City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Community Land Trust Organization Board  
City Hall Conference  
Room 1A/1B, 701 E  
Broadway  
Wednesday, January 7, 2026  
Regular Meeting  
6:30 PM  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
The meeting was called to order at 6:34pm by Stanton.  
II. INTRODUCTIONS  
Present at the start of the meeting were board members Tracey Bush-Cook, Douglas  
Hunt, Diamond Tabron, Linda Head, Alex LaBrunerie, and Anthony Stanton. City staff  
Tiffani Wiesehan, Jacob Amelunke, and Molly Fair were also in attendance.  
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Present:  
Anthony Stanton, Alexander LaBrunerie, Linda Head, Tracey Bush-Cook, Douglas  
Hunt and Diamond Tabron  
3 - Jeremy Trotter, Rikki Ascani and Sabra Mitchell  
Excused:  
1 - Valerie Carroll  
Non-Voting:  
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
Motion to accept the agenda: Stanton  
Motion to 2nd: LaBrunerie  
Not Voting: Trotter, Ascani and Mitchell  
Motion passed: 6:0  
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
Approval of December 3, 2025 Meeting Minutes  
Attachments: CCLT 12.3.25 Meeting Minutes - Draft  
CCLT Meeting Audio 12.3.25 Pt 1  
CCLT Meeting Audio 12.3.25 Pt 2  
Motion to approve December 3, 2025 meeting minutes: Stanton  
Motion to 2nd: Hunt  
Abstain: Trotter, Ascani and Mitchell  
Motion passed: 6:0  
V. REPORTS  
Treasurer's Report  
Attachments: CCLT November '25 Financial Notes  
CCLT November '25 Financial Statements  
December financials are currently being worked on by Landon. The total balance in the  
bank accounts as of November 30th 2025 is $139,049.34.  
Valerie Carroll arrived at 6:38pm  
Motion to approve treasurer’s report: Stanton  
Motion to 2nd: LaBrunerie  
Not Voting: Trotter, Ascani and Mitchell  
Motion passed: 6:0  
Administrative Services  
Attachments: Land Trust Time 2025  
The document provide is what the board been wanting as it breaks down the cost to the  
CCLT via city staff for the year 2025. In 2026, staff is to provide the board monthly break  
down for each meeting. Staff was asked if there was anything that stood out to them  
when it came to putting the document together. Amelunke stated that there was a lot  
more time involved when it came to building the homes and running the ARPA funds vs.  
home/land being obtained through a transaction.  
VI. OLD BUSINESS  
Homebuyer Selection Policy  
Attachments: Homebuyer Selection Policy-Draft for 1.7.26 WITH MARKUP  
The only change to the policy, that were previously discussed, including changing the  
first come first served sentence to first qualified and switching around where the housing  
counseling requirement was. Fair pulled the HUD certified housing counseling from page  
3 as part of the process and now it’s part of the threshold criteria. This would make the  
secondary selection criteria still read as first-come first-serve but it states in those  
instances where there are two or more households expressing interest in a particular unit  
and who meet the Threshold Eligibility Criteria outlined above, then CCLT will operate on  
a first-come first-serve basis based on when offers are received.  
Motion to accept this version of the Homebuyer Selection Policy: LaBrunerie  
Motion to 2nd: Head  
Not Voting: Trotter, Ascani, and Mitchell  
Motion passed: 6:0  
Presentation about the CCLT  
Attachments: CCLT Board Presentation  
Hunt has been asked by three different groups to speak about the history of Land Trust  
and how they operate. He has created a PowerPoint and went over each slide with the  
board. Stanton suggested to adapt the slides to the audience while Carroll suggested  
creating a slide to show how the Columbia Community Land Trust has grown over the  
years. Tabron suggest have a slide to explain the Land Trust and how to grasp the idea of  
one.  
VII. NEW BUSINESS  
Composition of the CCLT Board  
Attachments: Ordinance Change  
The current ordinance that explain the composition of the CCLT board has not been  
updated since the Columbia Community Land Trust started. Hunt suggest updating the  
neighborhood representatives residing within the current CDBG eligible area to general  
representatives residing with the Columbia City Limits. Stanton has talked to the Mayor  
about this already and was told it could happen. Carroll suggest wringing a letter to City  
Council and bring it up during council closing comments or send someone when there is  
a scheduled public comment. This topic was brought up last year and was suggested to  
have the board vote on wanting to change the ordinance and staff works on getting it as a  
council agenda item.  
Motion to accept the language proposed by Doug Hunt and modify the  
composition of the Community Land Trust Organizational Board: Stanton  
Motion to 2nd: LaBrunerie  
Non- voting: Trotter, Ascani and Mitchell  
Motion passed: 6:0  
VIII. GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, MEMBERS AND STAFF  
No comment from public or staff. LaBrunerie thanks Hunt for the great presentation.  
Stanton asked for an update on the Job Point home and the homes on 8th St. Amelunke  
let him know that Job Point is in the process of pouring concrete for the driveway.  
Amelunke let the board know that he had to call the bonding agency for the 8th St homes  
as subcontractors have not been paid. He explained the process of what could happen  
next and should know more information by the end of January  
IX. NEXT MEETING DATE  
February 6, 2026  
X. ADJOURNMENT  
The meeting was adjourned at 7:42 pm.  
Motion to adjourn: Stanton  
Motion to 2nd: LaBrunerie  
Not Voting: Trotter, Ascani and Mitchell  
Motion passed: 6:0