Renaissance Housing Corporation Board Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

Board meeting for September, 2015  CCH  Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

 

minutes on hold for a bit.  

 

new properties

 

US BANK SITE on Broadway and 21st at Stout Street

 

Stout Street Health Center:    close out of construction disputes over leins over years.  1/4 million for representation in arbitration.  Architects will not reconvene until time of discovery until December.  The general architecture will sign a waiver with the Coalition.

 

Beetle Kill and Leak   wonderful remediation

 

North Colorado Station:  40th and Colorado 

70% completion

paving would be put in next month  JANUARY opening

Golf carts Consession in order to cross to putting greens on east side of Colorado Blvd.

 

People need a place to thrive  always to blend and not to be isolated and singled out because they are poor, disabled or incapacitated in any way.

City Council authorization and signature for the Private Activity Bonds and loans for continuued construction

in escrow  the investment  under budget and we are using contingency funds.  There will be some expenditures not an issue.  How can you be on time and not having problems with sub contractors.  We look at pricing materials and labor costs 

Alliance Construction a good partner to helping to perfrom

wall finishes were all in order, widows, community spaces,  brightens up living arrangements

Program staff and property management went out these  28 Project Based vouchers for veterans.  19 efficiency apartments for unique residents.

targeting for sober recovery from Ft. Lyon  communally run peer sponsored housing helping them in their return to life in Denver.  family units 11 for the residents upstairs  two potential voucher sources  continuum of care vouchers.  Rapid Rehousing funding of three million in next housing for metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative.

 

YOUTH are there any vouchers that are offered in any of these places.  

 

when does the light rail get started out there?

 

Renaissance Downtown Lofts  Tax Credit Award Late July.  100 units of supportive housing with one for a property manager.

this is where the old US BANK is located.  5 two bedroom units  and mostly single bedroom  courtyard as always on the second floor.

 

specifics on development:  

Moving forward with ___________.  Gaurentee Price Agreement

municipal approvals  parking exception  September 29  meeting at Webb Building about mid-day.

 

affordable housing use  ONLY ALLOW 50% reduction from 75 spaces to 35 spaces additional spaces for office use in building. We can only provide 29 spaces. We are short 12 spaces.

 

Good stead because most of the residents are without vehicles

Arapahoe Zone Square not requiring any parking spaces.

dedicated off site parking Parking at 22nd and Stout Street.

getting feedback from Curtis Park Neighborhood  not to provide any funding from city and state.  3 representatives fromCurtis park and one from Enterprise Field  concentration and services of homeless people urinating, loitering, and other issues of trash.  

Albus Brooks met with him twice:  expressed a concern for affordable housing and homeless people in this vicinity

BALL PARK they said that this is the type of project that will enhance the community.

Board of Adjustments meeting will take place the 29th at Webb Building at 11 a.m.

Met with Downtown Denver Partnership:  

PUSH AND SHOVE complicated by Social Impact Bond coming from the Mayor’s office 300 people who are cycling in and out of being in trouble supportive services from  Intensive Supportive Services WRAP around

They wished to see that the people were all work force housing 

MAYOR  100 units are critical  300 people targeted 1/3 will live on this property  South Federal there is a place being construct by Mental Health Center of Denver. MHCD.

 

fall back position  after 5 years as turn over occurs that we would be willing to lease up to 30 to 60% Area Mean Income.  

we will not discriminate against anyone because of their income and disabilities.

 

compromise  win on behalf of neighborhood not engaged in process

 

security  issues  Councilman Brooks on committee

market rate in 5 years  mayor’s affordable housing program.  I WOULD prefer to see higher degree of security on this site.  

perspective issue  drop-in center food bank  or some other common place of homeless people to gather around FORUM Apartments 18 years  business at City and County Building. Civic Center Apartments.  There have been gross issues of troubling circumstances

objections valid from their point of view how does this impact them?  Curtis Park shelters, day centers, travellers, day centers and more and more activity moves into their neighborhood.

 

distinction between housing situation of neighbors and people who have been in community for decades. Taking people off the street there will be more people to take people off the streets

 

camping ban  is a barrier.  

 

Downtown Lofts  front desk  24 hours operation:  new security protocols

 

enhanced control and good feedback

Matthew talking about people on Uptown Lofts  some security cameras were blacked out  we made these changes.

 

 

 

problems in stairways  people doing drugs  cleaned up we still see that we belong here it is our home.

 

fob system on stairwell  canot do that for fire codes.

 

whole coverage on each level  adding new cameras  1,000.00  for each camera  can track each resident at a time  who smokes crack and catch people

 

BUZZER goes off on every floor if door ajar and propped open

 

authorization to approve the sale of the two properties  End of October those units will be marketed.

 

8 million affordable housing development task force  create a dedicated funding source with 1 mil property tax  already authorized dedicated next year creating 13 million dollars annually

impact fee residential  per square foot  fee proceeds for the affordable housing fund. impact on housing for low-income people.

 

refining the proposal:  are there homeless people engaged in this process?

 

30 to 80% work force housing 1/3 and 1/3 for the lowest income housing issues.

 

How does this support housing  when it is TARGETED?  3 X 5 initiaitve

 

Christopher Conner said that it was relevant to former plans

dispproportionate amount of housing  impact fee on square foot  2 to 5 dollars a square foot.  this cements the costs of creating housing for people who are limited in their opportunities to have housing.