2023-01-04 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
January 4, 2023 3:00 PM
Estimated
Minutes
2 Call to Order
Establish Quorum
2 Approve Agenda
5 Approve Minutes
December 7, 2022
5 Public Comments
50 Old Business
10
New Business
Education and Awareness Update
10
Announcements
Adjourn
Attachments:
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Draft December 7, 2022 Meeting Minute
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
December7, 2022| REGULAR MEETING
Committee Members Present: Sharm Brantley,Liz Carbone, Tom Gale, Eric Knight, Katrina
Knight, Katrina Redmon,Paul Stavovy, Edwrin Sutton
NHC Staff Present:Eliza Baldwin, Tufanna Bradley, Katie Burket, Rachel LaCoe, Theo
McClammy, Jennifer Rigby, Rebekah Roth, Sarah Lipkin Sularz
City of Wilmington Staff Present:Abie Bonevac,Craig Harris, Chianti Johnson, Suzanne Rogers
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 3:06PMby Chairperson Sharm Brantleyand aquorum was
established.
Agenda Approval and Minutes
Mr.Katrina Knightmade a motion to approve the meeting agenda, seconded by Ms.Katrina
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Redmon and adopted unanimously. Ms. Redmon made a motion to adopttheNovember 2draft
minutes, seconded by Mr. Knightand adopted unanimously.
Public Comments
None
Approve Calendar
Chairperson Brantley asked for a motion to adopt the 2023 meeting schedule. The schedule was
approved unanimously.
Strategy Workshop Debrief
New Hanover County Chief Strategy Officer, Ms. Jennifer Rigby,presented a summary of the
November strategy work session.
Chairwoman Brantley and Vice-ChairTomGaleexpressed their priorities:
-Reorient and focus onthe purpose of the committee
-Definethe roles of Elected Officials, Staff, WHAC Membership, and the Public.
-Clarify historical outliers to those parameters.
Ms. Liz Carbone and Ms. Knight inquiredabout the appropriatetime to develop
messaging/education.Ms. Redmonmad
recommendations for ǞŷğƷ Ʒƚ ķƚ ǞźƷŷ ğ ƦǒĬƌźĭ ğǞğƩĻƓĻƭƭ ĭğƒƦğźŭƓ, not actually doing the
campaign. Mr. Paul Stavovy notes he doesnotwant to lose sight of the directive torecommend
funding and public awarenessto the elected officials.The group continued discussion, and they
reached general consensus that whywhat,and the elected
of any endeavor.
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Ms. Rigby spoke as toimportance of data, data-driven decisions.
that has already been developed, would not be starting from scratch. These should fall in line
with the WHAC Strategic Plan and 2021 WHAC work plan.
New Hanover County Senior Planner Rachel LaCoe gave an overview of accomplished tasks from
the identified 2021 WHAC work plan.
Annual Report
New Hanover County PlannerSarahLipkin Sularzpresented housing datametrics updated in
2022asa template of the Annual Reportas anexample of what can be delivered to the Board of
Commissioners and City Council in the spring.
Next Steps
Committeemembers were askedto bring any previous presentations, images or data to
include in the annual report/presentation.
Identify potentialavenues and efforts to
efforts.
Education and Awareness Sub CommitteeStaff has met with the NHC communications
team,and they areready to start the Workforce Housing Advisory Committeewebpage
workin January. This page wouldbe hosted on the County websitewithlinks to
presentations and reports completed and adopted by the WHAC.
o Attempt to answer the questionexamples of calls to action that the
committee can present
o New Hanover Countyand City of Wilmington planning departmentshavereceived
public comments that could help the committee inform what misconceptions are
present around workforce housing and how to base a campaign around that.
Announcements
Mr. Knight made the group aware of a proposal that will be presented to the city in a
few months involving unlimited density
Ms. Knight announced that the fire station has been torn downsignaling progress on
Adjourn
Mr. Suttonmade a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Mr. Knight. The meeting was
adjourned at4:56PM.
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