Housing and Human Services Commission

City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes - Final Housing and Human Services Commission Wednesday, March 24, 2021 7:00 PM Telepresence Meeting: Web Stream TELECONFERENCE PRESENCE CALL TO ORDER Chair Hiremath called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: 6 - Chair Ken Hiremath Vice Chair Elinor Stetson Commissioner Diana Gilbert Commissioner Minjung Kwok Commissioner Linda Sell Commissioner Emily White Commissioner Emily White arrived at 7:04 p.m. Council Liaison Gustav Larsson (present) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. CONSENT CALENDAR 1.A 21-0439 Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission Meeting Minutes of February 24, 2021 Chair Hiremath asked if there was any discussion needed on the consent calendar, or for a motion. MOTION: Vice Chair Stetson moved and Commissioner Gilbert seconded the motion to Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission Minutes of February 24, 2021 as submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Housing and Human Services Meeting Minutes - Final March 24, 2021 Commission Yes: 5 - Chair Hiremath Vice Chair Stetson Commissioner Gilbert Commissioner Kwok Commissioner Sell No: 0 Absent: 1 - Commissioner White PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS 2 21-0283 Evaluations and Funding Recommendations for FY 2021/22 and FY 2022/23 Human Services Grants and FY 2021/22 CDBG/HOME Capital Project Loans Leif Christiansen, Housing Programs Analyst, gave the staff report. After clarifying questions of staff, Chair Hiremath opened the public hearing at 7:33 p.m. The following agency representatives spoke on behalf of their programs, thanked the commissioners for past support and expressed support for the funding recommendations. ● Pat Lawson-North and Frank Hernandez for Vision Literacy Program ● Pilar Furlong for Bill Wilson Center counseling services ● Marie Bernard for Sunnyvale Community Services Food Program, and for WorkFirst Sunnyvale in partnership with Downtown Streets Team ● Amanda Olson for Downtown Streets Team WorkFirst Sunnyvale project ● Anne Petersen for Live Oak Adult Day Services ● Ann Marquart for Project Sentinel Fair Housing Services ● Teresa Johnson for The Health Trust Meals-on-Wheels Program ● Jordan Dancer for Next Door Solutions for Domestic Violence ● Georgia Bacil for Senior Adults Legal Assistance Chair Hiremath closed the public hearing at 7:52 p.m. After a lengthy discussion and additional clarifying questions, Chair Hiremath asked for a motion. City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Housing and Human Services Meeting Minutes - Final March 24, 2021 Commission MOTION: Commissioner Gilbert moved and Chair Hiremath seconded the motion to approve Alternative 1: Recommend that City Council fund the CDBG capital project and human services proposals in the amounts shown in Attachments 2 to the report, and the General Fund human service proposals show in Attachment 3 to the report with the following modifications: 1. Any allowable portion of additional CDBG program income received shall be allocated to the CDBG public services applicants based proportionally on their funding gap (difference between amount requested and amount funded via staff recommendation); and 2. Recommend that the City Council increase the General Fund supplement for human services funding from $135,000 to $200,000 for the CDBG public service applicants, to be allocated proportional to their funding gap (difference between amount requested and amount funded via staff recommendation). The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6 - Chair Hiremath Vice Chair Stetson Commissioner Gilbert Commissioner Kwok Commissioner Sell Commissioner White No: 0 STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES 21-0440 Housing and Human Services Commission Proposed Study Issues, Calendar Year: 2022 None. NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS -Commissioner Comments Commissioner Sell asked for a progress update on Housing Strategy-related items. Staff shared that updates are tentatively scheduled for the May meeting. -Staff Comments Staff noted that the CDBG-CV funding recommendations will be considered by City City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Housing and Human Services Meeting Minutes - Final March 24, 2021 Commission Council on March 30. Staff will send reminders to the commissioners of when the City Council will get a report on the Mobilehome Park MOU progress in April. ADJOURNMENT Chair Hiremath adjourned the meeting at 8:31 p.m. City of Sunnyvale Page 4