* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:08] YES. LIKE TO FOLLOW THE MEETING, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE BOARD. UM, JENNIFER , CHAIR. W EIGHT HERE. LAUREN, ER, ABSENT. WOODS. STEVEN. HERE. STEVEN, SORRY. UH, JANE WICK. AB ABSENT. ANGELA RUSSELL. HERE. VICE CHAIR KIMBERLY LU HERE DOES ASIN. MR. RICHARD SCOTT HERE. WE HAVE MORE. MY FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE SERVICE ADVISORY MEETING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH. UM, I HAVE A MOTION. SORRY. SORRY, JIMMY. JUST REALLY QUICK, UH, JUST A REMINDER FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AFTER EACH AGENDA ITEM. WE DO HAVE TWO MINUTES, UH, AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. ITEM COMMENT, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? WHAT THIS AGENDA ITEM? OH, UM, NO, I JUST HAD IT. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WOULD THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE SERVICES MEETING FIFTH, 2025 SAY, AYE A ALEX OPPOSED ABSTAINED MOTION? HAPPY. THANK YOU. THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE UPDATE FROM AM MAYORS FUNDS AND POLICY COMMITTEE AND THE CONTINUING EFFECT REPRESENTATIVE. OKAY. UM, LET'S START. SO, UM, NOT MUCH THROUGH REPORT ON MY END. UM, WE ARE, WE'VE GONE BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR THE, UM, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AND WE WENT THROUGH THE, UH, MOUS THAT WERE FILED, FOUND THAT THERE WAS, UM, NO RESTRICTIONS ON HOW OFTEN NO MUCH, SO WE'RE GOING TO DRAFT ANOTHER, UM, STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURE AND THEN BRING IT TO THE BODY ON THE ETHNIC. YOU ASKED ME AGAIN . OKAY. AND THEN LOADING BECAUSE OKAY. DURING THAT MEETING, IT WASN'T VERY, IT WAS NOT AS MUCH DISCUSS BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME, UH, PRESENTATION, UM, THAT WE HAD AT THE LAST, UM, COMMITTEE MEETING. THEY DID IT FOR THE CT BOARD AS WELL, BUT, UM, THEY DID TOUCH ON, UM, AN UPDATE AND THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN. AND, UH, PART THE CHALLENGES WERE DISCUSSED FOR HOMELESS PROGRAMS, UH, SAFETY CONCERNS FOR EXPRESS FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. AND, UH, CITY IS DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE WITH HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, ROOT CAUSE, LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DEVELOP ET SOMETHING . YEAH. THERE IS A PROPOSED CHANGE. UH, IT IS STILL GOING THROUGH SOME FINAL APPROVAL TO MOVE, UH, OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION. SO THE, THE COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP WILL NOW ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOMELESS COALITION TO [00:05:01] TRY TO BRING IN MORE VOICES. UM, AND, BUT IN THAT SPACE, ALONG WITH OUR PROVIDERS AND THAT WAY, OUR PROVIDERS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN ADVOCATING, PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE EXPERIENCE, PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT MORE INFORMATION, KIND OF HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE GOLDEN STATES NEED GATHERED. SO, UH, THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP WILL BE EVERY, EVERY SIX MONTHS OR SO. UH, ANYTHING THAT, LIKE WITH THE FELLOW JANUARY, MAY AND OCTOBER WILL BE IS, I'M SO SORRY. GIVE ME A MEMBER OF THAT MEETING IN SIX MONTHS. SO SAY THAT I HAVE TO FOLLOW ARY PROCEDURES, BUT, UM, THAT PEOPLE WILL SPEAK, UM, IN ORDER TO LEAVE ACTION AND THAT THEY, AND YOU'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY THAT WHEN HAVE QUARTERLY DISCUSSION TOPIC ON THE AGENDA AND THEN END WE CAN TALK ABOUT ON THE AGENDA. AND, UM, OKAY. SO PAUL , NO, I MEAN, I, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO YOU CURRENT ISSUES WITH THE COALITION. I DID NOT EVER OVERSEE THAT. THAT'S AN AGREEMENT WITH THEIR CHAIR AND LEADERSHIP. SO, SO WHAT WAS IT THAT YOU SAID? UH, THE COC GENERAL ME MEMBERSHIP WILL START MEETING ALONG WITH THE LONG BEACH ON FLOOR. I KNOW THEY HAVE NOT BEEN AT A MEETING THE LAST TWO MONTHS, UM, SO I CAN CHECK IN WITH THEIR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AND OTHER PEOPLE. SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT THERE IS SOME AGREEMENT WITH THAT. YEAH. UM, THEY HAD A, THEY HAD A, A SCHEDULED DUTY TUESDAY DAY, I THINK GOT CAMPED LAST. YEAH, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. WE, YEAH. UM, TRITA, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I HAVE A, A COMMENT. ARE YOU, UM, ARE YOU, UH, PLANNING ON GOING TO THEIR MEETING OR ARE YOU PLANNING A SUBC MEETING? NO, IT WOULDN'T BE UNDER THAT. SO UNDER THEIR, YEAH. PROCESS. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. UM, OKAY. AS FAR AS OUR LAST POLICY COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, I HAVE VERY ABBREVIATED NOTES ON THAT. UM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION THIS MONDAY ON, UM, ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AS FAR AS 2025, UM, POLICY RECOMMENDATION, THE MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, PRESENT WITH, AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUTH HOMELESSNESS AND HOW THAT WOULD BE INTO STRATEGIC PLAN. UM, BUT WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING ON MONDAY. UM, ON MONDAY. YEAH. UM, WHERE ARE WE GOING? UH, HOW'S, OKAY, THIS QUESTION ON EITHER THE SIDE POLICY OR THE CONTINUOUS CARE, UM, I SHOULD, OKAY. UM, UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE UPDATES FROM THE ONCOLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONTINUE OF CARE? BESIDES REPRESENTATIVE. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? DAVID, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON WHAT PAUL SAID? [00:10:02] UH, NO. NO. I, I JUST, UH, I JUST THINK THAT THE HOMELESS COALITION SHOULD BE A SEPARATE ENTITY, ENTITY AND IT SHOULDN'T BE MEETING WITH, UH, A CONTINUUM TAX. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT NOW. IT'S JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, TO ME, I COULD SOON TO GO AWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT CONCENTRATING ON THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND, AND THAT, THAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARD A HOUSING FIRST MODEL AND DIFFERENT, IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING WITH THE HOMELESS COALITION. THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT AGENDA THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE INFLUENCE AND ALL THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT 'CAUSE THEY SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT. AND THE FIRST MEETING THAT RICHARDSON WENT TO TWO YEARS AGO WAS THE HOMELESS COALITION THAT WAS A PACKED HOUSE. AND SINCE THEN, YOU KNOW, HE RARELY SAYS THE WORD AND, AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY ALLOWED THE HOMELESS COALITION TO DESTRUCT. AND THAT'S MY OPINION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, THE FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE UPDATES ON THE MAYOR'S FUND, REPRESENTATIVE I MOTION, UM, AGENDA IS RECEIVE HOME SHELTER PROGRAM, . UH, SO WE'LL GO OVER KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WE GET TO, MOST PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY AWARE THAT THE STATE HAS, UH, REQUEST THAT THE FUNDING BACK FROM, UH, THE GRANT THAT THEY RECEIVED PURCHASE THE . SO WE'LL GET SOME BACKGROUND. WE'LL GO OVER WHAT HAS HEARD, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, UH, AND WHAT HAS LED TO THEM REQUESTING THEIR RUNNING BACK, UH, AND GOING, SITTING DOWN AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IN THE FUTURE. UH, SO SOME BACKGROUND. ON JUNE 28TH, 2022, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WAS AWARDED A PROJECT HOME KEY, UH, AROUND TWO GRANT. SO WAS THE SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING. IT WAS A LITTLE MORE BROAD THAN JUST MOTEL S UH, SO WE DID PUT A GRANT TO, UH, CREATE TINY HOMES WITH THE INTENT OF PUTTING THOSE AT THE MULTI SERVICE CENTER. UH, AND WE REQUESTED $5,616,752, UH, FROM THE STATE, WHICH THEY ULTIMATELY AWARDED US. UH, THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT FUNDING WAS THE LARGE MAJORITY, 4 MILLION, UH, AND CHANGE GOING FORWARD, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND 1.6 MILLION, UM, AND SOME CHANGE GOING TO OPERATING IN SERVICE OFFICE. UM, SO THE INITIAL PROPOSAL WAS IN THE BACK CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT, UH, AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER. SO WE WOULD RECONFIGURE SOME THINGS, UM, AND PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN TO PUT THESE TINY HOMES DOWN, UH, ON OCTOBER 20TH, UH, 20 2022. UM, WE DID RELEASE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AS PART OF OUR AFTER. SO WITH FULL INTENT TO MOVE FORWARD AT THE MSC. UM, WE WENT OUT AND ASKED FOR PROPOSALS FOR TINY HOME MANUFACTURERS VENDORS, UH, TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS BASED ON REQUIREMENTS FROM THE SAFE AND LOOKING AT IT EACH UNIT NEEDED TO HAVE AT THE BATHROOM. SO THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT UNITS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY SEEING, UH, THAT ARE MORE WIDELY IN USE FOR, UM, KEY FUNDING. UH, UNITS REALLY NEED TO HAVE THEIR OWN REPS. SO WE DID GET INTO THREE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS. UH, THERE WAS A PANEL THAT LOOKED AT THEM, UH, AND LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND ULTIMATELY, UH, THAT CHANNEL RECOMMENDED TO CONTRACT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, CONNECT HOMES, ALSO KNOWN AS CONNECT SHELTERS. SO THEY'RE UNDER THIS, BEEN UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA. UH, IT'S DESIGNED [00:15:01] CONSTRUCTION, TRANSPORT, THOSE SPANISH HOMES. AND ON, UH, FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT CONTRACT. SO, UH, I ALMOST BEGAN CONSTRUCTION, UH, AT THAT POINT AS WE EXECUTED THAT CONTRACT. UM, AGAIN, KIND OF, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FEATURES WE DID REQUIRE, UM, THAT EACH OF THE UNITS HAVE THE RESTROOM. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO, UH, REQUESTED A NUMBER OF DISPATCH LOOKING AT SAFETY THINGS, DURABILITY AND LONGEVITY, UH, DESIGN, USABILITY, YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE ALL CONSULTED FOR. UM, AND WE PUT HAVE OUR RI PS. UM, THERE IS A MEMO THAT, YOU KNOW, IS OUT THERE ABOUT THE SELECTION. SO IF YOU GO TO THE ADDEND ITEM AS IT GETS POSTED AND CLICK ON MEMO, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, UH, THE FOREFRONT MEMO THAT OPPOSED PUT OUT TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, PROVIDING SOME FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. UH, ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS NOTABLE WITHIN THESE UNITS WAS KIND OF SMALL, BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THAT, UH, LOWER LEFT PICTURE. UH, BUT EACH OF THE UNITS DOES HAVE FIRES CORRECTION AS WELL, UM, AND AS SOME ADDITIONAL SAFETY FEATURES. SO, UH, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE KEY FACTORS IN SELECTING. SO GOING OVER OUR HISTORY OF OUR LOCATIONS SAID, UH, OUR INITIAL SITE THAT WE WERE GOING TO PUT THE SIGNING ON, THAT WAS A MULTI-SERVICE CENTER. AND IN AUGUST, 2023, AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE GOTTEN OUR CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH . WE HAD, YOU KNOW, BEEN IN THE PURCHASE PROCESS OF THE TINY HOMES, AND THEY WERE BUILT ABOUT COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION, UH, AROUND THE TIME AS WELL AS WE WERE PRETTY MUCH THROUGH OUR DESIGN AND DRAWINGS. UM, WE HAD A PICTURE AND, UH, UPCOMING SLIDE ON IT. UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THERE WERE SOME CHANGES, UH, AND CONCERNS AROUND, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAPPENING IN THE POOR AREA. UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT FEASIBLE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL FOUR PROJECTS AND INTRODUCING RESIDENTIAL USE, UH, FOR AT LEAST A 15 YEAR PERIOD, WHICH WAS THE REQUIREMENTS TO THE GRANT. UH, AT THAT POINT WE HAD THE CITY ABLE TO PIVOT, UH, LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL SITES OWNED BY THE CITY, UH, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD EVENTUALLY, UH, SET THESE TINY HOMES. ULTIMATELY, UH, WE BEGAN PLANNING PROCESS AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, AROUND A LOT ON THE EDGE OF WILLOW SPRING PARK THAT IS NOT FOR PROPERTY, UM, AT THIS POINT, UH, BUT WAS PART OF THE, UH, VARIOUS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL RIGHT AT THE EDGE. SO THIS WAS GONNA BE ON THE CORNER OF EAST SPRINGY CALIFORNIA AVENUE. UH, SO WE BEGAN, BEGAN DESIGN. WE DID SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS AROUND THIS. UM, AND AS WE WERE DOING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR TESTING AND DUE DILIGENCE, UM, PART OF OUR MORE DEEP SOIL SAMPLES DID UNCOVER, UH, THAT HISTORICALLY THERE HAS BEEN, UH, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS THAT WAS DUMPED ON THAT SITE WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY BACK WHEN, UH, AND WAS COVERED UP WITH TOP SOIL. AND, OKAY, DOVER, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT STABLE TO PUT, UM, ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS ON. SO, UH, IN ASSESSING IT, WE WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE REMOVED ABOUT EIGHT FEET OF TOP SOIL, UH, AND DUMPED THAT ELSEWHERE, AND THEN REPLACED IT WITH NEW SOIL DUMP COMPACTION. UH, IT IS A PRETTY LARGE SLATE IN TOTAL THAT WOULD'VE OFFERED UP AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, IF SO, ON TOP OF THE MARKET COST ALREADY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THAT WAS NOT A GOOD USE FUNDING. UM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INVESTMENT, WE'VE ALREADY SPENT MONEY, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR CHOICE SOMETIMES LOOKING AT OVERALL COST AND BEING EVEN FORWARD AND PUT MORE MONEY INTO SOMETHING AND FOR 33 UNITS, IT JUST DID NOT SEEM LIKE A WISE POINTS. UM, SO WE DIDN'T FORM THE STATE THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT SITE. WE LOOKED AROUND, HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH A NUMBER OF ENTITIES, AND ON JULY 31ST, 2024, UH, CITY SOUTH WENT TO THE LONG BEACH, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF [00:20:01] TRUSTEES ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR, UH, PARTNERING AROUND A NINE. UH, AND I BRING IT ON STUDENTS WHO, UH, CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE HOUSING, UM, SMALL ZONE COLLEGE. SO WE FELT LIKE NI BE SPANISH SYNERGY. UH, THE BOARD TRUSTEE BOARD DID DIRECT THE LBCT WITHOUT TO EXPLORE FEASIBILITY. UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE MET WITH THEM MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR PROCESS, UM, AND WE HADN'T RELEASED AGAINST SOME PUBLIC NOTICE ON EXPLORING, UNFORTUNATELY, IN NOVEMBER OF BLACK YEAR. UM, AS THEY DID THERE FURTHER SETTLEMENT, THEY DID INFORM THE CITY THAT DUE TO THE CHALLENGES WITH THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND GOING THROUGH THE STATE, UM, AND INTRODUCING HOUSING ONTO THE CAMPUS, UH, WHICH THEY CURRENTLY NOT HAVE ON CAMPUS, UH, WOULD CREATE SOME SERIOUS CHALLENGES, AND THEREFORE THEY DID NOT BE NEW. UM, AT THAT TIME, WE DID ALERT THE STATE THAT, UH, THAT PROJECT WOULD NO LONGER, UH, UNFORTUNATELY BE BEING BOARD. UH, AT THAT POINT, THE STATE HAVING INFORMED 'EM, UM, THREE DIFFERENT SITES, UH, AND THEIR DEADLINES, UM, THE STATE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND AID DEVELOPMENT, UH, DIDN'T, UH, YEAH. UH, SO UPON ALERTING THEM, UH, STAFF DID INFORM, UH, THAT THEY WOULD NEED, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO RETURN THE FIVE POINT, THE FIVE MINUTES, 15,000, UH, TO THE STATE. SO INITIALLY THEY WANTED IN 30 DAYS AND SAID, THAT'S CAN BE REAL TOUGH WITHIN OUR PROCESS. SO, UH, THEY GAVE US 90 DAYS OUTLOOK, POINTING AGAIN, OUR PROCESS, UH, AND WENT TO CITY COUNCIL. SO ON FEBRUARY 11TH OF, UM, THIS YEAR, WE DID HAVE AN ITEM AT CITY COUNCIL INFORMING OF THE NEED TO RETURN FUNDING, UM, FROM THE GRANT IN FULL, UH, TO THE STATE. SO THE CITY COUNCIL DID, UH, RECEIVE INFORMATION, UM, THAT IS WITHIN THE PRESENTATION, UM, FROM, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CHARGING THE ISSUE, RETURN FUNDING. UH, SO CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE RETURN ON FUNDING, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US AND HOW THAT WILL BE RETURNED. UH, PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN RIGHT HERE OF AN OVERVIEW OF SPEND AND RETURN FUNDS. UM, SO WHAT WE TOOK THAT 5,616,000 IS THERE WAS $2,147,825, UH, APPROXIMATELY 38% OF THE OVERALL GRANT, UH, THAT WAS SPENT ON CONSTRUCTION, FUTURE DELIVERY AND PLACEMENT OF THE DINING ONLY. UM, SO THAT ALSO DOES INCLUDE THEM PERHAPS FORWARDING 'EM TO WHATEVER SITE, UH, AND CRANE THEM ON PLATES. UM, AND THEN THERE WAS $788,660 THAT WAS SPENT ON COST. SO TO GATED WITH, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL SOILS TESTING, UH, ACROSS SITES, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND DRAWINGS, SITES, EVALUATIONS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLANNING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. UH, SO THAT IS PROCESS IN REALITY. HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLANS, WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE USED IF, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ANOTHER SITE ON HOW TO SET THESE UP DECKING TO REQUIRE, UH, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL. BUT IN REALITY, THERE IS NO OLIVE, UH, ASSET TO SHOW THAT THAT 788,000, UM, OR GOING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. AND THEN THERE WAS 2,680,267, UH, 48% IS A LITTLE UNDER HALF, UH, OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE ON. SO THOSE WERE REMAINING FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, SO IN ORDER TO GET BACK TO RETURNING THAT $5,616,752 DUE TO STATE, UH, WE HAD ALI PAY $2,680,267 FROM THE CITY GENERAL FUND TO REPAY THE STATE, UH, GRANT FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPENDED. UM, SO, UH, LASTLY, KIND OF LOOKING AT OUR NEXT STEPS [00:25:01] OF OBVIOUSLY, AND HOPING WE GO INTO ANY PROJECT HOPING THAT THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND THEN ULTIMATELY AT THE END THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER, YOU KNOW, THE RESULT OF ADDITIONAL BEDS, ADDITIONAL UNITS, UM, A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. THIS ONE, WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL ON, UH, TO THIS POINT. WE STILL DO HAVE THE 33 TINY HOMES. SO THOSE ARE BUILT, UH, THEY ARE AN ASSET OF THE CITY. UM, THEY ARE THREE, THREE UNITS, UH, RIGHT OVER A 12 MODULAR PACK. BUT AGAIN, THEY KIND OF EITHER IN THERE A UNIT OF THREE, AND THEN THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT ARE A DA UNITS, UM, WHERE THEY HAVE JUST TWO WITHIN, UH, THE LARGER, THE LARGER PACKAGE. UM, SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ALL ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE THESE TINY HOMES. UH, WE ARE ALSO REACHING OUT TO OTHER CITIES, OTHER, UH, COMMUNITIES, BOTH NONPROFITS, ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED, UM, AROUND, UH, PURCHASING THESE, UH, BE ABLE TO UTILIZE 'EM. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IF THERE'S ANYTHING POSSIBLE LOCALLY WITHIN THE CITY, UH, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT ARE THERE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DEPLOY THESE AND , UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN OUT OF THE ION 147,000 DEPEND ON THE DINING HALL UNITS. UM, SO, UH, THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME SORT OF OPPORTUNITY RELEASE, UH, AS WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS THAT IT STARTS POSSIBLE INTEREST IN THEM. SO, UM, AS WE, UH, LIQUIDATE ANY SORT OF ASSET FROM THE CITY, WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS. UM, SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS WHAT IT WOULD BE, UH, LOOK LIKE TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYBODY AGAIN OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO PURCHASE 'EM. UM, AND STAFF WILL PROVIDE ANY ONGOING UPDATES TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, AND THE PUBLIC WITH ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT, UH, ARE TAKEN REGARDING THE TINY HOME, UH, UNITS THEMSELVES. SO, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S BEEN A ROUGH EXPERIENCE. UH, WHILE WE GO INTO ANY PROJECT THINKING AT THE END, WE'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL. UH, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING MOVE FORWARD WITH THE M FT. WE HAD DRAWING COMPLETELY DONE, WE HAD TO SWITCH. AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, IN THE END, YOU KNOW, THE STATE DID COME TO US AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD X AMOUNT OF TIME TO DELIVER AND WE WANT THAT FUNDING BACK. UM, SO AS WE GO INTO FUTURE PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES, THERE'S QUITE A FEW LESSONS TO BE LEARNED, UH, WITHIN THIS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, PLANNING ANY CONFIRMATION BEFORE WE GET, UH, TOO FAR AHEAD OF OURSELVES. UM, THE EXPECTATION DELIVER ON SOME THINGS IS REALLY FAST AND SOMETIMES FASTER THAN OUR PROCESSES. SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UH, WE CAN GET CERTAINTY BEFORE WE START GETTING INTO OTHER THINGS. UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES, UH, THE STAFF REPORT AROUND THE TIME TIMES AND OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION AROUND . UM, A QUESTION, UM, REGARDING THE ONE THAT WE HAD, IS IT, YOU KNOW, HOW, UM, I THINK IT'S WHERE WE HAD THOSE WHEN PEOPLE BACKYARD, IS THAT AN OPTION TO PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT WITH THOSE? YEAH, YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION BECAUSE UM, SURE. THEY DIDN'T HEAR IT OVER. SO THE QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS BOTH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, CITY OF LA HAVE HAD A DU, UH, SUPPORT PROGRAMS. UH, LONG BEACH HAS THE MOST A DU UH, UNITS PER CAPITA WITHIN CALIFORNIA. AT THIS POINT, THOUGH, LONG BEACH IS A BIG UTILIZER OF ACCESSORY WELLING UNITS. UM, I THINK WHAT MAKES THAT HARD WITH THE NEEDS AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, THE EXPLORED IS THERE'S NOT REALLY A KITCHEN ATTACHED TO 'EM, AND YOU'D HAVE TO PAY MULTIPLE. SO SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO PUT, [00:30:01] YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE UNITS WITHIN THEIR BACKYARD. THERE IS NO PROTECTION WITHIN THEM. SO FROM A PERMITTING STANDARD AS FAR AS PERMANENT HOUSING, THEY DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY MEET A PERMANENT HOUSING STANDARD. UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A GOOD IDEA, HOWEVER, IT'S GONNA BE CHALLENGING WITHIN LIKE STATE CODE AND STATE REGULATIONS, BUT COULD WE, UM, PARTNER WITH AN AGENCY, UM, FOR THE FOOD PORTION AND WE THEM ON MEALS ON WHEELS AND GET THEM A PORTABLE REFRIGERATOR? YEAH, I JUST, YEAH, I REALLY, I JUST DON'T WANNA SEE THESE UNITS GO YEAH, OUTSIDE BUNK BETWEEN THEM SOME, ANYTHING, EVEN A MOBILE PRACTICE THAT WE, THAT WE DO HAVE COMPARED TO CITY TO FIND OUT THEY HAVE A BOTH, BUT SOMETIMES THEY HAVE OLD MODEL THAT THEY NEED TO GET OUT AND THAT COULD BE REALLY ONE OR TWO, YOU KNOW? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. WELL, THEY KIND IN. GREAT. NO, I KNOW, BUT I'M SAYING WHEN I SAY ONE OR TWO, I MEAN YOU LIKE IT WOULD, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DA THEY UNIVERSITY OR REACH OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE 20. YEAH. AND THEN THEY'RE IN THE . THEY SEEM TO BE DOING OKAY THERE. YEAH, I KNOW THAT WEST LA'S GOT CAMPUS HAS A LOT OF PROPERTY, LONG BEACH DOES NOT QUITE HAVE SO MUCH PROPERTY REACHED OUT TO THE VA. THEY DIDN'T WRITE. UM, AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY WON'T BID, THEY, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED. UH, WHEN WE REACHED OUT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE BASH PROGRAM FOR THEIR HOUSING PROGRAMS TO BE PUT ALL THIS GOING, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, BUT I MEAN, IT WAS GREAT WHEN I WAS WORKING HERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE COMING THERE, IT WAS WORKING WITH PARENTS. THEY HAD A LOT OF RESOURCES THEY COULD ARRANGE BOOK, THEY HAD WIRE UP HOOKUPS AND STUFF. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD LIVE IN NEEDS FOR YEARS ON END, BUT FOR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATIONS, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN DOOR THAT GOES WITH A LOCK, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN RESTROOM, YOU HAVE A SPACE PRIVACY. SO IN THAT SENSE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE A, THAT SIGNIFIED TEMPORARY SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO WORK WITH SOMETHING, WHICH IS WHY I WAS SAYING SMOOTH IT OUT OF THAT FIRM PERMANENT HOUSING. SO THEY WON'T BE SO RESTRICTED TO, OH, IT DOESN'T HAVE KITCHEN, BUT WE CAN WORK WITH THE PROVIDER TO . ANY OTHER QUESTION? PATRICIA? OH, PATRICIA. UM, YOU OBVIOUSLY LEARNED THAT THE, AN IMPORTANT LESSON NOT TO BUY THINGS BEFORE YOU LEFT, BUT IT WAS LAND LOCKDOWN. UM, IS THERE SOME REASON WHY WHEN YOU WERE WORKING WITH THE PORT THAT THERE WASN'T A GUARANTEE THAT THE LAND WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE UNITS BEFORE YOU PURCHASE IT? YEAH, A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED AND KIND OF HAS TO GO. I'LL GIVE A QUICK HISTORICAL CONTEXT JUST SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPLICATED RELATION WITHIN THAT. SO THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER IS TECHNICALLY FOR OWNED THE PROPERTY. HOWEVER, THERE IS A LONG TERM GUARANTEE WITH THE CITY. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A THIRD YEAR, UH, AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH THEM FOR THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER BUILDING. UM, AND INITIALLY THE MSC WAS GIVEN TO, UH, OPERATION FOR AN ACCESS CENTER IN TRADE OR ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT WAS REQUIRE WITH BASE ALIGNMENT OR THE BASE REALIGNMENT ACT, UH, SIMILAR TO HOUSE CENTURY VILLAGE THAT RIO, UH, CAME TO BE. HOWEVER, THAT PROPERTY, BOTH SUPPORT OF LONG BEACH AND LOS ANGELES WANTED THAT PROPERTY FOR, UH, RAILROAD PURPOSES. UM, RUNNING INTO ANOTHER RAILROAD ISSUE HERE IS PURE BE, WILL GO UP PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE THE MULTIS SERVICE CENTER IS NOT DIRECTLY TO WHERE THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER IS. UM, AND SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THAT ALONG WITH, UM, THE, UH, WITH THE LONG TERM NATURE OF THIS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A 30 YEAR AGREEMENT FOR THE M MS C. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT BECAME DIFFICULT IS THE UNDERSTANDING [00:35:01] OF WHAT IS ALLOWABLE WITHIN THAT 30 YEAR, UH, THE IMPACTS OF NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING ON. UM, SO CONVERSATION HAD BEEN, AS WE GOT PEOPLE, THERE WAS REALLY THIS MOMENT WHERE IT BECAME DUE TO PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, AROUND THE PORT AGAINST THEIR PROPERTY, WE WERE UNABLE TO DO REPORT WITH WHAT, UM, THE OTHER QUESTION, IS IT POSSIBLE TO BREAK THESE UP? IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BREAK UP THESE, I MEAN, YOU COULD SPLIT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY COULD TAKE ONE UNIT OF THREE OR ONE UNIT OF TWO, SO IT IS POSSIBLE TO BREAK THEM UP. SOMEBODY DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE ALL 30. OKAY. THEY COULD TAKE TWO, THEY COULD TAKE THREE, THEY COULD TAKE SIX. UM, BUT YOU COULDN'T NECESSARILY BREAK THOSE APART. THEY ARE A SOLID, THEY WON'T BE SINGULAR. I UNDERSTAND IN DISTRICT EIGHT THEY HAVE SOME PROPERTY THAT THEY ARE OPENING UP TO A DEVELOPER, UH, TO, OR, OR THEY ARE DEMOLISHING SOME OF THE STOREFRONT PROPERTY SO THAT, UH, THEY CAN SELL IT TO A DEVELOPER. UM, WOULD THIS BE CONS, A CONSIDERATION TO, AS A PLACE RATHER THAN SELL IT TO A DEVELOPER TO PUT THE TINY HOMES UP? YEAH, I'M THINKING THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT AND BLACK CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION AND THE PROMISE OF THAT TO THAT COMMUNITY OR THAT THEY WOULD GET A REVITALIZED, YOU KNOW, MARSHAL, YOU KNOW, SHOP BUILDING, STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, IT IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTED IN. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY HARD SELL TO HAVE ME POINT BASED ON PROMISES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. SO, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND WE WERE STUFF COMING INTO THAT AREA. THIS IS A KEY ECONOMIC PIECE OF REVITALIZING, YOU KNOW, NORTH LONG BEACH. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO LEASE SOME LAND RATHER THAN HAVE TO OWN IT? UM, I MEAN NOW THAT WE'VE GIVEN BACK THE MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE A 15 YEAR TIMELINE. THAT BEING SAID, UH, THESE DO REQUIRE THAT YOU LOOK INTO UTILITY. SO WHEN YOU FLUSH THAT TOILET, IT GOES DIRECTLY INTO, YOU KNOW, THE SEWAGE SYSTEM. UM, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO INVEST A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILD OUT THE SEWER AND THE POWER, THE WATER, MAKING SURE THAT THE PUDDINGS ARE THERE, DO SUPPORT THESE LONG TERM. UM, SO THERE IS A BIT OF INVESTMENT. YOU CAN'T JUST PLOT THEM DOWN. SO LEASING LAND IS DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY. I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE LEAST TO 10 YEAR FISCALLY. MAKE SENSE. IF YOU'RE NOT INVESTING AT LEASE FOR 10 YEARS OF A STAY ABOVE THESE ON A PROPERTY, YOU'RE GONNA INVEST MORE THAN IT'S PROBABLY WOULD AT THAT POINT. HOW MUCH LAND DO YOU HAVE? CAN YOU LEAD? SO, UM, THAT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN WE NEED. UM, I HAD ADDED IN THE SLIDE THAT WAS JUST PICTURES, UM, ABOUT , UM, THAT WAS AN OVERVIEW OF THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, UH, DESIGN. IT IS MUCH MORE COMPACT. UH, YOU NEED ROUGHLY LIKE 120 FOOT BY 150. OBVIOUSLY THAT CAN LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UM, SO THAT COMES OUT TO, UH, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. UH, ROUGHLY PROBABLY 4,000 SQUARE FEET, 5,000 SQUARE FEET. MM-HMM. THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT PARKING IN SOME OPEN SPACE WITH THAT. SO YOU'D WANT SOME OTHER OPEN LAND. UM, AT THE MSC, WE HAVE THE PARK THAT KIND OF UTILIZED FOR OTHER THINGS. SO IN REALITY PROBABLY WANT WHERE QUESTION? OH, I GRANT THAT. THAT SAME, YEAH. HOW IS THE RESIDENTIAL THE RESIDENTIAL, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME, [00:40:02] SO THERE IS NO REQUEST TO MOVE THE MSC THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THAT CLINIC, WHICH REMAIN THE SAME. IT WASN'T NECESSARILY BUILDING SOMETHING, IT WAS THE RESIDENTIAL ASPECT THAT BE, AND IT DOESN'T DELAY BY THE COURT THAT RESIDENTIAL CREATES A WHOLE NOTHER ISSUE THAT A APPARENTLY THEY'RE HAVING RESTRICTIONS YOU DON'T ALLOW. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS SHARED EARLIER ON, UM, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MADE BASED ON INFORMATION IS THAT NO, NO BEDS. IT JUST, IT'S IT'S OUTPATIENT TREATMENT. UH, WE WERE PROPOSING SOME BEDS THAT ARE, UM, WOULD BE BUILT OUT OVER AT 7 0 2 IN THE BACK OF THE AREA. SO THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AFFORDED 16 BEDS THERE OUTSIDE , UH, FOR PROPERTY. SO THAT IS A, A . ANY QUESTION? UM, SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT YOU THINK, UM, SO WE HAVE SOME IONS FROM LIKE CLARIFY THAT, UH, IT IS POSSIBLE WE WOULD HAVE TO DEMOL IT LITTLE BACK UNIT, SO THERE'S NOT A TON OF OPEN-MINDED THAT BACTERIA. SO IT IS ONE THING THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT WE BOTH HAD A COUPLE OTHER SITES, UM, AND THE POTENTIAL, UM, ALL OF THEM TO COME WITH SOME COST BENEFIT. OBVIOUSLY IF OUR PROP ONE DOESN'T GET IN OUR FUNDED, BUT THEN IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A REALITY. UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. UM, IT'S NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY THEY COULD HAVE BEEN . UM, AND THEN WOULD IT BE COMFORTABLE ALSO TO UTILIZE ME AS, UM, REST CENTERS, CENTERS INSTEAD OF SHELTERS? WE PROVIDE THE RESTROOMS AND A SHOWER TO THE STORAGE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY PRETTY CHALLENGING IF SOME STUFF JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A BED THAT'S SITTING THERE, SAY, HEY, COME IN FOR, WELL, I WOULD SAY 20 MINUTES, REMOVE THE BED, , PUT A 90 TABLE THERE OR SOMETHING. YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK IF WE WERE LOOKING TO CREATE SOMETHING FROM COST EFFECTIVE AND USABILITY, WE'RE PROBABLY BETTER OFF STARTING WITH SOMETHING ELSE IN THESE. I MEAN, THAT'S MY SENSE. UM, I THINK THESE WOULD BE PRETTY CHALLENGING IF YOU CREATED THAT. UH, BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE COST EFFECTIVE, UM, AND FROM AN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE WOULD PROBABLY THAN, AND ONE OF THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE POLICY COMMITTEE WAS TRYING TO, UM, UTILIZE THEM TO CREATE PUBLIC RESTROOM AND SHOWERS BECAUSE THINGS BETTER. VERY MUCH POPULATION BEFORE PUBLIC CONGRESS. CAN I HAVE A BROCHURE TO RECEIVE THE WHY SHELTER PROGRAM PATIENT BY HEALTH, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? YEAH. UM, OH, I'M, UH, I'M JUST SHOCKED WHAT, WATCHING THIS. OKAY. AND THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ME, I SPENT SOME IN MY NINTH YEAR, UM, PHOTOGRAPHING, DOCUMENTING STREETS, AND THAT'S TOUGH ENOUGH. BUT AS I REFLECT BACK TWO YEARS, HOW AS LONG BEACH BEING ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN, IN, IN OUR AREA, HOW, HOW WE CAN'T BE IN A TOTAL DESPERATION EMERGENCY. AND, AND, AND, AND PAUL, TO ME, THE VICTIM, THE, THE, THE GUILTY PERSON THERE IS THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, PAUL, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH BACK, AND, UH, AND ALSO OUR MILITARY FACILITIES LINING SAN PEDRO AND, AND OTHER PLACES AND DEMAND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BUILD NOT OF THAT 33 UNITS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS KIND [00:45:01] OF LIKE A SIDE PROGRAM, OKAY. AND NOW WAS, NOW I'M SHOCKED TO COME HERE. I MEAN, I HAVE COME THESE MEETINGS ALL THE TIME AND NOTHING'S HAPPENING. AND I MEAN, I MEAN, THIS SHOULD REALLY SHAPE, UH, WHERE WE ARE AS A CITY. SO I'M, I'M TOTALLY EMBARRASSED AND I, I I SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE WITH OUR HOMELESS POPULATION AND WE'RE NOWHERE. SO, SO, UH, THE, THE MILITARY I WOULD PUT AS NUMBER ONE, THEIR PROPERTY, THEY GOTTA STEP UP BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AS MANY SOLDIERS HERE. AND, AND ALSO THE PORT THAT'S TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. THERE'S SO MUCH PROPERTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAVE. YEAH, SORRY, CAN I, YES. YEAH, JUST YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, UM, UH, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, ONE SUGGESTION TO CONSIDER, WOULD LOCAL BUSINESSES MIGHT TAKE A ONE OR TWO, THE CITY MIGHT PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION AND THE, AND AND THE UTILITIES, BUT MAYBE THAT'S ONE PLACE WHERE YOU COULD FUND TO USE THOSE AT? THAT WAS ALL I WANTED. SAY THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, DAVID. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT A GUN BY YOUR PART? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAVID. TIME TO DRIVE BY SEVEN. THANK YOU, DAVID. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. LEMME TAKE A VOTE OPPOSED THE MOTION. UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RECEIVE FILE SERVICE BUREAU, OPERATIONS COURT. I CALL DUN. ALL RIGHT. A COMBINATION OF STUFF AND CORRECT. SO TRY NOT TO BE OVERLY. UM, SO THIS HAPPEN UPDATES AND AT THE END ALSO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR, UH, . SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GENERATE SOME CONVERSATION. WELL, UM, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THESE UPDATES AND REPORTS. UH, SO BACKING UPDATES, UH, AND BACKGROUND, ACTUALLY TODAY THAT THIS CANDIDATE THAT WITHDRAWN, UH, SO UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE WITH OUR, UH, BRIEF CLINICIAN POSITION THAT WAS IN BACKGROUND. UM, WE DO HAVE THE COUNSELOR TOO, THAT IS IN BACKGROUND, UH, THAT WILL BE ON HOUSING NAVIGATION, SEEN A CANDIDATE, PUBLIC DEPARTMENT NURSE, UH, THAT IS ALSO IN HER BACKGROUND. UH, WE ARE IN INTERVIEWS FOR A NUMBER, OUR INDEPENDENT REVIEW, UH, AND INTERVIEWS FOR A NUMBER OF POSITIONS. SO, UH, ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE, UM, THE REPLACEMENT FOR ALEXA'S, UH, OLD POSITION, UH, THAT SUPPORTED THE COC. WE ARE RETAILING THAT A LITTLE BIT. THAT POSITION WILL SUPPORT A I AS WELL THAT IMPORTANT IN THE FUTURE. UH, SO THAT POSITION WILL FOCUS ON OUR GOVERNANCE AND COORDINATED ENTRY, UH, THE OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT ALL FELL WITH UNDER THAT POSITION OR KIND OF BEING REDISTRIBUTED AS WE REPORT OUR, UH, REWORK OUR ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, TEAMS WITHIN THE BUREAU. SO, UM, THAT'LL BE EXCITING. AGAIN, THIS PERSON WILL, UH, KIND OF TAKE ON SOME OF THE DUTIES THAT I'VE BEEN HOLDING WITH YOU, UM, AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, EXCITING ONE IS WE HAVE BEEN ALERTED FROM THE STATE A WHILE BACK, BUT WE'VE BEEN UN UNDER AN EMBARGO FOR QUITE SOME TIME. [00:50:01] UH, BUT FINALLY THE GOVERNOR DID ANNOUNCE, UH, AWARDS FOR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUND ROUND THREE, WINDOW THREE. SO WE HAD TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT WE'D APPLIED BEFORE RANK IN THE PAST AND TYPICALLY FOCUSED ON THE RIVERBED. UH, WE DID RECEIVE AN AWARD FOR THAT. SO, UH, THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON THE LA RIVERBED, THE FULL, FULL WIDTH OF OUR FULL LENGTH OF IT. UM, SO IT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT STRETCH OF LAND. IT'S NOT GONNA NEED THE UNDERTAKING. IT'S NOT LIKE A SINGLE PARTS AREA OR WELL-DEFINED AREA. UH, BUT OUR ROLE IS TO WORK TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES. SO THIS WILL FUND SOME ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT, UH, ADDITIONAL NON CONGREGATE SHELTER AND PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES. SO, UH, THIS WILL FUND, UM, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME ADDITIONAL, UH, A MOTOR HEALTH LEASE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, NEED SERVICES ON THE SITE. UH, WE WILL ALSO BE PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY, AND THEY WILL PRIORITIZE ANY OF THEIR, UH, MODALITIES TURNOVERS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OFF THE RIVERBED OVER THE NEXT, UH, YEAR AND A HALF. AND THEN WE ALSO WILL BE PRIORITIZING, UH, NUMBER OF UNITS FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AT THE LUXURY UNITS I COMPLETED. UH, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK. UH, THE PROJECT LAUNCH FOR THIS WILL BE SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER. UH, THE SITE WILL GO TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK, UM, FOR AN OVERVIEW AND APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, HUMAN IN CONTRACT. SO, UM, ONCE WE HAVE GONE TO CITY COUNCIL, PROVIDED THAT REPORT AND PRESENTATION TO THEM, IF THERE IS IN PRESS IN, UH, MAYBE WE CAN GIVE IN MORE INDEPTH, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION. IN ADDITION TO THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION, UH, ON EE WINDOW THREE, UM, AWARDS, THE GOVERNOR DID ALSO ANNOUNCE THE, UH, NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY OPENING UP, UH, FOR THE HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION PROGRAM. ROUND SIX. UH, SO THERE'S BEEN A HALF ROUND ONE THROUGH FIVE. UH, AND WE'VE GOT AN ALLOCATION WITHIN EACH OF THOSE ROUNDS. UH, SO WITH THAT, THEY DID PUT OUT WHAT OUR PROJECTED ALLEGATIONS THAT WE'RE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR, UM, WITHIN LONG BEACH. SO, UH, WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 4,114,000 AS A COC, AND THEN WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 8,227,000, UH, AS A LONG, HUGE CITY, THERE IS SOME FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN HELD OUT THAT WILL BE UTILIZED FOR OTHER THINGS. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND SUPPORT. UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. SIMILAR TO THE LAST ROUND OF PAP, UM, THEY ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRING THAT WE WORK WITH ALL OTHER ENTITIES RECEIVING FUNDING IN LA COUNTY ON A JOINT PLAN APPLICATION. UH, SO WE ARE, UH, GETTING THOSE MEETINGS SCHEDULED SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR APPLICATION THEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AUGUST 29TH, THAT'S THE DEADLINE. HOWEVER, THEY'RE RECEIVING ANNUAL, UH, START HOMEWORK FUNDING AS A, AS THEY WOULD SEASON. UM, SO CONTINUE ON, UH, YEAH, LEMME GO BACK TO THAT REAL QUICK. UH, IN ADDITION TO THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE GOVERNOR DID ALSO, UH, ANNOUNCE SOME ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES, UH, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO PUT INTO PLACE AS WELL AS PUBLICLY FACING DASHBOARDS. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WEBSITE IS, BUT THERE IS, UH, CURRENTLY DASHBOARDS THAT ARE UP NOW ON, UH, THE STATE WEBSITE. IT IS BY COUNTY, NOT BY NECESSARILY CITY. THERE IS SOME CITY INFORMATION IF YOU GO TO EACH COUNTY. SO I LOOKED AT, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE CITIES PUTTING IN A COMPLIANT HOUSING PLAN, WHAT CITIES AREN'T WITHIN A COUNTY AS A CITY IMPLEMENTED CARE FOR HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, NEW UNITS HAVE BEEN ADDED. UM, SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN THAT. SO THEY'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THOSE METRICS, UM, AND HAVE MORE VISIBILITY ON, UH, WHICH CITIES, WHICH COUNTY THESE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, EXPECTATIONS OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING ROLLED OUT BY THE, [00:55:01] BY THE SAME, UM, WE DIDN'T OFFER OUR UPDATE, UH, BIT FOCUS, WHICH IS OUR INFORMATION SYSTEM PLATFORM. UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF MERGING OUR SERVER AND USEFUL IN WITH THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICE AUTHORITY. UH, THIS DOES ALLOW, UH, FOR PEOPLE NOW TO RECEIVE SERVICE INFORMATION BETWEEN LONG BEACH AND THE REST OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, UH, WHERE PREVIOUSLY YOU COULD NOT SEE FROM ONE SYSTEM TO THE OTHER. UH, THIS A LONG TIME IN, IN THE MAKING. SO WE ARE THROUGH PHASE ONE. UH, PEOPLE NOW LOG IN, BE ACROSS COUNTY. UM, THERE ARE A FEW HICCUPS THAT, UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, UH, INCLUDING SOME STUFF AROUND THE COORDINATED ENTRY THAT, UH, WAS DONE TEAM. UM, SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHALLENGES AND DELAYS WE ARE WORKING ON. HOW DO WE SUPPORT THAT IN THE INTERIM? AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT, UH, WITH OUR VENDOR AND THE LOS ANGELES . UM, BUT, UH, EXCITING AND IN THE LONG RUN, WE'LL HAVE SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT, UH, FOR SERVICE PROVISION R BEGINNING THE MATCHING, UH, PROCESS FOR UNITS BEING CREATED THROUGH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY, HK SITES, UH, LOCATED HERE IN LONG BEACH. SO, UH, PURCHASED THE MOTEL THAT WAS AT SEVENTH OF PT BEACH AND THE HOLIDAY INN THAT WAS AT ANAHEIM AND, UH, ATLANTIC. UM, SO IN TOTAL OF RIGHT AROUND 175 UNITS, UH, THE LINK HOUSING IS THE DEVELOPER. SO THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH AND CONVERTING UNITS. THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING, UH, DONE AT ONE OF THE SITES AND MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AT THE OTHER. UH, SO THE SOUTH BEEN A WHILE IN LAND IN THE MAKING, WE'RE HOPING DOING, THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE OPEN A LITTLE WHILE BACK. UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HERE IN LONG BEACH IS PUTTING IN, UH, VOUCHERS TO PROJECT BASE AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS RENTAL ASSISTANCE ALONG WITH THOSE UNITS. THE COUNTY WILL BE PAYING FOR ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND PEOPLE WILL BE MATCHED, UH, THROUGH OUR LONG BEACH SYSTEM, . SO, UH, WE'RE HOPING THOSE WILL OPEN UP EARLY SUMMER TIME, OR THE FIRST ONE WILL OPEN IN EARLY SUMMER, HOPEFULLY THE SECOND MONTHS LATER. SUMMER. UM, WE HAVE BEEN, THIS IS NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO MORE DEPRESSING SIDE OF THINGS. UM, I THINK LAST ONE THEY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WHERE AT ONE POINT OUR DRAWDOWN HAS BEEN PROBIOTICS, UH, HAVE GOTTEN FROZEN. UH, WE ARE SEEING SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS THAT ARE HAPPENING. THERE ARE SOME UNKNOWN THINGS, AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE KNOW. UH, ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT IS THAT, UH, HUD TENDS TO, UH, REDUCE STAFFING ON ITS COMMUNITY PRO, UH, FINANCE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT EXECUTE OUR CONTRACTS, HELP PROCESS OUR PAYMENTS. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. UH, SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS PROCESSING WAS ALREADY SLOW AND DELAYED TO BEGIN WITH. I CAN'T IMAGINE IT'S GONNA GET BETTER. UM, OUR REP DID RESIGN TWO WEEKS AGO, SO WE CURRENTLY ARE WAITING FOR A NEW REP TO BE RE UH, ASSIGNED TO BE ASSIGNED TO US. UH, TODAY NEWS DID COME OUT THAT, THAT IS ALSO INTENDING TO SHUT MOST OF ITS FIELD OFFICES AND GO DOWN TO BUY FIELD OFFICES. SO THERE WERE, THERE WERE LOTS OF FIELD OFFICES. THEY WILL BE DOWN TO FIVE FIELD OFFICES. ONE OF THOSE FIELD OFFICES THAT WILL BE REMAINING IS HERE IN LA COUNTY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMEWHAT BENEFICIAL IN SUPPORT OF THIS. UM, BUT AGAIN, I HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS. PROVIDERS HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS. MM-HMM . UH, WHAT DOES THIS NEED FOR EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS, UM, YOU KNOW, PAYMENTS. SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. UM, WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR NONPROFIT PROVIDERS THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT DO HAVE COC CONTRACTS. WE HAD A CALL WITH, UH, JUAN EARLIER TODAY. WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING OUT, UM, THE MESSAGING ACROSS OUR PROVIDERS AS WELL. UH, BUT WE DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS THAT THAT WILL BE IMPACT, UH, ROLE. AND OUR HOPE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTS AND AWARD THAT GOT PUBLISHED, [01:00:01] YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, GET EXECUTED, UM, AND GET EXECUTED NOT TOO LATE, UM, IN PROCESS. THAT BEING SAID, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S REASON TO BE CONCERNED THAT THERE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT DELAYS OR THAT THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL CHANGES. UH, THERE'S LOTS OF RUMORS AND, YOU KNOW, SPECULATION OF WHAT OTHER CHANGES WILL COME. UH, ARMPITS SIDE, THEY HAVE ALSO, UH, CUT ALL STAFFING RELATED TO, UM, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION. AND, UH, OFFICES FOCUS ON FURTHERING, UH, FAIR HOUSING. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T CONCENTRATE POVERTY THROUGH VOUCHER PROGRAMS. AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T DISCRIMINATING IN HOUSING AND PROVIDING SUBSTANDARD HOUSING. UM, THEY DID ALSO LAST WEEK CUT THEIR, UH, SECTION FOUR PROGRAM. IT'S MUCH LESS KNOWN THAT THOSE PROGRAMS WERE REALLY ABOUT TRYING TO BUILD CAPACITY AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND GETTING ADDITIONAL PROJECTS GOING. SO THAT WAS LIST ENTERPRISE. AND, UM, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WAS ALSO FUNDED UNDER 17 FOUR. SO THERE WERE THREE PROVIDERS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SUPPORT IN THAT AREA. UH, THEY ALSO CUT ALL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. UM, BUT I'VE ACTUALLY HAD A CONFERENCE WITH A LOT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANT PROVIDERS AS THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEIR CONTRACTS, UH, ARE BEING . SO, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, OVERLY RELIANT ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, BUT WE CAN DO THAT WORK WITH THEM. THEY PROVIDE HELP IN INTERPRETING REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, LETTING US KNOW WHAT OTHER PRACTICES ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING US FEEDBACK. UM, SO WE HAD A, A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKER, UM, AND HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COME IN AND SUPPORT US. AND LOOKING AT, UH, OUR SHELTER PRACTICES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING. UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO COME OUT AND DO A FAIR AMOUNT, AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING STUFF REMOTELY AS WELL. SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO INTERVIEW STAFF ON OUR SIDE, INTERVIEW STAFF AT THE SHELTERS, INTERVIEW, UH, SHELTER PARTICIPANTS. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO COME OUT AND DO A FAIR AMOUNT. HOWEVER, THEY DIDN'T COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND THEY NOW ARE NO LONGER HAVE FUNDING. UH, WE ARE TRYING TO SEE WHAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US, OR HOPE TO ACTUALLY DO A PRESENTATION NEXT MONTH. UH, INVITING FIRST TO SERVE, ALONG WITH GETTING AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR OUT OF THIS ASSESSMENT PROCESS. UM, WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH GETTING THAT PRESENTATION, AND WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE GOT OUT OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMING OUT AND DOING THOSE INTERVIEWS AND LOOKING AT PRACTICES AND COMPARING THEM TO PRACTICES THAT ARE HAPPENING, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UM, BUT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATE THAT WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE THAT. UH, THERE ARE MANY SMALLER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MUCH MORE RELIANT ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UH, TO COMPLETE BASIC THINGS SUCH AS GETTING THEIR, UH, ANNUAL NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IN. SO THEY MAY NOT TO IMPACT US TOO MUCH AS A SOMEWHAT LARGER COC, WHICH AS WE'RE A CITY, WE ARE A DECENTLY LARGE CONTINUUM OF CARE. THERE ARE CONTINUUMS OF CARE THAT HAVE LESS THAN 500,000 OF FUNDING. THEN BEING ABLE TO DO AN ANNUAL PROCESS WITHOUT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OF OTHER PEOPLE COMING IN, UH, IS REALLY CHALLENGING. SO, UH, REALLY CONCERNED ON, YOU KNOW, THE LONG-TERM IMPACT, UH, THAT CHANGES STAFF. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT IS COMING OUT, UM, THEY DID REMOVE ALL A LOT OF GUIDANCE OFF OF THAT WEBSITE. THINGS AROUND, UH, GENDER IDENTITY ACCESS, UH, THINGS AROUND HOUSING FIRST IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT HOUSING FIRST WILL BE, I HOPE, NOT COMPLETELY FORBIDDEN WITHIN AS BRANDS. UM, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY GONNA BECOME DISCOURAGED FROM AI PERSPECTIVE BASED UPON WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND WHAT WE ARE DOING. UM, [01:05:01] SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME SUGGESTS. WE ARE HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT CHANGE OF INCOME AND THAT WILL WORK WITH OUR PROVIDERS. WE WILL FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT, WE WILL LOOK AT HOW DO WE SUPPORT STAFF WITHIN, OR AGENCIES WITHIN THEIR FINANCE. UM, BUT WE ARE . THAT IS, THAT IS THE REALITY. UM, YOU KNOW, I TRY NOT TO GET TOO DOWN ABOUT IT, BUT MORE WHAT DO WE DO TO PREPARE? HOW DO WE RESPOND? I MEAN, WE MAKE SURE WE, UH, SUPPORT OUR AGENCIES THE BEST THAT THEY CAN. UM, BECAUSE IT IS GONNA BE VERY HARD FOR NON-PROFIT AGENCIES. A LOT OF THEM ARE ALREADY VERY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THEM? DISPARAGING COMMENTS. SPORTS, UH, NONPROFITS HAVE BEEN RISING ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE. UM, BUT WE STAND, YOU KNOW, COMMITTED TO SERVING THE PEOPLE THAT WE SEE MOST IMPACTED BY HOMELESS. UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT BE USING SUBSTANCES, MIGHT HAVE SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, UM, MIGHT NOT BE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY COMBINED IN THEIR TREATMENT. WE RECOGNIZE THAT ALMOST SINCE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS ON PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALMOST SENSITIVE, MUCH MORE ITY, SOMEBODY WOULD A DISABILITY, A PHYSICAL DISABILITY, OR SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW, IS TRANS. THESE ARE ALL IN. AND AS WE LOOK AT OUR SERVICES, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO, UM, TREAT PEOPLE AS THEY WANT TO BE TREATED AND REALLY RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME, AND THAT WE HAVE TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND HAVE PEOPLE HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS, UH, THAT WE NEED TO RESPOND TO. SO THAT LEADS, UH, OUR OPERATIONAL ITEMS. HOWEVER, UH, WE HAD HEARD THAT THERE WAS SOME, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK AND DESIRE TO BE LOOKED AT. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE OPERATIONAL FACTOR FOR WHAT ARE WE PUTTING IN IT? WHAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR YOU? HISTORICALLY, WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING IT FOR UPDATES AROUND, UH, THE HOMELESS SERVICE OF BUREAU AND STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE . HOWEVER, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT ISN'T ALL THAT USEFUL OR YOU, OR THERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAKE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN FOR FEEDBACK. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR STAFF AND OPERATIONS REPORT. UH, AND WHAT WOULD BE IMPACTFUL FOR, FOR YOU AS MAYBE, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY BRING THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ISN'T USEFUL OR WE'RE MISSING, MISSING SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO SEE MORE FREQUENTLY. I SEE, UM, DOUG, OFFICER, I, UM, I QUESTION. SURE. I, IT SEEMS MORE LIKE IT'S OPERATIONAL THING. SO FOR ME, I THINK THAT BE TURNED OUT. I LIKE THE CONTENT. OTHERWISE, THE ONE THING I, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEEL OF IS THERE ARE PLANS AND YEAR THAT WE'VE GOT NINE AND ME, IT FEELS LIKE I WOULD , OKAY, SO WE JUST MENTIONED AN $11 MILLION ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION STARTS FROM THE SUMMER. THAT'S THREE MONTHS AWAY. UM, I GET CONFUSED ABOUT MOTELS. THERE'S HOW MANY MOTELS? THERE'S TWO OF THEM. , BUT OH, DO THAT DOWN. OKAY. SO THE TWO THAT ARE GOING COME ON BOARD AND THEN I GET CONFUSED ABOUT DON'T THINK, OKAY, I THIS SUMMER. OKAY, SO THERE THINGS HAPPENING THIS YEAR THAT I'M JUST KIND OF, I, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME MORE FREQUENT ON LUXURY AND ANYTHING THAT'S OPENING UP THIS, THIS SUMMER OR SOME PLANS OR THERE'S MONEY, UM, I'LL ADD TO TIME 10% CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS DEDUCTION. THAT'S PLANNED YEAR. THAT'S, SO WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE RELATED TO THE 10% OF BONUS? AND THAT'S A REAL, I I UNDERSTAND THAT A MOVE MM-HMM . BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN GET A FEW PERCENT OR WHAT CAN WE [01:10:01] GET DONE. SO I, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND I'LL BRING IT UP MORE TIME. MAYOR LAUNCH TO ZERO YOUTH , AND I HADN'T HEARD PEOPLE ABOUT THAT AND WE'VE GOT, WHAT, FIVE YEARS? IS IT REALLY, IS IT REALLY AN ? UM, AND WHAT ARE PEOPLE NEED OR YOU DOING STUFF ANOTHER YEAR ABOUT KIDS MUTE? UM, SO NOT, MAYBE NOT AS IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE I WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT OR, YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S GONNA BE DONE THIS YEAR AND BE STARTING NEXT YEAR. THIS KIND OF SENSE OF WHERE THAT IS. SO THESE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS THAT ARE GONNA HELPLESSNESS AND, UM, I KNOW SOME OF THEM GET DELAYED. I THINK LUXURY IS DELAYED AND, AND SO I JUST FEEL LIKE I FLOAT AROUND 'EM. I LIKE THEM, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S TO SAY NOTHING, NOTHING THIS MONTH IS NOTHING NEW THIS MONTH. JUST TO KEEP THEM ON THE CHECKLIST. MM-HMM . AND, UH, OR IT SEEMS BEING DELAYED THREE MONTHS BECAUSE OF THIS OR YES. UH, I HAD A FEW NOTES. UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, MAKING THIS BRIEF. UH, AND UH, ONE THING I WOULD, I, UH, REMEMBER FROM YOUR TAX REPORTS ARE, UH, YOU HAD A LOT OF STATISTICS ABOUT HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET FROM HERE TO HERE, THINGS LIKE THAT. I'M INTERESTED IN THAT KIND OF REPORTING. UM, BUT THE ONE THING THAT YOU DID NOT HAVE IN THAT IS, UH, MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOU CALL THE QUEUE AND UM, HOW LONG PEOPLE ARE REMAINING IN THE QUEUE AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UH, INCLUDING AN AVERAGE OF NUMBER OF DAYS AND A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS. UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A BAR CHART OF THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE VARIOUS, UM, PHASES OF, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE TIME THAT THEY FIRST ENTER, APPEAL TO THE TIME OF, UM, THEY GET INTERIM HOUSING AND THEN THE TIME OF PROPOSAL AND THEN HAVE EACH ONE ANALYZED. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY. AND SO WE CAN SEE A TRENDING, WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS IMPROVING, WHETHER PE MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE QUEUE, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE INFORMATION AND YOU DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF THAT I THINK ON NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND, UH, YOUR UPDATE ON SHELTERS. I AM INTERESTED IN THAT, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE, UH, CONDITIONS THAT I'VE HEARD IN ABOUT THE SHELTERS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE IMPROVEMENTS MADE AS TO PROCEDURES OF WHAT THESE PROCEDURES ARE AND HOW THEY HAVE APPROVED OF IMPROVED OVER TIME. UH, I AGREE WITH DOUG IN THE STAFFING. UH, WE DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE THEM MENTIONED, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT. SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AND I HAVE A LITTLE LIST HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IT. THANKS PAT. KIMBERLY. THANK YOU. UM, I'LL START WITH THE STAFF THING. IT'S IMPORTANT AND I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT. IT LETS US KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KNOW IF THERE'S STRAINED, IF THEY'RE NOT SOMETHING WITH YOUR KIDS. OH YEAH. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOW ABOUT PEOPLE. AND THEN TOO, SOME OF US, LIKE MYSELF, WE KNOW PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE GREAT FOR THOSE PHYSICIANS TOO THAT ARE OPEN. SO I ALWAYS KNOW PEOPLE THAT I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THEM LOOKING TO WORK TO GO TO THE WEBSITE THEMSELVES, IF ANYTHING GOING ON. UM, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE ABOUT THIS INFORMATION. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THOSE REPORT. UM, THE WEBSITE THAT HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY DO CA [01:15:07] PROJECT UPDATE. UM, THAT ALL . I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THIS COMMITTEE AND IT WAS ON FIRST, UM, THERE WAS MOTION, THERE WAS NO ROOM IN THAT BUDGET FOR AND EXCITED TO SEE YOU HAVE GROUPS AND , UM, THAT WE TO SEE LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY THERE'S THE SUMMER. IF THERE'S ANY WAY KNOW, UM, I LIKE THE FOCUSED CERTAIN, SO SUPPORT WHY THEY'RE THERE. UM, I THE PERSON AROUND TOO. UM, THE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE ANY FOOD OR WATER, SO I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE STAYING AT THOSE PLACES. UM, THEY HAVE ACCESS, MAYBE THEY WERE IN BETWEEN GETTING THEIR SNAPS, YOU KNOW, THEIR CARDS IN THAT. AND THEN DURING THOSE GAPS WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT SERVICE. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PRIVATE, UM, FOUNDATIONS IN THE CITY TOO. I ACTION LOOKING AT THE PROJECT UPDATES, I WOULD LOVE TO LIKE KNOW MORE ABOUT FOR THOSE. HMM. LITTLE, UM, SORT OF THE CATEGORY. WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? YEAH, SO I GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW AGAINST, THERE'S DEFINITELY GET A MORE IN DEPTH OVERVIEW AT, YOU KNOW, AN UPCOMING MEETING. UM, BUT RESOLUTION APPROACH LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CALIFORNIA STARTED INVESTING IN ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. SO WE'RE IN AROUND THREE YEARS PER YEAR. UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT ALLOWS COMMUNITIES, IT COULD BE CITY, IT COULD BE, UM, ACCOUNT BE TO COME IN AND SUBMIT A PROPOSAL SAYING HEY, WE HAVE THIS ENCAMPMENT. UM, HERE'S HOW IT'S IMPACTING PUBLIC SPACE. UH, THE STATE HAS HAD SOME DIFFERENT PRIORITIES OVER THE ROUND. SO LAST ROUND THEY REALLY WANTED, THEY GAVE PRIORITY TO ENCAMPMENTS THAT WERE EITHER TOUCHING OR SOLELY ON STATE PROPERTY. UM, FEELS A LITTLE ON THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR PROPOSAL WITH THE RIVER, BUT IT INTERSECTS WITH STATE PROPERTY, WITH FREEWAYS. UM, BUT REALLY IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO FIND AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO RESOLVE A LARGE ENCAMPMENT. SOMETIMES MAYBE YOU CAN'T COMPLETELY RESOLVE AN ENCAMPMENT. UM, ONE THAT COMES TO MIND, WORKING ON, AS YOU KNOW, BILLY GEE KING IN THE LIBRARY. IT'S A REALLY TOUGH SPOT AND NO DOWNTOWN IS METRO LINE. IT IS A LIBRARY. LIKE WE'VE SEEN PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DUCTION THERE, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY ALWAYS GONNA STRUGGLE WITH SOME LEVEL FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE ALMOST SENSE AS A COMMUNITY THAT ARE THERE. BUT NOT ALLOWING IT TO BE LIKE A MASSIVE ACCOUNT WHERE YOU HAVE 40 OR 50 PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT AREA. SO BRINGING IN RESOURCES SUCH AS TEMPORARY SHELTER, HOUSING, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE GONNA WORK ULTIMATELY TO GET THAT PERSON TO A STABLE SPOT, NOT JUST THIS PLACE. SO, UM, CAN RESOLUTION FUNDING FOR THE STATE NOT BE USED FOR CLEANUPS OR ENFORCEMENT? IT REALLY IS SPECIFICALLY AROUND SERVICES, HOUSING RESOURCES, WHETHER IT BE SPOTS TO GO OR PLANNING FOR PERMANENT RENTAL, ET CETERA. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE NEXT OF IT. YEAH, WE, WE CURRENTLY ARE IN NUMBER TWO, BUT WE HAVE A BAG IF I'M IN AND MAYBE THAT'S THAT, UM, AND DOUG AND OTHERS ARE SAYING, UM, IT WOULDN'T HAVE A CONSISTENT UPDATE ON THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION THAT'S BACK ON IS GOING TO CLOSED, RIGHT? CORRECT. RIGHT. THAT, UH, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET MAYOR JUNE PROBABLY. SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT MOVED TO PERMANENT HOUSING, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL WORKING ON PERMANENT HOUSING AND SOME PEOPLE THAT AREN'T REALLY ALL THAT ENGAGED. SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH WHAT IS OUR PLAN OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH IMPACT FROM PEOPLE THAT, YOU [01:20:01] KNOW, BEEN IN THE PROGRAM FOR LONG OUT MENTION FOR, UM, NUMBER THREE PEOPLE. SO IS THERE NUMBER DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO IT? UM, THERE ARE ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, AT ANY GIVEN POINT THERE'S DEFINITELY POPULATION ON THE RIVER BEND, , UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SEEING ANYWHERE FROM 200, 250 PEOPLE IN MALE LABOR FOR BED. I THINK AT ONE POINT THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE YOU CAN SEE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PEOPLE THAN OTHER PLACES. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FUNDING FOR NON CONGREGATE SHELTER FOR ABOUT 60 PEOPLE AT A TIME. THE COUNTY HAS A HUNDRED BEDS OF NON CONGREGATE. AS THOSE TURN OVER OVER YEAR AND A HALF, THOSE WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR PEOPLE IN RIVERBEDS OR SETTING ASIDE 20 OF, UH, THE UNITS HAVE UP THREE END TO PRIORITIZE THE RIVERBED. BUT ACTUALLY DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, DEMOGRAPHICS AND OUR PRIORITIZATION THAT WE SET AROUND PRODUCT HOMEWORK SENSE AND . AND THEN, UH, THERE'S RENT ASSESS NUMBER FOR, UM, A HUNDRED OR SO PEOPLE THAT ALSO GOES INTO THE GRANT TO HELP FROM THE HOUSING AND PAY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND GONNA BE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO FIGHT BOULDER BED AT THE SAME TIME. WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA WORK THE BEST WE CAN BECAUSE IT IS MASSIVE. IT'S ALMOST 10 MILES LONG FOR THE LABOR RIVER STRETCH IN LONG BEACH, AND IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT SIX OR SO MONTHS AND REALLY TRYING TO ENGAGE AND GETTING PEOPLE IN STATES AS WE GO. UM, SO, UH, IT'LL BE A TWO YEAR EFFORT TO TRY TO ENGAGE AND GET AS MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN PUBLIC RIVER BED INTO TEMPORARY HOUSING. ARE YOU GONNA START AT THE SOUTH END OR THE MARKET? PROBABLY HAVEN QUITE LIKE SAID EXACTLY. UM, SO THE COUNTY DO SOME EFFORTS ON THE NORTH PART, SO WE MIGHT START AT THE SOUTH END FOR BALANCE . UM, OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THE BUILD TO ZERO OVERLAPPING? I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE ARE UTILIZING OUT OF LIKE BUILT ZERO STRATEGIES THAT WE IMPLEMENT THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIONS. UM, WE ARE, WE HAVE SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO FILTER ZERO FOR SOME FUNDING, LIKE MONEY THAT THEY GOT FROM THE MCCARTHUR FOUNDATION. SO THAT WOULD HELP US ON LIKE HOUSING LOCATION AND NEGOTIATION WITH LANDLORDS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS AND SPEED UP THAT FROM TIME THAT THEY MATCHING TO A PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCE THAT'S GONNA BRING IN RENT ASSISTANCE TO THAT . UM, SO THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE UNDERWAY TO TRY TO SPEED UP FOR AND THAT WILL BENEFIT ENCOUNT REVOLUTION AS WELL. YEAH. AND THEN, UM, WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ORGANIZATION, WHAT ORGANIZATION A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS IN THE HOMELESSNESS ARENA. I THINK, UM, IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IF WE COULD INCORPORATE SOME OF THEIR EFFORTS INTO THE THIRD ENCAMPMENT TION BUDGET. JUST EVEN, IT'S SO MASSIVE AND UM, MOTION A LOT. WE DO, WE DO THAT WELL AT THE MSC WE THAT SO WELL AT OTHER PROJECTS. SO WE CAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT ONLY ESTABLISHED ON BUT ALSO THE FAITH-BASED GROUPS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THAT TO THE CURRENTLY AND DOING A LOT OF THE SERVICES. UM, IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY, I CAN DO A MOTION AND THEN WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE FILE STAFF OPERATIONS AND UPDATE SUPPORT THAT, UM, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE SHOULD COMMENT? CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS? YEAH. UH, JUST, JUST A COUPLE THINGS THAT, THAT I'VE SEEN AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE DO. AND THIS IS CALLED A CONTINUUM OF CARE. WELL, MONICA, HOW CAN WE JUSTIFY GOING OUT AND USING ABUSIVE DESIGNS TO REDESIGN OUR MEDIAS [01:25:01] THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALSO BENCHES. AND WE'RE STILL DOING THIS STUFF THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TO ABUSE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE STREET. UH, THE SECOND THING THAT, THAT I CAN'T BELIEVE WE DO IS POINT OF TIME COUNT THAT IS SO BOGUS AND WE, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPEND ON THAT PROJECT WHEN AND, AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU COULD CONVINCE ME THAT THE NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE DOING RUNNING ARE LEGIT. OKAY. AND THAT HAS TO STOP. AND I, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE AND I'VE PHOTOGRAPHED IT. I'VE DONE ALL KINDS OF THINGS. I KIND OF KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I READ IT IN THE PAPER AND IT IS JUST TOTAL BS. SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT REALLY ANNOY ME. I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE NOW. WE'RE PUTTING ROCKS ALL OVER SHARP ROCKS, ESPECIALLY DESIGN. AND, AND I'M NOT, AND, AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE RIVERBED TURNS INTO MORE ROCKS. OKAY. OKAY. UH, TO, TO WHAT, WHAT OUR DECISION MAKERS ARE DOING. SO THAT'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE PROPER VENUE TO WILL, BUT ON MY MIND, I APPRECIATE DAN HERE, BUT I THANK YOU, DAVID. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, JEN, ANY OTHER MEMBERS? , SORRY. FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF OPERATIONS AND UPDATE WITH REPORT HEALTH DEPARTMENT MOTION. DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE, OH, SORRY. SHE WENT TO THE BATHROOM. JEOPARDY. MAYBE WE COULD DO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. WE STILL PUBLIC GENERAL COMMENT BECAUSE WE'VE LOST FORM IN THE ROOM. YEAH, I, OH, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, I MEAN, TECHNICALLY ONLY THE MAJORITY THAT'S HERE, BUT WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE FORUM . IT'S NOT ABOUT ANYTHING. UM, I ALL, SO I'M JUST GONNA VOTE NOW, RIGHT? YEP. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR TO RECEIVE A FILE REPORT. SAY AYE. AYE. UM, AB OPPOSED? I I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO, YOU KNOW. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT AGENDA. I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE, THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR REPORT. UM, I, WELL, JULIE'S GONE AND I DON'T HAVE A REPORT, SO DO WE STILL NEED TO VOTE? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO A MOTION TO, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A PRIVATE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR REPORT. SECOND. SO THERE ARE NO REPORTS. THERE'S NO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. SAME. BOTH OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION PASSES AND PUBLIC COMMENT. NONE ALL, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FUTURE HSAC AGENDA ITEMS. , WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. STUFF TO UPDATES [01:30:01] I GUESS IF THERE'S ANYTHING BEYOND WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED. . ALL RIGHT. ANYONE? NO. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, MOTION TO FILE THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE ABOVE FUTURE AIDAP AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. IF YOU DON'T MIND. YEAH. OKAY. I WAS ASKING ONE . I EVEN HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, UM, THE WEBSITE THAT WE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY USING TO, UH, FOR THE HOMELESS, UH, SECTION OF THE CITY. UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT COULD BE IMPROVED GREATLY. UM, YOU HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN WAY, WAY DOWN TO SEE WHAT YOU NEED AND, UH, I JUST DON'T THINK THE DESIGN IS QUITE, UM, WHAT IT SHOULD BE. I DON'T THINK IT'S UP TO PAR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PAY ATTENTION TO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC SEE. AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, UH, ADDRESS THAT ISSUE IN TERMS THAT WOULD YOU MIND, UM, GOING THROUGH WITH THIS SITE AND, AND WRITING DOWN LIKE YOUR ISSUE? AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THAT INTO THE NEXT ONE? SURE, SURE. AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IT KIND AND IT'S NOT TO EVERYONE ELSE, EVERYONE LIKE TO WEBSITE AND THEN EVERYONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WRONG CITY WEBSITE ON RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH. ALL THIS PAGE, IT'S BASICALLY ONE LONG, LONG, LONG PAGE. AND IT COULD BE GREATLY APPROVED BY BREAKING IT UP INTO SPECIFIC AREAS AND LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? HOME LIST ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE, BUT IT SHOULD BOOKMARK AND GO TO WHATEVER YOU CLICK ON. AND THAT NOT WORKING. UH, I, I, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO IT AT THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, AND SPECIFICALLY TELL YOU HOW I LIVED IN A NEW BOARD MEMBER. I HAVE THIS ONE. NO, NOT THAT ONE. THE OTHER ONE. WHAT? SORRY. THAT'S OUR, BUT THAT'S OUR CASE. SO WHICH ONE WERE YOU ON? I WAS, WAS IT THE DASH? PERFECTLY REFERRING TO THE ONE WHERE HA COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING ARE, ARE AT UNDER THE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE. THAT REALLY LONG, LONG PAGE THAT HAS EVERYTHING STACKED ON TOP OF IT. I, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE IT. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE ALL OUR VOLUNTEER DONATE AND GET INVOLVED. YEAH, PRETTY MUCH THAT ONE. OKAY. IT'S NOT, IT'S LIKE A LONG, I WAS TRYING TO TELL SOME PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS MEETING BECAUSE WE DON'T GET ENOUGH PARTICIPATION AT THIS MEETING AND I WAS TRYING TO REFER THEM TO THEM AND THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY SEARCH FOR THE, UH, THE AREA MM-HMM . WHERE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. AND I'VE, I'VE DONE SOME SEARCHES MYSELF AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE STATISTICS OUT THERE. UM, AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF DESIGN IMPROVEMENT. SO IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO NAVIGATE, BUT, UM, I'LL, I COULD GET BACK TO YOU. I GUESS. YEAH, I WOULD WOULD SAY SUGGESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE. YEAH. LIKE ORGANIZE YOUR SUGGESTIONS THAT WAY WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THE QUESTION, SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE CAN DO THIS NEED WORK THIS THROUGH? IS THIS SOMETHING STAFF CAN, WE CAN DO HERE? I MEAN, AND YOU KNOW, ALMOST SERVICE STAFF DO NOT CONTROL WEBSITE DESIGN. [01:35:01] EXACTLY. UM, THAT IS A MUCH LARGER FUNCTION WITHIN THE CITY AND THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT ARE TEMPLATED FROM OTHERS AND YOU HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS A CERTAIN WAY. SO THIS, IT, IT IS A LITTLE FUNKY. YEAH. COULD BE BETTER. BUT THEN IF WE WANT TO, IF WE WANT TO SPEND WORK TRYING TO CHANGE IT, HOW CAN IT BE FRUITFUL? CAN WE DO IT HERE OR WOULD IT HAVE TO BE SHE WOULD BRINGING THIS LIKE WE, IN MY OPINION, I THINK WE WOULD BE BRINGING THESE SUGGESTIONS AND THEN BE PASSING ON TO THE YEAH. WHERE TO PEOPLE WHO DO IT AND SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE. BUT WE HAVE THE, I MEAN, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A POWER EITHER. AND YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A SUGGESTION CONTENT WIDE. WE HAVE MORE CONTROL, RIGHT? HOW THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT IS AND THE FUNCTIONALITY. I'M MUCH, MUCH LESS CONTROL. LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, UM, WELL LET ME ASK YOU, BUT IF THERE'S A CONTENT ISSUE, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. THERE'S DESIGN, WE CAN PROVIDE THE PEOPLE, BUT I DON'T REALLY, WE COULD PROVIDE IT AND THEN YOU COULD RECOMMEND IT TO SOMEBODY. I SAY, HEY, WE GOT FEEDBACK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE OR IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION ON, AND THEN YOU HEAR A RESPONSE BACK FROM MAYBE LIKE IF THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GET A FEEDBACK ON THAT. LIKE I'M JUST IN WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING EFFICIENT AND DEEP AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. YEAH. TALK ABOUT, WE TALK ABOUT, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THINGS AND I JUST HAVE FLOW IN THE AIR. SO IT'S, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF COMMITTEE, WHICH IT PROBABLY COULD BE, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GO AS A RECOMMENDATION, ONE OF OUR ANNUAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WELL, I REALIZE THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE POWER TO ORDER ANYTHING HAVE YEAH. BUT WE DO HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SAY, IS THIS THE BEST? IS THIS PRESENTED IN THE WAY THAT IT'S A EASILY NAVIGATABLE B EASILY UNDERSTOOD AND C THOROUGH ENOUGH JUST, WELL, I'VE GONE THROUGH ALL OF OUR AUTHORITY AND I CAN ADD TO THAT. SO MAYBE WHAT HAPPENS IS IT, AND WE CAN TALK AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS CORRECT TO EACH OTHER AND THEY JUST FLOAT AROUND. BUT TO HAVE AN ACTION, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET AN ACTION IS IF THE STAFF HERE CAN SAY, WE CAN DO THIS, WE CAN DO THIS ACTION. OTHERWISE, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET AN ACTION TO CHANGE THIS WEBSITE IS TO MAKE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION IN OUR ONCE A YEAR RECOMMENDATION. SO SUGGESTIONS ARE FINE. WELL, WE CAN'T DO THE ACTION BECAUSE WE CAN'T, LIKE YOU SAID, CONTROL THE MESSAGING, NOT NECESSARILY THE DESIGN. SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE DESIGN. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT. I CAN GIVE FEEDBACK AGAIN TO MAKE SURE IF PEOPLE ARE FINDING IT DIFFICULT DESIGN WISE TO NAVIGATE, IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW WE CAN PASS THAT ALONG. RIGHT. AGAIN, I CAN'T CONTROL THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING WITH THAT I CAN PROVIDE, IF YOU CAN CONTROL WHAT'S PUT ON THERE, NOT THE WAY IT'S PUT ON THERE. AND DOUG, I THINK WE CAN, SO THIS ITEM COULD BE BROUGHT FORTH HERE AND THEN THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE COULD DECIDE TO TAKE ON THE ITEM. AND THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT IN FORMALIZING THAT OVER THROUGH OUR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. I, SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO BRING IT UP AND THEN MOVE IT FORWARD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SO MOVING FORWARD, UH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO UM, RECEIVE A FILE IN FUTURE AAC AGENDA ITEMS? SORRY, WE YEAH, WE NEED VOTE. ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? UM, TO RECEIVE A FILE, THE FUTURE HSAC AGENDA ITEMS SAY AYE, UH, ABSTAINED OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. ANY, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD SPEAK ON NON ITEMS? IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. [01:40:03] YEAH. HI. UM, I REPRESENT A COMPANY RIGHT UP THE STREET HERE AT 45 10 EAST PACIFIC, UM, HIGHWAY. IT'S IN THE, UM, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM SUPPORTING YOUNG ADULTS ON THE SPECTRUM. HAVE HAD OVER PAST SIX MONTHS, UM, A NUMBER OF ENCAMPMENTS STARTING TO COME INTO THAT AREA. IT'S IN A PARKING LOT, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THE ELLIOTT FITNESS IN A CERTAIN BUSINESS, UM, SECTION. AND WITHIN THE PAST MONTH WE'VE HAD TWO OF OUR RESIDENTS, UM, PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BY PEOPLE TO WORK IN THAT AREA. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO GO. WE KEEP SORT OF TRYING TO FIND THE AVENUES OF SUPPORT WE CALL THE POLICE. THE POLICE TELL US LIKE GO TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, GO TO DIFFERENT MEETINGS LIKE THIS THAT YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE THAT WOULD LISTEN AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. LIKE, UM, THAT'S WHEN I'M HERE TO, TO ASK IF THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WE CAN TALK TO OR THAT WE CAN GET INVOLVED WITH. BUT, UM, IT'S BECOME A, A, A RISK AREA FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENTS. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ONLY OFFICERS ARE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM. THEY LIVE IN THE LANDINGS, UM, ABOUT 40 OR 50 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WORK WITH. AND IN OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SETTING UP ENCAMPMENTS IN THAT PARKING LOT, UM, AT NIGHTTIME. THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE SOME, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY NOTES ANNOUNCE MOTION HAVE PUT, I ACTUALLY HAD ONE MYSELF. UM, NOW CAN I ASK THIS QUESTION? IT'S ON TOPIC OR IS TO IT IT SHOULD BE OKAY. UNDER ANNOUNCEMENT. OKAY. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT, UM, AND MAYBE YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY AWARE OF THIS, BUT THE SHELTER IN WILMINGTON, A BRIDGE HOME IS SHUTTING DOWN. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW IT WOULD, IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE, UM, TO TAKE THAT OVER EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN ANOTHER CITY BECAUSE IT LEAVES TO SOME BEDS AND WE CAN GET PEOPLE A PLACE TO, UM, LAY THEIR HEADS. I DON'T KNOW, BUT, AND I KNOW IT'S, WE NEED SHELTER, SO WE SEE IT SHUT DOWN US METS. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THEN I GUESS WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. JEN. ARE YOU DOING IT? * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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