The meeting convened at 5:12. Kahoun asked to add an item to the agenda regarding the Supportive Housing Grant. Hogate moved to approve the agenda as amended; seconded by Nixon; carried by unanimous vote. Hogate moved to approve the minutes of May 2; seconded by Ball; carried by unanimous vote.

OFFICER'S REPORT/CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION. Kahoun reported on recent Council actions, including adoption of the 2000 Supportive Housing Grant contracts, and approval of the 6th & University grocery store Memorandum of Agreement.

CSBG SECOND QUARTER REPORT. Ashton presented the Community Services Block Grant second quarter report and said there were many more applications for energy assistance than had been expected. Most clients received about $535 toward their energy bills this year. Pulliam asked what would happen if people were carrying high balances on their energy bills from last winter, then the summer was unusually hot and cooling bills mounted up – if Energy Assistance was out of money already, would these people have their utilities shut off just as winter started? Overman said customers for his cooling and heating business were already asking if he knew of any government sources to get their equipment repaired because they were already behind on their utility bills. Nixon said she was concerned that the elderly would endanger their health by not running their air conditioners or heat due to the high cost. Ashton said she was concerned as well, and hoped the President would address this in his speech the next day. In the meantime, Ashton said her division would continue using what funds they had left in their contingency fund to cover as many "medically necessary" cooling applications as they could.

Nixon moved to approve the report and forward it to the Council; seconded by Hawkins, carried by unanimous vote.

HOMES OF OAKRIDGE. The Board continued its series of presentations by funded agencies with a presentation by Margaret Toomey and Norm Voorman on their agency, Homes of Oakridge. Toomey discussed how the CDBG funds they had received were being utilized to install bath vents and roofing. Toomey said the next major project will be replacing balconies after the gas pipes that run under them are removed and buried.

Muldoon said the last time Oakridge submitted a proposal, Toomey told the Board they would not request funding from CDBG again. Toomey said with 300 units, there was always a need for funding for rehab and updating. Muldoon asked if they had ever been approached regarding selling the property and had they considered going to mixed income tenants. Toomey said they were bound not to sell the property for 29 years, and the complex had tried having mixed income in the past and it had not worked out.

Pulliam asked what the average stay for a tenant was; Toomey said it was usually 2-4 years for a young family. Toomey, Voorman, and board members discussed Oakridge's budget, average tenant incomes ($7,300), air conditioning, and the rising scale for rent.

NCS INVESTOR OWNED REHABILITATION PROGRAM. Tony Montgomery gave a presentation on the Investor-Owned Rehabilitation Program and changes to the rehabilitation manual used for the program. Montgomery said NCS had committed just over half of its available funds so far this year, and could have been even further along, but some of the proposed projects did not meet standards.

Regarding the rehabilitation manual, Montgomery said it was updated and made much more clear on the City's role as gap financer rather than primary lender, and on what was required from the participant at each step of the process.

Dozier said she got the impression from landlords she had talked to that the City was lax in following up on tenant income requirements on projects using HOME funds. She asked who was going to be checking up on this now and how that would be carried out. Montgomery said the City chose a single anniversary date for the old projects, and the clock started ticking for new projects on the date they are completed. Forms that require verification from the tenant's employers are required now and a staff member has been detailed to provide oversight. Montgomery said if landlords do not comply with reporting regulations, the time they have to keep the units occupied by low income tenants is extended.

Dozier said a landlord came to the NRB with a project recently and the project never got finished. Dozier asked why NCS sends landlords to the Board and risks embarassing them when it is probable that their projects would not be approved. Montgomery said although staff counsels the clients in an attempt to head off projects that the neighborhoods don't want and that are not in the best interests of the community, an applicant is entitled to have a hearing before the Board. Hogate said there was potential for disagreement between staff and clients on how much projects costs. Montgomery said NCS staff have considerable expertise in estimating projects, and if a client disagreed with their estimates, they were always willing to examine the data.

Montgomery said NCS felt this combined program was a new approach to rehab that would generate a different kind of project. Kahoun agreed, saying it was now more of an underwriting approach, than an application process.

HUD CONSOLIDATED PLAN – 2002 REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS. Schulte submitted Board Communication No. 503 which presented the proposed RFPs for Program Year 2002. This will be year three of the five year Plan. Schulte asked the Board to review the proposals and send in any changes they feel should be incorporated so they can be acted upon at the next meeting.

Schulte said the staff recommendations were being revised, and the point system eliminated. Muldoon said she would still like to have the staff recommendation contain a statement on whether a proposal did or did not meet the requirements contained in its particular RFP. Schulte said that information would be included in the narrative of the staff recommendation, along with a "high-medium-low" rating.

NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. Kahoun told the Board the City's Supportive Housing Grants were up for renewal and applications were being prepared. Shelter + Care is also up for renewal.

Kahoun distributed information on the upcoming neighborhood selection. Kahoun said much more information was available to staff this round, so staff was changing how neighborhoods are classified into stable, transitional positive, etc. Neighborhood associations have been sent information on how to apply.

Kahoun went over the agenda for the upcoming Open House and asked the Board to call neighborhood associations personally and invite them to attend. She also asked for the Board's suggestions for future presentations.

COMMITTEE/REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS. None.

OTHER BUSINESS. None

The meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.

Jerry Overman, Secretary