HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuman Resource Network 05-01-1996ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING
TO: Robert Boche, Chairman
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Maureen Farrell, President
COMMITTEE TITLE: Human Resource Network of St. Croix County
DATE: May 1, 1996
TIME: 1:30 P.M.
LOCATION: St. Croix County Health & Human Services (Board Room)
1445 N. Fourth St.
New Richmond, WI 54017
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: July 10, 1996
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Committee Updates
Bylaws
Membership
Transportation
Agency Sharing
NEW BUSINESS:
Housing Issues
Lynn Nelson, West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission,
Eau Claire, and Ellen Denzer, St. Croix County Planning Department,
will discuss housing issues.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: Maureen Farrell
DATE: 4/16/96
COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE
COUNTY CLERK
NEWS MEDIA/NOTICE BOARD
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
HUMAN RESOURCE NETWORK OF ST. CROIX COUNTY
MAY 1, 1996
Present: Barb Blaisdell, Department on Aging
Maureen Farrell, County Library
Marilyn Fruit, Human Services, Economic Support
Tom Holland, YMCA
Carolyn Krieger, Human Services, Nursing Home
Mary Lestrud, UW-Extension
Patrick McCoy, WestCAP
Guests: Ellen Denzer, Planning Department
Nancy Hunter, Member of the Public
Mark Sebesta, Regional Planning Commission
The meeting was called to order at 1:40 p.m. by Maureen Farrell.
Date of Next Meeting
July 10, 1996, 1:30 p.m.
Action on Previous Minutes
None
Unfinished Business
Farrell reported that three ad hoc committees are meeting. They
are:
-Bylaws
Sandy Larson (Chair), Sandy Gehrmann, Judy Leary
Report due at September meeting
-Membership
Tom Holland (Chair), Maureen Farrell, Cindy Griffin, Mary
Lestrud, Avalene Swanson
Report due at July meeting
-Transportation
Barb Blaisdell (Chair), Cindy Griffin, Loren Sather
Report due at July meeting
Agency Sharing
Department on Aging: Seniors' Day will be held at WITC on May 30,
1996. Although food preparation has been consolidated, all seven
Senior Nutrition Sites still serve meals. The first board meeting
for the Interfaith Caregivers Grant will be held soon. There is
concern about passage of the Older Americans Act; contacting
legislators would be helpful. Barb provided various handouts.
UW-Extension: A regional videoconference, "Small Town Housing:
Policy and Potentials" will be held on May 9, 1996, 9-noon, at the
UW-Extension office, Baldwin. Register by May 8.
Health and Human Services/Economic Support: Two new programs (Pay
for Performance and Self -Sufficiency First) which require
compliance with jobs programs have been implemented. To date,
there have been 14 full and 11 partial sanctions imposed on program
participants. There are concerns about managed care; AFDC and
Healthy Start clients will be required to choose an HMO.
Health and Human Services/Nursing Home: There is a need for a
continuum of care approach to housing for the elderly in St. Croix
County. Assisted living and low income housing options, in
addition to nursing homes, need to be available.
WestCAP: WestCAP has developed an 8-unit family housing project in .
Clayton (Polk County) and is considering a similar project in
Colfax (Dunn County). There are no current plans for a project in
St. Croix County although WestCAP is open to partnerships with
villages and other jurisdictions.
New Business
Ellen Denzer, St. Croix County Planning Department, and Mark
Sebesta, West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Eau
Claire, gave a presentation on housing in the county and region.
Key points:
-Census data provides a very broad view of housing. Gathering
specific information from local sources would give a more precise
view.
-Affordable housing is needed for households spending 300 or
more of their income on housing. In 1990, 21.2% of households
(owners and renters) in St. Croix County spent 30a or more of their
income on housing.
-Median housing values in St. Croix County increased from
$17,000 in 1970, to $54,00 in 1980, and $74,400 in 1990.
-Hudson, New Richmond, Rivers Falls, and Woodville have
housing authorities. Their focus is affordable housing for
seniors.
-St. Croix County does not have a county housing authority.
-Grants are available if an appropriate agency (such as a
county housing authority) will administer them. Clark County
creaited a county housing authority for this purpose.
-Affordable housing did not surface as an issue in land use
and development surveys conducted recently as part of St. Croix
County's planning process. A similar survey conducted in Somerset
did result in some comments about affordable housing.
-Business retention and labor market supply surveys indicate
that affordable housing is an economic development issue.
Res ectfully su mitted,
Sandra Larson, Secretary
by Maureen Farrell