Human Services Commission · Wednesday, September 20, 2023 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

Commissioner Membership

packet pp.3

Topics: Boards & Commissions

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Staff report:

HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION Staff Liaison Hannah Roberts, Human About Services Coordinator Created in 2007, this commission advises the Email Hannah Mayor and City Council on matters concerning human services planning and funding. The commission plays a vital role in studying Regular Members emerging issues and concerns in the human 2024 – Huma Mohibullah services area to ensure that the basic survival 2025 – Madeline Fish needs of Issaquah residents are met and that 2025 - Trish Bloor support systems are in place to help people 2026 – Maury Edwards through economic and personal crisis. Each 2026 - Manny Brown year, the commission focuses on its workplan. 2027 - Jaime Fajardo 2027 – Keena Esemuede

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of July 19, 2023

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 07-19-23 Human Services Commission Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Human Services Commission 6:30 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. July 19, 2023 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update

Information · 30 min · Valerie Porter, Associate Planner · packet pp.7–33

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 | HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION VA L E R I E P O R T E R , A S S O C I AT E P L A N N E R

Human Services Division Update

Information · 30 min · Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager · packet pp.35–41

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

Human Services Division Updates SEPT.20, 2023 | HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING

Chair and Commissioner Reports

Topics: Boards & Commissions

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Youth Report

packet pp.43

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Sep 5, 2023

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Staff report:

• City Council Meeting –September 5, 2023 • Jointly with Eastside cities of Bellevue, Issaquah, Kirkland, Redmond, and Sammamish, Mayor Mary Lou Pauly proclaimed September 8-23, 2023, as Eastside Welcoming Week.

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0:02 ↗ all right okay recording has started

0:06 ↗ okay let's get started okay okay so we

0:09 ↗ are calling the September 20th uh 2023

0:13 ↗ meeting of the uh City of Issaquah Human

0:16 ↗ Services Commission to order

0:18 ↗ and uh let me see

0:21 ↗ the first thing is public comments right

0:23 ↗ did anybody

0:25 ↗ notify you that they wanted to give a

0:27 ↗ couple of comments we do not have any

0:28 ↗ public comments and we um do not have

0:31 ↗ any

0:32 ↗ um guests here today A couple of kind

0:33 ↗ okay will that take care takes care of

0:36 ↗ that agenda

0:37 ↗ okay now you guys are gonna have to go

0:39 ↗ back into the recesses of your memory

0:42 ↗ cells and I'm going to ask for the

0:45 ↗ approval of the July minutes

0:49 ↗ and I think everybody got a copy right

0:52 ↗ yeah I moved that we approved those

0:53 ↗ minutes

0:55 ↗ I get a second

0:57 ↗ okay

0:58 ↗ is there any discussion

1:01 ↗ okay so unless anybody uh votes to amend

1:06 ↗ or not to approve will assume that they

1:09 ↗ are approved

1:10 ↗ okay and move forward

1:14 ↗ okay the next agenda item we have

1:17 ↗ Valerie Porter here who's an associate

1:20 ↗ planner with the City of Issaquah and

1:22 ↗ she's going to talk to us about the

1:24 ↗ comprehensive plan periodic update

1:27 ↗ take it away Valerie

1:31 ↗ my mouse is broken I've waited in to

1:34 ↗ start the presentation hi everyone my

1:37 ↗ name is Valerie Porter and I am an

1:39 ↗ associate planner I am part of the

1:41 ↗ community Planning and Development

1:43 ↗ Department also known as CPD and so CPD

1:46 ↗ is one Department that is made up of

1:49 ↗ that's in the city that it's overseen by

1:51 ↗ the executive department

1:52 ↗ and so CBD is made up of five divisions

1:56 ↗ the administration building engineering

1:59 ↗ current planning and Long Branch

2:01 ↗ planning and so here on the screen

2:04 ↗ you'll see the long-range team we're

2:06 ↗ small But Mighty and so we are

2:09 ↗ um our manager Stephen who's actually on

2:10 ↗ the call

2:11 ↗ um uh he's our manager and then we also

2:13 ↗ have two senior planners Kristen and

2:15 ↗ Thomas that are up at the top myself and

2:18 ↗ then we also have an amazing intern

2:19 ↗ Danielle and so as a whole the

2:22 ↗ department really much deals with

2:24 ↗ construction we do compliance uh permits

2:28 ↗ we review

2:30 ↗ um building and land use permits we

2:33 ↗ conduct inspections

2:35 ↗ um and then especially like the

2:36 ↗ long-range teams we develop and update

2:39 ↗ um codes and

2:41 ↗ um neighborhood plans so that is what

2:44 ↗ I'm here to talk to you today so

2:47 ↗ um basically the purpose of this meeting

2:48 ↗ is just to give you an overview of the

2:51 ↗ comprehensive plan

2:54 ↗ so it's important to kind of just start

2:57 ↗ with the background so how did the

2:59 ↗ proper pencil plan just come about and

3:02 ↗ um in 1990 the growth management Act was

3:05 ↗ adopted and once this was passed it

3:08 ↗ required that all fast growing cities

3:10 ↗ and counties

3:12 ↗ um develop a comprehensive plan that

3:14 ↗ would guide the future growth for 20 a

3:16 ↗ first band of 20 years and so this law

3:19 ↗ was really intended to just address

3:20 ↗ population growth sprawl and just the

3:23 ↗ overall quality of life in Washington

3:24 ↗ and so as part of the growth management

3:28 ↗ act the comprehensive plan is required

3:30 ↗ to address 14 goals and so that includes

3:33 ↗ Transportation

3:35 ↗ Economic Development Urban growth just

3:37 ↗ to name a few and so it's really

3:39 ↗ important that we comply with this

3:42 ↗ requirement so that we stay eligible for

3:45 ↗ federal and state grants and so like I

3:48 ↗ said we have 14 goals that we're

3:50 ↗ required to

3:51 ↗ um address and they must be addressed in

3:55 ↗ um seven or eight mandatory elements and

3:58 ↗ so

3:59 ↗ um the City of Issaquah actually has 10

4:02 ↗ elements and so we have our eight

4:03 ↗ required and then two additional ones

4:05 ↗ which are the human services and the

4:08 ↗ cultural and so

4:10 ↗ um we really felt like having two

4:13 ↗ additional elements was important just

4:15 ↗ because we feel that the the topics are

4:16 ↗ important and they're important to the

4:18 ↗ overall planning process

4:21 ↗ and so the comprehensive plan goes to

4:24 ↗ um two updates we do annual and periodic

4:27 ↗ right now we're um in the process of

4:29 ↗ doing the periodic and so

4:32 ↗ um typically would happen every eight

4:33 ↗ years but they just recently changed the

4:35 ↗ law so now it's happening every 10 years

4:37 ↗ and so we're drafting the 2024 plan that

4:42 ↗ will help guide development until 2044.

4:46 ↗ and so

4:47 ↗ um in addition to that we do annual

4:49 ↗ updates which are optional but they're

4:52 ↗ meant to be more minor so let's say a

4:54 ↗ property redes um rezones or the city

4:58 ↗ acquires additional land we'll update

5:01 ↗ our zoning map so that it it all drives

5:06 ↗ um

5:06 ↗ and then we'll also do minor updates of

5:09 ↗ like a single element

5:11 ↗ um which is what I previously was

5:12 ↗ showing and that's mainly to just be

5:14 ↗ consistent with any others like

5:16 ↗ supporting plans that we have so with

5:19 ↗ that all being said our comprehensive

5:21 ↗ plan is fairly up to date so it's not

5:22 ↗ it's a lot of work but not a ton of work

5:25 ↗ so um this slide right here just kind of

5:28 ↗ shows the um process that we're going

5:31 ↗ through to update our comprehensive plan

5:33 ↗ right now staff is working with all the

5:35 ↗ different departments on their

5:37 ↗ respective elements and then um from

5:40 ↗ there we're going to go to all of the

5:42 ↗ boards and commissions and then

5:45 ↗ um talk about possible updates get their

5:47 ↗ recommendations and from there we're

5:49 ↗ going to take the whole entire

5:51 ↗ comprehensive plan to the planning

5:53 ↗ policy commission well there will review

5:56 ↗ and then provide a recommendation to the

5:58 ↗ city council then from there they will

6:01 ↗ review and then provide an action which

6:03 ↗ is hopefully adoption of the

6:05 ↗ comprehensive plan

6:07 ↗ so the scope of this update so there's

6:11 ↗ really three goals that um we want to

6:13 ↗ accomplish with this comprehensive Plan

6:15 ↗ update and the first is compliance we

6:17 ↗ want to make sure that we're in

6:18 ↗ compliance with State and County

6:20 ↗ requirements and then the other is

6:22 ↗ coordination so throughout those um 10

6:26 ↗ elements we want to make sure that

6:27 ↗ there's no duplicates and then we also

6:30 ↗ want to make sure that those elements

6:31 ↗ align with the land use and growth

6:33 ↗ projections that are required and then

6:36 ↗ the third is just the design the overall

6:38 ↗ design and accessibility of the document

6:40 ↗ we want to make sure that people

6:42 ↗ understand this is the comprehensive

6:44 ↗ plan and this is how you use it and make

6:46 ↗ sure that it's a useful tool for staff

6:49 ↗ and the public

6:52 ↗ and so here is

6:54 ↗ um some of the recent hospitals that

6:57 ↗ were recently adopted that the

6:59 ↗ comprehensive plan will be updated to

7:01 ↗ address most of this information is

7:03 ↗ going to be in the housing element and

7:05 ↗ so it doesn't really impact the Human

7:07 ↗ Service element but just want to let you

7:10 ↗ know it's bigger we're also going to be

7:12 ↗ doing

7:14 ↗ um disparate impacts reports again this

7:17 ↗ is going to be addressed in the housing

7:19 ↗ element but it's one thing that is going

7:22 ↗ to be updated in our comprehensive plan

7:25 ↗ so this next slide

7:27 ↗ um

7:28 ↗ is kind of showing how the whole

7:31 ↗ comprehensive plan plays a part in the

7:33 ↗ the decision making so the comprehensive

7:36 ↗ plan is an essential

7:38 ↗ um essential for local planning and it

7:40 ↗ articulates a series of goals objectives

7:43 ↗ and policies that are intended to have

7:45 ↗ the day-to-day Decisions by elected

7:47 ↗ officials and local government staff so

7:50 ↗ the flow chart float chart is showing

7:52 ↗ how the comprehensive plan

7:54 ↗ um how it how it plays in relationship

7:57 ↗ to the functional plan and so the

7:59 ↗ comprehensive plan really just

8:00 ↗ identifies that vision of how the city

8:03 ↗ wants to grow and plan and it really

8:06 ↗ talks about the why why is this it

8:08 ↗ supplies vision and then the goals and

8:11 ↗ the policies talk about what the city

8:12 ↗ wants and then from there it then feeds

8:16 ↗ into these the functional plans and what

8:19 ↗ we're calling functional plans are like

8:21 ↗ the master Mobility plan the Human

8:23 ↗ Services strategic plan the parts plan

8:25 ↗ and those really identify the framework

8:28 ↗ for how we actually achieve those goals

8:31 ↗ through strategies and actions and

8:34 ↗ possible resources and so that

8:36 ↗ functional plan really is talking about

8:37 ↗ that implementation part and then the

8:40 ↗ functional plan then talks informs the

8:42 ↗ city budget regarding like financing and

8:45 ↗ then um you know regulations like the

8:47 ↗ supply municipal code and then all of

8:49 ↗ that then gets fed into the performance

8:51 ↗ measures where we're going to be looking

8:53 ↗ at that annually just to make sure that

8:55 ↗ we're on track with our goals and

8:57 ↗ policies

8:59 ↗ and so this next slide is a Venn diagram

9:02 ↗ again showing how the comprehensive plan

9:04 ↗ and the functional plans play out and

9:07 ↗ how the comprehensive plan is more a

9:09 ↗ broader discussion on what the city

9:12 ↗ wants versus the functional plan that

9:14 ↗ gets into that a little bit more detail

9:16 ↗ so like you know for the comprehension

9:19 ↗ plan we're kind of saying yes we want to

9:20 ↗ do community engagement but in the

9:22 ↗ functional plan we're talking exactly

9:24 ↗ how we're going to execute that so the

9:26 ↗ thing that's going to be similar between

9:28 ↗ the two documents is the goals and the

9:30 ↗ policies so again the goals and policies

9:32 ↗ are going to be identified in the

9:34 ↗ comprehensive plan but again we're

9:35 ↗ talking about the why we're explaining

9:37 ↗ why we're doing why we have these goals

9:39 ↗ and policies and then the functional

9:41 ↗ plan identifies the goals and policies

9:43 ↗ but it's more so for reference and so

9:46 ↗ that's part of the reason why can't you

9:48 ↗ did it just to kind of explain that and

9:50 ↗ to let you know that

9:52 ↗ um the changes that's going to happen

9:53 ↗ with this new top plan

9:55 ↗ so before I get into the changes I also

9:57 ↗ want to talk about the timing so right

9:59 ↗ now staff is working with all the

10:01 ↗ different departments

10:03 ↗ um to update each element and obtain

10:06 ↗ recommendations from the boards and the

10:08 ↗ commissions and so by the end of this

10:10 ↗ year we will compile all the elements

10:13 ↗ into the

10:14 ↗ um for all the the copper apprehensive

10:17 ↗ plan and they were going to go before

10:18 ↗ the planning policy commission at the

10:22 ↗ end of the year and then they'll review

10:23 ↗ it again provide a recommendation that

10:26 ↗ will then go to the city council and so

10:29 ↗ they're going to review it at the

10:31 ↗ beginning of 2024 to hopefully be

10:34 ↗ provide action by the end of the year

10:36 ↗ and adopted

10:38 ↗ so that really concludes my presentation

10:41 ↗ the next

10:43 ↗ um Hannah provided a matrix in the

10:46 ↗ packet that listed goals and policies

10:49 ↗ that are currently in our comprehensive

10:50 ↗ plan to the goals and policies that we

10:53 ↗ would like to

10:54 ↗ update with so I'm hoping you guys have

10:57 ↗ all had an opportunity to look at that

10:59 ↗ and so we really just want to know if

11:01 ↗ there's any feedback that you guys had

11:03 ↗ or if you guys are suggesting any

11:05 ↗ changes

11:14 ↗ um

11:15 ↗ okay perfect

11:17 ↗ take a break thank you so much

11:22 ↗ for any questions or that was a lot of

11:26 ↗ information yeah sorry high level

11:30 ↗ I'm guessing when you start sharing

11:32 ↗ we'll have questions okay anything about

11:35 ↗ any anything else though

11:37 ↗ can you make that bigger of course

11:43 ↗ that's a whole

11:44 ↗ um this plan actually gone through the

11:47 ↗ equity board or are they planning on

11:49 ↗ looking at it or yeah so um right now

11:52 ↗ staff has taken it to all the um

11:54 ↗ different boards so I believe just a

11:55 ↗ couple weeks ago um Steven actually took

11:58 ↗ um the comprehensive plan

12:00 ↗ um update to the equity board it's going

12:02 ↗ in October oh

12:05 ↗ October 5th I think so I think Stephen

12:08 ↗ did you do an initial just this is the

12:11 ↗ comprehensive plan process

12:12 ↗ Equity board received a kind of an

12:14 ↗ initial update earlier this year of

12:16 ↗ what's going on with the conference of

12:17 ↗ planning the scope of the project we'll

12:19 ↗ be having a discussion with them as

12:21 ↗ Monica said in early October to kind of

12:22 ↗ talk about the approach of how we're

12:24 ↗ conducting um an equity analysis with

12:26 ↗ the comp plan update

12:35 ↗ each one of these goals and policies or

12:37 ↗ as a whole

12:43 ↗ would you like to respond to that

12:46 ↗ I don't know what the equity board that

12:48 ↗ Equity board is not going to go through

12:49 ↗ each of the goals the equity board is

12:51 ↗ going to have a more

12:53 ↗ Comprehensive High Level uh information

12:56 ↗ about the entire comp plan diving into

12:59 ↗ the specific elements right right yeah

13:02 ↗ we're we're going to be proposing with

13:03 ↗ each of the other board's commissions to

13:05 ↗ talk about how to incorporate equity in

13:07 ↗ each of their respective elements but

13:09 ↗ the equity board is

13:12 ↗ um we're going to go through the entire

13:13 ↗ approach and ask them questions of how

13:15 ↗ best to kind of either modify or improve

13:17 ↗ the kind of the entire approach for the

13:19 ↗ comprehensive plan but not look at the

13:20 ↗ individual policies themselves

13:26 ↗ hopefully for adoption of the

13:28 ↗ comprehensive plan by city council the

13:30 ↗ end of 2024.

13:34 ↗ a little over here yeah

13:39 ↗ great question thank you

13:41 ↗ anything else so far

13:43 ↗ thank you so much for coming oh that was

13:46 ↗ my follow-up to that man is that

13:48 ↗ oftentimes when we do strategic or

13:49 ↗ comprehensive Plans by not having like a

13:52 ↗ diversity inclusion Equity belonging

13:55 ↗ kind of framework or lens there's ends

13:58 ↗ up being like uh unintended consequences

14:00 ↗ and outcomes

14:02 ↗ um so I appreciate the fact that we're

14:03 ↗ kind of looking into that because it is

14:05 ↗ when we have major shifts like this

14:07 ↗ there is sometimes uh impacts that we

14:08 ↗ don't um highlight given our Focus

14:11 ↗ biases and so forth so I do appreciate

14:14 ↗ that

14:19 ↗ thank you Valerie and Steven again for

14:22 ↗ both being here and working with human

14:24 ↗ services and our Equity board

14:26 ↗ um to update um our comprehensive plan

14:29 ↗ um I'm gonna shift this just a little

14:31 ↗ bit to kind of look at it a more granial

14:33 ↗ to be able to provide some information

14:36 ↗ about this Matrix

14:38 ↗ um and so ultimately we've been working

14:41 ↗ uh closely with Stephen and Valerie

14:43 ↗ these last couple months

14:45 ↗ um to look at you'll see here

14:48 ↗ um this is the original goal and policy

14:50 ↗ in this in this column and what we

14:54 ↗ looked at was how can we revise it by

14:56 ↗ using our current Human Services

14:58 ↗ strategic plan that ultimately addresses

15:02 ↗ these original policies and goals

15:05 ↗ um but but fits in with our the

15:08 ↗ functional plan that that we talked

15:10 ↗ about in Mallory's presentation which

15:12 ↗ again is our Human Services strategic

15:14 ↗ plan and one of the beautiful things

15:16 ↗ about our strategic plan is that it it

15:19 ↗ is was created in 2021 we did a

15:22 ↗ community needs assessment and again we

15:25 ↗ really did have that Equity lens

15:27 ↗ approach that was a part of this process

15:29 ↗ in creating a strategic plan

15:32 ↗ um and and through that that led us into

15:34 ↗ creating our strategic actions and our

15:38 ↗ strategic goals which can now be

15:41 ↗ um reviewed here in The Matrix and so

15:45 ↗ um I don't know if it would be helpful I

15:47 ↗ I that I go through each single one but

15:50 ↗ I think again the summary that I want to

15:52 ↗ provide and of course I'd be happy to

15:54 ↗ talk about this in more detail but what

15:57 ↗ I really want to show is I want to zoom

15:59 ↗ out a little bit just to show kind of

16:01 ↗ you can see here for an example we

16:03 ↗ really condensed a lot of the goals and

16:06 ↗ the policies originally in the

16:08 ↗ comprehensive plan we we have a broad

16:11 ↗ enough policies and goals here in our

16:13 ↗ strategy Human Services strategic plan

16:16 ↗ that it can cross across a lot of our

16:19 ↗ policies and our goals and so you can

16:21 ↗ see here again this is just a zoomed out

16:23 ↗ just idea that here for example one of

16:26 ↗ our policies does cover four original

16:30 ↗ policies

16:31 ↗ um and so again our strategic plan is

16:35 ↗ um the more recent kind of functional

16:38 ↗ plan for our city that was really led by

16:41 ↗ our community needs assessment that

16:42 ↗ again was really a lot of our Equity

16:45 ↗ lens and

16:46 ↗ um was

16:48 ↗ um brought into our strategic planning

16:50 ↗ and how we approached that

16:52 ↗ um so I'll go and stop there and invite

16:55 ↗ Monica if there's anything else that you

16:56 ↗ feel like I should add or anything else

16:58 ↗ that Commissioners should know this

16:59 ↗ evening yeah thank you Hannah

17:02 ↗ um and it's also nice to see a

17:04 ↗ Commissioners uh it's been a while

17:07 ↗ um I think yes as we started working

17:09 ↗ with Stephen and Valerie and and their

17:11 ↗ team and looking at the language in the

17:14 ↗ comprehensive plan which again this is

17:16 ↗ the time eight ten year revision right

17:18 ↗ so all of the it it's been all the

17:23 ↗ writing in the comprehensive plan has

17:25 ↗ been done like 8-10 years ago right so

17:27 ↗ we as we started reviewing and looking

17:29 ↗ at the language we noticed that there

17:31 ↗ were a lot of details that perhaps

17:33 ↗ should not belong into such a high level

17:36 ↗ comprehensive 20-year plan right so for

17:39 ↗ example I recall Financial language

17:41 ↗ about exact food security very specific

17:44 ↗ specific information that perhaps should

17:46 ↗ be in our strategic plan at a more

17:48 ↗ granular level and so that's why you're

17:51 ↗ gonna see less language on the right

17:53 ↗ hand side as we're trying to clean it up

17:55 ↗ and bring the comprehensive plan to a

17:57 ↗ higher level wording and language and

18:00 ↗ perhaps if you want to address food

18:02 ↗ insecurity we find that in the Human

18:04 ↗ Services strategic plan with specific

18:05 ↗ actions but maybe we'll bring the

18:08 ↗ language up to a higher level uh

18:11 ↗ Community level something that's going

18:12 ↗ to be applicable hopefully in the next

18:14 ↗ eight ten years as well so I think that

18:17 ↗ that's the context that I wanted to

18:19 ↗ provide

18:20 ↗ um and again as Sienna said because

18:23 ↗ we've done a really good job and a

18:26 ↗ thorough job with the Human Services

18:27 ↗ strategic plan just less than two years

18:30 ↗ ago it was nice to go and compare and

18:32 ↗ then we

18:35 ↗ so we don't see any major issues

18:39 ↗ um on our end

18:41 ↗ um

18:42 ↗ Stephen and Valerie were very supportive

18:44 ↗ in trying to walk us through some things

18:46 ↗ I think we we deleted a couple of

18:48 ↗ elements that again uh were no longer no

18:53 ↗ longer applicable to Human Services in

18:55 ↗ particular like there were some

18:57 ↗ Transportation Elements which we know

18:59 ↗ that there is for example there are some

19:02 ↗ Transportation issues in human services

19:04 ↗ in terms of equity and access and making

19:06 ↗ sure that seniors are those who live so

19:08 ↗ those uh um those elements are already

19:12 ↗ in our Human Services strategic plan and

19:14 ↗ we kept them but there were some that

19:16 ↗ were really related to construction of

19:19 ↗ streets or you know planning their

19:22 ↗ zoning issues that were just not related

19:25 ↗ to Human Services so then we made sure

19:27 ↗ that those found their place in England

19:30 ↗ 10 different limits so I think that

19:33 ↗ overall

19:36 ↗ I was not sure if yeah you have any

19:38 ↗ questions

19:41 ↗ I I found many of these to be really

19:45 ↗ sensible especially because we hearing

19:49 ↗ hearing the context here but I was

19:50 ↗ curious if there were any

19:53 ↗ any

19:54 ↗ um

19:55 ↗ proposals that actually you really

19:58 ↗ struggled with before they made it to

20:01 ↗ this Matrix

20:03 ↗ that's a good question

20:05 ↗ we didn't meet a couple of things Steven

20:08 ↗ you have I think you have your hand up

20:10 ↗ because I know we met a few weeks ago I

20:12 ↗ was trying to remember we had a few that

20:13 ↗ we were like oh let's talk about these

20:15 ↗ is that what you tell us

20:18 ↗ I think the hardest policies uh that we

20:21 ↗ kind of encountered were the ones where

20:22 ↗ they really captured multiple different

20:25 ↗ topics and it was really trying to do

20:27 ↗ hard to figure out which of the newer

20:30 ↗ policies helps kind of cover the same

20:33 ↗ broad level of topics that those

20:35 ↗ original policies like there was

20:38 ↗ um like as Monica said there was some

20:40 ↗ Transportation related policies but they

20:43 ↗ spoke to

20:44 ↗ Aging in place they spoke to improving

20:48 ↗ access they spoke to Transit access they

20:50 ↗ spoke to improving walkability so it

20:52 ↗ covered a lot of different topics that

20:54 ↗ really are covered not just in the Human

20:56 ↗ Services element but also being covered

20:57 ↗ in some of the other elements that that

20:59 ↗ being the land use element or housing or

21:02 ↗ even the transportation element itself

21:04 ↗ that were more

21:06 ↗ that we didn't feel like we needed to

21:08 ↗ repeat in the Human Services element

21:14 ↗ I like the idea of

21:17 ↗ revising this and putting giving me more

21:20 ↗ flexibility in the language so that you

21:23 ↗ you know and how often is it going to be

21:26 ↗ assessed like we are meeting these goals

21:29 ↗ how often is that okay

21:31 ↗ thank you so much so

21:34 ↗ um actually

21:35 ↗ um for the big we are hoping to do more

21:37 ↗ frequent assessments at the Human

21:39 ↗ Services strategic plan level right and

21:42 ↗ so for that we have built in our Human

21:44 ↗ Services strategic uh uh plan that we

21:47 ↗ are going to review that every two years

21:49 ↗ and then a larger review every five

21:51 ↗ years so actually at the end of this

21:53 ↗ year we are starting now a review uh

21:56 ↗ because we are hitting the two-year Mark

21:57 ↗ of the first review of The Human

21:59 ↗ Services strategic plan so at least

22:01 ↗ every two years that being said we do

22:04 ↗ have the option if let's say something

22:06 ↗ happens I don't want another crisis or

22:09 ↗ another call but something happens right

22:10 ↗ and we need to Pivot to something new we

22:14 ↗ do have the ability to say okay this is

22:16 ↗ needed we are responding to this

22:18 ↗ immediate need and then we can work and

22:20 ↗ even adopt the comprehensive plan so as

22:23 ↗ that we mentioned earlier the

22:24 ↗ comprehensive plan if we need minor

22:27 ↗ modifications or changes we have that

22:29 ↗ option to do it on an annual cases

22:31 ↗ otherwise the big comprehensive can

22:33 ↗ review happens every 10 years but at the

22:36 ↗ Human Services strategic plan level at

22:38 ↗ least every two years we have that kind

22:41 ↗ of like review and Revision in in place

22:43 ↗ to see okay how did we do are we on

22:46 ↗ track did anything change uh does this

22:50 ↗ even apply anymore

22:52 ↗ so we will actually come back to you

22:54 ↗ probably in December and January to work

22:57 ↗ with you on that revision for the Human

22:59 ↗ Services strategic plan right that's my

23:01 ↗ next question is that who's involved in

23:03 ↗ that

23:07 ↗ yeah so we want to like uh start with

23:10 ↗ City staff we want to go back to the

23:12 ↗ community come to you perhaps do some

23:14 ↗ focus groups with some of our Community

23:16 ↗ Partners yeah

23:17 ↗ do you employ a rubric or is that our

23:20 ↗ job to design a rubric for assessment

23:22 ↗ like how do you yeah we used kind of um

23:26 ↗ we have a rubric that we use or some

23:28 ↗ specific questions that we're asking

23:30 ↗ um so that's something that we can

23:32 ↗ certainly look at as a group and

23:35 ↗ that commission recommends of what we

23:38 ↗ need to ask to engage in our community

23:41 ↗ um the other thing that I would love to

23:42 ↗ like tap into as well is I know a lot of

23:44 ↗ our non-profit organizations are

23:46 ↗ conducting surveys right now and so I'd

23:49 ↗ love to also use those resources of

23:52 ↗ things in our information that we can

23:54 ↗ compile as part of our assessment so yes

23:58 ↗ I would love love commission involving

24:01 ↗ sure

24:06 ↗ primary commissioner so every department

24:08 ↗ has like a functional plan every two

24:11 ↗ years and kind of what it reaches out to

24:13 ↗ comprehensive plan yeah yeah so I

24:15 ↗ believe pretty much I believe

24:17 ↗ they might not be on our exact timeline

24:20 ↗ so maybe they started differently like

24:22 ↗ for example I know the parks plan Park

24:25 ↗ strategic plan is due for a big revision

24:27 ↗ this year they are working on that and

24:30 ↗ so they usually though they are

24:31 ↗ five-year plans and then they review

24:34 ↗ them every two years every year every

24:36 ↗ two years three I think part of the

24:38 ↗ comprehensive plan

24:40 ↗ um a new policy will be that the

24:43 ↗ functional plan will for sure get

24:44 ↗ updated at a minimum every five years

24:50 ↗ yeah

24:52 ↗ and then one more element like annually

24:55 ↗ everything gets updated and prioritized

24:58 ↗ through the city-wide strategic planning

25:01 ↗ and budgeting process the city just

25:03 ↗ moved to a biannual budget process

25:07 ↗ um but still we still do revisions and

25:09 ↗ update on an annual basis and that

25:11 ↗ actually happens every fall

25:13 ↗ yeah just now starting that process

25:18 ↗ it's very interesting to see how it

25:21 ↗ panels down from the long term

25:23 ↗ and then the annual rate budget process

25:26 ↗ and and work plan and then the annual

25:29 ↗ work plan then gets uh divided into

25:32 ↗ monthly and that can see like what

25:34 ↗ happens on a monthly basis and

25:37 ↗ informs everybody's work

25:39 ↗ yeah

25:40 ↗ and I definitely have to thank Stephen

25:42 ↗ and Valerie and all their work that

25:43 ↗ their team does because they have made

25:45 ↗ it very like Monica said that funnel

25:48 ↗ really allows it to be a smooth process

25:50 ↗ of we get to do our work and we get to

25:53 ↗ see how it um how it affects the

25:56 ↗ city-wide planning and making sure that

25:59 ↗ everyone's aligned so I think they've

26:01 ↗ done kind of the work uh smarter not

26:04 ↗ harder process I definitely want to give

26:07 ↗ you all a shout out for the work you're

26:08 ↗ doing yeah

26:13 ↗ well anything else Commissioners for

26:16 ↗ Valerie or Steven here I want to thank

26:18 ↗ you all for giving us your Wednesday

26:19 ↗ evening to join us and present Valerie

26:23 ↗ wonderful job thank you all

26:25 ↗ right so just so before I leave no one

26:28 ↗ has any

26:29 ↗ um changes or any possible updates or

26:32 ↗ anything on the um goals and policies

26:35 ↗ you mean to to The Matrix that right so

26:39 ↗ it would be the um on the right hand

26:41 ↗ side because that's exactly what's in

26:42 ↗ your strategic plan so we're not

26:45 ↗ proposing any changes and so we just

26:47 ↗ want to make sure that everyone's okay

26:48 ↗ with that all right so then with that uh

26:52 ↗ a fair question hopefully to you and

26:54 ↗ Stephen let's say as we since this is a

26:58 ↗ longer term process right

27:00 ↗ um as as we work in the next couple of

27:02 ↗ months uh with the commission and if we

27:05 ↗ notice any updates or if the

27:06 ↗ Commissioners go home and review

27:08 ↗ something and say hey I have I have this

27:10 ↗ idea we can still contact you and the

27:12 ↗ gift yeah this is like yes it's not okay

27:16 ↗ if we don't have something to say today

27:18 ↗ we need to forever be yes no no no no we

27:21 ↗ can we can do some updates

27:23 ↗ um again we're kind of going to all the

27:25 ↗ different departments right now just to

27:27 ↗ kind of

27:28 ↗ um start the conversations but if there

27:30 ↗ are some changes

27:31 ↗ um just as long we're within that

27:33 ↗ timeline before we go to the planning

27:34 ↗ policy Commission great

27:41 ↗ all right Stephen do you have anything

27:43 ↗ to add before

27:45 ↗ I just want to say thank you for all

27:48 ↗ your all hard work and I want to give

27:49 ↗ kudos to Valerie for the Fantastic

27:51 ↗ presentations tonight of explaining the

27:53 ↗ conference plan it's not exactly an easy

27:55 ↗ topic for anybody to really uh fully

27:59 ↗ understand you know not only just what

28:01 ↗ goes into it but why the city puts so

28:03 ↗ much effort into this kind of thing and

28:05 ↗ it's and it really complements a lot of

28:07 ↗ your work in terms of what we're trying

28:09 ↗ to achieve with human services so thank

28:11 ↗ you

28:14 ↗ thank you Stephen yeah thank you all

28:17 ↗ right well of course we would love for

28:19 ↗ you all to join and ask for Valley but I

28:21 ↗ also want to excuse you if you want to

28:24 ↗ get back home to the baby yeah

28:30 ↗ [Music]

28:32 ↗ you're a wanted but we know

28:37 ↗ Stephen thank you so much for joining us

28:39 ↗ virtually this evening

28:41 ↗ yeah thank you again have a good night

28:43 ↗ everybody yeah bye thank you

28:49 ↗ thank you he's going to be seven months

28:51 ↗ in about a week or two yeah

28:53 ↗ so yeah well he's really long but yeah

29:10 ↗ okay well are we ready to move on to the

29:12 ↗ next item

29:13 ↗ yeah okay it's Monica she's up to talk

29:17 ↗ to to give us a human services division

29:19 ↗ update

29:26 ↗ it's been a summer right

29:31 ↗ I've been here in July and then we had a

29:34 ↗ recess in August it was so so nice to

29:37 ↗ see you as the fall is here finally we

29:41 ↗ had that proof today and we were still

29:43 ↗ wondering

29:45 ↗ uh but yes I thought we really said I we

29:49 ↗ had talked a couple of months ago that

29:50 ↗ perhaps we can have I can come and visit

29:52 ↗ every quarter and provide some updates

29:54 ↗ what's new what are we up for so

29:58 ↗ um I'm honored to be here and give you a

30:00 ↗ few updates and and just visit with you

30:02 ↗ and see how things are going

30:05 ↗ and this is just a moment so I can start

30:08 ↗ the spices a little bit bigger on the

30:10 ↗ screen

30:13 ↗ okay

30:16 ↗ so just a brief background

30:19 ↗ um I can't believe so I I'm from now

30:22 ↗ with the city for almost five years I

30:24 ↗ was just accepting with him all over

30:25 ↗ today and I believe that time is flying

30:28 ↗ so fast it feels like I joined the city

30:30 ↗ yesterday but in just a couple of months

30:32 ↗ and I'm gonna have my five year

30:34 ↗ anniversary bye Valerie when I first

30:37 ↗ joined the city the Human Services

30:39 ↗ functions were really limited to

30:41 ↗ overseeing and managing the grants that

30:43 ↗ we are giving to the community working

30:45 ↗ with the Human Services Commission and

30:46 ↗ attending some local and Regional

30:49 ↗ meetings on behalf of the city and since

30:52 ↗ then we now have an actual human

30:54 ↗ services division

30:56 ↗ um soon with all the we don't have all

30:59 ↗ the positions filled but if we had all

31:01 ↗ the positions filled we would be a pin

31:03 ↗ of 10 and we started with a team of one

31:07 ↗ so I have a lot yes I was a team of one

31:12 ↗ I started first I was in the office of

31:14 ↗ sustainability uh my my title working

31:17 ↗ Services uh and social sustainability

31:20 ↗ coordinator uh so yes many many changes

31:25 ↗ uh it just blows my mind very very

31:27 ↗ grateful for this amazing Community for

31:29 ↗ the city but yes we do have now an

31:32 ↗ entire Human Services Division and so

31:34 ↗ the different subdivisions or group

31:37 ↗ within the divisions are planning and

31:40 ↗ Grant coordination and that's your

31:42 ↗ wonderful Hannah who helps monitor and

31:46 ↗ implement the Human Services strategic

31:48 ↗ plan and coordinates all the grants

31:50 ↗ works with you so amazing job she also

31:54 ↗ attends a lot of local individuals

31:55 ↗ things that I used to attend and we

31:57 ↗ still attend some of them together

32:00 ↗ um then as you probably know and recall

32:03 ↗ we have also Behavioral Health and

32:05 ↗ homeless outreach program I'm gonna dive

32:07 ↗ into that a little bit in just a couple

32:08 ↗ of minutes a little bit more uh we have

32:11 ↗ a brand new emergency housing program

32:12 ↗ that we launched this summer so that's

32:14 ↗ where I was busy engine in July for a

32:16 ↗ certain August and continue with that

32:18 ↗ but amazing program and tell you a

32:20 ↗ little bit more about that as well and

32:22 ↗ then we also

32:24 ↗ um uh oversee the Human Services the

32:28 ↗ case management functions for the

32:30 ↗ community Court program that started you

32:31 ↗ 2021 so a lot of great programs in the

32:36 ↗ city and a lot of events you see a

32:38 ↗ picture that's from the most recent

32:40 ↗ resource resource fair from welcoming

32:43 ↗ week I know some of you are there so yes

32:46 ↗ we do a lot in in our division and I'm

32:49 ↗ very very proud of all the staff and the

32:52 ↗ entire team and just really humbled by

32:54 ↗ by all the many things that um that we

32:58 ↗ are doing

32:59 ↗ so for the behavioral health program I'm

33:04 ↗ gonna give you a little bit of

33:05 ↗ background there as well a behavioral

33:07 ↗ health and homeless

33:08 ↗ out then I'm

33:11 ↗ what are the next steps so just to start

33:14 ↗ a little bit on with the background

33:17 ↗ um we actually in 2021 city council

33:20 ↗ approved the creation of one position

33:23 ↗ that was a behavioral health coordinated

33:25 ↗ decision so that's that's when we

33:27 ↗ started and that initially was created

33:30 ↗ to work with um in collaboration with

33:33 ↗ the police department uh that position

33:35 ↗ was born from uh the city

33:39 ↗ um a Care number now how it was called

33:41 ↗ but it was the equity Human Services and

33:44 ↗ police accountability action plan if I

33:46 ↗ remember correctly that started at you

33:48 ↗ know in this 2020 following the murder

33:51 ↗ of George Floyd So in 2021 we were able

33:54 ↗ to create that behavioral health

33:55 ↗ position

33:57 ↗ um initially again it started as a um

34:02 ↗ as a partnership with the police

34:04 ↗ department and the goal was to really

34:06 ↗ help with any calls that Police

34:09 ↗ Department was getting that were really

34:11 ↗ Behavioral Health in nature and not the

34:13 ↗ criminality in nature right

34:15 ↗ um so soon

34:17 ↗ um just a couple of months after we

34:19 ↗ launched that program and we started

34:21 ↗ working

34:22 ↗ with the police department we started

34:25 ↗ noticing that

34:27 ↗ um there was quite a lot of overlap with

34:30 ↗ some of the work that we are doing with

34:32 ↗ a contracted program

34:34 ↗ through one of our partners with

34:37 ↗ homeless Outreach so often we would get

34:40 ↗ calls or similar or the same issues and

34:44 ↗ so we decided to to combine that program

34:47 ↗ Behavioral Health and homeless Outreach

34:50 ↗ just to make sure that we leverage

34:52 ↗ resources and that we better serve the

34:55 ↗ community so at the same time that

34:59 ↗ content again to leverage resources that

35:01 ↗ contracted position was brought into the

35:03 ↗ city so then now we had two full-time

35:05 ↗ positions to to help that program and

35:09 ↗ um oh that gave us the option and the

35:13 ↗ opportunity to provide seven day

35:15 ↗ coverage for the program often we would

35:17 ↗ get calls on Saturdays Sundays the need

35:20 ↗ was just there

35:21 ↗ we noticed we had more and more

35:24 ↗ individuals were homeless in our

35:26 ↗ community we also had more and more

35:28 ↗ calls from the police department

35:29 ↗ whatever for domestic violence cases

35:32 ↗ quite a bit or folks so with families

35:36 ↗ with children who had mental health

35:38 ↗ issues they didn't know how to handle

35:39 ↗ them so quite a bit of work there

35:42 ↗ um we started tracking data and uh you

35:46 ↗ know that program initially helped us

35:48 ↗ and informed the city on what

35:50 ↗ homelessness was like in Issaquah what

35:52 ↗ the needs are so it gave us a little bit

35:53 ↗ of a glimpse we were able to gather that

35:55 ↗ data and then

35:57 ↗ um go back to city council and make a

36:01 ↗ case for shelter Services we learned you

36:05 ↗ know in just the first year we met with

36:08 ↗ over 100 individuals who are homeless in

36:10 ↗ our community we learned that shelter

36:12 ↗ capacity regionally on the east side was

36:14 ↗ really limited we would call for

36:16 ↗ shelters there were non-existing when

36:18 ↗ shelters were available folks were born

36:20 ↗ and raised here and living here for 20

36:22 ↗ 30 50 years would not want to leave so

36:26 ↗ um long story short again the data that

36:28 ↗ we're able to gather provide us the

36:31 ↗ opportunity to go to City Council and

36:33 ↗ say hey can we pilot the shelter option

36:35 ↗ in Issaquah so that's what led us to

36:38 ↗ creating the emergency housing program

36:41 ↗ and I'm gonna talk talk to you a little

36:43 ↗ bit about that so we just implemented

36:45 ↗ that this year

36:46 ↗ with with approval in 2022.

36:51 ↗ but still on the behavioral health and

36:53 ↗ homeless outreach program is because

36:54 ↗ they continue to see the need increased

36:56 ↗ not just in homelessness but really the

36:58 ↗ police getting more and more calls and

37:01 ↗ as we build that relationship with the

37:02 ↗ police department we learned that that

37:05 ↗ they haven't increased right they are a

37:08 ↗ program that offers 24 7.

37:10 ↗ um they provided Us in city council

37:13 ↗ quite a bit of data showing that they

37:16 ↗ have about average about

37:18 ↗ uh 17 000 calls per year and about 9 000

37:23 ↗ of those are somewhat related to

37:26 ↗ behavioral health needs of course not

37:28 ↗ all of them are individual and unique uh

37:30 ↗ some many of them actually already keep

37:33 ↗ calls but it was enough information to

37:35 ↗ say that the need was there and we

37:36 ↗ needed to to increase those resources so

37:40 ↗ that's why earlier this year in the

37:43 ↗ spring we went to city council and we

37:46 ↗ obtained approval to create a team of

37:50 ↗ four Behavioral Health coordinators that

37:52 ↗ includes homeless Outreach so we already

37:54 ↗ have three positions for Behavioral

37:55 ↗ Health and homeless Outreach and we are

37:58 ↗ adding two more positions the vision

38:00 ↗ with that team is to create a

38:04 ↗ correspondence model and a what we call

38:08 ↗ a follow-up model

38:10 ↗ um in the past two years our behavioral

38:12 ↗ held down homeless outreach program has

38:14 ↗ been functioning primarily as a

38:15 ↗ follow-up model what we mean by that is

38:18 ↗ that let's say police goes in the middle

38:20 ↗ of the night they respond to a crisis

38:22 ↗ and they there's a domestic violence

38:24 ↗ situation

38:25 ↗ um they know they know and knowledge

38:27 ↗ that the person needs some Behavioral

38:29 ↗ Health response and

38:31 ↗ some support so they would refer the

38:33 ↗ case to us the next morning we come in

38:35 ↗ we take the case and we go from there so

38:38 ↗ um that that's been helpful that's been

38:40 ↗ great however we know this that there's

38:42 ↗ a need for also just immediate response

38:45 ↗ actually responding with the police so

38:47 ↗ that's why creating the team of four

38:49 ↗ would allow us uh that two of us have on

38:52 ↗ the team will be actually responding to

38:55 ↗ post with the police officers and they

38:57 ↗ will try to see if they could

39:00 ↗ um handle the cases in the moment those

39:02 ↗ cases that would need long-term

39:04 ↗ follow-up will then be referred still to

39:06 ↗ the follow-up staff who are currently on

39:08 ↗ the team

39:09 ↗ I said a lot I'm gonna pause to see if

39:11 ↗ you have any questions so far about

39:13 ↗ everything that I said so you're still

39:15 ↗ seeing a uniformed policeman showing up

39:17 ↗ at the at the calls it's not just the

39:20 ↗ behavioral it's not just the behavioral

39:22 ↗ health coordinator so in that sometimes

39:24 ↗ we do get dispatch by call if if these

39:27 ↗ patches are absolutely sure that maybe

39:29 ↗ it's a person that we already worked

39:31 ↗ with or maybe it's an absolute sure that

39:33 ↗ it's just a behavioral health call

39:34 ↗ sometimes we at least passed and we go

39:36 ↗ most often though the challenge is that

39:39 ↗ the calls come in and it's um it's

39:41 ↗ unclear of what type of call it is and

39:44 ↗ police officers don't learn that

39:46 ↗ actually that it's it's a case where

39:48 ↗ Behavioral Health is involved until

39:50 ↗ they're on the scene or let's say like

39:52 ↗ domestic violence institution is the

39:54 ↗ perfect right people call they're

39:56 ↗ screaming there's fighting you know

39:57 ↗ there's violence so police officers go

39:59 ↗ in and then they learn more they

40:01 ↗ separate they uh they do the initial

40:04 ↗ assessment and then they learn that oh

40:06 ↗ somebody could benefit from

40:08 ↗ behavioral health support or long-term

40:11 ↗ case management for something so yes so

40:13 ↗ is it a hundred percent the police

40:15 ↗ uniform policemen are showing up

40:18 ↗ so unless unless again so there are

40:21 ↗ times when I know we are just talking

40:22 ↗ with them here is our Behavioral Health

40:24 ↗ coordinators there are times when he

40:26 ↗ gets calls directly from dispatch and

40:28 ↗ this patch already again if if there is

40:31 ↗ a person that we already are working

40:32 ↗ with so they're active in our care uh

40:36 ↗ then then America can go our Behavioral

40:38 ↗ Health coordinator can go uh on his own

40:41 ↗ or if it's a very clear case where like

40:43 ↗ somebody just calls and says okay I'm in

40:46 ↗ need for this in that case we can

40:48 ↗ respond otherwise it is 100

40:50 ↗ very sponsor

40:52 ↗ and then the idea is to move to a

40:54 ↗ correspondence where they they work

40:56 ↗ together

40:57 ↗ um and and we are in hiring uh for that

41:01 ↗ uh we are able

41:03 ↗ um we are almost uh very very close to

41:07 ↗ Bringing on board the behavioral health

41:09 ↗ supervisor for the position and one of

41:11 ↗ the coordinators we are just starting

41:13 ↗ the backgrounding process

41:15 ↗ um because they they work in the police

41:17 ↗ department

41:19 ↗ um the the Specialists are going through

41:22 ↗ the same backgrounding process that

41:23 ↗ police officers will go through and it's

41:26 ↗ a little bit thank you but yes so so we

41:29 ↗ are in a hiring process for those

41:31 ↗ positions uh we hope to fill those

41:34 ↗ positions as soon as possible if you

41:36 ↗ know any mental health professionals any

41:39 ↗ um substance use professionals licensed

41:41 ↗ professionals we are looking

41:42 ↗ unfortunately we not unfortunately but

41:46 ↗ fortunately we are looking for licensed

41:48 ↗ professionals but if you need if you

41:50 ↗ know anyone with licenses or maybe

41:53 ↗ interesting working with us

41:55 ↗ it's a full-time position full-time

41:57 ↗ position is full-time benefit positions

41:59 ↗ yes

42:00 ↗ so I know Kailyn left but it sounds like

42:03 ↗ you have two coordinators

42:06 ↗ working right now we have one

42:08 ↗ coordinator working right now Amir yeah

42:10 ↗ Amir is the only one right now so you

42:12 ↗ feel like the positions oh what are the

42:14 ↗ positions but we are not able to put yes

42:16 ↗ so we have like I mentioned the

42:18 ↗ supervisory position uh so we finalize

42:22 ↗ the interviews and we are in last stages

42:24 ↗ with the background checking we

42:26 ↗ finalized interviews for a behavioral

42:28 ↗ health coordinator that would be for

42:30 ↗ kailyn's position

42:32 ↗ um but we are just starting the

42:33 ↗ background impress

42:34 ↗ okay

42:39 ↗ let's see I think I like the direction

42:41 ↗ it's going yes yeah yes very very

42:45 ↗ exciting very humbling at the same time

42:49 ↗ I'm curious if you're able to share an

42:52 ↗ example of when a behavioral health

42:54 ↗ coordinator

42:56 ↗ um shows up for the initial call and is

43:00 ↗ able to

43:01 ↗ resolve the situation without needing

43:04 ↗ additional referral right

43:07 ↗ so there are some times but they are

43:10 ↗ very rare cases

43:12 ↗ um for us

43:14 ↗ um let's say

43:18 ↗ um

43:18 ↗ all that all the examples that come to

43:20 ↗ mind I'm like oh but the follow-up is

43:22 ↗ needed so 99 of the cases follow-up is

43:25 ↗ needed because uh one is also good care

43:28 ↗ uh in making sure because when people

43:30 ↗ are in crisis uh they are in one

43:33 ↗ situation you try to resolve it

43:35 ↗ um let's say somebody you know maybe

43:38 ↗ there was a domestic violence case and

43:40 ↗ and it is solved in the moment but we

43:42 ↗ learned that the person needs rental

43:44 ↗ assistance because maybe they started

43:46 ↗ fighting because they can't afford

43:48 ↗ um uh paying the rent right so maybe an

43:50 ↗ immediate an immediate resource press

43:52 ↗ would be okay here are the organizations

43:54 ↗ that we work with contact them tomorrow

43:56 ↗ and they will help you with rent right

43:58 ↗ so that would be an immediate kind of

44:00 ↗ like okay it's solved however for good

44:02 ↗ care we always try to follow up at least

44:05 ↗ a few days later and say hey I wanted to

44:07 ↗ follow up were you able to connect with

44:09 ↗ those organizations do you need any

44:10 ↗ other help but what not right yeah

44:17 ↗ one of the things we do is video

44:19 ↗ assessments so you would and we can do a

44:22 ↗ police contact all the time is uh you're

44:25 ↗ leveling right low risk to reoffend

44:27 ↗ Modern risk to reoff high risk to

44:28 ↗ reoffend and then my question would be

44:30 ↗ is like the client Insurance behind uh

44:34 ↗ interventions right one of the things we

44:36 ↗ do in our work is that uh for Fidelity

44:39 ↗ uh so we would have like it's all under

44:41 ↗ the Washington Institute of public

44:42 ↗ policy so when it comes to interventions

44:45 ↗ there's so much heavy uh quality

44:47 ↗ assurance behind uh providing

44:49 ↗ interventions to the care of families

44:52 ↗ because we don't want to continue

44:53 ↗ contact because that means also what

44:55 ↗ more police contact that would be my

44:58 ↗ only question today is with the quality

45:00 ↗ assurance behind uh intervention as it

45:02 ↗ kind of gets rolled out to the community

45:05 ↗ I believe my question to that yeah thank

45:09 ↗ you and actually that's our goal right

45:10 ↗ to limit the repeat calls that's that's

45:12 ↗ the goal of the program and I think the

45:14 ↗ way and that's we are working with

45:15 ↗ police to see how we can track that I

45:17 ↗ think anecdotally we have information

45:20 ↗ from police officers to say that oh my

45:22 ↗ gosh should we are not receiving all

45:24 ↗ these calls that we used to so then they

45:25 ↗ see that the the number of calls for the

45:28 ↗ repeat callers decrease and so that's

45:31 ↗ one way to know that okay whatever we

45:33 ↗ are doing is working but often we do

45:36 ↗ need to to to work long term like

45:38 ↗ sometimes for example we get calls for

45:42 ↗ families who who have children that have

45:45 ↗ severe Behavioral Health needs and they

45:48 ↗ get aggressive and they need some

45:50 ↗ parenting tools on how to to help their

45:54 ↗ kids and how to keep their families safe

45:56 ↗ so again I think those are yeah I was

45:58 ↗ gonna say like uh

46:00 ↗ is that some of the interventions are so

46:02 ↗ expensive we have one that's more

46:04 ↗ testemic therapy and we're making it

46:07 ↗ more accessible to like all families

46:08 ↗ despite of levels because that's 24 7

46:11 ↗ therapy it's about seven thousand

46:13 ↗ dollars a person

46:14 ↗ and that's something who has a core we

46:17 ↗ are making that as a number one priority

46:19 ↗ regardless of where that one levels is

46:20 ↗ the fact that the intervention is much

46:23 ↗ needed so it is I mean seven thousand

46:25 ↗ and it's no charge to the

46:27 ↗ to the families it's because we

46:29 ↗ recognize recidivism is so low

46:32 ↗ when it comes to engaging our families

46:34 ↗ with a multi stomach there and we also

46:36 ↗ have functional family therapy

46:39 ↗ coordination of service I'm interested

46:40 ↗ in between the education employment I

46:42 ↗ think that's up there too most of the

46:44 ↗ times there's uh when there's engagement

46:45 ↗ of conflict there's also too you know

46:47 ↗ we're dealing with employment status

46:50 ↗ education status so it's like a

46:53 ↗ multi-facet of uh not just cognitive but

46:55 ↗ also like where they're at with their um

46:57 ↗ goals and so I'd be interested to see

47:00 ↗ how this kind of rolls out

47:03 ↗ I have a question but I want to make

47:06 ↗ sure you're done I'm good okay so so now

47:09 ↗ that um you know you guys are building

47:11 ↗ out to a team of ten which is fantastic

47:14 ↗ what is the relationship then between

47:16 ↗ the city's organization and East Side

47:20 ↗ Fire and Rescue core connect and I don't

47:23 ↗ know how many people here know what core

47:24 ↗ connect is so I'll let you tell them

47:27 ↗ yeah thank you thank you so much

47:29 ↗ absolutely our Teamworks uh closely and

47:33 ↗ they have monthly coordination meetings

47:35 ↗ with poor connect so core connect is

47:38 ↗ essentially the social service component

47:40 ↗ of the Eastside fire and rescue so

47:42 ↗ police responds to to cause that are

47:45 ↗ kind of fact criminal in nature or

47:46 ↗ safety in nature is like higher rescue

47:49 ↗ response to calls that are medical

47:50 ↗ coordinator right and so

47:53 ↗ um so police has kind of like our

47:56 ↗ behavioral health component aside higher

47:58 ↗ rescue has their social service

48:00 ↗ component where um their team follows up

48:03 ↗ with anyone who

48:05 ↗ um uh firefighters and I referring to

48:08 ↗ their program uh considering that they

48:10 ↗ might need some social service

48:12 ↗ components so for example Maybe the

48:15 ↗ Medics response to a senior who fell in

48:17 ↗ their house and they're injured so

48:20 ↗ firefighters respond try to make sure

48:22 ↗ that the person's safe they take it to

48:24 ↗ take the person to hospital if needed or

48:26 ↗ take care of the situation on site but

48:28 ↗ maybe they know this that oh the person

48:30 ↗ might need some some additional help

48:32 ↗ right maybe the person needs some

48:34 ↗ in-home care or maybe the person needs

48:37 ↗ rent assistance or other services so

48:39 ↗ they would

48:41 ↗ um

48:41 ↗ refer the person to their core connect

48:45 ↗ program so

48:48 ↗ um core connects path with our

48:50 ↗ behavioral health staff have monthly

48:52 ↗ coordination meetings where they go over

48:56 ↗ any possible

48:59 ↗ um cases where there might be an overlap

49:03 ↗ um sometimes it's not often we actually

49:06 ↗ looked we have five percent of the cases

49:08 ↗ that overlap so there's not much overlap

49:10 ↗ but sometimes there is an overlap or

49:13 ↗ let's say a person has medical needs but

49:15 ↗ also Behavioral Health needs and then

49:17 ↗ maybe the social service needs my

49:19 ↗ minority so in that case

49:21 ↗ he's

49:23 ↗ mid-monthly to just

49:25 ↗ um

49:26 ↗ case consultancy who's doing what then

49:29 ↗ just making sure that they're

49:30 ↗ coordinating so okay thank you well

49:33 ↗ that's interesting that okay there isn't

49:34 ↗ much overlay

49:37 ↗ so um let me uh mentioned Financial

49:40 ↗ advice um

49:43 ↗ City budgeting we don't have an infinite

49:45 ↗ budget obviously so

49:48 ↗ is it the budget coming in because we're

49:50 ↗ having more citizens paying taxes or or

49:53 ↗ where is that funding coming from a very

49:56 ↗ good very good question trying to

49:58 ↗ leverage funding for sure

50:02 ↗ short from a police budget so then a

50:05 ↗ readjusting police budget again as part

50:08 ↗ of the human services and equity and the

50:10 ↗ police accountability uh plan so they

50:13 ↗ came from the police budget the last two

50:15 ↗ positions that were approved came from

50:19 ↗ um the sales tax that is available

50:22 ↗ county-wide for affordable housing and

50:25 ↗ behavioral health programs and services

50:27 ↗ and so that is a tax that the city was

50:30 ↗ able to leverage couple of years ago and

50:32 ↗ and keep it in the city instead of

50:34 ↗ giving it to the county so that's the

50:37 ↗ budget that that's coming from as well

50:39 ↗ as the housing program agenda yeah

50:41 ↗ that's great you know because that's

50:43 ↗ important that are so just don't

50:46 ↗ recognize that where the funds are going

50:48 ↗ to yeah absolutely yeah it's useful yes

50:54 ↗ I wasn't says commissioner that

50:55 ↗ mentioned on this chemical text uh it

50:57 ↗ hasn't been tapped what I think for for

51:00 ↗ smaller uh cities I think now I would

51:02 ↗ say when I was at the city of Bellevue

51:04 ↗ I'd use a little bit and now you see

51:06 ↗ other cities kind of tap into that uh

51:08 ↗ tax because we all pay for it so it's

51:11 ↗ kind of a way to say hey it's not going

51:14 ↗ to use it for our our city so this is

51:17 ↗ pretty cool to see that yeah trying to

51:19 ↗ use it for locally I don't know and it's

51:21 ↗ millions of dollars

51:25 ↗ it depends on the taxes right so uh it

51:28 ↗ fluctuates but I think um I think it was

51:31 ↗ accumulated yeah what's accumulated so

51:33 ↗ far yeah so it's yes because it's been

51:35 ↗ accumulating now for this is the third

51:36 ↗ year so yes I think there are a few

51:39 ↗ million dollars that accumulated I was

51:40 ↗ trying to remember I think on average it

51:42 ↗ was accumulating about 1.7 million per

51:45 ↗ year

51:46 ↗ um but it also fluctuates it depending

51:49 ↗ on what's the name of the systems

51:53 ↗ HD 1590 house built 1590 or 1590 yes

51:59 ↗ the senator

52:02 ↗ 0.1 percent

52:06 ↗ yeah so that's something that we all we

52:08 ↗ all pay regardless and most of the time

52:10 ↗ it goes to County unless there's a there

52:13 ↗ was a tiny opportunity two years ago at

52:15 ↗ the city was able to to keep that

52:19 ↗ um that tax locally it sales and use tax

52:23 ↗ for affordable housing okay

52:25 ↗ because of Behavioral foreign

52:28 ↗ [Music]

52:29 ↗ thank you

52:31 ↗ so that's actually

52:32 ↗ um

52:33 ↗ we talked a little bit about that I was

52:35 ↗ going to say we use the same tax dollars

52:38 ↗ for the emergency housing program with

52:40 ↗ Motel 6 so I think unless we have

52:42 ↗ questions we can pivot to talk about

52:44 ↗ that so does that tax um has to be

52:48 ↗ voted on or

52:50 ↗ revised or

52:52 ↗ um it's a good question I don't know I

52:55 ↗ don't believe

52:58 ↗ um I'm not sure how often that is being

53:02 ↗ revised or revoted on

53:04 ↗ um or

53:06 ↗ that's a good question I'm not sure how

53:08 ↗ permanent or short long-term it is I'm

53:11 ↗ happy to look into that that's a good

53:12 ↗ question I just don't know but I don't

53:14 ↗ believe it's coming up anytime soon at

53:17 ↗ least not this year for sure

53:21 ↗ defining any cancer

53:26 ↗ we got ahead of your slide we would yeah

53:28 ↗ I know we were talking about this ahead

53:30 ↗ of the slide yes so here I was just yeah

53:32 ↗ I created a visual and kind of like

53:34 ↗ seeing how the behavioral health team

53:36 ↗ they have the corresponse model and the

53:38 ↗ referral

53:39 ↗ um our model

53:41 ↗ um and then speaking of affordable

53:44 ↗ housing sales tax this is just another

53:47 ↗ quick visual of the housing Continuum we

53:51 ↗ created that a few months ago and so I

53:53 ↗ think it just places it it's a nice

53:55 ↗ visual that places kind of like our

53:58 ↗ emergency

53:59 ↗ housing program our shelter model so we

54:02 ↗ start with and sheltered homelessness

54:03 ↗ then we have Emergency Shelters

54:05 ↗ congregate model and non-congregate

54:07 ↗ model transitional housing supportive

54:09 ↗ subsidized affordable and Market weight

54:12 ↗ so it's kind of like a nice Continuum

54:14 ↗ here

54:15 ↗ um so the emergency housing program that

54:17 ↗ we just launched falls into the it's a

54:20 ↗ shelter program it's just the

54:21 ↗ differences not a congregate shelter so

54:24 ↗ it's the next step up what we call where

54:27 ↗ folks have more privacy and they're not

54:29 ↗ all in one room so it's not just Motel 6

54:31 ↗ anymore it's it is so it is Motel 6 but

54:34 ↗ it is uh it is in collaboration with

54:36 ↗ Motel 6. um we rented 12 rooms at Motel

54:41 ↗ 6 yeah

54:44 ↗ um with them and um so that's what we

54:49 ↗ are piloting this year and next year

54:52 ↗ um

54:55 ↗ yeah so we are piloting to see

54:59 ↗ um how so

55:01 ↗ um

55:02 ↗ it's an actual program where we enrolled

55:04 ↗ uh participants we have a capacity of 20

55:08 ↗ participants for the program and we are

55:13 ↗ trying to help them support them with uh

55:15 ↗ anything that they might need and help

55:17 ↗ them of course find permanent housing

55:19 ↗ but because it's a program it's a

55:21 ↗ pre-structured service that that we

55:24 ↗ created

55:25 ↗ and so we are trying to support folks

55:27 ↗ with not only uh the day-to-day case

55:31 ↗ management needs whether that's a DSHS

55:34 ↗ or IDs or health insurance and medical

55:37 ↗ needs but also supporting them with

55:39 ↗ um obtaining employment and looking you

55:42 ↗ know for housing and being creative

55:44 ↗ around around that especially since

55:46 ↗ housing

55:48 ↗ [Music]

55:49 ↗ social skills financial literacy

55:52 ↗ um

55:53 ↗ even basic skills during your laundry on

55:57 ↗ a regular basis or learn to relax what

55:59 ↗ does even relaxation mean when you've

56:02 ↗ been on the street for so long right we

56:04 ↗ use the wellness wheel model where we

56:07 ↗ try to encourage them to have a goal in

56:09 ↗ each of the area years of the wellness

56:10 ↗ field I'm not sure how familiar you are

56:12 ↗ but the idea is that in order for us to

56:16 ↗ um to have of to be well for our

56:20 ↗ well-being we are more than just one

56:22 ↗ area we are more than just a job right

56:24 ↗ we have emotional needs we have physical

56:27 ↗ needs we have spiritual needs

56:29 ↗ um we have environmental needs and so

56:31 ↗ we're trying to create you know career

56:32 ↗ needs so trying to create a goal in each

56:34 ↗ of those areas and work in something on

56:37 ↗ each of those areas so then you can

56:38 ↗ create a balanced life right and so it

56:41 ↗ is for

56:42 ↗ being homeless for a while um it is hard

56:44 ↗ even just getting the routine of like oh

56:46 ↗ weekly launcher okay what am I gonna

56:49 ↗ have for breakfast lunch and dinner and

56:51 ↗ those social skills how do we even

56:52 ↗ interact with people how to even go to a

56:54 ↗ restaurant if we haven't been a

56:56 ↗ restaurant in 20 years or never

56:58 ↗ so those some basic social skills how do

57:01 ↗ we open a bank account I've never had a

57:02 ↗ head account or maybe I had a now you

57:05 ↗ know we need to figure out um

57:08 ↗ financing or or the

57:12 ↗ what is it called

57:14 ↗ credit

57:17 ↗ scores and applying for jobs and yeah

57:21 ↗ a lot a lot of great work it's very

57:24 ↗ meaningful we have three staff uh who

57:27 ↗ are

57:28 ↗ overseeing that program and working with

57:30 ↗ participants so we do provide a seven

57:32 ↗ day coverage we have someone present at

57:35 ↗ more politics for 10 to 12 hours each

57:38 ↗ day

57:39 ↗ um and then here on the screen you see

57:41 ↗ kind of like a sample service model so

57:44 ↗ during the uh the day we try to again

57:47 ↗ mimic however we describe normal right a

57:52 ↗ normal activity volunteering or working

57:55 ↗ towards education or schooling

57:57 ↗ and towards

58:00 ↗ a job than in the afternoon

58:03 ↗ participating in any type of support

58:06 ↗ groups and emotional needs

58:09 ↗ and on weekends again just trying to

58:12 ↗ mimic that okay what can we do to have

58:15 ↗ something fun to have something relaxing

58:16 ↗ to also do chores cleaning and and all

58:20 ↗ of that so

58:22 ↗ um we learned already a lot of essence

58:25 ↗ we launched a program in mid-july so we

58:28 ↗ are now two months into the program

58:31 ↗ um I'm happy to say that we have a

58:33 ↗ couple of folks who obtained jobs

58:36 ↗ um one actually is going to join our

58:39 ↗ parks and Community Services team in

58:42 ↗ Parks maintenance so we are very very

58:44 ↗ excited about that in what position

58:46 ↗ Parks maintenance they wanted to work

58:49 ↗ Outdoors so and yeah you're able to they

58:52 ↗ they want the interview processed and

58:53 ↗ they they've done pretty well and so we

58:57 ↗ are excited

58:58 ↗ for that

58:59 ↗ um but so yeah we are looking for

59:01 ↗ Meaningful opportunities for folks to be

59:03 ↗ involved and and uh get back into the

59:06 ↗ Cantina meaningful way

59:08 ↗ we have a couple of other folks who are

59:11 ↗ working already uh and we are trying to

59:14 ↗ support them and seeing okay uh what's

59:17 ↗ the next step

59:19 ↗ um is what you have enough to help you

59:22 ↗ get into housing do we need to look for

59:25 ↗ a better job that we need to look for

59:26 ↗ what creative ideas and solutions do we

59:29 ↗ have

59:30 ↗ um and so yeah everybody has their own

59:32 ↗ meaningful story everybody has it's in a

59:35 ↗ different place but um yeah very very

59:37 ↗ meaningful program so I have a question

59:40 ↗ okay

59:42 ↗ how do you find or help these people

59:44 ↗ find

59:46 ↗ a place they can afford to live right in

59:48 ↗ this area yes so that is the most

59:51 ↗ challenging thing so then we just start

59:53 ↗ even with conversations and saying okay

59:54 ↗ who's even open to consider something

59:56 ↗ outside of the area

59:59 ↗ um and again so we we try to work with

1:00:01 ↗ every person

1:00:03 ↗ and Creative Solutions some people

1:00:05 ↗ trying to see what family members or

1:00:08 ↗ what friends they may have that there

1:00:09 ↗ are healthy relationships or do they

1:00:10 ↗ want to mess some other relationships

1:00:12 ↗ where perhaps they would like to look

1:00:14 ↗ into a shared housing model so so yes we

1:00:18 ↗ try to be as creative as possible we do

1:00:20 ↗ have we've built a relationship for

1:00:22 ↗ deployment housing and they oversee the

1:00:25 ↗ newest permanent Supportive Housing

1:00:27 ↗ program that just opened here in

1:00:28 ↗ Bellevue we were able to to send a

1:00:30 ↗ couple of referrals there we are waiting

1:00:32 ↗ to see if those applications are being

1:00:34 ↗ approved so we are trying to find

1:00:36 ↗ permanent Supportive Housing places to

1:00:38 ↗ go to the mainstream process we are

1:00:40 ↗ trying to find Creative Solutions we are

1:00:43 ↗ trying to find to see

1:00:45 ↗ what keeps folks here and how important

1:00:48 ↗ it is for them to be here and if they

1:00:50 ↗ want to stay here absolutely we'll do

1:00:51 ↗ whatever but we also need to do that

1:00:54 ↗ education and saying okay this is what's

1:00:55 ↗ realistic and this is what's not

1:00:58 ↗ um but yeah so so far people are very

1:01:00 ↗ open and interested in looking for for

1:01:03 ↗ all of those

1:01:05 ↗ but yeah

1:01:07 ↗ quick question what's the criteria for

1:01:10 ↗ um enrolling people very very good

1:01:13 ↗ because it must be more there are so

1:01:15 ↗ much more so many more and actually even

1:01:17 ↗ the news travels so fast over the last

1:01:20 ↗ couple of months we had so many people

1:01:22 ↗ come to all the doors and contacting us

1:01:24 ↗ saying we could about a program we want

1:01:25 ↗ to be part of it and it's it's

1:01:27 ↗ heartbreaking because it is like a very

1:01:29 ↗ small program at this point

1:01:31 ↗ um so the criteria was because we

1:01:34 ↗ already have a homeless outreach program

1:01:36 ↗ the referrals gets funneled to our

1:01:38 ↗ homeless Outreach coordinator so they

1:01:40 ↗ had to be already working with our

1:01:42 ↗ homeless Outreach coordinator and so

1:01:44 ↗ then we created

1:01:46 ↗ um

1:01:47 ↗ um kind of like a prioritization list

1:01:49 ↗ from those that we've been working so

1:01:51 ↗ they had to be at least in services and

1:01:53 ↗ actively working towards the goal for at

1:01:54 ↗ least a month and also actively be

1:01:56 ↗ interested in a more structured program

1:02:00 ↗ um so so that's how so how we started of

1:02:04 ↗ course we know that the needs it so much

1:02:05 ↗ more but it is a pilot project so we are

1:02:08 ↗ hoping that we'll gather good data so

1:02:10 ↗ then we can go on and and look into what

1:02:13 ↗ are the options to turn this into a

1:02:15 ↗ permanent or increase the program or all

1:02:18 ↗ of that so I think that's what we're

1:02:20 ↗ going to work on next year for sure it's

1:02:22 ↗ gonna be the priority to look at data

1:02:24 ↗ and see

1:02:25 ↗ once we may proposed to city council

1:02:27 ↗ yeah and is it single room occupancy or

1:02:30 ↗ focuses

1:02:32 ↗ families such a great question so at

1:02:35 ↗ this point because we are just in the

1:02:37 ↗ first two months we kept it at a single

1:02:38 ↗ room all of the rooms to open our

1:02:40 ↗ contract of the other double occupancy

1:02:42 ↗ loans so then the next step first in the

1:02:44 ↗ next couple of months will be to

1:02:47 ↗ um to make sure that we occupy all the

1:02:49 ↗ rooms in a double occupancy which means

1:02:51 ↗ sometimes couples sometimes family

1:02:52 ↗ members we currently have uh two

1:02:55 ↗ brothers who share a room so we are

1:02:56 ↗ looking at that as option just to

1:02:59 ↗ maximize the space that we have

1:03:02 ↗ um but as an initial just we wanted to

1:03:04 ↗ start slow and trying to make sure that

1:03:06 ↗ we make meaningful steps

1:03:13 ↗ are you working with uh other cities

1:03:15 ↗ like like 10 million

1:03:18 ↗ place the actual affordable

1:03:22 ↗ yeah coordination for housing units yes

1:03:26 ↗ and we also try to work with uh with the

1:03:30 ↗ King County coordinator entry system uh

1:03:33 ↗ for that however even if there are more

1:03:35 ↗ places that are affordable the need is

1:03:37 ↗ still high there so yes we are looking

1:03:39 ↗ in the region wherever and that's why we

1:03:41 ↗ also educate our community members like

1:03:44 ↗ we have someone for example who's on

1:03:46 ↗ Section 8 and they are they are eligible

1:03:48 ↗ for a Section 8 voucher

1:03:50 ↗ um but again there's nothing in the area

1:03:52 ↗ but we did research far and wide and we

1:03:55 ↗ learned that okay if you just go to

1:03:57 ↗ Central Washington if you're open to

1:03:59 ↗ that you might have to wait only for two

1:04:01 ↗ months instead of waiting for three

1:04:03 ↗ years so again for folks who are open

1:04:05 ↗ for that definitely we are looking into

1:04:08 ↗ that for sure

1:04:09 ↗ Monica what uh Maury here what what uh

1:04:13 ↗ um percentage do you feel like of the

1:04:15 ↗ pool of homeless that's actually in is

1:04:18 ↗ it quiets is being helped by the program

1:04:21 ↗ right the emergency housing program

1:04:23 ↗ [Music]

1:04:24 ↗ um

1:04:25 ↗ between 10 and 20 probably well

1:04:30 ↗ because yes yeah

1:04:34 ↗ and are these folks who are from the

1:04:37 ↗ area have lived here or as we're getting

1:04:39 ↗ out and so we're inviting folks who are

1:04:42 ↗ looking for resources right so yeah so

1:04:45 ↗ that that's as we started because we

1:04:47 ↗ already these were Folks at our homeless

1:04:49 ↗ Outreach coordinator has been working

1:04:51 ↗ with for the past years that all the

1:04:53 ↗ folks at the quadrant in the program are

1:04:55 ↗ from Issaquah long term but yes in the

1:04:58 ↗ last couple of months we did have people

1:05:00 ↗ come from far and wide asking for the

1:05:02 ↗ program but again our response right now

1:05:04 ↗ for everyone is I'm sorry this program

1:05:06 ↗ is not a voucher we don't have because

1:05:08 ↗ often people ask like okay because I'm

1:05:10 ↗ gonna back up a little bit typical

1:05:12 ↗ Southern congregate shelter models are

1:05:15 ↗ like you come and you stay in line at

1:05:17 ↗ eight or seven in the evening and then

1:05:18 ↗ you get a room and then in the morning

1:05:20 ↗ you need to leave and the next day you

1:05:21 ↗ keep coming that this is not our model

1:05:23 ↗ right people come and they're gonna stay

1:05:26 ↗ until they are discharged meaning

1:05:28 ↗ they're either successful uh in meeting

1:05:31 ↗ their goals or maybe something happens

1:05:32 ↗ and they're not successful but they are

1:05:35 ↗ there to stay so that's what we tell

1:05:37 ↗ everyone who's coming they're asking

1:05:39 ↗ about the program unfortunately it's

1:05:41 ↗ closed we don't take waitlist anymore

1:05:43 ↗ because we have plenty of people on like

1:05:44 ↗ this so you just don't have room and

1:05:46 ↗ what happens to somebody who's simply

1:05:48 ↗ not meeting their goals so yes so we are

1:05:51 ↗ just discussing that with our team so we

1:05:53 ↗ have monthly reviews uh when we discuss

1:05:56 ↗ with participants how they're doing uh

1:05:58 ↗ because we are just at the very

1:05:59 ↗ beginning we also understand and try to

1:06:02 ↗ work with the person so we try to work

1:06:04 ↗ with them for several times and giving

1:06:06 ↗ them chances uh without just uh

1:06:08 ↗ discharging themselves so far we didn't

1:06:10 ↗ discharge anyone

1:06:12 ↗ um yeah so yeah

1:06:14 ↗ we understand when you work with someone

1:06:17 ↗ who's been on the street or in in our

1:06:20 ↗ supports for a long time uh it takes it

1:06:24 ↗ takes a while to to get back in Nevada

1:06:25 ↗ so it's only been two months it's only

1:06:28 ↗ been two months yes yeah

1:06:29 ↗ [Music]

1:06:30 ↗ yeah these are all really good questions

1:06:32 ↗ very good questions yeah I mean you have

1:06:34 ↗ develop a trust and you have to give all

1:06:36 ↗ the tests yeah that's not important and

1:06:39 ↗ yes we had actually a few speaking of uh

1:06:41 ↗ welcoming week we had a few participants

1:06:43 ↗ from the program who volunteered at

1:06:45 ↗ welcoming week and they hope to set up

1:06:47 ↗ and break down and it was just so such a

1:06:49 ↗ good opportunity to build that Transit

1:06:51 ↗ there and and that hope and yeah just a

1:06:54 ↗ lot of

1:06:55 ↗ really integrate them into our community

1:06:58 ↗ those relationships

1:07:02 ↗ good work thank you

1:07:05 ↗ so if you have any ideas or if you um

1:07:09 ↗ you feel like

1:07:11 ↗ um

1:07:11 ↗ you would like to be part of the program

1:07:14 ↗ in any shape or form perhaps say oh I'm

1:07:16 ↗ really good at this and I think I want

1:07:18 ↗ to come and speak on this topic with

1:07:21 ↗ with folks or anything like that like uh

1:07:24 ↗ you don't need to just provide money to

1:07:27 ↗ help and support but if that's something

1:07:29 ↗ close to your heart then say hey if

1:07:31 ↗ anyone's interested I would love to

1:07:33 ↗ teach them this or yeah we are very open

1:07:36 ↗ to to to welcoming you in the program

1:07:41 ↗ no pressure at all

1:07:43 ↗ [Music]

1:07:44 ↗ [Laughter]

1:07:48 ↗ theater or is it one of them is Alex

1:07:51 ↗ yeah

1:07:59 ↗ Behavioral Health coordinator yes Alex

1:08:01 ↗ is one of the housing specialists at

1:08:03 ↗ Motel 6 okay okay and also the park

1:08:06 ↗ ranger who oh that Alex is awesome

1:08:10 ↗ yes you have an Alex who's the park

1:08:12 ↗ ranger Alex who also is the liaison with

1:08:16 ↗ um

1:08:18 ↗ Works yes so the park stranger works

1:08:21 ↗ with our Behavioral Health coordinator

1:08:22 ↗ usually especially the park stranger

1:08:24 ↗ focuses on on Parks and then they work

1:08:27 ↗ together to do Outreach and they

1:08:30 ↗ wouldn't enjoyed it yeah

1:08:32 ↗ yeah I think it is a team yes yes thank

1:08:34 ↗ you I'm sorry when you said Alex yeah

1:08:40 ↗ thank you

1:08:44 ↗ and that concludes my report and uh

1:08:49 ↗ it's also nice to come to you all

1:08:52 ↗ thanks Monica

1:08:53 ↗ [Music]

1:08:54 ↗ um

1:08:57 ↗ so are we moving on

1:08:59 ↗ no

1:09:01 ↗ okay so the next uh is uh the chair and

1:09:06 ↗ commissioner reports

1:09:08 ↗ I don't have anything to report on does

1:09:11 ↗ anybody

1:09:16 ↗ oh I I went to the

1:09:19 ↗ um housing disparities event on Friday

1:09:24 ↗ sponsored by Eastside for all it was

1:09:27 ↗ held in the new together Center building

1:09:31 ↗ in Kirkland Kirkland or Redlands

1:09:39 ↗ meetings and it was fantastic it was

1:09:43 ↗ really great unfortunately the Issaquah

1:09:48 ↗ representative was not present on the

1:09:50 ↗ panology the scheduling conflicts but it

1:09:52 ↗ was a fascinating

1:09:54 ↗ summary of both the patterns across

1:09:57 ↗ affordable housing challenges

1:10:00 ↗ and also like very specific

1:10:04 ↗ and a wonderful stuttering of

1:10:07 ↗ activists in the audience who you know

1:10:09 ↗ so passionately about Equity issues

1:10:12 ↗ among other things so it was it was

1:10:15 ↗ wonderful and I'm happy to share it

1:10:16 ↗ they've bundled some resources

1:10:19 ↗ to share those and if anyone knows of

1:10:22 ↗ similar kinds of events happening in the

1:10:24 ↗ future I'd love to attend more of those

1:10:27 ↗ kinds of community

1:10:28 ↗ events with both staff

1:10:31 ↗ you know and passions or curious

1:10:34 ↗ I almost went I almost went and thank

1:10:38 ↗ you for letting us know about it yeah

1:10:39 ↗ absolutely I don't want to bombard you

1:10:41 ↗ all with email but I also want to keep

1:10:43 ↗ you all updated some really great events

1:10:49 ↗ good okay good yeah and Rucker feel free

1:10:52 ↗ to send me those resources and I'd be

1:10:54 ↗ happy to share with the rest of the

1:10:55 ↗ position or add to a kind of remember

1:10:57 ↗ yeah okay great who is the Issaquah rap

1:11:02 ↗ that you I don't know who the Issaquah

1:11:03 ↗ this is go ahead it was supposed to be

1:11:06 ↗ Steven actually but he was on vacation

1:11:10 ↗ who is here today yes so we need he was

1:11:14 ↗ part of the planning because maybe the

1:11:15 ↗ long-term planners yeah

1:11:20 ↗ senior but they were all senior level

1:11:24 ↗ yeah well thank you for sharing yeah

1:11:25 ↗ yeah thank you and the food is great too

1:11:28 ↗ that's a winner um

1:11:34 ↗ the Maryland did you have something you

1:11:36 ↗ wanted to share yeah

1:11:38 ↗ yeah okay I just want to point out that

1:11:40 ↗ when you're asking for um reports from

1:11:43 ↗ the different organizations we support

1:11:45 ↗ that I did have a chance to visit with

1:11:47 ↗ the leadership at Issaquah schools

1:11:49 ↗ foundation and I um hopefully Hannah you

1:11:51 ↗ received I emailed you a recap of every

1:11:55 ↗ my visit yes thank you so much I'd be

1:11:58 ↗ happy to either share that out or maybe

1:11:59 ↗ I can include that in an email to um our

1:12:02 ↗ a group foreign

1:12:08 ↗ that'd be great

1:12:15 ↗ thanks for all the updates

1:12:18 ↗ okay we will move on to your report

1:12:22 ↗ alrighty so with the start of September

1:12:26 ↗ and the start of school we just had our

1:12:27 ↗ first two meetings with the youth

1:12:29 ↗ Advisory board so one of our biggest

1:12:32 ↗ things that just happened was that um

1:12:34 ↗ there was a student from Woodinville and

1:12:37 ↗ Woodenville is doesn't actually have a

1:12:39 ↗ youth Advisory board but there's

1:12:41 ↗ actually a student coming over to take

1:12:43 ↗ notes on our board so that they could go

1:12:45 ↗ to the mayor and even get a youth

1:12:48 ↗ Advisory Board in Woodinville

1:12:50 ↗ which I think is cool because

1:12:53 ↗ you're special but

1:12:57 ↗ um yeah so since it was only two

1:12:59 ↗ meetings we've only gone into really

1:13:01 ↗ planning into some of our events however

1:13:04 ↗ uh but we're starting to plan a racism

1:13:06 ↗ conference and interactive State of Mind

1:13:10 ↗ event and some sort of College and

1:13:12 ↗ Career Fair for students and mostly

1:13:15 ↗ it'll be more focused on careers and

1:13:17 ↗ like um because we're trying to produce

1:13:20 ↗ the stigma where most kids say they need

1:13:23 ↗ to go to college like that's like when

1:13:25 ↗ someone says what do you want to do when

1:13:27 ↗ you grow up a lot of people just say

1:13:29 ↗ like oh I'm gonna major in X and then

1:13:31 ↗ figure it out from there so we are going

1:13:33 ↗ to try to show them other different

1:13:35 ↗ opportunities such as two-year colleges

1:13:38 ↗ apprenticeships

1:13:39 ↗ um even going into the army and other

1:13:41 ↗ sorts of things so that'll be a really

1:13:43 ↗ good opportunity which um all will be

1:13:46 ↗ coming soon so since this is only the

1:13:48 ↗ first couple of meetings we won't have

1:13:50 ↗ we don't have official dates yet however

1:13:52 ↗ we know we're going to have an event in

1:13:54 ↗ approximately January February and

1:13:57 ↗ another event somewhere later into the

1:13:58 ↗ year

1:13:59 ↗ so basically that's it for the Youth

1:14:01 ↗ report

1:14:05 ↗ for your career and College Planning

1:14:09 ↗ talk to me okay you remember my name and

1:14:12 ↗ uh reach out to me because I do this a

1:14:14 ↗ lot at my job I work at a two-year

1:14:15 ↗ college and we host Career Fairs all the

1:14:17 ↗ time it's a trade school actually so I

1:14:20 ↗ can um I can possibly send you to the

1:14:23 ↗ right people to plan it if you need help

1:14:25 ↗ thank you we'll use that I'm happy to

1:14:28 ↗ connected

1:14:31 ↗ to True perfect okay great report

1:14:34 ↗ [Music]

1:14:37 ↗ you guys

1:14:39 ↗ stack reports all right just a couple

1:14:42 ↗ things here

1:14:43 ↗ um so in September early September uh we

1:14:46 ↗ had a few proclamations uh declaring we

1:14:50 ↗ had a joint East Side city of for

1:14:52 ↗ eastside welcoming week

1:14:54 ↗ um and then for

1:14:56 ↗ um Hispanic Heritage Month we also had a

1:14:58 ↗ proclamation that if you are familiar um

1:15:02 ↗ Alicia spinner from the circle

1:15:04 ↗ um that was a non-profit organization

1:15:06 ↗ formerly known as the Latino club and

1:15:10 ↗ that is an organization that Human

1:15:11 ↗ Services funds so she's a great partner

1:15:14 ↗ in our community so she received that

1:15:16 ↗ Proclamation so we had that at city

1:15:19 ↗ council an upcoming city council meeting

1:15:22 ↗ that Monica will be going to is she will

1:15:25 ↗ be reporting on the affordable sales tax

1:15:28 ↗ revenue so a little bit of what we were

1:15:30 ↗ talking about

1:15:31 ↗ um the emergency housing program

1:15:34 ↗ um the other items that she'll give an

1:15:36 ↗ update is our emergency rental

1:15:37 ↗ assistance so uh we have three

1:15:40 ↗ organizations that we partner with um to

1:15:42 ↗ provide

1:15:43 ↗ um a total of 200 000 of emergency

1:15:45 ↗ rental assistance

1:15:47 ↗ um so that money has pretty much been

1:15:49 ↗ all spent and so there's going to be a

1:15:51 ↗ report on that information of

1:15:53 ↗ um those numbers and how many households

1:15:55 ↗ we served

1:15:57 ↗ um so more to come on that and then

1:15:58 ↗ there'll also be another update on the

1:16:00 ↗ behavioral health program so very much a

1:16:03 ↗ little bit you kind of got a little

1:16:04 ↗ preview of what Monica will be

1:16:06 ↗ presenting at our council meeting and

1:16:07 ↗ that's coming up in in October October

1:16:10 ↗ 9th

1:16:13 ↗ um any questions on City Council

1:16:15 ↗ meetings

1:16:16 ↗ all right so then I'll just keep us

1:16:18 ↗ moving along

1:16:20 ↗ um so I just want to also provide human

1:16:22 ↗ services update on some events that we

1:16:25 ↗ had and then upcoming events so I

1:16:28 ↗ thought it would be fun to talk about

1:16:31 ↗ welcoming me through some pictures

1:16:34 ↗ um so our amazing uh

1:16:37 ↗ our amazing Communications team took

1:16:41 ↗ some great pictures throughout the event

1:16:43 ↗ so just thought I could do a little

1:16:45 ↗ quick slideshow it was such great

1:16:47 ↗ weather oh yeah

1:16:53 ↗ absolutely short

1:16:59 ↗ um so first off yes

1:17:03 ↗ so yeah you might see a few there's a

1:17:06 ↗ few pictures I think of some of some

1:17:08 ↗ folks in here

1:17:09 ↗ um so welcoming week um event was a

1:17:11 ↗ really big event that we spent months

1:17:13 ↗ planning in partnership with many local

1:17:16 ↗ Partners including the highlands Council

1:17:19 ↗ the library

1:17:21 ↗ um downtown

1:17:22 ↗ um Association Dia Huma was a part of

1:17:25 ↗ our planning team so thank you all

1:17:27 ↗ um and it really came together for just

1:17:30 ↗ such a beautiful event

1:17:32 ↗ um that I think the best part that

1:17:33 ↗ Monica and I just stood back and just

1:17:35 ↗ watched so many different groups

1:17:36 ↗ interact with each other and talking and

1:17:38 ↗ learning about each other and that's

1:17:40 ↗ exactly the point is to create an open

1:17:42 ↗ environment so some of the things that

1:17:44 ↗ we had here

1:17:45 ↗ um first want to give a huge shout out

1:17:47 ↗ we got some great emcees with some

1:17:48 ↗ beautiful backgrounds this is tambi here

1:17:51 ↗ um she's a 14 year old author of a

1:17:54 ↗ mental health Wellness book absolutely

1:17:56 ↗ just incredible speaker and I mean 14

1:18:00 ↗ year old right who already has a book

1:18:02 ↗ very exciting and this is sixth guy here

1:18:04 ↗ and she is a um previously a bilingual

1:18:08 ↗ TV host and a voice actor and they just

1:18:10 ↗ were just incredible um talent to have a

1:18:12 ↗ part of that sorry City mirror we have a

1:18:16 ↗ beautiful picture of her um she was part

1:18:19 ↗ of our celebration as well

1:18:22 ↗ um we had a world map this was actually

1:18:24 ↗ a really fun event where we had um folks

1:18:26 ↗ kind of just put little dots of where

1:18:28 ↗ they were at

1:18:29 ↗ um oh you see broker there

1:18:33 ↗ um but um this is for Pharrell here from

1:18:35 ↗ our economic team

1:18:36 ↗ so that was really great to see that map

1:18:38 ↗ lots of children activities

1:18:41 ↗ um which is a big thing that we wanted

1:18:43 ↗ to include in this event to make a

1:18:45 ↗ welcoming and environment

1:18:48 ↗ [Laughter]

1:18:55 ↗ um I think one of the biggest success

1:18:58 ↗ um was our resource Fair we had

1:19:01 ↗ um I want to say about almost 40

1:19:04 ↗ different organizations and Community

1:19:05 ↗ Partners represented in our um resource

1:19:09 ↗ fair and that was just busy all night

1:19:11 ↗ long and we had people coming to us

1:19:13 ↗ saying I had no idea about this

1:19:15 ↗ organization or it was a great

1:19:17 ↗ networking opportunity for our

1:19:18 ↗ non-profit organization so

1:19:20 ↗ um that was really beautiful to see to

1:19:22 ↗ kind of provide that information to our

1:19:25 ↗ residents who may not have known of

1:19:27 ↗ these resources or way ways to get

1:19:29 ↗ involved another fun part of the event

1:19:31 ↗ was just some beautiful

1:19:34 ↗ presentations and of different cultures

1:19:37 ↗ and different performances some were

1:19:40 ↗ dancing some recitals we have students

1:19:42 ↗ performing our big highlight was our

1:19:46 ↗ African fashion show so these folks were

1:19:48 ↗ just absolutely beautiful with some

1:19:51 ↗ beautiful fashion with all ages

1:19:54 ↗ um so that was towards the end of the

1:19:56 ↗ event that was just a great way to end

1:20:01 ↗ the event in a fun upbeat way so again

1:20:04 ↗ just thank you all for participating

1:20:06 ↗ with us thank you for joining us if you

1:20:08 ↗ were able to

1:20:09 ↗ um we're already thinking about next

1:20:11 ↗ year so if anybody wants to be part of

1:20:13 ↗ that planning would love to have

1:20:15 ↗ participation

1:20:17 ↗ um I was at the park with my children

1:20:19 ↗ and a woman overheard me talking about

1:20:22 ↗ coming to this meeting and she said

1:20:23 ↗ excuse me

1:20:25 ↗ um do you have contact with the city if

1:20:27 ↗ so who do I send feedback to and I said

1:20:30 ↗ depends on the feedback they've got lots

1:20:32 ↗ of different Avenues what do you uh what

1:20:34 ↗ kind of feedback do you have

1:20:36 ↗ and she said you know they just hosted a

1:20:39 ↗ diversity equity and inclusion event and

1:20:41 ↗ she was referring to this and she said I

1:20:42 ↗ got all excited and then I found out

1:20:45 ↗ that it was on the 7th so

1:20:49 ↗ to me it felt ironic that it should be a

1:20:52 ↗ Dei event and a whole segment of the

1:20:55 ↗ Jewish population cannot attend so I

1:20:57 ↗ wanted to pass that feedback along

1:20:58 ↗ because I promised her that I would

1:21:00 ↗ thank you Huma I really do appreciate

1:21:02 ↗ and that's we really are receiving that

1:21:04 ↗ kind of feedback from putting that in

1:21:06 ↗ perspective of planning we actually

1:21:08 ↗ already received similar feedback after

1:21:10 ↗ everything had been publicized and

1:21:12 ↗ posted um so that is something that we

1:21:14 ↗ are considering for

1:21:16 ↗ um for next year and how do we be more

1:21:19 ↗ inclusive and a very important welcoming

1:21:21 ↗ event So yeah thank you again for

1:21:22 ↗ sharing that I'm very open to any other

1:21:25 ↗ feedback to make this a more successful

1:21:28 ↗ welcoming event so but thank you again

1:21:31 ↗ all for that

1:21:33 ↗ um and then the last announcement that I

1:21:35 ↗ have

1:21:35 ↗ um is we have a Hispanic Heritage Month

1:21:38 ↗ event coming up and that is in

1:21:40 ↗ Partnership and um hosted by our um the

1:21:43 ↗ circle this uh cultural Circle so Alicia

1:21:46 ↗ spinner who also received a proclamation

1:21:48 ↗ um she will be hosting an event at our

1:21:50 ↗ senior center on October 1st and this

1:21:54 ↗ should be another fun Lively event with

1:21:56 ↗ a local artist uh for everyone to come

1:21:59 ↗ in of all ages to make art collages to

1:22:01 ↗ represent your your heritage your

1:22:03 ↗ background your neighbor's background

1:22:04 ↗ there'll be snacks they'll be live music

1:22:08 ↗ everything's free so please consider

1:22:10 ↗ coming and inviting your neighbors

1:22:12 ↗ family and friends

1:22:13 ↗ um I will be bombarding your email some

1:22:16 ↗ more with more information on that so

1:22:19 ↗ yeah and and fun facts for those of you

1:22:22 ↗ who might be newer to the commission and

1:22:24 ↗ you may or may not know uh the circle is

1:22:27 ↗ actually one of the organizations that

1:22:29 ↗ we funds through the Human Services

1:22:31 ↗ Grants and so you Commissioners a couple

1:22:35 ↗ of years ago or last year whenever you

1:22:37 ↗ those of you who are here and decided to

1:22:40 ↗ find out that thank you so much and then

1:22:43 ↗ even more fun facts speaking of like

1:22:44 ↗ I've been out here for five five years

1:22:46 ↗ when I first met at that time the Latino

1:22:50 ↗ Club they were called they were just

1:22:52 ↗ that a group of big-hearted volunteers

1:22:55 ↗ and the group that had was just

1:22:58 ↗ Gathering every so often to create some

1:23:00 ↗ some events or to they also had cubby

1:23:03 ↗ inclusive where they were offering

1:23:04 ↗ parents with disabilities like a

1:23:08 ↗ monthly group to get together

1:23:11 ↗ and network and socialize and since then

1:23:15 ↗ we were able to create a Grassroots

1:23:17 ↗ grants in the 2020 funding cycle and we

1:23:21 ↗ are able to fund them and support them

1:23:24 ↗ with with seed funding so they actually

1:23:27 ↗ created their 501c3 they they created

1:23:31 ↗ their own organization and now for the

1:23:33 ↗ first time this year they don't have a

1:23:34 ↗ location on Gilman so just amazing way

1:23:37 ↗ to see how something small actually

1:23:41 ↗ becomes an actual organization who makes

1:23:43 ↗ such a big impact and be Beyond cultural

1:23:47 ↗ events they are very big and now they

1:23:49 ↗ start this is the first time when they

1:23:50 ↗ do the

1:23:51 ↗ Hispanic Heritage Month event but

1:23:53 ↗ historically they've been really pulling

1:23:56 ↗ an amazing event for Day of the Beds

1:23:59 ↗ which will happen also this year

1:24:02 ↗ however

1:24:08 ↗ also they do great work in children's

1:24:10 ↗ day

1:24:12 ↗ and but more than anything they do

1:24:15 ↗ cultural navigation they help a lot of

1:24:17 ↗ families in the school district who

1:24:19 ↗ don't speak English and navigating those

1:24:21 ↗ those Social Services networks so

1:24:24 ↗ amazing organization I cannot tell you

1:24:26 ↗ enough and I hope one day they are open

1:24:28 ↗ to coming to you too if you would like

1:24:31 ↗ an update from them they are very open

1:24:34 ↗ Heidi and I went and visited the office

1:24:39 ↗ yeah and I just wanted to point out

1:24:42 ↗ besides all the wonderful cultural work

1:24:43 ↗ they do

1:24:45 ↗ um I'm I I'm a volunteer at the cloud

1:24:47 ↗ community services and we help with rent

1:24:50 ↗ and

1:24:51 ↗ um we get calls and emails from Alicia

1:24:54 ↗ all the time

1:24:55 ↗ because people that are new to the area

1:24:59 ↗ and you don't even have to be you know

1:25:01 ↗ International but oftentimes you know

1:25:04 ↗ there are people that are very new and

1:25:06 ↗ international don't even understand how

1:25:08 ↗ all this works and they're trying to

1:25:09 ↗ look for affordable housing or where

1:25:12 ↗ they just got their first notice of

1:25:13 ↗ addiction and they will reach out to

1:25:15 ↗ Alicia and then Alicia will contact us

1:25:19 ↗ and you know so there's all this

1:25:22 ↗ partnership that's going on yeah and she

1:25:25 ↗ she really you know her organization

1:25:27 ↗ will help anybody and this is her

1:25:29 ↗ part-time job she has a full-time job

1:25:31 ↗ doing something else yeah so it's just

1:25:33 ↗ wonderful yeah

1:25:37 ↗ okay wonderful yeah yeah I can't speak

1:25:40 ↗ more highly about Arts our non-profit

1:25:42 ↗ organization

1:25:44 ↗ they do a lot of great work in our

1:25:45 ↗ community

1:25:46 ↗ um so that wraps up my staff report was

1:25:48 ↗ on any questions I'll pass it up to you

1:25:51 ↗ um

1:25:52 ↗ okay anything for the good of the order

1:25:56 ↗ I have something

1:25:58 ↗ okay and I know Manny has already seen

1:26:00 ↗ it and I'm guessing you have to record

1:26:01 ↗ because everybody's seeing the troll

1:26:11 ↗ yeah okay

1:26:15 ↗ okay and and all we're gonna if you

1:26:17 ↗ haven't seen is anybody not seen it

1:26:19 ↗ okay so all you need and we're not going

1:26:22 ↗ to show you any pictures because it's

1:26:23 ↗ supposed to be a big sort of moment but

1:26:26 ↗ you just need to

1:26:28 ↗ you need to

1:26:30 ↗ um lock down the Rainier Trail you know

1:26:33 ↗ that's not the side of the community

1:26:34 ↗ center

1:26:36 ↗ yeah it was an amazing work with Thomas

1:26:40 ↗ and his crew did you meet Thomas oh yeah

1:26:44 ↗ um

1:26:49 ↗ [Music]

1:26:51 ↗ because I think Nanny's very humble but

1:26:54 ↗ he also received a special recognition

1:26:57 ↗ and special words from from the artist

1:27:00 ↗ and the team who was following the

1:27:02 ↗ artist for his volunteering and

1:27:04 ↗ involvement in the project so don't

1:27:07 ↗ decide that's a big kudos to you and

1:27:09 ↗ thank you so much

1:27:11 ↗ because I fed on dinner

1:27:17 ↗ [Laughter]

1:27:36 ↗ [Music]

1:27:38 ↗ and there's a nice little video out

1:27:39 ↗ there this is typically on this bottle

1:27:41 ↗ yeah

1:27:43 ↗ from the downtown business is like it

1:27:46 ↗ too yes

1:27:53 ↗ and they're finishing up the one on

1:27:55 ↗ fashion

1:27:56 ↗ and Ballard

1:27:58 ↗ it was uh there's five of them total wow

1:28:02 ↗ in the one on Vashon is the big one it's

1:28:05 ↗ the king the king troll why haven't we

1:28:07 ↗ get the cake why did we get the game is

1:28:10 ↗ for some reason

1:28:11 ↗ and it might be just because it's on the

1:28:15 ↗ water I'm not sure

1:28:20 ↗ and he's got this one here was 122nd one

1:28:24 ↗ I believe

1:28:25 ↗ so he's got a model to the world

1:28:28 ↗ yeah

1:28:30 ↗ okay well um we can assure if

1:28:33 ↗ everybody's and you can turn off the

1:28:35 ↗ recorder will do thank you everyone okay

1:28:37 ↗ well it's good to see everybody

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