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Home My WebLink About2025-08-24 Housing & Human Services Committee PACKET Housing And Human ServicesCommittee Agenda OHRA Tour& Meeting in the OHRA Conference Room 2350 Ashland St, Ashland, OR 97520 Note: Anyone wishing to speak at any Housing and Human Services Advisory Committeemeeting is encouraged to do so. If you wish to speak, please rise and, after you have been recognized by the Chair, give your name and complete address for the record. You will then be allowed to speak. Please note the public testimony may be limited by the Chair. August 28, 2025 SPECIAL MEETINGAGENDA I.MEET AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE OHRA CENTER: 4:00 p.m. II.TOUR CDBG FUNDED PROJECTS: 4:15-5:15 III.CONSENT AGENDA A.Approval of June 26, 2025, Minutes IV.UNFINISHED BUSINESS A.Community Event Discussion Continued(5:15-5:45p.m.) V.INFORMATIONAL ITEMS A.Liaison Reports B.General Announcements VI.AGENDA BUILDING –Future Meetings VII.ADJOURNMENT:6:00 p.m. 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). Page 1of 1 Housing And Human ServicesCommittee Minutes June 26, 2025 REGULAR MEETING Minutes Commissioner’sPresent:CouncilLiaison: Bob Kaplan Echo Fields Montana Hauser John Maher Noah WerthaiserStaffPresent: Montana HauserLinda Reid; Housing Program Specialist Ashley LaubeSOULiaison: Commissioner’sAbsentVacant Vincent Tufts Jim Dykstra I.CALL TO ORDER: 4:06 p.m. II.APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA III.CONSENT AGENDA A.Approval of May 22, 2025, Minutes Werthaiser/Laube.M/S. Voice Vote: ALL AYES. The minutes from May 22,2025, meeting have been approved with the correction of removing Rich Rohde from the attendance portion of the minutes. IV.PUBLIC FORUM (4:05-4:15 p.m.) A.Public Forum. N/A V.NEW BUSINESS A.Climate Friendly Areas Update: Brandon Goldman, Community Development Director presented on the provisions of the newly adopted Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities Ordinance which might be of interest to the Housing and Human Servies Advisory Committee. B.Beach Creek RFP Review and Recommendation Page 1 of 3 Housing And Human ServicesCommittee Minutes Jessica Therkelsen, executive Director for Trusted Homes,provided a brief presentation of the proposed application and answered several questions. John Maher provided a written motion with discussion points. JM/NW -M/S,“I move that the City of Ashland reopen the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of six single-family homes in the Beach Creek subdivision. This decision is based on the evaluation of the sole proposal received from Trusted Homes and Taylored Elements Construction, which, while promising in some respects,presents several material risks and weaknesses. Thes include concerns regarding the non-profit sponsor’s limited organizational track record, and lackof experience with restricted affordable housing, unconfirmed project financing, and potential challenges in integrating the proposed affordable homes into an existing neighborhood context. Reopening the RFP process will allow the City to solicit additional proposals that better meet our goals for permanent affordability, high-quality design, and equitable neighborhood integration”. The motion was seconded for the purpose of discussion. Voice vote;Motion failed. NW/AL-M/S, Forward a recommendation to approve the Trusted Homes application for award of the Beach Creek property development request for proposals by the City Council. Voice vote; five in favor, and one opposed. C.Outreach Event Discussion It was suggested that the workgroup reach out to Science Works to see if the event can be held there. Maslow Project expressed an interest in being a part of this year’s event. Additional participants suggested included Talent Maker City, Ashland Scouts,and Rogue Credit Union. Laube and Werthaiser volunteered to serve on the outreach eventworkgroup. D.Update from Sunstone Krista Palmer, Executive Director for Sunstone Housing Collaborative, provided HHSACwith an updateon the housing development in coordination with the school district. VI.UNFINISHED BUSINESS A.City of Medford Affordable Housing Toolkit Review and Discussion The Committee liked the toolkit and felt that the most likely action that the Page 2of 3 Housing And Human ServicesCommittee Minutes HHSAC could take to support the development of need housing types would be to hostanother affordable housing bus tour, create a myth busters handout, and a toolkit for how to talk to neighbors and community members about affordable housing, potentially as part of the Equitable Housing Plan. VII.INFORMATIONAL ITEMS A.Liaison Reports CouncilorKaplan presented the Council report. B.General Announcements VIII.AGENDA BUILDING –Future Meetings Update from Noah about funding from the State to address Homelessness Welcome and introductions from new members. IX.ADJOURNMENT:6:10p.m. 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). Page 3of 3 Memo DATE: August 28, 2025 TO: Housing and Human Services Advisory Committee FROM: Linda Reid, Housing Program Manager DEPT: Planning RE: Community Resource Event Planning Continued Community Resource Fair discussions to include: Reviewing the attached form and selecting your preferences. Other discussion items as determined by the Community Event Coordinator. Planning Department 20 East Main StreetTel:541.488.5300 Ashland, Oregon 97520Fax:541.552.2059 ashland.or.usTTY: 800.735.2900