HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-22-2020 Signed MinutesMINUTES OF THE STUDY SESSION OF THE
COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
CALL TO ORDER
The Study Session was called to order by the Mayor at 5:05 p.m. via Zoom Webinar.
COUNCIL MEMBER REYNOLDS LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
Present by Zoom: Council Member Chavez, Council Member Genis, Council Member
Mansoor, Council Member Marr, Council Member Reynolds, Mayor
Pro Tem Stephens, and Mayor Foley.
Absent: None
STUDY SESSION ITEMS:
1. UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS — City Manager's Office
Staff presentation by Ms. Price, Assistant City Manager, Ms. Lumley, Neighborhood
Improvement Manager, Ms. D'Agosta, Fairview Park Administrator, Police Captain
Bakkila, Mr. Neal, Fire Marshal, and Mr. Brumbaugh, Senior Code Enforcement
Officer.
Discussion ensued on homeless efforts, partnerships, the numbers of individuals
placed into permanent supportive housing, transitional programs, funding for
affordable housing, the enforcement process, additional services and needs, county
funding, capacity of family shelters in the county, housing stability, regional models
and grant funding, encampments, enforcement and Fairview Park, gap rental
assistance, data tracking, shelter transition plan, and regional approach opportunities.
ACTION:
City Council received and filed the report regarding the City's comprehensive response to
homelessness in Costa Mesa, including the City's COVID-19 mitigation efforts, the transition
from the temporary shelter at the Lighthouse Church to the permanent shelter site on Airway
Avenue and the benefits of developing stronger regional connections and partnerships for
improved outcomes.
ADJOURNMENT — Mayor Foley adjourned the Study Session at 7:25 p.m. in memory
of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
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Minutes pdopted on this 6th day of October, 2020.
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ATTEST:
Brenda Green, ity Clerk
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