Housing Committee

1 VILLAGE OF SISTER BAY HOUSING COMMITTEE (VIRTUAL) 2 MEETING MINUTES 3 MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2024 4 (APPROVED) 5 6 1. Call Meeting to Order & Roll Call 7 In the absence of Chair Patrice Champeau, Village Administrator Schmelzer called the meeting to order 8 at 9:05 a.m. 9 10 Present: Lori Allen, Marissa Downs, Gustavo Gallardo, Kay Smith 11 Excused: Chair Patrice Champeau, Razvan Ciobanu, Lauren Aurelius. 12 Staff: Administrator Julie Schmelzer 13 Others: (None) 14 15 2. Approval of Agenda 16 Motion by Smith, second by Gallardo, to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried 17 unanimously. 18 19 3. Approve Minutes 20 Motion by Gallardo, second by Smith, to approve the minutes from the September 17 and September 21 24, 2024, meetings, as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 22 23 4. Comments, Correspondence and Concerns from the Public 24 (None) 25 26 5. Discussion/Action Items 27 a) PRO Grant Application 28 Schmelzer explained the public comment period on the draft application ended Saturday the 12th, so 29 late Saturday/early Sunday morning she amended the plan to reflect the comments made and sent it 30 to members for their consideration. All members received the plan at least 24 hours prior to the 31 meeting. The application was reviewed by the committee one last time, and the public comments read 32 to the members. Downs questioned the legal advice the village received saying they could only put a 33 short-term rental deed restriction on a publicly owned lot; she believes the village could put them on 34 private lots as well, and said it is something the village should research further. Following a discussion 35 about the cost of building a home, whether it could be built for under $250,000, and the Habitat for 36 Humanity model that allows for affordable homes, Gallardo expressed we need to file the application, 37 and others agreed the village needs to do something ‘now’. There was a motion by Allen, second by 38 Smith, to file the application. Motion carried unanimously. 39 40 6. Discussion Regarding Matters to be Placed on a Future Agenda, Referred to a Committee, Official 41 or Employee 42 Schmelzer explained that per their plan, the group is to have a list of developer incentives completed 43 by January. She offered to begin compiling information for the list, and indicated once circulated, 44 members could add programs they are aware of. Downs said she thought the group needed to start 45 working on the resale formula, and said both she and Smith are on the Door County Housing 46 Partnership Board and can explain how it works. It was agreed they’d lead the discussion on the 1  Minutes – October 14, 2024 - Village Housing Committee - APPROVED 1 formula at the next meeting, and no other speaker was necessary. The following month, if possible, 2 the group would like to meet with a contractor to discuss home designs and costs. And, if time allows, 3 begin meeting with the engineer to discuss a subdivision design. 4 5 Agenda Item No. 7. Set Meeting Schedule & Topic(s); Speaker Invite List. 6 (Discussed in part under item 6.) Smith said she is anxious and we need to get going and working on 7 providing the housing; the other members again supported that sentiment, and therefore agreed to 8 meet again the following week, on October 22nd at 11 am. It was noted they may need to forgo the 9 earlier plan of meeting once a month, and instead meet as often as needed to get more work done. 10 11 Agenda Item No. 8. Adjournment 12 Motion by Smith, second by Gallardo, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting 13 adjourned at 9:55 a.m. 14 15 Respectfully submitted, 16 Julie Schmelzer, Acting Recording Secretary 17 2