And then I have to do the Facebook.

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We are live, yes.

Great.

Um, I have a lot of time back.

Welcome to the October 26, 2005, special meeting of the Social Service Human Relations Board.

Um, it is a Wednesday night.

Um, this meeting is being recorded.

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If members of the public would like to comment on an item, please digitally raise your hand or email by CMNA on GMA-N-N-A-H-A-Y-O-N at Alameda CA.gov.

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You can also dial star nine to raise your hand, and we will call on you.

Public comments will be limited to three minutes.

Um the public has two opportunities for public comment.

First, under agenda item two, public comments.

Comments from the audience may concern matters not on the agenda, but must deal with matters subject to the jurisdiction of the Social Service Human Relations Board.

Second, under each agenda item, there will be an opportunity for public comment on that specific item.

Each item follows a format similar to city council meetings.

First, after presentation, we will ask if there are any clarifying questions from shrub members for staff.

Second, we will ask if there are any public comments on this agenda item.

And finally, after public comment, we will open the item up to more discussion and a vote if recommended.

This meeting is called to order at 7:03 p.m.

And we will do um be doing all roll call votings out today.

Um so roll call, Burnie Wolf here.

Diane Bashir Omi.

You're muted, Diane.

Gerald Bryant here.

Michelle Buckholz here.

Samantha Green.

Here and Scott Means here.

Um board member Omi is joining virtually.

Please briefly state your reason for uh attending versity day.

Fatigue.

Um, it's like too many nights in a row to be at City Hall.

So I asked for it for uh to be excused tonight.

Okay, uh thank you.

And then we also have joining us from um Housing Human Services, Simon Falls Division Manager, Gresha, Christian Ayan, Program Manager, and uh on the screen, Andre Farley, um management analyst.

We'll move right along to item two, non-agenda public comments.

The city welcomes speakers providing public comment, but please be advised.

This is a limited public forum.

Comments from the audience may concern matters either on or not on the agenda, but must deal with matters subject to the jurisdiction of the Social Service and Human Relations Board.

Comments will be limited to three minutes.

Comments concerning matters on this evening's agenda will be heard when that item is called.

If speakers fail to follow these rules, they will be warned, and if they continue to disregard the rules, their opportunity to speak will end.

If speakers disregard the rules, um are there any speakers?

There is no public comment and no hands raised in the Zoom to indicate public comment.

Okay, well then we can move to item number three, minutes three A is review and approval minutes for September 25th, 2025.

I motion to approve.

We will do roll call, as I said, uh Bernie Wolf.

Yes.

Diane Mesheraomi.

Yes, Gerald Bryant, yes.

Michelle Buckholz?

Yes.

Uh Samantha Green?

Yes.

Scott Means, yes.

It's uh unanimous.

Six, six zero.

Okay.

Moving right along to item number four.

Four days review volunteer of the year award winner recommendations.

Um, the Road Home Committee will be awarding the volunteer of the year honor to Alameda residents that have served and uplifted their community through extensive meaningful volunteer work.

The Road Home created and disseminated a survey throughout the community to accept nominations for this award when closed on October 10th, 2025.

The Road Home is selected potential finalists for the award, which we will be brought before the shrub today for discussion.

The board will vote to oh the board will vote to accept these nominations on December 4th, 2025 shrub meeting.

If approved, these individuals will be honored and recognized by the shrub.

Sorry, I stumbled a little bit there, but I didn't I hadn't read that part and I didn't know we made that decision yet, so that's great.

Um if I may just add, I we sent this before the discussion about whether you want to vote or not.

So you can still decide not to vote if you'd like to.

Oh okay, I thought it was more discussion afterwards.

Okay, we can talk about that later.

Okay.

If we don't reside of not voting and we don't need to wait until December 4th, um so let's uh go ahead and write to the presentation award nominees by Agresia and the Road Home Committee.

Great.

So I'm gonna go ahead and share my screen with the list of names that the committee has uh is recommending for award.

So we have folks submit recommendations or nominations, and they completed uh about four or five questions describing how these folks uh go above and beyond their volunteer efforts.

We there was so many good ones that the committee could not just pick one adult and one youth uh to recognize and celebrate.

So there are three for each category.

Um as mentioned in the staff report, there were different criteria that they reviewed, and that was the community impact, their commitment and dedication, their leadership and inspiration, and then there were bonus points if this nominee aligned with the social service human relations board purpose and goals.

So for the adult category, we have Sister Pat Nagel for the Lifetime Achievement Award, and I apologize if I uh mispronounce names.

We have Kate Kasperger for the Social Services Award, Armin De Gracca for human relations award for the youth category.

We have Soliana Tess Falidad for the Youth Leadership Award, Sienna Miller for the Youth Services Award, and Tate, which we have a missing last name, but we have their contact information and we'll be reaching out for the youth human relations award.

So I did want to pass it to the committee to give any comments or other things they want to add.

Well, Sister Pat.

That she's a wonderful person, and she's represented in the community for as long as I've been here, so make sense.

Yeah, there are a number of people that nominated her as well.

Like the AMLA, okay, if you think we've just thought how amazing is and the amount of service that's been like over the oh my gosh, yeah, yeah.

She she's really amazing, and yeah, it makes sense.

And I just want to note that a lot of these uh all these nominees do really fit into our and we really wanted to kind of like divide it into like the social services and human relations.

So talk about like connections or like um our uh our miss Grassa.

Um does like a lot of work for Magstick and a lot of organizational skills and connection in our uh in our elder community, and um, so we were like trying to divide it based on that, like people that are connecting and bringing our community together and those who are serving kind of our overall mission.

Can't recall which one of them, but one of the two youth that starts with a letter S.

Was one ones that did work for dignity village.

Soliana is on the youth advisory committee.

Yeah, so that's what must have been Soliana.

Okay, so we might be listening in.

That was uh yeah, that's a course.

And Santa Miller was for ARPD, so she was working with uh the young people teaching them to swim, um, but not as a paid position, but as a volunteer who would have received a services.

So there was a lot of like connecting people, teaching people, leading the.

And she's a middle schooler.

No, Tate is the middle school.

Tate is a middle school, isn't it a middle school?

CN is a stormer.

Yeah, okay.

Yeah, and working through ARPE through the swim program.

So, yeah, I think it's gonna be nice and vote.

Is uh Sulliana gonna be with us tomorrow?

Yes, yeah.

She'll be at the uh showing bias as well.

It'd be great to be here.

Thank you for some.

Yeah it's great.

And just for the oh sorry, we're gonna see um we're our plan was to have the December meeting award them had their invite their nominator to give them the certificate of like cupcakes and we'll do it try to get the city hall or the not chambers is booked I checked today but I think we can still find a bigger room.

So I'm gonna find a bigger room.

But and do like a presentation and just it will be a certificate.

We don't have anything like it will be a nice piece of paper but I think that's my handshake.

And then the hands it'll be framed at the very least oh yeah my favorite word at a boy everybody should get a couple yeah yeah all right good choice oh and Kate Hatsburg is also a pediatrician at La Clinica and does this she does a lot of the shower um facilities like at Christ Episcopal church they have a shower program for the unhoused and she has um they described countless hours for volunteering she's the shower ahead which I thought would be cute.

There are some really sweet things that people wrote it and you could tell that people really enjoyed writing yeah you know about all our experiences I think as we do this like we should um I think this is like I'm excited about doing this just to continue it does feel like we're like getting our mission and then it'll be your last meeting of the year so that'll be nice.

Yeah that would be really that's terrific I think it's a great list and um looking forward to uh meeting them and learning more about their work um just wondering if there's gonna be any communications to highlight them.

I mean social media to notify them or to oh no no I mean to the general public yeah social media kind of stuff maybe I don't know any any sort of you know like uh if we could feature them somehow and either through social media or whatever venues but I I think they're you know who they are and what they've done for Alameda should be you know publicly acknowledged or known no and then we'll run to the library yeah and then we're also talking about in the new year so the library has like a photo gallery and they would have like if folks are willing to have their pictures and like their little bio up there that we would uh have them participate in this as well or even in city hall yeah from most of the paintings down below yeah I was like we were kind of disappointed that we don't get to see like all of them right because it's such a cool list of people that are all doing such amazing work um very hard to choose folks but yeah um so we can get the posts to do something I feel like the post would like maybe the city could do a little post on social media yeah I can I'll talk to our communications director yeah or wonder if I can do the little like the little bio of each of them that they do on like Instagram how they do the slides little people around the city or whatever it could be our volunteer award here or something folks.

Oh we could add we could ask the like you know the yeah the we are almost like the that one that part that's what we okay um do we have any comments from the public at all or something there are no hands raised to indicate public comment and I have not received any other form of public comment.

We can come back to the more we still have a little discussion to have and whether what do people think about the need to have a vote we can vote it it should be easy yeah that's uh just have comments okay for process purposes.

I think it it it should have a vote, especially if there if you're gonna continue to do this on an actual basis, you'll get more and more lead applicants, and there may need to be more discussion around each of you preferred voting, and also I think it just helps to solidify that you're all confirming.

Our biggest issue we were just considering was the fact that we're trying to do the ceremony on the fourth.

I guess getting a consensus here at least if we do do it well, at least knowing that everyone's going to say yes, so it's not an embarrassing situation.

You don't you don't agree that okay?

I think what she's saying is true.

If we have it formally voted on, I still do it on the floor.

We can't vote now because it wasn't on the agenda as a question.

Um, it would be a problem is if we got all ready to do the ceremony, and then like three of us being turned rogue and said no, we don't want to give it to these people.

Okay.

So if you think that's gonna happen, then we have to call back on the ceremony.

But I don't really think that's gonna happen.

Fourth would probably be fun because then they can at least see it in the action item would be we the vote would be to formally recognize.

Maybe that's the thing.

Like we can use the language to say like we formally recognize this on an annual basis, or these are the first inaugural annual.

I think it would be too much.

I think it makes it all fancy.

You just you can use fancy words, you say I would like to proclaim that we're gonna approve this item.

Gotcha.

You are you are correct.

Okay, um, so I think that's ground voting, so I think that's good.

We're good with that.

All right, okay.

Now we read on to 4B.

Um, this 4B is a recommendation to direct the preparation of the needs statement to confirm the ongoing community needs for the fiscal year 26-27, community development block grant annual action plan to designate the president of the social service human relations board and our board members to review the statement and represent the board at the December 2nd, 2025 city council public hearing to determine that CDBG public service funds will be pro-rated for fiscal year 2026-27 based on available funds.

And we have a presentation by Andre Farrell the HHS management analyst.

I will share a screen.

Alright, Andre, you can take it away.

All right, so good evening everyone.

Uh nice to see so many familiar faces.

Um I am Andre Fairley, as you guys all know, a management analyst with the Housing Human Services Division, and I will be presenting on the community development block grant community needs for fiscal year 26 27 action plan.

With me tonight is Simone Falls, who is the housing and human services manager, and Gracia Manahayon, who is the housing and human services program manager.

Tonight we will be discussing the housing and community needs for the upcoming fiscal year, and I am happy to answer questions at the end of the presentation.

Next slide.

Alright, so tonight's goal is um I will go over the community development block grant action plan process so that Shrubb may review and confirm the community needs and direct the preparation of a community needs statement to confirm the community needs for the upcoming fiscal year.

In addition, we will be discussing staff's recommendations to fund public service providers for a second straight year.

Please note that this will be dependent on 2026 allocations from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Also known as health.

Next slide.

All right.

What is community development block grant?

So this is federal funds provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, also known as HUD.

CDBG funds are intended to assist low and moderate income persons by developing viable urban communities, which provide decent housing, a suitable living environment, or advancement of economic opportunity.

Next slide.

HUD required documents.

In August 2025, the city submitted a new five-year strategic plan, which outlined the housing and community development priority needs that will inform CDBG funding decisions through 2030.

To continue receiving CDBG funding, the city must submit an annual action plan to HUD, which details the programs, activities, and resources that will address the housing and community development needs that were identified in the five-year strategic plan.

Non-housing community development social services continue to be a priority.

For the last several years, the Social Service Service Human Relations Board has provided a refined priority statement that identifies the current and anticipated social service needs in the community.

Next slide.

Non-housing public service priorities identified by Shrubb.

In 2024, Shrubb identified the following priorities for CDBG funded services.

The first priority need being mental health services, and underlined is promotion of healthy relationships, implementation of crisis intervention, and domestic violence awareness.

The second priority need was food security and nutrition programs, which details emphasis on serving unhoused low-income seniors and persons with disabilities and accessibility to healthier food options.

The third need was access to housing and emergency shelter, and this entails increasing housing affordability and supply.

The fourth priority need was advocacy and coordination, which entails wraparound services to support marginalized and underserved communities.

And the last priority need was social connectedness, which entails community building, diversity, and inclusivity.

Next slide.

Alright, stakeholder outreach and community needs assessment.

So last year, city staff contacted 39 local service providers and religious institutions to ask questions about the community need.

A total of 15 organizations responded, indicating that the need for safety net services for low-income individuals and families still exists and should continue to be addressed.

Many of the needs that Shrubb identified in 2024 are consistent with each organization's goals and objectives.

This year, the city did not survey local organizations and providers because staff is in the process of preparing for the next community needs assessment in 2026.

The new CNA or community needs assessment will be in alignment with the Road Home Strategic Plan, which is central to the city's goals and initiatives to promote social services, make affordable housing more accessible, and ultimately end homelessness.

Next slide.

So funding for the next fiscal year is derived from two sources.

That is one, entitlement funds that are allocated by HUD, and two, program income that is generated from CDBG loan repayments.

Public service funding is capped at 15% of the fiscal year entitlement allocation plus the program income received in the previous fiscal year.

Program income will continue to be received through June 30th.

Since program income continues to be received through June 30th, staff estimates that how much program income is expected to be received before the end of the fiscal year and the annual action plan will include this estimate.

Consequently, all assumptions about program income are based solely on estimates.

Those estimates are always revised prior to the submission of the CDBG annual action plan, which will take place in May of 2026.

Next slide.

All right, fiscal year 2026-27 CDBG funding.

Given that the federal government has not adopted a federal budget for next fiscal year, HUD may not announce CDBG allocations until late winter, early spring.

Because the types of community needs remain unchanged, we are proposing to fund current public service providers for an additional year.

When HUD announces awards, each provider will be funded on a pro rata basis.

For fiscal year 25-26, the city was awarded a CDBG allocation of $1,096,000 and 36 1,096,362.

Based on the interest and loan payoffs received this fiscal year, the city could receive up to $60,000 of program income by June 30th, 2026.

And as you can see in that middle line, that's the program income that's estimated to be received.

HUD allows only 15% of entitlement, that top line item 150,000 plus previous year's program income to be awarded to public services.

Complying with HUD requirements would result in a maximum of approximately 159,000 available for public service providers.

And this is just an estimate and a projection.

Unfortunately, CDBG allocations continue to decrease year after year.

With that being said, staff will continue to encourage service providers to fundraise and diversify funding sources.

Next slide.

Alright.

Fiscal year 25-26 funding allocations.

Here we have shown the CDBG funded service providers as approved by Shrubb last October in 2024.

Staff is asking Shrub to agree to prorate next year's allocations based on the actual ward by HUD and program income that is available in 2026.

For example, if the available funds increases by 5%, fill with the number shown above.

Conversely, a 5% decrease in available funds would be passed through as well.

Alright, next slide.

Action plan schedule.

Here are highlights related to the community needs public hearing and the subsequent notice of funding availability and request for proposals.

The key dates for Shrub are tonight and again on November 3rd when the needs letter will be finalized and the December 2nd City Council public hearing where the Shrub president will present.

This year, Shrub members will not need to review the public service applications since the community priority needs remain the same.

And we will fund the second year of the agreement with the existing service providers.

That is, if Shrub approves tonight.

On January 15th, 2026, staff will post a notice of funding availability and request for proposals, will solicit public improvement and affordable housing proposals only.

Then we anticipate that HUD will announce CDBG funding awards in late winter, early spring.

Depending on when HUD announces the allocations for next year, staff will take either a proposed methodology or actual funding amounts to council at the first meeting in May for approval.

Tonight we will kick off the first step in the schedule by reviewing and confirming the priority needs that Shrub will communicate to City Council for consideration in the upcoming fiscal year.

Next slide.

All right, fiscal year 26-27 needs process.

In conclusion, there are three steps to complete the needs process.

Tonight, step one, shrub hears this presentation, review and confirm priority needs, and direct the preparation of a needs statement.

Then step two, shrub president means and board members prepare the community needs statement.

Lastly, step three, the city council will hold a public hearing to receive public comment and adopt a need statement for the upcoming fiscal year.

The funding allocation process will be a separate step, which will go to council eventually in May of 2026.

Next slide.

Alright, and that concludes my presentation.

I will open it up for questions.

And I believe public comments.

Yeah, thank you.

Do we have questions?

Oh, four.

Or sorry, important.

Um based upon that current situation with the federal government, what the anticipated time frame will really be.

I mean, right now we don't know when it's gonna end.

So are they really looking at next year before we'll be able to get the information, or is it something that they're gonna just try and press forward with extra fast?

I guess that's the easiest way to say it.

Are they gonna rush through it and try and get it done as soon as it is, or are they gonna make money?

Um I think that's an excellent question, Gerald.

Um, we are all in the unknown at the moment.

I think it's it's good to say that because um we're dealing with uncertain times, and um I'll speak to it a little bit more when we do our updates from the housing and human service housing and human services division, but um, uh, we're not sure.

We are working on a contingency plan.

If we were not to receive um funding for these, you know, these next few months uh while the government is shut down.

Um, but you know, we we still we're we're working with everything as we go.

We're trying to figure it out kind of as we go.

And um, I think the city of Alameda is fortunate to uh to be able to plan for um the worst case scenario and have a contingency plan.

Um, and of course, Simone and Amy are working on the back in the back end to agressi as well, um, and all of us to to make sure that our service providers and all of our C D BG sub recipients are are taken care of.

Will there be any consideration of diverting funds from other parts of the city's uh budget to be able to pick up for some of the shortfalls in overall amounts?

Um I would say that's definitely a possibility.

Um we we have been discussing um using general fund dollars to um to fill the void.

If if that were the worst case, um I'll let Simone speak to that a little bit more, but that that is our that's part of our contingency plan.

Yes.

So it's more about the work of progress reports that you provided us with.

It's just knowing if any of the programming there's gonna be any changes to allocations, just do we know?

Because a lot of the programs are using multiple funding sources to fund these programs.

Do we know if anyone's like not going to be able to provide those services because they're not getting matching funds, and so they're cutting those programs, or are there any services that we're currently funding that are duplicated through other services that we are providing?

Did you catch that, Andrew?

Yeah, that's um that's a good question as well.

Um I would say that we're we're working with our providers um during these these difficult times.

Um all of the providers we've reached out to thus far to get um their estimates for this current fiscal year that we're in um have said that they would be able to sustain their services until January of 2026.

So that's that's good news.

However, I don't think um it's sustainable and um as mentioned um with the previous question.

We are trying to come up with a contingency plan in in case um we we don't receive our CDV C DBG funds, but I would like to preface that by saying that we've already been approved for 25-26 funding, and our HUD funding approval agreement has been partially executed, meaning that the city has already done our part to get it signed and everything.

Um we're just waiting to hear back from HUD, which is ultimately impacted by the shutdown at the moment.

So um, you know, we're we're in a little bit of limbo, but we do have a contingency plan, and in case um we don't receive the CDBG funding.

Um can you talk more to the affordable housing?

Since we're talking about uh the affordable housing piece of it, I think that's kind of that that whole linkage between the improvements and things that were discussed.

Can you talk a little bit to that?

Yeah, um, as in the specific question about the yeah, how will how will development be impacted or what?

Yeah, I mean, yeah, how will it be impacted?

Again, we know that there are a lot of services that are needed here in Alameda, and that one is one of the more specific ones, and homelessness is a problem that we don't want to see get worse because there's no service providers getting the money they need.

So, how do I guess do we have anything in the way of goals set up for the public uh for the funds of public improvements or whatever improvements they were hoping to do?

I know there were needs over at certain places for either like residential rehabilitation or the actual building of the affordable.

Residential rehabilitation staffing, um, a lot of these questions are about the places that we already have, and so I'm just kind of wondering how will this affect things like staffing at places like Dignity Village, how will it affect things like staffing at the various village of love places that are specifically working with minimal money?

I mean, I don't know that they're not gonna be included in the C BG grant, but the funding still comes out somewhere, right?

So for um for our shelter programs, they will be minimally impacted because they're primarily funded through general fund and state funds, and the state funds are not come from the federal government for affordable housing for the federal for federal funds.

That I think that's more of an impact that uh Alameda Housing Authority will feel as far as their vouchers and changes to the voucher process.

They've already um felt that impact with the loss of the uh emergency housing voucher, so there could be a negative impact to affordable housing in that way.

Uh we don't typically directly fund HHS, doesn't typically directly fund affordable housing.

The residential rehab program could be impacted if we lose CDBG right now.

There's the understanding that um the proposal is to decrease home and CDBG funding and increase other funding.

So potentially our allocation could be decreased, but there's other federal funds that may be increased, like ESG and COC funding.

So it's just a matter of the government opens up again.

And right now, we are expecting to still get our 2025 allocation as Andre stated.

We got our agreement, we signed it, we returned it, then the government shut down, and so they're not able to sign anything until it opens back up.

And we would expect that they would sign it as soon as it opens.

So we're optimistic at this time that we'll still receive those funds, but for the 2026 years, just I know.

Thank you.

And then I also just wanted to speak to the contingency funding that Andre talked about.

The contingency funding or the contingency plan is intended to just be a temporary gap fill where we would use general funds to pay our providers now and then pay ourselves back once we get the CDG funds.

That is fully the intention of that plan.

It is possible that HUD comes back and doesn't sign the agreement, and which case we wouldn't be able to pay ourselves back for the contingency fund, but we haven't decided how much we would find right now.

We're really looking towards the social services grants, which you all know is a smaller amount versus the uh development grants, which are much larger.

We're looking at the SE calling court and our uh social services grants as the first priorities because those are actively in process where the other programs have not started yet.

Doesn't Alan need to have a reserve of money that they kind of kept out to make sure that they were ahead.

I'll be in county, the city has a reserve of funds.

Um I would say that it could sound like a lot, but when you're talking about government, it really isn't a lot, so they have to be uh conservative around how they decide to spend that.

So if they use the money from general fund to pay for the housing element portion, would they be taking out of that reserve to be able to do it?

To be able to repay back to the general fund because I would assume they're not gonna not pay themselves back to the general fund that's yeah, my understanding is that's where it would come from, but I would not put that on the record.

I would have to confirm the budget office, and yes, as long as you get the C D BG funds, we would pay ourselves back.

Okay.

Just wanted to make sure because that kind of connection is important.

If we're talking about not getting funds for housing in long periods of time, if it goes on for four or five months, that could be a problem going in fiscal year 2022.

I mean, the current politics, I wonder if HUD is considered a a democratic agency.

Well, they can do what they want to at the federal level, but these problems are local, so we will still have to figure it out one way or another.

So, it's measure W.

Um, but um I've been in meeting with senior advocates about it, and this the county is signaling some things that are troubling.

At least some of our measure w to go into honestness.

But they've taken most of it and want to hold it until they actually get a budget, which you don't want to hear because that means they maybe consider using to backfill budget shortfalls, otherwise they would release the money now with the rocket budget, right?

Or follow it.

So this is voter approved money.

This has been a norm, actually.

Open has done this too with funds.

So I don't, you know, it's going to be important.

We don't really have much of a voice or say on the federal level, but from local local perspective, we can go to Board of Supervisor meetings and be involved in advocacy.

All right, making sure these money's go to the right place.

So I don't think it's important, especially given what we're talking about now.

And I know I know how the system is working right now, and to take away money would make it a lot worse.

It's already struggling.

Yeah, we we need all that CW money in the system.

Okay.

I mean, I think that the TLDR is that we just don't.

No, right?

Bottom line.

I never I never like to think that just because I don't know, I can't make plans about something.

So if we know that there's local funds, I would prefer that we at least think towards what could be done as opposed to money for the other shoe to drop because inevitably the other shoe is going to drop, and no matter what it is, is not going to be what we expected.

So if we should maybe start engaging uh town about that, especially I would think that would be in our purview, right?

One of the one of the members of the board of supervisors is you know represents this area, right?

Because it leaded down, right?

Yeah, I would think that uh something we might want to reach out to leading about and have that conversation.

At least because we don't want this to become something that just disappears because that's how this goes.

Yes, because especially if it's I was just thinking when you were talking about how what happens with senior programs during these time periods.

They don't get cut, but happens like I saw I saw um Spectrum was up there at SOS.

What ends up happening is like, for example, Spectrum may have to cut back to doing four meals, right?

I mean, one less meal a week to have a senior dot, right?

SOS's home delivered meals.

They're really good about not having a waiting list, even though they have a waiting list because they get extra funding.

If that funding goes up, now they have a waiting list.

So we have more people on me.

But so these programs don't go away completely, but they whittled away and become less and less effective.

And again, people suffer.

And if we're here to meet social services and human relations board, we're supposed to be reporting back to city council about the things that are going on and how we can best benefit, then I would think, yeah, let's just make that introduction.

I know Lena's a good person, and she would be happy to have the conversation with it.

I don't think she would have problems with having that conversation, so just a thought.

Andre, is the city gonna make um more efforts with these groups to raise funds themselves?

Um, we actually don't help or assist with uh fundraising uh for the organizations.

Um that's something that we we encourage them to do um as far as leveraging funding.

I would say um there are certain organizations that have asked for more money um in the past.

I'm sure you guys remember uh um one of the organizations.

I don't want to say the the exact name of the organization, but one of them asked for two to three times the amount of funding or requested two to three the times the amount of funding that um we could actually give them.

Um and we had to um figure out how we can give them a different funding source or figure out a way to fund them in a different way so that way they can fill the the gap for their services.

Um, but yeah, we we as a city we don't actually uh help fundraise or um seek other funding sources avenues of funding for for those organizations.

We just encourage them to um to um plan for that.

Let's say if there's uh we didn't ask for public comment yet, right?

Let's see if there's any um I think we can keep talking about this.

Okay, and we have a public comment from a Carol Maynard.

Go ahead, Carol.

Good evening, board members.

My name is Carol Mahar, and I'm at Spectrum Community Services, one of your CDBG uh recipients.

We provide senior meals and fall prevention exercise classes at Mastic Senior Center, serving older adults in our community every week.

Thank you so much for tonight's presentation on the fiscal year 26-27 funding and for the mention about measure W.

I've attended many of those Board of Supervisors meetings on that measure, and I deeply appreciate your acknowledgement of its importance.

Any help that your board can provide in encouraging the supervisors to allocate those funds quickly to existing programs with proven results would make a tremendous difference in our community.

I know that we're all navigating the same uncertainty right now as we await HUD's final approval.

While the fiscal year 25-26 CDBG funding has been approved, it's not been executed, and that delays creating real challenges for organizations like ours.

Spectrum continues to serve Alameda seniors, and we'll keep doing so.

But this situation isn't sustainable.

We're anticipating greater needs as programs like CalFresh and others face cuts or major changes that will affect local residents.

At the same time, we're seeing reductions across nearly all funding streams, both government and private, making it even harder to fill the gap.

And trust me, I explore every possible funding source and opportunity that there is out there.

But without stable and predictable public funding, there's only so far we can stretch private donations to keep services running at the level that our seniors need.

We truly appreciate the city's partnership and all of your efforts to move this process forward.

If there's any way to help bridge the gap, even temporarily through creative interim funding solutions, uh the general fund, what some of the other solutions, and the contingency plan, it would mean so much to community-based organizations like ours who are working hard to keep these essential services in place for Alameda residents.

So thank you for your leadership for your advocacy and for your continued collaboration with those of us out on the front lines.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And there is no other public comment.

So I've got to take a little bit, she was saying is something I've been actually thinking about a little bit too.

I think one thing needs to happen locally is that there are a lot of smaller organizations.

I mean, well, small than government because it's, you know, foundations, ISO Foundation, East Bay Foundation, Aging, East Bay Community Foundation, all these other foundations.

They all have funding, they're all just giving out money without coordinated with each other.

I think there are some better grant coordination, so it has a greater than that.

Because who knows how many other people you expect from a sub money?

And what is the expectation of that money?

I'm not saying they aren't doing a great job, I think they are, but it's there's still kind of like we don't really have a landscape of that from a funder's standpoint.

Well, one thing would be to encourage funders to get to the disabled together.

Yeah, outside of just their individual boards.

You know, board presidents of all these different boards to get together and say, what is our strategy?

What has been lost that we need to actually you know maintained about what would that look like for us of doing?

I mean, I'm just trying to flush this out.

It seems like a reasonable prospect.

Oh, yeah.

Um, I know that they have, I know it's like more formal things like that.

Like they have uh mayors, there are that sort of thing.

So I I don't know.

Um isn't there a what I have asked to talk to Diane to see if she's Diane's heard me talk about this before.

I was heard we talked about this before, but I think there needs to be better coordination among brand funders.

You know, I mean, when I first started, I had infiltry over 30 years ago.

I mean, I had the same inclination that there needed to be better coordination.

And I think um efforts have been made in the past.

Like we actually had a East Bay funders collaborative where all the foundations that were supporting Oakland as a place-based uh strategy, we would convene and meet regularly and talk about uh what we were learning from the field, and then also try to direct um you know our grants to uh, you know, uh tar targeted strategies or targeted uh entities.

Um, but it kind of just fell apart because every foundation each foundation had a different grant-making cycle and also, you know, uh grant-making priorities and then they were accountable to their boards, uh, and the boards were not necessarily um as interested in collaboration.

Um so you know, they they kind of wanted to kind of make maintain their independence as you know, as a foundation.

So that was our experience with East Bay funders, and then we also try to organize a homeless task force, which has waxed and waned where people would would throw in their money.

Each foundation would throw in a sum of money into a pot, and then the the collaborative will then decide, you know, uh, you know, what they would fund or who they would fund.

So there would be at least you know some strategic direction as to where the resources were going, and um, and that also failed because you know the homeless issue was beyond what philanthropy could muster, so I'm just saying great idea, but it's uh it's been tried before, it's not succeeded.

Uh, but that's not to say that you know you shouldn't try again.

Yes, something I appreciate your comments and sometimes you know it takes you know generational change.

I remember when I was trying to make changes with the senior centers in Oakland, and it really couldn't manifest itself until the older boomer staff left and I brought in millennials and suddenly everything I wanted to do became reality.

I'm not saying that's like a magic trick for everything, but sometimes that does happen, or maybe enough time has passed where it's a different generation of people who are going to think that way.

I think a good thing to keep in mind is you know, philanthropy has its limits, uh and um not only in terms of how they are structured and how they operate and how they make their decisions, but also in terms of their resources, so you know.

If you're talking about deep rooted change, it's philanthropy is you know just one piece of it, yeah.

I know I get what you're saying.

It's just it seems like the paradigms have changed so much because what we were doing in the past, if you look at the record like East Bay Foundation on Aging, there were you know smaller grants that were helping bolster up existing services and programs, but now the basic program behind it is falling apart, and so that would won't do that work anymore.

So, yeah, I think it's more conversation on this, definitely.

Okay, I have a quick question about the process.

So, is there anything that we need to do tonight to prepare for the letter?

You're taking a vote on the existing needs as stated and the existing questions.

So we can do the existing needs letter.

Or what are we voting on?

Um I don't mind putting forward motion to direct preparation.

I'm saying it's all on top of my head too, but it's not wrong.

Um to direct the preparation of a need statement to confirm the ongoing needs for the fiscal year 2026-27 C D BG action plan and present to city council on this summer second, 2025.

Based on the previous year's these letter, based on your previous letter, that's my motion.

Do you want to want to second that?

I second.

All right.

Um Bernie Wolf?

Yes.

Do they have Sheromi?

Yes.

Gerald Bryant?

Yes.

Michelle Buckles.

Yes.

Samantha Green.

Yes.

Scott Means, yes.

All right.

Um, we're going to move on now to non-voting item.

Thank you, Andre.

Yeah, thank you so much for appreciation.

That was a great presentation.

You're welcome.

No, that's good.

Okay.

The um uh this is for C work, uh, of course.

This slide was for board discussion only, there's no staff presentation, so we'll go directly to public comments.

Are there any public comments on this agenda?

There is no public comment.

Great.

Um, all right.

Do you want to just we do in order, I guess.

So I do uh the road home uh people experiencing homelessness first.

We just heard a report.

Um, do we have a date for the point in time count yes, January 22nd.

All right.

We anticipate um bright and early.

Um, so we don't have a new audience, but does everyone know the point and time counting?

Uh yes.

I think you know, description than I would.

I mean we could do that.

That's single point-time count of individuals that are experiencing sheltered and unsheltered homelessness in the city of Alameda.

It gets combined to go together with county data that's then submitted to HUD if it's a requirement of uh federal funding allocations.

So we see and we see part of it and it's volunteers that will go out into the community and take survey, and um, demographic and observed data at the visual count as well as a follow-up survey of demographic information as well as experience of services and weeks.

And you said it was a 27th.

22nd, 22nd.

In February, Thursday.

Did we have plenty of people last time?

I was there, or was there a short?

Was there a shortage at all?

My understanding is that 90 some people signed up and around 80 something showed up.

It's a good amount.

Our goal is to recruit 100 volunteers this year, I think well, we have our report.

I didn't go as much into detail, so it's gonna be on the same day as the social services and human relations board.

Oh yes, we did discuss.

Um so you all are gonna vote on a calendar of meetings in the December meeting, and that one will not be on the same day.

So I'm gonna propose a different day for that one.

This parallel, uh 4 a.m.

to 8 p.m.

day.

Yeah, okay.

Thank you.

Just one is the wish, we have a wish list as well, right?

That's what I was trying to know if I should wait until we do our reporting.

So we have a wish list.

We are trying to put together kits for folks to take outside and pass out to people when we do the count on survey, and so we have an Amazon wish list.

Uh I don't know if it's on the website.

So we'll have it added to our website and we can share that out and see if you just click the QR code or click link and put it in an order and it'll come to our office and then we'll put the kids together.

We need volunteers to put the kids together.

There are people who are willing to come, I'll put kids together, and it takes a long time, so we would love volunteers.

I think that's a good one to drive the kids too.

I got cross-counts.

Oh, girls, okay.

Um, and um, just a reminder, it's um, November 5th.

Wednesday, November 5th is when the HF friendly events can happen at the library input session.

Um, the library.

9 30 in the month.

I just I've said a lot of I'm gonna send one last blast out on the next Monday or Tuesday.

We're gonna fly our paper flyer as well.

Great, thank you.

And then we had a presentation to presentation to PTA presidents that was completed by the folks as well.

And we did mention uh point time camp.

Yeah, so I stress the people that it was a very safe experience.

Yeah, we're still using the same app.

Yeah, look at that, like, is it will it be the same app as I think so?

I think it's gonna be the same methodology, okay.

The same app.

The app or the point now, I believe it's the same methodology and the same companies.

Okay, so um, uh Alameda together against Tate.

Uh we've got an exciting action packed week here.

United Against Hate Week kicked off this Sunday, Monday.

We're fortunate to be able to be in City Council Chambers.

The mayor read the proclamation.

Thank you for a wonderful proclamation that brought home all the points of our original resolution.

And I was very happy to hear her read them.

And uh I think it was to our advantage to at least hear those words out there.

I spoke with the chief of police afterwards, and he actually said, Yeah, I had this conversation with him at one point recently, and he said, you know, this is what you guys are looking for, and you've got something right there.

So these are the types of actions that we really need to continue to do.

We need to continue to push forward on this united against hate front.

I think hate's a powerful, powerful weapon that's used way too often in this day and age by people who are simply trying to divide us.

And it's the easiest way to keep control is to divide people with hate.

Um to quote a fictional character where you know when you talk about where the hate comes from, right?

And it usually starts like the fictional character said, starts with fear, fear turns to anger, and then anger turns to hate, and then that hate turns to suffering.

Say thanks, Noah.

Oh, who said that?

That was a fictional character named Yoda.

So he wasn't wrong.

The sentiment is still right, and so when you see people afraid, which you hear a lot of people talk about these days, and the same people are angry when you see them angry out there, you know that the hate's coming next.

And so this is a problem that Alameda has a lot of, even though people don't always want to admit it.

So I'm kind of glad that tomorrow we'll have our presentation of the uh documentary bias, which is a really good documentary about unconscious and implicit biases that everyone has, and we don't really acknowledge them because we don't know about them.

So this is an opportunity for people to see what those biases look like.

And the film is really well done.

Um they touch on a lot of subjects that have to do with the type of work that people have to do even in our in our work, and so I encourage everybody to come out and check it out.

It's free, it's right here in council chambers.

If you know somebody, tell them to come out.

It's worth worth our time.

This is a national movement, and it's been going on for years now, and this is our third year in on the Managed Hate Week program, and I think if we can continue this movement over the next few years as part of the board, the better it will get.

I think we'll get more and more about it.

That's my half of it.

Diane?

Yeah, I think so.

So the film starts at 6.

Um, the food will be served between 5 30 and 6 o'clock.

It's supposed to arrive at 5 o'clock.

Okay.

So the time between five and six.

Food outside.

Yes, just the issue with the food is that we don't be in chambers.

Right.

So, if you like people eat before the movement, there may be some folks that decide to hang out and eat burritos and some cupcakes.

Yep.

And we'll be having a panel discussion afterwards uh with several um people from the city of Alameda.

Folks that have things to say and have been doing good works, and so it'll be a good time for discussion.

We'll be hosting, I'll be hosting it with one of the youth uh advocates as well, so it'll be a nice group of people, and we'll have some good questions, and then we'll open it up to the people who are in the audience and hopefully we'll get a lot of people in the audience.

That's really the goal here.

I mean, we've got a lot of advertisement in, so I I think we'll get a good group of people.

I've seen it in a bunch of different places.

Yeah.

Going on that, yeah.

And if you have looked in various places, you'll see a poster somewhere in your neighborhood that says Alameda Stands united against hate.

That's a mighty powerful weapon right there.

And the banner is acting that's right banner is over on City Hall West, right?

Yeah and here I didn't see it here I'm gonna have to come up okay I'm gonna have to look at it at the HDR that's okay I'm definitely going to and Diane?

Yeah I just like to commend the staff um you know uh for working with us on this effort and um I mean to be honest I don't think we could have moved this far forward without uh you know your support so really really want to thank you um you know we we've been working on this for I don't know how many years and it just gave me goosebumps to hear the mayor read um you know the commendation so yeah I I'm really really happy and pleased that at least she verbalized kind of what we've been trying to do and and and articulate um through the resolution but we didn't get to the resolution but this is you know uh I think a victory for us in in so many ways and the fact that we're now visible with the banners is great and then hosting the city hall uh convening is it's the beginning of a conversation that we should continue to have um it's not gonna end tomorrow night so you know these are issues that have been with us since the start of man I'm gonna just solve racism with the movie and cupcakes it's uh it's a heavy lift yeah and then I think it's I think we're we should also thank our um fellow colleagues on this board who have you know just provided support you know just you know I mean it's just been wonderful to uh you know just we know you have our backs on this issue and and that you understand and it's not something that we have to debate you know as much um it's always good to have Discord and and discussion uh that's that's who we are as human beings and it's that's the way we learn so um yeah but we've just been very fortunate so thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you well it was your leadership and vision general and Diane I just want to um add something to um your your album is going to say just as information you know I've been I've been trying to track down what happened you know with the um CrabCo concerts and all of that actually that's not a whole story but I did actually get to talk to Jeff Canberra and during our conversation he said well you know the thing I he's still doing events he was one of you actually used to do those events he said the event I really would like to do here in Alameda is a Juneteenth event oh really so um I I he's the guy that does the Alameda post the walk with his dog Jack Cameron I don't know he um if he does I don't know from that but I know he runs like the beer brews and barbecues and those events and stuff so he's definitely knows how to do these events I mean he's he would love to I I actually talked to him about right now Gerald so if you want to just have a conversation with them I like conversations conversations go a long way I hope we can contact with them and have a conversation so just an idea right now you know well I was just gonna say there is a Juneteenth event that happens annually in Alameda but it's at it's at South Shore and it's pretty small so you might just want to combine powers or reach out to them as well.

Yeah it's through the business association or something like that.

No but it's like local vendors and food and things like that.

Yeah small businesses I'm not sure if it's through the chamber but that's where I'm not sure if that's what you mean but that's yeah yeah that's where it's hosted and it is every year.

Yeah I was familiar with that one, yeah.

Yeah, so yeah but it's just an interesting idea.

I might be able to fold into what you're you know, your group going and stuff so I like it I like it a lot.

Um and then last but not least, the domestic violence for group.

So I met uh twice with the mayor on Zoom, uh, first time with Sarah Henry and Catherine Schwartz, and second time of Billy Pictures joined discuss the video that the mayor has in mind.

I don't think they know about the video Bernie.

If you want to describe it, yeah, I heard about it last year.

Yeah, so the mayor wants to have a video on domestic violence awareness, yeah, and it was her concern was that we're at about a year's anniversary of this horrible event, um, when you're uh a man killed his kids and wife, and then um October is also domestic violence awareness month, but so her vision was to push forward a video or maybe two videos, it kind of depends on the habit done by the end of the month, and that's obviously not gonna happen.

So she's now working with Sarah and the videographer, which is the last I heard of it, and we're now contemplating if there would be video or videos, maybe by the end of this year, early next year.

So, um, I don't know if you've had more discussions with Sarah.

I think you know more than I think Russia did uh yeoman or your person's work putting out a survey with the information that came back, but somehow I'm not sure it got has it yet gotten integrated.

I'm gonna make sure that it does.

And then we have our stuff in there.

There was some really good stuff in there.

There's really good stuff there, yeah.

And then we're planning our upcoming task force meeting, which which is now a what's the word four times a year meeting of the you know, the main providers of domestic violence services, the Alameda Police Department, the fire department, uh the DA's office, and then all these wonderful people that are doing the good work.

So that's gonna be a that's really my report.

I gotta say, when I heard uh the mayor mentioned the video and she mentioned prominently in that yesterday, I was like, wow, Bernie never told me about that.

I didn't hear anything about it.

It's been really fast.

I think we learned about it like two weeks ago.

I have to say, yeah, mayor, definitely good job.

Good job.

So it's all also held, that's the only purpose of this.

Thank you.

We can step down.

Um, well, this brings us the item five, staff communications.

Okay, great.

I am Christiana Mana Ayon, and I am going to give um a report out on staff communications.

So we our team is growing.

Um, as you all have heard, we are bringing our outreach, we have brought our outreach team in-house.

So we have hired um a program specialist, his name is Raoul.

The third, so he will be overseeing a team of engagement specialists.

We have uh how many started?

Oh, wait, no, sorry, I have their names.

Jasmine Forsberg, Julian Lillard, um, and then we also have she's not officially an outreach specialist, but our former intern, Scarlett Wagner, is working as like an assistant to the engagement team part-time.

Oh, and Annie, Flores, yes, but she's she's been on the team.

Um, so we have a team, they're potentially maybe another uh engagement specialist added, and that's we're very excited and thrilled about it.

Are they doing outreach seven days a week?

So they are doing um outreach six days a week, Monday, Saturday, and the hours covered are 7 a.m.

to 6 p.m.

Two days at the library, and one of which is a Saturday.

Oh, and what housing supply that we have?

What does the I mean I'm just basically?

I didn't hear the question, sorry.

Um, what housing supply?

Like, where do we how do we if we meet in our meet estimates and house?

Do we have a good supply?

That's um I wanted to give an update about how to report and I can answer that question too.

So the homeless hotline will retire at the end of 2025.

So we will not allow or use that phone number.

We've already initiated our C click fix, which is what residents are used to using for other reporting matters.

So they're I believe it's called homeless engagement is our category.

So if you go to C click fix Alameda and click on homeless engagement, you can put your report in there for whatever the case may be.

If you see somebody a tent or somebody who looks like it may be living off the car, you can put the information there.

Um you can give as much little information as possible.

The more information of course, the more helpful, so we can locate the person.

Um and pictures are a little tricky.

I don't want you to get in people's faces, taking pictures of them, making them uncomfortable.

But sometimes photos of the area could be helpful so we know where exactly, or a pinpoint on the map, which C click fix allows you to do is very helpful.

Um for housing, well, also for C-Click Fix, it's not just if you see somebody, but if you see debris that look like looks like it may belong to somebody and is not just trash, then that can come to us and we'll investigate.

If you meet somebody who is at risk for becoming homeless, maybe they got a three-day quick quitting notice or some other type of challenge.

You can report that in C click fix.

Also, we would need their information to be able to contact them.

Otherwise, you can just give them our information and they can decide to contact us themselves.

And then for housing from the street, primarily we're focused on getting people indoors, so we have our shelter programs.

We have the winter warming shelter opens in December.

Which it's almost full, or um, I heard today.

They're getting about 15 people a night, and there's 17 available beds, but it's still available for some versus we have emergency supportive housing that has 12 single adult beds, and then we have two family homes with one family per home.

So those are the and are those all built, or the houses are built, and so but those are more intensive, so they have more intensive case management, it's more of a program so that people get move into permanent housing from those programs, and then um the space becomes vacant for someone who's coming off the street.

There is the possibility for people to become housed off the street.

We do have um case and engagement specialists working with those, um, some of those folks and we partner with building futures for that too, and building futures right now does the county assessment, which is how a lot of people get housed is through the coordinated entry system, and the county manages that's how people typically get matched.

We also work closely with the housing authority.

Um they had some new developments that came up, and we had some people who put programs into those units.

So we do have um a nice flow of system here in Alameda where people can get housed if they are connected to services and are willing to go through the steps of going through the county system, getting their documentation, doing those processes.

I have a lot.

I mean, I'm sure this is way past gone, but the C click fix to homelessness just feels like it just really lands like narcing that people are almost doing the same thing as like a pot hole, just really I just it feels like you're not gonna go in your neighbor.

I mean, narking is just that the dehumanizing of like what you do and like how you report a pothole is the same way we're reporting someone who's down, you know, but is it visible to other people?

So, so like if there is a pothole, everybody can see what other people have reported, or those reports available to the public in that same way, or would they have to clarify.

Because it seems like maybe that is also concerning that we're putting people's identities at risk and trust relationships, seems right.

We have that in the point-in-time count, right?

Where we do precounts and then people start to get empty, right?

Because people know where they are.

So I'm wondering if we would have that same experience.

Yeah, I thought about that, but we can just fix.

I just that language to me is really just lands line that way.

I mean, I'm sure this is not your choice.

It's my choice.

Oh, to use the symbols.

Yes, it's my choice.

Um the hotline, it has not been um heavily utilized by the community, was having utilized by staff, um, and it costs us money to use that.

That Click fixes already in the infrastructure, and I'm not sure about the um, I didn't know that there was an option where people would maybe see, so I'll have to check on that.

Yeah, but it's not a I don't see it as a comparison of reporting.

I mean, you're you're either calling and reporting on the phone or I mean you're reporting it either way, yeah.

And it's our purpose and goal to then go support folks.

Yeah, we're not going looking at it as a little cover up or filling.

Yeah, we're looking at it as a way for us to understand what people are so then we can locate them and give them services instead of the community calling the police, yeah, and criminalizing.

Yeah, that's a that's a that's a really good perspective.

And I will say people would call homeless hotline with language of like please fix and take care of this.

It wasn't always well meaning people trying to help folks.

I think it'll be it's it was similar.

Um, and the way that it worked was we weren't getting direct phone calls, we were getting emails from the phone calls.

So we were still getting them as like virtual requests, and then from those virtual requests, the the outreach team was dispatched, um, and also it's not the only way to reach us.

We still have our phone number that you can call our main desk, our administrative specialist is going to be trained on how to take those calls and to confirm which uh engagement specialists are on shift and how to I guess I keep saying dispatch, but um assign or forward that call, um, and then there's the office hours today so we get the library.

I don't have so because we're not if folks I I definitely if we go out into the community, we're doing like the PTA presentations or the implementations.

We wouldn't suggest that people go on to see click fix, right?

Or like suggesting it still to call the offices or call two one one as like if they're in need of services, the question.

So if folks are in need of services, right?

So if we're doing outreach in a community and trying to normalize that people may need assistance, before we've had like a homeless hotline as like one of the numbers that they could call for them to ask for assistance for themselves.

Yeah, I don't think the I mean, I don't know, maybe that's what was shared before, but the homeless hotline in my experience was not used for that.

Right, but they couldn't call our office number.

Okay, so our office number has been connected with bread, which does completely different work.

Splitting that so that number is solely for HHS and bread will have their separate number, so people call us, then we'll know you know, it's for services and typically it'll be for services, and um, then we can connect them to one of our specialists and assign them to a specialist who can give them their cell phone number to direct them.

But that also assumes everyone has phones, it would it assumes everyone has phones, right?

A lot of this is phone contingent.

Well, that was always the case.

Yeah, I just wanted to I went to see quite fixing.

If you go to parking unfortunately, you can see a picture of the car that they want to have done.

But I mean it's something we'll flock to IT.

I feel like there has to be a way to prioritize it.

I would say privacy, you know, PII being what it is, yeah.

I find concerning, like I said.

If you haven't had somebody walk up and you would take a picture of you while you were walking down the street, then you don're at all what I have, and I found it really offensive.

It's like worrying.

Oh, so uh I wouldn't I would just say if there's a way to just do your reporting without taking pictures or at least not including them all on a public facing website, that would be cool.

That would be a lot safer too.

Yeah, okay, but then the flip side, like someone who does this, like it's really hard to like.

They can take the picture, but you don't have to put the not saying that if it's going to be PI, then it should stay within that boundary and not go out to the public because then you're gonna have it's not gonna be our preference to have the photos got to the public.

We're gonna have to just speak about it internally and figure it out with ID.

Okay, I'm sure they'll figure it out.

You guys, you guys are awesome.

I have no question about that.

Y'all are awesome.

It's just these are the things that that was helpful to be a people's thoughts and perspective, yeah.

We also wouldn't want people interfering with the work, right?

So it's like there's multiple reasons why we wouldn't want that out.

So we hear that.

We want somebody going over and setting a fire on somebody because they saw a picture.

That kind of stupid stuff.

It just I guess, especially with the recent Supreme Court hearing, it's just this like I for me that visceral like C click fix of like people were already reporting.

I know, but I know I know I can't.

I know I'm sure I'm sure it's happening.

It just so yeah, I hear it.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, that's why we're having these conversations here, so that we can say we are not gonna do that either.

I prefer we can't change the world.

Okay, you can report directly to us, but I mean I would rather people report on C like something to call ABD or try to approach them.

So yeah, yeah.

No, I agree.

I don't know.

No, I mean, it makes sense.

It like it makes sense, it's just like really not that.

I mean, in Oakland, it's 311, which was two one-one, it's just a the name of the platform.

Yeah, and I can't change that.

No, I know.

I just don't human beings, like for me.

I've used it like there's trash on the like it's like I'm like, oh, there's a capture.

Some people still and it wasn't helpful because it wasn't coming to us.

If you want to call and say I would have a dead raccoon, fine, take a picture of the dead raccoon.

But I think if you just people should not be two on one call still, but two on one was never moving to us, it was different from the hotline.

So the hotline's Monday through Friday, nine to five.

So if you call it outside of those hours, it would just be straight two on one, and we didn't get that information.

So you would, I don't know what they would tell you.

Maybe you'd go to the same place there or something.

I'm not sure, but it was not connected to our services.

We never heard or got those reports.

Who's doing 211 for us again?

Yeah, I so they do it for the whole county, so they don't, yeah.

And just like that whole dance of like, oh, this person's has some referral stuff.

I don't know, like what can be you know, the coordinated entry and what they scored and how they're best to set up.

Yeah, but all of it coordinated scores and prioritizing that it's challenging to everyone around.

So I did have other staff.

So I went off on a tangent.

Sorry.

Audrey also had some to add.

Is everyone good to that thought?

Um, great.

So that was all wonderful.

That was all helpful information.

Some of it has already been covered.

Uh, so you all may be aware that through the inclusionary housing ordinance and Alameda, our division manages below the market rate ownership and rental um compliance, essentially.

So anytime a new building goes out, there has to be a certain number of low-income affordable housing added.

In the future, it may be there may be a fee depending on what the new inclusionary housing ordinance will uh include.

Um, but this as an update for our program for ownership, uh, there have been three homes that have been closed on, so three new homeowners and two in the process.

Okay.

Uh you all heard about the various events, the film screening, the proclamation, the age-friendly listening session, lots going on.

Umone mentioned how the winter warming shelter, so that's actually gonna go to council November 18th.

Um, with the extra month proposed, um, case management services added.

Oh, actually.

The request for proposals for the was released, and it is due on October 31st by 5 p.m.

And separately, the day centered capital work invitation to bid was released.

So that's for the relocation and the uh renovations essentially of the new day center.

The due date and bid opening for that will be November 5th at 2 p.m.

Um as you all heard the community development block grant cut award is on hold due to the federal government shutdown, and I was gonna pass it to Andre.

You'll uh ask a few questions.

I'm not sure if there was anything left that you wanted to update related to the shutdown.

Yeah, um, just a few a few points of emphasis uh for those of you who are not aware, which I'm sure you guys all are aware.

Um, we're on day 22 of the government shutdown with no end in sight due to the political gridlock between the House and the Senate.

Uh this has affected most, if not all of HUD programs for fiscal year 25-26, but jurisdictions that have funding available from previous fiscal years can draw funding for carry forward projects, which we have been able to do, um, which is a good thing.

Uh the systems and applications we use to report and draw HUD CDBG funds are still active, which allows us to continue our work in some capacity from the housing side.

Uh we are hopeful that Congress will eventually come to an agreement and pass the bill to fund those essential services and programs at the federal level.

Um, and as mentioned earlier, the city does have a contingency plan to potentially fill the void if our providers are unable to sustain services and wanted to end on a high note uh because I don't want to be doom and gloom.

Uh, there is a bill that has been introduced to Congress by um a senator, I believe, or a representative name um Sam Licardo, he's a Democrat who is from Mountain View.

Um, and this bill is called the Unlocked Act.

Um, so it provides more flexibility to use CDBG for new construction and affordable housing projects.

I'd also like to mention that our state is very strong as far as our economy.

Um, we're the fifth or fourth largest economy in the entire world.

Uh so I see that with that.

Um, there's a lot of funding opportunities still for you know cities and jurisdictions throughout the state to apply for.

Um, one being pro housing extensive program funding, which um they just announced that round four funding um applications have been released, and I'm sure um you guys have probably heard of permanent local housing allocation, and then we have home key plus funding, which are all essential to affordable housing development and um addressing the the unmet needs of um homelessness, veterans, um, and also seniors um who are most vulnerable population.

So just wanted to uh throw that out there.

Um, there is optimism, and and I think that um there is still a lot of good work to do.

So um, yeah, I'll leave it at that.

Thanks, Andre.

And he did bring to my attention that you need to vote on one more item for 4B.

So we need to go back to 4B.

Okay.

Uh do you want to state what they need to approve, Andre?

Yes.

Uh, if you guys can approve uh continuing to fund our existing social service providers for a second consecutive year.

Um, so that on the pro rate of basis, um, when HUD announces the 2026 award allocations.

Uh, that'll be appreciated.

Yeah, open for a promotion.

So prove that um the CDBG is prorated distribution for a second year.

Does that get everything there?

Yes, social service providers, yes.

The first officer service providers.

I'll second.

You have a second.

Alright.

We will vote then.

Um, yes.

They never share on me.

Yes.

Joel Bryant, yes.

Rachelle Buckholz.

Yes.

It's Maratha Green.

Yes.

Scott Means.

Yes.

Unanimous.

Thank you.

All right.

That concludes.

Do you have another?

That concludes staff announcements.

Now we're at Board Communications about Agenda, and as promised, Diane, you're first.

Oh, okay.

Thank you.

I've been getting text regarding the National Guard landing at Alameda.

Uh whatever in Alameda.

And so I think folks are trying to identify if there's any entities that are organizing folks.

You know, that they would like to know so that we can put put it out there.

I got a text message from uh friend who was saying that there was an organizing meeting going on actually at six o'clock earlier this evening.

Yes, there was a training.

Yeah.

Um okay, but then um, so at 7 a.m.

I think people are being asked to go to the Coast Guard station for a peaceful demonstration at 7 a.m.

in the morning.

Um, and that there's gonna be a rally in San Francisco at 6 p.m., I guess is what I've heard.

Oh, 5 p.m., sorry, 5 p.m.

rally at San Francisco embarcadero plaza tomorrow.

So I just wanted to share that.

Oh, yeah, we should also be coming over to watch the movie.

Diane, do you have any other announcements you'd like to share?

Food starts at five.

Uh yes.

Um I have submitted my resignation to Scott.

And um, yeah, so I think uh I'm a new grandmother.

And my son and daughter-in-law, you know, their maternity paternity leave is gonna be ending.

So um I will need to step in as a caregiver, and um I'm hoping I could lift that baby because she's getting bigger and bigger by the day.

Get stronger as they get bigger.

Oh god.

So at any rate, um I am moving on to uh new adventure, and I just uh uh as of January, so uh December 31st, I guess would be the end of my my uh my term.

So I just want to again thank thanks everybody for being such wonderful co-conspirators in making Alameda better.

Um I hope you know we were able to do a little something.

So, yeah, appreciate your carrying the work forward.

You will be missed.

You will.

I will miss you all, and I'm sure hopefully we'll see each other on the street and wherever we go.

Is it the baby local?

She's in Oakland.

I know her.

Yeah, so not too far.

So you will be at the December meeting, though.

Yeah, I think, yeah, I will.

That'll that'll be the the end.

Well, uh, we you sent an email about we have the mayor um nominated a new work number at last night's city council meeting, and it will be voted on in November.

Oh, great.

Can we sneak another person in so we won't take a full year?

Hopefully, yeah, they had a resume, right?

That was a name.

I looked at the resume.

But it's not a it's unfortunately it's not uh an item we can discuss because it's not an agenda item.

So but you know, you can look at it, and of course it's gonna be approving on it in November.

If you have any comments about this person, I encourage you to show up to the council meeting on November 4th.

I had one or two, I think it's a picture.

Yes, and there will be another person that she's to interviewed for the other schedule.

A lot of times in these, I don't know how it works in Alameda, but I know they didn't like looking at people unless someone actually left to talk to they left.

So she might even want to look at other people until after December, so or after January, the second position.

Thank you, Dan.

Just being realistic about expectations in terms of time.

Gotcha.

I got one.

Okay.

Um there will be uh reparation listening sessions for Alameda County Reparations Commission listening session going on in East Oakland Youth Development Center Saturday the 25th from 12 to 2.

Um there's a flyer, I'm happy to send around to everybody, but I think again, it's important that people have these kind of listening sessions to understand what the nature of reparations are and how they actually work and the way the processes are done.

And the ones that they had here in Alameda were very enlightening.

There are several ecumenical programs out there that are working for reparations, and it was very interesting to see the things that they were doing and how they were doing it.

So I simply say, come listen, see what people have to say, and hopefully you'll be as enlightened as I was.

Okay, thank you.

Anyone else?

Well, then we can turn the meeting at say it's 8 38 p.m.

Well, it's like 10 seconds before.

Okay, thank you.

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