September 9, 2014 Public Hearing Room Regular Room 3:30 pm

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1 SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 1440 Guerneville Road, Santa Rosa, CA Community Development Committee Concurrent Public Hearing Minutes 1. Call to Order and Roll Call Public Hearing Room Regular Room 3:30 pm Chair Karen Fies called the Community Development Committee meeting to order at 3:33 pm and the roll was called. CD Committee members present: Steve Cox, Karen Fies, Lynn King, Elizabeth McCarthy, and Kay Schultz CD Committee members absent: Laura Colgate, Thomas Thompson and Babe Whitley CDC staff present: Jenny Abramson, Continuum of Care Coordinator; Fred Bengs, Construction Services Supervisor; John Haig, Capital Programs Manager; Kathleen H. Kane, Executive Director; Mark Krug, Community Development Manager; Teddie Pierce, HMIS Coordinator; Cindy Rich, Sr. Community Development Specialist; and Frances Perdew, Recording Secretary Guests: Bill Bartz, REFB Jeff Beiswenger, City of Rohnert Park Tom Bieri, Community Support Network Georgia Berland, Sonoma County Task Force for the Homeless Sadie Bracy, ESC Lytton Gardens Duane DeWitt, Citizen Bob Cox, CAFÉ Laurie Decker, SVEDP Marilyn Garcia, Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County Colleen Halbohn, Wallace House Lucy Hernandez, Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County Linda Hedstrom, PEP Housing Scott Johnson, MidPen Housing Gari Jones, Long Armed Lady David Kelley, Town of Windsor Cathy Lanning, City of Sonoma Al Lerma, Sonoma County Economic Development Board Marian Linder, Social Advocates for Youth Lara Magnusdottir, Community Child Care Council (4C s) Karen Massey, City of Cloverdale Teri McClanahan, Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County

2 Page 2 Laura Pearsall, California Human Development Department Tim Reese, Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County Amanda Silva, Verity Helen Volhontseff, Community Support Network Jim Wagele, CAFÉ Lori Zito, Urban Housing Communities 2. Public Comments Duane DeWitt spoke about the need for veterans housing. 3. Approval of Minutes A. August 12, Lynn King moved approval of the August 12, 2014 CD Committee minutes, seconded by Elizabeth McCarthy, and the vote was: Ayes: Karen Fies, Lynn King, and Elizabeth McCarthy Abstain: Steve Cox and Kay Schultz 4. Public Hearing Concurrently with the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) A. FY Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). Mark Krug referred the Committees to the year-end reporting requirements and the purpose of the CAPER as described in his September 9 th, 2014 memorandum attached to the Executive Summary of the CAPER. Mr. Krug responded to Committee questions. The CAPER was provided for both Committees information. B. Draft FY Funding Policies. Mr. Krug referred both Committees to the redline version of the draft funding policies and reported that the policies are substantially similar to the version reviewed by the CD Committee s at it s August meeting. The CD Committee has discussed the funding policies and the most substantive changes are the multi-year revisions and the Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Asset Fund (LMIHAF). Mr. Krug added that there are no policy changes that are germane to the Technical Advisory Committee. i. Open Public Hearing. Karen Fies opened the public hearing for discussion. Karen Fies asked for public comment and the following people spoke. Tom Bieri, Community Support Network ii. Close Public Hearing. Karen Fies closed the public hearing. iii. Joint CD Committee/TAC Discussion. The CD Committee and TAC expressed their opinions on the draft funding policies. iv. Recommendations regarding FY Funding Policies. After discussion between the two Committees, Steve Cox moved to accept the FY Consolidated Annual

3 Page 3 Performance and Evaluation Report and the FY Funding Policies, seconded by Lynn King and the vote was: Ayes: Steve Cox, Karen Fies, Lynn King, Elizabeth McCarthy, and Kay Schultz Abstain: 0 5. Homeless Services Planning A. Homeless 10-Year Action Plan: 2014 Update. Mark Krug reported on the August 19, 2014 Board of Supervisors homeless actions. Mr. Krug said that if the cities/town would like to have a presentation on the 10-Year Action Plan update, Community Development Commission (CDC) staff would be happy to present it. He added that if anyone wanted to receive a copy of the Action Plan itself CDC staff would be happy to send a copy of the Plan or the PowerPoint presentation. B. Homeless Outreach Team Pilot Project. Mr. Krug reported that the Board of Supervisors approved CDC staff to initiate a pilot project for the homeless population. This project will be implemented over the next several months. C. Scattered-Site Safe Parking Program. Mr. Krug reported that the Board of Supervisors approved a $150,000 funding agreement with Catholic Charities to continue the Scattered- Site Safe Parking Program through FY D. Homelessness Assistance Gap Funding. Mr. Krug reported that the Board of Supervisors had approved $250,000 in local funds as gap funding for homeless services as described in his memorandum to the Committees, and another $250,000 to be awarded for a combination of homeless prevention and homeless rapid re-housing programs. Karen Fies reminded the Committee of the additional public hearing set for October 10, 2014 at 1:00 pm for the allocation of the additional homeless funds. Kathleen Kane advised the Technical Advisory Committee that staff will be working on a housing plan to mitigate homelessness. The Board of Supervisors has asked the CDC to find a way to jump-start additional housing units, keeping in mind city/town/county growth limitations. Ms. Kane suggested reaching out to each jurisdiction to create a regional approach to homelessness. The jurisdictions will be hearing more from staff about getting involved. Karen Massey asked to receive the Homeless Action Plan and Mr. Krug agreed to send out this information to all members of the TAC. 6. Community Grant Funding A. Presentation on Microenterprise Programs. Teddie Pierce distributed the Microenterprise Program Analysis for FY report for discussion, and presented the Microenterprise

4 Page 4 Program Update for FY slideshow. Representatives of Community Alliance for Financial Empowerment (CAFÉ) introduced Gari Jones of the Long Armed Lady, whose business was assisted through the City of Cloverdale s Microenterprises CAFÉ Program. Ms. Pierce introduced the representatives from Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County (Caps). Lucy Hernandez spoke about the collaboration between Caps and CAFÉ and the Microenterprise Program. Al Lerma of the Sonoma County Economic Development Board spoke about doing workshops on the Microenterprise Program in several locations within the County. Jeff Beiswenger of the City of Rohnert Park left the meeting at 4:45 pm. 7. Rental Assistance Programs A. There were no items for discussion. 8. Construction Services A. Revisions to Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program Design. Fred Bengs, Construction Services Supervisor referred the Committees to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program Design. Mr. Bengs said that one proposed revision was changing to non-recourse loans and are secured only by the property, and that some of the changes were made to assist staff In the collection of the loans. He added that many of the proposed changes are nonsubstantive and are revised to clarify wording and making the policies more user-friendly. Nick Stewart is available to answer any questions about the loan process. After discussion, Steve Cox moved to accept the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program Design changes as modified, seconded by Elizabeth McCarthy, and the vote was: Ayes: Steve Cox, Karen Fies, Lynn King, Elizabeth McCarthy, and Kay Schultz Abstain: 0 Karen Fies asked for public comment and Linda Hedstrom of PEP Housing spoke about the problem of seniors passing on and mobilehome park owners taking over the unit to rent at much higher rent rates. David Kelley noted that even though the TAC lost its quorum to vote on the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program Design changes, the members of the TAC supported the recommended changes to the policies. The meeting was recessed so the members of the Technical Advisory Committee could leave at 5:20 pm. Karen Fies reconvened the meeting of the Community Development Committee.

5 Page 5 B. Revisions to Commercial Rehabilitation Loan Program Design. Mr. Bengs described the recommended changes to the Commercial Rehabilitation Loan Program Design policies, which included the revision that the CDC will no longer loan up to 100% of the loan value of the property. The CDC will now loan up to 80% of the loan to value. The policies follow standard lending criteria county-wide but only in the unincorporated areas. Lynn King moved to accept the revisions to the Commercial Rehabilitation Loan Program Design policies as presented and to forward to the Board of Supervisors for approval, seconded by Kay Schultz and the vote was: Ayes: Steve Cox, Karen Fies, Lynn King, Elizabeth McCarthy, and Kay Schultz Abstain: 0 9. Affordable Housing Programs A. CFH Responses to Notice of Funds Available. Nick Stewart briefed the Committee on the nine County Fund for Housing applications received, with one withdrawal, as described in his memorandum. 10. Property & Asset Management A. There were no items for discussion. 11. Monthly Activities Report A. August Update. The Monthly Activities Report was provided for the Committee s information. 12. Executive Director Updates Ms. Kane reported on the California State Controller s Office audit of the former Redevelopment Agency (RDA). The Controller s Office initially determined that approximately $14 million was inappropriately transferred out of the RDA prior to the dissolution of the agency, and would need to be repaid. Ms. Kane reported that the final audit report reversed this preliminary determination and found that the RDA had made no inappropriate transfers of funds. 13. Informational Materials A. November Tour Discussion. The Veteran s Days holiday falls on the second Tuesday of November and a new date must be selected for the November meeting and Annual Tour. The north County area was selected to visit by the Committee and a new date would be selected by the results of a poll request of the Committee and staff.

6 Page Adjourn Karen Fies adjourned the meeting at 5:42 pm. Respectfully submitted, Frances Perdew Recording Secretary