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[1. ROLL CALL]
COMMISSIONER COX PRESENT.COMMISSIONER YU PRESENT, UH, VICE CHAIR ONELLI.
OPEN FORUM ITEM THREE, UH, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT.
NO HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION ACTION CAN OCCUR ON ITEMS PRESENTED DURING OPEN FORUM.
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, WALK TO THE LECTERN.
TO ADDRESS THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
THE CHAIR MAY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK.
OPEN FORUM WILL CONCLUDE AFTER 30 MINUTES.
HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, OPEN FORUM WILL RECONVENE AFTER MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN, OPEN FORUM STAFF.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE, OPEN FORUM.
[4. CONSENT CALENDAR]
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 P SPEAKER CARD.
UH, ITEM 4.1, APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES, UH, FOR DECEMBER 9TH, 2025.
HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING, UM, RECOMMENDATION IS STAFF RECOMMENDS THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION PROVE THE DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 DRAFT MINUTES.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE MINUTES.
I WILL JUST NOTE WE HAVE COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA WITH US NOW.
UM, SO WE, WE ARE JUST REVIEWING THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
JUST, UM, COMMISSIONER JI WARD AND SUTTON WILL ALL ABSTAIN THE, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT AT THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES? OKAY.
UM, SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, WE ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
COMMISSIONERS, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 4.1, APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 HUMAN SERVICES REGULAR MEETING.
AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UH, SO APPROVE MINUTES? YES.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S A CORRECTION NEEDED.
UM, UNDER 5.1, UM, IT WAS A, UH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COX, I BELIEVE NOT COMMISSIONER NELSON.
THAT WAS THE GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'M SORRY, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG ITEM.
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DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THIS ITEM? SECOND.
COMMISSIONER GARY MAJE IS ABSTAINING.
UH, COMMISSIONER WARD IS ABSTAINING.
UH, COMMISSIONER MEDA IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER SUTTON IS ABSTAINING.
ON A MOTION OF FIVE OR ON A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER COX, UH, SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER NAKAMURA AND CARRIED ON A VOTE OF FIVE YES AND ZERO, NO ONE ABSENT AND THREE ABSTENTIONS.
THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION APPROVES 4.1 APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING.
[5. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION, UM, THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION 2026 WORK PLAN RECOMMENDATION STAFF RECOMMENDS THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED 2026 WORK PLAN.YEAH, SO IN YOUR PACKET, UM, ATTACHMENT ONE, YOU'LL SEE THE, UM, 2026, UH, DRAFT WORK PLAN.
UM, STAFF, UH, TOOK YOUR FEEDBACK AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, AND, UH, CAME UP WITH NEW PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND THEN MADE SURE THAT THEY, UH, FIT WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO FOR, UM, NUMBER ONE, UM, WE, IN 2025, THAT WAS TO REVIEW AND SCORE APPLICATIONS, UH, FOR 2026.
UM, YOUR FEEDBACK WAS TO, UH, CONDUCT QUARTERLY REVIEWS OF GRANTEES TO ENSURE OBJECTIVES ARE MET AND ADDRESS ANY GAPS.
UM, WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN A, A GRANT YEAR.
UM, SO NEXT YEAR IT WOULD CHANGE, AGAIN, BACK TO REVIEW SCORE OF THE GRANTS.
UM, NUMBER TWO, UM, SO THIS WAS, UM, REALLY A, A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE, UH, CITIES OF LIVERMORE, DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON, UH, THEIR HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSIONS.
UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES WITH THOSE TWO CITIES, AND SO WE, UM, KIND OF RECOMMENDED CHANGING THAT, UH, PROPOSED ACTIVITY AND CAME UP WITH FACILITATE FOUR GRANTEE PRESENTATIONS TO BROADEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL NONPROFITS AND THEIR MISSIONS.
UM, SO, UM, IF, IF YOU, I THINK WE WOULD KIND OF DO THIS ANYWAYS.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S A GOOD, UM, PROPOSED ACTIVITY TO HAVE.
SO WE'LL BEGIN TO, UM, START BRINGING THOSE NONPROFITS IN, UM, HERE SOON, PROBABLY IN MARCH, UM, TO START PRESENTATIONS.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE, UM, JUST KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES AS AS WHAT WAS IN 2025.
THE ONLY CHANGE IS INSTEAD OF KIND OF, UM, LOOKING AT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UM, IMPLEMENTATION TRI-VALLEY WIDE, WE'RE KIND OF MORE FOCUSING ON WHAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT HERE IN LIVERMORE, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF HARD NOW WITH THE OTHER TWO CITIES AND THE CHANGES THAT THEY HAVE MADE.
UM, STAFF, UM, WELL THIS LEADS INTO THE SECOND AND THE NUMBER FOUR IS KIND OF THE CONTINUING THE ONGOING REGIONAL SERVICES.
SO STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK ON A REGIONAL BASIS.
WE TALK PROBABLY TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK, UM, ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TRI-VALLEY AND, AND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO, UM, STOP.
AND THEN, UM, NUMBER FIVE IS DIFFERENT TOO.
UM, SO IN 2025 IT WAS SUPPORT, THE EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY, UH, SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY ENDOWMENT FUNDING.
I THINK WE'VE COMPLETED THAT GOAL.
UM, IT PROBABLY WILL NEVER BE COMPLETE.
WE'LL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO REPLENISH THAT FUND.
SO, UM, THERE'S MONEY AVAILABLE WAY, UM, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHEN ALL OF US ARE, ARE GONE, UM, AND OFF DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S OUR GOAL WITH THAT.
BUT WE DECIDED TO CHANGE IT, UM, TO REPRESENT THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION AT THREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS.
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WE'VE BEEN STARTING TO TALK ABOUT GUESS, UH, COMING TOGETHER WITH SOME SORT OF A COMMUNITY CALENDAR AND THEN RUN IT BY YOU AND SEE WHICH, WHICH EVENTS THAT YOU WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN AS A COMMISSION.AND THEN, AND THEN REALLY FIGURE OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANNA SPLIT IT UP A COUPLE OR A FEW OF YOU GO TO ONE AND THEN A FEW GO TO THE NEXT.
AND SO THAT WAY EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT AS WELL.
THE GOAL, IT WOULD BE TO, UM, KIND OF EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION IS, WHAT IT DOES, UM, AND THEN, AND THEN HAVE WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO IT'S KIND OF REALLY THE TWO-PRONGED APPROACH, UM, OR TWOFOLD.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE CHANGES THAT THERE'S ONE MORE ON THE OTHER PAGE.
UM, SO THIS ONE, YEAH, SO THIS ONE IS, UM, TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO ESTABLISH GRANT PRIORITIES.
SO WE'LL NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN, UM, FOR THE 27 29, UH, GRANT CYCLE.
SO, UM, THAT'S, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WITH YOU ALL.
YOU SET THE PRIORITIES, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK WE TRIED TO CAPTURE YOUR COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK THE BEST THAT WE COULD.
UM, AND SO WE WANT TO, TO BRING THIS BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T MAKE, UM, UM, CHANGES TONIGHT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN, UH, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO GET IT TO THE, UH, CLERK'S OFFICE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY, UH, SHOW IT TO COUNSEL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY TAKE IT TO COUNCIL, BUT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE ASKED EVERY ADVISORY BODY TO DO, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.
SO, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS OR ANY EDITS OR SUGGESTIONS.
UM, UM, MY ONE SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT FOR ITEM TWO, UM, OR PROJECT TWO, THAT IF WE COULD ENSURE THAT THE FOUR, UH, GRANTEE PRESENTATIONS ARE FROM DIFFERENT, LIKE, CATEGORIES OF GRANTEES.
SO LIKE WHEN WE GET SOMETHING FROM SAY, SOMEBODY WHO'S RECEIVED FOOD ASSISTANCE OR, OR DOES THAT WORK, MENTAL HEALTH, ET CETERA.
UM, JUST SO, I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL LIKE IT, THEN WE'D GET A, A WIDER SCOPE OF, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON AS OPPOSED TO HAVING SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS FROM ONE AREA MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
DO YOU, DO YOU WANT TO SEE THAT IN THIS LANGUAGE OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST BE THAT KIND OF DIRECTION TO STAFF SEPARATELY? EITHER WAY IS FINE, BUT, UM, I DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARY FOR IT TO BE IN THE LANGUAGE, BUT YEAH.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT IT DEPENDS ON FOLKS' AVAILABILITY TOO, SO, YOU KNOW.
BUT NO, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE, UM, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, AWARDS, GRAND AWARDS TO THE FOOD SERVICES.
SO WHILE THEY'RE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT, I, I COULD SEE WHY YOU WOULDN'T WANT THE ALL FOUR OF THEM TO BE A FOOD SERVICE.
SO KIND OF MIX IT UP WITH HOMELESSNESS AND WHATEVER OTHER PRIORITIES.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SUGGESTION.
AND THEN CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE SAME, UM, PROJECT, UH, HOW WERE FOUR GRANTEE PRESENTATIONS CHOSEN? I, HAS THAT JUST BEEN THAT WAY FOR A WHILE? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A GOOD NUMBER, OR JUST BASED ON WHAT THE REST OF OUR CALENDAR LOOKS LIKE, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE TIME TO ACCOMMODATE.
YEAH, I THINK, YEAH, WE, WE DEBATED LEAVING IT TO YEAH.
WE FELT LIKE MAYBE IT WAS BETTER TO PUT A NUMBER.
SO IT GAVE US SOMETHING TO LOOK, RIGHT.
JUST GOING BACK TO THE CHAIR'S COMMENTS ABOUT HAVING A BROAD BASE, AND I'M JUST THROWING THIS IDEA OUT.
I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A BROAD BASE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT, UM, JUST ON FOOD SECURITY, BUT A LOT OF THE NONPROFITS REALLY DO A GREAT JOB OF COLLABORATION.
SO IF THERE WAS A WAY TO LIKE, HAVE ALL THE FOOD GROUPS COME TOGETHER AS ONE AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY COLLABORATE AND, UM, KIND OF GIVE A PRESENTATION AS ONE GROUP IF IT'S TOO MUCH WORK FOR THEM.
AND THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE SPECTRUM BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY ALL, UM, PROVIDE FOOD IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
AND SO IF THERE WAS A WAY TO KIND OF COMBINE THEM TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER, SO YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT AND SUGGESTION.
SO LET US, LIKE, IF YOU HAD A THEME, LIKE ONE NIGHT WAS FOOD, I DEFINITELY, ONE NIGHT WAS HOUSING, YOU KNOW, LIKE KIND OF A THEME.
IT IS HARD TO COORDINATE, I'LL BE HONEST ABOUT.
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DO ON SOME OF THOSE GROUPS THAT ARE MAYBE A LITTLE EASIER TO COORDINATE TOGETHER.THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF JUST REALLY NATURAL FITS, UM, RIGHT.
IT MAY NOT BE ALL FOUR OR SIX OF THEM OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT THERE MAY BE NATURAL FITS TO WHERE, UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT TOO MUCH FOR THEM TO, TO ORGANIZE.
SO, UH, PROJECT NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE ASSESSMENT, UM, AND LOOKING BACK AT THE EAST ASSESSMENT AND THEN PROJECT SIX, WHICH IS, IS THAT THE SAME AS, IS EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY HUMAN ASSESSMENT, OR IS PROJECT SIX GONNA BE A CITY LIVERMORE ONLY? IS THAT NEW? NO, SO, SO THE, THE EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY, UM, UH, NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS DONE GENERALLY EVERY 10 YEARS WHEN THE NEW CENSUS COMES OUT.
SO WE JUST KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TRI-VALLEY WIDE.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SENT THAT TO YOU OR NOT.
IT'S, IT'S QUITE A READ
UM, SO THAT WAS MORE OF A LONGER TERM, MORE STRATEGIC TYPE THINKING, WHICH THREE CITIES, THE PILLAR NUMBER OR THE GOAL NUMBER SIX IS JUST STRICTLY BASED ON OUR, OUR GRANTS PROCESS.
AND SO YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY SETTING, UM, THE GRANT GOALS AND CATEGORIES THAT YOU WANT TO SEE FUNDED.
SO IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO THE GRANT PROCESS.
AND SO JUST A FOLLOW UP THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU SAY IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, UM, FOR IMPLEMENTATION, IS THERE SOME PROJECTS HAVE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN NOT IMPLEMENTED BY THE, BY THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION THAT, THAT ARE THERE AVAILABLE? YEAH.
IT'S QUITE A, IT'S, IT'S A VERY LARGE DOCUMENT WITH A LOT OF STUFF.
IT'D PROBABLY TAKE US 20 YEARS
SO THERE'S PLENTY OF, SO THAT'S WHY WE, I KIND OF USE THE LANGUAGES IDENTIFY, 'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE JUST NOT FEASIBLE FOR US TO DO.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER SMALLER STUFF THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH.
SO I GUESS THE GOAL WOULD BE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE ARE AND, AND, UM, MOVE, MOVE TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING THOSE GOALS.
AND THEN, UM, I JUST ON UH, GOAL NUMBER FIVE THERE, YOU HAD THE REP, THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMUNITY ASKED SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH I THINK WOULD BE REALLY NICE PUBLIC WONDERING, ARE THOSE CITY OF LIVERMORE COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, I KNOW THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, IS THAT COLLABORATE, UM, P AND THEY HAVE MM-HMM.
MARKET, HOW AND WHAT KIND OF, I MEAN, PROBABLY ALL THREE THAT YOU MENTIONED.
WE GENERALLY HAVE STAFF AT ALL THREE.
I MEAN, GENERALLY WE HAVE STAFF AT YEAH.
WE HAVE FARMER MARKET EVERY, EVERY NEW WEEK ALMOST.
WE HAVE STAFF AT FARMER MARKET.
UM, SO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T RUN IT, WE STILL HAVE STAFF.
MOST LIKELY THAT WILL BE ONE OPTION.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TRY TO RECREATE THE WHEEL.
WE'LL TRY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE THE TRI VALLEY NONPROFIT ALLIANCE MAY HAVE A, WE DEFINITELY WANNA HELP OUT WITH THIS.
AND SO WE COULD HAVE A BOOTH THERE.
UM, LIKE AMY SAID, THE FARMER'S MARKET, WE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES, USUALLY WE, WE TAKE ONE OR TWO, UM, WEEKS.
UM, AND SO THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I GUESS, I GUESS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES THAT YOU WANT TO DO.
SO I, I, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY CALENDAR OR SOMETHING.
AND SO THAT WAY YOU GUYS HAVE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM AND THEN, UM, GO FROM THERE.
BUT WE HAVEN'T QUITE GOT THAT FAR YET, JUST NOT TO HARP ON THIS, BUT THE, UM, WHEN WE, WE PUT TOGETHER, WHEN WE DO IT IN SEPTEMBER, THE, UM, THE GRANT PRIORITIES, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WHAT GROUPS WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMING AND GIVE PRESENTATIONS, AND THEN ALSO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMPONENT.
IF WE CAN KIND OF HAVE THAT DOCUMENT, HAVE IT TIED BACK TO THAT DOCUMENT.
'CAUSE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR PRIORITIES.
I THOUGHT I HAD IT SITTING HERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
BUT I THINK THERE WAS LIKE FOUR OF THEM RIGHT.
FROM THE COMMUNITY, THIS CURRENT GRANT CYCLE WE'RE IN.
AND SO I'M KIND OF THINKING JUST, 'CAUSE THEN WE'RE TYING IT BACK TO LIKE OUR OBJECTIVES, RIGHT? SO IF WE HAD THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY
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OUTREACH KIND OF AROUND THOSE THEMES, AND I, I, I WOULD JUST ASK ONE, UH, FOR ITEM FOUR, WHAT WOULD, WHAT DO WE ENVISION THE COORDINATION LOOK LIKE? I KNOW THAT CITY OF PLEASANTON IS, THE COMMISSION HAS CHANGED.UM, WOULD IT BE LIKE A MEETING? UM, YEAH.
SO LAST MEETING YOU GUYS SUGGESTED, UM, WHAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT YOU'RE HAVING A STAFF PRESENT AND THEN DUBLIN COME IN VERSUS THE WHOLE COMMISSION.
RIGHT? UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COORDINATE FOR A MEETING.
I THINK THAT WAS WHERE I WAS MM-HMM
BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK, WHERE
I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT GONNA REALLY HAVE, WELL, IF THINGS GO THE WAY WE THINK THEY'RE GONNA GO, THEY'RE NOT REALLY HAVE A COMMISSION TO, TO COME TO A MEETING.
SO, UM, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, LIKE, AMY SUGGESTED HAVING THEIR STAFF COME IN AND THAT WAY WE COULD ALL JUST KIND OF, THIS IS REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, 'CAUSE I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH WE WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER, THERE'S STILL STUFF THAT THEY WORK ON THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT AND VICE VERSA.
SO, UM, SOMETIMES IT SPARKS SOME NEW IDEAS, UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING WITH OTHERS.
SO, UM, YEAH, I MEAN I, IT, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE, UM, WHETHER IT'S STAFF OR THE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONS OR THE OTHER CITY, UH, DUBLIN COMMISSION AND THE COUNTY.
BUT, UM, YEAH, IF WE, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'LL BE CONDUCTING THIS QUARTERLY REVIEW OF GRANTEES TO ENSURE THE OBJECTIVES ARE BEING MET WITH ONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL BE DOING THAT, BUT THAT INFORMATION FROM THEM WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL AT SUCH A MEETING BECAUSE THEN WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE GAPS EXIST BETWEEN THE CITIES.
UM, JUST TRYING TO ENVISION, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THE GOALS OF THAT MEETING BE AND WHAT WOULD WE DISCUSS.
YEAH, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, I MEAN, MOST OF THE NONPROFITS APPLY TO ALL THREE CITIES AND PROVIDE A SIMILAR SERVICE IN ALL THREE.
SO IT'S BE INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE, HOW THEY'RE DOING IN THEIR CITIES AS WELL.
UM, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, YES, I DO.
SO CONDUCT, UH, QUALITY REVIEW.
SO WHAT KIND OF REVIEW, LIKE, DO YOU HAVE LIKE DETAIL, LIKE ITEMS WE HAVE TO REVIEW? YEAH, SO THEY, UM, I GUESS AMY COULD ANSWER THIS BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT THEY, THEY, ALL OF OUR GRANTEES SUBMIT QUARTERLY REPORTS.
AND SO THAT WAY WE SEE, UM, IF THEY'RE MEETING THEIR GOALS, IF THEY'RE SPENDING DOWN THE FUNDS, UM, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, SO THEY ALL THAT, THOSE ARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THEY'RE, UH, MEETING THEIR GOALS.
AND, AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS TRY TO HELP THEM, UH, DO SO, WHICH, WHICH WE DO, UM, MORE TIMES THAN YOU WOULD KNOW.
BUT, UM, YOU, WE WILL BE BRINGING ALL THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, WHICH I DON'T, WE'VE, I DO A SPREADSHEET.
BASICALLY IT HAS THEIR GOALS OR THEIR FUNDING AMOUNT AND THEN HOW, YOU KNOW, SO I PLAN TO BRING THIS BACK IN MARCH, UM, TO YOU GUYS AND IT'LL HAVE WHAT THEY FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS.
OH, SO THEY'LL HAVE LIKE, UH, I MEAN THE REVIEW HAVE LIKE A, LIKE A KINDA, I MEAN, KINDA AUDITION, LIKE VERY, UH, LIKE A WORKSHEET ALSO HAVE LIKE STORY LIKE KIND LIKE THEY HAVE EXAMPLE.
I MEAN WE, SO, SO, OR LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL STORY HE PROVIDED.
UH, SO WE HELP THIS FAMILY, THE FAMILY STORY THROUGH OUR HELP.
THEY CAN LIKE SUCCEED, LIKE NOT, UH, TRY AND GET, UH, NOT LIVING SHELTER, GO TO LIKE A FOOTBALL HOUSING.
IT'S, THEY BASICALLY SUCCESS STORIES.
AND SO, SO SOMETIMES I THINK WE GET CAUGHT UP IN NUMBERS AND LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE FORGET THAT THERE, THERE'S REAL HUMAN BEINGS AT THE OTHER END OF THIS.
AND SO, UM, PROVIDING THE STORIES IS KIND OF WAY MORE IMPACTFUL THAN JUST LOOKING AT THE, THE NUMBERS ITSELF.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE, THE DATA AND SOME OF THE SUCCESS STORIES.
I I, YEAH, SOME FEEL LIKE DATA NUMBERS KINDA LIKE IT'S COLD.
YOU CANNOT FEEL ANYTHING AND YOU NEED SOME REAL EXAMPLE.
UM, ANYTHING FURTHER FROM THE COMMISSION?
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OKAY.UH, SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT STAFF.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5.1, HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION 2026 WORK PLAN WITH THE, UH, DIRECTIVES THAT WERE DISCUSSED.
I MOTION AND A SECOND? I SECOND.
SO ON A MOTION, UH, BY, UH, VICE CHAIR ON A DELI, UH, SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER RICK MORDER AND CARRIED ON A VOTE OF EIGHT YESES, ZERO NOS, ONE ABSENT, AND ZERO ABSTENTIONS.
THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION APPROVES, UH, 5.1 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION 2026 WORK PLAN, UM, MOVING, UM, ONTO
[6. COMMISSION REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSION MEMBERS]
ITEM SIX COMMISSION REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.UM, JUST, JUST A REMINDER FOR THOSE THAT ARE ATTENDING THE, UM, CIVIC APPRECIATION DINNER, THAT'S THIS THURSDAY, I BELIEVE IT STARTS AT SIX.
AND THEN, UH, DINNER IS AT SEVEN.
UM,
YEAH, IT, IT'S THAT HONOR YEAR.
AMY, AMY DID ALL THE WORK, SO I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR IT.
BUT IT'S REALLY FUNNY WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE HALLS AND YOU SEE LIKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF, YOU KNOW, CUTTING THINGS OUT AND PASTING IT.
I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? LIKE, UM, SO DIFFERENT.
SO IT WAS MY FRIDAY BEFORE HOLIDAY, SO, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THEY'LL EVER ASK US FOR OUR FEEDBACK ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD KEEP DOING THAT OR NOT, BUT IT, IT IS WHAT IT IS FOR NOW.
BUT WE DID, AMY DID PUT ONE TOGETHER AND IT LOOKS REALLY NICE WITH THE INFORMATION AND THE GRANTEES THAT WERE FUNDED AND IN YOUR GUYS' PICTURE.
UM, AND SO IT IT SHOULD BE GOOD.
UM, LIKE I SAID IN I THINK IN MARCH THIS WAS A REALLY SHORT MEETING AND SO
BUT THIS ONE WAS KIND OF RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AND IT WAS TRYING TO GET AGENDAS ALL SET.
SO, UM, WE DIDN'T PUT TOO MUCH ON THIS ONE, BUT WE'LL START COMING BACK WITH MORE SOON.
UM, SO FULL DISCLOSURE, I AM BOARD CHAIR FOR TRI-VALLEY NONPROFIT ALLIANCE ON MARCH 18TH AT 10 O'CLOCK AT THE BANKHEAD THEATER.
WE WILL BE HOSTING THE MAYOR'S PANEL.
IT'S WITH ALL FIVE TRI-VALLEY MAYORS.
UM, AND I AM THE MODERATOR FOR THAT PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S FREE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WE JUST ASK YOU TO REGISTER SO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE THERE AGAIN.
10 O'CLOCK MARCH 18TH AT THE BANKHEAD THEATER.
UH, UM, HOW, UH, WOULD YOU FIND THAT TO REGISTER FOR? OH, SORRY.
AND I WILL ALSO, ONCE WE HAVE THE FLYER UP AND WE JUST CONFIRMED EVERYTHING WITH THE MAYORS THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, IT'S LIKE HERDING CATS SOMETIMES.
UM, BUT UH, ONCE WE GET ALL OF THAT, UM, PUT TOGETHER, I'LL SEND IT TO STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
ANY OF YOU THAT CAN ATTEND THAT, IT'S ALWAYS A REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THE MIX OF THE FIVE MAYORS AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CITIES AND, AND, 'CAUSE WE DON'T NECESSARILY, WHEN WE, UH, WORK COLLABORATIVELY, WE DON'T NECESSARILY CONSIDER SAN RAMON AND DANVILLE AS PART OF THE TRI-VALLEY.
IT'S JUST DUBLIN, LIVERMORE PLEASANTON.
AND SO IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE, UM, UH, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AS WELL.
'CAUSE WE DON'T TYPICALLY GET TO, TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
SO IT'S, IT'S A GOOD ONE TO ATTEND.
ANY FURTHER? UH, I WAS GONNA ASK, SINCE I KNOW THAT THIS CAN LAST, THAT THE MEETING SCHEDULE, THAT STILL, UM, RIGHT NOW RUNNING
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THE SAME COURSE? YEAH, IT'S, YEAH, WE'RE STILL ON A MONTHLY, UM, MEETING SCHEDULE.UM, YEAH, WE WILL, WE WILL, UM, WE'LL PROBABLY TAKE A A MONTH HERE AND THERE, HERE AND THERE OFF JUST AS THINGS COME UP.
BUT, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL IN THAT SAME PATTERN.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE, THE, THE CLERK, UM, CITY CLERK JUST RETIRED AND, AND THAT WAS KIND OF HER, HER LAST GOAL WAS TO TRY TO GET IT TO COUNCIL AND I, I DON'T THINK SHE WAS ABLE TO, TO GET IT THERE JUST FOR, UM, SCHEDULING REASONS.
BUT, UM, UH, SO WE'RE STILL ON THE OLD SCHEDULE FOR NOW, SO.
UM, WHAT IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, UM, WE WILL ADJOURN TO A REGULAR HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH AT 7:00 PM WILLIAM M MENDEN HALL, COMMUNITY ROOM CIVIC CENTER, MEETING HALL 10 16 SOUTH LIVERMORE AVENUE.