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Human Services Advisory Committee
Meeting Report
Renton City Hall
Council Conference Room, 7th Floor
December 5, 2017 3:00 p.m.
ATTENDANCE: Brook Dodd, Amy Koehl,Joanie Howe, Tina Harris,Teresa Kenney, Brandy Brown, Cynthia
Jones,
Excused:Adair Hasty, Krista Townsend,
Absent: Leslie Anderson
Staff: Guy Williams, Dianne Utecht
1. Meeting was called to order at 3:10 by Chair Brook Dodd
2. Agenda approved
3. Approval of minutes moved by Teresa,seconded by Brook
4. Discussion/Action Items
a. Vice Chair Nominations/Vote
The floor was opened for nominations. Teresa Kenney was nominated. Nominations were closed and
Teresa was unanimously elected to the vice-chair position.
b. Rating tool
Prior to using the rating tool to score an application,a number of changes were made. The group
decided to expand the scale for scoring from 0-5, allowing member to any whole number between 0
and 5 to score the application. Also, changes to the Program description/existing need were made.
Committee members read and rated the first section of the Para Los Ninos application. There was an
extended discussion of how people rated it and why. Questions were addressed. It was pointed out
that labeling applications as we did had an unintended consequence of influencing how they were
rated. Staff will make the changes to the rating tool and send out two new applications for everyone
to read and rate. We will discuss them at the January meeting.
c. Renton City Supplemental
There was a preliminary discussion regarding whether Renton should as for any additional documents
to be submitted with the applications this year. The supplemental from the previous funding cycle was
reviewed and Committee members had some suggestions on how to make it clearer what was
required to be submitted. Once a final decision is made on if/what Renton will require as
supplemental materials,the Committee can review the Renton supplemental for clarity. Brook
cautioned that if we do require additional documents,we need to have a plan on how we will use
them in our deliberations.
d. Community Need Areas
Brook announced that staff and she had conferred regarding the Community Need Areas. It is a staff
decision, but the proposed categories were provided for review. The Committee advised that when
we provide them to the applicants,they have a sentence or two clarifying what that category covers.
There were differing interpretation of what connector services were. The Committee came to a
decision and the explanatory language will define what services will be included in that category.
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The Committee requested that once the final need areas have been decided,that they be listed in alphabetical
order.
There were some robust discussions during the meeting,which resulted in several people talking at once.
Incoming Chair Amy reminded everyone not to talk over each other,and wait to be recognized.
Guy reminded everyone of the Community Services Party beginning at 5:30 and encouraged those who were
able to attend.
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
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Brook Dodd,Chair
Next regular meeting: January 16, 2017, Council Conference room 7th Floor, Renton City Hall