Human Services Commission · Wednesday, April 15, 2026 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of March 18, 2026

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 03-18-26 Human Services Commission Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH Human Services Commission 6:30 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. March 18, 2026 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

4. AGENDA ITEMS

2027-2028 Human Services Grant Application Summary and Review Process (D)

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2027-2028 Human Services Grants- Application Summary and Review Process APRIL 15, 2026 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING

5. REPORTS

Chair and Commissioner Reports

Topics: Boards & Commissions

Youth Report

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City Council Regular Meeting - May 18 2026 Proclamation in Appreciation of Barbara de Michele

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2260 segments

0:04 ↗ All right, good evening. Welcome to the

0:06 ↗ Human Services Commission. Um, it is

0:08 ↗ April 15th, uh, 6:35.

0:12 ↗ Uh, we'll get started. Um, I'm going to

0:16 ↗ go down the order here in terms of

0:17 ↗ cultural order. We have a few folks

0:19 ↗ going to be excused.

0:21 ↗ Um, yes, we have uh Manny Brown, Maline

0:25 ↗ Fish, and Huma Moabula who will be

0:29 ↗ excuse assets tonight.

0:32 ↗ >> That perfect. Um,

0:36 ↗ and then we're going to have public

0:39 ↗ comments today. We have a few folks

0:40 ↗ coming in from the community. If you can

0:43 ↗ kind of

0:44 ↗ >> Yeah. So, well, I'm going to invite

0:46 ↗ first um we have Suma Mandol. Hope I

0:50 ↗ said that correctly from sound

0:51 ↗ generation. Um if you're joining us

0:54 ↗ online, um folks here for public

0:56 ↗ comment, this is just a friendly

0:57 ↗ reminder that we have a five minute max

1:00 ↗ um as you're getting close. I'll give

1:02 ↗ you a kind of a just a just a 30 second

1:04 ↗ kind of holler at you um that you are

1:08 ↗ wrapping up and then um we can't

1:10 ↗ necessarily interact. It's not a Q&A,

1:12 ↗ just more of you sharing um what your

1:14 ↗ public comment is. Oh, thank you all for

1:15 ↗ joining us tonight for the commission.

1:18 ↗ Um so Suma please um proceed as when you

1:21 ↗ are ready.

1:23 ↗ >> Yeah. Um good evening everyone. Uh my

1:26 ↗ name is Suma Model and um I'm from Sound

1:30 ↗ Generations. My pronouns she her. So

1:32 ↗ just to give a little bit of background

1:34 ↗ for sound generations. It was founded in

1:37 ↗ 1967 to bring together older adults and

1:40 ↗ provide services, activities and

1:43 ↗ support. Food security is one of the

1:46 ↗ primary pillars of sound generations and

1:49 ↗ um also we provide multiaceted approach

1:52 ↗ to supporting older adults. So the

1:54 ↗ program that I represent the program

1:58 ↗ director as a program director is

2:00 ↗ community dining and uh which was

2:03 ↗ officially added as a program in 1972.

2:06 ↗ So we have um over 50 years of

2:09 ↗ experience providing meals to older

2:11 ↗ adults in congregate dining settings. Um

2:15 ↗ our program addresses mal malnutrition

2:18 ↗ and isolation, two of the largest

2:21 ↗ challenges faced by older adults. We

2:23 ↗ serve hot, fresh, culturally relevant

2:26 ↗ and nutritious meals in group settings.

2:29 ↗ Um, the program currently operates at 27

2:32 ↗ partner sites throughout King County,

2:35 ↗ serving close to 7,000 older adults and

2:38 ↗ allowing us to better reach diverse

2:40 ↗ communities and tailor services to meet

2:43 ↗ the unique community needs. On average,

2:46 ↗ each location serves meals and um,

2:49 ↗ ranging from 20 to 70 meals daily

2:53 ↗ totaling uh, 14,000 meals every month.

2:56 ↗ Our partnership with Isakqua Senior

2:59 ↗ Center began last year and on average

3:02 ↗ about 25 older adults visit our program

3:05 ↗ during the service day of the week. In

3:08 ↗ 20 uh 2025 we recorded um 199

3:12 ↗ unduplicated visitors dining at the

3:15 ↗ center. One big change since the

3:17 ↗ provider transfer happened last year is

3:20 ↗ that um the site and the participants

3:23 ↗ have the opportunity to choose their own

3:25 ↗ menu guided by our registered

3:28 ↗ dieticians.

3:30 ↗ Meals are cooked usually at the site by

3:35 ↗ chefs or we also call them site

3:37 ↗ coordinators with the support of

3:39 ↗ volunteers who help with the prep work,

3:42 ↗ plating the meals and serving. Meals are

3:45 ↗ prepared from scratch using fresh whole

3:48 ↗ ingredients with menus provided approved

3:51 ↗ by a team of registered dieticians to

3:54 ↗ ensure that they meet the daily

3:56 ↗ nutrition recommendations. We serve

3:59 ↗ diverse population by partnering with

4:01 ↗ senior centers and community- based

4:03 ↗ organizations that offer culturally

4:06 ↗ appropriate environments and connections

4:09 ↗ as well as a wide variety of cuisine

4:12 ↗ options including Polynesian, Tongan,

4:16 ↗ uh, East African, Ethiopian, Filipino,

4:18 ↗ Japanese, Spanish, Cambodian,

4:20 ↗ Vietnamese, and soul food. We do uh

4:24 ↗ participant feedback survey annually

4:26 ↗ that helps to incorporate improvements.

4:29 ↗ Um and uh there's also a suggested

4:33 ↗ donation but no one is turned away if

4:35 ↗ they are unable to pay. Now our

4:38 ↗ registered dieticians also do by annual

4:42 ↗ educational presentations and provide

4:45 ↗ take-home materials. For example, last

4:48 ↗ month our registered dietician Eden Key,

4:51 ↗ she did a uh nutrition education session

4:54 ↗ on diabetes at the Isa is senior center

4:57 ↗ and handed out information including

5:00 ↗ material that's translated in Chinese.

5:03 ↗ Since uh last fall fall, we have also

5:06 ↗ started nutrition outreach and

5:09 ↗ counseling services. We do nutrition

5:11 ↗ risk screening for the older adults. Um

5:13 ↗ and then based on the result um and

5:17 ↗ whoever has a higher score we reach out

5:20 ↗ to them for nutrition counseling

5:21 ↗ support. While uh sound generation

5:24 ↗ provides the labor, food and

5:26 ↗ administrative support to run the

5:28 ↗ program, sites have the flexibility to

5:31 ↗ adjust programming to best feed the need

5:33 ↗ who they serve. We also have uh

5:36 ↗ culturally relevant grocery bag and meal

5:39 ↗ delivery programs which um we are

5:42 ↗ currently um doing at five locations.

5:46 ↗ um 68 to 70% of our funding comes from

5:50 ↗ human services, aging and disability

5:52 ↗ services and for the rest of the funding

5:55 ↗ support we depend on other government

5:57 ↗ and non-government grants, client

5:59 ↗ donations and sound generations own

6:02 ↗ general funds as a program. This is our

6:06 ↗ first time applying for this um applying

6:08 ↗ for um the this grant from from the city

6:12 ↗ of Isakqua. And um yeah, so that's

6:16 ↗ pretty much overview

6:18 ↗ um of our program

6:21 ↗ and I'll be happy to answer if anyone

6:24 ↗ has any questions or any comments.

6:30 ↗ >> Thank you so much, Suma. You did great

6:31 ↗ on your time, too. It was perfect.

6:34 ↗ Thank you for joining us. You're welcome

6:36 ↗ to stay or you're welcome to leave as

6:38 ↗ you see fit.

6:39 ↗ >> Okay. Yeah.

6:41 ↗ >> Thank you. Thank you so much for the

6:43 ↗ opportunity.

6:44 ↗ >> Yeah.

6:44 ↗ >> Thank you.

6:47 ↗ >> All right. If you all want to introduce

6:49 ↗ yourselves first and say what

6:51 ↗ organization you're from and then I'll

6:52 ↗ start kind of the timer.

6:54 ↗ >> Yeah. Uh my name is Nancy Vilia. Uh I'm

6:56 ↗ the director of programs and system

6:59 ↗ American quality.

7:02 ↗ >> Oh, sorry. My name is Erica Ford. I'm

7:04 ↗ the director of community engagement.

7:07 ↗ It's pretty good.

7:08 ↗ >> My name is Melvin Prelo. I'm a program

7:11 ↗ manager and AI data analyst at Americans

7:13 ↗ for Equality.

7:15 ↗ >> My name is Daniel.

7:20 ↗ >> Well, thank you again for coming in

7:22 ↗ person to Isaac. Um if you guys want to

7:25 ↗ go ahead and proceed with your public

7:27 ↗ comment, we'll hear from you.

7:30 ↗ >> Yeah. So, I'll just first. So, we're a

7:32 ↗ 501c3 nonprofit, American Quality. Um,

7:36 ↗ we've been in business since about 2023.

7:39 ↗ Um, and we have applied to the human

7:42 ↗ services funding for 2027 2028. Um, we

7:47 ↗ have three applications. Uh, three

7:49 ↗ programs. Uh, the first one is, uh, a

7:53 ↗ more like a resume writing general

7:56 ↗ thing. Uh we're aiming to target

7:59 ↗ hundreds of residents all across the

8:02 ↗ thousands of residents all across King

8:03 ↗ County. Um either in their homes uh we

8:07 ↗ have a mobile lab that we would like to

8:08 ↗ set up uh where we could essentially

8:11 ↗ show up to community events um even city

8:14 ↗ hall and just do kind of like a

8:16 ↗ resumeating workshop um as well as like

8:19 ↗ career planning. Um our second program

8:23 ↗ is a uh it's what we've already been

8:26 ↗ doing for the last few years. It's

8:27 ↗ essentially uh training technical and

8:30 ↗ non-technical. So we have uh our warp

8:32 ↗ programs that we call them. Um currently

8:35 ↗ we only have a classroom out of Kent for

8:37 ↗ that one. Um we also have a warp one

8:40 ↗ program which is fully virtual and can

8:43 ↗ support an infinite

8:46 ↗ almost an infinite number of students.

8:48 ↗ Um so we have a few different tiers of

8:50 ↗ that um including over 20 courses as

8:55 ↗ well as length and learning

8:57 ↗ subscriptions that we provide which is a

8:58 ↗ large investment for us and that

9:00 ↗ contains over 16,000 courses. Um and

9:03 ↗ then our third program is an internship

9:05 ↗ program. So we just want to provide

9:07 ↗ hands-on experience. Um you know all of

9:10 ↗ us some some of us have gone through

9:12 ↗ that as well. Um so those are our three

9:15 ↗ core programs. Um

9:18 ↗ we are asking a total of $50,000

9:22 ↗ um across three applications. Um

9:25 ↗ currently we have only served six is

9:28 ↗ residents. Um primarily we were dealing

9:31 ↗ with South King County and Seattle and

9:34 ↗ we're looking to expand. Our office is

9:36 ↗ actually in Belgium

9:38 ↗ College. Um, we're partnering with

9:43 ↗ Belleview, Redmond, and Kitland, but

9:44 ↗ we'd love to partner.

9:51 ↗ >> Yes. So, um, like you said, we've

9:53 ↗ primarily been in that area of South

9:56 ↗ King County. Um, and we're looking, like

9:59 ↗ you said, to expand. we see a market of

10:02 ↗ more people who are facing job loss and,

10:06 ↗ you know, being affected by just the

10:08 ↗ economy and and we're kind of facing one

10:11 ↗ of the the toughest job markets that our

10:13 ↗ CEO likes to say since the Great

10:15 ↗ Depression. Um, and we're just trying to

10:18 ↗ find, you know, out of the box ways to

10:20 ↗ be able to serve participants from all

10:22 ↗ over PE County, especially those who,

10:25 ↗ you know, are underserved or feel like,

10:27 ↗ you know, they have been left out. Um,

10:30 ↗ our main goal is just to be able to help

10:32 ↗ people become self-sufficient. Um, to be

10:35 ↗ able to go into an interview and be able

10:38 ↗ to be confident and be able to market

10:40 ↗ themselves, to be able to, um, for

10:43 ↗ instance, you do your resume or even

10:46 ↗ what star method is. Um, a lot of people

10:48 ↗ that we've come across, you know, don't

10:50 ↗ even know what that is and they don't

10:52 ↗ even really know, you know, what attire

10:54 ↗ to wear. Um, so we aim to close a lot of

10:58 ↗ those gaps. Um, and to show individuals

11:00 ↗ that, you know, the sky's is the limit.

11:02 ↗ If you could think it and you can dream

11:04 ↗ it, then you could be it. Um, and pretty

11:07 ↗ much that's what we've been doing. And,

11:09 ↗ uh, we're trying to, like I said, reach

11:10 ↗ more people.

11:15 ↗ So,

11:17 ↗ I think when it comes to,

11:20 ↗ you know, and really the greater side is

11:23 ↗ there is huge opportunity here. We

11:26 ↗ actually met with um

11:29 ↗ uh a real estate broker earlier. We kind

11:33 ↗ of came in to speak um with the interns

11:36 ↗ which happens a lot. We have a lot of

11:37 ↗ guest speakers, a lot of professionals

11:39 ↗ in the area to really show the different

11:41 ↗ opportunities that are available out

11:43 ↗ there. And he's saying that these tech

11:46 ↗ companies are coming from the bay.

11:48 ↗ They're not going to Seattle anymore.

11:49 ↗ They're coming to the east side. So

11:51 ↗ we're seeing that's a great opportunity

11:53 ↗ for uh

11:56 ↗ the Redmond to scale up some more and

11:59 ↗ really, you know, seize these jobs wide

12:01 ↗ while they're available. Um there's

12:05 ↗ about half a million cyber security jobs

12:07 ↗ right now that are available across the

12:09 ↗ country. Yet they're not being filled

12:12 ↗ because we keep running into this catch

12:14 ↗ 22.

12:16 ↗ Everyone wants experience. No one wants

12:18 ↗ to hire anyone without experience. So as

12:21 ↗ a workforce development uh organization,

12:24 ↗ you know, we really have the three

12:25 ↗ pillars and the whole thing is really

12:28 ↗ building people up, helping them

12:29 ↗ understand how to really get there,

12:33 ↗ whether that be uh via tech training

12:36 ↗ which leads to uh

12:39 ↗ excuse me, a tech training that leads to

12:42 ↗ certifications like Salesforce

12:43 ↗ administration or CompTIA plus uh

12:47 ↗ whether it uh be internships, helping

12:49 ↗ people get their first taste of what

12:50 ↗ it's like to work in an office. Uh, a

12:53 ↗ lot of our students um have only worked

12:56 ↗ in retail. So, it's like how to how to

12:58 ↗ speak, how to interact, how to uh carry

13:01 ↗ yourself, how to send your signature in

13:06 ↗ a lot of ways. Like a lot of things

13:08 ↗ that, you know, you and I may take for

13:10 ↗ granted, a lot of people just don't have

13:11 ↗ that experience. And that's something I

13:13 ↗ really want to provide to people across

13:17 ↗ the gamut here with American football

13:19 ↗ quality. So, um I've been involved with

13:22 ↗ the organization for a little over a

13:24 ↗ year now. Um when it came to it while I

13:26 ↗ was in between, um jobs and still kind

13:30 ↗ of in between jobs, but it's been a

13:32 ↗ really amazing experience to be a part

13:34 ↗ and yeah, I'm just happy to say I'm here

13:37 ↗ and thank for having us. Um, and to tie

13:40 ↗ them all together, this entire program

13:43 ↗ is completely free of cost. It doesn't

13:47 ↗ forget to mention that.

13:48 ↗ >> Um, uh, you know, on average for a lot

13:51 ↗ of these programs is somewhere between

13:53 ↗ 12 to 14,000. I actually introduce

13:55 ↗ someone into these programs. For us,

13:56 ↗ it's costing around like 650

13:59 ↗ to 800 per student, per participant. Um

14:03 ↗ so it's really allowing that kind of

14:06 ↗ control that both uh every everyone has

14:09 ↗ mentioned. Um and I myself am a good

14:11 ↗ example. I never had experience in any

14:13 ↗ tech. I come from a background of

14:16 ↗ cooking and you know a family of chefs

14:18 ↗ and owning a catering company. So for me

14:20 ↗ it's I really am gaining this experience

14:23 ↗ and establishing myself. You know two

14:26 ↗ weeks ago a month ago I wouldn't be able

14:28 ↗ to speak for you guys. I truthfully I I

14:32 ↗ would be shaking. I'd be ducking my head

14:34 ↗ around in the corner, but it is allowing

14:36 ↗ me to build that confidence that a lot

14:38 ↗ of people don't necessarily get. Um, and

14:42 ↗ that's it's kind of the beauty of it of

14:44 ↗ just being able to bring the community

14:45 ↗ together

14:47 ↗ regardless where you come from to put

14:49 ↗ you in a position that you can move

14:51 ↗ forward and continue onward. Thank you

14:54 ↗ for having us.

14:55 ↗ >> Yeah. Thank you. Mhm. So, you're

14:58 ↗ currently a student in the program.

15:00 ↗ >> Our landing room.

15:02 ↗ >> Excuse me.

15:03 ↗ >> Yeah.

15:03 ↗ >> Well, could you brought him along?

15:05 ↗ >> Uh, one thing I do want to clarify as

15:07 ↗ far as the cost per student. I don't

15:09 ↗ know the numbers off top of my head. Um,

15:11 ↗ so we have the three service units,

15:13 ↗ three programs. I believe what he said

15:16 ↗ was for our service unit two, which was

15:19 ↗ um our work programs, basically our

15:21 ↗ actual training.

15:23 ↗ >> Um, the cost will vary. I mean for the

15:27 ↗ like resume writing and the career

15:30 ↗ development services uh or career

15:31 ↗ planning services services I should say

15:34 ↗ uh that'll be different same thing with

15:36 ↗ the internship.

15:40 ↗ >> Well, thank you. Okay. Well, does does

15:42 ↗ somebody have a business card?

15:49 ↗ >> No, it's okay. I don't want you have to

15:50 ↗ run around. Do you have a website?

15:53 ↗ >> Yes. Um, it's going to be Americans

15:58 ↗ then number four

16:01 ↗ then equality.org.

16:04 ↗ >> Oh, that's easy. Okay.

16:06 ↗ >> I think you'll be seeing more

16:07 ↗ information on that as well.

16:09 ↗ >> That's correct.

16:10 ↗ >> But if I want to go home tonight.

16:11 ↗ >> Yeah. Learn more.

16:14 ↗ >> Oh, okay. Thanks.

16:16 ↗ >> Well, again, folks, thanks so much for

16:17 ↗ coming in person. um you are you are

16:20 ↗ more than welcome to leave and not hear

16:22 ↗ about this boring information or you are

16:24 ↗ of course welcome to stay.

16:26 ↗ >> Thank you very much.

16:28 ↗ >> I I do want to say we just spoke with uh

16:30 ↗ Brena Anna and it's the rest of the team

16:34 ↗ rest of you guys.

16:36 ↗ Thank you for

16:39 ↗ thanks for coming. You too.

16:59 ↗ Flashbacks.

17:00 ↗ That's some good work they're doing

17:01 ↗ there. Um

17:03 ↗ >> uh for approval for minutes if we can

17:06 ↗ move uh motion. There's any changes to

17:10 ↗ the minutes that were provided from

17:13 ↗ Hannah.

17:18 ↗ >> I move we approve the minutes. This is

17:20 ↗ my Edwards.

17:23 ↗ >> I second.

17:24 ↗ >> Second.

17:29 ↗ >> Thank you all.

17:31 ↗ And then we're going to go to agenda

17:33 ↗ items um in terms of our grant

17:36 ↗ application summary and review with

17:39 ↗ Hannah here.

17:41 ↗ >> All right, folks. The day is here.

17:43 ↗ >> Oh,

17:44 ↗ >> the day I have

17:47 ↗ >> I didn't think it would be here.

17:50 ↗ >> I didn't think I I was hoping I would

17:52 ↗ lost it for this very moment. And here I

17:54 ↗ am getting to present to you our 2027

17:58 ↗ 2028 human services grant. um where

18:01 ↗ we're going to go over tonight um more

18:04 ↗ about um the a summary. You're gonna see

18:07 ↗ how much how many people applied and how

18:09 ↗ much they're asking for and we're going

18:11 ↗ to go in more detail detail about that.

18:13 ↗ And then we're also going to go in more

18:15 ↗ detail about what is the review process

18:17 ↗ actually look like. You've heard me talk

18:19 ↗ about this for months. Well, it's here

18:21 ↗ folks and we are um very excited about

18:24 ↗ this and we're going to try to make it

18:25 ↗ as smooth and easy as possible and

18:28 ↗ painless for you all.

18:30 ↗ So, um, as I'm presenting, folks, please

18:32 ↗ feel free to interrupt me, ask

18:34 ↗ questions, let's have a dialogue. Um,

18:37 ↗ and then we'll, um, we'll be diving deep

18:39 ↗ in a few things.

18:41 ↗ All right. So, this is our number of

18:44 ↗ total applications that we did receive,

18:46 ↗ 119. Um, you may not remember, but last

18:50 ↗ cycle we had 95 applications. Um, this

18:54 ↗ year we had 77 organiz different

18:56 ↗ organizations apply. And uh we are over

19:00 ↗ $3.6 million in request. Um if you don't

19:04 ↗ remember from last cycle, it was 2.1

19:07 ↗ million. So quite an increase um what we

19:11 ↗ pretty much anticipated.

19:14 ↗ So I did review all the applications of

19:17 ↗ the 119. There were a few that were

19:19 ↗ disqualified. Um some of them um had

19:23 ↗ draft applications. Um, so you can see

19:26 ↗ here those are some of the organizations

19:28 ↗ that had incomplete applications and

19:30 ↗ their programming. Um, and then you can

19:32 ↗ see at the bottom is they were below the

19:34 ↗ they're requesting our our minimum

19:37 ↗ request was 5,000 and you can see they

19:39 ↗ were under. So this automatically

19:41 ↗ disqualified a few of our organizations

19:44 ↗ and programs. So, the one that just

19:46 ↗ spoke tonight,

19:48 ↗ >> they have another uh program that um is

19:51 ↗ being cons that's still being

19:52 ↗ considered, but yes, tonight they the

19:55 ↗ meals on wheels didn't request enough.

19:59 ↗ So, that changing uh our final numbers

20:03 ↗ to this. So, we have uh we will be

20:05 ↗ reviewing moving forward 111 programs.

20:09 ↗ So, 1100 111

20:12 ↗ um applications from 74 different

20:14 ↗ organizations with that total of just

20:17 ↗ under now 3.5

20:19 ↗ requests.

20:21 ↗ So, those are the numbers and our

20:22 ↗ baseline that we'll be working from.

20:25 ↗ Um this is something I just thought was

20:28 ↗ interesting. I wanted to share kind of

20:30 ↗ some trends, some numbers, some data um

20:32 ↗ just in comparison of our last cycle

20:34 ↗ just so we can kind of understand the

20:36 ↗ story. Um so for the number of programs

20:41 ↗ we saw a 16% increase. For the number of

20:44 ↗ organizations we had a 23% increase and

20:47 ↗ that dollar amount is 72% increase. Um

20:51 ↗ so I think it just shows people are

20:53 ↗ expanding um services and people are

20:56 ↗ needing more money and requesting larger

20:58 ↗ amounts. Um you can also see a quite a

21:01 ↗ range um of the amount requested. So we

21:04 ↗ saw

21:06 ↗ Yep. That's just so you know that's our

21:08 ↗ largest amount which about half of the

21:10 ↗ dollars we have. So we did receive a

21:12 ↗ request um of over 300,000 for a

21:15 ↗ program. Um but about average is around

21:17 ↗ 31,000. So which is again significant uh

21:21 ↗ grant dollar request for city isqua. Um

21:24 ↗ and then uniquely we had 14 new

21:27 ↗ organizations applying to Isiqua which

21:29 ↗ um honestly we love to see some more

21:32 ↗ organizations wanting to expand to our

21:34 ↗ community.

21:37 ↗ So here's our dollar amount. So if you

21:38 ↗ can recall, we are we established our

21:41 ↗ amount based off of a formula that uses

21:43 ↗ population growth per capita. So we

21:46 ↗ worked with our um finance team and

21:49 ↗ their expertise and got these numbers.

21:51 ↗ So what we like to do for 2027 and 2028,

21:54 ↗ since it's a two-year contract, we like

21:57 ↗ to find the average. Yes. If you do the

21:59 ↗ math, it's a 50 cents. So I got the

22:01 ↗ approval to round it up. So we got an

22:04 ↗ extra dollar. Yeah. So that is how much

22:08 ↗ we are working with and from last cycle

22:10 ↗ it was um 618

22:14 ↗ and uh sorry 618,000

22:18 ↗ and 612. So a good increase I would say

22:24 ↗ >> okay go

22:25 ↗ >> population growth was zero huh

22:29 ↗ >> it's true we're not growing

22:31 ↗ >> well nobody can afford to yeah

22:35 ↗ >> yeah that's a much deeper story that I

22:37 ↗ can right right

22:38 ↗ >> beyond beyond my pay grade

22:41 ↗ >> um but that's where we're at in

22:42 ↗ >> decline

22:45 ↗ stayed

22:46 ↗ >> yeah that's true

22:46 ↗ >> maybe some games have left yeah that's

22:49 ↗ true we're saying And that's based on

22:51 ↗ approval from the council

22:53 ↗ >> as you know. Yep.

22:55 ↗ >> Exactly. So we are good to go.

22:58 ↗ >> All right. So um wanted to discuss with

23:01 ↗ you um kind of when we look at the

23:04 ↗ applications we are breaking it down by

23:07 ↗ our four priority areas. Um what you're

23:11 ↗ going to see in the application um is a

23:13 ↗ little bit different this cycle. Um what

23:16 ↗ we asked each organization to do is

23:19 ↗ label themselves in five different main

23:22 ↗ categories. These five categories um

23:25 ↗ don't necessarily align perfectly with

23:28 ↗ human services and our priority areas.

23:31 ↗ Um but we we wanted to get a sense of

23:34 ↗ how how do their organization identify

23:37 ↗ their programming? Is it under basic

23:39 ↗ needs? Is it under success at every age?

23:42 ↗ is it under um oh I forget the you'll

23:45 ↗ see on the application the details but

23:47 ↗ again so I use that information to then

23:50 ↗ categorize it based off of our four

23:52 ↗ pillars that we have our priority areas

23:55 ↗ and you can see here um that there was

24:00 ↗ um the largest um applications was in

24:03 ↗ our community resources which as you all

24:06 ↗ recall is kind of the um catch-all beall

24:09 ↗ basic um basic needs employment

24:12 ↗ services, legal services, um referral

24:16 ↗ services. We also had um cultural and

24:19 ↗ specific and language access. Now, the

24:20 ↗ way that this was defined was if your

24:24 ↗ organization is an like expertise or is

24:28 ↗ in a specific cultural or have um staff

24:31 ↗ that are uh culturally represented. Um,

24:34 ↗ so there's plenty of organizations that

24:36 ↗ have like for example hope link they

24:38 ↗ have organizations that are intended for

24:40 ↗ kind of language access or specific

24:42 ↗ organizations. Those were not classified

24:46 ↗ under this category. We were just

24:48 ↗ classifying that would be classified

24:50 ↗ under community resource.

24:52 ↗ We had 26 housing continuum. So that

24:55 ↗ includes rental assistance, shelters,

24:58 ↗ um, housing supportive programs.

25:00 ↗ Um, and then I thought was interesting,

25:03 ↗ we actually had um less physical and

25:06 ↗ behavioral health organizations apply

25:08 ↗ this cycle. That was our smallest

25:10 ↗ request amount and our smallest um

25:13 ↗ applications and program. um which I

25:16 ↗ think is the story this really reflects

25:19 ↗ a story that I feel like we've been

25:20 ↗ hearing in the last year is um you know

25:24 ↗ when we first started the 20 in 2024

25:27 ↗ when we were looking at the 2526 cycle

25:30 ↗ behavioral health isolation social

25:32 ↗ services was such a high need for our

25:34 ↗ community at that time and yes it's

25:37 ↗ still a need in Isqua but we are seeing

25:40 ↗ a shift to back to the basics people

25:44 ↗ can't afford groceries or gas um so or

25:47 ↗ or housing. And so I think this is a

25:49 ↗ good reflection with the dollar amounts

25:51 ↗ and the number of applications you're

25:53 ↗ seeing more need in our um community

25:57 ↗ resource and housing continuum.

26:00 ↗ So here's your visual of what the four

26:03 ↗ looks like. So now what we did um is we

26:07 ↗ basically

26:09 ↗ um as we reviewed the numbers it was

26:13 ↗ making more sense if we divided it up by

26:15 ↗ three subgroup categories. This is

26:18 ↗ similar to what we did last cycle and I

26:20 ↗ think it worked really well. Um so what

26:23 ↗ you'll see here is that we are

26:25 ↗ transitioning to um now three um

26:29 ↗ subgroups. So that means instead of two

26:31 ↗ commissioners in a subgroup we're get

26:33 ↗ transitioning to three commissioners in

26:35 ↗ a subgroup. So you can see the numbers

26:38 ↗ are a little more equal and you but how

26:42 ↗ we are calling out cultural specific and

26:45 ↗ language access programs is that you'll

26:47 ↗ see them in your spreadsheet which will

26:50 ↗ go in more detail and they're called out

26:52 ↗ as culture specific. So they are

26:55 ↗ highlighted, they are represented and

26:58 ↗ they are are prioritized in that sense.

27:00 ↗ But what we're doing now is shifting

27:02 ↗ from just looking at just cultural

27:05 ↗ specific organizations that represent

27:07 ↗ basic needs and rental assistance and

27:11 ↗ behavioral health. We wanted to compare

27:14 ↗ a cultural specific organization what

27:16 ↗ that serves behavioral health

27:18 ↗ programming to another behavioral health

27:20 ↗ program.

27:20 ↗ >> I think this makes much more sense.

27:22 ↗ >> Yes. Thank you. And I don't remember

27:24 ↗ doing I remember having the comm the um

27:28 ↗ cultural specific category

27:31 ↗ verticals as a separate last year.

27:33 ↗ Didn't we?

27:34 ↗ >> I could be wrong, but I thought we did

27:36 ↗ that for I know we did it for 23 24 and

27:38 ↗ then we transitioned it.

27:39 ↗ >> Okay. Because I just remember I I was in

27:41 ↗ the cultural it doesn't matter. I'm just

27:44 ↗ maybe I I like this because I like this.

27:48 ↗ >> Yeah. Good. I love that feedback. Thank

27:50 ↗ you. Thank you. because we we needed

27:53 ↗ about and it just again I'm we're trying

27:57 ↗ to make like trying to make it as even

27:59 ↗ as possible

28:00 ↗ >> apples to apples.

28:01 ↗ >> Yes. And we want to make it like for

28:03 ↗ subgroups make it make sense.

28:05 ↗ >> Um and I think having a a power of three

28:09 ↗ will be also helpful versus two. Um and

28:12 ↗ again we we do really want to highlight

28:15 ↗ our our culture specific organizations

28:17 ↗ because that is something that is

28:19 ↗ clearly important to our city and our

28:21 ↗ human services strategic plan.

28:23 ↗ So now that changes our our totals. Um

28:26 ↗ so we have for the physical and

28:28 ↗ behavioral health we have 40

28:29 ↗ applications with a 1.1 uh million in

28:32 ↗ request.

28:34 ↗ housing continuum is a little bit less

28:36 ↗ applications to look at. Um but they are

28:39 ↗ the highest request which again that's

28:41 ↗ pretty usually pretty expensive services

28:43 ↗ rental assistance um shelters so that

28:46 ↗ does add up and then community resources

28:50 ↗ we have 39 with just under a million

28:53 ↗ request.

28:54 ↗ Any questions about this?

29:00 ↗ So I didn't really hear from many of

29:02 ↗ you. So, this is in draft form. So,

29:04 ↗ please, this is the time to speak up if

29:06 ↗ you're not happy with your assignments.

29:08 ↗ Um, but based off of how my my priority

29:12 ↗ in grouping up folks is I really want to

29:15 ↗ make sure our um more senior um

29:18 ↗ commissioners who have gone through this

29:19 ↗ process are a little bit spread out. Um

29:23 ↗ and um

29:26 ↗ uh so that's my that's my only goal, but

29:29 ↗ I am very open to switch this up. So we

29:32 ↗ can

29:34 ↗ um go in more depth of the process and

29:38 ↗ then you can decide if you're happy with

29:40 ↗ yours or not and we can try to

29:41 ↗ accommodate. Um but um

29:47 ↗ >> I'm fine with mine.

29:48 ↗ >> Okay. Did did you have to accommodate

29:49 ↗ for the conflicts of interest that we

29:51 ↗ shared with you?

29:51 ↗ >> Conflicts of interest we are defining as

29:53 ↗ if you are an employee or on the board

29:56 ↗ if you volunteer that's okay. We

29:59 ↗ actually are going to see that as a

30:00 ↗ strength this year.

30:02 ↗ Yeah. So yes, I did keep it in mind but

30:05 ↗ there's actually no employee or on board

30:08 ↗ conflicts of interest. There's just um

30:11 ↗ people who volunteer at certain

30:12 ↗ organizations.

30:14 ↗ >> I'm on the board for a behavioral

30:16 ↗ health. Yeah.

30:17 ↗ >> Oh, yeah. That's right. So, that's why

30:19 ↗ you're Thank you.

30:25 ↗ >> Okay. So, note where you're placed and

30:28 ↗ then at the end, please note if you

30:30 ↗ would like to be switched around in any

30:32 ↗ capacity and we can accommodate.

30:35 ↗ Okay.

30:38 ↗ All right. So, that's the summary of our

30:40 ↗ applications. Now, we're going to get

30:42 ↗ into the detail. And I want to make sure

30:43 ↗ everyone leaves tonight feeling like

30:45 ↗ they know what they're doing.

30:47 ↗ as best as they can. So, what we're

30:49 ↗ going to do is we're going to review an

30:51 ↗ application.

30:53 ↗ We're going to review our tools that we

30:55 ↗ have in reviewing and that includes our

30:58 ↗ our review toolkit, our master list, and

31:02 ↗ then making sure that you can access the

31:03 ↗ application and our summary for

31:05 ↗ strategic.

31:07 ↗ Okay, so

31:11 ↗ let's see.

31:13 ↗ So, how to use the review tools. Again,

31:15 ↗ we've gone over this a little bit, but

31:16 ↗ now I'm going to kind of go in more

31:18 ↗ detail about it. Um, but

31:22 ↗ um, you have two ways to access your

31:23 ↗ applications. I'm going to show you. One

31:25 ↗ is share one app. Um, is a website that

31:28 ↗ and portal that you can access and the

31:30 ↗ other one is shareepoint which you will

31:31 ↗ be receiving an email with that link

31:34 ↗ after this meeting. You also have your

31:37 ↗ strategic plan summary. You are more

31:39 ↗ than welcome to read our really

31:40 ↗ beautiful line of page strategic plan

31:42 ↗ but I have basically condensed it into

31:44 ↗ like five maybe more pages

31:48 ↗ >> revised it yet right

31:50 ↗ >> no but we are due next year so coming

31:53 ↗ soon but we're using our current one you

31:57 ↗ have the tool card um which will helps

31:59 ↗ define like our color coding um so what

32:02 ↗ categorize something as yes green we

32:04 ↗ need to fund um red no we should not

32:07 ↗ fund Um, and yellow I need to talk this

32:11 ↗ through because I don't know basically.

32:14 ↗ Um, so we'll look at that in a little

32:16 ↗ more detail. And then I also have given

32:18 ↗ you kind of an Excel spreadsheet to work

32:20 ↗ off of so you can basically kind of

32:22 ↗ easily keep track of what your

32:24 ↗ recommendations are, your dollar

32:26 ↗ amounts, and like your kind of notes and

32:28 ↗ your reasoning why. So it accommodates

32:31 ↗ hopefully a few different brains and

32:33 ↗ ways of thinking.

32:36 ↗ So, I'm going to let me see real quick.

32:41 ↗ So, first let's I want to show you how

32:42 ↗ to access our application.

32:45 ↗ So, there's a couple ways to do this.

32:47 ↗ Um, the first one is

32:52 ↗ is actually through what we call

32:54 ↗ SharePoint. So, if you remember last

32:55 ↗ year, I think I we had PDFs and folders

32:57 ↗ that you could access. Um, we as a city

33:00 ↗ use SharePoint and we can share it with

33:02 ↗ you externally. So, you'll get a link to

33:04 ↗ that. And let's see if my link works.

33:11 ↗ This is what it will look like. It

33:12 ↗ worked. Yay. Okay. So, this is the

33:15 ↗ folder that you'll be opening. So, you

33:17 ↗ have access to um a couple different

33:20 ↗ folders here. First, I gave you one

33:23 ↗ folder that has all the applications.

33:25 ↗ So, you can see here, this is what it

33:27 ↗ looks like. And I also want you to know

33:29 ↗ it's alphabetical order. And please like

33:32 ↗ the anyone even though you're a subgroup

33:34 ↗ and you'll be making funding

33:36 ↗ recommendations on your your subgroup,

33:39 ↗ you are still a part of everything else.

33:41 ↗ So if you're curious about other

33:42 ↗ organizations, we will have opportunity

33:44 ↗ in a larger group to talk about that. So

33:46 ↗ let's say you're really interested in

33:48 ↗ our isqua food and clothing banks, but

33:49 ↗ you're not in that subgroup, open it up,

33:52 ↗ take a look at it, be a participant in

33:54 ↗ these larger meetings and saying, "Hey,

33:56 ↗ this is my opinion on the food bank."

33:58 ↗ That's really the intention is that

34:00 ↗ everyone's invited to it all. But 111

34:03 ↗ applications as volunteers just is a

34:06 ↗ lot. So that's why we're kind of doing

34:07 ↗ the divide and conquer.

34:09 ↗ >> So we can't get into this until you give

34:11 ↗ us credentials, right?

34:12 ↗ >> Which will be tonight or tomorrow.

34:14 ↗ >> Okay. I'm I'm just trying to follow you

34:16 ↗ and I can't get in. So that I can be

34:18 ↗ patient.

34:19 ↗ >> Yes.

34:20 ↗ And then you'll see here um so here's

34:22 ↗ your folder for all. And then here's

34:24 ↗ like say you're assigned to the

34:25 ↗ community resource funds. Here's your um

34:28 ↗ community resource um ones. So you can

34:30 ↗ do it by alphabetical and you can access

34:33 ↗ it that way.

34:35 ↗ And then also I want to show you here

34:37 ↗ too. I also made a folder for you for

34:39 ↗ just your review tools. So things that

34:41 ↗ we're talking about tonight, I'm giving

34:43 ↗ you access right here. So you have our

34:46 ↗ review card, our strategic plan, um

34:49 ↗ summary description, and then

34:51 ↗ instructions on how to access share one

34:53 ↗ and then your Excel spreadsheets.

34:56 ↗ So I will be opening those here short

34:58 ↗ shortly.

34:59 ↗ So that is one way you can access these

35:01 ↗ applications. I'll send a link via

35:03 ↗ email. Your next way that you can access

35:05 ↗ the application is what we use is share

35:08 ↗ one app. This is the application that um

35:13 ↗ um our nonprofits

35:16 ↗ um submit their applications to.

35:20 ↗ Um the way that you do this um is

35:23 ↗ here I have an instructions. There's an

35:25 ↗ instruction sheet here, but basically

35:27 ↗ you go to this portal. So the portal I

35:29 ↗ was on, you can enter your email. Click

35:32 ↗ continue and then you're going to get a

35:34 ↗ basically a no reply. Probably looks

35:36 ↗ like spam kind of email. And then you

35:38 ↗ basically confirm and saying yes, that's

35:41 ↗ me. Let's get started. You create a

35:43 ↗ password and then therefore you create

35:44 ↗ an account and that's your login

35:47 ↗ information. And then this is what the

35:49 ↗ home screen should look like. So, you

35:51 ↗ should have access to each of the

35:53 ↗ applications. You can review it. Here's

35:57 ↗ like on the side is like basically

35:58 ↗ instructions of how to use it. Um,

36:03 ↗ and you can, it looks like you can sort

36:05 ↗ and rate on here. Um, so again, this is

36:08 ↗ a great tool that other cities also have

36:11 ↗ access to, other commissioners do as

36:13 ↗ well. Um, we have just created our own

36:16 ↗ system, but both are welcoming um, used.

36:19 ↗ So, um my I know you mentioned you maybe

36:23 ↗ did you try this?

36:25 ↗ >> Yep.

36:26 ↗ >> And and you had some issues.

36:29 ↗ >> Uh it would not recognize my email.

36:32 ↗ >> Okay, Mory, I wanted to show you this is

36:34 ↗ what we have on file. Is that correct or

36:35 ↗ wrong?

36:37 ↗ >> Um what has I what are you showing? Oh,

36:40 ↗ >> sorry. It says edwards myyahoo.com.

36:44 ↗ >> That's correct. Yeah, it didn't

36:46 ↗ recognize that. The same thing happened

36:49 ↗ the year before to me

36:51 ↗ >> to you.

36:51 ↗ >> Yeah.

36:52 ↗ >> And you couldn't get into it,

36:53 ↗ >> so I just used the other one, but I I

36:55 ↗ mean I didn't pursue it.

36:56 ↗ >> Okay. Gotcha. Mor, if this is something

36:58 ↗ you want, I'm going to resend these

37:00 ↗ instructions. Maybe just maybe you have

37:01 ↗ the wrong link I gave you originally.

37:05 ↗ Just try it one more time. And if you

37:06 ↗ have issues, what we'll do is um we'll

37:10 ↗ get the site administrator involved. It

37:12 ↗ sounds like everyone else will be using

37:15 ↗ share uh SharePoint. So maybe I'll just

37:18 ↗ try that after

37:19 ↗ >> that. If it works for you, great. If

37:21 ↗ not, again, this is another good option.

37:23 ↗ >> So giving you all access. And then if

37:25 ↗ anybody needs accommodations for

37:26 ↗ printing, it's a lot of paper, so we

37:28 ↗ don't recommend it for sustainable

37:30 ↗ reasons. However, if you need accom like

37:32 ↗ any sort of accommodations and prefer in

37:34 ↗ paper, just let us know that we're happy

37:37 ↗ to print that versus you print it on

37:38 ↗ your printer. Now, if we if I remember

37:41 ↗ correctly, if we want to see the actual

37:43 ↗ application that was submitted by the

37:45 ↗ organization, we do have to go through

37:48 ↗ that portal, right?

37:50 ↗ >> You can you can access it through both.

37:52 ↗ So, let me show you what it looks

37:53 ↗ >> Oh, it's on SharePoint.

37:54 ↗ >> So, it's on SharePoint. So, I'll show

37:55 ↗ you what that looks.

37:57 ↗ >> Okay.

37:58 ↗ >> I

37:59 ↗ Yeah, let's just make sure that this all

38:01 ↗ looks good. So, let's say you want to

38:04 ↗ use SharePoint. You get your link to

38:06 ↗ here. You're on here. And let's say

38:08 ↗ you're in community resources and let's

38:11 ↗ look at Americans for

38:13 ↗ >> Okay, they're all there.

38:14 ↗ >> So, you should open it and this is what

38:15 ↗ the application looks like. Let me zoom

38:18 ↗ in.

38:20 ↗ Our eyes cannot see this.

38:24 ↗ Okay. So, is that the average page per

38:27 ↗ application? Like 90 pages.

38:29 ↗ >> 11

38:29 ↗ >> 91 pages. Yeah, this one didn't get

38:33 ↗ saved correctly. No,

38:36 ↗ >> it should be about 11 pages. That's

38:38 ↗ okay.

38:38 ↗ >> Oh, they're state organization.

38:39 ↗ >> Yes. So,

38:42 ↗ so every city basically was assigned

38:45 ↗ like 30 applications to download them

38:47 ↗ and we were given very specific

38:49 ↗ instructions. So, that way it would only

38:51 ↗ be 11 pages. So, somebody didn't follow

38:54 ↗ the instructions.

38:58 ↗ But, I'll show you what matters. So,

39:01 ↗ basically, this is what your or what

39:03 ↗ your applications will look like. And

39:04 ↗ this is really what you're going to want

39:06 ↗ to kind of basically pay attention to.

39:08 ↗ And you'll see the information here on

39:10 ↗ this physical application has been um

39:13 ↗ condensed into your Excel spreadsheet

39:15 ↗ which I'll show you after this. So first

39:18 ↗ you have um the organization application

39:20 ↗ and here I mentioned um this is what was

39:23 ↗ asked of them. Please tell us which one

39:25 ↗ do you identify your programming as.

39:28 ↗ Here are regional. So the the intention

39:31 ↗ of this is so we can collect data as a

39:33 ↗ region. So, northeast, south, king

39:34 ↗ county, all 17 cities can show a a

39:38 ↗ narrative as a collective. So, we have

39:40 ↗ basic needs supports, employment support

39:42 ↗ and advocacy, success at every age, and

39:44 ↗ safe and healthy communities with some

39:46 ↗ definitions. So, then they identified

39:48 ↗ which one that is, and then that relates

39:50 ↗ to um our priority areas. Here you can

39:54 ↗ see um who they were awarded to in 2025

39:57 ↗ and then who they're applying to and how

39:59 ↗ much. That's it should technically be

40:02 ↗ per year, but it's possible some of them

40:05 ↗ requested put their both years in there.

40:09 ↗ >> And Hannah, this is the this is the

40:11 ↗ SharePoint program you're showing us

40:13 ↗ right now, right?

40:14 ↗ >> You this application should look the

40:16 ↗ same on Share One app if you're looking

40:18 ↗ at the portal or if you are looking

40:21 ↗ here.

40:23 ↗ >> Yeah.

40:24 ↗ >> Okay. Thanks.

40:26 ↗ >> Yeah. And then the other so you you know

40:28 ↗ there's information and stuff but the

40:29 ↗ other things you'll want to um note is

40:32 ↗ um basically here's a provide an

40:34 ↗ overview of your program. So this is um

40:36 ↗ they did um this year we did put um a

40:41 ↗ cap on how how many characters you can

40:43 ↗ have. So they were in all thinking of

40:46 ↗ you knowing you had to read a bunch of

40:48 ↗ these and seeing how wordy they can get.

40:51 ↗ um that they should all be much more

40:53 ↗ concise this the cycle because of their

40:55 ↗ limited um characters. So here's um

40:59 ↗ basically if you want to know like the

41:00 ↗ general okay what what does their

41:01 ↗ program do who do they serve

41:06 ↗ who's providing the services you know

41:08 ↗ what does their staff compose of is

41:10 ↗ there a cost to their program

41:13 ↗ what are spec specific or emerging

41:16 ↗ unique issues for participants in your

41:18 ↗ program. So basically what what is your

41:21 ↗ need that you're addressing and what are

41:24 ↗ seeing in your organization

41:26 ↗ and then um basically here's kind of

41:29 ↗ like our equity question in their um how

41:33 ↗ are they um how are they making an

41:38 ↗ impact um internally and externally to

41:41 ↗ their clients.

41:42 ↗ >> Great.

41:44 ↗ >> Um here are outcomes. So again we want

41:46 ↗ to see measurable outcomes. What are

41:48 ↗ they basically saying? How are they

41:49 ↗ moving the needle in their program? What

41:51 ↗ what's their kind of north star that

41:54 ↗ they're trying to achieve? Has to be

41:56 ↗ measurable. So, you can see it here. Um

41:59 ↗ they can have one is totally fine. We

42:01 ↗ gave them an option to have two. Here's

42:04 ↗ questions about like their

42:05 ↗ accessibility. So, um some specific

42:08 ↗ questions about their um how their staff

42:10 ↗ identifies themselves in BIPOC. Um is it

42:14 ↗ ADA accessible? Where is it located? Um

42:19 ↗ are how are services accessed? Office

42:22 ↗ virtually public areas. I feel like they

42:25 ↗ all answered this way because that's our

42:27 ↗ kind of route now.

42:30 ↗ Um when do you operate?

42:32 ↗ Um and then what kind of language access

42:34 ↗ do you have? Um and then this one

42:36 ↗ doesn't really apply to us. Um CBBG. A

42:39 ↗ lot of cities that's basically extra

42:41 ↗ funding for them. We don't have that as

42:42 ↗ a city. So, you can ignore those

42:45 ↗ questions. It doesn't pertain to Isqua.

42:48 ↗ Um, and then their signature. The next

42:50 ↗ thing that you're going to want to pay

42:52 ↗ attention to is this. This is their

42:55 ↗ budget sheet. Um, which, you know, look

42:59 ↗ as detailed or as not detailed as you

43:01 ↗ want. I always did ask organizations. I

43:04 ↗ think this one's important. So if you

43:06 ↗ see a major increase in requests from

43:08 ↗ last year or they are new, I would just

43:10 ↗ pay attention to this portion of you

43:13 ↗ know, hey, why why are you asking for

43:15 ↗ more? What kind of changes are you

43:16 ↗ seeing? Like basically justify why your

43:19 ↗ um your funding um your expenses have um

43:23 ↗ increased.

43:25 ↗ >> Are the budget sheets the same from

43:26 ↗ application to Okay, so it wasn't like

43:28 ↗ they submitted their own right,

43:30 ↗ >> right? We kind of really just try to

43:32 ↗ make it as simple as possible. And you

43:34 ↗ can see like their their requests here

43:35 ↗ from other cities. So pay attention to

43:37 ↗ the isqua here. You can kind of just see

43:39 ↗ their general expenses

43:42 ↗ actuals versus projected and then like

43:45 ↗ what is their intention of like the

43:47 ↗ city. So like even so for example their

43:51 ↗ salaries are this a dollar amount but

43:53 ↗ they're hoping that their city funding

43:55 ↗ requests would cover that amount. So

43:58 ↗ this is the organization that just

44:00 ↗ talked to us.

44:03 ↗ >> Then the other thing you want to pay

44:05 ↗ attention to is our service units.

44:07 ↗ Basically this is what we contract with

44:08 ↗ our organizations. We use this

44:10 ↗ information here in their application to

44:12 ↗ say um yes we have agreed to fund you

44:14 ↗ for this amount and you will be

44:16 ↗ providing this service for the for these

44:19 ↗ amounts. So this is where they're saying

44:22 ↗ um here's our program. Now this is what

44:24 ↗ we are asking funding to do and this is

44:26 ↗ how many um me um in outputs we can do

44:30 ↗ and how many residents we can serve. So

44:32 ↗ they're saying for example and these are

44:34 ↗ drop- down menu options just so you

44:36 ↗ know. So they are kind of limited on how

44:38 ↗ they can fill this out. So they can do

44:40 ↗ training workshop classes. They're

44:42 ↗ measuring by how many individuals they

44:44 ↗ serve each participant completing an

44:46 ↗ enroll program. This is they can write

44:48 ↗ whatever they want in the description.

44:50 ↗ So you can get that information there

44:52 ↗ and you can see how many they want to

44:54 ↗ serve

44:56 ↗ kind of per year and how many residents

44:58 ↗ they're hoping to serve. So

45:01 ↗ that's all you need to pay attention to.

45:03 ↗ The rest should not be there. So this is

45:06 ↗ like you can certainly look at these

45:08 ↗ documents. We're requiring them in the

45:10 ↗ application to provide like um their um

45:15 ↗ 501 proof of being a 5013C. Those are

45:18 ↗ all things that I've already scanned and

45:20 ↗ made sure that they qualify for. Um,

45:22 ↗ this is like organizational like if they

45:25 ↗ have insurance, they're updating it here

45:27 ↗ or board of directors, but these are all

45:29 ↗ things that we don't they don't need to

45:30 ↗ have before they are funded. It's after

45:33 ↗ contracting, we need to see those.

45:35 ↗ >> Can I ask a question about that one

45:37 ↗ table?

45:37 ↗ >> Yeah.

45:38 ↗ >> Is that some um it's one of the numbers

45:40 ↗ for the different years? Yeah, this one

45:43 ↗ right here. So, cuz I found that really

45:45 ↗ fascinating cuz that's what they were

45:46 ↗ saying earlier when 2025 actual that's

45:49 ↗ how many they

45:51 ↗ above that. I'm sorry, but four that's

45:54 ↗ when she said that's how many they

45:59 ↗ saying that we're expecting

46:01 ↗ to increase that to actually 22 ISO

46:05 ↗ residents in 2027 that we're expecting

46:07 ↗ to serve.

46:08 ↗ >> And then what's that 2027 city funded?

46:11 ↗ They're saying that that

46:13 ↗ >> the funding request that we are asking

46:15 ↗ is quad to pay should be able to cover

46:19 ↗ 15

46:20 ↗ um individual services for in for them

46:23 ↗ they're measuring by individuals. So

46:26 ↗ they're saying with the I think the

46:28 ↗ request was $30,000 we um can serve that

46:33 ↗ towards 15 individuals and or here for

46:37 ↗ like residents they're saying

46:40 ↗ this um we can see 70 is a even though

46:44 ↗ we hope to see 99 residents are

46:47 ↗ contracting will pay for that.

46:49 ↗ >> Yes. Thank you.

46:50 ↗ >> Because they'll get I don't know what

46:51 ↗ you they'll get other sources of

46:53 ↗ >> their other funding. We're not supposed

46:54 ↗ to go in there.

46:56 ↗ >> Um, but I will tell you this, um, the

47:00 ↗ these service units and resident

47:02 ↗ numbers, this um, goes in negotiation

47:05 ↗ during contracting. Um, so once we

47:07 ↗ decide who's funded and it's approved by

47:08 ↗ our council, then we go in contracting

47:10 ↗ season and we look at this and we this

47:13 ↗ is where cities say, hm, can this

47:15 ↗ doesn't make sense. Can we update this

47:18 ↗ or let's find a more realistic number so

47:21 ↗ you can be success successful or we

47:24 ↗ let's say so

47:25 ↗ >> you do that

47:26 ↗ >> that's what

47:27 ↗ >> and I'll be back for that so

47:30 ↗ that that so basically my my whole point

47:33 ↗ in sharing that is this is what they're

47:36 ↗ saying but take it with a little bit of

47:37 ↗ a grain of salt um we're not going to

47:40 ↗ make major adjustments when we do

47:41 ↗ contracting with the organization but um

47:44 ↗ we will fine-tune this so I wouldn't get

47:46 ↗ too stuck on this one, but it is helpful

47:48 ↗ information.

47:50 ↗ And again, this is where you should end.

47:52 ↗ The rest is mumbo jumbo. So hopefully

47:54 ↗ it's not 91 pages that you have to look

47:56 ↗ at. It should be just around 11.

48:01 ↗ Okay. Helpful to see an application.

48:03 ↗ That's what they should technically look

48:05 ↗ like. So that's how you access and

48:08 ↗ that's what an application looks like.

48:10 ↗ So now let's say, okay, great. I've

48:12 ↗ accessed my application. I'm looking at

48:14 ↗ this application and now I'm going to

48:18 ↗ grade it. So, you have a couple

48:19 ↗ different ways to

48:24 ↗ um to look at it. So, first and

48:27 ↗ foremost, before you start getting in

48:28 ↗ the in in depth of this, I highly

48:30 ↗ recommend reviewing this um sheet, human

48:34 ↗ services strategic plan um summary by

48:36 ↗ priority areas. Um we start off, you do

48:40 ↗ have a link to the full one if you're

48:41 ↗ interested. Um, basically we're saying

48:44 ↗ what is our strategic plan? Here's a

48:46 ↗ summary. Here's what our funding. Again,

48:49 ↗ our strategic plan is created as a

48:51 ↗ roadmap. So, we are using that to help

48:53 ↗ guide us make decisions to help some of

48:56 ↗ our biases, to help some of um the

49:00 ↗ challenge of saying no. Well, our

49:02 ↗ strategic plans, it's not aligned with

49:03 ↗ our strategic plan. That's this is what

49:05 ↗ is really intended to help us make

49:07 ↗ informed decisions on funding.

49:10 ↗ Um here what I've done is I

49:14 ↗ I um summarized here what are our

49:17 ↗ priority areas and in our priority areas

49:21 ↗ we have subcategories which again you'll

49:23 ↗ see in the Excel spreadsheet. Um so

49:25 ↗ you'll see how they're defined here.

49:29 ↗ Here's kind of a copy paste from our

49:31 ↗ strategic plan. So, if you're in

49:32 ↗ physical and behavioral health, read

49:34 ↗ this up before you start making um

49:37 ↗ looking at the review card um because

49:39 ↗ this is where you should be starting

49:41 ↗ from. This should be your starting base

49:43 ↗ of saying okay cuz you can have like

49:45 ↗ what you think phys physical um health

49:49 ↗ should look like or behavioral health

49:50 ↗ should look like but you have to kind of

49:51 ↗ put on the cap of an isqua resident

49:54 ↗ through our isqua strategic plan um and

49:57 ↗ have that lens of okay what does our

49:59 ↗ strategic plan say and how does this

50:03 ↗ program mean accomplish our strategic

50:05 ↗ plan goals. So this will really help

50:08 ↗ you. And again, the first part is kind

50:10 ↗ of the description from our strategic

50:12 ↗ plan. And here's just kind of a simple

50:14 ↗ format with our table

50:17 ↗ um that talks about like the

50:19 ↗ subcategories. So like for example, in

50:21 ↗ physical and behavioral health, we have

50:23 ↗ it in a couple ways here. We are looking

50:26 ↗ at physical health. So that's kind of

50:28 ↗ medical dental clinics. We have

50:30 ↗ behavioral health. Um that's like

50:32 ↗ substance use disorder or mental health

50:34 ↗ services. We also included domestic

50:37 ↗ violence services

50:39 ↗ um as well. And this one's new and this

50:41 ↗ was just to help us keep even is what

50:43 ↗ we're calling referral services. So,

50:45 ↗ anything that is like what I consider

50:46 ↗ like case management or advocacy

50:49 ↗ supportive like one-on-one services um

50:52 ↗ that's not quite at the mental health

50:54 ↗ focus, but it's focused on getting them

50:56 ↗ access to other resources.

50:59 ↗ Our next category, wisdom within

51:01 ↗ community resources.

51:03 ↗ Our subcategories in that is um basic

51:06 ↗ needs. So food, clothing, hygiene needs,

51:10 ↗ uh first aid. The other one is

51:12 ↗ employment and education. So any

51:14 ↗ services that help with like the

51:16 ↗ workforce, job retention,

51:18 ↗ um kind of preparation for the workforce

51:22 ↗ that goes under that category. Um this

51:25 ↗ is uh legal services, free um affordable

51:28 ↗ legal services. And then I'm I'm using a

51:30 ↗ subcategory called age specific. So this

51:34 ↗ is something that is for maybe

51:35 ↗ identified as youth programming that's

51:38 ↗ specifically to support our our younger

51:40 ↗ generation and then um age specific for

51:43 ↗ older adults. So our aging population um

51:46 ↗ are there programs out there that are

51:48 ↗ really specific to help um different um

51:51 ↗ seniors in whether that can be social

51:53 ↗ supports or transportation. So it really

51:55 ↗ does vary but it is that is part of

51:57 ↗ their programming is focused on our

52:00 ↗ target audience is either youth or it's

52:03 ↗ you senior services.

52:06 ↗ So that's our um community resources and

52:09 ↗ then housing continuum. Our final one um

52:12 ↗ again here's our strategic plan

52:13 ↗ definitions and then here's our

52:15 ↗ subcategory definitions. So we're

52:17 ↗ looking at programmings that provide

52:18 ↗ rental assistance. That's like utility

52:21 ↗ or move in um finan basically emergency

52:23 ↗ financial aid. Um shelter specific

52:26 ↗ programmings. Um this uh is including um

52:30 ↗ safe parking um transitional housing,

52:34 ↗ motel vouchers, anything that provides

52:36 ↗ kind of that immediate need for shelters

52:39 ↗ um or housing. Um, housing support is

52:42 ↗ really uh programming that really

52:44 ↗ supports more like the homelessness

52:47 ↗ services and and families experiencing

52:50 ↗ um or or eviction prevention type of

52:53 ↗ services.

52:54 ↗ Um that you'll also see like um

52:57 ↗ lowincome housing in this category.

53:01 ↗ I did provide culture specific even

53:03 ↗ though it's not a specific subgroup

53:05 ↗ category. Um this is just so you are

53:09 ↗ kind of kind of everyone's going to be

53:10 ↗ looking at some cultural specific. So

53:12 ↗ please look at this one as well. And you

53:15 ↗ can see here we are keeping cultural

53:18 ↗ specific under our main category. So

53:20 ↗ physical and behavioral health. So

53:22 ↗ here's a definition of how why they

53:24 ↗ would be defined under that

53:27 ↗ community resources and housing

53:28 ↗ continuum.

53:30 ↗ I also just for just kicks and giggles

53:33 ↗ included um the regional programming. So

53:36 ↗ remember we looked at the application

53:37 ↗ and we had them categorize themselves in

53:40 ↗ these ones. So I just kind of used what

53:44 ↗ their definition says on the application

53:46 ↗ here. And then I also just wanted to be

53:48 ↗ transparent and show you how um support

53:51 ↗ and advocacy was in share one uh share

53:54 ↗ one app category and then how does it

53:58 ↗ transfer over to our isqua related

54:00 ↗ areas. So you can see kind of how that

54:04 ↗ transitioned over.

54:07 ↗ So

54:09 ↗ I So this one's a little more this is a

54:11 ↗ larger summary. Um added a few extra

54:13 ↗ information based off of this year's

54:16 ↗ cycle and uh in preparation for how you

54:19 ↗ will review these applications. Any

54:21 ↗ questions about this piece?

54:25 ↗ >> Uh Anna,

54:26 ↗ >> thank you.

54:28 ↗ >> Yeah. Fun. Once you once you get in it,

54:32 ↗ you'll you'll figure it out.

54:34 ↗ >> Sorry, Moore. What's up? You had a

54:35 ↗ question?

54:36 ↗ >> Um, well, just a a comment. First of

54:39 ↗ all, well done. Really nice.

54:42 ↗ >> Thank you.

54:43 ↗ >> But, uh, I'm I'm wondering in the very

54:46 ↗ beginning it says that this was

54:48 ↗ developed uh as a five-year plan.

54:51 ↗ >> Um, and it was this developed five years

54:55 ↗ ago or

54:57 ↗ >> Yes. So, we are using our human services

54:59 ↗ strategic plan um from five years ago

55:02 ↗ that started being implemented in 2022.

55:05 ↗ Um we did have a halfway point check-in

55:08 ↗ with our community members, focus

55:10 ↗ groups, surveys, and things like that.

55:12 ↗ Um nothing changed from there. So, this

55:15 ↗ is the very end of our um strategic

55:18 ↗ plan. So, the timing didn't quite work

55:20 ↗ out where we could have an updated

55:22 ↗ strategic plan for this cycle. um the

55:25 ↗ goal to have it we will have an updated

55:27 ↗ strategic plan for our next cycle. Um

55:31 ↗ >> I was just I was just curious I really

55:33 ↗ this is nicely put together. Thank you.

55:36 ↗ >> Perfect. Good. Good. Good. I'm glad you

55:38 ↗ find it helpful. So now we're just going

55:40 ↗ to go over we're going to basically pull

55:41 ↗ it all together in a fun Excel

55:44 ↗ spreadsheet. My favorite.

55:46 ↗ Okay. So back in Oh, sorry. I forgot

55:51 ↗ about this.

55:53 ↗ So, you have your application. You are

55:56 ↗ aligned with our strategic plan. You're

55:58 ↗ an expert now in your subcategory. You

56:00 ↗ know what you're looking for. Now,

56:02 ↗ you're going to open that application

56:03 ↗ and you're going to have this handy

56:05 ↗ dandy review card where you are welcome

56:08 ↗ to fill out

56:10 ↗ or not. You can decide how what works

56:12 ↗ best for you. But this is what will help

56:14 ↗ you categorize

56:16 ↗ what you want to fund and what you don't

56:18 ↗ want to fund based off of our strategic

56:19 ↗ plan. So, you can fill this out for each

56:22 ↗ application or you can use our Excel

56:24 ↗ spreadsheet, whatever you find best. But

56:26 ↗ more importantly, what I want you to see

56:29 ↗ is how we define green versus red versus

56:32 ↗ yellow. So, I'm going to kind of go

56:34 ↗ through this. Um, but basically, if I'm

56:38 ↗ looking at programming and um and I see

56:42 ↗ that it is what I want to see one, is it

56:45 ↗ align with our strategic plan? That's

56:47 ↗ the biggest one. Does it fit our four

56:49 ↗ categories in our summary of that? Two,

56:53 ↗ is it also serving our priority

56:54 ↗ population which is listed here?

56:58 ↗ Um, does it meet a strategic action item

57:01 ↗ that is listed on our summary page? Um,

57:05 ↗ is the program description aligned with

57:07 ↗ Isiqua community issues?

57:10 ↗ And then a big one is is it local? I

57:12 ↗ think that's that's something that is

57:14 ↗ really important to us in Isiqua knowing

57:16 ↗ that it's really hard for our residents

57:18 ↗ to leave Isiqua to access services. We

57:21 ↗ really want to consider and prioritize

57:23 ↗ anything that's physically with a

57:25 ↗ footprint here in Isiqua.

57:28 ↗ It's amazing that many of our

57:30 ↗ organizations can do virtual meetings or

57:33 ↗ they can come meet at a library. That is

57:36 ↗ stellar. Um, but what we want to see is

57:39 ↗ some an office that somebody can have

57:42 ↗ community with and meet with a provider

57:45 ↗ um here that they can bus or or walk or

57:49 ↗ drive locally.

57:51 ↗ The other thing we want to also see is

57:53 ↗ is it accessible in all languages? Do

57:55 ↗ they have access whether that's with

57:57 ↗ staff or good language lines or things

57:59 ↗ that can really um be really culturally

58:02 ↗ relevant is ultimately what it is.

58:05 ↗ Um, and then we also want to prioritize

58:08 ↗ again cultural specific organizations

58:12 ↗ that um really um I reflect our

58:15 ↗ community

58:17 ↗ equity focus. Um we're going to have

58:19 ↗ more training on equity. Um but that's

58:21 ↗ another thing that that we feel strong

58:22 ↗ that they meet our our mission and

58:25 ↗ vision as a city. And then also program

58:28 ↗ impact. Um, so we see that like this is

58:31 ↗ a need that we have and that we can see

58:34 ↗ that their programming and our dollars

58:36 ↗ will move the needle for some some

58:39 ↗ residents in our lives. And then again,

58:41 ↗ does our budget make sense? Is there no

58:43 ↗ red flags? So biggest one is I want to

58:46 ↗ highlight is that it's strategically

58:49 ↗ aligned and that it's local. I think

58:51 ↗ that right that will really help um

58:54 ↗ prioritize and help us put what needs to

58:57 ↗ be in the green green.

58:59 ↗ Now, on the flip side is how do you say

59:01 ↗ no to really incredible organizations?

59:04 ↗ It's really hard. Um, especially if

59:06 ↗ we've met them or they've come and done

59:09 ↗ public speaking because honestly, we

59:10 ↗ want to fund everybody if we could.

59:12 ↗ Everyone's doing amazing work and

59:14 ↗ deserve all the money that they're

59:16 ↗ asking for, but we're limited. So, we

59:18 ↗ have to have a lot in red,

59:20 ↗ unfortunately. So, um, ways to put

59:23 ↗ things in red and to justify saying, "I

59:26 ↗ really like you, but I'm sorry. we can't

59:29 ↗ is one it it it's a good programming but

59:33 ↗ it's not within our four pillars that we

59:34 ↗ have. It's not within our priority areas

59:37 ↗ um that is clearly labeled or it doesn't

59:40 ↗ necessarily serve a population that is a

59:43 ↗ major representation here at Isaqua um

59:47 ↗ or the big one is um duplicate program.

59:53 ↗ So there's a lot of great organizations.

59:55 ↗ For example, we have a Isiqua specific

59:59 ↗ food and clothing bank um that provides

1:00:01 ↗ Isiqua with our food and services. What

1:00:05 ↗ if we receive a bunch of other food

1:00:07 ↗ banks asking for funding because Isqua

1:00:09 ↗ residents most likely do utilize them?

1:00:12 ↗ We're limited. If it's a dup duplicate

1:00:14 ↗ program and we want to put more money

1:00:16 ↗ towards one of our local organizations,

1:00:19 ↗ we may have to make that hard decision

1:00:20 ↗ and say, "I'm sorry. We like you. We see

1:00:25 ↗ we see you, but we can't fund you at

1:00:27 ↗ this time." Um, so that's a big one that

1:00:32 ↗ I think it helps us eliminate some

1:00:34 ↗ organizations that are great, but just

1:00:36 ↗ we already are prioritizing specific

1:00:39 ↗ organization to do that work.

1:00:42 ↗ And then accessibility I think is a big

1:00:44 ↗ one. Kind of going down to um is it

1:00:47 ↗ close to 6 o'clock? Can this quite

1:00:48 ↗ easily access it? And again a lot of

1:00:50 ↗ services can be virtual which is

1:00:52 ↗ accessible. It does improve that but

1:00:54 ↗ we're kind of thinking about kind of

1:00:56 ↗ what our need is now which is people

1:00:59 ↗ want in person. So,

1:01:02 ↗ um, and then yellow honestly is kind of

1:01:04 ↗ like a good filler of like I don't know,

1:01:06 ↗ like I think I want to fund it, but I

1:01:10 ↗ don't know if we'll have enough money or

1:01:11 ↗ the opposite of like I really like it,

1:01:14 ↗ but I can see maybe not, but I want to

1:01:15 ↗ discuss it with my other peers. Um, so

1:01:19 ↗ any questions about our beautiful

1:01:22 ↗ colors?

1:01:25 ↗ Have Have you changed this card from

1:01:27 ↗ last from two years ago?

1:01:30 ↗ kind of thing. I did review it. Um I I

1:01:34 ↗ can I think the main change I had was um

1:01:37 ↗ I added basically since we're uh

1:01:39 ↗ cultural specific um is in all

1:01:42 ↗ categories, I really wanted to call that

1:01:44 ↗ also out to make sure that it gets

1:01:46 ↗ represented well. So that's the main

1:01:48 ↗ change is that um that it's a culture

1:01:52 ↗ specific organization.

1:01:54 ↗ >> You didn't used to have duplicate

1:01:55 ↗ program at the bottom either, did you?

1:01:58 ↗ Um, I think I did.

1:02:00 ↗ >> Oh, good.

1:02:00 ↗ >> I'm just highlighting that today because

1:02:03 ↗ you are going to need help to say no.

1:02:07 ↗ >> And so I'm trying to give you tools to

1:02:09 ↗ say no.

1:02:11 ↗ Okay, last thing then officially is

1:02:16 ↗ going back to our

1:02:21 ↗ um let's go to our Excel spreadsheet. So

1:02:24 ↗ now we're going to pull it all together.

1:02:46 ↗ We're going to go back to our share one.

1:02:48 ↗ Share. Okay. Back to our review tool. So

1:02:50 ↗ now

1:02:52 ↗ I've been giving you these handy dandy

1:02:54 ↗ Excel spreadsheets.

1:02:56 ↗ So this is basically all the information

1:02:58 ↗ that I shared condensed in your

1:03:01 ↗ applications. You have two tabs. You

1:03:02 ↗ have your subgroup category and you have

1:03:05 ↗ all the applications just for reference.

1:03:09 ↗ Here you're going to just focus on your

1:03:10 ↗ physical um behavioral health. So you'll

1:03:12 ↗ see you'll have the agency,

1:03:16 ↗ you have your program, you have what is

1:03:19 ↗ that share basically share one half

1:03:21 ↗ those five categories. What did they

1:03:23 ↗ categorize themselves? You'll have your

1:03:27 ↗ priority area and then more importantly

1:03:29 ↗ you have kind of the subgroup category.

1:03:32 ↗ You also will be able to see here on

1:03:34 ↗ this Excel spreadsheet how much were

1:03:37 ↗ they funded in 2025 and 2026

1:03:41 ↗ and then how much are they requesting

1:03:42 ↗ for this next cycle.

1:03:46 ↗ You will then have a section for

1:03:48 ↗ yourself where you can put in your

1:03:50 ↗ dollar amount that you want to

1:03:51 ↗ recommend.

1:03:52 ↗ And then you have in this one your

1:03:56 ↗ basically your reasoning. So why did you

1:03:58 ↗ give it this color? So what you'll do is

1:04:01 ↗ you and then and then here is a quick

1:04:03 ↗ access. It's all been copy and pasted.

1:04:05 ↗ So here is not all the information from

1:04:08 ↗ the application but if you need like a

1:04:10 ↗ quick review or reminder. So it says

1:04:14 ↗ from the app. So here's your program

1:04:15 ↗ description and you can make this view

1:04:17 ↗ different. So this is just a condensed

1:04:19 ↗ view. Here's your program overview.

1:04:24 ↗ So that's again from the application.

1:04:26 ↗ The population I bas I I summarized that

1:04:29 ↗ so it's just a couple of words. Um you

1:04:34 ↗ can look at their application for more

1:04:36 ↗ details. I did include if it costs

1:04:38 ↗ anything and then um if they're they

1:04:41 ↗ have where their office is located.

1:04:44 ↗ So you saw on the application there is

1:04:46 ↗ more information but I just pulled out

1:04:48 ↗ kind of some main information for quick

1:04:50 ↗ reference for your review. So how I

1:04:52 ↗ recommend using this tool is

1:04:56 ↗ you open for example for tomorrow life

1:04:58 ↗ service program. You get a feel for what

1:05:00 ↗ it who they are look at their program

1:05:02 ↗ budget. Look at their application and

1:05:05 ↗ say first and foremost your meeting will

1:05:07 ↗ be like what category do we want to fund

1:05:10 ↗ them? Do we want to fund them? Yes, this

1:05:13 ↗ is a program we think is important to

1:05:15 ↗ fund. No, I don't think this is aligned

1:05:18 ↗ with our strategic plan or duplicate or

1:05:21 ↗ um let's talk more about it. This is a

1:05:22 ↗ maybe for me. Um that is basically your

1:05:26 ↗ first subgroup meeting. Um goal is to

1:05:29 ↗ have all of your applications colorcoded

1:05:34 ↗ into your yes and no. Your goal is to

1:05:36 ↗ have at least half in red.

1:05:38 ↗ Um then your next meeting will be how

1:05:41 ↗ much so you know who you want to fund or

1:05:43 ↗ have a general idea. Your next meeting

1:05:46 ↗ will be how much are you funding. So

1:05:48 ↗ then you start playing with the dollar

1:05:50 ↗ amount. So you say I want to fund this

1:05:52 ↗ dollar amount. Oh that looks

1:05:55 ↗ um and then

1:05:58 ↗ um and then you'll be assigned basically

1:06:01 ↗ what are your dollar amount is you're

1:06:03 ↗ working with that you have total in your

1:06:05 ↗ subgroup.

1:06:07 ↗ So again, this is just a tool, a

1:06:08 ↗ condensed tool, pulling every little

1:06:10 ↗ thing that we all the big ones that we

1:06:12 ↗ have and just kind of putting it in one

1:06:14 ↗ Excel spreadsheet

1:06:16 ↗ um to help kind of condense your

1:06:17 ↗ information. So when you have subgroup

1:06:19 ↗ meetings, Brenda will basically have

1:06:21 ↗ this up and say, "Okay, Himeme, what did

1:06:24 ↗ you put for life for tomorrow life

1:06:26 ↗ service programs?

1:06:28 ↗ Okay, JD, what did you put?" And then u

1:06:30 ↗ Trish, what did you put? And then um and

1:06:33 ↗ then you'll have like further

1:06:34 ↗ discussions on each programming. And

1:06:37 ↗ then the second subgroup meeting that

1:06:39 ↗ you'll have, okay, we have a general

1:06:41 ↗ idea who we want to fund. Now, let's

1:06:42 ↗ talk about the dollar amounts that we

1:06:43 ↗ can work with.

1:06:47 ↗ No, those are your tools.

1:06:48 ↗ >> So then does each member in a subgroup

1:06:52 ↗ review all the 33 applications? Okay.

1:06:55 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:06:55 ↗ >> So you don't divide them between each

1:06:57 ↗ other. Okay.

1:06:58 ↗ >> No. Yeah. Everyone needs to review their

1:07:00 ↗ applications. So that's 32, 39, and 40.

1:07:03 ↗ Okay, that changes what you want. No,

1:07:07 ↗ and I I thought I would just mention

1:07:09 ↗ when when Manny and Amorei and I were

1:07:12 ↗ working two cycles ago, I think I copied

1:07:16 ↗ Hannah's, but I didn't want to, you

1:07:18 ↗ know, destroy her her original and I

1:07:21 ↗ just created another tab. And what I did

1:07:24 ↗ is I added columns. So let's say I want

1:07:28 ↗ to make it a green but my wants to make

1:07:30 ↗ it a red. So I just added some columns.

1:07:34 ↗ I think you know it might be logical

1:07:36 ↗ there where um so that each of the

1:07:39 ↗ person that's reviewing can have their

1:07:41 ↗ own independent you know input and then

1:07:44 ↗ you know when you meet as a group then

1:07:45 ↗ you decide and then that's what you put

1:07:47 ↗ on Hannah's tab.

1:07:50 ↗ >> Yep. So that's what it'll look like. So

1:07:52 ↗ Brenda will be like, "Okay, Himeme, you

1:07:54 ↗ said this one was yellow. JD, you said

1:07:58 ↗ you wanted to fund this one." And Trish,

1:07:59 ↗ you said you said no. Okay.

1:08:03 ↗ >> I thought that's why you have columns H,

1:08:05 ↗ I, and J because there's three

1:08:06 ↗ commissioners for each group, but that's

1:08:07 ↗ filling in squares, right?

1:08:09 ↗ >> Yep. Exactly. And then so that so that's

1:08:11 ↗ how that's how I was thinking and you

1:08:13 ↗ guys could totally do it differently.

1:08:14 ↗ >> Oh, I I thought you were saying

1:08:15 ↗ highlight the whole thing, but Yeah.

1:08:17 ↗ >> Yeah. So we'll go through it that way

1:08:19 ↗ and then and then once we come back and

1:08:20 ↗ say okay it looks like we all have

1:08:22 ↗ different opinions let's go dive deeper

1:08:24 ↗ into this one. Okay. And then now team,

1:08:27 ↗ what do we after the discussion? What's

1:08:29 ↗ our final dec decision? Should we fund

1:08:32 ↗ it? Should we put it back in the red

1:08:34 ↗ category? Or should we maybe like

1:08:36 ↗ consider it if we have enough

1:08:39 ↗ >> because we all might have different

1:08:40 ↗ reasons?

1:08:41 ↗ >> Yeah. And see, there's only one for

1:08:44 ↗ >> so that way like you can go off and work

1:08:48 ↗ by yourself.

1:08:49 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:08:50 ↗ And then when you come together

1:08:51 ↗ >> because to your point you'd have to like

1:08:53 ↗ we're all work you'd have to save as and

1:08:56 ↗ working off of one spreadsheet that that

1:08:58 ↗ everybody

1:08:59 ↗ >> Yeah. So the intention is honestly just

1:09:00 ↗ I would go once you have access to this

1:09:02 ↗ I would go into this download it on your

1:09:04 ↗ own so you can just work off of it

1:09:06 ↗ >> and have your own notes and stuff like

1:09:08 ↗ that so you're prepared in the subgroup

1:09:10 ↗ meetings that you have.

1:09:11 ↗ >> Yeah. Now you're not going to be in our

1:09:15 ↗ subgroup meetings.

1:09:16 ↗ I will be holding my beautiful babies.

1:09:19 ↗ >> So, no,

1:09:21 ↗ >> Brenda will be holding your baby. Okay.

1:09:24 ↗ Now, will you be bringing us information

1:09:27 ↗ on the repeat applications, people that

1:09:31 ↗ have already been granted,

1:09:34 ↗ how their performance was, or if there's

1:09:36 ↗ anything we need to be watchful about.

1:09:39 ↗ >> Basically, if there's additional

1:09:40 ↗ information that's not on any of the

1:09:42 ↗ spreadsheets, yeah, just ask me and we

1:09:44 ↗ can

1:09:45 ↗ >> Okay.

1:09:46 ↗ We're

1:09:47 ↗ >> um out of caution of being because not

1:09:50 ↗ everyone has that opportunity to have

1:09:53 ↗ like history or contracted and we want

1:09:56 ↗ to um use that. We certainly can use

1:09:58 ↗ that information in our funding

1:10:00 ↗ decisions. Um, we have flagged a few

1:10:04 ↗ programs that we currently are

1:10:06 ↗ contracted with that, um,

1:10:09 ↗ uh, have not meeting contract goals or

1:10:13 ↗ have been difficult to work with. Um,

1:10:15 ↗ and so like that information might be

1:10:17 ↗ provided and the opposite of like, wow,

1:10:19 ↗ this this organization has been great to

1:10:21 ↗ work with. So that knowledge will be

1:10:23 ↗ brought to in the subgroup meeting.

1:10:25 ↗ >> Yeah, I was more interested interested

1:10:27 ↗ in Yeah. those people that didn't really

1:10:30 ↗ fulfill their contract in previous

1:10:32 ↗ years.

1:10:33 ↗ >> Yeah. It's not a part of our review

1:10:35 ↗ tools, but it can be certainly a part of

1:10:37 ↗ discussion,

1:10:38 ↗ >> right?

1:10:38 ↗ >> Um that could I I will imagine

1:10:41 ↗ >> um impact funding decisions. So that

1:10:44 ↗ knowledge and information doesn't apply

1:10:45 ↗ to everybody. Um is not a part of the

1:10:48 ↗ toolkit because it wouldn't be fair, um

1:10:50 ↗ but it is in consideration in our

1:10:52 ↗ discussions.

1:10:52 ↗ >> So it'll come from Brenda.

1:10:53 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:10:54 ↗ >> Okay. and and she's got a great resource

1:10:57 ↗ with our behavioral health team who

1:10:58 ↗ really accesses a lot of these programs.

1:11:01 ↗ Um so there their input has also been

1:11:03 ↗ just you know advised and um considered

1:11:06 ↗ as well. So yeah so there are a few um

1:11:09 ↗ >> I did provide um some some of my

1:11:12 ↗ recommendations or some of my like

1:11:14 ↗ highly recommend or hear some concerns.

1:11:17 ↗ Um so I have pre-presented that to

1:11:19 ↗ Brenda.

1:11:19 ↗ >> Good.

1:11:21 ↗ Yeah, you can you can all um if you have

1:11:24 ↗ questions and like if you're having a

1:11:26 ↗ hard time discuss I said Brenda just

1:11:27 ↗ look at my notes and you that can maybe

1:11:29 ↗ help guide and you can share that with

1:11:31 ↗ the commission help guide some some

1:11:33 ↗ decisions

1:11:34 ↗ >> and um in the past you've actually

1:11:38 ↗ chunked out you know the 650,000

1:11:42 ↗ into

1:11:43 ↗ when when does that happen?

1:11:45 ↗ >> Yes. So let's see.

1:11:50 ↗ So sorry, we went off the Excel

1:11:52 ↗ spreadsheet. So that is I'm trying to

1:11:54 ↗ remember if I had a slide for that.

1:11:56 ↗ Okay, so I don't have a slide for that.

1:11:58 ↗ Um, so the answer to is um to be

1:12:01 ↗ determined. We have we actually since we

1:12:03 ↗ have a new mayor, we really want to

1:12:05 ↗ introduce to him our strategic plan and

1:12:09 ↗ kind of our prep funding um human

1:12:11 ↗ services grants funding approach and um

1:12:15 ↗ and basically receive guidance from our

1:12:18 ↗ mayor if if there's a if there's

1:12:20 ↗ anything that's a priority to him in

1:12:22 ↗ this granting cycle that may not be a

1:12:24 ↗ part of our current plan. And from there

1:12:27 ↗ we can also decide how we're going to

1:12:30 ↗ divide the dollars amount. In the past

1:12:32 ↗ what we've done and Brenda will provide

1:12:34 ↗ more information once it's confirmed.

1:12:36 ↗ But basically we use the calculation of

1:12:40 ↗ um how much either we two options at

1:12:44 ↗ this point. Either we can divide the 650

1:12:46 ↗ equally by three and give each category

1:12:49 ↗ kind of three equal dollar amounts or we

1:12:51 ↗ can use the average percentage of how

1:12:54 ↗ many applications received in the

1:12:55 ↗ funding request. And that calculation

1:12:59 ↗ basically gives about pretty equally

1:13:02 ↗ like one group would receive like 210,

1:13:04 ↗ another group would receive 230. Um and

1:13:08 ↗ so um that's probably

1:13:11 ↗ those are very similar. They're pretty

1:13:13 ↗ close. So basically we'll give each

1:13:15 ↗ subgroup a $200 something dollar to play

1:13:18 ↗ with and then that's how you can break

1:13:20 ↗ down your funding decisions.

1:13:23 ↗ So um more guidance on that. We just the

1:13:25 ↗ timing um with our mayor going on

1:13:27 ↗ vacation and trying to get a meeting uh

1:13:30 ↗ with our mayor mullet. Um

1:13:32 ↗ >> no I think it's good that it's not

1:13:33 ↗ chunked out yet.

1:13:34 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:13:35 ↗ >> Yeah. And and we're also open if there's

1:13:37 ↗ other ideas here from the commission how

1:13:39 ↗ we want to divide the dollar amounts.

1:13:41 ↗ >> Right. Because I think when I last time

1:13:43 ↗ when it came to the very bitter end, we

1:13:46 ↗ did some negotiating because we felt

1:13:48 ↗ strongly about

1:13:49 ↗ >> and we moved money around.

1:13:50 ↗ >> Yep. Yep. And I think we have freedom to

1:13:52 ↗ do that if we're like,

1:13:53 ↗ >> okay, and that may be happening is is

1:13:57 ↗ one subgroup is like, oh, we still have

1:13:59 ↗ $20,000. We certainly could spend it,

1:14:01 ↗ but we're okay if we want to prioritize

1:14:03 ↗ it in a different subcategory. So, there

1:14:05 ↗ is a little bit of play. So, it's just a

1:14:07 ↗ general guideline to help kind of with

1:14:09 ↗ those.

1:14:10 ↗ >> So, yeah.

1:14:13 ↗ Okay, so we gone through how to access

1:14:16 ↗ the applications. We gone through the

1:14:18 ↗ review card and the tools that are

1:14:20 ↗ there. We went through the Excel

1:14:21 ↗ spreadsheet, how it's a quick reference.

1:14:23 ↗ You can color code, you can put, you

1:14:25 ↗ know, your information and then also you

1:14:27 ↗ can sort through there. So you can sort

1:14:30 ↗ it by like subcategory. So let's say you

1:14:31 ↗ just want to look at all the rental

1:14:33 ↗ system programs, you can look at it in

1:14:35 ↗ that way.

1:14:38 ↗ So now some next steps, some guidelines

1:14:40 ↗ and and time frames that we're working

1:14:41 ↗ with. Um so

1:14:45 ↗ uh let's see May

1:14:48 ↗ May 20th uh well May will be kind of a

1:14:50 ↗ busy month, but May 20th you basically

1:14:53 ↗ you'll have be assigned to look at one

1:14:56 ↗ of your applications and just kind of

1:14:57 ↗ make sure you feel good about the

1:14:59 ↗ process. And then between basically now

1:15:02 ↗ and the next um meeting which will be um

1:15:07 ↗ July 15th you're going to have subgroup

1:15:10 ↗ meetings. So subgroup meetings will be

1:15:13 ↗ um sorry did I

1:15:15 ↗ May 20th or April 20th?

1:15:18 ↗ >> May 20th is your next human services

1:15:20 ↗ commission meeting.

1:15:22 ↗ >> So you should like at least access one

1:15:24 ↗ or two of the applications to make sure

1:15:25 ↗ you know what you're doing.

1:15:26 ↗ >> That's going to be the equity train. on

1:15:29 ↗ the 12.

1:15:30 ↗ >> Yeah. And then you're going to meet with

1:15:32 ↗ Brenda at least twice. I put three just

1:15:35 ↗ sometimes you need a little more time. I

1:15:37 ↗ recommend if your schedules allow for an

1:15:39 ↗ hour and a half meetings um just to

1:15:42 ↗ buffer it out so in case you need extra

1:15:44 ↗ time. Hopefully you can get done in an

1:15:46 ↗ hour. And then July 15th we're going to

1:15:49 ↗ do report outs basically like what did

1:15:51 ↗ your subgroup find? What was what was

1:15:53 ↗ challenging? What was kind of trends you

1:15:56 ↗ saw? um and then have larger discussion

1:15:59 ↗ and then um probably in August it'll

1:16:02 ↗ come back together for final vote review

1:16:05 ↗ and vote. So you may have some extra

1:16:06 ↗ meetings in between then.

1:16:11 ↗ Any questions about that timeline.

1:16:15 ↗ Um and then I will say as soon as as

1:16:17 ↗ soon as you do make your final

1:16:18 ↗ recommendation, it's time for a

1:16:20 ↗ breather. Okay? You all need a break.

1:16:22 ↗ So, we're going to recess for one, maybe

1:16:24 ↗ even two months, um, depending on kind

1:16:27 ↗ of what's on the docket for human

1:16:29 ↗ services. Um, so just just know that we

1:16:32 ↗ typically don't meet in August, but if

1:16:34 ↗ we need to make a formal recommendation,

1:16:35 ↗ we will and then we'll take September

1:16:37 ↗ off.

1:16:39 ↗ So, for the next meeting, this is your

1:16:41 ↗ assignment here. Um, please verify that

1:16:43 ↗ you can access the application. So,

1:16:45 ↗ again, we'll send out the SharePoint

1:16:47 ↗ information. Um, if you want to try

1:16:49 ↗ share one app, um, make sure you if you

1:16:51 ↗ have any problems with that, please

1:16:52 ↗ email myself and Brenda and we'll work

1:16:55 ↗ with the site administrator.

1:16:57 ↗ Um, I also would really, um, appreciate

1:17:00 ↗ if you could just look at one or two

1:17:01 ↗ applications and then in that like what

1:17:04 ↗ are you finding like what's confusing,

1:17:06 ↗ what's not working, um, comments,

1:17:09 ↗ questions, and then um, and then just

1:17:12 ↗ use the review tools. And then that way

1:17:14 ↗ if you feel like, okay, this review tool

1:17:16 ↗ is actually not working. can we edit it

1:17:18 ↗ this way or oh the review cards should

1:17:19 ↗ they maybe include this information

1:17:22 ↗ after our equity training and this is

1:17:24 ↗ the time to kind of like finite some of

1:17:26 ↗ these tools and bring any questions you

1:17:28 ↗ have

1:17:31 ↗ um so again subgroup

1:17:35 ↗ application meeting June and July two

1:17:38 ↗ meetings first one is color code each

1:17:39 ↗ one

1:17:41 ↗ um discuss the yellow ones and then your

1:17:44 ↗ second meeting will be kind of the

1:17:45 ↗ funding amount

1:17:47 ↗ And then you bring it to the larger

1:17:50 ↗ group.

1:17:54 ↗ That's a lot for you all. How you

1:17:55 ↗ feeling?

1:17:58 ↗ Got this.

1:18:00 ↗ So I'm excited to come back and see what

1:18:02 ↗ you all decide on funding

1:18:04 ↗ recommendations.

1:18:07 ↗ >> Thank you for all the clarity.

1:18:09 ↗ >> Good. Good. Yeah. happy to do all the

1:18:11 ↗ work and and glad to be here to present

1:18:13 ↗ it and kind of go over it with you all.

1:18:15 ↗ Um hopefully this will set you all for

1:18:17 ↗ success. Um review those applications a

1:18:20 ↗ lot and kind you this is volunteers so

1:18:22 ↗ we appreciate you your commitment to

1:18:25 ↗ this and hopefully this the tools and

1:18:29 ↗ some of the guidance can help streamline

1:18:30 ↗ the whole process for everyone.

1:18:36 ↗ Oh, I feel so good. That's done.

1:18:40 ↗ >> You can wait.

1:18:41 ↗ >> Exactly. You didn't go until later

1:18:43 ↗ >> and then Yeah, that's good. You're okay,

1:18:45 ↗ right?

1:18:45 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:18:50 ↗ >> That concludes my presentation.

1:18:54 ↗ >> All right. Well, thank you so much. Um,

1:18:56 ↗ now we have reports. Um, I chair and

1:18:59 ↗ commission reports. I I don't have a

1:19:02 ↗ report for our group. Does anybody in

1:19:04 ↗ this team or commission members have

1:19:07 ↗ updates they'd like to share from in

1:19:09 ↗ person or folks in virtual?

1:19:16 ↗ >> I got nothing.

1:19:18 ↗ >> I got nothing.

1:19:21 ↗ >> Okay. Uh then we have youth report.

1:19:25 ↗ I know sometimes you go give some

1:19:27 ↗ updates.

1:19:29 ↗ >> Uh yeah, I can give a really quick

1:19:31 ↗ update. So, the board on the 9th, we're

1:19:35 ↗ hosting an event called the leadership

1:19:37 ↗ boot camp. It's a two-hour event where

1:19:41 ↗ um for teens of course in the um

1:19:45 ↗ community center, the isqua community

1:19:47 ↗ center and we're just going to do a

1:19:49 ↗ bunch of different leadership

1:19:50 ↗ activities, teamwork games, as well as I

1:19:52 ↗ think a guest speaker talking about like

1:19:54 ↗ different leadership skills and how

1:19:56 ↗ teens can apply that to sports, clubs,

1:19:59 ↗ and other everyday life activities. So

1:20:02 ↗ that's our biggest event right now and I

1:20:05 ↗ I think that's it.

1:20:07 ↗ leadership. That's That's when Preston

1:20:10 ↗ >> uh the the 9th.

1:20:12 ↗ >> May.

1:20:14 ↗ >> Yes.

1:20:19 ↗ >> Thanks, Preston.

1:20:21 ↗ >> Move back to um Stafford.

1:20:24 ↗ >> Uh

1:20:26 ↗ me again. Um couple things I do want to

1:20:29 ↗ highlight and share some events to put

1:20:30 ↗ on your calendar. Um so Ray mentioned um

1:20:34 ↗ asking about um council um uh Barb

1:20:38 ↗ Michelle so she had to retire

1:20:40 ↗ unexpectedly. Um we are doing a

1:20:42 ↗ proclamation of appreciation as a city

1:20:44 ↗ that's been happening on May 18th. So um

1:20:48 ↗ I'm not sure if she's going to join or

1:20:50 ↗ not. I'm not sure of any details other

1:20:51 ↗ than we we are honoring her service.

1:20:56 ↗ Also exciting news is um if you remember

1:21:00 ↗ um our prior mayor um did a nonprofit

1:21:04 ↗ organization funding impact meeting

1:21:06 ↗ where basically she um got all of our

1:21:09 ↗ isan nonprofits together to figure out

1:21:11 ↗ how like the federal and state funding

1:21:13 ↗ is impacting their organization

1:21:15 ↗ different trends. So that is now getting

1:21:17 ↗ picked up again by our new mayor and

1:21:20 ↗ well

1:21:22 ↗ see which coun which council member is

1:21:24 ↗ doing you remember I may have mistyped

1:21:27 ↗ that. Well we'll have a council member

1:21:29 ↗ there because it was council member D

1:21:31 ↗ Michelle but with her retirement we'll

1:21:33 ↗ have another council member supporting

1:21:34 ↗ that. Um so we do have another meeting

1:21:36 ↗ coming up April 30th. Um so Brenda can

1:21:39 ↗ report back um how how basically kind of

1:21:41 ↗ some an overview of how that meeting

1:21:43 ↗ went. Um, and again, just just really I

1:21:46 ↗ I'm always appreciative of any

1:21:48 ↗ leadership who's interested in talking

1:21:49 ↗ to our nonprofits and learning what's

1:21:51 ↗ what the needs are. So, are these

1:21:53 ↗ meetings on Zoom uh teams? Yeah, they're

1:21:56 ↗ online.

1:21:57 ↗ >> Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

1:21:59 ↗ >> It's it's it's one of the council member

1:22:02 ↗ meetings that where they're going to

1:22:03 ↗ present this at.

1:22:04 ↗ >> No. No. This is like a just a

1:22:06 ↗ >> a special meeting they're going to have

1:22:07 ↗ on the 30th.

1:22:08 ↗ >> Yeah. It's technically it's not like

1:22:10 ↗ there's not a quorum, so it's not a

1:22:11 ↗ public meeting or anything like that.

1:22:12 ↗ It's just our mayor, our new mayors and

1:22:15 ↗ kind of picking up this project from our

1:22:18 ↗ previous mayor um of just kind of

1:22:21 ↗ quarterly check-ins with our nonprofits

1:22:23 ↗ with some of these major funding shifts

1:22:24 ↗ and cuts to learn what the trends are

1:22:26 ↗ here in Isiqua. Um and so this will be

1:22:30 ↗ we've kind of been waiting to see if

1:22:31 ↗ they were going to pick it back up with

1:22:33 ↗ the leadership transition and so I'm

1:22:35 ↗ happy to report that we are.

1:22:38 ↗ >> That's great. That's so huge with

1:22:40 ↗ especially with Medicare and Medicaid

1:22:41 ↗ and how those funding dollars have

1:22:43 ↗ shifted.

1:22:44 ↗ >> Um it's it's big. I mean

1:22:47 ↗ >> Yeah. Exactly.

1:22:48 ↗ >> Yeah. People don't know where their

1:22:50 ↗ dollars are going

1:22:51 ↗ >> one year versus the next. So

1:22:53 ↗ >> why things are way more expensive. Yeah.

1:22:55 ↗ Exactly.

1:22:56 ↗ >> So um yeah. So very curious to see how

1:22:58 ↗ that goes. And again um Brenda will have

1:23:00 ↗ an update on that one. Also want to make

1:23:03 ↗ sure you have all your calendars and

1:23:04 ↗ human services stuff. So, um, an email

1:23:08 ↗ with an agenda. It's a public meeting is

1:23:10 ↗ May 12th, um, from 5 to 8:00 p.m. at the

1:23:13 ↗ Redmond City Hall. Um, so this is a, um,

1:23:17 ↗ get snow.

1:23:20 ↗ So fun. We cancelled and got it

1:23:22 ↗ rescheduled for shifted from a Saturday

1:23:25 ↗ to now a Tuesday. So, I know it might be

1:23:27 ↗ hard for some folks to get to with their

1:23:29 ↗ work schedules and stuff. Um, so just so

1:23:31 ↗ you know, I think the it starts at 5. Um

1:23:34 ↗ it'll officially start at 5:30. You'll

1:23:36 ↗ see in the agenda. Um but the five

1:23:38 ↗ o'clock start is um grab some food,

1:23:40 ↗ mingle, meet some other commissioners

1:23:42 ↗ from different cities or say hi to each

1:23:43 ↗ other. Um but we will provide dinner.

1:23:46 ↗ Yay. Um some incentives. And um there's

1:23:50 ↗ that pre-work again. That will be a part

1:23:52 ↗ of the packet that you can look at

1:23:53 ↗ again.

1:23:56 ↗ Um and the intention from that is May

1:24:01 ↗ 20th, we'll basically have like a

1:24:03 ↗ followup. So there'll be training and

1:24:05 ↗ then we'll have kind of is specific

1:24:07 ↗ discussion and dialogue that Haime will

1:24:09 ↗ be leading

1:24:12 ↗ just

1:24:13 ↗ >> absolutely

1:24:14 ↗ >> great. Um and then also coming up is our

1:24:18 ↗ community clothing spring clothing fest.

1:24:20 ↗ So great place to volunteer, great place

1:24:22 ↗ to grab clothes. Um we it's a three-day

1:24:25 ↗ event. We're advertising two though. Um

1:24:27 ↗ the first day is donation day. So if you

1:24:29 ↗ have anything in your closet that you

1:24:30 ↗ want to donate, please do. bring it to

1:24:33 ↗ our Pickering Barn. Um the 28th this

1:24:37 ↗ invite only. So folks um who participate

1:24:39 ↗ in our food bank and the circle will um

1:24:41 ↗ have a shopping experience and then on

1:24:44 ↗ the 29th it's open to our public for

1:24:45 ↗ shopping experience. So very excited for

1:24:48 ↗ that event.

1:24:49 ↗ Another upcoming one is AAPI Heritage

1:24:51 ↗ Month is in May and we are celebrating

1:24:54 ↗ it on the 17th um through the circle.

1:24:57 ↗ They will be um putting on a 2-hour

1:24:59 ↗ event. It starts at 2, um, ends at 4.

1:25:04 ↗ Um, and yeah, so that's on a Sunday, so

1:25:07 ↗ please join if you're able to. And then

1:25:10 ↗ put it on your radar way down the road.

1:25:13 ↗ It's culture fest. Um, so that will be

1:25:16 ↗ happening September 18th. Um, so yeah,

1:25:19 ↗ we're seeing more reminders about that.

1:25:21 ↗ Um and then one thing that I wanted to

1:25:23 ↗ also just quickly mention um that's not

1:25:25 ↗ here is that next uh meeting we are

1:25:28 ↗ going to vote on our chair and vice

1:25:30 ↗ chair. Um and so typically I will say we

1:25:33 ↗ usually like to see our chair rotate so

1:25:36 ↗ people have access to it. I'm going to

1:25:38 ↗ personally recommend um that I may

1:25:40 ↗ consider staying in this role just with

1:25:42 ↗ like some staffing changes and with

1:25:44 ↗ going in a funding cycle. But if any

1:25:46 ↗ anybody is interested in the chair

1:25:47 ↗ position specifically, please don't

1:25:49 ↗ hesitate to let us know. Uh what is open

1:25:52 ↗ is our vice chair though. Um would love

1:25:54 ↗ to see somebody step up in our vice

1:25:56 ↗ chair position. Um so if you have

1:25:59 ↗ interest in it

1:26:01 ↗ I don't know just let us know or

1:26:03 ↗ nominate yourself or say hey buddy can

1:26:06 ↗ you nominate me? Um, so it's an official

1:26:09 ↗ like um we'll have to do official vote

1:26:12 ↗ like I nominate so and so, I second, and

1:26:15 ↗ then there's a script I'll provide you

1:26:17 ↗ all with. But um but yeah, but that is

1:26:20 ↗ an open role that I would love anybody

1:26:21 ↗ and everyone to consider. Um and of

1:26:24 ↗ course the chair is open as well, but

1:26:26 ↗ Haime has graciously agreed to continue

1:26:28 ↗ on this year

1:26:31 ↗ and but other people are welcome to that

1:26:33 ↗ position as well.

1:26:36 ↗ >> Anna Yes.

1:26:38 ↗ >> Uh I have a couple of questions. Uh one

1:26:40 ↗ is uh on May 20th we're having a meeting

1:26:44 ↗ where we are bringing um we're going to

1:26:47 ↗ have completed our assignments. Yes. Um

1:26:51 ↗ and that isn't at Redmond City Hall.

1:26:54 ↗ That's here at the steelhead. Right.

1:26:57 ↗ >> Yes. May 20th is our regular human

1:26:59 ↗ services commission where we will have a

1:27:02 ↗ discussion

1:27:04 ↗ >> um and review of the training from the

1:27:06 ↗ 12th

1:27:07 ↗ >> and the May 12th meeting is at Redmond

1:27:09 ↗ City Hall and it's the one that is was

1:27:12 ↗ the uh the equity uh inclusion um uh

1:27:16 ↗ orientation. Yes,

1:27:18 ↗ >> correct. That had to be rescheduled

1:27:20 ↗ February.

1:27:20 ↗ >> The last thing is the last thing the

1:27:22 ↗ audio isn't really good today. So the

1:27:24 ↗ last thing is the clothing event. What

1:27:26 ↗ were the dates for that?

1:27:28 ↗ >> Um, donation day is on Monday, April

1:27:31 ↗ 27th.

1:27:33 ↗ >> Okay.

1:27:34 ↗ >> Shopping days open for the public is um,

1:27:37 ↗ Wednesday, April 29th.

1:27:40 ↗ And then it is open on the 28th for

1:27:42 ↗ invite only for participants who utilize

1:27:45 ↗ the food bank in the circle.

1:27:47 ↗ >> Okay.

1:27:48 ↗ >> This is agenda packet, right? this whole

1:27:51 ↗ thing at the very last page of the

1:27:54 ↗ agenda packet has all the states.

1:27:56 ↗ >> Oh, thank you. Thank you, Trish.

1:27:58 ↗ >> Yeah, I I do have a question. Um, kind

1:28:02 ↗ of off topic, but not really in the big

1:28:04 ↗ picture. The to do we have any feelers

1:28:09 ↗ on behavioral health that that'll be

1:28:12 ↗ coming into that

1:28:14 ↗ >> opportunity center?

1:28:15 ↗ >> Yeah,

1:28:16 ↗ >> we don't currently have any updates, but

1:28:18 ↗ they're still working on it. they're

1:28:19 ↗ still kind of talking with some people

1:28:22 ↗ and yeah, definitely getting a little

1:28:24 ↗ bit of interest.

1:28:25 ↗ >> Um, but Brenda will be able to provide

1:28:27 ↗ updates to the group um probably in the

1:28:30 ↗ staff reports as needed and and when the

1:28:32 ↗ time is appropriate, you know, tried to

1:28:34 ↗ get commissioners involved with updates

1:28:36 ↗ or

1:28:37 ↗ >> um bye Preston. Um but yeah, so keep

1:28:42 ↗ asking about it so it stays on our

1:28:44 ↗ radar. We hear things periodically about

1:28:46 ↗ it, but um there's no like official

1:28:50 ↗ updates.

1:28:52 ↗ >> I know the timeline is, you know,

1:28:54 ↗ there's time, but

1:28:55 ↗ >> yeah,

1:28:55 ↗ >> you know how it goes quickly.

1:28:58 ↗ >> Cuz aren't they starting to work on it

1:29:00 ↗ this year?

1:29:01 ↗ >> Uh they're breaking ground in 2027

1:29:05 ↗ or 2022.

1:29:06 ↗ >> No, I think coming up. Yeah,

1:29:08 ↗ >> you said they're technically supposed to

1:29:11 ↗ >> they're breaking ground in 20 this year.

1:29:14 ↗ Yeah, that's what I thought. Yeah,

1:29:19 ↗ >> so just for clarity for folks is we have

1:29:22 ↗ the training May 12th. So then we have

1:29:25 ↗ our human service commission May 20th.

1:29:28 ↗ May 20th is the homework is maybe able

1:29:31 ↗ to access and maybe review some of the

1:29:32 ↗ application not to complete.

1:29:34 ↗ >> Yeah. So I just want to make sure I'm

1:29:35 ↗ clear with that.

1:29:37 ↗ >> Uh um

1:29:39 ↗ >> just look at one or two applications by

1:29:41 ↗ May. No.

1:29:43 ↗ >> Okay. I just want to make sure I'm I'm

1:29:45 ↗ >> saying that out there a little loud. So,

1:29:47 ↗ >> I appreciate that.

1:29:48 ↗ >> Um, anything from you, Hannah, Brenda?

1:29:51 ↗ >> No.

1:29:52 ↗ >> Um, commissioners, thank you so much for

1:29:54 ↗ all your support in my pregnancy. It's

1:29:56 ↗ been a pleasure working with you this

1:29:57 ↗ this year and getting you all geared up

1:29:59 ↗ for the grant funding cycle. Um, you are

1:30:02 ↗ all in good hands with Brenda. You are

1:30:04 ↗ all going to be amazing. You um I really

1:30:08 ↗ trust you all and really enjoy just this

1:30:10 ↗ season with you. Sad to miss it. Um,

1:30:12 ↗ gonna enjoy my babies. Yeah.

1:30:14 ↗ >> But excited to see y'all in November

1:30:16 ↗ again and see where what what happened.

1:30:19 ↗ >> You're gonna have those two babies in

1:30:21 ↗ nine days, right?

1:30:23 ↗ >> Or tomorrow.

1:30:24 ↗ >> I wanted to get through this.

1:30:27 ↗ >> Aren't you being induced in days?

1:30:28 ↗ >> Yeah, I will be induced. So, yeah,

1:30:30 ↗ they're going to be here hopefully

1:30:31 ↗ sooner because I'm ready to have them.

1:30:33 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:30:33 ↗ >> Um

1:30:34 ↗ >> I mean, if not tomorrow.

1:30:36 ↗ >> Yeah. Right.

1:30:36 ↗ >> Yeah. But yeah, we're we're a week plus

1:30:39 ↗ away at least. So, yeah. But here we go.

1:30:43 ↗ Mama five coming your way.

1:30:46 ↗ >> Looking forward to working with Brenda,

1:30:47 ↗ but we're gonna miss you.

1:30:50 ↗ >> Oh, thank you, Mory. And I agree. Well,

1:30:51 ↗ I'll definitely miss her, too.

1:30:52 ↗ >> Thank you, Mory. Yes, we will miss you

1:30:54 ↗ all. And um I'm going to share pictures

1:30:57 ↗ with Brenda and I give her an

1:30:58 ↗ opportunity to share it all with you so

1:31:00 ↗ you guys can see me happily holding my

1:31:03 ↗ babies.

1:31:05 ↗ >> And of course, we can call and ask a

1:31:07 ↗ question.

1:31:09 ↗ You can only talk to me about my babies.

1:31:13 ↗ >> Checked out for six months,

1:31:15 ↗ >> right?

1:31:15 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:31:17 ↗ >> All right. The last thing I want to say,

1:31:18 ↗ again, the May 12th uh equity fair will

1:31:21 ↗ be very vital as we head into the

1:31:24 ↗ applications in terms of bias,

1:31:26 ↗ diversity, multicultural history. And I

1:31:29 ↗ really I attended I attended the last

1:31:31 ↗ one like two years ago, and it's a lot

1:31:33 ↗ of reflection. So, it's good to reflect

1:31:35 ↗ on how we want to help our community.

1:31:37 ↗ So, as Hannah alluded to, uh, May 20th,

1:31:41 ↗ I'll try to be the point person in terms

1:31:43 ↗ of Q&A and taking my notes so we can

1:31:46 ↗ kind of have a fruitful discussion

1:31:48 ↗ around the reflection of our work and

1:31:49 ↗ the reflection of how we want to move

1:31:51 ↗ forward. So, want to put that out there.

1:31:54 ↗ Um,

1:31:55 ↗ I think we're is there other

1:31:57 ↗ announcement from the groups before we

1:31:58 ↗ adjourn? And we're going to adjourn

1:32:04 ↗ 807.

1:32:09 ↗ Thanks, Ivy. Thank you.

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