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04-2025_HHTF_Minutes SPOKANE VALLEY HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE RegularMeeting Minutes| April 24, 2025| 2:00 pm at Spokane Valley City Hall, 10210 E Sprague Ave, Room N212 and on Zoom 1 CALL TO ORDER: Task ForceChair,MayorPam Haley,called the meeting to order at 2:00pm. 2 ATTENDANCE: In attendance were: Task Force Voting MembersGuests (in-person) Mayor Pam Haley, City of Spokane Valley Karl D. Kistler Lance Beck, Greater Spokane Valley Chamber Gretchen Brown, Frontier Behavioral Health John Parker, Central Valley School District Jennifer Calvert Kelly Keenen, Spokane Housing Authority Cassie Montgomery, Family Promise Spokane Joseph Ghodsee Allisha Corley Guests(online) Lisa Miller, Lex Law Corp.Grace Vera Joseph Ader, Family Promise Spokane Voting Members Alternate(s)Gatieh Nacario, Volunteers of America Chris McKinney for George Dahl, Spokane County City Staff Task Force Non-Voting Members Eric Robison, Homeless & Housing Coordinator Gloria Mantz, City of Spokane Valley, City Services Sarah Farr, Accounting & Finance Program Manager Administrator Julie Meyers-Lehman, Executive Assistant 3General Public Comment Opportunity Chair Haley called for public comments. There were none. ACTION ITEMS 4Approval of February2025Meeting Minutes Ms. Miller made a motion to approve the minutesas presented. Mr. Ghodsee seconded. The motionpassed unanimously. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS 5Homeless Housing Task Force and Program Overview Mr. Robison provided a background and summary of the Spokane Valley Homeless and Housing program. New and renewing members each introduced themselves. Spokane Valley Homeless Housing Task Force 04.24.2025Meeting MinutesPage 1 of 2 6Outreach Team Quarterly Update Mr. Robison described the composition and deployment of the Outreach Team. Ms. Mantz outlined the city’s contract with Frontier Behavioral Health (FBH). Ms. Brown explained how FBH coordinates with SVPD Homeless Outreach officers and described the various types of services the teams provide. She shared client outcome data from July 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025. Members discussed funding challenges, other service providers in the region, re-housing and paying rent in arrears, challenges with clients who have pets, and rehab/treatment facility availabilities. 7Shelter Bed Contracts Mr. Robison explained that the current contract with Volunteers of America’s Hope House to provide low-barrier “respite” beds for women expires June 30, 2025. Hope House is changing its operations and will no longer offer shelter beds, but will continue offering respite beds (respite beds provide a higher level of service, such as case management, operate 24/7 and cost more per night than shelter beds). One respite bed at Hope House costs the city $136/day$49,000 per year, whether or not the beds are occupied. The second bed is $15 per night but only if it is being used. The city also contracts with Truth Ministries for beds for men for$20 per night for two shelter beds. Mr. Robison shared usage information for both facilities. He said the Task Force will soon need to make a recommendation to the Council about whether to renew the shelter bed contracts. 8Affordable Housing RFP Update In 2021 the city was awarded funding under the American Rescue Plan Act and the City Council directed $2 rd million for affordable housing within Spokane Valley. The city purchased 1.3 acres at 3 Ave & Carnahan Rd and rd on April 22, 2025, the Council awarded Habitat for Humanity with the contract to build 24 units at 3Ave & st Carnahan and 1 single family residence on another city owned vacant parcel at 4908 E 1 Ave. Construction is expected to begin in 2026. Members discussed having Habitat for Humanity come to a Task Force meeting to present on this project. 9ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:49 pm. Julie Meyers-Lehman, Executive Assistant Spokane Valley Homeless Housing Task Force 04.24.2025 Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 2