01/09/2024 Neighborhood and Affordable Meeting Minutes January 9, 2024
Housing Advisory Board
City of Clearwater
Main Library- Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
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Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
9:00 AM
Main Library - Council Chambers
Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory
Board
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Neighborhood and Affordable Meeting Minutes January 9, 2024
Housing Advisory Board
Roll Call
Present 5 - Chair Kevin Chinault, Vice Chair Robyn Fiel, Board Member Camille
Hebting, Board Member Linda Byars, and Board Member David
Harder
Absent 2 - Board Member Lindsay Dicus-Harrison, and Board Member Carmen
Santiago
Also Present— Denise Sanderson — Economic Development & Housing Director, Chuck
Lane — Economic Development & Housing Assistant Director, and
Rosemarie Call - City Clerk
To provide continuity for research, items are listed in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
1. Call to Order— Chair Chinault
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the December 12, 2023, NAHAB Meeting Minutes.
Member Hebting moved to approve the December 12, 2023, NAHAB
meeting minutes. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
3. Citizens to be Heard Regarding Items Not on the Agenda
Beth Daniels provided a **Clearwater Affordable Housing **update and
stated the group anticipates having an action plan by July.
4. New Business Items
4.1 Election of Officers.
Election of Officers.
Board Member Hebting moved to elect Robyn Fiel as Chair. The
motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
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Board Member Byars moved to elect David Harder as Vice Chair.
The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
4.2 Discuss the option to prioritize certain activities in the 2024 Annual Action Plan.
Discuss the option to prioritize certain activities in the 2024 Annual Action Plan.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
This item supports objective 2.4 of the City of Clearwater's Strategic Plan:
2.4 - Support equitable housing programs that promote household stability
and reduce the incidence of homelessness within Clearwater.
Economic Development & Housing Assistant Director Chuck Lane said the
city will be making changes to its CDBG program this coming year. The city
will seek larger, more impactful public service programs and public facility
improvement projects. This will result in fewer subrecipients but higher
funding amounts per subrecipient. Key considerations will be programs and
projects that provide new services to Clearwater residents or existing
services that will expand to serve a larger number of residents. Mr. Lane
requested direction if additional priorities in the upcoming AAP application
cycle should be established. He said the scoring rubric used by the
Technical Review Committee can be changed to reflect priorities.
Discussion ensued with support expressed in awarding higher scores to
projects that 1) created non-congregate shelter units for homeless families,-
2)
amilies,2) programs that transition people experiencing homelessness to permanent
housing, and 3) projects that includes partnerships that combine specialties
from multiple non-profits providing for a wider range of services for
residents.
Mr. Lane said staff will evaluate options and report back to the Board at the
February meeting.
There was board consensus that communication be sent to potential
applicants to attend or view the February meeting so they can learn of
changes being made to the program.
5. Director's Report — None,
6. Board Members to be Heard — None,
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7. Adjourn
Attest:
Meeting Minutes January 9, 2024
The meeting adjourned at 9:35 a.m.
Chair
Neighborhood & Affordable Housing Advisory Board
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