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[1. ROLL CALL]
TO ORDER.UH, WELCOME TO THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING.
IT'S, UH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH.
IT'S 7:02 PM I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A STAFF ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER YOU PRESENT CHAIR, VICE CHAIR MEDA P CHAIR.
WE CAN GO WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF, UH, NEW COMMISSIONERS.
UM, YEAH, JUST, UM, JUST WANT TO WELCOME OUR TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM A, A A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO, TO YOU ALL.
UM, AND, UH, START WITH COMMISSIONER COX.
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
I'M EXCITED TO BE APPOINTED TO THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
UH, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN LIVERMORE SINCE 2010.
UH, MY WIFE, UH, ALSO GREW UP HERE, UH, THREE YOUNG KIDS, UH, GOING THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WAS LOOKING AT WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, OUTSIDE OF MAYBE JUST YOUTH SPORTS.
AND SO I WAS LOOKING AT THAT AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE TODAY.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, HELP AS I CAN.
WELCOME, WELCOME, COMMISSIONER.
MAY, UH, MY NAME IS YOUNG YU, SO I PREFER CALL ME ANNA, WHICH IS EASY.
AND SO I AM, UH, UH, FIRST GENER IMMIGRANT.
YOU CAN SEE MY ENGLISH, NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE.
SO IF I, SOMETIMES I LIKE STOP, THAT MEANS PAUSE.
THAT MEANS I TRY TO FIND THE WORD.
SO I, I CAME TO LIVE MORE, I RAISED HERE SINCE 2017, SO IT'S LIKE EIGHTH YEAR, NINTH YEAR HERE.
AND I, I RAISED MY TWO KIDS HERE AND I, I MADE MY MIND ALREADY SETTLED HERE.
SO I WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WANNA LEARN, SINCE I'M NOT GREW UP HERE, SO I WANNA LEARN HOW AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS.
SO, HERE, I, I'M SO HAPPY THAT I APPRECIATE, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, CITY OF LIVERMORE.
WELCOME, MEET AND JOIN THE TEA AND JOIN THE FAMILY.
UH, SECTION THREE, OPEN FORUM FORUM, UH, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT, UH, NO HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION ACTION CAN OCCUR ON ITEMS PRESENTED DURING THE OPEN FORUM.
UH, TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, PLEASE SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
UH, WALK IN TO THE, UH, TRAN TO ADDRESS THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
THE CHAIR MAY REDUCE THE AMOUNT TIME BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK.
OPEN FORUM WILL CONCLUDE AFTER 30 MINUTES.
HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, OPEN FORUM WILL RECONVENE AFTER THE MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN THE, UH, OPEN, UH, OPEN THE OPEN FORUM STAFF.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE THE OPEN FORUM.
[4. CONSENT CALENDAR]
FOUR, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR.CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND ARE ACTED UPON BY THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION WITH A SINGLE ACTION.
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT MUST SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD, 4.1 APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 14TH, 2025.
HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, REGULAR MEETING, UH, RECOMMENDATION STAFF RECOMMENDS THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION APPROVE THE FOR OCTOBER 14TH, 2025 DRAFT MINUTES.
UH, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO REQUEST, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENTS.
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ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION CHAIR.JUST CURIOUS, UM, JUST ITEM SEVEN OF THE MINUTES.
IT SAYS, ADJOURNED TO THE NOVEMBER 11TH MEETING, WHICH I KNOW WAS, UH, POSTPONED, I WOULD SAY, OR CANCELED DUE TO VETERAN'S DAY.
SO WOULD IT BE ADJOURNED TO TONIGHT IN THE MINUTES? 'CAUSE WE HADN'T CANCELED THE MEETING OFFICIALLY.
UM, AND SO UNTIL IT WAS OFFICIALLY CANCELED, IT WAS STILL TO THAT DATE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO JUST, JUST BEFORE YOU ASK FOR A, A MOTION OR A ROLL CALL, UM, JUST WANT TO ADVISE THAT COMMISSIONER COX, YOU WERE NOT HERE, SO YOU CAN ABSTAIN AND COMMISSIONER YOU, YOU ARE ALSO NOT HERE, SO YOU'LL NEED TO ABSTAIN.
UM, AND THEN COMMISSIONER MJI IS NOT HERE.
SO, UM, AND THEN COMMISSIONER SUTTON'S NOT HERE.
SO I GUESS THERE'S ONLY THREE THAT CAN REALLY VOTE ON THIS.
IT'S COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA, COMMISSIONER NELSON, AND COMMISSIONER ONELLI
UM, WE CLOSE THE, IF THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 4.1, APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 14TH, 2025.
HUMAN SERVICES REGULAR MEETING.
UH, CAN I HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? UH, COMMISSIONER COX ABSTAIN.
UH, COMMISSIONER GUI MAJE ADVISED ABSENT, UH, COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA AYE.
COMMISSIONER SUTTON ADVISED ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER YU AYE YOU NEED TO ABSTAIN.
UM, AND THEN COMMISSIONER MEA ABSTAIN.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER MCW AB, UM, ADVISED ABSENT, YOU HAVE THREE YESS.
SIX ABSENT WOULD BE THREE YESS.
SO ON A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ONDALE AND CARRIED ON A VOTE OF THREE S3 ABSENT, UH, ZERO NOS, THREE ABSENT, AND THREE PRESENTATIONS.
THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION APPROVES 4.1 APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 14TH, 2025.
HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING.
APPROVAL OF 2026 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING CALENDAR.
UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, THIS ITEM IS OUR, UM, OUR COMMISSIONER'S CALENDAR FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
UM, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT WE DO HAVE MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR EVERY MONTH.
I KNOW IN THE LAST MEETING WE, UH, PROPOSED IN THE RULES AND PROCEDURES TO MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH.
UH, COUNCIL HASN'T TAKEN THAT UP YET, SO WE WERE ADVISED TO JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EVERY MONTH MEETING.
UM, AND IF COUNSEL DOES, UM, TAKE UP THE ITEM AND APPROVES OUR REQUEST, UM, THEN WE'LL BRING YOU BACK A A, A NEW CALENDAR TO APPROVE.
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AND SO, BUT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT JUST 'CAUSE YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING.'CAUSE LAST, LAST MONTH WE, WE SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE CALENDAR.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IS THEY'RE ALL STILL TUESDAYS, CORRECT? YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, WE ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
COMMISSIONERS, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 4.2, APPROVAL OF 2026 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING CALENDAR.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2026 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING CALENDAR.
I SECOND STAFF ROLL CALL PLEASE.
OH, UM, COMMISSIONER COX? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA AYE.
COMMISSIONER SUTTON ADVISED ABSENT.
UH, AND CHAIR MCW ADVISED ABSENT.
SO THE MOTION PASSES SIX YESES AND THREE ABS THREE ABSENT ON A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COX AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA.
AND CARRIED ON A VOTE OF SIXES.
ZERO, NOS THREE ABSENT AND ZERO SENTENCE.
THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION APPROVES 4.2 APPROVAL OF 2026 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING CALENDAR SECTION FIVE,
[5. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
UH, 5.1 HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS.STAFF RECOMMENDS THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION RECEIVE A ORAL REPORT FROM STAFF ON ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FINAL APPROVAL BY CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA QUICKLY WALK THROUGH THE GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THREE ATTACHMENTS, UM, BEFORE I START.
'CAUSE I'LL REFERENCE ALL THREE OF THEM, UM, AS I'M EXPLAINING THINGS.
SO THE FIRST ATTACHMENT TO THAT ITEM IS GOING TO BE, UM, GENERAL FUND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT.
AND THEN THE SECOND ATTACHMENT WILL BE THE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND, WHICH WE ALSO REFER TO AS SOE.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD ATTACHMENT WILL BE THE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OF THE GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS, THE ONES WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED PRIOR TO THIS IN, AND THEN INCLUDES THE, UM, CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, TO TONIGHT SO THAT YOU GUYS COULD ALSO SEE A FULL OVERVIEW IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
SO, UM, WE GAVE YOU A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON, UM, BUT IN THE END, WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE, IS IT REALLY BASICALLY ATTACHMENT ONE AND TWO, THE THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORTH TONIGHT? UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, IN OCTOBER OF 2025, SO JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 OF SURPLUS GENERAL FUND MONEY.
UM, AND THEY WERE DIRECTED THAT IT WILL BE USED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH YEAR, UM, FOR THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS.
SO FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, AND FISCAL YEAR 26, 27.
UM, AND IT WAS TO BE USED TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF NONPROFITS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND
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FOR 26 FOR THOSE FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM, BASICALLY.SO, UM, OUR DIRECTION WAS TO FUND ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE ALREADY GAVE OUT EARLIER IN THE, THE YEAR BACK IN APRIL.
UM, SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE WENT BACK TO THE SCORES.
UM, SO BACK IN FEBRUARY, THE COMMISSIONER SCORED EVERY APPLICATION THAT CAME IN FOR THIS GRANT YEAR.
AND, UM, WE BASICALLY WENT BACK TO THOSE SCORES IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE AREA ONLY AND WE STARTED FUNDING DOWN THE LINE, AS WE NORMALLY DO FROM THE HIGHEST SCORES DOWN.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS SIX ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, GETTING, UM, THE FOLLOWING.
SO TRI-VALLEY HAVENS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, THEY WOULD GET $25,000 A YEAR OR $50,000 TOTAL.
CHABO LAS PASITAS, UM, ITS PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM WOULD GET $25,000 A YEAR, $50,000 TOTAL.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL ON ATTACHMENT ONE.
IF YOU'RE, UM, LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS AND THEY WOULD GET 12,500 A YEAR, 25,000 TOTAL CALICO FOR LIVERMORE CHILD ABUSE INTERVENTION, IT WOULD BE 12,500 A YEAR.
UH, CREOLE, WHICH IS COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND IT'S THEIR HOUSING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS PROGRAM, THEY WOULD GET 12,500 A YEAR, 25,000 TOTAL.
AND THEN, UM, SHABEL AITA THEIR VITA TAX PREPARATION PROGRAM.
AND THAT WOULD ALSO BE 12,525,000 TOTAL FOR THE TWO YEARS.
UM, SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT ATTACHMENT THREE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE DID SKIP ONE ORGANIZATION, UM, WHICH WAS BACH BAY AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH.
UM, SO THEY ACTUALLY DID FALL IN LINE WITH, AS ONE OF THEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT THAT THEY ASKED FOR, IT WAS $480,000 OVER THE TWO YEARS.
UM, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAD WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BASICALLY COME CLOSE TO WHAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR IN FUNDING.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING IN THEIR APPLICATION, THEY GET MONEY FROM THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
SO BETWEEN THOSE TWO, WE ARE RECOMMENDING NOT FUNDING THEM AND SKIPPING DOWN TO THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS AFTER THEM FOR FUNDING.
UM, SO I DID WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THAT
AND SO THEN FOR THE GENERAL FUND STAFF BELIEVES THAT THESE SIX ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, IT REALLY ROUNDS OUT THE TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR GRANT PRIORITIES FOR THE TWO YEARS.
UM, IT ADDS, WE HAD A LOT OF FOOD PROGRAMS THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
THIS ADDS SENIORS, IT ADDS, UM, SOME CHILDREN'S SERVICES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THE COUNCIL, UM, IS ALLOWING US TO SPEND THIS MONEY.
AND I'M CURIOUS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SET OF FUNDING? SOME QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
I'M JUST, UM, AND ONE OF THEM THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING WAS ABOUT THE ONE THAT WAS SKIPPED OVER.
UM, AND I NOTICED THAT MOST OF THESE ARE NOT FOR FULL FUNDING MM-HMM
SO, AND I ASSUME WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS, DO WE KNOW IS DO THEY NEED THE FULL FUNDING IN ORDER FOR IT TO OPERATE OR DO WE OFFER THE PARTIAL FUNDING AND THEN IF THEY SAY, SORRY, IT'S ALL OR NOTHING, DOES THAT GO DOWN TO THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE? OR DO WE, HAVE WE ALREADY CHECKED WITH THESE? CORRECT.
THERE IS A QUESTION ON THE APPLICATION, AND I KNOW SINCE YOU HAVEN'T GONE, THAT WOULD ASK HOW THEY WOULD, UM, EVALUATE THEIR PROGRAM IF THEY DIDN'T GET FULL FUNDING.
WE ALSO DO ALLOW THEM AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA SERVE A HUNDRED PEOPLE, UM, AND WE OFFER THEM LESS FUNDING THAN THAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE REQUESTING, WE DO ALLOW THEM A CHANCE TO POSSIBLY ADJUST THAT.
MOST OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THEIR FUNDING IS MULTITUDES OF SOURCES.
AND WHETHER WE FUND THE FULL AMOUNT OR NOT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND THE FUNDING TO FULFILL THEIR PROGRAM.
SO, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, IT DOES.
I, AND I WAS MORE INFORMATIVE.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS THE TWO FUNDING, UM, REQUESTS, I MEAN DIFFERENT BUT FROM CHABOT LAS POSITAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN REGARDS TO THE TRI-VALLEY PATHWAYS AND THEN TO THE, UM, TRI-VALLEY VITA PROGRAM.
SO ARE THEY PROGRAMS WITHIN A GREATER PROGRAM? AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT, I MEAN, BECAUSE TOTAL THEY'RE GETTING, YOU
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KNOW, QUITE A BIT, UH, MORE, UM, AND I'M ASSUMING WHEN THEY APPLIED, THEY PUT THOSE UNDER SEPARATE, UM, YEAH, THEY'RE SEPARATE APPLICATIONS, UM, UNDER THE SAME ENTITY.SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITHIN CHABO LAS POTOS.
ONE IS LIKE A JOB, UM, RESOURCE CENTER, PLACEMENT CENTER FOR PEOPLE.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS TAX PREPARATION.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT, EVEN LIKE DIVISIONS OF CHABOT LAS POSITAS.
UM, YEAH, SINCE IT'S, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.
IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE TRI-VALLEY HAVEN FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, FOUR DIFFERENT APPLI, FIVE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME ENTITY, IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT.
UM, IT'S DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S, IT'S FAIRLY COMMON TO SEE.
UM, AND A LOT OF IT IS, UM, I I THINK YOU PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS IN YOUR ROLE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S A LOT OF, IT'S LIKE CATEGORICAL FUNDING, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC ON KIND OF WHAT THEY CAN USE IT FOR.
AND SO IT'S NOT JUST A, A LARGE MIXTURE OF FUNDS TO WHERE THEY CAN DIRECT IT.
IT'S VERY, IT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC.
SO THEY'LL HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THE COUNTY FOR A SPECIFIC THING, BUS WITH A SPECIFIC THING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE GENERAL FUND? HAVE A QUESTION? YEP.
CAN ONE OF YOU HAND HER THE MIC? SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, HOW YOU DECIDE, HOW DOES IT DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY, LIKE ASSIGNED TO EACH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY LIKE HOW YOU, LIKE FOR TRI-VALLEY, WHY YOU SIGN, WHY YOU LIKE 50 FOR THEM, BUT FOR THE OTHER, LIKE THE LEGAL SYSTEM, ONLY 25.
SO IT WAS BASED ON THEIR TOTAL ASK FOR THE MOST PART.
UM, MOST OF THEM, IF THEY ASKED, HOLD ON, LET ME PULL UP MY, IF THEY ASKED FOR LIKE 50,000 TOTAL OR IN THAT BALLPARK, IT'S KIND OF HARD.
UM, YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT.
BUT, UM, SO IF YOU LOOK FOR TRI-VALLEY HAVEN, THEY, UM, THE MENTAL HEALTH, THEY ASKED FOR 60,000 TOTAL.
UM, AND WE'RE GIVING THEM 50 THOU, OR WE'RE PROPOSING TO GIVE THEM 50.
BUT THEN, UM, AND SAME WITH THE, THE COLLEGE, THEY ASKED FOR 63,270.
SO THOSE WERE BOTH IN LIKE THE $60,000 RANGE.
AND SO I GAVE, I WAS PROPOSING TO GIVE THEM 50,000.
UM, AND THEN FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE, CALICO, THEY WERE LIKE IN THE $30,000 RANGE.
SO WE WERE PROPOSING TO GIVE THEM 25,000.
SO, UM, IT WAS KIND OF BASED ON THEIR TOTAL ASK BECAUSE I ONLY HAD SO MUCH TO SPREAD OUT BETWEEN.
AND YEAH, THERE REALLY IS KIND OF A LINE OF, I KIND UNDERSTAND CUT OFF LINE ON SCORES.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT POINT.
BUT SEE, UH, THE ONE ON THE NEXT PAGE IS THAT IT'S STILL THE, UH, LAS BAS COLLEGE, UH, FOR THE TAX PREPARATION, THEY ASKED FOR 40 ONEAL, ALMOST 42,000, BUT IT'S ONLY ASSIGNED FOR 25.
I WAS GONNA BALANCE WITH THAT TO COMPEL WITH THE OTHER LIKE THREE PROGRAMS, WHICH IS ASK LOWER, BUT, UH, THAT PROGRAMS ARE LOWER, LIKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF THE OTHER THREE.
SO I WENT BASED ON THEIR KIND OF THEIR COMMISSION SCORE, THEY WERE THE LOWEST SCORE.
UM, AND THEY WERE THE LAST DOWN THE LINE.
AND SO, UM, IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE, THEY HAVE APPLIED MANY, MANY YEARS AND NEVER GOT FUNDED.
AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEM SOME FUNDING AND, AND SEE WHAT RESULTS THEY BRING US AND IF IT'S SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE.
BUT I THINK THEY HAVE APPLIED, I'VE BEEN HERE FOUR YEARS AND THEY'VE APPLIED EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND SO WE FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY, BRING IN SOME NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVEN'T FUNDED BEFORE WITH THIS AS WELL.
SO WHEN THEY APPLY, BECAUSE I'M NEW, NEW HERE, SO I WAS WONDERING WHEN THEY APPLY, DO THEY GIVE A VERY DETAILED, LIKE A BUDGET HOW WE GOING TO LIKE KIND, LIKE WHY, WHY YOU ASK, LIKE WHY THEY ASK 41? THEY GIVE YOU VERY DETAILED, LIKE, WE NEED TO HIRE PEOPLE LIKE A MYSTERY, LIKE A COST, AND THEY GIVE YOU LIKE DETAILED ACCOUNTING.
THAT'S, I MEAN,
SO THIS IS JUST A PIECE OF IT.
AND SO IT'S A MUCH LARGER PROGRAM.
SO THE, THE, THEIR ASK IS, IS LIKE I SAID, JUST KIND OF A SMALL PIECE AND THERE'S NOT REALLY LIKE A, IT'S KINDA INTERESTING 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT REALLY A, A, A FORMULA TO ANY OF THIS.
I THINK WE REALLY TRY TO, WE TRY TO HAVE, BEING ABLE, WE TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE, AND SPREAD IT AS WIDE AS WE CAN.
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SO IF WE WERE TO GIVE SOME OF THESE AGENCIES LIKE TWO OR $3,000, THAT'S NOT GONNA GET US ANY IMPACT.UM, SO REALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FULLY FUND THEM, BUT WE TRY TO GET AS CLOSE AS WE CAN.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT GAP KIND OF GETS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THE FURTHER WE GO DOWN THE LIST OF WHERE THEY RANKED.
I, I TRY TO LIKE CONNECT BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, FOR KINDA LIKE THE PROGRAM, LIKE FOR THE LAST PITA PROGRAM, LIKE THEY FEEL, I FEEL THE FOUNDING WHAT THEY ARE GETTING OR ASKING FOR, LIKE WHEN THEY HIRE PEOPLE FOR HELPING FOR THE TAX PREPARATION, I THINK ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE, MAYBE IT'S VOLUNTEER, BUT THE OTHER LIKE OPERATION FEE WILL BE, CANNOT COVER THAT AMOUNT.
YEAH, NO, IT, IT'S, IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT, THAT'S JUST A SMALL PIECE OF, THEY HAVE OTHER SOURCES, LIKE YES, IT'S A VERY SMALL PIECE OF A LARGER PROGRAM.
SO THEY KNOW THAT WE CAN'T FUND THEIR $400,000 PROGRAM.
SO THEY COME IN WITH A SMALLER ASK THAT'S MORE REALISTIC.
AND, AND SO WE TRY TO GET AS CLOSE AS WE CAN DO.
BUT THE CITY HAVE THAT CRITERIA LIKE WHY SIGN LIKE THIS WAY YOU HAVE LIKE A, UH, LIKE A KIND OF LIKE ANALYZE THEIR, THE KIND OF LIKE THE SOURCE OF LIKE, I MEAN THE, THE KIND OF LIKE, UH, HOW BENEFIT THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS LIKE, YOU KINDA LIKE, I MEAN, I KNOW WE GIVE THE, THE COMMITTEE GIVE THE SCORES FOR LIKE AVERAGE SCORE AND BUT HOW THE, HOW MUCH FUNDING SITTING SIDE, LIKE, IS THAT ACCORDING SOME STANDARDS LIKE WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I DO LIKE A DIFFERENT VARIABLES.
WHICH ONE IS LIKE THE FIRST YOU CONSIDER AND SECOND IS LIKE HAVE OR NO? YEAH.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF AT A LITTLE BIT A DISADVANTAGE BEING NEW BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GET TO READ THE APPLICATIONS.
AND SO WITHIN THE APPLICATION, WE REQUEST ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
WE WANNA KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU'RE GONNA SERVE.
WE WANT TO KNOW THE, YOUR FULL BUDGET OF THE PROGRAM.
WE WANT TO KNOW IF WE DON'T FUND THIS PROGRAM, DOES IT NOT EXIST? DO WE WANT TO KNOW IF WE, IF WE FUND IT, WHAT DOES THAT ENHANCE? DOES THAT ENHANCE YOUR SERVICES? SO IN THE APPLICATION, IT, IT, IT COVERS ALL THAT.
AND WE HAVE IN THE SCORING TOO, A SCORING RUBRIC, UM, THAT REALLY KIND OF TAKES THIS ALL INTO ACCOUNT AS YOU SCORE, UM, THE APPLICATION.
SO YEAH, LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE KIND OF AT A DISADVANTAGE 'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE APPLICATION, BUT YEAH, SO I COULD TRY TO MAKE A PIECES TO ONE THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND.
MAKE SENSE? SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
I, I WILL SAY THAT IT'S, WE'RE, UM, WE'RE A LITTLE EXCITED ABOUT THE VITA PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE TRUE PROGRAMS THAT WILL PUT ACTUAL DOLLARS BACK INTO THIS COMMUNITY AS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT PROGRAM PUTS ACTUAL MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS AND THEN THEY GO BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY BUY WITH IT.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S A WAY TO GIVE BACK.
I KNOW FREMONT HAS AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AND KIND OF THE SAME MODEL AS DO OTHERS.
AND SO, UM, IT WAS KIND OF NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME EXTRA TO FUNDS TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO FUND THAT PROGRAM.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UM, I WANNA THANK THE, UM, THE COUNCIL FOR, UM, MAKING THIS FUNDING AVAILABLE.
UM, I'M REALLY PLEASED WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UM, AND, AND I WILL RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
BUT I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BREADTH OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES CATEGORY BECAUSE THESE WERE ALL THE ONES THAT, UH, FELT LIKE A BIG MISS, UH, WHEN WE DID THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN MARCH.
AND SO I'M, I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE THIS FUNDING AVAILABLE AND, UM, AND PRETTY CLOSE TO THE ASK AMOUNTS.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR YOUR WORK ON BALANCING THIS AMY
YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THANK YOU.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA THANK AMY AS WELL.
JUST IT'S, IT'S LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NOT REALLY A SCIENCE TO IT AND IT'S JUST TRYING TO, IT'S, WELL, WELL SHE'S MUCH BETTER WITH NUMBERS THAN ME.
BUT IT'S JUST, LIKE I SAID, IT'S TRYING TO MAXIMIZE, YOU KNOW, THE DOLLARS WITH THE IMPACT.
AND I, I THINK THAT WHAT WE, WE TRY TO BRING TO YOU IS THE FAIREST WAY THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO IT.
UM, WITHOUT GETTING INTO A WHOLE BUNCH OF POLITICAL NONSENSE OF WHY WE CHOSE THIS ORGANIZATION OVER THE NEXT, IT'S JUST FLAT OUT BASED ON WHO SCORED WHERE.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE BEST WAY THAT WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT WITHOUT CAUSING ANY ISSUES.
UM, SO WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO THAT.
ANY OTHERS ON THE GENERAL FUND PIECE OF IT? OKAY.
UM, SO NEXT WE ARE BRINGING YOU, UM, ATTACHMENT TWO, WHICH IS FOR THE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND.
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BACK HISTORY ON THIS FUND, UM, ORIGINALLY WE WERE AUTHORIZED TO DO $80,000 A YEAR.AND THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2006.
UM, THIS LAST YEAR, WE, UM, THEY, THE CITY'S REALLY BEEN WORKING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING IN THAT, UM, FUND THAT'S AVAILABLE.
AND THEN WE ALSO WENT TO COUNCIL AND, UM, ASKED TO RE WELL, UM, REDO THE ORDINANCE BASICALLY.
AND IT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO $150,000, UM, PER YEAR, STARTING THIS YEAR, 25, 26.
AND THEN EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT IT WOULD INCREASE BY 3%.
UM, AND SO BACK IN APRIL WHEN WE DID OUR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, WE BASICALLY FUNDED $120,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
WE DID NOT FUND THE FULL 150,000, AND THEN WE DID THE 120,000 PLUS THE 3% FOR THE SECOND YEAR.
UM, AND THE REASON THAT WE DID THAT IS STAFF WAS GOING TO, UM, IS GOING TO CREATE, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT CREATING A MINI GRANTS PROGRAM THAT WOULD NOT BE OPERATED BY US, BUT WOULD BE OPERATED BY ANOTHER ENTITY, UM, WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO OFFER ORGANIZATIONS SMALLER GRANT AMOUNTS THAT WE CAN'T DO AS A CITY.
'CAUSE IT'S JUST FINANCIALLY NOT FEASIBLE FOR US TO ISSUE A $5,000 CONTRACT FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
UM, AND SO THAT IS STILL THE PLAN, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE WITH, WITH STAFFING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'RE PROPOSING UNTIL WE GET THAT PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING, TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT I DID NOT ALLOCATE BACK IN APRIL AND ALLOCATE IT TO, UM, TO FOOD PROGRAMS. SO RIGHT NOW FOOD INSECURITY IS A BIG, BIG ISSUE.
AND, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUR FOOD PROVIDERS ANY WAY WE CAN.
AND ALSO OUR FOOD PROVIDERS, THE TOP THREE SCORES WERE OUR FOOD PROVIDERS.
UM, AND SO WHAT I AM REQUESTING TO DO, UM, AND IT'S NOT PERFECTLY EVEN OF 60,000 THAT I HAD AVAILABLE, BUT WHAT I'M PROPOSING TO DO IS TAKE ANY MONEY THAT I HAD AVAILABLE FOR THAT YEAR AND FULLY FUND SPECTRUM COMMUNITY HEALTH, UM, FOR THEIR MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM AND TRY VALLEY HAVEN FOR THEIR PANTRY.
UM, OPEN HEART KITCHEN IS, IS PRETTY MUCH ALREADY FULLY FUNDED.
AND AGAIN, FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT FEASIBLE FOR US TO FULLY FUND THEM.
UM, AND SO THAT IS OUR PROPOSAL FOR THE SOE AND WHY, UM, WHERE THOSE NUMBERS CAME FROM, BASICALLY.
UM, SO IT JUST BROUGHT BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDING.
UM, AND IT DIDN'T, I HAVE LIKE $4,000 LEFT OVER.
I DIDN'T SPEND QUITE ALL THE 60,000, BUT THAT WAS AS CLOSE AND AS BEST AS I COULD DO.
SO THAT IS OUR SECOND REQUEST, OUR PROPOSAL TO YOU.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY, WELL, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS THEN UM, I WILL SEND IT BACK TO VICE CHAIR META, UM, FOR YOUR GUYS' APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I, OH, AND I SHOULD MENTION THIS WILL GO TO COUNCIL IN JANUARY AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS, THE NEW ONES.
IF WE CAN BACK DATE TO JULY 1ST OR NOT, I'M NOT SURE ON THAT.
IT MIGHT BE A JU UH, JANUARY 1ST START DATE.
SO THEY MIGHT ONLY GET 18 MONTHS TO SPEND THE MONEY, BUT WE'RE GONNA, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.
UM, MY HOPE IS MAYBE WE CAN BACKDATE IT TO JULY 1ST AND IF THEY HAVE EXPENSES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FROM BACK THEN THAT THEY CAN SUBMIT THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO, YEAH.
UM, DO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS STAFF, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?
UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5.1, HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS FISCAL YEAR 25 26 AND FISCAL YEAR 26 AND 27.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
CAN I HAVE SOMEBODY SECOND PLEASE? A SECOND
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JI IS ABSENT.UH, COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA AYE.
COMMISSIONER SUBS? SUTTON IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER YOU AYE COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR? MEA AYE.
6 0 3 0 I, UH, ON A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA AND, UH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER NELSON AND CARRIED ON A OATH OF, UH, SUCCESS ZERO NOS THREE, ABSENT AND ZERO ABSENCE.
THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION APPROVES 5.1 HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS.
FISCAL AREA 25 26 AND FISCAL AREA 26 AND 27.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE EXTRA MONEY.
I I IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, SO DEFINITELY I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY AMY AND JOSH AND THE TEAM.
AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, ADD TO WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA MENTIONED IT'S, UH, A COMPLEX TASK AND WE HAVE SEEN THESE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS COME IN AND SPEAK AND REQUEST, UH, ABOUT THEIR NEEDS.
AND, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE, FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
UH, NEXT SECTION IS 5.2 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION 2026 WORK PLAN DISCUSSION, UH, RECOMMENDATION STAFF RECOMMENDS THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION DISCUSS AND GIVE DIRECTION OF THE 2026 WORK PLAN.
UM, AS YOU, UM, RECALL, UM, EACH YEAR THE COUNCIL ASKS EACH ADVI EACH ADVISORY BODY TO, UM, SUBMIT A WORK PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
AND THE POINT OF THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR WORK PLAN IS REALLY ALIGNS WITH THE COUNCIL'S FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THEY, UM, THAT THEY HAVE, UH, THAT WE, I, I GUESS WILL FOLLOW FOR IT WAS WINTERING IN YEAR FOUR OF IT, YEAR THREE OF THE FIVE YEAR.
UM, SO, UM, I'LL GO BRIEFLY OVER THE WORK PLAN.
UM, AND THEN REALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR THIS YEAR IS, UH, WELL, FOR TONIGHT IS WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE WORK PLAN.
AND, AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS, UH, FAIRLY IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE NOW THAT WE'VE MOVED TO A TWO YEAR GRANT CYCLE, UM, WE MAY NOT, WE WON'T HAVE SOME OF THE, UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE, IN THE 2025 GRANT, UM, IN THE WORK PLAN.
SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE OF IT IS REVIEWING THE GRANTS.
WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
BUT I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH KIND OF WHAT THIS MEANS.
UM, THIS DOCUMENT RIGHT HERE WITH THE POLICEMAN AND HIS, UM, CANINE AND, AND THE YOUNG MAN IS A PORTION OF OUR WORK PLAN THAT I TOOK.
UM, IT'S, IT'S QUITE A LENGTHY DOCUMENT, BUT I JUST TOOK THE TWO PAGES THAT, THAT PERTAIN TO US.
AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT PILLARS, UH, COMMUNITY PILLARS THAT WE GO BY AS PART OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN IN OUR COMMUNITY PILLARS IS COMMUNITY PILLAR ONE, WHICH IS A SAFE, UH, SAFE COMMUNITY THAT THRIVES.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN THAT PILLAR ONE.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ON THE SECOND PAGE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE GOAL EIGHT.
AND THAT SAYS, EXPAND AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO HUMAN SERVICES.
SO WE'LL ALWAYS BE PILLAR ONE AND GOAL EIGHT.
AND SO I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE ON THE WORK PLAN, THAT VERY FIRST BOX STARTS OUT WITH A PILLAR, A P ONE, A G FOR GOAL EIGHT AND AN O FOR OBJECTIVE.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE UNDER GOAL EIGHT, THERE ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES.
UM, AS WE TALK THROUGH THEM, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET FOCUSED TOO MUCH ON WHERE THINGS WOULD FIT IN.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING IN THE WORK PLAN, LET US FIGURE OUT WHERE IT WOULD GO.
UM, BUT I, I THINK I JUST, I WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS DOCUMENT 'CAUSE IT'S, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONTEXT OF, OF WHAT, UM, THE DIFFERENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE, IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW.
SO LOOKING AT THE, THE WORK PLAN ITSELF, UM, WHICH IT SHOULD BE THERE, IT'S, UM, THE NUMBER ONE IS THE ANNUAL GRANT FUNDING.
SO THAT'S PILLAR ONE, GOAL EIGHT, OBJECTIVE TWO.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DOING THAT GRANTS, UM, ALLOCATION THIS YEAR.
WHAT, AND I'LL JUST KIND OF MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS.
YOU CAN TAKE IT, LEAVE IT, UM, MODIFY IT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE, UM, YOU
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COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF, YOU KNOW, 25, 26 GRANTEES.SO THAT WAY IT'S KIND OF LIKE A MONITORING TYPE OF, UM, RATHER THAN SCORING THEM.
UM, THE NUMBER TWO, UM, THE, THE 28 24, IT'S THE JOINT HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
SO THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, WE GENERALLY EACH YEAR HAVE A, A JOINT COMMISSION MEETING WITH DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON.
UM, WE'RE, UM,
UM, THEY RECENTLY, WELL ABOUT A YEAR AGO OR SO, THEY DISSOLVED THEIR HOUSING COMMISSION AS WELL.
UM, AND SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT IS, BUT IT LOOKS, IT'S LOOKING LIKE THAT'S KINDA WHAT THE WAY IT'S GONNA GO.
THE CITY OF DUBLIN IS MERGING THEIR HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION WITH THEIR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
SO THEY HAVE, UH, ALL BUT TWO OF THEIR HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSIONERS ARE TERMING OUT.
AND SO THOSE TWO LEFTOVER WILL JUST GO OVER TO THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
UM, I'M NOT REALLY PROPOSING THAT WE HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
UM, AND IF PLEASANTON DOESN'T HAVE A COMMISSION, THEN IT'D BE PRETTY HARD TO HAVE A JOINT ONE.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS IF WE JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, I'M JUST TALKING THROUGH MAKING SOME SUGGESTIONS, UM, IF WE WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE OUT BECAUSE NUMBER THREE IS REALLY KIND OF THE CITY IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE, UM, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
AND SO WE CAN STILL DO THE WORK HERE IN THE CITY AND KEEP THAT AS A PROPOSED ACTIVITY.
UM, AND THEN, UM, NUMBER FOUR IS, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THIS IS AN ONGOING ONE.
IT'S KIND OF JUST IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND FOR HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF, UM, A GOOD ONE TO JUST LEAVE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONSTANTLY ARE WORKING ON, ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
UM, NUMBER FIVE IS THE, UM, UH, ANNUAL GRANT FUNDING.
IT'S ALSO, UH, SUPPORTING OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY, UH, ADDITIONAL SOE FUNDS.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS TWO WAYS.
UM, SURE, WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE LOOKING AT TRYING TO REPLENISH THAT FUND.
UM, OR YOU COULD LOOK AT IT AS IT WAS COMPLETED.
'CAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET $3 MILLION IN THERE AND WE SHOULD BE, UM, ABLE TO SUSTAIN OUR SPENDING AMOUNT FOR THE NEXT 20 PLUS YEARS IF WE DON'T PUT ANOTHER DOLLAR INTO IT.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW YOU, HOW YOU WANNA LOOK AT THAT ONE.
SO I GUESS THE GOAL TONIGHT IS TO REALLY KIND OF OPEN IT UP FOR OUR DISCUSSION.
WE'LL TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORK PLAN AND THEN WE'LL BRING YOU BACK A MORE FINALIZED VERSION FOR KIND OF AN OFFICIAL VOTE.
UM, BUT I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THE MEANINGFUL WORK, EVEN IF WE MOVE TO MEETINGS EVERY OTHER MONTH, I THINK THIS WORK PLAN IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEND SOME TIME ON IT AND, AND REALLY THINK IT THROUGH OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE, UM, WITHIN THE WORK PLAN.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY I DON'T TYPICALLY SEND STUFF OUT TOO FAR IN ADVANCE, BUT THAT'S WHY I SENT THIS ONE OUT A LITTLE BIT IN ADVANCE TO, UM, HOPEFULLY IT GETS YOU THINKING ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, UM, IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING.
SO I'LL SEND IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION, UM, FOR DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL TAKE YOUR DIRECTION AND THEN, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BRING YOU BACK A MORE FINALIZED VERSION, UH, IN JANUARY AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
SO FROM THAT, UH, THE TOUCH ONE IS, UH, IT HAS TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION.
THAT MEANS ALREADY COMPLETED ALREADY.
OH, IT WAS OUR ESTIMATE LAST YEAR WHEN THEY WOULD POSSIBLY BE COMPLETED, UM, FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONERS.
THIS WAS ONLY OUR SECOND TIME DOING THE WORK PLAN, SO IT IS STILL FAIR.
AND THE FIRST TIME WE DID IT, IT WAS LIKE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, SO IT IS STILL FAIRLY NEW EVEN TO STAFF ON, UM, WHAT GOALS WE SHOULD BE PUTTING ON THERE AS THIS DOCUMENT EVOLVES.
UM, AND SO WE DID START WITH, YOU KNOW, GOALS THAT WE KNEW WE ALREADY WERE DOING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE IT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO MEET MOST OF THOSE OR WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO MEET THEM.
UM, SOME WE DID NOT FOR REASONS THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
SO, AND ALSO IT'S, UH, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, UH, JARS SAY, UH, ABOUT THE, THE, THE P ONE G EIGHT IS 2 5 7.
IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S LIKE A FIVE, I THINK THAT'S A FIVE YEAR
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STRATEGY FROM THAT I WENT THROUGH A LITTLE BITSO YEAH, SO I THINK THE, BASICALLY WHAT I FEEL LIKE IT'S FOR, AS FOR ADDITIONAL, LIKE OUR GOAL IS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND ALSO, UH, TARGET FOR NON-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY.
AND THE SEVEN IS IT'S STILL NON-PROFIT.
SO THIS LIKE ULTIMATE GOAL YEAH.
AND A BREAKDOWN TO DIFFERENT, SO, SO THE COMPLETION IS LIKE JUST ESTIMATED IT YEAH, IT'S AN ESTIMATE I SEE THAT WE PUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND, AND KINDA LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, DON'T, DON'T GET TOO CAUGHT UP ON IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE IT MIGHT FIT.
WE CAN TRY TO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PRETTY, THEY'RE PRETTY VAGUE AND SO IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA THAT, BUT I'M THINKING LIKE THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO NEXT ONE SAY.
THIS IS KINDA LIKE A VAGUE, HOW CAN WE VALIDATE IT'S COMPLETE OR NOT COMPLETE.
AND SOME FIT IN MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES.
SO YEAH, DON'T, DON'T GET STUCK ON TRYING TO FIT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING IN ONE OF THESE OBJECTIVES.
JUST IF, IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS, JUST LET US KNOW AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE TO, WHERE TO PUT THEM.
SO, SO I CAN GIVE, UH, ONE MORE, LIKE I'M MORE, IF IF I HAVE ANOTHER OPINION, I CAN.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF OUR GRANT PROGRAMS. UM, NOT NECESSARILY EVERYONE HIGHLIGHTED, BUT IF WE HAVE A, A ROLLING REVIEW, UM, THAT MIGHT BE GIVEN THE, THE BREADTH OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE FUNDING.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN, IF, IF WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHERE THERE ARE ANY GAPS IN, UM, ANY ACTION NEEDING TO BE TAKEN.
UM, AND IN TERMS OF, UM, OBJECTIVE TO, UM, W WITH THE LACK OF ABILITY TO, UH, COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER CITIES MM-HMM
UM, IS THERE, IS THERE SOME OTHER ACTION THAT WE CAN TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A COORDINATED APPROACH OR, UM, I MEAN DO YOU HAVE COUNTERPARTS MM-HMM
AT THE CITY THAT WE COULD BE INVOLVING IN KIND OF THAT APPROACH? YEAH, WE, WE DEFINITELY WILL NOT STOP, UM, COORDINATING WITH, WITH THE OTHER TWO CITIES, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT HAVE FUNCTIONING COMMISSIONS.
UM, THAT WORK WILL STILL CONTINUE BETWEEN STAFF AND SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY WE CAN, IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTED LANGUAGE, LET US KNOW.
BUT, UM, I HATE SHARING THIS PLAN
SO ARE YOU THINKING MORE LIKE CHANGING THE WORDING TO BE LIKE SOMETHING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF COORDINATING WITH THE OTHER CITIES VERSUS DOING THE JOINT ONE? LIKE KIND OF REWORDING THAT YEAH.
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE, AND FIGURING OUT HOW, HOW THAT WOULD LOOK.
I MEAN, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ON THE WORK OF ALL THREE CITIES, BUT JUST SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW OUR, UM, OUR PIECE FITS INTO THE REGIONAL PICTURE.
SO SOMETHING LIKE REGIONAL COORDINATION MM-HMM
SOMETHING THAT IS A GOOD WAY THOUGH TO KIND OF SWITCH THAT ONE AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE ONE I WAS LOOKING AT TOO, I THINK IT APPLIES IS THAT IF, IF OVER THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS AND SOME OF THE GRANTS HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED, IF THERE'S A WAY TO HAVE SOME OF THESE GRANTEES COME IN AND ALSO, I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO SEE A PRESENTATION JUST ON THE GOOD WORK THAT HOPEFULLY THEY'RE DOING.
I THINK IT'S ALSO A WAY TO SHOW, UM, WHAT THE HUMAN COMMISSION, UM, OR HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION HAS DONE.
SO I, IF THERE IS GONNA BE TIME, GREATER TIME BETWEEN SOME OF THESE ITEMS, IF THERE'S A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, CAN THEY COME IN AND SHOW SOME OF THE ACTUAL WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THE GRANTS ARE BEING APPLIED.
AND THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY AN INVITATION.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY BEYOND THAT, BUT YEAH, KEEPING THAT REGIONAL COORDINATION.
'CAUSE THERE IS SEVERAL ENTITIES THAT GO ACROSS THE, THE CITY.
SO, UM, I GUESS KNOWING HOW THEY ADMINISTER IT, UH, WITHOUT, I GUESS THEIR OWN VERSION OF A HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION AND DOES THAT AFFECT THE, THE GRANTEES AS WELL? UM, AND YOU KNOW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SEEING A GREATER DEMAND COME BACK TO HERE WITHOUT THAT? SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO AT LEAST KEEP SOME VERSION OF A RELATIONSHIP THERE.
AND, AND STAFF ABSOLUTELY DOES WORK WITH THEM ALL THE TIME.
BUT, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE TO CONTINUE WITH THE COMMISSION COORDINATION SOMEHOW.
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I, I WOULD JUST SAY WE, WE GENERALLY, UM, UH, WE, WE TRY TO HAVE A GRANTEE COME IN AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.WE TRY TO, BUT I THINK, UM, I, I LIKE YOUR IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING IT IN, YOU KNOW.
IS THERE A WAY, JUST TRYING TO THINK OF HOW, YEAH, I WAS, I WAS LOOKING AT NUMBER SEVEN OF THE OBJECTIVES OF, UH, FACILITATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NONPROFITS SERVING LIVERMORE.
MAYBE WE CAN PUT LIKE SIX NONPROFITS OR I MEAN LIKE YEP.
HAVE SOME SORT OF OBJECTIVE, LIKE SOME KIND OF NUMBER PUT ON IT THAT WOULD KIND OF KEEP US MOVING.
SO I DO HAVE, UH, SOME COMMENTS HERE, RIGHT? SO NOW THAT WE ARE, UH, ALMOST AT THE END OF 2025, AND THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING FOR THIS YEAR, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE PROBABLY HAVE TO WRAP THIS UP, RIGHT? I MEAN, HOW DID WE, FOR THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WE PLANNED EARLIER IN THE YEAR, HOW DID WE END UP RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE SHOULD BE SOME CONCLUSION FOR THIS AND IN PREPARATION FOR 2026 WORK PLAN, RIGHT? SO I, I AM HOPING THIS IS STAGING FOR OUR 2026 WORK PLAN, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, REGARDING TO NUMBER THREE, RIGHT? UH, UM, WILL THERE BE ANY AMENDMENTS OR NEW UPDATES ON THE NEEDS FROM THE COUNTY? UM, SO, SO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE, THE COUNTY WAS A PART OF IT, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS, AGAIN, THAT WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE THREE CITIES.
AND SO PLEASANTON STAFF WAS THE LEAD ON THAT.
UM, AND SO THEY HAD A STAFF TURNOVER AND KIND OF DECIDED THAT THEY COULDN'T TAKE THAT ON ANYMORE.
AND WE KIND OF DECIDED, WELL, WE CAN'T KEEP TAKING YOUR THINGS ON ANYMORE.
SO, UM, THERE HASN'T BEEN A, TO BE REALLY HONEST, THERE HASN'T BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF MOVEMENT, UM, WITHIN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
HOWEVER, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT CAN BE DONE WITHIN THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
SO MAYBE WE NEED TO BRING BACK A, A REFRESHER, UM, AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE SEND IT OUT AGAIN TO IT.
'CAUSE IT IS A PRETTY FAIRLY LENGTHY DOCUMENT, UM, AND KIND OF SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
BUT YEAH, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF UNFORTUNATELY COME TO A LITTLE BIT OF A HALT, BUT THAT DOES NOT PREVENT US FROM CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK ON OUR OWN.
UM, SO YEAH, WE CAN LEAVE THAT.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN LEAVE THAT ONE IF YOU'D PREFER TO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY EVENTS.
UM, YEAH, ANOTHER POSSIBLE SUGGESTION TOO IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S HEALTH FAIRS OR FARMER'S MARKETS, UM, FOR THE COMMISSION TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, TOTALLY AGAIN, UP TO, TO YOU GUYS, BUT IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION ON, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE, UH, SAY, YOU KNOW, TABLE AT THREE EVENTS AND 2026, UM, WHATEVER THOSE EVENTS MAY BE.
UM, AND THEN YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, STAFF COULD SUPPORT YOU WITH, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS THAT ARE RELATED TO HUMAN SERVICES.
SO THAT'S A JUST A, A SUGGESTION ON WHAT, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE COULD ADD, NOT
THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT I HAD.
UM, GOAL OR OBJECTIVE THREE HERE.
I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT.
I KNOW WE MENTIONED IT BRIEFLY, UM, LAST MEETING WHEN YOU SUGGESTED PROPOSING TO COUNCIL THAT WE MOVE TO EVERY OTHER MONTH, THAT PERHAPS WITH THAT EXTRA TIME THAT WE MAY SPEND MORE TIME IN THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY.
SO IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY FOR OUR WORK PLAN AND SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONERS AGREE WE HAVE TIME FOR, UM, THAT'D BE AWESOME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? IF NOT, UH, WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS STAFF.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, WE DO NOT DO.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, JUST, JUST SO I'M, SO WE'RE KIND OF CLEAR ON WHAT MAYBE WE WANT TO BRING BACK.
SO WE KIND OF HEARD, UH, WE WANT TO KEEP THE SPIRIT OF THE REGIONAL COORDINATION, UM, SPECIFICALLY AROUND, UM, THE NUMBER TWO.
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GRANTEE PRESENTATIONS, UM, SET A NUMBER OF, UH, PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO HEAR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND, AND HAVE THE GRANTEES COME IN AND TALK WITH YOU.AND THEN WE HEARD, UM, BEING, UM, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AT TABLING EVENTS OR WHATEVER THAT MAY MEAN, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL LEAVE IT FAIRLY BROAD.
UM, SO THAT WAY, UM, WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
AND DOES THAT CAPTURE THE COMMENTS ACCURATELY? OH, AND I'M SORRY, IN THE, UM, THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, SO THAT'D BE REPLACING NUMBER ONE.
SO, UH, QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE GRANTEES AND THEIR PROGRESS, SO, OKAY.
YEAH, WE'LL BRING THAT, UM, WE'LL GET SOME LANGUAGE TOGETHER.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL IN JANUARY.
WE ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TWEAK IT IN JANUARY.
UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST 'CAUSE WE BRING IT TO YOU, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S FINAL FINAL, SO WE CAN TWEAK IT AT THE MEETING AND, UM, GO FROM THERE.
WE'LL GO TO 5.3 SECTION, UM, DISCUSSION AND ELECTION OF 2026 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UH, RECOMMENDATION IS STAFF RECOMMENDS THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION NOMINATE RECEIVE APPROVALS AND VOTE FOR THE 2026 CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
YEAH, JUST, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, I, I'VE TRIED TO DO THIS EACH YEAR.
THE, JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S NOT HERE DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T NOT BE NOMINATED.
I I DO REACH OUT TO THEM TO ASK IF THEY WOULD ACCEPT A NOMINATION, UM, IF THEY'RE NOT HERE.
AND, AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER SUTTON, UM, SAID SHE DOESN'T, SHE'S NOT, UM, INTERESTED IN, IN HOLDING ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS AND NOR IS, UM, CHAIRMAN WARD, WHO IS, IS CURRENTLY THE CHAIR SHE IS NOT INTERESTED IN, UM, CONTINUE ON.
THEY BOTH SAID THAT THEY, UH, WANT OTHER, UM, COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
I DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM COMMISSIONER GIE.
I THINK HE, HE MIGHT BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY, SO I DON'T, I DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM HIM, BUT I WANTED TO PASS THAT ALONG.
JUST, UM, AS YOU GO INTO YOUR, YOUR NOMINATIONS.
UH, CAN WE HAVE NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIR FOR 2026? I NOMINATE COMMISSIONER NELSON FOR CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION IN 2026.
DO I HAVE TO ASK HIM IF HE ACCEPTS IT? WOULD YOU ACCEPT THAT? UH, YES, I WOULD ACCEPT THAT.
AND I WAS GOING TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER ONELLI FOR CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR.
I'LL ACCEPT THAT NOMINATION FOR VICE CHAIR.
UM, WE JUST DO WE NEED TO DO IT SEPARATELY.
WELL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? CAN I HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH.
WELL, I'M A NEW SO I HAVE A NO IDEA.
I JUST FOLLOW THE MAJORITY
IS THAT POSSIBLE? THEY CAN DO THEMSELVES? LIKE THEN I HAVE LIKE RUN, LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST A BASIC PICTURE OF, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONER SINCE I'M NEW HERE.
I KIND OF KIND OF TRY TO MATCH THE FACE.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, WE, I GUESS WE HAVEN'T LIKE, TRIED BIOGRAPHIES OR ANYTHING, SO I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW I HOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
UM, JUST WANTED LIKE TO KNOW KIND LIKE, YOU KNOW, IS THAT A POSSIBLE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE NOMINEE KINDA LIKE INTRODUCE A LITTLE ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT I CAN IF THE YEAH.
IF THEY'RE COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.
UM, I, I'LL, I'LL JUST NOTE, UM, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I, MY EXPERIENCE ON THIS COMMISSION CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, IT'S RELATIVELY A PROCEDURAL ROLE.
THERE'S NO MORE POWER OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN YOUR LEADING AND GUIDING THE MEETINGS.
UM, YOU HAVE SOME MORE RESPONSIBILITY THAT I THINK YOU SHOW UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TO HELP PREPARE FOR THE MEETING AND, UH, MAKE SURE IT GOES SMOOTHLY AND THAT SORT OF THING.
I'M, I LIVE HERE IN LIVERMORE.
UM, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR THREE YEARS OR SO.
UH, I'M A, I'M AN ATTORNEY, UM, IN MUNICIPAL LAW.
SO I WORK FOR A CITY, UM, AND I HAVE A WIFE AND, UH, A BABY SON AT HOME.
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AND, UH, AND I'VE ENJOYED BEING ON THIS COMMISSION.MY BACKGROUND IS IN DISABILITY SERVICES AND POLITICS AND, AND LAW.
I HAVE A BIG PICTURE,
UM, AND I'M COMMISSIONER ASHLEY ON DELI.
I'VE BEEN, UM, A RESIDENT OF LIVERMORE FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW, GOING ON EIGHT.
I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, THEY'RE SIXTH AND SEVEN IN KINDERGARTEN AND SECOND GRADE.
UM, I'M CURRENTLY A FREELANCE WRITER.
I'M ACTUALLY BACK IN SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHING, UM, WHICH I'LL FINISH MY DEGREE IN A YEAR AND A HALF ABOUT.
OH, UM, SO YOU WORK IN A SCHOOL? NO, I'M JUST IN SCHOOL AND I'VE GOT MY KIDS RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THE FREELANCE WRITING IS.
SO YOU'RE PLANNING TO GO TO LIKE WORK IN SCHOOL? YES.
YEAH, I'M A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.
OH, I GUESS THAT'S, THERE'S SNOW ABOUT.
I TRY TO KIND OF LIKE CHECK MARK BECAUSE I'M TERRIBLE ABOUT NAME AND THE FACE.
IT'S YOUR, IT'S YOUR FIRST MEETING.
THERE'S, THERE'S NO TEST AFTER THIS.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT, UH, UH, CHAIR AND UH, CHAIR FOR 2026? UH, COMMISSIONER NELSON, ROLL CALL.
ARE WE DOING SEPARATE? YEAH, SEPARATELY.
WHO WAS FIRST? CAN I HAVE THE SECOND MOTION PLEASE? THANK YOU.
UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, COX? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER REMAG IS ABSENT.
IT'S ALWAYS WEIRD VOTING FOR YOURSELF, RIGHT?
AYE UH, COMMISSIONER SUTTON IS ABSENT.
UH, AND CHAIRMAN MC, WATER IS ABSENT.
SO IT'S SIX YESS, 6 0 3 0 THANK YOU.
ON A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COX AND CARRIED ON A VOTE OF SIX S ZERO NOS, THREE ABSENCES AND ZERO SENTENCE.
THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION APPOINTS COMMISSIONER NELSON AS CHAIR FOR 2026.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER ANNAN DE AS THE VICE CHAIR FOR 2026? I SO MOVE A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER SUTTON IS ABSENT.
ON A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NELSON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA AND CARRIED ON A VOTE OF SIX SUCCESS ZERO NOS.
THREE ABSENT AND ZERO ABSENT THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSIONER APPOINTS.
COMMISSIONER A DALEY AS VICE CHAIR FOR 2026.
[6. COMMISSION REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSION MEMBERS]
UH, COMMISSION REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.UM, I JUST, ONE, I THINK, UM, WELL, TWO MAYBE.
UM, JUST A REMINDER, THE, UH, CIVIC APPRECIATION DINNER IS JANUARY 16TH.
UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL GOTTEN AN INVITE, UM, TO THE, UH, TO THE DINNER.
IT'S, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S FREE FOR COMMISSIONERS AND, UM, IF YOU WANT TO BRING A GUEST, IT'S, IT'S $50 PER GUEST.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BRINGING A GUEST, UH, WE GENERALLY HAVE, UM,
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WE COMPLETE LIKE A BOARD OF KIND OF, THERE'S A PICTURE OF ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT, UM, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND GRANTEES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.SO IT LOOKS A, A LOT LIKE A FOURTH GRADE SCIENCE FAIR, UM, WITH EVERYBODY AND THEIR BOARDS.
I SOMEDAY MAYBE WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE, BUT I CRACK UP EVERY TIME I SEE THE BOARDS.
UM, BUT UM, THAT'S JUST HOW WE'RE DOING IT.
UM, AND SO WE WELCOME YOU TO THAT.
UM, ALSO THE, UM, THE
UM, WE WILL, UM, MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOU ARE, UM, INVITED TO PART, PARTICIPATE, AND YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN, GREAT.
WE HAVE A PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS.
WE'RE USUALLY HERE AT 5:00 AM UH, RIGHT HERE IN THIS MEET THIS ROOM.
UM, AND THEN EVERYBODY'S DEPLOYED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO, UH, DO THE BEST WE CAN AT ACCOUNTING OUR, UM, UNSHELTERED, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE, OUR NON-PROFITS, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE THAT WE HAVE AN APP.
UM, SO WHEN YOU GO OUT AND YOU SEE SOMEBODY WHO'S UNSHELTERED, YOU CAN PIN THE LOCATION.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST, UH, MONTH OR SO.
AND WE WILL RAMP IT UP IN THE NEXT, UM, MONTH TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE COUNT.
IT'S KINDA LIKE A PRE COUNT REALLY, UM, TO REALLY HELP US FIGURE IT OUT.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS COMING UP IN JANUARY AND IT, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT 'CAUSE IT HELPS DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE GET, UM, FROM THE COUNTY.
UM, SO WE TRY TO, UH, GET IT AS ACCURATE ACCOUNT AS WE CAN.
UH, ANY UPDATES FROM YOUR SITE? ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, UH, IF WE HAVE NO UPDATES, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO THE ADJOURNMENT TO A REGULAR HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING ON TUESDAY, THE JANUARY 13TH AT 7:00 PM WILLIAM AM DENAL, COMMUNITY ROOM CIVIC CENTER.
MEETING HALL 1 0 1 6, UH, SOUTH LIVERMORE AVENUE.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN, UH, THE MEETING.