04/21/2015 NEIGHBORHOOD & AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
CITY OF CLEARWATER
April 21, 2015
Present: Chair Michael Potts, Board Member Peggy M. Cutkomp, Board Member Lisa Hughes,
Board Member Linda Kemp, Board Member Vicki Adelson, Board Member Vacant Seat
Absent: Board Member Kristin Dailey
Also Present: Geri Campos Lopez - Economic Development & Housing Director, Michael
Holmes - Housing Manager, Ekaterini Gerakios-Siren - Community Development Manager,
Patricia O. Sullivan - Board Reporter
The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. at City Hall.
3 —Approval of Minutes
3.1. Approve the minutes of the February 10, 2015 Neighborhood and Affordable Housing
Advisory Board meeting as submitted in written summation.
Member Hughes moved to approve Item 3.1. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
4—Citizens to be Heard re Items Not the Agenda: None.
5—Agency Presentations
Agency presentations were made by: 1) Ron Spoor, Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County,
Inc.; 2) Terrance McAbee and Zach White, Homeless Empowerment Project, Inc.; 3) Stephanie
Rinkenberg, Debbie Martin, and Erin Ellis, Pinellas County Housing Authority; 4) Kathleen
Russell, Pinellas Opportunity Council, Inc.; 5) Michelle Furan-Sullivan, Directions for Mental
Health, Inc.; 6) Mary Rooney, Gulfcoast Legal Services, Inc.; 7) James Dates, WestCare
GulfCoast Florida, Inc.; 8) Caitlin Higgins-Joy, Religious Community Services, Inc.; 9) Harvey
Landress, R'Club Child Care, Inc.; 10) Jerry Spilatro; Community Service Foundation, Inc.; 11)
Sheldon Hershman, The Arc Tampa Bay; 12)Wanda Weber, The Local Community Housing
Corp. AKA Home Share Pinellas; 13) Kathleen Kelly and Patti Strough, The Kimberly Home,
Inc.; 14) Sandra Lyth, InterCultural Advocacy Institute, Inc.; 15) Janet Hooper, Safety Harbor
Family Center DBA Mattie Williams Neighborhood Family Center; 16) Carrie Vitale, Tampa Bay
CDC; 17) Felicia Leonard, City of Clearwater; 18) Jo Ann Nesbitt, Dr. MLK Jr. Neighborhood
Family Center, Inc.; 19)Wade Clark, Clearwater MLK Jr. Neighborhood Center Coalition, Inc.;
and 20) Ashen King, Pathways to Success Ministries, Inc.
6 — Election of Vice-Chair
Member Hughes moved to appoint Vicki Adelson as Vice Chair. The motion was duly seconded
and carried unanimously.
7 —Old/New Business: None.
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8 — Next Meeting — May 12, 2015
9 - Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 11:25 a.m.
Attest:
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Housing Advisory Board
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