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ORDER THAT WE NEED A HERE, DESIREE, PRESENT.
JOINING US ONLINE, WE HAVE A FORUM.
UM, FIRST THING WE HAVE IS, UH, THE MINUTES FOR THE LAST MONTH SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH WERE SOMEWHAT EXTENSIVE, BUT ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO LAST FEW MINUTES? I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND, UH, SECOND MOTION.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR? UH, JUST REALLY QUICK, SORRY IF THERE'S, THERE'S NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT YET, BUT IF ANYBODY DID WISH TO SPEAK FULL, I'M SORRY.
THERE'S NO, NOBODY FROM THE PUBLIC PRESENT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE ONE THING.
SO I KNOW THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THAT HOUSE OF HAVEN HAD NOT, UM, SENT ANYTHING TO BE REIMBURSED.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD, THERE WAS A TECHNICAL ISSUE, SO ON 6 28, SO WITHIN THEIR GRANT PERIOD, THEY DID SEND US OVER OR SOMETHING.
WE HADN'T NOTICED IT UNTIL THEY REACHED OUT IN JULY, I THINK.
SO THEN WE SUBMITTED THE PROOF, UM, AND WE HAVE SINCE ISSUED THEM PAYMENT.
IT WAS NOT FOR THEIR FULL GRANT AWARD, IT WAS FOR 8,000 SOMETHING.
BUT WE DID LIST IT THERE SO THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE WE DID END UP PAYING HOUSE A PORTION OF THEIR GRANT, BUT THE BALANCE IS, WE CAN THEN CORRECT THE BALANCE AT THE BOTTOM WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
ANY ON THAT, UM, MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY PRESENT FROM THE PUBLIC.
WELL, DO WE HAVE TO SAY IT EACH TIME OR JUST IN CASE SOMEONE DOES SHOW UP? MAYBE WE JUST STATE A STATEMENT.
AND WE DISCUSSED THE UTILITY BILL LAST TIME.
SO WE DID REACH OUT TO UTILITIES TO FIND OUT IF WE COULD DO SOME INSERTS.
UH, THEY REPLIED YES THEY COULD.
AND THEN THEY GAVE US A DIMENSIONS.
SO ON THE LETTER IT SAYS A LETTER SIZE THREE BY THREE, TWO AND TH TWO.
I DUNNO HOW TO, I DUNNO HOW TO SAY THAT.
UM, BUT I'LL
WE'LL PUT IT SOMEWHERE SO YOU CAN SEE.
SO IT'LL BE LITTLE, WE WANNA CREATE LIKE AN HANDBOOK.
WE WANNA CREATE EXAMS AND
AND THEN WE DID ALSO REACH OUT REQUESTING TO SEE IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING ON THEIR WEBSITE.
UH, I REACHED OUT TO THE PIO PARENTS AND ASKED IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH.
SHE IS REACHING OUT TO THEIR ATTORNEYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING DISCREPANCY BECAUSE OF
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THE MAYOR'S NAME ON IT, WHICH IS JUST THE MAYOR'S FUND.SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE'S NOT, YOU KNOW, DOING ANYTHING THAT SHE SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE AN UPDATE MAYBE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT EITHER WAY, I THINK WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INSERT AND IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, OR ONCE WE GET AN UPDATE, THEN WE CAN PROCEED WITH PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE ACTUAL WEBSITE OF THE UTILITY.
WELL, I THINK THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.
DID YOU GUYS WANT ME TO DRAFT SOMETHING, UM, ACCORDING TO THOSE DIMENSIONS WHILE WE WAIT? YES, PLEASE.
IF YOU COULD START AND THEN WE CAN REVIEW IT AND WE DO HAVE TO SUBMIT IT OVER TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN APPROVE IT.
UM, AND THEN TO OUR, UH, GRAPHICS, THAT'S OUR PRINTING OR LIKE OUR PRINTING PRESS.
SO IT'S A PROCESS, BUT IT WOULD STILL WORK TOWARDS WHATEVER DATE WE'VE INITIALLY SET.
UM, I KNOW IT'S A SHORT TURNAROUND NOW, BUT, UM, YEAH, IF YOU COULD DRAFT SOMETHING AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
I'M GONNA PUT IT HERE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MARKETING.
KNOW MY TASK, UM, IDENTIFY AND REACH OUT TO SOMEONE IN THE NEWSPAPER POSSIBLY.
SO I HAVE IDENTIFIED A PERSON TO REACH OUT TO.
UM, AND I HOPE TO HAVE, UM, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, A YES OR NO.
UM, BUT KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHO WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT IN THIS ARTICLE, WHICH, YEAH.
I, I THINK IT WOULD, TO ME THAT'S THE REAL THING TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE MONEY.
GOOD THINGS WERE DONE WITH MONEY.
SO BY, IF WE COULD ADD, UM, WHEN WE GET TO THE PORTION OF ADDING AGENDA, WE COULD PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME.
SO GOOD ONES REALLY STAND OUT THAT WE'VE DONE PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE.
UH, ANYTHING FURTHER ON THAT? NOT ON THIS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WE DID UPDATE OUR, UH, WEBSITE TO INCLUDE ALL THE NEWER OR EVERYONE THAT WE'VE, UH, ISSUED.
COSTA PAYMENT IS NOT ON THERE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO ANOTHER UPDATE.
BUT, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT ONE'S THE MOST UP TO DATE ONE.
UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE UTILITY BILL OPTIONS.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC IN ALL IN FAVOR.
I SAID SECOND AND THEN I SAID, AND
AND THEN WE TALKED THE, ABOUT THE, HAVING THE NEW APPLICANT, I THINK IT WAS A LEGAL QUESTION, WAS STILL STANDING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD SEND OUT THE APPLICATIONS TO US BEFORE YOU GOT AN ANSWER ON THAT.
UH, THERE WAS NO LEGAL QUESTION, BUT WE DID SUBMIT OVER THE MOST RECENT APPLICATION, UH, WHICH WAS THE, WITHOUT DOING A STAFF ANALYSIS, WE JUST MADE SURE THAT THEY PASSED EVERY, UM, OUR REQUIREMENTS.
AND ONCE THEY PASS THE REQUIREMENTS, THEN WE SUBMIT IT.
SO WE'RE SENDING IT OVER WITH THE WHOLE PACKET.
SO THAT WAY WE'RE JUST KEEPING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
SO WE WON'T SEND ONE BY ONE AS LONG AS WE CAN SEND THE PACKET AND SEND THE PACKET ALTOGETHER.
AND WE GOT THAT AND I, I THINK THAT WORKED.
I WAS LOOKING FOR THE ANALYSIS.
I, THAT'S USUALLY WHERE I START.
ALRIGHT, WELL WHEN WE, OH, OKAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD WITH THAT AS STANDARD NOW.
YOU'LL SEND APPLICATION OUT TO QUESTIONS, INVITED THE MEETING, THE FOLLOWING MEETING.
I THINK THAT WOULD WORK IF WE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA DO, WE CAN SUBMIT THIS STUFF.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SEND IT OVER
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AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MEETING OUR REQUIREMENTS AND LIMIT COMMUNICATION.SO IT COULD BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
SO I THINK THE WAY WE DID IT THIS WAY WILL WORK IF WE, WE DIDN'T WANNA PUT US, WE DIDN'T WANNA DO A STAFF ANALYSIS JUST YET BECAUSE NO, WE HAD QUESTIONS.
I THINK WE DID, WE SEND OVER QUESTIONS WE YEAH.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE THE PAST IN REWRITING IT FOR US.
AND IN SOME WAYS I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A WASTE THAT, UH, IN OTHER WORDS, YES, REVIEW IT TO SEE IF IT MEETS THE APPLICATION.
PART OF THE THING IS LIKE, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK BOTH OF US HAVE TO BECOME COMFORTABLE IN AWARDING SOMETHING, WHICH IS KIND OF, PART OF IT IS LIKE, IF WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE AWARDING IT, YOU'RE SOMEWHAT WASTING YOUR TIME AS WELL.
AND THAT'S LIKE TRUTHFULLY, LIKE ON THE FAMILY COMMONS ONE.
LIKE, I WOULD, LIKE, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE FUNDING THAT.
SO LIKE, YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT.
BUT LIKE, THAT WAS ALSO A PART OF OUR REVIEW IS LIKE, IF WE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, LIKE, AS LIKE THE, THE MANAGER OF THAT FUND, LIKE WE DON'T WANT YOU SPENDING TIME LOOKING AT IT EITHER.
SO LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BALANCE IS, BUT LIKE YEAH, THAT'S PART, PART OF IT.
I THINK YOU GUYS ALWAYS HAVE THE VETO ON IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT HAS TO CAST YOUR REQUIREMENTS BEFORE AND THAT'S MORE THAN THE DOLLARS AND THAT DOESN'T NEED, AND I THINK WHAT, WHAT CONCERNS ME THE OPEN IS THAT WE'RE SOMETIMES BEING ASKED TO APPROVES THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ON A BUSINESS STANDPOINT THAT AREN'T STANDING UP.
I THINK SOME OF OUR RECENT, UH, APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN QUESTIONABLE ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS PRACTICES, TO BE HONEST.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE GIVING OUT OF STIPENDS, CASH STIPENDS AND SUCH, WITHOUT US REALLY KNOWING ARE THEY COMPLY WITH THE IRS REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE, THERE ARE RS REQUIREMENTS FOR STIPENDS.
THERE HAS TO BE A TAX TRACK ON IT.
AND, UH, AND I THINK ON SOME OF THEM WOULD COME UP WITH THE FACT THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FILING THEIR NINE S AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
I THINK THOSE THINGS SHOULD BE ALERT US RIGHT AWAY THAT I DON'T, I THINK WE'RE WASTING OUR TIME LOOKING AT 'EM IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY'RE NOT COMPLYING WITH THE LAW AND COMPLY FOLLOWING NORMAL BUSINESS PRACTICES.
OH, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, IN TERMS OF THE SOP, WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST, LAST MONTH, WHICH FEELS LIKE IT WAS LAST WEEK, THAT WE WOULD NOT ONLY WITH HOUSING.
UM, SO IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, TO SET, LIKE, TO CREATE ONE, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO, UM, UM, IN THE, IN THAT WITH JUST OPERATING PROCEDURE DOCUMENT ONE PAGER AROUND THIS? AND I MEAN, WE SHOULD PROBABLY ALSO INVITE IN CONNOR OR SOMEBODY FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AT THAT.
I MEAN, AS MUCH AS IT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THE MAYOR'S MANAGEMENT, IT STILL IS THE MAYOR'S FUND.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FEELS COMFORTABLE ON ANY LIKE THING THAT WE'RE PUTTING.
FOR US TO, UM, JUST TO HAVE THE TEMPLATE, NOT FOR A FINAL DRAFT, BUT JUST A BEGINNING, A DRAFT.
AND I LIKE TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT.
I'M SORRY THAT IF I'M TALKING OVER SOMEONE BECAUSE YOUR SOUND IS GOING IN AND OUT, SO I CAN'T REALLY TELL.
SO I PIGGYBACKING OFF OF DESIREE.
THAT'S WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT IS CREATING THE SOP SO THAT THERE'S NO ISSUES GOING BACK AND FORTH.
LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME? DID WE SAY THIS? DID WE SAY THAT? THAT WAY IT'S STANDARD.
I THINK IT'S GREAT IF SHE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF DESIREE IS WILLING TO START WORKING ON THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE REASON THAT WE HAD BROUGHT THIS UP IS JUST TO, NUMBER ONE, HAVE THINGS JUST, THERE'S NO SURPRISES.
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EXPECTED, INCLUDING THE, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING AS WELL.AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP DESIREE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US A, JUST LIKE A ROUGH DRAFT.
I WALKED AFTER STANDARD TEMPLATE.
ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT PAUL KNOW? YEAH, YEAH.
WE'LL DO OUR REVIEW AFTER THAT.
THEN WE'LL ALSO LOOP IN THE MAYOR YEAH.
OFFICE TO MAKE SURE LIKE THEY, THEY'RE ALIGNED AND FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH
DO I, HOW DO I SEND IT?
DO I SEND IT TO YOU AND THEN YOU'LL SEND IT TO THE YEAH, WE CAN SEND IT TO THE OTHER MEMBERS.
WE'LL COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE, THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, DISCUSS THAT, UH, MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE THAT NEW THAT WE'RE SENDING UP A NEW STANDARD OF OPERATING PROCEDURE.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, UM, THE MAYOR'S FUND, UH, UH, DRAFT DRAFTING THE MAYOR'S FUND, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR NEW APPLICANT.
AND DO I HAVE A SECOND UP THERE?
AND SHOULD BE HERE AROUND TWO 30.
WE HAVE TWO MORE, UH, APPLICATIONS GOT, I THOUGHT WE HAD FIRST, SECOND, BUT A CHANCE TO GET HERE.
RECOMMENDATION, DISCUSSION, IMPROVE THE APPLICATION FROM PAT.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT APPLICATION? I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR STAFF ANNOUNCED NOW,
YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S NOT ALIGNED WITH THE INTENT OF THE MAYOR'S FUND.
IT IS ASKING US, BASICALLY TO FILL A GAP OF THEIR PROGRAM FUNDING, WHICH UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEED IS.
BUT LIKE THE MAYOR'S FUND IS NOT LIKE YOU'RE PUTTING A BANDAID ON A BULLET HOLE.
LIKE THIS IS NOT A FIX GOING FORWARD.
UH, THE ONE GOOD NEWS FOR I GUESS WITHIN ANY GOOD NEWS THAT MIGHT EXIST IS THAT THIS YEAR'S COC NOFO DOES ALLOW FOR, UM, SERVICE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
SO, BUT IS FINALLY
SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT WENT INTO PLACE IN 2006, SO IT'S ALMOST 20 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT.
AND THE SERVICE DOLLARS THAT ARE THE SAME SERVICE, THIS IS THE FIRST CHANCE THAT THEY HAVE OF ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICE DOLLARS.
NOW THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH CAST FOR MANY YEARS, OR A VERY GOOD ORGANIZATION.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
THIS ACTUALLY THE MAYORS FUND.
I HAVE THOUGHT IF A LARGE ORGANIZATION WAS COMING TO US, IF THEY HAD AN EMERGENCY NEED THAT CROPPED UP THAT WASN'T PART OF THEIR STANDARD OPERATOR, THEN I WOULD, BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE THAT.
WE DID THAT FOR CHRISTIAN OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, WE DID PURCHASE A, UH, GREEN TRUCK, I THINK, FOR THEM.
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THAT WAS AGAIN, MY THOUGHT THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT THE MAYORS FUND WHAT IT WAS SET UP FOR.MY ONLY, UM, WHEN I'VE LOOKED AT THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SERVICE, I'M FAMILIAR WITH PATH JUST HAVING WORKED OUT AT, AT CBC AT UMBRELLA.
UM, SO JUST THAT IT, IT ONLY THE, IT'S ONLY THE, UM, RESIDENTS AND YOUTH OF, YOU KNOW, JUST THERE.
SO THAT WAS SORT OF WHAT I WANTED TO FLUSH OUT.
I KNOW WE ASKED THE QUESTION WOULD'VE BEEN OKAY.
IT JUST LIKE DOESN'T REALLY SERVE LONG BEACH.
IT SERVES THAT, THAT SMALL POP, THAT RESIDENTIAL POPULATION, WHICH IS DEFINITELY NEEDED.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE MAYOR'S FUND DOLLARS, IT'S HOW MANY CAN WE STRETCH ACROSS? AND, AND THEY DON'T HAVE PROGRAMS WHERE YOUTH OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY ARE A PART OF THAT I'M AWARE OF.
WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA, HOW ARE YOU GONNA FILL THIS $10,000? YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANYMORE.
'CAUSE THIS IS, WE, WE, WE WOULDN'T BE GOING UP.
UM, I, I HAVE THE SAME SENTIMENT.
UM, I, I TOO AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH PATH.
I ACTUALLY WORKED WITH PATH FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.
UM, AND THEY DO WONDERFUL WORK.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
IT'S JUST WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING.
I DON'T FEEL THAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO FUND FITS WHAT THE MAYOR FUND IS FOR.
UM, SO EVERY, THE GENERAL IS THAT WE WOULD DECLINE THIS MOTION.
I, I MOVE THAT WE DECLINED APPLICATION FAMILY COMMON YOUTH PROGRAM.
I SECOND, UH, MOTION A SECOND TO THE, UH, FAVOR.
I CONVINCED THIS APPLICATION IS, WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A LOT OF DOCUMENTS, A LOT OF PAPER, BUT NOTHING REALLY REACHES OUT TO ME TO SAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO SUSTAIN THEM FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
IT MIGHT GET 'EM PAST THE 90 DAYS, BUT THERE'S NO, I DON'T SEE ANY REAL FUTURE.
AND ONE, TWO THINGS I NOTE RIGHT AWAY.
I DO QUESTION THAT THEY'VE BEEN APPARENTLY PRETTY LIBERAL IN GIVING OUT.
THEY'VE GOT CURRENTLY VOLUNTEERS THAT DEPEND ON STIPENDS.
AND I'M JUST QUESTIONING, WE ASKED THE QUE A VERY, WHAT ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW DO THEY PROCESS THE STIPENDS? AND WE DID NOT GET AN ANSWER TO THAT.
WE JUST GOT AN ANSWER FOR WHAT SOME OF THE SORTS OF FUNDS.
BUT THERE WAS NO, WE DON'T SEE ANY, I DON'T SEE ANY PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I KNOW IN THE BUDGET, WHICH STANDS OUT ME GLARINGLY, IS THAT THEY DO NOT INCLUDE ANY PAYROLL TAXES WITH A REQUEST FOR SALARIES.
NOW IT'S, ARE THEY AWARE THAT THERE ARE PAYROLL TAXES? BECAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT HIT ON THE BUDGET.
SO AGAIN, I REALLY, IT DOESN'T GIVE ME ANY GREAT COMFORT THAT THEY'RE REALLY PREPARED TO START TO MAINTAIN, I MEAN, BUSINESS.
UM, I SORT OF WANTED TO WAIT,
UM, I THINK I STILL, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME YEAH, YEAH.
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAD LAST MONTH.
I'VE JUST WANTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE YEAH.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M, WE, WE DECIDED TO NOT, THE CONVERSATION WAS NOT THE, THE FULL YEAH.
WHICH I'M, YEAH, VERY MUCH STILL COMFORTABLE WITH JUST WANTING
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TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING.SO I'M WILLING TO HEAR HIS ANSWERS TO THOSE.
BUT I DO WANT SOME ANSWERS TO THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, PAUL, AS WE NEED TO LOOK AT APPLICATIONS, ACTUALLY, IS THE PERSON REALLY READY TO, BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING ASKED TO FUND A STARTUP ORGANIZATION.
CAN I JUST ADD, SO YOU MENTIONED PAYROLL TAXES.
I, SO WE DON'T TYPICALLY SEE FRINGE BENEFITS COME IN FROM OUR ORGANIZATIONS JUST 'CAUSE AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT, YOU WOULD THEN HAVE TO PROVIDE FRINGE BENEFITS.
UM, I, I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT PAST THIS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN WITHOUT, WITH ANY OF OUR, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE CLARIFIED THAT IN THE PAST, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD COVER.
ALSO, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE AS THE PERSON THAT WOULD BE REVIEWING THIS TO PROVIDE FRINGE BENEFITS.
THERE'S A WHOLE, IT'S A PERCENTAGE AND IT WOULD REQUIRE ME TO LOOK AT THEIR ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS.
SO IF I DID JUST HAVE TO ADD THAT, I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO IN THIS CA IN, IN FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THEIR FULL SET OF DOCUMENTATIONS.
I MEAN, LIKE, IT, IT, IT HONESTLY VARIES BASED OFF, YOU KNOW, THE WORK ITSELF.
SEE, I FIND IT PERSON SOMETHING WITHOUT KNOWING BASICS ON IT.
AND THAT'S SUCH BASIC THINGS IN STARTING A BUSINESS.
SHOULD WE EVEN BE LOOKING AT APPLICATIONS TO START BUSINESSES? THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY QUESTION GETS DOWN TO MEAN A FEEL THAT SOME OF THESE APPLICATIONS ARE REALLY BEYOND OUR CAPACITY AS A COMMITTEE.
THEN I WOULD, WHEN I WAS THEY'RE COMING IN OTHER WORDS, RATHER THAN COMING INTO THE NEW POLL TO FUND THE NEW PROGRAM, THEY'RE COMING TO US TO FUND A NEW PROGRAM.
AND I MEAN, THE REALITY IS LIKE, THE ABILITY OF A NEW PROGRAM TO COME GET FUNDING UNDER LIKE HU FUNDING OR ELSEWHERE IS A MUCH HIGHER BAR THAN LIKE RIGHT.
A GRANT FUND THROUGH THE MAYOR'S FUND.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU TEND TO SEE MORE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THAT CAPACITY IS THIS GRANT ACTUALLY FEELS ACCESSIBLE TO MUCH OF THE SMALLER GRANTS VERSUS AN RFP THAT REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, 50 PAGES TO BE SUBMITTED.
UM, SO I GUESS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS A QUESTION THAT, LIKE THE DEBATE IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE SUPPORT STARTUP NONPROFITS? YOU KNOW, THERE IS ALWAYS A DESIRE TO EXPAND OUR PORTFOLIO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS, BUT IT DOES COME WITH, SOMETIMES THEY MAY NOT HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, IS IT A POSSIBILITY TO ADD TO OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND WHEN PEOPLE DO, UM, WANT TO APPLY? BECAUSE LIKE TYPICALLY WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR GRANTS, THEY'LL HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, A WEBINAR BEING ASKED YOU QUESTIONS AND LAY OUT THINGS.
I THINK THAT HONESTLY WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, EVEN IF IT'S PRERECORDED.
UM, BUT I JUST THINK IT HELPS SO THAT IT LAYS THINGS OUT.
I THINK WE DO NEED NOT TO SHY AWAY FROM, UM, NEW NONPROFITS BECAUSE IT IS VERY HARD TO GET FUNDING PERIOD, LET ALONE BEING NEW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE SMALL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US COME TOGETHER TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN.
OBVIOUSLY, AS LONG AS THEIR NUMBERS AND PAPERWORK MAKE SENSE THAT WE MOVE IN A DIRECTION WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT MORE SMALLER NONPROFITS AND NOT JUST THE BIG CONGLOMERATES.
WELL, IT IS A MATTER THAT, UH, I, I AGREE.
BUT AGAIN, MOST NONPROFITS START BASICALLY, UM, FUNDS ORIGINALLY AS A BASIS TO BUILD UP
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WHERE THEY DO.I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN, JIM.
THEY START WHERE SHE SAID, REPEAT THAT.
WELL, I I THINK MOST NONPROFITS DO START WITH DONATED FUNDS.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE IDENTIFY A NICHE WHERE PEOPLE SEE A NEED AND THEN THEY ARE ABLE TO RAISE MONEY THROUGH THOSE INTERESTED PEOPLE TO BUILD THE BUSINESS TO THE POINT.
THEN WHEN IT GETS TO A POINT POINT'S OPERATING ON SOME SORT OF LEVEL WHERE IT SHOWS SUSTAINABILITY AND SUCH AND PROPER, AND ACTUALLY, I WILL SAY, AND PROPER ACCOUNTING, THEN THEY CAN COME TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
'CAUSE THE PUBLIC SECTOR IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE MORE DEMANDING OF BASIC ACCOUNTING TYPE PRINCIPLES BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH OUR OWN MONEY HERE, WE'RE DEALING WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
SO WE HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE OF THE MONEY IS BEING USED PROPERLY AND IF, IF EVERYTHING IS GOING TO WORK OUT AND THERE IS SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FUTURE.
UH, WITH THAT SAID, I, WE HAVE THOUGHT, UH, HERE AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
I'M CLAUDE GILES, CLAUDE
WE HAVE DESIREE AND KIMBERLY ON THE LINE AS WELL.
UM, WE INVITED YOU TODAY 'CAUSE WE DID HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SENT FORTH.
UM, THERE WERE QUESTIONS REGARDING CONTRACTING, SUBCONTRACTING, AND OVERALL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROJECT.
SO I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE YOU CAN DISCUSS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AFTER THE THREE MONTHS.
HOW WOULD YOU GUYS LOOK TO SUSTAIN THIS FUNDING AFTER THE MAYOR'S FUND IF AWARDED WOULD RUN OUT? YEAH, THAT WAS A BASIC QUESTION AND WE ALSO HAD SOME QUESTION WORDS.
WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS BASICALLY THREE MONTHS OF FUNDING.
AND, UH, WE DON'T SEE AT THAT POINT, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE OUR SUSTAINABILITY AFTER THE PROJECT WILL COME THROUGH ACCESS AND ME REIMBURSEMENT, OUR STAFF MEMBERS OR CERTIFIED MEDICAL PROVIDERS THAT HAVE LICENSES THAT ENABLE THEM TO BUILD ME ACCOUNT FOR SERVICES FOR LIFE.
AT THAT POINT WE CAN TAKE ON VOLUNTEERS AND, UH, INTERNSHIPS, WHICH WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO FUNDING THE ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SAME SERVICES.
UM, AT THAT POINT, IT TURNS OUR BUSINESS MODEL, FIELD SERVICE AS MANY PEOPLE THAT WE, WE ARE ABLE TO, I WOULD ASK, WHY WOULDN'T YOU START THAT PROCESS SOONER THING? BECAUSE THE APPROVAL FOR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS JUST CAME INTO EFFECT.
SO THIS IS, THIS GOT APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN JANUARY.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO BE TRAINED AND INFORMED ON HOW TO GO THROUGH BILLING, INTERACTING AND PROVIDING THESE SERVICES PROPERLY.
UM, AT THAT POINT WE HAVE CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING EXECUTED WITH NET AND CARE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE FUNDING.
WHY, WHY NOT WAIT TO GET THOSE CONTRACT? WHY NOT WAIT SO WELL BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WE WOULD OPERATE ON THE SHOE STREAM BUDGET.
UH, OUR IMPACT WOULDN'T BE AS, AS IT WOULD BE WITHOUT THE CITY SUPPORT.
SO IT WOULD DELAY THE NECESSARY RESOURCES THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO HELP WITH THE HOMELESS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT WE'RE
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A PART OF.SO WE WANNA CONTRIBUTE AND WE THE SUPPORT FROM OUR CITY IN THIS WAY.
SO, OKAY, FOR I PURPOSES, UM, NOBODY'S REACHED A BENCHMARK OF $600 OR MORE FOR THE 10 99 REPORTING.
SO THEREFORE THAT REQUIREMENT HASN'T BEEN MET.
SO YOU'RE FILLING IN THE BASIS YOU NEVER PAID ANYBODY MORE.
OUR PROJECTS HAVEN'T LASTED THAT LONG.
AND UP UNTIL RECENTLY THROUGHOUT COVID, WE WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LA HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN CALIFORNIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR COVID-19.
SO WE HAVE SMALL PROJECTS IN BETWEEN THERE.
THE OTHER QUESTION TOO, I NOTICED YOUR BUDGET.
ONE WE DON'T COVER IS, UH, PAYROLL TAXES INCLUDE PAYROLL DON'T PLAN ON W WHERE WE NEED WORKING COMP AND THOSE TYPE OF EXPENSES.
UM, AT THE
BUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR MONEY FOR PAYROLL, NOT PAYING PAYROLL TAXES.
WHO'S GONNA PAY THEM STIPENDS? AND I'LL JUST SAY ON OUR BUDGET, IT DOESN'T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN PAYROLL OR PERSONNEL COSTS.
IT, WE WOULD JUST CONSIDER IT ALL PERSONNEL COSTS AND NOT STIPEND.
I, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT CONTRACTORS APEX IS DIFFERENT.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE PAYING INDEPENDENT FOR CONTRACTORS.
SO THOSE PEOPLE, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY PAYROLL EXPENSE.
SO THEREFORE THE WORKING COMP REQUIREMENT AND ALL THAT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE MET THROUGHOUT OUR CONTRACTING PERIOD FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN CONTRACTED WITH THE STATE AND THE FEDS ON THAT LEVEL.
RA WELL FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING IN AND UM, THANKS JIM FOR ALL GOOD QUE HARD QUESTIONS.
WE, THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
AND, UM, REVIEWING FOR ME WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO KNOW, IF YOU COULD JUST TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, SHARE SOME STORIES WITH US, HOW THE, THE IMPACTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING IN LONG BEACH.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ALSO WORKING IN, IN LOS ANGELES, BUT RIGHT.
SPECIFICALLY HERE IN LONG MM-HMM.
UM, THROUGHOUT COVID WE DID COVID TESTING THROUGHOUT COVID, WE DID FOOD DISTRIBUTION, WE PASSED OUT FOOD AND WE DID A COVID TEST.
UM, A LOT OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS WITH RESOURCES FOR FOOD.
SO WE WOULD GO DOWN TO THE FLOOD CONTROL.
WE GO, WE HERE BY THE GOODWILL.
WE HAVE A SPOT ON 17TH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, 2030, UH, LONG BEACH BOULEVARD, DIFFERENT DROP OFF LOCATIONS.
AND WE WOULD POST UP, UH, PUT A TABLE OUT THERE, ATTEND, PLAY SOME MUSIC AND PASS OUT FOOD.
UP UNTIL RECENTLY WE JUST PASSED OUT FOOD, BUT NOW WE GOT THE NEW MEDI-CAL MODEL.
SO NOW IT MAKES SENSE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
SO NOW WE CAPTURE THE INFORMATION.
EVERYBODY WE PASS THE FOOD OUT TO, WE GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT.
AND I'M ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT HELP US AT, AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT JUMPSTART SUPPORT FROM THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO GROW THAT AND GET IT AND GRASSROOTS OF IT, GET IT OFF INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE BIG PARKING LOTS FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS A SMALL SHOP OR SOME PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT'S WILLING TO ALLOW US TO CHURCHES.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CHURCH THAT HAS OPENED THE DOORS TO US AND ALLOWED US TO BE AN ACCESS POINT FOR HOMELESS AND FOR REENTRY.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE COME THERE, RECEIVE EXPUNGEMENT, UM, PEER SERVICES, COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, WHICH WOULD IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR, UM, FOOD, UH, SECURITY.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO ALIGN THEM WITH
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RESOURCES FOR BENEFITS, CONNECTION AND HOMELESS SERVICES.SO WE'RE IN CONNECTION WITH A FEW PEOPLE THAT OWN PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE TRANSITION HOMES THAT CAN, IF THEY DON'T GIVE THEM A BED, THEY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES TO WHERE THEY EVENTUALLY THEY'VE A PLACE TO SLEEP.
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, USING UTILIZING INTERNS.
UM, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE WHAT TYPES OF INTERNS ARE WE TALKING SOCIAL WORK INTERNS? ARE WE TALKING RIGHT NOW? CASE MANAGER, NOW WE'RE CONNECTED WITH CAL STATE OF LONG BEACH, DOMINGUEZ HILLS.
SO I CAN GO GET THOSE STUDENTS FOR THE BUSINESS AND FROM CRIMINAL, UM, EXCUSE, SORRY.
SO POTENTIAL SOCIAL WORKERS, POTENTIAL PEOPLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, STUFF OF THAT NATURE.
THEY WOULD COME TO OUR OFFICE.
WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE ALONG IN LAKEWOOD AND WE HAVE ANOTHER OFFICE THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER AT THE CHURCH AND THEY WOULD DO INTERNSHIP.
UH, CALLS FOR ONLINE CORE RESOURCES.
CONNECT PEOPLE TO COME INTO OFFICE WITH BENEFITS, FIND THEM OVER THINGS AND RESOURCES TO WHERE THERE'LL BE SOME SUSTAINABILITY AMONGST YOURSELF.
YES, I DO NOTICE I COMMEND ON THAT.
I'VE WORKING WITH THE REENTRY.
WAS THAT YOUR ORIGINAL BUSINESS? UM, NO.
MY ORIGINAL BUSINESS WAS JUST TO TOUCH LONG BEACH DIFFERENT, I'M FROM LONG BEACH.
AT THE SAME, I HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE IN BOTH AREAS, JUST AS IMPACT AS WELL AS HOMELESSNESS.
SO I HAVE A PASSION TO GIVE BACK TO ME AND MY FAMILY STARTED THE ORGANIZATION TO GIVE BACK TO THE, ARE YOU STILL INTENDING TO WORK WITH REENTRY? YES.
UH, I THINK WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT.
UH, YES, WE HAVE A CONTRACT PROBATION, WE HAVE MASTER TO PROVIDE JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAM.
YOU ACCORDING YOUR, YOU HAVE NOT EXCEEDED 50,000 A YEAR.
CONTRACT REENTRY CONTRACT IS A NO CONTRACT, NO MONEY CONTRACT.
AND IT'S GOOD FOR COUNTY PROBATION TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN ALL AREAS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE.
SO WE CAN DO VOCATIONAL MENTORING, UH, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S FOR US TO FIGURE OUT AND THAT'S WHY WE COME HERE LOOKING FOR HELP FROM THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE THE MEDI-CAL HAS REALLY COME IN ALMOST FORGOTTEN CONNECTION, REENTRY.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME.
AND I ONLY HAD ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE, UM, ON YOUR EXPENDITURES.
I THINK IT SAID PERSONAL EXPENSES AND I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS A TYPO.
DID IT MEAN PERSONNEL? IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN THAT LINE FOR ME OR FOR US.
THAT WAS THE OTHER APPLICATION.
WAS THAT, IS THAT DIFFERENT? WAS THAT A DIFFERENT ONE YOU GUYS? I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THIS ONE.
YEAH, THAT WAS ANOTHER APPLICATION.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
UM, I TOO WORKED IN, UH, REENTRY AND, UH, HELD CONTRACTS WITH, UM, HEALTHRIGHT 360.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL DOING IT OR NOT, BUT THEY WERE AT THAT TIME.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND, AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT ON BOTH ENDS HELPING AND FUNDING, SO I UNDERSTAND.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY FINAL NO, I THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE WERE ANSWERED.
I HAVE MINE, UH, MAYBE WE COULD TO DISCUSS IT.
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SO THE STAFF DOESN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO IF THAT'S GREAT.OR I'M SORRY, I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY A PROGRAM STARTING UP IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE INTENT IN EVER MOVING FROM HAVING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS VERSUS STAFF ON BOARD? AND IF SO, WHAT, WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED TO GET TO THAT
UM, WHAT'S NEEDED AT THAT POINT IS TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY BEYOND OUR LOCATIONS TO REALLY NEED, UM, ONCE, ONCE WE COME IN A FULL EFFECTIVE MEDI-CAL, WE'RE PROBABLY BE FORCED TO BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF INCOME THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GENERATE.
SO IT, IT'S INEVITABLE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE IT PUTS US IN A DIFFERENT, WHERE WE DO HAVE THAT TYPE OF IMPACT.
IT'S HARD TO TAKE ON THE CONTRACTOR IF YOU'RE ANNUAL OPERATION.
AN EMPLOYEE UNDER 50,000 AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO LIKE, IS THIS JUST A MODEL BECAUSE OF WHERE YOU'RE AT FOR WELL, I WENT TO SCHOOL FOR IT, SO I, I I GOT BUSINESS BADGE UNDERNEATH MY HEALTH.
UM, I'VE OPERATED THIS BUSINESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SO I, I HAVE A DYNAMIC.
I I'VE WORKED ON SEVERAL BOARDS, SO, UM, I FULLY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.
IT'S JUST, WE'RE NOT HERE AT THIS ORGANIZATION YET.
IT'S JUST UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE AT.
ACTUALLY, WHILE WE'RE THERE, UM, JUST BECAUSE I DO CHECK HMIS FOR ALL MY OTHER ONES, DO YOU PLAN ON, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE RECEIVING TRAINING ON HMIS AND LONG BEACH CLARITY, IS THAT SOMETHING I'LL BE, I'M HOPING TO GET, SO I'M WAITING ON SOMEBODY TO COME BACK IN.
SO, AND I DO NEED CLARITY, ACCESS, SO I'LL CONNECT YOU WITH DALTON THAT, YEAH.
WELL WITH THAT, MR, I THINK, UH, IF WE COULD JUST HAVE A MOMENT AND THEN I'LL TAKE CARE.
YEAH, LET HAVE A MOMENT TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU.
WELL, I'VE GOTTA SAY I ADMIRE THEIR, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THAT IT REALLY FITS.
THAT'S MY CONCERN BECAUSE THEY'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO A POINT QUICKLY.
IT MIGHT JUST TAKE A LITTLE LONGER.
AND AGAIN, THEY REQUESTED MONEY SPECIFICALLY FOR PAYROLL AND NOW WE KNOW IT'S NOT PAYROLL.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THEY'RE TRYING TO OPERATE A LOT OF WAYS BY TRYING, YOU KNOW, BY KEEPING EVERY THEY RUNNING THE, UH, STIPEND BUSINESS BY KEEPING EVERYBODY UNDER $600.
THEY'RE TRYING TO AVOID HAVING TO CALCULATE PAYROLL TAXES OR PAY PAYROLL TAXES BY TRYING TO MAKE EVERYBODY AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
UH, IT'S, IT'S ALL PERFECTLY LEGAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SHORTCUTS AND, UH, THEY CAN GET THEM IN TROUBLE SORT OF.
UM, FIRST QUESTION I HAD WAS, WHAT, WHAT DID EXACTLY, DID WE SAY WE WEREN'T FUNDING LAST TIME? WE, WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION? OR DID WE JUST NO, THAT WASN'T FOR THIS ONE.
SO ME AND KIM, ARE WE, KIM AND I ARE WE STUCK ON THIS? OKAY.
YEAH, I WAS STUCK ON THE OTHER ONE.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE ONES COMING FOR US TO ASK THE QUESTIONS TOO.
SO, SO MY MY THOUGHT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN YOURS, JIM BEING, UM, A PERSON WHO HAS WORKED IN,
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YOU KNOW, SIMILAR, UM, YEAH.YOU KNOW, AS A SOCIAL WORKER, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTING IS NOT I AM.
WELL IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT LIKE ABNORMAL.
LIKE I, I FACT I'M RIGHT NOW YEAH,
SO JUST HAVING THAT, UM, HAVING, HAVING THAT DOESN'T, AND WHAT I HEARD HIM SAY ABOUT THE STIPENDS IS JUST THAT THEY, THEY HAVEN'T GONE LONG ENOUGH.
I DIDN'T, I KNOW I DIDN'T GET THE, IT WAS LIKE, THAT'S THE STRATEGY.
LIKE ONLY GET 'EM UP TO 5 99 SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WELL TO DO IT.
UM, BUT THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE IN BUSINESS QUITE A WHAT IS HAPPENING, VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK WITH THEM.
SO I'LL TELL YOU, I AM LEANING TOWARDS FUNDING.
UM, PROBABLY I'M LOOKING AT LIKE, UM, 'CAUSE AM I THINKING THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK AND WHAT THEIR GOAL IS THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE WORK AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THEM.
MM-HMM,
WHAT'S YOUR IMPACT? SO THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK, BUT THEY WANT TO SCALE THE WORK UP, THEY WANT TO DO MORE.
YOU KNOW, WE MEDI-CAL, ALL OF THAT.
NEVER YOU, THEY'RE GONNA DO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
SO, BUT THEY DO HAVE A PLAN OF LET, WE WANNA, I FEEL LIKE THEY, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET STARTED AND THEN THE PLAN IS TO, UM, GET INTO STARTING FEE FOR SERVICE, WHICH IT COULD VERY WELL TURN INTO THAT ONCE EVERYTHING GETS TO GET THEIR APPROVAL.
SO I, I JUST, UM, I'M PROBABLY, UH, I'M SORRY BECAUSE IN MY HEAD THIS WAS LIKE THE, THE ORGANIZATION WE WERE FUNDING SOME THINGS AND NOT ALL THINGS.
SO NOW I GOTTA LOOK, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
WELL I'M TOO, CAN I SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY? OR JIM, YOU NEED TO FINISH.
SHE SAID, SAID, CAN SHE SAY WHAT SHE NEEDS TO SAY? YEAH, I'M TOO, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THIS, THIS IS ONE WHERE I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP SOME, AN EYE ON IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, I I WOULD SAY REDUCE THE AMOUNT, BUT THE AMOUNT IT REDUCE IT, WE, IT'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING.
IF YOU A WAY WE CAN GET MORE FREQUENT REPORTS BACK FROM THIS, THAT'S UP TO YOU.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ONE THAT COULD SORT OF FALL OFF THE EDGE.
I THINK ASKING FOR REPORT AT
UM, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY TO LIKE WHAT LEVEL THEY SUBMIT, YOU KNOW.
I'M SURE WE COULD PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S A REIMBURSEMENT, HERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS WITH STUFF REDACTED FOR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, EVERY TWO MONTHS WHEN WE MEET AS A SUBCOMMITTEE, WE COULD DO THAT.
I'D BE FINE WITH THAT IF THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT COMFORTABLE TO GIVING THEM FUNDING.
BUT, UH, WE'RE, YEAH, THEY'RE ASKING.
I NEED TO SAY, CAN I SAY SOMETHING JEN? SO I'M WITH, UM, PAUL AND DESIREE, UM, AS A PERSON WHO'S BEEN RUNNING MANY NONPROFITS LIKE YOURSELF, UM, BUT MY MORE RECENT, UM, THE WAY THEY'RE DOING THINGS MAKES SENSE FOR A SMALL NONPROFIT.
THEY DON'T GET TO FUNCTION LIKE A PATH OR A UNITED WAY OR VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA RE YOU KNOW, SMALL NONPROFITS HAVE TO OPERATE THE BEST WAY THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK.
I THINK IN MY OPINION, UM, THIS MONIES WOULD HELP THEM, UM, GET MORE OUTCOMES SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE MORE PROOF AND GET MORE FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES.
BUT YOU, THEY HAVE TO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM FUNDING THIS BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE THAT COMES THROUGH OUR FUNDING, THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE WHOLE AMOUNT AT ONE TIME.
WE'RE STILL GONNA BE WATCHING THE WORK, BUT WE CAN'T JUST KEEP SIZING PEOPLE UP ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD DO IT.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU USED TO DO, WHICH I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT, THINGS ARE JUST NOT ALWAYS DONE THAT WAY ANYMORE.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT AND NONPROFITS, LIKE I HAVE, LIKE HE SAID, HE'S GOT CONTRACTS, I GOT CONTRACTS.
WE GET THOSE NON-PAY CONTRACTS SO WE CAN PROVE
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THAT WE CAN DO THE WORK.AND SO IN THE HOPES THAT ONCE WE HELPED THE PERSON THAT WE'RE CONTRACTED WITH AND WE'RE GIVING THEM THE OUTCOMES AND SHOWING THEM HOW OUR WORK HAS PUSHED THEIR AGENDA, WHATEVER, WHATEVER, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT HELPS NONPROFITS WITH UM, CREDIBILITY AND ALSO SHOWING THAT THEY CAN DO THE WORK.
SO I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THE MAYOR'S FUND IS SOMETHING WHERE IT'S A LOT MORE LENIENT THAN THEM GOING THROUGH SOME ARCHSTONE FOUNDATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR FEET WET.
IT'LL BE A LITTLE EASIER FOR THE THEM TO GET THIS FUNDING.
WE'RE NOT FEEDING IT ALL TO THEM AT ONCE.
AND WE CAN, LIKE PAUL SAID, WE CAN MEASURE AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING ALONG THE WAY, BUT THAT, THAT'S JUST MY TAKE ON IT.
I'M GONNA VOTE TO, TO FUND THEM CONCERN.
I KNOW THEY ASKED FOR QUITE A BIT OF IN ADVANCE WE COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MORE ADVANCED AND MORE COMFORTABLE ALLOWING FOR, SO YEAH, THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH IN ADVANCE, BUT NOT EVER OFFERED THE 5,000 MASKS.
BUT THEN KEEP IN MIND EVERYTHING IS REIMBURSED TO BASIS ON OUR TEMPLATE.
WHEN THEY SUBMIT AN INVOICE TO US, WE THEN MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE PROVIDING RECEIPTS FOR US.
SO THERE IS ON OUR END, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AND MAKING SURE THAT WHAT THEY ARE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY SPENT.
UM, SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT IT TO SEEM LIKE WE'RE JUST ADVANCING IT AND THAT MONEY'S GOING AWAY.
WHEN WE PROVIDE THE ADVANCE PAYMENT, WE PROVIDE THE ADVANCE PAYMENT, THEY THEN HAVE TO SUBMIT REIMBURSEMENT UP TO THE ADVANCE PAYMENT, AND THEN THEY RECEIVE THE FULL WELL THEY RECEIVE AFTER THAT WHATEVER THEY INVOICE.
SO IT COULD BE, THEY MIGHT, WE COULD ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH SLOW DRAW DOWN OF THE MONEY.
THAT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY TOO.
SO THERE, THE DRAW DOWNS ARE REIMBURSEMENT THOUGH.
OTHER WORDS, WE'RE GONNA SAY REIMBURSEMENT.
AM I CORRECT? IT'S ALL, EVEN WITH ADVANCE, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL REIMBURSEMENT.
THEY WANT, THEY WANT HALF AN ADVANCE.
I KNOW, RIGHT? WE PROVIDE ADVANCE UP TO 5,000.
SO WE'RE SAYING THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM 5,000 IN ADVANCE.
THEY HAVE TO SHOW THEIR COST OF THAT BEFORE THEY CAN DRAW DOWN ANY MONEY BEYOND THAT FIVE GRAND.
SO THAT TO SUBMIT $5,000 IN RECEIPTS BEFORE THEY CAN GET ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING BEYOND THAT 5,000.
AND THEN FROM THERE IT'S REIMBURSEMENT.
NO, I JUST WANTED TO JUST ADD IN ONE THING.
UM, IF WE ARE GOING TO ASK THEM TO DO ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WANTING TO SEE MORE REPORTING THEN I THINK, AND TO BE, UM, FAIR AND TRANSPARENT THAT THAT IS THE CROSS THE BOARD FROM THIS FUNDING ON LIKE WHOEVER WE FUND AFTER TODAY HAS THIS EXACT SAME REPORTING PERIOD.
BECAUSE WHEN WE START SUBJECT, IT'S SUBJECTIVE TO SAY, OKAY, WE, WE, WE NEED TO CHECK IN ON THEM A LITTLE MORE.
BUT THAT WAY WE MAKE IT A JUST ACROSS THE BOARD, EVEN THOUGH WE ALREADY HAVE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES BECAUSE IT'S AN INVOICE IF WE, BECAUSE IT'S REIMBURSABLE.
BUT IF WE, IF WE ASK, IF WE PUT THIS FOR THEM, THEN I BELIEVE WE SHOULD MAKE NOW THAT BECOMES THE STANDARD.
WELL YEAH, I THINK TO BE HONEST, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT IN PLACE ANYWAY.
SO BEFORE THEY RECEIVE FINAL PAYMENT, THEY DO HAVE TO SUBMIT A ONE PAGE REPORT.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO.
UM, BUT LIKE MENTIONED WE DO FOLLOW UP, WE KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING WE CAN, UM, SO THAT WE ENSURE
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THAT THE, THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO WHERE THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO.I STILL QUESTION IN A WAY WHETHER A LOT OF THIS IS WITHIN OUR CAPACITY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANSWERS TO ANY OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TAX SITUATION AND THOSE THINGS.
FOR ALL WE KNOW THEY COULD BE OPERATING IN VIOLATION OF IRS EVERYTHING.
AND UH, WE HAVE NO WAY OF DETERMINING THAT, WHICH IS, I CAN ACTUALLY LOOK THEM UP ON A IRS RIGHT NOW IF YOU GUYS WANT ME TO.
WE CAN FIND OUT IF THEY'RE IN GOOD STANDING.
THE GOOD STANDING IS BECAUSE THE IRS WOULD NOT WOULD REVOKE IT OR SUSPEND IT AND THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD SHOW ON THEIR WEBSITE IF, IF THEY'RE IN BAD STANDING.
SAME WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO LOOK THAT UP RIGHT NOW SO YOU'RE NOT GUESSING I'D BE HAPPY TO.
AND I MEAN THERE ARE SO MANY NONPROFITS OUT THERE THAT IRS IS OVERSIGHT OF NONPROFITS.
WELL THAT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY THOUGH.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY, WE CAN'T JUST ASSUME WHAT IRS IS OR IS NOT DOING BACKLOGGED OR NOT.
OUR JOB IS TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, WHICH IS LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE.
IF THE IRS SAYS THAT THEY'RE IN GOOD STANDING, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS IT, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO GO BY.
THERE'S NOTHING FILED AGAINST THEM.
THERE ARE NO LAWSUITS, THERE ARE NOTHING ELSE FILED AGAINST THEM.
AND THEY'VE NOT PASSED INSIDE 50,000 IN A YEAR, THEREFORE LIKE A NINE 90 FORM IS NOT REQUIRED DRS SO LIKE NO, NO, IT'S A NINE 90 N THAT THEY HAVE TO REPORT.
SO THEY STILL HAVE TO REPORT, BUT IT'S A NINE 90 N SO IT JUST DOESN'T LAY OUT EVERYTHING.
SO WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHEN THE ORGANIZATION FILES A NINE 90 N LIKE MY ORGANIZATION DOES, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT FINANCIALS.
SO IF YOU WANT THEM TO PROVIDE, WHICH I THINK THEY DID PROVIDE THE FINANCIALS OF THEIR, THEIR UH, BALANCE SHEET, THEY HAVE STAYED BELOW THE 50,000 LIMIT.
SO THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE FILED ANNUALLY IS THE POSTCARD.
SO, BUT WHAT DO YOU, BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT THOUGH? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SAYING WELL, ALL THEY DID, BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST, I TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT MYSELF BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I FILE.
SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? SO WE CAN TRY TO GET SOME CLARITY.
I'M JUST SAYING THERE ARE SO MANY SMALL NONPROFITS.
I DON'T, SOMEONE ONCE SAID THERE'S OVER 2000 UM, PROFITS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH OPERATING PRESENT AND UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THERE'S THAT MANY ON PAPER THAT IT'S PROBABLY A LOT OF THEM NOT
WELL, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW IN LONG BEACH AND OVER 224 OF THEM WILL BE PARTICIPATING ALONG WITH ME WHEN LONG BEACH GIVES ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.
SO I MEAN, I I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR QUESTION OR YOUR HESITANCE BECAUSE YOU KEEP SAYING A LOT OF NONPROFITS, YOU'RE BRINGING OTHER NONPROFITS INTO THIS AND WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THEM RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? LET IS JUST SO I'M SURMISING WHAT I I'M HEARING, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD THE APPLICATION BECAUSE THIS APPLICATION STILL HAS TO GO TO THE LARGER HAYSTACK MEETING OR THE FULL APPLIED AMOUNT AT 5,000 ADVANCE.
SOMEBODY HERE AS A MOTION MAKER OF THE DAY.
I SECOND IT AND I THINK WE ALL IN FAVOR.
WHAT DO WE HAVE? IS ALEXA CONSIDERED TO BE OH, SORRY.
AND THEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT.
I THINK SHE'S THE PUBLIC TODAY.
I WAS GONNA ADD TO BOTH KIMBERLY'S POINTS, UM, ABOUT EQUITY.
AND SO I THINK YOU MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA JUDGE THEM OR YOU KNOW, BASED ON THIS, YOU HAVE TO DO IT MOVING FORWARD.
AND I THINK SAME THING FOR OUR LINE OF QUESTIONING.
AND SO IF WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR ABOUT THEIR IRS STATUS, UM, IF THAT'S NOT IN THE APPLICATION, I WOULD JUST CONSIDER YOUR,
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I WOULD EMPOWER YOU TO STAY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF YOUR WORK HERE.AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS WITHIN YOUR SCOPE AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE A VIEW WITHIN YOUR SCOPE, I THINK WE SHOULD ADD TO THE APPLICATION.
UM, OTHERWISE LIKE DESIRE MENTIONED, IT REALLY IS GETTING INTO LIKE SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION.
UM, AND THAT CAN OBVIOUSLY CREATE ISSUES AND SO JUST WANNA, LIKE I SAID, ENCOURAGE YOU TO SAY WITHIN YOUR SCOPE OF WORK AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE THAT, UM, DO SO FORMALLY.
SORRY WE MISSED THE VOTE PART.
AND UH, DO YOU CALL THEM BACK IN OR DID THEY LEAVE OR IS THAT IT? NO, I THINK THEY'RE OUTSIDE.
I THINK WE SHOULD CALL THEM BACK IN.
SO WE HAVE DISCUSS AND UH, IN THE FUTURE.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I'M SO SORRY.
THERE'S ONE MORE STEP TO THIS.
SO WE APPROVED THE APPLICATION ON THE MAYOR'S FUND SUBCOMMITTEE.
WE WILL NOW GO TO THE LARGER COMMITTEE, WHICH THEY WILL HEAR AND SEE THE DOCUMENTS AND THEN MAKE THE VOTE THERE.
BUT THIS WAS THE INITIAL STEP IN ORDER FOR US TO APPROVE THE FULL APPLICATION.
SO THERE'S ONE MORE THING THAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT WE ARE MOVING THE APPLICATION FORWARD TO THE LARGER MEETING IN TWO WEEKS, WHICH WE'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
DID YOU MEET? OH NO, WE PARKED ACROSS STREET.
UH, ACROSS THE STREET RIGHT HERE FROM THE RESTAURANT.
WE ALREADY DID THE PATH PROGRAM AND ANY, ANYTHING FOR THE FUTURE? UM, WE CAN, CAN WE ADD THE SOP TO DISCUSS, TO REVIEW PLEASE? IF YOU COULD ADD THE UPDATE ON, UM, UH, PRESS, I GUESS PRESS COVERAGE FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND SO I CAN PROVIDE THE OFFICIALLY PROVIDE UPDATES FOR THE SOP.
WILL YOU HAVE THE DRAFT? YES, I WAS, YEAH, IT WILL BE SENT TO AUGUST FOR THEN WHEN DO YOU WANT ME TO HAVE THE UM, DRAFT OF THE FLYER DONE FOR YOU GUYS? WHAT'S THE DATE FOR THAT? I THINK WE HAD SAID SEPTEMBER.
YEAH, IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, WASN'T IT 16TH? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU NEEDED IT SOONER NOW THAT YOU GOT APPROVAL.
UM, THE SOONER THE BETTER, BUT IF YOU BY SEPTEMBER 16TH THAT WOULD WORK.
CAN WE GET A MOTION? YEAH, I GUESS NOW WE GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVED FOR THE WAIT FOR THE, OH, IT'S A MOTION FOR THE FUTURE.
ANYTHING FOR THE FUTURE? YOU JUST, YOU JUST DID THAT.
THE SOUND IS GOING IN AND OUT.
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TALK LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK I'VE COME ACROSS HARSH THAN I NEED TO, BUT, UH, UH, HEY DESIREE, CAN YOU, UM, TEXT ME PLEASE? I SEEM TO HAVE LOST YOUR INFO.
IF YOU CAN HEAR YOU JEN, LET ME SEE.
I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE NOT HEARD YOU.
HOW IS IT NEXT WEEK? HOW? I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHEN I SAID LIKE.