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Heather Greaux from Open Heart Kitchen provided information about plate waste and requests that had been made by the county. She advised that side salads have been dropped, but salads are being added as an entree In discussing Spectrum Community Services Commissioner Wright commented on a recent letter they had sent out discussing lack of funding. Commissioner Sedlak discussed emphasis being on salary increases for an Assistant Coordinator and felt this was something well needed. Commissioner Sedlak commented on the value that the Police Department gives to CALICO Center and questioned why staff was downgrading the amount of funding. He felt they should receive 100% funding. Commissioner Clare commented on the amount given the previous year and changes that have been made. Commissioner Wright indicated she had been very impressed with the presentation CALICO made at the recent workshop and Commissioner Sedlak felt the services they provide are significant. Commissioner Parekh suggested taking into consideration the services they provide that are hard to replicate and their collaboration with the Police Department. Commissioner Clare asked about the contract the City of Pleasanton has with Senior Support Program of the Tri-Valley and why the funds they are requesting for gas gift cards for volunteers could not be joined in with the paratransit funds. Mr. Ingram advised that this funding request had been presented because of a recommendation made by the Commission at a recent workshop. Commissioner Clare reaffirmed her recommendation that this request become part of the contract that the City has with Senior Support. She and staff also discussed the use of Measure BB funds. Commissioner Roby commented on mileage reimbursement being a possibility and felt there were creative ways to do reimbursements. Commissioner Clare commented on sources through the city that funds are being requested. Commissioners agreed on the value of this funding request by Senior Support and asked staff to look at the contract to determine if changes could be made to it to cover this funding request. Mr. Hernandez provided information on the 20% of funding allocated for Administration, he advised that funds could be taken from this and moved to Capital projects. He also noted that unallocated funds would rollover to the next year. Commissioner Clare felt the Administration amount should be left, but Commissioner Wright thought the Commissioned needed to be able to justify the increased amount. Commissioner Roby felt the increased amount was due to the anticipated amount from CDBG. Commissioner Roby commented on the Capital project that need to be considered and felt that funds that had been held over would eventually be used with larger amounts of funds. He felt that Axis and Tri-Valley haven were important agencies that need to be assisted. Chairperson Hayes agreed stating that they are the backbone of many programs that are in place. She also discussed the possibility of having contracts with other groups, like the one the City has Human Services Commission March 7, 2018 Page 6