All right.

I call this meeting to order.

Welcome everyone to the March 5th, 2026 HRC meeting.

I will now ask the principal management allen to take attendance by roll poll.

Thank you, Chair.

Committee member Lester, here committee member McDonald's.

Committee member Smith here, committee member Webb.

Vice Chair Chadwell here in Chairbook.

Here, thank you.

If there are no corrections or additions, a motion is in order to approve these minutes.

Do I hear a motion?

Oh right.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Motion carries.

This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the committee on any matter not on the agenda.

Each speaker has up to three minutes to make their comments.

Bay law prohibits the committee from acting on non-agenda items.

For those attending the meeting Zoom, please use the raise your hand function or press star nine on your phone to make comments.

Seeing that we have no in-person and any on Zoom.

No comments.

Okay, seeing none, we'll move, we'll close and move on to item five.

Unfinished business.

So we are uh seeing uh uh progression in the uh know your rights ad hoc committee.

Uh we had uh committee member uh Lester attend the youth advisor youth advisory committee, uh where we got a lot of information on what kind of uh new rights sessions uh that can uh the youth would like to hear, uh mainly on like First Amendment rights, right?

Uh so we'll be exploring uh what kind of uh community-based organizations could possibly uh lead those trainings and the kind of the timeline of Windows would be hosted.

Uh we are still uh communicating with their partners with respects to uh labor rights.

Um uh vice chair uh Chadwell will be uh communicating with someone from the senior advisory committee with regards to uh senior rights as well.

So uh any questions from the committee members with what the uh know your rights ad hoc committee is doing.

Okay, see none.

We'll move to the civic participation ad hoc committee.

The civic participation ad hoc committee will present an oral update.

No action will be taken on this time.

Committee member Lester.

Thank you, Chair.

Um we are we have to reschedule our working meeting today where we were planning to analyze the data as a committee that we collected, but just to remind the committee, um we have collected 17 responses in English and 20 in Spanish uh from our HRC civic participation survey.

We also do have um in-person notes um and other responses reported earlier in this process from myself and former committee member Sylvester and uh the other committees as well or committee members as well.

Um so matter of uh doing that data analysis, and then we won't be able to bring back those responses to the committee that will hopefully uh inform staff work and our work as a committee going forward.

Thank you, committee member Lester.

Any questions for the committee member on this ad hoc committee?

Okay, seeing none.

Moving on to the human library ad hoc committee, the human library ad hoc committee will present an oral update.

No action will be taken on this item.

Thank you, Chair.

I'll be providing the update for the Human Library Committee.

And unfortunately, I have to share with you that the Human Library has ceased providing services and their operations in the United States at this time.

They're an international organization based in Copenhagen, and they had liaisons in the United States that were based, I believe, on a grant that was federally funded that was then pulled, and the organization made the decision to seize operations in the US.

So unfortunately, we will be unable to hold that event.

Thank you for the update.

Do any of the committee members have any questions with respects to this ad hoc committee?

Committee member lesser.

Yeah, we don't I believe that there were two reasons.

One was a lack of funding support, and then the second, which was strongly implied by our contact in Copenhagen was a sense of instable.

No longer want to do that type of work.

That's a great question.

Yeah.

So for the updates to the work plan that I typically bring to you in May when we begin conversations about the next work plan and future projects, and I'll note that the projects closed out and was no longer an option.

And I will also note that staff did explore options for running the event ourselves, but the human library does have a long contact list and established relationships with people who've been trained and often volunteered to do these types of events, which can be intense.

And the only option for us to work with them on it was to become trained to basically do the liaison role ourselves, which is not something that we have the capacity to do at this time.

Any other questions from uh the committee before we move?

It's unfortunate.

Maybe hopefully in the future, this is something that uh the HRC could visit.

Um moving on to item six, uh CDBG and home funding recommendations for fiscal year 2026 and 27 annual action plan.

The human relations committee will hold a public hearing to hear funding staff recommendations for fiscal year 2026 to 27 annual action plan, no funding recommendation for city council's consideration.

Action will be taken on this item.

Alec by Barrel.

Uh housing officer will present this item.

Affordable housing manager, Julie Bernard is also available to answer any questions.

Please take it away.

Thank you.

Hello, it's good to see you all again.

Hope you're doing well.

My name is Alec uh Housing Officer, and I'm joined by Julie Bernard, Abortable Housing Manager.

And today I will be giving you a presentation on fiscal year 2026, 2027.

New Action Plan Grant Funding Recommendations.

Staff will present the funding recommendations for the use of federal grants and city general funds, and request that the HRC sell the public hearing to receive input.

Is it not?

It's a little slow.

Okay.

I can do it.

Um the city is developing its fiscal year 26-27 annual action plan, which is the second year the city's 2025 through 30 consolidated plan that the HRC reviewed and provided input on at last year's meeting in April.

The 2026-27 annual action plan covers the period of July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2027.

The action plan is required by the U.S.

Department of Housing and Development in order to receive federal grant funding and identify these specific projects and activities that will be administered over the fiscal year.

The CDBG program provides funds to help us move all the needs.

A maximum of 15% for public services, such as services for seniors and persons experiencing homelessness, a maximum of 20% can be used for program administration.

The remaining funds can be used for other eligible activities, such as capital projects, including the rehabilitation of affordable housing and minor home repairs for low and moderate income homeowners, or economic economic development activities, including systems for small businesses.

The home program provides funding to help fund the development of affordable housing and related programs.

Home funding allows a maximum of 10% to be used for program administration, while the remaining amount can be used for eligible activities such as site acquisition, construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing, and home buyer assistance.

Before we get into the fiscal year 26-27 funding recommendations, we did want to provide an update on current funding, which will help set the stage as we talk about next year's fund.

In spring of last year, the HRC and Council approved the fiscal year 2025-26 annual action plan.

And when HUD sent the city its grant agreements, they included a new addendum that would impose new conditions requiring compliance with certain federal policy directives.

Examples of the new policy conditions include prohibitions and restrictions on using funds to promote general ideology, abortions, or illegal immigration.

The absence of clarity regarding federal agencies' interpretation and implementation of the conditions has created a high degree of uncertainty for funding recipients, including the city.

Staff conducted an analysis and based on this analysis undertook the following actions.

Submitted modified grant agreements to HUD that temporarily prevent the enforcement of the new policy conditions, and will only use prior year grant funds and program income, which were deemed not subject to the new policy conditions.

The analysis that staff conducted was also used to inform the approach for the fiscal year 2627 annual action plan.

Staff are using scenario A as the prime as the primary planning assumption for the next fiscal year, which includes the submittal of modified grant agreements and prioritizing the use of prior year funds and program income deemed not subject to the agenda's policy conditions.

Now that we've discussed the strategy, we can move on to the fiscal year 2627 annual action plan.

The budget for the action plan consists of the annual entitlement funding allocation, participated program income, and prior year unexpended resources.

The proposed CDBG funding allocations will be discussed in the following slides.

The city's home funds will be used for affordable housing projects and will be directly allocated when projects are identified.

If the final allocations differ from the estimates, then staff will adjust the recommendations proportionally.

Public service funding is administered on a two-year cycle, and fiscal year 26-27 is the second year in the cycle.

For this reason, the CDBG public service funding recommendations are the same as they were for last year, fiscal year 25-26, which was year one in the cycle.

Due to anticipated funding limitations, there will not be enough CDBG funding to fully fund each organization at the same levels of year one.

So staff are recommending that general housing funds be used to supplement each CBG award to maintain full funding levels for year two of the cycle.

Total is 373,831 dollars.

Due to continued uncertainty about 20 federal grant requirements for fiscal year 2627, staff are also recommending one-time contingency funding in this amount from general housing fund to support CDBG funded nonprofit partners.

This contingency funding will only be required if program income and prior year unexpended funds become unavailable.

This approach will help us to continue to fully fund our nonprofit partners and therefore mitigate any potential service disruptions to our community.

As mentioned, fiscal year 2627 is the second year in the two-year funding cycle, and therefore the general fund public service funding recommendations are remaining the same as year one.

Sorry, I'm helping.

The final action plan will be submitted to HUD by May 15th, pending the release of the city's final funding allocations.

And this concludes staff presentation.

Thank you for your time, and we're happy to answer any questions you have.

Thank you, Alec, for your presentation.

I now invite the committee to ask any clarifying questions that they have for staff.

I now invite the committee to ask any clarifying questions that they have for staff discussion and action on these items will take place after the public hearing.

Does the committee have any clarifying questions?

And I'll call on you once I see your hand.

So I'm looking at on page nine is C D D public service limiting recommendations.

Can you help me understand like how did we determine how much needs to be supplemented versus how much how is that that we're still getting any funding from C D BG?

If it's kind of all on the B.

Yes.

So PUD did uh so C D B G funds are dependent on the federal budget.

Um federally the government did budget CDBG funds for the next year uh at the same level as the current year.

So we're anticipating a similar uh entitlement amount.

Um what's different is we're estimating slightly less program income.

Well, calculating the amount that you can use for public services for C D B G, there's a formula that needs to be used.

Um that basically equates to 15% of your entitlement allocation and your anticipated program income.

So since we're anticipating a little bit less program income, the amount that we are allowed to use for public services is slightly less than last year.

Uh therefore, in order to maintain full fund levels, we are using uh general housing fund, yeah.

Does that help answer the question?

So I guess just uh uh this the estimated funding that will be that will be received or is estimated to be received from C D B G.

Is it possible that that funding, like you know, we don't know how things are gonna shake out with litigation and with uh modified grant agreements and things like that.

Is it possible that we get to the time that this money needs to be awarded and it comes with those that addendum the strings attached, and then the city had to decide what do we do now?

Yeah, absolutely.

Um so part of the actions the city are taking in response to the addendum is prioritizing the use of prior year funds and program income, which were uh by CAO's analysis to not be subject to the new policy requirements.

Um and thankfully, due to large loan repayments we received over the past years, we'd have enough of a balance of program income to cover the items that we're presenting here today.

Therefore, we will not have to use any of the next year's uh entitlement funding, which we assume will have the addendum attached to it.

So this is this is what would be estimated if we were to use the entitlement funding.

We might not even use it, and if we don't use it, then we do have a backup plan of how to cover it from the general fault.

More or less, yeah.

Okay, excellent.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Quickly.

Oh no, so if we are not using it this year, those funds, then we will check the same issue next year.

Is that what you're saying?

And then we'll have to go through that calculation again and then worry about the entire correct.

Yeah, so for when we're back here at this time next year, it's gonna be a whole new ball game.

Um, as things continue to change and evolve, the situation could be drastically different than it is tonight.

I would say thankfully, the city has enough program income on hand, which is not subject to the agenda requirements that we are able to, for the most part keep our C BG sub recipients funded for another year.

Um, at this time next year, we'll have to you know, based on how things may or may not play out with litigation, see what these stand.

Okay.

So quick question.

There's like the really simple versions of this real quick.

So, like money A from previous situations that is not subjected, even after things.

Money A, what if we just kept money A separate and then uh and then money B comes in with strings attached?

We only give money B it like easily away to anybody that does meet that, but then we keep money A to fill in those gaps of people that cannot meet those strings attached situations.

Is that possible?

Yeah, I think that could be a potential scenario.

Uh, although we have had discussions with majority of our sub recipients, and they do not want to accept funds if we are applying those conditions at all.

Understandable.

I agree.

And this is and to add, we joined in as a plaintiff, right?

And just there be a case where we're we're going against Yeah, we're we're filing lots.

Right.

Again, against like what they're saying what we can't uh support, right?

Or so some of the subsidies.

I'm sorry.

Is there a title of the case?

Or like if I want to look it up and learn more about it, like it's in the memorandum.

So it's uh I I have oh on it later.

Yeah.

Uh any other questions for the committee with respects to uh item 6.1.

I have a couple uh then if you also so uh yeah, I think you briefly touch on this, but like are we expecting uh even further drops in program income in the years to come?

So program income is the city received his program income largely from loan repayments from when the city has made CDBG or home loans to developments in the past.

Um those loan repayments really fluctuate each year, and it's impossible to tell until uh the developments have completed their annual calendar year analysis of their finances.

So for example, um they will be submitting us in an office of their finances soon here in the spring, and that will tell us how much we we can expect to receive for program income for the next fiscal year.

Um so it's certainly possible that there could be drops in program income, but alternatively it could also stay the same reason.

Okay, okay.

We've seen we've seen three similar levels of programming funds consistently sort of past, you know, two, three four years.

And then uh my second question was uh with respects to the general housing fund.

Was it selected uh as a pot to be uh pulled from because it was only the only feasible source of agents to pull from, or was there other funding options considered to be able to supplement?

General housing fund was the sole uh only soldiers considered in this scenario.

Was there a reason why the other like yeah, hi?

Good evening, everybody.

I'm gonna affordable housing manager.

Um well, so our housing funds have some restrictions and some allowances, and it was found that our source of funding, like the general funded uh general general fund is very precious.

We have our own housing fund, and um these were eligible expenses under our housing fund, and we just felt like it was the best fit for the funding um and programs make sure that we can make our nonprofits whole where we can.

We which is great.

I think we're at uh a lot of go with this too, which was like part of the uh the memo was also mentioning potential impacts on uh some of the housing initiatives in future years and what were those uh housing initiatives that potentially could be impacted.

Uh lack of CDPG funding or from being uh from the uh housing uh I see from utilizing our housing funds, what are we impacting?

Yeah, um, in the short term, nothing.

Um so right now we do have um some unencumbered balance, a sufficient amount to cover the amount that we're proposing profit partners whole.

Um so we're not in the immediate future taking anything away from our housing projects and programs, but just to share what we do in the housing um department, the lion's share of our funding goes to for uh funding affordable housing developments such as the one across the street at block 12.

Um you've probably sold broke ground very exciting this week.

Um so projects like that is what our housing funds like typically go for, go towards, but we do also have some smaller programs.

We're working on uh small um uh first-time home buyers assistance program, um, some of the acquisition preservation initiatives, um and uh and that's that sort of thing.

So and then uh my last question is so pending litigation with I know there's gonna be a lot of back and forth of like what's gonna go to council.

Is it feasible for some of the information to also come back to the HRC on uh updates on uh federal uh litigation impacts to like the CP teach funds so we know like how that's gonna impact uh feature home C D PG outputs that I yeah, I think or should even come to us.

Or Chat even come to us.

I don't think that would come through us.

I think our city attorney um has been managing the litigation and we don't really have anything to do with that.

I think we'll just defer to stop to see if there's any updates we can um provide you with if and when well when if and when we have any further updates that we want to say perfect, thank you.

Any uh further questions from the committee before uh we move on.

Okay.

Uh so um thank you for that and then oops.

UK and then so now we'll we'll move forth towards the recusal of the uh committee.

Is it public comment?

Oh did it public no recusal yeah, yeah.

Before we begin the public hearing, the committee discussion on these items, the consideration of the funding recommendations for the community service agency requires a member of the committee to refuse themselves due to a potential conflict of interest after making a statement of recusal.

The committee the committee member will be the root.

I will then uh uh I will then open a public hearing at which members of the public may comment on the community services agency funding recommendations following the cloth the close of the public hearing.

The committee will proceed to discuss and take action of the community services agency funding recommendations only following the committee uh committee's action.

The committee member will return to the meeting and the committee will proceed to hold public hearing, discuss and take action on the remainder of the staff recommendations.

Can the committee member with the a conflict of interest please make your recusal statement?

Yes, thank you, Chair Click One.

Um I am re I uh Vice Chair Chadwell am recusing myself from discussion of the community services agency funding recommendations, use my position on the board of the community services agency.

I have not participated and will not be participating in the recommendation to council regarding CSA funding in any way.

All right, the committee will now proceed to discuss the community services agency funding recommendations.

All other funding recommendations will be discussed when Vice Chair Chadwell returns.

As a reminder, the staff recommendation is to fund the community services agency homelessness prevention and senior case management services from the combination of CDBG and supplemental funds totaling 64,878 and to fund the senior nutrition program for 18,489 with 54 cents from the city's general belt.

I will now open the public hearing on the community services agency funding recommendations.

There will be an opportunity to comment on the rest of the funding recommendations when Vice Chair Chadwell returns.

Would any member of the public like to comment on the community services agency funding recommendation?

If so, please submit a blue card to staff if you've not done so already.

They're found in the front of the room, noting that you'd like to speak on the CSA recommendation only.

Each each speaker will receive three minutes if submitted there's none.

Okay, and oh wait.

We have one online.

Oh Milton Kadena.

Perfect, Milton.

You will have three minutes.

Thank you.

Uh Milton Karena here from Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County.

Uh today hi Milton.

This is only for the community services agency.

If you want to wait a little bit, we'll then sorry, thank you.

Perfect.

Thank you, Milton.

Okay.

No other hands.

All right.

Thank you.

So I will now close a public hearing and bring the item back to the committee for deliberation and action on the community services agency funding recommendation.

A motion is required to take action on this item.

So I will now entertain a motion.

Or we can discuss to advance the funding recommendation to council.

Okay.

So committee member last motions to move the staffing recommendation to council.

Right here, second.

So committee member McDonald.

Second.

All those in favor say aye.

Okay.

Welcome back, Vice Chair Chadwell.

Thank you.

Can I get you some that was reaction?

When you said it was like oh, that's how you was like just the one.

Yes, the one.

That was good.

I will now open at a public hearing on the rest of the funding recommendations.

Would any member of the public like to comment on this item?

If so, please submit a blue speaker card to the staff if you have not done so already.

And seeing that we have done in person, but one resume.

We have two.

All right.

Each speaker will have three minutes.

First, we have Keith Ogden.

Go ahead, Keith.

Hi, yes.

Good evening, uh, members of the Mountain View Human Relations Committee.

My name is Keith Ogden, and I am a managing attorney with the housing tenants' rights program at community legal services in East Palo Alto.

Uh can I confirm that you can hear me?

Yes.

Great, wonderful.

So I just like to thank you uh for including um the housing help center, eviction defense housing legal services in the fiscal year 27 budget for public services.

These services are sorely needed.

Um to report back, Claspus housing team opened 77 cases for Mountain View households last year, and 60% of them related to uh eviction, which is always the most sorely needed service.

Um second, I just wanted to comment that we do at Class Ball applaud the city of Mountain View for joining the lawsuit uh that I've heard discuss tonight against the administration to challenge the legality of new conditions attached to CDBG and other federal funding.

So thank you for that.

And again, just thank you for your time and for receiving public comment on this matter.

Thank you.

Uh next we have Georgia Basile go ahead, Georgia.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Good evening.

Uh Georgia Basile, I'm the directing attorney of senior adults legal assistance.

You know, is as Sala.

We provide free civil legal services to Mountain View residents, 62 or older, targeting clients that are low income or at risk of abuse or loss of independence.

Last year, 77% of the Mountain View seniors we served uh were very low income.

They could not afford a private attorney, and 66% were 75 or older, placing them at higher risk of isolation or loss of independence.

We provide our services locally at appointments at Mountain View Senior Center and by phone for clients that can't leave their homes or with emergencies.

We are a current CDBG grantee, and we thank you so sincerely.

Your funding enables us to provide expanded availability of our services to your elderly residents.

We're recommended for funding in the 26-27 action plan memo on page seven that is before you, and we thank the staff for that recommendation.

We can't uh charge fees or take fee-generating cases to support our services.

So the primary way that we can get support is through grants like CDBG, and in this current very uncertain funding climate, your funding is more critical than ever to help us provide the highest level of service possible to your elder residents.

So we hope the commission will recommend approval of the 26-27 annual action plan funding recommendations.

And thank you again so much uh for your support and for the opportunity to comment this evening.

Thank you so much.

Next we have Milton Katina.

Melton, go ahead.

All right, thank you.

Uh good afternoon, and thank you so much for the opportunity to speak on behalf of our program.

Uh I'm the program director for the senior services of Catholic Charity Santa Clara County.

And uh today, specifically I want to say thank you to this commission and the city of Mountain View for the recommendation of uh second year cycle.

Uh uh, we just received information that uh there was a recommendation to renew uh 13,589 for a second year, and uh, we truly appreciate because we did that to sustain our program.

Uh the program specifically that we sustain with this uh funding is the Ombudsman program, which uh solid purpose is to investigate and resolve complaints made by or on behalf of residents related to issues of quality of care and abuse in long-term care facilities.

Um I'm happy to report that uh uh from the three skill nurse facilities and four RCFPs that uh we visit in uh Mountain View, uh totaling uh 340 bits.

Uh we have done uh 50 direct visits, of which 22 have been uh investigation case case related, and uh we have provided at least 45 income uh uh incoming uh goals uh to provide information and assist.

Uh I appreciate the the work and advocacy that you uh do for us for funding.

Uh and uh I truly appreciate that, and uh I would like to uh support uh the the recommendations for this year.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh I will now close public hearing and bring the item back to the committee for deliberation.

I have a question real quick, and action funding recommendations, including the community services agency recommendation.

Motion is required to take action on this item.

Committee member McDonald.

I don't think that tonight we can get this information, but subsequently, I think it would be very helpful for us to know how many clients each of these groups actually worked with or had worked with the previous years or the ongoing year, so that we have a sense of success numbers, number one, and also whether the need is increasing staying on a level playing field or decreasing so uh committee member, and please correct me, Staffim, uh uh wrong in saying this.

Uh so we're just renewing from the previous year.

So these are the previous applicants from uh the ones we already approved for from uh 2025 to 26.

Right.

Uh we're renewing this for the recommended amount with a little bit less based off what was already what we can allot uh given the current circumstances.

I think for the following year, based off the the new applicants will be able to assess what the impact for that community has been for Mount EV residents.

I figured it was important to say it now, yeah.

Next year when it's sort of a fate of complaint.

Yeah, no, definitely, definitely.

And I think they'll definitely take note of that.

Yeah, absolutely.

I can provide some additional comment as well.

Um, so uh this upcoming fall, we'll we'll come back, or actually next spring.

We'll come back to you with funding recommendations for the next two-year cycle.

Um, at that time we'll include all the information that we gave to you last year, which includes information about each organization, their programs, and how many people they uh aim to serve.

Um, additionally, if you are interested in looking at the acknowledgement data for each of the CDPG funded subprecients, we complete an annual report for HUD called the CAPER, stands for consolidated annual performance and evaluation report.

Uh to do the HUD by September 30th each year.

Um, so around that time in the fall, you can find uh drafts online for public comment, and then once it's finalized, that final version will be available online as well.

But that provides a summary of uh what the city and our nonprofit partners were able to accomplish over the prior fiscal year using the grant funding.

Thank you so much.

Now remember it is not here, but they had the embow.

Yeah, okay.

Um does that paper report go to any committees or just directly to council or um I'll bring it back.

A motion is uh required for this item.

Um I do want to ask uh principal management analyst moral uh on a previous question I had on the if it's appropriate for uh HRC to get updates on the federal litigation impacts with that be a motion to yeah, thank you, Chair.

That wouldn't need to be a motion, we can just do that at the staff level, and I'm happy to provide updates.

Okay, all right.

So would anyone want to motion uh for this item?

I'd like to move.

Okay.

No, no, no.

No, no, no.

So okay, I'll do the motion.

Go forward with that.

To move uh that recommendation.

Yeah, what you were told.

Okay.

Do I hear a second?

We will talk about two.

Okay, I hear second chair and chatter.

Uh all those in favor say aye.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Okay.

Motion passes.

Thank you so much, Sash.

So much for being here tonight.

No.

We've got to get active.

Great to see y'all.

We're gonna get updates.

All right.

Umless we have to bring it back.

Moving on to new business.

Uh election of the committee.

Uh chair and vice chair.

The committee will act on this item.

The principal management analyst will now explain the chair and vice chair roles and responsibilities as well as the election process.

Thank you, Chair.

As you may recall, annually we elect a new chair and vice chair for the HRC.

The chair and the vice chair role entail meeting with me before every meeting to review the agenda.

Um, they entail chairing the meetings, obviously, and for the vice chair in the absence of the chair chairing the meetings.

Um, they can also include public-facing activities such as providing an interview or presentation for the annual celebration of service awards.

Um, additionally, they can include again some ceremonial duties related to things like the multicultural festival or HRC events, including welcomes, etc.

Um, in addition to that, it in the upcoming year we'll be introducing chair and vice chair training for all boards, commissions and committees.

So that will be part of the duties um as well as taking an active role in managing the committee's affairs and working with members if there is a conversation accommodations.

Um would the chair or vice chair like to add additional information about the role button?

No, uh I think it's pretty straight uh forward.

Um pretty much you are as you see me do, hopefully, uh to the extent that I've been able to uh you ensure uh there is structure in the meeting and that we uh move forward with it at a reasonable uh pace so we can get through all the items uh at a pass in the space, um, as well as meet uh consistently with uh staff on any on the agenda items that we present in y'all uh to uh on our meeting dates.

But yeah, it's been uh honestly an honor to be able to chair with you this past year.

So I'm looking forward to uh under the new chair and vice chair, uh being a regular committee member.

Thank you, Chair.

Um and I do want to mention as you have access to me as a committee member any time you want to chat about something or learn more about the city's offerings or discuss committee business as chair or vice chair, you will also have access to me to all the same things and then discussing it, you chair or vice chair issues.

So with that, I would like to review the election process that we complete annually.

First, the chair will ask for nominations.

Um any committee member may nominate themselves or another another committee member to serve as chair.

Um, and if the chair isn't renominated, they may continue to facilitate the election process.

Um, a second is not necessary to someone up for the office of chair to nominate someone for the office of chair, but it is also an option if you would like to second the nomination that we have someone else.

Um the chair will ask nominees if they're willing to serve in that capacity, just to make sure that only those who are voting to selected as chair.

Um, and then we will repeat that as necessary until there are no further nominations.

We will the chair will close the nomination and then I will do a roll call vote for each nomination.

Uh they will be voted upon in the order that they are made, and then the nominee receiving a majority of the vote will be elected.

Then that chair elect will facilitate the same process for the selection of vice chair.

Any questions?

All right, thank you, Chair.

Do you have any questions?

I have a question on I don't know what page this is.

Counseling and support services for you, Cassie.

Um, I'm just curious.

Committee member McDonald, we're on uh item seven now.

Oh yeah, we're on the uh new business for the election of the new chair.

So we'll move on.

Okay, I'm out of order.

No, no, you're okay, you're okay.

We'll come back to the yeah.

Okay.

So we are okay.

So uh would any member of the on the line like to provide any comment on this item?

Being none in person, all right.

So that's um perfect.

All right, I'm we'll open I will now open it up for nominations.

Are there nominations for the office of the chair?

Now wait, just a second.

So all right, are there nominations for the office of the chair?

And I'll start it off at Vice Chair Chadwell.

Uh would uh you I nominate you to be uh chair for the human relations committee.

Would you like to do the honors?

Uh yes, I would be willing to serve in this capacity.

This is the option.

All right, all right.

Would anyone else like to nominate for this position?

No, but a third that's not only we don't have to vote, it's already all right.

All right, and then roll call vote, yes, chair.

Uh committee member left, yes, committee member McDonald's to vote on the selection.

So we're voting.

We're gonna vote for the chair.

Well, then you can say yes or no if we want it to do it.

You get it?

Got it.

Okay, so committee member McDonald, will you vote yes for okay?

Thank you.

Um just clarifying committee member Smith, yes, committee member what chair chat.

Yes, Chairbook.

Yes, I'm saying okay, your turn.

All right, let me bring it back.

Oh at this point, I would like to move forward with the vice chair nominations.

Uh are there any nominations for the office of vice chair?

I can get it started.

Um, I'd like to nominate Elise Vice Chair.

Elise, are you would you be willing to serve in this capacity?

Yes.

Okay.

Any other nominations for the role of vice chair?

No one else seconds.

All right.

I'm willing to get this ball now.

All right.

Um, I'm very supportive of that.

Okay, let's get the vote.

Okay, so now we'll take a roll call vote.

Thank you, Chair Elect.

Committee member Lester, yes, committee member McDonald voting on committee member leicester vice chair, committee member McConnell.

Yes, committee member Smith, yes, committee member webb, yes, Chair Chadwell.

Yes.

Okay.

Um we will now move on to item eight on the agenda.

Committee and staff comments, questions, and committee reports.

No action will be taken on any questions raised by the committee at this time.

State law prohibits the committee from discussing or acting on substantive non-agenda items.

Are there any comments, questions, announcements from the committee?

Uh yes.

Uh um committee member what they're going.

I was looking at that.

I keep forgetting all right.

I think we're getting committee member what multicultural day is still happening.

We've got 12 applications for performers.

We've got seven or so members of the community that are going to display their items.

So we have South Asian, Mexican, Ridgeon.

We don't have a lot of representation from like Eastern or Western Europe yet.

So if you guys know anyone out in the community, you can encourage them to either have performers, bring in some of their items from their that they display at all that are cultural.

That would be great.

And they can find it on the city web page, other events for multi-cultural days for the second.

That's it.

Four hours long, block your calendars so that we can MC together.

Next week I'll come back or next month, I'll come back with we'll have a schedule for time slots.

Yes.

And this isn't I'm not self-serving, but I think that it's wise for any city citizens group to represent not only the cultural and the racial divide, or I shouldn't say divide, but diversity.

Because I firmly believe that young people with old kids and young people with very young kids, as well as elderly need to have a way to have a voice with the city.

Since I just turned 96.

It's true.

I'd like to wish uh committee member McDonald a uh happy belated birthday.

Can we second that?

Yeah.

Well that you are there.

Next member by go on.

Thank you, Chair.

Um, so yeah, uh last month I had the privilege of attending Campicito translating uh uh prior to the the uh city council meeting uh with respects to block uh where uh residents were uh were cut were raising their concerns about the system place.

We already know what kind of took the steps that were taken after with respects to the shutdown of block and the end of the contract um of it uh but uh just to be aware like that the residents were concerned that like systems put in place uh do can uh despite used for uh a sense of security do continue to raise uh a sense of concern for many many of the residents um and um were deeply conveyed uh uh to uh chief can fill sorge so uh I think it's worth noting, and I think it uh feature discussions uh were uh to happen in I think as we uh will get the report back in the later months with respects to the police part of noting for the proceed to possibly uh wonder if this is like uh something worth doing outreach for uh as a project with our community members uh uh in in uh as a work plan item in a future, uh I guess worth consideration uh place with what we're hearing on.

So other than that, uh ready member quick.

Any other ready announcements?

Um, with our loss of um the human library, do we have any wiggle room to throw something in or not at this time?

Thank you for the question.

And I also didn't recommend it as we're headed into the work plan process to get approval from the council for a new work plan item would probably take as long as to perhaps not quite as long, but would it be equivalent?

Um and we did have an extra work plan project this year, so we can get started on the one that was waiting for the completion of the primary project, which is an LGBTQ plus event for the community, working with the community to understand what they would like to hold and then um hosting the events that could be a next step.

And if I can uh through the chair, um I I know earlier it was mentioned like the vice chair and the chair have access to laurel lot, but we as committee members are have also access to laurel, so please take advantage of that, especially when it comes to work items so that they're fleshed out and that we can have like fruitful conversations uh in the near future uh about this, especially if you have a plan about that, like cancel.

Thank you.

Um now open it up to staff.

Do you have any comments announcements, questions?

Thank you, Chair.

I do, as you may recall, related to the work plan.

The HRC is committed to attending council neighborhood committee meetings and representing the HRC essentially.

But remainder of the or excuse me.

In this fiscal year, there are two council neighborhood committee meetings that have been scheduled for May 28th and June 25th.

These are both Thursdays.

May 14th.

That's well, 2014 or 20th.

They're not confirmed.

That's true.

So hold the dates.

So there's one meeting that will be held either of those dates.

The confirmed date by the committee is the 28th, maybe 14th.

Or vice versa.

Um, depending on venue of and then June 25th will be the San Antonio Rings for Fendel Medio neighborhood um meeting, and that one is confirmed and will be at the community center.

The fall meetings have also been scheduled, but I will bring those up as we get further along in the evening.

Um we're talking about next year's workplace, June 23rd.

And those are always Thursdays at 6:30.

Usually till eight o'clock ish.

So they're early for parking.

True.

Good to know.

Yeah, five.

Um rulably.

Sorry.

Stafford, do we need to like decide on somebody to attend each of these meetings?

Or are you just kind of putting it making us aware of it?

And as it approaches, because basically we want to have coverage of these meetings by at least one representative of HRC.

Do we usually assign that?

That's correct.

We typically assign it at the beginning of the fiscal year, which is in September or October, when we're talking about plan project assignments.

In my recollection, I think that you may have been the volunteer at that time.

And if that doesn't work for your schedules, it's certainly something that we can work out in this part of the agenda.

Okay.

I know I went to one.

I care about if I volunteered for all of them.

You're also welcome to attend with it more, or more than one of you is welcome to attend.

There are not quorum rules unless you're standing around talking about HRC business, do not do that.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Um to anything else for item eight.

All right.

Moving on to item nine adjournment.

Um do I need to leave for this?

Adjourn to the next regular meeting of the human relations committee scheduled for April 2nd, 24th and 6th, 6:30 p.m.

in the while the congressman Mountain View City Hall.

Thank you for