Jody Rudin testifies on ICL's role and Borden building challenges

Thank you.

Thank you to both chairs and for the committee on your leadership in holding this hearing and for shining a light on the issue.

And I want to pick up where Chair Hudson began.

We as a country and a city can do a lot better by the people who have served this country.

And we bring that ethos to the work at Borden.

proud of the work that we do, but there's always room to improve, and we try to bring a continuous quality improvement lens to the work,

and I too will be staying to hear what everyone has to say, all in furtherance of continuing to try to provide the best services we can.

I thought I only had two minutes, so I'll take some liberties in elaborating as I go.

So as you said, I'm Jody Rudin.

I'm the CEO of ICL, and I, in partnership with DHS, am responsible for the Borden Avenue shelter, for the services and supports provided to the veterans who reside there, and for the staff members who work there.

There are structural challenges with old buildings.

The city owns this building and is moving ahead, as we heard, with repairs to the roof, which is causing some leaks.

But importantly, no leaks where residents sleep.

And they are also funding modifications to the showers to add privacy.

And we expect to have that work completed by the end of the calendar year.

That's the building.