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Home My WebLink AboutCAHAB Minutes 12-11-2019 DRAFT Community Affordable Housing Advisory Board December 11th, 2019 | 8:00 AM | City Hall Commission Room: 121 N. Rouse Ave A. 08:00:44 AM (00:00:18) Call meeting to order & Roll Call Present Were:  Brian Guyer (Ex Officio Member)  Terry Cunningham (Commission Liaison)  Steve Wheeler  Greg Stratton  Noel Seeburg  Kevin Thane (Chairman)  David Magistrelli  Jody Bartz  Kyla Tengdin  Martin Matsen (Staff Liaison) B. 08:03:22 AM (00:02:56) Changes to the Agenda 1) Move Action Item #3 ahead of Action Item #2 C. 08:03:50 AM (00:03:24) Board Disclosures City Commissioner, Terry Cunningham, shared that he had brief discussions pertaining to action items where no decisions were made. Chairman, Kevin Thane, shared that as a volunteer with HRDC he is familiar with some of the organization’s projects. D. 08:06:04 AM (00:05:38) 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. E. 08:06:30 AM (00:06:04) Minutes for Approval  11.13.19 Minutes (PDF) o 11.13.19 Video Link 08:06:32 AM (00:06:06) MOTION to approve minutes: David Magistrelli 08:06:38 AM (00:06:12) MOTION SECONDED: Jody Bartz 08:06:56 AM (00:06:30) Minutes Changes requested: correction to spelling of Jody Bartz’s name; request to use “present” rather than “members present” when listing roll call; “members also discussion” changed to “members also discussed”, and a request to avoid abbreviations. 08:08:00 AM (00:07:34) VOTE: 7-0; Motion Carried F. Special Presentations – Affordable Housing Program Update 1. 08:08:23 AM (00:07:57) Work Force Housing Fund financial update (Kristin Donald, Finance Director) City of Bozeman Finance Director, Kristin Donald provided an update on the current standing of the Workforce Housing fund. 08:11:22 AM (00:10:56) Ms. Donald and Community Development Director, Martin Matsen, responded to board member questions regarding workhouse funding and budget appropriations. 2. 08:23:58 AM (00:23:32) Update regarding hiring of Affordable Housing Manager (Marty Matsen, Comm. Dev. Director) Director Matsen provided an update regarding the recruiting of a new Affordable Housing Program Manager. Currently, they have two applicants to interview. G. Action Items 1. 08:25:09 AM (00:24:43) Affordable Housing Plans a) 08:25:15 AM (00:24:49) Allison Subdivision (Action Item)  Allison Materials Director Matsen provided a brief summary regarding Allison Subdivision, Phase 4 and the proposed affordable housing plan. He explained that the applicant is committed to meeting the numbers required in the ordinance. He explained that the memo attached contains some rounded numbers that will be adjusted prior to final approval. 08:27:27 AM (00:27:01) Director Matsen discussed the recommendation charged to CAHAB regarding the proposed affordable housing plan. 08:28:30 AM (00:28:04) Director Matsen responded to board member questions. 08:36:02 AM (00:35:36) Board members provided comments regarding the proposed affordable housing plan for Allison Subdivision and how the inclusionary ordinance is applied to projects. 08:42:35 AM (00:42:09) MOTION to approve the plan for the Allison Subdivision as submitted: Steve Wheeler 08:42:46 AM (00:42:20) MOTION SECONDED: David Magistrelli 08:42:51 AM (00:42:25) Discussion: Director Matsen clarified that the motion should include staff’s discussion that the numbers proposed need modifying to ensure the plat works with the numbers the applicant proposed. 08:43:12 AM (00:42:46) VOTE: 7-0: Motion Carried 08:43:29 AM (00:43:03) Board member Steve Wheeler commented on townhomes as they relate to affordable housing. A general discussion followed. b) 08:49:10 AM (00:48:44) Cottonwood Subdivision (FYI Only, No Action)  Cottonwood Materials Director Matsen provided an update regarding the Cottonwood Subdivision as the project will contain rental units, relevant to the housing market. He reminded board members that rental units are exempt from the inclusionary zoning ordinance. c) 08:52:51 AM (00:52:25) The Nest Subdivision (FYI Only, No Action)  The Nest Materials 08:52:51 AM (00:52:25) Board member Greg Stratton disclosed that he is working directly on the Nest Subdivision, but that he has no financial interest in the project. 08:54:22 AM (00:53:56) Greg Stratton summarized The Nest Subdivision submittal and explained some proposed affordable housing opportunities through a Planned Unit Development. These proposed ideas are voluntary and separate from the requirements of the inclusionary zoning ordinance. 09:01:20 AM (01:00:54) Board Chair Kevin Thane and Greg Stratton summarized the voluntary, affordable housing idea proposed for The Nest Subdivision in a general discussion. Mr. Stratton asked board members whether this idea would be generally supported. Board members discussed informally with no official action. 2. 09:19:46 AM (01:19:20) HRDC Funding Requests a) $250,000 request to furnish required health and safety improvement to newly leased interim warming center location  Memo-Interim Warming Shelter  HRDC Funding Request, Interim Shelter Heather Grenier of HRDC provided an overview of emergency housing measures that HRDC is offering and how they are working to provide an increased interim occupancy load until their new facility is up and running. 09:25:36 AM (01:25:10) Ms. Grenier responded to questions from Chairman Thane and other board members regarding the change in cost for the existing facility versus a new facility. 09:30:34 AM (01:30:08) Chairman Thane asked if HRDC would be amenable to accepting funding as a loan rather than a grant. Ms. Grenier said that they would be amenable to a loan and would have more information to present as they didn’t anticipate the item going before City Commission until February. 09:31:35 AM (01:31:09) Board member Steve Wheeler asked if this was the best use of funds to work toward the long term goals of the CAHAB. Following, board members held a general discussion about CAHAB’s goals and determined that emergency housing is on the spectrum identified in the Housing Needs Assessment. 09:35:41 AM (01:35:15) Discussion continued on the occupancy limits and needs of emergency housing and how the requested funds would be spent. 09:42:54 AM (01:42:28) MOTION to allocate funds up to the bid submitted to HRDC for the improvements of no greater than $250,000: David Magistrelli 09:43:04 AM (01:42:38) MOTION SECONDED: Jody Bartz 09:43:11 AM (01:42:45) Discussion – board members discussed the cost of improvements and the desire for more specific numbers. The group determined that they would discuss the agenda item at the next meeting with more information in front of them. b) 09:47:13 AM (01:46:47) $500,000 request for financial support for the acquisition, preservation and rehabilitation of the Boulevard Apartments located at 6 W. Babcock St.  Memo-Boulevard Apartments  HRDC Funding Request, Boulevard Apartments Heather Grenier summarized the request for funds to preserve 41 households and the subsidies attached to the property which would offer affordable housing in perpetuity. Following, the group discussed the logistics of upgrades to the building without displacing the tenants. 09:54:48 AM (01:54:22) Item is continued to next meeting. 3. 09:05:43 AM (01:05:17) Presentation and discussion regarding disbursement criteria for the City of Bozeman’s Workforce Housing Fund (Marty Matsen, Comm. Dev. Director)  Draft Allocation Criteria Workforce Fund 09:06:26 AM (01:06:00) Director Matsen provided a brief history on previous discussions related to how workforce housing funds are allocated. Director Matsen shared his and other City staff’s attempt at coming up with criteria and asked that Community Affordable Housing Advisory Board members make a recommendation for fund allocation criteria. 09:08:55 AM (01:08:29) Commissioner Cunningham and Director Matsen discussed whether there was any prioritization with the numbered criteria listed in the draft document. 09:10:11 AM (01:09:45) Chairman Thane requested that the criteria be left as open as possible to allow for creativity. Following, Chairman Thane provided feedback for the fund criteria. 09:17:07 AM (01:16:41) Board members discussed how to fairly distribute loan and grant funds and how strictly distribution should be regulated. 09:18:45 AM (01:18:19) Director Matsen and Chairman Thane agree to continue the fund allocation discussion on a future agenda after members have had an opportunity to digest the information provided. 4. Presentation and discussion regarding citizen proposed rental program (Marty Matsen, Comm. Dev. Director)  Memo Proposed Rental Program  Draft Citizen Proposed Rental Program Plan H. Non-Action Items 1. Update and discussion regarding staff presentation related to the Action Strategies and Action Items identified in the Community Housing Action Plan (Marty Matsen, Comm. Dev. Director)  Appendix A Community Housing Action Plan I. 09:56:28 AM (01:56:02) FYI/Discussion 1. HRDC Monthly update J. 09:56:27 AM (01:56:01) Adjournment | 9:30 AM For more information, please contact Marty Matsen at mmatsen@bozeman.net. This board generally meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 8:00AM to 9:30 AM Committee meetings are open to all members of the public. If you have a disability and require assistance, please contact our ADA coordinator, Mike Gray at 582-3232 (TDD 582-2301).