Policy Subcommittee Meeting Summary January 12, 2016

Policy Subcommittee Meeting Summary January 12, 2016

Present: Erica Azcueta, Roger Franz, Bill Kirlin-Hackett, Marty Kooistra, Robin Koskey, Colleen Laing, Gordon McHenry Jr., Graham Pruss, Karen Studders

Staff: Danielle Winslow, Kira Zylstra

Absent: Kate Baber, Dana Dildine, Alison Eisinger, Maureen Kostyack, Michael Ramos, Jordyn Rosenthal, Michele Thomas, Ellie Wilson-Jones, Lisa Wolters

Agenda Item / Speaker and Summary
Welcome / Check-in and updates regarding new subcommittee structure
State Legislative Agenda as Approved by Executive Committee / New items added to the updated legislative priorities included:

Consolidated Homeless Grant shortfall(*changed to $7.5M on 1-19-16)
Additional HOPE beds statewide
Preservation tax exemption
Behavioral health priorities

Added back in

Opt out of HMIS: 2016 efforts will not focus on legislation, but education and community engagement on improving data protection

Action items

Creation of a one-pager or quick reference for what’s happening in All Home state legislative efforts
Map out all key partners by legislative item and who is leading which effort
Recommendation to separate policy issues from budget issues; change “revenue” to “budget”
Recommendation to reorder legislative items by priority (i.e., Behavioral health should be moved up further)
Recommendation to include who the key “target” audience is or should be for the various priorities (i.e. bill sponsors, leadership, committees)
Create separate “Action” spreadsheet to track the progress on each legislative item

Final State Legislative Agenda was approved by Coordinating Board and Executive Committee
Review of Draft Charter / Subcommittee offered a few wording suggestions, but agreed all outlined responsibilities were important to include
Action items
Draft charter will be approved by Coordinating Board on 2/2
Review membership to include missing voices (i.e. Young adults (Raikes), domestic violence, Building Changes, KCHA, East/North King County (EHAC, Issaquah Now), Sound Cities
Confirm co-chairs (Graham and Kate were recommended)
2016 Work Plan for Policy Subcommittee / Ideas for subcommittee work plan

FARE Seattle (Fare Access to Renting for Everyone) and other HALA recommendations
Review policy through racial equity tools
Local Levy Activities: Best Starts for Kids, Seattle Housing Levy, Vets and Human Services Levy
State of Emergency
MIDD
King County Transit Oriented Development

Action items:

Set up link from HDC’s calendar of comp plans on the All Home website
Create a timeline for local advocacy efforts (i.e. Sound Transit 3, Vets and Human Services Levy, MIDD)

Joint Briefing (1/14) and Advocacy Day (2/2) / Housing and Homelessness Policy Briefing on 1/14 will focus on six legislative priorities:
Housing Trust Fund, CHG shortfall, HEN/ABD, Source of Income Discrimination, HOPE Beds, and Homeless Student Stability Act
Coordinating Board meeting will align with Housing Advocacy Day to take place in Olympia on February 2nd.
Action items:

All Home will be coordinating with Housing Alliance to arrange meetings with lawmakers for the Coordinating Board.

All Home Strategy 2.2 “Foster collaboration between first responders, service providers, and local communities…” / Question: Is the role of the Policy Subcommittee to take a stance on specific issues as they arise or is it to make general policy recommendations? (i.e. Take a specific stance on a specific jurisdiction encampment sweep process or issue recommendation on best practices for encampment health and safety)
Discussion:

Feel the need to take a stance when action or inaction creates an emergency (i.e. people being displace, losing property)
It is not that sweeps for health reasons should not happen, it is the protocol that need to be analyzed
Concerns about how sweeps will impact the One Night Count and ultimately service dollars

Action items:

Convene cities to share practices through a peer learning model (in progress)
Mark will draft a statement on All Home recommendations for successful outreach and system collaboration in alignment with the Strategic Plan and will review with Graham and Roger as members of the Policy subcommittee and the Executive Committee.

Next Meeting / February 9th, 2:00 - 4:00PM at Mercer Island Community Center (2nd Tuesday of the month)