HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Minutes of Commission Meeting Thursday, November 12, 2009
440 Turk Street San Francisco, California
A Regular meeting of the Housing Authority Commission of the City and County of San Francisco met at 440 Turk Street, San Francisco, California, on Thursday, November 12, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. Vice President Gans called the meeting to order at 4:01 p.m. 1.
ROLL CALL PRESENT:
Neola Gans, Vice President Dwayne Jones, Commissioner Jane Hsu, Commissioner Millard Larkin, Commissioner
NOT PRESENT:
Rev. Amos Brown, President George R. Brown, Commissioner Matthew Schwartz, Commissioner
A quorum was present.
ALSO PRESENT:
2.
Mr. Henry A. Alvarez, Executive Director Mr. Roger Crawford, Acting HR Director
APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Larkin motioned to approve the agenda. Commissioner Jones seconded the motion. The agenda was approved unanimously.
3.
GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS/ REPORT OF SECRETARY Mr. Henry Alvarez, Executive Director informed the Commission that they can find HUD correspondence and information regarding normal business in their Commission binders.
4.
COMMITTEE REPORTS There were no Committee Reports.
Commission Meeting Minutes November 12, 2009 Page 2
5.
REPORT OF GENERAL COUNSEL Mr. Roger Crawford, Acting Director of Human Resources informed the Commission that there would be a Closed Session.
6.
TENANT REPRESENTATIVE REPORT Mr. Vitalie was not present at this meeting. Kimberly Hill-Brown was not present at the meeting.
7.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS Public Comments were heard by the following: Abdul Kadir Voncile Baker Ulysses Montgomery
8.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS There was no unfinished business.
9.
NEW BUSINESS A) CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approval of Minutes of October 08, 2009 Commission Meeting 2. [Disposition Application for a Vacant Surplus portion of the J.F.K. Towers to the Department of Housing and Urban Development] Consideration and Approval. Presented by Barbara Smith, MOD/HD Administrator 3. [Ratification of Executive Director’s Purchase of EIV/IV compliant File Cabinets with Locks in an amount not to exceed $75,000] Consideration and Approval. Presented by Barbara Smith, MOD/HD Administrator 4. [Renewal of San Francisco Housing Authority Fleet Insurance with Unigard Insurance in an amount not to exceed $170,254] Consideration and Approval. Presented by Tim Larsen, Acting General Counsel 5. [Contract with the San Francisco Conservation Corps. in the amount of $99,000 for landscape and playground improvement at Sunnydale Housing Development]
Commission Meeting Minutes November 12, 2009 Page 3 Consideration and Administrator.
Approval.
Presented
by
Barbara
Smith,
MOD/HD
Commissioner Larkin motioned to approve the Consent Agenda. Commissioner Jones seconded the motion. The Consent Agenda was approved unanimously.
B) ACTION ITEMS 1. [San Francisco Housing Authority Building Concierge Accomplishments] An Informational Presentation was heard during this time. 10.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Public Comments were heard by the following: Elizabeth Jones Abdul Kadir
11.
COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS AND REPORTS There were no Commissioners Comments and Reports.
12.
CLOSED SESSION A Closed Session was scheduled with the Executive Director and Agency Counsel under Government Code Section 54957(b)(1), 54956.9, 54957.6 to update the Commission on personnel issues, pending litigation and labor negotiations. The Commission went into Closed Session at 4:25 p.m. Present were Vice President Gans, Commissioner Jones, Commissioner Hsu and Commissioner Larkin. No decisions were made.
13.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Commission, Commissioner Brown motioned to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Larkin seconded the motion. Vice President Gans adjourned the Commission Meeting of November 12, 2009, at 5:15 p.m.
Henry A. Alvarez, Secretary/ Executive Director
Neola Gans, Vice President