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Meeting Minutes - Final

Bay Area Housing Finance Authority Oversight Committee

Committee Members:

Vacant, Chair Vacant, Vice Chair

Margaret Abe-Koga, David Canepa, Federal Glover,

David Rabbitt, Hilary Ronen

Thursday, March 9, 2023

1:00 PM

Board Room - 1st Floor

Bay Area Housing Finance Authority

Oversight Committee

Joint Meeting with the ABAG Housing Committee

The BAHFA Oversight Committee may act on any item on the agenda.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.

Agenda, roster, and webcast available at https://mtc.ca.gov/

For information, contact Clerk of the Board at (415) 820-7913.

1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

Glover called the meeting to order at about 1:04 p.m. Quorum was present.

4 - Abe-Koga, Glover, Rabbitt, and Ronen

Present:

Absent:

1 - Canepa

2. Public Comment

3. Committee Member Announcements

4. Chairs' Report

23-0341

4.a.

ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA Oversight Committee Chairs’

Report for March 9, 2023

5. Executive Director's Report

23-0342

Executive Director’s Report for March 9, 2023

Brad Paul gave the report.

5.a.

6. ABAG Housing Committee Consent Calendar

23-0343

Approval of ABAG Housing Committee Minutes of February 9, 2023

The ABAG Housing Committee took action on this item.

6.a.

7. BAHFA Oversight Committee Consent Calendar

Upon the motion by Ronen and second by Rabbitt, the BAHFA Oversight

Committee approved the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously by

the following vote:

4 - Abe-Koga, Glover, Rabbitt and Ronen

1 - Canepa

Aye:

Absent:

23-0344

Approval of BAHFA Oversight Committee Minutes of February 9, 2023

7.a.

8. 6th Cycle Housing Element

23-0402

8.a.

Report update on 6th Cycle Housing Element drafts submitted to the

California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) by

Bay Area jurisdictions, HCD’s comments on those drafts, and available

technical assistance provided by the Association of Bay Area

Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission

(MTC)

Daniel Saver gave the report.

9. REAP 2.0 Preservation and Priority State Programs

23-0345

9.a.

BAHFA Resolution No. 28

Approval of the Housing Preservation Pilot and Priority Sites Pilot and

Acceptance of estimated Grant of $43 Million in REAP 2.0 Proceeds from

MTC to BAHFA; Delegation of Authority to the Executive Director or

Designee To Implement Such Programs; CEQA Determination: Housing

Preservation Pilot is Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15061(b)(3),

Delegated CEQA Authority for the Priority Sites Pilot Program; Authority to

Execute Agreements with Terner Center at UC Berkeley ($5 million) and

Housing Accelerator Fund ($5 million).

The BAHFA Oversight Committee also commented that BAHFA staff

specify in the Notice of Funding Availability for the Housing Preservation

Pilot that joint venture partnerships may include public agencies in

partnership with community-based organizations.

Upon the motion by Abe-Koga and second by Rabbitt, the BAHFA Oversight

Committee recommended Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) adoption

of BAHFA Resolution No. 28 which includes approval of the Housing Preservation

Pilot and Priority Sites Pilot and acceptance of estimated grant of $43 million in

REAP 2.0 proceeds from the Metropolitan Transportation Committee to the Bay

Area Housing Finance Authority; delegation of authority to the Executive Director

or designee to implement such programs; CEQA determination: Housing

Preservation Pilot is exempt pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15061(b)(3), Delegated

CEQA Authority for the Priority Sites Pilot Program; authority to execute

agreements with Terner Center at UC Berkeley ($5 million) and Housing

Accelerator Fund ($5 million). The motion passed unanimously by the following

vote:

4 - Abe-Koga, Glover, Rabbitt and Ronen

1 - Canepa

Aye:

Absent:

10. Adjournment / Next Meeting

Glover adjourned the meeting at about 3:13 p.m. The next regular joint

meeting of the ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA Oversight Committee is

on April 13, 2023.