{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-01-06", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Special Meeting - Thursday, January 6, 2005\n1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL - 6:33 p.m. Vice President Chen called the meeting to order. Also\npresent were members Wasko, Flores-Witt, Bonta, Currie, and Hollinger Jackson, President Franz was\nabsent. Staff present was Beaver and Brown.\n4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Taken out of order to permit Annalisa Moore, AUSD, Woodchip\nProgram coordinator an opportunity to address the Board regarding housing and community\ndevelopment needs. She thanked the Board and staff for the support. The Woodchip / RISE program\nwas able to continue and increased in attendance from 120 to 396 students as a result of CDBG funding\nthat sustained the Program during a \"dry spell\". This program provides a safe place for students and\nparents, and promotes a sense of feeling good and doing better. Daisy, a student in RISE for the past 2\nyears stated she was disrespectful at first then realized it was a better place and feels great about where\nshe is and how this program has helped her with bringing her grades up. Shaaquile, a student in RISE\nsince 4th grade, (she is now in 7th grade) stated the program has not only helped her, but also her parents.\nThey are able to help with homework and her Dad is now the President of Chipman PTA.\nMs. Moore reported that the Woodchip Afterschool Program recently received a federal \"21st Century\"\ngrant in the amount of $400,000 annually through 2009-2010. Thanks to this funding they will not have\nclosed in March. There are waitlists at all three schools sites. With the extra funding they could expand\nif they had another instructor, which could in turn serve more students. Grades served are 1st through\n8th. the program operates Monday through Fridays 3-6 p.m. They collaborate with several other\nprograms and handle many referrals that filter through.\n2. CONTIUNUED DISCUSSION REGARDING HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT\nNEEDS - Staff reviewed that most of the December meeting was hearing from community based\norganizations regarding needs. Staff provided recent information regarding public service funding,\nwhich has dropped approximately $54,000 from the current year. It was further explained what the\nCDBG funds can and cannot be spent on, and where the remaining funds get spent. It was also reported\nthat the Request For Proposal process is going to be for a 1-year period, rather than the 2-year period\njust ending. There was discussion on how the CDBG formula works in determining the amount we\nreceive and how if the overall federal funds stay the same we receive less because new Entitlement cities\ncome into the program.\nThe Board determined that focus areas would be addressed but not prioritized. Due to the funding\nreduction the Board had determined that there is a greater need to increase the capacity of service\nproviders to deliver services efficiently and without duplicating these efforts. Emphasis for funding\nshould go toward strengthening Alameda's safety net, better access to affordable housing in Alameda,\nempowering Alamedans to become self-sufficient and stable, and to support capacity building for\nservice providers.\nMotion to request staff to draft a letter to reflect the consensus of this meeting. Two Members will\nreview and approve and/or edit the letter (Wasko, Currie). Member Currie was designated to represent\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Excellence", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-01-06.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-01-06", "page": 2, "text": "Special Meeting Minutes from Thurs, January 6, 2005\nPage 2\nthe Board at the January 18th City Council meeting with member Bonta as a back-up. M/S Wasko,\nCurrie and unanimous.\nMember Hollinger Jackson was excused from the meeting at 8:00 p.m. due to a prior commitment.\n3. BOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS - None\n4. ORAL COMMUNICATION - Taken out of Order (2)\n5. ADJOURNMENT - The meeting was adjourned by Vice President Chen at 8:45 p.m. M/S Bonta,\nCurrie and unanimous.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver\nSecretary of the SSHRB\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2005VJan05\\SpecialMinutes0106.doc\nF:SSHRB\\Agenda & Minutes\\200\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-01-06.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-01-27", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinute of the Regular Meeting Thursday, January 27, 2005\nCALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL - President Franz called the meeting to order at 7:40pm.\nPresent were Vice President Chen, Members Wasko, Flores-Witte, Bonta, Hollinger Jackson.\nStaff were Beaver and Brown.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES - The December 8, 2004, special meeting minutes were approved.\nM/S Flores-Witte, Bonta, and unanimous with Hollinger Jackson abstaining.\nThe January 6, 2005 Special Meeting minutes were approved. M/S Bonta, Flores-Witte and\nunanimous with President Franz abstaining.\nAn introduction by Member Hollinger Jackson. She gave a brief description of her background\nand work experience.\nCITY COUNCIL REQUEST TO REVIEW SENTINEL FAIR HOUSING SURVEY AND\nREPORT - Executive Director of Sentinel Fair Housing (SFH) Mona Breed, provided an\noverview of her agency, and gave a presentation regarding the testing process, including training,\nuse of forms, questionnaires, etc. Sentinel Fair Housing is a private Fair Housing agency that\nwas started 20 years ago by the Urban League and civil rights leaders. Breed has been the\nDirector for the past 10 years. Sentinel was selected to monitor Denny's Restaurants under\nconsent decrees of the U.S. Court, and was selected by the Department of Housing and Urban\nDevelopment to train testers for a national discrimination study by the Urban Institute. Breed\nstated that the standards and competencies of Sentinel are uncontested, and described the basic\ncharacteristics of discrimination testing:\nTesters: Testers are private citizens and members of various protected classes (race, religion,\nsexual orientation, disabled, etc.) Testers come from a variety of places, for example, Sentinel\njust trained 40 University of San Francisco law students as testers. Applicants are screened prior\nto training, including a criminal background check and credit check; then Ms. Breed personally\nreviews all applicants. Testers must be able to be recognized as the protected class they will\nrepresent in the test, e.g. if testing for discrimination against people with disabilities, the tester\nmust have a visible disability. Testers must go through Sentinel's HUD-approved training\nprocess prior to acceptance. Testers are never told what issue they are testing and the only time\nthey would ever learn more about a test case is if they are required to testify pursuant to a fair\nhousing lawsuit. Testers are paid a stipend of $35 per test, which usually takes from 1-1/2 to 3-\n1/2 hours per test.\nThe Testing Process: When Sentinel receives a discrimination complaint, paired testers are sent\nto find or disprove a discriminatory housing practice. Two people who are as similar as possible\nexcept for the single variable being tested are sent out with various specific instructions\nregarding their housing application. In response to a question, Breed indicated that testing is not\nentrapment and that testing is deemed legal by the courts, indeed it is one of the only ways that\ndiscrimination testing can be fairly done. She noted also that more often than not they find no\ndiscrimination has occurred in reported incidents. Sentinel had participated in a statewide study\nof discrimination in 2000-01 and found some instances of differential treatment in Alameda.\nF:SSHRB\\AGENDA & MINUTES\\2005", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-01-27", "page": 2, "text": "SSHRB\nMeeting Minutes, Thurs., January 27, 2005\nPage 2\nHowever, since it was not complaint-based, they had no basis to conduct specific testing. . Later,\nwhen they heard fears and concerns from Harbor Island Apartment (HIA) tenants seeking\nhousing in the wake of the HIA terminations, they felt it was important to follow up to see if\ndifferential treatment was taking place.\nAll testers participate in a practice test before going out on a paired test. When a test is\nconducted, the \"protected\" tester goes to tested unit first, followed by the \"unprotected\" tester.\nThe testers are not told why they are going or what they are testing; they do not know each other\nnor do they ever see or communicate with each other. Following the rental application/interview\nboth testers fill out their respective forms and are interviewed separately by Sentinel staff to\ndetermine if the protected tester got negative, discouraging information/feedback while the\nunprotected tester got positive and encouraging feedback. If a test involves a different agent or\ncontact at the rental unit, the test is invalid and the responses are eliminated. Based on results of\nthe test, Sentinel asks the client if they would like to pursue further action. The client will then\nfile an administrative complaint with HUD Fair Housing and Employment Office (FHEO) and/or\nfile a lawsuit. Less then 1% of all complaints get to this stage.\nA sample test was provided and Ms. Breed went over the sample, explaining the differences in\nquestions, availability of units, and mannerisms when dealing with each tester, and differences in\nthe terms and conditions of the lease. The sample demonstrated how a minority (protected)\ntester had been asked many more questions than the majority (unprotected) tester being asked\nonly \"when did she want to move in?\"\nIn the Alameda study, 25 complete tests and 25 complete analyses were conducted. Sentinel sent\neducational letters to owners/agents of units where discriminatory practices and/or differential\ntreatment were found. The response from the rental property owners was good, and several large\nrental agencies including Gallagher and Lindsay and Harbor Bay Realty sponsored fair housing\ntraining for their own and other agents. About 50% of the individual rental property owners\nresponded directly to Sentinel re: the education letter.\nIn response to questions: Breed stated that:\nThe methodology is not exactly the same across the U.S. but HUD approves each and\nevery fair housing testing protocol;\nFair housing training in response to a complaint is voluntary, except when it is required\nthrough a conciliation agreement or other order;\nMany people came to the trainings because they really weren't sure if/what they had done\nthat was discriminatory;\nIt has only been since 1988 that it is illegal for a landlord to say they won't rent to\nsomeone with children.\nAn owner of a single-family home renting a room to one tenant is exempt from state fair\nhousing law.\nIn 2004, Sentinel dealt with 450 households, provided education for 10 property\nmanagers, and sponsored 12 education events.\nHUD does a \"best practices\" conference every year and Sentinel has been nominated for\ntwo awards.\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-01-27", "page": 3, "text": "SSHRB\nMeeting Minutes, Thurs., January 27, 2005\nPage 3\nIf more funding, Sentinel would expand training for property owners in the Section 8\nVoucher Program to provide at least 3 hours of fair housing training.\nSentinel would follow up on a suggestion to ask local papers to publish fair housing\ninformation and a referral number in the Rentals section of the local newspapers and\nasking realtors to publish similar inform in their office handouts.\nOnce the study was publicized in the papers the responses from various property owners\nincreased.\nThe finding of differential treatment in Alameda (44% of the tests) is higher than the\nnational average of 26%. However, it should be looked at in the context of what was\nhappening, e.g. the HIA terminations.\nThe protected tester is always slightly more qualified that the unprotected applicant,\nthereby making the differential treatment easier to spot. Board.\nMr. Richard Rudloff, a local owner of several Section 8 units in Alameda for 35 years addressed\nthe Board. He stated he has not read the rental study being discussed but wanted to address the\nquestion \"what could the City Council do to assist landlords in providing fair housing? He stated\nthat landlords are required to have a business license and because Sentinel has great pamphlets,\nhe suggested sending appropriate mailings for landlord training if funding is available. He went\non to suggest a way to obtain funding would be to require a business license on all single-family\ndwellings that are rented out. They are currently exempt from the ordinance. He stated that the\nHousing Authority will give Section 8 termination notices to landlords for 30 days, yet give\nSection 8 tenants 60 days. There are misperceptions about Section 8 tenants as renters. He\nhasn't ever had a late check from a tenant, or no check from Housing Authority. Anything this\nBoard could do to assist the landlord situation would be appreciated. He hasn't ever attended a\nworkshop, but would for Section 8 specifically.\nUnder discussion, Wasko stated the methodology appears to be excellent and the criterion that is\nused is the same as the national process that has been developed. Hollinger-Jackson stated that\nthe report was detailed, appeared to follow a solid method and the statistics appear to be reliable\nFranz noted that while the results may be slightly skewed due to the extenuating circumstances\nof HIA, there was a solid basis for Sentinel's concerns. M/S Wasko/Flores-Witte to report to the\nCity Council, with members from ATAH & AAWG (Franz & Chen) reviewing the report. The\nreport should state the Board's evaluation of the Sentinel study as noted above, and recommend\nincreased substantive training for landlords and tenants, funding for mailing to all landlords,\npress and realtors, the possibility of Sentinel preparing a tape or DVD on Fair Housing practices\nthat can be accessed through the Library / Cable systems, working with the media to get a listing\nin the rental classifieds regarding fair housing rights and sources for information and assistance,\nand suggesting they look at adding the single-family rentals to the business licenses to increase\nfunding for fair housing activities. The motion was adopted 6/0. President Franz will present the\nreport to the City Council at an upcoming meeting.\nPLANNING FOR JOINT SESSION - Reviewed last years agenda and Off-Agenda report.\nSuggested staff poll (through the Clerk) for attendance at the regular April or May meeting. M/S\nFlores-Witte, Wasko, 6/0.\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-01-27", "page": 4, "text": "SSHRB\nMeeting Minutes, Thurs., January 27, 2005\nPage 4\nWORK GROUP STATUS REPORTS\nAAWG - Nothing to report, has not had a meeting.\nFSWG - Member Wasko asked about a menu for distributing the needs survey, and is there a\ntimeline? She reported about the Festival of Families to partner with Southshore for a Spring\nevent in early May. And using this event to get survey's filled out could maybe work. The event\nwill have community performers (kids), and parent education. Southshore will donate raffle\ncertificates, maybe use those as fill out a survey & get a raffle ticket. They are exploring the\npossibility of a shuttle bus during the hours of 1pm - 4pm from the West End. Volunteers will\nbe\navailable.\nFriendship City - Vice President Chen reported there is still no contact with Sweden and Japan\nregarding connecting those Sister City ties. We are expecting and inviting a group and delegation\nin late February or mid-March. He is working on formalizing a response team to handle\nadministrative work and to also forming a Subcommittee who have ties to Wuxi, 30 persons to\nhandle the logistics and responses. A fundraiser dinner raised on Saturday, January 9th raised\napproximately $4,000. This group has an opportunity to participate in a Chinese New Year\nevent on Bay Farm Island in mid-March. He asked everyone to think about Alameda type gifts\nfor visitors of China.\nRECOMMENDATION TO RENAME FRIENDSHIP CITY WORKGROUP AND APPROVE\nEXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PENDING WORKGROUP ACTIVITIES - There are\nsubstantial requirements for becoming a sister city and the Board would like to know what they\nare. M/S Bonta, Flores-Witte, 6/0.\nBOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS - Member Wasko reported the vouchers for childcare\nwill decrease to poverty level due to budget constraints (federal). President Franz - The VITA\nsite at Chipman needs volunteers. Flores-Witte will volunteer on Feb. 5th, Feb 12th and Feb 19th\n,\nMarch 5th, and April 9th & April 12th. Beaver - The ACCYF had asked the Mayor for support\nwith Season Non-Violence on Feb 1st, and extended the invite to the Board to attend and speak\nfrom past support.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS - none\nADJOURNED - President Franz adjourned the meeting at 10:15pm.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary of SSHRB\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB\\PACKETS/2005\\JAN05\\MINUTESJAN27\nF:SSHRB\\AGENDA & MINUTES\\2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-02-24", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting Thursday, February 24th, 2005\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Franz called the meeting to order at 7:43pm.\nPresent were Vice-President Chen, Members Wasko, Bonta, and Hanna. Absent were Members\nHollinger Jackson and Flores-Witte and staff were Beaver and Brown.\nNew member Dennis Hanna gave a brief introduction and his background.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: The January 27, 2005 meeting minutes were approved.\nM/S Chen, Wasko and unanimous with Hanna abstaining being new.\nRECOMMENDATION TO CO-SPONSOR THE ALAMEDA SERVICE COLLABORATIVE\nMEETING IN MARCH -\nPresident Franz reported that the ASC meeting would provide an opportunity to inform CBO's\nabout the survey being developed by the Assessment and Awareness workgroup. A motion and\nsecond (Wasko/Bonta) to co-sponsor the Alameda Services Collaborative luncheon was approved\n6/0.\nRECOMMENDATION TO CO-SPONSOR THE FESTIVAL OF FAMILIES IN MAY - Member\nWasko reported that in the Childcare Workgroup previously sponsored a successful Child Care Fair\nand the Family Services Workgroup feels a larger venue is appropriate for the event this year.\nSouthshore Center has agreed to host the event on Saturday, May 7th from 1:00pm - 4:00pm.\nSouthshore Center sponsors the \"Earning for Learnings\" program to benefit Alameda schools. All\npurchases at Southshore can be credited to a local school, and the winning school will receive their\ncheck at the Festival of Families. There will be a big effort to get CBO's to this event. Southshore\nwill be handling all of the marketing and staging for the performances. There will be a charge for\norganizations, agencies and non-profits for a table at the event, and they are asking for donations in\nthe community. The needs assessment survey participants will possibly win prizes or gift\ncertificates. Southshore will provide an empty storefront for surveys to be filled out with the help of\nvolunteers. They already have commitments from Wilma Chan and Alice Lai-Bitker's offices. The\nBoard's sponsorship of the event is non-monetary. A motion to Co-Sponsor the Festival of Families\nevent in May (Bonta/Chen) was adopted6/0.\nRECOMMENDATION TO CO-SPONSOR CHINESE NEW YEAR EVENT IN MARCH AND\nAPPROVING SISTER CITY BUDGET ITEMS - Vice-President Chen provided information on\nthe upcoming Harbor Bay Intercultural Committee's Lunar New Year event which will be held at\nthe Harbor Bay Shopping Center on March 5. Sponsorship is $200 for non-profits and public\nagencies. The Workgroup has raised almost $5,000 to promote Sister City activities and this would\nbe a good opportunity for publicizing the Sister City project and recruiting new members. The table\nwould be staffed by Workgroup members. A motion to participate in the Lunar New Year event at a\ncost of $200 (Franz/Wasko) was approved 6/0.\nWORK GROUP STATUS REPORTS\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup:", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-02-24.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-02-24", "page": 2, "text": "Minutes of the SSHRB, February 24, 2005\nPage 2\nFranz explained that the Workgroup priority is to rework the Needs Assessment and make it a living\ndocument. The Family Services Workgroup is participating and would like the survey to be\navailable for the Festival of Families event in May. With approximately 30,000 households in\nAlameda the surveys could be a useful tool for identifying service issues. We could also find out\nwhat other CBO's do to gather information. The survey might be posted online so it could be\ntallied as you go, instead of having to re-enter the data. The Workgroup is exploring the use of\nfocus groups to gather and distribute the information. Franz invited SSHRB members who haven't\nyet joined a Workgroup to participate in this process.\nFamily Services Workgroup: Reported under Item 4.\nSister City Workgroup:\nVice-President Chen reported that the Workgroup is very busy. A delegation from the Hunan\nprovidence will be visiting Alameda on March 2nd. Council Member Matarrese and Mayor Johnson\nhave agreed to be in attendance. The Workgroup is working to establish a \"rapid response\" process\nfor welcome traveling delegations. Two groups from Wuxi are scheduled to arrive in the next\ncouple months. President Franz motioned to re-open 3-C and asked the Board to reallocate another\n$300 ($500 total) to purchase items for visitors with funding coming from Workgroup fundraising\nactivities. A motion allowing staff to identify and purchase small souvenir items up to $300 for\nvisiting delegations (Bonta/Wasko) was approved 6/0.\nBOARD AND STAFF COMMUNICATION, NON-AGENDA\nStaff distributed an email invitation from the Alameda County Human Relations Commission to\nparticipate in a meeting regarding the formation of a Countywide anti-hate effort. Member Hanna\nagreed to go and report back at the March Board meeting.\nPresident Franz reported that five separate CBO's are working together for fund raising on the\nMayor's Race this year, and asked that the Board consider honoring this collaboration as an\nexample of diverse community groups working together to benefit residents.\nA request was made to update the SSHRB brochure and for staff to check into prices and any City\npolicy in place for business cards for Board members.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS - none\nADJOURNMENT - President Franz adjourned the meeting at 9:05 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary of the Board\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB\\packets\\2005\\Feb05\\Minutes-Reg.doc\nF:SSHRB\\Agenda packets 2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-02-24.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-04-28", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, April 28th, 2005\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL - President Franz called the meeting to order at 8:12pm.\nPresent: Bonta, Franz, Hanna, and Wasko. Absent: Chen, Flores-Witte and Hollinger-Jackson. Staff:\nBeaver and Brown.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES - The minutes of the March 24, 2005 meeting were continued to the May\n26, 2005 meeting.\nJOINT WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR - This item was taken out of order\nat the request of President Franz. Given the lateness of the hour and the heavy workload of the Board\nin May, it was suggested that the joint meeting be held in June or July 2005. M/S by Wasko/Hanna\nwas unanimous, 4/0/3.\nACCOMPLISHMENTS 2004 AND GOALS 2005 - This item was continued to the May 26, 2005\nmeeting.\nWORK GROUP STATUS REPORTS\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup: President Franz reported that the AAWG and Family Services\nworkgroups have collaborated on and completed the survey form. The survey will be piloted at the\nFestival of Families event at Southshore on May 7. Volunteers will be on hand to help administer the\nsurveys and it is hoped that more than 100 responses will be collected.\nFamily Services Workgroup: Member Wasko reported on the upcoming Festival of Families. There\nare currently 39 agencies and organizations interested in tables. Paden and Franklin Schools will\nperform plays, and the Adult School will entertain with a band and choir. Southshore has been great to\nwork with and they have distributed 12,000 flyers for the event. She reported that a few people of\nprominence have RSVP'd. She stated that there have been arrangements with the Boy Scouts for chair\nset-up, the Workgroup is handling details of transportation, there will be an art display and a balloon\nartist, and the SSHRB will have a table at the Festival. Now that the survey is completed, the\nworkgroup will prepare a list of FAQ's for people who are helping to administer the survey.\nSister City Workgroup: President Franz reported on the Wuxi dinner at Aroma for the Chinese\ndelegation on May 16, 2005 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. There will be a VIP reception at City Hall prior to\nthe community dinner for the Council to meet the members of the delegation and the Chinese\nAmbassador Representative from the S.F. Consulate. The Work Group will meet again during the first\nweek of May.\nBOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS - None\nADJOURNMENT President Franz adjourned the meeting at 8:50p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver\nCB:sb\nSecretary, Social Service Human Relations Board\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2005\\April\\Minutes-REG0428.d0c\nF:SSHRB\\2005\\Agenda Packets", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-04-28.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-05-26", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, May 26th, 2005\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL - President Franz called the meeting to order at 7:37pm.\nPresent were Vice President Chen, Members Bonta, Hanna, Hollinger Jackson, and Wasko. Absent:\nFlores-Witte. Staff: Beaver and Brown.\nRESOLUTION COMMENDING GUGGENHEIM ENTERTAINMENT FOR CO-SPONSORSHIP OF\nMAY 2005 FESTIVAL OF FAMILIES - Taken out of order.\nPresident Franz read the Resolution and presented it to Kimberly Miner from Guggenheim\nEntertainment. Ms. Miner thanked the Board. She stated it was a pleasure and they look forward to\nfuture ventures with the City and this Board. M/S (Bonta/Wasko) and unanimous.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES - The minutes of the March 24, 2005 meeting were approved, M/S\n(Bonta/Hanna) and unanimous. The minutes of the April 28, 2005 meeting were approved, M/S\n(Wasko/Bonta) and unanimous.\n2004 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS 2005 - The Accomplishments cover the period from the\nlast Joint Session to the current date. A few edits were made to the draft list and staff was asked to send\na reminder email to the Board for all edits due by June 6. The Co-Chairs for the workgroups will tally\nvolunteer hours from events and outreach and forwarded to Brown. Motion to adopt the report and\nattachment with edits discussed. M/S (Hollinger Jackson/Hanna) and unanimous.\nJOINT WORKSESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR - The Board agreed to the June 23\ndate for the Joint Work session. Staff will contact the Clerk again to confirm attendance. M/S\n(Hollinger Jackson/ Hanna) and unanimous. President Franz will bring light refreshments, and the\nmeeting will be in Room 391 beginning at 7:00 p.m.\nSPIRIT OF WORKING TOGETHER RECOGNITION - Five local agencies, Alameda Food Bank,\nAmerican Red Cross of the Bay Area, Meals on Wheels, Midway Shelter, and Alameda Education\nFoundation have worked together annually to organize and sponsor the Ralph Appezzato Charity Event\n(RACE) in conjunction with the Mayor's 4th of July Parade. The RACE precedes the parade on the\nparade route. Last year $25,000 was raised for charity. M/S (Wasko, Hollinger Jackson) to recognize\nthe five agencies with certificates of appreciation, and to invite them to the July regular meeting was\nunanimously approved. Member Wasko will review draft certificates.\nOPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF DISCRIMINATION IN SCHOOLS AND\nHOUSING An editorial that ran in the Alameda Journal regarding a previously published letter\nregarding discrimination was handed out along with a letter Member Hanna drafted. Staff reminded the\nBoard they are not allowed to investigate. Discussion included that the letter remind the community of\nthe Board's anti-hate objectives and to keep the facts straight. The Board also discussed who will\nendorse the letter after the City Manager reviews it, and how to revitalize ATAH. M/S (Franz/Hollinger\nJackson) and unanimous for staff to forward letter to City Manager's office for review and then send to\npress.\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-05-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-05-26", "page": 2, "text": "May 26, 2005\nPage 2\nWORKGROUP STATUS REPORTS\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup: President Franz reported that each of the workgroups have\ndone a lot of work. There was a successful rollout of the needs survey at the Festival of Families in\nMay. This Workgroup will be meeting to review responses of the survey and to discuss the questions\nneeding a little adjustment. Further survey possibilities are Alameda Food Bank, Alameda Point\nCollaborative, Head Start, and some of the faith-based organizations, and getting the local newspapers\ninvolved for online approach. A contact list of services should be available to survey participants at the\noutreach sites.\nFamily Services Workgroup: Member Wasko reported that the next meeting would be on Friday, June\n3rd to review Festival of Families event. They will be discussing the budget. She stated the participants\nfrom the childcare community were very involved and helped, and added the event was 100% worth our\ntime. President Franz spoke with approximately 70 families. Requests to have a map of the festival\nlayout for next time, the possibility of sunshades, and scheduling the last bus after all festivities have\nended will be considered.\nAlamedans Together Against Hate: President Franz reported on an email from former ATAH Chair\nKen Werner regarding the Mayor's 4th of July Parade. He stated that a trolley was reserved and will cost\nthe Board $500 this year. The actual amount is $730, but RACE committee use the trolley also to\ntransport runners. A meeting will take place in the next couple of weeks to discuss budget.\nSister City Project Workgroup: Vice President Chen reported that the workgroup met this morning and\nthey are busy planning for a delegation from Alameda to go to Wuxi, in September and October for two\nweeks. He asked which Board members are interested in joining the delegation. He further reported the\nWuxi delegation who were here May 15 - 18th had a wonderful time and an MOU was signed at the\nCouncil meeting. Franz and other Board members reported having a wonderful time. Beaver stated that\nthe dinner fulfilled one of the goals of getting the community interactive, and it was a pleasure to\nwitness. Anticipated cost for the trip will be approximately $1,500 per person; it will depart on\nSeptember 25th\nBOARD AND STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: Hollinger Jackson mentioned that Wednesday nights\nshe is not available due to workload. Beaver announced to the Board her plans of retiring this year.\nADJOURNMENT: President Franz adjourned the meeting at 9:35 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service\nG:SSHRB/Packets/2005/May 05/Minutes052605REG.doc\nF:SSHRB/Agenda Packets/2005", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-05-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-06-01", "page": 1, "text": "SPECIAL MEETING OF THE\nSOCIAL SERVICE HUMAN RELATIONS BOARD\nWednesday, June 1, 2005\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Franz Called Meeting to Order at 6:15 pm.\nPresent: President Franz, Vice-President Chen (Arrived at 6:18 pm), Members Hanna, Bonta,\nWasko, Flores-Witte (Arrived at 6:25 pm) Absent: Member Hollinger-Jackson Staff: Harris\nCONSIDERATION OF LETTER TO THE EDITOR REGARDING HATE-FREE CITY\nPOLICY (taken out of order)\nCarol Beaver reported that Interim City Manager Norton approved the SSHRB/ATAH sending a\nletter to the editor in response to an earlier letter to the editor about discrimination in Alameda,\nand suggested a change to the third paragraph to reflect the many ways in which children can\nlearn discriminatory behavior, i.e.\"A slur overheard from a family member, in the media, or by a\nmember of the community at large can result in hateful behavior in the sandbox the next day.\"\nThe letter will be signed \"Alamedans Together Against Hate, a work group of the Social Service\nHuman Relations Board.\" Jim Franz will speak to the Editors of the Sun and the Journal to\nconfirm that they are willing to print a letter without a person's name on it. If they are unwilling\nto do so, the letter will be signed Dennis J. Hanna, Chair of the Alamedans Together Against\nHate Work Group and Jim Franz, President of the Social Service Human Relations Board.\nA motion and second (Chen/Wasko) to send the letter to the editor with the above changes was\nunanimously approved.\nWORK SESSION TO REVIEW NEEDS ASSESSMENT PILOT SURVEY RESPONSES:\nHarris provided a summary of the first 91 responses to the survey from the Festival of Families.\nThere are additional surveys to be added but they are in Chinese and Harris could not read them.\nMember Wasko will have one of her staff input the Chinese language surveys.\nHarris feels that the survey generated some solid statistics but suspects that some of the survey\nquestions were misunderstood and did not generate accurate results. Harris noted internal\ndiscrepancies within the questions, such as people earning large incomes who say they live at\nAlameda Point Collaborative. Member Wasko noted that the group needs actual statistics on %\nof questions where answers contradicted themselves before making a decision on how to adjust\nthe survey. Harris stated that she was only giving her impressions and not a scientific analysis of\nthe results. All of the members agreed to individually review survey responses and then consider\nappropriate next steps at a future AAWG meeting.\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-06-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-06-01", "page": 2, "text": "SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE HUMAN RELATIONS BOARD\nMinutes of Wednesday, June 1, 2005 meeting\nPage 2\nThe Board considered possible strategies for improving the integrity of the survey responses,\nincluding:\n- Changing text in some of the questions. e.g. instead of asking of about professional degrees,\nwrite down \"Master's Degree\" or \"Doctorate Degree.'\n- Administering the survey verbally. Some members of the SSHRB felt that this would make\npeople answering the surveys answer more carefully and would allow the interviewer to address\nquestion misunderstandings. Others argued that one-on-one administration is too labor intensive\nand that there would inevitably be inconsistencies in how the document was administered. In\naddition, people may be more honest if they are not speaking to someone face-to-face. Member\nBonta noted that we could simply try to do enough surveys to be able to eliminate any outliers.\n- Changing question 7 to read \"What is the highest level of education that any family member,\ncurrently living with you, has achieved?\"\nWORK SESSION TO PLAN FOURTH OF JULY PARADE ENTRY\nCarol Beaver suggested that the focus of the Fourth of July be on the Alamedans Together\nAgainst Hate message, with other workgroups listed on banners on the side of the trolley. Vice-\nPresident Chen, Member Bonta and Ken Werner will definitely be on the trolley. Member\nFlores-Witte will be on the trolley if she is not in China. Some Even Start families could also\nride.\nThe group wants to purchase \"No Room for Hate\" stickers. Susie Brown will price these and\nspecifics can be worked out at a work group meeting next week. Jim will price the cost of\narmbands with the No Room for Hate in Alameda message.\nCarol Beaver asked Alamedans Together Against Hate to fundraise to offset the cost of the\nevent. The SSHRB members agreed to contribute a total of $150 towards the price of stickers.\nThey will also ask Out on the Island and Alamedans from various organizations to contribute.\nADJOURNMENT:\nPresident Franz called for a motion to adjourn. Motion, second (Bonta/Hanna). Meeting\nadjourned at 7:40 pm.\nRespectfully submitted,\nElizabeth Harris, Program Specialist II\nEH:sb\nG:\\SSHRB\\PACKETS\\2005\\June 05\\Mtg June 1.doc\nFISSHRB\\AGENDA/2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-06-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-08-25", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, August 25th, 2005\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Franz called the meeting to order at 7:37 p.m.\nPresent were Hanna, Flores-Witte, Bonta via phone, with Hollinger Jackson and Wasko arriving a\nfew minutes late. Absent was Vice-President Chen. Staff present were Beaver and Brown.\nTaken out of Order\nCO-SPONSORING A UNITED NATIONS 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION\nIN\nOCTOBER - Mr. Herb Behrstock was present and gave an overview of the celebration being\nplanned. In addition to the traditional regional United Nations (UN) event at Jack London Square\nin Oakland, they are partnering and promoting an event in Alameda. They have so far had a\nsurprisingly wonderful response from agencies and organizations in Alameda and new\norganizations are joining all the time. The main concept involves a 90-minute event at Kofman\nAuditorium on October 21, 2005. There will be choirs, children groups, and some local artists to\nperform/speak. They are asking for a Proclamation from the Mayor that will be read at a\nSeptember City Council meeting and at the event. This event is to encourage involvement and to\npromote peace, a healthy environment, to open hearts, and to raise awareness. The planning group\nis also discussing activities to follow the event, such as Trick or Treat boxes for UNICEF at\nschools and having an information booklet with all agencies and organizations listed for contact\ninformation. This planning group meets every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Mr. Behrstock asked the\nBoard to co-sponsor this event and said he hopes that someday Alameda will be a UN City.\nSponsorship does not have to include financial commitment. M/S (Bonta/Hanna) for the Board\nto be a co-sponsor of the event and for a member of this Board to attend the Tuesday meetings and\nreport back was unanimously approved. Member Wasko volunteered to represent the Board on\nthe planning group. Mr. Behrstock thanked the Board for this time and the help in making this\nevent a beneficial one for the people of Alameda.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES - The minutes for the May 26, 2005 meeting were approved with\ntwo corrections, M/S (Wasko / Hollinger Jackson) and unanimous. The minutes from the June 1,\n2005 Special Meeting were approved M/S (Bonta/Flores-Witte) and unanimous.\nCO-SPONSORING A FAIR HOUSING WORKSHOP IN SEPTEMBER - Member Wasko stated\nshe is very much in favor of this and similar activities, especially in view of the Sentinel audit and\nthe Board's subsequent recommendations to the City Council. During discussion, members\nexpressed concern regarding the rapidly approaching date and wanted to know more about the\nspecifics of the presentation since the Rental Housing Association of Northern Alameda County is\nnot known to the Board. Staff was directed to inform the Housing Authority that the Board\nwholeheartedly supported the concept, but didn't want to hold up the process while they were\ngetting more information. If the date was set, the Board preferred to wait for another workshop to\nco-sponsor and would in the meantime learn more about the RHANAC.\nCO-SPONSORING ALAMEDA SERVICES COLLABORATIVE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER\nAND NOVEMBER - President Franz motioned for the Board to co-sponsor the ASC meeting on\nSeptember 21, 2005 to discuss the Needs Assessment Survey, and to also co-sponsor the\nNovember 16, 2005 ASC meeting which will be a joint meeting with the Alameda Collaborative\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-08-25.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-08-25", "page": 2, "text": "Minutes of the Regular SSHRB Meeting, August 25, 2005\nPage 2\nfor Children, Youth and Families. Meetings are from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Immanuel\nLutheran Church social hall. Lunch is provided and no financial support is requested. M/S (Franz\n/ Hollinger Jackson) and unanimous to co-sponsor the September 21 and November 16, 2005 ASC\nmeetings.\nNOMINATION OF OFFICERS - President Franz explained that Board elections are held\nannually when the Board is fully constituted. Nominations are taken at one meeting and voted on\nat the next. Franz stated as much as he and Vice President Chen have enjoyed their leadership\nroles on the Board, they feel it is time for new leadership. Franz then nominated Member Bonta\nfor President and Member Wasko for Vice-President. Member Bonta graciously accepted the\nnomination, as did Member Wasko. There were no other nominations. M/S (Franz / Hollinger\nJackson), and unanimous. Franz stated the elections would take place at the September 22, 2005\nmeeting.\nWORKGROUPS PROGRESS REPORTS\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup - President Franz reported they have had good response\nfrom the faith-based community, but still need more surveys to be completed. Member Wasko\nstated she is working to get the survey into the school newsletters, and is also getting them\ntranslated. Staff reminded the group that having the surveys done on-line is important because\nthere are limited resources for date entry. The AA workgroup is meeting September 7th to continue\ndiscussing the survey process and possible resources for producing the report.\nFamily Services Workgroup - Member Wasko reported this workgroup is on a small hiatus.\nBeaver stated there had been several recent incidents of domestic violence and reminded the Board\nthat they had convened and were members of a Domestic Violence Task Force in Alameda.\nMember Wasko indicated that the FS workgroup would consider possible awareness activities to\nacknowledge Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.\nSister City Workgroup - President Franz reported that Vice President Chen sent greetings from\nChina. There were several letters and e-mails back and forth regarding the delegation going to\nWuxi, and the end result being that because Wuxi has moved their Festival again back to\nSeptember it would be very difficult to make the trip. Mayor Johnson sent a letter to the Mayor\nof Wuxi graciously declining the invitation. The plan still is to send a delegation in Spring 2006.\nBeaver reported on the International Sister City Conference in Spokane, WA. There were over\n500 people present from around the world, although most were from the U.S. She met with the\nrepresentatives of Chattanooga, Tennessee. They have a long-standing Sister City relationship\nwith Wuxi, China and Alameda will have to get their permission to officially register the\nAlameda/Wuxi relationship with Sister Cities International.\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - Member Hanna reported a meeting date will be set when\nMember Chen returns in September. The Mayors 4th of July Parade Trolley efforts went very\nwell, and Mr. Werner has suggested banners for both sides of the Trolley next time. The stickers\nwere well received and there are enough left for another event. They had a great meeting with\nChief Ojala, Captain Noonan and Lieutenant Cranford and passed along ATAH outreach packets\nfor their command staff. Member Hanna stated that he had received a draft letter to the editor of\nthe Alameda Sun via Ken Werner. It was decided to not act unless this letter ran in the newspaper.\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-08-25.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-08-25", "page": 3, "text": "Minutes of the Regular SSHRB Meeting, August 25, 2005\nPage 3\nThere was a brief discussion as to getting the \"No Room..' message out into the community and\nCity buildings.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS - None\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None\nADJOURNED - President Franz adjourned the meeting at 9:10 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\n G:SSHRB\\Packets\\2005\\August\\MinutesReg082505.doc\nF:SSHRB\\Agenda Packets 2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-08-25.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-09-22", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, September 22, 2005\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Franz called the meeting to order at 7:40pm.\nPresent were Members Wasko, Hollinger Jackson, Bonta, and Hanna. Absent were Vice-President\nChen and Member Flores-Witte. Staff present were Beaver and Brown.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES - The minutes of the August 25th meeting were approved with two\ncorrections, M/S (Wasko / Hollinger Jackson) and unanimous.\nELECTION OF OFFICERS - At the August meeting Member Bonta was nominated for President\nand accepted the nomination. M/S (Franz / Hanna) and all in favor. Member Wasko was nominated\nfor Vice-President and accepted the nomination. M/S (Franz / Hollinger Jackson) to elect Wasko as\nVice President was approved by unanimous voice vote. M/S (Franz, Hanna) to elect Bonta as\nPresident was approved by unanimous voice vote. President Bonta took the seat and thanked Jim\nFranz for all his work over the years, and stated he is looking forward to continuing the work he\nstarted as well as working with Vice-President Wasko.\nACKNOWLEDGING LOCAL SPIRIT OF GIVING FOR HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF\nEFFORTS - Staff explained this item was carried over from August. President Bonta mentioned we\nshouldn't forget about local organizations that need our help. Member Franz handed out a Katrina\nrelief flyer for a fundraiser at Grand View Pavilion on October 7, and stated that 200 volunteers have\nalready gone to the area to help. Franz also mentioned local children having a lemonade stand and\nwith the Bank of Alameda matching their effort. It was proposed to continue the item to the October\nmeeting, and to consider sending a letter to the media commending all those who helped with the\nrelief effort. Member Franz will compile Alameda Red Cross efforts, Hollinger Jackson will watch\nlocal newspapers for relief articles and Vice President Wasko will draft a letter using that\ninformation.\nADOPTING DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS 60TH\nANNIVERSARY\nCELEBRATION - Vice-President Wasko is the liaison for the upcoming event she passed out a\nproposed Declaration for all to review and comment on. There are currently 35 Co-Sponsors and\nevery one will have a brief write up in a booklet which will be handed out at the event. The bulk of\nthe fundraising will go toward printing this booklet. The efforts are focused on the event happening\nOctober 21st. Discussions at the Tuesday meetings have included UNICEF Trick or Treat boxes in\neffort of kids-helping-kids, as this will be the first time in UNICEF history that 50% of funds raised\nwill be given to children in the United States. There were several suggested changes to the\nDeclaration that Wasko will take back to the UN meeting. No action taken.\nWORKGROUPS PROGRESS\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup - Member Franz stated the goal of 500 survey entries has not\nbeen met, but they are close. The survey will be translated in Spanish to gain more information from\nthat group. The survey is also available in Chinese. The next step is to establish focus groups for\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service\nF:SSHRB\\Agenda Packets 2005", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-09-22.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-09-22", "page": 2, "text": "Minutes of the Regular SSHRB Meeting, Sept. 22, 2005\nPage 2\nlong-term project preparation. The next meeting is October 7th and there will be more to report after\nthat meeting.\nFamily Services Workgroup - Vice-President Wasko reported this group is discussing a 2nd Annual\nFestival of Families in the spring. Also they will be looking at childcare services and what deficits\nexist locally.\nSister City Workgroup - Member Franz reported this group hasn't had a meeting, but added that a\nrepresentative hand carried a Mayoral Proclamation on a recent trip to Wuxi. Beaver noted that a\nspring trip is being discussed and will be scheduled when Wuxi provides possible dates. The\nworkgroup will also be discussing a letter received, via Council member Matarrese from Asuchio, El\nSalvador.\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - No report.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS - Vice-President Wasko reminded the Board of Alameda\nHospital's Health Fair on October 15th The Domestic Violence Task Force has fallen by the wayside\nalong with Cindy Lamdin leaving the Hospital. Perhaps the Board can ask the Mayor to read a\nProclamation. Wasko also asked staff about inviting all Board members to a get together. Beaver\nwill check and report back Member Franz reported ARC had a lot of community phone calls for\npeople wanting to help regarding the fire at 2020 Santa Clara. There are 34 units and repairs for\nreentry will take about four months. The owners have provided all security deposits back to tenants\nwithin a few days. President Bonta reported he would be talking with Member Flores-Witte\nregarding her schedule and ability to attend Thursday meetings. Member Hollinger Jackson wanted\neveryone to know she hasn't a computer at work, so in cases regarding immediate response, people\nshould call instead.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None\nADJOURNMENT - President Bonta adjourned the meeting at 9:10 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2005\\Sept\\MinutesReg092205.do\nF:SSHRB\\Agenda Packets 2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-09-22.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-10-27", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, October 27, 2005\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Bonta called the meeting to order at 7:37pm.\nPresent: Bonta, Chen, Hanna, Hollinger Jackson, and Wasko. Member Franz was absent. Staff:\nBeaver, Brown.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES - The minutes of the September 22, 2005 meeting were approved with\nchanges as noted. M/S (Wasko/Hanna) and unanimous.\nACKNOWLEDGING LOCAL SPIRIT OF GIVING FOR HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF\nEFFORTS - Hollinger Jackson stated that she had gathered all news articles through October 10th and\nforwarded the list to Wasko for drafting the letter. It was decided the letter should be sent for\ndistribution during the second week of November before the Thanksgiving food drives. The letter\ncould include a list of food drives where the community can contribute. Wasko will draft and Bonta\nwill proof a letter to the editor for the local newspapers.\nRECOMMEDATION OF SISTER CITY WORKGROUP RE: ESTABLISHING FREINDSHIP WITH\nASUCHIO, EL SALVADOR - Councilmember Matarrese and members of his church have been\ntraveling to Asuchio for a few years. Mattarrese reports that Asuchio is a small village with very\nlimited resources for its residents, many of whom are refugees from the earlier fighting in El Salvador.\nMember Chen stated that the Sister City Workgroup could have a bigger impact by helping smaller\ncommunities, not just a big city like Wuxi. He further stated the Sister City workgroup is currently\nstretched thin preparing for a Spring 2006 visit to China, and working on a trip to El Salvador at the\nsame time would not be easy. Member Chen stated that it will probably take a long time for visitors\nfrom Asuchio to get the necessary paperwork. Members of St. Philip Neri have already raised enough\nfunds to construct a building in Asuchio; they are in the process of organizing a fundraising event and\nwill manage the logistics of bringing a delegation here when they are ready. M/S (Chen/Wasko) and\nunanimous for staff to draft a recommendation to the Council to send a letter welcoming Asuchio\nofficials to Alameda whenever they are able to make the trip.\nWORKGROUP ASSIGNMENTS AND CHAIRS - Member Hollinger Jackson stated she would be\non the AAWG as long as meetings are not on Wed nights. Bonta asked if there is any interest in\nexpanding or reducing the scope of the workgroup efforts and consensus was to reinstate the\nAlamedans Together Against Hate workgroup as a separate entity. Leadership/membership in the\nworkgroups was confirmed as follows:\nAAWG: Franz, Chair, Members Hanna and Hollinger Jackson.\nATAH: Hanna, Chair, Member Chen.\nFSWG: Bonta, Co-chair, Wasko, Co-Chair, Member Hollinger Jackson.\nSSWG: Chen, Co-chair, Franz Co-chair.\nWORKGROUP PROGRESS REPORTS -\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup - Member Hanna reported that more than 531 needs surveys\nwere received and this provides enough sound data for analysis. He further stated that Liz Harris\npresented the Needs survey findings at their meeting, and was actively recruiting people to participate\nin Focus Groups. The Focus Group meeting will be November 3rd Aroma Restaurant will provide\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-10-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-10-27", "page": 2, "text": "Meeting Minutes of the SSHRB, Thursday, October 27, 2005\nPage 2\nfood, and various community donations have been received as incentives for participants. Hanna and\nmembers praised Harris' work on the project and thanked her for her time and expertise.\nAlamedas Together Against Hate - Hanna stated he responded to a phone call asking about the\nworkgroup, and that staff sent an outreach packet as follow-up to his conversation.\nFamily Services Workgroup - Vice President Wasko stated that the next Festival of Families will be\nMay 13th, the Saturday before Mother's Day. The Workgroup will meet later in the week to discuss\nplans. Wasko is busy working on information regarding the state of childcare in Alameda, and also\nmentioned there will be a universal daycare measure on an upcoming ballot.\nVice President Wasko also reported on the 60th Anniversary United Nations Event. President Bonta\nstated he was at the first part of event. There was a lot of energy, drum demonstrations outside, most\nseats were filled, but it was a very long program. There was a lot of support and many performances,\nwith 42 agencies involved.\nSister City Workgroup - Member Chen stated the Wuxi, China trip was changed to Spring 2006. He\nreported that Florence Fang went to Wuxi, and volunteered to carry items from Alameda Mayor\nJohnson to the Mayor of Wuxi. She received a key to the City of Wuxi on behalf of the Mayor. The\nworkgroup will set up a meeting for presentation of the key to the Mayor and City Council. The\nMayor, Councilmembers and Board members have been invited to dinner at the Consul-General's\nresidence in SF. The date will be determined and invitations will go out to all members.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS - There were no oral communications.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS - Vice President Wasko reported that the Health Fair at\nAlameda Hospital went well and AAWG workgroup should participate every year. Attendance was\nabout 2,000 people. Wasko suggested adding into the travel box a clipboard for workgroup and other\nBoard activity sign-ups. Staff person Beaver reported that the Board was invited by the Chair of the\nCity of Richmond Human Relations Commission to a four-hour retreat to discuss changes in their\nHuman Relations ordinance. No one is available to attend, but staff will provide some background on\nthe SSRHB.\nADJOURNMENT - President Bonta adjourned the meeting at 8:55pm.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB/Packets/2005/Oct2005/MinutesOct2705\nF:SSHRB/Agendas & Minutes 2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-10-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-12-08", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, December 8, 2005\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Bonta called the meeting to order at 7:42 pm.\nPresent were President Bonta and Members Hollinger Jackson, Hanna, Chen, Franz. Vice President\nWasko was absent. Staff: Beaver, Brown, Harris.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the October 27th meeting were approved with changes\nas noted. M/S (Hollinger Jackson/ Bonta), to approve 4/0 with Member Franz abstaining.\nMember Franz recused himself from Items 3-A., and 3-B., and stepped down from the dias.\nCOMMENTS REGARDING NEEDS RELATED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK\nGRANT PUBLIC SERVICES FUNDING, AND FORMULATION OF NEEDS STATEMENT TO\nTHE CITY COUNCIL: Secretary Beaver reviewed a handout (CDBG 101) describing the CDBG\nprocess and the SSHRB role and timeline. President Bonta welcomed the audience and invited\nspeakers to address the Board regarding community public service needs.\nSpeakers:\nMeredith Owens, Alameda Power and Telecom, Energy Manager Supervisor: AP&T works together\nwith the American Red Cross to provide low-income residents assistance with utilities through their\nEnergy Assistance Program and the Energy Ease Program. Fifty percent of the people in these\nprograms are seniors or disabled. There is an expected increase in natural gas prices, which is to be\nsubstantial this season. Up to 85% of households heat with gas, and the impact may be 83% to 123%\nincrease in heating costs. They are in the process of developing a resource packet for others that will\nbe loaded with tips and information, with a lot of outreach opportunities. Packets will be available at\nAlameda Housing Authority and ARC will distribute them. She further stated that being proactive\nwith increased gas bills coming, she is here to give this group a heads up on what is ahead.\nGeorge Phillips, Alameda Boys & Girls Club and West Alameda Teen Club, Director: Thanks to\nDSD and the CDBG staff for all the help they provide. He was delighted to see the priorities on the\nslideshow and stated their programs handle much of those priorities. He explained the programs at\nEsperanza and Chipman Middle school, including a Career Exploration program that has placed 4\nyoung people in jobs. They are relocating the Club facility to the back half of the Woodstock School\nsite. The project will cost an estimated $7million. He stated that within a bike ride of Esperanza\nthere are roughly 3,800 kids needing after school services. Forty to sixty kids are currently being\nserved at Esperanza and forty to eighty kids at Chipman.\nJim Franz, American Red Cross, Director: Mr. Franz stated that even though this community has\nbeen generous with donations in the times of need, there are a lot of community services still needing\nsupport. The Spectrum Program for energy assistance is already out of funds. There is a tremendous\nimpact with rising energy costs, for example seniors who are in all electric apartments find that their\nutilities can be as much as their rent. He further explained the impact of national disasters on local\nfundraising. He stated they are still getting checks for Katrina relief, yet the Food Basket program is\ndown about $3,000 right now compared to other years. Toys for Tots usually has about 3-4,000 toys,\ncurrently has only about 400.\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-12-08.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-12-08", "page": 2, "text": "Minutes, Social Service Human Relations Board\nDecember 8, 2005\nPage 2\nBANANAS, Inc.: Wasn't present to speak, but provided a handout.\nStaff member Liz Harris reported on the status of the Board's Needs Assessment and described some\nof the preliminary data analysis. With 187 variables, completing the assessment will take more time,\nbut preliminary analysis indicates a high need for employment-related services and an array of safety\nnet services. Harris explained that the survey, has a 5% error margin, and should be completed in\nFebruary - March 2006.\nRecommendation - M/S (Hollinger Jackson / Bonta) to prepare a letter for Council stating that non-\nprofit fundraising impacted by national and international disasters, emphasizing removal and\nemployment barriers and continued support of safety net services and increased community outreach.\nM/S (Hollinger Jackson/Hanna) to have Bonta and Wasko review the letter. Unanimous. President\nBonta will represent the Board at the Council meeting on January 17th.\nRECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE\nPUBLIC SERVICE PORTION OF THE FY05/06 ACTION PLAN: Staff member Beaver explained\nadditional funds from program income and unexpended project funds. She further explained that the\nBoard had previously suggested any additional funds be distributed to safety net service providers but\nthat staff was recommending all extra funds go to the Red Cross to help address the impacts of\nincreased energy costs in 2006.\nSpeaker Jim Franz, Director, ACCESS Program at American Red Cross: He stated that Harbor\nIsland Apartment terminations had depleted the direct assistance fund and fundraising was severely\ndecreased so additional funding for energy assistance would be put to good use. M/S (Chen /\nHollinger Jackson) to support the staff recommendation. Unanimous. This will be on Council agenda\nfor January 3, 2006.\nMember Franz resumed his seat at the dias.\nORAL COMMUNICATION: Taken out of order. Ms. Terri Wright asked if she could take a group\nphoto of Carol and the Board.\nADOPTION OF THE 2006 MEETING SCHEDULE: M/S (Hollinger Jackson / Bonta) to accept the\n2006 meeting schedule as submitted. Unanimous.\nWORKGROUP PROGRESS REPORTS:\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup - President Bonta reported that staff is finalizing the survey\nreport and certain Board members are working on specific parts.\nFamily Services Workgroup - President Bonta reported that this group hasn't met, but will meet next\non January 12th, to continue planning and discussing the Festival of Families.\nSister City Workgroup - Member Chen reported that the dinner at the Chinese Ambassador's home in\nSan Francisco was a good time. Mayor Johnson received a golden key from Wuxi, China on behalf\nof the City. This group will meet and discuss a Lunar New Year celebration. A welcome letter to\nAsuchio will be on the December 20, 2005 Council agenda, and he will be there to represent the\nBoard.\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-12-08.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-12-08", "page": 3, "text": "Minutes, Social Service Human Relations Board\nDecember 8, 2005\nPage 3\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - Member Hanna reported a contribution had been received and\nthat this group would send a thank you letter to the First Presbyterian's Mission Committee. This\ngroup will need to meet and start planning for the Mayor's July 4th parade. He would like to attend a\nCAHRO Conference in Sacramento on January 9th. CAHRO membership, which has been an annual\nexpense in years past, is the only expense, Hanna will cover his lodging expenses. M/S (Bonta/\nHollinger Jackson) approving the conference and membership expense for CAHRO. Unanimous.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: Board members agreed that Vice President Wasko's\nholiday / retirement party was a great time! Beaver confirmed she would continue to staff the Board\nas a part time employee.\nADJOURNED - President Bonta adjourned the meeting at 9:45 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB/packets/2005/Dec-Nov05/Minutes Dec805.doc\nP:SSHRB/Agenda packets 2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-12-08.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-01-26", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, January 26, 2006\n1.\nROLL CALL AND CALL TO ORDER: President Bonta called the meeting to order at 7:37\np.m. Present were Vice President Wasko, Members Hollinger Jackson, Chen, Hanna, Franz,\nand new Member Dome. Staff - Beaver, Brown\nIntroductions - President Bonta welcomed Member Dora Dome and everyone gave a brief\nintroduction. Dome stated she has lived in Alameda since 2001, is an attorney in San Francisco,\nand will be a member of the ATAH workgroup.\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the December 8, 2005 meeting were approved\nwith changes. M/S (Hanna, Hollinger Jackson) and unanimous.\n3.A.\nAUTHORIZING ACTION IN SUPPORT OF THE SEASON FOR NONVIOLENCE - Member\nHanna provided an overview of the Season for Nonviolence which is an international event\nspanning the anniversaries of the assassinations of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King on\nJanuary 30th to April 4 respectively. The Mayor will issue a Proclamation at the February 7 City\nCouncil meeting and banners will be hung on Webster and Park Streets in February and March.\nThe Youth Collaborative has prepared packets of information, including pledges and activities,\nfor use by their member organizations. M/S (Wasko, Franz) and unanimous to have the Chair of\nATAH workgroup draft a letter to the editor from the Board, with Bonta and Wasko approving\nthe letter for distribution. Member Wasko volunteered to take information to the next UN\nmeeting and member Franz will take to the February Ministerial meeting. Under discussion, it\nwas noted that recommitment to the principles of the SNV, and materials in the form of posters,\nstickers, etc. would help highlight the importance of the Season. It was suggested that the \"No\nRoom for Hate\" posters and other materials be made available on the City's website for\norganizations and individuals to download, and that the Board work with the school district to\nget posters into classrooms. Staff will research the feasibility of these efforts.\n3.B.\nAUTHORIZING CO-SPONSORSHIP OF LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL - Member Chen\nreported that the Inter-Cultural Committee of the Harbor Bay Homeowner's Association will\nhost a Lunar New Year Festival on March 4th. This is an annual event and the SSHRB/Sister\nCity Project was an event sponsor last year; SSHRB and Sister City information was handed out\nto attendees who visited the SSHRB table. The Board has been asked to participate again at the\n$500 sponsorship level, and to arrange the Mayor's and the Chinese Consul General's attendance\nat the event. Chen stated he has talked to members of the Friends of Wuxi,ano they are willing to\ndo some fundraising to offset the cost. The Sister City Workgroup is considering hosting a\nreception at one of the restaurants prior to the opening ceremony. The workgroup would like to\nhonor the Friends of Wuxi by having the Consul General present them with certificates of\nappreciation at the reception. Vice President Wasko volunteered to help with a reception if\nneeded. M/S (Franz, Hollinger Jackson) and unanimous to co-sponsor the event at the $250 to\n$500 level, contingent upon the Friends of Wuxi raising said amount, and to explore the\npossibility of a reception prior to the event where certificates would be presented to the Friends\nof Wuxi.\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-01-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-01-26", "page": 2, "text": "Minutes, Regular Meeting of the SSHRB\nJanuary 26, 2006\nPage 2\n3.C.\nRECOMMENDATION TO CO-SPONSOR THE ALAMEDA SERVICES COLLABORATIVE\nIN FEBRUARY - Member Franz noted that the ASC comprises community-based organizations\nwho meet approximately quarterly to share information about programs, services and events in\nAlameda. The lunch meeting is hosted by the Red Cross and Immanuel Lutheran Church. In its\nrole as a disseminator of information regarding social services, the SSHRB has co-sponsored\nthese luncheons since their inception. There is no financial contribution required of the Board.\nM/S (Wasko, Bonta) and unanimous to co-sponsor (non-monetary) the February 22nd luncheon\nof the ASC.\n3.D.\nWORKGROUPS\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - Member Hanna reported he attended the California\nAssociation of Human Relations Organizations on January 9th; that the work sessions were very\ngood, although most of the attendees were staff people from southern California; and that\nCAHRO went bankrupt a year ago and is in the process of trying to revive and restructure.\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup - President Bonta reported that this group is still working\non the Needs Assessment; members are working with staff on data analysis and writing; and\nanticipated deadline for a rough draft is February 9th\nFamily Services Workgroup - President Bonta reported this group met January 12; discussed\ndoing parenting classes; how to support parents of special needs children, and the Festival of\nFamilies planned for May 13. They are working on a questionnaire regarding parent education to\nbe administered at the Festival. They also plan to have an expert in child development and\nresources on hand at the Festival to answer parents' questions. Next AAWG meeting is February\n10th. Member Franz stated that the Ministerial Association had invited new AUSD\nsuperintendent Ardella Dailey to meet with them and it was very beneficial; suggested that the\nFSWG might want to take the lead on a similar meeting with the Board. Staff will make an\ninitial contact with Superintendent Dailey.\nSister City Workgroup-Ch reported they are waiting to hear the Mayor's schedule for the trip\nto China at the end of April or early May 2006; that Wuxi sent a letter offering an opportunity\nfor qualified Alamedans to go to Wuxi to teach for six months to a year with living expenses\ncovered by Wuxi; and that the City Council authorized and the Mayor sent a letter of invitation\nto Asuchio, El Salvador in December.\n3.E.\nWRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM KEN WERNER REGARDING JANUARY 20, 2006\nLETTER TO THE EDITOR ON SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE - Hanna noted that the\nBoard had received correspondence from Ken Werner, former SSHRB member and ATAH\nfounder, regarding a letter to the editor which appeared in the January 20th Alameda Journal.\nUnder discussion regarding an appropriate response, it was noted that a published response\nwould reach more people and provide a forum for constructive discussion. It was suggested that\nthe Board continue to take a more general, conceptual approach to human relations issues and\nleave it to individuals to rebut the specifics. Wasko said she hoped the letter would be\neducational and thought-provoking, and it was agreed that Season for Non-Violence letter Hanna\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-01-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-01-26", "page": 3, "text": "Minutes, Regular Meeting of the SSHRB\nJanuary 26, 2006\nPage 3\nis writing could tie these ideas together in a positive way. M/S (Franz, Bonta) and unanimous for\nmember Hanna to incorporate these ideas into the SNV letter he is drafting.\n4.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS - The Board inquired as to the joint meeting with City\nCouncil and the Mayor. Beaver suggested May 2006 might be a good time, since the CDBG\nreview takes place in March and the April meeting might be impacted by the trip to Wuxi. Staff\nwill check with the City Clerk to schedule the meeting. Hanna offered accolades to President\nBonta for his presentation regarding needs at the City Council meeting. Wasko stated she had\nrepresented the Board at Beaver's retirement party; that Franz was an excellent emcee; it was\ngreat to see Corey Cook; and that the party was also a fundraiser for local non-profites. Beaver\nreported that about $1,400 was raised; and then noted that she is happy to be continuing as staff\nto the Board and workgroups for the time being.\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None.\n6.\nADJOURNED - President Bonta adjourned the meeting at 9:15 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\n  G:SSHRB/Packets/2006/ Jan/Minutes.doc\nF:SSHRB/Agenda packets/2006\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-01-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-02-23", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, February 23, 2006\n1.\nROLL CALL AND CALL TO ORDER: President Bonta called the meeting to order at 7:43\np.m. Present: Members Hollinger Jackson, Wasko, Chen, Franz, Dome and Bonta. Absent: Member\nHanna. Staff: Beaver, Brown.\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the January 26, 2006 meeting were approved\nwith changes. M/S (Hollinger Jackson, Franz)\n3C. CO-SPONSORING COMMUNITY FORUM ON BI-RACIAL YOUTH: This item was taken\nout of order to hear from Audrey Lord-Hausman, representing the Alameda Collaborative for Children,\nYouth and Families. Lord-Hausman provided an overview about ACCYF, stating it is a provider and\ncommunity clearinghouse for information and ideas on services for children, youth and families. Youth\nworking on an ACCYF-sponsored magazine project (\"Teen 'Zine\") asked about the community's\nunderstanding of bi-racial youth. From that question came the idea of a community forum on the topic.\nThe general idea is to provide a place and a program where kids and parents can discuss and educate\none another. A psychotherapist has agreed to work with the ACCYF to develop and facilitate the\nprogram. It was suggested that the SSHRB would be a logical co-sponsor based on its mission and\ninterests. A planning committee is forming to meet with facilitator and a Board representative is\ninvited if co-sponsorship is approved. The forum is proposed for Fall 2006, but a specific date has not\nbeen set. In response to questions regarding demographics, target audience, outreach and speakers, it\nwas noted that it is still in the very beginning stages of the forum and that the committee will be\nworking to answer these and other questions. M/S (Franz, Wasko) and unanimous to co-sponsor with\nACCYF a community forum for bi-racial youth. President Bonta will be the Board's liaison with the\nplanning committee, with help from Vice President Wasko and Member Chen. The first planning\nmeeting will take place sometime mid-March.\n3A. CO-SPONSORING THE FESTIVAL OF FAMILIES: Vice President Wasko provided a \"Save\nthe Date\" flyer for the Festival of Families, scheduled for May 13, 2006. The flyer was also mailed to\napproximately 300 agencies and individuals. Wasko stated there are nine tables currently paid for;\nmany have approached her regarding the entertainment; the private high schools will be participating\nin the \"Earning for Learning\" program this year; the Towne Center will be able to provide the Festival\nmore physical space this year; Beth Hoch is working on the \"Ask the Expert\" piece, which will include\na pharmacist, nurse practitioner and mental health specialist; the Guggenheim's have moved their\noffices and are difficult to reach, but they are very much involved again this year and there will be a\nmeeting with members of AUSD, the Education Foundation and Towne Center management to work\nout details. It is hoped that SSHRB members will be volunteers again this year. Table prices will be\n$50 for businesses and $35 for individuals. There was a brief discussion about the budget, with Wasko\nand Beaver agreeing to review, discuss and bring back to the Board if necessary. M/S (Franz,\nHollinger Jackson) and unanimous to co-sponsor with the Festival of Families in May 2006.\n3B.\nWORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR MAY 2006: Staff reminded\nthe Board of the annual work session with the Mayor and City Council. It was decided to poll Council\nfor the Board's regular meeting date of May 25, 2006. Staff reminded workgroups to be working on\ntheir list of 2005-06 accomplishments and 2006-07 work program. A draft report will be prepared, for\nreview by the Board at its April meeting.\n3D. WORKGROUPS", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-02-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-02-23", "page": 2, "text": "SSHRB, Minutes - Regular Meeting, Feb. 23, 2006\nPage 2\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - President Bonta noted the Board's letter re: the Season for\nNonviolence was published in the Alameda Sun.\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup - Member Franz reported that the data has been analyzed and\nmembers are working on various narrative sections for the report. Once a draft has been compiled, the\nworkgroup will review to identify gaps and/or editing that needs to be addressed. The workgroup\nhopes to have a final draft by May. There will be a work session prior to the regular March meeting to\nreview the status and steps.\nFamily Services Workgroup - Vice President Wasko reported they met on February 10th and discussed\nspecific plans for the Festival, including tasks to complete and volunteer commitments. Ideas for\nparenting education were discussed, and Wasko noted that a questionnaire would be offered at the\nFestival to help assess residents' parenting education needs and interests.\nSister City Workgroup - Member Chen stated there was a meeting this morning and they discussed the\nLunar New Year celebration at Harbor Bay Landing. The Chinese Consul-General will not attend the\nFestival and a $250 sponsorship was accepted by the organizers, rather than the $500 initially approved\nby the Board. The event is Saturday, March 4, from 12 - 4pm. Vice President Wasko and Member\nHollinger Jackson volunteered to staff the table from 11:30-1:30, and Member Chen will staff it from\n1:30p.m. on. He will contact Member Hanna for assistance.\nThe Alameda delegation for a 10-day Wuxi trip has been tentatively planned for early May; however,\nthere is no confirmation of the Mayor's schedule and Member Chen is planning to follow up with her.\nConcern was expressed that the trip could conflict with the Festival of Families.\nMember Chen asked if the teacher recruitment letter will get on the City's website. Staff will meet with\nIT staff and report back. He also asked if the new Library will have a small artifacts section for Sister\nCity gifts, or did City Hall have one. Staff will research.\nIt was also reported that members from Asuchio, El Salvador may visit in the Fall 2006. This will be\nhandled mostly through a lay group at St. Philip Neri, which is planning to meet in March. The\ndelegation will be small, probably only one or two visitors because of difficulties getting visas.\n4.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: Beaver stated she is working with IT staff to get the\nSeason for Non-Violence and teacher ad on the City's website. Member Franz stated that the VITA\nsite is a great success again this year and if anyone needs more flyers to contact him. He also stated\nthe Alameda Service Collaborative meeting on February 22nd went great; Habitat for Humanity did a\npresentation; there is a fundraiser at 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 25 at Hanger One for ARC Katrina\nand local storm relief. Wasko inquired re: status of invitation to AUSD Superintendent Dailey to meet\nthe Board and it was agreed that staff would draft an invitation for Board review at the March meeting.\nMember Hollinger-Jackson distributed a press release on kidnapping attempts on the island.\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None\n6.\nADJOURNED: The meeting was adjourned by President Bonta at 9:20pm\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2006\\Feb 2006\\Minutes.do\nF:SSHRB\\Agenda Packets 2006", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-02-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-03-23", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, March 23, 2006\n1.\nROLL CALL AND CALL TO ORDER: President Bonta called the meeting to order at 7:38\np.m. Present: President Bonta, Members Dome, Hollinger-Jackson, Franz and Hanna. Absent:\nMember Chen and Vice President Wasko. Staff: Beaver. Member Franz recused himself due to his\naffiliation with one of the recommended subgrantees, and stepped off the dais.\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the February 23, 2006 meeting were carried over\nto the April meeting.\n3A.\nREVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS RE: CDBG PUBLIC SERVICE FUNDING\nALLOCATIONS Beaver noted that this item is referred to the Board annually by the City Council and\nthat recommendations and that recommendations will be forwarded to the City Council in conjunction\nwith a hearing on April 18. Terri Wright, CD Programs Manager, now administrator of CDBG funding\nin Base Reuse and Community Development Division (BRCDD) was introduced.\nWright stated that twelve proposals were received and reviewed by BRCDD staff using criteria\nprovided in the packet. The ; proposals were evaluated for timeliness, completeness and accuracy. A\ntotal of 120 points were possible; the ratings ranged from 80 to 109 points. There is approximately\n$249,000 available. Nine proposals are being recommended for funding. Eight of the nine are current\nsubgrantees. Two agencies currently receiving CDBG didn't submit proposals this year, so there is a\nslight increase to remaining subgrantees in the coming year.\nWright noted the funding recommendations are available on line and in DSD office. City council will\nhold a hearing on April 18, including the Board's recommendations. Once approved, grant agreements\nand scopes of work will be prepared and agencies will be able to start using the funds July 1,2006. A\ntwo-year funding cycle is being implemented. Funding in the second year is subject to the City's grant\nfrom HUD and each subgrantee's satisfactory performance in 2006-07.\nWright stated there is a great deal of uncertainty related to CDBG in coming years. There was a ten\npercent drop this year, but a comparable level of public service funding was maintained because of\nadditional program income. The President's budget proposal is bleak and could result in a 30% cut.\nAlthough Congress has been successful holding off major cuts, significant reductions may be\nnecessary in the future.\nIn response to Hollinger-Jackson's question, Wright responded that while there is high demand, public\nservices are capped at 15% by HUD so more cannot be allocated to these activities.\nIn response to Bonta's question. re: likelihood of more program income, Wright explained that the\nforecast is based on the monthly loan portfolio receipts and anticipated payoffs only. There may be\nadditional payoffs, but they have to base the budget only on what is known.\nIn response to Bonta's question; Wright responded that the two organizations S currently receiving\nfunds that didn't apply for 2006-07 are AUSD's WOW Afterschool Program and ARPD's RAP\nAfterschool Program.\nIn response to Hanna's question whether agencies receiving substantially less than requested are going\nto be able to deliver services, Wright replied that the recommended funding is consistent with services", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-03-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-03-23", "page": 2, "text": "SSHRB, Minutes - Regular Meeting, March 23, 2006\nPage 2\nprovided in past and that additional money would have funded additional FVLC staff to work in APD\nand that other resources will be sought for this position.\nBonta noted that the Food Bank requested more money and that they had received a allocation to\npurchase a modular unit earlier this year.\nBonta noted that 3 organizations were not recommended for funding and that their scores are lower. In\nresponse to his question, Wright stated that the main reason is lack of funding and that existing\ncontracts covering services are already in place and would have to be de-funded. ACAP has other\nresources to operate their program; the Goodwill program has a high price tag, they too have other\nresources and the City already funds other homeless services.\nWright further stated that although not recommended for funding, BAIRS gets an \"honorable\nmention.\" The concept is good, but there are confluence of issues affecting the city, such as federal\nrequirements re: handling of translation and services to limited English speaking populations. BAIRS\nreceived a lower score on capacity to deliver the services. They think BAIRS is good candidate for\ntechnical assistance to see if we can get the Director certified to provide the services.\nJim Franz, Red Cross Bay Area, thanked the Board for supporting reprogrammed funds earlier in the\nyear and noted that so far only $2,500 has been disbursed because of mild weather, but recently there\nhas been a spike in calls. He hopes the Board will approve the recommendations of staff that support\nsafety net services, not just the ARC but the Food Bank as well. He noted a plan to increase ASC\nmeetings from 3 to 5 per year to bring agencies and providers together, knowing there will be tighter\ntimes in the future, and collecting referral sheets from each agency and working with the libraries to\nget that information out in the west end.\nCheri Allison, Family Violence Law Center Executive Director asked the Board to approve the\nrecommendations of staff. FVLC has provided services in Alameda for at least 6 years, including\ndomestic violence (DV) counseling, accompanying women and children to court and helping with\nrestraining orders. They have been trying to get a DV advocate stationed in APD. The number of\npeople they're able to help goes up astronomically. When they can they send a staff attorney to court\non DV day (Friday) to assist the court in counseling people who don't have representation. Recently\nthey entered into an operational agreement with Building Futures with Women and Children to\nconduct DV restraining order clinics at APC. They have an Active Board of Directors and are working\non a five-year strategic plan, including sustainability strategies. A recent fundraiser netted $51,000.\nIn response to Hollinger-Jackson's questions, Allison responded that they connect with women\nneeding FVLC services through trainings, referral cards given to victims by the police and other\nreferring agencies, and through another program in Oakland, not funded by Alameda, that assists APD\nin placing vicitims after hours.\nIn response to Bonta's question, Allison stated that they attend the Alameda court and that they have 6\nstaff attorneys, 2 of whom are Spanish speaking and also volunteer attorneys who mostly work on\nlong-term and/or complicated cases. They go though a DV training course and are screened by\nAlameda County Women's Bar Association.\nShar Escobar, East Bay Community Mediation, stated they train people to become community\npeacemakers by giving them basic communication skills, and problem solving and dispute resolution", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-03-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-03-23", "page": 3, "text": "SSHRB, Minutes - Regular Meeting, March 23, 2006\nPage 3\ntechniques. Two years ago Berkeley and Oakland programs merged. Between the two agencies, 30,000\nhave been trained. This proposal will build capacity in City of Alameda through volunteer training.\nNot a legal organization, they don't provide legal advice, but create a positive environment to get\npeople talking and working together. He urged support of the staff recommendations.\nIn response to Dome's question, Escobar stated there is outreach and recruitment to targeted\ncommunities; it is a stepping stone for people who want to be mediators professionally. They' ve had a\nbig influx of people who want to be mediators so have to be selective. They work with City agencies,\npolice department, council members, planning and other managers and some court referrals. They try\nto get people into mediation before they get to court.\nIn response to Bonta's questions, Escobar stated the top 3 issues are family concerns (e.g. retooling\ncustody, elder care, parent/teen disputes); landlord/tenant concerns (but they refer to legal resources if\neviction involved) and small business and workplace disputes. They have a sliding scale fee, but no\none is turned away. Landlord/Tenant fees are $40 for each side (if they can) and business/commercial\nis $80 session. The process starts with listening, counseling, coaching for a specific situation of one\ncaller. If both parties are willing, set up convenient time to meet with team of mediators who find out\nissues, facilitate discussion and empower them to resolve their own conflicts.\nIn response to Hollinger-Jackson's questions, Escobar noted there is a huge need for translators, mostly\nSpanish speaking and that they are recruiting low-income/under-employed Alamedans to train and\npractice on the job, transfer skills into their own lives.\nIn response to Hanna's question, Escobar stated their offices are at Preservation Park in Oakland and\nthey are looking for places in Alameda where they can conduct mediations.\nIn response to Dome's question, Wright stated that the performance goals in the chart are from the first\ntwo quarters of FY 2005-06. Programs that have met more than 100% of goals already are ones that\nsign all their members up at the beginning of the grant period.\nHanna commented that the process looks like a lot of work and the distribution appears to be fair.\nHollinger-Jackson stated it is very clear, consistent with our recommendations re: needs. Bonta asked\nabout \"approved for funding\" in non-public service categories and Wright explained that Technical\nAssistance helps the agencies that provide services to the community and it has been broadened to\nserve a number of agencies. She noted that the East Bay Mediation program is seen as a one-time/one-\nyear investment to build a cadre of volunteers in the community. Money may not be available next\nyear. She noted that even though one-time funding, will they be able to do it because people they train\nwill stay in their volunteer base.\nBonta noted that the first 3 SSHRB priorities are clearly being met but the fourth is somewhat usual\nand is there anything that speaks to this priority. Wright noted that the chart in packet shows focus\nareas covered by each proposal.\nBonta stated that the report to the Council should recognize the fact that we were able to accommodate\nthe requests that were made. Hollinger-Jackson stated there should be a comment re: support for the\none-time funding for EBCMS and that there should something said about the focus areas. Bonta will\nreview and sign the letter but can't be at the meeting on the 18th Hollinger-Jackson will attend on\nbehalf of the Board.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-03-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-03-23", "page": 4, "text": "SSHRB, Minutes - Regular Meeting, March 23, 2006\nPage 4\nM/S (Hollinger-Jackson/Hanna) to send a report to the Council supporting the staff recommendations\nwas approved 4/0.\n3.B.\nRECOMMENDATION TO CO-SPONSOR THE ALAMEDA SERVICES\nCOLLABORATIVE APRIL MEETING Staff explained this luncheon event organized by the Red\nCross and typically co-sponsored by the SSHRB. The April meeting will be on the topic of mental\nillness and in conjunction with the Youth Collaborative's monthly meeting. M/S to co-sponsor the\nApril ASC Meeting (DH/RB) was approved 4/0.\n3.C. WORK GROUP PROGRESS REPORTS\nAlamedans Together Against Hate: Hanna reported that the Work Group met last week and is meeting\nagain next week to continue working on its mission and work program. Hollinger-Jackson said the No\nRoom for Hate stickers handed out at the Lunar New Year Festival got a great response and it would\nbe good to get pins or flags that would be more lasting. Staff will look into costs. Hanna reported he is\nworking with Jim Franz and the Fourth of July Parade Committee on the trolley.\nAssessment and Awareness Work Group: Bonta reported they are still working on the Needs\nAssessment and that after the next meeting they will be ready to circulate a draft for Board review.\nFamily Services Work Group: Reporting for Wasko, staff stated the Work Group met last week and\nprimarily discussed the Festival of Families coming up on May 13. There are good early sign-ups from\nCBOs; Jody Moore of the Commission for Disability Issues spoke at the last meeting about her idea\nfor a socialization group for special needs children and their families.\nSister City Work Group: Reporting for Chen, staff stated they are still waiting for a date from the\nMayor to schedule the trip to Wuxi.\n4.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\nBonta announced he will attend a hearing on quality preschool and childcare to be held next week.\nStafff reminded that work group accomplishments and work programs are due April 17 to prepare a\nreport for the joint session with Council.\nDennis announced he is resigning from the Board due to time constraints and feeling that there are\nmany people who will be able to carry out the Board's mission. He plans to stay on until the end of\nMay, 2006.\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS None.\n6.\nADJOURNMENT President Bonta adjourned the meeting at 9:08 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets/2006\\March2006\\Minutes.doc\nPackets 2006", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-03-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-04-27", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, April 27, 2006\n1.\nROLL CALL AND CALL TO ORDER: President Bonta called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m.\nPresent: President Bonta, Vice President Wasko, Members Franz, Dome and Chen.\nAbsent: Members Hanna and Hollinger-Jackson. Staff: Beaver.\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the February 23, 2006 meeting were approved. The\nminutes of the March 23, 2006 meeting were carried over to the May meeting due to lack of appropriate\nquorum.\n3A.\nACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 2005 AND GOALS FOR 2006: Staff explained that the annual joint\nmeeting with the Mayor and City Council will probably be in July based on current Council schedules.\nSuggestions and additions were discussed to the Attachment B. While reviewing the Board report for\nCouncil it was suggested that adding language referencing staff changes and the impacts of staffing on the\nwork of the Board and its workgroups. Workgroup work plans were discussed briefly and will carry over\nto the May meeting.\n3.B. JOINT WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR: Staff will ask the City Clerk to\npoll members of the City Council and the Mayor for availability in July.\n3.C. WORKGROUP PROGRESS REPORTS\nAlamedans Together Against Hate: The workgroup is planning an entry for the Mayor's July 4th Parade.\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup: Everyone is still working on the draft of the Needs Assessment.\nFamily Services Workgroup: Wasko reported up to 27 community groups have signed up for the Festival\nof Families. The Guggenheim's have printed 20k flyers and they will be sent home with AUSD students\non May 3rd They are having difficulty in getting teens to participate in the mural contest. The group is\nworking on finding a dentist or oral hygienist for \"Ask the Expert\", Dr. Tabor was suggested. Member\nChen will work on contacting someone, and he will staff the table 1-2pm.\nSister City Work Group: Member Chen reported that the date for a Wuxi trip might be the end of June. The\nworkgroup will meet again in the beginning of May.\n4.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: Franz announced the annual Heroes Breakfast on June 8th\nand distributed nomination forms. He suggested the Board consider sponsoring a presentation\nAlameda County has developed about the stigmas associated with mental health issues, and requested\nit be agendized at a future Board meeting.\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None.\n6.\nADJOURNMENT: President Bonta adjourned the meeting at 9:22 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets/2006\\April\\Minutes\nF:SSHRB\\Agenda Packets 2006", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-04-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-05-25", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, May 25, 2006\n1.\nROLL CALL AND CALL TO ORDER: President Bonta called the meeting to order at\n7:35 p.m. Present: President Bonta, Vice-President Wasko, Members Hollinger-Jackson Franz,\nand Chen. Staff: Beaver\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the April 27, 2006 meeting were approved\nas amended. M/S (Franz/Chen) 3/0. The minutes of the March 23, 2006 meeting were approved\nas amended. M/S (Franz/Hollinger Jackson) 3/0.\n3.A.\nRESOLUTION COMMENDING DENNIS HANNA FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO\nTHE BOARD: President Bonta requested to carry over the Resolution and invite Hanna to\nattend to accept. M/S (Franz/Hollinger Jackson)\n3.B. RESOLUTION COMMENDING DORA DOME FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO THE\nBOARD: President Bonta requested to carry over the Resolution and invite Dome to attend to\naccept. M/S (Franz/Hollinger Jackson)\n3.C. ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2005 AND GOALS 2006: The Board discussed the 2005 report\nand made changes as noted. The volunteer hours will be revised pursuant to information to be\nprovided by workgroup Chairs. M/S (Franz/Bonta) to approve the letter and list of\naccomplishments as revised and with proviso that volunteer hours will be reviewed and\namended.\n3.D. SPONSORING PRESENTATION ON OVERCOMING STIGMAS ASSOCIATED\nWITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES: Member Franz explained the idea would be to make this\nan evening meeting and invite the community. Some ASC members and community members\nare unable to attend the ASC meeting and this format would enable them to participate and\nwouldn't require crafting another event. The facilitators provide a self-contained meeting.\nThere was a suggestion this meeting could possibly be televised. This was approved in concept\nand referred back to the AAWG. Member Franz suggested October would be a good month.\nVice-President Wasko asked if/when is Mental Health Awareness month as this would be a good\nidea to tie together with awareness month. M/S (Franz/Wasko) for the AAWG to work with\nMember Hollinger Jackson on getting the meeting scheduled.\n3.E. WORKGROUP STATUS REPORTS:\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - Staff person Beaver stated the group met and discussed\ndirection, but now two of three workgroup members have resigned. Franz stated that a trolley\nand band have been reserved for the Mayor's July 4th Parade. The costs for the parade are the\nsame as last year - approx. $600. Funds raised by the other workgroups can supplement funds\nraised from the community. Staff will look into signage options. Vice-President Wasko will\ndonate a new SSHRB sign to use on one side of the trolley.\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup - All Members are working on the Needs Assessment\nand will meet again in June for a final read-through. It was requested the full Board to\nparticipate in this meeting. Meeting is tentatively set for June 12, 6:15 to 9:15 p.m. or June 13,\nsame time.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-05-25.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-05-25", "page": 2, "text": "Regular Meeting Minutes, SSHRB, May 25, 2006\nPage 2\nFamily Services Workgroup - Chair Wasko reported the Festival of Families was successful.\nFifty tables were set up, most paid, and a few no-shows. Thank you letters will be sent to Harsch\nDevelopment thanking them and remarking on participation, dignitaries, etc. Logistics were a\nproblem because of all the construction going on at the Centre. Participants thought it was great\nfor networking and making contacts. Most will probably participate next year. There will be a\nworkgroup meeting to debrief on the event. Marisa is tallying responses to the parenting\neducation questionnaire. There were 68 from the event. The questionnaire was also given to the\nFamily Literacy and Head Start programs so there are more than 100 to tally.\nSister City Work Group - Member Chen reported that the Mayor cancelled her trip to Wuxi,\nChina. Hopefully the Board can discuss a new date at the Joint Session with the City Council\nand Mayor.\n4.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS:\nPresident Bonta reminded that there are two spots open on the Board. City Clerk will post an ad\nin the local newspaper. The Board asks a lot of its members and time is often a problem.\nMember Chen suggested recruiting for a youth member as well.\nStaff noted the Alameda County Human Relations Commission Distinguished Citizen Award is\napproaching and will e-mail the application form and criteria.\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None\n6.\nADJOURMENT:\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB/packets/2006/May/MayMinutesSB.dod\nF: SSHRB/Agenda and Minutes/ 2006", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-05-25.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-06-14", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Special Meeting, Wednesday, June 14, 2006\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Bonta called meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.\nIn attendance were Vice-President Wasko, and member Franz. Staff present were Beaver and\nJones.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the May 25, 2006 meeting were not approved due to\nlack of quorum. Tabled for next regular meeting.\nWORK SESSON TO REVIEW PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF COMMUNITY NEEDS\nASSESSMENT: Discussion and work session regarding the draft Community Needs\nAssessment.\nADJOURNMENT: President Bonta adjourned the meeting at 9:10 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nSocial Service Human Relations Board\nCB:sb", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-06-14.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-07-18", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Special Meeting, Tuesday, July 18, 2006\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Bonta called meeting to order at 6:20 p.m.\nIn attendance were Vice-President Wasko, and member Franz. Staff present were Beaver and\nJones, Wright and Brown. Former staff person Liz Harris was present.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the May 25, 2006 meeting were not approved due to\nlack of quorum. Tabled for next regular meeting.\nWORK SESSON TO REVIEW PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF COMMUNITY NEEDS\nASSESSMENT: Discussion and work session regarding the draft Community Needs\nAssessment.\nADJOURNMENT: President Bonta adjourned the meeting at 9:40 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nSocial Service Human Relations Board\nCB:sb", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-07-18.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-08-08", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Special Meeting, Tuesday, August 8, 2006\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Bonta called meeting to order at 6:10 p.m.\nIn attendance were Vice-President Wasko, and member Franz. Staff present were Beaver and\nJones, and Brown.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the May 25, 2006 meeting were not approved due to\nlack of quorum. Tabled for next regular meeting.\nWORK SESSON TO REVIEW PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF COMMUNITY NEEDS\nASSESSMENT: Discussion and work session regarding the draft Community Needs\nAssessment.\nADJOURNMENT: President Bonta adjourned the meeting at 8:20 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nSocial Service Human Relations Board\nCB:sb", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-08-08.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-09-15", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Special Meeting, Friday, September 15, 2006\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Bonta called meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.\nIn attendance were Vice-President Wasko, and member Franz. Staff present was Jones.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the May 25, 2006 meeting were not approved due to\nlack of quorum. Tabled for next regular meeting.\nWORK SESSON TO REVIEW PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF COMMUNITY NEEDS\nASSESSMENT: Discussion and work session regarding the draft Community Needs\nAssessment.\nADJOURNMENT: President Bonta adjourned the meeting at 11:20 a.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nSocial Service Human Relations Board\nCB:sb", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-09-15.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-09-21", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, September 21, 2006\n1.\nROLL CALL AND CALL TO ORDER\nPresident Bonta called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. Present: Members Bonta, Chen,\nFranz and Wasko. Staff: Beaver and Jones.\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the May 25, 2006 Regular Meeting and\nthe June 14, July 18, and August 8, 2006 Special Meetings were approved (M/S\nFranz/Wasko) 4/0.\n3.A.\nPRESENTATION AND REVIEW OF PROPOSED 211 INFORMATION AND\nREFERRAL SYSTEM FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY.\nBarbara Bernstein, Executive Director of Eden I&R, provided background on the agency,\nincluding information regarding the current proposal to provide 211 hotline services,\nCHAIN (Community Housing Assistance and Information Network) and the public\nsafety emergency line. She explained that Eden I & R has two databases covering more\nthan 1,250 organizations and that it is the publisher of the Big Blue Book, on sale in\nAlameda County for more than 20 years, and also free on -line to providers and\nconsumers. She further noted that Eden I & R had received Public Utilities Commission\n(PUC) approval to be the 21 provider in Alameda County, and that said approval would\nexpire in December 2006.\nBoard members asked a number of questions and received responses from Ms. Bernstein.\nUnder discussion, Board members stated their overall support for the program and\nexpressed concern about the timing and status of contributions from other Alameda\nCounty jurisdictions. The Board questioned staff regarding the possible use of CDBG\nfunds and learned that further analysis would be needed to determine if the operation\nwould qualify as a public service for low and moderate-income individuals.\nThe Board reached consensus that the 211 system has broad community application and\nvalue, would meet a number of community needs, including public safety and emergency\nresponse, citizen information and referral, and provider efficiency.\nA motion and second (Franz/Wasko) was adopted 4/0, recommending that:\nthe City consider whether a special allocation of General Fund monies to the\nAlameda County 211 hotline is appropriate to meet the social service and public\nsafety needs of the community;\nCity staff be directed to analyze the eligible use of CDBG funds for a portion of\nthe City's share, and\nA proposal from Eden I & R be reviewed for future CDBG funding if CDBGF\neligibility is determined.\nStaff was requested to prepare a draft memo for review and signature by President Bonta\nand Vice President Wasko on behalf of the Board.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-09-21.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-09-21", "page": 2, "text": "Special Meeting Minutes, SSHRB, September 21, 2006\nPage 2\n3-B\nAUTHORIZING CO-SPONSORSHIP OF \"IN THE MIX\" FORUM\nStaff reminded the Board of the presentation by Alameda Youth Collaborative staff\nAudrey Lord-Hausman and President Bonta stated he had been attending the planning\nmeetings as the Board's representative. By appointing Bonta as the Board's\nrepresentative, it was agreed in principle that the Board would co-sponsor the forum with\nthe Youth Collaborative. M/S (Wasko/Bonta) to authorize co-sponsorship of the \"In The\nMix\" Forum for mixed-race youth and their families was approved 4/0.\n3-C.\nAUTHORIZING CO-SPONSORSHIP OF ALAMEDA SERVICES COLLABORATIVE\nMEETINGS\nStaff indicated that the Board had included co-sponsorship of the Alameda Services\nCollaborative meetings in its goals for the year and that this item would formalize\napproval of the co-sponsorship with the understanding that the Assessment and\nAwareness workgroup would report to the Board regarding future topics during the Work\nGroup Status Reports at monthly meetings. A M/S (Franz/Bonta) to co-sponsors of the\nAlameda Services Collaborative meetings in 2006-07 was approved 4/0.\n3-D. WORK GROUP STATUS REPORTS\nAlamedans Together Against Hate: President Bonta stated that applicants for vacant\nBoard positions had expressed interest in this workgroup, and it is hoped that\nappointments will be made soon.\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup: Franz reported that the September ASC meeting\nwould include a presentation on the new library and resources for community-based\norganizations and an update on disaster preparedness activities.\nFamily Services Workgroup: Chair Wasko reported on the production of \"Kids Clips\"\nparenting education resource. Four segments are planned initially, including one on\nCalming a Fussy Child, Healthy Habits for Kids, In The Mix and Teen Sterotypes.\nSister City Workgroup: Chair Chen noted that an invitation to an Economic Trade\nConference in Wuxi had been received, and that several Alameda business people were\nattending. He informed the group that Alameda resident Lynne McIntosh was making\nworld tour with her family and that Mayor Johnson had designated her to represent the\nMayor when visiting in Wuxi.\n4.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\nMember Franz stated that the Board was invited to participate in the Alameda Hospital\nHealth Fair again this year. Vice President Wasko stated she would be going and would\nrepresent the Board.\nPresident Bonta informed the Board that Mayor Johnson nominated Hector Villareal and\nCathy Neilsen to fill vacancies on the Board and that the nominations would come up for\nCouncil consideration at the next meeting.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-09-21.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-09-21", "page": 3, "text": "Special Meeting Minutes, SSHRB, September 21, 2006\nPage 3\nVice President Wasko asked members to save the evening of December 1 for a non-\nbusiness holiday gathering,\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nThere were none.\n6.\nADJOURNMENT\nPresident Bonta adjourned the meeting at 8:28 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB/packets/2006/Special Meeting Minutes092106\nF: SSHRB/Agenda and Minutes/2006", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-09-21.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-10-26", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Friday, October 26, 2006\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL - The meeting was called to order at 7:38 p.m. Present:\nActing President Wasko, Members Hollinger-Jackson Chen, Villareal, Bonta, Franz, and Nielsen.\nStaff: Beaver and Jones. The new Board members, Henry Villareal and Cathy Nielsen, were\nintroduced and all members briefly recapped their background and experience. Villareal stated he is\nthe Dean of Enrollment at the College of San Mateo and moved from San Francisco to Alameda 2-\n1/2 years ago. Nielsen stated she was intrigued by an ad in the paper regarding the Needs Assessment\nand decided to apply, and that her background in in social services case management, special\neducation and career education. Bonta noted he has been on the Board for three years, the last year\nserving as President, that he is leaving the SSHRB to join the Economic Development Commission\nand that he works in the San Francisco City Attorney's office. Wasko noted that she has been\ninvolved in the work of the Board (Smart Healthy Babies) since 1999 and joined the Board when Ed\nDankworth resigned and that she runs the Alameda Family Literacy program at Longfellow School.\nChen stated this is his second term on the Board, he chairs the Sister City workgroup, is a\nchiropractor in private practice, and has 2 children in Alameda schools. Hollinger-Jackson stated she\nhas a private psychotherapy practice, has been on the Board for a year and is a 23-year resident of\nAlameda. Franz stated he has lived in Alameda for 25 years, has worked for the Red Cross for 16\nyears, is now the Bay Area Director of Social Services, has served on the Board twice for a total of\n11 years, and that the Board has gotten stronger and stronger.\nBonta noted Jonathan Soglin, a Board applicant, is in the audience.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES - A Motion/Second (Franz/Chen) to adopt the minutes of the\nSeptember 21, 2006 Regular Meeting as amended was approved 4/0.\n3-A. APPROVAL OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup Chair Franz reported on the history, process, findings and\nnext steps for the report. He stated that the Board completes a Needs Assessment once every 5 years\nand that this is the third document the Board has produced. Like the census, it is a snapshot in time,\nbut the Board hopes to make it a living document by revisiting the information and conclusions\nperiodically. He mentioned the labor-intensive process involved in writing and disseminating the\nsurvey, obtaining and compiling the results and then writing the report. Community-based\norganizations were instrumental and a very big help in our accomplishment. He further thanked the\nmembers of the Board and City DSD staff who were involved.\nThe Needs Assessment will be presented to the City Council by way of an off-agenda from the\nBoard, at the Alameda Services Collaborative meeting on November 8, 2006 and by posting on the\nCity's website. The AAWG will meet to discuss additional roll out of the final report, including final\nformat and distribution steps to make it available to the public. Wasko noted several typos and asked\nif adoption would preclude correcting those. Staff stated as long as they are not substantive (which\nthey are not) the report could be approved. Nielsen said she has some additional ideas about\nimplementation strategies but thinks the workgroup could look at those following adoption tonight.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-10-26", "page": 2, "text": "Regular Meeting of the SSHRB\nOctober 26, 2006\nPage 2\nBonta suggested that Wasko review the typos with staff and Nielsen stated she would like to\nparticipate in the Assessment and Awareness workgroup. M/S (Hollinger-Jackson, Franz) to adopt\nthe Community Needs Assessment, authorize transmittal to the City Council, post on the City's\nwebsite, present recommendations to the Alameda Services Collaborative, and refer further roll-out\nsteps back to the AAWG was approved 7/0.\n3-B. AUTHORIZING PRODUCTION OF PARENT EDUCATION AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS\nBY THE FAMILY SERVICES WORKGROUP - Acting President Wasko referenced the\ndescription included in agenda packet and provided details on the segments, which will be about 12-\n15 minutes each. This is anticipated to be a big undertaking but there is a lot of community energy to\ncarry it. The video segments will be shown on Channel 31, downloaded to the AP&T website, and\nwill be linked to other organizations' websites. This could be a practice for future SSHRB speakers.\nWasko noted that the name Kids Clips is currently being used, but the group would welcome\nsuggestions. M/S (Villareal, Hollinger-Jackson) to authorize the FSWG to move forward with\nKidsClips and to preview the segments with the Board prior to public release was approved 7/0.\nStaff explained that the Resolutions were missing and might be delivered later. In the meantime it\nwas suggested to move on with other Board business. M/S (Franz/Wasko) to take items 3-E, 4 and 5\nout of order was approved 7/0.\n3-E. WORKGROUP STATUS REPORTS -\nFamily Services Workgroup - Acting President Wasko reported that Harsch has agreed to sponsor the\nFestival of Families for one more year, the proposed date is April 28, 2007, and discussion continues\nwith the Guggenheim's regarding specifics of the events. The KidsClips project was reported on\npreviously.\nAlamedans Together Against Hate: Workgroup Chair Bonta reported there has not been a meeting\nfor this workgroup. New member Villareal expressed interest in being part of this workgroup and\nstaff will follow up with him on that.\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup: Workgroup Chair Franz stated that everything to date was\ncovered in item 3-A.\nSister City Workgroup: Workgroup Chair Chen reported that Father Adonay from Asuchio, el\nSalvador visited Alameda and was present at the October 16th City Council meeting. He provided a\nbrief description of Asuchio and brought the Mayor and Council a key to his town. The City Council\nand Mayor in turn provided him a Resolution and City gifts. City officials received an invitation to\nan Educational Forum in Wuxi, China in mid-November. No City officials plan on attending due to\nelections. Invitations were passed on to the College of Alameda and the school district. Chen stated\nthat Alameda resident Lynn McIntosh and her family will arrive in Wuxi in mid-November as part of\na world-wide they are taking. The workgroup will schedule a meeting soon.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-10-26", "page": 3, "text": "Regular Meeting of the SSHRB\nOctober 26, 2006\nPage 3\n4. BOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS -\nFranz stated that the Alameda Hospital Health Fair had very good attendance and was a very\nsuccessful event for the Red Cross, which sold discounted emergency readiness kits.\nWasko reminded members of the Board social on December 1 at 7 p.m.\nBonta stated that more than 50 people attended the \"In the Mix\" forum co-sponsored by the Board\nand the Youth Collaborative. Both presenters and attendees indicated the event was a big success and\nthat more are hoped for.\nHollinger-Jackson stated she is resigned from the Board due to travel and time constraints and that\nshe will consider if she can continue with a workgroup.\nFranz and Wasko noted many contributions and thanked Bonta and Hollinger-Jacksor for their\nservice to the Board. Since the Resolutions did not arrive, Items 3-C and 3-D were carried over to the\nDecember 7 Special Meeting.\n3-C. RESOLUTION COMMENDING OUTGOING MEMBER KAREN HOLLINGER-\nJACKSON - Item carried over to the December meeting.\n3-D. RESOLUTION COMMENDING OUTGOING MEMBER ROBERT BONTA - Item carried\nover to the December meeting.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None.\n6. ADJOURMENT - The meeting was adjourned at 9 :15 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nSocial Service Human Relations Board\nCB:sb\nG: CDISSHRB\\Packets/2006/Oct\\SSHRBMinutes1026", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-11-13", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Special Meeting, Monday, November 13, 2006\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL - The meeting was called to order at 6:38 p.m.\nPresent: Acting President Wasko, Members Franz, Chen, Villareal, and Nielsen. Also\npresent were Development Services Director, Leslie Little and staff members Beaver and\nJones.\n3-A. RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE PUBLIC\nSERVICES PORTION OF THE FY 2006-07 CDBG ACTION PLAN - Acting President\nWasko introduced the item. Member Franz stated he has a conflict of interest as a paid\nemployee of Red Cross and recused himself. Director Little presented the staff\nrecommendations, indicating that additional funds are available and need to be spent by\nMarch 31, 2007. The funds need to go to agencies that can spend them by that deadline\nand in keeping with previous reprogrammings, the funds are recommended to go to\nagencies that can use them for direct service benefits. Both Bananas, Inc. and ARC have\ndirect service programs and have told staff they can meet the March 31 deadline. Little\nstated there is a public hearing before City Council on December 5, 2006 and staff would\nlike to submit the SSHRB recommendation along with the report. Wasko asked about\nfunding the Eden I & R 211 program. Director Little stated that Eden I&R assured the\nCity Manager that there is sufficient funding to qualify for the Public Utilities\nCommission approval and a pilot program will be up and running by December 2006.\nLittle explained that additional information regarding the 211 system was being sought\nfrom Eden I&R if and how CDBG and other funds might be able to be used. She indcated\nthat staff will continue to research the funding options to include CDBG funds and\nperhaps the Board could revisit this subject next spring. M/S (Chen, Villareal) to accept\nthe Staff recommendation to fund the amounts of $10k to American Red Cross and $16k\nto BANANAS, Inc. was approved 4/0/1.\n4. BOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS - None\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None\n6.\nADJOURNMENT - Acting President Wasko adjourned the meeting at 6:57 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nSocial Service Human Relations Board\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2006\\Nov\\NovMinutes1113.doc", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2006-12-07", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Special Meeting, Thursday, December 7, 2006\n1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL - The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Acting\nPresident Wasko. Members present were Franz, Villareal, Soglin. Absent were Members Chen and\nNielsen. Staff present were Beaver and Jones.\nThe Board introduced themselves with a brief bio to new member Soglin. Staff members were\nincluded.\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - The October meeting minutes and the November Special meeting\nminutes were tabled for the next meeting due to not enough voting members being present. 4/0\n3-A. APPROVAL OF THE 2007 MEETING SCHEDULE - The meeting schedule for 2007 was\napproved. M/S (Franz, Soglin) and unanimous. 4/0\n3-B. RESOLUTION FOR MEMBER KAREN HOLLINGER-JACKSON - The Resolution for\nmember Hollinger-Jackson was approved and read into the minutes. She wasn't able to attend the\nmeeting and staff will mail her original to her. M/S (Franz, Villareal) and unanimous. 4/0\n3-C. RESOLUTION FOR MEMBER ROBERT BONTA - The Resolution for member Bonta was\napproved and read. Bonta was present and accepted the Resolution and thanked the members for the\nrecognition. M/S (Franz, Villareal) and unanimous. 4/0\n4. BOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS - Member Franz announced there will be a Dave Black\nmemorial service on December 12th with a scholarship award for EHS graduating drummer.\nActing President Wasko announced there is an Evening of Remembrance on December 12th in\nOakland to commemorate those who have lost loved ones to violence in Oakland.\nMember Franz thanked staff member Jones for her hard work and contributions in helping to final the\nNeeds Assessment.\nStaff Beaver reported a request from AMCCC to partner with the SSHRB on a community forum or\nsimilar activity. Member Villareal will take the lead to get a meeting set up, and member Soglin\nexpressed interest in attending.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Staff Beaver announced this would be her last meeting. Acting\nPresident Wasko and staff Jones thanked her for her long history with the Board.\n6. ADJOURNMENT - Acting President Wasko adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nMelissa Jones, Secretary\nSocial Service Human Relations Board\nMJ:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2006\\Dec\\DecSpecialMin120706.d0", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-12-07.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-01", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Special Meeting, Tuesday, April 1, 2008\n1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: President Wasko called the meeting to order at 7:41 p.m.\nPresent were President Wasko, Vice-President Chen, Members Nielsen, Franz, Villareal, and Soglin\nalong with staff members Jones and Wright. Member James arrived at 7:44 p.m.\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The special meeting minutes from December 6, 2007 were approved.\nM/S Franz, Villareal and unanimous.\n3-A. REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT\nBLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PUBLIC SERVICES FUNDING ALLOCATIONS: President Wasko\nexplained that members Franz and Soglin will recuse themselves from this part of the meeting. Wasko\nintroduced Community Development Program Manager Terri Wright.\nWright presented the staff recommendation for FY 08-10 public service funding. She explained that this\nmeeting was the Board's public hearing regarding CDBG public service funding recommendations.\nDuring this meeting, the Board should review the recommendation and provide their feedback to City\nCouncil in the form of a letter. Two board members should be identified to represent the Board at the\nCity Council's April 15, 2008 public hearing regarding CDBG.\nWright referred the Board to the overview of funding recommendations that were included in the Board\npacket. She provided a brief overview of the applicant pool and funding decisions. She explained that\ntwo staff people were tasked with rating each proposal. Proposal scoring rubrics were included in the\npacket. She further commented that the City received funding requests totaling approximately 2.5 times\nmore than what is available.\nWright explained that, in total, the City received 16 public service proposals. Three applicants were not\neligible for funding because they did not comply with CDBG guidelines. She explained that staff had\nprovided instruction regarding eligibility through a pre-proposal conference, and that the three ineligible\napplicants did not attend the pre-proposal conference. Eight of the nine recommended applicants\ncurrently receive CDBG funding. Wright explained that this program year has been very competitive in\nthe youth services category and that City staff will attempt to collaborate with those agencies not be\nfunded.\nWright reminded the Board that program income received by June 20, 2008 will slightly increase the\npublic service cap for program services. She anticipates $5,000 to $7,000 in addition funding for public\nservices. In the previous years, additional mid year allocations have been made to BANANAS, Inc.\nchild care voucher program and she recommends that the Board support this practice again because they\ncan quickly use that money to enroll additional families in their childcare voucher program.\nWright commented that CDBG funding continues to decline, and that a decrease in the number of home\nsales and refinances has a significant adverse impact on program income. She mentioned that after the\n2010 Census additional reductions in CDBG may occur and that pre-planning will need to occur to help\nthe City prepare for dwindling public service dollars.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-01", "page": 2, "text": "Special Minutes of the SSHRB, April 1, 2008 Meeting\nPage 2\nWright concluded her statements by stating that citywide budget cuts are affecting CDBG because staff\nyet workloads are increasing and there is uncertainty about the future budget.\nPresident Wasko recommended the Board hear public comment, ask questions, formulate letter from\nBoard.\nSpeakers:\nHelen Tewolde, Alternatives In Action (AIA), FROSH student - Ms. Tewolde explained that she was a\nstudent at AIA and a youth coach. She stated that AIA offers three different programs available HOME\nproject after school leadership program, BASE charter school, and a childcare center Home Sweet\nHome. She stated that she would be the first student in her family person in her family to attend college\nand that AIA is helping her prepare. She is very happy about the Board's funding recommendations as\nthey can benefit the program, and she is passionate about, the \"First to go to College\" goal.\nGaryn W. Calvin, AIA, BASE Sr., Mr. Calvin stated he was a participant in the Stepping Stones\nprogram at AIA, which is a bridge program for high school and College of Alameda students behind in\nschool credit. This program is helping him learn what he needs to know to go to college. This program\nis \"What's Up.\"\nJim Franz, American Red Cross - Alameda Service Center, Director, Mr. Franz first expressed that Paul\nRussell from the Alameda Food Bank was unable to attend because he is on vacation. Through Jim, the\nFood Bank expressed their appreciation for their recommendation. Mr. Franz stated the Red Cross\nprovides a very broad range of services for low-income folks in Alameda, including rental and utility\nassistance for Alamedans, many on the brink of homelessness. They also provide disaster preparedness\nand safety planning. He explained that in order to provide a safety net, it is critical all components are\nfunded and he encourages the continued support of safety net programs. He added that the Red Cross\nsponsors the Alameda Services Collaborative lunches that happen quarterly.\nLisa Gross, Bay Area Community Services, Director, stated her program serves the mentally and\nphysically disabled, and that BACS welcomes anyone with psychological issues. Their clients are low-\nincome, many receive Medi-Cal and 21% have been homeless. BACS provides coaching,\ncollaboration, independence, help to avoid incarceration and offer employment opportunities. Ms. Gross\nthanked the staff for their support.\nLiz Nickels, Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC), passed the floor to Liz Varela.\nLiz Varela, Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) Program Director, stated the Midway\nShelter has been operating on the island for 17 years and originally started as a community project with\na previous Mayor. BFCW took over the shelter six years ago. They also operate two shelters in San\nLeandro. She explained that there is a much higher level of community support and involvement in\nAlameda. She explained that all dinners are cooked and delivered by Alameda residents. She further\nexplained that Alamedans are generous with time and donation to the shelter, and Midway staff and\nclients feel and see the difference. She thanked the community and staff. She also thanked the staff for\nsupport in rehabilitation of Midway's facility. Ms. Varela further stated the (BFWC) has been\nexpanding its mission to include an emphasis on ending homelessness and domestic violence. There", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-01", "page": 3, "text": "Special Minutes of the SSHRB, April 1, 2008 Meeting\nPage 3\nwill be a change in case planning to support housing plans and she looks forward to supporting further\ncollaboration with other services here in Alameda.\nPatricia Murillo, Alternatives in Action, Executive Director, stated she wanted to express thanks to the\nstaff. It has been eight years since the last time AIA was funded with CDBG. This year, AIA will\nrelocate to a new location at the Woodstock School campus and partner with AUSD. The new transition\ncenter will open and be able to provide regional occupation programs for youth. CDBG funding will\nsupport the job training programs that include ROP credits.\nGenevieve Cross, Women's Initiative for Self-Employment (WISE) stated she is thrilled to be included\nin the funding recommendations. WISE is in their 20th year of helping train women to be entrepreneurs',\nwith all training classes in English and Spanish. She further stated WISE has been established in other\ncities and apply and receive CDBG funding for their cause. They have wait lists in five counties they\nare located in. Thank you to staff.\nChen - How do people obtain these programs, do they walk-in or is there a referral system?\nWright - Each program or agency has their own process for in-take, some are referrals some are walk-\nins.\nFranz - Some are given multiple referrals, it varies by agency.\nChen - Is there more demand than available services?\nWright - Yes.\nVillareal - Are the services you are offering supplemental to school?\nMurillo - Yes. This year I learned that there are very few academic programs available to students\nduring the summer. Alameda Unified and Oakland Unified are providing only remediation. We are the\nonly program during the summer that will allow students to work towards through future by providing\nacademic enrichment and college credit. There aren't any other programs on the island offering young\npeople the opportunity to do that. They are the only afterschool program that allows school credit that\nshe is aware of for grades 9 to 12.\nWasko- Do you need to be a student at BASE to participate in the program?\nMurillo - During the summer program, we serve Encinal High students, Alameda High, BASE students\nand Oakland Unified students in the 5-6 week intensives.\nVillareal - Do you collaborate with the College of Alameda?\nMurillo - Yes. Two of our classes currently are articulated with the Peraltas. They handle that\narticulation process so that students can earn college credit.\nNielsen - So how many classes do you offer?", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-01", "page": 4, "text": "Special Minutes of the SSHRB, April 1, 2008 Meeting\nPage 4\nMurillo - Currently, we have two classes where young people can get vocational education credits. One\nis through our sound studio and the second course is through HOME SWEET HOME early childhood\neducation course. We have other elective classes that aren't ROP classes where young people can get\ngeneral elective credit but its not really towards a certificate or ROP credit.\nNielsen - And you offer an internship component as well?\nMurillo - Yes. We currently have an internship component now at BASE. In addition, what we were\nhoping to do was expand that program so that young people who were part of HOME project who might\nbe at Encinal high school or other schools will be able to access an internship through the center. The\nconcept is a little like an internship library. Previously, the internship program has been primarily for\nour seniors.\nNielsen - And how are you leveraging resources with the Boys and Girls Club?\nMurillo - We're working with the Boys and Girls Club to find ways to link services. One of the things\nthe Boys and Girls club does really well is hooking youth ages 8-13. One of the things that is\nchallenging, I can speak on that because I was a Boys and Girls Club staff member for several years in\nSan Francisco, is continuing to connect high school aged youth to the Clubhouse unless there is a real\nstructured program with a clear link to career planning. We are currently working with the Boys and\nGirls Club so that it can become a target internship site for some of our young people. The co-location\npart is key.\nNielsen - So it sounds like the reduction is not going to impact quality of services?\nMurillo - We had planned to do some academic support planning that we won't be able to do. We'll\nincrease our fundraising efforts in order to work towards implementing that.\nWasko - The Red Cross funding went from $61k to $41k, does that mean less people will be served?\nFranz - No. We asked for less this year. The funding cuts were made at the staffing level because Craig\nour case manager is retiring. More will be done by collaborating and working with case managers at\nother agencies and training volunteers to do more. I'll also be focusing move time on Alameda by\nreducing some of my broader Bay Area responsibilities.\nJames - Looking at the scores, there is only a very small point difference between two of the funded\nprograms and the Filipinos for Affirmative Action proposal. Why wasn't Filipinos for Affirmative\nAction funded?\nWright - Lack of available funding is the primary reason. The most applicants were within the youth\ndevelopment category. You also have to remember from a needs perspective that the safety net services\nhave always been identified as the highest needs in the community priority. While there have also been\nstrong support for youth development services and economic development services, its about finding\nways to balance all of these needs. For example, the Four Bridges Program represents the only program\nfunded for people with disabilities.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-01", "page": 5, "text": "Special Minutes of the SSHRB, April 1, 2008 Meeting\nPage 5\nJames - This is a follow up question. Are all currently funded grantees fulfilling their contractual\nobligations?\nWright - Yes. We have high performers. We do monitoring every couple of years. Sometimes we find\nadministration issues. In the case of administration performance issues, CDBG regulations are very\nclear that City staff should work with the grantee to improve those systems. Its technical assistance. If\nanyone has a performance issue, we would work with the agency from a technical assistance standpoint\nto solve that problem. In this competitive environment, if something is not working; it behooves them to\nwork with us. No one is close to getting me in trouble at all. We have some incredibly high performing\nprograms.\nNielsen - I have a question for Four Bridges, with the Mental Health Services Act, do you foresee an\nincrease in funding?\nGross - Yes. We hope SO. A group that is researching what works is visiting us. We hope to continue\nthat relationship, and we hope to get part of that project funded. But, while there is a lot of money out\nthere, it may be two to three years before it trickles down to programs.\nNielsen - In regard to Sentinel Fair Housing, what happened to the business license requirements for\nowners of single unit rental properties? Currently, they do not need to obtain a business license because\nof a loophole in the licensing requirements.\nWasko - This is not the purview of this Board.\nWright - Wasko is correct, but as a citizen you can talk to the Planning Board or this being a business\nlicense function within the Finance Department. Wright offered to look into the issue further. There\nmight be many other reasons why it is not practical.\nWasko - This is an issue that's been on our written agendas for our joint meetings with City Council for\nthe last three years. It was identified as a way to get a list of single-unit landlords so that more of they\ncan be provided with fair housing training.\nWright - I'll work to see where the lines of communication lie.\nVillareal - Regarding WISE, the requested funds was for $25k and the recommended funds is $40k?\nWright - -There is more flexibility because they are eligible for non-public service funds. I increased the\nfunding so that the agency could include starter grants so that they can purchase computers and other\ntechnology that would be helpful in starting helping the women start their businesses.\nChen -Filipinos for Affirmative Action's scores were right on the line, but they got zero funding. Why\ncouldn't you use your discretion to provide them with funding?\nWright - -Unfortunately there is not enough money in the public service cap to fund everyone who\napplies for funding. If I can I try to think outside of the box, I do. But they are a public service\nprogram, and there is just not a place where I can be flexible on the public service cap.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-01", "page": 6, "text": "Special Minutes of the SSHRB, April 1, 2008 Meeting\nPage 6\nWasko - I have comments about the rider about giving any additional money resulting from program\nincome to BANANAS. I know Franz has said he'll be 'okay'. But, I know what's going on in the\nhousing market and with foreclosures, and I think we are going to see more people than we' ve ever seen\nbefore seeking rental assistance. I want to keep the option open incase we have more need for rental\nassistance.\nWright - I do think the market is changing. Staff can come back to the Board to see if the need is\ngreater in childcare or in rental assistance.\nVillareal - If that mid year money can remain unrestricted, can it be applied to any of the programs\nrecommended for funding?\nWright - Well, I want to be able to maintain that the funding be provided -like rental assistance\nor\nchildcare vouchers, rather than for operational support such as salary. When you establish an\noperational service level, you generally try to maintain that service level so that you are not reducing\npeople's salaries. I wouldn't want to give an agency extra money and then yank it from them.\nBANANAS and the rental assistance program have an opportunity to ramp up or ramp down based on\nthe amount of funding without impacting operational funding for staff.\nVillareal - Some of the service providers have been funded for several years, and the need is clearly\nthere. At the same time, is there an expectation that their funding will continue on a regular basis or is\nthere ever any opportunity for new public service programs to be provided funding beyond one or two\nnew programs a year?\nWright - On a practical matter, once the program is established and then the funding tightens, it is very\ndifficult to establish new programs. These programs have constituents who value these programs and\nthey are doing a good job. They work well together.\nNielsen - I'm a little concerned that some of the agencies that did apply were off the mark with what the\nrequirements are. I'm wondering if there is anything to be done to cultivate these applicants?\nWright - It is not only money that we value as a resource. Partnerships are a resource, and staff will\ncontact with these applicants who are not funded to connect them to other sources and help them\nunderstand how they can be more competitive.\nWasko - I want to echo and emphasize the Alameda part of this. I think as each of you spoke there was\na little Oakland in there. I also know how families start out here in Alameda and then because of\neconomics end up in Oakland, but money is intended exclusively for Alameda residents.\nWright - No. If service providers say they are serving Alameda residents and other communities, they\nneed to \"primarily' serve Alameda. However, they can serve some others. Homeless programs cannot\nrestrict their services to only Alamedans.\nWasko - Does the Women's Initiative for Self Employment (WISE) have wait lists that will migrate to\nAlameda, or will you do a new recruitment for Alameda?", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-01", "page": 7, "text": "Special Minutes of the SSHRB, April 1, 2008 Meeting\nPage 7\nWright - WISE will use the funding to serve Alamedans. There are already a number of Alamedans on\nour waiting list. We will also advertise within Alameda.\nWasko - Do you (WISE) have a site location here in Alameda?\nCross - No, but when we have gone into other areas, we have partnered with other organizations to hold\nour trainings there. It allows us to do cross referrals and limit travel time for our participants.\nChen - The CDBG process is very complex and we are lucky to have it here in Alameda.\nJames - I have a couple of comments and a recommendation. I should first state publicly that I am a\nformer employee of the Alameda Boys & Girls Club. I worked there for about four years. I was really\nimpressed with the youth who are hear tonight, and I think it speaks volumes about the youth and the\nAIA program. As I suggested at the previous meaning, I think we really need to focus on youth\nempowerment. I would have put that word, empowerment, in three or four times if I could have. With\nthat said, I want to talk about my first hand observations being an employee there and my observations\nsince leaving the West Alameda Teen Center (WATC). When I look at the information listed regarding\nthe programs they provide, it looks like fiction to me. Not only did I initiate a number of those\nprograms listed; they have not been there since I left. Students are calling me and myspacing me asking\nif they can come to my house to record because the program no longer exists at the Boys and Girls Club.\nAlso there have always been concerns about the number of members and attendance. To see the\nnumbers listed it is very questionable to me. Anyways I' m going to save some of my comments for the\nCity Council. I recommend that of the $36,500 allocated to youth development, $19,000 goes to\nAlternatives in Action considering that they will be unable to do the academic tutoring program because\nthey have received less than they requested. Additionally, I would recommend $3,000 for FAA, with\nthe remaining money $14,000 to the Alameda Boys and Girls Club.\nWright - Staff asked James prior to this meeting if he was comfortable being a former employee and\nsitting on this side of the Board. You should know that staff have been evaluating this feedback that\nwe' ve received from James and are looking to see what it is we are seeing. You also need to understand\nthat the Boys and Girls Club is in a transition location, so they may not be performing at peak\nperformance.\nWasko - Being that the club is in a development state, transitioning, perhaps this is an opportunity for us\nto at this time we divert funds for now?\nWright - If the Board would like to suggest that to the City Council that is fine, but staff will still\ncontinue with its recommendation. Although performance issues have been brought up, we have not\nfully demonstrated their validity-everyone gets a chance to meet their goals. They have met their goals\nand to say they should not receive funding\nWasko - That is not what we are saying. If they are getting this much funding and their facility is not as\nbig as it was, and historically they have been receiving this much funding, than maybe we should look at\nit proportionately to their services.\nVillareal - James concern about emphasizing education and empowerment is a nationwide one, I\nstrongly believe that we need to promote tutoring and similar academic programs that help students of", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-01", "page": 8, "text": "Special Minutes of the SSHRB, April 1, 2008 Meeting\nPage 8\ncolor get ahead, earn college credit, and help them focus on the future. I'm a very strong advocate for\neducation. We need to help the underprivileged youth not getting their fair share with the processes\nthat currently exist.\nChen - I'd be more comfortable with James' comments about the Alameda Boys and Girls Club if there\nwas a representative from the agency here.\nWright - This meeting was rescheduled. Alameda Boys and Girls Club staff typically try to be present,\nbut there is a Council meeting tonight and that is where they are.\nWasko - There is also a concern that agencies that traditionally have received funding are relying on\nfunding because they were funded in the past.\nChen - So, should we accept staff recommendations or reject staff recommendation?\nWright - The Board is not able to \"reject' staff's recommendations, you may agree or disagree. The\nBoard's scope is to provide input, assess if funding levels are reasonable, and if activities are consistent\nwith priority needs.\nWasko - Your currently spending $36,500 between the 2 youth development programs. Could we just\nsplit it down the middle? So, Boys and Girls Club is losing $2,000 and AIA is gaining $2,000.\nWright - -That's a possibility. It's too bad that George Phillips isn't here to let us know if he could make\nit work with the reduced funding. For the most part the Board and City Council has supported what the\nstaff recommends. I do have a little concern that\nChen - I' 'm very uncomfortable with this. The Alameda Boys and Girls Club description says the\norganization is an afterschool educational service. We aren't giving them the benefit of the doubt here.\nI'm uncomfortable with changing the staff recommendation without at least giving the Boys and Girls\nClub an opportunity to respond.\nWright - I'm willing to agree to have a conversation with the Alameda Boys and Girls Club regarding a\nreduction in their funding.\nWasko - We hope all who have requested funds know how competitive it was. Staff should share the\nscores. Maybe this as a wake-up call to those agencies that are continually funded that this is a highly\ncompetitive process. Thank you to Franz in requesting less funding than in the past. If not for him, we\nwouldn't be having this discussion.\nWasko - Are we as a Board prepared to move forward with making a statement?\nMotion to fund both youth programs equally at $18,250, accept other funding recommendations as\nwritten, and to apply any additional funding to either the Red Cross rental assistance program,\nBANANAS child care voucher program, or some combination of the two. Staff will draft letter\nregarding recommendations. Wasko will review and approve. Wasko and Villareal will represent the\nBoard at City Council meeting on April 15th. (M/S James, Chen) and unanimous.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-01", "page": 9, "text": "Special Minutes of the SSHRB, April 1, 2008 Meeting\nPage 9\nMotion to approve action items only on the remaining agenda. (M/S Franz, Wasko) and unanimous.\n3-B. AMENDING BYLAWS TO INCLUDE EXPLICIT PROCESS FOR AGENDA ITEMS:\nMember Soglin asked for Board approval for the language to be included in the bylaws of the Board will\nbe, \"To place an item on the SSHRB agenda, Board members should contact the Board President or the\nBoard secretary. Items and pertinent information must be received prior to public noticing of the\nagenda in order to ensure compliance with Brown Act regulations.\" Motion to approve language (M/S\nWasko, Franz) and unanimous.\n4. ADJOURNMENT: President Wasko adjourned the meeting at 9:57 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nMelissa Jones\nSecretary, Social Services Human Relations Board\nMJ:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets/2008\\April08\\MinSpecial040108\nF: SSHRB\\2008\\Agendas Packets", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-24", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, April 24, 2008\n1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: President Wasko called the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m.\nPresent were President Wasko, Members Nielsen, Villareal, and Soglin. Vice-President Chen and\nMember James arrived late. Staff: Jones. Member Franz was absent.\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The special meeting minutes from April 1, 2008 were held until more\nof the Board could be present to vote. M/S Soglin, Nielsen and unanimous.\n3-A. WORKGROUP STATUS REPORTS:\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - Member Villareal reported that the workgroup will\nco-host an upcoming program with the College of Alameda on Monday, May 5th, at the Alameda Free\nLibrary. The public is invited to attend and discuss the impact of the budget deficits on Alameda's\nPublic High Schools. He explained that confirmed speakers include Dr. Cecilia Cervantes, President\nof the College of Alameda (COA) and Ardella Dailey, Superintendent of AUSD. Peralta Board\nstudent trustee Reginald James and a high school student will represent the student perspective.\nAssessment and Awareness - Member Nielsen reported this workgroup has recently reviewed\nprogress on their annual goals. First, the workgroup has achieved its needs assessment goals through\nthe publishing of the Community Needs Assessment. Through the Countywide \"Health is Not Just\nHealthcare\" workgroup, additional mapping of community services to low-income areas in Alameda is\nbeing conducted. The workgroup is also sponsoring a dental workgroup, to increase access to services\nfor low-income residents in Alameda. Members from the dental community include Alameda County\nDental Administrator for Public Health Department, a representative from COA Dental Assisting\nProgram, a local dentist who is a facilitator for a local City dental group, and another DDS who is also\nthe president of the Alameda County Dental Society (ACDS) and a representative from the Alameda\nPediatrics Care. Alice Lai-Baker's representative Ms. Fong has been present at meetings and their\noffice is very supportive of efforts to try to pull together support for dental services and has pledged\nfunding towards the effort. Currently, there are a number of intervention programs for prevention\nservices for pre-school and elementary school children, but nothing for older youth and adults.\nCOA Dental Assistant Program has an interest in applying for grant funds for their classroom to be\nturned into a clinic, expanding to 10 chairs, adding to the equipment to be fully functional, and\nattracting volunteer dentists to provide services. They asked the City to come to their next Dental\nAdvisory Board meeting in May, and present some data indicating the need in Alameda.\nNielsen further reported that other goals are to promote awareness on social service needs and\nresources. The resource guide has been published. \"Health is Not Just Health Care\", is a great\ninitiative and is targeted towards prevention, but one of the things we would like to do when we make\nit our own is to expand it beyond prevention, and look at intervention for those people who are already\nsick (including health insurance). The group is reviewing the idea of a student intern to support this\neffort.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-24.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-24", "page": 2, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, April 24, 2008 Meeting\nPage 2\nWasko - Member Franz is absent. He asked that I announce that the Alameda Services Collaborative\nluncheon will be in May and they need a topic. Please email Franz with any ideas for topics.\nFamily Services Workgroup - President Wasko - Nothing to report.\nSister City Workgroup - Vice-President Chen reported that they have not met in the last three\nweeks; the end of May is the next meeting. We are still on target to transition the work group to a non\nprofit, and we will continue to work on the spin-off process for a non-profit but funding and staff time\nare needed. Frank Matarrese suggested that some funding for a non-profit spin off could come from\nthe general fund, but with the current crunch in budget it is unclear if that will happen.\nMayor of Jiaying, China is planning to visit with a government and business delegation possibly as\nearly as June, pending his VISA approval. The delegation will be five persons from health services\nincluding the Director of Education, foreign affairs and the Peoples Congress along with five business\nmen. Jiaying needs two invitation letters from our Mayor, one for the businessmen and one for city\nofficials. Auschio, El Salvador has been working with St. Phillip Neri and a trip is planned to Auschio\nfor three weeks in July.\nWasko - -Mayor Beverley Johnson spoke at the Lunar New Year festival and the workgroup also had\ndinner with the Chinese consulate recently.\nNielsen - Inquired about the services learning program at the Peralta system. James reported there is\nnothing consolidated and programs offer on and off campus opportunities. The program works much\nlike the AmeriCorps Program.\n3-B. PARTICIPATION IN MAYOR'S 4TH OF JULY PARADE: President Wasko reported in Franz's\nabsence. The July 4th trolley is the Board's highest visibility event and the primary method of\ncommunicating the Boards presence to the people of Alameda. A maximum expenditure authorization\nof $1000.00 for the trolley is being requested. The annual trolley costs are shared and used by both the\nR.A.C.E. folks and this group. There is a donation from the RACE folks annually, this year will be a\nminimum of $250. Any additional donation will offset the Board's share of trolley expenses. The\nincreasing prices of fuel have raised the anticipated cost of the float. Motion to allocate $1000.00\nmaximum for the 4th of July parade. M/S Wasko, Villareal and unanimous.\nNielsen - What are the rules for a \"green\" parade?\nWasko - This is a question for the parade committee.\n3-C. UPCOMING BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE: Wasko suggested the Board discuss possible\ntopics for future meetings. She asked the Board if they had any particular topics in which they would\nlike further education, or if they would like to hear from any particular speakers. She mentioned the\npossibility of a follow-up with Mona Breed, Executive Director, Sentinel Fair Housing on housing\ndiscrimination. In the March 2008 Social Service Human Relations Board meeting, there was\ndiscussion around how to best encourage single unit landlords to attend workshops on fair housing\nlaws.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-24.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-24", "page": 3, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, April 24, 2008 Meeting\nPage 3\nPresident Wasko also mentioned that Member Franz (absent) has suggested that speakers be invited to\ntalk about how to increase access to the internet for populations, such as youth, seniors, and people\nwith disabilities. He also recommended speakers who could focus on eliminating language barriers on\nthe internet, including the ability to post information in multiple languages.\nNielsen's suggested speakers who could discuss other city's models for promoting health care access\nto low-income.\nChen - Are we talking about information items only, or are we also suggesting issues for Board action\nand topics for workgroups? He went on to report a speaker from the Asian/Pacific American Cultural\nCenter in Oakland that caters to the entire East Bay and is funded by the County and City of Oakland.\nWe could ask them for an overview of what their center is doing and what they offer. Are we talking\nabout discussing the human component of China, as in Tibet issues?\nWasko - These items for discussion can range from an informational item for the Board to a letter to\nthe Mayor and Council, to an advanced process with reporting to City Council.\nVillareal - Are we able to request how those who receive CDBG funds. And I would like to hear a\nbrief discussion like what we had from Biggs at APC, and Russell at Alameda Food Bank.\nSoglin - How about a briefing on the Foreclosure Assistance and First Time Homebuyers /\nDownpayment Assistance program, updates on any foreclosure issues that may arise.\nJames - How about someone from another boards, like Youth Advisory Commission or Youth\nCommission, and having a discussion on bridging the digital divide.\n4. BOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: Staff person Jones reported The Koshland Foundation\nmade a DVD on Alameda. Each Board member was given a copy.\nChen - Asked a question regarding Board member terms. Jones replied that the City Managers office\ntracks member terms. Members are limited to two consecutive terms. Partial terms do not count\ntowards that term limit.\nJames - Passed out copies of the Laney Tower, which had articles on both the Immigration forum and\nthe Public Safety forum.\nNielsen - What was the result of the CDBG funding for public services? Jones reported that the\nrecommendation was accepted and adopted by City Council.\nWasko - We deferred the Minutes of April 1, 2008 for more Board members to be present, we have\nthat now can we motion for approval? Jones replied yes. The special meeting minutes from April 1,\n2008 were approved with edits. M/S Nielsen, James and unanimous.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-24.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-04-24", "page": 4, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, April 24, 2008 Meeting\nPage 4\n6. ADJOURNMENT: President Wasko adjourned the meeting at 9:45 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nMelissa Jones\nSecretary, Social Services Human Relations Board\nMJ:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2008\\April\\MinutesReg\nF: SSHRB\\2007\\Agendas Packets", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-24.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-05-22", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, May 22, 2008\n1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: President Wasko called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.\nPresent were President Wasko, Vice President Chen, Members Nielsen, Villareal, and Soglin. Member\nJames was absent. Staff: Jones.\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from April 24, 2008 were approved with recommended\nedits. M/S Nielsen, Villareal all other members agreed except Member Franz abstained.\n3-A. DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROTOCOL:\nWasko-During our last meeting we generated a list of discussion items for future meetings. One\nissue identified for discussion was human rights. As the Sister City relationship with China grows\nthere are many human rights issues that arise. We've heard a lot about Tibet during the torch run,\nhowever, there are other issues as well. On the east coast, you see demonstrators in the streets\nprotesting China's treatment of their citizens. It took me a long time to get behind the Sister City work\ngroup because of the complexities of human rights in China. Now, I see the workgroup as a way to\nbuild understanding and I ask \"how will we teach them\"?\nAs a Board, we spend a lot of time talking about social services. This agenda item is an opportunity to\nhave a discussion about the other part of our work and to have a discussion about what it means to be a\nhuman relations board. What is our role in human rights? What action, if any, do we want to refer to\nSister City Workgroup, or do we want to make a recommendation to the City Council? This is a\nphilosophical discussion about what we are committed to in the human relations and human rights part\nof our work.\nFranz - Before we look at others, what about us? The world sees us as violators. If we are not willing\nto say country is totally screwed up in reaction to 9/11, we are being hypocritical to point out China's\nviolations.\nChen - When I was in China they seemed to know more about the United States' civil violations than\nwe do. This is not a perfect world, but we can bring awareness. Our capacity as city committee does\nnot allow to supervise the human rights policies of China. We can bring this up to the delegation and\nlet them decide for themselves. Bringing awareness is our limit.\nNielsen - I'm glad we are having this important discussion. We are in a public building on record, its\nexciting to bring these questions out our home and into government. I'm reviewing the UN\nDeclaration on Human Rights, and I'm seeing its list of articles as an ideal that we're not meeting\nourselves. I think we could talk about what we are working on and share our struggles and ideals\nrather than setting ourselves up as the teachers. Setting these ideals is something we're aspiring to and\ndiscussion points of what we're trying to get to.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-05-22.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-05-22", "page": 2, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, May 22, 2008 Meeting\nPage 2\nVillareal - I agree with Franz that what we should work as a community to ensure that we adhere to\nthe Human Rights charter. Yet within context of our purpose as a Board, I don't know how influential\nwe can be. I think that bringing this conversation to a more local level programmatically and\ndiscussing what can we do in Alameda becomes more of our focal point and more realistic. I need to\nframe this in a more actionable perspective.\nFranz - We need to remember that the people we interact with in Wuxi have no more power than we\nhave to change their country's stance in relationship to human rights. We say \"its not me', well \"its not\nthem' either.\nSoglin - To the extent we want to make a public statement, I think its not to another government, but\nrather to Alamedans. I think the message to Alamedans is that we don't agree with everything China\ndoes in relation to human rights, just as we don't agree with any actions our government may take to\nviolate human rights. I agree with Henry that there are enough human right violations and social\nservice issues to work with to keep us busy. We need to choose where we can have the most impact.\nNielsen - I wonder if our role as government through Alamedans Together Against Hate (ATAH) is\nthe way to approach this, focused on compassion, with actions for purpose of awareness and education.\nFranz - If we have concerns about others we must at the same time name concerns about ourselves.\nFor example, ATAH assumes hate in Alameda and we can't take hate out of the name because we\nknow its real.\nChen - We are lucky to have our human rights protected, each one of 250 countries, is being protected.\nFranz - Our rights are not being protected under the Patriot Act you could disappear, you are just lucky\nit hasn't happened. We are a democracy but we are a capitalistic country for power. If you want to\nfind power, look for money. Elections are bought and sold.\nNielsen - We are far from perfect, but when I think of our actions, so much of our work through\nATAH and Assessment and Awareness workgroups has been focused on building compassion and\nunderstanding events at the forums hosted with the College of Alameda and the \"In the Mix\" mixed\nrace conference. There are initiatives are part of the fabric of our community and the city supports\nenable us to prepare them the best they can. As a next step, I can see giving fact sheets to City Council\nthat highlights each of the areas of the UN Human Rights Charter and how our initiatives address each\nof the areas. Also, there are organizations that quantify social response for businesses. I wonder if we\ncould use the models for any business partnership we make. The expectation is out there\nSoglin - In our dealings with the China delegation, I think a conversation about human rights should\ncome more organically. We could say this is what we do, rather than saying this is what you should\ndo.\nFranz - China is an emerging nation. It has taken a long time to recognize African Americans\nas\nhuman beings and it has only been 50 years since the Japanese internment.\nSoglin - Less for same sex marriage.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-05-22.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-05-22", "page": 3, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, May 22, 2008 Meeting\nPage 3\nChen - is this something we abide by, each of the articles in the Human Rights statement?\nWasko - It is more a guide, a dream or aspiration.\nSoglin - International law has very little impact in this area.\nWasko - Everyone of us comes to this meeting once a month, there has to be something we see as\na\npossibility. I agree with Cathy about baby steps. We've co sponsored the Season for Non Violence,\nthe immigration forum with the League of Women Voters, the forums on racial profiling and cultural\nhistory with the College of Alameda. The fact that ATAH exists as well says that we believe rights\nshould be protected; are there ways that we want to shout louder?\nFranz - Some people you will never reach, and some you will reach when you talk in moderation. I\nthink you lead by example, and that it has to be a conversation. You can raise the bar so much that\npeople in gray area see you as adversaries. Have to be able to maintain the dialogue.\nChen - We can address human relations issue. For example, our citywide survey took 1-2 mins in a\nCouncil meeting because of connection with sister cities. We could focus on it more.\nNielsen - I believe in having a loud voice when an incident arises; other than that I think education and\nawareness is our role.\nFranz - A few years ago there was a hate crime in Alameda. Right after this happened, I was part of\nthe group protesting outside City Hall saying there was No Room for Hate in Alameda. But, the group\nchant changed to down with the police. That's not something I agreed with, but when you are in a\ncrowd it looks like you are part of that idea. When reacting, you must be very careful because the\nsentiment of the crowd can change fast into something you don't agree with and don't have control\nover.\nSoglin - I had a similar experience at a protest in Washington DC, when the media used my\nphotograph and misrepresented what I stood for.\nVillareal - There was a recent issue in alameda when a gay couple was verbally harassed and didn't\nthink police had investigated the matter sufficiently. If sufficient interest is there, ATAH might take\nup the issue in an upcoming forum. At what point do we decide it's a significant enough issue to have\na town hall meeting?\nWasko - We' ve done letters to editors, forums, and have many options available to us. That's the kind\nof watchfulness that we are called to do. With the China visit, we may have more opportunities for\npublic statement.\nSoglin - The Mayor or Council may receive questions about why we are talking about international\nhuman rights, and I think its important to have a response.\nChen - What does sister city think about this?", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-05-22.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-05-22", "page": 4, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, May 22, 2008 Meeting\nPage 4\nVillareal - to Wasko's, point to make a statement: I suggest something like \"these are some of the\nactions we have taken as a board to make more accepting community, thereby attempting to strive\ntowards the Human Rights articles that attempt to strive to make our community attain and protect the\nhuman rights of all.\nFranz - I move adopt the UN Declaration of Human Rights as a guide for our action and for those\nelsewhere. M/S Franz, Nielsen and unanimous.\nWasko -- We need to start Council's thinking and raise awareness about human relations. On matters\nrelated to what Henry raised, we need to feel confident bringing up watch dog issues that might not\nseem big enough. Maybe start planting some seeds M/S Franz, Nielsen and unanimous.\n3-A. WORKGROUP STATUS REPORTS:\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - Member Villareal reported that the forum on May 5th was\na round table type set-up and was a productive dialog. The high school student was very proactive.\nHe further mentioned that ATAH may hold another roundtable to focus on issues of harassment in the\nGLBT community. He mentioned that he and his partner heard anti gay comments once in a while\nwhen people drove by their gay pride sign, but that they feel more welcome than not on the Island.\nWasko - Maybe police can explain threshold for defining hate crime, what is a hate crime? Soglin - I\nagree, for example there is a gray area as to what gives probable cause to investigate something as a\nhate crime. Nielsen - There is something happening at schools to promote tolerance or GLBT families\nthat ATAH might research.\nAssessment and Awareness - Member Nielsen reported this workgroup is working with the\nDental Board at the College of Alameda on the dental access issues for low income Alamedans. Risk\nmanagement has given a thumbs up, they will begin drafting a business plan, and including the\nagencies that serve Alameda in the process. Franz - Service Collaborative email was sent out. The\ntrolley for the July 4th parade has been reserved.\nDisability Commission wrote an urgent letter, appeal to us to appeal to Council to write letter to State\nurging health care issues. Wasko suggested the Disability Commission be engaged in conversation.\nFamily Services Workgroup - President Wasko stated there is nothing to report.\nSister City Workgroup - Vice-President Chen reported that letters of invitation have been sent\nto China for the delegation. He further stated the time frame between them getting the letters and the\ndelegation arriving is anticipated to be two months. The workgroup is attempting to verify the sister\ncity status with Lindgo, but haven't had contact from Sweden. Another letter will be sent to Japan to\nverify their sister city status as well. Condolence letters have been requested from the Mayor's office\nand sent to China to offer support after the recent earthquake.\nJune 2nd. 4-6:pm Lena Tam and Barbara Lee will be at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center China tour.\n4. BOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: Franz mentioned the upcoming Heroes Breakfast and\nthe deadline for entries being June 3rd, the breakfast will be June 26th", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-05-22.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-05-22", "page": 5, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, May 22, 2008 Meeting\nPage 5\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None\n6. ADJOURNMENT: Member Franz adjourned the meeting at 9:00 p.m., second Villareal.\nRespectfully submitted,\nMelissa Jones\nSecretary, Social Services Human Relations Board\nMJ:sb\nSSHRB\\Packets\\2008\\MAY\\MinutesReg\nF: SSHRB\\2008\\Agendas Packets", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-05-22.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-06-26", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, June 26, 2008\n1.\nCALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: President Wasko called the meeting to order at 7:38 p.m.\nPresent were President Wasko, Vice President Chen, Members Franz, Villareal, and James. Members\nNeilsen and Soglin were absent. Staff: Wright.\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from May 22, 2008 were tabled since a quorum of\nMembers from the May meeting were not present.\n3-A. RESOLUTION COMMENDING SSHRB MEMBER JIM FRANZ:\nPresident Wasko began the reading of the Resolution, the remaining sections of the Resolution were\nread by Vice President Chen, Members Villareal, and James. Member Franz graciously accepted the\nResolution. President Wasko asked those in the audience to come forward and share their personal\ncommendations for Member Franz. The following is a list of the speakers and a summary of the\nsentiment they shared:\nCouncilmember Doug Dehaan called Member Franz a living legacy in our community.\nCouncilmember Frank Matarrese by email a thank you to Jim for his years of service.\nCouncilmember Lena Tam by email declared Member Franz as an integral part of the\ncommunity fabric.\nDoug Biggs stated that Member Franz is the safety-net service for people in need.\nCarol Beaver: Remembered Member Franz's energetic and compassionate nature.\nChief Walter Tibbet recalled that Member Franz was the first person he sought out to start his\nrelationship building with the community.\nAudrey Lord-Hausman by email advised that Member Franz has selflessly and generously set a\nvery high bar for services to the community.\nHans Wu read a letter of thanks from the City of Wuxi, China.\nNanci Li presented Member Franz with a present from China.\nRob Bonta shared his appreciation for Member Franz's generous and thoughtful leadership.\nPresident Wasko called Member Franz a great teacher, which gave her the skills and strength to\nrun this Board.\nVice-President Chen how great it was to serve with Member Franz and how he considered him\na mentor.\nMember James recalled first meeting Member Franz when he was CPR trained as a youth by\nRed Cross.\n3-A. WORKGROUP STATUS REPORTS:\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - Member Villareal reported on the June 23rd round table\ndiscussion with Chief Tibbet. Member Villareal advised the group will be looking to potentially hold a\nfuture forum regarding same-sex marriage. Member James commented these types of forums offered a\ngood opportunity to engage youth on the subject matter. President Wasko asked if the event received\nany press, and commented that what press she saw credited APD and not SSHRB accordingly.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-06-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-06-26", "page": 2, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, June 26, 2008 Meeting\nPage 2\nPresident Wasko also suggested the group write a letter to the editor on the forum and Member\nVillareal agreed to draft the letter. Member Franz provided Connie Rux's phone number at the\nAlameda Sun and advised she would be a good contact.\nAssessment and Awareness - In Member Nielsen's absence, Staff Wright provided an update.\nFamily Services Workgroup - President Wasko stated there is nothing to report.\nSister City Workgroup - Vice-President Chen reported on the last meeting of the Workgroup in\nwhich both Councilmembers Tam and Matarrese were in attendance. Both Councilmembers discussed\nthe need for a liaison from the City Manager's office once the non-profit is spun off, which is\nanticipated to occur by the end of the year. Vice-President Chen also advised the draft bylaws were\nalmost finished and inquired if the bylaws should be reviewed by the City Attorney's office.\nVice-President Chen also advised that Deputy Consul Shen Weilian has been promoted to the Consul\nGeneral of Melbourne, Australia and asked if a letter from the Mayor could be drafted congratulating\nand thanking him for his service. Staff advised they would draft the letter and send to both President\nWasko and Vice-President Chen for approval. President Wasko also advised that the Board could\nissue it's own Proclamation at the next meeting and have it forwarded to Consul General Weilian in\nMelbourne.\n4. BOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS:\nMember James provided an update regarding AC\nTransit's student pass discount effort.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None\n6. ADJOURNMENT: Member Franz adjourned the meeting at 9:08 p.m., second Villareal.\nRespectfully submitted,\nTerri Wright\nActing Secretary, Social Services Human Relations Board\nTW:sb\nSSHRB\\Packets\\2008\\June\\MinutesReg\nF: SSHRB\\2008\\Agendas Packets", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-06-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-09-25", "page": 1, "text": "DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nSocial Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, September 25, 2008\n1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: Vice President Wasko called the meeting to order at 7:40\np.m. Present were Vice President Chen, Members Nielsen, Villareal, Soglin and James. President\nWasko was absent. Staff present was Jones.\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from May 22, 2008 were approved as amended M/S\nChen, Soglin, with James abstaining because he was not present. The minutes from June 26, 2008\nwere tabled since a quorum of Members from the June meeting were not present.\n3-A. CREATING FORMAL SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH JIANGYIN, CHINA:\nVice President Chen announced that a delegation of government officials and businessmen would be\narriving from Jiangyin China on October 1, 2008. He further explained that the Sister City work group\nis planning a tour day tour of Alameda in honor of their visit. Three large public events will be held,\nincluding a flag raising ceremony on Chinese National Day (Oct 1), a signing ceremony to formalize\nthe sister city agreement, and a celebratory dinner hosted at Aroma restaurant. The community will be\ninvited to each of the events. The delegation will also tour Franklin school, the College of Alameda,\nand the police department. A lunch is being scheduled with members of the business community.\nEvents are being planned in conjunction with several community partners including the East Bay Flag\nraising Committee and Friends of Wuxi.\nThe Sister City workgroup is requesting the release of up to $2010 of workgroup funds to finance the\nevents. The funds requested were donated to the Sister City workgroup by community members and\ncan only be used on Sister City activities, such as this delegations visit. The workgroup is expecting\nadditional donations from community supporters. M/S Nielsen/ Soglin.\n3-A. WORKGROUP STATUS REPORTS:\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - Member Villareal reported that the workgroup\naccomplished its FY07-08 goals by hosting 5 forums in conjunction with community partners. The\ngroup is now investigating other forum topics, including voter education regarding Proposition 8.\nAssessment and Awareness - Member Nielsen reported that the workgroup continues to meet\nabout the dental clinic. A request has been made to Alice Lai Bitker's office to support a case\ncoordinator to help meet immediate dental case management needs. The interim president at the\nCollege of Alameda has been contacted about the Dental Clinic project on the campus.\nFamily Services Workgroup -Staff member Jones reported that the Family Services Workgroup\nhas been absolved and merged with the Assessment and Awareness workgroup, which is working on\nseveral issues effecting families and children.\nSister City Workgroup - Vice-President Chen completed his report during Agenda Item-A.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-09-25.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-09-25", "page": 2, "text": "DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nRegular Minutes of the SSHRB, September 25, 2008 Meeting\nPage 2\n4. BOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: None\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None\n6. ADJOURNMENT: Member Chen adjourned the meeting at 8:45 p.m., second James.\nRespectfully submitted,\nDRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nMelissa Jones\nSecretary, Social Services Human Relations Board\nMJ:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\/2008\\Sept\\MinutesReg\nF: SSHRB\\2008\\Agendas Packets", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-09-25.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-10-23", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, October 23, 2008\n1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: Vice President Chen called the meeting to order at 7:40\np.m. Present were Vice President Chen, Members Nielsen, Villareal, and Soglin. President Wasko and\nMember James were absent. Staff present were Jones and Brown.\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Member Soglin asked for his comments to be incorporated into the\nminutes from May 22, 2008, and approved as amended M/S Chen, Soglin. The minutes from June 26,\n2008 were tabled since a quorum of Members from the June meeting were not present. The minutes\nfor September 25, 2008 were approved M/S Chen, Villareal, and unanimous.\n3-A. PRESENTATION AND REVIEW OF SUNCAL COMPANIES REDEVELOPMENT\nCONCEPT PLAN FOR ALAMEDA POINT: Debbie Potter, introduced herself to the Board and gave\na brief history of the last 15years of Alameda Point, the Master Developer process, the Exclusive\nNegotiation Agreement process, and the DDA process. She then introduced Pat Keliher from SunCal\nCompanies for a presentation.\nMr. Keliher, SunCal Companies, provided a power point presentation. The presentation (attached)\nincluded an overview of the concept development process, the concept plan, and the list of community\ninput sessions. He explained that this presentation was one of eight feedback sessions for City of\nAlameda Boards and Commissions. After the presentation, he took questions from the Board.\nNielsen - Is the Miracle League ball field part of this plan?\nPotter - No, plans for the Miracle League ballpark are part of the North Housing Coast guard parcel.\nNielsen - Did you say that (25%) of the units will be affordable?\nKeliher - Yes.\nChen - Will the affordable housing be rentals or ownership?\nKeliher - I think mainly rentals, but ownership is possible too.\nSoglin - Are there set prices for these units? And are you considering the additional costs that might\nimpact affordability, such as homeowner association dues or other fees related to the shared amenities?\nKeliher - SunCal is still doing research to determine prices. As for the additional costs, we hadn't\ndiscussed that yet for the affordable units. Kieler also explained that several organizations are already\nproviding long term affordable housing (i.e., Bessie Coleman, APC, Operation Dignity, etc.) and will\nat some point need to be transitioned into new facilities. They are working closely with APC for a\nsmooth transition.\nVillareal - How will the parks and open space be maintained?\nKeliher - The plan is for fiscal neutrality. Amenities will be funded by some combination of tax\nincrement financing, homeowners association dues, and user fees.\nSoglin - Will the Sports Complex be run by the Department of Recreation and Parks?\nKeliher - That has not been determined at this time.\nSoglin - (comment) When determining housing prices, will SunCal include whether they will charge a\n\"tenant\" fee for maintenance costs because this might make the affordable units not affordable.\nKeliher - Thank you, we will keep that in mind.\nChen - Please explain the timeline of the development.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-10-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-10-23", "page": 2, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, October 23, 2008 Meeting\nPage 2\nKeliher - The phases of the project are outlined in the development concept. This plan will take 12-20\nyears for build-out, but will not begin until the Navy has conveyed the land and the environmental\nclean up has been completed. If the clean up happens fairly quickly, and all goes well, construction\nmight begin as early as 2013-14.\nNielsen - The long term phasing has the possibility of affecting current residents in either positive or\nnegative ways. What is being done to prevent displacement and ensure that the development is as non\ndisruptive as possible?\nKeliher - SunCal is hopeful that working with APC can ensure good solutions for residents and\nsmooth transitions.\nNielsen - The 25% for affordable housing is a lot isn't it? Can you talk a little bit on the issue of\nphysical accessibility in the affordable units?\nKeliher - Yes, 25% is a lot. There are a lot of concepts and details to fine-tune within the plan, such as\nhow many of the affordable units will be accessible. You are all asking very valid questions that come\nlater in the planning process.\nNielsen - Can you comment about whether or not the plan is Measure A compliant?\nKeliher -Regarding Measure A, Suncal will be accessing the community's willingness to exempt\nAlameda Point from Measure A. To exempt the Point, a ballot initiative would need to be approved.\nNielsen - Will the Eco-Pass offer disabled and senior discounts? How close will transit station be to\naffordable and elderly housing?\nKeliher - The paths will connect to the transportation areas. Last night, we presented to the\nTransportation Commission, and they provided input on needed improvements and funding. SunCal is\ncompleting an independent study on transportation needs. We are attempting to ensure all units are\nwithin a five-minute walk to transit.\nSoglin - How do you determine what is within a five-minute walk to transit. For example, seniors or\npeople with physical disabilities may walk slower than others?\nKeliher - I'm not certain. That's a good question for our transit specialist.\nChen - Can you tell us about inter-City transit affects? For example, what do you expect the impacts\nof the development to be on the Webster tube?\nKeliher - SunCal has solicited input from other public agencies and cities. The problem is not the\nWebster tube; rather it is the 880 corridor, which causes a back up in the tube. It is our hope that the\nincreased public transit options will mitigate congestion, but it takes years for commuter behavior to\nchange.\nNielsen - Can you show us where the business areas will be and when in the phasing plan will they be\nbuilt?\nKeliher - Referring to the slides, Keliher highlighted the areas of business. He explained that some\nhousing and business build out will be included in each phase. He commented that certain businesses,\nlike restaurants and retail should be carefully phased to ensure they are coming online when the\nhousing has built enough of a client base.\nNielsen - What about employment options and the First Source Hiring program?\nPotter - Staff addressed this question - There is language for such details in the, \"Standards of\nReasonableness,\" which will address existing businesses, along with new employment opportunities.\nSoglin - Has SunCal considered details for large grocery stores that would be more affordable to local\nresidents rather than more expensive smaller markets?\nKeliher - No, we aren't at that level of detail yet. We understand that there is a need for these services\nas well as an anchor tenant (50,000 sq ft), which could be a grocery store, maybe two.\nChen - How far are you with clean up?", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-10-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-10-23", "page": 3, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, October 23, 2008 Meeting\nPage 3\nKeliher - It is the Navy who is responsible for clean-up, not SunCal. The Navy is working on it;\nSunCal has no agreement with the Navy.\nNielsen - Back to transportation, will you move or eliminate the ferry across the estuary?\nKeliher - The plan is to move the ferry to a transportation terminal in the old seaplane lagoon.\nSpeaker - Doug Biggs, Director of Alameda Point Collaborative (APC), addressed the Board and\nstated that his organization has begun a working closely with staff and SunCal to make the transition as\nsmooth as possible for their agency and residents. He recommended that a consultant be hired to help\ncoordinate the complex process of relocating APC. He also thanked the Board for looking at the\nNeeds Assessment and comparing it to this concept plan. He reminded that Board that there are a lot\nof coordinated services already at Alameda Point, specifically he mentioned the Alameda Food Bank\nwarehouse, the American Red Cross-Alameda Service Center, and APC. He suggested that\ndevelopment be careful to support, rather than hurt, the already existing collaborations and safety net\nsupport structures. He also suggested that development be attentive to support emerging and growing\nneeds for seniors downsizing and new families starting out.\nSpeaker - Adrienne Longley-Cook, Member of the Commission on Disability Issues, addressed the\nBoard and SunCal about the need for accessible ground floor units within the housing to be built. She\nrequested that all parks and paths be accessible for wheelchairs and walkers who might need flat\nsurfaces. She further suggested that all walkways include benches for those with physical disabilities\nwho may need to sit down on their walks and that the sports field is accessible to ensure that people\nwith wheelchairs can observe the games and participate. Walkways should also include picnic tables\nthat are wheelchair accessible. She stated that the five-minute walk to transit was a wonderful idea for\ndisabled people.\nPotter - Staff is consolidating all comments and suggestions from the Boards and Commissions by\nNovember 5th and will compile them and report them to Council in a staff report.\nJones - She will compile all issues addressed here tonight and provide them for the report.\nNo action was taken.\n3-B. RECOMMENDATION REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF COMMUNITY\nDEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PUBLIC SERVICE FUNDING FOR FY2008-09: Staff member\nJones provided the Board a recap on the CDBG process. There is an additional $11,500 for public\nservices at this time.\nShe reminded the Board that they requested that any re-programming decisions be made based on the\nmost recent data available because of the changing economic outlook. When public service funding\nwas last discussed, the Board was concerned about how Alameda might be impacted by the national\nincrease in foreclosures. Since then, data has been released that Alameda is has the 6th lowest number\nof foreclosures in California.\nJones further explained that in order to determine other emerging needs, staff contacted safety net\nproviders currently funded by CDBG: Alameda Red Cross-Alameda Service Center (who administers\nan eviction prevention program) and the Alameda Food Bank. Because Bananas has received re-\nprogramming dollars over the several years, they were also contacted. Each agency was asked to", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-10-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-10-23", "page": 4, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, October 23, 2008 Meeting\nPage 4\nquantify any increase in demand for services and how many additional people could be served by the\nadditional funding. In keeping with past years, re-programming funds must be used for direct services\nrather than staff salaries or overhead costs.\nJones commented that the Alameda Food Bank has seen an increase of 25% more families needing\nfood. As a result, they have released $10,000 of reserve funds to increase food purchases. She further\nexplained that according to the Alameda Food Bank, food in more expensive than in past years due to\nincreased fuel prices.\nJones explained that because the American Red Cross-Alameda Service Center does not maintain a\nwaitlist for eviction prevention services, it was difficult to judge the increased need for that program.\nHowever, since the foreclosure rate is low and the increased demand doesn't seem to be clearly\nnoticeable, the Alameda Food Bank is being recommended to receive the bulk of the public service\nfunds ($9000).\nJones closed by stating that a smaller portion of funding ($2000) was recommended for an Earned\nIncome Tax credit program (VITA) to be hosted by Alameda Point Collaborative. Last year, the\nprogram was managed last year by Alameda Family Service, but due to staffing changes they are\nunable to host the program this year. The program provides tax assistance that provides tax rebates to\nover 200 families per year.\nNielsen - This is not an easy decision to make. I recommend that we move forward with staff's\nrecommendations. Thank you to APC for taking on the VITA site role, very happy to hear this.\nSpeaker - Neil Rubenstein, Board for Alameda Food Bank (AFB). After introducing fellow board\nmember Alice Cleveland, he explained that the AFB has served about of 3,300 people/year. However,\nlast year they served 4,184 and by November 1st that number will be 25% over last year. The economy\nhas had a huge impact on the demand for food. The dip into reserves has increased to $20k by January\n1st. They anticipate more need in the upcoming year. The extra funding will be a very big help for\nthe AFB, and thank you to staff for the recommendation, particularly since donations are down.\nSoglin - Do you think the donations are down because of the economic trouble?\nRubenstein - We don't know for sure. The AFB is working on more marketing in helping to get to the\nword out to the greater community.\nChen - Are all donations for Alameda residents?\nRubenstein - Yes. All food stays in Alameda and we do have a requirement that clients to show proof\nof residency.\nSpeaker - Doug Biggs, Director, Alameda Point Collaborative, is glad APC can step in and take on the\nVITA site this year, which is a complicated program requiring coordination and training of many\nvolunteers. All volunteers have to take an intensive training for certification. The total cost to\nadminister the program is approximately $8,000 for the program, CDBG would fund $2000 and the\nremaining funding will come from the IRS and the United Way. He is now seeking a Program\nCoordinator for the project.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-10-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-10-23", "page": 5, "text": "Regular Minutes of the SSHRB, October 23, 2008 Meeting\nPage 5\nNielsen - Thank you for taking this on, but what makes it so challenging and how many volunteers do\nyou need?\nBiggs - The volunteers and the coordinator must be certified and because trained volunteers will be\nhelping complete people's taxes, there are checks and balances that need to be in place to ensure\naccuracy. The program will need approximately 10-12 volunteers, although not certain of that\nnumber.\nMotion to accept staff recommendations, M/S Nielson, Villareal and unanimous.\n3-C. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE 2009 MEETING CALENDAR: Motion to accept\nthe proposed schedule for meetings in 2009 be accepted, M/S Soglin, Nielsen and unanimous.\n3-D. WORKGROUP STATUS REPORTS:\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - Member Villareal reported there were no updates at this\ntime.\nAssessment and Awareness - Member Nielsen reported on the dental clinic at College of\nAlameda. Dr. Galley of the College of Alameda Dental Advisory Board is working on the business\nplan and coordinating with an organization in Oakland's Chinatown who could provide services. The\ntarget clientele has expanded to include adults and children. One of the next steps is working with\nSupervisor Alice Lai-Bitker's office in finding a case coordinator.\nSister City Workgroup - Vice-President Chen reported the China delegation had a wonderful\ntime on their visit. The Flag Raising ceremony had a great turnout and we are happy that Jiangyin is\nan official sister city to Alameda. They are now establishing sister relationships with Alameda\nHospital and the Chinese Christian School. Funds for the dinner still need to be received and it is\nanticipated staff should have those in a week or so. He reported that this is his last meeting. He\nthanked the SSHRB and would like for others to become involved with this workgroup. He will\ncontinue to serve on the Sister City workgroup.\n4. BOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: Jones handed out an EveryOne Home flyer for the\nupcoming \"friend-raiser\" movie on December 4th The Board will be polled to move their set meeting\nfrom that night so they can attend if they like.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None\n6. ADJOURNMENT: Member Chen adjourned the meeting at 9:30 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nMelissa Jones\nSecretary, Social Services Human Relations Board\nMJ:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2008\\Oct08\\MinutesReg\nF: SSHRB\\2008\\Agendas Packets", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-10-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-12-03", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Special Meeting, Wednesday, December 3, 2008\n1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: President Wasko called the meeting to order at 5:40 p.m.\nPresent were Members Nielsen, Villareal, Soglin, James and Biggs. Staff present were Wright and\nJones.\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from June 26, 2008 were approved (M/S James, Soglin)\nand unanimous with Biggs abstained. The minutes for October 23, 2008 were edited and approved\n(M/S Villareal, Nielsen) and unanimous with Biggs abstained.\n3-A. RESOLUTION HONORING STEWART CHEN FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE BOARD\n-\nPresident Wasko read the Resolution for Stewart even though he was unable to attend the meeting.\n(M/S James, Soglin) to accept the Resolution and unanimous. The Board welcomed Doug Biggs who\nprovided a brief introduction.\n3-B. COMMENTS REGARDING NEEDS RELATED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT\nBLOCK GRANT PUBLIC SERVICES FUNDING AND FORMULATION OF FY2009-2010\nPUBLIC SERVICES NEEDS STATEMENT - Staff Wright presented the Board with a PowerPoint\noverview of the CDBG Needs process, and then took questions.\nWasko - Is there funding left over to be reallocated or are we continuing grants that are already\nfunded?\nWright - There are no extra funds available, all grant funds for this year have been allocated. We only\nhave estimates for next year, and are anticipating similar grant levels for the 2nd year of funding. After\nreviewing first quarter performance reports, subgrantees are meeting performance goals. Although the\nnewer programs have had somewhat of a slow start, we anticipate that all subgrantees will be eligible\nfor funding next. year. Monitoring visits were scheduled for January, but given the loss of Melissa, we\nwill have to delay them until new staff is on board.\nWasko - Do we need to include language regarding what if there is not enough funding?\nWright - In the past nominal across the board cuts have been sufficient. While we are not anticipating\na reduction in our entitlement, it may be prudent to acknowledge the economic crisis we are facing..\nWe'll have to look at what makes sense. The language regarding dollar amounts would be addressed\nduring the allocation\nNielsen - What other data can be considered other than public input?\nWright - The needs assessment by this Board is a good example, and the homeless survey associated\nwith the North Housing parcel is another example.\nVillareal - Can you remind us of how program income is generated?\nWright -The Residential Rehabilitation program provide loans to low-income homeowners and\nhomeowners wanting to provide residence to low-income tenants. The loans generate receivables.\nThere are approximately $3million in outstanding loans, but with the economy we have no way of\nknowing what will happen if repayments will diminish.\nBiggs - The community development priorities are local and the consolidated priorities are broader?\nWright - That is correct.\nBiggs - Are the individual number served provided duplicated at all?", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-12-03.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-12-03", "page": 2, "text": "|\nSpecial Minutes of the SSHRB, December 3, 2008 Meeting\nDeleted: DRAFT UNTIL\nPage 2\nAPPROVED\nWright - There is a level of duplication in the total, two service providers may count the same\nindividual, but these are low numbers.\nBiggs - Can the language stating \"strengthening safety-net services' be changes to providers are trying\nto maintain the services they have, preserving or maintaining the safety-net?\nJames - How about \"strengthening the current' safety-net?\nWasko - Yes.\nPublic Comment - Speakers:\nJim Franz, Director, American Red Cross - Alameda Service Center: We have almost reached a time\nwhen we have to re-define the term \"at risk\". Recently, he spoke with a single mother who last year\nwas making a great wage and providing for her family and is now on unemployment and her mortgage\nis behind as she was asking for assistance. Last year at this time they had served 800 meals for\nThanksgiving and thought it was extraordinary. This year it was 930. People asking for assistance\nfrom the utility program continues to grow. The PG&E program is almost out of funds. The same\nholds true for the rental assistance program. Shelters throughout the bay area are in trouble due to the\nemergency shelter budget (EHAP) being eliminated at the Federal level. We expect to see pockets of\npoverty to move to central Alameda as we hear landlords aren't able to be as lenient as they used to be\nbecause they have to pay their mortgages. Food, rent and childcare are the basic needs this agency is\nbattling.\nWasko - Thank you for all the work you do.\nLaura Hurst, Family Violence Law Center (FVLC) - Here to ask for support to increase funding for\ndomestic violence services. We are finding that victims are too scared to get a restraining order. They\nwould like to house a domestic violence advocate in our police department as this would increase\nprevention in homicides and families from becoming homeless.\nWasko - Is the FVLC thinking about shifting their funding?\nHurst - No, there is a need for both and additional funding would augment legal services of other\ncounseling and other services.\nWasko - Is there a waitlist? We are trying to assess needs.\nHurst - Not sure there is a waitlist, but they often find that departments are under reporting domestic\nviolence.\nBiggs - How many individuals have you served this quarter and how much is for advocate?\nHurst - FT is $40k., PT advocate would be enough in Alameda. She doesn't have the numbers from\nthe past quarter.\nSoglin - In places without an advocate, does training help?\nHurst - Yes. We've trained all Alameda Police officers, and also doing county-wide patrol officer\ntraining.\nSoglin - What are the ways APD supports domestic violence and how are they organized?\nHurst - The violent crimes unit coordinates with us and because of staffing levels they prioritize felony\ncases.\nWasko - Does the City still have a domestic violence task force?\nWright - No, but staff has been trying to work with FVLC to coordinate with APD and we are\nconsidering reconvening the domestic violence task force.\nJames - What are the other needs of people being victimized?", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-12-03.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-12-03", "page": 3, "text": "|\nSpecial Minutes of the SSHRB, December 3, 2008 Meeting\nDeleted: DRAFT UNTIL\nPage 3\nAPPROVED\nHurst - Housing, job training and sustainability, and financial resources.\nWasko - Thank you and maybe we can engage volunteers to recreate the domestic violence task force.\nJulia Brown, Women's Initiative for Self Employment (WISE) and Deepa Patel - They are currently\nreceiving funding from Alameda's CDBG program and these funds are help with their pre-training,\nand expect to start full course work in January. There is a need to support social enterprise because\nthey of the possibility of job loss. The funding of micro enterprise is one of the only areas where there\nis job growth.\nPatel - Started her business with $150.00 after losing a job during the dot.com bust. She was without\nfamily support and no where to go, but knew she wanted to help others. She worked with a law firm\non a project and it was suggested she becoming a consultant. WISE has helped her tremendously to\ngrow her business, get a car and has been in business for 5 years, she has one contract employee and is\nlooking for another. Without WISE support her business would have folded last year.\nWasko - Congratulations on your business success and thank you for sharing your experience.\nLiz Varela, Executive Director, Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) - She would like\nto piggyback on what Mr. Franz said on maintaining the safety net services. BFWC truly works well\nwith other safety net providers. The women who come to Midway are in many times in grave danger if\nthey were unable to get shelter.. Midway is a great place to help people rebuild their lives. Varela\nhanded out a story about women from their website. She supports the idea of starting the domestic\nviolence task force again. Where there are funds lacking we should make up for in relationships.\nWasko - Thank you Liz, and to all the speakers.\nBiggs - Given the shift in Federal administration, what does the future entail?\nWright - HUD just lost their Regional Director. It's hard to know with the economy.\nWasko - Pete Stark holds community meetings, CDBG people could talk to him about the formula.\nSpark is very responsive.\nWright - it would be great to remove CDBG public service cap in times of extreme hardships.\nWasko - Our next task is to rewrite the letter particularly with focus areas.\nVillareal - Let's not remove the \"strengthening,\" perhaps something like - to continue to ensure\nthey're doing all they can to better serve clients, or - strengthening and preserving would be a good\nway to, or - to strengthen\nBiggs - Perhaps make reference to the unprecedented strain.\nNielsen - Broaden definition of 'at risk', people who have never before needed services until now?\nSoglin - Separate safety net paragraph and say primary emphasis in on safety net.\nWasko - Do we currently fund collaboration?\nJones - Red Cross is funded for the Services Collaborative.\nJames - At the last meeting there was an emphasis on \"collaborative'.\nWasko - Soglin was suggesting collaboration in his comments.\nSoglin - Prioritizing safety nets, then other issues.\nBiggs - Can we be creative about technical assistance funding to grant writing?", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-12-03.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2008-12-03", "page": 4, "text": "|\nSpecial Minutes of the SSHRB, December 3, 2008 Meeting\nDeleted: DRAFT UNTIL\nPage 4\nAPPROVED\nWright - Previously we've been creative, but according to recent interpretation from HUD there needs\nto be economic development / neighborhood development, and it cannot be planning and\nadministrative costs. There is a need for a strong training component.\nWasko - The Finance Project Program does substantial trainings that work with agencies to put\ntogether business plans to look for funding. Put a package together collaboratively.\nJames - When I first got involved with the Koshland grant they were able to bring all these things\ntogether and it was much more vibrant.\nWright - We have stricter parameters now but we will work on being creative.\nBiggs - If we will encourage collaboration, then we should have a way to support that.\nVillareal - The last bullet addresses the need for collaboration, on the other hand if we look at other\nparagraph - that paragraph could address the emphasis on collaboration.\nNielsen - The need she is trying to address is hard to gather data on, but still important. Is there a way\nto emphasize that its really bad and emphasize the need to think creatively?\nVillareal - It is this further collaboration effort that we can build better collaborations.\nMotion - Wasko and Villareal will draft the needs statement including the discussed changes and\nreview each others edits. M/S Soglin, Nielsen and unanimous. Staff provided a deadline.\nPresident Wasko will attend the Council meeting on January 6, 2009 for the public hearing.\n3-C. WORKGROUP STATUS REPORTS: Item held to an upcoming meeting.\n4. BOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: Member James had the opportunity to attend joint\nmeeting of the ACCYF and the Alameda Services Collaborative luncheon. He stated this was a good\nopportunity to see agencies and is interested in seeing different sites and programs.\nMember Biggs visited the Food Bank during their turkey handout. They had 50% increase in people\ngetting turkeys this year, and there were many first timers.\nPresident Wasko stated she attended the Hospital Faire and all the gifts from China were present.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: Jim Franz wanted to remind the Board of the Shelter in Place,\nEmergency Preparedness training happening Saturday, December 6th at Immanuel Lutheran Church.\n6.\nADJOURNMENT: Motion to adjourn at 7:53 p.m. M/S Villareal, Soglin and unanimous.\nRespectfully submitted,\nDeleted: DRAFT UNTIL\nTerri Wright\nAPPROVED\nActing Secretary, Social Services Human Relations Board\nTW:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2008\\DEC08\\MinutesSpecial\nF: SSHRB\\2008\\Agendas Packets", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-12-03.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-01-22", "page": 1, "text": "DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nSocial Service Human Relations Board\nREVISED - -Minutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, January 22, 2009\n1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: President Wasko called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.\nPresent were Members Nielsen, Villareal, Soglin, and Biggs. Member James was late. Staff present\nwas Wright.\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from the special meeting on December 3, 2008 were\napproved by M/S Villareal, Soglin and unanimous.\n3-A. INFORMATION ON PLAN FOR CDBG EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:\nStaff member Wright reviewed the transfer plan of the emergency rental assistance program from the\nAlameda Service Center-Red Cross to Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity (ECHO) Housing.\nSpeaker - Jim Franz, Alameda American Red Cross (ARC) provided the Board a review of efforts in\npreparing for his retirement which included transfer of food services to Alameda Food Bank, transfer\nof information and referrals to 2-1-1. Mr. Franz commented on the natural transfer of rental assistance\nto ECHO as ARC has been working with ECHO for the past seven years. He provided a brief\ndescription of the program design via lottery and CBO referrals.\nSpeaker - Margie Rocha, ECHO Fair Housing introduced herself and described the ease of which\nworking with Franz and the City has been seamless.\n3-B. PRESENTATION AND REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE WITH ALAMEDA UNIFIED\nSCHOOL DISTRICT (AUSD) \"CARING SCHOOL COMMUNITY\" FORUM: Debbie Wong,\nAUSD introduced herself and provided a presentation to the Board titled, \"Ensuring Safe Schools in\nthe Alameda Unified School District.\" She invited the Board to community forums on February 4 and\n5. Tied in how community building activities really allows for an \"it takes a village' approach. The\nschools, families, community and the city can all have a part in supporting this effort. Ms. Wong\nprovided an overview of both the elementary and secondary school effort, including revitalizing the\nGay-Straight Alliance at the high schools. The timeline for completion is January 2009-January 2010.\nThe Committee consists of AUSD staff, parents, teachers, and some in the core community.\nSpeaker - Sean Cahill, AUSD reported there is a commitment to this effort but it is difficult to\neffectively execute due to many constraints and is asking for people to stand together to support this\nsocial curriculum. The support from the community, and perhaps the City by Proclamation, then by\nadoption. It takes a fabric of the community to offer the collective support, by speaking at school\nforums, and assemblies. He asked the Board to help think of ways to support this.\nPresident Wasko stated that it is important to note that this issue is consistent with the principles\nupon which ATAH was founded.\nMotion for Board to support the Forums taking place on February 4 & 5. M/S James, Villareal\nUnanimous", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-01-22.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-01-22", "page": 2, "text": "DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nSSHRB, Regular Meeting, January 22, 2009\nPage 2 of 3\nMotion for Board to send a letter supporting the effort to AUSD, and also send a letter to local\ncommunity-based organizations to encourage them to participate in the Forums, and authorize\nATAH to continue to identify further areas of support. M/S Biggs, Nielsen, Motion carried. with\nJames opposed.\nHaving the letter read to the School Board at their meeting on February 24th was mentioned\nduring the discussion, but was not included in the final language of the motion that was voted on.\nMember James explained that while he supported the concept of the curriculum, and was in\nfavor of the board supporting the Forums, he could not vote in favor of the 2nd motion because\nhe had not read the curriculum.\n3-C. WORKGROUP STATUS REPORTS:\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - Member Villareal on the meetings they have attended on\nthe Caring School curriculum for LGBT effort and both he and member Soglin expressed support for\nthis effort being undertaken by AUSD.\nAssessment and Awareness - Member Nielsen reported on the dental clinic at College of\nAlameda. AAWG are drafting a MOU between COA, AHS and the City. She described current\noperating hours and is looking to communicate with CBO's about access needs. Letter of support for\ngrant was sent. Health is Not Just Healthcare is on hold but working to finalize data collected, and the\nplanning staff attended a meeting in SF.\nFamily Services Workgroup - President Wasko reported this workgroup will have something to\nreport after the Youth Collaborative Retreat. The workgroup is participating in developing the agenda.\nThere is a possibility of resurrecting the Festival of Families with COA.\nSister City Workgroup - President Wasko reported the non-profit is moving forward, and this\ngroup is not participating in the Lunar New Year fair.\n3-D. DISCUSSION ON HOW THE BOARD CAN FACILITATE FURTHER COLLABORATION\nAMONGST ALAMEDA SERVICES PROVIDERS: President Wasko outlined how changes in the\nSSHRB and ACCYF are affording an opportunity for us to increase collaboration. The Safe Schools\ngrant is $1.5 million, and asked are others interested in seeking a greater role in identifying\ncollaboration for funds.\nThe Board expressed concerns and interest with how to share gather and share information, our role is\nto promote discussion amongst service providers and grant applications can be complex, the\ncollaboration around common goals and themes, and what the next steps should be. Staff mentioned\nGIS and planning are being looked at. No motion this is an information item.\n4. BOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: There will be an Alameda Services Collaborative\nmeeting on Wed., February 4th, same place, same time, and please RSVP to Franz for lunch.\nPresident Wasko asked were are we with Board applications and interviews.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-01-22.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-01-22", "page": 3, "text": "Page 3 of 3\nJames - Coffee with the Chief of Police on Thursday, he appreciated the openness for dissent on\nprevious item. Explained concern that wasn't sure curriculum was culturally sensitive.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: Jim Franz stated he happy to be working with the City and this\nopportunity seems a perfect match with SSHRB and ACCYF.\n6. ADJOURNMENT: Member Nielsen adjourned the meeting at 9:45 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nDRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nTerri Wright\nActing Secretary, Social Services Human Relations Board\nTW:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2009\\Jan09\\MinutesReg\nF: SSHRB\\2009\\Agendas 1 Packets", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-01-22.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-03-26", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED AS REVISED\nSocial Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, March 26, 2009\n1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Wasko called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.\nPresent were Nielsen, Soglin, James, Biggs, and Dailey. Absent was Member Villareal. Staff: Franz,\nWright\nPresident Wasko welcomed new member Ardella Dailey to the Board\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from the meeting on January 22, 2009 were tabled\nuntil the April meeting. Edits and additions were requested by President Wasko, and members Biggs\nand James.\n3-A. REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT\nBLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PUBLIC SERVICE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS President\nTerri Wright, Community Development Program Manager presented City's Draft CDBG Action Plan\nfor FY 2009-10. Presentation included discussion of the Board's role as it pertains to the CDBG\nprograms.\n1.\nAssess and provide input regarding the community's social service and human relations\nneeds, (a process you all completed in January);\n2.\nReview staff CDBG public service funding recommendations to determine if the\nrecommended activities are consistent with the priority needs identified and that funding\nlevels are reasonable given the amount of funding available; and\n3.\nReport to City Council on the recommended allocations.\nWright outlined next steps of CDBG funding cycle, including the public meeting on May 5 where the\nCity Council will consider the full CDBG funding recommendations.\nWright explained how the CDBG Public Service funding cap worked, and outlined how funding\nallocations were determined using percentages since the funding allocations have not been released by\nHUD yet. Wright also explained how program services offered by the Food Bank and ECHO will be\nexpanded to cover some of the services previously offered by the Red Cross. Because this is a two-\nyear, the determination of which agencies funded for FY 2009-10 was made last year, subject to\nfunding availability and grantees meeting program goals.\nFollowing the presentation comments, Wasko opened Public Comment.\nSpeaker: Paul Russell, Executive Director, Alameda Food Bank spoke in favor of the\nrecommendations. He acknowledged that, after food, housing is the greatest need. The Food Bank\nprograms are now assisting the ECHO RAP by acting as pick-up and collection sites for rental\nassistance lottery applications. With the cut back in Alameda Red Cross programs, he has seen an\nincrease in Alamedans coming in requesting assistance with services other than food (i.e. D.V\ncounseling / referrals) With 2 paid and 100 volunteer staff, the Food Bank continues to expand their\ncapacity to refer, but does not want to become a multi-service center.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-03-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-03-26", "page": 2, "text": "DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nSSHRB, Regular Meeting, March 26, 2009\nPage 2 of 6\nLiz Varela from BFWC was present but did not speak.\nFollowing the public comment, Board members asked about the performance of the organization that\nreceived monitoring findings last year. Wright reiterated that all programs are meeting program goals\nBased on 2nd Quarter reports, and that staff continues to work with the organization to effectively\nutilize program tracking systems implemented as a result of the monitoring. Due to staffing transitions,\na full monitoring of the organization has not been done yet. The Board closed the discussion by asking\nfor ways to get additional information on how programs are meeting community need. Wright advised\nthat staff would evaluate the additional ways to keep the board updated, possibly through presentations\nor annual reports.\nAfter discussion and conferring with staff, it was agreed that a draft of the letter would be provided by\nstaff for President Wasko's edits and approval, and that the letter would include focus on safety- net\nservices, collaboration, and transfer of the Red Cross' food and rental assistance programs to the Food\nBank and ECHO Housing.\nA motion and second (James / Soglin) to accept staff recommendation for public service funding, with\na focus on safety-net services. Letter to be approved by President Wasko, who will also represent\nboard at City Council meeting on May 5. Unanimous.\n3-B. NOMINATIONS OF OFFICERS\nBoard elections are held at the first meeting after July 1 of each year when the Board is fully\nconstituted. Member Biggs nominated President Wasko for re-election as President (second Soglin)\nand Wasko then nominated Member Villareal for Vice-President (second James) Member Wasko\ngraciously accepted the nomination, and explained that member Villareal had agreed to serve as Vice-\nPresident. There were no other nominations. The election of officers will take place at the April\nmeeting.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-03-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-03-26", "page": 3, "text": "DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nSSHRB, Regular Meeting, March 26, 2009\nPage 3 of 6\n3-C. WORKGROUP PROGRESS REPORTS\nPresident Wasko announced that Items 3-C and 3-D would be combined, since they both regarding the\nboard's Workgroups.\n3-D. REORGANIZATION OF WORKGROUPS\nWasko - The Workgroup process has been an important function of the board for many years. While\nAssessment and Awareness and Alamedans Together Against Hate (ATAH) are both standing work\ngroups, some of our work groups have found it appropriate to spin off and become stand alone\norganizations. The Childcare work group spun off as Smart Healthy Babies, a 501c3, which later\nbecame the AFS New Parent Support program, and our Sister City workgroup is also in the process of\nbecoming a separate 501c3. The Family Services workgroup has morphed a number of times, and\ncontinues to champion existing efforts in the community. SSHRB prides itself on being a working\nboard as documented by the considerable number of volunteer hours documented each year.\nOpen for Discussion: Discussion included the importance of collaboration, including ongoing\nrelationships and partnering with the ACCYF, Youth Commission, and AUSD, Colleges, and the\nCommunity. Member Biggs expressed willingness to lead a new, Resource-Sharing Workgroup to help\nagencies and organizations maximize resources. (see attached form with assignments.)\nStaff noted that President Wasko and members Nielsen, Villareal, and Dailey attended the\nACCYF Retreat in February, and that a SSHRB member sits on each of the ACCYF\ntask/workgroups. (Governance, Mission Statement, Goals & Objectives, Data Collection). This\nrepresentation makes for a stronger, more productive relationship between the board and the\nACCYF.\nA motion and second (Wasko / Nielsen) to establish a Resource-Sharing Workgroup. Unanimous\nMember James committed to attending Youth Commission meetings and acting as a SSHRB's\nliaison to the Commission.\nA motion and second (Dailey / Biggs) that President Wasko, as Chair of the Family Services\nWorkgroup, be appointed as SSHRB representative to the Alameda Collaborative for Children,\nYouth, and their Families. Unanimous", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-03-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-03-26", "page": 4, "text": "DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nSSHRB, Regular Meeting, March 26, 2009\nPage 4 of 6\n3-E\nWRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM AUSD SUPERINTENDENT KIRSTEN VITAL\nREQUESTING SSHRB / ATAH CO-SPONSORING A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH\nAUSD REGARDING THE PROPOSED ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM ADDRESSING\nSEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY\nBoard members reviewed letter from Superintendent Vital that requested SSHRB and ATAH co-\nsponsor a community meeting to combine the efforts between AUSD and the City of Alameda to\nprovide clarity for our community regarding the proposed curriculum addressing sexual orientation and\ngender identity.\nMember Soglin explained that, at this time, the School district has no plans to host another\ncommunity meeting (Public Forum). He then explained that CARE (Community Alliance for\nResources in Education) was planning to hold a strategy meeting, but since no Action Item was\non the Agenda, SSHRB would not be able to discuss co-sponsoring that meeting. The purpose of\nthe meeting would be to develop a strategy to respond to those who are in opposition to the adoption of\nthe curriculum.\nTerri: AUSD must initiate Community Forum. Working in partnership with their goal.\nAUSD must be the driver.\nStaff explained that the agenda item was specific to an activity in partnership with AUSD and that co-\nsponsoring a meeting that was not in partnership with AUSD would not be consistent with the item on\nthe agenda.\nMember Biggs stated that this issue divided the community and that our role should be to help\n\"diffuse diviseness\"\nMotion and second (Nielsen / Biggs) that the Board (ATAH) respond to the request to co-sponsor a\ncommunity meeting regarding the proposed elementary curriculum addressing sexual orientation and\ngender identity, should AUSD hold one, to build education and awareness, so that we can help diffuse\ndivisiveness, educate people to \"Learn to Listen to the Other Side\", and to show compassion and\ntolerance in our community. Unanimous", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-03-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-03-26", "page": 5, "text": "DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nSSHRB, Regular Meeting, March 26, 2009\nPage 5 of 6\n4. BOARD / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS:\nMember Nielsen reported for the Dental Workgroup that plans are moving forward with the proposed\nclinic at the College of Alameda and that on May 5th the City Council will consider CDBG gap funding\n($67,000) for dental equipment and construction of the site\nMember Biggs had spoken with former Police Chief Burny Matthews regarding four Oakland Police\nOfficers killed in the line of duty last Saturday. The Oakland Police Officer's Association is taking\ndonations. Police officers in Alameda are already dealing with a number of issues, and this incident has\nfurther damaged whatever morale is left and they are really feeling demoralized. The service for the\nfallen Oakland officers will be attended by officers from across the country.\nMember Biggs has just returned from Nepal and distributed gifts to all.\nPresident Wasko spoke of the dilemma regarding the upcoming election. First 5 money benefits the\nAPC and AFL. If you vote Yes, you lose money in the community. If you vote No, you lose money in\nthe State and everyone suffers. Ballot information will be coming out shortly.\nMember James let the board know that in April, Peralta Students will be voting to create the\n\"Easypass\" program to self assess a fee. 2,000 have used it so far. AC Transit has raised their prices,\nso this savings is important to students.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-03-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-03-26", "page": 6, "text": "DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nSSHRB, Regular Meeting, March 26, 2009\nPage 6 of 6\nStaff reminded members to turn in their Form 700, and announced that May 7th is the annual Building\nFutures fundraiser. Staff will be meeting with Rev. Ouida Cooper regarding her plans for a Faith &\nCulture Fair.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None\n6. ADJOURNMENT: Motion and second to adjourn (James / Soglin) Unanimaous.\nRespectfully submitted,\nDRAFT UNTIL APPROVED\nJim Franz\nSecretary, Social Services Human Relations Board\nJF:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2009UJMarch09\\MinutesReg\nF: SSHRB\\2009\\Agendas Packets", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-03-26.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-04-23", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, April 23, 2009\n1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, President Wasko called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.\nPresent were Nielsen, Soglin, James, Biggs, Villareal, and Dailey. Staff: Franz, Wright.\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES\nBefore reviewing the minutes, President Wasko distributed copies of ATAHos \u00f5Pledge for a Hate Free\nAlameda\u00f6 as a reminder that we are routed in the kind of respectful communication and goodwill practices\nthat ATAH promotes. This is the first time in twelve years that the document has been shared with the\nBoard.\nPresident Wasko explained that the former SSHRB staff person had presented \u00f5court reporter\u00f6 minutes\u00f6\nthat were transcribed from the tapes by someone else in development, and that we were moving towards\n\u00f5Action Item\u00f6 minutes that also reflected relevant points of discussion during the meeting. Our Rules and\nProcedures have a process for members to have a statement recorded into the minutes. Workgroup\nProgress Reports had been used in the past to document discussion from both SSHRB and Workgroup\nmeetings. We will distribute copies of those and consider re-establishing this practice, which creates a\nhistory of each workgroup, to which everyone can refer. President Wasko cited the Dental Clinic as an\nexample of a project that could have been chronicled in this format.\nThe Revised minutes from the meeting on January 22, 2009 were reviewed and accepted with the deletion\nof the word \u00f5unanimous\u00f6 in item 3B.\nThe minutes from the meeting on March 26, 2009 meeting were reviewed. And accepted as revised with\nthe following changes.\nStaff member Franz explained that the welcoming of member Dailey to the Board had not been included in\nthe minutes. He also explained that a motion and second (Dailey / Biggs) that President Wasko, as Chair\nof the Family Services Workgroup, be appointed as SSHRB representative to the Alameda Collaborative\nfor Children, Youth, and their Families was Unanimously approved by the Board.\nThe following revisions were made in the Election of Officers item: eliminating \u00f5another\u00f6 in reference to\nVice-president Villarealos term and the elimination of President Wasko nominating herself for vice-\npresident.\nA statement by member Soglin explaining a request by ATAH was clarified to read \u00f5Member Soglin\nexplained that, at this time, the School district has no plans to host another community meeting (Public\nForum). He then explained that CARE (Community Alliance for Resources in Education) was planning to\nhold a strategy meeting, but since no Action Item was on the Agenda, SSHRB would not be able to\ndiscuss co-sponsoring that meeting\u00f6", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-04-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-04-23", "page": 2, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, April 23, 2009\nPage 2\n3-A. PRESENTATION OF ALAMEDA BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PROGRAMS -\nGEORGE PHILLPS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR and MARC MORALES, SITE\nDIRECTOR OF THE WEST ALAMEDA TEEN CLUB\nAt the City Councilos request and annually as part of the public review process, the Board reviews staff\u00f8s\nrecommendations for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for public services.\nDuring the discussion period that followed staff presentation on the recommendations at the March\nmeeting, board members expressed the desire to have more information regarding organizations receiving\nfunding. Member Biggs suggested that representatives from the organizations be invited to come to our\nmeetings to provide information and answer questions regarding their programs and services. This\npresentation is the first in a series that will be scheduled throughout the year, with the intention to have all\nfunded organizations make presentations before the next public hearing on housing and community\ndevelopment needs.\nGeorge Phillips introduced himself and explained that he, Marc Morales, and Boys and Girls Club Board\nMember, Chief Burny Mathews would be speaking on two topics, the first being Marc speaking on whatos\nhappening at the West Alameda Teen Club they\u00f8ve been operating for the past six years, and the second\nbeing Burny Matthews speaking on the Clubos plans for the future.\nMarc provided information on their programos hours of operation and stated that they are currently\nserving 151 youth (boys and girls) between the ages of 12 and 18. Programs include \u00f5Money Matters\u00f6\nwhich, among other things teaches students how to manage a checking account, and a Career Launch\nProgram that teaches them to write R\u00e9sum\u00e9os and helps them learn how to present themselves during a job\ninterview.\nOther program activities include:\nEight members participating in an Old Navy \u00f5Job Shadow \u00f5 program, spending a morning working\nalongside associates at the Old Navy store at Towne Centre.\nTwo Leadership Groups; a Torch Club for middle-school youth and a Keystone Club for high-school\nyouth.\nA Cooking and Nutrition camp\nA high-school basketball house-league, which had participation by 40 members.\nFlag football games\nA Technology Center, which includes job search opportunities, and a \u00f5skill set\u00f6 on-line program that\nteaches various computer programs.\nA weekly Arts & Crafts program\nAn Audio mixing and recording studio\nA free summer lunch program in partnership with AUSD that had 70 participants\nField trips to various sports events\nHosted four barbecues, a Halloween Party, a Thanksgiving Feast, four Arts & Crafts events, a Martin\nLuther King \u00f5Be \u00f5 event, and four events during National Boys & Girls Club Week.\nIn addition, Mark explained that the Club had met their CDBG SOW requirements.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-04-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-04-23", "page": 3, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, April 23, 2009\nPage 3\nChief Matthews provided details on the Clubos ten million dollar capital campaign to build a center that\nwill be a safe, clean place for youth at the Woodstock location in West Alameda. He explained that thirty-\nfour hundred youth live within a mile and a half of this location and that the project is in partnership with\nAUSD. The school will use the gymnasium during school hours. The facility will include a gym, teen club,\nprofessional kitchen, a computer lab, free office space for non-profits, a dental clinic, and a medical clinic.\nThey plan to break ground in the next several months. He invited the board to visit the site.\nPresident Wasko invited questions from the board.\nQ.\nIs current Center connecter to \u00f5School Loop\u00f6?\nA.\nNo. Issue is space, and itos hard to draw some youth to West End / Housing Project.\nQ.\nWhat is construction time-line? Do you need all of the funds raised before you start?\nA.\nThey have arranged for a construction loan to bridge the gap and hope to be open by the spring of\n2010.\nQ.\nYour old site has been closed for almost five years; other organizations in similar situations have\nput in portables. What do you see happening when you open?\nA.\nWe expect it to be a \u00f5youth magnet\u00f6, and a facility that will serve three thousand youth each year.\nQ.\nWhat is average daily attendance at current sites?\nA.\nTwelve to twenty at Esparanza and as high as forty or fifty at Chipman.\nMember James\u00f5Doors were not open when I stopped by on April 14th at 6:45-7:00. I helped youth\npresent create an obstacle course.\u00f6 \u00f5What types of outreach do you perform?\u00f6\nGeorge Phillips\n\u00f5I heard that you stopped by at 7:45, not 6:45\u00f6. \u00f5 We do outreach at Esperanza\nand Chipman\u00f6\nQ.\nDo you provide counseling?\nA.\nWe refer to AFS. Try to collaborate rather than re-invent the wheel.\nQ.\nWhat other programs will be offered? Will there be case-management?\nA.\nACLO Summer Program will move to new site in 2010. We are in conversation with AFS for\nthem to provide \u00f5private\u00f6 services.\nQ.\nDoes Torch Club know about upcoming Job fair?\nA.\nTorch Club is for middle-school students who are not yet \u00f5working-age\u00f6", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-04-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-04-23", "page": 4, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, April 23, 2009\nPage 4\nPresident Wasko thanked Boys & Girls Club representatives for coming to speak.\nWright: I hope you found this helpful. This is the beginning of an ongoing process and we will continue to\ninvite other organizations to come and speak\nMember Biggs: Yes, this was helpful and Iove learned some things tonight that I will take back to my\norganization.\nMember Villareal: This gives us a better understanding of the services provided by the organizations for\nwhich we recommend funding.\nWright: In addition to visiting the new Boys and Girls Club site we could also schedule visits to other\nprograms funded with CDBG.\n3-B. PRESENTATION (STAFF) ON THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE HOMELESS\nPREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING FUNDING, AND DETERMINE IF\nCONSISTENT WITH IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY NEEDS.\nWright explained that through the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)\nthe City of Alameda has been allocated $552,208, over three years, in Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-\nHousing Program (HPRP) funds.\nThis new infusion of funds creates a number of opportunities for Alameda including making $275,000\nCDBG Capital Project funds available to Boys and Girls Club because they are \u00f5shovel ready\u00f6.\nWe were notified on March 19 that we were granted $552,000 in HPRP funds through the Emergency\nShelter Grant (ESG) program. We usually receive this kind of funding through the County, instead of\ndirectly through the ESG program, but because of the infusion of funds, the city has met the threshold\nfor receiving this funding, which is based on the same formula used to determine the amount of our\nCDBG.\nWe have sixty days (until May 18) to come up with and submit a plan which will be an amendment to our\nfiscal 08/09 Action Plan, and we are supposed to coordinate at a countywide level The plan we are\ndeveloping will go to the City Council on May 5., and an item asking the Council to endorse the\nEveryoneHome Plan will also be on the May 5 agenda.\nThis funding is targeted towards the types of services that are not anything like the normal Shelter Grant\nprogram, including Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing, which is expected to be the way HUD\nfunds homeless services in the future. The purpose of the HPRP is to help persons affected by the current\neconomic crisis in two ways; one to provide homeless prevention assistance to persons who are currently\nhoused and number two, to rapid re-house persons who are currently homeless.\nEligible activities include:\nshort-term rental assistance (provides one to three months housing)", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-04-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-04-23", "page": 5, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, April 23, 2009\nPage 5\nmedium \u00f3term rental assistance (four to eighteen months)\nsecurity deposits and other move-in costs and utility payments.\nThe housing relocation and stabilization services that are eligible include outreach, case-management,\nhousing search and placement, legal services, mediation, tenancy preparedness, and credit repair.\nWe sat down with APC, AFS, ECHO, and the AHA, partners we work with to provide services in\nAlameda to prioritize, and we came up with key strategies. They are to focus on a goal of stable housing,\nand to work to maintain the housing for those that are most in need, and to create stable housing\nopportunities for those that are not stable. A second goal is to meet the HUD requirements, which are to\nget the money on the street very quickly. This means we need to have contracts with providers in place by\nSeptember 30. We will also coordinate with regional partners to take advantage of economies of scale\nwhen those opportunities are appropriate and available.\nA copy of the HUD required budget summary was distributed. The information is relatively sparse\ncompared to that normally requested.\nThe important thing to understand is that there are two service tracks for this funding; the homeless\nprevention and the rapid re-housing. Rapid re-housing is another way to implement transitional housing,\nWe will coordinate on a countywide basis to develop assessment tools and 2-1-1 will get an expansion\nopportunity.\nThis funding will hopefully give those in permanent supportive housing into Sect. 8 housing. If we can\nimplement this program, there is an additional $125,000 in Homes funds to supplement the program., and\nbroaden our service delivery\nPresident Wasko: Do we have flexibility in changing levels of allocation as we develop the programs.\nWright: Yes we do.\nMember Dailey: Are these funds competitive or is it guaranteed?\nWright: It is guaranteed. It is an entitlement, but we do have to submit a plan to HUD.\nPresident Wasko: In addition to utility assistance, can this money be used for food?\nWright: No, that is not an eligible expense.\nPresident Wasko: Itos great that with the adopting of the EveryoneHome Plan we are getting onboard\nwith the rest of the county.\nMember Biggs: Iove been in on some of the discussion and have worked with Terri and she deserves a\ngreat deal of credit for helping put this together. If we get the Sect. 8 piece in place we will be taking a\nnational lead in implementing a local continuum. We have seen an increasing demand for emergency\nstabilization payments, such as the need for utility assistance in the winter, when heating costs increase\nOne high utility bill can cause a family to be homeless. Using a local provider network that is already in\nplace will make it easier to implement case-management services.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-04-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-04-23", "page": 6, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, April 23, 2009\nPage 6\nWright: Yes, there is a requirement to use a (HMIS) homeless Management Information System data\ncollection and evaluation system that is mandated as part of this funding. Countywide $900,000 will go to\nthis system. Providers will need to implement assessment processes that go beyond identifying the\nimmediate need and go to the root cause of a householdos barriers to stability.\nMember Dailey requested a copy of the Everyone Home resolution being adopted by the council.\nA Motion, Amendment and Second (James/Biggs/Dailey) that the Board support the proposed plan,\nand that it believes it is consistent with what the Board believes to be priority social service and human\nrelations needs in the community, including short-term services to prevent people from becoming\nhomeless, and rapid re-housing. Unanimous\n3-C. ELECTION OF OFFICERS\nIt was M/S (James/Soglin) that President Wasko be re-elected and member Villareal be elected to\none-year terms as President and Vice President, respectively. Unanimous\n3-D. WORKGROUP PROGRESS REPORTS\nAlamedans Together Against Hate\nMember Villareal reported that ATAH has not met since the last meeting. He and member Soglin\nhave continued to be active in support of the Caring School Curriculum, but not as members of\nATAH. One of them will present the SSHRB letter of support for the curriculum at the AUSD\nboardos meeting, when public comment is heard on this matter.\nSome minor changes have been made to the curriculum, but not a major overhaul. Emails to AUSD\nmembers have been running about 50/50 for and against.\nThe workgroup is planning to participate in the 4th of July Parade and will ask that it be put on the\nMay agenda.\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup\nMember Nielsen reported that plans for the Dental Clinic are proceeding, with the MOU being\naround 95% completed. CDBG will provide $40,000 for this project, with an additional $27,000\nbeing provided from a separate, unrestricted City fund. The hope is that the project stays on its time-\nline and opens this September. She continues to represent SSHRB on the ACCYF Data Collection\nworkgroup.\nFamily Services Workgroup\nPresident Wasko reported that the family Services Workgroup is \u00f5currently under construction\u00f6\nSister City Workgroup\nPresident Wasko reported that the Sister City Workgroupps next meeting would be to finalize\nplans for a spin-off as a separate non-profit.\nResource-Sharing Workgroup", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-04-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-04-23", "page": 7, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, April 23, 2009\nPage 7\nMember Biggs reported that the Resource Sharing Workgroup would be meeting on April 30.\n4. BOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\nMember Biggs: Attended LWV Meet Your public Officials Night before coming to tonight\u00f8s meeting.\nThere is very minimal service on the 63 bus-line serving Alameda Point, and is an important resource for\nboth APC residents and Alameda Food bank Participants. A public process reviewing bus service is\ncoming up in May and the 63 route is in the cross hairs for being cut.\nMay 13 is the Annual APC Breakfast.\nMember James: Announced an Earth-day Event in East Oakland (he has flyers) and he is in a play.\nHe will be attending the Oakland Police Department Academy. He applied for the one in Alameda, but did\nnot receive a response.\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS None\n6.\nADJOURNMENT - M/S to adjourn (James/Villareal) Unanimous.\nRespectfully submitted,\nJim Franz\nSecretary, Social Services\nHuman\nRelations Board\nJF:sb\nG:SSHRB\\Packets\\2009\\April09\\MinutesReg\nF: SSHRB\\2009\\Agendas Packets", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-04-23.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-06-25", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, June 25, 2009\n1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, Vice-President Villareal called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.\nPresent were Nielsen, Soglin, James, Biggs, and Dailey. Absent was President Wasko.\nStaff: Franz\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of April 23, 2009 meeting were approved with recommended\nedits. M/S James / Dailey.\n3-A. LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALAMEDA FAMILY\nSERVICES\nSpeaker: Irene Kudarauskas, Executive Director of Alameda Family Services (AFS) explained that AFS\nhad the opportunity to apply for an Early Head Start grant and was requesting a letter of support from the\nboard. She explained that the expansion of childcare, particularly infant and toddler care is a critical need\nin the City of Alameda, and that the addition of Early Head Start services will increase the overall slots\navailable to infants and toddlers. She noted the program will provide continuous and coordinated care for\nchildren and families from pregnancy through five years of age and it will increase a family's access to\nneeded resources. By partnering with the infant/toddler/preschool programs of the Alameda Unified\nSchool District, it will strengthen the network of supports and services available to low-income families\nwith children from birth to five. This is the first time in ten years that a grant opportunity is available for\nthese services.\nNielsen:\nHow many families will be served?\nIK\nSeventy-two to Seventy-five families will be served.\nVillareal:\nWhat is size of grant?\nIK:\nWe have not yet determined how much we will apply for. The Grant is due July 7.\nBiggs:\nWhen will grant start?\nIK:\nFunding will start January, 2010.\nDailey:\nHow long is grant for?\nIK:\nThe grant is for two years.\nNielsen:\nAre services also available for developmentally disabled?\nIK:\nYes, if low-income and meet guidelines.\nM/S Dailey/Biggs for SSHRB to provide letter of support to accompany AFS Grant proposal.\nUnanimous. It was agreed that President Wasko and Member James would review draft letter provided\nby Ms. Kudarauskas and edit / revise as appropriate. (Final Letter Attached)\n3-B.\nPARTICIPATION IN THE MAYOR'S 4TH OF JULY PARADE\nSSHRB has traditionally participated in the Mayor's 4th of July Parade. At the May meeting of ATAH, it\nwas decided that a request to participate in this year's parade and request SSHRB funds to be allocated\nfor the entry. With the cancellation of the May meeting, plans continued to move forward to rent a flatbed\ntruck, decorate it, and have SSHRB members joined by others members from Alameda's diverse\ncommunity participate in the parade.\nAfter a brief discussion, decision was made to participate in the parade and to authorize up to $750 for the", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-06-25.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-06-25", "page": 2, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, June 25, 2009\nPage 2\nSSHRB parade entry. M/S (James/Soglin) and unanimous.\n3-C. WORKGROUP PROGRESS REPORTS\nAlamedans Together Against Hate Villareal\nAfter the AUSD Board's passing of the Caring School Curriculum, ATAH convened a meeting with\nrepresentatives from AUSD, CARE, and Alameda Clergy. Both conservative and liberal faith\nperspectives were represented. During the discussion, Rev. Caldwell explained Alameda's\nEvangelical congregations felt their views were \"not heard\" and that both ATAH and the City\nsupported liberal positions.\nPlans to hold Community Forums (Clergy, AUSD concerns, and Police Profiling) were discussed as\na\ntopic for a second meeting. ATAH members expressed the hope to look forward beyond just the\ncurriculum and work together to build a hate-free community.\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup Nielsen\nThe Dental Clinic is anticipated to open in September, and outreach will begin to identify and reach\nthose who qualify for treatment.\nA celebration of the 2nd Anniversary of Health-Is-Not-Just-Health-Care was held on June 5th.\nRepresentatives from the cities of San Leandro, San Lorenzo and Alameda were joined by\nSupervisor Lai-Bitker, her staff, and Dr. Iton. Future funding will target programs focusing on\nYouth resiliency. The Child and Youth Development Survey project is underway.\nFamily Services Workgroup (No Report)\nSister City Workgroup (As reported by Franz -staff)\nBy-Laws are being finalized to facilitate workgroup spin-off to a non-profit (Alameda Sister City\nAssociation).\nResource-Sharing Workgroup\nBiggs\nWorkgroup met in late April. Grant opportunities identified at the meeting had timing and\nmatching fund issues which prevented them from proceeding.\n4. BOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\nBiggs: A.C. Transit is restructuring their service to accommodate a 15% budget cut. Changes to the #63\nbusline n particular will have an adverse effect of service for APOC and other West End residents. People\non the island will have a difficult time accessing the Food Bank, and those on the West End will have\neasier access to Oakland than to Alameda Towne Centre.\nMember Soglin suggested a presentation from AC Transit to the Board in July. (Staff will try to arrange)", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-06-25.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-06-25", "page": 3, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, June 25, 2009\nPage 3\nMember Biggs announced there will be a Healthcare Hearing at Alameda Hospital on June 27th. .\nMember James announced National Night Out on August 4th, and the 5th year reunion of the closing of\nHarbor Island during the last week of August.\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS None\n6.\nADJOURNMENT - M/S to adjourn at 9:25 (James/Biggs) Unanimous.\nRespectfully submitted,\nJim Franz\nCommunity Development Coordinator", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-06-25.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-06-25", "page": 4, "text": "Sincerely,\nCynthia Wasko\nPresident\nSocial Service Human Relations Board\nCW:JF:sb", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-06-25.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-08-27", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, August 27, 2009\n1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, President Wasko called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m. Present\nwere Villareal, Nielsen, Soglin, Dailey, and James. Absent was Biggs. Staff: Franz\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of June 25, 2009 meeting were approved as presented.\nM/S Dailey/Soglin.\n3-A. PRESENTATION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE LAW CENTER SERVICES --\nCHERRI ALLISON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR \u00f3\nPresident Wasko explained that this item is on the agenda as an Action Item, with the intention of us\ntalking about how we would like to support efforts and activities in October for Domestic Violence\nAwareness Month, such as Alice Lai-Bitkeros Day of Remembrance event. Since our meeting occurs so\nlate in the month, she felt it best that we are able to approve participation in and sponsorship of activities\ntonight.\nSpeaker: As with most non-profits agencies, FVLC is currently experiencing extreme financial difficulties,\nincluding taking a $180,000 cut in funding. This is a 20% cut, and it has necessitated freezing 2 staff\npositions, having a furlough day, and a cut in staff benefits. Dealing with possible cuts in services is very\ndifficult for staff that does not want to refuse assistance to anyone asking for help.\nThis year, instead of having their traditional fundraising dinner, they are having a \u00f5Celebrating Families\nNight\u00f6 on October 30. They are inviting people to stay at home and talk about ways they can raise\nawareness around Domestic Violence issues. If someone gets ten or more people to come to their house,\nthe agency will arrange for someone to come to their house to make an in-person presentation on FVLCos\nservices.\nFVLC is hosting and participating in a number of events in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness\nMonth. As they have for the past 10 years, they will host a lead off activity at Frank Ogawa Plaza, at\nnoon, on October 1. Partner agencies will be on hand to provide information, as will participants in their\nyouth program. Both local and national DV information will be available. This year they are doing\nsomething different than in the past. They are now gathering sponsors for a campaign called What about\nJane\u00f6 (name may change). They already have a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. They\nwill be producing 1,500 T-Shirts that have \u00f5ASK JANE\u00f6 or \u00f5What About Jane?\u00f6 on the front. FVLC\nstaff, community and agency partners, and others will wear the T-shirts on the 1st and when attendees ask\nthe about Jane, they will tell the story of a Domestic Violence Victim. This will be a more personal way\nfor the stories to be told. Alameda and other communities are being invited to host local events using the\nT-Shirts to tell the stories. While the T-shirts will be provided at no cost, FVLC would welcome donations\nto help support this effort. Photos of the Oakland and local events would be placed on FVLCos website to\nhelp raise awareness and show the countywide support of their programs. A goal of the campaign is to\n\u00f5put a face\u00f6 on the victims and to \u00f5make it real\u00f6.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-08-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2009-08-27", "page": 2, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, August 27, 2009\nPage 2\nOver the past year, FVLC has seen statistics (number of DV incidents reported) are \u00f5going through the\nroof\u00f6, and the severity of violence is overwhelming.\nFVLC works with the City of Alameda Police Department and responds to all of their DV police\nReports. They call the victim and offer Crisis Counseling, are available to come on the scene. They\nhave assisted with motel vouchers while victims undergo then screening necessary to enter a DV\nshelter, but this funding is also being cut back.\nMembers asked questions related to services provided by FVLC.\nMs. Allison distributed a flyer and outlined the agencies services, which include:\nCrisis line assistance, referrals, information and advice.\nLegal assistance obtaining restraining orders, dealing with child custody, visitation and spousal\nsupport. Also an \u00f5in Court\u00f6 assistance project support by a lawyer from Clorox.\nCase-management services for 6 months to 1 year.\nA weekly presence at Alameda Hospital that includes counseling and access to their other services.\nSupport services for CalWORKS clients, advocacy, support groups for abused women, teen violence\nprevention education, and the ONERT program.\nThe ONERT (Overnight Emergency Response Team) program provides overnight and weekend\nsupport to domestic violence victims in Alameda County.\n24-hour telephone crisis counseling, including safety planning\nCoordination with collaborative shelters to facilitate immediate shelter placement when\npossible\nTransportation to shelters, local motels, or other safe locations\nMotel and food vouchers when necessary\nPolice-assisted relocation where available\nNext day follow-up to facilitate shelter placement or relocation\nSix-month follow-up to track client progress toward attaining self-sufficiency\nMember Villareal asked if, given the downturn in the economy, there has been any increase in DV\nincidents.\nSpeaker: They have documented a 28% increase, but people are coming in so fast, itos been hard to\nkeep up with. The violence has been more extreme and there have been more incidents of murder. One\nmurder victim still had a tattered FVLC advocateds card with her when she was discovered. Itos\ndifficult, because they have no happy stories. Victims that recover and \u00f5get over it\u00f6 donot check in.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-08-27.pdf"}