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MINUTES
• HOUSING ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011
3:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL — 3:33 p.m.
CITY HALL BY CLERK'S OFFICE
CONFERENCE ROOM #C101
PRESENT: Dina Chavez, Earl Jentz, Michael Lengyel, Mark Minas Margie Reese, Mauricio Torre
ABSENT: Armida Martin Del Campo
STAFF: Amanda Mills, Redevelopment & Housing Manager
Leilani Hines, Principal Project Coordinator g
Stacey Kurz, Senior Project Coordinator
Jose Dorado, Project Coordinator II
GUESTS: Anna Scott, Affirmed Housing
7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
September 28 2009
Member Chavez made a motion to approve the minutes. Vice Chair Minas seconds
motion was approved 4 -0 -1 with MemberLengyel abstaining since he was not a Comm the motion. The
. ELECTION OF NEW CHAIR ommissionerm 2009.
AND VICE CHAIR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010/2011
Member Minas nominated Member Chavez for Chair. Member Reese nomin
Chair. All members agreed unanimously to approve the nominations. ated Member Minas as Vice
3. NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM (NSP)
Staff Kurz and Dorado provided an overview of the NSP funds expended to date, see Attachment 1.
Staff Kurz indicated that the City had met HUD deadlines to spend the f
provided gap financing to 5 new homebuyers, purchased 7 homes and resold funds and through the process
2010 with $1.5M in funds. Staff Dorado summarized the rental program indi of those as of December
funds the City created 6 new units of rental housing through the ac uisi i Gating that with $1M in NSP
residents at 50% area median income or below. q tion of 2 properties to house
4. AFFORDABLE HOUSING 5 YEAR STRATEGY FOR REDEVELOPMENT AREAS
Staff Mills provided an overview of an RFQ process that began several months
selection of 4 developers to assist the City in the development of affoargo and resulted in the
Redevelopment Areas of the City, see Attachment 2. She provided a synopsis dab le housing within
a strategic plan to identify potential sites for the developments by shown a layered the process to develop
transit focus areas, existing affordable projects and apartment complexes and map of crime areas,
areas of focus, see Attachment 3. other variables to pinpoint
Commissioners asked varying clarifying questions on the map and rovide
focus areas identified. p d some feedback about the 2
STAFF REPORTS
Staff Kurz provided an update on the following projects /programs:
❖ The Landings II — Property is under construction and the first expected lease ups would
next few months. She further explained that there was a redesign of some of th bu i buildings the
address ADA units, which prevented the need to install elevators as had occurred in Phase dngs to
❖ Trenton Avenue Acquisition /Rehabilitation — Property was acquired at the end of July and is now in
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S6. process of relocating existing tenants, with rehabilitation expected in the near future.
MEMBER'S COMMENTS
Member Reese requested the attorney's office provide a Brown Act and conflict of interest training.
7. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
No oral communications.
8. ADJOURNMENT — Meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
Recorder, tacey Kurz
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