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DOES EVERYBODY HAVE A PEN PANTS? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? SO, UM, OKAY.
THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CALL ORDER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING IT OUT HERE.
UM, I KNOW IT WAS AN EFFORT, AT LEAST IT WAS AN EFFORT FOR ME AND MARY.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK S STEPHANIE OR THAT WHEN THE ROLL CALL.
ABSENT NUMBER MARY SIMMONS HERE.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FROM JANUARY 10TH, 2024.
ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS? ANY, NONE.
UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC ON OUR MINUTES? OKAY.
UM, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FROM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10TH, SAY AYE.
WELL, WE HAVE OUR PRESENTATION, UM, FROM OUR LIBRARY SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN GO.
I'M THE MANAGER OF BRANCH SERVICES FOR THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UH, WHICH MEANS THAT I OVERSEE THE 1100 BRANCHES IN THE CITY.
I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS.
UM, SO I'VE GOTTA TO KNOW THE CITY QUITE WELL, AND I'VE BEEN ON THIS ROLE FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS NOW.
UM, SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW I'M HOMELESS, HOW AFFECTED OUR LIBRARY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, SO OUR LIBRARY, WE'RE OPEN TO EVERYONE.
WE HAVE, WE TRY TO HAVE
UM, BUT SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY, UM, USES THE MOST WOULD BE USE COMPUTER ACCESS AND PRINTING.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, SO THAT'S A BIG ONE.
WE HAVE REFERENCE LIBRARIANS THAT ARE THERE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP FINDING A PHONE NUMBER OR AN ADDRESS, THEY REFERENCE THERE TO HELP.
WE HAVE LIBRARY PROGRAM FOR ALL AGES.
SOME OF OUR LIBRARIES OFFER, LIKE FILM SCREENING, FOR EXAMPLE, OR BOOK CLUBS OR ARTS STAFF ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, TEAMS, ADULTS.
AND, UM, A LOT OF OUR HOMELESS, UM, POPULATION WILL ATTEND THESE PROGRAMS. WE ALSO HAVE JUST, YOU KNOW, COMFORTABLE FEEDING, DEVICE CHARGING, SO THEY USUALLY GO INTO THE LIBRARY TO FIND A GOOD PLACE TO SIT, TO RELAX.
AND ALSO WE ARE HOLDING CENTERS AND SHELTER REALLY COLD AND TO RAIN.
SO WE'RE OPEN USUALLY, UM, SIX, SEVEN HOURS A DAY.
AND, UM, I WORK AT THE MAIN LIBRARY.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE'RE READY TO OPEN THE DOORS, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO FIND A GOOD PLACE TO SIT, AND THEY USUALLY STAY THERE MULTIPLE DAY NEXT WEEK.
ONE OF OUR, UM, MOST RECENT SERVICES THAT WE'VE BEEN OFFERING ARE THE HEALTH EDUCATORS.
THIS IS A COLLABORATION WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE HEALTH EDUCATORS ARE AT OUR MAIN LIBRARY, MARCH PLAIN, WHICH IS INSTEAD OF LONG BEACH AND MICHELLE OBAMA, WHICH IS IN NORTH LONG BEACH, THE HEALTH EDUCATORS ARE SUPERVISED BY THE HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEY WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION, CONNECTING THAT TO SERVICES.
SO USUALLY IT'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE A, A HARD TIME GOING TO THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
THEY'LL GO TO OUR LIBRARIES AND THEY'LL GET DIRECT ACCESS TO A HEALTH EDUCATOR THAT WILL HELP THEM WITH WHATEVER PROCESSES OR CONNECTIONS THEY NEED.
UM, THEY ARE TRAINED AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, AND THEY SPEND HALF OF THE DAY THERE.
SO THEY'RE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE WITH THE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED TO OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY.
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SUPERVISED BY, BY THE CITY'S MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR.SO IT, IT, THEY'RE KIND OF USING OUR SPACE, BUT THEY ARE FULLY SUPERVISED AND TRAINED BY THE, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEXT.
SO WITH THIS, UM, WE ARE A WELCOMING SPACE FOR EVERYONE, BUT ALSO IT COMES WITH A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
UM, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, A NAME FACING OUR INCIDENT REPORTS.
UM, WE HAVE RULES OF CONDUCT THAT WE EXPECT EVERYONE TO FOLLOW.
AND JUST IN THE LAST YEAR, WE HAD FIVE, THREE INCIDENTS REPORTED IN OUR LIBRARY.
OUT OF THOSE 431 STATED, YES, OR I DON'T KNOW, TO THE QUESTION THAT THE GETTING APPEAR TO BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THESE ARE PULLED OUT BY OUR STAFF, AND MANY TIMES THEY MIGHT FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE NOT KNOWING IF THE PERSON IS HOMELESS OR NOT.
SO THEY'LL CHECK OFF, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, OUT OF THOSE, WE'VE HAD TO CALL THE POLICE 183 TIMES AND WE'VE HAD TO ISSUE 160 NINTH BAD, WHICH MEANS THAT THOSE ARE, UM, PATRONS THAT HAVE EITHER, UM, BROKEN A, A PRETTY BIG RULE, PROBABLY LIKE AN ILLEGAL RULE, OR IT IS A CHRONIC ISSUE.
AND SO WE'VE HAD TO BAD, UM, 169 ACRES IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND IT, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE, ON THE, UM, CRAP OVER HERE, MAINE HAS A LOT MORE, UM, IT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
SO MAINE HAS A LOT MORE INCIDENTS THAN ANY OTHER LOCATION AFTER THAT.
WE HAVE BURNETT AND MARK TWAIN, WHICH ARE IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH.
WHERE'S BURNETT? BURNETT IS ON ATLANTIC AND HILL.
SO ALSO ONE THING, UM, I DIDN'T PUT IT ON ON THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE'VE HAD TO CLOSE TWO OF OUR LIBRARY BECAUSE WE HAD CHRONIC LARGE, UM, SAFETY INCIDENTS.
WE CLOSED MAIN LIBRARY FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS, SECOND 2021, AND WE CLOSED MARK LANE LAST YEAR FOR ABOUT A MONTH BECAUSE WE JUST, IT WAS TOO MONTHS LATE FOR US TO OPEN.
AND UNTIL WE FIGURED OUT, UM, SECURITY, UH, WE COULDN'T OPEN.
UM, AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THAT A LOT OF THE, LIKE THE WHY WE HAVE LIKE THE MORE CHRONIC INCIDENTS, THEY SOMETIMES DO NOT REPORT EVERY SINGLE INCIDENT.
AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ON THE, SO I KNOW THAT FOR EXAMPLE, MICHELLE OBAMA MIGHT HAVE A LOT MORE INCIDENTS, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE DEALING WITH IT CONSTANTLY, THEY DON'T REALLY MAKE IT TO THE INCIDENT REPORT TO KIND OF JUST LIKE HANDLE IT.
SO I'M TRYING TO GET STAFF TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S SMALL, LET'S JUST RECORD IT SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KEEP TRACK OF WHAT IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO, SORRY, WE'RE GONNA HOLD THE COMMENT.
UM, THE WAY WE HAVE PROCEDURES, BECAUSE WE ARE GOVERN BY, UM, APPROVAL OF ORDER AND THE BROWN ACT, UM, WE HAVE TO GO BY OUR AGENDA AND THE WAY, UM, WE HAVE OUR SUBJECTS OF, WE HAVE TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
AND THEN WHAT I HAVE TO DO IS I HAVE TO CALL THE COMMITTEE INTO QUESTION.
AND THEN AFTER THE COMMITTEE'S COMMENTS, THEN I, I WILL ALWAYS GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EACH AGENDA.
UM, SOME OF OUR MOST COMMON INCIDENT TYPES, UM, ARE LOUD NOTICES OF DISTURBANCES, THREATENING AND ABUSIVE AND HARASSING BEHAVIOR.
UH, REFUSE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS OR LEAVE MISUSE OF LIBRARY MATERIAL FROM SPACES.
THIS ONE WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE, UM, SLEEPING ON IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SHELF, FOR EXAMPLE, DESTROYING INTERFACING LIBRARY PROPERTY, CONSUMING ALCOHOL AND SEXUAL CONDUCT.
SO THESE ARE LIKE THE TOP CHALLENGES THAT WE, THAT WE FACE.
AND THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A MAP THERE THAT SHOWS YOU WHERE THE BULK OF THE INCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING, WHICH IS LIKE CENTRAL BEACH, CENTRAL WEST, LONG BEACH.
WE ALSO FACE SOME CHALLENGES OUTDOORS.
SO A LOT OF OUR LOCKERS WILL FIND ENCAMPMENTS AND 10, AND THESE ARE ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE BLOCKING ENTRANCES OR EMERGENCY EXIT.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY HAVE TO, UM, UH, TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION.
THEY'RE USUALLY WALKING, LIKE I SAID, AT THE TWO ENTRANCES.
ALSO, SOME LIBRARIES EXPERIENCE HIGH VOLUME OF GARBAGE IN HUMAN WEIGHT IN THE MORNING.
UM, THIS IS VERY, UM, ESPECIALLY, UH, A CHRONIC PROBLEM AT OUR HEART LOCATION, WHICH IS A SANTA FE AND WILLOW, AND ALSO DRUG USE.
SO I ALREADY MENTIONED THE HEALTH EDUCATOR, WHICH IS A GREAT RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE HOME SERVICES OUTREACH TEAM THAT WE REACH OUT TO WHEN WE HAVE A CHRONIC ISSUE AT ONE OF OUR LIBRARIES.
UM, IF WE SEE THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN LIVING OUTSIDE OUR LIBRARY, UM, FOR LIKE A A LONG AMOUNT OF TIME, WE'LL CALL THEM AND THEY'LL COME AND DO OUTREACH.
WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM WHO IS
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DOING A PILOT PROGRAM IN CENTRAL AND WEST LONG BEACH RIGHT NOW.SO OUR LIBRARY, UM, MARK TWAIN, BURNETT AND PARK HAVE ASKED US TO CALL THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM INSTEAD OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHILE WE HAVE ISSUES THAT ARE, THAT WE DON'T WANNA ESCALATE TO THE POLICE.
SO IT MIGHT BE SOMEBODY THAT'S HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT RAISING ANY LAWS OR ANYTHING, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED HELP.
SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN CALLING THE CCR AND, AND THEY'LL, UM, USUALLY, UM, RESPOND TO A CALL WITHIN THE MAIN, THE SAME DATE.
SO HOW DOES I CALL YOUR STAFF? THE MAIN NUMBER ONE THING IS SAFETY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, SAFETY OFFICERS OR SECURITY AT NINE OF OUR LABATE BRANCHES.
UM, MOST OF THEM ARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, SPECIAL SAFETY OFFICERS THAT REQUIREMENTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT TWO OF OUR LOCATIONS.
UM, BUT SAFETY IS A BIG ONE THAT IS AFFECTING STAFF.
A LOT OF TIMES WE FEEL UNSAFE GOING TO WORK.
BURNOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAVING TO DO THEIR REGULAR JOB OF AFTER, OF OFFERING PROGRAMMING AND, YOU KNOW, OFFERING FAMILY SERVICES.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HANDLING THESE INCREASE IN SAFETY INCIDENTS, UM, IN OUR LOCATIONS.
ALSO, THE SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS AND DEPRESSION FATIGUE.
LIKE MANY TIMES WE'RE HEARING JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRAUMATIC STORIES LIKE THE, THEY JUST COME AND TELL US, YOU KNOW, THEIR TRAUMAS AND, AND, AND THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO LIKE HOW MUCH WE NEED TO HELP 'EM, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO, LIKE, ON A DAILY BASIS AND THEY'LL BE HEARING THESE STORIES AND LIKE, NOT HAVING, NOT BEING ABLE TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS. IT, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY STRESSFUL STAFF.
UM, AND THEN ALSO HAVING COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR FRONTLINE STAFF ARE THE ONES THAT GET ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND THEY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF MY LIBRARIANS AND EVEN JUST HEARING LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
WHY DO YOU LET THESE PEOPLE IN HERE? AND LIKE HAVING TO SEND, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS TOO.
THEY ALLOWED TO BE IN THE LIBRARY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IN THE LIBRARY AND HAVING TO BE THE ONES TO HEAR THOSE COMPLAINTS, UM, IT IS EXHAUSTING FOR THEM.
IT'S A LOT TO HAVE TO LIKE, PROBABLY BE THE ONES ANSWERING THESE, THESE COMPLAINTS.
UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE PERSON THAT THEY'RE SEEING.
THEY DON'T COME TO MANAGEMENT.
THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE PERSON THAT'S STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM NEXT.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AT THE LIBRARY, WE'VE OFFERED SOME TRAUMA INFORMED TRAINING.
UH, WE HAVE DONE A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO PROJECT BURNOUTS.
WE'RE ALWAYS POSSIBLY LOOKING FOR TRAINING THAT WE CAN SEND OUR STAFF TO.
UM, WE HIRED RYAN DOWN, WHO'S THE EXPERT IN HOMELESSNESS AND LIBRARIES.
UM, HE HAS THE LIBRARY SPACE HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE DID AN IN-PERSON ALL DAY TRAINING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE MODULES ONLINE FOR STAFF TO REFER TO.
AND IT HAS REALLY USEFUL, UM, UH, TRAINING SUCH AS LIKE HOW TO HANDLE A COMPLAINT ABOUT SOMEONE'S OD PERSONAL BODY ORDER, LIKE HOW YOU HANDLE THAT COMPLAINT OR HOW TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION.
SO WE HAVE ALREADY FOR STAFF TO ACCESS AT ANY POINT.
WE'VE ALSO HAD TO DO GROUP COUNSELING AT A COUPLE OF OUR MOST EFFECTIVE LIBRARIES.
UM, WE HAD AN INCIDENT AT OUR BURNETTE LIBRARY NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT, LIKE, THAT
SO WE HIRED A COUNSELOR TO GO AND DO, UH, A GROUP KIND OF LIKE THERAPY, AND THEN ONE-ON-ONE FOR STAFF.
AND WE HAVE THE, OUR SSL THAT ARE PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT OUR MAIN LIBRARY AND OUR
UM, AT MAY, WE HAVE TWO AT ALL TIMES.
AND THEN
SO IT'S NOT A CONSTANT COVERAGE.
AND WE HAVE HAD TO INCREASE SECURITY AT BURNETT AND HEART SO THAT WE HAVE A SAFETY OFFICER THERE AT ALL OPEN HOURS.
AND ALSO COLLABORATING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGH OUR INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
SO WE, WHEN WE DO HAVE LIKE A CHRONIC ISSUE, WE CAN USE MESSAGE THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL AND KNOW THAT THIS WOULD BE FROM HOMELESS OUTREACH OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY FROM ONE OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WILL REACH OUT AND HELP US WITH OUR INCIDENTS.
AND REALLY OUR GOALS ARE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OFFERING OUR FREE PROGRAMS AND OUR SERVICES.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL SAFE COMING TO THE LIBRARY.
UM, WE, WE WANNA OFFER THE SPACE FOR EVERYONE TO, TO ENJOY NOT JUST OUR INTERNET AND OUR, YOU KNOW, AC BUT ALSO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.
AND REALLY WE WANNA CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, THAT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BUT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO TRYING TO BALANCE THOSE, LIKE
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HELPING EVERYONE FEEL SAFE IN OUR LIBRARY AND ALSO NOT FEEL, UM, JUDGED OR NOT FEEL LIKE WE'RE THERE FOR EVERYONE.AND THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE LIBRARY TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE BOTH SAFETY FUNDS, RESOURCES, ALL THAT.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE HAS MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, CYNTHIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT HERE.
WE'RE USUALLY ACTUALLY AT VILLAGE TEAM, SO THANK YOU FOR THANK BACK.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUE UH, QUESTIONS FOR CYNTHIA? IT SEEMS LIKE CARD IS ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEM LIBRARIES AND WE HAVE MARK TWAIN OVER HAR.
THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME, ACTUALLY, IT KIND OF S THE SLOPE.
UM, MARK TWAIN IS NEXT TO A PARK, I MACARTHUR.
SO WE SEE A LOT OF ATIONS OUTSIDE LATELY, I THINK WITHIN THE LAST TWO OR THREE MONTHS WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE THAT PARK AND BURN NOW.
SO IT KIND OF LIKE DEPENDS, LIKE PEOPLE TRAVEL AROUND AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE IN ARE
UM, BUT OUR TIME, BECAUSE THERE'S A PARK RIGHT FROM THE STREET, WE DO SEE A LOT MORE EMPHASIS, BUT THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE REALIZED THAT STAFF WERE NOT REPORTING EVERY SINGLE INCIDENT, JUST LIKE FEELINGS OF IT AND MOVING ON.
AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WHEN WE HAD TO FLOW BECAUSE OF OUR INCIDENT AND WE LOOKED AT THE REPORTS LIKE, WELL, THE NUMBERS ARE LIKE THE OTHER LIST, BUT WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THERE.
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ONE THING THAT TOOK IT OVER BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM
THINK ANY HEALTHY, UM, I JUST HEARD THAT.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE.
SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING OUTSIDE THAT GRADE, A LOT OF THE, THE PROBLEMS. BUT YEAH, WE, WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE'VE SEEN THAT AN INCREASE UP IN THE OTHER TWO LOCATIONS.
MY MY QUESTION WAS AROUND SOME OF THE, UM, SERVICES THAT HAVE, UM, ARE IN A COUPLE OF THE LIBRARIES, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE IMPACT, HOW THINGS GOING? UM, ARE YOU SEEING THAT THOSE SERVICES ARE HELPING, UM, NOT ONLY STAFF BUT THE, UM, PATIENTS THAT THEY SERVE? YES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HEALTH EDUCATORS, HAVING THEM AT THOSE LOCATIONS, MANY TIMES WE WOULD GET PEOPLE ASKING FOR HELP AND WE JUST HAVE TO REFER THEM TO THE CENTER, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A DRIVE FROM OUR MAIN LIBRARY.
SO HAVING THEM THERE AND BEING ABLE TO DIRECT US TO SOMEBODY THAT CAN ACTUALLY HELP THEM ON SITE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
UM, THEY, PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE, SO THEY GO LOOKING FOR THEM AND THEY'RE ALWAYS SAFETY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE SEEN IT LIKE THE SAFETY ISSUE NECESSARILY, BUT WE DO SEE AN INCREASE IN LIKE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS THAT WE'RE HELPING, WHICH IS ALSO AS, AS OFF OF IT.
AND ON THE TOPIC OF THE SAFETY ISSUE ARE ARE IF THERE HAVE BEEN A DECREASE IN THE SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN CLINICAL AND THE LIBRARIES HAVE DONE, UM, A TREMENDOUS EFFORT IN, UM, MAKING THE CITY AWARE, ASKING FOR THE HELP NECESSARY.
SO ARE YOU SEEING ANY REDUCTION IN UBSTANCE SAFETY ISSUES? UM, HONESTLY NOT REALLY.
UM, BUT IT TAKES AWAY A LITTLE BIT OF A BURDEN FROM THE LIBRARY STAFF, BUT I'M NOT TRAINED TO HANDLE THOSE TYPES OF INCIDENT.
SO HAVING A SAFETY OFFICER ON SITE, UM, IT IS HELPFUL TO STAFF NOT HAVING, YOU KNOW, HANDLE THOSE SITUATIONS THEMSELVES.
BECAUSE I, I USED TO BE A SENIOR LIBRARY, SO I WAS, YOU KNOW, IN CHARGE OF THE BUILDING ONE DAY A WEEK AND IT WAS WHEN I WAS IN CHARGE, IT WAS LIKE EVERY HOUR I HAD TO GO KIND OF LIKE SOMEBODY THREATENING SOMEBODY ELSE.
IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY DEFINITELY A BREAKDOWN.
SO HAVING SOMEONE WHO ASSIST WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF ENOUGH NUMBER HAS DECREASED, BUT AT LEAST THE STAFF DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AS MUCH.
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HOLD ON ONE SECOND.UM, SO AT MAIN LIBRARY, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE PARK AREA.
UM, I WOULD EXPECT A LIBRARY STAFF THAT TO DEAL WITH THAT.
SO WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER CONTROL AROUND.
UM, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN ADEQUATE? THE RESPONSE HAS SIMPLY IMPROVED? UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE, YOU KNOW WHAT WE CLOSED FOR TWO MONTHS, DEFINITELY THE RESPONSE HAS IMPROVED.
UM, THE ENCAMPMENTS THOUGH, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, THERE'S WALLS AND RULES, SO THEY, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE MOLD THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT WHEN THERE IS AN INCIDENT, WHEN THERE IS A CRIME COMMITTED, WE CAN GET BETTER RESPONSE RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT YEAH, THE, THE CHALLENGING PART IS THAT WE ARE NEXT TO A PARK AND A LOT OF THAT JUST COMES TO LIBRARY.
WE HAVE THE FREE, YOU KNOW, THE RESTROOM THAT IS REALLY, UM, ATTRACTED TO PEOPLE SO MANY TIMES HAPPENING, THE PARK COMES THE, BUT YES, WE, WE HAVE TO INCREASE RESPONSE.
AND DO YOU THINK YOU NEED SAFETY OFFICER AT YOUR OTHER? UM, POSSIBLY YES, BUT, UM, SO FOR THE ONE, NOT
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE LIKE A REQUEST THAT WE DO.
UM, YEAH, WE, WE, WE PAY FOR ALL OF IT, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK FOR IN OUR BUDGET.
UM, BUT POSSIBLY AT THE COMMUNICATIONS, I THINK IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE PROBABLY, BECAUSE THE, BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY CAN CALL FOR BACKUP A LOT QUICKER THAN OUR OTHER, I THINK LIBRARIAN A HEAVY LIFT IN THE, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAY, YOU HAVE THE RESTROOM, YOU HAVE THE PLACE PLACE.
AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD BE MORE SUPPORTIVE AND, AND I, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF WHAT THEY THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO DO AN UNSAFE DOG.
GARY, WELL, MY QUESTION I THINK IS MORE FOR HOMELESS SERVICES.
LIKE I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERESA, WHOEVER ELSE WAS WORKING THERE, UM, FROM HOMELESS SERVICES THAT THEY WOULD BE OUTSIDE.
LIKE IF I WAS GONNA, I WOULD HAVE LIKE CANDY AND BE OUTSIDE WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME THAT, THAT WOULD ELIMINATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC GOING INTO THE LIBRARY FOR SERVICES.
I MEAN, IT, IT MAY HELP, BUT POSSIBLY, BUT LIKE AT MAIN LIBRARY, THEY, UM, WE DON'T FEEL SAFE.
SO WE'VE HAD INCIDENTS WHERE THEY, THIS ONE DON'T FEEL SAFE, SO WE, WE HAVE TO PARTNER THEM UP.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF LIKE BEING OUTSIDE ON THEIR OWN, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE WITH THEM.
UM, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE THAT THEY'RE ALSO VULNERABLE OUT THERE ON THEIR OWN.
UM, ALSO A LOT OF THE APPOINTMENTS THAT THEY HAVE, IT IS ONE-ON-ONE AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S MORE INFORMATION.
SO THEY DIDN APPLY SPACE WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PERSON THEY'RE HELPING.
YOU THINK INCREASE THE EDUCATORS ARE THE MOST HELPFUL INCREASE WOULD ALSO BE LIKE, LOOK AT YOUR DATA
AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WE ARE HIRING OUR OWN, UM, SOCIAL WORKER,
UM, BUT YES, I, AND UM, SOMETIMES WE HAVE ASK TO GO TO OUR DESK TO HELP SOMEONE.
UM, BUT HAVING LIKE AN IN-HOUSE SOCIAL WORKER WOULD DEFINITELY HELP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS? OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY? SO JUST TO CLARIFY, BE TWO MED PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT OUR, UM, PRESENTERS DOES HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WE PUBLIC WELL IT IS BECAUSE WE DO PER ITEM WE PROVIDE NO, NO, NO.
WE USED TO HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE.
SO WE PROVIDE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM I'M TALKING ABOUT WHERE IT SAYS COMMENT.
EACH SPEAKER IS ON TWO MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS IT'S EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR.
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TO KNOW, UH, ON THEIR ACCOUNT INDICATORS, UM, WHAT ARE THE SERVICES THAT THEY OFFER? UM, SO BASICALLY THE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, THEY, THEY HELP 'EM, LIKE APPLY FOR SERVICES.THEY HELP 'EM WITH WHATEVER FORM APPLICATIONS THAT, THAT THEY NEED TO FILL OUT.
LIKE IF SOMEBODY GOES UNDER AND SAYS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HOUSING, THE HEALTH EDUCATORS KNOW WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THAT PROCESS.
LIKE THAT'S A, I I FEEL REALLY KNOW THAT PROCESS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED ON THAT.
SO THEY, WE, WE KIND OF ARE THERE TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS OF FINDING SERVICES.
NATALIE? UM, SO FOLLOW, SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE TO CONNECT WITH THEM WITH SERVICES AND HALF DAY AT THE SC.
SO IF THEY'RE HALF A DAY AT MSC AND THEIR HALF A DAY, EITHER JUST KIND, ASSUMING THAT THEY WOULD BE SPENDING THEIR WHOLE DAY AT THE MSC, AT THE, AT LIBRARY SITES, SEE WHICH THEY'RE ASSIGNED SO THAT FOLKS DON'T HAVE TO HASSLE WITH THE TRAVEL TO THE MSC.
SO IS THAT, UM, IS THERE A REASON BEHIND THAT? UM, THEY'RE NOT OUR STAFF.
SO THEY SPEND HALF OF THE TIME AT THE LIBRARY.
THEIR, UH, UH, PUBLIC ATTENDS ARE ALLOWED TO GET TWO MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE WOULD HAVE THEM, UH, ARTICULATE THEIR COMMENT IN THE TWO MINUTE PERIOD AND THEN, AND THEN WE, WE MAY RESPOND, BUT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR CONVERSATION.
YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENT? UM, SO DO THE, THE STAFF, UH, THE PATIENTS IN THE LIBRARY, HAS THE LIBRARY SYSTEM EVER DONE A SOLICITATION OR SURVEY OF PATRONS OF ABOUT THEIR, UH, ASSOCIATION WITH THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY WHEN THEY'RE AT THE LIBRARY, THEIR FEELING ARE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, NOT ANY OFFICIAL SURVEYS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ASK A QUESTION.
I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS GONNA BE RESPOND TO ON THIS ONE TOPIC.
UM, YES, UNLESS YOU ASK ME REALLY NICELY.
USE IT ALL UP AND THEN SHE, SHE HAS THE OPTION OF RESPONDING.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, UH, IF MAIN LIBRARY, LIKE YOU, YOU ASSESS HOW MUCH OF EACH LIBRARY IS VIEWED BY THEM? IT SEEMS LIKE THE MEAN LIBRARY IS MORE THAN THE OTHER SERVICES.
AND IF I WANTED TO GO TO OTHER LIBRARIES, SEE WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE, THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY, PERHAPS MARK TWAIN AND THE OTHERS WITH SO MANY.
UM, THE OTHER THING I'VE NOTICED I THIS DOWN THERE, I THINK IT'S DONE REALLY WELL BY THE WAY.
I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE I'M IN THERE AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF VERY FEELING, MY LAST VISIT TO THE LIBRARY A YEAR AGO WAS
AND SO IT'S BEING USED, SO IT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING THING THEY USE, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF CHARGING AND INTERNET ALSO DEVICES AND CHARGING.
SO IT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING THING, SORT OF A DAYTIME SHELTER, BUT IT PROVIDE BATHROOMS AND PROBABLY INTERNET AND
SO I THINK I'LL JUST STOP THERE WITH THOSE QUESTIONS.
DO DO YOU SENSE THE KIND, HOW MUCH OF THE BUSINESS OF THE DAY AT LIBRARIES IS HOME? UM, I THINK ANY, ANY SYSTEM ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, A DOWNTOWN LIBRARY IS DEFINITELY GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THAN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY.
SO GOING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, VERY DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WHERE, WHERE THEY ARE.
SO GOING TOWARD NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY, IT'S GONNA BE MORE FAMILY, MORE LIKE HOMEWORK HEALTH.
UM, USUALLY DOWNTOWN LIBRARY ARE MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST PASSING BY AND NOT EVERYBODY COMES.
HOWEVER, AT OUR MAIN LIBRARY, WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES.
WE HAVE OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE OUR
LIKE, WE DO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY USING OUR PROGRAMMING AND OUR OTHER SERVICES.
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YOU KNOW, ON A DAY TO DAY PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR, LIKE YOU SAY, YOU SEE THE, THE CHARGING STATIONS, UM, SITTINGBUT OUR PROGRAMMING, OUR PROGRAMS, THEY STILL GET VERY HIGH ATTENDANCE.
SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD BALANCE, UM, OF BOTH.
SO, UM, DO I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LIBRARY SERVICE PRESENT, UM, ANY OTHER PERMIT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, RECEIVING AND FILING A LIBRARY SERVICES PRESENTATION.
THE THIRD IS OUR COMMITTEE REPORT.
UM, I'M GONNA QUICKLY DO THE, UM, POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE BECAUSE SARAH IS, WAS AN UNABLE TO BE HERE.
AND, UM, JENNIFER, DID EVERYBODY GET A COPY OF THIS OR NOT? YES, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
UH, REAL QUICKLY, WE DID HAVE A SUB, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE, POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 12TH.
AND, UM, OUR, OUR OLD BUSINESS IS OUR FAITH SLEEP, UM, PROJECT.
AND, UM, SHE ASKED IF OUR COMMITTEE ASKED FOR A COPY OF THE FACILITY STUDY THAT, UM, IS PRESENTED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WE CONTINUE TO MEET WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL OFFICES ON THE
UM, WE'VE DONE SEVEN, WE JUST HAVE TWO LEFT, UM, TO GO.
AND SO, UM, THAT STANDS, UM, NEW BUSINESSES, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT RV IN THAT, UM, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ARE OFTEN USED AS HOMES FOR PEOPLE AND IN OTHER CITIES, LONG TERM RV LAWS ARE OFTEN ATTACHED TO BASICALLY, UM, PROGRAM.
OTHER INTERIM SITES, AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING WE IN LONG BEACH, UM, THERE WAS LAST YEAR THE R WAY DUMP SITE, WHICH ACTUALLY TOO FAR FROM HERE, UM, THAT HAS, UM, BEEN CLOSED, UM, BECAUSE IT WASN'T REALLY BEING USED.
UM, BUT WE FEEL THAT PROBABLY AN RV PARKING PLACE WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE USEFUL BECAUSE OF R.
UM, AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF, IF JEFFREY WOULD NOW WONDER ABOUT HOW, IF WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN AR ACCOUNT, I THINK WE DO, RIGHT? THERE IS A VEHICULAR COUNT AND I AM TRYING TO CONFIRM IF THAT IS EXTRAPOLATED, UH, FOR RV.
BUT IF WE DO HAVE THAT DATA, UM, I'M SURE
UM, SO THAT, THAT WAS ITEM USED, THIS THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE.
AND THE SECOND ITEM WAS, UM, THE POLICY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WANT TO, UM, CONSIDER PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO WAS MEET, OR AT LEAST HEAR FROM THE LIVED EXPERIENCE BOARD, UH, THROUGH THEIR LEADERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY, UM, WANTED TO, UM, COLLABORATE ON, ON POLICY OR IF THEY HAD OTHER POLICIES THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON.
UM, AND THEN, UM, SARAH IS GOING TO DRAFT UP A POLICY RECOMMENDATION AND HOPEFULLY SHARE IT WITH THEM NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND THEN AS I EARLIER WE COUNCIL AND OVERALL, UM, WE HAVE HAD, UM, POSITIVE RESPONSES WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICES YESTERDAY AND I WENT WITH, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER RICK CODY AND SHE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
AND SO, UM, BECAUSE OF HER LINE OF QUESTIONING AND WE, WE WERE NOT THE EXPERT ON SET KIDS SLEEP, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DEAD, WE WERE BEING AND WENT OUT TO CULVER CITY.
UM, WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE PROBABLY MOST PRODUCTIVE WAS TO OFFER A CITYWIDE, UM, FIELD TRIP
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TO CULVER CITY AND COORDINATE IT WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO CHAMPION THAT PROJECT AND THE MANAGER THE PROJECT.AND BECAUSE IT COULD, UM, COUNCIL
UM, AND UM, I THINK THE COUNSEL COULD BE MET OUT THERE, UM, COULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, UM, IF THAT WOULD BE KEY IN GETTING TOUCH THE GROUND.
SO, UM, SARAH WAS GONNA WORK ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD COORDINATE, UM, A CITY STAFF, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHOEVER, WHOEVER WOULD WANNA TALK.
WE ASK
UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT.
AND OUR OTHER SUB, UM, OUR OTHER TWO SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, NEXT TO THE
YEAH, WE HAD, WE HAD A GOOD MEETING.
UH, NOW WE DID WRITE THEM IN THE, THE, UH,
AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT ONE $13,000 AND IT WENT TO STAFF.
THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMITTEE WAS APPROVED 20,000.
UH, WE BASIC AGREED DID NOT, UH, QUITE A BIGGER DISCUSSION.
SO THAT IS AN AGENDA ITEM IN ITSELF.
WHAT THAT IS AN AGENDA ITEM IN ITSELF, THE APPLICATION FOR CP BLANKETS OF GLOVES.
WELL, THE APPLICATION DID GO TO STAFF, RIGHT? CORRECT.
BUT, OH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE APPLICATION BECAUSE THAT'S THE APPLICATION THAT THEY SENT IN ORIGINALLY WHEN I LOOKED AT IT WAS FIVE 12, 13,000.
WHAT
SO IT, IT WAS SOME ABOUT CONVOLUTED UH, PROGRESS AS THE RECOMMENDATION WENT FORWARD.
AND IT WAS REALLY THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S OPINION THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN STARTED THE APPROVAL OF IT BECAUSE WE HAD JUST APPROVED THE GRANT FOR $5,000 TO THE SAME INDIVIDUAL FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.
AND WE HAD NOT SEEN ANY REPORT ON HOW THAT WENT.
AND WHAT THIS LED TO WAS A DISCUSSION THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PROPOSED BEFORE STAFF STARTS WORKING ON THE ACTION.
AND I THINK THE AGREEMENT CONCEPT OF THE COMMITTEE WAS THAT STAFF AND COMMITTEE WOULD WORK ON THE PROPOSALS AND REVIEW THEM AND DECIDE IF THEY SHOULD GO FORWARD OR NOT.
UH, AS I SAID, THIS ONE IS A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF THE FACT THAT IT WENT FROM 12,000, 20,000 AND BACK TO 5,000.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE APPROVAL ON THAT.
WE, ANOTHER ONE RECENTLY SUBMITTED TO US HIGH WASTE OF HOME, WHICH WAS A PROPOSAL FOR INCOME SUBSTITUTE TO 13 INDIVIDUALS IN LONG BEACH THAT LAST FOR FOUR MONTHS.
NOW I, THOSE PROGRAMS DO WORK, BUT THEY WERE ASKING FOR 25,000 FROM SUBCOMMITTEE FOR A PROJECT WHICH GONNA COST $180,000 AND THERE WAS REALLY NO INDICATION OF WHERE THE OTHER FUNDING IS COMING FROM.
AND IT DOES SEEM, I DON'T THINK OUR COMMITTEE IS REALLY UP
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TO HANDLING A PROJECT LIKE THAT.SO IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED OUT QUITE AT THE START.
HE SAID IT'S NOT A NON APPROPRIATE REQUEST AND THAT'S WHY I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE PROPOSALS BE SENT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE, ON THE COMMITTEE SO THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A MEETING THERE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TAKING A LOT OF TIME.
UH, BUT I KNOW I WOULD BE WILLING AND I BELIEVE THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE IS VERY WILLING TO SPEND SOME TIME REVIEWING THESE AND MAKING THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT THEY CALL WITHIN THE DIALOGUE COMMITTEE WANTS TO DO.
UH, WE BASICALLY BEEN TOLD THAT OBJECTIONS TO IT, BUT I SAY I REALLY THINK GOING FORWARD THIS WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE FOR THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE IF WE ARE ONLY GOING TO SEE THEM AFTER THEY'VE BEEN REVIEWED AND
SO YOU BETTER TO TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM FIRST, DO THE FOR COMMITTEE AND THEN MOVE THEM FORWARD.
AND, UH, IT WAS, WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD, UH, LAST EMAIL I GOT WAS THE FACT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST A WEEK BEFORE OUR COMMITTEE MEETING.
'CAUSE THE LAST ONE, THE COMMITTEE MEETING WAS ON MONDAY AND WE GOT THE REPORT ON FRIDAY.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WEEK IS SUFFICIENT.
I WOULD AGAIN, WOULD LIKE TO SEE, SEND OUT TO US, LOOK AT, MAKE COMMENTS BACK AND IF WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING, WE CAN CALL A MEETING TO DISCUSS, SEE THAT ABOUT AS PROPOSAL, BASICALLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT A OUR COMMITTEE AND THE FACT THAT, UH, AS I, I'M NOT, I'M SPEAK MY OWN, I JOINED THIS, I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING MORE GAP FUNDING.
UH, THERE WAS A SERIES OF EMERGENCY.
WE WERE THE ONES THAT HAD THE MONEY TO PLUG THAT GAP.
I SAID YES, LIKE RECOVERY HOME AND STILL BREAK DOWN THOSE TYPE OF THING.
BUT WE SEEM TO GONE MORE TO OTHER TYPES OF PROJECTS AND I THINK WE NEED TO NEED WRITE COMMITTEE JUST THAT.
I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP, THE CONVERSATION, THE, UM, I THINK THE DESIRE OF THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE A, UM, NOT ROLE, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD I GONNA SAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A ROLE IN THE PROCESS, BUT TO, UM, HAVE ACCESS TO THE, UM, THE PROPOSALS WHEN THEY COME IN JUST UNDER BRIDGE, UM, PROCEEDING THEM AND BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE THEM, COMMENT ON THEM.
UM, ALONG WITH, UM, NOTHING TO ADD, JUST, UM, ANYTHING ADD AND, UH, HISTORIC HISTORICALLY IT IS HISTORY.
WE'RE WE'RE OLD AND SO NATALIE TOO.
AND SO, UM, IT IS GAP NEEDS CLASS GAP FUNDING GAP.
ME, WE HAD, LIKE THE LAST PROPOSAL WE HAD BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WAS SAFE PARKING.
WE PROVIDE MEMBERS, WE PROVIDE $40,000 FOR THE GENTLEMAN BECAUSE WE HAD A CHURCH PARKING LOT AND HE NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS ON IT AND THAT WAS GREAT PERIOD.
AND SO THAT WAS A GAP NEED, UM, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER FUNDING FOR.
AND UM, SO LIKE HE SAID, THERE ARE GAPS, FUNDING NEEDS WHERE SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN THAT CRITICAL OPERATION
SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF STAFF HAS TO DO ANYTHING OR IF WE EVEN HAVE TO DO ANYTHING BASED ON, UH, THEM AND THE RAISE COMMENTS.
I THINK WE CAN TAKE IT BACK AND TRY TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY, ANY CONCERNS WITH HAVING EITHER GO TO
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COMMITTEE OR BEFORE FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING AT.FIRST OFF GAP DEFINITION, I HAVE 2 CENTS.
FOR A LONG TIME WE HAD A PROBLEM WHERE THE MONEY JUST KEPT GROWING AND WE WEREN'T PAYING IT OUT.
SO I WOULD PREFER A BROADER DEFINITION OF GAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO BUY A LOT OF REFRIGERATORS TO GET THROUGH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO IF WE'RE FOCUSING ON THAT AND WHATEVER PEOPLE PUT THE MONEY TO USE, WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE GAVE US MONEY FOR, UM, I THINK THERE IS A LINE AND IT'S UP TO US FIGURE OVER LINE ABOUT FIND, BUT IF WE'RE PITCHING IN A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT HAS TO BE AUGMENTED WITH A WHOLE BUNCH MORE MONEY, TO ME THAT'S NOT THE PLACE FOR OUR THING BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EXCLUDING WATER OUT THE OCEAN.
AND SO I THINK WE GOTTA USE OUR EQUIPMENT HERE TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, WHAT IS A, A GAP REQUIREMENT? THIS IS FOR SOMETHING THAT SOFT OR FALL CRACK, THERE'S A CLEAR NEED AND THERE'S STUFF FOR IT THAT'S SAID ON THAT.
AND THEN ON THE COMMITTEE PROCEDURE THING, UM, A LONG TIME, I MEAN THIS PROCESS IS EVOLVING EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, EARLY ON IT WAS VERY INFORMAL.
UM, AND I THINK EVEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE UNTIL MORE RECENTLY.
I THINK THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS REALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT BY THE TIME THE APPLICATION GOT HERE, IT WAS READY TO BE EVALUATED, THE TYPE OF UPON VERSUS THERE WERE SOME POINTS THERE WHERE WE WOULD GET SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T QUITE BE READY AND THEN WE'D SEND 'EM BACK TO LIKE GET MORE INFORMATION.
BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT A MONTH TO COME BACK AND DECIDE.
SO I THINK HAVING A SUBCOMMITTEE SORT OF LOOK AT IT ON BEHALF OF THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE BEFORE THE MAIN MEETING TO JUST MAKE SURE, YEP, THIS IS READY TO GO.
UH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AND I THINK IT'S A FAIR REQUEST FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO ASK THAT IT ASK THAT THERE'D BE SOME LEAD TIME.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GET IT THE NIGHT BEFORE AND IT REALLY IS NOT A PRACTICAL AMOUNT OF TIME TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK, GET MORE INFORMATION BEFORE IT COMES COMMITTEE.
SO I THINK THAT THAT PART DEFINITELY A FAIR REQUEST.
AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT THAT MEANS GETTING IT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE STAFF GETS THAT I WOULD LEAVE TO THE STAFF TO FIGURE OUT, BECAUSE IT KIND OF PROBABLY DEPENDS ON WHEN THE MONTH SOMETHING ARRIVES.
LIKE IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY SUBMITS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MIGHT, WE MIGHT MAYBE NEED TO ADD LIKE A TIMELINE PROCESS OR LIKE IF, IF IT ARRIVES THREE WEEKS BEFORE A HAY ACT MEETING, THEN WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT THE PERSON THAT IT'S GONNA, THE REQUESTER IS GONNA MAKE IT TO THAT HAY.
SO WE PUT IN THE TIME FOR STAFF TO DO THEIR THING FOR A WEEK AND THEN EVERYTHING FOR A WEEK AND THERE'S A WEEK FOR THE REQUEST TO REPLY AND, BUT IF IT GETS SUBMITTED SORT OF WITH LESS TIME IN THE SAC MEETING, MAYBE WE SKIP THAT NEXT MEETING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S TIME FOR DO THE THING.
SO ANYWAY, I KIND OF TEND TO DEFER TO THE STAFF, BUT I ALSO AGREE THAT, UM, IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS GONNA BE EFFECTIVE DOING WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO, THEN WE NEED BOOK IN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR THING AND FOR THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE WITH THE REQUESTER.
AND I THINK IT WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONCEPT BEING PROPOSED FITS THE CRITERIA OF THE MARITIME FUNDING BECAUSE I THINK WHEN, WHEN WE START ENGAGING WITH THE APPLICANT, THEY, THEY PROBABLY, OH, WE'RE, WE'RE SORT OF IN THE DOOR A LITTLE BIT HERE.
AND SO, UM, WE DID, I THINK JIM WAS JUST TRYING TO, TO NOT MISLEAD PEOPLE IF, YOU KNOW, IF THE CRITERIA ISN'T GONNA FIT, NO AMOUNT OF DIALOGUE IS GONNA MAKE IT FIT, RIGHT.
SO, UM, YEAH, AND, AND THAT WAS THE OTHER PART OF THE EVOLUTION, RIGHT WHEN, WHEN JOLENE VOLUNTEERED BECAUSE WE WEREN'T GETTING ANY PPLICANT BECAUSE THERE LITERALLY WASN'T AN APPLICATION, THERE WAS NOT AN APPLICATION.
SO THE ONLY, UM, VOLUNTEERED TO DO AN APPLICATION AND THEN IT WAS, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE, SOMEBODY PUT IT ONLINE AND WE, WE GOT THE PROCESS GOING TO STREAMLINE THE SUBMISSION AND UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SO WE, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE OURSELVES MORE, UM, FUNCTIONAL ABILITY.
YEAH, THINK ONCE THE STAFF, LIKE THERE'S, I CAN SEE THE STAFF HANGING ONTO IT FOR A MINUTE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS EVERYTHING.
LIKE YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE IT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE BEFORE YOU HAVE ALL THE PIECES IF SOMEBODY SUBMITS A REQUEST, BUT THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE ALL THE THINGS THAT INCLUDE THE APPLICATION, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE YET.
SO I THINK THAT THE STAFF HAVING TIME TO MAKE SURE IT'S FROM A PROPERLY FORMATTED RIGHT AND COMPLETED APPLICATION.
BUT ONCE IT'S THERE I THINK IT'S HAND OVER THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
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IF I COULD ADD ANYTHING, WE HAVEN'T ANY MEETINGS WITH THE MAYOR'S ON SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, EVERY IT LAST FRIDAY OR THE MONTH IT'S SOMETHING, OH, I'M SORRY, MONDAY.EVERY LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH.
SO I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE WILL ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE AT LEAST OUR, AT OUR UH, MEETING PACKET A WEEK BEFORE, SO THAT WAY EVERYONE CAN REVIEW WITHIN THE MEETING PACKET AS WELL AS KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED.
SO, UM, WE CAN SHARE THE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE THE INTENT OF THE MAYOR'S FUND.
SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE APPLICATION THAT JUST CAME IN FROM, UM, THE, THE HOPE HIGHWAYS TO HOPE MM-HMM,
THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDED LEVERAGE FUNDS THROUGH THE, UM, COUNTY, BUT WE WERE JUST UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT THEY WANTED TO BILL FOR IT AND HOW THEY WERE GONNA BREAK THAT DOWN.
SO INFORMATION LIKE THAT WE THINK IS VALID, ESPECIALLY WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING THE INVOICING AND PROCESSING THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN SHARE IT EARLY ON TO THE MAYOR'S ON COMMITTEE SO THAT WAY THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT WE WOULD HOPE THAT AT THAT STANDING SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND THERE'S A DISCUSSION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT, THAT IN BOARD WITH THE APPLICANT AT THAT TIME.
BUT I THINK THAT THEY WERE SAYING SINCE THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN TYPED UP, OKAY, WE HAVE TIGHTENED UP THAT APPLICATION.
SO IF, IF IT COMES IN COMPLETED, YOU KNOW, AND THEY, SO THEY, THEY CLICK SUBMIT, THEY JUST WANT TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE BEFORE YOU WASTE ANY TIME IN, IN TRYING TO ASSESS WHATEVER THEY YOU NEED ASSESS, I THINK THEY JUST WANT TO LOOK AT IT AS IT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD APPLICATION.
YEAH, I GUESS WHAT THAT'S SIMPLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, UNDERSTAND WHY WE REALLY CAN'T SEE THE APPLICATION ONE COMES IN AND IF WE HAVE A REAL QUESTION ON IT OR WE WANT STAFF PARTICULARLY LOOK AT SO AREA, I THINK WE WOULD GIVE YOU THAT FEEDBACK.
ANY ONE OF THE COMMITTEE, IF WE FEEL THAT IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM, WE CAN CALL A MEETING AND DISCUSS IT AND IT, WHATEVER
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HOLD UP THE PROCESS, IT'S JUST GETTING THE COMMITTEE A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT AS TO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON BECAUSE WE'VE NOT SEEN UNTIL ALL THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND SAY WE DON'T LIKE IT.
AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR TO STAFF AT ALL.
SO, UH, I THINK, UH, I JUST SAY I, WE JUST LIKE A SIMPLE THING WE MAYBE GET WHAT ONE REQUEST TO COUPLE OF MONTHS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IT.
SO, UM, HAS THE CRITERIA BEEN UPDATED? WE DID HAVE LAST MONTH THAT WAS
I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE THE GRANT WRITER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I WANNA HONE IN ON AND IT KIND OF JUST MAKES IT LOOK LIKE OPEN FOR ANYTHING.
LIKE ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING GRANTS, LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE GRASSROOTS OR YOU KNOW, LIKE IF THEY'RE A LIMIT ON LIKE WHAT THEIR OPERATIONAL BUT IDEA IS LIKE THIS $2 MILLION, I MEAN NONPROFIT DO MAKE THAT MUCH, BUT THEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR GAP FUNDING TO REPLACE A REFRIGERATOR.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GET THAT, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE MAYBE SINCE THERE'S LESS MONEY WE SHOULD FOCUS ON SMALLER ORGANIZATION.
WHAT IS THE BALANCE? I HAVE A QUESTION.
HE IS A MEMBER OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, WELL, AND WE ARE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT OR YEAH, I THINK IT, I THINK IT IS OKAY TO REQUEST SUBCOMMITTEE.
I, I'M BASICALLY, UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND VERY MUCH SO, UM,
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I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE A LOT.HOWEVER, I DID JUMP IN ON THE CLASS ONE AND IT CAME TO US ON, I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
I NOTED THAT IT CAME TO US ON VERY SHORT NOTICE AND THAT'S WHY I WROTE AN EMAIL SAYING PLEASE, BECAUSE HAVE A MINIMUM LEVEL WEEK.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TWO PRONG APPROACH, UM, THAT IT'S NOT A MATTER OF HAND SHARING, BUT IT'S A MATTER OF THE STAFF WILL SHARE, UM, WITH BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE IN JANUARY 4TH, 2000, WE WROTE THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
WE DID IT BASED ON WHAT SUPPOSEDLY THAT MEANS WERE, UM, AND UM, I DO THINK THERE'S MORE LEAD TIME THAN I AM CONCERNED ABOUT, AGAIN, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S IN THERE ABOUT AMOUNT MONEY THAT'S NOT BEING USED OR HAS HAS NOT BEEN USED AND THE FOLLOW UP ON THAT, UM, POINTS THAT I BELIEVE THAT BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND.
UM, AND DOES THAT HELP YOU? DOES THAT PROVIDE YOU WITH SUPPORT AND ANSWERS? BUT I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE, WE SEE THAT BEFORE, BEFOREHAND AND SAY UP THE THUMBS DOWN BEFORE WE STAFF BECAUSE WE'RE WASTING STAFF
SO, UM, JEFF, THERE'S, YEAH, THERE'S ONE, THERE'S A POLICY QUESTION I THINK THAT I WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, ATTORNEY QUESTION THAT I HAVE REALLY IS AROUND WHETHER REALLY IS AROUND, UM, A FORMALIZATION OF USING MAYOR'S FUNDS DOLLARS FOR GAP FUNDING, UM, AND WHETHER THAT SORT OF CONSTITUTES A CHANGE IN ELIGIBILITY OR POLICY OR WHETHER THAT'S A PARTICULAR PRIORITIZATION, UM, THAT THE COMMITTEE CHOOSES LIKE E ELECT TO APPLY WHEN CONSIDER.
UM, PAM, YOU HAVE COC REPORT ASKING
UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAD A SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE, UM,
LIKE I'M VERY WELL HELPING NOW.
YEAH, I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL GET, WE WILL ALSO HAVE LIKE A SPECIAL LIKE IN OUR, THE COMMITTEE FOR SURE.
WE WILL ALSO BE KIND SPECIAL THAT, JEFF, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? UM, WE'LL MENTION IT BRIEFLY IN THE, UM, OPERATIONS UPDATE, BUT UM, THAT CORRECT? WE DID HAVE, UM, WE'VE HAD A FEW PLAN SESSIONS SO FAR.
THERE'S BEEN A MEETING SESSION EXPERIENCE FOR STAFF OR SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR C BOARD AND THAT EACH
SO WILL BE PART OF THE LISTENING SESSION.
REMEMBER WHEN, LIKE THREE MONTHS FROM NOW ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THAT I THINK ADOPT A POLICY, HOPEFULLY WE'LL TALK ABOUT MEETING.
WE DON'T ANY MORE FUNDS TO A PROVIDER OR TO, UNLESS YOU'VE GOT A REPORT OF THE AND HOW WE DISPERSE YEAH.
UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF, OKAY, UM, MARINA, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE? I SECOND ANY OTHER COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING, FILING THE SUB COMMITTEE UPDATE SAY, AYE, A OPPOSED SAME TAXES.
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OUR AGENDA IS THE MARRIAGE FUND APPLICATION FOR YOU OF FOR AMOUNT THOUSAND DOLLARS.YEAH, THAT WAS, UH, AND UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT, WE HAD ORIGINALLY GRANTED $5,000 TO THE
AND UH, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE WERE WONDERING, IT SEEMED THAT THEY HAD EXPANDED, UH, THEIR QUITE A BIT AND ASK MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE 20,000 RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE COMMITTEE APPROVED 5,000 ON REIMBURSABLE BASIS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S NOT A QUESTION, BUT JUST A, UM, I GUESS A CLARIFICATION.
IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, THE, UH, BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THEY'RE HOPING YOU FOR IS TOTALS MORE THAN $5,000.
BUT JUST TO NOTE THAT WE WILL WITH THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR 5,000, NOT TOTAL THE REQUEST 5,000, THE REQUEST WAS FOR MORE THAN THAT.
UM, BUT WHAT WE, ONCE WE MET AND UM, WE ASKED THEM TO REDUCE IT TO 5,000, BUT TO PROVIDE US WITH MORE OF A, UM, ITEMIZED WHAT WE WOULD BE UTILIZING THE FUNDS FOR AND THIS IS WHAT WE GOT THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE SINCE
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA ALLOW, UH, NO, I THINK WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR SECOND, UM, FROM US.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UM, TOO
SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR FUND ACCUSATIONS FOR CT BLANKETS OF LOVE FOR THE AMOUNT OF $5,000? SO, OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE
A MOTION PASSES, UM, BUREAU REPORT.
UM, JEFF PROC, OPERATIONS OFFICER SERVICES BUREAU OPERATIONS UPDATE FOR US THIS MONTH.
UM, SO, UM, UM, UH, BUREAU, YOU KNOW, OUR SERVICE TEAM CONTINUES TO BE VERY BUSY, VERY ACTIVE WITH ENGAGE WITH HOME ON THE STREET, UM, AND THROUGH MATH AND REGIONAL WAY WE ENGAGE FOLKS HOMELESSNESS, YOU CAN SEE, UM, FOUR, FOUR REQUESTS FOR OUTREACH.
FOUR FOLKS NEWLY ROLLED IN OUTREACH FOR FOR SERVICES PROVIDED FOR OUTREACH.
OUR MSC, UM, STILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF FIRST TIME VISITORS, TOTAL VISITS, AVERAGE VISITS CALL, UM, MOBILE CENTER, MAC.
WE'VE ALSO, UM, CONTINUED OR YES, CAN WE, UM, HAVE IT A LITTLE LOUDER? YEAH, SURE.
UM, AND MOBILE ACCESS CENTER, OUR, UH, APPOINTMENTS THERE YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF ENROLLMENTS SERVICES PROVIDED.
UM, OUR SHELTER PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO HAVE, UM, VERY, YOU KNOW, HIGH RATE OF OCCUPANCY.
UM, ONE ITEM TO KNOW IF THERE'S THE ASTERISKS THERE FOR PROJECT, UM, I WOULD IMAGINE SEND BACK ATERNITY LEAVE.
SO, UH, APOLOGIES THIS IS, UH, BUT, UM, UH, ELIMINATION FOUNDATION WAS A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR WEST WESTERN
UM, THEY HAVE, UM, UH, THEY REQUESTED TO TERMINATE THEIR CONTRACT WITH US.
ALMOST SERVICES BUREAU IS MANAGING THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
THERE WAS AN RFC TO SELECT THE NEW PROVIDER, UM, THE SERVICE PROVIDER, UM, UH, THEIR FIRST TO SERVE WAS THE PROVIDER WHO, UH, PASSED THRESHOLD FOR THEIR KEY EVALUATION.
UM, THERE IS A COUNCIL REPORT, I THINK SCHEDULED TO GO APRIL
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NINE, I THINK, UM, TO RECOMMEND FIRST TO SERVE AS THE SERVICE.UM, UH, DURING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION TO THE YEAR OF THE FIRST TO SERVE, UH, IT TAKES A TEMPORARILY PAUSE, UM, TO STABILIZE THE OPERATIONS.
UM, NOTE IS HELPFUL FOR, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, IN THAT TRANSITION, THE BUREAU WAS ACTUALLY RETAINING SOME OF
SO WE HAD A LOT OF THE SAME STAFF THERE TO ASSIST WITH STAFF CONTINUED, UM, BUT ARE OTHER SHELTER PROGRAM PERCENT PERCENT OCCUPANCY, UH, AT A COMMUNITY AND 7 0 2 ANAHEIM SHELTER.
UM, NOT INCLUDED IN THE SHELTER DATA, BUT UM, UH, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING, UM, THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER PROGRAM TO SHELTER PROGRAM OUT THE SC WE BELIEVE WE ACTIVATED 21, 21 29 DAYS IN, UH, FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, WE ARE ACTIVATING AGAIN TODAY, UM, ABOUT 65 SHELTERING.
UM, AT, UM, OPERATIONS UPDATE,
UM, SO SHE WILL, IN HER, IN HER NEW ROLE, SHE WILL GET TO CONTINUE, UM, SUPPORTING THIS COMMITTEE AND C BOARD AND OTHER SORT LIKE POLICY AND GOVERNANCE BUREAU.
UM, THE LUXURY
UM, THE CONSTRUCTION THERE CONVERGE TO THAT TO OPEN AS, UM, INTERIM HOUSING SITE, UH, THAT DELAY RUNNING, BUT WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT SITE OPEN IN FISCAL, UM, PRECEDENT SCHEDULED THIS MONTH TO GO OVER THE SPECIFIC OF THE PROJECT AND TIMELINE.
UM, I DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT THE PROJECT KEY TRANSITION FROM, UH, ELIMINATION FOUNDATION TO THE CITY, BUT THE LAST BULLET THERE GOING OVER THE TRANSITION AND OPERATIONS FROM ATION FOUNDATION TO UH, AND, UH, DISCUSS THE WEATHER SHELTER.
BUT DURING FEBRUARY WE WERE OPEN AN AVERAGE OF 28 A MONTH, AVERAGE 15 PEOPLE.
UM, INITIAL SITE DESIGN STARTED FOR SHELTER AT 7 0 2.
WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THAT FOR I THINK ABOUT NINE MONTHS NOW OR SO, MAYBE LONGER.
UM, WE RECEIVED CAPITAL FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE USING TO HELP DO SOME, UH, UH, SORT LIKE RENOVATION LOCATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND SO WE GO OVER THAT DESIGN WORK OF WHAT THE RECONFIGURED SPACE WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, THE, UH, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING HAVE MENTIONED THAT IN OUR
WE HAVE HAD A FEW LISTENING SESSIONS WITH CITY FABRIC.
CITY FABRIC IS OUR PRIMARY, UM, UH, CONTRACTOR, CONSULTANT ADVISOR FOR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, THEY MAY SUBCONTRACT OUT FOR
UM, BUT CITY HAS WORKED WITH, UH, EXAMPLE, THEY WERE THE PARTNER,
UM, SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH US, UM, OUR PLAN AND WE HAVE, I THINK THIS WEEK WITH CITY OF LEADERSHIP, WITH CITY ANDREWS OFFICE HOUSING AUTHORITY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY ON PATHWAY TO HOME PROJECTS.
UM, HOME, PAUL HAS GONE OVER THIS BEFORE, BUT COUNTY INITIATIVE TO TARGET RESOURCES FOR FOLKS AND SORT OF DESIGNATED MENT AREAS, UM, FOR FOLKS EXPERIENCING SHELTER WITH HOMELESSNESS.
WE HAVE PARTNERED A FEW TIMES, UH, FOR PROJECTS ALONG WITH
UM, AND ALONG, UH, LIKE THE, UH, PARTS OF THE CITY BORDER WITH UN COUNTY AREAS, UM, THE COUNTY HAS A NEW PROJECT THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS OVER POSSIBLY, UH, LEASING A SITE IN THE CITY THAT WILL THEN PARTNER ON THE PARTNER DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WHILE IT'S A NEGOTIATION, UM, WE'LL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION, UH, ONCE THAT'S FURTHER ALONG.
UH, THE CITY IS ALSO WORKING ON ITS OWN, UH, ANOTHER MOTEL LEASE.
UM, THIS WILL BE AN AFTER LEASE AT THE MOTEL THAT WE WILL USE, UH, TO PROVIDE NON CONGREGATE IN TERMS HOUSING FOR RESOLUTION PROGRAMS. UH, WE HAVE TWO RESOLUTION
ANOTHER, UM, MASTER LEASE FOR MOTEL.
UM, AGAIN, ELECTION DAY WAS YESTERDAY, UH, IN OUR MULTI SERVICE CENTER WAS, UH, VERY HAPPY TO HOST A A VOTING EVENT.
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AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF A SAFE PARK IF WITHIN NEW SITE IS 45 FROM LIKE 15 AT THE, TO I THINK ABOUT 25, 30 SITE? SO THAT, YES, I, UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE OF 'EM, AND I DON'T, NOT SURE IF WE ANSWERED THESE, BUT, UM, DO WE EVER GET ANY OTHER RFP, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? YEAH, UM, I CAN SHARE.
YOU KNOW, RECENTLY, UM, IN THE PAST YEAR WE'VE RELEASED RFPS FOR SHOPPER PROGRAM, PROGRAM PREVENTION PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAVE AWARDED CONTRACTS TO
AND ARE, ARE FOR THE, YEAH, UM, AND YEAH, SO THEY HAVE CONTRACT OR THE BEST WESTERN.
DID YOU DO AN RFP? WE DID DO AN RP.
UM, WHO RESPONDED TO THAT? I CAN, WHAT WAS IT, SPEAKER 13.
I JUST REMEMBER READING THE MEMO.
I THINK IT WAS 13 APPLICATIONS.
13 PEOPLE QUEUE THE APPLICATION.
I THINK WE ONLY HAD THREE PEOPLE.
I CAN, UM, WE CAN SHARE THE, UM, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, UM, HAVE, I KNOW LIKE ALL HAS BEEN IN THE PATHWAY, WE JUST HAVE LIMITED, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON FAMILY CENTERED PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BE COMING UP? LIKE CHECKLIST OR SHORT? YEAH, I CAN SHARE.
UM, ONE PROJECT THAT IS MOVING FORWARD IS, UM, THROUGH OUR UNSHELTERED NOFO, WE HAVE FUNDING FOR, I THINK IT, THE RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, ADDITIONAL RAPID REHOUSING SLOT FOR FAMILIES.
UM, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE REPROCUREMENT.
SO WE HAVE S TECHNIC SERVICES PROVIDERS UNDER WITH US.
UM, WE'LL
BUT, UM, PS UM, ALL COUNTY DEPARTMENT CALLED SOCIAL SERVICES, THEY ADMINISTRATOR, PROVIDER OF POWERS PROGRAMING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S A PRIMARY KIND DEPART THAT WORKS WITH, THEY'VE APPROACHED US, UM, TO, UM, LOOK AT THEM ONE TIME FUNDS THEY HAVE AVAILABLE.
UM, WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN IT.
SOMETHING ON, UM, HOW MANY
UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE HIGH THEN, BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, I, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT? IT JUST BE EMPTY.
WE, WE RENT, WE DID RENT DOWN THE OPERATIONS THERE.
UH, I BELIEVE JANUARY 31ST WAS THE LAST DAY THAT WE HAD FIRST STAYING THERE.
SO WE, I CAN'T RECALL THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WE HAD.
WE DID, UM, FIRST, THE FIRST CAME RESOLUTION PROJECT WAS SERVING
SOME HAD MOVED INTO ISLAND INN AND THEN, UH, ARE WE EXTENDED OUR LEASE TO HELP WITH JUST THE TRANSITION PLAN TO GET PULL OUT 90 DAY, UM, TRANSITION PLAN.
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HAD PEOPLE THAT THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO UM, UH, WESTERN OTHER NON-CON CHILDREN, UM, SERVICES.WELL, UM, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE ACADEMY RESOLUTION BECAUSE OUT OF THAT PROGRAM ALONG THE ANAHEIM CORRIDOR, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HOUSE PERMANENTLY AND FOUND SAVVY DIDN'T.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF ERF, LIKE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PREVENTING THIS TO HAPPENING WITH THE SECOND ROUND.
UM, WE, UH, TWO THINGS I THINK WOULD BE HOPEFUL FOR US, BUT, UM, MENTIONED THE REPORT.
THERE'S A MASSIVE HOTEL, SO WE'LL PROVIDE MORE HUNGRY SHELTER SO THAT WE STABILIZE.
AND THEN WE JUST CLOSED ANOTHER RFP, UM, WITH ECA RESOLUTION FUND SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, GRAVITY HOUSING SPOTS.
SO FOLKS WHO ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH, UM, WILL, ONCE THEY'RE IDENTIFIED MATCH DOES THE HIGH.
WE DON'T, WE HAVE MASTER LEASE AND THEN WE, UH, WE, UH, BASICALLY TERMIN CONTRACT JANUARY.
SO SOMEBODY ELSE, I WOULDN'T ALL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS? SURE.
YOU NEED SAFE PARKING 45 VEHICLES.
ANY MORE? TWO MINUTES? YEAH, THE TWO MINUTES, 15 HOURS.
UM, I WILL PROVIDE, UM, RESPONSE MAYBE BACK THROUGH JULIE AND ISRA, UM, UH, ANSWER THE QUESTION AROUND SO I COULD VEHICLE COMPOSITION OF WHO, WHO IS STAYING AT THE STATE PARKING SITE.
I, I DON'T KNOW OFFHAND THE DISTRIBUTION OF LIKE HOLDERS OR THAT PROVIDE COCHAIR THAT.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE SECOND ITEM, THE QUESTION WAS AROUND MOTEL CAPACITY.
UM, WE'RE VOUCHERING, UM, CAPACITY MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THINGS LIKE, UH, MENT WEATHER.
WE MAY VOUCHER PEOPLE GO BEYOND SORT OF OUR TYPICAL CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE SIX DAYS DURING COLD WEATHER.
BUT TYPICALLY WE'RE VOUCHERING, YOU KNOW, FUNDING CAPACITY 15 TO 17 PEOPLE ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
SO IS THAT THE MAXIMUM YOU HAVE OR IS THAT WHAT YOU ACTUALLY USED? THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS NOT, I ONE PERCENTAGE JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THE DIFFERENT VEHICLES WERE ALLOWED.
OH, YEAH, THERE QUESTION PERCENTAGE BASED, AND THEN OFFICER YOU HAVE, OKAY.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DOUG, YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION.
YES, THEY, I DON'T, WELL, THERE'S NO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT Q AND A.
SO THERE'S NOT QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN.
WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT A LATER TIME AND THEN REFER IT OVER TO JULIE OR DESIREE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT A Q AND A SESSION.
SO YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION WELL, IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU CHOSE NOT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
SO I HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND A WHILE, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE
THERE WAS A BIG
UM, I WAS WONDERING IF, I GUESS QUESTION YOU ANSWER MAYBE CAN BE ADDRESS OTHER TIMES, WHY WAS IT IT UNSUCCESSFUL? THAT IT HAVE TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT PEOPLE COULDN'T GET THEIR ARGUE THERE BECAUSE THEY
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THINGS LIKE THAT.UH, THAT THE QUESTION OUT THERE.
AND WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING ABOUT THEIR RV
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, SERVICES STAFF REPORT.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELAND 33 0 STAFF REPORT? SO, AND THEN, UM, CAN I, UH, I'LL, IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING, FILING THE HOMELESS SERVICE BUREAU STAFF REPORT SAY, AYE.
UM, SO THAT, THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA ITEM.
THE, UM, THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR REPORT.
UM, DESIRE, UM, I DON'T HAVE A REPORT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ING FOR THE, TO COME HERE.
UM, SO FOR THE, FOR THE REPORT, I WANTED TO CHECK ON, UM, THE NEXT MEETING FOR APRIL.
UM, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON IF WE COULD, UM, ASK SOMEBODY FROM THE LIST EXPERIENCE ADVISORY BOARD TO ATTEND.
WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, ASK AND UM, UH, NEXT MEETING IS HERE.
BUT AT THE LIBRARY IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO BOOK OUT IN ADVANCE.
THEY'RE ONLY LETTING US BOOK THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE, UHHUH.
UM, AND SINCE I WASN'T ABLE TO BOOK THIS MONTH, I WANTED TO KEEP IT TOGETHER.
AND THEN FOR MAY IN JUNE, IT, IT'LL MOST LIKELY BE THERE.
SO YOU'LL FOLLOW UP ON THE EXPERIENCE BOARD FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN ARE THERE OTHER, UH, FEATURES IN THE THINGS ON OUR LIST IS SOMEBODY FROM THE LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, UM, SOMEBODY FROM A, A STUDENT ABUSE PROVIDER, UM, ONE OF OUR SHELTER OPERATORS, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE FIRST TO SERVE.
WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO FIRST TO SERVE ACTUALLY, UM, COME TO TALK TO US.
UM, AND THEN SOMEBODY FROM HUD WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD EXPLAIN TO US, UM, WHY SROS ARE NOT CONSIDERED HOUSING.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? YEAH.
I THOUGHT, I THINK ME THE QUESTION IS THEY DO, BUT WHY THE MINIMUM SIZE AND WHY ARE WE GOING TO SO MUCH COST? BECAUSE YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S A QUESTION, BUT, AND THEN I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, I WANTED TO ADD ON THE LIST, I KNOW THIS IS STILL WRONG LIST IS WHAT PAM WAS SAYING.
IF WE COULD, UM, MAYBE GET ONE OF OUR FAMILY SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT FAMILY, UM, HOME.
UM, NOW WE COME TO THE PART OF THE AGENDA WHERE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE HOME SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NON AGENDA, UH, AGENDA ITEMS. EACH PAPER IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES TO MAKE THE COMMENTS UNLESS BY THE CHAIR.
SO THIS IS ANYTHING YOU MAY, SO I TAKE.
UM, I EXCHANGED EMAILS WITH THE STAFF IN TERMS OF PRIOR TO THE CITY REORGANIZATION OF HOWEVER THEY HAVE THEIR MATERIALS UP ON THE SYSTEM, WHETHER IT'S, OR WHATEVER NEW ONE IS, IT IS NINE AND POSSIBLE TO FIND CAAC.
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CITY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT USED TO HAVE A DROPDOWN WHERE YOU COULD GET THE HOMELESS SERVICES ON ONE, THE CI THINK PART OF IT ALSO, AND I, BUT I LOCK THE DOORS ON ME.I LEAVE, YOU JUST CLOSE THE DOOR AND THEN LOCK IT AUTOMATICALLY.
YOU JUST NEED REMOTE STUFF IN HERE.
IT'S NOT LISTED ANYWHERE UNTIL I FIGURED IT OUT.
I, I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE IN TERMS OF EASILY ACCEPTABLE BREACH.
ALSO PRIOR TO THE CHANGE OF THINGS, UM, THE AGENDA USED TO HAVE HYPERLINKED TO THE CITY'S REPORTS.
THE STAFF REPORTS TO THE PHONE, UH, MAYOR FUND REPORTS, CS WHATEVER WAS BEING REPORTED ON, SOMEBODY COULD READ IT BEFOREHAND IF WANTED.
SO A CLIENT COULD COME AND, UM, TALK ABOUT IT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
THAT IS NO LONGER EXISTS ON THE AGENDA.
AND WONDERING WHY THAT ISN'T THE CASE.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP TO GET PIECE PAPER VERSUS MAKING TRAINING NOT YOURSELF
SO I THINK TO ME, WHERE, WELL, WHERE IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE PROPERLY DELIBERATE, IT IS NOT AS TRANSPARENT AS IT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN UP UNTIL THE FALL OF 2023.
IT MAY BE THE PERSON WE'RE NOT TALKING, I'M A STAKEHOLDER AND EVERYONE IN IS ROOM THE STAKEHOLDER AND WE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION THAT THE COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO.
AND SO I'D LOVE FIGURE OUT SOMEBODY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
UH, AND I, I'LL JUST ANSWER TO THE HYPERLINK QUESTION.
IT'S JUST THERE'S TWO, THERE'S A HT ML AGENDA AND THEN THERE'S A SECONDARY AGENDA.
YOU WOULD'VE TO CLICK THE HTL AGENDA IN ORDER TO SEE THE ATTACH AND CLICK ON THAT.
SO I, IT JUST LIKE MOMENTS REPLY, I DID DO THAT.
AND THE MEETING PACKET THAT THE BOARD RECEIVED WAS NOT THE PACKET THAT WAS ON WHATEVER THE NEW SITE IS CALLED.
THE MEETING PACKET WAS NOT COMPLETE.
AND PLUS NATALIE, UM, I FORGOT.
WE NEED TO BE BETTER ABOUT THE, UM, THE LOCATION OF THE MEETING TOO.
NOT, IT SAYS ON THE AGENDA WHERE WE'RE NOT MEETING, I THINK SOMEBODY GIVES THE VISED LAST AGENDA AND WASN'T, AND THAT SECRETARY IS THE LIBRARY.
YOU DID HAVE A LESSON YESTERDAY.