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Draft Minutes
Community Development Building
51 Winburn Way
March 28, 2024
Draft Minutes
Commissioners Present: Council Liaison:
Bob Kaplan
Echo Fields
Jonah Linden Dylan Bloom
Deb Price Staff Present:
Alan Ackroyd Linda Reid; Housing Program Specialist
Rich Rohde Kendall Escuin; Admin Support
Crystal Munoz
Jason Mendoz
Kathy Kali
Brittney Bass
I. CALL TO ORDER: 4:00 p.m.
II. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
III. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approval of February 22, 2024, Minutes
Rohde/Price M/S. Voice Vote: ALL AYES.
IV. PUBLIC FORUM (4:05-4:10 p.m.)
A. Public Forum.
N/A
V. NEW BUSINESS
A. CDBG Grant Presentations (4:10-4:30 p.m.).
Maslow representative Cheyenne Nichols requesting $18,000.
Sunstone representatives Krista Palmer and Jill Franko request the full grant
amount of $143,666.
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B. CDBG Grant Award Discussion and Recommendations (4:30-4:50 p.m.).
The Committee made a motion to allocate the grant funds as follows.
Maslow to be awarded $20,000.
Sunstone to be awarded $ 123,666.
Fields/Price M/S. Voice Vote: ALL AYES and 1 abstention by Rohde.
C. AHTF Grant Presentations (4:50-5:30 p.m.).
Ashland Community Land Trust representative Chris Barrett requesting $40,000 in
matching funds.
OHRA representative Jackie Agee requesting $200,000.
Sunstone representative Krista Palmer requesting $100,000.
Habitat for Humanity had no representative present. Requesting $100,000.
D. AHTF Grant Award Discussion and Recommendations (5:30-5:50 p.m.).
The Committee made a motion to accept recommendation for the grant
allocation as follows.
$40,000 to Ashland Community Land Trust
$100,000 to Habitat for Humanity
$155,000 to OHRA
$55,000 to Sunstone
Fields/Mendoza M/S. Voice Vote: ALL AYES and 1 abstention by Rohde.
VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. None
VII. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
A. Liaison Reports
Councilor Kaplan reported that the city council voted to decline state funding and
end the 24/7 sheltering at the 2200 Ashland St. site. Staff will be directed to work with
Access on any close-out issues.
B. General Announcements
Fields gave the Committee an update on the Subcommittee master plan. There is a
Study Session presentation on Monday April 1 at 5:30pm at the city council chambers.
HB-1537, regarding the urban growth boundary, will be discussed.
Reid shared that we received the grant for the mobile homes.
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VIII. AGENDA BUILDING Future Meetings
Inviting Home Share to present for A.
Community Wildfire Protect Plan and Fire Wise. Requesting Brian Hendrix to present for
.
IX. ADJOURNMENT: 6:00 p.m.
Next Meeting Date: April 25, 2024
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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