Human Services Commission · Wednesday, December 18, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of August 21, 2024

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Previously discussed: Human Services Commission · Sep 18, 2024

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Staff report:

regarding the process and no proposed edits, EDWARDS motioned to approve the 2025-2026 Human Services Grant Recommendations with no edits, FISH seconded, all were in favor with unanimous consent and the 2025-2026 Human Services Grant Commission Recommendations were approved. Commissioner will now present to the City Mayor who will take the recommendations in the general budget to City Council in October/November.

Minutes of September 19, 2024

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Staff report:

Facilitated by: Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator City of Issaquah Board and Commission Staff Liaisons Present board members and commissioners split up into small groups by Strategic Plan goal area aligned with the policy area of expertise for their board or commission. They then discussed the clarity of the objectives and actions in the recommended update, as well as the alignment between actions and objectives. They discussed potential areas where clarity or better alignment are needed, and proposed potential edits and revisions to the draft update.

Minutes of October 16, 2024

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Previously discussed: Human Services Commission · Nov 20, 2024

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Equity Board & Human Services Commission 6:00 PM Senior Center, 75 NE Creek October 16, 2024 MINUTES Way, Issaquah

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Awarded 2025-2026 Human Services Grants Update (I)

15 min · Hannah Roberts, Human Services Coordinator · packet pp.9–19

Topics: BudgetEquity

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Staff report:

The purpose of this memo is to provide an update on Issaquah’s proposed 2025-26 budget and the

Human Services Commission: Annual Recap (I)

20 min · Hannah Roberts, Human Services Coordinator · packet pp.21–37

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

To provide a recap on the work completed by Human Services Commission in the last year. Human Services Grants Human Services Grants Outcome

Human Services Commission 2025 Draft Workplan (D)

25 min · Hannah Roberts, Human Services Coordinator · packet pp.39–48

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

To review the draft 2025 Human Services Commission Workplan and provide feedback 1. Revisit the mission of the Human Services Commission 2. Review the draft workplan 3. Discuss specific questions

5. REPORTS

Chair and Commissioner Reports

Topics: Boards & Commissions

Youth Report

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Staff report:

• City Council Opening – Deadline January 25 Consider applying for open City Council seats. Help shape Issaquah’s future in this policy- making role. In January, the 7-member Issaquah City Council will have a vacancy in Council Position No. 6. The appointee will be selected by the City Council on February 10 and serve until the certification of the General Election in late November 2025. The appointee may choose to run for the Council seat in the November election. Learn more and apply online here.

Staff Report

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0:05 ↗ all right it's official Human Services

0:07 ↗ Commission uh December 18

0:09 ↗ 2024 called to

0:12 ↗ order um we do have commissioner luia

0:15 ↗ and commissioner are not present we do

0:18 ↗ have

0:19 ↗ Quorum um for topic number two public

0:24 ↗ comment I no uh written or

0:30 ↗ uh verbal or people in present for a

0:33 ↗ public

0:35 ↗ comment thank you Hannah for number

0:38 ↗ three approval for minutes um we have

0:42 ↗ minutes for August 21st

0:44 ↗ 2024 minutes for September 19

0:48 ↗ 2024 and we have minutes of October 16

0:53 ↗ 2024 edit it's approval we uh move to

0:57 ↗ accept all minutes as as is

1:00 ↗ commission Manny second

1:10 ↗ second

1:12 ↗ approv good thank you

1:15 ↗ all uh we do have our next uh topic of

1:19 ↗ agenda items that's uh award 2025 2026

1:23 ↗ human services Grand subate by

1:25 ↗ Hannah all right um well first off

1:29 ↗ commissioner is Happy December thank you

1:31 ↗ so much for being here I know this

1:33 ↗ meeting was not intended this is

1:35 ↗ supposed to be a recess meeting but we

1:37 ↗ had

1:38 ↗ a a windstorm November 20th during our

1:42 ↗ last meeting so this information that

1:44 ↗ I'm going to be sharing to you is

1:46 ↗ essentially the same information that I

1:48 ↗ was planning to share on the 20th with

1:49 ↗ some edits because the world still moves

1:52 ↗ on and there's some changes with a few

1:54 ↗ of it um so I want to start off um by

2:00 ↗ informing you all uh with an update of

2:03 ↗ our final recommendations for the 2025

2:07 ↗ 2026 Human Services

2:09 ↗ Grants um they when last time we've seen

2:14 ↗ each other it's been a while since we've

2:15 ↗ had a regular commission meeting was

2:16 ↗ back in August when we all approved uh

2:20 ↗ the recommendations with additional

2:23 ↗ funds so kind of step back to remind you

2:25 ↗ all we had our foundational amount and

2:28 ↗ then we had the opioid settlement

2:31 ↗ um come in and so we prepared two

2:33 ↗ recommendations to present to our city

2:35 ↗ mayor one was a recommendation if we

2:37 ↗ were granted the additional funds and

2:40 ↗ one was granted without the

2:42 ↗ additional each other was in August at

2:45 ↗ that point our funds were confirmed that

2:47 ↗ we would have the additional funds so

2:49 ↗ that is what um high and Manny presented

2:52 ↗ for us Mar um yes back in the day

3:00 ↗ that's why we these

3:02 ↗ refresher um and so we presented um that

3:05 ↗ to our city mayor since that meeting

3:08 ↗ we've had some budget changes as a city

3:11 ↗ um and that you may have seen our

3:13 ↗ mayor's letter in regards to that it is

3:15 ↗ in the staff memo is um in part the

3:19 ↗ communication from our city mayor of

3:21 ↗ what we're seeing as an impact as a city

3:24 ↗ uh with some project changes some uh

3:27 ↗ some staffing position cuts

3:30 ↗ um so all pretty big impacts what this

3:33 ↗ does mean now for our grants is that we

3:36 ↗ no longer have the additional funds um

3:39 ↗ so we have to go back to original

3:42 ↗ recommendations without additional funds

3:46 ↗ so excuse me what about the opioid F so

3:49 ↗ so where are the opioid can we ask um

3:52 ↗ yeah that's what I was gonna ask too

3:54 ↗ great questions um so the opioid the way

3:57 ↗ that we are doing it so the funding that

4:00 ↗ needed to get cut is what we call

4:02 ↗ General funds uh General funds are tax

4:05 ↗ dollar um that we get from um our uh

4:11 ↗ construction or from uh people spending

4:14 ↗ money in es SOA and so General funds uh

4:18 ↗ is what funds are human services Grant

4:22 ↗ so what we're are doing in the budget

4:23 ↗ cut is we are taking out General funds

4:27 ↗ that are $130,000

4:30 ↗ which then the opioid settlement funds

4:33 ↗ are going to fit that in okay so it's a

4:35 ↗ quid pro yes so still getting the opioid

4:39 ↗ funds but we don't have the general

4:41 ↗ funds yeah so I mean it's a little bit

4:43 ↗ so we basically have these grants kind

4:45 ↗ of it's the money is still there the

4:47 ↗ amounts are still there in that

4:49 ↗ recommendations but the buckets of money

4:50 ↗ change it's coming from a different

4:52 ↗ placees yeah it doesn't change

4:54 ↗ requirements for reporting it doesn't

4:56 ↗ change any of that so what we are now

4:58 ↗ moving back to

5:00 ↗ is what we originally recommended so

5:03 ↗ thank you for doing all that work and

5:05 ↗ having to like I know that required a

5:07 ↗ few extra meetings but I'm thankful like

5:10 ↗ that we were able to have that prepared

5:12 ↗ for when all of a sudden we were told

5:14 ↗ budget cuts we need to figure this out

5:17 ↗ so in in in kind of a high level what

5:20 ↗ that does change from what we you

5:22 ↗ thought was probably going to be

5:24 ↗ recommended um it changes us from going

5:28 ↗ from what we originally were thinking

5:29 ↗ would be 48 programs from 38

5:32 ↗ organizations down to 42 programs to 34

5:36 ↗ organizations and where we saw the most

5:39 ↗ significant cut where I think cut was

5:41 ↗ where the money went mostly was towards

5:44 ↗ uh rental assistant programs and

5:46 ↗ shelters um we definitely sprinkled in

5:48 ↗ some money in our community resources um

5:51 ↗ in our cultural specific services but um

5:54 ↗ so but what we ultimately where I feel

5:57 ↗ the cut and when I see the dollar

5:59 ↗ amounts is we really cut back on the

6:01 ↗ shelter um and Rental assistant and then

6:05 ↗ we have some for the uh Food Services

6:07 ↗ for is um Bank Food Bank yes yes yes

6:14 ↗ that was

6:16 ↗ exactly um so um yeah so some of those

6:20 ↗ dollar amounts have changed for

6:21 ↗ organizations and then some of the

6:23 ↗ organizations that I was hoping to fund

6:26 ↗ we will not be funding because these

6:27 ↗ budget cuts so we're feeling we're

6:30 ↗ definitely feeling it um in human

6:33 ↗ services so but on the flip side it is

6:37 ↗ it is still a good situation that we are

6:39 ↗ at our base level we still increased our

6:41 ↗ funding from last cycle

6:43 ↗ $55,000 right so I mean we got to look

6:45 ↗ at the positives in our current

6:47 ↗ situation question yes Morty um so this

6:52 ↗ 130 which is a one-time

6:54 ↗ deal um are you counting that are you

6:57 ↗ taking that away before you are talking

7:00 ↗ about the increase of $55,000 over last

7:03 ↗ year or is that included in the in the

7:06 ↗ increase of 55,000 over last year yeah

7:09 ↗ that's included I'm I'm I'm getting that

7:11 ↗ number from the difference of our total

7:13 ↗ amount of we currently have 6

7:17 ↗ 12,618 and last or this current cycle

7:20 ↗ this last cycle was 556 th000 so we're

7:24 ↗ actually spending a little less of isqua

7:26 ↗ money and um so my my I guess my

7:29 ↗ question then is uh how will that

7:31 ↗ reflect in next

7:34 ↗ Cycles yeah yeah um great question and

7:38 ↗ definitely a concern of mine as well um

7:41 ↗ we do have a set formula that we use um

7:44 ↗ that got us to the 612 and so we will

7:47 ↗ use that same formula with the Baseline

7:50 ↗ of 612 for next cycle so we're not going

7:54 ↗ to use the less amount so we'll treat it

7:57 ↗ like

7:58 ↗ 612 that make sense uhhuh and I the

8:01 ↗ other question I have Hannah I'm sorry

8:03 ↗ to hog the microphone here is is um

8:07 ↗ there were in the second goor round uh

8:10 ↗ the extra meetings we had there were

8:12 ↗ some groups that we funded that hadn't

8:14 ↗ been funded in the first cycle were

8:17 ↗ those groups still not funded in the

8:19 ↗ second now are they did they get knocked

8:22 ↗ off the

8:24 ↗ list um the are you talking about the

8:26 ↗ comparison uh with additional funds

8:30 ↗ versus without additional funds yes um

8:33 ↗ yeah so there's four um four

8:36 ↗ organizations that we were going to fund

8:39 ↗ with the additional funds that no longer

8:40 ↗ will um that includes off of the top of

8:44 ↗ my head is um Chinese information uh

8:48 ↗ service center Services uhuh

8:54 ↗ Nami hands across the

8:57 ↗ bridge which one hands across the bridge

9:00 ↗ that was in friends oh friends you do

9:03 ↗ you mean um PR across the bridge oh yeah

9:06 ↗ they were a part of our original amount

9:08 ↗ so they are being funded this cycle but

9:11 ↗ just not as much as we had bumped them

9:13 ↗ up uh they were they 5,000 5,000 yeah

9:17 ↗ they were at minimum

9:20 ↗ request yeah so so we kept them at the

9:23 ↗ same yeah okay good important program I

9:26 ↗ just wanted to make sure we're still

9:27 ↗ going there yeah yeah I've actually been

9:30 ↗ working a lot with their executive

9:31 ↗ director right now with the Contracting

9:33 ↗ so I'm very excited about their

9:35 ↗ organization glad to hear that Hannah

9:39 ↗ yeah um so any other questions or

9:43 ↗ any

9:45 ↗ um other items in regards

9:50 ↗ to uh the

9:52 ↗ 2025 grants 2026 grants and I know you

9:57 ↗ promptly sent out letters to all the or

9:59 ↗ organizations I heard from various

10:02 ↗ organizations yeah we got money yes it

10:05 ↗ was a hard it was it was a mixed feeling

10:08 ↗ organ letter it's always a hard one as a

10:10 ↗ funer because you know you're going to

10:11 ↗ disappoint people and there's a lot of

10:13 ↗ organizations that I'm very um

10:16 ↗ personally bum that we're not funding

10:18 ↗ but you know we have our reasons for it

10:20 ↗ and we can't say we can't say yes to

10:22 ↗ everybody right otherwise we're going

10:23 ↗ with the peanut butter spread that

10:26 ↗ doesn't really align with our strategic

10:27 ↗ plans so yeah that's why we have these

10:30 ↗ toolkits in place and strategic plans to

10:32 ↗ help us make these hard decisions but

10:35 ↗ yes they have been informed and we are

10:37 ↗ in Contracting negotiation periods right

10:40 ↗ now so we are working on finalizing

10:43 ↗ contracts by end of January oh I do have

10:45 ↗ a question you know the new thing that

10:46 ↗ was being started with this cycle where

10:49 ↗ we were going to some of the smaller

10:51 ↗ organizations we were going to they

10:53 ↗ weren't going to be reimbursement grants

10:55 ↗ they were going to be so are we doing

10:57 ↗ that yes so Advanced payment is

10:59 ↗ something that we are very excited to

11:01 ↗ offer this cycle we are um finalizing we

11:04 ↗ have to have our attorney um update our

11:06 ↗ contract to reflect that um we are what

11:09 ↗ we call a part of a pooled contract so

11:12 ↗ um city of Kirkland ultimately holds

11:15 ↗ these the contracts and provides you

11:17 ↗ know pays the invoices and so um their

11:22 ↗ pooled contract we have 18 of our

11:25 ↗ programs are in that where they

11:27 ↗ basically process the payment

11:30 ↗ they're doing Advanced payments for all

11:31 ↗ of it and so they are basically going to

11:33 ↗ receive payments um in the first quarter

11:36 ↗ so in January they receive 50% of their

11:39 ↗ funding and then um in the third quarter

11:42 ↗ they'll receive their final amount so

11:45 ↗ how are we choosing which ones of ours

11:47 ↗ are are granes raising their hands to

11:49 ↗ say I yeah it'll be an optin program so

11:53 ↗ um kind of per our kind of attorney's

11:56 ↗ suggestion is that in order for Advanced

11:59 ↗ payments to um be awarded uh we they

12:04 ↗ have to be serving um low income

12:07 ↗ population all of our organizations do

12:10 ↗ serve that so they just need to

12:11 ↗ basically say opt in in like confirming

12:14 ↗ yes this is who the population we serve

12:17 ↗ and um yes we want to opt into it so

12:19 ↗ anybody is um is can opt into this

12:24 ↗ program um if you're in the pooled

12:26 ↗ program you automatically get that

12:28 ↗ payment cyle so that'll be different oh

12:30 ↗ okay so that's what you were trying to

12:31 ↗ explain okay so if they're in the pool

12:33 ↗ they automatically get yeah but for Isa

12:35 ↗ it can be a choice the think the reality

12:38 ↗ though is we still technically are

12:40 ↗ reimbursement model so we do need to

12:43 ↗ have and we do currently in one of the

12:45 ↗ contracts have it in the Clause of we

12:47 ↗ have to have something in case they

12:48 ↗ don't make it right if they don't get to

12:51 ↗ 50% of their

12:53 ↗ exp um so we're really hoping that

12:55 ↗ doesn't happen of course but we have to

12:57 ↗ be prepared just in case

12:59 ↗ oh yeah so we're excited to see how that

13:01 ↗ goes it'll I I'll have a report with for

13:04 ↗ that um once we'

13:08 ↗ done thanks for filling Us in yeah of

13:11 ↗ course all right well that wraps up kind

13:13 ↗ of that uh 2025 and 2026 Human Service

13:17 ↗ grants

13:20 ↗ updates so I will just move us along

13:23 ↗ because I'm just doing quick

13:23 ↗ presentations

13:26 ↗ tonight all right so one of the things

13:28 ↗ that I like to do with um you all is uh

13:32 ↗ remember and do a little recap of what

13:36 ↗ did we do this whole last year what have

13:38 ↗ we accomplished and it's been quite a

13:40 ↗ bit um and so I want to take this

13:43 ↗ opportunity to kind of scoop back even

13:45 ↗ back to 2023 to show this is our current

13:49 ↗ cycle um and what has what was the end

13:53 ↗ year results to that in 2024 we

13:55 ↗ accomplished a lot in our work plan um

13:58 ↗ and of course course the big tasks to to

14:01 ↗ uh plot ourselves in is our grant

14:05 ↗ recommendations so as a just reminder

14:07 ↗ 2023 feels like a very long time ago uh

14:11 ↗ but it's a part of this current cycle

14:13 ↗ that we're in uh we had 556

14:17 ↗ 720 awarded to 34 organizations 42

14:22 ↗ programs um that was intended to serve

14:26 ↗ uh for over just under 5,000 residents

14:30 ↗ uh for actual numbers in 2023 was uh

14:33 ↗ just over

14:34 ↗ 15,000 um we can't necessarily confirm

14:37 ↗ if they're duplicated or not but

14:39 ↗ somebody who went to the food bank got

14:41 ↗ counted as one versus somebody who went

14:43 ↗ to our meals program they may have both

14:46 ↗ gone to those programs so they may have

14:49 ↗ someone that receiv received services

14:51 ↗ from the food bank might have also

14:52 ↗ receed services from the yeah the U meal

14:56 ↗ program yeah exactly so that's the

14:57 ↗ number that we have

14:59 ↗ um and then this is kind of interesting

15:01 ↗ looking at this current cycle that we're

15:03 ↗ in just seeing you know how we have the

15:05 ↗ same priority areas but you can see how

15:08 ↗ is the funding um distributed with

15:11 ↗ programs and with money and um I have a

15:14 ↗ comparison slide or you'll see the

15:16 ↗ differences but um a lot of our funding

15:19 ↗ majority of it went to our housing

15:21 ↗ Continuum programs a lot to shelters

15:24 ↗ really um some highlights of 2023 uh the

15:27 ↗ food bank saw back in 2023 their largest

15:30 ↗ year and 2024 I think they're going to

15:32 ↗ have even higher numbers than this but

15:34 ↗ they had

15:36 ↗ 7,369 unduplicated isqua residents they

15:39 ↗ seem any

15:41 ↗ more I was in a meeting with them uh

15:44 ↗ just yesterday and I think it was

15:46 ↗ yesterday they said they had their

15:48 ↗ largest day visit and I feel like they

15:52 ↗ they say that a lot so it just tells me

15:53 ↗ how much they're growing I've even seen

15:55 ↗ news articles like I know other food

15:57 ↗ banks are seeing a big influx in the

15:58 ↗ season

15:59 ↗ so um our meals program another local

16:03 ↗ program provides hot free meals uh saw

16:06 ↗ over 300 um individuals served uh over

16:12 ↗ 6600 meals so a lot of work there as

16:16 ↗ well um I think some of the other

16:18 ↗ highlights is you know the number you

16:21 ↗ saw the five versus we saw

16:23 ↗ 15,000 um we tripled with our funding we

16:26 ↗ we saw Triple the amount of residents we

16:28 ↗ were hoping to serve um so the

16:31 ↗ organizations have been busy doing a lot

16:33 ↗ of great work um and then one thing to

16:36 ↗ note too in our efforts is and the

16:39 ↗ biggest feedback I've been receiving is

16:41 ↗ just the network opportunities we've

16:42 ↗ been able to provide our nonprofit

16:44 ↗ organizations and them learning about

16:46 ↗ their organizations have been very

16:48 ↗ valuable so it was a good

16:51 ↗ year and then in 20124 we also kind of

16:54 ↗ steeping in from 2023 to 2024 we had our

16:57 ↗ site visits

16:59 ↗ um we also did a mid uh year review of

17:02 ↗ our strategic plan we had many of our

17:05 ↗ cultural events uh that you many of you

17:08 ↗ were able to participate in uh the

17:11 ↗ resource bears were a huge success this

17:13 ↗ year we had joint meetings a lot of them

17:15 ↗ actually um we did our Equity training

17:18 ↗ and then of course we had our grant

17:19 ↗ applications so a good good view of how

17:22 ↗ much we have done and how much you've

17:24 ↗ been able to participate in um just as a

17:27 ↗ reminder and this will be for one of our

17:29 ↗ next topic

17:31 ↗ conversations um back in January of 2023

17:35 ↗ um Commissioners you decided to do site

17:37 ↗ visits By Priority area and so you

17:40 ↗ reviewed um did site visits and

17:42 ↗ presentations from the organizations of

17:45 ↗ our cultural organizations for all

17:47 ↗ applications so some of these

17:49 ↗ organizations we did fund some of them

17:52 ↗ we did not but we made sure that we um

17:54 ↗ did site visits or had presentations

17:55 ↗ from all of

17:57 ↗ them we have a lot of great events I

18:00 ↗ will say one of the best year for Human

18:02 ↗ Services for our events U partnering

18:04 ↗ with some of our local organizations uh

18:06 ↗ Black History Month we uh had an art

18:09 ↗ gallery here at our community center um

18:12 ↗ in may we had our um aapi um event

18:15 ↗ around by the circle that was a

18:17 ↗ beautiful um just vibrant uh celebration

18:22 ↗ we had pride month uh partnering with

18:23 ↗ the garage and one of our Equity board

18:26 ↗ members uh Hispanic Heritage Month I

18:28 ↗ know was there uh that was at the pck

18:31 ↗ gream barn that was our uh first time

18:33 ↗ having a cultural event at the pck green

18:35 ↗ barn it was a big dance party um it was

18:38 ↗ amazing they also this is ran by the

18:39 ↗ circle they had a big what's that big

18:43 ↗ like robot on Ste thing it it looked

18:46 ↗ like the movie uh what's the character

18:49 ↗ Predator I don't know and it had but it

18:51 ↗ was a he was a was probably what 8 feet

18:53 ↗ oh yeah 8 feet and he was just dancing

18:55 ↗ along and had lights everywhere and wow

18:59 ↗ tilts yes yes yes wow yes it was very

19:03 ↗ the kids loved it so I just said that

19:05 ↗ kid oh that's cool very family friendly

19:08 ↗ event my kids are there dancing busting

19:10 ↗ out moves it was

19:12 ↗ great um and then of course we had

19:14 ↗ welcome leek um that's our big um uh one

19:17 ↗ that the city ultimately leads on that

19:19 ↗ so that was a very fun um fun event as

19:23 ↗ well one of our biggest ones so far

19:25 ↗ resource fairs again are great

19:27 ↗ opportunities for our community members

19:29 ↗ to learn more about our nonprofit

19:30 ↗ organization so we partner with our CH

19:33 ↗ chalk art festival um so that was in

19:35 ↗ July um that was actually fairly small

19:39 ↗ but like uh impactful as the back um the

19:43 ↗ information I got and then at our is

19:45 ↗ culture Fest during welcome week we had

19:48 ↗ 44 um booths that was and it was a hot

19:52 ↗ day so we survived that and that was a

19:54 ↗ very big success so um I just love these

19:57 ↗ pictures I normally throw out pictures

19:59 ↗ for presentations but I couldn't help

20:01 ↗ but share um just some of the

20:04 ↗ performances we had um it was it was

20:07 ↗ just a well attended well received by

20:09 ↗ our community members so um I'm very

20:12 ↗ excited with the budget cuts we still

20:14 ↗ will we'll be looking at some of these

20:16 ↗ cultural events for um cutting back on

20:20 ↗ 2025 um but we will still be doing

20:22 ↗ welcome um culture Fest

20:25 ↗ so forward to that you may have

20:27 ↗ forgotten but you you did a few joint

20:29 ↗ meetings with other departments and

20:32 ↗ boards and commissions so early on in

20:34 ↗ the year we did a climate uh

20:36 ↗ vulnerability assessment um

20:38 ↗ communication Tool uh concept uh with

20:41 ↗ our um sustainability they wanted some

20:44 ↗ input and feedback uh we did a Transit

20:47 ↗ study for Equity analysis and the uh

20:49 ↗ Link rail envisioning um these are all

20:52 ↗ pretty recent actually uh and then the

20:54 ↗ Citywide strategic plan so looking at

20:56 ↗ that larger plan and providing input

20:58 ↗ there

20:59 ↗ and um our joint Eastside Human Services

21:02 ↗ Equity training we did um in preparation

21:05 ↗ for the grant review so um when do we uh

21:08 ↗ revisit the um strategic pth that was um

21:12 ↗ if maybe you were there is a Pickering

21:14 ↗ Barn no I would we revisit that oh

21:16 ↗ revisit that actually that's been

21:18 ↗ adopted so I think they that was kind of

21:20 ↗ one of the final focus groups that they

21:22 ↗ were completing and so that has now been

21:24 ↗ adopted by Council I think it was

21:26 ↗ December 2nd so is there a timeline on

21:30 ↗ it where we have to look at it again oh

21:32 ↗ good question I don't know I'm sure

21:34 ↗ they'll probably do a midyear review

21:35 ↗ it's a EV every five years

21:39 ↗ so yeah so I hope you're still around

21:45 ↗ Manny and then of course the heavy lift

21:47 ↗ this year was our grant reviews uh we

21:50 ↗ had 95 applications whoosh over two

21:53 ↗ million um in request 60 different

21:57 ↗ organizations uh what that process

21:59 ↗ entailed was starting off with some

22:02 ↗ training some Equity training to set us

22:04 ↗ up on the right path we looked at the

22:06 ↗ review tools and had preparation um in

22:09 ↗ in how to review these applications and

22:11 ↗ how to score these applications we did

22:15 ↗ uh kind of divide and conquer so we uh

22:18 ↗ broke it up in categories instead of

22:20 ↗ reviewing all 95 which some cities do do

22:23 ↗ it that way um you instead were able to

22:27 ↗ review um a quarter of

22:30 ↗ them you also came up with two

22:32 ↗ recommendations not just one but two

22:34 ↗ that's a big deal um and then of course

22:37 ↗ H and manie being able to present that

22:39 ↗ to the mayor that was a great uh way to

22:42 ↗ close off and again just you've seen

22:44 ↗ these slides before but just wanting to

22:45 ↗ remind you this is our final dollar

22:48 ↗ amount 612 this will be the formula up

22:51 ↗ top that we will use again for next

22:53 ↗ cycle uh with the Baseline being

22:56 ↗ 612 um and then this is again reminding

22:59 ↗ it's one time opid settlement funds it's

23:01 ↗ 130,000 we're able to incorporate per

23:07 ↗ year and then this is again oh yeah long

23:10 ↗ do that fun last is um is there a good

23:15 ↗ question so the way yeah the way that

23:17 ↗ the opioid settlement funds is basically

23:20 ↗ they said here's

23:21 ↗ $260,000 you use how you want it but

23:25 ↗ that's it so that's a one time

23:28 ↗ that's how we're going to use it is with

23:30 ↗ embedded into our Human Services Grants

23:32 ↗ to fund our behavioral health programs

23:35 ↗ but with opioid settlement funds we do

23:37 ↗ get an annual amount I don't know the

23:40 ↗ exact but we're talking anywhere between

23:41 ↗ 10 and

23:43 ↗ $220,000 so and that comes in every year

23:46 ↗ so that we can use that towards every

23:50 ↗ year forever every year

23:54 ↗ for there I want I don't know exactly I

23:57 ↗ haven't like we will see it I think

24:01 ↗ until 2050 I've heard but are we talking

24:03 ↗ about the opioid Grant yeah the opioid

24:05 ↗ settlement bu well I thought we got

24:08 ↗ we're doing 130 in 2025 and then 130 in

24:12 ↗ 2026 and then you're saying we're

24:13 ↗ getting more but we're only getting

24:15 ↗ 10,000 so so the cities will uh get

24:19 ↗ different amounts based off their size

24:21 ↗ and um so we get a large chunk of

24:24 ↗ funding like this this is called the

24:26 ↗ onetime settlement funds but then we

24:28 ↗ also get additional settlement funds

24:30 ↗ that come in got it um every year and

24:33 ↗ it's it's you know enough to maybe we

24:35 ↗ you know we do a campaign for prevention

24:38 ↗ or maybe we provide um trainings for you

24:42 ↗ know organizations so there's a lot of

24:44 ↗ different things we can do with it um

24:46 ↗ when we are prepared to have that

24:49 ↗ conversation in the next year or two

24:51 ↗ probably we'll bring it to the

24:52 ↗ commission for some feedback my concern

24:55 ↗ is that we look at it this year we had x

24:58 ↗ amount um set aside plus the 130 yes but

25:04 ↗ we ended

25:05 ↗ up putting that into the general fund so

25:08 ↗ therefore we really couldn't focus on

25:11 ↗ the upper um open problem this is that

25:15 ↗ going to continue it it didn't it didn't

25:18 ↗ magnify anything we wanted to do right

25:21 ↗ yeah yeah it it it didn't

25:24 ↗ exactly yeah exactly I mean so the um

25:28 ↗ opioid settlement funds have to be used

25:31 ↗ for specific purposes there's a big huge

25:35 ↗ list of how it can be um used and so

25:37 ↗ we've allocated and identified the

25:40 ↗ programs um that equal

25:44 ↗ 130,000 um that are under that category

25:48 ↗ so yeah right and they had already they

25:50 ↗ already equaled 130 with version one

25:54 ↗ right yeah yeah exactly so just

25:58 ↗ concerned that yeah if you were going to

26:00 ↗ put emphasis on those areas you're not

26:02 ↗ really putting any more emphasis on it

26:04 ↗ from the year before because we took

26:07 ↗ those funds out and basically you're

26:10 ↗ just keeping it level right yeah

26:14 ↗ unfortunately that's yeah unfortunately

26:17 ↗ the timing of it like fortunately and

26:19 ↗ unfortunately right because uh we have

26:22 ↗ budget cuts so like we could have had

26:26 ↗ only 4 $100,000 or $500,000 technically

26:31 ↗ right if we didn't have this to kind of

26:32 ↗ help save kind of be our buffer so yeah

26:36 ↗ it I was very excited for the additional

26:39 ↗ funds let's just say that and it was a

26:42 ↗ very sad thing to to pull back that and

26:45 ↗ now you know it's hard when you're

26:48 ↗ saying you're giving you're given

26:49 ↗ something and then it's yeah taken away

26:52 ↗ so that's always a hard position to be

26:54 ↗ in for sure and that's unfortunately

26:55 ↗ where we were at so it's it's a just

26:59 ↗ being a part of the bigger picture you

27:02 ↗ know Hannah yes Mory um does is it

27:07 ↗ forecasted that we will have another

27:10 ↗ budget shortfall next year no it yeah

27:14 ↗ they're making some very big changes um

27:17 ↗ so we are on a a twoyear budget cycle um

27:22 ↗ and so they're making adjustments so

27:24 ↗ that way this doesn't happen one of the

27:26 ↗ ways they'll do that is um

27:29 ↗ with in the forecast of our Revenue was

27:33 ↗ construction as a city we receive a lot

27:35 ↗ of funding through

27:37 ↗ construction um but that um they're

27:40 ↗ going to basically remove that because

27:42 ↗ that's not guaranteed um what was

27:44 ↗ forecasted for this last year there

27:47 ↗ there was supposed to be some

27:48 ↗ construction happening that didn't end

27:49 ↗ up happening so we lost a lot of money

27:52 ↗ that it and so they realize this is not

27:54 ↗ a safe way to continue to forecast our

27:57 ↗ future budget we need a remove that and

27:59 ↗ and reallocate that kind of funding to

28:01 ↗ something different and I my

28:04 ↗ understanding too was sales tax revenue

28:07 ↗ so we're being much more conservative go

28:08 ↗ forward I mean we just didn't have the

28:10 ↗ rebound after covid that we thought we

28:12 ↗ would have so in most of the budget is

28:15 ↗ from sales tax revenue so they they just

28:18 ↗ didn't get it yeah and we have a huge

28:20 ↗ cost increase of our police department

28:22 ↗ and we have to contract with Eastside

28:24 ↗ buyer and rescue and their revenue or

28:27 ↗ their um expenses rather went up I want

28:31 ↗ to say 15% don't quote me on that but it

28:34 ↗ went up significantly so those cost um

28:36 ↗ costs of our judicial system with

28:39 ↗ attorney costs have also gone up so

28:42 ↗ expenses have gone up and Reven has gone

28:44 ↗ down therefore budget issues so yeah

28:50 ↗ yeah and we're not the only city kind of

28:51 ↗ wrestling with this it's a very common

28:53 ↗ thing along other cities and the east

28:55 ↗ side and so it's kind of what we call

28:58 ↗ the funding Cliff right the funding's

29:01 ↗ fully truly ended and everyone's feeling

29:03 ↗ it can you on these four categories here

29:06 ↗ the first one the green is housing oh

29:08 ↗ yeah sorry housing the next one is um

29:13 ↗ Community Resources the next one is

29:15 ↗ behavioral health okay and then this one

29:18 ↗ is cultural specific Services okay super

29:20 ↗ thank

29:21 ↗ you yeah and so um from last cycle it

29:24 ↗ was 200,000 for housing so that got

29:28 ↗ dropped

29:29 ↗ significantly um and our cultural

29:32 ↗ specific was 91,000 so that almost

29:35 ↗ doubled yeah and it's how we kind of

29:37 ↗ recategorize stuff too is a little bit

29:40 ↗ so within cultural specific there are U

29:43 ↗ behavioral health programs and there was

29:45 ↗ some housing stuff in there some housing

29:46 ↗ stuff yeah so it looks like it looks

29:48 ↗ like cultural specific programs got a

29:51 ↗ lot of money but it actually is

29:52 ↗ distributed in the three other

29:54 ↗ categories um but they're cultural

29:57 ↗ specific organization so I think that's

29:59 ↗ a a testament of what we were

30:01 ↗ prioritizing we really recognize

30:02 ↗ cultural specific organizations are are

30:05 ↗ important to fund um and then just a

30:08 ↗ kind of a highlight in here I thought

30:10 ↗ was interesting we had we are having 12

30:12 ↗ new programs so last cycle we had 42

30:14 ↗ programs this cycle we also have 42

30:16 ↗ programs but 12 of them are new um and

30:20 ↗ they're from eight new organization

30:22 ↗ organizations so um I'm excited for some

30:24 ↗ of those new Partnerships and meeting

30:26 ↗ some of our community needs them

30:29 ↗ so going to be a good next cycle here

30:33 ↗ all right so next steps here um so

30:35 ↗ looking back December 2nd that's when we

30:37 ↗ did have the adoption of the budget our

30:41 ↗ recommendations were embedded in the

30:42 ↗ budget therefore we're approved um We

30:45 ↗ Are Tonight going to be working on just

30:47 ↗ our draft work plan and brainstorming

30:49 ↗ and so uh next meeting will be um

30:52 ↗ adopting those and posting those on our

30:54 ↗ website in February I hope to have um

30:57 ↗ kind of report to you all about 2024 um

31:00 ↗ outcomes and and what did the final year

31:02 ↗ look like and then we will talk more

31:05 ↗ about it but uh we will be working on

31:08 ↗ site visits and what that will look like

31:09 ↗ for the rest of the

31:11 ↗ year any

31:13 ↗ questions other

31:17 ↗ comments uh Hannah you went uh you said

31:19 ↗ the the 15th and then the 19th of

31:22 ↗ February was there a March date

31:25 ↗ also oh I didn't put the March date no

31:28 ↗ no don't worry about it I just I didn't

31:30 ↗ get it so yeah it would probably be

31:33 ↗ March third Wednesday third Wednesday

31:37 ↗ would be the 18th does that sound right

31:39 ↗ March 18th yeah yeah I think so wait

31:45 ↗ Thursday Wednesday sorry

31:50 ↗ 19th yes I'm sorry I'm looking at

31:52 ↗ Tuesday you're right March

31:54 ↗ 19th there we go

31:58 ↗ all right okay anything

32:02 ↗ else I Mo along then um okay our work

32:07 ↗ plan so you do have a copy um printed

32:09 ↗ out for your reference very much our

32:11 ↗ draft form um so I'm hoping to make some

32:13 ↗ edits with you all tonight um really um

32:17 ↗ my purpose in reviewing this is um I

32:21 ↗ think I thought it would be helpful for

32:23 ↗ us to one like step back and remember

32:25 ↗ like okay we're commission but really

32:27 ↗ what like what do we do what kind of

32:28 ↗ difference what do we make what's our

32:30 ↗ purpose so I want to start off with

32:32 ↗ reminding us of what our impact is and

32:34 ↗ what our mission is here um I also want

32:37 ↗ to review what's on the docket for us

32:39 ↗ for 2025 and then I do have some very

32:42 ↗ specific questions that I'm hoping to

32:44 ↗ receive your guidance and feedback

32:46 ↗ on um so right in any border commission

32:50 ↗ really the main role is to advise um our

32:54 ↗ city mayor and our city council on

32:56 ↗ specific topics for for us it's

32:58 ↗ obviously going to be human services and

33:02 ↗ that is includes some of our planning it

33:05 ↗ includes our funding decisions um but

33:07 ↗ also different emerging needs that come

33:09 ↗ up uh within Human Services I think over

33:12 ↗ the years we've seen that with the

33:13 ↗ equity board um coming from our Human

33:16 ↗ Services Commission um and our different

33:19 ↗ events that we've had so um there is uh

33:22 ↗ our strategic plan is a big part of it

33:24 ↗ as well so your role is to really touch

33:27 ↗ on the Human Services

33:30 ↗ pieces and what that practically looks

33:32 ↗ like and the tasks that you are assigned

33:35 ↗ the big heavy lift you all just

33:37 ↗ completed with our funding

33:38 ↗ recommendations and so presenting that

33:41 ↗ is really the final and big main outcome

33:44 ↗ you um make some very big decisions that

33:48 ↗ really impact our nonprofit

33:50 ↗ organizations who really provide these

33:53 ↗ um these specific services so you get to

33:56 ↗ be a part of that impact and that

33:57 ↗ decision uh you review those

34:00 ↗ applications uh you are a big part of

34:02 ↗ our strategic plan we've got um in 20206

34:06 ↗ we will be diving really deep into that

34:08 ↗ for our next fiveyear plan and preparing

34:10 ↗ for that and then of course any other

34:13 ↗ emerging needs that come up within Isa

34:15 ↗ and our Human Services

34:18 ↗ Fe so let's just take a quick look at

34:20 ↗ the work plan um that we have so I'm

34:24 ↗ just going to go over at a high level

34:26 ↗ and um and and then I'll come back um

34:29 ↗ with a few questions for you

34:31 ↗ all um so the way that this sheet is set

34:35 ↗ up is is kind of our Citywide format

34:37 ↗ that we use you'll see kind of the

34:39 ↗ general item here's a little bit

34:41 ↗ description and then the gray box is

34:43 ↗ saying like when when we will be doing

34:45 ↗ it so you can see there's some that are

34:47 ↗ just a one-time thing and there are

34:48 ↗ other things that will be repeated on a

34:51 ↗ quarterly

34:53 ↗ basis um so this uh first quarter I'm

34:57 ↗ going to be working

34:58 ↗ hard on our contracts and scopes of work

35:01 ↗ um so that will be something that I'll

35:03 ↗ keep our commission posted on um the

35:05 ↗ next thing that we'll go in more detail

35:08 ↗ I have some questions for you for how

35:09 ↗ you'd like to do it is this is our our

35:12 ↗ year where we do some site visits and

35:13 ↗ learn more about our nonprofits that we

35:15 ↗ are funding um so we have a couple

35:17 ↗ different options of how we can do go

35:18 ↗ about that for this year um I'm going to

35:21 ↗ provide an annual report um I'll provide

35:23 ↗ of course our your quarterly reports I

35:25 ↗ want you to all know how our funded or

35:27 ↗ organizations are doing and provide any

35:30 ↗ um highlights or any challenges that are

35:32 ↗ coming up and

35:33 ↗ emerging um you'll um receive Human

35:36 ↗ Services updates and different

35:38 ↗ department um updates with that and um

35:41 ↗ if there's any um implementation updates

35:43 ↗ for a strategic plan uh so that's kind

35:46 ↗ of the high Lev General um topics that

35:49 ↗ we're looking at um there's a few kind

35:53 ↗ of just to-dos um which will be the work

35:55 ↗ plan we'll have recruitment um so I

35:58 ↗ think it opens in March is when we'll be

36:01 ↗ recruiting we do have two vacant

36:03 ↗ positions um so all I'll have to double

36:06 ↗ check whose terms are ending so those

36:09 ↗ can be renewed I hope you'll consider

36:11 ↗ renewing them if you're up um but we

36:13 ↗ will also be working on filling those

36:15 ↗ vacancies I think I am yeah and now that

36:19 ↗ is part of a a broader I mean all the

36:22 ↗ commissions the recruitment process

36:23 ↗ that's going on okay yes exactly so

36:26 ↗ that's just kind of that and and I would

36:29 ↗ love to fill those vacancy positions but

36:32 ↗ we'd have to go through a special

36:33 ↗ recruitment approval and process so we

36:35 ↗ are just going to wait until March and

36:38 ↗ then um we'll do the interviews in April

36:41 ↗ and then in May uh they'll be

36:45 ↗ appointed then we'll look at um chair

36:47 ↗ and vice chair position we'll go through

36:49 ↗ any orientations for new

36:52 ↗ Commissioners um there's for um open

36:56 ↗ government training

36:58 ↗ you and I excuse me go ahead am I oh

37:01 ↗ okay I just rened I'll door I think it's

37:06 ↗ because oh I was an alternate and you

37:08 ↗ got stuck in yeah one of probably one

37:10 ↗ year terms so we'll see what opens up

37:13 ↗ and am I own for another 10 years of

37:16 ↗ course you are Manny you're never

37:18 ↗ leaving

37:24 ↗ me um yeah so we can we can talk more

37:27 ↗ about that too and kind of see what that

37:29 ↗ all looks like but yeah recruitment for

37:31 ↗ sure hopefully we'll add a few more

37:32 ↗ people um to fill those bigant units um

37:35 ↗ recess meetings uh were kind of looked a

37:38 ↗ little bit different in 2024 but I'm

37:40 ↗ proposing we follow our

37:42 ↗ council's um recess meeting schedule so

37:44 ↗ in August this summer break vacation

37:46 ↗ time and then in December um so

37:49 ↗ something changes we can certainly

37:50 ↗ adjust but that's where we're at um and

37:53 ↗ then we'll talk more what I'm hoping to

37:54 ↗ seek input are the highlighted areas so

37:56 ↗ training and some joint

37:58 ↗ meetings so let me pull up my questions

38:01 ↗ I

38:04 ↗ have um any comments or questions about

38:06 ↗ the work plan and what we're looking

38:11 ↗ at okay so what I would love to figure

38:14 ↗ out and how see how you all would like

38:16 ↗ to do is these site visits again the

38:18 ↗ intention is to just better understand

38:21 ↗ these you know you looked at these

38:22 ↗ applications you know these

38:23 ↗ organizations through the paper but what

38:25 ↗ does it look like um in their building

38:27 ↗ or what does it look like with their

38:28 ↗ staff what does it actually mean to be a

38:30 ↗ part of this organization um so again

38:33 ↗ last cycle you decided to use the off

38:35 ↗ year doing cultural specific programs um

38:39 ↗ that uh who applied um so I think that

38:42 ↗ was a total of eight site visits um we

38:44 ↗ kind of divide and conquered a little

38:46 ↗ bit where well we had two Commissioners

38:48 ↗ go to one site and then do a report out

38:51 ↗ um so that's how we did last year um so

38:54 ↗ want to uh present three options and of

38:57 ↗ course I'm open to anything else but the

38:59 ↗ first option being um do the same thing

39:02 ↗ so you can select a priority area and we

39:04 ↗ can look at all the um applicants for

39:08 ↗ that program and we can kind of divide

39:10 ↗ and conquer of we can um work on

39:13 ↗ assigning

39:14 ↗ organizations um to uh or sorry we can

39:19 ↗ assign Commissioners to those

39:20 ↗ organizations and do a report out

39:22 ↗ throughout the

39:23 ↗ year um we also have the other option of

39:25 ↗ them coming to us so maybe we don't do

39:28 ↗ necessarily site visits and we go on

39:29 ↗ site and go you know a lot of it was we

39:31 ↗ went to their events or different things

39:33 ↗ like that um or tours but instead we can

39:36 ↗ any who one who's funded I can set it up

39:39 ↗ where if you're funded by isquat in the

39:42 ↗ next two years you need to come do a

39:44 ↗ presentation on your organization um so

39:47 ↗ we had quite a few of those kind of

39:49 ↗ online presentations I would assume most

39:51 ↗ of them would be online again

39:53 ↗ PowerPoints um sharing some data

39:55 ↗ information so if you found that to be

39:57 ↗ helpful and you would want to know um

40:01 ↗ all of the organizations I think that

40:02 ↗ would be the most efficient way is to

40:05 ↗ have them come to us the only yeah the

40:07 ↗ only thing there is with number one I

40:09 ↗ felt like and I didn't participate so I

40:11 ↗ want to like put that out there because

40:14 ↗ I was never able to work out the

40:15 ↗ schedule number one it's definitely um

40:18 ↗ allowing you're going to their site and

40:20 ↗ so it gives them the option to say

40:22 ↗ here's what works for us number two

40:25 ↗ means that they have to be they have to

40:28 ↗ be have someone available on a Wednesday

40:30 ↗ evening on the third Wednesday of the

40:32 ↗ month to do the presentation I like

40:34 ↗ number two because I think it's super

40:36 ↗ efficient um but I'm just pointing out

40:39 ↗ that that does put the it puts the

40:41 ↗ burden on

40:42 ↗ them um and I do think I was I just

40:46 ↗ especially remember your report out you

40:48 ↗ went to the

40:50 ↗ African uh resour I can't name the

40:55 ↗ Indian the Indian one and I just was

40:58 ↗ really for me it was very interesting to

40:59 ↗ hear what it was like to actually be on

41:01 ↗ site but that's a much bigger commitment

41:03 ↗ from on the part of an individual

41:05 ↗ commissioner right and and is there a

41:09 ↗ hybrid option yeah I would like a hybrid

41:11 ↗ option because um some places you know

41:14 ↗ if they don't have the setup to do a

41:17 ↗ nice you know PowerPoint or right you

41:21 ↗ know that a visit would be nice I I know

41:24 ↗ I really enjoyed the visit um

41:28 ↗ but I also enjoyed ones that we had

41:30 ↗ online that actually went through but

41:33 ↗ those are usually the

41:35 ↗ bigger that have the Staffing and the

41:39 ↗ flexibility yeah yeah um hybrid meaning

41:43 ↗ um for like for you as an individual

41:46 ↗ commissioner to connect with one of the

41:48 ↗ organizations online or hybrids meaning

41:50 ↗ they you go on site for some of them and

41:52 ↗ then some of them present online yeah

41:56 ↗ yeah yeah I don't see I not yeah so and

41:58 ↗ I have a question about number three

42:00 ↗ here collaborate with other Human

42:01 ↗ Services cities for organiz which I just

42:04 ↗ love that idea but

42:08 ↗ say like how does because these are like

42:10 ↗ official recorded meetings so someone

42:13 ↗ comes and they give their presentation

42:14 ↗ and we all hear it like can we invite

42:17 ↗ the other commissions to at the other

42:19 ↗ cities if you want to hear from this

42:21 ↗ organization you can sign into this how

42:23 ↗ does that work yeah so the way that it

42:26 ↗ was

42:27 ↗ so City of Redmond invited our

42:29 ↗ commission and all eite commissions to

42:31 ↗ join them they are doing a they are

42:34 ↗ having in January they um are having a

42:38 ↗ panel of organizations in person present

42:43 ↗ at their commission meeting and so

42:46 ↗ Kirkland is squ them have been invited

42:49 ↗ um the the January topic is

42:51 ↗ organizations that um serve um

42:55 ↗ disabilities and

42:58 ↗ actually the three of the four

42:59 ↗ organizations didn't even apply to isqua

43:02 ↗ that are presenting um one of them did

43:04 ↗ not receive fund so that's part of the

43:06 ↗ challenge and so I did ask so City of

43:08 ↗ Redmond you know they were the ones who

43:10 ↗ brought it up so I asked what their

43:11 ↗ schedule was going to be and so um they

43:16 ↗ have like in February would be opioids

43:19 ↗ so Health type of

43:22 ↗ organizations um March they have one

43:24 ↗ Redman which I don't know what that is

43:26 ↗ but then April they have youth programs

43:28 ↗ and then in July they're doing for

43:31 ↗ tomorrow and what are the dates for

43:33 ↗ these Anna I don't have the exact dates

43:36 ↗ so that's yeah so I mean there's if if

43:39 ↗ we want to go that route where we do the

43:41 ↗ joint thing with other City

43:43 ↗ commissioners um it's a it's going to be

43:45 ↗ a lot of coordination right because

43:46 ↗ it'll be deciding who's going to host

43:48 ↗ like is it going to be Redmond and like

43:50 ↗ that's the date that it's going to be um

43:54 ↗ so it's it's something if you and we

43:56 ↗ will have less control of who it will be

43:59 ↗ right right right right some of them

44:01 ↗ will be like if we went to the January

44:03 ↗ January one I'm sure it' be very

44:05 ↗ interesting to learn about these

44:06 ↗ organizations but they didn't even apply

44:08 ↗ for is class so isn't really relevant to

44:10 ↗ us so did you just gave a calendar that

44:12 ↗ Redmond had already decided on right

44:14 ↗ yeah and it's very like this is a very

44:16 ↗ new new thing I I my counterparts in

44:19 ↗ Redmond and in Kirkland they're amazing

44:22 ↗ and we would work with them and Sam

44:24 ↗ amush we work with them if this is the

44:25 ↗ route we would want to go so it would be

44:28 ↗ I mean I would be advocating for isqua

44:30 ↗ and what our needs are in in planning

44:32 ↗ and organizing that but we so but we

44:35 ↗ could do the same thing y right we could

44:37 ↗ say in January here's who we're gonna

44:39 ↗ have on in February March we here's

44:43 ↗ here's the programs we're going to

44:45 ↗ invite yes yes exactly so I mean we

44:48 ↗ could goad be good to have some of the

44:51 ↗ pooled people the that that were sharing

44:53 ↗ with the other that were funding with

44:55 ↗ the other cities together be good to

44:57 ↗ have those in in some kind of a deal

45:00 ↗ yeah that would actually be a really

45:01 ↗ good idea I'll present that to Kirk city

45:04 ↗ of Kirkland to see how they would how

45:06 ↗ they plan to do that with because the

45:08 ↗ pulled ones would make a lot of sense

45:10 ↗ yeah super interesting I mean again it's

45:13 ↗ the burden of we're not if the city of

45:16 ↗ Kirkland says here's who's coming on

45:18 ↗ this night do you want to come you're

45:20 ↗ invited you don't have to but it also do

45:22 ↗ it online too right oh yeah for sure so

45:24 ↗ you can just basically

45:28 ↗ yeah come in to to that

45:30 ↗ particular presentation right right and

45:34 ↗ then I mean if we're gonna I and it kind

45:36 ↗ of sounds like we we might be leaning

45:38 ↗ towards hybrid right just I mean I I

45:42 ↗ would like that and instead of having um

45:45 ↗ number one where we just put pick a

45:47 ↗ priority area I think it' be nice for

45:49 ↗ Commissioners to go through and you know

45:53 ↗ who our grantees are next year and see

45:56 ↗ what

45:57 ↗ which organizations really peique their

45:59 ↗ curiosity and which ones they want to do

46:01 ↗ a site visit to what do you guys think

46:03 ↗ of that we kind did that this yeah we

46:07 ↗ picked we picked the we picked the area

46:09 ↗ that we were in and then visits from

46:12 ↗ that no this this past I mean the past I

46:16 ↗ guess it was

46:17 ↗ 2023 we picked organizations that were

46:21 ↗ just within the cultural specific sector

46:23 ↗ right yeah you got to pick but it was we

46:25 ↗ chose the priority area I actually was

46:27 ↗ in a part of that conversation I was on

46:29 ↗ leave during that time so I can't

46:32 ↗ recall why I think there was a reason

46:34 ↗ why there was and I'm just saying let's

46:38 ↗ just if somebody has one that they

46:40 ↗ really want to visit what if like each

46:43 ↗ commissioner committed to two for one or

46:47 ↗ physical site visit in the in the year I

46:51 ↗ of choosing is that what you're saying

46:53 ↗ like something like that but then I mean

46:54 ↗ we're then if we start doing these two I

46:56 ↗ mean

46:57 ↗ and then what was

46:59 ↗ that yeah a lot of coordinations going

47:02 ↗ on because you know if they're going to

47:04 ↗ present with Redmond then you don't have

47:06 ↗ to visit right unless you really want to

47:09 ↗ because the visit really is different

47:10 ↗ but again no you're I I get your point

47:12 ↗ with that too because again we're

47:14 ↗ talking about the burden on them okay

47:16 ↗ will they have a they have to be they

47:18 ↗ have to do their Redmond presentation on

47:19 ↗ Tuesday January 16 and then I'm going to

47:22 ↗ come do it works for me to come do a

47:23 ↗ site visit on J I mean like like I want

47:26 ↗ to I guess I want to be respectful of of

47:29 ↗ their resources and what what they have

47:31 ↗ available I'm super interested in in

47:33 ↗ learning more about some of the new

47:35 ↗ organizations we've funded but some of

47:37 ↗ those were also pretty small so you know

47:41 ↗ I don't want them to spend all of their

47:42 ↗ time appearing in meetings and doing

47:45 ↗ site visits when they got to be doing

47:46 ↗ the work too so I guess I just want to

47:48 ↗ be mindful of that so have we given you

47:52 ↗ a good any help

47:54 ↗ yeah Hanah we want it all I know how do

47:57 ↗ I give it to you a little bit all over

47:59 ↗ the place I haven't heard from behind me

48:02 ↗ though I do like as far as V site visits

48:06 ↗ um I do like number one I think we can

48:07 ↗ be very methodical for 2025 um you know

48:10 ↗ I given the way the economy is doing and

48:13 ↗ and and I think it's you know and how

48:15 ↗ we're trying to interact with community

48:17 ↗ in person and connect I do like number

48:20 ↗ two where maybe we have three to four

48:22 ↗ organizations come to our meeting and

48:25 ↗ and I I think with a guideline of you

48:27 ↗ don't have to present a half hour it

48:28 ↗ could be just hey five minutes just just

48:32 ↗ just simple hey um just so we can get a

48:35 ↗ name and face

48:36 ↗ and you know for me personally I think I

48:38 ↗ it would go far in terms of um

48:42 ↗ engagement piece um versus just the

48:45 ↗ PowerPoint just okay what's what's maybe

48:47 ↗ what's going on highs and lows and

48:49 ↗ challenges absolutely yeah for those

48:51 ↗ presentations I probably I maybe lean

48:54 ↗ into you guys what you'd want to know

48:56 ↗ because I think I I would I wouldn't say

48:58 ↗ come over and present I would say hey

48:59 ↗ here are the three questions that we

49:01 ↗ want to know like one give us a

49:03 ↗ two-minute overview of your

49:04 ↗ organizations and the programs you offer

49:07 ↗ um hone in on the program that we are

49:09 ↗ funding um tell us more specifically

49:11 ↗ about that program and then and then how

49:14 ↗ does it specifically like what what does

49:18 ↗ isqua specific Services look like right

49:21 ↗ because they many of these organizations

49:22 ↗ serve a lot of people but we care about

49:24 ↗ is and so we want to know what they

49:26 ↗ impact is um for isqua so I think I'd

49:30 ↗ ask yeah organizations big you know uh

49:34 ↗ big overview um program um Insight um

49:39 ↗ isqua impact and then challenge

49:41 ↗ highlights and then challenges I'm

49:43 ↗ always interested in challenges yes oh

49:45 ↗ thank you I mean and then there's some

49:48 ↗ organizations that are so small and I

49:49 ↗ can even speak for one that we funded

49:51 ↗ influen the choice it doesn't have a

49:54 ↗ building right yeah so right um I mean

49:57 ↗ people could go to a board meeting yeah

50:00 ↗ but um or one of their events they have

50:02 ↗ some good events right

50:05 ↗ yeah so Hannah would it be helpful I'm

50:09 ↗ just trying to think about this with the

50:10 ↗ number of organizations that we funded

50:12 ↗ and

50:13 ↗ everything figuring I I like the idea of

50:16 ↗ figuring out um maybe individually which

50:18 ↗ ones we're most interested in well we

50:22 ↗ can kind of go with our I'm sorry um

50:24 ↗ maybe you know how we were selected for

50:26 ↗ a certain group yeah a certain area

50:30 ↗ maybe we

50:31 ↗ can within our or we can be open to it

50:34 ↗ too you know hey I want to know more

50:36 ↗ about this you know M was Behavioral

50:37 ↗ Health like I'd like to know one of

50:39 ↗ those agencies and I can report back say

50:41 ↗ hey what I visit here what I learned

50:43 ↗ here's some things that you know I can

50:44 ↗ bring to the group I can't remember if

50:47 ↗ we actually um picked our sign area

50:51 ↗ first and then visit it or did was it

50:54 ↗ the opp other way around uh we the

50:57 ↗ commission decided to do cultural

50:59 ↗ specific

51:01 ↗ applications and then you went and

51:04 ↗ picked your top one and top two that

51:05 ↗ you'd want and then from there we

51:07 ↗ assigned you and I was probably I mean

51:09 ↗ we were probably at the meeting where

51:11 ↗ that decision was made yes but I don't I

51:14 ↗ don't remember exactly how we funneled

51:16 ↗ into right I think so so I think what

51:19 ↗ the thought is of choosing a priority

51:21 ↗ area so it's kind of to be Equitable and

51:24 ↗ they're not any biases right and so

51:27 ↗ because we're trying to say we we gave

51:31 ↗ all of the organizations the same

51:33 ↗ opportunity to present that we're in a

51:35 ↗ group right that were in a

51:37 ↗ group that's why because because 42 Pro

51:41 ↗ like it was 34 organizations that you

51:43 ↗ need to visit is is a lot for you all to

51:47 ↗ go out and do um we certainly could have

51:50 ↗ them come here what so from what I've

51:54 ↗ been hearing I have kind of a to do

51:56 ↗ maybe all of them a little bit um so

52:00 ↗ what I would like to consider is um one

52:03 ↗ everybody commits to do it an on-site

52:05 ↗ visit to one organization of your choice

52:08 ↗ okay can be any organization which one

52:11 ↗ you would like to learn more about and

52:12 ↗ actually be a site visit and to do I

52:15 ↗ think one in the year you could do more

52:18 ↗ than one certainly but and and I will

52:20 ↗ also say if Commissioners are not able

52:22 ↗ to commit to one that is okay this is

52:25 ↗ not a requirement but I think if we can

52:27 ↗ commit to

52:28 ↗ one on-site visit um to learn more and

52:32 ↗ to then to present you know what you

52:34 ↗ learned and what you experienced um you

52:36 ↗ we can get the on-site experience and

52:38 ↗ that could be again just a preferential

52:41 ↗ Choice then what I can do is I can

52:46 ↗ invite all of the

52:48 ↗ organizations um in my Contracting

52:50 ↗ process I can invite them in the next

52:52 ↗ two years here's our schedule would you

52:56 ↗ like to visit us you do not need to um

52:59 ↗ but here would you like to come and do a

53:01 ↗ minute presentation five

53:05 ↗ minut can be hybrid um so that way they

53:09 ↗ all have an opportunity blanket

53:11 ↗ statement to come present or not present

53:14 ↗ and we'll schedule around that in

53:16 ↗ addition to those two I can also work

53:19 ↗ with our city Partners in uh Redmond and

53:22 ↗ Kirkland and samamish um to see what

53:25 ↗ their topics and their schedules of

53:27 ↗ presentations look like and um and then

53:32 ↗ uh present it to you as an option of

53:35 ↗ saying hey I've learned that City Rond

53:37 ↗ are going to have this topic in the

53:40 ↗ spring or this month and these are the

53:42 ↗ organizations Commissioners are you

53:44 ↗ interested in going in person to redend

53:47 ↗ because that's also a big ask for you

53:49 ↗ guys is going on most of them are in

53:51 ↗ person and we and we don't all need to

53:54 ↗ go and like you said none of these are

53:56 ↗ have toos we're all volunteers here yeah

53:59 ↗ yeah so it everything would be optional

54:01 ↗ I like that idea okay even the ones that

54:04 ↗ they they uh come in

54:07 ↗ person are um

54:10 ↗ broadcast right

54:13 ↗ so you know you like if there someone

54:16 ↗ sitting here they could be watching it

54:19 ↗ they don't have to do that actually see

54:21 ↗ the presentation that's true yeah that

54:24 ↗ that that's very true um some of these

54:26 ↗ cities do need to give them a heads up

54:27 ↗ if if we were going to be online

54:29 ↗ visitors because they're not like set up

54:31 ↗ quite like we are they would need to

54:32 ↗ have I this assum yes I know they should

54:35 ↗ be right but I know some

54:40 ↗ of they don't yeah yeah I mean I'm just

54:44 ↗ looking at this now and you know the new

54:46 ↗ Youth Center that opened up on will yes

54:49 ↗ I'd like to go see that that would be a

54:50 ↗ really cool one that that opened up less

54:52 ↗ than a year ago right uh yes MH and we

54:56 ↗ gave it 20 grand MH yep and so how do

55:00 ↗ how do um youth from isqua get

55:04 ↗ there Segway yeah they would most likely

55:08 ↗ bus there is that redond right it's in

55:10 ↗ Kirkland it's a new facility in

55:12 ↗ Kirkland um and it's see we don't have

55:15 ↗ anything here yeah no shelters no

55:18 ↗ physical shelters

55:19 ↗ here what's the um usage from the is

55:25 ↗ side man um

55:27 ↗ um we didn't fund it last cycle so don't

55:30 ↗ have numbers for that but for the other

55:33 ↗ there was another shelter service I'd

55:35 ↗ have to look at those numbers but it's

55:36 ↗ low it's it's in the single digits

55:41 ↗ yeah so they would just get themselves

55:44 ↗ there okay or connect to a case manager

55:48 ↗ there and they may they may provide um

55:51 ↗ rides but yeah typically how they get

55:54 ↗ there or or you know they're dropped off

55:57 ↗ there by police or by other you know

56:00 ↗ Outreach

56:05 ↗ workers got a question oh yes

56:08 ↗ my oh that's an important important

56:11 ↗ stuff oh yes yeah

56:17 ↗ yeah um so so what I'm hearing is so do

56:22 ↗ you want to hear from us regarding what

56:25 ↗ programs interest us I I think what's

56:29 ↗ going on in my brain is I said Hannah I

56:31 ↗ really I'm really interested in doing a

56:34 ↗ um site visit to uh crises

56:38 ↗ connections

56:40 ↗ and but they're also going to be doing a

56:42 ↗ presentation at the Redmond meeting and

56:46 ↗ then you say to me well why don't you

56:47 ↗ just sign in to the Redmond meeting

56:48 ↗ rather than doing I see this Genera a

56:51 ↗ lot of work for you that's my part my

56:52 ↗ concern appreciate that

56:58 ↗ yeah so this is how I see it working so

57:01 ↗ far what I would do is I would send out

57:03 ↗ an email because we have some

57:04 ↗ Commissioners missing and kind of give

57:05 ↗ them these instructions and saying

57:07 ↗ here's the list of who we are funding um

57:10 ↗ by this date let me know which one you

57:11 ↗ would like to do on site visit between

57:13 ↗ now and November I think if that's where

57:16 ↗ you want to visit you should go yeah

57:18 ↗ exactly I wouldn't I wouldn't ex that

57:20 ↗ would be

57:21 ↗ the see who's going to be an online

57:23 ↗ presentation now or not so I think it

57:25 ↗ really is which organization like you

57:28 ↗ really would like to get your like you

57:30 ↗ know foot in the door and learn more

57:33 ↗ about that organization and see it

57:34 ↗ firsthand the other thing that we could

57:36 ↗ also consider too is a lot of these

57:37 ↗ organizations have different events

57:39 ↗ throughout the year I can make sure that

57:41 ↗ I'm in informing you of these events and

57:44 ↗ as a here's an opportunity to learn more

57:46 ↗ about IAC they're having an event in red

57:49 ↗ men at this time see developing a

57:52 ↗ calendar that just has that's that's all

57:54 ↗ it has on it thing you're right and and

57:56 ↗ to be quite honest if we're concerned

57:58 ↗ about workload for Hannah I've actually

58:02 ↗ just gone to places on my own yeah yeah

58:04 ↗ no but would I'd like to know so so one

58:06 ↗ I'm like okay I want to do eat happy now

58:08 ↗ I don't want to go out there and do that

58:09 ↗ if you're going two weeks from now I

58:11 ↗ guess is what I'm saying like if that

58:12 ↗ was one that also appealed to you and

58:14 ↗ I'm just using that as an example yeah

58:17 ↗ so maybe what I'll do is by I'll send

58:19 ↗ this homework out and then by January

58:21 ↗ 15th um meeting uh Commissioners will uh

58:25 ↗ present their preference choice of where

58:27 ↗ they would like to do and then shoot and

58:30 ↗ then what I'll do is once I know who's

58:32 ↗ assigned to an on-site visit I'll um

58:35 ↗ would you guys decide would you like do

58:38 ↗ like would you like me to just email you

58:43 ↗ the because some of you may want to do

58:45 ↗ this in January some of you be like I'm

58:47 ↗ gonna wait till the summer time to deal

58:48 ↗ with you know look into this so um it

58:52 ↗ sounds like me like we kind have a

58:53 ↗ hybrid of all three of these yeah yeah

58:56 ↗ but

58:58 ↗ um how you know this

59:01 ↗ is I only see one person's name on this

59:04 ↗ whole presentation

59:06 ↗ today happens

59:09 ↗ to I've already visited porch like have

59:11 ↗ people visited porch oh I put that on my

59:13 ↗ list I have not oh beautiful yeah you

59:15 ↗ should go well I'm gonna I'm sending him

59:18 ↗ an email don't tell her D Michelle and I

59:22 ↗ were there and um yeah there's something

59:25 ↗ very special about being on site and

59:27 ↗ that's I agree so I mean it would be

59:29 ↗ really cool if you guys had the time and

59:31 ↗ interest to do more than one but I again

59:33 ↗ I know people this is volunteer so I

59:35 ↗ don't want to burden um and again if we

59:39 ↗ have seven Commissioners um and so that

59:43 ↗ means we get to have seven on-site

59:45 ↗ experiences and presentations I think

59:47 ↗ that's pretty good um but again people

59:50 ↗ can do extra credit if they want um so

59:54 ↗ yeah so so I'll send out a follow email

59:57 ↗ for you to kind of be prepared for which

1:00:00 ↗ organizations You' like to do your site

1:00:01 ↗ visit on we'll talk about it that'll

1:00:04 ↗ give me then a kind of a schedule and

1:00:06 ↗ then we'll figure out how you'd like to

1:00:08 ↗ do if you need a warm handoff or

1:00:10 ↗ contacts or anything like that I will

1:00:12 ↗ also in my Contracting in this next come

1:00:16 ↗ January when I'm meeting with our

1:00:17 ↗ organizations I will invite them to do a

1:00:20 ↗ 10-minute total presentation to our

1:00:22 ↗ commission and board with kind of the

1:00:24 ↗ guidelines we discussed so awesome and I

1:00:26 ↗ will continue to work with our amazing

1:00:29 ↗ Northeast funders uh partners and see

1:00:32 ↗ how we see what it will look like I

1:00:33 ↗ think that's that's a new thing we're

1:00:35 ↗ trying um so I'll come back with you

1:00:37 ↗ with those options that we can say yes

1:00:40 ↗ let's do this or like we're not it

1:00:42 ↗ doesn't make sense for us yeah I could

1:00:44 ↗ see myself um visiting someone and also

1:00:48 ↗ um if redond has presentation on on

1:00:52 ↗ with just you know

1:00:56 ↗ into that no and the thing I like about

1:00:58 ↗ that there's there's

1:01:00 ↗ compelling stuff with all three of these

1:01:02 ↗ but the thing I like about that is kind

1:01:04 ↗ of presenting that um United

1:01:07 ↗ coordination between East Side cities

1:01:09 ↗ that are all dealing with the same

1:01:12 ↗ organizations problems you know I I

1:01:15 ↗ think it shows that we that there's a

1:01:18 ↗ high level a high interest in working

1:01:20 ↗ together yeah yeah and maybe you know we

1:01:23 ↗ have a conversation with the other uh

1:01:25 ↗ cities is that maybe they should

1:01:26 ↗ concentrate on the pool yeah right so

1:01:30 ↗ that way all the cities that are Eng um

1:01:34 ↗ involved in that that um I like that

1:01:36 ↗ giving them

1:01:38 ↗ funds yeah no no no I think that's a

1:01:40 ↗ great suggestion as well has everybody

1:01:43 ↗ been to the garage which is just through

1:01:45 ↗ that door I haven't been in we we gave

1:01:47 ↗ them 24 Grand yeah that would be I think

1:01:50 ↗ easy it would be easy you know what I

1:01:53 ↗ could schedule I could schedule a

1:01:57 ↗ little site visit right before 15 minute

1:02:01 ↗ tour for all of our before we start and

1:02:04 ↗ then kaye's really big on having the

1:02:06 ↗ students do a lot of the leadership yeah

1:02:09 ↗ and we could have the ask and Kaye well

1:02:12 ↗ Kaye will probably suggest us have the

1:02:14 ↗ students then do a little presentation

1:02:16 ↗ maybe I love that or or walk us through

1:02:18 ↗ or something yeah give them the choice

1:02:20 ↗ of what they want to do you know this is

1:02:22 ↗ going to come and you you know yeah this

1:02:25 ↗ work for you guys

1:02:26 ↗ yeah um not your problem but my problem

1:02:30 ↗ is I'd have to figure out how to post

1:02:32 ↗ that as a public

1:02:33 ↗ meeting that was be my next yeah that

1:02:36 ↗ was my next yeah so I would it would

1:02:39 ↗ just that's just Logistics so that would

1:02:41 ↗ I like would you want to do this in

1:02:43 ↗ addition to a commission meeting or

1:02:44 ↗ would you want to do it like in of

1:02:46 ↗ a you before one would be great and then

1:02:51 ↗ come back and just yeah because it won't

1:02:52 ↗ take very long yeah yeah okay I'll work

1:02:54 ↗ with Kay on that

1:02:56 ↗ it's funny because like the food bank's

1:02:58 ↗ right here uh it'sa Community Services

1:03:01 ↗ is right here the meals program is right

1:03:04 ↗ here you guys want to consider those

1:03:06 ↗ ones too or just point out that there is

1:03:08 ↗ stuff that would be kind of low hanging

1:03:10 ↗ food yes I agree

1:03:13 ↗ and yeah and we might as well visit

1:03:17 ↗ them right I mean the timings do work

1:03:20 ↗ meals we'd have to do a little bit early

1:03:22 ↗ because they're from 5 to 6 so all I

1:03:25 ↗ like the is that's good yeah local site

1:03:28 ↗ visit it it also keeps those on the toes

1:03:33 ↗ because they realize that we're engaged

1:03:36 ↗ I agree yeah I I I completely agree yeah

1:03:39 ↗ and that you care I mean that you care

1:03:41 ↗ or and we're trying to educate ourselves

1:03:43 ↗ that we're yeah this whole different

1:03:45 ↗ thing of okay I gotta fill out this

1:03:46 ↗ paperwork paperwork and they're going to

1:03:48 ↗ send me some money you know as oh

1:03:50 ↗ they're looking at what we actually do

1:03:53 ↗ yeah yeah I like that CU every body been

1:03:56 ↗ able to at least view the isqua

1:03:58 ↗ community meals at the Community Hall

1:04:01 ↗ yeah are you do you serve do you help

1:04:03 ↗ serve I have in the past yeah not

1:04:05 ↗ not but I mean you know

1:04:09 ↗ sen anyways again that would be low

1:04:12 ↗ hanging fruit oh yeah and there are a

1:04:14 ↗ lot of people that depend on meals there

1:04:16 ↗ yes oh yeah yeah the numbers every night

1:04:20 ↗ yeah okay well I think we have four

1:04:24 ↗ options for s think we're going to be

1:04:26 ↗ nice and busy I like it though it's

1:04:28 ↗ going to be good I think I I like the

1:04:31 ↗ the ideas on that um okay we kind of

1:04:33 ↗ tapped into this sorry I have two more

1:04:35 ↗ questions for you all this one is for

1:04:36 ↗ joint meetings so I've been um we've

1:04:39 ↗ been asked in this last year to kind of

1:04:43 ↗ um I've noticed when they when certain

1:04:46 ↗ departments are going through a project

1:04:47 ↗ and they're inviting the equity board

1:04:49 ↗ they've been now inviting Human Services

1:04:50 ↗ Commission have you enjoyed those joint

1:04:53 ↗ visits with the equity board you enjoyed

1:04:56 ↗ being a part of kind of providing some

1:04:58 ↗ feedback in different dep Department

1:05:00 ↗ projects is that something that you are

1:05:01 ↗ willing to do in this next year if we

1:05:03 ↗ are

1:05:04 ↗ asked um and is that something that you

1:05:08 ↗ would like to see as part of our work

1:05:09 ↗ plan yes yes and yes I'm

1:05:15 ↗ with what he

1:05:17 ↗ said yeah I on last ones we did there

1:05:20 ↗ was a few joint meetings and it was very

1:05:22 ↗ informative yeah and it also um allowed

1:05:25 ↗ those giving the presentations onto it

1:05:28 ↗ once yeah right yeah yeah yeah exactly

1:05:32 ↗ um I will say I I have not currently

1:05:35 ↗ been asked yet to to do a part of be a

1:05:37 ↗ part of any sort of advisory boards or

1:05:40 ↗ um projects but doesn't mean I won't so

1:05:43 ↗ I just kind of wanted to gauge interest

1:05:45 ↗ so I'm here personally or Human Services

1:05:49 ↗ yeah Human Services for our commission

1:05:52 ↗ yes I get invited to things man it's

1:05:55 ↗ okay

1:05:59 ↗ you bring the

1:06:02 ↗ dessert okay so if we are invited we are

1:06:05 ↗ open to those opportunities and I'm also

1:06:08 ↗ hearing with the other East Side Human

1:06:10 ↗ Services Commission you are interested

1:06:12 ↗ in potentially doing some joint

1:06:15 ↗ collaboration with them at least know on

1:06:17 ↗ the schedule who's who's going to um

1:06:19 ↗ present and know might give us the

1:06:21 ↗ opportunity to um you know see that

1:06:24 ↗ presentation

1:06:26 ↗ not

1:06:27 ↗ colle onsite but at least we have

1:06:30 ↗ knowledge of what's going on and if one

1:06:32 ↗ of those cities is already scheduled

1:06:34 ↗ things

1:06:35 ↗ out I'm fine by that oh yeah they've

1:06:38 ↗ done the work and invited it to show up

1:06:40 ↗ it's on screen yeah I mean for this it

1:06:44 ↗ wouldn't be the best room yeah to do a

1:06:47 ↗ panel with yeah and I actually think a

1:06:49 ↗ panel would be very interesting to have

1:06:51 ↗ several

1:06:52 ↗ organizations yeah yeah yeah yeah

1:06:56 ↗ um are you all interested in the January

1:06:59 ↗ one it's again it's um i' would have to

1:07:03 ↗ look up it it's disability

1:07:05 ↗ programs did you say that there was one

1:07:07 ↗ organization that applied to us yeah we

1:07:09 ↗ did not put them so the three were not

1:07:12 ↗ even applicants for isqu so I just

1:07:14 ↗ didn't feel applicable to me may be

1:07:17 ↗ interesting but I don't think it really

1:07:19 ↗ align with our true but if if they're

1:07:23 ↗ planning to apply to us yeah might be

1:07:26 ↗ some an opportunity to learn about

1:07:29 ↗ them uh yeah and yeah the other one I

1:07:32 ↗ think was it was kindering who was on

1:07:34 ↗ the list um and we've had a presentation

1:07:37 ↗ from kending before or they've been for

1:07:39 ↗ public

1:07:42 ↗ comment and that's another thing they

1:07:44 ↗ could that's true yeah but that's two

1:07:47 ↗ minutes well maybe four I can give them

1:07:48 ↗ four minutes but you can't ask questions

1:07:51 ↗ technically on comment so yeah a little

1:07:54 ↗ more restrictive I know the rules I

1:07:57 ↗ don't I like I know rules

1:07:59 ↗ rules um okay so yes joint opportunity

1:08:04 ↗ sounds great I'll let you know what

1:08:06 ↗ those look like coming up and then this

1:08:08 ↗ is a ways away but while it's freshing

1:08:10 ↗ your M I'm laugh you got a pay raay so

1:08:12 ↗ you're

1:08:13 ↗ [Laughter]

1:08:17 ↗ okay um so for our next cycle you know

1:08:20 ↗ we had our so we've been doing these

1:08:22 ↗ Equity trainings in a joint fashion um

1:08:25 ↗ last year or this last year bellevie

1:08:28 ↗ wasn't did their own thing so I just

1:08:30 ↗ wanted to check in with you as we're

1:08:32 ↗ planning um for two years in advance do

1:08:37 ↗ is there interest in different types of

1:08:39 ↗ equity training um in preparation for

1:08:42 ↗ the grant review cycle are you okay with

1:08:44 ↗ joint do we want to do our own thing do

1:08:47 ↗ we want to rebr our this topic back when

1:08:49 ↗ it gets

1:08:51 ↗ closer okay we did have a debrief about

1:08:54 ↗ this okay the last one didn't work for

1:08:56 ↗ me but I was virtual yes virtual was it

1:09:00 ↗ was really not set up for that it wasn't

1:09:02 ↗ set up for it they didn't give us the

1:09:03 ↗ handouts that everybody in the room did

1:09:06 ↗ but

1:09:07 ↗ um but you know that was my fault for

1:09:10 ↗ not showing up well well they shouldn't

1:09:13 ↗ say it's not your fault for if something

1:09:15 ↗ is presented as a virtual opportunity

1:09:18 ↗ they had not set it up to to turning on

1:09:20 ↗ a camera and saying yeah you can attend

1:09:23 ↗ virtually is not the same same as a

1:09:25 ↗ incorporating the virtual attendant into

1:09:28 ↗ the right I can't remember were you

1:09:29 ↗ virtual or I was there and I thought

1:09:31 ↗ what they how they handled the virtual

1:09:33 ↗ was was terrible it was turn a camera

1:09:36 ↗ camera on and call it virtual it takes a

1:09:37 ↗ lot more than that to be effective

1:09:40 ↗ opinion yeah no no no it was it was a

1:09:42 ↗ Mis opportunity it was a I completely

1:09:44 ↗ agree yeah poor preparation on that yeah

1:09:47 ↗ and I have to admit that the little did

1:09:49 ↗ bit I was able to pick up on okay the

1:09:51 ↗ very first time I was a commissioner

1:09:55 ↗ um and it was during covid and we had

1:09:58 ↗ something virtually I mean I think

1:10:01 ↗ different organizations can bring

1:10:04 ↗ different skill sets I wasn't crazy

1:10:06 ↗ about this organization skill set yeah

1:10:09 ↗ and I can't remember who who no I I know

1:10:12 ↗ I get your point I can't remember who

1:10:14 ↗ presented during Co but um we did it

1:10:17 ↗ virtually and I thought it was one

1:10:20 ↗ person and I'm sure we could look up in

1:10:22 ↗ our records but I thought she was in

1:10:24 ↗ very very effective and we broke out

1:10:27 ↗ into what's it like when you're on Zoom

1:10:29 ↗ chat rooms yeah we broke out into chat

1:10:31 ↗ rooms to talk about it you know and then

1:10:34 ↗ we met in a big

1:10:35 ↗ group yeah yeah that was helpful okay

1:10:39 ↗ were you at that one during Co yeah I

1:10:42 ↗ was okay so you know who I'm talking

1:10:43 ↗ about yes I do I know the face I'm

1:10:45 ↗ forgetting the name but I have the face

1:10:46 ↗ in my mind yeah yeah anyway I think to

1:10:50 ↗ get back to the do you find joint Equity

1:10:53 ↗ training yes I do find it it ful and I

1:10:55 ↗ think it's I don't want to say you can

1:10:58 ↗ it's always good to have a refresher

1:10:59 ↗ yeah yeah yeah yeah there's always

1:11:01 ↗ something to work

1:11:03 ↗ on this is commissioner I might be the

1:11:06 ↗ not popular opinion here I think given

1:11:09 ↗ how we want to connect connect to our

1:11:12 ↗ community and connect with each other um

1:11:15 ↗ I think it's probably best that we try

1:11:16 ↗ to have our own like Equity training

1:11:18 ↗ within like our own group um just

1:11:21 ↗ because we're you know in order to lean

1:11:23 ↗ in and have those conversations of how

1:11:26 ↗ we want to help our community it takes a

1:11:28 ↗ small group I think that group that we

1:11:30 ↗ had last year or in red I I thought it

1:11:32 ↗ was it was good information to to absorb

1:11:35 ↗ but it wasn't like Hey how do we move

1:11:37 ↗ the needle a little bit around our

1:11:39 ↗ biases uh around racism around work that

1:11:42 ↗ we're trying to move and have those

1:11:44 ↗ vulnerable discussions it was it wasn't

1:11:46 ↗ set up that way and I can imagine from

1:11:48 ↗ virtue was like super tough but the fact

1:11:51 ↗ that I don't even think we moveed it was

1:11:53 ↗ just more just here's information

1:11:56 ↗ take it as it is and and for me I was

1:11:57 ↗ just kind of I I want to build more

1:12:00 ↗ Community with you all around some of

1:12:02 ↗ the topics we have when it comes to our

1:12:04 ↗ mission our strategic plan our funding

1:12:08 ↗ uh so we are so when we do meet with

1:12:10 ↗ agencies or organizations that are

1:12:12 ↗ having those tough you know impacts we

1:12:15 ↗ can have more of a a compassion U way

1:12:18 ↗ and that's just the way I was kind of

1:12:20 ↗ thinking about it is how do we now lean

1:12:22 ↗ in a little bit more hard when it or

1:12:24 ↗ double down around some of the equity

1:12:27 ↗ for agencies within

1:12:29 ↗ this that was kind of where I was coming

1:12:31 ↗ from there's a good point because that

1:12:33 ↗ way be a little more um specific on

1:12:37 ↗ questions and the answers and focus on

1:12:41 ↗ what is it that the human services are

1:12:43 ↗ doing and how does it affect what we're

1:12:46 ↗ we've never had training exclusively

1:12:48 ↗ just for us have we it's always been

1:12:51 ↗ join yeah is that a budget thing yeah um

1:12:54 ↗ in part yeah I mean because like um

1:12:57 ↗ Equity trainers can cost up to

1:12:59 ↗ $20,000 and so each city is able to

1:13:01 ↗ contribute like a w we budgeted sure

1:13:04 ↗ sure there's option though as far as you

1:13:07 ↗ can have it joint but then when you go

1:13:10 ↗ to your chat rooms this chat rooms for

1:13:14 ↗ this this chat rooms for that oh isqu

1:13:16 ↗ Commissioners in one sh room yes that's

1:13:19 ↗ that's funny because that Redmond one

1:13:21 ↗ they specifically steered us away from

1:13:23 ↗ that yes don't sit to people you know

1:13:26 ↗ yeah I remember feeling like I think I

1:13:28 ↗ suggested that but I think everyone they

1:13:30 ↗ wanted it to to mean right the whole

1:13:33 ↗ point of the joint is so you can kind of

1:13:34 ↗ get different perspectives from other

1:13:35 ↗ Commissioners and stuff I get your point

1:13:37 ↗ I mean but I would say I would say this

1:13:40 ↗ is just my opinion I I thought our board

1:13:42 ↗ was kind of an advanced level given to

1:13:45 ↗ other boards and that's why I

1:13:47 ↗ was what level more our Continuum of

1:13:50 ↗ learning I thought we were more on on

1:13:52 ↗ the further needle and and our Baseline

1:13:55 ↗ and I just felt like you know we I would

1:13:57 ↗ have had like having deeper discussion

1:13:59 ↗ with Manny yourself you around how does

1:14:01 ↗ that fit our plan our agencies and Ford

1:14:04 ↗ versus City our city exactly right um

1:14:08 ↗ and that's kind of my great my opinion

1:14:10 ↗ to that you know you I mean something

1:14:12 ↗ like that do that um redond would have a

1:14:15 ↗ Human Service Commission too right so

1:14:17 ↗ you could mix you know okay this is two

1:14:20 ↗ groups of Human Services chat rooms you

1:14:23 ↗ know type thing so you still have to

1:14:25 ↗ focus on the same thing but not

1:14:27 ↗ necessary okay all isqu people go to

1:14:30 ↗ this one you know type of thing but

1:14:31 ↗ Human Services people go to this these

1:14:33 ↗ two rooms and you know that sort of

1:14:35 ↗ thing yeah or we could this is just an

1:14:39 ↗ idea have this joint session just

1:14:43 ↗ to get all that information and make a

1:14:46 ↗ commitment to come to the next Human

1:14:48 ↗ Services Commission to really dig into

1:14:51 ↗ it as a group yeah like that's our only

1:14:53 ↗ topic is yeah really dig into into it

1:14:55 ↗ and yeah I I like the idea just thinking

1:14:58 ↗ practically for our budget and for

1:15:00 ↗ working with our cities is that we still

1:15:04 ↗ I mean I will advocate for this input

1:15:06 ↗ and so that it's set up for us so it

1:15:07 ↗ works out where we can kind of learn and

1:15:11 ↗ receive some basic you know information

1:15:13 ↗ and then we dive deep like we take that

1:15:16 ↗ initiative to dive deep into that oh

1:15:19 ↗ would with our Equity board here I

1:15:22 ↗ wonder what they're on boarding

1:15:25 ↗ education learn grow that's a great

1:15:27 ↗ question maybe that's something that we

1:15:30 ↗ can coordinate with them and saying you

1:15:32 ↗ know kind of have that information with

1:15:33 ↗ him as well I like that idea I go talk

1:15:36 ↗ to their s on just already do our own

1:15:38 ↗ thing it's like what is equity doing in

1:15:40 ↗ terms of their grow right because

1:15:43 ↗ through the grant process I turn to

1:15:45 ↗ equity what the equity people would do

1:15:47 ↗ you know in this situation I you know I

1:15:49 ↗ was really Fus on that yeah yeah okay

1:15:54 ↗ well again this this won't happen for a

1:15:57 ↗ couple years but but we start these

1:15:58 ↗ conversations early

1:16:00 ↗ absolutely mind I wanted to kind of kind

1:16:03 ↗ of gain that that feedback from you all

1:16:05 ↗ so like where you guys are ahead of

1:16:07 ↗ these are some great ideas um okay so I

1:16:10 ↗ think that helps me so what I will do

1:16:13 ↗ then is finalize this and then bring it

1:16:16 ↗ to our next meeting for an actual

1:16:21 ↗ note cool

1:16:26 ↗ that we'll vote on the work plan yeah

1:16:27 ↗ just to adopt it basically with my that

1:16:31 ↗ we

1:16:33 ↗ discussed alrighty so that's yeah for

1:16:38 ↗ looks like Manny has to give his

1:16:39 ↗ presentation for City Council on

1:16:42 ↗ February 3rd or

1:16:46 ↗ fourth when we were on the next agenda I

1:16:48 ↗ don't

1:16:50 ↗ find chair and commissioner reports so

1:16:53 ↗ Manny is there anything you want any

1:16:55 ↗ announcements announcements on your end

1:16:57 ↗ that we don't

1:16:58 ↗ know I'm going to

1:17:01 ↗ uh

1:17:04 ↗ pass any reports from the

1:17:06 ↗ Commissioners Murray too commission

1:17:08 ↗ Murray anything from your side too I

1:17:10 ↗ want to ignore you there I have a

1:17:12 ↗ question for Mory Mory is your mustache

1:17:14 ↗ new I like it it is okay you are you

1:17:19 ↗ doing are you doing Santa anywhere this

1:17:22 ↗ season

1:17:28 ↗ he grows that in two days too by the way

1:17:31 ↗ oh wow impressive I sorry I interrupted

1:17:34 ↗ the

1:17:35 ↗ flow but is there anything you want to

1:17:38 ↗ report on that's coming from the

1:17:41 ↗ chair

1:17:43 ↗ no mo are you interested in the uh city

1:17:48 ↗ council

1:17:53 ↗ no no Manny it's all yours man I'm not

1:17:56 ↗ going to run against you there's

1:17:57 ↗ something here am I miss oh keep

1:17:59 ↗ scrolling it's yeah that's there's a

1:18:02 ↗ whole

1:18:03 ↗ schle that's my staff report we'll talk

1:18:06 ↗ about I do have a youth report I would

1:18:07 ↗ like to share with you all if that's

1:18:09 ↗ okay from our amazing little Preston

1:18:12 ↗ lovely Preston who fortunately be here

1:18:14 ↗ this evening circles around us yes yes

1:18:17 ↗ we are very fortunate to have him on our

1:18:20 ↗ commission um so he wanted to just share

1:18:23 ↗ um that they completely uh their yab

1:18:26 ↗ youth Advisory Board they completed

1:18:28 ↗ their annual Middle School dodgeball

1:18:30 ↗ tournament awesome uh our our Isa

1:18:34 ↗ hackathon is planned for the 11th of

1:18:38 ↗ January and their teen advocacy recently

1:18:41 ↗ completed their resume and career

1:18:42 ↗ planning event on the 12th we are also

1:18:45 ↗ planning a city issues mayor debate

1:18:47 ↗ event for the spring well that would be

1:18:49 ↗ fun to

1:18:50 ↗ watchest are these notes from Preston

1:18:52 ↗ yes this is for can you do hear

1:18:55 ↗ Preston's voice oh totally

1:19:00 ↗ yeah happy holidays he says everyone

1:19:04 ↗ what a what a guy yeah yeah so wonderful

1:19:08 ↗ to see some of their stuff that they're

1:19:09 ↗ doing his involvement

1:19:12 ↗ there thank you press on staff report

1:19:15 ↗ yes I've got just two them some hot

1:19:17 ↗ topics um off the press I'd like to

1:19:19 ↗ share with you all um so from our Mar

1:19:22 ↗ city council um you I believe there was

1:19:25 ↗ an email sent to All boards and

1:19:26 ↗ commission um I've also shared this

1:19:28 ↗ information with our nonprofit

1:19:30 ↗ organizations um but there will be a

1:19:33 ↗ city council opening um and the

1:19:36 ↗ application um is h a deadline is end of

1:19:39 ↗ January uh you'll see here I included

1:19:42 ↗ the dates if there's if you have any

1:19:43 ↗ questions or opportunities to connect

1:19:46 ↗ with our current mayor and um City

1:19:48 ↗ Council Members um so

1:19:51 ↗ just I know we're joking about it I know

1:19:55 ↗ um but I truly want to empower you all

1:19:58 ↗ here to very much consider um this

1:20:01 ↗ opportunity to serve in our city this

1:20:03 ↗ capacity you are all very capable

1:20:06 ↗ individuals um and and I'm talking about

1:20:08 ↗ all Commissioners uh present and not

1:20:10 ↗ present I see you all as leaders in our

1:20:13 ↗ community and I know you would make a

1:20:16 ↗ huge impact on that Council um Council

1:20:20 ↗ decides a lot for the city um they they

1:20:23 ↗ determine some of our work plans if they

1:20:26 ↗ say something's important as staff

1:20:28 ↗ employees we will follow Pursuit and

1:20:31 ↗ complete their their tasks that they're

1:20:33 ↗ requesting they change strategic plans

1:20:36 ↗ they um add and delete things Council

1:20:40 ↗ has a lot of authority in our city um

1:20:42 ↗ and they make a huge impact so having

1:20:44 ↗ individuals on their especially from the

1:20:47 ↗ Human Services side who has that

1:20:50 ↗ knowledge and passion would make a big

1:20:53 ↗ difference for our community so in light

1:20:56 ↗ we

1:20:57 ↗ joke uh but I do I do want to say if

1:21:01 ↗ anyone ever want to consider this I

1:21:04 ↗ really would promote and Advocate and

1:21:07 ↗ support you all in this um and maybe

1:21:10 ↗ this is not the time that's using your

1:21:12 ↗ life to consider this opportunity or

1:21:13 ↗ this appointment but I do believe maybe

1:21:16 ↗ in the future there will be a time for

1:21:19 ↗ you all to serve potentially in this

1:21:20 ↗ capacity if there's interest so um maybe

1:21:24 ↗ not this round but maybe in the future I

1:21:26 ↗ hope you do consider this

1:21:29 ↗ opportunity I believe in you thank

1:21:32 ↗ you very very nice pitch yes well

1:21:37 ↗ wouldn't that be so Dandy to have one of

1:21:39 ↗ you my Commissioners as a counsel there

1:21:42 ↗ actually been several it's a very common

1:21:45 ↗ yeah to come from Human Services

1:21:47 ↗ Commission Paul

1:21:49 ↗ winterstein um I can't Maria no not

1:21:52 ↗ Maria I can't think of anyways yeah

1:21:54 ↗ there been some yeah it's a is a common

1:21:56 ↗ step into that world so yeah la were you

1:21:59 ↗ saying something I feel warm all over

1:22:02 ↗ that was a great

1:22:06 ↗ pitch

1:22:10 ↗ know you make a great you all would

1:22:13 ↗ addition you all would be

1:22:15 ↗ wonderful um okay the last thing I'm

1:22:19 ↗ just kind of a this is more of a city

1:22:21 ↗ update but I feel like how do we not

1:22:23 ↗ talk about that Wednesday stor right

1:22:25 ↗ that was

1:22:27 ↗ a that was a I'm not going to say once

1:22:30 ↗ in a lifetime because yeah who knows but

1:22:33 ↗ that was something that the city uh was

1:22:37 ↗ prepared for it and wasn't prepared for

1:22:39 ↗ um and so I just want to want to share

1:22:41 ↗ with you some of the city response I'm

1:22:43 ↗ very proud of um all of our departments

1:22:45 ↗ and team um who quickly responded so um

1:22:49 ↗ one of the city uh our city mayor's

1:22:52 ↗ priority area has been Emergency

1:22:53 ↗ Management and preparing for extreme

1:22:56 ↗ situations um one of our newer positions

1:22:59 ↗ is an emergency manager and so we have

1:23:03 ↗ uh a staff member who has created what

1:23:05 ↗ we call resilience hubs these resilient

1:23:08 ↗ hubs are intended to be in emergency

1:23:10 ↗ situations this is a safe place where

1:23:12 ↗ people can be warm cool down what we

1:23:15 ↗ ended up Opening Our resilience Hub at

1:23:17 ↗ our senior center uh and Pickering Barn

1:23:20 ↗ um to be warming and charging stations

1:23:22 ↗ with the power outage um and so that uh

1:23:27 ↗ was our first time initiating these

1:23:29 ↗ resilience hubs and um there was a a

1:23:33 ↗ very nice quick response to it um and it

1:23:36 ↗ really I think also helped the city stay

1:23:39 ↗ in touch with what the needs are and

1:23:41 ↗ what people needed and so from there um

1:23:43 ↗ they were able to do additional

1:23:45 ↗ responses they opened up the uh pool for

1:23:47 ↗ showers for community members um so um

1:23:52 ↗ not as big as numbers you I think that

1:23:54 ↗ was on a Thursday um we had our Public

1:23:57 ↗ Works and park operations uh you saw

1:23:59 ↗ them probably working hard on clearing

1:24:01 ↗ out those roads um so emergency vehicles

1:24:04 ↗ and vehicles can get through uh the

1:24:07 ↗ number they told me was last I heard

1:24:09 ↗ there are 30% of the way through

1:24:11 ↗ clearing it all out so it's going to oh

1:24:13 ↗ my gosh it's a lot there's a lot of

1:24:15 ↗ damage it's a lot of damage ly yeah

1:24:19 ↗ they'll be working on that for a long

1:24:20 ↗ time is that is that including like is

1:24:23 ↗ that the city and the trail is that the

1:24:26 ↗ whole big picture or is that yes the

1:24:28 ↗ whole big I mean because a lot of the

1:24:29 ↗ trails a lot of like the footed the

1:24:31 ↗ areas that you're not super effec see or

1:24:34 ↗ as visual like those areas are still

1:24:36 ↗ going to clean up this not on the

1:24:38 ↗ priority list but they are still working

1:24:40 ↗ on it um one thing I really want to give

1:24:43 ↗ a shout out to our friends at the circle

1:24:46 ↗ is they really helped us um translate

1:24:48 ↗ some of our um uh so we had flyers and

1:24:51 ↗ communication that went out about our

1:24:53 ↗ resilient hubs and charge stations um so

1:24:56 ↗ um challenges obviously in communication

1:24:58 ↗ when the power is out um some people had

1:25:01 ↗ service some people did not but I was

1:25:03 ↗ very thankful that we were able to lean

1:25:05 ↗ into our partners who could provide uh

1:25:08 ↗ transl information in um Spanish and

1:25:11 ↗ mandrin um our Behavioral Health team

1:25:14 ↗ did an amazing job um following up with

1:25:17 ↗ um those who have encampments in in the

1:25:20 ↗ area or on house um to make sure that

1:25:22 ↗ they were safe and had the shelter and

1:25:24 ↗ resources they needed and get them

1:25:25 ↗ connected to shelters um they were very

1:25:28 ↗ much supporting our community some

1:25:30 ↗ incredible work there um there we also

1:25:34 ↗ opened up a debris um Hall so they that

1:25:37 ↗ was well received and well

1:25:40 ↗ utilized and so that's that was helpful

1:25:43 ↗ to have that partnership and

1:25:45 ↗ resource um and uh I I will mention that

1:25:50 ↗ Community meals didn't skip a

1:25:52 ↗ beat they they

1:25:55 ↗ they had all their meals as planned yeah

1:25:58 ↗ and I don't think everybody necessarily

1:25:59 ↗ knew about it yeah because they kind of

1:26:02 ↗ wouldn't have assumed that but because

1:26:04 ↗ the Community Hall is part of the fire

1:26:07 ↗ station the fire station of course has

1:26:09 ↗ generators yeah so the Community Hall

1:26:12 ↗ didn't have any problem with electricity

1:26:13 ↗ at all that's amazing yeah but the fact

1:26:16 ↗ that they were able to get volunteers

1:26:17 ↗ they were experiencing most likely their

1:26:19 ↗ own you know right damage they were

1:26:22 ↗ still able to buy that services so right

1:26:25 ↗ um you know as a city in emergency

1:26:28 ↗ situations we always talk about severe

1:26:30 ↗ weather so um cold or the snow or

1:26:33 ↗ extreme heat or you know we've

1:26:35 ↗ experienced some landslides so uh power

1:26:37 ↗ outages and windstorms was not one that

1:26:40 ↗ was highly talked about um but you never

1:26:43 ↗ know but is the one that we saw and had

1:26:46 ↗ to respond to quickly so um so yeah so

1:26:49 ↗ always opportunities for growth and

1:26:51 ↗ learning and and how do we we do better

1:26:54 ↗ next time um but overall um there was

1:26:57 ↗ the city did respond very promptly um

1:27:01 ↗ and we also made national isqua

1:27:03 ↗ specifically made national news and one

1:27:06 ↗ of our staff at the senior center was

1:27:08 ↗ quoted in the New York Times so yes so

1:27:13 ↗ very again very impressive uh work

1:27:16 ↗ during a kind of a scary time so I I

1:27:20 ↗ happen to be quoted okay you know that

1:27:22 ↗ trail head as head out to the um I90

1:27:26 ↗ interchange and tradition Plateau no the

1:27:30 ↗ no the trail okay here is you go out

1:27:32 ↗ Sunset yeah and if you're going to go

1:27:35 ↗ like up to isqua Highlands there's a

1:27:37 ↗ trail head parking lot on your right oh

1:27:40 ↗ those houses were right well I was over

1:27:42 ↗ there looking at the damage one day and

1:27:45 ↗ this woman walked up to me and said can

1:27:48 ↗ I interview you and I said oh why and

1:27:51 ↗ she said well I'm with the AP and so she

1:27:55 ↗ interviewed me and I made a point of

1:27:57 ↗ saying I was with the isqua Human

1:27:59 ↗ Services Commission and you know that

1:28:03 ↗ you know we we're here to look after

1:28:05 ↗ people and make sure the needs are met

1:28:08 ↗ for the community members well the

1:28:09 ↗ guardian you know the AP sends out their

1:28:11 ↗ little nuggets the guardian picked up on

1:28:13 ↗ my quote so I was I showed up in the

1:28:16 ↗ guardian which is a a

1:28:19 ↗ newspaper wow for giving us a shout out

1:28:23 ↗ but will mention that um The Seattle

1:28:26 ↗ Times just did an article and was it

1:28:29 ↗ just a few days ago and isqua was

1:28:32 ↗ featured as the hardest hit yeah but it

1:28:34 ↗ it is true checking in talking to our

1:28:36 ↗ other human services at different cities

1:28:39 ↗ I mean they got hit but nothing

1:28:44 ↗ like we're the tree City too yeah

1:28:47 ↗ exactly so was I have a friend that

1:28:49 ↗ lives at at snow call me Ridge and she

1:28:51 ↗ said they just thought it was the

1:28:52 ↗ funniest thing because they deal with

1:28:53 ↗ wind and outages all the time and she

1:28:56 ↗ was like it just completely bypassed us

1:28:58 ↗ and we're listening to all of you one

1:29:00 ↗ like well I was kind of serious it

1:29:02 ↗ bypassed them they had they they get hit

1:29:07 ↗ and it bypassed c yeah very interesting

1:29:10 ↗ yeah I came right to pass

1:29:14 ↗ yeah so anyways just I'm glad you are

1:29:17 ↗ all safe I'm glad we have power

1:29:20 ↗ now yeah that was good Lessons Learned

1:29:24 ↗ and I really liked M

1:29:26 ↗ Paulie's you know she was out there

1:29:28 ↗ doing

1:29:29 ↗ YouTubes I mean yeah and she wasn't you

1:29:33 ↗ know she didn't have her makeup on it

1:29:34 ↗ looked beautiful or anything you know

1:29:35 ↗ she looked normal you know she looked

1:29:37 ↗ like a normal person that was struggling

1:29:38 ↗ through the Cyclone you know um I

1:29:42 ↗ thought all those were very helpful yeah

1:29:44 ↗ for those people that could I was gonna

1:29:46 ↗ say that could get yeah that was also

1:29:49 ↗ the that's the challenge of power you

1:29:50 ↗ really can't you're you're knocking on

1:29:53 ↗ doors and you know our behavioral team

1:29:54 ↗ did that they did a lot of Wellness

1:29:56 ↗ checks because our PD were very swamped

1:29:59 ↗ and so they um we had our team kind of

1:30:02 ↗ you know for those that they were

1:30:03 ↗ concerned about they were able to do

1:30:05 ↗ those Wellness checks and provide food

1:30:07 ↗ and blankets to some apartment complexes

1:30:10 ↗ so yeah yeah it's very good I never I

1:30:14 ↗ was say I never had a problem with

1:30:16 ↗ Internet because I would go on go

1:30:19 ↗ somewhere and get my phone charged and I

1:30:21 ↗ would just use my Hotspot to run my

1:30:24 ↗ laptop work every yeah I had a really

1:30:28 ↗ good book on my Kindle it was 600 pages

1:30:30 ↗ and I finished

1:30:33 ↗ it okay Manny what were you gonna say I

1:30:36 ↗ just I was just looking at other

1:30:38 ↗ business a couple things I just wanted

1:30:39 ↗ to remind myself that I want to talk

1:30:42 ↗ about for a minute just uh yeah I'm done

1:30:44 ↗ with my sa so we're gon no um well with

1:30:47 ↗ talking about the storm is there any

1:30:49 ↗ indication that Isa is going to put the

1:30:52 ↗ uh um electrical

1:30:54 ↗ underground oh I have not heard but I

1:30:57 ↗ will keep you

1:30:58 ↗ posted I mean you know it's underground

1:31:00 ↗ in places I mean up in the highlands

1:31:02 ↗ it's underground yeah I want to imine

1:31:04 ↗ all the newer places it is yeah yeah I'm

1:31:07 ↗ sure that is a I'm sure it's a budget

1:31:09 ↗ yeah yes oh the is hobbert Road it was a

1:31:13 ↗ mess yes it was yeah it was so I mean

1:31:16 ↗ that's something to consider I don't

1:31:18 ↗ know who who takes care of that but not

1:31:20 ↗ Human Services but I know people who

1:31:21 ↗ probably could so I'll talk to them and

1:31:24 ↗ also um what would it take to U amend

1:31:29 ↗ our bylaws so that our Junior um

1:31:34 ↗ candidate um Preston Preston or whoever

1:31:37 ↗ in that person is a voting

1:31:40 ↗ M I'll have to talk to our clerks about

1:31:43 ↗ that yeah um I'll have an answer to you

1:31:45 ↗ guys at next meeting oh be a voting

1:31:48 ↗ member

1:31:50 ↗ yeah do you want them to have an option

1:31:52 ↗ to like run for a chair or vice chair

1:31:56 ↗ position you know would that also

1:31:59 ↗ include uh the the student that's been

1:32:02 ↗ the

1:32:03 ↗ um oh Elena she was an intern oh okay so

1:32:07 ↗ that's different that's different yeah

1:32:10 ↗ yeah and you know I'm gonna have to look

1:32:13 ↗ into that because I he might be a voting

1:32:17 ↗ member but I I would look to see what

1:32:20 ↗ the other youth Representatives I don't

1:32:23 ↗ think he because most sports and

1:32:25 ↗ commissions have a youth yeah yeah

1:32:27 ↗ exactly but there's like a age thing or

1:32:31 ↗ yeah no I I feel like we've talked about

1:32:33 ↗ this before and I just don't remember

1:32:34 ↗ the answer so let me look into it and

1:32:37 ↗ see if it can be a to I would not

1:32:39 ↗ necessarily Advocate that they be to

1:32:42 ↗ chair that they lead the

1:32:44 ↗ meeting yeah I mean I I would do

1:32:48 ↗ something like the chair would um we can

1:32:51 ↗ invite them says okay

1:32:55 ↗ he's going to be in charge for a

1:32:57 ↗ standing for me or whatever you know I'm

1:32:59 ↗ G be here to help whatever the case may

1:33:01 ↗ be but um I think to limit them to to

1:33:05 ↗ give experience yeah yeah give

1:33:06 ↗ experience because it' be great for them

1:33:09 ↗ to write on a resume that I

1:33:11 ↗ was this or that and Leadership

1:33:15 ↗ opportunity yeah yeah let me um let me

1:33:18 ↗ look into that I think that's a great

1:33:20 ↗ suggestion and um we can talk to Preston

1:33:22 ↗ here hopefully he can join us in January

1:33:24 ↗ and see if he has interest in cheering

1:33:27 ↗ for a meeting and and and whether it's

1:33:29 ↗ PR or not but

1:33:34 ↗ whoever we're recognizing that their

1:33:37 ↗ information and their input is important

1:33:40 ↗ then they should be able to vote and I

1:33:42 ↗ do F like okay I was talking about this

1:33:44 ↗ but I can't remember yet I bought it up

1:33:46 ↗ before but yeah I can't

1:33:50 ↗ remember Everything's changed we all

1:33:52 ↗ agreed that it was very important it's

1:33:55 ↗ the position is very important to us

1:33:57 ↗ yeah yeah we them to have an appropriate

1:33:59 ↗ say in our work totally agree with you

1:34:02 ↗ that was thank you yeah thanks for

1:34:04 ↗ bringing that

1:34:07 ↗ up uh for me commissioner H I would say

1:34:10 ↗ given the the Windstorm I do want to

1:34:12 ↗ recognize all of isqua Staff you know

1:34:16 ↗ just of the awareness of BR I keep going

1:34:18 ↗ back to connection and Community uh I

1:34:21 ↗ was the S senior sen a couple of times

1:34:23 ↗ and um just feeling I would say people

1:34:26 ↗ feeling

1:34:28 ↗ welcome I I would that kind of goes up

1:34:30 ↗ the top um the people that worked at the

1:34:33 ↗ senior center making the the food and

1:34:34 ↗ all that so um I think it's just a

1:34:37 ↗ reminder of just how important Human

1:34:39 ↗ Services is for the city of

1:34:41 ↗ Isa uh sometimes we just say hey we we

1:34:44 ↗ fund a couple of programs and so forth

1:34:46 ↗ but just the fact that it was just a

1:34:48 ↗ reminder of how much uh you know our

1:34:51 ↗ vulnerable adults too vulnerable folks

1:34:53 ↗ need when it comes to access to services

1:34:55 ↗ and resources and um that just my two

1:34:57 ↗ cents and and and what I saw and perhaps

1:35:00 ↗ you know maybe partnership with private

1:35:03 ↗ agencies I saw um I want to highlight

1:35:05 ↗ there was a

1:35:07 ↗ company uh let's see here Spring Hill

1:35:09 ↗ suit Suites by marott they in isqua they

1:35:12 ↗ were kind of opening up their uh

1:35:15 ↗ generator for people with any Wi-Fi so I

1:35:17 ↗ was kind of going back and forth from

1:35:19 ↗ senior Cent to them um so just stuff

1:35:22 ↗ like that where I think Partnerships

1:35:23 ↗ with with private agencies where when it

1:35:25 ↗ comes to emergency they're pretty open

1:35:27 ↗ for and I saw many young folks in in

1:35:30 ↗ that space so um those are just kind of

1:35:33 ↗ some observations that I saw during the

1:35:36 ↗ Windstorm

1:35:38 ↗ so and I I have to add that um hats off

1:35:42 ↗ to the people of isal too because I know

1:35:45 ↗ in our neighborhood people stepped up

1:35:47 ↗ and helped out it was

1:35:49 ↗ amazing help cut trees and yeah like

1:35:53 ↗ that

1:35:54 ↗ and actually I want to give a shout out

1:35:56 ↗ to Swedish Hospital okay because okay it

1:35:59 ↗ was Tuesday night right okay so

1:36:02 ↗ Wednesday morning um I went to Safeway

1:36:06 ↗ to see and they were running on a

1:36:08 ↗ generator and they didn't have any okay

1:36:10 ↗ this is something I learned um the only

1:36:13 ↗ Outlets that have electricity are ones

1:36:17 ↗ when you have a generator or ones that

1:36:19 ↗ are red did you know that you have to

1:36:21 ↗ look for a red Outlet oh yeah and so

1:36:24 ↗ they didn't have any red outlets and

1:36:26 ↗ then somebody said let's go to Swedish

1:36:28 ↗ hospital so a bunch of us went to

1:36:31 ↗ Swedish we would where did you did you

1:36:33 ↗ go there really and we were just hanging

1:36:35 ↗ out in the hallway in the lower section

1:36:38 ↗ they had WiFi yeah and we were all

1:36:41 ↗ looking for red outlets and Swedish was

1:36:44 ↗ great that's really wonderful to hear

1:36:46 ↗ they they were just great the only time

1:36:49 ↗ they asked us to move was when a bunch

1:36:51 ↗ of us were sitting on the floor and they

1:36:53 ↗ couldn't get cards through but um they

1:36:56 ↗ were just great and um I I heard that

1:37:00 ↗ some people then uh once Swedish did get

1:37:03 ↗ power and some people still didn't like

1:37:05 ↗ the people that were on isqua hobot road

1:37:07 ↗ they were still hanging out in the

1:37:08 ↗ living room at Swedish or but I you know

1:37:10 ↗ the piano room um but yeah Wednesday I

1:37:14 ↗ was sitting on the floor in a hallway

1:37:16 ↗ Swedish charging my phone

1:37:18 ↗ yeah yeah good job isqua yeah we are

1:37:22 ↗ very we very neighborly I think of being

1:37:26 ↗ an emergency so how was it where you

1:37:29 ↗ live uh we we were fine down south uh my

1:37:32 ↗ folks are in Miramont so we spent a

1:37:34 ↗ couple days with them clearing out their

1:37:36 ↗ they had 25 trees fall on their property

1:37:39 ↗ 25 I destroyed their deck fortun not

1:37:41 ↗ their house but yeah it was I I want to

1:37:44 ↗ say almost one in four houses in

1:37:45 ↗ Miramont had a tree on at their home it

1:37:49 ↗ was it was a site I've never seen before

1:37:51 ↗ yeah so yeah we we we were helping my my

1:37:55 ↗ folks out during that time and and and

1:37:58 ↗ again it was a beautiful thing just

1:37:59 ↗ meeting the neighbors that I grew up

1:38:01 ↗ with and seeing them all come out and

1:38:04 ↗ you know talking to folks I mean it

1:38:06 ↗ really brought people together in a

1:38:08 ↗ really specially and unique way so did

1:38:10 ↗ did your folks have a generator no so

1:38:13 ↗ you you you guys spent several days

1:38:14 ↗ there in the cold no well I mean just

1:38:17 ↗ there to in the day time to help out

1:38:19 ↗ with clearing out their their damage

1:38:21 ↗ that they had okay and I didn't catch

1:38:22 ↗ this you said they were 25 trees but

1:38:24 ↗ none of them hit the home just the deck

1:38:26 ↗ their deck got destroyed and like their

1:38:28 ↗ the kid play area that my dad built oh

1:38:32 ↗ very sad but at least their house is

1:38:35 ↗ okay I had a tree come down but it

1:38:37 ↗ didn't hit my home so it's good that's

1:38:40 ↗ good yeah and again neighbors and

1:38:41 ↗ friends came out with their chainsaws

1:38:43 ↗ exactly it was a very um a beautiful

1:38:47 ↗ them in some chaos and right right like

1:38:49 ↗ came out some beauty came out of it

1:38:51 ↗ so took a couple trips up and down the

1:38:54 ↗ hill and people were trying to put some

1:38:56 ↗ of their debris in the back of their

1:38:58 ↗ cars and I just just throw in my truck

1:39:00 ↗ yeah know yeah that's what you got to

1:39:06 ↗ do all right um other business

1:39:10 ↗ announcements I how was it up in

1:39:13 ↗ Provence during the

1:39:16 ↗ Cyclone

1:39:21 ↗ you're no there were 11 people at

1:39:24 ↗ Providence Point um the all of their

1:39:27 ↗ power was

1:39:28 ↗ out uh there was no one with power no

1:39:30 ↗ one with Wi-Fi uh there were two small

1:39:34 ↗ community centers that people came to to

1:39:38 ↗ uh charge their

1:39:39 ↗ phones um the demand was enough with all

1:39:42 ↗ the phones charging that somebody tried

1:39:45 ↗ to use a microwave with the generator

1:39:48 ↗ and blew the generator so they had to

1:39:49 ↗ reboot that and get that going again but

1:39:53 ↗ but there were there were there were

1:39:55 ↗ people that came down with uh their

1:39:57 ↗ their Costco um Swedish meatball bags

1:40:01 ↗ and fed everyone and made rice and it

1:40:05 ↗ was very very a huge Community effort

1:40:08 ↗ and everyone it felt really good but

1:40:11 ↗ 1100 people that's a lot of people yeah

1:40:13 ↗ and you guys you didn't have trees fall

1:40:15 ↗ down on on any of the structures right

1:40:18 ↗ uh no there were quite a few trees that

1:40:20 ↗ fell down um I I don't know about I

1:40:23 ↗ don't know whether they hit the

1:40:24 ↗ structures or not but uh they you

1:40:27 ↗ certainly couldn't drive around uh there

1:40:30 ↗ was U they were across all the roads the

1:40:33 ↗ problem with this the reason that that I

1:40:35 ↗ heard that uh this happened was is all

1:40:38 ↗ of our trees are used to getting wind

1:40:41 ↗ from the west and from the

1:40:43 ↗ south sometimes from the north but this

1:40:46 ↗ was a huge vacuum uh a huge low low

1:40:50 ↗ point out in the um to the West of us

1:40:54 ↗ and so it sucked all the uh all this air

1:40:56 ↗ in from the mountains so it was all

1:40:58 ↗ coming in from the East and if you look

1:41:00 ↗ at all the trees at least the ones in

1:41:02 ↗ Providence Point and along 228th and

1:41:05 ↗ along um East Lake uh uh samamish

1:41:08 ↗ Parkway all of the trees were falling to

1:41:11 ↗ the

1:41:12 ↗ West yeah my tree fell to the West yeah

1:41:17 ↗ oh yeah yeah it's

1:41:21 ↗ true I wish it actually had fall in the

1:41:23 ↗ other way if it Fallen the other way it

1:41:25 ↗ would have fallen in the road and then

1:41:26 ↗ my HOA people would have been in charge

1:41:28 ↗ of

1:41:29 ↗ it because it fell on my property oh

1:41:33 ↗ that's so

1:41:38 ↗ inconvenient thank you all uh our next

1:41:41 ↗ meeting is scheduled for January 15

1:41:44 ↗ 2025 um meeting adjourn thank you happy

1:41:48 ↗ holidays every holidays

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Jaime Fajardo

Trish Bloor

Manny Brown

Maury Edwards

Madeline Fish

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Hannah Roberts, Human Services Coordinator

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Lucrecia Choto

Preston Miele

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