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they haven't had the whole time to complete their evaluation. She questioned whether it was good for the non-profits to be out of phase. She did not favor giving grants before it is determined what happened to the previous allocation of funds. The evaluation is important for the City and for the agencies so we can perfect the process of how scarce dollars are used. In the coming year, she felt there would be more needs than last year because of the economy and other things that are going on. She felt it would be good to roll over the $40,000 to the next year. She disagreed with the Commission recommendation that an agency that didn't make it in the last round would have a priority for the next phase. If there is a new process, it must be open to everyone in the same way the first one was. It is a competitive process and she did not feel an agency that didn't meet the requirements the first time should have priority. Mr. Campbell said governments sometimes create problems, but at the same time it creates a solution. He thanked the Commission for bringing this problem to Council's attention so it can solve it. He believed the process needs to have integrity. He deals with this on a daily basis with students who want to turn in late work. Even though he feels badly for the student, he needs to protect the integrity of the other students who were on time. In this situation, if the process was fair and well-advertised, then because some people happen to miss it and they still need funding, it doesn't mean the City is callous by not giving them the money. In retrospect, he felt the City being more humanitarian by protecting those who did go through the process legitimately. One can have concern for the organizations that need money, but it doesn't mean a new process has to be created to give it to them. Mayor Pico believed you could challenge the assumption that you can't change the rules in the middle of the game. We do that all the time and we have to be flexible. We can't project everything that will happen, that a person will miss a meeting, that Valley Community Health Center has to shut down one of its emergency shelters because they don't have the funding. How do you say to the child that needs the medicine or food today that there is a process and he has to wait until next year's budget to provide the money. He agreed a process is necessary and you have to preserve the integrity of the process, but with respect to the Human Services Commission, there must be a process that has compassion. Respect is important. He respected staff immensely, but he also respected the people on the Commission and the majority recommendation. This issue has been around since May and now it's November. The City does have a contingency fund for unanticipated issues. Why should we have a contingency fund for other issues, but not have one for the Human Services needs? He is not afraid to be criticized for an action that shows compassion and respect. He thought Council rarely gets into issues like this where there are differences of opinion between Commissions and City staff. In this case, he felt it was appropriate to support the majority of the Commission and recognize the hard work and difficult decisions they are making for us. They say there is a need for a secondary grant process and would like to spend the money now rather than later or not at all. Ms. Ayala would like to help this organization. Staff at one time supported a mid-year process and then changed its recommendation. Mr. Wolfe clarified that there were a number of discussions that occurred in May. The first action that was taken was a reconsideration of the CRIL request, which was denied by the Commission. The second portion of the discussion involved the Commission looking at possible Pleasanton City Council 24 Minutes 11/06/01