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MISSION: To increase the supply of decent affordable housing provided by nonprofit organizations to low and very low income families through coordination among nonprofits to enhance capabilities, expand funding opportunities, maximize training, and develop new partnerships.

Time (Min)					Agenda Item	

8:00-8:30   Networking between members and guests                          
8:30-8:35   Introduction of members/guests (Katie Porta)                   
8:35-8:40   Approval of minutes
8:40-8:55   Speaker — Federal Reserve Bank (Janet Hamer)
8:55-9:25   Speaker — 
9:25-9:40   Other Items:  
                 County/City/HUD 
                   City of Orlando HAC Report
                 Counseling Collaborative 
            New Business:
                  Review correspondence
            Next membership meeting -- Wednesday, February 27, 2002 @ 8:30 am   
			
				Adjourn	(TOTAL MEETING TIME -- 1 HOUR AND 10 MINUTES)

The City of Orlando, 400 S. Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801
   Located at northwest corner of South Street and S. Orange Avenue 
   The meeting will be on the second floor - Conference Room U 

  Future Meeting Schedule for 2002: 

  March 27, April 24, May 29, June 26, July 31, 

  August 28, September 25, October 30, November 27, No December Meeting 

Goal 1.	To educate the entire community on the role of the nonprofit sector as an important partner in the housing delivery process.
   a.	Communicate housing and nonprofit needs to local area government
   b.	Develop quantifiable goals for the Roundtable to allow for evaluation of this organization's effectiveness.
   c.	Invite guest speakers to speak monthly.  Pick out topic relevant to nonprofit housing providers (i.e. management,
development, underwriting) and have speaker make 30 minute presentation.

Goal 2.	To pool skills and resources of nonprofit housing producers and housing support agencies
   a.	To use the nonprofit Roundtable to gain organizational and functional strength to achieve our mission by
convening regular meetings to share information, and to plan and coordinate activities of the participating
nonprofits

   b.	To evaluate and prepare an annual plan that quantifies projects and funding needs of the participating nonprofits
and prepare joint funding support request to the various funding entities
   c.	To promote and support emerging nonprofit housing organizations.

Goal 3.	To pursue various partnership opportunities and linkages with for-profit developers and builders.
   a.	Strengthen relationships between nonprofits and private sector
   b.	To become active participants in the Homebuilder's association to cultivate support of for-profit developers and
builders and to seek out opportunities for joint-ventures, other business relationships and mentoring.

Goal 4.	To pursue activities that would increase the availability of low cost funds to nonprofits.
   a.	Subscribe to legislative, funding resource.  Monitor and report on upcoming funding programs.
   b.	Develop calendar of funding source with contact, deadline and summary information.

Goal 5.	To pursue activities that would encourage governments to provide grants and loans to nonprofits for technical assistance
and housing production.

Nonprofit Housing Roundtable

Meeting Minutes from January 30, 2002 Meeting

Present: Nede Mansour, Karen Ledet, Scott Zimmerman, Linda Larkin, Steve Chitwood, Betty Evans-Turman, Fred L Maxwell, Denise Patton, Albie Mayor, Gaile Moody Plowden, Cynthia Smith, Patricia Andrews, Kevin O'Rawe, Victor Alvardo, Tracey Starke, Catrina Dupree, Lisa Chiblow, Gloria Oliver, Dedra Walthour, Vicki Poff, Alexis Collins, Fran James, Rosanna Jacobsen, Janet Hamer

Agenda Item 1 -- Approval of Minutes

Minutes were unanimously approved.

Agenda Item 2 --Presentation by Janet Hamer

• The Federal Reserve has twelve districts. The one that serves Central Florida is located within Atlanta. There are two branch offices that also oversee the state, one in Miami and one in Jacksonville. 
• Janet works out of the community affairs program which helps banks meet their CRA requirement. They do not tell banks what to do, but they seek to assist banks on how to do this. The CRA legislation is very specific in that it designates goals for organizations that must be met in terms of loans.  
• Janet has been with the Federal Reserve for six months. Prior to this, she was Housing Chief in Jacksonville and also Department Chief of Housing in Daytona.
• The goal of the Federal Reserve is to establish a presence in Central Florida to seek banks who want to reinvest in the community. In addition, they are seeking to develop partnerships with for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
• The Federal Reserve has numerous individuals who are experienced in a variety of areas.
• Some of the initiative which the Federal Reserve will be pursuing is financial literacy, predatory lending, Hispanic outreach, manufactured housing, and cosponsoring conferences.
• For example, in New Orleans they had a workshop on foreclosure prevention. They brought all the players together in the community and talked about this increasing problem.

Agenda Item 3 --Miscellaneous Business 

•  HUD was on-hand to talk about a potential regional office in Orlando. There is a plan to open up a regional office in Orlando and the HUD representatives will keep the Roundtable members appraised of this situation.

 •  Orange County is increasing the single family home sales price that is eligible as affordable housing from $111,000 to $126,000.

•  The City of Orlando is conducting a consumer education fair for District 5 on February 2nd, between 9:00 and 12:00 pm at the Northwest Community Center.

•  Nede Mansour was on-hand from the Community Affairs Department of the Department of Social Security. She briefly talked about this department. It is the largest in the country and it helps 160,000 beneficiaries each year. Their primary responsibility is to answer questions about Social Security. Nede can be reached at 407-648-6109, ext. 3102.

•  The Disabled Task Force is on the final review of their survey. They anticipate the survey will be out within the next 60-90 days. Results from the survey should be available late this summer.

•  Gloria Oliver was on-hand to talk about the Counseling Collaborative. The Collaborative has started their 2002 membership drive. There is a full membership meeting of Thursday, February 28th. The big event will be on June 9th and it will be the homebuyer fair at the Central Florida Fairgrounds. The Collaborative will also be offering a five day housing counselor certification program on June 17th through June 21st.

This concludes the end of the minutes. The next meeting will be on February 27, 2002, at 8:30 am, at Orlando City Hall.