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SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard | 2016-01-07 | 1 | Social Service Human Relations Board Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Social Service Human Relations Board, January 7, 2016 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL President Biggs called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Present were Vice-President Williams, and members Hyman, Radding, Blake and Sorensen. Absent was member Davenport, 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - NONE 3. AGENDA ITEMS 3. - A COMMENTS REGARDING THE NEEDS STATEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PUBLIC SERVICES NON-HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016-17 Claudia Young, Housing and Community Development Manager, Alameda Housing Authority (AHA), began her presentation by explaining that tonight the Board would hear public comment, review and assess community needs for the annual FY 16-17 Action Plan process, and develop a needs statement for presentation at the City Council meeting, scheduled for February 2, 2016. She shared that AHA / CDBG staff had conducted a Community Needs Survey in 2015, which received 62 responses, 56 from residents, three from non-profits, and three from businesses. Outreach was conducted through a press release to the media, posting the survey on the AHA and City website, outreach to non-profits, and making the survey available in the community. The majority of the responses were from seniors, who had taken the survey at Mastick Senior Center. The five highest priority needs identified by the survey (Attachment A) were: 1. Increase the availability of affordable rental housing for extremely low-income (30% AMI), very low-income (50% AMI), and low-income (80% AMI) households. 2. Deliver flexible services to the homeless, to support stability and independence. 3. Ensure that people with disabilities, seniors, single parents, and culturally and linguistically isolated populations have awareness of and access to services. 4. Increase the capacity of local economic development agencies and other community-based initiatives. 5. Improve health and safety and reduce blight by removing hazardous structures. Ms. Young requested that the Board undertake a survey, similar to the one it conducted in 2010-11, (published in 2012), that would provide data in time for the development of the next 5-Year Plan. The Board's 2012 Community Needs Survey received 1,913 responses, was published in English, Spanish, and Chinese, and was conducted both on-line and with hard-copy versions being available throughout the community. President Biggs shared that the Board had conducted a Quality of Life Survey last year (at the Earth Day, Park Street, and Webster Jam events) and that data from that survey would be available in a few months. 1 | SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2016-01-07.pdf |