Sunnyvale

The Housing & Human Services Commission met in regular session in the West Conference Room at 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale City Hall, Sunnyvale, CA 94088, on October 27, 2004 at 7:10 p.m. with Chairperson Nancy Smith presiding.

ROLL CALL

Commission Members Present: Chair Nancy Smith, Vice-Chair Chad Steward, Commissioners James Callan, Narendra Pathak, Timothy Persyn, Jana Seshadri and Prabhakar Tenneti

Commission Members Excused Absence: Commissioners Pradeep Joshi and Elaine Rowan

Commission Members Unexcused Absence: None

Staff: Annabel Yurutucu, Housing Officer and Lupita Gaeta, Housing Programs Analyst

Others: Planning Commissioner Brandon Sulser

SCHEDULED PRESENTATION

None

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

None

Commissioner Tenneti made a motion to approve the Draft Minutes of September 22, 2004 with the minor wording changes. Commissioner Pathak seconded. Motion carried 7-0 with Commissioners Joshi and Rowan absent.

Annabel Yurutucu, Housing Officer, requested the Housing and Human Services Commission address Item B, “2005 Commission Work Plan and Consolidated Plan” before Item A, since it was carried over from the September 22, 2004 Housing and Human Services Commission meeting.

Ms. Yurutucu presented and reviewed the draft 2005 Commission Work Plan and Consolidated Plan schedule. She detailed Public Hearing dates for the Consolidated Plan 2005/2010 and Request for Proposal FY 2005/2006 for the Community Development Block Grant and General Fund process. She voiced that an option for the Commission is to consider consolidating the two-day evening presentations of the non-profit agencies into one extended evening meeting.

The Housing and Human Services Commission reviewed the proposed draft work plan and agreed that the agency presentations will be held on the evening of Thursday, February 17, 2005 and Capital Improvement Housing proposals will be presented at the Housing and Human Services Commission’s regular meeting of February 23, 2005.

Ms. Yurutucu voiced that she will have the final 2005 Commission Work Plan for approval by the Housing and Human Services Commission at the November 17^th meeting.

A. Consideration & Ranking of Study Issue of Budget Items for City Council Workshop.

Ms. Yurutucu presented and reviewed each of the eight Study Issues to be ranked by the Housing and Human Services Commission.

The Housing and Human Services Commission reviewed the Study Issues and then a motion was made as follows:

The Commission further discussed the remaining Study Issues CDD-9, CDD-20, CDD-25, and CDD-26 to be recommended for consideration to the City Council.

The Commissioners privately ranked the remaining Study Issues CDD-9, 25, & 26 in the following order:

The Commission continued the discussion in light of the estimated hours for completion of each Study Issues.

After further discussion, the Commissioners reviewed each Study Issue privately a second time and ranked the Study Issues CDD-9, 25, & 26 in the following order:

Commissioner Tenneti made a motion to accept the Study Issues ranked in the following order CDD-9, CDD-26, & CDD-25. Commissioner Steward seconded. Motion carried 7-0 with Commissioners Joshi and Rowan absent.

Ms. Yurutucu reviewed a letter from the County of Santa Clara Office of Affordable Housing on the City’s share of $12,772 for the Countywide Needs Assessment and Countywide Homeless Study. She voiced that the study will be conducted countywide in collaboration with the Entitlement Cities in the County. The information will be included in the City of Sunnyvale Consolidated Plan 2005/2010. She voiced that she will keep the Commission informed on the progress of the study as part of the Consolidated Plan process.

Chair Smith voiced that she and Ms. Yurutucu attended the October 26, 2004 City Council meeting to present the General Fund Outside Groups funding recommendations for FY 2004/2005.

Commissioner Persyn voiced that he attended the Consolidated Plan Meeting on October 13, 2004 at Lakewood Village Park.

Ms. Yurutucu voiced that over 1,500 flyers were distributed to Lakewood Village for the meeting. Although the turnout was low, the next Consolidated Plan Meeting at the Columbia Neighborhood Center should have a larger turnout.

Commissioner Pathak passed out flyers for an upcoming event at the Hindu Temple and Community Center on November 6^th and 7^th and invited the Commissioners to attend.

Ms. Yurutucu voiced that she sent a letter to 1^st Community Housing terminating the conditional award of funds, which will allow the use of those same funds for another housing project.

ADJOURNMENT

Chair Smith adjourned the meeting at 9:55 p.m.