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SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard | 2009-04-23 | 3 | Social Service Human Relations Board Minutes of the Regular Meeting, April 23, 2009 Page 3 Chief Matthews provided details on the Clubos ten million dollar capital campaign to build a center that will be a safe, clean place for youth at the Woodstock location in West Alameda. He explained that thirty- four hundred youth live within a mile and a half of this location and that the project is in partnership with AUSD. The school will use the gymnasium during school hours. The facility will include a gym, teen club, professional kitchen, a computer lab, free office space for non-profits, a dental clinic, and a medical clinic. They plan to break ground in the next several months. He invited the board to visit the site. President Wasko invited questions from the board. Q. Is current Center connecter to õSchool Loopö? A. No. Issue is space, and itos hard to draw some youth to West End / Housing Project. Q. What is construction time-line? Do you need all of the funds raised before you start? A. They have arranged for a construction loan to bridge the gap and hope to be open by the spring of 2010. Q. Your old site has been closed for almost five years; other organizations in similar situations have put in portables. What do you see happening when you open? A. We expect it to be a õyouth magnetö, and a facility that will serve three thousand youth each year. Q. What is average daily attendance at current sites? A. Twelve to twenty at Esparanza and as high as forty or fifty at Chipman. Member JamesõDoors were not open when I stopped by on April 14th at 6:45-7:00. I helped youth present create an obstacle course.ö õWhat types of outreach do you perform?ö George Phillips õI heard that you stopped by at 7:45, not 6:45ö. õ We do outreach at Esperanza and Chipmanö Q. Do you provide counseling? A. We refer to AFS. Try to collaborate rather than re-invent the wheel. Q. What other programs will be offered? Will there be case-management? A. ACLO Summer Program will move to new site in 2010. We are in conversation with AFS for them to provide õprivateö services. Q. Does Torch Club know about upcoming Job fair? A. Torch Club is for middle-school students who are not yet õworking-ageö | SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2009-04-23.pdf |