Meeting Minutes  
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HOUSING  
AUTHORITY  
CANDACE ANDERSEN, CHAIR  
JOHN GIOIA  
DIANE BURGIS, VICE CHAIR  
KEN CARLSON  
SHANELLE SCALES-PRESTON  
CYNTHIA JORDAN  
JOANN SEGURA  
JOSEPH VILLARREAL, EXECUTIVE  
DIRECTOR, (925) 957-8001  
1:00 PM  
Tuesday, May 20, 2025  
Board Chambers 1025 Escobar Street,  
Martinez |  
Call in: 888-278-0254 access code 843298#  
Rollcall  
Present  
Commissioner John Gioia, Commissioner Candace Andersen,  
Commissioner Diane Burgis, and Commissioner Shanelle  
Scales-Preston  
1:00 P.M. Convene and call to order  
Convened at 3:45 p.m. Adjourned at 4:07 p.m.  
1.  
CONSIDER CONSENT ITEMS (Items listed as C.1 through C.14 on the following  
agenda) – Items are subject to removal from Consent Calendar by request of any  
Commissioner. Items removed from the Consent Calendar will be considered with the  
Discussion Items.  
Motion:  
Second:  
Carlson  
Burgis  
Aye:  
Commissioner Gioia, Commissioner Andersen,  
Commissioner Burgis, Commissioner Scales-Preston,  
Carlson, and Segura  
Absent:  
Result:  
Jordan  
Passed  
2.  
DISCUSSION ITEMS  
ACCEPT the recommendation of the Las Deltas Main Campus Selection  
Panel and Adopt Resolution No. 5270 authorizing the Executive Director to  
enter into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with the Community  
Housing Development Corporation (CHDC) and Eden Housing to acquire,  
D.1.  
for appraised fair market value, the 11.38-acre former Las Deltas public  
housing development main campus subject to approval by the Executive  
Director and approval as to form by County Counsel.  
Gioia  
Attachments:  
Motion:  
Second:  
Scales-Preston  
Aye:  
Commissioner Gioia, Commissioner Andersen, Commissioner  
Burgis, Commissioner Scales-Preston, Carlson, and Segura  
Absent:  
Result:  
Jordan  
Passed  
CONSIDER adopting Resolution No. 5271 authorizing the sale of  
twenty-five scattered site buildings located on eighteen parcels from the  
former Las Deltas public housing development at fair market value as  
determined by a certified appraisal.  
D.2.  
Attachments:  
D.3  
PUBLIC COMMENT (2 Minutes)  
Written correspondence received from Emani Lewis outlining difficulties with the state of her  
mothers residence under the voucher program (attached).  
Public Comment  
Attachments:  
25-2076  
2025-05-20 HA PC Corres-Lewis.pdf  
3.  
CONSENT ITEMS  
CONSIDER CONSENT ITEMS  
A motion was made by Commissioner Burgis, seconded by Commissioner  
Scales-Preston, to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
Aye:  
Commissioner Gioia, Commissioner Andersen, Commissioner  
Burgis, Commissioner Scales-Preston, Carlson, and Segura  
Absent:  
Result:  
Jordan  
Passed  
ADOPT Amendments to the Administrative Plan of the Housing Choice  
Voucher Program in response to HUD’s updates of Sections 102 And 104 of  
the Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act of 2016 and the  
Violence Against Women Act. (No fiscal impact)  
C.2.  
C.3.  
Attachments:  
ADOPT Resolution No. 5269, certifying the results for the Section 8  
Management Assessment Plan , subject to the U.S. Department of Housing  
and Urban Development (HUD) confirmatory review, for the Housing  
Authority of the County of Contra Costa for the period from April 1, 2024,  
to March 31, 2025.  
Attachments:  
approved  
ADOPT amendments to the Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy  
for the Public Housing Program in response to HUD’s updates of Sections  
102 and 104 of the Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act of  
2016 and the Violence Against Women’s Act. (No fiscal impact)  
C.4.  
Attachments:  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to amend the Housing  
Authority’s procurement policy to increase the administrative approval  
threshold for petty cash, micro purchases, and small purchases. (No fiscal  
impact)  
C.5.  
C.6.  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director of the Housing  
Authority of the County of Contra Costa, or designee, to execute a contract  
with the City of Pittsburg in an amount not to exceed $189,000 to provide  
the Housing Authority’s El Pueblo public housing development with  
additional law enforcement services for the period July 1, 2024 through June  
30, 2025. (100% HUD)  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director of the Housing  
Authority of the County of Contra Costa, or designee, to execute a contract  
with the City of Pittsburg in an amount not to exceed $198,450 to provide  
the Housing Authority’s El Pueblo public housing development with  
additional law enforcement services for the period July 1, 2025 through June  
30, 2026. (100% HUD)  
C.7.  
C.8.  
C.9.  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director of the Housing  
Authority of the County of Contra Costa, or designee, to execute a contract  
with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department in an amount not to  
exceed $275,000 to provide the Housing Authority’s Bayo Vista public  
housing development with additional law enforcement services for the  
period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. (100% HUD)  
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director of the Housing  
Authority of the County of Contra Costa, or his designee, to execute a  
twelve-month contract with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department to  
provide the Housing Authority’s Bayo Vista public housing development  
with additional law enforcement services for the period beginning July 1,  
2025, and ending June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $279,000.  
(100% HUD)  
approved  
APPROVE plans, specifications, and design to rehabilitate three  
fire-damaged units located in the Elder Winds Public Housing Development  
at 2100 Buchanan Road, in Antioch, CA; AWARD and AUTHORIZE the  
Housing Authority Executive Director to execute a construction contract  
with A&R Construction in the amount of $208,001 and to approve  
construction change orders, as needed, up to a maximum total of 10% in  
addition to the contract award amount; and APPROVE related actions  
necessary for administration of the project. (100% HUD)  
C.10  
.
approved  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Housing Authority Executive Director to  
execute a contract with Door and Window Guard Systems, Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $200,000 to provide secure entry systems for vacant  
public housing units/buildings for the period June 2, 2025 to June 2, 2026,  
and to exercise up to four annual options to renew at the same annual rate to  
a maximum of $1,000,000 through June 2, 2029. (100% HUD)  
C.11  
.
approved  
APPROVE plans, specifications, and design for the Security Camera  
Project, El Pueblo (Pittsburg) & Casa de Serena (Bay Point); AWARD and  
AUTHORIZE the Housing Authority Executive Director to prepare and  
execute a construction contract with Scheer Security Alarm Systems, Inc., in  
an amount not to exceed $224,370 and to approve construction change  
orders, as needed, up to a maximum total of 10% in addition to the contract  
award amount; and APPROVE related actions necessary to administer the  
project. (100% HUD)  
C.12  
.
approved  
ACCEPT a report from the Executive Director regarding new income limits  
effective April 1, 2025, for assisted programs operated by HACCC. (100%  
HUD)  
C.13  
.
approved  
RECEIVE the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa’s  
investment report for the quarter ending March 31, 2025. (No fiscal impact)  
C.14  
.
Attachments:  
approved  
4.  
ADJOURN  
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