Lawton Urban Homesteading Agency

MINUTES LAWTON URBAN HOMESTEADING AGENCY (LUHA) SPECIAL MEETING MARCH 9, 2010 - 6:00 P.M. WAYNE GILLEY CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Chairman Fred L. Fitch, Notice of meeting and agenda were posted on the City Hall notice board as required by State Law. PRESENT: Bill Shoemate, Michael Tenis, Janice Drewry, Jay Burk, Robert Shanklin, Richard Zarle, Stanley Haywood, Doug Wells. ABSENT: None. ALSO PRESENT: Larry Mitchell, City Manager; Frank V. Jensen, City Attorney; Traci Hushbeck, City Clerk, COL Ray Lacey, Fort Sill Liaison. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 11, 2009 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LAWTON URBAN HOMESTEADING AGENCY (LUHA). MOVED by Shanklin, SECOND by Drewry, to approve the minutes of August 11, 2009. AYE: Tenis, Drewry, Burk, Shanklin, Zarle, Haywood, Wells, Shoemate. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED. _____________________________________________________________________________________ BUSINESS ITEMS: 1. Consider approving the Lawton Urban Homesteading Agency’s (LUHA’s) policy for the Neighborhood Stabilization Plan (NSP) and authorizing agency members to execute the document. Exhibits: LUHA Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Policy (Draft) is attached as Exhibit 1 or it is available at the City Clerk’s office for review. Tim Libby, Grants and Fiscal Officer for Housing and Community Development, stated this is the policy that will allow staff to evaluate properties using the housing and development specialist, which will give them an idea if they can buy the property with the money they have available which is about $35,000 per property. They look at if they can rehab the home and sell it to a low/moderate income home owner. They will only be able to purchase either foreclosed or abandoned properties. This policy will allow them to enter into contracts for those properties, then the properties will come back to the LUHA. MOVED by Haywood, SECOND by Wells, to approve the LUHA’s policy for the Neighborhood Stabilization Plan and authorize agency members to execute the document. AYE: Drewry, Burk, Shanklin, Zarle, Haywood, Wells, Shoemate, Tenis. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED. There was no further business to consider and the meeting adjourned at 6:05 p.m. upon motion, second and roll call vote. FRED L. FITCH, CHAIRMAN ATTEST: TRACI HUSHBECK, SECRETARY