Two years uh we do a call for proposals through a 17 city uh human services funding collaborative.

So we issue an RFP, it's like the joint application for college applications, one application, one timeline, one set of requirements, um, and that application period was open from March 2nd to April 6th.

And after April 6th, we looked at all of the applications that came into the city of Redmond.

We received 149 requests, uh totaling over $8 million a year, and we have um about $3.4 million per year available based on the proposed budget that's based on longstanding per capita um formula.

So this $3.4 million per year also includes about $40,000 in community development block grants, grant one, and um $300,000 in opiate settlement funds that have special requirements that we will figure out which programs qualify to use those those funds.

Um other cities also received more applications and a significant increase in request for funding uh system wide.

We got 446 total applications, totaling 83, 187,000 and 62 dollars.

That's a lot of money.

Um the Human Services Commission will be spending the next five months reviewing all of the 140, all of the um applications that we've received based on the city's funding priorities, and these uh priorities are included in attachment A of your packet.

The um, as in previous cycles will be undergoing undergoing participating in a joint equity training with uh three other East Side Cities on uh March, not March, May 12th, um, and this will really help them guide their review process and decision makings in terms of how they bring their funding recommendations to you, which they will present on um October 27th.

Awesome, thank you so much.

Uh, do we have any questions from council?

Uh Council President Stewart.

Yeah, thank you so much.

Um, well, for our colleagues who haven't experienced this before, it is always a bit overwhelming to hear the number of applications received and the requests uh for investment, and that we we will in fact not be able to meet all of them, and that is that is just one of the harder parts of this part of the process.

Um I just want to remind the council that in the last biennium other money was set aside for stability in the event that disruption uh to the sector and and housing would occur, and that has certainly occurred.

Council did spend some portion of that in November, but that conversation um will will come back, and um we can speak with the fact chair about when that might work best on the work plan to bring that back.

So just wanted to acknowledge that um for uh anyone in the room who's feeling like ah, there's a big gap here.

Um additionally, um, I have a question for the uh regarding the commission's work, and as they're going through these recommendations, how are they balancing working on evaluating these current requests under our existing human services strategic plan while also participating in a process to help us create a housing and human services strategic plan?

Could you tell us a little bit about how that looks for them?

Okay, yeah, so um they're basing the funding priorities are based on the human services strategic plan, and a big part of that is the housing and the housing part of it as well, and they really need to weigh all of those things, and you know, it's any of the any of the decisions that they make are really difficult.

Um for example, you know, there's do we try to address the crisis of people who are losing their housing or and or do we try to catch them upstream so that they never get to that point.

Um, these are things that they will be struggling with.

Um, and they'll be meeting twice a month.

I think in June they're meeting three times a month to evaluate and have these these discussions.

Um so it's really it's a lot of work and a lot of really good, robust conversation, and we're I think we're really fortunate to have a very diverse uh human services commission.

You'll see a couple of them again tonight that really bring all sorts of different experiences and backgrounds into the conversation so that we can try to make the best decisions or they can try to make the best decisions um as possible for the city.

Thank you so much.

And for any of our commissioners who are watching, thank you so much for the work that you're taking on this cycle.

Any other questions from council?

I see council member Sony.

Thank you so much.

them again tonight um that really bring all sorts of different experiences and backgrounds into the conversation so that we can try to make the best decisions or they can try to make the best decisions um as possible for the city thank you so much and for any of our commissioners who are watching thank you so much for the work that you're taking on this cycle any other questions from council I see council member Sony thank you so much um I'm asking a question with the you know bringing it to kind of a different uh perspective here usually you know how the commissions will be making decisions because our our city value is like you know improving access and addressing barriers to service and we we as a city want to ensure that there is you know the agencies that are applying are adhering to the values and to the commitments and to our priorities what we have seen it's like in a lot of time when these grants are available there will be bigger organizations that has a higher financial stability that takes a major portion and however they could be other smaller nonprofit or a newer organizations which also deserve um you know chance to prove their or do their work or those who have been specialized in their outreach how do we balance that just to ensure that you know the winner does not take away all the funding and there we are able to do and justice with every organization involved here.

Yeah that's exactly what they struggle with throughout the entire process um I think last cycle there was really um a push to try to bring in new organizations um grassroots organizations that may not have the um capacity or the experience necessarily as some of the bigger longstanding organizations at the same time we also need some of those services that the the larger organizations provide because they're the only ones that provide that to our residents so it really is a balancing act um we do work very closely with particularly the small newer organizations to make sure that they understand what they're getting into before they even apply we had um I think we had four information sessions uh last fall and again in the spring and I think I met with about 21 or 22 um individual organizations to talk up through uh the process and how they might um uh proceed with the application and some of them decided not to that they weren't ready um and we also just make sure that we work really closely um with the new organizations to make sure that they're not that they are spending the money wisely because that's you know we have to be good stewards of the tax dollars um and that they are providing their services um as they say they will but that's exactly the struggle um that the commission goes through every two years so thank you for reminding us of that do we have any other questions from council uh if not I'll I'll go ahead and ask ask one of my own and first of all thank you so much Alaric Brooke uh Deputy Director Allen everyone I I've seen firsthand the the amount of work that you put into this process especially especially during the budget year so thank you for your work um are there still conversations being had on the Human Services Commission about um establishing a baseline floor for you know some of the major housing organizations uh funding for some of the major housing organizations to provide them with stability this this also kind of piggybacks on to uh council member Sony's question about you know ensuring that there's diversity amongst the organizations that that we fund because it is a lot easier for a big organization to come up with a more polished application um or there are a bigger name uh folks are more immediately aware of the work that they're doing um so they might they might get priority for funding so I was just wondering if that conversation was still being had on the Human Services Commission and if so if there was any any resolution all right so is the the main question was specifically around housing providers yeah and I I remember during my time on the commission I think we were debating about a 30% floor of of the funding for um like setting it aside just specifically for organizations providing you know shelter support for housing.

Yeah I was wondering if that was still in place.

Yes so that is uh conversation and Brooke and Alaric have been actively uh in those conversations but back also to um one of the prior council members is that we know that housing stability is one of the most important priorities and so it has been a practice to set aside and make sure that a certain amount of funding is spent on that um priority and so the commission will have an opportunity to see those but we are going to be keeping a dedication of dollar so that we are keeping let's say the lights on for particularly our shelter and major providers so that they can have consistent funding so that would be like porch light sofia away and making sure that they are able to um kind of maintain their service levels and keeping people safe does that help answer your question yeah no thank you I just wanted to add to because it came in it it's also a balance of you also could have housing stability could take all of the pie right with the amount of need that we have there and so really appreciate the commission's work to um also identify some of the other priorities and weigh those as well so perfect thank you any other questions from council I do not see any so thank you again for the presentation we're gonna be moving on uh to items from other committees and the first item is a uh quasi judicial matter the adoption of um ordinances for

With the amount of need that we have there, and so really appreciate the commission's work to um also identify some of the um other priorities and weigh those as well.

So perfect, thank you.

Any other questions from council?

I do not see any.

So thank you again for the presentation.

Um we're gonna be moving on uh to items from other committees.

And the first item is a uh quasi judicial matter, the adoption of um ordinances for Belcaro uh Belcaro plat presented by Josh Muller of the planning department.

Uh thank you.

Good afternoon, uh council.

Um my name's Josh Mueller with the development engineering group.

Um I'm here today to introduce the Belcaro subdivision and request request next steps in the final long plat approval process.

Uh Belcaro is a proposed 24 lot single family subdivision located in Willow's uh Rose Hill neighborhood, uh fronting 134th Avenue Northeast.

Uh the final plat would subdivide five existing parcels that are totaling 4.4 acres.

The proposal includes a public street dedication, uh, one affordable housing lot, four small dwelling unit lots, uh, three tracks for open space access, utilities, and on-site stormwater management.

The project also meets the city's tree retreat retention requirements.

The preliminary plat was approved with conditions by the hearing examiner on February 27th of 2024.

Following a public hearing and an open public and an open comment period, no requests for reconsideration uh were submitted.

Civil engineering plans were completed and approved by the city on December 11th, 2025, and the applicant applicant submitted the final plat for staff review that same month.

The applicant has provided required financial guarantees for all of the improvements, and the affordable housing agreement was recorded earlier this month.

City staff has reviewed the final plot and verified that it satisfies all conditions of the hearing examiner's decision and complies with RCW requirements and the Redmond zoning code.

Under Redmond Zoning Code 21.74.030.g.4.

Uh the city council is to review and approve the final plat at a public meeting upon approval of an ordinance.

The mayor is then authorized to sign the final the face of the final plat for recording with King County.

City staff recommend placing an ordinance approving the final plat on the consent agenda for the council's business meeting on May 19th.