Title
Minutes of the Special Meeting of March 24, 2016
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DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED
Social Service Human Relations Board
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Social Service Human Relations Board, April 28, 2016
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
President Biggs called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Present were Vice-President Williams, and members Radding, Hyman, Blake, Sorensen, and Davenport.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the special meeting of March 24, 2016, were approved as presented.
M/S Hyman/Williams Unanimous
3. AGENDA ITEMS
3.-A REPORT BY PRESIDENT BIGGS ON "QUALITY OF LIFE" SURVEY DATA COLLECTED
AT 2015 COMMUNITY EVENTS
President Biggs began his presentation by distributing a report (MINUTES ATTACHMENT A) containing data collected at Alameda's 2015 Earth Day Celebration and the 2015 Park Street Spring Fair. The report was a compilation of data collected from the four hundred Alameda residents who completed the survey. Residents identified a low crime rate and safe neighborhoods, a good place to raise children, and good schools, as the three most important factors that defined the quality of life in the community. A clean environment and Parks and Recreation were tied for fourth place. Eighty-seven percent of the respondents rated Alameda's overall quality of life as either high, or very high.
In addition to rating quality-of-life issues on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being poor, and 5 being very high, respondents had the opportunity to provide comments on steps that might be taken by the City to improve the quality of life in Alameda, in areas such as public safety, community events and activities, and programs and policies. Finally, respondents were asked to share what other comments or concerns they had regarding the quality of life and social service needs of our community.
Board members noted that while forty percent of those who responded stated that they do not voluntee...
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