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Community Development Advisory Council

Called Board Meeting Minutes

February 19, 2013







A Called Meeting of the Community Development Advisory Council was held at the

Government Center Annex, 420 10th Street, February 19, 2013.



Members Present: Gloria Enfinger, Andrea Franklin, Gladys Ford, Sally Haskins,

Jack Hayes, Kim Jenkins, Charles McDaniel, Marvin Moore, Carla Thomas, Olive

Vidal-Kendall



Members Absent: Clementine Cochran, Claudya Muller



CALL TO ORDER:



The meeting was called to order by Jack Hayes, Chair. A quorum was present.

The Minutes from the January 29, 2013 Called Meeting were approved as

presented.



The purpose of the Called Meeting was to hear presentations from the applicants

for the FY 2014 HUD Entitlement funding. The applicants were scheduled by

Program, CDBG/HOME, to provide the Board with a brief overview of their

respective programs and the proposed use of the funding being requested for

Fiscal Year 2014. Presentations were made from the following organizations:

CDBG ? Chattahoochee Valley Jail Ministries, Columbus Community Center,

Covenant Vision Group/Tree of Life Health Care Center, Direct Service

Corp/LCRDC, Enrichment Services, Inc., Faith Home, Inc., Soul Winners Across

Town, Training Innovations, Inc. Two additional application for CDBG funding,

Home for Good and the Homeless Resource Network were not required to make

presentations. Due to prior commitments the City has made to these two

organizations, their requests will be funded. HOME ? There were no

presentations requested by the Board for the two applications for HOME funding,

Neighborworks Columbus, Inc. and Wynnton Neighborhood Housing, Inc.



After the presentations, the Board reviewed and discussed the various requests

for funding. After lengthy discussion and a series of motions, a budget was

approved for CDBG. The Board approved the following CDBG funding requests:



Columbus Community Center $30,000

Training Innovations $15,000

Faith Home, Inc. $14,705

Direct Service Corp. $ 5,000

Chattahoochee Valley Jail Ministries $45,000



The Board approved the following HOME funding requests:



Neighborworks Columbus, Inc. $412,629

Wynnton Neighborhood Housing, Inc. $160,000



The allocations approved were based on the total proposed allocations

(CDBG/HOME) to be awarded to the City from HUD and are subject to approval by

City Council. If the actual funding awarded by HUD is different then currently

proposed, the Board will reallocate based on the actual award.





ADJOURN



There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.







Minutes taken by: Mark McCollum

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