HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-18-2023 Special HAMinutes 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.
ADDITIONSIDELETIONS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AGENDA
MINUTES: None
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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: Excusethe 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.
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Department(s): Community Development Agency
Recommended Action: Approve an award of eight (8) project -based vouchers and
authorize the Executive Director of the Housing Authority to execute an Agreement to
Enter into a Project -Based 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 198-231-10), 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 100-percent afford ablelpermanent 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,
2etJennifer . all, MC
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