MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

EP HOUSING OPERATIONS AND

MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISES PFC

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Item # 1. Call To Order. The Chairperson called the meeting to order at 6:25 p.m.

Item # 2. Establishment of a Quorum.

PRESENT: Chairperson Burt Blacksher, Presiding; Directors Eileen Karlsruher, Lupita Licerio, and Anna L. Perez. The Chairperson declared a quorum with four Directors present. Director Francisco Ortega was absent.

ALSO PRESENT: Gerald Cichon, Chief Executive Officer; Bob Blumenfeld, HACEP Attorney; Arthur Provenghi, Corporate Attorney; Donna Clarke, Chief Operations Officer; Satish Bhaskar, Chief Financial Officer; Daniel Cantu, Chief Information Technology Officer; Hector Montoya, EP HOMEGeneral Manager; William Zeigler, Chief Human Resources Officer; Roman Velasquez, Director of Housing Programs; Ed Gill, Director of Construction; Frank Cota, RAD Project Team Lead; Juan Pulido, Procurement Manager; Javier Camacho, Public Information Officer; Oscar Arriaga, Public Information Specialist; Patricia Quintanilla and Aracely Saenz, Executive Secretaries.

Item # 3. Approval of Minutes of a Regular Board Meeting That Took Place on September 23, 2015. Director Karlsruher made a motion to approve item # 3. It was seconded by Director Licerio. Motion carried unanimously.

Item # 4. Request That the Contracting Officer be Authorized to Sign Modification to Contract for Flooring Installation Services. This is the Third Contract Renewal of Four. This Contract was Procured Through the Request for Proposal (RFP) Process. The Recommendation is as Follows:

Department: / EP Home
Award to: / High Ridge Construction
NSP 13-C-0058
Sun Carpets
NSP 13-C-0059 / $225,000 Combined
Funding Source: / Operating Budget
Procurement Type: / Request for Proposal (RFP)
Contract Term: / Renewal

Mr. Cichon discussed the proposed contract modification under item # 4 and offered to answer any questions.

Director Perez made a motion to approve item # 4. It was seconded by Director Licerio. Motion carried unanimously.

Item # 5. Discussion and Action Regarding Resolution Approving the Writing Off of Bad Debt Accounts for EP HOME Managed Vacated Tenants. Hector Montoya, EP HOME General Manager, said that the properties previously managed by HAC have been moved to EP HOME. He added that the write off and resolution include the properties previously managed by HAC and the EP HOME managed properties. He discussed the write off composition and trend. Mr. Montoya offered to answer any questions.

Director Licerio made a motion to approve Resolution No. 009 under item # 5. It was seconded by Director Karlsruher. Motion carried unanimously.

Item # 6. Adjournment.

There being no further business to be discussed before the Board, Director Karlsruher made a motion to adjourn. It was seconded by Director Perez. Motion carried unanimously.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m.

ATTEST:

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Gerald Cichon Burt Blacksher

Secretary Chairperson

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