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Home My WebLink AboutHuntington Beach Collaborative rw A- Council/Agency Meeting Held 61AA77 6-6 Deferre ontinued to /� , 7 ®Approved O Conditi l9l ly Approved'd ® Denied City CI LZrk s Ig r#fur Council Meeting Date June 2 1997 Department ID Number ED 97-23 CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH REQUEST FOR COUNCIL. ACTION SUBMITTED TO HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL T UBERUAGA, City Administrator PREPARED BY DAVID C BIGGS Economic Development Director SUBJECT HUNTINGTON BEACH COLLABORATIVE Statement of Issue Funding Source Recommended Action Alternative Action(s) Analysis Environmental Status Attachment(s Statement of Issue City Council is requested to approve in concept the initiation of a Huntington Beach Collaborative, a network of service providers created to heighten community awareness, share information, and assist in improving the quality of life through interactive participation City Council will authorize staff to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a professional consultant to assist in organizing the Huntington Beach Collaborative during the first year Funding Source Community Development Block Grant, E-HR-ED-894-3-90-00 Recommended Action 1 Move to approve in concept the creation of a Huntington Beach Collaborative, a network of service providers to increase community awareness, share information, and assist in improving the quality of life in the Huntington Beach community 2 Move to authorize staff to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for professional services to assist the Collaborative in establishing its mission and vision organize various task forces (clusters), maintain membership lists, and provide for general administrative support for one year Alternative Actions) REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION MEETING DATE June 2, 1997 DEPARTMENT ID NUMBER ED 97-23 Analysis Initial interest has been demonstrated in establishing a Huntington Beach Collaborative The community collaborative concept is taken from a successful model in the City of Westminster that has increased the awareness of services available and heightened the effectiveness of the various service providers The Westminster Collaborative, officially created in 1995, is the community's way of connecting the public, non-profit, and for profit agencies together to maximize resources and avoid duplication of effort The Westminster Collaborative diagram is shown as Attachment 3 The Volunteer Exchange, a non-profit organization, is providing administrative support to the Westminster Collaborative To provide an estimated cost for administrating a community collaborative on an ongoing basis, the one year operating budget for the Westminister Collaborative is approximately $10,000 The member organizations support the administrative costs and the Collaborative members have held a minor fund-raiser Importantly, due to the collaborative effort of the members the Westminster Collaborative can be credited with successful grant awards totaling $ 6 million in the three years since its inception With the encouragement of Mayor Bauer and Mayor Pro Tempore Dettloff, three investigative meetings were held to explore the collaborative concept A draft mission and vision statement (Attachment 1) was authored by staff to be given to a steering committee for further consideration if the collaborative concept is approved by City Council At the last meeting on May 14, attendees were asked about their interest in participating in a steering committee, those volunteers are identified in Attachment 2 These persons are aware that the collaborative will not be a board, commission, or committee of the City of Huntington Beach, however, several city programs will be involved in the Collaborative as members The City's involvement is primarily to serve as the initial catalyst to enable the service providers to become organized With City Council's appoval of the concept of a Huntington Beach Collaborative, this group will meet again It is anticipated that a consultant may be needed to assist with the formative effort Due to the administrative nature and outreach element of creating the collaborative, the cost of hiring a consultant is eligible as an administrative cost in the Community Development Block Grant program Responses to the RFP will be analyzed for cost effectiveness before selecting a consultant Through the CDBG administrative budget sufficient funds will be available during the 1997/98 grant year that begins July 1, 1997 If City Council approves the collaborative concept, the steering committee will assist Economic Development staff with refining an RFP and selecting a consultant After six months, the members shall assess the ongoing administrative needs of the Collaborative to determine future costs Environmental Status Not Applicable ED9723 DOC -2- 05/28/97 3 19 PM AUTHOR RUNZELC REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION MEETING DATE June 2, 1997 DEPARTMENT ID NUMBER ED 97-23 Attachment(s) City Clerk's PAg-e Number 1 Huntington Beach Collaborative Draft Mission & Vision Statement 2 Steering Committee, List of Volunteers and Meeting Attendees 3 Westminster Collaborative Diagram ED9723 DOC -3- 05/23/97 10 01 AM AUTHOR RUNZELC ATTACHMENT # l _J, Attachment 1 HUNTINGTON BEACH COLLABORATIVE MISSION The mission of the Huntington Beach Collaborative is to provide organized community support for all the needs of our citizens by gathering public and private organizations into a cooperative network VISION The vision of the Huntington Beach Collaborative is to successfully link community resources to ensure a high quality of life for all ATTACHMENT # 2 ATTACHMENT 2 HUNTINGTON BEACH COLLABORATIVE STEERING COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS AND MEETING PARTICIPANTS Steering First Last Association Committee yes Fran Andrade Oak View Community Liaison Oak View Elem School yes Shirley Carey R N Huntington Beach Elementary School District yes Colleen Chapman Center for Creative Alternatives yes Betsy Crime Seniors Outreach yes Ruth Dills Coastline Community College yes Susan Edwards Prof Self Sufficiency yes Cathy Green Huntington Beach Community Clinic yes Sheila Marcus Huntington Beach High School District Board of Trustees yes Sandy McNally Ecumenical Service Alliance yes Rose Seylin Literacy Volunteers of America yes Gayle Wayne Huntington Beach High School District Board of Trustees Ralph Bauer City Council Bonnie Castrey Huntington Beach High School District Board of Trustees Pat Dapkus Administration&Children s Needs Task Force Shirley Dettloff City Council Carol Fisher Center for Creative Alternatives Bill Fowler Community Services Dan Johnson Police Dept Sue McMillan Orange Coast College Re Entry Center Joyce Riddell Chamber of Commerce Carol Runzel Economic Development Stephanie Silva Proj Self Sufficiency Carol Winslow HB Youth Shelter Note Remaining persons have not indicated that they will serve on the steering committee as of the May 14, 1997 meeting Staff will be calling the others to verify before the next meeting ATTACH M ENT # 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CD Health & Safety in cn Mental HomesSchool & Health the n n Care Living Community w Skills CD E o E o n U o I 3 3 cD Service Organizations Youth School District City of Westminster Public Leaders rn Ammndtv R �- 2 '-Community Action,, *Initial Action w Huntington Beach >Pubhc Agencies — >Approve,in concept,the Huntington FZ— >Non Profit Organizati Beach CollaborativeF Y Collaborative >pate Businesses >Authorize a request for proposals (RFP) 0� Q J June 2,1997 � wU QUj �U =LL UQ W� O0t U LL (or W m aCa wUW LLCWu--Z p w g Z ru o—t 0 O W 2 Z U W Z O rr< 7T-NTission (draft) -Crty s Role The mission of the Huntington >Catalyst to encourage organizations Beach Collaborative is to provide to create a Huntington Beach organized community support for all Collaborative to i the needs of our citizens by gathering >fighten awareness pubhc and private organizations into >foster cooperation a eooperatrve network. .increase opportunities for grant fundmg