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MEASURE X COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD

January 31, 2022
2:00 P.M.
1025 Escobar St., Martinez

Mariana Moore, Chair

BK Williams, Vice Chair

Agenda Items:

Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee

Present:	Mariana Moore, Chair; BK Williams, Vice Chair; Kathryn Chiverton; Jim Cervantes; Sharon Quezada Jenkins; Ali Saidi; Jerry Short; Ruth Fernandez; Debbie Toth; Susun Kim; Pello Walker; Gigi Crowder; Diana Honig; Lindy Lavender
Absent:	Edith Pastrano; Odessa LeFrancois; David Cruise; Michelle Stewart; Kimberly Aceves-Iniquez; Sandra Wall; Sandro Trujillo; Genoveva Calloway; Melissa Stafford Jones; Peter Benson; Steven Bliss
Staff Present:	Lisa Driscoll, County Finance Director; Enid Mendoza, Senior Deputy County Administrator


1.				Roll Call
				Staff provided instruction for access to English live transcription (automated closed captioning), and live simultaneous Spanish and American Sign Language interpretation, and then conducted roll call. Due to the number of absences, all members present were eligible to vote. There were approximately 71 participants.

2.				Staff recommends MXCAB receive the Record of Action for the December 8, 2021 meeting.
				The record of action was accepted as presented.
				Attachments:
				Record of Action MXCAB 12-8-21


3.				CONSIDER developing MXCAB recommendations to Board of Supervisors for the remaining $12 million in unalocated Measure X funds.
				Chair Moore introduced the discussion of making recommendations to the Board of Supervisors regarding unallocated Measure X funding. Members of the MXCAB expressed their opinions and offered ideas. After a general discussion, motions, public comment, and voting, the following two motions passed unanimously: Motion #1: Recommend using the unallocated one-time funds to 1) add to the existing Innovation Fund; 2) set aside funds for the guaranteed income pilot project; and 3) add funds to the Contra Costa Cares program to expand services. Motion #2: Recommend using the unallocated on-going funds to fund the following top priorities from the previous MXCAB priority list: 1. Community Based Mental Health for At-Risk Populations Including AAPI, Latino, LGBTQ+, and African Americans; 2. Services for Children with Disabilities; 3. Tenant Legal Services and Support; 4. Subsidized Childcare; 5. Substance Abuse Treatment; 6. Community Based Aging Services; 7. Public Defender Front End-Advocacy Teams; and 8. Stand Together Contra Costa - removal defense, social services
				Attachments:
				Analysis - MXCAB recommendations and BOS-approved allocations
				MXCAB Polling Results - Meeting of 9/8/2021
				Measure X Report with All Attachments (11/16/2021)


4.				Discuss status of potential $6.6 million in MX funding for the Sheriff's Department (Mariana Moore, Chair)
				Due to lack of time, the item was deferred to the next meeting.

5.				Discuss process for creating 2021 community needs assessment report (Mariana Moore, Chair)
				Due to lack of time, the item was deferred to the next meeting.

6.				Discuss MXCAB process for evaluating outcomes and impacts of Measure X funding (Mariana Moore, Chair)
				Due to lack of time, the item was deferred to the next meeting.

7.				Discuss scheduling future MXCAB meetings (Mariana Moore, Chair)
				Chair Moore introduced the topic of future MXCAB meetings. Following the outcome of the earlier google poll, recurring meetings will be held on a fixed Wednesday at 5:00 PM. The specific Wednesday has not yet been determined.

8.				Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limiteed to one minute).
				Chair Moore asked for and received public comment from one member of the public. Written comments received from the public are attached.
				Attachments:
				ELLG - Public Comment
				Animal Services - Public Comment 1
				Animal Services - Public Comment 2
				Animal Services - Public Comment 3
				Animal Services - Public Comment 4
				Animal Services - Public Comment 5


9.				The next meeting is not currently scheduled.
				The next meeting will be in March 2022.

10.				Adjourn
				The meeting adjourned at approximately 4:20 PM.

Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full workday prior to the published meeting time.

The Measure X Community Advisory Board will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Measure X meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting.

Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a majority of members of the Measure X Community Advisory Board less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at 1025 Escobar St., 4th Floor, Martinez, during normal business hours.

Live Transcription (Automated Closed Captioning) is available in English via Zoom - Click the "Live Transcript" button from the in-meeting Zoom toolbar and select one of the options from the pop-up menu.

Live simultaneous Spanish interpretation is available for Measure X Community Advisory Board meetings by joining the meeting via the Zoom application. Click on the “Interpretation Globe” at the bottom of the screen and choose the language channel Spanish. You may wish to “Mute Original Audio” so that you only hear the utterances on the channel that you select.

Measure X Community Advisory Board meeting agendas and videos are available in Spanish at: http://64.166.146.245/agenda_publish.cfm?id=&mt=ALL

For Additional Information Contact:

Lisa Driscoll, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 655-2047
lisa.driscoll@cao.cccounty.us