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Home My WebLink AboutCAHAB Minutes 06-13-2018 Community Affordable Housing Advisory Board June 13th, 2018 | 8 AM | City Hall Commission Room: 121 N. Rouse Ave A. Call meeting to order Present Were:  Brian LaMeres (Chair)  Brian Guyer  Jennise Schule  Kevin Thane  Greg Stratton  Terry Cunningham (Commission Liaison)  Matt Madsen (Affordable Housing Program Manager -- Presenter)  Marty Matsen (Director of Community Development – Staff Liaison) B. 08:03:10 AM (00:01:02) Changes to the Agenda Action Item #1 moving to item #4 C. 08:04:17 AM (00:02:09) Public Comment Please state your name and address in an audible tone of voice for the record. This is the time for individuals to comment on matters falling within the purview of the Committee. There will also be an opportunity in conjunction with each action item for comments pertaining to that item. Please limit your comments to three minutes. D. 08:04:27 AM (00:02:19) Minutes for Approval  5.9.18 Minutes (PDF) o 5.9.18 Video Link 08:04:22 AM (00:02:15) MOTION to approve minutes: Jennise Schule 08:04:28 AM (00:02:21) MOTION SECONDED: Kevin Thane 08:04:36 AM (00:02:29) VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Carries Unanimously E. FYI #1 1. 08:05:03 AM (00:02:55) Update from Affordable Housing Program Manager Matt Madsen Update will include: administrative manual update; RFP for housing needs assessment and housing plan development; short term affordable housing ordinance update; other program updates. Affordable Housing Program Manager, Matt Madsen provided an overview of the work being done within the program. Updates included a community survey, applying for a Community Block Grant as well as making improvements to the Affordable Housing website. 08:32:24 AM (00:30:16) Board members discussed what work should be done prior to the administrative review before the Commission on July 9th. 08:39:13 AM (00:37:06) Commissioner Cunningham discussed the role that CAHAB plays in working with the City Commission. 08:44:51 AM (00:42:44) Board members and Director Matsen discussed edits to the proposed, revised Affordable Housing Ordinance and whether it would require a special meeting of CAHAB. F. Action Items 1. 09:11:55 AM (01:09:48) Discuss the Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce “Housing Position Statement” and decide what response (if any) CAHAB should recommend to the City Commission. (Thane) Board member Kevin Thane spoke to the presentation made at a recent Commission meeting by Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce, Daryl Schliem. Board members discussed whether or not to respond to the statements made on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce regarding Affordable Housing. 2. 09:18:16 AM (01:16:08) Develop a plan for recommending to the City Commission that Habitat for Humanity affordable housing be placed on City-owned property surrounded by Oak Street, Laurel Parkway, and Saxon Way. (Thane) Board members discussed moving forward with a recommendation to the Commission regarding using this parcel of land for Affordable Housing. Commissioner Cunningham interjected to share with the group the process that goes into dedicating city owned land to affordable housing. He noted that Public Works have not identified the land as excess, but still in use for city purposes, therefore he has not attempted to put it before the City Commission. 3. 09:26:06 AM (01:23:59) Discuss whether to recommend to the City Commission that money from the Affordable Housing Fund be used to accelerate the engineering and design work for the extension of Fowler Avenue in order to provide land upon which affordable housing could be constructed. Board members Thane and Stratton discussed the possibility of creating affordable land on some property which will contain the extension of Davis Lane. Stratton shared that he had a discussion with an Engineering firm willing to volunteer some time to provide preliminary information regarding the land. They asked for the board’s support to move forward. In response to Commissioner Cunningham’s question regarding how Engineering typically assesses a study for a piece of land, Director Matsen explained that there is more process to this land than may be anticipated. The land has not been formally annexed into the City Limits, which would require additional processing. 4. 08:59:11 AM (00:57:03) Budget for Community Affordable Housing Fund: FY19 (Finance Director, Kristin Donald) Finance Director, Kristin Donald provided a brief presentation reviewing the Workforce Housing Fund for FY19. Following the presentation, Donald responded to questions from board members. G. Non-Action Items 1. (CONTINUED)Affordable Housing Ideas (Thane) a. Require anyone who demolishes existing dwelling units in order to replace them with higher-end units to provide an equal number of dwelling units to replace the ones removed at a cost or rent equal to the cost or rent of the units being removed. Optionally, a fewer number of units at a proportionately lower cost or rent may be provided. b. Tap the bed tax fund, the rationale being that low income folks provide the labor for hotels and motels and other segments of the tourist industry c. Provide a TIF incentive or similar to employers who provide affordable housing for their employees. d. Property tax exemption for affordable rental properties (Do through land trust?) 2. (CONTINUED) Discussion of whether to request that the City Commission require that Affordable Housing Plans be reviewed by CAHAB 3. (CONTINUED) Discuss the possibility of having a presentation at a future CAHAB meeting by Ken from HRDC and CAHAB’s Brooke Anderson to provide details regarding how housing assistance applicants are qualified, what funding is available to them, how sources of down payment assistance are prioritized and provided, and factors that affect the mortgage payment that the buyers obtain. H. 09:39:15 AM (01:37:08) FYI #2 / Discussion 1. 09:39:26 AM (01:37:18) HRDC monthly update (Brian Guyer) 2. GAR Gallatin Assoc. of Realtors Summary 3. Habitat for Humanity monthly update (Magistrelli absent - cancelled) 4. 09:43:00 AM (01:40:53) Community Affordable Housing Fund monthly financial update (LaMeres) 5. Other FYI, CAHAB Member updates, and future agenda items 6. 09:44:13 AM (01:42:05) CAHAB Discussed which member would attend a meeting between legal and 09:45:52 AM (01:43:45) MOTION to nominate Jennise Schule to be the CAHAB liaison to the Affordable Housing manual initial draft: Brian Guyer 09:46:19 AM (01:44:12) MOTION SECONDED: 09:46:26 AM (01:44:19) VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Carries Unanimously I. Adjournment For more information please contact Brian LaMeres at blameres@bozeman.net This board generally meets the second Wednesday of each month at 8:00 AM Committee meetings are open to all members of the public. 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