Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors (Acting as the Governing Board of Commissioners for the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo)
From: Debbie McIntyre, Executive Director, Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo
Subject: Appointment of SAMCHAI Board of Directors for 2025-2026
RECOMMENDATION:
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Acting as the Governing Board of Commissioners for the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo, adopt a resolution appointing the Board of Directors for 2025-2026 for SAMCHAI, a not-for-profit public benefit corporation affiliate of the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo, as required under the SAMCHAI Amended and Restated Bylaws.
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BACKGROUND:
On May 11, 2010, this Board, acting in its capacity as the Governing Board of Commissioners (the “Governing Board of Commissioners”) for the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo (“HACSM”) approved Resolution No. 2010-05 authorizing HACSM to establish an HACSM-controlled instrumentality to facilitate the disposition of Midway Village, a former public housing property owned by HACSM, and the conversion of El Camino Village to Project-Based Vouchers under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (“HUD”) Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, with HUD approval. Toward this end, HACSM created SAMCHAI, an affiliated not-for-profit public benefit corporation, to which the ownership of Midway Village was to be transferred as part of the disposition.
In December 2017, when HACSM converted its remaining Public Housing property, El Camino Village, to Project-Based Vouchers under HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, the property ownership of El Camino Village was also transferred to SAMCHAI.
Due to ongoing redevelopment at Midway Village, the property ownership has been transferred back to HACSM; however, SAMCHAI retains property ownership of El Camino Village.
DISCUSSION:
As a nonprofit corporation, SAMCHAI was required to adopt Bylaws and Covenants and SAMCHAI’s bylaws were subsequently amended (“Amended Bylaws”); the Amended Bylaws became effective on October 25, 2017.
Under the Amended Bylaws, there shall be three directors on the SAMCHAI Board, which directors shall be appointed annually “by the body acting as Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo (the ‘Commissioners’) [i.e., the Governing Board of Commissioners].” Amended Bylaws, §§ 4.2, 4.5.
In accordance with the SAMCHAI Amended Bylaws, HACSM recommends that the Governing Board of Commissioners appoint SAMCHAI’s Board of Directors for 2025-2026, and specifically recommends the appointment of the County’s Director of the Department of Housing, the HACSM Executive Director, and the HACSM Financial Services Manager, each as a Director to the Board of Directors of SAMCHAI for 2025-2026.
The County Attorney’s Office has reviewed and approved the resolution as to form.
COMMUNITY IMPACT:
SAMCHAI oversees El Camino Village, a project that positively impacts very low-and low-income income individuals and families by meeting their vital need of safe, decent and affordable housing.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no net County cost associated with this action, and there is no fiscal impact to HACSM or SAMCHAI.