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come in here with you and say, These guys will put together a programand I will assist
<br />them and,you know, da de la la la, something that makes me a lot more comfortable
<br />about where its going than where youre at at this point. Thats all.
<br />MCKINNEY:Right. And thats why I think thats the area the Department of
<br />Health really makes that determination, are you guys qualified to operate this. Whereas,
<br />to my understanding this Commission is, is this an appropriate use of this land.
<br />KAISER:Yeah, the license, your procedure with the Department of Health
<br />is, as you can attest to, a pretty rigorous process. Theyre not giving out Special
<br />Treatment Facility licenses without a lot of paperwork and proof.
<br />ALAMEDA:Chair? And just to make it for the record, Im not speaking on
<br />behalf of Department of Health. Its just my experience in working with them, with the
<br />Child&AdolescentMentalHealthDivision,whichisprobablywhereyouregoingto
<br />have to go to. Its going to require more than an evidence of staff. Youre going to have
<br />to determine who your target population is going to be. And then if its going to be high-
<br />functioning and compliant individuals, its very unlikely its going to fly. So its going to
<br />be revamping of mission statement almost.
<br />MCKINNEY:Well, and once again, I think it would be, you know, if we, we
<br />have been speaking with them but in very loose terms because it is the chicken and the
<br />egg. It has been difficult for us. You know, but, in fact, what we need is to change the
<br />language of it and take out high-functioning. We are still going to screen our kids and
<br />take the right kids for the right program, I mean, thats obviously very important.
<br />KAISER:One other issue is that I believe, and I dont know exactly where in
<br />the Department of Health license your requirements is that we have, that were, that its,
<br />the zoning is, in effect, that we can do that there. So I think what were, if you can
<br />enforce the things, were going to go to them, and theyre going to say, well, when you
<br />get the Planning Commission to say its okay, then come back and -.
<br />MCKINNEY:Yeah, we would have, I would have preferred to go to them first
<br />and make sure that we can get that. Cause we have to build the facility before they will
<br />even look at us. And the Department, you know, with the food service, and there are so
<br />many, I mean, youre right, Mr. Alameda, its a lot more than just your staff. It is, you
<br />know, you have documents this thick -.
<br />KAISER:Policies and procedures -.
<br />MCKINNEY:Talking to all that.
<br />KAISER:So we are kind of in between the chicken and the egg.
<br />YUEN:Can I just -. Can I just jump in for, with a couple of comments on
<br />what were hearing. And this is, first of all, on the licensing situation, theres a level of
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