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SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard | 2008-12-03 | 1 | Social Service Human Relations Board Minutes of the Special Meeting, Wednesday, December 3, 2008 1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: President Wasko called the meeting to order at 5:40 p.m. Present were Members Nielsen, Villareal, Soglin, James and Biggs. Staff present were Wright and Jones. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from June 26, 2008 were approved (M/S James, Soglin) and unanimous with Biggs abstained. The minutes for October 23, 2008 were edited and approved (M/S Villareal, Nielsen) and unanimous with Biggs abstained. 3-A. RESOLUTION HONORING STEWART CHEN FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE BOARD - President Wasko read the Resolution for Stewart even though he was unable to attend the meeting. (M/S James, Soglin) to accept the Resolution and unanimous. The Board welcomed Doug Biggs who provided a brief introduction. 3-B. COMMENTS REGARDING NEEDS RELATED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PUBLIC SERVICES FUNDING AND FORMULATION OF FY2009-2010 PUBLIC SERVICES NEEDS STATEMENT - Staff Wright presented the Board with a PowerPoint overview of the CDBG Needs process, and then took questions. Wasko - Is there funding left over to be reallocated or are we continuing grants that are already funded? Wright - There are no extra funds available, all grant funds for this year have been allocated. We only have estimates for next year, and are anticipating similar grant levels for the 2nd year of funding. After reviewing first quarter performance reports, subgrantees are meeting performance goals. Although the newer programs have had somewhat of a slow start, we anticipate that all subgrantees will be eligible for funding next. year. Monitoring visits were scheduled for January, but given the loss of Melissa, we will have to delay them until new staff is on board. Wasko - Do we need to include language regarding what if there is not enough funding? Wright - In the past nominal across the board cuts have been sufficient. While we are not anticipating a reduction in our entitlement, it may be prudent to acknowledge the economic crisis we are facing.. We'll have to look at what makes sense. The language regarding dollar amounts would be addressed during the allocation Nielsen - What other data can be considered other than public input? Wright - The needs assessment by this Board is a good example, and the homeless survey associated with the North Housing parcel is another example. Villareal - Can you remind us of how program income is generated? Wright -The Residential Rehabilitation program provide loans to low-income homeowners and homeowners wanting to provide residence to low-income tenants. The loans generate receivables. There are approximately $3million in outstanding loans, but with the economy we have no way of knowing what will happen if repayments will diminish. Biggs - The community development priorities are local and the consolidated priorities are broader? Wright - That is correct. Biggs - Are the individual number served provided duplicated at all? | SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-12-03.pdf |