Minutes Housing C Trust 1 23 03DATE:
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MINUTES OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION
TRUST FUND COMMITTEE
January 23,2003
7:30 a.m.
The Davis Place II
513 Garfield, Dubuque IA
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Chairperson Jim Holz called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m. following staff assurance
of compliance with Iowa Open Meeting Law.
Committee Members Present: Jim Holz Doris Hingtgen
John Walsh Char Eddy
Committee Members Absent: Harry- Neustadt
Staff Present:
David Harris
Jean Noel
Joleen Patterson
Public Present:
Mike Muir, U.S. Bank
Scott Potter, Davis Place
Review and Certification of Minutes of 29 October 02 Trust Fund Committee Meeting
John Walsh moved to approve the 29 October, 2002 Housing Trust Fund Committee
minutes. Dods Hingtgen seconded. Roll Call. All present in favor. Motion passed.
Correspondence I Public Input
None.
Old Business
River Town Rents Survey
David reported on the 2003 River Town Rents Survey prepared by Dr. Len Decker,
Director of the Center for Business and Social Research at Loras College, with a copy of a
staff prepared synopsis. David made note of the comparisons between the 2001 and 2002
rents which showed a pattern of rent increases by type of unit and occupancy rate across the
sectors, resulting in much stronger market. The City-wide figures included data on all rent
inr,r~
subsidized units rather than methods used in previous years which ...... ased the over-all
occupancy rate by 4%.
Affordable Housing Task Force/Mercy Housing Midwest
David shared information received from Mary Schoen-Clark, President of Mercy Housing
Midwest. Mercy Housing Midwest oversees affordable housing owned by Heartland Housing
Initiative in Dubuque. She is proposing to form a committee to assist with the acquisition and
development of properties for affordable rental and single family housing in Dubuque.
Information Shar~ngl
David commented on the HEART: Housing Education and Rehabilitation Training Program
and the partnership with the Dubuque School District. The objective of the program is to
work with teens in alternative school settings, who are in need of vocational preparation.
With the approval from the School District, hiring of a teacher from Four Oaks and grant
application funds, the six designated students from Four Oaks are now ready to start safeb7
training and orientation. Their first project will be to build a mobile tool crib at the Four
Mounds workshop.
Joleen updated the Committee on the status of the proposed policy on predatory lending.
She s~ated that a few changes need to be made but the overall feedback has been
encouraging.
Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Committee, John Walsh moved to
adjourn. Doris Hingtgen seconded. Roll Call. All present in favor. Motion passed. Meeting
was adjourned at 8:37 a.m.
~/~M~inutes taken by:
~ J~e-an Noel
Housing Secretary
~espectfully submitted by:
Department Director