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When people are interested in land banking, they ask far apre-application conference and the Project Review and Selection Committee convenes and holds the conference and gives information about how to apply. The committee then reviews the application and makes a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners. Commissioner Gordon asked how they would handle the open process for all applications. Allan Rosen said that the Project Review and Selection Committee could handle this from a process standpoint, but the issue is when the money runs out. Commissioner Gordon said that they should think about having maybe quarterly meetings to help with the process of applications. Gwen Harvey asked if there has been any interest expressed about this since 20Q2 and it was answered no. Tara Fikes said that it is probably because there are other monies available such as HOME, etc. She thinks that the nonprofits' plates are full. Jack Chestnut said that the nonprofits they work with now have infrastructures that are so small that they cannot handle any more. Allan Rosen said that their board has talked about this twice before and the big issue is whether there is a way to draw down the money faster and produce more affordable housing units. Another part of the equation is capacity related issues. Tara Fikes said that the capacity issues brought them to #2 about broadening the definition to allow for-profit organizations to also apply. Commissioner Gordon asked if there was a possibility to give a contract to the for-profits so the County would have control and it could be targeted. Commissioner Carey said that he does not have a problem with government contracting with for-profits since they do it all the time such as with building of schools. He wants to hear mare about this possibility. Chair Jacobs said that San Diego has a smart growth fund, and they make grants to private entities to do things that they want them to do. This would allow for some control. Tara Fikes said that they would like to discuss this further. Artie Franklin said that it sounds as if there are already templates in place within County government for this type of project. Commissioner Carey said that this is passible, but it needs to be discussed further. Jack Chestnut said that he thought it would be cheaper far the nonprofits if AHAB were to buy the land through land banking and then the nonprofits can build on it. III. AHAB Committee Reports Advisory Board members will make a short presentation of the work of AHAB's three standing committees. Following the presentations the Advisory Board would like to receive comments and suggestions from the BOCC regarding this committee work. a. 2000-2001 Affordable Housing Task Farce Follow-up Committee Allan Rosen b. Collaboration Committee Alejandro Hansen Alejandro Hansen said that they investigate what kind of collaboration is going on between nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, and combined collaboration between nonprofits and for-profits. She said that they want to learn about what is happening in the community and to find out what works and does not work and they are exploring nonprofit collaboration efforts. There were some goals set based on the December retreat for the committee. The first is to begin exploration of nonprofit collaboration. The organizations identified for initial contact are Orange Community Housing and Land Trust, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, EmPOWERment, Inc., Inter-Faith Council, and the Affordable