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June 22
Housing And Human Services Advisory Committee
Minutes
Commissioners Present: Council Liaison:
Echo Fields Bob Kaplan (Absent)
Brittney Bass Dylan Bloom
Deborah Price Staff Present:
Heidi Parker Linda Reid; Housing Program Specialist
Rich Rohde Kendall Escuin; Admin Support
Commissioner’s Absent: SOU Liaison:
Kathy Kali Reese Rosenburg (Absent)
Alan Ackroyd
Jason Mendoza
I. CALL TO ORDER: 4:05 p.m.
II. ANNOUNCEMENTS
N/A
III. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approval of May 25, 2023, Minutes
Fields recommends that we add a sentence under the SOU Liaisons presentation to include
that we had a robust conversation about the rent-well renter’s education program offered by
ACCESS.
Rhode/Price m/s Voice vote: ALL AYES. The minutes will be adopted as amended.
IV. PUBLIC FORUM (4:05-4:10 p.m.)
A. Public Forum.
Sidney Brown, Committee Member of CEPAC came to share that the electrification
resolution language is being worked on currently and actively by the World
Climate Action Team. They are working with the City Manager and City Attorney to
evolve the language that will withstand the Berkley ruling. The city has voted to
move with a resolution that will mandate all new housing to not include natural
gas.
V. NEW BUSINESS
A. Discussion of Topics related to SOU Student Liaison’s Presentation on Housing
Insecurity (4:15-4:35 p.m.).
a. Engaging younger people in City Government.
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Bloom gave the Committee some insight into the City’s plan for the University
District. Bloom also went into the plans for construction of the Cascade building
on SOU’s campus.
b. Possible Solutions to address rental application fees.
The Committee had an in-depth conversation on Ors.90.295.
https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_90.295 . The Committee also discussed
the Rent well program classes offered through ACCESS and OHRA
https://rentwell.org/ and reviewed the Oregon Real Estate Agency’s website.
https://www.oregon.gov/rea/pages/index.aspx
Rohde would like to establish a workgroup that would be part of addressing
property management issues in Ashland.
Munoz would like to research what is already working and functioning in Portland,
OR. regarding property management issues and present ideas of how to recreate
that system in Ashland to the City Council at an upcoming meeting.
Reid recommends to the Committee that we hone down our goals to 5 items we
can work on in this fiscal year and present those to the City Council.
Fields initiated a voice vote to create a workgroup focused on property
management issues in Ashland.
VOICE VOTE: ALL AYES. The workgroup will be made up of Committee Member
Rohde and Vice Chair Munoz.
B. Housing Program Webpage Review and Suggestions for Updates and Changes
(4:35-5:05 p.m.).
Reid gave a presentation on the Housing section of the City of Ashland page and
what documents are available.
The Committee discussed ways to make the Housing section more appealing and
user friendly. Perhaps hire a web designer. Fields recommends creating a
workgroup in the future to discuss ways to improve the Housing section of the
City’s website.
C. Multi-Agency Coordination Group Update (5:05-5:25 p.m.)
Fields wanted to touch on 3 topics for this meeting. The Committee had discussions on the
following topics.
1. Budget/ funding stream related information.
2. ACCESS article about the various funding streams.
3. The status for certain social service groups.
Reid gives a detailed recap for projects funded with E.O. 2023-02 funding.
D. HPS Timeline Review (5:25-5:45 p.m.)
Fields gave a review of the DLCD timeline and recommended we submit
comments. https://www.oregon.gov/lcd/pages/index.aspx
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Price would like Reid to get in contact with someone in the DLCD offices to let us
know what their struggles and successes are. Recommends that we all comment
on the DLCD website.
VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. None
VII. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
A. Liaison Reports
Reid reminds the group that at the July 18, 2023, Council Meeting, the City Council will
be reviewing each Committee’s 5 priority goals for the next fiscal year.
B. General Announcements
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Rohde shared that Peace House was celebrating their 40 anniversary on 6/22/2022
from 4-7pm. There is also a Pride event on Saturday June 24 at the Medford
Commons.
VIII. AGENDA BUILDING – Future Meetings
IX. ADJOURNMENT: 6:05 p.m.
Next Meeting Date: July 27, 2023
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this
meeting, please email linda.reid@ashland.or.us. Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to
make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title 1).
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