Sacramento City Council and Housing Authority Joint Meeting: Affordable Housing and Racial Equity Resolutions
Sacramento City Council and Housing Authority Joint Meeting
Meeting Overview
A joint meeting of the Sacramento City Council and Housing Authority was held, focusing on affordable housing initiatives and racial equity resolutions. The meeting was notable for its collaborative approach and community engagement efforts.
Opening and Introductions
- Meeting opened with a land acknowledgement honoring Indigenous peoples
- Pledge of allegiance led by McClatchy High School student Alina Wong
- Full council attendance with Mayor Steinberg presiding
Public Hearings and Discussion Items
Item 1: Villa Jardin/Coral Gables Affordable Housing Development
- TEFRA hearing for an 82-unit affordable housing project
- Units range from 25% to 50% of area median income
- Project completed in June 2023 after construction delays
- Unanimously approved
Item 2: Mortgage Revenue Bond Issuance Authority
- Proposed delegation of bond issuance authority to SHRA executive director
- Reduction of annual administrative fees from 12.5 to 5 basis points
- Goal to expedite affordable housing project financing
- Unanimously approved
Racial Equity and Reparations Resolutions
- Items 3 and 4 (Racial Equity and Reparations Resolutions) continued to December 3rd at 5 PM
- Decision made to ensure maximum community participation
- Concerns raised about modifications to the original resolution
Key Outcomes
- Approved affordable housing project financing mechanism
- Committed to robust community engagement for racial equity discussions
- Scheduled comprehensive racial equity discussion for December 3rd
Next Steps
- Closed session scheduled for 3 PM
- Full council meeting to continue at 5 PM
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon everyone. The joint meeting of the Sacramento City Council and the Sacramento Housing Authority will please come to order. Would the clerk call the roll? Please to establish a quorum. Thank you, Councilmember Capplin, Councilmember Tao. We expect Mayor Pro Temt elementities momentarily. Councilmember Valenzuela, Vice Mayor Maple, Councilmember Guerra, Councilmember Jennings, Councilmember Vang, and Mayor Steinberg. I am here. Councilmember Jennings, would you please lead us in the landing knowledge room? And then I want to ask McClatchy High School student Alina Wong to please lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Please rise for the opening acknowledgement and honor of Sacramento's Indigenous people and tribal lands to the original people of this land. Aniseon people, southern Maidu, Valley and Plains Miwak, Patnam Wintam, and the people from the Wilton Rancheria Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe. May we acknowledge and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together today in the act of practice and acknowledgement and appreciation of Sacramento's Indigenous people's history, their contributions, and their lives. Would you please remain standing as Alina comes to the microphone to present our pledge of allegiance? Hi, pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much for coming to the meeting. I know what Councillor Jennings interns and learning and doing a lot here, all of you. Thank you. Young people for staying engaged, involved, never giving up. Okay? Thank you. Members, let us begin with the agenda items. First with the housing authority. I believe that two items, items three and four are going to be continued until, well, those are part of the city council agenda to December the third. Let us take items one and two, first, Councillor Mavang, did you want to move to continue the three and four? Yeah, we could do that. I wanted to make some comments on three and four. Okay, so let us hold off then. Let us do items one and two, first. Okay. Item one. Good afternoon, Mayor and council members. Whitney Hinton with Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. Staff is requesting to hold a tax equity and physical responsibility act or a tougher hearing. Public hearing related to the conversion of Villajardine Coral Gables project. Villajardine Coral Gables is located in the met-of-view area of the city of Sacramento. The project is a workforce and permanent support of housing development. There are 82 units, ranging in affordability levels of 25% to 50% of area median income. The developer and property management are John Stewart Company. Life steps provides on-site case management, supportive services, and 15 hours of resident services per week.
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