2023-03-01 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.
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