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5 Human Services Advisory Commission- Minutes of Regular Meeting, May 21, 2001 -Page 6 of 7 Debbie said that her interest is especially in addressing the people who are still institutionalized and who shouldn't be but must stay in the institutions because the type of housing they need is not available in Orange County. 10 David said that not everybody in Orange County is going to have the same solution to this problem as we will. Rosetta agreed that there are many agencies working on their own agendas in regard to housing issues, but that it would be a starting point to bring people together at the Forum. Debbie asked staff to send the two documents from the Affordable Housing Task Force and the Orange 15 County Continuum of Care Committee to the Commission well before the next regular meeting so that the Commission members will have time to review the reports. 20 25 30 Mary Bowe said that she would like clarification that the HSAC was now back in the discussion about whether we will have the Forum about Housing or Housing plus Homelessness. Mary Bowe said that she thought that we had already voted on the topic for the Forum and that, to her, it sounded like the topic is being changed during this discussion. Mary said and asked for clarification that the Commission was back in the discussion about whether we will have the topic be just homelessness or homelessness plus housing. She pointed out that the Commission had voted on a choice of topic before discussion was held. She pointed out that this was not proper procedure. Ms. Bowe made a motion to strike the vote on the motion for choosing the topic. By consensus the members decided that the topic needed to be discussed before a vote could be taken. Further discussion ensued with Debbie and Mary saying that they are in favor of including the issues surrounding the Olmstead Act "because Orange County doesn't realize the big impact that the Olmstead Act is going to have on the County." 35 Sharron said she would like to advise an amendment to the motion to the effect that we keep this intact until we get further information that we will then use to fine tune the topic at the June meeting. Rebecca's said there are two issues 40 A MOTION WAS MADE BY Debbie Kinert, , AND SECONDED BY Rosetta Wash that the topic be Housin! with an emphasis on Homelessness. Ayes were Marvin Block, Rosetta Wash, Rebecca Young, and Debbie Kinert; the Nays were David Thompson, Mel Hurston and Robin Barnhill; with Mary Bowe abstaining. The motion carried. 45 Rosetta handed out "The Continuum of Care Vision Statement and Goals." Rebecca asked if we will decide on the format and the content at the June meeting. Rosetta asked the Commission members to email ideas to staff before the June meeting.