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HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
MINUTES
WASHINGTON March 27, 2017
I. CALL TO ORDER
The Human Services Committee meeting was called to order by JoAnne Walters at 4:02
pm on Monday, March 27, 2017 at 25 West Main Street, Auburn, WA
Committee Members present: Barbara Derda,JoAnne Walters, Lela Brugger, Leticia Figueroa,
Maryelyn Scholz
Absent: Jason Berry, Dana Riel
Staff present: Director of Administration Dana Hinman, Human Services Manager
Erica Azcueta, Human Services Program Coordinator Emily Pearson
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
• Member Lela Brugger moved to accept the February 27, 2017 meeting minutes;
Member Maryelyn Scholz seconded the motion. All committee members were in
favor of adopting the minutes as submitted.
The February 27, 2017 meeting minutes were approved.
III. AGENDA
• Finalizing Agency visit list
Erica Azcueta asked the group to comment on the agencies they want to visit in
2017. Member Dana Riel said previously she did not have any preferences and was
willing to visit any/all agencies as her schedule allows. Member JoAnne Walters
stated that she'd prefer for ANEW to bring in an Auburn client to present at a future
Human Services Committee meeting. The list of agencies was narrowed down to
Auburn Respite, Children's Home Society, Children's Therapy Center, Christ
Community Free Clinic, Consejo, Courage360, DAWN, Multi-Service Center, Nexus
Youth and Families, Orion Industries, Pediatric Interim Care Center, Seattle-King
County Mobile Medical, St. Stephen Housing Association, St. Vincent de Paul, The
Auburn Food Bank and Ukrainian Community Center of Washington.
Members Barbara Derda and Maryelyn Scholz asked to have a copy of the Nexus
(Auburn Youth Resources) application sent to them again. The group discussed
inviting Sylvia Fuerstenberg, Executive Director and Michelle Hankinson, Program
Manager to a future meeting as well as visiting the Nexus facilities. During the
discussion Maryelyn mentioned the importance of clarifying the members'
responsibilities to agencies and reminding them of the Committee's role to act in an
advisory capacity only.
Erica Azcueta suggested planning a day of Auburn-based visits and Kent-based
visits for maximum efficiency.
• Agency visit template
Emily Pearson distributed sample templates of standards & procedures, pre-visit
checklists and monitoring forms for agency visits. She asked the group to bring back
any suggestions and/or changes they may have to the April meeting. Emily will then
compile the group's recommendations and present updated forms prior to agency
visits.
• Quorum expansion and resolution update
Dana Hinman said she'd put a resolution together to increase the Committee's
quorum number. She sked if the group had a preference for the quorum number; the
members said that 9 should be sufficient. Barb Derda asked if the process could be
completely reopened and started anew; she also stated that she'd like to see final
applicants brought in for interviews with the Committee.
Erica gave a brief overview of the roles of the Joint Recommendations Committee
(JRC) as she'd served on it in 2016. She explained how county-wide grants work as
opposed to federal CDBG funds that are distributed from the City directly. Barb
asked when the City might receive its 2017 allocation from HUD; Erica Azcueta said
that it's still very unclear at this point given the recent speculation of potential cuts to
HUD funds but we're hoping by early summer.
IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS
• The next regular Human Services Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, April
24, 2017.
V. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m.
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