Columbus Consolidated Government
Community Development Advisory Council
(CDAC)
Meeting Minutes
December 15, 2015
A regularly scheduled meeting of the Community Development Advisory Council
(CDAC), was held at the Columbus Consolidated Government, Citizens Service
Center Community Room, on December 15, 2015.
Members Present: Tripp Blankenship, Adrian Chester, Jack Hayes,
Kim Jenkins, Teddy Reese, Gregory Smith,
Olive Vidal-Kendall
Members Absent: Gloria Enfinger, Gladys J. Ford, Christy Lemieux,
Zaki Shahid, Carla Thomas (excused)
Also Present: Laura McCool, Deborah Meadows, Denise McWhorter
Phillip Trocquet
CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Jack Hayes called the meeting to order at 3:50 p.m. There was a
Quorum.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes from the regularly scheduled meeting on September 15, 2015, were
presented for approval. CDAC member Olive Vidal-Kendall made a motion to
accept the minutes as presented. CDAC member Teddy Reese seconded the motion.
Motion passed by all members present.
MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
There was a discussion regarding the fact that the majority of the Community
Development Advisory Council?s terms of service will be up in March 2016,
except for the members who have joined in the past year. By-laws state there
should be fifteen (15) members. Ten (10) members are to be appointed by City
Council for a term of two (2) years and the Mayor has five appointees with
their term being three (3) years. Community Reinvestment Division Manager
Laura Johnson, said she will contact the Clerk of Councils office to determine
the status of the Community Development Advisory Council members.
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FUNDING UPDATE
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has made the final
approval of funding through June 30, 2016 for Fiscal Year 2016.
All of the CDBG Program sub-recipient organizations have signed their
contracts. The HOME sub-recipient organizations (Wynnton Neighborhood Housing
and NeighborWorks Columbus) have not signed their contracts yet, due to the
changes to the HOME rules. Our HOME organizations will now be required to be
project specific when requesting funding. An address must be identified, the
timeframe of the project, etc. Once a project construction is complete and the
Certificate of Occupancy is issued, there is a nine (9) month period of time to
sell the home or it will convert to a rental home. The developer of the home
is responsible to handle the rental themselves or they can hire a management
company. There is a maximum of thirty-six (36) months the home can remain as a
rental property. A Lease/Purchaser Agreement can be entered into, but the
renter has to be the end purchaser as well as meet the low-moderate income
criteria.
OLD/NEW BUSINESS
? Fiscal Year 2016 Funding
We have received Housing and Urban Development (HUD) final approval for Fiscal
Year 2016 (through June 30, 2016).
? Status of the 5-Year Consolidated Plan contract award
RFP?s have were put out for a consulting company to prepare the 5-Year
Consolidated Plan. A decision was made to go with a company based in
Pittsburgh, PA. They have a great deal of experience with this type of
project. We are working on the Action Plan which is due to Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) by May 15, 2016. We should have a draft by the beginning of
April.
We are scheduling 5 neighborhood meetings for the community to have the
opportunity to give input on the Annual Action Plan and the 5-Year Consolidated
Plan. You will be notified of when and where the meetings are scheduled. The
information will also be posted on the City web page, Community Reinvestment
web page and CCG TV.
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We encourage you to attend one of the meetings, especially the one that may be
in your district. This is a new approach to get the community more involved in
what they want and need in their neighborhoods. Also, a survey is being set up
on the City web page and Community Reinvestment web page allowing input from
the community on needs. The survey will be available in English and Spanish.
? Program Year 2016 CDBG and HOME Applications
A Legal Notice has been published in the Ledger-Enquirer asking for RFP?s from
organizations in the community that meet the criteria for FY 2017 funding.
Grants will be awarded for Public Service (CDBG) and Housing construction
(HOME). The deadline to submit an application is February 18, 2016. Training
for applicants on the application process has been set for January 6, 2016, in
the Annex Building Conference Room. CDBG training will be from 9:00-10:15 a.m.
and HOME training will be from 10:30 a.m. to Noon. Any questions the
perspective applicants may have will be answered at that time.
Chairperson Jack Hayes commented that the Community Development Advisory
Council (CDAC) is responsible to reach out to the community as well.
The next regularly scheduled Community Development Advisory Council (CDAC)
meeting would normally be on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. However, after some
discussion, it was decided by the members to move the regular meeting to
Tuesday, February 23, 2016. The reasoning behind the decision is it will give
staff a couple of days to review the applications received, make their
recommendations and hand out the applicants packets to the Community
Development Advisory Council (CDAC) members for review and scoring prior to the
applicants making their presentations. It was also discussed and decided that
the presentations should be broken up into 2 called meetings instead of one as
we?ve done in the past. Members discussed and decided on Friday, March 11,
2016 and Friday, March 18, 2016 from 9:30 a.m to 2:00 p.m. for the
presentations to be made. Both of those meetings will be held at the Columbus
Consolidated Government Annex Building, Annex Conference Room, 420 10th
Street. A Called Meeting notice will be sent to you. Depending on the number
of applicants presenting, we may end the day(s) earlier than 2:00 p.m. It will
depend on how many applications we receive by the February 18th deadline.
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The next regularly scheduled Community Development Advisory Council (CDAC)
Meeting will be on Tuesday, May 17, 2016.
Please mark your calendar for the Called Meetings on March 11, 2016 and March
18, 2016 (see the highlighted information above).
ADJOURN
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.
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