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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAHAB Minutes 10.10.23 - DRAFT Orange County Affordable Housing Advisory Board (AHAB) Minutes Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 6:00 PM Whitted BOCC Meeting Room Members Present: Matthew Ferguson, David Parrish, Lynn Nilson, Matt Arlyn, Holly Meschko, Paula Kotarakos, Hasan Abdullah Members Absent: Keith Cook, Ehmu Ra Ho,Tim Woody, Mae Mclendon,Jenn Sykes, Paul Voss, Hunter Beattie, Kelx Kexel, Holly Meschko, Hunter Beattie,Andrew Robinson, Dion G, Sarah Adams, Mary Towell Staff Present: Erica Cormack(Community Development Manager, Housing),Alma Alegria (Community Development Specialist, Housing) I. Call to Order—Matt Ferguson—Chair 6:04 PM II. Updates(15 minutes) a. Board Members i. Affordable apartments available at Eno Haven ii. Matt Arlyn is having a baby therefore involvement will decrease. iii. New member, David Parish. Introduction with staff and board. b. Staff i. Public Workshop by Land Use Plan staff ii. $15M bond closed last month, CD will send packages of all applications for board to score. Next meeting, we will score applications. Rubric will be provided with packages to score applications. iii. Lynn inquired about starting research on what current/old organizations are successfully doing in affordable housing. Research is encouraged. Board can investigate what kind of project are being funded. iv. BOCC minutes is a good starting point to start doing research on funding allocation for affordable housing projects. III. Discuss Meeting Topics for the Next 12 Months (60 minutes) a. November 2023 i. RFPs and CIP scoring b. December 2023 i. 2023 Annual Work Plan ii. Outside Agency Presentations (2-3) c. January 2024 i. Finalize 2023 Annual Work Plan ii. Outside Agencies Presentations (4-5) iii. Outside Agencies Data/Outcome Updates d. February 2024 i. Revisit Affordable Housing research project ii. Scope of research e. March 2024 i. Community Meeting in Southern OC f. April 2024 i. Compile historical data from research on affordable housing projects that have been funded previously. ii. Each member is going to utilize the google drive to input data and the board will pull data from the drive to put a draft together. iii. Matt Ferguson will coordinate research groups and assign years to members to do research. iv. Lynn suggested to reduced timeline to 5 years. Erica's suggestion is to look at data from the beginning. Collecting tangible data is better than collecting historical data. It's better to monitor affordable housing funding through historical data. Look for trends. g. May 2024 i. Presentation on Homelessness by Rachel Waltz ii. Updates from Housing Authority Board iii. Board of Adjustments deals with land use.They don't go through BOCC. iv. Coordinate meeting/presentation with Planning Board v. Qualified contract in year 15t" can drop to being affordable.The state makes them sign a waiver to keep it affordable for 30 years. Property can be sold to another buyer who is willing to keep it affordable. vi. NC funded projects for affordable housing for the lower income bracket population and under the contract above. vii. Meeting with the Planning Department instead? viii. Possible educational presentations on affordable housing by experts ix. Collaboration with Housing Authority Board/ Planning Board to coordinate and learn from each other's perspectives. h. June 2024 i. Meeting with representative from Planning Department i. July 2024 i. No meeting j. August 2024 i. Retreat k. Community Meeting Location i. AHAB tries to rotate community centers in the county. I. September 2024 i. Community Meeting m. AHAB meeting locations i. Alternating between CH and Hillsborough 1. Chamber of commerce in CH and housing department in Hillsborough. Chair motions. ii. If AHAB meeting locations alternated,would that encourage members to attend in person? iii. Next meeting is in Chapel Hill IV. Wrap-up August Retreat(15 minutes) a. Look at previous meeting minutes. b. Look at data and points of interest for research. c. HOME projects d. Staff will share minutes on google drive. e. Feel free to email Matt if anything comes up before the next meeting. f. Extend invite to attend other board meetings. V. Meeting adjourned at 7:15 PM