City of Sunnyvale
Excerpt Meeting Minutes - Final
Housing and Human Services
Commission
7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room, City
Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA
94086
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Duncan called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Chair Scott Duncan
Vice Chair Leesa Riviere
Commissioner Jim Davis
Commissioner Elizabeth Steward
Commissioner Carol Weiss
Present: 5 -
Commissioner Ken Hiremath
Commissioner Elinor Stetson
Absent: 2 -
Commissioner Ken Hiremath (excused absence)
Commissioner Elinor Stetson (excused absence)
Council Liaison Russ Melton (absent)
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.
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March 27, 2024Housing and Human Services
Commission
Excerpt Meeting Minutes - Final
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: Chair Duncan
Vice Chair Riviere
Commissioner Davis
Commissioner Steward
Commissioner Weiss
5 -
No: 0
Absent: Commissioner Hiremath
Commissioner Stetson
2 -
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