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KERR.COUNCILMAN AUSTIN, VICE CHAIR RICK ODI HERE.
AND IF WE COULD, IF YOU COULD READ ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE.
ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING HELD TUESDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2024.
[1. 24-52884 Recommendation to approve the minutes of the Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach, California meeting held Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS FOR JANUARY, 2024.
[2. 24-52885 Recommendation to receive and file the Housing Authority Financial and Operational Performance Reports for January 2024. (Citywide) Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT AN AWARD OF CONTRACT TO CARVAN CARVANA FURNITURE INC.
FOR FURNISHINGS AND TO PARTICIPANTS IN LOW INCOME AND HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN A TOTAL AMOUNT, ANNUAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 850,000 CITYWIDE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.
[3. 24-52886 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP HE-23-309 and award a contract to Caravana Furniture Inc, of Long Beach, CA for furnishing and delivering essential home furnishings and related services to program participants in our low-income and homeless programs in a total annual amount not to exceed $850,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the Housing Authority Executive Director, or designee, to execute all necessary documents to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide) Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
MOTION CARRIES.ALRIGHT, SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO THE LAST ITEM.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A GENERAL PUBLIC
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach, California on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
COMMENT, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UM, MY NAME IS RONALD SAMPSON.
I'M A PART OF THIS, THE THIRD DISTRICT.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK, UM, TO THINK ABOUT THE, THE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS.
IF WHAT NOTICED WAS, UM, UM, THIS IS, UM, THIS IS NOT THE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
SO YOU, UM, YOU ARE WELCOME TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
OH, THIS IS, AND THAT'S GONNA START VERY SHORTLY.
NOW, THE THING ABOUT THE HOUSING, UM, I, FROM BEING FROM BOTH SIDES, I, I REMEMBER THAT, UM, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF PROBLEM AS FAR AS THE, THE YOUNGER GENERATION CONNECTING WITH THE, UM, THE OLDER GENERATION THAT ARE OVER THE HOUSING.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE, UM, THEY HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING AND NO, UM, OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION, THE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THE, UM, IT'S ALMOST LIKE, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
YOU'LL GO OUT THERE AT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, AND A GUY SAYS, STEVE, HE SAYS, BE OUT THERE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
I'M JUST GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE.
SO GENTLEMEN THAT LINE UP AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE WOMEN.
THEY HAVE THEIR SIDE TOGETHER.
WELL, THE PEOPLE THAT LINE UP AT EIGHT O'CLOCK WITH STEVE, THEY'LL SAY, OKAY, WELL WE'RE OUT HERE AT EIGHT 15.
STEVE WILL COME OUT THERE CURSING, TOLD YOU GUYS, DON'T, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LEAVING, FILTERING UP, YOU KNOW, MESSING UP THE STREETS AND SUCH AS, COME HERE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK TOMORROW.
OKAY? SO EVERYBODY WILL LEAVE AND THEY'LL COME BACK THE NEXT DAY.
NOW WHEN THEY COME AT SEVEN 50 THIS TIME, STEVE IS A LITTLE BIT UPSET TOO.
TOLD YOU GUYS NOT TO COME AT SEVEN 50, COME AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
AND THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE HE'S A LITTLE OLDER AND HE'S A LITTLE TIRED.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THE LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE AND SUCH AS ALSO THE, UM, THING THAT I NOTICED THAT IF YOU MOVE, UH, SAY A GROUP OF FIVE PEOPLE OR 10 PEOPLE, IT REALLY WON'T WORK FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT EVERYONE WANTS.
UM, PEOPLE WANNA KNOW, GO TO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE KNOW THEIR NAME, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY'RE UNFAMILIAR.
SO IF YOU JUST MOVE PEOPLE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S GONNA BE LIKE, KIND OF LIKE SHORT TERM.
EVEN IF YOU MOVE PEOPLE AT 10 OR 20, IT'LL BE SHORT TERM UNLESS YOU HAVE A JOB ALREADY IN PLACE TOWARDS THEM RIGHT THEN AND THERE TO BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT IF YOU JUST TELL PEOPLE TO GO, YOU HERE, HERE'S THE HOUSE AFTER THE RESOURCES RUN DRY, YOU KNOW, THEY, UH, KIND OF GO BACK TO WHAT'S NORMAL.
YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THERE'S FIVE PEOPLE, THEY'RE CLEAN TOGETHER WITHIN THAT FIVE PEOPLE.
BUT ONCE THE RESOURCES RUN DRY AGAIN, THEY'LL GO RIGHT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THE, WHICH WOULD BE YOUR RV PROBLEMS. A LOT OF TIMES, AND THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING OUT THERE AND THEY'RE DOING A, A VERY GOOD JOB,
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BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO TALK TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE DIFFERENT BETWEEN FAMILIES AND PEOPLE THAT, UH, DESERVE TO BE IN A DUAL DIAGNOSIS PROGRAM AND PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
BUT IF YOU CANNOT HAVE THE PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY WALK INSIDE OF THESE RVS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KIND OF NEED TO LIKE, KIND OF REACH MORE TOWARDS THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THE PUBLIC KNOWS THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
UM, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.