APPROVED MINUTES
 Housing & Human Services Commission
Special Meeting
February 17, 2005

The Housing & Human Services Commission met in a special session in the Council Chambers at 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale City Hall, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, on February 17 at 6:10 p.m. with Chairperson Nancy Smith presiding.

 

ROLL CALL

 

Commission Members Present:  Chair Nancy Smith, Commissioners Narendra Pathak, Timothy Persyn, Elaine Rowan, and Prabhakar Tenneti

 

Commission Members Excused Absence:  Commissioner James Callan and Pradeep Joshi

 

Commissioner Pradeep Joshi recused himself from participation due to conflict of interest.

 

Commission Members Unexcused Absence: Vice-Chair Chad Steward and Commissioner Jana Seshadri

 

Staff:  Annabel Yurutucu, Housing Officer and Alice Gamboa-Navas, Administrative Aide

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

 

  1. Agency Presentation for the FY2005/2006 and FY 2006/2007 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Outside Group Funding (OGF)

 

The following agencies presented their programs for funding and availed themselves to Commission’s clarification or questions.

 

 

 

Agency

 

Program

Fund Request

1.

Support Network for Battered Women

Services to Battered Women and their Children

 

$32,000

2.

Sunnyvale Community Services

 

Emergency Assistance

$98,339

3.

Second Harvest Food Bank

Operation Brown Bag

$5,490

 

4.

Senior Adults Legal Assistance

Legal Assistance to Sunnyvale Elders

 

$10,479

5.

Rebuilding Together Peninsula

 

National Rebuilding Day

$12,500

6.

Project Match

Senior Group Residence Services

 

$14,000

7.

Live Oak/Adult Day Services

Adult Day Care Center

 

$29,400

The Commission took a recess at 7:30PM and reconvened at 7:45PM. 

The Commission took a recess at 8:35PM and reconvened at 8:50PM. 

15.

Euphrat Museum of Art,

De Anza College

 

After School Art Classes

$12,298

16.

Emergency Housing Consortium

Sunnyvale Homeless Shelter

 

$75,000

17.

Cupertino Community Services

 

Shelter Program

$20,000

18.

Community Association for Rehabilitation

Development Disability Services

 

$6,025

19.

Catholic Charities

Shared Housing Services

 

$15,000

20.

Catholic Charities

Long Term Ombudsman

 

$13,212

21.

Bill Wilson Center

Runaway and Homeless Youth Shelter

 

$32,000

 

TOTAL FUND REQUEST

$508,200

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

Chair Smith adjourned the meeting at 10:20PM.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Annabel Yurutucu

Housing Officer