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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAHAB minutes 032619 Orange County Affordable Housing Advisory Board Minutes Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 6:00 pm Conference Room 204 131 W. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278 Members Present: Douglas Boemker, Keith Cook (Chair), Tammy Jacobs, Ellie Kinnaird, Allison Mahaley, Mae McLendon, Blake Rosser, Jenn Sykes, Cain Twyman Members Absent: Alison Brown, Olivia Fisher, Noah Oswald, Narayanan Venkatakrishnan Parlikad, Nannie Richmond Staff Present: Sherrill Hampton, Housing and Community Development Director and Diane Beecham, Community Development Specialist I. Call to Order/Introductions — The Chair, Mr. Kevin Cook, called the meeting to order at 6:10 pm. II. Approval of Minutes — On a motion by Blake Rosser and seconded by Mae McLendon, the Board unanimously approved the meeting minutes of November 11, 2018, January 8, 2019 and February 12, 2019. III. Board Members' Comments — Ms. Mahaley provided the book Evicted to Board members and indicated that there will be two facilitated discussions of the book at a Community Read program sponsored by the Department of Human Relations. Ms. Kinnaird stated that she wanted to make the Board aware of an article in The Guardian about the Blackstone Group, one of the largest landlords in the area, and their aggressive eviction policy. Jenn Sykes stated that the Westside Neighborhood Group will be meeting with the Town of Chapel Hill on May 9t" to discuss the results of a survey. FY 2019-2020 Outside Agency Applications — The Board reviewed and scored the following outside agency applications: ■ Center for Community Self-Help Northside Neighborhood Initiative; ■ Community Empowerment Fund Advocate Program; ■ EmPOWERment, Inc.; ■ Habitat for Humanity; ■ Rebuilding Together of the Triangle, Inc. Safe and Healthy Home Solutions. Of these five applications, the Center for Community Self-Help application was the sole new application and thus scored on the rescaled application scorecard which does not include the Program Results section. The remaining agencies have filed applications in previous years. The Board's numerical scores and key discussion points are as follows: Page 1 I. What is the program's MISSION? MAX CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HABITAT REBUILDING EVALUATIVE COMPONENT SCORE COMMUNITY EMPLOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT FOR TOGETHER OF SELF-HELP FUND HUMANITY THE TRIANGLE a. Program's identified need fit 5 4 5 5 5 5 organization's mission statement. b. Agency/program makes use of 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A community volunteers* TOTAL SCORE FOR MISSION 1 5* 1 4 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 II. What is the Agency's COLLABORATION Efforts? MAX CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HABITAT REBUILDING EVALUATION COMPONENT SCORE COMMUNITY EMPLOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT FOR TOGETHER OF SELF HELP FUND HUMANITY THE TRIANGLE a. Agency/program engages in 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A coordination and collaboration activities within the community.* b. Agency/program engages in 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A coordination and collaboration activities among other non-profit agencies.* TOTAL SCORE FOR N/A* N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A COLLABORATION DISCUSSION: *The Board determined that there was an inconsistency between the application form and the corresponding scorecard in that the application form did not specifically request information on the agency's use of community volunteers (I.b. Program Mission), the agency's engagement in coordination and collaboration activities within the community (Il.a. Collaboration Efforts) and the agency/program coordination and collaboration activities among other non-profit agencies (Il.b. Collaboration Efforts). As such, the Board decided to eliminate these three criteria for all the applications and so the maximum score for existing and new agencies is 80 and 55 points, respectively. III. Who is the program's CUSTOMER and what does the customer value? MAX CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HABITAT REBUILDING EVALUATIVE COMPONENT SCORE COMMUNITY EMPLOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT FOR TOGETHER OF SELF-HELP FUND HUMANITY THE TRIANGLE a. Agency demonstrates County 10 10 10 10 10 10 funds will be used for program purposes that benefits customers, clients,participants who are Orange County residents. b. Client data suggests that the 5 5 5 5 5 5 agency/program supports the value of reaching diverse constituencies(gender,ethnicity, age,geography,income level).* c. Client data suggests appropriate 5 2 2 5 4 5 growth in the program overtime. d. Agency explains the importance 5 3 5 5 5 5 of funding this program and the direct community investment. TOTAL SCORE FOR CUSTOMERS 25 20 22 25 24 25 Page 2 DISCUSSION: In Section Ill.c., the Board awarded the two relatively low scores to two agencies because they determined that these two programs showed little or no growth over time. IV. What are the program's RESULTS? MAX CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HABITAT REBUILDING EVALUATIVE COMPONENT SCORE COMMUNITY EMPLOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT FOR TOGETHER OF SELF-HELP FUND HUMANITY THE TRIANGLE a. Actual results for FY 2017-18 5 N/A 5 5 5 5 appear consistent with the program's goals and activities. b. Agency and program budgets 5 N/A 5 5 5 4 demonstrate sustainability over 3 years? c. Actual results for FY 20117-18 10 N/A 10 10 10 0 support a positive impact on program customers/participants. d. Actual cost per program 5 N/A 5 5 3 0 unit/individuals for FY 2017-18 appears reasonable and appropriate. TOTAL SCORE FOR RESULTS 25 N/A 25 25 23 9 DISCUSSION: The Board determined that the Rebuilding Together of the Triangle application did not address Sections Ill.c. and Ill.d. which resulted in a zero score. Section III does not apply to the Center for Community Self-Help application because it is a new application. IV. Adjournment —On a motion by Jenn Sykes and seconded by Cain Twyman, the Board voted to adjourn at 7:40 PM. Submitted by Diane Beecham, Community Development Specialist Page 3