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Council committee approves late-file request to amend three Barnes Housing Trust Fund contracts to avoid expirations
Summary
The Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee on June 17 approved a late-file request to suspend rules so the full Metro Council can consider amendments to three affordable-housing contracts managed through the Barnes Housing Trust Fund to revise funding terms or extend timelines and prevent contract expirations.
The Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee on June 17 approved a late-file request to allow Metro Council consideration of amendments to three grant contracts administered through the Barnes Housing Trust Fund intended to prevent the contracts from expiring.
Committee chair Toons read a memorandum from the Planning Department explaining the urgency: the amendments would revise funding terms or extend project timelines as recommended by the Housing Trust Fund Commission and are necessary to prevent expiration and support continued progress on affordable-housing developments created under contracts forwarded in June 2023.
Committee members voted to suspend Council Rule 13 to allow the late-file resolution to be considered by the full Council. The committee moved and seconded the suspension motion and recorded approval of the suspension so the amendment resolution can proceed to the June 17 Council meeting for final action.
The committee record contains no detailed discussion of the specific projects or dollar amounts in the three affected contracts; the Planning Department memorandum states that additional paragraphs in the memo provide further background but the committee relied on the opening summary for the filing justification.
No formal amendment language or vote on the underlying contract changes was taken by the committee; the committee action was limited to accepting the late-file suspension so the Council may act on the contract amendments at its meeting.
The item will return to the full Metro Council for a substantive vote and any further debate or modification.
Questions remaining include the specific contract amendments, the dollar amounts and project identities affected, and any new timelines; those details are in the Planning Department memorandum referenced in the committee record but were not read into the public record during the committee’s brief consideration.
