POLICY COUNCIL MEETING Friday, December 11th, 2015 9:00 – 11:00 am

PUBLIC COMMENT

CONSENT AGENDA

HOUSING STATUS REPORTS

Update on Milpas Street and State Street Projects Emily Allen Executive Director, Common Ground Sarah Gowing, Westmont Intern

Westmont’s New Downtown Program Center for Social Entrepreneurship Started Fall 2015 9 Students Engaging locally

C3H Internship Database with low-income housing Coordinating w/ emergency shelters Learning about outreach Main project: Collecting data on 24 individuals Milpas/Downtown Cost/benefit analysis of housing first model

Incoming Data Cottage/Public Health/Ambulance ADMHS Restorative Police Difficulties: No satisfactory centralized data bank Need release forms

Update on Outreach and Placement of Veterans Katie Paye Uffizi Order

C3H 2015-2016 WORK PLAN Revenues and Expenditures to Date Status of Goals El Niño Update

Current Revenues and Expenditures

Proposal to Merge CoC and C3H Chuck Flacks and Erin Weber

Key Questions/Concerns What will happen to County Housing and Community Development? All funding for CoC will continue to go to them for HMIS and Consolidated Application – C3H not asking for new funding. What will happen to Policy Council? All members will be asked to join the CoC Board (pending CoC Board approval). C3H governance will fall under CoC Board with an Executive Committee to be determined by Board.

Benefits of Proposed Merger Efficiency — two organizations doing the same thing will be brought together Results — countywide collaboration will allow for a better accounting of the impact of the work = more people housed Resources — in regions where this has been done, philanthropy and other governmental sources of funds came to the table Accountability — the new organization will work to merge data and facilitate greater data participation, reporting, and sharing Representation — county agencies, local governments, business leaders, homelessness advocates, homeless people, first responders, housing providers, nonprofit providers, healthcare providers and others will have a voice where they can work together to end homelessness Clear Reporting — a representative board that includes elected officials means that all stakeholders will know what is happening and where to go when they have issues.

Proposed Merger of C3H and CoC Next Steps: Policy Council considers merger C3H Staff prepares draft amendments to Continuum of Care Charter including changes to CoC Board. CoC Board considers and approves merger at January meeting

Jeff Shaffer, Regional Director Regional Updates Jeff Shaffer, Regional Director

Supervisor Steve Lavagnino Stand Down Report Supervisor Steve Lavagnino