Louisville Housing Authority Minutes 2008 01 29 DRAFT

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Meeting between the Board of Commissioners of the Louisville housing Authority and the Louisville City Council tentatively scheduled on Tuesday, March l 1"', 2008 Council wants to stay in touch with boards and meet every year. LI-IA will need to give a brief report from 2007 and a 2008 work plan. "This meeting gives Council a chance to listen to board. We need to include plans for South Boulder road property. What could be done with the property? I,IIA board will spend most of-l~cbniary board meeting in preparation for meeting. Some information needed to present at the meeting: Financial, occupancy %, description of properties, projects, locations, our rents vs. market rate, population served, BCHA stale-role and board role. Property Management/Maintenance 12ep~ort Rent and Occupancy Update/ Monthly Rental Vacancy Report Lydia Morgan had a vacancy that was rented before vacant. One other Lydia vacancv that is already filled. Lilac #6 upcoming vacancy. Unit already has a lot of interest and will go quickly. Acme #4 f~Iead of household passed away, already rented. Maintenance Report Broken pipe at accessible unit at Sunnyside in B building. Sprinkler system pipes in attic that froze and burst. Alarm went off and maintenance was out and turned water off in ] 0 mimites. Safe Systems notification went off and fire department was notified. It was reported by the residents that the fire department responded within 20 minutes. Stall is receiving bids on draining water from the pipes and replacing with a glycol system. Only iss~ic in this building because attic is not heated. Believe it has never happened before because previous tenant kept heat at higher temperature. "there was too little damage to i71e insurance claim. No damage other than rug and sheet rock. Use reserves to cover cost of damage. How will we notify board of emergencies in the future? It is important that board knows of anv emergencies. Crime or serious damage to property or liability issue then board should be notified. Some options are: Phone call to chair or email or send an emergency response text message to board cell phones. "Then, send a final email later by next business day with a more detailed description. Board does want to be notified. Susan Grutzmacher will be collecting cell phone numbers. Section 8: HCV Pro ram Report Monthly statistics See packet for report. Section 8 HCi~ waitlist has been open since January T~` tlrrocrgh .lanuary 31St List has been purged to a few hundred names on list. 2