CHC 03-12-98MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m.
Members Present: Sylvia Machamer, Kathy Robinson, Dick Schuster, Cecilia Fu
Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Vera Gil, Bob Cowan
Others Present: Mary Ellen Cheil
Approval of Minutes:
January 8, 1998 and February 12, 1998 Dick Schuster moved to approved minutes as submitted,
Sylvia Machamer seconded
Vote: 3-0
Written Communications:
Letter from William Wickwire regarding SROs
Oral Communications:
None
OLD BUSINESS:
1. City Council hearing on CDBG Funding Requests: Ms. Gil reviewed the council report on
CDBG funding and explained the addition of a table regarding staffing costs. Because of thc
decrease in public service funding, the City Council asked the Committee to explore funding
Cupertino Community Services from the housing mitigation revenue fund. Staff has approached
the City Attorney for a legal opinion on funding services from the housing mitigation tees. A
letter from the City Attorney regarding the use of funds was presented to the committee. The
City Attorney is of the opinion that funding the affordable placement program could be funded
by in-lieu fees, but the Rotating Shelter program should not. He also noted that funds should
ideally be utilized for construction, conversion of existing market rate units to aflbrdable and
down payment assistance or second mortgage programs.
Ms. Gil stated that Cupertino Community Services is requesting funding of $25,000 Ibr thc
affordable placement program. Staff warned the committee that funding public service activities
from the housing mitigation fees may set a dangerous precedent for future funding cycles. Staff
and the committee discussed options for controlling the amount of funds that Cupertino
Community Services could request from the housing mitigation program in the future but other
funding options were not recommended. It was agreed upon that a sub-committee should
establish program goals and the dollar value of each goal prior to next year's CDBG l'unding
cycle and also add variety of ways that staff could control options for controlling amount of
funds.
After a lengthy discussion, the Committee recommended taking $17,779 from in-lieu lees to
fully fund the affordable placement program. This action would disencumber funds in the public
service category of the CDBG program and allow the Rotating Shelter and the Senior Adults
Legal Assistance programs to be funded at their requested amounts. Dick Schuster made thc
motion Kathy Robinson seconded.
Vote: 4-0
Adjournment:
Meeting adjourned to regular meeting of April 9, 1998
SUBMITTED BY:
APPROVED BY:
'Sylvia Machamer, Chair
ATTEST:
Kimberly Smith~, City Clerk
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