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AHA2007/02/27ANAHEIM HOUSING AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 27, 2007 The Anaheim Housing Authority met in regular session in the Chambers of the Anaheim City Hall located at 200 South Anaheim Boulevard. PRESENT: Chairman Curt Pringle, Authority Members: Lorri Galloway, Bob Hernandez, Lucille Kring and Harry Sidhu STAFF PRESENT: City Manager David Morgan, City Attorney Jack White, City Clerk Linda Nguyen A copy of the agenda for the meeting of the Anaheim Housing Authority was posted on February 23, 2007 on the kiosk outside City Hall. Chairman Pringle called the regular meeting to order at 5:49 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Anaheim City Hall, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA: None PUBLIC COMMENTS: No comments offered during the Joint Housing Authority/Council/ Financing Authority comment session related to the Housing Authority. CONSENT CALENDAR: Authority Member Hernandez removed Item No. 1 from the consent calendar for further discussion. Council Member Sidhu moved to approve the balance of the consent calendar (Item 2}, seconded by Authority Member Kring. Roll Call Vote: Ayes - 5: Chairman Pringle, Authority Members: Galloway, Hernandez, Kring and Sidhu. Noes - 0. Motion Carried. 2. Approve the regular minutes of the Anaheim Housing Authority for December 12, 2006 END OF CONSENT: 1. Authorize the Anaheim Housing Authority to apply to the Orange County United Way AHA177 for $50,000 under The Self-Sufficiency Calculator Pilot Program, and authorize the Executive Director, or her designee, to execute a Memorandum of Understanding and any other documents required for this grant. Elisa Stipkovich, Community Development Director, reported this item was a request by staff to approve application to United Way for funding made available to various housing providers for family self-sufficiency supplemental funding. This would allow the Housing Authority to use these funds to help with an existing self-sufficiency program to fund staffing, education and training programs or to pay for anything that would assist a family on the Section 8 program and help them become self-sufficient. She added staff would also work with Anaheim's workforce investment group toward that goal. She further added the Housing February 27, 2007 Page 2 Authority was invited to apply for this funding commenting only certain housing providers were requested to submit an application. Authority Member Hernandez removed this item from the consent calendar as he believed it was significant for the community to note Anaheim was invited to participate in this program, which was unique in itself, and because the program was not ahand-out; but an opportunity to assist families to become self-sufficient and not rely on welfare payments and welfare programs. Authority Member Hernandez then moved to approve Item No. 1, seconded by Authority Member Kring. Roll call vote: Ayes - 5; Chairman Pringle, Authority Members: Galloway, Hernandez and Sidhu. Noes - 0. Motion carried. Adjournment: There being no further business, Chairman Pringle adjourned the Anaheim Housing Authority Meeting at 5:55 P.M, to reconvene the Public Financing Authority meeting. Resp ully submitted, inda Nguyen, Sec Anaheim Housing Authority