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: October 19, 2017 PLACE OF MEETING: Oak Room, City Hall MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY: Nicole Newman at 6:35 p.m. THOSE PRESENT: HSAC Members: Staff: Craig Cheney Nancy Vincent Alisa Macht Leslyn Barrow Nicole Newman (chair) City Council Liaison Anne Norloff Marybeth Connolly Debra Roth Student Representative Tahaseen Shaik APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from September 28, 2017 will be submitted for approval at November’s meeting. OLD BUSINESS: Affordable Housing Policy revision A guest from the Housing Commission, Tori McKinney, gave an overview of the Affordable Housing Policy including background information about a workgroup that was created approximately five years to create the current policy. The process of moving forward of creating a new group to revise the policy was discussed. Suggestions such as diversity in the workgroup, identifying others in the community, and gathering information on other jurisdictions’ affordable housing policy were also mentioned. Healthy Eating Active Living initiative (HEAL) Debra discussed the Healthy Eating, Active Living initiative to enhance the community. At the meeting she attended, the group selected three priorities to propose to Council and to focus on; they are walkability, community garden, and healthy vending. Walking tour Debra mentioned City Council’s tour which started at Fulton and East Broad Street to see development being planned and went to the Harris Teeter and down to the Lincoln apartments to see development being finished. They focused on enhancing the environment such as with fountains in a planned new development park, a fireplace, grocery, retail and eating establishments, where to put bike shares, gardening, better in-City public transportation, and safety including fixed walkways and aligned handicapped access ramps.  Page 2 of 2 NEW BUSINESS: None STAFF REPORT  The Friends of Falls Church Homeless Shelter will open on Wednesday, November 15. The Shelter has 10 beds for male residents and two beds for female residents. MEETING ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m. SIGNATURE OF RECORDER: Leslyn Barrow 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).