Meeting Minutes

Page 1 of 2 pages Town of La Pointe Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Thursday April 9, 2026 5:00 pm Town Hall/Zoom Minutes Members present: Jim Peters, Samantha Dobson, Lois Carlson, John Nielsen, Mark Pass and Kaesha Baloch Members absent: Jackie Noha and Michael Kuchta Staff present: Max Imholte, Town Administrator Public present: Sheila Weir 1. Call to Order/Roll Call Meeting called to order by Lois at 5:01 pm. 2. Public Comment – none 3. Minutes of the following meetings to be considered for approval: A. January 15, 2026 Motion by Jim to approve the minutes with a spelling correction, seconded by Sam, all ayes. Motion Carried. 4. Appointed Bayfield County Rural Housing Development Fellow position Max gave an overview of the WI Office of Rural Prosperity Emerging Developer Fellowship in which Bayfield County received a grant to fund. Max will keep in touch with Kelly Westlund, Bayfield County Deputy Administrator and update the committee as received. 5. Upcoming Community meeting plan • Community Forum tentative dates are Mon. 6/22 and Mon. 9/14 at 5:15 pm. • Need to come up with questions to pose to the community; expectations of targeted group, needs/wants of target group, how to finance. • Do we need another survey? Kaesha and John will review previous survey data. A. Amended letter for approval Sam updated the property description from the original draft and will put in the next (5/16/26) Gazette. Motion by Sam to move item #9 before item #6, seconded by Kaesha, all ayes. Motion Carried. 6. Preliminary cost sheet for utilities (water, sewer, road clearing, etc.) Max will check with Zach at Madeline Sanitary District. Jim will call Melin Well Drilling & Nelson Construction. John will contact Xcel & Norvado. Max will check with Jolma Electric on solar. Page 2 of 2 pages 7. Update on Town status regarding future adjacent pump-out site 8. Google docs page development update Sam created a google doc pages and shared with the committee. 9. Further discussion on Financing and Funding models A. Guest – Pennelys Droz Pennelys talked about some of the contacts she has made regarding funding and building. She will present next month on land trusts, and design build cost research. 10. WHEDA Development Training – Green Bay 4/29 – 5/1/26 Lois plans to attend. 11. Old Business 12. Set Next Meeting Agenda and Date Thursday 5/14/26 @ 5pm 13. Adjourn Meeting by Sam to adjourn, seconded by Mark, all ayes. Motion Carried Minutes taken from recording and submitted by D. Goetsch, Clerical Assistant Minutes approved as presented 5/14/26. D. Goetsch, Clerical Assistant