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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 09231997 - C23 �j TO:: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IOC _ OZ Contra FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Costa September 16 1997 _ County DATE: STS cduK� SUBJECT: APPOINTMENTS TO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD ABOLISHMENT OF THE HOMELESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. ABOLISH the Homeless Advisory Committee effective September 30, 1997. Make the following appointments to the Continuum of Care Advisory Board which was established by the Board of Supervisors on May 20, 1997: 2. APPOINT to Consumer Seat#1 for a one-year term ending October 1, 1998: Bruce Oberlander P.O. Box 31 Concord, CA 94522 3. APPOINT to Consumer Seat#2 for a one-year term ending October 1, 1998: Donald Parker 231 Lakeshore'Court Richmond, CA 94804 4. APPOINT to Advocate Seat#1 for a two-year term ending October 1, 1999: Mary Lou Laubscher 1122 Lovell Court Concord, CA 94520 CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF B RD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER " oage� SIGNATURES 60 1 ACTION OF BOARD ON Septembe, 23, 1997 PP VED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT — — — — — ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED September 23, 1997 Contact: County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF cc: Health Services Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY V1 ISTRATOR Public Health Director Brenda Blasingame, Homeless Program Manager-HSD Each appointee BY— DEPUTY IOC - 02 5. APPOINT to Advocate Seat#2 for a two-year term ending October 1, 1999: Bobbi Vann 113 Macdonald Avenue Richmond, CA 94801 6. APPOINT to Citizen At-large Seat #1 for a two-year term ending October 1, 1999: Dean Coons 3960 N. Peardale Drive Lafayette, CA 94549 7. APPOINT to Agency Representative Seat #1 for a three-year term ending October 1, 2000: Kathy Lafferty 1344 Sherwood Drive Concord, CA 94521 8. APPOINT to Agency Representative Seat #2 for a three-year term ending October 1, 2000: Jennifer Baha 4545 Elinora Avenue Oakland, CA 94619 9. APPOINT to Agency Representative Seat #3 for a three-year term ending October 1, 2000: Benita Harris c/o Rubicon Programs 2500 Bissell Avenue Richmond, CA 94804 10. APPOINT to Voluntary Organization Seat #1 for a two-year term ending October 1, 1999: Ginger Marsh P.O. Box 5894 Concord, CA 94524 11. APPOINT to Voluntary Organization Seat #2 for a two-year term ending October 1, 1999: Sharon Bernhus c/o Shelter, Inc. 1070 Concord, Avenue, Suite 200 Concord, CA 94520 -2- IOC - 02 12. APPOINT to Faith Community Seat #1 (West County) for a three-year term ending October 1, 2000: Janet Bruce 2608 Tulare Avenue EI Cerrito, CA 94530 13. APPOINT to Faith Community Seat#2 (Central County) for a three-year term ending October 1, 2000: Kathy Renfrow 1213 Grove Way Concord, CA 94518 14. APPOINT to Business Seat#1 for a two-year term ending October 1, 1999: John & Lonna Coleman 3888 EI Nido Ranch Road Lafayette, CA 94549 15. APPOINT to County/State/Federal Seat #1 for a three-year term ending October 1, 2000: P.J. Rodrigues 4736 Buckboard Way Richmond, CA 94803 16. APPOINT to County/State/Federal Seat #2 for a three-year term ending October 1 , 2000: John Lee c/o Social Service Department 40 Douglas Drive Martinez, CA 94553 17. APPOINT to County/State/Federal Seat #3 for a three-year term ending October 1, 2000: Elizabeth Gearin c/o Community Development Department 651 Pine Street, North Wing Martinez, CA 94553 18. APPOINT to City Seat #1 for a three-year term ending October 1, 2000: Janet Kennedy c/o City of Concord 1950 Parkside Drive Concord, CA 94519-2578 -3 IOC - 02 19. APPOINT to.City Seat #2 for a three-year term ending October 1, 2000: Teri House c/o City of Pittsburg City Manager's Office P.O. Box 1518 Pittsburg, CA 94565 20. AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director to continue to recruit for the following vacancies on the Continuum of Care Advisory Board and return recommendations for appointments to the Internal Operations Committee: Consumer Seat #3 Citizen At-large Seat #2 Citizen At-large Seat #3 Agency Seat #4 Faith Community Seat #3 (East County) Business Seat #2 City Seat #3 BACKGROUND: On May 20, 1997 the Board of Supervisors agreed to create a Continuum of Care Advisory Board which is to replace the Homeless Advisory Committee. Twelve members of the Homeless Advisory Committee are intended to transition to the new Advisory Board. In addition, as the attached report indicates, advertising has been undertaken for the remaining seats on the Advisory Board. The Health Services Department is recommending the appointment of six new members to the Continuum of Care Advisory Board, bring the total number of appointments to 18. We concur with these appointments and recommend them to the Board of Supervisors for appointment. -4- SE Health Services Department '-" '• PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION HOMELESS PROGRAMS 597 Center Avenue Suite 375 Martinez,California 94553 CO- TO: Internal Operation Committee Jim Rogers, Supervisor, District 1 Donna Gerber, Supervisor, District 3 FROM: Wendel Brunner, M.D. Director Public Health I—g71 DATE: September 10, 1997 SUBJECT: Homeless Continuum of Care Advisory Board The Five Year Homeless Continuum of Care Plan included a recommendation for the development of the Homeless Continuum of Care Advisory Board (COCB). The role of this Board is to oversee the implementation of the Homeless Plan and to provide an on going forum to facilitate coordination among all components of the continuum of care system for the purposes of service delivery, planning(including policy and program development), and resource development. A sub-committee was convened to assist the Homeless Program in the development of the COCB. This committee had representation from the Homeless Advisory Committee, Public and Environmental Health Advisory Board and Homeless Program star The committee outlined the specifics of each area of representation and decided on the current Homeless Advisory Committee members that would transition over to the COCB. Recruitment of the COCB involved mailing over 150 application packets to each of the cities, municipal advisory committees, police departments, members of the Board of Supervisors, community based organizations, including the Homeless Advisory Committee, the Public and Environmental Health Advisory Board, interested individuals, and through notices in the newspapers. Review and selection of the new members to be presented for recommendation to the Internal Operations Committee involved Homeless Advisory Committee members and Homeless Program staff. A372 (11/96) Contra Costa County Y The following are current Homeless Advisory Committee members that are transitioning over to the COCB: NAME AREA OF REPRESENTATION Bruce Oberlander Consumer(current or former) Mary Lou Laubscher Advocate Bobbi Vann Advocate Dean Coons Citizen At Large Kathy Lafferty Agency Representative Jennifer Baha Agency Representative Benita Harris Agency Representative Ginger Marsh Voluntary Organization Representative Janet Bruce Faith Community Kathy Renfrow Faith Community P.J. Rodrigues County, State, Federal Janet Kennedy Cities A current HAC member expressed interest in representing the East County Faith Community on the new COCB. We are recommending that we do an open recuritment of the East County Faith Community representative since the inter-faith community in East County has not been actively or extensively involved in homeless issues or the HAC, as the Central and West County inter-faith groups have. We want to do a general outreach to the exisiting interfaith groups in East County to allow them to select a representative to apply for the COCB. Currently, a total of seven people have submitted applications for the COCB. The following are the seven people who submitted applications: NAME AREA OF REPRESENTATION Sharon Bernhus Voluntary Organization Donald Parker Consumer(current or former) John and Lonna Coleman Business John Lee County, State, Federal Elizabeth Gearin County, State, Federal Teri House Cities Bernard Ellis Agency Representative Six of the seven applicants are being recommended for appointment to the COCB. The following are the six applicants recommended for appointment: NAME AREA OF REPRESENTATION Sharon Bernhus Voluntary Organization Donald Parker Consumer(current or former) John and Lonna Coleman Business John Lee County, State, Federal Elizabeth Gearin .County, State, Federal Teri House Cities Bernard Ellis is not being recommended at this time because there are currently no openings for advocates and the agency positions are designated for specific groups or sub-populations. We are continuing to recurit individuals to fill the vacant positions on the COCB and will return to the Internal Operations Committee at a futher date with recommendations for the vacant positions. We ask that the Internal Operations Committee approve the recommendations of the twleve Homeless Advisory Committee members and the six new applicants therefore appointing a total of 18 members to the new COCB.