SO WE'RE GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO
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ORDER.SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD? YES.
SO WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
I WILL, UH, LET YOU DO THE ROLL CALL.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND COMMITTEE MEETING ON THAT WAS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025.
AND DO I HAVE TO, SINCE IT'S JUST TWO OF US, DO I HAVE TO DO THE A'S? UH, WE SHOULD DO A'S, BUT FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALL ALL, UM, IN AGREEMENT OF APPROVING, SAY AYE.
UH, I GUESS I DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THE ABSTAIN
IT'S JUST WEIRD WHEN THERE'S TWO PEOPLE I KNOW.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MARRIAGE FUND UPDATE.
UH, WE DID HAVE THE MAYOR'S FUND, UH, UPDATE.
SO ENDING BALANCE IN JANUARY, 2025 IS 155,000.
UH, WE DID HAVE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MONTH FOR 2000 AND 70,000.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR GRANTS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN ENC COMFORTED.
SO WE HAVE THE MONEY, UH, PUT AWAY.
UM, THE OUTSTANDING BALANCE ON THAT IS 27,500.
UH, URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES DID INVOICE US, BUT THEY'RE STILL UNDERNEATH THAT TWO THOU 2,500 ADVANCED PAY BALANCE.
UM, PREP ED DID SEND AN EMAIL, BUT I AM REQUESTING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.
UM, SO WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING JUST YET.
UM, OR WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ISSUE THEM ANY PAYMENTS.
AND THEN FOR HIS LITTLE FEED AND DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER, UH, THEY BOTH MESSAGED THAT THEY WILL BE SENDING ME INVOICES WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MAYORS FUND UPDATE.
SO NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MAYOR'S FUND'S.
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, VERBIAGE, UPDATES.
ALRIGHT, SO I THREW THIS TOGETHER TRULY.
SO, UM, AND THEY WERE, UM, STAFF ENTERED THEIR INFORMATION UNDER ITEM NUMBER ONE.
BECAUSE THE EMAIL DIDN'T HAVE THAT.
SO THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR STAFF TO ADD, UM, WHAT IS IT THAT WE DO THAT INITIAL THRESHOLD REVIEW AND HOW DO WE SEND IT FORWARD? SO STAFF DID ADD A, A PORTION OF WHAT I THINK THAT INITIAL TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THE APPLICATION MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS AND HOW IS THE APPLICANT INFORMED? AND IF IT DOESN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, THEN OBVIOUSLY THE APPLICANT IS INFORMED AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ALLOWED TO OR ENCOURAGED TO REAPPLY.
UH, WE DID ADD THAT SECTION UNDERNEATH, BUT IT ALSO ADDED WHAT THE THRESHOLD REVIEW WAS.
AND THEN IT WAS COMPLETED THERE.
THE ORGANIZATION NAME, TARGET POPULATION LOCATION, NONPROFIT STATUS.
DO WE WANT KNOW HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN AROUND? IS THAT THE, UNDER THE EXPERIENCE? WHERE IS THAT? WHERE ARE YOU BACK AT THE TASK? OH, OKAY.
SO ARE, IS THAT STILL THRESHOLD CRITERIA? YEAH, WE DO JUST ASK HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN AROUND? IT IS A QUESTION THAT'S ASKED IN THE APPLICATION.
STATEMENT OF NEED, BUDGET ALIGNMENT WITH FUNDS INTENDED USE.
AND THEN WE DO USE THOSE FUNDING PRIORITIES THAT ARE VERY GENERAL, BUT AS LONG AS THEY ALIGN WITH ONE OF THOSE MM-HMM
THEN THAT'S HOW WE DECIDE TO THEN MOVE THE APPLICATION FORWARD TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
THEY CAN USE THIS FOR, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.
YEAH, WE PAID FOR REFRIGERATION THAT HAS BROKEN.
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UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.SOMEBODY HAD JUST ASKED ME ABOUT THE MAYOR'S SUN AND SO I PULLED OUT MY SHEET OF PRIOR, I GOT THIS FROM
IF WE COULD HAVE A, UM, A HEAD UPDATE, FEDERAL HEAD UPDATE AT OUR NEXT SAC MEETING JUST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE ELIMINATING OR BUDGET DECISION.
BUT ANYWAY, IT USED TO BE IN THE BEGINNING THAT, UM, WE DID USE THE MAYORS FUND TO PAY FOR, UM, MSC RELATED EXPENSES.
SO THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY FALL UNDER THIS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT.
THE APPLICANT MUST BE UM, MUST BE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE, WE WANNA WRITE THE PPLICANT MUST BE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT DID ALLOW US TO PAY FOR HMIS MATCH AND, UM, MSC COLLABORATIVE, UM, AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND OTHER THINGS.
SO TO JUST LEAVE IT OPEN 'CAUSE IT WASN'T, IT'S NOT IN SO PUT MUNICIPAL ENTITY.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION.
THAT ESTABLISHED THE MAYORS FUND.
THERE ISN'T ANYTHING IN THERE THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE A NONPROFIT OR ANYTHING.
IT JUST SAYS THAT THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED, UM, TO HELP STEVEN.
WE'RE ON, UM, WE'RE GOING OVER THE, UH, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND WE'RE ON PAGE TWO.
SO, UM, WHEN THE FUNDS WERE CREATED, IT JUST SAYS IT'S AUTHORIZED FOR AIDING AND ASSISTING HOMELESS PERSONS IN THE CITY.
AND FOR SOLICITING AND OBTAINING CONTRIBUTIONS AND MONEY, PROPERTY AND SERVICES TO AID AND ASSIST THE HOMELESS OR CORRECT.
I THINK INITIALLY PART OF, UH, PAUL COMING ON THE MAYOR'S FUND WAS USED FOR, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, FOR OUR MSC EXPENSES, WE HAVE SINCE DECIDED THAT WE WILL NOT BE USING ANY OF THESE FUNDS SO THERE'S NO STAFF, YOU KNOW.
IT'S, IT'S MORE DIRECT SERVICES TO, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS.
LIKE IT WAS USED FOR TRANSPORTATION, BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE MSC.
SO IT'S NOT, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S NOT FOR OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE DID HAVE PATH APPLY, I THINK EARLIER LAST YEAR, AND WE FELT THAT THEY WERE TOO BIG OF AN ORGANIZATION TO APPLY FOR THIS TYPE OF GRANT THAT IS PATH, YOU KNOW.
FOR, THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, IT'S A FLOW BARRIER.
I THINK IF IT'S, IF YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT, DO WE HAVE TO PUT A STIPULATION ON WHAT TYPE OF ENTITY GETS, I THINK JUST AT OUR WHATEVER WE APPROVE, RIGHT? NO, WE HAVE TO GO BY.
WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH, YEAH, I THINK WE WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE, THIS CRITERIA AND SO, AND IT'S FINE TO ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA, UM, BUT YOU MIGHT WANNA JUST HAVE A LITTLE WINDOW AND IT MIGHT NOT BE THE MSC, IT COULD BE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT USES IT FOR SOME SORT OF AIDING OF THE HOMELESS.
BUT I THINK THE POINT WAS THAT THEY'RE TRYING NOT TO GET ANY OF THE MUNICIPALITY TO USE THIS FUND IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
'CAUSE WE SHOULD NOT, THEY SHOULD NOT BE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS FOR.
BUT EVEN IF, IF, OKAY, YOU, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR BUS PASSES.
SO IF WE WANTED TO PAY FOR BUS PASSES AND HAVE 'EM DISTRIBUTED AT THE MSE, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
WE, BUT THAT WOULD BE, UH, A SEPARATE ORGANIZATION.
SO A COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION LIKE THE MSC COULDN'T BUY BUS PASSES IF WE GAVE YOU $5,000.
THEY COULD NOT PURCHASE THE BUS PASSES.
THIS IS STRICTLY FOR THE NONPROFIT.
BUT THERE'S NONPROFITS THAT DO THAT.
BUT WE'RE JUST NOW, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE LANGUAGE WE'RE ENCOURAGING.
I MEAN, AND THAT THERE ARE SOME OUTREACH.
'CAUSE I KNOW OF A MOBILE UNIT NOW WILMINGTON THAT IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO COMMIT OUTREACH.
AND IF THERE, THERE ARE NONPROFIT NON-PROFIT, THEY, THEY ARE NON-PROFIT.
WE WE'RE, WE JUST DON'T NON-DENOMINATIONAL, THERE'S NO, UM, YEP.
I GOT IT BECAUSE IT'S ONLY NON-PROFITS.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON HERE FOR YOU? I GUESS, AND THE OTHER THING WAS ADDED, I JUST HAVE SUCH CONCERNS WITH THE HU THING THAT OKAY, FINE.
WHAT HU THING? WELL, IF, OKAY, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE READ IS THAT THE EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS, OF WHICH WE HAVE 582 IN LONG BEACH, THAT THEY'RE GONNA EXPIRE EARLIER THAN THE 10 YEARS THAT THEY WERE, UM, INITIALLY FUNDED FOR THAT THEY MIGHT EXPIRE NEXT
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YEAR.SO THAT WOULD MEAN 582 PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE THEIR VOUCHERS PAYING THEIR RENT.
UM, I I, I HEARD THE SAME THING.
UM, SO FRANKLY, I, AND THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL VIEW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE HE WAS JUST GETTING READY TO MAKE A MAJOR CUT TO SECTION EIGHT JUST LAST MONTH.
AND BECAUSE OF THE BACKLASH AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE TELLING HIM THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE OUT, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING DOCTORS ARE DIFFERENT.
THAT NO, I KNOW THAT WAS A SET BUDGET DURING COVID.
A POINT IS THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD AFFECT AND PUT MORE PEOPLE ON THE STREET.
SOMEBODY HAS HIS COATTAIL AND THEY'RE STOPPING HIM FROM DOING CERTAIN THINGS.
SO I'M SAYING JUST LIKE THEY STOPPED HIM FROM THAT.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA ALLOW THAT.
BUT THAT ONE IS SET TO EXPIRE NO MATTER WHAT.
NO, I KNOW, BUT I'M SAYING EARLIER.
SO IT'S, IF YOU DON'T USE IT, YOU LOSE IT.
HOW LONG WERE THEY? NO, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR 10 YEARS THAT THAT WAS THE ESTIMATED BUDGET.
BUT SINCE RENTS HAVE BEEN GOING UP SO HIGH, BUT THEY SAY THAT THE MONEY WILL RUN OUT NEXT YEAR, NOT IN 2030, BUT IN 2026.
IS THERE A NEW POOL OF FUNDS? I MEAN THAT'S, THERE'S POOLS, BUT THEY'RE TIED TO DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, METRICS.
I THINK A LOT OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CONCERNING TO OUR DEPARTMENT HOUSING AUTHORITY NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY FEDERAL FUNDING.
I DON'T THINK THAT WHEN I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA TIE IT BACK TO THE MAYOR'S FUND, BUT FOR THE CITY ITSELF TO USE THESE FUNDS WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
IN GENERAL, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM TO SHUFFLE BACK THE FUNDS.
AND THEN IF WE DO, THEN WE'D HAVE TO FIND LIKE A CONTRACT, CREATE A CONTRACT, AND GO THROUGH A WHOLE CONTRACTING PROCESS.
UM, I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT A WHILE AGO, BUT I WOULD SAY IF THAT WERE, LET'S SAY SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO DO, RIGHT.
PROVIDE SOME SORT OF A SECURITY DEPOSITS, RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
THERE IS A MECHANISM TO DOING THAT.
WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO INVITE A COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION THAT IS DOING THAT TYPE OF WORK, UM, TO DO A PORTION OF IT.
SO, I MEAN, PRECIOUS LAMB DOES PROVIDE SECURITY DEPOSITS, SO THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT IT WAS NOT CONTINUOUS RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
BUT THERE ARE A FEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING IT.
THEY ARE THE BIGGER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND MAYBE IF, YOU KNOW, WE FIND THAT THAT CUT DOES HAPPEN, THEN MAYBE A PATH COULD APPLY.
UM, AND I THINK AT THAT POINT IT WOULD SEEM REASONABLE TO THE, TO THE GROUP.
I DON'T, I DON'T SEE HOW THE CITY COULD TAKE THOSE FUNDS.
I THINK, UM, REACHING OUT TO, AND I'LL ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE OUR, OUR STEERING MEETING, COMMITTEE MEETING IS COMING UP AT UNITED WAY.
I THINK ASKING THEM SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP.
UM, IF THOSE FUNDS DO WHATEVER, THEN MAYBE THEY CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, SINCE, I MEAN IT'S A SMALL NUMBER COMPARED TO THE COUNTY.
SO I'M HOPING BECAUSE OF THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE UNDER 600 THAT MAYBE THEY COULD HELP WITH THAT AMOUNT.
AND THE HOUSING VOUCHER, WHAT WAS THAT GOOD FOR ANYWAYS? WAS IT JUST LIKE, IT WAS FOR THE HOMELESS DURING COVID IT WAS 582 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THEY GOT EMERGENCY VOUCHERS RIGHT AWAY.
AND SO IT WAS TO GET THEM BECAUSE OF COVID AND THEY DIDN'T AT THE TIME KNOW HOW LONG THAT WAS GONNA LAST.
IT WAS JUST TO GET 'EM OFF THE ENCAMPMENTS AND WHEREVER ELSE THEY WERE AT.
SO IT WAS A TEMPORARY THING AND IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A QUICK THING, BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST 10 YEARS.
UM, AND ULTIMATELY FOR, FOR PRETTY MUCH A LOT OF THIS POPULATION AND THE HOUSING MEASURES, I, I JUST HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM BE EFFECTIVE IF YOU DON'T HAVE 'EM A SPECIFIC PROGRAM PUT IN PLACE.
'CAUSE JUST GIVING THEM A PLACE TO STAY YEAH.
IT DOESN'T GET 'EM BACK ON THEIR FEET.
WE, UH, PARTNER THAT WITH OUR, GIVES A PLACE TO DO OD YEAH.
WE PARTNER THAT WITH OUR INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
SO THERE'S A PROGRAM ON OUR END THAT PAYS FOR CASE MANAGEMENT AND THEN HOUSING AUTHORITY DISPERSES THE, UH, HOUSING VOUCHERS.
HERE'S THE DIFFICULTY I HAVE IS THAT WHEN YOU SEND THESE INDIVIDUALS, 'CAUSE I, WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE, I, I'LL HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEY'LL SAY, WELL, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR HOME, STEVEN.
I'LL SAY, WELL, ULTIMATELY THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW DRUGS OR ALCOHOL IN THE PROPERTY, BUT I THEY, THEY HAVE TO INSPECT YOUR POCKETS.
WE TREAT YOU LIKE AN ADULT AND IF YOU ACT RESPECTFUL ON THE PROPERTY, NO PROBLEMS. MM-HMM
UM, AND, BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR SHARE OF COSTS OR THIS, THAT, AND THE THIRD CERTAIN THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE STOP WANTING THAT ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND THEY'D RATHER HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN A SENSE BECAUSE IT IS, YOU CAN BE IN THERE,
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NOBODY'S GONNA CHECK ON YOU, NOBODY'S GONNA CARE.NOBODY DOES ANYTHING IN THERE.
AND WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS USUALLY SOME KID'S, SON OR DAUGHTER WHO GOT LOST IN THE SHUFFLE, BUT THEIR DAD OR MOM'S A LI A LITIGATOR, THEY DIE IN ONE OF THOSE HOMES AND THEN THAT'S WHEN CITY GETS SUED.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO, OR OUR BUSINESS DOES.
UM, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE THE, THE ULTIMATE PLAN BECAUSE TO ME IT'S LIKE WE'RE JUST PUTTING OUR FINGER IN A D**E AND IT'S JUST WATER EVERYWHERE.
IT'S NOT DOING IT 'CAUSE MM-HMM
EVEN LIKE WHEN I SAW ON, ON OUR, OUR, UM, BUDGET, WE WERE GOING OVER IT, IT WAS STATING THAT WE WERE GIVING OUT FOOD BASICALLY IT WAS LIKE FOOD WAS WAS THE ONE NUMBER ONE THING.
AND LIKE LEGAL SERVICES OR SUPPORT THERE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT SAID LIKE ZERO ON OR MENTAL HEALTH SHOWERS.
BUT LIKE, TO ME THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S EASY.
THAT'S, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE, WE SHOULD BE DOING BIGGER STUFF.
'CAUSE LIKE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT JUST GIVE OUT FOOD ALL DAY.
THEY ALL KNOW WHERE TO GET A HAM SANDWICH.
AND I, I USED TO WORK AT CHRISTIAN OUTREACH PEOPLE I KNOW PRETTY MUCH IT MAY HAVE CHANGED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE SAME LOT OF THE SAME CHARITIES, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE TO GO GET THE GOOD CAKES.
WHERE TO GO GET THIS, WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO GET THAT.
BUT LIKE THE, THE FIXES, UM, I DUNNO, I THINK MAYBE SUPPORT MORE IN THE MORE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BUILDING THAT, THAT PART IS ABOVE MY PAY GRADE.
BUT AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE ENOUGH.
IF THEY WOULD JUST ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO MAYBE MOVE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS OVER TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROVIDING THE HOUSING FOR THESE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THE TRANSITIONAL HOMES.
NOT NECESSARILY SHEZ BOND, THOSE THAT A BIG OLD COMPANY AS WELL.
WE KEEP 'EM ACCOUNTABLE AND PROVIDES THE SERVICES.
I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY LINK UP WITH FSP GROUPS THAT HAS ALREADY TAPPED IN THE COUNTY STUFF.
WE COUNTY PROBATION OFFICERS PAROLE.
WE HAVE A, A S STRUCTURE FOR THE, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THOSE WHO ARE INCARCERATED, WE HAVE A HUGE, HUGE REENTRY PROGRAM THAT CATCHES WOULD YOU AB 1 0 9.
I USED TO RUN SEVERAL AB 1 0 9 PROGRAMS. AND THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY, A LOT OF 'EM WOULD BE HOMELESS IF THEY WEREN'T IN YES.
THEY DIDN'T GET INCARCERATED FOR THE RIGHT THING.
WELL, THEY MISSED A DOSAGE OF THEIR MEDICINE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF YEAH.
NO, IT'S, IT'S JUST THAT LITTLE, IT'S A LOT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE THROUGH FINISHING THIS.
AND THEN, UM, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO, TO DISCUSS ON HERE? WE ALSO ADDED, SORRY, JUST I, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED JULIE PREVIOUSLY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE A APPEALS PROCESS.
SO WE DID END UP ADDING THE APPEALS PROCESS ON PAGE.
AND IT IS THE SECOND BULLET POINT.
SO IF A GRANT IS DENIED BY THE HAYSTACK BOARD, APPLICANTS MAY SUBMIT AN APPEAL VIA EMAIL TO HOMELESS SERVICE, TO THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER AND HEALTH DIRECTOR BY EMAILING HOMELESS SERVICES ADMIN@LONGBEACH.GOV.
THE APPEAL WILL BE REVIEWED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT AND THE APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE A WRITTEN RESPONSE OUTLINING THE FINAL DECISION.
SO THE APPEAL WILL BE, WILL BE REVIEWED BY HAYAT BOARD OR BY WHO? BY THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER AND HEALTH DIRECTOR.
SO THEY WOULD MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
UM, I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD PUT A, UM, A UH, TIME LIMIT, MEANING HOW LONG THEY HAVE TO APPEAL.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT SOMEONE THAT WAS DENIED COMING BACK TO APPEAL FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS LATER.
YEAH, NO, IT SHOULD BE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
AND THEN, AND THEN YOU NEED TO PUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO ME ABOUT THE APPEAL WILL BE REVIEWED BY WHOEVER.
SO WHAT, WHAT TIMEFRAME, WHICH DO YOU GUYS USUALLY WANT THAT PRIOR TO THE LAST INVOICE OR AFTER THE LAST STEP?
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PROBABLY SHOULD BE PRIOR, RIGHT? PROBABLY I WOULD SAY BEFORE.I WAS ABOUT TO SAY BEFORE WE ISSUE GIVE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING BEFORE.
WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, PEER, UH, NO NOT PEER.
WHO WAS IT? PEP PREP ED PROGRAM.
THEY SUBMITTED THE ONE AND ONLY INVOICE, BUT THEY DID NOT SUBMIT A, UM, ONE, ONE LETTER SUMMARY OR THE SUMMARY REPORT.
SO WE ARE NOT GONNA ISSUE PAYMENT UNTIL WE HAVE THAT SUMMARY REPORT.
SO IF IT'S THE ONE AND ONLY INVOICE, THEN UNFORTUNATELY THEY NEED TO SUBMIT THAT BEFORE I CAN ANY RELEASE, ANY CONTENT.
DO YOU WANNA WRITE THAT OR NOT? SO YEAH, CAN WE ADD THAT DETAIL IN THERE? YEAH.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PARADE.
YOU WANT ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU GET PAID BACK FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
WELL, IT IS CONSIDERED FINAL JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE LAST INVOICE.
SO IT'S JUST THAT, LIKE SHE SAID, JUST GIVE, WE NEED THAT BEFORE YOU GET
ANYTHING ELSE? DO THEY GET PAID AS YOU GO? IS THAT, IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? CORRECT.
THEY SUBMIT, IT DEPENDS ON THE ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY TYPICALLY SUBMIT LIKE, AT LEAST QUARTERLY BILLINGS.
AND THEN ONCE THEY SUBMIT THAT INVOICE, THEN I REVIEW THE DOCUMENTATION, THEN WE ISSUE PAYMENT OR REIMBURSEMENT.
DID YOU HAVE ANY, UM, THAT YOU WANTED? HOW COME IT SAYS THERE IS NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF TIMES AN ORGANIZATION MAY APPLY FOR FUNDING? I MEAN, DO WE WANNA SAY IT LIKE THAT? THAT'S JUST FOR OUR NOTE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THIS IS NOT GOING TO THE PUBLIC.
OH, EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC DOCUMENT THOUGH.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE GIVEN TO THE, UM, APPLICANTS.
THIS IS NOT ON MY WEBSITE IS IT? NO, BUT IT IS, I THINK IT'S ON, UH, THE ONE MEETING.
BUT I'M SAYING IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO THE APPLICANTS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
WELL THEN IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS, LET'S MOVE TO, UH, RECOMMEND AND RE UH, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE RESPONSE GRANT APPLICATION.
I'M SORRY, THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND VERBIAGE UPDATES.
SHOW NO PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE MERITS FUND GRANT APPLICATION AND WEBSITE VERBIAGE.
DID WE HAVE IT? OH, I DIDN'T, SORRY.
SHOULD WE START WITH THIS PORTION OF THE WEBSITE? THE, THE, YEAH, LET'S START WITH THE PORTION THAT, UM, WHERE THIS IS WHERE THEY WOULD GO IF THEY WANT TO APPLY, RIGHT? MM.
THIS IS WHAT IS LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
WHAT'S ON TOP ON HERE? IT'S THE, SEE, COULD WE NOT BE UNDER VOLUNTEER, DONATE AND GET INVOLVED AND HAVE OUR OWN MAYORS FUND FOR HOMELESS ACTION? YEAH.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A, A EXTRA PAGE, THIS WHOLE LISTING UNDER VOLUNTEER, DONATE AND GET INVOLVED.
BECAUSE I WOULD CLICK OFF OF THAT IF YEAH, IT'S IF I WAS LOOKING FOR IT.
UM, SO EITHER, WELL, I DUNNO HOW YOU GUYS WANT DO IT, BUT IT, THEY CAN ADD EXTRA PAGE AND USE THE SAME TEMPLATE.
SO I'LL SAY THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE ONE OF THESE THINGS JUST FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS ADD A PAGE AND JUST SEPARATE THE TWO.
THIS IS WHERE WE ALSO HAVE, UH, OUR HAY SAC AND OUR COC BOARD INFORMATION.
SO IF SOMEBODY TYPED IN MAYOR'S PHONE WITH A SEARCH, IT WOULD COME TO THIS THOUGH, RIGHT? I'M ASSUMING.
LIKE MY DAD WON'T SEARCH IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY DAD.
SEE IT GOES TO THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR EDUCATION.
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THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WEBSITE BECAUSE THEY HAVE, AND THEY'RE BIGGER THAN US.
THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE, IT NEEDS TO BE A STANDALONE.
SO FIND THAT DONATIONS TO FUND THIS.
SO BASICALLY WHAT'S LISTED THERE IS THE SAME THING THAT'S LISTED IN HERE, RIGHT? JUST WHAT THEY CAN, IT'S THE SAME THING.
THERE'S RELOCATION, SHELTER, I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH THE SERVICES.
IMMEDIATE NEEDS COULD, INSTEAD OF THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH, COULD WE START WITH, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR HOMELESS ACTION PROVIDES SMALL GRANTS TO ORG.
WE DON'T EVEN NEED THE WORD SMALL GRANTS.
YOU KNOW WHAT, JULIE, CAN I ASK YOU A FAVOR? WHAT? WOULD YOU REWRITE IT AND SEND IT? UM, YEAH, IF YOU GUYS GIVE ME COMMENTS MM-HMM
REWRITE IT AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW IT AND I'LL SAY THE NEXT MEETING.
THIS PART RIGHT HERE IS THE SAME THING.
IN THE APPLICATION, CORRECT? MM-HMM
SO, SO THIS IS THE APPLICATION AND, UM, DID WE WANNA GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PART? SO HERE IS, DO WE WANNA I THINK WELL, WHERE THEY JUST DIDN'T PUT THEIR STUFF RIGHT? YEAH.
THEY, IT HAD TO REQUIRE, WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE IS LIKE IT'S A NONPROFIT OR COMMUNITY OR A COMMUNITY COMMUNITY GROUP.
BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD, WE HAVE HAD, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MM-HMM
I PUT I, UM, YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU THIS? MM-HMM
STATE NUMBER OF YEARS YOU'VE BEEN SERVING MM-HMM
PERSONS DESCRIBE SERVICES, INSTALL SUB POPULATIONS.
ARE YOU FINE FOR FUNDS ON A REIMBURSEMENT OR PAYMENT IN ADVANCE? SO THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR AN ADVANCE PAYMENT WITHOUT THE INVOICES? YEAH.
AND TYPICALLY THEY WOULD ASK THAT AT THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
SO THEY CAN'T ASK IT, YOU KNOW, WHILE THE GRANT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY, THEY HAVE TO DO THAT UPFRONT.
THE CURRENT ESTIMATED ANNUAL BUDGET OF YOUR AGENCY AS ESTIMATE PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS.
AND THEN I'LL ADD, SO IF THEY WERE TO CLICK YES, THEN WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT COME IN.
IS THIS REQUESTING EXPANSION OF PREVIOUS FUNDED PROGRAM? OKAY.
AND GOING DOWN ANOTHER EFFORTS TO SECURE FUNDING, PLEASE PROVIDE SUMMARY SUCCESSFUL EVENTS.
UM, STATEMENT OF WEED, COST OF BREAKDOWN.
NONPROFIT ENTITY STATUS LETTER.
PROOF OF ADDRESS IN LONG BEACH.
I THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK THAT NONPROFIT STATUS PRIOR TO ACTUAL FUNDING OF THE PAYMENT AS WELL.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE LAG TIME BETWEEN THEY'VE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION AND THEN YOU WOULD CUT THE CONVERSION CHECK TYPICALLY? UM, IT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM LIKE, I WOULD SAY AT MINIMUM TWO MONTHS TO MAYBE FIVE MONTHS.
EVEN BEFORE THE FUNDING? UH, SOMETIMES.
BECAUSE EVEN BEFORE THE STATE WILL ISSUE A LICENSE FOR A PLACE, THEY'LL CHECK YOU ONE MORE, ONE MORE TIME.
SO JULIE, WORK YOUR MAGIC ON THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH OR YOU KNOW, YOU SEE IT OR ON THAT FIRST PAGE? YEAH.
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STEVEN.ANY OTHER COMMENT? NO, JUST, UH, GETTING A FEW WAYS.
SO CAN I GET A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS ME FUNDS GRANT APPLICATION AND WEBSITE VERBIAGE? SO MOVED.
AND SEEING NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE DISCUSSION ON THE FUNDRAISING STATUS STRATEGIES FOR THE S FUND.
SO I KNOW JULIE ENLIGHTEN ME TO WHICH I WAS LIKE, WHAT? WE'RE GONNA GET HIM TO DO IT FOR US TOO.
SHE ENLIGHT ME ON THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR DOES HIS FUNDRAISING FOR THE EDUCATION FUND.
SO WE ARE PART OF A MAYOR'S FUND.
IT'S NOT EDUCATION, IT'S HOMELESSNESS.
BUT I'M GONNA GET HIM TO HELP DO THE SAME CLASS.
BECAUSE WE EVERY MAYOR, EVERY MAJOR CITY RIGHT NOW.
WELL HE HAD PUT A STATE OF EMERGENCY MM-HMM
SO I FEEL LIKE IT WAS, IT AIN'T OVER, IT WAS THE TWO.
SO HE NEEDS TO COME ON OVER HERE.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE ANOTHER CONVERSATION.
BUT, UM, OTHER THAN GETTING HIM IN THAT ANGLE, WHAT OTHER STRATEGIES OUTSIDE OF TOO, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT UTILITY BILL INSERT AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT IF WE HAD THE, THE PARKING METERS OR NOT.
UH, THEY HAVE LOST STAFF AS WELL.
UH, SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THAT.
BUT I, I, I CAN'T MAKE THE, I I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GONNA BE
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND ANY, UH, FUNDING THAT CAME FROM THE PARKING METERS IF IT WAS, THEY STOLE IT.
WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY IT WAS ALSO CHANGE.
I THINK FROM MY DISCUSSION WITH PAUL, A LOT OF THESE METERS WERE COLLECTING OF CHANGE MM-HMM
SO IT WAS LIKE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, LIKE QUARTERS AND 5 CENTS AND STUFF.
SO I DON'T, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WASN'T A LOT.
UM, AND THAT'S PROBABLY SO WHO TOOK IT THOUGH? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT.
UM, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN $20.
WE STILL WANTED, WELL ACTUALLY THE ONES ALL AROUND COLORADO
SO WE, WE SHOULD GET SOME OF THOSE.
AND IT'S GOT, THEY, THEY'RE FULL EVERY WEEKEND.
AND THEN THE, THE BOX AT THE AIRPORT, IT'S STILL THERE, RIGHT? NO.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO AIRPORT AS WELL.
THEY'RE, SO WE'VE, WE'VE MADE THE CONTACT OVERDA AIRPORT AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS OR THOSE THINGS.
UM, THEY ARE ALL SCRAMBLING TO FIGURE OUT, I THINK IN US NOT REACHING OUT.
UH, WE, THEY JUST, THEIR STAFF MAYBE JUST NEVER DID IT.
BROUGHT IT BACK TO THEIR, THEIR FUND AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE'LL, WE ARE WORKING WITH BOTH, UH, DEPARTMENTS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE OUR LITTLE DOLLARS WENT.
WE, THAT'S A GRAND PRIX OR JUST A COLLECTION AT THE GRAND PRIX.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
ALL THE HOMELESS ARE GONNA BE DISAPPEARING FROM THAT AREA.
UM, ANY OTHER IDEAS OUTSIDE OF THE MAYOR HIMSELF AND DOING A FUNDRAISER WITH HIM? AND UTILITY FLYER? IS THIS FOR THIS MARKETING FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND? YEAH.
WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE MORE MONEY.
I MEAN, I, OR WHO'S MANAGING THE SOCIAL MEDIA? THAT'S THE CITY FOR THE MAYOR OR FOR THE, I'M JUST SAYING FOR, FOR THIS TYPE OF STUFF.
ALMOST LIKE IT, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY WHO'S ACTIVE.
DOING IT BECAUSE IT, I MEAN THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY SEES NOW.
NOBODY'S REALLY, I MEAN, CABLE NEWS PEOPLE THAT'S GOING BY THE WAYSIDE.
CAN WE GET A MEETING WITH THEM? CAN THEY COME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS? I CAN MAKE THE REACH OUT.
WE JUST HIRED SOMEONE TO BE SPECIFIC FOR HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HOMELESS SERVICES BECAUSE WE WANTED A, I DON'T WHO KNOWS WHAT WORK THOSE PHONES.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S A YOUNG MAN.
I'M JUST SAYING IS THAT SOMEBODY'S GOTTA BE, BECAUSE THAT'S, SHE'S 40 AND UNDER.
THAT ALL MY KIDS ARE MILLENNIALS BECAUSE, AND THEY'RE 40.
AND YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE, THE ELECTIONS NOW.
LIKE IT'S NO LONGER GONNA BE ON FOX.
TIKTOK IN PARTICULAR LIKE THAT IN INSTAGRAM.
AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE MY, I DON'T HAVE ANY DEVICE IN MY HOUSE, SO MY KIDS ARE EXEMPT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IT'S EVERYWHERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY SEES FOR YEAH.
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SO SHE'S IN CHARGE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES, NOT DEVELOPMENT.SO SHE IS OUR, UH, PUBLIC RELATIONS PERSON, BUT SHE IS, I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON A LARGER BUILDING STORIES AND THEN PUTTING IT OUT TO, UH, IN THE PUBLIC.
SOCIAL MEDIA HERE IS NOT, IT'S NOT AS AGILE.
SO WE, AND AND THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING THEY NEED TO RELEASE THE REGULATIONS A LITTLE BIT ON THIS PIECE.
BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BOUTIQUE.
IT SHOULD BE PEOPLE LIKE US WHO GO TO THESE THINGS, HITTING IT UP.
SUBSCRIBE, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK.
LIKE, IT'S JUST SUBSCRIBE, TAKE A LOOK, DONATE TO THE MAYOR'S FUND.
ANYTHING WE'RE DOING IF WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY DOING THAT AND WE'RE ACTIVE, I MEAN, I'M ACTIVE ALL THE TIME.
I, I KNOW BOTH OF THESE, MY COLLEAGUES ARE, I MEAN, THE OTHER THING, I MEAN, I KNOW HAVING MY WIFE WORKED IN THIS, UM, I KNOW THEY'RE FUNNY ABOUT GIVING ACCESS TO NON-CITY EMPLOYEES, BUT IF THEY'RE USING SOMETHING LIKE, UM, HOOTSUITE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY CAN ADD US TO THE TEAM.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT WILL NOT GO OUT UNTIL SOMEBODY APPROVES IT.
SO THAT WOULD MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE.
LIKE PEOPLE I WAS BRINGING ON THAT THAT I DIDN'T TRUST YET.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW THEIR STYLE.
SO THAT'S AN OPTION THAT THEY CAN USE SO THAT WE CAN DO IT.
BUT THEN THEY'LL GET A NOTICE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, LET ME READ IT.
AND THEY JUST HIT A BUTTON AND IT GOES, BECAUSE I WILL USE A SMALL EXAMPLE.
I MEAN THE LONG BEACH BROUGHT IN A GUN CLUB AND THERE'S A LOT OF OLD MEMBERS.
IN FACT, WE'VE CHANGED THE BYLAWS SINCE THEN BECAUSE OF THE NEW MEMBERS.
AND WE'RE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND JUST BY, UH, OUR, ONE OF THE YOUNG GUYS COMING IN JUST GIVING US A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE.
I MEAN, OUR ENROLLMENT SHOT UP THROUGH THE ROOF.
WHAT IS THIS? JUST THE LONG BEACH ROD, ROD NAME IS ROD AND GUN CLUB.
WE, WE HUNT HUNTING FISH AND I WANT FISH.
WE HAVE A BUILDING ON PACIFIC, 3 33 PACIFIC AVENUE.
AND WE, WE WORK WITH KIDS, UH, TEACHING THEM HOW TO SHOOT TRAP AND, AND ALL THESE KIND OF THINGS.
AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA GUY WHO'S ALWAYS PUTTING IT ON INSTAGRAM.
AND WE GIVE HIM THE STORIES, HE FILTERS THROUGH WHAT'S APPROPRIATE.
'CAUSE SOME OF US WILL SEND HIM STUFF LIKE, I SHOT THIS BIRD.
WE'RE LIKE, CAN'T SHOOT THAT BRO.
BECAUSE HE IS TALKING WITH INSTAGRAM SO HE KNOWS WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT CAN'T BE DONE.
SO IT'LL BE THE SAME KIND OF THING.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD REALLY GIVE US A BIGGER PRESENCE.
'CAUSE I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE MAYORS FUND UNTIL I JOINED THE ACK
WELL THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO GET THE MARITAL MY PARENTS HAVE HEARD OF.
I THINK THAT IS BOTH OF YOU GUYS ARE ALL THREE HAVE A VERY VALID UH MM-HMM
SO WE CAN BRING THAT UP, UH, TO, UH, HER NAME IS EMILY.
UM, AND SEE IF SHE CAN FIT US IN HER SCHEDULE TO SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT COLLABORATION.
SO I USED TO WORK ON COMMUNICATIONS WHEN I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF LA AND THAT WAS TIGHT KNIT AS WELL.
SO IT'S ALWAYS VERY DIFFICULT WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE EXACTLY.
TO, YOU KNOW, CITY, CITY ENTITIES.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS AND THEN BRING BACK AN IDEA AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
OR IF WE COULD JUST HAVE EMILY HERE SO SHE'S AWARE OF LIKE WHAT WE DO.
UM, AND IF SHE CAN START PUTTING THAT IN LIKE A SOCIAL MEDIA BLAST.
I KNOW THAT, AND I KNOW WE'VE MENTIONED A FEW TIMES THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON BRINGING BACK THE NEWSLETTER.
UM, I INITIALLY WROTE THE NEWSLETTER FOR A FEW MONTHS, SO THAT WAS PART OF MY OTHER TASK.
I WAS ALWAYS LIKE, PAUL, WHAT SHOULD WE WRITE ABOUT
WE, WE ARE LOOKING TO, I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA START WITH LIKE OLDER MEDIA FIRST, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK PEOPLE DO ENJOY READING A NEWSLETTER.
SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING UP TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THE PLAN, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN BRING BACK, UH, TO LEADERSHIP.
JUST, I JUST FEEL LIKE THE ENERGY THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO REALLY COMBAT WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.
I THINK THEY'VE HAD A FAIR CHANCE.
I THINK IN THE MEANTIME WE CAN HELP IT THOUGH.
LIKE, AND IT'LL HELP, UM, GIVE HER A BOOST.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO POST ABOUT THE MAYORS FUND ON OUR CHANNELS.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO THAT? AND YOU USE A HASHTAG? YES.
YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU DO.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD A CAMPAIGN FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND AND YOU GUYS DID A QR CODE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE ENVELOPE HAS A QR CODE.
AND, UM, I WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR, UM, TO INCLUDE A LITTLE BLURB ABOUT THE MAYOR'S FUND AND DONATE IN THE QR CODE.
AND THEY WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT IT IN THEIR WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY ALL HAVE WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS.
WE'LL TRY TO GO TO PODCASTS,
AND SO, UM, AND I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO THE MAYOR AND ASK HIM FOR HELP BECAUSE, OH, I,
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I'M GOING TO TRUST ME.HE'S GOT A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON OR A NEWER SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON AND I'VE ALREADY ASKED HIM AND HE SAID, HE'LL THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT IF IT'S ONLY ME, UM, HE'S NOT GONNA DO IT.
BUT IF HE HEARS IT FROM MORE PERSON, I'LL, I'LL YEAH, I'LL, I'LL JUMP ON THE PATTY.
MS. LEWIS, YOU KNOW WHAT JEFF HAS BEEN, UM, TRYING TO SET UP MY ONE-ON-ONE WITH HIM.
SO I'LL GET IT AND I'LL DO IT.
SO HE NEEDS, HE NEEDS TO BE COMING FROM EVERYBODY AND HE'S GOTTA NOT BECAUSE I DON'T CALL HIM OUT.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO, NOT LATELY.
YOU JUST SAID A STATE OF EMERGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA SUPPORT ONE FUND AND NOT SUPPORT ANOTHER? I WILL SAY OUR BEST YEAR WAS WHEN THE MAYOR WAS SUPPORTING THE, UM, THE HOMELESS PROCLAMATION.
WE DID GET A, A LARGE INCREASE.
OR MAYBE WE, WE BEAT IT THIS YEAR.
IT'S BEEN AT 140 TO $150,000 FOR AS LONG AS I REMEMBER.
SO I KNOW IT JUST SORT OF COMES AND GOES AND STAYS AT THAT.
YEAH, WE NEED TO GO OVER A MILLION.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION ON THAT? THAT'LL OKAY.
SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A DISCUSSION ON FUNDRAISING STRATEGIES FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND ALL IN.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. YOU WANT EMILY TO COME? YES.
THAT'S THE MAIN, THE MAIN THING.
AND IS THERE LIKE AN OFFICIAL HASHTAG FOR LIKE, UH, SAY AN AAC BOARD MEMBER? MEMBER? I DON'T THINK SO.
I DO THINK THAT THERE'S ONE FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND, BUT I'LL HAVE TO LOOK.
LET ME CIRCLE BACK WITH EMILY.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO USE.
UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO CONFIRM 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR EDUCATION, WHICH IS THE LARGER ONE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR HOMELESSNESS, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
UM, WE NEED THAT QR CODE BACK.
WE NEED EDUCATION SOLVED AS WELL, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, THE QR CODE IS STILL ACTIVE, SO I CAN SEND THAT OUT.
IT'S BEEN THE SAME ONE FOR THE LAST.
I'LL MAKE SURE TO SHARE THAT IN A EMAIL.
SO FUTURE ITEM, WE WANT HER TO COME FROM COMMUNICATIONS, AND IF YOU CAN FIND OUT ANY THING ABOUT, IF WE CAN DO ANOTHER FLYER IN THE UTILITY INSERT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO FOR THE, UM, THING WE USED AT THE COUNCIL NEWSLETTERS? OKAY.
ANYONE ELSE HAS SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE ITEMS? NOT YET.
SO RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, WELL, UH, SO, OKAY,
UM, THEY WERE AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC PRESENT.
SO ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ANYONE? NOPE.
OKAY, THEN THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.