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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Brit Fontenot, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Seat re-assignment of Mr. Verne Klingensmith on the Community Affordable
Housing Advisory Board (CAHAB) from the “real estate sales” seat to the
“provider of services to persons in affordable housing” seat and creation of an
additional CAHAB member position representing “building industry professional”
increasing the total number of CAHAB seats from ten to eleven.
MEETING DATE: April 23, 2007
RECOMMENDATION: Reassign current CAHAB member Verne Klingensmith from
the “real estate sales” seat to the “provider of services to persons in affordable housing”
seat and create an additional CAHAB member position representing “building industry
professional” increasing the total number of CAHAB seats from ten to eleven.
BACKGROUND: At the March 28, 2007 meeting the CAHAB requested the following:
1) The current “realtor” member, Verne Klingensmith, has retired. The Board would prefer
an active realtor member who may have more access to Gallatin Valley housing
information, trends, and realtors. Mr. Klingensmith currently serves on the Interfaith II
Board and is very active in providing supportive services through his church. CAHAB
requests that Mr. Klingensmith be reassigned to the currently vacant “provider of
services to persons in affordable housing” seat on the CAHAB.
2) The CAHAB once had an engineer member who provided data for housing ordinance
work. The CAHAB needs additional technical housing data. Most of the current board
members do not work directly in the building industry. Therefore, CAHAB requests that
the Commission add a new seat for a “building industry professional” who could be a
builder, engineer or architect.
The Community Affordable Housing Advisory Board was created under Commission Resolution
No. 3056, superseded by Commission Resolution No. 3540 adopted on September 16, 2002. This Board
replaces the former Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Loan Review Committee. Its purpose
is to provide recommendations to the Commission on requests for expenditures from the CDBG
Revolving Loan Fund (for housing) and from the Community Housing Fund (which is funded through the
City's General Fund); to advise the Commission on affordable housing needs, issues, policies, and
regulations; to work with the City and other groups to formulate programs and projects for meeting
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Bozeman's affordable housing needs; and to advise the Commission on affordable housing plans for
annexations and any related development proposals.
The Board is comprised of ten members serving staggered three-year terms, with terms to end on
June 30 of each year; and a member of City Planning staff shall serve as an ex officio, non-voting
member. Members must be of legal age, and a majority of the members shall be residents of the city. Non-
resident members must have a tangible connection with the City by virtue of working in the city or
owning property in the city. Members must represent the following:
(1) real estate financing,
(2) real estate sales,
(3) construction industry,
(4) an organization that supports the availability of low- and moderate-income housing,
(5) organization providing services to low- and moderate-income persons,
(6) member of the public certifying that he or she is a low or moderate-income person as defined by the
City's affordable housing policy,
(7) representative from a recognized non-profit affordable housing development organization,
(8) member of the public certifying that he or she currently resides in housing designated as low or
moderate-income housing,
(9) member of the public who has demonstrated interest in special needs housing, and
(10) the City's Finance Department
Current Members:
1. Jan Bergman (real estate financing) - expires - 06-30-09
2. John Barkow (real estate investor) - expires - 06-30-08
3. Amanda Cater (non-profit affordable housing dev. corp.) - expires - 06-30-08
4. Marcia Youngman (interested citizen) - expires - 06-30-09
5. Vern Klingensmith (real estate sales) - expires - 06-30-09
6. Brian LaMeres (City finance) - coterminous
7. Mary Martin (org. providing services to low and mod. income) - expires - 06-30-07
8. Mary Jo Nehasil (low or moderate income person) - expires - 06-30-08
Current Vacancies:
1. Vacancy (resides in low or moderate income housing) - expires - 06-30-08
2. Vacancy (provider of services to persons in affordable housing) - expires 06-30-07
Potential Vacancies:
1. Potential Vacancy (building industry professional)
2. Potential Vacancy (real estate sales)
FISCAL EFFECTS: none
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
____________________ ________________________
Brit Fontenot, City Clerk Chris Kukulski, City Manager
Attachments: E-mail from Caren Roberty
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From: Caren Roberty [mailto:croberty@hrdc9.org]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:30 PM
To: Brit Fontenot
Subject: CAHAB
Britt:
The CAHAB has 2 openings.
Carol Townsend (resident of affordable housing) has resigned
Vicki DeBoer has resigned from AWARE. She no longer qualifies as a provider of
services to persons in affordable housing.
At our March 28, 2007 meeting the CAHAB asked to do the following.
First, the current realtor member (Verne Klingensmith) has retired. The Board would
prefer an active realtor member so they would have more access to Gallatin Valley
housing info, trends, and realtors. Verne is on the Interfaith II Board and very active in
providing supportive services through his church. We ask that Verne fill the, provider of
services to persons in affordable housing, slot.
Second, the Board will then need a realtor member and would like to solicit applications.
Third, CAHAB has a seat available for a resident of affordable housing and would like to
solicit applications for that seat.
Fourth, the housing task force had an engineer member who provided data for their
housing ordinance work. The CAHAB needs more technical housing data as most of the
board members do not work directly in the building industry. Therefore, CAHAB
requests that the Commission add a new seat for a building industry professional who
could be a builder, engineer or architect. If the Commission agrees to open up a building
industry professional seat we would like the City to solicit applications for that position.
Please let me know if you have questions.
Caren Roberty, Community Development Director
HRDC
32 South Tracy
Bozeman, MT 59715
406-585-4866
croberty@hrdc9.org
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