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Minutes of the regular meeting of January 25, 2018
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DRAFT MEETING MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
SOCIAL SERVICES HUMANG RELATIONS BOARD
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018
1. CALL TO ORDER: 7:08 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Present: Chilcott (Vice Chair), Sorensen, Hastings, and
Jenks.
Absent: Hyman (Chair), Youngblood, and Medina
2. MINUTES:
Vice Chair member Chilcott highlighted in the minutes that SSHRB sent a letter to the January 16, 2018 Alameda City Council meeting. It outlined the community needs and requested approval of the Needs Statement for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Plan for fiscal year 2018/19. The Community Needs Letter was unanimously approved. Vice Chair Chilcott thanked Social Services Human Relations Board (SSHRB) member Hastings and Chair member Hyman for attending and presenting to the City Council.
The Board unanimously approved November 30, 2017 minutes as is.
3. AGENDA ITEMS
3-A 2017 CITY OF ALAMEDA COMMUNITY NEEDS SURVEY, PRELIMINARY SUMMARY-Jennifer Hastings and Kale Jenks, Community Needs Survey Committee.
Board member Hastings said that she and Chair member Hyman presented the Needs Letter and the Preliminary Summary to the January 16, 2018 City Council meeting. She noted that the Preliminary Summary is at a very high level. There were over 1,700 results. Board member Hastings mentioned that the biggest themes they found throughout the survey was the housing pain felt by the lack of affordable housing as well as the effects of traffic. Their analysis will examine how demographics and where people live on the island affect the results.
Board member Jenks added that the City Council was pleased to see the summary and looks forward to the full assessment in April.
3-B WORK GROUP PROGRESS REPORTS
* Human Relations Workgroup (Chilcott, Sorensen, and Medina).
o Vice Chair Chilcott said that the workgroup will meet soon to determine the best use of the $3,179 raised by local resident Alex ...
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