HOUSING TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD TECHNICAL REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes HOUSING TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD TECHNICAL REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE BRIAN PETERS, CHAIR Toni Biscobing, Nicholas DeFino, Kalan Haywood, Sr., and Kori Schneider Peragine Staff Assistant, Joanna Polanco Phone: (414) 286-2366, jpolan@milwaukee.gov Wednesday, October 12, 2016 9:00 AM Room 303, City Hall 1. Roll Call taken at 9:04 AM Members Present: Brian Peters Kori Schneider-Peragine Toni Biscobing kalan Haywood, Sr Nicholas DeFino CDGA Staff: Mario Higgins Maria Pellerin Mary Richardson Professional Interpreting Enterprises Inc. Maria Kielman Stephanie Kerkvliet 2. Approval of previous meeting minutes. Motion by Mr. Haywood, Sr, seconded by Ms. Schneider-Peragine to approve the minutes of the October 2, 2015 meeting. There were no objections. 3. Discussion of the Housing Trust Fund Application. Mr. Haywood, Sr., asked if anyone had contacted Ald. Murphy with interest in participating in the Technical Review Subcommittee. Ms. Polanco said that no new members have been appointed to the Subcommittee as of today. Mr. Higgins started application discussion by saying that as an advisory board, members need to stablish their priorities before reviewing applications; that in effect may change from year to year. For example last year due to the market and the In past years foreclosure was a priority. Mr. DeFino said that mortgage counseling last year did not fit many of the criteria. Hoping this year we can exclude that priority. Mr. DeFino asked regarding those projects that are not applying monies, how do we City of Milwaukee Page 1 HOUSING TRUST FUND ADVISORY Meeting Minutes October 12, 2016 BOARD TECHNICAL REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE verify that they in doing what they said they would do. Mr. Higgins responded that is a responsibility of the administration and will provide the board with an update as to the status of projects and monies disbursed. Mr. DeFino has a concern regarding development fee, should there be a limit of the development fees when considering the projects. Mr. Higgins responded that as standard protocol City would not allow anything higher than 10% developer fees; but anything over would have to be deferred. We would contact Department of City Development to make sure project is not receiving funds from them. Members reviewed the application packet page by page with the scoring sheet side-by-side. Mr. Peters asked if we want to allow same applicant to apply for more than one category. Mr. Higgins said that it should be considered as a funding priority. Remove section regarding Homebuyer counseling category. Members discussed possible modification to the order of questions in application to coincide with the order of the scoring categories on the scoring sheet. On page 6, remove the language in parenthesis under item 1 third bullet point under American with Disabilities Act. On page seven update contact information. No more changes were suggested for the application. 4. Meeting adjourned at 11:09 AM Members of the Common Council and its standing committees who are not members of this committee may attend this meeting to participate or to gather information. Notice is given that this meeting may constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any of its standing committees, although they will not take any formal action at this meeting. Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities through sign language interpreters or auxiliary aids. For additional information or to request this service, contact the City Clerk's Office ADA Coordinator at 286-2998, (FAX)286-3456, (TDD)286-2025 or by writing to the Coordinator at Room 205, City Hall, 200 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Limited parking for persons attending meetings in City Hall is available at reduced rates (5 hour limit) at the Milwaukee Center on the southwest corner of East Kilbourn and North Water Street. Parking tickets must be validated in the first floor Information Booth in City Hall. City of Milwaukee Page 2 HOUSING TRUST FUND ADVISORY Meeting Minutes October 12, 2016 BOARD TECHNICAL REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE Persons engaged in lobbying as defined in s. 305-43-4 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances are required to register with the City Clerk's Office License Division. Registered lobbyists appearing before a Common Council committee are required to identify themselves as such. More information is available at http://city.milwaukee.gov/Lobbying. City of Milwaukee Page 3