Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
ABAG Housing Committee  
Chair, Carlos Romero, Councilmember, East Palo Alto  
Vice Chair, Neysa Fligor, Councilmember, City of Los Altos  
Thursday, May 11, 2023  
1:00 PM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Special Meeting  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Housing Committee  
Joint Meeting with the BAHFA Oversight Committee  
Teleconference Locations  
City of Oakland, City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Hearing Room 1, Oakland CA 94612  
City of Berkeley, 2180 Milvia St, 5th Floor, Mayor’s Office, Berkeley, CA 94704  
Napa County Administration Building, CEO Office, Crystal Conference Room, 1195 Third  
Street, Suite 310, Napa, CA 94559  
City of Novato, City Administrative Offices, Lobby, 2nd Floor, 922 Machin Ave, Novato, CA  
94945  
County of Solano, County Administration Center, 675 Texas Street, Suite 6500, 6th Floor,  
Fairfield, CA 94533  
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Roster  
Jesse Arreguin, Nikki Fortunato Bas, Pat Eklund, Carroll Fife, Neysa Fligor, Peter Ortiz,  
David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero, Aaron Tiedemann, Wanda Williams  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
Quorum is a majority of members present.  
2. Public Comment  
Information  
3. Committee Member Announcements  
Information  
4. Chairs' Report  
4.a.  
ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA Oversight Committee Chairs’  
Report for May 11, 2023  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Carlos Romero  
Alfredo Pedroza  
5. ABAG Housing Committee Consent Calendar  
5.a.  
Approval of ABAG Housing Committee Minutes of April 13, 2023  
Action:  
ABAG Housing Committee Approval  
Clerk of the Board  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6. BAHFA Oversight Committee Consent Calendar  
6.a.  
Approval of BAHFA Oversight Committee Minutes of March 9, 2023  
Action:  
BAHFA Oversight Committee Approval  
Secretary  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
7. BAHFA Business Plan Equity Framework and Funding Programs  
7.a.  
Recommendation of Approval of the BAHFA Business Plan Equity  
Framework and Funding Programs by the Bay Area Housing Finance  
Authority  
Action:  
BAHFA Oversight Committee Approval  
Presenter:  
Kate Hartley  
Attachments:  
8. Regional Early Action Planning (REAP)  
8.a.  
Recommendation of Approval of Updated Program Budget for the  
Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Grant and Proposed  
Re-programming of Certain Funds to Ensure Full Expenditure by Deadline  
Action:  
ABAG Housing Committee Approval  
BAHFA Oversight Committee Information  
Presenter:  
Daniel Saver  
Attachments:  
9. Housing Incentive Pool  
9.a.  
Update on the Housing Incentive Pool (HIP) Program (2018 to 2021)  
Action:  
ABAG Housing Committee Information  
BAHFA Oversight Committee Information  
Presenter:  
Thomas Arndt  
Attachments:  
10. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next joint meeting of the ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA Oversight  
Committee is on June 8, 2023.  
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