04/10/2018 Neighborhood and Affordable Meeting Minutes April 10, 2018
Housing Advisory Board
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
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Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
9:00 AM
Council Chambers
Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory
Board
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Roll Call
Present 5 - Chair Carmen Santiago, Vice Chair Haley Crum, Board Member
Peggy Cutkomp, Board Member Linda Kemp, Board Member Kevin
Chinault, Board Member Empty Seat
Absent 1 - Board Member Lisa Hughes
Also Present - Denise Sanderson — Economic Development & Housing Director, Chuck
Lane — Economic Development & Housing Assistant Director, Joe
Riddle - Housing Manager, Terry Malcolm-Smith — Housing
Coordinator, Patricia O. Sullivan — Board Reporter
1. Call To Order
The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:10 a.m. at City Hall.
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not necessarily
discussed in that order.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve minutes of February 13, 2018 Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory
Board as submitted in written summation.
Member Crum moved to approve minutes of the February 13,
2018 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 Agency Presentations for the FY 2018-2019 Annual Action Plan Funding.
Agency presentations were made by. 1) Ken Rush for Habitat for
Humanity of Pinellas County, Inc.; 2) Zach White for Homeless
Emergency Project, 3) Kathleen Russell for Pinellas Opportunity
Council, Inc., 4) Arthur O'Hara for R'Club Child Care Inc., 5) Janet Hooper
for Safety Harbor Neighborhood Family Center, 6) Sheldon Hershman
for The Arc Tampa Bay, Inc.; 7) Pamela Couse for The Kimberly Home,
Inc.; 8) Albert Lee for Tampa Bay Black Business Investment
Corporation, 9) Lauryn Bacon for Directions for Living, 10) Isay Gulley
and Wanda Burling for Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.,
11) Fabian Yepez for Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida, Inc.
DBA Prospera; 12) Jaclyn Boland and Vivian Lopez for InterCultural
Advocacy Institute, Inc.;13) Emily Fasnacht for Gulfcoast Legal Services,
Inc., 14) Kate Kelly and Patty Stough for The Kimberly Home, Inc., 15)
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Belinda Becton—McAbee for RCS Pinellas, Inc., 16) Belinda
Becton—McAbee for RCS Pinellas, Inc., 17) Konrad Mccree Jr. for Bread
of Heaven Ministries, 18) Pete Scalia and Christine Berton for SVdP
Community Kitchen & Resource Center, and 19) Belinda
Becton—McAbee for RCS Pinellas, Inc.
Housing Manager Joe Riddle thanked agency representatives for their
applications and presentations and the 3 of 4 TRC (Technical Review
Committee) members in attendance today for their efforts. TRC
recommended funding allocations will be presented to the Board in May.
Mr. Riddle reported Congress approved its new budget in March, CDBG
(Community Development Block Grant) funds increased 10% and
HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds increased 40%. The City
will receive its entitlement figures by late May and incorporate them into
the annual Action Plan.
In response to a question, Mr. Riddle said housing pool applicants in
attendance today chose not to make presentations. The TRC also will
review housing pool applications.
Ms. Bacon added comments re her presentation.
Ms. Burling said due to rapidly rising property values, it was difficult to
purchase homes in Clearwater for less than $177,000, the maximum
purchase price permitted for those receiving City funded housing
assistance. She suggested the maximum purchase price be increased.
4.2 Approve the Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP) For FY 2018-2019 through FY
2020-2021.
Mr. Riddle discussed SHIP requirements re the triannual review of the
City's LHAP (Local Housing Assistance Plan) which made minor tweaks
to 2014 strategies. He reviewed the City's 6 LHAP strategies. The City
Council approved the LHAP on April 4, 2018.
Economic Development & Housing Assistant Director Chuck Lane said
the schedule did not permit staff to present the LHAP to NAHAB
(Neighborhood &Affordable Housing Advisory Board) prior to City
Council review. The plan could be amended if the Board had concerns.
In response to a question, Mr. Riddle said the amount borrowers had to
contribute to qualify for down payment assistance was reduced from 2%
to I% of the purchase price.
5. Old Business Item: None.
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6. Director's Report
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Mr. Lane said today was Mr. Riddle's last meeting; he accepted a
position with Pinellas County. Mr. Lane reviewed Mr. Riddle's
accomplishments and wished him well.
7. Board Members to be Heard: None.
8. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 10:55 a.m.
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