Human Services Advisory Council

Page 1 of 2 MINUTES Human Services Advisory Council City of Falls Church PURPOSE OF MEETING: To advise City Council on human services delivery to Falls Church citizens. DATE OF MEETING: July 14, 2016 PLACE OF MEETING: Oak Room, 3rd floor East, City Hall MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY: Craig Cheney, Chair at 7:03 p.m. THOSE PRESENT: HSAC Members: Staff: Craig Cheney Sue Richter Alisa Macht Anne Norloff City Council Liaison Debra Roth Marybeth Connolly Pending Member: Nicole Newnam APPROVAL OF MINUTES: • June 23, 2105 minutes were approved. OLD BUSINESS: • Human Services section of the Comprehensive Plan The board will make an agenda of topics for the fall meeting of topics to cover in the plan. Staff will advise the Commission of the deadline dates for this. The Commission would like to aim for a meeting with City Council when the outline of the Human Services plan at one of the work sessions. • Streetscape Committee Report HSAC representative Ann Norloff, was granted a set at the table but is does not have voting rights on the Committee. At the meeting the Committee discussed “Branding” and the HSAC rep reminded the Committee of the senior population, disabled and low income residents in the City to the developers in regards to accessible when they begin to plan the streetscape. The streetscape committee will be doing a walking tour of the City and will concentrate on the Broad Street and Washington Street corridors. • Miller House update Council Member Connelly gave a brief update stating the project is working out the financing of the project and they have run into some issues mostly dealing with the land and they are looking for loans. • Rent Relief The discussion on this will occur at another meeting since the new members did not have the materials. A request was made to send out all the materials to the entire committee again.  Page 2 of 2 • Other Sue Richter was asked to provide an overview, for new members, of the project HSAC works on during the year. A brief overview, including handouts were provided regarding the Rent and Tax Relief program, Community Services Funds, and year end data reporting. Other handouts were provided in regard to CDBG/HOME data and information on the Kensington Assisted Living facility. NEW BUSINESS: • Annual Report Planning Craig will prepare the report and the goal is to present the annual plan to City Council at one of the October meetings. • Other − The Commission will identify some speakers they would like to have come to their meeting. The group will come up with some topics. A suggestion was made to have a CSB member come and address the group and discuss what they do. − The committee discussed the student representative and they would like to her involved and participate more in their activities. STAFF REPORT: • The City completed a survey of the transportation needs for seniors. Nancy will convene the committee to review the result and offer policy suggestions. If the Committee has any thoughts after reviewing the survey results please let Nancy know. • The Disability Services Board held a community meeting in the Community Center to find out about the needs of seniors and folks with disabilities and solicit input into how to better serve them. About 30 people attended. • The Kensington Assisted Living Facility has a tentative opening date of January 2017. HHS is distributing a fact sheet and has a waiting list for interested folks. The committee asked how the assistance for this project is structured. Staff will report back on this process. • HSAC member were asked if they would be interested in serving as a stand in for the ADU applicant who cannot be present for a lottery if the situation arose. The committee responded they are all interested in participating. • Some state was handed out in regards to the number of Baileys and dental clinic clients served in FY2016. • The chair of the Housing Committee said they would be happy to attend a HSAC meeting and discuss the Affordable Housing Policy. MEETING ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for September 15th at 6:30 pm. SIGNATURE OF RECORDER: Sue Richter The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This document will be made available in an alternate format upon request. Call 703-248- 5005 (TTY 711).