Human Services Commission · Wednesday, January 24, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of November 15th, 2023

packet pp.3–4

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 11-15-23 Human Services Commission Minutes Page [1] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Human Services Commission 6:30 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. November 15, 2023 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Climate Vulnerability Assessment Communication Tool Concepts (D)

30 min · Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Manager Kathleen Hillery, Sustainability CivicSpark Fellow · packet pp.5–25

Topics: Climate

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Communications Climate Vulnerability Assessment HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION – JANUARY 24, 2024 KATHLEEN HILLERY, CIVICSPARK FELLOW

Human Services Strategic Plan Update

30 min · Hannah Roberts, Human Services Coordinator · packet pp.27–46

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

To provide an update Share community on the implementation feedback on of Issaquah Human implementation Services Strategic Plan

2025-2026 Human Services Grant Supplemental (I)

5 min · Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager · packet pp.47–49

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

Parks and Community Services 130 E Sunset Way PO Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 Phone: (425) 837-3416

Human Services Commission 2024 Draft Workplan (I)

5 min · Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager · packet pp.51–52

Topics: Equity

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APPROVED: [Date] REVISED: [Date]

5. REPORTS

Chair and Commissioner Reports

Topics: Boards & Commissions

Youth Report

packet pp.53

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Staff report:

• City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting – February 27, 2024 Human Services staff will go before City Council Services, Safety and Parks Committee to provide an update on the Human Services Strategic Plan implementation and Comprehensive Plan Draft Human Services Element.

Staff Report

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0:03 ↗ all right we've

0:04 ↗ started okay well welcome everybody this

0:07 ↗ is our first meeting of

0:11 ↗ 2024

0:12 ↗ y it's a special meeting because we had

0:15 ↗ to reschedule it because of um Martin

0:18 ↗ Luther P

0:19 ↗ right

0:22 ↗ yes um I want to see let's look at the

0:25 ↗ agenda

0:27 ↗ of okay did we have any public comments

0:31 ↗ anything that came in uh no public

0:33 ↗ comments I just want to know um some

0:35 ↗ attendance items here um we

0:39 ↗ are uh we have a few guests here with us

0:42 ↗ um Stacy here well they can do introd

0:44 ↗ introductions when they do their

0:46 ↗ presentation but Stacy with the city of

0:48 ↗ I sustainability and then Kathleen uh

0:52 ↗ who is our Civic spark intern we'll give

0:54 ↗ you there a nice introduction um and

0:57 ↗ then uh we are just missing Huma um who

1:00 ↗ should be joining us shortly online and

1:02 ↗ then we have Mory Edward who has an

1:04 ↗ excuse

1:05 ↗ ask okay and then we have Monica here

1:14 ↗ she's oh hum perfect timing we're just

1:16 ↗ saying hi

1:20 ↗ great okay um let me see I'm sure the um

1:24 ↗ last minutes are fresh in everybody's

1:26 ↗ mind from October from October November

1:31 ↗ is it

1:32 ↗ November okay thank you thank you

1:37 ↗ um does anybody want to make a motion to

1:39 ↗ approve the minutes from

1:42 ↗ November uh I move uh this is

1:44 ↗ commissioner fish and I move that we

1:46 ↗ approve the minutes from our November

1:48 ↗ meeting does anybody want to Second

1:52 ↗ commissioner some think I you second

1:55 ↗ yeah okay any

1:57 ↗ discussion okay um it's every everybody

2:00 ↗ vote to approve say yay yay okay it will

2:04 ↗ be approved

2:07 ↗ unanimously um okay and then our first

2:10 ↗ agenda item is you right than

2:16 ↗ Stacy so um I will hand it over you if

2:21 ↗ you want to do any kind of

2:24 ↗ introductions you kind of did

2:26 ↗ already yeah safety go ahead are you

2:29 ↗ able just share your screen now

2:30 ↗ everything set up okay for you yes okay

2:34 ↗ great can just start with the

2:35 ↗ introduction I'm Stacy mry I'm the city

2:38 ↗ sustainability manager and then I also

2:41 ↗ um staff the environmental board which

2:43 ↗ we've never had any joint meetings or

2:44 ↗ much overlap um with that board but

2:47 ↗ hopefully uh this year we have a few

2:49 ↗ projects goinging forward that we may

2:51 ↗ bring to

2:53 ↗ you and then Kathleen joined us in

2:55 ↗ September she's a Civic spark fellow

2:58 ↗ which is a program of

3:00 ↗ Amer but to follow are very focused work

3:05 ↗ so she um has been working with us since

3:07 ↗ September unfortunately the Navy is

3:09 ↗ going to pull her away from us in a week

3:13 ↗ um but she's done a lot of incredible

3:15 ↗ work um this year with our climate plan

3:18 ↗ implementation as well as our climate

3:20 ↗ vulnerability

3:26 ↗ assessment thank you for the

3:28 ↗ intruction thank you

3:31 ↗ and I'm going to go ahead

3:38 ↗ and

3:39 ↗ excellent

3:42 ↗ fantastic so as Stacy said my name is

3:45 ↗ kathen Hillary I'm the Civic spark

3:48 ↗ fellow uh it is a program that offers an

3:52 ↗ opportunity for professional development

3:54 ↗ with municipalities and departments in

3:56 ↗ states of Washington Colorado and

3:58 ↗ California on various sustainability

4:01 ↗ climate and adjacent

4:04 ↗ topics my purpose this evening is to

4:09 ↗ describe isqua climate vulnerability

4:11 ↗ assessment provide a high level overview

4:14 ↗ of what it found identify key messages

4:17 ↗ and seek input on how to successfully

4:20 ↗ reach community members with information

4:22 ↗ and resources from the

4:27 ↗ CBA the city passed a CL action plan in

4:30 ↗ 2021 that focused on several areas of

4:33 ↗ climate adaptation and mitigation

4:35 ↗ including overarching climate actions

4:38 ↗ buildings and energy transportation and

4:40 ↗ land use materials and consumption

4:43 ↗ natural systems and water resources and

4:45 ↗ Community resilience and

4:47 ↗ well-being the IAP is the Strategic and

4:50 ↗ coordinated road map for climate

4:51 ↗ resilience and isqua rooted in the best

4:53 ↗ available science and forecasts for how

4:56 ↗ climate change may impact us and builds

4:58 ↗ Upon Our communities hist history of

5:00 ↗ sustainability and environmental

5:01 ↗ stewardship for how we can respond

5:03 ↗ communally to mitigate the causes of the

5:06 ↗ climate change which some of which you

5:08 ↗ can see actions for that on the left and

5:12 ↗ adapt to current and future risks

5:14 ↗ climate impacts some of those actions

5:17 ↗ you can see on the right and in the

5:19 ↗ middle are both mitigation and

5:20 ↗ adaptation of potential

5:23 ↗ actions these potential actions in the

5:26 ↗ IAP were reviewed and selected through a

5:28 ↗ multicriteria scoring system weighted by

5:31 ↗ impact feasibility affordability equity

5:34 ↗ and co- benefits me the living document

5:37 ↗ of targets metrics and actions and will

5:39 ↗ be updated in

5:41 ↗ 2026 now why did I just spend so much

5:43 ↗ time on that one of the actions out of

5:46 ↗ the IAP is

5:49 ↗ cr2.1 which is conduct a climate

5:52 ↗ vulnerability

5:55 ↗ assessment this allowed staff to

5:58 ↗ understand the specific clim impacts

6:00 ↗ that threaten isqua and strategies for

6:02 ↗ enhancing Community adaptive capacity

6:04 ↗ especially of vulnerable vulnerable

6:06 ↗ groups and minicipal

6:09 ↗ infrastructure the IAP is available

6:11 ↗ online on isqua's website if you'd like

6:14 ↗ to read any of the other

6:20 ↗ items the climate vulnerability

6:22 ↗ assessment was performed by Cascadia

6:24 ↗ Consulting and reviewed by City staff it

6:27 ↗ analyzed four big sectors built

6:29 ↗ environment natural systems and storm

6:31 ↗ water water resources and Sewer public

6:35 ↗ health and

6:36 ↗ well-being and those four tie back to

6:39 ↗ elements of the IAP as you can see

6:41 ↗ underlined in

6:42 ↗ green spread across the four sectors are

6:46 ↗ 10 sub sectors which are listed the

6:49 ↗ graphic depicts the climate impacts to

6:51 ↗ those Associated sectors including

6:53 ↗ Wildfire heat and consequences of

6:56 ↗ changes in precipitation patterns

7:03 ↗ this graphic details relative

7:05 ↗ vulnerabilities from high to low of each

7:07 ↗ of those subs sectors accounting for a

7:09 ↗ climate risk factor which is the

7:12 ↗ sensitivity and exposure to climate

7:14 ↗ impacts and adaptive capacity which is

7:17 ↗ the ability of systems institutions

7:20 ↗ biodiversity and people to moderate cope

7:24 ↗ or adapt to climate change sensitive

7:27 ↗ ecosystems and Health and Social

7:29 ↗ Services were assessed as the most

7:31 ↗ vulnerable sub sectors while green

7:33 ↗ spaces and tree canopy and Sewer in

7:36 ↗ systems were assessed as the least

7:40 ↗ vulnerable let that sit with you folks

7:43 ↗ for just a

7:50 ↗ second

7:52 ↗ and this chart

7:55 ↗ here demonstrates the composition of

7:58 ↗ several one populations in isqua

8:00 ↗ including households with low incomes

8:02 ↗ Youth and older populations community

8:05 ↗ members with disabilities non-english

8:07 ↗ language speakers or English as an

8:09 ↗ additional language in the home black

8:11 ↗ indigenous and other populations of

8:14 ↗ color and then other vulnerable

8:16 ↗ populations specifically identified in

8:18 ↗ the CVA but not listed here include our

8:20 ↗ unhoused neighbors or those who live in

8:23 ↗ their

8:24 ↗ vehicles and there's a lot of

8:26 ↗ information table

8:28 ↗ too

8:35 ↗ conducting the assessment offered staff

8:37 ↗ insight to existing conditions and areas

8:39 ↗ of improvement within the community by

8:42 ↗ communicating the results of the

8:44 ↗ assessment and how elements of the IAP

8:47 ↗ address identified gaps and plans for

8:48 ↗ future work we would like to facilitate

8:51 ↗ transparency Community inclusion and

8:54 ↗ allow individuals and family units to

8:56 ↗ determine what preparations they need to

8:58 ↗ build resilient for themselves and among

9:00 ↗ their

9:01 ↗ neighbors targeted Communications

9:04 ↗ provides exposure and education on the

9:06 ↗ assess to vulnerability of sectors and

9:07 ↗ Subs sectors generates Community

9:10 ↗ discussion and directs her neighbors to

9:12 ↗ available resources and other

9:14 ↗ preparedness Tools in language

9:16 ↗ appropriate to differing personal

9:18 ↗ contexts and previous exposure to

9:20 ↗ climate resilience topics we want to

9:23 ↗ communicate the findings of the

9:24 ↗ assessment accurately and widely without

9:26 ↗ being productive and we want to be

9:28 ↗ honest and build awareness about extreme

9:30 ↗ weather projections while avoiding fear

9:33 ↗ and to create whole Community climate

9:40 ↗ resilience very briefly I'll review what

9:42 ↗ we presented to the environmental board

9:45 ↗ to contextualize the feedback we receed

9:47 ↗ from

9:47 ↗ them these concept strategies are only a

9:50 ↗ few among many considered so far and

9:54 ↗ include an update to isqu Municipal

9:56 ↗ website a school poster or other similar

9:59 ↗ tool and some kind of community signage

10:02 ↗ notice flyer or

10:07 ↗ otherwise we're going to kind of fly

10:10 ↗ through these mockups for uh more time

10:14 ↗ for discussion at the end but this is an

10:17 ↗ example of a landing page where you

10:20 ↗ could then link to the climate

10:22 ↗ vulnerability assessment in the mockup

10:24 ↗ I've selected the Emergency Management

10:28 ↗ site

10:30 ↗ and then here you can see what a

10:33 ↗ possible climate vulnerability

10:34 ↗ assessment website might look like uring

10:37 ↗ that we have links to resources for

10:40 ↗ natural disasters all of which would

10:42 ↗ link to the same locations as those on

10:44 ↗ the Emergency Management page so that

10:46 ↗ we're not crossing any information

10:48 ↗ streams links to the actual CVA report

10:52 ↗ to facilitate that transparency it's a

10:54 ↗ chunky document of 50 pages and a little

10:57 ↗ bit of technical dragon

10:59 ↗ but for those in the community who are

11:01 ↗ interested in the source material we

11:02 ↗ want to make sure that it's available

11:05 ↗ other links to Human

11:06 ↗ Services local weather systems and

11:09 ↗ additional links as determined by staff

11:11 ↗ boards the communication team

11:15 ↗ Etc this is a mockup of a school

11:18 ↗ poster it does not have to say what it

11:21 ↗ says but the goal was to demonstrate a

11:24 ↗ potential age appropriately themed

11:27 ↗ poster engage children in topics that

11:31 ↗ are difficult in a place where there's

11:33 ↗ already structure to engage in topics

11:35 ↗ that are difficult and use it as a way

11:37 ↗ to perhaps engage in a little bit of

11:39 ↗ multilingual Family Outreach and to

11:42 ↗ facilitate uh those learning Pathways we

11:45 ↗ encourage our children to have when they

11:46 ↗ come home and tell their family units

11:49 ↗ what they're doing at

11:51 ↗ school and then finally Community

11:53 ↗ signage the images here are

11:55 ↗ representative of various Hazard notice

11:58 ↗ signs

11:59 ↗ the idea is to have something stationary

12:01 ↗ within a community that provides a

12:04 ↗ consistent reminder of ah yes I need to

12:06 ↗ be prepared I need to have a plan but

12:09 ↗ for this kind of Hazard related signage

12:12 ↗ we would work with isqu as emergency

12:14 ↗ manager to ensure any such signs were

12:16 ↗ appropriate to the area

12:18 ↗ they and again these are just three

12:22 ↗ possible Concepts among many others that

12:25 ↗ have been discussed including Garden uh

12:30 ↗ notices and other sorts of

12:33 ↗ material to gain access to other members

12:38 ↗ of the community who may or may not

12:40 ↗ engage in online

12:43 ↗ activity the feedback we got from the

12:45 ↗ environmental board can be summarized in

12:47 ↗ four

12:48 ↗ buckets how to get the information

12:51 ↗ ensuring that we Deb burden our

12:52 ↗ community members and that we use every

12:55 ↗ Avenue possible to generate maximum

12:57 ↗ coverage especially among done the

12:59 ↗ graphics less online the type of

13:01 ↗ information making sure it's the

13:03 ↗ resources and the

13:05 ↗ facts the format of the information

13:08 ↗ varied based on the physical and virtual

13:10 ↗ community squares our community members

13:12 ↗ use and the tone focusing on language

13:16 ↗ choices I.E vulnerability assessment may

13:19 ↗ not be clear useful or suitably

13:21 ↗ informative for someone who does not

13:24 ↗ engage in the day-to-day in climate

13:25 ↗ action

13:26 ↗ topics the goal is to keep information

13:29 ↗ and resources rooted in science using

13:31 ↗ honest age appropriate language to

13:34 ↗ communicate the full spectrum of

13:36 ↗ possible messages for lasting climate

13:38 ↗ resilience among the is community the

13:41 ↗ environmental board suggested adding

13:43 ↗ questions about extreme weather

13:45 ↗ preparedness and other CPA related

13:47 ↗ questions to the Citywide survey to

13:50 ↗ maximize a potential metric to measure

13:53 ↗ success and success is difficult to

13:56 ↗ measure in this case and develop the

13:59 ↗ neighborhood watch concept for

14:00 ↗ resilience in high-risk

14:05 ↗ areas a quick review of what we were

14:07 ↗ hoping to communicate noting that

14:10 ↗ success is preparedness as part of

14:13 ↗ community CL resilience 100% coverage of

14:17 ↗ all of our neighbors including

14:19 ↗ vulnerable

14:20 ↗ populations understanding what the

14:22 ↗ physical vulnerabilities and potential

14:24 ↗ impacts are to isqua as well as our

14:28 ↗ neighbors and ourselves and that people

14:31 ↗ and their neighbors feel prepared to

14:33 ↗ meet those vulnerabilities and know

14:35 ↗ where the resources are what the

14:38 ↗ resources are and feel comfortable

14:40 ↗ explaining to others how to access those

14:45 ↗ resources our next steps are to provide

14:49 ↗ these communications messages as well as

14:52 ↗ feedback from your commission tonight

14:55 ↗ the environmental board to the equity

14:57 ↗ board through am

15:00 ↗ because I will not be here I will be off

15:02 ↗ with navy publishing the CV report and

15:05 ↗ developing those Communications tools

15:08 ↗ based on the robust feedback that we

15:10 ↗ hope to get so our discussion questions

15:13 ↗ for you tonight after that lengthy uh

15:17 ↗ introduction is what suggestions do you

15:20 ↗ have for reaching our neighbors

15:22 ↗ especially those vulnerable Among Us and

15:25 ↗ how have you successfully reached

15:27 ↗ community members

15:33 ↗ wow I see Huma has her hand raised do

15:37 ↗ you want to take your s off camera or

15:39 ↗ put yourself on camera and

15:41 ↗ unmute sure if you feel

15:45 ↗ comfor hi everyone thanks for that

15:48 ↗ presentation um as you were talking

15:50 ↗ about

15:52 ↗ Communications um to different groups

15:54 ↗ looking at your student poster I heard

15:57 ↗ you mention something about special Iz

15:58 ↗ jargon it just got me thinking about how

16:02 ↗ newspapers popular materials like um

16:06 ↗ like

16:07 ↗ novels uh I think TV Guide these are all

16:10 ↗ written uh at a school age level I can't

16:13 ↗ remember if it's middle school or 9th

16:16 ↗ 10th grade level English so that it can

16:18 ↗ be more

16:19 ↗ accessible uh so as I was looking at

16:21 ↗ your school poster I just thought maybe

16:24 ↗ it shouldn't just be thought about or

16:26 ↗ compartmentalized as a school poster for

16:28 ↗ children because that is that may truly

16:31 ↗ be the language level of so many people

16:34 ↗ in our community and that's not just to

16:37 ↗ talk about English language Learners

16:40 ↗ sometimes geography matters so for

16:41 ↗ example if I think about my family

16:44 ↗ they're fluent in English they learned

16:46 ↗ English along with our native language

16:48 ↗ when they were growing up but at the

16:49 ↗ same time some of this jargon or

16:52 ↗ American colloquialisms can be lost on

16:54 ↗ them so um so sometimes it's not even a

16:57 ↗ matter of like fluency it's just a

16:59 ↗ matter of geography and getting through

17:01 ↗ to people um so that was my that was my

17:04 ↗ feedback for language and Communications

17:06 ↗ is that maybe instead of thinking about

17:09 ↗ it in a really compartmentalized way we

17:13 ↗ should um think about like okay well

17:16 ↗ well what uh what does school what does

17:19 ↗ a school poster mean what level is it

17:22 ↗ really and uh can it be applied more

17:25 ↗ broadly to our community and go further

17:27 ↗ that way and then as far as reaching

17:29 ↗ community members the success I've had

17:33 ↗ just in small little Endeavors has been

17:37 ↗ to um to pound the pavement and talk to

17:40 ↗ people so I wonder if there can be a

17:44 ↗ campaign of volunteers who canvas and

17:47 ↗ speak to people who hang out at places

17:50 ↗ like the senior center and provide

17:51 ↗ information and just build those little

17:53 ↗ relationships to get the word

17:57 ↗ out that's all

17:59 ↗ thank

18:00 ↗ you thank you Luma um I'm just going to

18:04 ↗ piggyback on what she said um you know

18:06 ↗ another place to reach what we're

18:08 ↗ calling you know some vulnerable

18:10 ↗ community members would be isqua

18:12 ↗ Community Hall I don't know if you know

18:14 ↗ where that is yeah but that's where um

18:18 ↗ uh Catholic community services um hosts

18:21 ↗ free dinners every night of the week for

18:24 ↗ anybody that wants it and uh free

18:26 ↗ lunches on Thursdays and so um you know

18:30 ↗ you get a lot of um people of lower

18:33 ↗ economic status there I mean you could

18:35 ↗ get a i you don't have to be lower

18:37 ↗ economic but you know you get people

18:39 ↗ there that that might be the only meal

18:40 ↗ they're going to have for the day so and

18:42 ↗ again I guess it would go back to what

18:44 ↗ hum was saying about um you would have

18:46 ↗ to have a team of people that might want

18:48 ↗ to just hang out and talk to people or

18:51 ↗ you could put posters up I'm sure you

18:52 ↗ could put posters up at is a Community

18:57 ↗ Hall you guys are in charge of that

18:59 ↗ space

19:01 ↗ right uh

19:04 ↗ so it depends on what you define we so

19:08 ↗ the city um it's it's a city-owned

19:10 ↗ facility so our facilities team is in

19:14 ↗ charge of the facility on our end in

19:16 ↗ human services we've been in connection

19:18 ↗ with the organizations that use the

19:21 ↗ space and the groups that use the space

19:23 ↗ there so actually then Stacy and I have

19:25 ↗ been in touch when they worked on the

19:27 ↗ vulnerability assessment we had some um

19:30 ↗ some times when um we were connecting

19:32 ↗ with folks there yeah so but yeah so

19:36 ↗ that's s sorry in terms of like in

19:37 ↗ charge thinking if somebody wanted to

19:39 ↗ hang a poster on a wall down oh yes yes

19:42 ↗ we can help with that and organizations

19:43 ↗ and the groups there are very open to do

19:45 ↗ that yes for

19:47 ↗ sure I immedately thought of the is it

19:50 ↗ called col Bridges the magazine that is

19:53 ↗ distributed or is available online

19:56 ↗ multiple languages I was trying to think

19:58 ↗ existing resources that we can I don't

20:00 ↗ want to say piggyback on but there's I

20:02 ↗ don't think there's a need necessarily

20:03 ↗ to reinvent anything I think there are

20:06 ↗ some really good resources already

20:08 ↗ available yeah well and what about um

20:12 ↗ the

20:14 ↗ circle um okay remind me um

20:18 ↗ Nota yes yeah okay you're familiar yeah

20:23 ↗ um you know she deals with vulnerable

20:25 ↗ populations pretty much all the time

20:27 ↗ yeah

20:28 ↗ saying the food I agree Food Bank of

20:32 ↗ course right yeah great ideas yeah I'd

20:36 ↗ like to give like um an experience

20:38 ↗ talking about like how what I've

20:40 ↗ experienced in my school and what I've

20:41 ↗ seen other students have so um there's

20:44 ↗ been multiple I've seen that in our

20:47 ↗ classes we've slowly been integrating

20:48 ↗ sustainability like into the course

20:50 ↗ where there'd be specific units

20:51 ↗ especially in sciences and what's really

20:54 ↗ good is that in Skyline we have us or

20:57 ↗ sorry Pine Lake we had a specific

20:59 ↗ project where in our physics class you'd

21:03 ↗ learn about all of this environmental

21:05 ↗ health things so you learn about

21:06 ↗ sustainability and climate change and

21:08 ↗ all these problems that have been

21:09 ↗ happening and then you actually like use

21:11 ↗ parts of the community to like make up

21:13 ↗ your own sort of environmental project

21:16 ↗ to help it and one of the um things

21:19 ↗ would be to piggyback off that and maybe

21:20 ↗ even give students like the ability to

21:23 ↗ actually Implement such of these

21:24 ↗ projects instead of just like

21:26 ↗ contemplating them being able to

21:27 ↗ actually like Implement them and

21:31 ↗ piggybacking off of what Mrs fish said

21:34 ↗ um I think there's a lot of already

21:36 ↗ great resources however we need to

21:38 ↗ increase the advocacy to what's there

21:40 ↗ like for example again going back into

21:43 ↗ my phys physics class I saw these like

21:45 ↗ amazing resources of like for example

21:48 ↗ Puget Sound Energy had this website that

21:51 ↗ had just like multiple different

21:53 ↗ programs that they had for people that

21:55 ↗ are using their energy and it's like um

21:58 ↗ you can pay like $2 extra a month on

22:01 ↗ your bill to make sure that it's

22:03 ↗ confirmed that they're using sustainable

22:05 ↗ sourcing or to make sure that they're

22:06 ↗ using um electrics or some or things

22:10 ↗ like that to use more sustainable energy

22:12 ↗ sources and I didn't even know that sort

22:14 ↗ of things existed so I think it's also

22:17 ↗ very important to see how we can

22:20 ↗ increase advocacy to already existing

22:22 ↗ programs rather than trying to um use

22:24 ↗ resources to create new ones and sorry

22:27 ↗ I'm rambling but one more thing one more

22:30 ↗ thing is that um talking about like the

22:32 ↗ younger Community um like these posters

22:36 ↗ obviously they have a very high language

22:38 ↗ level to like have so many words on a

22:40 ↗ single piece of paper but I've seen that

22:43 ↗ in elementary schools they've been doing

22:45 ↗ these things in um during assemblies

22:48 ↗ with like plays for younger middle um

22:51 ↗ young lower middle school and Elementary

22:53 ↗ School students where they have like

22:55 ↗ basically actors come and they teach in

22:57 ↗ like they have a play about

22:59 ↗ environmental safety that's more

23:01 ↗ addressable to kids and then at the end

23:04 ↗ they can talk about the sustainability

23:06 ↗ and it makes it a lot easier to

23:07 ↗ understand when like kids see it as like

23:09 ↗ this fun new thing and I see that it's

23:12 ↗ obviously a a lot more impactful to hear

23:15 ↗ your kids coming to talk to you about

23:17 ↗ sustainability and how they say I want

23:19 ↗ to change I want to make our Eagle

23:20 ↗ footprint friendly from a child rather

23:23 ↗ than a piece of paper that's saying that

23:25 ↗ you should do

23:26 ↗ it

23:28 ↗ your voice is very

23:33 ↗ important here

23:36 ↗ say your voice is very important thank

23:39 ↗ you well and I just say

23:46 ↗ did um well I Stacy when is the

23:51 ↗ um um sustainability Fair going to be at

23:54 ↗ picking well thank you for asking

23:58 ↗ March 30th Saturday March

24:01 ↗ 30th the second annual sustainability

24:04 ↗ Fair we're going to have plus vendors

24:07 ↗ lots of

24:08 ↗ interaction um lots of activities Touch

24:10 ↗ of trucks hopefully some evbs on display

24:14 ↗ um yeah lot and sharing resources too

24:16 ↗ about our um sustainability

24:19 ↗ electrification programs for lower

24:21 ↗ income households um so yeah lots of

24:25 ↗ lots of

24:25 ↗ a well yeah see that's a great place to

24:29 ↗ get the word out yeah and um I don't

24:31 ↗ know if any of you to the were went to

24:33 ↗ the first one last year it was great it

24:36 ↗ was it was really well attended I mean

24:38 ↗ it exceeded our expectations right yeah

24:41 ↗ and was it the weather next it was

24:43 ↗ pouring yeah we got about 700 um people

24:48 ↗ so yeah it was just great and there's

24:52 ↗ all sorts of free swag you know so if

24:55 ↗ you need to attempt your young kids to

24:57 ↗ go all sorts of good free swag so

25:03 ↗ yeah just a a question is is the

25:09 ↗ intention priority wise to conduct this

25:13 ↗ Outreach in order to engage and get

25:17 ↗ input from vulnerable community members

25:20 ↗ or to kind of

25:23 ↗ share the information and the resources

25:26 ↗ that have already been gathered I

25:27 ↗ understand and both are important but

25:28 ↗ I'm just curious is there one that feels

25:30 ↗ more important at this stage for this

25:32 ↗ particular line of effort it's the

25:35 ↗ latter it's sharing the information and

25:37 ↗ the resources we have a different

25:39 ↗ project resilience hubs in which we are

25:43 ↗ attempting to engage and do more

25:46 ↗ Outreach and feedback from community and

25:50 ↗ Community Partners resilience hubs once

25:53 ↗ they get up off the ground and online

25:55 ↗ would be one of the resources that we

25:57 ↗ would would share through this line of

25:59 ↗ effort with respect to what exists in

26:02 ↗ the community and part of one of why we

26:05 ↗ are so interested in

26:07 ↗ emphasizing the need to communicate with

26:10 ↗ vulnerable populations in all forms of

26:13 ↗ communications available is because we

26:15 ↗ know that it is Frontline communities

26:19 ↗ and vulnerable populations who are

26:20 ↗ disproportionately impacted so

26:23 ↗ emphasizing efforts through those

26:26 ↗ strains we Endeavor to provide enough

26:30 ↗ top cover that they are less impacted by

26:33 ↗ the impacts that we knew are coming sure

26:36 ↗ can you give some examples of things

26:38 ↗ that are particularly important um for

26:41 ↗ vulnerable populations and I'm sure you

26:43 ↗ are thinking of particular communities

26:46 ↗ within the esa population that you want

26:49 ↗ them to know you want to make sure they

26:50 ↗ know as in yeah um

26:56 ↗ so

26:58 ↗ for example

27:04 ↗ um there

27:06 ↗ are they are still small but they exist

27:09 ↗ there are Community Gardens in isqua and

27:12 ↗ one of the uh negative impacts of

27:16 ↗ climate change disruptions to the food

27:18 ↗ system because food security is already

27:22 ↗ a

27:24 ↗ problem through Community Gardens

27:27 ↗ through

27:28 ↗ engagement with a local food economy we

27:32 ↗ hope to address

27:36 ↗ both mitigation of the food miles and

27:40 ↗ the carbon emissions that it takes say

27:42 ↗ an avocado to travel to isqua while also

27:46 ↗ addressing food security so

27:49 ↗ basing a local food economy in more

27:54 ↗ native appropriate foods to The Climb

27:57 ↗ does both time mitigation and

28:00 ↗ adapation I hope that I answered your

28:03 ↗ question yeah that's a helpful example

28:05 ↗ thank you yeah and I'm sure there's also

28:07 ↗ other examples of you know during

28:10 ↗ extremely cold weather or during flood

28:12 ↗ events like these are resources or

28:14 ↗ during WS these are Community Resources

28:17 ↗ that could actually help save your life

28:20 ↗ for things but I love the humity garden

28:24 ↗ tied to food security exle thank you

28:26 ↗ that's been a wild fire here is how you

28:28 ↗ would get out live in a right here's the

28:31 ↗ evacuation yes yeah got it thank you

28:34 ↗ have other East Side communities are

28:36 ↗ they in the process of doing a

28:39 ↗ CVA yes yeah they're um becoming I'd say

28:43 ↗ pretty standard companions action plans

28:46 ↗ redond has completed theirs their's

28:49 ↗ focused um very much on uh potential

28:53 ↗ impacts to City infrastructure where

28:56 ↗ artist was a lot

28:58 ↗ mostly Community facing and we did I

29:01 ↗ record part your question maybe was

29:03 ↗ without engagement on the CVA with

29:05 ↗ different community members we did um

29:08 ↗ tried to do pretty extensive Outreach

29:10 ↗ working with Hannah and Monica's team um

29:13 ↗ so ours is a little bit more Community

29:15 ↗ basing there's definitely uh some work

29:18 ↗ that was done like on our sewer

29:19 ↗ infrastructure for example um so each

29:22 ↗ city has taken a little bit different

29:24 ↗ approach in terms of uh the focus of

29:26 ↗ their their cbaa but they are becoming

29:29 ↗ more more and more common um the state

29:32 ↗ also passed legislation last year that

29:35 ↗ climate resilience needs to be

29:36 ↗ incorporated into all of our

29:39 ↗ comprehensive plans um we're doing that

29:42 ↗ this year uh and so I think we'll start

29:45 ↗ to see more and more cities looking at

29:47 ↗ climate resilience as much as they've

29:49 ↗ been looking

29:50 ↗ at okay

29:53 ↗ thanks is there time for one more quick

29:56 ↗ question oh

29:58 ↗ yeah no no no commissioner

30:01 ↗ um thank you so much for coming I

30:04 ↗ appreciate it uh I would say too I think

30:06 ↗ uh as we kind of dive into the

30:08 ↗ assessments I was looking at the report

30:11 ↗ I think it' probably be good to kind of

30:12 ↗ name your Literature Like review like

30:14 ↗ where you guys pulling that stuff from

30:17 ↗ um perhaps where the community input is

30:20 ↗ you know when I look at assessments I'm

30:22 ↗ always looking at it you know who's

30:23 ↗ doing the assessment you know sometimes

30:25 ↗ I can feel like a very like

30:28 ↗ uh colonizer kind mentality is like how

30:30 ↗ does that pull from our actual City's

30:35 ↗ um uh

30:37 ↗ true um voice um so I do like the fact

30:40 ↗ that I saw Social and Health Services

30:43 ↗ being at the high I was just wondering

30:45 ↗ why there wouldn't be other things

30:47 ↗ moving to the high given that kind of um

30:50 ↗ like a lit review the community input

30:52 ↗ the staff contribution I think it's good

30:55 ↗ to kind of reference certain items like

30:58 ↗ that as we kind of pump up you know as

31:00 ↗ you mentioned legislation is kind of you

31:02 ↗ know requiring cities to kind of develop

31:03 ↗ infrastructure in regards to those plans

31:06 ↗ so I think it' probably be helpful to

31:07 ↗ kind of pull um so folks are in this

31:10 ↗ research mentality they can kind of say

31:12 ↗ okay I can see where they're getting

31:13 ↗ grabbing their interpretation and build

31:16 ↗ transparency uh to the

31:18 ↗ community the resources behind

31:21 ↗ the okay and I'm just wondering are you

31:24 ↗ guys uh partnering up with uh

31:28 ↗ emergency

31:30 ↗ response yes okay so because one can

31:33 ↗ lead to the other corre yes okay

31:38 ↗ that's well I have a question I don't

31:40 ↗ want to Segway too much for instance

31:42 ↗ during these really cold temperatures we

31:44 ↗ recently came

31:46 ↗ through where Did We Tell vulnerable

31:49 ↗ vulnerable populations that were living

31:51 ↗ outside where to go through Outreach

31:53 ↗ through individual Outreach

31:55 ↗ oneone say that again through Outreach

31:58 ↗ so we went to the locations that we know

32:01 ↗ vulnerable populations were since we've

32:04 ↗ been interacting with them for a while

32:06 ↗ so we just oneon-one engaged with them

32:08 ↗ for a few days before the severe weather

32:11 ↗ came and then we made sure that they had

32:13 ↗ access to a shelter you made sure they

32:17 ↗ had access or you just told them where

32:19 ↗ they could go stuff like that we we took

32:21 ↗ them where they needed to go depending

32:24 ↗ on what there was available for them yes

32:27 ↗ and if they were able to take themselves

32:29 ↗ we also so what shelters did you take

32:31 ↗ them to CU I know the one in snami they

32:34 ↗ shut down now most of the people were

32:36 ↗ sheltered at motal six um and then um

32:40 ↗ some others were in

32:41 ↗ B okay at porch light so usually when

32:44 ↗ there's extreme weather shelters

32:46 ↗ capacity can increase oh yeah yes they

32:49 ↗ expended some

32:51 ↗ capacity but relying on individual

32:54 ↗ Communication in a I mean that that's

32:56 ↗ probably not very scalable I would

32:58 ↗ assume not for a large but then that's

33:01 ↗ why you you Pro you do it based on

33:04 ↗ individual need also going on social

33:06 ↗ media it's not for a vulnerable

33:08 ↗ population who doesn't have access to

33:10 ↗ Internet phon it's also not right so

33:12 ↗ then that's why we kind of um

33:14 ↗ individualize it based on needs right if

33:17 ↗ it's a larger Community um communication

33:19 ↗ that the entire Community needs to know

33:21 ↗ then our Communications team takes over

33:23 ↗ and they use all the channels if it's

33:25 ↗ just a very vulnerable onh housee

33:27 ↗ committee members and usually our

33:29 ↗ homeless Outreach team this has a radio

33:32 ↗ station right there's a

33:38 ↗ well yeah so I would think I was just

33:41 ↗ looking at a lot of some to me so much

33:43 ↗ of this is all dependent on everyone

33:45 ↗ having power and having access to the

33:48 ↗ web to look some like what's going on

33:49 ↗ looking something up and in a true

33:51 ↗ emergency that's probably not

33:53 ↗ necessarily something we could anyone

33:55 ↗ could rely on

33:57 ↗ this is one of the reasons why

33:58 ↗ preparation beforehand

34:01 ↗ yes neighborhood local the envir the

34:05 ↗ board used the language neighborhood

34:06 ↗ watch groups but really I suppose it's

34:10 ↗ neighborliness uh in a way that's not

34:12 ↗ often practiced in the 21st century but

34:15 ↗ care for our literal Neighbors in uh

34:19 ↗ ways that are necessary in these new

34:21 ↗ extreme weather

34:23 ↗ environments yeah and we didn't lose

34:25 ↗ anybody right I mean I know that the

34:27 ↗ five in King County that they they

34:30 ↗ didn't

34:32 ↗ yeah Sor we we got a few questions in

34:35 ↗ between your questions so did you want

34:36 ↗ to bring up your it's covered oh

34:39 ↗ great yes sorry I was just going to talk

34:41 ↗ about like um preparation specifically

34:43 ↗ the what have you specifically done to

34:45 ↗ reach um as a youth Advisory Board we

34:49 ↗ always um at least last year we were

34:51 ↗ talking about having environmental

34:52 ↗ conferences but two separate ones one

34:54 ↗ for High School Upper Middle School one

34:57 ↗ for lower Middle School elementary CU

34:59 ↗ it's really important that you make sure

35:01 ↗ you change it not just for the age of

35:03 ↗ kids but also for like the demographic

35:05 ↗ especially like each vulnerable um

35:07 ↗ demographic is going to need like a

35:09 ↗ different way you're going to Market it

35:12 ↗ basically to them and especially why

35:15 ↗ it's important to teach these to

35:17 ↗ Children is not only for the prevention

35:19 ↗ and like what I've already said but also

35:21 ↗ since they're going to be like we're

35:24 ↗ going to be the future generation which

35:26 ↗ means that putting into the head about

35:29 ↗ sustainability topics emergency

35:31 ↗ preparedness now will help make sure

35:33 ↗ that the adults of Tomorrow 2030 per se

35:38 ↗ are going to be even more prepared and

35:40 ↗ more prepared and then it's going to do

35:42 ↗ um this almost Rippling effect that

35:44 ↗ eventually means that all kids are being

35:46 ↗ taught about how to be sustainable and

35:48 ↗ how to be ready in case there's like a

35:51 ↗ wildfire or tsunami in the

35:53 ↗ area thank you thank you I believe we

35:57 ↗ have gone over time I want to honor your

36:01 ↗ agenda for the rest of the evening well

36:02 ↗ this was a great robust discussion did

36:05 ↗ you guys get what you needed

36:09 ↗ yes

36:10 ↗ [Music]

36:13 ↗ adult yes 18 and 27 oh

36:19 ↗ wow okay a

36:22 ↗ question one them that I heard that is

36:25 ↗ really important is undercar of the

36:27 ↗ theme is about trusted Messengers and I

36:30 ↗ I love that some of the examples of

36:32 ↗ resour like Community Resources seem to

36:35 ↗ me from my newbi perspective in this

36:38 ↗ community to serve as those trusted

36:40 ↗ Messengers especially to the vulnerable

36:42 ↗ populations it doesn't all the good

36:45 ↗ information posted to a website you know

36:48 ↗ even if it could even if it is seen

36:51 ↗ might not really be digested and used

36:54 ↗ yesing back to some of the other

36:56 ↗ wonderful presentations we had last in

36:58 ↗ in November um from Community partner

37:01 ↗ organizations that serve that role so

37:05 ↗ the community partner organizations are

37:07 ↗ also a great way to help disseminate yes

37:10 ↗ and we can't forget I just have to

37:11 ↗ mention this the public library that's

37:13 ↗ such a trusted messenger you know when

37:15 ↗ you walk in in the foyer you know the

37:20 ↗ BS information on both

37:22 ↗ sides yeah and I mean that's actually a

37:26 ↗ place where people will go and stay warm

37:28 ↗ or cold I mean you know if it's hot it's

37:30 ↗ a hot summer day they go there to cool

37:32 ↗ down

37:34 ↗ yeah

37:36 ↗ okay all right well should we move on to

37:39 ↗ the next agenda item sure you guys are

37:42 ↗ welcome to stay of

37:48 ↗ course um okay um H's gon to present on

37:51 ↗ the uh Human Services strategic Plan

37:54 ↗ update all right I'll goad and

37:56 ↗ transition us again uh Stacy Kathleen

37:59 ↗ thank you so much for giving us your

38:02 ↗ what a great presentation and great work

38:04 ↗ that you all are doing and uh

38:05 ↗ Commissioners wow great feedback um

38:08 ↗ kudos to Preston I think had some really

38:12 ↗ uh mind-blowing suggestions so uh just

38:15 ↗ want to say thank you all for providing

38:16 ↗ feedback and also I appreciate you all

38:19 ↗ thinking about the Human Service

38:20 ↗ Commission for this kind of feedback

38:23 ↗ they are an incredible group who really

38:25 ↗ care about this community so

38:27 ↗ thank you again great great great job

38:29 ↗ thank you so much

38:42 ↗ again all right so let me just share my

38:45 ↗ screen here and get my presentation

38:47 ↗ up all right Commissioners I'm going to

38:50 ↗ shift our gear a little bit to Human

38:54 ↗ Services related item um so I'm very

38:57 ↗ excited this evening to present to you

38:59 ↗ about our Human Services strategic plan

39:02 ↗ um just update uh so really this the

39:05 ↗ this presentation is twofold one I want

39:08 ↗ to give you just an update on how has

39:11 ↗ the implementation been going in the

39:13 ↗ last two years I'll give some background

39:15 ↗ information um and so I'd love to hear

39:18 ↗ some feedback the other piece of it is

39:21 ↗ we've already done quite a few focus

39:22 ↗ groups and received quite a few feedback

39:24 ↗ from our community uh that I would love

39:26 ↗ to bring to um this presentation to

39:28 ↗ share with you and at the end let's have

39:30 ↗ a discussion if uh we're missing

39:32 ↗ anything or if there's any other

39:35 ↗ questions or discussions that you

39:38 ↗ have there we go that's our discussion

39:42 ↗ item all right so let me kind of back us

39:44 ↗ up a little bit and talk more about the

39:47 ↗ Human Services strategic plan and kind

39:49 ↗ of get us orientated around um what is

39:52 ↗ our strategic plan and why does it

39:54 ↗ matter to you all as commissioners um so

39:57 ↗ the Strategic plan was developed

39:59 ↗ starting in

40:00 ↗ 2021 um something uniquely about this

40:03 ↗ strategic plan for the city is that we

40:05 ↗ actually did it internally you're

40:07 ↗ looking at

40:09 ↗ us which is not really typical for most

40:12 ↗ jurisdictions it's usually you contract

40:14 ↗ it out and so with that there's a lot of

40:17 ↗ value in what we record like you were

40:19 ↗ talking about that trusted messenger um

40:22 ↗ we were able to build those

40:23 ↗ relationships to do some community um

40:26 ↗ needs assessment um to learn from our

40:29 ↗ Community Partners from vulnerable

40:31 ↗ populations um and and from that

40:33 ↗ Community needs jumping a slide I can

40:37 ↗ tell um I'll go get us back from there

40:40 ↗ but from our community needs assessment

40:42 ↗ and engagement we found out really

40:44 ↗ what's going on with our community and

40:46 ↗ what are the priority areas um and then

40:49 ↗ from there that is um allowed us to um

40:53 ↗ create these Focus areas and strategic

40:55 ↗ actions sorry I went out of order with

40:58 ↗ the intention for this strategic plan to

41:00 ↗ be the road map for how we use our

41:02 ↗ funding how we um move forward in our

41:06 ↗ actions as a human services division um

41:09 ↗ and to kind of inform not just the the

41:11 ↗ needs of the community uh or the but

41:14 ↗ also um how do we move forward so I

41:17 ↗ think this slide is a little bit kind of

41:19 ↗ helpful um review of how the Strategic

41:22 ↗ plan is lined up we talk about who we

41:24 ↗ are as a city our demographic

41:26 ↗ uh we talk about the purpose and some

41:28 ↗ history context of the um strategic plan

41:32 ↗ uh we talk about that needs assessment I

41:34 ↗ talked about and then we go a little bit

41:36 ↗ deeper in these Focus areas um that I'll

41:38 ↗ zoom in on a little

41:40 ↗ bit and again this is our plan

41:43 ↗ development this is how it was processed

41:45 ↗ I really want to emphasize uh that we

41:47 ↗ approach this with an equity lens not

41:50 ↗ just as a category but as an entire

41:52 ↗ process right it's important that we

41:54 ↗ make sure we are addressing this an

41:56 ↗ example is um we made sure that we um

41:59 ↗ did Community needs assessment to folks

42:02 ↗ who historically have not been

42:03 ↗ represented who don't have access to

42:05 ↗ surveys and click out um click um answer

42:08 ↗ survey questions um so we did uh

42:11 ↗ intentional Outreach to folks who are

42:13 ↗ unhoused or non- English speakers with

42:15 ↗ our translators um so that is an

42:19 ↗ example so from our uh Community needs

42:22 ↗ assessment we found out these um are our

42:25 ↗ primary Focus areas which is housing

42:28 ↗ Continuum physical and behavioral health

42:30 ↗ language access and cultural spe

42:32 ↗ specific services and Community

42:36 ↗ Resources so where we are um today is

42:39 ↗ we're kind of at that paway point um

42:42 ↗ where we wanted to basically have a

42:43 ↗ review just see how are we doing um and

42:46 ↗ check in with our community in 2027

42:49 ↗ that's really when we're going to dive

42:50 ↗ much deeper into um how has the five

42:54 ↗ years gone and what will the next five

42:55 ↗ years look

42:57 ↗ like so I want to spend a little bit

43:00 ↗ time to let you all know what what have

43:01 ↗ we have been doing for the last two

43:03 ↗ years um with the Strategic plan and how

43:05 ↗ how we we have

43:08 ↗ done excuse

43:10 ↗ me so a couple things um that I will

43:14 ↗ talk about that I'm very proud of our

43:16 ↗ team um is first off our 2023 2024 Human

43:19 ↗ Services Grants I'm looking at a few of

43:22 ↗ you in the room who are part of that

43:24 ↗ process uh that Grant application

43:26 ↗ process in reviewing those and making

43:28 ↗ some very difficult decisions um this

43:31 ↗ last year we had an increased um cycle

43:33 ↗ we had a lot an increase from $500,000

43:36 ↗ to

43:37 ↗ 556 plus thousand and in that we really

43:40 ↗ took the approach of wanting to U make

43:43 ↗ making sure that our list money is

43:45 ↗ moving the needle so we um decided to as

43:49 ↗ a commission decided to fund um less

43:51 ↗ organizations which is always hard but

43:53 ↗ provide larger Grant some amounts um and

43:56 ↗ so that um that was a big part of this

43:59 ↗ team um looking into into those big

44:03 ↗ decisions the other piece that I think

44:05 ↗ was a huge success was our resource

44:07 ↗ fairs so some of you participated in

44:09 ↗ those and we had two of them during one

44:12 ↗ was uh chalk our mostly focus on the

44:14 ↗ youth and youth services um and we also

44:17 ↗ had it during the welcome week and those

44:19 ↗ were great opportunities for not just

44:21 ↗ our community members to learn about our

44:23 ↗ wonderful providers but for the

44:25 ↗ providers to know Network um which was

44:27 ↗ another need that we heard was

44:28 ↗ opportunities to learn more about these

44:30 ↗ resources um so we had um over 50 uh

44:35 ↗ providers participate in that and an

44:38 ↗ estimate of over a thousand total um

44:40 ↗ residents participate in those resource

44:42 ↗ Fair

44:43 ↗ events uh the other thing that um we are

44:46 ↗ very proud of as a team is our emergency

44:48 ↗ housing program um so one of the things

44:51 ↗ that we recognize in city of isoa is we

44:53 ↗ didn't have a shelter um and many folks

44:56 ↗ who lived here didn't want to leave isoa

44:58 ↗ um and so um as a city we uh received

45:02 ↗ approval back in July so it's still

45:04 ↗ pretty fresh uh where we have a

45:07 ↗ partnership with Motel six um to have a

45:09 ↗ some uh to have emergency house

45:13 ↗ Specialists work with um to work with

45:16 ↗ unhoused folks um in a transition for

45:19 ↗ permanent housing um so that that is a

45:22 ↗ huge accomplishment as a city um in

45:25 ↗ addition to that we also have had our

45:27 ↗ Behavioral Health and homeless outreach

45:29 ↗ program uh which started in 2021 um that

45:33 ↗ has now grown from one staff to full

45:35 ↗ staff um and um is we are we have a

45:40 ↗ great dashboard that shows some of the

45:41 ↗ work that's being done um so we're very

45:44 ↗ um thankful for that program and a lot

45:46 ↗ of those Partnerships that come out of

45:48 ↗ it um the other thing uh that I think is

45:52 ↗ wonderful these last couple years is our

45:53 ↗ connections to cultural groups so part

45:55 ↗ part of our um plan is to have cultural

45:58 ↗ conversations or events and really to

46:00 ↗ emphasize these groups um in a

46:03 ↗ culturally appropriate way that can

46:05 ↗ celebrate um our community members um

46:08 ↗ and so in that we've grown a lot of

46:10 ↗ different um relationships um that um

46:13 ↗ has been I think very helpful to our

46:15 ↗ division um and then also also going

46:19 ↗ switch us to next slide but also we have

46:21 ↗ H we have our virtual resource room uh

46:23 ↗ we partner with the community Court it's

46:26 ↗ now open to the public where folks can

46:27 ↗ access on a weekly basis um some

46:30 ↗ nonprofit providers uh here's some

46:32 ↗ numbers that I think are um again kind

46:35 ↗ of highlight a little bit of what I was

46:37 ↗ talking about um in talking about the

46:39 ↗ grants and the resource fairs our

46:42 ↗ expansion um and and some of our

46:45 ↗ providers and I don't know how to read

46:47 ↗ that one providers who expanded services

46:49 ↗ to his isqu yeah so um so that's

46:53 ↗ basically saying we um we did one of our

46:56 ↗ goals was to do Outreach um to new

46:58 ↗ providers who have not provided services

47:00 ↗ in isqua and so this is saying that um

47:04 ↗ we we went out and did Outreach to um

47:09 ↗ what is that number

47:10 ↗ 18 okay 18 new new providers six out of

47:15 ↗ 18 let me just put the numbers there

47:18 ↗ so read that ja sorry no great question

47:22 ↗ thanks for clarifying so 30% this is

47:24 ↗ that you yeah so six of the 18 providers

47:27 ↗ that we engaged with are new to this are

47:30 ↗ new to the city and yeah expanded and

47:33 ↗ when you say 44 new unhoused individuals

47:36 ↗ What's the total number of so that that

47:39 ↗ was the the unhoused population

47:41 ↗ increased so we so basically that number

47:46 ↗ is saying um in so we had numbers from

47:49 ↗ 2022 okay um which was a little bit over

47:52 ↗ 100 I think 120 or so onh house

47:55 ↗ residents that we had worked with in

47:57 ↗ 2022 okay and from there from 20 in 2023

48:01 ↗ we worked with 44 new unhoused residents

48:04 ↗ and in 2022 we house I think there's

48:07 ↗ around

48:08 ↗ 22 um residents this is eight

48:12 ↗ residents now how many of those from 22

48:15 ↗ to 23 moved to a sustainable housing

48:19 ↗ are permanent permanent um I would have

48:22 ↗ to check our dashboard I want to say

48:23 ↗ around 31 at this point

48:26 ↗ open but not all is that permanent

48:28 ↗ housing subsidized or are they most of

48:32 ↗ them are most of them are yeah yeah

48:36 ↗ thank

48:37 ↗ you and the 44 new unhoused individuals

48:41 ↗ served are they served with temporary

48:44 ↗ housing or are they served in other ways

48:46 ↗ they're served in other ways yes yeah so

48:48 ↗ they're UNH house folks which ultimately

48:49 ↗ right we want to find housing for them

48:51 ↗ but we know there's many many steps and

48:53 ↗ services that they need to get there

48:55 ↗ yeah some are in temporary housing some

48:57 ↗ are in shelter some are still on the

48:59 ↗ street right yeah

49:02 ↗ yeah so yes so lots to celebrate lots to

49:06 ↗ be thankful for this last year and kind

49:08 ↗ of our halfway point but of course

49:10 ↗ there's some challenges to what we see

49:12 ↗ and what we do oh go for it go back one

49:15 ↗ this uh 1234 number I think is

49:18 ↗ impressive um thank you yeah it's also

49:22 ↗ funny one two three

49:24 ↗ four

49:26 ↗ no I promise you I dou double check that

49:28 ↗ is the right

49:30 ↗ number yeah so in 2023 we had emergency

49:34 ↗ rental assistance in addition to Human

49:36 ↗ Services grant funding and we were able

49:39 ↗ to work um the this many individuals um

49:43 ↗ and the intention of that emergency

49:45 ↗ rental assistance was um for um

49:48 ↗ primarily for byock uh with young um

49:51 ↗ schoolage children to Prov that

49:53 ↗ addiction form so those funds come from

49:57 ↗ City funds right and what I guess

50:00 ↗ question is what what were those funds

50:02 ↗ yeah they're 15 it's called 1590 tax

50:05 ↗ dollars so um those are tax dollars that

50:08 ↗ um are uh intended for affordable

50:13 ↗ housing okay is it matched by federal

50:15 ↗ what do you

50:17 ↗ think but to the

50:21 ↗ 1234 is that only the additional

50:25 ↗ emergency or is does that include the

50:27 ↗ the regular Human Services GRS as

50:31 ↗ well um oh this one does include the yes

50:35 ↗ this does include so most of the funds

50:36 ↗ do come from the city's general fund and

50:38 ↗ then as Hanah mentioned and some of the

50:40 ↗ funds that we had in addition to the

50:42 ↗ regular Human Services funds or for

50:45 ↗ coming from it's a sales tax revenue

50:48 ↗ that um uh historically has um been used

50:52 ↗ by counties a couple of years ago the

50:54 ↗ city chose through an exception U there

50:58 ↗ was a timely exception where the city

50:59 ↗ could choose to keep the money locally

51:01 ↗ instead of giving them to a county so a

51:03 ↗ 0.1% of the sales tax remains in isqua

51:07 ↗ and can be used for affordable housing

51:10 ↗ uh services in capital projects and so

51:13 ↗ part of that was a little bit to use for

51:15 ↗ rental assistance so what is the

51:17 ↗ difference between um year year as far

51:20 ↗ as um increase in funds available um it

51:24 ↗ depends on tax uh so um uh but

51:30 ↗ approximately I believe for the last

51:31 ↗ couple of years the the revenue for

51:34 ↗ those funds uh the revenue was around

51:37 ↗ $1.7 million but those funds mainly

51:41 ↗ primarily the city intends to use them

51:42 ↗ for affordable housing but there are so

51:44 ↗ other so other projects like in addition

51:46 ↗ to rental assistance the emergency

51:48 ↗ housing program actually uses those

51:50 ↗ funds and then we have another

51:53 ↗ department staff who is is working on

51:56 ↗ also actual projects for long-term

51:59 ↗ affordable housing MH so this 1234 is

52:02 ↗ not new residents no it's not new resid

52:07 ↗ Contin and okay yeah thank you and I

52:11 ↗ Huma your hand is up feel free to chime

52:13 ↗ in when you're

52:17 ↗ ready hi um so I see the first tile is

52:21 ↗ the organizations that um we've supplied

52:24 ↗ funding for and then you've got all

52:25 ↗ these other great tiles with Statistics

52:27 ↗ do we know how that first tile kind of

52:30 ↗ overlaps with the other tiles in

52:33 ↗ that the eight unhoused folks that are

52:37 ↗ um helped are funded by the city funding

52:40 ↗ that I think it's Monica who was talking

52:43 ↗ mentioned but do we know if that number

52:45 ↗ might be like 10 or 11 through one of

52:48 ↗ the organizations that was funded do we

52:50 ↗ track that type of

52:52 ↗ data we we don't I as um local providers

52:57 ↗ work or as a city working with local

52:58 ↗ providers we've identified that is very

53:00 ↗ much a need and interest that um there's

53:04 ↗ a lot of overlapping right one client

53:06 ↗ who goes to the food bank may also

53:07 ↗ utilize ICA who might utilize isoka um

53:12 ↗ Human Services um and so that actually

53:15 ↗ is is not tracked U but is something

53:18 ↗ that is being discussed of how how how

53:20 ↗ can we yeah like how do we know the um

53:25 ↗ impact of the grants that are being

53:28 ↗ awarded um yeah just such a great

53:32 ↗ question who mind actually that's our

53:34 ↗ vision and hope and uh this year uh on

53:37 ↗ our work plan is is to explore a

53:40 ↗ database system that would allow us not

53:42 ↗ only to track our own data that we

53:44 ↗ gather since we are now providing direct

53:46 ↗ provider of services but how can we also

53:50 ↗ um integrate data from the organizations

53:53 ↗ that we provide that would then

53:55 ↗ essentially allow us to identify and

53:58 ↗ really have unduplicated numbers and

54:00 ↗ even just um um be able to track a

54:03 ↗ person kind of like that golden thread

54:05 ↗ of seeing how many types of

54:07 ↗ organizations and services they provide

54:09 ↗ so that's the vision and hope I'm hoping

54:11 ↗ we'll get there but I think we are at

54:13 ↗ least a few

54:15 ↗ years kind of like lot of data years

54:19 ↗ ahead of that dream and goal this is

54:21 ↗ many again

54:23 ↗ um again working with the food bank and

54:26 ↗ since we subsidized them with the grants

54:30 ↗ right this U another great number I see

54:32 ↗ 5328 which is the unduplicated

54:35 ↗ individuals is that correct that's new

54:36 ↗ so it's 90% more this year from from the

54:40 ↗ preious

54:41 ↗ year yeah that's just that's the number

54:44 ↗ love to see go lower yeah that's that's

54:47 ↗ that number you don't want to see high

54:48 ↗ that's for sure but that's that is the

54:51 ↗ reality and they do a great job serving

54:53 ↗ and part of the reason for for the food

54:55 ↗ bank to receive um an increas is is that

54:58 ↗ they're also serving folks outside of as

55:01 ↗ sarus and so I was just there's one

55:04 ↗ other thing this is going way back and

55:05 ↗ I'm sorry didn't

55:06 ↗ think um the resource fairs that's a

55:10 ↗ that's something that should be

55:11 ↗ incorporated to the CBA they should be a

55:13 ↗ part of that would be an off they have

55:16 ↗ been actually they

55:17 ↗ have they had they have great swag

55:24 ↗ so

55:26 ↗ now yes yeah um but to huma's point I

55:31 ↗ think it is really important for uh us

55:33 ↗ as commission to understand how is how

55:37 ↗ did in 2023 how did the Human Services

55:39 ↗ grant funding what kind of um needles

55:42 ↗ were removed what kind of um

55:44 ↗ accomplishments were done by our

55:45 ↗ nonprofits and that's actually be will

55:47 ↗ be something that uh will be provided

55:49 ↗ more information to come um as I'm

55:52 ↗ pulling in all the data and information

55:54 ↗ um for the end of the year reports that

55:56 ↗ I hope to provide for for you all

55:58 ↗ Commissioners for next time so yeah so

56:01 ↗ very a great segue into that any other

56:04 ↗ comments before switch just move us

56:05 ↗ forward to the

56:09 ↗ challenges all right um so one of our

56:12 ↗ goals that we would love to see is um

56:16 ↗ this multi-resource Center so this is

56:18 ↗ the vision where basically we can have

56:20 ↗ all of our amazing nonprofits in one

56:23 ↗ physical location so if you're familiar

56:25 ↗ with the together Center model it's

56:27 ↗ similar to that in the sense of um we

56:30 ↗ want to make it accessible uh however in

56:33 ↗ isqua uh the space is limited it just is

56:37 ↗ um retail is real estate is expensive

56:39 ↗ and um that we have not been able to

56:42 ↗ identify a physical location um and so

56:45 ↗ that still in the works um and so we'll

56:48 ↗ see where that can go but that is a

56:50 ↗ challenge we see um another piece of it

56:52 ↗ is our edu educational community events

56:55 ↗ so this is a more getting into our

56:57 ↗ strategic actions we really wanted to

56:59 ↗ have these CommunityWide events that

57:02 ↗ talked more about um homelessness and

57:05 ↗ poverty or about um um medical

57:09 ↗ Prevention Services um or um uh

57:14 ↗ Community um educational events for some

57:16 ↗ providers and and we certainly had some

57:18 ↗ wonderful ones throughout the year um

57:21 ↗ but in that we recognized um we really

57:23 ↗ want to be able to part

57:25 ↗ with more of the experts to provide this

57:27 ↗ educational event and so um there was

57:30 ↗ just uh it takes a lot of planning in

57:33 ↗ any sort of event um and so uh we this

57:36 ↗ year my goal is really to be much more

57:38 ↗ intentional with our my Outreach with

57:40 ↗ our partners um to see how we can

57:42 ↗ collaborate with them in that um so

57:44 ↗ that's something I hope to see improved

57:46 ↗ for this next

57:48 ↗ year um the other the other challenge

57:50 ↗ that we are experiencing is really the

57:53 ↗ question of what should the city's will

57:55 ↗ be in our cultural events um we we

57:58 ↗ ultimately want to be uh be in the

58:01 ↗ background and Elevate some voices

58:04 ↗ within our community and so making sure

58:06 ↗ that we have those relationships in our

58:07 ↗ community um where we can provide

58:10 ↗ funding and space and promotion um so

58:13 ↗ that way um it can be culturally

58:15 ↗ appropriate appropriately LED um and so

58:19 ↗ that's another area that we are working

58:21 ↗ on this next

58:23 ↗ year

58:27 ↗ um as far as this next year a few of our

58:29 ↗ priorities um we are um H halfway well

58:34 ↗ started in July um so we are in the new

58:37 ↗ year for emergency housing program so

58:39 ↗ just we are looking at long-term

58:41 ↗ planning what what is that going to look

58:42 ↗ like um as a city um as well as really

58:45 ↗ solidifying our Behavioral Health and

58:47 ↗ homeless outreach program as that's a

58:49 ↗ growing program uh really making that U

58:52 ↗ more um continuous and solid as well as

58:56 ↗ Monica mentioned our Data Tracking

58:58 ↗ making sure we have a good um system in

59:00 ↗ place because data does tell a story for

59:03 ↗ us as a city so we want to make sure we

59:05 ↗ can provide that

59:09 ↗ [Music]

59:12 ↗ information all right so that kind of is

59:15 ↗ the um kind of the background of how our

59:18 ↗ implementation is going so now I just

59:20 ↗ want to transition this into um what has

59:23 ↗ the focus groups looked like

59:25 ↗ um these last couple months um as we've

59:28 ↗ been um diving in deeper with some of

59:30 ↗ our different providers um and the

59:33 ↗ public and um internal staff so we had

59:36 ↗ four focus groups one was inviting um

59:38 ↗ our city Department uh staff members the

59:42 ↗ other one we had was nourishing networks

59:43 ↗ which is a um group where it's isqua

59:47 ↗ local providers coming together to kind

59:49 ↗ of share resources um so that's a great

59:52 ↗ partnership and then uh we had a couple

59:54 ↗ open on to the public where we have many

59:56 ↗ other providers we had um folks from the

59:58 ↗ equity board join us um and um and a few

1:00:03 ↗ uh residents as

1:00:05 ↗ well so in that um we received similar

1:00:09 ↗ feedback um to our priority areas um and

1:00:14 ↗ a little more

1:00:16 ↗ specifically um that I just want to I

1:00:18 ↗ just want to highlight mostly because

1:00:20 ↗ it's it it's not that these weren't in

1:00:22 ↗ the Strategic plan because they were but

1:00:24 ↗ there just were more specific call outs

1:00:26 ↗ that I thought were interesting um so

1:00:28 ↗ under each category that we already have

1:00:31 ↗ um we learn more um just the talk about

1:00:34 ↗ seniors being more isolated um youth

1:00:37 ↗ needing more preventative uh Services um

1:00:40 ↗ there's the medical cost um is very

1:00:43 ↗ concerning rent increases are inflation

1:00:46 ↗ I mean at all everything you can see

1:00:48 ↗ there's um in insecurity ultimately it

1:00:52 ↗ um is growing um with cultural specific

1:00:55 ↗ Services um we're hearing a little bit

1:00:58 ↗ um more of an influx of refugee and

1:00:59 ↗ immigrant area um where parents are or

1:01:02 ↗ ultimately either they're couch surfing

1:01:05 ↗ or they need to have two jobs um

1:01:07 ↗ creating some more barriers um and so

1:01:11 ↗ again ultimately this feedback was very

1:01:14 ↗ similar to what we have heard um and

1:01:17 ↗ then um a few other topics again that

1:01:20 ↗ were um still within our parameters of

1:01:24 ↗ our prity areas but kind of call outs um

1:01:27 ↗ were just uh nonprofits really feeling

1:01:30 ↗ it with their funding

1:01:32 ↗ decreasing um donations are down

1:01:35 ↗ funding's down but of course the increas

1:01:37 ↗ is up um and so that is a major concern

1:01:41 ↗ um there was also more information about

1:01:45 ↗ um just domestic violence uh situations

1:01:48 ↗ and inciden is

1:01:49 ↗ increasing um and then also hearing more

1:01:52 ↗ so senior specific services and the

1:01:54 ↗ needs for that um and then um medical

1:01:58 ↗ service providers really finding

1:02:00 ↗ Partnerships with

1:02:04 ↗ them do that so ultimately from our

1:02:07 ↗ focus groups um the our kind of three

1:02:10 ↗ main takeaways here um so residents and

1:02:14 ↗ our nonprofits the needs continue to be

1:02:16 ↗ the same there's no major changes within

1:02:18 ↗ our priority areas um and then I will

1:02:22 ↗ say that kind of the positive thing that

1:02:23 ↗ through these focus groups as we Pro got

1:02:25 ↗ feedback and had discussion is we found

1:02:27 ↗ some some different Partnerships that I

1:02:29 ↗ think will help strengthen some of our

1:02:31 ↗ strategic action so that was a huge uh

1:02:33 ↗ Plus for us and ultimately what we

1:02:36 ↗ currently heard and where we currently

1:02:38 ↗ are at is very aligned with uh the Human

1:02:40 ↗ Services strategic plan as

1:02:43 ↗ is um and I will just say the reason why

1:02:47 ↗ that's important for us because we are

1:02:49 ↗ about to enter in uh a new funding cycle

1:02:52 ↗ where we're going to be reviewing our

1:02:53 ↗ Human Service is uh Grant applications

1:02:56 ↗ and so we um wanted to make sure that

1:03:00 ↗ the um priority areas that nothing I

1:03:03 ↗ know priority is didn't change in any

1:03:07 ↗ major capacity um so we can feel good

1:03:09 ↗ about moving forward with

1:03:11 ↗ that um so had our focus groups coming

1:03:14 ↗ to you all with this and then really the

1:03:16 ↗ ultimate goal is take this to our city

1:03:19 ↗ council just in a few days no February

1:03:23 ↗ February February yeah in a month

1:03:25 ↗ hopefully you

1:03:27 ↗ guys okay so any additional questions I

1:03:31 ↗ think we had some good discussion in the

1:03:32 ↗ mix of the PowerPoint but any other

1:03:35 ↗ thoughts feedback

1:03:39 ↗ questions I just want to say thank you

1:03:42 ↗ for your hard

1:03:44 ↗ work the numbers look really good I

1:03:47 ↗ think the Strategic plans made a lot of

1:03:50 ↗ the commission work a lot of you and a

1:03:53 ↗ lot of focus

1:03:54 ↗ you know you have to stray away from a

1:03:57 ↗ lot of things and being here a few years

1:04:00 ↗ now I the difference between what we

1:04:02 ↗ started after that made a big difference

1:04:05 ↗ and I thank you guys Manny thank you so

1:04:07 ↗ much and thank you for all your work

1:04:10 ↗ actually I want to share a a fun fact

1:04:12 ↗ story today I was at a regional meeting

1:04:14 ↗ with some other Eide cities and the the

1:04:17 ↗ topic of the discussion was homelessness

1:04:18 ↗ but then at the end of the meeting I had

1:04:21 ↗ um some uh some City staff approaching

1:04:24 ↗ me saying that they just started the

1:04:26 ↗ conversations with their Commissioners

1:04:28 ↗ to get ready for the funding cycle and

1:04:30 ↗ they don't have A needs assessment they

1:04:32 ↗ don't have a strategic plan and so

1:04:34 ↗ Commissioners were asking for we want

1:04:36 ↗ data we want information what's going to

1:04:38 ↗ be the focus and they're just starting

1:04:40 ↗ the discussions on what should their

1:04:41 ↗ priorities be and I was like we have

1:04:44 ↗ commission meeting tonight we are great

1:04:46 ↗ we have our we have our road map so I

1:04:49 ↗ was so relieved and and so thank you for

1:04:52 ↗ that and I think that makes our um work

1:04:54 ↗ easier now so did you tell did did you

1:04:57 ↗ did you say I

1:05:01 ↗ say and so yes I'm sorry I did say

1:05:06 ↗ that but on my end I wanted to say big

1:05:10 ↗ thanks to Hanah for all her work as her

1:05:12 ↗ one of her uh major roles is the

1:05:14 ↗ implementation of the Strategic plan and

1:05:16 ↗ I think I wanted to add just one

1:05:17 ↗ sentence context for you Commissioners

1:05:20 ↗ when we started the the uh the needs

1:05:23 ↗ assessment back in 2021 and as Hannah

1:05:26 ↗ said it was internally done uh for many

1:05:28 ↗ reasons and it was also this was the

1:05:30 ↗ first human services strategic plan for

1:05:32 ↗ our city so very very very proud of it

1:05:35 ↗ but one of the reasons why we wanted to

1:05:38 ↗ have and intentionally uh scheduled a

1:05:41 ↗ two-year plan pause and review was

1:05:44 ↗ because we started in 2021 which if you

1:05:46 ↗ remember it was right Co in the mixture

1:05:49 ↗ of Co it and so we didn't know if what

1:05:52 ↗ data what like we were in the middle

1:05:54 ↗ like we don't know what's going to

1:05:55 ↗ happen in three months we should stop at

1:05:57 ↗ least two years to see but it's great to

1:05:59 ↗ see that the major themes are still

1:06:02 ↗ there and then if not I think some some

1:06:05 ↗ of the conditions and some of the the

1:06:07 ↗ challenges that we heard in 2021 they

1:06:09 ↗ just got worse in the same um in the

1:06:14 ↗ sameet now so so it's kind of like I'm

1:06:16 ↗ glad that we did and I can't believe we

1:06:18 ↗ are already looking back to say that was

1:06:20 ↗ what three years ago it's like yes well

1:06:22 ↗ I I think the co helped um allow people

1:06:26 ↗ to look out of the box yeah so you know

1:06:29 ↗ I mean we would have looked at a whole

1:06:30 ↗ different way if Co didn't you know

1:06:32 ↗ occur so um you know and again I praise

1:06:37 ↗ you guys for the job you did just

1:06:39 ↗ reading it the first time was like

1:06:42 ↗ wow this is what we

1:06:44 ↗ needed it definitely brought like light

1:06:47 ↗ to the disparities that were already

1:06:48 ↗ there but then you could like see that

1:06:50 ↗ they were Amplified and now we know how

1:06:52 ↗ we can address them now that it's well

1:06:54 ↗ yeah well gone and like I said thinking

1:06:55 ↗ out of the box it allows you be okay to

1:06:58 ↗ think out of the box instead of

1:07:00 ↗ processes that we

1:07:04 ↗ usually great work everywhere any other

1:07:07 ↗ questions any other

1:07:12 ↗ feedback that c was

1:07:15 ↗ good we ready to move on the next okay

1:07:19 ↗ so um um Monica is going to share with

1:07:22 ↗ us 2025 26 Human Services Grant

1:07:26 ↗ supplement yeah so such great segue

1:07:29 ↗ thank you and by the way again so so

1:07:31 ↗ good to to to be here with you

1:07:33 ↗ Commissioners I know that I'm not here

1:07:34 ↗ at every meeting anymore since Hannah's

1:07:37 ↗ doing such a wonderful job uh but it's

1:07:39 ↗ also nice to be with you um here today

1:07:42 ↗ so good segue as as I shared earlier so

1:07:45 ↗ we are gearing up all for the 20 25 2026

1:07:49 ↗ uh Human Services Grant application

1:07:51 ↗ cycle as a reminder for all of us I

1:07:53 ↗ don't have a formal presentation I

1:07:55 ↗ thought we can just talk and um

1:07:56 ↗ questions and answers but so as as a

1:07:59 ↗ refresher or um even new information for

1:08:01 ↗ those of you who might have not been

1:08:03 ↗ here but um we try to take a regional

1:08:07 ↗ approach to the uh Grant application

1:08:09 ↗ process uh really to make sure that uh

1:08:12 ↗ this is an easier process for the

1:08:14 ↗ nonprofit organizations who might

1:08:16 ↗ provide services to to Residents in

1:08:18 ↗ multiple cities right so we are part of

1:08:21 ↗ this 15 city um collaborative

1:08:24 ↗ um and then we all work together in

1:08:27 ↗ releasing the Human Services Grant so

1:08:29 ↗ initially uh organizations have just one

1:08:32 ↗ application that they can send and then

1:08:35 ↗ um um send to all the cities right um so

1:08:39 ↗ because of that though we also create

1:08:41 ↗ what we call a city supplemental this is

1:08:43 ↗ an opportunity for each of the cities to

1:08:46 ↗ share something that's individual about

1:08:49 ↗ their city um Point organizations into

1:08:53 ↗ the direction if the organizations or

1:08:55 ↗ the city has priority areas just like we

1:08:57 ↗ have the Strategic plan and then also

1:08:59 ↗ it's a it's an opportunity to have any

1:09:02 ↗ specific requirements that are specific

1:09:04 ↗ just for that City so kind of like

1:09:06 ↗ that's what a supplemental is um we try

1:09:09 ↗ as a because we are 15 cities we try

1:09:12 ↗ hard not to have special requirements

1:09:15 ↗ because then also it's going to defeat

1:09:16 ↗ the purpose if every city is going to

1:09:18 ↗ have two three special requirements then

1:09:20 ↗ why have the same application process

1:09:22 ↗ right but it's a really an opportunity

1:09:24 ↗ to really highlight kind of like

1:09:26 ↗ something unique about our city so Hanah

1:09:29 ↗ and I typically work together on putting

1:09:31 ↗ together this supplemental which as a

1:09:33 ↗ draft it is now in your packet and I

1:09:36 ↗ wanted to just call out a couple of

1:09:38 ↗ things that uh that we thought uh that

1:09:41 ↗ are unique um and then um we are going

1:09:44 ↗ to call them out in the supplemental and

1:09:46 ↗ then also get your thoughts or concerns

1:09:48 ↗ about that if you have so when you have

1:09:50 ↗ a moment or maybe you already they just

1:09:52 ↗ go through through it it's really a two-

1:09:53 ↗ pager information just um uh basically

1:09:57 ↗ covers the fact that we as City staff we

1:09:59 ↗ do provide technical assistance so

1:10:01 ↗ Hannah is going to be available during

1:10:02 ↗ this application process for any

1:10:05 ↗ organization uh who's applying uh for

1:10:07 ↗ funds to really contact Hannah and say

1:10:09 ↗ hey I'm struggling how to fill out this

1:10:11 ↗ what do you mean by this this is

1:10:13 ↗ actually something unique that we do

1:10:15 ↗ most of the cities are not allowed to do

1:10:17 ↗ that um or or they simply don't have the

1:10:19 ↗ capacity to do it capacity is always an

1:10:22 ↗ issue but I think it really helps

1:10:24 ↗ uh building that connection to

1:10:25 ↗ organizations so so definitely we offer

1:10:28 ↗ that um then we go into just uh giving

1:10:30 ↗ them some information about you as a

1:10:32 ↗ commission and then we also give them

1:10:34 ↗ information about uh kind of like what

1:10:36 ↗ we use as a criteria and about the

1:10:39 ↗ Strategic plan one thing that um so then

1:10:42 ↗ I'm not going to go into the Strategic

1:10:43 ↗ plan because you're familiar and you're

1:10:45 ↗ going to hear us more about that but one

1:10:47 ↗ thing that we are going to try for the

1:10:49 ↗ first time this year and we are going to

1:10:51 ↗ include it in um

1:10:54 ↗ um in in the

1:10:56 ↗ supplemental why is it I don't see it

1:10:58 ↗ here uh I think I'm missing the page

1:11:00 ↗ right you oh I'm Miss oh it's more than

1:11:02 ↗ it's two pages we three

1:11:04 ↗ pages right I was so proud that we are

1:11:06 ↗ only on two page never mind um so uh

1:11:09 ↗ what we are going to try to do this year

1:11:11 ↗ that's unique for the first time is to

1:11:13 ↗ provide um an opportunity for advanced

1:11:15 ↗ payments for organizations so

1:11:18 ↗ historically because uh we are um I

1:11:21 ↗ almost said a nonprofit entity because

1:11:23 ↗ we are a government entity um um we need

1:11:27 ↗ to abide by the use of public funds um

1:11:31 ↗ uh it's a state regulations um and that

1:11:34 ↗ that does not allow us to pay

1:11:36 ↗ organizations in advance of providing

1:11:39 ↗ services so all of our contracts and all

1:11:42 ↗ of our grants have been on a

1:11:43 ↗ reimbursement model um in the past um

1:11:47 ↗ however after hearing more feedback from

1:11:49 ↗ um uh from Regional entities and from

1:11:52 ↗ nonprofits really this is a a struggle

1:11:54 ↗ especially for small nonprofit

1:11:56 ↗ organizations who have a cash flow

1:11:59 ↗ problem it's hard for us to ask them to

1:12:01 ↗ serve you know residents for entire

1:12:03 ↗ quarter for three months and then get

1:12:05 ↗ reimbursed for for their services only

1:12:07 ↗ after that which that that has been our

1:12:10 ↗ process so we were able to engage with

1:12:12 ↗ our City attorney and look into

1:12:14 ↗ regulations and our wonderful City

1:12:16 ↗ attorney um was able to find exceptions

1:12:19 ↗ to where if we serve low-income

1:12:22 ↗ populations or folks with disabilities

1:12:24 ↗ so those organizations we are able to

1:12:26 ↗ provide Advanced funding um and so we

1:12:29 ↗ are creating a program to where uh we

1:12:31 ↗ are going to be able to propose for

1:12:33 ↗ organizations that feel that they need

1:12:34 ↗ and have a cash flow issue they can opt

1:12:37 ↗ in and request that uh we provide up to

1:12:40 ↗ 50% of their grants uh in advance um but

1:12:44 ↗ they would still have the same reporting

1:12:46 ↗ prr they have the same reporting

1:12:48 ↗ protocol is just they're going to be

1:12:49 ↗ able to get the money in January to

1:12:51 ↗ start Services rather than April as it

1:12:54 ↗ has been

1:12:57 ↗ historically I can see how that would

1:12:58 ↗ work for just the

1:13:00 ↗ smaller yes companies because um you

1:13:04 ↗ know your cash flow is I need this but

1:13:07 ↗ how am I'm going to get it if I don't

1:13:08 ↗ have it and right yeah yes vicious cycle

1:13:12 ↗ yes so that's I think our major change

1:13:15 ↗ in terms of making it easy for

1:13:16 ↗ organizations and so we wanted to let

1:13:18 ↗ them know in advance um but other than

1:13:22 ↗ that I think kind of like really uh like

1:13:24 ↗ I said the supplemental is just a just a

1:13:26 ↗ way for us to share some information

1:13:28 ↗ about our city uh with with a nonprofits

1:13:32 ↗ and so if you have any questions or as

1:13:34 ↗ you read through it if you didn't

1:13:36 ↗ already and you have some other ideas um

1:13:38 ↗ please uh let us know um this is due for

1:13:42 ↗ us at the end of February or mid mid

1:13:45 ↗ February so we still have the a few

1:13:47 ↗ weeks if you would like to or if you

1:13:49 ↗ have ideas but when does this goab

1:13:52 ↗ mid-February okay because the grants are

1:13:54 ↗ released at the end of

1:13:56 ↗ February uh March 4th can you tell I'm

1:13:59 ↗ not

1:14:01 ↗ so it's so nice L things going on if if

1:14:06 ↗ my may suggest um I don't know if you

1:14:09 ↗ talk to Trish we went through the

1:14:11 ↗ process twice now I guess and um some

1:14:15 ↗ the processes that Trish brought in was

1:14:16 ↗ amazing so I don't know if

1:14:20 ↗ uh that's very kind of you I just

1:14:24 ↗ for the others that weren't around I

1:14:25 ↗ just did a spreadsheet that really

1:14:26 ↗ worked well for um the three of us yeah

1:14:30 ↗ yeah yeah and definitely we will start

1:14:33 ↗ on that before um sometimes in March

1:14:36 ↗ April yeah in March we'll be talking

1:14:39 ↗ more as a group of like how do we want

1:14:40 ↗ to approach the review process and kind

1:14:44 ↗ of make sure that we're all aligned on

1:14:46 ↗ on that so that will be a really great

1:14:48 ↗ time for us to kind of dig deeper we can

1:14:51 ↗ talk more about that as it gets closer

1:14:52 ↗ that'd be great

1:14:53 ↗ thanks Manny I wonder if that advanced

1:14:56 ↗ payment paragraph will generate a lot of

1:14:59 ↗ um interest that we thought about that

1:15:01 ↗ as well yes it it there a lot of Hoops

1:15:05 ↗ to jump through if to get that or or the

1:15:08 ↗ uh if it was a lot of is there a lot of

1:15:11 ↗ Hoops no we'll just include it in the

1:15:13 ↗ contract so they'll so it'll just be a

1:15:15 ↗ part of like what they typic the typical

1:15:17 ↗ process of contract signing and they'll

1:15:19 ↗ just what we call opt into it um I think

1:15:22 ↗ the requirement is just have to prove

1:15:24 ↗ that the funds are going to lwi income

1:15:26 ↗ or people with disabilities so certain

1:15:29 ↗ percentage Yeah it's not as long as they

1:15:31 ↗ serve but all of the nonprofits

1:15:33 ↗ organizations they do serve folks for

1:15:35 ↗ low income for like yeah it's it's um it

1:15:39 ↗ should be very uh low barrier access to

1:15:42 ↗ Advanced payments for nonprofits yeah it

1:15:45 ↗ we we are taking away all the Hoops for

1:15:47 ↗ them to make it as easy as

1:15:50 ↗ possible very excited for it because

1:15:52 ↗ it's not the big nonprofits that have

1:15:55 ↗ profit yes it's the big nonprofits but

1:15:58 ↗ like we call it kind of our grassroot

1:16:00 ↗ right like new organizations like this

1:16:02 ↗ can be a very helpful thing to be able

1:16:04 ↗ to provide um and I'll just add the the

1:16:07 ↗ other reason uh we decided 50% is you

1:16:10 ↗ know our our grant sizes are are fairly

1:16:13 ↗ small in comparison um so really to make

1:16:15 ↗ an impact it didn't make sense to say

1:16:19 ↗ 25% um but 50% felt like we were being

1:16:23 ↗ conservative um to making sure that

1:16:25 ↗ we're making making sure they can be

1:16:27 ↗ successful um and then um but then

1:16:30 ↗ helpful as well so and then you can

1:16:33 ↗ revisit that to see how it helps exactly

1:16:36 ↗ yeah yeah that's great Point yeah yeah

1:16:39 ↗ and I will say we've already started

1:16:40 ↗ technical assistance which is so great

1:16:42 ↗ to hear that organizations are reaching

1:16:44 ↗ out for help early on and yeah um yeah

1:16:47 ↗ ask great question what kind of

1:16:49 ↗ questions pns um I have to schedule

1:16:53 ↗ tomorrow and next week so I'll let you

1:16:55 ↗ know um but I think it's just um it's

1:16:58 ↗ some technical support of like how do I

1:17:00 ↗ access this you know the um login

1:17:03 ↗ information how do I answer these

1:17:05 ↗ questions or not answer these questions

1:17:07 ↗ but how do I um approach it that way um

1:17:11 ↗ but taking the opportunity to emphasize

1:17:14 ↗ what's important to isqua and and what I

1:17:18 ↗ and the nice thing is that I it will

1:17:19 ↗ always point it back to our strategic

1:17:21 ↗ plan um so

1:17:23 ↗ but also um rer um in the past once the

1:17:27 ↗ application process was open and we

1:17:29 ↗ provided technical assistance a lot of

1:17:31 ↗ the questions were about either the

1:17:33 ↗ budget how to fill out the budget and

1:17:35 ↗ what to put for services and kind of

1:17:37 ↗ like how to um answer certain questions

1:17:41 ↗ um because we do ask questions about

1:17:43 ↗ accessibility we ask questions about

1:17:45 ↗ cultural approach and so sometimes you

1:17:47 ↗ know it's very clear for certain

1:17:48 ↗ cultural groups uh and organizations um

1:17:52 ↗ and some larger organiz ations but then

1:17:53 ↗ for some others it's not very clear

1:17:55 ↗ because they say well we have this one

1:17:58 ↗ staff who speaks this language does this

1:18:00 ↗ you know so sometimes we have also those

1:18:03 ↗ kind of questions and yeah but budget

1:18:06 ↗ questions we have quite a few yeah but

1:18:08 ↗ the reality is I want them to call me

1:18:10 ↗ you know it's a great opportunity to

1:18:12 ↗ help them feel um like they can be

1:18:14 ↗ successful in

1:18:16 ↗ it are we ready to move on okay uh let

1:18:20 ↗ me see Monica you're on again

1:18:23 ↗ commiss 2024 dra plan yes I'm I'm so uh

1:18:28 ↗ grateful that haah just gave me a few

1:18:30 ↗ things to this so I'm not quiet all day

1:18:33 ↗ I couldn't keep quiet anyway

1:18:35 ↗ probably so um another item that's

1:18:38 ↗ probably just uh this is not news for

1:18:41 ↗ you um giving you a little bit of uh um

1:18:45 ↗ information on the 2024 work plan I know

1:18:47 ↗ that you and Hanah worked on it actually

1:18:49 ↗ in November I believe or October uh you

1:18:52 ↗ had uh viewed and work together on the

1:18:54 ↗ draft uh 2024 work plan since then um

1:18:58 ↗ our city is trying to transition to a um

1:19:02 ↗ format that is more cohesive to all

1:19:04 ↗ boards and commissions to really make it

1:19:07 ↗ more um user friendly from the

1:19:10 ↗ resident's point of view so then if a

1:19:12 ↗ resident is curious and interested in

1:19:14 ↗ seeing all these boards and commissions

1:19:15 ↗ and what they are working on they have

1:19:17 ↗ one format that's familiar for what work

1:19:20 ↗ plans look like so really our work and

1:19:23 ↗ bringing this to you is just to show you

1:19:25 ↗ and again you have it in your packet

1:19:27 ↗ just the different format that we are

1:19:29 ↗ trying to um um pilot as a city that's

1:19:35 ↗ more cohesive and similar like for all

1:19:37 ↗ boards and commissions um so the the

1:19:40 ↗ information is not new for you there but

1:19:42 ↗ really just a few highlights as you know

1:19:45 ↗ we just talked all all evening most of

1:19:47 ↗ you your year uh in 2024 will be taken

1:19:51 ↗ by by the uh Human Services Grant

1:19:54 ↗ application review making

1:19:56 ↗ recommendations to the mayor and city

1:19:57 ↗ council by the by the end of the summer

1:20:00 ↗ um then also um a good part of our work

1:20:04 ↗ as City staff and then couple of you are

1:20:05 ↗ going to be part of this it's also

1:20:07 ↗ recruitment for any new Commissioners if

1:20:09 ↗ we have any new Commissioners who are um

1:20:12 ↗ ending their term and no longer

1:20:14 ↗ interested in continuing um so a little

1:20:17 ↗ bit of that Hannah and I will bring you

1:20:20 ↗ updates on the Human Services uh plan

1:20:22 ↗ implement a I'm going to bring you

1:20:24 ↗ update on any other Human Services

1:20:26 ↗ Division related items from probably we

1:20:29 ↗ are going to come back to you a couple

1:20:30 ↗ of times um related on on items related

1:20:33 ↗ to the emergency housing program as that

1:20:36 ↗ is a pilot ending at the end of the year

1:20:38 ↗ and uh we are going to work with city

1:20:41 ↗ council later this year to identify

1:20:43 ↗ long-term plans so we are going to bring

1:20:45 ↗ that item to you as well um we're going

1:20:48 ↗ to bring you updates and and questions

1:20:50 ↗ related to uh as Hanah mentioned earlier

1:20:52 ↗ near the growing Behavioral Health and

1:20:54 ↗ homeless outreach program that it's

1:20:57 ↗ hopefully transitioning into a crisis

1:20:59 ↗ response program so we gonna talk a

1:21:01 ↗ little bit more about that and and bring

1:21:03 ↗ that to you so you are going to be busy

1:21:06 ↗ as a

1:21:07 ↗ commission uh but certainly if you have

1:21:10 ↗ any questions about any of the items or

1:21:12 ↗ if any we hope we definitely would love

1:21:14 ↗ to hear feedback you're going to have

1:21:16 ↗ this probably attached to each of your

1:21:19 ↗ um uh agenda uh um as as you go through

1:21:24 ↗ the year but would love to have feedback

1:21:27 ↗ as is this user friendly is this clear

1:21:29 ↗ um is this easy to follow um should we

1:21:33 ↗ continue to use it uh as a as a city

1:21:36 ↗ right now the Human Services Commission

1:21:38 ↗ along with the equity board and the

1:21:40 ↗ environmental board I think are the

1:21:42 ↗ three I want to say that maybe there's a

1:21:44 ↗ fource board that's that's using this as

1:21:46 ↗ a pilot and trying to Pilot this format

1:21:49 ↗ uh to see if we want to expand it to the

1:21:51 ↗ entire city but

1:21:53 ↗ so is there our Master calendar has all

1:21:55 ↗ these for the equity board and

1:21:58 ↗ has so pretty much that is the intend to

1:22:01 ↗ have it kind of like as an Master

1:22:02 ↗ calendar for that but um for now I think

1:22:05 ↗ everybody's going to try to use at least

1:22:07 ↗ the same template so it's going to be

1:22:09 ↗ easy posted and then easy for residents

1:22:12 ↗ if they want to say oh this is the work

1:22:14 ↗ plan and be able to follow it very

1:22:17 ↗ practical yes and I a gr it's very

1:22:19 ↗ visually

1:22:21 ↗ digestible good

1:22:23 ↗ no thank you so I think that's all I

1:22:26 ↗ have we

1:22:28 ↗ had okay um okay chair and commissioner

1:22:32 ↗ reports well I don't really have a

1:22:34 ↗ report per usual but I do have a

1:22:37 ↗ question okay so when do we start

1:22:42 ↗ interviewing for new Commissioners uh

1:22:44 ↗ March we are going to do interviews in

1:22:45 ↗ March okay how

1:22:48 ↗ openings we currently have one vacant

1:22:51 ↗ position um and and I have not talked to

1:22:54 ↗ anybody who see anybody plans to be

1:22:58 ↗ leaving uh we do have an alternate recer

1:23:00 ↗ so recer can consider um well no the

1:23:04 ↗ vacant isn't um the vacant position is

1:23:07 ↗ an

1:23:07 ↗ alternate how so you are in the process

1:23:10 ↗ of receiving application oh not yet it's

1:23:12 ↗ not open quite yet not yet yeah in

1:23:16 ↗ February we'll start recruiting for the

1:23:17 ↗ vacant business is that when the city

1:23:19 ↗ just does a general okay I couldn't

1:23:21 ↗ remember so in Fe some time okay yeah

1:23:23 ↗ that just my that was my question

1:23:27 ↗ um and does anybody have any is the

1:23:31 ↗ applications for specific um commissions

1:23:34 ↗ are good or is it just say I'm

1:23:36 ↗ interested or there someone I you can

1:23:39 ↗ when you apply you can check the like

1:23:41 ↗ your first priority your second priority

1:23:43 ↗ third priority and then you end up being

1:23:45 ↗ interviewed for you don't remember when

1:23:46 ↗ you applied it's been so

1:23:49 ↗ long man I had an interview you for your

1:23:53 ↗ uh this term it was an interview yeah it

1:23:57 ↗ was a check in see I've watched that L

1:24:00 ↗ Bo I

1:24:02 ↗ don't so I think that that is a good

1:24:05 ↗ segue if Commissioners um uh if anybody

1:24:08 ↗ is in a position or needs to transition

1:24:11 ↗ out or step away from their current term

1:24:13 ↗ please have a conversation with me

1:24:15 ↗ offline and and we can plan accordingly

1:24:17 ↗ so I really hope that you all stay here

1:24:20 ↗ uh for this next uh year work but of

1:24:22 ↗ course I know life happens well and then

1:24:24 ↗ there's Kuma is the only one that terms

1:24:26 ↗ out so she needs to reapply and she she

1:24:29 ↗ probably already knows that right yeah I

1:24:31 ↗ was wondering about that thanks for

1:24:33 ↗ bringing me up yeah and of course we

1:24:36 ↗ want you to reapply I

1:24:38 ↗ will so yeah he might be happy to

1:24:41 ↗ reconnect with you afterward after this

1:24:43 ↗ yeah I'd love to keep

1:24:45 ↗ going um so this is anybody's

1:24:48 ↗ opportunity to speak up about you're

1:24:50 ↗ you're next okay you're next but any of

1:24:52 ↗ these big

1:24:54 ↗ people you're not getting rid of me till

1:24:56 ↗ I'm

1:24:58 ↗ 18 you're coming

1:25:01 ↗ back I can come anything you guys want

1:25:04 ↗ to bring up about anything you know

1:25:06 ↗ hopefully Human Services

1:25:11 ↗ related going once going

1:25:14 ↗ twice okay your turn question yep it's

1:25:17 ↗ my turn okay let's see so one I've

1:25:22 ↗ noticed through all of these meetings is

1:25:24 ↗ that um our teen advocacy board has been

1:25:27 ↗ very aligned with the Human Services

1:25:28 ↗ Board so as a leader this year and

1:25:31 ↗ hopefully apply to be a leader next year

1:25:33 ↗ I want to make sure that we have more

1:25:35 ↗ communication between each other since

1:25:37 ↗ we have very similar ideals so for

1:25:39 ↗ example every single year we do voting

1:25:42 ↗ in our teen advocacy um section so every

1:25:45 ↗ year our agenda changes depending on

1:25:48 ↗ what the people want so this year our

1:25:51 ↗ three were behav avoral Health racism

1:25:53 ↗ awareness and um career preparedness so

1:25:57 ↗ that addresses like most of the

1:25:59 ↗ priorities of this board Behavioral

1:26:01 ↗ Health Services for youth role and

1:26:03 ↗ cultural events educational community

1:26:06 ↗ events and for nonprofit needs we've

1:26:08 ↗ held um I think two or three internal

1:26:12 ↗ ones just for yab where we um do we did

1:26:16 ↗ a toy drive a clothing drive and a

1:26:18 ↗ hygiene drive and that all of that went

1:26:21 ↗ to um

1:26:22 ↗ pretty sure the isqua food bank so yay

1:26:25 ↗ for us we

1:26:30 ↗ did and um yeah and then obvious on our

1:26:33 ↗ teen action side um we're addressing

1:26:36 ↗ increasing the amount of um awareness

1:26:40 ↗ and connection in the community so

1:26:42 ↗ recently we had our Harry Potter night

1:26:44 ↗ which was um approximately 50 kids that

1:26:47 ↗ came um just to celebrate talk to each

1:26:51 ↗ other about their love of Harry Potter

1:26:54 ↗ that's awesome um so obviously um our

1:26:57 ↗ team action events are a little more um

1:27:00 ↗ easygoing we have a dodgeball and donuts

1:27:03 ↗ coming science Symposium which is going

1:27:05 ↗ to be a joint group event hopefully but

1:27:08 ↗ overall these events are just going to

1:27:10 ↗ increase the community especially in the

1:27:12 ↗ youth and then moving on to our teen

1:27:15 ↗ advocacy we're starting our usual big

1:27:18 ↗ event which is State of Mind one of our

1:27:20 ↗ speakers being record

1:27:32 ↗ yeah I'm

1:27:47 ↗ leing we're

1:27:50 ↗ adressing this is

1:27:53 ↗ yeah leaning so we're expecting

1:27:57 ↗ approximately um 80 groups and also

1:28:01 ↗ talking about like addressing different

1:28:03 ↗ groups we're having we're splitting

1:28:04 ↗ parents and youth into two separate

1:28:06 ↗ areas so that means that um we're going

1:28:10 ↗ to be addressing the teens and the

1:28:12 ↗ adults separately I think we're going to

1:28:13 ↗ give you a follow-up email on how to do

1:28:16 ↗ that but um basically doing the two

1:28:19 ↗ separate ways so that you find a pathway

1:28:21 ↗ to like help help engage children or

1:28:24 ↗ teenagers and help engage adults of

1:28:26 ↗ these teenagers so I think our topics

1:28:29 ↗ this year are going to be depression

1:28:31 ↗ anxiety burnout and then interactive um

1:28:34 ↗ events to make sure that people are more

1:28:36 ↗ engaged would be um we're doing

1:28:39 ↗ mindfulness yoga and art

1:28:43 ↗ therapy yes and then um for our racism

1:28:47 ↗ awareness this is planned to be um a

1:28:50 ↗ long-term event so we're going to to be

1:28:52 ↗ pushing this off until approximately

1:28:54 ↗ fall of next year but um we're trying to

1:28:58 ↗ make sure that we address um all the

1:29:00 ↗ cultural groups so it originally started

1:29:02 ↗ as an idea for just addressing um people

1:29:04 ↗ of color however we're um what also I

1:29:08 ↗ because I'm so

1:29:11 ↗ advocacy we're addressing um bipo

1:29:14 ↗ Community but also um addressing um

1:29:19 ↗ disabilities people with disabilities

1:29:22 ↗ and um women and other lgbtqia plus

1:29:25 ↗ community so that we make sure that

1:29:27 ↗ every single person so this isn't just a

1:29:29 ↗ racism conference anymore it would be

1:29:31 ↗ more of a um almost like a full I don't

1:29:36 ↗ know how to explain it but like a full

1:29:39 ↗ conference that is about inequalities

1:29:42 ↗ and how you can basically help these

1:29:45 ↗ inequalities and then of course we have

1:29:47 ↗ our career fair which isn't going um

1:29:49 ↗ which I we're planning I'm pretty sure

1:29:51 ↗ to be

1:29:52 ↗ April or May and this this is going to

1:29:56 ↗ um obviously be important because we're

1:29:58 ↗ building future Generations making

1:30:00 ↗ people think about it and we're

1:30:02 ↗ specifically aiming to talk other than

1:30:05 ↗ just the college approach so we're going

1:30:08 ↗ to get business people from the ISA

1:30:11 ↗ Community to talk about their experience

1:30:13 ↗ of starting businesses trade school um

1:30:16 ↗ trade school jobs hopefully just getting

1:30:18 ↗ multiple different perspectives and

1:30:20 ↗ teaching kids that College forear

1:30:23 ↗ colleges aren't always the direct

1:30:25 ↗ pathway and the only choice for them so

1:30:27 ↗ that they know that there's multiple

1:30:28 ↗ different Pathways they can do to um get

1:30:31 ↗ future jobs and do what they want and be

1:30:34 ↗ happy great it's really good yeah

1:30:38 ↗ um I think oh yeah and state of mind is

1:30:42 ↗ March 9th from 2 to 4 o'clock if you

1:30:45 ↗ would like to come I've years I've gone

1:30:49 ↗ in years past I think it's great this

1:30:51 ↗ year is supposed to be really good

1:30:54 ↗ because we have a lot of good leadership

1:30:56 ↗ and we have really good

1:30:58 ↗ speakers plan put on the

1:31:03 ↗ calar I didn't speak um I think Rec

1:31:08 ↗ speaking on burnout right yeah I

1:31:15 ↗ think yeah we're sending

1:31:18 ↗ that yeah confirmation

1:31:24 ↗ possibility of the cross-section between

1:31:27 ↗ burnout and kind of climate change

1:31:30 ↗ environmental yeah anxiety Etc so I'll

1:31:34 ↗ be curious if that's still I think we're

1:31:37 ↗ still trying to implement that in awes

1:31:40 ↗ thank all the

1:31:42 ↗ work yes great job

1:31:46 ↗ presentation thank you for keeping us

1:31:48 ↗ updated how many hours of the day do you

1:31:50 ↗ have

1:31:54 ↗ doesn't it make you feel that we have

1:31:56 ↗ hope in the Next

1:31:59 ↗ Generation the only thing I'll just say

1:32:01 ↗ is um I would love any um information

1:32:04 ↗ like if you guys are posting on your

1:32:05 ↗ website or flag or anything so I can

1:32:07 ↗ help promot it within the city it's okay

1:32:10 ↗ I think we're going to get a flyer for

1:32:12 ↗ um State of Mind out like really soon

1:32:15 ↗ like within a couple um weeks so I can

1:32:17 ↗ definitely send that to you once I got

1:32:19 ↗ it I love that thank you okay we're

1:32:22 ↗ already a little bit over time because

1:32:24 ↗ we're having such a great time St report

1:32:27 ↗ I'll keep it brief uh we are going to

1:32:29 ↗ counts on the 27th uh to do what we did

1:32:31 ↗ here similar and then um the other thing

1:32:34 ↗ is February 1 is the Black History Month

1:32:37 ↗ um and so we will be celebrating as a

1:32:39 ↗ city on February 24th through the 25th

1:32:42 ↗ with a um Art Gallery up in our

1:32:45 ↗ community center um there'll be hot

1:32:48 ↗ beverages there'll be food um so it

1:32:50 ↗ should be

1:32:52 ↗ uh and dessert that's what it'll be and

1:32:55 ↗ more information to come it'll it's not

1:32:57 ↗ quite actually on our website but you'll

1:32:58 ↗ be seeing more promotion as it gets a

1:33:00 ↗ little bit closer

1:33:01 ↗ soon excited for that that's my report

1:33:06 ↗ okay um anything for the good of the

1:33:10 ↗ order uh the final thing I'd like to

1:33:12 ↗ share commissioners before we adjourn is

1:33:15 ↗ I mentioned this before but I will be

1:33:17 ↗ out for the February meeting but to

1:33:19 ↗ continue our um momentum forward our

1:33:23 ↗ lovely leader Monica will be taking

1:33:25 ↗ over and so she'll be able to um give an

1:33:29 ↗ update on Human Services Division and

1:33:31 ↗ I'm also prepping um some 2023 outcomes

1:33:34 ↗ from our Human Services Partners so more

1:33:38 ↗ to come but I will miss you all I will

1:33:39 ↗ be in Florida and Disney World with my

1:33:41 ↗ family oh

1:33:44 ↗ my so I will not gonna miss

1:33:47 ↗ you you will be so

1:33:50 ↗ happy

1:33:56 ↗ be so happy to see us I hope you

1:34:00 ↗ survive if you want to join us you can

1:34:02 ↗ so just all I will be gone but Monica

1:34:04 ↗ you'll be in good hand you know for a

1:34:06 ↗ very brief moment there no at the very

1:34:08 ↗ beginning you know what I thought you

1:34:10 ↗ were gonna say another pregnancy we're

1:34:13 ↗ still

1:34:14 ↗ recording no I not pregnant um Disney

1:34:17 ↗ World rat yes rattit is the best so are

1:34:21 ↗ we good to a joure

1:34:25 ↗ yes you already sto the recording right

1:34:28 ↗ no I think it

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Attendance

Council / Members (8)

Manny Brown

Jaime Fajardo

Madeline Fish

Trish Bloor

Huma Mohibullah, attended virtually

Keena Esemuede

Rucker Alex

Preston Miele, Youth Advisory Board

Staff (5)

Hannah Roberts, Human Services Coordinator

Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager

Kayla Hodges, Human Services Intern

Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Manager

Kathleen Hillery, Sustainability CivicSpark Fellow

Excused

Maury Edwards

Recommendations & actions (2)

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FISH motioned to approve the minutes of November 15,
There being no proposed edits, the minutes were approved by unanimous consent.