Recommendation to request City Council to receive and file a presentation on the Century Villages at Cabrillo 2016 Social Impact Report.
Vice Mayor Richardson. Motion carries. Okay. We're doing 24. Then the public comment. Communication from Council Member Muranga recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Century Villages at Cabrillo 2016. Social Impact Report. Mr. Guthrie. Anger. Thank you, Mayor. The Villages, it really is a wonderful project, has been a wonderful partner in the West Palm Beach area, providing homeless services as well as housing for those in great need. So I thought I would invite them to make a presentation, give us an update on some of their projects that are are going on there . And and also give me an opportunity to thank you for all the work that you do out there in the west and west side of Long Beach. Thank you, Councilman. Good evening, Mayor. City Council. City Staff. My name is Brian D'Andrea and with century villages at Cabrillo for some of our newer council members, CVC is a nonprofit that owns, manages and develops the 27 acre villages that Cabrillo Community in West Long Beach that's home to more than 1300 individuals on any given night, including 550 veterans. The Villages was previously a naval housing site serving the Long Beach shipyards, and in 1997 the site was conveyed under the McKinney Act for the benefit of the homeless. We at century think of ourselves as the stewards of this really special place. And I think the the secret to our successes out in West Long Beach really has to do with this growing collaboration of more than 20 different partners that have come together to advance our our mission of restoring health and hope among our population. And at the heart of that collaboration is the city of Long Beach, which is really the ultimate backbone of our larger efforts to end and address homelessness across the city. Each year at the Villages, we pause and we take a look back at the prior year to to to evaluate our progress. That process requires an incredible amount of coordination across all of our partner agencies and under the supervision of an independent evaluator, Dr. Beth Menke, who's unfortunately not here tonight. She's with Cal State, Long Beach. We go about the process of aggregating outcomes and impacts and successes. I want to take a moment to acknowledge the hard work of one of my colleagues, Kim Crawford, our director of community development, who's behind me here. And I'm here tonight just to share a few highlights of our of that effort and of our 2016 village. That could be our social impact report. You all have a copy of it. The theme of this year's report is collective impact, and that's an approach to solving incredibly complex social problems by relying on the energy and talents and time of many different partners unified around a common agenda. And that's precisely what's happening out in West Palm Beach. Last year, thanks to the combined efforts of nearly 300 staff across all of our partners, we serve more than 2000 residents. We're achieving housing stability rates at at at a pace that exceeds industry standards. We're also helping our residents grow their incomes at a pace of nearly 5.5% per year, and that far outstrips both local, state and national averages. This year, we also evaluated the economic impact of the villages, looking at both our real estate development activities as well as our ongoing operations. Our operations have created more than $42 million of annual economic output across the county, supporting more than 600 jobs in our real estate development activity over the past past three years has generated more than $72 million of economic output, supporting nearly 375 jobs. So our report really validates, I think, what we've always known along the way, and that's that investing in permanent supportive housing changes lives and it can drive the economy. Lastly, I want to highlight one of our proudest accomplishments. A significant expansion of our internship program. Thanks to partnerships with local universities like Cal State, Long Beach, we've benefited, benefited from interns, volunteers and students who've contributed their time and energy to supporting our efforts. Last year, we had nearly 900 interns clock more than 30000 hours of service. They obtained meaningful and life changing experiences as a result and help support our larger effort. So we want to acknowledge all of our partners at the local university and obviously the students and interns that have have helped us. Next year, the villages will be 20 years in the making. Hard to believe. And over that time, the city has provided extensive support not only to our agency, but to many of our partners across the campus. That support spans many departments at the city, from Housing and Community Improvement to Housing Authority Planning, Building, Neighborhood Services, the port and many others. The city really should be incredibly proud of its investment in the villages and its leadership in helping to create the special space. The need for what we do is great. We know there's a large discussion happening at the city right now about homelessness. We look forward to being part of that dialog and continuing to partner with the city to to address this issue and continue our work together. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Andrews. Kind of. Oh. Oh. I was going to the. He's the second in the motion. Okay. Okay. Any other public comment on this item? I just want to thank Brian for his presentation this evening. And I think one of the most important things you left out is the current project that you're working in on the expansion of an additional 80 beds. Yes. Our anchor place development which the city has invested $4 million of capital and in 75 project based fashion vouchers is under construction. 120 permanent supportive homes will be coming online late next year. Thank you. Thank you. You guys do great work, Vice Mayor Richardson. Thank you. I just want to chime in and say what a what a fantastic report. This is the presentation. I just took a moment to look at it. You guys are doing great job. A great job. I wish we could duplicate you and take you all over town because the need is certainly there. And and you're definitely on the radar in the region, you know, at the Scaggs regional, you know, regional discussions, we you know, when we talk about the greenhouse gas cap and trade funding, Long Beach is up in the front at the forefront because frankly, because you guys have led those conversations. We want to continue to to support you in that. If it hadn't been for you, Long Beach, you would have seen a dollar of cap and trade funding. So thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Pearce. Yes. I also wanted to just say what a great job you guys have done. I have taken a tour twice of your facility and really been inspired by the stories that have come out of it and the model is fantastic. Really looking forward to partnering with you guys while you're based in the seventh. Your impact is citywide and anything that our office can do to work with you to build on all your successes and find ways where we can help other organizations connect with you and build on that as well. A great job. Councilman Gonzales. Great job, Bryan, to you and your team, I think. Incredible work. And I have to say, your social impact report is one of the best I've ever seen. It's, you know, just exciting to see all of the the numbers and what your impact is, not just in Long Beach, but just regional. And it's incredible. So great job. Thank you. Thank you. With that seeing no public comment, please go ahead and cast your votes to receive and file. Motion carries. Thank you. With that, we're going to go on to back to public comment. We're actually going now to the regular agenda. All the requested items have been moved up. And let me read the order of folks that are going to speak here.