vanessa Fenley, Housing Manager Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Housing Policy Manager Ted Hewitt, Assistant City Attorney Docusign Envelope ID: 2180EE88-DBE6-48AA-AA8B-02F9EC226F80 9/5/2025 1 Headline Copy Goes Here Human Services Program Manager Adam Molzer Housing Funding HSHF & AHB 09-10-2025 Headline Copy Goes Here 2 Spring 2025 Reflections Process Improvements for 2026 1 2 9/5/2025 2 Headline Copy Goes HerePrior Year Comparisons 2022-2025 3 Headline Copy Goes Here 4 Prior Year Comparisons 2022-2025 3 4 9/5/2025 3 Headline Copy Goes Here 5 HSHFBAHB • Full Application Materials • Presentations from Applicants • Q&A Session with Applicants (joint meeting with AHB) • Full Application Materials • Presentations from Applicants • Q&A Session with Applicants (joint meeting with HSHFB) Materials & Interaction with Applicants • Dialogue at March 26 Joint Meeting • Discussed AHB Rankings at April 9 Regular Meeting • Dialogue at March 26 Joint Meeting • AHB Ranking and Comments Sent to HSHFB for Non-Binding Consideration Exchanges with Other Board • Housing Strategic Plan • HUD Consolidated Plan • Maximizing Funds • Leverage Provided from City Funds • Vulnerable Populations: seniors, mobile home parks, etc. • Individual Assessment of Proposal Merits • Housing Strategic Plan • HUD Consolidated Plan • Vulnerable Populations: seniors, disability, etc. • Individual Assessment of Proposal Merits Guiding Factors • New Units • Preservation of Units • New UnitsPrioritization Staff Guidance Not Given on Prioritization Headline Copy Goes Here 6 2026 Considerations •Rubric •More Collaboration and Interaction •Increased Detail and Explanation •Rankings Submitted to Council 5 6