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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
215 N Mason Street, Fort Collins
June 9, 2016, 6:00PM
COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT:
Margaret Long –Vice Chair
Anita Basham
Annette Zacharias
Steve Backsen
COMMISSION MEMBERS ABSENT:
Holly Carroll - Chair
Amy Dondale
Deb Westcott – Medical Leave
Taylor Dunn
STAFF PRESENT:
Sharon Thomas – Staff Liaison
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair, Margaret Long at 6:00 pm without a quorum.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
A quorum was not established so minutes were not approved. Minutes will be approved during
the July meeting.
COMPETITIVE PROCESS DEBRIEF AND APPLICATION REVIEW:
A discussion regarding the funding process took place to determine if it works well for
Commission members. Overall Commission members are pleased with the process and
appreciate staff’s guidance and written summaries. They would like a few minor changes.
It was noted that having historical funding information about applicants would be useful in
making funding decisions. This year applicants were asked to provide the full IRS 990 form;
since this can be a large document the whole form is not needed. In the future applicants will
be asked to provide Part VIII Statement of Revenue and Part IX Statement of Functional
Expenses only.
Commission members had a lengthy discussion about question 12 which asks applicants to
state the amount of United Way funds they receive. It was suggested that the question be
rephrased so applicants can better understand what is being requested. Allocated funds versus
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designated funds may have been confused by applicants. It was also decided that keeping the
question in the application for at least another year is helpful, especially knowing that United
Way’s funding will be cut quite drastically this year.
A suggestion was made to have new applicants be required to attend Technical Assistance to
help them work through their application. This year some of the first-time applications were
not as well written as others that have experience with the City’s process.
STAFF REPORTS:
Sharon Thomas provided an update on the Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) offers submitted by
the Social Sustainability Department. Offer 27.4 KFCG Enhancement: Human Services Program
Grant Funding was encouraged by the CDBG Commission to request an additional $500,000 to
the Human Services Program fund to fill the funding gap for allocation to nonprofit agencies. It
is likely that most of the enhancement offers will not be funded this year.
Thomas informed the Commission that Neighbor to Neighbor is installing the last of the sliding
glass doors which were approved by the Commission. Habitat for Humanity (H4H) is closing on
their fourth home in Avondale, Harmony Cottages passed the Planning & Zoning process and
the City will be contracting with H4H this year to build the 12 homes funded by the City. H4H
also received a donation of a parcel of land from a local church.
Work on the Fort Collins Housing Authority’s Village on Redwood has begun, all infrastructure
and foundation work is complete, framing is underway with an estimated completion time by
early 2017. Village on Shields (formerly Cunningham Corner) has submitted a tax credit request
and is planning to submit an application for funding in the fall process.
Thomas stated that Beth Rosen, Affordable Housing Administrator will be managing the
housing portion of the funding process going forward.
OTHER:
None
ADJOURNMENT:
Margaret Long adjourned the meeting at 8:40 pm.