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I NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO[1. ROLL CALL ]
ORDER.WELCOME TO THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING.
IT IS TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2026 AND IT IS 7:01 PM STAFF ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER ELLI, VICE CHAIR ELLI CHAIR NELSON.
PRESENT, UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH FIVE PRESENT.
[2. PRESENTATIONS ]
TWO.UM, SO MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER THREE,
[3. OPEN FORUM ]
OPEN FORUM 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, UH, TIME BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK.
OPEN FORM WILL CONCLUDE AFTER 30 MINUTES.
HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, OPEN FORUM WILL RECONVENE AFTER MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN, OPEN FORUM STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE OPEN FORUM.
[4. CONSENT CALENDAR]
FOUR, CONSENT CALENDAR.CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND ARE ACTED UPON BY THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
SINGLE ACTION MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT MUST SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD APPROVAL OF DRAFT OF, UH, 4.1, APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FOR MARCH 10TH, 2026.
HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, REGULAR MEETING, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMU.
HER HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION APPROVE THE MARCH 10TH, 2026 DRAFT MINUTES.
COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES AS, UH, COMMISSIONERS REVIEW THEM? WE ARE NOW GOING TO, UH, OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU'VE HAD TIME TO, UH, APPROPRIATELY REVIEW THE MINUTES.
UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 4.1, APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FOR MARCH 10TH, 2026.
HUMAN SERVICES REGULAR MEETING.
UH, CAN I POINT OUT A COUPLE MINOR THINGS? UM, LET'S SEE.
SO ON THE CALL TO ORDER, THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF AT
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UM, JUST THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN FOR ADJOURNMENT, UM, UH, ON THE CALL TO ORDER.DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO AT THE COMMUNITY ROOM, AT THE CIVIC CENTER MEETING HALL, JUST IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE CIVIC CENTER MEETING HALL.
AND THEN, UM, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING WITH THE UNDER PRESENTATIONS ITEM 2.1, TRI VALLEY'S CHIEFS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND HER NAME, AND THEN GOODNESS VILLAGES, ED AND HER NAME.
UM, I THINK THERE NEED TO BE A COUPLE ADDITIONAL COMMAS JUST TO MAKE SENSE WITH THE NAMES AND TITLES.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WITH COMMISSIONER, UH, WARD'S COMMENTS IN MIND? UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 4.1, APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FOR MARCH 10TH, 2026.
HUMAN SERVICES REGULAR MEETING.
ABSENT, UH, COMMISSIONER MJI? YES.
UH, VICE CHAIR ONELLI IS ABSENT.
JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER COX HAS ARRIVED AT 7:08 PM THANK YOU.
UM, ON A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER METTA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MC WATER AND CARRIED ON A VOTE OF FIVE YES AND ZERO NO FOR ABSENT.
AND ZERO ABS ABSENT ABSTENTIONS.
THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION APPROVES 4.1 APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FOR MARCH 10TH, 2026, HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING.
[5. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
FIVE MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.UH, 5.1 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, BROWN ACT AND RULES OF PROCEDURE TRAINING.
UH, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION RECEIVE A PRESENTATION BY DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY DANIEL GONZALEZ ON THE BROWN ACT AND RULES OF PROCEDURE, TAKE IT AWAY.
I KNOW I SPOKE TO MANY OF YOU LAST YEAR AND WE ARE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF REPEAT.
MY GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH THIS TRAINING PROMPTLY SO THAT WE CAN GET TO ANY QUESTIONS, BUT REALLY FOCUS ON THE KEY ITEMS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE BROWN ACT.
SO WHAT IS THE BROWN ACT? IT IS, UH, IT BASICALLY HAS A GENERAL RULE THAT ALL MEETINGS OF A LEGISLATIVE BODY OF A LOCAL AGENCY SHALL BE OPEN IN PUBLIC AND ALL PERSONS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND ANY MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF A LOCAL AGENCY EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER THAT COMES FROM THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE.
SO THE PURPOSE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL DECISION MAKING BODIES DELIBERATE PUBLICLY AND ACT OPENLY, AND THAT THERE'S AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE, COMMENT, ATTEND, HEAR A DISCUSSION, AND SEE HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND THE BROWN ACT.
FIRST, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A LEGISLATIVE BODY IS.
WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT QUALIFIES AS A MEETING.
WE HAVE TO KNOW HOW THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATES, AND THEN ALSO ADDRESS ANY PENALTIES THAT MIGHT EXIST FOR VIOLATING THE ACT.
SO WHAT IS A LEGISLATIVE BODY? IT'S ANY GOVERNING BODY OF A LOCAL AGENCY, INCLUDING NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS.
IT'S ALSO ANY COMMISSION, COMMITTEE OR BOARD CREATED BY CHARTER ORDINANCE OR FORMAL ACTION OF THAT LEGISLATIVE BODY.
AND THAT CAN BE A TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT BOARD.
IT CAN BE A DECISION MAKING OR ADVISORY BOARD.
WHAT IS NOT A LEGISLATIVE BODY? IF THERE'S A TEMPORARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF LESS THAN A QUORUM OF THE BODY, IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT, BUT THEY MUST SERVE FOR A LIMITED PURPOSE AND DURATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT MIGHT BE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE MADE OUT OF THIS GROUP THAT IS FEWER THAN FIVE.
IT MUST BE DISSOLVED AFTER THE SPECIFIC TASK IS COMPLETED.
YOU CAN ALSO HAVE GROUPS THAT ARE ADVISORY TO A SINGLE DECISION
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MAKER.FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY HAVE YOUR OWN POOL OF RESOURCES THAT ARE INDIVIDUAL TO YOU, AND THAT WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT.
SO A, A MEETING IS ANY GATHERING OF A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY TO HEAR, DISCUSS, DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY ITEM WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THAT BODY.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF INFORMAL MEETINGS BECAUSE IN PASSING YOU MIGHT RUN INTO SOMEBODY ELSE.
IF YOU DISCUSS SOMETHING, YOU CAN INADVERTENTLY END UP IN A MEETING AND WE'LL DISCUSS HOW SOME OF THAT CAN HAPPEN SHORTLY.
SO THE FIRST STEP IN DETERMINING WHETHER YOU HAVE A MEETING IS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
THIS IS BASED ON THE MEMBERS OF THE ESTABLISHED BODY, NOT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SEATS FILLED HERE.
SINCE WE HAVE A NINE NINE MEMBERS COMMISSION, THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEETINGS.
WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS, SPECIAL MEETINGS, ADJOURNED MEETINGS, AND THEN THERE'S A FEW INFORMAL MEETINGS THAT WE'LL GO OVER AS WELL.
A REGULAR MEETING IS HELD AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE AND IT'S SET BY ORDINANCE RESOLUTION OR OTHER FORMAL ACTION OF THE BODY.
AN AGENDA MUST BE POSTED AT LEAST 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING.
AND THE, UH, YOUR STAFF LIAISON HANDLES ALL THAT FOR YOU.
SO AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE AGENDA BEING POSTED THAT WILL BE HANDLED.
SPECIAL MEETINGS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME THEY'RE CALLED BY THE COMMISSION CHAIR, LIA, UH, COMMISSION LIAISON OR A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS.
THERE IS A NOTICE REQUIREMENT OF 24 HOURS AND IT DOES REQUIRE THAT ANY ENTITY THAT HAS ANY MEDIA ENTITY THAT HAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED TO BE NOTIFIED RECEIVE THAT NOTICE.
AN ONLY BUSINESS STATED IN THE NOTICE MAY BE CONSIDERED AT THAT MEETING.
UM, NOT, NOT COMMONLY HA THEY DON'T CO HAPPEN VERY COMMONLY AND THEY'RE UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN FOR THIS COMMISSION.
YOU ALSO MIGHT HAVE ADJOURNED MEETINGS THAT CAN BE FROM REGULAR OR SPECIAL MEETINGS AND IT CAN BE CALLED SIMILARLY AS A SPECIAL MEETING BY THE COMMISSION CHAIR LIAISON OR MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS.
OFTEN THIS IS DONE IF A CON CONSULTATION IS NEEDED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO AD ADDRESS QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT EXIST ON AN ITEM BEFORE THE BOARD.
AND THE NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT MUST BE POSTED WITHIN 24 HOURS UNLESS YOU RECONVENE IN LESS TIME THAN THAT.
THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS FOR WHAT DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A MEETING.
INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS WITH ANOTHER COMMISSION MEMBER.
IF YOU SEE THEM ON THE STREET OR AT A CAFE, IT'S OKAY TO TALK TO THEM.
AND YOU CAN EVEN TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
HOWEVER, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO AVOID A SERIAL MEETING.
SO WE WILL ADDRESS WHAT THAT MEANS SHORTLY.
YOU CAN ALSO ATTEND CONFERENCES, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODY, UH, MEETINGS LIKE THIS.
ANY STANDING COMMITTEES, SOCIAL OR CEREMONIAL EVENTS, YOU CAN ATTEND ALL OF THOSE AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT DISCUSSING ANYTHING BUSINESS RELATED.
AND EVEN IF THERE'S A QUORUM TECHNICALLY THERE, IF YOU'RE NOT ADDRESSING THOSE ITEMS, IT'S NOT A FORMAL MEETING.
A SERIAL MEETING IS A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE MEETING, SORRY, BODY MEETING OUT OUTSIDE OF A MEETING USING A SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS REGARDLESS OF THE FORM.
MOST COMMON IS GONNA BE THE DAISY CHAIN.
AND THAT WOULD BE WHERE ONE COMMISSIONER TALKS TO ANOTHER, THAT SECOND COMMISSIONER TALKS TO ANOTHER, AND THAT GOES ON UNTIL YOU'VE REACHED A QUORUM.
AT THAT POINT, THERE'S BEEN A BROWN ACT VIOLATION.
WHAT'S TRICKY ABOUT THIS ONE IS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO ELSE IS TALKING TO WHO ELSE.
AND SO YOU MIGHT BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHAIN AND NOT REALIZE THAT A QUORUM WILL HAVE MET IF YOU JUST TALKED TO ONE OTHER PERSON.
YOU ALSO HAVE A HUB AND SPOKE WHERE ONE PERSON ACTS AS THE CENTRAL POINT OF CONTACT TO EVERYBODY.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GO AROUND AND POLL THE REST OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS, THAT WOULD RESULT IN A BROWN ACT VIOLATION.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE IF YOU USE AN INTERMEDIARY TO DO IT FOR YOU.
UM, SO YOU JUST SAVE ALL OF THE DISCUSSION, VOTING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR A PUBLIC MEETING.
THE METHOD OF COMMUNICATION DOES NOT MATTER.
IT CAN BE VIA INTERNET BASED SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT CAN BE, UM, YOU KNOW, SENDING AN EMAIL AND REPLYING TO THE EMAIL CHAIN.
A VERY COMMON ONE IS, UM, GONNA BE SOMETHING LIKE NEXTDOOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GONE ON THERE AND YOU'VE SEEN OUR MAYOR.
SOME OF OUR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OFTEN WILL RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I USED TO SAY YOU'LL NEVER SEE ONE OF THEM RESPOND TO ANOTHER ONE.
BUT I WAS PROVEN WRONG THE OTHER DAY WHEN I SAW ONE OF THEM SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE OTHER ONE ABOUT AN ITEM, UH, WITHIN THE BODY.
IT WASN'T A BROWN ACT VIOLATION IN THAT CASE.
HOWEVER, YOU DO WANT TO BE AWARE THAT EVEN LIKING A POST COULD INADVERTENTLY END UP IN A BROWN ACT.
VIOLATION EMAILS AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE, AND USUALLY THE MOST COMMON WAY YOU GET INTO THIS VIOLATION.
AND I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WHILE YOU'RE AT ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, UH, SITTING AT THE TABLE, IT IS IDEAL TO NOT USE YOUR PHONE AT ALL.
BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU'RE TEXTING OUT SOMETHING COMPLETELY PERSONAL, IF THERE'S ANOTHER PERSON UP THERE
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DOING THE SAME THING AND YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER, SOMEBODY WHO'S VIEWING THIS FROM HOME OR IN THE UM, AUDIENCE MIGHT SEE THAT AND THINK THAT THERE IS SECRET CONVERSATION GOING.SO GENERALLY YOU WANNA AVOID USING ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES WHILE YOU'RE AT THE, UH, TABLE.
I KIND OF ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS SO I WON'T GO INTO IT IN MORE DETAIL.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN A, AS I SAID, EVEN A REACTION, A THUMBS UP ON SOMEBODY'S COMMENT, THAT'S ENOUGH INTERACTION TO POSSIBLY TRIGGER AN A VIOLATION.
NOTABLY, IF YOU USE YOUR PRIVATE EMAIL TO CONDUCT BUSINESS FOR THE COMMISSION, THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED A PUBLIC RECORD.
UM, THE CITY AND ALL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES IN CALIFORNIA ARE SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, WHICH REQUIRES THE DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS ABSENT CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS.
NOW, IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE SUCH A REQUEST FOR RECORDS, THAT MIGHT BE IN YOUR EMAIL, GENERALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD REQUEST YOU TO COMPLETE YOUR OWN SEARCH AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE ONLY RESPONSIVE.
SO NOBODY'S GONNA BE GOING INTO YOUR EMAIL AND SCOURING IT FOR THESE ITEMS. UM, AND WE WOULD WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AS LOW INTRUSION AS POSSIBLE AND BUT STILL PROVIDE A RESPONSIVE RECORDS REQUEST RESPONSE.
THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF MEETING, WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT TO SUMMARIZE, IT MUST BE PROPERLY NOTICED.
ONLY INCLUDE BUSINESS DESCRIBING THE AGENDA.
TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE TERRITORY OVER WHICH YOU HAVE JURISDICTION AND BE COMPLETELY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE NOTICE, UH, IS A WRITTEN AGENDA PREPARED FOR REGULAR OR ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF EACH LEGISLATIVE BODY AND IS POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE.
WE POSTED ON THE PODIUM OUT HERE AS WELL AS THE WEBSITE.
THE AGENDAS MUST CONTAIN A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EVERY ITEM TO BE DISCUSSED.
THE TITLES ARE TO BE CLEAR ENOUGH THAT WE, THAT PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED, BUT SHORT ENOUGH THAT IT'S NOT WORDY LEGALESE.
SO THE TITLE SHOULD BE SIMPLE ENOUGH.
ANYONE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AND WHAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED DURING A MEETING.
YOU CANNOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY ITEMS THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WITH ONE EXCEPTION, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRO PROVIDE BRIEF RESPONSES TO PEOPLE MAKING A PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THAT'S NOT A DETAILED RESPONSE.
GENERALLY, YOU MIGHT ASK FOR SOMETHING TO BE AGENDIZED IF IT WARRANTS A DISCUSSION SEPARATELY.
THERE'S ALSO A, UH, MATTERS INITIATED AT THE END.
IF IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WISHED TO BRING, YOU CAN REQUEST THAT THE STAFF ADD IT TO IN A FUTURE AGENDA.
THERE MUST BE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR EVERY MEETING.
EXCUSE ME, THERE IS AN OPEN FORUM WHERE ANY ITEM WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE BODY MAY BE DISCUSSED.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE SPECIFIC OPEN FORUMS FOR EACH ITEM WHERE ONLY THAT ITEM AND IT'S RELATED ELEMENTS CAN BE DISCUSSED.
WE CAN, UH, GENERALLY WE SET THE TIME TO THREE MINUTES.
IT CAN BE SHORTENED BY THE CHAIR IF NECESSARY.
IF THERE'S A LOT OF SPEAKERS, WE DO REQUEST THAT SPEAKERS FILL OUT SPEAKER CARDS, BUT THAT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
A SPEAKER'S NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THEIR NAME.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF LIVERMORE TO SPEAK.
ANYONE IS ENTITLED TO COME AND SPEAK.
AND IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO PROVIDE A SPEAKER CARD OR THEIR NAME, THAT IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.
THEY WOULD JUST SPEAK TO OUR STAFF AND THEY WOULD ENSURE THAT THEY MAKE IT IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU SHOULDN'T RESTRICT ANYONE IN PUBLIC COMMENT BASED ON THEIR VIEWPOINTS.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOU, YOU CAN'T PREVENT A SPEAKER FROM PARTICIPATING FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE A NAME.
AND YOU MUST ALLOW NEGATIVE COMMENTS BUT NOT WILLFUL INTERRUPTIONS.
THAT MEANS THAT IF SOMEBODY IS UP HERE AND THEY'RE USING FOUL LANGUAGE, BAD WORDS, GENERALLY THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
IT IS A, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO EXPRESS THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND GENERALLY CURSE WORDS ARE CONSIDERED EMPHASIZES AND THEY'RE NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW.
NOW, IF THERE'S A WILLFUL INTERRUPTION, THEY CALL FOR ACTION FROM THE, THE AUDIENCE RIGHT THEN AND THERE TO INTERRUPT THE MEETING OR THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS DIRECTLY INTERFERING WITH THE MEETING.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH THAT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE IN THE RULES OF PROCEDURE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, COMMISSION ON HOW YOU WOULD HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE SOME PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT.
IT CAN BE, AND MOST COMMONLY IS INVALIDATION OF THE ACTION OR DECISION THAT OCCURRED, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE IT TO BE REPEATED OR IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES IT COULD RISE TO A CRIMINAL MISDEMEANOR.
GENERALLY, THAT WOULD REQUIRE VERY SPECIFIC INTENT TO BYPASS THE OPEN AND PUBLIC, UM, INTENT OF THE BROWN ACT.
SO AN INADVERTENT, UM, VIOLATION VIA LIKE A DAISY CHAIN IS LESS LIKELY TO RESULT IN ANYTHING BUT INVALIDATION OF THE DECISION
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TO ADDRESS THE RULES OF PROCEDURE.THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED RULES OF PROCEDURE SPECIFICALLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ORDERLY, CONSISTENT AND FAIR CONDUCT.
THERE IS ALSO A SPECIFIC HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER SOURCES THAT WE USE FOR THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AND THE ORDER OF THEM IS SHOWN HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS HOLDING.
SO IF THERE'S ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN THEM.
FIRST YOU'RE GONNA LOOK TO THE CITY COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE FOLLOWED BY THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION AND FILL IN ANY GAPS WITH ROSENBERG'S.
FIRST, YOU MUST, UH, HAVE A STARTING POINT OF A QUORUM FOR ANY MEETING.
A QUORUM MUST BE PRESENT TO CONDUCT ANY BUSINESS.
IF THERE'S NO QUORUM, YOU MUST ADJOIN THE MEETING.
THE COMMISSION OF THE CHAIR IS CHARGED WITH APPLYING THE RULES OF CONDUCT OF THE MEETING AND ANY POINTS OF ORDER ARE SETTLED BY THE CHAIR.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THIS LINE BY LINE, BUT GENERALLY THIS IS WHAT THE CHAIR IS HANDLING EVERY TIME AN ITEM IS CALLED.
THIS OUTLINES HOW AN ITEM IS HANDLED FROM HOW WE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT TO HOW THE VOTE IS TAKEN.
I RECOMMEND REVIEWING THIS ON YOUR OWN AT A LATER TIME.
THIS IS A NINE MEMBER COMMISSION.
SO FOR VOTING, ONCE AGAIN, YOU MUST HAVE FIVE TO CONDUCT THE MEETING.
IN THE EVENT YOU HAVE ALL COMMISSION MEMBERS, A VOTE OF FIVE TO FOUR PASSES THE MOTION.
A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT PASSES A BASIC MOTION.
IF YOU HAVE FEWER, IF THERE'S A TIE, THE MOTION FAILS.
ANYTIME THERE'S A TIE, YOU MAY CONTINUE TO DELIBERATE AND CALL ANOTHER VOTE TO SEE IF THE DEADLOCK CAN BE BROKEN.
YOU CAN ALSO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO ANOTHER MEETING IF YOU'RE DOWN MEMBERS AND THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY RESOLVE THE DISPUTE.
NOT RESOLVE THE DISPUTE, RESOLVE THE TIE.
YOU CAN ABSTAIN FROM A, AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
GENERALLY, WE PREFER THAT ANY COMMISSION MEMBER OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF A ONE OF OUR BODIES NOT ABSTAIN BECAUSE WE DO WANT THEM TO REPRESENT THE CONSTITUENTS OF LIVERMORE.
HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT HERE TO MAKE SOMEBODY SPEAK.
SO THERE MIGHT BE AN ITEM THAT YOU WISH TO ABSTAIN FROM.
YOU MUST ANNOUNCE THE ABSTENTION WHEN THE ITEM IS FIRST CALLED.
AND YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM.
IF YOU FAIL TO ANNOUNCE IT OR YOU PARTICIPATE AT ALL, EVEN A SIMPLE COMMENT, YOUR VOTE WILL BE TABULATED IN FAVOR REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR OPINION IS.
IF YOU HAVE SILENT, IF YOU ARE SILENT WHEN THE VOTE IS TAKEN, YOUR VOTE IS COUNTED WITH THE MAJORITY.
UH, THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY, UH, REMAINDER THAT IS VOTING.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE WHERE YOU KNOW YOU'RE FOUR, FOUR AND ONE PERSON IS ABSTAINING, YOU'RE AT A TIE BECAUSE THERE'S NO MAJORITY FOR THAT TO GO WITH.
HOWEVER, IF IT WAS FOUR TO THREE, THE PERSON ABSTAINING WOULD MAKE IT FIVE TO THREE.
THESE ARE WHEN YOU HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT RISES TO A LEVEL WHERE YOU'RE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ITEM.
YOU MUST ANNOUNCE IT AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THE ITEM IS CALLED.
YOU MUST PROVIDE THE REASON YOU HAVE A CONFLICT AND YOU LEAVE THE ROOM FOR THE DURATION OF THE DISCUSSION AND VOTE.
WE GENERALLY WILL LOOK AT EVEN THINGS THAT ARE IN APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WHILE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAN'T PROVIDE YOU INDIVIDUAL LEGAL ADVICE, WE ARE HERE TO HELP.
I ALWAYS RECOMMEND CONTACTING THE STAFF LIAISON.
IF YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD RISE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THEY'LL OFTEN BRING THOSE TO US AND WE CAN PROVIDE GUIDANCE AS BEST WE CAN.
UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE RECUSAL IS NECESSARY.
AND AS MENTIONED, YOU DO WANT TO CONSIDER EVEN JUST THE APPEARANCE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
EVERY MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY MAY BE RECORDED BY THE PUBLIC.
ANY PERSON WHO IS SITTING HERE IN THE AUDIENCE IS ALLOWED TO RECORD THE ENTIRE MEETING, BUT THEY CAN'T BE DISRUPTIVE.
SO THEY CAN'T GET UP HERE, WALK AROUND THE ROOM, RECORD PEOPLE AND LIKE UP CLOSE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY WOULD NEED TO REMAIN SEATED OR IN THE AUDIENCE AREA AND NOT BE DISRUPTING THE MEETING.
THERE'S A FEW TRANSPARENCY LAWS THAT APPLY TO, UM, THE COMMISSIONS', UH, ACTIONS.
WE HAVE THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION, THE BROWN ACT, WHICH WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY, THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, WHICH WE BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON, AND THE PUBLIC REFORM ACT, WHICH IS THE FORM 700 THAT YOU WOULD'VE ALL COMPLETED WHEN YOU JOINED THE COMMISSION.
THE KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER HERE ARE THAT ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN IN PUBLIC EXCEPT WHEN THE BROWN ACT PROVIDES FOR EXCEPTIONS.
IT APPLIES TO LOCAL AGENCIES, LEGISLATIVE BODIES, AND INDIVIDUALS ELECTED TO LEGISLATIVE BODIES EVEN BEFORE ASSUMING OFFICE.
SO IN THE EVENT SOMEBODY'S RUNNING FOR COUNCIL, THE SECOND THE VOTE IS CONFIRMED BEFORE THEY'VE EVER DONE ANYTHING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FIRST MINUTE, THEY'RE ALREADY SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT
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AND IT APPLIES TO SOCIAL MEDIA.THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DO TALK TO ANY CANDIDATE AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE BROWN ACT IS SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING ELECTED AND IMMEDIATELY VIOLATING IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER.
UH, WE DO GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S INFORMED.
FINALLY, THE PITFALLS TO AVOID, AVOID DISCUSSING AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
BE CAREFUL OF SERIAL MEETINGS AND BE CAREFUL DISCUSSING BUSINESS WITH THE QUORUM OF MEMBERS OUTSIDE OF A PUBLIC MEETING.
SO I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THAT FAIRLY QUICKLY, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON ANYTHING WE'VE DISCUSSED OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE BROWN ACT AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS PLEASE? JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY.
I DON'T THINK THIS, UH, CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THE, UM, OH, THAT ONE.
HOW MANY MICROPHONES CAN I GET HERE? UH, CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THE ABSTENTIONS.
UM, JUST HEARING THAT YOU HAVE TO DECLARE AN ABSTENTION BEFOREHAND.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU MISS A MEETING, YOU COME BACK, THEY'RE, UM, APPROVING THE MINUTES AND YOU DIDN'T ANNOUNCE YOUR ABSTENTION FOR THAT, SO YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO VOTE ON SO SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING THERE.
THAT'S A, UM, YEAH, THAT'S THE MOST COMMON ONE THAT PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ON.
IN TERMS OF ABSTENTIONS, IT IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY BECAUSE WE DO RUN THEM ON A CONSENT CALENDAR.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED A COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THEY GENERALLY ARE ALWAYS THERE.
BUT THEY DO PULL ITEMS SOMETIMES AND DO A SEPARATE VOTE.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE FOUR ITEMS OR FOUR ITEMS THAT GO WITH JUST FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEN THE REST OF THE ITEMS GO WITH EVERYBODY.
GENERALLY THAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY HAS TO RECUSE THEMSELVES AS OPPOSED TO ABSTAIN.
BUT FOR THE UM, UH, MINUTES, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS CONCERNING BECAUSE UNDOING THE ACTION IS NOT A BIG DEAL.
GENERALLY YOU CAN ANNOUNCE THAT ONE AT THE TIME OF VOTE BECAUSE THE WAY CONSENT USUALLY GOES IS, HERE'S CONSENT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
AND YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE YOUR ABSTENTION YET.
THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT IS A GOOD TIME TO ANNOUNCE IT BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY YOU GET.
IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS, YOU WOULD WANNA MAKE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT THERE.
UM, BUT THAT ONE DOES SHOW UP KIND OF AS AN AMBUSH BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND IT'S NOT.
HERE'S THE ITEM WE'RE CALLING.
DOES ANYBODY WISH TO ABSTAIN? UM, STAFF LIAISON WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AT ALL? I ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR STAFF LIAISON.
UH, I DO SUPPORT THIS COMMISSION AND, UH, THE HUMAN SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'M ALWAYS WANTING TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN GET YOUR JOB DONE AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE.
ANY CONCERNS? WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
UM, SO CONTINUING WITH, UH, FIVE ITEM 5.1, UH, WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY, WE ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 5.2.
AND THIS ITEM WAS CONTINUED FROM THE MARCH 10TH, 2026 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING, UM, REPORT.
THIS IS THE REPORT OF GRANTEE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 FOR THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM.
AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION RECEIVE A REPORT ON THE GRANTEE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 FOR THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM.
SO I WILL APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SICK LAST MEETING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO BE HERE.
BUT, UM, TONIGHT I WILL JUST RUN THROUGH THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF OUR GRANT, UM, YEAR.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE REQUESTED FOR ME TO COME BACK MORE REGULARLY, UM, AND DO QUARTERLY REPORTS ON THE GRANTEES.
UM, ALL OF THE NEXT QUARTER REPORTS ARE DUE APRIL, TOMORROW ACTUALLY APRIL 15TH.
AND SO THE NEXT MEETING I'LL COME BACK WITH THE THIRD QUARTER, UM, REPORTS.
SO, UH, JUST TO START OUT, UM, I KNOW IT'S REALLY SMALL AND I APOLOGIZE, THERE'S REALLY NO GOOD WAY TO GET ALL
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THAT INFORMATION ON A SHEET.UM, AND SO, BUT BASICALLY IT'S BROKEN UP BY CATEGORIES FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BEFORE.
THIS IS, UM, MY NORMAL REPORT.
UM, AND SO THE FIRST CATEGORIES ARE GONNA BE YOUR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, ONE IS ABODE SERVICES AND ONE IS TRI-VALLEY HAVEN.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT INCONSISTENT.
UM, SOME YEARS THE PROGRAMS DO REALLY WELL IN OTHER YEARS IT JUST SEEMS TO BE A STRUGGLE FOR THEM TO FIND THE RIGHT PARTICIPANTS, UM, FOR THE PROGRAM AND OR THE RIGHT LANDLORDS WITH, YOU KNOW, COST EFFECTIVE LEASES.
UM, AND BECAUSE IT'S FEDERAL MONEY, THERE'S A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED TO IT OR THERE'S A LOT OF REGULATIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET.
UM, SO FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, UM, OUR TWO TENANT-BASED PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE DO BUY EVERY TWO YEARS, UM, MONITORINGS OF THESE PROGRAMS AND WE JUST COMPLETED, UM, MONITORING BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS. SO WE WERE WORKING WITH THEIR STAFF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES YOU'RE SEEING? AND MOST COMMON, AGAIN, IS, UM, PARTICIPANTS THAT FIT THE CRITERIA FOR THE PROGRAM AND RENT COSTS AND LANDLORDS THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM.
UM, AND SO, UM, I DO KNOW, 'CAUSE I DID SEE SOME OF THE THIRD QUARTER REPORTS THAT THERE ARE SOME MORE PEOPLE THAT, UM, HAVE JOINED IN ON THE PROGRAMS IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
SO I EXPECT TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR THEY MIGHT COME UNDER, BUT I DO THINK THEY'LL BE CLOSE TO THEIR GOALS.
UM, AND YOU GUYS CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH IT AND THEN ASK QUESTIONS OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO JUMP INTO.
UM, SO THE SECOND CATEGORY ON THERE IS OUR TWO CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE FUNDED THIS YEAR.
SO ONE WAS AT GOODNESS VILLAGE AND THAT WAS WEATHERIZATION, UM, NEW PAINT AND STUFF ON THE TINY HOMES.
AND THE SECOND ONE WAS, UM, SUNFLOWER HILL.
AND THAT WAS FOR A SHADE STRUCTURE AND TO REDO THE PATHWAYS OUT THERE TO MAKE THEM, UM, MORE USER-FRIENDLY AND ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
BOTH THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE DONE.
UM, GOODNESS VILLAGE COMPLETED THEIRS IN NOVEMBER.
WE ONLY GAVE THEM $17,000 FOR IT.
UM, THEY GOT IT DONE BEFORE ALL THE WINTER CAME IN.
AND THEN, UM, FOR SUNFLOWER HILL, THEY ACTUALLY JUST COMPLETED, UM, THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS THEIR PROJECT.
SO, UM, I THINK NEXT WEEK SOME OF THE STAFF MIGHT BE GOING TO SEE IT, SO I'LL BE EXCITED TO GO LOOK AT THE CHANGES, GET SOME PICTURES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, SO MAYBE NEXT QUARTER I CAN PUT SOME PICTURES IN THERE FOR YOU GUYS OF THAT.
UM, BUT THEY BOTH DID SPEND ALL OF THEIR MONEY AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND THEIR PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE.
SO THE, THE CATEGORY AFTER THAT IS PUBLIC SERVICES AND THIS IS WHERE WE, UM, TRADITIONALLY HAVE MOST OF OUR PROJECTS.
UM, SO BECAUSE THIS IS ONLY FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL SIX PROJECTS WE ADDED WITH GENERAL FUND MONEY.
'CAUSE THAT MONEY WASN'T APPROVED UNTIL JANUARY BY THE COUNCIL.
AND SO NEXT QUARTER YOU'LL SEE SIX ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ON HERE THAT, UM, GOT UNDER CONTRACT IN THIS THIRD QUARTER.
UM, IN GENERAL, EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICES CATEGORY IS DOING REALLY WELL, MEETING THEIR SPENDING GOALS AND THEIR, UM, CLIENT SERVE GOALS.
UM, AND THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL 'CAUSE THEY GENERALLY, WE ONLY FUND A SMALL PORTION OF THEIR ENTIRE PROGRAM.
MEALS ON WHEELS, YOU KNOW, IS A BIG PROGRAM AND WE ARE GIVING THEM A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THEIR OVERALL BUDGET.
SO, UM, IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR THEM TO SPEND THEIR MONEY EFFICIENTLY.
UM, SO GOODNESS VILLAGE, THEY HAVE A VOCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR AND UM, IT SAYS THE VOCATIONAL PROGRAM CONTINUES TO THRIVE.
ALL 26 NEIGHBORS, WHICH IS YOU GUYS HEARD FROM THEM LAST WEEK, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL THEIR RESIDENTS, UM, ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE PROGRAM.
AND THOSE WHO, UM, THERE ARE EVEN SOME THAT ARE EMPLOYED OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE THAT ARE MAINTAINING MEANINGFUL INTERNAL ROLES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ADDITIONALLY THE TIER ONE VOCATIONAL PROGRAM HAS ENABLED SEVEN INDIVIDUALS WHO SOLELY RELY ON GENERAL ASSISTANCE TO OBTAIN AND REMAIN HOUSING BY VOLUNTEERING APPROXIMATELY 25 HOURS A MONTH WITHIN THE VILLAGE, UM, THROUGH
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THIS PROGRAM.SO THEY ARE FINDING IT HIGHLY EFFECTIVE OUT THERE.
THEY DO HAVE, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING, YOU KNOW, IN REGULAR JOBS AS WELL, UM, AND GETTING THAT EXPERIENCE, UH, HIVE.
SO WE DO A HIVES ON WHEEL MOBILE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER.
AND THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM FOR US THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE FUNDED IT.
UM, AND SO DURING THE SECOND QUARTER THEY DID THREE OUTREACH EVENTS.
THEY DID MUSIC AND MOVEMENT AT THE CIVIC LIBRARY, CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY, OWLS LANDING OUTREACH, POPUP AT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX AND MUSIC AND MOVEMENT AT THE RCON LIBRARY.
THEY CONNECTED WITH 225 PEOPLE AND 83% OF THEM FALL INTO THE ACUTELY EXTREMELY OR VERY LOW INCOME BRACKETS.
SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY MEETING THEIR, UM, TARGET POPULATION THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP.
AND, AND THEN I HAVE SPECTRUM, UH, MEALS ON WHEELS.
SO IN QUARTER TWO THEY SERVE 9,955 MEALS TO 198 RESIDENTS.
UM, THEIR GOAL WAS TO SERVE 160 RESIDENTS THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEY'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED THAT JUST IN QUARTER ONE.
AND THEY, THEY SAY AT THE CURRENT PACE, WE ANTICIPATE SERVING OVER 40,000 MEALS AND WE CONTINUE TO SEEK FUNDING FROM VARIOUS SOURCES SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SAY YES TO ALL THAT CALL FOR HELP.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT FUNDING, IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING THEN THEY WILL HAVE TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY.
SO, UM, AND THEN THE FINAL CATEGORY ON HERE IS HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE FUND OUR SHELTERS OUT OF, UM, CITY SERVE, WHO DOES MAINLY OUR HOMELESS, UM, OUTREACH.
AND THEN WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED A BUILD SERVICES AND IT'S AC IMPACT.
SO, UM, IN GENERAL, AGAIN, THE SHELTERS, UM, ARE MEETING THEIR GOALS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING.
UM, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH AC IMPACT BECAUSE THEIR, THEIR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN LOW, SO THEIR PROGRAM WE FUNDED FOR SEVERAL FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND THEN IN 24, 25 IT DIDN'T MEET THE FUNDING.
UM, IT DIDN'T GET FUNDED THROUGH THE COMMISSION.
AND SO I THINK THEY KIND OF BACKED OFF THE PROGRAM HERE IN LIVERMORE SINCE WE WEREN'T FUNDING THEM.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE BROUGHT IT BACK FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
UM, STAFF DID MEET WITH THEM AND WE CONNECTED THEM WITH OUR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
UM, AND SHE'S GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE ABLE, A LOT OF IT WAS, UM, REFERRALS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, AND SO SHE'S GONNA HELP ON THAT SIDE AND MEET WITH THEM QUARTERLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE PROPER REFERRALS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
'CAUSE REALLY THEY, THE PROGRAM WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO, TO HELP LIKE THE HARDEST SERVE, LIKE THE HARDEST PEOPLE IN THE HOMELESS COMMUNITIES TO SERVE THAT REALLY ARE RESISTANT TO OUTREACH RESISTANT TO HELP IN THAT KIND OF, AND THAT WAS REALLY WHERE THEY WERE FOCUSING.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PROGRAM GOES.
BUT UM, AND THEN THE FINAL THING WAS, UM, WELL ADMINISTRATION COSTS, WHICH BASICALLY PAY FOR SALARY.
UM, WE DO BRING ON A CONSULTANT FOR MO, UM, WHEN WE MONITOR NONPROFITS, UM, AND SOME PUBLISHING I HAVE TO PUBLISH IN THE NEWSPAPER, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE HAVE ONE SECTION 1 0 8 LOAN, UM, THAT WE PAY ANNUALLY AND ONE THAT WE JUST PAID OFF IN AUGUST.
AND THEN, UM, THE FINAL IS THE TRI-VALLEY HAVEN, THE EMERGENCY SHELTER REBUILT PROJECT.
SO THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT.
IT'S BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT, UM, TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, IT IS AT AN UNDISCLOSED CONFIDENTIAL LOCATION HERE IN LIVERMORE.
IT IS MADE IT VERY TRICKY FOR EVERYTHING WE DO WITH THIS PROJECT BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THIS IS LOCATED FOR GOOD REASON.
UM, AND SO THEY FINALLY GOT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NOVEMBER AND IT IS, IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE DONE AT THE END OF THE, THE YEAR, SO THE CALENDAR YEAR, UM, AND HOPING TO HAVE PEOPLE IN DECEMBER, JANUARY NEXT YEAR.
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AND SO THIS IS A 10 MILLION OVER $10 MILLION PROJECT THAT, UM, HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK BETWEEN THE COUNTY, THE CITIES, EVERYONE IS PUTTING ANY RESOURCE, ANY EXTRA RESOURCE WE HAVE IN, THEY'RE CURRENTLY ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS STILL SHORT ON THEIR FUNDING GOALS, UM, THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS WITH FUNDRAISING.AND AGAIN, IF WE EVER LOCATE EXTRA MONEY, WE HAVE BEEN APPLYING IT TO THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, VERY EXCITING FOR THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO BAD THAT WE CAN'T ALL CELEBRATE WHEN IT'S OPEN, BUT, UM, IT IS COMING ALONG AND IT'S, IT'S WELL ON ITS WAY.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
UM, WHERE IT QUANTIFIES THE LIVERMORE CLIENTS SERVED, HOW, HOW WAS THAT QUANTIFIED FOR THAT TYPE OF FUNDING?
EVEN WITH SUNFLOWER HILL, WE KIND OF HAD TO GO, WE, SO FOR GOODNESS VILLAGE, IT REALLY IS JUST THE LIVERMORE RESIDENTS, PEOPLE THAT WERE ORIGINALLY FROM LIVERMORE THAT ARE LIVING IN THE VILLAGE.
SO IF THEY WERE ORIGINALLY FROM PLEASANTON OR DUBLIN, THEY WOULDN'T BE COUNTED IN OUR NUMBERS.
UM, AND THEN IF ANYONE NEW MOVES IN AND THEY WERE ORIGINALLY FROM LIVERMORE HOMELESS IN LIVERMORE, THEN THAT WOULD COUNT AS A NEW RESIDENT UNDER CLIENTS SERVED.
UM, AND THEN FOR SUNFLOWER HILL, IT IS ANYONE THAT IS COMING IN TO UTILIZE THEIR PROGRAM.
WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TRACK HOW MANY PEOPLE, UM, USE THE GARDENS.
AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN TRACKING THAT FOR US AND THAT'S WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
AND WE WILL HAVE THEM DO IT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS DONE, JUST SO THAT WE HAVE A COMPLETED YEAR OF PEOPLE SERVED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEE IF I, UM, FOR THE FIRST CATEGORY, THE CAPITAL TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MM-HMM
IF THAT DOESN'T END UP GETTING FULLY EXHAUSTED OR UTILIZED, UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT FALL UNDER A SIMILAR FUNDING SOURCE, CAN THAT AMOUNT, IF IT'S LEFTOVER, BE REALLOCATED TO SOMETHING ELSE ON THIS LIST? LIKE YOU MENTIONED THE LAST CATEGORY, UM, SINCE IT'S A-C-B-D-G ARE PART OF THAT.
YEAH, SO TENANT BASE, THEY, THEY GET FUNDED BOTH WITH CDBG GRANT AND HOME GRANT.
SO CDBG PAYS FOR BASICALLY THEIR STAFF HOUSE, UM, STAFF COSTS.
AND THEY, UM, ARE THE ONES THAT WILL DO INSPECTIONS, WALK WITH THE CLIENT THROUGH FINDING HOUSING AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF DOCUMENTATION WORK.
AND THEN THE ACTUAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS PAID THROUGH THE HOME GRANT.
UM, SO IF THERE IS LEFTOVER FUNDING IN EITHER OF THOSE SOURCES, AND MOST OF THE TIME IT WOULD ONLY BE IN THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PART OF IT.
UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE YEAR AND THE PROGRAM.
THEY CAN REQUEST TO ROLL IT OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND WE CAN EXTEND THEIR CONTRACTS IF WE FEEL THAT THEY WOULD EXHAUST THE, THE MONEY PLUS THE MONEY THAT WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED TO THEM IN THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND OR IT KIND OF, IT GOES UNUSED BASICALLY.
AND THEN THE CITY CAN DETERMINE IF THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT WE WANNA ALLOCATE IT TO.
UM, AND WE'VE DONE BOTH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND SO WE, WHEN WE SAY REALLOCATE IT, WE CAN'T REALLOCATE IT TO THOSE PUBLIC SERVICES 'CAUSE WE'RE ONLY BENEFIT OF OUR ALLOCATION ON PUBLIC SERVICES.
SO IT WOULD ROLL BACK INTO THE CAPITAL PORTION OF IT, UM, WHERE IT COULD GO TO IT COULD A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY.
SO, UH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, UM, WE'RE NOW GOING TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE TO ITEM 5.3.
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NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO 2029 HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT PRIORITIES.STAFF RECOMMENDS THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO 2029 HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT PRIORITIES AND PROVIDE DIRECTION AND FEEDBACK REGARDING THE PROCESS.
SO I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE EVEN LOOKING AT YEARS 2027 TO 29, BUT HERE WE ARE
SO, UM, FOR SOME OF THE NEWER COMMISSIONERS, THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE DID A TWO YEAR GRANT PROCESS.
UM, HISTORICALLY WE WOULD DO A GRANTS PROGRAM EVERY YEAR AND ALLOCATE FUNDING.
AND SO WE WOULD ALSO DO A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO SOME EXTENT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT'S REQUIRED BY HUD WHENEVER YOU'RE DOING A NEW GRANTS PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE GOT TO SKIP A YEAR.
AND, AND SO NOW WE'RE HERE AGAIN.
AND SO BASICALLY THE GRANTS PROGRAM IS GOING TO START RAMPING BACK UP FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UM, THE, WE WILL BE PUTTING OUT A NOTICE OF FUNDING IN NOVEMBER AND THEN, AND THE APPLICATIONS WILL ALSO OPEN END OF NOVEMBER, BEGINNING OF DECEMBER FOR OUR NEXT GRANT CYCLE.
UM, AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS.
UM, SO WHAT IS A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT? A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS A PROCESS USED TO IDENTIFY THE STRENGTHS, NEEDS AND RESOURCES OF A COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AS THEY RELATE TO LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.
SO THE KEY PURPOSE OF IT IS TO UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AFFECTING LOW INCOME PEOPLE, IDENTIFY GAPS IN SERVICES AND BARRIERS TO SELF SELF-SUFFICIENCY, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY TO INFORM DATA-DRIVEN PLANNING AND SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, AND THE CORE ELEMENTS OF IT ARE DATA COLLECTION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ANALYSIS OF NEEDS AND PRIORITIES.
SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR OUR FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR US, THE CDBG GRANT FUNDING.
AND IT'S TO HELP ESTABLISH THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR OUR NEXT GRANT CYCLE.
UM, IT IS ALSO JUST A SIDE NOTE, PART OF OUR HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION WORK PLAN.
SO THIS DOES SATISFY ONE OF THOSE BOXES AS WELL WHEN WE COMPLETE THIS PROCESS.
UM, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT CAN VARY FROM A VERY LARGE ASSESSMENT LIKE WE DID WITH OUR 2024 EASTERN ALAMEDA, UM, NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
THAT'S LIKE HIRE A CONSULTANT, DO HUNDREDS OF INTERVIEWS, IT'S DONE EVERY 10 YEARS.
IT'S A BIG PROCESS, BIG OUTREACH.
UM, AND THEN IT CAN VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR ON WHAT KIND OF OUTREACH WE DO.
WE TYPICALLY, ON A SMALLER SCALE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, WE'LL DO, UM, WE'LL DO TABLING AT EVENTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL THEN HAVE, UM, QUESTIONNAIRES FOR PEOPLE TO FILL OUT IF THEY WANT.
UM, WE HAVE DONE WHERE WE DO QUESTIONNAIRES FOR NON-PROFITS, UM, TO KIND OF GAUGE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND WHAT THEY THINK WE NEED.
UM, CITY SERVE IS ALWAYS REALLY GOOD ABOUT, THEY'LL DO QUESTIONNAIRES WITH THEIR CLIENTS FOR US IF WE WANT.
UM, AND SO IT JUST KIND OF MAKES US LOOK AT AND REEVALUATE AGAIN, HAVE THE NEEDS CHANGED? ARE THEY STILL KIND OF THE SAME? I MEAN, HISTORICALLY HERE IN THE BAY AREA IT'S HOUSING COSTS, HOUSING COSTS AND HOUSING COSTS, MEDICAL, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO TAKE A POLL AND SEE WHERE THINGS ARE AT.
UM, SO THE, THE ACTUAL OUTREACH PORTION OF IT, UM, IN OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN, WHICH IS ALSO A DOCUMENT REQUIRED BY HUD FOR CDBG, IT SAYS THAT PRIOR TO RELEASING OUR NOTICE OF FUNDING, UM, THE CITY WILL DO OUTREACH FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS.
THE OUTREACH WOULD INCLUDE MEETINGS EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL SURVEYS OR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
CURRENT GRANTEES IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL AGENCIES, UM, WILL BE CONTACTED TO SOLICIT INPUT AND INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE OUTREACH WILL BE USED TO ASSIST IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE NEEDS FOR THE UPCOMING GRANT CYCLE.
THE CITY WILL PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS AND SUBMIT GRANT PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FOR ADOPTION AND INCLUDE IN PART OF, AND THEN IT'S
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ALSO INCLUDED WITH OUR NOTICE OF FUNDING WHEN WE PUT THAT OUT.UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW FOR 2020 5, 27, UM, THESE WERE OUR FOUR GRANT PRIORITIES THAT WERE SET BASED ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S ATTACHMENT TWO.
UM, IT ACTUALLY, SO THESE ARE JUST THE BASIC BULLET POINTS, BUT ON ATTACHMENT TWO IT WILL LIST OUT UNDER EACH OF THESE BULLET POINTS, THERE ARE SUBSECTIONS TO IT.
SO, UM, WE DID HOUSING SERVICES, HOMELESS SERVICES, HEALTHCARE SERVICES, AND SERVICE PROVISION AWARENESS AND NAVIGATION.
SO WHEN GRANTEES APPLY FOR GRANTS, THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS WHICH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES OR NO, WHEN YOU GUYS SCORE 'EM, SORRY.
WHEN YOU, WHEN THE COMMISSION SCORES, THE GRANTS, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, DOES IT FIT INTO ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES? UM, AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE FUND MEET OUR GRANT PRIORITIES.
SO FOR 27 29, UM, PROPOSED OUTREACH COULD INCLUDE SURVEYS TO RESIDENTS.
UM, TYPICALLY WE'VE DONE IT PAPER AND ONLINE, ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UM, SURVEYS FOR LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AGAIN, USUALLY IT WILL BE EMAILED OUT TO THE SERVICE PROVIDER AND DONE ONLINE, EASIEST FOR THEM.
UM, AND OR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
SO WE DID SEND OUT AN EMAIL OF TWO COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE WERE PROPOSING FOR THE COMMISSION TO JOIN US AT.
'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE REQUESTED.
UM, WE DID FIND OUT ACTUALLY TODAY,
SO, UM, THAT ONE WILL NOT BE AN OPTION FOR YOU GUYS TO ATTEND, UH, WITH US, BUT THE LIVERMORE FARMERS MARKET ON MAY 28TH, I THINK WE HAD ONE THAT IS VOLUNTEERED TO COME WITH US.
BUT IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO JOIN US, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UM, MY HOPE IS TO HAVE SOME SURVEYS OR QUESTIONNAIRES AVAILABLE, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC THAT YOU GUYS COULD DO WITH THEM AND YOU CAN TALK TO RESIDENTS AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, MY THOUGHTS ARE WHEN YOU GUYS DO EVENTS, MAYBE THE NEXT MEETING YOU CAN COME BACK AND REPORT OUT A LITTLE BIT.
I HAVEN'T TALKED TO JOSH ON THAT
UM, SO FOR RIGHT NOW, UH, THE LIVERMORE FARMER'S MARKET IS MAY 28TH FROM FOUR TO 6:00 PM WE CAN STAY LATER, BUT OUR TECHNICAL TIME THAT WE HAVE TO COVER IS FOUR TO SIX.
UM, SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, MAKE SURE YOU LET HOLLY KNOW THAT.
AND THEN WHAT ELSE WAS GONNA, I GOT BEHIND IN MY NOTES.
AND THEN, SO, UM, ATTACHMENTS THREE AND FOUR ARE OUR SURVEY, UM, FROM THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT WE'VE USED.
WE HAVEN'T SURVEYED NONPROFITS IN A COUPLE YEARS, SO THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING I MIGHT WANNA DO THIS YEAR.
UM, SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY INPUT ON WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ON THERE, THAT KIND OF STUFF, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE SUGGESTIONS.
THEY DO HAVE TO BE SOMEWHAT BASIC AND QUICK FOR PEOPLE TO FILL OUT.
'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO SPEND 15 MINUTES AT AN EVENT FILLING SOMETHING OUT OR EVEN ONLINE.
SO WE DO HAVE TO FACTOR IN SOME OF THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN GET WHAT INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR PRETTY EASILY.
AND THEN JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE TIMELINE.
SO GENERALLY MAY AND JUNE I'LL SPEND DOING OUTREACH, UM, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND THEN IN JULY AND AUGUST I USUALLY THEN ANALYZE IT AND I LOOK AT OUR NEEDS FROM LAST YEAR TO DO PROPOSALS FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, I WILL COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER FOR GRANT PRIORITIES FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT AND HOPEFULLY APPROVE WITH WHATEVER CHANGES YOU ALSO SEE ON THERE.
AND THEN, UM, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER I'LL RELEASE A NOTICE OF FUNDING FOR THE NEXT TWO YEAR GRANT CYCLE.
AND THEN IN DECEMBER THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE OPENED UP FOR THE NONPROFITS TO START APPLYING.
AND THEN WE ROLL RIGHT BACK INTO GRANT SEASON.
SO, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS? I, I FELT LIKE THIS WAS PROBABLY GOOD TO GO THROUGH 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS.
THERE IS NEW COMMISSIONERS, SOME THAT JOINED RIGHT WHEN WE DID THE TWO YEAR GRANT CYCLE LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND AND SOME INFORMATION ON IT TOO.
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HELLO.UH, SO I'M NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, UNFORTUNATELY, I WORK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THAT'S GRADUATION NIGHT.
BUT UM, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF ADDING ANOTHER ONE FOR LIKE JUNE? BECAUSE I SEE IT SAYS MAY TO JUNE OUTREACH.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I AM INTERESTED, THE CITY STAFF IS THERE EVERY WEEK.
WE HAVE TO COVER IT EVERY WEEK.
SO I JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE TO SEE WHO'S ON WHAT NIGHTS.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S A THURSDAY NIGHT, HUH? YEP.
LAST, SO ALL THE MIDDLE, ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE, YEAH.
I DIDN'T EVEN CONNECT THAT, BUT OH, OKAY.
UH, THANK YOU AMY FOR, UH, FOR THE UPDATE, UH, UM, I WAS PART OF THE, UH, ASSESSMENT, UH, READOUT WHEN THE, THE EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY HAPPENED MM-HMM
SO I KIND OF KNOW THE BACKGROUND.
UM, WHAT I'M KIND OF THINKING IS, UH, THE PRIORITIES CHANGE, UH, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS.
UM, I WAS THINKING IF THERE IS ANY, ANY WAY FOR US TO DO LITTLE MORE OUTREACH.
UM, FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HOUSING MAY HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS.
UM, ANY SITUATION CAN HAPPEN AND SOME OF THEM MAY NOT HAVE ONLINE ACCESS.
UM, LIKE THERE ARE SOME SERVICES THAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE PROVIDING MM-HMM
UH, FOR, UH, MEDICARE MEDICAL AND WHATEVER IS, IF THERE IS ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TIE WITH THEM, UH, AND HELP THEM, UH, DO SOME MORE CAMPAIGNS FOR THIS.
AND THE SECOND IS IF, IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY TO SEND THIS OUT BY THE US MAIL? UH, SO IT REACHES OUT TO A SAMPLE OF, UH, FOLKS WHO CAN RESPOND BACK AND UH, UH, WE CAN HEAR THEM AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, SO, UH, SO ON THE FIRST ONE, YES.
I, LIKE I SAY, I DO ALREADY DO WITH CITY SEARCH, SO ANY OF THEIR CLIENTS THAT ARE COMING TO EITHER MEET WITH THEM FOR THE FIRST.
UM, AND I DO INTEND IT IS A, A REALLY GOOD WAY
SO, UM, WE CAN LOOK AT FURTHER EXPANDING THAT.
UM, ON THE SECOND ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF FINANCIALLY
SO MAYBE YOU COULD SAVE ON MAILING COSTS ANYWAYS.
IT'D JUST BE A MATTER OF PRINTING COSTS.
I I WAS JUST GONNA, NOT THAT I HAD IT.
UM, I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UM, THE CITY WHEN AMY MENTIONED CITY SERVE, UM, SO THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER GETS ROUGHLY AROUND, I DON'T KNOW, 40 TO 50 VISITORS PER DAY.
AND SO IF WE CAN REALLY GET THEIR COOPERATION TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET PEOPLE TO TRY TO FILL OUT THE SURVEYS, THAT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, WE CAN'T REALLY FORCE 'EM, BUT IF WE CAN MAKE IT EFFORT TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, THAT COULD GIVE US, UM, A GOOD SAMPLE SIZE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, UH, PREVIOUS YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO WE WILL, WE CAN CONNECT WITH THEM, BUT, UM, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CREATIVE WAYS, IF YOU'RE COMMUTING IN YOUR CAR, YOU THINK, OH WAIT, I GOT A GOOD IDEA, JUST PLEASE LET US KNOW.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO CONNECT WITH FOLKS.
IT'S, IT'S A CHALLENGING THING TO DO.
UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE KIND OF A, A, YOU KNOW, OUR FUNDING IS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS LOW INCOME FOLKS AS WELL AND NOT YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY AT THE FARMER'S MARKET IN PLACES LIKE THAT.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOOK AT THOSE AND THEY'RE LIKE, I'M NOT ANSWERING THAT IT, THIS DOESN'T PERTAIN TO ME.
AND SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING.
UM, SO WE HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC ON WHERE, UH, WHERE WE'RE ADMINISTERING THEM.
BUT LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, PLEASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING BEYOND TONIGHT.
SO LAST YEAR WE REALLY RELIED ON THE EASTERN ALAMEDA NEEDS ASSESSMENT 'CAUSE THAT HAD JUST BEEN FINISHED.
AND SO I DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANOTHER QUESTIONNAIRE 'CAUSE THEY HAD SO MANY PEOPLE HAD ALREADY ANSWERED STUFF.
AND THEN THE NONPROFITS HAD BEEN INUNDATED WITH SURVEYS AND INTERVIEWS.
AND SO I DID REALLY RELY ON THAT DOCUMENT LAST YEAR VERSUS DOING OUR OWN INTERNAL, UM, OUTREACH.
BUT IN THE YEARS PREVIOUS TO THAT, UM, ME AND JOSH WERE TALKING ABOUT, THEY USED, UH, TRI-VALLEY NONPROFIT ALLIANCE HAD, UM, THEIR SUMMER OUTREACH.
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THAT WAS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL.AND IT WAS GREAT FOR US BECAUSE IT HAD ALL THE NONPROFITS AND UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE RESIDENTS CAME AND THEY, WE EACH HAD BOOZE.
UM, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE DOING THAT ANYMORE.
I DON'T THINK THEY DID IT LAST YEAR.
WE WERE GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH MARTY, BUT, UM, THAT ONE WAS A GREAT PLACE TO GET, UM, A SAMPLING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO AGAIN, ANY OTHER IDEAS, THOUGHTS? YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL US.
UM, YEAH, I, IT'S, IT'S AN INTERESTING ONE.
I KNOW SOMETIMES ON OUTREACH TOO, LIKE TABLING IS FUN, BUT IT'S ALSO SENSITIVE.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SENSITIVE TOPICS AND IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, YOU WANNA BE RESPECTFUL ALSO.
SO IT'S KIND OF, I DUNNO, I, I, WELL MAYBE I WOULD DEFER TO THE EDUCATORS IN THE ROOM, BUT DOES, IS THERE ANY ATTEMPT TO HAVE SCHOOLS OR STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS FILL THESE OUT AND UM, WE, UH, PRIOR TO ME, THE GIRL THAT DID MY JOB, JUST THE YEAR BEFORE I CAME ON, SHE DID DO OUTREACH AT THE SCHOOLS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
UM, BUT I DO REMEMBER SEEING IT IN HER DOCUMENTS.
I THINK SHE DID MARYLAND AVENUE SCHOOL.
UM, BE, IT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD A PROGRAM WITH THEM THAT WE WERE FUNDING TOO.
UM, WE WERE DOING THEIR FOOD PAN OR FOOD PANTRY, SOME KIND OF FOOD PROGRAM WITH THEM.
UM, SO I THINK SHE TIED, SHE WENT TO ONE OF THOSE AND UM, DID SOME OUTREACH THERE.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA THOUGH.
I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THE, WE CAN CONTACT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TABLE SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE'S ALREADY A BUILT IN AUDIENCE THAT THE, THE TRICKY PART, I'M SURE ELIZABETH COULD, UH, I'M SORRY.
COMMISSIONER MCW COULD TALK BETTER THAN I CAN ABOUT THIS.
THE, THE TRICKY PART ABOUT ITS SCHOOLS IS YOU GENERALLY HAVE TO, UM, GET SOME SORT OF CONSENT FROM THE PARENT TO FILL IT OUT.
AND THEN SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET TRICKY AND, AND SAY LIKE, WELL, IT'D HAVE TO BE FILLED OUT BY THE PARENT, NOT THE CHILD.
UM, SO I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE'RE NOT SURVEYING THE KIDS, SO NEVERMIND.
BUT, UM, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY 'CAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE, UH, I KNOW WHEN I WAS AT THE COUNTY, WE WERE ALWAYS GOING TO THE SCHOOLS 'CAUSE IT'S A BUILT-IN AUDIENCE.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GET INFORMATION SO WE CAN TRY TO MOVE.
WELL MY OTHER, THE OTHER THOUGHT I DID HAVE IS GENERALLY I AM ALWAYS DOING THIS IN MAY AND JUNE AND SCHOOLS, LIKE DURING THE SUMMERTIME WHEN SCHOOLS ARE OUT, BECAUSE I NEED IT FOR SEPTEMBER FOR FALL TIME.
SO I HAVE ALSO THOUGHT SCHOOLS, BUT NEVER ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A WAY TO DO IT YET.
UM, MAINLY 'CAUSE MY TIMELINES ALWAYS FALL A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN I NEED THEM TO.
SO MAYBE IN THE FUTURE I CAN TRY TO BE OUT OF A GAME
WE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UM, SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN OH, YOU'RE FINE.
WE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, I'M PRETENDING LIKE THIS IS WORKING.
UM, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO, UM, WHOEVER ADMINISTERS LIKE THE MCKINNEY-VENTO, UM, PROGRAM, WHICH IS BASICALLY A, A HOMELESS CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEIR FAMILIES.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DEFINITION OF ONE WE USE, BUT IT'S STILL CONSIDERED HOMELESS.
AND SO, UM, MAYBE IT'S CONNECTING WITH THOSE FOLKS.
MAYBE IT'S, UH, LOOKING AT LIKE LAHEY SQUARE AND, AND THE CHALLENGE GRANT FAMILIES AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, SO THERE'S, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES.
WE JUST GOTTA FIGURE, GET A, GET A WAY IN IF PARENTS NEED TO BE INVOLVED, UM, FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE CHILDREN.
UM, PERHAPS THERE'S A WAY TO SEND IT HOME WITH THE CHILDREN AND COULD BE FILLED OUT THERE AND RETURNED OR SOMETHING.
BUT, UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY, OH, CAN I PIGGY BACK ON THAT? UH, OR DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
SO FOR SCHOOL, IS THAT POSSIBLE? LIKE, WE CAN SEND ONLINE LIKE SO THE PARENTS, SO NOT THE KIDS FILL OUT THE FORM.
IT'S THE PARENTS SUPPOSED TO FILL OUT THE FORM SO WE CAN COOPERATE WITH THE SCHOOL.
AND THEY WERE SENT ONLINE, LIKE THROUGH INTERNET.
IF THE PARENTS ARE INTEREST AND THEY'RE GONNA FILL IT OUT.
IF THEY THINK IT'S NOT RELATED TO ME, THEY WERE JUST OMITTED.
THAT'S THAT, THAT'S NOT A BAD LIKE PEACH STAR OR, YEAH, PEACH.
THEN GOING BACK TO, I LIKE THAT IDEA.
BUT GOING BACK TO COMMISSIONER MATA'S POINT ALSO, LIKE WE SHOULD OFFER THINGS IN PRINT ALSO.
'CAUSE NOT EVERYONE HAS INTERNET.
RIGHT? SO DOING A COMBINATION OF THOSE THINGS I THINK WOULD BE GREAT.
AND I KNOW LIKE FOR MY KID, EVERY FRIDAY THEY WERE SENT A PACKET LIKE FOR A WHOLE WEEK.
DO YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THEM CON I'M JUST KIDDING.
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I DID.I GONNA WENT THROUGH ALL THIS.
SO I SAID WHY? SO I WENT THROUGH AND THEN WE CAN LIKE LOOK, WE CAN PUT LIKE SLIP THE PAPER, LIKE THE OUTREACH PAPER.
LIKE THE SURVEY PAPER IN THAT PACKET.
SO IF THE PARENTS WANNA FILL IT OUT, THEY CAN FILL IT OUT.
WE ALSO LIKE A RETURN TO THE SCHOOL IF PUT ON THE RETURN TO SCHOOL.
NORMALLY PARENTS ARE TAKEN REALLY SERIOUSLY.
WE CAN, WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST, UM, I'M SURE THERE'RE SWATS OF STUDENTS ACROSS ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.
SO A DISTRICT CONVERSATION WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO START.
FOR, I MIGHT, I MIGHT NOT READ EVERYTHING THAT I RETURN EVERYTHING ON TIME.
IF SAY YOU HAVE TO RETURN TO THE SCHOOL, I, I THINK I, I TAKE REALLY SERIOUS ON THAT
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PARENTS SO MUCH WITH THAT, SO.
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR
THAT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE TO, WITH, UM, LAS SPECIFIC WITH THE TRIVE CENTER.
THROUGH LAS SPECIFIC, RIGHT? THE VALLEY CAREER CENTER.
AT LEAST START WITH THAT PERSON.
AND THEN THEY COULD CONNECT YOU WITH THE, OKAY.
UH, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THE, SO, UH, THIS IS LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO FILL OUT.
FOR THE, ONE OF THEM IS COMMUNITY AND ONE OF 'EM WAS FOR A NON, A NON-PROFIT.
THAT ONE WAS FOR THE NON AND WELL, SO FOR DESIGN SURVEY, ACTUALLY IT'S ONE OF MY EXPERTISE.
SO THERE'S ONE FOR, UH, PROBLEM SIX.
UM, I THINK WE CAN SEPARATE SEVERAL OF THE CHOICES THAT WOULD BE EASY FOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ANALYZE THE RESULT, BUT IF YOU SEPARATE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN HAVE INDEPENDENT QUESTION FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND SLEEP OUTSIDE IN A CAR.
SO THIS CAN BE MAKE ONE QUESTION.
SO I HAVE A THREE CHOICES SLEEP OUTSIDE IN A CAR OR A TEMPORARY SHELTER.
AND THEN WHEN WE DO ANALYZE, WE'LL BE, CAN BE EASY TO CATEGORIZED.
I THAT'S, I DO HEAR WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
BUT THEN ALSO ON PRINTED VERSION, I HAVE TO KIND OF KEEP IN MIND IT REALLY IS LIKE A DOCUMENT.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU START GETTING MORE THAN YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER AND IT GETS, SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY ONE.
BUT I DO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND REALLY SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE MORE JUST HUD BASED BECAUSE THEY WANT THE INFORMATION VERSUS, YEAH.
SO THAT, THAT EXAMPLE YOU JUST GAVE COMMISSIONER YU IS THAT'S, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HUD'S DEFINITION OF HOMELESS.
SO THAT TELLS US THEY'RE HOMELESS.
BUT WE CAN KNOW LIKE KIND LIKE WHAT UH, WHICH LIKE WHEN HE, WHEN LIKE MORE LIKE A TENT SLEEP OUTSIDE THE GUY OR YOU KNOW, SLEEP IN THE CAR.
IF HE SLEEP OUTSIDE IN A TENT, THAT MEANS HE URGENTLY NEED HELP.
LIKE IF HE SLEEP A CAR, THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND TIER.
BUT THEY'RE ALL CONSIDERED HOMELESS.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T QUITE TIER THEM LIKE THAT.
WE WOULD, WE I THINK THIS WOULD IS I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I THINK ANYBODY WHO SIT SITS OUTSIDE IN A CAR, BUT, AND IF LIKE, OR IN A SHELTER ANALYZES, SO AS DATA SCIENTISTS BEFORE, IT'S MORE OF A DATA POINT FOR US TO LOOK AT ON WHO'S TAKING THE SURVEYS.
I, I SEE ALSO, I DON'T KNOW HOW LIKE YOU ANALYZES IT BECAUSE WHAT I DID, LIKE, WE DID SIMILAR, I DID SIMILAR THINGS WHEN I WAS IN A COLLEGE PROGRAM AND WE DO LIKE BINARY ANALYSIS, WHICH IS EASY TO KIND CATEGORIZE AND DOING TESTS FOR WHETHER KIND OF LIKE, LIKE A SICK FAMILY NEED HELP OR LIKE WE WOULD HAVE THIS TEARS.
SO IN GENERAL, THE ONE THAT WE LOOK AT THE MOST IS THE, IS QUESTION EIGHT OF WHAT ARE THE GREATEST NEEDS.
'CAUSE THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT THIS FEEDS INTO IS WHAT OUR PRIORITY SHOULD BE.
AND SO THE OTHER STUFF IS JUST REALLY DEMOGRAPHIC REFERENCES THAT WE GIVE YOU GUYS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS MANY WE'RE VETERANS, THIS MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY ARE IN A HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR, SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON WHO IS TAKING THE SURVEYS.
BUT IN THE END, ON THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, THE MAIN ONE WOULD BE NUMBER EIGHT TO HELP US LIST AND, AND
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NARROW DOWN WHAT THE PRIORITIES SHOULD BE.UM, BUT ALWAYS WELCOME TO, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK HELP
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS, UM, STAFF MEMBER OF ONE THAT IS DOING ALL OF THIS.
AND SO, UH, THE FACTOR BIG THIS, IT'S, UM, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER FOR THE SURVEYS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY'S PURPOSES AND THE COMMISSION'S PURPOSES, THIS IS KIND OF HOW WE CAN GET A SENSE OF WHERE FUNDING NEEDS TO BE DIRECTED AND WHAT AREAS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND THEN WHEN THE NONPROFITS AND RECEIPT OF THOSE FUNDS, UM, CAN GO AND, AND DO THE, THE WORK, UM, SOMETHING MORE GRANULAR ABOUT, OH, YOU KNOW, ARE PEOPLE SLEEPING IN, IN OUTSIDE OR IN A CAR OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, UM, IS MORE ON THE GROUND USEFUL INFORMATION FOR OUR PURPOSES TO KIND OF LOOKING AT IT A LITTLE BIT WIDER, UM, WHEN IT COMES, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATION OF FUNDS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
THAT JUST, WE LOVE ALL OF, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ALL THIS INFORMATION IN THE EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS, IS A MORE BROADER RANGE THING.
UM, OUR ANNUAL ONES ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW BIANNUAL.
UM, THEY ARE FOCUSED ON REALLY WHERE WE WANNA PUT OUR FUNDING TO.
UH, IS THIS OFFERED IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH? THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER ONE WE'RE TECHNICALLY REQUIRED.
UM, I USE MICROSOFT FORMS AND THEY DO HAVE TRANSLATION, OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS NOW.
I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.
IF, UM, PERSON CAN, I THINK THE PERSON CAN SELECT WHAT THEY, BUT OKAY.
THEY CAN TOGGLE TO MAKE IT APPEAR IN SPANISH INSTEAD.
BUT I DEFINITELY DO TRANSLATE EVERYTHING WE DO FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTO SPANISH.
WE POST ALL OF OUR PUBLIC NOTICES.
UM, ALL OF THAT GETS TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
SO, UH, CONTINUING ON ITEM 5.3.
UH, WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE TO
[6. COMMISSION REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSION MEMBERS]
ITEM NUMBER SIX, COMMISSION MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.UM, ANY REPORTS OUT FROM STAFF.
UM, JUST THAT, UM, JUST KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF SOME OF THE, THE GOOD QUESTIONS THAT COMMISSIONER YU WAS ASKING, UM, ABOUT THE SURVEY.
WE, WE DID COMPLETE THE, UM, 2026 POINT IN TIME COUNT IN JANUARY.
UH, WHICH IS, IT'S A, IT'S A HUD MANDATED, UM, THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY TWO YEARS.
IT'S BASICALLY EVERY COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES HAS TO DO IT.
AND SO IT'S A ANY GIVEN NIGHT AND WE GO OUT AND WE COUNT EARLY THAT MORNING.
AND SO WE SHOULD GET THOSE RESULTS BACK AND HOPEFULLY IN JUNE.
AND WHEN WE DO, UM, WE SHOULD GET SOME, UH, MORE SPECIFIC DATA ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE YOU WERE ASKING.
AND SO WHEN WE DO GET THAT, WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO COMMISSION, UH, FOR YOUR GUYS', UM, FOR, TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
SORRY, SORRY, THIS IS A POINT IN TIME SOUND.
AND HOW MANY, JUST FOR CURIOSITY, HOW MANY TIMES DOES IT HAPPEN DURING THE YEAR? IT'S JUST ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.
UH, ANYTHING FROM THE COMMISSION MEMBERS? SO I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UH, DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO COLLABORATE WITH, UH, OTHER CITY LIKE DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON? I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, UH, WITH THEIR COMMISSIONS, BUT, UH, ANY PLANS OR ANY UPDATES? UM, WE USE THAT DATA TO GAUGE OUR PRIORITIES AS WELL IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
ANY UPDATES ON THAT? UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, WE, AS OF NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PLANS TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING AS WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST.
UM, I THINK, UH, THE CITY OF DUBLIN WAS IN PROCESS OF COMBINING THEIR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION WITH THEIR HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
SO THEY WERE KIND OF PHASING OUT THEIR HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION BECAUSE
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I THINK MOST OF THEM, UH, WERE ACTUALLY, THEIR TERMS WERE UP AND I THINK THERE WAS ONLY TWO THAT WERE NOT.AND SO IT'S KIND OF A, THEY, THEY'RE UM, LOOKING AT COMBINING THOSE TWO COMMISSIONS.
UM, PLEASANTON, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHERE IF THEY WILL HAVE A COMMISSION.
THEY, UM, DISBANDED THEIR HOUSING COMMISSION, UM, NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AND SO, UM, UH, THEY'RE ALSO NOT ON THE TWO YEAR GRANT CYCLE AS WE ARE AS WELL.
SO WE KIND OF, UM, WE'VE JUST KIND OF BEEN PLAYING IT BY EAR TO SEE WHERE EVERYBODY IS.
WE WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF LIKE THE, THE STABLE ONES RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO HAVE A JOINT.
I, I'M NOT SURE HOW, I MEAN IN ALL BENEFIT, ALL HONESTY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW IN IN NO PARKS COMMISSION'S GREAT AT WHAT THEY DO LIKE AT PARKS AND, AND PROGRAMS AND THINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF A BENEFIT IT WOULD BE TO, FOR YOU GUYS TO MEET IN A, A JOINT MEETING WITH THEM WHEN THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, GOAL, I GUESS FOR THEIR COMMISSION.
I DO WANNA GO BACK, UH, TO THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
IS THAT AN EXPENSIVE, UH, PROCESS? I KNOW YOU SAID, UH, ONCE IN TWO YEARS IS MANDATED, BUT WHY COULD WE DOING IT ONCE A YEAR OR ONCE IN SIX MONTHS? THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TELLS US TO DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE GET USEFUL DATA AND IF IT'S NOT AN EXPENSIVE PROCESS, IT NOT BE DONE EVERY SIX MONTHS.
IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COSTS THE COUNTY TO DO A COUNTYWIDE FOR US.
IT'S A MATTER OF, UM, MONTHS AND MONTHS OF PREPARATION.
UM, BECAUSE WE, WE, WE HAVE TO LOGISTICALLY KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE.
WE DON'T WANNA SEND PEOPLE TO RANDOM PLACES WHERE WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
UM, IT'S UH, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING WITH THE NONPROFITS 'CAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT USUALLY ARE OUT, ARE DOING IT ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY DAUNTING TASK THAT, UH, IS PROBABLY ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS OF PLANNING, UM, JUST TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, IT'S A LOT OF COORDINATION.
SO, AND, AND WE DON'T FIND THAT THE DATA CHANGES THAT MUCH FROM THE EVERY TWO YEARS.
YOU DO SEE IT SHIFT, BUT I THINK IF WE WERE TO DO IT YEAR TO YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD, IT WOULD TAKE A, IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT TO DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I EVEN USE THIS
UM, I WAS JUST GONNA ANNOUNCE THAT, UM, ON MAY 11TH, THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR 26 27 ACTION PLAN THAT WILL GET SUBMITTED TO HUD.
SO IT'S BASED ON, UM, GRANT MONEY THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY APPROVED, UH, DURING THE LAST, DURING, FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS, UM, WE DID RECEIVE, UM, BOTH CDBG AND HOME ALLOCATIONS AND BOTH OF THEM ARE WITHIN 1% OF WHAT WE GOT LAST YEAR.
UM, CWG WAS DOWN LIKE A HALF OF A PERCENT AND HOME WAS UP LIKE 0.8%.
UM, THE ACTION PLAN IS OUT FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WE'LL END WITH A PUBLIC HEARING AT, UM, COUNCIL MEETING.
SO JUST IN CASE YOU GUYS WANTED TO KNOW THAT.
AND IT'S DUE TO HUD ON JUNE 3RD, SO, UM, THEY GIVE YOU 60 DAYS FROM WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THE ALLOCATIONS TO GET ALL YOUR, UM, PUBLIC OUTREACH DONE AND SUBMITTED TO THEM.
UH, ANYTHING FURTHER FROM STAFF OR COMMISSION MEMBERS? OKAY.
SEEING, SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, UM, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN ADJOURNMENT AND WE'LL ADJOURN TO A REGULAR HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING ON TUESDAY, MAY 12TH, 2026 AT 7:00 PM IN THE WILLIAM M MENDEN HALL, COMMUNITY ROOM, CIVIC CENTER, MEETING HALL AT 10 15 SOUTH LIVERMORE AVENUE.
AND THE TIME OF ADJOURNMENT IS EIGHT 20.