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ASHLAND HOUSING COMMISSION
MINUTES
JULY 31, 1996
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Jack Ware called the meeting to order at 4:10 p.m. Members present were: Medinger, Sea,
Mahanay, Hill, Hauck, Vaughn and Kenefick. Absent member was Tiffany. Staff present were Madding,
McLaughlin and Yates.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
The Minutes of the June 26, 1996 meeting were approved.
SUBCOMMITTEES
The subcommittees were rearranged slightly as follows:
Education
Glenn Tiffany (contact person)
Jack Ware
Gathering Data
Jan Vaughn (contact person)
Steve Hauck
Beverly Kenefick
Larry Medinger
Funding
Gerry Sea (contact person)
Madeline Hill
Erin Mahanay
Medinger discussed the possibility of inventing another subcommittee, the Implementation Committee.
He would like to think of other ways to encourage affordable housing in Ashland at relatively no cost.
This would be a continuation of the process from six years ago. Ware thought the purpose of the
education committee will be to explore affordable housing for low income housing by talking to banks,
builders, etc. Medinger decided to be a part of the education subcommittee.
Ware presented a challenge: Can we build a house in Ashland for $100,000? Why can they do it in
Talent, Phoenix, and Medford?
Several ideas were bandied about such as cost of construction, choice of contractor, modular housing,
perceptions of cost of building in Ashland. Interview contractors that do not build in Ashland to find out
what prevents them from coming here. Is there a lack of money resources? Is the time right for an
energetic non-profit that specifically does housing? How do we go about getting people into existing
homes and rentals? Other ideas included forming our own CDC or raising the HUD limit. Vaughn said
she would call and find out what avenue to pursue to raise the HUD limit for modest housing in Jackson
County.
Ware thought for the next meeting (August 28th) each subcommittee could have a work plan. Hauck
hoped that each subcommittee could get together before the next meeting.
Vaughn reported that she took a whole group to Redding, CA to find out what was happening there with
affordable housing. Nothing is happening and they don't want anything to happen.
Madding asked that the three contact persons let her know when each committee is meeting so she can
also attend. Ware will contact Tiffany.
OTHER
Sea mentioned the joint study session with the Council and Housing Commission regarding annexations.
Kenefick felt the Council could have at least acknowledged the Housing Commission was in attendance.
Madding noted that Sea and Hill expressed the same feelings. Madding apologized for not conveying to
the Housing Commission how the meeting would be conducted.
Hauck said the meeting was not scheduled as a joint meeting but as a Council work session. Kenefick
said that was not important. The Council could have taken five minutes to say "thank you for being
there". Hill said the Council was struggling mildly with the housing issues and the Council could possibly
have benefitted from the Housing Commission's input.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
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JULY 31, 1996