HC 03-12-2020City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 777-3308
APPROVED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF
THE HOUSING COMMISSION HELD ON MARCH 12, 2020
CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chair Bose opened the meeting at 9:00am.
ROLL CALL
Commission Members present: Sue Bose, Chair
Connie Cunningham, Vice Chair
Siva Ganikota, Commissioner
Sanjiv Kapil, Commissioner
Tessa Parish, Commissioner
Commission Members absent: None
Staff present: Kerri Heusler, Housing Manager
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Minutes of the February 13, 2020 Housing Commission meeting were approved as written.
Cunningham moved and Ganikota seconded.
AYES: Bose, Cunningham, Ganikota, Kapil, Parish
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
VOTE: 5-0-0-0
CEREMONIAL MATTERS AND PRESENTATIONS
None
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Member of the public Jennifer Griffin spoke on state affordable housing bills.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Written communications were received from Jean Bedord regarding homelessness and the covid-19
virus.
OLD BUSINESS
None
NEW BUSINESS
3. Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, Below Market Rate
(BMR) Affordable Housing Fund (AHF), and General Fund Human Service Grants (HSG) Program
funding allocations.
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The Commission accepted a presentation from Staff member Heusler. Staff member Heusler answered
questions from Commissioners. Georgia Bacil from SALA and Sujatha Venkatraman from West Valley
Community Services (WVCS) spoke on this item. Member of the public Jennifer Griffin spoke on this
item.
Staff corrected the recommended amounts for CDBG Public Services based on the approved reduction
formula in the CDBG Contingency Plan.
CDBG Public Services
Applications Request Reduction
%
Reduction
$
Recommended
Amount
Live Oak Adult Day
Services- Senior Adult Day
Care / Caregiver Respite
$22,000.00 35% $844.27 $21,155.73
WVCS- Community Access
to Resource and Education $40,000.00 65% $1,567.93 $38,432.07
Sub-Total $62,000.00 100% $2,412.20 $59,587.80
The Commissioners requested a visit of Vista Village.
Parish moved and Ganikota seconded.
AYES: Bose, Cunningham, Ganikota, Parish
NOES:
ABSTAIN: Kapil
ABSENT:
VOTE: 4-0-1-0
3. MEETING TIMES
The Commission discussed the current date/time for regularly scheduled meetings. Commissioners
expressed an interest in moving the meeting time to the first/second Monday of the month at 7:00pm. In
the event that the new date/time cannot be accommodated, the Commission agreed to continue with the
existing meeting date/time with no changes.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS:
Staff member Heusler provided information about the following items:
• Items of Interest- Byrne Avenue Sidewalk Project
• 2019 Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Annual Housing Element
Progress Report (APR)
• 3/17/20 City Council- Rosenburg’s Rules of Order Presentation
Cunningham spoke about including an emergency fund on the next agenda. Bose reported attendance
at a S2A modular building seminar.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 11:06am to the next regularly scheduled Housing Commission meeting.
Respectfully submitted:
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/s/Kerri Heusler
Kerri Heusler
Housing Manager