Community Affordable Housing Advisory Board (CAHAB)

This board has three vacancies.
See membership information below for representative positions available and application.

Public Meeting Schedule:

This board meets at noon the second Thursday of every month at City Hall, 121 N. Rouse, in the Madison room upstairs. (Meeting date and location changed as of January, 2012.)

Purpose / Creation:

The purpose of this board is to provide recommendations to the Commission on requests for expenditures from the CDBG Revolving Loan Fund for housing and from the Community Housing Fund; to advise the Commission on affordable housing needs, issues, policies, and regulations; to work with the City and other groups to formulate programs and projects for meeting Bozeman's affordable housing needs; and to advise the Commission on affordable housing plans for annexations and any related development proposals.

The CAHAB was created under Resolution No. 3056, which was then amended with Resolution No. 3540 in 2002.

Liaisons:

The City Commission Liaison for this board is Commissioner Carson Taylor. The contact for this board is Tracy Menuez with HRDC. Ms. Menuez can be reached at (406) 587-4486.

Links:

Click here for a link to 2012 agendas.

Click here for a link to 2011 agendas.
Click here for a link to 2011 minutes.
Click here for a link to 2009 and 2010 agendas.
Click here for a link to 2011 minutes.
Click here for a link to 2009 and 2010 minutes.
Click here for a link to the member application.

Membership:

This board is comprised of eleven members serving staggered three year terms. A member of the City Planning staff shall serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member. Members must be of legal age, and a majority of the members shall be residents of the City. Non-resident members must have a tangible connection with the City by virtue of working in the City or owning property in the City.
Members must represent the following:

real estate financing
real estate sales
construction industry
organization supporting the availability of low and moderate income housing
organization providing services to low and moderate income persons
member of the public certifying that he or she has low or moderate income as defined by the City's affordable housing policy
representative from a recognized non-profit affordable housing development organization.
member of the public certifying that he or she currently resides in housing designated as low or moderate income housing.
member of the public who has demonstrated interest in special needs housing
The City's Finance Department

Current Members:

Jan Bergman (real estate financing) - term expires June 30, 2012
Mary Martin (rep. from a non-profit affordable housing development org.) - term expires June 30, 2013
Brian LaMeres (City Finance Dept.) - term is coterminous
David Magistrelli (org. supporting availability of low and moderate income) - term expires June 30, 2013
Kris Keller (resides in low or moderate housing) - term expires June 30, 2014
Melvin Howe (member of the public interested in special needs housing) - term expires June 30, 2012
Tim Dean (construction industry) - term expires June 30, 2014

Vacancy (Real Estate sales) - term expires June 30, 2012
Vacancy (org. providing services to people with low and moderate income) - term expires June 30, 2014
Vacancy (member of the public certifying that he or she is a low or moderate income person) - term expires June 30, 2014