Equity Board · Wednesday, March 1, 2023 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of February 1st, 2023

packet pp.3–6

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 02-01-23 Equity Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Equity Board 6:00 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. February 1, 2023 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Capital Improvement Plan Board Summit: Report Out, (I)

Monica Negrila, Human Services Manage · packet pp.11–14

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

This is an active document that will be updated with more specific timelines and details.

Workplan Updates

Information · Monica Negrila, Human Services Manage

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0:00 ↗ I guess I will call the meeting to order

0:03 ↗ at 604.

0:06 ↗ um let's see do we do start with a roll

0:07 ↗ call Sharp okay

0:10 ↗ uh

0:12 ↗ I actually don't put that if you just

0:14 ↗ want another one

0:15 ↗ all right oh you have it in here yes

0:18 ↗ okay so first up Christina

0:24 ↗ Christina can you hear us yes I'm

0:27 ↗ present

0:29 ↗ and Elisa

0:32 ↗ present

0:34 ↗ okay Lorna present

0:37 ↗ Helen

0:39 ↗ uh Helen is not everybody Hurts from her

0:41 ↗ she's not able to join us tonight so

0:42 ↗ she's an excuse accent okay uh lucrecia

0:47 ↗ I haven't heard from lucrecia

0:49 ↗ okay ray here

0:53 ↗ uh Tony I have not heard from Tony other

0:56 ↗ than was planning on joining us okay and

1:00 ↗ Shea also she was planning on joining us

1:02 ↗ okay and then uh creepy I'm here and

1:06 ↗ Kelly

1:08 ↗ okay uh let's see next is uh public

1:13 ↗ comments yes we do have a couple of

1:15 ↗ public comments on one end we have our

1:17 ↗ community members from

1:20 ↗ um the Baha'is of Issaquah would like to

1:23 ↗ um share a few things with the board so

1:26 ↗ I'm gonna invite them

1:28 ↗ here

1:30 ↗ well good uh good evening good afternoon

1:33 ↗ everybody

1:34 ↗ and it's a pleasure to uh like we

1:37 ↗ promised we're planning another

1:39 ↗ Community social community building and

1:42 ↗ we have the inbox for you both hard copy

1:45 ↗ and of course electronic that we're

1:46 ↗ sending to Monica that kind of thing so

1:48 ↗ all of you out there

1:50 ↗ um actually Ray's been collaborating

1:52 ↗ actively with us kind of a support and

1:54 ↗ brainstorming on ideas and format so

1:57 ↗ it's very much a public invitation uh by

2:00 ↗ well it's public private it's for the

2:03 ↗ public for your friends your family

2:05 ↗ members your colleagues kind of and it

2:08 ↗ really is a great opportunity to just

2:10 ↗ engage in a very open uh welcoming way

2:14 ↗ all people of all ages I know we're

2:16 ↗ really working on teenagers joining us

2:19 ↗ as kids grandchildren whatever

2:21 ↗ nieces and nephews

2:24 ↗ um so please feel welcome the theme is

2:26 ↗ everyone has a role to play in community

2:29 ↗ building

2:30 ↗ share your thoughts and words in art and

2:32 ↗ music

2:33 ↗ we want we did that the first time

2:35 ↗ everybody enjoyed expressing their

2:37 ↗ thoughts uh in the painting or we're

2:39 ↗ thinking in a skit dialogue music play

2:42 ↗ something

2:43 ↗ not not required but entertaining and

2:46 ↗ kind of thoughtful and Soulful that kind

2:48 ↗ of thing Artful so we have who can hand

2:52 ↗ these out I'll leave them with Monica

2:54 ↗ but we could just because the idea is

2:56 ↗ take at least three each so you could

2:58 ↗ share with

3:00 ↗ friends family

3:03 ↗ that you'd like to invite

3:05 ↗ um Ray would you like to say anything

3:08 ↗ yes I certainly would can you hear me

3:10 ↗ okay yes okay

3:13 ↗ um I have the speaker that I've been

3:15 ↗ manipulating so uh Ted and Farah and

3:17 ↗ Saba I see you in the background

3:19 ↗ um I just wanted to share with my fellow

3:21 ↗ board members how what a tremendous

3:23 ↗ opportunity it's been to

3:25 ↗ um one get to know the three of you

3:27 ↗ better and even more important was

3:29 ↗ getting the opportunity to participate

3:31 ↗ in one of your community events I

3:33 ↗ thought it was um enlightening and

3:36 ↗ heartwarming experience and I hope to

3:38 ↗ mimic the same uh process for your next

3:41 ↗ meeting I know we're gonna get some time

3:43 ↗ together to collaborate on that but for

3:45 ↗ my fellow board members if you have the

3:47 ↗ opportunity to attend yourself or if you

3:50 ↗ can pass along the invite to fellow

3:53 ↗ community members or friends I highly

3:55 ↗ encourage it even it's a great way to

3:57 ↗ communicate and to really Express how we

4:01 ↗ not only feel individually but to have a

4:04 ↗ dialogue a thoughtful dialogue with

4:06 ↗ others around us on really important

4:08 ↗ topics

4:10 ↗ the movies our families our children so

4:13 ↗ again thank you to Ted saba and pharah

4:16 ↗ for the opportunity I look forward to

4:17 ↗ working with you closely

4:19 ↗ um a lot of encouragement out to the

4:21 ↗ board to

4:22 ↗ have you join us or get the message out

4:24 ↗ there for the events that they're

4:25 ↗ planning so thank you

4:30 ↗ great thank you

4:33 ↗ [Music]

4:35 ↗ most of these with you okay okay I'll

4:37 ↗ share with status

4:40 ↗ and then do we have anyone else

4:44 ↗ we had received via email

4:48 ↗ um feedback uh an email from a Community

4:50 ↗ member that was shared with uh with you

4:52 ↗ all and um I know that as a board you

4:55 ↗ did not have a chance to respond we had

4:58 ↗ an email response from Elisa what I'm

5:01 ↗ gonna do I'm just gonna summarize the

5:03 ↗ email that we received from the

5:05 ↗ Community member and then

5:07 ↗ um I know that perhaps U.S board members

5:09 ↗ would like to

5:10 ↗ um make a couple of comments as well so

5:14 ↗ um the the feedback came from a

5:16 ↗ Community member named Steve Pereira and

5:19 ↗ so he was sharing that after watching

5:22 ↗ the equity board meeting recently uh he

5:24 ↗ found himself bothered concerned and

5:26 ↗ disillusioned that the equity board

5:28 ↗ has opted to uh to choose the option of

5:32 ↗ meeting remotely

5:34 ↗ instead of meeting in person so he was

5:37 ↗ just disagreeing with the board's

5:39 ↗ decision and recommended nation and it

5:42 ↗ was sharing that he preferred to since

5:45 ↗ the board is serving the public was for

5:47 ↗ the public benefit and so he shared

5:50 ↗ additional thoughts um regarding that so

5:53 ↗ just the disagreements that the board

5:54 ↗ decided to meet virtually and so I was

5:58 ↗ asking the board to reconsider

6:00 ↗ and so you'll have that email

6:03 ↗ and as I was sharing typically public

6:07 ↗ comments you as a board can acknowledge

6:10 ↗ them and accept them it's usually it's

6:13 ↗ not a dialogue so you don't necessarily

6:15 ↗ need to respond however if you do have a

6:16 ↗ response you can certainly do that then

6:18 ↗ the meeting is recorded

6:20 ↗ um for sure so

6:22 ↗ um committee members can view it and see

6:25 ↗ it later

6:26 ↗ and so with that I don't know Lisa if

6:29 ↗ you would like to share your comments

6:31 ↗ that you had in the email or if other

6:33 ↗ board members have anything that you

6:35 ↗ would like to share again it's up to you

6:37 ↗ as important

6:50 ↗ yesterday

6:52 ↗ well I would just say that I think the

6:55 ↗ board had had some pretty vigorous

6:57 ↗ conversation about the topic last time

6:59 ↗ and

7:01 ↗ um if we get additional public comment

7:04 ↗ that it might be helpful

7:07 ↗ um if he's able to further explain his

7:09 ↗ comments I think that the board tried to

7:12 ↗ consider all aspects of inclusivity and

7:17 ↗ try to make sure that we while we are

7:21 ↗ meeting publicly and hosting the

7:24 ↗ recordings publicly and trying to make

7:26 ↗ sure that the public is 100 aware of

7:29 ↗ what we're doing whether we meet

7:30 ↗ virtually or in person and certainly

7:33 ↗ we're encouraging in-person meeting for

7:35 ↗ everyone who can do it so it might be

7:38 ↗ helpful if we if we could receive

7:40 ↗ additional feedback to understand if

7:42 ↗ there was

7:43 ↗ um more that you know that we should

7:46 ↗ consider

7:54 ↗ question to you as a board you all have

7:57 ↗ seen the email communication and uh

7:59 ↗ Elisa's draft would you all feel

8:01 ↗ comfortable with sharing that email with

8:04 ↗ the Community member

8:07 ↗ um or would you have a preference like a

8:11 ↗ support

8:11 ↗ I'm fine with it

8:13 ↗ I think Elisa's response uh summarized

8:17 ↗ our conversation and our feelings I

8:20 ↗ think there was a good discussion and

8:24 ↗ I know that I was questioning about

8:27 ↗ having remote or

8:30 ↗ um

8:31 ↗ remote meetings but I really listened

8:34 ↗ and listening to the other community

8:37 ↗ other board members I realized that we

8:40 ↗ do as an equity group we do need to have

8:43 ↗ options to make sure that other members

8:47 ↗ of community members are able to attend

8:50 ↗ because not everyone has the ability to

8:53 ↗ attend in person and I think covert has

8:56 ↗ taught us that that uh Zoom meetings or

8:59 ↗ people coming in remotely is a viable

9:02 ↗ way to work and in the business

9:04 ↗ community that is definitely something

9:06 ↗ that is ongoing practice

9:09 ↗ and unless it becomes a barrier and we

9:12 ↗ can demonstrate how it's a barrier there

9:13 ↗ is no reason to stop

9:16 ↗ and I see Ray hands has his hand up

9:20 ↗ right yes hi you know I was I was quite

9:23 ↗ honestly on the fence about this one

9:25 ↗ um and I have to say uh Elisa you

9:28 ↗ brought up some tremendously powerful

9:30 ↗ arguments um for keeping us where we are

9:33 ↗ but

9:35 ↗ at one point I would like to see you in

9:36 ↗ person

9:38 ↗ just just from a personal

9:40 ↗ um desire to do that so I I think we do

9:42 ↗ have the option but I think

9:44 ↗ um I I for one would appreciate having

9:47 ↗ you in front of me at a collaboration at

9:49 ↗ one point so if there's a chance to do

9:51 ↗ that and we have to realize how we were

9:53 ↗ established we were established um uh as

9:56 ↗ as the a board that can meet remotely so

9:59 ↗ we can't change that it's just our

10:01 ↗ personal choice but

10:02 ↗ um when it comes to real if you think

10:04 ↗ about our work environments we live in a

10:06 ↗ virtual world I've worked with virtual

10:08 ↗ team members every day

10:10 ↗ um we have the option of turning our

10:12 ↗ cameras off

10:14 ↗ um we have the options of of um uh

10:16 ↗ joining in person but just because of

10:18 ↗ the distance it's often challenging to

10:20 ↗ do that but it's it's our choice so I

10:23 ↗ agree that that it's an option but if at

10:24 ↗ one point um there's an opportunity for

10:26 ↗ you to come in person though I think I I

10:28 ↗ speak for the others and we would

10:29 ↗ greatly appreciate your presence

10:33 ↗ oops thanks Ray I would I would just say

10:36 ↗ that unfortunately yeah honestly if we

10:38 ↗ weren't doing these meetings remotely I

10:40 ↗ wouldn't have been able to participate

10:42 ↗ for the last year I literally stopped

10:44 ↗ working just minutes before the meeting

10:46 ↗ switched from one computer to the other

10:49 ↗ and

10:51 ↗ completely gotten up to to you know have

10:53 ↗ a drink of water so it I'm I've been I

10:57 ↗ personally have been really grateful to

10:59 ↗ have been able to participate and um I

11:02 ↗ know that's not the case for everyone

11:04 ↗ um but

11:06 ↗ um everybody has different circumstances

11:13 ↗ thank you board numbers yes thank you

11:15 ↗ that's what I was just gonna say would

11:17 ↗ you have someone who called in from a

11:19 ↗ phone number starting with 206 and the

11:21 ↗ last two digits are four zero I'm gonna

11:24 ↗ unmute you good evening do you mind

11:26 ↗ introducing yourself

11:29 ↗ hi can you hear me yes we can

11:33 ↗ okay this is this is Huma um my name is

11:37 ↗ I live in downtown Issaquah Monica I met

11:41 ↗ you the other day I came by your office

11:42 ↗ and thank you for sending me the link so

11:45 ↗ that I could attend this

11:47 ↗ oh you're very welcome so nice to have

11:50 ↗ you here thank you so much for joining

11:51 ↗ good evening uh we are right in the

11:55 ↗ public comment section of our meeting

11:57 ↗ would you like to address the the board

11:59 ↗ do you have a public comment or would

12:01 ↗ you like to just listen in it's a

12:03 ↗ conversation tonight

12:05 ↗ I will agree with the last person who

12:08 ↗ said that they appreciate having these

12:10 ↗ remote options to attend like them I too

12:13 ↗ sometimes find it hard to find time to

12:15 ↗ get a drink of water

12:17 ↗ um so so yeah my only public comment is

12:21 ↗ affirming uh the need for remote

12:23 ↗ participation thank you for providing it

12:26 ↗ yes thank you so much and thank you for

12:28 ↗ being here so very nice meeting you last

12:30 ↗ week

12:32 ↗ thank you let me see Christina

12:37 ↗ please go ahead

12:39 ↗ yes he is

12:57 ↗ um

13:13 ↗ El video

13:19 ↗ online

13:22 ↗ so I agree with Alyssa I'd like more

13:25 ↗ information

13:27 ↗ um that's supporting Steve's arguments I

13:30 ↗ mean we're so used to technology the

13:33 ↗ meetings are all available on the

13:35 ↗ website I feel like if the person isn't

13:37 ↗ actually going to be here in person then

13:41 ↗ what does it matter if he watches the

13:44 ↗ video of it afterward or if we're online

13:47 ↗ or in person

13:52 ↗ thank you Christina and um let's see

13:55 ↗ lucrecia has joined us

13:57 ↗ would you like to come up with you

14:03 ↗ yeah so

14:06 ↗ um when I read the email from the the

14:09 ↗ person who sent it I believe his name is

14:12 ↗ Steve

14:13 ↗ um what I came away with was that maybe

14:16 ↗ there was a misunderstanding in that

14:18 ↗ maybe he interpreted to mean that we

14:21 ↗ were meeting outside in private and not

14:24 ↗ in the public eye

14:27 ↗ um and so I think that to appease that

14:30 ↗ concern my interpretation of the concern

14:32 ↗ is to emphasize the fact that even when

14:36 ↗ we are remote we do not meet unless the

14:41 ↗ public is notified and we

14:44 ↗ in this public forum which is uh

14:47 ↗ electronic and or in person there are

14:50 ↗ some people in in the room right now who

14:52 ↗ are in person and those of us who are at

14:54 ↗ home and so I I want to make sure that

14:57 ↗ the public understands that that even

14:59 ↗ though we are remote remote does not

15:02 ↗ mean we're meeting remote

15:04 ↗ outside of the public eye remote means

15:07 ↗ electronically and that our meetings are

15:11 ↗ announced ahead of time and if there are

15:13 ↗ meetings where

15:15 ↗ um

15:16 ↗ where we meet outside of the public eye

15:20 ↗ that there is never Quorum and that we

15:23 ↗ also adhere to the policies and

15:27 ↗ legislation that says that we can't

15:29 ↗ discuss shock and

15:31 ↗ um that issue came up on a different

15:35 ↗ um condition when I was part of the

15:38 ↗ commission with human services we had a

15:42 ↗ social Gathering where there could have

15:45 ↗ been Quorum but we are all adults we all

15:49 ↗ hold these positions the volunteer very

15:53 ↗ seriously and we do follow the law and

15:56 ↗ we all agreed to and adhered to not

15:58 ↗ talking shop so I just want to you know

16:01 ↗ bring that to the attention of anyone

16:03 ↗ who is watching and anyone who has that

16:05 ↗ sort of concern thank you

16:10 ↗ that's a great point lucrecia

16:12 ↗ and Elisa see your hands up again I I

16:16 ↗ just wanted to to add into a liquidity I

16:18 ↗ said great comments that licoricea made

16:20 ↗ in addition that there is always an

16:22 ↗ in-person component and so even if we

16:26 ↗ have members of the community who are

16:27 ↗ not comfortable with technology and who

16:30 ↗ would like to come from public and be

16:32 ↗ present in the room that that's

16:34 ↗ available to them it's not like we're um

16:36 ↗ now that we're not under the covet

16:38 ↗ restrictions it's not that we're having

16:40 ↗ a meeting that doesn't have an in-person

16:42 ↗ component that that people can't join

16:47 ↗ oh thank you

16:49 ↗ so I think um I know Monica had started

16:52 ↗ kicked off this uh part of our

16:55 ↗ conversation with one wondering if we

16:57 ↗ would just want to forward elise's email

17:00 ↗ to Steve or whether I'm hearing we may

17:03 ↗ want to add a little bit more uh based

17:06 ↗ on some of the craziest comments as well

17:08 ↗ just trying to clarify if there was a

17:10 ↗ misunderstanding around uh remote

17:13 ↗ equaling equally private versus public

17:17 ↗ so um

17:19 ↗ how would you propose yeah so I'm happy

17:22 ↗ to I took notes to summarize the

17:24 ↗ conversation and that to Elisa's draft

17:27 ↗ and then respond

17:29 ↗ um on behalf of the board if that's okay

17:31 ↗ with everyone including the board

17:35 ↗ yes okay

17:37 ↗ okay thank you so much board members and

17:40 ↗ that concludes the public comment

17:41 ↗ section we did not receive other public

17:43 ↗ comments or interests from public other

17:45 ↗ than you you must or resident who's on

17:48 ↗ the call

17:50 ↗ okay so moving on to the next stage of

17:54 ↗ the topic which is approval of minutes

17:55 ↗ from the last meeting and so it's in the

17:58 ↗ board packet uh do we want to take maybe

18:02 ↗ uh two minutes to do a quick review and

18:05 ↗ then we'll uh move to a group or ident

18:08 ↗ for edit

18:11 ↗ okay

18:48 ↗ thank you

18:58 ↗ okay this is feeling like a really long

19:01 ↗ two minutes

19:02 ↗ um it might have been one minute but I'm

19:04 ↗ hoping people had had uh enough time to

19:07 ↗ review does anyone need more time

19:13 ↗ okay

19:15 ↗ um

19:16 ↗ um and I want to I'm noticing something

19:18 ↗ I think we are we continue to have some

19:20 ↗ technical issues

19:22 ↗ um board members we cannot see you on

19:24 ↗ the big screen I can see on my computer

19:26 ↗ I know that all of your most of you have

19:28 ↗ your cameras on

19:29 ↗ um so it's just a little bit difficult

19:31 ↗ for those in the room to see you uh so

19:34 ↗ if you don't mind just uh either raising

19:36 ↗ your hands or acknowledging verbally

19:38 ↗ since we the room cannot really see our

19:40 ↗ head knots or head shakes

19:43 ↗ um thank you

19:48 ↗ yeah yes I I didn't hear anyone so I

19:51 ↗ think I I I reviewed it in Korea this is

19:54 ↗ right

20:01 ↗ perhaps also a question could be anyone

20:03 ↗ who has any edits to the minutes

20:08 ↗ Miss lucrecia

20:12 ↗ I'm so sorry I was just trying to give a

20:14 ↗ thumbs up and then

20:15 ↗ never mind

20:17 ↗ okay so if they've just been follow up

20:20 ↗ to Monica's question do you give anyone

20:22 ↗ um have any edits they would like to

20:24 ↗ make

20:26 ↗ yes

20:33 ↗ so the hearing none you can consider the

20:36 ↗ minutes approved okay I've been hearing

20:37 ↗ no changes uh requested let's approve

20:40 ↗ the minutes

20:43 ↗ okay

20:44 ↗ yeah okay so now we're moving on to the

20:48 ↗ next agenda item which is uh led by

20:51 ↗ Monica on the capital Improvement plan

20:54 ↗ board Summit report apps uh led by uh

20:58 ↗ Monica and the equity board members

21:00 ↗ about another side

21:04 ↗ so I think this is just a brief report

21:07 ↗ out for those members who were not able

21:10 ↗ to participate in the board Summit on

21:13 ↗ February 16

21:15 ↗ um as you may recall

21:17 ↗ um for that first time actually uh for

21:20 ↗ for the city on February 16th the city

21:22 ↗ organized uh a joint meaning between

21:24 ↗ four boards

21:26 ↗ um the equity board the environmental

21:28 ↗ board the park board and the

21:30 ↗ transportation Advisory Board met to

21:33 ↗ join me to discuss and provide input on

21:36 ↗ the city's Capital Improvement plan uh

21:39 ↗ for the 2020

21:41 ↗ for 2029

21:44 ↗ um

21:45 ↗ process and so

21:49 ↗ um the boards had a chance to listen to

21:53 ↗ a presentation on on the process of

21:57 ↗ creating uh the capital Improvement plan

22:00 ↗ and the board also had an opportunity to

22:03 ↗ provide feedback on the proposed

22:05 ↗ criteria that

22:07 ↗ was created by the city administrator

22:11 ↗ Ingress neither and our finance director

22:14 ↗ Robert hamoud

22:17 ↗ um and so that's just a brief overview

22:20 ↗ I'm not sure if board members have any

22:22 ↗ specific information that they would

22:26 ↗ like to share if not I'm happy to read

22:27 ↗ some of the comments that were provided

22:29 ↗ but uh from the equity board I know that

22:33 ↗ pretty was there Kelly was there Helen

22:36 ↗ was there the crazy I was there and

22:38 ↗ Christina

22:39 ↗ participated so when I see lucasia I see

22:44 ↗ your hand up would you like to jump in

22:47 ↗ I'm sure I'm not sure what your notes

22:50 ↗ State uh Monica but one of the things

22:53 ↗ that I walked away with

22:56 ↗ um that I felt was very powerful and if

22:59 ↗ people have time to watch the video that

23:01 ↗ was um recorded

23:04 ↗ was that when we were given an

23:07 ↗ assignment to to break up into our

23:10 ↗ groups and and process what we were

23:15 ↗ being tasked to do

23:18 ↗ um that we also discussed among our

23:20 ↗ group

23:22 ↗ um how some of the wording and some of

23:23 ↗ the other tasks were problematic and one

23:27 ↗ of the things that I walked away with

23:29 ↗ was just how relieved I was to see that

23:32 ↗ those groups could identify the

23:34 ↗ problematic language and could

23:37 ↗ um

23:38 ↗ redirect it in such a way that it was

23:41 ↗ obvious to me at least and from the

23:43 ↗ discussion that I recall it's obvious

23:46 ↗ that they were applying an equity lens

23:49 ↗ and or using the equity tool to actually

23:52 ↗ rethink and revamp the wording that we

23:57 ↗ are being asked to to implement and that

24:01 ↗ to me was a very hopeful result because

24:04 ↗ I feel like sometimes it can be very

24:07 ↗ easy to just kind of you know brush over

24:10 ↗ some of of

24:12 ↗ um the language that is used in a lot of

24:15 ↗ this policy making that we that we

24:17 ↗ influence thank you

24:20 ↗ I want to thank you lucrecia uh did

24:24 ↗ anyone else who was attending have any

24:27 ↗ um comments

24:28 ↗ to share

24:35 ↗ okay

24:36 ↗ um I can review some of the feedback you

24:38 ↗ gave I know Monica has some of the notes

24:41 ↗ as well but when we um met in our

24:43 ↗ smaller group and reviewed the criteria

24:47 ↗ um some some of the comments uh we noted

24:51 ↗ were that um there were several

24:53 ↗ categories of criteria to review of the

24:58 ↗ plants

24:59 ↗ um and I'm trying to find them right now

25:01 ↗ but

25:03 ↗ okay so some of the criteria and it's

25:06 ↗ it's in the board per meeting packet was

25:09 ↗ around

25:10 ↗ um like legal mandate Community

25:12 ↗ priorities Conformity to strategic plan

25:15 ↗ goals climate resiliency City Resource

25:19 ↗ Management replacement or Capital

25:21 ↗ maintenance of existing infrastructure

25:24 ↗ equity and long-standing commitments and

25:28 ↗ so one of the I think the main comment

25:31 ↗ that sticks with me is that Equity is a

25:35 ↗ component of each of the other criteria

25:37 ↗ and so while it's it's its own

25:39 ↗ Standalone criteria it's actually uh

25:43 ↗ should be in some way folded into all of

25:46 ↗ the criteria and how things are reviewed

25:49 ↗ so I think that was one one takeaway we

25:51 ↗ had as a group another one was the

25:54 ↗ criteria of long-standing commitment

25:56 ↗ felt a little problematic because

25:59 ↗ it's unclear how those commitments were

26:02 ↗ made but there's this commitment to

26:04 ↗ uphold those commitments and so um

26:07 ↗ uh we just I think we we requested that

26:11 ↗ it'd be uh more defined a little bit

26:13 ↗ more clearly

26:15 ↗ um

26:16 ↗ I think

26:17 ↗ um we wanted some reflection on some of

26:20 ↗ the longer term plans which were inputs

26:22 ↗ into the capital planning process and

26:25 ↗ whether they uh adequately factored in

26:28 ↗ equity considerations and Community

26:31 ↗ engagement and the impact of the coveted

26:33 ↗ pandemic

26:35 ↗ um

26:36 ↗ and there were some other items but I

26:39 ↗ feel like my notes aren't very good but

26:41 ↗ those are some comments

26:44 ↗ to be covered I think he talks a little

26:46 ↗ bit about some other ring language that

26:50 ↗ I was against it

26:52 ↗ um perhaps so just even just some some

26:54 ↗ of the language in in the equity

26:57 ↗ criteria

27:00 ↗ [Music]

27:02 ↗ and I'm sorry I was trying I was also a

27:05 ↗ little bit distracted because I heard

27:07 ↗ um back from shade but I'm not sure if

27:10 ↗ you touched on on the equity criteria

27:12 ↗ being a separate criteria just being

27:14 ↗ embedded enough that that's

27:21 ↗ um

27:21 ↗ Kelly do you have other things to add uh

27:24 ↗ not to this I have another thought which

27:27 ↗ I sent in an email and that is

27:29 ↗ particularly the last criteria I mean I

27:31 ↗ I completely agree that we should be

27:33 ↗ part of each not separate criteria but I

27:36 ↗ am extremely concerned about the

27:40 ↗ um added criteria that we weren't even

27:43 ↗ supposed to talk about

27:46 ↗ um being just a way to override any type

27:49 ↗ of equity in anything right it's an

27:52 ↗ override cause for using a system that

27:55 ↗ they're a set of criteria that they're

27:57 ↗ using and then they add this criteria

27:59 ↗ where the board can put anything at a

28:01 ↗ higher priority

28:02 ↗ and so to me we should we should step up

28:06 ↗ anymore we should tell more we should

28:09 ↗ tell the council that this is concerning

28:15 ↗ thank you Kelly and pretty young board

28:17 ↗ members and the cressia I think

28:19 ↗ um I have a little bit of added

28:21 ↗ information about next steps and ways to

28:23 ↗ provide feedback uh and so then then

28:26 ↗ next you can decide as a board on on

28:28 ↗ what you would like to do as far as Next

28:30 ↗ Step so

28:32 ↗ um Deputy City administrators neither

28:34 ↗ has put together a memo to be sent out

28:38 ↗ to all of you on how uh that includes a

28:41 ↗ summary of of the feedback that

28:44 ↗ um you all provided and how they plan on

28:48 ↗ incorporating the feedback that he

28:49 ↗ received uh currently that's going to be

28:52 ↗ sent for translations and as soon as we

28:54 ↗ have the translations then we'll email

28:55 ↗ those to you

28:57 ↗ um and so in terms of Next Step the

29:00 ↗ administration will work with the

29:02 ↗ internal leadership team to incorporate

29:04 ↗ all of that and and create a draft for

29:06 ↗ the capital Improvement plan and then

29:09 ↗ they plan on returning to you all in

29:12 ↗ boards in April before going to city

29:15 ↗ council with a draft of the capital

29:17 ↗ Improvement plan so in terms of you

29:19 ↗ providing feedback at this point

29:21 ↗ probably the most helpful would be you

29:23 ↗ can certainly provide feedback and I can

29:26 ↗ take notes and we can do it via email or

29:28 ↗ you can do a more informal feedback

29:31 ↗ probably the best way though at this

29:33 ↗ point since it's the administration

29:35 ↗ working on it is to send the feedback

29:38 ↗ directly to the deputy City

29:40 ↗ administrator and the finance director

29:42 ↗ or to the mayor certainly you can send

29:45 ↗ it to city council also but the draft is

29:48 ↗ not

29:49 ↗ the city council will not see the draft

29:51 ↗ until after

29:53 ↗ um it will come back to you in April so

29:56 ↗ it might be a little bit too soon to to

29:58 ↗ send it to council I guess

30:00 ↗ um

30:01 ↗ but so certainly you do have options and

30:05 ↗ um Andrea called me this afternoon

30:07 ↗ actually and she's very open and if you

30:09 ↗ have additional feedback they would like

30:11 ↗ to hear from you for sure

30:13 ↗ um so that is

30:15 ↗ um and actually I do have uh I do have

30:18 ↗ the draft memo here with me and I want

30:23 ↗ to see if there is some language in the

30:25 ↗ in the memo that refers to the

30:28 ↗ long-standing commitment criteria that

30:30 ↗ you mentioned uh and with your

30:32 ↗ permission it's not too long can I just

30:35 ↗ read from that so it says we heard that

30:39 ↗ a couple of the boards thought this

30:41 ↗ Criterion was not qualifying and would

30:43 ↗ and could conflict with our equity and

30:45 ↗ transparency goals and that it would

30:48 ↗ interfere with efforts to hold ourselves

30:49 ↗ accountable to such goals we also heard

30:52 ↗ concerns about whether long-term

30:54 ↗ priorities still meet current needs in a

30:56 ↗ post-pandemic Issaquah a city council

30:58 ↗ wishes to Define this further the city

31:00 ↗ Administration has decided to make no

31:03 ↗ changes to this Criterion at this time

31:05 ↗ but we'll pass on the feedback of the

31:07 ↗ boards to city council

31:09 ↗ Subway's done so that

31:12 ↗ so that means we need to go to the city

31:14 ↗ council yes

31:16 ↗ that's that's what I'm hearing if we

31:18 ↗ want and it wouldn't be worthy of us to

31:20 ↗ reach out to the other committees or

31:23 ↗ boards because it was voiced at least by

31:26 ↗ one other if not all of them you know

31:28 ↗ I'm not remembering well enough but I

31:30 ↗ know other communities

31:32 ↗ also voice concerned because they also

31:35 ↗ see that their priorities that

31:37 ↗ priorities that were that are important

31:39 ↗ to the Parks and Rec Department is going

31:41 ↗ to also get moved you know so

31:47 ↗ yeah it's really I see your hand is up

31:50 ↗ would you like to kind of

31:55 ↗ [Music]

31:57 ↗ afraid we cannot hear you

32:00 ↗ a couple comments in the question so

32:03 ↗ thank you for um my fellow board members

32:05 ↗ for attending that meeting and I'm sorry

32:06 ↗ I wasn't able to join

32:08 ↗ um I guess my question is I when the

32:12 ↗ other comment is I have not gone over in

32:13 ↗ detail but I I trust you those of you

32:16 ↗ who were there was can you give some

32:18 ↗ specific examples of how an equity lens

32:21 ↗ was not applied to some of the

32:23 ↗ discussion uh just a little some a

32:25 ↗ little more precise examples of what

32:26 ↗ exactly was like hit a nerve with you

32:29 ↗ that didn't have an equity lens

32:34 ↗ on it I don't I'll answer that I don't

32:37 ↗ think that that's what I was saying

32:40 ↗ um if you're talking about this Italian

32:43 ↗ um I was trying to say that the criteria

32:45 ↗ for this added criteria a criteria for

32:49 ↗ long-standing

32:51 ↗ issues to get uh get inserted into the

32:55 ↗ capital Improvement plan was problematic

32:58 ↗ because it actually overrides the other

33:02 ↗ criteria in order to get theirs for

33:05 ↗ there's reasons why these

33:07 ↗ long-term goals have not been completed

33:10 ↗ and it's because the existing criteria

33:13 ↗ is knocking them out

33:15 ↗ So when you say I can bought the board

33:17 ↗ the council can then add it it becomes a

33:22 ↗ a single a single way to change the

33:24 ↗ priority list

33:27 ↗ okay and that's that's why it's

33:29 ↗ problematic from an equity perspective

33:34 ↗ and so if I I could add one other

33:37 ↗ example I think pray that addresses your

33:39 ↗ question and so one one of the prior or

33:42 ↗ criteria we're a community priority and

33:46 ↗ I think so there are examples given like

33:49 ↗ the supply climate action plan utility

33:51 ↗ rate study Mobility master plan so some

33:54 ↗ of those documents

33:55 ↗ um that were created in part from uh

34:00 ↗ Community engagement processes and so

34:03 ↗ part of so I think there's some Equity

34:07 ↗ considerations Upstream of that those

34:10 ↗ priority Community priority developments

34:12 ↗ and so there's an assumption that there

34:15 ↗ was robust representative diverse

34:19 ↗ Community engagement through those

34:20 ↗ processes

34:22 ↗ um which means that those Community

34:24 ↗ priorities

34:25 ↗ represent uh the full community but um

34:30 ↗ so so that's where you know we

34:34 ↗ we need to be assured I think that you

34:37 ↗ know tools such as the the equity

34:39 ↗ framework have been followed to ensure

34:41 ↗ that those priorities were established

34:44 ↗ and documented through uh a more mature

34:48 ↗ kind of equity uh oriented process so I

34:52 ↗ think that that's another example of how

34:55 ↗ Equity seems to feed into a lot of these

34:58 ↗ different criteria

35:00 ↗ and not just as its own Standalone

35:02 ↗ criteria

35:04 ↗ I see that's helpful pretty thank you

35:08 ↗ uh let's see did anyone else have

35:10 ↗ hands-free store uh want to comment

35:14 ↗ s

35:17 ↗ [Music]

35:19 ↗ I did but you did a great job pretty in

35:22 ↗ and covered what I wanted to say thank

35:24 ↗ you okay

35:28 ↗ um yes Christina

35:32 ↗ Elemento

35:40 ↗ um

35:57 ↗ um I I just wanted to mention that

35:59 ↗ afterwards I stuck around and spoke with

36:01 ↗ the director about when all of our

36:04 ↗ comments would actually be implemented

36:06 ↗ and she told me that it wouldn't be

36:08 ↗ until 2024 so I think that's important

36:12 ↗ to keep in mind as well

36:16 ↗ [Music]

36:18 ↗ thank you Christina so I think that's

36:21 ↗ when

36:22 ↗ yeah the selection criteria would start

36:25 ↗ to be implemented yeah

36:27 ↗ they've adopted yes so I think the hope

36:29 ↗ the hope is that the capital Improvement

36:32 ↗ plan will be adopted by July 1st and

36:35 ↗ then probably by adopting that then I

36:39 ↗ assume that those

36:40 ↗ um items will go through the budget

36:42 ↗ process to allocate money towards those

36:45 ↗ projects and then implementation will

36:46 ↗ begin in 2024 so it's the sixth year

36:50 ↗ plan

36:53 ↗ um so with that board members

36:57 ↗ my question to you is to seek some sort

37:00 ↗ of consensus from all of you in terms of

37:02 ↗ what would you like to see

37:05 ↗ as as next steps what should the next

37:08 ↗ steps be so

37:10 ↗ um

37:11 ↗ one option you will receive via email

37:14 ↗ the memo in the upcoming days most

37:18 ↗ likely yesterday's Wednesday most likely

37:20 ↗ next week to give us enough time for

37:22 ↗ translations

37:24 ↗ um you can take time to reflect upon

37:26 ↗ that and then we can either schedule a

37:29 ↗ special meeting or the next the next

37:32 ↗ scheduled meeting is a joint meeting

37:33 ↗ with the Human Services Commission so I

37:35 ↗ don't believe that that would be a good

37:36 ↗ time to do it but the regular next

37:38 ↗ regular meeting is not meeting the first

37:40 ↗ meeting in April which also might

37:42 ↗ coincides with

37:44 ↗ um the deputy director Snyder coming

37:46 ↗ actually to meet with you and further

37:48 ↗ discuss where then perhaps you can

37:50 ↗ provide feedback then and continue or

37:55 ↗ um

37:56 ↗ we can schedule special meeting if you

37:58 ↗ would like

38:01 ↗ be something

38:03 ↗ do something

38:04 ↗ before that

38:06 ↗ yeah and I believe we there was another

38:08 ↗ ask that we didn't have time for which

38:11 ↗ was maybe to uh revise the equity

38:15 ↗ criteria statement that's in here and I

38:18 ↗ know we didn't have time to get to that

38:19 ↗ right

38:22 ↗ um and so there there is some work that

38:25 ↗ could be done via email as long as you

38:27 ↗ don't reach consensus or just doing some

38:30 ↗ leg work done and then

38:33 ↗ um when you come back in the meeting

38:35 ↗ then just making it easier and quicker

38:37 ↗ so you don't end up worth sweating for

38:40 ↗ two hours in a meeting

38:45 ↗ sorry sorry what was Equity statement

38:52 ↗ so I'm um this was in the summit packet

38:55 ↗ I'm just passing it over to Lorna there

38:57 ↗ was a they had a little summary of each

39:01 ↗ of the criteria and so they were still I

39:04 ↗ think that the equity criteria the

39:06 ↗ particular was one of the new ones that

39:08 ↗ they hadn't uh finalized

39:11 ↗ what that would look like

39:13 ↗ explicitly

39:19 ↗ so with that would you like to wait and

39:21 ↗ read the memo and react to that in

39:25 ↗ providing additional feedback and then

39:27 ↗ have an opportunity to invite and have

39:30 ↗ um then the meeting in April

39:33 ↗ discuss that and provide further

39:36 ↗ feedback

39:37 ↗ does that sound like a good plan

39:39 ↗ since it still gives you time it sounds

39:42 ↗ like

39:42 ↗ prior to this going to city council and

39:46 ↗ then as you said Kelly if you still feel

39:49 ↗ after that that your feedback was not

39:51 ↗ incorporated or you feel like you would

39:52 ↗ like to take further action then you as

39:54 ↗ a board still can decide to perhaps uh

39:57 ↗ provide further feedback to city council

40:01 ↗ just as a

40:02 ↗ at the end of the what you read it said

40:06 ↗ they weren't going to work on the

40:07 ↗ long-standing commitment

40:09 ↗ did I am I hearing that correctly so

40:15 ↗ so they so they mentioned

40:18 ↗ [Music]

40:20 ↗ at the end as you said says so since

40:22 ↗ city council wishes so this is comes

40:25 ↗ from city council right we all reported

40:26 ↗ it so since city council wishes to

40:29 ↗ Define this further the city

40:31 ↗ Administration has decided to make no

40:33 ↗ changes to this Criterion at this time

40:35 ↗ but we'll pass on the feedback of the

40:38 ↗ boards to city council and I think again

40:40 ↗ I I think I understand that

40:43 ↗ perception if city council asked

40:46 ↗ um to further discuss and city council

40:49 ↗ wanted to make changes

40:52 ↗ um then I don't know that the

40:53 ↗ administration can't do anything about

40:54 ↗ it at this point other than providing

40:56 ↗ the feedback on your behalf

41:02 ↗ so I still think we can but yeah we'll

41:05 ↗ do that later is that okay well so I

41:07 ↗ think to summarize we we should plan you

41:11 ↗ know I I would move to agree to what

41:14 ↗ Monica is proposing wait for the memo to

41:16 ↗ come out and then have some agenda times

41:18 ↗ in April to discuss and see if we want

41:22 ↗ to package up our feedback and maybe

41:24 ↗ have separate uh comments

41:27 ↗ to share both with um

41:32 ↗ the city staff City Administration staff

41:35 ↗ Administration and also with city

41:37 ↗ council who might be doing their own

41:39 ↗ revisions on that long-standing

41:41 ↗ commitment criteria

41:43 ↗ okay yeah that sounds great yes

41:47 ↗ thanks

41:50 ↗ okay with you also Christina and

41:52 ↗ lucrecia and Elisa

42:02 ↗ and with that I guess let me just do one

42:05 ↗ final check to see if anyone's got any

42:06 ↗ more comments

42:08 ↗ questions

42:10 ↗ I'm not seeing anything on Monica's

42:13 ↗ screen so um let's move to the next

42:16 ↗ topic which is a criteria for items

42:20 ↗ leading board input and brainstorming

42:22 ↗ ideas so discussion uh led by Monica

42:26 ↗ thank you board members thank you

42:29 ↗ guys I have a good night thank you for

42:30 ↗ being here

42:33 ↗ um

42:34 ↗ so this came up a couple of meetings ago

42:38 ↗ when as U.S board continued to develop

42:41 ↗ and look at how we structure meetings

42:43 ↗ and how we work together but also how

42:46 ↗ you provide input as we have more and

42:49 ↗ more requests coming from different

42:51 ↗ departments rightfully so I believe

42:53 ↗ Kelly brought it up at one of the

42:56 ↗ meetings on uh what should we ask for

43:01 ↗ um

43:02 ↗ from staff members when they bring an

43:04 ↗ item

43:05 ↗ for discussion and so on one end I know

43:09 ↗ that you discussed and you wanted to

43:10 ↗ implement the equity

43:12 ↗ um framework that we have on the other

43:15 ↗ end I wanted to take a few minutes with

43:17 ↗ you to brainstorm if there's anything

43:19 ↗ else that you would like City staff to

43:21 ↗ bring forward to you and I wanted to

43:23 ↗ share with your permission an example of

43:26 ↗ a report that we are now using when um

43:32 ↗ um when we put together reports and

43:33 ↗ memos for city council and wanted to use

43:37 ↗ that as a starting point

43:39 ↗ um give me just a moment to pull it up

43:42 ↗ and to see what you think if we wanted

43:45 ↗ if something like that could work if uh

43:48 ↗ you were thinking about something

43:49 ↗ totally different

43:52 ↗ um

43:54 ↗ sorry

43:58 ↗ I realized I have way too many things

44:00 ↗ alone here you can go

44:04 ↗ oh and you can see on the screen of

44:06 ↗ course it doesn't matter what I share

44:10 ↗ me I need to

44:12 ↗ um request some support from itm natural

44:15 ↗ why we are having this is the second

44:17 ↗ meeting in a row we are having technical

44:18 ↗ difficulties I'm gonna read it's not

44:21 ↗ extensive

44:22 ↗ um so every time a via City staff put

44:24 ↗ together a presentation and the report

44:26 ↗ to city council we have a certain

44:28 ↗ criteria that we use and follow and so

44:32 ↗ we always start with what's the

44:33 ↗ direction that's needed so what are

44:35 ↗ what's the goal what are we looking for

44:36 ↗ from input from City Council in this

44:38 ↗ case would be probably the board right

44:40 ↗ uh then the next the second one is what

44:43 ↗ is our recommendation as staff

44:46 ↗ um proposing that and then we Pro we

44:49 ↗ perceive the third item is to provide a

44:51 ↗ background on that item so provide you

44:54 ↗ the history and whatnot and then the

44:57 ↗ fourth item is to provide an analysis of

45:00 ↗ of that item right so whether if it's

45:02 ↗ the capital Improvement plan just go

45:04 ↗ through like a process of what are the

45:07 ↗ pros and cons

45:09 ↗ um and moving forward with the options

45:10 ↗ proposed with the recommendation

45:12 ↗ um and then to look for options like

45:15 ↗ um we can move in One Direction or in

45:18 ↗ another or

45:20 ↗ um most often we asked uh city council

45:23 ↗ to also say you can tell us maybe a

45:25 ↗ third option that we didn't think now

45:27 ↗ you can direct this in a different

45:29 ↗ direction

45:30 ↗ and then we also do

45:33 ↗ an impact on what's the financial policy

45:36 ↗ and Community impact

45:38 ↗ um if an item is being adopted or not

45:41 ↗ um and then we propose timing and next

45:44 ↗ steps

45:45 ↗ um so to me that is a comprehensive

45:48 ↗ report

45:50 ↗ um that also

45:52 ↗ exists already and we could

45:57 ↗ have the same request from City staff or

45:59 ↗ we can add something we can consider

46:01 ↗ adding uh an equity criteria if we

46:04 ↗ wanted in terms of thinking about what's

46:07 ↗ the impact on disadvantaged communities

46:12 ↗ um but I thought I would bring it up to

46:13 ↗ you for discussion

46:15 ↗ you can also ask them to

46:18 ↗ walk through the equity framework or you

46:22 ↗ can choose to do that when they present

46:24 ↗ it

46:25 ↗ so you have a few options would love to

46:27 ↗ hear from you

46:30 ↗ I'm gonna stop sharing because you can't

46:32 ↗ see anything there and I don't believe

46:33 ↗ that anyone online could see those

46:37 ↗ online were able to see what I was

46:38 ↗ sharing yes

46:41 ↗ oh okay

46:44 ↗ so Ray do you have any um comments yeah

46:48 ↗ um I thought that was really helpful to

46:50 ↗ kind of help us get our hands around how

46:52 ↗ we analyze something and and how we

46:54 ↗ respond to it so let's just take the the

46:58 ↗ um the capital Improvement plan as an

47:01 ↗ example because we talked about that for

47:02 ↗ 30 minutes so we would use that

47:05 ↗ framework to get our thoughts together

47:07 ↗ so we would explain the background of of

47:11 ↗ um

47:13 ↗ was about but all those other items that

47:16 ↗ you had underneath that Monica we would

47:18 ↗ populate and work together to make to

47:20 ↗ come up with a recommendation for how we

47:22 ↗ would want to present it to the um

47:25 ↗ whatever audience that we're targeting

47:27 ↗ is that correct so actually that would

47:30 ↗ be a request that you would have in

47:31 ↗ advance from any staff who would want to

47:34 ↗ bring an item to the equity board so

47:37 ↗ let's

47:44 ↗ are there other or I mean other

47:46 ↗ departments coming to you asking for

47:49 ↗ feedback and so this would be a request

47:51 ↗ from you as a board uh for staff when

47:54 ↗ they prepare materials for you to go

47:56 ↗ through those items uh as they prepare

47:59 ↗ your material I see okay I

48:01 ↗ misinterpreted I thought it was us

48:02 ↗ reacting to something but it's us

48:04 ↗ requesting specific information for

48:06 ↗ those who want to bring something

48:07 ↗ forward to us okay

48:09 ↗ okay yes

48:13 ↗ thank you

48:15 ↗ I think my concerns and questions was

48:19 ↗ the same as right I was looking more

48:20 ↗ poor

48:21 ↗ the reaction yeah

48:26 ↗ so my my I I like that I think that's a

48:31 ↗ good start so I'm trying to think about

48:33 ↗ what what other specific Equity related

48:36 ↗ questions would we want them to focus on

48:38 ↗ and so I do think you know that impacts

48:41 ↗ category should be a little bit more

48:44 ↗ like

48:45 ↗ who who is most impacted positively or

48:48 ↗ negatively so wanting to have them

48:52 ↗ unpack the impact for different groups

48:55 ↗ you know uh I think and some of those

48:58 ↗ groups are named in the equity framework

49:01 ↗ and then

49:02 ↗ um

49:03 ↗ to me there's also this element around

49:05 ↗ process equity and like how how did they

49:09 ↗ think through their to make a

49:12 ↗ recommendation and did they involve

49:17 ↗ um different

49:19 ↗ um levels of City staff or different

49:23 ↗ community members in in

49:27 ↗ arriving at the recommendation or the

49:30 ↗ options that they're suggesting

49:32 ↗ so I'm not sure how how one

49:36 ↗ helps explain that you know so I mean I

49:39 ↗ think is the challenge here but I think

49:42 ↗ that's the background prior history of

49:44 ↗ the

49:46 ↗ off the recommendation because I think

49:48 ↗ Community engagement is important and so

49:51 ↗ I think somewhere in there would be nice

49:54 ↗ I think especially as they're presenting

49:55 ↗ to the equity board where we are really

49:58 ↗ concerned about

49:59 ↗ who all gave feedback and you know spoke

50:04 ↗ into this and so I would love to see

50:06 ↗ what was in community engagement and

50:08 ↗ what

50:09 ↗ not just who's going to be impacted and

50:12 ↗ saying them thinking who's going to be

50:15 ↗ impacted by it but also

50:17 ↗ before all of this was done did they

50:20 ↗ reach out to those communities of

50:21 ↗ different communities to see what they

50:24 ↗ thought about it right so and I love

50:27 ↗ what you said Lauren and I think that

50:29 ↗ that perhaps responds to your concern

50:32 ↗ and race because this could be then your

50:34 ↗ answer right if they follow they follow

50:37 ↗ that initial criteria with the script

50:39 ↗ and perhaps so this is an opportunity

50:42 ↗ for you as a board to educate and help

50:45 ↗ Implement an equity lens throughout the

50:48 ↗ the organization so perhaps staff are

50:50 ↗ not yet aware and so maybe in the

50:53 ↗ background they will tell you but maybe

50:54 ↗ they are you're gonna see that it's it's

50:57 ↗ they did not do a community engagement

51:00 ↗ so that could be your response and your

51:03 ↗ questions in educating them like have

51:05 ↗ you considered doing this when you did

51:07 ↗ Community engagement or are you doing

51:09 ↗ right because that's what I feel like

51:11 ↗ when they present to us that's where I

51:13 ↗ always I'm going towards and so it would

51:16 ↗ be nice for them to start but I also

51:18 ↗ recognize that sometimes they don't even

51:20 ↗ know who to go to to ask before they

51:24 ↗ even start enrollment right so I can see

51:26 ↗ that coming at either end yes but he's

51:31 ↗ um yeah thank you Lorna uh lucrecia

51:35 ↗ yes I think that um

51:37 ↗ well our ultimate goal going back to

51:40 ↗ when when this board was created

51:44 ↗ and when we've had discussions around

51:46 ↗ you know what the expectations are the

51:50 ↗ ultimate goal is for the various

51:53 ↗ departments the various committees the

51:56 ↗ various boards that exist

51:58 ↗ to be able to do all of this on their

52:00 ↗ own correct to be able to have

52:05 ↗ representation which is one of my

52:08 ↗ primary concerns representation on these

52:11 ↗ boards and these committees and these

52:13 ↗ commissions to ensure that various

52:16 ↗ voices are at the table and those who

52:18 ↗ are not at the table are taken into

52:20 ↗ consideration and so I just want to

52:22 ↗ remind us and remind

52:25 ↗ you know the council

52:27 ↗ of our charge which is to use this

52:30 ↗ Equity tool to hold ourselves

52:32 ↗ accountable and responsible

52:35 ↗ so that at some point you know in 2050

52:38 ↗ or whenever hopefully sooner

52:40 ↗ you know our board doesn't need to exist

52:43 ↗ because we exist within the different

52:45 ↗ commissions and Boards already thank you

52:52 ↗ with that I have a question for all of

52:54 ↗ you would you like us to ask any staff

52:58 ↗ or other departments to when they

53:01 ↗ prepare materials for you to go through

53:04 ↗ the equity framework prior to

53:07 ↗ um and perhaps in their packet in their

53:10 ↗ material to respond or to speak on how

53:14 ↗ they implemented or how they applied the

53:16 ↗ equity framework

53:19 ↗ and with that my question is if they

53:21 ↗ didn't

53:23 ↗ are they still welcome to come to you I

53:26 ↗ think the answer is both but I think if

53:28 ↗ I was presenting to a group I want to do

53:31 ↗ my homework and so knowing that they're

53:34 ↗ presenting to our group and we are going

53:36 ↗ to ask and I think very often without

53:39 ↗ even looking at this we're naturally

53:43 ↗ asking those kinds of questions so I

53:46 ↗ would before I present to someone I

53:47 ↗ would want to have my homework done and

53:49 ↗ be ready to answer those questions so if

53:52 ↗ they want to do a presentation they

53:54 ↗ should come prepared and if they don't

53:56 ↗ come prepare the answers we will be

53:59 ↗ asking so be ready to answer those

54:01 ↗ questions in either case

54:04 ↗ so I I don't think you could have before

54:08 ↗ someone to be prepared but it was a

54:10 ↗ strong recommendation that be ready that

54:13 ↗ the equity board will ask questions and

54:16 ↗ sometimes we might not go on script with

54:19 ↗ these questions

54:21 ↗ and sometimes their answer might be like

54:23 ↗ oh yeah we did this but it doesn't

54:25 ↗ actually

54:26 ↗ match and so it's as little Christian

54:29 ↗ said it was it's going to be our

54:30 ↗ educating and guiding them so that they

54:33 ↗ are automatically those groups are

54:35 ↗ asking those questions on their own

54:38 ↗ so Lorna you are looking that way but

54:40 ↗ you got a lot of thumbs up the Wi-Fi

54:42 ↗ says you were talking

54:44 ↗ yeah I I think there's some some merging

54:47 ↗ what I'm hearing is kind of as they

54:50 ↗ write the memo to be bringing in the

54:52 ↗ reflections from the equity framework

54:54 ↗ questions maybe into those sections like

54:58 ↗ it should be integrated into how they

55:01 ↗ respond to those prompts

55:04 ↗ okay

55:06 ↗ any other uh comments or thoughts I

55:09 ↗ don't know if we're being covering that

55:11 ↗ too quickly or not but no I think this

55:14 ↗ is very helpful I see Christy yeah

55:15 ↗ Christina

55:17 ↗ foreign

55:22 ↗ [Music]

55:39 ↗ I think that perhaps we should have like

55:43 ↗ a checklist of the things that they have

55:46 ↗ done and followed and the things they've

55:49 ↗ done to follow through uh to implement

55:52 ↗ things that have to do with the frame of

55:54 ↗ equity I think that would be very

55:57 ↗ helpful for us too

56:09 ↗ let's see honey any any other comments

56:12 ↗ in the room or

56:14 ↗ remote

56:20 ↗ okay thank you board members I think I'm

56:23 ↗ just gonna

56:24 ↗ um use that

56:26 ↗ um example of report that we are already

56:28 ↗ using incorporate the equity framework

56:30 ↗ and then perhaps a final

56:34 ↗ um document so then we can share with

56:36 ↗ staff coming to you

56:38 ↗ um does that sound good for everyone

56:39 ↗ that sounds good

56:42 ↗ awesome thank you and Christina do you

56:44 ↗ still do you have another uh comment I

56:47 ↗ thought your hand from before

56:51 ↗ okay

56:53 ↗ okay and with that

56:55 ↗ um I think we're ready to move on to the

56:58 ↗ next agenda item which is work plan

57:00 ↗ updates

57:01 ↗ will be presented by Monica

57:05 ↗ thank you again it's a it's a different

57:07 ↗ type of meaning I think we had so many

57:09 ↗ meetings back to back when we had guests

57:11 ↗ from outside so this is the first

57:12 ↗ meeting in a while when we don't have

57:13 ↗ guests from outside so

57:16 ↗ um so I wanted to follow up with you

57:19 ↗ um as promised I I am putting the active

57:21 ↗ document on uh

57:23 ↗ um online uh with our work plan items

57:26 ↗ but in particular I wanted to touch base

57:28 ↗ a little bit with you

57:30 ↗ um about the equity board proposed work

57:34 ↗ plan items the four large work plan

57:36 ↗ items that we have scheduled for this

57:39 ↗ year uh you should have received from me

57:41 ↗ an email earlier this week about

57:43 ↗ inviting you to

57:46 ↗ um

57:48 ↗ inviting you to sign up to serve on a

57:52 ↗ subcommittee for one of those

57:58 ↗ items

58:02 ↗ I just got kicked out of

58:05 ↗ a SharePoint here I was I had the

58:08 ↗ SharePoint document pulled up and it

58:10 ↗ just kicked me out so and now it does

58:12 ↗ not recognize my password apparently

58:15 ↗ um

58:15 ↗ I know that I checked the list earlier

58:18 ↗ today and I had

58:19 ↗ um pretty and Elisa signed up for an

58:23 ↗ item I just wanted to remind you all if

58:25 ↗ you have time and capacity please let me

58:28 ↗ know I think the next step once we have

58:30 ↗ board members signed up

58:33 ↗ um to serve on a committee then we will

58:34 ↗ start scheduling meetings internally for

58:37 ↗ with the economic development staff with

58:40 ↗ the police department

58:42 ↗ um also for for those who don't

58:45 ↗ necessarily need input from other

58:46 ↗ departments we will just schedule a

58:48 ↗ separate meeting to start doing research

58:50 ↗ on the bias for example and so forth so

58:55 ↗ I'm excited to start working on that and

58:57 ↗ then if if you feel that it's absolutely

59:00 ↗ you don't need to serve on a

59:01 ↗ subcommittee if you don't have capacity

59:02 ↗ just let me know so then we don't wait

59:06 ↗ um thinking that assuming wrongfully

59:08 ↗ that oh maybe you didn't have time to

59:10 ↗ sign up so either way would love to have

59:13 ↗ your participation but completely

59:15 ↗ understand already attending meetings

59:17 ↗ it's a pretty big commitment

59:21 ↗ so I think that's what I had for that I

59:23 ↗ don't know if anyone has any questions

59:25 ↗ about the work plan items

59:28 ↗ or any other comments feedback

59:34 ↗ so I'm hearing a reminder to go to

59:36 ↗ Monica's email and go to the link to

59:39 ↗ sign up if you have capacity to pick up

59:41 ↗ one of these uh work plan projects

59:48 ↗ and okay

59:51 ↗ and I'm not seeing anyone with work plan

59:54 ↗ related questions

59:58 ↗ okay no me neither so I just don't want

1:00:02 ↗ it

1:00:03 ↗ um well I wanted to talk about next

1:00:05 ↗ meetings really quick and it's still

1:00:08 ↗ related to work plan items if I may

1:00:11 ↗ um so just a reminder we do have

1:00:13 ↗ scheduled a joint meeting with the Human

1:00:16 ↗ Services Commission for March 15. does

1:00:19 ↗ that confirmed

1:00:21 ↗ um it is confirmed as a meeting I have

1:00:24 ↗ not heard I'm waiting to hear from all

1:00:26 ↗ of you uh on who can make it in person

1:00:29 ↗ and who can make it virtually

1:00:32 ↗ um last time when we checked we did have

1:00:34 ↗ quorum to have that happen but I I have

1:00:38 ↗ not heard back from everyone after my

1:00:41 ↗ last Outreach to all of you so if we

1:00:44 ↗ don't have Quorum then then we won't

1:00:47 ↗ have it

1:00:48 ↗ um but right now we have it scheduled

1:00:50 ↗ for March 15.

1:00:52 ↗ um and so that's also another reminder

1:00:54 ↗ if you didn't have a chance to get back

1:00:56 ↗ with me on that please do so otherwise I

1:00:59 ↗ will start probably calling you and

1:01:00 ↗ texting you individual in the next

1:01:02 ↗ couple of days

1:01:02 ↗ [Music]

1:01:04 ↗ um

1:01:04 ↗ so the the goal of that meeting really

1:01:07 ↗ would be to really cover it's going to

1:01:09 ↗ be in all human services focused meaning

1:01:12 ↗ cover everything and providing updates

1:01:15 ↗ and what the human services staff are

1:01:17 ↗ doing and Human Services Commission so

1:01:19 ↗ it's focused on Human Services

1:01:22 ↗ um then the next meeting the next

1:01:23 ↗ regular meeting for you it can be April

1:01:26 ↗ 5th that's the first Wednesday in April

1:01:28 ↗ and um that will be focused on

1:01:32 ↗ um if you recall you had

1:01:35 ↗ um invited we wanted to hear from our

1:01:37 ↗ human resources department to see how

1:01:39 ↗ the equity framework implementation is

1:01:41 ↗ going on internally so updates from the

1:01:43 ↗ internal Equity work so we had confirmed

1:01:47 ↗ um

1:01:48 ↗ the HR department there we also I think

1:01:52 ↗ we are going to start on the

1:01:54 ↗ um we should have hear back as we talked

1:01:56 ↗ earlier today from the capital

1:01:58 ↗ improvement process

1:02:01 ↗ um but also the comprehensive plan for

1:02:05 ↗ the city that it's up

1:02:07 ↗ for Renewal this year

1:02:09 ↗ um you should

1:02:11 ↗ probably hear from them as well in terms

1:02:14 ↗ of next steps for the comprehensive plan

1:02:18 ↗ so pretty big items all from

1:02:21 ↗ other departments coming up in April

1:02:30 ↗ so the lady should confirm our

1:02:34 ↗ participation attendance yes

1:02:38 ↗ yes can that would be great thank you

1:02:42 ↗ any other questions or comments for me

1:02:53 ↗ do you think there's going to be a

1:02:54 ↗ meeting in mid-april I don't foresee I

1:02:58 ↗ don't think so we should hopefully get

1:03:00 ↗ back to just monthly meetings

1:03:03 ↗ um I have not had any requests for

1:03:08 ↗ now I think if if we do not have Quorum

1:03:11 ↗ for the meeting on March 15 then

1:03:12 ↗ probably we can look at rescheduling

1:03:15 ↗ that meeting if you're still interested

1:03:17 ↗ in having a joy meeting with the Human

1:03:18 ↗ Services Commission so then we can look

1:03:20 ↗ at other dates at that time

1:03:24 ↗ I think I've already said no that I

1:03:26 ↗ couldn't attend March 15 because I

1:03:27 ↗ haven't invent that day so I'm just

1:03:32 ↗ sure if you can let me know now yeah I

1:03:35 ↗ can

1:03:36 ↗ I can't find one

1:03:37 ↗ okay

1:03:39 ↗ so for folks

1:03:41 ↗ um on the remote

1:03:45 ↗ um

1:03:46 ↗ I've heard it go to meeting yeah when um

1:03:49 ↗ or can you uh let us know if you're able

1:03:53 ↗ to attend the March 15 joint meeting

1:03:56 ↗ with the Human Services Commission right

1:03:57 ↗ now

1:04:00 ↗ so when Christina can

1:04:03 ↗ yes I can Ray can okay

1:04:07 ↗ at least you can okay

1:04:12 ↗ how about you Christina I need to check

1:04:15 ↗ and confirm thank you

1:04:18 ↗ okay and you put it and I can again yes

1:04:21 ↗ do you want to do it or attendance check

1:04:23 ↗ for April 5th as well sure okay can we

1:04:27 ↗ go around and do April 5th are folks

1:04:29 ↗ available April 5th

1:04:32 ↗ okay lucrecia is Kelly Lorna

1:04:39 ↗ Elisa

1:04:43 ↗ Gray

1:04:45 ↗ and Christina do you need to check on

1:04:47 ↗ that one as well

1:04:56 ↗ I will get some chicken okay thanks

1:05:01 ↗ and then pretty you're not able on a

1:05:03 ↗ April 5th but yes for March 15th

1:05:06 ↗ okay so we do have Quorum for April 5th

1:05:09 ↗ right now I um might don't have Quorum

1:05:12 ↗ for uh March 15 because I only have four

1:05:15 ↗ yeses but we also don't have everyone

1:05:17 ↗ present

1:05:18 ↗ um so I will Circle back with folks and

1:05:22 ↗ then I'll

1:05:23 ↗ um send out an email either way

1:05:27 ↗ yeah

1:05:28 ↗ okay

1:05:29 ↗ um one thing I'm

1:05:32 ↗ remembering if we were to go back to

1:05:35 ↗ that the criteria for item seating board

1:05:37 ↗ input

1:05:39 ↗ um when when you were first talking I

1:05:40 ↗ was actually thinking about it a

1:05:42 ↗ different way and I think it was

1:05:43 ↗ something that Kelly had mentioned

1:05:44 ↗ before and

1:05:47 ↗ um it reminded me when we were talking

1:05:48 ↗ about uh the board meeting like the

1:05:52 ↗ criteria for having hybrid meetings and

1:05:54 ↗ setting up those rules

1:05:56 ↗ um it seemed like there was an

1:05:57 ↗ opportunity for the equity board to

1:06:01 ↗ weigh in on policies like broadly or the

1:06:04 ↗ city and those things like we could make

1:06:06 ↗ recommendations about what is a more

1:06:08 ↗ Equitable policy for board and

1:06:10 ↗ commission meetings and then

1:06:13 ↗ and then pass it on to the other

1:06:15 ↗ boarding commissions to for them to

1:06:18 ↗ customize kind of based on their

1:06:20 ↗ interests so I was I was originally

1:06:22 ↗ thinking it was going to be about that

1:06:24 ↗ topic and I don't know if that's

1:06:26 ↗ something we want to talk about maybe

1:06:27 ↗ bring back at a later date

1:06:30 ↗ um and help me understand for the policy

1:06:32 ↗ on the virtual attendance or just policy

1:06:34 ↗ in general or yeah not like the virtual

1:06:36 ↗ attendance with that well that was the

1:06:38 ↗ example I was thinking of like you know

1:06:40 ↗ if we have an opportunity to rethink the

1:06:42 ↗ way the city is doing something based on

1:06:45 ↗ something that could be more inclusive

1:06:47 ↗ we those it seems like those would be

1:06:50 ↗ good opportunities for us to participate

1:06:53 ↗ on and

1:06:55 ↗ um

1:06:56 ↗ yeah

1:06:58 ↗ and so I know that one of the feedbacks

1:07:01 ↗ that he provided at that time was that

1:07:04 ↗ perhaps the policy could come to you

1:07:06 ↗ before being sent to all the other

1:07:08 ↗ boards and commissions right so is that

1:07:10 ↗ what you were thinking about

1:07:12 ↗ creating

1:07:14 ↗ a a checklist or a criteria or providing

1:07:19 ↗ just that feedback or I'm trying to

1:07:21 ↗ understand what are we so that those

1:07:25 ↗ would be some of the types of items that

1:07:28 ↗ I could see coming to the equity board

1:07:32 ↗ you know so so I know right now it feels

1:07:35 ↗ more like oh there was a community

1:07:37 ↗ Korean engagement toolkit that came out

1:07:39 ↗ so they weren't you know which is great

1:07:41 ↗ like yeah we want the equity to board to

1:07:43 ↗ you know provide input but I think

1:07:45 ↗ there's some you know broader policy

1:07:47 ↗ discussions that might be um that could

1:07:50 ↗ benefit from having some deeper Equity

1:07:53 ↗ conversations ahead of A Big World about

1:07:56 ↗ oh before creating the draft and coming

1:07:58 ↗ to you right yes

1:08:01 ↗ yes absolutely and how would you like to

1:08:03 ↗ go about that or what would you like to

1:08:05 ↗ do as a board

1:08:08 ↗ I think my question would be how do we

1:08:10 ↗ identify which ones come to us because

1:08:12 ↗ when you say that it makes me a bit

1:08:14 ↗ nervous because I'm like whoa we could

1:08:16 ↗ be here all day for a couple days if

1:08:19 ↗ we're looking at different policies

1:08:21 ↗ coming up so how do we narrow and

1:08:24 ↗ identify which ones we'd like to review

1:08:27 ↗ so is it just like a list of ones and

1:08:30 ↗ we're gonna scan them and say hey Monica

1:08:32 ↗ can we look at this next time and so

1:08:35 ↗ you're going to send it to us in a draft

1:08:37 ↗ form and

1:08:38 ↗ we mentioned like say let's talk more

1:08:41 ↗ about this

1:08:42 ↗ and and this actually makes me think of

1:08:45 ↗ creating the work plan so for the first

1:08:47 ↗ time this year what we try to do was or

1:08:51 ↗ what I want to say what I try to do as

1:08:53 ↗ staff as the city created the city-wide

1:08:56 ↗ budget and work plan

1:08:58 ↗ um then I tried to check in with

1:08:59 ↗ different departments and say that this

1:09:02 ↗ was back in October November right and

1:09:04 ↗ say hey I'm starting to work on the

1:09:06 ↗ equity boards work plan for 2023 what

1:09:09 ↗ are some of the items that you are you

1:09:11 ↗ have on your work plan for next year and

1:09:13 ↗ where is their interest in in coming so

1:09:16 ↗ that was kind of like a first attempt of

1:09:18 ↗ saying hey collaboratively lowers the

1:09:20 ↗ interest so that's how we head right

1:09:22 ↗ from the Ada in transportation and

1:09:25 ↗ environmental and the comprehensive plan

1:09:27 ↗ so those were things that got added to

1:09:29 ↗ our list and then we as a board came up

1:09:32 ↗ with our own I think this is a good time

1:09:34 ↗ for us to start thinking about it then

1:09:36 ↗ for next year as the upcoming months I

1:09:39 ↗ can't believe we're already talking

1:09:40 ↗ about April so it's uh uh June July

1:09:44 ↗ August are I think really good times for

1:09:46 ↗ us to think start thinking for next year

1:09:49 ↗ on how do we want to do we want to just

1:09:52 ↗ review the work plan for 2024 Citywide

1:09:55 ↗ and U.S board start selecting what you

1:09:58 ↗ would like to do and prioritize

1:10:00 ↗ again this time it was just a

1:10:03 ↗ transitional let's start somewhere

1:10:07 ↗ um

1:10:07 ↗ I think having like a list and then we

1:10:10 ↗ can identify saying hey what's going on

1:10:12 ↗ with this my

1:10:15 ↗ might help us because I don't think some

1:10:18 ↗ people might always think that

1:10:20 ↗ we should like right and then it's like

1:10:23 ↗ hey no this is something really that

1:10:26 ↗ should have been addressed and analyzed

1:10:29 ↗ with the lens of equity

1:10:39 ↗ [Music]

1:10:40 ↗ uh in terms of equity or how are things

1:10:43 ↗ done how yes how are the work I guess

1:10:46 ↗ maybe it's not for today but I think

1:10:48 ↗ that what I would like to know is how

1:10:51 ↗ does a policy become a pause yeah the

1:10:54 ↗ question is organization that's what I

1:10:56 ↗ do

1:10:57 ↗ and then we can talk about where did we

1:11:00 ↗ fit

1:11:02 ↗ right what's the review process yes

1:11:05 ↗ it could we automatically be slated in

1:11:08 ↗ it yes that's a great question so I can

1:11:11 ↗ go back to the administration and ask

1:11:13 ↗ and see who might be a great

1:11:15 ↗ um

1:11:17 ↗ staff person to come and present and

1:11:19 ↗ educate us on that and then once you

1:11:21 ↗ understand what the current process is

1:11:23 ↗ then you can help inform where you can

1:11:26 ↗ I'm also they could they could make a

1:11:28 ↗ recommendation you know it would be good

1:11:30 ↗ if they put that into it

1:11:33 ↗ that's great

1:11:37 ↗ yeah I'm just thinking like this is some

1:11:39 ↗ of that

1:11:40 ↗ the hidden system or like the way things

1:11:43 ↗ are that no one ever thinks about or

1:11:45 ↗ revisits and so how do we

1:11:49 ↗ make those things bubbles so they're

1:11:51 ↗ visible and can be examined some yeah

1:11:54 ↗ that would be yeah

1:11:56 ↗ cool it's a great question I'm gonna do

1:11:58 ↗ my homework I know that from my

1:12:00 ↗ perspective I think like it's I think

1:12:01 ↗ it's in each department okay we need a

1:12:05 ↗ policy on this or we go to city council

1:12:07 ↗ for a policy but you're right I'm not

1:12:08 ↗ sure exactly like

1:12:10 ↗ what's the is there a streamline process

1:12:13 ↗ for everything for every single policy

1:12:15 ↗ and is it consistent is it the same

1:12:19 ↗ yeah we know that city council announced

1:12:21 ↗ policy they are the policy makers and

1:12:24 ↗ media City Administration we go and

1:12:25 ↗ propose draft policies but how and where

1:12:30 ↗ it starts

1:12:31 ↗ and if it's the same for every

1:12:33 ↗ department and every section and sector

1:12:35 ↗ that we touch I'm not sure

1:12:39 ↗ it's a great question

1:12:42 ↗ um any comments or questions from both

1:12:44 ↗ cine go to meeting

1:12:52 ↗ I see Christina shaking her hand okay no

1:12:55 ↗ okay

1:12:57 ↗ um I think are we ready to move on to

1:12:59 ↗ the next agenda topic which is the staff

1:13:01 ↗ report yes

1:13:05 ↗ thank you so first half report I just

1:13:08 ↗ had

1:13:09 ↗ um we already actually talked I wanted

1:13:11 ↗ to talk to you about the joint meeting

1:13:12 ↗ in March

1:13:14 ↗ um and

1:13:17 ↗ um just a quick reminder and you have

1:13:21 ↗ heard from me already this time but just

1:13:23 ↗ one quick reminder about the board terms

1:13:27 ↗ expiring at the end of April so all the

1:13:32 ↗ um the terms expiring they expire at the

1:13:35 ↗ end of April new terms begin in May so

1:13:39 ↗ if you're one of the members that your

1:13:41 ↗ your term expires and if you didn't have

1:13:43 ↗ a chance get to resubmit your

1:13:45 ↗ application and you're interested in in

1:13:47 ↗ continuing on the board please do so

1:13:50 ↗ um also if you are a board member who

1:13:52 ↗ may not find themselves able to continue

1:13:55 ↗ next year please do let me know

1:13:58 ↗ um and so that's the second reminder

1:14:01 ↗ that I had in the third and last is just

1:14:03 ↗ a brief update uh as human services

1:14:06 ↗ staff we recently went to uh the city

1:14:09 ↗ council committee uh for services safety

1:14:12 ↗ and parks to request additional uh

1:14:14 ↗ rental assistance funds a one-time

1:14:17 ↗ allocation for those who are still

1:14:21 ↗ um uh have

1:14:24 ↗ impacts from the post pandemic

1:14:28 ↗ we learned from the community that we

1:14:31 ↗ still have quite a few

1:14:32 ↗ residents who are behind in rent

1:14:35 ↗ especially those who have been on

1:14:37 ↗ payment plans not only they had the

1:14:40 ↗ regular rents that they needed to pay

1:14:41 ↗ but they had the extra and some they

1:14:44 ↗ still struggle with that and then some

1:14:46 ↗ of our non-profits

1:14:48 ↗ um have not some all of them actually

1:14:51 ↗ have seen a decrease significant

1:14:53 ↗ decrease in donations that they receive

1:14:55 ↗ from private entities typically so with

1:15:00 ↗ all of that needs we we want

1:15:02 ↗ um with a proposal to request additional

1:15:04 ↗ funds for those impacted especially low

1:15:08 ↗ income residents and we will go back to

1:15:12 ↗ the larger city council

1:15:14 ↗ for approval on March 20th Monica how

1:15:19 ↗ has the low do you collect data on uh

1:15:23 ↗ what what how how many low-income

1:15:26 ↗ families and how is that number changed

1:15:29 ↗ over the past four years uh on how a

1:15:32 ↗ number of low-income families change we

1:15:35 ↗ don't have necessarily that a granule

1:15:37 ↗ level data yet usually we just use

1:15:40 ↗ census level data for the number where

1:15:43 ↗ we have some numbers is we um are in

1:15:47 ↗ contact

1:15:48 ↗ UM on an ongoing basis with landlords

1:15:50 ↗ and the different multi-family sold a

1:15:54 ↗ rental complexes and they give us data

1:15:57 ↗ on how many total units they have and

1:16:00 ↗ from the total units how many of those

1:16:01 ↗ are still behind in rent and how many

1:16:04 ↗ are low income so for example we learned

1:16:08 ↗ that

1:16:09 ↗ um the largest one of the largest

1:16:10 ↗ low-income multi-family unit up in the

1:16:13 ↗ highlands the YWCA Family Village 42 of

1:16:18 ↗ their units are still behind in rent so

1:16:20 ↗ that's how we learn 100 42 percent of

1:16:24 ↗ the units are still behind in rent and

1:16:26 ↗ the average

1:16:27 ↗ a number of friends that they are behind

1:16:29 ↗ it's about five

1:16:31 ↗ so that's how we learned but we don't

1:16:34 ↗ like at the population level from the 40

1:16:38 ↗ 000 so how do we get that kind of data

1:16:40 ↗ because you're saying that donations are

1:16:43 ↗ low but this funding needed but how do

1:16:46 ↗ we find out

1:16:47 ↗ is the need has a need

1:16:51 ↗ low income need increased yes yes post

1:16:54 ↗ pandemic how do we get that data to show

1:16:56 ↗ that

1:16:58 ↗ I just want to know another great

1:17:00 ↗ question yes thank you for that another

1:17:01 ↗ great question so we we know that from

1:17:04 ↗ our nonprofit Partners who who provide

1:17:07 ↗ emergency financial assistance so they

1:17:09 ↗ provide this data we contract with them

1:17:11 ↗ we give them grants and they

1:17:14 ↗ provide reports for us on how many

1:17:17 ↗ number how many people they serve each

1:17:19 ↗ quarter and each month and how much room

1:17:23 ↗ how many more people are requesting help

1:17:26 ↗ from them

1:17:27 ↗ compare

1:17:30 ↗ like from 2018-19 versus

1:17:34 ↗ I mean we really can still come compared

1:17:37 ↗ to last year we're just

1:17:39 ↗ yes

1:17:40 ↗ another great one so then we did so

1:17:43 ↗ they've seen an increase during the

1:17:45 ↗ pandemic and then the pandemic years and

1:17:47 ↗ then now out they don't see at the

1:17:49 ↗ decrease actually it continues to

1:17:51 ↗ increase

1:17:53 ↗ so so before the pandemic it was already

1:17:55 ↗ on the rise it didn't grow substantially

1:17:58 ↗ most likely so let's say if we have the

1:18:00 ↗ pre-pandemic years as the Baseline there

1:18:02 ↗ was always a need right but perhaps

1:18:04 ↗ there was a baseline then it increased

1:18:06 ↗ during the pandemic and now at post

1:18:08 ↗ pandemic it's not decreasing it

1:18:11 ↗ continues to increase

1:18:13 ↗ so for example the most recent data and

1:18:15 ↗ I think actually I have it here from my

1:18:17 ↗ Council presentation but Saint Vincent

1:18:20 ↗ Nepal one of the two non-profits here

1:18:22 ↗ locally uh just in the first in the in

1:18:25 ↗ the last of two weeks in February

1:18:29 ↗ um the the need that they saw it was

1:18:33 ↗ equivalent to the past six months that

1:18:35 ↗ they have

1:18:36 ↗ so um

1:18:38 ↗ just growing needs which I think also we

1:18:42 ↗ we presented some more information to

1:18:43 ↗ city council but it seems like it's a

1:18:45 ↗ combination of inflation that is just

1:18:48 ↗ now starting to again as people

1:18:51 ↗ initially had less buying power then

1:18:54 ↗ inflation caused rents to increase and

1:18:56 ↗ so the now people are just staying more

1:18:59 ↗ and more behind because they had already

1:19:01 ↗ the payment plans that inflation then

1:19:04 ↗ raises so they just can't keep up

1:19:10 ↗ um Ray I know you had your hand up a

1:19:13 ↗ moment ago did you still have a question

1:19:15 ↗ or comment

1:19:16 ↗ I want to minimize that conversation

1:19:18 ↗ conversation so

1:19:19 ↗ um if the other question is more

1:19:22 ↗ appropriate I had a question about our

1:19:24 ↗ terms and membership so

1:19:27 ↗ if it's okay to ask that I can but I

1:19:29 ↗ wanted

1:19:30 ↗ to have a question to come up first you

1:19:33 ↗ know okay

1:19:35 ↗ um well let's put a pause for I have

1:19:38 ↗ your question for a second to see if

1:19:39 ↗ Elisa had a wanted to continue on where

1:19:42 ↗ we're going sure just a quick question

1:19:44 ↗ about the statistics so Monica you said

1:19:48 ↗ 42 of the YMCA and Highlands are behind

1:19:51 ↗ in rent and I think what you said is

1:19:53 ↗ that the average delinquency is five

1:19:55 ↗ months is that correct

1:19:58 ↗ yes that's what we are told and so we

1:20:01 ↗ know that number as of today do we and

1:20:03 ↗ it kind of goes back kind of um

1:20:05 ↗ dovetails with the questions that were

1:20:06 ↗ being asked in the room is do we have

1:20:09 ↗ those numbers from the same Source over

1:20:11 ↗ time

1:20:13 ↗ okay because what I heard you talking

1:20:16 ↗ about were the non-profits and how

1:20:18 ↗ they're having more people come to them

1:20:20 ↗ but it wasn't really clear if we're

1:20:22 ↗ tracking those percentages from the

1:20:25 ↗ landlords over time

1:20:27 ↗ yes so we do have thank you Alyssa for

1:20:30 ↗ that question so we do have the

1:20:31 ↗ information from the non-profits who

1:20:33 ↗ provide

1:20:34 ↗ um rental assistance and emergency

1:20:36 ↗ financial assistance for the past

1:20:38 ↗ several years

1:20:39 ↗ um and then from the landlords directly

1:20:43 ↗ we started

1:20:45 ↗ um reaching out to them every six months

1:20:47 ↗ or so during the pandemic so it's it's

1:20:50 ↗ not as long as going back to 2018 but we

1:20:54 ↗ have that from landlords for the just

1:20:56 ↗ the past couple of years

1:21:00 ↗ thank you for that question

1:21:04 ↗ how do you share this data with

1:21:07 ↗ with non-profits for the school district

1:21:11 ↗ is that something that we share

1:21:13 ↗ we don't share it with

1:21:15 ↗ um the school district we have it

1:21:19 ↗ so we have the data available from the

1:21:21 ↗ nonprofits

1:21:23 ↗ but we don't share it with the school

1:21:24 ↗ district

1:21:26 ↗ we certainly can if it's helpful

1:21:29 ↗ okay

1:21:33 ↗ this is where we miss we need a local

1:21:36 ↗ paper right this is a story that's not

1:21:39 ↗ being told but that's what I'm thinking

1:21:42 ↗ because it feels like I wish I had known

1:21:44 ↗ I think I'm struggling in

1:21:47 ↗ and this is cross work now

1:21:50 ↗ and so

1:21:52 ↗ it's something that we need to talk

1:21:54 ↗ about as a community

1:21:55 ↗ and that would help have a better

1:21:58 ↗ understanding of what our need is and we

1:22:01 ↗ talked about Equity we're Equity board

1:22:03 ↗ but this information is lacking in the

1:22:05 ↗ general Community as to what's going on

1:22:07 ↗ because

1:22:09 ↗ there's this general idea that Issaquah

1:22:11 ↗ is very affluent community and we need

1:22:14 ↗ to retell the story that is changing and

1:22:18 ↗ we can't hide from that there's I think

1:22:21 ↗ some shame

1:22:22 ↗ associated with that that it's changing

1:22:25 ↗ but it shouldn't be because that really

1:22:27 ↗ is part of growth because if numbers are

1:22:30 ↗ going down in like

1:22:33 ↗ an enrollment part of it is because cost

1:22:36 ↗ of living is so much higher than people

1:22:38 ↗ can afford to move in but in between

1:22:40 ↗ there there's a fact that people can

1:22:42 ↗ afford their rents and in some areas

1:22:45 ↗ like is there a connection between all

1:22:47 ↗ of that and so there's definitely a

1:22:49 ↗ story and I didn't think about the lack

1:22:51 ↗ of newspaper but yeah then who tells the

1:22:53 ↗ story so that

1:22:55 ↗ I think that's one of the things we've

1:22:57 ↗ also talked about as a job in equity is

1:23:00 ↗ having these conversations

1:23:03 ↗ to help people understand what's going

1:23:06 ↗ on so that when decisions are made

1:23:08 ↗ there's an understanding and not a bias

1:23:11 ↗ and perspective perspective

1:23:14 ↗ thank you and I think even that's how I

1:23:16 ↗ think and I wish you were there like the

1:23:18 ↗ the meaning The Joint meaning with the

1:23:20 ↗ Human Services Commission I think we

1:23:21 ↗ would focus all on like just informing

1:23:24 ↗ you and all the other things and

1:23:26 ↗ everything else that we are doing in

1:23:27 ↗ human services and sometimes as a staff

1:23:30 ↗ who is uh liaison to both boards the

1:23:34 ↗ Human Services Commission and the equity

1:23:36 ↗ board I feel like sometimes there's on

1:23:38 ↗ your end there's missing information

1:23:40 ↗ that you have that it's to me sometimes

1:23:42 ↗ it would be so valuable to

1:23:45 ↗ to to be more connected

1:23:48 ↗ um because in human services that's all

1:23:50 ↗ we do we do work with with folks who are

1:23:54 ↗ um

1:23:55 ↗ uh you know low income

1:23:58 ↗ unhoused and yes sometimes it's

1:24:01 ↗ surprising and it's hard like we have

1:24:03 ↗ data saying okay 7.8 percent of the

1:24:06 ↗ population is is a politics in poverty

1:24:08 ↗ and I say that it's a pretty high number

1:24:12 ↗ to me and then when you bring it down to

1:24:14 ↗ actually numbers of people those are

1:24:18 ↗ quite a few thousands of people who who

1:24:21 ↗ live in poverty in our community

1:24:24 ↗ um so anyway I'm gonna talk about

1:24:26 ↗ another question at least I have their

1:24:28 ↗ hands up yeah I think Elisa had her hand

1:24:31 ↗ up first very very quickly I just wanted

1:24:33 ↗ to say in addition to the report was

1:24:35 ↗ brought up about how do we communicate

1:24:37 ↗ that to the community that and how and

1:24:41 ↗ also communicate how does the community

1:24:44 ↗ help

1:24:45 ↗ so I hear those numbers but then I don't

1:24:48 ↗ personally know where to go what to do

1:24:51 ↗ in order to to help with that problem so

1:24:55 ↗ I think it's communicating in both the

1:24:57 ↗ problem and also suggestions for ways

1:25:00 ↗ that we can help

1:25:03 ↗ so that comment and lucrecia

1:25:09 ↗ um I would like to know if Monica if

1:25:12 ↗ there is a way where

1:25:15 ↗ um when issues do come up that you feel

1:25:17 ↗ are

1:25:19 ↗ um need more of a across uh

1:25:23 ↗ uh committees commission board

1:25:28 ↗ um

1:25:30 ↗ participation

1:25:31 ↗ if there's a form some some way that we

1:25:34 ↗ can formalize so that when you identify

1:25:37 ↗ that or anyone else identifies that that

1:25:40 ↗ there that communication starts to

1:25:42 ↗ happen between

1:25:44 ↗ the the board and the commissions right

1:25:47 ↗ because we we I mean obviously we can't

1:25:51 ↗ attend every commission or other board

1:25:54 ↗ meetings but it would be nice

1:25:57 ↗ um like you were identifying when you

1:26:00 ↗ see something or hear something is it

1:26:03 ↗ possible for you to let us know

1:26:06 ↗ well thank you look crazy and I think

1:26:09 ↗ that's why I like proposing the joint

1:26:11 ↗ meeting was for me like a first step and

1:26:14 ↗ almost like laying the foundation and

1:26:17 ↗ really just even just trying to hear

1:26:19 ↗ from both boards to see if there's

1:26:21 ↗ interest in continuing that

1:26:23 ↗ collaboration and partnership and we'll

1:26:25 ↗ see how that grows organically and we

1:26:29 ↗ can certainly I think there will be like

1:26:31 ↗ times that we can predict there are

1:26:33 ↗ sometimes things that come up very fast

1:26:36 ↗ and it's harder to predict them plan but

1:26:40 ↗ perhaps we could just have

1:26:42 ↗ some regular joint meetings maybe once a

1:26:46 ↗ quarter

1:26:47 ↗ to begin with OR

1:26:49 ↗ something like that but I I would I

1:26:51 ↗ would love that and I do see that

1:26:52 ↗ valuable I did find myself quite a few

1:26:55 ↗ times when I went to victim and Services

1:26:57 ↗ Commission with one thing and I thought

1:26:59 ↗ oh it would be great for the equity

1:27:01 ↗ board or you know the other way around

1:27:03 ↗ but especially yes since we have a Human

1:27:06 ↗ Services Commission we try to keep Human

1:27:08 ↗ Services specific items for them but I

1:27:12 ↗ think it would be valuable

1:27:13 ↗ to have

1:27:15 ↗ you there as well

1:27:19 ↗ so great great input and suggestions

1:27:23 ↗ yeah I'm still I'm reflecting on your

1:27:26 ↗ comment around you know does the school

1:27:27 ↗ district know this data because

1:27:30 ↗ when we know there's like Financial

1:27:32 ↗ insecurity and stressors like with money

1:27:36 ↗ that contributes to like abuse and other

1:27:41 ↗ behaviors in the household which impacts

1:27:43 ↗ students uh partners and things like

1:27:46 ↗ that and so it just has all these

1:27:48 ↗ spillover consequences and

1:27:51 ↗ by having

1:27:53 ↗ siled boards and commissions we don't

1:27:56 ↗ necessarily think across those things

1:27:58 ↗ very well or we're not designed to

1:28:00 ↗ address those things more across those

1:28:03 ↗ lines

1:28:04 ↗ and thank you for that and both of you

1:28:08 ↗ at a granular level I can tell you again

1:28:10 ↗ in human services as we have now a

1:28:12 ↗ behavioral health and homeless Outreach

1:28:14 ↗ and Community Court program we do see

1:28:17 ↗ often individual at a very confidential

1:28:21 ↗ or very granular level we see families

1:28:24 ↗ for in the school district that either

1:28:25 ↗ they they just like you said now they

1:28:29 ↗ are involved with the with the law

1:28:30 ↗ because there was a domestic violence

1:28:32 ↗ situation that was just increased

1:28:35 ↗ because of often just lack of money and

1:28:38 ↗ we see that full circle coming up we

1:28:42 ↗ work directly with

1:28:43 ↗ um with unhoused families uh in the

1:28:46 ↗ Strip District

1:28:49 ↗ um

1:28:49 ↗ yes

1:28:51 ↗ we it's is there any collaboration is

1:28:55 ↗ there any monthly or quarterly meeting

1:28:59 ↗ with agencies like we're talking about

1:29:02 ↗ in the city of Israel so the school

1:29:05 ↗ district does meet with human services

1:29:07 ↗ every three months but not on the level

1:29:09 ↗ of sharing names

1:29:11 ↗ yeah

1:29:13 ↗ and so I don't know

1:29:16 ↗ I know recently there is we did not have

1:29:20 ↗ yet a first meeting

1:29:22 ↗ um

1:29:23 ↗ but there is some first meeting

1:29:25 ↗ scheduled between

1:29:27 ↗ some of the city staff and some of the

1:29:30 ↗ school districts have from the middle

1:29:32 ↗ school and high school I don't think

1:29:34 ↗ that we are there yet as far as me

1:29:38 ↗ sharing names right but then just trying

1:29:41 ↗ to address some common thread

1:29:44 ↗ trends that we have seen we'll see where

1:29:47 ↗ that's gonna go but I think that's also

1:29:49 ↗ the challenges in the school district

1:29:51 ↗ can match your names into confidential

1:29:52 ↗ there are certain things that you cannot

1:29:54 ↗ but then we should be able to find ways

1:29:56 ↗ to work with one another because it

1:29:58 ↗ feels like both sides are seeing issues

1:30:01 ↗ and they're like

1:30:02 ↗ and so how do we get to that happy maybe

1:30:04 ↗ more we're sharing and coordinating and

1:30:08 ↗ coordinating support strategies

1:30:11 ↗ because it's not about blaming it's just

1:30:14 ↗ about both sides are trying to find ways

1:30:16 ↗ to find Solutions but we're not

1:30:19 ↗ connecting

1:30:22 ↗ so I was thinking like a hire where

1:30:25 ↗ you're sharing that overall data right

1:30:27 ↗ like you were sharing you know so that

1:30:29 ↗ that it it spreads more through Issaquah

1:30:32 ↗ through people who care about that right

1:30:35 ↗ so for example and maybe I'm using it

1:30:37 ↗ I'm not going to use the right name but

1:30:39 ↗ Bellevue has a coalition on itself like

1:30:43 ↗ name of groups that are working towards

1:30:46 ↗ equity and better education in

1:30:49 ↗ value and it has a massive amount of

1:30:53 ↗ groups that have been active I don't

1:30:55 ↗ know if it's still active or not I used

1:30:57 ↗ to be a part of it with the job

1:31:00 ↗ um

1:31:01 ↗ do it do you know if that is effective

1:31:05 ↗ in communicating out information are you

1:31:08 ↗ aware of this because I I'm a little out

1:31:11 ↗ of date four years out of date and so

1:31:14 ↗ but if if that's what it means

1:31:17 ↗ that's not impossible to do yeah and

1:31:20 ↗ there are local there are local groups

1:31:22 ↗ we do meet with uh organizations on a

1:31:25 ↗ regular basis the so-called nourishing

1:31:27 ↗ our sport okay but it's not in the same

1:31:29 ↗ level as the value organization you're

1:31:31 ↗ talking about because about the

1:31:32 ↗ organization included Bellevue School

1:31:34 ↗ Foundation yes the city included a lot

1:31:37 ↗ more so the nourishing network is the

1:31:39 ↗ food bank a whole bunch of Faith

1:31:41 ↗ organizations and different

1:31:44 ↗ um support service organization but it's

1:31:47 ↗ at a different level than what Bell do

1:31:49 ↗ you have because I tell you one of the

1:31:50 ↗ well-view meetings

1:31:52 ↗ and yeah and I know that during the

1:31:56 ↗ pandemic we had quite a few

1:31:57 ↗ collaborative meetings uh that were

1:32:00 ↗ focused on paid food and those were very

1:32:02 ↗ very effective and powerful and we did

1:32:05 ↗ say that we wanted to continue those and

1:32:07 ↗ just even just having one focused on

1:32:09 ↗ Behavioral Health and food and other

1:32:11 ↗ items we just did not have the Staffing

1:32:13 ↗ but I think that is an opportunity for

1:32:16 ↗ the future hopefully now being fully

1:32:19 ↗ staffed to to convene as that can be a

1:32:23 ↗ role for us as a city we can convene

1:32:25 ↗ those

1:32:26 ↗ um and and

1:32:28 ↗ be more active in coordinating and

1:32:30 ↗ collaborating trying to share that data

1:32:38 ↗ Christina

1:32:41 ↗ well

1:33:02 ↗ um progresa

1:33:08 ↗ okay so

1:33:12 ↗ um as far as databases I've had a lot of

1:33:16 ↗ experienced

1:33:17 ↗ um coordinating databases and the

1:33:21 ↗ important point is what Baseline you're

1:33:24 ↗ using to determine for example if we're

1:33:26 ↗ talking about poverty level what exactly

1:33:29 ↗ are we talking about when we're talking

1:33:31 ↗ about families in poverty Adelante

1:33:34 ↗ is

1:33:54 ↗ because it may be the one Foundation is

1:33:57 ↗ analyzing three points for determining a

1:34:00 ↗ poverty level where another Foundation

1:34:02 ↗ is analyzing four points or five points

1:34:05 ↗ so what is the common ground uh for

1:34:08 ↗ determining poverty for example and

1:34:11 ↗ Adelante

1:34:14 ↗ El punto is

1:34:18 ↗ [Music]

1:34:22 ↗ is

1:34:26 ↗ so my point is

1:34:28 ↗ um if we as far as the data that we're

1:34:32 ↗ focusing on if we don't have the data

1:34:35 ↗ clearly in mind there's never going to

1:34:37 ↗ be progress made I mean it's it's a sad

1:34:39 ↗ reality but it's the reality

1:34:43 ↗ is

1:34:44 ↗ Negro

1:34:47 ↗ you know we're just we're just trying to

1:34:50 ↗ get through Darkness Blackness we can't

1:34:52 ↗ see where we're going if we don't know

1:34:53 ↗ what we're talking about in common

1:34:57 ↗ gracias Christina thank you so much for

1:35:00 ↗ that and actually your comments and

1:35:02 ↗ suggestion

1:35:04 ↗ um gave me some great ideas for how to

1:35:07 ↗ um

1:35:09 ↗ um help inform some of the information

1:35:11 ↗ that we'll be presenting at the Joint

1:35:13 ↗ meeting

1:35:15 ↗ um uh because yes we do gather the same

1:35:18 ↗ set of data from all our non-profit

1:35:20 ↗ organizations but would love that

1:35:22 ↗ opportunity to like inform you a little

1:35:24 ↗ bit more on what kind of contract and

1:35:26 ↗ what are the the pros in in some of the

1:35:29 ↗ data that we gather and then also what

1:35:31 ↗ are some of the cons and frustrations

1:35:33 ↗ that I personally have uh so a point

1:35:37 ↗ well made and you're absolutely right

1:35:39 ↗ you need to have consistent data

1:35:40 ↗ throughout to be able to

1:35:42 ↗ um

1:35:43 ↗ to make sure that we

1:35:45 ↗ compare apples to apples and not apples

1:35:49 ↗ apples oranges for sure so thank you for

1:35:52 ↗ that

1:35:53 ↗ well said

1:35:57 ↗ okay to any other comments I would like

1:36:01 ↗ to say something

1:36:04 ↗ I was

1:36:06 ↗ baby

1:36:07 ↗ maybe it can go with you some days

1:36:11 ↗ when my child's around the school maybe

1:36:13 ↗ I can go with you I don't know if it is

1:36:15 ↗ okay but just I'm busy on March but I'll

1:36:18 ↗ be free in April so I am I am open to go

1:36:27 ↗ I'll be there

1:36:30 ↗ thank you Christina so you're not going

1:36:32 ↗ to be able to make the March 15 meeting

1:36:34 ↗ right that's what you're saying

1:36:38 ↗ right okay yes I see you I think okay

1:36:44 ↗ I wanted to ask Lorna for clarification

1:36:47 ↗ with regards to the to being able to

1:36:50 ↗ identify our families who who may be

1:36:53 ↗ struggling financially and I want to

1:36:56 ↗ know if the free reduced program data uh

1:37:01 ↗ free reduced food program data is that

1:37:04 ↗ not something that could be used to

1:37:06 ↗ identify the families internally no

1:37:08 ↗ that's exactly what we use but it hasn't

1:37:10 ↗ changed and so that's something that's

1:37:12 ↗ been confusing me

1:37:14 ↗ because I'm having I personally am

1:37:17 ↗ having a disconnect because I thought

1:37:20 ↗ the numbers would have increased or have

1:37:22 ↗ been increasing in the past couple years

1:37:25 ↗ but the free and reduced data since 2018

1:37:28 ↗ has stayed flat and so that's what I'm

1:37:32 ↗ very confused about and I'm trying to

1:37:34 ↗ find out

1:37:36 ↗ how that compares with the city and like

1:37:39 ↗ what am I missing because I feel like

1:37:41 ↗ I'm missing some oh I feel like

1:37:44 ↗ not me I mean I feel like something's

1:37:47 ↗ wrong but I don't know what it is

1:37:48 ↗ because what my feeling is based on who

1:37:51 ↗ I'm working with is not matching the

1:37:54 ↗ data and so I don't know why right now

1:37:57 ↗ that you point that out it is alarming

1:38:00 ↗ I'm glad I asked the question

1:38:03 ↗ um because it does beg to to ask

1:38:07 ↗ um the only thing that I can think of is

1:38:09 ↗ that

1:38:11 ↗ where people may

1:38:13 ↗ have difficulty paying their rent they

1:38:16 ↗ may still not qualify because like if if

1:38:19 ↗ we're being really honest

1:38:21 ↗ some of these poverty guidelines they're

1:38:24 ↗ based on on poverty levels of the 70s

1:38:26 ↗ right and so even if you're struggling

1:38:29 ↗ financially in today's world if we're

1:38:32 ↗ using you know uh criteria where people

1:38:36 ↗ are not being caught then then that

1:38:39 ↗ probably explains why right meaning like

1:38:41 ↗ you can't pay rent but you don't qualify

1:38:44 ↗ for free and reduced lunch and that goes

1:38:46 ↗ to Christina's point right like what

1:38:48 ↗ points are they using for the criteria

1:38:50 ↗ so being poor in Issaquah is or has

1:38:54 ↗ struggling financially in Issaquah is

1:38:56 ↗ maybe different than struggling

1:38:57 ↗ financially in let's say federalia

1:38:59 ↗ Auburn whether price or rent prices are

1:39:04 ↗ different so is that a factor like what

1:39:08 ↗ are some of the factors where I hear

1:39:12 ↗ about so many families struggling or

1:39:14 ↗ feel like I'm seeing more in the past

1:39:16 ↗ few years but the data is not showing

1:39:19 ↗ them so are we not breaking what where

1:39:22 ↗ is it where's the discrepancy is my

1:39:24 ↗ question right thank you

1:39:31 ↗ a question

1:39:33 ↗ um the free and reduced data we're

1:39:34 ↗ talking about is

1:39:36 ↗ um oh so question I guess I have not had

1:39:39 ↗ a child go through the Washington state

1:39:42 ↗ public schools so I'm not 100 sure how

1:39:45 ↗ they're free and reduced lunch data gets

1:39:47 ↗ collected in

1:39:50 ↗ um New Jersey where my child wins the

1:39:54 ↗ paperwork was optional for parents to

1:39:57 ↗ fill out and oftentimes didn't get

1:40:00 ↗ filled out

1:40:02 ↗ um either because they were complex or

1:40:04 ↗ because people didn't think that they

1:40:06 ↗ would qualify or maybe think that it was

1:40:08 ↗ worth it so I'm curious whether the data

1:40:11 ↗ is collected in a similar way whether

1:40:13 ↗ it's optional for parents to fill that

1:40:15 ↗ information out

1:40:17 ↗ and on

1:40:22 ↗ top because it was free for two years I

1:40:25 ↗ don't know if everyone filled it out

1:40:27 ↗ this year and if that's the case so it's

1:40:31 ↗ that's what I'm suspecting but I have no

1:40:34 ↗ data because there's no data for two

1:40:36 ↗ years and then this year

1:40:39 ↗ it's showing no change

1:40:43 ↗ and then to adding to what Elisa was

1:40:45 ↗ saying I was wondering if the stigma

1:40:48 ↗ might be also higher especially in a

1:40:50 ↗ school setting

1:40:52 ↗ um where kids

1:40:54 ↗ are so affluent are so affluent if very

1:40:58 ↗ right

1:40:59 ↗ um and also what Lisa said Is in talking

1:41:01 ↗ to people families they didn't know that

1:41:04 ↗ they should even apply they didn't know

1:41:06 ↗ that they could qualify so there's a lot

1:41:09 ↗ of unknown so I don't know I don't know

1:41:14 ↗ could I mean I can't go out to the

1:41:15 ↗ person and say hey I don't know you

1:41:19 ↗ might qualify can you please fill this

1:41:20 ↗ out like yeah yeah and yes as all of you

1:41:24 ↗ had said I think in a family who's

1:41:26 ↗ struggling I think they probably might

1:41:29 ↗ be more likely to

1:41:32 ↗ reach out for rental assistance or for

1:41:35 ↗ other ways before reaching out to the

1:41:37 ↗ school for assistance or realizing

1:41:41 ↗ because at some point

1:41:45 ↗ great conversation from Members thank

1:41:48 ↗ you for all of those

1:41:50 ↗ comments

1:41:52 ↗ so I know we're uh near the end of our

1:41:56 ↗ meeting we've got other business and

1:41:58 ↗ announcements yeah and I'm not seeing

1:42:01 ↗ anything from Monica does anyone else

1:42:02 ↗ have um other things to bring up

1:42:07 ↗ I had that question about the membership

1:42:09 ↗ because that was one of the ones that

1:42:10 ↗ Monica brought up earlier so I'm looking

1:42:13 ↗ at the um the roster

1:42:15 ↗ um and we lost uh Megan and we don't

1:42:18 ↗ have Jacob anymore as as junior members

1:42:21 ↗ I think I vote before has there been

1:42:23 ↗ attempts to get that because I think

1:42:24 ↗ it's really important to have that lens

1:42:26 ↗ in our committee the youth the youth

1:42:28 ↗ lens and um

1:42:31 ↗ Lorna I thought that at some point there

1:42:33 ↗ was a relationship that you might have

1:42:35 ↗ had with the school that we can make

1:42:36 ↗ this position visible maybe get interest

1:42:38 ↗ from there if not I was gonna maybe ask

1:42:42 ↗ my daughter yeah

1:42:45 ↗ and I think there are a couple groups so

1:42:47 ↗ there's like an equity board group and

1:42:52 ↗ um and then there was some reasons why

1:42:54 ↗ we hadn't approached them but there's

1:42:57 ↗ also the Issaquah High School Care Group

1:42:59 ↗ that I can approach but I'm wondering

1:43:01 ↗ actually

1:43:02 ↗ in listening and hearing about the

1:43:06 ↗ garage have we asked Kenny in the garage

1:43:10 ↗ to share that information with the

1:43:13 ↗ students in the garage it's a great

1:43:15 ↗ thought we didn't share with the garage

1:43:16 ↗ other than just sharing broadly but that

1:43:19 ↗ is something that definitely I can

1:43:21 ↗ follow up with other kids because I

1:43:24 ↗ think the garage would be one place

1:43:26 ↗ because

1:43:28 ↗ um yeah they've been the students have

1:43:31 ↗ been very active and leaders in some of

1:43:34 ↗ their work and so I think the garage

1:43:36 ↗ should be a great place and the Esquire

1:43:39 ↗ High School could also be and I can

1:43:41 ↗ reach out to them and ask yeah as a

1:43:43 ↗ parent you know I get announcements from

1:43:45 ↗ them all the time if there's a way that

1:43:47 ↗ they can incorporate the the there's a

1:43:49 ↗ there's this position that's open for

1:43:50 ↗ those who have interest in this area

1:43:51 ↗ with Equity

1:43:53 ↗ um maybe reach out to you or Monica and

1:43:56 ↗ and go from there to to spreading the

1:44:00 ↗ message broaden the message yeah

1:44:06 ↗ oh I just wanted to jump in and say that

1:44:08 ↗ I would like to also ask that we do a

1:44:11 ↗ consorted effort to reach out to the

1:44:13 ↗ students who participate in the running

1:44:15 ↗ Start program

1:44:18 ↗ um because

1:44:20 ↗ students who are already kind of like

1:44:23 ↗ seeking something different are

1:44:25 ↗ self-motivated in my mind and might be

1:44:28 ↗ interested in something like what we're

1:44:29 ↗ offering

1:44:31 ↗ mm-hmm

1:44:33 ↗ thank you lucrecia Monica if you have

1:44:36 ↗ some kind of blurb or something written

1:44:39 ↗ you know share with me I can send it to

1:44:41 ↗ it's about high school

1:44:44 ↗ Care Organization

1:44:47 ↗ thank you I'll follow up with you with

1:44:49 ↗ an email right now

1:44:51 ↗ thank you

1:44:53 ↗ okay so testing thank you so a follow-up

1:44:55 ↗ question I I was thinking the

1:44:58 ↗ applications closed uh February 28th so

1:45:01 ↗ do you felt snow that they're still able

1:45:03 ↗ to apply me on that date yes we can

1:45:05 ↗ search on the AI checked in with the

1:45:07 ↗ chief of staff oh we can certainly and

1:45:08 ↗ that's why I wanted to Circle back with

1:45:10 ↗ the chief of staff who was coordinating

1:45:12 ↗ all the recruitments to see how many

1:45:14 ↗ applications we had for youth members

1:45:16 ↗ and if we did not have enough

1:45:17 ↗ applications then we can certainly uh

1:45:20 ↗ request and that that goes just also for

1:45:23 ↗ regular board members but especially

1:45:25 ↗ with youth if we didn't have applicants

1:45:27 ↗ or we didn't have enough applicants then

1:45:29 ↗ we can there's that flexibility

1:45:32 ↗ so okay again we have between now and

1:45:34 ↗ the end mid-mar well that's already

1:45:38 ↗ mid-march oh I want to say April when

1:45:40 ↗ they go to city council

1:45:42 ↗ um to continue recruitment okay

1:45:46 ↗ great and then any anything else for the

1:45:50 ↗ good of the order

1:45:56 ↗ okay so I guess this is when we adjourn

1:46:00 ↗ yeah I don't know

1:46:01 ↗ I raised my hand at the last minute oh

1:46:05 ↗ sorry yeah I just wanted to to thank you

1:46:08 ↗ and commend you for a great job

1:46:10 ↗ um meeting our meeting tonight thank you

1:46:12 ↗ for that

1:46:16 ↗ okay and with that thank you lucrecia

1:46:19 ↗ um

1:46:25 ↗ the meeting at 7 50. thank you all and

1:46:28 ↗ have a great evening thank you thank you

1:46:31 ↗ all thank you good evening everybody

1:46:33 ↗ remembers

1:46:36 ↗ thank you so much everybody

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Cristina Abonce Mo

Alisa Stewart

Lorna Gilmour

Hellen Kibenge (excused absent)

Lucrecia Choto Gu

Ray Manahan Te

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nica Negrila, Human Services Manager

d Lucas, Bahá’ís of Issaquah

ra Mahanian, Bahá’ís of Issaquah

ba Mahanian, Bahá’ís of Issaquah

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Ted Lucas

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