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City of San José, California
Neighborhood Services & Education Committee meeting of April 13, 2023
Pre-meeting citizen input on Agenda via eComment at https://sanjose.granicusideas.com/meetings.
This public meeting will be held at San José City Hall and also accessible via Zoom Webinar. For information on public participation via Zoom, please refer to the linked meeting agenda below.
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A
A
A
A
A
B
B
The
Time
Is,
Now,
1,
30.,
I'm
gonna
call
to
order
the
NSE
meeting
of
April
12
2023
before
we
begin,
I
want
to
just
read
the
code
of
conduct.
I
want
to
remind
the
committee
members
and
members
of
the
public
to
follow
our
code
of
conduct
at
meetings.
This
includes
commenting
on
the
specific
agenda
item
only
and
keeping
comments
to
addressing
the
full
body.
Public
speakers
will
not
engage
in
a
conversation
with
the
chair
or
committee
members
or
staff
directly.
B
B
Okay
and
in
regards
to
the
consent,
calendar
I
believe
there's
no
consent
items
for
this
meeting.
So,
let's
move
along
all
right.
Let's
go
to
review
of
work
plan.
It's
my
understanding
that
the
city
initiatives,
roadmap,
digital
empowerment,
program
strategies
to
maximize
affordable
connectivity
options
for
residents
was
voted
to
be
dropped
per
last
week's
Rules
Committee.
D
All
right,
we'll
turn
it
over
to
staff
Laura
Michelle.
C
C
Thank
you.
It
is
our
pleasure
to
be
here
today
to
provide
you
in
the
public
aesthetis
update
on
the
children,
youth
services,
master
plan
for
the
city
of
San
Jose,
so
next
slide
before
providing
an
update.
We
would
like
to
ground
this
presentation
on
why
the
children,
youth
services
master
plan
for
the
city
of
San
Jose
as
a
city-wide
strategy
and
approach,
is
significant
to
our
community,
and
so
we
begin
with
the
map.
C
The
city
of
San
Jose
has
a
little
over
a
million
residents
of
these
over
315
000
are
children,
youth
and
young
adults
from
birth
through
age
24.,
and
while
this
map
shows
San
Jose's
one
unified
City,
everything
is
not,
as
it
may
appear
on
the
surface.
It
is
Well
documented,
documented
that
there
are
inequities
that
create
a
Chasm
through
our
city
that
impacts
everyone.
C
Many
children
in
youth
in
our
city
do
not
have
access
to
the
same
resources,
support
systems
and
opportunities
to
achieve
their
full
potential.
Unfortunately,
these
vulnerable
children
are
not
always
in
a
position
to
advocate
for
themselves.
Racial
socio-economic,
educational
and
health
disparities
and
inequities
often
lead
to
Poverty
displacement,
violence,
homelessness
and
other
poor
outcomes.
C
So
as
we
embarked
on
developing
the
children
youth
services
master
plan,
it
has
not
been
lost
on
staff
from
the
city,
manager's
office,
the
library
parks,
recreation,
Neighborhood,
Services,
the
office
of
Economic
Development,
the
office
of
racial
equity
and
many
others
that
we
have
a
duty
to
uplift
and
interweave
throughout
the
master
plan.
Their
lived
experiences,
their
voices,
their
expertise,
as
well
as
their
hopes
and
dreams
for
all
children.
With
that
said,
we're
working
with
all
sectors
of
the
community
to
work
towards
dismantling,
systemic
racism,
structural
barriers,
persistent
inequities
and
generational
trauma.
C
The
ultimate
goal
is
to
narrow
and
someday
eliminate
the
chasm.
It
will
not
happen
by
accident.
We
must
act
with
intention
if
we
are
to
create
a
city
where
all
of
our
children
can
thrive.
The
work
we
do
today
will
shape
the
lives
of
today's,
and
also
tomorrow's
Children
and
Youth,
and
the
interest
in
in
the
interest
of
time.
We
won't
cover
each
slide
in
depth.
C
Oops
I
just
realized
I'm
missing
a
page
here.
Sorry,
oh
so
we
begin
with
the
background.
With
that
said,
we
are
first
and
foremost
grounding
the
development
of
the
master
plan
on
the
number
of
City
Council
directives
and
City
policies,
strategies
and
initiative,
so
that
there
is
alignment
in
your
packet
is
attachment.
A
that
includes
more
information
in
the
mayor's
June
2021
budget
message.
The
city
manager's
office
was
directed
to
develop
a
comprehensive
Cradle
to
Career
youth
development.
C
Master
plan
city
council
recognize
that
children,
youth,
young
people,
especially
from
specific
zip
codes
who
were
already
experiencing
a
myriad
of
social
economic
challenges,
were
disproportionately
impacted
by
the
pandemic,
thereby
exasperating
their
situation.
Unfortunately,
a
year
later,
we
still,
we
still
don't
fully
know
the
long-term
impact
of
the
pandemic
on
our
most
vulnerable
Children
and
Youth
and
their
families.
C
The
master
plan
will
ensure
alignment
of
programs,
initiatives
and
strategies
across
City
departments,
as
well
as
with
those
of
external
Partners,
where
it's
appropriate,
provide
guidance
on
policy
priorities
and
Investments
operationalize.
The
Bill
of
Rights
for
Children
and
Youth
provide
a
Continuum
of
support
for
children,
youth
from
Cradle
to
career
and
from
prevention
to
intervention,
develop
a
strategic,
coordinated
and
Integrated
Service
delivery
system,
as
well
as
develop
long-term
and
sustainable
impact
and
measurable
outcomes.
C
C
C
C
C
C
Our
community
engagement
strategies
have
been
centered
around
empathy,
thoughtfulness,
respect
and
authenticity,
and
this
has
been
done
by
convening
a
number
of
executive
committee
and
Community
advisory
meetings.
Brainstorming
sessions
to
solicit
input
and
guidance,
we
have
been
meeting
monthly
with
the
youth
commission
to
provide
updates
as
well
as
we
co-hosted.
Three
youth
Town
Halls
we've
had
a
number
of
community
conversations
through
focus
groups,
presentations
as
well
as
one-on-one
in
small
group
meetings
with
Community
stakeholders.
C
C
As
mentioned
previously,
while
the
key
deliverable
and
priority
is
the
completion
of
the
master
plan,
as
we
all
delved
into
the
planning
and
Community
engagement
process,
it
became
clear
early
on
that.
The
city
of
San
Jose
has
a
critical
and
important
role
in
improving
the
quality
of
life
and
developmental
trajectory
of
our
young
residents
by
strengthening
families,
neighborhoods
and
communities.
C
To
this
end,
staffs
recognize
that,
as
part
of
this
interconnected
ecosystem,
no
one
entity,
institution
or
organization
can
address
a
myriad
and
often
complex
needs
that
families
and
Children
and
Youth
have,
as
we
build
an
effective,
Integrated
Service
delivery
system.
We
are
considering
the
six
conditions
of
systems
change,
looking
at
structural
change,
creating
and
reinforcing
policies,
practices
and
resource
investment
flows,
which
is
often
the
most
tangible
and
most
common.
C
However,
we
also
need
to
consider
the
relational
change
which
requires
shifting
power
dynamics,
building
relations
and
connections
across
systems
so
that
it's
sustainable
and,
lastly,
to
work
towards
common
goals,
vision
and
values
we
need
to.
We
need
to
have
transformative
change,
which
requires
us
to
shift
our
mental
models
so
that
we
don't
continue
to
work
as
usual,
as
we
know
that
services
are
often
fragmented.
Outcomes
are
inconsistent
and
families
and
children
continue
to
hurt
often
for
Generations.
C
C
So,
on
behalf
of
myself
and
Angel
Rios
Deputy
city
manager,
we
would
like
to
thank
City
staff
and,
in
particular,
the
library,
the
prness
and
the
many
Community
Partners
families,
Children
and
Youth,
who
that
have
joined
us
in
this
journey.
They
have
been
beyond
supportive
and
collaborative
collectively.
We
can
make
San
Jose
the
best
place
to
raise
children
and
youth
together.
C
We
have
done
considerable
work
over
the
past
year
and
look
forward
to
finalizing
the
master
plan
to
cement
our
commitment,
as
well
as
to
provide
a
common
vision
for
serving
and
uplifting
all
children
and
youth
in
San,
Jose,
Just,
One
Last
point
we
included
in
your
packet
attachment
C,
which
has
a
list
of
organizations
and
Community
stakeholders
that
have
participated
in
our
executive
and
Community
advisory
meetings.
This
is
not
an
exhaustive
list.
B
Thank
you
so
much
Laura
I
wanted
to
see.
If
we
have
any
public
comment.
G
Yes,
Paul
solo
from
the
Horseshoe.
That
report
had
Angel
Rios
all
over
it,
and
thank
you
very
much
for
for
writing
it.
The
language
is
correct.
It's
absolutely
correct
what
is
missing
from
that
language
is
create
examples
as
to
who
is
responsible
for
this,
and
that
is
the
city
itself.
G
I
successfully
returned
that
racial
Equity
definition
back
to
the
city
twice
successfully
because
it
was
inadequate
and
and
and
I
don't
mean
to
impugn
the
work
that
is
being
done
by
Angel
and
and
Laura.
It's
excellent
work
I
know
that
the
legal
department,
though,
is
the
one
that
is
behind
preventing
these
histories
from
being
institutionalized.
G
Concretely,
you
see
the
only
way
that
we're
going
to
get
to
a
point
where
any
of
these
words,
because
they're
they're
words
right
now,
they
don't
have
any
substance
or
meaning
until
the
concrete
example
is
given
within
this
context,
then,
once
that
happens,
then
you
get
the
you
get
the
allocation
I'd
like
to
draw
you
what
I
mean
by
that
is
that
look
at
how
much
information
was
shared
just
in
this
report.
That
was
a
lot
of
information.
G
You
just
gave
my
life
history
and
the
history
of
my
mother
and
father
and
the
history
of
my
nana
and
the
history
of
my
olita.
Just
in
that,
but
yet
look
at
how
much
money
is
allocated
472
thousand
dollars.
Are
you
kidding?
That
is
disgusting?
That
is
embarrassing,
I'm
talking
to
the
city
now
that
is
embarrassing
for
you
to
sit
there
and
allow
the
city
to
produce
documents
like
that
and
then
the
way
you're
going
to
like
address
that
is
462
thousand
dollars.
Are
you
serious?
G
That's
insulting,
go
ahead
and
keep
it,
because
all
that's
going
to
happen
is
a
bunch
of
non-profits
are
going
to
be
fighting
over
that
because
what
they
do
is
they
use
this
language
and
they
exploit
what
has
happened
to
me.
They
exploit
what
happened
to
my
parents,
because
this
isn't
just
one
generation.
This
is
Generations,
plural,
so
the
city
has
a
lot
to
account
for
I
want
that
budget
allocation
trip,
Kathleen.
H
Thank
you.
This
is
Kathleen
King
from
healthier
kids
foundation
and
I'm
very
excited
about
this
effort
and
appreciate
working
with
Laura,
boozo
and
Angel
Rios
on
it.
We
are
close
to
the
625
children.
We
committed
to
do
my
health
first,
which
is
a
wellness
program,
dental
vision
and
hearing
and
our
work
is
screening,
but
the
major
part
of
our
work.
Our
secret
sauce,
is
getting
the
children
to
the
care
they
need
and
I
just
I
I'm,
very
supportive,
also
of
the
approach
of
data
and
understanding
and
I
feel
for
the
last
speaker.
H
H
20
showed
they
needed
the
imminent
help
at
that
moment
in
Dental,
45
percent
showed
they
had
need
one-fifth
of
those
had
emergency
dental
needs
and
provision
19.
So
I
would
also
say
that
11
of
those
we've
worked
with
needed
food
and
at
77
percent
of
the
children
were
Hispanic
one
percent
white,
16
Asian
and
one
percent
African-American.
H
What
I'd,
also
like
to
say,
is
I'm
so
thankful
and
appreciative,
because
everything,
the
city
does
allows
The
credibility
for
us
to
go,
get
other
funds
so
for
the
funds
you
put
in,
we
were
able
to
help
more
than
two
and
a
half
times
that
many
children,
because
the
credibility
of
San
Jose
City
being
involved
in
this.
Thank
you
so
much.
I
J
Good
afternoon,
council,
members
and
staff,
my
name
is
Matthew
Tinsley
and
I.
Am
the
director
of
the
strong
start
initiative
at
the
Santa
Clara
County
Office
of
Education
on
behalf
of
County
Superintendent
of
Schools
Dr
Mary
Antoine.
We
would
like
to
commend
the
city
on
their
continuing
development
of
the
master
plan
for
Children
and
Youth.
J
As
you
synthesize
your
findings,
we
encourage
you
to
include
recent
and
upcoming
resources
from
the
sccoe,
including
the
Head
Start
Community
assessment,
the
local
Early
Education
planning
councils,
Community
needs
assessment
and
the
upcoming
mid
implementation
review
of
The
county-wide
Early
Learning
master
plan,
so
that
all
of
our
efforts
can
be
aligned
and
moved
together.
We
look
forward
to
our
ongoing
partnership
in
this
work.
Thank
you
very
much.
K
L
Hi
Blair
Beekman
I
have
a
few
items
to
discuss
to
begin
with
the
review
of
the
work
plan,
even
though
that
the
initiatives
roadmap,
digital
empowerment,
program
strategies,
you
talked
about
digital
issues,
a
council
a
few
days
ago.
I,
don't
think
it
was
quite
the
title.
L
L
I'll
talk
about
this
more
at
open,
Forum
time
from
there
to
go
back
to
this
item.
Thank
you,
for
it.
I
think
it's
related
to
the
concepts
around
child
and
youth
human
rights
issues
that
you've
been
practicing
recently.
L
I
can't
quite
remember
its
name,
but
it's
it's
related
to
that
good
work
that
you've
been
doing.
So.
Thank
you
for
that.
Thank
you
for
the
words
of
Paul,
who
very
nicely
offered
who
reminded
myself
that
persons
like
now
supervisor
Sylvia
Arenas
working
at
the
county
level,
she's
working
really
hard
to
bring
her
concepts
of
what
Equity
is
about
to
the
county
level.
L
L
You
know
what
do
we
do
here
at
the
local
level
to
to
better
develop
a
long-standing
problems
and
issues
and
I
hope
Paul
can
have
deep
conversations
with
Angel,
Rios
and
Laura
boozos
boozo
about
these
subject
matters
and
Good
Luck
in
how
to
bring
in
you
know
my
the
work
that
I
do
with
civil
rights
and
civil
protections
and
accountability
with
the
future
of
technology.
I
think
teaching
those
things
to
Children
is
incredibly
important
and
not
have
to
be
Wendy.
M
Hi,
my
name
is
Wendy
mahaney
Guru
I'm,
a
education
and
child
care
Advocate.
Also
the
city
of
San
Jose's,
chair
of
the
library
commission
and
the
vice
president
of
San
Jose
Unified,
School
District,
and
a
member
of
local
child
care
plan.
Council
I
know
I.
Never
sleep
I
want
to
really
thank
Laura
for
her
leadership
on
seeing
this
through
every
day
she
dreams
about
it,
thinks
about
it,
works
on
it
and
I've
never
worked
with
a
finer
person
than
Laura
boozo
Angel
as
well.
M
M
I
agree
with
some
of
the
comments
from
before.
If
22
percent
of
the
city's
residents
are
children,
then
22
percent
of
the
budget
should
be
allocated
towards
children
and
children's
initiatives.
The
amount
allocated
for
this
is
incredibly
low.
I
can't
see
how
this
year-long
work
on
on
this
reimbursement,
or
this
revenue
is
going
to
do
very
much.
M
I
would
highly
encourage
council
members
to
invest
and
invest
deeply
in
this
particular
work,
because
this
is
the
work
that
has
the
highest
return
on
investment
when
we
think
about
the
adults
coming
into
the
city
of
San,
Jose
or
growing
up
and
into
the
city
of
San
Jose.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
Laura
and
Angel
for
the
incredible
work
and
I'll
continue
to
be
your
partner.
Thank
you.
I
K
Sorry
about
that
here,
I
am,
my
name
is
Laura
Glenn
Daniel
I'm,
the
VP
of
programs
with
healthier
kids,
Foundation
I,
want
to
thank
you
in
the
city
thank
the
city
for
their
support
of
healthier
kids
Foundation
this
year
and
for
including
us
in
the
children
and
youth
services
master
plan.
K
As
you
know,
our
mission
is
to
remove
Health
barriers
impacting
the
learning
and
life
success
of
Silicon
Valley,
Youth
and
funding
is
dedicated
to
providing
Health
screenings
to
youth
in
Alum
Rock
for
vision,
Dental
hearing
and
emotional
Wellness,
along
with
follow-up
Support
Services
based
on
students,
screening
outcomes
and
I
know
that
Kathleen
was
on
earlier,
but
I
just
want
to
Echo.
Some
of
those
really
high
level
needs
that
we're
finding
and
that's
43
of
kids,
we
screened
had
unmet
emotional
needs.
K
K
You
know
each
of
these
students
becomes
a
case
for
our
team
of
parent
Advocates
to
follow
up
with,
and
some
highlights
so
far,
they're
still
continuing
to
work
on
those
cases,
but
we've
gotten
20
students
into
Behavioral,
Health,
Services
50
into
appropriate
dental
treatment,
43
have
received
glasses
or
appropriate
services
from
an
optometrist,
and
so
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
again
for
continuing
to
be
our
partner
and
support
our
programming
and
again
just
thank
you
very
much.
We're
very
excited
to
be
included
in
this
master
plan
back
to
the.
B
Thank
you.
Now
we
will
move
into
Council
comments,
account
Council
questions
and
comments,
starting
with
council
member
Torres.
N
Hello
good
afternoon,
thank
you,
Laura
for
for
that
presentation
and
Maria
and
others
along
with
Angel
as
well
as
you
can
imagine
for
myself
as
a
former
participant
of
the
Washington
United
youth
center.
This
type
of
work
is
very,
very
important,
so
also
a
huge
thank
you
to
our
community
members
and
our
organizations
who
are
helping
us
create
this
very,
very
important
plan
for
our
youth.
N
So
we
all
know-
and
we
should
know
that
healthy
and
safe
children
and
families
are
the
Bedrock
of
any
City
I
mean
that's
Point,
Blank
right
and
so
it's
very
important
to
invest
in
in
our
children
in
in
our
youth
and
it's
I
sat
in
a
meeting
on
Monday
where
the
the
you
know,
the
protocol
meeting
of
when
an
unfortunate
gang
incident
happens
in
a
council
member's
District
and
throughout
the
whole
meeting.
I
was
just
so
very
saddened
because
it
was.
N
N
I
know
one
of
them
is
unfortunately
no
longer
with
us
and
the
other
one
now
has
to
go
through
their
criminal
justice
system,
and
you
know
who
knows
where,
where
that
individual
may
end
up,
but
just
you
know,
I
just
sat
there,
one
very
sad,
but
then
two
at
the
same
time,
a
little
bit
upset
of
why
this
continues
to
happen.
You
know
why
do
our
youth
keep
falling
through
the
cracks
you
know
it
is.
N
It
is
very
important
to
create
a
cradle
to
college
Career
College,
to
create
thank
you
cradle
to
Career
life,
for
many
of
our
for
many
of
our
youth,
and
if
we
don't
invest
in
our
youth
and
we
don't
invest
in
our
children
and
our
families
right
I
already
mentioned
it,
they
fall
into
crime,
they
become
homeless
right.
N
They
just
eventually
joined
the
cycle
of
poverty
that
that
just
that,
unfortunately,
has
so
many
has
so
many
negative
connotations
for
further
for
their
lives
and
by
the
way,
it's
issues
and
concerns
at
the
top
of
the
minds
of
every
resident
here
in
the
city
of
San
Jose
right
right
now,
right,
our
Five
Focus
areas
have
to
do
with
the
unhoused
have
to
do
with
with
with
safety
and
crime,
and
you
know-
and
it's
it's
no
accident
that
that
is
happening
because
we
have
always
under
invested
in
our
youth,
especially
youth,
in
some
of
our
most
important
zip
codes
here
in
the
city
of
San,
Jose
and
I.
N
9516-95110-95112-95127,
you
know
95122
right.
Those
are
95148
right.
Those
are
those
are
all
areas
where
a
majority
of
our
youth
unfortunately
do
not
go
to
college,
but
go
straight
to
prison
or
or
live
a
life
that
we
don't
want
them
to
live.
So
you
know
one.
Thank
you
so
much
that
you
all
are
doing
this.
It
takes.
You
know
I,
don't
like
that
cliche,
but
it
is,
it
is
very
important
to
say
it
takes
a
village.
N
It's
going
to
take
all
of
us
to
continue
to
make
sure
that
we're
investing
in
our
youth
and
in
our
families,
because
they
are
our
future.
N
It's
true,
you
know
again
I,
don't
I,
don't
like
that
saying
those
cliches,
but
it
is
a
hundred
percent
correct
that,
if,
if
we
continue
to
invest
in
our
youth
and
make
sure
that
they
don't
have
a
gun
but
have
a
book
right,
that
they
don't
have
a
knife
and
but
have
a
booklet
for
for
middle
school
high
school
college,
whatever
it
may
be
that
that
the
return
of
investment
is
going
to
be
rewarding
and
and
it's
going
to
set
the
foundation
for
a
for
a
healthy
City
and
healthy
communities,
so
I'm
committed
to
to
making
sure
that
we
continue
and
we
don't
ignore
and
we
don't
put
in
the
back
burner
because
sometimes
you
know
we
have
this
policy
on
paper
and
it's
not
implemented
and
I'm
committed
as
a
former
participant
for
the
mayor's
game
prevention
task
force.
N
B
Thank
you.
We
have
a
motion
and
a
second
now
we're
going
to
move
to
council
member
Dewan
I.
O
Just
want
to
say
thank
you
Angel
and
Laura,
and
all
the
participants
out
there.
All
of
us
have
to
work
together
to
to
make
this
program
work.
Foreign,
youth,
I
think
every
one
of
us
somewhere
down
the
line
we
used
to
be
a
little
bit
younger
and
we
needed
a
little
extra
guidance
so
to
help
I
happen,
to
have
three
kids
and
they're
all
adults
now
but
I.
O
O
At
my
age
I'm,
you
know
I'm
going
towards
the
pasture,
but
somewhere
down
the
line
there,
but
I
would
love
to
to
make
sure
that
we,
we
all
of
us
work
towards
making
the
city
the
environment
the
safe
safety
for
our
children,
especially
we
got
to
get
back
to
what
you
call
the
basic
and
we
have
to
invest
into
family,
because
our
family
unit
is
is
pretty
much
broken
most
of
the
time,
because
most
parents
now
are
working
two
or
three
jobs
to
make
ends
meet
and
to
trying
to
pay
for
the
apartments
or
their
housing,
and
they
don't
have
enough
time
to
spend
with
the
children
and
it
doesn't
matter
how
many
programs
we
have
it
helps,
but
I
I
would
love
to
to
invest
more
into
family.
O
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
Dewan,
with
that
I'll
I'd
like
to
make
a
few
comments.
I
want
to
thank
City
staff,
both
Laura
and
Angel
and
and
their
team
for
the
great
group
of
partners
that
have
come
together
to
enhance
the
Children
and
Youth
master
plan.
The
Outreach
and
participation
that
is
informing
this
plan
is
is
really
amazing
to
see,
especially
because
the
work
being
developed
here
is
of
critical
importance
to
our
our
working
class.
B
Families
of
San
Jose
like
and
it's
exciting,
to
see,
because
as
a
recipient
of
youth
services
at
the
old
moxa
Center
in
East,
San
Jose
and
through
other
programs
like
clean
slate
and
and
just
Community,
Resources
I
know
that
the
work
that'll
come
out
of
this
plan
will
have
life-changing
outcomes
for
generations
to
come
right
because
I
know
that
if
it
wasn't,
for
you
know
these
programs,
it
wasn't
for
the
Youth
Conservation
Corps
that
was
around
when
I
was
younger.
B
I
would
not
be
sitting
before
you
today.
Both
the
report
and
the
presentation
were
very
thorough.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
that.
I
wanted
to
move
into
a
budgetary
question.
B
It's
it's
a
my
understanding
that
after
today's
action
there
will
be
about
624
000
left
in
unallocated
funding
in
the
remaining
10.5
million
to
fund
the
actions
and
activities.
Is
that
correct.
D
D
One,
which
was
our
goal,
was
to
to
immediately
do
something
around
reaching
out
to
to
youth
in
San
Jose,
especially
those
that
have
been
adversely
or
higher
impacted
in
in
a
in
a
more
profound
way,
by
the
pandemic,
and
so
in
year
one
we
allocated
about
six
million
dollars
buttons,
yes,
6.1
million,
and
then
this
year
we
are
re-budgeting
because
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
just
we
weren't
just
spending
that
money
kind
of
recklessly.
D
D
and
so
that'll
that'll,
be
that
what
we
are
leaving
is
1.1
million
unallocated
with
a
recommendation
to
continue
the
funding
of
the
inner
Department
team
that
we
have
that's
working
on
developing
this
plan
and
coordinating
all
this
work.
You've
heard
a
lot
from
myself
from
Laura,
but
we
have
the
light.
We
have
stuff
from
the
library
from
Parks
Recreation,
Neighborhood
Services
many
other
departments
in
the
city
as
well,
and
so
what
will
remain
in
the
unallocated
portion
is
about
624
thousand
dollars,
but
but
again,
that's
that's.
D
On
top
of
the
4.3
million
that
we
are
recommending
continued
investment
into
2024..
The
other
thing
I
want
to
clarify,
too,
is
that
that
is
not
the
only
investment
that
the
city
is
making.
This
is
all
on
top
of
pre-existing
funds,
funding
that
we're
providing
through
the
library
through
parks,
recreation,
Neighborhood,
Services,
sounds
the
best.
The
youth
apartment
Alliance.
So
that's
over
and
above
that,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
being
very
clear
that
this
is
not
the
only
investment
in
Children
and
Youth.
D
Having
said
that,
I
would
also
say
that
looking
forward,
you
know
the
way
we're
approaching
this
strategy
is
that
we
don't
want
this
to
to
the
council
member's
Point
earlier.
We
don't
want
this
to
just
be
another
strategic
plan
or
another
kind
of
three-step.
You
know
you
know
recommendation
for
what
we
could
do
in
the
short
term,
we're
really
looking
at
cause
and
effect
we're
looking
at
that.
D
If
we're
going
to
change
these
cycles
of
poverty,
that
many
of
our
young
people
find
themselves
entrapped
in
we're
going
to
have
to
make
systemic
change,
which
means
we're
going
to
have
to
be
more
strategic
in
both
how
and
where
we
invest,
who
we
partner
with
and
and
how
we
make
sure
that
all
these
Partnerships
result
in
creating
opportunity,
Pathways
that
really
displace
the,
for
example,
the
prison
pipeline
that
you
mentioned
right.
The
zip
codes
that
you
mentioned
three
of
those
are
responsible
for
more
than
75
percent
of
our
prison
population
right.
D
We
know
that
that
there's
clearly
a
prison
pipeline
in
our
city.
So
if
we're
going
to
disrupt
that
Pipeline
and
create
opportunity,
Pathways
that
lead
to
meaningful
jobs,
which
will
then
begin
to
disrupt
the
poverty
cycle,
then
we're
going
to
have
to
take
a
different
approach.
And,
yes,
we
are
going
to
need
to
invest
more
heartily
into
this,
and
so
I
view
this
as
really
a
down
payment.
You
know
towards
that
end
right.
Having
said
that,
we
know
that
there's
also
other
competing
interest,
but
I
think
Kathleen
King
said
it
best.
B
You
know
exactly,
and
that's
that's
really
why
I
asked
that
question,
because
I
know
that
if
we
really
want
to
address
crime
in
our
neighborhoods,
if
we
want
to
address
you
know
the
houseless
epidemic.
If
we
want
to
address
you
know
wage
disparities
in
the
city,
youth,
Mental,
Health
crisis,
we're
going
to
have
to
invest
in
in
the
youth.
It's
it's
it's
just
that's
what
how
we
prevent
these
in
the
in
the
future.
B
A
lot
of
the
other
other
ways
is:
how
do
we
address
the
outcomes
of
I?
Guess
broken
systems
right?
That's
how
we
got
youth
in
jail.
That's
what
instead
of
Youth
in
colleges!
That's
why
we
we
have
individuals
on
the
street
instead
of
being
able
to
afford
housing
here
in
the
in
the
area.
B
In
regards
to
the
comments
around
the
current
funding,
because
what
you're
telling
me
is
different
than
what
I'm
hearing
in
the
comments
right,
because
trustee
Guru
who
mentioned
I,
think
it
was
like
465
000.
Can
you
address
that
that
item
that
she
raised
yeah.
D
Yeah
I'm
not
sure
the
math
on
that
piece,
but
but
I
will
tell
you
that
the
the
the
general
math
is
when
you
look
at
just
a
10.5
in
ARP
dollars,
which,
which
came
out
of
the
the
the
the
the
covid
you
know
pandemic
response
money.
What
what
the
mayor
council
did
was?
D
They
basically
took
of
that
full
allocation,
10.5
million
and
said
okay,
let's
set
this
aside
and
let's
make
sure
that
we're
addressing
kind
of
immediate
needs
that
we
have
and-
and
so
that's
that's
what
we've
done
there
and
then,
as
as
I
said
earlier,
what
we
did
is
is
in
year
one
we
allocated
six
million,
some
of
that
went
directly
through
City
departments.
A
lot
of
it
went
to
community-based
organization
Partnerships.
D
For
example,
half
a
million
dollars
allocated
for
mental
health
screenings
as
an
example,
1.7
million
in
scholarships
a
half
a
million
in
what
we
call
Destination
Pathways,
where
you
know
many
youth
in
our
own
City
can't
afford
to
go
to
Happy
Hollow
parking,
Zoo
Lake,
you
know
Lake
Cunningham,
Action,
Park
fully
covered
those
summer
camp
access,
not
a
single
child.
That
applied
was
turned
away
right.
Anybody,
and
so
so
year,
one
was
six
billion.
D
You're
in
2024
were
were
carrying
over
an
additional
4.3
million
to
help
with
that
and
we're
still
leaving
that
that
1.1
million
unallocated
again
minus
the
4.99
for
staff
to
basically
seed
any
any
of
the
new
recommendations
that
are
going
to
be
going
forward.
Our
plan
is
to
complete
this
plan
and
present
it
to
the
mayor
council
by
October,
and
so
we
we
want
to
leave
that
remaining.
D
You
know
four
to
five
hundred
thousand
and
whatever
else
is
unspent
of
the
previous
allocations
to
help
seed
any
new
recommendations,
in
addition
to
whatever
else
we
can,
we
can
get
funded
either
by
the
city
as
well
as
we're
also
reaching
out
to
the
corporate
sector
and
to
philanthropy.
So
that's
that's.
B
Great
thank
you
and
that's
that
was
going
to
lead
to
what
I
was
going
to
say.
Next
is
if
we
do
have
to
come
back
to
the
council,
I
mean
I'm
former
former
president
of
the
Santa
Clara
County
Board
of
Education,
former
trustee
for
Franklin
McKinley.
We
got
San,
Jose,
Unified
trustee
and
a
various
interests.
You
have
individuals
who
believe
in
investing
in
youth
here.
B
So
if
we
got
to
look
at
this
and
brainstorm
on
how
we
can
continue
to
fund
this
to
address
the
root
cause
of
our
systemic
problems,
I
think
we
could
have
that
conversation
and
then
finally,
I'm
interested
in
understanding
how
this
plan
will
change
the
metrics
with
which
the
city
understands
success
and
positive
outcomes
for
those
Partners
who
are
a
part
of
the
plan.
B
You
know
I
think
it's
extremely
important
for
us
to
always
focus
on
outcomes
that
we
want
to
see
with
our
youth,
but
also
I
I,
believe
it's
also
important
to
honor
the
work
of
our
partners
and
be
kind
of
transparent
and
and
patient.
As
we
look
at
reformatting
these
performance
reports,
so
I
just
wanted
to
hear
you
know
what
your
thoughts
are
in
regards
to
that.
D
Yeah
I'll
start,
and
then
you
know
Steph,
can
you
know
we're
looking
at
performing
we're
doing
this,
with
a
real,
strong
emphasis
on
on
measuring
impact
right
and
not
impact?
Just
for
the
sake
of
you
know,
measuring
you
know,
numbers
and
data,
because
you
know
there's
so
much
data
out
there
and-
and
so
our
approach
is
this
is
to
is
to
to
hone
in
on
the
data
that
matters.
D
The
data
that
pres
that
produces
results
that
matter
as
well
as
lived
experience
because
sometimes
what's
actually
happening
in
the
community,
doesn't
always
end
up
in
a
data
point
until
years
after
right.
D
So
our
intent
here
is
to
be
proactive
and
responsive
in
real
time
by
looking
at
not
only
kind
of
academian
longitudinal
studies,
for
example,
that
come
out
of
Academia
looking
at
data
in
terms
of
poverty,
data
that
cut
that
we
have
collect
here
at
the
city
as
well
as
through
the
county
and
then
also
hearing
from
Community
voice
in
terms
of
lived
experience,
synthesizing
those
three
aspects
and
coming
up
with
performance
metrics
that
we
could
then
measure
against
the
investment
that
we're
making
right.
I'll.
Give
you
some
examples
recidivism
right.
We.
D
We
know
that,
for
example,
here
in
our
County
historically
we've
we,
we
usually
hover
at
about
a
70
recidivism
rate
right.
If
there's
a
first-time
offender,
somebody
has
some
kind
of
interaction
with
the
law.
There's
a
good
chance
that
70
percent
of
first-time
offenders
will
recidivate
within
the
first
12
months.
So
our
goal
would
be
to
basically
knock
that
number
way
down.
So
if,
if
by
redirecting
our
young
people
to
more
positive
pro-social
opportunities
that
number
comes
down,
then
that
is
an
indicator
that
we're
we're
on
the
right
track
right.
D
But
we
can't
stop
there
right,
I!
Think
it's
father,
Greg
Boyle
from
Homeboy
Industries
made
a
comment
one
time
and
he
said
Nothing
Stops
a
bullet
like
a
job
right.
So
so
it's
not
enough
to
just
stop
somebody
from
from
reoffending.
But
it's
how
do
we
then
provide
other
opportunity
pathways
through
education
Nation
through
Recreation
through
the
library
through
through
our
community-based
organization
Partners
through
our
faith
community
through
our
churches,
to
to
continue
that
transformation
right
and
then
create
a
system
of
care
throughout
that
Journey?
D
Because
we
know
that
you
know
you're
13,
then
you
become
14,
then
you
become
15
and
then,
when
there's
a
new
15
year
old,
they're,
still
a
new
13
year
old
coming
in
the
pipeline
right,
so
we're
looking
at
systems
change
from
that
perspective,
heavy
lift,
more
labor-intensive.
Yes,
it
will
require
more
public
and
Community
investment.
But
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
kind
of
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is
right.
B
That's
good
and
just
I
I
support.
You
know,
results,
oriented
programs,
I
mean
we
shouldn't
just
be
preparing
youth
for
a
certificate
in
jobs.
We
should
be
preparing
them
to
get
the
job.
There
needs
to
be
positive,
labor
outcomes,
whether
it's
people
getting
raises
people
obtaining
new
jobs
or
getting
promotions.
Things
like
that,
so
I'll,
just
close
out
and
I'll
call
for
the
vote.
Thank
you.
B
Right,
thank
you.
So
much
we'll
now
go
to
item
D2,
San,
Jose,
Conservation,
Corps
audit
report.
I
believe
there
is
a
staff
presentation
from
Joe.
Yes
thank
you.
I
Good
afternoon
Joe
Roy
City
otter
I'm,
here
with
Brittany
Harvey
and
Ricky
Tran
from
my
office.
To
present
to
you,
our
audit
San
Jose,
Conservation
Corps.
The
corps
provides
essential
services
to
Residents.
However,
the
city
can
better
monitor
performance
and
promote
workplace
safety.
We're
joined
in
the
Box
by
Neil
Ruffino
from
the
Department
of
parks,
recreation,
Neighborhood,
Services,
representatives
from
the
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps
are
here
as
well.
I
The
city
has
contract
with
the
Conservation
Corps,
since
its
Inception
in
1987
for
projects
related
to
park,
maintenance,
cleanup
programs
and
others
in
response
to
the
covid-19
pandemic.
The
city
expanded
its
Reliance
on
the
Conservation
Corps
to
address
impacts
of
the
pandemic
on
the
city
in
2022,
the
city
spent
12.6
million
dollars
on
the
agreements
with
the
Conservation
Corps
prior
to
covid-19,
the
city
spent
less
than
half
a
million
dollars
per
year.
I
I
At
the
time
of
the
audit,
the
Conservation
Corps
was
working
with
the
city
in
three
primary
program:
areas:
the
resilience
core
environmental
Pathways
program,
which
is
a
jobs
program
for
unemployed
and
underemployed;
young
adults,
primarily
from
low
resource
census,
tracts
focusing
on
environmental
impact
projects
in
the
city,
parks
and
trails,
beautiful
SJ,
which
is
a
program
focused
on
cleaning
up
litter
and
blight
in
San
Jose
core
members,
work
has
been
focused
on
trash,
cleanup
and
sanitation
services
at
encampments
for
residents
experiencing
homelessness.
I
We
did
find
that
the
city
can
better
measure
and
track
performance
goals
by
developing
timeliness
or
Effectiveness
goals
for
the
beautify
SJ
work
and
develop
a
process
to
better
document
post-program
outcomes
for
the
resilience
core
prns
can
also
improve
its
contract
monitoring
by
more
consistently
reviewing
invoices
and
tying
payments
to
completed
work.
Currently,
there
is
an
open
audit
recommendation
to
improve
contract
management
within
the
department.
I
I
Lastly,
upon
completion
of
a
site,
cleanup
Crews
complete
an
online
survey
which
identified
whether
hazards
were
presents
present.
However,
prns
can
improve
the
process
to
ensure
follow-up
service
occurs
at
these
sites,
so
to
promote
safety
and
address
hazards
found
the
core
cleanup
sites.
We
recommend
the
city
work
with
the
corps
to
finalize
safety,
operating
procedures
for
handling
bioways
and
Hazards,
develop
training
requirements
and
guidance
based
on
OSHA
standards
and
establish
a
process
for
notifying
other
groups
in
the
city
for
follow-up,
Services
related
to
needles.
Q
As
mentioned
before.
Through
this
partnership,
over
six
million
meals
were
served,
72,
000
hours
of
additional
work
and
over
370
cleanups
were
provided
our
encampments.
Our
trails
and
our
parks
we've
also
been
working
really
closely
with
them
in
terms
of
career
Pathways
to
work
with
the
Conservation
Corps
into
careers
inside
the
city.
We're
continuing
to
do
that
really
well
and
with
that
I'd
like
to
thank
our
staff
in
the
parks
department,
our
deputy
director,
Avi
Odom,
toriel
Riley
and
Lisa
dieboldt
for
their
work
on
the
Conservation
Corps
contracts.
Q
A
core
belief
of
the
work
in
park
and
rec
is
that
we
are
driven
by
a
need
for
continuous
Improvement
and
with
that,
all
five
recommendations
that
the
Auditors
have
brought
forward.
We
agree
with
of
those
three
are
green,
two
are
yellow
and
we
have
Target
completion
dates
for
all
the
items
between
June
of
this
year
through
May
2024.,
and
with
that
I
will
close
my
comments,
but
I
would
like
to
ask
the
chair
Dorsey
Moore
from
the
Conservation
Corps
has
requested.
If
you
can
take
a
few
words,
absolutely.
B
Q
R
Our
good
afternoon,
Charities
and
members
of
the
committee,
Dorsey,
Moore
and
I,
have
the
privilege
to
be
part
of
the
leadership
team
of
the
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps
just
wanted
to
really
express
my
gratitude
to
the
mayor
and
city
council
I,
know
I,
don't
think
any
of
you
were
serving
in
your
public
service
capacity
at
that
time,
but
you
are
currently
now
as
the
role
in
helping
support,
resilience
core
number
two,
which
is
underway,
and
we
took
all
the
lessons
that
we
learned
through
this
audit,
which
we
understand
and
concur
with
with
the
findings
and
the
recommendations
and
we're
hard
at
work
with
the
city
staff
to
help
make
the
program
better
in
its
next
Generation
I
did
want
to
just
highlight
some
of
the
key
staff
that
I
have
here,
that
we
really
did
the
big
lift
for
this,
so
Edgar
echeveria
and
Brianna
horta.
R
If
you
two
could
stand,
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
you
for
basically
doing
the
line
share
the
the
leadership
work
on
this
program,
and
it
was
not
easy.
You
know
in
hindsight
everything
looks
2020,
but
at
the
beginning
of
this
program,
when
we
asked
these
two
to
step
up
and
serve,
they
answer
the
call
at
the
moment.
So
thank
you
for
that
anyway.
R
Grateful
for
the
opportunity,
the
other
part
of
this
program,
even
though
we're
just
doing
the
audit
for
this,
but
this
funding
actually
also
helped
prns
Partners
such
as
keep
Coyote
Creek,
beautiful,
Guadalupe,
River,
Park,
Conservancy
and
also
Vegeta
in
our
city
forest
and
a
couple
other
non-profits,
so
grateful
for
this
sort
of
collaborative
effort
and
great
to
be
a
part
of
this
to
help
meet
the
moment
for
our
community
and
I
think
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
Neil
or
Joe
and
then
also
be
available
for
questions.
Thank
you.
B
Excellent
I
believe
that
ends
the
presentation.
If
we
could
open
up
for
a
public
comment.
C
G
Yes
from
the
Horseshoe
first
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
the
city
auditor
for
the
report.
I
can
always
count
on
the
city
auditor
for
a
very
clean
and
objective
report,
and
so
once
again,
I've
been
following
your
work
for
a
few
years
now.
Thank
you
for
the
report.
Secondly,
the
the
exposure
I'm
tired,
I'm,
tired
of
people
from
my
videos
having
to
pick
up
biowaste
in
Needles
over
51
of
those
sites,
are
biohazards
and
needles.
G
I
really
hope
somebody
on
this
Council
addresses
that
issue,
because
the
man
is
in
the
room,
that's
in
charge
of
that
and
he's
he
is
doing
that
without
any
kind
of
Osha
protections,
no
kind,
no,
absolutely
the,
and
why
that's
happening
is
because
of
the
types
of
kids
that
these
are
low
census,
trapped.
Kids,
look
at
the
language!
Look
at
look
at
the
word
groupings,
low
census,
track
biohazard.
G
Let
me
see
bio
waste
trash
all
of
these
mood
associations.
When
this
program
first
came
out,
it
was
me
it
was
me
councilwoman
and
then
I
said
councilwoman
Carrasco,
and
we
wanted
for
these
kids
to
be
tracked
and
paid
internships
and
all
these
high-tech
companies.
All
these
high-tech
companies
are
begging
to
to
do
work
here
in
the
city.
Why
is
it
that
we
can't
create
a
system
where
they
are
being
paid
to
learn
code?
G
How
come
they
can't
be
paid
to
learn
entry,
entry-level,
entry-level,
I,
don't
know
engineering
101,
something
like
something
that
is
going
to
create
a
viable
career
for
the
future?
Why?
Why
can't
we
do
that?
You
know,
because,
when
we
failed
to
do
that,
all
we're
doing
is
we're
telling
these
kids
that
this
is
what
value
you
have.
Your
value
to
my
community
is
to
pick
up
the
trash
and
pick
up
the
needles.
That's
how
you
that's!
How
much
we
value
you
I,
don't
care
what
the
words
say.
G
H
L
All
right,
well
Beekman
here
thanks
a
lot
for
the
words
to
Paul
for
this
item.
As
public
comment,
persons
me
and
Paul,
and
some
others,
we
have
a
difficult
role
to
sometimes
offer
some
words
that
are
difficult
to
hear,
but
there
needs
to
be
dialogue
about
those
sort
of
things,
these
sort
of
things
and
Paul.
You
know
the
work
of
the
San
Jose
Congress,
Conservation
Corps.
They
do
some
pretty
difficult
work
and
how?
How
can
they
be
really
justly
rewarded
for
that
work?
L
Maybe
it's
a
way
to
put
it
I,
don't
know
how
to
put
it
personally,
but
Paul
is
totally
said.
Some
really
important
works
today
that
they
have
very
difficult
work
to
do
and
just
to
acknowledge
that
work
here
today.
Thank
you
for
the
work
that
they
do
and
boy
that's
a
starting
point.
I
I,
just
don't
know
what
to
say,
because
it
does
seem
kind
of
a
it's
almost
like
kind
of
what
my
life
is
like
I
mean
I
would
be
offered
this
kind
of
work.
L
You
know,
and
in
the
past
and
I
have
been,
and
I
am
I.
Am
your
Conservation
Corps?
You
know
coming
to
service
for
you
now
and
I
I,
don't
know
if
these
people
are
gonna
have
the
same
thing:
do
they
have
a
better
future
lined
up
for
themselves?
What
exactly
is
the
situation?
I
don't
know,
but
quote
the
ideas,
hope
what
what
can
be
good
training
practices
that
come
with
this
sort
of
work.
Hopefully,
Paul
can
really
offer
some
good
ideas
in
the
future.
L
He
did
here
today
and
I
know
you
guys
try
to
do
that
here
today.
Just
it's
tough
to
offer
the
candid
conversation
sometimes
needed
and
just
thinks
that
we're
trying
to
do
that
here
today.
Thank
you.
B
B
Okay,
we
do
have
somebody
council,
member
Candelas,.
S
Thank
you,
I
I
just
wanted
to
express
my
appreciation
to
not
only
on
auditor
but
the
the
Conservation
Corps
for
stepping
up,
especially
during
the
pandemic,
not
whether
it's
you
know
the
resilience
core
job
training
or
the
the
food,
the
food
distribution
or
even
the
homeless.
S
Encampment
cleanup
assistance
at
the
work
of
the
Conservation
Corps
is
critical
and
was
critical
during
the
pandemic
and
and
even
now,
Dorsey
and
I,
with
the
conservation
go
go
back
to
my
Jim
Bell
days,
and
and
it's
good
to
see
you
and
and
in
addition
to
that,
I'm
happy
that
the
that
that
the
audit
revealed
some
some
improvements,
especially
around
safety
I,
know.
S
One
of
the
the
comments
was
mentioned
on
you
know
the
the
needle
and
the
risks
is
associated
with
with
the
folks
who
are
our
conservation
core
folks
who
are
on
the
ground,
doing
the
work
and
some
safety
improvements
Associated.
As
that
came
from
the
audit
and
and
from
the
response
from
our
city
staff.
We
are
working
to
to
get
those
materialized
and
get
those
standardized
to
protect
our
our
core,
our
conservation,
core
students
and
young
people
who
are
participating
in
the
program
ultimately
making
for
a
safer
Workforce.
S
B
All
right,
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
next
step
to
speak,
is
councilmember
Torres.
N
Hello
good
afternoon
could
I
just
have
a
quick
question
for
for
Dorsey
real,
quick.
N
I
I
also
I
want
to
let
our
our
public
know
that
this
is
a
very,
very
important
program,
not
only
for
the
city
of
San
Jose,
but
for
the
lives
of
many
of
our
underserved
youth
in
the
city
of
San
Jose.
So,
when
participants
go
to
the
program,
they
eventually
graduate
with
the
high
school
diploma
as
well
right.
N
So
you
know
I
I,
wanted
you
to
say
that
for
for
a
reason,
because
it's
very
important
again
one
that
we
thank
the
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps
for
stepping
it
up
during
the
pandemic
and
stepping
up
for
the
city
of
San
Jose
when
you
know
when
we
have
a
void
and
I
also
want
to
thank
our
our
city,
auditor's
office
for
for
pinpointing,
wow
and
letting
us
know
to.
Let
them
know
that
it
that
you
know
safety
is
important
for
for
these
participants
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
that.
N
By
the
way,
I
have
a
niece
who
graduated
from
the
program.
So
that's
cool
kind
of
why
I
know,
but
but
what
regardless
I
do
we
have
do?
We
have
a
clear
I
want
to
know
the
clear
numbers,
because
I
know
that
I
I
had
a
meeting
with
some
folks
from
the
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps,
where
they?
N
Let
me
know
that
the
county
actually
hires
more
of
our
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps
members
than
we
do
and
though
I
would
I
love
for
them
to
be
going
to
the
county.
We
have
large
vacancies
in
our
prns
department
and
Dot
areas.
So
is
there?
Is
there
like
a
clear?
N
Q
Think
I
can
I
can
start
with
that.
So
you
know.
Over
the
past
few
years
we've
been
working
on
an
internship
directly
with
the
park
and
rec
department
and
the
Conservation
Corps,
through
that
we
had
12
interns
in
their
first
cohorts
and
17
interns
in
the
second
are
current
cohorts.
Q
One
of
the
things
that
our
we've
been
doing
is
offering
a
lot
of
City
job
interview,
skills.
We've
had
our
staff
come
to
the
conservation
in
order
to
do
workshops
on
how
to
apply
for
City
Job
what
it
takes
to
do
the
interviews
and
we
have
a
maintenance
assistance
positions
right
now
that
are
being
recruited
for,
and
it
looks
like
we'll
have
about
32
of
those
Corps
members
interviewing
for
City
positions.
Okay,.
N
Great
yeah,
so
how
do
we
get
those
32
on
board?
That's
an
offline
question,
but
but
when
we,
when
we
get
there,
we
get
there.
But
but
it's
it's
very
important
that
we
have
folks,
like
our
members,
our
core
members
go
into
city,
jobs
and
so
I'm
committed
to
making
sure
that
that
that
happened.
N
You
know
we
just
had
a
youth,
a
Children
and
Youth
presentation
and
as
the
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps
is
a
place
where
our
folks,
who
could
get
that
second
chance,
need
that
second
chance,
and
we
all
know
that
education
is
no
longer
one.
Size
fits
all
right.
So
so
some
of
these
kids
couldn't
get
their
education
while
they're
working.
So
thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
Torres,
for
your
comments.
Council
member
demond.
O
Thank
you,
the
staff,
the
auditor
to
come
up
the
recommendation
and
thank
you,
Conservation
Corps,
for
helping
out
on
Youth
and
I
think
we
even
in
the
fire
department
we
had
quite
a
few
of
our
members,
came
from
conservation
court
and
we
also
have
a
retire
firefighter,
who
work
with
Conservation
Corps
to
to
educate
our
youth.
O
O
And
I
thought
instead
of
cleaning
afterwards
I
thought.
Is
there
a
recommendation
that
that
every
single
site
that
we
encounter
after
we
clean
it
up?
We
should
have
those
you
know
needle
recycle,
red
container.
We
strap
it
to
a
tree.
We
strap
it
to
somewhere,
so
the
unhoused
resident
who
happen
to
be
you
know
dependent
on
on
drugs.
They
can
drop
those
needles
safely
into
those
container
versus
throw
them
on
the
ground
where,
where
our
youth
could
step
on
to
it
and
could
be
infected,
is
there
any
recommendation
for
that
Joe.
I
So
our
recommendation
was
really
about.
So,
if,
if
the
core
members
come
across
biowaste
or
needles
to
have
some
sort
of
system
like
a
work
order
system
put
in
place
that
the
the
other
contractors
or
some
other
work
here,
would
come
and
clean
clean
up
that
system
in
terms
kind
of
an
ongoing
having
containers
available
for
the
at
encampment
sites,
whatever
that's
a
broader
question,
I
think
in
terms
of
encampment
management,
I,
think
I
would
have
to
defer
to
kind
of
prns
on.
I
Q
Yeah
I
can
just
take
a
little
bit,
so
that
is
definitely
something
that
we
in
the
beautify
San
Jose
unit
can
we'll
look
at
in
terms
of
the
opportunity
of
how
we
can
provide
Sharps
Containers.
You
know
in
a
secured-
and
you
know,
Common
location
and
again
it's
we'll
look
at
that
with
our
with
our
staff.
O
Well,
thank
you
very
much.
I
think
that
will
save
us
a
lot
of
resource
of
redundancy
if
we
can
get
all
the
the
needles
and
and
so
on
into
one
place,
then
definitely
would
keep
our
news
safer.
Thank
you.
So
much.
O
I
One
thing
that
we
do
note
is
that
in
not
necessarily
Sharps
Containers,
but
they
had
the
the
core
would
distribute
empty
bags
for
residents
to
put
trash,
so
that
could
address
potentially
some
of
the
the
incidents,
not
necessarily
the
sharps,
but
potentially
some
of
the
other
things
that
they
were
seeing.
So
that
is
one
one
element
that
the
corps
was
doing.
B
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
all
great
comments
and
questions.
I,
definitely
Echo
a
lot
of
your
statements
and
thank
you,
Joe
and
team
for
your
excellent
report.
B
As
I
mentioned,
I
went
through
the
Conservation
Corps
as
a
youth
at
a
subset
youth
program
and
I,
could
you
know
I'm,
not
joking
I'm,
not
exaggerating
I
wouldn't
have
graduated
high
school
if
it
wasn't
for
the
Conservation
Corps
I,
you
know
joined
as
a
freshman
and
it
was
an
after-school
program
that
taught
us.
You
know
work
work
skills.
They
helped
us
with
you
our
school
work.
We
they
took
us
to
all
different
sites
and
Parks.
B
You
know
in
in
rural
parts
of
the
county
and
we
cleaned
up
I,
don't
remember
working
with
how
to
hazardous
materials.
So
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
we
we
got
the
training
back
then
either.
But
you
know,
I
don't
want
to.
You
know
understate
how
important
this
program
was
to
my
self-development
as
a
a
person
as
a
human
being
learning,
teamworking
skills
and
just
as
a
a
working
profession,
National-
and
you
know
some
of
the
work
you
know
was
hard.
B
You
know
it's
a
lot
of
like
you
know:
Park
maintenance,
a
lot
of
people,
picking
up
trash
or
cutting
weeds
and
things
like
that.
But
it
also
taught
me
good
working
skills
and
I
think
you
know
whether
you
know
individuals
go
through
that
program
and
they
stick
to
that
line
of
work
or
they
go
to
a
different
line
or
industry.
I
think
the
skills
that
they
learn
through
that
program
were
still
push
them
to
be
successful
wherever
they
they
go
to,
but
I'm
also
happy
to
see
you
know,
recommendations.
B
Any
program
can
improve.
You
know
the
consistent
Improvement
I
believe
should
be
a
model
for
you
know:
government
entities
and
private
organizations
and
non-profits
I
did
you
know,
see
something
and
I
think
it
was
said
already
a
few
times,
but
I
was
shocked
to
hear
about
like
the
the
safety
training
and-
and
you
know
some
individuals
receiving
the
training
and
some
not
so
I
wanted
to
ask.
Could
could
we
learn
a
little
bit
about
how
OSHA
or
had
it
hazardous
ways
to
interact
and
training
is
being
rolled
out
at
the
Conservation
Corps.
R
Yes,
so
a
number
of
trainings
that
we
have
kind
of
in
the
con
there's
like
contractual
trainings
and
then
there's
actually
actual
trainings,
and
so
what
what
I
believe
the
auditor's
office
was
looking
at
is
everything
that
was
sort
of
guaranteed
or
mandated
by
the
contract,
and
we
did
lose
some
folks
and
so
not
everybody
kind
of
got
that
training,
or
maybe
they
were
absent
that
day,
and
so
they
weren't
able
to
get
a
sort
of
certificate
for
that
training.
R
But
we
take
Serious
like
safety
is
like
our
Top
Value,
and
it
is
a
Paramount
importance
to
the
work
that
we
do
and
everything
that
we
do,
and
so
you
know
folks
get
safe.
They
don't
go
out
on
a
project
without
having
a
tailgate
safety
meeting
that
identify
all
of
the
task
hazards
that
are
that
are
in
front
of
them
for
that
day,
and
so
we
make
that
is
you
know
that
happens
every
day
or
every
new
project
that
is
required
by
OSHA.
R
Unfortunately,
we
weren't
able
to
kind
of
get
a
hundred
percent
of
the
folks
that
have
that
sort
of
OSHA
10
certificate,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
folks
didn't
get
safety,
training
and
and,
as
regards
to
Sharp,
Sharps
they've
become
more
of
a
problem
throughout
the
life
of
this
contract,
just
as
we
had
more
people
sort
of
living
outside.
R
Unfortunately,
and
just
we
just
saw
an
increase
occurrence
of
needles,
but
really
our
supervisors
are
trained
to
handle
those
and
if
folks
see
them
they're
supposed
to
let
their
supervisor
know
to
basically
either
report
them
or
handle
them
properly
as
a
trained
professional.
And
so
there
were
all
these
sort
of
safety
checks
in
place,
but
to
the
letter
of
the
contract,
the
you
know,
the
safety
trainings
we
didn't
get
to
everybody
that
we
wanted
to
get
to.
You
know
sure
we
can
do
better
and
also
the
bloodborne
pathogens
and
training.
R
Typically,
you
know
two
years
ago
was
just
really
for
medical
professionals
like
operating
in
a
clinic.
They
didn't
really
have
a
street-based
one
that
until
Caltrans
developed
one
really
in
the
past
year,
so
we
have
Caltrain.
We,
actually,
you
know
it's
more
kind
of
like
street-based
sort
of
needles
training,
rather
than
just
like
a
bloodborne
pathogen
was
like
Hey.
R
If
you're
doing
a
a
blood
test
on
somebody,
that's
the
kind
of
training
that
it
used
to
be
so
we're
trying
to
get
more
effective
trainings
for
what
actually
is
happening
out
in
the
field,
so
I
think
in
the
last
year
that
that's
been
identified
and
we're
in
action
to
put
that
in
place.
Okay,.
B
So,
essentially,
we're
going
to
be
developing
a
work
plan
to
address
the
trainings
into
improve
on
making
sure
that
our
youth
that
are
going
out
there
in
the
field
are
prepared
for
what
they're
going
to
be
encountering
essentially
right.
Yes,
absolutely.
Okay,
good
good
I'm
really
happy
to
to
hear
that,
because
I
was
concerned-
and
another
thing
you
know,
I
as
I
mentioned,
I
went
through
the
program.
B
I
have
a
lot
of
friends
who
I
know
went
through
that
I
went
through
a
youth
program,
but
I
didn't
know
a
lot
of
friends
who
were
gang,
impacted
or
maybe
got
arrested
during
and
went
did
some
time
during
high
school
and
when
they
got
out,
they
were
too
old
to
go
back
to
Traditional,
High
School,
and
so
the
Conservation
Corps
was
kind
of
there
to
support
them
and
I
know
that
one
of
the
main
you
know
for
a
work
and
learn
program
right.
B
The
main
part
of
the
work
and
learn
program
is
to
earn
learn
those
skills
right,
but
then
also
you
earn
money,
and
so
you
know,
I
worked
for
a
year
up
in
the
pay
for
our
participants
could
have
been
better,
but
we
consistently
tried
to
increase
the
pay
to
make
sure
it
was
competitive.
And
could
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
you
know
what
your,
how
your
organization
identifies
a
livable
wage
or
what
metric
you
guys
use
for
that.
R
A
H
R
R
So
that's
what
folks
are
making
the
hundred-
and
you
know,
100
people
in
the
resilience
core
both
on
the
environmental
Pathways
and
also
on
the
food
boxing
and
and
if
you
were
to
talk
to
our
young
adults,
this
kept
people
from
basically
getting
evicted
and
from
falling
into
the
abyss
honestly,
and
so
this
program
really
at
its
top
level
priority.
What
it
was
supposed
to
do
did
what
it
was
did
what
it
was
intended,
and
you
know
you
know
you
talk
to
our
staff.
R
They
could
list
five
people
that
basically,
this
sort
of
kept
their
family
from
falling
from
falling
out
of
you
know
or
into
poverty
into
the
abyss,
so
to
speak,
and
so
with
with
that,
and
that
was
the
resilience
core
first
level.
For
this
second
level,
it
is
at
80
percent
of
living
wage.
R
You
know
we
weren't
able
to
keep
the
funding
at
that
level,
but
so
it's
at
21,
56,
I,
think
an
hour
for
the
80
of
living
wage,
and
we
have
about
250
to
300
young
adults
collectively
earning
that
right
now
in
our
program,
and
then
just
one
last
thing
I
didn't
want
to
say
is
that
you
know
with
this
investment.
R
You
know
over
the
last,
let's
say
since
2016
that
we've
brought
in
about
40
million
dollars
of
non-city
money
into
San
Jose
to
help
serve
our
community
in
many
of
the
capacities
that
we
currently
have
and
we're
continuing
to
do
that
with
State
money,
nature-based
Solutions,
funding,
forestry,
core
money,
that's
going
to
create
new
opportunities
and
Pathways
into
these
sort
of
climate
resiliency
careers.
B
And
this
so
I
was
surprised
to
hear.
25
is
a
lot
more
than
what
I
thought
it
was
and
then
so
21.
What's
the
average
age
of
your
par
of
a
participant.
B
B
You
know
the
payment,
but
in
comparison
to
other
programs
that
are
like
Workforce,
that's
that's
a
decent
wage
and
then
have
you
guys
looked
at
how
the
training
like
before
and
after
the
training,
how
that
impacts
like
like
positive
labor
outcomes,
how
does
it
improve
their
their
wages,
earned
or
anything
like
that?.
R
Yes,
we
don't
have
a
great
data,
set,
it's
more
anecdotal
than
sort
of
qualitative
than
quantitative.
At
this
point
you
know,
generally,
we
don't
get
have
funding
for
sort
of
post-core
tracking,
and
so
that
is
one
area
of
improvement
that
we
are
continually
working
on
and
I
think
that
was
also
highlighted
in
in
the
auditor
report.
Here
we
continue
to
sort
of
fundraise
for
that
to
try
to
do
sort
of
more
longitudinal
studies
for
the
kind
of
efficacy
of
our
program.
B
Council
there
you
go.
No,
it's
it's
it's
it!
Thank
you
for
that.
But
no
definitely
it's
good
to
do
that,
because
that
way
you
could
say,
like
you
know,
you're
making
21
now,
but
this
is
what
some
of
our
graduates
have
been
able
to
do
and
earn
in
the
overall
trajectory
of
their
of
their
careers.
B
I
mean
you
know:
I
echo,
my
colleague,
councilmember
torres's
comments
in
regards
to
Workforce
Development,
making
sure
your
your
patching
in
with
departments
here
in
the
city
of
San
Jose,
but
for
individuals
who
don't
want
to
enter
into
like
the
trades
or
something
like
that
have
you
thought
about,
like
you
know,
partnering
with,
like
Europe
or
other
Workforce
Development
programs,
to
maybe
funnel
your
your
graduates
into
other
opportunities.
R
Yeah,
absolutely,
and
even
though
we
do
training
and
environmental
Pathways
we're
open
to
support
wherever
people
want
to
go.
You
know
we
had
25
people
hired
by
life
moves
and
home
first
during
the
pandemic,
as
we
were
operating
as
a
partner
with
the
Emergency,
Shelters
and
folks
just
found
their
calling
and
through
us
allowed
through
this
service
work,
people
find
their
calling,
but
whether
they
want
to
go
into
Community
Health
Care
we've
had
a
number
of
people
go
and
work
for
community
health
clinics
or
Community
Health
Partnership.
R
In
addition
to
some
going
into
high
tech,
we
have
Partnerships
now
with
internships
for
Bank
of
America,
and
so
we're
looking
to
explore
and
kind
of
expand
in
that
sort
of
non-sort
of
environmental
field.
Just
because
our
ultimate
goal
is
to
help
them
go
help.
Our
young
people
go
where
they
want
to
go,
not
where
we
want
to
see
them,
go.
B
B
You
can't
do
everything
and
you
just
got
to
do
what
you're
doing
very
well
so
I
don't
expect
you
guys
to
be
like
funneling
your
participants
into
like
Google
or
something
like
that,
but
there
we
should
and
when
we
think
about
career
Pathways,
there's
a
lot
of
on-ramps
into
opportunity
and
how
do
they
go
from
one
ramp
to
another
ramp
to
to
reach
their
overall
goal?
So
talking
too
much
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
your
work
and
we'll
call
it
a
vote.
B
B
Thank
you
so
much
all
right.
That
leads
us
to
the
next
item
to
2021
to
2022,
Senior
Services,
an
age
friendly
initiative
status
report,
I
believe
there's
a
presentation
from
Maria
de
Leon.
B
A
E
Again,
my
name
is
Maria
de
Leon
and
I'm
deputy
director
with
prns
I'm,
very
happy
to
be
here
today.
I
am
excited
to
introduce
Recreation
superintendent,
Jeremy
shoffner
and
parks
and
recreation
facility
supervisor
Rhonda,
Vargas
Who
oversee
our
active
adults.
E
Senior
programs
with
prns
they're
here
today
to
provide
you
with
an
annual
update
of
our
program
services
and
activities
planned
and
facilitated,
specifically
for
seniors
out
of
our
community
centers
in
additionally
you're
you're.
Here
the
the
details
of
our
very
popular
senior
nutrition
program
SNP
and
how
staff
navigated
programming
during
the
pandemic
so
take
it
away.
Jeremy
and
Rhonda.
F
F
In
the
past
year,
our
senior
services
team
has
worked
to
increase
awareness
and
participation
in
classes
and
activities
located
at
community
centers
increase
access
to
digital
devices,
along
with
teaching
our
older
adults
how
to
use
them
and
be
safe.
Continued
efforts
to
return
services
and
programs
in
person
to
improve
the
health
and
safety
decrease
social
isolation
and
improve
Civic
and
social
engagement.
P
P
Another
example
of
Transportation
benefits
that
the
city
of
San
Jose
provides
is
the
taxi
services
for
seniors
who
are
unable
to
take
VTA
or
have
someone
drive
them
to
see
your
nutrition
Wellness
presentations
and
workshops
are
being
offered
from
our
educational
guest
speakers
opportunities
to
continue
to
meet
new
people.
We're
doing
this
by
adding
programs.
Before
and
after
seeing
a
nutrition
program
to
engage
seniors
to
be
more
social
and
active
examples
are
fitness
and
exercise
activities
or
a
special
event
like
in
a
dance
or
the
linear,
New
Year
event.
P
All
our
goals
help
older
adults
live
independently
in
the
community
of
their
choice.
Good
nutrition
is
important
for
health,
physical
ability
and
the
quality
of
life.
The
senior
nutrition
team
continues
to
work
with
our
partnership
with
the
county
of
Santa
Clara
Social
Service
service
agencies
to
address
all
these
goals.
P
The
data
noun
that
you
see
is
our
annual
daily
average
meals
that
we
serve.
Regarding
the
difference
of
this,
the
delivery
models
that
we
had
pre-pandemic
pandemic,
curbside,
hybrid
and
now
post
pandemic
from
the
data,
the
post-pandemic
dine-in
model
from
July
of
2022.
Through
this
January
of
2023,
we
had
an
increase
of
eight
percent
from
our
pre-pandemic.
P
There
was
a
typo
in
the
memo
stating
107
percent,
it
was
to
say
eight
percent
increase.
The
seniors
are
starting
to
feel
more
comfortable,
coming
back
into
public
places
and
participating
in
our
in-person
programs
and
services.
We
are
continuing
to
see
a
slight
increase
each
month
of
approximately
six
percent
monthly,
as
more
programs
and
activities
are
resumed.
Along
with
improving
weather.
P
We
are
enhancing
our
programs
by
interacting
with
our
seniors
by
having
them
involved
in
selecting
types
of
programs.
They
would
like
to
see
we're
doing
this
by
the
prns
semi-annual
survey.
Our
wreck,
Recreation
specialists
at
each
site
are
doing
improv
in-person
surveys
as
part
of
their
daily
duties.
P
E
Additionally,
I
did
a
listening
session.
I
did
two
listening
sessions
at
Mayfair,
Community
Center
last
month,
where
we
requested
their
input
and
feedback
on
programs
and
services
that
they'd
want
out
of
this
the
center,
and
that
resulted
in
that
becoming
the
senior
center
annual
work
plan
for
the
year.
P
P
P
The
social
dance
vary
from
once
a
month
to
three
days
a
week
which
allows
older
adults
to
engage
socialize
and
be
active.
Mayfair
community
center's
active
adult
program
kicked
off
their
social
dance,
with
the
fall
blast,
intergenerational
gentogen,
dance
with
older
adults
and
teens
from
their
youth
center.
They
all
learn
some
new
dance
moves
that
day
at
Roosevelt,
Community
Center,
the
older
adult
social
dance
are
so
popular
they're.
P
Three
days
a
week
with
over
a
hundred
older
adults
attending
each
day,
the
senior
service
team
is
transitioning
from
small
social
events
like
ice
cream
socials
to
larger
events
like
the
linear,
New
Year,
where
more
sites
are
having
100
plus
seniors
participating.
In
those
events,
all
our
older
adult
programs
are
planning
at
least
one
special
event
amount
staff
are
resuming
fitness
and
exercise
programs
like
aerobics,
badmining,
low
impact
exercise,
gentle
yoga
and
Tai
Chi.
These
Services
support
older
adults,
population
with
resources
and
support
to
get
active,
increase
their
mobility
and
create
social
opportunity.
P
We
have
sports
programs
for
older
adults,
pickleball
table
tennis
and
ping
pong
groups
throughout
the
city.
The
senior
service
team
had
a
city-wide
table
tennis
ping-pong
tournament.
This
past
October
we
had
325
participants
with
50
participants
participating
in
the
2022
city-wide
table
tennis
tournament.
P
The
senior
service
team
continues
to
offer
programs
to
improve
support
mental
health
from
bridge
creative
writing,
explore
literature
and
taking
English
and
Spanish
classes.
These
programs
support
health
and
independent
lifestyle
for
our
older
adult
population.
We
received
a
grant
from
source-wise
to
support
digital
programs.
P
Evident-Based
group
exercise,
the
senior
service
team
resumed
ever
based
group
exercise
and
fall
prevention
programs
to
help
older
adults
of
all
Fitness
levels.
We're
going
to
offer
a
new
Evan
based
program
called
Bingo
size
to
enhance
our
other
programs
like
enhanced
Fitness,
stay
active
and
independent
for
Life,
known
as
the
sales
program.
P
F
F
The
senior
health
and
wellness
grant
program
is
a
critical
component
to
supporting
our
partners
in
delivering
these
services
annually.
We
have
fighter
137
thousand
dollars
to
provide
qualified
agencies
in
fiscal
year
2122.
The
team
was
successful
in
administering
just
over
498
thousand
in
services
that
included
legal
aid,
tax
preparation,
dental
services
and
mental
health
support,
as
we
continue
prns
will
continue
to
seek
out
important
services
that
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
our
older
adults
and
align
with
the
age-friendly
action
plan.
F
Pyrns
continues
to
work
to
implement
the
age-friendly
action
plan,
as
approved
by
the
city
of
San,
Jose
City,
Council,
November,
2020.,
Purina
departments
and
partners
continue
to
work
towards
the
goals,
given
the
delays
due
to
the
pandemic.
A
key
transition
in
the
past
year
was
the
transition
to
in-person
services
and
programs
for
our
older
adults
to
reduce
isolation,
increased
activity
and
support
access
to
many
gender-gen
programs.
As
stated
in
the
age-friendly
plan,
staff
have
used
the
action
plan
to
guide
program
decisions
and
will
continue
to
use
it
in
making
future
programming
decisions.
F
512
and
95139
outdoor
spaces
in
living
we've
resumed
the
senior
Safari
with
increasing
attendance
June.
We
had
355
participants,
July
brought
us
to
443
in
August
in
and
out
the
summer
with
attention
in
the
Viva
Kai
and
beautify
SJ
collaborated
with
residents
to
address
blight
and
improve
life
throughout
the
city
with
thousands
of
volunteers
over
the
age
of
50.
F
Continued
Partnerships
supporting
our
older
adult
digital
literacy,
Tech
time
for
active
Adults,
San,
Jose,
Public
life,
Library
offers
weekly
one-on-one
Tech
consultations
at
various
branches
and
the
prns
and
San
Jose
Public
Library
efforts
in
regards
to
Community
Support
Health
Services.
We
continuous
support
of
the
senior
nutrition
program
in
multiple
services.
F
Include
Wellness
checks
and
supporting
older
adults,
awareness
of
resources
to
support
them
during
an
emergency
in
regards
to
Social
and
civil
engagements
prns
and
the
San
Jose
Public
Library
have
resumed
many
of
your
efforts
for
senior
nutrition,
along
with
other
Park
and
special
event
opportunities,
San,
Jose,
Public,
Library
engaged
volunteers.
Supporting
programs
such
as
reading
adult
literacy,
tutor
and
Friends
of
the
library.
F
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation
now
I'd
like
to
see
if
there's
any
public
Paul.
G
G
K
L
All
right
player,
Beekman
here,
I'm,
very
sorry,
for
my
words
on
the
previous
item
for
any
awkwardness,
I,
didn't
know,
I
didn't
want
to
offend
anybody
from
the
Conservation
Corps
and
all
the
work
good
work
that
people
do
and
it
was
nice
to
explain.
People
on
the
council
staff
have
been
a
part
of
the
council,
Conservation
Corps
as
well.
I'm.
Really
sorry
about
that.
Thank
you
immensely
for
really
good
explanations
about
the
safety
program
that
made
things
really
clear
for
the
first
time
to
me
and
part
of
my
awkwardness.
L
Thank
you
for
this
item.
I
I,
it
bookends.
Basically
what
how
this
committee
started
today
about.
You
know
we
started
talking
about
with
kids.
The
work
can
do
in
the
future
of
kids
and
how
they
can
grow
and
now
we're
at
our
elders
and
what
programs
we
can
offer
them.
So,
thanks
for
this
work
and
effort
and
interestingly
I
I,
feel
you
know
the
work
that
I
that
I'm
a
part
of
tech
accountability.
L
L
It's
it's
not
only
good
for
kids,
it's
good
for
our
elders
as
well.
If
they
want
to
get
back
into
the
computer
process,
if
their
lives
are
just
feeling
a
bit
down,
these
things
are
really
hopeful
ideas
of
how
of
what
community
sustainability
can
really
be
about,
and
if
we
really
want
to
continue
this
practice
of
a
democracy
in
this
country,
I
think
the
Civil,
Rights
and
civil
protection
ideas
are
really
important
and
need
to
be
really
studied
and
and
and
the
work
that
previous
council
president
Carrasco
did
for
seniors.
B
Thank
you
so
much
now
we
will
begin
with
comments
and
questions
from
the
council,
starting
with
councilmember
Candelas.
S
Thank
you,
I
I,
again,
I
I,
I'm
gonna,
just
give
a
huge
shout
out
to
our
staff
for
for
your
work
on
on
this,
and
this
update.
The
senior
nutrition
program
specifically
I
know
from
my
experiences
at
the
Evergreen
Community
Center
are
a
stable
to
that
Community
and
are
truly
a
Lifeline
I.
S
Was
there
last
week
actually
going
and
chit
chatting
with
the
residents
and
and
and
I
can
tell
it's
it's
not
just
nutrition,
for
you
know
our
vitamins
and
our
health,
but
it's
mental
nutrition
and
it's
it's
something.
That's
helping
the
mental
Wellness
of
our
seniors
in
our
community
and
and
I
want
to
just
ask
about
the
the
programming.
Partnerships
I
know:
you're
doing
extensive
work
with
you
know
the
county,
source-wise
and
others
are
we
working
with.
S
You
know
like
the
contractor
State
Licensing
Board
for
for
like
scam,
Prevention,
Services
or
scan
prevention
workshops
and
in
the
reason
I
I
say
that
is
I'm
actually
hosting
a
town
hall
on
senior
scam
prevention
this
week
and
and
I
think
that
might
be
helpful
and
beneficial
not
just
for
the
residents
of
District
8,
but
all
throughout
the
city,
foreign.
F
F
We
would
be
happy
to
work
with
them,
though,
if
your
office
would
be
so
kind
of
help
us,
with
some
contacts,
we'll
be
happy
to
reach
out
one
of
the
options
we
do
offer
many
of
our
partners
that
might
not
be
within
the
senior
health
and
wellness
Grant
system
or
through
an
mou
for
services
at
our
site,
since
we
do
offer
a
guest
speaker
application
in
which
outside
agencies
groups
can
come
in
and
actually
provide
us
and
help
us
with
informational,
speaking
and
seminars
to
our
older
adults
during
senior
nutrition.
It's
a
very
simple
form.
F
We
have
them
fill
out
just
regarding
what
they're
going
to
go
over.
It's
a
way
that
we
can
ensure
the
senior
safety
and
that
they're
not
being
susceptible
to
potential
scams
or
other
things,
and
we
verify
the
speakers
and
so
we'd
be
happy.
If
you
have
any
contacts
to
be
able
to
connect
us
with
to
reach
out
to
them
and
see
how
they
might
be
able
to
work
together
in
the
future,
absolutely.
S
Thank
you,
I
will
definitely
do
that.
It
is
a
California
state
agency.
So
I
would
hope
our
state
agency's
not
trying
to
scam
our
seniors,
but
it's
but
yeah.
It's
the
the
reason
was
working
outside
of
our
of
our
region.
With
our
you
know,
Statewide
bodies,
whether
it's
you
know
the
state
licensing
board
or
the
IRS,
for
example,
on
on
Helping
Seniors,
fill
out
their
their
their
their
tax
assistance
forms.
It's
I
was
trying
to
think
a
little
bit
more
more
macro
level.
S
E
Yeah
I
believe
that
we
do
have
tax
assistance
during
the
tax
season
for
our
seniors
in
additionally,
we
do
have
legal
aid
that
provides
advocacy
and
education
and
support
and
case
seniors
do
come
across
scams
or
any
other
problem
or
issue
where
they
might
need
a
legal
advice
or
guidance.
S
Oh
wonderful,
yeah
that
that
that
service
is
is
important
and
I
would
also
be
happy
to
to
be
a
a
a
a
speaker
for
you
or
not
a
speaker,
but
to
magnify
the
message
through
my
newsletter
through
my
office
through
to
the
resources
that
we
have
and
and
yeah
count
on
us
to
be
to
be
a
an
ally
in
this,
and
and
thank
you
again
for
your
work.
Oh,
that
I'll
move
acceptance
of
the
report.
Second,.
B
Sure
we
can
have
it
all
right
now,
we're
going
to
council
member
Torres.
N
Great,
no
thank
you.
I
just
want
to
give
a
huge
shout
out
to
our
Parks
and
Rec
Department,
who
work
with
our
with
our
seniors.
One
of
the
greatest
programs
that
I
ever
worked
with
is
working
at
the
alma
Senior
Center.
When
I
was
a
Rec
leader,
my
early
days
in
prns,
and
so
I
worked
at
Alma,
Senior,
Center
and
I
soon
quickly
realized
that
it's
so
important
for
our
seniors
to
you
know
to
be
in
person
and
to
be
eating
healthy
food,
most
importantly,
dancing
goodness
great.
They
love
to
dance.
N
You
know
enjoying
Latino
themed
parties
and
Vietnamese
themed
parties
and
Chinese
themed
parties
and
Filipino
theme
parties,
and
so
it's
it's
very
important
that
that
they
that
they
retire
with
dignity
right
and
then
we
provide
them
that
extra
extra
support,
so
so
senior
programming
for
our
city
is
is
super
important.
These
are
the
folks
that
built
our
city
right
and
they
also
deserve
our
services.
So
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you
do
so.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
Dewan,.
O
Thank
you,
staff
for
supporting
our
elderly,
my
parents
are
82
and
89
and
I'm
part
of
the
baby.
Boomer
myself
and
I
know
that
a
lot
of
our
senior
Nas
are
getting
older
and
older
and
they
cannot
drive
so
in
order
to
get
that
services
that
we
give
to
seniors
that
can
go
to
a
center.
What
about
the
seniors
that
are
stuck
at
home
because
of
their
disability?
F
Thank
you,
council
member.
We
have
a
few
different
options
for
our
older
adults.
We
do
work
with
Santa
Clara
County
Mobility
management
plans,
so
that
this
allows
for
us
to
provide
transportation
to
those
seniors
that
might
not
be
able
to
drive,
might
not
be
able
to
use
public,
transit
or
other
components,
and
so
we
do
work
with
them
to
identify
ways
in
which
to
support
them
in
getting
them
to
our
community
centers
to
be
able
to
participate
in
programs.
This
is
taxi.
F
There's
also
the
program
they've
been
developing
with
bride,
which
is
a
little
bit
more
I,
would
say
if
Rhonda
more
like
a
uber
type
program,
that
is
very
low
cost
for
older
adults
in
those
approved
ZIP
codes.
In
addition,
though,
for
those
or
older
adults
that
are
homebound
that
are
not
able
to
come
out,
we
do
work
to
get
them
connected
with
County
services
that
provide
them
with
nutritious
meals
and
other
components
that
they
might
need
support
in.
So
we.
O
F
Actually,
work
on
getting
you
the
direct
link,
so
that
way,
you
don't
have
to
copy
and
paste
we'll
work
to
get
that
link
to
your
offices,
so
that
you
have
that,
in
addition,
all
of
our
sites
Specialists
work
with
the
older
adults
individually,
so
that,
because
some
of
their
cases
are
a
little
bit
more
unique
and
the
general
information
that
we
might
have
on
our
website
might
not
meet
their
needs.
And
so
we
do
encourage
it.
O
Thank
you,
I
hear
a
lot
of
not
compliant
but
they're
just
concerned
that
there
there's
multiple
ethnicity
throughout
all
of
our
districts
and
some
of
ours
seniors
or
you
know,
getting
served
a
very
non-cultural
food
if
you
will
and
and
and
they
they
get
it
and
they'll
they'll
actually
put
it
aside
because
they
they're
not
used
to
eating
a
particular
food.
How
do
you
go
about
to
in
order
to
have
that
cultural
differences.
F
So
typically,
what
we've
been
doing,
and
our
current
contractor
is
trio
trio,
provides
the
service
to
prns
that
actually
prepares
the
meals
for
all
of
our
older
adults.
Each
Center
develops
a
committee
that
actually
gives
feedback
based
off
the
feedback
they're
receiving
from
other
members,
other
participants
that
information
comes
together
and
then
we
communicate
that
to
trio
trio
then
develops
their
upcoming
menus
to
reflect
that
feedback,
but
then
also
balancing
our
requirements
with
the
county,
for
it
being
a
nutritiously,
balanced
meal
and
working
to
achieve
all
those
different
components.
Q
B
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
your
comments.
I
do
have
a
few
comments.
I
want
to
thank
the
team
for
your
presentation
and
for
your
work
in
in
the
community.
It's
timely
too,
because
I
just
visited
seniors
in
my
district
at
Via
de
Guadalupe
last
week,
amazing
group
of
seniors.
It's
it's
great
work,
exciting
development
as
well
and
I
wanted
to
move
into
just
a
few
questions.
B
F
S
that
we
work
with
DOT
is
to
support
of
the
vision,
zero
program
that
supports
the
safe
walking
of
our
older
adults,
navigating
streets.
We
actually
worked
with
the
the
dot
team
prior
to
resuming
in-person
Services,
knowing
that
many
of
our
older
adults
were
going
to
be
coming
back
to
our
community
centers
in
a
walkable
fashion,
and
so
we
wanted
to
reach
out
to
them
to
help
them
understand
safety,
understand
new
obstacles
that
they
might
be
seen
as
they
return
to
the
community
centers
after
being
home
for
so
long.
F
F
As
we
continue
forward,
though,
we
will
continue
working
with
our
reps
and
partners
in
dot,
but
also
multiple
other
departments
regarding
the
initiatives
that
are
identified
in
the
action
plan
and
how
we
might
be
able
to
continue
those
forward
and
bring
those
poor
forward
as
part
of
annual
updates
in
upcoming
years.
Awesome.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that
answer
and
just
to
comment
in
regards
to
that
and
note
just
speaking
out
loud
I
think
another
department
that
may
be
worth
collaborating
with
would
be
the
office
of
Economic,
Development
and
cultural
Affairs.
You
know,
I
could
I
could
see
like
expanding
visibility
for
seniors
through
banners
and
extra
signage
in
our
neighborhoods,
to
make
it
a
better
environment
for
for
them
within
that
line
of
questioning
what
other
strategies
are
being
looked
at
in
regards
to
transportation
for
seniors,
so
I
know
that
you
mentioned.
B
F
So,
as
of
current
and
I'll,
ask
Ronnie
to
jump
in
in
case
I
get
anything
wrong,
because
actually
that
I
do
get
it
accurate.
Our
taxi
service
is
limited
to
San
Jose
residents.
So
in
most
cases
it
is
limited
to
San
Jose
residents.
We
do
have
funding.
There
are
actually
two
agencies
that
are
currently
on
that
that
have
approved
vendors
that
we
can
utilize
to
provide
taxi
service.
F
In
addition,
our
staff
coordinates
with
County
to
be
able
to
provide
bus
passes,
and
so
this
typically
is
something
that's
done,
though,
as
a
short
term,
so
the
taxi
is
used
to
get
us
through
the
wait
period
of
the
older
adults.
When
they
come
to
our
program.
They
notify
us
that
they
have
transportation
concerns
about
be
able
to
get
there
on
a
daily
basis.
Our
staff
then
immediately
go
into
setting
them
up
for
the
transportation
with
the
county
and
then
interim
provide
taxi
services.
F
F
We
offered
a
program
in
which
we
would
actually
provide
participants
with
gas
cards
if
they
were
doing
carpools,
where
there
would
be
multiple
seniors
that
would
all
carpool
together
and
then
the
person
that
was
driving
that
had
that
capacity
would
then
receive
a
gas
card
that
we
would
provide
them
to
help
in
offsetting
the
cost
of
that
gas.
We
have
not
resumed
that
yet
just
because
there
are
continuing
concerns
with
covid,
but
we
do
look
forward
to
potentially
looking
at
that
opportunity
in
the
future.
Thank.
B
So
if
a
person
is
not
able
to
stand
for
a
long
time
or
walk
for
a
long
time
a
bus,
we
could
give
them
a
bus
pass,
but
they
won't
be
able
to
go
to
the
Mayfair
Community
Center.
So
we
need
to
think
of
you
know
ways
in
which
I
don't
know,
if
that's
a
conversation
with
VTA
or
something
like
that,
but
we
need
to
have
a
conversations
in
which
we're
providing
these
services,
but
how
can
the
residents
across
the
district
access
them,
especially
for
our
seniors
and
now
I
wanted
to
move
into?
B
You
know
a
conversation
in
regards
to
engaging
media
which
is
referenced
in
the
report
as
a
strategy
for
outreach.
I
just
wanted
to
see
if
you
could
clarify
a
little
bit
about
what
that
means,
what
the
media
looks
like
what
obviously
seniors.
So
how
are
you
going
to
be
targeting
seniors
and
the
overall
strategy.
F
So
typically,
we
get
into
our
Communications
related
to
our
older
adults.
One
of
our
first
and
best
is
utilizing
our
phone
calls.
So
it's
where
our
Specialists
are
calling
informing
of
updates
and
forming
of
components
related
to
that
we
do
announcements
at
each
of
our
lunch
times.
So
when
the
seniors
are
there,
we
announce.
F
Programs,
we
do
this
all
verbally
and
then
we
will
typically
reference
to
Flyers
that
are
available
so
that
they're
able
to
see
those
we
do
do
social
media
posts.
We
do
do
emails.
We
do
recognize,
though,
that
not
all
of
our
older
adults
are
fully
using
Electronic
media
as
a
mode.
So
that's
where
we
do
really
rely
on
our
phone
calls
our
verbal
updates,
but
then
also
mailing
flyers
and
other
components
as
we
get
those
information
out.
Okay,.
B
Okay
I
was
I
was
wondering
because
I
know
that
you
know
with
my
grandfather.
You
know
if
we
really
wanted
to
Target
him.
We
put
up
a
commercial
during
like
Bonanza
reruns
or
something
like
he.
He
was
really
interested
in
like
the
westerns
and
stuff
like
that.
So
I
was
just
thinking
how
we
were
gonna
engage
our
Earth
seniors
again.
I've
watched
that
so
many
times
as
as
we
improve
health
care
and
secure
Continuum
of
Care,
the
role
of
our
seniors
becomes.
B
You
know
that
much
more
important
as
people
begin
to
you
know,
live
longer
gracefully.
You
know
these
are
our
elders.
These
are
you
know
our
city,
historians,
so
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
and
it's
an
honor
to
serve
this
community
by
your
side.
Thank
you
and
I
believe
this
is
the
last
oh
open,
Forum
right
that
oh,
we
have
to
move
this
item.
That's
right.
Do
we
have
a
motion
yeah.
L
Beekman
here
thanks
a
lot
for
the
meeting
today.
This
is
a
really
good
committee
group.
So
thank
you
to
go
back
to
the
item
that
was
passed
over
today
at
the
work
study
session
item
or
the
consent
calendar
item.
It's
my
understanding
that
if
an
item
has
not
been
before
committee
before
it,
according
to
the
brown
act,
it
needs
to
have
public
comment,
even
if
it's
deferred,
that's
my
understanding.
L
So
with
this
item
we
talked
about
digital
inclusion
in
city
council
a
couple
days
ago,
but
this
had
a
bit
more
specific
specificity
to
it,
but
I,
don't
think
necessarily
has
been
it
to
another
committee
meeting
before
and
so
I
think
there
was
a
need
for
public
comment
just
to
be
clear
on
rules
and
procedures.
Thank
you.
That's
what
I
was
trying
to
do
before.
I
was
taking
my
time
about
that.
L
Sorry,
with
my
remaining
time,
I,
don't
know
it's
been
a
theme
of
myself
this
week,
the
concepts
of
civil
protections
and
civil
rights
about
how
we
talk
about
you
know,
accountability,
practices
and.
H
L
Know,
hopefully,
by
now
you're
getting
a
sense
that
this
is
pretty
much.
What
I
talk
about,
and
it's
my
life
at
this
time
and
I'm
really
hopeful
in
what
it
can
do,
how
it
can
teach
our
young
people
and
I
guess
the
questions
for
me
this
week
is:
do
we
really
want
to
practice
good
democracy?
What
is
the
ideas
of
democracy
in
this
country
and
if
we
do
want
to
practice,
it
I
think
civil
rights
and
civil
protections
are
some
of
the
best
ways
to
talk
about
it.
L
How
do
people
in
the
east
side
want
to
talk
about
these
sort
of
things?
We
want
to
talk
a
lot
about
racial
Equity,
but
we're
a
bit
worried
on
the
east
side
to
talk
about
the
concepts
of
equality
and
I
think
those
are
some
of
the
basic
procedures
of
how
democracy
works.
So,
on
the
east
side,
how
do
we
want
to
actually
talk
about
democracy?
I
think
these
Tech
accountability
ideas
are
really
some
ways
to
do
it
I'd
like
to
hear
other
ideas.
Thank
you.
T
Hi
all
I'm,
just
a
San
Jose
State
student,
and
this
was
a
political
science
assignment,
but
I'm,
actually
a
recreation
student
and
that's
kind
of
like
why
and
I
just
really
applaud
you
guys
for
trying
to
accommodate
all
life
stages.
You
guys
focused
on
children
and
helping
out
children.
T
I
think
that's
huge,
because
our
youth
needs
that,
especially
because
I'm,
a
football
coach
in
the
area
and
I'm
a
teacher
and
for
a
middle
school
first
summer
camp
and
these
kids
really
do
need
that
extra
support
system,
and
then
you
guys
also
accommodate
with
the
seniors
and
I
think
that
was.
That
was
also
a
great
plan.
And
so
you
guys
investing
in
that
is
great,
but
I
also
want
to
make
sure
that
like
are.
T
E
G
Yes
possible
from
the
Horseshoe
I
want
to
thank
the
previous
student
from
San
Jose
State
for
participating
and
I
would
hope
that
you
would
return.
I
really
encourage
you,
please,
because
you've
identified
the
same
thing
that
I
have
identified
in
these
meetings,
and
that
is
that
there's
a
moral
responsibility
here.
There's
a
moral
issue
involved.
G
G
The
Chicano
Community
is
an
identifiable
group
you're,
not
identifying
the
Chicano
community,
and
you
all
know
who
Chicanos
are
just
look
at
the
1960s
and
70s
newspapers
here
in
San,
Jose,
the
Mercury
News
and
you
will
know
who
are
Chicanos
and
we
are
the
ones
that
were
responsible
for
getting
the
East
Valley
Clinic.
We
were
the
ones
responsible
for
shutting
for
shutting
Roosevelt
down
because
of
what
they
were
doing
to
the
children.
G
We
were
the
ones
that
pushed
Diaz
versus
San
Jose,
Unified
School
District,
that
desegregated
the
schools,
which
is
a
landmark
case.
We
were
the
ones
that
instituted
10
districts
by
which
all
of
you
exercise
power,
The
Authority
that
you
have
is
exercised
because
the
Chicano
Community
made
it
so
so
you're
welcome.
H
U
Hi
I'm
using
a
different
device.
Can
you
hear
me
we
can
hear
you?
Thank
you
hi.
This
is
Jill
borders.
The
other
night
at
city,
council,
meeting
I
thought
I
had
my
hand
up
and
I
I
guess:
I
didn't
for
the
general
plan
review
item
and
so
I'd
like
to
get
my
comment
now
regarding
that
and
I
I
think
this
committee
is
very
appropriate.
You
guys
are
very
in
tune
with
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
are
so
important.
U
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
the
general
plan
is
a
complete
and
total
nightmare
in
my
opinion,
and
much
of
our
issues
that
we
have
here
in
our
city
with
all
of
the
homelessness,
with
all
of
the
the
prices
that
are
have
skyrocketed
and
basically
impoverished.
So
many
here
and
put
us
on
the
brink
of
homelessness,
a
direct
line
can
be
drawn
from
when
that
General
plan
was
voted
on
in
2011.
Make
no
mistake.
U
As
Paul
Soto
pointed
out
the
other
night
Michael
Brio
said:
housing
was
not
a
major
strategy
in
our
plan,
but
one
step
further.
You
need
to
look
at
them.
Perhaps
because
not
only
was
housing,
not
a
major
strategy,
the
strategy
was
to
take
away
housing
and
the
reason
I'm
so
passionate
about
this
subject,
and
it
needs
to
be
really
discussed
and
looked
at
is,
for
example,
my
mobile
home
park
and
several
others
were
just
literally
the
park
on
a
map
like
when
you
think
about
gerrymandering.
They
were
drawn
onto
an
existing
priority,
Development
Area.
U
That
was
just
other.
You
know
existing
certain
buildings
that
were
not
housing,
but
they
would
take
the
mobile
home
park
and
add
on
the
mobile
home
park.
Then
they
sent
that
off
to
the
MTC
and
a
bag
to
be
changed
into
a
priority,
Development
Area
and
when
I
asked
Michael,
Brio
Point
Blank,
you
know
on
the
phone
he
said.
Well,
basically,
you
know
it's
like
well,
you
know:
do
we
kind
of
really
want
to
have
these
parks
in
this
direction,
and-
and
so
this
is
a
fact-
and
we
have
to
start
looking
at
it
folks.