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Board schedules orientation and seeks questions as members debate role and expectations
Summary
Board members agreed to hold an orientation session to clarify the Health and Educational Facilities Board's statutory role, typical borrower processes and what information applicants should bring. Members set a deadline of Aug. 25 to submit questions for the session and discussed possible guidelines for future applications.
Board members spent a substantive portion of the meeting discussing the board's role, responsibilities and how to make applicant expectations clearer.
Cindy (board staff) reminded members the board was created under state statute as a financing mechanism and urged members to read the mayor's United Housing Strategy. Members debated whether their role is primarily evaluative, administrative or policy-making and requested a structured orientation explaining which borrowers and projects are eligible under the…
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