04/18/2017 Neighborhood and Affordable Meeting Minutes April 18, 2017
Housing Advisory Board
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
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Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
9:00 AM
Council Chambers
Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory
Board
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City of Clearwater
Neighborhood and Affordable Meeting Minutes April 18, 2017
Housing Advisory Board
Roll Call
Present5 - Chair Michael Potts, Vice Chair Kevin Chinault, Board
Member Peggy Cutkomp, Board Member Lisa Hughes, Board Member
Linda Kemp, Board Member Empty Seat
Absent1 - Board Member Carmen Santiago
Also Present: - Chuck Lane — Economic Development & Housing
Assistant Director, Joe Riddle - Housing Manager, Nicole Sprague —
ORLS Coordinator
1. Call To Order
The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. at City Hall.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve December 13, 2016 meeting minutes.
Member Cutkomp moved to approve minutes of the December 13,
2016 Neighborhood & Affordable Housing Advisory Board meeting
as submitted in written summation. The motion was duly seconded
and carried unanimously.
3. Citizens to be Heard Regarding Items Not on the Agenda: None
4. New Business Items
4.1 Introduce Members of Neighborhood & Affordable Housing Advisory Board (NAHAB).
4.2 Introduce new hire Joe Riddle, Housing Manager.
4.3 Present Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Annual Action Plan (AAP)
process and budget overview.
Housing Manager Joe Riddle gave a PowerPoint presentation on the
Community Development Block Grant, Annual Action Plan process, and
budget overview.
4.4 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) agency applicants' presentations.
Agency presentations were made by. 1) Kathleen Russell, Pinellas
Opportunity Council, Inc. — Chore Services, 2) Claudia Johnson & Diane
Teixeira, Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida, Inc. — Economic
Development Technical Assistance, 3) James Dates, WestCare
GulfCoast Florida, Inc. —A Turning Point, 4) Kevin Cantu, SP Trail LLC,
Inc. — Woodlawn Project, 5) Sheldon Hershman, The Arc of Tampa Bay
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— Employment Outreach; 6) Sandra Lyth, InterCultural Advocacy
Institute, Inc. — Youth Leaders Partnership; 7) Christopher Hubbard, City
of Clearwater— Phillip Jones Field Renovation; 8) Robin Gipson —
Religious Community Services, Inc — RCS Grace House Homeless
Family Shelter Services; 9) Rhonda Cole, FYI Community Services, Inc.
— FYI Community Resource Center; 10) Albert Lee & Taishia Scantling,
Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corporation — Small Business
Capital Access Project; 11) Michelle Furan- Sullivan & Lauryn Bacon,
Directions for Living — Life After Trauma Building Renovations; 12) Mary
Rooney & Emily Fasnacht, GulfCoast Legal Services, Inc. — Legal
Services; 13) Zachary White, Homeless Emergency Project, Inc. — HEP
Emergency Shelter for Adults & Families and Baty Village Permanent
Support Housing Rehabilitation; and 14) Isay Gulley, Clearwater
Neighborhood Housing Services — Housing Pool.
4.5 Election of Officers.
Chair Potts moved to appoint Kevin Chinault as Chair. The motion
was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
Member Hughes moved to appoint Carmen Santiago as Vice Chair.
The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
5. Old Business Item: None
6. Director's Report
Mr. Riddle reported email invitations had been sent to members for the
annual Advisory Board Appreciation Dinner on May 11, 2017 at the
Sheraton Sand Key.
7. Board Members to be Heard: None
8. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 10:45 a.m/
City of Clearwater
Chair
Neighborhood & Affordable Housing Advisory Board
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