City Hall, Council Chamber  
100 Santa Rosa Avenue  
Santa Rosa, CA  
City of Santa Rosa  
Housing Authority  
Regular Meeting Minutes - Final  
Monday, September 27, 2021  
1:30 PM  
1. CALL TO ORDER  
Chair Test called the meeting to order at 1:31PM.  
2. ROLL CALL  
7 -  
Present  
Chair Diane Test, Vice Chair Jeffrey Owen, Commissioner Stephen  
Burke, Commissioner Wayne Downey Ph. D, Commissioner Thomas  
LaPenna, Commissioner Scott McWhorter, and Commissioner  
Yvonne Rawhouser  
3. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION  
NONE  
4. STUDY SESSION  
NONE  
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS)  
Public Comments:  
Duane Dewitt made comment about his concerns that the Housing  
Authority is not making affordable rentals a priority.  
6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
Chair Test requested that August 23, 2021, minutes be corrected to  
reflect the proper offices as voted upon and that a misspelling in the  
September 13, 2021, minutes be rectified.  
Approved with modifications.  
6.1  
August 23, 2021 - Draft Minutes  
6.2  
September 13, 2021 - Draft Minutes.  
7. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS  
7.1  
PROCLAMATION - PROCLAMATION OF APPRECIATION FOR PHIL  
OLSEN  
Chair Test presented the proclamation for Phil Olsen.  
8. STAFF BRIEFINGS  
8.1  
FY 2020/21 QUARTER 4 FINANCIAL REPORT  
Housing Authority (“Authority”) expenditures and funding sources for  
Fiscal Year 2020-21 (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021).  
Kate Goldfine, Administrative Services Officer Housing and  
Community Services, provided information and answered  
Commissioner questions.  
Public Comments:  
NONE  
8.2  
HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM WAITING LIST UPDATE  
This briefing will provide information about the current status of the  
Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list.  
Rebecca Lane, Housing and Community Services Manager, gave a  
presentation and answered Commissioner questions.  
Public Comments:  
NONE  
9. CHAIRMAN/ COMMISSIONER REPORTS  
NONE  
10. COMMITTEE REPORTS  
NONE  
11. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORTS/ COMMUNICATION ITEMS:  
11.1  
COMMUNICATION - NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY (NOFA)  
POINTS SYSTEM UPDATE - Provided for information.  
Megan Basinger, Interim Director Housing and Community Services,  
introduced the item and stated that Nicole Rathbun, Interim Housing  
and Community Services Manager, would be available for  
Commissioner questions.  
Public Comments:  
NONE  
12. CONSENT ITEMS  
NONE  
13. REPORT ITEMS  
13.1  
REPORT - REQUEST TO HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR  
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL THAT CITY OWNED  
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 625 AND 637 3RD STREET APN  
009-013-011 & -012, 700 5TH STREET APN 009-012-025 AND 500  
5TH STREET APN 010-053-028 BE DECLARED SURPLUS AS  
REQUIRED BY THE STATE SURPLUS LANDS ACT, AND A NOTICE  
OF AVAILABILITY TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND  
COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR AVAILABILITY FOR AFFORDABLE  
HOUSING BE SUBMITTED  
BACKGROUND:  
The City is actively initiating new development in Downtown Santa  
Rosa to further the City’s housing, planning and economic development  
objectives while also ensuring continued availability of public parking to  
the serve the public’s needs. To assist in new development of  
consolidated mixed use projects that include affordable housing, City  
owned parcels are being evaluated, recommended for surplus status  
when appropriate, and made available to housing sponsors for  
affordable housing through a notice of availability to the State  
Department of Housing and Community Services (HCD), as required by  
Government Code Section 54222 and the State’s Surplus Lands Act.  
Three (3) City owned parcels are being evaluated for potential  
surplusage for just such affordable housing and/or mixed-use projects  
with replacement of public parking. Those sites are: 1) 625 and 637 3rd  
Street (Parking Garage 5); 2) 700 5th Street (Parking Lot 10); and 3)  
500 5th Street (Parking Lot 11). City Council Policy 000-10 for sale or  
long-term lease of surplus land requires that City owned land capable of  
independent development, be referred to the Housing Authority  
pursuant to Government Code 54222. The Parcels will also be referred  
to the Planning Commission for a similar recommended action.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Real Estate Services, the  
Transportation & Public Works, and Planning & Economic Development  
Departments that the Housing Authority, by resolution, recommend to  
the City Council that the property located at 625 and 637 3rd Street  
(Parking Garage 5), 700 5th Street (Parking Lot 10), and 500 5th Street  
(Parking Lot 11) be declared as surplus as required by the State  
Surplus Lands Act, and a notice of availability for affordable housing on  
public land be submitted to the State Department of Housing and  
Community Services.  
Jill Scott, Real Property Manager Transportation and Public Works,  
gave a presentation and answered Commissioner questions.  
Public Comment:  
Natalie Cilurzo, Owner of Russian River Brewing Company,  
commented on her concerns regarding losing the parking lot behind  
their business and the need for this to be rectified.  
Bill Hillendahl, representing the owners of three businesses abutting  
Lot 10, recommended that the motion be removed from  
consideration.  
A motion was made by Commissioner Burke, seconded by Commissioner  
LaPenna,to waive reading of the text and adopt:  
RESOLUTION ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF  
THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL  
DECLARE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 625 AND 637 3RD STREET  
(PARKING GARAGE 5), 700 5TH STREET (PARKING LOT 10), AND 500 5TH  
STREET (PARKING LOT 11) AS SURPLUS AS REQUIRED BY THE  
SURPLUS LANDS ACT, AND A NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY TO THE STATE  
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR  
AVAILABILITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BE SUBMITTED.  
The motion failed by the following vote:  
1 - Commissioner Burke  
Yes:  
No:  
6 -  
Chair Test, Vice Chair Owen, Commissioner Downey Ph. D,  
Commissioner LaPenna, Commissioner McWhorter and  
Commissioner Rawhouser  
13.2  
REPORT - REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF HOUSING AUTHORITY  
LOAN AND REGULATORY AGREEMENT TERMS NORTHPOINT  
APARTMENTS PHASES I AND II, 2121 STONY POINT ROAD, AND  
SUBORDINATION OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY’S LOANS TO  
REFINANCED SENIOR MORTGAGES.  
BACKGROUND: Bridge Housing submitted a loan modification  
application to support its refinancing efforts for Northpoint Apartments  
Phases I and II, including a request for loan and regulatory period  
extensions, as well as subordination of the Authority loans to the  
refinanced senior mortgages.  
The project consists of Phase I, a 70-unit multifamily rental development  
of which 69 are affordable to very low-, and low-income households.  
The Phase I loan due date is August 2029 and the thirty-year term of  
the Regulatory Agreement ends in October 2029. Phase II, a 40-unit  
multifamily rental development all of which affordable to very low-, and  
low-income households has loan due dates of September 2029 and  
December 2030 and the thirty-year term of the Regulatory Agreement  
ends in September 2030.  
If approved, the extension will bring the loan due dates and Regulatory  
Agreement end dates for Phases I and II to December 31, 2031.  
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Housing and  
Community Services Department that the Housing Authority, by  
resolution, approve a request for extension of loan and Regulatory  
Agreement terms for Northpoint Apartments Phases I and II, located at  
2121 Stony Point Road, as follows: 1) extend Northpoint Phase I loan  
due dates from August 2029 to December 31, 2031 and extend the  
Regulatory Agreement from October 2029 to December 31, 2031; 2)  
extend Northpoint Phase II loan due dates from December 2029 and  
September 2030 to December 31, 2031 and extend the Regulatory  
Agreement from September 2030 to December 31, 2031; and 3)  
authorize subordination of the Housing Authority loans to refinanced  
senior mortgages.  
Angela Morgan, Program Specialist Housing and Community  
Services, gave a presentation and answered Commissioner  
questions.  
Public Comment:  
NONE  
A motion was made by Vice Chair Owen, seconded by Commissioner  
Downey Ph. D,to waive reading of the text and adopt:  
RESOLUTION NO. 1727 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSING  
AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING AN EXTENSION  
OF HOUSING AUTHORITY LOAN AND REGULATORY AGREEMENT TERMS  
FOR NORTHPOINT APARTMENTS PHASES I AND II, 2121 STONY POINT  
ROAD, AND SUBORDINATION OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S LOANS TO  
REFINANCED SENIOR MORTGAGES.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
7 -  
Yes:  
Chair Test, Vice Chair Owen, Commissioner Burke, Commissioner  
Downey Ph. D, Commissioner LaPenna, Commissioner McWhorter  
and Commissioner Rawhouser  
14. ADJOURNMENT  
Seeing no further business, Chair Test adjourned the meeting at  
3:31PM.  
Approved on:  
_______________________________ Steven V. Brown,  
Recording Secretary