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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

Thursday, May 11, 2023

1:00 PM

Board Room - 1st Floor

Special Meeting

Association of Bay Area Governments

Housing Committee

Joint Meeting with the BAHFA Oversight Committee

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

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

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

Roster

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

David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero, Aaron Tiedemann, Wanda Williams

1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

Chair Romero called the meeting to order at about 1:10 p.m. Quorum was

present.

9 - Arreguin, Bas, Eklund, Fife, Fligor, Ramos, Romero, Tiedemann, and Williams

Present:

Absent:

2 - Ortiz, and Rabbitt

2. Public Comment

3. Committee Member Announcements

4. Chairs' Report

23-0689

4.a.

ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA Oversight Committee Chairs’

Report for May 11, 2023

5. ABAG Housing Committee Consent Calendar

Upon the motion by Fligor and second by Arreguin, the ABAG Housing

Committee approved the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously by

the following vote:

9 - Arreguin, Bas, Eklund, Fife, Fligor, Ramos, Romero, Tiedemann, and Williams

Aye:

2 - Ortiz, and Rabbitt

Absent:

23-0690

Approval of ABAG Housing Committee Minutes of April 13, 2023

5.a.

6. BAHFA Oversight Committee Consent Calendar

The BAHFA Oversight Committee took action on this item.

Approval of BAHFA Oversight Committee Minutes of March 9, 2023

7. BAHFA Business Plan Equity Framework and Funding Programs

23-0495

6.a.

23-0692

7.a.

BAHFA Business Plan Equity Framework and Funding Programs by the

Bay Area Housing Finance Authority

An informational update of the BAHFA Business Plan Equity Framework

and Funding Programs.

Kate Hartley reported that the agenda incorrectly described the action as

the BAHFA Oversight Committee making a recommendation to both the

BAHFA Board and the ABAG Executive Board acting as the Executive

Board to BAHFA. Both the ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA

Oversight Committee will receive the report. The item will go directly to the

BAHFA Board and the ABAG Executive Board acting as the Executive

Board to BAHFA.

The following gave public comment: Michael Baldini, Allie Carrington.

8. Regional Early Action Planning (REAP)

23-0693

8.a.

Recommendation of Approval of Updated Program Budget for the

Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Grant and Proposed

Re-programming of Certain Funds to Ensure Full Expenditure by Deadline

Daniel Saver gave the report.

Upon the motion by Eklund and second by Williams, the ABAG Housing

Committee recommended approval to the ABAG Executive Board of updated

program budget for the Regional Early Action Planning Grant and proposed

re-programming of certain funds to ensure full expenditure by deadline and

authorization for the Executive Director (or his designee) to reallocate and to

expend such unspent REAP 1.0 funds, at his discretion, for eligible staff costs in

an amount not to exceed a cumulative amount of up to $500,000 if there are

REAP 1.0 funds remaining after December 31, 2023, or within 3 months of the

REAP 1.0 expenditure deadline, whichever is sooner.

9 - Arreguin, Bas, Eklund, Fife, Fligor, Ramos, Romero, Tiedemann, and Williams

2 - Ortiz, and Rabbitt

Aye:

Absent:

9. Housing Incentive Pool