City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
Housing and Human Services
Commission
7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room, City
Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA
94086
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Duncan called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. in the Bay Conference Room.
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
Chair Duncan led the salute to the United States flag.
ROLL CALL
Chair Scott Duncan
Vice Chair Carol Weiss
Commissioner Jim Davis
Commissioner Morgan Friedlander
Commissioner Ken Hiremath
Present: 5 -
Commissioner Leesa Riviere
Commissioner Elizabeth Steward
Absent: 2 -
Council Liaison Srinivasan (absent)
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1.A 24-1149 Approve the Housing and Human Services Commission Meeting Minutes of October 23, 2024
1.B 24-1150 Approve the 2025 Master Work Plan
Chair Duncan opened and closed the public hearing at 7:05 p.m.
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Chair Duncan asked for a motion.
MOTION: Vice Chair Weiss moved and Commissioner Hiremath seconded the motion to approve the Consent Calendar with the following modification to the meeting minutes of Oct. 23, 2024:
1.) Note that on Attachment 1 page six, line four should read as follows: "Direct staff to include an option in the FY 2025-2026 Budget for a General Fund grant for a nonprofit or faith-based organization to provide a Safe Parking program on private land."
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: Chair Duncan
Vice Chair Weiss
Commissioner Friedlander
Commissioner Hiremath
4 -
No: 0
Absent: Commissioner Riviere
Commissioner Steward
2 -
Abstain: Commissioner Davis1 -
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
2 24-1153 Review Two Draft Request for Proposals for FY 2025/26 and FY 2026/27 CDBG and General Fund Human Services and FY
2025/26 CDBG Capital Projects
Housing Program Analyst, Matt Hazel, provided the staff report.
After clarifying questions, and a lengthy discussion, Chair Duncan opened the public hearing at 7:30 p.m.
Downtown Street Teams representative, Erika Laguna, shared information on the Community Cycles partnership and their contribution as well as success stories within the Sunnyvale community.
Executive Director of Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS), Marie Bernard, spoke in support of the draft proposal for CDBG and HOME funding. She provided
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information and data on how the funding has supported SCS resources and programs.
Public Hearing closed at 7:37 p.m.
3 24-1154 Annual Review of City Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials and Opportunity to Recommend
Changes to the City Council
Amanda Sztoltz, Homeless Services Manager, provided the staff report.
After a lengthy discussion, Chair Duncan opened and closed the public hearing at 7:52 p.m.
Chair Duncan asked for a motion.
MOTION: Commissioner Davis moved and Commissioner Hiremath seconded the motion to approve Alternative 1: Receive the Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials as presented in Attachment 1 to the report.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: Chair Duncan
Vice Chair Weiss
Commissioner Davis
Commissioner Friedlander
Commissioner Hiremath
5 -
No: 0
Absent: Commissioner Riviere
Commissioner Steward
2 -
STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES
NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS
-Commissioner Comments
- Chair Duncan and Commissioner Weiss attended the Council study session to give Boards and Commission feedback to review and improve overall effectiveness of commission meetings.
- Chair Duncan offered to meet with any commissioners who would like to discuss
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any Housing and Human Services Commission questions and suggested commissioners reach out to Housing Officer Jenny Carloni for any onboarding questions.
-Staff Comments
- There will be no Housing and Human Services Commission meeting in December. - Amanda S. thanked the commissioners for serving during the 2024 calendar year.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Duncan adjourned the meeting at 8:01 p.m.
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