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HI.UM, EVERYONE'S INTENTION, FIRST OF ALL.
UM, THAT'S, UM, YOUR ROLL CALL MEETING IN KIMBERLY.
CONNOR LOCK ABSENT TAMIKA BOY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE APPROVAL FROM THE MINUTES OF OUR DECEMBER 10TH, 2024 BOARD MEETING.
JUST, UH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE ATTENDING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS, UH, WE WILL CALL ONCE WE GO OVER THE AGENDA ITEMS. YOU'RE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES.
UM, AND WE WILL NOTIFY YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
AS A REMINDER, THIS IS NOT A Q AND A SESSION.
YOUR QUESTIONS MAY NOT BE ANSWERED DURING THIS TIME.
DOES THE, UH, BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DECEMBER 10TH, UH, MINUTES? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 10TH MEETING.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SEEING NONE? OR DO YOU WANT APPROVAL? UH, DO YOU WANT A ROLL CALL OR JUST I'M OKAY WITH THE SHOW OF HANDS.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CLC BOARD APPLICATION CANDIDATES.
WE DO HAVE THREE CANDIDATES THAT APPLIED.
UM, I BELIEVE STEVEN AND HERSHEY IS HERE.
IS JOHN HERE BY ANY CHANCE? UH, WOULD HE, DO YOU WISH TO GO FIRST? DO YOU WANT, STEVEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY? SURE.
ANYWHERE IN PARTICULAR, OR IT DOESN'T MATTER.
YOU COULD STAND UP THERE IF YOU'D LIKE.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, I'VE WORKED IN LONG BEACH FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
UH, MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN THE SAME HOME SINCE 94.
UM, HAVE ALL FOUR OF OUR KIDS AT ATTEND LONG BEACH SCHOOLS, AND I'VE WORKED FOR LONG BEACH UNIT UNIFIED FOR THE LAST 28 YEARS.
UM, PART OF MY PASSION FOR BEING INVOLVED IN THIS IS DURING MY TENURE AND MOST OF MY TIME WAS SPENT IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
SO I WORKED A LOT WITH KIDS WHO WERE, UM, IN LOW AREAS.
I SPENT 17 YEARS WORKING LONG BEACH, OREGON, JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL.
I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN MCBRIDE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL, UM, AS THE FIRST PRINCIPAL.
BUT ALL ALONG WE GOT A CHANCE TO WORK WITH, UH, STUDENTS, UM, WHO WERE SUFFERING FROM SOME FORM OF LONELINESS HERE AND THERE.
AND THAT WAS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE FOR THOSE KIDS.
AND I ALSO, AND MOTIVATED TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE I, TOO MANY PEOPLE IS STRICTLY ABOUT MONEY AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S A MUCH MORE MULTIFACETED PRODUCT.
AND THE FACT THAT I MOVED INTO THIS COMMUNITY MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE, I WANT TO SEE WHAT AT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER THEMSELVES.
AND I THINK ALSO BY WORKING IN LONG BEACH UNIFIED, I HAVE A GOOD ACCESS POINT TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO THROUGH THE YOUTH AND THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS, ALL THE WAY FROM EARLY ELEMENTARY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UM, HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, SO IT'D BE AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU AND HER.
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IT'S EASIER TO SEE.I AM HERSHEY'S ROME FROM MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LOS ANGELES.
BEFORE I SHARE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MY INTEREST IN SERVING AS A BOARD MEMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT OUR AGENCY, MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LOS ANGELES.
THIS WILL HELP ESTABLISH THE CONTEXT FOR MY QUALIFICATIONS, MOTIVATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHT THE VALUES I BRING IN, HOW MY EXPERIENCES ALIGN WITH GOALS AND NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION, ENABLING ME TO CONTRIBUTE EFFECTIVELY TO THE MISSION AND THE WORK OF THE BOARD.
M MICHELLE A LA WAS BORN OUT OF THE ADVOCACY OF MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS.
WE REFER THEM TODAY AS MEMBERS.
WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF ADVOCATING FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, ACCESS, AND EQUITY.
OUR AGENCY HAS RESHAPED THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH WITH OUR MEMBER SUPPORT, TRAINING, AND ADVOCACY FOR LEGISLATION SUCH AS CALIFORNIA'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES APP, TO WHICH IT PRIORITIZE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS WHILE ADDING THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
OUR POLICIES PRIORITIZE, REFLECT PRIORITIES, REFLECT MANY FACTORS IMPACTING ONE'S WELLBEING AND RESILIENCE, SUCH AS SOCIAL FACTORS OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.
OUR PROGRAMS ARE OUTREACH, STREET MEDICINE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, WELLNESS, YOUTH, VETERANS AND EDUCATION.
I'M INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE BOARD OF CITY OF LONG, LONG BEACH HOMELESS DIVISION BECAUSE OF MY STRONG ACCOUNTING BACKGROUND IN NON-PROFIT AND PASSION FOR MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
WITH EXPERIENCE IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BUDGETING, AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION, I CAN CONTRIBUTE TO ENSURING THAT FUNDS OUR USE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
TO SUPPORT HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM, I AM COMMITTED TO PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND SOUND FINANCIAL PRACTICES, ALL OF WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL IN CREATING A SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN LONG BEACH.
ADDITIONALLY, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE AND HELP BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE IN NEEDS.
AND AS FOR MY BACKGROUND, WE'LL START WITH EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.
I CURRENTLY HOLD A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE, MAJOR IN ECONOMICS, MINOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
HAVE MASTER'S OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTANCY FROM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX.
AND I'M CURRENTLY A JEWISH DOCTOR, PROGRAM STUDENT AT NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF LAW.
UM, BECAUSE FOR ME, BEING A LAWYER IS AN ADVANTAGE FOR PUBLIC POLICY, GETTING POSSESS SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT ARE CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING, SHAPING, AND IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE POLICIES.
AND SOME OF THE REASONS ARE THE LEGAL EXPERTISE, ADVOCACY SKILLS, PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, UNDERSTANDING OF REGULATORY SYSTEM AND ETHICAL FRAMEWORK.
OVERALL, A LEGAL BACKGROUND EQUIPS INDIVIDUAL WITH A COMPREHENSIVE TOOLKIT TO CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF PUBLIC POLICY.
AND THAT'S FROM MY WORK EXPERIENCE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING FROM MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LOS ANGELES SINCE 2019.
I STARTED AS A ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PROCESSOR, AND THEN IN 2019 I WAS, I'M WORKING AS AN ACCOUNTANT AND I CURRENTLY HOLD THE POSITION OF HANS RECEIVABLE MANAGER, TO WHICH I OVERSEE OUR, OUR BRANDS FROM CREATING, HELPING OUR CFO TO CREATE A BUDGET AND MONITORING AND EXPENSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD CASH FLOW THAT SUPPORTS OUR AGENCY, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR HOMELESS.
AND THEN JOHN ANDREWS ISN'T HERE, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ OFF SOME OF HIS, UH, RESPONSES.
SO HE IS AFFILIATED TO A NON NON-PROFIT CONSULTANT ADVOCATE.
UH, HE'S A PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, AND THEN HE'S HIS THREE AREAS WHERE HE, WHERE HE WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE COC.
HIS RESPONSE WAS ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING OF DIRECT SERVICES NEEDS OF THE AREAS HOMELESS I A SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF BASIC PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING, BUREAUCRACY, RFP PROCESSES, VETTING OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.
AS A FORMER TENURE MEMBER OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, I BELIEVE I HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE COC.
UM, HE'S A, HE'S SEMI-RETIRED, UH, WORKS ABOUT EIGHT TO 12 HOURS PER WEEK.
SO HE HAS SUFFICIENT TIME AND ENERGY AND
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FLEXIBILITY TO BE PART OF THE BOARD.AND THEN I HAVE MORE THAN 40 YEARS PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR, INCLUDING HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY CLINICS, NON-PROFIT, SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
I HAVE A STRONG FINANCIAL SKILLS, EXCELLENT PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, COUPLED WITH A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES FACING NON-PROFITS THAT ARE SERVING THE UNHOUSED.
UM, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ONLY HAVE TWO OPEN SEATS, QUESTIONS, OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE THREE APPLICATIONS ACROSS? NO QUESTION.
COULD JOHN COMMUNICATE WHY HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE? NO, I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY EMAIL.
DO WE WANNA DO ALL INDIVIDUALLY EACH, EACH CANDIDATE? UM, PROBABLY, PROBABLY, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY TWO.
SO MORE THAN THE SEATS THAT ARE AVAILABLE? YEAH.
THE TWO SEATS THAT WE'RE FILLING ARE SHELBY'S AND, UM, JIM PALETTE, NO, SORRY.
SHELBY AND JANA MC, WHO WAS FROM MHA AND SHELBY.
HEY, CURRENTLY WE JUST HAVE TWO, UH, VACANT BOARDS EACH.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PUT THESE TWO CANDIDATES RIGHT HERE TOGETHER AND VOTE FOR THEM TOGETHER.
AND NOT, UH, NOT SEAT THE PERSON WHO DIDN'T COME.
I, I THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES TO ME, FOR ME, THAT'S AN EASY WAY TO MAKE THE DECISION.
I I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO SAY EITHER OF THESE PEOPLE WHO CAME AND TOOK THEIR TIME AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
I'M SURE HE HAS A GOOD REASON THAT HE WASN'T HERE.
BUT FOR ME, THAT, THAT MAKES IT EASY.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA MOTION FROM THAT IF ANYONE WANTS TO SECOND AND MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER.
DO WE HAVE APPROVAL FOR THE COC BOARD APPLICANT'S CANDIDATES? DO THEY NEED TO BE OUT OF THE ROOM? NO.
AND THE PASTOR, WE'LL ASK THEM TO BE THE ROOM, BUT YEAH.
AND TRANSPARENCY AND AWKWARDNESS, WE KEEP THEM IN THE ROOM.
UM, DO WE WANNA DO A ROLL ON THIS ONE OR JUST A YEAH, WE CAN DO A ROLL.
UH, UH, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
NIKKI AMME APPROVED LUTHER RICHARD APPROVED CONNOR LOCK.
UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FOLLOW DISCUSSION OF THE CLCS SUBCOMMITTEE TITLES ADVISORY BOARD FOR LIVED EXPERIENCE.
UM, JUDGE, EVERYONE, JUST DOCTOR, INITIATIVE OPERATIONS OFFICER, HOMELAND SERVICES BUREAU.
I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE FRONT BECAUSE I'M AN OLD BAND.
UM, SO, UH, THE, WELL, ACTUALLY, THIS ITEM IN THE NEXT TWO, UH, ON THE AGENDA ARE REASONABLY RELATED TO EACH OTHER.
UM, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, SOME PROPOSED, UH, CHARTER AND BYLAW AMENDMENTS TO THE CFC CHARTER, UM, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO OUR SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, AS WELL AS OPERATIONALIZING OUR SUBCOMMITTEES.
AND THEN, UH, GETTING INTO SOME POSSIBLE CHARTER AMENDMENTS AROUND GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, UH, MEETING FREQUENCY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO AS A REMINDER, UH, A LOT OF, UH, ACTUALLY ONE THING I'LL, I'LL PREFACE, UM, THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS AS, AS IT WAS ADOPTED AND APPROVED IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, WAS SENT OUT IN THE AGENDA PACKET.
IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT, A LOT OF THIS WILL JUST BE REFLECTING ON THE CHARTER THAT WAS ADOPTED, AND THEN TALKING ABOUT SORT OF NEXT STEPS FOR HOW WE IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALL AGREED TO, AND THEN SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES.
UM, SO SUBCOMMITTEES ARE INCLUDED AS A ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD.
UM, THE SUBCOMMITTEES IS WHERE WE REALLY GET TO DRILL DOWN INTO SPECIFIC POLICY AREAS FOR THINGS THAT WE WANT TO, UH, ACCOMPLISH AND
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IMPLEMENT AS A CONTINUUM OF CARE, UH, AS A COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, ALL OF THAT.UM, AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT YOU'LL TRY TO SET MEASURABLE GOALS FOR THEIR WORK AND REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE, THE BOARD AND GENERAL MEMBERSHIP AND ALL OF THAT.
SO, UM, IN OUR BYLAWS, WE DO HAVE STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WERE APPROVED.
UH, WHEN ALEXA, WHO HAD WORKED WITH YOU ALL ON SORT OF ESTABLISHING THESE NEW SUBCOMMITTEES, WORKED THROUGH TOGETHER SOME OF THE, THE CONCEPT HERE FOR THE NEW COMMITTEES ACCESS COORDINATIVE TO ENTRY STABILIZATION ENABLE WAS, UM, KIND OF REVISING HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, OUR SUBCOMMITTEES AND COORDINATED ENTRY GENERALLY.
PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD POLICY, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES FOR POLICY FOR DATA.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING OUR SUBCOMMITTEES BE REALLY FOCUSED ON PHASES OF COORDINATED ENTRY, SORT OF ASKED PEOPLE MOVE THROUGH THE SYSTEM, AND THEN BUILDING AND INTEGRATING THOSE OTHER DATA AND POLICY ELEMENTS INTO EACH OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES.
UM, SO EACH SUBCOMMITTEE SHALL HAVE VOTING RIGHTS, BUT THEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, CHAIRS WILL BE SELECTED BY COC, BOARD, CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR.
UM, AND EACH COC BOARD MEMBER MAY BE ASSIGNED TO PARTICIPATING IN ONE OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES.
UM, SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS CAN ALSO APPOINT MEMBERS.
SO IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, YOU GET APPOINTED TO A SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO APPOINT PEOPLE FROM OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP TO JOIN THE SUBCOMMITTEE AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT EACH SUBCOMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF A MAXIMUM OF 11 NUMBERS.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF MEETING THE MEETING FREQUENCY AND ALL OF THAT, IT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED, AND YOU CAN DISCUSS LATER, BUT EACH SUBCOMMITTEE SHALL HOLD AT LEAST A QUARTERLY MEETING.
UM, AND THEY CAN'T CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
IF THERE'S SPECIAL BUSINESS WE NEED TO ATTEND TO.
IT DID SAY THAT MEETING TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY OR AT THE MSC.
UM, OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS WILL ACTUALLY NEED TO BE HELD IN PERSON BECAUSE WE'LL NEED TO ABIDE BY, UM, BROWN ACT.
UM, AT THE MSC, I'M ASSUMING IT'S PROBABLY NOT A PREFERRED LOCATION ANY LONGER.
SO WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ALL ON, UH, WHAT LOCATIONS WE CAN USE FOR OUR IN-PERSON MEETINGS.
UM, UH, AND WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WHEREVER WE DO MEET, WHENEVER WE DO MEET, IT'S A PUBLICLY POSTED AGENDA.
UM, AND ALL THAT MEMBERS SHALL HAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AT MEETINGS TO ADDRESS MATTERS AND FORTH THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND MOTION.
SO BASICALLY, ROBERT RULES OF ORDER TO MOVE, MOVE, UM, BUSINESS ALONG IN THOSE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, SO THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS THEMSELVES, UH, ONE THING IS WHAT, UH, WELL, ACTUALLY I'LL TAKE ONE STEP BACK.
UM, IN RECENT CONVERSATIONS, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALL, YOU KNOW, MET A YEAR AGO OR SO, UM, CONCEIVED OF THESE COMMITTEES, VOTED TO APPROVE THEM, BUT HAVEN'T ACTUALLY STAFFED 'EM.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE MET SINCE THE CHARTER WAS LAST UPDATED.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESS.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD ALL BE WORKING ON.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUTDATED POLICY.
THERE'S DATA THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING TOGETHER AS A GROUP, SORT OF ACTIVELY MOVE, UM, CFC AND CCS BUSINESS FORWARD.
UM, SO TO HELP WITH THAT, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN TRY TO HAVE THINGS IN PLACE TO RELAUNCH OUR SUBCOMMITTEES PROBABLY STARTING NEXT MONTH WITH ONE PERSON FROM EACH, UH, ONE PERSON FROM THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU TO HELP STAFF EACH SUBCOMMITTEE GOING FORWARD.
SO, TYLER, WHO SOME YOU'LL LIKELY MET, HE'S ONE OF OUR OFFICERS ON THE SERVICES SIDE.
HE'LL BE STAFFING THE ACCESS SUBCOMMITTEE FOR, UM, HOMELESS SERVICES.
AND THESE ARE THE, THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR, UH, THE ACCESS SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND INCLUDED A COUPLE, UH, LINKS TO DOCUMENTS FOR REFERENCE THAT REVIEWED THE LONG BEACH COC AND ESG, WRITTEN STANDARDS THAT PROVIDE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES ON BEST PRACTICES FOR LONG BEACH.
UM, I DID INCLUDE THE ACCESS GUIDANCE.
'CAUSE LAST YEAR WE DID UPDATE GUIDANCE FOR ACCESS.
THAT WAS PRIMARILY AROUND LIKE WHAT OUR ACCESS POINTS ARE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO TO ACCESS CES, WHAT HAPPENS AT THOSE POINTS OF ACCESS.
THERE ARE OTHER CORE ELEMENTS OF ACCESS THAT, UM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S IN THE CHARTER, LIKE AS A COC, WE'RE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT.
AND SO WE CAN, UH, SO OTHER CORE ELEMENTS OF ACCESS INCLUDE FULL COVERAGE, BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS ACROSS THE WHOLE GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION, OUTREACH, EMERGENCY SERVICES, MARKETING, NON-DISCRIMINATION.
THEY KEEP PLANNING AND PRIVACY.
SO ALL THOSE OTHER KINDS OF ELEMENTS WE'LL WANT TO LOOK AT TOGETHER AS A SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, WE'LL ALSO REVIEW THAT, A FOCUS ON HOUSEHOLDS, UM, SEEKING ACCESS TO CES, IDENTIFY TRAINING NEEDS.
AND IDEALLY PARTICIPANTS IN, UM, THE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD INCLUDE, UH, CO-LOCATED ISSUES OF THE MSC AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE COURT OF ENTRY SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, WE'LL BE STAFFED BY CIARA.
SHE'S ONE OF OUR MATCHERS IN HOMELESS SERVICES.
UM, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE SHOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COC FUNDED AGENCIES, UM, AND COC SHELTER PROVIDERS.
THE COMMITTEE WOULD REVIEW EFFECTIVENESS ACCORDING TO ENTRY, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO SIMILAR REVIEWING POLICY RELATED ACCORDING TO ENTRY.
UM, I DID INCLUDE OUR, UH, CES POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, WHICH WERE LAST UPDATED IN 2023.
AT A QUICK GLANCE, UH, I RECOMMEND WE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.
I SAW THINGS THAT HAD GOTTEN ADOPTED THAT PROBABLY WERE A MISTAKE, LIKE INTERNAL NOTES TO STAFF WITHIN HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU THAT PEOPLE HAD NEGLECTED A NOTICE.
UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE CORE ELEMENTS OF CES THAT PROBABLY ALSO WOULD WANT TO, UM, LOOK AT ARE, UM, UH,
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DETERMINATIONS, PRIORITIZATION REQUIREMENTS, REFERRAL REQUIREMENTS, AND SO ON.UM, AND THEN, UH, THINK I DUPLICATED SOMETHING HERE.
UM, STABILIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND THIS IS REALLY AROUND SORT LIKE ONCE PEOPLE GET HOUSED, HOW DO WE HELP, UM, STABILIZE PEOPLE WANT HOUSING, WHAT KINDS OF SERVICES WE NEED TO SUSTAIN AND RETAIN HOUSING.
UM, HANNAH SAMSON, OUR CALL COORDINATOR, WILL BE STAFFING THAT.
UM, AND SO INTERNALLY WITHIN THE BUREAU, UH, FOR, UH, WITH CALI, WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING FUND.
WE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CONTRACTING WITH HEALTH NET, UM, TO PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE STABILIZATION SERVICES.
WE ALSO WANT TO WORK WITH THE REST OF YOU ALL TO SEE LIKE HOW WE DO THAT AS A SYSTEM.
AND SO SIMILARLY, WE'D BE REVIEWING WRITTEN STANDARDS, PROVIDING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, REALLY WE'RE FOCUSED AROUND HOUSING RE UM, HOUSING RETENTION, LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, THINGS AROUND LIKE HOW WE ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE INTO HOUSING AND KEEP THEM IN HOUSING.
UM, AND THE LAST SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WAS APPROVED WAS ABLE, UM, WE HAD SUBMITTED A COUNCIL RESOLUTION TO CREATE ABLE, UH, THAT WENT THROUGH ON OUR COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
WE HAD PROPOSED TO CREATE ABLE AS A-C-E-A-C-O-C, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE.
THEY STARTED TO WORK ON MISSION STATEMENT, CHARTER BYLAWS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS FOR ABLE HADN'T BEEN ADOPTED WHEN WE UNFORTUNATELY GOT RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE NEED TO PAUSE ON OUR, UM, ABLE MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE WAS A, A CONFLICT WITH HOW THE COC BOARD ITSELF, UH, SORT OF, AND THE, AND THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION, WHICH IS LACKING FOR COC BOARD.
WE'LL KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT HERE.
UM, SO SOME NEXT STEPS FOR US, UM, UH, AS, UH, ARTICULATE IN THE, THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS, COC CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR CAN APPOINT PEOPLE TO THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE HERE RIGHT NOW WHO WOULD HAD, UH, OR MAYBE WE NEED TO REFRESH THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
AND SO SORT OF THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO EITHER, YOU KNOW, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, OR PEOPLE WOULD CHOOSE TO LIKE VOLUNTEER FOR ANY OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE RECONVENE OUR SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, PROBABLY STARTING NEXT MONTH FOR ABLE, I CAN KIND OF DISCUSS FURTHER.
SO THE CLARITY WE RECEIVE FROM, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS THAT ABLE CAN MEET.
UH, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THOUGH IS THAT AS, UH, DESIGNED, WE HAD, WE HAD REQUESTED TO HAVE OUR ABLE MEMBERS BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR MEETINGS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONFLICT, UH, COMES IN, IS THAT, UH, IN CITY, THE, UM, COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, SORT OF STIPULATES WHICH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, RECEIVE COMPENSATION.
COC BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT RECEIVE COMPENSATION.
AND SO THERE WAS A CONFLICT WITH HAVING SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS RECEIVE THE COMPENSATION.
SO THE PATH FORWARD IS WE CAN MEET, WE CAN MEET IN PERSON, WE CAN DO, UH, LIVED EXPERIENCE BUSINESS, HOWEVER, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE UNFORTUNATELY, WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
AND THEN THE OTHER PATH FORWARD WOULD BE WE PROPOSE A DIFFERENT COUNCIL RESOLUTION THAN WE CREATE ABLE AS A SEPARATE BODY TO THE COC.
UM, AND THAT'S PROBABLY JUST SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS MORE.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE BODY.
IT COULDN'T BE SORT OF JUST AMENDED THAT THOSE MEMBERS GOT, GOT A LITTLE SOUND.
LIKE WE CAN, WE, WE TRIED TO PROPOSE A, UM, A NEW COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
UM, UH, IT WOULD BE A CHANGE TO THE COUNCIL RE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE FROM CITY ATTORNEY OR ANYONE IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT, UM, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY INTEREST IN RESOLVING THAT ISSUE BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM MEET.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM COMPENSATED.
SO IS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE PLANNING TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD OR DO WE NEED TO COUNCIL? UH, SO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS, UH, I THINK THAT IS, UH, TYLER CURLEY IN CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE NOW.
SO WE CAN WORK WITH, WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK CITY.
I HAVE, YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND TRY TO, CITY MANAGERS NEED TO TOGETHER TRY TO FIND RESOLUTION.
UM, WE DO HAVE ABLE MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THE BOARD WHO ARE HERE RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, PROVIDED THE UPDATE THAT, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT AS I SENT AN EMAIL TO CRYSTAL THIS MORNING, JUST KIND OF LIKE, WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHERE ARE WE? SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I DO THINK, UM, IT'S, UM, AN ONUS ON PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY OR RECENTLY EXPERIENCING HOME HOMELESSNESS TO DO UNCOMPENSATED WORK.
AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU AND THIS, THIS BODY APPRECIATES THAT AND IS LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF WAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, I ALSO THINK THAT, UM, OUR MEMBERSHIP WOULD HAVE SO MUCH OF A, A TURNOVER AND WE HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED A TURNOVER PROCESS YET.
SO THAT WOULD JUST BE HEARTBREAK.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO LIKE, THINK OF A WORKAROUND FOR THAT IF IT'S A SEPARATE ENTITY.
UM, I'M STILL DEFINITELY GONNA BE A PART OF THIS.
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COMMUNICATE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, ABEL AND COC.BECAUSE I THINK THE WORK THAT ABEL'S DOING NEEDS TO BE INFORMED BY THIS, THIS GROUP AS WELL.
SO, UM, ANY ANYWAY THAT I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE, I WILL DO MY BEST.
I'M IN A DOCTORAL PROGRAM, SO OKAY.
UH, ONE THING WE COULD THINK ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, UH, IN THE OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A SEPARATE ENTITY, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A CHARTER UP TO BOTH THE CHARTER AND BYLAW OF THE COC BOARD, LET'S SAY, PLUS THAT OTHER ENTITY OF MAKING SURE THERE'S LIKE A MEMBER, LET'S SAY, OF, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, SO THAT WAY THIS, THE ABLE CONTINUES TO GET TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE OR, OR, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BODY WITHOUT NECESSARILY BEING A SUBCOMMITTEE.
MAY I GET AHEAD OF THAT A LITTLE BIT? UHHUH? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WERE CO-CHAIRS AND IDEALLY, I THINK Y'ALL MAY HAVE REMEMBERED WHEN WE, WE WANTED TO DO THIS, WE WANTED LIKE A ROTATING
KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
WE MAY PICK YOUR BRAIN AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER ON, UM, SOME NEXT STEPS.
SO ACTUALLY, UM, AND THAT'S, THAT ENDS THE, THE, THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION.
UM, AND I'LL PASS TO CHAIR AND COUR THIS FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR I WAS, UH, ACTUALLY THE LAST BULLET GROUP DELIBERATION OVER MEETING LOCATIONS.
UM, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY UPDATE THE CHARTER TO SAY THAT WOULD MEET IN PERSON AT A LOCATION OF THE, YOU KNOW, CHAIR AND CO-CHAIRS.
UM, PREFERENCE, RECOMMENDATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE TO SPECIFY THE LOCATION.
UM, SO LONG AS WE'RE, UH, ABIDING BY THE ADVANCED POSTING NOTICES.
UM, DOES, UH, THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN A SUBCOMMITTEE NOW? DO WE VOLUNTEER NOW OR CAN WE SPEAK WHAT SOMEONE AFTER? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? CHAIR, CO-CHAIR HAVE THE, UH, DESIGNATED ASSIGNMENTS ACCORDING TO THE, THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS? I WOULD SAY, YEAH.
I WOULD LEAVE IT TO KIM JAMES, IF YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT VOLUNTEERS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IF, UH, ALL, I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THE APPOINTMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE IN PERSON TODAY, BUT I'VE GOT A POINT.
UM, I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT ANYTHING ABOUT, UM, GUARANTEED INCOME OR DIRECT, DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WAS PART OF ANY SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE ACCURATE.
IS IT, IS IT PART OF THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES? WE, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE, BENEFITS OR, OR, UM, OR YEAH, LIKE, UH, ACCESS TO MAINSTREAM RESOURCES, BENEFITS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE COULD, I'M SURE THERE'S A PLACE FOR IT.
SO IF WE WIND UP MAKING CHARTER AMENDMENTS AROUND LIKE PLACE AND LOCATION, WE COULD ALSO ENTERTAIN THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS AROUND SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AS WELL.
WE CAN, UH, SET VOLUNTEERS RIGHT NOW AT THIS CURRENT TIME.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS? I'D LOVE TO BE ON THAT.
CALI, THE, UH, STANDARDS ONE C STABILIZATION.
THERE'S NO CALI PRETTY WELL, SO I THINK I COULD CONTRIBUTE THAT CS, LIKELY CS OR NOT OTHERS.
IF WE CAN GET SOMEONE TO VOLUNTEER FOR ACCESS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND I CAN REMIND PEOPLE WHAT, UH, THE ACCESS COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE HERE.
AND IS IT ALSO A BOARD, A CO-CHAIR CAN BE A PART OF THIS MM-HMM
WELL, ANYONE,
OH, MATTER OF FACT, WE CAN ALLOW THEM TO, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET BEAT WITH, GET YOUR, YEAH, I WOULDN'T MIND BEING A CO-CHAIR.
I'M NOT SURE IF I'M READY TO INSTEAD CO-CHAIR WITH SUPPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, THE WAY THE SUBCOMMITTEES WORKED IN THE PAST, OR IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA WORK NOW, IS THE, THE STAFF IS GONNA HELP MANAGE THE COMMITTEE, RIGHT? LIKE YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE A STAFF THERE TO HELP WITH YEAH.
HELPING TO SET THE AGENDA, PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS,
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UM, SO NO REMINDERS.AND THEN THE CHAIR, CO-CHAIR I THINK WOULD BE, BECAUSE IT IS BROWN ACT AND ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER.
SO THIS, THE, THE CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR WOULD BE CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER TAKING MOTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO HELPING TO MAYBE PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS OR MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE AGENDA THAT, THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS, YOU KNOW, TETHERED BACK TO THE CHARTER AND BYLAW RESPONSIBILITIES AND ALL THAT.
IS THERE AN EXPECTATION AROUND, UM, THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS PER SUBCOMMITTEE? AND CAN YOU JUST TALK A BIT ABOUT LIKE, THE FREQUENCY THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE SAID? YEAH.
IN THE CHARTER BYLAWS, FREQUENCY IS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, MEDIA AND QUARTERLY BASIS.
SO EVERY, YOU KNOW, THREE MONTHS, UH, THERE'S NOT A MINIMUM NUMBER THAT'S DEFINED IN THE CHARTER, BUT THERE'S A MAXIMUM NUMBER.
SO A MAXIMUM OF 11, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, AND IDEALLY THERE WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF SOMEONE FROM THE BOARD, AT LEAST ON EACH SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND THEN, UH, WE CAN PULL FROM OR NOMINATE FROM OUR COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
SO BOARD MEMBER, UH, THERE SHOULD BE BOARD MEMBERS ON EACH SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND THEN THE BOARD MEMBER ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN RECOMMEND OR APPOINT PEOPLE FROM GENERAL MEMBERSHIP ACCORDING TO THE, THE BYLAW THERE.
SO EACH BOARD MEMBER SHOULD BE IN ONE OF THE COMMITTEES.
EACH COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE A BOARD MEMBER, EACH COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE A BOARD MEMBER.
AND THE CO AND THE CHAIRS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES DO NOT HAVE TO BE BOARD MEMBERS, CORRECT? UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT.
ARE YOU SAYING IT COULD BE A STAFF? WELL, IT COULD BE FROM THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, LIKE IF THEY'RE ON THAT COMMITTEE, IT DOES HAVE TO BE BOARD MEMBERS C COMMITTING TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR MENTIONING WHAT STEVEN JUST SAID, HE IS LIKE, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE CHAIR RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD BE ON THE COMMITTEE.
IT SAYS THE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR SHALL APPOINT MEMBERS FROM GENERAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THEY COULDN'T BE THE CHAIR.
THEY COULDN'T BE, THEY CAN'T GET ON THERE UNTIL THE CHAIR.
SO, WELL, IF, UH, IF WE, THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT PRESENT, SO IF YOU WANT TO WORK, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PULL SOME MORE OTHER MEMBERS AROUND A CHAIR FOR ACCESS AND THEN KIND OF GO FROM THERE AND THEN LIKE IT, SO ALSO, UM, THIS IS SELFISHLY JUST BECAUSE I OVERSEE OUTREACH, SO I WOULD POSSIBLY BE INTERESTED IN BEING ON ACCESS ONE TOO.
WE'RE NOT MEETING LIKE EVERY SINGLE ONE.
UM, SO YOU CAN DEFINITELY PUT ME DOWN FOR THAT ONE.
THERE ARE NO RULES ABOUT BEING IN MORE THAN ONE SUBCOMMITTEE, SO WE COULD DO THAT AS WELL.
I'M WILLING TO BE ON THE STABILIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE.
AFTER THE SUMMER EXPANSIVELY MORE AVAILABLE.
UNTIL THEN, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? ARE WE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION ANY FURTHER ON THIS? ON THESE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES AND THE MEMBERS ARE BEING ON IT? YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT, IF WE CAN SET OUT A COMMUNICATION TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA START THE COMMITTEES IN FEBRUARY.
THESE ARE WHAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPOINTED TODAY, BUT WHAT WE STILL NEED WITH, MAYBE WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY.
UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA BE AND WHERE AND ALL THAT STUFF TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
WE CAN SEND SOMETHING OUT TO WHAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE NEW ASSIGNMENTS.
AND WHEN WE PLAN TO MEET, FEBRUARY IS GONNA BE HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING DOES NEED TO BE, UM, WE NEED TO HOST THEM IN PERSON, UH, BASICALLY ACCORDING TO BROWN ACT, THERE CAN BE, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO HYBRID YET, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LIKE, JUST CAUSE OR, UM, IF, YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A WAY TO DO HYBRID.
UM, SOME ENTITIES THAT ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BROWN ACT PUBLIC MEETINGS HAVE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO DO HYBRID.
UM, BUT TO BE THERE NOT IN PERSON REQUIRES JUST CAUSE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THEM TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY IN PUBLIC NOTES.
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THERE'S NO, NO VOTE JUST TO RECEIVE THE FILE ON THIS DISCUSSION.SO, ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE ASK FOR A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US ON THE COC CIRCUIT? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DISCUSSION THAT COC GOVERNS CHARGES AND BYLAWS? SO MOVED.
WHO WAS FIRST? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SAY NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
NEXT ITEM FOR RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE LONG BEACH COC BOARD.
UH, I DO HAVE ONE PRESENTATION GENERALLY THAT ADDRESSES BOTH OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. SO, UM, I JUMP TO THAT.
SO, UM, THE, THE CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE WE'LL BE SORT OF SEEKING, UH, BOARD RECOMMENDATION AROUND WILL BE AROUND THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
UM, SO SOME OF THE BACKGROUND HERE, I THINK FOLKS HERE PROBABLY PARTICIPATED IN GENERAL MEMBERSHIP IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
LONG BEACH, COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP HAS BEEN MEETING, HAS BEEN MEETING VIRTUALLY, UH, ON ZOOM, I THINK SINCE COVID.
AND I THINK, UH, WE'VE SEEN THAT THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE PARTICIPATION HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT LACKLUSTER.
UM, NOT LOTS OF DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION.
THERE'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE NOT A VERY ENGAGED GROUP ANY LONGER.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE ABOUT, UM, CHANGES THAT WE COULD MAKE TO THE CHARTER THAT WE WANNA DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL.
UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT AND MORE PARTICIPATION FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
SO THIS IS JUST, UH, FROM THE CHARTER, AGAIN, THE, UH, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, UM, WHICH I DON'T NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE, BUT WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IF THERE'S SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC THINGS WE WANT OF THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP TO GET THEM MORE ENGAGED.
BUT, UM, KIND OF WALKING THROUGH THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
BUT BASICALLY IT, IT'S ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING THIS BODY, THE BOARD, UH, YOU KNOW, CALL TO MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS, ADHERE TO LONG BEACH, COC BOARD, CHARTER AND BYLAW AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, PROVIDING INPUT TO THIS BODY, TO HAY SAC TO THEIR HOMELESS, UH, COC PLANNING EFFORTS.
UM, RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT AT MEETINGS, INFORMING CONSOLIDATED PLAN, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE, IN THE CHARTER RIGHT NOW AROUND THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP THAT WE'RE SORT OF WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL IS, UM, ONE IS THE FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE MEET QUARTERLY.
UM, NOT SURE IF THAT'S TOO OFTEN, LIKE IF, UM, WE'RE HAVING TOO MANY MEETINGS AND TOO MANY COMPETING MEETINGS IF THAT'S SORT OF LEADING TOWARDS MEETING FATIGUE.
THE OTHER IS THAT THE, UM, PER THE CHARTER, IT DID SAY THAT WE WOULD MEET VIRTUALLY OR AT THE MSC.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING REALLY ALMOST ENTIRELY ONLINE.
I THINK WE HAD ONE MEETING IN PERSON HERE, AND I THINK WE HAD ONE PUBLIC, UH, PARTICIPANT WHEN WE DID IT IN PERSON.
UM, SO REALLY THIS IS MORE CONVERSATIONAL, SOME NEXT STEPS, UH, BUT, UH, LOCATION AND FREQUENCY.
SOME THINGS THAT WE, UH, ON THE BUREAU SIDE HAD HAD TALKED ABOUT AND SORT OF CONSIDERED AND WANTED TO BRING FOR RECOMMENDATION.
UH, BUT THE LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION DOES SERVE AS A REGULAR MEETING SPACE WHERE PEOPLE SORT OF, UH, FOCUSED ON THIS WORK, GET TOGETHER ON A, ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND DISCUSS HOMELESSNESS AND HOMELESS SERVICES WITHIN LONG BEACH.
UM, SO ONE, ONE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE WE MOVE TO HAVE, UH, SOME NUMBER OF MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
TWO MEETINGS, THREE MEETINGS, TWO, TWO OR THREE LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION MEETINGS.
BE A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP BUSINESS MEETING.
UM, IT'S, UH, BASICALLY IT'S ALREADY AN ENGAGED GROUP.
UM, COULD WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT, AND THAT THAT COALITION SERVE TO HOST, UM, THE LONG BEACH COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO MEET IN PERSON, THE LONG BEACH ALMOST COALITION OR DESIGN MEET IN PERSON.
UH, THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE THE FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS.
IT COULD BE BI-ANNUALLY, OR IT COULD BE MAYBE THREE TIMES A YEAR.
UM, WE COULD, RIGHT NOW WE ARE REQUIRED TO MEET IN MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER, AND DECEMBER.
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SOMETHING LIKE MARCH, JULY, NOVEMBER, THREE TIMES A YEAR.UM, AND THEN A RECOMMENDATION TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF LIKE THE CHANGES.
UM, WE CAN ALSO CONSIDER CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP AND ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL.
UM, BUT, UH, PRIMARILY WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGES AND AGAIN, SORT OF THE LOCATION AND FREQUENCY.
UM, ANOTHER THING I WILL SAY ABOUT THIS IS THAT, UH, WE, THE, THE, THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, UM, UH, I THINK DOES NEED TO BE A PUBLICLY POSTED AGENDAS MEETING, BUT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT WE CAN BE, BE CONDUCTED THE ROBERTS RULES OF WAR.
WE DON'T NEED TO CALL MOTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MOVE BUSINESS FORWARD.
IT CAN BE A SPACE WHERE THERE'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, MORE COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION AND DISCUSSION AMONG THE NUMBERS.
SO I WILL, THAT IS THE END OF THE CHARTER AND GENERAL MEMBERSHIP PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS, IDEAS ABOUT THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP? WHAT MAKES THE LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION GETTING MORE ROBUST? THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, I'M SORRY.
WHAT MAKES IT MORE ENGAGED INSTEAD? WHAT MAKES IT MORE ENGAGED? UH, WHAT MAKES, UH, THE LONG BEACH HOMES CORRELATION, GENERAL MEETINGS ENGAGING IS WE HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MEMBERS THAT'S ACTIVELY IN THE MEETING TO BE EDUCATED ON GOING FORWARD AND HOW TO ADDRESS HOMELESS ISSUES.
SO IT'S MORE COMMUNITY THAN, THAN PROBABLY AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES, WHICH IS I THINK WHAT GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING IS.
MOSTLY THE PEOPLE I SEE ON THE ZOOMS ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE REPRESENTING COC FUNDED AGENCIES OR MANY OF US.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT, IT'S DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT POPULATION.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT TO ME IS THAT THEY NEED THE EDUCATION.
THOSE FOLKS ARE MEETING THE EDUCATION THAT THE COC HAS ALREADY PROVIDED US DURING THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS.
AND THEN WE ALSO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE LIVELINESS OF THEIR DISCUSSION.
SOMETIMES THAT WOULD MAYBE HELP REINVIGORATE EVEN THE BOARD MEMBERS.
LIKE I KNOW WE'RE ALL SITTING ON THAT ZOOM AND YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THE REPORTS, IT'S GOOD INFORMATION, BUT WE'RE NOT ALL REALLY ENGAGED THERE EITHER.
SO THAT'S, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOLSTER PROBABLY BOTH SIDES.
AND ALSO, UM, AT THAT GENERAL MEETING, I CATCH A LOT OF FLACK
AND, UH, WE JUST FEAR THAT WE GET MORE PEOPLE ENGAGED AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE THOSE HARD QUESTIONS.
THEY CAN HAVE INFORMATION WRITTEN THERE FOR THEM.
IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT AT THESE, UH, THESE HOMELESS COALITION MEETINGS.
SO YOU MEET MONTHLY, THE HOMELESS COALITION? YES.
WE MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY, FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT THE GOODWILL LOCATED 800 WEST, UH, PACIFIC SIDEWAY.
SO THAT, THIS PROPOSAL WOULD BE, UH, PERHAPS WE TAKE TWO OR THREE OF THOSE MEETINGS AND DESIGNATED AS A COC BOARD MEETING, I MEAN A COC GENERAL MEETING.
BUT OF COURSE, ANY OF US COULD CONTINUE AND GO.
I MEAN, THE IDEA IS THAT MAYBE PEOPLE WOULD CONTINUE TO ADD, YOU KNOW, WELL WE WOULDN'T CLASSIFY IT AS A COC GENERAL MEETING.
'CAUSE ACTUALLY IT WOULD TAKE AWAY WHAT WE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO.
WHAT WE DO WANT TO INFORM, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, WE WOULD LIKE TO COMBINE THE MEETING, SO TO SPEAK, ON INFORMATIVE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, BUT NOT PER SE SAY IT'S A GENERAL CLC GENERAL MEETING.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONFLICT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WITH LONG BEACH COALITION WHO PROPOSED THAT.
IS THE COALITION AWARE OF THIS? THIS WAS, UH, IT KIND OF CAME OUT OF A CONVERSATION THROUGH, UH, BUREAU STAFF MEETING WITH THE CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR.
SO WE HAVE CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR CHECK-INS.
AND WE HAD RECOMMENDED, WE HAD RECOMMENDED THAT, UM, BASICALLY BASED OFF THE PARTICIPATION WE'RE SEEING IN OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, WANTED TO HAVE OUR MEETINGS IN PERSON.
UH, AND THAT PROBABLY WE WANT TO MEET LESS FREQUENTLY, LESS
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FREQUENTLY.AND THEN BASED OFF OF THAT, LIKE WHEN AND WHERE COULD WE MEET, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE SPACE THAT WE COULD MEET? UM, AND HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY ENGAGED, BUT THE CO BUT THE COALITION THEMSELVES.
I MEAN, IS THIS STILL PAGE, IS THIS A PAGE OVER THERE? UH, YES.
I'M THE PRESIDENT ON THESE HOMELESS.
IT'S, I SO, SO YOU, SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU WOULD, I I GUESS I'M NOT CLEAR ON HOW THE WORD YEAH.
SO WE HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS THE MEETING.
I WOULD SAY THIS, THIS IS, IT WOULD BE REASONABLY IN ALIGNED WITH HOW L-A-C-O-C HOLDS THEIR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
UM, THERE ARE SPA COALITIONS OR SPA COLLABORATIVES THAT MEET INDEPENDENTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, AND WHEN L-A-C-O-C HAS THEIR QUARTERLY MEETINGS, THEY, THEY MEET, UH, THE, THE SPOT COALITIONS OR SPOT COLLABORATIVES.
POSTS LASA, AND THEN WILL ALSO, ALSO HOLD'S QUARTERLY MEETING, WHICH THEN BECOMES THE L-A-C-O-C GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS.
AND THEN THE PEOPLE IN THE COALITION GET TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WITH THE PROVIDER AGENCIES AND THE COMMUNITY HAVING JUST COME TOGETHER.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL IN LIEU OF THAT MEETING.
'CAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE THE DATE AND TIME LOCKED IN.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS MAYBE A TWO OR THREE OUT OF THE 12 WE WOULD DESIGNATE AS THOSE OF THE CC.
AND IT DID COME OUT CONVERSATION.
'CAUSE I KNOW JAMIE'S WAS SAYING WE NEED, UM, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THE BUREAU PROVIDES US IN THOSE GENERAL MEETINGS WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO BE THERE AND INSTEAD OF HAVING MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THE SAME INFORMATION, I THINK THAT THAT WAS THE THOUGHT.
BECAUSE, UM, PRETTY MUCH THIS WHOLE, IN THIS WHOLE ATMOSPHERE IN LONG BEACH, WE HAPPEN TO BUMP INTO EACH OTHER A LOT.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS, DANIEL, YOU YES.
AND, UM, PERSONALLY I FEEL THAT IT WILL BE A GOOD PLACE BECAUSE LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS BEING ASKED AND A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE NOT REALLY AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE COC AND, AND CACK AS WELL.
AND IT IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THESE HARD QUESTIONS TO GET THIS INFORMATION FIRSTHAND.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WITH THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE BETTER AS A COMMUNITY.
AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BRIEFLY JUST IT, IT'S ON THE TABLE, I MEAN HERE, LIKE TO PEOPLE'S IDEAS, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LOOKING AT IT A MAY OR JUNE WHERE THE HOMELESS COUNT, UM, INFORMATION WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
AND THAT WOULD BE A KEY TOPIC THAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
AND THEN MAYBE ONE IN THE FALL AND GEARING UP FOR THE HOMELESS COUNT OR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FUNDING APPLICATIONS ARE SOMETHING, THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE KEY TIMES I THINK WE WERE THINKING LIKE MAY AND OCTOBER.
I MEAN WE COULD THINK OF IN THE FREQUENCY, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE LIKE BUSINESS MEETINGS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE IN THE SPRING YOUR MEETING AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING DISCUSSING IN THE SUMMER, YOU'RE MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS KIND OF BUSINESS AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE COULD DO THAT AS WELL.
AND THIS WILL BE BROUGHT UP TO OUR LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
AND, UM, WE'LL NOTIFY, UH, UM, PRESIDENT, NOTIFY MYSELF, WHICH WAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD.
UM, MY PARENTING PHILOSOPHY IS WHEN THINGS GET HARD, GET CLOSER TO EACH OTHER.
SO IF, AND IT DOES FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LACK OF COMMUNICATION HAPPENING BETWEEN TWO ENTITIES THAT DO REALLY GOOD WORK.
AND, UM, THAT SHOULDN'T, DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO HAPPEN.
SO IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT, BUT NOTHING GETS RESOLVED IF YOU MAINTAIN THOSE WALLS UP.
SO I THINK THIS IS, I'M FOR IT.
IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT, BUT WHAT, WHAT ISN'T
AND THIS IS WHERE THE CONFLICT COMES AT, YOU KNOW, ON WHO ACTUAL MEETING THAT YOU KNOW, IS ACTUALLY RUN THE MEETING.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT BOARD WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE OKAY.
SO, AND KIND OF THE REASON FOR THIS IS YOU GUYS HAVE AN AUDIENCE THAT WE DON'T MM-HMM
SO WE MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT, SORT OF YES.
AND LIKE GENIUS EXPRESS, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, MISINFORMATION ABOUT
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WHAT THE COC IS DOING OR NOT DOING.I DON'T THINK WE'RE LOCKED INTO FOUR THOUGH, RIGHT? NO.
WE HAD PROPOSED I, WELL OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS WE CURRENTLY, THE CHARTER SAYS WE MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE, WE MEET LESS FREQUENCY OTHER TWICE OR THREE TIMES PER YEAR.
AS A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, WE HAVE TO GET YOUR APPROVAL TO DO IT EVEN IF WE APPROVE.
'CAUSE JANUARY AND RIGHT BEFORE THE POINT IN TIME YOU'RE GONNA MEET MAY, YOU'RE GONNA GET THE RESULTS IN OCTOBER, YOU GOT THE FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT.
SO WE WILL THAT CC I'LL LET MYSELF KNOW SOON.
UM, THAT'S, IT'S KIND OF CRAZY SAYING THAT YOU LIKE BEING A THIRD PERSON.
AND WOULD THERE BE, LET'S, SO WE'VE HAD LIKE AS THE VA TRYING TO HOST DIFFERENT EVENTS, LIKE KIND OF SIMILAR THINGS, LIKE WHO'S HOSTING, WHAT COULD IT BE? SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF LIKE THE LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION TO HOST THIS COC MEETING.
LIKE LITERALLY JUST LIKE A DIFFERENT, PRESENTING IT IN A WAY SO EVERYONE STILL FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR MEETING, BUT YOU ARE HOSTING US FOR THIS SPECIAL MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S THE DIRECTION, THE MOST BEST DIRECTION TO GO IN.
BUT I CANNOT MAKE THAT DECISION BY MYSELF.
THAT'D BE MORE LIKE A DICTATORSHIP TYPE MOVE.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BOARD TO DISCUSS THIS.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I JUST GOT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR BOARD TO BUY INTO IT AND GO FORWARD.
WELL, SO ON THE SPOT, HOW ABOUT A MOTION THEN TO, UH, REQUEST THE LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION TO SERVE AS THE CSC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP HOST? I'M GONNA SAY IN JANUARY OF MAY AND OCTOBER IN PERSON AND REVISE THE CHARGE TO REFLECT THOSE CHANGES.
UM, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, I'VE GOT DISCUSSED IT WITH OUR BOARD.
WELL, THE MOTION IS FOR YOU TO TAKE IT TO YOUR BOARD.
WE REQUEST, REQUEST THAT YOU TAKE IT TO YOUR BOARD, BUT WE'RE IN FAVOR OF THEM TAKING IT TO COURT BASED ON THAT MOTION.
CAN WE GET A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? UH, CAN, UH, CAN YOU, UH, CAN THE COC WRITE UP A STATEMENT OR WE CAN PRESENT IT? YEAH, UH, I WOULD SAY, AND THEN BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK, WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, SO RIGHT NOW THE, THE MOTION AS IT STANDS THAT WAS JUST APPROVED WAS RECOMMENDATION FOR, UM, FOR YOU TO GO BACK TO LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION TO RECOMMEND THAT LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION HOST THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP FEE TIMES SPRING YEAR, JANUARY, MAY, AND, UH, OCTOBER I THINK I HEARD.
SO WE CAN HELP WITH LIKE A STATEMENT AROUND THAT.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME THERE, WE CAN THEN HAVE REVISED CHARTER LANGUAGE PRESENT AT THE NEXT MEETING HERE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, FOR THE NEXT ITEM, I DUNNO IF YOU WANT TO JUST RECOMMEND TO RECEIVE AND FILE, BECAUSE THE PRESENTATION BASICALLY IS THE SAME FOR BOTH CHARTER AMENDMENT PLUS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
WE ASKED ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CORRECT? WE, YEAH, THIS ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE COC BOARD.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
WE'RE, WE HAVE SOME CONFLICT, UM, IN SCHEDULING AT HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UM, AND IN ORDER TO KEEP THE COC BOARD ON TUESDAYS AT THE SAME SCHEDULE, WE HAVE TO PUSH IT BACK TO THREE 30 TO FIVE INSTEAD OF THREE TO FOUR 30.
UM, OR WE COULD WORK ON FINDING A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT LOCATIONS LIKE PACIFIC GATEWAY, UM, AND POSSIBLY THE, THE LIBRARY.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DISCUSS IF YOU'RE OKAY DOING IT 2, 3 30 TO FIVE OR IF YOU WOULD JUST LIKE TO KEEP IT AT THE SAME TIME.
AND I CAN GO BETWEEN PACIFIC GATEWAY AND ALL OF THE VILLAGE AND KING LIBRARY.
I, I HAVE CLASS THAT STARTS AT FOUR 30 IN FULLERTON.
SO ON A GOOD DAY, ON A BAD DAY, THAT'S AN HOUR DRIVE.
SO I BASICALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE UNTIL AFTER AUGUST IF WE MOVE THE TIME.
SO, OR HEY, THROW A WRENCH INTO EVERYTHING A DIFFERENT DAY.
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SO THAT'S MY ONLY ISSUE THERE.
UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I COULD PROBABLY ASK, UH, THE FOLKS AT LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES IF THEY HAVE A SPACE FOR US.
I THINK THE ONLY CONCERN WITH PUSHING IT LATER IS THEN YOU'VE GOT CITY COUNCIL AND THAT IT BUMPS RIGHT UP AGAINST AND WE'RE DRIVING LIKE 80 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS TOWN.
UM, THAT'S THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE TUESDAYS.
I THINK FOUR 30 WORKS BY HORIZON IN TIME.
SO OTHERWISE, IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY, EITHER KEEPING IT AT THE SAME TIME AND JUST FLUCTUATING BETWEEN LOCATIONS IF NEEDED.
IF UH, IF I'M ABLE TO BOOK PACIFIC GATEWAY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR FOR OUR MEETINGS, THEN I CAN DO THAT.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER OPTION UNLESS I FIND ANOTHER, THE LIBRARY IS A NICE OPTION FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE, CAN JUST RUN ACROSS THE STREET TO COUNCIL AFTERWARDS.
THE ONLY ISSUE WITH LIBRARIES IN THE SUMMER, THEY HAVE THEIR PROGRAMS, SO I USUALLY CAN, BUT THE SUMMERTIME, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, SHE'LL BE OKAY.
SO EITHER LOCATION WILL BE AT 3:00 PM CORRECT? YEAH, I BELIEVE AT THREE 3:00 PM THREE AND MOSTLY AT BILLY WE CAN
PRIMARILY AT BILLY JEAN, BUT HERE ON WHEN YOU CAN.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS DISCUSSION ON THE MEETING SCHEME FOR THE LONG BEACH CLC BOARD? I'LL MOTION.
ALRIGHT, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NONE.
THERE'S A, UM, HOMELESS SERVICE BUREAU STAFF OPERATIONS UPDATE.
UM, I'M OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR DOING PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
UM, I BELIEVE I PRESENTED TO SOME OF YOU LAST TIME ON OUR, UM, HOMELESS COUNT.
AS WE ARE PREPARING EVERYTHING, I'M JUST HERE TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE HOMELESS COUNT AS WE PREPARE TO CARRY OUT, UM, ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES NEXT WEEK.
THERE WAS RECOMMENDATION THAT WENT OUT TO THE REST OF THE COCS WITHIN LA COUNTY.
UM, LASA LA COC, GLENDALE AND PASADENA, ALLOWING FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE HOMELESS COUNT.
HOWEVER, AS LONG BEACH IS LESS IMPACTED, WE ARE NOT GOING TO, UM, RE OR POSTPONE IT.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR HOMELESS COUNT ON JANUARY 23RD, 2025.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO CARRY IT OUT AT THE GRAND, WHICH IS ACTUALLY JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM HERE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE ADDRESS BELOW.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY 370 STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS TAKING PART, UM, ACROSS ALL ASPECTS OF THE COUNT.
WE ALSO HAVE A WAIT LIST OF ABOUT 60 VOLUNTEERS WHO, UM, DID NOT ATTEND A TRAINING OR SIGN UP FOR A TRAINING.
UM, THUS FAR WE PROVIDED TWO TRAININGS TO COMMUNITY, UM, MEMBERS AS WELL AS SERVICE PROVIDERS.
WE HAVE TWO MORE TRAININGS WITH ONE MORE TRAINING TONIGHT, UM, FOCUSING ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SHELTER STAFF.
UM, AND A TRAINING TOMORROW, WHICH WILL BE OUR FINAL TRAINING JUST TO, UM, OFFER TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE TAKING PART.
WE HAVE A FINAL TRAINING FOR OUR INTERNAL, UH, HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF, AS WELL AS SOME LONG BEACH CITY STAFF ON THURSDAY.
UM, IF ANYONE'S STILL INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN ANY ASPECT, PLEASE EMAIL ME STEVEN DOT PEARL@LONGBEACH.GOV.
UM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE CLOSED OFF, UM, OUR REGISTRATION, WE ARE STILL TAKING ALTERNATE OR ALTERNATES.
WE'RE TAKING, UM, PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PROVIDE
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ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR.UM, SO COMPONENTS OF THE PIT COUNT, WE WENT OVER THIS DURING OUR LAST PRESENTATION, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING STREET-BASED ENUMERATION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL, UM, PIT COUNT THAT IS DONE FROM 5:00 AM TILL 12 NOON.
THAT'S GOING TO BE VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE STARTING TO CONDUCT OUR SPECIALIZED STREET-BASED ENUMERATION, WHICH IS GOING TO AREAS THAT MIGHT BE, UM, A LITTLE MORE DANGEROUS OR NOT REALLY THE BEST, UM, ATMOSPHERE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, IT'S GOING TO ENTAIL RIVER EMBANKMENTS, UM, FREEWAY UNDERPASSES PARKS, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE BY OUR OUTREACH TEAMS. UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PROVIDING COUNTS ON THE DAY OF THE COUNT AT SERVICE SITES.
SO AT MSC, UH, THE VA, WE'LL HAVE OUR LIBRARY STAFF TAKING PART IN, UM, MULTIPLE ASPECTS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OUR HOUSING INVENTORY, WHICH IS OUR SHELTER COUNT, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE THE DAY BEFORE THE UNHOUSED OR THE UNSHELTERED COUNT.
UM, SOME OF THE SITES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO ARE THE LONG BEACH RESCUE MISSION SITES.
THEY HAVE MULTIPLE SITES, FIRST TO SERVE OPERATED SITES THAT ARE THROUGHOUT, UM, THIS AREA WE'LL BE WORKING WITH US VETS AS THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF SITES AND THEY'LL BE PROVIDING THEIR OWN STAFF TO CARRY OUT, UM, THE SURVEYS AT THOSE SITES.
WE'LL BE HAVING SOME OF THE HSB STAFF CONDUCT A SHELTER COUNT AT THE VAGABOND, WHICH IS OUR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUND SHELTER.
AND THEN IF, UH, THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER IS ACTIVATED, WE WILL BE ALSO PERFORMING THE COUNTS THERE, UM, ON THE NIGHT BEFORE TO ALSO HAVING STAFF THAT WERE TAKING PART IN THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER BEING PRESENT AT THE MSC TO ENSURE WE'RE NOT, UM, DUPLICATING ANY OF THE COUNT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING THE YOUTH COUNT AT LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AS WELL AS C-S-U-L-B, WORKING WITH STUDENT PARTICIPANTS TO PERFORM SURVEYS, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS ON CAMPUS.
UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH LB USD'S DIVISION OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES WHO ARE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING PHONE OUTREACH AS THEY ALREADY HAVE ROSTERS OF POTENTIAL FAMILIES THAT ARE UNHOUSED.
UM, WE, WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM TO GO OVER THE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF HOMELESSNESS AS, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE STRICTLY COUNTING CATEGORY ONE AS DEFINED BY HUD HOMELESS, WHICH IS LITERALLY UNHOUSED OR IN PLACE NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN HABITATION.
D'S DEFINITION, UH, DIFFERS A LITTLE BIT WHERE THEY DO CONSIDER COUCH SURFING TO BE, UM, HOMELESS.
SO WE'RE KIND OF JUST ENSURING THAT THAT DIFFERENTIATION IS KNOWN.
UM, SO FOR OUR STREET BASED ENUMERATION, WE'VE CREATED TEAMS. UH, CURRENTLY ALL THE TEAMS HAVE FOUR OR FIVE VOLUNTEERS.
HOWEVER, WE DO EXPECT THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT SHOW UP ON THE DAY OF.
SO THREE TO FIVE CANVASSING 72 SPECIFIC MAP AREAS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
VOLUNTEERS ARE BEING DIRECTED TO APPROACH EVERYONE THEY SEE ON THE STREET AND VERY POLITELY ASK, UM, IF THEY'RE EXPERIENCING ANY HOUSING ISSUES, IF THEY ARE UNHOUSED AND IF THEY RESPOND THAT THEY ARE NOT ASKING THEM IF THEY HAVE, IF THEY KNOW WHERE ANYBODY WHO IS MIGHT RESIDE.
UM, SURVEY PARTICIPANTS WHO COMPLETE THE DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY ARE GOING TO BE GIVEN A $10 SEVEN 11 GIFT CARD AS AN INCENTIVE FOR COMPLETING THE SURVEY.
IT'S ABOUT 40 QUESTIONS LONG, SO IT WILL TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 MINUTES ROUGHLY.
UM, FOR LANGUAGE ACCESS, WE'RE GOING, WE DO HAVE THE SURVEY TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE OFFERING A TELEPHONIC TRANSLATION SERVICE.
UM, IF WE EVER DO ENCOUNTER ANYONE WHO SPEAKS A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THAT NO ONE ON THE OUT OR ON THE FIELD TEAMS IS ABLE TO, UM, SPEAK FOR ACCESS CENTERS AND OUR HOUSING INVENTORY APPROACH.
UM, ALL, ALL STAFF ARE GONNA BE TRAINED ON THE SAME APP THAT WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE IN THE SURVEY IN THE UNSHELTERED COUNTS.
UM, IT'S DONE THROUGH ARC GIS SURVEY, 1, 2, 3, UM, FOR THE SHELTER AND INTERIM HOUSING SITES.
ALL OF THOSE STAFF ARE ALSO GONNA BE TRAINED ON THE SAME SURVEY.
WE ARE CREATING TWO IDENTICAL BUT DIFFERENT SURVEYS SO THAT WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR THOSE THAT ARE SHELTERED VERSUS UNSHELTERED WITH, UM, LESS ISSUES THAN WE RAN INTO LAST YEAR.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOING TO USE HMIS TO RECONCILE THE SHELTER COUNT, JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE ENTIRE HOUSING INVENTORY.
UM, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE MAY, MAY NOT BE AT THE SHELTER AT THE TIME THAT WE'RE GOING, WE WILL BE THERE FROM 7:00 PM TO 10:00 PM ON THE NIGHT BEFORE.
UM, JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
DATE OF COLLECTION ANALYSIS, UM, AS I SAID, THE ACCOUNT'S GONNA BE CONDUCTED VIA ARC JS SURVEY, 1, 2 3 MOBILE APP.
UM, WE'VE EDITED AN JUST A FEW QUESTIONS FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, WE TRIED TO MAKE SOME OF THE MORE SENSITIVE QUESTIONS, EASIER TO ANSWER.
UM, SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO DV AND FLEEING PARTICIPANTS.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO USE A NEW METHODOLOGY WHERE INSTEAD OF ANSWERING THE QUESTION DIRECTLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A, UM, TWO SEPARATE SURVEYS WITH ONE QUESTION DIFFERENT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ATTEMPTING THIS NEW METHODOLOGY, WHICH WILL ALLOW PARTICIPANTS NOT TO DIRECTLY ANSWER THIS QUESTION IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER RESPONSE RATE.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE'VE ALSO ADDED A QUESTION DUE TO THE NATURAL DISASTERS OCCURRING IN LA COUNTY TO, TO ASSESS IF PEOPLE CAME TO LONG BEACH DUE TO THE FIRES AND ARE
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CURRENTLY UNHOUSED.UM, D DUPLICATION, OUR DATA TEAM IS GOING TO BE WORKING USING A FEW NUMBER OF INDICATORS.
WE, UM, ALL OF THE, THE ON HOW OR THE PIT COUNT, THE HOMELESS COUNT IS ANONYMIZED.
SO WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION, UM, THAT'S GOING TO GIVE ANYONE'S IDENTITY.
WE ARE TAKING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS, UM, SUCH AS DATE OF BIRTH, UM, FIRST INITIAL, LAST INITIAL TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING COUNTS, UM, VISUAL COUNT INTERPRETATION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THE DEMOGRAPHIC COUNT AS WELL AS A VISUAL COUNT TO ASSESS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING OUT THERE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE COORDINATING WITH OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS TO RELEASE THE 2025 PIT COUNT DATA BY APRIL.
WAYS TO SUPPORT, UM, I KNOW A FEW OF YOU ARE VOLUNTEERED.
UM, I KNOW MS. MARTINS IS GOING TO BE LEADING A TEAM.
UM, MS. TAN, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA SEE IF I CAN TALK TO YOU AS WELL AFTER THIS, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN EMAILING.
UM, BUT LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE OR GET INVOLVED IN ANY WAY.
AGAIN, MY EMAIL IS STEVEN DO PRO@LONGBEACH.GOV.
UM, AND SHARE YOUR CLIENTS OR PROGRAMS ARE GONNA HAVE THEIR PARTICIPANTS ACCOUNTED.
SO BASICALLY JUST TALK TO YOUR TEAMS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EITHER SIGNED UP FOR TRAINING, THEY'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH MY TEAM SO THAT THEY ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AND THAT THEY'RE GETTING TRAINED ON THE APP SO THAT THEY CAN CARRY OUT THE COUNT.
WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC RESPONSES ARE KIND OF LOW, SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BUILD UP MORE OF A RAPPORT WITH THEM.
BUT, BUT OUR RESPONSE RATE FROM A LOT OF OUR SHELTER SITES RELATING TO THIS HAS, UM, NOT BEEN THE HIGHEST.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
OTHER THAN THAT, IF, IF YOU DO HAVE ANY RESOURCES FOR DONATIONS, UM, IT'S A LITTLE LATE FOR THAT THIS YEAR.
BUT FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, WE'RE GOING TO START COLLECTING DONATIONS A LOT FARTHER IN ADVANCE SO THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE OUR COSTS AND PROVIDING HYGIENE KITS AND OTHER MATERIALS OUT DURING THE COUNT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND WE CAN BRAINSTORM WHAT WE CAN DO.
I OVERSEE OUR MOBILE ACCESS CENTER AS WELL AS HELP OUT WITH OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
SO I'LL BE PROVIDING SOME OPERATIONAL UPDATES.
UM, STAFF WITHIN OUR OFFICE OF HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS WERE ABLE TO SUBMIT TWO CITY APPLICATIONS, UM, FOR STATE PROP ONE, UM, PROJECTS AT THE MSC AND 7 0 2 ANAHEIM SHELTER.
THE CO CENTURY VILLAGES OF CABRILLO DID A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY IN DECEMBER.
UM, THIS PROJECT WILL BRING 90 NEW SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS FOR OUR VETERANS.
UM, THE LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION HOSTED THE ANNUAL HOMELESS HOMELESS, UM, MEMORIAL AT FOREST LAWN ON DECEMBER 21ST, UM, WITH AROUND 70 INDIVIDUALS BEING NAMED, UM, WHO PASSED WHO WERE UNSHELTERED.
UM, AS OF JANUARY, SORRY, I CAN'T SEE.
UM, AS OF JANUARY 1ST, WE HAVE, UH, 40 ADDITIONAL BEDS WITHIN OUR, UM, 7 0 2 ANAHEIM SHELTER, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, THE MSC HAS ACTIVATED FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, UM, THAT IS GOING ON UNTIL THE MORNING OF JANUARY 17TH.
UM, WITH PROVIDING 60 ADDITIONAL BEDS IN OUR AREA.
UM, THE CITY HAS GOTTEN TO FULL CAPACITY FOR VOLUNTEERS.
UM, AS STEVEN HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, UM, FOR OUR HOMELESS COUNT, WHICH WILL BE OCCURRING IN THE MORNING OF THE 23RD THIS MONTH, WE KICK OFF ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, TA, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON LOW BARRIER AND SHELTER PRACTICES, ALONG WITH ENSURING SAFE AND HEALTHY SPACES IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS.
HUD RELEASED THE 2024 ANNUAL HOMELESS, UM, ASSESSMENT REPORT SHOWING AN 18% INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS NATIONWIDE.
STEVEN, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF? JUST A QUICK QUESTION SOMETIMES OF THE SURVEY THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MM-HMM
HOW MANY, UH, PARTICIPANTS DO YOU TYPICALLY HAVE COMPLETE THAT SURVEY EACH YEAR? UM, LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS CLOSE TO A THOUSAND.
I NEED TO CHECK WITH OUR SENIOR DATA JUST TO GET THE EXACT NUMBERS.
I KNOW LAST YEAR OUR RESPONSES, WE HAD 3,300 TOTAL ENCOUNTERED, LIKE A LITTLE OVER THAT ACTUALLY.
BUT I NEED TO GET THE ACTUAL RESPONSE RATE ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
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I HAVE ONE, UH, QUESTION OR REQUEST, UH, RELATING TO THE SPECIALIZED STREET BASED ENUMERATION COUNT.ARE YOU GUYS TAKING ANY VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT OR IS IT JUST STREET OUTREACH? THAT IS JUST STREET OUTREACH.
THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE THE STREET OUTREACH TEAM HAS PRIOR RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THAT MAY BE IN THESE ENCAMPMENTS OR AREAS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S DEEMED TO BE A LITTLE BIT UNSAFE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE THERE.
SO WE TEND TO HAVE OUTREACH TEAMS POSSIBLY GO WITH POLICE ESCORT DEPENDING ON THE AREAS.
HAVE THEY, IN THE PAST DID LIKE ANY TYPE OF RIDE LOANS FOR CITY STAFF TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE OUTREACH TEAMS? JEFF, ARE YOU, ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT HAPPENING.
I THINK OUR OUTREACH TEAMS DO ON, YOU KNOW, BUT NOT FOR LIKE THE SPECIALIZED PIT COUNT, WHICH IS GENERALLY LIKE IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO A RIDE ALONG TO KIND OF SEE WHAT OUTREACH LOOKS LIKE AND WE CAN, WE CAN ARRANGE THAT.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT JUST A POINT OF, UH, CULTURAL COMPETENCY.
UM, SUGGEST RENAMING THE PRODUCTS THAT, UH, FROM THE HYGIENE KIT FROM FEMININE PRODUCTS TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY FEMALES THAT MEN STRAIGHT.
AND TRANS KIDS ARE OVER DISPROPORTIONATELY, UM, REPRESENTED.
WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU AND MAKE THAT CHANGE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS, YOU GUYS ALWAYS JUST DO A GREAT JOB.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUCCINCTNESS AND CLARITY AND THE OBJECTIVITY AND HELPING US SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT CHOICES WE HAVE BEFORE US AND IT'S APPRECIATED.
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THEN WE'LL TAKE A, UH, RECOMMENDATION MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF OPERATIONS UPDATE.
SECOND, DID YOU VOTE? MOTION PASSES.
IS THERE SAC REPORT? UH, KIM IS NOT HERE, BUT SOME KEY TAKEAWAY POINTS FROM THE LAST, UH, SAC MEETING.
THE COMMITTEE, UM, VOTED TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MAYOR'S FUND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, UM, WHICH BASICALLY IS A GUIDELINE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S FUND, UM, TO USE AS A GUIDE WHEN RECEIVING, UH, MAYOR'S FUND APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND THEN THEY DID ALSO HAVE A BUILT FOR ZERO FALL 2024 PRESENTATION THAT'S UPLOADED ONLINE.
UM, AND THEY ARE CONSIDERING MOVING THE HAYSTACK MEETING TIMES FROM THREE 30 TO FIVE, SORRY, THREE 30 TO SIX TO FIVE TO 8:00 PM IN ORDER TO, UM, POSSIBLY GET MORE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
SO THAT WILL BE VOTED AT THE NEXT ACEC MEETING.
DOES LORI HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HAY SAG REPRESENTATIVE REPORT BY PRESENTED BY JENNIFER SANTANA? I THINK WE, I THINK WE'RE, DO WE ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSED.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS? IF YOU CAN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE NONE SPARE GET ACROSS TOWN.