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generated that provides information on: 1) people that have been assisted through the program; 2) the number of homes in Pleasanton that were found; 3) the reason landlords don't want to accept two checks; and 4) looking at a solution to be problem being more homes. Mr. Sowell asked about the number of empty hotel rooms, empty home rooms, and other vacancies in Pleasanton that might be considered for housing. Commissioner Galvin asked Mr. Sowell to comment on the difficulties of finding places to park when a homeless person is living in their car. Mr. Sowell provided information about Police Department restrictions and the Walmart Parking lot being the only permitted location. Chairperson Soby closed the meeting for public comment at 8:32 p.m. Commissioner Kizilolgu stated that she felt the City of Pleasanton has failed and commented on availableCDBG, LIHF, and HOME funds. She felt the City needed to apply more funds from the General Fund. Mr. Dolan noted that City Council and staff know programs are not perfect and need to be reviewed when moving forward but this Commission should still make a recommendation to City Council based on staff's recommendations, or a split recommendation from the Commission and staff. He strongly encouraged the Commission to act and stated that staff would look at all things to be explored. Commissioner Welsh asked for information about a Master Lease Program that the City of Fremont has with Abode. Mr. Guel provided information about a tenant based rental agreement in which the tenant is named on the lease and in a Master Lease Abode is on the agreement and sub-leases to the tenant and tenants pay varying amount. Commissioner Welsh asked for information on how this was funded. Commissioner Welsh stated that she approves of the funding recommendations provided by staff with the request that staff investigate the possibility of exploring a Master Lease Program that could address some of the issues. She felt this would help with issues in the future. Mr. Dolan stated that adding that to the recommendation that will go to City Council would be a good step to take. Commissioner Kizilolgu indicated she could also approve funding recommendations but expressed concern about something that might be added in the fine print and would ask the City of Pleasanton to generate funds that don't have strings attached. Chairperson Soby agreed but felt other things need to be looked at also. He noted that the Commissioner had discussed some time ago about receiving more frequent updates from agencies and would like to be sure this could be done on a quarterly or semi-annual basis. Mr. Dolan discussed the difficulty of getting agencies to present on a quarterly basis when they have received a small funding amount. Mr. Hernandez advised that reporting is already being done and at the February meeting the Commission had received semi-annual reports from agencies. Commissioner Kizilolgu commented on finding solutions for people like Mr. Sowell and felt it was unfair to wait to find solutions and something needed to be determined now. A motion was made by Commissioner Welsh, seconded by Commissioner Galvin, to approve the funding recommendations provided by staff with a request that City Council allow staff to explore a Master Lease Program to expedite rehousing with as few restrictions attached aspossible. Housing Commission March 15, 2018 Page 5