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There was discussion about Greenfield Place and the challenges trying to make contact with management. Applicants, if approved have to pay a $200 reservation fee. The conversations for outreach and marketing should occur at the beginning for assistance with the project. Ms. Hampton plan to facilitate conversations between developers who are in the process of building and those who have sought assistance from the County. Conversation should be with the owner on the front end and a midpoint conversation when they have entered into an agreement with property management. Recap of the 2017 Section 8 /HCVP Participants' Engagement Activities Ms. Hampton provided a recap on the two (2) engagement activities held in December 2017 for HCV participants. IN the future, the Housing Authority hopes to hold quarterly meetings to enhance and help build self - sufficiency of HCV participants. Future topics will include personal money management, budgeting and housekeeping, etc. Ms. Hampton would like to do something for grandparents who are caregivers of school age children and youth. Furthermore, Ms. Hampton hopes to have activities for the youth who live in Section S households for the upcoming Spring Break. Ms. Kinnaird inquired about money the BOCC approved for a new position that would help people find or locate available rental housing. Ms. Hampton indicated that there are two (2) new positions. One is an additional Inspector and the other position,' initially called a Housing Resource Specialist, has not been finalized to date. She assessed the needs of the department and that position will do more than serve as a housing locator. Based on the needs of the department, HUD compliance requirements and other competing priorities from the BOCC, that position is going to be expanded. Ms. Hampton stated that we want to work with the landlords to make sure they provide safe and sanitary units. Tammy Jacobs stated that we need to educate all applicable parties in the process and not just the landlords. Noah Oswald said that the Board has had this conversation every year and that Ms. Hampton has more things in place to exchange information than they had before. Mr. Cook feels that the goal should be to make it easier for individuals and provide one stop for a person to be able to use our services. Ms. Kinnaird thinks that the pilot project is terrific and we need to really pull that together. Ms. Kinnaird asked why just pay a percentage of the damage. Ms. Hampton stated that it is a start and there is only a nominal amount of money available. Election of Officers Ellie Kinnaird nominated Keith Cook for Chair by acclamation. The motion was seconded by Allison Mahaley and approved unanimously. Mae McLendon made a motion to nominate Tammy Jacobs for Vice- Chair, the motion was seconded by Jenn Sykes and approved unanimously. Departmental /County Report Ms. Hampton announced that the name of the department has changed from Housing, Human Rights and Community Development to Housing and Community Development. Human Rights is now a separate department with a new director.