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SUMMARY
BERKELEY HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 – 6:30 P.M.
Preliminary Matters
Roll Call: 6:32 p.m. All present.
Public Comment: 6 speakers. Directed staff to report at next meeting on issues raised by Ed Joseph and Rhiannon and S. Thompson in communication received at the meeting of February 17, 2004.
Consent Calendar
1. Minutes for Approval (PDF, 143 KB)
From: Executive Officer
Recommendation: Approve the minutes for Authority meetings of February 17, 2004.
Contact: Contact: Sherry Kelly, City Clerk, 981-6900
Action: Moved, seconded, carried (Maio/Wozniak; Abstain – Breland) to approve minutes.
2. Payment Standard: Section 8 Units (PDF, 326 KB)
From: Executive Officer
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving a new payment standard schedule for Section 8 units effective April 1, 2004, increasing Project-Based units while leaving the current payment standard at the December 2002 rates for all other Section 8 units and rescinding Resolution 670.
Contact: Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
Actions: Removed from Consent Calendar by Councilmember Wozniak.
Moved, seconded, failed (Wozniak/Olds; Noes – Maio, Breland, Spring, Worthington, Bates; Abstain – Payne) a substitute motion to retain the current standard and direct staff to perform an analysis and a recommendation for next fiscal year regarding lowering the standard.
Moved, seconded, failed (Worthington/Maio; Noes –Olds, Wozniak; Abstain – Shirek, Hawley, Clark, Payne) a main motion to the staff recommendation.
3. Proposed Federal Legislation for the FY 2005 Section 8 Program (PDF, 169 KB)
From: Executive Officer
Recommendation: Direct staff to prepare and send letters on behalf of the Housing Authority to U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and Acting HUD Secretary, Alphonso Jackson opposing the federal administration’s proposed changes to the FY 2005 Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program that will reduce the amount of housing assistance payments available to provide subsidized rental housing as well as reduce the administrative fees earning potential of local housing authorities.
Contact: Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
Action: Removed
from Consent Calendar by Councilmember Wozniak. Moved, seconded, carried (Wozniak /Maio) to approve
recommendation. Directed staff to
return at the next meeting with a status report on the amendment to the Annual
Plan and the 108 HUD loans.
Information Reports
4. Section 8 Consultant (PDF, 494 KB)
From: Executive Officer
Contact: Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
Action: Received and filed.
Item 2: Payment Standard: Section 8 Units
1654 Fifth Street
2. Sherry Thompson
3. Rhiannon
4.
Alvita White, Bay Area HOPE
Adjournment
Adjourned at 7:26 p.m.