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Bend subgroup favors review sheet over rigid scorecard for housing and public-service grants
Summary
City of Bend AHEC subgroup recommended treating the application tool as a review sheet—not a binding numeric scorecard—so members can incorporate presentations and qualitative context into funding recommendations; staff set deadlines for draft edits and a Jan. 12 subgroup presentation to AHAC.
Melissa Kimonya, the City of Bend affordable housing coordinator, opened the Dec. 1 Affordable Housing & Economic (AHEC) subgroup meeting by framing a central choice for reviewers: adopt a numeric scorecard that prescribes funding decisions, or use a review sheet as a discussion tool.
Members cited equity and transparency concerns in supporting the review‑sheet approach. "Some people didn't understand why they were scored highly, but maybe they didn't receive funding," Mandy Dalrymple of AHEC said, urging clarity on how scores would be used. Ian Karras and…
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