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Meeting Minutes - Final

ABAG Housing Committee

Chair, Carlos Romero, Councilmember, East Palo Alto

Vice Chair, Neysa Fligor, Councilmember, City of Los Altos

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

12:00 PM

Board Room - 1st Floor

Roster

Jesse Arreguin, Nikki Fortunato Bas, Pat Eklund, Carroll Fife, Neysa Fligor,

Lisa Motoyama, Peter Ortiz, David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero,

Aaron Tiedemann, Wanda Williams

1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum / Compensation Announcement

Chair Romero called the meeting to order. Quorum was present.

11 -

Present:

Absent:

Bas, Eklund, Fife, Fligor, Motoyama, Ortiz, Rabbitt, Ramos, Romero, Tiedemann,

and Williams

1 - Arreguin

2. Public Comment

3. Committee Member Announcements

4. Chairs' Report

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4a.

ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA Oversight Committee Chairs’

Report for November 8, 2023

5. ABAG Housing Committee Consent Calendar

Upon the motion by Tiedemann and second by Motoyama, the ABAG Housing

Committee approved the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously by

the following vote:

11 -

Aye:

Bas, Eklund, Fife, Fligor, Motoyama, Ortiz, Rabbitt, Ramos, Romero, Tiedemann,

and Williams

1 - Arreguin

Absent:

23-1363

Approval of ABAG Housing Committee Minutes of October 11, 2023

5a.

6. BAHFA Oversight Committee Consent Calendar

The BAHFA Oversight Committee took action on this item.

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23-1394

Approval of BAHFA Oversight Committee Minutes of October 11, 2023

6a.

6b.

BAHFA Legal Services Bench - Pre-Qualification of the following Law

Firms to Provide Legal Services to BAHFA: Aleshire & Wynder, LLP; Best,

Best and Krieger LLP; Goldfarb Lipman, LLP; Jarvis Fay, LLP; Kutak

Rock, LLP; and Shute, Mihaly, Weinberger, LLP

7. BAHFA Rental Assistance Pilot Program

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7a.

Authorization for the Executive Director to negotiate and enter into a

contract with the Napa County Department of Housing and Homeless

Services for an amount not to exceed $5 million to launch and administer

the BAHFA Rental Assistance Pilot Program

The BAHFA Oversight Committee took action on this item.

8. Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program

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8a.

Recommendation to Executive Board regarding adoption of a resolution to

suballocate Regional Early Action Planning Grants of 2021 (REAP 2.0)

funding to the Planning Collaboratives of Alameda County ($493,000),

Contra Costa County ($657,000), Marin County ($490,000), Napa/Sonoma

Counties ($526,000), San Francisco ($128,000), San Mateo County

Department of Housing ($690,000), Cities Association of Santa Clara

County ($526,000), and Solano Transportation Authority ($490,000) and

authorization to negotiate and execute contracts with Urban Planning

Partners in an amount not to exceed $493,000, 4Leaf Inc. in an amount not

to exceed $526,000 and Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. in an amount not to

exceed $657,000 subject to the terms and conditions of MTC’s funding

agreement with the State

Heather Peters gave the report.

Upon the motion by Tiedemann and second by Motoyama, the ABAG Housing

Committee recommended ABAG Executive Board approval regarding adoption of

Resolution 16-2023 to suballocate Regional Early Action Planning Grants of 2021

(REAP 2.0) funding to the Planning Collaboratives of Alameda County ($493,000),

Contra Costa County ($657,000), Marin County ($490,000), Napa/Sonoma Counties

($526,000), San Francisco ($128,000), San Mateo County Department of Housing

($690,000), Cities Association of Santa Clara County ($526,000), and Solano

Transportation Authority ($490,000) and authorization to negotiate and execute

contracts with Urban Planning Partners in an amount not to exceed $493,000,

4Leaf Inc. in an amount not to exceed $526,000 and Moore Iacofano Goltsman,

Inc. in an amount not to exceed $657,000 subject to the terms and conditions of

MTC’s funding agreement with the State. The motion passed unanimously by the

following vote:

11 -

Aye:

Bas, Eklund, Fife, Fligor, Motoyama, Ortiz, Rabbitt, Ramos, Romero, Tiedemann,

and Williams

1 - Arreguin

Absent: