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CHC 05-08-08MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CUPERTINO HOUSING COMMISSION May 8~, 2008 CALL TO ORDER The meeting of the Cupertino Housing Commission was called to order at 9:15 a.m. by Chair Winnie Lee 2. ROLL CALL Present: Chair Winnie Lee, Sarah Hathaway-Feit„ Nicole Mazoko, Absent: Radha Kulkarni and Frances Seward Staff present: Vera Gil, Senior Planner and Kelly Kline, Redevelopment/Economic Development Manager 3. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS None 4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. February 14, 2008 and Macch 13, 2008 Motion: Approve the minutes of the February 14 and March 13, 2008 meetings with corrections Action: Approved 3-O, Motion made by Conunissioner Hathaway Feit, seconded by Chair Lee. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Teacher Housing Survey Discussion Staff presented some preliminary survey results. The survey will formally close on May 15, 2008 and the final results presented at the June Housing Commission meeting. Initial results appear good, with 1 14 individuals responding. Most of the responses appear to be from DeAnza College and Cupertino Union School district employees. As expected, the survey results show that the primary obstacle for the school districts and the City appeazs to be informing employees about the programs. The Commission and staff discussed ideas for outreach which included: placing brochures in the gift bags distributed at the new teacher orientation meetin;~s, a press release at the beginning of the school year highlighting the programs and a City Channel public service announcement. Cleo Avenue Proiect Update Staff met with the Habitat for Humanity staff to discuss finalizing the site plan and the use permit application. It appeazs the agency will apply for the use permit in February 2009. Until then, they will concentrate on setting up neighborhood meetings and hiring a civil engineer to complete the plans. 7. NEW BUSINESS Work Plan for FY2008-09 Staff discussed with the Commission the idea of scheduling educational events for meetings for the 2008- 09 fiscal year. Staff distributed a list of ideas for future meetings. Ideas included tours of affordable developments in Cupertino and in neighboring cities, touring CDBG beneficiary projects, guest speakers on the Housing Element, teacher housing, etc. Housing Element: The City has interviewed two consultants to update the Housing Element. The consultant should be selected within the next two weeks. Staff expects this to be an exciting process with the Housing Commission being very active in the process. 8. COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS Chair Winnie Lee reported on the discussion from the last Mayor's meeting. 9. ANNOUNCEMENTS None 10. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 10:05 a.m. to regular meeting on June 12, 2008. SU MITTED BY: S~ Vera Gil, Staff liaison to the Cupertino Housing Commission