City of Sunnyvale  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Housing and Human Services  
Commission  
Wednesday, March 27, 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.  
SALUTE TO THE FLAG  
Chair Duncan let the salute to the flag.  
ROLL CALL  
Present: 5 -  
Chair Scott Duncan  
Vice Chair Leesa Riviere  
Commissioner Jim Davis  
Commissioner Elizabeth Steward  
Commissioner Carol Weiss  
Commissioner Ken Hiremath  
Commissioner Elinor Stetson  
Absent: 2 -  
Commissioner Ken Hiremath (excused absence)  
Commissioner Elinor Stetson (excused absence)  
Council Liaison Russ Melton (absent)  
PRESENTATION  
24-0522  
PRESENTATION - Community Development Block Grant  
(CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME)  
Funding Proposals  
Housing Officer Jenny Carloni introduced the item. The applicants that submitted  
proposals for CDBG/HOME funding will give short presentations to introduce their  
projects.  
Roshuna Creswell, Sunnyvale Community Services Programs Director, provided a  
short presentation for the Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) Program,  
Sunnyvale Community Services submitted a proposal to continue administering the  
program which currently serves 44 families providing rental assistance for up to two  
years.  
Jocelyn Chavez provided a short slide presentation for the proposal submitted by  
Sunnyvale Community Services to continue their employment readiness program  
known as WorkFirst Sunnyvale (WFS). WFS is delivered in partnership with  
Downtown Streets Team and targets services to unhoused individuals.  
Katherine Fuentes, Upwards Senior Community Impact Manager, gave a  
presentation for their BOOST Microenterprise proposal aimed to provide  
technological solutions, business tools and technical support to small child care  
providers to make them more manageable and profitable. The majority of the  
providers being assisted are female-run and minority owned.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS  
None.  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
1.A  
24-0465  
Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission  
Meeting Minutes of January 24, 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  
Calendar.  
Commissioner Weiss, asked that the minutes include the importance and urgency  
that the commissioners has discussed for the study issued that was ranked no. 1.  
CDD 24-03 Establishment of a Sanctioned Encampment for Unhoused Individuals in  
Sunnyvale  
MOTION: Vice Chair moved and Commissioner Weiss seconded the motion to  
Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission Meeting Minutes of January  
24, 2024, as amended..  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
Yes: 5 -  
Chair Duncan  
Vice Chair Riviere  
Commissioner Davis  
Commissioner Steward  
Commissioner Weiss  
No: 0  
Absent: 2 -  
Commissioner Hiremath  
Commissioner Stetson  
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS  
2
24-0494  
Evaluations and Funding Recommendations for FY 2024/25 &  
FY 2025/26 Allocation of HOME Investment Partnership  
Program and FY 2024/25 Community Development Block  
Grant Funds.  
Housing Officer Jenny Carloni introduced Homeless Services Manager Amanda  
Sztoltz and Housing Programs Analyst Matthew Hazel, In the future Matthew will be  
presenting items related to the HUD programs, but at this meeting, Ms. Sztoltz  
presented the staff report for this item.  
Ms. Sztoltz gave an overview of the Request for Proposal process, the proposals  
received in response, the review, evaluation and ranking process, and presented  
staffs funding recommendations.  
After clarifying questions from Commissioners, Chair Duncan opened the public  
hearing at 8:11 p.m.  
Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) Executive Director Marie Bernard, spoke in  
support of the two proposals submitted by SCS to continue administering the TBRA  
and WFS programs and answered commissioners' questions.  
Upwards Senior Community Impact Manager Katherine Fuentes answered  
questions that were brought up by the commissioners, and advocated for a funding  
recommendation for the BOOST proposal, highlighted the need of child care for the  
community and she noted that no other jurisdiction that has awarded CDBG funding  
to Upward has requested a 25% match funding, which Lastly, she suggested the  
option of a scaled down pilot program with a reduced budget and use the funds that  
appear to be unallocated.  
Chair Duncan closed the public hearing at 8:37 p.m.  
After a lengthy discussion and additional questions of staff and the applicants, Chair  
Duncan asked for a motion.  
MOTION: Commissioner Davis moved and Vice Chair Riviere seconded the motion  
to Alternative 1: Fund the CDBG capital project and TBRA proposals in the amounts  
shown in Attachments 2 to this report.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
Yes: 5 -  
Chair Duncan  
Vice Chair Riviere  
Commissioner Davis  
Commissioner Steward  
Commissioner Weiss  
No: 0  
Absent: 2 -  
Commissioner Hiremath  
Commissioner Stetson  
3
24-0269  
Consider Request from MidPen Housing for Extension of  
$964,750 HOME Loan for Carroll Inn  
Housing Officer Jenny Carloni provided the staff report and answered questions.  
Chair Duncan opened the public hearing at 9:01 p.m.  
Aditi Mahmud, MidPen Housing Corporation Senior Asset Manager, spoke in  
support of the request to extend the loan and answered questions from  
commissioners about the need and reasons for the request.  
Chair Duncan closed the public hearing at 9:23 p.m.  
After a lengthy discussion and additional questions of staff, Chair Duncan asked for  
a motion.  
MOTION: Vice Chair Riviere moved and Commissioner Weiss seconded the motion  
to approve alternative 4 Do not approve the HOME loan Extension Request from  
MidPen for Carroll Inn for an additional 55 years, but modify the amount due and  
payable and/or the loan terms. Commissioner Davis offered a friendly amendment  
to give staff more specific parameters such as; a 20-25-year loan term, forgiveness  
or reduction of interest and required monthly payments, and to bring back the new  
loan modification proposal. Vice Chair Riviere accepted the friendly amendment.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
Yes: 5 -  
Chair Duncan  
Vice Chair Riviere  
Commissioner Davis  
Commissioner Steward  
Commissioner Weiss  
No: 0  
Absent: 2 -  
Commissioner Hiremath  
Commissioner Stetson  
STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES  
None.  
NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS  
-Commissioner Comments  
None.  
-Staff Comments  
Housing Officer Carloni provided the following updates:  
● The Housing Element has been adopted and is now certified by the State.  
● The Housing Element Annual Progress Report (APR) went to City Council on on  
March 26.  
● The sanctioned encampments study issue was ranked #1 by the City Council for  
CDD.  
● Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 16.  
INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS  
24-0523  
Housing and Human Services Commission Proposed Study  
Issues, Calendar Year: 2025  
ADJOURNMENT  
Chair Duncan adjourned the meeting at 9:39 p.m.