City Council - Regular Meeting

Hello, good morning. I am Rui Rocha, a member of the Anti-Orc Commission, and I am running a joint board meeting with my colleague, Earth Councilor Tamisha Torres-Walker, that is, the Regional Social Development Block Support Committee. Let's start with the attendance check. Hello, members of the committee. Hello, members of the committee. Hello, members of the committee. Hello, members of the committee. Hello, members of the committee. Hello, members of the committee. Hello, members of the committee. Hello, members of the committee. Hello, members of the committee. The first item is number A. The Regional Social Development Block Supplementary Board of Directors will approve the meeting on March 26, 2026. I agree. I will re-appoint. Yes, Senator Louie Rocha. Yes, and Senator Torres Walker. Yes, it's passed. The case has been passed. Thank you. Next, we will move on to the bill case. This is a meeting of the CDBG Chamber of Commerce on September 5, 2025. The Board of Directors has approved it. I will agree. Mr. Rocha, would you like to agree? Yes. Ms. Torres-Walker, would you like to agree? Yes. The case has been passed. Thank you. Next, we will move on to the third case. The 2025-2026 Board of Directors' Annual Comprehensive and Evaluation Report Catcher Review. The recommendation is for the CDBG Committee to accept and accept citizens' opinions on the catcher report. Therefore, the current 3A case is a citizen's opinion hearing. Do you have a citizen's opinion on the catcher report? No one. Yes, the citizen's opinion has not been accepted. Thank you. Do you have a citizen's opinion? Then we will move on to the discussion of the committee on the catcher report. Do you have an employee to comment on each of the sketches in the report? If you want, you can come out as a single person. I don't know how to proceed. Can you hear me? Yes. All right.

Tell me. Hello, good morning. I am the Director of Public Safety and Regional Social Welfare of Monsha Cabral. Mr. Rocha, Ms. Torres-Walker, citizens, and regional social partners, hello. Once again, my name is Monsha Cabral and I am the Director of Public Safety and Regional Social Welfare of Monsha Cabral. I was able to participate in the special meeting, but thank you for giving me the opportunity to participate in earnest. Before we start, I would like to introduce Maisha Stewart and Delia Pedrosa of the housing service team who are with us today. Both of you are working as the coordinator of housing services in Busan. Maisha and Delia have been diligently working to gain comprehensive understanding of the city's housing program and financial support. This includes the management of CDBG, the compliance of regulations, financial and performance reports, IBIS, and the contract of the subcontractor. As you know, the announcement of the management of CDBG and the Regional Council of Societies has long received the support of the city's consultant, Terry House. Teri has extensive institutional knowledge and has contributed greatly to maintaining these programs even in the midst of a long period of population change. We are grateful for the knowledge shared with her devoted volunteers. She is still with us. She was not able to attend today's meeting, but is currently in the process of resigning. According to the fact that she was hired as a regular employee in the consultant-led department, Maisha and Dahlia were jointly given responsibility and authority. Today's presentation is an important part of this transition and reflects the efforts of the department to develop sustainable internal capacity. Then, I will hand over the presentation to Maisha and Dalia. Thank you. Yes, that's enough. Thank you. The microphone works well, right? Yes, hello. Congressman Louis Rocha, Congressman Ha Misha Torres Walker, and citizens. I am Dalia Pedroza, the head of the Antioch City Housing Service. Today, I am standing with my colleague Mycia Stewart, the head of the housing service, and Lauren Cadar, the assistant assistant. Today, we would like to announce the catcher of the 2025-2026 General Meeting of the Board of Directors of the CDBG. This report is a report on how CDBG and related housing resources were used, what people benefited from it, and the progress to achieve the goal of the integrated planning in 2025. It is a report of the city explaining. The entire report will contain detailed results of all programs supported. Lastly, I would like to talk about the comprehensive support, including housing maintenance, street counseling, sanitary services, emergency shelter, food supply, legal support and services, eviction prevention, loan support, new housing policy, housing ownership support, housing maintenance, etc. Now, I'm going to hand over the microphone to my colleague, Maisha Stewart. Thank you. Thank you, Dalia. Hello, Chairman Rocha, Chairman Torres Walker. My name is Maisha Stewart. I am very happy to be able to tell you about the achievements achieved by our lower-income institutions in the fiscal year 2025-2026. Overall, the activities that received funding provided services to 6,497 Antioch residents, which is 148% of the cumulative service goal. This figure is not repeated in each program, but residents can receive services from various institutions. The important thing is that the beneficiary has a housing income of less than 50% of the average income of the region. This shows that this support is reaching the most difficult residents economically. The details of the application, the expenditure information, and the application evaluation are included in the employee report. The recommendation is to approve the catcher report by the committee, and to approve the report to be submitted to the HOD by the city council after the meeting of the residents. If you have any questions, please let me know anytime. Thank you for your time.

First of all, I would like to say that the Catcher Report is very impressive. It is a very surprising figure that the number of residents who received benefits from our local community reaches 148%. Looking at the programs that were supported in each category, almost all programs achieved their goals or exceeded them. In the report, it seems that only a few of the programs in the field of regional social development have failed to achieve a few goals, and this seems to have occurred mainly in the field of old-age services. Well, I see that there is a content that is reviewing strategies for recruitment and education expansion. One of them is CD2.4, focusing on strengthening the capacity of the elderly. The content mentioned here is that recruitment is underway, but this program, the goal achievement rate was quite low. So, we are trying to expand the capacity of the recruitment and training internship program, and we are actively recruiting volunteers to support facility visits and outreach activities. What I'm curious about is whether it's because of lack of personnel or lack of volunteers. I would like to know in more detail why certain programs did not achieve their goals. Question Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, so I'm in charge.

The department will review the reasons for the failure of the goals of each program. Here, there is a limit on benefits, the lack of personnel or volunteers, the acceptance of programs, the capacity, and the intensity of the services provided. This result will be reflected in the monitoring, risk assessment, technical support and future fund support proposal. Yes, I understand. And next, CD2.5 is

It's a bit out of reach, but it shows that the participants of the service have helped to maintain greater independence at home. It's a bit out of reach, but I just figured it out. Four or five programs are a bit out of reach. What I asked was those programs. Yes, that's almost right. Therefore, I think more monitoring will be needed for this part.

I think it was due to lack of employees or volunteers.

Do you have any more questions? Would you like to ask this question? It is stated that the goal is to increase appropriate and supportive housing supply for AH4 research and support homes and special needs homes. This includes homes for people with research and support homes for homeless people, and homes for elderly, vulnerable elderly, physical, mental, and behavioral disabilities. However, the performance of this part is not mentioned. All other areas from AH-1 to AH-4 show performance, only the research support housing is an exception. Is it because the funding was not supported by the research support housing program?

Michelle, would you like to answer? Yes, then I will convey it to my colleague. Thank you. Thank you for the question. There is an answer. Wait a minute. There was a house deposit fund allocated to the Nelvin Development Project. However, the funds are still included in the limited, affordable, and long-term support housing project, but the project was in the contract negotiation stage, so this year's NN expenditure has not been reported. Therefore, we will continue to track the progress of the project and report if there are any major changes in the availability of certain or small amounts of funds. The Nelvin Development Project was a project for long-term support housing and special needs housing.

That's right.

There is no update on the current project and no funds have been allocated. I... As far as I know, yes, but if there is any other content, I will let you know outside of the trial.

But I don't think so.

Yes, this fund is known to have been allocated a long time ago. And there was no actual update on the project. So I have a question. I would like to ask the developer, land owner, or the person in charge to come back to the committee's meeting and let us know the project progress. When you came to the committee, the funds needed for the development stage seemed desperate. If there is a possibility that the project will not be carried out, we need to know and understand that fact. That way, we can relocate the resources elsewhere. Thank you. I understand. Thank you. Do you have any other questions?

No, almost all of the content presented in the summary below is reflected. I think it's important to get updates on the contract with the city government about the development of Novin. As you said, 1.5 million dollars is a considerable amount that can help our local society. If it is not used in a specific project, I think we need to do our best to meet the needs of low-income and homeless communities. I fully agree. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Because one of the problems related to research and support housing is that the funding support for other housing projects has been canceled, and the current situation is unclear about the development and development of housing. Another important thing that people need to know is that the Homekey Project was also a research-supported housing project. Yes, but... More than $750,000 of this research-supported housing fund was originally planned to be allocated to the Homekey Project. I want to know how much money was used in the Homekey project, how this project is going, and how the money was spent when another project was canceled. How much is currently available for this fund? I don't know if I haven't seen it, but I couldn't find it in the report. I would appreciate it if you could tell me the relevant content. If you can't tell me right now, please contact me again in the future. I'm worried that I'm not wrong, but as you said, I don't think there's anything in the report. I'll report it to the committee and tell you more about the situation and purpose of the fund.

Yes, the important thing in the annual report is that the research support housing fund for the Homekey Homekey project has been assigned, but as the project does not proceed, the fund will be revoked. It would have been nice to include the contents of the report for transparency. I see. Thank you. Yes. There was a public hearing earlier. Do you have any more opinions on the resolution of this case?

I would like to say thank you for always participating in one of our funding agencies, In Opportunity Junction, Opportunity Junction. Thank you very much for your excellent activities for the regional society, including the operation of the PEC Center and the ACT Program. Do you have anything to say? I don't want to burden you, but the most important thing is

This grant should be used to help the weakest class in the local community. We are analyzing where the weakest class is distributed through NTOC's population survey data. Therefore, it is very important to hear the opinions of the actual support agencies in person. I want to know what kind of people you have applied for, what kind of achievements you have achieved, and what kind of plans you have in the future. Yes, I see. Hello, everyone. I'm the CEO of the Opportunity Junction, Breanna Robinson. Thank you for giving me a chance to speak. In fact, I didn't plan to make a public statement, so I didn't prepare it separately. However, I would like to say that the CDBG fund plays a very important role in running our program. The WIOA success project through CDBG focuses on signing contracts with employers and providing jobs. Therefore, the amount of funds may have decreased overall, The number of Antioch residents we support is much higher. Last year, we hired 16 Antioch residents who earned more than $26 per hour through an administrative job training program, and a total of 48 Antioch residents were hired through other programs we run. We are located in a very difficult area in Antioch, which is a crossroad between Summersville and Delta Fair. We have been investing in this area continuously, Recently, we renewed the loan contract for the additional medical facility building right next to it. We plan to continue to be here. We would like to thank all of you for supporting us to improve this area, invest in our services, and provide services to people who need the most help in this area. Once again, thank you.

I would like to express my gratitude for your dedicated efforts. Opportunity Junction. I have participated in several programs with local social welfare organizations. And in the local community, many families and individuals who have received positive experiences and support through the Opportunity Junction program told me. If there had been no such support, it would have been difficult for them to maintain where they are living now. Opportunity Junction was established through income support, job training, etc. It will be of great help to those who desperately need help in self-reliance or self-reliance. I would like to thank you again. Some of you came to me and talked to me, and I received several emails about the value of Opportunity Junction in the Antioch region. Thank you again.

Before we move on to the next case, I'd like to ask you a simple question. This case is expected to be submitted to the Senate today. That's how it's going to go. That's right. Yes. It has to be submitted to the Senate for final approval. What I'm curious about is, when you submit a report from the institution, here are the results data. Where can I check information such as population statistics, age, and race? Do you have such data? Yes, it's in the catcher report.

If you request, we can provide it to you. Usually, we provide you with a brief explanation of everything, but in the catcher report, all the information such as age, population statistics, race, and nation are detailed. are organized by type of intervention. We can provide you with that information. I think the Edo report was written like this before, but I want to let you know that all the information is included in the catcher report. If you want in the future, you can add such information. I think it is important information not only for me but also for citizens.

I heard that you can download the catcher report directly from the website. Yes, that's important. In preparation for additional questions other than a simple summary, I think it would be good to include it in the will. Yes, of course. I will do that from now on. Yes. And Can I send an email requesting a catcher report to Captain Cabralla?

Yes, of course. The report will be submitted to HUD at the end of this month on September 30th. You have to go through the procedure before submitting, but you can send an email to anyone of us. Is the report ready?

Or are you still working on it?

It is currently in the initial stage, but all the necessary information is included.

It's right to finish this meeting and discuss it at the level of preparing for the next meeting, right?

Yes, thank you. 10 million won. Do you have any other questions? No. Yes, thank you. I will tell you about this case, the catcher report. This report is a case that the Chamber of Commerce will review and determine the progress. The recommendation is to receive and approve the catcher report. I will submit a consent form that supports the acceptance of the catcher report because it has already heard the citizens' opinions. I agree. I agree. Mr. Rocha. Yes, Mr. Torres Walker. Yes, the consent form has been passed as 2 to 0. Now we will move on to the fourth case. Comprehensive plan from 2025 to 2030, plan 2027-2028, plan 2028-2029, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 2029-2030, plan 20 Yes, we will look at the three-year supplementary payment process from now on. After reviewing this part, we will discuss if there are any questions or concerns about the future progress. Is there anyone in charge of discussing this part?

Yes.

Yes, are you still on the phone? Did you hear me? Are you still on the phone if it's connected? Yes, it's connected, but it just sounded a little faint, so I thought you were talking. My words

Can you hear me? Yes, I can hear you now. Yes, that's good. And I don't know where the camera is going. I don't know if you're looking at me or not. Thank you. Mycia and Delia. The next order is about the three-year regional social assistance fund support project. Antioch City is Contra Costa County. and Contra Costa Consortium with Concord, Pittsburgh, and Wallet Crixi. This consortium organizes regional application procedures, joint application systems, application promotion, and general program requirements, Each district will set their own priority ranking and submit a fund support proposal. Article 4 reference The application period starts with the online consortium launch meeting held on October 15. At this launch meeting, all interested institutions, including institutions that have received previous funding and institutions that hope to apply, will be able to apply for funds, priority ranking by district priority, qualification conditions, application system, and where you can get technical support. When the application starts, you can check the application materials, guidance, and deadline on the city website. The deadline for application is 5 p.m. on December 7, 2026. Today, we explained the detailed procedures so that the committee and citizens can understand the process to be carried out in the future and present their opinions in advance. When the employee completes the qualification and risk assessment, we will submit the application to the committee in February and share the review and evaluation results. After that, we will hold a public hearing in March and prepare a financial support proposal for the trial. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Yes. Do you have any questions? Yes.

Thank you for revealing it like this. Since I came here, many local residents I don't know when the application period is. I don't get a proper notice from the city. I heard you say. Then is this information only on the website? You said that the already registered group will be sent by e-mail. Yes, it will be posted on our website. This content will be posted on all of our social media platforms.

We are also delivering it to our network. We plan to expand the information so that more people can see the web page related to housing and homeless people, and we plan to make the local community members know more about the business we are running. And this content was also published in the East Bay Express yesterday, and it will also be published in our newspaper.

When delivering information to the local community through news media, is there a way to get information without paid subscription? Paid subscription can interfere with information access. For example, The article with the title of N.T.A.O.C.I.C.D.B.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.G.I.

For some people, 1 dollar may not be a big deal, but in a game like this, you may need that 1 dollar for the oil price. So, um, we'll find out how we can do it. Um, I don't know if we can do it.

It's hard to give you an answer right now, but let's see if it's hidden behind the paid subscription barrier. Yes, that's right. How can I know the amount that can be used?

I don't know how much the total funding will be in the next support period. Does the federal government have to make a financial support plan to know? So do we already know how much we can support? Or just ask people to apply as much as they want, and if people apply for $100,000, ah, then I'll only give you $10,000? Montserrat, would you like to answer? Or should I answer instead? No, it's okay. So we know the estimated amount is $850,000.

However, the HOD allocation in 2027 and 2028 can only be known in May. In fact, the year starts in July, so it can only be known in May. And all other annual funds are the same. This year, we received 860,000 dollars. Wait, 865,000 dollars. I know my calculation, but it's a bit difficult to pronounce. Because English is my second foreign language. And about $130,000 of that amount is used for public service and administrative costs. So this year, it's a shame to find out a little later about the CDBG support fund in 2026 and 2027. Thank you. I wanted to give you a rough idea of the local community.

In the last period of support, a few organizations received funding.

I don't remember how many in total, but it's about 29, including housing logistics and PLHA.

So, 29 individual organizations and two potential development projects. In fact, there were three, but two were disbanded. This is one of the applications. Please understand that 29 organizations can apply for funds. We cannot support funds for the entire organization. What you need to clarify in this meeting is that this grant helps the residents of Antioch a little bit and I hope it will be helpful in expanding the capacity of service provision, but it does not mean that the budget for the period is full. That's right. Generally, our agencies use the grant in conjunction with funds received in other district areas or counties.

However, we are doing a lot of work with a small budget. Last year, we paid $10,000 in subsidies, but in the coming fiscal year, we had to reduce $80,000. Nevertheless, institutions are providing services to more people than annual goals with low budget. Thank you.

Also, according to the report, technology support will be provided to applicants from October 15th to December 7th. I would appreciate it if you could tell me about this part as well. Thank you very much. Among those who talked to us during the last support project, there were many people who were not familiar with the process, but there were too many documents to work on or track, so some individuals or small-scale organizations seemed to lack experience. However, I don't think it's right not to receive a grant. You have to submit a application and provide the necessary information and help for process learning. So I'm glad to hear this. Are you going to contact the managers in person? Mr. Montserrat, right? No, yes.

As I said, we will provide you with a guide on how to apply for RFP. And technical support is provided throughout the year. In addition to the application submission, Delia and I are working together with the subordination agencies to support you with the application and other questions. Thank you very much.

Yes, I'll tell you again, but the range is known as dollar amounts. I remember it was about $850,000 over the past few years, but I originally expected $910,000. But it was cut. So some of the subsidies have been reduced from $10,000 to $9,200. It is important to watch how the federal government's financial support situation will be in the coming mid-term elections. We will watch with interest how the situation will unfold. And what I want to emphasize is that if there are programs that failed to achieve their goals, we hope that other programs that provide similar services will have a chance to receive new support. To proceed in a fair and transparent way. Yes, we are considering all of that, and the previous performance, risk assessment, and monitoring results will also be reflected in the future financial support process. Yes, do you have any other opinions?

No, yes. I felt like I could get out of here now. No, but it's a really amazing thing. It's amazing that you can continue to receive funding under the leadership of 4547 teams. Thank you all, especially Mindy. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for all the logos. Thank you. I agree.

You must have had an empty seat with Terry's retirement, but I was amazed at how well you were doing. We're moving forward and providing you with the information you need. We have a binder with data from the past two years. That information is very useful and thank you for your time. We know that it takes a lot of time to organize the data. In the past, we kept the printed data in a large binder, but it's much easier to see if you do this. Therefore, whether it's an electronic form or a binder form, we would like to look for all the ways to provide us with the necessary information. So that we can get the necessary information when we review and make a decision. Do you have any other opinions before we move on? Please let me know. Thank you. I'm Brianna Robinson of Opportunity Junction. I fully agree with what you just said. I'm trying to attend as many meetings as possible. Always support the same NT Orc employees. Montserrat, Delia, Maisha will respond immediately. As a beneficiary, I have always had the opportunity to get help and guidance. When there was a problem with the city data service, NT Orc and the employees helped us a lot, and you could contact us anytime, and you always supported us from the side. I really wanted to tell you this during the public comment time. Thank you. Yes, let's move on to the announcement. This is a matter that needs to be reviewed and approved. The CDBG Management Committee recommends that the CDBG Board of Directors review the citizen opinion on the process of receiving funds for the three-year subsidy period and approve it. Therefore, we will approve the consent to approve the integrated plan for the three-year period of 2027-28, 2028-29, 2029-30.

Did you say you would sign the consent? Or have you already presented it?

I said I would sign the consent. I'll do it. I'm a little late.

Please understand. This week has been really long. Um, I have a question. I'll ask the viewer. Is this just a discussion? Do you need a resolution? I was in a position to receive information today, and I don't think I need to make a resolution. There was no application or financial support in front of us today. And the next meeting seems to be scheduled around this month. So I think today was just a place to get information.

Montserrat, are you still on the phone?

Yes, that's right. As Torez Walker said, today is simply a place to get information. There is no warning. Yes.

It's like a precautionary measure, so that's what I said. This is a discussion case, and we will discuss it again later. I think this case is over today. Thank you. Yes, I still can't confirm in any way.

I always know that the case is being discussed.

Thank you for participating in the video. I hope you are doing well. Then let's move on to the next case. Wait a minute. Yes, the following is a future issue. Is there anything special you would like to discuss as a future issue related to the 5th item? The current progress has been interrupted. I would like to receive an update on the NOBAN development project.

I think it would be best to receive an update for the time being.

I also remember that there was an additional information request for data and the entire report.

As far as I know, if you request a report, please send it to us, and if you have any additional questions, you can send it to the department. Is that right? Yes, then the budget was invested in the development project, but we do not know the progress, so it would be better to receive an update at a later meeting.

Yes. Hmm, I don't think there are any other questions. Yes, the 6th case is the date of the next meeting. There is a possibility that it will be February 11, 18, or 25, 2027. I think we need to check our schedules and see what happens. So I won't set a date for today. That's right. Yes. I won't set a date for today. I may not be here in February. There's a rumor going around.

Anyway, I'm going to attend. Yes.

Do you have any opinions on the cover or the shoes? Yes. Then I'll move on to the 8th case. I agree. I request. Mr. Rocha. Yes. Ms. Torres Walker. Yes. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. on the 40th. Thank you.

Thank you.