Housing and Human Services Commission

Name: Housing and Human Services Commission — Sunnyvale, CA
Start: 2024-07-24
End: 2024-07-24
Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Regular Meeting

Sunnyvale, CA · July 24, 2024

Agenda Minutes

Minutes

City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes - Final Housing and Human Services Commission Wednesday, July 24, 2024 7:00 PM Online and City Hall, Bay Conference Room 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 CALL TO ORDER Chair Duncan called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. SALUTE TO THE FLAG Chair Duncan led the salute to the flag. ROLL CALL Present: 6 - Chair Scott Duncan Commissioner Jim Davis Commissioner Morgan Friedlander Commissioner Ken Hiremath Commissioner Elizabeth Steward Vice Chair Carol Weiss Absent: 1 - Commissioner Leesa Riviere Vice Chair Leesa Riviere (excused absence) Council Liaison Murali Srinivasan (present) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. CONSENT CALENDAR 1.A 24-0848 Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission Meeting Minutes of June 26, 2024 Chair Duncan asked if anyone wished to discuss the item on the Consent Calendar. No members of the public wished to speak. Chair Duncan asked for a motion or any additional discussion on the Consent City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Housing and Human Services Meeting Minutes - Final July 24, 2024 Commission Calendar. MOTION: Commissioner Weiss moved and Commissioner Hiremath seconded the motion to Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission Meeting Minutes of June 26, 2024, as submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6 - Chair Duncan Commissioner Davis Commissioner Friedlander Commissioner Hiremath Commissioner Steward Vice Chair Weiss No: 0 Absent: 1 - Commissioner Riviere PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS 2 24-0806 Recommendation to City Council to Award Conditional Funding for $29,533,000 in Housing Mitigation Funds and Below Market Rate In-Lieu Funds for the Acquisition, Pre-development, and/or Development of Three Affordable Housing Developments Housing Specialist Ryan Dyson provided the staff report and slide presentation outlining the proposals and staff's funding recommendations. He introduced the applicants and noted that they would each give a 5-minute presentation to provide more information on their specific proposals. ● MidPen Housing's Jennifer Liu presented the details about the proposed affordable housing projects at 1171 Sonora Court and 295 S. Mathilda. ● Miramar Capital's Perry Hariri and The Pacific Companies' Caleb Roope presented the details about the proposed affordable housing project at 352 E Java Drive After clarifying questions of staff and the applicants by the commissioners, Chair Duncan opened and closed the public hearing at 8:39 p.m. upon confirming that there were no members of the public wishing to speak on this item. Chair Duncan asked for a motion and any additional discussion. City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Housing and Human Services Meeting Minutes - Final July 24, 2024 Commission MOTION: Commissioner Weiss moved and Commissioner Steward seconded the motion to approve Alternative 1: Recommend that Council award conditional funding commitments for $29,533,000 in Housing Mitigation Funds and Below Market Rate In-lieu Funds for the acquisition, pre-development, and/or development of the projects, as presented in Attachment 3 to the report. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6 - Chair Duncan Commissioner Davis Commissioner Friedlander Commissioner Hiremath Commissioner Steward Vice Chair Weiss No: 0 Absent: 1 - Commissioner Riviere 3 24-0847 Election of Chair and Vice Chair for FY 2024/25 Chair Duncan asked for nominations for Chair for FY 2024/25. Commissioners Weiss and Steward nominated each other to serve as Chair for FY 2024/25 and both declined the nomination. Commissioner Weiss nominated Chair Duncan to continue as Chair for FY 2024/25. Chair Duncan accepted the nomination. There were no other nominations for Chair. Chair Duncan asked for nominations for Vice Chair for FY 2023/24. Commissioner Weiss nominated Commissioner Steward to serve as Vice Chair. Commissioner Steward declined the nomination. Commissioner Steward nominated Commissioner Weiss to serve as Vice Chair for FY 2024/25. Commissioner Weiss accepted the nomination. There were no other nominations for Vice Chair. Chair Duncan and Vice Chair Weiss were elected by acclamation. City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Housing and Human Services Meeting Minutes - Final July 24, 2024 Commission STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS -Commissioner Comments Chair Duncan welcomed new Commissioner Morgan Friedlander. Commissioners Steward and Friedlander asked for an update on the loan extension for MidPen for the Carroll Street Inn that was approved by Council on July 23. Specially because the Housing and Human Services Commission recommended against it. Housing Officer Carloni explained that Council takes into consideration the Commissioners recommendation and invited them to watch the video of the meeting to understand the additional information provided and the full extent of the presentation and discussion at the meeting. -Staff Comments Housing Officer Jenny Carloni thanked Chair Duncan for his willingness to serve as chair for another year and congratulated newly elected Vice Chair Weiss. She also gave the following updates: ● August meeting is canceled. ● September's special meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 17 to meet the Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) submittal deadline and a hearing for the Universal Basic Income (UBI) report. ● A wall-raising ceremony for Sonora Court is scheduled on July 26. She noted that all commissioners should have received an invitation. -Council Liaison Comments Council Liaison, Vice Mayor Murali Srinivasan, introduced himself to the commissioners and noted that he will be the liaison until Dec. 2024. He told the commissioners to see him as a resource and noted that he was happy to answer any questions that they may have about Council along the way. INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS 24-0849 Housing and Human Services Commission Proposed Study Issues, Calendar Year: 2025 ADJOURNMENT City of Sunnyvale Page 4 Housing and Human Services Meeting Minutes - Final July 24, 2024 Commission Chair Duncan adjourned the meeting at 8:53 p.m. City of Sunnyvale Page 5

Agenda

City of Sunnyvale Notice and Agenda Housing and Human Services Commission Wednesday, July 24, 2024 7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Meeting online link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/92867949471 Public Participation • In-person participation: You may provide public comment by filling out a speaker card (optional) and giving it to the Recording Officer. As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may also attend online. However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to online technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur from time to time. Unless required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, the meeting will continue despite technical difficulties for participants using the online option. The Chair may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment during Oral Communications. • Online participation: You may provide audio public comment by connecting to the Meeting online or by telephone. Use the Raise Hand feature to request to speak (*9 on a telephone): Meeting online link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/92867949471 Meeting call-in telephone number: 833-548-0276 | Meeting ID: 928 6794 9471 (*9 to request to speak | *6 to unmute/mute) • Watch the Housing and Human Services Commission meeting at: http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings • Submit written comments to the Housing and Human Services Commission no later than 4 hours prior to the meeting start to HousingHumanServices@sunnyvale.ca.gov or by mail to City Clerk, 456 W. Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Printed on 7/18/2024 Housing and Human Services Notice and Agenda July 24, 2024 Commission • Review recordings of this meeting and past meetings at https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/calendar.aspx or http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to provide public comment, or for other special assistance; please contact the City at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. ADA contact: Housing staff may be reached at 408-730-7250 or housing@sunnyvale.ca.gov (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)). CALL TO ORDER SALUTE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL ORAL COMMUNICATIONS The Chair may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment during Oral Communications for the purpose of timeliness of the meeting or conducting an orderly meeting. Such a determination shall be made prior to opening public comment on Oral Communications. This category provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the Housing and Human Services Commission on items not listed on the agenda and is limited to 15 minutes (may be extended or continued after the public hearings/general business section of the agenda at the discretion of the Chair) with a maximum of up to three minutes per speaker. Please note the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow the Housing and Human Services Commission to take action on an item not listed on the agenda. If you wish to address the Housing and Human Services Commission, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda. Individuals are limited to one appearance during this section. CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed on the consent calendar are considered to be routine and will be City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Printed on 7/18/2024 Housing and Human Services Notice and Agenda July 24, 2024 Commission acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If a member of the public would like a consent calendar item pulled and discussed separately, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda. 1.A 24-0848 Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission Meeting Minutes of June 26, 2024 Recommendation: Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission Meeting Minutes of June 26, 2024, as submitted. PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS If you wish to speak to a public hearing/general business item, please refer to notice at the beginning of this agenda. Each speaker is limited to a maximum of three minutes. 2 24-0806 Recommendation to City Council to Award Conditional Funding for $29,533,000 in Housing Mitigation Funds and Below Market Rate In-Lieu Funds for the Acquisition, Pre-development, and/or Development of Three Affordable Housing Developments Recommendation: RECOMMENDATION Alternative 1: Recommend that Council award conditional funding commitments for $29,533,000 in Housing Mitigation Funds and Below Market Rate In-lieu Funds for the acquisition, pre-development, and/or development of the projects, as presented in Attachment 3 to the report. 3 24-0847 Election of Chair and Vice Chair for FY 2024/25 STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS -Commissioner Comments -Staff Comments INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS 24-0849 Housing and Human Services Commission Proposed Study Issues, Calendar Year: 2025 City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Printed on 7/18/2024 Housing and Human Services Notice and Agenda July 24, 2024 Commission ADJOURNMENT Notice to the Public: Any agenda related writings or documents distributed to members of this meeting body regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the originating department or can be accessed through the Office of the City Clerk located at 456 W. Olive Avenue, during normal business hours and in the Bay Conference Room (Room 145) on the evening of the Housing and Human Services Commission Meeting, pursuant to Government Code §54957.5. Agenda information is available by contacting Edith Alanis at 408-730-7254 or ealanis@sunnyvale.ca.gov. Agendas and associated reports are also available 72 hours before the meeting on the City’s website at sunnyvale.ca.gov and during normal business hours at the NOVA Workforce Services reception desk located on the first floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive Avenue. City of Sunnyvale Page 4 Printed on 7/18/2024

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