Community Action Board - March 2, 2026

Minutes

FACILITATOR: Adam Khosroabadi

NOTE TAKER: Sean Wells

Present:

• Paul Edgar
• Richard Sheldon
• Melissa Long
• Adam Khosroabadi
• Candice Laxton
• Greer Ryan
• Brian Nava
• Alisa Hutchins

Staff:

• Jennifer Much Grund
• Kaitlyn Almonds
• Sean Wells
• Joey Johns
• R.E. Szego
• Tracy Garell

Guests:

• Julie Gassner
• Kelsey Hill
• Neema Bella
• Jennifer Murphy
• Autumn Colby
• Ilona Petrovskiy

Meeting Called to Order

Quorum is 50% +1

Adam called the meeting to order at 4:08 pm. A quorum was present. 

Adoption of Minutes 

February minutes were not ready, tabled until April. 

Applicant Introductions and Questions 

The CAB applicants introduced themselves and described why they are interested in joining the CAB. Current CAB members answered questions that the applicants had about the CAB structure, goals, and duties. 

Community Needs Assessment Outreach Update 

Jennfier gave the CAB an update on the status of the Community Needs Assessment survey. While there are a few paper surveys yet to be entered and Kaitlyn will be collecting more from community partners soon, there have only been 556 surveys returned thus far, short of the 1,000-response goal. As such the Community Needs Assessment will be extended until March 15th and there will be an online push in these added weeks. Once the extended deadline hits community forms will be scheduled. She then shared the demographic comparison between the Clackamas County population and the survey respondents. The data showed that demographics that SSD were concerned would not complete the survey have indeed been completing the survey. She then brought up the Survey Monkey to share information from the survey with the CAB. After fielding questions from CAB members and applicants, she said the next steps would depend on the findings of the survey and the funding available.  

Board of County Commissioners Priority Review 

Adam brought up the fact that the CAB has never presented to the BCC or had a commissioner attend a CAB meeting while he had been a member. Tracy & Jennifer noted that this was an ongoing problem with some of the ABCs receiving a lot of BCC support and others receiving little. Adam suggested presenting the Community Needs Assessment to the BCC once a rough draft of the findings had been created and Jennifer suggested doing the presentation before the focus groups are scheduled. It was brought up that any CAB members could speak at the BCC meeting during public comment, but they would have to do so as private citizens and not CAB members. 

Social Services Division Mission, Vision, Value Statement 

Tracy let the CAB know that SSD is working on updating its mission, vision, and value statements. She gave a brief description about the difference between the three statements and told the CAB that a link to a survey would be sent to them to get their feedback on the new mission, vision, and value statements.  

ABC Bylaw Audit 

Tracy and Sean outlined the H3S bylaws audit. As a large department that supports a number of ABCs H3S is having each one update their bylaws to match a department provided template. As the CAB bylaws were updated recently most of the changes will be minor. The updated bylaws will first be sent to PGA for review, then the Exec committee, and then finally the CAB at large will have to vote on the newly templated bylaws. Recruitment Recruitment will close on March 15th at which point the Exec committee will interview the applicants. Additionally, due to the resignation of John Parker there will need to be a new Vice Chair elected.  

Director/Member Updates

• None this month.

Meeting Adjourned 

The meeting was adjourned at 5:29. 

Next Meeting: 

April 6th, 2026