Housing and Human Services Commission
Regular MeetingSunnyvale, CA · November 19, 2024
Minutes
City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
Housing and Human Services
Commission
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room, City
Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA
94086
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Duncan called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. in the Bay Conference
Room.
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
Chair Duncan led the salute to the United States flag.
ROLL CALL
Present: 5 - Chair Scott Duncan
Vice Chair Carol Weiss
Commissioner Jim Davis
Commissioner Morgan Friedlander
Commissioner Ken Hiremath
Absent: 2 - Commissioner Leesa Riviere
Commissioner Elizabeth Steward
Council Liaison Srinivasan (absent)
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1.A 24-1149 Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission
Meeting Minutes of October 23, 2024
Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission Minutes of October 23,
2024 as submitted.
1.B 24-1150 Approve the 2025 Master Work Plan
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Chair Duncan opened and closed the public hearing at 7:05 p.m.
Chair Duncan asked for a motion.
MOTION: Vice Chair Weiss moved and Commissioner Hiremath seconded the
motion to approve the Consent Calendar with the following modification to the
meeting minutes of Oct. 23, 2024:
1.) Note that on Attachment 1 page six, line four should read as follows: "Direct
staff to include an option in the FY 2025-2026 Budget for a General Fund grant for
a nonprofit or faith-based organization to provide a Safe Parking program on
private land."
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 4 - Chair Duncan
Vice Chair Weiss
Commissioner Friedlander
Commissioner Hiremath
No: 0
Absent: 2 - Commissioner Riviere
Commissioner Steward
Abstain: 1 - Commissioner Davis
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
2 24-1153 Review Two Draft Request for Proposals for FY 2025/26 and
FY 2026/27 CDBG and General Fund Human Services and
FY 2025/26 CDBG Capital Projects
Housing Program Analyst, Matt Hazel, provided the staff report.
After clarifying questions, and a lengthy discussion, Chair Duncan opened the
public hearing at 7:30 p.m.
Downtown Street Teams representative, Erika Laguna, shared information on the
Community Cycles partnership and their contribution as well as success stories
within the Sunnyvale community.
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Executive Director of Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS), Marie Bernard, spoke
in support of the draft proposal for CDBG and HOME funding. She provided
information and data on how the funding has supported SCS resources and
programs.
Public Hearing closed at 7:37 p.m.
3 24-1154 Annual Review of City Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected
and Appointed Officials and Opportunity to Recommend
Changes to the City Council
Amanda Sztoltz, Homeless Services Manager, provided the staff report.
After a lengthy discussion, Chair Duncan opened and closed the public hearing at
7:52 p.m.
Chair Duncan asked for a motion.
MOTION: Commissioner Davis moved and Commissioner Hiremath seconded the
motion to approve Alternative 1: Receive the Code of Ethics and Conduct for
Elected and Appointed Officials as presented in Attachment 1 to the report.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 - Chair Duncan
Vice Chair Weiss
Commissioner Davis
Commissioner Friedlander
Commissioner Hiremath
No: 0
Absent: 2 - Commissioner Riviere
Commissioner Steward
STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES
NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS
-Commissioner Comments
- Chair Duncan and Commissioner Weiss attended the Council study session to
give Boards and Commission feedback to review and improve overall effectiveness
of commission meetings.
- Chair Duncan offered to meet with any commissioners who would like to discuss
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any Housing and Human Services Commission questions and suggested
commissioners reach out to Housing Officer Jenny Carloni for any onboarding
questions.
-Staff Comments
- There will be no Housing and Human Services Commission meeting in
December.
- Amanda S. thanked the commissioners for serving during the 2024 calendar year.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Duncan adjourned the meeting at 8:01 p.m.
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Agenda
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda - Final
Housing and Human Services
Commission
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room, City
Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA
94086
Special 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.
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• 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
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.
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1.A 24-1149 Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission
Meeting Minutes of October 23, 2024
Recommendation: Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission
Minutes of October 23, 2024 as submitted.
1.B 24-1150 Approve the 2025 Master Work Plan
Recommendation: Approve the 2025 Master Work Plan 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 24-1153 Review Two Draft Request for Proposals for FY 2025/26 and
FY 2026/27 CDBG and General Fund Human Services and FY
2025/26 CDBG Capital Projects
Recommendation: Review the two draft RFPs and provide any
comments/suggestions for any changes to the final RFPs.
3 24-1154 Annual Review of City Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected
and Appointed Officials and Opportunity to Recommend
Changes to the City Council
Recommendation: Staff makes no recommendation. This report is being
presented to the Housing and Human Services Commission
for review and to allow the Housing and Human Services
Commission with an opportunity to provide the City Council
with a recommendation if desired.
STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES
NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS
-Commissioner Comments
-Staff Comments
ADJOURNMENT
Notice to the Public:
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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 Janelle Resuello at 408-730-7402 or
jresuello@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.
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