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Housing Catalyst Regular Board Meeting
Thu June 18th, 2020
7:30am - 9:00am MD T
In Attendance
I. At tendees
Commissioners: Nicole Stau d in g er, Cath y Mathis, Jen nifer Wagner, D avid Bye, Hep Wilkin s,
Emily Gorgol,
S taff: Julie Brewen, Duan e Hopkins, Mich ele Ch risten sen , Kristin Fritz, Traci McG raw, Brian
Heckart, Kim Iwanski
Attorn ey: Jim Martell
Guest: Lin d say Ex
II. Call to Order
Chairp erson Staud ing er called th e meeting to ord er at 7:31 a.m.
III. Citizen Input
No citizen in p ut.
IV. Approval of Minutes
Commissioner Wilkin s mad e a motion to ap prove th e min u tes of a reg ular meetin g of the
Board of Com m issioners on May 2 1 , 20 20. Commissioner Math is secon d ed and the motion
p assed un anim ously.
V. Action Items
a. Res olution to Create S wallow Road Development Partners hip Entity
Comm issioner Math is recu sed herself from this d iscu ssion .
Ch ief Real Estate D evelopment Officer Kristin Fritz p resen ted Resolution 2 0-0 5 to
create a develop men t services entity for the CARE/S wallow Road d evelop ment
p roject. This wholly-owned , sin gle-p u rpose entity will be the leg al en itity to con duct
the d evelop ment activities and collect th e developer fee.
Comm issioner Bye made a motion to app rove Resolu tion 20 -05 . Commission er Gorgol
secon ded an d th e motion passed u nan imously.
b. Housing Choice Voucher Program Temporary Waivers
Ch ief Op erating Offi cer Mich ele Ch ristensen exp lained n ew regu latory waivers
recen tly pub lish ed by HUD allowin g h ousing au th orities to m ake temp orary ch an ges
to Hou sin g Choice Voucher program processes in lig ht of challen ges for families an d
land lords related to Covid 19 . Resolu tion 20 -0 6 will form ally adopt Hou sing Catalyst's
u se of th ese waivers.
Comm issioner Wag ner m ade a m otion to approve Resolution 20-06 . Commission er
Wilkins secon d ed and the motion p assed un an imou sly.
VI. Staff U pdat es
a. Financial Das hboard
Ch ief Fin ancial Officer, Duan e Hop kins reviewed fin ancial highlig hts th rou gh May
p ertaining to d aily tracking of ren t collections an d investor requirements.
b. Development
Kristin Fritz provided up d ates on projects in d evelopment - Mason Place, 1 4 0 E. Oak
S treet and S wallow Road redevelop men t. She also gave on up date on th e S ection 1 8
Pu blic Hou sing D isp osition applications for the remain in g Fort Collins Public Hou sin g
p rop erties and the Wellin gton Hou sin g Authority Pu b lic Housing prop erties.
Th e Develop men t Com m ittee will b e looking at th e 5 -year develop ment p ip eline
u p date at its n ext meeting.
c. Operations
Ch ief Execu tive Officer Ju lie Brewen said staff are workin g with residen ts remotely an d
in-person wh en necessary b y ap pointment on ly. S taff are rotatin g sched u les in th e
Mou n tain office and p rop erty man agers are workin g onsite. Staff are n ow requ ired to
com p lete a health self-certification b efore work. The ad d itional HUD ad m inistrative fee
Housing Catalyst h as received is h elp in g to sup p ort staff techn olog y n eeds for remote
workin g.
d. S tatement of Commit ment
Julie Brewen reviewed the Statement of Com m ittmen t related to d iversity, equ ity and
inclu sion which was p resen ted to ou r staff, residen ts an d ou r commu n ity.
VII. Discussion Items
No items were presen ted for discu ssion .
VIII. Legislative Issues/U pdat es
a. Colorado Legislative Update
Julie Brewen hig hligh ted th e recen tly passed Colorad o b ill prohibiting descrimin ation
b ased on source of income. Govern or Polis signed an executive ord er exten d in g
certain eviction protection s.
b. Nat ional Legis lative Update
Th e S tate of Colorado will b e receiving ad d ition al emerg en cy ren t assistance fund ing
that will be admin isterd by the Colorado D ivision of Hou sing , as well as foreclosu re
p revention mon ey wh ich will be admin istered b y the Colorado Housin g and Fin ance
Au th ority.
c. Fort Collins City Council Legislative and Bus iness Update
Comm issioner Gorgol provid ed in formation from th e recen t City Coun cil meeting at
which Coun cil p laced a six mon th moratoriu m on Metro Districts an d approval of
HOME/CD BG fu nd ing . In Au gust, City Cou n cil will review the Afford able Housing
S trateg ic Plan .
IX. Legal Issues
No new legal issu es were p resented.
Julie Brewen said th e p reviou s fair hou sin g issue has b een respond ed to b y staff an d
awaitin g d ecision a determin ation from the D epartm ent of Regu latory Affairs.
X. Ot her Business/Upcoming Event s
No other b usin ess.
XI. Adjournment - Next Meeting Date: July 1 7
Vice-ch air p erson Math is adjourned the meetin g at 8 :4 2 a.m.