City of Sunnyvale

Meeting Minutes - Final

Housing and Human Services

Commission

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

7:00 PM

Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream

CALL TO ORDER

Vice Chair Sell called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Present: 6 -

Vice Chair Linda Sell

Commissioner Ken Hiremath

Commissioner Jim Davis

Commissioner Scott Duncan

Commissioner Leesa Riviere

Commissioner Emily White

Absent: 1 - Chair Elinor Stetson

PRESENTATION

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PRESENTATION - Introduction and Overview of Fire

Prevention

Fire Marshal Vincent Anderson provided a slide presentation and answered

questions.

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

CONSENT CALENDAR

Vice Chair Sell asked for a motion or discussion on any of the items on the Consent

Calendar.

MOTION: Commissioner Davis moved and Commissioner Hiremath seconded the

motion to approve the Consent Calendar.

The motion carried by the following

Yes: 6 -

Vice Chair Sell

Commissioner Hiremath

Commissioner Davis

Commissioner Duncan

Commissioner Riviere

Commissioner White

No: 0

Absent: 1 - Chair Stetson

1.A

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Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission

Meeting Minutes of September 22, 2021

Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission Minutes of September 22,

2021 as submitted.

1.B

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Approve 2022 Draft Master Work Plan

Approve 2022 Draft Master Work Plan as submitted

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

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Review Draft Request for Proposals for FY 2022/23 CDBG

Capital Projects and 2022-2024 HOME Tenant Based Rental

Assistance Funding

Housing Programs Analyst Leif Christiansen provided the staff report and answered

questions.

Vice Chair Sell opened the public hearing at 8:15 p.m.

Downtown Street Team Chief Program Officer Chris Richardson spoke in support of

the Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) Program and the WorkFirst Program

funded with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.

Sunnyvale Community Services Executive Director Marie Bernard also spoke in

support of the expansion of the TBRA Program and the WorkFirst program.

Vice Chair Sell closed the public hearing at 8:21 p.m.

After additional questions of staff and discussion, the commissioners gave input on

the matrix used to rank and evaluate the proposals and asked to focus on the

project design and readiness criteria.

There was no formal action taken on this item.

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Annual Review of the City Code of Ethics and Conduct

Housing Officer gave a brief overview of the requirement to review the City Code of

Ethics and Code of Conduct.

Vice Chair Sell opened and closed the public hearing at 8:40 p.m.

There were no speakers for this item.

There was no feedback from the commissioners.

STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES

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Consideration of Potential Study Issues

None.

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Housing Element Update

Housing Officer Jenny Carloni reminded the commissioners of the Joint Study

Session with the Planning Commission scheduled on Dec.13.

She also noted that the outreach kickoff is tentatively schedule for February 2022.

NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS

-Commissioner Comments

Vice Chair Sell was asked about the training for Chairs and Vice Chairs. She noted

that feedback was positive for the most part and that there were no changes to

convey.

Commissioner Davis asked about having Affordable Housing Developers come to

give presentations during commission meetings focusing on the pitfalls that

developers of affordable housing face.

-Staff Comments

Housing Officer Carloni gave an update on the Mobile Home Park MOU

implementation.

She shared that escrow closed and construction has begun on the Block 15 Project.

Lastly, she noted that the City Council held a study session on housing laws, and

that if anyone is interested in watching it, it's available on the City website.