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FAMILY & HUMAN SERVICES

COMMITTEE

November 13, 2017
10:30 A.M.
651 Pine Street, Room 101, Martinez

Supervisor Candace Andersen, Chair
Supervisor John Gioia, Vice Chair

Agenda Items:

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

Introductions

Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).

The Committee accepted public comment. Speaker: Dan Dorsett

AYE:	Chair John Gioia, Vice Chair Candace Andersen
Passed

ACCEPT the report from the Employment and Human Services Department on the use of technology for client services and DIRECT staff to forward the report to the Board of Supervisors for their information.

Accepted the report and directed staff to forward to the Board of Supervisors.

AYE:	Chair John Gioia, Vice Chair Candace Andersen
Passed

Attachments:

Report on the Impacts of Technology

Impacts of Technology - Presentation Slides

ACCEPT the Report from the Health Services Department on needle exchange prevention as part of a comprehensive approach to reduce transmission of HIV in Contra Costa County and DIRECT staff to forward the report to the Board of Supervisors for their information.

Accepted the report and directed staff to forward to the Board of Supervisors with an updated list of disposal sites that includes any additional local fire stations.

AYE:	Chair John Gioia, Vice Chair Candace Andersen
Passed

Attachments:

Needle Exchange Report

ACCEPT the annual report from the Health Services Department on the implementation of the Secondhand Smoke Protections Ordinance and DIRECT staff to forward the report to the Board of Supervisors for their information.

ACCEPT the draft Smokefree Multi-unit Residences Ordinance as recommended by the Health Services Department, and DIRECT staff to forward the draft ordinance to the Board of Supervisors for introduction and adoption.

DIRECT staff to include an annual update on the implementation of the Smokefree Multi-unit Residences Ordinance in their annual Secondhand Smoke Protections Ordinance report to the Family and Human Services Committee.

Accepted the recommendations and directed staff to forward to the Board of Supervisors for discussion and approval at a January or February 2018 meeting. The Committee accepted public comment. Speakers: Karina Guadalupe, Margo Connolly, and Mary Jaccodine

AYE:	Chair John Gioia, Vice Chair Candace Andersen
Passed

Attachments:

Secondhand Smoke Protections Annual Report

Draft Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing Residences Ordinance

Draft Secondhand Smoke and Tobacco Control Ordinance with Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing Residences Language - Redline

Secondhand Smoke Protections Brochures

ACCEPT the staff recommendations to carry forward twenty referrals and eliminate one referral for the 2018 Family and Human Services Committee.

Accepted the report and directed staff to forward to the Board of Supervisors.

AYE:	Chair John Gioia, Vice Chair Candace Andersen
Passed

Attachments:

2017 Staff Report on F&HS Referrals

The next meeting will be scheduled for February 2018.

Adjourn

The Family & Human Services Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Family & Human Services Committee 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 Family & Human Services Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at 651 Pine Street, 10th floor, during normal business hours.

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

For Additional Information Contact:

Enid Mendoza, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 335-1039, Fax (925) 646-1353
enid.mendoza@cao.cccounty.us