HomeMy WebLinkAboutAHAB Minutes 24.04.09 DRAFT
Affordable Housing Advisory Board
300 West Tryon Street Hillsborough,NC 27278
Minutes of Tuesday,April 09, 2024
Members Present: Ferguson,Matthew, Chair;Nilssen,Lynn, Vice-Chair; Towell,Mary;Adams, Sarah;
Myers, Kyle; Meschko, Holly; Reid, Alicia; Palmeira, Monica; Hernandez, Mariela;
Excused Absence:
Unexcused Absence:
Staff Present: Alma Alegria, Blake Rossser
Welcome/Introduction
The Chair, called the meeting to order at 6:O1pm. AHAB members introduced themselves and
new members were welcomed by the Board.
Approval of Minutes
Nilssen made a motion to approve the minutes of Tuesday,March 12,2024 and Meschko seconded
the motion and the minutes were approved unanimously.
Member Updates
Nilssen: Tomorrow is Green Home Institute study of state-by-state green tax credits for affordable
housing
Ferguson: BOCC approved Climate Change Plan for OC, first time that has happened
In June there is Climate Action grant, $250k used for any projects that will reduce
greenhouse gas emissions; last year 90% of applicants were approved; specifically
for public, non-profit entities and small businesses; application open in June
Adams: government has approved$213 in grants to do similar actions
Meschko: All vacancies at Eno Haven have been filled or are in process of being filled (55+)
Myers: Would like to offer opportunity to view 52-unit AH building in construction right now,
if anyone is interested please let him know... thinks it is valuable for committee and staff to
understand difference between senior building, market rate and AH buildings
-Nilssen will send Doodle to group, coordinating availability with Myers
Staff Update: Alma Alegria has resigned from position, effective Friday April 12tn
AH Research Project:
Ferguson: lst step is to gather list of actions taken by county (i.e. looking through meeting
minutes); Looking specifically at what BOCC approved, to help inform best use of money going
forward
Myers feels an emphasis on monitoring is important: what projects have gotten money, how
much, and what were they able to accomplish with it; we want to make sure that funded projects are
fulfilling obligations
Ferguson will send email to get an idea of who is willing to look through BOCC
minutes/resolutions to find: 1)name of project, 2) year it was approved and 3) amount of money
dedicated
-Go back to when AHAB was created(2001)
Rosser asks if they only want to look at new developments funded, or if they also want to track
other AH strategies that were funded(e.g. preservation,NOAH, rental acquisition, homebuyer
assistance)
-Board agrees that they want to look at comprehensive variety of projects
-Ferguson suggests they can then look at percentage of new developments funded compared to
other projects
Nilssen asks staff to provide search terms to look at Resolutions
Nilssen suggests shared document/spreadsheet to log findings; she will develop
-Ferguson suggests for those who are unable to access shared documents that they can
email to him the info they find
Ferguson: 2001-2004
Myers: 2005-2008
Meschko: 2009-2011
Palmeira: 2012-2014
Nilssen: 2015-2018
Towell: 2019-2022
Community Meeting Planning
-Community comes and shares whatever their thoughts are
-Nilssen concerned about having meeting without sufficient preparation
-Just because we've done two in the past doesn't mean we have to do two every year
-Other members point out the consideration of covering both parts of county
-Last meeting the majority was a presentation by previous director, and residents of area gave
comments about how long they had waited with applying for county programs
-Also discussion about land donation by private citizens
-Nilssen feels it should be a collaboration between staff and board members
-Can potentially be presentation of rough findings of research
-Meschko would want to ask if any of their past issues have been resolved
-Towell impresses importance of determining purpose of community meeting with staff
beforehand; prefers meeting later such as September
-Board prefers to have 1 instead of 2 community meetings, given significant transition/turnover
among staff.
-Identified September as the month for meeting, with location in south county.
Bond/CIP RFP Process
-Manager Hammersley was unable to attend
-Members expressed disappointment that they did not get a chance to discuss directly with
County Manager, and requested 10 minutes of her time at next meeting
-Origin of request was there were so many new members on Board and RFP process was
disorganized(people putting incomplete info on scoring, etc.)
-Talked about how wording/phrasing/scoring needs to be standardized, and then output
will be better
-Members want to know if they have input into what actual applications look like
Other Business
There being no further business Meschko motioned to adjourn and Nilssen seconded the motion
and the meeting was adjourned at 7:29pm.
Respectfully Submitted:
Minutes taken by Rosser, Interim Director