{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2011-12-01", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MEETING MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA HISTORICAL ADVISORY BOARD\nTHURSDAY, December 1, 2011\n1.\nCONVENE:\n7:00 p.m.\n2.\nROLL CALL:\nPresent: Chair Owens, Vice-Chair Rauk, Board Members\nHoffman, Jasper, and Lynch\nAbsent: None\n3.\nMINUTES:\nMeeting of October 6, 2011\nBoard member Jasper moved, seconded by Board member Lynch, to approve the meeting.\nMotion passes 4-0. (Vice-Chair Rauk abstained)\n4.\nAGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSIONS: None\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None.\n6.\nWRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: None.\n7.\nREGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:\n7-A Certificate of Approval - PLN11-0272 - 1518 Park Street - Italo Calpestri. The\napplicant requests a Certificate of Approval to reconfigure the storefront of a\ncontributor in the Park Street Historic Commercial District and remove the recessed\ncorner entry and square off the building with removable window panels on both\nfacades.\nApplicant requests a continuance to the January 5, 2012 Meeting.\n7-B\nProposed Designation of New City Monument.-PLN11-0343 - 1240 St. Charles\nStreet - Jeannie Graham. The property owner has submitted a designation\nproposal for the subject property, prepared by Woody Minor.\nMargaret Kavanaugh-Lynch, Planning Services Manager, gave a brief introduction of the\nproject.\nApproved Meeting Minutes 12/1/2011\nPage 1 of 6\nHistorical Advisory Board", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2011-12-01.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2011-12-01", "page": 2, "text": "Jeannie Graham spoke on the history of her home and the decision to request that the\nhome at 1240 St Charles Street be designated a historic monument\nWoody Minor gave a presentation and slideshow of the home.\nBoard Member Lynch thanked Mr. Minor for his presentation, and noted she believed that\nthis home is eligible for to National Landmark Standards.\nBoard Member Lynch stated that the architect should be included if in the resolution is\nstating architectural significance.\nChair Owens asked if there was a period of historic significance.\nMr. Minor stated yes 1897 when it was built to 1944 when the Bruton's left.\nRecommend to the City Council as the thirtieth monument, to adopt a resolution with the\naddition of Fred P Fischer as the architect and the period of significance to be 1897 to\n1944. Motion By Board member Lynch seconded by Board member Hoffman. Motion\npasses 5-0.\n7-C\nCertificate of Approval - PLN11-0340 - 1234 Hawthorne Street - Patricia &\nAlexander Bernstein. The applicant is requesting a Certificate of Approval to allow\nremoval of one Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia). According to a Certified Arborist\nReport, the approximately 30-foot high, 25.7-inch diameter tree, located in the front\nleft side of the property is in poor health with extensive decay.\nMargaret Kavanaugh-Lynch, Planning Services Manager gave a brief report.\nBoard member Hoffman noted he visited the property and agreed the tree was diseased,\nand removal should be approved.\nChair Owens expressed that the disposal of the diseased tree should comply with the\nrecommendations of a ASA Certified Arborist.\nMotion by Board member Hoffman to approve the removal of the tree as stated in the\nresolution with the addition that the tree should be disposed of as recommended by a ASA\nCertified Arborist. Seconded by Board member Rauk. Motion passes 5-0.\n7-D\nCertificate of Approval - Alteration of a City Monument - PLN11-0346 - 500\nCentral Avenue - Dominic Chan Nguyen. Applicant is requesting to alter the restoration\nplan. The modifications include: 1. Relocate three windows at right side of building to\npossible original location, 2. Replace wood siding on three elevations with wood siding\npotentially using a different width and style.\nApproved Meeting Minutes 12/1/2011\nPage 2 of 6\nHistorical Advisory Board", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2011-12-01.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2011-12-01", "page": 3, "text": "Staff member Kavanaugh-Lynch clarified that the subject property was not a City\nMonument, but the decision to hold the restoration to that standard was made in 2005. She\npresented a brief staff report.\nMembers of the Board asked clarifying questions of the staff.\nAnthony Pham - applicant for 500 Central gave some clarifications on the building\nrestoration.\nMembers of the Board questioned the applicant on the proposed modifications and the\ndifficulty the applicant has experienced in finding appropriate materials.\nBoard member Hoffman suggested that a subcommittee be created.\nChristopher Buckley spoke in opposition of the proposed changes.\nKevin Frederick spoke in opposition of the proposed changes.\nBoard member Jasper and Hoffman agreed to be on the subcommittee,\nThe applicant agreed to work with the subcommittee.\nMotion by Board Member Lynch to create a subcommittee with Board Members Hoffman\nand Jasper and continue this to the January 2012 meeting. Second by Board Member\nJasper. Motion passes 5-0\nMotion by Board Member Rauk to continue item to 7-A to the January meeting second by\nBoard Member Lynch. Motion carries 5-0\n7-E\nHistoric Preservation Policy Document - City Wide. A new draft document has\nbeen prepared for public review by a subcommittee of the Historic Advisory Board.\nThis is the first meeting before the full Board and an overview will be presented. No\naction will be taken at this meeting.\nStaff Member Kavanaugh Lynch gave a presentation on the Preservation Policy Document.\nBoard member Lynch clarified the difference between Historic Signs and other City\nMonuments.\nChair Owens noted some changes were left out of the last version of draft code, including\nthe differentiation of interior VS. exterior purview of HAB on Monuments, and clarification of\npenalties.\nApproved Meeting Minutes 12/1/2011\nPage 3 of 6\nHistorical Advisory Board", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2011-12-01.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2011-12-01", "page": 4, "text": "Board member Rauk and Hoffman both voiced concerns on the change from pre-1942 to\nall buildings over the age of 50 years being considered for demolition control. They both\nnoted that it could be a deterrent to residents complying with city standards when working\non their homes. Chair Owen noted the ordinance could reflect the period of significance,\nwhich is likely 1942. He also noted that the issue is demolition not alteration control.\nBoard member Hoffman thinks that Alameda Point should be given special consideration.\nHe supports purview over the exterior of buildings, only.\nChair Owens noted he would suggest the addition of massing and form to the definition of\nintegrity as surface material can be restored and/or removed. He also supported that post\nApproved Meeting Minutes 12/1/2011\nPage 4 of 6\nHistorical Advisory Board", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2011-12-01.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2011-12-01", "page": 5, "text": "1942 properties considered for demolition could then be added to the study list. Also,\naccessory buildings issue are also challenging to resolve, the need to save water towers\nand carriage houses, but not other utility buildings that are not worthy of preservation. He\nalso noted that the interior alteration purview issue was mostly in error. However, he is\nopen to allow owners to voluntarily allow interior purview if the Board felt that it was\nwarranted.\nBoard member Hoffman and Rauk support that the owner should have to support interior\npurview.\nBoard member Lynch was ambivalent towards interior purview, but would believe that\nsome persons would find the interior purview an honor.\nMs. Kavanaugh-Lynch noted that landmark status, including items of significance would\nrun with the land, not with the individual property owner.\nBoard members discussed items noted by the AAPS presentation, including;\na. Relocation of structures on and off of lots and/or on other places in the lot.\nb. Findings should be added for actions of the Board.\nC. Offer Building Official the ability to allow a limited emergent demolition as part of the\npolicy discussion.\nd. Consider the Historic Preservation Permit - zoning and potential conflict between\npurview of the Planning Board. Could add findings to allow certain examples where\na restoration of a monument would be allowed to exceed development standards.\ne. Trees. Board noted that trees that are noted in the municipal code are protected,\nhowever not clear as to which Board would be best for this work or if it could be\ndone by staff.\nThere was also some discussion that the document should be reviewed by the State\nHistoric Preservation Office early in the process.\nThis discussion item was continued by the Board members to the February meeting.\n7-F\n2012 Historical Advisory Board Meeting Schedule - The Historical Advisory\nBoard will consider and approve the Historical Advisory Board meeting schedule for\n2012.\nMotion by Chair member Owen to approve item to 7-F second by board member Lynch.\nMotion carries 5-0.\n8.\nBOARD COMMUNICATIONS/ STAFF COMMUNICATIONS:\nApproved Meeting Minutes 12/1/2011\nPage 5 of 6\nHistorical Advisory Board", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2011-12-01.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2011-12-01", "page": 6, "text": "Staff announced that 1600 Park Street would be holding a temporary ice rink during the\nholiday season.\nStaff also noted that a demolition permit has been submitted to the city for the buildings on\nthe 1600 and 1608 Park Street. Building records indicate that the oldest structure on site\nwas built in 1942, therefore the permit is ministerial. However, any new information would\nas to the date of construction should be forwarded to staff.\nNavy 106 Report for Alameda Point was released and should be sent to the libraries and\ncd's are be available.\n10. ADJOURNMENT:\nMotion by Board member Raulk to adjourn second by Board Member Hoffman. Motion\ncarries 5-0.\nApproved Meeting Minutes 12/1/2011\nPage 6 of 6\nHistorical Advisory Board", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2011-12-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2011-12-01", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, December 1, 2011\n1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL President Wasko called the meeting to order\nAt 7:30 p.m. Present were: members Biggs, Dailey, and Nielsen. (Members Holder and James joined\nthe meeting at 7:35) Absent was: Vice-President Villareal\n2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES\nThe minutes of the September 22, 2011 Regular Meeting were approved as presented.\nMotion / Second: Biggs/Dailey Unanimous\n3.\nAGENDA ITEMS\n3-A.\nCOMMENTS REGARDING NEEDS RELATED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT\nBLOCK GRANT PUBLIC SERVICES FUNDING TO FORMULATE FY 2012/13 PUBLIC\nSERVICES NEEDS STATEMENT AND HEARING ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT\nBLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FY 2011-12 REPROGRAMMING OF PROGRAM INCOME FUNDS\nFOR PUBLIC SERVICES\nClaudia Young - -Community Development Program Manager for the City of Alameda presented a\nPower Point explain the CDBG process, timeline, funding levels over the past six years, and how the\nFY 11-12 funds were spread across services. (Power Point Presentation attached). She explained that the\nexpectation is that there will be a 6% to 10% reduction in funding compared to last year and that only\n15% of that can be used for Public Services. In crafting the budget, City Staff will plan conservatively\nand use the 10% reduction. There is an expectation that program Income will also be less for next year.\nEstimated funds available for Public services are $175,000 or about $49,000 less than last year.\nHopefully the reduction will be less than the 10%. This funding will be for a FY starting July 1, 2012.\nMs. Young was not aware of any plans to increase the Public Services cap beyond 15%. The final slides\nin the presentation showed the priority needs listed in our letter to the council last year.\nPublic Comment:\nShannon Ellis, ED -- Family Violence Law Center\nMs. Ellis introduced herself as the new ED of FVLC, and thanked the Board for \"keeping Domestic\nViolence in the mix\". She explained that FVLC sees Domestic Violence as a core cause of many\nother areas of need in the community, such as unemployment, services for youth, and homelessness.\nIn this respect, Domestic Violence programs are a vital component of Safety-Net Services.\nKathleen Seabolt, West Alameda Community Programs Director - Alternatives In Action:\nMs. Seabolt offered to provide a summary of her presentation and those made by The Alternatives\nin Action teens, Becca Alturk (grade 11), Edgar Alvarado (grade 10) and Dee McWilliams (grade\n12), who accompanied her.\nFounded in 1994, Alternatives in Action engages youth to express their leadership potential and\nprepares them for college, career and community life through dynamic educational, skill-building\nand real world experiences.\nWith funding from CDBG, last year we supported 140 youth attending schools in Alameda to\nimprove their college & career readiness through our after school & summer workforce", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2011-12-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2011-12-01", "page": 2, "text": "development programs focused on Multimedia, Child Development, Health & Human Services, and\nLegal Studies West End Alameda students attending Encinal, ACLC, Alternatives in Action's\nBASE, [and list others] have benefited from participating in our career prep programs, paid &\nunpaid internships, and college & career guidance and workshops.\nYouth founded Home Sweet Home preschool in 1998, and today it serves 42 children and families\nwith licensed daycare. Currently, 31 youth interns receive professional career training in Early Care\nand Education. Home Sweet Home interns partner with Head Start to support children and families\nin the Alameda community. Edgar has more than 100 hours direct service with children through\nHome Sweet Home preschool. He attended a four day professional development conference\nthrough NAREA which networked him internationally with Early Childhood educators - Edgar\nbrought his learning back to Home Sweet Home and has shared it with children, youth and families\nin his work as a student intern.\nMedia studies provide over 60 youth a year with technical training in video production and sound\nengineering. Project Youth View is the premiere Alameda event identified with this project group,\nimpacting over 500 people annually and offering youth the opportunity to share their stories and\nviewpoints through the Art of filmmaking. Current partners include HBO and the Bay Area Video\nCoalition. Dee has a strong career interest in event production, and has applied his technical training\nto attain a paid job in this field, where he was recently promoted as manager. Dee represented\nAlternatives in Action at the Comcast Youth Tech Summit in Sept 2011, sharing the stage with the\nmayor of San Francisco as issues and concerns around youth social networking were highlighted.\nAlternatives in Action's Legal Studies project group provides over 40 teens a year with legal training\nand partners with McCullum Youth Court to provide a restorative justice opportunity for teens who\ntake responsibility for their actions to make appropriate restitution through community service.\nBecca has partnered with both the Legal Studies program and Home Sweet Home, driven by her\nstrong interest in support of children and families; she is researching best college programs for\nfamily counseling and has her eye on University of Chicago.\nThrough our work with Alternatives in Action, we understand and have identified that access to\ntransportation, especially affordable youth access to enable their ability to independently travel to\njobs and internships; and affordable, full day childcare for working and return-to-work parents are\ntwo significant needs of the Alameda community.\nLiz Varela, ED - Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC):\nMs. Varela thanked the City and the Community for being a great partner to Midway for the 25+\nyears it has operated in Alameda. She explained that1/2 of BFWC's programming is in the City of\nAlameda, and includes their operation of Midway Shelter, Bessie Coleman Court on Alameda Point,\nand other DV services. She expressed the concern that, with reduced funding from CDBG and other\nDV and Shelter programs, combined with the elimination of HAP funds, agencies like BFWC will\nreach the \"tipping point\" This is a point where programs and services can no longer be trimmed\ndown any more and agencies face the possibility of needing to close.\nIt forces an agency like BFWC that operates three Shelters and the Housing at Bessie Coleman\nCourt to look at making some incredibly difficult decisions.\nBFWC has also provided the case-management for the Homeless Prevention - Rapid re housing\nProgram (HPRP) at the Mid-County Hub for the past two years. This has been made possible by\nStimulus Funding, which is scheduled to go away in six months. Over the past two years, the\nprogram has provided $500,000 in rental assistance to families-in-need in Alameda County.\n(She has offered to put together a presentation for the board regarding HPRP)", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2011-12-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2011-12-01", "page": 3, "text": "Hank Leeper, ED - Alameda Food Bank:\nMr. Leeper explained that he is the new Ed of the Food Bank, has been on the job for seven months,\nand volunteered at the Food Bank before applying for the position. The AFB is expecting a 7 to10%\nincrease in their client base this year, unlike the 24% increase a few year's back, but their families\nserved is at an all-time high. They noticed a bump in July, as those who lost their Unemployment\nBenefits came in for assistance. They continue to see new families every day. He noted that this was\nhis first Public Needs Hearing and expressed appreciation as to how the funds benefited so many\nprograms, and what a great value the programs brought to the community. He also thanked the City\nand the Board for their continued support of the Food Bank.\nGeorge Phillps, ED - Alameda Boys and Girls Club\nGeorge echoed Mr. Leeper's comments, adding \"When I hear the stories from other agencies, it's\nhard to ask for more money.\" He said that, with the opening of the new Club, the West End Teen\nCenter numbers have grown quickly. Membership is now at 600, with 125 to 140 youth\nparticipating daily. Over the years, he has seen his CDBG funding drop from around $35,000 to\n$15,000, and he may be losing a $40,000 grant from the Alameda Housing Authority.\nHis clientele has changed, and they' re no longer just from Public Housing. He's just added 25 youth\nwho now pay $50 a year B&G Club membership as opposed to the much higher cost of ARPD's\nRAP program. He's hoping to find ways to encourage more parents to devote time to the club.\nA Blight Busters grant will allow the club to create a community Garden in a space that formerly\nhad outdated portables. The Club also hosts Girls Inc's Teen \"Zine, and AFS and Island High\nprograms.\nPresident Wasko thanked the Agency Directors and Students Representatives who made their\npresentations. The board was especially impressed by the stories of the AIA student presenters:\nBecca, Edgar, and Dee\nBoard Discussion:\nA discussion regarding the greater utilization of corporate and community volunteers included a\nsuggestion to have an Executive from a corporation, such as Abbott, speak at a Council meeting\nexplaining their employees volunteering in the community, how they see the importance of our service\nproviders, and the need for other sources of funding for these programs. Ways to seek financial support\nfrom our business community, especially Alameda's larger corporations, should be explored.\nSuggestions were made to encourage the Council to explore other funding sources to help meet the\nincreased need and replace the shrinking CDBG funds, and other traditional funding sources.\nA request was made to have CDBG staff make a presentation regarding ways that safety net services\nmight benefit from CDBG funding beyond the 15% Public Services dollars. The Board should have a\nworking group meeting to discuss options.\nThe CDBG funding process should allow us to see how many people are being served by a Grant\n($10,000 for example), so we can make a direct correlation to numbers served per dollars spent.\nWe can then say, \"If another $XXX is given to this program, XXX more people can be served.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2011-12-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2011-12-01", "page": 4, "text": "We must encourage more service providers to attend the City Council Community Needs meeting and\nalso bring their clients / residents / students. Hearing the presentations of the AIA youth is an example\nof how compelling that can be.\nIt was decided that, while the four priority needs categories should stay the same, our letter should\ndemonstrate a heightened urgency, as agencies are approaching a critical breaking point of needing to\nconsider eliminating programs because they can no longer simply be cut back. The Council needs to\nhear that agencies \"just can't get by\" anymore, and that more funds must be identified.\nYouth was added to item three as an additional target population and \"such as\" was deleted from item\n#2. The letter should also be updated chronologically. Finally, the letter should state that the Board will\npresent additional information at the February 21st Council meeting, after analyzing the 2012\nCommunity Needs Assessment Survey data.\nMotion to amend the 2011 Needs Statement to include changes named above, with president Wasko\nworking with staff to finalize the letter. President Wasko will present the letter and 2012 Survey\nfindings at the February 21st meeting. (Speakers were encouraged to come to the meeting with their\nconstituencies)\nM/S Nielsen/Dailey Unanimous\n3-A. Cont' FY 2011-12 REPROGRAMMING OF PROGRAM INCOME FUNDS FOR PUBLIC\nSERVICES (Chart showing Reprogramming formula Below)\nClaudia Young then presented the staff recommendation for reprogramming funds, explaining that this\nformula would restore the grants for these three agencies to approximately their 2010 levels.\nThese three agencies also received significant (30%) cuts in their 2011 FEMA Emergency Food and\nshelter Grant funding. Ms. Young explained that FVLC had submitted a $20,000 technical assistance\ngrants which was not funded, and stated that staff was asking the Board to consider convening a meeting\nof DV services stakeholders for the purpose of bringing back the DV Taskforce.\nSpeaker: Shannon Ellis, ED -- Family Violence Law Center, explained that if the $20,000 request\nwould have come out of Public services dollars, FVLC would not have made the request. She also\nstated that the purpose of the request was to do a comprehensive study as to the DV needs and services\navailable in Alameda.\nMember Biggs stated that, if more funds had been available, he would have recommended additional\nfunding also be given to the Boys and Girls Club, based on their increased numbers served,\nAfter a brief discussion there was a motion to support the amendment to the FY11-12 Action Plan re-\nprogramming $11,816 in program income for the Alameda Food Bank, Building Futures Midway\nShelter and the Family Violence Law Center, and send a letter to the City Council stating SO.\nM/S Dailey / James", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2011-12-01.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2011-12-01", "page": 5, "text": "2011\nFINAL\n2010\nCDBG\nCDBG\nCDBG\nCDBG\nOrganization\nActivity\nInitial\nAllocation\nFunded\nIncrease\nFunded\nafter\nAmount\nAmount\nreduction\nAlameda\nAlameda Food\nFood Bank\n$ 33,000\n$ 29,339\n$ 3,899\n$ 33,238\nBank\noperating\ncosts\nBuilding Futures\nWith Women and\nMidway\n$ 50,000\n$ 44,452\n$ 5,908\n$ 50,360\nShelter\nChildren\nFamily\nFamily Violence\nViolence\nLaw Center\n$ 17,300\n$ 15,382\n$ 2,009\n$ 17,391\nPrevention\n(FVLC)\nServices\nTotal\n$ 11,816\n$ 83,598\n3-B. WORKGROUP PROGRESS REPORTS\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup - Nielsen\nMember Nielsen announced that the survey would be launched in a few days, and also acknowledged\nMs. Young's request for the board to convene a DV Taskforce meeting, stating she saw this being\nrelevant to both ATAH and the A&AWG.\nAlamedans Together Against Hate Workgroup - Villareal\nMember Holder said that ATAH and the AMCCC are working together to present three NIOT\nscreenings, and, with other partners, produce a 2012 Harvey Milk day event.\n4. BOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\nMember James let us know this was his last meeting on the Board, and expressed his appreciation for\nbeing able to work with us over the past four years.\nAll members and staff acknowledged Member James' value and unique contributions to the board. We\nwish him well and he will be missed.\n6. ADJOURNMENT\nMotion to adjourn M/S James / Dailey Unanimous\nMeeting adjourned at 9:50\nRespectfully Submitted: Jim Franz - Secretary\n2011\\MINUTES December 2011.doc", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2011-12-01.pdf"}