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RESOLUTION NO. 22‐02
A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE CONSULTANT RISE HOUSING FOR THE
BELOW MARKET RATE (BMR) HOUSING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
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WHEREAS, the City of Cupertino generates affordable housing units through its
BMR Housing Mitigation Program, wherein BMR for‐sale units are made available to median
and moderate‐income households, and BMR rental units are made available to low and very
low‐income households; and
WHEREAS, the City’s Housing Mitigation Program was adopted in 1992 by ordinance
that requires developers to provide a specified number of affordable owner occupied units and
the units are managed in accordance with City Council adopted guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the City has overall responsibility for the BMR Program although the
administration may be contracted out to another agency; and
WHEREAS, in February 2022, the City issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) inviting
qualified consultants to provide proposals to administer the City’s BMR Program; and
WHEREAS, in February 2022, the City received two proposals and evaluated based on
criteria, program service delivery, cost objectives, and references; and
WHEREAS, Rise Housing has been selected as the lead consultant; now, therefore:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Housing Commission of the City of Cupertino
hereby
1. Adopts resolution 22‐02 recommending approval of Rise Housing as the consultant
for BMR Housing Program Administration; and
2. This Resolution is not a project under the requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act, together with related State CEQA Guidelines
(collectively, “CEQA”) because it has no potential for resulting in physical change in
the environment. In the event that this Resolution is found to be a project under
CEQA, it is subject to the CEQA exemption contained in CEQA Guidelines section
15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty to have no possibility that the action
approved may have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA applies only to
actions which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in
question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject
to CEQA. In this circumstance, the proposed action (recommendation of the BMR
Program Administrator) would have no or only a de minimis effect on the
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environment because it has no potential for resulting in physical change in the
environment. The foregoing determination is made by the Housing Commission in its
independent judgment.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Housing Commission of the City of
Cupertino this 10th day of March 2022 by the following vote:
Vote Members of the Housing Commission
AYES: Cunningham, Parish, Bose, Das, Tatachari
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
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Connie Cunningham, Chair
Housing Commission
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ATTEST:
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Kerri Heusler, Housing Manager
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