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, April 13, 2023  
1:00 PM  
Board Room -- 1st Floor  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Housing Committee  
Joint Meeting with the BAHFA Oversight Committee  
Teleconference Locations  
City of Novato, City Administrative Offices, Baget Conference Room, 922 Machin Ave, Novato,  
CA 94945  
City of Oakland, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Hearing Room 1, Oakland CA 94612  
City of Berkely, Mayor’s Office, 2180 Milvia Street, 5th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704  
Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange, 1415 L Street, Suite 1000, Sacramento, CA 95814  
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The meeting webcast will be available at: https://abag.ca.gov/meetings-events/live-webcasts  
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comments received will be submitted into the record.  
The ABAG Housing Committee may act on any item on the agenda.  
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.  
Agenda, roster, and webcast available at https://abag.ca.gov  
For information, contact Clerk of the Board at (415) 820-7913.  
Roster  
Jesse Arreguin, Nikki Fortunato Bas, Pat Eklund, Carroll Fife, Neysa Fligor, David Rabbitt,  
Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero  
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.  
23-0492  
ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA Oversight Committee Chairs’  
Report for April 13, 2023  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Carlos Romero  
5. ABAG Housing Committee Consent Calendar  
5.a.  
23-0494  
Approval of ABAG Housing Committee Minutes of March 9, 2023  
Action:  
ABAG Housing Committee Approval  
Clerk of the Board  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
05a HC Minutes 20230309 Draft.pdf  
5.b.  
23-0540  
Summary Update of the Symbium Plancheck Software Pilot funded by the  
Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Grant  
Action:  
ABAG Housing Committee Information  
Heather Peters  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
05b 1 Summary Sheet Summary of Plancheck Software Pilot v2.pdf  
6. BAHFA Oversight Committee Consent Calendar  
6.a.  
6.b.  
23-0495  
Approval of BAHFA Oversight Committee Minutes of March 9, 2023  
Action:  
BAHFA Oversight Committee Approval  
Secretary  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06a BAHFA OC Minutes 20230309 Draft v2.pdf  
23-0498  
Authorization to amend the terms of approval of the contract between  
Exygy Inc. (“Consultant”) and the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority  
(BAHFA) for web design services for BAHFA’s Doorway Housing Portal  
Pilot (“Project”) for changes to anticipated phasing dates in the Scope of  
Work and minor adjustments to the scope of work to be completed in  
Phases 2 and 3  
Action:  
BAHFA Oversight Committee Approval  
Presenter:  
Barry Roeder  
Attachments:  
06b 1 Summary Sheet BAHFA Doorway Exygy Contract Summary Form Amend  
06b 2 Attachment Summary Approval Form Amendment 1 v2.pdf  
7. Assembly Bill 1487  
7.a.  
23-0496  
Overview of the General Requirements and Funding Allocation Rules  
Contained in the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) Assembly  
Bill 1487 Enabling Legislation  
Action:  
ABAG Housing Committee Information  
BAHFA Oversight Committee Information  
Presenter:  
Kate Hartley  
Attachments:  
07a 1 Summary Sheet AB 1487 Mechanics v1.pdf  
07a 2 Attachment A Presentation AB 1487 Mechanics v3.pdf  
07a 3 Attachment B BAHFA and AB 1487 Explainer.pdf  
8. Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Grant  
8.a.  
23-0499  
Update on the Status of Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Grant  
Suballocations to Local Jurisdictions and Request for Direction to  
Establish a Deadline for Local Governments to Claim Funding in Order to  
Ensure Timely Expenditure of State Funds  
Action:  
ABAG Housing Committee Information  
BAHFA Oversight Committee Information  
Presenter:  
Daniel Saver  
Attachments:  
08a 1 Summary Sheet Summary of Local Suballocations v3.pdf  
08a 2 Attachment A Summary of Local Suballocations v3.pdf  
08a 3 Attachment B Presentation Summary of Local Suballocations v3.pdf  
9. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next joint meeting of the ABAG Housing Committee and BAHFA Oversight  
Committee is on May 11, 2023.  
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