Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
ABAG Housing Committee  
Chair, Carlos Romero, Councilmember, East Palo Alto  
Vice Chair, Neysa Fligor, Councilmember, City of Los Altos  
Thursday, June 9, 2022  
1:00 PM  
REMOTE  
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,  
Neysa Fligor, Gordon Mar, Karen Mitchoff, Belia Ramos,  
Carlos Romero, James Spering  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum / Compensation Announcement  
Chair Romero called the meeting to order at about 2:35 p.m. Quorum was  
not present.  
5 - Arreguin, Eklund, Mitchoff, Ramos, and Romero  
Present:  
Absent:  
5 - Bas, Canepa, Fligor, Mar, and Spering  
2. Public Comment  
3. Committee Member Announcements  
4. Chairs' Report  
22-0942  
4.a.  
ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA Oversight Committee Chairs’  
Report for June 9, 2022  
5. Executive Director's Report  
22-0943 Executive Director’s Report for June 9, 2022  
5.a.  
6. ABAG Housing Committee Consent Calendar  
22-0944 Approval of ABAG Housing Committee Minutes of May 12, 2022  
7. BAHFA Oversight Committee Consent Calendar  
22-0945 Approval of BAHFA Oversight Committee Minutes of May 12, 2022  
8. BAHFA Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Budget  
6.a.  
7.a.  
22-0999  
8.a.  
Adoption of BAHFA Resolution No. 12 approving Bay Area Housing  
Finance Authority Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Budget, including the $20 million  
State Grant  
9. BAHFA Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation  
22-1000  
9.a.  
Adoption of Resolution No. 15 approving the creation of and appointment  
of BAHFA board members to an affiliated California nonprofit public  
benefit corporation incorporated for the purpose of receiving funds to  
facilitate the mission and mandate of the Bay Area Housing Finance  
Authority  
10. Welfare Tax Exemption Preservation Program; Recommended CEQA  
Determination: Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15061(b)(3)  
22-1001  
10.a.  
Adoption of Resolution No. 16 approving the creation of a Welfare Tax  
Exemption Preservation Program (Program) to assist housing developers  
secure a welfare tax exemption necessary to create and preserve  
permanently affordable housing  
11. Bay Area Regional Energy Network  
22-0946  
11.a.  
Overview of BayREN Programs and Opportunities for Collaboration with  
BAHFA  
Presentation overview of the Bay Area Regional Energy Network portfolio  
of energy efficiency programs with a focus on the residential programs and  
the opportunities for BAHFA-funded projects to incorporate energy  
efficiency and electrification measures.  
12. Adjournment / Next Meeting