City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Community Land Trust Organization Board  
City Hall  
Conference Room  
1A/1B  
Wednesday, June 4, 2025  
Regular Meeting  
6:30 PM  
701 E. Broadway  
Columbia, MO.  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
II. INTRODUCTIONS  
The meeting was called to order at 6:30pm by Stanton.  
Present at the start of the meeting were board members Shirley Rhoades, Anthony  
Stanton, Jeremy Trotter, Douglas Hunt and Tracey Bush-Cook. City staff Kevin Gorsage,  
Jake Amelunke, Tiffani Wiesehan and Leigh Kottwitz were also in attendance.  
5 -  
Present:  
Shirley Rhoades, Anthony Stanton, Jeremy Trotter, Tracey Bush-Cook and Douglas  
Hunt  
5 - Alexander LaBrunerie, Linda Head, Rikki Ascani, Valerie Carroll and Sabra Mitchell  
Excused:  
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
Motion to approve the agenda: Bush-Cook  
Motion to 2nd: Stanton  
Not Voting: LaBrunerie, Head, Ascani, Mitchell  
Motion passed: 5:0  
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
Approval of May 7, 2025 Meeting Minutes  
Attachments: CCLT 5.7.2025 Meeting Minutes - Draft  
CCLT Meeting Audio 5.7.25  
Motion to approve the May 7, 2025 minutes: Hunt  
Motion to 2nd: Stanton  
Not Voting: LaBrunerie, Head, Ascani, Mitchell  
Motion passed: 5:0  
V. REPORTS  
Treasurer's Report  
Attachments: April '25 Financial Statements  
Board took a couple minutes to look over the April ’25 Financial Statements. Currently  
have $34,837 in the bank account.  
Motion to approve the treasurer’s report: Stanton  
Motion to 2nd: Trotter  
Not Voting: LaBrunerie, Head, Ascani, Mitchell  
Motion passed: 5:0  
VII. OLD BUSINESS  
Lawn Care & Maintance  
We are currently under contract for the rest of the year on mowing and can discuss the  
renewal at the next contract date. Not all CCLT homes are getting mowed just part of the  
Lynn St development, and a small portion of the bio retention in the Cullimore Cottages.  
When reviewing documents, housing staff noticed we were supposed to review lawn care  
and maintenance after the first couple years but never did and just kept on mowing those  
properties. Once the home changed hands, they were no longer grandfathered in on the  
mowing services. By cutting back on mowing services this will cut down some of the fees  
but there will still be some with the snow removal that is needed and the mowing of the  
biorientation/common areas. Stanton wants to keep the mowing services for this year due  
to exposure reasons. Discussed sending out a letter to the homeowners whose  
properties are mowed making them aware that they will no longer be receiving mowing  
services after this mowing season.  
Motion to allow the grass mowing contract to expire for this contract cycle,  
modify contract for only bio retention and renew snow removal contract in  
addition to sending termination notice to all a residence by September of this  
mowing cycle: Stanton  
Motion to 2nd: Hunt  
Not Voting: LaBrunerie, Head, Ascani, Mitchell  
Motion passed: 5:0  
115 Lynn  
By Monday morning (June 9th), the home should be purchased. Gorsage will be dropping  
off the paperwork and check at Boone- Central Title tomorrow. Mobile notary will be  
meeting with the sellers at 10am on June 5th and the documents will be overnighted to  
Boone- Central Title. Documents should be recorded early Friday morning.  
VI. SPECIAL ITEMS  
Donation of Land by a Homeowner (Pat Fowler)  
Attachments:  
Dispursed at 6.4.25 Meeting - Permanent Affordability Presentation  
for June 4, 2025  
Ms. Fowler is currently at the meeting to make sure that when she passes her home will  
remain permanently affordable in her neighborhood. Fowler grew up in a Land Trust model  
community in Greenbelt. She currently lives in the north central area where the Cullimore  
Cottages are and been a residence of the 1st ward since 2009. There was a meeting at  
the Wilkes Blvd Church on May 3rd to discuss the future of the church when Turning  
Point moves to the opportunity campus. This was an alarm for her to start making her  
home permanently affordable now. She is currently on a two-year timeline to complete  
the renovations of her home. Fowler explained the changes/renovations that she has  
already completed and showed photos of home her from the 1970s to now. She knows  
there will be continued maintenance on her home and is prepared to keep up with those.  
Along with the renovations to the outside, she plans to work on the inside as well.  
Fowler wants to start a conversation with the CCLT first on how they can make her home  
permanently affordable and who to speak with. Her goal is permanent affordability wither  
it’s with the Columbia Community Land Trust or another Land Trust. According to  
Stanton, this topic has already been brought up before and we would have to look in the  
archives to see what has been done in the past. This topic has also been brought to our  
attention here recently by a family in the Benton-Stephen area upon death. The process  
for donation, would be determined by how Ms. Fowler wants to donate her land.  
OLD BUSINESS  
Strategic Plan  
Attachments: CCLT Strategic Plan 2025-2027  
Dispursed at 6.4.25 Meeting - Presidents revisions_ CCLT Strategic  
Plan 2025-2027-1  
There are two version of the strategic plan in the works, one created by Hunt and the  
other by Stanton. Stanton changed the language on his version to match the current  
language being used by state funding and explained the differences between his and Hunt  
version. Stanton wants to agree upon as a board the primary outcomes. Once the board  
established the primary, then can discuss the outcomes/outcome measures for 2025  
only. It’s important the CCLT refine their relationship with the city, county, local banks  
and donors due to the CCLT growing over the years and have not revisited them.  
According to Stanton, it is unclear wither the CCLT is an independent 501c3 with a strong  
partnership with the city or a city program. Stanton and Amelunke discussed the  
relationship the CCLT have with the city. Attempt to discuss the processes that have to  
be taken when trying to apply for outside funds/non-government money while using city  
staff. Discussed a possible change to the bylaws to see if we need to admin the process  
to make applying and getting approved for grants faster. Goal for next meeting is to agree  
on the primary objectives and walk through what we need to get done for 2025.  
Motion to begin renegotiating of the contract between the Columbia Community  
Land Trust and the city of Columbia for services provided: Trotter  
Motion to 2nd: Stanton  
Abstain: Hunt  
Not Voting: LaBrunerie, Head, Ascani, Mitchell  
Motion passed: 4:0  
VIII. GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, MEMBERS AND STAFF  
No comment from the public. Wiesehan stated for recording purposes to speak up and to  
not talk over each other as it makes it’s hard to do the minutes. Hunt stated that he will  
be talking with the Springfield Land Trust on June 12th and will be talking with the  
Lawrence Land Trust as well. Hunt will find a way to pass on the information he learned.  
He also suggested to adding a video that explained the CLT on their website. Stanton  
stated that the DC Conference was great and very busy. He was able to meet with our  
senator staff about housing.  
IX. NEXT MEETING DATE  
July 9, 2025  
X. ADJOURNMENT  
The meeting was adjourned at 8:41pm.  
Motion to adjourn: Stanton  
Motion to 2nd: Trotter  
Not Voting: LaBrunerie, Head, Ascani, Mitchell  
Motion passed: 5:0