Consider Directing the City Manager to Have the Social Service Human Relations Board (SSHRB) Review City Policies and Procedures for Aiding Alameda’s Homeless in Order to Make Recommendations to the City Council for Policy Revisions and Additions. (Vice Mayor Matarrese)  [Not heard on July 19, September 6 and 20, or October 4 or 18, 2016]
Considered directing the city manager to have the Social Service, Human Relations Board, review city policies and procedures for any homeless in order to make recommendations to the City Council for Policy revisions. In addition, if you want to make a motion. Yes, I'd like to move that as written. And I understand that the SSA, H.R. B is working on a specific plan for Gene Swinney park, but I want to make sure that this goes beyond it. And we actually have all of our policies that are related, including police procedures and their recommendations coming to us. And that won't be in December, but that will be the start, the kick off. That'll be. I understand that because we'll get a specific project, specific update in December. But this is this is broader. And I think this situation is not going to go away any time soon. And I would like this ongoing review of city policies and procedures and actual recommendations from the S.S. H r b to come to council . So the second that one. Your motion, that's my motion. And secondly, as a discussion member, Ashcraft. So I actually think we're getting ahead of ourselves here. I know you weren't able to attend the workshop that was presented, but we did hear a lot about police policy. I would be willing to wait to hear what Shrub tells us with the outreach work of of Operation Dignity, because they've I think they've started going around in the mobile outreach unit and collecting this data. And as I recall that night, we didn't just talk about the Jean Sweeney Park. I know there's some folks who would like to declare it a park already, so certain ordinance would apply, but that's maybe glossing over some of the underlying problems. But we also talked about the properties Union Pacific property and the railroad right away over by the Fruitvale Bridge and that area. And and there are more areas of Alameda. I mean, it was a pretty comprehensive. And this is they are collecting data on citywide. On so what I would actually recommend is that we wait and hear what comes out of that and then make the recommendations. I mean, I think when they come to us, we'll be making recommendations. Isn't that part of the. So this is vice mayor's referral. We've got a motion and a second to. I'm also just I just I just want to be clear on what I'm asking because I'm asking for an organized this was this was a staff driven and rightfully so because it's an immediate problem. But I'm asking for, for the ss h.r b to help us in systematically looking at all of our policies and procedures and coming back with recommendations. And it could be from the body of knowledge that they're gathering now. But if if we just wait and see, this could get preempted and it just keeps going and going and going. And the problem is with us, and, you know, we talked about the Alameda Point Collaborative and and their function and. How do we mesh that with what we have in north housing and how do we mesh that with the people who are actually on the street? I'd like that to be dealt with in an official way. So we're not just passively waiting, but we're we're giving them direction and they're going to come back to us with a report. Well, that's all I'm asking. Mayor, I. I'm not disagreeing with the principle of what you're trying to do. I'm saying that first step is already taking place. Could we just folded into when they come to us, then we'll make our recommendations. You want to we're. Not making we're going to receive recommendations. We're going to then look at policy. The way I look at it. City manager, would you like to respond to clarify? What are you thinking at this point? I actually think we can meet both of your interests of when we come back in December with Operation Dignity. We will talk about the immediate plan and then council will provide an agenda. Is it as part of that discussion, council input for policy level stuff that we learn from Operation Dignity and Shrub. And Shrub already knows about this referral. It's been talked about and so they're already starting to think about it. But they do want. Direction from the council to say, go ahead and look at these policies. So I think we can do that as a same agenda item in December. Okay. So you actually accelerate it by doing that. I think you feel comfortable that vice maybe you feel comfortable going forward with your motion at this. Point. As long as it follows what I've written. So, okay, so we have the motion. Second, all those in favor. I oppose an abstain. I, I would if two abstentions. Three in favor. Motion carries. Thank you. Now we're going to nine. It'll still come to us in December. Right. And it's vice mayor. Mattress is referral. 90. Oh, I should consider directing the city manager to. Initiate revisions to the ordinances and code sections for mixed use zoning in.