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Home My WebLink About2023-03-01 Agenda NEW HANOVER COUNTY PLANNING & LAND USE AGENDA COUNTY-CITY WORKFORCE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE | Meeting Finance Conference Room 500, 230 Government Center Dr., Wilmington, NC March 1 2023 3:00 PM Estimated Minutes 2 I. Call to Order Establish Quorum 2 II. Approve Agenda 5 III. Approve Minutes February 1, 2022 5 IV. Public Comments 30 V. Old Business Annual Report: Final Comment Stage 20 VI. New Business Annual Report: Presentation Discussion 10 VII. Staff Updates County City 10 VIII. Announcements IX. Adjourn Attachments: Draft February 1st, 2023, Meeting Minutes tǒƩƦƚƭĻʹ The Committee shall be organized for the purpose of developing a comprehensive workforce housing study, workforce housing opinion study and public awareness campaign, support for increasing equitable access and the supply of workforce housing that is affordable; informing the Appointing Authorities and other organizations of their findings; and making recommendations, in an advisory capacity, to the Appointing Authorities and other organizations, as necessary. NEW HANOVER COUNTY-CITY OF WILMINGTON WORKFORCE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE February1, 2023| REGULAR MEETING Committee Members Present: Sarah Arthur, Sharm Brantley,Liz Carbone, Tom Gale, Melanie James, Krysti Keser, Eric Knight, Katrina Knight, Katrina Redmon,Frank Smith NHC Staff Present:Tufanna Bradley, Katie Burket, Rachel LaCoe, Sarah Lipkin Sularz, Theo McClammy City of Wilmington Staff Present:Craig Harris, Chianti Johnson, Suzanne Rogers Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 3:07PMby Chairperson Sharm Brantleyand aquorum was established. Agenda Approval and Minutes Mr.Tom Galemade a motion to approve the meeting agenda, seconded byMr. Eric Knight and adopted unanimously. Mr.Galemade a motion to adopttheJanuary 3rddraft minutes, seconded by Mr. Knightand adopted unanimously. Public Comments None Old Business Finalize Strategic Plan New Hanover County Staffconfirmed that changes to the Strategic Plan discussed last week had been made andweresent to the group.Comments made during this meeting include: Strikethesecond sentence in theworkforce housingdefinition at the bottom. Capitalize. Add a sentence that shows examples of these types of workers or descriptions of different types of income. Add. . Complete sentence at bottom of thestrategic plan. Include same quantity of pages dedicated to City and County. Review Annual Report Outline Countystaffshared the annual report outline with the groupand gave a verbal update on the Bowen report, which is still being vetted by CountyStaff. Discussion includedpermitted use of funds, how to recommend funding to elected officials, where funds would be held, and potential to request from the endowment. Prioritize Recommendations Countystaffpresented the draft recommendations the group composed at thepreviousmeeting. The committee decided to not prioritizeor rank the recommendations, and just include several recommendations. Recommendation:Dedicated LIHTC Gap Financing Fund AttractLIHTC marketinvestments with a dedicated funding pool. Make the wording clearer, discuss the importance of projects having additionaldedicated funding. Tfinancing gapsforproject viability. Recommendation: Expanding Legal or Policy Protections for Housing ource of income protections out for a less contentious example.Idea posed to not including specific examples. Note that in NC, affordable housing is protected in the statutes. Review. Add changes to land use policies for less restrictions on housing type and development pattern to support affordable housing generation. Add incentives / tax limits forelderly& fixed income persons. Recommendation: Maximizeand IncentivizetheProduction and Preservation of Affordable Housing Units Change affordable housing to something broader (workforce housing, or a diversity of housing types, etc.). Mstrategic plan.Expand these ideas as bullet points below the recommendation.Notethat incentivizecan mean financial or regulatory. Recommendation: Expand Financial Counseling Programs Add Workforce RetentionEducation and C Recommendation: Replacement of ARPA Funds Show the amounts of ARPA funding, programs,and households served in the report. Show what other city/county funding went into these programs and what wouldbeneededto sustain them in the future. HurricaneFlorence recovery moneywill be phased out near term. Announcements None Adjourn Mr.Galemade a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Mr.Knight. The meeting was adjourned at4:42PM. 2