This week our agenda includes:

9 a.m. - Welcome message
Purpose: Center us on the task before us.
• Rosemary Powers, rpowers@eou.edu

9:05 a.m. - This Week on the Streets
Purpose: A quick update about what outreach teams are seeing on the streets this week.

9:15 a.m. - Pierce County Ad-Hoc Committee Update
Purpose: Understand what is happening with the committee’s work and how we can support it.
• Courtney Chandler, Associated Ministries, courtneyc@associatedministries.org

9:30 a.m. - City of Tacoma Proposed Camping Ban Ordinance
Purpose: Understand the work that the Coalition is doing on this issue.
• Maureen Howard, Senior Policy Analyst, maureenhowardconsulting@gmail.com

9:40 a.m. - Coalition Representatives - Continuum of Care
Purpose: Ask for nominations and vote on who should represent the Coalition of the CoC.
• Maureen Howard, Senior Policy Analyst, maureenhowardconsulting@gmail.com

9:50 a.m. - Coalition Structure - Creating a Coalition Housing Committee
Purpose: Discussion about the proposed committee.
• Maureen Howard, Senior Policy Analyst, maureenhowardconsulting@gmail.com

9:55 a.m. - Coalition Announcements
Purpose: Hear announcements of any other Coalition news.
• Kevin Glackin-Coley, Coalition Director of Special Projects, kglacincoley@pchomeless.org

10:05 a.m. - Government Updates
Purpose: Understand current efforts underway.
• Klarissa Monteros, City of Tacoma, kmonteros@cityoftacoma.org
• Valeri Knight, Pierce County Human Services, Valeri.knight@piercecountywa.org
• Reanna Bettencourt, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, rbettencourt@tpchd.org
• Ivan Tudela, Pierce County Emergency Management, Ivan.tudela@piercecountywa.org

10:15 a.m. - Follow up discussion on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder
Purpose: Help inform the City of Tacoma Homelessness Plan.
• Tiegan Tidball, City of Tacoma, ttidball@cityoftacoma.org

10:35 a.m. - Advocacy Updates
Purpose: Learn about opportunities to impact policy decisions.
• Maureen Howard, Senior Policy Analyst, maureenhowardconsulting@gmail.com

10:45 a.m. - Safe Sites for All Update
Purpose: Understand the status of the effort to create safe parking and Safe Sites for All across Pierce County.
• Colin DeForrest, i2 Strategies, colin@i2-strategies.com
• Janet Runbeck, janetrunbeck@gmail.com

10:55 a.m. - Other items
Purpose: Hear from Coalition members who have other items to share with the larger group, for the good of the order.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting!

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When: Apr 23, 2021 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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