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Meeting Minutes - Final  
ABAG Housing Committee  
Vice Chair, Carlos Romero, Councilmember, City of East Palo  
Alto  
Thursday, May 12, 2022  
1:00 PM  
REMOTE (In person option available)  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Housing Committee  
Joint Meeting with the BAHFA Oversight Committee  
The ABAG Housing 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://abag.ca.gov  
For information, contact Clerk of the Board at (415) 820-7913.  
Roster  
Jesse Arreguin, Nikki Fortunato Bas, David Canepa, Pat Eklund,  
Maya Esparza, Neysa Fligor, Gordon Mar, Karen Mitchoff, Belia Ramos,  
Carlos Romero, James Spering  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum / Compensation Announcement  
Vice Chair Romero called the meeting to order at about 1:04 p.m. Quorum  
was present.  
9 - Arreguin, Bas, Eklund, Fligor, Mar, Mitchoff, Ramos, Romero, and Spering  
Present:  
Absent:  
2 - Canepa, and Esparza  
2. Public Comment  
The following gave public comment: Gaeta Rao; Efren Carillo; Matthew  
Reed, Silicon Valley at Home; Ken Kirkey, All Home; Rodney Nickens, San  
Francisco Foundation; Ken Chan, Housing Leadership Council of San  
Mateo County; Matt Huerta, NPH Northern California; Nevada Merriman,  
Mid Pennisula Housing.  
3. ABAG Housing Committee Election of Chair and Vice Chair  
22-0846  
Election of ABAG Housing Committee Chair and Vice Chair  
3.a.  
Upon the motion by Arreguin and second by Mitchoff, the ABAG Housing  
Committee elected Carlos Romero, Councilmember, City of East Palo Alto, as  
Chair and Neysa Fligor, Councilmember, City of Los Altos, as Vice Chair. The  
motion passed unanimously by the following vote:  
8 - Arreguin, Bas, Eklund, Fligor, Mitchoff, Ramos, Romero, and Spering  
3 - Canepa, Esparza, and Mar  
Aye:  
Absent:  
4. Committee Member Announcements  
5. Chairs' Report  
22-0703  
5.a.  
ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA Oversight Committee Chairs’  
Report for May 12, 2022  
Vice Chair Romero and Vice Chair Worth gave the report.  
6. Executive Director's Report  
22-0704  
Executive Director’s Report for May 12, 2022  
Brad Paul gave the report.  
6.a.  
7. ABAG Housing Committee Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Arreguin and second by Ramos, the ABAG Housing  
Committee approved the Consent Calendar. The motion passed by the following  
vote:  
7 - Arreguin, Bas, Eklund, Mitchoff, Ramos, Romero, and Spering  
3 - Canepa, Esparza, and Mar  
Aye:  
Absent:  
Abstain:  
1 - Fligor  
22-0705  
Approval of ABAG Housing Committee Minutes of April 14, 2022  
7.a.  
8. BAHFA Oversight Committee Consent Calendar  
The BAHFA Oversight Committee took action on this item.  
22-0706  
22-0931  
Approval of BAHFA Oversight Committee Minutes of April 14, 2022  
8.a.  
8.b.  
Adoption of BAHFA Resolution No. 11 to apply Metropolitan  
Transportation Commission (MTC) Resolution No. 3619 and other MTC  
rules for administration, employee relations, contracting and other business  
operations to BAHFA  
9. Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program  
22-0741  
9.a.  
Update on Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program  
Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program update on recent  
technical assistance to support local jurisdictions with Housing Elements,  
iincluding status of local REAP suballocations.  
Heather Peters gave the report.  
10. Housing Incentive Pool (HIP) Program  
22-0740  
10.a.  
Housing Incentive Pool (HIP) Program Progress Report (2018-20)  
An update on the first three years of progress (2018 to 2020) on the  
Housing Incentive Pool (HIP) program, which rewards Bay Area  
jurisdictions that produce or preserve the most affordable housing over a  
five-year period. Housing progress for the remaining two years, 2021 and  
2022, will be reflected in future HIP program reporting as data becomes  
available.  
Mallory Atkinson gave the report.  
11. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
Vice Chair Romero adjourned the meeting at about 2:26 p.m. The next joint  
meeting of the ABAG Housing Committee and the BAHFA Oversight  
Committee is on June 9, 2022.