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TO: Fort Collins Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
FR: David M. Herrera, Executive Director
DATE: May 9, 1990
SUBJECT: Minutes of the Regular Meeting.- _April 23, 1990
Commissioners_ Present
David Frick
Dan Alexander
Anita Basham
Margaret Figel
Rose Ramirez
John Kefalas
Absent
Robert Nolin
Others Present:
Roy Beauchamp and Julia Crawmer
Staff Present
David Herrera
Tracy Carter -Pitts
Alan Fluharty
Beth Cook
I. Call to Order
The regular meeting of the Fort Collins Housing Authority
Board of Commissioners was called to order by Chairman David
Frick at 4:15 p.m. on April 23, 1990.
II Consideration of Consent Agenda
A notion was made to approve the Consent Agenda items: Dwelling
Management and Maintenance Reports, and the Minutes of March 28,
1990.
Motion: Anita Basham
Second: Dan Alexander
Action: Passed
ZII. Citizen's Inaut
Guest Roy Beauchamp, a member of the Fort Collins Housing
Authority Tenant Council appeared in behalf of disabled tenants
to appeal to both FCHA and Neighbor to Neighbor Boards of
Commissioners to accelerate the application process for
architectural barriers. The Staff reviewed a specific case to
which Mr. Beauchamp referred. Staff will follow-up with Fort
Collins City engineers to determine if requested projects can be
processed with fewer delays.
Mr. Beauchamp brought the following items to the
Commissioners attention: 1) there will be a meeting at 9:15 on
Thursday, April 26th, to consider a variance which will change
the number of handicapped units in the city plan; 2) the weekend
workers should clean-up the work areas; and 3) the tenants at
South Bryan are still waiting for lever handles for laundry
facility doors. Staff will follow-up on appropriate items.
Iy. Executive Director's Report
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A. Budget and Finance
1. Financial Report - Staff noted the line items which have
been underlined and the significance of those items were
explained in an attached memo. The Directors voiced their
approval of this recap.
a) Rental Income is typically lower at this time of year.
Staff indicated they would do a five year overview of the
programs to track periods of increased vacancies in a year.
b) Staff announced a budget revision would be prepared
mid -year, July. '
2. Report on Burglary - Staff reported on the break-in of
FCHA office on Saturday, April 7th, the items taken and the
vandalism generated by the spraying of the fire extinguisher over
the building. Further, future security measures were reported,
as well as, the discovery of the robbers through the use of
stolen radios and the recovery of some of the property. Due to
the fact that one of the robbers is a juvenile they will not be
arrested, however, the accomplice is a college student and we
will press charges. An insurance claim has been filed on
property stolen or damaged and the vandalism clean up labor.
B. Management Report - Dwelling Management and Maintenance
Reports were approved in the Consent Agenda and there was no
further discussion.
1. Development Report - Staff presented a few slides of
properties under consideration for acquisition and rehab.
a) 125 No. Meldrum, 24 units presented by J.D. Padilla.
Project could be a Section 8 Project Based Assistance program
with 15% of FCHA existing Section 8 certificates designated to
the units. Comments were received from the members of the Board
which indicated this project did not conform with the basic goals
established, but suggested Staff ask for financial information on
the project.
b) 1101 Ponderosa, 6 plex of two bedroom units. This
property is within FCHA financial means and could be used to
leverage additional collateral.
c) Palm and Overland, 4 plex of two bedroom units. Note
was taken of undesirable location and inadequate parking.
d) Leisure Drive, 6 plex of three bedroom units. This
property is located next to property currently owned by FCHA on
Leisure Drive. Priced high, has been appraised under the asking
price and FCHA has made an offer of the appraised price. The
bank which holds the mortgage has, so far, been unwilling to
discount the mortgage.
e) 1700 6 1713 Stanford, 2 Triplexes, 6 units of two, three
and four bedrooms with garages.
Staff gave their recommendations and the possible order of
achievement with CDBO funds for the Board to consider.
NOTE: The FCHA Board concluded the business portion of their
meeting at the juncture.
5:30 p.m., there was a short break called to receive guests, the
members of the Neighbor to Neighbor Board of Directors, Executive
Director Steve Barbier and N/N staff members, 10 persons in
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total. Both Boards convened an informal information exchange
with the two executive directors giving an overview of the
individual programs, followed by an informal question and answer
time.
6:00 p.m., dinner was served and the discussion continued.
7:30 p. The combined meeting was adjourned.
Reap tfnZZy submitted,
David H. Herrera, Secretary