15:05:45 So just keep that in mind.
Be mindful of any language used.
15:05:45 With that said, I'm going to go ahead and begin recording.
15:05:47
>> Recording in progress.
15:05:59 >> NIKI: OK.
Thank you, everyone, for waiting.
15:06:03 We do have Marisa listed for the roll call on this agenda.
15:06:06 However, Marisa is joining us by phone.
15:06:09 So I'm going to go ahead and take care of that for us.
15:06:12 And when I call your name, if you can please unmute and indicate verbally
15:06:17 that you are here.
Ashley Miller.
15:06:28 Rachel Nehse.
>> Present.
15:06:29 >> NIKI: Rachel.
Taylor Smiley Wolfe.
15:06:42 Aida Jimenez.
Allan Lazo.
15:06:46 >> Good afternoon, everyone.
I'm here.
15:06:47 >> NIKI: Hi, Allan.
Barbara Geyer.
15:06:51 >> Hi.
I'm here.
15:06:55 >> NIKI: Hi, Barbara.
Becky Straus.
15:07:01 >> Here.
>> NIKI: Thank Dung Ho.
15:07:02 >> Hello.
Present.
15:07:07 >> NIKI: Ellen Toland.
Holly Stephens.
15:07:19 Jamila Rutherford.
>> Here.
15:07:28 >> NIKI: Mara Romero.
>> Here.
15:07:31 >> NIKI: Hi, Mara.
Marisa Espinoza.
15:07:37 >> Hi, everybody.
I'm here.
15:07:40 >> NIKI: Hi, Marisa.
Vera Warren.
15:07:57 And Fanny Adams.
Fanny, could you unmute?
15:08:04
>> This is Fanny.
15:08:11 I'm representing Multnomah County.
I work with the CDBG program.
15:08:12 >> NIKI: Thank you.
Let me double-check quorum since we
15:08:19 are closed.
Great.
15:08:24 And we have hit quorum.
So with that we can officially call
15:08:29 this meeting to order.
And Jay is going to help us mover
15:08:34 through our agenda and facilitate this meeting today.
15:08:41 >> JAMILA: I guess we'll get started with the updates, then.
15:08:44 >> NIKI: Back and forth --
thank you, Jay.
15:08:51 Just a few items to update you all on since our last meeting in January.
15:08:56 If you recall, everyone was able to take a look at the areas of assessment
15:09:02 and analysis in what we're calling the Portland Fair Housing Plan.
15:09:06 Thank you everyone who sent back e-mails and took time to read through
15:09:10 that memo again after the meeting.
I did collect that feedback and we
15:09:17 gave it to the project team that is working on the Portland Fair Housing
15:09:20 Plan.
So far we have begun meeting here in
15:09:25 the bureau and we will be ready to start presenting those areas of
15:09:28 assessment to you beginning at the next meeting.
15:09:34 We have the demographic summary slated for the July meeting and the
15:09:40 low-income household analysis and the disproportionate housing needs
15:09:48 analysis slated for October.
We can look at the recommends made in
15:09:53 2011, look at other policy ideas that may be suggested and get everyone's
15:09:59 feedback on this committee and your thoughts on that and any suggestions
15:10:01 that you would like to make -- your recommendations.
15:10:04 I wanted to give you the update that things are moving and will continue to
15:10:09 get your feedback as we move throughout the process.
15:10:15 Next item I'm going to skip down and talk about committee member bios
15:10:17 first.
Every advisory body that we have at
15:10:21 the housing bureau has a web page and as part of that web page there is a
15:10:27 meet the commissioners or meet the committee members that lists out short
15:10:33 bios of each committee member and then has a headshot or small photo next to
15:10:36 it.
So far for FHAC we have not had one.
15:10:40 And we would like to get something posted on the website.
15:10:46 So I'm giving you all heads-up that I'm going to send out an e-mail.
15:10:53 I'll link you to an example of probably the rental services commission that
15:10:58 has a similar web page, get a feel for what the end product will be and if
15:11:04 you could take a few moments to give me your bios and photo you would like
15:11:06 featured on the Portland Housing Bureau website.
15:11:08 I'll send that e-mail out this week and hoping to get them by the end of the
15:11:21 month.
And then -- go ahead.
15:11:25 >> MARA: Will those need to be professional head shots?
15:11:30 Are there conditions for the photos?
Because of the pandemic, it's been
15:11:33 hard getting a photo.
>> NIKI: You can get an idea of the
15:11:36 different types of photos that can be seen on the example page.
15:11:38 I don't think that they are all professional.
15:11:41 I think you have something that's high quality that you don't mind shown, you
15:11:46 know, that obviously looks nice and appropriate for the context in which
15:11:52 it's being used but doesn't necessarily need to be, you know, high-end
15:11:53 photography quality.
>> MARA: Cool.
15:11:55 I'll take a look at the examples.
Thank you.
15:11:58 >> NIKI: No problem.
Does anybody else have any questions
15:12:07 about those committee member bios?
OK.
15:12:11 Awesome.
And the last item that I have for you
15:12:18 regarding updates is reappointments.
So, if you'll recall, pretty much
15:12:23 everyone on this committee was appointed in September of 2020 and
15:12:27 it's for a two-year term.
That means coming this September we
15:12:32 are coming up to the end of most of our committee members' terms.
15:12:35 That will be expiring in September.
You know, I know that we still have a
15:12:40 lot of work left to do and I hope everyone is still interested in being
15:12:43 reappointed.
We're certainly interested in having
15:12:45 everyone here.
But if anybody doesn't want to be
15:12:49 reappointed for a new term, I would like enough of a heads-up that we
15:12:55 could do proper recruitment to fill any of those vacant seats.
15:13:00 So, on that note, I will also send an e-mail regarding reappointments to
15:13:08 continue thinking about that and moving forward from 2022 to 2024.
15:13:14 The general FHAC schedule seems to continue to be on a quarterly basis.
15:13:20 But Jay is going to lead us through a conversation as you can see on the
15:13:25 agenda towards the end of the meeting about committee and other
15:13:28 opportunities for increased involvement.
15:13:29 It would continue to be the same meeting frequency of a quarterly
15:13:40 basis.
>> JAMILA: Next we're going to have
15:13:54 Niki speak with us about the Proclamation of Fair Housing.
15:14:02 >> MATTHEW: I want to publicly acknowledge Niki Luneclair for putting
15:14:07 together the Fair Housing Proclamation, coordinating the whole thing.
15:14:13 I want to thank Allan Lazo and our partners at the Fair Housing Council
15:14:14 of Oregon for participating.
I wanted to put that comment on the
15:14:22 record.
>> NIKI: Thank you, Matt.
15:14:27 I appreciate that.
Yeah, well, I sent out an event
15:14:34 calendar to all of you, a calendar event for inviting you to view the
15:14:38 Proclamation of Fair Housing Month for April 2022 at City Council.
15:14:43 I'm not sure how many folks were able to livestream that on YouTube.
15:14:48 If you did, please do feel free to raise your hand and share your
15:14:54 thoughts on the presentation.
But overall I thought that it went
15:15:01 very well.
We had Commissioner Dan Ryan comment.
15:15:03
Matthew gave a wonderful presentation
15:15:05 on behalf of the Portland Housing Bureau and really stressed some of the
15:15:10 greatest inequities that we see in the housing market, particularly for Black
15:15:14 Portlanders.
And then comments were also made by
15:15:16 our fellow committee member Allan Lazo.
15:15:23 So I wanted to invite Allan to kind of speak on the importance of Fair
15:15:27 Housing Month and Fair Housing Council of Oregon's participation and kind of
15:15:32 remind us of the importance of April and taking that time and that pause in
15:15:36 City Council.
After Allan's comments, I have a few
15:15:41 of the posters to share with you from the Fair Housing poster contest that I
15:15:41 thought would be fun for anyone who wasn't able to catch it.
15:15:51 So, with that, Allan, do you want to jump in and speak about your
15:15:59 experience at city council?
>> ALLAN: I'm trapped in my car
15:16:04 between events.
I'm sorry I look a little funny.
15:16:08 The poster is so fun and bright and beautiful this year.
15:16:14 It's such a pleasure always to go to city council and talk about the poster
15:16:20 contest and get opportunity to display the vision that these young artists
15:16:22 have around how we might create neighborhoods that are for everyone,
15:16:27 which was the theme for the event this year.
15:16:32 Really, really inspiring to see what the young artists bring forward.
15:16:38 As I noted at city council and as the proclamation notes, we celebrate April
15:16:43 for Fair Housing Month because this is the month the Federal Fair Housing Act
15:16:48 was passed in 1968 in April.
While we can celebrate this month, we
15:16:55 know the work around Fair Housing is far from done, including right here in
15:16:59 our own town of Portland.
As Niki said, Matt highlight and the
15:17:04 proclamation highlights many different institutional and systemic aspects
15:17:09 that drove the need for the Fair Housing Act in the mid part of the
15:17:12 20th century.
While none of us were part of those
15:17:17 systemic or institutional practices, we weren't there for red-lining or
15:17:23 steering or segregation, we know that those practices and the inequities
15:17:27 they have created continue today.
So while the work in this community
15:17:38 isn't to end those kind of practices, those explicit practices of yester
15:17:47 year, our work is to end the --
we here at the part in the City of
15:17:54 Portland Housing Bureau --
end systemic practices that continue
15:17:59 today.
We can change the hearts and minds we
15:18:05 want to and that can help make our community better, it won't create real
15:18:09 access to opportunity until we can address those systemic and
15:18:16 institutional changes that are implicit in today's policies and practices,
15:18:17 including the City of Portland, including the Portland Housing Bureau,
15:18:20 including lots of other places in our community.
15:18:26 So that's the work in front of us.
Again, we take a moment to celebrate
15:18:32 the passage of the Fair Housing Act today and we get back to work ending
15:18:41 those continuing inequities that are a result of many different policies and
15:18:42 practices.
Niki, thank you for the opportunity to
15:18:45 continue to move us forward and cheer us on.
15:18:48 I'm so excited about this work and I love April, despite the running around
15:18:54 that it means for me.
>> NIKI: Thank you, Allan.
15:19:00 Your participation is always a wonderful part of the proclamation and
15:19:04 the presentation and especially all of the work that Fair Housing Council Of
15:19:09 Oregon does to organize the poster contest, which is definitely a
15:19:13 highlight.
So I'll go ahead and share my screen
15:19:19 so we can look at those.
I'm on a single screen today, so I'm
15:19:32 sorry if I shared the Zoom itself there.
15:19:44 So this first poster was done by Quinn Avery English.
15:19:48 This was the first through third grade category, and she was the first place
15:19:51 winner.
So I just shared everybody who did the
15:19:56 first place for these purposes today.
There are more posters to look at on
15:20:04 our website, if you're interested.
But very cute, wonderful.
15:20:06 The rainbow, embrace diversity.
Really great job done here.
15:20:22 Next poster is by Ruth Baldwin.
This was the grade 4 and 5 poster
15:20:25 category winner.
>> So cute.
15:20:29 >> NIKI: Yes, very cute.
Neighborhoods are for everyone.
15:20:34 We've got a cyclops here, we've got some cones, we've got aliens,
15:20:37 rainbows, dinosaurs.
I think I even see a pirate ship in
15:20:42 the back there.
15:20:47 >> So cute.
>> NIKI: This was the grand prize
15:20:54 winner for all categories.
I believe this was cocreated between
15:20:59 bailen stack and Keira Fryer.
And this has so much detail.
15:21:04 It's very beautiful.
I hope that you guys can see it.
15:21:10 It is super impressive.
Again, it has neighborhoods are for
15:21:15 everyone at the bottom and a lot of intricate details on all of these
15:21:20 different types of structures and dwellings and houses.
15:21:24 >> JAMILA: What able group is this?
>> NIKI: This was the overall grand
15:21:33 prize winner.
If I recall Bailen and Keira were six
15:21:41 to eight --
>> They were eighth graders.
15:21:46 >> NIKI: I believe French international school.
15:21:54 >> ALLAN: French emerging school.
>> NIKI: I'll follow up and share
15:21:55 that.
You can also go back to the YouTube
15:21:59 channel if you wanted to watch the proclamation and all of the
15:22:03 commissioners' comments.
Everybody did take a moment to share
15:22:05 and express the importance of Fair Housing.
15:22:10 I'll also link you to the website where you can read the proclamation itself
15:22:14 and go through the slides, including Matthew's comments and all of the
15:22:26 poster contest winners.
>> JAMILA: Next, we're going to have
15:22:29 public comment, if there are any.
I don't know if -- Niki is going to
15:22:35 lead us through that, although I don't know that there's anyone signed up for
15:22:40 public comments.
>> NIKI: As of now, we do not.
15:22:44 But we can go ahead and open the floor for anyone to raise their hand or come
15:22:47 off mute from the public who is joining us who would like to provide public
15:23:02 comment.
And then maybe, Jay, because we did
15:23:05 advertise the 3:30 p.m.
time, what we could do is you could
15:23:10 lead us through the next part of the agenda and then maybe we just check in
15:23:13 sometime between that 3:30 and 4:00 window and just make sure that nobody
15:23:17 has hopped on for purposes of giving public comment.
15:23:19 >> JAMILA: The next part of the agenda is -- is it subcommittees?
15:23:30 >> NIKI: Yes, that is our final item we are moving through today.
15:23:33 >> JAMILA: Do you have the spreadsheet?
15:23:35 >> NIKI: If you want the specific spreadsheet --
15:23:38 otherwise, I have the two topics that were most popular.
15:23:39 >> JAMILA: Yeah.
>> NIKI: Yes.
15:23:45 >> JAMILA: So I think it was the last time we proposed doing the
15:23:49 subcommittee or doing several subcommittees and Niki sent out a
15:23:54 survey and we all took it.
I think most of us did.
15:23:57 And a couple of committees rose to the top.
15:24:01 I just -- just to refresh my memory, I think we were going to choose one, but
15:24:07 we decided to bring both of them to the group and see if we wanted to, A, do
15:24:12 both or if we wanted to decide that we're going to do one of the
15:24:14 subcommittees.
So that's where we are.
15:24:18 So, Niki, what are the two that rose to the top?
15:24:24 >> NIKI: Two most interested topics were policy and best practices as one
15:24:27 group.
And the second group or topic was
15:24:34 community engagement.
>> JAMILA: So we have a choice with
15:24:42 the nine of us on the call to decide -- everyone else who didn't make it today
15:24:46 -- do we want to have two subcommittees or do we want to choose one and anyone
15:24:51 on the call can join that one and maybe we can bring it up again -- hopefully
15:24:55 we can bring it up again next month to see if there's any other folks that
15:24:58 didn't make it today that want to join the one or two subcommittees.
15:25:01 I don't know, how do we want to do this?
15:25:07 Do we want to say more than two or three people want to do two -- or if
15:25:13 we can get more than three people on a committee, we'll do two -- OK, yes, go
15:25:16 ahead, Mara.
>> MARA: I was going to ask if there
15:25:20 was kind of like a thought around what we'd be doing.
15:25:24 I'm kind of interested in the community engagement one, but is that like about
15:25:29 how we as a committee can engage with the community?
15:25:37 Or what would we be talking about in these subcommittees?
15:25:41 >> NIKI: We didn't really get more specific in that in the survey.
15:25:46 If you recall taking it, it was areas folks were interested in digging in
15:25:50 deeper and thought the quarterly meeting and full-body meetings weren't
15:25:54 going to get to address adequately.
As long as it's within the purview, it
15:25:58 could be launching off of that Portland Fair Housing Plan.
15:26:05 It could be more expansive than that, as long as it is within pretty broad
15:26:05 boundaries of addressing Fair Housing and the mission.
15:26:18 >> MARA: I'd love to put my name out there that one being subcommittee for
15:26:21 sure.
I have been out and about doing a lot
15:26:27 of meet-ups in the community because of my role in the Housing Bond Oversight
15:26:29 Committee.
So I could probably incorporate some
15:26:35 of that work I'm already doing.
But I think it is really important
15:26:41 that piece of it I guess that we're both getting feedback from the
15:26:45 community about what they want to see and we communicate work we're
15:26:49 advocating for once we have something we want to push forward to have a
15:26:54 network of people maybe that already in touch with us and know what we're
15:26:59 doing might be kind of cool.
So I like the idea of that
15:27:01 subcommittee, if anybody else wants to try that out.
15:27:08 If not, I'd be OK with that too and it be something we try to do as part of
15:27:12 our bigger meetings.
>> JAMILA: Is there anyone else who
15:27:15 would be interested in being in the community outreach -- or community
15:27:28 engagement committee?
>> BARBARA: Hi, this is Barbara.
15:27:32 I'm interested in the community engagement subcommittee.
15:27:32 >> JAMILA: Awesome.
>> MARA: Awesome.
15:27:55 >> JAMILA: So when -- Allan.
>> ALLAN: Similarly --
15:28:04 [Inaudible] -- interested in policies [Inaudible] those are two pretty
15:28:08 distinct areas that we would benefit from both of them.
15:28:12 >> JAMILA: I think Allan said those two areas are distinct enough that we
15:28:14 would benefit from both of those areas.
15:28:19 I'm assuming the idea of having two committees, as long as both to sign up
15:28:22 for, it's OK.
Right.
15:28:24 I agree.
>> ALLAN: Yeah.
15:28:27 Sorry if --
>> JAMILA: It's your phone that's not
15:28:27 clear.
You are very clear.
15:28:35 I personally would like to be on the policy committee.
15:28:45 So there's one right there.
If we can find someone else --
15:28:50 don't everybody speak at once.
>> MARA: Got to give it time.
15:28:51 I was nervous.
[Laughter]
15:28:57 >> MARA: Got to get on the dance floor and be the first one to like -- it's
15:28:58 fun over here.
[Laughter]
15:29:02 >> MARA: I agree, Allan, I think they are different, but also they cross
15:29:07 over enough too that it might be nice to have also some work between -- or
15:29:13 the subcommittees might be able to do work together because of those two
15:29:20 things intersecting like community engagement, pushing policy forward --
15:29:23 I think we did a good job picking subcommittees.
15:29:25 I hope someone else will sign up for the policy one because those do seem
15:29:38 important.
>> BECKY: I would expect there would
15:29:49 be interest for both subcommittees from people who aren't here.
15:29:53 >> BARBARA: Policy and best practices -- I'm available for that one as well.
15:29:53
>> JAMILA: Awesome.
15:30:05 I guess we definitely have the committee for the community
15:30:07 engagement.
Barbara came in with -- we're going to
15:30:14 do one on policy.
I'll tell you I'm most interested in
15:30:18 having some sort of discussion around what it looks like -- we talked about
15:30:22 this -- what accountability looks like for folks and what does -- I don't
15:30:27 know, you said the word.
I can never think of it.
15:30:29 Fines.
Fining people.
15:30:34 Phone calls about things happening.
I love to explore what the
15:30:39 possibilities are and who's doing something different than we are in
15:30:43 Portland.
>> NIKI: I think you're looking at
15:30:49 enforcement was maybe the word we talked --
15:30:53 >> JAMILA: That word is not in my vocabulary because I don't like to
15:30:57 enforce anything unless my children
>> NIKI: A theme has come up at
15:31:02 several points but could be nicely nestled under policies and best
15:31:05 practiceses, that's a way we could get at it, but also not have a
15:31:08 subcommittee that's solely focused on that, right, and has a bit of a
15:31:15 broader view.
>> JAMILA: So then we have a
15:31:18 committee for sure.
And then, Barbara, I'd like to suggest
15:31:22 that we don't tax Barbara with an extra committee if we don't need to, unless
15:31:27 you want to, and then we just bring this conversation up again at the next
15:31:31 meeting or maybe an e-mail to let folks know who didn't -- maybe somebody
15:31:38 wants to join via e-mail.
>> MARA: I think also put like a
15:31:45 little bit of a -- a short summary of what they might do or be in the e-mail
15:31:52 so people can maybe be -- elevator pitch of what we're going to be doing
15:31:55 in that group.
>> JAMILA: That sounds good.
15:32:00 >> NIKI: I can definitely send out an e-mail, if we want a better gauge of
15:32:05 interest, which would also allow us to kind of determine size of each
15:32:10 subcommittee, right, because also need to meet quorum and things like that.
15:32:15 I'm not sure if anybody wants to talk about, you know, the meeting frequency
15:32:19 or what that would look like or if subcommittees should -- if we're going
15:32:23 to run two, do they run on the same month, do they run on opposite
15:32:28 months?
Just so I can get a clear idea as well
15:32:32 because I want to be supportive, but also for housing bureau staff, making
15:32:35 sure we coordinate a briefing for those meetings to be successful.
15:32:40 So I want a clear ask.
>> JAMILA: OK.
15:32:46 Do we want to get -- yes, time and commitment would be helpful in
15:32:49 scheduling too.
So we have had a couple of people
15:32:52 join.
I know Holly just joined.
15:32:54 Holly Stephens.
Someone else just joined.
15:33:05 Do we want to pose the question for committee -- we all voted for
15:33:11 committees.
And the two that were tied was the
15:33:15 community engagement committee and also the policy and best practice
15:33:18 committee.
So we were thinking we could have two
15:33:25 committees as long as we got someone to sign up for the policy and best
15:33:30 practice because we have two folks that agreed to be on the committee --
15:33:35 engagement committee.
So anyone who just joined, is anyone
15:33:45 interested on being on any of those committees?
15:33:48 >> HOLLY: What would the policy committee -- what would that entail?
15:33:50 >> JAMILA: I want to talk about enforcement.
15:33:54 Niki said we should talk about everything from the -- just look into
15:34:02 what's happening in other places, what are policies, how are we carrying out
15:34:05 policies, getting well-versed in policy shifts, maybe.
15:34:07 Niki --
>> NIKI: That was actually suggested
15:34:12 by Taylor as well, who is not present in the meeting.
15:34:17 Taylor was really interested in if this body is going to be making policy
15:34:23 recommendations and evaluating policy, that there's maybe a group who can dig
15:34:28 a little bit further and, you know, have a broader context to evaluate
15:34:34 those policy recommendations as we move throughout the plan or identify ideas
15:34:37 and practices places that might apply well to Portland.
15:34:42 It was kind of a consideration that maybe these quarterly meetings for the
15:34:46 full body, some background work would be good as we move throughout that
15:34:48 process and that could be done for a subcommittee and include items like
15:34:56 enforcement.
>> HOLLY: What would the timeline be
15:35:01 on getting together and asking because I have a project launching, we're
15:35:04 piloting a project in June.
So time commitwise, just trying to
15:35:09 figure out what that might look like.
>> JAMILA: I was thinking two or
15:35:14 three times a week from 3:00 to 5:00.
I'm kidding.
15:35:20 [Laughter]
>> HOLLY: I'm glad I'm not on camera.
15:35:20
[Laughter]
15:35:29 >> JAMILA: For me, I would be interested in everyone else who signed
15:35:32 up for committee, this is a good time to jump in.
15:35:38 Once a month in between our meetings, I feel like maybe even once or twice --
15:35:42 we meet every three months, right?
So I'd be interested in, like, once a
15:35:49 month.
Between our committee meetings.
15:35:51 >> HOLLY: I'll do once a month on the policy stuff with you.
15:36:00 >> JAMILA: Yeah, Holly.
OK.
15:36:17 >> NIKI: Flesh out the details too and we'll have touch bases on it again in
15:36:21 order to formally vote -- take that vote and formally create the
15:36:26 subcommittees.
So I wanted to let you all know that
15:36:31 and that will be to schedule how many seats and all of that a little
15:36:35 hammered out for us to do that.
>> JAMILA: Does that mean the
15:36:38 committees won't even start until three months from this meeting?
15:36:42 >> NIKI: Well, given that we have some folks that I think we would know and
15:36:46 unless we have a good idea of size, I think it would be hard to do that.
15:36:53 I think we could probably get it set up to be, if you're doing every month, we
15:36:59 could probably get them rolling that same month after the vote.
15:37:01 Get all those details worked out.
So that would be the July meeting.
15:37:12 But, yes.
>> JAMILA: Does anyone have any
15:37:17 questions, comments, concerns about subcommittees?
15:37:21 >> MARA: I'm thinking too it might be -- it's good to have general
15:37:26 structure, but the subcommittees may kind of ebb and flow with maybe things
15:37:31 that we're working on too.
If subcommittees decide to meet more
15:37:36 one month, is that going to be possible or how rigid are the things we're
15:37:38 talking about, are they just the general outline for these
15:37:45 subcommittees?
>> NIKI: We will need to have
15:37:48 somewhat predictable standard schedule in terms of additional ad hoc meetings
15:37:52 it would be, you know, bureau staff capacity and making sure that we can
15:37:59 properly, you know, give public notice of those meetings, you know, so that
15:38:03 the board can join if they choose or at the least are aware that the meeting
15:38:09 is happening.
And then of course up to the
15:38:11 subcommittee members' individual capacities.
15:38:16 I would say there is room for change, but just like FHAC, we would want
15:38:17 something that's standard and predictable.
15:38:18 Don't want to run into quorum issues with subcommittees either.
15:38:37
>> This is --
15:38:43 [Inaudible]
>> JAMILA: Sorry.
15:38:50 We were just joined by Max --
>> MARA: A little bionic.
15:38:55 It sounded like someone is interested in joining one of the subcommittees.
15:39:03 >> NIKI: I believe Marisa on the other phone line here.
15:39:06 >> MARISA: Can you hear me now?
>> Yeah.
15:39:11 >> MARISA: I'm sorry.
I was just expressing interest in the
15:39:13 best practices subcommittee.
Apologies that I couldn't respond
15:39:13 sooner.
I was driving.
15:39:27 >> JAMILA: Awesome.
>> MARA: I can imagine Marisa
15:39:32 desperately trying to pull over to find a place so they can sign up for the
15:39:36 policy subcommittee.
[Laughter]
15:39:38 >> MARA: I'm imagining that in my mind.
15:39:45 >> NIKI: I would like to ask a clarifying question.
15:39:51 The ask -- so two subcommittees.
I heard once a month for policy and
15:39:54 best practices.
Are we also thinking once a month for
15:40:01 the community engagement subcommittee?
Or once every other month was another
15:40:03 option from the survey.
They don't all have to match.
15:40:08 But it would be nice for my personal sanity, but you guys can direct how
15:40:18 you so choose.
>> MARA: I was leaning more to one in
15:40:22 between every other meeting, so maybe one in the two months is kind of more
15:40:27 where I was leaning.
You know, I know things have to be
15:40:30 operationalized.
My brain is very much not that person.
15:40:34
So I apologize.
15:40:36 I can't really picture in terms of community engagement too much more
15:40:41 right now that we'd want to meet and talk about.
15:40:44 It mostly probably would be brainstorming about what we could
15:40:49 bring back to this committee, I imagine.
15:40:50 >> NIKI: Are you thinking quarterly --
15:40:52 >> MARA: Maybe.
Is that what that sounds like?
15:40:54 Yeah.
Obviously Barbara or anyone else who
15:40:59 joins can speak up, but I'm just thinking at this point I --
15:41:04 for me at least, I can see it just meeting once in between the two -- or,
15:41:06 you know, the three-month mark that we're waiting for this meeting.
15:41:09 I guess similar to what the executive committee is doing.
15:41:12 Maybe they are meeting more.
But just take an opportunity to check
15:41:13 in in between meetings and then bring that information back to the next one.
15:41:16
But that's just my thought on it.
15:41:32 >> BARBARA: This is Barbara.
I'm open.
15:41:38 I was actually going to suggest once a month commitment to match the other
15:41:41 subcommittee.
But that's -- because at this point
15:41:45 I'm a little unclear as to what the committee is.
15:41:49 I did read something -- now I can't find it.
15:41:53 That committee was called something else.
15:41:59 So I just -- for us working on that subcommittee, it might be important
15:42:04 to, first of all, establish what exactly we're going to be doing and
15:42:07 what kind of information we're going to be collecting or disseminating.
15:42:20 That's my input.
15:42:21 >> Great.
Thank you.
15:42:34 >> JAMILA: Is there anyone else -- we were just joined by MISHa Jones.
15:42:38 >> NIKI: MISHa works with the Housing Bureau.
15:42:43 >> JAMILA: MISHa does not want to be on a committee.
15:42:43 Is there anything further on the committee discussion?
15:42:57 All right.
>> NIKI: OK.
15:43:03 So I will collect that together.
I will talk to my folks here at the
15:43:07 Bureau and make sure we have staff capacity to support the frequency of
15:43:11 meetings and two additional subcommittees.
15:43:16 I will send out an e-mail asking any committee members who are not present
15:43:21 today if they would like to join and then I'll bring that information back
15:43:25 to the executive committee, which is Jay and Marisa, so that they can see
15:43:30 the results of how many seats, how much interest there is and make sure that
15:43:34 we have that worked out and then I think we'll be able to take the formal
15:43:36 vote and schedule from there.
OK.
15:43:46 >> JAMILA: If I'm not mistaken, that was the last agenda item.
15:43:51 >> NIKI: Yes, it was a very light agenda today as we wait for that
15:43:56 census bureau data or analysis for you guys.
15:44:02 It is 3:43.
So, because we jumped onto public
15:44:06 comment a little bit earlier than officially scheduled, I would like to
15:44:12 just take a second and ask if there is anyone joining us from the public that
15:44:18 would like to provide public comment.
You can raise your hand.
15:44:21 You can put your name in the chat or you can feel free to unmute.
15:44:51 Jay, do you have any final words to wrap up our meeting?
15:44:53 >> JAMILA: I'd like to remind you all that shoot for the moon and even if
15:45:00 you miss, you'll land amongst the stars.
15:45:06 With that, I will bring this meek to a close, unless, Marisa, you have
15:45:12 something to say.
Inspirational quote someone wants to
15:45:18 leave us with?
Go ahead, I'm sorry.
15:45:21 >> MARISA: I'm good.
Thank you so much.
15:45:30 Thank you, Niki and Jay, for all of your work in leading this meeting
15:45:33 today.
>> MARA: I was going to chime in,
15:45:37 it's not exactly Fair Housing.
But I have been going to
15:45:40 groundbreaking for new affordable housing going up and also renovations
15:45:46 and other things.
So it's been nice for that let's shoot
15:45:49 for the moon thing is real right now I think in that work.
15:45:53 It was nice to kind of see the progress being done and that I hope we can
15:45:58 continue to, you know, push forward the concept of Fair Housing as we develop
15:46:01 more and more of it, right?
But it was nice to see people in
15:46:04 wheelchairs there at some of the groundbreaking events.
15:46:06 They had boards set up over the gravel.
15:46:09 It was nice to see some of that thoughtfulness.
15:46:15 Also some of the buildings have a beautiful history behind them, like
15:46:28 there's the Nueva Esperanza aiming towards helping the generations of
15:46:32 migrant farm workers brought from Texas in the '70s, certainly not Fair
15:46:35 Housing standard conditions.
So pieces of that foundation are going
15:46:40 to be ground up and put into the foundation of that new building as a
15:46:43 way to never forget kind of where people come from and the history of
15:46:47 really the substandard living conditions that migrant workers were
15:46:52 and do live in.
So, anyway, that was kind of good
15:46:54 news.
It was nice.
15:46:57 They had a mariachi band and Taco Chuck.
15:47:01 We had a good time celebrating good news as it relates to housing.
15:47:07 Just wanted to put that out there.
>> JAMILA: Are you at Home Forward?
15:47:12 >> MARA: I work at Independent Living Resources.
15:47:16 We're kind of outside self-advocates, peer driven.
15:47:20 >> JAMILA: Thank you.
>> NIKI: Thank you for sharing that,
15:47:26 Mara.
Well, thank you, everyone.
15:47:32 I know it was a short meeting.
I hope everybody is staying safe with
15:47:34 the crazy weather happening right now.
15:47:40 It looks like it stopped sleeting at least downtown.
15:47:45 Hopefully there's no snow tomorrow that I have been hearing mumblings about.
15:47:47 Check your inboxes.
I will have a lot of information about
15:47:47 everything we discussed coming to you today.