City of Santa Fe Community Development Commission Committee met Oct. 20.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
Start Time: 3:02 PM
2. ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Councilor Renee Villarreal
Member Paul Goblet
Member Ken Hughes
Member Carla Lopez
Member Willie Marquez
Member John Padilla
Member Rosario Torres
Members Excused:
None
Others Attending:
Alexandra Ladd, Director - Office of Affordable Housing
Toniette Candelaria-Martinez, Attendee
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
9/01/2021 Mintutes
MOTION: Member Hughes moved, seconded by Member Torres, to Approve the minutes as amended.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Councilor Villarreal, Member Goblet, Member Hughes, Member Lopez, Member Marquez, Member Padilla, Member Torres
Against: None
Abstain: None
Review of Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and Recommendation for Disposition of City owned Property Located at 635 Alto Street; Alexandra Ladd, Director, Office of Affordable Housing, agladd@santafenm.gov 505-303-9868.
No decision was made. Item will be added to the Discussion on 11/17/2021 CDC Meeting. CDC Members will vote then.
Executive session start time: 3:22 PM
Executive session end time: 4:32 PM
MOTION: Member Goblet moved, seconded by Member Torres, to approve the motion to enter executive session.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Councilor Villarreal, Member Goblet, Member Hughes, Member Lopez, Member Marquez, Member Padilla, Member Torres
Against: None
Abstain: None
MOTION: Member Padilla moved, seconded by Member Lopez, to approve the motion to exit executive session.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Councilor Villarreal, Member Goblet, Member Hughes, Member Lopez, Member Marquez, Member Padilla, Member Torres
Against: None
Abstain: None
5. DISCUSSION AGENDA
a. Approval of 2022 Meeting Calendar; Toniette Candelaria-Martinez, Project Specialist, Office of Affordable Housing, tocandelariamartinez@santafenm.gov, 505-316-4634.
MOTION: Member Goblet moved, seconded by Member Torres, to approve the Calendar as amended.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Councilor Villarreal, Member Goblet, Member Hughes, Member Lopez, Member Marquez, Member Padilla, Member Torres
Against: None
Abstain: None
b. Update on Current Year Reprogramming (Coming Home Connection, $20,000); Alexandra Ladd, Director, Office of Affordable Housing, agladd@santafenm.gov 505-303-9868.
MOTION: Member Hughes moved, seconded by Member Torres, to approve the Motion to bring Adelante, Interfaith Women’s Shelter and Youth Services Cold Weather Shelter up to the amount they originally requested and add the remaining two thousand dollars to Adelante.
VOTE: The motion was approved on the following Roll Call vote:
For: Councilor Villarreal, Member Goblet, Member Hughes, Member Lopez, Member Marquez, Member Padilla, Member Torres
Against: None
Abstain: None
6. MATTERS FROM STAFF
Alexandra Ladd will create the evaluation worksheet and distribute to the Commissioners; set up 11/17/2021 to include an Executive Session and also include an item in the Discussion enabling the Commission to vote on a decision.
Alexandra Ladd announced she should be receiving the list of eligible applicants for the Office of Affordable (OAH) Housing Grant Manager position. This is the person who will take over the direct administration of all the housing funds. This position is under the direction of the OAH Director and supported by program staff. The second position to be filled is the Senior Planner position which will help more on the inclusionary zoning side. Mrs. Ladd will send out the listing once that’s available and share with the Commission for distribution to their networks as well. Other news is the Request for Applications for Affordable Housing is open. OAH will be doing a mid-year allocation this year. We will also have the regular application cycle coming up in January and February. We will get some funding commitments out prior to that.
7. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE
Commissioner Paul Goblet announced he will be formally resigning soon, and will send a letter to the Mayor and to Chair Villarreal. Commissioner Goblet expressed what an honor and privilege its been working with and serving on this Commission. Chair Villarreal along with the Commissioners and Mrs. Ladd each expressed their gratitude in working with Mr. Goblet and thanked him for his service.Mr. Goblet said he will wait for direction from Director Ladd and the CDC as far as an appropriate time to officially resign.
Commissioner John Padilla commented in reference to the list of interested candidates for the positions on the CDC that they are quite a high quality group of individuals and diversity of experience and desire and willingness to want to step onto this Commission. Mr. Padilla asked for confirmation that the CDC should respond to Chair Villarreal with one: their desire to continue on the Commission if that is their wish; and two: provide a priority list ranking the candidates of who they recommend are qualified from 1 to end. Chair Villarreal said: yes, definitely desire if you want to continue; and Chair Villarreal opened it for the opportunity to hear from the CDC but the CDC is not required to do this. Ultimately, the way its structured is that Director Ladd and Chair Villarreal will pass on the recommendations to the Mayor who ultimately puts it on as appointments on their Agendas for the Governing Body to vote to approve. Chair Villarreal said if you want to prioritize the candidates or pick the top three since there are two vacancies. A deadline was set to submit the list to Chair Villarreal and copy Director Ladd by 10/29/2021.
8. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR
9. NEXT MEETING: November 17 2021
10. ADJOURN
End time: 4:48 PM
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