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06/19/2001 (2) I ~ ~, \' I,. .' , , . t .~, ,. ~,:.}~ :, l ,..~~.~-"{.,,.~. .; 'c' ," " ." I:' ~ /\ . ..:~ f, :;.,; ~ J \.. . J.., ';;- . ".. \...,...,..,.,..- ,. \::~,;' ~ T' h .{ ~:i. .;J..... ~~;( ''-'. 4' ~ ::0: r . ~ ' .~ . ~,"', 'c' J' c > ,_n' . :l~ ~,. '..... t.,. . ?:::. ,: ~~~\~".~' . 'tj~. :I{:: :r,'> ')' 'i~.tl" . ~ ..: - , :' '. ~ I ". l" :Y:'(:~ :':>.": .1.1\.:" , t[;!,'.:'" .... {,:,;:<;-:\. ." Il":u'~ " , . ,,', " '1 I: . ,'. I . ". "'c ...... . :~.~~I:.~ ~: ~;;.~(\.:.,~:/ ; , " : t. ,. . ~ ',\. ", " Co !,:". .- ... J: . .. ;i ~)0 , ;{+~, , I . . , . . >'. ~ c I: '.r, , ,;".": '. I~:: I ": ~ >, . o . 't' , l . ~ .. . , ; , ". ,I. " , " 'I ~, ./ .'.\ ,'. , ~ ' \ " .' /',. ,,' , ~ \. ' , ~ " , . " '. " ~.. " , ,j;' 1(. .IJ ,I\c'c" ',~ . '. . ,', " .!j ': " " NAHAB , . "',Neigh'b9rhood& ~ffordab.le Housi,ng" '., .'! Advisory Board MINUTES, ',. " ',' .Date'~ o'/r~,LD ( .,' ." ,'.. . .j .,. , .', .' ". i: " "". i", ~ + T~ .' , . ~ I : ',' . ; '.' 't.. .' >', ' '. " f , . , . ~ ' c : ~ 0 , , " " Of". .', ... JC " ~' . ;..-.......jo~,~ ...~ ...,.+.....'.~t'"'...cl/>.~w-........~~:...............~'-4_ :~...._....:....~......Ih...... 1__...'.,,......""-h.............._HJ.-6-.....~..' ., .' ~' '( 'c .' '. ' . . ~ c .'\Ot .' \ ' .~' . . J gt./ . .... ; . ""'.........~.~l-jt~.~o1lt~' ...ll.. ....",'j.".U....iJ..:':. ~ .< > .~,~'.." c, -t' 'r, r-\tJ,\ ~i'::~ , . ": t ' .... (. ,~ -; .. ,! . .! ~ '. . I" "".'. '. I, ~. " ,l '. '~~ 1 ' :.""+,. . " ";,-' ::", d, '~,i;F.~': . . . ,:,1'" -~~;\~/ ::: . . , '~: a.' " ..., >. !'< I" '.' " ,ol>:~ .... '. ..J .",(1-. , ',,"') , J"" .., .,' '.'t. " \ .' . . NEIGHBORHO,OD & AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISOI{Y UOAIH) MI~ETING . , CITY OF CLEARWATER , June 19,2001 Present: Stephen Jefferies Joyce Smith Rev. William GrnlU1m , Howard Groth Warren Hunt William Turner~ Sr. Chuir nunI'd Member Bonrd Member Board Mcmber Bonrd Membcr Bourd Membcr Absent: Bonl'd Membcl' Peggy Cutkomp . Also Present: Nina Bandoni Nina Clark Assistunt I'lousing Dircetor Stuff Assistunt II The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:00 n. m. in the Commission Chumbers 'at City Hall . . . To provide continuity for research, items nre in n~el1dn order ulthough not ne~cssarily discussed in thnt order. . ITEM #2 - Introduction of Members . Each member introduced himself or herself. Ninu Bumloni introduced Ms. Laurel Braswell who has agreed to join the Bonrd. Ms. Braswell will be prcsented belare the . Commission on July 12,2001 and will represent North Grecnwood. Nina reminded the. members that there is still the need fOl: ul1111lditionnl member to represent South Greenwood. ITEM #3 - Approval orthe Minutes Board Member Mr. Groth moved to upprovc the minutes of the meeting of April . 17,2001 as submitted in written summation to cnch hoard member. The motion was duly seconded and curried unanimously. .1 , ITEM #4 - Citizens to be Hcnrd None ITEM #5 - Sub-Recipient Monitoring Report Nina Bandoni informed the Bonrd thut the I'(ousing Division is in the process of . finalizing the monitoring reports of nil of the sub-recipients for 2000-2001 funding year. . Clearwater Housing Services nnd Tnmpn Buy Community Development Corporation were scheduled ailer June 191h. The ngcllcies in gcneral, u'rc in very good shupe. The agencies arc monitored not only on Iinnncinl sOllllllness. but iimmciul record keeping, program administration and their record keeping in terms of the client, insuring that the client meets the ceiteriu of the program thnt they set forth und nre achieving their goals. mna060 1 6/19/01 .:t .. .. l~ ~ ':.)" i .' .T <1..., .~. .' . ... .. './ \J">'c.. .:..' .."\" 'UC";'.: '.>'r:. ,.>>: .' I "4 'I',' . ,.'. ". " , " . . " . ~..' l \'. . ,.~. f: :,~ ITEM #6'- Old Business. ; ~ .. A., Update on'County Dond Progrnm/SIIII)'Funds Nina Bandoni reitcrated to the Boord thut the Cit)' Wu~ upprunchell by Pinellas County und asked to purticipute in the Plncllus County Bl1Iid Program. The program is offered lo low-Incomc Ihll1ll1us lhr lhe )1urchilse or u home. Twice a yellr u housing bond is Issued. The bond uncI's n luwcr illtere~t . rate than would be obtuined through nnrmnllil1llncin~ sources. The client is , offered a conventional fixed rute mortguge. with n JO-yeur tcrm, Sccnlidury. financing is allowed in the form (1f'dnwn pnymcnt uml closing cnst nssistnncc. We have been askcd to providc up to $ 150\000 thut CI'CUlC!l1l blcndcd interest rate. At the present ti mc, the bond rate is 5. l)lYo vcr:.\us 7cYi,; . At the present time there is ubout one 111illhm dullllr~ ilt the housing pool and although last year wc wcrc slruggling to use up the money. this yenr there arc a variety of projects nnd sub-recipients thut draw from lhe pool. Ruthcl' than providing the County with $150,000\ wc \vnuld sturt by providing $75,000; $37,500 in .lnnuury of2002 and theil ullother $37~500 in Juty. 2002. ; . I ! " . "; ,t i, .': . J' .:~: . ':'. ,. Member Groth moved to npprove the two instnlhnents or $37 ,SOO fol' n totul nf$75,OOO; one in January 2002 und onc in July. 2002 to Pincllns County for the Bond Program me accepted. The motion was duly seconded nnd curried ununill1ously. ' ' .. ' !,S<l~ L < \.~, B. Report on Housiilg Development , Nina Bundoni statcd thut thcrc UfC muny interesting projecls. The Communi.ty Service Foundution is rchuhblng singlt:-nuniIY.llOJnes in lhe North Greenwood ureu thut were purchnscd through HUD. The properties nrc offered for sule ancr being I'cpnircd. Clcarwater Neighborhood Housing Scrvices is in the proccss of constructing 5-6 new fumily residences. They llre ulso pnrtncl'lng with the Bank of America, the City of C Icurwntcr null Plncllns County to rcnovate the . Greenwood Apartments, which ure vcry 1111l111l'uclivc, und bnrcly meeting thc code standards. The Inst renovution wns done in the 1950's, In the next six months. mlti~I' strectscuping will be done; u new Iihrnry uml un uquutie centcr will be erected. The rcnovntion of' the Gl'ccnw(1od Apnrtmcnts wilIll1uke u significnnt improvcmcnt in the community. . The City or Clenrwntcr' s I-lousing Di vision is working on I'cnovuting the Fulton Aparimcnts which nre 16 unitslocntcd Oil Douglns A venuc. The . ClcurwuterHousing Authority owns 4 one~bedrool11l1nits Oil nn adjacent purcel. which the City is working with the Authurity to ucquirc these units to crentc n nunity center on the lille. The City is in the process of prepuring u RFP for n property mnnugenicllt com puny . (' !:j ; , . 'IflItIJ' :,: I ,', l .' , mllu060 I 6/19/0 1 . . -', " . , , c '. " . .,~ . . , . . .J ~. ',' ;,J , , ~. ;' " '", '. . , ilh.~~,"" . , '. . , " The City of Clearwater is also cooperating with Largo Area Dcvelopmcnt Corporation to do a mini subdivision in South Greenwood at Woodlawn and Greenwood. The project will be made up of 12 single~family residcnces for . home .ownership. There is 'another mini subdivision in very prelimil:tnry devclopm~ntal stages with Clearwater Ncighborhood,I-lousing Services. Last report showed that $360,000 had been expended in single~lumily down payment and closing cost assistance, but now it is up to a little over . $500,000. . We are very proud of the hard work and creativity of our housing pool providers as they embark on these projects.' Member Graham questioned as to when the Greenwood renovation will begin. Ms. Bandoni replied that the plans need to be reviewed by the Bank of America, Clearwater Neighborhood Services and the Building Department. The contract between the buyer 'and the seller should be finalized in July, 2001 and hoping ,to start work in September,2001. The Bank of America will be the owner of the property. Me'mber Groth asked if it is feasible to have a manager managing the 20 units. Ms. Bandonf replied that she is looking tor a property manager that specializes in small properties and they would not just do Fulton Apartments, but would have other apartment 'complexes that are of similar size with similar type of tcnants. . . . Member Graham questioned the interest that was shown by the Clearwater Police Department'to use the Fulton Apartments for transitional housing. Ms. Bandoni stated that the neighborhood came forward and expressed cOlicern over having u trunsitiorial housing project in their neighborhood. Chief Klein decided not to pursue transitional housing in support of the desire orthe community. ITEM #7 ~ New Business A. Outcome of HUD Monitoring Visit Ms. Bandoni informed the members that HUD monitored the Housing Division in the month of April, 20p 1. The last monitoring was in June, 1999. During the June monitoring several concerns and findings were identified. BUD was very happy with the cOlldition of the division. its management, sub-recipient record keeping and everything is moving forward in a positive way. All findings and concerns have been releascd. . B. Cleanvatcr Neighborhood Housing Services' Request for Allocation of 2000/2001 Additional Funds Ms. BandOlli advised the members that CNHS has requcsted additional funding for economic development loans. rn 1999~2000, Clearwater Neighborhood I-lousing was allocat~d $115,000 to provide Economic Development loans in Clearwater with a focus on North Greenwood. One mno060 1 6/19/01 . . ~.' . .'. ~ , "', , I . I ~ . . . I ~ ' . ... ',"-'I' .' ., .,' f"\ " ,'. , ' .:i~ \' . \. c.n,yll "" o . i~~h.;' .' ,', , , hundred percent orthe funds were expended and the business (ann portfolio has been exemplary. In 2000-200 I, we allocated $150,000 for small business loans and set aside $60,000 for a Small Business Association (SBA) matching funds program carlier this fbll. Because of the success of their regular lending programs, they have askcd for nn additional $50,000 to do two more loans. Ms. Bandoni proposed that the $18,000 be moved from public services and put in $32,000 from the program income and fund them an additional $50,000 for the two loans they would like to do between now and the fiscal year. Member Graham asked what they would do with the additional money. Ms. Bandoni stated that Clearwater Neighborhood I-lousing has two potential borrowers that are waiting to be funded. . , Chair member J,effcries asked how the borrowers are being approved. . Ms. Bandoni replied that they have a loan committee and the committee is made up of bankers, business people and we also have a seat on their loan committee. There are 20. loans i~ the portfolio and of the loans that have been initiated, only one is in default. Member Smith moved to allow $18,000 pe moved from public services and $32,000 from program income to fund an additional $50,000 to the Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services. The motion was duly'second,ed and carried unanimously. Chanee ofNAHAB Monthly Meeting Ms. Bandoni stoted that the Clerk's Department who handles our board reporters and the use of this room, has respectively requested that we change the meeting from the.3rd Tuesday of the month to: The 41h Monday of the month, the 2nd or 41h Tuesday of the month or the 3rd Wednesday of the month. . . . ,Membe~ Graham ~oved to hold the NAHAB future meetings on the 2nd Tuesday ofthc month. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. C. Final Scoring of 200112002 Applications with Funding Options Ms. Bandoni presented two options to vote on this year. The primary activity is in the public services category and those are t1~c people that arc affected most by the decision that you make today. Proposal # 1 - 100% funding for public service high scores. The totul amount of funds available is $150tOOO and the agencies that would be funded under this scenario \vould be Clearwater Homeless Intervention . Program (CHIP), Mustard Seed - Turning Point, Gulfcoast Legal Services, Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services und'u partial funding of Partners in Self~Sufticiency. . mna060 1 . 6/19/0 I .. ". "l " , , I' , " Ij. \~.. :", '. :' .c' ~ .' j Ie . . c ~ . , '" \" .: ~:i ," I .: . ,. :~ '~ .f ...'<1-. . , .,- "'l"~ . 'J.. , " . ~ ~, " 'mna060 I, ... , ,"... '; ~ . .' J j' " . . , , , \ " , , The scco~d catcgo'ry is Public Facilities and Improvcmcnts~ Starr recommends 100% funding for those applicants. The total funding would be $169,000. Staff is also recommending one hundred percent funding for those who applied in the Economic Developmcnt catcgory for u total amount of $445,000. ,The administrative budget is yet to be detcrmincd. Program income will affect 'the total funds'uvailable. Requests for studies such .as our Economic Development team, internally and the COlDrnunity Service Foundation's Fair Housing. will not know tor a couple weeks whether we will be able to be funded as we are in the process of balancing out the program income money carrie~ forward into the budget. The third category is Rental Housing. Staff recommends funding the Fulton Apartments, which has already been budgeted but the budget is being increased to $480,000.' With tile purchase of the additional four units, the budget would have to be adjusted. Bunk of America has requested' $700,000 for the renovations, which would be distributed over a period of three budget years. The Community Service Foundation has as~ed that y.;e set aside $50,000 for rentals and Homeless Emergency Project has asked for $150,OQO. Current funds are not availabl~ for single-family rental projects. The Homebuyer Education Program is yet to be determined. Regarding I-lousing Pool participants, one-year term and the 'contracts will . begin October 1,2001 and a requirement would be that they would have to . attend t~le Housing Pool Class that is provided annually. . Recommended are: . Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services Community Service Foundation Pinellas Homestead Project Tampa Bay Community Development Corporation Pinellas Housing Agency for the Home Ownership Program only. : Proposal #2 - In the Public Service <;ategory we are proposing instead of 100% funding, it would be u 70-60:'50% funding which would allow us to serve a larger number of agencies as follows: . . The Mustard Seed $14,700.00 Clearwater Homeless Intervention Program $50,000.00 Gulfc~ast Legal Services $6,000.00 ' , Clearwater Neighborhood I-lousing Services $25.800.00 Partners inSeU:'Sufficiency $25,000.00 Greenwood Health Resource Center $28,000.00 6/19/01 . .' L'. . . .... ~ '. .~.. . ., '. . I .' . ~ ( > " , .'. ., .. . ; [ .' .' " *fij:'i;,';';'";r::i,;;:";t: ';' /'}".~ .', "; " .. .'.,; , , ' 'II, ~: .~ ~ ' ~ : . . . . I. ;"(,'1, :J' ,". '. '." ; . . l" .;~', , 'All the other elements ofthe budget as presented in Scenario #1. Member Hunt moved to approve the 70-60-50% funding as stated in Proposal #2. The ,motion was, duly, seconded and carried unanimously. . ITEM #8 - Announcements Th~ next NAHAB meeting will be held the 2nd Tuesday in September; which is September 11 t 2001. At that meeting we will be welcoming Ms. Braswell and hopefully, sQmeone fr~m.South Greemvood.' ' , . Mr. jefferi~s requested that he be called prior to his NAHAB packet being de1iv~red so . he wi11100k for itt'as he doesntt u'se his front door on a regular basjs.. . ,~' / : '. ~~~ . . > :.-1 " '\ J:. ~, .' .. ," .i</ . ~} ::. .: . . < ,~, '. 'JI.', ';'1 : .1-:.." i'~' j:' , H: ,," , I:~:. ITEM #9 - Adiournment .\! :.;:.' 1 ~ ~ : '!"hc'meeting adjourned at 10:50 a.m. , . '.' " < " > " . ~.. .' . d.. '" I:' , " . , ., . i.: Q' ,. , .' '" " " ".. . .' , ,. Chai ". 'Neighborhoo & Affordable Housing. . ':^,dvisory Board, . c :. , .:' Attest: , ' . . . . .." '. .. 'D1Rj~OYl~j >&~taffA5si5tant II . .,' .J' , ~',. " " ' " " " ';-:0 , .. c ,~ , .. . rilnaO()O 1. ' . 6/19/01 ( '. ' .::(h :.:,.);:: ','.:',:. l ~',. '.;:, '. '. " , " " 1,.;'.'....~ ;",'..::.,:,~. ..! .'.' "i.':~, .... ..'...... :~,'-. :.',1,.' .'t :jl,..:.. . ,\~,"~.',.t'."~, ..,..... :~... ':'t