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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Human Services Commission - 06/21/2018Kent Human Services Commission Meeting June 21, 2018 Minutes Kent, Washington Approved Date: June 21, 2018 Time: 3:00 p.m. Place: Centennial, Mountain View Conference Room #401 Attending: Andy Rosas, Commissioner Mike Heinisch, Commissioner Bill Hallerman, Commissioner Rickie Robinson, Commissioner Sara Roach, Student Lori Guilfoyle, Coordinator Dinah Wilson, CDBG Coordinator Christine Cain, Coordinator Tim Peterson, Kent Resident Stacy Sage, Open Doors for Multicultural Families Absent: Merina Hanson, Human Services Manager Gina Bellisario, Chair Zenovia Harris, Co-Chair Dennis Higgins, Council Member Vacant, Student Vacant, Commissioner Agenda: 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 3:12 p.m. by Commissioner Rosas. 2. Roll Call Two Commissioners and one staff absent. 3. Changes to the Agenda None 4. Approval of Minutes Commissioner Heinisch MOVED to approve pending minutes from April 19, 2018 and Commissioner Hallerman SECONDED. MOTION APPROVED 5. Public Hearing Comment Amendment to the 2017 Annual Action Plan Kent Human Services Commission Meeting June 21, 2018 Minutes Kent, Washington Approved Commissioner Rosas opened the public hearing. CDBG Coordinator, Dinah Wilson, provided a summary of the First Amendment to the 2017 Annual Action Plan. The following comments were received: First Amendment to the 2017 Annual Action Plan Tim Peterson: I like the idea of reallocating the money that is coming back. I think the reallocating should go to new people that are serving the emerging problems that are up and coming and not over lapping so many services like for women and children. Some services are doing great work, but need to serve other populations, like homeless vets and there aren’t enough programs for men. There is a lot of discrimination against men. When money is being reallocated, I would really like to see a commission that does not have service providers at the table deciding how the money is going to be spent. I think there is a possibility for conflict of interest. I think there is a possibility for overlapping services. I would like for this to be a night time meeting so that members of the community who have to work can be here. Members of the community should open this door to help make these decisions. More decisions should be made with staff on who gets the money. I think there has not been a lot of discussion. Stacy Sage: I am just seeing this for the first time and feel unprepared. My understanding was that my agency only received its funding in December and it is only open for three weeks in December. There is only one staff person for that program. Second Amendment to the 2016 Annual Action Plan Tim Peterson: I would like to reiterate what I said in the last comment. There has not been a lot of discussion in this community about this reallocation, the program and the process that we go through. This needs to be better put out to the city as to what is going on with this money in the city. There needs to be better outreach to community probably in the evening. There needs to be more public process. I believe that the city of Kent is in enhancing the value and wealth of home owners through home repair. This should be geared and invested in low income workforce housing, studios and small shared apartments and for help to renters. We are duplicating a process that the county is already doing. City gives money without a lien. The City needs to recapture costs from homeowners. This needs to reinvest in low cost workforce housing. It needs new eyes and maybe a new process. • Commissioner Heinisch MOVED to recommend the adoption of the Proposed Second Amendment to the 2016 CDBG Annual Action Plan and authorize staff to submit the amendment to the Parks and Human Services Committee. Commissioner Robinson SECONDED. MOTION APPROVED • Commissioner Hallerman MOVED to recommend the adoption of the Proposed First Amendment to the 2017 CDBG Annual Action Plan and Kent Human Services Commission Meeting June 21, 2018 Minutes Kent, Washington Approved authorize staff to submit the amendment to the Parks and Human Services Committee. Commissioner Heinisch SECONDED. MOTION APPROVED 6. Motion to Approve the 2019-2020 Funding Recommendations Motion 1: Move to recommend funding for agencies and programs for 2019 and 2020 in the amount specified in the funding chart, and allow Human Services staff to assign the fund source. Before CDBG funds are assigned to an organization, a Citizen Participation Process, which includes a public hearing, must be followed. • Commissioner Robinson MOVED and Commissioner Heinisch SECONDED. Commissioner Hallerman recused himself from the vote on funding for Catholic Community Services. • Commissioner Heinisch MOVED and commissioner Hallerman SECONDED. Commissioner Roach recused herself from the vote on funding for St Vincent de Paul. • Commissioner Robinson MOVED and commissioner Hallerman SECONDED. Commissioner Heinisch recused himself from the vote on funding for Kent Youth & Family Services and Communities in Schools of Kent. MOTION APPROVED Motion 2: Commissioner Hallerman MOVED to recommend that the following contingency plan be implemented in the event of an increase or decrease in General Funds for 2019 and/or 2020. Commissioner Robinson SECONDED. Contingency Plan: If there is an increase in General Funds in 2019 and/or 2020, the Human Services Commission will allocate the funds for emerging needs. In the event of a decrease in General Funds in 2019 and/or 2020, the decrease will be distributed proportionately across programs, with no program going below $10,000. MOTION APPROVED 7. Commission Application Review Process (Lori) Staff debriefed commissioners on the process of reviewing applications and the process used to determine funding recommendations. Commissioners found the new scoring process helpful in speeding up the review process and liked the structure of the two review meetings. Commissioners would be interested in dividing into three groups for the review. A suggestion was made to ask currently funded organizations something about what has changed or what is new with programs. 8. Human Services 2019 Master Plan (Lori) Kent Human Services Commission Meeting June 21, 2018 Minutes Kent, Washington Approved Human Services will be aligning the update of the Human Services Master Plan and CDBG Consolidated Plan, holding off renewing the Master Plan for one year to coincide with the development of our nextConsolidated Plan. In the pthe past, a consultant has been hired to assist with the development of the plans. Several community meetings will be scheduled. Parks Recreation and Community Services is also in the process of developing a marketing and outreach plan that will be completed by the end of the year and will be utilized for our planning processes as well. Commissioners expressed agreement with the proposal to align the planning efforts. 9. Commission Agency Tours (Lori) Commissioners are interested in planning visits and tours of newly funded and new agencies. Tours will be scheduled in the fall and early spring. 10. Updates (Staff) • The City’s new council member has been selected and will be serving on the Parks Human Services Committee. She will be meeting with staff to learn more about Human Services. • The Youth Initiative is in planning stage this summer and the work has been divided into 3 goal areas. Human Services has contracted with GEM to develop the youth voice to give input on the framework and to create a youth leadership council. Seven meeting are scheduled to occur over the summer before presenting an update to Council in the fall. • Summer Kids Fest brochure was distributed. • The Seattle Foundation has not responded on providing a match for parallel application. Staff is not expecting match to be awarded and will move on with the process. 11. Adjournment At 4:25 p.m. Andy Rosas declared the meeting adjourned. Christine Cain Recording Secretary June 21, 2018