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SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard | 2008-04-01 | 8 | Special Minutes of the SSHRB, April 1, 2008 Meeting Page 8 color get ahead, earn college credit, and help them focus on the future. I'm a very strong advocate for education. We need to help the underprivileged youth not getting their fair share with the processes that currently exist. Chen - I'd be more comfortable with James' comments about the Alameda Boys and Girls Club if there was a representative from the agency here. Wright - This meeting was rescheduled. Alameda Boys and Girls Club staff typically try to be present, but there is a Council meeting tonight and that is where they are. Wasko - There is also a concern that agencies that traditionally have received funding are relying on funding because they were funded in the past. Chen - So, should we accept staff recommendations or reject staff recommendation? Wright - The Board is not able to "reject' staff's recommendations, you may agree or disagree. The Board's scope is to provide input, assess if funding levels are reasonable, and if activities are consistent with priority needs. Wasko - Your currently spending $36,500 between the 2 youth development programs. Could we just split it down the middle? So, Boys and Girls Club is losing $2,000 and AIA is gaining $2,000. Wright - -That's a possibility. It's too bad that George Phillips isn't here to let us know if he could make it work with the reduced funding. For the most part the Board and City Council has supported what the staff recommends. I do have a little concern that Chen - I' 'm very uncomfortable with this. The Alameda Boys and Girls Club description says the organization is an afterschool educational service. We aren't giving them the benefit of the doubt here. I'm uncomfortable with changing the staff recommendation without at least giving the Boys and Girls Club an opportunity to respond. Wright - I'm willing to agree to have a conversation with the Alameda Boys and Girls Club regarding a reduction in their funding. Wasko - We hope all who have requested funds know how competitive it was. Staff should share the scores. Maybe this as a wake-up call to those agencies that are continually funded that this is a highly competitive process. Thank you to Franz in requesting less funding than in the past. If not for him, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Wasko - Are we as a Board prepared to move forward with making a statement? Motion to fund both youth programs equally at $18,250, accept other funding recommendations as written, and to apply any additional funding to either the Red Cross rental assistance program, BANANAS child care voucher program, or some combination of the two. Staff will draft letter regarding recommendations. Wasko will review and approve. Wasko and Villareal will represent the Board at City Council meeting on April 15th. (M/S James, Chen) and unanimous. | SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-01.pdf |