Commission on Persons with Disabilities - Regular Meeting

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Good evening, and welcome to the 01/15/2026 Social Service Human Relations Board for the city of Alameda. But before we get started, I want everyone to know this meeting is being recorded. The chat function has been turned off. If members of the public would like to comment on an item, there are multiple options to do so. If attending via Zoom, digitally raise your hand and secretary Manahyaan will announce when it is your turn.

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First, under agenda item two, public comments. Comments from the audience may concern matters not in the agenda, but must deal with matters subject to the jurisdiction of the Social Service Human Relations Board. Second, under each agenda item, there will be an opportunity for public comment on a specific item. Each item follows a format similar to the council meetings. First, after presentation, we will ask if there are any clarifying questions from SHRUB members or staff.

Then we will ask if there are any public comments on this agenda item. And finally, after public comment, we'll open the item up for board discussion and a vote if recommended. The meeting is now called to order at 07:04PM. Let's proceed to roll call. Robbie Grites, she's absent.

And also, I wanna mention there's gonna be a new person starting next month, board member Shantel Carter, and we'll save the introduction till she's here next week. She's also absent. Bernie Wolf, here. Gerald Bryant, here. Michelle Buckholz, for now. Samantha Greene

Here.

And Scott Means here. We have a forum of four people. Alright. We also have with us tonight from the housing and services division, program manager, and Shelby Neal, administrative specialist, and possibly attending virtually, Camille Rodriguez. Is that yeah. Okay. Yes. Great. Welcome. Alright. We will now be moving on to item number two, nonagenda public comments.

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The city welcomes speakers providing public comment, but please be advised this is a limited public forum. Comments of the obvious may concern matters either on or not on the agenda, but must deal with matters subject to the jurisdiction of the Social Service and Human Relations Board. Comments will be limited to three minutes. Comments concerning matters on this evening's agenda will be heard when that item is called. If speakers fail to follow these rules, they will be warned. And if they continue to disregard the rules, their opportunity to speak will end. So do we have any speakers for item number two?

Yes. We do. We have Karen Hershendahl. Hershendahl.

Alright. Welcome. Go ahead. You start your time.

So I formally wanna express my deep disappointment and concern regarding the board's conduct, treatment of public testimony, and apparent disregard for the community welfare responsibilities you are entrusted to uphold. At my first meeting, I used my allotted three minutes to speak about serious and ongoing issues involving homeless services in Alameda, the village of Glove, and millions of dollars in unaccounted public funds designated for vulnerable residents. I came not as an adversary, but as a longtime Alameda resident, former educator, taxpayer, homeless, myself, and a whistleblower. Sorry. I lost After raising documented concerns about the well-being of unhoused individuals and the integrity of public oversight.

What followed was not engagement, curiosity, or due diligence. I was cut off. No board member asked a single question. No one requested additional information. No one followed up.

No follow-up occurred. Instead, I was treated as a nuisance rather than a constitute. I was given hostile looks when entering the subsequent at entering subsequent meetings. I was passed over when requesting to speak, and most disturbingly, my public comments were omitted from the official meeting minutes. This is not a procedural oversight.

This is suppression of public record. Under California Browns Act, public bodies are required to provide meaningful opportunity for public comment and to maintain accurate records of public receipts. Meeting minutes are not curated summaries.

They are

the legal documentation of public process. When a board omits public testimony from the official record, it effectively erases a resident's attempt to alert a city advisory body to potential harm occurring under municipal contracts. That decision communicates one thing clearly, that uncomfortable information will be excluded rather than examined. Your board state purpose is to, one, identify and report social services needs. Two, promote social welfare initiatives.

Three, foster understanding and respect among community groups. Four, inform agencies of unmet needs. Five, advise city council on social services matters, including homelessness. Yet when presented with credible concerns about homeless services practice service practices, lack of transparency transparent oversight, and conditions that place vulnerable individuals at risk. The board chose silence, dismissal, and exclusion.

I wanna thank you for your comments. We have hit the three minute mark.

I'll post this.

Okay. So that's yeah.

And I'm

not gonna say because the rest of it is all a bunch of nonsense. You guys don't know what you're doing. You

have no clue.

No clue

Thank you.

What it is going on out there.

Thank you.

And that mayor is going to jail.

Thank you. You were so close. Almost made it through. It was diagnosed. So

we're gonna move on to item three.

Do we have any more public comment?

Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. Do we have thank you. Do you do we have any more public comments?

We do not have any more public comments for this item.

Thank you. We can now look at item three of the review and approval of minutes for 12/01/2025. I I'll put forth a motion to approve the minutes. I will, and I approve it. That's the problem. The second? Second. Yeah. I'm sorry? Okay.

You're first and second. Since for all of you, you can just do a a day. Oh, so Yeah. Because he would if he she can't approve the meds, it was there. Michelle was. So January.

I shouldn't

I shouldn't have a birthday. That

yeah. So we'll we'll we'll approve December, Spanish, January is the next week.

Okay.

Or we can if Michelle comes shortly, then you can you can go back to the same.

Okay. Sounds reasonable. Thank you. Alright. Alright.

So this will move on to item four to discuss season for nonviolence partnership with Alameda Collaborative for your children and youth and their families, otherwise known as ACCYF, and the youth advisory committee, otherwise known as YAC. In the past, the AUAH committee has collaborated with ACCYF's youth advisory committee to host an event commemorating the season for nonviolence. The season for nonviolence is a sixty four day period observed between the anniversaries of the death of Muhammad Gandhi on January 30 and Martin Luther King Junior on April 4. The goal of the event is to promote peace and nonviolence in the Almighty community. The u AUAH will discuss ideas for cross committee collaboration, how to promote the event, and overall vision based on best practices from previous years.

The event would be held the last week in March 2026. And, it says here we have a conversation facilitated by Gerald. Yes.

So, I've been doing the season for nonviolence for the last two or three years now, and it's always been a high point for me as part of being on the board because you get to see a large representation of young folks who are actually promoting nonviolence. They're talking about the subjects that matter to them, and the speech contests really bring home some truths that most people don't know. And when you hear them, it's very it's very poignant. For me, there have been times when I've been brought to tears with just how powerful some of their speeches were. They were really good.

And so this year, we're going to be doing similarly. We're going to have the ACCYF with the students, I believe. I did not find out the information on the readings. Normally, we would have a reading for each day, of the week for season of nonviolence, which are essentially readings from different great Nobel Peace Prize winners. And they usually touch on different subjects such as beloved community, courage, believing, and, simplicity.

They work within each of these different areas to describe what is actually important that this person was representing. And so it's really a nice thing. The mayor generally will do one whenever the city council meeting. They do them in school, I think, on a daily basis. Every day there's a new one or every yeah.

I believe it's every day. They do one at the schools, so they'll hear a new word of the day and and learn something new about Nobel Peace Prize winners. And it's really a wonderful program. I I believe that this year last year, we we didn't have as many students as we did this year, the year before, but they were still powerful. And so, hopefully, this year, the ACCYF will bring in some more of the young folks for it, and I'll be looking forward to it. And I will leave it at that. If you have questions, I can delve deep. Usually, I kind of try to leave that part, everybody to ask questions on, but I can tell you what the process looks like if you want.

What is the date again?

The last week. Twenty fifth. The twenty fifth? Okay.

Yeah. So they have Saturday.

Right. Yeah.

We didn't Shelley and I were able to attend their last meeting, the what is that? Yeah. Yeah. Is it youth advisory or youth? It's youth advisory. Okay. So youth advisory committee. And they wanna have it on a Wednesday because that's when they get up early. They felt like they would have more of a turnout than on weekend when a lot of the kids have plans or other activities going on. And they wanted to make it a whole mic, so not just limited to poetry. And they have ideas about the list of clubs they wanna invite. They wanna do different tables. They still wanna do it at the Healing Garden, and they're looking for a partnership for you all similar to what Gerald has done previously in terms of judging and then also promoting.

It's a wonderful, opportunity to see the folks doing it. And I'm I'm I'm interested. They actually wanted to do the open mic styles, as opposed to doing the one here in City Hall.

What do you mean?

Normally, they would have, the speech contest at the end of the program, and the speech contest will be done over here in City Hall.

Oh, I thought that that was at the Healing Garden last year.

No. That was the poetry slam that we did for the year before for the United Against Hate Week in September.

And so last year, it was at City Hall.

Yes. Last year, we had the, yeah. We had the adults, and we had the the young folk. And we did it.

Something where there was only, like, a few people? Yeah. I can ask them. They mentioned the Healing Garden.

I I really appreciate the sentiment because that that was what I had always hoped for. Mhmm. But we should get some clarification from them just to make sure.

Pretty clear. They kept saying

They like that.

Cam is the yeah. That's for their Cam is the one who's, like, chose their adviser on the staff, on our staff, which is so that's what we're doing.

So, Sean, Wednesday, when would they start?

I believe 4PM.

Yeah. It'll be early enough. They'll have time to March 25 at 4PM. Yeah. Yeah. So it'll still be up by the

time we finish. We're just Yeah.

Just get me down. Right. And so this should be fun. I'm I'm really looking forward to seeing. Yeah.

I think they were going to have, I remember from the meeting, tables.

Just

oh, that's funny. You were there too, Bernie. Yeah. Do you wanna give your summary?

Similar, but the idea of the open mic was not just overnight, but they were gonna try to find some people of interest to speak. It was clear we're gonna there was some kind of process they were doing to involve people, sort of games and, you know, some kind of stuff. But it really was quite you know, they were quite quite well thought out. And, really, one of the issues was the timing Yeah. When because schools get out different times.

So I don't know what the fall was gonna be, but they're also interested in domestic violence, which is why I was there Right. Doing stuff with that. So but so I'm not sure what the they're gonna get back to us or what they're gonna do.

About which piece?

Yeah.

So their marching orders for for their next meeting, they're gonna have a run up show to have start coming up with some sort of program. Mhmm. And then a list of the different clubs they wanna invite to table. So they were trying to figure out if they wanna give them each, like, a theme for what the clubs want a table because the Healing Garden is like that big space for the stage. So yeah.

A great group. Sunrays by selling food. Would that be allowed or not? And you sort of make edibles.

I so

I don't think it was I think it's school.

What I

But they felt from what I understand, WABA is the ownership is the owners of the Healing Garden, and they probably will either have already gotten in contact with them or will need to contact them if order to make sure that everything is secured. I know the lady who is the president or president of WABA. We can reach out to her if we need to, if they need somebody to reach out to her. I'm sure I can reach out to her and let them know. But if they already have it yet.

By by

any time.

You do. Awesome. Okay. See, these are all good people. Okay. So, yeah, that that space, I don't know if you can sell things.

It's just that the with the the issue was is the kids at that age like food, so they're more likely to come up with this food. Yeah. Gave away food. Nonviolence is just that's what they like.

We gave away food because that that's generally you know, trying to sell $5 slices of pizza to kids is that's that's not gonna fly. So Yeah. Giving food away. Now you got them in droves. Oh, god. You need free pizza?

You can bring these.

Sure can.

Do we have a just to stop for second, do we have any comments, public comments at all?

Doesn't look like it.

We have no public comment. She got it. No. No. That's fine.

Okay. Good. So I just just got it. Just want this open in case. Yeah. Of course. Alright. So I think we can do we have any and do we have any comment any more comments among them? Or yeah. Thanks.

What what can we do to help? Yeah. Be present. Come out and support as the board. They the more, social services and human relations board they seek, the more they can know us to be part of the community that they wanna get to know.

Do we need judges again this year?

Yes. I believe we will need judges. I was asked to do judging, so I'll be doing judging. I don't know if Yeah.

I'm giving judges.

I think so far, I haven't won, which is true. Mhmm.

Have you talked to Kenny, the poet laureate? Oh. A local poet laureate has done stuff with us as well. She's really, really good, And she does spoken word and poetry, so I think she can be an excellent position. And while I can give you her email address

Yeah. That would be great.

Okay.

Yeah. I think so.

Yeah. Shinishojipawa, if I've said her name right. Very nice young lady.

So our next agenda item is a presentation on point in time count. And

let's see.

Yeah. So does it look like Cam is here? So do you wanna skip to the next and then see if we can come back to that?

Sure.

K.

Let's move to item four speed that, which is to review the progress on the 02/2526 stroke work plan. The city of Alabama municipal states that one of the duties of the shrub is to adopt a plan for the performance of its delineated functions with advice and consent of city councils. Therefore, each fiscal year, the shrub needs to review and adopt a work plan. As of March, twenty two thousand twenty five SHRUP meeting, board members voted on and approved their 2526 work plan, which received city council approval on 05/06/2025. It is recommended that the SHRF evaluate their progress on the work plan goals.

And I'm gonna turn it over to Gracia.

Great. So as you all just heard, your work plan is adopted in May. Your work plan fall follows the fiscal year, so you're about the midway point. Is that a good idea for us to revisit what you've all set out to accomplish? And I have a couple discussion questions, to guide the conversation.

I pulled that up now. Now let me know I have this thing.

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There it goes.

Okay. Mhmm. Great. Hi. Hello, Shirley.

Happy birthday.

Did you have a?

Oh, yes.

Ma'am, I'm sorry about that.

Oh, well,

that's what we're here for.

We always welcome the community, and everything will handle fine. So

I can't. But I You

may not like us too much either in there, so thank you.

Thank you, dear.

And happy New Year.

Oh, shut up. Okay.

So so for this first section, you may recall that the community needs assessment a couple years ago, you all had a really hands on role in writing the needs assessment essentially for our division. So this typically is not traditionally the role of the board, which you all are not a traditional board. You're a very active board. I think that you all should remain true to that spirit. However, the needs assessment has been absorbed by the staff.

We think that that's appropriate. It it's been it's been a guide what we do day to day. So we are having a lot of this is being taken on by our staff, by myself, Cam, Simone. We're having three stakeholder sessions with tons of groups that we've invited Scott and Sam to attend to be able to provide the perspective of Shrub. And we'll be having three stakeholder sessions to then inform our needs assessment. I'm working with a consultant who's gonna help us write it, and then that will then inform our next strategic plan. So check.

Okay. Administrative.

This is kind of interesting. We incorporated making a work plan into our work plan, which is fine. So I think that this will we'll kick it off in a couple months. I think we said, Sam, maybe March will start. Great.

Infrastructure is one that we haven't really talked about as much, but it's something that we have assigned to the president and vice president. Then we have CDDG, which you all have completed that. And the next round will not be until 2027. So the next section is the road home. You'll note that you have I'll give you I'm sure that you've already read through all the materials.

But just as a reminder, here are those goals in terms of, again, the annual report that's being absorbed by the staff to create a final report for vision, partnering with community events, etcetera, cares, network of volunteers, separation. Then we have the AUAH committee. Of course, we know the resolution, which then was turned to a proclamation after a lot of work and negotiations. We have different community events, partnering with other jurisdictions and organizations, being intentional about linking community events to address other issues. Excuse me.

Hosting an event for United Against Hate Week. Just summarizing here as you all read. And then lastly, we have the domestic violence committee, which focuses on collaborating with local agencies and organizations, collecting posting domestic violence resources on the websites, a proclamation, a march, passports, etcetera. I realize I didn't print it for you all. I apologize. But I do have some of the guiding questions for us to discuss. So maybe I

can just read it, and then

we can return if you all wanna look back at the objectives. So the first question I have for you is what is working well in terms of your work plan and how you're working through it? And what strategies should we continue using for the second half of the work plan timeline?

Actually, can we go back up to the first first one, the community's assessment? I just I just wanna understand the the the flow of it because it it so since it's changed. So the the blue area is stuff that staff is doing. I I'm I'm just trying to figure out what what role

we have in this.

So we are doing all of it. We have completely absorbed the task of creating a community needs assessment because that is going to inform our strategic plan, which informs our day to day and what we do, our programs, the roles, and our scopes of work. Your role is more advisory.

Right. And I understand that, but I'm just wondering where in the reporting chain like, would would it would that plan go before at what point would it go before this body you know, because it's eventually gonna go to council. Right? Yeah. So I was just trying to figure out where these since we're not part of the actual development of the plan, where where we are in terms of the re reporting process.

Yeah. So the planning, myself, Camille, and Simone have created the plan in terms of how in terms of timeline, the steps we're gonna take. We are now moving to, I guess, what we would call the data collection aspect, and you all are part of the data collection. So you're part of the stakeholder meetings, and I would like to present it to you for feedback. So the stakeholder sessions, the first two are going to be I'm gonna get it wrong, quantitative data.

So collecting information in terms of the community needs assessment, stakeholder session, getting feedback and information from different providers on the island, what you all are seeing, and provide their expertise. So we're gonna have three stakeholder sessions. The first two are gonna be really focused on collecting that information. And then the third one, we're gonna present you all with a draft of the community needs assessment to be able to provide feedback.

That's the part. Yeah. Because I I I support this plan in terms of the staff doing this stuff. I'm not this is not a pushback. I just want them like, that that part of it, like you said, we're an advisory board so that that oversight and being able to write the insight is important. I just wanna make sure we're inserted there somewhere. So Yeah. Thank you for clarifying that.

Yeah. And the the first stakeholder session is gonna be a lot of people. So it's gonna be people, like, at the executive level, people who do, like, the work day to day and are more hands on and interface with clients. And then the second and third will be, I think, smaller groups, which you all will be included on. So you will be part of the group that provides feedback to our draft. And then we'll just plan to bring it up to the rest of the board and to specific meetings. I see you're using

the word version. So I'll get

up the questions. Yeah. Do wanna

get my mind right here?

Yes. That makes sense. Yeah. So yeah. Do we see will we get to see so previously, like, we've been able to see, like, what the primary and secondary data is gonna be collected before it gets collected. Will the board review that this time or will the executive? I'm not sure of your question. So previously, like, we've been able to see what information will be collected so that we can make sure that we have enough information for the CPGB, like, decision making grant. Well, is that part of the process this time? We no.

It hasn't been part of the process. I can follow-up with you about that if you'd be interested. Okay. I know that you have that's your background, so I can definitely go back and see. I can get back to you about that.

Scott and I will be there.

Yeah. Yeah. I'll be done right at the meeting, Jan. I I always like to look at things from the lens of, like, is someone who doesn't know at all what we're talking about gonna be able to understand any of this? I just try to turn turn that on my read it before it goes out. You know?

Yeah. So I see that Cam is here. She's more of the data person. I am, like, the narrative policy person that just talks, I guess. Cam, thank you for joining us. I'm gonna put you on the spot, if you don't mind. Are you there?

Yep. I am here. Sorry for my tardiness. My day has been crazy today.

Oh, oopsies. Oh, wait.

She's on mute.

You're no. She's on mute then. Yeah. I I don't hear you. Are you talking?

I am indeed talking.

Yes.

Yeah. I hear you.

Hello? Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me now?

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Can you see she's talking?

Yeah. I am talking. I'm sorry. Don't

know where. Check your output device here.

Only one option.

Okay. Is

there some way I can call in via phone?

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know if you can hear me. Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello?

Yeah. If you're remote control muted for the sound, do you hear?

Hey, Cam. Yep. Yep. Yay.

There we go. Hi, everybody. Sorry I'm late. My day's been crazy.

You so much for joining us. So there is a right now, we are discussing can you see my screen, actually?

I can see your screen. Yeah.

So, previously, the SHREM board has been really involved in the community needs assessment, and so they're clarifying exactly what their goal is gonna be moving forward. And it we I'm able to answer most of the questions. There's a question around, like, data in terms of have we decided what type of data we're collecting? I believe that we have, like, a rough list of what we want to collect. Is that right?

So we're collecting data that we can get easily out of HMIS, And then we're also collecting some data for or the same data for people who may not want to be entered into the HMIS system, which is the homeless management information system that all homeless services agencies are required to use by HUD. So that that data system collects certain different data points about people and the services provided to those individuals at any given time. So the data that we pulled from, like, the road home for the road home report and things like that are all data that we captured in HMIS.

K. And this reminds me that we are also going to be doing community service. So that's going to be another data point. K. But I do recall in terms of because in addition to folks that are unhoused, I think we have more general city demographic data.

Right? So we had data around, like do think that that was a point of discussion with with the division manager, Simone, that we're gonna be a little bit more focused around what we specifically do. So even if we don't really work in education or provide those type of services, that's not really something we're gonna put into it. It's gonna be dated more around the type of people that we the services and the programs that we interface. I can see potentially, like, maybe we provide, like, an overview, like, at the beginning or somewhere so there's, like, a snapshot of, like, what the city looks like in general.

Mhmm. But I think the focus of, like, the core data is gonna be what Camille's referring to. Yeah. But so, like, the the only reason I would say that is the only concern I would have is because we have to use that data for the CPGB grant funding, which is not just specific to homeless or housing services, but it's more general, and it goes to domestic violence, mental health services, things like that, that the previous reports have included indicators that would allow us to identify those as primary issues in the community. Right?

So we had the information on how many domestic violence calls there were information so that I'm wondering if as a board, we'll need to just develop a plan for supplemental data as we get ready. So I do feel hopeful that a lot of that's gonna be captured in our conversations with the social service providers. K. Because we have a long list of people that we're inviting to provide their input, and that's going to be surveyed in terms of, like, what is the need? What are you seeing out there?

I hear what you're saying around, like but the you're talking more, like, census or, like because a lot about what was in the previous report was census data for what it was the AUST data, census data. I don't remember the other stuff. Police, fire, and then social service provider should be requested directly from them. Yeah. So I'm gonna make a note of that to make because the way that I'm thinking about it, I feel like it's covering the areas that we have typically seen over the last five years with the type of the request that we get.

But, yes, that was my long way of saying, I think we're okay, but I'm gonna make sure. Just as a Yeah. As a bit of Before we get, like, too far down the road and take it off of our plate to make sure that all the information Yeah. And I do think that you're still gonna have, like, checkpoints that if there's a big glaring gap, you will have the opportunity to say there's a big glaring gap. Yeah. That's all.

Thank you.

You need to.

Well,

actually, since we've asked about it, is there any other public comment that we have? We can still ask more questions after that. Okay. Was there anyone else on there?

There

No.

It's not on there. Okay. It's not valid.

Alright. So so you started looking at one thing. I don't I I don't want to make caught up. I wanna make sure everyone else has an opportunity to look at the structure too. Is there anything else you wanted to talk about? Oh, you got those other questions?

Sorry. We

have questions because you know, I mean, that is obviously a big item that you all are referring to, but you also have, like, a ton of objectives that you all that were, like, action items that you wanted to hit. Yep. One of the recommendations that I thought was a great idea that Sam made was in addition to, you know, showing you the action items that you all had said you'd like to accomplish, you have your calendar, like, regular events. So as, like, a snapshot of what are the commitments you are already having on an errands. K. Can I go back and ask you a couple more questions? Yes. Can. About the it's just about the the pit count and the road home stuff. Yeah.

So we're gonna have Cam present on that. Is it okay if we hold off until now?

Sure.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

So are we discussing your questions? Or what

I was hoping so. Yeah. I'm good.

So let me just say from my standpoint, I'm the work group. So and I don't know if one of the other new board members is gonna join me or not. But so,

yes. Robbie, actually, my conversation with her, she said that she was the most interested in your work group. Okay. That that's one

of the two new members. Okay. But up up until now, it's just been me. So and I think you know what I've been doing. Yeah.

And it's, mostly been centered around getting information out, working with the task force, which I think is the most important aspect of the everything that's done here for me in terms of the domestic violence. And, you know, some of the other things that were out there, like marches and resolutions, were never really, anything I had much to do with. But when Cindy was there, that was kind of her passion. So if somebody else wants to do them, it's fine. But I I really think the main focus is where it should be on the task force and on the you know, and that what kinda spins out of the task force in terms of, like, the meeting.

You know, the reason I attended the, ACCYF meeting, was it last week? Actually, I can't remember.

It

was to ask, you know, youth about domestic violence. And we found that there was through Alameda Family Services, there was something going on we didn't know about. There was a group, and they were very interested in sort of, you know, maybe they could be part of the task force if we change the media times. So that's kind of been my my focus. And the rest of it, it's not being accomplished, but I don't think it's really important right now.

I'm not saying it's important.

It's just not a priority.

I think one of the things I was thinking about was talking about the pet cat on the road home because I think maybe we only wanted to pivot for our road home committee too. Oh, it's gonna be June 8. Does that make sense? Mhmm. So I think, like, because people weren't so interested in our presentations on the journal reports.

And I feel like we kind of have a missed opportunity for providing information to the community when the PIT count data comes up. So we'll go back to that. But I feel like that's a good opportunity for us to do outreach and maybe pivoting to outreach around that data when that data becomes available might be helpful and to partner with community groups, that that might be more engaging for community members than a road home presentation. To that kind of outreach and. Right.

Okay. And so you can plan. Help them. So right now, we're talking about check. So I don't see so I see here you all have put developed a plan to engage community areas of homelessness, community events.

Understand. Here's so which can you say that one more time in terms of what your like, what the pivot that you'd like to that you're suggesting? That the outreach is less around, like, road home and more around just generalized outreach, like, information about particularly, like, the data around the pay count and, like, what's that that might be more in that might be the since we're no longer in charge of, like, overseeing the road home and us being done internally, that maybe, like, our work group pivots as well. Right? Does that make sense?

I there is this I am so jumping in. I'm sorry

if this would be inappropriate.

The one thing that like, we're talking about possible pivots or things you wanna focus. I would I would really like to focus on overdose prevention given that we I don't think the coroner report is out, but there is an Alameda man that passed due to an over presumed overdose. And I'd love to partner with Alameda Fire. There's some other state and local organizations on how we can kind of do some PSAs. I I just want every high school student also to have a know how to use Narcan and kind of think about how we can bring that as way of, like, everyone knows CPR.

Like, everyone should know how to do this as a life saving measure. And as they think of, like, social justice or social inequality, just how how can you save more people's lives? And this feels like a really low hanging intervention just to teach people how to do it.

So it's a great idea. So my experience has been with yes. And videos and stuff is that, like, I was working with the mayor on a domestic violence videos, and I'm trying to track down where they're at. Okay? Apparently, one of them is going along. The other one, the a reserve fund. That's that's the issue. You run into it. And it's all the same people, but our department, the police, the you know, that's I

mine mine is even more, like, just

I totally agree with you.

It's like a distribution, like a box box of that park of Narcan. Like, I I I would do it as simple as, like, a box and then a poster by the box. It's like, I would go I would go just distribute this is all I would. I I don't even you know? How could we get more available? Just accessibility. Now, I mean, it is over the counter, but it's kinda cost prohibitive. And so just, like, act like just how everyone could have one if they wanted it to keep in their purse. They're back by

It would be good idea to ask the waiter Mhmm. And see if she can do that. Yeah. I was thinking though.

I'll stand out, heck, with you at a park and hand out. Or can you please, like, wanna go to bed?

We can do it, yeah. And you can you can do it in h HYA or sorry. Yeah. Yeah. All these acronyms. But, like, it I I think also the focus and this is where I would actually focus more of the school is that I think that's the place where I would harm reduction Is it not harm reduction? Harm reduction has got a whole there I would not use the word harm reduction.

What is that phrase I'm

Overdose prevention. Overdose. Harm reduction is, like, safe use supplies, which is probably gonna be too controversial for the city. Good.

But, like, all of, you know, city partners, like, that would be a great opportunity. Yeah. Yes. So in in so in more practical terms, is this, like, a proposal for something you'd like to see, like, our team take on? Is this, like, an event you want to see And none of the host, or

I would I think my outcome that I would love is, one, is to see partner with the high schools would be the first one is to see, like, where who we could champion within the high schools to do those those trainings because I think that would be the best to come from the high schools and come from peers. And then my goal would just be have multiple sites of distribution for Narcan in public spaces.

Are you do you do those trainings? Yeah. Like, are you I do it all the time.

I give Narcan. Like, I have

one free. Well, we have. Like, could we train the Yak board? I'm

sorry. Say that again?

Could we train the young people on the Yak find how to use Narcan?

I mean, I don't see why not unless their parents don't want them to.

Maybe we just thought, like, a more mission still too. It's like it's like CPR.

Yeah. I think I think just really I mean, the the small and the big would be, like, do we talk to the lifeguard? Like, when they're getting lifeguards, CPR training. The a part of the American Red Cross is they do add Narcan to that training of, like, how to use the AED, how to use CPR. Narcan is part of using that. But, like, just talk to the, like, the lifeguards. Hey.

I agree. I think I'm just thinking, like, what can we do in the next, like, three months?

Three three months is one is we could just see him like, who could we partner to get free? It's it's there's a lot of nonprofit, but just does the county have it? Who can do it? Could we set up boxes and then get permission from the like, designate the sites of distribution and then get at

What about just also, like, city staff? Like, they're gonna staff up for all of, like, through parks and rafter summer programs or whatever, which would be folks that are all being trained in CPR and, like like, could we just like, that would be a simpler simple connection. Right? Yeah. And parts of, like And, like, just can we make this part of the trainee for this year's seasonal staff? I think, potentially, then I could connect you to have, like, conversation because you are so well versed and trained in that, and you'd be like, hey. Here's an idea and, like, see what they say. Yeah. I mean, maybe because maybe it is that easy. Maybe they're about to onboard a ton of new staff that not just staff like the it's not just, like, the life of our just good. Like, there's all these camps that are starting. So and they work with little kids, but they're in the parks all day. Yeah.

Yeah. I I just like, it is the easiest thing to use. They're, like, just

I agree.

I just I I think having it around is also one of those things.

Yeah. Okay. So

I don't know. Sorry. I rode home. I did not talk. I did not run that by you guys.

And,

I guess, for our group, does that feel appropriate within that bucket?

I think that it's not necessary. I don't see it tied to anything specific that you have here. But when I think about your committee, the way that we've described it, I just we just created this manual. When we were describing your committees, your the road home committee is the one that focuses the most around the content of our division, which is housing, homelessness, and human services. So to me, this falls law, human services and also the law. Yeah. So I don't know. But you do have yeah. I'll leave it there. So do you all have other cons? Or

Well, just one thing, like, kind of aspirational. What I'm hoping for

is that you're working on

the survey for age friendly is there's going to be components of it inserted that actually address the other social issues. So have you been discriminated because of age, because of gender, because of race? So those are the things that be there. Have you experienced domestic violence? Those type of questions are going to be in there, hopefully, at least among the, you know, the senior population. It'll inform work. Yeah. You know, there'll be some housing questions too. And so that's which is more of an aspirational thing. I'm hoping that it really informs other work, like, meetings assessment and stuff. So

Yeah. Well, that's a good point that the community needs assessment may inform what how you all are gonna build out your work plan this next fiscal year.

Oh, I I was thinking this this survey would inform this.

Both. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. It goes both ways. Yeah.

Yeah. K. What about you, Gerald? Do you have any thoughts on what's working well for your committee or other things, gaps you wanna fill?

Well, it'd be nice

to have somebody else to work with on it, but that's okay.

So I just wanna comment on both of your committees. I did inform the new board members that per what I understand the rules of the shrub, it stood at the president's discretion to place board members and committees and that they would either be on your committee or your committee because we're each of a committee of one. So the rhodium is full, and there's a slot to fill on DB and a slot to fill on AUH. So we will not be able.

Well, as far as where we are in what we've done so far, we've gotten through the whole city resolution. We've still not met with Black Student Union. We haven't done really ACCYF meetings. I mean, apart from their standard meeting, we haven't actually engaged. We we personally have not engaged with them.

Same thing for LGBTQ. So those are things that I would like to see us move forward with, especially now as we're getting into the second part of the school season. This is the best time to really do it. We have not really engaged with the city of Davis on the hate free city best practices. I'd like to revisit them again and have conversations with them this year.

I think we should continue to keep that going. So that stuff is left over on our agenda that needs to be done. We've started to incorporate and link supporting existing community events, so that's already in the works. We're already involved with that. The library series, Friends of Alameda, Alameda Free Library Partnership lecture series.

We really did not get any traction for it. And I would I would like to think that we may have another option if we can't get the lecture series. We could start it with something that was mentioned to me earlier about, a book program where we do a a book every month where we discuss the book itself. Uh-uh. Kind of a book club layer where now we can even get some maybe the author to come in and speak Mhmm.

And have that be the the, if you will, pivot from being able to do the lecture series, the book club with the actual authors is pretty close to that as you can get. And, usually, they're good books with, you depth that we can

That would be hosted at the library?

Yes. If we could work in partnership with the library, I think it would be a good place and a good space and a good use of ours, our supporting skill.

I think it might be hard to get 12 authors, I'll be honest.

I would start with one before we get one. I had one that was mentioned to me earlier that I will talk about later, but, essentially, it would be a great opening Volley for the Black History Month period where we would be able to have them speak about the book that they're currently writing or have written, sorry, have written and kind of let people ask questions to really, again, I don't know how much I can really describe right now, but I can just say it's it's not a thing that makes sense to me because it's important for people to know about where we came from, the history of how we got here. And good storytellers are the ones who are able to tell those stories in a meaningful way that other people understand. And so this seems like a good opportunity to describe that how we got here just as a pivot.

Yeah. So would that be next month? Because that's February. Why not?

It's not like it takes that much to really put together. It's more of a getting the folks from the library to commit, which is something that I'm sure we can work on, friends of Alameda.

Do you mean like a reading? Like, I'm trying to understand a bit.

Maybe reading excerpts, maybe a bit of a conversation where

Around the specific month that you're thinking about. Mhmm. Then Library does things like that already. Yeah. Yeah. They do, and they also book like once.

Sure. Yeah.

But nothing beats a failure but a try.

You never know when you

have No. I always try, though.

There you go.

No. I always try.

We we we never know how many friends we have in strange places. So Yeah. Do what we can to try and move the ball forward. So I'd be interested to see that as something to do, especially because it's an author who's doing work around predominantly black history and things like how formations of certain organizations became what they were and how they were part of it and what things were that were going on at the time. And it give kind of a as Bernie would say, it kind of gives the information of what went on at the time so that it gives framework from which we work today.

Yeah. But, Gerald, this is a little bit off topic, but as a little side, I took my two sons and my daughter-in-law. This is black pizza. Was when we got there. You

got there? Yeah.

Yes. And it's still up. Wasn't it amazing? Yeah. Yeah. It's still up.

It's so

It'll be up till marvel. When you're done with it can we go back just for a second to the Albion's up against the hate section again? I just yeah.

That's coming. If, also, if we can't get it together for February, maybe it's something we could put onto the calendar for the end of the year to prepare for the next Well, we have the United Against Hate at the end of the year. Right. But something Like, if it's February, February. Like, if we wanted to it for the following February and see. Yeah. Definitely.

Yeah. I was hoping to kind of fill in that whole lecture series thing because that was something that I thought would be of value. And, yeah, maybe we won't be able to get it in till February, but I'm still willing to try and get it in if they already have it. If they're doing something, you should try and be supportive of it

Yeah.

As part of United Against Hate. And I know that they don't already necessarily talk about those types of topics in their monthly book clubs. So I just

Yeah.

Thought this would be a good way to get us going. The

other idea I was thinking was for the summer, we usually have an intern. Mhmm. Part of the challenge around finding, like, a speaker, it it's it's just, like, a lot of making a lot of. So I I'm not always able to do that, but an intern might be able to do that. So we may, like, look for someone more specifically this summer that can help if, like, can help assign some speakers, like, make some contacts so, like, we can start building out a lecture series. Or

think that there will be Yeah. Do you think there'll even be a possibility for a lecture series next year? If they were if they really weren't doing it this year, I don't see the tide turning in that way. We would Yeah.

You know, we would I

think I need to understand a little bit more of, like, what the vision was. So it was have, like, inviting people with a certain expertise of the library to provide them a talk. Okay. So I know that the library, I believe, already does that, but we're it's not in partnership with us, and I I'm assuming we would want it to be in more in theme with what we're working on. Yeah.

The French Validia library or Alameda free library or a combination of the two, I think we could probably get one or two.

Because I so we did we we had kinda like a a couple, like, just what is it called, like, starts and fits where we we have, like, those those people, and then we would try to reach out to them. We wouldn't hear from them, couldn't find the contact, and then it just, like, petered out. Right. So I think that's part of where we would need a little bit more support is in getting a list of people and contacting them and booking them, etcetera.

I would I would just say it's it's doable. We might be able to get something done. So so I will, I will defer to you to check with them. And if you want, I can continue to reach out to folks to see what they can bring forth. I think it would be an opportunity. I would prefer not to miss if we can get it.

But, also, if if I think the speak like, maybe it's the speaker that's the focus and not necessarily the month. Like, I like, if we can get a great speaker and have a speed that they're only available on April, like, woo.

Yeah. No. I agree. I think it's more of a you gotta start somewhere. You gotta draw a line and see if you can make it to that line. If can't make it to that line, readjust that line. You move it to the next goalpost and you work it from there.

Are you talking about the 49er offense right now?

The hurry up offense. No. I wasn't doing

sports metaphors, but I usually do.

So If you have an idea, let me get, and I'll try to help you if it can happen.

Thank you. That that would be for that. Okay. I

was trying to answer one of your questions, though, while I you go to here. So go back to the questions again, and I what was it? Let's see. What what

can I

object this? Oh, yes. Number three. I we're gonna answer number three, I think, is number one, and and I'm usually gonna say, we're gonna revise AUA resolution to city council for consideration approval. I think we need to get that that started working on. And I know there's gonna be a second person, but we can always have a third. I'm willing to help, you know, craft the wording stuff. But I think that's really important to get something through. I agree. I again

The wording is done.

Oh, it is.

Yeah. Is. Done. It's just get that through getting it past the mayor and then to city council. That's really all it is. Okay. So I know that I have

the most recent version. Could you just you can forward it to me, make sure I have it. Are we is this supposed to stay within our group at this point? Can I use it for talking points if I want we wanna try to legislate with some of the council members about Best Buy and

Campaign? The direction I received was that it was not gonna go against. So I don't have further directions to some. That was the conversation and the direction I received as staff a few months ago. And it was changed into a proclamation, and we moved forward with proclamation. Do we have other follow-up steps for the proclamation that need to be marked on?

The attorney said, though, that that oh, okay. So not a resolution, but a council report. That's what was suggested by the

city attorney.

Plan. I believe

it's Yes. So that's so it have to be so it would be the format of so I don't need that. I don't I actually don't need the old resolution. That's what we so we actually need to just have have that format and template and move it into a council report template. That's that's what we need.

The action plan would be something similar to what we reviewed for.

LGBTQ. Was that the one that they did the action

plan for? They had one.

Yes. Yeah. That's one.

Oh, the

c n c n So would it be a similar format? Yes. Would that be hold I'm sorry.

No. No. No.

Would that process of gathering input be facilitated by us, or is that facilitated by cities or city council? We can talk about it. Yeah. But I I was gonna say if it's facilitated by us, then we need we should put agenda.

I think it's still

And it seems like it might be too big for just your group if it's a whole action plan.

I'm always open for United Against Hate. That's a simple subject for me. Low hanging fruit. Anybody who can bring in more value, I'm totally for it. So, yes, be happy to have two or three or the whole board if I need to be.

Yeah. Because the advantage of that over proclamation is it's the council actually votes for it. So it's it's it's kind of like a resolution, and the council, like, has to adopt what you put in there. So give it more give it teeth. Mhmm.

Yeah. Right.

I just wondering if that's Yeah. That's a good reminder. Thank you. Okay.

Can you go back to the the plan sheet?

I have a quick question. For the road home, is there gonna be a new five year strategic plan? Yes. And it's starting this year. I believe so. With input from the community again. Yeah. We have a rather aggressive timeline. We're helping them. They dropped in April. No. The case assessment, we dropped it by April by the fiscal year. July? Yep. And I say, gonna go through the same strategic planning process with community events and engagements. Last one took, like, two years to

build. Yeah.

I don't have I don't know yet. Okay. Yeah. I was wondering if we need to build those things sometime.

And, Mariah, this is this plan goes to when? When was the year? Like, end of the week.

Oh, this one goes to July. July. Okay. Fiscal year.

Yeah.

Gotcha. So June 30. K. So but your question, Sam sorry. What's the thing? My brain is fried. Sorry. I'm going back and forth here on the committees. Yeah. Because you were asking it sounds like you all did some community events about the larger strategic plan. This was even before my tech. Okay. So they but they did, like it it was a very long, like, one I wanna say two year process for the five year plan originally. We don't plan to take that on that time. I think that's it doesn't feel like we're starting from scratch because we're building off of the previous five year plan.

So we are doing the immunity needs assessment, which is supposed to be, like, our due diligence around the community. Yeah. We'll feed it to the association plan. Okay. But then will the strategic plan go back out to community, like, as well? Yes. It has to go to council, which counts as, like, our what is the the meet the form that's opportunity for, like, public comment. Okay. And and

this is a little non sucker, but can we also just remind orient ourselves of what everyone's term is? Because are you how this relates to these plans? When do you I think you you guys are both the most senior.

I sunset at the end of this term.

And the term goes till? June. So you sunset. Do you sunset?

I I can observe another term if I want to.

Gotcha. We both oh, you okay. You both cancel Both of your terms. They eligible for an additional February term should they choose to do so. Gotcha. And then they'll go through the process. The city clerk check with the city clerk. She'll reach out to you once you're close. Okay. But we're the only ones. Right? Yeah. Everyone else has at least a year. I have a a paper. I don't know that those are accurate.

I didn't either. I was like, 06/30/2027 seems right. It was Yeah. But I don't think she did. It was 3051 year.

On the website. Yeah.

I don't know. Yeah. That's why I was like, I think I

just wanted to just put my

I think

I re reabooked it last year. Aspirating. So that means definitely would want to shut up. Mean, I

was also Well, if you look disappointed in what I was set up.

Updating the website is in my Those well, theirs might be correct because there's there's finishing something else to be No. Because you Yeah. You are fully yeah. That might be correct, though. Because you finished, like, a partial term, and it's probably full term.

Thought it was a two year term because I did the first two years, and then the new one was supposed

to be four. We'll double check.

Please. Victor. Make sure I'm reading it right.

So it has to be. How do we all feel about this item since we do have Cam, and I know we wanted to go back to the pit. What do you think, Scott?

Oh, are we done with oh, are we done with item?

If you all have other I have other questions if you all would like to consider.

If we're back to it

I feel quite pleased with what we've accomplished. Yeah. I think they were very SMART goals. Who is to Bella for really helping us with them?

That was a good retreat. Yeah.

Well, if we're done with this item, we can move go back in time to item four a. Wait. No. No. Four four b. Sorry. Item four b, a presentation on point in time. Mhmm.

Hit

down. Like, mail? Shit. Yes. Home assist manager for the city of Alamese Housing Union service division.

Take away take it away, Cam. We came back to your item.

Thank you. Like I said, I'm so sorry. I was in class, and we went over late. So sorry. I just wanted to present about the pick count and just let everybody know that we're still looking for volunteers.

We have about 50 right now, and I'm looking for a few more so we can do a full wide a full citywide census of everybody experiencing unsheltered homelessness within the city. What this would mean would be that the people who volunteer would come with us on Thursday, 01/22/2026, bright and early. I'm asking that everybody start showing up at about 04:30 so we can start at five, and, we can start counting folks that we either observe ex experiencing homelessness or folks who are interested in actually talking to us and conducting or, completing the survey that, has created. Semtech is the creator of the Counting Us app, and they have a bunch of question or not a bunch, but questions that they ask people about things like, where were they last housed, how long they've been homeless, what type of homelessness they're experiencing, whether it's unsheltered or sheltered homelessness, if they're a household. They ask questions about, mental health, substance use, physical disabilities, or disabilities of any kind, and other kind of very more personal questions.

But when people feel like they're being respected and, like, their intention is known about, like, why we're doing this, they tend to want to answer the questions. We have gift cards for incentives. We also have, care packages that the Girl Scouts are gonna be helping to assemble. And then we have some from, like, a peewee baseball team or something, that have already assembled some as well to hand out to people that we may encounter doing that PIC count. The PIC count helps us secure vital funding for the city.

The the more people we're able to engage, the better we're able to plan out our homeless services response teams, and just our response in general. So we have seven days to get it together if people wanna volunteer. I have space on other teams, so I pretty much have the teams formed, and they're teams of four. And I do have space on a couple of other teams or a few more volunteers. So if anybody wants to volunteer, please let me know.

Just register through the QR code that you see on the screen, or at alameda.pointintime.info, and it'll take you to the registration portal. We pretty much have all the donations that we need as well. And whatever we don't use, we're gonna use for the engagement specialist team that the city of Alameda does now have. We brought that in house from, where we previously contracted through. So we now have an engagement specialist team that has a engagement specialist supervisor who oversees the team.

We have a pretty great team that's really engaging. That's a no pun intended. And they have been able to locate quite a few people that we were not previously connected with, so that's always good. And if you have any questions, please feel free to ask me now. Reach out. I'm available.

Thank you. Great. Do we have any questions or comments? You said groups of

four people would be doing, walking together without you would be doing this year?

Yes. So we're gonna have folks, they're gonna drive to their census track, but I'm asking that they actually walk the track if they can. Right. And we and it's gonna be so I have them in teams of four right now, rather than three because most people said that they have four to six passenger cars and things like that. So and we had enough volunteers to have a team of four.

So, I'm waiting on a census tracks right now from Semtech to see how many tracks we have. And if we have more than 11 tracks, I'll move the teams from a size of four to a size of three to accommodate that. But right now, there's 11 teams, and I don't know how many tracks we have within the city yet. And they haven't given us that information yet based upon all the known locations that we submitted. But the expectation is that people walk the tracks when they get to their locations.

Are we get are we doing a 100% coverage of all tracks in the city of Annalya?

Once I get them, I'll know if we have a 100% coverage. Like I said, I haven't gotten the tracks yet, but I'm assuming we might because they told me that the 90 volunteers that they had two years ago was almost overkill, and we have 50 registered right now. So we should have enough to cover most of the city. If I get a few more, I can make a few more teams, and then we can definitely cover the entire city.

I I have a question more about data. I'm just was looking at some data about point in time count 2026, and it's a known locations identified. And it just it's someone actually asked me about this. So so for example, in Oakland, they have 735 identified spots. Makes sense. Right? Hayward has 90 identified spots. San Leandro has a 113. Alameda has a 126 despite being geographically and and population smaller. Now I I thought maybe it was because we have more we have less less people who are homeless.

So these are, like, almost almost, like, county individuals. But I I'm not sure. Do you do you know why our number our number of locations are proportionally higher than anywhere else in this in the area.

Yeah. So just because it's a known location doesn't necessarily mean you're gonna find somebody there. What the known location means is that we spotted somebody there, we observed somebody there, we engaged with them at some point in time, but it doesn't necessarily mean they're still there. So there could be duplications and, like okay. So let's say Stacy, for example, I'm just making up a name here. Well, we discovered her on the base at 150 West Hornet. And then the next day, she was at 300 Island Drive all the way on the other side of the city. That would count as a known location even though it was the same person.

Right. And and the known location isn't has nothing to do with numbers either. Right? So the the 62 no location in Berkeley could all have 30 people in each one or something. Yeah. Well, here, you could be individuals. Okay. So that's that's what I was kinda guessing was the right answer, but it's good to kinda hear it confirmed. Yeah. Because some of them might look at that number and go, why is our number so big? Right? People just don't look at things that deeply, you know, last night. So thank you for

your And then keep in

mind too that for known locations, they are counting all the different numbers of longitude, latitude, addresses, and things like that. And you could be at 2529 Eagle Avenue, and that would be one location. But let's say somebody pinpointed that same person and they were a block down, that would be counted as another known location. So that's likely what's happening in Alameda.

Oh, I see. Okay.

So if we have the repeating addresses, they're not gonna count the repeat address. But if the address was, like, a block away, they're gonna count that.

Yeah. Alright. Thank you.

Mhmm. No problem.

Do you have any other questions? Oh, anything from the public? We need to make sure we ask. Anyone has public comment?

We have no public comment.

Great. Well, thank you so much for your presentation and coming here this evening.

No problem. Thank you, everybody. Hopefully, you get out soon. Thank you. Bye.

Happy Thursday.

Alright. And that brings us to it's funny. We kind of work talked about this already, but our four g, which is our work group reports. Before we

do that, can we do the minutes now that Michelle is here?

Oh, camera's ready? Okay. Alright. That's that's right. We can doesn't need to be a this thing this thing. Yeah.

Don't Not neither. So you should say you're both, though,

because you're here, so we can do Oh, yes. I I and to let you know, was at Kinder Info Night. That is why I

was No.

We have item three a. We approve of the minutes for 12/01/2025. I did actually put forth a motion to approve the minutes. It was seconded by Gerald, and we're gonna put this up to vote. All those in favor of accepting those minutes for December 1, say aye. Aye. Opposed? None. Passes from eight to zero. No. I'm staying. Great.

I mean, we don't get to say it was such delightful meeting, Tim.

It was. It was it was a very delightful meeting. It was bittersweet.

Yes. Alright.

Alright. Now we can go right to the work group reports. This item is the board discussion only. There's no staff presentation. So go directly to public comments.

There is no public comment.

Okay.

Okay. Let's start up. It's open for discussion.

Are you more future.

I'll start.

Okay. Well, we are currently looking for a new member, so I'm looking forward to the opportunity to meet and greet the new member of the United Against Hate Week the United Against Hate Group. We are definitely looking for ways to get the resolution moved forward as an action plan. That's something that I have been talking about in recent weeks with people who are caring to listen. So I thought it was really important that we have the opportunity to do so.

Guess there's anything else on the list that I should have remembered. Was a very short kind of a break there, a month and a half. So we did not really do a whole lot of work within that time period. But my goals are still the same. We're gonna be moving forward with working with the ACCYF, the Black Student unions, the LGBTQ community, and those are the goals that I'm looking for. That's the end of the month.

Bernie, do you have anything?

We have the, next task force meeting on the February 2. The mayor is going to attend. And I think we're having a presentation there from the city in '20 on charging domestic violence, misdemeanor, violating

be the victim advocate.

What's that?

The victim advocate will be attending to share a background.

And as I mentioned, you know, I I attended with Betsy and Shelby, the, I don't know who they were, the SECYF or the was that the leadership? Or No. That's yeah.

That was youth advisory place. Yeah. We met with the the YAC, the youth advisory committee, which I believe is a subcommittee of the ACCYF. Correct.

Okay. Because there was two presidents and a vice president and Yeah.

The secretary and

other outreach specialists.

Okay. So and discussed about I think I already said discussed about discussed their interest in domestic violence, kind of what they would see, and, you know, perhaps see if there's a way to change the task force meeting date so that we can have a use network. And, so that's that's really it. Alright.

And then, Road Home.

Is there anything

We don't have any huge updates. You guys let us know that the final report that I'm running all of my city council. I think we should put it on the agenda. Like a presentation. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Call. So no one present I was actually gonna put that as part of my staff update, or I did put it as part of my staff updates. But I can ask Simona to give the presentation that she gave at city council. I think that would be nice. I'll put it again. And that's all we have.

The only the only thing we I wanted to put on our radar too is given, I thought, how meaningful the the volunteers, the celebration of the volunteers, I wanna just sort of think of what it would be like if I'm if I'm in town, I'd wanna push for this to be in the Alameda parade and honor them during the parade.

Also, would it be weird if we, as the road home committee, sent thank you notes to account volunteers? No. Let's see what I have to bring it on. So you could send them, like because it's hard to get volunteers at five in the morning. And I'm sure city staff don't have time, but we could probably send, like, Yeah. That'll be lovely. I would put that on there. You just give us the addresses and what they're Okay.

You know, I have a

lot of things. Very boredly. Right. I said this very boredly. Right. It's very boredly to just be like, thanks. You guys are cool. That's a big ask of a volunteer. Yeah. Think that's a great idea.

That that's a great idea.

We had also talked about the we should have talked about some other things. Right? Like, pictures and thank yous of the volunteers at the. Is that somebody you were sending in?

Sorry. I don't know what happened after that. I was afraid of it.

Thank you. Bye. That's all I got.

Oh, and I'll be bringing a senior survey for review connect to the next meeting.

Draft. So what

the the hopes

of having it happen in March. So, alright. We go to anything else on

this? No.

We go to item five, the staff communications, the staff support, and city of Oakland. Of Oakland. City of Alameda's sorry. City of Alameda's housing and human services.

I'm sorry.

That would be

you. There was a lot of me about that. Okay. Alright. And, alrighty, I am Vanessa and I will be presenting, the staff updates for our division. So update on the day center. After a competitive bidding process, a contractor has been selected. Markhan Builders have been selected to complete the day center relocation project, and the contract has been executed. We expect construction to be completed late summer, early fall, so we're really looking forward to that. We have finally been able to execute after a long government shutdown.

We have finally been able to execute our federally funded contracts for social service providers. We completed our five year progress report that was presented to city council on January 6 and it's accepted. We will be beginning stakeholder sessions to inform our needs assessment, the first of which we'll do later this month. The pick out is January 22, as we all know. We have a new interim city manager. So after a competitive selection process, the city council appointed Mr. Adam Politzer as interim city manager at the December 2, this twenty twenty five city council meeting.

But she left?

Mhmm. Mr. Politzer comes to I should have added that on my last staff report. I'm sorry. Mr. Paul yeah. Last day was mid December. I don't think that's But it was kind of a quick like, news was given November. You let us know. Oh. Oh, great. Okay. Mister Pulitzer comes to Alameda with nearly thirty five years of local government experience, including thirteen years.

I think you're

Oh, okay. Good. Sorry. She knows that competition. Sorry.

I thought it was the person

Anyway, he has a lot of experience. Yeah. He's pretty manager. We have there are 17 below market rate homes that are sold from September to December, which I feel this is always, like, the last update that's, like, kinda spunk in at the end. This is a really big deal. That's huge. These are 17 below market rate homes that were sold to low to moderate income households. As we know in this country, a big way to create wealth is through homeownership. So there are 17 new households that now have that opportunity. So that's really so and my colleague, Michelle Berkovich, sometimes I put Michelle B, and I send it to the wrong Michelle B.

She has just worked tirelessly kind of behind the scenes doing all the paperwork and the loan documents, kind of like a unseen part of the process, but so keep. So thank you to her other than Michelle B. And that completes my staff updates. Thank you.

I don't know if you would know this or not, but did they, supply a timeline for how long they could have this city manager in there? Like, are they gonna plan to do it until the new mayor is elected? Or

There's no way anyone would ever tell me that.

Well, somebody do a durational period so that you can agree to the long term.

That's a good question. So I so I don't really have specifics. I know that for Interrail, we were all told that they were gonna because they when we were told that they were doing a hiring process external for Interrail, that it was going to be very quick. And then as far as finding a permanent, not something that was less. That was more vague, but that they would be having they would be doing a higher analysis. So I I actually don't know.

And Okay.

The person that was helped led the meeting, that's not the part that's not the city manager that came to our meeting and let it. It was just amazing. Shorty here.

Hey. He's the

assistant city manager.

Oh, gotcha.

So she's still here. So she access our Gotcha.

Gotcha. She's great. Yeah. She's very

handsome. She

I thought she was

Okay. Thank you for your report. And now we can move on to item six, which is board communications, not agenda items. Anything?

Sure. I was I got an email from Diane asking if we would be interested in co sponsoring with the free library a book for Black History Month. How could it be? And so I told her I would at least bring it up as part of the conversation, The details that she gave me were that, she has a friend who's got a book, and they were one of the pioneer recruiters for the NAACP in the South and the West. And they do a real discussion of the black community during these time periods, and they would probably be good place to start to get people an idea.

So the question of whether we could do cosponsorship with the library is a question that I'm thinking. We wanna talk about it for next month. That's something we can think about. They'll probably work out about it.

Well, if we're talking about next month, that would be too late anyway because that'd be the February.

Yeah. You probably Once through. Yeah. We'll have

to the next week or so. Yeah. But that's not library. So they staff on that thread. If you if you're trying to partner with the library, then you would have to connect with their staff.

Yep. Yep. And that would be the goal here is why she asked if we would be willing to co sponsor. And I said, it seems like a really good idea if we could work with the library if we work with

So does she have an event she's already creating, or what is the the ask

that like,

are we yeah. What is this? The cosponsor, but does she have the event already, or is she asking for us to start?

I believe she already has the event. Oh. That That makes sense. Yeah. And that she wanted to know if we would be willing to go in as part of it. I can verify that with her when we finish. I'll get back to you by that by for that tomorrow.

Okay. That sounds good. If you wanna also loop me in, that makes it a lot easier.

I it literally showed up on me today.

Yep.

So timing is everything.

Thanks a lot.

Beautiful. Alright. That's all for me.

Okay.

Any other communications? Okay. Seeing none, we can move to adjournment, and we will turn this meeting at 08:35.