Human Services Commission · Wednesday, January 15, 2025 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of December 18, 2024

packet pp.3–4

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 12-18-24 Human Services Commission Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH Human Services Commission 6:30 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. December 18, 2024 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

4. AGENDA ITEMS

2025 Human Services Commission Workplan & Site Visit Plans (A)

30 min · Hannah Roberts, Sr. Human Services Coordinator · packet pp.5–8

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

APPROVED: [Date] REVISED: [Date]

Human Services Division Updates

Information · 30 min · Hannah Roberts, Sr. Human Services Coordinator · packet pp.9–17

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

To provide the commission an update on the Human Services Division programs: 1. Human Services Commission – Recruitment 2. Human Services Grants – Contracts 3. Behavioral Health & Homeless Outreach 4. Emergency Housing Program

5. REPORTS

Chair and Commissioner Reports

Topics: Boards & Commissions

Youth Report

Staff Report

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0:05 ↗ year good evening it is uh January 15

0:08 ↗ human surge commission we're starting at

0:10 ↗ what time here it it's 6:37 p.m. 6:37

0:14 ↗ p.m. uh we have our service commissioner

0:18 ↗ Lotto excused uh for today uh we have

0:21 ↗ full for Quorum uh we're going to go

0:24 ↗ down the list here uh call to order um

0:30 ↗ approval actually call to order any

0:31 ↗ public

0:34 ↗ comments no public comments here for

0:37 ↗ today

0:39 ↗ online nobody online okay uh for number

0:43 ↗ three I know we had a list of

0:45 ↗ conversations last month for approval of

0:48 ↗ minutes uh do we approve minutes from

0:52 ↗ prior I move that we approve the minutes

0:55 ↗ from

0:56 ↗ prior there was one um correction on the

0:59 ↗ minutes that I noticed the last time um

1:02 ↗ that was

1:06 ↗ um said that

1:08 ↗ uh just below the approval of minutes

1:12 ↗ and it said commissioner Brown mentioned

1:14 ↗ the approval of

1:15 ↗ minutes that's the wrong one

1:18 ↗ uh it

1:21 ↗ was other stuff oh under oh yeah uh

1:25 ↗ other business yeah other business um I

1:29 ↗ said

1:30 ↗ window stor storm oh that window storm

1:34 ↗ was Windows flying everywhere got

1:39 ↗ broken thanks Manny for

1:42 ↗ that you

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1:46 ↗ commission window

1:50 ↗ window and

1:53 ↗ then has an edit and then you um second

1:57 ↗ with the changes thank you

2:04 ↗ and then we need a we need a vote then

2:07 ↗ you do we have a vote for the as a

2:11 ↗ Commissioners we need a vote so we have

2:14 ↗ all in favor all in favor with the

2:16 ↗ changes that

2:22 ↗ I Preston two Preston you can say I

2:26 ↗ Preston is back there

2:27 ↗ yeah I could say I

2:32 ↗ uh in order of business we have number

2:35 ↗ four agendum items uh 2025 Human Service

2:39 ↗ Commission work plan and site visit

2:42 ↗ plans uh IE Hannah Roberts wonderful all

2:47 ↗ right well Happy New Year's

2:49 ↗ Commissioners um we are coming in here

2:52 ↗ this is kind of a two-part agenda item

2:55 ↗ um the first one is I want to review our

2:58 ↗ 2025 work plan with the edits that we

3:01 ↗ discussed from um December's meeting

3:03 ↗ I'll highlight some of the changes and

3:05 ↗ we all will need an action on it the

3:07 ↗ action will look very similar to how we

3:09 ↗ vote for our um for our minutes to be um

3:13 ↗ approved um so we'll go through that and

3:15 ↗ then the second item is a little more of

3:17 ↗ a work plan um in more detail of our

3:19 ↗ site visits um and so I'll get in we'll

3:23 ↗ dive into that a little bit

3:24 ↗ deeper um after we vote on our current

3:28 ↗ work plan so so um you have if if it's

3:32 ↗ helpful you do have the work plan

3:33 ↗ printed in front of you for those online

3:35 ↗ it's should be in the agenda packet um a

3:37 ↗ few things um again we in our December

3:40 ↗ 18th meeting we uh reviewed the draft

3:43 ↗ form um and we made um some edits those

3:47 ↗ were being um more specifically the

3:49 ↗ on-site visits um so in in your packet

3:52 ↗ you'll see that it says uh we have uh

3:55 ↗ Commissioners are to complete at least

3:56 ↗ one on-site visit uh and present to the

3:59 ↗ whole Comm miss you have U pretty much

4:01 ↗ the entire year to complete that in

4:03 ↗ addition we're going to invite our

4:05 ↗ funded organizations to also provide a

4:07 ↗ presentation which I'll organize um so

4:09 ↗ then on the back end the other items I

4:11 ↗ want to highlight here and some of the

4:13 ↗ changes um is we have our Equity

4:16 ↗ training that we discussed this training

4:18 ↗ really is not intended until 2026 prior

4:20 ↗ to the next cycle uh review cycle um but

4:24 ↗ I do want to towards the end of the year

4:25 ↗ start having that conversation and look

4:28 ↗ at vendors for that is that going to be

4:30 ↗ mandatory

4:31 ↗ for for everyone yes yes it will be I

4:35 ↗ mean certainly if some folks are not

4:37 ↗ able to make it we can we can work

4:39 ↗ around it but what we discussed last

4:40 ↗ time the importance is we are okay doing

4:43 ↗ a joint East Side Equity training like

4:45 ↗ we've done we just want to make sure

4:46 ↗ that we have very intentional time as

4:48 ↗ our own commission to debrief digest and

4:51 ↗ really reflect on that training um so um

4:56 ↗ to be determined on the date in 2026 but

4:58 ↗ we will make sure we have conversations

5:00 ↗ and prep for that towards the end of

5:01 ↗ this year uh we also um mentioned that

5:04 ↗ we are wanting to do a joint Equity

5:07 ↗ board uh board meeting we always love

5:09 ↗ those opportunities to partner with our

5:11 ↗ Equity board um so I'll be working with

5:13 ↗ their staff Le on to see which is the

5:15 ↗ most appropriate one for us to join um

5:18 ↗ there's a few that seem potentially

5:20 ↗ relevant to our our commission um and

5:23 ↗ then lastly I'm excited to share with

5:24 ↗ our joint Eide Human Services Commission

5:27 ↗ um we discussed the option of uh joining

5:30 ↗ uh commission meetings with all the East

5:32 ↗ Side Commissioners um especially when

5:34 ↗ there's panels um so I've identified one

5:38 ↗ so I've already spoken to those staffon

5:40 ↗ in those cities they are also very

5:41 ↗ agreeable and excited for that as well

5:44 ↗ um so I'll continue to coordinate some

5:45 ↗ of those I do have one uh up coming up

5:48 ↗ in April that I think would be really

5:50 ↗ relevant for us so more information to

5:52 ↗ come on that just know that um that's

5:54 ↗ something that looks very positive and

5:56 ↗ for us to move forward with so I will

5:58 ↗ work on planning those

6:00 ↗ I have a question yeah are we are we

6:03 ↗ going to well I guess we're going to

6:04 ↗ have new Commissioners so I I was

6:07 ↗ looking at the sunshine laws training so

6:10 ↗ that'll happen after the new

6:12 ↗ Commissioners come on board in May yeah

6:14 ↗ that'll happen in yeah usually it

6:17 ↗ happens the next month so June last year

6:20 ↗ we didn't actually have new

6:22 ↗ Commissioners um that needed to go

6:24 ↗ through the training uh but it was um

6:27 ↗ offered through our clerks so it was

6:28 ↗ actually done a little bit differently

6:30 ↗ than the previous years so yeah we will

6:33 ↗ prepare for that with new

6:36 ↗ Commissioners any other questions or

6:38 ↗ notable

6:48 ↗ edit I mentioned new Commissioners

6:51 ↗ um we're short Commissioners right we

6:54 ↗ sure are and it is a part of my agenda

6:56 ↗ items that we will talk in a lot more

6:58 ↗ detail

7:00 ↗ yes more information to come on that one

7:02 ↗ yeah thanks it is totally on my mind

7:08 ↗ too no questions

7:12 ↗ comments okay I would say this is

7:14 ↗ commissioner have it was I think one one

7:16 ↗ thing we talked as a group was uh being

7:18 ↗ strategic of who's coming to present is

7:20 ↗ that something we're going to be having

7:22 ↗ conversations of who's coming in and

7:24 ↗ present make yeah so I'll work on so in

7:27 ↗ my uh process of contract ING with our

7:30 ↗ organizations I'll talk to them about um

7:32 ↗ kind of softly requiring them to come to

7:35 ↗ our commission to present in the next I

7:37 ↗ mean I'd like to see them all this year

7:39 ↗ but we might need to push it out a

7:40 ↗ little bit into

7:41 ↗ 2026 um and so it will mean we talked

7:45 ↗ about that being a 5 to 10 minute

7:46 ↗ presentation we're planing for Q&A at

7:48 ↗ the end um with some criteria of what we

7:51 ↗ want them to present on and it can be

7:53 ↗ virtual oh yes definitely I will we

7:56 ↗ would love to have in person but for a

7:58 ↗ 10 minute spiel

8:00 ↗ oh yeah abolutely encourage them oh and

8:02 ↗ the other thing um

8:05 ↗ I uh I I wanted to be careful how I put

8:09 ↗ it on the work plan but I want to note

8:12 ↗ um that we talked about also doing I'm G

8:15 ↗ to call them field trips to um nearby

8:17 ↗ organizations that are walking distant

8:19 ↗ from here um I needed to figure out what

8:22 ↗ that looked like um I needed to know

8:25 ↗ what that looked like through our

8:26 ↗ clerk's office and this being a public

8:28 ↗ meeting so I like I figured it out

8:31 ↗ basically we can do something beforehand

8:34 ↗ I will just need to coordinate with each

8:35 ↗ of the uh the uh different organizations

8:39 ↗ nearby um so that'll also be in the

8:41 ↗ works for site

8:46 ↗ visit great well then um we will need an

8:49 ↗ action on this you want some any if

8:52 ↗ there's not any other questions on the

8:54 ↗ actual work plan to up it need a motion

8:58 ↗ and a second and you consent um this is

9:00 ↗ commissioner fish and I will motion that

9:03 ↗ we approve the Human Services Commission

9:05 ↗ plan as work plan as presented I

9:09 ↗ second let's have a vote then all in

9:11 ↗ favor raise your

9:15 ↗ hand

9:17 ↗ great okay so just want to jot that down

9:20 ↗ we have a

9:21 ↗ guest yes sorry we didn't get to a

9:24 ↗ second I will present okay okay everyone

9:26 ↗ got to meet Brenda here um earlier this

9:29 ↗ is our human services manager Brenda

9:32 ↗ Parker nice to meting nice to meet you

9:35 ↗ well she's also part of my

9:37 ↗ presentation sorry a

9:43 ↗ chance show

9:46 ↗ and okay

9:49 ↗ perfect okay wonderful so now the second

9:52 ↗ item in this agenda is um looking a

9:55 ↗ little bit closer at what site visits

9:57 ↗ are going to look like there there's a

9:58 ↗ lot of legit is a lot of coordinating in

10:01 ↗ this so I wanted to take this

10:03 ↗ opportunity to discuss um where folks

10:06 ↗ want to visit um and the intention is um

10:10 ↗ is that each commissioner will uh do a

10:13 ↗ site visit for at least one you're more

10:15 ↗ than welcome to do more throughout the

10:16 ↗ year and then um the following

10:18 ↗ commission meeting we will present

10:21 ↗ probably a 5 10 minute presentation of

10:23 ↗ what you learned um you can go um to do

10:27 ↗ like a tour work with their staff

10:29 ↗ schedule a tour you can attend an event

10:32 ↗ or an

10:33 ↗ educational um event that they're having

10:35 ↗ or anything like that um that the many

10:38 ↗ of the organizations do um but it can

10:42 ↗ but regardless the idea and the

10:44 ↗ intention is we want Commissioners to

10:46 ↗ understand more about these

10:47 ↗ organizations what does it look like um

10:49 ↗ in their facilities there's a lot to

10:51 ↗ gain from that um and so the intention

10:54 ↗ is for you to pick the one that

10:55 ↗ interests you the most um there is the

10:57 ↗ option to if there's um commissioner is

11:00 ↗ interested in many um or multiple you

11:03 ↗ can go in pairs the only thing I ask or

11:05 ↗ or more I just ask that you don't have a

11:08 ↗ quorum so that would be four so um three

11:11 ↗ at the max can attend one of the um

11:14 ↗ 0 um but other than that we can

11:17 ↗ coordinate how we want I do plan to help

11:19 ↗ with a handoff um so I can give you

11:23 ↗ information on um upcoming events for

11:25 ↗ that organization that you can attend

11:27 ↗ and or I can do a warm hand email for

11:29 ↗ you to coordinate that um so that will

11:32 ↗ be kind of throughout the year uh very

11:35 ↗ open on the timing of it um so I have if

11:39 ↗ you didn't come prepared for the

11:40 ↗ organizations or you kind of forgot what

11:41 ↗ the organizations I have two printouts

11:43 ↗ of the list so was wondering if I should

11:46 ↗ get my phone so you can I should have

11:49 ↗ printed more sorry so um I will um start

11:53 ↗ with meline because you also emailed me

11:55 ↗ I have um you down for B College eat

11:58 ↗ happy now friends of use and Housing

12:00 ↗ Connections yes if we need to get back

12:03 ↗ to like tomorrow absolutely you can send

12:06 ↗ me an email if you want to like be a

12:07 ↗ little more thoughtful about spend a

12:09 ↗ little more time on the list and yeah

12:11 ↗ okay no problem I would also say sorry

12:14 ↗ go ahead go ahead no please go ahead if

12:17 ↗ um if there's an opportunity where like

12:20 ↗ there's an organization that Manny's

12:21 ↗ interested in and you're able to set

12:23 ↗ something up I'm I would also be

12:24 ↗ interested in in going T te yeah like

12:28 ↗ like you mentioned Luccia she's not here

12:30 ↗ tonight but uh there was very similar on

12:33 ↗ so we can definitely work on going in

12:35 ↗ pairs that would be excellent acceptable

12:39 ↗ Hannah yes my would you please send me

12:42 ↗ the list and I'll get back to you

12:44 ↗ tomorrow resend me the list of course

12:48 ↗ thank you and I'll get back to you

12:49 ↗ tomorrow about what I'm going to do yeah

12:52 ↗ absolutely man are you trying to decide

12:54 ↗ thank

12:55 ↗ you I think they have that little

12:59 ↗ okay you guys can share sure um I was

13:01 ↗ going to say can I do maps yeah I can

13:05 ↗ probably tackle all free

13:08 ↗ yeah and then I will add with maps MCC

13:12 ↗ they also um run essential first oh okay

13:16 ↗ um Sobe we can have you okay awesome

13:18 ↗ maybe I can have you sure they're

13:20 ↗ different I mean well I'll see if it

13:22 ↗ works out um the same Ed for for they're

13:26 ↗ different organizations but um so that

13:29 ↗ might be an option for you to kind of

13:30 ↗ get two in one for that one great okay

13:33 ↗ per

13:36 ↗ thanks um and then I will add we are

13:38 ↗ anticipating new Commissioners coming in

13:40 ↗ may they will also have

13:42 ↗ the it'll be a great way to introduce

13:45 ↗ them to this work so introduce

13:47 ↗ [Music]

13:50 ↗ them there you let me know if Tom

13:52 ↗ tomorrow and of course you you know this

13:55 ↗ is very flexible you do have you're not

13:57 ↗ you don't have to be married to the one

13:59 ↗ that you say if something changes or you

14:01 ↗ were like oh I see this is advertised as

14:03 ↗ an event at you know one that wasn't on

14:05 ↗ my list I'm G to attend and I can

14:07 ↗ present at our commission um we are

14:09 ↗ happy to have those as well may I

14:12 ↗ suggest that we save like the isal food

14:14 ↗ bank for local

14:17 ↗ yeah let's discuss our field trips and

14:20 ↗ where we want to do so so my idea wasn't

14:23 ↗ tell me if this would work for your

14:24 ↗ schedules or if we need adjust it

14:25 ↗ differently I want to work within

14:27 ↗ business their business hour abely um so

14:30 ↗ I would imagine um so we start at 6:30

14:33 ↗ so we're going to have our regular

14:35 ↗ meetings and what I'd like to see is

14:36 ↗ what we is a 5:30 start where we will uh

14:40 ↗ we can meet here and then all walk

14:42 ↗ together true field trip status um to

14:45 ↗ the different organizations nearby um so

14:47 ↗ logistically that's what I was thinking

14:49 ↗ and then we just need to make sure that

14:50 ↗ we're done and back by 6:30 here to do a

14:53 ↗ regular meeting I will try to be mindful

14:55 ↗ of those planning and make it smaller

14:59 ↗ agenda item so maybe we can get done

15:01 ↗ sooner but we will still have a regular

15:03 ↗ meeting um so the ones that make sense

15:07 ↗ for us to do uh those field trips at

15:09 ↗ would be the garage right next door I

15:11 ↗ believe they're open at time they're

15:14 ↗ open until seven seven perfect um with

15:17 ↗ their youth services I think that would

15:19 ↗ be a great way we would for sure see it

15:22 ↗ in action um I'll work with their um

15:25 ↗ staff to make sure we're not like you

15:27 ↗ know invasive adults in the

15:30 ↗ space but um where it makes sense or or

15:33 ↗ maybe they'll have an opportunity for

15:34 ↗ the students to do some sort of

15:36 ↗ presentation for us I think they're we

15:37 ↗ can make this really fun so one day I'd

15:40 ↗ like to do the garage the other one I'd

15:41 ↗ like to do is the food bank ideally

15:44 ↗ during shopping hours right like see

15:46 ↗ them a little more in action with their

15:48 ↗ volunteers um and they're also I think

15:50 ↗ open until 7 um on so I would need to

15:53 ↗ make sure that yeah they're every other

15:55 ↗ week so and then the other one I think

15:58 ↗ would be really neat is the meals

15:59 ↗ program so that one is over by the fire

16:02 ↗ station it is a little more of a walk

16:05 ↗ but walking distance um where they have

16:08 ↗ um dinners um between 5 and 6 so we

16:11 ↗ could just kind of show up in towards

16:13 ↗ the end um so I can work with their site

16:15 ↗ leader on that

16:20 ↗ one I think it starts with an i I think

16:23 ↗ yeah isqua meals program know where is

16:26 ↗ the office for isqua Community Services

16:29 ↗ it's there it's there as well right but

16:32 ↗ they're not there in the evening are

16:33 ↗ they no okay yeah they're done

16:36 ↗ by okay yeah and you know they're they

16:39 ↗ don't even provide services on site no I

16:42 ↗ know it wouldn't be necessarily one

16:44 ↗ where we could see on site but they' be

16:45 ↗ a good one to maybe have like a

16:47 ↗ presentation at for them to show us more

16:49 ↗ about what to do yeah I don't see well

16:52 ↗ sorry try Catholic community services

16:55 ↗ yeah that I did see yep then it should

16:57 ↗ be e meals Brer there you go

16:59 ↗ um and then I think unless I'm totally

17:02 ↗ spacing and I think that's all that's

17:04 ↗ walking distance from right here that

17:07 ↗ sounds about

17:09 ↗ right so yeah so let's so Commissioners

17:12 ↗ we will not do your own we will make it

17:14 ↗ as a part of our a regular commission

17:17 ↗ meeting I'm going to try to wait until

17:18 ↗ it's a little warmer

17:20 ↗ evening so we might have a

17:23 ↗ few over

17:27 ↗ there come on we can

17:29 ↗ snowshoes I I like

17:32 ↗ it um those will not be offered

17:34 ↗ virtually though so um no that makes

17:36 ↗ sense if you need to be you to attend

17:39 ↗ you need to be that one in person and

17:40 ↗ then you certainly can attend go back

17:42 ↗ home and do this virtually or just keep

17:44 ↗ here like I said I'm going to try to

17:46 ↗ keep those meetings shorter that that

17:47 ↗ evening what about where's influence the

17:50 ↗ choice where's there um this I'm on the

17:53 ↗ board okay it's uh we don't have it's we

17:56 ↗ don't have a brick and Order got it

17:58 ↗ really great events throughout the year

18:00 ↗ though so you know what I I I don't

18:02 ↗ often blast your emails with this but

18:04 ↗ maybe I will try it a little bit better

18:06 ↗ this year is um when we have our

18:08 ↗ nonprofits having events that I think

18:10 ↗ would be a good way for to Showcase some

18:12 ↗ of the work they're doing I can forward

18:14 ↗ those for you and then what about the

18:16 ↗ why up in the

18:18 ↗ highlands oh well that's not it's not

18:20 ↗ walking it's not walking it's not

18:22 ↗ walking yeah but it could be a good one

18:24 ↗ to visit I mean we we they have like

18:29 ↗ commun like a community yes centered

18:32 ↗ area with offices and stuff like that

18:35 ↗ but

18:38 ↗ yeah um okay so it sounds to me I'll get

18:42 ↗ a few emails with folks preferences of

18:44 ↗ locations but I will so far add fuma

18:48 ↗ confirm maps mcrc with um Essentials

18:51 ↗ first most likely to be able to be both

18:53 ↗ at the same

18:54 ↗ time um so I work um on that

18:57 ↗ coordination

18:59 ↗ um and then meline and Luccia I'll also

19:02 ↗ work with you both and see what works

19:03 ↗ for your schedules B viw College eat

19:06 ↗ happy now um friends of Youth and just

19:09 ↗ curious um friends of Youth we've found

19:11 ↗ a couple of their programs they have a

19:13 ↗ local mental health here in isqua and

19:16 ↗ they also have a shelter over in um

19:19 ↗ Kirkland so I is there one of the

19:23 ↗ programs Marilyn that you would prefer

19:26 ↗ to I mean You' probably learn a little

19:27 ↗ bit about everything but for a site

19:29 ↗ visit you probably would need to decide

19:32 ↗ to do the and their office is pretty

19:35 ↗ small I actually haven't been to it so I

19:36 ↗ don't know theirs

19:38 ↗ yeah

19:40 ↗ uh I'd like to go to the Youth Shelter

19:43 ↗ yeah yeah yeah what's the hero house

19:47 ↗ where is

19:50 ↗ that and it's new it's really cool I'd

19:54 ↗ like to visit that hero house is new is

19:56 ↗ it I'm sorry hero house is new

19:59 ↗ facility oh right is it's called oh yeah

20:02 ↗ well or they building um their housing

20:04 ↗ program is new hero house they have a

20:06 ↗ new um housing program okay I'm I'm

20:08 ↗ talking about um Willows

20:11 ↗ Creek yeah friends of Youth uh shelter

20:15 ↗ yes it is brand new you you right Manny

20:18 ↗ you said um hero house yeah yeah

20:33 ↗ yeah I think it's a good place to start

20:35 ↗ start like I said we have all year um

20:38 ↗ and we can roll this into next year a

20:40 ↗ little bit

20:42 ↗ too now how do we find out about um you

20:45 ↗ know their visiting hours and and and uh

20:49 ↗ whether they're giving having something

20:51 ↗ going on is are we going to take that on

20:54 ↗ individually or as a great question so

20:57 ↗ to clarify I'm going to be the one to

21:00 ↗ initiate the conversation so my um so

21:03 ↗ you do not need to unless you feel very

21:05 ↗ comfortable to go out by yourself but I

21:07 ↗ will do a warm handoff email between you

21:10 ↗ and the executive directors since those

21:11 ↗ are my points of contacts that I work

21:13 ↗ with and I'll explain to them give them

21:15 ↗ the background information that this is

21:16 ↗ a commission this is who the commission

21:19 ↗ is and this is why we would like to do a

21:21 ↗ site visit um Can what would be the most

21:24 ↗ convenient for you and your

21:26 ↗ organization um could our commission uh

21:29 ↗ a commissioner do um a tour um and meet

21:33 ↗ some of your staff to learn about your

21:35 ↗ organization or is there a good event

21:37 ↗ for them to attend to learn about your

21:39 ↗ organization so I'll kind of put it in

21:41 ↗ in their um hands and then from there um

21:47 ↗ the most likely then I will expect you

21:49 ↗ guys to then continue because I don't

21:52 ↗ know I don't want to be in the

21:53 ↗ conversation of scheduling I don't know

21:55 ↗ your schedule or their schedule so then

21:57 ↗ that'll be on you then to take the

21:59 ↗ initiative to say okay let's schedule it

22:01 ↗ for this date and this time once we

22:03 ↗ receive direction from their Ed and I

22:06 ↗ would assume that we would send that

22:07 ↗ information to you so that you can put

22:09 ↗ out the information to the rest of the

22:11 ↗ commission says I'm going to Hero house

22:12 ↗ a certain certain day if you want to

22:13 ↗ join me you know type of thing yep yep

22:15 ↗ that's a great idea yeah I will just

22:17 ↗ always remind you no more than four or

22:20 ↗ three three three yes yes exactly um but

22:23 ↗ yeah you can have a buddy now I'll put a

22:26 ↗ plugin again I think I did it um last

22:28 ↗ month porch light I mean it's one of our

22:30 ↗ larger grants I think yes 20,000 and um

22:35 ↗ it's the men's shelter over there on

22:36 ↗ Eastgate I I have visited it and I think

22:39 ↗ it would be very interesting visit if

22:41 ↗ somebody wants to come over there did

22:43 ↗ they have is that did they have a

22:44 ↗ different name did they were they known

22:46 ↗ as a different that's for the homeless

22:48 ↗ okay I knew that thank you yeah so I'm

22:52 ↗ just yes I would love to visit the pride

22:54 ↗ across bridge too yeah we end up not no

22:59 ↗ we did fund them okay I'm working on

23:01 ↗ contracts right now I think the

23:02 ↗ challenge with that organization and

23:04 ↗ there are a few that will be like this

23:05 ↗ they actually don't have a site so um so

23:10 ↗ I they um it would have to be like they

23:14 ↗ come to ISAT to present so I think for

23:18 ↗ them they would be a really nice

23:19 ↗ organization to have um to present here

23:23 ↗ at the com

23:25 ↗ commission I oh they well we can I can

23:29 ↗ double check with their Ed but

23:33 ↗ um they I think they do some work at in

23:36 ↗ Capital Hill there is u a senior center

23:39 ↗ that they do some services at or a day

23:41 ↗ Center but they don't actually have a

23:43 ↗ facility a lot of their work is virtual

23:45 ↗ or out of their

23:47 ↗ house that is

23:50 ↗ virtual so yeah so there will be a few

23:54 ↗ organizations where it just won't be

23:55 ↗ possible to do a actual site visit

23:59 ↗ but but what I can do is I know they do

24:01 ↗ some events we'll do some in isqua and

24:03 ↗ some outside of isqua that would be how

24:06 ↗ you can learn more about those

24:09 ↗ organizations and the circle was also

24:11 ↗ one that had we had a lot of funds put

24:14 ↗ into

24:16 ↗ it they do a lot they give back a lot

24:19 ↗ they do a lot yeah I mean and their

24:22 ↗ contract is a lot more than what they

24:25 ↗ did even last cycle we're Contracting

24:27 ↗ them to do uh work with a lot of new

24:31 ↗ people so there's three service units

24:34 ↗ there's one Service Unit that is um

24:36 ↗ tracking how many new people U refugees

24:39 ↗ and immigrants are coming to isqua which

24:41 ↗ I think is a really helpful number to

24:43 ↗ know and track um how many folks are

24:46 ↗ helping with um uh navigation of

24:49 ↗ different systems um that's the biggest

24:51 ↗ thing that we're doing but I'm excited

24:52 ↗ to share that they're also providing

24:54 ↗ financial aid they provide um up to $500

24:58 ↗ for or um it could be for anything

25:01 ↗ ultimately for basic needs medical costs

25:03 ↗ Transportation cost moving costs um so

25:08 ↗ um it is I think well spent money that

25:12 ↗ is providing to the

25:15 ↗ community

25:16 ↗ yeah they're also a great organization

25:19 ↗ to they they will be doing a few events

25:21 ↗ here at the city this year um so that's

25:24 ↗ a great way to also learn more about

25:26 ↗ what they do

25:28 ↗ you can put me down for uh imagine

25:30 ↗ housing just because I was assigned to

25:32 ↗ the behavioral health on the last year

25:35 ↗ in terms of our grants and then um I

25:38 ↗ probably would like to check out friends

25:40 ↗ of Youth I think it's toing the total

25:43 ↗ from their Continuum of services for

25:45 ↗ housing and or behavioral healing it to

25:48 ↗ at 56,000 so yeah I think I'm looking at

25:51 ↗ both those agency that I de are you

25:54 ↗ interested in like their behavior he

25:56 ↗ like site or their sh maybe just

26:01 ↗ both just given how where mental health

26:04 ↗ is at and Behavioral Health you could

26:05 ↗ still at the top of the list with the

26:07 ↗ upcoming Governor so I see how we're

26:09 ↗ doing

26:10 ↗ locally and how we can kind of shape and

26:13 ↗ help and assist our community comes to

26:16 ↗ behavior helping yeah that's excellent

26:19 ↗ and imagine housing just so you're where

26:20 ↗ they have four units here in is um Rose

26:24 ↗ Crest is the largest one I will see what

26:27 ↗ see what makes the most sense for you

26:29 ↗ for this

26:35 ↗ purpose I might send a few emails before

26:38 ↗ I includ you in but I'll in when I

26:44 ↗ can do we mention porch light

26:48 ↗ word because porch light is the one that

26:50 ↗ was formerly congregations for the

26:52 ↗ homeless okay enhanced shelter program

26:57 ↗ and speaking of that did we um

27:00 ↗ anything come out of what we can do in

27:02 ↗ isqua that since we lost our

27:05 ↗ program oh um the emergency housing

27:08 ↗ program also on my update man you are on

27:14 ↗ fire yeah you know all the good

27:17 ↗ questions I'll wait till the end to ask

27:18 ↗ me

27:20 ↗ question good stuff coming

27:27 ↗ soon okay Commissioners this is exciting

27:30 ↗ uh a lot of coordination but I think a

27:33 ↗ lot of really neat information I mean to

27:36 ↗ be able to go to a nonprofit

27:37 ↗ organization and see the work that

27:39 ↗ they're doing and see where this money

27:41 ↗ is how it's changing lives of folks is

27:44 ↗ going to be really impactful so I love

27:46 ↗ this off cycle year to to Really spend

27:49 ↗ time diving deeper into these

27:51 ↗ organizations and um seeing seeing your

27:55 ↗ decisions um you know in what

27:58 ↗ so very excited for that I'd also like

28:01 ↗ to mention that I think we have to be

28:02 ↗ very careful of making sure that since

28:04 ↗ we're are in this location that we don't

28:08 ↗ overemphasize local y people right that

28:12 ↗ we actually make an effort to go someone

28:14 ↗ who's not walking distance yes yes

28:18 ↗ exactly yeah I that's a very good

28:22 ↗ point but um in to make everything

28:25 ↗ everyone to have a similar opportunity

28:28 ↗ un to present to the commission they

28:31 ↗ will all be given the opportunity to to

28:33 ↗ virtually or in person do a presentation

28:36 ↗ um that will report on an overview of

28:39 ↗ their organization a programs

28:41 ↗ description and then what what I'm

28:43 ↗ looking for is kind of that specific

28:45 ↗ what's their program doing in Isa um how

28:48 ↗ how are they moving the needle here um

28:50 ↗ and then just we' like to know their

28:52 ↗ highlights and challenges that they're

28:53 ↗ seeing right now in the

28:55 ↗ community um and then like I discussed

28:57 ↗ there's going to the additional

28:58 ↗ opportunities for

29:01 ↗ um for us to work with other um Eide

29:05 ↗ commissions um to join those panels that

29:08 ↗ could be something we can all attend

29:09 ↗ that can be something maybe just a

29:10 ↗ couple attend and then report back um so

29:13 ↗ you can see I think this year we're

29:14 ↗ going to be looking at a lot of kind of

29:17 ↗ in reporting to each other of hey this

29:20 ↗ is what I'm seeing in the community and

29:22 ↗ um so I'm really excited about more of

29:23 ↗ that kind of discussion feel and for you

29:26 ↗ all to have an opportunity to lead some

29:27 ↗ of these meetings

29:29 ↗ so cool I would say too um and I know

29:34 ↗ last time we visited a few of the our

29:38 ↗ agencies um we did kind of like a I say

29:41 ↗ presentation we something we be

29:44 ↗ interested to kind of do like a

29:45 ↗ follow-up Hees what I learned from the

29:47 ↗ agency one two three I know that we did

29:48 ↗ that last time kind of in a an informal

29:51 ↗ way I don't know if we get up to that

29:53 ↗ yeah I would love that so after you so

29:56 ↗ let's say after after this meeting the

29:58 ↗ next week or so you visit one of your

30:00 ↗ organizations the next commission

30:02 ↗ meeting um I think it' be for agenda

30:05 ↗ purposes it would be

30:06 ↗ helpful to know beforehand so I can add

30:09 ↗ it to our agenda so oh absolutely yeah

30:12 ↗ yeah so that way I make sure we have

30:14 ↗ scheduled time for each commissioner who

30:16 ↗ did a site visit to present um I would

30:20 ↗ hope for five to 10 minutes and

30:22 ↗ opportunities for some Q&A but kind of

30:24 ↗ the what you'll want to present to the

30:27 ↗ rest of the Comm mission is just kind of

30:30 ↗ um explaining what was your experience

30:32 ↗ like how did you interact with this um

30:34 ↗ organization what was the site tour like

30:37 ↗ what was it logistically like for you um

30:40 ↗ explain if there's a few things that you

30:42 ↗ can kind of the main key points of like

30:44 ↗ their programs what was their facilities

30:46 ↗ like um what were staff like what was

30:49 ↗ their Impressions I think would be

30:52 ↗ helpful and then just like reporting

30:54 ↗ some of some key takeaways from me what

30:56 ↗ you learned about um the type of

30:59 ↗ services they do or the different

31:00 ↗ challenges that they have so anything

31:03 ↗ that like if you didn't get to go but

31:06 ↗ the other commissioner go what would you

31:07 ↗ want to know about that right so well

31:11 ↗ you if you're keeping the schedule and

31:14 ↗ you tell them and we know when things

31:17 ↗ are happening you'll know basically that

31:20 ↗ okay you went Thursday so our next

31:22 ↗ meeting is here and you are you going to

31:23 ↗ present or not right yeah yeah and the

31:26 ↗ expectation will be unless you're not

31:28 ↗ there that you will be prep prepared to

31:31 ↗ do a presentation and it is very lowkey

31:33 ↗ I mean you don't have to do a PowerPoint

31:34 ↗ or anything like that it's just just

31:36 ↗ being prepared to share your experience

31:38 ↗ welome we do one yeah Manny go

31:41 ↗ ahead anybody can be what's

31:45 ↗ the

31:47 ↗ exactly so um yeah so we will please

31:51 ↗ please attend and then please share out

31:53 ↗ is is for sure the expectation of that

31:57 ↗ that would be super help

32:00 ↗ well thank you Hannah we have what um B

32:03 ↗ Human Services Division update all right

32:06 ↗ well Manny really queued us up for a lot

32:08 ↗ of the things that I I'm GNA be talking

32:10 ↗ about tonight so let me share my screen

32:12 ↗ here um with our handy dandy

32:18 ↗ presentation

32:21 ↗ okay okay myy can you see that on your

32:24 ↗ side too

32:28 ↗ you muted more thumbs up thumbs down

32:31 ↗ you're so

32:33 ↗ muted yep still

32:37 ↗ muted well can you hear

32:42 ↗ us Preston hi

32:46 ↗ Preston Preston can you see it okay on

32:48 ↗ your end and yeah I can see it wonderful

32:52 ↗ Mari sorry you were muted this whole

32:54 ↗ time

33:06 ↗ um I think you can ask to un mute yeah

33:10 ↗ let me

33:15 ↗ see I can't unmute you from

33:19 ↗ here or are you just having some issues

33:31 ↗ okay well raise your hand raise your

33:36 ↗ hand or wave at us if you need to say

33:38 ↗ something in the meeting we'll figure

33:39 ↗ out the mute

33:43 ↗ thing okay more are you okay if I move

33:48 ↗ on or do you need to say

33:51 ↗ something use the chat feature that's

33:53 ↗ what I was going to wondering if you

33:55 ↗ wanted to use the you can type it my

33:58 ↗ can we chat with him tell him do thumbs

34:01 ↗ up see does he can hear us can you hear

34:04 ↗ us see thumbs up if you can hear

34:08 ↗ us oh he may not be able to hear us

34:12 ↗ huh he was able

34:16 ↗ to I will chat with

34:19 ↗ you because he's

34:25 ↗ unverified oh yeah like he had to go on

34:27 ↗ his phone okay somehow oh there you go

34:31 ↗ that's good okay there's too many of me

34:35 ↗ oh we love two Mor

34:38 ↗ wonderful

34:41 ↗ okay went back to

34:43 ↗ mute I think you muted we got twins this

34:47 ↗ is kind of cool what's better than one

34:50 ↗ more why not two more let just dou all

34:53 ↗ right let us know if you need anything

34:55 ↗ more we're gonna keep moving forward

34:59 ↗ all right Commissioners so this evening

35:01 ↗ I'm excited to present on um some

35:03 ↗ updates in regards to our Human

35:06 ↗ Services uh Division I have four main

35:09 ↗ topics that we're going to talk about

35:11 ↗ the first one Being Human Services

35:12 ↗ Commission recruitment um so just want

35:15 ↗ to share where we're currently at and

35:17 ↗ what next steps look like I also want to

35:19 ↗ provide a Human Services Grants update

35:21 ↗ so we're working on Contracting some

35:24 ↗ very exciting news with that I will

35:26 ↗ share and then of course we have our

35:28 ↗ other programs Behavioral Health and

35:30 ↗ homeless Outreach team we have some

35:32 ↗ updates there and then our emergency

35:35 ↗ housing program so Mar you got two out

35:36 ↗ of four nice stuff good job okay so on

35:40 ↗ the screen here um this is what I wanted

35:43 ↗ to do tonight was provide a visual of

35:45 ↗ where we're at currently with our

35:47 ↗ membership and then what next cycle is

35:49 ↗ going to look like um so on the left

35:52 ↗ here we have the current regular members

35:54 ↗ so we have two 2025 members meline and

35:57 ↗ Trish your terms are ending this year

35:59 ↗ which means gold

36:01 ↗ [Laughter]

36:05 ↗ watches um so you two have the option to

36:08 ↗ either not renew um your your term or

36:11 ↗ you can

36:13 ↗ reapply um and uh we have a few other

36:16 ↗ term options that you can consider so

36:18 ↗ you do not need to share anything this

36:19 ↗ evening um but um I will need you to

36:22 ↗ know probably in the next few months

36:23 ↗ what your thoughts are again we'd love

36:25 ↗ to have you continue um but you can

36:27 ↗ decide what's best for you in your

36:28 ↗ schedule um you said they either not or

36:32 ↗ they have to reapply technically reapply

36:35 ↗ yes we have to interview too right yes

36:38 ↗ it's a very casual

36:40 ↗ interview we can discuss that but per

36:43 ↗ policy that is the truth yes um and then

36:47 ↗ uh Manny and myy you both will move to

36:50 ↗ um the

36:51 ↗ 20126 hie you're still at the 2027 we

36:54 ↗ have a 2027 vacant position still

36:58 ↗ yeah Huma you are good until 2028 you

37:01 ↗ got some time with us um that gives us

37:04 ↗ two new positions in for 2029 regular

37:07 ↗ positions um and then lucrecia has been

37:10 ↗ acting in as the regular position we

37:13 ↗ just didn't have the the official the

37:15 ↗ timing didn't work out for her the

37:17 ↗ official move um so I will talk to

37:19 ↗ lucasia about moving into one of the um

37:22 ↗ Regular positions either the 2027 or

37:25 ↗ 2029 so um and then press you are

37:27 ↗ officially our youth advisory member but

37:31 ↗ uh we hope to still see you um for next

37:33 ↗ term but if something changes please let

37:35 ↗ us know but we do not want you to leave

37:37 ↗ so you're on for next yes I will be

37:41 ↗ staying no pressure but yes we're gonna

37:45 ↗ get you a vot too

37:48 ↗ there um so really what I wanted to do

37:51 ↗ here on the right side for next cycle is

37:52 ↗ I really wanted to highlight we've got a

37:54 ↗ lot of vacant positions we already have

37:56 ↗ two right now now I'm hoping we don't

37:59 ↗ have two that we don't need to fill um

38:01 ↗ because mine chish will want to be able

38:03 ↗ to continue but if not that's four

38:05 ↗ positions that we need to consider um

38:08 ↗ and so I wanted to provide a timeline

38:11 ↗ because it's actually coming a lot

38:12 ↗ sooner than you think um so open

38:15 ↗ recruitment so the time when

38:17 ↗ applications will open is the end of

38:19 ↗ January that's soon um and they have

38:22 ↗ until um the end of February um to apply

38:27 ↗ and then I will be conducting interviews

38:29 ↗ come mid-march and we need to provide

38:32 ↗ recommendations um by the end of March

38:34 ↗ the mayor then takes that to a city

38:36 ↗ council um to be appointed and

38:39 ↗ officially voted in May 1st is when new

38:42 ↗ Commissioners start their term um April

38:45 ↗ um is the end of the term for 2025 uh

38:49 ↗ members um so with that in mind I would

38:52 ↗ just ask for you to all consider helping

38:55 ↗ us out in the recruitment if there's

38:56 ↗ anybody your neighborhood um anybody

38:59 ↗ that you work with any other residents

39:01 ↗ that you feel like would be interested

39:03 ↗ in the work that we do um i' be happy to

39:06 ↗ talk to folks before they apply and just

39:08 ↗ let them know what the commitment level

39:10 ↗ is and the work that we do and kind of

39:13 ↗ what their impact can be for our

39:14 ↗ community be happy to discuss with

39:16 ↗ people but I just want to kind of put it

39:19 ↗ back on the table to current

39:20 ↗ Commissioners to consider um helping us

39:23 ↗ out in recruitment if there's anybody

39:24 ↗ that you can think of to join us on this

39:27 ↗ amazing

39:28 ↗ team so any questions

39:31 ↗ about recruitment or comments or

39:34 ↗ anything like

39:37 ↗ that is uh this the same time schedule

39:42 ↗ as new

39:44 ↗ mayor um so the new

39:47 ↗ um uh mayor Paulie is going to be here

39:51 ↗ until no it's not the same time I think

39:54 ↗ she has another year until it's a oh

39:56 ↗ okay yeah you know the time frame I

39:58 ↗ don't know exactly what the DAT is yeah

40:01 ↗ Year

40:03 ↗ sorry calendar year or yeah I think it's

40:07 ↗ that's you I wasn't a Citizens

40:10 ↗ commissioner I it was in terms of open

40:12 ↗ recruitment you know do we have like a

40:14 ↗ flyer brochure we can hand to people or

40:17 ↗ just you know I there's like the word of

40:18 ↗ mouth but I think also like present a

40:21 ↗ visual um think we'll kind of go long

40:25 ↗ ways of here's what a commission does

40:28 ↗ a function of it there's so much we do

40:31 ↗ in terms of like the activism around it

40:34 ↗ but I think it'd be great to have some

40:35 ↗ sort of like hey here like the why it's

40:37 ↗ important to sering the community make

40:39 ↗ and kind of impact the decisions around

40:41 ↗ that yeah um you know if we a document

40:44 ↗ it's a great idea I like this you would

40:47 ↗ want specific for Human Services right

40:49 ↗ yeah I don't I'm not aware that any of

40:51 ↗ the boards or commissions have that it's

40:53 ↗ kind of there's some resources available

40:56 ↗ in the city of this website aren't there

40:58 ↗ yeah you have to know where to look

41:00 ↗ though about oh yeah

41:05 ↗ websitee i' love to see a QR code that

41:08 ↗ actually you hand says if you're

41:10 ↗ interested go here and it has all that

41:12 ↗ information instead of having that

41:14 ↗ information on something where you just

41:16 ↗ have a QR carde and takes it right to it

41:18 ↗ well and I will say and you all can

41:20 ↗ attest to this or not but I mean a lot

41:22 ↗ of folks residents are thinking okay how

41:24 ↗ do I get involved oh I'll join a border

41:26 ↗ commission they go online they start the

41:28 ↗ application then it's checkbox First

41:30 ↗ Choice second choice oh what who's Human

41:32 ↗ Services what do they do what does the

41:33 ↗ equity board do what does planning

41:35 ↗ policy do so I think it's it's a little

41:38 ↗ bit you get people first who are

41:40 ↗ interested in doing a commission board

41:42 ↗ and then you get the second piece of it

41:44 ↗ is oh Human Services sounds interesting

41:48 ↗ um but that's a really good idea and I

41:49 ↗ we to take it it's like a Next Step

41:52 ↗ especially for our situation we have

41:54 ↗ quite a few positions we need to fill

41:56 ↗ I'm saying that as we you know I'm

41:57 ↗ trying to you know 2 two our field

42:00 ↗ visits when we go out to the community

42:02 ↗ or agencies you know also say here's why

42:05 ↗ commissions are important I think it

42:06 ↗ would kind of do you know that also that

42:08 ↗ advocacy as well yeah um and you I still

42:12 ↗ find that people think they mix Human

42:14 ↗ Services with human resources oh

42:19 ↗ no yeah yeah oh yeah that's a truth we

42:21 ↗ see it a few times so is there a

42:24 ↗ resource where it's all in one place

42:26 ↗ where he says okay these are the

42:27 ↗ commissions available and click here and

42:30 ↗ it takes you to the definition of it and

42:32 ↗ what it yeah is and because what it

42:35 ↗ would do is it would I think a link is

42:38 ↗ says Human Services Commission takes us

42:40 ↗ to our website you know it's it's a very

42:42 ↗ big um description it's not very like

42:45 ↗ in-depth clear maybe we need a new name

42:48 ↗ yeah so nobody thinks it's HR oh wow

42:51 ↗ yeah well I me like go further I think

42:54 ↗ it's even like um there's so and so

42:57 ↗ here's Trish if you want to learn about

42:59 ↗ Human Service someone that's on the

43:00 ↗ board you know what I'm saying I think a

43:03 ↗ way to connect I mean I mean I think

43:05 ↗ that'd be like a Next Step versus just

43:07 ↗ go on the website say hey here's uh

43:09 ↗ commissioner Manny if you want to learn

43:10 ↗ more about it um can give you know it's

43:12 ↗ more it's more work for us but I think

43:13 ↗ it's good work to

43:16 ↗ say's phone

43:19 ↗ number than Abol no that's a great idea

43:23 ↗ um I would even love to consider like

43:25 ↗ taking it to the next level with our te

43:28 ↗ um Communications team maybe they

43:30 ↗ already do this but they do some great

43:32 ↗ like um social media clips about it and

43:35 ↗ stuff it'd be really great to um

43:37 ↗ interview Commissioners for that in

43:39 ↗ promotion for the

43:41 ↗ recruitment yeah

43:43 ↗ exactly even follow us on one of the

43:46 ↗ visits oh yeah true join us for a visit

43:50 ↗ hey that's actually not a b

43:52 ↗ idea I volunteer to make the clip

43:57 ↗ that' be great volunte do the clip

44:00 ↗ yeah um I was surprised the last go

44:04 ↗ around how few people um applied yeah we

44:07 ↗ did not have yeah and then there was an

44:09 ↗ overabundance of people for Equity yes

44:12 ↗ and in some ways it's about the name

44:16 ↗ yeah I agree I I think people don't

44:19 ↗ realize how adjacent to the equity

44:21 ↗ commission this is or how much it

44:22 ↗ overlaps yeah and I always talk to that

44:26 ↗ staffle who does the interviews because

44:28 ↗ usually they have like maybe one

44:30 ↗ position and 10 applications and I

44:33 ↗ always say hey if you see somebody who's

44:36 ↗ not going to get the position but you

44:37 ↗ think would be a good fit and you know

44:39 ↗ please will you put a note in for Human

44:42 ↗ Services so I will do that also this

44:45 ↗ year um but yeah historically we really

44:49 ↗ actually do not receive too many

44:51 ↗ applications um for

44:58 ↗ yeah boards and commissions oh there's a

45:03 ↗ specific on the city Side it says

45:05 ↗ applied to planning policy commission

45:07 ↗ that's the only one that has a special

45:09 ↗ exactly so so there's a per our policy

45:12 ↗ we only have open Recruitment and um

45:16 ↗ appointments um certain times but you

45:18 ↗ can have special recruitment if a like

45:21 ↗ board is desperate and they need some so

45:23 ↗ that's our situation with our planning

45:25 ↗ and policy um community

45:27 ↗ I believe they meet twice a month so

45:29 ↗ it's a pretty heavier commitment so

45:31 ↗ hence um kind of the challenge of

45:34 ↗ getting I see Commissioners for

45:38 ↗ that um yes so if you have anybody in

45:41 ↗ mind again please feel free to pass my

45:43 ↗ name and number out um but please um

45:46 ↗ encourage you all to help with the

45:48 ↗ Recruitment and I'll work on kind of

45:49 ↗ some maybe like a brochure or email you

45:52 ↗ could just forward to somebody with more

45:54 ↗ details about this commission this card

45:57 ↗ yeah yeah yeah exactly make it official

45:59 ↗ can people be on more than one

46:01 ↗ commission that's a good question um in

46:05 ↗ the old old days they used to be and

46:07 ↗ that might have been prior to miror poly

46:10 ↗ okay I mean I'm just or is it like

46:13 ↗ considered like commission

46:17 ↗ hogging know like somebody has more

46:19 ↗ status in the community so they get to

46:21 ↗ hog all the commissions or may po wants

46:23 ↗ to spread out the opportunity I mean I

46:25 ↗ think yeah yeah uh but I mean if I'm not

46:29 ↗ talking I'm talking about a neighbor of

46:31 ↗ mine who I believe is on the economic

46:33 ↗ Vitality commission who I think would be

46:34 ↗ a good fit here I don't know if that's

46:36 ↗ allowed yeah that's a good question I'll

46:38 ↗ have to look into I mean and um and you

46:42 ↗ know like if we don't get enough

46:43 ↗ applicants yeah sure yeah I don't see

46:47 ↗ then if somebody wants to be on it but

46:49 ↗ happens to be on another yeah yeah yeah

46:52 ↗ now there's also difference between

46:53 ↗ commission and board right no

46:55 ↗ technically not I don't well they're

46:58 ↗ just different names is all I understand

47:01 ↗ okay what's your you went through the

47:02 ↗ process of making a board so what's your

47:06 ↗ understanding

47:08 ↗ you're no I see your point though

47:10 ↗ because on on the city site it says

47:13 ↗ boards and commissions I don't know what

47:15 ↗ the actual difference is Wally the city

47:17 ↗ administrator told me there's no

47:18 ↗ difference that's what I thought that's

47:20 ↗ why I was wondering if you can be on a

47:22 ↗ board and a commission this is run like

47:24 ↗ a board like procedures are just like

47:27 ↗ board yeah yeah yeah sometimes I just

47:29 ↗ think it's how the name flows like Arts

47:33 ↗ commission instead of art board yeah

47:36 ↗ that's true so it's the Earth's

47:37 ↗ commission so I think part of that is

47:40 ↗ how the name

47:41 ↗ flows interesting that Mak sense I

47:44 ↗ thought we went through a definition of

47:45 ↗ this at one time where I'm sure had a

47:47 ↗ definition of what a board did and what

47:49 ↗ a commission did yeah and they pretty

47:53 ↗ much join together but yeah I think I I

47:57 ↗ don't um I don't think there's a

47:59 ↗ difference I can look into that well I I

48:00 ↗ do think you know anybody that doesn't

48:02 ↗ know that might be interested you know

48:05 ↗ that wants to apply they might wonder

48:06 ↗ what's the difference between a board

48:08 ↗ and a a fa question yeah yeah on

48:13 ↗ it all right so everyone's homework will

48:15 ↗ be to see if you have a friend or

48:18 ↗ neighbor or anybody and to talk to them

48:20 ↗ about all the amazing work you do here

48:22 ↗ see if they're interested excellent so

48:24 ↗ yeah like I said that's going to be here

48:25 ↗ before we know it so I'll keep reminding

48:27 ↗ folks on as we get

48:29 ↗ closer um okay so moving forward um want

48:32 ↗ to talk about our Human Services

48:34 ↗ contracts there's two pieces that I want

48:36 ↗ to discuss it's just an update of where

48:37 ↗ we're at and the Contracting piece of it

48:40 ↗ and then something new that we're doing

48:41 ↗ this year that's official we've talked

48:43 ↗ about briefly in um but I want to go in

48:47 ↗ a little more depth in regards to

48:48 ↗ Advanced payments so um first off

48:51 ↗ updates on our contracts where we are in

48:53 ↗ the process we have 42 programs that

48:55 ↗ means 42 contra contract so a contract

48:58 ↗ is a binding agreement with the city of

49:00 ↗ isqua with what we call a scope of work

49:03 ↗ the scope of work is stating um taking

49:05 ↗ information from their application of

49:08 ↗ what their program does and what we are

49:10 ↗ doing in negotiation is talking about

49:13 ↗ how are you going to serve our city how

49:15 ↗ many residents are you going to serve

49:17 ↗ and what will your Service Unit numbers

49:19 ↗ and service units look like service

49:21 ↗ units is varies depending on the

49:25 ↗ organization um but it's how we measure

49:28 ↗ um outcomes it's how we measure um

49:31 ↗ outputs for our city and we what we

49:33 ↗ determine invoicing on so the contract

49:36 ↗ is saying I'm going to serve 100

49:39 ↗ residents with you know 50 service units

49:43 ↗ that could look like um bed nights if

49:45 ↗ you're a shelter it could be case

49:46 ↗ management hours if you're doing case

49:48 ↗ management appointments um it could be

49:51 ↗ food um items if you're doing food

49:54 ↗ services so you all of the application

49:56 ↗ saw the various different um items but

49:59 ↗ that's um that's what we work with it

50:01 ↗ takes a lot of coordinating it takes a

50:03 ↗ lot of coordinating with other cities as

50:05 ↗ well who um so if an organization is

50:07 ↗ funded not just by isqua usually there's

50:10 ↗ other Belle um Redmond samamish other

50:14 ↗ cities that we're working with as well

50:16 ↗ um here we have two um types of

50:19 ↗ contracts one is what we call pooled

50:21 ↗ contract versus a non-pooled

50:23 ↗ um this is May been brought up in the

50:26 ↗ previous year but um the pool contract

50:28 ↗ is an interlocal agreement with the city

50:30 ↗ of Kirkland um this is where basically

50:33 ↗ they hold the contract and in their

50:36 ↗ contract um and why I bring it up

50:38 ↗ tonight is that they are also offering

50:40 ↗ Advanced payment and I will go more

50:42 ↗ details about that here next slide um

50:45 ↗ and then the other organizations we work

50:47 ↗ with them directly um and so really the

50:51 ↗ intention of these contracts is for

50:53 ↗ invoicing um but also one of the things

50:55 ↗ we look at is uh outcomes so at the end

50:58 ↗ of the year they provide um like

51:01 ↗ outcomes and that's the main negotiating

51:03 ↗ that we're doing is you know hey food

51:06 ↗ bank or hey organization we want to know

51:08 ↗ how are you changing the needle like

51:10 ↗ what are you most proud about in your

51:12 ↗ organization that shows the impact that

51:14 ↗ you're doing what would say wow this was

51:16 ↗ a success um and so we really be

51:19 ↗ intentional about that um when we do

51:21 ↗ those

51:23 ↗ contracts um so the big thing for us

51:25 ↗ that we're working with and we are still

51:27 ↗ finalizing with um legal at this point

51:29 ↗ but we'll have this done shortly is what

51:31 ↗ we call Advanced payments um so

51:33 ↗ typically and historically we are a

51:36 ↗ reimbursement model which means that you

51:39 ↗ have to prove to us you already did the

51:41 ↗ work oh and then we'll pay you so often

51:44 ↗ organizations are starting the work in

51:46 ↗ January but they do not see their first

51:48 ↗ check from the city of isqua until end

51:50 ↗ of April that's a long time especially

51:52 ↗ for a grassroot organization or an

51:54 ↗ organization who's providing financial

51:56 ↗ aid direct irly to our residents and may

51:58 ↗ not have quite that cash flow and so um

52:01 ↗ this has been in the works for over two

52:03 ↗ years um this is a very Monumental

52:06 ↗ moment for the city of isqua and for

52:09 ↗ Human Services on the east side to be

52:11 ↗ able to offer this conversations with

52:14 ↗ nonprofits started a year ago we have

52:16 ↗ council members who've been advocating

52:18 ↗ for this um so we're really excited to

52:20 ↗ be able to offer It ultimately it just

52:23 ↗ changes their payment schedule um they

52:26 ↗ are still required to meet the contract

52:28 ↗ scope of work requirements um but

52:31 ↗ payment will scheduling will look

52:32 ↗ differently so they will receive two

52:34 ↗ payments per year um we are still

52:37 ↗ monitoring though um their service units

52:39 ↗ and making sure they do meet that um so

52:43 ↗ uh very excited to offer that I will add

52:46 ↗ um we were one of my co-workers from

52:48 ↗ Redmond was in a leadership meeting and

52:51 ↗ made a comment about Advanced payments

52:52 ↗ that we're able to all offer to leaders

52:55 ↗ in SE Seattle and they were just

52:57 ↗ astounded that we were able to get how'

52:59 ↗ you get legal to agree to this like how

53:01 ↗ do we how you get through those bylaws

53:04 ↗ and stuff so I'm what I foresee and what

53:06 ↗ I'm hoping with this is that we're we're

53:09 ↗ we're going to be the start of something

53:12 ↗ really big um we are it's a little bit

53:14 ↗ of a guinea pig this year trying to

53:16 ↗ figure out exactly how it works does it

53:18 ↗ work um but if it does and we can be

53:21 ↗ show success out of it I think we could

53:23 ↗ see other cities following suits so big

53:25 ↗ change and really does impact our

53:27 ↗ nonprofits quite

53:29 ↗ significantly very exciting for

53:32 ↗ that okay so our behavioral Heth and

53:36 ↗ homeless Outreach team so a couple just

53:38 ↗ High Lev um updates so first off I want

53:41 ↗ to provide some sapping update we've

53:43 ↗ gone through a few changes um apologies

53:45 ↗ for not having a formal introduction in

53:46 ↗ the beginning when we first started but

53:48 ↗ this is Brenda Parker here she's our

53:50 ↗ human services manager um started in

53:54 ↗ November I forgot yeah November yes um

53:59 ↗ and so um Brenda here um stepped into um

54:04 ↗ the role um after our previous manager

54:06 ↗ Monica Nilla left um and then you all

54:10 ↗ kind of heard about some of our uh

54:12 ↗ City's budget changing that did have

54:15 ↗ some city cuts one of that did include

54:17 ↗ one of our positions not um so sorry

54:20 ↗ Brenda was our previous Behavioral

54:22 ↗ Health supervisor um so with um the

54:25 ↗ changes we did not back fill that

54:27 ↗ position so our team previously had a

54:29 ↗ human services manager a human services

54:33 ↗ coordinator um a behavioral health

54:35 ↗ supervisor and then three coordinators

54:37 ↗ we now just have three coordinators our

54:40 ↗ manager and I am now our senior human

54:43 ↗ services

54:44 ↗ coordinator congratulations thank

54:48 ↗ you great

54:51 ↗ so uh ultimately I do the same role it

54:54 ↗ just is a better reflection of the level

54:56 ↗ work that I'm doing so much much

54:58 ↗ appreciated of that support from the

55:00 ↗ city name

55:02 ↗ same

55:05 ↗ yes so um most notable for the

55:09 ↗ behavioral health is they really they

55:10 ↗ went from four so we have quite some

55:13 ↗ history with this it's very been influx

55:16 ↗ over every single year it's changed so

55:18 ↗ we started off in 2021 with one Behavior

55:20 ↗ Health coordinator we moved to two

55:22 ↗ Behavior Health coordinators in 2022 and

55:25 ↗ then um in 2023 um is when we had guess

55:30 ↗ I guess

55:31 ↗ 2024 January 2024 we added four Behavior

55:35 ↗ Health coordinators one of them being

55:37 ↗ the uh supervisor and that also provided

55:40 ↗ direct service so we went from four

55:42 ↗ direct service providers so we are down

55:44 ↗ technically a direct um uh coordinator

55:49 ↗ so um so yes so with that that's our

55:52 ↗ staffing update um our referral sources

55:55 ↗ is right thisr has started since 2021 uh

55:58 ↗ we are a fairly well oiled machine in

56:01 ↗ this we've got our systems down we are

56:03 ↗ always improving always growing and

56:05 ↗ learning um but we have our main

56:07 ↗ referral sources come from for our

56:09 ↗ Behavioral Health side is with our

56:10 ↗ Police Department so this can look like

56:13 ↗ co-response it could look like followup

56:15 ↗ or different referrals we also respond

56:18 ↗ to um homeless um referrals as well um

56:22 ↗ that could be internal departments

56:24 ↗ probably one of our largest uh referral

56:25 ↗ source that we have for that it could be

56:27 ↗ just residents sending us emails it can

56:30 ↗ be other Community Partners that we work

56:32 ↗ with um but uh we respond to that if

56:36 ↗ you're familiar with um C click fix

56:39 ↗ anybody's use that one so if you see

56:41 ↗ pothole or something like

56:43 ↗ that yes need some help over here we

56:46 ↗ want a few referrals that way as well um

56:50 ↗ so that's pretty streamlined

56:52 ↗ now um just want to share a few um

56:55 ↗ highlights

56:57 ↗ um from our program um so um if you are

57:00 ↗ interested um so we see this as one

57:02 ↗ program but we report on our dashboard

57:05 ↗ just homeless um Outreach and so we have

57:09 ↗ information on our dashboard for how

57:11 ↗ many um participants are served

57:13 ↗ permanently

57:14 ↗ housed um who how many contacts we've

57:17 ↗ had each month so we update that online

57:20 ↗ um so that's a helpful resource to have

57:23 ↗ um I would say some of our our

57:25 ↗ highlights here is just some of our

57:26 ↗ Community Partners we worked we really

57:28 ↗ solidified our relationship with our

57:30 ↗ Police Department um Eide fire rescue we

57:32 ↗ work with on a uh monthly and multiple

57:35 ↗ bases um we work really closely with our

57:37 ↗ park ranger um here at the city um and

57:40 ↗ then a huge shout out to our isqua food

57:41 ↗ and clothing bank um we I feel like

57:44 ↗ we're there daily um and work closely

57:46 ↗ with their staff they're a wonderful

57:48 ↗ resource for our team and we work um

57:50 ↗ well with them um for different uh

57:54 ↗ residents um and then one of the things

57:56 ↗ I you know Brenda's talked about with

57:58 ↗ our team I've heard our director talk

58:01 ↗ about this but um this you know our

58:05 ↗ homeless Outreach team our Behavioral

58:06 ↗ Health Team and our coordinators I mean

58:08 ↗ you can tell there's a real heart behind

58:10 ↗ it right this is not about oh we got to

58:12 ↗ clean up the city and we don't want any

58:14 ↗ you know visible encampments or

58:16 ↗ homelessness that's really not the heart

58:17 ↗ or the purpose of this um program we are

58:22 ↗ our coordinators are have a huge

58:24 ↗ compassion heart they're trained in that

58:26 ↗ deescalation and um motivational

58:29 ↗ interviewing and how to um how to work

58:32 ↗ with folks folks in crisis um and and

58:35 ↗ really the the depth of um our residents

58:38 ↗ that we know we know them well um it

58:40 ↗ takes many many touch points to be able

58:43 ↗ for them to accept a service um for them

58:46 ↗ to build that kind of trust so really um

58:51 ↗ proud of our team just to seeing um that

58:54 ↗ commitment um and that heart to

58:56 ↗ so um huge shout out to our team and the

59:00 ↗ work that they do um and so with this

59:03 ↗ kind of work though obviously comes a

59:05 ↗ lot of challenges this is not easy work

59:08 ↗ um there's some lack of resources and

59:11 ↗ it's really hard to work with somebody

59:13 ↗ who has no

59:14 ↗ motivation um does not want to accept

59:16 ↗ services that is what we're seeing a lot

59:18 ↗ here in so far um folks who uh who are

59:23 ↗ just content with where they're at um

59:25 ↗ and they don't want to move they don't

59:27 ↗ want to change they don't want to move

59:28 ↗ into a house and so how how do you work

59:31 ↗ with somebody who's not willing to

59:33 ↗ accept potential resources and on the FP

59:36 ↗ side the resources are very limited uh

59:38 ↗ we don't have any shelters in is um and

59:43 ↗ the shelters that we do have in our

59:45 ↗ neighbor cities are usually at capacity

59:47 ↗ it's really hard to find um beds for

59:50 ↗ people who are even willing to

59:52 ↗ take um and then we are also dealing

59:55 ↗ people with people have been homeless

59:56 ↗ for years decades even and so um to make

59:59 ↗ those changes as hard we're dealing with

1:00:01 ↗ some um mental health we're doing

1:00:03 ↗ substance use so it changes some safety

1:00:06 ↗ approaches and and how we and how we

1:00:09 ↗ approach and provide services to do so

1:00:13 ↗ um yeah so really great team uh a lot of

1:00:18 ↗ great work happening in the city with

1:00:20 ↗ that um anything I don't mean to put you

1:00:23 ↗ on the slot Brenda but anything you'd

1:00:24 ↗ want to add no the only thing and I

1:00:26 ↗ guess is the doing all of that we're

1:00:29 ↗ also doing it with budget cuts and so

1:00:31 ↗ we're seeing some changes you know not

1:00:33 ↗ not just with staff but some of the

1:00:34 ↗ programs across the city so uh I think

1:00:37 ↗ it'll be a challenging couple of years

1:00:40 ↗ but I think everyone is like she said

1:00:42 ↗ it's a wonderful team everyone's ready

1:00:44 ↗ to go but it's going to be difficult

1:00:47 ↗ couple

1:00:52 ↗ years okay and then the last update here

1:00:54 ↗ is our emergency house program okay so

1:00:58 ↗ just this was has it was a shortlived

1:01:01 ↗ program so let me just kind of rewind a

1:01:02 ↗ little bit and recap um so this was

1:01:06 ↗ really a a very impressive program that

1:01:09 ↗ came out of the city um that was really

1:01:12 ↗ in response to uh what we were seeing in

1:01:14 ↗ our homeless Outreach team um is that

1:01:17 ↗ there's no shelters in isqua um people

1:01:20 ↗ who are homeless in isqua do not want to

1:01:23 ↗ leave isqua there is a unique um sense

1:01:25 ↗ of said this is my home this is where

1:01:27 ↗ I'm from or this is like where I'm

1:01:28 ↗ comfortable with I'm I'm not going to

1:01:29 ↗ leave I'm not going to go to Belle or

1:01:32 ↗ squi um and so we wanted to find a place

1:01:35 ↗ to um to house and and shelter people uh

1:01:40 ↗ we grew close relationships with Motel 6

1:01:43 ↗ and we were able to move forward with um

1:01:46 ↗ with a program um we did put out what we

1:01:49 ↗ call RFP so we were hoping to find a

1:01:51 ↗ service provider to run this program we

1:01:53 ↗ were not successful with that so we

1:01:55 ↗ brought it in house and we started this

1:01:57 ↗ program in July of

1:01:59 ↗ 2023 um this program had 10 rooms um for

1:02:03 ↗ residents one of there was an additional

1:02:05 ↗ one that was uh used for our Police

1:02:07 ↗ Department so often they would run into

1:02:10 ↗ people in the middle of the night who

1:02:11 ↗ were in crisis or needed a place to stay

1:02:13 ↗ but everything's closed at that time and

1:02:16 ↗ so to have that um as an option for them

1:02:18 ↗ was a huge resource so we had a

1:02:21 ↗ designated room for for them and then we

1:02:23 ↗ had one of the offices um we had um

1:02:27 ↗ approval to move and funding to move

1:02:29 ↗ forward with this program it looked all

1:02:31 ↗ good and then Motel 6 came to us early

1:02:34 ↗ summer of 2024 and said sorry it's not

1:02:38 ↗ you it's us we can't do this they were

1:02:41 ↗ going through their own legal and um own

1:02:43 ↗ little situation where they had to close

1:02:45 ↗ down the program so unrelated to our

1:02:47 ↗ program um and the outcomes of that it

1:02:50 ↗ got shut down of August

1:02:52 ↗ 2024 um those residents um we tried Tri

1:02:56 ↗ very hard before it ended to get into

1:02:57 ↗ some sort of stable or permanent housing

1:02:59 ↗ that's the whole goal of that program um

1:03:03 ↗ and some of them uh found temporary

1:03:06 ↗ options some of them went unfortunately

1:03:08 ↗ back onto the streets we continue

1:03:09 ↗ Services as much as we can I am happy to

1:03:12 ↗ share that just yesterday somebody who

1:03:15 ↗ who has been um a long time resident of

1:03:18 ↗ isqua and unhoused here um who was a

1:03:22 ↗ part of the ehp program was just house

1:03:25 ↗ we just moved him in yesterday and I

1:03:28 ↗ mean those success stories I mean that

1:03:31 ↗ keeps you going the whole time right

1:03:32 ↗ there's so many um challenges or

1:03:36 ↗ unsuccessful moments um so to hit that

1:03:38 ↗ moment to be able to help him move in

1:03:41 ↗ and get them a bag of groceries and a

1:03:42 ↗ little flower for his place it was it

1:03:44 ↗ was really exciting so where did you

1:03:46 ↗ move him into great question it was all

1:03:48 ↗ the way in Seattle where

1:03:51 ↗ Seattle so um yeah we're very limited on

1:03:54 ↗ affordable housing um and uh it is very

1:03:57 ↗ challenging to get into the system to

1:04:00 ↗ get low income housing and so when it

1:04:02 ↗ comes up you really just need to take it

1:04:06 ↗ um at least to get your foot in the door

1:04:08 ↗ and then see you know other other things

1:04:10 ↗ you can able to get him a voucher um

1:04:13 ↗ yeah he was part of a program he's he's

1:04:16 ↗ in a program where they have case

1:04:17 ↗ management and and so I don't know if

1:04:20 ↗ it's the same as a voucher program but

1:04:21 ↗ he'll be there for two years I think is

1:04:24 ↗ Al

1:04:26 ↗ you know no okay okay

1:04:31 ↗ yeah haven't seen

1:04:34 ↗ around so we celebrate any and they were

1:04:37 ↗ willing to leave us very big deal yeah

1:04:41 ↗ well um yeah sorry go ahead is the CL

1:04:46 ↗ oh oh yes is there any other funding

1:04:50 ↗ coming in to assist us uh to assist the

1:04:53 ↗ city from an outside source

1:04:56 ↗ uh to um take care of that housing for

1:04:59 ↗ the

1:05:00 ↗ housing so maybe we could have say uh a

1:05:03 ↗ lower a lower rent place that really we

1:05:07 ↗ the city can't afford to do but with

1:05:10 ↗ additional monies they could get they

1:05:11 ↗ could get that um yeah great question so

1:05:15 ↗ we have what we call 1590 fund so it's a

1:05:17 ↗ specific tax that we have that has to go

1:05:20 ↗ towards affordable housing and the

1:05:21 ↗ housing Continuum that's where our

1:05:24 ↗ funding comes from in ehp program

1:05:26 ↗ because it's a part of the

1:05:28 ↗ Continuum um and so I wouldn't call it

1:05:30 ↗ outside money um but it is that

1:05:34 ↗ is yeah it's and it's intended and the

1:05:38 ↗ goal is for that to be used for

1:05:39 ↗ infrastructure for affordable housing um

1:05:43 ↗ So that obviously takes permitting years

1:05:45 ↗ of planning and we are in the works of

1:05:47 ↗ that right now as a city

1:05:50 ↗ okay thank you Hannah yeah great

1:05:53 ↗ question thank you well I I was I was

1:05:55 ↗ just going to mention because I

1:05:56 ↗ volunteer is Community Services I think

1:05:59 ↗ it was your lovely partner um she was

1:06:01 ↗ able to place somebody on the

1:06:06 ↗ peninsula yeah somebody from

1:06:10 ↗ isaa yeah yeah yeah it it is a common

1:06:13 ↗ theme it's not ideal situation but it is

1:06:16 ↗ the world that we are in right now um

1:06:19 ↗ most folks do not move that we work with

1:06:21 ↗ in Isa Do not find housing in Isa um and

1:06:25 ↗ there's just not affordable options

1:06:28 ↗ there's not affordable or Supportive

1:06:30 ↗ Housing we're very limited on that and

1:06:32 ↗ so commonly we see them move either you

1:06:35 ↗ know neighboring cities not too far

1:06:37 ↗ still different um but yes then you'll

1:06:39 ↗ sometimes see people really move far so

1:06:43 ↗ we really tailor it to that person and

1:06:45 ↗ their needs and their you know Comfort

1:06:48 ↗ level I think for me it's um is there

1:06:52 ↗ movement around having a partner similar

1:06:54 ↗ to mul six

1:06:56 ↗ to you know I I live in this community

1:06:58 ↗ I've been here for you know plus 15

1:07:00 ↗ years and and to say you know we're

1:07:03 ↗ moving kid or kids

1:07:07 ↗ I of just standing tall like we're going

1:07:10 ↗ to house our own I think you know I

1:07:13 ↗ think there's something to that I think

1:07:17 ↗ um it it I know we were sending folks to

1:07:21 ↗ other communities but I think sometimes

1:07:23 ↗ that doesn't resonate with my heart is

1:07:25 ↗ if they're coming here they should have

1:07:27 ↗ the chance to say hey we have an

1:07:28 ↗ opportunity for you to stay and hows

1:07:31 ↗ with opportunities to thrive within our

1:07:32 ↗ community I mean that's all within our

1:07:34 ↗ Mission Vision

1:07:35 ↗ Values um and that that would be my take

1:07:39 ↗ is you know how do we create

1:07:41 ↗ movement to you know Advocate as a board

1:07:44 ↗ as a commission talking about two

1:07:46 ↗ differences of just ways you know um I'm

1:07:49 ↗ thinking about immigrant refugees and

1:07:52 ↗ with the new Administration coming in is

1:07:55 ↗ um um you know it's it's close to my

1:07:57 ↗ heart and how do we you know provide

1:08:01 ↗ housing to those

1:08:04 ↗ populations it's can I just speak to

1:08:06 ↗ that for a

1:08:07 ↗ moment I think it's it's definitely on

1:08:10 ↗ my heart too hie and so I'm in right now

1:08:13 ↗ just kind of learning all the moving

1:08:15 ↗ pieces and trying to see if we can pull

1:08:17 ↗ all of those moving pieces together and

1:08:18 ↗ get something going so I think the

1:08:20 ↗ interest is there um I think we have

1:08:23 ↗ some money but I think it's just

1:08:25 ↗ figuring out what's going to stick and

1:08:28 ↗ is is that another pilot program is it

1:08:30 ↗ something more I I don't know what the

1:08:32 ↗ answer is but I know that there's a lot

1:08:34 ↗ of conversation and a lot of reaching

1:08:35 ↗ out to people to make something happen

1:08:38 ↗ so it may not be we may not see

1:08:40 ↗ something come to fruition this year but

1:08:43 ↗ I would hope in the next two years we

1:08:44 ↗ have a solid plan and uh moving forward

1:08:47 ↗ and we may be coming and asking for that

1:08:49 ↗ support so I think of I used to work in

1:08:52 ↗ the criminal side in juvenile and it was

1:08:54 ↗ like the whole idea out said of mind

1:08:56 ↗ yeah we going become a back I'm like

1:08:58 ↗ that that's the that's the true work is

1:09:00 ↗ saying hey you belong here we want to

1:09:03 ↗ Value you and we're going to find ways

1:09:05 ↗ to have you here with with your family I

1:09:07 ↗ think there's something to that you know

1:09:09 ↗ in terms of you know where we stand and

1:09:12 ↗ um I would be more than happy to

1:09:14 ↗ advocate for such yeah and I do think we

1:09:17 ↗ should track I I we will track the

1:09:20 ↗ number of people who leave who like

1:09:22 ↗ yesterday we we have him placed we have

1:09:24 ↗ him in this place but how long will he

1:09:26 ↗ stay there right I don't know I I don't

1:09:30 ↗ know but I would definitely want to

1:09:31 ↗ cheack those members and see how long

1:09:33 ↗ people take before they come back and

1:09:35 ↗ are even willing to come back and live

1:09:37 ↗ on the streets so they can be here there

1:09:39 ↗ was a study you know I'm on the on the P

1:09:41 ↗ education now and uh we're the second

1:09:44 ↗ relocation for all the folks coming in

1:09:46 ↗ so they say someone goes to New York

1:09:48 ↗ their second relocation is Washington

1:09:50 ↗ state if they go to California the

1:09:52 ↗ second relocation is Washington state so

1:09:54 ↗ there's influx of folks coming in and is

1:09:57 ↗ just just keeping that a macro level is

1:09:59 ↗ just how we want to be as a community

1:10:02 ↗ when it comes to thousand all diverse

1:10:05 ↗ fols it's something that's you know

1:10:07 ↗ point of my

1:10:10 ↗ heart oh yeah just you know

1:10:12 ↗ infrastructure changes so much money so

1:10:14 ↗ much imagination and so much time I see

1:10:17 ↗ lots of land that just constantly say

1:10:20 ↗ notice a proposed land use action and

1:10:23 ↗ I'm like

1:10:26 ↗ again totally uneducated about the

1:10:28 ↗ processes but is there a way for us to

1:10:32 ↗ build such housing for the future yes

1:10:34 ↗ and and um by law we need to we are

1:10:38 ↗ required to Washington so like the new

1:10:40 ↗ developers must be required to have some

1:10:42 ↗ okay yeah and and our city planning is

1:10:44 ↗ working really hard to try to change our

1:10:46 ↗ coding and policies to make it more

1:10:48 ↗ desirable to have developers do that um

1:10:52 ↗ and so that is in big conversations that

1:10:55 ↗ is very much outside of Human Services

1:10:57 ↗ that is in our devel Planning and

1:11:00 ↗ Development yeah but like what I I'm

1:11:03 ↗ thinking more yes to that but needs

1:11:05 ↗ multipronged approach obviously because

1:11:06 ↗ there a huge influx of people coming um

1:11:10 ↗ in instead of relying on mot Motel 6

1:11:14 ↗ could we actually just build a city

1:11:16 ↗ facility that but you know what do I

1:11:19 ↗ know about the funding yeah yeah whether

1:11:21 ↗ it requires a public Vote or I don't

1:11:24 ↗ know yeah yeah a lot to it but I see

1:11:28 ↗ construction and you know plots of land

1:11:30 ↗ or old houses waiting for wrecking balls

1:11:32 ↗ and I just like well who is it for who

1:11:35 ↗ is it for and who are we serving right

1:11:39 ↗ exactly I think it's also three prong

1:11:41 ↗ where you have the actual um people that

1:11:44 ↗ actually need it you have the

1:11:46 ↗ contractors and you also have the public

1:11:49 ↗ mindset that needs to also be in that

1:11:52 ↗ mod right where you know you don't want

1:11:55 ↗ the not in my backyard type of the

1:11:58 ↗ criminalization yeah right so um you

1:12:02 ↗ don't just have to fix the non well I

1:12:06 ↗ guess the physical place of home but you

1:12:09 ↗ have to have to fix um the mindset of

1:12:12 ↗ those in the the culture

1:12:16 ↗ yes to be the planning policy you know

1:12:21 ↗ commission well that's my thing is like

1:12:24 ↗ there's got to be that were the

1:12:26 ↗ infrastructure to grow I'm just like wow

1:12:28 ↗ this is you know because we're growing

1:12:30 ↗ in a way but there's folks are I don't

1:12:32 ↗ know what the the process on that but I

1:12:34 ↗ feel like there's some of that as well

1:12:36 ↗ yeah good point um little bit off topic

1:12:39 ↗ but on topic my husband uh was in the

1:12:42 ↗ hospital last week and his the guy

1:12:44 ↗ performing his heart ultrasound um said

1:12:48 ↗ you know in the greater isqua area all

1:12:50 ↗ the way up to Maple Valley there's about

1:12:53 ↗ 9,000 homes about plan uh are that are

1:12:56 ↗ planned to be built and they're all

1:12:57 ↗ owned by one guy in Texas so the

1:13:00 ↗ communities are going to get nothing

1:13:01 ↗ back for this um so again it's just begs

1:13:05 ↗ the question of like who and who is it

1:13:08 ↗ serving like who is it serving is it are

1:13:11 ↗ these even members of our community who

1:13:13 ↗ get to build and profit did you say

1:13:16 ↗ they're all owned by one person in Texas

1:13:18 ↗ one guy in Texas according to him I have

1:13:20 ↗ not back but right uh it would not

1:13:22 ↗ surprise me because developers and

1:13:24 ↗ development and you know it's getting

1:13:26 ↗ more and more Consolidated yes it is

1:13:29 ↗ fewer people own more

1:13:32 ↗ property

1:13:34 ↗ yeah there was Ken bearing that's that

1:13:37 ↗ did the uh the highlands and uh and uh

1:13:41 ↗ what is it Miramax or mirabo

1:13:47 ↗ or yeah that was the that was the guy

1:13:49 ↗ that owned the Seahawks and that was

1:13:51 ↗ part of his deal he would buy the team

1:13:54 ↗ if he was allowed to those kind of deals

1:13:56 ↗ and and uh you know that's what

1:13:58 ↗ developed all that stuff so that's not

1:14:00 ↗ really an unusual thing so I was just

1:14:04 ↗ like can one postage stamp just be

1:14:07 ↗ developed into a multi-story building

1:14:09 ↗ where we can do such things like just

1:14:11 ↗ one and the rest can be for the

1:14:12 ↗ developers but like just one can we have

1:14:14 ↗ it for the city and what's the process

1:14:16 ↗ like and what will it take yeah well I'm

1:14:19 ↗ happy to report that in our Human

1:14:22 ↗ Services strategic plan as well as our

1:14:24 ↗ city comprehensive plan uh we have in

1:14:28 ↗ their what it's a similar model to like

1:14:30 ↗ the together Center the together Center

1:14:33 ↗ has

1:14:34 ↗ nonprofits um down below the first floor

1:14:37 ↗ and then above it is affordable housing

1:14:39 ↗ and so that is something that uh we are

1:14:41 ↗ trying to put things in place so we can

1:14:43 ↗ build towards that um it just it takes

1:14:47 ↗ takes time um but you know what makes it

1:14:50 ↗ go faster is your voices you know what I

1:14:52 ↗ mean making them known um the city

1:14:55 ↗ is the city employees really work for

1:14:58 ↗ you all for the residents right and so

1:15:01 ↗ you get to say what you want and and

1:15:03 ↗ really as a city we are we want to

1:15:07 ↗ listen to that we want to try to adhere

1:15:09 ↗ to that as much as we can so your voices

1:15:12 ↗ matter so as opportunities arise I will

1:15:16 ↗ point you all in an if there's

1:15:17 ↗ opportunities to um advocate for that I

1:15:20 ↗ think that would be wonderful and would

1:15:21 ↗ appreciate that the advocacy one more

1:15:24 ↗ thought on that is also in isqu

1:15:27 ↗ housing it's not very afford one so what

1:15:30 ↗ is lowi income housing in itself right I

1:15:34 ↗ mean right it's compar to you know so

1:15:39 ↗ you know when you're talking

1:15:41 ↗ about low income to somebody may not be

1:15:44 ↗ low yeah that's where we go back to just

1:15:46 ↗ the Ami like there's a King County um

1:15:50 ↗ inome yeah the income like medium range

1:15:53 ↗ so there's there's stuff in place to

1:15:55 ↗ guide us in that am I correct that the

1:15:59 ↗ to eventually when that's put in place

1:16:01 ↗ that's the transit oriented development

1:16:04 ↗ will that it are there plans for

1:16:07 ↗ affordable housing in that you know I do

1:16:10 ↗ not know do you I think I just met with

1:16:13 ↗ Jen but I can't remember for sure what

1:16:14 ↗ she said about that but I think that

1:16:16 ↗ there might be something in the works

1:16:17 ↗ for that but it's not anything imminent

1:16:21 ↗ be a while not anything imminent yeah

1:16:24 ↗ yeah according to history to be right on

1:16:26 ↗ top of the

1:16:28 ↗ TR and it's certainly not going to be

1:16:30 ↗ for our homeless people you know even

1:16:33 ↗ though it is Affordable I don't think

1:16:34 ↗ homeless people are going to be able to

1:16:36 ↗ afford any kind of lowincome housing

1:16:39 ↗ it's you know they need more assistance

1:16:41 ↗ than that right yeah yeah yeah we need

1:16:44 ↗ to put folks who are coming out of

1:16:46 ↗ homelessness into Supportive Housing I

1:16:48 ↗ feel like they to have

1:16:53 ↗ that so really good points great

1:16:56 ↗ conversation in regards to housing it is

1:16:58 ↗ something that Human Services we have a

1:17:00 ↗ voice in and we going to be part of kind

1:17:02 ↗ of that one of the prongs into that

1:17:04 ↗ solution um so we are having

1:17:07 ↗ conversations and we'll see how we can

1:17:08 ↗ continue to support that right now our

1:17:11 ↗ focus on that housing Continuum is to

1:17:13 ↗ figure out and what is another emergency

1:17:16 ↗ housing option so that's where we

1:17:17 ↗ currently are at is we're doing a lot of

1:17:19 ↗ research of what is it going to look

1:17:21 ↗ like in the future for us we have

1:17:23 ↗ funding for it we have support for it

1:17:26 ↗ but do we have um the Partnerships for

1:17:28 ↗ it do we have the infrastructure for it

1:17:30 ↗ in isqua where can we do this at and

1:17:33 ↗ that would um provide this a similar

1:17:36 ↗ type of program and we also have to

1:17:39 ↗ decide what's the best service model um

1:17:41 ↗ how do we want to approach that so lots

1:17:44 ↗ of conversations happening a lot of

1:17:45 ↗ research happening as well and we'll see

1:17:48 ↗ kind of where this lands um but this is

1:17:52 ↗ a pretty lofty project so I commend

1:17:54 ↗ Brenda and and our team working on that

1:17:57 ↗ right now to see where this lands so

1:17:59 ↗ we'll keep you posted on it um so the

1:18:02 ↗ update is really there's no

1:18:05 ↗ real well you also know that you know

1:18:08 ↗ bring that up here and basically

1:18:10 ↗ preaching to the choir here this why

1:18:11 ↗ we're here so um getting that

1:18:15 ↗ information out and getting that

1:18:16 ↗ heartfelt um need to for others is

1:18:21 ↗ probably not not needed the build is

1:18:24 ↗ needed here it's it's out elsewhere that

1:18:27 ↗ needs to be done yeah that's a good

1:18:29 ↗ point I said because that did happen to

1:18:31 ↗ me in my place was I had a random person

1:18:34 ↗ looking for housing options and we were

1:18:37 ↗ talking law enforcement and we had send

1:18:39 ↗ them out to sow kwami on there and it's

1:18:42 ↗ unfortunate I was like well we should

1:18:44 ↗ have some sort of transition I think it

1:18:45 ↗ would ease up on crisis ease up on law

1:18:48 ↗ enforcement the mul 6 program speaks to

1:18:50 ↗ that and so here I am we know trying to

1:18:53 ↗ give this person some money to go out to

1:18:55 ↗ snoww actually one of my neighbors did

1:18:57 ↗ um so it was one of those things like

1:18:58 ↗ you know we're better than that you know

1:19:00 ↗ so I think for me it just resonates of

1:19:02 ↗ just you know where where I live you

1:19:05 ↗ know it's like I want to be able to say

1:19:06 ↗ hey here's opportunities to you know um

1:19:09 ↗ so that's just my personal take on a

1:19:12 ↗ recent example

1:19:14 ↗ yeah more power to

1:19:17 ↗ you all righty last slide here um just

1:19:20 ↗ kind of our next steps what we're

1:19:21 ↗ looking for us for commission um and the

1:19:24 ↗ work that we're doing doing so I am

1:19:26 ↗ right now receiving we call them annual

1:19:28 ↗ reports for demographics and for

1:19:29 ↗ outcomes from uh 2024 so um next time I

1:19:33 ↗ hope to provide uh just kind of a

1:19:35 ↗ summary of um what happened in 2024 with

1:19:38 ↗ our nonprofit organization so contracts

1:19:40 ↗ have ended um and uh we'll we'll see

1:19:45 ↗ what came out of that um and then also

1:19:48 ↗ um our Human Services strategic plan

1:19:49 ↗ we're um we're past the halfway point

1:19:52 ↗ but we do annual checkin where we with

1:19:55 ↗ um the Strategic actions what are some

1:19:57 ↗ highlights that are happening um so I

1:19:59 ↗ want to also provide an update to you

1:20:01 ↗ all over to that those service that

1:20:04 ↗ provided they've been paid

1:20:07 ↗ for oh for uh 2024 yeah yes they have

1:20:10 ↗ been paid especially

1:20:15 ↗ those okay okay concludes my

1:20:20 ↗ rep all right we're GNA thanks so much

1:20:22 ↗ Hannah thanks so much Brenda um we're

1:20:24 ↗ going to be moving forward to number

1:20:26 ↗ five uh

1:20:28 ↗ reports uh any reports from I don't have

1:20:31 ↗ any reports in terms of chair how about

1:20:33 ↗ the vice chair

1:20:35 ↗ Manny um no not at this

1:20:39 ↗ time uh and from the Commissioners

1:20:41 ↗ anybody that any wants to update to the

1:20:43 ↗ to the group reports

1:20:50 ↗ relevant all right uh then we have

1:20:53 ↗ Preston our youth report you have

1:20:54 ↗ anything you want to speak to

1:20:58 ↗ Preston um yeah just a couple updates on

1:21:00 ↗ a few um different IAB events so for

1:21:03 ↗ some recently completed events that we

1:21:05 ↗ did we had our career and resume

1:21:07 ↗ planning for high schoolers we also had

1:21:09 ↗ um our second annual isqua hackathon

1:21:12 ↗ event where we invited different um

1:21:15 ↗ techsavvy teens around so we could host

1:21:17 ↗ a competition for them and then we also

1:21:19 ↗ did our Middle School dodgeball

1:21:21 ↗ tournament all the way back in November

1:21:23 ↗ December

1:21:25 ↗ for things that we have planned we have

1:21:26 ↗ our um Harry Potter night which is for

1:21:29 ↗ elementary schoolers it's just like a

1:21:31 ↗ fun event and then we're also planning a

1:21:33 ↗ flag football for more middle school

1:21:35 ↗ high schoolers and then in recent news

1:21:38 ↗ our Leadership Council went to the isqua

1:21:41 ↗ Parks and Recreation so we then we could

1:21:44 ↗ um send our plan for the isqua kids

1:21:47 ↗ triathlon last year they weren't able um

1:21:49 ↗ they were unable to host it but this

1:21:52 ↗ year we were able to have them approve

1:21:54 ↗ our plan so we're hoping to host it

1:21:56 ↗ either June 1st or the 8th of June so

1:22:00 ↗ like right when school comes out is or

1:22:02 ↗ right when around that area and um I

1:22:05 ↗ think that's it for me can you tell me a

1:22:08 ↗ bit more about Harry Potter night and

1:22:11 ↗ are kindergarteners for Harry Potter

1:22:13 ↗ night can kindergarteners come too and

1:22:15 ↗ what does it

1:22:16 ↗ involve um I'm not a part of that

1:22:20 ↗ committee but I believe it's just middle

1:22:22 ↗ um Elementary schooler so I definitely

1:22:24 ↗ think

1:22:25 ↗ it's possible for events we just do a

1:22:27 ↗ ton of different Harry Potter themed

1:22:29 ↗ events so we have like potion making

1:22:31 ↗ which is just like creating slime um we

1:22:34 ↗ have like butter beer which is just like

1:22:37 ↗ butterscotch and ice cream and just

1:22:39 ↗ another like really just like arts and

1:22:41 ↗ crafts and fun stuff like that where can

1:22:43 ↗ I find more

1:22:45 ↗ information um it is in like a couple

1:22:47 ↗ months and if you look at like the

1:22:50 ↗ official

1:22:51 ↗ isqua Facebook Instagram like account I

1:22:55 ↗ think we should have like a sign up up

1:22:56 ↗ there okay thank you I'd love to do

1:22:59 ↗ something with that I got bunch of

1:23:01 ↗ little Twigs I can put a little um Ruby

1:23:05 ↗ thing

1:23:08 ↗ on for one of

1:23:11 ↗ the March 7th March 7th March 7th this

1:23:15 ↗ is on the visit isqua w.com visit is

1:23:19 ↗ awesome yeah ages seven to 11 7 to 11 oh

1:23:25 ↗ fake

1:23:27 ↗ [Laughter]

1:23:30 ↗ ID

1:23:32 ↗ cute well well thank you so much

1:23:35 ↗ Preston uh we have staff report from

1:23:38 ↗ Hannah Bren anything you all want to

1:23:40 ↗ report on staff update yeah I have one

1:23:42 ↗ update it's not officially written on a

1:23:44 ↗ staff memo but I want to share with you

1:23:46 ↗ all um we are going as a city with our

1:23:49 ↗ budget cuts we are seeing a little bit

1:23:51 ↗ changes with our cultural events so we

1:23:53 ↗ had five culture events in the previous

1:23:56 ↗ years were human services partnered with

1:23:57 ↗ Community Partners to have this um we

1:24:00 ↗ are in transition year but we are trying

1:24:03 ↗ to still find ways to offer um that

1:24:06 ↗ space for our nonprofits but we just

1:24:08 ↗ don't have funding for it so we um

1:24:12 ↗ that's been a big part of my role and a

1:24:13 ↗ big part of you know giving back to the

1:24:16 ↗ community um I'll provide some more

1:24:17 ↗ updates on that officially but um we are

1:24:20 ↗ looking like we will move forward with

1:24:21 ↗ um a few of the events throughout the

1:24:23 ↗ year one of them being uh Black History

1:24:26 ↗ Month we are able to partner with um

1:24:29 ↗ isqua Highland Council um and um if you

1:24:32 ↗ all attended last year we had from Onyx

1:24:35 ↗ they had a um a museum walk through in

1:24:39 ↗ our community center so that is going to

1:24:42 ↗ be a similar um but it's going to be up

1:24:44 ↗ in uh Blakeley Hall um partnering with

1:24:47 ↗ isqua Highlands and they did an art

1:24:49 ↗ thing too was that last year is that two

1:24:50 ↗ years ago uh last year

1:24:55 ↗ yeah um yes so that'll be there and then

1:24:58 ↗ I think so once we have like the

1:25:00 ↗ official flyers and St you'll see some

1:25:02 ↗ emails with a little more details but

1:25:03 ↗ just want to put that on your radar

1:25:05 ↗ February um and that um that is it for

1:25:09 ↗ my staff report B knows there anything

1:25:11 ↗ no any updates

1:25:14 ↗ great all right we have business or

1:25:17 ↗ announcements I don't have any

1:25:19 ↗ announcements does the group have any

1:25:21 ↗ announcements Murray commission Mur

1:25:23 ↗ Preston

1:25:25 ↗ any announcements to the

1:25:28 ↗ group all right well meeting a journ

1:25:31 ↗ it's uh 802 802 January 15 our next

1:25:36 ↗ meeting will be February

1:25:39 ↗ 1925 thank you so much thank you

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Council / Members (8)

Jaime Fajardo

Trish Bloor

Manny Brown

Maury Edwards

Madeline Fish

Huma Mohibullah

Lucrecia Choto, absent

Preston Miele, virtual attendance

Staff (2)

Hannah Roberts, Sr. Human Services Coordinator

Brenda Parker, Human Services Manager

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Commissioner EDWARDS motioned to approve the minutes of December 18,
Commissioner BLOOR seconded the motion with the proposed edits.
Commissioner FISH motioned to adopt the 2025 Human Services Workplan.
Commissioner MOHIBULLAH seconded the motion.
There being no proposed edits, the workplan was approved by unanimous consent.