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Housing And Human ServicesCommittee
Minutes
Siskiyou Roomof the Community Development and Engineering Building
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February 27, 2025
REGULARMEETING
Minutes
Commissioner’sPresent:CouncilLiaison:
Bob Kaplan
Echo Fields
Brittney BassDylan Bloom-Absent
Jim DykstraStaffPresent:
Montana HauserLinda Reid; Housing Program Specialist-Absent
Brandon Goldman – Director of Community
Rich Rohde
Development
Ashley LaubeKendall Escuin; Admin Support
Crystal Munoz
Noah WerthaiserSOULiaison:
Tiana Gilliland–Present through Zoom
Commissioner’sAbsent:
Vincent Tufts
I.CALL TO ORDER: 4:00 p.m.
II.APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
III.CONSENT AGENDA
A.Approval of January 23, 2025, Minutes
Bass/Munoz.M/S. Voice Vote: ALL AYES. The minutes from January 23, 2025, meeting have
been approved as presented.
IV.PUBLIC FORUM (4:05-4:15 p.m.)
A.Public Forum.
N/A
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V.NEW BUSINESS
A.City of Ashland ADU Program Overview(4:15-4:35p.m.)Presented by Community
Development Director Brandon Goldman.
https://ashlandoregon.gov/1077/Accessory-Dwelling-Units
Mr. Goldman touched on the following key points and was available for questions
after the presentation.
o Application Process
o ADU plans and floor layouts.
o Qualifications and potential obstacles.
B.Community Resource Event Debrief(4:35-5:05p.m.)Presented by Committee
Chair Echo Fields.
What worked well:
o The locationat the libraryprovided lots of space and was easy to get to.
o The tablepresenters were engaged with attendees.
o Gettingto talk and really listen to community members to understandtheir
concerns with fair housingand their personal obstacles.
o The human services table was a huge success and very popular.
o Thediverse group of communitymembersthat attended.
o The snacks.
Opportunity for change for next year’s event:
o Hold the event on a different day. For example, on a weekend during the
afternoon.
o Story collecting about housing for next year.
o The attendees said thatthey would like our housing fair to take place more
than just once a year. To give more people the opportunity to attend.
o Reminder email for the table participants so they don’t forget.
o Start the eventearlier because the 6-7PM hour the traffic really died down.
o Eisle with a postersized event directorythat lists where the table
presenters/organizationsare and which room they are in.
o Email blast to the table participants to get a 2-sentencedescription of who
they are and what they represent.
o Adjust the time to 4-6PM.
o Ensure thatthe localnews stations have been invited to the event.
o Partner with the Ashland Food Co-Op to spread awareness through their
member system. Could also be a resource for foodofferings.
o Change the name of the event.
Action to take now:
o Create a reportwhich debriefs the eventto present to the City Council.
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C.Vice Chair position discussion (5:05-5:20)
Tabled this item for next month.
VI.UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Chair Fields has requested that the HHSAC committee members also attend other
City committee meetings.
Committee member Rohde is requestingan “end of the season evaluationreport”,
post snowstorm, (which occurred the beginning of Februarythis year). This report
should include the actions the citytook during the extreme weather emergency,
highlighting successes and challenges. After every winterseasonor extreme
weather situation, there should be anaction report created.
VII.INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
A.Liaison Reports
Councilor Kaplanpresented the Council report.
o The City Council approved the second reading of the ordinance for the
committees.
o City Council agreed to extendthe 2200 Ashland St. Ad Hoc committee to
work on the site plan for additional uses for the property.
o The City Council decided to pause the RFP Housing Trust Fund to reevaluate
where to direct those fundings.
B.General Announcements
Chair Fieldsshared that Marla Estes, with Rural UrbanAction, islooking for
volunteersbetween the dates of April 12- November 2025. Rural Urban Action deals
with housing and homelessness.
Mr. Goldmanshared that thedevelopment at 300 clay street was approved by the
st
planning commission and will be presented to the City Council on April 1. Also, the
City Council waived the fees for Bob Kendricks plansfor the Grand Terracehousing
project, which include 24 affordable units. This application is in the planning
department’sreview queue.
VIII.AGENDA BUILDING – Future Meetings
Volunteers for the Rural Urban Action team.
Nominees and voting forthe Vice Chair position.
IX.ADJOURNMENT:6:00 p.m.
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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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