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SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard | 2006-10-26 | 1 | Social Service Human Relations Board Minutes of the Regular Meeting, Friday, October 26, 2006 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL - The meeting was called to order at 7:38 p.m. Present: Acting President Wasko, Members Hollinger-Jackson Chen, Villareal, Bonta, Franz, and Nielsen. Staff: Beaver and Jones. The new Board members, Henry Villareal and Cathy Nielsen, were introduced and all members briefly recapped their background and experience. Villareal stated he is the Dean of Enrollment at the College of San Mateo and moved from San Francisco to Alameda 2- 1/2 years ago. Nielsen stated she was intrigued by an ad in the paper regarding the Needs Assessment and decided to apply, and that her background in in social services case management, special education and career education. Bonta noted he has been on the Board for three years, the last year serving as President, that he is leaving the SSHRB to join the Economic Development Commission and that he works in the San Francisco City Attorney's office. Wasko noted that she has been involved in the work of the Board (Smart Healthy Babies) since 1999 and joined the Board when Ed Dankworth resigned and that she runs the Alameda Family Literacy program at Longfellow School. Chen stated this is his second term on the Board, he chairs the Sister City workgroup, is a chiropractor in private practice, and has 2 children in Alameda schools. Hollinger-Jackson stated she has a private psychotherapy practice, has been on the Board for a year and is a 23-year resident of Alameda. Franz stated he has lived in Alameda for 25 years, has worked for the Red Cross for 16 years, is now the Bay Area Director of Social Services, has served on the Board twice for a total of 11 years, and that the Board has gotten stronger and stronger. Bonta noted Jonathan Soglin, a Board applicant, is in the audience. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - A Motion/Second (Franz/Chen) to adopt the minutes of the September 21, 2006 Regular Meeting as amended was approved 4/0. 3-A. APPROVAL OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT Assessment and Awareness Workgroup Chair Franz reported on the history, process, findings and next steps for the report. He stated that the Board completes a Needs Assessment once every 5 years and that this is the third document the Board has produced. Like the census, it is a snapshot in time, but the Board hopes to make it a living document by revisiting the information and conclusions periodically. He mentioned the labor-intensive process involved in writing and disseminating the survey, obtaining and compiling the results and then writing the report. Community-based organizations were instrumental and a very big help in our accomplishment. He further thanked the members of the Board and City DSD staff who were involved. The Needs Assessment will be presented to the City Council by way of an off-agenda from the Board, at the Alameda Services Collaborative meeting on November 8, 2006 and by posting on the City's website. The AAWG will meet to discuss additional roll out of the final report, including final format and distribution steps to make it available to the public. Wasko noted several typos and asked if adoption would preclude correcting those. Staff stated as long as they are not substantive (which they are not) the report could be approved. Nielsen said she has some additional ideas about implementation strategies but thinks the workgroup could look at those following adoption tonight. | SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2006-10-26.pdf |