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Meeting Minutes - Final

Bay Area Housing Finance Authority Oversight Committee

Chair, Alfredo Pedroza, Supervisor, Napa County

Vice Chair, Nick Josefowitz, Commissioner, MTC

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

12:00 PM

Board Room - 1st Floor

Roster

Margaret Abe-Koga, Cindy Chavez, Victoria Fleming, Federal Glover,

Nick Josefowitz, Nate Miley, Gina Papan, Alfredo Pedroza, Hilary Ronen,

Libby Schaaf (nonvoting), Sheng Thao

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

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

6 - Canepa, Chavez, Fleming, Glover, Papan, and Pedroza

Present:

Absent:

5 - Abe-Koga, Josefowitz, Miley, Ronen, and Thao

2. Public Comment

3. Committee Member Announcements

4. Chairs' Report

23-1362

4a.

ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA Oversight Committee Chairs’

Report for November 8, 2023

5. ABAG Housing Committee Consent Calendar

23-1363

Approval of ABAG Housing Committee Minutes of October 11, 2023

The ABAG Housing Committee took action on this item.

5a.

6. BAHFA Oversight Committee Consent Calendar

Upon the motion by Papan and second by Glover, the BAHFA Oversight

Committee approved the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously by

the following vote:

6 - Canepa, Chavez, Fleming, Glover, Papan and Pedroza

5 - Abe-Koga, Josefowitz, Miley, Ronen and Thao

Aye:

Absent:

23-1364

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

23-1365

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

Upon the motion by Glover and second by Papan, the BAHFA Oversight

Committee authorized 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 motion passed unanimously by the following vote:

6 - Canepa, Chavez, Fleming, Glover, Papan and Pedroza

5 - Abe-Koga, Josefowitz, Miley, Ronen and Thao

Aye:

Absent:

8. Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program

23-1367

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

Heahter Peters gave the report.

The ABAG Housing Committee took action on this item.

9. BAHFA Business Plan

23-1366

Report on Part III of BAHFA’s Business Plan: Operations and Sustainability

Kate Hartley gave the report.

10a.