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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVLHA Board Application 5/5/2023 4:00:15 PM - Kristin Kenney Williams (2)VLHA Board Application The Council resurrected the Vail Local Housing Authority in 2001 after a seven-year absence. The five-member volunteer board meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at 3pm. The VLHA is responsible for: VLHA Budget approval Advocacy Coordinating with Town of Vail staff on housing initiatives Recommendations to Town Council for strategic long-term planning Name of Applicant * Phone Number * Email * Do you own property or a business in the Town of Vail?* Proof of eligibility * What skills and experiences do you have that will serve to advance the mission of the Vail Local Housing Authority?* Kristin Kenney Williams 9703900062 kristin@commfluent.com VLHA Eligibility Requirements Yes No Business_License_1969.pdf 34.27KB The mission of the Vail Local Housing Authority is to collaborate on the creation of additional deed restricted homes for year-round and seasonal Vail residences. 5000 Characters Max In addition to being a longtime business owner of a public affairs consultancy firm and resident of the Vail Valley, my passion for facilitating how to achieve community housing goals, whether on behalf of the private sector, the non-profit sector or as a community stakeholder, continues to be a priority action item. I have substantial experience working with developers and businesses, large and small, who have brought forward multifamily projects that have included deed-restricted housing. Helping to determine those successful paths that include workforce and attainable housing relies on creativity and collaboration. I currently serve on the VLHA and believe I contribute ideas and strategy to the meaningful strides we're making. I also serve on the Eagle County Task Force and am in my second year as President of the Board of Directors, Habitat Vail Valley. The Vail Local Housing Authority meets twice monthly on the second and fourth Tuesday’s of each month from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Please describe your availability to attend these twice monthly meetings and the support you have your employer, if applicable, to do so? * What ideas would you suggest the Vail Housing Authority considers to be more effective in acquiring deed restrictions?* What ideas do you have for more effectively implementing these policies and strategies to increase the supply of deed restricted homes for the Vail community? * 5000 Characters Max My record to date serving on the VLHA should assure you that I have the time and enthusiasm to continue to be a very engaged member of the team. The Vail Local Housing Authority relies upon deed restrictions as the tool to achieve home availability for year-round and seasonal Vail residents. They do this through implementing programs, initiatives and developments. 5000 Characters Max Increased communications around the Vail InDEED program; how an individual or family can qualify for a deed restricted home - or place a deed restriction on their home to stay in the Vail community. Seeking increased public-private partnerships to deliver incremental deed restrictions. Seeking creative partnerships to ensure a mix of new deed restrictions, for sale and rental. Continue to explore with Community Development how the process in delivering or acquiring deed restrictions can be streamlined. The Vail Local Housing Authority, through the Vail Town Council, implements policies and strategies believed to best serve the Town in acquiring deed restrictions. 5000 Characters Max As stated above, continue to explore with Community Development how the process in delivering or acquiring new deed restrictions can be streamlined. The Vail Town Council policies and strategies are progressive and out front of most if not all mountain resort communities. Further exploring public-private partnerships within the Town of Vail and perhaps as far as Edwards will help identify new and creative ways to increase supply - for example, bringing to fruition Sen. Bill 1 that passed this year to build housing on the underutilized state land board parcel in EagleVail. Continuing to leverage the VLHA's relationships to seek grant funding, and its ability to bond. Explore land opportunities, and non-profit partnerships with organizations like Habitat for Humanity, to ensure a mix of housing types (for sale and rental) within the policy and strategy guidelines. By creation, the Vail Local Housing Authority serves to advocate for solutions to the Town’s decades long housing challenges. How would your appointment to the Authority add value and bring about new solutions to the communities housing challenges?* Please describe your background and experiences in areas of knowledge such as real estate development, real estate finance, affordable housing, mortgage lending, property management, strategic planning and implementation, and similarly related fields.* Letter of Interest * Resume * I have substantial experience working with developers and businesses, large and small, who have brought forward multifamily projects that have included deed- restricted housing. Helping to determine those new and successful paths that include workforce and attainable housing relies on creativity and collaboration. As a housing advocate, I also continue to serve on the Eagle County Housing Task Force, and I’m in my second year serving as President of the Board of Directors, Habitat Vail Valley. This year, Habitat will move from eight home starts to a remarkable 24. By end of year 2024, 40 homes plus six recycled homes will be delivered to 46 families. Commfluent has also been retained to create and execute on a regional housing summit in Big Sky, Montana later this year. All to say, my relationships and exposure to ideation around helping to solve the housing crisis that we collectively continue to combat in our mountain resort communities are vast. On the VLHA, we are consistently exploring new solutions at the direction of VTC - for example, what you're seeing with the Timber Ridge redevelopment Phase II, and the EagleVail state land board parcel. 5000 Characters Max I have a nearly two-decade track record of building consensus among disparate groups and successfully navigating complicated and oftentimes controversial projects involving the public and private sectors and nonprofit worlds with strategic planning, communications and community outreach. I specialize in strategic communications and in finding common ground, assuaging public concerns and getting buy-in from key stakeholders, including, but not limited to, municipal, county, state and federal governments, as well as private companies with sometimes divergent, important objectives. From proactive public relations to reputation management, I am an analytical thinker known for my ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a high-profile environment. Having founded Commfluent Inc., I have numerous successful real estate entitlement project examples past and present that required or require significant strategic planning and community outreach. vlha letter of interest to be reappointed.docx 19.9KB KKW.docx 26.11KB