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Housing And Human Services Committee
Special Meeting Minutes
Siskiyou Room of the Community Development and Engineering Building
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January 2, 2025
SPECIAL MEETING
Minutes
Commissioners Present: Council Liaison:
Bob Kaplan - Absent
Echo Fields
Brittney Bass- Present over Zoom Dylan Bloom - Absent
Jim Dykstra Staff Present:
Montana Hauser Linda Reid; Housing Program Specialist
Rich Rohde Kendall Escuin; Admin Support
Commissioner’s Absent: SOU Liaison:
Ashley Laube Tiana Gilliland
Crystal Munoz
Vincent Tufts
I. CALL TO ORDER: 3:30 p.m.
II. ACTION PLAN SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT OVERVIEW
Linda Reid gave a brief overview on the amendment proposed by City Council. This
entails the reallocation of $112,112 in Community Development Block Grant Funds from
a provisional allocation to Sunstone Housing Collective, to public facilities
improvements to a city owned emergency shelter located at 2200 Ashland Street.
III. PUBLIC HEARING
A. Public comment on substantial amendment to the 2024 Action Plan
The City received six public comments via email.
No public comments were submitted at the meeting.
HHSAC members requested that staff provide information about the proposed work
that needs to be done on the 2200 Ashland Street, to make that building suitable for
use as an inclement weather shelter in the minutes. Staff referenced two documents
from the 2200 Ad Hoc Committee minutes that provided information about the
potential changes to that building.
o Please reference page 5 of the agenda packet from 2200 Ashland St. Ad Hoc
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Housing And Human Services Committee
Special Meeting Minutes
Committees meeting on September 4, 2024.
https://ashlandor.portal.civicclerk.com/event/249/files/agenda/613
o 2200 Ashland St. Building Code Requirement Spreadsheet.
Copy of 2200 Ashland St Building Code Requirement Based on Use Final Draft
(version 1) (002).xlsx
IV. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF ACTION PLAN AMENDMENT
The committee members reviewed the public comments submitted to the Housing
Program Manager prior to the meeting which were included in the packet materials.
The Committee accepted the proposal to reallocate the provisional award of $112,122
originally made to Sunstone Housing Collective, to a new eligible activity, needed
health and safety updates to the City owned emergency shelter building located at
2200 Ashland Street. With the condition that the Committee receive a detailed list of
the updates needed, the urgency of each item, and the total budget amount for each
item.
Fields/Gilliland. M/S. Voice Vote: ALL AYES.
V. ADJORNMENT 4:00 p.m.
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arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title 1).
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