November 20, 2013
MINUTES
SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE
November 20, 2013
10:00 AM
City Hall, Room 408
San Francisco, CA 94102
Committee Members Present:
Chair Nicholas Kimura
Vice Chair Keith Dennis
Committee Member Jesus Medellin
Committee Member Charles Morimoto
Committee Member Matthew Steen
Committee Member Amanda Reichmuth
Committee Member Liz Pocock
Committee Member Raija Freeman
Committee Member Cindy Ward
Committee Members Excused:
Committee Member Deborah Muise
Committee Member Julia D’Antonio
Committee Member Caroline Caselli
I. MINUTES
A. August 2013 Minutes
The Committee reviewed the draft August 21, 2013 Minutes. Committee members Reichmuth and Pocock were excused from voting.
m/s/c (Dennis/Medellin/Unanimous)
Approved: August Amended Minutes
No public comment
B. September 2013 Minutes
The Committee reviewed the draft September 18, 2013 Minutes. Committee members Reichmuth and Pocock were excused from voting.
m/s/c (Dennis/Medellin/Unanimous)
Approved: September Amended Minutes
No public comment
C. October 2013 Minutes
The Committee reviewed the draft September 18, 2013 Minutes. Committee member Pocock was excused from voting.
m/s/c (Reichmuth/Medellin/Unanimous)
Approved: October Amended Minutes
No public comment
II. REPORTS
A. Mayor’s HOPE Office
Director of HOPE, Bevan Dufty, provided an update from her office.
No public comment
B. Shelter Status Report
The Committee reviewed the vacancy reports.
No public comment
C. Standard of Care Report
The Committee reviewed the Standard of Care report.
No public comment
III. PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comment
IV. OLD BUSINESS
A. Family Shelter Wait list
Committee Members Morimoto and Ward were excused from the vote.
m/s/c (Steen/Kimura/Unanimous)
Approved: Amended letter to HSA Director Trent Rhorer
No public comment
V. NEW BUSINESS
A. United Council’s Shelter Letter
The Committee did not prepare a letter of support due to the shelter’s loan approval being granted by the Board of Supervisors. The Committee will generate a thank you letter to the Board of Supervisors for December’s meeting.
No public comment
B. Shelter Access Workgroup
The Committee discussed participation with the Shelter Access Workgroup and the Office of HOPE.
No public comment
VI. INFORMATION REQUESTS
A. Information Requests
The Committee reviewed the October, 2013, information request response from HSA.
B. Adjournment
m/s/c (Medellin/Freeman/Unanimous)
Approved: Adjournment
No public comment
Meeting adjourned at 11:05am.
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