HomeMy WebLinkAboutAHAB minutes 082614Affordable Housing Advisory Board
Minutes of Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Members Present: Diane Beecham, Nannie Richmond, Jonzella Bailey- Pridham, Patsy Barbee
and Tammy Jacobs
Members Absent: Vanessa Soleil, Sully Jaffer, and Arthur Sprinczeles, Andrew Shannon
Staff Present: James Davis and Crystal Coble
Welcome /Introduction
Chair Pasty Barbee called the meeting to order.
Approval of Minutes
Tammy Jacobs made a motion to approve the minutes for June 10, 2014 and Diane Beecham
seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously.
Department Report /County Report
New Member Applicants
James Davis shared with the board three new applicant applications for the board to review,
Brian Finch, Tracey Wooten, and Noah Oswald. The board decided to have the staff email the
applicants and explain the approval process would take place in October.
Resignations
James Davis circulated a copy of the advisory board guidelines. The resignation of James Stroud
from the AHAB was discussed for clarification purposes. James Davis informed the board that
there was a housing coalition that was that based in Chapel Hill and that when the Clearing
House was shared with them there was a memo of concern that was circulated. That memo is
attached to these minutes. James also shared that Community Empowerment Fund currently has
in place resource network that is very similar to the Clearing House Network. It was confirmed
that Community Empowerment Fund was a non - profit organization that the AHAB reviewed
during the grant application review meeting in March 2014. Crystal Coble circulated the CEF
Housing Access Assistance flyer to aid the AHAB board in understand what it is CEF does.
Pasty Barbee proposed the question of what the group is going to do next in regards to
continually supporting the Clearing House Network or putting the boards efforts behinds the
CEF's program. Tammy Jacobs proposed the question of what can the AHAB board do? Diane
Beecham suggested partnering with them. The board tasked the staff with getting CEF's data in
regards to the people that they serve before deciding to partner with CEF or not. Tammy stated
it would be plausible for the AHAB board go forth with the Clearing Housing Network even
though CEF already has a similar assistance program, because the demographic reached would
be vaster. James suggested that the board think about positive advantages of partnering up CEF.
Jonzella made a motion to vote to wait on the data from CEF and further discuss any conflicts in
partnering or continuing to support the Clearing Housing Network. Tammy seconded the
motion. The motion was approved unanimously.
Officer Voting
The board decided to wait until October to perform officer voting.
Other Business
The next meeting will be in Hillsborough at 300 W. Tryon Street in the Department Conference
Room on September 9, 2014.
Nannie Richmond made a motion to adjourn and Pasty Barbee seconded the motion. The
meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted:
Crystal B. Coble