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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-01-26 EHA MINUTES~ . I. CALL TO ORDER ENGLl!WOOD OIJSINGAUTHO Board of Commissionen Regular Meeting January 26, 1994 The Regular Meeting of the Englewood Housing Au~hority Board of Commissioners was called to order at 6:07 p .m. on Wednesday, January 26, 1994, at 3460 South Sherman Street, Suite 103, Englewood, Colorado, by Chairman Thomas J. Bums. IL ROLL CALL Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: ill. STUDY SESSION Thomas J. Bums, Chairman Norleen Norden, Vice Chairman Sheri Gulley, Commissioner Bradley Zieg, Commissioner Matt Innes, Commissioner Chris Roe, Program Director, Community Housing Services Lee Merkel, Director, Community Development Dept., City of Englewood Paul Malinowski, Executive Director Executive Director Malinowski introduced Chris Roe, Program Director, Community Housing Services, the agency performing case management services for the Englewood Housing Authority Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Program. Chris Roe gave background on Community Housing, history of the Family Self Sufficiency Program in Englewood, and statistics on current program participants. A copy of his written report is attached. There are twelve participants in the joint Englewood/Sheridan program. Nine are from Englewood and three are from Sheridan. The goal is to have a total of 25 participants from the Englewood program. A lengthy discussion was held that examined many aspects of why people would or would not want to be a participant in the FSS program. msw/a:/minutes/012794 EHA BOC Regular Meeting 01/26/94 IV. MINUTES Regular Meeting -December 8, 1993 Commissioner Zieg requested that the Minutes of the EHA Board Meeting held December 8, 1993, be amended to clarify that the motion on page No. 7 should state that "Commissioner Gulley moved to accept the October, 1993 Financial Reports as requested. COMMISSIONER GULLEY MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ENGLEWOOD HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HELD DECEMBER 8, 1993, AS AMENDED. VICE CHAIRMAN NORDEN SECONDED THE MOTION. Ayes: Nays: Burns, Norden, Gulley, Zieg None Abstained: None Absent: Innes The Chairman declared the motion carried. V. PRE-SCHEDULED VISITORS There were no pre-scheduled visitors at this meeting of the Englewood Housing Authority Board of Commissioners held January 26, 1994. VI. DIRECTOR'S REPORT A. Narrative Report Railroad Depot: Commissioner Gulley reported that there will be a ground breaking ceremony on February 8 at 10 :00 a.m. for the railroad depot. Executive Director Malinowski pointed out that the permit to allow us to start construction actually won't be available until March so the ground breaking will indeed be "ceremonial". Otherwise, the depot move remains "on track". Executive Director Malinowski reported that he had concerns about services proposed by Duane Erickson, architect for the depot project. He felt many of the services could be done after the depot is moved and thus not be fronted by the EHA. Commissioners Zieg and Gulley agreed to meet with the Executive Director and the architect to discuss these concerns . House Moves: Executive Director Malinowski. said he would let the Board know when rehab will be complete on 3356 South Pennsylvania Street so they could view the house if they'd like. 2. EHA BOC Regular Meeting 01/26/94 B . Program Reports Briefly Noted. VII. DISCUSSION ITEMS, MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS: A. Discussion and action on investment with roof product. Commissioner Zieg brought the Board up-to-date on this matter. He said the focus of this has changed from when he first brought this up last month . Rather than make a substantial investment in a start-up company, we would now be looking at a smaller investment to market a roof maintenance product to other housing authorities. He said the product has been tested and is already on the market. Vice Chairman Norden asked how we could afford staff time to market this product. Commissioner Zieg responded that there is a manufacturer's representative who would market the product for us at a cost of probably about $10,000 per year. The potential profits based on numbers he has seen would surpass our investment. Vice Chairman Norden raised the questions ofliability and ethics in marketing a product to other housing authorities. There was a general understanding that the San Antonio, Texas, Housing Authority had done something like this. Since Vice Chairman Norden knows their executive director personally, she said she would contact him to see what they did and how they did it. B. Discussion of proposed Housing Division staff reduction . This item was discussed after the minutes were approved so that Director of Community Development, Lee Merkel could be in attendance for the discussion. The Director of the Community Development Department for the City of Englewood has proposed that the Housing Construction Specialist work part-time in the Economic Development Division of the Department. Executive Director Malinowski raised objections to this when it was first proposed as he feels strongly the EHA should have at least one full-time staff person in the position for the rehab program. The rehab program has more money for rehab available and the house moves and depot projects are still going. Executive Director Malinowski feels this switch would have a significant adverse impact on our housing programs. Lee Merkel, Director of Community Development for the City of Englewood, was present at this Board Meeting. He gave background on his proposal to get the incumbent Housing Construction Specialist, Jerry Nestler, involved in economic development activities on behalf of the City. The effect, although Mr. Merkel stated it was not his intent, would be a partial reduction of the Housing Division staff He felt Mr. Nestler would still be available about two-thirds of the time for housing activities and this would be monitored early on. 3. e EHA BOC Regular Meeting 01/26/94 Commissioner Zieg felt this arrangement presented a structural problem in the organization chart whereby an employee answered to two different supervisors. Chairman Bums concurred and said that used to be the case with the EHA executive director before the Memorandum of Understanding. Commissioner Zieg pointed out that there will be almost 3/4 million dollars available for rehab in 1994 and this amount of money wouldn't get out to the community with reduced staff time. Vice Chairman Norden agreed and added that the Rehab Program has been a very successful program for about 17 years and deserves full staffing . It was the consensus of the Board that they did not wish to impede career development of any employee. They asked, however, that Mr. Merkel keep the position full-time however he could arrange that. Mr. Merkel thanked the Board for their input and said any change he proposed would need to be approved by the City Council before he could implement such a change. C. Executive Session to discuss a real estate matter. Executive Director Malinowski stated that there was no reason to hold an executive session tonight because he did not yet have the information he needed to give to the Board. D. Meeting Date with Englewood City Council Members of the Board all stated that March 14 was an acceptable date to meet with City Council although Commissioner Zieg said he would be out of town the prior week and didn't know if he would be back before then. The Board discussed possible topics of discussion with City Council. Vice Chairman Norden mentioned that the last issue of City Briefs said that City Council identified housing as a goal but there were no specific objectives listed . Chairman Bums and Commissioner Gulley suggested talking about the future of Project BUILD and options in different ways oflooking at this program. 4. e EHA BOC Regular Meeting 01/26/94 VIII. FINANCIAL REPORT MOTION COMMISSIONER ZIEG MOVED TO ACCEPT THE NOVEMBER, 1993, FINANCIAL REPORTS AS PRESENTED. COMMISSIONER GULLEY SECONDED THE MOTION. Ayes: Nays: Burns, Norden, Gulley, Zieg None Abstained: None Absent: Innes The Chairman declared the motion carried. IX. CONSENT AGENDA All items noted. X. GENERAL DISCUSSION A. Commissioners' Choice Vice Chairman Norden reported that the Department oflnstitutions received preliminary notice of funding for their HOPE III application. She said someone will contact us about the market rent properties. Chairman Bums asked if other cities can tap into the FNMA monies that Denver recently announced they would use for first-time home buyers. Commissioner Norden said that Denver negotiated this directly with FNMA but apparently other cities can too. B. Director's Choice Executive Director Malinowski said he attended his first meeting as a Board member of the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce last night and enjoyed it. He looks forward to being on the Board and working on the depot project with the Chamber. 5. I • I • EHA BOC Regular Meeting 01/26/94 XL ADJOURNMENT MOTION COMMISSIONER GULLEY MOVED TO ADJOURN THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ENGLEWOOD HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HELD JANUARY 26, 1994, AT 9:47 P.M. 6.