Sunnyvale

APPROVED MINUTES
SUNNYVALE Housing & Human Services Commission
February 23, 2005

The Housing & Human Services Commission met in a regular session in the West Conference Room at 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale City Hall, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, on February 23, 2005 at 7:08 p.m. with Chairperson Nancy Smith presiding.

ROLL CALL

Commission Members Present: Chair Nancy Smith, Vice-Chair Chad Steward, Commissioners Narendra Pathak, Timothy Persyn, Elaine Rowan and Jana Seshadri.

Commission Members Excused Absence: Comm. James Callan and Pradeep Joshi

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

Commission Members Unexcused Absence: Commissioner Prabhakar Tenneti

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

Visitor: Jeff Goldman, Consultant, Cotton & Bridge Associates

SCHEDULED PRESENTATION

None

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

None

Commissioner Pathak made a motion to approve the Draft Minutes of January 26, 2005 with modifications. Commissioner Seshadri seconded. Motion carried 6-0 with Commissioners Callan, Joshi and Tenneti absent.

Elaine Curran, Director of Junior Achievement, was present to listen to Commissioner’s discussions and staff’s assessment and recommendation.

Annabel Yurutucu, Housing Officer, introduced Jeff Goldman, Consultant of Cotton and Bridges Associates.

Jeff Goldman, Consultant, summarized the events in the completion of the Draft Consolidated Plan (ConPlan). He reported that comments and input from focused group meetings and community meetings were incorporated in the Plan. He presented a power point presentation highlighting the ConPlan’s purpose, contents, proposed five-year strategy, amount of Federal Funds, definition of Low and Moderate Income, and process. He also noted the public and agency comments priorities, the housing needs, priority categories, and goals for the next five years.

Mr. Goldman and Ms. Yurutucu responded to Commission questions regarding density consideration with housing affordability, priority categories and ranking of goals, homeownership opportunities, cycles, amount of funds available, preservation of affordable housing, use of housing mitigation funds and income requirements/categories.

Annabel Yurutucu, Housing Officer, explained the agency proposal process and staff’s funding recommendation provided to them.

The Commission reviewed each of the proposals and discussed staff’s assessment and recommendation. The Commission directed staff to gather additional information from three agencies and to forward the additional information to the Commission prior to March 23, 2005.

1. Senior Adults Legal Assistance

· Clarify Page 26, D whether the audit is still under investigation

2. Project Match

· Clarification on the Units of Service on Case Management based on the funding requested

3. Leadership Sunnyvale

· Clarification of the Budget submitted

· Description of job responsibilities of the one full time employee

· Clarification of the tuition collected versus scholarships

· Total tuition collected

· Number of scholarship granted

· Breakdown of the income level and ethnicity of scholarship recipients

· Number of attendees

· Number of scholarships granted

· Method of scholarship determination, dollar amount and eligibility criteria

· Program effectiveness measurement

· Outreach plan to recruit low-income/ethnicity attendees

· Number of people served who live in Sunnyvale

· Residences of all attendees for FY 03/04 and 04/05

· Report on increase outcome performance of prior graduates

· More documentation of people served

Chair Smith and Comm. Persyn reported that they attended the February 1, 2005 City Council meeting regarding the possible revision of the BMR Administrative Procedures Rental Program.

Chair Smith reported that she and Vice Chair Steward attended a meeting with the Tri County Apartment Owners’ Association, Emergency Housing Consortium and Sunnyvale Community Services. She stated that Nancy Tivol, Director of Sunnyvale Community Services, took the minutes of the meeting and copies were provided to the attendees.

Further, Chair Smith reported that she attended the Housing Trust Fund meeting on February 21, 2005. She stated that there are interesting and exciting programs coming up.

Comm. Persyn asked staff to comment on the March 1, 2005 meeting. Ms. Yurutucu reported that after the public testimony, the City Council directed staff to prepare a report for March 8, 2005 City Council meeting to address the concerns expressed by the Tri County Apartment Owners’ Association. She summarized the evolution of the BMR Administrative Procedures Rental Program and clarified the preferential point determination.

Vice Chair Steward requested to have a copy of the rental survey conducted by staff. Staff will e-mail the survey to the Commission.

Chair Smith encouraged the Commission to attend the March 8, 2005 City Council meeting.

Ms. Yurutucu reminded the Commission of the Joint Meeting with the Planning Commission to review the Draft Consolidated Plan on Monday, March 7, 2005 at the Neighborhood Room, Community Center.

Comm. Pathak invited the Commission to participate in the fund raising event sponsored by Charitable Care Foundation to be held on March 5, 2005 at Chabot College Auditorium. He stated that he has been a Board Member since 1994. He noted that the Foundation has raised $5 million dollars and has provided financial support to the Tsunami Relief as well as other agencies around the world.