DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood and Housing Services Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ver?nica R. Soto, FAICP, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUMMARY:
Discussion and possible action on the development of subcommittees of the Housing Commission
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
With the acceptance of San Antonio's Housing Policy Framework on September 6, 2018, City Council recommended the Housing Commission become the oversight commission for the Framework implementation.
Per Ordinance 2018-11-15-0919, passed and approved November 15, 2018, Section 9: In order to support its work, the Commission may also seek voluntary technical or specific professional assistance from individuals in the community representing certain technical disciplines or areas of special expertise.
On April 7, 2021, the Housing Commissioners elected to create the following subcommittees to support the Commission's Charge:
* Public Engagement and Outreach Committee
* Dashboard and Annual Report
The Housing Commission also discussed the continuation of the Agenda Working group as another subcommittee called the Agenda Subcommittee.
Many city boards and commissions adopt codes of conduct or by-laws to govern the rules and procedures that govern the board/commission. Within these documents the structure not only of the commission, but of the subcommittees to support the commission, are laid out.
ISSUE:
During the April 28 regular meeting, the Commission selected members to sit on a workgroup which would determine details such as:
* The purpose and charge of each subcommittee
* The number of members in each subcommittee
* Whether the subcommittee will have non-commission members on the subcommittee
* Whether appointments to the subcommittees will be made by commissioners or some other method
Three Commissioners, Robert Abraham, Jeffrey Arndt, and Paul Furukawa met on May 10 to identify the makeup of the two subcommittees. The following are th...
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