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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1986/11/25 Item 06COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT Item Meeting Date 11/25/86 ITEM TITLE: Resolution ~~~~~ Establishing a Task Force for the City of Chula Vista Social Services Plan SUBMITTED BY: Community Deve opment Director REVIEWED BY: City Manage 4/5ths Vote: Yes No X ) At the May 13, 1986 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) budget hearing, the Council approved City funding and coordination of a Chula Vista Social Services Plan. It has been recommended that a Task Force be established to spearhead the development of the plan and give recommendations regarding the plan to the Council. A subcommittee, comprised of two members of the Commission on Aging, two members of the Human Relations Commission, and the City Human Services Coordinator, held two meetings to decide on nominations for the Social Services Plan Task Force. This item is to establish a Task Force membership and to select a Steering Committee for the Task Force. RECOMMENDATION: That the Council adopt the resolution establishing a Task Force for the Chula Vista Social Services Plan. BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: The Social Services Plan was originally proposed by the Commission on Aging as a City Plan on Aging, but was expanded in scope to an overall Social Services Plan by the Council. Members of the Commission on Aging and the Human Relations Commission were on the subcommittee nominating member organizations for the Task Force, and for the Task Force Steering Committee. DISCUSSION: Out of their two meetings, the subcommittee concluded that they recommend the Social Services Plan Task Force have a two-tiered organizational makeup. They recommend that a Task Force Steering Committee of eleven members take on the responsibilities of meeting regularly with the consultant and drafting the goals, policies and objectives of the plan. The subcommittee also recommends that a larger general Task Force of thirty members approve the goals, policies and objectives formulated by the Steering Committee and the consultant and recommend an overall Social Services Plan to the Council. It is also recommended that the overall Task Force take on the responsibilities of publicizing the project, encouraging the participation of various service providers and social and civic organizations in the development of the plan, and organizing and operating public hearings on the plan. Page 3, Item 6 Meeting Date-T~57$6 6. Chula Vista Parks and Recreation Commission 7. United Way 8. Employment Development Department 9. Social Security Office 1C1. County Supervisor Bilbray 11. Chamber of Commerce Staff concurs with the Task Force and Steering Committee membership recommendations of the subcommittee, with the exception that it is recommended that the Mobilehome Issues Committee and the Golden State Mobilehome Owners League (GSMOL) be added to the task force, in response to the unique social needs of the mobilehome community and the number of mobilehome dwellers in Chula Vista. Staff also recommends that, where member agencies assist various social groups, the member agencies be encouraged to select their representatives to reflect the full spectrum of their client's needs, rather than select specialists in sub-categories of the agencies' pursuits, such as youth programs or health care or the needs of the aging population. FISCAL IMPACT: Sufficient funds are budgeted in the Social Services Plan and CDBG Administration accounts to cover the costs of the operations of the Task Force. JL/sc WPC 2572H y the City ~auncil of Chula Vista, California Dated ,M, . 1 ._ °._ . f Page 2, Item 6 Meeting Date~j$6 It is crucial to the legitimacy of the plan that it expresses the ideas, concerns and wishes of all segments of the population of the City. For this input to be incorporated in the plan, a wide range of organizations and individuals must be contacted and have their comments solicited. The consultant will be distributing surveys to many organizations and will have them made available in central locations for the general public. However, the Task Force will be needed to reach various organizations and local residents on a more personal level, to reinforce the consultant's requests for information, and to elicit information which is beyond the scope of the surveys and statistical research data being gathered by the consultant. The list of nominee organizations of the Task Force recommended by the subcommittee is as follows: 1. City Council 2. Chamber of Commerce 3. Commission on Aging 4. Human Relations Commission 5. County Department of Health Services t;. County Department of Social Services 7. Chula Vista Safety Commission 8. Filipino-American Conxnunity Association 9. YMCA 10. Girls and Boys Club 11. Navy 12. Chula Vista Parks and Recreation Commission 13. Southwestern College 14. Chula Vista Welfare Council 15. Red Cross 16. United Way 17. South Bay Ecumenical Council 18. Local P.T.A. (elementary school) 19. Local P.T.A. (high school) 20. Sweetwater Union High School District 21. MAAC Project 22. Chula Vista Elementary School District 23. First District Providers ?_4. Woodlawn Park Civic League 25. Chicano Federation 26. Otay Community Center Advisory Group 27. California Employment Development Department 28. U.S. Social Security Office 29. County Supervisor Bilbray 30. Citizen at large The list of organizations nominated by the subcommittee for the Steering Committee is as follows: 1. City Council 2. Commission on Aging 3. Human Relations Commission 4. County Department of Health Services 5. County Department of Social Services r ~.