Agendas / Social Services & Homelessness

COMMITTEE MEETING

Social Services & Homelessness Committee
Monday, September 20, 2021, 7:00 PM
Webinar ID: 985 3308 3083
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/98533083083 

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Welcome

  1. Roll Call (2 minutes)
  2. Approval of Minutes (4 minutes)
  3. Public Comment on items not on the Agenda (2 minutes each) (4 minutes)
  4. Motion to discuss a grant of up to $750 for A Million Drops NPG for Laundry Vouchers for the homeless for 90 day period, or 150 qty, value of $5 for wash and dry and detergent. (8 minutes)
  5. Introduction and motion to consider Linda Othenin-Girard as voting stakeholder for SSH. Bio will be shared, Linda will be present to answer questions. (8 minutes)
  6. Update by Shauna Frente on vaccine clinic options, dates and next steps. (7 minutes)
  7. Discuss details for SSH committee volunteer visit to Hollywood Food Coalition on Monday Sept 27th from 530 pm to 830pm. (6 minutes)
  8. Discuss and designate committee member who can attend Hollywood 4wrd meetings each Tuesday at 3:30pm on Zoom and update SSH monthly at committee meeting. (6 minutes)
  9. Discussion of registration to 2021 LA Congress of Neighborhood Councils and possible determination of sessions to attend of committee members https://www.neighborhoodcongress.la/workshops?mc_cid=7dfc483bfd&mc_eid=bf7c638193     (10 minutes)
  10. Committee Member announcements on items not on the Agenda (4 minutes)
  11. Old/Ongoing Business (1 minutes)
  12. New/Future Business (1 minutes)

Adjournment

A simple majority vote by the Board members present, not including abstentions, at a meeting at which there is a quorum, shall be required to take official action, unless specified otherwise in the Bylaws  (https://hollywoodunitednc.org/bylaws-rules/). Reconsideration: The Board may reconsider and amend its action on items listed on the agenda if that reconsideration takes place before the end of the meeting at which it was considered or at the next regular meeting. The Board, on either of these two days, shall: (1) Make a Motion for Reconsideration and, if approved, (2) hear the matter and take an action.  If the motion to reconsider an action is to be scheduled at the next meeting following the original action, then two items shall be placed on the agenda for that meeting: (1) A Motion for Reconsideration on the described matter and (2) a [Proposed] action should the motion to reconsider be approved.  A Motion for Reconsideration can only be made by a Board member who has previously voted on the prevailing side of the original action taken. If a Motion for Reconsideration is not made on the date the action was taken, then a Board member on the prevailing side of the action must submit a memorandum to the Recording Secretary identifying the matter to be reconsidered and a brief description of the reason(s) for requesting reconsideration at the next regular meeting. The aforesaid shall all be in compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act.