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Orange County Affordable Housing Advisory Board Minutes Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 6:00 pm Efland-Cheeks Community Center 117 Richmond Road, Efland, NC 27302 Members Present: Olivia Fisher, Tammy Jacobs (Vice Chair), Eleanor Kinnaird, Noah Oswald, Blake Rosser, Arthur Sprinczeles, Jenn Sykes, Cain Twyman Members Absent: Alison Brown, Douglas Boemker (excused), Keith Cook (excused), Allison Mahaley (excused), Mae McLendon (excused), Nannie Richmond Staff Present: Diane Beecham, Community Development Specialist I. Call to Order/Introductions — Vice-Chair Tammy Jacobs called the meeting to order at 6:05 pm. She stated that it was unfortunate that Mr. Cook could not be here because of an unforeseen emergency. It was Mr. Cook that was the force behind the AHAB meeting in different areas of the community to make people more aware of AHAB's charge and activities and to hear from community members about their issues and concerns regarding affordable housing. II. Approval of Minutes — On a motion by Eleanor Kinnaird and seconded by Jenn Sykes, the Advisory Board unanimously approved the meeting minutes of August 13, 20, 2019. III. Updates from Board Members — Ms. Kinnaird reported that she read an interesting article about four cities, including Minneapolis, that now do not allow for single-family zoning. In order to be affordable, housing usually needs to be more densely built, such as duplexes and triplexes, which single-family zoning does not allow for. She indicated that she does not expect that this would be well-received in this area but it might be something to consider. Jenn Sykes reported that the United Health Care insurance company has given social determinants of health grants in Kansas City. These types of grants which link the development of affordable, sustainable housing as a way to keep people healthy and out of the hospital may be a new avenue for municipalities to get grants from insurance companies for affordable housing. Blake Rosser said that he attended the joint meeting of the Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition and the Orange County Local Government Affordable Housing Collaborative. He found that there were no answers from the public officials about what we as a community can do about affordable housing, especially since the state government constrains what local communities can do in this arena. He would have like to have had more discussion about affordable housing strategies. IV. Annual Report — [The AHAB decided to schedule a work session to work on the annual report for Wednesday, October 2nd at 6:OOPM at the office of the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Whitted Building. The annual report this year is due in December rather than in April as in past years.] Page 1