Human Services Commission · Wednesday, July 17, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of May 15, 2024

packet pp.3–4

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 05-15-24 Human Services Commission Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH Human Services Commission 6:30 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. May 15, 2024 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Election of Vice Chair

Action · 5 min · Jaime Fajardo, Human Services Commission Chair · packet pp.5–27

Topics: Elections

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Staff report:

Human Service Commission Subgroups report out to provide draft recommendations for 2025-2026 Human Services Grants.

2025-2026 Human Services Grants Subgroup Draft Recommendation & Report Out (D)

60 min · Hannah Roberts, Human Services Coordinator

Topics: BudgetEquity

▶ Watch from 13:02

5. REPORTS

Chair and Commissioner Reports

Topics: Boards & Commissions

Youth Report

packet pp.29

Open packet at p.29 ↗

Staff report:

• City Council - August City Council will recess during the month of August.

Staff Report

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0:02 ↗ not

0:02 ↗ recording all right good to go well

0:06 ↗ hello good evening Human Services

0:08 ↗ Commissioners it is uh July 17th it's

0:11 ↗ about

0:12 ↗ 6:32 uh welcome uh first item call to

0:16 ↗ order do we have Quorum uh thank you

0:19 ↗ haime yes we do have Quorum uh we have

0:22 ↗ Commissioners in present and uh we have

0:25 ↗ H myy Edwards who is an excuse absent

0:27 ↗ tonight and everybody else is here

0:31 ↗ um thank you and then we also have a

0:34 ↗ couple of members here we I want to

0:36 ↗ point out first off El pan over here um

0:39 ↗ she has been our student intern uh

0:41 ↗ working with our Human Services

0:43 ↗ Commission helping out with minutes um

0:45 ↗ doing incredible work uh she has

0:47 ↗ graduated Isa high school and is now

0:49 ↗ going to be attending University of

0:51 ↗ Washington so just want to take this

0:53 ↗ opportunity to thank her commitment to

0:55 ↗ her work and say thank you and we are

0:58 ↗ wishing you the best of luck uh for your

1:00 ↗ next Adventures so thank you so much

1:02 ↗ absolutely yeah and then I also want to

1:05 ↗ take this opportunity um to have an

1:07 ↗ introduction for one of our newest

1:09 ↗ members on our Human Services team so

1:11 ↗ first off I'm going to invite our

1:12 ↗ manager here Monica um to um introduce

1:15 ↗ our new staff thanks Hannah good evening

1:18 ↗ commissioner so nice to see you this is

1:19 ↗ Monica uh I have the pleasure to

1:21 ↗ introduce you uh Kyle mlit he's our

1:25 ↗ newest staff on the behavioral he and

1:27 ↗ homeless Outreach team he joined us in

1:29 ↗ June June and so that completes our team

1:32 ↗ of four you may remember last year as we

1:35 ↗ worked with city council who approved

1:37 ↗ additional resources to increase our

1:39 ↗ team of Behavioral Health and homeless

1:41 ↗ Outreach staff to make it a team of four

1:44 ↗ uh the team um works with the police

1:46 ↗ department in in doing cor response and

1:50 ↗ Community response for any 911 calls

1:53 ↗ that's um have a behavioral health

1:55 ↗ component and also homeless Outreach the

1:58 ↗ team has been really busy

2:00 ↗ um yesterday they responded to six calls

2:03 ↗ just in the first part of the day and

2:05 ↗ everybody else today was very busy until

2:08 ↗ close to 5 o'clock uh just responding on

2:11 ↗ to several crisis and homeless Outreach

2:13 ↗ responses so very very fortunate to have

2:15 ↗ p with us he brings a wealth of

2:18 ↗ experience in working with adults and

2:21 ↗ kids in crisis and I'm gonna let him say

2:24 ↗ a few words if he wants to but welcome

2:26 ↗ to the team um yes it's nice meeting you

2:28 ↗ all uh attending the first time um just

2:32 ↗ grateful to be here happy to be a part

2:33 ↗ of the city of isqua working with a lot

2:35 ↗ of great people and working in the

2:37 ↗ community great now are you is your team

2:40 ↗ fully staffed now the team of four yes

2:42 ↗ the behavioral team yes it is Staff

2:45 ↗ that's great yes we are very

2:48 ↗ excited so we do have one of our staff

2:50 ↗ Amir you might know him he was the first

2:52 ↗ staff that we hired he's going on

2:54 ↗ fraternity leave in a few weeks

2:57 ↗ so fraternity leave but uh still we

3:02 ↗ still have a great team that's going to

3:03 ↗ cover so when is he

3:08 ↗ do he is September actually end of

3:12 ↗ August they keep moving up the date so

3:14 ↗ yeah yeah so any day it'll be welcoming

3:16 ↗ a new baby girl a but he'll be back I

3:19 ↗ know he'll be

3:21 ↗ back so anyway we let to Kyle leave he

3:25 ↗ actually works evenings and he still has

3:27 ↗ some work to do for tonight but um yeah

3:30 ↗ if you have any questions Commissioners

3:32 ↗ feel free to reach out to

3:34 ↗ us perfect thank you guys it was nice

3:36 ↗ meeting you all yeah so much for

3:38 ↗ swinging by to meet these wonderful

3:39 ↗ commission

3:40 ↗ groups are you do you specialize in any

3:44 ↗ areas uh when you say any areas what do

3:47 ↗ you mean specifically I mean you got

3:48 ↗ four guys people now on your staff are

3:50 ↗ you guys splitting that up uh or

3:53 ↗ everyone do everything everyone oh yeah

3:56 ↗ everyone kind of does everything so

3:58 ↗ we're all just a lot of great responding

4:00 ↗ at whatever's coming up in the moment

4:02 ↗ and who's available and trying to assess

4:04 ↗ what the needs of the situation as to

4:06 ↗ how depending upon who we need to send

4:09 ↗ I'm trying to be mindful of who to send

4:11 ↗ depending upon the situation and

4:13 ↗ circumstances but we all kind of have a

4:15 ↗ skill set and are doing um a lot of the

4:17 ↗ we're all doing all the work K maybe you

4:20 ↗ want to share a little bit of your

4:21 ↗ background before you join City vqu I

4:23 ↗ know Commissioners would would be pretty

4:24 ↗ impressed with the work that you've done

4:26 ↗ and your connections to isqua prior to

4:28 ↗ this sure uh yeah so I I mean I was born

4:32 ↗ and raised in Colorado went to the

4:33 ↗ University of Colorado um I started

4:36 ↗ working with at risk kids in the city of

4:38 ↗ Denver for a few years before I decided

4:40 ↗ to move to Washington and kind of just

4:42 ↗ start a whole new chapter um I started

4:45 ↗ working at a juvenile facility with

4:47 ↗ incarcerated kids um I worked there

4:50 ↗ through various positions over almost a

4:53 ↗ Dozen Years um there was a point in time

4:56 ↗ where I had left the full-time work

4:59 ↗ there and had worked with Adult

5:00 ↗ Protective Services um I worked on both

5:02 ↗ their intake team and I was a training

5:04 ↗ program manager to train their intake

5:06 ↗ workers as well as their investigators

5:09 ↗ and I was there about two and a half

5:10 ↗ years before going back to work

5:12 ↗ full-time with the kids for another two

5:14 ↗ years um and then that's how I ended up

5:17 ↗ uh here in isqua I lived in isqua for

5:21 ↗ about a year and a half um and I've been

5:24 ↗ playing basketball at the community

5:25 ↗ center

5:27 ↗ for about 10 years h actually go way

5:31 ↗ back we the kids together and played a

5:34 ↗ lot of basketball together and so spent

5:36 ↗ plenty of time here with friends here

5:38 ↗ and living here and um you know spending

5:42 ↗ time in the community and just

5:43 ↗ absolutely loved it and everything kind

5:45 ↗ of pointed me back that's great yeah I

5:50 ↗ know they would just love that

5:51 ↗ St wanted to encourage that yeah the

5:54 ↗ very the short version of that

5:56 ↗ story very big I think it helps to live

5:59 ↗ in the community commun that you're

6:00 ↗ helping with human services oh

6:02 ↗ absolutely I mean not everybody can live

6:04 ↗ in esqua but I mean I think it's really

6:06 ↗ helpful yeah you get to know it better

6:08 ↗ learn it better know the people the area

6:12 ↗ what's available what's not available

6:14 ↗ yeah you just know the vibe oh 100% yeah

6:20 ↗ yeah

6:22 ↗ good well thank you for allowing us to

6:24 ↗ put you in the spot oh no no worries at

6:26 ↗ all invite you back soon so

6:31 ↗ you order to find true lovely meeting

6:33 ↗ you all you have a good ande before we

6:36 ↗ end call to order I forgot to bring one

6:39 ↗ other order um to our commission I think

6:42 ↗ I had a chance to update most of folks

6:44 ↗ individually but just wanted to formally

6:46 ↗ give an announcement that commissioner

6:48 ↗ Keen ammed is um has moved out of state

6:52 ↗ due to her husband's employment um so

6:54 ↗ she has done incredible work in our

6:56 ↗ subgroup um so she's still been a great

6:59 ↗ particip in this process but

7:00 ↗ unfortunately has had to step back down

7:02 ↗ from her position so um so in that um

7:06 ↗ that left a regular position open so

7:08 ↗ we've asked Luc commissioner Luccia Toto

7:11 ↗ to step in to the regular role of forina

7:14 ↗ um so want to thank um Luccia for

7:17 ↗ stepping into that position and um of

7:20 ↗ course we would just really appreciate

7:21 ↗ Kina and all the work that she's also

7:22 ↗ done for this process and for our

7:24 ↗ commission in the last year so thank you

7:28 ↗ for I just remember needed to share that

7:30 ↗ so thank you you are going to miss K yes

7:33 ↗ um the next thing we have is the

7:35 ↗ approval of minutes uh the item the

7:37 ↗ minutes were sent in our packet for May

7:39 ↗ 15

7:41 ↗ 2024 the minutes were included in the

7:43 ↗ agenda packet are there any corrections

7:45 ↗ to

7:50 ↗ it can I move that we approve the

7:53 ↗ minutes yes commissioner fish moving to

7:55 ↗ approving next commissioner blor second

8:00 ↗ all right we're going to move on to

8:02 ↗ agenda item number

8:04 ↗ four

8:06 ↗ um this is where we had conversations

8:09 ↗ around uh nominations for vice chair

8:13 ↗ yeah so um I'll St in real quick and

8:15 ↗ just remind folks um so it's been a

8:17 ↗ while since we've met last um but back

8:20 ↗ in May when we had our last regular

8:22 ↗ Human Services Commission meeting uh we

8:25 ↗ were uh we had the action item of voting

8:27 ↗ for chair and vice chair and so uh we

8:31 ↗ voted in highe for our chair position

8:33 ↗ and then we had two nominations for vice

8:36 ↗ chair commissioner uh Manny commissioner

8:38 ↗ Huma um and so since then um Huma I

8:42 ↗ don't know if you would like to provide

8:43 ↗ an update sure okay

8:46 ↗ perfect go ahead I know you can't see me

8:48 ↗ so I decided to interrupt I hope that's

8:53 ↗ okay um yeah I accepted a nomination for

8:57 ↗ vice chair but Manny was also nominated

8:59 ↗ and I am happy to put it up for a vote

9:03 ↗ and um hopefully Manny takes a

9:09 ↗ position so I just want to clarify are

9:12 ↗ you are you um stepping down from your

9:15 ↗ nomination I didn't I didn't I am

9:17 ↗ stepping down from the nomination yes

9:19 ↗ okay okay just clarifying wonderful well

9:20 ↗ Huma I just want to first off thank you

9:23 ↗ um for being willing to step into the

9:24 ↗ position and being flexible with the

9:27 ↗ situation so um to serve when and where

9:30 ↗ needed yes perfect so we have a

9:34 ↗ nomination for Manny Brown and uh and

9:37 ↗ then we push to pause on there so um to

9:39 ↗ move forward we will need a second oh I

9:41 ↗ second commissioner Brown okay you want

9:44 ↗ you want to do it right yes okay

9:48 ↗ good

9:50 ↗ than well because we've asked you in the

9:52 ↗ past yeah yeah okay good and and it's

9:55 ↗ all Preston's fault because um you know

10:00 ↗ Professor reminded me that to have the

10:03 ↗ younger folks step up they have to see

10:05 ↗ others step up

10:07 ↗ so yeah well we're very proud of you

10:10 ↗ commissioner Manny Brown for stepping up

10:13 ↗ into Vice chair so we had a second I

10:15 ↗ second yeah second

10:18 ↗ congratulations and you

10:20 ↗ too yes so we do need the official so we

10:22 ↗ have a second and then um do we have any

10:26 ↗ then then we need official vote there's

10:29 ↗ to deliberations after it's second I say

10:32 ↗ second to that

10:34 ↗ motion do we have unanimous consent or

10:37 ↗ would we like to oh no is I so

10:40 ↗ Commissioners after somebody seconds

10:42 ↗ then yeah rightfully so you as a as a

10:44 ↗ chair you would ask if there any

10:45 ↗ discussion that's right any discussions

10:48 ↗ from the group uh for vice chair of

10:50 ↗ Manny Brown I guess I already did by

10:52 ↗ saying you want

10:54 ↗ it I hear none the nominations are

10:57 ↗ closed

10:59 ↗ and now we

11:01 ↗ vote Yes and we proceed to voting okay

11:04 ↗ uh do we just say let's let's vote in

11:06 ↗ terms of okay um and you can decide as a

11:10 ↗ chair if you want if you have enough

11:11 ↗ just to have a thumbs up from

11:13 ↗ Commissioners or if you can decide to

11:14 ↗ just do a full roll call and have

11:16 ↗ everyone say yes or no but I it it

11:18 ↗ doesn't seem necessary right so you can

11:20 ↗ just ask also Commissioners to say yes

11:23 ↗ or no you know yes for those would the

11:25 ↗ commissioner group say yes or no and

11:28 ↗ vice chair for um Manny Brown yes yes

11:32 ↗ yes okay well moving forward

11:34 ↗ congratulations Manny

11:35 ↗ Brown Manny excellent

11:38 ↗ campaign we have uh the next agenda on

11:41 ↗ the item is B for 2020 25 2026 Human

11:46 ↗ Services Grant subgroup draft

11:48 ↗ recommendations and Report out uh

11:51 ↗ presented from uh Hannah thank you so

11:54 ↗ much hie excellent work um commissioners

11:56 ↗ before I get this started I know you've

11:58 ↗ heard me say this over and over but I

11:59 ↗ cannot stop saying it thank you so much

12:02 ↗ seriously the hard work the time that

12:04 ↗ you all went into looking at um almost

12:07 ↗ 100 applications and making as you all

12:10 ↗ struggled figuring out who to um who to

12:13 ↗ Grant the awards to and how much it is

12:16 ↗ no easy task so I appreciate all the

12:18 ↗ time and the intentionality behind um

12:21 ↗ this process um so tonight um let me

12:24 ↗ share my screen here and I'm going to

12:26 ↗ start us off uh with our present but

12:29 ↗ then I will be handing it back to you

12:31 ↗ Commissioners to do official

12:34 ↗ reporting all right give me a second to

12:36 ↗ get this

12:39 ↗ up

12:41 ↗ okay all right so the purpose of this

12:44 ↗ evening's uh commission meeting and this

12:46 ↗ subgroup report out is to have each

12:49 ↗ commission's report provide draft

12:51 ↗ recommendations for the 2025 and 2026

12:54 ↗ Human Services Grants and I also want to

12:57 ↗ present as a possible action if the

12:59 ↗ commissioner after deliberation

13:01 ↗ discussion feel ready there can be a

13:04 ↗ formal um decision on the

13:07 ↗ recommendations that are presented

13:08 ↗ tonight so we can decide that at the end

13:11 ↗ of our

13:12 ↗ process so just a reminder here um there

13:15 ↗ were a total of 955 applications that

13:18 ↗ were received and reviewed um and 60

13:21 ↗ organizations with over a $2 million um

13:25 ↗ in request of

13:27 ↗ funding for each annual ual year we have

13:30 ↗ $612,500

13:56 ↗ [Music]

13:59 ↗ 23,000 allocated to this amount for

14:02 ↗ housing Continuum we had 20 applications

14:05 ↗ that our subgroup reviewed and in this

14:07 ↗ amount uh it was originally 145,000 and

14:10 ↗ we have up changed the amount to

14:14 ↗ 165,000 then we have our cultural and

14:16 ↗ specific and language access amount um

14:19 ↗ this is

14:20 ↗ $172,000 available um and then our

14:23 ↗ community resource is 152,153

14:29 ↗ you all know those numbers

14:32 ↗ well um so just as a reminder kind of

14:34 ↗ what our grant review process has looked

14:36 ↗ like just as a recap we have uh Four

14:38 ↗ review subgroups each subgroup had two

14:40 ↗ Commissioners in the review process uh

14:43 ↗ the subgroups were the Human Services

14:45 ↗ strategic priority areas so the um

14:48 ↗ applications were categorized under

14:50 ↗ those priority areas uh that we saw in

14:53 ↗ our previous

14:54 ↗ slide um and in in that time we had

14:57 ↗ commissioner review and deliberation in

14:59 ↗ the subgroups um discussing the

15:01 ↗ applications that you all reviewed um

15:04 ↗ this happened back in June and July um

15:07 ↗ and now we are here today for our large

15:10 ↗ uh report out um Human Services

15:13 ↗ discussion and just as a reminder our

15:16 ↗ really our focus and um prompt in the

15:20 ↗ review process was making sure that the

15:22 ↗ um the applications that were

15:23 ↗ recommended did align with our Human

15:25 ↗ Services strategic plan prioritizing

15:28 ↗ some local access and program impact uh

15:31 ↗ and making sure that it meet met the

15:33 ↗ isqua needs and had an equity lens

15:36 ↗ program and

15:39 ↗ organization so we are about to do our

15:41 ↗ report outs in which I'll invite each

15:43 ↗ commissioner from a subgroup to report

15:45 ↗ out and just as a reminder um in this

15:47 ↗ report out process uh would love a um a

15:51 ↗ few sentences on just a debrief of what

15:53 ↗ the process was like for you what were

15:55 ↗ some highlights what were some

15:56 ↗ challenges that you felt if youd like to

15:59 ↗ um share any of that process um and then

16:02 ↗ in that uh if you can Define what your

16:04 ↗ priority area is um just to help remind

16:08 ↗ Commissioners who are not in that

16:09 ↗ subgroup and then of course just stating

16:12 ↗ um the amount of uh the funding uh

16:16 ↗ amount

16:17 ↗ recommended um I also want to point out

16:19 ↗ I printed out um for just reference for

16:22 ↗ this evening um in the agenda packet is

16:25 ↗ the each group subgroups um

16:28 ↗ recommendation amounts and programs for

16:32 ↗ reference and then these are just a

16:34 ↗ friendly reminder um I know some folks

16:36 ↗ in this room have what we call conflict

16:38 ↗ of interest so if you are associated

16:40 ↗ with that program I kindly ask and

16:43 ↗ remind you to not speak for behalf of an

16:46 ↗ organization or an application and just

16:49 ↗ to remind you all that we really just as

16:52 ↗ you all know this process can be

16:53 ↗ challenging and so uh we are very

16:56 ↗ fortunate to have a human services

16:58 ↗ strategic plan to really help guide our

17:01 ↗ decisions um so um just want to point

17:03 ↗ everyone back to that and not to um

17:06 ↗ bring in what we did in our Equity

17:08 ↗ training some of our biases and some of

17:10 ↗ our personal

17:13 ↗ preferences so any questions before we

17:16 ↗ move on for our first report

17:21 ↗ out

17:23 ↗ excellent okay all right I would like to

17:26 ↗ invite commissioner Manny to uh present

17:29 ↗ Our Community

17:30 ↗ Resources right hello this Christian

17:33 ↗ Brown um first of all I found this

17:36 ↗ year's process very challenging um with

17:39 ↗ so much need and having to wrestle with

17:42 ↗ the financial restraints that you have

17:44 ↗ to deal with this year um plus the

17:47 ↗ complication aftermath of Co didn't help

17:49 ↗ at all I felt a tug on my heart strings

17:54 ↗ every time I had to say sorry not this

17:57 ↗ time see if there a quity Human Services

18:00 ↗ strategic plan allowed me to

18:03 ↗ focus

18:05 ↗ sorry allowed me to focus on um what we

18:10 ↗ needed to do as through the strategic

18:12 ↗ planning

18:15 ↗ um and also the

18:18 ↗ city helped

18:20 ↗ me well the plan helped me to gather

18:24 ↗ myself up and figure out okay is this

18:26 ↗ what we're looking for

18:29 ↗ and um I'd like to give kudos out to

18:31 ↗ those people who were helped develop

18:34 ↗ that plan because it it did help me a

18:37 ↗ lot

18:39 ↗ um and and also Hannah was

18:43 ↗ amazing

18:45 ↗ thanks but uh our group um commissioner

18:49 ↗ Murray sorry Mur Ed and myself we in the

18:54 ↗ Community Resources subgroup the

18:56 ↗ subgroup included strategic action

18:59 ↗ to help sustain existing Community

19:01 ↗ Resources and help residents connect to

19:05 ↗ needed

19:06 ↗ Services supports included food clothing

19:09 ↗ hygiene first aid supplies affordable

19:12 ↗ child care educational Employment

19:15 ↗ Services legal services and Technology

19:17 ↗ access trans and also Transportation

19:20 ↗ options with many of the different

19:22 ↗ subcategories we prioritize local and

19:25 ↗ accessible programs that align with the

19:27 ↗ Human Services teach

19:29 ↗ plan um we reviewed 26

19:34 ↗ applications the request was

19:37 ↗ 457,000

19:39 ↗ plus and we had

19:42 ↗ 152,000 so we had to make some tough

19:45 ↗ choices after deliberation we

19:48 ↗ recommended 12 programs of a 26 and that

19:51 ↗ applied and you can see the

19:54 ↗ details um in your um P that we have mhm

19:59 ↗ um like I said it was tough decision so

20:03 ↗ many good programs that

20:05 ↗ just

20:08 ↗ could help out this

20:10 ↗ year I encourage all these uh programs

20:14 ↗ to we reply next time

20:19 ↗ around any

20:21 ↗ questions an observation uh commissioner

20:24 ↗ Ron is just you look at the request the

20:26 ↗ amount of 457,000

20:28 ↗ $510 in the available amount it must

20:31 ↗ have been super challenging to narrow

20:33 ↗ down to uh some of the needs within the

20:36 ↗ city of

20:37 ↗ isan really really was um really focused

20:42 ↗ on um what was available in isqua and

20:46 ↗ where we get the most bang for the buck

20:48 ↗ and the uh you know a lot of things that

20:51 ↗ are actually located here was really

20:54 ↗ Paramount to um making that decision

20:59 ↗ and some things we just oh man just had

21:01 ↗ to let go of and it was really

21:09 ↗ tough a

21:12 ↗ question thank

21:13 ↗ you excellent work great

21:21 ↗ presentation okay as a staff if I may

21:25 ↗ yes I thank you this is Monica again

21:28 ↗ thank you so so much um Manny and and

21:31 ↗ Mory um I know I've been part of the

21:34 ↗ Cycles a couple of times before and this

21:36 ↗ year Han has done an outstanding job in

21:39 ↗ working with all of you but as you

21:40 ↗ mentioned just looking at the numbers

21:42 ↗ you basically had about a quarter of the

21:44 ↗ money available and you still found a

21:46 ↗ way to fund almost half of the

21:47 ↗ organizations in that category so again

21:50 ↗ that speaks to volume two really trying

21:52 ↗ to make it work and trying to fund as as

21:55 ↗ as many organizations as possible uh

21:58 ↗ stay true to the Strategic plan and what

22:01 ↗ you and like you said getting the most

22:05 ↗ for for the money that are invested so

22:08 ↗ thank you

22:13 ↗ outstanding and you're also a volunteer

22:15 ↗ commission so we are humbly aware of

22:17 ↗ that so thank you for the many hours

22:21 ↗ that you put into this I read on doing

22:23 ↗ my vacation

22:25 ↗ time bonus points

22:29 ↗ let to

22:30 ↗ go

22:34 ↗ okay new

22:38 ↗ recommendation but you know like it

22:40 ↗ speaks just it's still humbling for us

22:42 ↗ as staff uh right because yeah you're a

22:45 ↗ volunteer but you volunteers and yet yes

22:48 ↗ you take out time from your vacation you

22:50 ↗ wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning when

22:52 ↗ you're cross you know it's it's again

22:55 ↗ it's it's humbling to hear that

22:57 ↗ commitment and that dedication so thank

23:00 ↗ you thank

23:02 ↗ you okay with that Commissioners are you

23:05 ↗ okay if I move on to our next

23:10 ↗ repor okay great I'm GNA invite uh chair

23:14 ↗ Hae to step in and do a report on our

23:18 ↗ physical and behavioral he all this was

23:21 ↗ uh it was I would say for myself and

23:24 ↗ working with lcia and then uh Hannah in

23:28 ↗ terms of looking at the applications uh

23:30 ↗ reviewing the applications what's

23:32 ↗ recommended what's not you know similar

23:34 ↗ to

23:34 ↗ Manny uh I think and then L you can more

23:38 ↗ H more than welcome to step in is I

23:41 ↗ think having the grant review card and

23:43 ↗ then you know sticking to the Strategic

23:46 ↗ plan and the equity training we had in

23:48 ↗ April I think speaks uh and trying to

23:51 ↗ make sound descriptions when it comes to

23:54 ↗ access of Behavioral and physical

23:56 ↗ services in city of viqua

23:59 ↗ um it one of the things that came up

24:02 ↗ from us was the the local access versus

24:06 ↗ regional impact so one of the things

24:07 ↗ we're looking at is maybe duplicate

24:09 ↗ services or not and that kind of came

24:11 ↗ forward is like how do we utilize the

24:15 ↗ funds that are coming in for the most

24:16 ↗ impact for the most impact of our

24:18 ↗ marginalized folks here city city of

24:20 ↗ isqua so that was tough and uh back and

24:24 ↗ forth with deliberation and I think we

24:26 ↗ came forward with 22 reviewed 10 forams

24:30 ↗ recommended and similar to the first

24:32 ↗ slide is just the need was is is is

24:35 ↗ super high um but I feel pretty

24:38 ↗ confident with the folks that are going

24:40 ↗ to move forward and Mak an

24:41 ↗ impact uh in the physical and Behavior

24:44 ↗ Health Services here at City

24:47 ↗ V anything you want to add commissioner

24:50 ↗ luia to

24:52 ↗ it no I think that um basically what you

24:56 ↗ and Manny have stated

24:58 ↗ um is probably something that is worth

25:03 ↗ emphasizing just the difficulty in

25:05 ↗ making a decision because I I think

25:09 ↗ other than one program that we've

25:11 ↗ reviewed that we really were kind of

25:13 ↗ like why are they applying with us um

25:17 ↗ everybody else just seemed to be serving

25:20 ↗ our community and or the region like you

25:23 ↗ just mentioned so I just I think there's

25:26 ↗ a part of me that wants to have like a

25:28 ↗ side our conversation with regards to

25:31 ↗ where can we get more funding to to

25:34 ↗ either more deeply fund the programs we

25:37 ↗ identified or that we recommend or

25:40 ↗ having the pi spread a little wider

25:43 ↗ that's about it thank

25:49 ↗ you that is our report out for physical

25:52 ↗ and behavior

25:55 ↗ health follow up our questions

26:02 ↗ excellent work thank you Bo and lcia

26:05 ↗ thank you I know you've been uh abroad

26:07 ↗ so thank you so much for making it a

26:09 ↗ point to be a part of this process very

26:11 ↗ intentionally so thank you very

26:14 ↗ much and I will speak to additional

26:16 ↗ funds in a few

26:18 ↗ minutes thank you all right next um we

26:22 ↗ have our report out for our cultural and

26:24 ↗ specific uh and language access group

26:27 ↗ and I'm going to invite um commer Trish

26:29 ↗ to um report

26:31 ↗ out okay okay I see 12

26:36 ↗ here oh for for that we um specific that

26:41 ↗ we recommended for

26:44 ↗ program everything that's in blue right

26:47 ↗ 1 two 3 four five six seven 8 nine 10 11

26:52 ↗ 12 I think one of them had double I

26:55 ↗ don't know we counted that as well and

26:57 ↗ anyway maybe I see one's mislabeled as

27:00 ↗ it should have been in our Behavioral

27:01 ↗ Health category oh okay but it also it

27:04 ↗ depends I think are you yeah which Pig

27:06 ↗ are you looking at because are you I'm

27:09 ↗ looking at the culture specific and

27:11 ↗ language access right and then what's

27:13 ↗ the top of your next page you mean if I

27:16 ↗ flip it over I see 10 yeah I think

27:19 ↗ you're

27:20 ↗ looking they're not

27:23 ↗ numbering with the print out that's how

27:26 ↗ it's okay okay all right um I think you

27:30 ↗ well Huma are you still

27:33 ↗ there um she may have okay well um we

27:38 ↗ had the interesting and challenging

27:41 ↗ experience of

27:43 ↗ um me well our group was then further

27:47 ↗ divided into all of the other subgroups

27:51 ↗ so we had to deal with um you know the

27:55 ↗ basic needs or or

27:58 ↗ Community Resources under cultural

28:01 ↗ specific we had to deal with the housing

28:03 ↗ Continuum under cultural specific and um

28:07 ↗ I know I'm missing one and then the

28:10 ↗ other

28:11 ↗ one the housing Continuum the housing

28:14 ↗ Continuum and then there's another one

28:15 ↗ the physical and behavioral health

28:17 ↗ behavioral health thank you yeah so with

28:20 ↗ a cultural lens and um so we actually as

28:25 ↗ we were working with Hannah um

28:28 ↗ the second time we kept on quizzing here

28:32 ↗ well what's going on with the housing

28:34 ↗ Continuum and um uh you know because we

28:38 ↗ we did have some significant requests um

28:42 ↗ that did fall into cultural specific

28:44 ↗ housing

28:45 ↗ Continuum um that we wanted to uh fund

28:50 ↗ and these are going to be new programs

28:52 ↗ for our community one is for tomorrow

28:55 ↗ which is um culturally specific for the

28:59 ↗ Hispanic community and then um we have

29:02 ↗ the maps group that um submitted a

29:06 ↗ program for in the housing Continuum

29:09 ↗ basically their rental assistance

29:11 ↗ program and we're going to we are

29:13 ↗ recommending funding for that for the

29:15 ↗ first time so yeah so we we kind of kept

29:18 ↗ on Flipping back into the other program

29:20 ↗ saying saying okay what are they doing

29:22 ↗ for for this because it does look like

29:24 ↗ we are going to be putting a lot

29:27 ↗ more recommendation for funding for

29:29 ↗ housing continu is going to be a lot

29:31 ↗ greater this cycle than it was last

29:33 ↗ cycle and and there's huge need huge

29:37 ↗ need um and it was nice because both

29:40 ↗ Huma and I were able to bring some of

29:42 ↗ our background and

29:45 ↗ experience um in the community and what

29:48 ↗ we know about these different

29:49 ↗ organizations and um and like human was

29:53 ↗ incredibly helpful about the maps

29:55 ↗ organization in the Muslim Community so

29:58 ↗ I was so glad that she got assigned this

30:01 ↗ yeah um everything that you all pointed

30:04 ↗ out was an emphasis for us we wanted to

30:07 ↗ um make sure that it was a local need

30:13 ↗ and that people could access it readily

30:16 ↗ so if it wasn't you know a a

30:19 ↗ organization that was here in isqua or

30:21 ↗ samamish it was one that they could um

30:24 ↗ access easily um maybe they to drive

30:28 ↗ there or maybe you know through virtual

30:31 ↗ communication but we we did really want

30:34 ↗ to make sure that they had easy access

30:36 ↗ to

30:37 ↗ it um and there were some organizations

30:40 ↗ that you know would have been nice to

30:42 ↗ fund but they just weren't going to be

30:45 ↗ easily accessible to our community we

30:48 ↗ also tried to

30:50 ↗ because the

30:52 ↗ um senior what's the name of the senior

30:55 ↗ group in Spanish um East Side friends of

30:58 ↗ yeah because they were not able to get

31:00 ↗ their application in on time we did try

31:02 ↗ and figure out okay are there programs

31:05 ↗ that we could uh fund that would help

31:09 ↗ the senior community and we did fund um

31:13 ↗ the maps Senior Services

31:16 ↗ Program so that was we yeah so that was

31:19 ↗ a focus because we didn't have funding

31:22 ↗ for that yeah and I know that you're

31:25 ↗ going to still work on finding other

31:27 ↗ opportunities to provide funding for

31:28 ↗ seniors um yes we still work with e side

31:31 ↗ friends as seniors whether Human

31:33 ↗ Services Grants funding or are funding

31:35 ↗ them or not they still provide services

31:36 ↗ to isqua and so we still partner with

31:38 ↗ them closely to support them and uh find

31:41 ↗ other avenues for funding right right um

31:45 ↗ and a lot of them several of them

31:48 ↗ actually we were able to uh fund 100% of

31:51 ↗ what they were asking

31:53 ↗ for

31:55 ↗ uh which was nice

31:58 ↗ and we felt it was they were such an

32:00 ↗ important contribution that we we felt

32:03 ↗ very comfortable giving them 100% of

32:05 ↗ what they asked

32:07 ↗ for um

32:09 ↗ Kuma I just want to make sure she has an

32:11 ↗ opportunity to add to she's probably

32:13 ↗ putting kids to

32:14 ↗ bed

32:16 ↗ um anybody have any

32:19 ↗ questions just as an observation

32:22 ↗ commissioner is that is a

32:24 ↗ large uh number there in terms of what

32:27 ↗ what was request

32:28 ↗ and what was available in terms of all

32:30 ↗ categories so I can assume that it was

32:33 ↗ probably very challenging to you know

32:35 ↗ look at the need and then trying to

32:37 ↗ parallel to the Strategic plan to

32:40 ↗ Mission Vision Values and see what has

32:42 ↗ impact yeah well you know we had um

32:46 ↗ several that came at least two that came

32:49 ↗ in over a 100 Grand requests and you

32:52 ↗ know our largest um Grant is 42 Grant

32:58 ↗ recommendation yeah yeah so that was a

33:01 ↗ larger overall bucket of

33:08 ↗ requests and Commissioners if I can just

33:10 ↗ add an observation on my end as as staff

33:13 ↗ in looking at our previous cycle

33:15 ↗ cultural specific and language acces was

33:17 ↗ actually our smallest uh group um and

33:20 ↗ with a funding request or they had a

33:23 ↗ funding request available of around

33:25 ↗ $90,000 in this category and so I think

33:28 ↗ it speaks volumes of what we are seeing

33:31 ↗ in our community of the needs and uh who

33:34 ↗ what type of organizations are really

33:37 ↗ stepping up in our community um that

33:40 ↗ those amounts I think speak to that so

33:42 ↗ it's it's very exciting to see um a a

33:46 ↗ large portion being able to go to some

33:48 ↗ of our cultural specific

33:52 ↗ organizations I I might add just because

33:54 ↗ it's the point of Interest I attended

33:57 ↗ virtually the Human Services Commission

33:59 ↗ for

34:00 ↗ belue two two nights ago was it two

34:03 ↗ nights ago where they were presenting

34:05 ↗ their

34:06 ↗ recommendations and yeah they're very

34:10 ↗ much trying to up their um funding

34:13 ↗ opportunities for the cultural sector

34:18 ↗ yeah thank

34:21 ↗ you thank you commissioner

34:23 ↗ Trish uh we have our next one yes one

34:27 ↗ more report out um housing Continuum and

34:30 ↗ before I invite commissioner meline to

34:32 ↗ step in I'm going to invite uh Monica

34:34 ↗ here um to provide some um some

34:38 ↗ additional information as you can see

34:40 ↗ this one slide it looks a little bit

34:43 ↗ different thanks Hannah and again thanks

34:45 ↗ so much Commissioners so I think in

34:48 ↗ working with Hannah and hearing from all

34:49 ↗ of you I think what we heard is that

34:52 ↗ right um rightfully so the need is so

34:54 ↗ much greater than than the funds that we

34:56 ↗ have available

34:58 ↗ and so and in that especially since this

35:01 ↗ funding cycle um we received for the

35:05 ↗ first time over $2 million in in

35:08 ↗ requests in previous years um um the

35:12 ↗ requests have always been at around $1

35:14 ↗ million 1.2 million 1.2 million was last

35:18 ↗ time and about the same the previous

35:21 ↗ cycle so it's really the the request and

35:23 ↗ the need was double uh yet our funds are

35:26 ↗ not double um um and so as we are

35:30 ↗ brainstorming um we are trying to look

35:32 ↗ for one-time funds and um we are working

35:36 ↗ currently with the city Administration

35:38 ↗ to try to see if we might be able to to

35:40 ↗ access some other funds that we can then

35:43 ↗ leverage to use for the housing

35:45 ↗ Continuum section in particular but for

35:48 ↗ others as you may see fit if needed I

35:51 ↗ don't have a diso in time um any

35:54 ↗ information if those funds will become

35:56 ↗ or not available

35:58 ↗ but to to respect your time and your

36:01 ↗ work what I had worked with Hanah and

36:04 ↗ what we came up with and again thank you

36:06 ↗ uh commissioner uh meline and Kina for

36:10 ↗ doing a little bit of extra work was to

36:13 ↗ um provide uh a list of recommendations

36:17 ↗ if you just had the funds available as

36:19 ↗ is and then also provide another list of

36:23 ↗ recommendations if funds do become

36:25 ↗ available so just a little bit for you

36:27 ↗ all to be informed of that um and

36:32 ↗ definitely we hope as you know in terms

36:35 ↗ of timeline you are making and giving

36:37 ↗ these recommendations to to to the mayor

36:40 ↗ next month uh and typically mayor py

36:44 ↗ includes these recommendations into the

36:46 ↗ city's bium budget request to city

36:49 ↗ council who will then take action on

36:51 ↗ them later on this fall uh so we will

36:53 ↗ know later on if this onetime funding

36:57 ↗ request will become available um but at

37:00 ↗ this point we just thought about just

37:03 ↗ doing a due diligence work and trying to

37:05 ↗ make recommendations and if they do

37:06 ↗ become available great if

37:08 ↗ not so that's why you're going to see

37:10 ↗ two sets of recommendations and thank

37:13 ↗ you

37:15 ↗ again yes I think should I can I go

37:19 ↗ yeah um I think most people here have

37:22 ↗ already outlined that one of the some of

37:25 ↗ the tools available to US during this

37:27 ↗ process process specifically the

37:28 ↗ Strategic plan and the um Grant review

37:31 ↗ card are really helpful tools and am I

37:34 ↗ right that not every east side city has

37:36 ↗ a strategic plan correct so I just I

37:39 ↗ think that's a huge that's a really

37:42 ↗ useful and practical tool um so when we

37:45 ↗ talk about highlights and challenges for

37:47 ↗ me that's definitely a a highlight um

37:50 ↗ another highlight was working with Kina

37:51 ↗ I felt like we were just really aligned

37:53 ↗ and asked both had questions that we

37:56 ↗ were willing to do the re research on to

37:59 ↗ figure out challenges you've all spoken

38:01 ↗ to this so much need not enough money

38:03 ↗ how do you make those really hard

38:05 ↗ decisions if you look at the um at the

38:08 ↗ the packet you'll see where they put in

38:10 ↗ the extra column if additional funds are

38:12 ↗ available so just to give you an idea

38:14 ↗ about how that what that would look like

38:17 ↗ um we reviewed 20 applications that had

38:19 ↗ requested a total of

38:22 ↗ $524,000 there was

38:24 ↗ $165,000 available um after much

38:27 ↗ discussion and a lot of um helpful

38:30 ↗ guidance from Hannah thank you um we

38:33 ↗ recommend 10 of the 20 programs that

38:36 ↗ applied with the funding amount as

38:38 ↗ is um you can see what we would do with

38:41 ↗ the additional money if it was um

38:44 ↗ granted uh with the additional funds we

38:48 ↗ tried to prioritize the most expensive

38:50 ↗ services and the high needs for

38:52 ↗ emergency financial assistance and the

38:55 ↗ support of more Regional uh

38:59 ↗ shelters happy to if I can provide

39:02 ↗ Enlightenment I'm happy to answer any

39:07 ↗ questions so your additional funding you

39:12 ↗ also added on to what you already funded

39:15 ↗ and then in some in some cases we did in

39:18 ↗ some cases we didn't so you can kind of

39:19 ↗ see the ones that went up and the ones

39:22 ↗ that stayed static and then there were a

39:24 ↗ few programs that we didn't recommend

39:26 ↗ for funding but if the addition funds

39:27 ↗ came in you can see what we allocated um

39:31 ↗ based on the availability of additional

39:35 ↗ he

39:37 ↗ and I guess ballpark how much additional

39:41 ↗ funds are we asking for or looking

39:44 ↗ for yeah we asked for about

39:47 ↗ $130,000 but then split in two years

39:49 ↗ that's about

39:51 ↗ $65,000 per year um is that what you

39:55 ↗ work with yeah and uh and we decided to

40:00 ↗ to work on this category because in

40:03 ↗ postco times what we heard this past

40:05 ↗ year the most the highest need being

40:08 ↗ continued increase in rental assistance

40:10 ↗ funds and and shelter availability and

40:15 ↗ so that seemed to be among all the needs

40:18 ↗ that seem to be the highest of the

40:20 ↗ highest

40:22 ↗ um um to I have a question because I

40:27 ↗ know that um snowy Valley shelter

40:29 ↗ Services rebranded themselves sometime

40:32 ↗ last year to reclaim and then through my

40:36 ↗ work with isqua Community Services I

40:38 ↗ have tried to get in touch with reclaim

40:41 ↗ and have had a real difficult

40:43 ↗ time and so I was wondering if we could

40:46 ↗ get an update on on how they're doing

40:48 ↗ now I did notice that they've got a

40:51 ↗ brand new Nic looking web page right or

40:54 ↗ website yes and actually I visited them

40:56 ↗ just the last week I believe so they

40:59 ↗ went through a lot of changes they were

41:02 ↗ able to purchase a new location so they

41:04 ↗ were not able to stay at the location

41:05 ↗ where they are at uh so they rebranded

41:08 ↗ they went through a lot of

41:09 ↗ organizational challenges but currently

41:11 ↗ so they they were able they are in a new

41:13 ↗ location they purchased a new site uh

41:16 ↗ they are uh fully staffed and and uh

41:19 ↗ they provide at the site where they are

41:21 ↗ at they are providing a severe weather

41:24 ↗ emergency shelter on in a congregate

41:26 ↗ model and the rest of their service is

41:29 ↗ provided in a motel setting similar with

41:32 ↗ our emergency housing program and so

41:34 ↗ they provide case management they they

41:36 ↗ do great work they continue to do great

41:38 ↗ work um they just have to go through a

41:41 ↗ change in their process and um well

41:45 ↗ that's good to hear yeah yeah and then

41:46 ↗ they're available yeah I I visited them

41:49 ↗ in person I visited their new site so if

41:51 ↗ you have a chance they would welcome

41:53 ↗ visits and they yeah great it's their

41:56 ↗ new site is beautiful very welcoming for

41:58 ↗ people I do think they went through a

42:00 ↗ rough time during the transition I mean

42:02 ↗ like they yeah well they had Co after

42:05 ↗ covid uh spread and then yeah they had

42:08 ↗ quite a few challenges and they lost

42:10 ↗ their their facility you know right so

42:12 ↗ their facility and staff and

42:14 ↗ participants and yeah and funding was

42:17 ↗ not available so they had to just stay

42:18 ↗ afloat with what they could so yeah but

42:21 ↗ they see in a very good space right now

42:23 ↗ great and I was glad to see that we're

42:26 ↗ recommend doing St fent to Paul um at

42:29 ↗ Mary Queen of

42:31 ↗ Peace yeah and I know they came to speak

42:33 ↗ a couple times and they they serve a lot

42:38 ↗ of

42:39 ↗ isqua

42:41 ↗ yeah so thank you for those

42:46 ↗ comments commiss any other questions or

42:50 ↗ comments in regards to housing

42:55 ↗ Continuum great mine that was a great

42:58 ↗ report out um okay just zooming back a

43:02 ↗ little bit and summarizing I want to see

43:04 ↗ it as pool here we are recommending 42

43:10 ↗ programs um that's 34 organizations it's

43:13 ↗ not here on the PowerPoint um in fact

43:16 ↗ that's actually the same number of

43:18 ↗ Commissioners as our last cycle of

43:20 ↗ recommendations um and so um I think

43:24 ↗ that was well done on determining

43:27 ↗ um

43:28 ↗ impact uh how many

43:31 ↗ new gr we would be interesting in see

43:35 ↗ good question new organizations or new

43:37 ↗ programs new

43:40 ↗ yeah um great question I think could

43:43 ↗ become prepared with an answer on that I

43:44 ↗ can probably give it to you shortly um

43:46 ↗ but I will follow up with you

43:48 ↗ Commissioners on that if that's okay

43:50 ↗ yeah it's a great

43:51 ↗ question to look at

43:54 ↗ how there's a few I think I could count

43:56 ↗ them off

43:58 ↗ housing connector was new and svdp Mary

44:01 ↗ Queen of Peace were new I remember those

44:03 ↗ two specific on okay each group go into

44:06 ↗ your thing and see who's new on

44:09 ↗ yours you got this

44:12 ↗ Manny keep up

44:14 ↗ Mar yeah I can go back and um give you

44:17 ↗ the exact number

44:19 ↗ so but I think each group did have new

44:23 ↗ um at least one new organization or

44:26 ↗ program and and or program and I want to

44:28 ↗ commend you for that Commissioners I was

44:30 ↗ actually sharing this with Hannah

44:31 ↗ earlier this week that uh I think in

44:33 ↗ isaka we have a history of of uh and we

44:35 ↗ should be proud of this of not being

44:38 ↗ afraid to fund new organizations I know

44:40 ↗ that there are cities around around us

44:42 ↗ who who do not fund new organizations

44:44 ↗ unless other cities have been funding

44:46 ↗ them for several other cycles and so uh

44:49 ↗ I think put those to to you for taking a

44:52 ↗ chance on new organizations

45:01 ↗ the I think

45:03 ↗ was right

45:05 ↗ think across the

45:10 ↗ bridge had a

45:13 ↗ couple I I guess I want to point out in

45:16 ↗ our group I do remember um was last year

45:20 ↗ or the last funding cycle was that the

45:22 ↗ first time the circle that was the first

45:24 ↗ time the circle had applied yes because

45:26 ↗ they didn't have not profit status until

45:28 ↗ before yeah prior to that the previous

45:30 ↗ cycle three Cycles ago they applied for

45:32 ↗ a Grassroots funds fund because they

45:34 ↗ didn't have yet the 501c3 status yes and

45:38 ↗ so the the cycle that we're currently in

45:40 ↗ I know we we gave them 30 and we gave

45:44 ↗ them a significant

45:45 ↗ increase um 42 they asked for 120 but we

45:50 ↗ gave them 42 or we recommending 42 and I

45:53 ↗ think it's because of the wonderful job

45:55 ↗ they're doing and you know we've it's

45:57 ↗ been very visible and and um like I was

46:01 ↗ telling Hannah I don't with the Staffing

46:04 ↗ they have I don't know how they do it

46:05 ↗ yeah and I will tell you that Belle is

46:08 ↗ recommending a significant amount for

46:10 ↗ them as

46:12 ↗ well I just that made me think of

46:14 ↗ another challenge something you said

46:16 ↗ triggered something that idea of trying

46:18 ↗ to look at the big picture from we don't

46:22 ↗ know what the other cities are doing

46:25 ↗ right they're looking at some of the

46:26 ↗ same programs and we don't know what

46:28 ↗ they're doing and we also there are some

46:30 ↗ organizations that have grants submitted

46:32 ↗ in multiple categories and again trying

46:35 ↗ to get that kind of the big picture view

46:38 ↗ of of of what they're doing and where

46:40 ↗ the money's going and how it's being

46:42 ↗ utilized it's it's challenging it is

46:44 ↗ challenging yeah yeah I believe uh

46:47 ↗ Hannah we discussed add another little

46:50 ↗ column that said that this program has x

46:55 ↗ amount of um

46:58 ↗ oh interesting

47:00 ↗ okay and that's where also for

47:03 ↗ future um Cycles you can also do as a

47:06 ↗ commission that's when when we come

47:08 ↗ together we could present a different a

47:12 ↗ different way of presenting could be by

47:15 ↗ the organizations and the number of

47:16 ↗ applications if that's something that

47:18 ↗ you would like to look at but then again

47:21 ↗ do you want to do that I don't know

47:23 ↗ that's that's interesting that's that

47:26 ↗ add more bias less you don't know that's

47:29 ↗ a very that's an interesting I got to

47:30 ↗ think about that yeah and then also the

47:33 ↗ to to your point with different cities

47:36 ↗ that's also helpful but then also

47:38 ↗ sometimes because when we contract with

47:40 ↗ the organizations they contract for the

47:42 ↗ isqua residents and they might contract

47:44 ↗ directly for B residence then right you

47:48 ↗ guys are they also you make a effort to

47:52 ↗ stay away from conflict of interest too

47:54 ↗ so we start doing that now yeah just

47:57 ↗ it's

47:59 ↗ really well Commissioners thank you for

48:01 ↗ some time um I was able to go through

48:03 ↗ the numbers pretty quickly and we have

48:04 ↗ 10 new programs that we are funding

48:06 ↗ that's a quarter of our recommendations

48:08 ↗ oh you've already figured it out yes I

48:10 ↗ will double check my work but uh first

48:13 ↗ expance I've got 10 new programs um not

48:16 ↗ 10 organizations but um but that's

48:20 ↗ that's speaks that's

48:23 ↗ interesting great work okay so

48:28 ↗ um so Commissioners I want to present uh

48:30 ↗ your options tonight and give some room

48:32 ↗ for discussion um so you have options

48:36 ↗ here where we can continue in our

48:38 ↗ subgroup deliberation what that would

48:39 ↗ look like would be um outside meetings

48:42 ↗ in our subgroups um if if Commissioners

48:45 ↗ would like to review in more depth or

48:47 ↗ have conversations if there's any

48:50 ↗ different um here tonight have any

48:52 ↗ different kind of recommendations or

48:54 ↗ considerations Within the current

48:58 ↗ recommendations that means that we will

49:00 ↗ need to meet August 21st to make a final

49:02 ↗ action

49:03 ↗ vote the other option after discussion

49:05 ↗ deliberation here tonight if you feel

49:07 ↗ ready um to make a formal decision um

49:10 ↗ you can take action and vote approval

49:13 ↗ without

49:15 ↗ changes so I will give room for

49:18 ↗ conversation I do before we jump in I

49:20 ↗ thought it might be helpful just to see

49:21 ↗ a timeline of kind of what next steps

49:24 ↗ are um so so so after this meeting we

49:27 ↗ might have um either subgroup meetings

49:30 ↗ and then if we do we can meet on August

49:32 ↗ 21st our regular Human Service time or

49:34 ↗ if we decide to take action tonight we

49:36 ↗ can follow um the council um schedule

49:39 ↗ and recess in

49:41 ↗ August um and then in August and

49:43 ↗ September is when we plan to take uh the

49:46 ↗ recommendations to our city mayor um the

49:49 ↗ mayor will present the recommendations

49:51 ↗ to our city council just as part of the

49:53 ↗ larger City budget in September and then

49:56 ↗ in November is when uh is the

49:58 ↗ anticipated time for the final approval

50:02 ↗ um for the the budgeted

50:05 ↗ recommendations

50:08 ↗ so with that I'd like to open it up to

50:10 ↗ you offer I have a question so would if

50:13 ↗ we went with option one our deliberation

50:16 ↗ would only be regarding our

50:18 ↗ subgroup uh go ahead so you would go

50:23 ↗ with option one if any of you do not

50:25 ↗ feel comfortable with what you heard

50:27 ↗ tonight and any of you feel that certain

50:31 ↗ work needs to be done in one or all

50:33 ↗ other categories let's say perhaps you

50:35 ↗ as a as a commissioner you would say you

50:38 ↗ know the I I don't agree with with the

50:41 ↗ recommendations in this category and I

50:43 ↗ would recommend that we go back and

50:45 ↗ review it so in that case you would go

50:47 ↗ back to Del liberations in your

50:49 ↗ subgroups does that make sense okay I'm

50:53 ↗ I'm sorry I didn't so I would just we

50:54 ↗ would go back to the subgroup that we're

50:56 ↗ from yes yeah yes okay or we could just

51:00 ↗ you know spend time by ourselves looking

51:03 ↗ at it

51:05 ↗ yeah yeah so if as a subgroup the

51:09 ↗ housing Continuum is uh is satisfied

51:13 ↗ with the recommend recommendations

51:15 ↗ they're making

51:17 ↗ tonight then that's can we be do we is

51:21 ↗ this a do all subgroups have to agree on

51:24 ↗ the way forward right yes so then you

51:26 ↗ commission you all need to agree with

51:28 ↗ all other subgroups right if you can

51:31 ↗ yeah let's say you as a commission you

51:34 ↗ all option one you all agree with all

51:36 ↗ the recommendations you've heard tonight

51:38 ↗ and you are okay then we move to let's

51:40 ↗ let's make a formal recommendation the

51:42 ↗ other option is maybe you or one of you

51:45 ↗ or more more than one of you decide that

51:48 ↗ you don't agree with one particular

51:50 ↗ subgroup or with all the other subgroups

51:53 ↗ then you go back to the Liberation and

51:55 ↗ yes if maybe it's just one subgroup then

51:57 ↗ maybe just that one subgroup needs to go

52:00 ↗ back to the Del liberations if it's more

52:02 ↗ than one then how many subgroups need to

52:04 ↗ go back to deliberation so that's also a

52:08 ↗ point I personally um like to find out

52:13 ↗ um out of the Community Resources if I

52:16 ↗ may speak for Mor I think we're

52:19 ↗ comfortable

52:20 ↗ and we're comfortable Contin so are you

52:24 ↗ comfortable

52:26 ↗ speaking on keen's behalf

52:29 ↗ yes am I comfortable with with the

52:33 ↗ recommendations you've made up here okay

52:36 ↗ but yes but I but I think the the

52:38 ↗ question is are you do you know enough

52:41 ↗ now from our 45 minute presentation that

52:45 ↗ you're comfortable with the other the

52:48 ↗ other groups yes oh okay and I think

52:50 ↗ that's what is yes because we have to

52:53 ↗ vote on

52:55 ↗ everything I'm just doing is I'm

52:57 ↗ trusting right you that you you know you

53:00 ↗ did you did all the reading and all the

53:03 ↗ research

53:06 ↗ and right so but then the option that

53:08 ↗ Trish also brought up and I want to

53:10 ↗ validate that is also the one that you

53:12 ↗ all individually can decide I think I'm

53:14 ↗ satisfied but I still want to review it

53:16 ↗ and I still want to come back in August

53:18 ↗ and just take a formal decision then but

53:21 ↗ just know that if between now and August

53:22 ↗ you don't like a recommendation then

53:24 ↗ it's going to be very difficult to make

53:26 ↗ many Chang then that's why if you're not

53:28 ↗ satisfied now it's time to speak up does

53:30 ↗ that make sense yeah

53:33 ↗ yeah I guess I'm willing to go with with

53:36 ↗ what the consensus wants I'm just you

53:38 ↗ know when I make recommendations for you

53:41 ↗ know half a million dollars I I usually

53:43 ↗ like to think about it for more than 45

53:47 ↗ minutes yeah that

53:52 ↗ problem and the hope is that all of you

53:54 ↗ had a chance to look at them before the

53:55 ↗ meeting but you're right you can and I

53:58 ↗ and I I did not I did not look at the

54:00 ↗ yeah I mean I knew our recommendations

54:02 ↗ but I did not look but I'm willing to do

54:04 ↗ what the consensuses yeah you don't have

54:07 ↗ to feel pressured to take a decision

54:09 ↗ tonight we have plenty of time and um I

54:12 ↗ want to commend you all you are ahead of

54:13 ↗ the game compared to other Commissioners

54:15 ↗ who are still

54:16 ↗ deliberating I would say I want to hear

54:18 ↗ from the folks on

54:21 ↗ the the zoom or teams luia Ora any

54:25 ↗ thoughts or on the option one or option

54:31 ↗ two this is Luccia choto speaking um I

54:35 ↗ am inclined like U commissioner blure to

54:40 ↗ take a little time to just read a little

54:43 ↗ bit more

54:45 ↗ before you know accepting the final and

54:49 ↗ it's not because I don't trust what

54:52 ↗ other people have done it's um more just

54:56 ↗ it's it's my style as well like Trish is

54:59 ↗ is explaining to basically take some

55:03 ↗ time to make

55:04 ↗ sure that if somebody comes to me for

55:08 ↗ example and says how how was this

55:12 ↗ reached why was this not done Etc that I

55:15 ↗ feel confident in my ability to respond

55:19 ↗ and at this time even though I have

55:21 ↗ looked at some of

55:23 ↗ um the other

55:27 ↗ um the other subgroups and their

55:30 ↗ recommendations at this point I don't

55:32 ↗ feel that I'm

55:34 ↗ comfortable being able to answer the

55:37 ↗ question if would it be posed to me so

55:39 ↗ that's why I'm inclined to take a little

55:42 ↗ bit more time but that's just where I'm

55:44 ↗ at right

55:46 ↗ now thank commissioner but as you

55:49 ↗ pointed out if if let's say if I came up

55:53 ↗ with something that I really wanted to

55:56 ↗ make a recommendation that maybe be

55:58 ↗ tweaked it would mean I would need to

56:01 ↗ inform the commission well in advance so

56:04 ↗ that the behavioral health group so yes

56:08 ↗ can me so yes so what I would recommend

56:11 ↗ if if you Commissioners are agreeing to

56:13 ↗ this and I think all of you bring valid

56:16 ↗ points um uh to to the table I would

56:19 ↗ recommend to one decide how much time do

56:22 ↗ you need for review is it a week or two

56:24 ↗ weeks enough time

56:27 ↗ and then let's put a deadline to that

56:29 ↗ and then at the end of that deadline if

56:31 ↗ you do have recommendations bring them

56:33 ↗ forward to Hannah so then what we would

56:35 ↗ do we would uh schedule a special

56:37 ↗ meeting so then we can discuss those um

56:41 ↗ what concerns you have see if we um if

56:45 ↗ we can take care of them in the special

56:46 ↗ meeting or if we need to go back to sub

56:48 ↗ group deliberations so then we do have

56:50 ↗ time by August 21st to come back if not

56:54 ↗ we can just still do August 21st first

56:56 ↗ and then be aware that perhaps we might

56:57 ↗ need another special meeting sometimes

56:59 ↗ between August and and September does

57:02 ↗ that does that make sense and that's

57:03 ↗ totally fine I think it's I I really

57:06 ↗ respect and appreciate all of you is is

57:08 ↗ taking the time and being thorough than

57:10 ↗ than regretting later because it is a

57:11 ↗ lot of money request it is the you know

57:14 ↗ and it's organizations who do great work

57:17 ↗ and so it's worth spending that time so

57:20 ↗ totally very

57:21 ↗ support if if it if after people have

57:25 ↗ opportunity to review and nobody has a

57:29 ↗ suggestion about making a change can we

57:31 ↗ vote via

57:32 ↗ email

57:34 ↗ no we would still need it if this is a

57:38 ↗ um an action item has to be done in a

57:40 ↗ public meeting okay okay so if we go

57:44 ↗ this route it means we have to meet in

57:47 ↗ August yes okay but we can just have a

57:49 ↗ very short meeting we can just meet for

57:51 ↗ 10 minutes and you know Green cookies

57:54 ↗ green cookies

57:59 ↗ I hear

58:01 ↗ you um well it looks like I mean we're

58:05 ↗ kind of split on this oh I think if

58:07 ↗ there's anyone that wants additional

58:09 ↗ time I I completely honor that I I agree

58:12 ↗ yeah I'm not that's what I'm hearing

58:15 ↗ from the group is just informed

58:17 ↗ education around different like the

58:20 ↗ different groups I don't think anybody's

58:22 ↗ really second

58:23 ↗ guessing I think it's just more like if

58:25 ↗ I'm want to be a human services

58:27 ↗ commissioner and someone asked me from

58:29 ↗ the public I want to be more informed in

58:31 ↗ each section so when it gets rolled out

58:34 ↗ you feel pretty confident moving forward

58:36 ↗ um but to your to your point Monica is

58:39 ↗ trying to figure out sometimes because I

58:42 ↗ think it's going to be a tight deadline

58:43 ↗ for August 21st that we set some dates

58:47 ↗ um to kind of if there is going to be

58:50 ↗ some questions

58:52 ↗ around the amounts or groups I think

58:55 ↗ that's

58:56 ↗ that might be a different discussion so

58:58 ↗ I think it's probably good that we

58:59 ↗ decide on some dates like tonight yeah I

59:04 ↗ agree yeah folks can you um maybe pull

59:07 ↗ up some calendars and I know it's also

59:10 ↗ vacation season so want to also respect

59:12 ↗ vacation time uh but how long

59:16 ↗ Commissioners do you feel like you need

59:17 ↗ to spend thorough time in reviewing the

59:20 ↗ other group

59:21 ↗ recommendations um like a week is long

59:25 ↗ enough two weeks

59:26 ↗ okay so how about okay so two weeks

59:28 ↗ would be the end of July July 31st is

59:31 ↗ that cutting it

59:34 ↗ short no we'd still have then that would

59:36 ↗ still give us one two three weeks before

59:38 ↗ meeting in I don't I think that seems

59:40 ↗ very reasonable two weeks Commissioners

59:42 ↗ to for those who want to spend more time

59:44 ↗ reviewing the applications we would meet

59:47 ↗ in August and just vote go get there and

59:52 ↗ yeah so next steps will look um like

59:56 ↗ let's set the deadline let's give uh two

59:58 ↗ weeks to have further time to review the

1:00:00 ↗ recommendations you all have access to

1:00:03 ↗ the grant applications as well so if you

1:00:04 ↗ want to dig into other groups in a

1:00:06 ↗ little more detail they gives you two

1:00:08 ↗ weeks so um July 31st will be the

1:00:10 ↗ deadline um if you have

1:00:14 ↗ any yeah does that work for you

1:00:18 ↗ luia and any other

1:00:24 ↗ Commissioners yes two weeks work okay

1:00:26 ↗ how Huma are you

1:00:28 ↗ there okay she has um so two weeks so

1:00:33 ↗ what I would be looking for then within

1:00:35 ↗ between now and the next two weeks is if

1:00:37 ↗ you find any um as a reviewing any

1:00:39 ↗ questions on programs or any

1:00:42 ↗ considerations or any other type of

1:00:44 ↗ suggestions of um who to fund or amounts

1:00:47 ↗ of funding it really could look like

1:00:49 ↗ anything um I ask that you email me

1:00:52 ↗ those considerations so if if we if we

1:00:55 ↗ review everything and we don't have any

1:00:56 ↗ considerations do you also need to know

1:00:58 ↗ that we don't have any further

1:00:59 ↗ considerations it would be helpful right

1:01:01 ↗ because otherwise we don't want to I

1:01:03 ↗ don't want to miss out on accident so

1:01:05 ↗ yes so if everyone can decide and look

1:01:09 ↗ at that either email me saying no

1:01:11 ↗ recommendations or or recommend as is

1:01:14 ↗ changes um or I have some follow-up

1:01:16 ↗ questions or I have follow-up

1:01:18 ↗ considerations and what that will do is

1:01:20 ↗ if somebody has a consideration for

1:01:21 ↗ something in the housing Continuum for

1:01:24 ↗ example then I will contact the housing

1:01:26 ↗ Continuum subgroup to then have a

1:01:29 ↗ further discussion with the new

1:01:31 ↗ commissioner

1:01:33 ↗ consideration so in email you want that

1:01:36 ↗ consideration listed if it's yes I would

1:01:40 ↗ just it gets a little bit complicated

1:01:42 ↗ because you're going to start taking

1:01:43 ↗ decisions and it should be taken in the

1:01:45 ↗ public form so I wouldn't recommend

1:01:46 ↗ taking those decisions again you would

1:01:48 ↗ need to be back as a full group to take

1:01:51 ↗ those decisions just because one

1:01:53 ↗ commissioner is going to want let's say

1:01:56 ↗ one commissioner is going to want

1:01:57 ↗ changes let's say in the housing

1:01:58 ↗ Continuum that still needs the approval

1:02:00 ↗ of the entire commission to to move

1:02:03 ↗ forward with deliberation so that's why

1:02:04 ↗ you're going to need a special meeting

1:02:06 ↗ to discuss all of those so yes ideally

1:02:08 ↗ do bring whatever considerations you

1:02:11 ↗ have or concerns to bring them so we

1:02:12 ↗ know exactly what's going to be

1:02:14 ↗ discussed and then once we hear feedback

1:02:16 ↗ from everyone then that's going to

1:02:17 ↗ create the agenda for the special

1:02:19 ↗ meeting once you have the special

1:02:20 ↗ meeting then you break out in the

1:02:22 ↗ subgroups then you come back to the

1:02:23 ↗ large meeting to final vote

1:02:28 ↗ right um and

1:02:30 ↗ then um so if there's considerations on

1:02:33 ↗ the 31 and then a special meeting is um

1:02:38 ↗ needed then August 7th we would have to

1:02:41 ↗ either look at I'm just keeping it on

1:02:43 ↗ Wednesdays in case that's what works for

1:02:45 ↗ people I would have to double check uh

1:02:48 ↗ room availability but yeah there police

1:02:51 ↗ Equity board meeting usually unless they

1:02:53 ↗ are in recess so let's check now

1:02:59 ↗ yeah thinking my C

1:03:02 ↗ um yeah it's already what about Tuesday

1:03:05 ↗ August

1:03:16 ↗ 6th the room is available for now so

1:03:18 ↗ that would be our special meeting if

1:03:20 ↗ needed correct okay Commissioners are

1:03:23 ↗ are you if that works for everyone are

1:03:25 ↗ you able to double check your calendars

1:03:27 ↗ to see if on Tuesday and we'll keep it

1:03:29 ↗ at the same time at

1:03:31 ↗ 6:30 can we do Monday that's question

1:03:41 ↗ Monday the will is available right now

1:03:44 ↗ on

1:03:47 ↗ Monday on Monday August 5th for the

1:03:51 ↗ possible special commission meeting to

1:03:53 ↗ discuss

1:03:54 ↗ the okay Monday's August

1:03:58 ↗ 5th so we're talking about that now

1:04:01 ↗ right correct okay yeah that would work

1:04:04 ↗ okay so I'll take any considerations or

1:04:08 ↗ questions or anything like that on the

1:04:10 ↗ 31st we'll create an agenda packet for

1:04:12 ↗ that okay um special meeting for Monday

1:04:15 ↗ the fth if if it's

1:04:18 ↗ needed yeah and you need to publish it

1:04:21 ↗ yeah I'll let you schedule the room

1:04:23 ↗ because I'm not going to be here that's

1:04:24 ↗ going to be so s will do that thank you

1:04:27 ↗ Monica um do that work for the folks on

1:04:30 ↗ the

1:04:33 ↗ screen join us virtually of

1:04:36 ↗ course again you might not have

1:04:38 ↗ recommendations that's

1:04:40 ↗ right um so then yeah but you don't have

1:04:43 ↗ to meet on the fifth you can oh you can

1:04:45 ↗ you can decide to meet on the 5th

1:04:46 ↗ instead of the 21st and then just make a

1:04:48 ↗ formal recommendation then or you can

1:04:50 ↗ just meet on the 21st we don't if you

1:04:53 ↗ don't have any recommendations you don't

1:04:54 ↗ need to meet twice right

1:04:57 ↗ okay if everybody comes up we don't have

1:05:00 ↗ recommendations we can do it

1:05:02 ↗ on inad of the vote on the 15th of the

1:05:05 ↗ 21st if if you agree that you would

1:05:08 ↗ prefer to do that tonight and yes you

1:05:09 ↗ can certainly do

1:05:11 ↗ that if if it's easier for all of you to

1:05:13 ↗ meet on the 5th instead of the 21st yeah

1:05:16 ↗ because you gotta meet on Fifth either

1:05:19 ↗ either

1:05:20 ↗ way uh no not necessarily if you don't

1:05:22 ↗ have recommendations yeah if you don't

1:05:25 ↗ make any Chang you can just meet at the

1:05:26 ↗ regular meeting day on the 21st meeting

1:05:30 ↗ for the action item yeah and then the

1:05:31 ↗ difference for all of you to know which

1:05:34 ↗ that's why it might be better to leave

1:05:35 ↗ it for the 21st if you don't have

1:05:37 ↗ changes is that if you have a special

1:05:39 ↗ meeting you need to stay very strict to

1:05:41 ↗ the agenda in just that one topic um

1:05:44 ↗ whereas if it's a regular meeting where

1:05:46 ↗ people know about it then you can have

1:05:48 ↗ your regular Hannah I'm assuming that

1:05:51 ↗ this is on a spreadsheet on the

1:05:54 ↗ SharePoint um I will add it on yeah it's

1:05:57 ↗ in the it's you can access it online in

1:05:59 ↗ the agenda packet but I will add it to

1:06:01 ↗ the SharePoint this this version of

1:06:03 ↗ recommendation great yes great thank you

1:06:05 ↗ for reading that up I will add that in

1:06:08 ↗ Excel in Excel yes so you can play

1:06:10 ↗ around with it yeah at PDF or anything

1:06:13 ↗ yeah you got it not that I intend to

1:06:15 ↗ play around you know what I mean yeah

1:06:16 ↗ yeah yeah you can access it easier okay

1:06:19 ↗ great commissioner so I think we have

1:06:21 ↗ our next steps um then just to recap um

1:06:25 ↗ deadline for reviewing all applications

1:06:27 ↗ and other subgroups is July 31st email

1:06:30 ↗ me by or before then with any um

1:06:33 ↗ specific questions comments

1:06:36 ↗ considerations or suggestions of edits

1:06:39 ↗ of the current recommendations um if

1:06:41 ↗ there are some we will meet for a

1:06:43 ↗ special meeting on Monday August 5th at

1:06:46 ↗ 6:30 here in the steelhead room um if

1:06:49 ↗ there are no

1:06:51 ↗ recommendations uh we will uh meet at

1:06:53 ↗ our regular time on Wednesday August 25

1:06:59 ↗ 1st excellent all

1:07:02 ↗ right great work Commissioners that

1:07:06 ↗ concludes our report

1:07:10 ↗ out again Kudos and congratulations

1:07:13 ↗ Commissioners I know uh long process um

1:07:17 ↗ and I Lov what Manny said earlier about

1:07:19 ↗ tting each other so I think the there

1:07:22 ↗ are pros and cons all of you have access

1:07:23 ↗ to all of the applications

1:07:26 ↗ um uh but reading all of you asking you

1:07:30 ↗ to read 100 applications as a volunteer

1:07:32 ↗ commission does not seem by far fair so

1:07:35 ↗ that's why we created subgroups to

1:07:37 ↗ divide and conquer as the good old

1:07:39 ↗ saying says and uh I really really loved

1:07:43 ↗ how you said you all respect each other

1:07:44 ↗ and respect each other's recommendations

1:07:46 ↗ but at the same time it's always good to

1:07:49 ↗ di deeper and really understand the

1:07:51 ↗ entire process because you are official

1:07:54 ↗ Commissioners and you might be in the

1:07:56 ↗ public so you

1:07:58 ↗ know I mean I don't in the example that

1:08:01 ↗ haime gave if somebody was to ask me

1:08:04 ↗ about you know Behavior Health something

1:08:07 ↗ I don't want to say oh another

1:08:09 ↗ subcommittee right exactly to care of it

1:08:12 ↗ I don't want to say

1:08:13 ↗ that you want to be involved yeah

1:08:16 ↗ informed yeah because you are taking you

1:08:18 ↗ know your vote you're taking

1:08:20 ↗ responsibility for the entire right

1:08:21 ↗ right right yes

1:08:25 ↗ very very reasonable I want to say too

1:08:28 ↗ and behalf of Commissioners thank you

1:08:30 ↗ Hannah and Monica for you know providing

1:08:33 ↗ guidance uh training uh referencing the

1:08:36 ↗ Strategic plan as we make decisions to

1:08:38 ↗ ensure that we're being uh focused in

1:08:40 ↗ that regard uh agenda number five you

1:08:43 ↗ have reports chair and commissioner

1:08:46 ↗ reports out um anybody would report from

1:08:50 ↗ the group

1:08:57 ↗ hearing

1:08:58 ↗ none uh there's youth report as well so

1:09:01 ↗ Preston couldn't be here tonight but he

1:09:02 ↗ did email me to let me know he um did

1:09:04 ↗ not have any updates from the uh youth

1:09:07 ↗ Advisory Board uh they are on summer

1:09:09 ↗ break so he's on vacation I would hope

1:09:12 ↗ that they are

1:09:14 ↗ exactly so that's good and we do have

1:09:17 ↗ from our agenda uh staff report there

1:09:20 ↗ was a report attached to our agenda um

1:09:24 ↗ either Hannah or Monica want to speak to

1:09:25 ↗ it yeah I'll go and start us off here um

1:09:27 ↗ so in our staff report feels like it's

1:09:29 ↗ been a while since we've done this we

1:09:30 ↗ usually like to provide any updates from

1:09:32 ↗ our M mayor or city council and then

1:09:35 ↗ other more Human Services specific items

1:09:38 ↗ um so the only mayor and uh city council

1:09:40 ↗ update I wanted to provide is that uh in

1:09:42 ↗ August they will be in recess uh most

1:09:44 ↗ commissions do follow um follow that

1:09:47 ↗ schedule as well and take a recess in

1:09:49 ↗ August um but due to the nature of the

1:09:51 ↗ work that we're doing um and and from

1:09:54 ↗ our last agenda item we will be meeting

1:09:57 ↗ in August 21st so looking forward to

1:10:00 ↗ that and then as far as human services I

1:10:02 ↗ just wanted to put on all over your

1:10:03 ↗ radar and invite you all to join us for

1:10:05 ↗ a couple of very fun summer events um so

1:10:09 ↗ the first one is actually next Tuesday

1:10:11 ↗ July 23rd um we're going to have if

1:10:13 ↗ you're familiar um the city does an

1:10:15 ↗ annual chalk art festival this is a free

1:10:18 ↗ family fun um uh way you get free chalk

1:10:22 ↗ you go to the isqua community center um

1:10:24 ↗ there's I I cream and you can do

1:10:27 ↗ beautiful artwork very fun um fun event

1:10:30 ↗ that the city does and in the last

1:10:32 ↗ couple years our Human Services team um

1:10:35 ↗ aligned with our strategic plan of

1:10:36 ↗ providing resource fairs to our

1:10:38 ↗ community we partnered with this event

1:10:40 ↗ um and we have our nonprofit and

1:10:42 ↗ Community Partners participate um in a

1:10:45 ↗ resource Fair um so that was huge

1:10:48 ↗ success last couple years so we're

1:10:49 ↗ excited to partner with them so that's

1:10:51 ↗ going to be from 12 to 2 is the resource

1:10:53 ↗ Fair however the chalkart is 12: to 4:

1:10:56 ↗ so please consider bringing your

1:10:57 ↗ families um to participate in that um

1:11:00 ↗ and then another big event um and I will

1:11:02 ↗ keep reminding you all because this

1:11:03 ↗ one's a big and a very exciting one in

1:11:05 ↗ early September um Friday the 6th

1:11:08 ↗ starting at 5:00 P PM we have our um Isa

1:11:10 ↗ isqua welcomes you event our welcoming

1:11:13 ↗ week um events that we partner with um

1:11:15 ↗ Community Partners here um to have uh

1:11:18 ↗ live

1:11:19 ↗ performances uh we'll have food trucks

1:11:22 ↗ and we will have um we'll res a huge

1:11:26 ↗ resource Fair um I'm excited the zoo is

1:11:28 ↗ going to be there with some

1:11:30 ↗ animals um and uh we're going to have

1:11:33 ↗ some um henna art and a few other things

1:11:37 ↗ that we are still planning and figuring

1:11:38 ↗ out so more details to come more

1:11:40 ↗ wonderful flyers and advertisement

1:11:42 ↗ coming your way but just want to put

1:11:43 ↗ that on your calendars and radar um and

1:11:46 ↗ then I see commissioner Huma hello um

1:11:50 ↗ you're hi I just I have a question about

1:11:52 ↗ welcoming week is the programming for

1:11:55 ↗ that that

1:11:56 ↗ set um no it's not set we're still in

1:11:58 ↗ the planning process are you interested

1:12:01 ↗ in there's a there's an a a violinist an

1:12:04 ↗ award-winning violinist from aeran who

1:12:07 ↗ uh now lives in our community who was

1:12:09 ↗ wondering if he could connect with you

1:12:11 ↗ about uh perhaps performing at welcoming

1:12:13 ↗ week so that would be wonderful Huma um

1:12:16 ↗ either if you could do uh an

1:12:17 ↗ introduction email or pass information

1:12:21 ↗ wonderful we yeah thanks for your help

1:12:23 ↗ and participation really appreciate it

1:12:27 ↗ okay Commissioners any questions about

1:12:29 ↗ the fun

1:12:31 ↗ events okay excellent well I am going to

1:12:34 ↗ invite uh Monica here to provide an

1:12:37 ↗ update on our emergency housing program

1:12:40 ↗ it's hard to um come from fun events to

1:12:43 ↗ updates on the emergency housing program

1:12:46 ↗ um thank you Hannah Commissioners you

1:12:48 ↗ may recall that actually just a year ago

1:12:51 ↗ actually on exactly the same date uh

1:12:54 ↗ July 17th I remember it was on Monday

1:12:56 ↗ and we launched the pilot emergency

1:12:59 ↗ housing

1:13:00 ↗ program it's been a year it's been a

1:13:02 ↗ year and in collaboration with motal 6

1:13:06 ↗ and um we uh earlier this year we

1:13:09 ↗ started working with uh City leadership

1:13:11 ↗ and administration with City Council in

1:13:13 ↗ making plans into turning this program

1:13:15 ↗ into a permanent program um until couple

1:13:19 ↗ of weeks ago when when we learned from

1:13:21 ↗ Motel 6 that they are unable to continue

1:13:23 ↗ the contract with us oh they are facing

1:13:27 ↗ uh um some other concerns that are not

1:13:31 ↗ related to our program but they're

1:13:33 ↗ unable to continue Contracting with us

1:13:36 ↗ as is and um did you say their concerns

1:13:40 ↗ are not due to this Pro granted to the

1:13:41 ↗ program at all they um You Might Recall

1:13:44 ↗ last year before our program started

1:13:46 ↗ they had a shooting yeah um so they

1:13:49 ↗ continue to deal with a lot of pressure

1:13:51 ↗ and and problems related to that and so

1:13:55 ↗ um they are unable to continue

1:13:57 ↗ Contracting with us they are open to

1:13:59 ↗ continue as a oneoff on occasions when

1:14:01 ↗ we need a room here and there or when we

1:14:03 ↗ have severe weather they would love to

1:14:06 ↗ continue but not not as an intensive

1:14:08 ↗ program as we were like as you recall we

1:14:11 ↗ turned one of the rooms into an office

1:14:14 ↗ kind of like moved staff out there so um

1:14:17 ↗ a little bit of a sad news for the

1:14:19 ↗ entire program as we know that it's it's

1:14:21 ↗ been very beneficial for the community

1:14:23 ↗ and so we continue to work uh with city

1:14:26 ↗ council with Administration with the

1:14:27 ↗ community and looking for options for

1:14:29 ↗ that program and I have no doubt that we

1:14:32 ↗ will um find options but as as it stands

1:14:35 ↗ right now um we have until August 31st

1:14:39 ↗ to transition participants and staff out

1:14:41 ↗ of the

1:14:42 ↗ program um the city has to be out of

1:14:46 ↗ Motel 6 by August 31st yes wow this year

1:14:50 ↗ this year yes that's a shame wow and um

1:14:53 ↗ so definitely definitely a sad news um

1:14:58 ↗ but we we've been working already uh

1:15:02 ↗ looking for other Motel options looking

1:15:04 ↗ for turning to the faith community to

1:15:06 ↗ look for rental options um looking for

1:15:09 ↗ other creative ideas if you remember at

1:15:11 ↗ the very beginning before uh the city

1:15:14 ↗ took on this project to manage it on on

1:15:16 ↗ our own we try to find a nonprofit

1:15:19 ↗ partner who is willing to take on the

1:15:21 ↗ program so we are looking at that as

1:15:23 ↗ well um so we are exploring options it's

1:15:28 ↗ it's probably unlikely that we are going

1:15:29 ↗ to have an option identified by August

1:15:32 ↗ 31st so what I Envision most likely we

1:15:35 ↗ are going to pause the program for a

1:15:36 ↗ couple of months and restart it when we

1:15:38 ↗ are going to find op the ideal the new

1:15:43 ↗ Option um what's going to happen to the

1:15:45 ↗ staff well so staff because these were

1:15:48 ↗ limited term positions um staff are um

1:15:52 ↗ ending um they they are with us until

1:15:55 ↗ the end of September but but they will

1:15:58 ↗ be ending their work with the city

1:16:03 ↗ so I did speak to resident of

1:16:07 ↗ uh the uh Motel 6 and he just thrilled

1:16:12 ↗ to be there I

1:16:14 ↗ mean

1:16:16 ↗ thrilled this Motel I mean this is

1:16:19 ↗ probably Divergent but are they are they

1:16:22 ↗ closing not not that we know of not that

1:16:25 ↗ no no they just have yeah right

1:16:29 ↗ challenges yeah

1:16:34 ↗ yeah so we will update you and uh we

1:16:38 ↗ will continue to work with the city

1:16:39 ↗ leadership City a lot of on your I mean

1:16:43 ↗ to get it all in a years yeah but you

1:16:47 ↗ know um we'll keep the Hope up maybe

1:16:50 ↗ even something better will come yeah

1:16:54 ↗ more

1:16:55 ↗ so there there's 12 people that are in

1:16:58 ↗ the program right is it is that at one

1:17:00 ↗ time typically it depend it's varies

1:17:03 ↗ right now I think they are 12 yes right

1:17:05 ↗ now they're 12 but we had 15 we had 17

1:17:07 ↗ we had it it fluctuates depending on so

1:17:10 ↗ what's the max the max is 18 or 20 20

1:17:13 ↗ okay I'm trying to think of what kind of

1:17:19 ↗ facility but yeah yeah between 10 and 15

1:17:23 ↗ I think it's perfect the if if every

1:17:25 ↗ room was double

1:17:27 ↗ occupant then we would have you know 20

1:17:30 ↗ but yeah 15 you know 10 to 15

1:17:36 ↗ accommodating so I'm sorry to end with a

1:17:39 ↗ little bit of a

1:17:43 ↗ yeah we we learned a lot from the pilot

1:17:46 ↗ I say you know a lot more now than you

1:17:47 ↗ knew a year

1:17:51 ↗ ago yeah is any other uh City doing

1:17:55 ↗ something like that uh not City operated

1:17:58 ↗ no usually they work with others so yes

1:18:00 ↗ I think it was unique for us to take it

1:18:02 ↗ on and and it has been successful and

1:18:06 ↗ you know if if at minimum 15 we we help

1:18:10 ↗ through this program about 30 some folks

1:18:13 ↗ 33 people I think in and then out yeah

1:18:17 ↗ yeah throughout because we also had if

1:18:18 ↗ you remember we had uh police 10 by

1:18:21 ↗ rooms and so we had people for shortterm

1:18:23 ↗ and longer term um but that means that

1:18:25 ↗ many less people on the streets of right

1:18:29 ↗ right and that's quite a few

1:18:32 ↗ people

1:18:34 ↗ so yeah more to come more to come thank

1:18:39 ↗ you for the

1:18:45 ↗ update well thank you Monica

1:18:48 ↗ um as we were just talking about back

1:18:51 ↗ and forth so August 21st will be our

1:18:55 ↗ next meeting uh there's any other

1:18:57 ↗ business uh meeting is

1:19:00 ↗ adjourned excellent all right thank you

1:19:03 ↗ commissioners

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