HomeMy WebLinkAboutAHAB minutes 021114Affordable Housing Advisory Board
Minutes of Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Members Present: Patsy Barbee, Arthur Sprinczeles, James Stroud, Tammy Jacobs, Diane
Beecham, Vanessa Soleil and Nannie Richmond
Members Absent: Jonzella Bailey- Pridham, Britney Walden, Sully Jaffee, and Andrew
Shannon
Staff' Present: Tara L Fikes and Crystal Coble
W elcome/Intro duction
Board Chair, Patsy Barbee called meeting to order
Approval of Minutes
James Stroud made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 14, 2013 meeting and Arthur
Sprinczeles seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously,
Guest — Carla Banks, Director of Public Affair -s for Orange County
At the invitation of board members, Carla Banks was present and provided ideas that could give
the Affordable Housing Advisory Board more visibility in order to recruit more volunteers and
also to create awareness of the issues facing affordable housing in Orange County. She brought
an informational packet that highlighted upcoming outreach opportunities for the board.. That
information is attached to these minutes Other ideas discussed included:
• Writing a Letter to the Editor in order to more closely define what the board does and the
help that is needed;
• Hosting a social for interested persons to get a better understanding of'what the board
does and the issues concerning affordable housing in Orange County;
+ Need to consider how the board can reach the population that already volunteers or is
more likely to volunteer;
• Making sure that the methods that are used to advertise does not reflect a misuse of
funds; and
• Continuing to post facts and on the board's Facebook page in order heighten awareness
of the board, their accomplishments /activities and the help that is still needed,
All information that is advertised should clearly state that we are looking for persons interested
in helping to solving the affordable housing issues in Orange County
Non - Departmental Applications
Tara Fikes explained that it was time to review the non - departmental giant applications„ Along
with the applications and score cards, Fikes also shared a letter from the finance department that
detailed the assignment of applications to each advisory board the board decided to review each
application and have score cards and comment section filled out to be discussed during the
March 11, 2014 meeting, Also the members agreed to meet for two hours in order to complete
the review of the applications so that the score cards could be given to the BOCC in April,
Department Report
The 2014 department calendar was given to the board members. Iata Fikes also announced her
retirement from Orange County effective date of'Aptil 1, 2014
Other Business
The next meeting will be in Chapel Hill in Conference Room D in the Southern Human Services
Center located at 2501 Homestead Road
Tames Stroud moved to adjourn and Vanessa Soleil seconded the motion and the meeting was
adjourned .
Respectfully Submitted:
Crystal B Coble