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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem HA2 - Approve minutes of the Housing Authority special meeting of July 18, 2023HOUSING AUTHORITY 1 July 18, 2023 DRAFT Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Housing Authority Santa Ana, California July 18, 2023 CALL TO ORDER MINUTES: Chair Amezcua called the Regular Housing Authority Meeting of July 18, 2023 to order at 12:04 A.M. on July 19, 2023. ATTENDANCE Authority Members Phil Bacerra Johnathan Ryan Hernandez David Penaloza Thai Viet Phan Benjamin Vazquez Vice Chair Jessie Lopez Chair Valerie Amezcua City Manager Kristine Ridge City Attorney Sonia R. Carvalho Recording Secretary Jennifer L. Hall ROLL CALL MINUTES: Secretary Jennifer Hall conducted Roll Call. MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Amezcua and Authority Members Lopez, Bacerra, Hernandez, Penaloza, Phan, and Vazquez. ADDITIONS\DELETIONS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AGENDA MINUTES: None HOUSING AUTHORITY 2 July 18, 2023 PUBLIC COMMENTS – Members of the public may address Housing Authority on items on the Housing Authority agenda. MINUTES: No public comments were received regarding the Housing Authority agenda. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar Items: 1 – 3. Moved by Authority Member Hernandez, seconded by Chair Amezcua to Approve Consent Calendar Items 1 through 3. MINUTES: Authority Member Phan reported a recusal on Item No. 3 as Illumination Foundation is a client of her employer. Chair Amezcua and Authority Member Bacerra recorded “no” votes on Item No. 3. YES: 7 – Authority Member Bacerra, – Authority Member Hernandez, – Authority Member Penaloza, – Authority Member Phan, – Authority Member Vazquez, – Vice Chair Lopez, – Chair Amezcua NO: 0 ABSTAIN: 0 ABSENT: 0 Status: 7 – 0 – 0 – 0 – Pass 1.Excused Absences Department(s): City Clerk’s Office Recommended Action: Excuse the absent members. 2.Approve minutes of the Housing Authority regular meeting of September 6, 2022, the special meeting of November 15, 2022, and the regular meetings of February 7, 2023, May 2, 2023, and June 6, 2023. Department(s): City Clerk’s Office Recommended Action: Approve minutes. 3.Approve a pre-commitment of $2,021,319 in Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention funds, and eight (8) project-based vouchers for Illumination Foundation for the development of the Intergenerational Housing Project located at 918 N. Bewley Street (Contingent upon approval of City Council agenda item no. 14) Legal Notice published in the Orange County Register, La Opinion, and Nguoi Viet on April 7, 2023. CONSENT CALENDAR HOUSING AUTHORITY 3 July 18, 2023 Department(s): Community Development Agency Recommended Action: Approve an award of eight (8) project­based vouchers and authorize the Executive Director of the Housing Authority to execute an Agreement to Enter into a Project­Based Vouchers Housing Assistance Payments Contract with Illumination Foundation for the development of the Intergenerational Housing project located at 918 N. Bewley, Santa Ana, CA 92703, (APN 198­231­10), subject to non­ substantive changes approved by the Executive Director of the Housing Authority and Authority General Counsel (includes determination that recommended action is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15194 (Affordable Housing Exemption), as this project meets all the required criteria as a 100­percent affordable/permanent supportive housing development). MINUTES: Authority Member Phan reported a recusal on Item No. 3 as Illumination Foundation is a client of her employer. Chair Amezcua and Authority Member Bacerra recorded “no” votes on Item No. 3. YES: 4 – Authority Member Hernandez, – Authority Member Penaloza, – Authority Member Vazquez, – Vice Chair Lopez NO: 2 – Authority Member Bacerra, - Chair Amezcua ABSTAIN: 1 – Authority Member Phan ABSENT: 0 Status: 4 – 2 – 1 – 0 – Pass HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBER COMMENTS MINUTES: None ADJOURNMENT – Adjourn the Housing Authority meeting. MINUTES: Chair Amezcua adjourned the Housing Authority Meeting at 12:06 A.M. on July 19, 2023. Respectfully submitted, Jennifer L. Hall, CMC Secretary