Sacramento City Council Special Meeting – February 17, 2026: SHRA JPA Amendments and Executive Officer Appointment
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Sacramento City Council Special Meeting – February 17, 2026
The Sacramento City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 1:44 p.m. to consider amendments to the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) for the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) and appoint an Executive Officer. The meeting lasted three minutes and concluded with a unanimous vote on the sole agenda item. Councilmember Guerra also offered Lunar New Year greetings.
Discussion Items
- Amendments to SHRA JPA and Appointment of Executive Officer (File ID: 2026-00369): The Council considered a resolution to approve amendments to the JPA between the City and County of Sacramento and appoint Kris Warren of CVR Associates, Inc. as Executive Officer of SHRA. The item followed a closed session report in which the City Attorney announced that the Council had already taken formal action in closed session to appoint Warren. The motion was moved by Vice Mayor Talamantes and seconded by Councilmember Dickinson.
Council Comments
- Councilmember Guerra (District 6) recognized Lunar New Year, offering greetings in multiple languages and wishing a blessed Year of the Horse to the community, particularly in Little Saigon.
Key Outcomes
- Resolution 2026-0040 (City Council) adopted unanimously (9-0) approving the amendments to the SHRA JPA and appointing Kris Warren as Executive Officer.
- Resolution 2026-0002 (Housing Authority) adopted unanimously approving the same JPA amendments.
- The meeting adjourned at 1:47 p.m.
Note: The appointment of Kris Warren was initially made in closed session by unanimous consent; the open session vote formalized the resolutions.
Meeting Transcript
Might want to find their seats. Started. Councilmember Claypool, are you joining us? Okay. Please call this meeting to order. Thank you. Um City Council special meeting called to order at 144 p.m. Councilmember Kaplan. Councilmember Dickinson. Vice Mayor Talamantes. Councilmember Plecibom. Councilmember Maple. Here. Mayor Pro Tem Geta. Here. Council Member Jennings. Here. Councilmember Vang. And Mayor McCarty. Here. Mayor, you have a quorum. Okay. City Attorney, do we have a report out from closed session? Yes, we do. I'm here to report that by a vote of unanimous consent. The city council has taken formal action to appoint Chris Warren as the executive director of the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. No other reportable action was taken. That concludes my report. Thank you. So, Mayor, we have one item on the discussion calendar. City Council Housing Authority amendments to the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency SHRA Joint Powers Agreement, the JPA between the City of Sacramento and County of Sacramento, pursuant to California Government Code Section 6500 and appointment of an executive offer officer of Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. Second. Okay. Do don't we have a slip there for this? I don't. Oh, we do not. Okay. Any um comments or questions? No. This is uh uh follow-up from the report out from our city attorney that we made uh direction today to get a leader for our sacrament housing readable agency. Uh motion is second, all in favor, please say aye. Aye, and noes or abstentions hearing none, item passes. Thank you. Did we have council comments, ideas, questions? Seeing none. Um, this is a special meeting, so we have no public comments for matters not on the agenda. Mr. Guerrero. Yeah, I just uh you know that this is a very special time throughout the city, but particularly in Little Saigon today. Today is uh a lunar new year.
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