RECOMMENDATION Adopt a Resolution appointing Daniel Rossi to the Berkeley Housing Authority.

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1 Office of the Mayor CONSENT CALENDAR September 17, 2013 To: From: Honorable Members of the City Council Mayor Tom Bates Subject: Appoint Daniel Rossi to the Berkeley Housing Authority RECOMMENDATION Adopt a Resolution appointing Daniel Rossi to the Berkeley Housing Authority. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS None BACKGROUND On May 22 nd, 2007, the Berkeley City Council established a Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) Board of Commissioners. State law mandates BHA commissioners, including successors be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. One of the commissioners, Katherine Gale, resigned earlier this year creating a vacancy. To fill the vacancy I am recommending the appointment of Daniel Rossi to the Berkeley Housing Authority Board of Commissioners for a term of 4 years. Mr. Rossi is currently employed by the City of Oakland as a Senior Deputy City Attorney. He has extensive experience with affordable housing and formerly served on the City of Berkeley s Housing Advisory Commission. CONTACT PERSON Mayor Tom Bates Attachments: 1: Resolution 2. Resume 2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA Tel: (510) 981-[XXXX] TDD: (510) Fax: (510) 981-[XXXX] [ address]

2 RESOLUTION NO. ##,###-N.S. APPOINTMENT OF DANIEL ROSSI TO THE BERKELEY HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMISSIONERS WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Berkeley, as the governing body of the City of Berkeley, declared itself to the Commissioners of the Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) and appointed two tenant Commissioners pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34290; and WHEREAS, on May 22, 2007 the Mayor appointed and the City Council by a majority vote confirmed the appointment of 5 Commissioners and 2 tenant Commissioners to the BHA Board pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34270; and WHEREAS, in Spring of 2013 Commissioner Katherine Gale resigned her seat creating a vacancy on the Berkeley Housing Authority Board of Commissioner; and WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Berkeley is an office filled by election of the people of Berkeley. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Berkeley that Daniel Rossi is appointed to serve as Commissioner of the Berkeley Housing Authority Board. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Mayor of the City of Berkeley that, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34272(a), Mr. Rossi be appointed to serve a four-year term.

3 Attachment 2 Daniel Rossi Legal work experience Senior Deputy City Attorney Oakland City Attorney's Office (11/90 to present) Provide legal advice and assistance on housing, redevelopment, community development, and workforce development matters to staff and the City Council. Negotiate development deals. Draft and review loan and grant documents, disposition and development agreements, owner participation agreements, and other real estate documents. Draft and review redevelopment plan adoption documents. Draft and review local legislation. Staff City Council meetings. Areas of specialty: o Affordable housing finance and development. o Redevelopment law, redevelopment plan adoption, project area committees. o Dissolution of redevelopment agencies and post-redevelopment matters. o Tax increment financing and tax allocation bonds. o Real estate sales and leasing. o Community reinvestment, predatory lending, living wage. o Relocation law, CDBG, Section 108 loans, homeless programs. o Conflicts of interest, Brown Act, public records, general municipal law. o Workforce investment. o Land use, zoning, CEQA. Notable accomplishments: o Lead attorney on dissolution of Oakland Redevelopment Agency and postredevelopment matters. o Lead attorney on numerous major redevelopment projects (see attached). o Closed over $150 million in affordable housing financing (see attached). o Lead attorney on several redevelopment plan adoptions and major plan amendments (see attached). o Drafted and defended Oakland s predatory lending ordinance. o Drafted state legislation on homeowners insurance disclosure, adopted following the Oakland Hills fire. o Developed Oakland s housing receivership program. o Drafted Oakland s code enforcement relocation ordinance. o Assisted in drafting inclusionary housing and jobs/housing impact fee ordinances. Law Clerk U.S. District Court, Magistrate Judge Wayne Brazil, San Francisco (9/89 to 11/90) Conducted legal research, drafted orders and opinions, and performed other duties for a federal magistrate judge. Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, San Francisco (6/88 to 1/89) Researched and wrote memoranda for an environmental law firm. Researched and wrote portions of a treatise on California land use law. National Housing Law Project, Berkeley (6/87 to 4/88) Edited manual on tenants rights in HUD housing. Conducted research on federal housing law issues.

4 Community development work experience Housing Consultant City of San Rafael, Planning Department (1/86 to 8/86) Wrote policy guidelines for the City's Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Conducted a feasibility study of housing opportunity sites in San Rafael. Housing Advocate Ecumenical Association for Housing, San Rafael (9/83 to 3/85) Coordinated advocacy and education for a nonprofit housing developer. Organized community support for proposed affordable housing projects. Planning Intern Oakland Neighborhood Housing Services, Oakland (7/82 to 4/83) Organized and conducted a survey on housing conditions in East Oakland. North of Market Planning Coalition, San Francisco (1/82 to 6/83) Conducted research on small retail businesses in the Tenderloin neighborhood. Wrote a commercial revitalization plan. Program Evaluator Baker Places, Inc., San Francisco (9/79 to 3/81) Developed an evaluation system for a community mental health agency. Compiled and analyzed statistics on program effectiveness. Community activities Housing Commissioner Housing Advisory Commission, City of Berkeley (10/95 to 10/03) Participated on a citizens advisory commission for the City of Berkeley. Made recommendations to the City on the use of Housing Trust Funds and CDBG. Made recommendations on general housing policy issues. Heard code enforcement appeals. Chair, 2/01-2/03; Vice-chair, 2/99-2/01; Chair/member, CDBG Committee, 1/98-10/03. Nonprofit Director/Volunteer Tenderloin Housing Clinic, San Francisco (9/86 to 11/90) Member, Board of Directors (11/88 to 11/90). Volunteer Housing Counselor (9/86 to 12/88). Counseled low-income tenants facing eviction. Drafted unlawful detainer pleadings. Panelist Should Local Governments Subordinate Their Multifamily Affordability Restrictions to Private Lenders? Housing California Conference (4/24/07) Predatory Lending Legislation California Assembly Banking & Finance Committee Hearing (2/28/05) Local Measures Addressing Predatory Lending Practices Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California Fall Conference (10/26/04) Low-Income Housing Use Restrictions State Bar of California Real Property Law Section (8/15/95)

5 Education University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) J.D., Order of the Coif. College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley Masters in City Planning, Concentration in housing and community development. Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire A.B. in American Government, Bar membership State Bar of California Admitted in 1989.

6 Daniel Rossi Oakland projects Redevelopment projects (partial list) Arioso Residential Project Bayporte Village Cesar Chavez Elementary School Citywalk/Domain Residential Project Coliseum City Eastmont Town Center Coliseum BART Transit Village Ford & Glascock Residential Project 1100 Broadway Fruitvale BART Transit Village Fox Theater Landmark Place Henry Robinson Multiservice Center MacArthur BART Transit Village Jack London Gateway Rainin Instruments Headquarters Market Square Homes Swans Marketplace Old Town Square Wood Street Residential Project 3860 MLK Way Residential Project Zhone Technologies Campus Affordable housing project financing (partial list) Acorn Housing Adcock/Joiner Apartments Adeline Lofts Allen Temple Arms III & IV Altenheim Senior Homes Aztec Hotel Bancroft Senior Homes Bayside Apartments California Hotel Cathedral Gardens CL Dellums Apartments Coolidge Court CURA-North Downs Senior Housing Drachma Housing Drasnin Manor EC Reems Gardens Effie s House Evergreen Terrace Fairmount Housing 14th Street Apts. at Central Station Fox Courts Habitat Village Hale Laulima House Hamilton Hotel Harrison Hotel Hismen Hin-nu Terrace International Boulevard Family Housing Jefferson Oaks Apartments James Lee Court Jingletown Homes Jubilee West scattered site Lake Merritt Apartments Las Bougainvilleas Senior Housing Leola Terrace Lincoln Court Senior Homes Madison Park Apartments Madison & 14th Apartments Marcus Garvey Apartments Marlon Riggs Apartments Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza Homes North Oakland Senior Housing Northgate Apartments Oak Terrace Apartments Orchards on Foothill Palm Villas Piedmont/MacArthur Apartments St. Joseph s Senior Housing St. Joseph s Family Housing San Pablo Gateway San Pablo Hotel Santana Apartments Sausal Creek Housing Seven Directions Slim Jenkins Court Southlake Tower Victoria Court Redevelopment plan adoptions and major amendments Central District amendments extending time and fiscal limits (2012) Oak Knoll/Central City East merger amendments (2006) West Oakland -- redevelopment plan adoption (2003) Central City East -- redevelopment plan adoption (2003) Central District -- amendment expanding project area and rewriting plan (2001) Broadway/MacArthur/San Pablo -- redevelopment plan adoption (2000) Oakland Army Base -- redevelopment plan adoption (2000) Coliseum -- amendment expanding project area (1997) Coliseum -- redevelopment plan adoption (1995)