HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08141990 - 1.66 HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE: August 14, 1990
FROM: Perfecto Villarreal , Executive Director
cc:
SUBJECT: OPERATION JUMPSTART WORKSHOP/ELIMINATION OF DRUGS IN PUBLIC HOUSING
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ACCEPT letter from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
confirming the use of Housing Authority facilities as a field experience for the
professionals attending the Operation Jumpstart training workshop in San Francisco
August 6-11, 1990.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
Operation Jumpstart is a training program for participants who are looking for
alternative ways to address the crisis of drugs in public housing. The Operation
Jumpstart teams will consist of five to nine individuals, which may include
representatives of HUD regional offices; U.S. Department of Justice; Community
Relations Services; housing authorities; law enforcement/security; residents; the
media; a recognized and respected minority leader; an expert in drug
prevention/intervention/treatment and an expert on community mobilization. This
training is designed to increase the knowledge and skills associated with responding
to emergency situations in public housing, developing these individuals into a team
that can offer crisis response assistance to administrators and staff of housing
agencies.
The Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa has been selected to serve
as a field experience for the professionals attending the Operation Jumpstart
training in San Francisco, August 6-11, 1990.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION: .
None.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIONATUit Et
RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES)
ACTION OF BOARD ON IF, I jqqn APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS
X_ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS A TRUE AND
AYES; NOES: CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
ABSENT: — ABSTAIN: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Housing Authority ATTESTED AUG 14 1990
County Administrator Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
County Counsel Board of Commissioners
M302/7-63 BY �� DEPUTY