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A
Good
morning,
welcome
to
the
january
meeting
of
the
housing
opportunity
fund
advisory
board.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
today.
As
normal.
We
start
each
meeting
with
a
public
comment,
so
we
have
one
public
commenter
registered
maker
conquer
hammond.
Are
you.
B
B
Today's
public
comments,
and,
and
certainly
not
due
to
the
hos
advisory
board,
I
had
a
very
busy
day
yesterday,
followed
by
being
glued
to
the
tv
and
the
news
and
the
events
of
our
nation's
capital
last
night,
and
I
raised
that
in
this
context,
both
for
its
overwhelming
impact
and
to
raise
that.
I
simply,
as
I
know,
you
all
believe
in
that
there
is
no
more
important
activity
within
this
context
than
addressing
white
supremacy
and
equity,
and
in
this
context,
that
is
within
housing
and
so
for
the
conversation
today.
B
I
simply
implore
that
we
move
forward
on
establishing
the
creation
of
committees,
and
certainly,
in
my
viewpoint,
in
the
fair
housing
partnerships
viewpoint,
that
the
most
important
committee
at
this
time
is
establishing
a
fair
housing
committee
that
provides
an
equity
lens
into
the
goals
and
outcomes
of
what
the
programming
is
to
have
with
clear
milestones
for
assessing
those
goals.
You
know
throughout
the
year
to
share,
I
will
say
in
terms
of
what's
happening
nationwide
on
this
topic.
This
is
a
unknown
topic
in
the
space
of
creating
meaningful
solutions.
B
Over
december,
the
city
of
boston
passed
sweep
a
brand
new
of
the
first
of
its
kind
legislation,
not
simply
upholding
the
concept
that,
at
the
local
level,
they
support
of
firmly
furthering
fair
housing,
but
that
they
are
going
to
take
concrete
action.
I
can
share
with
you
all
later
with
more
time
the
specific
actions
called
out
by
the
boston
legislation
in
which
the
city
as
a
whole
will
review
and
require
developers
and
housing
projects
to
identify
the
fair
housing
impact
of
their
projects.
This
identification
does
not
stop.
B
Additionally,
if
you
are
following
in
oregon,
if
you
understand
oregon's
history,
you
understand
that
oregon
as
a
state
excluded
and
removed
all
of
its
black
population
at
the
creation
of
the
state,
and
so
the
black
population.
In
oregon
is
overwhelmingly
small
across
about
two
percent
of
the
state
population.
B
As
a
result,
the
city
of
oregon
during
the
pandemic
passed
legislation
in
creating
the
small
business
loan
for
black
business
owners,
specifically
in
carving
out
a
4.5
percentage
of
its
pandemic
relief
money
to
address
equity,
to
address
ensuring
that
black
small
business
owners
had
access
to
the
relief
funds.
That
case
is
in
litigation
and
following
that
litigation
and
understanding
how
equity
is
implemented,
what
the
litigatory
arguments
are
and
how
to
address
it
in
a
meaningful
way
in
terms
of
the
solutions
being
invented
now
across
the
country,
and
I
implore
the
board.
B
So
I
I
welcome-
and
I
appreciate
you
all
for
listening
and-
and
I
thank
you
for
investing
in
this
time-
and
I
ask
that
we
all
work
together
to
find
these
solutions,
because
we
have
to
create
them
and
at
least
in
our
small
corner
of
the
world
in
pittsburgh,
that
we
will
find
these
solutions
and
implement
them
to
make
real
change.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
megan.
As
far
as
I'm
aware,
there
are
no
other
registered
public
comments,
I'll
give
staff
a
second
to
shout
out.
If
I'm
incorrect
about
that.
A
Okay,
so
with
no
more
public
comment,
we
will
move
on
to
call
roll.
E
D
A
Happy
new
year
everybody
jerome
jackson,
he
emailed
me
and
said
he
would
be
late,
theresa
kellsmith,
yeah,
mark
masterson.
F
E
F
A
G
A
Was
that
adrian?
No,
that
was
me
lina
lina.
Thank
you.
Mark
proved
lena
seconded
all
those
in
favor,
aye,
aye,
aye.
C
A
Yeah,
so
so
we
have
a
really
cool
awesome
announcement.
Today,
a
lot
of
you
may
have
read
in
the
paper
and
and
we
did
alert
advisory
board
before
the
holidays-
that
councilman
o'connor
acts
that
some
funds
from
his
district
be
reallocated
into
the
housing
opportunity
fund.
A
So
what
that
means
is
the
fund
is
generally
funded
at
10
million
a
year
from
city
funding,
and
this
will
add
an
additional
1
958
000
to
the
2021
allocation
and
when
it
went
in
front
of
council
to
be
added
to
the
housing
opportunity
fund,
the
council
legislation
is
as
what
was
on
your
screen,
stating
that
the
housing
stabilization
program
would
receive
another.
A
Eight
hundred
and
eight
thousand
demonstration
dollars
would
receive
another
four
hundred
thousand
legal
help
would
receive
another
five
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
and
then
administration
at
200
000.,
and
then,
additionally,
it's
not
on
the
slide,
because
it's
not
hof
money,
but
it
also
included
500
000
to
go
to
the
ura
in
the
form
of
cdbg
for
the
rental
gap
program,
especially
as
it
relates
to
preservation
developments.
A
A
So
if
you
just
take
the
2021
column,
you
know
plus
the
additional
column,
you
can
see
that
that
that
means,
for
example,
another
1.3
million
and
some
changes
going
into
hsp
out
of
2021,
and
then
the
demo
dollars
will
have
800
000
of
demo
dollars
into
2021,
hsp,
etc.
So,
once
again
you
know
this
is
just
fabulous
news.
I
open
it
up
for
for
discussion,
but
basic.
Basically,
according
to
the
legislation,
the
role
of
the
advisory
board
is
to
you
know,
help
us
allocate
the
funding
each
year
and
to
approve
it.
A
You
know
this
is
a
little
bit
different,
because
it's
additional
money
that
that
came
with
the
line
items
already
in
place.
So
the
wording
I
put
on
the
agenda
for
today
is
acknowledging
and
accepting
the
additional
allocation.
So
after
any
discussion
we
have,
I
believe
that
that
would
be
sort
of
what
I
would
ask
the
member
to
to
to
recommend
us
that
we
that
that
the
advisory
board
acknowledges
and
accepts
the
application.
So,
okay,
I
opened
it
up
for
discussion.
G
I
think
it's
great
news,
you
know,
I
don't
know
if
there
there's
a
whole
lot
of
discussion
right
now
that
needs
to
occur.
I
I'd
be
willing
to
make
the
most
to
acknowledge
and
accept
the
the
allocation
and
and.
G
To
thank
councilman
o'connor
for
doing
this,
because
you
know
hsp
and
and
hopefully
with
demo
dollars
getting
used
in
a
way
that's
going
to
support
some
of
the
stuff.
That's
going
to
be
the
that
is
a
continuing
impact
with
the
pandemic
and
with
legal
help,
also
helping
folks
that
are
that
are
struggling
right
now.
You
know.
I
think
this
is
really
great
news.
A
Okay,
so
so
theresa
kell
smith
seconded
go
go
head,
councilwoman.
H
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
also
thank
councilman
o'connor
and
city
council,
and
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
work
that
he
and
dan
gilman
did
together
working
together
on
this,
to
make
sure
that
council
felt
comfortable
moving
it
forward.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
for
all
their
work
and
working
collectively.
It
shows
what
we
can
do
when
we
work
together
for
the
betterment
of
our
people.
So
thank
you
to
everyone.
A
Yes
and
thank
you,
president
councilwoman
kale
smith,
for
your
work
on
this
as
well.
Thank.
A
You
okay,
so
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
all
those
in
favor
aye,
aye,
aye
aye.
A
Anybody
opposed
us.
I
can't
imagine
all
right
motion
carries
thanks.
I
didn't
mean
to
push
discussion,
though.
If
there
is
more
discussion,
please
go
ahead.
Go
ahead
adrian
just
this.
I
I
It's
incredibly
important
to
not
only
talk
about
folks
served,
but
also
talk
about
depth
of
the
problem
and
performance
of
providers
in
the
community
to
get
the
money
out
on
the
street
in
a
way
that
is,
is
fast,
is
manageable
by
the
folks
in
need
and
is
done
in
such
a
way
that
it
can
over
a
crisis
that
includes,
you,
know,
timeline
of
how
how
long
the
application
process
takes.
How
onerous
the
application
is,
how
long
it
actually
takes
from
a
completed
application
to
money
being
allocated
to
an
individual
to
a
landlord.
I
A
Absolutely-
and
you
know
we
can
talk
more
about
the
analysis,
possibly
a
committee
structure
and
the
ura
itself
we're
creating
a
lot
more
metrics
for
analysis
right
now
as
well.
A
Okay,
if
not,
we
will
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
which
is
the
recommendation
for
approval
for
the
final
bylaws
and
share.
A
So
as
as
you
all
know,
we
entered
into
a
contract
with
hrna
advisors.
Who
was
the
group
that
helped
us
originally
get
started
with
the
hof
to
to
draft
by
laws?
For
us
that
talked
about
the
operation
of
the
advisory
board,
and
there
was
also
a
section
in
there
that
talked
about
the
chair
description
as
well,
but
you
can
see
here
on
the
side
of
the
slide.
A
A
document
that
you
all
signed
and
talked
a
little
bit
about
that-
I
you
saw
a
draft
of
it
publicly
at
last
month's
meeting
advisory
board
had
a
couple
week
opportunity
to
put
comments
in.
We
did
not
receive
too
many
comments,
but
I
took
the
comments
that
we
got
and
talked
to
hra
advisors,
who
then
produced
you
know
the
final
document
that
I
sent
to
you
earlier
this
week
for
review,
so
so
all
advisory
board.
A
Members
should
have
that
document
right
now,
and
so
I
I
open
it
up
to
discussion
with,
I
think,
the
goal
being
if,
if
the
advisory
board
is
comfortable
with
the
document,
that
someone
makes
a
motion
to
to
accept
the
bylaws.
So
I
open
it
up
to
discussion.
K
A
There
there
really
wasn't.
We
received
very
little
comment
from
the
advisory
board.
I
know
one
comment
we
received
was
about
the
the
addition.
J
A
Non-Advisory
board
members
to
committee
structure.
The
document
does
not
speak
to
that.
The
document
is
for
the
use
of
the
advisory
board
and
to
talk
about
the
role
of
the
advisory
board
members,
so
hrna
advisors,
you
know,
did
not
feel
like
they
should
make
a
a
rolling
on
that.
You
know
at
this
point
so
that
was
not
included.
There
was
just
a
couple
of
clarifying
sentences.
A
We
added
you
know,
sentence
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
statement
that
there
would
be
interpretation
provided
at
these
meetings-
a
couple
of
statements
like
that,
but
there
was
no
major
change
to.
A
K
I
know
for
me
the
holidays
was
a
bit
challenging
to
get
my
feedback
in,
but
I
knew
I
provided
a
lot
of
it
at
the
meeting
itself
and
got
a
lot
of
in
the
minutes.
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
responses
to
that
feedback.
My
main
concerns
are
making
sure
the
staff
is
committed.
You
know
to
the
working
groups
so
that
they're
functional
you
know
not
that
you
guys
had
to
manage
them,
but
that
we
had
enough
collaboration
that
could
we
could
function
yeah
and
there
are
some
other
things,
but.
E
A
Sonia
adrian
motioned
sonya
seconded
all
those
in
favor.
A
Anybody
oppose
or
abstain.
All
right
motion
carries
for
the
acceptance
of
the
bylaws
okay,
next
so
within
the
bylaws,
and
is
a
description
of
the
chair.
So
just
to
kind
of
recap,
a
little
bit
of
history,
the
advisory
board
yourselves
ask
the
ura
to
you
know
to
help
draft
a
chair
description,
which
is
you
know,
one
reason
why
we
contracted
with
hrna
for
the
bylaws,
so
so.
A
This
is
the
description
that
is
part
of
the
bylaws
as
it
relates
to
a
chair
and-
and
so
this
describes
what
a
chair
would
do.
If
the
chair
is
elected
from
the
advisory
board,
I
sent
an
email
to
the
advisory
board
members.
You
know
basically
stating
that
just
from
you
know
operating
this
myself
and
and
also
understanding,
you
know
what
all
these
activities
would
entail.
A
I
would
estimate
that
this
is
a
relatively
significant
time
commitment
for
somebody
to
make,
and
I
also
you
know,
wanted
to
make
sure
that
all
advisory
board
members
fully
understood
the
conflict
of
interest
policy
and-
and
you
know,
really
thought
about
how
many
times
they
would
need
to
abstain
from
votes
given
what
their
own
organization
would
be
doing,
and
the
bylaws
themselves
also
speak
to
needing
a
chair
to
have
at
least
a
year
experience
on
the
advisory
board,
and
I
think
the
bylaws
mentioned
for
people
actually
representing
government
seats
that
that
they
not
share
the
advisory
board,
and
so
those
are
sort
of
the
the
rules.
A
So
at
this
point
in
time,
I'm
going
to
pass
it
over
to
adrian,
as
a
member
of
the
advisory
board,
to
kind
of
monitor
this
discussion
about
a
chair.
So
adrian.
I
Thanks
jessica,
I
think
this
is
an
exciting
moment,
as
we've
evolved
as
a
group
to
be
able
to
take
more
time.
Take
a
look
at
more
data,
have
a
more
robust
structure
to
the
work
that
we
do
not
only
as
board
members,
but
also
engaging
members
of
the
community
engaging
thought
leaders,
engaging
expertise
in
our
conversations
through
establishing
things
like
committees.
I
One
of
the
things
that
we've
been
talking
about
for
quite
some
time
now
is
the
establishment
of
more
of
a
chairship
structure
here
in
the
board.
Obviously,
our
ura
partners
are
going
to
continue
to
have
a
lead
role
in
these
meetings
and
continue
this
deep
collaboration,
but
it's
important
that
the
advisory
board
take
on
leadership
of
its
own,
including
a
chair
and
a
vice
chair.
So
I
wanted
to
engage
a
conversation
with
the
group
about
electing
a
chair
and
a
vice
chair.
I
I
So
if
we
can
discuss
today,
the
role
of
the
chair
and
vice
chair
have
clarity
on
those
roles
and
have
a
discussion
about
how
we
are
moving
forward,
including
electing
a
potential
chair
and
vice
chair
today.
So
I'd
like
to
open
up
first
to
comments,
thoughts
on
the
discussion
on
the
creation
of
the
chair.
Vice
chair
concerns
of
board
members.
F
I
I
Absolutely
it's
just
having
a
extreme
level
of
transparency
as
to
where
the
conflict
lies
and
how
it
could
impact
both
your
ability
to
have
a
neutral
stance
as
it
is
outlined
in
the
chair
description,
you
know,
being
a
being
able
to
disclose
qualify,
conflicts
of
interest
that
exist
and
be
able
to
steward
a
conversation
through
that
neutral
lens.
So
I
think
it
is
a
bit
more
nuanced,
but
certainly
an
extension
of
how
we've
been
operating
as
board
members
to
date.
L
Okay,
I
just
have
a
bit
of
hesitation
and
I'm
I
I'm
willing
to
set
that
aside.
If
the
group
does
not
have
it,
but
I
I
would
like
to
have
conversation
possibly
nominations
this
month
and
perhaps
vote
next
month.
L
Having
only
you
know
was
sent
out
on
the
fifth
and
I
didn't
get
a
chance
to
look
at
it
until
last
night,
while
my
brain
was
fully
occupied
by
chaos,
and
so
I
I
don't
I
would
I'm
not.
I
would
prefer
not
to
make
a
decision-
that's
going
to
be
with
us
for
a
year
at
this
particular
moment,
given
the
amount
of
time
I've
spent
with
it
and
thinking
about
it,
with
this
new
structure
of
when
you're
voting
when
you're
not
voting
who's
eligible
or
not.
M
I
concur
kelly
kelly.
I
agree
with
that,
given
the
fact
that
we
really
didn't
see
the
the
criteria
and
some
of
the
stipulations
until
yesterday,
amidst
olympia
falling,
I
I
think
it
makes
a
lot
of
sense
for
I,
I
would
love
to
you,
know
kind
of
go
through
a
self-nomination
process
today
to
understand
who's
interested
and
who
wants
to
throw
their
hat
in
the
ring,
but
to
be
deliberative
over
the
next
month
to
to
make
that
decision
and.
I
I
would
agree
with
both
of
you:
there
has
been
a
push
for
this
particular
piece
of
our
structure
to
be
put
in
place.
We
have
been
dialoguing
for
quite
some
time,
and
I
do
know
that
there
is
a
public
and
board
member
level
of
sensitivity
as
to
how
long
it
has
taken
us
to
get
to
this
point.
K
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
the
structure
now.
You
know,
we
know
what
the
role
is.
My
question
is,
we
didn't
include
a
process
for
for
identifying
a
chair
right
because
I
know
a
lot
of
boards.
You
have
a
nominating
committee
that
you
know
comes
up
with
a
slate
and
I
thought
we,
you
know
we
kind
of
had
formed
one
of
those
at
one
point.
So.
M
Yes,
we
did
form
a
nominating
committee
and
the
determination
from
the
nominating
committee
was
to
instead
of
sort
of
nominating
a
slate
of
proposed
candidates
that
we
would
instead
allow
for
greater
transparency
and
have
the
board
self-nominate
so
that
we
know
who's
really
interested
and
really
committed
to
taking
on
the
role
and
the
nomination
committee
can
help
to
develop
a
formal
process
based
on
those
self
nominations.
M
Agreed-
and
I
think
that
in
order
for
us
to
really
have
a
have
an
impactful
2021,
I
think
that
we
need
that
delineation
of
roles
between
the
chair
and
the
staff.
I
think
that's
going
to
be
critical,
so
I
would
not
want
to
continue
to
push
to
push
this
down
the
road,
but
I
don't
want
to
sacrifice
proper
due
diligence
and
deliberation
to
kelly's
point
for
expediency.
I
M
I
want
to
fir
I'm
going
to
defer
to
jessica
on
that
as
to
what
her
preference
is,
because
it
will
be
a
a
labor
of
it
would
be
intensive
for
the
ura
staff
as
well.
So
I
wanted
to
refer
to
her.
N
So
so
before
we
do
that,
I
have
a
question.
I
just
want
to
be
very
clear
about
where
we're
at
so
are
we
moving
down
the
road
of
today
folks
who
are
interested?
Can
self-nominate
that'll
go
to
the
committee
they'll
have
some
discussion
and
then
bring
back
in
february
and
a
nomination,
because
that
that
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
like
if
people
are
self-nominating
themselves
and
then
so?
What's
the
comm
who's
the
committee
nominating?
N
So
I'm
thinking
more
or
less,
if,
if
we
have
people
self-nominate,
I
don't
know
if
a
committee
is
much
needed,
but
I
would
rather
be
ready
to
prepare
to
vote
on
on
a
chair
next
month
because
it
kind
of
sounds
like
if
the
nomination
committee
it
might.
We
may
not
be
voting
next
month
on
a
chair
if,
with
the
with
what
I'm
understanding,
the
current
process
might
be,
what
we're
looking
at.
M
Again,
I
have
to
defer
to
jessica,
but
what
I
will
say
is,
I
think
the
nominating
committee's
role
is
just
to
tabulate
and
just
to
organize
the
information
that's
made
available
so
that
the
board
can
make
its
deliberation
and
elect
a
chair.
I
don't
think
it's
a
matter
of
identifying
who
should
be.
You
know,
offered
to
the
board
or
not.
I
think
it's
just
being
able
to
help
develop
a
process
by
which
voting
can
occur
on
the
candidates
that
come
forward
as
self
nominees.
I
And
it
would
appear
that
it
would
be
critical.
One
of
the
critical
pieces
of
this
is
that
that
nominating
committee
would
prepare
some
type
of
packet
for
board
members
to
have
that
final
conversation
in
february,
whether
that
be
the
nominees
bios
or
something
so
that
I
mean.
If
what
we're
really
hoping
for,
is
that
deeper
sense
of
deliberation
on
who
will
be
the
chair?
It
would
be
important
to
have
information
about
that
person
to
be
able
to
make
those
decisions.
I
I
think
many
of
us
know
each
other
quite
well
from
just
being
in
the
same
arenas
for
a
long
time,
but
it's
important
to
have
a
sense
of
what
a
person
is
bringing
to
the
table
skills
it.
You
know,
part
of
our
deliberation
is
always
going
to
be.
Is
this
a
person
who
will
be
an
excellent
chair
to
steward
us
forward
in
these
very
difficult
conversations.
O
Okay,
I
also
think
where
we
are
the
nominating
committee
calling
it
that
sort
of
making
it
sort
of
adding
to
the
confusion,
but
they
so
basically
we're
going
to
do
a
self
nomination.
Those
folks,
then
some
staff
are
going
to
sort
of
take
those
folks,
okay,
submit
your
bios
or
whatever
your
credentials.
Are
that
help
us
understand
this.
G
G
List
of
who's
eligible,
just
based
on
the
bylaws
that
we
adopted
it,
looks
like
anybody
that
it
hasn't
been
on
the
board
for
anyone
that's
less
than
a
year
on
the
board.
It
couldn't
be
that
it
isn't
eligible
and
anyone
that
is
a
city
or
city
agency,
employee
isn't
eligible
either.
G
Be
this
committee's,
you
know
to
provide
a
list
of
folks
that
are
eligible
to
serve
as
chair
and
vice
chair.
K
And
should
they
have
a
year
left
on
their
terms,
since
this
is
a
year
position
and
as
this
is
for
chair
and
vice
chair,
correct,
and
I'm
not
sure
if
vice
chair
has
the
same
requirements
as
the
chair
for
time
on
the
board.
I
Well,
so,
in
relationship
to
the
vice
chair,
it
does
appear
that
it
is
the
same
criteria
and
the
vice
chair.
That's
an
interesting
position
that
you
know.
We've
focused
thus
far
on
the
chair,
but
the
vice
chair
is
an
interesting
role.
I'm
a
vice
chair
would
be
stepping
forward
at
such
time
that
the
chair
is
not
available,
but
also
should
be
assisting
the
chair
in
making
sure
that
all
of
the
requirements
for
each
meeting
are
in
place.
I
So
we
would
be
actually
today
from
what
I'm
hearing
from
the
group.
In
summary
today,
we
would
be
asking
for
self
nominations
and
then
again
that
conversation
of
chair
and
vice
chair
being
part
of
the
massaging
in
the
nominating
committee
of
just
highlighting
that
in
each
role
the
chair
obviously
is
chairing
the
meetings
the
vice
chair
is
stepping
in
when
the
chair
is
not
available
on.
I
So,
realistically,
developing
a
job
description
for
each.
That
is
something
that
folks
are
agreeing
to
and
that
job
description
comes
directly
from
the
bylaws
that
we
received
and
are
accepting.
H
So
can
I
just
say
teresa
kell
smith:
can
I
just
say
that
I
don't
mind
waiting,
but
I
think
we
do
have
to
set
a
deadline
when
we
will
put
this
up
for
a
vote,
because
I
think
it's
important
for
the
health
of
the
board
for
us
to
move
forward.
But
I
also
think
that
I
want
to
make
a
really
good
decision
and
I
want
people
to
know
you
know
what
they're
getting
into
before.
They
actually
do
it.
H
P
Would
it
be
possible
today
to
at
least
accept
nominations
and
for
the
next
month
to
be
used
for
those
people
who
are
nominated
to
be
meeting
with
the
board?
Talking
about
specifics
of
what
they'd
like
to
be
in
the
position?
How
they'd
like
to
you
know
be
chair,
vice
chair
and
then
to
take
the
vote
next
month.
M
Yeah
and
I
think
I
think
that
when
those
names
come
forward
as
folk
self
nominate,
the
staff
can
determine
who's
eligible
versus
ineligible
and
that
that
may
be
the
criteria
for
whittling
down
the
list
simply
based
on
the
eligibility
to
nominate
and
the
candidates
that
are
left
will
be
voted
on
in
february.
F
I
have
a
clarification
question
on
the
responsibilities.
It
says
confirmed
that
an
interpreter
has
been
secured
for
the
meetings.
Is
this
really
just
confirming
the
staff
or
is
the
chair
expected
to
actually
secure
the
interpreter.
A
Yeah
I
saw
that
derrick
as
well,
that
that
was
how
hrna
had
written
that
so
so,
in
accordance
with
the
biology
just
adopted,
the
chair
is
expected
to
secure
the
interpreter,
but
but
on
that
particular
point,
I'm
sure
the
staff
could
be
very
helpful.
I
So
it
seems
like,
in
summary,
the
group
is
comfortable
with
taking
self
nominations
today
that
the
group
is
comfortable
with
a
nominating
committee
coming
back
together
to
really
solidify
more
of
a
distinct
process
to
collect
information
about
the
folks
who
have
self-nominated
to
allow
the
board
members
access
to
that
information,
in
whatever
format
may
be
determined
to
assist
each
board
member
in
making
their
determination
for
a
vote
that
we
would
take
in
february
for
the
chair
and
the
vice
chair
roles.
I
Well,
it
suggests
self-nomination,
I
think
if
you
were
going
to
nominate
another
person
it
would
have,
it
would
be
appropriate
to
speak
to
that
person.
We're
face
to
face
here,
so
I
feel
confident
that
the
board
could
resolve
that
in
the
present
moment
as
we're
looking
at
each
other.
A
I
F
Hi,
this
is
derek
tillman.
I
would
like
to
self
nominate
for
the
chair
position.
N
So
I
I
would
like
to
nominate
joanna
demi
if
she
will
accept.
I
Yes,
we
are
talking
about
the
chair
at
the
moment
and
derek
started
us
off
with
that
position.
K
I
would,
except
for
either
one
I
guess:
okay,.
I
Would
the
group
like
to
really
talk
through
how
the
nominations
have
emerged
today,
because
it
is,
it
is
a
small
group
that
have
expressed
their
interest
or
do
we
still
feel
that
we
would
like
to
go
to
the
nominating
committee,
and
would
we
like
to
allow
members
to
self-nominate
up
until
a
certain
point
and
still
be
considered
through
the
process
with
the
nominating
committee.
N
Would
I
would
agree
with
that
andrea
that,
based
on
him,
what's
happening
here
right
now
that
we
should
give
folks
another
week
or
so
to
self-nominate
if
they
want
and
have
that
deadline?
And
you
know-
because
maybe
people
might
need
to
just
kind
of
look
over
some
of
this
before
they
actually
do
that.
So
I
would
agree
that
we
should
have.
You
know,
give
people
a
week
or
so
to
be
able
to
self-nominate
and
and
shut
it
down
after
that.
So
that
would
be.
L
I
oh
sorry
modified
or
perhaps
a
week
to
yeah
so
maybe
a
week
to
the
15th
to
nominate
and
then
maybe
we're
still.
We
haven't
figured
this
out,
but
maybe
a
week
after
that
to
say
for
everyone,
self-nominated
and
otherwise
would
get
that
list
to
put
out
some
sort
of
statements.
C
L
For
vision
or
what
they'd
like
to
do
in
that
position,
and
then
that
would
give
us
two
weeks
to
review
and
and
be
ready
to
vote
on
the
on
the
fourth,
because
I
do
share
the
concerns
about
us
not
getting
this
buttoned
up,
but
also
not
being
hasty
for
the
sake
of
being
hasty.
You
know.
G
I'd
also
like
to
add
to
what
kelly
just
said
that
folks
can
put
out,
in
addition
to
their
statement,
their
resume
or
as
it
would
relate
to
this
role.
So
people
understand
what
everybody's
background
is
because,
while
we
know
many
of
us
know
one
another,
we
might
not
know
everything
about
one
another.
That
would
be
relevant.
M
J
E
C
A
Q
Yeah,
hey
jessica,
you're,
correct
that
that's
how
the
bylaws
under
the
chair
and
selection
of
the
chair
is
written.
However,
if
I'm
listening
to
the
advisory
board's
dialogue
correctly,
what
you
guys
want
to
do
is,
and
what
you
just
did
was
have
a
self
nomination
process
for
the
chair
and
vice
chair,
but
in
between
self
nomination
and
an
actual
vote,
you
guys
want
to
have
a
nominating
committee,
carry
out
some
sort
of
business
to
help
facilitate
the
election
and
therefore,
I
would
think
under
the
new
bylaws.
You
guys
need
to
form
a
committee.
Q
I
think
it
can
be
no
more
than
five
members
to
serve
on
a
newly
formed
nominating
committee.
I
know
that
over
a
year
ago,
I
think
there
was
one
potentially
form
but
not
under
these
new
bylaws,
I
think,
sort
of
for
good
form
and
good
board
governance.
You
should
just
go
through
this
step
here
and
create
a
nominating
committee
and
make
it
formal.
I
And
those
guidelines
for
a
working
group
are
very
simple
actually,
so
it
has
been
proposed
by
multiple
board
members
that
a
group
be
convened.
It
is
a
new
working
group,
it'll
be
run
by
a
group
chair,
which
I
don't
know
that
a
chair
has
been
determined,
but
I
believe
that
we
could
address
that
matter
of
business
today
and
then
the
group
chair
would
set
the
meeting
times
and
create
the
agenda
and
would
report
back
to
the
board.
I
Q
Q
You
need
to
select
a
chair
for
that
committee,
and
the
only
rule
here
is
that
the
board,
chairperson,
should
not
serve
as
the
chair
of
any
working
group,
and
I
think
it
would
also
to
your
point
just
be
while
not
prohibited.
It
would
be
good
form,
in
my
opinion,
for
the
board
to
sort
of
discuss
what
would
be
appropriate
sort
of
selection
for
members
of
a
nominating
subcommittee,
and
I
would
think
to
avoid
conflicts
of
interest.
You
wouldn't
want
folks
running
to
be
part
of
the
nominating.
O
I
Wow
that
we
got
so
much
great
energy
to
to
move
forward
with
a
nominating
committee,
so
we
would
want
to
select
a
chair
and
identify
committee
members
at
this
time.
If
that
works
into
the
agenda
jessica,.
P
P
P
I
I
mean
I
have
one
so
maybe
I'll
just
put
mine
out
there.
I
nominate
diamante
walker.
As
the
chair
of
the
nominating
committee.
P
G
I
E
I
M
As
the
chairman,
I
think
that
we
can
take
it
off.
We
can
take
it
offline,
but
let's
certainly
make
it
public
at
the
next
meeting,
so
that
there's
transparency.
O
I
I
Of
committee
membership
is
going
to
go
offline
jessica
is.
Is
it
appropriate
for
us
to
ask
the
ura
to
send
an
email,
alerting
membership
that
they
need
to
respond
to
either
diamante
or
another
staff?
Member.
A
Sure
we
will,
we
will
send
that
email
this
afternoon
and
I
ask
that
people
respond
to
to
me
and
the
tina
and
we'll
get
that
information
to
diamante.
You
can
copy
diamante
as
well,
but
we'll
get
that
information
to
her
and
and
help
her
convene
the
nominating
committee.
K
P
I
M
That
was
the
reason
why
I
was
saying:
take
it
offline
because
I
know
folks
want
to
deliberate
and
maybe
put
their
hat
in
the
ring,
and
so
I
didn't
want
folks
to
have
to
nominate
themselves
for
the
committee
today
if
they
are
still
thinking
about
possibly
taking
on
one
of
the
roles.
So
that
was
the
reason
why
I
wanted
to
offer
some
grace
for
folks
to
be
deliberative,
but
we
still
need
to
be
transparent.
So
I
will
defer
to
you
guys
as
professionals
as
to
what
makes
the
most
sense
for
you.
I
P
I
just
want
to
sort
of
request
that
I
think
that
the
only
thing
that
I
feel
really
hesitant
about
the
ability
to
folks
to
self-nominate
for
the
next
week
until
the
15th
is
that
we
are
at
a
public
meeting
right
now
where
people
are
watching
and
I
dislike
the
idea
of
being
able
to
self-nominate
and
then
us
coming
into
the
next
meeting
with
the
public,
not
knowing
who
was
nominated
or
who
self-nominated.
P
So,
if
I
don't
know
the
mechanism
for
this,
but
you
know,
if
you
are
deciding
to
self-nominate,
can
we
ask
either
ura
staff
or
to
make
public
who
has
been
nominated
by
the
15th,
whether
it
be
on
our
website?
And
just
I
I
I
dislike
the
idea
of
us
going
into
the
next
meeting,
not
knowing
who's
nominated.
So
I'd
like
to.
F
L
I
I
definitely
like
that
idea,
especially
if
people
have
strong
feelings
so
that
they
could
be
prepared
with.
You
know
public
comment
for
the
for
the
february
meeting
to
be
able
to
address
that
and
take
that
into
consideration.
While
we
deliberate.
I
And
that's
a
great
final
point
related
to
this
conversation
is
going
to
be
critical
for
anyone
who
is
in
a
leadership
role
related
to
this
board,
as
it
is
for
all
members
to
have
that
level
of
transparency
at
all
times.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
that
up.
Megan,
fantastic
point
everyone.
This
was
a
great
discussion.
It's
you
know
such
a
pleasure
to
work
with
all
of
you
and
it's
always
refreshing
to
hear
you
know
this
level
of
commitment,
diligence
and
transparency.
A
And
adrian,
thank
you
for
agreeing
to
share
that
portion
of
the
meeting.
Absolutely.
A
Okay,
so
moving
on
in
the
agenda
we'll
go
over
our
programmatic
expenditures
and
impact
like
we
do
every
month
and
and
then
we
have
a
series
of
announcements
related
to
affordable
housing
in
general,
not
specific
to
the
hof
or
anything
that
you
will
need
to
vote
on,
but
but
things
that
kind
of
overlap
with
the
work
of
the
hof.
So
here
with
the
programmatic
expenditures
and
impacts,
you
can
see
the
same
slide
that
you
see
you
know.
Every
month
you
can
see
the
housing
stabilization
program.
A
You
know
there's
more
and
more
yellow
on
the
map
every
month
and
the
homeowner
assistance
program
is
still
you
know
very
active
as
well
down
payment.
Closing
cost
is
on
there
and
we're
still
jeremy,
what
we're
still
seeing
about
five
to
eight
down
payment
closings
a
month.
A
10
a
month
down
payment,
closings
and
then
you
can
see
we
talked
about
this
last
month,
but
the
red
dot
downtown
is
the
the
shelter
and
those
sprinklers
are
in
and
and
funds
dispersed
for
that
next
slide.
A
K
Go
ahead,
you
may
go
into
this,
but
with
the
hsp
the
stabilization
program,
do
you
have
it
renter
versus
homeowner
or
are
the
vocal
of
these
renters
I'm
assuming.
A
Sure
your
your
your
comments
are
very
timely,
marked
because
the
ura
is
currently
in
the
process
of
re-looking
at
how
we
show
our
metrics
david
and
diamante.
Have
someone
on
staff
who's
working?
You
guys
know
jamie
she's
working
on
that
with
us
and
so
stay
tuned
for
updated
dashboards.
A
Next
slide,
so
here's
the
rental
gap
program
for
sale
program.
You
know-
we've
talked
about
this
in
previous
months,
we're
working
on
ways
to
outreach
to
the
districts
that
are
not
as
represented
on
this
map
next
slide-
and
here
is
you
know
what
has
been
allocated
and
what
has
been
committed
and
closed
and
what
has
not
yet
been
committed.
This
is
out
of
out
of
the
30
million,
so
the
28
20,
the
the
2018
19
and
20
years.
A
This
does
not
obviously
include
the
2021
which
we
do
not
have
yet
so,
roughly
about
10
million
out
of
the
30
million
that
we
have
received
to
date,
we're
still
in
the
process
of
committing.
A
Next
slide
and
you
can
see
unit
counts,
you
know
so
so
that
the
demonstration
of
course
we've
talked
about
this
in
the
past,
is
high
because
of
the
shelter.
But
if
you
take
that
that
out
of
the
equation,
you
can
still
see
the
unit
counts
there.
The
housing
stabilization
program
as
well
over
a
thousand
people
helped
at
this
point
down
payment,
closing
costs,
if
you
add
those
three
columns
up
you're
at
about
175
folks
that
have
purchased
their
first
home
through
this
program
in
the
city,
which
is
just
fabulous
the
homeowner
assistance
program.
A
If
you
add
those
up,
you
can
see
that
we
are
about
250
people,
and
that-
and
some
of
those
folks
are
still
you
know-
they're
still
in
the
process
of
getting
their
houses,
did
they're
not
fully
completely,
but
they
are
all
in
the
process
and
and
then
the
for
sale
program
at
35
and
the
rental
gap
program
at
350.
A
So
we're
going
to
move
towards.
Actually,
I
think,
there's
a
the
team
there's
another
slide
after
this
right,
yeah,
okay!
So
the
legal
eviction
prevention
program,
I'm
gonna,
pass
it
over
to
jeremy,
but
he
has
been
very
busy
holding
working
groups
with
a
bunch
of
community
folks
to
get
an
understanding
of
how
to
draft
the
guidelines
for
this
program.
So
I'm
going
to
pass
it
off
to
jeremy.
D
Thanks,
so
this
is
in
response
to
the
legal
assistance
line
item
that
the
advisory
board
added
for
the
2021
allocation.
D
So
for
the
month
of
january,
we
are
holding
a
series
of
meetings
with
different
stakeholders
around
eviction,
prevention
and
legal
aid
to
to
really
understand
and
hear
from
them
what
is
working
within
the
legal
aid
system,
what
isn't
working
and
any
rooms
for
opportunity
or
innovation?
D
D
These
series
of
meetings
will
then
help
guide
us
on
program
design.
We
will
try
to
synthesize
everything
and
get
common
themes
to
really
guide
what
the
program
guidelines
will
look
like.
So
that
is
the
update
right
now,
with
the
goal
of
doing
an
rfp
in
february.
F
Jeremy
questions,
so
is
this:
I
see
a
legal
eviction
prevention
program
is
that
essentially
the
title
of
the
rfp.
D
No,
it's
going
to
be
legal
assistance
because
the
advisory
board
wanted
that
to
be
for
homeowners
and
renters.
D
So
I
don't
know
yet
if
we
are
just
going
to
have
the
homeowner
legal
aid,
just
kind
of
building
off
of
the
the
hap
tango
title
legal
aid,
because
that's
also
homeowner
legal
aid
or,
if
we're
going
to
lump
it
into
this
one
program.
But
what
we're
hearing
so
far
is
the
legal
aid
network
really
wants
those
to
be
separate
because
they're
very
different
activities?
D
F
D
A
A
Okay,
if
there's
not
any
more
questions
on
on
that
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
slide,
so
a
few
general
updates
and
jeremy
can
can
dwell
into
this
we
did
receive.
I
think
we
probably
announced
in
a
previous
meeting
that
that
we
received
through
city
council
an
allocation
of
cdbg,
what
we
call
cv3
fund,
2
million
dollars
of
cdbg
funding
coming
through
to
covet
relief,
that
is
for
hsp.
A
The
ura
at
our
february
board
meeting
will
be
going
forward
with
the
following
awards
out
of
the
the
cdbg
cv3
funds
to
to
keep
the
program
you
know
operating
smoothly,
so
you
can
see
those
awards
listed
there.
Jeremy
do
you
have
anything
to
add.
A
A
This
occurred
via
the
cares
act,
the
the
first
round
of
stimulus,
the
at
the
time.
The
money,
as
most
of
you
know,
went
to
the
pennsylvania,
housing
finance
agency
and
on
to
the
county.
At
that
point.
In
that
particular
legislation,
cities
had
to
have
at
least
500
000
people
to
be
able
to
get
their
own
allocation
this
time
around.
For
for
the
new
round,
that's
called
the
corona
virus
relief
fund,
the
cities
and
or
counties
have
to
have
a
population
of
250
000
for
their
own
allocation.
A
So
the
ura
and
the
city
of
pittsburgh
is
working
very
quickly
on
this
to
submit
everything
needed
for
the
city
to
receive
a
direct
allocation
of
rental
assistance
funding
and
the
ura
and
the
city
are
working
in
tandem
and
working
very
fast,
because
this
money
is
coming
very
fast
and
furious.
We
will
have
more
to
report
in
upcoming
weeks,
but,
but
I
just
wanted
for
for
public
benefit
to
for
everyone
to
know.
We
are
working
on
this
staff
has
been
super
busy.
Reading
the
rules
and
regulations.
A
We
have
talked
to
lots
of
people
on
external,
you
know
customers
and
community
representatives.
I
just
I
mean
I
just
got
off
the
8
am
call
on
this.
This
morning,
when
we
were
talking
to
various
advocates
and
also
folks
in
philadelphia
and
other
parts
of
the
state,
we're
all
working
on
this
together,
we're
all
getting
mobilized
very
quickly
and
stay
tuned
for
for
more
information.
J
Sure
so
the
east
end
housing
development
program
is
basically
a
pot
of
money
generated
by
the
east
liberty,
trid
that
is
earmarked
specifically
for
affordable
housing
development
in
the
east
liberty,
trade
boundary.
So
that's
half
a
mile
from
the
east
liberty
transit
center.
So
starting
this
past
spring,
we
worked
with
the
housing
committee
for
the
east
liberty,
trade
to
create
program
guidelines
and
that
kind
of
went
through
the
summer
and
those
were
approved.
J
This
past
fall
and
then
just
yesterday,
we've
now
released
the
east
end:
housing
development
programs
rfp
on
the
ura's
website
for
interested
applicants
that
have
projects
within
the
boundaries.
So
there's
going
to
be
a
pre-application
meeting
on
friday
january
22nd
at
9
30
in
the
morning
on
zoom
and
there's
more
information
on
that
meeting
and
the
rfp
in
general
on
the
on
the
ura's
website.
Right
now,
if
you
were
to
go
to
our
proposals
section
so
just
wanted
to
make
the
advisory
board
aware
of
that
and
share
it
with
your
networks.
A
Thanks
evan
and
the
last
announcement
on
here,
you
know
once
again
not
directly
related
to
hof
advisory
board
but
indirectly
related
and
the
respect
that
a
lot
of
the
projects
you've
seen
for
the
rental
gap
program
are
tax
credit
projects.
Phfa
just
recently
announced
that
they
are
pushing
back
their
due
date,
a
little
bit
and
the
due
date
for
the
2021
nine
percent
tax
rate
applications
is
march,
5th,
2021
and.
A
Working
with
several
developers
who
responded
to
our
pre-application
to
help
look
at
their
budgets
and
to
start
to
get
an
understanding
of
what
type
of
gaps
you
know
they
will.
The
projects
have
moving
forward.
A
So
that's
where
we
are
with
all
that.
Are
there
any
questions
about
general
housing,
announcements.
K
A
question
about
the
first
item:
the
urban
league.
I
know
there
was
some
challenges,
at
least
our
ambassadors
were
having
because
of
all
the
additional
documentation
being
required
from
the
applicants.
I
was
just
wondering.
Maybe
adrian
can
speak
a
little.
I
thought
they
were
not
going
to
be
working
on
the
program,
so
I
guess
I
may
have
completely
misunderstood.
It
looks
like
they're
one
of
the
main
players
so.
D
They
are
not
working
with
the
community
engagement
ambassador
service,
they're
kind
of
doing
their
own,
but
the
cea
services
are
still
assisting
the
other
10
agencies.
A
F
You
have
a
question
jessica.
You
may
know
this
better
than
anyone.
I
know
with
the
last
federal
stimulus
package
that
included
rent
relief.
There
were
some
details
that
were
problematic
and
it
left
a
lot
of
the
dollars
kind
of
unspent,
because
property
owners,
property
managers,
even
developers,
didn't
didn't
actually
accept
some
of
the
the
way
it
was
structured.
Do
we
know
with
this
new?
F
You
know
relief
fund
if,
if
we
have
those
same
kind
of
stipulations
or
if,
if
it's
been
changed
to
make
it
more,
you
know
acceptable
to
property
right.
I
could.
D
So
with
the
treasury
money,
which
is
the
crf
funds,
they
have,
they
don't
have
the
same
restrictions
as
the
cares
act.
Funding
did
so.
I
think
what
you're
speaking
to
derek
was
that
you
know
if
the
landlord
didn't
really
accept
the
payment,
then
they
were
kind
of
out
of
luck
and
couldn't
really
do
anything
with
the
treasury
crf
money.
D
K
I
That
that
is
actually
a
discussion.
That's
taking
place
this
month,
we've
provided
some
information
to
the
ura.
The
ura
is
having
some
internal
discussions
and
I
actually
had
planned
on
sending
jeremy
an
email
this
morning
to
ask
when
we
could
reconvene
for
that
conversation
as
that
emerges,
we
will
definitely
make
sure
that
there
are
updates
provided
to
the
board.
A
Anything
else,
if
there's
nothing
else,
I
think
the
final
announcement
is
that
the
next
meeting
is
well
here.
A
reminder.
As
always,
211
is
the
number
for
people
to
call
for
any
housing
assistance
in
the
city.
They
will
help
navigate
that
and
the
next
hof
advisory
board
meeting
is
scheduled
for
thursday
february
4th
at
9.
00
am:
can
someone
make
a
motion
for
adjournment.