* 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. YOU [00:00:01] CAN YOU WANNA CALL IT TWO ORDER, UH, CALL A MEETING ORDER. OKAY. AT 3:18 PM AND THEN ROLL CALL, UH, JULIE LEE. HERE. STEVEN WOOD ABSENT. JIM HOWETT. YEAH. OKAY. WE HAVE COURT. OKAY. THE FIRST, THE FIRST ONE IS THE APPROVE MINUTES FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND COMMITTEE FOR A MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH. GONNA HAVE OUR MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THE SITE? SEEING NONE. OKAY. I CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. THE SECOND IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE GRANT APPLICATIONS WERE ADMITTED BY LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TABLE FOR FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $31,507 AND 46 CENTS. WHAT, I'M SORRY. MOTION. I DIDN'T SEE THAT PART. MOTION TO APPROVE. OR MOTION TO REVIEW. MOTION. YOU, UM, EVEN YOU CAN READ IT AS RECOMMENDATION. THAT DOESN'T MEAN YEAH, IT DOESN'T REALLY, YEAH. YOU GOT, YOU STILL GOT A DISCUSS DISCUSSION ANYWAY, WAY. UM, SO STAFF HAVE REVIEWED THIS PROPOSAL. WE'VE ALSO, UH, TALKED TO LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TABLE. UH, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF BASED UPON NOT THE VALIDITY OF NEED OR THE VALIDITY OF, UH, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TABLE AS A SERVICE PROVIDER WITHIN LONG BEACH. UH, UNDOUBTEDLY THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING IS IMPORTANT. WE'RE, IT'S A REALLY, YOU KNOW, TOUGH MOMENT AT THE THIS TIME WITH SNAP BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, BEING FROZEN, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE A PROVIDER THAT IS IN NEED OF FUNDING AROUND FOOD. UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, AWARD IS STRICTLY BASED OFF OF THE, UH, RE OR THE PROPOSAL FROM LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TABLE BEING, UH, LARGELY COSTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN OCCURRED VERSUS A PLAN FOR FUTURE COSTS. YEAH. UM, AND THAT IS, THAT IS LARGELY, UH, THE CONVER BASED ON CONVERSATIONS OF THE PAST, UH, AND AGREEMENTS WITHIN THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON, YOU KNOW, INTENT OF THE MAYOR'S FUND, UH, AND UTILIZATION OF THE MAYOR'S FUND. THAT THIS DID NOT FEEL IN LINE WITH OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE GROUP HAS, UH, DISCUSSED AND APPROVED BEFORE. SO WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM COMMUNITY TABLE. YOU CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS, YOU CAN DISCUSS FURTHER, YOU CAN ASK US QUESTIONS. UH, BUT THAT IS LARGELY WHAT IT, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS BASED OFF OF YOU RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, UH, TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, AWARD BASED ON, UH, THE REQUEST BEING LARGELY COSTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, INCURRED. YEAH. PRIOR TO THE, THE REQUEST. SO WE WROTE, ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS IN AUGUST, SO OF COURSE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE THINGS HAVE PASSED SINCE THEN. BUT WE DEFINITELY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME COST GOING FORWARD. SO IT REALLY ISN'T A TIMELINE ISSUE TO ME, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY THESE SAME THINGS IN THE, IN THE FUTURE ANYWAYS. WE WE'RE PAYING BETWEEN FOUR AND $5,000 A MONTH FOR ELECTRICITY, WHICH IS INSANE. UM, WE FEED 7,000 PEOPLE A WEEK OR MORE, AND IT'S ONLY GONNA GET WILDER AS THESE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE POLITICAL SITUATION IS WHAT IT IS. UM, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY FOR GARDEN. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT GOT IN THERE. UM, AND WE REALLY, OUR MAIN THINGS ARE JUST LIKE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ELECTRICITY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ASKED. IT CAN BE WHERE COST BREAKDOWN FOR THAT, FOR THE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR, OH, IT'S UP THERE. OKAY. RIGHT THERE. NO, IT WAS, YOU PASSED IT GO DOWN. YEAH. SO THAT, AND THEN GO DOWN MORE. SO, SO I, I THINK SHE SAID TWO MONTHS OF OUR UTILITIES IS 4,300 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S RIGHT THERE. THAT'S HOW MUCH IT IS PER MONTH. SO IT'S THAT IT'S RENT, UTILITIES, UTILITIES, UTILITIES. THERE'S LIKE DIFFERENT UTILITIES. YEAH. [00:05:01] AND THEY'VE GONE UP BECAUSE, AND UTILITIES, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SERVING HAS CONTINUED TO GO UP. SO NOW THERE'S MORE TRASH AND THERE'S MORE YEAH, I KNOW. WENT, YEAH, I DON'T THINK YOU WERE ASKING FOR THE GARDENING. YOU JUST GAVE US A FULL BUDGET, BUT THAT WASN'T A PART OF THE ACTUAL REQUEST. OKAY. SHE MADE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, I'M GETTING A LITTLE CALL ON THIS. DO WE HAVE A NEW REQUEST OR IT'S A REQUEST AS IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING, BECAUSE GOING FORWARD WE HAVE THE SAME EXPENSES, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT THESE ARE MOSTLY OPERATING EXPENSES, CORRECT? WELL, I GUESS IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU CONSIDER OPERATING EXPENSES. NO, OPERATING. OPERATING. I'M, YOU SAID OPERATING. GOT IT. RIGHT. YES. THEY'RE MOSTLY OPERATING EXPENSES, BUT THAT'S NECESSARY TO KEEP THE FOOD HEALTHY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OR KEEP, UM, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP, KEEP THE ELECTRICITY GOING. WE'VE ALREADY HAD MULTIPLE GROUPS FROM THE CITY ASK US FOR FOOD, AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WE CAN'T EVEN KEEP OUR REFRIGERATORS ON IF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, IT CAN'T BE A ONE WAY STREET. SO THAT'S OUR YEAH. MY THOUGHTS ON GOING INTO IT. ORIGINALLY, THE THING THAT STRUCK ME WAS ONE, WE ARE RESTRICTED TO SERVICES FOR HOMELESS. OKAY. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. AS IS THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME FOOD BANK SUPPLIES FOR PEOPLE THAT AREN'T HOMELESS TOO. WELL, WE DO IT, THE VERY FIRST PROGRAM WE EVER HAD WAS GOING INTO THE PARKS. WE WERE THE FIRST MOBILE PARK. YEAH. UM, AND SO THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SEE IN THE PARKS AND IN THE ENCAMPMENTS, TO BE HONEST, UM, ARE HOMELESS, OBVIOUSLY. SO, YEAH. UM, AND THAT WAS IT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. THEN THE, WE ADDED ON OUR HOME BOUND PROGRAM, WE ADDED ON, UM, THE PANTRIES WHEN THE, WHEN COVID HIT, BUT WE, EVEN IF YOU JUST MADE IT OUR, UM, PARK, OKAY. YOU KNOW, UM, BUDGET, IT WOULD STILL BE MORE THAN $25,000. SO, AND AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE ALREADY A COUPLE OF MONTHS INTO IT, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF TIMING. WELL, YEAH. YES. BUT AGAIN, WE CAN GO FORWARD. YEAH. BUT WHAT IS THE, HOW'S THE FUTURE LOOK, IN OTHER WORDS? WELL, I SUSPECT THAT HOMELESSNESS WILL GO UP BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE, BUT SO WE WILL HAVE AN INCREASED NUM AMOUNT OF NEED, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WHOLE SNAP SITUATION HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF AWARENESS TO PEOPLE. SO THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, MONEY COMING IN AND US BEING ABLE TO PAY OUR EXPENSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHICH FOR A WHILE THERE IT WAS LIKE, PEOPLE HAD ALMOST FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT FACT, BUT AT LEAST I GOT THAT IMPRESSION. SO WE'RE DOING BETTER, BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE AN ONGOING, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, HOW DO I SAY IT? LIKE WE'RE THIS WEEK'S NEWS CYCLE, BUT WHO KNOWS IN A MONTH WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE? UM, YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN USUALLY BECAUSE AS COMING INTO THIS, UH, COMMITTEE, I HAD UNDERSTOOD, WE WERE MOSTLY DEALING WITH EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. THIS IS THE E DOESN'T HAVE ONE TIME THING, AND THEN LIKE REPLACING REFRIGERATOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONGOING EXPENSES IS WHERE I SEE A LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN IT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING. WELL, IF I'M SUPPOSED TO GIVE FOOD TO THE CITY FOR THEIR PROGRAMS, I NEED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP MY REFRIGERATORS ON. SO THAT IS AN EMERGENCY. NOW, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO PAUL A SECOND HERE, BECAUSE YOUR QUESTION, YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE THE ACCESS TO OUR ORIGINAL INTENT AND PURPOSE. DOES THIS FIT? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION MORE FOR THIS COMMITTEE. I MEAN, THE INITIAL PROPOSAL SPOKE MORE TO, YOU KNOW, CAA HAD COME IN AND I KNOW IN SPEAKING TO, UM, THE ORGANIZATION, CHRISTINE, HERSELF, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, DONATIONS HAVE COME IN. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A CHALLENGE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE? AND I THINK THAT'S YEAH. HARD TO SAY ON A LOT OF STUFF AT THE MOMENT. UM, BECAUSE WHEN THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, VERSUS COSTS THAT ARE INCURRED IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY FOR THIS, I MEAN, I [00:10:01] THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FROM LIKE, SUSTAINABILITY AND HOW THE COMMITTEE FEELS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF THINGS THAT KIND OF SPAN OVER THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THAT SPAN KIND OF AN IN BETWEEN GAP OF THOSE THAT ARE AT HIGH RISK VERSUS THOSE ARE THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. UM, I THINK PROBABLY MOST AGENCIES THAT ARE IN BOTH AREAS ARE SERVING A MIX OF THE TWO. UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENTIATING THAT FOR A FOOD BANK MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TOUGH ON LIKE, KNOWING, YOU KNOW, WHO EXACTLY IS ALMOST VERSUS WHO'S AT RISK. UM, WE ACTUALLY ASK PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE IN THE PARKS, SO, SORRY. YEAH, THAT'S, I THINK UP TO THE COMMITTEE TO LIKE DETERMINE LIKE WHAT IS THE PRIORITY AND LIKE WHAT EQUATES LIKE A HOMELESS RESPONSE VERSUS LIKE A PREVENTION PROGRAM. AND LIKE, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOUGH, TOUGH TO FULLY DISTINGUISH ONE FROM THE OTHER. UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF MY FEEDBACK. AND I DON'T HAVE LIKE A GREAT, THIS KIND OF STRADDLES, IT'S NOT PURELY HOMELESSNESS, BUT IT'S SERVING PEOPLE THAT ARE AT HIGH RISK AS WELL AS A GOOD CHUNK OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SO YOU DO FEEL LIKE IT'S, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO, UH, HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS RIGHT NOW. UM, YEAH. AND THEY WILL, IF WE DON'T, CAN'T PROVIDE, LIKE SAY WE HAVE TO CLOSE OUR DOORS, THEY WILL BECOME HOMELESS FOR SURE. YEAH. I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I'M SYMPATHETIC TO IT. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. BUT AS I SAY, I IN SOME WAYS DON'T WANT TO ESTABLISH A PRECEDENCE THAT WE FUND FOOD PRO, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS NECESSARILY THAT AREN'T FROM THE HOMELESS. AND, UH, WHEREAS OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS FOR HOMELESS. OKAY. SO WE CAN JUST FOCUS ON THE PART THAT'S ONLY HOMELESS AND IT STILL WOULD BE OVER $25,000. YEAH. BUT YOU BASICALLY FEEL THAT YOUR FUNDING IS OUT THERE FOR THE FUTURE. AND THIS IS A ONE TIME YEAH, I DO REQUEST FROM US. I FEEL LIKE, OKAY. SO WE HAD AN ANGEL INVESTOR UNTIL MARCH. AND, UM, IN THE MEANTIME, THE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS LIKE, I WE'RE NOT GONNA BE STAYING WITH THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY WANTED US TO START CHARGING PEOPLE FOR FOOD, WHICH I, AND THEY WANTED TO DISSOLVE OUR 5 0 1 C3, SO I KNEW WE WOULD BE LEAVING THEM. I ASKED MY GRANT WRITER TO WRITE A WHOLE BUNCH OF GRANTS, AND THAT DIDN'T QUITE HAPPEN. SO WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN PLAYING CATCH UP SINCE MARCH, AND THAT'S WHY BY AUGUST WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, WE REALLY NEED A BOOST. BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OTHER FUNDING IS ACTUALLY STARTING TO COME IN NOW. UM, BUT WE'RE STILL IN A SITUATION WHERE WE NEED HELP. AND THE SOURCE FUNDING IS GRANTS. UM, INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS HAVE GONE WAY UP BECAUSE DONATIONS YEAH. AND YEAH, GRANTS AND, WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLICITY ABOUT FOOD RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE SPOTLIGHT RIGHT NOW, SO YEAH. WE KIND OF WANT TO CAPITALIZE. PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE NEWS CYCLE. WE WANNA YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND I JUST CAN'T FAB 'EM CLOSING THE DOOR ON 7,000 PEOPLE A WEEK THAT ARE YEAH. 'CAUSE THAT'LL LEAD TO CRIME. THAT'LL LEAD TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE AND YOU NAME IT, YOU KNOW, AND BARON CAN'T GET A PRESCRIPTION. YEAH. SO IT HAS A, IT DEFINITELY HAS LIKE A RIPPLE EFFECT ON THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. LET'S SEE. WHEN DO WE TAKE COMMENTS? DID WE GET A VOTE? A MOTION? VOTE FOR JUST THE MOTION. A MOTION NOW. UH, SO MOVED. AND JIM, ONE SECOND. UH, WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. YEAH, I, I DO HAVE A, A QUESTION. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR COMMUNITY TABLE TO START MORE, UH, FORMALLY TO TO TRACK FORMALLY TO TRACK, TO TRACK THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS THAT ARE FED? WHICH WEEK? WE DO IT EVERY WEEK. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SEVEN YEARS. AND YOU, HOW DO YOU DEFINE PREVENTATIVE? HOW DO WE PREVENTION? WELL, I THINK THAT WHEN YOU CAN EAT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOOT, I, SORRY, MY [00:15:01] PHONE IS JUST GOING CRAZY RIGHT NOW. UM, WHEN YOU CAN FEED PEOPLE, THEY HAVE LESS, I MEAN, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR RENT. OBVIOUSLY. I, I UNDERSTAND THAT. RIGHT. I'M ASKING WHEN IS PEOPLE SHOW UP. MM-HMM . IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ASKING FOLKS, ARE YOU HOMELESS RIGHT NOW? YEAH. AND THEN IF PEOPLE SAY NO MM-HMM . IS THERE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, WILL THIS HELP MAKE SURE YOU CAN PAY YOUR RENT? WE LITERALLY HAVE THINGS ON THE WALL WHERE PEOPLE SAY, IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU GUYS, WE WOULDN'T BE AROUND ANYMORE. WE WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR, OR WHATEVER IT IS. IT'S ALL CONSTANT FEEDBACK. SO YOU HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION? YES, WE DO. IT COULD BE PROVIDED. YES. OKAY. ALSO, WE TRACK VETERANS, L-G-B-T-Q, ETHNICITIES, AGES, GENDER. WE'RE PRETTY THOROUGH ABOUT IT. 'CAUSE IT MATTERS TO ME. IT ALSO HELPS WITH GRANTS. IF YOU'RE HELPING A SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC. MAN, MY PHONE IS JUST GOING CRAZY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. NO OTHER COMMENTS, JIM? OKAY. UM, WELL, AGAIN, WHILE SYMPATHETIC TOO, I'M JUST STILL CONCERNED ABOUT, THERE WAS OTHER CHANGING OUR PATH HERE THAT YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW. AND I'M NOT BEING AT ALL. YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDRAISING AND WE'RE DOING THIS THAT SOMEBODY'S GETTING. I WOULD LIKE TO BASICALLY DEFER FOR, FOR A MONTH OR SO TO LET YOU SEE IF YOU CAN RAISE THE MONEY AND THEN WE'LL RECONSIDER IT. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE MOMENT TO CAPTURE, YOU KNOW, TO SEIZE THE DAY SORT OF. AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS, WE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED THIS IN AUGUST. MOST OF THOSE NUMBERS HAVE ACTUALLY CHANGED SINCE THEN. UM, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. ALTHOUGH I DON'T EVEN TAKE IT A SALARY. SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THAT NUMBER IS, WHAT IT, WHAT, WHAT IT SAYS. BUT, UM, AND I WORK LIKE 80 HOURS A WEEK. MOST OF MY PEOPLE BELIEVE AND VOLUNTEER, YOU KNOW? YEAH. WE'RE SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY, SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE, MY GUYS ARE SHOWING UP ON DAYS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO AND JUST VOLUNTEERING, YOU KNOW? YEAH. UM, SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS VERY MUCH A CRISIS RIGHT NOW. IT'S ABOUT TO GET A LOT WORSE. AND IT WOULD BE NICE NOT TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND SCRAMBLE TO GET THE SAME, ASK FOR THE SAME THING BASICALLY. AND I DON'T, I WOULD REALLY NOT LIKE TO WAIT FOR THREE MORE MONTHS BECAUSE WE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN EVEN DO THAT. WELL, AGAIN, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT US CHANGING, TAKING ON A NEW TYPE OF FUNDING IN A SENSE WAS, AND I THINK THAT REALLY IS MORE WITH THE FULL COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITY OF THE . AND I'D BE WILLING TO FORWARD IT TO THE COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW, WHICH WILL BE MEETING DECEMBER, DECEMBER 3RD. YEAH. THE SECOND. SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE FORWARD THIS TO THE FULL COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATIONS AS IT IS. SOME WOULD'VE CHANGED IN OUR TYPICAL FUNDING. WELL, I'LL SAY WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF COMING BACK AND DOING THIS LIKE ONCE A YEAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T FORESEE US DOING IT AGAIN FOR A WHILE, BUT, WELL, WE'RE NOT PUTTING OFF THAT LONG. YEAH. YEAH. QUESTION. YOU KNOW, I, JIM, FROM, AS FOR STAFF, SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE MOTION. IS THE MOTION TO MOVE TO THE FULL COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION WITH NO RECOMMENDATION? YEAH. FROM THIS COMMITTEE? IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE HEARING. YES. OKAY. SO IT WOULD COME TO THEM WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS NOT TAKEN A YES OR NO RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT'S HERE AGAIN, FOR THE FULL COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION, IT IS SORT OF WIDENING WHAT WE'RE FUNDING. OKAY. AND THAT, I'M NOT SURE, IS WE REALLY WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY AS A SUBCOMMITTEE TO CHANGE THAT? WELL, [00:20:02] LIKE I SAID, I, THIS WOULD BE A ONE TIME DEAL FOR US BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN THIS IN BETWEEN STAGE WITH THIS ANGEL INVESTOR AND, UM, HAVING TO GET STABILIZED AGAIN. UM, BUT THERE'S NO INTENT TO COME BACK EVERY YEAR AND SAY, CAN WE HAVE ANOTHER 25,000? WELL, WHATEVER, IF WE, IF THE FULL COMMITTEE GOES ALONG WITH IT MM-HMM . IT'S A SORT OF A OPENING UP OF OUR FUNDING'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT OKAY. AND THEN, THEN WE'RE SET. AND IF WE FOCUSED ONLY ON THE PARKS PROGRAM, WHICH IS COMPLETELY HOMELESS, THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THEN LET'S DO THAT. WELL, BUT ALSO I THINK THE PART HE WAS BRINGING UP WAS THE OPERATIONAL INFORMATION. YEAH. IF WE DON'T, WE DON'T TRADITIONALLY PAY FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS. NO, I UNDERSTAND. BUT IT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE FOOD COLD. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. IT'S JUST FOR THIS PROGRAM, THE WAY THAT IT HAS BEEN MARKETED, IT IS. THE ONLY OTHER ONE I KNOW THAT WE'VE BASICALLY FUNDED FOR FOOD SERVICES WAS PURELY FOR EQUIPMENT AND NOTHING ELSE. OH. 'CAUSE THEIR TRUCK BROKE DOWN. YEAH. AND THE, YEAH, THAT WAS MORE THE TYPE OF THING THAT FITS OUR PURPOSE. IT WAS AN EMERGENCY, A TRUCK BROKE DOWN, THEY WERE OUT OF BUSINESS LAW. SO WE WERE ABLE TO HELP. I REMEMBER THAT SITUATION. SO THAT, AS I SAID, AGAIN, THIS IS TAKING US OUT INTO AN AREA THAT WE'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE. OUR TRUCKS BREAK DOWN ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME FROM THE MINUTE THEY BREAK DOWN TO WE FINALLY GET TO TALK. YEAH. BECAUSE I CAN'T GO THREE MONTHS WITHOUT MY VEHICLES. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO. WELL, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SEE THAT I WOULD WANT TO MAKE, THAT I WOULDN'T MAKE A MOTION FOR, WHICH AS WE HAVE, IS THAT THE COMMITTEE, THE FULL COMMITTEE, DECIDES THAT IT GOES TO THEM BECAUSE IT IS NOT, I DON'T THINK IT IS WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY. WELL, I HOPE SOMEBODY IN THE CITY CARES ABOUT THESE 7,000 PEOPLE A WEEK THAT WE'RE HELPING, BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NOT MANY OTHER OPTIONS. BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT. AND SO I'M SAYING STICK WITH THE PARKS AND THEN YOU, YOU'RE WORKING ONLY ON, WELL THEN YOU, YOU WOULD NEED TO RE ACTUALLY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ON THAT. BUT WE STILL MAY RUN INTO THE PROBLEM THAT IT, WE DON'T FUND OPERATIONS AND IF WE WOULD NEED THE FULL COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL TO DO THAT. MM-HMM . SO THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY ARE AUTHORITY. OKAY. WELL, MY GRANT WRITER CALLED IN AND ASKED IF THESE THINGS WERE ACCEPTABLE THINGS TO ASK FOR, AND SHE SAID, AND SHE WAS TOLD YES. SO THAT I APOLOGIZE FOR. AND THEN THERE WAS FOLLOW UP COMMUNICATION WHERE SOMEBODY SAID, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND. AND I SAID, OKAY, WELL MY GRANT WRITER WAS TOLD THAT THESE WERE ACCEPTABLE THINGS TO ASK FOR. AND WELL, SO IT'S BEEN LIKE, BROUGHT UP REPEATEDLY THAT IT'S NOT THE NORM, BUT THIS, THESE ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES. SO, OKAY. NO, I, THAT I DO NOTICE. UM, WELL, I'M, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE REVIEW, SINCE THIS IS OUTSIDE OF OUR NORMAL APPROVAL, THAT WE FORWARD IT TO THE FLOOR COMMITTEE FOR THEIR REVIEW. OKAY. AM I, I, I ASSUME I'M NOT ALLOWED AT THAT PARTICULAR MEETING. NO. YOU MEETING, OPEN MEETING MEETING. OH, IT IS. MM-HMM . WELL, NOT WE, UM, CAN WE GET A VOTE ON THAT MOTION? YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? I, WELL, I THOUGHT WE JUST CALLED THE VOTE. YEAH. A CALL FOR THE VOTE. OKAY. I, OKAY. SO I WILL SEND YOU THE DETAILS FOR THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 3RD. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. SO THIS WILL GO TO THE DECEMBER HAAC COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE AFTERNOON OF FIRST WEDNESDAY. YOU DON'T NEED ME TO SIT AROUND FOR THE REST OF THIS TO YOU 'CAUSE I COULD TRILLION THINGS TO YOU RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. YOU TOO. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT, UH, ITEM IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE. OKAY. UM, ALRIGHT. SO THE CURRENT ENDING BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 IS 1 6 8 6 7 3 [00:25:01] WITH 19 CENTS. UM, WE DO HAVE, URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES HAS BEEN EXTENDED. UM, THEIR MOU HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR SIX MONTHS TO SPEND DOWN THEIR REMAINING BALANCE, WHICH IS 1506 CENTS. UM, HIS LITTLE FEE, I'M WAITING ON INVOICES TO COMPLETE THEIR FINAL PAYMENT OF 5 35 AND 11 CENTS. UM, AND THEN I'M WAITING FOR INVOICES FROM DISABLED RESOURCES. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM. SO THEY WILL BE SENDING THOSE OVER. UH, AND THEN PRICELESS INVESTORS WHO JUST GOT BACK THEIR MOU SIGN, SO THEY'RE GOOD TO GO FOR REIMBURSEMENT. SO TO GO WITH THIS, UM, WE WERE THINKING, YOU KNOW, HOW OUR LA WAS IT URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES THAT GAVE US THE REPORT LAST MONTH OR LAST MEETING? IS THAT THAT ONE? YES. I BELIEVE IT WAS. OKAY. I GOTTA DOUBLE CHECK. BUT I THINK YES, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. AND THAT REPORT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, IT REALLY WASN'T A REPORT THAT THAT SUITED WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. OKAY. SO WHAT WE WANNA SEE IS, IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT THEY DID MM-HMM . WITH THE, WITH THE FUNDS AND WHAT THE OUTCOMES WERE, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY SPENT THE FUNDS. WE DID, I MEAN, THEY JUST BASICALLY SUBMITTED WHAT THEY SUBMITTED WITH THE PROPOSAL, WHICH DIDN'T TELL US HOW THEY SPENT THE FUNDS. AND UH, SOME OF IT SAID THEY WERE, THEY BOUGHT COMPUTERS WITH IT AND DID ALL THIS STUFF WITH IT. BUT, UM, WE JUST WANNA SEE HOW THOSE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS MAYBE JUST A SUMMARY OF THEIR INVOICES MM-HMM . THAT WOULD BE FINE. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE IN TERMS OF HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. WELL, THAT'S ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT WE BRING TO THE COMMITTEE MEETING, THE FULL COMMITTEE MEETING, THAT WE NEED BASICALLY MORE OUTCOME TYPE REPORTS FOR THE END OF THE FUNDING. IN OTHER WORDS, WE'VE HAD THESE NARRATIVES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WERE THEIR OBJECTIVES GOING IN AND WHAT OBJECTIVES WERE FULFILLED BY THIS GRANT AND DETAIL ON IT. BECAUSE I, LIKE YOU NOTED, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE HAD LOOKED AT THE ONE THAT WE GOT BACK ON PROB THAT, I MEAN, MAYBE NET TAKING, BUT I DON'T THINK WE FUNDED BUYING SHIRTS FOR THEM AND THE GRANT AND IT WAS, IT WAS APPAREL. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS IN THE GRANT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BUY UNIFORM SHIRTS FOR THEM. YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S NITPICKING. BUT IT'S, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH GRANTS. YOU HAVE TO SPEND IT FOR WHAT EXACTLY IT WAS GIVEN FOR. AND I THINK THEY, I DON'T THINK THEY DID, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH WHAT THEY SPENT, BUT IT WASN'T WHAT WE FUNDED. SO I THINK, UH, WE NEED A MORE DETAILED, WHAT WE WERE OBJECTIVES, WHAT THE OBJECTIVES WERE FULFILLED AND THE HOW. OKAY. NOW WERE THEY, DID THEY WRITE THE, ARE THEY WRITING THE END OF GRANT REPORT OR STAFF WRITING THAT THEY ARE THEIR SUMMARY, THEY'RE ONE PAGE SUMMARY. THEY DID? YEAH. OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY PREPARE IT TOO. YEAH. I DON'T WANT, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES THAT GOT PASSED ON TO STAFF AND THAT'S NOT WHAT, THAT'S NOT WHO SHOULD BE DOING IT. NO. IT'S THE AGENCY THAT'S PROVIDING THAT. YEAH. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE MAYOR FUND SUBCOMMITTEE? IT'S ON BALANCE CALL FOR VOTE. UNLESS THERE'S A PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? I'M SORRY, I MISSED IT. OKAY. NO, . OKAY. . YEP. AYE, AYE. AYE. OKAY. UH, NEXT ITEM YOU RECEIVE A FILE BALANCE UPDATE. NO, NO, WE JUST DID THAT ONE. WE'RE ON NUMBER FOUR. THAT'S WHAT WE JUST DID. YEAH, RIGHT. I'M DOWN. UH, THE FLINT MA FUND GRANT APPLICATION. WELL, I THINK THAT THAT REALLY IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THAT WE, WE NEED TO REVIEW THE FINAL REPORT [00:30:01] SET UP AND ON THAT AS SO COMES WITH THAT. BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE PRETTY MUCH THE APPLICATION . I THINK WE HAVE IT DOWN TO WHERE IT'S MUCH BETTER, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE FACT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CAPACITY TO THE OWN APPLICATION. YEAH. BUT, OKAY, SO IF, IF OUR GRANT APPLICATION IS CLEAR THIS IS SAFE, THEN, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT PRIOR APPLICATION BECAUSE IT TOTALLY DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OF OUR PROGRAM. RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE IT, I MEAN, IT NEEDS TO SAY CLEARLY THAT WE DO NOT, WE DO, WE CANNOT SUPPORT OPERATION. IT DOES SAY THAT IN THE, LET ME PULL IT UP. YEAH. AND IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT CLEAR FROM, FROM THAT LAST ONE. WELL, I, I HAVE FOUND, I'M SURE YOU HAVE WHAT YOU WRITE AND WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT PEOPLE, WHAT PEOPLE READ SAY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. SHE HAD A GRANT WRITER, WHICH NO. AND PLUS THOSE THAT, AND PLUS IT'S SORT OF HARD TO, AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING. IT'S, IT'S LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNACCEPTABLE FOR HER TO, TO SUBMIT A BUDGET THAT IS BASED ON JANUARY AND APRIL. WELL, THAT'S NOT TIMELY EITHER. NO. AND IT WAS IT, ANYWAY, THE WHOLE THING WAS FOR OPERATIONS AND WE CANNOT DO THAT. WELL THAT'S WHY, BASICALLY WHAT I WAS SAYING, THE APPLICATION AS IT WAS FORWARDED TO US WAS NOT WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY TO APPROVE BECAUSE IT DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. MM-HMM . WE WOULD'VE BEEN EXCEEDING OUR AUTHORITY TO APPROVE IT. I, IF THIS IS GETTING US SOME TROUBLE, SOMEBODY WILL TELL ME TO SHUT THE HELL UP. IT SAID ONE TIME ONLY IT DOES. UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT. BUT A GRANT WRITER WOULD NOT. AND SO I DO SUGGEST YOU, IF YOU CONSIDER ADDING THE VERBIAGE, OPERATING EXPENSES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE. ELIGIBLE. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE. YEAH. RIGHT, RIGHT. UM, AND PLUS IT WASN'T, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER JIM, BUT WE DID GIVE THAT ORGANIZATION $20,000 DURING THE PANDEMIC, THAT SAME ORGANIZATION TO, TO THIS ORGANIZATION. COMMUNITY TABLE. YEAH. $20,000 FOR FOOD AND HYGIENE KITS DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. BUT THAT WAS WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY TO DO IT FOR YEAH. 'CAUSE IT DIDN'T INCLUDE OPERATIONS. RIGHT. AND IT WAS TO HAND OUT TO THE HOMELESS. MM-HMM . SO THAT ONE WAS WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY MM-HMM . AND IT WAS DURING THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT? YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. AND BUT THIS ONE WAS ALL RENT AND UTILITIES BASICALLY. AND INSURANCE. YEAH. UM, IN SOME WAYS, I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER DOCUMENT, JENNIFER, WHERE IT SAID THAT THE ONE, UM, MAYBE ONE OF OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES DOCUMENT SOMETHING ELSE. YEAH. OR MAYBE IT, IT WAS EVEN IN OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW. YEAH. I'M NOT FINDING IT, BUT I SEE. BUT WE DO NEED TO ADD THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WELL, THE ONLY ONE I KNEW OF THAT WE DID FOR FUN FOOD DELIVERY. MM-HMM . WAS COA. YEAH. THE TRUCK. AND THAT WAS FOR EQUIPMENT PURELY AND RIGHT. REFRIGERATOR AND A TRUCK. MM-HMM . RIGHT. AND THEY, THEY DO MEALS. SO IT WAS A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE A HOME SERVICES PROVIDER. THERE WAS NOTHING ON THAT LIST THAT REALLY COVERS WHAT THEY WERE APPLYING. RIGHT? MM-HMM . RELOCATION, SHELTER, TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT, MOVE IN ASSISTANCE AND, AND IMMEDIATE SHELTER NEEDS. WELL, I THINK WHAT I, I WOULD, IN MY REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE, I WILL SAY THAT THE ONLY REASON THAT THEY'RE SEEING IT IS TO KEEP THEM INFORMED. BECAUSE THIS WOULD REQUIRE A REWRITING OF OUR APPLICATION AND APPROVAL TO APPROVE THIS ONE WOULD MEAN WE, WE EXPANDED. YEAH. SHE DID THE CRITERIA. YEP. DON'T THINK I SPENT 30 YEARS IN THE ATORY STILL THINK LIKE ONE . [00:35:01] YEAH. SO VERBIAGE TO INCLUDE. YEAH. I, I THINK WE WERE DOING THIS CORRECTLY. MM-HMM . UM, OKAY. SO WILL, WILL YOU ADD THAT WORDING JENNIFER? DO WE NEED WE NEED, WE DO. I DON'T KNOW. WELL, I GUESS WE CAN HAVE A VOTE ON THAT, THAT WE DO NEED TO, WELL DO WE NEED TO REVIEW IT IF WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT, IT JUST MEANS WE CAN'T FUND THAT APPLICATION. WHAT WAS THAT? SO THE ONLY VERBIAGE I WAS LOOKING FOR CHANGE ON WAS THE FINAL REPORT. OH, RIGHT. RIGHT. BUT, BUT THIS, BUT ALSO THE VERBIAGE FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND, UM, APPLICATION. IT SHOULD INCLUDE THAT. UM, WHAT OPERATIONAL COSTS? NO OPERATING EXPENSES. YEAH. ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING. YEAH. COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IT DOESN'T SAY ON IT TOO THAT WE DON'T FUND, BUT THAT ONE, THAT ONE HAS TO BE RED FLAG. YEAH. THAT ONE HAS TO BE, BE CLARIFIED, ESPECIALLY FOR GRANT WRITERS, THAT CONTINUOUS, IF THESE ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE FUND THAT MAKES IT PRETTY CLEAR, HEY, WE JUST NEED TO REEMPHASIZE THIS. ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS WOULD HAVE TO, WE WON'T ACCEPT AS THE PUBLIC, I WOULD URGE YOU TO NOT GO THAT ROUTE. WE HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHAT KIND OF INNOVATIVE YEAH. IDEAS MIGHT COME UP. YEAH. I THINK, BUT THOSE ARE PRETTY BROAD. THEY ARE. BUT AGAIN, I, IF, IF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS AN APPLICATION THAT PEOPLE WHO RAISE MONEY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, AND I KNOW FROM YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF COMMUNITY BASED FUNDRAISING THAT THERE'S THE TERM NO OPERATING EXPENSES ARE ELIGIBLE. THAT THAT YEAH. NO HARM IN ADDING THAT. YEAH. PEOPLE, THEY'LL IMMEDIATELY GET IT AND THEY'LL CLOSE THEIR WINDOW ON THE COMPUTER AND GO TO THE NEXT POSSIBLE SMOKERS. CABOS BEEN HOPING SOMEBODY WILL CONSIDER ONE THAT SAYS THEY'RE, THEY HAD FOUND A SOLUTION FOR HOMELESSNESS . YEAH. WE'LL FUND THAT. UM, DON'T WE ALL, SO DO WE WANT TO VOTE ON THIS? YEAH. UH, ON THE UNDERSTANDING. YEAH. LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE A CALL, CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT. I THINK WE'VE GOT THE MOTION ON THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. MM-HMM . AND, UH, I FOR THE VOTE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. OKAY. NOW DOWN TO FUNDRAISING STRATEGIES. SO EMILY COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY, BUT I DID PRINT OUT, SHE SENT OUT A FEW IDEAS, UM OKAY. THAT ARE IN THE PACKAGE. UM, THE UTILITY ENVELOPE SHOULD HAVE BEEN, SHOULD BE GOING OUT. I'M NOT SURE. DO YOU GUYS LIVE IN LONG BEACH? I DO, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT YET. OKAY. I, I KNOW IT'S ALREADY BEEN, UM, IT'S IN REPO GRAPHICS AND THEY DID MENTION THAT IT WOULD BE GOING OUT IN NOVEMBER. OKAY. UM, SO THAT'S GOOD TO GO. UM, AND THEN WE DID ALSO HAVE THE EMPLOYEE DONATION PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN REVAMPED. UM, SO EMPLOYEES ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO DONATE OUT OF, UH, THE MONEY WOULD COME OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK. UH, PRE-TAX. OKAY. AND THIS JUST WENT OUT ORIGINAL INTEREST. WHAT ABOUT THE UTILITY BILLS? NO, SHE ALREADY SAID IT SHOULD BE GOING OUT THIS MONTH. OKAY. UH, DID WE EVER GET CLARIFICATION IF WE'RE GOING TO GET A BLURB ON THE, UH, IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE ONLY HITTING THE ONES THAT GO IN THE MAIL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET A MAILED BILL. WE ALL GET, WELL, I'M NOT SURE WE ALL, I THINK IT'S OPTIONAL BECAUSE I PAY, I PAY, I'M ALL ONLINE. I PAY ONLINE, BUT I STILL GET A STATEMENT. YEAH. I, I GET ONE, I GET 'EM, I GET ONE IN THE MAIL, BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I GET THE MAIL TO GET ONE IN THE MAIL. YEAH. MAIL YOU CAN GO PAPERLESS AND [00:40:01] YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE. SO YOU SEE, WE'RE NOT GETTING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE WE'RE GETTING TWO AND THE ORIGINAL MEETING A FEW MONTHS AGO WAS THAT THEY, WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW US, THEY WOULD SEND SOMETHING ON THE, A BILL THAT GOES OUT THROUGH THE INTERNET THAT EVERYBODY GETS. AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING SINCE THAT POINT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S HAPPENING. AND THAT'S A QUESTION I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THE LAST FEW MEETINGS. I CAN DOUBLE CHECK WITH UTILITIES ON THAT. YEAH. CAN YOU ASK HIM HOW MANY ENVELOPES GOT SENT OUT? YEAH. YEAH. HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED THE ENVELOPES? UM, I DON'T GET ANY EMAILS FROM THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE DIRECT. YEAH, I DO GET ONE. WE GET A UTILITY BILL THROUGH EMAIL, BUT WE ALSO GET ONE IN THE MAIL. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A THIRD CATEGORY OF PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE SAID PAPERLESS. SO I GET AN EMAIL THAT SAYS, YOU BETTER PAY YOUR BILL. AND THEN I GOT A LINK TO GO TO AND MM-HMM . I PAY THE BILL. YEAH. SO WE DO NEED TO FIND THAT OUT AND GET THAT INFORMATION. AND IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE LATE NOW TO EVEN GET IT ON THE BILL FOR I THINK NOVEMBER. WHEN ARE THEY PUTTING OUR NOVEMBER INSERT AND NOVEMBER. IT'S USUALLY THE MONTH. BUT THIS WAS A GOOD THING THAT JENNIFER DID. THIS IS A GREAT TRADITIONAL. THANK YOU, JENNIFER. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO THIS IS GOOD. WHAT'S THE FIRST ONE? WHERE DOES THAT GO? THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION? JUST A PLAIN ONE. UM, THAT ONE, I'M NOT SURE. LET'S SEE IF I CAN PULL IT UP. LET ME SEE. SO IT'S ON THE CITY WEBSITE. OH, IT'S JUST A GENERAL ONE. MM-HMM . YEAH. YEAH. IT'S JUST A GENERAL ONE. YEAH. OKAY. IMPACT FUND CHANGES. MM-HMM . TO ME MM-HMM . YEAH. IT, FOR THEM TO GIVE OUT PLANS. MM-HMM . RIGHT. SO IT'S THESE THREE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. MM-HMM . RIGHT. THAT'S GREAT. THIS IS GOOD TO SAY. CERTAINLY. SO, WAIT, UH, WHAT WEBSITE IS THAT? THIS IS THE CITY, UH, EMPLOYEE. YEAH, I SEE. YEAH. OH, SO IT'S LIKE OUR MAIN INTRANET WEBPAGE. HMM. THAT'S GREAT. MM-HMM . AND THEN THE, UM, THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE THAT EMILY SENT OVER RIGHT HERE, LET ME OPEN SOME OF THOSE. MM-HMM . SO THESE ARE SOME OF HER IDEAS. UM, I SEEN A FEW THAT HAD LINKS, SO LET ME CLICK ON THOSE. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, NO, LET'S DEFINITELY. GOOD. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SO GIVING TWO, YEAH. SEE WE'RE GONNA GET MORE VISIBILITY THROUGH THE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND, UM, OTHER THINGS. I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY TRY TO BE IMPACTFUL IN THE WAY THESE GRANTS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED. I MEAN, PEOPLE THINK, IF PEOPLE FIND OUT WE'RE GONNA PAY 20 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS TO RENT, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, FOR RENT FOR THE FOOD BANK, UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY DO GREAT WORK, I WANT THEM TO FEED PEOPLE. IT, IT'S NOT THIS FUND THAT'S GONNA DO IT. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST 20 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT COULD REALLY HELP OTHER OTHERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND I, I KNOW SHE DOES HER VAN PROGRAM, BUT THOSE, IT'S A MINOR PART OF HER. YEAH. THAT'S HOW SHE STARTED. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT YEAH, AS FAR AS HER BIG PICTURE RIGHT NOW, HEARD THAT TOO. IT'S HER SATURDAY PROGRAM. UM, OKAY. JIM, CAN I MAKE PUBLIC? WE'LL HAVE, OH, WHAT'S THAT? MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LOOK. SO GIVE HOPE. OH, WOW. UM, AND I BELIEVE THIS ONE WOULD, WHERE WOULD THIS GO? LET ME CHECK RIGHT HERE. THE MAYOR'S PAGE. MAYBE. SO IF YOU SEND IT TO ME, I'LL MAKE SURE PUTS IT ON. WELL, THE MAYOR DID START THAT. I KNOW HE'S DOING IT RIGHT NOW. THE, THE BEARS FUND FOR FOOD. I KNOW. I BELIEVE THESE [00:45:01] ARE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, SO LIKE TWITTER. UM, AND THESE ARE THE DATES THAT IT WOULD GO OUT. SO DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH THE SEVENTH, THERE'S A CONSTANT. YEAH. SO MAYBE WE COULD GET THE MAYOR TO DO THAT. INCLUDED IN HIS, I WAS GONNA SAY HE SENDS, JUST HAVE A ROLL HIS FILE, REGULAR NOTICES, AS DO EACH CITY COUNCIL PERSON. YES. UM, THEY HAVE THEIR NEWSLETTERS. AND SO IF WE COULD ASK THEM TO INCLUDE THIS ACTUALLY YEAH. IF, IF, IF YOU COULD SEND THAT GRAPHIC TO EACH OF THE MEMBERS AND WE THEN CAN ASK EACH OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO INCLUDE IT IN THEIR NEWSLETTERS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOW OKAY. IT WOULD HAVE TO, IT, IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET. OKAY. SO I CAN TALK TO EMILY ABOUT THAT AND SEE, UM, ONCE IT'S APPROVED, I CAN SHARE IT AND THEN THEY CAN JUST CLICK ON IT. RIGHT. YEAH. AND THEN THIS ONE I BELIEVE WOULD BE FOR THE AIRPORT. OH MY GOD. AND SO IT WOULD BE A LITTLE QR CODE THAT WOULD BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE INSTEAD OF HAVING A DONATION BOX. OKAY. SO THAT MAYOR'S FUND FOR LONG BEACH, THAT IS THE OTHER YEAH. MAYOR'S FUND THAT IS. OH, OKAY. I'LL, I'LL LET HER KNOW. THAT IS THE ONE FOR EDUCATION AND FOOD. SO, AND PLUS SHE NEEDS TO TAKE OUT THE, THE WORD FOOD THERE . YEAH. BEFORE WE GET MORE TROUBLE . OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR FOOD. OKAY. AND THAT'S THE THING IS LIKE THEY, THEY GET THEIR FOOD DONATED. RIGHT. THAT'S WHY SHE'S NOT ASKING FOR MONEY FOR FOOD. RIGHT. OKAY. JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT IS THAT, UM, I, I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS OR CITY COMMITTEES SOMETIMES, UH, TABLE LIKE FARMER'S MARKETS AND THAT KIND OF THING. AND SO I'M ALSO WONDERING SOME OF THIS GREAT STUFF THAT EMILY HAS CREATED, IF IT, AND SHE'S SHIFTED A LITTLE SO IT'S NOT TIME SPECIFIC. YEAH. BUT JUST A GENERAL INVITATION TO CONTRIBUTE. AND IF WE GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE COULD NOT ONLY HAVE THE BROCHURES AND THE WRITTEN MATERIALS, BUT WE COULD ALSO THEN HAVE SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN DO. RIGHT. THEN QR CODE OR, OR WE CAN SERVE, SEND IT, UH, WE CAN SHARE IT WITH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ROTARY AND OTHER, UM, CIVIC GROUPS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED. OKAY. OR THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN DONATING. OKAY. SO WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN HAVE A VOTE ON THAT FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THE FUNDRAISING STRATEGY. DID YOU GET EVERYTHING JENNIFER? YEAH. AND THEN JUST TO GO BACK TO THE UTILITY ENVELOPES, 155,000 WERE PRINTED. SO 155,000 SHOULD HAVE, SHOULD BE GOING OUT THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMES. UM, OKAY. SO HAVE WE VOTED? AYE. ALRIGHT. AND THEN NEXT AGENDA ITEMS HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED WHAT, IMPORTANTLY, ACTUALLY MAYBE WE SHOULD, HERE THE FINAL REPORT SHOULD BE PART OF THE APPLICATION. IN OTHER WORDS, GIVE IT TO MY HEAD OF TONIGHT, THIS IS WHAT WE'LL EXPECT FROM YOU. I THOUGHT WE DID HAVE IT GRANT ON THE APPLICATION. DON'T WE? WHEN I SEND, WHEN I SEND THEIR MOU AND THEIR INVOICE TEMPLATE, I SEND THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FINAL SUMMARY PAGE. YEAH. SO WE WANT, BUT IN THE APPLICATION, DOES IT JUST SAY, UH, ONE LINE THAT SAYS A FINAL REPORT WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO FINAL INVOICE? DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE YES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT WHERE, WHERE THAT, UM, YOUR RESERVE REQUIREMENT. OKAY. YES. UH, SUBMIT A ONE PAGE FINAL GRANT REPORT WITH LAST INVOICE. MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE MORE DETAILED. THE GRANT, HOW THE FUNDS WERE SPENT [00:50:01] TO SUPPORT PROPOSED PROJECT TO SHOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES WERE AND WHAT THE FINAL RESULTS WERE. YEAH. SO IT SAYS THE GRANT REPORT MUST SUMMARIZE HOW THE FUNDS WERE SPENT TO SUPPORT THE, THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND THE IMPACTS MADE. WELL, THAT REPORT WE GOT SAID THAT SAID, YEAH. IT WASN'T VERY FOR, BUT I, I DO THINK WE NEED TO SHOW THAT IT, IT DOES HAVE TO BE SOMEWHAT DETAILED WITH ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES. MM-HMM . AND FINAL OUTCOMES. RIGHT. AS MOST GRANT SUMMARIES DO. MM-HMM . YEAH. SO THE GRANT REPORT MUST, MUST INCLUDE THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE, SUMMARIZE HOW THE FUNDS WERE SPENT AND THE IMPACTS MADE. YEAH. YEAH. MM-HMM . OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. YEAH. VERY GOOD. OKAY. WE NEED APPROVAL ON THAT. THINK WE'RE I, YEAH. WELL FOR FUTURE ITEMS, I, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO, UH, ALSO, UM, CONTINUE DISCUSSION OF THE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN. YOU KNOW, HAVE AN UPDATED YEAH. WE THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS ON IT BY A REPORT. YES. I'LL ASK RIGHT. ANY, OKAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS? ANYTHING ELSE? LY, . SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT, UH, CAN YOU ADJOURN THE MEETING, JIM? YEAH. I'LL ADJOURNED. I JUST, I'M GETTING THAT OUT DURING THE MEETING. THANK YOU. * 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.