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(1) The Community Housing Advisory Board consists of:
(a) two Members of Council
(b) six Citizen Representatives
(c) two representatives of the Aboriginal Community
(2) The Community Housing Advisory Board shall make its decisions by Consensus.
(3) The Board will report to City Council.
(4) The purpose of the Board is to:
(a) act as a partner in ending homelessness and striving to ensure that there are adequate affordable housing options within the community.
(b) advise The City in accountability of planning documents and allocation of funding as required by other orders of government in the areas of affordable housing and homelessness.
(c) upon request, provide input into planning processes to create community planning documents.
(d) provide input into community priority-setting when necessary.
(e) provide input into application processes for agencies, organizations, businesses and individuals in the community who wish to apply for funding as provided by the federal and provincial governments, and other sources, to address homelessness, housing and related support issues in Red Deer.
(5) The Board will, in relation to affordable housing and programming to end homelessness within the corporate limits of The City of Red Deer:
(a) act in an advisory role to Council on affordable housing, homelessness housing, services/activities related to the goal of ending homelessness, and funding allocation referred to the Board by Council or administration;
(b) act in an advisory role to administration, when administration brings forward issues for consideration on affordable housing, homelessness housing, services/activities related to the goal of ending homelessness that may impact the development, implementation or administration of policy; and
(c) provide a mechanism for citizens and groups to present issues and ideas concerning affordable housing or ending homelessness to Council and administration.
(6) The duties of the Board include, but are not limited to:
(a) provide input, upon request, into development of EveryOne’s Home and other community plans or planning processes;
(b) work with administration to develop annual service delivery plans, multi-year plans and other housing related plans as required by other orders of government as a condition of funding;
(c) provide input in the development of community reports on affordable housing and ending homelessness;
(d) support the community implementation of strategies included in such plans as EveryOne’s Home and other planning documents including City department service plans;
(e) communicate to and with the public, community agencies, private sector through various methods (e.g. report cards, public forums, presentations);
(f) reference current community documents such as community plans, demographic information and identified social-economic trends to establish the priorities and/or set criteria outlined for funding calls and allocations;
(g) follow the criteria as outlined through the funding source being managed through the City of Red Deer for optimal benefit to residents;
(h) evaluate the impact of government policy decisions and advise Council on potential advocacy opportunities.
(7) The Administrative Liaison(s) for the Board will be the Social Planning Program Coordinator – Housing, or designate.
(8) The Board will meet at such a time and place as needed in order to align with planning timelines, funding timelines, and/or issues or opportunities as they may arise in the community and through expectations from other orders of government.
The Community Housing Advisory Board is responsible for making funding recommendations to Red Deer City Council. As a result, Agendas and Minutes are not published. Decisions of this Board are approved by City of Red Deer Council and can be viewed in regular Council Minutes. For complete terms of reference please visit the Committees Bylaw 3478/2012.
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