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HOUSING COMMISSION
Thursday, March 26, 2026
At 5:30 p.m. Chair Connie Cunningham called the regular Housing Commission meeting to order
at the Quinlan Conference Room, 10185 North Stelling Road and via teleconference.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Connie Cunningham, Vice Chair Usha Narayan and Commissioners Jasmine Jose,
Ram Sripathi (arrived at 6:31 p.m.) and Lida Xhindi. Absent: None.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1.Subject: Approval of the December 08, 2025 Housing Commission Minutes.
Recommended Action: Approve the December 08, 2025 Housing Commission Minutes.
Commissioners made comments.
Chair Cunningham made a correction to the minutes to update New Business Item No.2
to change “market rate housing” to “below market rate housing”.
Chair Cunningham opened the public comment period and, seeing no one, closed the
public comment period.
MOTION: Narayan moved and Xhindi seconded to approve the amended December 08,
2025 Housing Commission Meeting Minutes. The amended motion passed with the
following vote: Ayes: Cunningham, Narayan, Jose, Xhindi. Noes: None. Abstain: None.
Absent: Sripathi.
POSTPONEMENTS – None.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS – None.
CONSENT CALENDAR – None.
OLD BUSINESS – None.
NEW BUSINESS
2.Subject: Election of Chair and Vice Chair.
Recommended Action: Elect a Chair and Vice Chair of the Housing Commission.
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Assistant Housing Coordinator Evelin Meza introduced the item.
Commissioners asked questions which staff responded to.
Chair Cunningham opened the public comment period and, seeing no one, closed the
public comment period.
MOTION: Narayan moved to nominate Chair Cunningham as Chair. Chair Cunningham
did not accept the nomination. The Commission did not vote on this motion.
MOTION: Cunningham moved and Jose seconded to nominate Vice Chair Narayan for
Chair. The motion passed with the following vote: Ayes: Cunningham, Jose, Sripathi, Xhindi.
Noes: None. Abstain: Narayan. Absent: None.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Cunningham moved to nominate Commissioner Xhindi as Chair. This
motion was not seconded. The Commission did not vote on this motion.
MOTION: Cunningham moved and Jose seconded to nominate Commissioner Xhindi for
Vice Chair. Commissioner Xhindi did not accept the nomination. The Commission did not
vote on this motion.
MOTION: Narayan moved and Cunningham seconded to nominate Commissioner Jose as
Vice Chair. The motion passed with the following vote: Ayes: Cunningham, Narayan,
Sripathi, Xhindi. Noes: None. Abstain: Jose. Absent: None.
3. Subject: Housing Commission Annual Work Plan for Calendar Year 2026.
Recommended Action: Consider and adopt the proposed Work Plan for 2026.
Written communications for this item included a staff presentation.
Assistant Housing Coordinator Evelin Meza gave a presentation.
Commissioners asked questions which staff responded to.
Chair Narayan opened the public comment period and, seeing no one, closed the public
comment period.
MOTION: Cunningham moved and Narayan seconded the staff recommendation to adopt
the proposed work plan for 2026, with an amendment to add a special meeting date in the
summer to study the housing mitigation manual. The motion passed with the following
vote: Ayes: Narayan, Jose, Cunningham, Sripathi, Xhindi. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent:
None.
4. Subject: Selection update for consultant for City’s Below Market Rate (BMR) Housing
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Program Administration in response to the City Request for Proposals (RFP).
Recommended Action: Receive presentation on the selection process of the City’s
Below Market Rate (BMR) Administrator.
Written Communications for this item included a staff presentation.
Senior Housing Coordinator Nicky Vu gave a presentation.
Commissioners asked questions which staff responded to.
Chair Narayan opened the public comment period and, seeing no one, closed the public
comment period.
MOTION: Narayan moved and Cunningham seconded to close the item and accept and
receive the presentation. The motion passed with the following vote: Ayes: Narayan, Jose,
Cunningham, Sripathi. Noes: None. Abstain: Xhindi. Absent: None.
5. Subject: Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Program and Below Market Rate Affordable Housing Fund (BMR AHF) funding
allocations.
Recommended Action: Consider the FY 2026-27 CDBG and BMR AHF funding
applications and make recommendations to City Council for final approval.
Written communications for this item included a staff presentation.
Senior Housing Coordinator Nicky Vu gave a presentation.
Deanne Everton, Executive Director of Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley, Sujata Venkatraman,
Executive Director of West Valley Community Services, Carol Conn, Executive Director of Project
Sentinel and Dixie Baus, Director of Real Estate Development with Eden Housing gave
presentations.
Commissioners asked questions which staff and the presenters responded to.
Chair Narayan opened the public comment period and, seeing no one, closed the public
comment period.
MOTION: Narayan moved to approve the staff recommendation to consider the FY 2026-27
CDBG and BMR AHF funding applications and make recommendations to City Council for final
approval.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Cunningham moved and Jose seconded to approve the staff
recommendation to consider the FY 2026-27 CDBG and BMR AHF funding applications and
make recommendations to City Council for final approval
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with an amendment to add $54,174 to Project Sentinel. The amended motion passed with the
following vote: Ayes: Narayan, Jose, Cunningham, Xhindi. Noes: None. Abstain: Sripathi.
Absent: None.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS –
Assistant Housing Coordinator Evelin Meza handed out Commissioner Recognition Certificates.
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING –
Study session on the housing mitigation manual (Cunningham, Narayan).
ADJOURNMENT
At 7:14 p.m. Chair Narayan adjourned the regular Housing Commission Meeting.
Minutes prepared by:
Lindsay Nelson, Administrative Assistant