HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Minutes of Commission Meeting Thursday, March 26, 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, March 26, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. President A.Brown called the meeting to order at 4:04 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL PRESENT:
Rev. Amos Brown, President Neola Gans, Vice President Matthew Schwartz, Commissioner Millard Larkin, Commissioner Jane Hsu, Commissioner
NOT PRESENT:
Dwayne Jones, Commissioner George R. Brown, Commissioner
A quorum was present. ALSO PRESENT: 2.
Mr. Henry A. Alvarez III, Executive Director Mr. Roger Crawford, Assistant General Counsel
APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Larkin moved to approve the agenda. Vice President Gans seconded the motion. This Request was approved unanimously.
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GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS/ REPORT OF SECRETARY Henry Alvarez, Executive Director combined the General Communications and the Secretary’s Report by reporting that the Commissioners could find the Variance Report from the SFHA finance department. That concluded the General Communications/ Report of Secretary.
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COMMITTEE REPORTS There were no Committee Reports.
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REPORT OF GENERAL COUNSEL Roger Crawford informed the Commission that there was a Closed Session to discuss personnel issues, pending litigation and labor negotiations.
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TENANT REPRESENTATIVE REPORT Mr. William Vitale was not present at the meeting. Kimberly Hill-Brown, President of the Tenants Association, informed the Commissioners of several items including bi-weekly meeting with SFHA and PHTA, election schedules, Resident Council Meetings with SFHA staff and financial matters.
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PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS There were no public comments on agenda items.
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS There was no unfinished business.
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NEW BUSINESS
A) CONSENT AGENDA 1) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT #80020 WITH FULL CIRCLE ARCHITECTURE TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT SERVICES ON AN AS-NEEDED, TASK ASSIGNMENT BASIS FOR ALL DEVELOPMENTS, FOR AN AMOUNT OF NOT-TOEXCEED $100,000 AND FOR TOTAL AMOUNT OF $300,000 (Presented by: Alicia Sisca, Construction Services Manager, HD/MOD/ Barbara Smith, Administrator of Housing Development and Modernization) 2) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT #80021 WITH LEVY DESIGN PARTNERS TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT SERVICES ON AN AS-NEEDED, TASK ASSIGNMENT BASIS FOR ALL DEVELOPMENTS, FOR AN AMOUNT OF NOT-TO-EXCEED $100,000 AND FOR TOTAL AMOUNT OF $300,000 (Presented by: Alicia Sisca, Construction Services Manager, HD/MOD/ Barbara Smith, Administrator of Housing Development and Modernization) 3) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT 80007 WITH F.W.
Commission Meeting Minutes March 26, 2009 Page 3 ASSOCIATES, INC. TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES BY WRITTEN TASK ASSIGNMENT ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS FOR ALL DEVELOPMENTS, FOR AN AMOUNT OF NOT-TO-EXCEED $100,000 AND FOR TOTAL AMOUNT OF $298,000 (Presented by: Alicia Sisca, Construction Services Manager, HD/MOD/ Barbara Smith, Administrator of Housing Development and Modernization) Vice President Gans moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Commissioner Schwartz seconded the motion. The Consent Agenda was approved unanimously. B) ACTION ITEMS 1) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO AFFIRM SUPPORT OF AND PARTNER WITH THE 2010 CENSUS Kyle Pedersen, Director of Governmental Affairs and Communications presented this Resolution as well as Leya Bolden, Senior Partnership Specialist with the US Census Bureau. This resolution affirms support and partnership between the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) and the United States 2010 Census. The San Francisco Housing Authority is committed to participating to the fullest extent in outreach and resident education through partnership with the 2010 Census. The U.S. Census will be providing increased attention and resources to ensure that communities whom have proved to be previously challenging to count will reach higher rates of success throughout the 2010 Census. San Francisco Housing Authority will be providing resources to the 2010 Census to assist in reaching hirer rates of success in the counting of SFHA public housing residents and Section 8 voucher holders. Moving forward, SFHA will be identifying ways to leverage resources such as community rooms, SFHA website and mass mailings to assist in coordinated outreach and communication to SFHA residents. By increasing the rate of SFHA residents counted by the 2010 Census, SFHA will improve the potential for increased funding and resources throughout the coming years. Commissioner Larkin commented that it was nice to see that the census was incorporating people from the community in this year’s census. Vice President Gans wanted more information on how long the address canvassing process took. She was informed by Ms. Bolden that it ran from April 6-July 19, 2009. President Brown wanted to know what was being done in a culturally sensitive way to eliminate the fears concerning the census. Ms. Bolden informed the Commissioners that fear is a major burden when filling out the census and that partnership and advertisement were ways that improved involvement in the past years census.
Commission Meeting Minutes March 26, 2009 Page 4 Vice President Gans motioned to approve this item. Commissioner Schwartz seconded the motion. This Resolution was approved unanimously. 2) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO AMEND THE HUD CAPITAL FUND ANNUAL STATEMENT FOR THE FY 2009 AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT FORMULA GRANT TO INCLUDE $6,000,000 FOR HUNTERS VIEW REVITALIZATION AND SUBMIT THE REVISED ANNUAL STATEMENT TO HUD Barbara Smith, Administrator of Housing Development and Modernization as well as Craig Adelman, Deputy Director of the Mayors Office of Housing presented this Resolution. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) made $17,876,716 in Capital Fund Program funding available to the Authority by formula through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). On February 26, the Commission adopted Board Resolution No. 5392 for the ARRA CFP formula funding and the documents were submitted to HUD the next day. Later that day, the Authority was asked by the Developer and Mayor’s Office of Housing to commit $6,000,000 of the ARRA CFP formula funding for revitalization of Hunters View. This resolution will authorize an amendment to the ARRA CFP Annual Statement to incorporate the requested $6,000,000. Committing $6,000,000 to Hunters View will enable the project to leverage $30,000,000 through the highly competitive California Department of Housing and Community Development Infill Infrastructure Grant Program. The application being prepared by the developer partner is expected to score close to the maximum allowable points. However, in order to receive 10 additional points and the maximum score, the application must include a commitment of stimulus funds equivalent to 20 percent of the amount being requested or $6,000,000. Hunters View revitalization is included throughout the Authority’s PHA Plan and in the Five Year Capital Fund Plan under PHA Wide MOD Used For Development. The environmental review has been approved by HUD and staff received advance notice from the HUD Special Applications Center that the Demolition Disposition Application is being approved. According to the Hunters View developer and the Mayor’s Office of Housing, construction financing is scheduled to close in January 2010 and both infrastructure and residential construction for Phase 1 are projected to be completed by January 2012, within the ARRA deadlines to obligate and expend funds. Authorization to amend the Authority’s 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Annual Statement to include $6,000,000 for revitalization of Hunters View is expected to leverage $30,000,000 in state infrastructure funding. The capital projects that are being removed from the ARRA Annual Statement will be included in an application for the ARRA public housing competitive funding and the FY 2009 Capital Fund Program. All work that is contracted will be
Commission Meeting Minutes March 26, 2009 Page 5 required to meet the Authority’s resident hiring requirements for 25 percent of the work force hours. The Authority entered into an Interagency Memorandum of Understanding for Hunters View Contract/Workforce Compliance Workforce Development & Training with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, the Mayor’s Office of Housing, the Mayor’s Office of Community Development/Communities of Opportunity, and the Department of Economic & Workforce Development. This MOU specifically includes the Authority’s resident hiring goals. Commissioner Schwartz motioned to approve this item. Commissioner Larkin seconded the motion. This Resolution was approved unanimously. 10.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Public Comments were heard from the following: Peter Kats
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COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS AND REPORTS Commissioner Larkin commended the Commissioners, Secretary and the General Counsel for the wonderful job that was done at the NAHRO Conference. President Brown commended Mr. Alvarez on the accomplishments he has made during his time at SFHA.
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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 4:30 p.m.
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RECONVENING OF COMMISSION MEETING The Commission reconvened from Closed Session at 5:00 pm. Mr. Crawford stated that President A. Brown, Vice President Gans, Commissioner Larkin, and Commissioner Schwartz and Commissioner Hsu were present. A decision was made to pay off the remaining balance in the Joseph vs. SFHA pending litigation in an amount not to exceed 3.5 million dollars from the disposition of Rosa Parks Parking lot and operational savings in the Housing Authority budget.
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ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Commission, Commissioner Schwartz moved to adjourn the meeting. Vice President Gans seconded the motion. President Brown adjourned the Commission Meeting of March 26, 2009, at 5:12 p.m.
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Henry A. Alvarez III, Secretary/ Executive Director
Rev. Amos Brown, President