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WE'RE GOOD.I'M GONNA BRING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, FIRST, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CONTINUING BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY.
AND THEN JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THIS ITEM WE TO VOTE.
JUST DO YOU WANNA, UH, DO YOU WANNA DO ROLL CALL OR? I ALL FAVOR KIM.
KIM, I GO ARE YOU ALL IN FAVOR OF WHAT? THE MINUTES? 30 MINUTES.
SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT THE MOTION WAS.
ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE CONTINUUM CARE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE APPLICATION AND CONDUCT AND CONDUCT ELECTIONS FOR THE TWO COC BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, I CAN GIVE, UM, UH, VERBAL UPDATE ON THIS.
JEFF PROCTOR, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS OFFICER, HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
UM, WE, WE'VE HAD TWO VACANT SEATS ON THE BOARD FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.
UM, PER THE, WE WILL, WE WILL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO IN THE CHARTER ON BYLAWS PRESENTATION, BUT PER OUR CHARTER ON BYLAWS, THERE ARE, UM, CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO FILL CERTAIN SEATS.
UM, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS PARTICIPATE PAST PARTICIPATION IN GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE CERTAIN, UM, REQUIREMENTS AROUND LIKE EX EO SEATS WHERE THERE'S LIKE A DESIGNATED SEAT FOR CERTAIN BODIES, HOUSING AUTHORITY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO IF THOSE SEATS BECOME VACANT, UM, BECAUSE OF STAFF TURNOVER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THE SEAT CONTINUES TO BE FILLED BY THAT ENTITY.
BUT JUST ANOTHER, ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO A FEW REQUIRED SEATS.
AND THE REQUIRED SEATS ARE, UM, FOR PERSONS THAT ARE, OR WERE FORMERLY HOMELESS, UH, FOR YOUTH SERVING INSTITUTIONS, UH, OR YOUTH SERVING AGENCIES.
UM, ESG, SUBRECIPIENTS AND L-G-B-T-Q, UM, SERVING, UH, ORGANIZATIONS OR ENTITIES.
UM, AND BASED OFF OF THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE, THE TWO SEATS THAT WE DO HAVE VACANT ARE BOTH REQUIRED SEATS.
UH, AND THEY'RE, UH, THERE ARE VACANCY FOR REQUIRED SEAT FOR AN ESG SUB-RECIPIENT AND A REQUIRED SEAT FOR AN L-G-B-T-Q SERVING, UM, ENTITY ORGANIZATION.
UM, BASED OFF OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR, UM, NONE OF THE SIX HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENT FOR, UM, HAVING PREVIOUSLY PARTICIPATED IN GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
UH, AND NONE OF THEM, UH, ARE EITHER AN ESG SUBRECIPIENT OR REPRESENTING AN L-G-B-T-Q SERVING ORGANIZATION, UM, PER THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS.
THERE ARE ALSO ANOTHER, A FEW OTHER, UM, UH,
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SORT OF FEATURES AROUND OUR, OUR ELECTION.AND, UH, SO GENERALLY THE ELECTIONS ARE HELD IN MAY, UM, AND WE CAN HOLD SPECIAL ELECTIONS IN THE EVENT OF, UH, BASICALLY EMERGENCY VACANCIES WHERE THE, THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS DROPS BELOW 13.
WE DON'T HAVE FEWER THAN 13 MEMBERS.
UH, AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE HOLD OFF ON THE ELECTION UNTIL THE MAY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING.
UH, IF WE DO THAT, THEN WHOEVER PARTICIPATES IN THAT MAY MEMBERSHIP MEETING, SO LONG AS THEY'RE THERE AND PRESENT, THEY WOULD BE THEN ELIGIBLE, UH, BASED OFF OF THE PARTICIPATION IN THAT ONE MEETING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A VOTE.
AND SO WE WOULD HOLD THE GENERAL, THE MAY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, AND THEN AS SOON AS THAT'S CONCLUDED, THEN WE WOULD MOVE TO AN ELECTION, UH, BASED OFF OF, UM, BASED OFF OF THE CANDIDACY OF THOSE WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATED IN THEM IN THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP AND ALSO THE TWO, UM, THE TWO OTHER REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE TWO REQUIRED VACANCIES.
SO I THINK, UM, GIVEN THAT, UM, OPEN TO QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD QUESTIONS.
SO THE FOLKS WHO APPLIED TO QUALIFY FOR
SO THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE, UH, PARTICIPATION IN GENERAL MEMBERSHIP HAVING HAD THAT PREVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID, THE SIX CANDIDATES HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY PARTICIPATED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WHICH IS REQUIREMENT.
AND THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS BASED OFF OF THE REQUIRED SEATS FOR THE REQUIRED VACANCIES, OR EXCUSE ME, THE VACANCIES FOR THE REQUIRED SEATS THAT WE HAVE IS ESG SUB-RECIPIENT AND L-G-B-T-Q SERVING ORGANIZATION.
SO, UM, NONE OF THE APPLICANTS MET BASICALLY AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE, THOSE, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
SO DO WE NEED TO AMEND THAT ITEM? ITEM? FOR THIS ITEM? IT WOULD BE, UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA MOVE IT TO, TO MAY THE, YEAH.
SO I THINK IT'D PROBABLY BE A MOTION TO REQUEST TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO MAY.
DO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT MEET THOSE QUALIFICATIONS IN TERMS OF THE, THE SERVICE PROVIDER PIECE? UH, WE DO HAVE ESG SUBRECIPIENTS.
THEY'RE JUST NOT PRESENTLY ON OUR BOARD.
AND SO WE CAN DO OUTREACH TO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ENTITIES.
AND THEN FOR L-G-B-T-Q SERBIAN ENTITIES, I MEAN, THERE ARE HOPPO PROVIDERS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, UH, THERE'S THE, UH, LGBT CENTER OF, OF LONG BEACH, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT WE CAN'T OUTREACH TO.
UM, IT'S JUST THAT RIGHT NOW, UM, THE BOARD COMPOSITION THAT WE DO HAVE DOESN'T MEET THE, BASED ON THE COM, THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD.
RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T MEET EITHER OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AND BASED OFF THE APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVE, WE DON'T MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS EITHER, KIND OF TO JUMP IN AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT OUR FLEXIBILITY IS VERSUS WHAT OUR FLEXIBILITY IS.
AND, UM, SOME OF THESE ARE PREFERENCES OF THE COC BOARD.
IF YOU WANTED TO REVISIT AND RECONSIDER THAT, I CAN DEFINITELY BE REVISITED AND RECONSIDERED.
UM, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT AROUND COC BOARD COMPOSITION THAT SPEAKS TO TRYING TO GET A ESG ENTITY.
UM, IT'S NOT CLEAR ON NECESSARILY WHETHER THAT'S SUB-RECIPIENT OR COULD TECHNICALLY BE FILLED BY, UM, BY NIKKI AS FAR AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
BUT IS THE ENTITY THAT RECEIVES N-R-E-S-G AND SOME OF OUR OTHER, UH, HUD FUNDING THAT GETS PROGRAMMED FOR HOMELESSNESS? UM, YOU KNOW, OUR ESG POT IS, THERE ARE TWO PROVIDERS THAT ARE RECEIVING ESG FUNDING, UH, THAT DOES MAKE OUR, OUR, UH, POTENTIAL CANDIDATES A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.
WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATION OF, IF THAT IS A PREROGATIVE, DO WE JUST MORE MAKE THAT EX OFFICIO WHERE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A VOTE, BUT A DIRECTION TO WHOEVER IS PROVIDING OR RECEIVING OUR ESG FUNDING.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY A C YOU KNOW, A CITY ENTITY WHERE WE CAN SAY, HEY,
THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO BE WILLING TO DO SO.
UM, I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY.
YOU HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO KIND OF, AS A BOARD, HAVE CONVERSATION AND LIKE, DO YOU NEED TO ADJUST PRIORITIES? UM, I THINK FROM STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDER VOICE AND INPUT WITHIN OUR BOARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY BOTH THAT WE FUND AND DON'T FUND.
I THINK BOTH PERSPECTIVES ARE A GOOD PERSPECTIVE TO HAVE,
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UH, BUT IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU AS A BOARD TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AND DETERMINE, UM, I THINK WE HAVE COVERAGE FROM A HUD REGULATIONS PERSPECTIVE OF THE MAKEUP OF OUR BOARD TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS CAN BE CONSIDERED WITH DIVERSITY, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OUR HOMELESSNESS.
WE WANT A BOARD THAT COVERS MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS, UH, OF OUR RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS.
BUT YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHERE YOU MIGHT FEEL WE NEED TO AT THE MOMENT.
UH, AND I'LL ADD, WE ARE, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS CHARTER AND BYLAW UPDATES.
AND SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHARTER AND BYLAW UPDATES THAT PRIMARILY CLEANUP ITEMS. UM, SOME OF IT IS AROUND, UH, MEETING TIMES AND LOCATIONS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LANGUAGE AROUND BEING ABLE TO MEET VIRTUALLY.
THAT WAS ONLY A TEMPORAL THING BECAUSE OF COVID THAT'S BEEN LIFTED.
WE HAVE TO MEET IN PERSON FOR GROUND ACT.
UM, SOME OF IT IS ALSO JUST THE NAMES OF OUR ENTITIES, LIKE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, THERE'S A NAME CHANGE THERE, THERE ARE SOME OTHER CLEANUP ITEMS. SO THE BOARD COULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, A, UH, THE CHARTER AND BYLAW UPDATES THAT ARE PRESENTED TODAY.
DON'T TOUCH ON ELECTION PROCESSES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE BOARD COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES, BUT, UM, YEAH, YOU'D BE WELCOME TO, UH, PROPOSE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.
OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO BE ON THE BOARD AND IS GONNA SHOW UP CONSISTENTLY.
OR IS ALSO TRYING TO LIKE, COME UP WITH SOMETHING WHERE LIKE SOMEBODY'S NOT INTERESTED TO MEET LIKE A VERY SPECIFIC THING.
UM, SO I MEAN, YOU HAVE AFFILIATIONS HERE.
UM, WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO REFILL THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT OUR COVERAGE, UH, TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE FEEL ARE IMPORTANT AS A COC.
UM, BUT WHAT WE PRIORITIZE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO, AS STAFF SEE A DIVERSE BOARD, BUT WE ALSO KIND OF LOOK FOR THE INPUT OF THE BOARD ALSO ULTIMATELY TO MAKE PRIORITY DECISIONS.
UM, SO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WE'RE GONNA, UM, MOVE THAT TO MAY.
DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THAT ONE? YES.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE THEN, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, TABLE THE ITEM NUMBER THREE TO, UH, MAKE GENERAL MEETING MOTION SECOND.
AND THEN ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I JUST, I DIDN'T HEAR THE WHY IT'S BEING MOVED TO MAY, IF THAT CAN BE RESTATED.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO POSTPONE THIS TO MAY, THE, THERE'S A FEW REASONS.
UM, SO BE THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS FOR BOARD COMPOSITION AND ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, OUTLINES EX THE CO SEATS, REQUIRED SEATS, AND THEN OPEN SEATS AS WELL AS PROCESSES FOR WHEN WE HOLD ELECTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR BOARD MEMBERSHIP.
UH, ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IS, OR ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS, ONE OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THERE'D BE PAST PARTICIPATION AND IN, UH, AT LEAST ONE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
UM, WE LOOKED AT THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS FOR THE APPLICANTS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE, UM, ATTENDANCE FOR, UH, ANY OF THE APPLICANTS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS FOR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
THE OTHER IS THAT THE SEATS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE VACANT ARE REQUIRED SEATS BASED OFF OF CHARTER AND BYLAWS.
ONE OF THE REQUIRED SEATS IS, UM, AN ESG SUBRECIPIENT AGENCY.
AND, UH, NONE OF THE APPLICANTS HAVE MET THAT REQUIREMENT.
THEN THE OTHER IS, UH, AN L-G-B-T-Q SURGEON.
NONE OF THE OTHER APPLICANTS HAVE MET THAT REQUIREMENT EITHER.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO HOLD OFF UNTIL MAY, AND THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR APPLICANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING.
AND THEN THAT WOULD MEET ONE OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO LONG AS THE, UH, ENTITIES HAVE MET ONE OF THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS, THEN WE CAN CONSIDER THE APPLICATIONS AND ALL OF THOSE.
MY, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS ATTENDANCE TAKEN IN ORDER TO MOVE THAT REQUIREMENT TO, FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE BOARD MEETING? YES, IT IS.
WE HAVE A LOG OF ALL OF OUR ATTENDANCE AND WE, DURING THE GENERAL MEETINGS, WE SEND A LINK OUT FOR ALL ANYBODY THAT'S ATTENDING TO SIGN INTO THAT ATTENDANCE SHEET.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WHERE ESG IGN IS REQUIRED, WHAT'S THE BASIS OF THAT REQUIREMENT? WHY IS THERE, WHY IS THAT A REQUIREMENT? AND I'M
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AN ESG SUBRECIPIENT, SO I'M JUST IN GENERAL ASKING WHY WOULD THAT BE A REQUIREMENT THAT A GRANT APPLICATION FUNDING BE PROVIDED IN ORDER TO SIT ON THE BOARD SEAT? SO THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT Q AND A WE CAN FOLLOW UP AFTERWARDS.UM, TO CLARIFY SOME OF THOSE, UH, I THINK AGAIN, FOR THIS BOARD JUST KIND OF REITERATING LIKE THERE IS A REQUIREMENT WITHIN HUD UH, REGULATIONS ON, YOU KNOW, ASKING THE COC BOARD TO HAVE A ESG, UM, ENTITY.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SPEAK TO SUB RECIPIENT VERSUS NECESSARILY LIKE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR A CITY OR COUNTY, UH, TO HAVE MEMBERSHIP AND INPUT ON A BOARD.
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED WITHIN A LANGUAGE CHANGE AS IT STANDS WITHIN OUR, UH, CHARTER AND BYLAWS.
IT DOES SPECIFICALLY SAY SELF SUB-RECIPIENT, WHICH WE DETER, WE INTERPRET WITHIN OUR LANGUAGE AS A SUB-RECIPIENT OF THE CITY, UM, OR COC.
UH, SO THAT IS KIND OF SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT IS UP TO THE BOARD AROUND PRIORITIZATION AND WHETHER YOU WANT TO CONSIDER CHANGES.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN WE DO THE NEXT, THE NEXT ITEM, THE NEXT ITEM ABOUT THE, UH, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER, WE DIDN'T TAKE A VOTE FOR THE MOTION TO CORRECT TO MAY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, MOVING THE THIRD ITEM MAY.
SO THAT BE, HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GET RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU WANT ME TO FOLLOW? SURE.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE GOVERNMENT CHARGE BYLAW TO VERBIAGE SUB.
JEFF PROCTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS OFFICER, HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
AND SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN THE LAST ITEM, BUT I WILL WALK US THROUGH.
SO, UM, WE'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS.
WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE UPDATES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, TO HELP US WITH SOME OF THE CLEANUP AROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, KINDA MENTIONED SOME OF THE EARLIER ITEMS LIKE MEETING TIMES AND LOCATIONS, NAMES OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN SOME OTHER, UH, CLEANUP ITEMS. AND THEN, UH, KIND OF, SORT OF A CATCH UP ON WHAT WE LIKE JUST LAST DISCUSSED, BUT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BOARD COMPOSITION AND BOARD ELECTIONS.
UM, SO OUR COC UH, ALSO ADD THAT PRESENTATION THAT'S IN, UH, YOUR HANDOUT HERE.
AND THERE ALSO IS A RED LINE VERSION OF THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE PLUS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UM, PER OUR CHARTER AND BYLAWS WE'RE REQUIRED AS A BOARD TO REVIEW THEM AT LEAST ANNUALLY AND, UH, CONSIDER UPDATES AT LEAST ANNUALLY.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE PROPOSING FOR REVISIONS, SOME OF 'EM ARE NECESSARY.
CORRECTIONS ARE AROUND, UM, THE CERTIFICATION OF THE CHARTER ON BYLAWS.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, I'LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT THE CERTIFICATION LOOKS LIKE, MEETING SCHEDULES AND LOCATIONS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S, NAME, UH, INTEGRATION WITH ABLE, OUR LIVED EXPERIENCE BODY, OUR, UH, ADVISORY BOARD OF LIVED EXPERIENCE, AND THEN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR WRITTEN STANDARDS AND OUR, UH, BOARD OF PROOF POLICIES.
SO FIRST PROPOSED, UH, REVISION OR AMENDMENT IS, UH, THE CERTIFICATION IN THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS.
THERE'S A TABLE OF EACH OF THE LAST APPROVED, UM, VERSIONS OF OUR CHARTER AND BYLAWS.
AND THEN THERE IS SOME INCONSISTENCY BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LAST, UH, ADOPTED APPROVED DATE, IT'S JULY 9TH, BUT THE POLICIES WERE LAST CERTIFIED IN 2023.
OR EXCUSE ME, THE, UH, CHARTER BYLAWS WERE LAST CERTIFIED IN 2023.
SO WE'LL PROPOSE AN UPDATE TO THE, UH, THE TABLE AS WELL AS AN UPDATE TO THE CERTIFICATION THERE.
UH, IN TERMS OF COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS, SO WE GET INTO THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS INCLUDES CHARTER AND BYLAWS FOR THE BOARD ITSELF, THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP AND OUR SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FOR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP INCLUDED, UH, MEETING AT THE MSC.
UH, WE NO LONGER MEET AT THE M MSC, EXCUSE ME, MEETING AT THE MSC AND OR MEETING VIRTUALLY.
WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO BE MEET VIRTUALLY BECAUSE OF, UH, BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS HAVING BEEN, UM, REINSTATED FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES LIKE OURSELVES.
UM, AND WE ALSO NO LONGER MEET AT THE M MSC.
THERE'S TOO MUCH BUSINESS HAPPENING AT THE MSC.
WE HAVE THIS NICE MEETING SPACE HERE.
UM, AND WE ALSO IN OUR JANUARY MEETING, ADOPTED A NEW SCHEDULE FOR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS WHERE WE WOULD ROTATE BETWEEN, UH, LONG BEACH HOMELESS COALITION AND, UM, UH, THE CENTURY VILLAGE IS THE CILLO SOCIAL HALL.
SO THE PROPOSED CHANGES HERE REFLECT THOSE, UH, THOSE UPDATES BASED OFF OF THE BOARD'S VOTE.
SO THIS, UH, INCLUDES A NEW MEETING SCHEDULE FOR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP THAT WE MEET JANUARY, MAY, AND OCTOBER, FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, AND THAT WE MEET IN PERSON,
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UH, AT THE DATE, DATES AND TIMES THERE.UH, JUST CAN YOU GO BACK TO PAGE? YEAH.
SO SEE THERE IT SAYS, UH, WHATEVER IT SAY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
WHICH KIND OF IS A SAVING GRACE.
I DON'T THINK I SAW THAT ON THE NEXT PAGE.
DID I MISSING, UH, LONG BEACH.
COC SHALL BE ABLE TO RESCHEDULE, POSTPONE, CANCEL THAT.
SO THERE IS SOME ABILITY TO RESCHEDULE BASED OFF OF YEAH.
THINK TO BUILD NEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, LONG BEACH, COC BOARD COMPOSITION, SO WE KIND OF DISCUSSED THIS PREVIOUSLY.
UM, EX OFFICIO SEATS HAD INCLUDED, UH, ONE MEMBER OF HAY SAC, WHICH WE HAVE PRESENTLY ON OUR BOARD.
UH, ONE PERSON FROM HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BUREAU.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, REQUIRED SEATS FOR PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.
UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS TO, UH, ADD, UH, MAYOR'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE CONNOR FROM MAYOR'S OFFICE ON OUR BOARD NOW, BUT ADD MAYOR'S OFFICE AS AN EX OFFICIO SEAT SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, UM, AS WE CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM MAYOR'S OFFICE CONTINUALLY ON THE BOARD.
AND THAT, UH, THAT SEAT WOULD JUST BE FILLED BY SOMEBODY ELSE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE FUTURE.
UH, ANOTHER IS THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE TWO ABLE MEMBERS ALREADY ON THE BOARD, BUT THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF THEM CONTINUE AS AN EX OFFICIO SEAT.
BASICALLY, UH, WHAT THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS DIDN'T REALLY EXPRESSLY DO WAS, UH, INCLUDE MORE FORMAL, UH, CONNECTIONS OR AFFILIATION WITH ABLE, WE DESCRIBED ABLE AS AN ENTITY, BUT, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THIS, UH, CHARTER BY THE UPDATES TO CHARTER AND BYLAW MORE FORMALLY INTEGRATE WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD OF LIVED EXPERIENCE.
AND THE OTHER THING IT DOES IS IT CORRECTS FOR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S, NEW NEW NAME, UH, IN TERMS OF THE COC BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, THIS IS THE APPROVED LANGUAGE FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS.
UH, SOME OF THE, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE ARE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
ONE IS TO INCLUDE, AGAIN, ABLE THAT THIS BODY, THIS ENTITY ENTITY WOULD RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM ABLE TO CONSIDER, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, CONSIDER INPUT PROVIDED FROM ABLE, AND THEN ALSO BETTER ARTICULATE THE ANNUAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COC BOARD AND THE COC.
SO THIS INCLUDES, UM, ANNUAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONDUCTING THE HOMELESS COUNT, UH, PLANNING FOR HOMELESS COUNT, PLANNING FOR, UM, THE ANNUAL NOFO PROCESS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO JUST SOME, UH, A LITTLE BIT BETTER REFINEMENT OVER THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COC BOARD MEMBERS, UH, AND ALL THAT COMPLAINT PROCEDURES.
SO PREVIOUSLY, UM, THIS WAS THE LANGUAGE FOR COMPLAINT PROCEDURES.
IT INCLUDED, UH, LANGUAGE TO DIRECT COMPLAINTS TO THE, TO THE MSC.
UH, LAST, UH, SUMMER, I BELIEVE THIS BOARD, UH, VOTED TO ADOPT NEW, UH, GRIEVANCE AND INCIDENT PROCEDURES.
AND SO PROPOSING TO ALIGN THE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES WITHIN THE, UH, THE CHARTER ON BYLAWS TO ALIGN WITH THE BOARD ADOPTED INCIDENT GRIEVANCE PROCESS.
UH, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO FILE A GRIEVANCE.
SO YOU CAN FILE IN PERSON THROUGH THE MSE, YOU CAN FILE IT ELECTRONICALLY, YOU CAN SUBMIT VIA EMAIL.
UH, BUT THIS BASICALLY ALIGNS WITH THE BOARD ADOPTED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND, UH, WITH THE, UH, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE ALSO IN OUR WRITTEN STANDARDS, UH, FOR BOARD MEETINGS.
UH, THIS UPDATE HERE, AGAIN, UH, CORRECTS FOR A FEW ITEMS. ONE IS, UH, IT GETS A SAME COMPLAINT WITH BROWN ACT.
UM, SO PREVIOUSLY IT INCLUDED THAT BOARD MEETINGS WERE HELD AT THE MSC OR VIRTUALLY.
AND THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE IS THAT BOARD MEETINGS WERE HELD HERE AT THE NEW, UH, HOMELESS SERVICES ADMIN OFFICE, UH, AND HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UM, AND THAT WE MEET PUBLICLY, UM, HERE AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PROPOSED RECOMMENDED CHANGES HERE.
UM, AGAIN, KIND OF TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WITH COC BOARD ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT UPDATING TO BETTER REFLECT ACTUAL COC RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO, UM, ANNUAL, UH, CONDUCTING OF THE HOMELESS COUNT, MANAGING HMIS, UH, COMMUNITY PLANNING, PLANNING AROUND THE, THE ANNUAL NOFO, UH, MANAGING THE BOARD AND GOVERNANCE, ALL OF THAT.
UH, AND THEN ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT HSB ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ALSO INCLUDE RECEIVING INPUT, UH, FROM ABEL, UH, AGAIN, CORRECTS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S.
NAME, UM, UPDATES AROUND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CES COORDINATED ENTRY, UM, AND TO INCLUDE MONITORING OF ESG PROGRAMS. SO THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS TO CORRECT WITH THAT THERE.
SOME CONTINUED, UH, SOME CONTINUED CHANGES HERE FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
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H AND BELOW IS WHERE THESE CHANGES ARE, WHICH IS AROUND MONITORING COC AND E ES G AND ESG SUB-RECIPIENTS FOR THE STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES.UM, SO WE HAVE ADOPT, LAST YEAR WE ADOPTED THE, THE, WHAT THE SUBCOMMITTEES WERE ACCESS SUBCOMMITTEE C UH, SUBCOMMITTEE, STABILIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, AND ABLE, UH, WHAT THIS RECOMMENDATION HERE DOES, IT ALSO KIND OF MODIFIES OR EXPANDS SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE ACCESS CDS AND STABILIZATION SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, ADDED IN A LITTLE BIT MORE LANGUAGE AROUND SORT OF WHAT ACCESS MEANS, UM, WHICH BASICALLY, UM, WELL BOTH ACCESS AND, AND FOR CES ADDING IN ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION RESPONSIBILITIES, BECAUSE ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION WERE LEFT OUT OF THE CES, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES PREVIOUSLY FOR JUMP AHEAD TO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS, AGAIN, CORRECTING HERE, SIMILAR AS BEFORE, UH, IN-PERSON MEETINGS, UH, NO LONGER AT THE MSC OR VIRTUALLY, BUT IN PERSON FOR SUBCOMMITTEES HERE AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THEN FOR, UH, AGAIN, REPEATING A LOT OF THE SAME UPDATES HERE WHEN WE GET TO, UH, JUST LONG BEACH COC, GENERAL MEMBERSHIP AND BOARD MEETINGS, SIMILAR UPDATES.
THE, THE LANGUAGE IS REPEATED.
AGAIN, CORRECTING AND MODIFYING FOR IN-PERSON MEETINGS HERE.
UH, AND UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, WHICH IS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, WE HAD VOTED TO HAVE THOSE JANUARY, MAY, AND OCTOBER AT THE LONG BEACH, UH, HOMELESS COALITION, AND AT THE CENTURY VILLAGES AT CAPRIO SOCIAL HALL.
UH, AND THEN WE REPEAT AGAIN, UH, AN APPENDIX, AH, THE DEFINITION OF HOME DEFINITION FOR HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
AND, UH, THIS DEFINITION REPEATS FROM PREVIOUSLY WHERE WE ADDED ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HOMELESS SERVICES.
THAT, UH, THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE ALL OF OUR COC MAN OR, UH, REQUIREMENTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, MANDATES FOR MANAGING CONTINUUM OF CARE, MANAGING, UH, COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, MANAGING HMIS, SUBMITTING THE, UH, THE, THE ANNUAL NOFO, CONDUCTING THE HOMELESS COUNT, UH, AND ADDING IN THAT WE PROVIDE, OR THAT WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND INTEGRATE THAT FEEDBACK FROM APRIL.
AND I THINK THE LAST, UH, THE LAST REVISION HERE IS THERE WAS AN APPENDIX I PREVIOUSLY, THIS WAS LEFT ESSENTIALLY BLANK IN THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS.
UH, THERE WAS A TITLE TO THIS, WHICH WAS LONG BEACH, COC, AWA PROTECTIONS, PROCEDURES AND POLICY.
UM, FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED, WE DID NOT HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS MEANT TO BE A PLACEHOLDER FOR FUTURE POLICY MAKING, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED, UH, THERE HAD NOT BEEN A BOARD ADOPTED, UH, AWA EMERGENCY TRANSFER PLAN.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS TO INCLUDE OUR ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH AWA, WHICH IS TAKEN FROM OUR WRITTEN STANDARDS.
UH, AND THAT THIS HERE WOULD, UM, IN THE ABSENCE OF THE EMERGENCY TRANSFER PLAN, WOULD SERVE AS OUR, UM, REAUTHORIZATION FOR THE BOARD TO REAFFIRM AND REAUTHORIZE OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AROUND FOLLOW REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET INTO, SO THESE ARE, THOSE WERE THE PROPOSED, UH, CHARTER AND BYLAW REVISIONS.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE VOTE AND, UH, THE REQUEST TO POSTPONE THAT UNTIL MAY, THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS WHEN WE GET INTO BOARD MEMBERSHIP, THE ROLE AND COMPOSITION.
SO ELIGIBLE LONG BEACH COC BOARD CANDIDATES MUST HAVE AT MINIMUM ONE YEAR OF PARTICIPATION IN THE LONG BEACH.
COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, UH, COMPOSITION IS TO BE ELECTED FROM THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
AND AT MINIMUM, LONG BEACH, COC BOARD MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT WITH SUBRECIPIENT AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE.
AND ONE PERSON REPRESENTS SERVICES FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS SUBPOPULATION BASED OFF OF OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERSHIP, UH, AND COMPOSITION.
HERE ARE OUR MEMBERS, AND HERE ARE THE DIFFERENT, UH, AFFILIATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IDENTIFIED WITH.
YOU'LL SEE THAT ORGANIZATIONS LED BY IN SERVING L-G-B-T-Q PERSONS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE, UH, FROM, UH, THAT, THAT SORT OF, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT SORT OF REQUIRED SEAT STILL VACANT.
AND WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANYONE WHO'S AN ESG SUB-RECIPIENT ON THE BOARD EITHER.
SO THOSE TWO, UH, REQUIRED SEATS ARE ESSENTIALLY OUR TWO VACANT SEATS.
UH, ANOTHER THING TO NOTE IS IN THE BOARD ELECTIONS, UH, CHARTER AND BYLAWS HAD SAID THAT LONG BEACH, COC BOARD, UH, ELECTIONS SHALL OCCUR IN MAY.
UM, UNLESS THERE ARE VACANCIES THAT BRING THE BOARD BELOW 13 MEMBERS.
UH, WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY BELOW THAT 13 MEMBER.
UM, WE MEET NEXT MONTH IN MAY FOR THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION TO POSTPONE THE ELECTION UNTIL MAY WILL ALLOW US TO HOLD THAT GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO TWO, PARTICIPATE IN GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, AND THEN HOLD
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THE ELECTION AFTER THAT MEETING WHERE THAT MINIMUM QUALIFICATION WILL HAVE BEEN MET.UM, AND THAT STAFF WITHIN D-H-D-H-H-S WILL VET AND ENSURE THE PERSONS WHO ARE NOMINATED, UH, UNDERSTAND RESPONSIBILITIES TO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS.
OUR ASSESSMENT WAS THAT OF THE SIX APPLICATIONS YOU RECEIVED, THAT, UH, NONE HAD ATTENDED A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP IN THE LAST YEAR, AND THAT NONE WERE A CITY OF LONG BEACH ESG SUB RECIPIENT, OR HAD IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS AN LGBTQ PLUS SERVING ENTITY.
UH, AND SO THE NEXT STEPS HERE WERE TO, UH, CONTINUE THE RECRUITMENT OF BOARD APPLICANTS, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING, UH, OUTREACH FOR G SUB RECIPIENTS, GT LGBTQ PLUS SERVING ORGANIZATION OR INSTITUTIONS.
INVITE THE APPLICANTS TO THE MAY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, AND THEN REQUEST A BOARD TO CONVENE AN ELECTION IN MAY FOR THE, UH, THE CANDIDATES FOR THOSE SEATS.
AND I WILL PAUSE THERE TO SEE IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THE CHARTER OR BYLAW REVISIONS.
YES, JEFF, IF WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE ESG AND THE LGBTQ MM-HMM.
APPLICANTS BY MAY, CAN WE STILL JUST KEEP MOVING BECAUSE WE HAVE AT LEAST 13 AND JUST HOPE THAT WE GET THEM ON BOARD DOWN THE ROAD? UH, WE COULD, I MEAN, THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
LIKE PAUL SAID, UH, ONE OPTION COULD BE AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE EX OFFICIO SEATS.
WE COULD RECOMMEND THAT EITHER OR BOTH OF THOSE BECOME EX OFFICIO SEATS, AND THEN WE ESSENTIALLY SELECT, UH, AN ENTITY TO FILL EITHER OF THOSE.
AND THEN OTHER CHANGES COULD BE CHANGES TO THE CHARTER AND BYLAWS TO HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIRED SEATS OR TO REMOVE THEM AS REQUIRED SEATS.
BUT, UM, AS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, THE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE THAT THOSE TWO SEATS, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT TO FILL, UM, ANY SEATS AT ALL AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MINIMUM NUMBER.
WE'RE, WE'RE ABOVE THE MINIMUM NUMBER.
UM, BUT IF WE WERE TO HAVE AN ELECTION, THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE THAT THEY BE, UM, FILLED BY ONE OF THE TWO REQUIRED.
AN ORGANIZATION THAT MEETS ONE OF THE TWO REQUIRED, UM, SEATS.
IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING TO ADD TWO MORE APPOINTED SEATS, THE ABLE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
SO THAT CHANGES THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT.
AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL, OR IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION TO GO UP FROM 17 OR MAYBE AT 17? I THINK WE WOULD KEEP IT AT THE 17.
IT IS JUST THAT THE, THE PERSONS WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THOSE SEATS IN THE FUTURE, UM, ENABLE MEMBER WOULD, WOULD CONTINUE TO FILL AC.
UM, AND THAT'S ONE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WOULD CONTINUE TO FILL A MAYOR'S OFFICE SEAT, BUT WE WOULDN'T ADD ADDITIONAL NUMBERS.
THEY WOULD JUST BE, UM, ADDITIONAL EX SEATS.
THE REQUIREMENT FOR ORGANIZATIONS LED BY AND SERVING HBTQ POPULATION.
SO SERVING MEANING IDENTIFY THAT THIS IS THE POPULATION SERVE FIRM, LIKE YEAH, WE'RE SERVING THOSE FOLKS ALONG WITH IT, DOESN'T WE? THAT IS NOT DEFINED NECESSARILY.
SO I THINK IT'S UP, IT'S UP UP FOR INTERPRETATION.
'CAUSE IF IT'S, IF IT IS SPECIFIC TO THAT, IT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, TO CHOOSE FROM.
IN OUR, IN THE APPLICATION ITSELF, PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY, UH, WHO THEY SERVE.
YOU KNOW, I'M A VE VETERAN SERVING INSTITUTION, I'M A HOUSING PROVIDER, I AM A MANAGED CARE PLAN, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO PEOPLE CAN SELF-SELECT AND THEN IT'S SORT OF UP TO THE, YOU KNOW, UM, SORT OF THE BOARDS, UH, CONVENING AND INTERVIEWS, HOWEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANNA INTERPRET THAT.
BUT, UM, UH, YEAH, WE HAVE, YOU CAN SEE, I THINK WE HAVE, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE THERE? THERE ARE L-G-B-T-Q ADVOCATES, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ORGAN ORG.
SO AT AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS BEING THEIR ADVOCATE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO IDENTIFIES THEIR ORGANIZATION AS BEING AN L-G-B-T-Q, SERVING INSTITUTIONS.
WE HAVE LG, WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN THERE.
SO I JUST PUT OTHER, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE, WE SERVE ALL THOSE POPULATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS? UM, SORRY, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A SIMILAR COMMENT TO KIM.
THE COMPOSITION I THINK NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
THE THREE, IT STILL SAYS, OKAY, SO THERE'S A FIVE FIVE, RIGHT.
SO THAT WOULD BE ONE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
I THINK ALL THOSE NUMBERS NEED TO BE ADJUSTED.
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AND THEN ON, I THINK IT'S, WELL, I, A COUPLE NUMBERS WERE OFF.I THINK YOU WERE JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT TO SHOW US ABOUT THE ELECTION.
UH, THE ONES WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE, THE ELECTIONS IN MAY AND OH, RIGHT.
UM, LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIND THAT HERE.
YEAH, THIS WAS, THIS PART HERE WAS NOT, UH, WHEN WE GET TO THE PART OF THE PRESENTATION POST APPENDIX, I IS MEANT TO BE INFORMATIONAL AND NOT, UH, ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED OR AMENDED OR CHANGED.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW LONG THOSE TWO RECEIPTS HAVE BEEN VACANT? I CAN'T RECALL ANYMORE.
UM, THE CURRENT, WE, WE HAVE TWO ESG SUBRECIPIENTS RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE, UH, INTERVAL HOUSE, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT INTERVAL HOUSE HAS EVER BEEN, UH, IN MY TIME HERE, HAS NOT BEEN A, A, HAS NOT HAD A, A, A BOARD SEAT.
THE OTHER RESOLUTION, LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES, DANIEL PREVIOUSLY WITH LUTHERAN, BUT SINCE HE HAS LEFT THAT ORGANIZATION, BUT HAS CONTINUED ON THE BOARD, UM, THERE, THAT SEAT, THE ESG SUBRECIPIENT SEAT IS VACANT.
UH, L-G-B-T-Q SERVING ORGANIZATION, I'M NOT SURE.
I MEAN, I JUST, WHAT DANIEL'S POINT IS, THOSE ARE PRETTY SMALL NUMBERS.
AND INTERVAL HOUSE WAS AT LEAST, AT LEAST SIX YEARS AGO MM-HMM
BEFORE SHARON WAS ON THE BOARD.
BUT, UM, SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY LIMITING OURSELVES.
I MEAN, I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING ESG OR FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS AND NON-FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, LIKE HAVING THE VOICE OF ALL THAT WE SERVE, BUT WE MIGHT BE LIMITING OURSELVES VERY SPECIFICALLY.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO CONSIDER OTHER CHANGES.
ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT LEAVING IT AS IS? OR IS THERE ANY OTHER IDEAS OF, UH, WELL, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY IT'S TO DO AT THIS LEVEL.
WE, A LOT OF OUR SHARED DECISION MAKING BYLAWS OF THAT NATURE TO WHERE IF WE HAD A PROVISION THAT IF WE WERE UNABLE TO FILL A SEAT MM-HMM
FOR THIS PERSON, AND THE BOARD AGREED TO DO AN OUT LARGE MEMBER FOR THAT TERM, YEAH.
I THINK WE DO HAVE, UH, THAT WE CAN APPOINT FROM THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, UM, LONG BEACH, COC MAY ELECT ANY ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE FROM THE COC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP AS NECESSARY TO SERVE AS AN INTERIM AND FILL THE VACANCY.
UM, AND SO IF WE HAD THE MAY MEETING, AND SO LONG AS PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE MAY MEETING, IF THERE WERE NO CANDIDATES WHO CONTINUED TO MEET THE ESG OR L-G-B-T-Q SERVING, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS, THE BOARD COULD AT THAT POINT ELECT SOMEONE FROM GENERAL MEMBERSHIP TO, TO FILL ONE OF THE ONE OR BOTH OF THE VACANCIES.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT, UM, SOME OF THE CANDIDATES YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW COULD FILL THAT SPOT IF NO ONE ELSE STEPS UP AT THAT POINT, UH, AT THE MAY MEETING, SO LONG AS THEY ATTENDED THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP? UH, POTENTIALLY, YES.
AND HAS, FOR THIS POSITION, HAS OUTREACH BEEN ATTEMPTED ALREADY OR WE'VE DONE, UM, WE'VE DONE A FEW DIFFERENT CALLS FOR, UH, FOR APPLICATIONS, UH, THROUGH THE, THROUGH OUR COC, UM, MASTER EMAIL MASTER YEAH.
UM, UH, AND WE'VE GOTTEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN SIX APPLICATIONS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS BODY, HAVING THAT MANY IN A, YOU KNOW, MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF OR SO IS, IS PRETTY GOOD, BUT IT JUST, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FOR, THEY HAVEN'T MET THE REQUIREMENTS ON, SO NOT PART OF THE OUTREACH TO THOSE SPECIFIC TEACHERS? WELL, I THINK THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONSIDER IN MAY EVENTUALLY, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SIX CANDIDATES IN FRONT OF US, MANY OF THEM WILL HAVE MET THAT REQUIREMENT, MY GUESS.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION OF WHETHER WE, WHETHER WE DO AN INTERIM OR WE WAIT, UNLESS THERE'S A AMENDMENT AT THIS MOMENT.
WELL, FOR THE WAY IT LOOKS SO FAR, ARE WE MOST LIKELY WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE MAY 7TH PRESIDENT DUE TO, UM, BEING QUALIFIED OR REPRESENTATIVE
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GT SG.EITHER WAY, WE ARE GOING TO GET THE SEAT, THESE TWO SEATS FILLED, AND THEN AS TIME GOES ALONG, AS MEMBERS LEAVE, WE WILL INCORPORATE IF WE FIND THESE TWO CS CANDIDATES REPORTS, HOW LONG IS INTERIM? LIKE, IF WE DON'T FIND SOMEONE AND THEN WE CHOOSE SOMEONE FROM THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
IT DOESN'T DEFINE WHAT CAN YOU SAY, SAY AGAIN? HOW LONG IS INTERIM? UH, WELL, PER THE, PER THE BOARD ELECTION, UM, SHEER ANNUALLY IN MAY.
UH, I MEAN, WE COULD, I ACTUALLY, YOU DON'T WANNA TAKE IT BACK.
UM, THERE IS A TERM, EXCUSE ME, WHAT ARE THE TERM BOARD? MEMBER TERM IS DEFINED? UH, I WILL FIND THREE YEARS.
SO, UH, I WOULD ASS, MY, MY INTERPRETATION OF THAT WOULD BE INTERIM MAY, MAYBE UP UNTIL THE NEXT ANNUAL ELECTION, BUT NOT, NOT NECESSARILY MEANT TO BE A FULL THREE YEAR TERM.
IF IT'S, IF WE'RE CONSIDERING IT AN INTERIM, AND JEFF, WITH THE INTERIM, IT WOULD NOT REMOVE THESE TWO SEATS PERMANENTLY.
IT WOULD JUST, IT WOULD BE INTERIM UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION FILL THEM OR, YEAH.
UM, UNLESS THE BOARD ELECTED TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE REQUIRED, THE REQUIRED COMPOSITION.
WELL, WE GO IN THAT DIRECTION.
THE GREAT THING IS THIS, UH, BOARD DO CONSIST OF COVERING ALL THESE AREAS JUST BY EXPERIENCE AND PRETTY MUCH OUR MEMBERS, WHICH WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN SO LONG, IN A LONG TIME MEETING, WE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS.
WE HAVE A MONTH TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF OUTREACH TO THESE TWO AREAS TOO.
JUST, YOU KNOW, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE, LIKE, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE OF US IN THIS ROOM THAN THE PEOPLE THAT COULD FILL THIS.
SO WE KNOW WHO TO REACH OUT TO IF IT IS AS WRITTEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC.
UM, WELL, IT'S A GOOD THOUGHT BOARD MEMBERS TO THINK ABOUT BETWEEN NOW AND MAY 7TH, WHETHER WE WANT TO DO THAT ONCE WE SEE THE APPLICATIONS OR, UM, ON AN INTERIM BASIS, OR HOPEFULLY WE FIND SOMEBODY THAT MEETS THE
BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING A CHANGE, IS WHAT I'M HEARING OF THE LANGUAGE.
UH, THE BOARD COULD, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO CONSIDER OTHER CHANGES.
NOW WE'D HAVE TO, UM, THE, THE ONE THING IS THIS, UM, THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO CITY ATTORNEY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.
WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, CIRCLE THROUGH CITY ATTORNEY, BUT WE COULD BRING BACK TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, UH, WHAT'S BEEN, UH, FORMALLY ADOPTED AND APPROVED VERSUS ADOPTED WITH, YOU KNOW, CITY ATTORNEY'S, UM, CONSIDERATIONS.
BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, YOU COULD, YOU COULD, UH, YOU COULD HAVE A MOTION TO, TO VOTE TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN.
UM, YOU COULD VOTE TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN AND THEN RECOMMEND, UH, BOARD CONSIDER FUTURE CHANGES.
YOU COULD PROPOSE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.
UM, I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GO.
WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE AMENDMENTS ANY TIME IF WE WANT TERRY.
THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT TO REVIEW HANDLING, BUT YOU CAN REVIEW AND MAKE AMENDMENTS MORE FREQUENTLY AS NEEDED.
WELL, I, I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS WRITTEN.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEE NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
MOTION PASSES FIVE PRESENTATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, GIVE PRESENTATIONS.
NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE CARE WRITTEN STANDARD POLICY.
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UM, THE WRITTEN STANDARDS IS THE ONE THAT YOU, YOU HAD.UM, GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA WITH AGENDA, UM, FRIDAY NUMBER FIVE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT FOR LONG BEACH, COC WRITTEN STANDARDS.
UM, THIS ONE'S BEEN ON THE AGENDA FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT, UH, WE ADOPTED A FEW DIFFERENT POLICIES.
UH, I THINK IN MAYBE THE LAST MEETING WE MET, WHICH WAS POLICIES WERE RAPID REHOUSING, PRIORITIZATION, UM, DISASTER POLICY, AND, UH, EXCUSE ME.
LAST ONE WAS, UH, DUPLICATION OF BENEFIT.
UM, THE INTENT WAS TO GO AND INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THE WRITTEN STANDARDS.
CITY ATTORNEY HASN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON THOSE.
WE DON'T HAVE A VERSION THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY CITY ATTORNEY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL.
UM, WE PROBABLY WILL BRING THAT BACK IN JUNE, UM, WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT TIME I THINK ABOUT THIS.
WE GET A MOTION TO VOTE THAT OATH TO JUNE.
SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON MR. AGENDA? ITEM? SEEING NONE.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE WITHOUT AN OVERVIEW OF POLICY CHANGES AND STAFFING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION BY PAUL DUNCAN.
DO YOU TAKE, UM, UH, SEEN THAT PAUL IS NOT HERE? I'M GONNA RECOMMEND WE TABLE THAT.
UH, WE COULD DO, UH, WE PROPOSE TO, UH, TAKE THAT ITEM TO THE MAY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, OR WE COULD PROPOSE TO BRING TO THE NEXT COC BOARD MEETING, UM, MOVING TOWARDS JUNE CC BOARD.
CAN WE JUST GET A VOTE FOR THAT ONE? IS THAT A MOTION QUESTION? IS THIS SORT OF LIKE ABOUT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, WHOLESALE GUTTING OF YEAH, UH, I THINK GENERALLY I'D LOVE THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
I CAN, I MEAN, I CAN SHARE ONE, UH, ITEM IN TERMS OF STAFFING FROM HUD.
UM, UH, THE CPD STAFF, UM, COMMUNITY, UH, PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS THE OFFICE WHERE, UH, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED THEIR FUNDS FROM HUD.
SO IT'S CONTINUUM OF CARE, HOPWA HOME, ESGC, DBG, ALL OF THOSE FUNDS PASSED THROUGH THE CPD COMMUNITY PLANNING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
THAT OFFICE HAS HAD, UM, NA, NATIONALLY ABOUT 84% STAFF REDUCTION.
UM, WE HAD A CHANGE IN OUR CPD REP.
UM, WE MET WITH OUR CPD REP FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST WEEK.
UM, IT FROM THE CONVERSATION WITH THAT REP, SEEMINGLY BUSINESS AS USUAL ON THEIR END.
HOWEVER, UH, GIVEN THE REDUCTION IN STAFFING, THERE'S LIKELIHOOD THAT THERE WILL BE DELAYS IN CONTRACTING AND DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS AND CONTRACT AMENDMENTS AND BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YEAH, I WOULD LOVE THEM TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
UM, SO IF MAYBE THERE'S A DIFFERENT MOTION TO, TO INTRODUCE.
SO, UM, WE MOVE THIS ITEM TO, UM, MAY 7TH, MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA? SEEING NONE.
WE HAD, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE ABOUT HOMELESS SERVICE BUREAU STAFF AND OPERATIONS UPDATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
I WILL BE FILLING IN FOR CALL ON THIS ITEM.
UH, SO, UH, IF FOLKS HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS, UM, THE BOARD, UH, INTRODUCED THEIR, UH, EXCUSE ME, C COUNTY CEO PRESENTED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD TO ADOPT THE, THE COUNTY'S HOMELESS SERVICES BUDGET.
UH, THE COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS ADOPTED THE, THE BUDGET, UH, IN THE, I THINK THE FINAL, FINAL ADOPTION WAS LAST TUESDAY.
UM, IT INCLUDED THE NEW MEASURE A FUNDING, WHICH IS THE NEW HALF ON SALES TAX, BUT ALSO INCLUDED A FEW OTHER, UM, LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT GET, UH, ALLOCATED THROUGH THE SAME HOMELESS, UH, HOMELESSNESS BUDGET.
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A VERY CLOSE TO ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS OR SO IN FUNDING AUTHORIZED BY BY THE BOARD.UM, IN TERMS OF MEASURE A ALLOCATIONS, THERE ARE ALLOCATIONS THAT, UM, COME DIRECTLY TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT STREAMS OF MEASURE A THAT THE CITY, UM, ESSENTIALLY HAS, UH, KINDA LIKE ENTITLEMENTS TO BASED OFF OF DIFFERENT FORMULA ALLOCATIONS.
THERE ARE COC ALLOCATIONS AND THERE IS A LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND.
UH, SO THE COC ALLOCATIONS GO TO THIS, THE COC CITIES, THAT'S GLENDALE, PASADENA, AND LONG BEACH.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW OUR EXACT ALLOCATION.
THE THREE CO CITIES, THREE C-O-C-C-O-C CITIES WERE PRESENTED AS ONE ITEM, UH, ONE $10 MILLION FUNDING ALLOCATION.
WE KNOW THAT THE, THE ALLOCATION FOR THOSE THREE CITIES IS, UM, PROPORTIONALLY DISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO HOMELESS COUNT.
CITY OF LONG BEACH IS THE, UH, HAS THE LARGEST HOMELESS POPULATION, UH, IN TOTAL BETWEEN THE THREE.
AND SO BASED OFF OF THAT, WE ESTIMATE OUR, OUR ALLOCATION TO BE IN THE EIGHT, EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR RANGE.
UM, LOOK, IT LOOKED LIKE GOOD NEWS TO TELL YOU.
IT IS NOT 10 MILLION TO, UH, YEAH, WELL, WE GET SO MUCH MORE.
THAT'S ALSO NOT, YEAH, NOT, UH, GLENDALE.
YOU KNOW, THEIR LOCATION IS VERY TINY BECAUSE THEY'RE A VERY SMALL COC WITH A VERY SMALL HOMELESS POPULATION.
GUESS WELL, THEY'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IN ACCOUNT ALL THE DISPLACEMENT FOR THE
UH, FOR WHAT SAID FOR THE FIRE? UH, I'M NOT SURE, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT IN THE LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND, UM, WE'LL JUMP TO THAT ITEM.
THERE IS PART OF THEIR FORMULA FROM THEIR, PART OF THEIR FORMULA INCLUDES FORECASTING OF INFLOW INTO HOMELESSNESS.
UM, I DUNNO WHETHER THAT INCLUDED IMPACTS 'CAUSE OF THE FIRE SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE, THERE WERE SIX DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT GOT PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR LOCAL SOLUTIONS SPECIFICALLY THAT INCLUDED DIFFERENT FORMULAS BASED OFF OF LIKE ACTUAL POINT IN TIME HOMELESS COUNT, PLUS DIFFERENT, UM, UH, INFLOW INDICATORS.
AND THAT THE, THE SCENARIO THAT THEY CHOSE, IT WAS SCENARIO SIX, AND I'M GONNA FORGET WHAT ALL THE METHODOLOGIES WERE, BUT THAT WITHIN SCENARIO SIX, THERE WAS ABOUT $5 MILLION OR SO THAT WILL COME TO THE CITY, UM, WITHIN THAT SCENARIO.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS HAPPENING AT THE BOARD LEVEL THOUGH AROUND MEASURE A AND, UM, THE, UH, DISPLACEMENT OF THE FIRES.
IT'S MORE AROUND HOW THEY USE, UTILIZE THE CURRENT MEASURE H FUNDING AND RECAPTURE OF UNDERSPEND, THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE FIRES.
BUT IN TERMS OF, UM, THE MEASURE A APPROVALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR, UH, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE FIRES HAVE, UM, IMPACTED THE, THOSE, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, CITY PRESENTED WITH, UH, EXCUSE HOMELESS SERVICES.
WE REPRESENTED WITH MAYOR CITY PROSECUTOR, CHIEF OF POLICE, ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON CITY RESPONSE TO UNALTERED HOMELESSNESS.
UH, ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION ROUND TWO WE'RE BOTH RAMPING DOWN ERF ROUND TWO WHILE WE WORK TO RAMP UP ERF ROUND THREE.
UH, ERF TWO AS A REMINDER, UM, THAT WAS FOCUSED ON, UH, UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AROUND VILLAGE AND KING LIBRARY, UH, LINCOLN PARK DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, WE HAD DONE TARGETED OUTREACH HELP STOOD UP, NON CONGREGATE SHELTER AT THE VAGABOND, UM, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY SHELTER THERE.
UM, WE'RE RAMPING DOWN THE, THE OPERATIONS OF THE VAGABOND.
WE'LL BE CLOSING OUR, UH, NON-CON SHELTER AGREEMENT, UH, AND MASTER LEASE FOR THAT FACILITY.
UM, DURING OUR RAMP DOWN, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING TO, UM, CONNECT PEOPLE TO BOTH TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT HOUSING OPTIONS.
UH, PEOPLE AT THE VAGABOND, A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE BEEN MATCHED TO RAPID REHOUSING.
AND THE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL ONES WE'LL BE MOVING ON MATCHES TO BOTH PROJECT BASED AND TENANT-BASED VOUCHERS AS WELL.
UM, THERE'S THE ZEPHYR, I BELIEVE IS A NEW, UH, PROJECT BASED PSH.
LINK IS THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPER, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LTA AND OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY AS SUBSIDIZED IN THE UNITS.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE MOVING IN, UH, IN QUEUE TO MOVE INTO THE ZEPHYR.
UM, AND SO YOU KINDA SEE HERE SOME OTHER, UM, UH, RAMP DOWN PLANS.
SO, UH, WE ALSO WILL BE OPENING UP, UM, OUR LUXURY AND PROJECT HOME KEY AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE, UH, RAMPING DOWN VAGABOND.
WE HAVE SOME VACANCIES IN OUR, WITHIN OUR SHELTER PORTFOLIO.
SO IF SOMEONE'S STILL IN NEEDING PLACEMENT SORT OF TEMPORARILY WHILE THEY WORK ON, UM, CONNECTIONS TO ZEPHYR OR OTHER PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES, WE'LL PRIORITIZE, UH, PLACEMENTS WITHIN OUR SHELTER PORTFOLIO FOR FOLKS FROM FROM THE VAGABOND.
UM, JEFF, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT AGENCY WAS MANAGING THE BANK BOMB AT DISPATCH? THE CITY WAS MANAGING THAT, UM, CITY INDEPENDENTLY.
YEAH, SO WE HAD STAFF FROM HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU, UM, PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND UH, AND THEN WE HAD, UM, ONSITE SECURITY AND MEALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGH DIFFERENT VENDOR CONTRACTS, BUT THE
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CITY WAS STAFFING THE OPERATIONS OF THE VENDORS.CAN YOU, UM, TAKE A PEEK AT THIS? THIS IS, UM, WHAT JIM
IS THAT, UM, ACCURATE FOR, OKAY.
UM, SO YEAH, CITI WAS MANAGING VAGABOND.
UM, AND YEAH, SO WE'RE RAMPING DOWN OUR OPERATIONS.
UH, WE WERE AWARDED, UH, AN ERF ROUND THREE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MASTER LEADS IN OPTIONS FOR ERF ROUND THREE FOR, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO I'LL JUMP, I'LL, I'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF SIDEBAR ON YEAR OFF.
UM, OUR YEAR OFF ROUND THREE HAMMOND RESOLUTION FOCUSES ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE, UH, LA RIVER BED AS IT FLOWS THROUGH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
IT'S ABOUT NINE AND A HALF MILES.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE MASTER LEASE IN ANOTHER MOTEL, NON-CON CONGREGATE SITUATION, UM, TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR FOLKS, UH, IN, UH, IN ENCAMPMENTS ALONG THE RIVER.
BUT OUR PLAN FOR ER ROUND THREE IS TO, TO CONTRACT THAT OUT, UM, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STAFFING CHALLENGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITHOUT TRYING TO MANAGE THE VAGA MONEY.
AND WE HAVE FOLKS FROM PUBLIC HERE WHO WILL BE OPERATING THAT FOR US.
UM, YOUTH NAVIGATION CENTER, UH, IS VERY NEAR COMPLETION.
THERE'S SORT OF, UH, THE, THE YOUTH SHELTER SIDE OF THAT, AS WELL AS THE STORAGE, WHICH IS, UH, SORT OF BOTH OPERATING CONCURRENTLY WITHIN THE SAME FACILITY.
UM, EXPECTED TO LAUNCH, YOU KNOW, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER.
UH, WHERE IS
UM, IT'S, UH, A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE MSC, ESSENTIALLY STILL WITHIN, UH, KIND OF PORT AREA.
THERE'S ABOUT, THERE'S 12 BEDS OF, UH, TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR, FOR, UH, HOMELESS YOUTH.
UH, TRANSITION AGE YOUTH, 18 TO 24.
AND THEN WE, WE WILL HAVE, UM, THE CITY OPERATING ADDITIONAL STORAGE PODS, KIND OF LIKE THE BIN, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
UM, CHRYSALIS DOES A LOT OF STORAGE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AROUND, UH, VENICE, SKID ROW, ECHO PARK, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE THAT HERE, UH, IN LONG BEACH AS WELL.
UM, SOME OTHER CONSTRUCTION UPDATES, UM, OR TWO PROJECT HOME KEY SITES, SPECIAL WESTERN AND LUXURY IN BEST WESTERN IS CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL.
UM, WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY, UM, THERE'S, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH SOME RENOVATION, REHABILITATION OF IT WHILE IT'S, UH, WHILE IT'S CONTINUING TO BE OPERATING, BUT THE REHABILITATION RENOVATION IS NEARLY COMPLETED.
UM, AND THEN THE LUXURY IN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION THERE, ESSENTIALLY AS WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO, YOU KNOW, REMOVE FLOORING AND, UH, PLASTER, ALL THE KINDS OF THINGS WE'RE FINDING ALL KINDS OF PLUMBING ISSUES, LOTS OF ISSUES, ALL, ALL THE INTERNAL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSING, UH, LOTS OF DELAYS.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THE LUXURY AND BEING, HAVING THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE THIS SUMMER.
UH, AND OPERATIONS BEGINNING AROUND THE SAME TIME.
UM, SO MAYBE THIS GETS TO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
UM, WE'LL DO A MORE FORMAL PRESENTATION AT THE MAY, THE MAY MEETING.
BUT JUST IN TERMS OF LIKE COC AND FEDERAL, UH, PROGRAM OPERATIONS, UH, I MENTIONED THE REDUCTION IN STAFFING TO THE CPD OFFICE, COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THAT'S THE SECTION OF HUD THAT PROVIDES FUNDING TO THE COC AS WELL AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE STAFFING IMPACTS IN THAT DEPARTMENT OR WITHIN THAT, UH, SECTION OF HUD.
UH, IF ANYONE'S BEEN TRYING TO ACCESS INFORMATION ON HUD'S WEBSITE LATELY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED A BUNCH OF DEAD LINKS.
UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE STILL THERE, BUT LOTS OF THE GUIDANCE, UH, IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN.
SO YOU'LL SEE GUIDANCE AROUND, YOU KNOW, FAIR HOUSING, CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES, HOUSING FIRST, UH, UH, GENDER, UH, UH, THE EQUAL ACCESS AND GENDER IDENTITY RULE.
A LOT OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN.
UM, THERE IS A, THERE WAS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WAS, UH, ISSUED, UM, TO TARGET HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND PHAS WHERE THERE IS SPLIT, UH, SUBSIDY PROVIDED TO HOUSEHOLDS WITH MIXED DOCUMENTATION STATUS.
WE ALSO, I'M NOT SURE IF FOLKS HAVE HEARD THIS, BUT, UM, CITY OF LONG BEACH HAD RECEIVED, UM, 582 EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS, EH, HVS, UM, AND WE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM HUT THAT THEY ARE CCING THEIR REIMBURSEMENTS ON THE, UM, THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR THOSE EMERGENCY, UH, HOUSING VOUCHERS.
I THINK IT'S, UH, DECEMBER 31ST IS THAT WHEN THEY, UH, THEY'RE ALLOWING YOU IF YOU HAVE FUNDING TO EXTEND IT INTO 2026.
AND SO MOST HOUSES ARE DOING A DEEPER DIVE INTO PROJECTING HOW FAR OUT YOU CAN GO.
UM, SOME HOUSING AUTHORITIES DON'T HAVE RESERVES
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AND SO THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NO ABILITY IN SOME INSTANCES FOR SOME PHAS TO CONTINUE FUNDING THOSE VOUCHERS.UM, WE'LL EVENTUALLY GET TO A PROCESS OF TRYING TO, UH, BASICALLY CYCLE PEOPLE THROUGH OUR VOUCHER TURNOVER TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED, UH, AND NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON, UH, SUBSIDY.
UM, THERE IS NOT MENTIONED HERE, BUT UM, THERE WAS THE MARCH CONTINUING RESOLUTION, UH, TO FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION DID INCLUDE FUNDING FOR, UM, FOR HUD AND HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS. UM, FUNDING IS GENERALLY FLAT WITH SOME INCREASES.
UM, WHERE THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT INCREASE IS ON, UM, FMR ADJUSTMENTS.
TYPICALLY HUD WILL DO IN, UH, INCREASES IN THEIR PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS FOR FAIR MARKET RENT ADJUSTMENTS.
AND THERE WAS SOME INCREASE, BUT, UH, NOT SUFFICIENT.
SO A LOT OF PHAS ARE LOOKING AT ESSENTIALLY A LOSS OF VOUCHERS AS THEY TRY TO BASICALLY JUST COVER THE COST OF RENTAL INCREASES.
SO, UM, WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS FOR US WITH BOTH THE FMR ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL AS HOW WE, UM, WORK TO CONTINUE TO HOUSE PEOPLE THROUGH THE HVS.
UM, ANOTHER ITEM THAT FOLKS MAY HAVE SEEN, BUT, UM, U-S-I-C-H UNITED US INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS WAS NOT A CABINET LEVEL DEPARTMENT OR, OR A CABINET AGENCY, BUT, UM, BUT UH, BY PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDER HAD BEEN CREATED TO ALIGN AND COORDINATE AND INTEGRATE THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER TO WORK ON HOMELESSNESS.
AND THERE HAD BEEN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLING ON THE REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF U-S-I-C-H, UM, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO SEE THEM KIND OF START TO RAMP DOWN SOME OF THEIR WORK.
UM, AND THAT, UH, INCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION.
I WANNA GO BACK TO, UM, LA COUNTY.
AND WE GONNA HAVE A CEO THAT'S GOING TO BE ATTENDING THAT MAY 7TH MEETING TO GO MORE INTO DETAIL.
UM, SO COUNTY CEO'S OFFICE IS, UH, THE SORT OF HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE COUNTY OF PUTTING TOGETHER THE COUNTY BUDGETS, PRESENTING TO THE BOARD, AND THEN OVERSEEING ALLOCATION DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.
UM, WE'VE REQUESTED CEO PRESENT AT OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING TO TALK ABOUT MEASURE A, UH, ALL THE PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS, ELIGIBLE USES, UM, WALK THROUGH THE BUDGET, WALK THROUGH THE TIMELINE AND PROCESS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, CLIFTON TROTTER IS, UH, LONG BEACH'S, ONE OF LONG BEACH'S SORT OF CEO REPRESENTATIVES.
LIAISONS AND CLIFTON WILL BE PRESENTING AT OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING TO WALK THROUGH THE COUNTY BUDGET AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR, FOR LONG BEACH.
IS THERE A MOTION TO, IF THERE'S NO QUESTION, ANY QUESTIONS, NOT IF THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, THE BUREAU OPERATIONS REPORT AS PRESENTED.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEE NONE.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ELSE OR YOU WANT ME TO GO? UH, ITEM HAVE NUMBER EIGHT TO RECEIVE AND FILE AACK REPRESENTATIVE REPORT BY MS. LEWIS.
UM, WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION DONE BY OUR INTERIM SHELTER OPERATOR FIRST TO SERVE, UM, OUR MAYORS FUND.
WE HAD DISCUSSION AROUND, UM, DOING SOME FUNDRAISING TO RAISE MORE MONIES.
AT THIS POINT WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHTY DOLLARS AND 71 CENTS.
AND ALSO, UM, TRYING TO COME UP WITH THINGS TO ADVERTISE OR GET THE WORD OUT TO OTHER NONPROFITS SO THAT THEY CAN APPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN GETTING, UM, MANY APPLICATIONS IN.
AND MY LAST ITEM IS JUST THAT WE ARE, WE DO HAVE ONE SEAT AVAILABLE ON THE, UH, COMMITTEE.
ANY QUESTIONS? MOVE TO SECOND.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK BE NONE.
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THANK YOU.I THINK THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT, UH, HAD IS JUST A, UH, REMINDER ABOUT THE GENERAL MEETING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT.
UM, IT'S AT THE CENTURY VILLAGE'S SOCIAL HALL.
YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE FIRE GO OUT RIGHT NOW.
I'LL SEND SOME MORE DETAILED, UH, PARKING, UM, DIRECTIONS TO YOU TO SEND OUT CLOSER TO THE MEETING, JENNIFER, JUST BECAUSE IT GETS A LITTLE YEAH.
AND WE'RE INVITING ALL THE PARTNERS THAT ARE ON SITE AND LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T ATTENDED I THINK MIGHT NOT SEE A GOOD CROWD THERE.
THIS THE EMAILED OUT TO ANYONE? ANYONE? YEAH, I THINK IT SHOULD.
YOU DIDN'T GET IT? I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE JUST ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.
I JUST RECEIVED A FEW, UM, WHEELCHAIRS IN DONATION.
THEY HAVE NOT, UM, BEEN PUT TOGETHER.
SO IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANYONE THAT HAS A NEED, LEMME KNOW AND I'LL DEFINITELY GET THAT.
UM, I PASS SOMETHING OUT OR NO? OKAY.
IT'S JUST A FLYER, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT.
UM, EARLIER JEFF MENTIONED OUR CPE DOLLARS THAT WE ADMINISTERED IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO EVERY YEAR JURISDICTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY DO THIS THING CALLED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK.
IT'S WHERE WE KIND OF CELEBRATE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE FUND WITH THESE DOLLARS, UM, AND SHOW THE, THE IMPACT LOCALLY.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE HAVING, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS.
SO THEY'RE HERE ON THIS FLYER.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THEM OR TELLING THE GIRLS THAT YOU SERVE THAT THESE, UH, WORKSHOPS AND, AND MEETING ARE HAPPENING.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO HOSTING TWO ACTION PLAN WORKSHOPS DURING THE CDE.
SO THERE'S A VIRTUAL OPTION AND AN IN-PERSON OPTION.
THE ACTION PLAN IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET COMMUNITY INPUT AND, UM, THAT INFORMS HOW WE FUND AND WHAT PROGRAMS WE FUND IN THE UPCOMING ACTION PLAN YEAR.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT OR IF YOU WANT TO SPREAD THE WORD, THERE'S ALSO A QR CODE HERE, UH, FOR A THREE QUESTION SURVEY, UM, WHICH KIND OF ASSESSES WHAT PROGRAMS YOU THINK ARE MOST IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING.
SO PLEASE TAKE THE FLYER AND I CAN ALSO SEND IT IF YOU WANT TO SEND IT OUT, I CAN DO THAT.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? UM, SO OUR ORGANIZATION POSTS THROUGH WELCOME A SMARTER WAY TO RENT THROUGH PROPERTY.
IT'S, IT'S DIRECTED TOWARD PROPERTY PROVIDERS ON, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW IT'S A SMART MOVE ON.
IT'S ON APRIL 14TH ON OUR ORANGE COUNTY UNITED WAY WEBSITE.
I KNOW IT'S OC BUT IT STILL APPLIES A LOT TO ANY REGION.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEM? YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT TO FROM HERE, IT'S UP TO YOU.
JUST A REMINDER THOUGH, UH, IT'S NOT A Q AND A SESSION AND YEAH, I THAT IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES, I WON'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS APRIL PARKER.
I'M WITH THE APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION AND I JUST WANTED TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THE COC BOARD, NOT AS A POTENTIAL BOARD MEMBER, BUT JUST BECAUSE I'VE NEVER ADDRESSED THIS BODY, UH, TO DISCUSS WHAT WE DO AT THE APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION.
AND SO WE WERE FOUNDED HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH OUT OF JUST THE NEED THAT WE SAW WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE REALLY A GRASSROOT ORGANIZATION LED BY MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THIS, UH, COMMUNITY.
WE'RE PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT 80 TO A HUNDRED STAFF BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE FIVE CORE PILLARS, UM, OF SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO ONE IS OUR AP CARES, UM, PILLAR, WHICH ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY CAN, UH, ASK FOR ASSISTANCE AND ADVOCACY AND CONNECTION.
SO WITHOUT, IT'S NOT FUNDED THROUGH ANY SOAP CITY PROGRAM, WE DO COMMUNITY NAVIGATION.
SO A LOT OF OUR REFERRALS ACTUALLY COME FROM THE 2 1 1 LINE OF THE CITY, BUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, REFERRING PEOPLE TO INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE PUTTING IN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS, WE NAVIGATE THEM TO THE SERVICES THAT WE KNOW EXIST IN THIS WONDERFUL, UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UM, OUR NEXT PILLAR IS AP WORKS WHERE WE DO WORKFORCE, UH, EMPOWERMENT.
WE CONNECT BUSINESSES TO, UH, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, TRAINING AND COACHING, AND HELP THEM TO GET THEIR BUSINESSES READY, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GRANT, UH, PROCESS WITHIN THE CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE ALSO TEACH YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP UNDER THAT PILLAR.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTS THROUGH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE TO TEACH ALLIED HEALTH FIELDS LIKE
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COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, UH, CIVIL SERVICE TO EMPOWER AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET READY FOR CAREER FIELDS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.UH, UNDER OUR AP HEALTH, WE ARE A, UH, CAL, AIM, CREDENTIALED, UH, PROVIDER.
UM, WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH, UH, OC.
YEAH, WE'RE LARGE, ONE OF THE LARGEST, UH, PROVIDERS OUT THERE IN THE CAL PROGRAM, PROBABLY IN THE CITY.
WE DO ENHANCED CASE MANAGEMENT.
UM, PLUS WE DO COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, WHICH IS HOUSING, UH, HOUSING NAVIGATION, HOUSING SUSTAINMENT, AND HOUSING DEPOSITS.
SO WE'RE CONTRACTED WITH, UH, KAISER, UM, WHICH, UH, WE JUST GOT AN AWARD TO SPREAD OUT TO ABOUT 23 DIFFERENT COUNTIES UNDER THE CONTRACT.
AND THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE DEDICATED TO SERVING.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE AP HOMES, WHICH WE DO HOUSING NAVIGATION HAVE FOR RAPID REHOUSING CONTRACT, UH, WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UH, BUT WE ALSO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT NAVIGATING OUTSIDE OF THAT CONTRACT.
UH, WE DON'T TURN ANYONE DOWN.
WE BASICALLY LOOK AT THE RESOURCES AND THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE PROVIDED WITHIN THE CITY AND HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY AWARE OF THE SERVICES BECAUSE ONCE A CONTRACT IS AWARDED, PEOPLE STILL DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE SERVICES EXIST.
AND SOMETIMES THE CITY, UH, DEPARTMENTS DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THOSE SERVICES EXIST.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED, UH, FUTURES FIRST.
FUTURES FIRST IS ONE OF THE LARGEST, UH, CITY FUNDED PROGRAMS THAT NAVIGATES TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH TO SUCCESS.
UH, WE, WE MANAGED THAT PROGRAM AS WELL AS YOU SAW THE TR UH, THE SHELTER THAT THE CITY IS OPENING THAT WAS AWARDED LAST YEAR, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY THE CONTRACTED PROVIDER FOR THAT.
WE THEN ALL OPENED THE TRANSITION OF HOUSING UNIT.
ALSO NOT FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY, BUT PRIVATELY FUNDED.
WE RAISED FUNDING FOR THAT BECAUSE WE KNEW WHEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE COMING OUT OF THE SHELTER, THEY HAD NOWHERE TO GO.
SO THAT'S A 60 TO 90 DAY PROGRAM.
SO WE CREATED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR THAT AND ARE WORKING ALSO TO DEVELOP THROUGH MASTER LEASING, UH, AND DEVELOPMENT, PERMIT SUPPORT HOUSING FOR THOSE YOUTH.
SO I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF PERSONALLY TO, UH, ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE STAYING HERE IN LONG BEACH.
THIS IS OUR HOME AND OUR CORPORATE LOCATION.
UH, AS WE GROW AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE'RE ALWAYS CENTERED IN COMMUNITY.
THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
UM, ENJOY YOUR REST OF YOUR TODAY, REST OF YOUR TUESDAY.