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MM HMM. UH , LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE TUESDAY, JANUARY 27TH. THREE BOARD MEETING. FIRST ITEM IS THE APPROVAL
OF THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY EDITS OR CHANGES ? HEARING NONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
SOMEWHAT MOVED BY COMMISSIONER WHO CAME SECOND AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NOBLE INGER. WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
SO ALL IN FAVOR , COMMISSIONER IS THERE. I. COMMISSIONER. WHO AM I? COMMISSIONER CARTER.
I. COMMISSIONER DOUBLING HER. I BE A WEBEX COMMISSIONER. >> WHAT AM I? >> CHAIR MILLER.
I RIGHT. MOTION PASSES 62 ZERO. NEXT ARE THE CONSENT ITEMS. >> WE HAVE THE. WE HAVE TWO CONSENT ITEMS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. SO MOVE MOVE BY COMMISSIONER
WOOTEN. >> SECOND AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ISA. MAY WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL VOTE ?
COMMISSIONER, YOU SAY I. COMMISSIONER WHO? HIM? I. COMMISSIONER CARTER. I. COMMISSIONER BERGER.
ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER BUYER WEBEX WHERE I? >> CHAIR MILLER. I. MOTION PASSES. EXCUSE ME.
620. NEXT ITEM IS. THERE'S NORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS. NO NEW BUSINESS. SO WE ARE ON TO DISCUSSION
ITEMS. BRING IT HOME PROJECT BASE FORCE VOUCHER DISCUSSION. MAY WE HAVE THE STAFF REPORT
? GOOD. GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO MOVE. GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS IN A SALVADOR.
ASSISTANT AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS UNDER THE BRING IT HOME PROGRAM. THERE'S NO FORMAL DECISION MAKING NEEDED TONIGHT.
THIS IS MORE JUST A DISCUSSION AND A REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD. THESE ARE KEY QUESTIONS THAT
WE'RE HOPING TO GO THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THE GOAL OF THIS DISCUSSION IS REALLY
FOCUSED ON PREPARING FOR ISSUING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL GOALS BY MARCH OF THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS. OUR GOAL IS TO DO THIS IN TWO
ROUNDS OR A ROUND IN 2026 AND THEN ANOTHER ROUND IN 2027. SO I'LL BRING THESE BACK UP AFTER I KIND OF PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT BUT I JUST WANTED YOU
TO HAVE THESE IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. Q NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND JUST
IN GENERAL ABOUT WHAT PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS ARE PBR UNDER A PROJECT BASED VOUCHER? THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS TIED TO A SPECIFIC UNIT. SO IN CONTRAST FOR A TRADITIONAL HOUSING CHOICE
VOUCHER THAT ASSISTANCE STAYS WITH THE FAMILY REGARDLESS OF THE UNIT THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN. WHEREAS TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE THROUGH A PROJECT BASED VOUCHER YOU NEED TO BE
RESIDING IN A SPECIFIC UNIT AND THESE ARE ASSIGNED THROUGH A CONTRACT THAT IS SIGNED BY BOTH THE HRA AND THE PROPERTY. GENERALLY THESE CONTRACTS LAST
AT LEAST TEN YEARS BUT THEY CAN GO FOR UPWARDS OF 20 WITHOUT. AND THAT'S AN INITIAL CONTRACT . THOSE OFTENTIMES GET RENEWED AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.
IN A PROJECT BASED VOUCHER UNIT THE HOUSEHOLD ONLY EVER PAYS 30% OF THEIR MONTHLY INCOME TOWARDS RENT AND THE HRA PAYS THE REMAINDER OF THAT CONTRACT RENT ONCE THEY'VE
RESIDED IN THE UNIT FOR 12 MONTHS. THAT HOUSEHOLD IS THEN THEN BECOMES ELIGIBLE UNDER THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR A TRADITIONAL VOUCHER IF THEY DO DECIDE TO MOVE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM WITH THE BRING IT HOME PROGRAM JUST BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS WITH THOSE VOUCHERS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE USED IN BLOOMINGTON. BUT SOMETHING I WANTED TO FLAG
WITH PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS ALSO HOUSEHOLDS ARE SELECTED FROM A WAITING LIST THAT'S MANAGED BY THE HRA AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ABOUT PROJECT BASED
VOUCHERS IS THERE'S NO SEPARATE POOL OF FUNDS SO THIS IS JUST COMING OUT OF OUR OVERALL ALLOCATION FOR THE PROGRAM. SO ANYTIME WE ISSUE A PROJECT BASE VOUCHER IT MEANS WE'RE
NOT ISSUING A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER IF THAT MAKES SENSE. WHY DO WE LIKE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS? THEY OFTENTIMES CAN HELP
ACHIEVE A DEEPER LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY IN A PROPERTY . SO WE'VE SEEN THIS WITH 100% AFFORDABLE PROJECTS THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS. IT'S A WAY OF MEETING THAT 30%
AREA MEDIAN INCOME NEED IN A WAY THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY ALWAYS POSSIBLE WITH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES JUST DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE POPULATIONS THAT WE TEND TO SERVE WITH OUR
VOUCHERS. IT ALSO HELPS TO STREAMLINE THE LISA PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE REMOVING THAT HOUSING SEARCH COMPONENT THAT IS A IS A PART OF THE TRADITIONAL VOUCHER PROCESS.
WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE UNITS. WE'RE REALLY JUST SCREENING FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR BOTH THE PROGRAM AND THE PROPERTY AND THEN IT OFTEN PROJECT BEAT'S
VOUCHERS HELP TO EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN PROPERTIES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE MARKET RATE. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE INDIGO HERE IN BLOOMINGTON THAT HAS EIGHT PROJECT BASED
VOUCHERS BUT IS OTHERWISE MARKET RATE PROPERTY. AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO TARGET SPECIFIC POPULATION POINTS OR TIED SPECIFIC SERVICES AT A PROPERTY WITH PROJECT BASED
VOUCHERS. AND I THINK AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE SEE THIS IS THE ROSLYN WHICH WILL BE OPENING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. THAT PROPERTY OVERALL IS TARGETING SENIORS OR THOSE 55
OR OLDER. SO THAT WAS A WAY WE WERE ABLE TO AGAIN TARGET A SPECIFIC POPULATION THAT WE KNOW THERE'S A GROWING NEED AND DEMAND IN BLOOMINGTON.
ONE OTHER THING I'LL JUST SAY ABOUT PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS IS BECAUSE THE TENANT PORTION IS CAPPED AT THAT 30% OF THEIR MONTHLY INCOME OVER THE COURSE
OF THEIR TENANCY. THEY TEND TO PAY WELL. THEY CAN END UP PAYING LESS IN RENT OVER TIME THAN IF THEY WERE TO HAVE A TRADITIONAL
VOUCHER JUST BECAUSE OF HOW THE CALCULATION IS COMPLETED. SO SOMETHING TO NOTE AS A AS A PRO ON THE PARTICIPANT SIDE OF THE COIN. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE IN BLOOMINGTON UNDER THE
HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM A TOTAL OF 39 ACTIVE PROJECT BASED VOUCHER UNITS AND AGAIN WE HAVE EIGHT MORE THAT WILL BE ACTIVE BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR AT THE ROSSLYN PROPERTY WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING. THIS IS REALLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR OVERALL PROGRAM THOUGH IT'S ONLY ABOUT 8% AND I THINK THERE'S TWO
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WHY WE DON'T HAVE A LARGER POOL EXCUSE ME OF PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S DUE TO THE LIMITED BUDGETED BUDGET CAPACITY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE HOUSING
CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM BUT ALSO STAFF CAPACITY ADMINISTERING PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS AND GOING THROUGH THE SELECTION AND AWARD PROCESS UNDER THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM ALMOST
REQUIRES A SPECIAL EXPERTISE BEYOND JUST THE TRADITIONAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. AND SO OVER TIME THERE'S JUST BEEN LIMITATIONS WITH BUILDING OUT A MORE ROBUST PROGRAM
UNDER THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY. AND THEN JUST ANOTHER KIND OF CONTEXT DATA POINT PER UNIT. RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $898
IN HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR A PROJECT BASE UNIT WHICH IS ONLY SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN A TRADITIONAL VOUCHER BUT JUST SOME NUMBERS TO BE AWARE OF.
THE BOARD APPROVED THESE FLEXIBILITIES IN THE APPENDIX FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN APPENDIX LAST BOARD MEETING SO I WON'T SPEND A TON OF TIME ON THESE.
BUT REALLY THE GOAL WITH THESE FLEXIBILITIES THAT WERE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE BRING IT HOME PROGRAM IS TO RELIEVE SOME OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN THAT I WAS ALLUDING TO
IN THE PRIOR SLIDE. I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE PROCESS AS STREAMLINED AND STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR BOTH STAFF ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM BUT ALSO APPLICANTS POTENTIAL LIKE PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPMENTS
THAT WOULD APPLY FOR THESE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS TO BE IN THEIR PROPERTIES. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AS WE'RE TALKING
THROUGH THIS POTENTIAL FIRST ROUND OF RFP. WE REALLY WHERE THE AGENCY HAS THE DISCRETION IN THIS PROCESS IS TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF VOUCHERS WE'D LIKE TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE TYPES OF UNITS
THAT WE WANT CONSIDERED WHETHER THAT'S UNIT SIZE OR CERTAIN POPULATIONS. AND ONE THING I WOULD JUST FLAG UNDER THE BRING IT HOME PROGRAM THERE ARE SOME
PRIORITY POPULATIONS THAT WE DO NEED TO SERVE WHICH ARE HOUSEHOLDS IN GENERAL AT OR BELOW 50% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND THEN A SPECIAL
PRIORITY GIVEN TO HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN AT OR BELOW 30% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME. SO THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED IN OUR RFP BUT WE ARE ABLE TO
ADD ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES AS WE HAVE DEFINED THEM BASED ON OUR CURRENT PROGRAM ALLOCATION WE ANTICIPATE BETWEEN THE TWO
ROUNDS AWARDING A UPWARDS OF 80 UNITS TOTAL ACROSS THE CITY. SO AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. THESE COULD BE PRESERVING
EXISTING UNITS AND IN PROPERTIES IN THE CITY BUT WE COULD ALSO PRIORITIZE NEW CONSTRUCTION OR MAYBE DO A COMBINATION OF BOTH BETWEEN THE TWO ROUNDS.
BUT WE STAFF JUST WANTED TO FLAG THOSE AS KIND OF IDEAS OR THINGS WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DISCUSSIONS AROUND NEXT STEPS FOR THIS. AGAIN, WE HOPE TO RELEASE THAT
RFP SOMETIME IN MARCH WITH ANY SELECTION OF THOSE UNITS IN AWARDING OF THOSE UNITS TO PROJECTS COMING BACK TO THE BOARD IN APRIL OR EARLY MAY.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND THROW THE QUESTIONS BACK UP ON THE SCREEN AND JUST OPEN IT UP IN GENERAL FOR COMMENTS, FEEDBACK.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WALK THROUGH ALL OF THESEUESTIONS MAYBE LIKE LINE BY LINE BUT JUST OPEN TO ANY GENERAL FEEDBACK. SO THANK YOU.
SO QUESTION COMMISSIONER ONE SO WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR RFP FOR PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS? >> SO THE ENTITIES THAT WOULD
BE ELIGIBLE WOULD BE EITHER PROPERTIES THAT WE BASED ON THE CRITERIA SELECTION CRITERIA WE SAID BUT IT'S GENERALLY EITHER PROPERTIES OR DEVELOPERS WHO ARE LIKE HAVE A
PROJECT IN MIND TO BUILD IN BLOOMINGTON. AND I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION THAT YES, GIVEN THE NATURE OF SOME OF THE SIT DOWN
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT THE STATE LEVEL, HOW ARE WE VETTING THESE? ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS ORGANIZATIONS IN REGARD TO THEIR ABILITY TO HANDLE AND DELIVER SERVICES? >> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DEFINE IN THE RFP GENERALLY WHAT WE LOOK AT IS IN THIS IN THESE
TYPES OF CIRCUMSTANCES OR OTHER FUNDING THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR, WE LOOK AT THEIR TRACK RECORD OF DELIVERING AFFORDABLE UNITS AND OTHER PROPERTIES THAT THEY'VE WORKED ON AND THAT'S
PART OF THE SECTION OF THE RFP THAT'S ABOUT YEAH, QUALIFICATIONS AND ELIGIBILITY. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY MATT I'M SORRY DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY
OF MATCHING THAT UP WITH ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE STATE HAD DETERMINED NO LONGER HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE STATE AS FAR AS WHO'S WHO WHO WAS LICENSED AND NOW IS NO LONGER LICENSED TO DO
BUSINESS AT STATE LEVEL. >> TYPICALLY THROUGH THESE PROCESSES PART OF OUR CHECKS ARE MAKING SURE ARE CHECKING FOR DEBARRED BUSINESS OWNERS BOTH THROUGH THE STATE AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS I
HAVE TOO. OKAY. GO AHEAD. IS NEW DO NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE THEY REQUIRED TO HAVE SOME PROJECT BASED VOUCHER UNITS
IN BLOOMINGTON? LIKE I KNOW THE ROSLYN YOU SAID WELL HAVE ARE THEY REQUIRED THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO SPECIFICALLY HAVE PROJECT BASED VOUCHER UNITS BUT THROUGH THE OPPORTUNITY
HOUSING ORDINANCE THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME AFFORDABILITY AND SO A PROJECT BASED VOUCHER WOULD BE ONE WAY OF ACHIEVING THAT AFFORDABILITY. >> OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS DO LANDLORDS WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS? IS IT SOMETHING THEY WANT OR IS THAT HARD TO GET THOSE UNITS? >> I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL BOTH
EXISTING PROPERTIES AND NEW CONSTRUCTION ARE INTERESTED IN PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS BECAUSE IT OFTEN MAKES THEM MORE COMPETITIVE FOR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES IF THEY HAVE
AN AWARD FROM THE CITY FOR THOSE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS PARTIALLY BECAUSE WITH A PROJECT BASED VOUCHER YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE GUARANTEED RENT OF SOME CAPACITY BECAUSE OF THAT HOUSING ASSISTANCE
PAYMENT AND IT ALSO SHOWS THAT LIKE THAT PROJECT'S BEEN VETTED BY LIKE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND IS GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT PROJECT. SO I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL
THERE'S SUPPORT AND INTERESTS FOR MORE PROJECT BASING IN IN BLOOMINGTON AND I THINK WE WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE THE
PROCESS AS STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR THE END USER THEROPERTY MANAGER AT THE END OF THE PROCESS WHO WOULD BE LEASING UP THESE UNITS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR OFFICE.
THANK YOU MR. GRIFFIN. OH, SORRY MR. KING THEN. OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. QUICK QUESTION REGARDING LIKE PROPERTY TYPE OR THE PROPERTY TYPES.
YOU WERE SAYING THERE ARE SOME EXISTING CORRECT? SO THEN MY QUESTION IS SINCE THERE'S MANY PROPERTIES IN BLOOMINGTON THAT ALREADY ACCEPT LIKE THE HOUSING CHOICE
VOUCHER PROGRAM, WOULD THAT MAKE THEM ELIGIBLE FOR THIS AS WELL JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY MANAGING SOMETHING? I'M I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THEY'RE PRETTY COMPARABLE AND IF IT WOULD BE YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO DEFINITELY BRING ESPECIALLY SOME OF OUR OUR PROPERTIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT ON BOARD WITH AS WELL JUST BECAUSE THEY MANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES DO ALREADY HAVE HOUSING JOINT HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS.
SO I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING IS THERE A COMPARISON? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK YEAH JUST READING THE HOUSING CHOICE I KNOW THIS WASN'T YOUR QUESTION BUT HOW'S PARTICIPATING IN THE HOUSING
CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM WOULDN'T PRECLUDE THEM FROM ALSO PROJECT BASING THROUGH BRING IT HOME. I THINK IN GENERAL WE ANTICIPATE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING BETWEEN THOSE
TWO PROGRAMS. I DO THINK WE THROUGH THIS RFP PROCESS WOULD SEE THAT AS A BENEFIT BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE SOME EXPERIENCEORKING WITH OUR OFFICE, SOME GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE PROGRAM RUNS AND LIKE WHAT
THOSE DAY TO DAY INTERACTIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO YEAH. OKAY. COMMISSIONER WOOTEN. TWO QUESTIONS ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE SECOND ITEM WHICH IS
IDENTIFYING KEY OPPORTUNITIES LIMITATIONS. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LIMITATIONS ARE TO THIS PARTICULAR APPROACH?
I THINK SOME LIMITATIONS ARE JUST COMING DOWN TO TIMING BECAUSE ESPECIALLY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR EXAMPLE, IT CAN BE 1 TO 2 YEARS BEFORE THOSE THOSE UNITS
COME ONLINE AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF IS IF WE AWARD THESE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS NOW THEY PROBABLY WON'T ACTUALLY BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HOW DO WE
KIND OF BALANCE THAT WITH STILL ISSUING VOUCHERS AND OTHER WAYS? >> SO AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD IF I CAN ASK IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT'S
ABOUT MAYBE THESE ARE ARE DISTRIBUTED. WHAT TYPE OF FOLLOW UP MECHANISM DO WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERING
ARE DELIVERED AT THE STANDARD WE WANT OR NEED TO HAVE BASED ON THE RESOURCE R.P? >> YEAH. SO AFTER THEY ARE AWARDED PROJECT BASED VOUCHER THEY
ACTUALLY ENTER INTO TWO SEPARATE AGREEMENTS WITH US. SO THE FIRST AGREEMENT IS LIKE RIGHT AFTER THEY RECEIVE THE AWARD AND THAT'S GUARANTEEING KIND OF WHAT THEY PROMISED
IN THE RFP GIVING GIVING THEM A CERTAIN TIME FRAME TO TO BE COMPLIANT WITH WHAT THEY PROPOSED IN THEIR RESPONSE TO THE RFP.
AND THEN ONCE THOSE UNITS ARE READY TO BE LEASED OR ISSUED A VOUCHER, WE ENTER INTO A SEPARATE AGREEMENT THAT'S MORE ABOUT THE ONGOING ANG PROGRAM OF REQUIREMENTS AND
OBLIGATIONS. AND SO THAT CONTRACT IS ESSENTIALLY HOW WE ENFORCE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO BOTH HOUSING QUALITY BUT ALSO EXPECTATIONS AROUND ENFORCING
THE LEASE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THEY HAVE SEPARATE PURPOSES AND THAT THE CONTENT WITHIN THEM IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THAT.
COMMISSIONER CARTER THANK YOU. SO I'M JUST KIND OF WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND HOW ALL OF THIS WORKS. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE THE KIND OF THE EXAMPLES OF PRIORITIES. AND IF WE WERE TO GET A
PROPOSAL FOR SAY REHABILITATION OF AN EXISTING PROPERTY SO THEY MAY COME TO US AND SAY OKAY, WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT
BASED VOUCHER, WE'RE ALSO APPLYING TO BE A TIFF DISTRICT. WE'RE ALSO APPLYING FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST OR LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING
ORDINANCE THAT MODIFICATION IS BUT EXEMPTIONS AND ALL OF THAT. SO IS THAT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF PROPOSALS THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE. YEAH, I THINK IT'S VERY LIKELY
THAT PROJECTS THAT WE SEE HAVE EITHER ALREADY REQUESTED OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING OR HAVE BEEN FUNDED LOCALLY IN OTHER WAYS. OKAY. MM HMM. AND THEN YOU SAID SOME
OF THESE PROJECTS LIKE THEY MAY BE LIKE IF IT'S NEW CONSTRUCTION THEY MAY BE BEING BUILT AND THEY WOULDN'T THOSE UNITS WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE FOR QUITE A WHILE. OKAY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF SO
THAT WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW BUILDINGS WITH AFFORDABLE UNITS BUILT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS? DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHETHER THOSE UNITS ARE FULL OR ARE
THEY RENTING OUT MOST OF THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS AT THIS POINT AND AND SIMILARLY, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA KIND OF HOW THE KNOW WHAT PROPERTIES I'M I'M ASKING BECAUSE I'M KIND OF THINKING ABOUT LIKE HOW DO WE
PRIORITIZE AND DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF HOW NEWER PROPERTIES ARE DOING AND IF THEY'RE AT CAPACITY OR IF THEY HAVE A LOT OF UNITS THAT YOU KNOW, JUST. YEAH. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
I DON'T LIKE I CAN'T SAY I CAN JUST SAY BASED ON THINGS I'VE HEARD AND THINK PEOPLE WHO HAVE TALKED TO OUR OFFICE SO THESE AREN'T EXACT DATA POINTS BUT AT LEAST IN TERMS OF NEW
CONSTRUCTION LEASE UP HAS GONE RELATIVELY WELL. I WOULD SAY ONES IN TWO BEDROOMS TEND TO LEASE UP A LOT FASTER THAN SOME OF THE LARGER UNITS DEPENDING ON LIKE
THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN I THINK IT'S KIND OF AN EBB AND FLOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE AT OUR AT OUR NO
WHERE PROPERTIES. I THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE TURNOVER WITH TENANTS WHERE THEY'RE FILLING THE UNITS BUT THE TENANTS JUST DON'T STAY AS LONG SO THERE'S A LOT MORE LEASE UP THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THAT'S JUST BASED ON WHERE WE'RE SEEING VOUCHERS MOVING KIND OF THAT'S WHERE I'M DRAWING THIS INFORMATION FROM . AND SO YOU SAID WHEN A PROJECT IMPACTS THE PROJECT, IF
THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT MORE COMPETITIVE. IT MAKES THE PROJECT MORE COMPETITIVE. YES. IN OTHER FUNDING CYCLES IF
THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS NO PROPERTY PROPOSALS THEY MIGHT THEY'RE LOOKING TO REHABILITATE THE PROPERTY AND THIS WOULD HELP
THEM. IT WOULD MAKE THAT PROJECT MORE LIKELY. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH . PROJECTS. MM HMM. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
OKAY. UM. OH, I'M SO SORRY. WAS I TALKING THE WHOLE TIME WITHOUT MY MIND? OH, OKAY. OKAY. SO I WAS JUST SAYING IT'S KIND
OF A DOUBLE WIN IF WE GO FOR NO IF WE PRIORITIZE NOAH REHAB. SORRY. REHABILITATION OF ANXISTING PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S REINVESTMENT IN THAT PROPERTY AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT IT'S ALSO ALLOWING MORE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS SO UM I GUESS WHEN I LOOK AT THIS THAT THAT KIND OF STANDS OUT TO ME. UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO HAVE A BIT MORE DATA BECAUSE THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU KNOW I USED TO HEAR A LOT THAT WE NEEDED MORE THREE BEDROOM, FOUR BEDROOM AFFORDABLE UNITS
FOR FAMILIES AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE NOW I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL A HIGH DEMAND. UM, SO I WOULD SAY IF I GUESS I WOULD SAY WHEREVER THE DATA
IS SHOWING US THERE'S THE GREATEST DEMAND IN NEED IS PROBABLY WHERE WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE . COMMISSIONER WHO?
KING THANK YOU. CHAIR. I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT CARTER HAS SAYS HERE TONIGHT.
I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THE REHABILITATION OF AN EXISTING PROPERTY. I THINK THAT BENEFITS IT KIND OF GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE OPPORTUNITY. UM AND OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP
EXISTING PROPERTIES WHICH I THINK WE ARE IN DEMAND OF. THERE IS A HIGH NEED TO KEEP KEY PROPERTIES EXISTENT HERE. AND I ALSO AGREE WITH THERE I
PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT I'VE HEARD THE MIX TWO OF THREE AND FOUR BEDROOMS WERE HIGH NEEDS BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT'S NOT THE PRIORITY OF WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED. SO MAYBE UM YEAH OBVIOUSLY
WHERE THE REQUEST IS COMING IN WOULD I WOULD ALSO AGREE WITH THAT WOULD BE WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO PUT OUR PRIORITY AREAS WHERE THE HIGH DEMAND IS. BUT I ALSO HAVE A PARTY OF IF
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT NEED IT AND THEY'RE NOT AS HIGH PRIORITY I ALSO FEEL LIKE WELL WHAT DOES IT HURT TO PUT THEM AS A PRIORITY AND THEN I MEAN YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S KIND OF A GIVE AND TAKE BECAUSE I DO FEEL THAT FAMILIES SHOULD BE
PRIORITIZED. MAYBE MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF I KNOW THAT CERTAIN POPULATION AS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ESPECIALLY CHILDREN WITH THAT AND THE 30% OR BELOW. SO I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH
KEEPING THAT AS A PRIORITY. AS YOU KNOW THE FAMILIES IN THE HIGHEST NEED. UM STICKING WITH THAT SO ARE
THERE COMMENTS QUESTIONS, LAST MINUTE IDEAS. ALL RIGHT. WELL WE APPRECIATE THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
NO COMMISSIONER WHO CAME. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE WASN'T AN EXAMPLE OF PRIORITIES OF PROJECTS THAT PARTNER WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES ON SITE. CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT A
LITTLE BIT MORE TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE FEEDBACK ON THAT? >> YEAH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE NECESSARILY SEEN OR DONE IN BLOOMINGTON YET BUT I KNOW OTHER HOUSING AUTHORITIES OFTEN WILL PRIORITIZE PROJECTS
THAT HAVE SERVICES INCLUDED OR WRAPAROUND SERVICES AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT OFFERING AND SO EXAMPLES WOULD BE IF IT'S A TRANSITIONAL OR A UNIT FOR
SOMEONE TRANSITIONING FROM HOMELESSNESS LIKE OFFERING OR HAVING A SERVICE PROVIDER THAT COMES REGULARLY AND WORKS WITH THAT HOUSEHOLD. AND SO THAT'S A MODEL THAT
WE'VE SEEN IN NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION
RIGHT IN. NEXT IS OUTREACH ADMINISTRATOR UPDATES. OKAY. GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES FOR YOU TONIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, I'LL NOTE THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST WEEK WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT THERE'S A VERY HIGH INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO BECAUSE THIS IS AN ELIGIBLE USE OF OUR LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID DOLLARS, THE LARGER FUNDS AND BECAUSE THAT IS A CITY COUNCIL GRANT AND REQUIRES APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL WE DID A WALK ON ITEM LAST NIGHT IN FRONT
OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO DESIGNATE UP TO 350,000 OF LARGER DOLLARS FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND TO ALLOCATE 50,000 OF THAT
TO UP IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN GET DOLLARS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THOSE FUNDS AND SO WE'LL BE BRINGING TO THE JURY SELECTION
AND SOME FRAMEWORK FOR CONTINUING TO DISTRIBUTE THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN MOVING ON A COUPLE OF UPCOMING EVENTS WE HAVE OUR
ANNUAL MEETING IS OUR NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 10TH. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE WILL HAVE WE'VE INVITED THE NEW CITY MANAGER TO COME FOR AN INTRODUCTION AND THE STAFF
WILL BE JOINING US AS WELL. WE'LL BE HAVING A RECEPTION JUST BEFORE SO PLANNING TO START THAT AROUND 515 SO I'LL BE SENDING OUT AN INVITE FOR YOUR CALENDARS. SO JUST NOTE THAT TO COME A
FEW MINUTES EARLY AND HAVE SOME TIME TO MEET SOME OF THE STAFF AND THEN THIS HERE IS A HOME FOR YEAR. SO WE ARE WORKING ON DOING SOME PLANNING FOR THE HOME FOR
WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED ON APRIL 25TH AND LOCATION TBD BUT MORE TO COME ON THAT I WANTED TO GET IT ON YOUR CALENDARS RIGHT
AWAY AND THEN AT THE MEETING IN MARCH WE HAVE SOME BUSINESS COMING UP THAT'S RELEVANT TO CITY COUNCIL PORT AND PLANNING WHICH IS OUR TEN YEAR COMP
PLAN PLANNING PROCESS AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A JOINT MEETING ON THAT NIGHT THAT'S THE REGULAR HRA MEETING NIGHT SO WE COULD DO REGULAR HRA
BUSINESS BEFORE OR AFTER BUT WE'RE TENTATIVELY LOOKING AT THAT DATE FOR A JOINT MEETING. SO JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS AS WELL. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I
WILL NOTE IS JUST A QUICK FEDERAL FUNDING UPDATE. SO THERE WAS A FUNDING BILL THAT PASSED AT THE HOUSE AND MOST OF THE HRA PROGRAMS DID
RECEIVE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN 20 TO AN END SPENDING FROM THE 2025 BUDGET. IT'S AN INCREASE THAT DOESN'T QUITE MATCH INFTION SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ADDING MORE
VOUCHERS BUT IT DOES GET US CLOSER TO BNG ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. SO THAT PASSED THE HOUSE. IT HAS NOT YET PASSED THE SENATE AND I KNOW WE HAVE A CONTINUING RESOLUTION UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO STILL KEEPING AN EYE ON POTENTIAL FOR SHUTDOWN. BUT THE INITIAL INDICATION IS THAT THE THE BILL THAT WAS PASSED THE HOUSE DOES MAINTAIN THE FUNDING FOR MOST OF OUR HRA PROGRAMS AND THAT IS IT
RATHER A LOT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ONE COMMISSIONER WHO CAME. THANK YOU, CHAIR. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THOUGH, THIS FEDERAL BILL
THAT'S LOOKING TO PASS THE SENATE IS ALSO AND I'M JUST GOING TO BE BLUNT AND ALSO IS INCLUDING THE ICE FUNDING AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PUSHBACK RECENTLY. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT IS THE
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE HUD HUD'S SPECIFICALLY IN THIS. SO WHAT IS THERE ANY CONCERN AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF IT DOES NOT PASS ON, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR US IN THE FUTURE?
LIKE HOW HOW LONG CAN WE MAINTAIN FUNDING KIND OF IF YOU KNOW YEAH. SHARON COMMISSIONERS GOOD QUESTION. I WILL SAY THAT IN THE PAST IT WOULD BE A SHUTDOWN IF THERE'S
NOT THE SPENDING BILL PASSED THROUGH THE SENATE IT WOULD BE A SHUTDOWN FOR THOSE PORTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT ARE NOT YET FUNDED WHICH WOULD INCLUDE HUD ASSUMING THAT IT STAYS GROUPED IN THE SAME LOTS OF IFS. YOU KNOW BUT THAT BEING SAID,
HUD HAS BEEN WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF SHUTDOWNS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS AND HUD HAS PLANNED AHEAD FOR THAT AND HAS BASICALLY PLANNED TO SEND OUR
FUNDING ANYWAY. SO DESPITE THE PAST SHUTDOWNS WE'VE STILL GOTTEN OUR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER FUNDING ON TIME . SO I WOULD I CURRENTLY DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES WITH
SERVICE OR FUNDING COMING THROUGH BUT IF IT DOES BECOME AN ISSUE THEN I COULD RAISE IT TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE TRANSPARENCY ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
>> COMMISSIONER WOOTEN DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? I DID. I THIS IS I DIDN'T I BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO THE STATUS OF THE HEIGHTS PROJECT. >> YES. CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, THEY
HAVE STARTED DEMOLITION SO THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT PROJECT. B OH, SORRY. SORRY ABOUT TT. I HAD MY I HAD MY HAND ON THE THE MUTE BUTTON SO IT KEPT
TURNING ON AND OFF SO THEY THEY STARTED DEMOLITION THIS WINTER THEY LIKELY THEY'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE. THEY WERE PLANNING TO START CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPRING AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE
STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR THAT TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR NEXT SPRING OF 27. YES NO SORRY THIS YEAR SPRING
OF 26 AND A COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF 26 . OKAY. THANKS YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE TWO STATE JANUARY 27TH HRA BOARD MEETING SO MOVED MOVED BY COMMISSIONER WHO CAME SECOND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
WOOTEN. MAY WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL VOTE I'M COMMISSIONER YOU SAY I THE COMMISSIONER. WHO AM I? COMMISSIONER CARTER I
COMMISSIONER DOUBLING HER I BE ON WEBEX COMMISSIONER WELCOME. I BE ON WEBEX COMMISSIONER
ROBERTSON I CHAIR MUELLER I MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0 THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU