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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: 02/08/2021  
Subject:    AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE COMMITTEE COMPOSITION AND BYLAWS UPDATE
Submitted For: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Department: Conservation & Development  
Referral No.:  
Referral Name: AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE COMMITTEE COMPOSITION AND BYLAWS UPDATE
Presenter: Kristin Sherk, Senior Housing Planner Contact: Amalia Cunningham 925-674-7869

Information
Referral History:
In October 2020, the IOC considered a request of the Conservation and Development Department to reconfigure the membership of the Affordable Housing Finance Committee. The AHFC has struggled in the past with filling the City seats and also with attracting applicants who have technical knowledge and experience recommended to be effective and contributing members of the Committee.

For these reasons, DCD staff offered several recommendations for the IOC's consideration:
  • Taking member applications to just one body for approval – either all to the IOC or all to the Board.
  • Keeping three “city” seats, one per sub-region, and allow them to be self-nominated residents within an incorporated city.
  • Keeping three “county” seats, one per sub-region, and maintain status-quo of self-nomination by residents of unincorporated Contra Costa.
  • Keeping one “community” seat, an “at-large” resident from anywhere in the county; for a total of seven seats overall.
  • Developing bylaws for the committee that require members to have professional or personal experience with affordable housing finance, and affirming they must be residents of the county.

The Committee agreed with these recommendations, provided suggestions about where to recruit future members, and suggested that it might be appropriate to consider Pittsburg with the Central County rather than East County region. The Committee directed staff to return to the IOC in February 2021 with proposed bylaws to effect the recommended changes.


Referral Update:
Attached is a staff report with recommendations for new AHFC bylaws and recommending a modified seat configuration in terms of how the members are recruited and appointed.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
APPROVE recommendations for the adoption of bylaws of the Affordable Housing Finance Committee and DIRECT the Department of Conservation and Development to prepare a staff report on the Committee’s recommendation of the adoption of bylaws for the next practicable Board of Supervisors meeting.
Attachments
Staff Report
Attachment A: Draft AFHC Revised Bylaws
Attachment B: AHFC Roster_Feb 2021

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