[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2024 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
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OKAY.UH, I CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER, UM, NEVER MOVE HER MICROPHONE DOWN BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR HER.
IS THAT HER MICROPHONE, YOUR MIC ON? YEAH.
CAN EVERYONE TURN THEIR MICS ON, PLEASE? THANK YOU.
SO, AS WE GATHER TO CONSIDER CITY BUSINESS SET FORTH IN THE MEETING AGENDA TONIGHT, LET OUR HEARTS AND MINDS BE OPEN TO THE SPIRIT OF COMPASSION AND COLLABORATION.
MAY OUR DISCUSSION BE FILLED WITH WISDOM? OUR DECISIONS BE JUST, AND OUR ENDEAVORS BE A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH THAT LIES WITHIN OUR COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION.
LET US BE MINDFUL OF THE IMPACT WE CAN HAVE AS WE WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND COME READY TO CONTRIBUTE OUR SKILLS, TIME AND ENERGY TO IMPROVE SUPPORT AND ASSIST WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR CARING COMMUNITY.
LAHABRA, UH, LET'S ALL PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND COMMISSIONER.
UM, ROJAS, CAN YOU PLEASE LEAD US? SURE.
PUT OUR LEFT OUR RIGHT HAND'S OVER OUR HEART.
READY TO BEGIN BY PLEDGE AGAINST TO THE FLAG, UNITED THE UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER INVISIBLE LIBERTY JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, ANTHONY, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THE ROLL CALL? YES.
A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA.
PER COVER, PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A.
SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.
SEEING NONE IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
UNLESS A COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED, ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE, UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER COMMISSION JANUARY 20, 24, MEETING MINUTES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY CHANGES? NO.
DO WE KNOW IF ITEM TWO WAS DISCUSSED, IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT STATEMENT AT THIS POINT? THE MISSION STATEMENT AND GOALS, UH, THE, THE IDEA OF IT WAS GONNA BE DISCUSSED, UH, PENDING DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY STAFF, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER.
SO I GUESS THAT THAT WAS THE TOPIC.
I GUESS WE'LL ASK TODAY IF IT WAS.
SO THERE IS AN, AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, TO VOTE ON THE MISSION STATEMENT AND THE GOALS.
WE DID HAVE SOME, UH, DISCUSSION WITH, AT LEAST WITH THE MAYOR, UM, NOT WITH THE CITY STAFF OR THE COUNCIL.
BUT WE DID GET SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW THAT NEEDS TO, TO PROCEED.
SO THAT'S, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION I GUESS WE GAVE OURSELVES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? NO.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 10TH.
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SAY AYE.WE'LL MOVE ON TO A CONSIDERATION.
ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
SO FOR OUR FIRST ITEM, WE HAVE A CAMILLA FROM OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE WHO WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE YOUTH COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING, CAMILLA.
UM, I AM A CURRENT SOPHOMORE AT TROY HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR BEING PART OF YOUTH COMMITTEE.
AND LAST I WAS LAST CHAIRMAN'S VICE CHAIRMAN.
UM, SO TODAY I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GO OVER A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING RECENTLY.
SO, UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAD A GUEST SPEAKER, UM, MR. RICK FLORES, WHO SPOKE TO YOUTH COMMITTEE REGARDING FINANCES.
HE SPOKE TO US, UM, AND TOLD US ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A CREDIT UNION AND A BANK.
UM, SO FOR OUR PAST EVENTS, WE RECENTLY HOSTED A KIDS NIGHT OUT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND IT WAS SWEETHEARTS THEMED.
AND FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, WE HAVE THE LA HABRA RACES ON MARCH 9TH, AND WE HAVE A SENIOR DANCE THIS, UH, SUNDAY.
UM, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY THE 20TH.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE A RESTAURANT AND A CHEF OWNER.
AND CAMILLA, UH, PREPARED THAT REPORT ON HER OWN.
USUALLY IT'S, IT'S DONE BY ANTHONY, BUT I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB, SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU TOOK TO COME OUT AND DO THAT.
AND THE NEXT ITEM IS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM, UPDATES FROM DAVID AGIRI AND SYDNEY HINKLE.
YES, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR TWO COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISONS, SYDNEY HINKLE AND DAVID AGIRI.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM STARTED IN MAY OF 2022, AND THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL THE GREAT WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING AND A LOT OF THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE TO HELP REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN LA HABRA.
UH, THIS IS, UH, SYDNEY HINKLE.
UH, UH, LIKE KIM SAID, WE STARTED, UH, IN THE SUMMER OF 2022.
UH, SYDNEY JOINED OUR TEAM, UH, LAST SEPTEMBER.
UM, LEMME JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, SO, UM, LIKE WE SAID, WE STARTED IN 2022.
UH, WE PARTNER WITH THE HOPE CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED IN FULLERTON, WHICH THEY DO, THEY CONDUCT OUTREACH AS WELL.
AND WE PARTICIPATE IN, UH, GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND CASE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER, UH, CITIES IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY WHO DO HOMELESS OUTREACH.
UM, SOME OF THE BARRIERS ARE CLIENTS HAVE OUR MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT, FAMILIAL RUPTURES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND THE COST OF LIVING.
UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT ON THE STREETS, UH, CURRENTLY.
UM, SO, UM, FOR OUR CITY SPECIFICALLY, UM, WE'VE, LIKE EVERY CITY, NOT ONE SOLUTION FITS EVERYBODY.
WE DO PARTNER WITH TWO, UM, LOCAL SHELTERS.
UM, ONE IS IN BUENA PARK AND THE OTHER ONE'S IN PLACENCIA WE CAN GET PEOPLE INTO.
UM, BUT WE DON'T ONLY JUST GET PEOPLE INTO SHELTERS.
UM, WE HELP PEOPLE GET INTO MEDICAL DETOX CENTERS, TRANSITIONAL HOMES, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS, UM, AND WE GET PEOPLE ON TRACK TOWARDS PERMANENT HOUSING.
UM, SO, UM, YEAH, IF WE CAN JUST GO OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, SO JUST A FEW STATISTICS BEFORE WE REALLY GET INTO IT.
UM, SINCE MAY OF 2022 TO JANUARY, 2024, WE'VE HAD 1,029, UH, CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS.
AND THIS IS WITH NEW CLIENTS OR REPEATING CLIENTS AS WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT FOR PEOPLE.
UM, WE'VE ENROLLED 228 PEOPLE IN OUR SERVICES.
WE'VE HELPED PLACE, UM, 114 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES OFF THE STREETS OF LAHABRA.
UM, WE DO HAVE AN OUTREACH LINE WHERE, UM, LOCAL RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES OR CLIENTS CAN CALL US, UM, REQUESTING SERVICES OR OUTREACH.
AND WE'VE HAD 457 OF THOSE CALLS ON OUR OUTREACH LINE, SEPARATE FROM OUR DIRECT NUMBERS.
AND, UM, 20 PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE, UH, PLACED IN SHELTERS HAVE RETURNED TO THE STREETS, UM, THAT WE ARE PROVIDING ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR.
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UM, SO LIKE I, I THINK I WENT OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT WHERE WE PLACED OUR CLIENTS, OUR SHELTERS.UM, I WANNA SKIP DOWN TO THE BOTTOM A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE DO PARTNER WITH, UM, HMIS, WHICH IS A COUNTYWIDE SYSTEM, UM, THAT WE WORK, UM, WITH CLIENTS ON GETTING PERMANENT HOUSING.
UM, AND WE ALSO, UM, RECENTLY GAINED ACCESS TO FAMILY SHELTER, HMIS SYSTEM.
SO FOR HOMELESS, UH, FAMILIES WHO ARE LIVING, UM, ON THE STREETS, STREET LEVEL HOMELESS, WE ARE ABLE TO ASSIST, UM, THOSE FAMILIES TO GET INTO SHELTERS DIRECTLY.
UM, SO THAT'S A RECENT ADDITION TO OUR PROGRAM.
UM, MANY OF OUR CLIENTS FACE A LOT OF, UM, BARRIERS.
UH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNHOUSED, UM, DEAL WITH A LOT OF SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS OR CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS THAT CREATE CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS TO THEM FINDING EMPLOYMENT OR PERMANENT HOUSING.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH, LIKE DAVID MENTIONED ON THE OUTREACH LINE, ARE WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AT RISK.
SO PEOPLE THAT ARE FACING EVICTION OR HAVE NOTICES, ESPECIALLY FAMILY UNITS THAT ARE, UM, POTENTIALLY BREAKING DOWN.
UM, SO WE TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE BARRIERS TO EITHER, UM, AVOID SOMEONE BECOMING STREET LEVEL HOMELESS OR, UH, UM, TRYING TO SERVE THEM THROUGH, UM, WHETHER IT'S ADDICTION COUNSELING, UM, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, HELP, MENTAL HEALTH, UM, ASSISTANCE SO THAT THEY CAN GET A SHELTER BED OR AN, UH, EMPLOYMENT SO THAT THEY CAN WORK TOWARDS PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND THOSE, UM, I MEAN, OVERCOMING THOSE BARRIERS IS HOW WE CREATE SUCCESS WITH OUR CLIENTS.
AND, UM, WE GAIN THAT SEX, UH, SUCCESS THROUGH CREATING POSITIVE CHANGES AND CONTINUING TO ADD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
UM, BUILDING RAPPORT WITH CLIENTS AND, UM, UH, NOT ONLY OUR HOMELESS CLIENTS, BUT ALSO JUST BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, UM, SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE WORK WE'RE DOING AND ASSISTING PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T CONTINUE TO BECOME CHRONICALLY HOMELESS OR, UM, SORT OF GOING FROM BEING HOUSED TO UNHOUSED.
UH, REPEATEDLY, UH, OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, UH, THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE ARE, UM, OUR MOST CHRONIC CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE HOUSED.
UM, SO, UM, YOU CAN JUST SEE THEM THERE IN THE CORNER.
UM, VERY REAL, UH, PEOPLE THAT WE ARE, UM, SERVING AND GETTING PLACED IN PERMANENT HOUSING.
UM, SO, UM, UM, GETTING SOMEONE PERMANENTLY HOUSED IS, AS SOMEONE CAN IMAGINE, NO EASY TASK.
UM, WE WORK WITH PEOPLE CONSISTENTLY EVERY DAY, UM, WHICH IS WHY OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.
AND THE CITY MAKING OUR POSITIONS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE CAN FOCUS JUST ON OUR CITY SPECIFICALLY AND CONTINUE THOSE RESOURCES AND, UH, OFFERING THOSE RESOURCES AND BUILDING THAT RAPPORT WITH PEOPLE ON THE STREETS ON AN ONGOING BASIS, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN, UM, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OUR CITY HAS DONE IN THE PAST.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND HAVE THOSE, UM, RESOURCES AVAILABLE, AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE AND GET THEM ON TRACK, UM, TO PERMANENT HOUSING SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE STREETS.
AND ONCE THEY ARE PERMANENTLY HOUSED, UM, WE DO OFFER, UM, RETENTION SERVICES.
SO WE FOLLOW UP WITH PEOPLE ONCE THEY'RE PERMANENTLY HOUSED, OR IF WE GET THEM INTO SHELTER AND THEN THEY GET PERMANENTLY HOUSED FROM THERE.
THE SHELTERS PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AS WELL TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T, UM, RETURN BACK TO THE STREETS AND THEY GET THOSE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED, UM, ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
UM, SO WE DO PARTNER WITH THE, UM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CIT, UM, OFFICERS THAT WE PARTNER WITH, UM, CLOSELY.
UM, AND JUST A FEW OTHER ONES.
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA FOR OUR VETERANS, UH, MERCY HOUSE WHO, UM, RUNS OUR BUENA PARK SHELTER.
AND THEN ORANGE COUNTY HEALTHCARE AGENCY WHO PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH HERE IN THE COUNTY.
THEY COME OUT, UM, EVERY OTHER WEEK.
AND WE CONNECT PEOPLE TO, UH, OUTPATIENT SERVICES AS WELL, THAT WE TAKE PEOPLE TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH APPOINTMENTS.
UM, AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, RESIDENT WE, UM, HELP GET HOUSED.
UM, WE, WE ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
WE GET CALLS FROM A VARIETY OF LANDLORDS OR, UM, RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS OWNERS.
UM, SO WE ADDRESS THOSE AS THEY COME IN AS BEST WE CAN, OFFERING RESOURCES TO THEM.
UM, AND WE PARTNER, WE'RE CURRENTLY, UM, ONGOING PARTNER WITH OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY, OUR CHURCHES HERE.
UM, WE DID HAVE ONE, UM, PRESENTATION MEETING WITH, UH, LOCAL CHURCHES.
UM, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE DOING THAT AND PARTNER WITH THEM, UM, SO THEY CAN HELP BE A PART OF OUR, OUR SOLUTION HERE TO HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, CONNECTING A LOT WITH DIFFERENT RESIDENTS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, GETTING DONATIONS.
SO THIS PAST, UH, WINTER, WE GOT, UH, DONATED JACKETS AND BLANKETS,
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UM, FOOD HYGIENE, UM, THAT WE PASSED OUT TO PEOPLE ON THE TRACKS AND THE TUNNELS, UM, IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE PLACES THAT, UM, PEOPLE DON'T NORMALLY SEE JUST DRIVING ON OUR STREETS.UM, SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE.
AND LAST ONE, UH, THESE ARE CLOSING SLIDES.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT HAPPENED.
UH, BUT JUST THAT WAS OUR, IF YOU WANNA JUST GO TO THE LAST, THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, OH.
THERE IS, UH, ANOTHER, UM, HOMELESS CLIENT.
UM, JUST TO CLOSE, WE, UM, WE ARE OUT OF THE HILLCREST, UM, HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER WHERE THEY PASS OUT, UM, FOOD AND HAVE A, UM, VARIETY OF DONATIONS THERE.
UM, OUR OFFICE IS THERE, WE HAVE OPEN OFFICE HOURS EVERY THURSDAY FROM TWO TO 4:00 PM WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK UP AND ASK QUESTIONS OR, OR GAIN SERVICES, UH, FROM US.
UM, WE ALSO DO ADULT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING WHERE WE HELP, NOT JUST HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, BUT ANY RESIDENTS WHO NEED HELP WITH RESUMES OR APPLYING FOR JOBS.
WE OFFER THE ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, WHERE WOULD YOU DELIVER OR TAKE, UH, ITEMS THAT YOU KNOW, SUCH AS BLANKETS OR COATS? WHERE WE HERE ON HILLCREST? IF SOMEONE WANTED TO DONATE? YES.
UM, YEAH, HILLCREST WOULD BE A GREAT SPOT.
UM, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO DONATE, UM, WE COMMUNICATE WITH SCOTT AND HE CAN PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT SPOT AND THEN HE GETS IT TO YOU.
AND THEN, UH, FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MM-HMM.
SO MERCY HOUSE, UM, OFFERS OUR LOW BARRIER SHELTERS, SO THEY'RE NOT AN EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPECIFICALLY.
UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS, WE REFER TO A VARIETY OF THE, UM, DIFFERENT SHELTERS IN ORANGE COUNTY, UM, SUCH AS LOWER HOUSE OR WTLC.
UM, THOSE WE DON'T MAKE DIRECT REFERRALS TO, UM, BECAUSE THEY DO ASSESSMENTS OVER THE PHONE WITH THOSE SHELTERS.
UM, SO WE, WE DO HELP THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS CALL THOSE AGENCIES, AND WE TRANSPORT THEM IF THEY DO GET A BED, UM, OR WE TRY TO PROVIDE, UM, SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT A BED THAT NIGHT.
UM, SO WE TRY TO GET THEM INTO MAYBE A HOTEL, UM, THAT'S DONATED OR SOMEBODY THAT, UM, IS ABLE TO GIVE THAT TO THEM, UM, AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT THE NEXT DAY.
SO THEY WOULD DO AN EMERGENCY, UH, HOTEL? UM, IF IT'S AVAILABLE, YES.
UM, BUT, UM, NORMALLY WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE CONNECTED TO, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS, UM, THAT ARE LOCAL TO ORANGE COUNTY, OR IF NOT, UM, LA COUNTY AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS AREN'T COUNTY SPECIFIC LIKE OUR OTHER SHELTERS ARE.
I HAVE A QUESTION, A COUPLE QUESTIONS ACTUALLY, BRIEFLY.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH US YOUR BACKGROUND? HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS LINE OF WORK? YEAH, SO, UH, MY BACKGROUND SPECIFICALLY, AND I CAN LET SYDNEY TALK A LITTLE BIT AFTER, UM, I GREW UP HERE IN LA HABRA, UH, AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE BACK MY, GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.
WENT TO OLG WHEN IT WAS A SCHOOL THERE, LA HABER HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I GOT MY BACHELOR'S IN MASTER'S DEGREE IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY.
UM, I STARTED OUT WITH CITY NET, WHICH UM, IS A NONPROFIT, SO WE DO HOMELESS OUTREACH IN ORANGE COUNTY AND LA COUNTY.
UM, SO I DID THAT WHEN THEY WERE FIRST STARTING, AND THEN THE CITY OPENED A POSITION UP HERE, AND THEN I, UH, JOINED, JOINED OUR TEAM HERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW I GOT INTO IT.
UM, I STARTED WORKING IN HOMELESS SERVICES WITH THE SALVATION ARMY AT THE WHITTIER NAVIGATION CENTER, WHICH IS A HOMELESS SHELTER, JUST DOWN WHITTIER BOULEVARD IN LA COUNTY.
UM, I GOT INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH HOMELESS SERVICES.
I WAS A HOMELESS YOUTH, UM, WHEN I WAS 17 AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT THROUGH A LOT OF LIKE, PUBLIC SERVICES MYSELF AND JUST KNEW THAT I WANTED TO WORK WITH PEOPLE AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN HAVE A LEG UP AND, UM, HOPEFULLY TRY TO CHANGE THEIR LIFE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY BE USING PUBLIC SERVICES.
MY SENSE IS THAT FUND, THERE'S FUNDING THESE DAYS RIGHT? FROM THE STATE, MAYBE FOR PROGRAMS THAT YOU SUPPORT OR YOU ADMINISTER? YES.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT COULD SPEAK TO OTHER AREAS OF OUR CITY.
UM, AS FAR AS LIKE HOW WE'RE FUNDED OR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER SERVICES.
WELL, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION.
HOW ARE YOU FUNDED? DO WE, DO WE SUPPORT YOU THROUGH GENERAL FUND OR IS THERE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE STATE PROGRAMS OR? YEAH, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE MIRANDA OR IN KIM CAN CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS FAR AS LIKE HOW WE'RE FUNDED.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS LIKE GENERAL SERVICES GO, I KNOW OUR CITY PAYS INTO OTHER, UM, OUR SHELTERS, UM, SO WE CAN GET BEDS IN BUENA PARK AND PLACENCIA.
UM, THEY HELP BUILD A SHELTER, UM, IN ANAHEIM CALLED BRIDGES EGG FRAMER PLACE.
SO OUR CITY HAS BEEN PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO BUILD BEDS FOR PEOPLE THAT
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ARE STREET LEVEL HOMELESS.AND THEN OTHER SERVICES ARE STATE FUNDED, LIKE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS OR EVEN THERE'S PRIVATELY FUNDED PLACES.
LIKE WE WORK WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY RESCUE MISSION IN TUSTIN THAT'S PRIVATELY FUNDED.
SO THERE ARE LIKE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY, UH, THAT LIKE HELP FUND, UM, SHELTERS AS WELL THAT WE PARTNER WITH.
UM, BUT LIKE THE PERMANENT HOUSING, LIKE THROUGH THE COUNTY THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM HUD.
UM, WHICH IS WHY IT DOES TAKE, UM, QUITE SOME TIME TO GET SOMEONE PERMANENTLY HOUSED.
UM, JUST GETTING ALL THEIR PAPERWORK AND DOCUMENTS, UM, TO GET SOME PERMANENTLY HOUSED IS THE WHOLE PROCESS AND CHALLENGE IN OF ITSELF.
UM, BUT ARE PERMANENTLY HOUSED.
LIKE, UM, IF SOMEONE IS DISABLED, UM, AND THEY HAVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVE THEIR DISABILITY, UM, WE COULD GET THEM TO ONLY PAY 30% OF THAT INCOME AND IF THEY GET A HOUSING VOUCHER THAT THE COUNTY WOULD PAY THE REST OF THEIR INCOME, UM, FOR THE REST OF THEIR, THEIR ADULT LIFE.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDED.
WELL FIRST THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING OUT AND GIVING US THIS OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM.
WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT OF COURSE.
SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THE, THE FACES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, SO THE THURSDAY, TWO TO FOUR, THAT'S THE TIME THAT YOU'RE THERE IN THE OFFICE AND THE REST OF THE TIME, ARE YOU OUT ON THE STREETS, LIKE LOOKING FOR FOLKS THAT NEED HELP? MM-HMM.
SO YOU'RE BOTH FULL-TIME? YES, WE ARE OUT IN THE STREETS, UM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
UM, THE, THE, THE OFFICE HOURS, UM, IS FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO LIKE WALK UP.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE RECENTLY ADDED.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN A SUCCESS SO FAR BECAUSE NOT ALL, UM, A LOT OF OUR HOMELESS CLIENTS, AS YOU MAY KNOW, LIKE THEY, THEY'RE TRANSIENT, RIGHT? SO THEY, THEY DO MOVE A LOT, SO IT'S HARD TO LOCATE THEM.
AND THEIR OLD SPOT MIGHT, MIGHT NOT BE THERE ANYMORE.
UM, OR THEY DON'T HAVE A PHONE 'CAUSE THEY GOT LOST OR STOLEN.
UM, SO HAVING A CENTRAL LOCATION HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN HELPFUL.
UM, AND IF WE'RE NOT THERE, THEN WE'RE OUT ON THE STREETS IN OUR HABRA OR WE'RE TRANSPORTING PEOPLE TO SHELTERS OR TO OTHER PROGRAMS IN ORANGE COUNTY'S A LOT.
YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF THE FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
SO A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I SAW A PROGRAM THAT WAS BEING DONE AT NEW LIFE CHURCH.
HAVE YOU WORKED WITH THEM YET? NEW LIFE CHURCH.
UM, IS THAT THE ONE BY THE TRACKS? I I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST SAW THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING CALLED SHOWERS OF GRACE.
WHERE THEY HAD, UM, A SPOT WHERE PEOPLE COULD, COULD COME AND TAKE SHOWERS MM-HMM.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH TO OFFER MORE? YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY REACH OUT.
WE, WE DID HEAR ABOUT THAT, UM, FROM PEOPLE, OUR HOMELESS CLIENTS, UH, ON THE STREET.
UM, BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR, UM, GAME PLAN IS AS FAR AS SHOWERS GO.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OTHER, UH, CHURCHES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHURCHES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THEM ALL ONBOARD AS, AS BEST WE CAN, BUT THAT'S, SO SOMETHING WITH DELRAN REACH OUT TO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTION? I HAVE A QUESTION.
ON THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SLIDE, YOU HAD A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO.
SO IS THAT THE REPEATS BECAUSE YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.
SO THAT'S BOTH, UH, NEW PEOPLE AND REENGAGED, UM, INDIVIDUALS.
UM, SO SOMEONE WE COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, ALL FIVE DAYS, WE'LL, WE WILL LOG THOSE ENCOUNTERS AS FIVE ENCOUNTERS.
IF IT'S DIFFERENT DAYS, UM, OR IF IT'S NEW, NEW CLIENTS, UM, THAT, THAT'S LOGGED AS WELL.
UM, WE ALWAYS DOCUMENT, UM, SO WE CAN CAPTURE THOSE ENCOUNTERS.
UM, SOME ENCOUNTERS TAKE OVER AN HOUR, SOME ENCOUNTERS TAKE 15, 20 MINUTES.
IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF ENCOUNTER.
UM, AND IF WE'RE TRANSPORTING OR IF WE'RE CONNECTING WITH CERTAIN RESOURCES, IT CAN TAKE SOME TIME.
UM, BUT WE, WE DEFINITELY DOCUMENT ALL THAT.
I I DID HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
UM, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU? OH, I THINK JUST CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR, UH, OUR CAUSE I GUESS.
AND JUST, UM, EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY'S DOING AND SUPPORTING US AND SUPPORTING, YOU KNOW, JUST KEEPING THESE POSITIONS, UM, IS, IS HELPFUL.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UM, YEAH, I THINK JUST LIKE, JUST TO ADD TO WHAT DAVID SAID, JUST KEEPING THE POSITION, UM, THAT NUMBER YOU ASKED ABOUT, UH, VICE CHAIR, UM, THAT ALSO CAPTURES OUR VOICEMAIL OUTREACH LINE.
AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT HOMELESS, THEY'RE JUST STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR RENT OR THEIR BILLS.
AND SO WE ALSO TRY TO LIKE, MEET WITH THEM, UM, USUALLY NOT PHYSICALLY, BUT UM, JUST OVER THE PHONE TO MAKE SURE
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THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS, UM, CALIFORNIA PROVIDED, UM, LIKE BILL ASSISTANCE.UM, THERE'S PROGRAMS TO HELP PAY YOUR BILLS TO LOWER YOUR BILLS.
UM, THERE'S SOMETIMES TEMPORARY RENTAL PROGRAMS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, DON'T COME FROM THE CITY FUNDS THAT WE CAN REFER PEOPLE TO.
AND SO THAT'S ALSO A BIG PART BECAUSE THE HOMELESS CRISIS IS GROWING.
THERE'S MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE BECOMING HOMELESS.
AND SO JUST KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN NAVIGATE PEOPLE FROM NOT GETTING ONTO THE STREETS.
LIKE WE WORK WITH VETERANS AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS IN MAKING SURE THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF VETERAN RESOURCES, THAT THEY NEVER ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE STREET LEVEL HOMELESS.
THEY JUST TYPICALLY LOSE THEIR PLACE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR RENT.
AND THEN WE ARE ABLE TO GET THEM INTO SOME TYPE OF VETERAN RESOURCE.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF VETERAN RESOURCES, SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A, A GOLDEN EXAMPLE, BUT THERE'S ALSO, THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT WE WORK WITH THAT THERE ISN'T A LOT OF RESOURCES.
SO JUST TRYING TO HELP AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T BECOME HOMELESS IS ALSO A BIG CORNERSTONE IN THE WORK.
UM, JUST TO KIND OF ALLEVIATE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING ON THE STREETS OR LIVING IN THEIR CARS.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING RECOMMENDATION.
SO KIM, HOW SHOULD WE DO THIS? SHOULD WE JUST GO OVER THE, THE NUMBERS? YES.
IF YOU WANNA, UM, PRESENT YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO EVERYONE HAS A COPY OF THE, THE FUNDING REQUEST AND WHAT WAS FUNDED LAST YEAR.
SO, DENISE COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT AND I MET, AND OUR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
UH, FOR THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL, IT'S 57,000 FOR THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
13,000 FOR THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.
6,250 FOR THE FAIR HOUSING FOUNDATION, 8,000 AND FOR MERCY HOUSE 5,000.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE BIGGEST CHANGE HERE IS THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE OFFERING TO MERCY HOUSE.
AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT IS REALLY, UM, THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS THAT ARE BEING SERVED BY MERCY HOUSE.
UM, THE, THE FUNDING REQUESTS THEY MADE HAD A PROJECTED, UM, CLIENT BASE OF, I THINK IT WAS 12, BUT AFTER WE DID SOME, UH, WE ASKED THE CITY STAFF TO LOOK INTO THE NUMBERS AND IT WAS MORE LIKE TWO LAST YEAR.
UM, AND GIVEN THE $10,000, UM, FUNDING REQUESTS, WE THOUGHT IT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE TO BRING THAT FUNDING DOWN AND, UM, DISPERSE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO OTHER PROGRAMS THAT IMPACT MORE, UH, RESIDENTS DIRECTLY.
AND THEN THERE WAS A CITY STAFF, UH, ITEM TO LOOK UP BECAUSE WE ALSO DO PROVIDE A FUNDING TO MERCY HOUSE DIRECTLY THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY.
DID YOU GUYS GET WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS ACTUALLY COME? MIRANDA, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AND JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF THE CITY OF FUNDING THAT'S, THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE VARIOUS SHELTERS AND TO MERCY HOUSE? YEAH.
SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH MERCY HOUSE WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING THEM FUNDING.
THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH MERCY HOUSE ON RIGHT NOW, THEY USE, UH, HUD FUNDING THROUGH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND THE CITY IS HELPING THEM FIND PLACES WHERE THEY CAN DO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
BUT AT THIS POINT, THE CITY IS NOT PAYING ANYTHING FOR IT.
SO WE DON'T FUND MERCY HOUSE OUTSIDE OF THE BRIDGES OF KRAMER.
THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, UM, WITH NORTH SPA IS NOT WITH MERCY HOUSE.
IT'S WITH THE TWO CITIES THAT OPERATE THE NAVIGATION CENTERS.
MERCY HOUSE IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE NONPROFITS THAT THEY'RE USING, UM, TO OPERATE A NAVIGATION CENTER.
BUT IF THEIR CONTRACT ENDS, THEY CAN REPLACE THEM WITH ANOTHER SERVICE PROVIDER.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY PAYING MERCY HOUSE, WE'RE PAYING, WE'RE PAYING BUENA PARK AND PLACENCIA.
SO THE ONLY MONEY MERCY HOUSE ACTUALLY RECEIVES FROM THE CITY IS THE CDBG FUNDING THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF CORRECTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE OUR, UM, WE GET QUARTERLY REPORTS FROM MERCY HOUSE, UM, EVERY QUARTER BEFORE WE REIMBURSE THEM, UM, FOR THE CDBG FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVE.
AND THEY TELL US THE CLIENTELE THAT THEY SERVE.
UM, HOW MANY ARE IN BELLFLOWER? HOW MANY ARE, I MEAN, LA HABER, HOW MANY ARE IN OTHER CITIES THAT ARE IN THE SHELTER? THEIR, UH, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND INCOME LEVEL AND THEIR, I THINK ON AVERAGE THEY DO SERVE 12 LA HABA RESIDENTS PER YEAR.
AND WE GET THOSE REPORTS QUARTERLY FROM THEM.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE TWO CAME FROM, BUT THEY DO SERVICE ABOUT 12 A YEAR.
AND IN THAT NUMBER THAT WAS SHARED WITH US.
UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT CHANGES
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THINGS.IT'S STILL A VERY LOW NUMBER COMPARED TO THE, THE FUNDING AND THE IMPACT THAT THE OTHER PROGRAMS CAN HAVE.
SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION ON ANY CHANGES THAT WE SHOULD MAKE? ARE Y'ALL IN AGREEMENT? YEAH.
NEED A MOTION OR? I THINK WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND I'LL MAKE A MOTION
SO WE HAVE THREE IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.
DO WE NEED TO SET IT UP? SUGGEST SOME CHANGES? DID YOU HAVE, DID YOU WANT ANY COMMENTS? WELL, UM, I THINK THAT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, UM, DOES A LOT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE FUNDED.
THEY'RE ALWAYS, UH, HAVING FUNDRAISERS.
THEY NEED, THEY NEED THE MONEY TO KEEP IT UP.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO GO FROM TO 6,000, I THINK IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE HIGHER.
UH, THE GRAFFITI GRAFFITI REMOVAL IS 57,000 AND UH, I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD GIVE MORE TO MERCY HOUSE.
AND DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON WHERE THAT SHOULD COME FROM? UH, MAYBE TAKING SOME OUT OF THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL AND PUTTING IT INTO THE MERCY HOUSE? DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS? I DON'T HAVE NUMBERS, BUT I'M SURE YOU COULD BREAK IT DOWN.
UM, I THINK WE NEED LIKE AN ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
WELL, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, I'D SAY FOR THE CHILDREN MUSEUM, UH, AT LEAST 8,000, UH, FOR MERCY HOUSE.
I GOT JUST SOME MATH HERE AND THEN TAKING THAT DIFFERENCE AWAY FROM THE GRAFFITI PROGRAM.
AND, UM, I, YES, IT'D BE THE GRAFFITI PROGRAM.
'CAUSE I THINK FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, EMPLOYMENT IS FAIR.
SO, UH, 47 50 FROM THE GRAFFITI PROGRAM, IT BE 52,000.
THAT'S LESS THAN LAST 250 YEAR.
THAT'S LESS THAN WE GAVE THEM LAST YEAR.
THEN, UH, HOW ABOUT THE FAIR HOUSING FOUNDATION? BUT I WANNA TALK ABOUT YOU WANNA TAKE 4,000 AWAY FROM THE 4,000 AWAY FROM THE FAIR HOUSING.
I JUST THINK THAT MERCY HOUSE SHOULD BE MORE THAN 5,000.
CAN I, UM, BEFORE YOU GUYS MAKE CHANGES, I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THE REIMBURSEMENT, UM, IN PARTICULAR FOR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.
SO IN THE PAST THEY'VE RECEIVED MORE MONEY AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO EXPEND IT ALL.
WHEN THEY SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE US WITH THE FAMILY INFORMATION IN THEIR INCOME.
AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE THE FAMILIES TO MEET THE $8,000 OR 10,000 THAT THEY RECEIVE.
SO WE MAY ONLY END UP REIMBURSING 3000 OF THE MONEY THAT YOU GIVE AND I CAN'T.
UM, SO THE MONEY ENDS UP GOING BACK INTO A POT THE NEXT YEAR THAT WE COULD USE ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN PUBLIC SERVICES BECAUSE IT'S CAPPED AT THE AMOUNT THAT I CAN GIVE YOU.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FAMILIES THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO, BUT IN THE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND ENOUGH FAMILIES THAT CAN QUALIFY WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY REIMBURSE THEM.
I WOULD JUST HATE FOR YOU TO GIVE THEM A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I KNOW IS GONNA SIT THERE AND WE PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE THEM AN ENTIRE 8,000.
I THINK WE DID LIKE A LITTLE ABOUT 3,500 OR SOMETHING, UM, LAST FISCAL YEAR.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU'RE MAKING YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
CAN I, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, GIVE $8,000, OR EXCUSE ME, 7,000 TO MERCY HOUSE AND DEDUCT THAT FROM THE COMMUNITY GRAFFITI.
SO YOU WANNA SCRATCH THE CHANGE TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
AND YOU WANNA GIVE, IF IT MONEY SITS THERE, YOU WANNA GIVE 7,000
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TO MERCY HOUSE, 7,000 TO MERCY HOUSE INSTEAD OF 5,000, AND THEN DEDUCT THAT FROM THE GRAFFITI PROGRAM.UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I MEAN, MERCY HOUSE IS IMPORTANT TO US.
I HATE TO SEE THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL BE REDUCED ANYMORE.
'CAUSE THAT'S JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE LOOK OF OUR CITY AND IT'S, I THINK WE ONLY HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES MAYBE AND I REDUCING IT EVEN MORE THAN WHAT WE ALREADY DID.
WHAT DID, WHAT DID YOU SAY? SORRY, MY MIC WASN'T ON.
WE HAVE ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE AND ONE PART-TIME EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO KEEP OUR CITY AS GRAFFITI, UM, FREE AS POSSIBLE.
WE KNOW WE'RE NOT PERFECT BECAUSE SOME OF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, RIGHT.
BUT IT'S A FULL-TIME JOB JUST REMOVING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
AND WE DO CERTAINLY REMOVE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY PROPERTY WHEN IT'S IN, UM, A VERY VISIBLE SPOT OR IT'S, UM, OFFENSIVE IN NATURE OR GANG RELATED.
SO THE FUNDING'S VERY IMPORTANT, UM, FOR THIS PROGRAM IN ORDER TO HAVE, UM, REMOVAL WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
WHAT QUESTION YES, IS THE MONEY FROM THE CBED GRANT? IS THAT, THAT'S A, A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL 15 WAS IT? YEAH.
THE CITY DOES, UM, PAY THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
ARE WE UNDER A DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THIS? TO APPROVE THIS? YES.
THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
THIS IS ONE OF THE STEPS BEFORE WE CAN TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC NOTICE AND GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
UM, IT'S GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING IN APRIL.
SO IF WE DON'T GET THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT, WE PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THE OTHER NOTICING THAT WE NEED TO DO BEFORE THAT APRIL MEETING.
WE, BECAUSE WE WON'T MEET TILL, YES.
JUST WHAT WE LEARNED TONIGHT, WE DIDN'T KNOW FOR BEFORE TONIGHT ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
AND THEN HOW WILL THE, THE DEDUCTIONS FROM THE OTHER PROGRAMS IMPACT THOSE.
IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE PROGRAM LEADERS.
SO WE'RE KIND OF, I I'M WORKING ON A HANDICAP HERE.
WELL, I I'M STILL, I'M STILL COMFORTABLE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE.
WE, WE DID GO THROUGH A LOT OF DISCUSSION.
DENISE, UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH AND I DID, AND A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THE, THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE HERE, I THINK FOR THE GRAFFITI PROGRAM, I MEAN, WE CAN SEE THAT THERE'S MORE GRAFFITI.
AND IT'S, IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE MONEY, NOT LESS MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, THE APPEARANCE OF OUR CITY.
SO I, I DON'T AGREE WITH REMOVING ANY AMOUNT FROM THE GRAFFITI PROGRAM.
WHAT ABOUT TAKING TWO? I WILL SAY ALSO ON THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, UM, SCHOLARSHIPS, UM, THE IDEA IS TO PARTNER OR THEY'RE ALREADY PARTNERING WITH THE LAHABRA CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT THE CITY ALSO CURRENTLY RUNS.
MOST OF THOSE CHILDREN, UM, QUALIFY, UM, FOR, UM, FOR FUNDING OR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING.
WE ALSO WERE LOOKING AT, UM, A, A PROGRAM THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOO, FOR THOSE CHILDREN THAT ARE MOST, UM, THAT WOULD QUALIFY BASED ON THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL LIAISONS PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO US.
SO IF WE WANNA BUMP MONEY, GIVE MORE MONEY TO THE MERCY HOUSE, IF WE WERE TO TAKE IT IT FROM ANYBODY, I WOULD SAY THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FROM WHAT YOU HAD JUST TOLD US, WELL, THIS IS PAST HISTORY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON NOW.
IN ORDER TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN MEET, UM, THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES THEY WOULD NEED TO EXPEND THE FULL AMOUNT, BUT IN THE PAST IT HASN'T HAPPENED.
UM, SO IF THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A NEW PLAN, MAYBE, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THE HISTORY IS THAT, UM, I CANNOT REIMBURSE THEM IF THEY CANNOT PROVIDE ME PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY.
AND THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FINDING ENOUGH FAMILIES THAT, UM, CAN PROVIDE THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE NEED.
I MEAN, WE MAY KNOW THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WITH THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS, I HAVE TO DOCUMENT ELIGIBILITY AND SOME OF THE FAMILIES HAVE A HARD TIME OR ARE HESITANT TO PROVIDE THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE TYPICALLY ASK FOR.
AND FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THE BARE MINIMUM, UM, BECAUSE WE ASK FOR A TON WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT WE REALLY SCALED IT DOWN JUST TO GET THE BARE MINIMUM TO TRY TO GET AS MANY FAMILIES COMFORTABLE IN PROVIDING WHAT WE NEED.
WELL JUST GO IT, THERE'S NO, WELL, MY, MAYBE MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THEN THE MERCY HOUSE INSTEAD OF FIVE.
WE GIVE THEM SIX AND WE TAKE ONE MILE OUT OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
BUT THE REST OF THE NUMBERS, I, THAT WAS MY NEXT RECOMMENDATION.
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ONE,I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS TO TAKE, UM, EVEN A THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FAIR HOUSING AND GIVE IT TO MERCY.
CAN I MAKE A POINT ABOUT FAIR HOUSING TOO? OF COURSE.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FAIR HOUSING SERVICES.
NONE OF THIS OTHER FUNDING WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF WE DON'T PROVIDE FAIR HOUSING.
I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THEM AS WHOLE AS POSSIBLE OR ELSE OUR, ALL OF OUR CDBG FUNDING GOES AWAY IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
SO, SO CAN WE, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, GIVE MERCY HOUSE A THOUSAND AND TAKE IT FROM THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM? YEAH, I, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE COMING TO HERE.
SO WE WOULD, UM, WE WOULD LEAVE THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL OF 57,000, THE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AT 13,000.
THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM WOULD BE 52 50 MM-HMM.
DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE? YES.
CAN, CAN I MAKE SURE I GOT THAT? YOU SET 57 FOR GRAFFITI REMOVAL, 13,000 FOR EMPLOYMENT, 52 5 FOR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, 8,000 FOR FIVE FOR FAIR HOUSING, AND 6,000 FOR MERCY HOUSE.
IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT A MOTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH RECOMMENDATION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I THINK WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS GIVE KIM A COPY OF OUR FINAL QUARTER REPORTS SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE, IT'LL SHOW THE NUMBERS SERVED AND THE FOURTH QUARTER REPORTS ALSO HAVE THE FINAL AMOUNT THAT EACH AGENCY EXPENDED.
AT LEAST YOU GUYS WILL SEE THIS IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVED AND THIS WAS THE FINAL AMOUNT THAT THEY EXPENDED.
SO WE CAN GET THOSE, UH, COPIES TO KIM AND THEN YOU GUYS, I GUESS SHE CAN MAYBE PUT IT IN ONE OF YOUR AGENDA PACKETS SO YOU'LL KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY ACTUALLY SERVED AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT WOULD FOR THE CITY PROGRAMS TOO? UM, FOR EVERYTHING UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICES? YES.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS IS, UM, FOR THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FOR THE CITY PROGRAMS, IT'S NOT AS IN DEPTH AS THE INFORMATION WE GET FOR THE OTHER PROGRAMS. YEAH.
BECAUSE WE REALLY, IT'S REALLY AN INTERNAL THING.
UM, IT'S JUST TO DOCUMENT HOW WE'RE USING THE MONEY.
WE DON'T NEED TO APPLY FOR IT.
SINCE THE CITY HAS JURISDICTION OF OVER THE MONEY, THE MEMO JUST DOCUMENTS.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THE POT OF MONEY, BUT THEY DO PROVIDE US WITH REPORTS THAT WE ENTER INTO HUD SYSTEM.
SO THE FOURTH QUARTER REPORT IS THE FINAL REPORT, AND IT'LL SHOW EVERYTHING FOR THE FULL YEAR.
SO IF WE GIVE YOU THOSE, THEN YOU'LL KNOW ALL THE ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENED THROUGH THAT YEAR.
WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE THOSE REPORTS TO YOU.
UM, MAYBE IN SEPTEMBER WE COULD GIVE HER THE FOURTH QUARTER.
'CAUSE BY THEN WE'VE WRAPPED EVERYTHING UP AND CLOSED OUR BOOKS.
SO WE CAN GIVE YOU THE REPORT IN SEPTEMBER SO THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE MONEY THAT YOU APPROVED DURING THAT YEAR.
THE, UM, FOURTH ITEM ON THE CONSIDERATION ITEMS IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MISSION STATEMENT AND GOALS.
SO I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT BRING COPIES.
I HAD PROVIDED COPIES THE LAST MEETING, IF YOU STILL HAVE THEM.
UM, BUT THERE WAS SOME NEW INFORMATION IN ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, WHICH IS, UM, THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH HAS A DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.
OH, WHERE WAS IT? IT WAS POWER AND DUTIES.
UM, SO IS IS, THIS WAS EXISTING ALREADY, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S EXISTING BECAUSE, SO WHAT WE SAW OR WHAT DENISE NOTICED, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THAT.
WELL, AFTER READING THROUGH THIS, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE GOALS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER.
SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED BOTH.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE ONE THAT WE RECEIVED.
DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF WHAT YOU RECEIVED? IT WAS IN OUR AGENDA.
OH, NO, IT WAS IN THE ATTACHMENT, LIKE THE ONLINE VERSION.
SO I, I DIDN'T REVIEW IT EITHER.
WASN'T THIS ONE THE VALUE STATEMENT? NO, THAT CAME OFF WEBSITE.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE POWERS AND DUTIES SAYS TO CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL
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PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAMS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS WHAT WE WOULD BE CONDUCTING.
I'M SORRY, DENISE, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.
DO YOU HAVE THAT PAPER IN FRONT OF YOU, KIM? I DON'T HAVE IT, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO IT'S UNDER POWERS AND DUTIES.
IT'S, UM, I SO IT'S AN ORDINANCE WITHIN THE CITY THAT'S TO EXPLAIN IT.
SO I UNDERSTAND, IS IT SPECIFIC TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION? YES.
SO IT SAYS THE DUTIES OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.
THIS IS PULLED STRAIGHT FROM THE MUNICIPAL CODE UNDER COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION.
SOUNDS LIKE A MISSION STATEMENT TO ME.
SO I, I MEAN, I INTERPRET THAT THESE, THAT THIS MEANS WHAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY DOING.
THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE COMMISSION, THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.
IT WOULDN'T BE SEPARATE IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING, THE DUTIES OF YES, IT SAYS DUTIES OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION SHALL SO THE COMMISSION DOESN'T CONDUCT THE PROGRAMS? NO.
YOUR, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT DOES.
AND SINCE WE OVERSEE THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO PART OF YOUR ROLE IS TO, UM, SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO, UM, TO, UM, SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE, ATTEND, AND THEN CERTAINLY REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS NEEDED AND LOOK AT K AS WELL.
SO MY INTERPRETATION, BUT AGAIN, WE COULD GET CLARIFICATION IS, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND SPEAK.
WE HAVE VARIOUS, UM, PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE MADE WHERE THE PUBLIC'S INVITED MM-HMM.
WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE, THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OFTEN, BUT SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND SPEAK, SUCH AS THE PUBLIC ART PIECE.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO COME AND SPEAK ON, ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO I, I'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME ACTION ON AT LEAST THE MISSION STATEMENT SINCE THE GOALS ARE WOULD BE REPETITIVE.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEND THE MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.
AND I'LL READ YOU THE MISSION STATEMENT SINCE I DIDN'T PROVIDE COPIES.
UM, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION ADVISES THE CITY COUNCIL ON IMPROVING, SUPPORTING, AND ASSISTING WITH THE RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE THE QUA QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA.
SO IT'S A VERY CLEAR, CONCISE STATEMENT THAT KIND OF ENCOMPASSES THE, THE WORK THAT WE DO.
AND THE ACTION THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN FROM OUR COMMISSION IS TO SEND THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.
SO IF ACTUALLY WE WOULD BE DOING A STAFF REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WHERE WOULD THIS GO? WHERE WOULD WE SEE THIS? I KNOW THAT WE KNOW THE CITY HAS A COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION HANDBOOK.
WOULD IT SHOW UP IN THERE IF IT WERE APPROVED? OR IS THAT THE QUESTION YOU WOULD ASK? WE WOULD PROVIDE A STAFF REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT SAYS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, UM, HAS, HAS BEEN DISCUSSING UPDATING THE, UH, MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE COMMISSION.
AND, UM, THEY'VE MET AND, AND HERE'S WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE THEN BASICALLY THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE UPDATED.
SO ANYTIME WE'RE UPDATING THE ORDINANCE, AH, IT NEEDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
BUT IT WILL REST AS AN, AS A BULLET IN THE ORDINANCE OR IN THE DOCUMENT, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES HANDBOOK.
OH, IT WOULD BE THE ORDINANCE.
I BELIEVE THE ORDINANCE WOULD GET UPDATED.
SO LIKE A RESOLUTION WOULD BE MADE? I BELIEVE SO THAT'S THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW ON THE SCREEN.
THIS IS THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.
SO THIS, THIS ORDINANCE NEEDS OTHER UPDATES AS WELL.
SO COULD WE SEND ALL THE UPDATES TOGETHER? WHAT WOULD BE OTHER UPDATES FROM THE DEPARTMENT? WELL, I EVEN, NOT ON THIS SCREEN, BUT THE ONE, THE ONE THAT WE WERE ON BEFORE, IT TALKED
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ABOUT US BEING THE, UM, SERVE AS A HEAD START.SO THAT DOES NEED TO BE UPDATED.
IT'S UPDATED IN OUR, UM, HANDBOOK THAT WE ARE GETTING READY TO, WE STILL NEED TO SEND IT TO THE CITY CLERK, BUT ANTHONY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING IT, UM, TO A PLACE THAT WE'RE READY TO SEND IT, UM, FOR FURTHER REVIEW.
BUT YES, UM, IT, IT ACTUALLY DOES NEED TO GET SOME UPDATES SO WE CAN MAKE ALL THOSE UPDATES AT THE SAME TIME AS PART OF THE STAFF REPORT.
DOES THIS STILL SAY, UM, SEVEN COMMISSIONERS INSTEAD OF FIVE? THAT'S FIVE.
UH, UNDER ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP, IT CONSISTS OF FIVE.
SO THE CITY CLERK ALREADY MADE THAT CHANGE WHEN THEY REDUCED THE COMMISSION FROM SEVEN TO FIVE.
SO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A PART OF A PRIOR STAFF REPORT THAT WAS MADE WHEN THEY DECIDED TO DO THAT FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE AS WELL.
SO IF THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE STAFF REPORT TO ADD THE DUTY, THE ADMISSION STATEMENT, IT WOULD DROP INTO THIS.
THEY WOULD MODIFY OR REVISE THE ORDINANCE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO.
SO I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I'M GONNA NEED HELP ON HOW IT SHOULD BE WORDED.
UM, YOU HAVE THE TEXT THERE, RIGHT? AND THAT YOU WEREN'T NOT GONNA INCLUDE GOALS AT THIS TIME.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THE, TO PRESENT TO HAVE THE CITY STAFF PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
A STAFF REPORT, UH, WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION TO ESTABLISH A MISSION STATEMENT.
DO I HAVE TO READ IT AGAIN AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE? UM, THE MISSION STATEMENT, UH, AS PART OF THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.
AND ALSO TO CHANGE, UH, ANY OTHER, OR MAKE ANY OTHER NECESSARY UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION ORDINANCE.
IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE, UM, ABLE, WELL, I KNOW WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS TO THE COUNCIL UNTIL THE END OF MARCH, EARLY APRIL, JUST DUE TO TIMING AND SCHEDULING.
BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY KEEP YOU POSTED WHILE YOU LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA BE GOING, UM, TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN CASE YOU WANNA BE THERE, UM, AT THAT MEETING.
LAST ITEM, UM, AT LEAST IN THE CONSIDERATION ITEMS, A COMMUNITY SERVICES SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR.
ALRIGHT, SO I'LL BE GOING OVER VERY BRIEFLY ON SOME OF THE EVENTS WE HAVE COMING UP.
UH, SO MARCH 2ND, I DON'T HAVE THE FLYER FOR, WE TALKED ABOUT IT EXTENSIVELY LAST TIME.
BUT, UH, OUR 5K LAHABRA RACES, UH, IS GONNA BE ON MARCH 2ND, RIGHT HERE AT THE LAHABRA MARKETPLACE.
UH, THE ROUTE IS GONNA BE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR'S.
IN PREVIOUS YEARS, UH, WE'VE ALREADY GOT A GOOD NUMBER OF, UH, PARTICIPANTS LISTED AND WE ARE, HAVE GOTTEN MORE, UM, SIGN REGISTRATIONS FROM SCHOOLS, FROM THE HABER GIRLS SOFTBALL, OUR LOCAL YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.
AND EVERY DAY WE'RE CONTINUING, UH, GETTING MORE PARTICIPANTS THERE.
SO WE'RE EXPECTING A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.
HOPEFULLY, UH, THE WEATHER IS BETTER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
WE WERE IN THE RAIN LAST YEAR.
WE STILL GOT A GOOD TURNOUT, BUT WE'RE HOPING FOR A LITTLE MORE DRY WEATHER AND WE CAN HAVE AN EVEN BETTER TURNOUT THIS YEAR.
UH, FOLLOWING THAT, OR BEFORE THAT, WE'LL HAVE OUR SENIOR DANCE THIS SUNDAY.
IT'S OUR VALENTINE'S THEMED DANCE.
IT'LL BE FROM TWO TO FOUR AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD 82 SENIORS REGISTERED NICE AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH IS A FANTASTIC NUMBER CONSIDERING WE GET SIGNUPS ALL THE WAY UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE DANCE STARTS, REALLY.
UH, SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, A VERY LARGE NUMBER FOR THIS ONE.
UH, WHAT ELSE DO WE GOT, UH, IGNITE.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL BE DOING OUR LATE NIGHT EGG HUNT.
THAT'S GONNA BE ON MARCH 29TH, UH, FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM AT LA BONITA PARK.
UM, WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS WE DID LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF, UH, HAVING GLOW IN THE DARK EGGS.
WE'LL HAVE LET ALL THE KIDS GO AND SEARCH FOR 'EM.
BUT SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SAW THE TAMALE FESTIVAL, WE HAD, UH, WAS IT RAPTOR EVENTS WHO HAD THEIR BIRDS OF PREY SHOW.
THEY'RE GONNA BE BACK FOR EGG NIGHT.
SO THEY'LL GET TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BIRDS OF PREY IN ACTION.
THEY'LL GET TO FLY AROUND, INTERACT WITH THEM, GET A CLOSE UP EDUCATIONAL LOOK AT THESE BIRDS, UH, ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER ACTIVITIES AND GAMES WE'LL HAVE HERE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT EGG NIGHT.
AND THEN LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST IS EXTRAVAGANZA.
UM, A VERY LARGE EASTER EVENT.
IT'S GONNA BE ON MARCH 30TH FROM 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT LA BONITA PARK.
UH, WRISTBANDS ARE GONNA BE ON SALE FOR $5 A DAY OF WRISTBANDS ARE $6.
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GONNA HAVE, UH, BUSTER THE BALLOON ARTIST, HE WAS ALSO AT TAMALI FESTIVAL AND HE WAS A GREAT HIT.SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, A BIG TURNOUT FOR SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES HERE AS WELL.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR KIDS ZONE LIKE WE ALWAYS DO.
UH, WE'LL HAVE YOUTH COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS THERE AND OTHER COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS HELPING RUN THAT KID ZONE.
AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, GAME BOOTHS, FACE PAINTING, ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS.
UH, THE HELICOPTER WILL BE BACK THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER HELICOPTER DROP.
UH, AND THOSE WILL HAVE SOME LITTLE, LITTLE SPECIAL EGGS FOR WHOEVER GETS THOSE AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, WE, WE WILL ALSO HAVE ANOTHER KIDS NIGHT OUT ON MARCH 22ND.
THE LAST KIDS NIGHT OUT WE HAD THIS MONTH, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET 20 PARTICIPANTS, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS ONES WE'VE HAD.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM AND, UH, HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT EACH TIME.
UH, WE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT.
OUR NEW SENIOR RECREATION LEADER, MCKAYLA, HAS PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO, UH, HAVING QUALITY ACTIVITIES.
OUR STAFF ARE REALLY ENERGETIC AND OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE WHO HELP OUT TOO ARE ALL GREAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD THIS YEAR TO HOPEFULLY HAVING A REALLY CONSISTENT TURNOUT FOR THOSE EVENTS.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S JUST ABOUT IT FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
UH, DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF OUR EVENTS COMING UP? ANY OTHER INSIGHT? I THINK IT'S GREAT INSIGHT.
IS THE REGISTRATION FOR THE 5K YEAH.
SO REGISTRATIONS ARE ONLY ONLINE.
UH, IF YOU COME TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE'LL DIRECT YOU TO THE WEBSITE, BUT ALL OF IT'S DONE THROUGH, I FORGET WHAT THE NAME OF THE COMPANY IS.
IT'S, YEAH, I THINK IT'S CALLED FIRST TRACK.
BUT THEY REGISTER EVERYTHING AND YOUR TIMES WILL ALSO BE RECORDED AS WELL AS YOUR BIB NUMBER AND EVERYTHING.
UM, SO NONE OF IT'S GONNA BE GOING THROUGH US.
IT'LL BE COMPUTERIZED AND, UH, GROUP SIGNUPS AS WELL.
SO IF YOU'RE REGISTERING FOR A GROUP, UM, WHOEVER'S THE FIRST PERSON TO REGISTER WILL BE THE GROUP LEADER.
THEY'LL GET A CODE TO REGISTER TO SEND TO THE REST OF THEIR GROUP.
SO, UH, WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY PAPER OR GROUP REGISTRATIONS OR ANY CASH.
SO ALSO THE DAY OF, WE WON'T BE TAKING ANY CASH REGISTRATIONS.
IT'LL ALL BE DONE THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND WE MIGHT, WE WILL HAVE, UM, A LITTLE KIOSK SET UP AT OUR INFORMATION BOOTH.
SO IF PEOPLE DO WANNA REGISTER, WE'LL AT LEAST HAVE THE COMPUTER, UM, IF THEY WANNA REGISTER ONLINE AS WELL.
I'M SORRY IF I MISSED THIS, BUT WHAT IS THE READ ACROSS AMERICA AND, AND WHAT DATE IS IT? IS THERE AN EVENT? UH, SO READ ACROSS AMERICA, I KNOW IT'S ON MARCH 1ST.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A NATIONAL, UH, DAY COMMUNITY OUTREACH DAY WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE PARTICIPATE AND WE READ, UM, AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, WE GO INTO THE SCHOOLS, OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, AND WE INVITE A COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ACROSS, UM, INCLUDING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS, OUR, UM, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ANYONE THAT WANTS TO COME AND READ TO CHILDREN AND GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT READING AND HELPING TO REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF READING.
SO I BELIEVE IT STARTED LIKE, OR IT'S A PART OF A DR.
UM, AND SO IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WHAT WAS THAT? YOU'RE TAKING SIGNUPS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IS IT, I BELIEVE WE ARE, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS SPEARHEADING, UM, THIS EFFORT.
AND SO LET ME ASK KATIE AND GET A FEW MORE DETAILS.
I KNOW THAT, UM, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM DOES THEIR OWN READ ACROSS AMERICA, SO WE INVITE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO THAT PARTICULAR EVENT AND THEN CERTAINLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REACHES OUT TO US AND ASKS FOR US TO HELP, UM, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS TO COME INTO THE CLASSES AND READ.
SO LET ME GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.
ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? YES, I, UM, CHAIR GARCIA, YOU MENTIONED YOU WANNA UPDATE ON THE CITY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND, UM, I DON'T HAVE A BIG ONE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAD A COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT, UM, WERE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AFTER ALL.
AND SO WE ARE STILL FINALIZING THE, THE COMMITTEE, BUT WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
UM, AND THEN AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO, UM, NOT HAVE THE CITY CONTINUE WITH THE FORMATION OF A NONPROFIT FOUNDATION.
AND THAT REALLY WAS GONNA BE ONE OF OUR SOURCES FOR FUNDRAISING AND HELPING TO GET SPONSORSHIPS.
AND SO WE'RE, WE HAD TO REALLY REGROUP AND FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT STRATEGY ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO HELP FUND THIS BIG CELEBRATION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING.
THE CITY HAS PUT SOME MONEY AWAY, AS WAS MENTIONED AT THE MEETING.
UM, BUT AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE ARE FACING SOME POTENTIAL, UM, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS OR ISSUES, AND SO WE WANNA BE SENSITIVE TO THAT.
AND SO IT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF MAYBE THE SCOPE OF OUR CELEBRATIONS.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CELEBRATION.
WE'RE GONNA ALSO ENHANCE ALL OF OUR EXISTING SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT
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THE YEAR.WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL LOGO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SPECIAL GIVEAWAYS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAMMING THAT WE WANT FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AND SENIORS AND EVERYONE TO GET INVOLVED WITH.
BUT WE'RE STILL REALLY HAVING TO KIND OF, UM, SHIFT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A SPECIAL WEBSITE, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE LAUNCHED.
AND SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY BY MARCH WE'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
CERTAINLY WE HAVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE GONNA, FROM THE COMMISSION THAT WILL BE REPRESENTING, UM, THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE JUST HAD TO KIND OF REGROUP, UM, SOME OF OUR IDEAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL WITH SOME OF THE IDEAS, UM, BEFORE WE GET GOING TOO SOON.
UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? NO, NOT ME.
YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NONPROFIT DECISION.
WAS THAT A, A STAFF COUNCIL CONVERSATION OR WAS JUST, WE BROUGHT IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, BACK IN OCTOBER, I THINK, UHHUH
OF WHAT THE MAKEUP WAS GONNA BE.
EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAD AN APPOINTEE, THEN WE HAD A, A, UM, A CROSS SECTION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF COURSE.
AND, UM, SO WE WERE GETTING THAT APPROVED.
AND THEN WE WERE ALSO ASKING FOR THEIR APPROVAL TO, UM, SUPPORT THE NONPROFIT ESTABLISHMENT THAT ANTHONY ACTUALLY HAD DONE A LOT OF LEGWORK.
WE ALREADY HAD FILED ALL THE PAPERWORK, AND THEN WE HAD SOME COMMUNITY PUSHBACK, UM, THAT CAME TO THE COUNCIL.
THEY SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T FAIR THAT THE CITY WAS COMPETING WITH THEIR ABILITY TO RAISE MONEY AND TO FUNDRAISE.
AND SO, UM, IT WAS A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
YES, IT WAS A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
I WISH, I WISH I WOULD'VE KNOWN 'CAUSE YEAH, YEAH.
BECAUSE, WELL, I THINK WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION THAT A, A NONPROFIT COULD, COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDS THAT THE LOCAL SERVICE CLUBS JUST CAN'T TAKE.
AND IT'S TOO BAD WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ADVOCATE THERE TO GIVE EXAMPLES OF THAT.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT COMPETING WITH LOCALS IF YOU'RE GOING FOR A FEDERAL GRANT OR A STATE GRANT OR A FOUNDATION GRANT THAT LOCAL.
AND WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT SOME, SOME DONORS DON'T WANNA GIVE DIRECTLY TO A CITY EITHER.
THEY WANNA GIVE TO A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
UM, AND MOST CITIES DO HAVE THEIR OWN NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION.
WAS IT TABLED OR JUST IT WAS, IT'S KILLED AS FAR AS I KNOW.
TABLED RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY KIND OF PUT A PIN IN IT FOR NOW.
SO MAYBE IN A YEAR'S TIME WE COULD DO ANOTHER PITCH.
UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE HANDBOOK AND YEAH.
SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE GONNA SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY CLERK AND CITY MANAGER FOR THEIR REVIEW.
UM, IT'S PRETTY MUCH FINALIZED.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THEIR INPUT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN THERE IS CORRECT, UH, PRESENTABLE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, IF THEY APPROVE IT, UH, THEN IT WOULD GO TO CANCEL CORRECT.
TO GET APPROVED OR, I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF IT NEEDS TO GET, BUT, OKAY.
UM, BUT REALLY, UM, IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, SO, UM, IT SHOULD BE VERY INFORMATIVE AND VERY HELPFUL FOR COMMISSIONERS TO REFER TO, TO SEE THE SCOPE OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE TO SEE, THE FACILITIES THAT WE MANAGE TO, UM, SEE THE DIFFERENT, THE SEVEN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS THAT WE OPERATE.
SO IT'LL BE A LOT MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN WHAT, WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UM, WHICH IS PROBABLY, I THINK MAYBE FIVE PAGES AND WE'RE GOING TO ABOUT MAYBE 20, UH, MORE THAN THAT.
SO, YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED, BUT IT'LL, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA GET A FINAL VERSION.
UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A DOCUMENT THAT IS CITY DRIVEN THAT THE COMMISSION WILL BENEFIT FROM.
UM, WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH, 2024 AT 6:30 PM OH, YOU TURNED IT OFF FOR ME.