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>> Good morning everyone.
Welcome to today's eco meeting
ending County Homelessness
Organization for September 8th,
2026. And we will go ahead and
begin with our welcome and
introductions. I'm Glen Yung. I
chair echo and serve as Clark
County Council District one,
and we'll go ahead and start in
the room.
>> Good morning everybody. Fany
Jones, Council for the homeless.
>> Sunny Wonder Council for the
homeless.
>> Jamie Spinelli, City of
Vancouver.
>> Councilor Fuentes.
>> Good morning everyone. Wil
Fuentes County Council.
District three.
>> Councilmember Perez.
>> Hello, everyone. Diana Perez,
Vancouver City Council vice
chair for Echo.
>> Council member. Bjork. Oh.
>> I'm sorry, it's Burke. I
didn't recognize my name. I'm
Marilyn Burke. Good morning,
everyone from the City of
Kansas City Council.
>> And Michael Torres.
>> Good morning everyone.
Michael Torres, program manager
at Clark County Community
Services.
>> And Katie Favela just is
coming on. And Katie, thanks
for joining. If you want to
introduce yourself.
>> Yep. Katie Marvella, city of
Richfield.
>> Great. Thank you. We'll go
ahead and move on with our
business, which starts off with
approval of the minutes from
August 11th, 2026. Is there any
suggested changes or is there a
motion.
>> Move to approve?
>> It's been moved. And is
there a second?
>> Second.
>> Great. Moved and seconded.
All those in favor, please say
aye. I.
>> I, I.
>> And any opposed? Oh who was
it that seconded.
>> I did Marilyn Burke.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> You're welcome.
>> All right. Minutes have been
approved so let's move forward
to updates. Yes.
>> This is counselor Diana
Perez. If I could ask everyone,
when we speak, just to state
your name and your city, for
the record, just a lot of us
are virtually. It's hard to
tell who's talking. Thank you,
for the. Thank you.
>> All right. So updates and
report back on action items. We
will start with systems
analysis update. And Michael, I
believe you have an update for
us on that.
>> Good morning. Yes, this is
Michael Torres, a program
manager at Clark County
Community Services, while
Jordan Bogie, the policy
analyst for the county, is out
on paternity leave to move
forward with the interlocal
agreement to fund the system
analysis. The Our Centralized
Contracts team is currently
developing the interlocal
agreement. They're going to
also be working with the
prosecuting attorney to get
that in place and have it
reviewed by April 1st. Kathleen
Otto and as soon as that's done,
they will move it forward in a
staff report so it can get
routed and reviewed by everyone
and signed. So that's that's
one update. And second update
is, well, it's not related to
system analysis directly, but
the interlocal agreement for a
House Bill 2060 staff report is
complete. It will be getting
signed this week, and it will
be moving forward for council
authorization for the county
manager to sign that House Bill
2060 interlocal by the end of
this month. So everyone should
be seeing that coming through.
And last thing, which is
related to the system analysis,
the actual solicitation for the
consultant, that staff report
has been drafted and it's ready
to go. And as soon as the
interlocal agreement goes
through, that staff report will
be going along with it.
>> Great. Thank you for that.
There's a couple of hands. I
don't know who was first.
Marilyn Burke. Go ahead.
>> Thank you. Marilyn Burke,
city of Camas. I just wanted to
make sure. I thought I heard
you say the systems analyst
update. I a would be expected
April 1st. Is that what you
said?
>> No, I it will be routed to
our our deputy county manager,
April Firth and Kathleen Otto
for their review. I apologize
for that.
>> Go ahead and. Counselor
Perez.
>> Dana Perez, City of
Vancouver Council member
Michael, thank you for that
update. Is there a timeline?
And if not, can we put a
timeline?
>> I don't have a an expected
completion date for the Elya,
but we have communicated to the
contracts team that this is a
priority of visibility to the
county council, the city
councilors and the county
manager and I, they're working
on it as as quickly as possible.
I. I would expect them to have
a draft interlocal agreement in
the next two weeks because
they've been working on it the
past two weeks, and I would
expect an interlocal agreement
to at least take a month to put
together.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you. Any other
questions? Okay. Thank you
Michael. All right. We will
move forward then to severe
weather. Sunny.
>> Sunny, wonder Council for
the homeless. We're
transitioning from heat and
smoke wildfire response into
shifting into cold weather
response.
>> Just curious if, you know,
we had 1 or 2 nights of
significant smoke. And I know
up north in battleground, did
we take any action as a result
of that?
>> So with that, what we did,
there were a couple of pieces,
one, trying to be very
intentional about in
communication with Corissa. So
they were activated at that
point that we were
communicating the known
locations of encampments where
folks might be impacted. So
there for context for everyone,
there was a fire north of
battleground. So a couple of
weeks ago, time, I don't know
how to track it anymore, but
there was a fire. It didn't end
up threatening any of the known
encampments that we had, but it
was a good practice on how do
we ensure that we're tracking
that on the wildfire, the
mapping that Corissa was doing,
as well as proactively
communicating where the
encampments were and where
people were accessing resources,
even if we didn't know where
they were necessarily staying,
because we do have some folks
that are staying out in areas
where they're not necessarily
going to disclose where they
are, but we know where they
access resources.
>> Okay, great. Thank you. Any
questions? Okay. Let's go ahead
and move forward. I believe
that we may have brought this
up last month, but we couldn't
remember. So just wanted to
double check and make sure
everybody's aware that we have
updated the, the web page for
echo. And specifically, we now
have an email there that folks
can use to send messages to the
group. So an improvement as
well as we also have a link
there to the CVTV link. If
people wish to join and watch
live. And of course, after the
meeting, that link will go
directly to the video on CVTV.
Okay, law enforcement
subcommittee updates. Do we
have anybody? Yes. Go ahead.
>> This is Diana Perez, City of
Vancouver on the website. There
was also the request to change
the photo that's on the website.
So if you go back to that
website, there is a an
individual. And this is just to
respect individuals and not put
any demeaning pictures of
people that are suffering or
having a hard time. So maybe
just a picture of, of the tents
outside or something, but just
remove the people from the
picture. I think we want to be
respectful.
>> Sure. Thank you for bringing
that up. And we are discussing
that and working on it. So we
should have something up there
shortly. But in governmental
terms, I'm not sure what
shortly means. Sometimes it
takes a while, but we are
working on it. Thank you for
bringing that up.
>> Chair.
>> Yes, go ahead. Council
Frontus.
>> Yeah, thank you councilor.
Thank you. Councilor Sieanna.
Perez. This has been brought to
the attention of our county
manager. I've been in contact
with her as councilor or chair.
Young has stated, we are in the
process of working on making
those changes.
>> Great. And do we have
anybody here from the law
enforcement subcommittee?
>> This is Katie Favela, city
of Ridgefield.
>> Go ahead.
>> The. Thank you. The only
update I have is that the Clark
County Adult Crisis
Collaborative is considering
adding some dedicated time to
the collaborative to allow law
enforcement, some brainstorming,
and working with clinical and
service provider agencies. So
we are we did. I did send out
an invite to all the local
chiefs to see if they could
find an officer. That would be
a good fit to join those
meetings. And this is not going
to be a permanent solution, I
don't think, but it really is
going towards that action of,
you know, where where is the
best spot to have these
meetings at. And that way all
the correct people are at that
table, eliminating some of the
issues that we identified in
the subcommittee. And that's
all I have.
>> Great. Thank you. And Katie,
could you do me a favor real
quick? I'm sure Jordan has it
in his records, but when the
executive committee was meeting
the other day, we did not have
an accurate list of who's all
on the subcommittee because. So
could you remind us real
quickly who who is on the
subcommittee?
>> I believe it's myself. You,
Jamie. Oh my word.
>> Are you on it?
>> Let me.
>> This is Jamie. I'm also on
it. Councilmember Stauber is on
it. You are perfect.
>> Thank you. Jamie.
>> I've been put on every
subcommittee. Okay.
>> All right. All right. Thank
you for that reminder. Victoria
Ferrer.
>> Yeah.
>> Victoria might also be. But
I don't know that she. This is
any counselor for the homeless?
I don't know if she attended. I
don't that I don't remember.
>> Okay. All right. Well, we'll
work on it. And I know that
Jordan is due back mid-month,
so we will have him back next
month, which we are very
grateful to have him coming
back soon. And we're grateful
for Michelle for stepping in
and doing a great job in his
absence. So, okay. Jail
services, monthly data. Yes. Go
ahead.
>> So sorry, I just checked the
I went to double check and
Victoria is on that
subcommittee as well. Thank you.
So we did capture everybody.
Dale with Dale Whitley,
Victoria, sunny, Jamie, you and
myself and that's it.
>> Okay. All right. Thank you.
Let's go ahead and move forward
then to jail services monthly
data. And do we have Dave
Schook online. We don't have
anybody. Oh, jail services is
not here this morning. Okay.
Well, maybe we could send them
an email and circle back. Okay,
great. Thank you. Okay, well,
let's move forward in our
agenda then, and we'll turn the
time over to Councilor Fuentes,
who's going to give us some
concepts and ideas for
development of an onboarding
process.
>> Thank you. And good morning.
Once again. Echo Wil Fuentes
for the record, County
Councilor. So the last couple
of meetings, we've had the
opportunity to discuss what we
how we how Echo members
envision the onboarding process
for new members and potentially
existing members who have not
had the opportunity to really
dive deeply into what an Echo
member is. And so I was tasked,
I volunteered, and I was tasked
to put together a new member,
90 day onboarding guide. And so
I want us just to kind of
review what the current draft
looks like, and we can work
through active participation
from Echo members, through
feedback and any potential
changes that we'd like to make
or any suggestions on improving
this, this process. It's a
pretty straightforward process
based on the conversations that
we've had. As I mentioned, I
think this is a really good
opportunity for all of us to
have a full discussion and make
some suggestions on what this
could potentially look like. So
if we can just hang on, I'm
pulling mine up here on my
screen. If we can just go
through it step by step, and
then it please anybody who
feels like they have some
feedback or suggestions or
recommendations, I'd be more
than happy to engage. All right.
Cool. So first page is pretty
straightforward. It's welcome
to echo allows us allows the
member to share their name, who
the jurisdiction organization
that represented appointment
date. And, and I've set this up
as a 90 day onboarding process.
We can certainly shorten it or
extend it depending on what the
echo members recommend. And if
we move on over to page two, I
give a brief overview about
what echo is the purpose of the
90 day onboarding process, and
identifying a potential echo
member mentor that can work
with the new member over the 90
day onboarding process. Before
I move on, any questions or
comments? And I think I might
have mentioned it, but if I
didn't remember that this is
just a draft, I think we're all
open to potential
recommendations on how this
document or this process can be
improved. Right? If we scroll
on over to scheduling
Responsibility and Timeline,
this page states that the new
members are responsible for
scheduling the agency and
organization meeting visits
listed in this guide in
coordination with their Echo
member. I think we all
understand that oftentimes
members may not have the proper
connections or resources to be
able to schedule their one on
ones with the organizations and
the agencies that have been
identified and this documents.
So it is the responsibility of
both the mentor and the new
member to work together to get
that done. And I created also a
timeline, as I mentioned,
schedule, responsibility and
timeline. It's pretty
straightforward. Days one
through 15. Connect with the
mentor review echo materials
contract all core agencies to
begin scheduling day 16 through
day 60, the end of the two
month period. Complete most
agency meetings towards end
field visits and days 61
through day 90. Complete
remaining visits. Debrief with
mentor. Identify key
observations, questions, and
questions for echo. And there's
like little check offs that
people can check off as they're
going through this process to
ensure that they're staying on
task. Any questions or comments
about the scheduling
responsibility and timeline?
>> This is Destinie Council for
the homeless. I see on here
that it says that new members
are responsible for scheduling,
with the agency. Just thinking
about folks with lived
experience, we may want to have
some buffer there as far as
like someone else, like maybe
with their mentor, or if they
need any assistance with
scheduling, there's someone
that they can identify.
>> Oh, absolutely. And if you
continue reading under the
agency and organization meeting
visits, it's listed in this
guide in coordination with
their Echo member.
>> Counselor.
>> Yeah. So it has been
established that, to your point,
Sesame, that individuals who
may not have the proper
connections, they can certainly
work with their mentor to get
that completed. Any other
questions or comments.
>> Counselor Burke. Go ahead.
>> Thank you. Could you go to
the second the timeline? Thank
you. So I was just reviewing
that earlier and days one
through 15. I guess I'm process
wise, right. So review echo
materials. I, I have never
received any echo materials.
Right. And so as a new member,
I'm not sure from where would
those materials come. And then
the second on days one through
15 contact all core agencies to
begin scheduling. So how will
our new members know what the
core agencies are and what and
why would they what would they
be scheduling? Right.
>> Yeah, absolutely. Really
good question. Council member
Burke, materials for echo are
on the echo website. We can
work together on identifying
specifically what materials
would be relevant. I imagine
all of them on the echo website
would be relevant for the new
member to utilize to get
familiar with what, what, what
echo is. And as I you know, on
that very first page, we give a
very kind of high level or
second page, I should say, a
high level overview of what
echo is. But if we go on our
website and look at some of the
resources, we can go deeper
into what echo means, what
we've done in the past,
including agenda items and
other documents and resources,
so we can work together on
identifying specifically what
those what those materials are.
As far as identifying the
agencies, they're listed a
little bit lower below. So
we'll be able to. Okay.
>> So I might consider or
propose linking some of those
things to this form. A lot of
people look, look digitally.
>> Yep, absolutely.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Yep.
>> Let's see.
>> Any other questions or
comments. Go ahead.
>> Thank you. Will. This is a
great first step. And if you're
open, I'll send you some
comments afterwards. But
generally looking at this, I
think one of the most important
things is maybe including a
journey mapping exercise across
the 90 days. So rather than
treating, for example, each
agency visit as a separate
exercise, we'd be good to ask
the individual to follow a
fictionalized service journey
through the system that we have
in place. For example, they
could ask, what happens, you
know, if I lose my house or if
I'm seeking coordinated entry.
And so just some prompt
questions to help the
individual understand that that
journey, mapping, journey,
journey, mapping, journey to
help understand the journey
mapping, I think that would be
really beneficial. And, and
also looking at it from what
are some system frictions that
they experience when they're
doing that? So that's just a,
you know, we're learning to,
from new members that they're
looking at. The other comment
was building in some
psychological safety throughout
that. So that has to do with
some trauma informed,
especially if doing ride alongs
or, or visiting the jail or
what have you. So just adding a
little bit more cushion to that.
And that goes to what Sesame
had said about let's, you know,
we don't want an individual to
go by themselves. Perhaps the
mentor joins them on those
those that journey, that part
of the journey.
>> Yeah. No, absolutely.
>> And that that that's
definitely, I think, an option
that we can offer. And in fact,
we can link some of the things
that you're mentioning.
Counselor Perez, as resources
to this particular document. I
want to ask this echo a
question. Did you all receive
this in an email last week?
>> Yes.
>> So that somebody did. The
intent was for, for, for echo
to receive. I sent this out
last Monday. The intent was for
echo to receive this a week
before. So you had a chance to
review it. And as we're having
this conversation, it sounds
like that did not happen. So I
want to apologize ahead of time.
I really wanted people to look
at this before we we had a
chance to engage in this
conversation. But, but we'll
we'll go through the process.
Any other questions on schedule
responsibility and timeline?
Okay. So far, thank you so much
for the feedback. Taking note.
And then Council Member Deanna
Perez, when you get a chance,
please send me a little bit
more detail on your specific
suggestions. That would be
greatly appreciated.
>> Will do.
>> Thank you.
>> I see Counselor Stover's
hand up as well.
>> Good afternoon or good
morning, Council Member Stover
Vancouver. Will yeah, did it
was attached to the meeting
request so did have the
opportunity to go through it.
And I really appreciate you
taking on this project because
it's it's an important step
kind of playing off of Council
member Perez's comments. This
document gave me anxiety. And
in. It's long and there's lots
and lots of words. And I just
back to that thought of trauma
informed. You know, if this can
be visualized as much as
possible, you know,
Councilmember Perez talked
about a journey map, but
anywhere that that graphics can
be used, more graphics and
fewer words can be used to help
people understand the journey,
especially, you know, like I
said, I live inside and the
length of document was
overwhelming to me. I, you know,
somebody who's coming from a
different lived experience made
me that I think there's
potential for that to be even
amplified further. That being
said, I went on a Google search
for trauma informed onboarding
and found lots of documents
exactly like this, telling
people how to do trauma
informed. Onboarding. But I
wasn't able to actually find an
onboarding manual, so I I'll
keep searching, but. Yeah, I
appreciate the effort and I
want to make sure that we're,
we're producing something that
that is really, truly is
welcoming to a new individual.
Thank you.
>> Yeah.
>> Thank you, Councilmember
Silva, for your feedback. I'm,
I do have a follow up question
for you. I'm kind of curious.
Can you help me understand what
you mean by more graphics to
this document? And maybe if you
can share a little bit, what
caused some of your anxiety to
get a better understanding how
to kind of work around that?
And I just, this is just a
checklist. I want to make sure
that everybody is aware that
it's simply a checklist. It's
not. I, I don't believe from my
perspective, it's something
that is will be utilized to
work through some of the
difficult challenges that
somebody might be looking at
other than a simple checklist.
So I can, can you kind of
elaborate a little bit more?
>> Yeah. So. So what I'm
speaking about is that there's,
there's just a lot of words.
There's a lot of words in small
type. And there's a lot of
pages. And, and a, many people
are, it's easier for them to
learn visually. And so just
where can we, where can words
be turned into pictures? In
order to simplify the
understanding for people.
>> Thank you. That's great.
>> And I will continue to
search for for examples.
>> Awesome.
>> Thank you.
>> Great. Any other questions
or feedback so far up until
scheduling responsibility and
timeline?
>> This is this is Jamie from
the city of Vancouver. I
actually do have a question.
How did you determine which
organizations people should
connect with? So you've got
Council for the homeless, Share
Heart, VPD and the jail. I'm
just trying to understand that
spread.
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> Great question. These were
organizations that were brought
up in conversation the last
meeting we had. And I think and
I, if I remember correctly, as
I talked about taking on this
task, these are the
organizations that I listed.
Now, this is not an exhaustive
list, and it certainly does not
have to include the ones that
have been included in this
document. Remember, this is a
draft, so we can update it and
remove organizations that we
don't believe would benefit the
new member and other
organizations that we believe
will benefit the new member.
>> I appreciate that, I was
just trying to understand how
you got to it so that I could
then, you know, make
suggestions or anything moving
forward.
>> Absolutely.
>> And in addition, these are
organizations that were that I
believe there's representation
in echo. These organizations
have representatives in Echo.
>> Sure.
>> Okay.
>> Any. All right. So let's
move on to core orientation
meetings.
>> Kadee. Marvella.
>> Yes, thank you. Kadee.
Marvella. City of Richfield. In
our last meeting, we spoke
about when we have some new
members onboarding and that
they were going to do some, you
know, different visits to
different entities or agencies
that we talked about doing that
maybe as a group for also
members who have been
participating for a while who
haven't done these things as
well. Is that still up for
discussion or on the table?
>> Absolutely. Katie. Yeah. And
in fact, this this document
could be used for any new
member, not just the two
members with two lived
experiences that were in the
process of selecting perfect.
>> That would be great. And
we'll have a list of all that
contact information for these
new people. Right? So they're
not trying.
>> Oh, absolutely.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah. Yeah. No. Absolutely.
Yeah.
>> Okay. Cool. So core
orientation meeting and site
visits starting.
>> Just a minute. Counselor
Fuentes. Councilor Perez has
her hand up.
>> Great. Thank you. Counselor
young Diana Perez, city of
Vancouver. Just to piggyback on
what Councilor Kadee Marvella
mentioned, I think that this is
a great opportunity for members
of Echo to reground together
and not necessarily go out as
an entire echo group, but
perhaps some subgroups to go
out and implement this
onboarding guides for any type
of improvement after the first
year. I think that's a poses a
great opportunity for us all to,
to experience this and get
grounded because none of us on
this echo, at least since I've
been on echo in 2022, have had
any type of orientation. So
great opportunity for all of us
to, to ground.
>> Yeah, absolutely.
>> Council member Diana Perez.
I couldn't agree more. And in
fact, I think in some of the
discussions we've had, a lot of
folks in echo have not had the
experience, for example, of
visiting the jail. Right. So
this is a good opportunity to
connect with Director Shook and
schedule some time to do that.
Yes. This document can be can
serve any, any one of our
members, whether they've been
on echo for two, three years or
whether they've been on echo
for a month. So and so that
that is the whole point of
ensuring that we have some,
some, some structure that
allows us to see, you know, how
we can better be engaged and
informed about what echo is and
how echo serves the community.
All right, so as we move on
forward to page number three, I
believe core orientation
meetings and site visits. This
is a list of five organizations
or agencies that were brought
up in discussion that I
recommend that we add. However,
as I mentioned earlier, we, you
know, we can work
collaboratively on identifying
whether or not these
organizations or agencies make
sense for new members to engage
with and add or remove. So the
first one is Council for the
homeless. We do have
representation and echo from
Council for the homeless and
including CEO CSTE. And it
provides a very brief overview
of what Council for the
homeless does. Information was
extracted from their website.
It also identifies a potential
proposed length of a meeting
with Council for the homeless.
The agencies email address.
Point of contact. We can
identify who that point of
contact would be phone number,
email address, scheduled date
and time, mentor attending,
whether or not they will
participate and engage with the
new member in that visit and of
course, their website. And it's
the same as we go down the list.
Share. Vancouver was another
agency that wasn't necessarily
identified the last time we
talked, but I think would
probably be a benefit for new
members to engage with,
particularly because they now
have a new CEO who would I, and
I know him personally, I
imagine would be open to
sharing what's shared, does and
same process proposed length
one hour. Again, that can be
changed. It really depends on
the individual whether or not
one hour is enough, they might
need a little bit more. The
only time that I have visited
share. It was a two hour
meeting with their past CEO or
executive director, and then
visiting some of the sites. If
you scroll down a little
further, City of Vancouver
Homeless Assistance and
Resource team. Hard again, an
overview what the orientation
focus is. And in fact, all the
Or organizations allow for an
orientation focus. I propose up
to two hours because oftentimes
heart is not just about meeting
with them with coffee. It's
about visiting some of the
sites that they support across
the city of Vancouver, so that
two hours could potentially
include a tour before I move on.
Any questions or comments so
far? All right. So if we
continue to scroll on,
Vancouver Police Department
also is one Perov overview of
how VPD supports in law
enforcement and the services
that they provide, including
how they work with our homeless
population across the City of
Vancouver. Proposed length is
approximately two hours or
maybe even longer. If there's
an opportunity for a ride along
with VPD. And there are some
procedures. So not I, I believe,
and I, I've never been on a
ride along with VPD or Keesee,
so for that matter. So I know
that there may be some
procedures like background
checks. I believe that might be
required, but that's something
that we can work with the new
member and the mentor to get
that established. And if we
continue scrolling,
organization or agency number
five is a Clark County Jail
services. Our corrections
center slide overview and
orientation focus. Last time I
visited, the only time that I
had visited jail, it was a one
hour tour with director David
Shook. In my personal
experience, it was a wonderful
experience to be able to walk
through the jail and identify
some of the challenges that our
jail is experiencing, and I
think counselor member Deanna
Perez has her hand up.
>> Yes. Diana Perez, City of
Vancouver on item number four,
Vancouver Police Department. Is
there any thought to maybe
making it more inclusive, like
or the Clark County sheriff or
battleground police or.
>> Absolutely.
>> And I, I don't have the
right answer, but it just seems
like if if we don't want to
just make it. Vancouver Police
Department and include for at
least Clark County Sheriff's
Office, but I'm not sure how to
how to meld that, if any others
have any thoughts to that?
>> Well.
>> Ccso is the largest the
second largest law enforcement
agency in Clark County, I
believe. I don't want them to
compete on who's bigger or not,
but I believe it is the second
largest agency. The reason VPD
was included, because obviously
it is within the city of
Vancouver, and they engage with
the bulk of our homeless
population. And but to your
point, Council member Deanna
Perez, we can add any agency we
believe would be very helpful
in having these conversations
and a potential right along
with our new members, whether
it be Ccso, battleground,
Washougal, etc. I believe
Councilor Young Council member
Kadee Faville as Erlanda.
>> Yes, thank you. I agree with
Councilor Diana Perez Kadee
again. Kadee Faville city
Richfield. Having the
opportunity for some members to
do multiple departments not
only allows them to see those
communities, but it also
bridges that relationship
between the echo board members
and those different law
enforcement agencies. So I
think multiple good
opportunities would come out of
having a variety of departments
to engage with. So, yeah, I
definitely think that's a
fantastic idea.
>> Absolutely. Thank you. Any
other questions or comments so
far?
>> Just a quick comment to I
think it's a good idea for us
to go through and list all
these possibilities, but
ultimately, I think it would be
best left to that individual to
look at these recommendations
and make that decision for
themselves. For instance, they
may be more interested in
meeting with Kcso or Camas PD
or whatever it is. Then
Vancouver PD, so, you know,
leaving it open for them to
exercise judgment on who they
wish to meet with. It's
important.
>> Yeah.
>> I agree, and it makes plenty
of sense to allow the member to
engage with whoever they
believe best fits their needs.
However, what I would kind of
push back on that, and not to
say that other agencies don't
deal with homeless issues, but
at the level that VPD does, I
think that's kind of a unique
experience to be able to
observe, because they're
constantly encountering and
responding to homeless related
calls. In the city of Vancouver,
we do have the largest homeless
population. The city of
Vancouver has the largest
homeless population in Clark
County, and they're constantly
engaging with them. So I
believe that's a good
opportunity to really kind of
experience and observe
firsthand what's happening.
Whereas other agencies,
although they do, I'm pretty
sure they do. I don't know for
a fact, engage with homeless
populations, certainly not at
the level that the city of
Vancouver or VPD does. If we
move on to, I think I mentioned
Clark County.
>> Go ahead.
>> Yeah. Hi, this is Diana
Perez, City of Vancouver. Again,
item number five, the Clark
County Jail services. It seems
like we're really focusing on.
Law enforcement within this
onboarding. And I would love to
include the community court in
place of Clark County Jail
services, because Clark County
Jail Services is a completely
different beast. Obviously, we
went through the panel to learn
the intersection of of law
enforcement and jail services
within the broader mission of
Echo. But I, I hesitate making
it like a, an item on our own
onboarding when it's, it's
really a smaller piece of it
and would love to replace that
with the community court, which
is more of the, you know, the,
the help, the institution that
we've provided to be able to
help people get, get into a
better path and address some of
the, those negative
interactions. And anyway, so if
others agree, I would love to
replace that with community
court. And perhaps we could
table the county jail services
and talk about whether it's
appropriate on an onboarding or
not.
>> Really quick. I'm going to
gently push back because I
don't think that it needs to be
replaced. I think that we can
add community core to this list
with with Clark County Jail
Services. The. The intention of
this tour is to learn how
homeless intersects with
incarceration, release planning,
behavioral health, substance
abuse and reentry, and discuss
what services are available
while individuals are in
custody, how reentry referrals
are made, etc. it really is up
to to the membership, obviously,
to determine whether or not
this is fully appropriate. I
again, I would gently push back
and not call for a replacement,
but adding community core to
this list. And in fact, if you
scroll down a little further,
there are additional
orientation visits that we can
add. So this list is not
exhaustive. It's not the only
list of agencies or
organizations that members have
an opportunity. I think it's
important to give them an
option. We can't require people
to participate in with some of
these agencies or organizations,
but I believe it's important to
give to provide an option.
>> Councilor Burke.
>> Thank you. Marilyn Burke,
city of Camas, I, before I
joined this body, I had no idea
how jail services worked for
our homeless community. And I
learned so much from these
presentations over the last
couple of months that I agree.
Leave them on the list because.
Many of us have not experienced,
you know, unhoused, being
unhoused, staying outside. And
I just I think it demystifies
the jail system. That's what
it's done for me anyway. And so
I would just advocate for
leaving that on the list and
certainly add, but leave that
on the list as my $0.02. Thank
you.
>> And. Kadee. Fevella.
>> Yes, thank you. Katie
Fevella, City of Richfield. I
am in agreement with Councilor
Diana Perez, also, councilor
Wil Fuentes, we don't need to
take gel off, but definitely
adding community court to it
because not only does it put
our mission into context, but
we can see a different approach
to accountability, and that's
really important when we are
talking about connecting people
to services and addressing
underlying barriers while still
maintaining that accountability.
And having both of those at the
table is crucial.
>> Thank you, Councilmember
Fevella, and I couldn't agree
more. Keeping both. I've
experienced community court. My
full time job has its office
right next door, so I've had
the opportunity to engage on a
regular basis, and I hadn't
thought about adding that. So
this suggestion recommendation
to add, I think is is a really
good one. So I, I support
adding community court as well.
Right before we move on, any
other comments or questions?
Okay. And over the next couple
of pages, there's just, you
know, an opportunity to add
additional orientation visits.
As I mentioned, this list is
not intended to be exhaustive.
We can add remove organizations.
I don't believe that we should
require that people visit every
single one of these agencies.
It's really up to them and
their comfort level. Some
people might be open to
visiting jail services. Some
people might feel that that
might be a traumatic experience,
and that's completely
understandable. And so I think
but this the the next couple of
sections does give us an
opportunity to add any other
agencies or organizations that
we believe might be very
beneficial for new members to
engage with. Okay. And if we
move on to the 90 day
completion checklist, I guess
this is a very just a simple
checklist that allows
individuals to ensure that
they're tracking and they're,
you know, they're following the,
the onboarding process as they.
Believe best fits their needs.
And then there's a mentor
debrief and new member
reflection at the end of the 90
day period, the new member and
mentor should meet briefly to
discuss what was learned and
identify topics that may
warrant further discussion by
Echo. And there's a suggested
prompts included. One of them
what parts of the local
homeless response system became
clear through the onboarding
visits? Where did you observe
strong coordination among
agencies or jurisdictions? And
the list goes on. I don't know
that this was really necessary,
but there is a space for new
members, signature or date that,
in my opinion, can be removed.
I don't know how people feel
about that, but that's
certainly not a requirement. We
don't you know, we don't we
won't need somebody signature
to determine whether or not
they're officially a member of
Echo. So but that brings us to
the end of the onboarding
process. If you scroll down to
the very, very, very last page,
there is there are reference
sources for some of the
agencies that we discussed. And
I think it's open for
additional discussion. Do we
have time, chair?
>> Yes, we have a little bit of
time, but I did want to make
one comment really quickly, and
I and I'm not quite sure what
the county has available in
terms of meeting summaries, but
I think for onboarding, it
would be great if we could send
meeting summaries out for maybe
the previous year, so that they
could look at some of the
subjects that we've, you know,
pardon for. Echo. Yeah.
>> I mean, I can do the meeting
summaries. I can only go back
so far. I don't know, I won't
have them for last year.
>> Are you on Mike. No. Okay.
>> I won't have them for last
year because we do do them via
WebEx. We don't save them. But
the recordings are uploaded on
the web page. So every
recording is there and somebody,
if they wanted to, could go and
see, along with any linked
documents that were of
importance during the the
meeting. You can view those.
>> Perhaps we could keep the
summaries or maybe start saving
them. And the reason I'm
thinking that is if you know a
new member going back and
looking and, you know,
expecting them to go through
and watch all of the videos is,
is very unrealistic. But if you
give them summaries of what
happened in the meeting, they
may see things that are in
particular or particular
interest to them, that they may
go back then and review part
that part of the video or the
whole meeting or something like
that. If we could, if it's what
we can talk about that later.
But if it's possible, that
might be a good addition for,
for folks. Any other questions
at all? Thank you for doing
this work, Councilor Fuentes,
for getting us started on this.
>> Thank you know, and I'll
just add that and remind
everybody that this is just a
draft. I had taken some notes
of some of the suggestions and
recommendations that have been
made. I don't know when we will
validate the onboarding process
and, and solidify, you know,
how it looks. I, you know, it
could be a working document,
right? That it's something
that's kind of changing anytime
that we have new members. But I
think in the meantime, there's
still time for feedback
recommendations. Please feel
free to email me and, and then
we can have this discussion one
more time, maybe next month to
finalize the onboarding process
and, and go from there.
>> Yeah. So I would ask the,
the, the board at this point
what their comfort level is.
Would you like Counselor
Fuentes to just attempt to make
some changes based on the
discussions that we had today
and bring it back to us for
final consideration in our next
meeting? Everybody comfortable
with that? Councilor Perez.
>> This is Diana Perez, City of
Vancouver. I think if we have
any other suggested comments or
edits that were covered today
or may not have been fully
covered to make sure to send
them to Councilor Wil Fuentes
within the next couple of weeks
for incorporation. So give
ourselves a deadline to send to
send comments. And, and I also
sorry, I also think it wouldn't
hurt to have somebody who's not
on echo, who strives to be on
echo someday apply their lens
to see if that if if the
document makes sense.
>> Thank you.
>> Councilor Fuentes, do you
have a deadline that you'd like
to set for any additional
insight?
>> Yeah.
>> Maybe two weeks from today,
which is, oh, shoot, I'm going
to be when's the next meeting?
Is it the second Tuesday. So
second Tuesday would be October
13th. Let's shoot for the 29th.
That gives us about three weeks
from now. And then two weeks
before the next meeting. And
then I'll also connect with
City of Vancouver Council
member Ty Stover, because I, I
want to learn a little bit more
of his perspective and see how
we can improve this document.
So it doesn't seem. So doesn't
cause anxiety and it doesn't
seem intimidating to potential
new members.
>> Great. So maybe, Michelle,
would you be willing to send
out an email reminder, maybe a
few days before the 29th then?
Great. Thank you.
>> Councilor.
>> Oh.
>> One more one more comment.
The comment that was provided
to us by Council Member Ty
Silver about making this also a
visual application. So if
there's a way we don't have to
finalize the visual before we
move forward. But as long as
the context and the substance
is, is there and clear that we
can work as a next step to turn
it into some type of visual as
well, like an infographic or
something like that.
>> Thank you, Councilmember
Dannen Perez. And absolutely, I
will definitely need help with
that. Although I am a visual
learner, I learn by reading,
and so I'm not really good at
creating or generating graphics
or anything, anything like that.
So I'll definitely need support
from, from this team with that.
>> Great. And you know, this
started about a conversation
about helping the new
individuals coming on the new
seats that we created. For
those with experience, I think
this would be a beneficial
process for everybody. You know,
as council assignments change
in their various jurisdictions
and we get new people, I think
this would be a great process
for bringing them up to speed
with the work that we have done
and are doing. So thank you.
Any last comments or questions
before we move on? Great. All
right. Let's go ahead. And then.
Dave Schuck is now here from
Jail Services. We'll go ahead
and turn the time over to him
to give us a short update on
the jail enforcement or jail
services monthly data. Thank
you Dave.
>> Yeah of course. Good morning.
Sorry. I had another meeting
conflict today. We created this
monthly sheet just for general
information. We also provide
one for law and justice, which
is a much larger. But this is
specifically to those
individuals who self-identified
as being homeless. So as you
can see, our numbers are about
the same. What we've talked
about. I know in our last
meeting, we'd had a request to
go back pre-COVID and get some
of that data. My analyst has
been off for the last half of
August, like many of us with
the holidays. And so we'll have
that information for our next
meeting for sure. So as you can
see, as folks are coming and
going, and again, these are the
top charges when they're booked
in. So it's the unlawful
camping, unlawful storage
events, of course, controlled
substances sometimes goes with
those arrests as well. And then
some minor theft down below
there you can see the release
types. And again, a lot of
pretrial, which is what we
expect with those lower level
of crimes or the criminal
activities. Again, many of
these folks are going through
their initial. Trial court
appearance. Right. And so
that's within this first couple
couple of days of their stay,
the overcrowding released that
13 number that's in that number
of who was released before they
got to go and see a judge. And
so again, as as you look at
those general numbers in August,
we actually had a couple of
days about two weeks ago where
the the booking levels, we got
to yellow. I don't think we
actually got the green, but we.
And again, we've mostly been on
red. So as, as we continue to
manage that Dayley population,
you can see the different
things that are happening
inside with these folks that
are being arrested. So. And
anyways, this is just that
snapshot. So each month I can
provide a general sheet if
there's something more specific.
And again, Jamie, for next
meeting, I'll have that other
additional information we can
dig down a little deeper and a
little further back to see this,
this collected information. So
any questions or information
about that at all.
>> This is Jamie from the city
of Vancouver. Can can you
please explain to me real quick
what is what is the other
column on the warrant arrest
citation and other what does
other mean?
>> The other to me, and the way
I understand it from my
analysts is that they would
have this charge, and then
there would be some other minor
charge that would be attached
to their arrest that they were
there for.
>> Council Member Burke.
>> Thank you. Marilyn Burke,
city of Camas, transported.
Looks like 12 people were
transported. And I'm sure I
don't know what that means.
Transported. Where can you
provide clarity? Thank you.
>> Yes. Of course, as folks
come into our jail, a lot of
other criminal justice entities
are looking for them as well.
And so when they get released
or they get transported means
they are taken to actually a
different correctional
institution. So another jail
somewhere else, regionally or
locally.
>> I'm sorry, I'm going to ask
the same question, I think to
Jamie just asked, but I'm still
a bit unclear here. So like the
top line there, 44, you know,
warrant arrest 42 and two other.
Can you explain that again?
>> Yeah. So each of these
numbers, I don't believe should
equal to a total. Right. And so
the top charts unlawful camping,
for example, when an individual
gets arrested for that, they
can either be arrested as the
original charge or there may be
a warrant for that individual
for that charge, but it's under
that unlawful camping. That's
that's why you may see it under
the warrant, or you may see it
under the actual charge itself.
>> So okay, so they may be
being brought in without a
warrant. That's correct. But if
the warrant that they have is
it's only for unlawful camping.
That's correct. It's not
something else. And they're
bringing being brought in for.
Okay. That's correct. Okay.
Thank you for that
clarification. Any other
questions?
>> Yes.
>> This is the.
>> City of Vancouver. Just to
make sure I got the data right.
So there was 141 total bookings
and 115 of those are people who
identified as homeless, correct?
>> Yes. That's correct.
>> Okay. Thank you. That was it.
>> 115 out of 141 bookings were
folks who self-identified as
homeless.
>> Yeah, my understanding that
at any one time. So over the
month of August, we had 141
people that were booked in
under these charges.
>> Okay.
>> That 115 is the average
daily population. So at any
time, every day, our average is
the 115. Okay. I'm sorry.
>> Okay. Well, that answers my
question differently. So 141
people who identified as
homeless that were booked.
>> Yeah. Correct. In
correctional work, when they
try to figure out population
stuff, people come and go at
all hours of the day and time.
They find out, you know, what's
the average. And so one day it
might be a little higher, one
day it might be a little bit
lower. But for the month of
August we had 115. But over
that time there was 114 new
charges or these charges that
were listed below.
>> So great that that helps.
And this is your first time
that you just developed this
form specifically for us. So if
you have any comments or
feedback form, I'm sure you'd
be happy to. One of the things
that I'm thinking of right here
that might be helpful is maybe
above the 141 bookings, the
total bookings, and maybe
percentage of the total
bookings.
>> You betcha.
>> Yes.
>> Yeah, that.
>> Was my next question.
>> Yeah. And maybe even the
average daily population there
again, it's a general number,
but that might create confusion
with wait a second. What's this
141 versus the 115 or whatever.
But again, this is our first
beta for you all to look. This
is great. If there's other
information that you would like
to have. And again, the jail is
kind of the hub of this system
in the criminal law and justice
system. But it's it's not the
all being. Right. We're just
here to share this with
everybody to see what the
process is happening through
our system.
>> Councilor Fevella.
>> Yes, thank you. Katie
Fevella, City of Richfield
Director Sherbeck, specifically
looking at the 18 to 24 year
old young people that have been
booked into the jail. Do we
ever get information if these
youth have aged out of the
foster care system and are
identifying homeless because of
the.
>> Well, this is a large
conversation because my full
population over there is around
500. And these individuals,
like everybody else, they go
through the process of being
booked. And the information
comes from our law enforcement
partners that they are
identifying them as being
homeless and a check box. Our
staff are asking some of those
questions, but our reentry team,
our jail transition team, when
they when they're communicating
with these folks, if within
that first 72 hours, if they
get out sooner than being able
to have enough staff to be able
to reach out to them, we may
not ask those specific
questions. And so again, that's
not information we would be
gleaning from that initial
intake process because that's
all about their welfare at the
moment, which is are they on
drugs or are they having mental
health issues or are they doing
some of those pre bookings
events? And then of course, our
medical staff will go through a
much larger screening process.
So I don't know, counselor, if
that's actually one of the
questions that might get asked
during any part of the process.
But and looking bill.
>> The only reason why I ask,
and I'm sure you're aware of
this, is once a youth turns 18,
obviously, they age out of the
foster care system. However,
there is extended foster care
before their 21st birthday. And
that could be maybe something
that one of the case managers
or people are facilitating with
this young person to say, if
you have aged out and you are
interested, maybe we can work
with your social worker on
doing a voluntary placement
agreement and having them go
back to a foster home until
they turn 21.
>> Let me inquire a little bit
more about the kinds of
information that we're
requesting from those folks,
and see if that's some
information that's easily added
or, or added to this
conversation.
>> Thank you so much. I
appreciate it.
>> Of course.
>> One more thing that I would
be interested in. You don't
have to answer this at this
point, but if you could do a
little bit of digging and see
what data we might be able to
get from the transition team.
So like, for example, there's
142 releases. What is, what is
happening with those folks? You
know, are they exiting into
homelessness? Are they exiting
into our new landing pad? Are
they exiting into, you know, a
specific program in the county?
Any information that they have,
and they probably don't have it
all, but whatever they do, I
think would be helpful for us
to be able to understand as
well.
>> Councilor young, the release
types down below there, that
would generally add up to the
142. However, I think there is
some information, especially
with the new programs and
different things that are being
added to the system, that we
might be able to add into this.
Right, which again, exonerated
electronic home detention. Some
of those are pretty obvious in
what what's happening release
on own recognizance or time
served is, hey, they were here
for three days and that's
enough for whatever the
judicial system has decided.
But those going into our
landing pad or those moving on
into other things or questions,
I think we could definitely
develop with Anna and her team
and that gel transition effort
to see what's happening with
those folks who have identified
as homeless coming through the
jail system.
>> Sure. I think that would be
really helpful.
>> Of course.
>> Any other thoughts or
questions?
>> Destinie with counsel for
the homeless, it would be
helpful to know how the landing
pad is going. I know it opened
up in August, so maybe in a few
months once you know it's up
and running and has some some
data behind it, just knowing
how things are going would be
really helpful.
>> Absolutely.
>> Okay. Well thank you. We
appreciate you developing this
report. I think this is going
to be very helpful for us. And
I think as time moves on and we
get this report more often, I
think this might develop some
ideas that we might have as a
group on how you know, this
component of the jail, how we
can try to make some changes,
some positive differences. With
that, we will go ahead and move
forward. Oh, we are we're a
little bit behind, but we'll go
ahead and move forward to the
open vacant position and
nominations. And just a quick
reminder of what we did last
month was we instructed
everybody to send an email with
their, their, their
recommendations for who should
be placed or who we should
invite to interviews and
developed a the idea that we
would select three for
interview. And most of you did
participate. Thank you for
sending in emails with your
recommendations. And the three
folks that have come to the top
three at this point are Dustin
Jones, Deborah Jones, and Lon
Klugman. Deborah Brown okay,
Deborah Brown, I thought that
looked strange. Okay. And long.
Klugman. And so at this point,
we, you know, those three names
have risen to the top and they
need to be interviewed. I know
we had one counselor that had
expressed interest in being on
an interviewing committee. The
executive group spoke about
this, and we really determined
this is not a place for an open
and public interview. This is a
place for a much more relaxed
environment interview with
folks. So with that in mind, I
am open to suggestions on how
we would like to proceed. Do we
want to just select volunteers
and, you know, for who would be
doing those interviews and then
present that recommendation to
the board as a whole, and we
can ratify that, that
recommendation? Is that how we
would like to proceed, or does
anybody have any other ideas?
>> CSTE with counsel for the
homeless. I thought we had
identified some members that
were interested in doing some
interviews.
>> Right. I know that we had at
least one, but I'm not sure.
>> Also on that, on that.
>> Okay, so we have Councilor
Burke with her hand. We have
Sesame. Who else would like to
be involved in that? I wouldn't
mind being a part of that.
Councilor Perez that is for for.
>> It should be three. So it
could be either you or I.
Councilor young, I just thought
one of us from the executive
committee should be on there.
>> And there should be three.
Is. I'm not sure. Is there a
reason that we should have only
three or just maybe level of
intimidation or. Okay. Yes. I'm
happy to let you sit in on that.
Councilor Perez and is there
anybody else that has a desire
to do that? Okay, then we'll go
ahead and move forward with
with the three of you then, so
you can work with Michelle to
work with them on scheduling.
So thank you for being willing
to step forward and do that.
And go ahead. Michelle.
>> Can I just ask, are you
going to want these interviews
to be conducted in person or
online? That's a question. I
don't know those with lived
experience, if they may or may
not have the availability to
get online. So that would be up
to the team.
>> Very good question.
>> This is Sonny from counsel
for the homeless. I would could
we offer the option to the
individual? And then because I
think virtual, if that's what
the person prefers in person,
seems great until if someone
doesn't have transportation or
something like that.
>> Okay, sounds like we have a
process. So and then you can
report your recommendation back
to the group next month, and
we'll have a final confirming
vote on that chair. Go ahead.
>> Councilor Young, you are my
alternate so you and I can work.
If there's any scheduling
issues with the interview.
>> Sure. Okay, great. Thank you.
That moved a little quicker
than I thought it would. So at
this point, we have really made
our way through our agenda and
we're at taking takeaways.
Recommendation. Next steps in
closing real quickly. Before we
move into this, though, I did
want to we had Abby from
Community Action Advisory Board
here that she requested to have
just a few minutes here to give
us an update, so I'll go ahead
and let her do that.
>> Thank you, Councilor Young,
and thank you all for having me
today. As Councilor Young
mentioned, my name is Abby. I'm
with Clark County Community
Services. I came to speak with
you all in January about our
community needs assessment,
which we do every three years
to help understand the needs of
people with low incomes in
Clark County. And I came back
to let you all know that we've
finished the first step of the
Community Needs assessment,
which was a survey of needs.
Thank you so much to everyone
who helped get that survey out
to the community. We actually
beat the record for survey
responses and received over
1700 responses this year, which
is amazing. And for next steps,
we will be sharing the results
of the survey back with the
community through a series of
community forums. The flier is
up on the slide there, and I
believe Michelle also sent out
the flier to the group maybe a
few weeks ago. There's four
forums happening, three are in
person and one is virtual. You
can see the information there
on the screen. They'll all be
held in October, and we would
love any of your participation
at these forums to provide
feedback on the data that we
receive through the survey, and
any additional information that
we should know about. The needs
that you all see in your
communities will be collecting
qualitative data at these
forums through feedback boxes
and facilitated discussions,
and that information will be
incorporated into the final
report that we share with the
community. So any feedback and
perspective is really valuable
and appreciated. And also feel
free to share this information
with your constituents, your
communities, and to help spread
the word and get more
participation. And we are
encouraging registration for
these forums just so we can get
a general sense of numbers. And
there's a QR code and link on
the fliers to register for
those. Does anyone have any
questions?
>> Great. Thank you. Abby.
>> Thank you.
>> So much. I would like to
just bring an item up for
consideration here, and that
would be what we would like to
have at some of future meetings.
A couple things that have come
to mind for me. One, just in
this meeting here was I think,
you know, we've talked about
law enforcement and how they
interact with folks outside.
And then we talked about the
jail. Now we're starting to
have a little bit of discussion,
what with what follows jail.
But one of the subjects that
came up today that we've not
really brought in for
presentation, I think was very
warranted, is community court.
I think we should bring them in
and it would be great. I know
battleground has their own
community court now that they
started probably about a year
ago now already? I'm not sure,
but it would be nice to have
them as well as community court
here in Vancouver to join as
well. I mean, does everybody
feel like that would be a good
topic of conversation?
>> Councilor young, this is
Diana Perez, City of Vancouver.
Another topic that we've talked
about for some time is our
youth and a better
understanding that and its
intersection with the mental
health services and that
intersection of everything else.
So I know we had talked about
that. That's an interest of
mine, especially if we talk
about the impact to our
community and society as a
whole. I think the youth
deserve some attention.
>> Sure. We have a couple of
hands up before we move on, I
wanted to ask you, like who you
would suggest to bring in to
lead that discussion, or is
that going to be an echo led
discussion?
>> Well, we'd have to let me
give it some thought.
Definitely. We're not experts
at it. So maybe perhaps
somebody from SD 112 or
Councilor Katie Favela may have
some other ideas with that.
>> So are any of the hands
related to this particular
thing? If they are, go ahead
and speak up.
>> Yes. Katie Favela, city of
Richfield. Thank you, Councilor
Diana Perez. You know, I am a
licensed clinical social worker
and child mental health
specialist. So this is my bread
and butter area. Talking about
youth, I would be happy to put
a list together, whether it's
dcyf, whether it's youth crisis
services, because youth crisis
services in Clark County can go
up to the age of 20. So there
is some overlap there with the
adult system and the youth
system. I work regularly with
juvenile court. So I mean,
however I can be of assistance.
I would love to have that
conversation because there is
some overlap here. Yeah.
Excited about that.
>> Sure. Perhaps, Katie, maybe
you could join us during our
next executive meeting.
>> Put me in coach. Yes. Sorry.
>> Yes, councilor.
>> Michelle, if you could get
her, that'd be great. All right.
Oh, councilor Stober, was it on
this particular subject?
>> Yeah. Well, yes, and it
would be wonderful to if
Director Shook is still on the
line. You know, his report is
starting at 18. You know, it
would be great. I don't know if
it's possible, but would be
great to understand. The Youth
Justice Center and, you know,
are there youth, any of those
youth in that system that are
identifying as homeless?
>> So we could, you know, reach
out potentially to the
Children's Justice Center? Is
that what you're suggesting?
>> Right. Just because that's a
that's a data point and that
we're we're not hitting.
>> Okay.
>> Is that below 18?
>> Okay. We can we can
definitely do that. And that's
something we can also work
through in our next executive
meeting to see how we can kind
of compile all this and whether
we need more than one meeting
or. Yeah, we'll work through
that. Thank you for that
recommendation. Councilor young
yes.
>> For the first one that you
had mentioned, community court.
So I'm also the admin for the
Law and Justice Council. And
right now I am all of the
community courts are getting
ready to do presentations for
January for Law and justice. So
at that time, if you wanted to
also bring it back to echo, we
can do that as well.
>> Sure. I think that would be
a great idea.
>> Retirement.
>> Oh, okay. Okay.
>> I was I was suggesting that
we maybe chat about doing it
earlier because Beth is
retiring. Like very soon.
>> How soon?
>> Very soon. Yeah.
>> Well.
>> Right now the problem with
doing it sooner is that the
Clark County Community Court,
they're going through a
transition process. So they are
people are retiring, new people
are coming on. So because we
wanted to do it earlier for law
and justice as well. But
unfortunately, because of that
process, the people aren't
going to be up and running
really at that time to do a
presentation. So the best time
would be January for them. I
mean, if we want to consider
battleground or even the city,
because I know I've spoken with
Kevin McClure and his team,
they can get something together
and definitely reach out to
battleground. I mean, we can do
them separately and then do
Clark County next year. But
again, it's up to the executive
committee as well.
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> And maybe I wasn't talking
about all of the therapeutic
courts, just the one community
court.
>> Maybe we might want to move
our executive meeting a little
bit sooner this month. We'll
we'll send out emails and see
if maybe the executive meeting
is able to meet a little bit
earlier just to I want to give
organizations as much time as
possible to prepare, and I
wouldn't expect them in just a
week to develop a presentation
for us. So we'll work on that.
Somebody mentioned landing pad.
It would be great to have them
come for presentation as well.
And those are excellent ideas.
As far as youth ESD 112, The
Justice Center. So yeah,
there's some, some good, good,
good ideas. Any other ideas for
future meetings?
>> Sunny this will not be an
ongoing topic, but I would like
to provide a presentation about
our Kolke Continuum of Care
steering Committee has set
aside three seats for elected
officials, and we are. Would
like to bring it to echo to
identify who those folks would
be. So it doesn't necessarily
have to be Echo members. I do
think that it would be helpful,
since we're going through this
effort of providing onboarding
and training for folks. And
just for brief context, the
continuum of care is the
geographic region of Clark
County is our Kolke. It is
required by HUD as a designated
region to receive funding, and
we're working together to
address homelessness. The
steering committee guides that
effort. And as an independent
Kolke. So across the Washington
State, there are cocs that are
guided by the state. So the
state would set requirements,
goals, kind of goals on what
are we working to improve or
what are requirements or
standards for different
continuums of care? So I would
like to provide a presentation
about our COC, the role of the
steering committee, and some of
the work that we'll be doing.
So you have a bit more
information thinking about who
to nominate to those positions.
>> How much time do you think
you would need?
>> That's probably going to be
a lot, but I think 20, 25
minutes and then space for
questions.
>> 40. 45 minutes. And what is
your timing on that?
>> So we are going to be doing
so. These seats are allocated
for echo. We're going to be
doing open recruitment this
fall and building out our own
onboarding process. So we just
built out a governance charter
to guide the work more
effectively. So there are a lot
of pieces coming. So the goal
is to do recruitment this fall.
It doesn't mean that we have to
have elected officials on
necessarily on boarded, but
we'd love to provide the
context so you can start
thinking about what that looks
like. So we could think about
recognizing a lot of different
things happening this fall,
maybe the goal of the beginning
of the year, having folks
identified, so maybe late fall
doing the presentation, if that
would work.
>> Okay. So anytime.
>> Yeah.
>> So we don't have to be this
in October, maybe not even
November, but maybe preferably
November.
>> Yeah. I think that my
recommendation would be making
sure that it is before the
start of the new year so that
we can really dig into it. The
other challenge that we have.
So for some of the specific
funding, HUD is may issue a
notice of funding opportunity
and the timeline, there would
be December 11th. So that would
take up a lot of my time. So
just within that context,
recognizing that. But yeah, if
we could get it before the end
of the year.
>> We will work on that
scheduling. And thank you.
Other, other ideas. Okay.
Anything else at this point for
oh, one, one last thing that
maybe Michelle could, maybe you
could do this because it's been
a while. You know, we went, was
it at the beginning of this
year or last year that we had
Nancy come and facilitate for
us? Kind of do some we did some
strategic planning. I think it
wouldn't be a bad idea to
recirculate that information to
the group just to have a look
at. Again, you know, when we're,
we're kind of we've we have
almost exhausted the one
subject of the interconnection
between the jail and law
enforcement and homelessness.
So I think it would be a good
idea to look back at some of
those documents to help guide
us for the future. The other
thing that I was saying that I
think is working very well at
this point is how we have a,
you know, law enforcement
subcommittee. You know, we we
as a board, we look we have the
subject, we have the hearings,
we have the discussions,
questions answered
presentations, we learn a lot.
And then we choose, you know, a
special subcommittee to
continue working through that
subject so that it doesn't
become just a hearing session.
You know, I think the
subcommittee is really the key
to being able to giving us some
legs and actually doing
something. So, you know, keep
that in mind as, as we have as
we work through some of these
subjects. Did you have a
comment, Jamie? No. Okay. All
right. Any other anything else
for the for the good of order
at this point. All right. Well
thank you very much. We will.
Our next meeting will be
October 13th, same time at 930.
Oh, one last comment before we
close. I know a couple of you
are here virtually because of
very specific reasons, and I'm
sure you all do, but I just do
want to encourage whenever you
can possibly to be in person. I
think it does help to have a
little bit more of a
constructive conversation. But
I appreciate you being here.
And if if virtual is the only
way we can get you here, happy
to have that resource available
so that you can be present. So.
All right. Thank you, everybody.
We'll see you in October. We're
adjourned.