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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-09-12 | 2 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday September 12, 2018 6:30 p.m. a lot of work. It will never meet the conditions required for the City to take over it, it's not built the right way, but we think there's some work that could be done on improving the sidewalks, and improving the paving. We also think and I've already had some initial discussions that it'll be a fairly compelling project for the State in doing one bit of road that's going to support both an East Bay Regional Parks site and a large medical program for the homeless and there's already some interest from the State in supporting that. I'll also point out that, if you're familiar with the area, that's where the market is and Neptune Cafe, there's a little square building behind a fence down there, that's the pump station that serves both our site and Crab Cove. It doesn't serve any of the residents down there but it serves those two facilities. We now own that pump station or we will once the lease is signed, so we'll be responsible for that. Commissioner Jennifer Roloff: What's a pump station? Doug Biggs: It pumps the sewage up to the top just because there's that steep climb up there. And staff has already told me that's where my office is going to be. [Laughter] But I don't know. Commissioner Arnold Brillinger: Now, you were talking about Building 1, do you have any other ideas on what the other buildings would be used for? Doug Biggs: So building two, the twos, 2A, B, C and D, will be the buildings for our senior housing and that will contain 90 units. Building one will be the health center and the medical respite and the building twos will be senior housing. It'll have the individual units, it'll have a dining room. Probably kitchen facility, recreation space. So you can see here we'll also add on a community garden, a multipurpose terrace for people to have kind of an indoor/outdoor living area here. Chair Elizabeth Kenny: Alright, Commissioner Roloff. Commissioner Jennifer Roloff: First of all, thank you, and thanks for all you do on the Point. I know it's so important to our community. I have a couple of tactical questions and then some bigger picture questions. And I'm suffering from a cold, so forgive me. So with this program, what's the definition of homelessness? Doug Biggs: So the definition of homeless is a literal definition defined by HUD in that they are literally homeless, and living in a place that's unfit for human habitation or in some type of emergency or transitional shelter. So it's people living in their cars, under the freeways, in a tent encampment or in an emergency shelter or transitional housing. Commissioner Jennifer Roloff: Okay. Doug Biggs: That's limiting to some extent. And that's also why we want to set up this Resource Center as a very independent separate little space there because it doesn't include people who are doubling up, which we see a lot of in Alameda; it doesn't include people who are living in somebody's garage. The HUD definition doesn't count those as homeless. Commissioner Jennifer Roloff: Oh right, okay. And then, of all of the programs is the Resource Center, the only one that has a walk-in option? So, the rest you're referred there? 09/12/18 Page 2 of 16 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-09-12.pdf |