Human Services Commission · Wednesday, February 15, 2023 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of January 18, 2023

packet pp.3–5

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 01-18-23 Human Services Commission Minutes Page1 CITY OF ISSAQUAH Human Services Commission 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting January 18th, 2022 MINUTES

4. AGENDA ITEMS

20 min. Schedule, (D)

Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager · packet pp.13

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Staff report:

At the February 15, 2023, Human Services Commission meeting, Human Services staff would like to discuss with Commissioners a draft proposal scheduled to be presented to the City Council Services, Safety, and Parks Committee on February 22, 2023.

Emergency Financial Assistance

Discussion · 20 min · Monica Negrila, Human Services Commission · packet pp.15–19

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

At the Jan. 18 Human Services Commission meeting, staff presented an overview of the City’s proposed virtual attendance policy and received feedback from the Commission.

Virtual Attendance Policy

Action · 15 min · Tisha Gieser, City Clerk

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5. REPORTS

Chair Report

Information · Trish Bloor, Human Services Commission Chair

Youth Report

Information · Preston Miele, Youth Advisory Board Representative

Staff Report

Information · Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager

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0:39 ↗ I had a chance to read the minutes from

0:43 ↗ January

0:45 ↗ and um does anybody want to make a

0:48 ↗ motion

0:48 ↗ I move that we approve the minutes from

0:51 ↗ our January meeting

0:53 ↗ in a second and is there anything

0:55 ↗ anybody wants to talk about nobody has

0:58 ↗ any amendments or revisions okay

1:01 ↗ um I guess we should vote well okay does

1:04 ↗ anybody

1:05 ↗ um not

1:07 ↗ I never know how to do this but it's

1:08 ↗ okay is there any discussion right any

1:10 ↗ discussion I asked if there was

1:12 ↗ discussion and is there anybody that um

1:15 ↗ voted objections any objections to us

1:18 ↗ improving the meetings okay

1:21 ↗ thank you Monica thank you so approved

1:24 ↗ uh just quick and note uh Trish will it

1:28 ↗ be okay if we make a note that we have a

1:30 ↗ couple of board members for our accent

1:32 ↗ oh nice good ideas sorry

1:35 ↗ um

1:36 ↗ Pat is absent

1:39 ↗ um along with Preston and Maury okay

1:42 ↗ thank you

1:46 ↗ um is that the only thing I missed yes

1:48 ↗ okay

1:51 ↗ um okay I think we're ready to launch

1:52 ↗ into our agenda items

1:54 ↗ and you want to take it away Monica sure

1:56 ↗ thank you board members the first agenda

1:58 ↗ item for tonight is uh discussing the uh

2:02 ↗ Community Partners site visit thank you

2:04 ↗ so much for signing up by head Center

2:06 ↗ via email a document uh with the list of

2:10 ↗ organizations that uh you as a group

2:13 ↗ decided to visit this year and just to

2:16 ↗ make it easier

2:17 ↗ um I know that you signed up I thought

2:19 ↗ that I would share my screen tonight to

2:21 ↗ show you I started filtering the

2:23 ↗ organizations to start getting ourselves

2:25 ↗ organized the next step in this process

2:27 ↗ would be for me to start contacting the

2:30 ↗ organizations and I think the first

2:33 ↗ question we would have would be hey

2:35 ↗ organization the Human Services

2:37 ↗ Commission would like to meet and visit

2:40 ↗ and learn more about the world the

2:41 ↗ wonderful work that you're doing are

2:43 ↗ there any events that you have coming up

2:47 ↗ that the commission could join or if not

2:49 ↗ is there a time and date that would work

2:52 ↗ better for you for the permission to

2:54 ↗ visit that's on okay to you all yeah did

2:57 ↗ you have a good response I guess that'll

2:59 ↗ show up when you share your screen give

3:01 ↗ me just a moment to share my screen

3:04 ↗ that's pulled up here

3:09 ↗ okay in a moment I have too many things

3:13 ↗ I'll put on my skin

3:15 ↗ [Music]

3:18 ↗ that's it

3:26 ↗ why am i showing

3:30 ↗ foreign

3:37 ↗ [Music]

3:52 ↗ thank you then for that flexibility so

3:54 ↗ and I can just so what I did board

3:57 ↗ members

3:59 ↗ um

4:00 ↗ commissioners

4:03 ↗ [Laughter]

4:12 ↗ so all three of you signed up to visit

4:15 ↗ more you also signed up we have not

4:18 ↗ heard yet from Pat and and uh

4:21 ↗ Jaime however uh what I did I filtered

4:25 ↗ and I prioritized the urbanizations that

4:27 ↗ had at least two Commissioners signed up

4:29 ↗ and so those are Issaquah cultural

4:32 ↗ Circle it's a classical Foundation

4:34 ↗ [Music]

4:36 ↗ um Maps mcrc the Muslim Community

4:39 ↗ Resource Center and mission Africa so I

4:42 ↗ thought that that it's a good starting

4:44 ↗ point to start with those four and then

4:46 ↗ that gives a little bit more time to the

4:48 ↗ other Commissioners to sign up yeah and

4:50 ↗ that also looks like you had um it looks

4:53 ↗ like there's different people signed up

4:54 ↗ right so that worked out well

4:57 ↗ it's not updated

5:02 ↗ all right I don't know why am I or you

5:06 ↗ can come sit next to me if you want to

5:07 ↗ look at my screen but it's okay I'm okay

5:11 ↗ yeah so many for example

5:15 ↗ so we had the Issaquah cultural Circle

5:19 ↗ we had Trish and Madeleine uh for the

5:23 ↗ Issaquah schools Foundation we had

5:26 ↗ Trisha many

5:31 ↗ and for ncrc we had Trish and Madeline

5:36 ↗ and then

5:38 ↗ for mission Africa we had Maury and

5:42 ↗ Manny okay

5:44 ↗ um so I I thought that if you're okay

5:45 ↗ with that we can prioritize these as a

5:48 ↗ first batch

5:49 ↗ um then the second

5:53 ↗ the second

5:56 ↗ oh

5:59 ↗ batch of highlights or uh

6:02 ↗ prioritization would be those

6:04 ↗ organizations with only one commissioner

6:06 ↗ signed up so currently for example we

6:09 ↗ have Maury to sign up for Chinese

6:11 ↗ information and Service Center and that

6:14 ↗ we can wait until tomorrow comes back

6:16 ↗ from his travels and also seeing if

6:18 ↗ other Commissioners may be interested in

6:19 ↗ signing up for that

6:21 ↗ um and then

6:24 ↗ Madeline you are the only one who signed

6:27 ↗ up for

6:28 ↗ uh India Association my time welcome

6:33 ↗ we are it's funny I can't see that page

6:36 ↗ I don't know why you know why I

6:39 ↗ um it's filtered I filtered it oh okay

6:42 ↗ and then I think now

6:44 ↗ give me just a moment as I was trying to

6:47 ↗ do

6:48 ↗ I think with two so you have two people

6:50 ↗ at least two people signed up for one

6:52 ↗ two three four that's a great starting

6:54 ↗ point I think it's a it's a very logical

6:57 ↗ place to start yeah yes so okay and uh

7:00 ↗ then we can revisit next month as other

7:03 ↗ Commissioners sign up and I thought that

7:05 ↗ it might be again we have quite a few

7:07 ↗ organizations and it might be nice to

7:09 ↗ even leave a couple of until the spring

7:12 ↗ April May when you have new

7:13 ↗ Commissioners who might be also

7:15 ↗ interested in joining them yeah and also

7:18 ↗ be based on when you cannot learn

7:20 ↗ whether or not

7:22 ↗ um organizations have things going on in

7:23 ↗ April May or uh yeah

7:28 ↗ howdy are there any organizations in

7:30 ↗ particular that you would like to visit

7:31 ↗ or that you do have capacity to visit

7:33 ↗ which that I also want to say that it's

7:35 ↗ not mandatory especially if somebody

7:37 ↗ doesn't have capacity we completely

7:39 ↗ understand that you cannot visit them

7:41 ↗ right I'm gonna miss all of them wow

7:43 ↗ you're amazing

7:48 ↗ I know we wanted to make some

7:50 ↗ confirmations around that so yeah but no

7:53 ↗ we are just planning we have the top

7:55 ↗ four that we are starting with so those

7:57 ↗ are the ones that at least you

7:58 ↗ commission are signed up so we'll start

8:00 ↗ with those and then we'll have more time

8:01 ↗ for the other connection

8:03 ↗ Sahara numbers look as far as how many

8:06 ↗ each of us need to sign up for I think

8:08 ↗ we are going to start with having

8:14 ↗ but then with that there's flexibility

8:16 ↗ if somebody doesn't have capacity I

8:18 ↗ don't think it's fair to force them so

8:19 ↗ you can do zero one two or three

8:22 ↗ and then I think depending on how it

8:24 ↗ goes if if there are other

8:26 ↗ uh you know Trish I think you mentioned

8:28 ↗ that if if you have capacity as a

8:30 ↗ commissioner to visit others like by all

8:33 ↗ means you can certainly do that and I

8:35 ↗ would love to help facilitate or just

8:37 ↗ give you the contact or a warm handoff

8:41 ↗ yeah it sounds like a good plan

8:44 ↗ does anybody have any questions

8:48 ↗ it looks good I think it's a good

8:50 ↗ starting point yeah have you all kind of

8:52 ↗ already volunteered uh yeah I'm looking

8:55 ↗ at my phone here oh God yeah

8:57 ↗ um

8:58 ↗ okay you don't have to make a decision

9:00 ↗ tonight

9:01 ↗ you can follow up via email

9:04 ↗ um or just if you can access it via

9:06 ↗ SharePoint you can just go there like

9:07 ↗ that

9:09 ↗ yeah

9:11 ↗ oh I see now it's not filtered okay got

9:13 ↗ it

9:15 ↗ pretty much

9:19 ↗ okay are you ready to move on to I am

9:22 ↗ ready to move on to the next sentence

9:24 ↗ item yes

9:27 ↗ so

9:30 ↗ the next agenda item I wanted to bring

9:32 ↗ something up to you Commissioners that

9:35 ↗ the administration is working on and we

9:38 ↗ are scheduled to go to a city council

9:42 ↗ committee meeting next Wednesday

9:45 ↗ foreign

9:58 ↗ I can just peek

10:00 ↗ for you it was gonna pull up something

10:03 ↗ but

10:07 ↗ so next Wednesday

10:10 ↗ um

10:11 ↗ I'm scheduled to go to City Council

10:14 ↗ committees the services safe haven Parks

10:17 ↗ committee and the administration is

10:20 ↗ working on proposing to city council an

10:24 ↗ increase in some funding allocations in

10:28 ↗ particular for rental assistance

10:32 ↗ um you may recall those of you who are

10:34 ↗ here during covid during the emergency

10:39 ↗ um response the city allocated funds for

10:43 ↗ rental assistance a couple of times the

10:45 ↗ city council's priority during covet was

10:48 ↗ to ensure and to help people have food

10:52 ↗ on the table and move over their head so

10:55 ↗ there were several times quite a three

10:57 ↗ four times when different funding was

10:59 ↗ allocated

11:00 ↗ um towards that goal

11:03 ↗ um recently the administration came to

11:06 ↗ learn that although the covet emergency

11:10 ↗ state has ended they're still quite a

11:13 ↗ few unmet needs in the community that

11:17 ↗ are coupled with also a decrease in

11:20 ↗ donations and private donations that

11:24 ↗ um emergency financial assistance

11:26 ↗ programs have been experiencing so with

11:29 ↗ that there's an interest from of the

11:31 ↗ administration to propose to city

11:34 ↗ council to increase funding allocations

11:37 ↗ uh just one more time to bridge that Gap

11:40 ↗ as people continue still to struggle

11:43 ↗ especially they are quite a few

11:44 ↗ community members who are still on

11:47 ↗ payment plans and those that you know

11:50 ↗ they had recent increases in rental

11:52 ↗ assistance inflation which decreased um

11:55 ↗ you know capacity for people to purchase

11:58 ↗ or paying rent and then also as I said

12:01 ↗ coupled with under decreasing donations

12:04 ↗ so we will be going to city council to

12:07 ↗ request an additional two hundred

12:09 ↗ thousand dollars

12:11 ↗ um a hundred thousand dollars of that

12:13 ↗ will be

12:15 ↗ um split between the local non-profit

12:19 ↗ emergency financial assistance

12:21 ↗ explicitly The Proposal currency is for

12:25 ↗ sixty thousand dollars to be allocated

12:27 ↗ to Eastside Park Community Services and

12:30 ↗ forty thousand dollars be allocated to

12:32 ↗ Saint Vincent De Paul the Saint Joseph

12:35 ↗ conference with the remaining 100 000

12:39 ↗ would be a targeted allocation to the

12:42 ↗ YWCA Family Village in Issaquah in the

12:45 ↗ highlands

12:46 ↗ um the reasoning behind that direct

12:48 ↗ allocation rather than allocating more

12:51 ↗ to the financial assistance programs and

12:54 ↗ then having them distributed we noticed

12:56 ↗ as we reached out to learn more to Mr

12:58 ↗ Park

12:59 ↗ um the YWCA stood out as having still 42

13:03 ↗ percent of their units with back rent

13:06 ↗ often many of them being having overdue

13:10 ↗ rent of five or more months and so

13:13 ↗ instead of making the volunteer

13:16 ↗ organizations work in distributing all

13:18 ↗ that money we thought that a direct

13:20 ↗ allocation to the why my my make it

13:23 ↗ easier just to help them catch up a

13:26 ↗ little bit by all means the needs are

13:28 ↗ far larger than the two two hundred

13:32 ↗ thousand dollars but still the two

13:33 ↗ hundred thousand dollars could be an

13:34 ↗ icing

13:35 ↗ Bridge

13:37 ↗ um in helping that so just wanted to let

13:40 ↗ you know that that's the current

13:41 ↗ proposal

13:43 ↗ um if the city was what so 200 000 is

13:48 ↗ not enough to cover the entire Gap I'm

13:52 ↗ what's your estimate of what the Gap is

13:54 ↗ so the for example the hundred thousand

13:57 ↗ dollars for the YWCA would cover about

13:59 ↗ 50 of their Gap currently they have a

14:02 ↗ 220 000 Gap wow

14:06 ↗ um

14:07 ↗ and and uh for the Issaquah Community

14:11 ↗ Services

14:12 ↗ they have currently a hundred thousand

14:15 ↗ dollar Gap uh in fundraising so sixty

14:19 ↗ thousand dollars will cover again a

14:21 ↗ little bit more than half

14:24 ↗ wow

14:25 ↗ so as my research on why the

14:28 ↗ contributions have been dropped up

14:32 ↗ but into that I think it's it's a few

14:34 ↗ different things on one end

14:37 ↗ um it's also like a normal pattern that

14:39 ↗ apparently has been researched over the

14:40 ↗ years when you have a crisis at the

14:43 ↗ beginning of the crisis everyone wants

14:44 ↗ to help and the donations increase but

14:47 ↗ then after the impact is everybody is

14:49 ↗ trying to feel the impact donations

14:52 ↗ decrease so that's one on normal in

14:55 ↗ addition we have in 2022 last year the

14:58 ↗ highest inflation rate in 40 years so

15:01 ↗ then people are being more cautious with

15:03 ↗ their spending plus the value of their

15:06 ↗ dollars is is now less

15:09 ↗ um with all of that other pandemic and

15:11 ↗ just worldwide changes

15:14 ↗ um many donations often for the small

15:16 ↗ organizations come from churches uh

15:19 ↗ churches also have been seeing a

15:21 ↗ decrease in people coming to church so

15:23 ↗ all of those contributed to factors

15:27 ↗ contributing to a decrease in support

15:29 ↗ yes

15:30 ↗ so

15:31 ↗ I think Trisha wanted to also say

15:33 ↗ something

15:34 ↗ um I was just going to ask you

15:36 ↗ um how did you find out about the

15:38 ↗ numbers of the why did you talk to the Y

15:40 ↗ yes we talked to the wife so what we did

15:42 ↗ in addition to talking and reaching out

15:44 ↗ to our emergency financial assistance

15:46 ↗ program we reached out individually as

15:49 ↗ staff to we we have contacts now with

15:52 ↗ about 30 apartment complexes

15:55 ↗ um and so we from time to time reach out

15:57 ↗ to them to to us we heard back from

16:00 ↗ about half of them only but from those

16:03 ↗ that we heard back

16:04 ↗ um

16:05 ↗ you know the good news is that compared

16:07 ↗ to six months ago most of the other

16:10 ↗ apartment complexes have people who are

16:12 ↗ behind only by one month and only like

16:15 ↗ one to five maybe there's another

16:18 ↗ organization that has 10 of their units

16:20 ↗ behind that's why the wire just stood

16:22 ↗ out as the big one with 42 which is how

16:27 ↗ many units do they have there

16:29 ↗ uh I think they have a hundred and some

16:32 ↗ and 64 I think are behind I have the

16:35 ↗ numbers the exact numbers I think that's

16:37 ↗ uh that's fun yeah that's that's close

16:40 ↗ to now I think

16:43 ↗ wow how was this impacted so there was a

16:47 ↗ an eviction moratorium for a long time

16:50 ↗ that got extended a couple times but I

16:53 ↗ think it was finally lifted in October

16:56 ↗ November so yes it was finally lifted

16:59 ↗ and then after that I think what

17:01 ↗ happened and again it's just all of

17:03 ↗ those unintended consequences right

17:05 ↗ after that the requirement was for

17:07 ↗ everyone to offer payment plans which

17:11 ↗ they did however when you're already on

17:14 ↗ low income and it's hard for you to make

17:16 ↗ the regular event now you have the

17:18 ↗ regular event plus a payment plan so

17:20 ↗ automatically basically your rent

17:22 ↗ increase and then also landlords had to

17:26 ↗ increase rent as well so I think that

17:28 ↗ that's what people are still catching up

17:30 ↗ and it's going to be a little while

17:31 ↗ until they're gonna be able to fully

17:34 ↗ catch up sure did you talk to the um

17:37 ↗ imagine housing communities yes so we

17:40 ↗ did talk to imagine housing and this is

17:41 ↗ where I think it's like we know this

17:43 ↗ also

17:44 ↗ um

17:45 ↗ kind of like maybe the discrepancy so

17:48 ↗ imagine housing has also some rental

17:50 ↗ apartments behind but not as much and by

17:53 ↗ far

17:54 ↗ like that the difference though being if

17:58 ↗ you may or may not remember the last

18:00 ↗ time the city allocated rental

18:01 ↗ assistance was in October of last year

18:05 ↗ and um

18:07 ↗ uh they allocated five hundred thousand

18:09 ↗ dollars well 150

18:12 ↗ 000 of that we ended up allocating

18:14 ↗ directly to imagine and housing to bring

18:17 ↗ them all the way to we actually as of

18:21 ↗ April of last year they nobody had any

18:24 ↗ overdue rent so I think that helped them

18:28 ↗ and we see now the difference because

18:30 ↗ now they still they have a few but not

18:32 ↗ as much whereas the why

18:35 ↗ um did not receiving the most recent

18:38 ↗ allocation so we see that so how does

18:41 ↗ the fund work to funds that go into the

18:44 ↗ why do they

18:46 ↗ up to pay people's birth up to a certain

18:51 ↗ level I do do they give you like 40 or

18:56 ↗ right so we we would uh address that

18:59 ↗ during the contract negotiation with

19:02 ↗ them directly however typically what we

19:04 ↗ did during covet in the past was uh we

19:07 ↗ just have a commitment from them then

19:09 ↗ they are not gonna evict anyone and then

19:12 ↗ we give them the the freedom to

19:16 ↗ um equally or equitably apply rent to

19:21 ↗ all people just ensuring that nobody

19:23 ↗ gets evicted so this way they can take

19:25 ↗ the hundred thousand dollars and they

19:26 ↗ can decide to apply it to everyone gets

19:30 ↗ half of their right rent taken off so

19:33 ↗ that's a portion or if they if they tell

19:36 ↗ us that there are some families that

19:38 ↗ have higher needs then we would give

19:40 ↗ them the freedom to apply more towards

19:42 ↗ those but the commitment that we always

19:45 ↗ ask is like to not evict people

19:49 ↗ um and that makes sense but how long

19:51 ↗ does that commitment have to last I mean

19:53 ↗ let's say you know let's say a year from

19:56 ↗ now yeah that's enough so it's I think

19:58 ↗ it's that's a that's a great question

19:59 ↗ that we should address right it's not we

20:01 ↗ we shouldn't that we can ask them to do

20:04 ↗ it forever right then if they are also

20:06 ↗ if there are other reasons why somebody

20:08 ↗ needs to be evicted that are not rent

20:10 ↗ related then also that's they have that

20:13 ↗ right to do it right

20:15 ↗ um but yeah that's a good question I

20:17 ↗ don't think we got there yet into

20:20 ↗ addressing so are there recommendations

20:23 ↗ on your end on on what time limit we can

20:25 ↗ put

20:27 ↗ um I guess I would just talk to uh well

20:31 ↗ I'm talking specifically about why

20:34 ↗ um ask them what they think is

20:35 ↗ reasonable I'm sure they have something

20:37 ↗ that they can recommend yeah

20:39 ↗ and again you know each time you have

20:42 ↗ different circumstances

20:43 ↗ yeah yes

20:45 ↗ and the Y has caseworkers I mean I would

20:47 ↗ assume that they would have some

20:50 ↗ personal knowledge that would be

20:52 ↗ applicable to how they make those

20:54 ↗ decisions right and I think so in in my

20:57 ↗ interactions with the why I found them

20:59 ↗ very very willing and they want to work

21:01 ↗ with people and I think even the fact

21:03 ↗ that we see and they have like people

21:05 ↗ still with six seven months with overdue

21:09 ↗ rent I think shows the commitment that

21:11 ↗ they don't want to evict people and they

21:13 ↗ want to work with them but the reality

21:15 ↗ is you know it's

21:16 ↗ so that I mean I can I I'm a volunteer

21:19 ↗ at Issaquah community services and

21:22 ↗ um we get applications from um

21:24 ↗ individuals who live at the Y all the

21:26 ↗ time and there's some people that

21:27 ↗ haven't

21:28 ↗ paid rent for two years

21:30 ↗ which is just yeah that's funny I didn't

21:33 ↗ realize that you were working with them

21:34 ↗ because I was just in communication with

21:36 ↗ them today and they said they've had 111

21:38 ↗ applications

21:40 ↗ um for help with rent utilities are both

21:42 ↗ in just six weeks yeah I mean it's just

21:45 ↗ that's a lot to

21:47 ↗ it's a lot

21:49 ↗ yeah

21:52 ↗ so you'll be making that presentation by

21:55 ↗ making that presentation and so hearing

21:57 ↗ Council input and feedback on what you

22:00 ↗ know the recommendations are if they

22:02 ↗ approve the the administration's

22:04 ↗ recommendation then the next step would

22:06 ↗ be for for this to go to the entire full

22:08 ↗ city council for approval but again

22:11 ↗ since this is a committee level

22:13 ↗ um it's more of a discussion and and

22:15 ↗ getting the committee's feedback they

22:17 ↗ might come back and say no all together

22:19 ↗ they might come back and say increase

22:22 ↗ decrease modify change

22:25 ↗ where would the money come from

22:28 ↗ great idea thank you for bringing that

22:30 ↗ up

22:31 ↗ um so we are proposing to use

22:35 ↗ um

22:36 ↗ sales tax

22:39 ↗ um Revenue dollars

22:41 ↗ um some of you might be familiar with

22:43 ↗ it's also the called the HB 1519 House

22:47 ↗ Bill 1519 a couple of years ago during

22:49 ↗ covet

22:51 ↗ um the city was able to

22:55 ↗ um approve uh sales tax allocation and

22:59 ↗ revenue that the county did not approve

23:02 ↗ in time so it's a 0.1 sales tax revenue

23:07 ↗ that the city has it has to be used

23:10 ↗ towards

23:11 ↗ um housing in particular

23:14 ↗ um and so we are proposing to see if we

23:17 ↗ can use those dollars rather than

23:19 ↗ General fundar dollars well that seems

23:22 ↗ really logical yes

23:24 ↗ I mean let I mean if we don't use it on

23:27 ↗ something like this what would we use it

23:29 ↗ on so the city has not uh discussed or a

23:32 ↗ decision has not been taken at the city

23:34 ↗ level on how to use that but uh for sure

23:37 ↗ money could be used for affordable

23:39 ↗ housing we have set aside seven hundred

23:42 ↗ thousand dollars from that fund to use

23:44 ↗ towards the emergency housing project

23:46 ↗ with Motel six

23:48 ↗ um but then there there are additional

23:50 ↗ revenues currently I think the fund has

23:52 ↗ a 4.4 million uh

23:56 ↗ um

23:56 ↗ to balance so there are but the city did

24:00 ↗ not yet decide on what to use it worse

24:04 ↗ but could be used towards affordable

24:05 ↗ housing and construction right so also

24:07 ↗ there's a stipulation 60 of those funds

24:10 ↗ need to be used towards Capital

24:11 ↗ Construction and 40 of those funds can

24:14 ↗ be used for programmatic needs

24:17 ↗ um so again yeah I remember when that

24:20 ↗ was passed yeah no very fortunate yeah

24:23 ↗ yes now is is that um

24:28 ↗ 40 60 is that negotiable as far as

24:33 ↗ I assume that the council could change

24:36 ↗ numbers I mean things change because of

24:40 ↗ of like covert you need more in the

24:43 ↗ services than you do with the stretch

24:46 ↗ inside I would our guests on that so

24:48 ↗ that's a good question Maybe

24:50 ↗ unfortunately Council cannot change that

24:52 ↗ because that's a state legislation so

24:55 ↗ the state legislation was created that

24:57 ↗ way that 60 needs to be used towards

24:59 ↗ construction 40 towards services so city

25:02 ↗ council cannot change that but they can

25:05 ↗ decide them towards what to use the

25:08 ↗ money for

25:12 ↗ So currently from 2021 and 2022

25:17 ↗ um there are 4.4 million dollars in in

25:20 ↗ that fund and uh the 2020. just for

25:24 ↗ Issaquah my question why wouldn't you

25:26 ↗ want to ask for more to help out the you

25:29 ↗ know I think about that is that you know

25:31 ↗ almost like do you want to put a

25:32 ↗ Band-Aid or you want to fully put a

25:34 ↗ current

25:35 ↗ because you might be in a situation

25:38 ↗ six months from now I mean it's not

25:40 ↗ getting better I mean families right now

25:43 ↗ um there's that and the second thing

25:44 ↗ would be

25:45 ↗ uh you can probably bring the

25:47 ↗ conversation with disparities I think I

25:49 ↗ don't know what the the demographics are

25:50 ↗ for the housing situation there I'm

25:52 ↗ assuming it's going to be a lot of

25:53 ↗ bipart families

25:55 ↗ um that can be another conversation of

25:57 ↗ like we just did a strategic plan around

25:59 ↗ you know um our Mission Vision Values

26:02 ↗ around diversity Equity inclusion

26:04 ↗ belonging uh that could be another it's

26:06 ↗ not gonna say sub pitch but that can be

26:07 ↗ another way like this is why it's

26:09 ↗ important to us

26:10 ↗ [Music]

26:11 ↗ um I don't know if you have that

26:12 ↗ information from the case managers but

26:14 ↗ I'm thinking that would be a good way of

26:16 ↗ just being Equitable Within the

26:19 ↗ community yeah no great great ideas and

26:22 ↗ I'm happy to share that your input with

26:24 ↗ city council for sure again I think uh

26:26 ↗ the the administration was also trying

26:28 ↗ to be more conservative in case there's

26:30 ↗ something like a bigger impact that

26:33 ↗ could be made with the money uh but

26:35 ↗ absolutely I think it's a it's a valid

26:37 ↗ point I'm happy to like any other

26:38 ↗ thoughts and feedback and

26:40 ↗ recommendations that you have I'm happy

26:41 ↗ to share them next week that's really

26:42 ↗ good feedback okay well that was the

26:44 ↗ feedback we got when we did the whole uh

26:47 ↗ Grant applications was like what do we

26:49 ↗ all agree the bigger impact right right

26:51 ↗ and so it's kind of going to that

26:53 ↗ philosophy is like hey we agree like

26:55 ↗ more bang for your bank but in showing

26:57 ↗ the outcomes I think this is a good yeah

27:00 ↗ opportunity for that and the idea that

27:03 ↗ if you pay half of someone's rent they

27:05 ↗ still owe half of

27:07 ↗ the month beforehand right so if they're

27:11 ↗ on a

27:12 ↗ really regulated budget

27:15 ↗ um where it's going to come from right

27:18 ↗ so they get further and further behind

27:19 ↗ when it gives people that are housed

27:21 ↗ housed right these people are already

27:25 ↗ part of the community and it's going to

27:27 ↗ help keep them there right

27:30 ↗ yeah

27:32 ↗ um

27:33 ↗ what is the timeline like if everything

27:35 ↗ just it if the community says yes and

27:38 ↗ then it gets on the consent agenda

27:40 ↗ so the sooner yes so the timeline should

27:43 ↗ uh should the council committee say yes

27:46 ↗ the the soonest it could probably go to

27:50 ↗ the regular city council meeting would

27:51 ↗ be to the first meeting in March

27:54 ↗ um so that's March 6th if if that

27:58 ↗ it depends again this is usually the

28:01 ↗ council members

28:03 ↗ tell us that yeah and take note by March

28:07 ↗ 6th the next month is due usually so for

28:12 ↗ the people that need rent support

28:16 ↗ and

28:17 ↗ [Music]

28:19 ↗ so with that what

28:20 ↗ [Music]

28:22 ↗ the hope would be that we since all

28:26 ↗ three organizations we already uh they

28:28 ↗ have been working with them the

28:31 ↗ commission already approved funds for

28:33 ↗ them we would just um adjust their

28:36 ↗ current contract instead of creating a

28:38 ↗ brand new contract just to make it a

28:40 ↗ little bit easier for them and have the

28:43 ↗ same reporting requirements that they

28:45 ↗ have for the Human Services Grants again

28:47 ↗ just to

28:49 ↗ make it easier for them they're already

28:51 ↗ working hard and not having to ask them

28:53 ↗ to and I would assume that the numbers

28:55 ↗ would show the number of people that

28:57 ↗ they're helping out so the next time we

28:59 ↗ see a report like that it would show

29:01 ↗ what's actually happening yes it would

29:04 ↗ show either the increasing number of

29:05 ↗ people helped or increasing the amount

29:08 ↗ and the capacity right right now the

29:11 ↗ organizations are able to help with five

29:13 ↗ six hundred thousand dollars six hundred

29:16 ↗ dollars per month up to a thousand

29:19 ↗ dollars and again because of the review

29:21 ↗ use donations they are no longer able to

29:24 ↗ help with even a thousand dollars so now

29:26 ↗ having more money hopefully they can

29:29 ↗ and you guys know a thousand dollars I

29:32 ↗ mean like Issaquah Community Services

29:33 ↗ will give a thousand dollars maximum two

29:37 ↗ times a year and there has to be six

29:39 ↗ months in between so you know the

29:41 ↗ current rental rates I think doesn't say

29:43 ↗ Vincent de Paul don't they have kind of

29:45 ↗ a similar parameter of limit in place

29:48 ↗ yeah

29:50 ↗ so yeah the need is higher than and so

29:54 ↗ that's why I think historically before

29:56 ↗ covet historically it was assumed that

29:59 ↗ you know it's an emergency financial

30:01 ↗ assistance program where people might

30:03 ↗ have maybe a bet in the family or maybe

30:06 ↗ there's a special circumstance they lost

30:08 ↗ their job so they they might need help

30:09 ↗ only once or twice a year which makes

30:11 ↗ sense but with covet and still now with

30:14 ↗ their post covet impact people need

30:18 ↗ help more than once or twice a year for

30:21 ↗ a little bit of and I will say at least

30:24 ↗ what I'm seeing as a volunteer

30:27 ↗ um a lot of immigrants are asking I mean

30:31 ↗ a lot of new immigrants to the community

30:33 ↗ are asking for help and so you know we

30:37 ↗ help we help them too

30:38 ↗ yes and the number of refugees has

30:41 ↗ increased as well uh again worldwide so

30:45 ↗ much turmoil everywhere and

30:48 ↗ um we we heard so many stories

30:50 ↗ unfortunately especially those who come

30:51 ↗ as refugees uh they are allowed in their

30:54 ↗ granted permission to stay in the

30:57 ↗ country but it takes four to 18 months

30:59 ↗ until they are given documentation to

31:03 ↗ even try to go for work so it's it's a

31:07 ↗ it's really a question

31:10 ↗ how can they

31:14 ↗ um

31:20 ↗ so any other thoughts thank you

31:22 ↗ Commissioners for

31:24 ↗ talking to

31:29 ↗ me and this good luck with your

31:31 ↗ presentation thank you

31:34 ↗ I'll report back next month and also I'm

31:37 ↗ happy to send you uh the email money

31:39 ↗ agenda packet gets published or if

31:41 ↗ anyone has some an interest to what's

31:45 ↗ the meaning or look look at the agenda

31:47 ↗ packet isn't it council chambers it is

31:53 ↗ what next Wednesday is that open or is

31:56 ↗ it always open yes

31:58 ↗ and uh Council committee meeting starts

32:01 ↗ at 6 30.

32:06 ↗ and also you can also just join online

32:08 ↗ or just watch it afterwards I'll make

32:10 ↗ sure I'll send you a pigeon that packet

32:12 ↗ even just looking for the agenda pattern

32:20 ↗ okay okay

32:22 ↗ so thank you much appreciate that was a

32:26 ↗ great discussion good conversation

32:29 ↗ um

32:30 ↗ okay are we

32:32 ↗ um past year reports now past my reports

32:35 ↗ and then um as you might have seen my

32:37 ↗ email Commissioners

32:39 ↗ um kishak is there our city clerk had

32:41 ↗ asked to postpone the discussion on the

32:44 ↗ virtual attendance policy uh with

32:46 ↗ feedback that they received from

32:48 ↗ multiple commissions and Boards

32:50 ↗ including you they they wanted to have a

32:53 ↗ chance to further talk with the mayor

32:55 ↗ and come up with a better plan for that

32:57 ↗ so

33:00 ↗ she had a lot of input to

33:04 ↗ um to assess and incorporate and I I

33:06 ↗ took a look in our packet I I'm like oh

33:11 ↗ my goodness she just had to completely

33:13 ↗ rewrite this whole thing it looks like

33:16 ↗ and there are 15 other more than

33:17 ↗ commissions so I think my goodness okay

33:23 ↗ well I'm glad that we talked about that

33:24 ↗ last time it was uh interest discussion

33:28 ↗ and how we look at things and moving

33:30 ↗ forward how to get others engaged

33:34 ↗ I'm guessing that if something like this

33:37 ↗ continues that you know even

33:40 ↗ City

33:41 ↗ Council might end up having the option

33:44 ↗ to do virtual so that they get again my

33:48 ↗ thought is that you get more people

33:49 ↗ engaged if you're able to get there and

33:51 ↗ and uh

33:53 ↗ you can work around your your schedule

33:57 ↗ let's see what to come up with

34:01 ↗ they're a lot it was an interesting

34:02 ↗ discussion it was a lot more robust I

34:05 ↗ thought it was going to be a real

34:07 ↗ um snoozer and it was just it was a lot

34:10 ↗ more robust than I was anticipating

34:13 ↗ well I think

34:15 ↗ I think Sharon nutrition

34:19 ↗ we never knew virtual meetings

34:21 ↗ everything was in person and then during

34:24 ↗ covet we all switched to Virtual so I

34:26 ↗ think we learned to do things well in

34:30 ↗ person and to do things well virtual but

34:33 ↗ we are still trying to figure out what's

34:35 ↗ a hybrid option and how to do it best

34:38 ↗ right so so there's no decision on it

34:42 ↗ right now we're just there was the

34:44 ↗ virtual

34:47 ↗ personally I mean uh as a whole I'm

34:50 ↗ assuming they're still in a discussion

34:53 ↗ okay so as a whole though last month the

34:56 ↗ commission provided feedback to the city

34:58 ↗ clerk uh basically recommending that the

35:01 ↗ virtual options should still be an

35:04 ↗ option and not have requirements for

35:09 ↗ Commissioners to attend in person

35:12 ↗ um so I don't know do you I may have a

35:16 ↗ preference or what works I imagine with

35:18 ↗ your busy schedule probably it's not a

35:20 ↗ good question you know I you know I'm

35:23 ↗ both you know but I'll be honestly I

35:25 ↗ think it's always going to connect

35:27 ↗ I know it's a younger generation now so

35:29 ↗ it's quicker faster virtual I understand

35:31 ↗ the speeds

35:33 ↗ um we just shifted from our court system

35:35 ↗ to

35:37 ↗ like modifying like uh certain core

35:40 ↗ hearings could be you know attended via

35:42 ↗ Zoom Sky whatever I mean there's like

35:45 ↗ protocols around it too uh and then

35:48 ↗ there's ones that are like some heavier

35:51 ↗ uh dispositions adjudications that do

35:54 ↗ require in person and so that's where in

35:58 ↗ this juvenile or in the justice system

36:00 ↗ is still trying to wrestle with that

36:01 ↗ like what does that mean when people are

36:04 ↗ not showing up and it's there's a heavy

36:06 ↗ matter around

36:07 ↗ why this family is being into the court

36:09 ↗ system so I think we have a pretty good

36:12 ↗ process around it right now but still in

36:15 ↗ the beginning it was uh it was it was a

36:18 ↗ wrestling I'm just trying to what is

36:19 ↗ what what and being fair and Equitable

36:22 ↗ and justice

36:24 ↗ um and then also too is

36:26 ↗ I would say the generation two is like

36:28 ↗ we uh this is just my theme that I got

36:32 ↗ is like more of the the older generation

36:33 ↗ was like no they need to be in here in

36:35 ↗ person this is what we do and where the

36:38 ↗ younger generation was like well that's

36:39 ↗ great that's also the social benefits

36:42 ↗ and so just trying to find a balance of

36:44 ↗ what that looks like

36:46 ↗ um I'll give you a good example like uh

36:47 ↗ for like our work

36:50 ↗ uh sometimes you just can't kids are

36:52 ↗ kind of further into some areas that is

36:55 ↗ sometimes and it's past just to me via

36:58 ↗ zoom and then also make an option to the

37:00 ↗ families like hey dude would you want me

37:02 ↗ to connect in person they can do that as

37:05 ↗ well so

37:06 ↗ just trying to find a balance I think

37:07 ↗ it's been kind of it's been

37:10 ↗ it's been a lot more work but it's also

37:12 ↗ been more beneficial uh with uh you know

37:15 ↗ but just uh

37:17 ↗ I see both sides you know to it you know

37:19 ↗ I I think that's a lot of what came up

37:21 ↗ and the discussion last month was that

37:23 ↗ exactly what you're talking about trying

37:26 ↗ to find the balance trying to understand

37:28 ↗ the benefits and yeah like I know for me

37:33 ↗ like I'm more accountable when I'm in

37:34 ↗ person you know can I do the zoom stuff

37:36 ↗ oh absolutely 100 you know but I'm

37:38 ↗ always for me I'm always like I'm more

37:39 ↗ accountable if I know like I got to be

37:41 ↗ here at six o'clock at the spot

37:43 ↗ versus Zoom but um no so it sounds like

37:46 ↗ we're gonna

37:47 ↗ make it optional

37:49 ↗ that was a recommendation and Tisha was

37:52 ↗ gonna come back but then she requested

37:53 ↗ to postpone it to have a chance to talk

37:55 ↗ some more with the mayor and see you

37:57 ↗ know based on feedback they received

37:59 ↗ from not just us but others yeah I think

38:02 ↗ a lot of it's getting over and you

38:03 ↗ mentioned the older generation which is

38:05 ↗ in control of most things right now I

38:08 ↗ still have that I I want to see you face

38:10 ↗ to face it's good reactions but

38:13 ↗ you know and and about last time is that

38:16 ↗ if we're trying to get younger people

38:18 ↗ engaged then you know you got some

38:22 ↗ obstacle we as older people putting

38:25 ↗ myself by the way okay

38:28 ↗ no I wasn't thinking about this at all

38:34 ↗ yeah you grew up a different topic of

38:37 ↗ Engagement like Civic civil

38:40 ↗ um or Civic skills is that is I think

38:42 ↗ that too is like how is it accessible

38:44 ↗ for

38:46 ↗ historically these spaces have been

38:47 ↗ accessible even for like um you know so

38:51 ↗ I think about them back in my head right

38:52 ↗ is if you want the best product best

38:55 ↗ output you know it's how we accessible

38:57 ↗ to the community right and you know you

39:00 ↗ think about some of the advantages is

39:02 ↗ that you know you wouldn't need as many

39:03 ↗ rooms like this available which cuts

39:06 ↗ down a budget and you know there's a lot

39:08 ↗ of things that get engaged though

39:14 ↗ so are we ready to move on I think

39:17 ↗ someone that's anyone has any other

39:19 ↗ comments on this

39:22 ↗ okay the next thing is the chair report

39:25 ↗ this is a new edition that um laude has

39:28 ↗ put in and um she and I briefly

39:31 ↗ corresponded

39:32 ↗ um

39:33 ↗ via email and I was thinking I would

39:36 ↗ just put out there

39:38 ↗ um I would like to and it doesn't even

39:40 ↗ have to be tonight but I would like to

39:42 ↗ spend time maybe during good at the

39:45 ↗ order which is at the end where

39:48 ↗ anybody can bring up anything Human

39:51 ↗ Services related just anything

39:53 ↗ informational on their mind

39:57 ↗ um

39:58 ↗ it doesn't even have to be Issaquah

39:59 ↗ specific but if it's an idea that you

40:02 ↗ think that's you've learned about in

40:04 ↗ another area that you think is neat and

40:06 ↗ you want to share it

40:07 ↗ um

40:08 ↗ so what do you guys think of that just

40:10 ↗ sharing anything during good of the

40:12 ↗ order

40:13 ↗ yeah

40:15 ↗ and then if I have anything in

40:17 ↗ particular to share during the cheer

40:19 ↗ report I will

40:21 ↗ but has it been limits on sharing things

40:24 ↗ in a billion

40:25 ↗ it's just you just reiterating that

40:29 ↗ that's the possibility we can do it at

40:31 ↗ that time yeah and we haven't been

40:32 ↗ utilizing that much because I think it's

40:35 ↗ often at the end of the meeting and we

40:37 ↗ are rushing to to finalize it but feel

40:39 ↗ free to utilize it right yeah

40:42 ↗ like the city council has

40:45 ↗ um do they call it good in the order

40:46 ↗ yeah

40:48 ↗ yeah and there's always something

40:49 ↗ interesting somebody brings up yeah

40:52 ↗ so so I was I guess I was instead of

40:55 ↗ having Trish's chair report I just

40:57 ↗ wanted it to be an opportunity

41:03 ↗ to record on whatever you know you use

41:05 ↗ the time that way

41:07 ↗ um and I have nothing to report

41:10 ↗ specifically and then Preston isn't here

41:13 ↗ and then she's not but if with your

41:16 ↗ permission Choice she did send me a

41:17 ↗ quick update

41:19 ↗ report yes

41:23 ↗ that unfortunately he is not able to

41:25 ↗ attend tonight

41:27 ↗ um but he sent me a brief report saying

41:30 ↗ that recently they had the Civic

41:31 ↗ engagement event uh which was a great

41:34 ↗ success there were about 30 people in

41:36 ↗ attendance and the mayor some council

41:38 ↗ members and many organizations around

41:40 ↗ Issaquah everyone spoke at the event and

41:43 ↗ so they are hoping to make this an

41:44 ↗ annual event so kudos to our youth for

41:47 ↗ just really going out there speaking of

41:49 ↗ Civic engagement right

41:51 ↗ um and so Preston also noted that

41:53 ↗ they're continuing to work on the state

41:55 ↗ of the Mind events so that event is

41:58 ↗ coming up on March 18th it's on a

42:00 ↗ Saturday and he will send us the QR code

42:03 ↗ or sign up

42:09 ↗ speaking up right it's like another

42:10 ↗ technology

42:12 ↗ the QR codes so um again just also

42:16 ↗ appreciating Preston and uh it just

42:19 ↗ brings so much joy to to me personally

42:21 ↗ and I know to all of you that we have

42:23 ↗ needs Representatives

42:25 ↗ um and he just reports he gives reports

42:29 ↗ yes isn't what he said here yes yeah

42:31 ↗ that's great I bet he do it virtually if

42:33 ↗ he actually

42:34 ↗ laughs

42:37 ↗ oh yeah okay so the next thing is uh

42:41 ↗ stay informational Stanford Court from

42:43 ↗ you yes thank you so typically for under

42:46 ↗ staff reports we bring updates from city

42:48 ↗ council and mayor I think we discussed

42:50 ↗ the what's coming up on the council

42:51 ↗ agenda

42:53 ↗ um that's where the Human Services uh

42:55 ↗ just one other reminder is really the

42:59 ↗ recruitment period for boards and

43:01 ↗ commission is now officially open you

43:03 ↗ should have received an email

43:05 ↗ notification

43:07 ↗ um it also came out in the city's Weekly

43:10 ↗ Newsletter The Insider I do want to

43:14 ↗ follow up though with forwarding that to

43:16 ↗ you all again and just reminding you on

43:19 ↗ one end I think three requests please

43:21 ↗ forward the recruitment to anyone that

43:24 ↗ you know that might be interested in

43:25 ↗ volunteering uh we have openings in the

43:29 ↗ Human Services Commission Equity board

43:30 ↗ but all boards and commissions will have

43:32 ↗ openings so would love it again the city

43:35 ↗ has been working hard in the last couple

43:37 ↗ of years in particular in increasing

43:39 ↗ diversity on all of the boards and

43:40 ↗ commissions so that's number one request

43:43 ↗ number two request if if you um if your

43:47 ↗ term is set to expire please get in

43:50 ↗ touch with me let me know if you plan on

43:52 ↗ continuing or if you plan on stepping

43:54 ↗ down if you do plan on continuing

43:57 ↗ um we will ask you to please re

44:00 ↗ um apply uh it's part of the the city

44:03 ↗ requirements just to submit quickly your

44:05 ↗ application and third if um your term

44:10 ↗ does not expire but you think that you

44:13 ↗ may not have capacity to continue on the

44:15 ↗ board later this year this is a good

44:17 ↗ time to let us know because again the

44:21 ↗ the recruitment process starts now and

44:23 ↗ it's going to end in April new

44:25 ↗ Commissioners will start in May so it's

44:27 ↗ almost halfway through the year so if

44:30 ↗ you know that capacity is an issue for

44:32 ↗ you it's it's helpful to know now rather

44:35 ↗ than having to do a media recruitment to

44:37 ↗ fill your position

44:39 ↗ are you seeing is there any way we can

44:42 ↗ um help do you have a lot of names are

44:44 ↗ there people that are looking for

44:46 ↗ information or expressed an interest do

44:49 ↗ you have

44:50 ↗ people who express interest to be on the

44:53 ↗ to be on the commission no not really

44:55 ↗ not not yet

44:56 ↗ um

44:58 ↗ the last round of interviews so you are

45:00 ↗ a table I mean you had more people we

45:02 ↗ had more people so that's why at this

45:04 ↗ point I Tina Eggers is the mayor's Chief

45:07 ↗ of Staff who coordinates this and so

45:11 ↗ um it's too early I think it's just been

45:12 ↗ open for less than a week so it's too

45:15 ↗ early for us to know who applied and who

45:16 ↗ didn't we will find out in a week or so

45:19 ↗ who would the email have come from

45:21 ↗ I think it just came from the

45:23 ↗ communications Channel I know I don't

45:25 ↗ remember saying I don't remember it's in

45:28 ↗ the inside also okay I'm using The

45:30 ↗ Insider but it came as a separate email

45:32 ↗ as well I've seen it but sometimes so

45:34 ↗ the communication Channel there are so

45:36 ↗ many there are community events they're

45:38 ↗ humans are there are many male English

45:39 ↗ and I know it came on one but I was

45:41 ↗ looking for it today too I couldn't find

45:43 ↗ it okay you find it in The Insider

45:48 ↗ I'm going to make a point of recruiting

45:51 ↗ people so I hope everybody will yeah now

45:55 ↗ um

45:56 ↗ I know there were

45:57 ↗ more people that applied last time than

46:00 ↗ you know than was available are you

46:03 ↗ going to reach out to those really good

46:05 ↗ questions really good question that's a

46:06 ↗ good question we haven't done that in

46:08 ↗ the past

46:10 ↗ um but that's something that we can do I

46:12 ↗ think I think it is something we should

46:13 ↗ do yeah

46:15 ↗ especially if they're not a non-new

46:18 ↗ people interested so you know because

46:20 ↗ you know maybe they didn't see the

46:22 ↗ announcement in The Insider yeah and if

46:24 ↗ they're not already plugged into the

46:26 ↗ Civic calendar they don't necessarily

46:28 ↗ know that this is the time of the year

46:30 ↗ because yeah that it all starts yeah

46:32 ↗ obviously I have a list of names

46:35 ↗ a quick little yeah this is open or you

46:39 ↗ know we've got a how many do we have

46:41 ↗ open in the So currently we have three

46:43 ↗ vacancies and in addition on the

46:46 ↗ commission and the Human Services

46:47 ↗ Commission and in addition to that we

46:49 ↗ have three terms set to expire so Jaime

46:52 ↗ your term is set to expire again you can

46:55 ↗ certainly continue uh yeah when I

46:58 ↗ applied for it or so please tell me if

47:02 ↗ you want to continue but also then if

47:04 ↗ you would like to continue yes please

47:05 ↗ reapply

47:07 ↗ um and I it's no big deal I've been on

47:10 ↗ it's not working conditions here for a

47:12 ↗ long time and you just reapply and yeah

47:14 ↗ yeah it's just an informal process just

47:16 ↗ to keep your your information current

47:19 ↗ um

47:23 ↗ [Laughter]

47:32 ↗ right I honestly I I

47:35 ↗ um I look forward to reapplying I look

47:38 ↗ forward to putting that stamp on it good

47:39 ↗ uh there's things I do like what you

47:41 ↗ said about

47:42 ↗ the share report because there's things

47:44 ↗ that they've been kind of been like

47:45 ↗ ruined a little bit of how to make her

47:48 ↗ commute a little better and

47:49 ↗ um so I was like you know what

47:51 ↗ so that's kind of my energy is like now

47:53 ↗ that we're all kind of getting back into

47:55 ↗ the Rhythm so firstly I think I'm good

47:58 ↗ till

47:59 ↗ 26th 2016. I looked this up last night

48:02 ↗ [Music]

48:06 ↗ many storms expired in 2020 expires in

48:09 ↗ 2026. oh well that's right that's right

48:12 ↗ what is my next ride this year right

48:13 ↗ this year yes what was it like a month

48:15 ↗ so all all

48:18 ↗ um

48:18 ↗ uh vacancies all terms expire in April

48:23 ↗ and new terms always start in May so

48:25 ↗ that's why also in may you also select a

48:27 ↗ new chair

48:29 ↗ um or continue the existing chair that's

48:32 ↗ that's always made it's always April the

48:34 ↗ end May the beginning

48:37 ↗ um

48:39 ↗ do you ever get the night

48:44 ↗ if you ever get the knife

48:49 ↗ oh dear yeah talk to the chair I guess

48:52 ↗ laughs

48:55 ↗ but do you mean if you reapply do you

48:57 ↗ ever get tonight yeah oh

49:00 ↗ um

49:04 ↗ see the process is as a so the this is

49:08 ↗ the process so typically the chair with

49:10 ↗ the staff form an interviewing committee

49:13 ↗ to interview uh existing a new above

49:16 ↗ Commissioners the difference would be

49:18 ↗ the difference would be for existing

49:20 ↗ Commissioners it's not a question of why

49:21 ↗ you want to be on the commission it's

49:23 ↗ more like what's some of your feedback

49:25 ↗ why do you want to continue what are

49:27 ↗ your goals you know what so it's more of

49:30 ↗ a conversation like that now I can tell

49:32 ↗ you mayor Paulie in the past

49:35 ↗ um because we had a lot of people uh

49:37 ↗ interested she was recommending

49:39 ↗ Commissioners to stay for no more than

49:42 ↗ two terms so that's usually typical

49:45 ↗ space for six years to make space for

49:48 ↗ new ones but you haven't been here for a

49:50 ↗ full term or already so even your second

49:52 ↗ term it's almost like just like one and

49:54 ↗ a half right so it's not because right

49:56 ↗ now because it looks like Mary's term uh

49:59 ↗ expires too but I think he already said

50:01 ↗ he was he said last time he was

50:02 ↗ interested in continuing right yes also

50:06 ↗ um different positions in the clinician

50:08 ↗ for 10 years right I mean as far as live

50:11 ↗ time or they all went the same we just

50:13 ↗ stack over the years yeah all the same

50:15 ↗ except for the alternate terms are

50:18 ↗ shorter they're only two years the

50:20 ↗ others are three-year terms

50:23 ↗ Human Services Commission seven regular

50:26 ↗ members with four-year terms two

50:28 ↗ alternates with two-year terms

50:34 ↗ those in Maurice case is it's a great

50:38 ↗ example since his term is set to expire

50:41 ↗ and he's if he's interested in

50:42 ↗ continuing then he can also request to

50:45 ↗ be considered for a regular position

50:46 ↗ rather than ultimate message

50:49 ↗ but I have to wait I would have to wait

50:51 ↗ till 2024 right I wouldn't indicate that

50:54 ↗ I think so but that's a good question I

50:57 ↗ should be able to ask if you can move to

50:59 ↗ a regular position now I can ask the guy

51:02 ↗ doesn't really address that so I don't

51:03 ↗ know

51:04 ↗ um this happened in the Arts commission

51:06 ↗ I used to be on the Arts commission and

51:09 ↗ we did have an alternate that wanted to

51:11 ↗ move up and so I think she applied

51:14 ↗ a lot but well at least that's my memory

51:17 ↗ she applied

51:19 ↗ just like she was going to be renewing

51:21 ↗ or something oh yeah okay I will ask

51:24 ↗ Tina I can't let me know yeah

51:27 ↗ what's the application in your process I

51:29 ↗ forget it's just

51:34 ↗ it's just a name address yeah it was

51:36 ↗ pretty just check the box if you've read

51:38 ↗ all the yeah expectations uh and

51:44 ↗ [Music]

51:49 ↗ yeah I get pretty excited around you

51:51 ↗ know I think we've accomplished quite a

51:53 ↗ bit he's certainly dead well you all

51:56 ↗ scared me when we look at the Epic I

51:57 ↗ looked at all of them because I I not

52:00 ↗ just the housing one so I was kind of

52:02 ↗ like so even my fiance is like why are

52:04 ↗ you up all night I was like well I told

52:06 ↗ Monica to look at the application and

52:08 ↗ then it was like I looked at all of them

52:09 ↗ and I was like typing and giving

52:11 ↗ feedback you're in the cemetery what you

52:15 ↗ looked at Cemetery all of them all the

52:16 ↗ all the grand applications and then I

52:18 ↗ realized oh

52:21 ↗ there were a lot yeah like 93 or

52:24 ↗ something I looked at all of them and

52:26 ↗ then I was like

52:27 ↗ I must be doing that and then I work

52:29 ↗ with uh

52:30 ↗ what was her name that she's on the

52:32 ↗ material Hannah and then she was like

52:34 ↗ you're she's like really I'm like yeah

52:36 ↗ she's like you only have to do a record

52:38 ↗ of those yeah

52:41 ↗ I was all stressed out because I wanted

52:43 ↗ to do a good job and I was like oh man

52:45 ↗ this is not good

52:48 ↗ to all of you

52:50 ↗ um should I officially bring the meeting

52:51 ↗ to a close and then we can stop

52:52 ↗ recording and then people can still

52:54 ↗ continue talking if they want well what

52:56 ↗ about so are we gonna do

52:58 ↗ um go to the order oh sure yeah

53:04 ↗ sometimes you think about it but is

53:06 ↗ there anything anybody wants well

53:07 ↗ actually we were just the we already

53:09 ↗ what I had written down was to talk

53:11 ↗ about Recruitment and commission and

53:12 ↗ yeah if you needed support with that but

53:15 ↗ really how you need support is so sure

53:17 ↗ let's let's adjourn and then we can

53:18 ↗ still well if if you're talking Human

53:21 ↗ Services

53:23 ↗ you don't want to adjourn because it's

53:25 ↗ part of the meeting if you just want to

53:27 ↗ socialize you can adjourn okay so I do

53:30 ↗ have one other question that would fall

53:31 ↗ under go to the order

53:33 ↗ um do you have information about the

53:35 ↗ timeline for the the hotel

53:39 ↗ um the Motel 6 and the great question I

53:43 ↗ should have included that in my updates

53:45 ↗ thank you for bringing that up

53:47 ↗ so I do have some updates some positives

53:49 ↗ and some not so positives

53:52 ↗ if you recall the emergency housing

53:54 ↗ program has two components one is the

53:57 ↗ relationship with Motel 6 which

53:59 ↗ basically is the rental agreement with

54:00 ↗ Motel 6 and then the second component is

54:03 ↗ the service agreement and we issued a

54:06 ↗ request for a proposal in November to

54:08 ↗ find a service provider so for the first

54:10 ↗ part for the rental agreement we are in

54:13 ↗ a very good position with the contract

54:14 ↗ with Montreal Six negotiations are

54:17 ↗ pretty much done we are ready to sign

54:18 ↗ the contract not so positive thing is

54:21 ↗ that we have not found the service

54:22 ↗ provider really very much proposal well

54:26 ↗ yes we were not also very surprised by

54:28 ↗ this just because again all the

54:30 ↗ nonprofit agencies are going through a

54:32 ↗ lot of changes and a lot of Staffing

54:34 ↗ just like everyone else having issues

54:37 ↗ also we have on the east side

54:40 ↗ um many of the service providers went

54:41 ↗ through senior leadership changes

54:43 ↗ directors CEOs and so that just gives

54:46 ↗ even more stress and challenge

54:49 ↗ so we reopened the the request for

54:53 ↗ proposal trying to work with the

54:54 ↗ original homelessness authority to see

54:56 ↗ if they have other providers in North

54:59 ↗ King County South King County who might

55:01 ↗ be interested I'm actually working uh

55:04 ↗ and trying to meet with some of those

55:06 ↗ organizations to see if anyone has

55:07 ↗ capacity and if not we are looking at a

55:10 ↗ plan C and trying to look to see if this

55:14 ↗ is a position that maybe we want to open

55:16 ↗ as a limited term position internally at

55:19 ↗ the city

55:21 ↗ that way

55:25 ↗ [Laughter]

55:32 ↗ oh gosh so so a little bit of delay we

55:36 ↗ would love to have had by now service

55:38 ↗ provider in place but at the same time

55:40 ↗ it's a really important thing and we

55:42 ↗ want to do it right you can't

55:45 ↗ it's important for the community to do

55:46 ↗ it right so we can grow right did you

55:48 ↗ have any applications no

55:51 ↗ so what already asking about the service

55:54 ↗ provider so we are basically asking them

55:57 ↗ to be a shelter manager so basically we

56:00 ↗ are asking them to to

56:03 ↗ um make sure that there's supervision

56:05 ↗ and service provision service connection

56:08 ↗ to all the folks participating in the

56:10 ↗ program this will be a program where we

56:14 ↗ would want people let's say to volunteer

56:18 ↗ look for jobs actually start working so

56:22 ↗ programming during the day connection to

56:25 ↗ medical appointments doctor appointments

56:28 ↗ management resources yeah

56:33 ↗ so yeah yeah

56:35 ↗ so the qualifications of a person or a

56:38 ↗ group of people doing this is the case

56:40 ↗ man yeah it's a lot of case management

56:42 ↗ but knowing how to work with folks with

56:43 ↗ folks who are unhoused and also have I

56:48 ↗ don't know

56:49 ↗ um I'm just thinking following up with

56:52 ↗ that we just went through all these

56:54 ↗ grants and there are several of those um

56:57 ↗ Grant applicants that actually did that

57:00 ↗ why can we not because it's a capacity

57:03 ↗ thing if they're having the same so

57:05 ↗ those are the ones you reach out to and

57:07 ↗ all of them are very supportive of the

57:09 ↗ program they just don't have enough

57:10 ↗ Staffing to do it or they are issuing

57:13 ↗ like congregations for the homeless they

57:15 ↗ lost their executive director yeah you

57:17 ↗ know Sophia's way they the last three

57:20 ↗ years they lost their executive director

57:22 ↗ they had an interim director they lost

57:24 ↗ that then they they uh assigned three

57:27 ↗ different staff to to to have the one

57:31 ↗ role of the executive director and then

57:32 ↗ somebody else left so they are going

57:34 ↗ through a lot of changes

57:37 ↗ um you know uh Snoqualmie Valley shelter

57:40 ↗ Services they have been going through

57:42 ↗ Staffing changes and a whole of the

57:44 ↗ organizational restructuring it's

57:48 ↗ it's hard yeah I mean it's here in

57:50 ↗ Issaquah as well right there's staff

57:51 ↗ transition at the food bank there's

57:54 ↗ staff transition at the issqua

57:57 ↗ um what's it called the schools

57:58 ↗ Foundation

57:59 ↗ um yeah wow my thought was that you know

58:03 ↗ if if one of those applicants would

58:06 ↗ agree to do it that we would

58:09 ↗ basically guarantee x amount of funds

58:12 ↗ for their right and the funds are

58:16 ↗ fun is a program like we

58:20 ↗ just manage it but it's if they don't

58:23 ↗ have the people they can't take it on

58:25 ↗ yeah and so Commissioners you know doing

58:27 ↗ covet especially shelter providers were

58:30 ↗ there 24 7. yeah you know with coveted

58:33 ↗ risks protocols the you know that

58:35 ↗ they've been through a lot and there's

58:39 ↗ nothing burned out and they're they're

58:41 ↗ known they can't do it

58:44 ↗ wow staff either nobody wants to do that

58:47 ↗ work anymore

58:50 ↗ I think it's that and then the the pay

58:52 ↗ the pay yes I think it's um

58:55 ↗ you know we do we're dealing with that

58:57 ↗ right now because we contract with a lot

58:58 ↗ of non-profits for Snohomish County for

59:01 ↗ therapists counseling uh Cocoon House

59:05 ↗ uh which is the number one homeless kind

59:07 ↗ of agency at Snohomish County and uh

59:09 ↗ it's a turnover machine right now

59:11 ↗ because the

59:14 ↗ I think the behind is a

59:17 ↗ is the retention recruitment hiring is

59:19 ↗ there's something to be said about that

59:21 ↗ and I think

59:23 ↗ that doesn't get talked about when we

59:24 ↗ looked at the contracts we looked at all

59:26 ↗ that stuff and it's um it's it's a tough

59:29 ↗ situation to be you know you're asking

59:30 ↗ folks to do a lot of work

59:33 ↗ for not as much pay and so people are

59:36 ↗ revisiting you know I think Kobe did

59:38 ↗ that too absolutely like where is my

59:40 ↗ purpose in life and yeah you know I

59:43 ↗ think it's a good thing to be doing that

59:44 ↗ and also it's pushing our services to

59:47 ↗ rethink oh that is being you know funded

59:52 ↗ so I do a lot of disruption right and

59:55 ↗ more so I think it's even more

59:56 ↗ challenging in this region where the

1:00:00 ↗ cost of living is so high I remember

1:00:02 ↗ when I used to live in in Midwest

1:00:05 ↗ um the the difference between for-profit

1:00:07 ↗ and non-profit pay was not uh the Gap

1:00:10 ↗ was not as big as it is here and so with

1:00:14 ↗ the cost of living being here it's hard

1:00:17 ↗ so is there a

1:00:20 ↗ qualification applications out there for

1:00:23 ↗ that right now yes there is a request

1:00:25 ↗ for proposal out there right now I'm

1:00:27 ↗ happy to send it to you on our website

1:00:29 ↗ but that wouldn't happen be happy to

1:00:30 ↗ send it to you if you know someone I I

1:00:32 ↗ might know somebody so if you could send

1:00:34 ↗ it yeah yeah would love to

1:00:37 ↗ thank you I'll send that so I follow up

1:00:39 ↗ with

1:00:40 ↗ the report recruitment

1:00:42 ↗ that's for proposal

1:00:44 ↗ yeah this is the topic that's very

1:00:45 ↗ interesting to me so I'm really hopeful

1:00:48 ↗ um I wasn't the other thing I heard that

1:00:51 ↗ there I think in fact Mary Lou the uh

1:00:53 ↗ mayor said something out about there

1:00:55 ↗ finally made progress on the property

1:00:58 ↗ over there yes yeah that's a that

1:01:02 ↗ conversation has been going on forever

1:01:03 ↗ so that was kind of

1:01:06 ↗ yes it's it's a huge deal

1:01:09 ↗ yeah I don't think the community really

1:01:11 ↗ knows that much about it or they have

1:01:13 ↗ forgotten about it well it's still a

1:01:15 ↗ long ways off I mean it was a step in

1:01:18 ↗ the right direction right yeah it was a

1:01:20 ↗ step yes it is just a few years out but

1:01:23 ↗ at least there's everything in place

1:01:24 ↗ like two a few months ago

1:01:29 ↗ right so now

1:01:32 ↗ it's just it sounds like King County

1:01:34 ↗ Housing Authorities at all on that so

1:01:36 ↗ but it's great that it's gonna happen so

1:01:38 ↗ in a few years that will become reality

1:01:41 ↗ yeah yeah

1:01:43 ↗ okay those are my notes I'm good in the

1:01:45 ↗ order thank you does anybody have

1:01:47 ↗ anything else we've covered a lot of

1:01:50 ↗ different things been good so

1:01:51 ↗ appreciative Commissioners yeah

1:01:54 ↗ okay oh okay thank you well I will

1:01:57 ↗ adjourn at 7 35

1:02:00 ↗ thank you

1:02:02 ↗ very sure

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