[I. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:07] IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2024 MEETING FOR THE COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER ROLL CALL EXCUSE ROLL CALL PLEASE GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE MANY MORNING CHAIRMAN FRED HAMILTON YEAH EMILY BURTON DOUG MCGILL HERE GRACE STAPLES HERE WHEN CHAMBERS YOUR DINNER IS POLITE LISTEN JAMES YOU TO JULY 11TH 2020 4 MINUTES CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT SO MOVED SECOND [III. ADOPTION OF MINUTES] OTHER FAVOR I GOES I HAVE IT I'LL BECOME THE HAVE BEEN CANDID WANTS BE RECOGNIZED FOR [VI.1. FY2025 Neighborhood Assistance Program Budget Update] PUBLIC COMMENTS SO WE'LL MOVE INTO NEW ALL AND NEW BUSINESS ALREADY GOOD MORNING AGAIN FOR OUR NEW BUSINESS WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING THUS FAR THE BUDGET FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 HAS BEEN APPROVED AT 400,000 BY TOWN COUNCIL AN ADDITIONAL 144 WAS ADDED TO THE BUDGET BY A GRANT AWARDED TO THE PROGRAM BY JASPER HOUSING TRUST ON AUGUST 22ND. THAT BRINGS THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET TO 544,011 HOMES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED HAVE RECEIVED HOME REPAIRS AT A TOTAL OF 91,000 192 FOR HOMES HAVE BEEN FOR SEPTIC PUMP OUTS OR PUBLIC SERVICES AT A TOTAL OF 2674 ONE HOME HAS BEEN SERVICE FOR TREE REPAIR TREE SERVICE AT A TOTAL OF 205 HOMES ARE IN THE QUEUE TO HAVE CONTRACTORS VISIT FOR ESTIMATES THOSE REPAIRS CONSIST OF ROOFING FLOORING THREE SERVICE AND BATHROOM PLUMBING REPAIRS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MEMO? NO QUESTION. AS ALWAYS I HAVE AN EXCEL BREAKDOWN SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE FUNDING AND SPENDING HAS GONE THUS FAR IN THIS REPORT WAS SUBMITTED ALL LAST WEEK THURSDAY AS YOU KNOW REPORTS GO IN A WEEK BEFORE THE MEETING. SO THAT IS A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING MOST OF IT HAS BEEN IN THE HOME REPAIRING LINE ITEM WITH THE 11 HOMES AND THEN THE SECOND IS OUR SETTING AND THEN ONE ENTRY SO THAT LEAVES US HOLDING STILL HOLDING AT THE TOP OF OUR FUND. SO WE ARE PRETTY GOOD AS I STATED IN THE MEMO DO HAVE FIVE HOMES ON MY DESK AND TWO CONTRACTORS WARRIORS CONSTRUCTION THREE CONTRACTORS WARRIORS CONSTRUCTION SUPERIOR SERVICES AND ALPHA CONSTRUCTION ARE GETTING ESTIMATES BACK TO ME AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE WITH THOSE FIVE HOMES AND ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS ARE ALWAYS COMING IN AND REQUESTING AND A BREAKDOWN IS PRETTY MUCH SELF-EXPLANATORY. THERE AS ALWAYS APPLICATIONS ARE ALWAYS BEING ACCEPTED, ALWAYS OUT, ALWAYS COMING IN INCOME VERIFICATION TAKES ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN EVERYTHING STARTS FLOWING FROM THERE. WE NO LONGER HAVE RIGID SCREWS WITH US WHO HAS BEEN GOING OUT WITH ME SO? IT'S NOW ROB AND SIDNEY OVER FROM BUILDING BUILDERS 80 SO THOSE ARE MY LEADS AND MY GO TO AND PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ROLLING THROUGH DO HAVE MAKE YEAH YEAH SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS YESTERDAY I SAT DOWN WITH TERRY CHIP TERRY SHERIFFS THE COMBS HAYLEY FRAZIER AND SAM DULA FROM THE BLUFFTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE PLANNING A COMMUNITY WIDE SMOKE ALARM EVENT NOW WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM ABOUT THREE TIMES JUST INDIVIDUALLY WHAT THE TOWN DO POINT HOMES THAT WE HAVE DONE REPAIRS ON SO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE BRENDON WOODS COMMUNITY WHICH IS OFF OF 46 RIGHT BEHIND DOLLAR GENERAL AND THEY HAVE 62 HOMES IN THERE AND WE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HAVE GONE IN THERE. WE'VE DONE ABOUT FIVE HOMES SO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS THOSE 62 HOMES ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH . THEY ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO WORK WITH US SO I RECOMMENDED I TOLD THEM THAT I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW AS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE THAT WILL BE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH AND THEY ARE SCHEDULED WE HAVE DOWN FROM 9 TO 1 AND OF COURSE WE WILL BE KNOCKING ON DOORS TO SEE WHO NEEDS SMOKE ALARMS, GIVE THEM FIRE SAFETY PLAN DO DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. WE OF COURSE WILL NOT BE INSTALLING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE INSTALLING ON SITE SO THEY WILL GIVE THEM A HEADS UP MAKE SURE SOMEONE'S HOME BUT THEY YOU KNOW, THOUGHT WE WOULD JOIN FORCES WITH THEM AND FOCUS ON THAT ONE COMMUNITY AND THEN [00:05:05] WE'LL DO ANOTHER ONE DOWN THE ROAD. SO THOSE 62 HOMES ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, THEY ARE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IF THEY CAN DO HAMBURGER HOT DOGS FOR US IN THE HABITAT OFFICE PARKING JUST TO KIND OF BE A COMMUNITY FRIENDLY THING. OKAY SO THEN WHAT WOULD THE VOLUNTEERS JUST KNOCKING ON DOORS, YOU KNOW, GET IN IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STARTS AT ADDRESS NUMBER ONE WE CAN MOVE DOWN TO FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT AND SEE WHO WANTS THEM AND INSTEAD OF JUST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOING ON EACH DOOR SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET A HEAD COUNT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT THEM SO THAT WE CAN SAY GO BACK TO 12 WHEN COURT GO BACK TO 14 WHEN THEY ARE IN NEED. SO JUST KIND OF A GETTING A HEAD START ON THE PROJECT YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEND THAT NOTICES TO THE COMMUNITY. YES, THEY'RE GOING TO SEND OUT NOTICES. THEY'RE GOING TO DO DOOR HANGERS AND THEN ALSO LET BRENDA KNOW AT HABITAT TO LET HER RESIDENTS KNOW OCTOBER 12 YOU KNOW, TRY AND HAVE SOMEONE 18 OR OLDER HOME AND IF YOU WANT IT. TODAY'S THE DAY TO GET IT DONE . IT'S PRETTY MUCH IT'S PAPERWORK THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED OUT. OUR CROSS HAS FORMS AND STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED OUT JUST FOR SURVEY INFORMATION OF HOW MANY THEY GIVE OUT AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING GOING AROUND WITH CLIPBOARDS JUST TAKING A SURVEY OF HOW MANY WE PUT IN DISABILITY YOU JUST WHO'S IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF WHO WE ARE REACH OUT TO RIGHT THE I HAVE NO LEGS WHAT I [VII.1. Incentive Workshop Follow-up] HAD DONE IS FOR US TO KIND OF DO AN OVERVIEW OF OUR WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD FOR AUGUST MEETING STAFF IS STILL WORKING ON IN WHAT CAN BE DONE AGAIN THIS IS NOT AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS TYPE THING SO I HAVE MY NOTE CHARLOTTE HAS HER NOTES. KEVIN HAD ANOTHER MEETING THIS MORNING BUT WE ARE WORKING WE ARE STILL RESEARCHING EVERYBODY GAVE GREAT IDEAS THAT WE HAD EVERYBODY HAS GOT TO KNOW SO PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE IGNORING THEM. IT'S TAKE SOME TIME AND THERE'S A PROCESS, A PROTOCOL TO EVERYTHING SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. DID ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THAT MEETING THAT YOU GET YOU THOUGHT ABOUT FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR THE MONTH WHEN YOU HAD SOME TIME? I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE HABITAT PARTNERING WITH HABITAT TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE. WHAT PART DO THEY HAVE COMING UP AND START GOING TO THAT? I KNOW WE WERE WITH THEM LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF TO REACH OUT TO HABITAT ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU I WOULD THINK WOULD BE A 1050 MINUTE MEETING BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE WE HAD YOU SAID YOUR COMPOUND THE WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS WE SO WHAT WE THINK WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS PART OF THIS SOMETHING IS IN THE AGENCY'S WORK IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT I CAN SEND IT TO YOU. SO I THINK THE BIGGEST ONE THAT STOOD OUT WAS THE PERMITTING THE D HAD THE PERMIT REGULATIONS KIND OF TIE UP SOME COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TWO TO MOVE STUFF FAST NOT THE TWO BUT THE DIFFERENT LINES OF PERMITTING IN DIFFERENT AREAS LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN FOCUS THAT CAME FROM OUR MEG THAT WAS ONE OF THEM LAND PURCHASE WITH SOME BIG IDEAS THAT WE CAN KIND OF FOCUS ON RIGHT NOW JUST LAND PURCHASE WHERE WE GOT THE SHEEP FROM COUNTY FOR THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON THAT ARE FOR SALE OR THAT FAMILIES CAN USE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOMETHING THAT THEY WON'T LOSE BUT WE CAN ALL JOIN FORCES ON THAT WE WILL GAIN DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS BUT JUST KIND OF HAVE THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WE CAN KIND OF 99 YEAR LEASE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE FAMILY WON'T LOSE THAT BUT WE CAN ALSO USE AS HOUSING GROUNDS SO DIFFERENT AREAS LIKE THAT THAT IS COMPILED FROM OUR NOTES OR PURPOSES SO I WILL PUT EVERYBODY'S NOTES TOGETHER AND SEND IT TO YOU. THAT WAY WE CAN LOOK AT THESE ARE THE TOP FIVE THAT WE WANT TO WORK ON. OKAY I THINK I MENTIONED IT IN THE MEETING BUT IT'S A ONE IS STEPHEN AND KEVIN AND MYSELF A B AVAILABLE TO TRY AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH RICO AND ON THE BEFORE I REACHED OUT TO GREAT GOLF HOME DEPOT AND LOWE'S FOR LUMBER MATERIAL CONNECTIONS. NO ONE HAVE GOT BACK TO ME YET SO I DID SEND AN EMAIL WAS NO ONE PERSON TO TALK TO SO IT'S IN AN EMAIL TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE SO MAYBE I NEED TO CIRCLE BACK BUT I DID REACH OUT TO THREE OF THEM. I MIGHT HAVE A CONTACT REGIONALLY FOR LOWE'S OR MAYBE THE REGIONAL CONTACT WOULD [00:10:04] PROBABLY BE BETTER BECAUSE I DID GO THROUGH ALL THEIR WEBSITES AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL PARTNER WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN GO TO SO THAT'S THE EMAIL THAT I SENT OUT LIKE A GENERIC I WORK WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WE WANT TO SEE WE CAN PARTNER ALWAYS GOOD TO SEND IT TO THE STORE MANAGER. OKAY BECAUSE IT'S A LOCAL. YEAH SO MANAGER IS GOING TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE IT FORWARD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL I DO GO BACK TO THAT TODAY AND WHEN IF YOU HAVE THE REGIONAL OUTLET YOU SO YES I AM WORKING ON THAT AND I'M I NEED TO CALL AS BEING GREAT GO BECAUSE SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HABITAT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO REVISIT THAT CONVERSATION OR JUST HAVE THEM COME BACK BECAUSE THEY'RE HELPING ONE OF MY SISTER'S CLASSMATES THE ISLAND DAVID DON'T KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO ON A JONES DAVID JONES THEY'RE HELPING HIM BUILD HIS HOUSE. OH YES I KNOW. AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT CONCEPT HABITAT BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO THESE OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER, CLASSMATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I'M CALLING GREGO AND I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT SITUATION SO IF I GET ANYWHERE THAT I'LL GET YOU A BETTER CONTACT. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE BRENDA WHOEVER COME BACK AND MAYBE JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER PARTNERS. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? WE HAVE THREE ON THE END â– AND HAVEN'T CHIMED IN YET THIS MORNING. I KNOW YOU'RE SURPRISED. ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU NEED ME TO WORK ON STAFF WORK ON CHAIRMAN BUT IS THERE ANY UPDATE FROM COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUND BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THAT BOARD TOO, RIGHT? THEY WILL BE SPEAKING AT SO LOCAL IN SEPTEMBER PRETTY MUCH THE NEWSLETTER THAT I SENT OUT SENT OUT TO YOU GUYS ON A MONTHLY THAT'S WHERE WE WERE THAT'S WELL WE ARE WE HAVEN'T MET IN THE PAST MONTH SINCE ALL THE GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT AROUND KNOW THE BIG PROJECT B SENIOR LIVING OVER BEFORE THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE ARE BUILDING UP IS GOING UP PRETTY MUCH SHOULD BE ALL THE WAY UP BY NOW THE SENIOR LIVING PROJECT OKAY THAT WOULD BE FOR JASPER HOUSING THAT SHOULD PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED BUT WE HAVEN'T MET IN THE PARK WELL SINCE THEY'VE BEEN WITH ALSO JUST A TIME FOR OUR THE GREAT RECIPE FROM THAT ARE THERE ANY POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH WITHIN YOU PROJECT B OR C WE PARTNER WITH THEM AND WE WILL PARTNER WITH THEM ON OTHER PROJECTS RECEIVED A GRANT MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU LIKE GOING THROUGH AND JUST LOOK THROUGH THEM AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY THAT WOULD PROVIDE SERVICES FOR AFFORDABILITY THEY MAKE FOR REPAIR OR OTHER DEVELOPMENT SIDE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE TRY TO REMEMBER WHICH RECEIVE YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW JUST RISE OF HOPE WITH WHICH IS OUR KAVITHA SHE RECEIVED SOMETHING BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S BECAUSE SHE'S JUST STARTING OFF OR LISA FRAZIER'S I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE SHE IS WITH IT JASPER COUNTY UNITED RECEIVED FOUR HOME BUYING FIRST TIME HOME BUYING AND HOME REPAIRS AS WELL BUT AS FAR AS DEVELOPERS I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS THE GRANT YET. I KNOW THAT'S PUT IN AN APPLICATION FOR HIS PROJECT BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PICK HIM UP ON THE NEXT ROUND OF GRANTS WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPERS GOT IT. YEAH, YEAH. WE GOT TO GET REAL CREATIVE. YEAH YEAH IT'S YOU KNOW WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO EVERYTHING THAT WE ABOUT IN THE WORKSHOP BUT WE NEED SOMETHING RIGHT NOW BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO BE ALL RIGHT NOW. NO, I DON'T THINK AS OF RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT IS YEAH YEAH I'VE GOT IT. YOU KNOW ANYTHING ELSE? WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SHORT MEETING AND RIGHT AND HOW WELL WE HANDLE WHAT WE NEEDED TO HANDLE. AND I WILL CIRCLE BACK TO STATE OF MIND IF YOU BUT I KNOW I'M AND ONCE KEVIN CHARLOTTE AND MYSELF SIT DOWN WITH ALL OF OUR NOTES TOGETHER I SEND YOU TO TOP FIVE ON WHAT WE BROUGHT FROM WORKSHOP. OKAY YOU AND EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD DAY. KN * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.