12/13/2022 Neighborhood and Affordable Meeting Minutes December 13, 2022
Housing Advisory Board
City of Clearwater
Main Library- Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
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Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
9:00 AM
Main Library - Council Chambers
Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory
Board
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Present 5 - Chair Camille Hebting, Board Member Carmen Santiago, and Board
Member Robyn Fiel, Board Member Gaby Camacho, and Board
Member Lindsay Dicus-Harrison
Absent 2 - Vice Chair Kevin Chinault, and Board Member Peter Scalia
Also Present - Chuck Lane — Economic Development & Housing Assistant Director,
Patricia O. Sullivan — Board Reporter
1. Call To Order
The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. at the Main Library.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the November 7, 2022, NAHAB Meeting Minutes.
Member Fiel moved to approve the minutes of the November 7, 2022
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 Recommend City Council Approval of the City of Clearwater's FY 2021-2022
Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
Mr. Lane provided an overview on the City's FY 2021/22 CAPER. The
report is available online. He said this presentation serves as one of two
required public hearings.
In response to questions, Mr. Lane said an organization is eligible to
apply for funding next year even if they were not awarded funding this
year.
Board Member Fiel moved to recommend approval of the
CAPER as written. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
4.2 Presentation of the City's Down Payment Assistant Program.
Senior Housing Coordinator Terry Malcolm-Smith provided a PowerPoint
presentation.
In response to questions, Ms. Malcolm-Smith said the ARPA funds
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are eligible to assist those individuals who are above 80% Area Median
Income (AMI) but below 120% AMI. Mr. Lane said it is typically difficult to
assist individuals in the 80%-120% AMI range with the current funding
sources. Ms. Malcolm-Smith reviewed the process and timelines for
prospective homeowners to apply for and obtain funding. She said
individuals who qualify for funding work with a counselor to make certain
their documents, assets, and income are in order and are issued a HUD
home buyer's certificate. She said the housing stock is coming back. Mr.
Lane said an affordable housing project will be coming out of the ground
and staff anticipates 12 Down Payment Assistant (DPA) loans will be
applied for. In 2022 there was only one DPA loan granted due to housing
stock and real estate prices. Mr. Lane said those who qualify for a DPA
loan receive a housing quality standards inspection but are encouraged
to also obtain a four-point housing inspection.
4.3 Presentation of the roles and responsibilities of the Neighborhood and Affordable
Housing Advisory Board and the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee.
Economic Development and Housing Assistant Director Chuck Lane
reviewed the roles of each board. It was stated that the Affordable
Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) creates policy and incentivizes
affordable housing, and the Neighborhood &Affordable Housing
Advisory Board (NAHAB) executes affordable housing initiatives and
projects. Discussion ensued regarding combining the two boards into
one with consensus to keep the two boards separate. In response to a
question regarding changing the start time of the meeting in hopes of
attracting the public to attend, it was mentioned that there is a board
email address that could be utilized to receive public comment before
and during a board meeting. It was suggested to have Public
Communications put meeting reminders and a link to the agenda on the
different social media platforms.
4.4 Board discussion regarding the presentation by the Chair of the Neighborhood and
Affordable Housing Advisory Board to the City Council.
Chair Hebting provided a draft PowerPoint presentation to the board
for their review.
Discussion ensued with suggestions made to include the average
home price today compared to just a couple years ago, housing
inventory, and inflation. Information regarding the positive change to the
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Down Payment Assistance program this past year was suggested to be
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Discussion ensued regarding hosting a symposium for community
partners. Comment was made that such an event was held in Largo a few
years ago, and not much came from it but that it was a good opportunity
for all community partners to be in the same room.
It was stated that community involvement should be a board goal and
public participation is lacking but that City Council has relationships with
citizens that could assist in gathering interest.
Mr. Lane asked if thele was interest in holding a January NAHAB meeting if
there were no action items to bring forward. There was consensus to push
any items to the February meeting. Mr. Lane would inform the board about
the status of the January meeting.
5. Old Business Items: None.
6. Director's Report
Mr. Lane said staff is working on two major downtown projects. One of the
projects was awarded by RFP to Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas, Inc. and
Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services to develop affordable
housing on city -owned property located at 1454 S Martin Luther King Jr.,
Ave. He said if the projects come to fruition, it will change the corridor of
the Lake Belleview neighborhood.
7. Board Members to be Heard: None.
8. Adjourn
Attest:
Board ' eporter
City of Clearwater
The meeting adjourned -
47 a.m.
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