1 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:43,630 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WE ARE COMING 2 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:45,098 BACK TO ORDER THE OCTOBER 15th 3 00:02:45,098 --> 00:02:45,698 SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL 4 00:02:45,698 --> 00:02:48,301 COME BACK TO ORDER AT 1:50 P.M.. 5 00:02:48,301 --> 00:02:49,502 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 6 00:02:49,502 --> 00:02:50,904 ROLL? THOSE NOT PRESENT ARE 7 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:55,642 EXCUSED UNTIL THEY ARRIVE. 8 00:02:55,642 --> 00:02:56,142 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 9 00:02:56,142 --> 00:02:58,244 >> HERE. 10 00:02:58,244 --> 00:02:58,912 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. COUNCIL 11 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:00,513 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. 12 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:01,314 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 13 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:03,449 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. HERE. 14 00:03:03,449 --> 00:03:05,785 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. HERE. 15 00:03:05,785 --> 00:03:06,319 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HERE. 16 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:07,187 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA PRESENT. 17 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:08,588 >> AND CHAIR STRAUSS. 18 00:03:08,588 --> 00:03:08,888 >> PRESENT. 19 00:03:08,888 --> 00:03:09,289 >> SIX. PRESENT. 20 00:03:09,289 --> 00:03:10,590 >> THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO 21 00:03:10,590 --> 00:03:12,525 JUMP RIGHT INTO THE NEXT THREE 22 00:03:12,525 --> 00:03:14,627 PRESENTATIONS. THE THIRD HAS TWO 23 00:03:14,627 --> 00:03:16,162 SECTIONS. SEATTLE FIRE 24 00:03:16,162 --> 00:03:18,231 DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY ASSISTED 25 00:03:18,231 --> 00:03:20,033 RESPONSE AND ENGAGEMENT CARE 26 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:20,600 DEPARTMENT, HUMAN SERVICES 27 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,503 DEPARTMENT, AND A SPLIT OUT FOR 28 00:03:23,503 --> 00:03:25,672 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. YESTERDAY 29 00:03:25,672 --> 00:03:27,807 OCTOBER 14th, OUR DEAR FRIEND 30 00:03:27,807 --> 00:03:30,376 BEN HAD A BIRTHDAY. SO I JUST 31 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:31,811 TAKE THIS PERSONAL MOMENT OF 32 00:03:31,811 --> 00:03:34,380 PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO SAY HAPPY 33 00:03:34,380 --> 00:03:35,014 BIRTHDAY, BEN OR BELATED TODAY. 34 00:03:35,014 --> 00:03:35,682 WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE 35 00:03:35,682 --> 00:03:37,684 RIGHT ON INTO THIS PRESENTATION. 36 00:03:37,684 --> 00:03:40,053 WE'VE GOT AN GORMAN FROM 37 00:03:40,053 --> 00:03:40,787 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL 38 00:03:40,787 --> 00:03:41,554 STAFF. I'M GOING TO TURN IT 39 00:03:41,554 --> 00:03:42,555 OVER TO YOU TO RUN THE WHOLE 40 00:03:42,555 --> 00:03:43,323 PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL TURN IT 41 00:03:43,323 --> 00:03:45,692 OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 42 00:03:45,692 --> 00:03:46,793 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANNE 43 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:48,795 GORMAN, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 44 00:03:48,795 --> 00:03:50,096 I'M HERE TODAY. 45 00:03:50,096 --> 00:03:50,797 >> YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET 46 00:03:50,797 --> 00:03:55,201 THAT MIC JUST A LITTLE CLOSER, 47 00:03:55,201 --> 00:03:55,501 OKAY? YEP. 48 00:03:55,501 --> 00:03:56,769 >> IS THIS GOING TO BE BETTER? 49 00:03:56,769 --> 00:03:58,371 >> A LITTLE BIT MICK JAGGER YOU 50 00:03:58,371 --> 00:04:00,240 KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE A ROCK 51 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:00,573 CONCERT. 52 00:04:00,573 --> 00:04:02,575 >> OUT HERE. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE 53 00:04:02,575 --> 00:04:04,844 WE'RE ROCKING. UM, I'M HERE 54 00:04:04,844 --> 00:04:07,513 TODAY TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF 55 00:04:07,513 --> 00:04:10,383 THE 2027 2028 PROPOSED BUDGET 56 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:12,385 FOR THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT 57 00:04:12,385 --> 00:04:15,321 AND TO SHARE WITH COUNCILMEMBERS 58 00:04:15,321 --> 00:04:17,056 A POLICY CONSIDERATION THAT WE 59 00:04:17,056 --> 00:04:20,293 HAVE DEVELOPED RELATED TO THAT 60 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:22,495 BUDGET. HERE IS THE BIG PICTURE 61 00:04:22,495 --> 00:04:24,364 OF THE SEATTLE FIRE 62 00:04:24,364 --> 00:04:27,467 DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. THE 2027 63 00:04:27,467 --> 00:04:30,336 PROPOSED IN 2028 PROPOSED LEVELS 64 00:04:30,336 --> 00:04:32,305 COMPARED TO THE 2026 ADOPTED 65 00:04:32,305 --> 00:04:35,608 LEVEL. AND OVERALL, WE SEE A 66 00:04:35,608 --> 00:04:37,644 1.3% DECREASE IN THE BUDGET FROM 67 00:04:37,644 --> 00:04:41,714 2026 ADOPTED TO 2027. PROPOSED. 68 00:04:41,714 --> 00:04:42,815 THERE'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF 69 00:04:42,815 --> 00:04:44,150 CONTEXT HERE THAT I WANT TO 70 00:04:44,150 --> 00:04:46,653 SHARE, AND THAT IS THAT BOTH THE 71 00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:49,722 LOCAL 27 CONTRACT REPRESENTING 72 00:04:49,722 --> 00:04:52,959 FIREFIGHTERS AND THE LOCAL 2898 73 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:55,828 CONTRACT REPRESENTING BATTALION 74 00:04:55,828 --> 00:04:57,864 CHIEFS AND DEPUTY CHIEFS, EXPIRE 75 00:04:57,864 --> 00:04:59,966 AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO THAT 76 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:02,568 MEANS THAT THERE IS NO SALARY 77 00:05:02,568 --> 00:05:05,138 INCREASE PRESUMED IN THE 2027 78 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:06,939 PROPOSED BUDGET BECAUSE IT 79 00:05:06,939 --> 00:05:08,074 HASN'T BEEN NEGOTIATED YET. IF 80 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:10,743 THERE WERE A SALARY INCREASE 81 00:05:10,743 --> 00:05:12,612 BUILT INTO THE ASSUMPTIONS FOR 82 00:05:12,612 --> 00:05:13,713 THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET, WE 83 00:05:13,713 --> 00:05:15,248 WOULD NOT BE SEEING THIS 84 00:05:15,248 --> 00:05:16,282 NEGATIVE NUMBER. WE'RE GOING TO 85 00:05:16,282 --> 00:05:19,352 TALK ABOUT A PROPOSED REDUCTION 86 00:05:19,352 --> 00:05:20,753 OF $7.1 MILLION A LITTLE BIT 87 00:05:20,753 --> 00:05:22,522 LATER, BUT IF THERE WERE A 88 00:05:22,522 --> 00:05:24,957 SALARY INCREASE IN THE 2027 89 00:05:24,957 --> 00:05:26,492 PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, A REDUCTION 90 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:27,727 OF THAT SIZE WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH 91 00:05:27,727 --> 00:05:32,098 TO DRIVE THESE FIGURES NEGATIVE 92 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:34,267 OPERATIONS. THIS HOUSES THE THE 93 00:05:34,267 --> 00:05:37,270 SIX RESPONSE BATTALIONS THAT SFD 94 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:40,339 HOLDS FIRE PREVENTION. THIS IS 95 00:05:40,339 --> 00:05:41,808 THE ALSO KNOWN AS THE FIRE 96 00:05:41,808 --> 00:05:43,676 MARSHAL'S OFFICE. THEY ENFORCE 97 00:05:43,676 --> 00:05:45,578 THE FIRE CODE. THEY INSPECT ALL 98 00:05:45,578 --> 00:05:47,480 HIGH RISE BUILDINGS IN SEATTLE 99 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,215 AND THIS OFFICE IS MOSTLY 100 00:05:49,215 --> 00:05:51,384 REVENUE BACKED LEADERSHIP AND 101 00:05:51,384 --> 00:05:52,652 ADMINISTRATION. THIS HOUSES THE 102 00:05:52,652 --> 00:05:53,720 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF. ALL 103 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,055 ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, MOBILE 104 00:05:56,055 --> 00:05:57,490 INTEGRATED HEALTH AND. ABOUT TWO 105 00:05:57,490 --> 00:06:00,193 THIRDS OF THE INDIRECT COSTS FOR 106 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:10,002 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE. HERE. 107 00:06:10,002 --> 00:06:12,038 HERE WE SEE THAT THERE IS AN 108 00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:13,906 INCREASE IN FTE FROM THE 2026 109 00:06:13,906 --> 00:06:17,143 ADOPTED BUDGET TO THE 2027 110 00:06:17,143 --> 00:06:20,213 PROPOSED BUDGET OF ABOUT, UH, 111 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:23,015 ABOUT TWO FTE. UM, THIS IS A 112 00:06:23,015 --> 00:06:25,752 LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL THIS YEAR 113 00:06:25,752 --> 00:06:28,421 BECAUSE THERE ARE TEN TECHNICAL 114 00:06:28,421 --> 00:06:30,156 POSITIONS ADDED. UH, THERE ARE 115 00:06:30,156 --> 00:06:30,790 FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS AND THEY 116 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:34,627 ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE FIRE 117 00:06:34,627 --> 00:06:35,294 DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE INTEGRATED 118 00:06:35,294 --> 00:06:36,362 HEALTH PROGRAM. NORMALLY WHEN WE 119 00:06:36,362 --> 00:06:38,498 SEE POSITIONS ADDED, WE THINK 120 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:39,132 THIS IS A BODY OF WORK AND A 121 00:06:39,132 --> 00:06:41,567 HUMAN BEING. A DISCREET HUMAN 122 00:06:41,567 --> 00:06:42,802 BEING IS GOING TO DO IT. AND 123 00:06:42,802 --> 00:06:44,370 THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH THESE 124 00:06:44,370 --> 00:06:46,072 POSITIONS. THESE ARE THESE ARE 125 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:48,608 TECHNICAL ADDS, AND THEY'RE 126 00:06:48,608 --> 00:06:51,411 ESSENTIALLY BEING ADDED TO GET 127 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:53,546 AROUND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE 128 00:06:53,546 --> 00:06:54,280 STAFFING SYSTEM THAT THE FIRE 129 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:56,315 DEPARTMENT USES. THAT STAFFING 130 00:06:56,315 --> 00:07:01,420 SYSTEM IS NOT NECESSARILY BUILT 131 00:07:01,420 --> 00:07:01,954 TO ACCOMMODATE INNOVATIVE 132 00:07:01,954 --> 00:07:03,423 PROGRAMS LIKE, LIKE OUR MPH 133 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:05,358 PROGRAM. SO THESE TEN NEW 134 00:07:05,358 --> 00:07:08,895 POSITIONS DO NOT RESULT IN TEN 135 00:07:08,895 --> 00:07:11,597 NEW FIREFIGHTERS. THE OTHER 136 00:07:11,597 --> 00:07:13,232 CHANGES HERE ARE THE ADDITION OF 137 00:07:13,232 --> 00:07:14,867 A REVENUE BACKED FIRE CAPTAIN, 138 00:07:14,867 --> 00:07:17,870 WHICH WILL SUNSET AT THE END OF 139 00:07:17,870 --> 00:07:21,507 2028. AND THERE IS ALSO THERE IS 140 00:07:21,507 --> 00:07:23,843 ALSO A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT TO A 141 00:07:23,843 --> 00:07:24,444 REVENUE BACKED ADMINISTRATIVE 142 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:27,046 POSITION IN THE FIRE PREVENTION 143 00:07:27,046 --> 00:07:37,089 DIVISION OKAY. UH, THE 2027 2028 144 00:07:37,089 --> 00:07:39,625 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A 145 00:07:39,625 --> 00:07:40,326 PROPOSAL TO REDUCE THE FIRE 146 00:07:40,326 --> 00:07:44,063 DEPARTMENT'S OVERTIME BUDGET BY 147 00:07:44,063 --> 00:07:44,897 $7.1 MILLION. AND AS A NOTE, 148 00:07:44,897 --> 00:07:46,766 THIS IS THE ONLY REDUCTION 149 00:07:46,766 --> 00:07:48,534 PROPOSAL THAT SFD SUBMITTED 150 00:07:48,534 --> 00:07:50,536 DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. THE 151 00:07:50,536 --> 00:07:53,105 EXECUTIVE BUDGET PROCESS. EXCUSE 152 00:07:53,105 --> 00:07:55,208 ME. THE MEMO ATTACHED TO 153 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:56,909 TODAY'S AGENDA GOES INTO A LOT 154 00:07:56,909 --> 00:08:01,514 OF DETAIL ABOUT HOW SFD AND FIRE 155 00:08:01,514 --> 00:08:03,483 DEPARTMENTS GENERALLY RELY ON 156 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:04,083 FIRE DEPARTMENT OVERTIME, BUT 157 00:08:04,083 --> 00:08:05,852 I'LL JUST GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW 158 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:08,888 HERE. FOR THE RECORD, CURRENTLY 159 00:08:08,888 --> 00:08:11,891 SFD HAS A TARGET DAILY STAFFING 160 00:08:11,891 --> 00:08:13,993 LEVEL OF 222 ACROSS ALL FIRE 161 00:08:13,993 --> 00:08:15,761 STATIONS AND APPARATUS. THAT'S 162 00:08:15,761 --> 00:08:17,563 ACROSS ALL OF THE ALL THE 163 00:08:17,563 --> 00:08:18,564 STATIONS THAT MAKE UP THE 164 00:08:18,564 --> 00:08:23,703 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, AND 165 00:08:23,703 --> 00:08:24,337 DAILY FOR FIREFIGHTERS MEANS A 166 00:08:24,337 --> 00:08:26,772 24 HOUR SHIFT, UH, DUE TO A 167 00:08:26,772 --> 00:08:29,075 FLUCTUATING NUMBER OF STAFF AND 168 00:08:29,075 --> 00:08:31,010 THEIR USE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF 169 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:34,280 LEAVE. GENERALLY, THE ONLY WAY 170 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,482 SFD CAN GET TO THAT 222 LEVEL IS 171 00:08:36,482 --> 00:08:39,085 BY OFFERING FIREFIGHTERS THE 172 00:08:39,085 --> 00:08:40,920 OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP OVERTIME 173 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:42,088 SHIFTS, AND FREQUENTLY NOT 174 00:08:42,088 --> 00:08:44,724 ENOUGH FIREFIGHTERS VOLUNTEER 175 00:08:44,724 --> 00:08:47,059 FOR OVERTIME TO GET ALL THE WAY 176 00:08:47,059 --> 00:08:51,330 TO 222. AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS, 177 00:08:51,330 --> 00:08:53,466 SFD MAKES STRATEGIC DECISIONS 178 00:08:53,466 --> 00:08:54,000 ABOUT WHERE TO REFLECT A 179 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,835 STAFFING REDUCTION ON A GIVEN 180 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:58,671 DAY. UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, A LADDER 181 00:08:58,671 --> 00:09:00,172 TRUCK MIGHT BE TAKEN OUT OF 182 00:09:00,172 --> 00:09:01,841 SERVICE BECAUSE OTHER LADDER 183 00:09:01,841 --> 00:09:02,875 TRUCKS IN THE VICINITY ARE GOING 184 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:06,379 TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND MEET 185 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:07,813 RESPONSE STANDARDS. AND THIS IS 186 00:09:07,813 --> 00:09:09,181 CALLED A UNIT OUTAGE. THE UNIT 187 00:09:09,181 --> 00:09:13,920 BEING THE LADDER TRUCK. UH, THE 188 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,756 THERE'S A TABLE IN THE MEMO, 189 00:09:16,756 --> 00:09:19,425 UH, TODAY SHOWING THAT SFD HAS 190 00:09:19,425 --> 00:09:21,494 SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED UNIT 191 00:09:21,494 --> 00:09:23,029 OUTAGES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL 192 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:25,264 YEARS. AND IT IS NOT UNLIKE 193 00:09:25,264 --> 00:09:27,033 OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THAT 194 00:09:27,033 --> 00:09:31,304 REGARD. IN 2025, THERE WERE 195 00:09:31,304 --> 00:09:34,307 ALMOST 1100 UM UNIT OUTAGES 196 00:09:34,307 --> 00:09:36,442 ACROSS ALL STATIONS. AND THAT 197 00:09:36,442 --> 00:09:39,078 LED SFD TO SAVE ABOUT $4.8 198 00:09:39,078 --> 00:09:41,681 MILLION IN OVERTIME FROM LETTING 199 00:09:41,681 --> 00:09:46,018 THOSE UNIT OUTAGES HAPPEN. AND 200 00:09:46,018 --> 00:09:46,552 THERE WERE NO DISCERNIBLE 201 00:09:46,552 --> 00:09:48,854 IMPACTS TO RESPONSE TIME. WHILE 202 00:09:48,854 --> 00:09:50,423 THESE UNIT OUTAGES WERE TAKING 203 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:54,827 PLACE IN 2025. UM, IN TERMS OF 204 00:09:54,827 --> 00:09:56,596 THE $4.8 MILLION THAT WAS SAVED, 205 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:59,865 SFD WAS ABLE TO USE THAT FOR 206 00:09:59,865 --> 00:10:01,200 OTHER DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES. UM, 207 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,568 BUT THE USE, THE SPECIFIC USE OF 208 00:10:02,568 --> 00:10:05,671 THOSE FUNDS CAN'T BE DISCRETELY 209 00:10:05,671 --> 00:10:08,808 TRACKED BY, BY CBO OR 210 00:10:08,808 --> 00:10:10,276 COMMUNICATED BY ME TO YOU. UM, 211 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:12,111 ALL WE CAN DO, ALL WE CAN SAY IS 212 00:10:12,111 --> 00:10:14,113 THAT THEY WERE USED OTHER THAN 213 00:10:14,113 --> 00:10:18,517 FOR ALLOCATED PURPOSES. SO FROM 214 00:10:18,517 --> 00:10:20,720 THAT PERSPECTIVE, THIS REDUCTION 215 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,923 PROPOSAL, WHICH ALSO 216 00:10:23,923 --> 00:10:24,557 ACKNOWLEDGES CONSTRAINED GENERAL 217 00:10:24,557 --> 00:10:25,825 FUND RESOURCES, UM, SEEKS TO DO 218 00:10:25,825 --> 00:10:28,794 THREE THINGS. ONE IS TO INCREASE 219 00:10:28,794 --> 00:10:30,629 THE FREQUENCY OF UNIT OUTAGES, 220 00:10:30,629 --> 00:10:32,398 BUT TO A LEVEL THAT THE 221 00:10:32,398 --> 00:10:34,634 EXECUTIVE THINKS WILL NOT IMPACT 222 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:36,202 SFD ABILITY TO MEET RESPONSE 223 00:10:36,202 --> 00:10:40,406 TIME STANDARDS. THE SECOND IS TO 224 00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:42,308 SYSTEMATIZE UNIT OUTAGES BASED 225 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:43,643 ON WHAT SFD HAS LEARNED FROM 226 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:45,945 MANAGING THEM OVER THE LAST 227 00:10:45,945 --> 00:10:47,246 SEVERAL YEARS. AND THIRD, TO 228 00:10:47,246 --> 00:10:49,882 ALIGN SFD OPERATIONAL PLAN WITH 229 00:10:49,882 --> 00:10:53,352 ITS BUDGET IN A WAY THAT HAS NOT 230 00:10:53,352 --> 00:10:56,756 BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. THERE ARE 231 00:10:56,756 --> 00:11:00,026 ALSO OTHER WAYS THAT SFD COULD 232 00:11:00,026 --> 00:11:01,327 THEORETICALLY REDUCE OVERTIME. 233 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:02,928 UM, FOR INSTANCE, SOMETIMES 234 00:11:02,928 --> 00:11:06,265 MANAGEMENT ALLOCATES OVERTIME 235 00:11:06,265 --> 00:11:09,535 FOR UM TRAINING EXERCISES OR 236 00:11:09,535 --> 00:11:10,403 TABLETOP SIMULATIONS. UM, BUT 237 00:11:10,403 --> 00:11:13,239 THAT, THAT INCREMENT OF OVERTIME 238 00:11:13,239 --> 00:11:15,408 CURRENTLY USED IS SMALL COMPARED 239 00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:17,910 TO OVERTIME TO FILL SHIFTS. AND 240 00:11:17,910 --> 00:11:19,545 IT IS, IT IS THE CASE THAT MOST 241 00:11:19,545 --> 00:11:21,881 OF THIS REDUCTION WOULD BE 242 00:11:21,881 --> 00:11:24,617 REFLECTED IN UNIT OUTAGES. SO 243 00:11:24,617 --> 00:11:26,852 SOME OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE 244 00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:28,888 DEVELOPED RELATED TO THIS 245 00:11:28,888 --> 00:11:31,857 PROPOSAL ARE A REDUCE THE 246 00:11:31,857 --> 00:11:35,294 PROPOSED REDUCTION. B ADD ONE 247 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:37,863 TIME FUNDING FOR ONE OR MORE 248 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:39,932 ADDITIONAL RECRUIT CLASSES. C 249 00:11:39,932 --> 00:11:43,436 BOTH A AND B, D IN COMBINATION 250 00:11:43,436 --> 00:11:45,638 WITH ANY OF THE OPTIONS I'VE 251 00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:47,740 JUST NAMED, ADOPT A STATEMENT OF 252 00:11:47,740 --> 00:11:49,008 LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTING 253 00:11:49,008 --> 00:11:52,478 THAT SFD REPORT ON UNIT OUTAGES 254 00:11:52,478 --> 00:11:54,580 AND THEIR IMPACT ON RESPONSE 255 00:11:54,580 --> 00:11:55,448 TIME OR NO CHANGE. THAT IS TO 256 00:11:55,448 --> 00:12:05,925 SAY, ACCEPT THE REDUCTION. 257 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:08,928 >> NEXT SLIDE IS QUESTIONS. 258 00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:09,261 >> QUESTIONS. 259 00:12:09,261 --> 00:12:11,030 >> THANK YOU. UM, AFTER MY, UH, 260 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:13,833 FLUB WITH KETTLE, I ALWAYS WAIT 261 00:12:13,833 --> 00:12:15,034 FOR THE QUESTION SLIDE. UM, I'M 262 00:12:15,034 --> 00:12:16,569 GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO 263 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:17,736 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I WILL SAY 264 00:12:17,736 --> 00:12:19,939 THAT I'VE HEARD ON THE DAIS IN 265 00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:22,908 PUBLIC FORUM, ALMOST UNIFORM 266 00:12:22,908 --> 00:12:24,009 CONSENSUS THAT THE OVERTIME 267 00:12:24,009 --> 00:12:25,444 NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND SO I 268 00:12:25,444 --> 00:12:26,912 WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD AN 269 00:12:26,912 --> 00:12:29,048 AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS THE 270 00:12:29,048 --> 00:12:30,649 OVERTIME ISSUE. UM, AND WE CAN 271 00:12:30,649 --> 00:12:33,119 WORK OUT HOW WE ALL GET TO SHARE 272 00:12:33,119 --> 00:12:36,155 IN THAT, UH ALL SHARE IN THAT 273 00:12:36,155 --> 00:12:37,590 TOGETHER. BECAUSE I'VE HEARD 274 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:38,691 OUT HERE ON THE DAIS A LOT OF 275 00:12:38,691 --> 00:12:39,425 SUPPORT FOR IT. SO I JUST WANT 276 00:12:39,425 --> 00:12:41,894 TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER IN THIS 277 00:12:41,894 --> 00:12:43,262 WAY. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. UH, 278 00:12:43,262 --> 00:12:44,997 FLOOR IS YOURS. 279 00:12:44,997 --> 00:12:45,631 >> THANK YOU, MISS GORMAN. UH, 280 00:12:45,631 --> 00:12:47,633 FOR THE BRIEFING. AND OF COURSE, 281 00:12:47,633 --> 00:12:48,834 MR. WATSON FOR JOINING US. 282 00:12:48,834 --> 00:12:50,269 DIRECTOR WHITSON FOR JOINING US 283 00:12:50,269 --> 00:12:52,371 ONCE AGAIN. UM, I'M SURE THIS 284 00:12:52,371 --> 00:12:54,874 WILL BE QUICKER THAN THE POLICE 285 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:56,642 ONE, BUT IT STILL FIRE STILL HAS 286 00:12:56,642 --> 00:13:00,012 SOME MAJOR ISSUES. AND YOU ENDED 287 00:13:00,012 --> 00:13:00,646 WITH, YOU KNOW, THE LEAD ONE AS 288 00:13:00,646 --> 00:13:03,783 CHAIR NOTED. AND TO BE FRANK, 289 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:05,951 I'M ON GUARD WHEN THE WHEN THE 290 00:13:05,951 --> 00:13:09,155 TERM IS THE EXECUTIVE SAYS, UM, 291 00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:11,157 BECAUSE CONTRARY TO THAT, I HEAR 292 00:13:11,157 --> 00:13:13,759 NOT JUST FROM LOCAL. 27, I HEAR 293 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:15,427 FROM THE FIRE FOUNDATION, UH, 294 00:13:15,427 --> 00:13:17,830 WITHIN THE FIRE FOUNDATION THAT, 295 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:19,932 YOU KNOW, THIS CUT IS NO SMALL 296 00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:22,468 MATTER AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT 297 00:13:22,468 --> 00:13:23,736 ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE PEOPLE OF 298 00:13:23,736 --> 00:13:24,904 SEATTLE, YOU KNOW, TALKING 299 00:13:24,904 --> 00:13:26,539 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE 300 00:13:26,539 --> 00:13:27,907 EQUIVALENT OF LOSING 13 301 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:29,108 FIREFIGHTERS, YOU KNOW, MEANS 302 00:13:29,108 --> 00:13:31,043 THAT EIGHT CARS, PARAMEDIC UNITS 303 00:13:31,043 --> 00:13:32,344 AND FIRE ENGINES CURRENTLY 304 00:13:32,344 --> 00:13:34,146 SERVING SEATTLE RESIDENTS WILL 305 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:35,581 HAVE NO FIREFIGHTERS TO STAFF 306 00:13:35,581 --> 00:13:37,149 THEM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, 307 00:13:37,149 --> 00:13:39,652 AND THE POINT TWO IS THAT 308 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:40,953 OVERTIME STAFFING IS NOT JUST 309 00:13:40,953 --> 00:13:42,822 EXTRA. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE 310 00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:43,455 UNDERSTAND THAT YEARS AGO, YOU 311 00:13:43,455 --> 00:13:44,690 KNOW, INSTEAD OF HIRING, SAY, 312 00:13:44,690 --> 00:13:47,426 TEN FIREFIGHTERS, THEY HIRED A 313 00:13:47,426 --> 00:13:50,362 NUMBER LESS IN ORDER TO SAVE THE 314 00:13:50,362 --> 00:13:52,531 OVERHEAD FROM GETTING THOSE 315 00:13:52,531 --> 00:13:53,132 ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS AND A 316 00:13:53,132 --> 00:13:54,366 WAY TO SQUARE THAT FROM A 317 00:13:54,366 --> 00:13:55,267 CAPACITY SERVICE POINT OF VIEW 318 00:13:55,267 --> 00:13:57,503 WAS TO USE OVERTIME. SO THE USE 319 00:13:57,503 --> 00:14:00,005 OF OVERTIME IS NOT SOMETHING 320 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:02,608 THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, STANDARD 321 00:14:02,608 --> 00:14:03,776 HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, 322 00:14:03,776 --> 00:14:07,713 THAT'S AN ISSUE. AND SO WHAT IT 323 00:14:07,713 --> 00:14:09,081 MEANS IS OVERTIME IS THE 324 00:14:09,081 --> 00:14:11,150 SERVICE. THIS IS NOT EXTRA. AND 325 00:14:11,150 --> 00:14:12,718 SO THE CUT MEANS A CUT IN 326 00:14:12,718 --> 00:14:15,120 SERVICE AS NOTED BY UM SOMEBODY 327 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:16,121 WHO REACHED OUT TO ME FROM THE 328 00:14:16,121 --> 00:14:19,925 FIRE FOUNDATION, BUT YOU KNOW, 329 00:14:19,925 --> 00:14:21,427 EVEN SOMEBODY WITHIN ONE OF THE 330 00:14:21,427 --> 00:14:22,895 FIRE STATIONS SAID, YOU KNOW, IT 331 00:14:22,895 --> 00:14:24,463 IS, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT ON FIRE 332 00:14:24,463 --> 00:14:26,732 AND AID UNITS BEING REMOVED FROM 333 00:14:26,732 --> 00:14:29,134 SERVICE. AND IT MEANS LONGER 334 00:14:29,134 --> 00:14:31,003 RESPONSE TIMES FOR CITIZENS OF 335 00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:32,238 SEATTLE AND NEED MINUTES COUNT 336 00:14:32,238 --> 00:14:33,405 NOT ONLY FOR PEOPLE'S HOUSES 337 00:14:33,405 --> 00:14:34,840 THAT ARE ON FIRE, BUT ALSO BUT 338 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,476 MORE SO IF SOMEBODY IS IN 339 00:14:37,476 --> 00:14:39,311 CARDIAC ARREST, HAVING A STROKE 340 00:14:39,311 --> 00:14:40,846 OR OVERDOSING ON OPIOIDS. THE 341 00:14:40,846 --> 00:14:43,382 ONE THAT STICKS IN MY MIND COMES 342 00:14:43,382 --> 00:14:44,483 FROM A DELAYED RESPONSE IN A 343 00:14:44,483 --> 00:14:45,985 FIRE IN FREMONT YEARS AGO, THE 344 00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:47,253 NEAREST UNIT WAS ALREADY ON A 345 00:14:47,253 --> 00:14:49,088 RUN THAT CREATED A DELAY IN A 346 00:14:49,088 --> 00:14:51,290 FAMILY OF FIVE ONE ADULT AND 347 00:14:51,290 --> 00:14:52,558 FOUR CHILDREN PERISHED WHEN THEY 348 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:54,026 WERE TRAPPED IN A TOWNHOUSE 349 00:14:54,026 --> 00:14:56,362 FIRE, CUTTING ON DUTY STAFFING 350 00:14:56,362 --> 00:14:57,663 MEANS CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS WILL 351 00:14:57,663 --> 00:14:59,431 BE GUARANTEED TO HAVE LARGE 352 00:14:59,431 --> 00:15:00,933 DELAYS IN EMERGENCY RESPONSES. 353 00:15:00,933 --> 00:15:01,634 AND I THINK ABOUT THOSE AREAS OF 354 00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:03,269 THE CITY THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT 355 00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:03,903 MORE ISOLATED, YOU KNOW, AND, 356 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:05,738 YOU KNOW, LARGER GEOGRAPHIC 357 00:15:05,738 --> 00:15:06,972 AREAS, AS WE COULD SEE FROM THE 358 00:15:06,972 --> 00:15:09,775 MAP FROM THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE 359 00:15:09,775 --> 00:15:11,977 DEPARTMENT EARLIER THAT. SO THIS 360 00:15:11,977 --> 00:15:15,314 IS REAL, AND THIS IDEA THAT THIS 361 00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:16,916 CAN BE COVERED, I THINK IS 362 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:19,818 FALSE, TO BE FRANK. AND IT'S A 363 00:15:19,818 --> 00:15:21,620 GREAT CONCERN. SO I'M HAPPY TO 364 00:15:21,620 --> 00:15:23,555 HEAR THAT PRETTY MUCH. I BELIEVE 365 00:15:23,555 --> 00:15:25,424 ALL MY COLLEAGUES ARE OF THE 366 00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:27,259 SAME MIND. AND AND THIS IS 367 00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:29,428 DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD 368 00:15:29,428 --> 00:15:30,929 BE ADDRESSED, CHAIR, AS WE MOVE 369 00:15:30,929 --> 00:15:33,265 FORWARD. UM, I KNOW THERE'S NOT 370 00:15:33,265 --> 00:15:35,467 REALLY A QUESTION THERE. UM, BUT 371 00:15:35,467 --> 00:15:37,670 IT'S INTERESTING, UM, YOU KNOW, 372 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:39,938 HOW THINGS ARE, ARE PORTRAYED, 373 00:15:39,938 --> 00:15:41,941 UM, IN THIS AND I THINK THIS IS 374 00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:43,008 SERIOUS BECAUSE BOTTOM LINE, 375 00:15:43,008 --> 00:15:45,210 THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS FOR ME 376 00:15:45,210 --> 00:15:46,345 COLLEAGUES. ALL THE STUFF 377 00:15:46,345 --> 00:15:47,646 RELATED TO SPD STAFFING AND 378 00:15:47,646 --> 00:15:49,181 EVERYTHING ELSE, THE MOST ACUTE 379 00:15:49,181 --> 00:15:50,983 ISSUE FOR ME AS IT RELATES TO 380 00:15:50,983 --> 00:15:52,051 PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS BUDGET IS 381 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:54,286 THIS OVERTIME PIECE, BECAUSE IT 382 00:15:54,286 --> 00:15:56,155 DIRECTLY RELATES TO LIFE SAFETY 383 00:15:56,155 --> 00:15:58,057 CONCERNS, THAT CARDIAC ARREST, 384 00:15:58,057 --> 00:16:00,326 THAT FIRE, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, 385 00:16:00,326 --> 00:16:01,593 IT COULD BE A CAR ACCIDENT, IT 386 00:16:01,593 --> 00:16:03,896 COULD BE A YOUNG VERSION OF 387 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:07,466 CHAIR STRAUSS WHO HAD THAT 388 00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:09,335 ACCIDENT. AND WHEN NOT NOT ONLY 389 00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:11,470 DO NOT ONLY MINUTES COUNT, BUT 390 00:16:11,470 --> 00:16:13,472 SECONDS COUNT. AND SO FOR ME, 391 00:16:13,472 --> 00:16:17,376 UM, THIS IS THE MOST ACUTE ISSUE 392 00:16:17,376 --> 00:16:19,244 RELATED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY 393 00:16:19,244 --> 00:16:20,245 ELEMENT OF THE BUDGET, EVEN MORE 394 00:16:20,245 --> 00:16:23,716 SO WITH ALL THE TALK ABOUT SPD. 395 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:27,653 THIS IS KEY BECAUSE IT'S SO 396 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:28,320 IT'S SUCH A DIRECT CONNECTION 397 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:28,921 TO LIFE SAFETY FOR US IN OUR 398 00:16:28,921 --> 00:16:33,959 CITY. UM. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK 399 00:16:33,959 --> 00:16:35,494 QUESTION THOUGH ON THE KIND OF 400 00:16:35,494 --> 00:16:36,895 WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE 401 00:16:36,895 --> 00:16:43,168 ISSUES. THE ON SLIDE TWO, ONLY 402 00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:44,236 THREE. THANK YOU. UM, WHEN 403 00:16:44,236 --> 00:16:46,105 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 404 00:16:46,105 --> 00:16:48,240 TECHNICAL ADDITION OF THE TEN 405 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,609 FTE FIREFIGHTERS, UM, ONE OF THE 406 00:16:50,609 --> 00:16:55,114 THINGS IS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO 407 00:16:55,114 --> 00:16:58,050 THE, UM, UM, AS PART OF THE 408 00:16:58,050 --> 00:16:59,752 RECRUIT TRAINING, GOING TO THE 409 00:16:59,752 --> 00:17:01,620 JOINT TRAINING FACILITY, ARE 410 00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:02,654 THESE TEN POSITIONS THEN SLATED 411 00:17:02,654 --> 00:17:04,923 FOR THE JOINT TRAINING FACILITY? 412 00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:07,326 >> THESE, THESE ARE NOT THOSE 413 00:17:07,326 --> 00:17:09,828 KINDS OF POSITIONS. THESE ARE 414 00:17:09,828 --> 00:17:12,564 POSITIONS THAT EXIST ONLY WITHIN 415 00:17:12,564 --> 00:17:15,467 SFD STAFFING SOFTWARE. THESE 416 00:17:15,467 --> 00:17:20,272 THESE DENOTE INDIVIDUAL MIH 417 00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:23,108 SHIFTS AS AS BODIES OF WORK THAT 418 00:17:23,108 --> 00:17:25,778 CAN BE FILLED BY FIREFIGHTERS 419 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:27,279 WORKING OVERTIME. UM, THE ISSUE 420 00:17:27,279 --> 00:17:31,049 HERE IS THAT, UM, MIH SHIFTS ARE 421 00:17:31,049 --> 00:17:34,753 NOT 24 HOURS LONG, SO SFD 422 00:17:34,753 --> 00:17:36,121 DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO 423 00:17:36,121 --> 00:17:38,991 CREATE A A FIREFIGHTER POSITION 424 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:40,392 AND FILL IT WITH A FIREFIGHTER 425 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:45,831 TO, TO DO THE WORK. 426 00:17:45,831 --> 00:17:47,332 >> OKAY. BECAUSE THERE'S, 427 00:17:47,332 --> 00:17:48,867 THERE'S CONCERNS ON THIS FRONT 428 00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:50,536 TOO. UM, AND I, AND I SEE LIKE 429 00:17:50,536 --> 00:17:51,437 GOING BACK TO THE OVERTIME 430 00:17:51,437 --> 00:17:53,772 SLIDE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF 431 00:17:53,772 --> 00:17:56,208 RECRUIT CLASSES AND HOW TO 432 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:56,708 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF 433 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:59,278 FIREFIGHTERS AND THIS, THIS IS 434 00:17:59,278 --> 00:18:00,279 AN AREA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO 435 00:18:00,279 --> 00:18:02,714 FOLLOW UP ON. UM, BECAUSE IT'S 436 00:18:02,714 --> 00:18:04,249 OF INTEREST AND THERE'S SOME 437 00:18:04,249 --> 00:18:05,284 NUANCE AS YOU'RE BASICALLY 438 00:18:05,284 --> 00:18:07,019 NOTING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT 439 00:18:07,019 --> 00:18:07,719 POINT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE 440 00:18:07,719 --> 00:18:11,223 DAY IS, AGAIN, HOW DO WE GET 441 00:18:11,223 --> 00:18:13,358 MORE TRAINED FIREFIGHTERS INTO 442 00:18:13,358 --> 00:18:14,827 THE, THE DEPARTMENT, INTO THE 443 00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:16,161 FORCE, INTO THE, YOU KNOW, THE 444 00:18:16,161 --> 00:18:17,596 VARIOUS UNITS, WHATEVER THEY MAY 445 00:18:17,596 --> 00:18:19,898 BE. UH, AS YOU NOTED, THIS ONE 446 00:18:19,898 --> 00:18:22,568 RELATES TO, UM, THE MIH HEALTH 447 00:18:22,568 --> 00:18:25,237 ONE AND SO FORTH. SO, UM, SO 448 00:18:25,237 --> 00:18:27,372 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 449 00:18:27,372 --> 00:18:30,008 >> MAY I RESPOND FREELY TO 450 00:18:30,008 --> 00:18:32,211 RECRUITS? UM, THERE, THERE WERE 451 00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:33,645 A LARGE NUMBER OF RECRUITS 452 00:18:33,645 --> 00:18:37,149 FUNDED IN THE 2026 ADOPTED 453 00:18:37,149 --> 00:18:39,151 BUDGET. 20 OF THOSE WERE ADDED 454 00:18:39,151 --> 00:18:42,721 BY THE COUNCIL. AND THOSE 455 00:18:42,721 --> 00:18:45,224 RECRUITS HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH 456 00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:46,658 THE FIRE ACADEMY, A RECRUIT 457 00:18:46,658 --> 00:18:48,627 CLASS BEGAN IN AUGUST AND WILL 458 00:18:48,627 --> 00:18:49,294 GRADUATE INTO SERVICE IN 459 00:18:49,294 --> 00:18:52,631 NOVEMBER. AND THOSE WHO GRADUATE 460 00:18:52,631 --> 00:18:54,299 FROM RECRUIT CLASS OF 60, WHICH 461 00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:56,502 IS AN EXTRA LARGE CLASS, WILL 462 00:18:56,502 --> 00:19:01,507 JOIN SFD IN FEBRUARY OF 2027. SO 463 00:19:01,507 --> 00:19:03,642 THE DEPARTMENT IS IS TAKING 464 00:19:03,642 --> 00:19:07,312 STEPS TO TO ADD ADD RECRUITS AS 465 00:19:07,312 --> 00:19:09,648 AS MUCH AS WAS SUPPORTED BY 466 00:19:09,648 --> 00:19:09,882 BUDGET. 467 00:19:09,882 --> 00:19:11,917 >> GOOD. THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND 468 00:19:11,917 --> 00:19:13,318 AND GET THEM ALL THROUGH THE 469 00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:15,020 TRAINING TOO BECAUSE THERE'S 470 00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:16,154 BEEN SOME CHANGES OVER THE YEARS 471 00:19:16,154 --> 00:19:19,324 IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THOSE 472 00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:19,958 THAT START AND THEN THOSE THAT 473 00:19:19,958 --> 00:19:21,927 FINISH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO 474 00:19:21,927 --> 00:19:25,330 ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, 475 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:26,732 A STRONG FINISH IN THESE 476 00:19:26,732 --> 00:19:28,333 SCHOOLS, IN THE CLASSES WITHIN 477 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:31,103 THE SCHOOL HOUSE, UM, THE LAST 478 00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:34,573 QUESTION I HAD WAS, AND IT'S 479 00:19:34,573 --> 00:19:36,842 NOT IN YOUR THING, BUT IN YOUR 480 00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:38,310 BRIEFING. AND BY THE WAY, THANK 481 00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:39,444 YOU FOR, FOR YOUR CENTRAL STAFF 482 00:19:39,444 --> 00:19:41,046 MEMO. I HAVE BOTH OF THEM UP IN 483 00:19:41,046 --> 00:19:42,314 FRONT OF ME. UM, RIGHT NOW I'M 484 00:19:42,314 --> 00:19:46,318 LOOKING AT YOUR, THE MAP. UH, 485 00:19:46,318 --> 00:19:49,788 UM, BUT YOU KNOW WITH BUDGET 486 00:19:49,788 --> 00:19:51,390 BIENNIUM BUDGET, WE KIND OF HAVE 487 00:19:51,390 --> 00:19:53,458 THIS KIND OF NEAR TERM KIND OF 488 00:19:53,458 --> 00:19:54,593 FOCUS, BUT WE HAVE TO AT THE 489 00:19:54,593 --> 00:19:57,596 SAME TIME HAVE A STRATEGIC 490 00:19:57,596 --> 00:19:59,431 OUTLOOK IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE 491 00:19:59,431 --> 00:20:00,332 DOING IN PUBLIC SAFETY. AND IN 492 00:20:00,332 --> 00:20:02,534 THIS CASE, WITH THE FIRE 493 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:05,103 DEPARTMENT. SO AND I'VE SAID 494 00:20:05,103 --> 00:20:07,072 THIS, I THINK DURING THE 495 00:20:07,072 --> 00:20:08,073 PREVIOUS BRIEFING THAT, YOU 496 00:20:08,073 --> 00:20:09,841 KNOW, WE PUT IN A AN AMENDMENT 497 00:20:09,841 --> 00:20:10,842 INTO THE COMP PLAN FOR THE 498 00:20:10,842 --> 00:20:14,146 PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT TO SEE 499 00:20:14,146 --> 00:20:15,447 HOW, AS WE GROW AS A CITY AND 500 00:20:15,447 --> 00:20:17,015 THE PLANNING OF THAT, THAT WE 501 00:20:17,015 --> 00:20:19,418 ALSO PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY 502 00:20:19,418 --> 00:20:21,186 ARCHITECTURE, TOO. AND THAT'S 503 00:20:21,186 --> 00:20:22,955 REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE EVEN 504 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:25,123 BACK TO THE SPD BRIEFING. UM, 505 00:20:25,123 --> 00:20:27,526 YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALMOST EQUAL TO 506 00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:29,661 SAN FRANCISCO NOW IN TERMS OF 507 00:20:29,661 --> 00:20:30,662 POPULATION. SO IF WE WANT TO GO 508 00:20:30,662 --> 00:20:31,730 BACK TO THAT BRIEFING, TALK 509 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,198 ABOUT THE PER CAPITA NUMBERS. I 510 00:20:33,198 --> 00:20:36,702 MEAN, WE'RE INCREASING. UM, YOU 511 00:20:36,702 --> 00:20:38,070 KNOW, POPULATION NEARLY EQUAL TO 512 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:40,305 SAN FRANCISCO. SO JUST TO 513 00:20:40,305 --> 00:20:42,941 HIGHLIGHT THAT AND, UM, SO THAT 514 00:20:42,941 --> 00:20:44,476 THIS INCREASE IN THIS 515 00:20:44,476 --> 00:20:45,677 POPULATION, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN 516 00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:46,678 THE CITY IN TERMS OF DENSIFYING 517 00:20:46,678 --> 00:20:50,515 AND SO FORTH, IS THAT WE'RE NOT 518 00:20:50,515 --> 00:20:52,417 DOING THE WORK NEEDED TO ENSURE 519 00:20:52,417 --> 00:20:54,987 THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 520 00:20:54,987 --> 00:20:55,621 INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALSO GROWING 521 00:20:55,621 --> 00:20:57,856 TO MEET THAT NEED IN THE FUTURE 522 00:20:57,856 --> 00:20:59,591 AND TO ADDRESS THOSE UNIQUE 523 00:20:59,591 --> 00:21:00,959 PIECES THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR 524 00:21:00,959 --> 00:21:04,630 CITY. AS NOTED, THE HILLS, UM, I 525 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:08,967 SEE THE, THE BRIEFINGS GONE, BUT 526 00:21:08,967 --> 00:21:09,167 THE. 527 00:21:09,167 --> 00:21:11,303 >> WE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME 528 00:21:11,303 --> 00:21:12,904 SMALL TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES 529 00:21:12,904 --> 00:21:14,072 SINCE WE ARE ALMOST ALL SINCE 530 00:21:14,072 --> 00:21:15,540 WE'RE ALL HERE IN PERSON, WE 531 00:21:15,540 --> 00:21:16,341 SHOULD BE FINE. AND HERE WE ARE, 532 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:17,943 RIGHT BACK UP, RIGHT BACK TO 533 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:19,411 YOU, MR. KETTLE. OKAY, 534 00:21:19,411 --> 00:21:21,279 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AND SORRY 535 00:21:21,279 --> 00:21:21,913 FOR INTERRUPTING SPEAKING OVER 536 00:21:21,913 --> 00:21:22,881 YOU. I BROKE MY OWN RULE JUST A 537 00:21:22,881 --> 00:21:25,684 COUPLE MINUTES AGO. 538 00:21:25,684 --> 00:21:26,985 >> I WON'T HOLD YOU IN 539 00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:29,655 CONTEMPT. THERE, CHAIR STRAUSS. 540 00:21:29,655 --> 00:21:30,422 BUT ZOOM'S WORKING TOO, BECAUSE 541 00:21:30,422 --> 00:21:31,723 I INITIALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS 542 00:21:31,723 --> 00:21:33,792 JUST THE SLIDES GOING DOWN, BUT. 543 00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:36,928 SO WE HAVE ZOOM BACK UP. YEP. 544 00:21:36,928 --> 00:21:41,033 OKAY, GOOD. UM, SO WITH THAT 545 00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:43,935 SETUP, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY 546 00:21:43,935 --> 00:21:45,404 IMPORTANT, UM, YOU KNOW, 547 00:21:45,404 --> 00:21:46,405 PARTICULARLY FOR FIRE AND 548 00:21:46,405 --> 00:21:47,105 BECAUSE OF THE HILLS, YOU KNOW, 549 00:21:47,105 --> 00:21:48,240 IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, 550 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,741 THE, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACTS ON 551 00:21:49,741 --> 00:21:50,976 OUR EQUIPMENT, BUT ALSO THE, YOU 552 00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:52,811 KNOW, AREAS LIKE NORTH SEATTLE 553 00:21:52,811 --> 00:21:54,713 OR ISOLATED AREAS LIKE WEST 554 00:21:54,713 --> 00:21:56,915 SEATTLE, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE 555 00:21:56,915 --> 00:21:57,516 ARE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS. 556 00:21:57,516 --> 00:22:00,218 AND SO, UM, ONE AREA THAT I'M OF 557 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:02,521 INTEREST, YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY 558 00:22:02,521 --> 00:22:03,588 BACKGROUND ON THIS IS THAT, YOU 559 00:22:03,588 --> 00:22:05,924 KNOW, HAVING A, A FIRE STATION 560 00:22:05,924 --> 00:22:08,260 ON LAKE UNION BECAUSE OF THE 561 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:10,128 MASSIVE. I MEAN, WE'VE OVER THE 562 00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:12,064 LAST 15 YEARS, WE'VE CREATED 563 00:22:12,064 --> 00:22:13,031 ESSENTIALLY A BRAND NEW CITY IN 564 00:22:13,031 --> 00:22:15,000 SOUTH LAKE UNION, WHICH IS 565 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,802 INCREDIBLE TO THINK ABOUT. AND 566 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:18,270 WE ALSO HAVE WAY MORE ACTIVITY 567 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:22,474 ON LAKE UNION ITSELF. YOU KNOW, 568 00:22:22,474 --> 00:22:23,642 I SAW THIS ONE GENTLEMAN, I 569 00:22:23,642 --> 00:22:24,443 DIDN'T ACTUALLY TALK TO HIM, 570 00:22:24,443 --> 00:22:26,645 BUT APPARENTLY HE CAN GET LIKE 571 00:22:26,645 --> 00:22:28,480 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO SHOW UP 572 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,348 TO LAKE UNION, UH, FOR A LITTLE 573 00:22:30,348 --> 00:22:33,585 RAVE, UH, A LITTLE IT'S A COUPLE 574 00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:35,454 THOUSAND. AND SO WE HAVE THIS 575 00:22:35,454 --> 00:22:36,755 CHANGING ENVIRONMENT. AND SO 576 00:22:36,755 --> 00:22:37,456 LAKE UNION IS AN AREA OF, OF 577 00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:41,393 GREAT CONCERN FOR THESE. AND 578 00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:43,295 SOUTH LAKE UNION MORE BROADLY. 579 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:44,363 AND SO THERE'S A NEED TO HAVE 580 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,732 A, YOU KNOW, LAKE UNION FIRE 581 00:22:46,732 --> 00:22:50,936 STATION. AND SO IS THIS IS THIS 582 00:22:50,936 --> 00:22:52,504 SHOW UP ANYWHERE IN THE FIRE 583 00:22:52,504 --> 00:22:54,840 BUDGET IN TERMS OF LIKE FORWARD 584 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:55,974 THINKING, STRATEGIC THINKING, IN 585 00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:56,641 TERMS OF WHAT OUR FOOTPRINT IS 586 00:22:56,641 --> 00:22:57,476 GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE, AND 587 00:22:57,476 --> 00:23:00,946 WHAT CAN WE DO TODAY TO SET THAT 588 00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:03,215 UP IN TERMS OF PLANNING AND SO 589 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:03,448 FORTH? 590 00:23:03,448 --> 00:23:05,484 >> THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND 591 00:23:05,484 --> 00:23:07,986 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANAGES 592 00:23:07,986 --> 00:23:10,455 THE BUDGET FOR ALL PUBLIC SAFETY 593 00:23:10,455 --> 00:23:11,790 CAPITAL PROJECTS. I AM NOT AWARE 594 00:23:11,790 --> 00:23:16,394 OF PLANNING FOR A A SOUTH LAKE 595 00:23:16,394 --> 00:23:18,530 UNION FIRE, A NEW SOUTH LAKE 596 00:23:18,530 --> 00:23:21,166 UNION FIRE FACILITY, UH, AS PART 597 00:23:21,166 --> 00:23:22,300 OF THE FASCIP, BUT I WILL FOLLOW 598 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:24,436 UP ON THAT. THIS IS THIS IS AN 599 00:23:24,436 --> 00:23:27,973 IDEA THAT I HAVE HEARD BEFORE IN 600 00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:30,108 MY IN MY MANY YEARS AT THE CITY. 601 00:23:30,108 --> 00:23:32,010 AND I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE, 602 00:23:32,010 --> 00:23:33,845 THERE HAS BEEN SOME INITIAL, I 603 00:23:33,845 --> 00:23:34,913 DON'T WANT TO SAY PLANNING 604 00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:37,315 WORK, BUT STUDY WORK DONE ABOUT 605 00:23:37,315 --> 00:23:41,887 THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW 606 00:23:41,887 --> 00:23:42,521 RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN REVISITED 607 00:23:42,521 --> 00:23:44,089 AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT TO 608 00:23:44,089 --> 00:23:45,190 WHICH SFD PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN 609 00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:46,992 INVOLVED IN THAT, AS OPPOSED TO 610 00:23:46,992 --> 00:23:48,059 CAPITAL PLANNERS. BUT I CAN I 611 00:23:48,059 --> 00:23:49,661 CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT. 612 00:23:49,661 --> 00:23:51,696 >> OKAY. AND I DO CALL IT THE 613 00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:52,864 LAKE UNION FIRE STATION. 614 00:23:52,864 --> 00:23:53,465 OBVIOUSLY, I MENTIONED SOUTH 615 00:23:53,465 --> 00:23:54,666 LAKE UNION BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH 616 00:23:54,666 --> 00:23:56,835 UP, BUT I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF 617 00:23:56,835 --> 00:23:58,470 MY COLLEAGUE FROM D THREE 618 00:23:58,470 --> 00:23:59,771 BECAUSE WE WE SHARE EASTLAKE. 619 00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:01,006 SHE'S GOT THE MAJORITY OF 620 00:24:01,006 --> 00:24:02,340 EASTLAKE. UM, BUT IT'S ALSO A 621 00:24:02,340 --> 00:24:04,709 VERY IMPORTANT FOR THAT AREA OF 622 00:24:04,709 --> 00:24:05,310 THE, BASICALLY FOR THE WHOLE 623 00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:07,279 LAKE UNION. AND, UM, SO. ALL 624 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:08,446 RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT 625 00:24:08,446 --> 00:24:09,414 BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS 626 00:24:09,414 --> 00:24:10,715 SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE 627 00:24:10,715 --> 00:24:12,617 LOOKING AT AGAIN WITH, YOU KNOW, 628 00:24:12,617 --> 00:24:14,286 A STRATEGIC FORETHOUGHT. UM, I 629 00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:15,821 KNOW THAT CAN BE HARD IN A 630 00:24:15,821 --> 00:24:16,988 BIENNIAL BUDGET KIND OF MINDSET, 631 00:24:16,988 --> 00:24:18,190 BUT I THINK THAT'S AN AREA THAT 632 00:24:18,190 --> 00:24:21,026 WE NEED TO LOOK AT. SO, SO WHO 633 00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:22,294 KNOWS? THERE MAY BE, IF YOU HAD 634 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:23,461 A SLIDE, MAYBE THERE WILL BE 635 00:24:23,461 --> 00:24:26,231 SOME TYPE OF COUNCIL BUDGET 636 00:24:26,231 --> 00:24:27,365 ACTION FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY 637 00:24:27,365 --> 00:24:29,067 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ALL 638 00:24:29,067 --> 00:24:29,968 RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 639 00:24:29,968 --> 00:24:31,303 CHAIR. 640 00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:31,870 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 641 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:34,206 KETTLE. ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK 642 00:24:34,206 --> 00:24:36,842 FROM THE COMMITTEE TABLE AT THIS 643 00:24:36,842 --> 00:24:38,710 TIME? WONDERFUL, COLLEAGUES. 644 00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:39,611 DIRECTOR WHITSON. 645 00:24:39,611 --> 00:24:42,214 >> JUST LEAFING THROUGH THE FAS 646 00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:43,481 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. I 647 00:24:43,481 --> 00:24:45,884 DON'T SEE ANYTHING RELATED TO 648 00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:49,454 LAKE UNION FIRE STATION. 649 00:24:49,454 --> 00:24:51,690 >> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. NOW IS 650 00:24:51,690 --> 00:24:53,391 THE TIME TO RAISE YOUR HAND. 651 00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:54,392 >> BUT IT WENT AWAY. 652 00:24:54,392 --> 00:24:56,061 >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER 653 00:24:56,061 --> 00:24:57,462 JUAREZ. AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER 654 00:24:57,462 --> 00:24:59,064 RIVERA. 655 00:24:59,064 --> 00:25:00,198 >> I THINK WHEN WE LOST POWER, 656 00:25:00,198 --> 00:25:02,200 MY LITTLE HAND WENT DOWN. BUT I 657 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:02,968 WAS IN LINE. 658 00:25:02,968 --> 00:25:03,768 >> I KNOW AYE. 659 00:25:03,768 --> 00:25:06,238 >> SAW YOU, SO I WANT TO GO 660 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:06,505 BACK. UM. 661 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:07,806 >> AND YOU'LL NEED TO USE THE. 662 00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:08,874 >> OH, SORRY, MICK JAGGER. YOU 663 00:25:08,874 --> 00:25:09,508 SHOULD THINK AFTER ALL THESE 664 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:11,109 YEARS, I WOULD KNOW THAT, UM, I 665 00:25:11,109 --> 00:25:13,144 WANT TO GO BACK AND I APOLOGIZE 666 00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:14,880 IF SOME OF THIS IS REPETITIVE, 667 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:15,614 BUT I'M TRYING TO GET I'M 668 00:25:15,614 --> 00:25:17,215 TRYING TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT. 669 00:25:17,215 --> 00:25:18,483 SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT 670 00:25:18,483 --> 00:25:19,784 WE'VE HAD. SO I WENT BACK AND 671 00:25:19,784 --> 00:25:22,687 WAS LOOKING AT ON SEPTEMBER 25th 672 00:25:22,687 --> 00:25:24,256 WHEN WE HAD SPD THE MAYOR'S 673 00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:26,758 OFFICE AND CHIEF SCOGGINS HERE 674 00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:27,392 AND THEIR PRESENTATION AND THE 675 00:25:27,392 --> 00:25:29,661 NUMBERS THAT THEY GAVE US. AND 676 00:25:29,661 --> 00:25:30,795 THEN I DID MY OWN. OF COURSE WE 677 00:25:30,795 --> 00:25:32,397 DID. WITH THE INFORMATION YOU 678 00:25:32,397 --> 00:25:35,433 GAVE US ON SPD. SO I HAVE TWO 679 00:25:35,433 --> 00:25:36,601 QUESTIONS. WELL, ACTUALLY I HAVE 680 00:25:36,601 --> 00:25:39,004 A MORE. WELL, LET ME JUST 681 00:25:39,004 --> 00:25:40,839 CLARIFY BECAUSE I THINK, UM, 682 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,140 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE BROUGHT 683 00:25:42,140 --> 00:25:44,242 THIS UP AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO 684 00:25:44,242 --> 00:25:45,810 WHAT CHIEF SCOGGINS SAYS. AND I 685 00:25:45,810 --> 00:25:47,045 SHOULD ADD THAT WE HAVE HEARD 686 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:48,914 FROM, I HAVE HEARD FROM ANYWAY, 687 00:25:48,914 --> 00:25:54,085 VIA EMAIL AND, UM, PHONE CALLS 688 00:25:54,085 --> 00:25:56,087 FROM LEADERSHIP. UM, CAL FIRE 689 00:25:56,087 --> 00:25:58,089 DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP RANK AND 690 00:25:58,089 --> 00:26:00,158 FILE LEADERSHIP EMAILS AND PHONE 691 00:26:00,158 --> 00:26:01,559 CALLS REGARDING THE 7 MILLION, 692 00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:04,262 UH, OVERTIME REDUCTION. SO ONE 693 00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:05,997 OF THE THINGS THAT PIQUED MY 694 00:26:05,997 --> 00:26:08,900 INTEREST, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP 695 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:11,503 WITH IS CHIEF SCOGGINS SAID THAT 696 00:26:11,503 --> 00:26:13,605 THE OVERTIME WAS A MISNOMER UM, 697 00:26:13,605 --> 00:26:15,106 WERE YOU WATCHING THAT WHEN HE 698 00:26:15,106 --> 00:26:17,909 SAID THAT WHEN HE SAID IT, IT'S 699 00:26:17,909 --> 00:26:19,744 NOT REALLY OVERTIME. THE 700 00:26:19,744 --> 00:26:20,245 MISNOMER IS THAT AND MY 701 00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:22,113 UNDERSTANDING FROM SPEAKING IS 702 00:26:22,113 --> 00:26:23,248 THAT AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN 703 00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:27,319 WE PUT MONEY IN, BUT THEY WERE 704 00:26:27,319 --> 00:26:29,421 OPERATING AT AT PAR. AND DO YOU 705 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:31,356 SEE WHAT I'M GETTING AT. SO AND 706 00:26:31,356 --> 00:26:32,757 SINCE THEY WERE OPERATING AT 707 00:26:32,757 --> 00:26:34,292 THAT, AND THEN THEY REALIZED 708 00:26:34,292 --> 00:26:39,764 THAT, UM, THAT THEY COULD. SO 709 00:26:39,764 --> 00:26:41,333 THE 7 MILLION TAKES THEM BELOW 710 00:26:41,333 --> 00:26:42,133 THAT BECAUSE NOW THEY CAN'T 711 00:26:42,133 --> 00:26:43,735 PROVIDE. THOSE ARE THE SERVICES 712 00:26:43,735 --> 00:26:45,804 THAT THEY FELT WOULD BE IMPACTED 713 00:26:45,804 --> 00:26:46,605 BY THIS. AND THEN I HAVE A 714 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:47,906 FOLLOW UP FROM THAT. 715 00:26:47,906 --> 00:26:49,741 >> LET ME LET ME TRY TO TO 716 00:26:49,741 --> 00:26:50,875 ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. 717 00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:51,309 >> AND I APOLOGIZE. 718 00:26:51,309 --> 00:26:52,978 >> FOR NOT IF I'M IF I'M NOT 719 00:26:52,978 --> 00:26:54,012 GETTING THERE, JUST STOP ME. 720 00:26:54,012 --> 00:26:55,380 >> IT IS A CONVOLUTED QUESTION 721 00:26:55,380 --> 00:26:56,414 BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO I'M, I'M 722 00:26:56,414 --> 00:26:58,616 BEING ANECDOTAL AS WELL. SO 723 00:26:58,616 --> 00:26:58,917 THANK YOU. 724 00:26:58,917 --> 00:27:02,187 >> SO IN TERMS OF THE COST TO 725 00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:04,422 SFD TO STAFF, A SHIFT ON 726 00:27:04,422 --> 00:27:06,257 OVERTIME AND TO STAFF A SHIFT ON 727 00:27:06,257 --> 00:27:08,426 REGULAR TIME, THERE IS NOT AS 728 00:27:08,426 --> 00:27:09,961 MUCH DIFFERENCE AS, AS AS ONE 729 00:27:09,961 --> 00:27:11,496 WOULD THINK, AS I WOULD THINK 730 00:27:11,496 --> 00:27:14,866 BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS. I HAVE 731 00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:15,400 SOME INFORMATION THAT SFD 732 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,504 PROVIDED. UM, THE EXAMPLE OF A 733 00:27:19,504 --> 00:27:22,741 FIREFIGHTER WITH 15 YEARS ON ON 734 00:27:22,741 --> 00:27:25,076 SFD, THE ANNUAL POSITION COST 735 00:27:25,076 --> 00:27:28,546 FOR THIS FIREFIGHTER ARE 736 00:27:28,546 --> 00:27:30,448 $215,000, INCLUDING HEALTH CARE 737 00:27:30,448 --> 00:27:32,217 AND OTHER BENEFITS. BUT THE COST 738 00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:33,718 TO BACKFILL THIS POSITION ON, ON 739 00:27:33,718 --> 00:27:39,424 AN OVERTIME BASIS, UM IS ONLY 740 00:27:39,424 --> 00:27:40,492 $220,000. IT'S A $5,000 741 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:42,360 DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THE COSTS OF 742 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:44,796 THE BENEFITS AND THE LEAVE ADDS 743 00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:48,733 SO MUCH TO, TO THE SALARY COSTS. 744 00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:50,969 SO IS THAT MIGHT BE THE, THE 745 00:27:50,969 --> 00:27:52,637 EQUIVALENCY THAT, THAT YOU'RE 746 00:27:52,637 --> 00:27:55,407 THINKING ABOUT. YEAH. IT IS, IT 747 00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:57,842 IS DEFINITELY OVER TIME IN THAT 748 00:27:57,842 --> 00:27:59,577 THEY, THEY GET PAID TIME AND A 749 00:27:59,577 --> 00:28:02,514 HALF FOR, FOR WORKING THAT 750 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:02,747 SHIFT. 751 00:28:02,747 --> 00:28:06,317 >> OKAY. SO WAS IT A FAIR 752 00:28:06,317 --> 00:28:08,253 CHARACTERIZATION, A MISNOMER? 753 00:28:08,253 --> 00:28:11,322 >> I, I, I WATCHED CHIEF 754 00:28:11,322 --> 00:28:13,124 SCOGGINS PRESENTATION, I DON'T 755 00:28:13,124 --> 00:28:16,694 REMEMBER THE CONTEXT IN WHICH HE 756 00:28:16,694 --> 00:28:18,430 CHARACTERIZED IT AS, AS A 757 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:21,800 MISNOMER. UM, I MEAN, LEGALLY IT 758 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:22,634 IS, IT IS OVER TIME. IT IS, IT 759 00:28:22,634 --> 00:28:25,470 IS TIME AND A HALF. BUT, UM, IF, 760 00:28:25,470 --> 00:28:29,207 IF SOMEONE IS ASSUMING THAT 761 00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:34,512 OVERTIME COMES AT A MUCH GREATER 762 00:28:34,512 --> 00:28:35,146 COST TO THE INSTITUTION WHERE IT 763 00:28:35,146 --> 00:28:37,182 IS HAPPENING, UM, THAT, THAT IS, 764 00:28:37,182 --> 00:28:39,851 THAT IS NOT THE CASE. AT SFD. 765 00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:40,819 >> OKAY, MR. CHAIR, I HAVE A 766 00:28:40,819 --> 00:28:42,287 FOLLOW UP, PLEASE. 767 00:28:42,287 --> 00:28:43,288 >> FLOOR IS YOURS UNTIL YOU'RE 768 00:28:43,288 --> 00:28:43,488 DONE. 769 00:28:43,488 --> 00:28:47,225 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, SO THE 770 00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:48,993 MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH 771 00:28:48,993 --> 00:28:50,395 PROGRAM, AS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 772 00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:52,464 REFERRED TO. MY UNDERSTANDING IS 773 00:28:52,464 --> 00:28:53,932 THAT, AND IF I REMEMBER 774 00:28:53,932 --> 00:28:56,935 CORRECTLY, UM, BEGAN IN 2016. 775 00:28:56,935 --> 00:28:58,870 AND IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP 776 00:28:58,870 --> 00:29:00,572 BETWEEN, UM, SEATTLE FIRE 777 00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:04,375 DEPARTMENT AND HSD AS A PILOT 778 00:29:04,375 --> 00:29:06,945 PROGRAM. UM, UTILIZING OVERTIME. 779 00:29:06,945 --> 00:29:08,947 SO CAN YOU HELP US BETTER 780 00:29:08,947 --> 00:29:11,349 UNDERSTAND IF THE MPH PROGRAM, 781 00:29:11,349 --> 00:29:14,452 UM, HOW THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED? 782 00:29:14,452 --> 00:29:15,954 YOU ANSWERED SOME OF THAT WITH 783 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:17,122 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, BUT I'M 784 00:29:17,122 --> 00:29:17,789 TRYING TO ZERO IN JUST A LITTLE 785 00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:20,225 BIT MORE. 786 00:29:20,225 --> 00:29:22,260 >> THE MPH PROGRAM WOULD NOT BE 787 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:24,395 AFFECTED BY BY THE PROPOSED 788 00:29:24,395 --> 00:29:27,332 OVERTIME REDUCTION. UM, THE 789 00:29:27,332 --> 00:29:30,335 OVERTIME. THE OVERTIME COSTS FOR 790 00:29:30,335 --> 00:29:33,304 THE MPH PROGRAM ARE ADDED WHEN 791 00:29:33,304 --> 00:29:39,644 NEW MPH SHIFTS ARE ADDED TO SFD 792 00:29:39,644 --> 00:29:41,246 OPERATIONAL PLAN AND. AND ONE. 793 00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:42,780 ONE OF THE. ONE OF THE THINGS 794 00:29:42,780 --> 00:29:48,987 THAT, UH, THAT THIS THIS 795 00:29:48,987 --> 00:29:49,587 TECHNICAL POSITION AD DOES AT 796 00:29:49,587 --> 00:29:51,489 SFD IN MY EYES IS THAT IT 797 00:29:51,489 --> 00:29:53,458 RECOGNIZES THAT MPH IS NO LONGER 798 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:55,193 A PILOT PROGRAM. IT IS IT IS 799 00:29:55,193 --> 00:29:58,530 PERMANENT. IT IS ONGOING. AND 800 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:02,700 SFD NEEDED TO FIND A WAY TO 801 00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:03,301 INCORPORATE THAT PROGRAM INTO 802 00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:04,235 ITS SYSTEM. 803 00:30:04,235 --> 00:30:04,969 >> RIGHT. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT 804 00:30:04,969 --> 00:30:06,171 TRYING TO BE SNARKY HERE, BUT I 805 00:30:06,171 --> 00:30:08,339 WANT TO KEEP GOING BACK TO SOME 806 00:30:08,339 --> 00:30:09,340 THINGS START OUT AS A ONE TIME 807 00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:11,042 FUNDING OR A ONE TIME PILOT, AND 808 00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:13,044 THEN WE FIND OURSELVES EITHER 809 00:30:13,044 --> 00:30:15,013 CODIFYING OR INSTITUTIONALIZING 810 00:30:15,013 --> 00:30:16,414 SUCH PROGRAM OR GETTING RID OF 811 00:30:16,414 --> 00:30:19,017 IT, UM, LIKE THE NAVIGATION 812 00:30:19,017 --> 00:30:19,717 PROGRAM, I'LL LET THAT ONE GO. 813 00:30:19,717 --> 00:30:20,952 WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT ONE 814 00:30:20,952 --> 00:30:22,153 LATER. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS 815 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:23,454 ONE. THIS IS MY LAST ONE. AND IF 816 00:30:23,454 --> 00:30:24,455 YOU CAN'T, AND THIS JUST GOES 817 00:30:24,455 --> 00:30:25,423 BACK TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS 818 00:30:25,423 --> 00:30:26,558 THAT WE BROUGHT UP WITH, UM, 819 00:30:26,558 --> 00:30:29,594 WITH THE CHIEF AND SOME OF THE 820 00:30:29,594 --> 00:30:32,230 PEOPLE FROM LOCAL 27. UM, 821 00:30:32,230 --> 00:30:36,167 STATION 31. WHAT CAN YOU, IT WAS 822 00:30:36,167 --> 00:30:37,001 SLATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE 823 00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:40,605 END OF 2025. IT'S NOT. AND SO I 824 00:30:40,605 --> 00:30:44,108 WAS GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT, IF 825 00:30:44,108 --> 00:30:46,211 ANY, IMPLICATIONS ARE THERE THAT 826 00:30:46,211 --> 00:30:49,514 WE FORESEE COMING UP WITH THE 827 00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:51,583 DELAY IN STATION 31? 828 00:30:51,583 --> 00:30:55,053 >> FIRE STATION 31 WAS MOST 829 00:30:55,053 --> 00:31:00,625 RECENTLY AFFECTED BY UM, AN 830 00:31:00,625 --> 00:31:01,159 ACUTE PLUMBING SITUATION. 831 00:31:01,159 --> 00:31:01,893 >> YOU MEAN FLOODING. 832 00:31:01,893 --> 00:31:03,661 >> FROM FROM FROM WHAT I 833 00:31:03,661 --> 00:31:05,930 UNDERSTAND, UH, THIS THIS 834 00:31:05,930 --> 00:31:07,899 PLUMBING ISSUE THAT AROSE WAS 835 00:31:07,899 --> 00:31:09,801 SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, VERY 836 00:31:09,801 --> 00:31:11,970 UNUSUAL IN, IN NEW CONSTRUCTION. 837 00:31:11,970 --> 00:31:15,740 UM, FAS IS INVOLVED. INSURANCE 838 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:18,309 COMPANIES ARE INVOLVED. OKAY. 839 00:31:18,309 --> 00:31:19,744 UM, THERE'S, IT'S NOT A 840 00:31:19,744 --> 00:31:21,312 CONCERN THAT THERE'S GOING TO 841 00:31:21,312 --> 00:31:23,815 BE AN ONGOING ISSUE. THIS IS 842 00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:24,883 JUST SOMETHING, SOMETHING BAD 843 00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:25,884 THAT HAPPENED VERY CLOSE TO THE 844 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:31,189 END OF CONSTRUCTION. UM, THERE 845 00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:33,024 IS CURRENTLY NO TIMELINE, NO 846 00:31:33,024 --> 00:31:33,658 REVISED TIMELINE FOR THE OPENING 847 00:31:33,658 --> 00:31:36,761 OF FIRE STATION 31, BUT, UM, FAS 848 00:31:36,761 --> 00:31:38,630 IS MONITORING IT VERY CLOSELY. 849 00:31:38,630 --> 00:31:40,331 THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A 850 00:31:40,331 --> 00:31:41,599 LOT OF INTEREST IN OPENING IT AS 851 00:31:41,599 --> 00:31:44,135 SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND AS SOON AS 852 00:31:44,135 --> 00:31:46,904 THIS ISSUE CAN BE ADDRESSED AND 853 00:31:46,904 --> 00:31:48,139 THE INSURANCE QUESTIONS CAN BE 854 00:31:48,139 --> 00:31:49,707 RESOLVED, THEY CAN MOVE PRETTY 855 00:31:49,707 --> 00:31:51,709 QUICKLY TO TO FINAL 856 00:31:51,709 --> 00:31:52,043 CONSTRUCTION. 857 00:31:52,043 --> 00:31:53,411 >> UM, AND THEN THIS IS A 858 00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:54,379 QUESTION. WELL, THIS IS MORE OF 859 00:31:54,379 --> 00:31:56,814 A STATEMENT, BUT I'M GLAD THAT 860 00:31:56,814 --> 00:31:58,583 COUNCIL BUDGET CHAIR IS GOING TO 861 00:31:58,583 --> 00:32:00,385 ATTEMPT TO HELP US REMEDY THIS 862 00:32:00,385 --> 00:32:02,253 ON THE OVERTIME PIECE, BECAUSE I 863 00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:03,454 THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE 864 00:32:03,454 --> 00:32:05,523 NUANCED THAN I'M PROBABLY 865 00:32:05,523 --> 00:32:07,091 GIVING IT. I'M PROBABLY NOT AS 866 00:32:07,091 --> 00:32:09,928 ARTICULATE AS I SHOULD BE ON THE 867 00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:11,062 OVERTIME PIECE AND THE NUANCE IN 868 00:32:11,062 --> 00:32:12,797 HOW IT WILL IMPACT AND WHAT THAT 869 00:32:12,797 --> 00:32:14,866 MEANS. I HOPE WE'RE NOT JUST 870 00:32:14,866 --> 00:32:16,634 IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF 871 00:32:16,634 --> 00:32:17,835 SEMANTICS. UM, AND IF THE CHAIR 872 00:32:17,835 --> 00:32:19,804 IS GOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT, 873 00:32:19,804 --> 00:32:21,773 UM, CHAIR, I CAN'T ADDRESS MY 874 00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:22,440 QUESTION TO YOU, BUT I'M 875 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:23,508 GUESSING YOU CAN TELL ME OFFLINE 876 00:32:23,508 --> 00:32:25,810 WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT. 877 00:32:25,810 --> 00:32:27,211 >> WITH THE OVERTIME. YEAH. I 878 00:32:27,211 --> 00:32:28,880 MEAN, JUST SPEAKING PRETTY 879 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,682 PLAINLY, WE WILL RECEIVE OUR 880 00:32:30,682 --> 00:32:32,517 REVENUE FORECAST TOMORROW AND 881 00:32:32,517 --> 00:32:34,252 THAT IS GOING TO GIVE US THE 882 00:32:34,252 --> 00:32:36,220 FULL BREADTH AND DEPTH OF WHAT 883 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:38,589 WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO FUND ALL 884 00:32:38,589 --> 00:32:39,757 COUNCIL PRIORITIES, UH, ENSURING 885 00:32:39,757 --> 00:32:40,992 THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE 886 00:32:40,992 --> 00:32:42,026 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE BEING LAID 887 00:32:42,026 --> 00:32:43,961 OFF OR RETAINING THEM IF 888 00:32:43,961 --> 00:32:46,464 POSSIBLE, AND ADDRESSING THIS 889 00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:47,832 OVERTIME ISSUE AT SEATTLE FIRE 890 00:32:47,832 --> 00:32:49,067 DEPARTMENT ARE MY TOP TWO 891 00:32:49,067 --> 00:32:50,868 PRIORITIES, FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC 892 00:32:50,868 --> 00:32:51,502 SAFETY, HOMELESSNESS, AND A 893 00:32:51,502 --> 00:32:53,371 WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PRIORITIES. 894 00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:54,539 SO THAT'S WHERE IT RANKS IN THE 895 00:32:54,539 --> 00:32:56,708 LIST. IT'LL EITHER BE 7.1 896 00:32:56,708 --> 00:32:59,177 MILLION OR THE LOW BALL. THERE 897 00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:00,611 IS 5 MILLION, BUT I THINK WE'RE 898 00:33:00,611 --> 00:33:02,113 GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE 899 00:33:02,113 --> 00:33:05,149 FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO COVER THIS 900 00:33:05,149 --> 00:33:05,983 OVERTIME REDUCTION IN THIS 901 00:33:05,983 --> 00:33:06,384 YEAR'S BUDGET. 902 00:33:06,384 --> 00:33:07,385 >> RIGHT. AND I THINK THE CHAIR 903 00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:09,721 MADE A AND YOU DID AS WELL THAT, 904 00:33:09,721 --> 00:33:11,756 UM, THE FIREFIGHTERS DO MORE 905 00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:15,727 THAN JUST PUT OUT FIRES. AND I 906 00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:16,828 THINK WHEN CHIEF SCOGGINS AND 907 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:17,929 THEIR STAFF AND THEIR RANK AND 908 00:33:17,929 --> 00:33:19,163 FILE TELL US ALL THE OTHER 909 00:33:19,163 --> 00:33:20,164 THINGS THAT THEY DO WITH MOBILE 910 00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:21,332 HEALTH, ONE, ALL THE OTHER STUFF 911 00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:23,701 THAT THEY DO. UM, AND I 912 00:33:23,701 --> 00:33:25,436 REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS THREE 913 00:33:25,436 --> 00:33:28,339 YEARS AGO WHERE WE CHANGED THE 914 00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:30,241 CODE TO ENHANCE PENALTIES FOR 915 00:33:30,241 --> 00:33:31,576 THOSE FOLKS THAT ASSAULT 916 00:33:31,576 --> 00:33:33,511 FIREFIGHTERS, LIKE WHEN THEY 917 00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:34,912 ASSAULT POLICE OFFICERS. UM, AND 918 00:33:34,912 --> 00:33:36,848 WE GOT INPUT FROM SEATTLE FIRE 919 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:37,882 DEPARTMENT RANK AND FILE AND 920 00:33:37,882 --> 00:33:39,784 THOSE FOLKS, WHICH WAS 921 00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:43,221 IMPORTANT. UM, SO, AND ALSO OUR 922 00:33:43,221 --> 00:33:43,888 CONCERN, AND I MEAN THIS FOR THE 923 00:33:43,888 --> 00:33:45,456 WHOLE CITY, NOT JUST DISTRICT 924 00:33:45,456 --> 00:33:48,159 FIVE, BUT I THINK CHIEF SCOGGINS 925 00:33:48,159 --> 00:33:49,394 BROUGHT THIS UP OBVIOUSLY BETTER 926 00:33:49,394 --> 00:33:51,696 THAN ME. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE 927 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:53,965 CONCERNED ABOUT THE EAST WEST. 928 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:56,434 UM, I THINK THERE'S 3 OR 4, 929 00:33:56,434 --> 00:33:57,035 MAYBE THREE BRIDGES THAT TAKE 930 00:33:57,035 --> 00:34:00,338 THAT LINK BECAUSE I-5 CUTS D5 IN 931 00:34:00,338 --> 00:34:03,040 HALF AND THE RESPONSE TIMES ARE 932 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,075 LONGER AND WITH A REDUCTION. 933 00:34:04,075 --> 00:34:05,610 THAT'S MAINLY WHAT I'M 934 00:34:05,610 --> 00:34:07,712 CONCERNED ABOUT. I'M REALLY 935 00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:09,414 CONCERNED ABOUT THE RESPONSE 936 00:34:09,414 --> 00:34:10,815 TIMES IN SOME FIRE STATIONS CAN 937 00:34:10,815 --> 00:34:11,582 GET WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO 938 00:34:11,582 --> 00:34:13,050 QUICKER, MORE QUICKER BECAUSE 939 00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:14,519 THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER OR 940 00:34:14,519 --> 00:34:17,488 BE LIMITED TO THREE BRIDGES AND 941 00:34:17,488 --> 00:34:19,323 A MAJOR FREEWAY. UM, SO THAT'S 942 00:34:19,323 --> 00:34:20,391 JUST MORE OF A STATEMENT. SO I 943 00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:22,293 JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WHERE MY 944 00:34:22,293 --> 00:34:24,228 CONCERN IS COMING FROM. I'M NOT 945 00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:25,363 TRYING TO POLITICIZE THIS IN ANY 946 00:34:25,363 --> 00:34:27,365 WAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO BE 947 00:34:27,365 --> 00:34:28,466 REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE 948 00:34:28,466 --> 00:34:30,201 GROUND AND WHAT OUR FOLKS NEED 949 00:34:30,201 --> 00:34:31,803 FOR THE WHOLE CITY, NOT JUST D5. 950 00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:33,738 THANK YOU CHAIR. 951 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:35,072 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 952 00:34:35,072 --> 00:34:36,040 JUAREZ COMMITTEE TABLE. ANYTHING 953 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,775 TO SHARE AT THIS TIME? 954 00:34:37,775 --> 00:34:41,446 >> UM, I WILL ADD THAT SFD HAS A 955 00:34:41,446 --> 00:34:44,549 RUBRIC FOR HOW UNIT OUTAGES 956 00:34:44,549 --> 00:34:46,350 WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IF THEY ARE 957 00:34:46,350 --> 00:34:49,987 GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED. UM, AND 958 00:34:49,987 --> 00:34:51,722 IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE 959 00:34:51,722 --> 00:34:52,790 LOCATION OF DIFFERENT STATIONS, 960 00:34:52,790 --> 00:34:55,793 THE LOCATION OF, OF APPARATUS, 961 00:34:55,793 --> 00:34:56,427 THE PROXIMITY TO OTHER STATIONS 962 00:34:56,427 --> 00:34:57,662 WITH THE SAME APPARATUS. I WOULD 963 00:34:57,662 --> 00:35:01,599 BE HAPPY TO, TO SHARE THAT WITH 964 00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:01,966 COUNCILMEMBERS. 965 00:35:01,966 --> 00:35:04,135 >> FANTASTIC APPARATUS. 966 00:35:04,135 --> 00:35:05,536 >> ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER. 967 00:35:05,536 --> 00:35:07,071 >> A LADDER TRUCK, AN ENGINE. 968 00:35:07,071 --> 00:35:09,106 THAT'S THAT'S THE SFD 969 00:35:09,106 --> 00:35:09,440 TERMINOLOGY. 970 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:14,011 >> OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. 971 00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:14,579 >> FANTASTIC. COUNCILMEMBER 972 00:35:14,579 --> 00:35:15,580 RIVERA. 973 00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:17,515 >> THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, AND I 974 00:35:17,515 --> 00:35:19,117 WILL SAY THAT ACTUALLY LAST 975 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:20,218 NIGHT I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF 976 00:35:20,218 --> 00:35:24,622 OUR COLLEAGUES AND SECURE, THEIR 977 00:35:24,622 --> 00:35:25,223 CO-SPONSORSHIP COUNCILMEMBER 978 00:35:25,223 --> 00:35:26,357 KETTLE AND SAKA CHAIR AND VICE 979 00:35:26,357 --> 00:35:29,694 CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, TO 980 00:35:29,694 --> 00:35:31,796 PUT THIS AD IN BECAUSE I FEEL SO 981 00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:33,297 STRONGLY ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE 982 00:35:33,297 --> 00:35:37,268 NEED TO PUT THIS OVER TIME, THE 983 00:35:37,268 --> 00:35:39,971 7.1 MILLION IN AGAIN, A 984 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:41,839 CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITY. UM, WE 985 00:35:41,839 --> 00:35:44,475 NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR RESPONSE 986 00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:46,911 TIMES REMAIN WHAT THEY ARE. UM 987 00:35:46,911 --> 00:35:48,846 WE CANNOT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING. 988 00:35:48,846 --> 00:35:51,249 EXCUSE ME. SORRY. THIS ISN'T 989 00:35:51,249 --> 00:35:54,886 SOMETHING THAT WE UM. THIS IS 990 00:35:54,886 --> 00:35:58,189 NOT AN AREA WHERE WE SHOULD BE 991 00:35:58,189 --> 00:36:00,725 MAKING REDUCTIONS AGAIN. OUR 992 00:36:00,725 --> 00:36:01,359 CHARTER RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH 993 00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:05,296 INCLUDE FIRE. UM AND NINE ONE 994 00:36:05,296 --> 00:36:07,598 ONE OR 911 CENTER AND ALSO SPD 995 00:36:07,598 --> 00:36:09,500 ARE OUR CHARTER RESPONSIBILITIES 996 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:10,968 . AND AS SUCH WE NEED TO BE 997 00:36:10,968 --> 00:36:13,404 PRIORITIZING THESE THINGS. WHEN 998 00:36:13,404 --> 00:36:15,740 A, WHEN THERE IS A FIRE, WE NEED 999 00:36:15,740 --> 00:36:16,974 SOMEONE TO COME. WE NEED FIRE TO 1000 00:36:16,974 --> 00:36:18,643 COME IMMEDIATELY. I DON'T EVEN 1001 00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:20,778 KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY THAT. THERE 1002 00:36:20,778 --> 00:36:21,746 IS NO OTHER NEED, I THINK, TO 1003 00:36:21,746 --> 00:36:23,447 SAY IT, AND I THINK CHIEF 1004 00:36:23,447 --> 00:36:24,882 SCOGGINS SAID IT BEST WHEN HE 1005 00:36:24,882 --> 00:36:26,751 WAS HERE. AND NOT WITHSTANDING 1006 00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:28,152 WHAT I'M READING HERE IN TERMS 1007 00:36:28,152 --> 00:36:30,454 OF WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE UM, 1008 00:36:30,454 --> 00:36:32,223 WOULD BE ABLE TO BE PROVIDED 1009 00:36:32,223 --> 00:36:36,394 WITHOUT THE 7.1 MILLION. I VERY 1010 00:36:36,394 --> 00:36:37,962 CLEARLY, I VERY CLEARLY HEARD 1011 00:36:37,962 --> 00:36:39,797 CHIEF SCOGGINS SAY THAT IT WILL 1012 00:36:39,797 --> 00:36:42,733 HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE FIRE 1013 00:36:42,733 --> 00:36:45,269 DEPARTMENT, AND IT WILL RESULT 1014 00:36:45,269 --> 00:36:47,939 IN UNIT OUTAGES THAT WILL IMPACT 1015 00:36:47,939 --> 00:36:51,342 RESPONSE TIMES. SO, UM, I JUST 1016 00:36:51,342 --> 00:36:52,910 WANTED TO STATE IT VERY PLAINLY. 1017 00:36:52,910 --> 00:36:55,313 FOR THE RECORD. UM, I COULD NOT 1018 00:36:55,313 --> 00:36:59,250 BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF INCLUDING 1019 00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:01,052 THIS 7.1 MILLION OVERTIME ADD SO 1020 00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:01,686 THAT POLICE. SORRY. EXCUSE ME. 1021 00:37:01,686 --> 00:37:04,855 SO THAT FIRE CAN KEEP DOING WHAT 1022 00:37:04,855 --> 00:37:08,459 THEY'RE DOING. UM, AND, UH, SO 1023 00:37:08,459 --> 00:37:09,060 I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE 1024 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:12,530 CHAIR UM, AGREES. UM, AND IT 1025 00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:14,599 SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE BROAD SUPPORT 1026 00:37:14,599 --> 00:37:17,068 ON THE COUNCIL FOR ENSURING THAT 1027 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:19,904 OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS, UM, NOT 1028 00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:21,672 ONLY FULLY STAFFED, BUT THAT HAS 1029 00:37:21,672 --> 00:37:24,508 THE OVERTIME THAT, THAT STAFFING 1030 00:37:24,508 --> 00:37:26,444 SO THAT FOLKS CAN CONTINUE TO 1031 00:37:26,444 --> 00:37:27,945 HAVE THE RESPONSE TIMES THAT WE 1032 00:37:27,945 --> 00:37:30,348 HAVE, UH, HAVE HAD, AND THAT 1033 00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:32,650 THERE ARE NO REDUCTIONS TO 1034 00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:35,286 THOSE, UM, UH, THAT IS IT FOR 1035 00:37:35,286 --> 00:37:36,821 ME. CHAIR. THANK YOU. 1036 00:37:36,821 --> 00:37:38,389 >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. 1037 00:37:38,389 --> 00:37:39,724 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, VICE 1038 00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:41,892 CHAIR. RIVERA, COMMITTEE TABLE. 1039 00:37:41,892 --> 00:37:42,326 ANYTHING TO SHARE? 1040 00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:44,829 >> WE HAVE REQUESTED FROM SFD. 1041 00:37:44,829 --> 00:37:48,499 UH, RESPONSE TIME DATA AND ITS 1042 00:37:48,499 --> 00:37:49,133 ADHERENCE TO NATIONAL STANDARDS 1043 00:37:49,133 --> 00:37:50,935 AS AS PART OF THIS BUDGET 1044 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:52,003 PROCESS, THEY COLLECT THIS DATA, 1045 00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:55,873 THEY TABULATE IT REGULARLY. UM, 1046 00:37:55,873 --> 00:37:56,540 I'LL PROVIDE TO COUNCILMEMBERS 1047 00:37:56,540 --> 00:37:59,677 WHAT WE GET FROM SFD, BUT ALSO 1048 00:37:59,677 --> 00:38:01,379 ALWAYS OPEN TO AD HOC REQUESTS 1049 00:38:01,379 --> 00:38:04,348 FOR, FOR THIS KIND OF DATA. 1050 00:38:04,348 --> 00:38:05,182 >> FANTASTIC. COUNCILMEMBER. 1051 00:38:05,182 --> 00:38:06,250 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR THANK YOU. 1052 00:38:06,250 --> 00:38:08,919 AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, 1053 00:38:08,919 --> 00:38:12,056 AGAIN, WHEN FOLKS CALL OUR 1054 00:38:12,056 --> 00:38:14,458 CONSTITUENTS, CALL 911 WHEN 1055 00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:16,027 THERE'S A NEED FOR FIRE 1056 00:38:16,027 --> 00:38:18,562 RESPONSE, WE WANT THAT FIRE 1057 00:38:18,562 --> 00:38:21,098 RESPONSE TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. 1058 00:38:21,098 --> 00:38:22,266 AND THEN WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO 1059 00:38:22,266 --> 00:38:24,735 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING 1060 00:38:24,735 --> 00:38:26,370 OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR MANY 1061 00:38:26,370 --> 00:38:27,638 REASONS, AND ONE THAT I SUPER 1062 00:38:27,638 --> 00:38:30,775 APPRECIATE. UM, CHIEF SCOGGINS 1063 00:38:30,775 --> 00:38:33,411 HAS TAKEN A LOT OF FOCUS AND 1064 00:38:33,411 --> 00:38:34,845 GIVEN A LOT OF FOCUS AND 1065 00:38:34,845 --> 00:38:35,479 ATTENTION TO SINCE HE'S BEEN 1066 00:38:35,479 --> 00:38:36,480 HERE AND I'VE WORKED WITH CHIEF 1067 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,716 SCOGGINS ALMOST TEN YEARS NOW, 1068 00:38:38,716 --> 00:38:41,018 IS THAT HE CARES ABOUT THE 1069 00:38:41,018 --> 00:38:42,620 MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF 1070 00:38:42,620 --> 00:38:44,422 HIS TEAM AS WELL. UM, BECAUSE 1071 00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:48,159 THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS REALLY, 1072 00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:51,429 UM, A, AS WE ALL KNOW, A LOT OF 1073 00:38:51,429 --> 00:38:53,931 FOLKS HAVE JOBS THAT ARE VERY 1074 00:38:53,931 --> 00:38:56,033 EMOTIONALLY, UM, HAVE AN 1075 00:38:56,033 --> 00:38:57,535 EMOTIONAL IMPACT, A MENTAL 1076 00:38:57,535 --> 00:38:58,969 HEALTH IMPACT. AND THIS IS ONE 1077 00:38:58,969 --> 00:39:00,371 OF THEM. SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S 1078 00:39:00,371 --> 00:39:01,505 ANOTHER REASON WHY WE WANT TO 1079 00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:04,608 MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE, 1080 00:39:04,608 --> 00:39:06,677 UM, YOU KNOW, FUNDING IN PLACE 1081 00:39:06,677 --> 00:39:08,245 TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN DO 1082 00:39:08,245 --> 00:39:09,780 RESPONSE TIMES AND NOT AT THE 1083 00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:11,282 EXPENSE OF THE OFFICERS WHERE 1084 00:39:11,282 --> 00:39:13,284 WE'RE WORKING THEM EVEN HARDER. 1085 00:39:13,284 --> 00:39:16,620 UM, AND THEN THAT GOES TO THEIR 1086 00:39:16,620 --> 00:39:19,290 WELL-BEING AS WELL. THANK YOU 1087 00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:19,523 CHAIR. 1088 00:39:19,523 --> 00:39:20,391 >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU VERY 1089 00:39:20,391 --> 00:39:22,493 MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1090 00:39:22,493 --> 00:39:23,894 FOLLOWED BY SAKA. 1091 00:39:23,894 --> 00:39:25,429 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. UM, 1092 00:39:25,429 --> 00:39:26,997 AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO 1093 00:39:26,997 --> 00:39:28,499 CENTRAL STAFF. I APPRECIATE YOUR 1094 00:39:28,499 --> 00:39:29,266 WORK AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A LONG 1095 00:39:29,266 --> 00:39:31,402 DAY AT THE TABLE WITH US. UH, SO 1096 00:39:31,402 --> 00:39:33,604 I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I JUST 1097 00:39:33,604 --> 00:39:35,706 MAKE A QUICK KIND OF STATEMENT 1098 00:39:35,706 --> 00:39:37,108 AROUND MY QUESTIONS BEFORE I GET 1099 00:39:37,108 --> 00:39:38,509 INTO THEM BECAUSE I THINK LIKE 1100 00:39:38,509 --> 00:39:41,078 SO MANY PEOPLE AT THIS TABLE, I 1101 00:39:41,078 --> 00:39:42,880 SEE THE, THE VALUE, THE SERVICE, 1102 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:44,715 LIKE REALLY HARD WORK THAT OUR 1103 00:39:44,715 --> 00:39:45,816 FIREFIGHTERS DO HERE IN THE 1104 00:39:45,816 --> 00:39:47,818 CITY. AND I REALLY DEEPLY 1105 00:39:47,818 --> 00:39:49,286 APPRECIATE IT. AND I DON'T HAVE 1106 00:39:49,286 --> 00:39:50,154 STORIES THAT ARE QUITE AS 1107 00:39:50,154 --> 00:39:51,355 PERSONAL AS THOSE THAT THE CHAIR 1108 00:39:51,355 --> 00:39:52,490 HAS SHARED, BUT I THINK ALL OF 1109 00:39:52,490 --> 00:39:55,192 US HAVE BEEN, UM, TOUCHED BY, BY 1110 00:39:55,192 --> 00:39:57,261 SFD IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I CAN 1111 00:39:57,261 --> 00:39:58,963 THINK OF TIMES WHERE I'VE CALLED 1112 00:39:58,963 --> 00:40:00,798 FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S OVERDOSING 1113 00:40:00,798 --> 00:40:02,133 AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS 1114 00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:04,802 SHOWED UP. AND AGAIN, I THINK 1115 00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:05,970 THAT SPEAKS TO THE MULTIFACETED 1116 00:40:05,970 --> 00:40:07,037 ROLE THAT FIRE PLAYS. IT'S NOT 1117 00:40:07,037 --> 00:40:08,806 JUST PUTTING OUT FIRES. IT'S SO 1118 00:40:08,806 --> 00:40:10,808 MUCH ABOUT OUR, UM, OUR, YOU 1119 00:40:10,808 --> 00:40:11,542 KNOW, WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR 1120 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:12,443 HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND SO MANY 1121 00:40:12,443 --> 00:40:13,611 OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING 1122 00:40:13,611 --> 00:40:15,045 ON FIXING AND ADDICTION AND 1123 00:40:15,045 --> 00:40:16,347 HOMELESSNESS AND SO ON. SO JUST 1124 00:40:16,347 --> 00:40:17,414 FIRST WANT TO MAKE THAT 1125 00:40:17,414 --> 00:40:18,983 STATEMENT. THEN I, I HAVE SOME 1126 00:40:18,983 --> 00:40:20,451 QUESTIONS TODAY THAT ARE REALLY 1127 00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:22,486 MORE ABOUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 1128 00:40:22,486 --> 00:40:24,255 THE SORT OF SHORT AND THE LONG 1129 00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:25,823 TERM PATH FORWARD FOR US WHEN IT 1130 00:40:25,823 --> 00:40:28,592 COMES TO OUR, OUR INVESTMENTS IN 1131 00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:29,693 FIRE. AND SOMETHING THAT'S JUST 1132 00:40:29,693 --> 00:40:31,662 BEEN ON MY MIND AND IS THE AND I 1133 00:40:31,662 --> 00:40:32,863 THINK COUNCILMEMBER LIN HAS 1134 00:40:32,863 --> 00:40:34,231 SPOKEN TO THIS IN DIFFERENT WAYS 1135 00:40:34,231 --> 00:40:36,634 IS LIKE THE ROLE THAT OVERTIME 1136 00:40:36,634 --> 00:40:39,136 IS PLAYING IN ORDER TO MEET 1137 00:40:39,136 --> 00:40:40,538 CRITICAL SERVICE NEEDS AND THE 1138 00:40:40,538 --> 00:40:41,705 IMPACT THAT THAT HAS ON PEOPLE, 1139 00:40:41,705 --> 00:40:45,109 JUST AS, AS WORKERS AND SORT OF 1140 00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:45,910 HOW, WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SORT 1141 00:40:45,910 --> 00:40:48,145 OF A SHORT TERM OR A LONG TERM 1142 00:40:48,145 --> 00:40:48,813 SITUATION FOR US AS A CITY. SO I 1143 00:40:48,813 --> 00:40:49,647 WANT TO SORT OF STATE MY INTENT 1144 00:40:49,647 --> 00:40:52,616 BEFORE I GET INTO MY QUESTIONS 1145 00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:54,785 THERE. UM, SO HAVING SAID THAT, 1146 00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:57,688 AND I'M LOOKING NOW AT SOME OF 1147 00:40:57,688 --> 00:40:59,423 THE, THE Q&A AND CONVERSATIONS 1148 00:40:59,423 --> 00:41:01,225 THAT HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND 1149 00:41:01,225 --> 00:41:03,460 FORTH AROUND THE OVERALL 1150 00:41:03,460 --> 00:41:04,094 BUDGETED OVERTIME. AND SO I'M 1151 00:41:04,094 --> 00:41:05,262 LOOKING AT THIS AND I'M SEEING 1152 00:41:05,262 --> 00:41:07,097 IN 2024, AND I WANT YOU TO MAKE 1153 00:41:07,097 --> 00:41:08,165 SURE I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT 1154 00:41:08,165 --> 00:41:10,601 THING HERE. WE HAD A TOTAL OF, I 1155 00:41:10,601 --> 00:41:12,970 THINK, 50 MILLION FOR BUDGETED 1156 00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:17,541 OVERTIME. AND THEN 20, 25, 35 1157 00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:19,810 AND THEN 2026 BACK UP TO 41. CAN 1158 00:41:19,810 --> 00:41:21,879 YOU JUST TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS 1159 00:41:21,879 --> 00:41:22,813 AS A TREND? IT SEEMS LIKE WE 1160 00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:24,515 WERE SORT OF GOING DOWN AND NOW 1161 00:41:24,515 --> 00:41:26,917 WE'RE GOING BACK UP. WHAT DOES 1162 00:41:26,917 --> 00:41:28,586 THAT, UH, HELP ME UNDERSTAND 1163 00:41:28,586 --> 00:41:30,221 THIS PICTURE. 1164 00:41:30,221 --> 00:41:32,323 >> AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE NEED FOR 1165 00:41:32,323 --> 00:41:34,959 AN OVERTIME BUDGET IS RELATED TO 1166 00:41:34,959 --> 00:41:37,394 THE FORECAST NUMBER OF 1167 00:41:37,394 --> 00:41:39,597 FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE, UH, PART 1168 00:41:39,597 --> 00:41:43,868 OF SFD AND, UH, AND ABLE TO 1169 00:41:43,868 --> 00:41:47,805 WORK. AND SO, SO OVERTIME IS NOT 1170 00:41:47,805 --> 00:41:49,773 NEEDED. UM, SFD FORECASTS THE 1171 00:41:49,773 --> 00:41:51,375 NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT IT 1172 00:41:51,375 --> 00:41:52,676 WILL HAVE. AND WHEN THAT NUMBER 1173 00:41:52,676 --> 00:41:54,111 IS VERY HIGH, THE OVERTIME 1174 00:41:54,111 --> 00:41:56,046 BUDGET CAN BE LOWER BECAUSE 1175 00:41:56,046 --> 00:41:57,381 THAT'S NOT WHERE THE DOLLARS 1176 00:41:57,381 --> 00:42:00,851 ARE NEEDED. UM, IT IS VERY HARD 1177 00:42:00,851 --> 00:42:01,919 TO FORECAST, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY, 1178 00:42:01,919 --> 00:42:05,155 HOW MANY RECRUITS WILL 1179 00:42:05,155 --> 00:42:05,689 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE 1180 00:42:05,689 --> 00:42:09,426 ACADEMY AND JOIN SFD, UH, OFFSET 1181 00:42:09,426 --> 00:42:11,729 BY HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL SEPARATE 1182 00:42:11,729 --> 00:42:14,265 FROM SERVICE AT SFD, TYPICALLY 1183 00:42:14,265 --> 00:42:17,067 THROUGH RETIREMENT. UM S SFD 1184 00:42:17,067 --> 00:42:19,470 TRIES, TRIES REALLY HARD TO DO 1185 00:42:19,470 --> 00:42:21,739 THAT, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF 1186 00:42:21,739 --> 00:42:22,940 HUMAN INPUTS THAT JUST CAN'T BE 1187 00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:24,608 MODELED FOR. 1188 00:42:24,608 --> 00:42:25,242 >> THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. AND 1189 00:42:25,242 --> 00:42:27,411 THEN THAT'S, THAT TURNS RIGHT 1190 00:42:27,411 --> 00:42:28,979 INTO MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS 1191 00:42:28,979 --> 00:42:30,381 YOU SAID THIS EARLIER IN THE 1192 00:42:30,381 --> 00:42:32,816 PRESENTATION. HOW MANY DOES IT 1193 00:42:32,816 --> 00:42:34,685 60 ISH NEW RECRUITS THAT WERE 1194 00:42:34,685 --> 00:42:38,389 EXPECTED TO COME. COME ON ONLINE 1195 00:42:38,389 --> 00:42:39,023 FEELS VERY INHUMAN. BUT COME ON 1196 00:42:39,023 --> 00:42:39,857 BOARD THE APARTMENT NEXT YEAR. 1197 00:42:39,857 --> 00:42:42,092 >> THERE IS A RECRUIT CLASS OF 1198 00:42:42,092 --> 00:42:44,128 60 AND PEOPLE WHO SUCCESSFULLY 1199 00:42:44,128 --> 00:42:45,729 COMPLETE THAT CLASS WILL JOIN 1200 00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:49,500 SFD IN FEBRUARY OF 2027. 1201 00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:52,536 HISTORICALLY, THE PROPORTION OF 1202 00:42:52,536 --> 00:42:55,139 RECRUITS COMPLETING UH 1203 00:42:55,139 --> 00:42:57,808 COMPLETING THE ACADEMY HAS 1204 00:42:57,808 --> 00:43:00,210 RANGED BETWEEN ABOUT 60 AND 80%. 1205 00:43:00,210 --> 00:43:02,613 AND THERE'S NO NO PATTERN THAT 1206 00:43:02,613 --> 00:43:06,250 I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DISCERN IN, 1207 00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:07,351 IN HOW THAT PERCENTAGE CHANGES 1208 00:43:07,351 --> 00:43:07,651 OVER TIME. 1209 00:43:07,651 --> 00:43:10,287 >> OKAY. GOT IT. SO THERE'S 60 1210 00:43:10,287 --> 00:43:11,722 RECRUITS IN THE ACADEMY, 1211 00:43:11,722 --> 00:43:13,457 HISTORICALLY, 60 TO 80% OF THOSE 1212 00:43:13,457 --> 00:43:15,159 WILL JOIN. SO WE'LL SEE THAT 1213 00:43:15,159 --> 00:43:16,894 I'M NOT GOING TO DO MATH, 1214 00:43:16,894 --> 00:43:18,796 SOCIAL WORK BACKGROUND, BUT 1215 00:43:18,796 --> 00:43:20,030 WE'LL SEE THEM JOIN THE 1216 00:43:20,030 --> 00:43:20,631 DEPARTMENT IN FEBRUARY. AND I 1217 00:43:20,631 --> 00:43:21,899 INVITE YOU TO TELL ME THAT 1218 00:43:21,899 --> 00:43:24,702 NUMBER. UM, BUT AND THEN CAN YOU 1219 00:43:24,702 --> 00:43:26,470 JUST TELL ME WHAT'S BUDGETED 1220 00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:28,305 FOR IN TERMS OF NEW RECRUITS IN 1221 00:43:28,305 --> 00:43:30,207 THE DEPARTMENT NEXT YEAR? 1222 00:43:30,207 --> 00:43:30,908 >> I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THAT 1223 00:43:30,908 --> 00:43:32,076 FIGURE. I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP 1224 00:43:32,076 --> 00:43:32,710 AND GET BACK TO YOU. 1225 00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:33,877 >> OKAY. I WOULD LOVE THAT. AND 1226 00:43:33,877 --> 00:43:36,814 I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 1227 00:43:36,814 --> 00:43:37,414 AND THEN I WOULD WHAT I WOULD 1228 00:43:37,414 --> 00:43:39,049 ALSO LOVE TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT 1229 00:43:39,049 --> 00:43:41,685 ARE WE PROJECTING IN TERMS OF 1230 00:43:41,685 --> 00:43:42,953 DEPARTURES FROM THE DEPARTMENT 1231 00:43:42,953 --> 00:43:44,788 NEXT YEAR AND LIKE RETIREMENTS, 1232 00:43:44,788 --> 00:43:45,956 PEOPLE LEAVING. 1233 00:43:45,956 --> 00:43:48,859 >> THIS IS THIS IS A TOUGH ONE 1234 00:43:48,859 --> 00:43:50,761 BECAUSE FIREFIGHTERS DO THEY'RE 1235 00:43:50,761 --> 00:43:52,663 NOT OBLIGED TO LET SFD KNOW WHEN 1236 00:43:52,663 --> 00:43:54,632 THEY ARE GOING TO RETIRE. AND 1237 00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:56,967 OFTEN SFD ONLY LEARNS THAT A 1238 00:43:56,967 --> 00:43:59,403 FIREFIGHTER IS GOING TO RETIRE 1239 00:43:59,403 --> 00:44:01,639 TWO WEEKS BEFORE. BEFORE THAT 1240 00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:05,376 HAPPENS. UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER 1241 00:44:05,376 --> 00:44:06,076 OF FIREFIGHTERS AT SFD RIGHT 1242 00:44:06,076 --> 00:44:07,211 NOW. I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE 1243 00:44:07,211 --> 00:44:08,779 HUNDREDS. I CAN FOLLOW UP ABOUT 1244 00:44:08,779 --> 00:44:12,216 THAT. WHO WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO 1245 00:44:12,216 --> 00:44:13,751 RETIRE BUT ARE CONTINUING TO 1246 00:44:13,751 --> 00:44:18,689 WORK AT SFD. THERE ARE ALSO 1247 00:44:18,689 --> 00:44:19,323 FIREFIGHTERS WHO SEPARATE FROM 1248 00:44:19,323 --> 00:44:21,458 SERVICE WITH ONLY, I DON'T KNOW, 1249 00:44:21,458 --> 00:44:23,494 5 OR 10 YEARS TENURE. SO THIS 1250 00:44:23,494 --> 00:44:24,728 THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 1251 00:44:24,728 --> 00:44:28,799 IS THAT IS HARD TO PREDICT. AND 1252 00:44:28,799 --> 00:44:30,634 BECAUSE IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO 1253 00:44:30,634 --> 00:44:32,870 PLUG IN ONE NEW RECRUIT FOR 1254 00:44:32,870 --> 00:44:35,105 EVERY ONE PERSON SEPARATING FROM 1255 00:44:35,105 --> 00:44:36,440 SERVICE AS SFD IS OFTEN ENGAGED 1256 00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:39,009 IN, IN CATCH UP, YOU KNOW, WE 1257 00:44:39,009 --> 00:44:39,710 HAD MORE SEPARATIONS FROM 1258 00:44:39,710 --> 00:44:41,512 SERVICE THIS YEAR THAN HAS 1259 00:44:41,512 --> 00:44:43,414 HISTORICALLY BEEN THE CASE. 1260 00:44:43,414 --> 00:44:45,049 LET'S LET'S GET ANOTHER 1261 00:44:45,049 --> 00:44:45,883 RECRUIT CLASS GOING. BUT IT'S 1262 00:44:45,883 --> 00:44:47,451 GOING TO BE QUITE A WHILE BEFORE 1263 00:44:47,451 --> 00:44:51,355 THAT RECRUIT CLASS CAN, YOU 1264 00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:51,989 KNOW, TAKE THE PLACE NUMERICALLY 1265 00:44:51,989 --> 00:44:52,856 OF THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO 1266 00:44:52,856 --> 00:44:54,224 SEPARATED FROM SERVICE. 1267 00:44:54,224 --> 00:44:55,959 >> THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I WOULD 1268 00:44:55,959 --> 00:44:59,563 IMAGINE IT ALSO TAKES TIME TO 1269 00:44:59,563 --> 00:45:00,831 FOR A NEW RECRUIT TO, UM, GET 1270 00:45:00,831 --> 00:45:01,932 FULLY ONBOARDED AND TO HAVE THE 1271 00:45:01,932 --> 00:45:04,568 SAME LEVEL OF SKILL AS SOMEBODY 1272 00:45:04,568 --> 00:45:05,636 WHO'S RETIRING AFTER TEN, 15, 1273 00:45:05,636 --> 00:45:07,004 20, 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. AND SO 1274 00:45:07,004 --> 00:45:08,539 THERE'S PROBABLY SOME 1275 00:45:08,539 --> 00:45:09,606 DIFFERENTIAL THERE, BUT I WOULD 1276 00:45:09,606 --> 00:45:12,810 LOVE TO KNOW, LIKE WHAT WE'RE 1277 00:45:12,810 --> 00:45:13,811 MODELING FOR RETIREMENTS NEXT 1278 00:45:13,811 --> 00:45:15,045 YEAR. AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO 1279 00:45:15,045 --> 00:45:19,683 GET AT HERE IS HOW, HOW DO WE 1280 00:45:19,683 --> 00:45:20,250 UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP 1281 00:45:20,250 --> 00:45:22,786 BETWEEN NEW RECRUITS COMING INTO 1282 00:45:22,786 --> 00:45:26,824 THE DEPARTMENT? UH, EXISTING 1283 00:45:26,824 --> 00:45:28,926 FIREFIGHTERS RETIRING AND THE 1284 00:45:28,926 --> 00:45:31,895 RELATIONSHIP OF THOSE TWO THINGS 1285 00:45:31,895 --> 00:45:33,630 ON THE PREDICTED OVERTIME BUDGET 1286 00:45:33,630 --> 00:45:34,965 FOR NEXT YEAR. UM, AND SO IF 1287 00:45:34,965 --> 00:45:35,833 THERE'S ANYTHING YOU CAN SORT 1288 00:45:35,833 --> 00:45:36,700 OF SPEAK TO THERE, I THINK WE'RE 1289 00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:38,202 ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE 1290 00:45:38,202 --> 00:45:39,403 HOW TO, HOW TO MAINTAIN THIS 1291 00:45:39,403 --> 00:45:41,205 CORE SERVICE, HOW TO MAKE, MAKE 1292 00:45:41,205 --> 00:45:42,239 THIS INVESTMENT. AND WHAT I'M 1293 00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:44,041 TRYING TO ASK IS, IS IT SEVEN? 1294 00:45:44,041 --> 00:45:46,643 IS IT FIVE? IS IT FOUR? WHAT IS 1295 00:45:46,643 --> 00:45:48,879 HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND THE THE 1296 00:45:48,879 --> 00:45:50,214 BALANCE HERE? 1297 00:45:50,214 --> 00:45:52,015 >> I KNOW THERE IS NOT A FORMAL 1298 00:45:52,015 --> 00:45:55,285 MODEL IN USE. UM, BUT THERE ARE 1299 00:45:55,285 --> 00:45:56,520 PEOPLE AT SFD WHO HAVE BEEN 1300 00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:58,021 LOOKING AT THESE SPREADSHEETS 1301 00:45:58,021 --> 00:45:59,423 FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND I 1302 00:45:59,423 --> 00:46:02,092 THINK ARE KIND OF GOOD AT 1303 00:46:02,092 --> 00:46:03,260 PICKING UP THE VIBES FROM THEM. 1304 00:46:03,260 --> 00:46:04,495 THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT 1305 00:46:04,495 --> 00:46:06,396 QUESTION. SO CLEARLY, I WILL I 1306 00:46:06,396 --> 00:46:07,564 WILL FOLLOW UP ON IT. 1307 00:46:07,564 --> 00:46:08,432 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I LOOK 1308 00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:09,967 FORWARD TO THAT. AND I THINK AS 1309 00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:11,235 I AGAIN, I HEARD COUNCILMEMBER 1310 00:46:11,235 --> 00:46:12,336 STRAUSS SAY, AND AS WE ALL HAVE 1311 00:46:12,336 --> 00:46:13,370 TALKED ABOUT, WE ARE IN A 1312 00:46:13,370 --> 00:46:16,740 CHALLENGING BUDGET YEAR. AND WE 1313 00:46:16,740 --> 00:46:17,908 KNOW THAT WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT 1314 00:46:17,908 --> 00:46:19,276 OUR CRITICAL CITY SERVICES. I 1315 00:46:19,276 --> 00:46:21,545 WILL ALSO SAY, NOT ONLY AM I 1316 00:46:21,545 --> 00:46:22,679 INTERESTED IN THIS QUESTION 1317 00:46:22,679 --> 00:46:23,814 AROUND FIRE, BUT AS I'VE SAID 1318 00:46:23,814 --> 00:46:24,915 BEFORE IN OTHER COMMITTEES, 1319 00:46:24,915 --> 00:46:27,784 WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 1320 00:46:27,784 --> 00:46:30,053 CONTINUE AND BALANCE OUR 1321 00:46:30,053 --> 00:46:30,587 INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE 1322 00:46:30,587 --> 00:46:33,023 HOUSING, GIVING THE BIG, BIG, 1323 00:46:33,023 --> 00:46:34,858 BIG PIVOT THAT THE OFFICE OF 1324 00:46:34,858 --> 00:46:36,660 HOUSING IS MAKING AND THEIR 1325 00:46:36,660 --> 00:46:37,661 ACCOUNTING PRACTICES. SO I THINK 1326 00:46:37,661 --> 00:46:39,930 OBVIOUSLY, EVERY, EVERY PENNY, 1327 00:46:39,930 --> 00:46:41,832 EVERY DOLLAR MATTERS. AND TRYING 1328 00:46:41,832 --> 00:46:43,734 TO GET THAT RIGHT ALONGSIDE, 1329 00:46:43,734 --> 00:46:46,003 OBVIOUSLY, THIS VERY CLEAR NEED 1330 00:46:46,003 --> 00:46:47,037 FOR THIS CRITICAL SERVICE. SO 1331 00:46:47,037 --> 00:46:47,838 THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GO 1332 00:46:47,838 --> 00:46:48,772 THROUGH THAT. AND COLLEAGUES, I 1333 00:46:48,772 --> 00:46:50,774 HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND MY INTENT 1334 00:46:50,774 --> 00:46:52,910 HERE IS JUST HELPING US GET THIS 1335 00:46:52,910 --> 00:46:54,444 RIGHT AS WE ARE LOOKING TO SORT 1336 00:46:54,444 --> 00:46:55,979 OF ANSWER THIS QUESTION AROUND 1337 00:46:55,979 --> 00:46:56,880 SFD BUDGET. THANK YOU. 1338 00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:59,449 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1339 00:46:59,449 --> 00:47:00,784 FOSTER, ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE 1340 00:47:00,784 --> 00:47:03,320 COMMITTEE TABLE BEFORE WE MOVE 1341 00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:03,854 ON? I THINK COUNCILMEMBER 1342 00:47:03,854 --> 00:47:06,590 FOSTER'S MIDDLE NAME MIGHT BE 1343 00:47:06,590 --> 00:47:08,625 FACTS. FACTS. THERE WE GO. 1344 00:47:08,625 --> 00:47:09,459 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA YOU'RE UP 1345 00:47:09,459 --> 00:47:11,128 NEXT. AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER 1346 00:47:11,128 --> 00:47:11,328 LIN. 1347 00:47:11,328 --> 00:47:12,629 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 1348 00:47:12,629 --> 00:47:14,331 YOU, MISS GORMAN FOR THE 1349 00:47:14,331 --> 00:47:17,467 TERRIFIC JOB HERE. PRESENTATION. 1350 00:47:17,467 --> 00:47:19,136 VERY, VERY INSIGHTFUL. UM, AND 1351 00:47:19,136 --> 00:47:21,104 ILLUMINATING. UH, TEEING UP THE 1352 00:47:21,104 --> 00:47:23,807 VARIOUS POLICY CONSIDERATIONS 1353 00:47:23,807 --> 00:47:25,642 FOR US HERE, UH, DURING THESE 1354 00:47:25,642 --> 00:47:30,480 TIMES, UM, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY 1355 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:32,749 BOTH A SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM 1356 00:47:32,749 --> 00:47:36,220 SET OF CHALLENGES AS IT RELATES 1357 00:47:36,220 --> 00:47:36,720 TO STAFFING WITHIN THE 1358 00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:37,487 DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK WE'RE 1359 00:47:37,487 --> 00:47:39,122 ALL KIND OF BEEN LASER FOCUSED 1360 00:47:39,122 --> 00:47:42,726 ON THE SHORT TERM, UM, I'M ALSO 1361 00:47:42,726 --> 00:47:43,794 CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 1362 00:47:43,794 --> 00:47:45,162 LONG TERM AS WELL. BUT FIRST 1363 00:47:45,162 --> 00:47:50,467 OFF, I WANT TO ALSO THANK MY 1364 00:47:50,467 --> 00:47:51,101 COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 1365 00:47:51,101 --> 00:47:53,637 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND, AND, 1366 00:47:53,637 --> 00:47:54,905 YOU KNOW, TRYING TO AND JUMPING 1367 00:47:54,905 --> 00:47:56,640 ON THE PHONE WITH ME LAST NIGHT 1368 00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:58,141 AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A PATH 1369 00:47:58,141 --> 00:48:02,012 TO, TO GET THIS DONE. AND, AND 1370 00:48:02,012 --> 00:48:04,948 YOUR COMMITMENT TO DO EXACTLY 1371 00:48:04,948 --> 00:48:06,250 THAT, UH, AND I WANT TO THANK 1372 00:48:06,250 --> 00:48:08,385 BUDGET CHAIR STRAUSS FOR YOUR 1373 00:48:08,385 --> 00:48:10,354 LEADERSHIP RIGHT NOW AND MAKING 1374 00:48:10,354 --> 00:48:11,722 THIS COMMITMENT. WE WHAT WE'RE 1375 00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:13,657 SEEING HERE ON THE FLY IS LIKE, 1376 00:48:13,657 --> 00:48:15,259 THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE. 1377 00:48:15,259 --> 00:48:17,661 WE'RE IN THESE ALL DAY PUBLIC 1378 00:48:17,661 --> 00:48:19,596 MEETINGS, FLURRY OF ACTIVITY, 1379 00:48:19,596 --> 00:48:20,163 REVIEWING DOCUMENTATION AND 1380 00:48:20,163 --> 00:48:20,764 SLIDES AND ALL THAT. IN THE 1381 00:48:20,764 --> 00:48:21,999 MEANTIME, MEETING WITH 1382 00:48:21,999 --> 00:48:24,534 CONSTITUENTS. AND WE DON'T 1383 00:48:24,534 --> 00:48:26,937 ALWAYS HAVE TIME TO TO 1384 00:48:26,937 --> 00:48:28,405 COORDINATE DIRECTLY ON A ONE ON 1385 00:48:28,405 --> 00:48:30,374 ONE BASIS WITH EVERY UM, 1386 00:48:30,374 --> 00:48:33,377 ANYWAYS, SO I WANT TO THANK BOTH 1387 00:48:33,377 --> 00:48:35,012 OF YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. UH, 1388 00:48:35,012 --> 00:48:38,715 IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS A 1389 00:48:38,715 --> 00:48:40,984 SHARED PRIORITY ON THIS BODY 1390 00:48:40,984 --> 00:48:42,953 AND, UM, ADDRESSING THE SHORT 1391 00:48:42,953 --> 00:48:45,656 TERM SOLUTION 1392 00:48:45,656 --> 00:48:47,524 >> IS IS IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR 1393 00:48:47,524 --> 00:48:50,961 EVERYONE. YES. AND INCLUDING ME. 1394 00:48:50,961 --> 00:48:51,595 BECAUSE FIREFIGHTERS SAVE LIVES 1395 00:48:51,595 --> 00:48:53,263 AND THEY'RE CRITICAL COMPONENT 1396 00:48:53,263 --> 00:48:55,599 OF OUR BROADER PUBLIC SAFETY 1397 00:48:55,599 --> 00:48:57,301 STRATEGY AND COULDN'T BE MORE 1398 00:48:57,301 --> 00:49:00,103 GRATEFUL FOR FOR. UH, SO THAT'S 1399 00:49:00,103 --> 00:49:03,440 THE SHORT TERM. THE LONGER TERM 1400 00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,008 AND KIND OF CONTINUING ON THE 1401 00:49:05,008 --> 00:49:06,877 LINE OF QUESTIONING FROM 1402 00:49:06,877 --> 00:49:10,547 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER A MOMENT 1403 00:49:10,547 --> 00:49:12,382 AGO. UH, BROADLY, WHAT I'M 1404 00:49:12,382 --> 00:49:14,418 HEARING AND WHAT I'VE SEEN AND 1405 00:49:14,418 --> 00:49:17,020 THE VARIOUS ANALYSIS, HAVING 1406 00:49:17,020 --> 00:49:20,190 SPOKEN WITH, UH, FIREFIGHTER 1407 00:49:20,190 --> 00:49:24,194 LEADERSHIP, UM FIREFIGHTER 1408 00:49:24,194 --> 00:49:26,163 UNION, THE, THE LONGER TERM 1409 00:49:26,163 --> 00:49:28,231 SOLUTION IS NEED MORE 1410 00:49:28,231 --> 00:49:31,268 FIREFIGHTERS RATHER THAN RELYING 1411 00:49:31,268 --> 00:49:32,602 ON OVERTIME TO, TO HAVE A 1412 00:49:32,602 --> 00:49:34,371 CERTAIN LEVEL OF RESPONSE 1413 00:49:34,371 --> 00:49:36,373 CAPABILITY. WE NEED MORE 1414 00:49:36,373 --> 00:49:37,941 FIREFIGHTERS TO, TO BASICALLY 1415 00:49:37,941 --> 00:49:39,976 OBVIATE THE NEED FOR THAT. HOW 1416 00:49:39,976 --> 00:49:42,879 DO WE GET THERE? AND I 1417 00:49:42,879 --> 00:49:44,781 APPRECIATE CHIEF SCOGGINS AND, 1418 00:49:44,781 --> 00:49:47,584 AND HIS TEAM FOR THEIR WORK TO, 1419 00:49:47,584 --> 00:49:49,519 YOU KNOW, I MEET WITH HIM 1420 00:49:49,519 --> 00:49:52,189 REGULARLY AND THAT'S FIREFIGHTER 1421 00:49:52,189 --> 00:49:54,958 STAFFING IS ALWAYS A PERENNIAL 1422 00:49:54,958 --> 00:49:56,093 REGULAR AGENDA ITEM. I ALWAYS 1423 00:49:56,093 --> 00:49:58,428 ASK ABOUT THE CURRENT EFFORTS. 1424 00:49:58,428 --> 00:50:02,132 AND, UH, SO I KNOW THEY'RE DOING 1425 00:50:02,132 --> 00:50:03,033 EVERYTHING POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW 1426 00:50:03,033 --> 00:50:06,236 TO, TO BOOST THAT, UM, THAT 1427 00:50:06,236 --> 00:50:08,038 SAID, THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO 1428 00:50:08,038 --> 00:50:09,339 TO, TO BOOST THOSE STAFFING 1429 00:50:09,339 --> 00:50:11,575 LEVELS. AND WHAT I SEE HERE 1430 00:50:11,575 --> 00:50:12,709 AGAIN, THIS IS TO ADDRESS THE 1431 00:50:12,709 --> 00:50:14,978 LONGER TERM SOLVE TO MAKE SURE, 1432 00:50:14,978 --> 00:50:16,747 YOU KNOW, IN TWO, THREE, FOUR 1433 00:50:16,747 --> 00:50:18,648 PLUS YEARS, WE'RE NOT IN THE 1434 00:50:18,648 --> 00:50:22,819 SAME SITUATION. UH, BUT WHAT I, 1435 00:50:22,819 --> 00:50:25,155 I SEE STRONG PARALLELS BETWEEN 1436 00:50:25,155 --> 00:50:27,924 THE CURRENT CHALLENGE WITH 1437 00:50:27,924 --> 00:50:28,525 RESPECT TO FIREFIGHTER HIRING 1438 00:50:28,525 --> 00:50:30,527 AND RECRUITMENT AND STAFFING, AS 1439 00:50:30,527 --> 00:50:35,098 WE SAW WITH, WE SEEN WITH SPD 1440 00:50:35,098 --> 00:50:36,833 OFFICER STAFFING, SAME 1441 00:50:36,833 --> 00:50:39,202 BOTTLENECK ISSUES, SAME TIMELINE 1442 00:50:39,202 --> 00:50:41,571 ISSUES, SAME RECRUITMENT POOL 1443 00:50:41,571 --> 00:50:44,574 ISSUES, SPD WE'RE RECRUITING 1444 00:50:44,574 --> 00:50:46,276 FOR OTHER OFFICER TALENT OF ALL 1445 00:50:46,276 --> 00:50:47,844 LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, WHETHER 1446 00:50:47,844 --> 00:50:49,780 IT'S KIRKLAND, BELLEVUE, 1447 00:50:49,780 --> 00:50:51,348 TACOMA. KENT. UM, AND SO WHAT WE 1448 00:50:51,348 --> 00:50:54,885 PAY THEM IS, IS AN IMPORTANT 1449 00:50:54,885 --> 00:50:56,753 FACTOR FOR CANDIDATES. SO IS THE 1450 00:50:56,753 --> 00:51:01,425 TIMELINE, THAT IT TAKES FOR ONE 1451 00:51:01,425 --> 00:51:02,659 TO, AFTER THE TESTING PROCESS 1452 00:51:02,659 --> 00:51:03,860 AND TO ULTIMATELY GET A HIGH, 1453 00:51:03,860 --> 00:51:05,862 LIKE GET HIRED AND THEN A 1454 00:51:05,862 --> 00:51:08,498 ACADEMY DATE OR WHATEVER IT IS, 1455 00:51:08,498 --> 00:51:09,733 THE SAME CHALLENGES. AND IF, IF 1456 00:51:09,733 --> 00:51:13,203 A CANDIDATE HAS HAS OPTIONS AND 1457 00:51:13,203 --> 00:51:15,272 A SHORTER, MORE STREAMLINED 1458 00:51:15,272 --> 00:51:17,074 RECRUITMENT WINDOW AND PROCESS 1459 00:51:17,074 --> 00:51:18,608 AND MORE REGULAR TOUCH POINTS, 1460 00:51:18,608 --> 00:51:21,011 THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROBABLY, 1461 00:51:21,011 --> 00:51:21,711 THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO 1462 00:51:21,711 --> 00:51:24,047 CHOOSE SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT'S 1463 00:51:24,047 --> 00:51:26,516 WHY THAT'S ONE REASON WHY WE 1464 00:51:26,516 --> 00:51:30,220 STRUGGLE. UM TO, TO HIRE. AND 1465 00:51:30,220 --> 00:51:32,789 THERE MIGHT ALSO BE SOME 1466 00:51:32,789 --> 00:51:33,457 INTENTIONAL POLICY DECISIONS AS 1467 00:51:33,457 --> 00:51:34,157 WELL AS PART OF THAT, THAT I 1468 00:51:34,157 --> 00:51:38,895 WANT TO DIG MORE INTO. BUT THAT 1469 00:51:38,895 --> 00:51:39,429 IS I SEE DIRECT PARALLELS 1470 00:51:39,429 --> 00:51:40,430 BETWEEN THAT WORK. AND I THINK, 1471 00:51:40,430 --> 00:51:45,335 AT LEAST IN THE NEAR TERM, 1472 00:51:45,335 --> 00:51:47,070 ADDRESSING THE SOLVE. AT LEAST 1473 00:51:47,070 --> 00:51:49,639 UP FRONT, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY A 1474 00:51:49,639 --> 00:51:53,076 MULTIYEAR EFFORT, BUT I THINK 1475 00:51:53,076 --> 00:51:55,679 DATA TRANSPARENCY IS, IS REALLY 1476 00:51:55,679 --> 00:51:58,381 IMPORTANT. UNDERSTANDING OUR 1477 00:51:58,381 --> 00:52:01,051 PROCESS, THE SPECIFIC METRICS 1478 00:52:01,051 --> 00:52:02,586 AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS HERE 1479 00:52:02,586 --> 00:52:04,488 AS IT RELATES TO OUR HIRING AND 1480 00:52:04,488 --> 00:52:05,522 RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND HOW THAT 1481 00:52:05,522 --> 00:52:07,457 COMPARES TO ALL THESE OTHER 1482 00:52:07,457 --> 00:52:10,393 WELL, SOME OF THE KEY LOCAL, UH, 1483 00:52:10,393 --> 00:52:12,395 FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE, WERE 1484 00:52:12,395 --> 00:52:16,533 COMPETING FOR TALENT FOR, UM, 1485 00:52:16,533 --> 00:52:17,801 BECAUSE THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S 1486 00:52:17,801 --> 00:52:20,003 ONE THING THAT IS CLEAR. WE NEED 1487 00:52:20,003 --> 00:52:22,439 TO STREAMLINE AND SIMPLIFY THE 1488 00:52:22,439 --> 00:52:23,106 RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND DO IT IN 1489 00:52:23,106 --> 00:52:25,141 A MANNER THAT DOES NOT LOWER OUR 1490 00:52:25,141 --> 00:52:28,979 STANDARDS. UH, BUT THAT IS PART 1491 00:52:28,979 --> 00:52:29,779 OF THE BROADER, I VIEW THAT AS 1492 00:52:29,779 --> 00:52:32,682 PART OF THE BROADER LONG TERM 1493 00:52:32,682 --> 00:52:35,051 SOLVE HERE. UH, SO WE DON'T HAVE 1494 00:52:35,051 --> 00:52:39,689 TO END UP IN THIS FIASCO. WE 1495 00:52:39,689 --> 00:52:40,323 NEED MORE FIREFIGHTERS, PERIOD. 1496 00:52:40,323 --> 00:52:43,360 THAT'S IT. IN ANY EVENT, JUST 1497 00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:44,995 WANT TO OFFER THAT AS SOMETHING 1498 00:52:44,995 --> 00:52:46,029 THAT I'M INTERESTED IN, YOU 1499 00:52:46,029 --> 00:52:50,033 KNOW, EXPLORING, UM, BECAUSE 1500 00:52:50,033 --> 00:52:52,536 YES, ADDRESSING THE IMMEDIATE, 1501 00:52:52,536 --> 00:52:56,172 DARE I SAY, FIRE OR CRISIS OR 1502 00:52:56,172 --> 00:52:57,841 EMERGENCY IS CRITICALLY 1503 00:52:57,841 --> 00:53:00,610 IMPORTANT. WE MUST DO THAT. BUT 1504 00:53:00,610 --> 00:53:04,915 LET US NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 1505 00:53:04,915 --> 00:53:06,716 THIS GOING FORWARD BY ADDRESSING 1506 00:53:06,716 --> 00:53:08,718 THE ROOT CAUSES, THE UNDERLYING 1507 00:53:08,718 --> 00:53:11,087 ISSUES. SO THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, 1508 00:53:11,087 --> 00:53:12,122 APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AGAIN 1509 00:53:12,122 --> 00:53:14,257 AND YOU AS WELL. 1510 00:53:14,257 --> 00:53:14,925 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WE'RE 1511 00:53:14,925 --> 00:53:16,226 ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. COMMITTEE 1512 00:53:16,226 --> 00:53:18,929 TABLE. ANYTHING TO SHARE AT THIS 1513 00:53:18,929 --> 00:53:19,262 TIME, PLEASE. 1514 00:53:19,262 --> 00:53:20,664 >> SURE. I JUST, I JUST WANT TO, 1515 00:53:20,664 --> 00:53:23,967 I WANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, SFD IN 1516 00:53:23,967 --> 00:53:26,036 ITS BASE BUDGET EVERY YEAR HAS 1517 00:53:26,036 --> 00:53:28,171 FUNDING FOR TWO CLASSES OF 30 1518 00:53:28,171 --> 00:53:29,539 RECRUITS. THAT IS THAT IS GOING 1519 00:53:29,539 --> 00:53:33,009 TO HAPPEN YEAR AFTER YEAR IN 1520 00:53:33,009 --> 00:53:36,913 2026. UH, THE EXECUTIVE INCLUDED 1521 00:53:36,913 --> 00:53:38,648 AND FUNDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 20 1522 00:53:38,648 --> 00:53:40,884 RECRUITS IN THE BUDGET AND 1523 00:53:40,884 --> 00:53:43,019 COUNCIL ADDED ANOTHER 20. SO 100 1524 00:53:43,019 --> 00:53:45,222 NEW RECRUITS WERE FUNDED IN 1525 00:53:45,222 --> 00:53:47,224 2026. THAT IS THAT IS REALLY 1526 00:53:47,224 --> 00:53:50,060 UNUSUAL. AND IT IS SFD 1527 00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:51,161 EXPECTATION THAT ONCE, ONCE THEY 1528 00:53:51,161 --> 00:53:54,965 ALL GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY AND 1529 00:53:54,965 --> 00:53:56,066 STAGGERED CLASSES AND AND JOIN 1530 00:53:56,066 --> 00:53:58,735 SFD, THAT WILL MAKE A REAL 1531 00:53:58,735 --> 00:54:00,170 DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF NOT 1532 00:54:00,170 --> 00:54:02,472 NEEDING TO RELY ON OVERTIME SO 1533 00:54:02,472 --> 00:54:03,974 MUCH. UH, ANOTHER THING I WANT 1534 00:54:03,974 --> 00:54:05,275 TO SAY IS THAT PART OF THE 1535 00:54:05,275 --> 00:54:06,676 REASON THAT IT TAKES A LONG TIME 1536 00:54:06,676 --> 00:54:09,646 FOR SOMEONE TO MOVE FROM 1537 00:54:09,646 --> 00:54:10,947 APPLYING TO THE SEATTLE FIRE 1538 00:54:10,947 --> 00:54:13,583 DEPARTMENT TO BECOMING A SEATTLE 1539 00:54:13,583 --> 00:54:15,619 FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTER, IS 1540 00:54:15,619 --> 00:54:19,689 THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, 1541 00:54:19,689 --> 00:54:21,758 IT'S A LONG PROCESS WITH A LOT 1542 00:54:21,758 --> 00:54:24,327 OF SCREEN OUTS. UM, BECAUSE 1543 00:54:24,327 --> 00:54:26,863 THERE, IT'S REALLY ONLY A SMALL 1544 00:54:26,863 --> 00:54:29,866 PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 1545 00:54:29,866 --> 00:54:30,367 INTERESTED IN BECOMING 1546 00:54:30,367 --> 00:54:32,202 FIREFIGHTERS WHO CAN PASS ALL 1547 00:54:32,202 --> 00:54:33,803 THOSE TESTS AND GO THROUGH ALL 1548 00:54:33,803 --> 00:54:35,839 THOSE INTERVIEWS AND MAKE IT TO 1549 00:54:35,839 --> 00:54:39,542 THE END. SFD THE, THE SFD 1550 00:54:39,542 --> 00:54:41,678 PROCESS FROM, HEY, I'M 1551 00:54:41,678 --> 00:54:43,313 INTERESTED TO, HEY, I'M PUTTING 1552 00:54:43,313 --> 00:54:45,282 ON MY FIREFIGHTING GEAR. IT'S 1553 00:54:45,282 --> 00:54:46,883 COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES ABOUT 1554 00:54:46,883 --> 00:54:49,219 THE SAME SIZE AS SEATTLE. AND 1555 00:54:49,219 --> 00:54:50,253 THERE ARE SOME CITIES, FOR 1556 00:54:50,253 --> 00:54:52,055 INSTANCE, BOSTON, WHERE THAT 1557 00:54:52,055 --> 00:54:55,592 PROCESS TAKES LONGER. 1558 00:54:55,592 --> 00:54:57,060 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1559 00:54:57,060 --> 00:54:58,461 ANYTHING ELSE THERE? SOUNDS 1560 00:54:58,461 --> 00:54:58,662 GOOD. 1561 00:54:58,662 --> 00:55:00,964 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN THANK YOU 1562 00:55:00,964 --> 00:55:04,467 CHAIR. UM, YEAH, SUPER HELPFUL. 1563 00:55:04,467 --> 00:55:05,735 UH, SIMILAR JUST QUESTIONS ABOUT 1564 00:55:05,735 --> 00:55:07,170 SORT OF THE LONG TERM STAFFING 1565 00:55:07,170 --> 00:55:08,571 PLAN. SO HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT 1566 00:55:08,571 --> 00:55:10,507 THE BASE BUDGET ALREADY INCLUDES 1567 00:55:10,507 --> 00:55:13,910 60, UM, BUT JUST LIKE SOME OF 1568 00:55:13,910 --> 00:55:15,412 THE COLLEAGUES HAVE, IT WAS 1569 00:55:15,412 --> 00:55:17,213 HELPFUL TO HEAR THAT THERE 1570 00:55:17,213 --> 00:55:18,548 POTENTIALLY COULD BE A LARGE 1571 00:55:18,548 --> 00:55:20,417 AMOUNT OF RETIREMENTS. WE JUST 1572 00:55:20,417 --> 00:55:23,620 HAVE NO WAY TO, TO PREDICT IT. 1573 00:55:23,620 --> 00:55:25,789 UM, DO FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UM, 1574 00:55:25,789 --> 00:55:28,425 SORT OF RECRUIT LATERALLY AT 1575 00:55:28,425 --> 00:55:30,960 ALL? IS THAT PART OF ANY 1576 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:31,327 STAFFING PLAN? 1577 00:55:31,327 --> 00:55:32,329 >> SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES 1578 00:55:32,329 --> 00:55:33,930 NOT DO THAT. 1579 00:55:33,930 --> 00:55:34,698 >> OKAY. THE SEATTLE FIRE. BUT 1580 00:55:34,698 --> 00:55:37,967 DO, DO WE KNOW IF OTHER FIRE 1581 00:55:37,967 --> 00:55:38,301 DEPARTMENTS. 1582 00:55:38,301 --> 00:55:41,004 >> I, I HAVE HEARD OF THE 1583 00:55:41,004 --> 00:55:42,605 PRACTICE. I'M NOT WELL VERSED 1584 00:55:42,605 --> 00:55:44,808 ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU A RESPONSE. 1585 00:55:44,808 --> 00:55:45,241 WE'LL FOLLOW UP. 1586 00:55:45,241 --> 00:55:48,244 >> OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. AND 1587 00:55:48,244 --> 00:55:50,980 JUST, UM, JUST. YEAH, CONCERNED 1588 00:55:50,980 --> 00:55:53,149 ABOUT SORT OF THE LONG TERM 1589 00:55:53,149 --> 00:55:56,186 STAFFING PLAN AND JUST WHAT THE 1590 00:55:56,186 --> 00:55:58,054 CONTINGENCIES WE MIGHT HAVE. UM, 1591 00:55:58,054 --> 00:55:59,589 YOU KNOW, IN CASE THERE IS SORT 1592 00:55:59,589 --> 00:56:02,358 OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF RETIREMENTS 1593 00:56:02,358 --> 00:56:04,694 AND HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I DO 1594 00:56:04,694 --> 00:56:05,862 THINK IT SEEMS LIKE THERE MIGHT 1595 00:56:05,862 --> 00:56:07,230 BE ANOTHER NEED FOR SOME 1596 00:56:07,230 --> 00:56:09,332 ADDITIONAL RECRUITING STAFF 1597 00:56:09,332 --> 00:56:10,333 CLASSES, WHETHER THIS YEAR OR IN 1598 00:56:10,333 --> 00:56:11,868 THE COMING YEARS, AND JUST WOULD 1599 00:56:11,868 --> 00:56:14,704 LIKE TO GET AHEAD OF THAT. UM, 1600 00:56:14,704 --> 00:56:16,606 SORRY. ONE ONE FINAL QUESTION. 1601 00:56:16,606 --> 00:56:17,674 YOU MENTIONED SALARIES ARE NOT 1602 00:56:17,674 --> 00:56:19,442 BAKED IN. POTENTIAL RAISES ARE 1603 00:56:19,442 --> 00:56:23,713 NOT BAKED INTO THIS. ANY IDEA OF 1604 00:56:23,713 --> 00:56:24,380 LIKE A BALL PARK RANGE OF WHAT 1605 00:56:24,380 --> 00:56:25,915 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OR WHEN 1606 00:56:25,915 --> 00:56:26,950 THAT MIGHT HIT? UM, AND. 1607 00:56:26,950 --> 00:56:28,284 >> THAT IS, THAT'S A QUESTION 1608 00:56:28,284 --> 00:56:30,720 FOR LABOR NEGOTIATORS. 1609 00:56:30,720 --> 00:56:33,156 >> YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. 1610 00:56:33,156 --> 00:56:34,591 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1611 00:56:34,591 --> 00:56:35,458 ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COMMITTEE 1612 00:56:35,458 --> 00:56:37,560 TABLE AT THIS TIME? 1613 00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:40,563 >> UM, I, I APPRECIATE SEVERAL 1614 00:56:40,563 --> 00:56:41,197 COUNCILMEMBERS INTEREST IN THE 1615 00:56:41,197 --> 00:56:44,801 POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE, THE 1616 00:56:44,801 --> 00:56:46,202 NEW RECRUITS COMING IN THAT WERE 1617 00:56:46,202 --> 00:56:50,306 FUNDED IN 2026. I WILL WORK WITH 1618 00:56:50,306 --> 00:56:52,308 SFD TO TRY TO GET SOME SORT OF 1619 00:56:52,308 --> 00:56:55,111 QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF 1620 00:56:55,111 --> 00:56:57,947 HOW, HOW THOSE NEW RECRUITS 1621 00:56:57,947 --> 00:57:00,450 JOINING SORT OF IN WAVES HAVE 1622 00:57:00,450 --> 00:57:03,453 HAVE AFFECTED SFD. UM, STAFFING 1623 00:57:03,453 --> 00:57:06,189 OVER TIME. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF 1624 00:57:06,189 --> 00:57:08,725 WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO DEVELOP 1625 00:57:08,725 --> 00:57:09,859 ANYTHING AROUND RESPONSE TIME, 1626 00:57:09,859 --> 00:57:11,828 BUT UM, IF ANY COUNCILMEMBERS 1627 00:57:11,828 --> 00:57:13,596 ARE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, 1628 00:57:13,596 --> 00:57:14,230 DIMENSIONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE 1629 00:57:14,230 --> 00:57:15,765 TO SEE REPORTED ON, PLEASE, 1630 00:57:15,765 --> 00:57:17,000 PLEASE COME WORK WITH ME. I'LL 1631 00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:19,769 MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 1632 00:57:19,769 --> 00:57:21,004 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1633 00:57:21,004 --> 00:57:22,005 YOU'RE STILL GOOD. ALL GOOD. 1634 00:57:22,005 --> 00:57:23,239 STILL GOOD. GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER 1635 00:57:23,239 --> 00:57:26,342 FOSTER. IS THAT A NEW HAND? ALL 1636 00:57:26,342 --> 00:57:27,577 RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AND THEN 1637 00:57:27,577 --> 00:57:29,279 I'LL. SO ANYONE WHO'S NOT YET 1638 00:57:29,279 --> 00:57:31,714 GOTTEN TO SPEAK, I'M GOING TO 1639 00:57:31,714 --> 00:57:33,249 ACTUALLY PULL OUT. I REALLY 1640 00:57:33,249 --> 00:57:33,783 APPRECIATED YOUR LINE OF 1641 00:57:33,783 --> 00:57:35,084 QUESTIONING. COUNCILMEMBER 1642 00:57:35,084 --> 00:57:36,986 FOSTER IN PARTICULAR, FOR MOST 1643 00:57:36,986 --> 00:57:37,654 CITY EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE TO GIVE 1644 00:57:37,654 --> 00:57:41,057 SIX MONTHS NOTICE TO RETIRE IN 1645 00:57:41,057 --> 00:57:42,525 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. DUE TO 1646 00:57:42,525 --> 00:57:44,294 THEIR POLICIES. WE CAN GET A BIT 1647 00:57:44,294 --> 00:57:46,095 OF A SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE 1648 00:57:46,095 --> 00:57:47,263 ARE ABOUT TO RETIRE BECAUSE OF 1649 00:57:47,263 --> 00:57:48,932 HOW THEY USE THEIR LEAVE WITH 1650 00:57:48,932 --> 00:57:51,034 THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1651 00:57:51,034 --> 00:57:53,670 THEY CAN PROVIDE SAME DAY NOTICE 1652 00:57:53,670 --> 00:57:56,573 OF RETIREMENT, AND WE'VE SEEN 1653 00:57:56,573 --> 00:57:58,374 IT OCCUR IN THE PAST. AND 1654 00:57:58,374 --> 00:58:00,376 THAT'S JUST A SLIGHTLY 1655 00:58:00,376 --> 00:58:01,878 DIFFERENT WAY. EACH DEPARTMENT 1656 00:58:01,878 --> 00:58:03,413 HAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT POLICIES. 1657 00:58:03,413 --> 00:58:04,414 THE POLICE PENSION BOARD AND THE 1658 00:58:04,414 --> 00:58:06,049 FIRE PENSION BOARD HAVE THEIR 1659 00:58:06,049 --> 00:58:07,550 OWN POLICIES. AND SO I JUST NOTE 1660 00:58:07,550 --> 00:58:08,952 THAT BECAUSE IT'S A BIT 1661 00:58:08,952 --> 00:58:10,420 DIFFERENT, A BIT DIFFERENT THAN 1662 00:58:10,420 --> 00:58:13,590 MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS. UM, AND 1663 00:58:13,590 --> 00:58:15,859 I REALLY APPRECIATED THE 1664 00:58:15,859 --> 00:58:20,630 QUESTIONS ABOUT UH, THE LONG 1665 00:58:20,630 --> 00:58:21,264 TERM HIRING PLANS. COUNCILMEMBER 1666 00:58:21,264 --> 00:58:24,033 SAKA ALSO BROUGHT THIS UP 1667 00:58:24,033 --> 00:58:26,135 BECAUSE WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO 1668 00:58:26,135 --> 00:58:27,270 RELY ON OVERTIME. WE DO NEED TO 1669 00:58:27,270 --> 00:58:30,807 HAVE A LONG TERM HIRING PLAN 1670 00:58:30,807 --> 00:58:31,808 THAT WE GET A BETTER SENSE OF 1671 00:58:31,808 --> 00:58:34,577 HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE RETIRING, 1672 00:58:34,577 --> 00:58:37,113 HOW MUCH POSITIVE IMPACT WILL 1673 00:58:37,113 --> 00:58:37,747 NEW RECRUIT CLASSES BE? I KNOW 1674 00:58:37,747 --> 00:58:39,983 THAT WE'VE ADDED RECRUIT 1675 00:58:39,983 --> 00:58:41,317 CLASSES IN THE LAST YEAR, DURING 1676 00:58:41,317 --> 00:58:43,353 THE COUNCIL OR LAST TWO YEARS 1677 00:58:43,353 --> 00:58:46,155 DURING COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS, 1678 00:58:46,155 --> 00:58:47,390 BUT I WANT TO BRING US BACK A 1679 00:58:47,390 --> 00:58:50,627 LITTLE HIGHER LEVEL. AND DO YOU 1680 00:58:50,627 --> 00:58:53,096 KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME OUR 1681 00:58:53,096 --> 00:58:54,430 RECRUITMENT AND HIRING STRUCTURE 1682 00:58:54,430 --> 00:58:56,933 WAS REVIEWED, TOP TO BOTTOM OR 1683 00:58:56,933 --> 00:58:58,301 CHANGED, OR RATHER, AND I SAY 1684 00:58:58,301 --> 00:59:01,671 THAT IN A HOLISTIC WAY RATHER 1685 00:59:01,671 --> 00:59:03,539 THAN COUNCIL ADDING RECRUIT 1686 00:59:03,539 --> 00:59:05,141 CLASSES. ONE TIME, THE MAYOR 1687 00:59:05,141 --> 00:59:06,543 ADDING RECRUIT CLASSES ONE TIME. 1688 00:59:06,543 --> 00:59:10,013 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD A 1689 00:59:10,013 --> 00:59:11,514 HOLISTIC REVIEW? 1690 00:59:11,514 --> 00:59:12,949 >> I CANNOT I DON'T KNOW WHEN 1691 00:59:12,949 --> 00:59:14,450 THE LAST TIME WE HAD A HOLISTIC 1692 00:59:14,450 --> 00:59:17,954 REVIEW WAS, IF INDEED IT EVER 1693 00:59:17,954 --> 00:59:21,824 HAS, HAS TAKEN PLACE. UM, I DO 1694 00:59:21,824 --> 00:59:24,761 KNOW THAT STARTING, I BELIEVE IN 1695 00:59:24,761 --> 00:59:27,830 2026, THE SFD APPLICATION 1696 00:59:27,830 --> 00:59:29,565 PROCESS OCCURS EVERY YEAR RATHER 1697 00:59:29,565 --> 00:59:33,269 THAN EVERY TWO YEARS AS IT WAS 1698 00:59:33,269 --> 00:59:35,204 PREVIOUSLY. AND WHAT I HAVE 1699 00:59:35,204 --> 00:59:37,473 HEARD FROM FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT 1700 00:59:37,473 --> 00:59:39,542 STAFF IS THAT APPLICANTS REALLY 1701 00:59:39,542 --> 00:59:42,545 APPRECIATE THAT. UM, THE ONE 1702 00:59:42,545 --> 00:59:44,681 THING THAT IT DOES IS IT, IT 1703 00:59:44,681 --> 00:59:46,249 CAPTURES MOMENTUM. IF THERE'S 1704 00:59:46,249 --> 00:59:47,684 SOMEBODY WHO APPLIED TO SFD ONE 1705 00:59:47,684 --> 00:59:49,352 YEAR AND NARROWLY MISSED THE CUT 1706 00:59:49,352 --> 00:59:50,687 OFF, THEN THAT PERSON ONLY HAS 1707 00:59:50,687 --> 00:59:53,923 TO WAIT FOR A YEAR BEFORE, YOU 1708 00:59:53,923 --> 00:59:55,191 KNOW, LIFTING HEAVIER AND TRYING 1709 00:59:55,191 --> 00:59:56,993 IT AGAIN, WHERE PREVIOUSLY IT 1710 00:59:56,993 --> 00:59:59,862 WAS TWO YEARS AND SFD 1711 00:59:59,862 --> 01:00:00,997 UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THEY'D 1712 01:00:00,997 --> 01:00:02,665 SAY, OH, I CAN'T WAIT. I'M 1713 01:00:02,665 --> 01:00:04,867 GOING TO GO DO THAT OTHER THING. 1714 01:00:04,867 --> 01:00:05,335 I'M INTERESTED IN. 1715 01:00:05,335 --> 01:00:06,502 >> YEAH. OR JOIN A DIFFERENT 1716 01:00:06,502 --> 01:00:10,139 DEPARTMENT. YES. YOU KNOW, AND 1717 01:00:10,139 --> 01:00:10,873 THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. I THINK WE 1718 01:00:10,873 --> 01:00:13,443 MAY WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AS 1719 01:00:13,443 --> 01:00:15,845 WELL. AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE 1720 01:00:15,845 --> 01:00:19,115 AS I REVIEW THE BUDGET OF ALL 1721 01:00:19,115 --> 01:00:19,716 DEPARTMENTS AND ALL PROGRAMS, 1722 01:00:19,716 --> 01:00:22,752 WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS THAT 1723 01:00:22,752 --> 01:00:23,353 PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT 1724 01:00:23,353 --> 01:00:24,887 HAVE DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCES 1725 01:00:24,887 --> 01:00:25,922 ARE THE ONES THAT WE SEE THE 1726 01:00:25,922 --> 01:00:28,091 LEAST AMOUNT OF REDUCTIONS IN 1727 01:00:28,091 --> 01:00:30,693 MOMENTS LIKE THIS, OF 1728 01:00:30,693 --> 01:00:32,128 CHALLENGING BUDGET TIMES WITH 1729 01:00:32,128 --> 01:00:33,896 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE 1730 01:00:33,896 --> 01:00:35,431 DEPARTMENT, THE CARE DEPARTMENT, 1731 01:00:35,431 --> 01:00:36,966 AND ALL OF THE WONDERFUL 1732 01:00:36,966 --> 01:00:38,668 PROGRAMS THAT WE LOVE BEING 1733 01:00:38,668 --> 01:00:41,170 FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND. IT 1734 01:00:41,170 --> 01:00:43,373 CREATES THIS TENSION, AND 1735 01:00:43,373 --> 01:00:45,141 THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN TALKING 1736 01:00:45,141 --> 01:00:47,810 ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS FIRE 1737 01:00:47,810 --> 01:00:49,912 DISTRICT PROPOSAL ONLY IN THE 1738 01:00:49,912 --> 01:00:51,714 SENSE OF IF WE ARE ABLE TO 1739 01:00:51,714 --> 01:00:53,182 PROTECT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S 1740 01:00:53,182 --> 01:00:55,118 BUDGET BECAUSE THEY HAVE 1741 01:00:55,118 --> 01:00:55,652 DEDICATED FUNDING, IT'S 1742 01:00:55,652 --> 01:00:57,320 SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VERY 1743 01:00:57,320 --> 01:00:59,122 HELPFUL TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 1744 01:00:59,122 --> 01:01:00,056 IN ALL SEATTLEITES REALLY, 1745 01:01:00,056 --> 01:01:01,724 BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST HERE 1746 01:01:01,724 --> 01:01:03,493 SERVING SEATTLEITES. IT'S NOT 1747 01:01:03,493 --> 01:01:05,795 THEIR OWN NEEDS. IT'S REALLY 1748 01:01:05,795 --> 01:01:07,363 THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND 1749 01:01:07,363 --> 01:01:09,465 WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS THAT IN 1750 01:01:09,465 --> 01:01:11,000 MOST CITIES IN WASHINGTON STATE 1751 01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:12,101 THAT HAVE ENGAGED IN THE FIRE 1752 01:01:12,101 --> 01:01:14,137 DISTRICT PROCESS, IT'S TAKEN 1753 01:01:14,137 --> 01:01:15,838 ABOUT 3 TO 5 YEARS. AND SO I 1754 01:01:15,838 --> 01:01:17,373 THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING 1755 01:01:17,373 --> 01:01:19,575 THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF, 1756 01:01:19,575 --> 01:01:21,044 WHICH IS WHY THIS YEAR, YOU 1757 01:01:21,044 --> 01:01:23,346 KNOW, I THINK WE DO NEED TO TAKE 1758 01:01:23,346 --> 01:01:25,114 STEPS TO START THAT 1759 01:01:25,114 --> 01:01:25,748 CONVERSATION. I KNOW THAT THERE 1760 01:01:25,748 --> 01:01:27,250 WAS A CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS 1761 01:01:27,250 --> 01:01:29,819 YEAR, BUT IT WAS DIRECTLY OUT OF 1762 01:01:29,819 --> 01:01:30,953 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. UM, I 1763 01:01:30,953 --> 01:01:33,756 DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS THE 1764 01:01:33,756 --> 01:01:35,658 BREATHING ROOM AVAILABLE TO HAVE 1765 01:01:35,658 --> 01:01:36,626 A ROBUST CONVERSATION. AND THE 1766 01:01:36,626 --> 01:01:38,928 TWO THINGS THAT I REALLY SEE 1767 01:01:38,928 --> 01:01:40,430 THAT NEED TO START SOON. AND 1768 01:01:40,430 --> 01:01:41,664 THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE 1769 01:01:41,664 --> 01:01:42,799 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WANT TO BRING 1770 01:01:42,799 --> 01:01:43,766 THESE AMENDMENTS, WE'RE ALL 1771 01:01:43,766 --> 01:01:45,501 GOING TO SHARE IN GLORY AROUND 1772 01:01:45,501 --> 01:01:46,436 SUPPORTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1773 01:01:46,436 --> 01:01:47,603 I DON'T NEED TO BRING ALL THESE 1774 01:01:47,603 --> 01:01:50,606 AMENDMENTS, BUT I'M NOTING THAT 1775 01:01:50,606 --> 01:01:52,642 WE LIKELY NEED AN EXTERNAL 1776 01:01:52,642 --> 01:01:54,077 CONSULTANT TO HELP SHARE, YOU 1777 01:01:54,077 --> 01:01:57,380 KNOW, GIVE US INFORMATION ABOUT 1778 01:01:57,380 --> 01:01:58,948 WHAT OTHER FIRE DISTRICTS, WHAT 1779 01:01:58,948 --> 01:01:59,849 THEIR PROCESSES HAVE BEEN, HOW 1780 01:01:59,849 --> 01:02:03,086 THEY STRUCTURE THEM, UM, AND ALL 1781 01:02:03,086 --> 01:02:03,786 THE REST JUST SO THAT WE CAN 1782 01:02:03,786 --> 01:02:04,921 LEARN FROM BEST PRACTICES, 1783 01:02:04,921 --> 01:02:07,990 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE FIRST AND 1784 01:02:07,990 --> 01:02:09,792 WE SHOULD LEARN FROM WHAT'S GONE 1785 01:02:09,792 --> 01:02:12,662 WELL AND WHAT'S NOT GONE WELL IN 1786 01:02:12,662 --> 01:02:14,530 OTHER JURISDICTIONS. AND IN 1787 01:02:14,530 --> 01:02:16,766 PARTICULAR, SOMETHING THAT TAKES 1788 01:02:16,766 --> 01:02:18,034 TIME IN THIS IS DEVELOPING A 1789 01:02:18,034 --> 01:02:20,369 FIRE BENEFIT CHARGE. THIS IS A 1790 01:02:20,369 --> 01:02:22,071 THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE A 1791 01:02:22,071 --> 01:02:23,973 DIFFERENT RATE OF SERVICE TO 1792 01:02:23,973 --> 01:02:24,907 INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL OR 1793 01:02:24,907 --> 01:02:27,410 RESIDENTIAL. UM, I KNOW THAT 1794 01:02:27,410 --> 01:02:28,878 THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF STAFF 1795 01:02:28,878 --> 01:02:30,680 ANALYSIS THAT HAS TO BE DONE 1796 01:02:30,680 --> 01:02:31,614 AHEAD OF THAT. AND I THINK IT 1797 01:02:31,614 --> 01:02:34,450 WOULD BE IMPORTANT THAT WE START 1798 01:02:34,450 --> 01:02:36,719 GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF 1799 01:02:36,719 --> 01:02:37,887 EITHER HOW MUCH TIME THAT WOULD 1800 01:02:37,887 --> 01:02:41,390 TAKE, WHAT THAT WORKLOAD IS, OR 1801 01:02:41,390 --> 01:02:42,558 IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN 1802 01:02:42,558 --> 01:02:44,293 HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT 1803 01:02:44,293 --> 01:02:45,495 OPTIONS IN, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT 1804 01:02:45,495 --> 01:02:48,431 YEAR. I THINK THAT WOULD HELP 1805 01:02:48,431 --> 01:02:49,699 HELP THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT 1806 01:02:49,699 --> 01:02:50,800 COLLEAGUES, I JUST SHARE WITH 1807 01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:53,369 YOU THAT A FIRE DISTRICT 1808 01:02:53,369 --> 01:02:55,238 PROPOSAL WOULD BOTH CREATE 1809 01:02:55,238 --> 01:02:56,105 STABLE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE 1810 01:02:56,105 --> 01:02:57,073 FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO WE DON'T 1811 01:02:57,073 --> 01:02:58,708 HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS 1812 01:02:58,708 --> 01:03:00,643 CONVERSATION. BUT ALSO, IT'S NOT 1813 01:03:00,643 --> 01:03:02,011 A QUICK SOLUTION. IT WILL 1814 01:03:02,011 --> 01:03:03,546 PROBABLY TAKE 3 TO 5 YEARS AND 1815 01:03:03,546 --> 01:03:05,348 WE SHOULD START SOME OF THAT 1816 01:03:05,348 --> 01:03:08,985 ANALYSIS NOW. UM, LAST QUESTION 1817 01:03:08,985 --> 01:03:12,755 HERE IS REGARDING OUR FIRE 1818 01:03:12,755 --> 01:03:15,691 BOATS. UH, I KNOW, I BELIEVE IS 1819 01:03:15,691 --> 01:03:18,194 IT THE CHIEF SEALTH THAT HAS 1820 01:03:18,194 --> 01:03:19,795 MECHANICAL ISSUES RIGHT NOW? 1821 01:03:19,795 --> 01:03:20,429 >> IT IS THE LESS SHY. 1822 01:03:20,429 --> 01:03:21,797 >> THE LESS. 1823 01:03:21,797 --> 01:03:23,733 >> SHY AS MECHANICAL. IT HAS 1824 01:03:23,733 --> 01:03:25,668 MECHANICAL ISSUES RIGHT NOW, BUT 1825 01:03:25,668 --> 01:03:28,671 IT IS ALSO UNDERGOING IT'S SORT 1826 01:03:28,671 --> 01:03:30,506 OF MID LIFE, UM SERVICE 1827 01:03:30,506 --> 01:03:31,641 OVERHAUL. BUT IT IS, IT IS 1828 01:03:31,641 --> 01:03:33,109 DEFINITELY OUT OF SERVICE WHILE, 1829 01:03:33,109 --> 01:03:35,611 WHILE THAT'S GOING ON. 1830 01:03:35,611 --> 01:03:38,114 >> AND WE DO HAVE A PLAN IN THIS 1831 01:03:38,114 --> 01:03:39,982 BUDGET, THE $2 MILLION THIS YEAR 1832 01:03:39,982 --> 01:03:41,884 AND I BELIEVE $1 MILLION IN THE 1833 01:03:41,884 --> 01:03:44,320 YEAR END SUPPLEMENTAL. IS THAT 1834 01:03:44,320 --> 01:03:44,587 CORRECT? 1835 01:03:44,587 --> 01:03:45,922 >> THERE'S $2 MILLION IN THE 1836 01:03:45,922 --> 01:03:47,990 YEAR END SUPPLEMENTAL TO FUND 1837 01:03:47,990 --> 01:03:50,359 THE PARTIAL COSTS OF WHAT IT 1838 01:03:50,359 --> 01:03:52,562 TAKES TO RETURN THIS BOAT TO 1839 01:03:52,562 --> 01:03:54,030 SERVICE FOR THE OTHER $3 1840 01:03:54,030 --> 01:03:55,798 MILLION. SFD IS WORKING ON 1841 01:03:55,798 --> 01:03:58,534 STRATEGIES TO TO FUND THAT. NO 1842 01:03:58,534 --> 01:03:59,135 INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THIS 1843 01:03:59,135 --> 01:04:02,104 TIME, BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP. 1844 01:04:02,104 --> 01:04:03,639 >> OKAY, COLLEAGUES, I RAISE 1845 01:04:03,639 --> 01:04:05,074 THIS BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU HAVE A 1846 01:04:05,074 --> 01:04:07,043 LANDLOCKED DISTRICT, DO WE HAVE 1847 01:04:07,043 --> 01:04:08,978 ANY LANDLOCKED DISTRICTS? I 1848 01:04:08,978 --> 01:04:09,979 DON'T THINK SO. SO ACTUALLY, 1849 01:04:09,979 --> 01:04:13,282 THIS DOES APPLY TO EVERYONE. UM, 1850 01:04:13,282 --> 01:04:15,184 BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ON THE 1851 01:04:15,184 --> 01:04:17,119 WATER TO BENEFIT FROM A 1852 01:04:17,119 --> 01:04:18,955 FIREBOAT. UM, I'LL USE THE 1853 01:04:18,955 --> 01:04:21,490 ANALOGY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN LOS 1854 01:04:21,490 --> 01:04:22,725 ANGELES WITH THEIR WILDFIRES, 1855 01:04:22,725 --> 01:04:25,595 WHERE THEY RAN OUT OF WATER 1856 01:04:25,595 --> 01:04:26,729 PRESSURE IN OUR CITY, WHEN YOU 1857 01:04:26,729 --> 01:04:32,001 HAVE A MULTI-ALARM FIRE, THESE 1858 01:04:32,001 --> 01:04:32,635 WATER PRESSURES OCCUR AS WELL. 1859 01:04:32,635 --> 01:04:34,203 WE DON'T RUN OUT OF WATER HERE 1860 01:04:34,203 --> 01:04:35,571 IN SEATTLE LIKE THEY DO IN LA, 1861 01:04:35,571 --> 01:04:37,306 BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE RAINY 1862 01:04:37,306 --> 01:04:38,641 NORTHWEST. BUT ALL THAT TO SAY 1863 01:04:38,641 --> 01:04:41,010 IS THE FIREBOATS DO PROVIDE 1864 01:04:41,010 --> 01:04:43,079 AUXILIARY WATER PRESSURE IN 1865 01:04:43,079 --> 01:04:44,547 TIMES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR ON 1866 01:04:44,547 --> 01:04:46,148 LAND FIREFIGHTING. SO EVEN IF 1867 01:04:46,148 --> 01:04:49,185 THEY ARE NOT DIRECTLY SPRAYING 1868 01:04:49,185 --> 01:04:51,220 WATER ON FIRES, THEY ARE 1869 01:04:51,220 --> 01:04:53,923 OFTENTIMES PROVIDING THAT 1870 01:04:53,923 --> 01:04:56,959 ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP 1871 01:04:56,959 --> 01:04:58,094 SEATTLEITES AND THE LAST COMMENT 1872 01:04:58,094 --> 01:04:59,595 THAT I'LL MAKE IS ABOUT THE 1873 01:04:59,595 --> 01:05:00,630 OVERTIME, AND I KNOW THAT YOU 1874 01:05:00,630 --> 01:05:03,032 SHARED THERE HAVE BEEN STAFFING 1875 01:05:03,032 --> 01:05:04,267 REDUCTIONS IN THE PAST, AND THE 1876 01:05:04,267 --> 01:05:07,603 OVERTIME BUDGETS HAVE FLUCTUATED 1877 01:05:07,603 --> 01:05:09,171 JUST FROM MY OWN LIFE 1878 01:05:09,171 --> 01:05:11,507 EXPERIENCE. IT EVERY SECOND 1879 01:05:11,507 --> 01:05:14,243 MATTERS. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO 1880 01:05:14,243 --> 01:05:16,712 IMPORTANT TO ME. AND IF WE 1881 01:05:16,712 --> 01:05:19,248 DIDN'T MAKE THIS CHOICE TODAY 1882 01:05:19,248 --> 01:05:21,484 AND SOMEBODY'S LIFE WAS FOREVER 1883 01:05:21,484 --> 01:05:23,152 ALTERED BECAUSE WE WERE A 1884 01:05:23,152 --> 01:05:24,954 MINUTE, TWO MINUTES, THREE 1885 01:05:24,954 --> 01:05:27,089 MINUTES LATE, I MEAN, FOUR 1886 01:05:27,089 --> 01:05:29,558 MINUTES WITHOUT OXYGEN CREATES 1887 01:05:29,558 --> 01:05:31,060 PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE. THESE 1888 01:05:31,060 --> 01:05:31,627 MINUTES AND SECONDS REALLY 1889 01:05:31,627 --> 01:05:32,361 COUNT. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S JUST 1890 01:05:32,361 --> 01:05:35,097 SO IMPORTANT TO ME. I'LL GIVE 1891 01:05:35,097 --> 01:05:36,766 YOU THE FLOOR IF YOU'VE GOT ANY 1892 01:05:36,766 --> 01:05:39,235 REACTIONS TO MY LONG STATEMENT 1893 01:05:39,235 --> 01:05:39,568 RIGHT THERE. 1894 01:05:39,568 --> 01:05:41,070 >> NO. NO REACTIONS. UM, THANK 1895 01:05:41,070 --> 01:05:42,505 YOU ALL FOR THE FOR THE 1896 01:05:42,505 --> 01:05:43,706 QUESTIONS. I KNOW THEY'RE BEING 1897 01:05:43,706 --> 01:05:44,840 LOGGED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 1898 01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:45,908 FOLLOWING UP ON THEM. 1899 01:05:45,908 --> 01:05:47,877 >> YEAH. AND SO COUNCILMEMBER 1900 01:05:47,877 --> 01:05:51,213 FOSTER, DID WE LOSE YOUR HAND? 1901 01:05:51,213 --> 01:05:53,416 OKAY. LOST COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 1902 01:05:53,416 --> 01:05:54,517 HAND. UH, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 1903 01:05:54,517 --> 01:05:55,918 NEW HAND. OLD HAND. 1904 01:05:55,918 --> 01:05:57,987 >> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 1905 01:05:57,987 --> 01:05:59,055 HAS A HAND UP. 1906 01:05:59,055 --> 01:06:00,256 >> I THINK THAT I CAN'T THINK 1907 01:06:00,256 --> 01:06:01,057 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS AN OLD 1908 01:06:01,057 --> 01:06:01,257 HAND. 1909 01:06:01,257 --> 01:06:02,858 >> I'M AN OLD HAND. YEP. 1910 01:06:02,858 --> 01:06:06,062 >> SO WE'RE GOING TO GO. 1911 01:06:06,062 --> 01:06:06,696 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR QUICK 1912 01:06:06,696 --> 01:06:07,363 LAST THING AND THEN WE'RE GOING 1913 01:06:07,363 --> 01:06:08,965 TO GO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 1914 01:06:08,965 --> 01:06:10,766 CLOSE THIS OUT. 1915 01:06:10,766 --> 01:06:12,601 >> THANK YOU CHAIR AND AND YOU 1916 01:06:12,601 --> 01:06:14,904 KNOW, ALL OF THESE POSITIONS 1917 01:06:14,904 --> 01:06:16,739 INCLUDE I JUST WANT TO SAY, 1918 01:06:16,739 --> 01:06:17,740 >> I'M NOT SURE IT WAS RAISED. 1919 01:06:17,740 --> 01:06:19,308 AND I HAD TO STEP OUT FOR A 1920 01:06:19,308 --> 01:06:20,242 SECOND. SO APOLOGIES ON THAT. 1921 01:06:20,242 --> 01:06:24,814 BUT JUST, UM, THE IMPORTANCE 1922 01:06:24,814 --> 01:06:27,183 ALSO FIRE FIREFIGHTERS DON'T 1923 01:06:27,183 --> 01:06:29,251 JUST PUT OUT LITERAL FIRES AND 1924 01:06:29,251 --> 01:06:32,588 THERE'S, UM, MEDIC HEALTH ONE 1925 01:06:32,588 --> 01:06:36,325 HEALTH 99 UM, THAT DEALS WITH 1926 01:06:36,325 --> 01:06:36,959 WHEN FOLKS ARE OVERDOSING SO, OR 1927 01:06:36,959 --> 01:06:41,230 HAVE OVERDOSE RATHER EXCUSE ME. 1928 01:06:41,230 --> 01:06:42,732 SO THEY'RE PROVIDING THAT MEDIC 1929 01:06:42,732 --> 01:06:44,734 AND THOSE, UM, UH, HEALTH 1930 01:06:44,734 --> 01:06:47,436 FUNCTIONS AS WELL. UM, AND I 1931 01:06:47,436 --> 01:06:48,604 JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT 1932 01:06:48,604 --> 01:06:50,539 BECAUSE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT 1933 01:06:50,539 --> 01:06:51,874 PIECE OF THIS AND AN IMPORTANT 1934 01:06:51,874 --> 01:06:54,877 PIECE OF, OF THAT, MAKING SURE 1935 01:06:54,877 --> 01:06:56,579 WE HAVE THE STAFFING TO COVER 1936 01:06:56,579 --> 01:06:58,581 THOSE NEEDS AS WELL. SO THANK 1937 01:06:58,581 --> 01:06:59,081 YOU, CHAIR. 1938 01:06:59,081 --> 01:07:00,816 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1939 01:07:00,816 --> 01:07:02,518 RIVERA ANY REACTIONS FROM THE 1940 01:07:02,518 --> 01:07:02,918 COMMITTEE TABLE? 1941 01:07:02,918 --> 01:07:03,986 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS 1942 01:07:03,986 --> 01:07:06,222 EXACTLY RIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF 1943 01:07:06,222 --> 01:07:07,757 CALLS THAT SFD RESPONDS TO ARE 1944 01:07:07,757 --> 01:07:10,826 MEDICAL IN NATURE. I BELIEVE 1945 01:07:10,826 --> 01:07:13,662 IT'S AROUND 70%. 1946 01:07:13,662 --> 01:07:14,030 >> YEAH, YEAH. 1947 01:07:14,030 --> 01:07:15,564 >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. 1948 01:07:15,564 --> 01:07:18,034 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE CLOSES OUT. 1949 01:07:18,034 --> 01:07:19,702 >> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU 1950 01:07:19,702 --> 01:07:20,436 EVERYONE. MISS GORMAN, THANK YOU 1951 01:07:20,436 --> 01:07:22,371 FOR THE BRIEFING. AND, UM, AND 1952 01:07:22,371 --> 01:07:23,773 THOSE POINTS TO INCLUDE, 1953 01:07:23,773 --> 01:07:24,840 ACTUALLY, THAT'S A VERY 1954 01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:25,474 IMPORTANT POINT BECAUSE A LOT OF 1955 01:07:25,474 --> 01:07:27,009 THEM ARE MEDICAL. A LOT OF THEM 1956 01:07:27,009 --> 01:07:28,544 RELATE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 1957 01:07:28,544 --> 01:07:31,647 CRISIS ON OUR STREETS. AND, YOU 1958 01:07:31,647 --> 01:07:33,115 KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU 1959 01:07:33,115 --> 01:07:35,050 LOOK AT THE BRIEFING FROM BEFORE 1960 01:07:35,050 --> 01:07:37,153 FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF 1961 01:07:37,153 --> 01:07:39,088 TOTAL CALLS AND TOTAL SFD 1962 01:07:39,088 --> 01:07:41,757 RESPONSES, I THINK IT'S 1963 01:07:41,757 --> 01:07:42,391 IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT EACH 1964 01:07:42,391 --> 01:07:43,526 OF THOSE REPRESENTS. AND IT'S 1965 01:07:43,526 --> 01:07:45,061 ACTUALLY VERY DIFFICULT IN TERMS 1966 01:07:45,061 --> 01:07:48,397 OF THE STRESS, YOU KNOW, AND THE 1967 01:07:48,397 --> 01:07:49,331 IMPACT ON THE FIREFIGHTERS. I'VE 1968 01:07:49,331 --> 01:07:50,132 SEEN IT AND I'VE TALKED TO MANY 1969 01:07:50,132 --> 01:07:52,935 OF THEM IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, 1970 01:07:52,935 --> 01:07:54,570 DEALING WITH THESE CHALLENGES 1971 01:07:54,570 --> 01:07:56,038 DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND I RAISE 1972 01:07:56,038 --> 01:07:59,442 THAT BECAUSE THE, THE, THE WORK 1973 01:07:59,442 --> 01:08:00,776 ENVIRONMENT, THE DIFFICULTY OF 1974 01:08:00,776 --> 01:08:02,778 IT IS IT CAN PLAY INTO THESE 1975 01:08:02,778 --> 01:08:04,680 QUESTIONS OF STAFFING AND 1976 01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:05,314 RETIREMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, 1977 01:08:05,314 --> 01:08:07,383 BUT ALSO TO THE NEED, UM, THAT 1978 01:08:07,383 --> 01:08:09,852 WE HAVE IN TERMS OF BRINGING NEW 1979 01:08:09,852 --> 01:08:12,154 FIREFIGHTERS ON, ON BOARD AND 1980 01:08:12,154 --> 01:08:16,258 ALSO HAVING THE EQUIPMENT, UM, 1981 01:08:16,258 --> 01:08:17,593 YOU KNOW, THESE FIRE ENGINES ARE 1982 01:08:17,593 --> 01:08:19,095 BUILT IN FLORIDA WHERE IT'S 1983 01:08:19,095 --> 01:08:20,129 FLAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 1984 01:08:20,129 --> 01:08:21,697 CONSTANTLY AMAZED ABOUT WHAT 1985 01:08:21,697 --> 01:08:24,433 KIND OF TERRAIN THAT OUR, OUR 1986 01:08:24,433 --> 01:08:25,701 FIRE ENGINES, LADDER TRUCKS AND 1987 01:08:25,701 --> 01:08:27,203 THE LIKE HAVE TO TRAVERSE. AND 1988 01:08:27,203 --> 01:08:28,971 YOU THROW THAT IN ALL THESE 1989 01:08:28,971 --> 01:08:30,105 COMBINATIONS, IT CAN BE A VERY 1990 01:08:30,105 --> 01:08:32,041 DIFFICULT SITUATION. AND 1991 01:08:32,041 --> 01:08:32,641 COLLEAGUES, BY THE WAY, I 1992 01:08:32,641 --> 01:08:35,110 MENTIONED IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP 1993 01:08:35,110 --> 01:08:35,811 WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I, 1994 01:08:35,811 --> 01:08:37,113 YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY 1995 01:08:37,113 --> 01:08:39,615 GOOD TO JOIN A FIRE STATION FOR 1996 01:08:39,615 --> 01:08:40,549 DINNER ONE NIGHT. AND DON'T 1997 01:08:40,549 --> 01:08:41,617 FORGET TO BRING SOME ICE CREAM. 1998 01:08:41,617 --> 01:08:44,053 BUT YOU REALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, 1999 01:08:44,053 --> 01:08:44,687 SOME OF THESE, THE CHALLENGES IN 2000 01:08:44,687 --> 01:08:46,555 EACH OF THESE FIRE STATIONS. AND 2001 01:08:46,555 --> 01:08:48,591 I WOULD ADD TO, BECAUSE I THINK 2002 01:08:48,591 --> 01:08:49,658 I VISITED THE FIRE GARAGE AND I 2003 01:08:49,658 --> 01:08:52,361 MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FIRST EVER 2004 01:08:52,361 --> 01:08:53,596 COUNCILMEMBER AT LEAST. AND, YOU 2005 01:08:53,596 --> 01:08:56,699 KNOW, THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO 2006 01:08:56,699 --> 01:08:57,299 IN TERMS OF ENSURING THAT WE 2007 01:08:57,299 --> 01:08:58,801 HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN 2008 01:08:58,801 --> 01:09:01,337 RUN AND MAKE THAT CALL. AND SO I 2009 01:09:01,337 --> 01:09:02,938 JUST WANTED TO GIVE A THANK YOU 2010 01:09:02,938 --> 01:09:06,442 TO, UM, THOSE AND ENCOURAGE 2011 01:09:06,442 --> 01:09:08,777 EVERYONE TO, UH, TO ENGAGE NOT 2012 01:09:08,777 --> 01:09:10,179 JUST THE FIRE STATION, BUT ALSO 2013 01:09:10,179 --> 01:09:11,213 MIH, WHICH IS IN THE 2014 01:09:11,213 --> 01:09:13,115 HEADQUARTERS, YOU KNOW, UM, NOT 2015 01:09:13,115 --> 01:09:15,050 FAR FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 2016 01:09:15,050 --> 01:09:15,851 UM, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE 2017 01:09:15,851 --> 01:09:19,321 DAY, UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE 2018 01:09:19,321 --> 01:09:20,422 REASON WHY THE OVERTIME IS THE 2019 01:09:20,422 --> 01:09:22,725 MOST IMPORTANT. IT'S THE LIFE 2020 01:09:22,725 --> 01:09:23,359 SAFETY IMPACTS OF WHAT FIRE 2021 01:09:23,359 --> 01:09:24,994 DOES. AND I RECOGNIZE SPD HAS 2022 01:09:24,994 --> 01:09:26,662 THAT AS WELL. BUT IN TERMS OF 2023 01:09:26,662 --> 01:09:28,797 ACUTE, FROM THIS BUDGET 2024 01:09:28,797 --> 01:09:29,431 PERSPECTIVE, THE OVERTIME IS THE 2025 01:09:29,431 --> 01:09:31,233 IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. SO 2026 01:09:31,233 --> 01:09:33,669 CHAIR, THANK YOU ON THAT POINT 2027 01:09:33,669 --> 01:09:35,471 FOR, FOR YOUR WORK. AND, UM, AND 2028 01:09:35,471 --> 01:09:38,440 THEN, UM, AND WHATEVER STEPS WE 2029 01:09:38,440 --> 01:09:39,708 COULD TAKE MOVING FORWARD. THANK 2030 01:09:39,708 --> 01:09:39,909 YOU. 2031 01:09:39,909 --> 01:09:41,477 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2032 01:09:41,477 --> 01:09:43,479 KETTLE ANY LAST REACTIONS FROM 2033 01:09:43,479 --> 01:09:46,882 THE COMMITTEE TABLE? APPRECIATE 2034 01:09:46,882 --> 01:09:49,185 THAT. AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S IN 2035 01:09:49,185 --> 01:09:49,618 JUST PUBLIC SERVICE 2036 01:09:49,618 --> 01:09:51,220 ANNOUNCEMENT, THE HIGHEST 2037 01:09:51,220 --> 01:09:52,855 LOCATION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA 2038 01:09:52,855 --> 01:09:56,392 IS 345FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL. 2039 01:09:56,392 --> 01:09:59,328 MEANWHILE, CAPITOL HILL HERE IN 2040 01:09:59,328 --> 01:10:00,663 SEATTLE IS 444FT ABOVE SEA 2041 01:10:00,663 --> 01:10:02,665 LEVEL, JUST TO MAKE THE POINT 2042 01:10:02,665 --> 01:10:04,633 WITH THAT, UH, SEEING THERE'S NO 2043 01:10:04,633 --> 01:10:05,968 FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 2044 01:10:05,968 --> 01:10:06,535 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S 2045 01:10:06,535 --> 01:10:07,937 BUDGET, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE 2046 01:10:07,937 --> 01:10:10,172 NEXT ITEM. AND I REALIZED, PHIL, 2047 01:10:10,172 --> 01:10:11,173 WE DIDN'T READ THIS ITEM INTO 2048 01:10:11,173 --> 01:10:12,308 THE RECORD. DID WE? 2049 01:10:12,308 --> 01:10:13,342 >> NO, WE DID NOT. 2050 01:10:13,342 --> 01:10:15,878 >> IF YOU COULD READ, UH, ITEM 2051 01:10:15,878 --> 01:10:16,712 NUMBER TWO AND THREE INTO THE 2052 01:10:16,712 --> 01:10:18,247 RECORD, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. 2053 01:10:18,247 --> 01:10:20,516 >> OKAY. UH, THAT WAS AGENDA 2054 01:10:20,516 --> 01:10:22,017 ITEM TWO, SEATTLE FIRE 2055 01:10:22,017 --> 01:10:22,585 DEPARTMENT FOR BRIEFING AND 2056 01:10:22,585 --> 01:10:23,352 DISCUSSION. NEXT IS AGENDA ITEM 2057 01:10:23,352 --> 01:10:25,020 THREE, COMMUNITY ASSISTED 2058 01:10:25,020 --> 01:10:27,056 RESPONSE AND ENGAGEMENT FOR 2059 01:10:27,056 --> 01:10:27,590 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 2060 01:10:27,590 --> 01:10:29,058 >> WONDERFUL. WE'VE GOT THOMAS 2061 01:10:29,058 --> 01:10:33,095 JOHNSON WITH US. AND THOMAS, AS 2062 01:10:33,095 --> 01:10:35,297 SOON AS YOUR SLIDE DECK IS UP, 2063 01:10:35,297 --> 01:10:43,272 WE WILL START US OFF. 2064 01:10:43,272 --> 01:10:43,906 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR STRAUSS 2065 01:10:43,906 --> 01:10:46,408 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 2066 01:10:46,408 --> 01:10:48,744 UM, THIS IS THE BUDGET BRIEFING 2067 01:10:48,744 --> 01:10:50,112 ON THE COMMUNITY ASSISTED 2068 01:10:50,112 --> 01:10:53,182 RESPONSE AND ENGAGEMENT OR CARE 2069 01:10:53,182 --> 01:10:53,782 DEPARTMENT PROPOSED 2027 2028 2070 01:10:53,782 --> 01:11:00,623 BUDGET UH, THERE WE GO. AS YOU 2071 01:11:00,623 --> 01:11:04,193 CAN SEE, THE 2027 2028 PROPOSAL 2072 01:11:04,193 --> 01:11:06,395 REFLECTS NET INCREASES TO THE 2073 01:11:06,395 --> 01:11:07,863 CARE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF 2074 01:11:07,863 --> 01:11:09,331 BOTH. WHILE YOU'LL SEE STAFFING 2075 01:11:09,331 --> 01:11:10,366 ON THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT IN TERMS 2076 01:11:10,366 --> 01:11:17,139 OF BOTH, UM, STAFFING AND 2077 01:11:17,139 --> 01:11:20,009 FUNDING LEVELS, UM, INSIDE THOSE 2078 01:11:20,009 --> 01:11:22,578 NET INCREASES ARE UM, DECREASES 2079 01:11:22,578 --> 01:11:23,212 TO COMMUNITY ASSISTED RESPONSE 2080 01:11:23,212 --> 01:11:25,481 AND ENGAGEMENT. AND NET INCREASE 2081 01:11:25,481 --> 01:11:30,853 TO THE 911 CALL RESPONSE. THE 2082 01:11:30,853 --> 01:11:31,487 PRIMARY MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH 2083 01:11:31,487 --> 01:11:35,758 THOSE CHANGES ARE ACHIEVED. 2084 01:11:35,758 --> 01:11:37,893 BUDGETARILY ARE UM, REMOVAL OF 2085 01:11:37,893 --> 01:11:40,596 VACANT POSITIONS, UM, WITHIN THE 2086 01:11:40,596 --> 01:11:43,332 911 CALL RESPONSE AND THE 2087 01:11:43,332 --> 01:11:45,701 COMMUNITY ASSISTED RESPONSE AND 2088 01:11:45,701 --> 01:11:46,602 ENGAGEMENT DIVISIONS. I WILL BE 2089 01:11:46,602 --> 01:11:47,436 TALKING ABOUT THAT IN MORE DEPTH 2090 01:11:47,436 --> 01:11:49,905 WHEN WE GET TO THE POLICY 2091 01:11:49,905 --> 01:11:51,674 CONSIDERATION THERE. UM, OTHER 2092 01:11:51,674 --> 01:11:52,775 REDUCTIONS INCLUDE THE REMOVAL 2093 01:11:52,775 --> 01:11:53,842 OF ONE TIME FUNDS THAT WAS USED 2094 01:11:53,842 --> 01:11:55,844 FOR THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES AND 2095 01:11:55,844 --> 01:11:57,813 EQUIPMENT. UM, AND SOME 2096 01:11:57,813 --> 01:12:01,617 TECHNICAL CHANGES AS WELL. UH, 2097 01:12:01,617 --> 01:12:03,185 THE INCREASES THAT YOU SEE 2098 01:12:03,185 --> 01:12:05,187 REPRESENTED FOR THE 901 CALL 2099 01:12:05,187 --> 01:12:06,655 RESPONSE LINE ARE PRIMARILY DUE 2100 01:12:06,655 --> 01:12:10,092 TO THE TRANSFER OF GUN VIOLENCE 2101 01:12:10,092 --> 01:12:12,594 AND GUN VIOLENCE, BODY OF WORK 2102 01:12:12,594 --> 01:12:14,096 THAT CURRENTLY IS IN HSD THAT'S 2103 01:12:14,096 --> 01:12:16,432 PROPOSED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO 2104 01:12:16,432 --> 01:12:18,167 THE CARE DEPARTMENT, WHICH 2105 01:12:18,167 --> 01:12:21,904 INCLUDES A NUMBER OF CVI 2106 01:12:21,904 --> 01:12:22,538 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION 2107 01:12:22,538 --> 01:12:23,605 CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS ANOTHER 2108 01:12:23,605 --> 01:12:24,773 BUCKET OF DOLLARS, WHICH WILL 2109 01:12:24,773 --> 01:12:28,043 BE, UM, DISCUSSING IN MORE 2110 01:12:28,043 --> 01:12:28,577 DETAIL DURING THE POLICY 2111 01:12:28,577 --> 01:12:34,583 CONSIDERATIONS UM, THE OTHER NON 2112 01:12:34,583 --> 01:12:35,217 TECHNICAL CHANGE IS TECHNICAL IN 2113 01:12:35,217 --> 01:12:37,986 A WAY, BUT SUBSTANTIVE IN THAT 2114 01:12:37,986 --> 01:12:40,622 IT'S A $1.6 MILLION INCREASE 2115 01:12:40,622 --> 01:12:42,758 FOR COLEAD CONTRACT. AND THAT 2116 01:12:42,758 --> 01:12:43,392 WAS DISCUSSED IN THE SEPTEMBER 2117 01:12:43,392 --> 01:12:46,862 25th PRESENTATION. THAT THAT IS 2118 01:12:46,862 --> 01:12:47,463 NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN CURRENT 2119 01:12:47,463 --> 01:12:50,232 SERVICE LEVELS DUE TO THE LOSS 2120 01:12:50,232 --> 01:12:53,368 OF SOME OTHER FUNDS UM AS YOU 2121 01:12:53,368 --> 01:12:57,573 CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, THERE IS 2122 01:12:57,573 --> 01:13:00,209 A SMALL NET INCREASE TO STAFFING 2123 01:13:00,209 --> 01:13:05,447 TOTAL, UM, FTE IN 2728, GOING 2124 01:13:05,447 --> 01:13:08,083 FROM 240 TO 242. UM THIS LOWER 2125 01:13:08,083 --> 01:13:10,386 HALF OF THIS CHART ALSO REFLECTS 2126 01:13:10,386 --> 01:13:12,454 THE REALITY THAT THE BULK OF THE 2127 01:13:12,454 --> 01:13:14,390 FUNDS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT ARE 2128 01:13:14,390 --> 01:13:16,391 GENERAL FUNDS WITH UM, 2129 01:13:16,391 --> 01:13:19,628 RELATIVELY SMALLER AMOUNT OF 2130 01:13:19,628 --> 01:13:21,330 JUMPSTART DOLLARS ADDED MOVING 2131 01:13:21,330 --> 01:13:24,199 ON TO THE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS. 2132 01:13:24,199 --> 01:13:26,201 UM, THE FIRST POLICY 2133 01:13:26,201 --> 01:13:27,703 CONSIDERATION HAS TO DO WITH 2134 01:13:27,703 --> 01:13:28,804 THIS IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS 2135 01:13:28,804 --> 01:13:30,239 THAT WAS ALLUDED TO EARLIER THAT 2136 01:13:30,239 --> 01:13:32,875 HAS UM, STAFFING CHANGES, 2137 01:13:32,875 --> 01:13:34,676 STAFFING REDUCTIONS. IN THIS 2138 01:13:34,676 --> 01:13:36,879 CASE, THEY ARE UM BULL TWO 2139 01:13:36,879 --> 01:13:38,447 PROPOSED REDUCTIONS TO THE TWO 2140 01:13:38,447 --> 01:13:39,982 DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT 2141 01:13:39,982 --> 01:13:45,154 ARE BOTH VACANCY REMOVALS. UM, 2142 01:13:45,154 --> 01:13:48,123 THESE ARE COST SAVING MEASURES. 2143 01:13:48,123 --> 01:13:50,259 AND THE REMOVALS WOULD INCLUDE 2144 01:13:50,259 --> 01:13:50,893 EIGHT CURRENTLY VACANT POSITIONS 2145 01:13:50,893 --> 01:13:52,661 WITHIN THE 911 CALL CENTER FOR 2146 01:13:52,661 --> 01:13:56,999 CALL TAKERS AND 14 VACANT 2147 01:13:56,999 --> 01:13:59,234 POSITIONS, UM, TO CONTEXTUALIZE 2148 01:13:59,234 --> 01:14:03,772 THAT THE WITHIN THE 911 CALL 2149 01:14:03,772 --> 01:14:06,475 CENTER, UM, OF THE TYPE OF 2150 01:14:06,475 --> 01:14:07,409 POSITIONS SLATED TO BE REMOVED 2151 01:14:07,409 --> 01:14:10,312 AS VACANCIES. THERE ARE 2152 01:14:10,312 --> 01:14:13,348 CURRENTLY 125 CALL TAKER 2153 01:14:13,348 --> 01:14:14,983 DISPATCH TYPE POSITIONS. AND 22 2154 01:14:14,983 --> 01:14:16,618 OF THOSE ARE CURRENTLY VACANT. 2155 01:14:16,618 --> 01:14:18,854 SO THAT VACANCY REMOVAL OF EIGHT 2156 01:14:18,854 --> 01:14:22,124 WOULD BE REMOVING, UH, EIGHT OF 2157 01:14:22,124 --> 01:14:22,724 22 CURRENT VACANCIES WITHIN A 2158 01:14:22,724 --> 01:14:28,063 TOTAL POSITIONS OF 125 UM WITHIN 2159 01:14:28,063 --> 01:14:30,299 THE COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE OR 2160 01:14:30,299 --> 01:14:31,834 CC OUR SIDE OF THE HOUSE, UH, 2161 01:14:31,834 --> 01:14:35,304 THAT THE TOTAL POSITION COUNT IS 2162 01:14:35,304 --> 01:14:38,340 57 AND 20 ARE CURRENTLY VACANT. 2163 01:14:38,340 --> 01:14:43,879 SO 14 REMOVALS WOULD COME FROM 2164 01:14:43,879 --> 01:14:46,481 THAT 20 VACANCY. UM, THE POLICY 2165 01:14:46,481 --> 01:14:48,217 OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU 2166 01:14:48,217 --> 01:14:50,152 TODAY ARE TO, UH, RESTORE 2167 01:14:50,152 --> 01:14:51,687 FUNDING FOR SOME OR ALL OF THE 2168 01:14:51,687 --> 01:14:53,355 VACANT 911 CALL CENTER 2169 01:14:53,355 --> 01:14:54,790 POSITIONS, UH, RESTORE FUNDING 2170 01:14:54,790 --> 01:14:57,559 FOR SOME OR ALL OF THE VACANT CC 2171 01:14:57,559 --> 01:14:59,161 POSITIONS PROPOSED TO BE 2172 01:14:59,161 --> 01:15:01,330 REMOVED, SOME COMBINATION OF 2173 01:15:01,330 --> 01:15:03,565 THOSE A AND B OPTIONS OR NO 2174 01:15:03,565 --> 01:15:05,234 CHANGE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 2175 01:15:05,234 --> 01:15:08,303 QUESTIONS ON THIS 2176 01:15:08,303 --> 01:15:08,637 >> THANK YOU. 2177 01:15:08,637 --> 01:15:09,538 >> IS YOUR NEXT SLIDE. 2178 01:15:09,538 --> 01:15:11,106 QUESTIONS. 2179 01:15:11,106 --> 01:15:12,608 >> UM, SORRY, WE CAN GO. 2180 01:15:12,608 --> 01:15:13,675 >> WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH 2181 01:15:13,675 --> 01:15:14,276 THE WHOLE PRESENTATION. THEN 2182 01:15:14,276 --> 01:15:16,845 WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK. THANK 2183 01:15:16,845 --> 01:15:17,045 YOU. 2184 01:15:17,045 --> 01:15:17,479 >> ROGER. UM. 2185 01:15:17,479 --> 01:15:19,748 >> YOU ALMOST GOT ME LIKE KETTLE 2186 01:15:19,748 --> 01:15:19,948 DID. 2187 01:15:19,948 --> 01:15:22,150 >> MY APOLOGIES. THE SECOND 2188 01:15:22,150 --> 01:15:24,186 POLICY CONSIDERATION RELATES TO 2189 01:15:24,186 --> 01:15:26,154 THE ADDITION, THE PROPOSED 2190 01:15:26,154 --> 01:15:27,956 ADDITION OF GUN VIOLENCE, BODY 2191 01:15:27,956 --> 01:15:31,293 OF WORK TO CARE. AS I SAID 2192 01:15:31,293 --> 01:15:34,630 BEFORE, THIS IS A TRANSFER OF 2193 01:15:34,630 --> 01:15:36,965 BOTH CONTRACTS CURRENTLY, UM, 2194 01:15:36,965 --> 01:15:40,168 HELD BY HSD. THOSE CONTRACTS 2195 01:15:40,168 --> 01:15:42,204 REPRESENT, UM, $5.1 MILLION. 2196 01:15:42,204 --> 01:15:44,306 THEY WERE ALREADY PROCURED AND 2197 01:15:44,306 --> 01:15:45,774 ARE ALREADY CONTRACTED 2198 01:15:45,774 --> 01:15:47,142 PROVIDERS. THAT WOULD JUST BE 2199 01:15:47,142 --> 01:15:50,345 THE BODY OF WORK REGARDING UM, 2200 01:15:50,345 --> 01:15:52,381 COORDINATION AND SUPERVISION OF 2201 01:15:52,381 --> 01:15:54,182 THOSE CONTRACTS FOR COMMUNITY 2202 01:15:54,182 --> 01:15:56,118 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION WOULD BE 2203 01:15:56,118 --> 01:15:57,653 MOVED FROM HSD TO CARE 2204 01:15:57,653 --> 01:15:59,888 DEPARTMENT. THIS IS PART OF, UM 2205 01:15:59,888 --> 01:16:02,557 THE MAYOR'S GUN VIOLENCE PLAN 2206 01:16:02,557 --> 01:16:03,825 THAT HAS BEEN, UM, SOME DETAIL 2207 01:16:03,825 --> 01:16:05,827 HAS BEEN PROVIDED ALREADY 2208 01:16:05,827 --> 01:16:07,229 THROUGH SOME OF THE MAYORS AND 2209 01:16:07,229 --> 01:16:08,730 OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS, PUBLIC 2210 01:16:08,730 --> 01:16:11,266 COMMENT. AND THERE ARE MORE 2211 01:16:11,266 --> 01:16:11,867 DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THAT PLAN 2212 01:16:11,867 --> 01:16:12,568 WILL LOOK LIKE THAT ARE 2213 01:16:12,568 --> 01:16:14,369 REPRESENTED IN THESE BUDGET 2214 01:16:14,369 --> 01:16:16,572 DOCUMENTS. SO 5.1 WOULD BE THE 2215 01:16:16,572 --> 01:16:20,976 CONTRACTS. 1.2 IS $1 MILLION IS 2216 01:16:20,976 --> 01:16:22,377 PROPOSED TO BE TRANSFERRED FOR 2217 01:16:22,377 --> 01:16:24,479 FOR FROM HSD TO CARE FOR OTHER 2218 01:16:24,479 --> 01:16:28,917 WORK WITHIN THAT. 1.2 THE INTENT 2219 01:16:28,917 --> 01:16:31,420 IS TO NEW STAFF WITHIN CARE TO 2220 01:16:31,420 --> 01:16:32,321 COORDINATE AND SUPERVISE THAT 2221 01:16:32,321 --> 01:16:33,956 GUN VIOLENCE, BODY WORK AND BY 2222 01:16:33,956 --> 01:16:37,326 COORDINATE I MEAN COORDINATION 2223 01:16:37,326 --> 01:16:37,960 BETWEEN THE PROVIDERS DOING THE 2224 01:16:37,960 --> 01:16:39,962 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION 2225 01:16:39,962 --> 01:16:41,630 WORK, AS WELL AS THE OTHER 2226 01:16:41,630 --> 01:16:42,764 DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN 2227 01:16:42,764 --> 01:16:46,101 THAT WORK, INCLUDING THE POLICE 2228 01:16:46,101 --> 01:16:48,637 DEPARTMENT AND HSD, WHO WILL 2229 01:16:48,637 --> 01:16:51,506 STILL BE HOLDING, UM GUN 2230 01:16:51,506 --> 01:16:53,041 VIOLENCE AND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE 2231 01:16:53,041 --> 01:16:56,812 WORK THAT IS RELATED PRIMARILY 2232 01:16:56,812 --> 01:16:58,613 TO PREVENTION AND THE OPTIONS 2233 01:16:58,613 --> 01:17:00,182 THAT WE'VE OUTLINED HERE 2234 01:17:00,182 --> 01:17:02,084 BEFORE. YOU ARE TO IMPOSE A 2235 01:17:02,084 --> 01:17:03,952 PROVISO ON SOME OR ALL OF THAT 2236 01:17:03,952 --> 01:17:05,721 $1.2 MILLION TRANSFER FROM HSD, 2237 01:17:05,721 --> 01:17:08,357 UM, RESTRICTING ITS USE FOR 2238 01:17:08,357 --> 01:17:10,058 SPECIFIC PURPOSES RELATED TO GUN 2239 01:17:10,058 --> 01:17:12,194 VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND OR 2240 01:17:12,194 --> 01:17:14,763 RESPONSE, UH, BE A STATEMENT OF 2241 01:17:14,763 --> 01:17:16,231 LEGISLATIVE INTENT, REQUESTING, 2242 01:17:16,231 --> 01:17:18,033 REPORTING AND OR OTHER 2243 01:17:18,033 --> 01:17:18,634 DELIVERABLES TO SPELL OUT IN 2244 01:17:18,634 --> 01:17:22,104 MORE DETAIL THE GUN VIOLENCE. 2245 01:17:22,104 --> 01:17:23,372 UM, PLAN AND COORDINATION ACROSS 2246 01:17:23,372 --> 01:17:26,508 CITY PROVIDERS AND DEPARTMENTS 2247 01:17:26,508 --> 01:17:28,910 AND OPTION C, SOME COMBINATION 2248 01:17:28,910 --> 01:17:33,048 OF THE FORMER TWO A AND B OR D 2249 01:17:33,048 --> 01:17:34,449 NO CHANGE. NOW I AM HAPPY TO 2250 01:17:34,449 --> 01:17:35,851 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 2251 01:17:35,851 --> 01:17:37,486 >> THANK YOU THOMAS. VERY WELL 2252 01:17:37,486 --> 01:17:38,854 SAID. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AS 2253 01:17:38,854 --> 01:17:39,554 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 2254 01:17:39,554 --> 01:17:41,490 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT, YOU 2255 01:17:41,490 --> 01:17:41,857 ARE RECOGNIZED. 2256 01:17:41,857 --> 01:17:44,893 >> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, 2257 01:17:44,893 --> 01:17:46,061 MR. JOHNSON. STILL WITH US, MR. 2258 01:17:46,061 --> 01:17:50,532 WHITSON? DIRECTOR WHITSON UM, 2259 01:17:50,532 --> 01:17:52,434 APPRECIATE THE, YOU KNOW, THE 2260 01:17:52,434 --> 01:17:53,568 LONGEVITY OF YOUR STAY HERE AT 2261 01:17:53,568 --> 01:17:58,507 THE TABLE ALL DAY. NOT EASY. UM. 2262 01:17:58,507 --> 01:18:00,642 YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING THIS, 2263 01:18:00,642 --> 01:18:02,411 UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME 2264 01:18:02,411 --> 01:18:04,813 TRENDS THAT WE SEE UNFILLED 2265 01:18:04,813 --> 01:18:05,947 POSITIONS. UM, AND THESE ARE THE 2266 01:18:05,947 --> 01:18:07,749 THINGS THAT ARE USUALLY CONTRARY 2267 01:18:07,749 --> 01:18:11,520 TO THE INTENT OF THE PIECES OF 2268 01:18:11,520 --> 01:18:12,054 LEGISLATION THAT THE, THE 2269 01:18:12,054 --> 01:18:15,690 COUNCIL HAS PASSED IN THE PAST, 2270 01:18:15,690 --> 01:18:17,059 IN PREVIOUS YEARS. UM, AND, YOU 2271 01:18:17,059 --> 01:18:20,595 KNOW, ONE COULD SAY, OKAY, 2272 01:18:20,595 --> 01:18:22,431 VACANT, UM, BUT AT THE SAME 2273 01:18:22,431 --> 01:18:23,865 TIME, I WOULD COUNT THIS AS PART 2274 01:18:23,865 --> 01:18:26,334 OF THE FUNDING BECAUSE AT THE 2275 01:18:26,334 --> 01:18:28,103 END OF THE DAY, LIKE IF YOU 2276 01:18:28,103 --> 01:18:29,337 ENGAGE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THESE 2277 01:18:29,337 --> 01:18:30,739 TRADE OFFS, BUT NINE ONE, ONE 2278 01:18:30,739 --> 01:18:33,542 CALL TAKERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. 2279 01:18:33,542 --> 01:18:34,843 YOU KNOW, TO MY COLLEAGUE'S 2280 01:18:34,843 --> 01:18:35,544 POINT, WHICH I AGREE, YOU KNOW, 2281 01:18:35,544 --> 01:18:37,512 HAVING THAT COMPREHENSIVE 2282 01:18:37,512 --> 01:18:39,548 APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY, THOSE 2283 01:18:39,548 --> 01:18:41,450 CARS ARE IMPORTANT. AND I 2284 01:18:41,450 --> 01:18:42,951 RECOGNIZE AND I SAID THIS TWO 2285 01:18:42,951 --> 01:18:44,052 YEARS AGO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE 2286 01:18:44,052 --> 01:18:45,187 SOMETHING NEW, LIKE THE CARE 2287 01:18:45,187 --> 01:18:46,455 DEPARTMENT, IT'S GOING TO BE AN 2288 01:18:46,455 --> 01:18:47,689 EVOLVING, YOU KNOW, EFFORT. AND 2289 01:18:47,689 --> 01:18:49,725 THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGES. 2290 01:18:49,725 --> 01:18:50,725 UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU 2291 01:18:50,725 --> 01:18:54,830 HAVE TO HAVE CAPACITY, AND PROVE 2292 01:18:54,830 --> 01:18:55,397 THE CONCEPT. IN ORDER TO DO 2293 01:18:55,397 --> 01:18:57,666 THAT, YOU NEED THE CARS, FOR 2294 01:18:57,666 --> 01:18:59,501 EXAMPLE, ALONG WITH, IN ADDITION 2295 01:18:59,501 --> 01:19:01,203 TO THE MORE TRADITIONAL, UM, THE 2296 01:19:01,203 --> 01:19:04,806 911 CALL TAKERS. AND SO THIS IS 2297 01:19:04,806 --> 01:19:05,941 A CONCERN FOR ME. AND I THINK IT 2298 01:19:05,941 --> 01:19:07,309 GOES TO LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING 2299 01:19:07,309 --> 01:19:08,810 TO BRING IN THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS 2300 01:19:08,810 --> 01:19:11,313 OF PUBLIC SAFETY? SO AGAIN, THIS 2301 01:19:11,313 --> 01:19:13,315 IS AN AREA, I THINK PROBABLY 2302 01:19:13,315 --> 01:19:13,949 AGREEMENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE DAIS 2303 01:19:13,949 --> 01:19:17,752 IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS 2304 01:19:17,752 --> 01:19:19,955 COMPREHENSIVE. ALL THE PLAYERS 2305 01:19:19,955 --> 01:19:23,158 COMING IN, AND THEN YOU SMART 2306 01:19:23,158 --> 01:19:24,826 ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE 2307 01:19:24,826 --> 01:19:27,028 VARIOUS ELEMENTS. AND OF COURSE, 2308 01:19:27,028 --> 01:19:28,830 THERE'S, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENCES 2309 01:19:28,830 --> 01:19:30,132 IN TERMS OF EXACTLY HOW TO DO 2310 01:19:30,132 --> 01:19:31,399 THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT AT 2311 01:19:31,399 --> 01:19:33,001 THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT 2312 01:19:33,001 --> 01:19:35,604 CREATING A, A SAFE SEATTLE. SO, 2313 01:19:35,604 --> 01:19:39,708 UM, THAT IS OF CONCERN TO ME. 2314 01:19:39,708 --> 01:19:41,243 UM, AND BECAUSE AT THE END OF 2315 01:19:41,243 --> 01:19:42,811 THE DAY, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BUILD 2316 01:19:42,811 --> 01:19:44,246 A STRONG CARE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE 2317 01:19:44,246 --> 01:19:46,248 I DO BELIEVE IN ALTERNATIVE 2318 01:19:46,248 --> 01:19:48,617 RESPONSE AND WE HAVE TO HAVE 2319 01:19:48,617 --> 01:19:49,151 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE AND 2320 01:19:49,151 --> 01:19:51,386 COOPERATION. AND WITH OTHER 2321 01:19:51,386 --> 01:19:53,588 ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, 2322 01:19:53,588 --> 01:19:57,058 PRIMARILY POLICE AND FIRE. UM, 2323 01:19:57,058 --> 01:19:59,094 BUT ALSO TO BE A CONNECTION TO 2324 01:19:59,094 --> 01:20:01,496 THE COUNTY. UM, I SHOULD NOTE, 2325 01:20:01,496 --> 01:20:04,599 SINCE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE DID 2326 01:20:04,599 --> 01:20:06,301 HAVE A CARE BILL EARLIER THIS 2327 01:20:06,301 --> 01:20:09,171 YEAR, ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE BILL, 2328 01:20:09,171 --> 01:20:11,173 WHERE WE LOOK TO HELP DEFINE 2329 01:20:11,173 --> 01:20:13,909 CARE BETTER, TO OPEN UP OTHER 2330 01:20:13,909 --> 01:20:16,178 OPPORTUNITIES TO GET AWAY FROM 2331 01:20:16,178 --> 01:20:17,546 THIS CARE SPA DYNAMIC THAT WE 2332 01:20:17,546 --> 01:20:19,247 HAD. UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THIS 2333 01:20:19,247 --> 01:20:20,682 HAS BEEN AMELIORATED WITH A 2334 01:20:20,682 --> 01:20:22,684 BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH POLICE 2335 01:20:22,684 --> 01:20:23,251 DEPARTMENT OVERALL AND ALSO 2336 01:20:23,251 --> 01:20:25,854 CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AT SPA, BUT 2337 01:20:25,854 --> 01:20:27,455 ALSO BY ADDING, UM, DIFFERENT 2338 01:20:27,455 --> 01:20:29,024 PIECES IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, 2339 01:20:29,024 --> 01:20:30,559 BEING THE LEAD ON SOME OF THESE 2340 01:20:30,559 --> 01:20:31,960 PUBLIC HEALTH PIECES, YOU KNOW, 2341 01:20:31,960 --> 01:20:33,562 WITH THE COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, 2342 01:20:33,562 --> 01:20:34,829 WITH THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN 2343 01:20:34,829 --> 01:20:35,697 PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT ALSO IN OTHER 2344 01:20:35,697 --> 01:20:36,965 AREAS TOO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, 2345 01:20:36,965 --> 01:20:38,233 INITIATIVE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE 2346 01:20:38,233 --> 01:20:41,703 KING COUNTY JAIL, KCJ. I THINK 2347 01:20:41,703 --> 01:20:42,337 THESE ARE IMPORTANT AREAS THAT 2348 01:20:42,337 --> 01:20:45,207 WE NEED TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON, 2349 01:20:45,207 --> 01:20:48,844 BUT ONE AREA THAT I WANTED TO 2350 01:20:48,844 --> 01:20:50,946 HIGHLIGHT IN THAT BILL, WE DID 2351 01:20:50,946 --> 01:20:52,280 NOT TOUCH THE POINT ABOUT GUN 2352 01:20:52,280 --> 01:20:54,015 VIOLENCE IN THE CARE BILL. CARE 2353 01:20:54,015 --> 01:20:56,151 DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS HAD THE 2354 01:20:56,151 --> 01:20:59,387 GUN VIOLENCE PIECE IN IT, SO I 2355 01:20:59,387 --> 01:21:00,689 APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S, UM, GUN 2356 01:21:00,689 --> 01:21:01,957 VIOLENCE PLAN. A LOT OF THOSE 2357 01:21:01,957 --> 01:21:03,592 PIECES ARE ALREADY THERE TO 2358 01:21:03,592 --> 01:21:05,193 INCLUDE THAT. WHAT I FIND OF 2359 01:21:05,193 --> 01:21:07,162 INTEREST WITH THE GUN VIOLENCE 2360 01:21:07,162 --> 01:21:08,863 PLAN, THE ONE THING THAT REALLY 2361 01:21:08,863 --> 01:21:10,999 CAUGHT MY EYE IS CREATING THAT 2362 01:21:10,999 --> 01:21:12,734 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CARE AND 2363 01:21:12,734 --> 01:21:15,403 THE GUN VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION, 2364 01:21:15,403 --> 01:21:16,805 INTERVENTION, WHATEVER INITIALLY 2365 01:21:16,805 --> 01:21:18,440 YOU WANT TO USE FOR THAT, UM, 2366 01:21:18,440 --> 01:21:22,043 YOU KNOW, TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO 2367 01:21:22,043 --> 01:21:22,644 DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP, MUCH 2368 01:21:22,644 --> 01:21:24,246 LIKE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING 2369 01:21:24,246 --> 01:21:25,747 WITH, UM, DIVERSION BY, YOU 2370 01:21:25,747 --> 01:21:28,917 KNOW, LAST YEAR WE BROUGHT, UM, 2371 01:21:28,917 --> 01:21:30,485 PDA PUBLIC PURPOSE, DIGNITY IN 2372 01:21:30,485 --> 01:21:33,221 ACTION OUT OF HSD AND INTO CARE. 2373 01:21:33,221 --> 01:21:34,256 AND NOW WE'RE DOING THE SAME 2374 01:21:34,256 --> 01:21:35,357 THING WITH GUN VIOLENCE. AND I 2375 01:21:35,357 --> 01:21:36,891 THINK THAT'S A VERY STRONG STEP 2376 01:21:36,891 --> 01:21:37,993 FORWARD BECAUSE I DON'T THINK 2377 01:21:37,993 --> 01:21:39,694 WE'RE GETTING FROM A TO B 2378 01:21:39,694 --> 01:21:40,895 OTHERWISE. AND I THINK WE HAVE 2379 01:21:40,895 --> 01:21:42,864 THIS OPENS UP THE OPPORTUNITY. 2380 01:21:42,864 --> 01:21:43,965 AND THAT'S THE ONE PIECE OF 2381 01:21:43,965 --> 01:21:46,401 THIS PLAN, UM, THAT I THINK WE 2382 01:21:46,401 --> 01:21:48,570 REALLY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON 2383 01:21:48,570 --> 01:21:50,605 IN COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION 2384 01:21:50,605 --> 01:21:52,841 WITH THE EXECUTIVE. IS THIS 2385 01:21:52,841 --> 01:21:54,609 PIECE ABOUT THAT ROLE WITHIN 2386 01:21:54,609 --> 01:21:56,945 CARE DEPARTMENT? AND SO I THINK 2387 01:21:56,945 --> 01:22:00,081 WE SHOULD LOOK TO BUILD ON WHAT 2388 01:22:00,081 --> 01:22:02,017 WE'VE HAD HERE. UM, WE CAN 2389 01:22:02,017 --> 01:22:05,287 TALK, UM, YOU KNOW, AMONGST 2390 01:22:05,287 --> 01:22:06,254 OURSELVES AND, YOU KNOW, WITH 2391 01:22:06,254 --> 01:22:07,856 CENTRAL STAFF, BUT ALSO THE 2392 01:22:07,856 --> 01:22:09,257 EXECUTIVE RELATED TO SOME OF THE 2393 01:22:09,257 --> 01:22:11,726 IDEAS THAT WE HAVE HERE. BUT WE 2394 01:22:11,726 --> 01:22:13,161 HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD ON GUN 2395 01:22:13,161 --> 01:22:14,696 VIOLENCE. AND I THINK CARE CAN 2396 01:22:14,696 --> 01:22:17,232 BE A, A, A PIECE OF THIS, BUT 2397 01:22:17,232 --> 01:22:18,700 NOT THE ONLY PIECE, BY THE WAY, 2398 01:22:18,700 --> 01:22:21,336 THERE'S VERY MANY DIFFERENT 2399 01:22:21,336 --> 01:22:24,239 ELEMENTS. AND AND BY THE WAY, ON 2400 01:22:24,239 --> 01:22:25,840 THIS FRONT, WE SHOULD CREATE OUR 2401 01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:27,142 OWN SEATTLE PLAN WITH THE 2402 01:22:27,142 --> 01:22:29,010 UNIQUENESS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT 2403 01:22:29,010 --> 01:22:30,512 FIRE UNIQUENESS WITH FIRE ENGINE 2404 01:22:30,512 --> 01:22:32,614 AND HILLS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT 2405 01:22:32,614 --> 01:22:33,248 PIECES THAT FROM GEOGRAPHY POINT 2406 01:22:33,248 --> 01:22:35,817 OF VIEW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING 2407 01:22:35,817 --> 01:22:36,284 THINGS DIFFERENTLY ON 2408 01:22:36,284 --> 01:22:37,485 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. AND I 2409 01:22:37,485 --> 01:22:40,388 THINK THAT WE CAN CREATE THIS 2410 01:22:40,388 --> 01:22:42,424 FOR OUR CITY. AND THEN, UM, AND 2411 01:22:42,424 --> 01:22:44,125 THEN THIS GUN VIOLENCE PIECE CAN 2412 01:22:44,125 --> 01:22:45,994 BE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, AN EXAMPLE 2413 01:22:45,994 --> 01:22:46,695 WHERE WE TAKE THE BEST OF WHAT 2414 01:22:46,695 --> 01:22:48,697 WE SEE IN OTHER LOCATIONS, OTHER 2415 01:22:48,697 --> 01:22:50,832 JURISDICTIONS, AND THEN CREATE 2416 01:22:50,832 --> 01:22:53,168 REALLY, UM, A STEP FORWARD. AND 2417 01:22:53,168 --> 01:22:55,804 SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT 2418 01:22:55,804 --> 01:22:58,373 INITIATIVES LIKE, UM, 2419 01:22:58,373 --> 01:22:59,074 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S OR THINGS 2420 01:22:59,074 --> 01:23:00,342 THAT WE DID LAST YEAR IN 2421 01:23:00,342 --> 01:23:02,911 COMMITTEE RELATED TO GUN 2422 01:23:02,911 --> 01:23:04,012 VIOLENCE, UM, WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, 2423 01:23:04,012 --> 01:23:06,348 MISS DAVIDA BRISCOE, FORMERLY OF 2424 01:23:06,348 --> 01:23:09,384 THE HERALD TEAM. UM, BUT WE CAN 2425 01:23:09,384 --> 01:23:10,251 TAKE THOSE AND CREATE OUR OWN. 2426 01:23:10,251 --> 01:23:11,419 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE, BY THE 2427 01:23:11,419 --> 01:23:13,421 WAY, COLLEAGUES, THE INTENT OF 2428 01:23:13,421 --> 01:23:15,423 LIKE THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT 2429 01:23:15,423 --> 01:23:17,325 YEAR IS IN PUBLIC SAFETY 2430 01:23:17,325 --> 01:23:19,127 COMMITTEE IS TO, TO WORK THAT 2431 01:23:19,127 --> 01:23:21,730 KIND OF OVERALL PLAN. AND WITH 2432 01:23:21,730 --> 01:23:23,198 THE EXECUTIVE, UM, TO ENSURE 2433 01:23:23,198 --> 01:23:24,399 THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD 2434 01:23:24,399 --> 01:23:26,167 BECAUSE THE GUN VIOLENCE PIECE, 2435 01:23:26,167 --> 01:23:28,103 UM, IS JUST CONTINUES AND 2436 01:23:28,103 --> 01:23:29,871 CONTINUES AND IT'S IMPACTING 2437 01:23:29,871 --> 01:23:31,406 ALL ACROSS THE CITY, INCLUDING 2438 01:23:31,406 --> 01:23:34,009 MY DISTRICT, EVEN KERRY PARK, I 2439 01:23:34,009 --> 01:23:37,979 TALKED TO AN OFFICER 44. 2440 01:23:37,979 --> 01:23:39,881 GUNSHOTS IN TERMS OF FINDING THE 2441 01:23:39,881 --> 01:23:43,184 CASINGS PEOPLE SHOT, TAKEN TO 2442 01:23:43,184 --> 01:23:45,920 HARBORVIEW KERRY PARK, WHICH IS 2443 01:23:45,920 --> 01:23:48,390 THE, AS I SAID, THE LOOK ANGLE 2444 01:23:48,390 --> 01:23:51,326 INTO OUR CITY FOR THE NATION. 2445 01:23:51,326 --> 01:23:52,827 YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU SEE A 2446 01:23:52,827 --> 01:23:55,130 SEAHAWKS GAME THEY SHOW DOWNTOWN 2447 01:23:55,130 --> 01:23:56,931 THAT'S TAKEN FROM KERRY PARK. 2448 01:23:56,931 --> 01:24:00,468 AND SO WE NEED TO DO BETTER. UM 2449 01:24:00,468 --> 01:24:02,470 SO THERE'S NO REAL QUESTIONS 2450 01:24:02,470 --> 01:24:03,371 THERE EXCEPT FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME 2451 01:24:03,371 --> 01:24:04,873 HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE POINTS 2452 01:24:04,873 --> 01:24:08,276 THAT WE'RE DOING. AND, UM, TO 2453 01:24:08,276 --> 01:24:10,245 TAKE THE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF THE 2454 01:24:10,245 --> 01:24:11,179 POLICY CONSIDERATIONS AND SEE 2455 01:24:11,179 --> 01:24:12,547 WHAT, SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE. BUT 2456 01:24:12,547 --> 01:24:15,817 WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND 2457 01:24:15,817 --> 01:24:18,853 WE ALSO HAVE TO DO IT IN, UM, 2458 01:24:18,853 --> 01:24:20,455 WITH THE EXECUTIVE, I WILL SAY 2459 01:24:20,455 --> 01:24:22,390 THAT, UM, WHICH LEADS BACK TO MY 2460 01:24:22,390 --> 01:24:25,894 FIRST POINT, THERE'S A TREND, 2461 01:24:25,894 --> 01:24:27,829 COLLEAGUES, WHERE WE PASS 2462 01:24:27,829 --> 01:24:29,931 BUDGETS, WE PASS BILLS, LAW, YET 2463 01:24:29,931 --> 01:24:34,969 WE HAVE ALL THESE UNFILLED 2464 01:24:34,969 --> 01:24:35,937 POSITIONS. THAT GOES TO, YOU 2465 01:24:35,937 --> 01:24:37,505 KNOW, CO-EQUAL BRANCHES OF 2466 01:24:37,505 --> 01:24:38,473 GOVERNMENT AND SO FORTH. AND I 2467 01:24:38,473 --> 01:24:41,409 THINK THAT'S AN AREA OF CONCERN. 2468 01:24:41,409 --> 01:24:41,810 THANK YOU CHAIR. 2469 01:24:41,810 --> 01:24:42,911 >> THANK YOU. COMMITTEE TABLE. 2470 01:24:42,911 --> 01:24:46,414 ANYTHING TO SHARE AT THIS TIME? 2471 01:24:46,414 --> 01:24:48,483 >> JUST JUST TO SAY, UM, PUBLIC 2472 01:24:48,483 --> 01:24:51,152 SAFETY CARE. CHAIR. KETTLE, UM, 2473 01:24:51,152 --> 01:24:52,253 I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THAT 2474 01:24:52,253 --> 01:24:53,621 ORDINANCE. THAT'S, UM, 2475 01:24:53,621 --> 01:24:55,190 SOMETHING THAT I MENTIONED IN 2476 01:24:55,190 --> 01:24:56,691 THE MEMO IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS, 2477 01:24:56,691 --> 01:25:00,095 THIS POLICY CONSIDERATION, UM, 2478 01:25:00,095 --> 01:25:01,663 AS YOU SAID, THAT ORDINANCE THAT 2479 01:25:01,663 --> 01:25:03,465 WAS PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR, 2480 01:25:03,465 --> 01:25:04,833 WHICH CODIFIED THE ROLE OF THE 2481 01:25:04,833 --> 01:25:07,368 COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONDERS IN 2482 01:25:07,368 --> 01:25:09,637 THE PART OF MUNICIPAL CODE THAT 2483 01:25:09,637 --> 01:25:11,372 DESCRIBES THE CARE DEPARTMENT. 2484 01:25:11,372 --> 01:25:14,409 UM, IT DID YOU KNOW, IT HAD, WE 2485 01:25:14,409 --> 01:25:17,045 HAD HAD THAT LANGUAGE RELATING 2486 01:25:17,045 --> 01:25:19,080 TO GUN VIOLENCE, COMMUNITY 2487 01:25:19,080 --> 01:25:20,048 VIOLENCE, WORK IN THE CARE 2488 01:25:20,048 --> 01:25:22,350 ORDINANCE, SINCE ITS PASSAGE. 2489 01:25:22,350 --> 01:25:25,386 UM, ARGUABLY HADN'T BEEN FULLY 2490 01:25:25,386 --> 01:25:27,889 IMPLEMENTED. AND THAT, UH, YOUR 2491 01:25:27,889 --> 01:25:30,592 ORDINANCE, THE COUNCIL PASSED, 2492 01:25:30,592 --> 01:25:32,393 DIDN'T IT RETAINED THAT 2493 01:25:32,393 --> 01:25:33,127 LANGUAGE. SO I THINK THAT 2494 01:25:33,127 --> 01:25:34,462 THERE'S, THERE'S, THAT'S AN 2495 01:25:34,462 --> 01:25:36,965 IMPORTANT THING TO POINT OUT, AS 2496 01:25:36,965 --> 01:25:38,233 YOU DID. UM, I ALSO POINTED OUT 2497 01:25:38,233 --> 01:25:42,036 IN THE MEMO THAT THERE WAS THE 2498 01:25:42,036 --> 01:25:42,537 RESOLUTION ADOPTED MORE 2499 01:25:42,537 --> 01:25:44,939 RECENTLY, EARLIER IN THE YEAR, 2500 01:25:44,939 --> 01:25:45,507 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2501 01:25:45,507 --> 01:25:49,444 RIVERA THAT UM, SET OUT AN 2502 01:25:49,444 --> 01:25:51,379 INTENTION TO CONTRACT WITH A 2503 01:25:51,379 --> 01:25:53,982 NATIONAL PROVIDER TO FLESH OUT A 2504 01:25:53,982 --> 01:25:57,485 PLAN FOR SEATTLE AROUND, UM, GUN 2505 01:25:57,485 --> 01:25:58,019 VIOLENCE OR GUN VIOLENCE 2506 01:25:58,019 --> 01:26:00,755 RESPONSE STRATEGY. SO, UM, I PUT 2507 01:26:00,755 --> 01:26:02,056 THOSE BOTH IN THE MEMO BECAUSE 2508 01:26:02,056 --> 01:26:04,025 THEY BOTH, YOU KNOW, ARGUABLY 2509 01:26:04,025 --> 01:26:05,560 POINT TO COUNCIL INTENT AROUND A 2510 01:26:05,560 --> 01:26:06,494 CERTAIN DIRECTION FOR THIS 2511 01:26:06,494 --> 01:26:07,529 DEPARTMENT. I THINK IT'S 2512 01:26:07,529 --> 01:26:08,263 IMPORTANT TO NOTE BOTH OF THOSE. 2513 01:26:08,263 --> 01:26:09,631 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 2514 01:26:09,631 --> 01:26:10,398 >> THANK YOU. 2515 01:26:10,398 --> 01:26:11,499 >> ANYTHING ELSE, CHAIR. I 2516 01:26:11,499 --> 01:26:12,834 FORGOT TO MENTION THAT, BUT I DO 2517 01:26:12,834 --> 01:26:15,270 APPRECIATE THE STAFF MEMO. AND 2518 01:26:15,270 --> 01:26:17,572 AND THE BRIEFING OVERALL, 2519 01:26:17,572 --> 01:26:20,074 BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY GOOD 2520 01:26:20,074 --> 01:26:20,842 POINT. COLLEAGUES. I DEFINITELY 2521 01:26:20,842 --> 01:26:22,076 ENCOURAGE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT 2522 01:26:22,076 --> 01:26:23,745 WE DID WITH THAT BILL AS IT 2523 01:26:23,745 --> 01:26:25,013 RELATES TO CARE. THANK YOU, MR. 2524 01:26:25,013 --> 01:26:28,116 JOHNSON, FOR THAT SUMMARY. 2525 01:26:28,116 --> 01:26:30,051 >> FANTASTIC. I'M ASSUMING 2526 01:26:30,051 --> 01:26:30,652 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ THAT'S 2527 01:26:30,652 --> 01:26:31,920 STILL AN OLD HAND, NO. 2528 01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:32,387 >> YES, AN OLD HAND. 2529 01:26:32,387 --> 01:26:33,721 >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER 2530 01:26:33,721 --> 01:26:36,024 RIVERA YOU'RE UP NEXT. 2531 01:26:36,024 --> 01:26:39,027 >> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, 2532 01:26:39,027 --> 01:26:41,095 THOMAS, FOR THE OVERVIEW. UM, I 2533 01:26:41,095 --> 01:26:43,698 JUST I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 2534 01:26:43,698 --> 01:26:48,970 911. UM, UH, CALL TAKERS, UM, 2535 01:26:48,970 --> 01:26:52,307 FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS I'VE 2536 01:26:52,307 --> 01:26:55,343 PUT IN A, A A CBA RELATED TO 2537 01:26:55,343 --> 01:26:59,814 ENSURING WE HAVE, UM, 911 2538 01:26:59,814 --> 01:27:01,549 NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE. UM, AND 2539 01:27:01,549 --> 01:27:06,621 SO HOW MANY OF THOSE DO WE HAVE 2540 01:27:06,621 --> 01:27:07,722 THOSE? UM, SPECIFICALLY 2541 01:27:07,722 --> 01:27:09,357 DESIGNATED? I MEAN, BASICALLY 2542 01:27:09,357 --> 01:27:10,625 THEY'RE ALL THE 911 CALL 2543 01:27:10,625 --> 01:27:12,160 TAKERS, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE 2544 01:27:12,160 --> 01:27:14,128 DESIGNATED TO THE NON-EMERGENCY 2545 01:27:14,128 --> 01:27:15,463 LINE AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT 2546 01:27:15,463 --> 01:27:17,031 IS HAPPENING. SO THAT LINE GETS 2547 01:27:17,031 --> 01:27:18,766 ANSWERED BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN 2548 01:27:18,766 --> 01:27:22,136 HEARING THAT, UM, THE WAIT TIMES 2549 01:27:22,136 --> 01:27:23,905 ARE VERY LONG FOR THE 2550 01:27:23,905 --> 01:27:24,505 NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSES. SO I 2551 01:27:24,505 --> 01:27:27,842 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH 2552 01:27:27,842 --> 01:27:29,744 THESE, UM, PROPOSED, UH, CUTS, 2553 01:27:29,744 --> 01:27:32,914 YOU KNOW, NOT FILLING A, THAT 2554 01:27:32,914 --> 01:27:36,484 WE'RE NOT LOSING THAT NON 2555 01:27:36,484 --> 01:27:41,189 EMERGENCY. UM, CAPACITY 2556 01:27:41,189 --> 01:27:42,824 >> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT 2557 01:27:42,824 --> 01:27:45,460 QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2558 01:27:45,460 --> 01:27:48,396 UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT 2559 01:27:48,396 --> 01:27:50,565 THE WAY THE DEPARTMENT STAFFS 2560 01:27:50,565 --> 01:27:51,666 BOTH THE 911 AND THE 2561 01:27:51,666 --> 01:27:52,400 NON-EMERGENCY LINE IS THAT THEY, 2562 01:27:52,400 --> 01:27:56,938 THEY DO NOT HAVE SEPARATE 2563 01:27:56,938 --> 01:28:00,375 POSITION TITLES OR POSITIONS FOR 2564 01:28:00,375 --> 01:28:01,009 EMERGENCY VERSUS NON-EMERGENCY, 2565 01:28:01,009 --> 01:28:03,177 THAT THEY USE THE SAME POOL OF 2566 01:28:03,177 --> 01:28:05,046 EMPLOYEES TO AFLEX AS, AS THE 2567 01:28:05,046 --> 01:28:08,116 NEED, UM, ARISES. SO, SO IN, IN 2568 01:28:08,116 --> 01:28:10,184 THAT SENSE, UM, IN THAT SENSE, I 2569 01:28:10,184 --> 01:28:12,553 DON'T THINK WE CAN SAY THAT IT 2570 01:28:12,553 --> 01:28:15,456 WILL, YOU KNOW, IMPACT ONE 2571 01:28:15,456 --> 01:28:17,125 EMERGENCY VERSUS NON-EMERGENCY 2572 01:28:17,125 --> 01:28:18,793 FUNCTION. UM, MORE, MORE THAN 2573 01:28:18,793 --> 01:28:19,994 THE OTHER. WHAT THEY HAVE SAID 2574 01:28:19,994 --> 01:28:22,196 ABOUT THE PROPOSED VACANCY 2575 01:28:22,196 --> 01:28:23,831 REDUCTIONS IS THAT THEY DON'T 2576 01:28:23,831 --> 01:28:27,135 EXPECT IT TO IMPACT THEIR CALL 2577 01:28:27,135 --> 01:28:30,271 RESPONSE OR THEIR, THEIR LINE 2578 01:28:30,271 --> 01:28:31,639 RESPONSE NEGATIVELY ACROSS THE 2579 01:28:31,639 --> 01:28:32,640 BOARD. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD 2580 01:28:32,640 --> 01:28:35,576 FROM THE EXECUTIVE THAT THEY 2581 01:28:35,576 --> 01:28:38,046 EXPECT THESE VACANCY PROPOSED 2582 01:28:38,046 --> 01:28:39,947 VACANCY REMOVALS TO ALLOW THEM 2583 01:28:39,947 --> 01:28:42,750 TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT 2584 01:28:42,750 --> 01:28:43,151 STANDARD IN 2027. 2585 01:28:43,151 --> 01:28:44,185 >> THANK YOU THOMAS. SO I'D LIKE 2586 01:28:44,185 --> 01:28:46,721 TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT 2587 01:28:46,721 --> 01:28:48,156 THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE IN 2588 01:28:48,156 --> 01:28:50,024 PARTICULAR AND WHAT THE CURRENT 2589 01:28:50,024 --> 01:28:52,894 WAIT TIMES ARE. AND, UM, BECAUSE 2590 01:28:52,894 --> 01:28:54,328 I UNDERSTAND, AS I SAID EARLIER, 2591 01:28:54,328 --> 01:28:57,532 IT'S THE SAME POOL OF PEOPLE, 2592 01:28:57,532 --> 01:28:58,166 BUT THEY DEDICATE CERTAIN STAFF 2593 01:28:58,166 --> 01:28:59,667 TO THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE. SO 2594 01:28:59,667 --> 01:29:01,869 IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING ANSWERED. 2595 01:29:01,869 --> 01:29:05,606 UM, AND BACK IN 2024, THOSE WERE 2596 01:29:05,606 --> 01:29:07,542 NOT GETTING ANSWERED. UM, THE 2597 01:29:07,542 --> 01:29:10,044 WAIT TIMES ARE QUITE LARGE ALONG 2598 01:29:10,044 --> 01:29:12,714 EXCUSE ME. AND SO, UM, THE 2599 01:29:12,714 --> 01:29:15,450 SUBSEQUENT YEAR WHEN I PUT IN 2600 01:29:15,450 --> 01:29:17,085 THAT CB TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT 2601 01:29:17,085 --> 01:29:18,286 LINE WAS GETTING ANSWERED, IT 2602 01:29:18,286 --> 01:29:20,822 DID GO ANSWERED, DID IT AGAIN 2603 01:29:20,822 --> 01:29:23,124 LAST YEAR. AND I WANT TO MAKE 2604 01:29:23,124 --> 01:29:25,960 SURE THAT THIS CONTINUES MOVING 2605 01:29:25,960 --> 01:29:28,830 FORWARD BECAUSE FOLKS CALL THE 2606 01:29:28,830 --> 01:29:29,330 911 NON-EMERGENCY LINE 2607 01:29:29,330 --> 01:29:31,365 FREQUENTLY. UM, AND OF COURSE, 2608 01:29:31,365 --> 01:29:34,302 WE DON'T WANT FOLKS CALLING THE 2609 01:29:34,302 --> 01:29:35,670 911 EMERGENCY LINE FOR NON 2610 01:29:35,670 --> 01:29:37,472 EMERGENCIES BECAUSE IT JUST TIES 2611 01:29:37,472 --> 01:29:40,908 UP THE 911 LINE, RIGHT. UM, UH, 2612 01:29:40,908 --> 01:29:42,310 AND THE OTHER TROUBLING PART 2613 01:29:42,310 --> 01:29:43,711 ABOUT THAT IS SOMETIMES THEN, 2614 01:29:43,711 --> 01:29:46,414 BECAUSE IF THE 911 NON-EMERGENCY 2615 01:29:46,414 --> 01:29:48,549 LINE GOES UNANSWERED, EVERYBODY 2616 01:29:48,549 --> 01:29:53,788 IS TOLD TO CALL 911. AND THAT'S 2617 01:29:53,788 --> 01:29:54,422 NOT ADVANTAGEOUS BECAUSE THE 911 2618 01:29:54,422 --> 01:29:56,224 DISPATCHERS HAVE TO DO, UM, THEY 2619 01:29:56,224 --> 01:29:57,492 DESIGNATE RIGHT. PRIORITY ONE 2620 01:29:57,492 --> 01:29:59,127 CALLS, PRIORITY TWO CALLS, 2621 01:29:59,127 --> 01:29:59,794 PRIORITY THREE CALLS. AND SO IF 2622 01:29:59,794 --> 01:30:03,765 YOU DON'T NEED TO BE IN THAT 2623 01:30:03,765 --> 01:30:05,233 PRIORITY, UH, DOCKET, IF YOU CAN 2624 01:30:05,233 --> 01:30:07,368 JUST CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE 2625 01:30:07,368 --> 01:30:10,271 AND GET SOMEONE. UM, BUT 2626 01:30:10,271 --> 01:30:11,272 OFTENTIMES AND WE KNOW A LARGE 2627 01:30:11,272 --> 01:30:14,008 PERCENTAGE OF THE NON-EMERGENCY 2628 01:30:14,008 --> 01:30:16,677 CALLS ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE 2629 01:30:16,677 --> 01:30:18,246 911 EMERGENCY CALLS. UM, BUT AT 2630 01:30:18,246 --> 01:30:20,348 LEAST AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, 2631 01:30:20,348 --> 01:30:21,983 FOR THE ONES THAT AREN'T, YOU'RE 2632 01:30:21,983 --> 01:30:24,652 NOT TYING UP THE 911 CALL. SO 2633 01:30:24,652 --> 01:30:26,020 BOTH ARE IMPORTANT IS WHAT I'M 2634 01:30:26,020 --> 01:30:28,289 TRYING TO SAY. AND THE WAIT 2635 01:30:28,289 --> 01:30:28,956 TIMES ON THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE. 2636 01:30:28,956 --> 01:30:30,925 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THOSE 2637 01:30:30,925 --> 01:30:33,027 AREN'T INCREASING BECAUSE OF 2638 01:30:33,027 --> 01:30:35,863 THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ACTION. 2639 01:30:35,863 --> 01:30:36,898 >> YEAH. WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND 2640 01:30:36,898 --> 01:30:38,733 GET MORE DETAILS. CERTAINLY. 2641 01:30:38,733 --> 01:30:39,867 >> TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. BECAUSE 2642 01:30:39,867 --> 01:30:41,669 AGAIN, AS, AS, AS I, I AM A 2643 01:30:41,669 --> 01:30:42,970 BROKEN RECORD. I'LL SAY IT 2644 01:30:42,970 --> 01:30:45,506 AGAIN. THIS IS A CHARTERED 2645 01:30:45,506 --> 01:30:46,507 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY. AND 2646 01:30:46,507 --> 01:30:49,177 SO ONE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO 2647 01:30:49,177 --> 01:30:51,846 MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT UM, 2648 01:30:51,846 --> 01:30:54,015 CUTTING, UM, YOU KNOW, CORNERS 2649 01:30:54,015 --> 01:30:57,585 ON, SO TO SPEAK, NOTWITHSTANDING 2650 01:30:57,585 --> 01:31:02,757 ALL OUR BUDGET, UM UH DEFICIT 2651 01:31:02,757 --> 01:31:04,826 ISSUES. UM, AND THEN ALSO I JUST 2652 01:31:04,826 --> 01:31:08,596 WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE, IT 2653 01:31:08,596 --> 01:31:10,097 SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THERE'S A LOT 2654 01:31:10,097 --> 01:31:11,365 OF DETAILS THAT STILL NEED TO BE 2655 01:31:11,365 --> 01:31:13,201 FLESHED OUT WITH THE MAYOR'S GUN 2656 01:31:13,201 --> 01:31:16,771 VIOLENCE. UM, STRATEGY. UM, I 2657 01:31:16,771 --> 01:31:18,372 BELIEVE, UM, I KNOW WE PUT 2658 01:31:18,372 --> 01:31:19,907 QUESTIONS IN THE TRACKER AND 2659 01:31:19,907 --> 01:31:22,443 THERE WASN'T THERE WAS NOT A 2660 01:31:22,443 --> 01:31:25,246 LOT OF SPECIFICS BACK. I THINK 2661 01:31:25,246 --> 01:31:28,082 IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE PERHAPS 2662 01:31:28,082 --> 01:31:29,083 THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS, 2663 01:31:29,083 --> 01:31:30,952 BUT TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE 2664 01:31:30,952 --> 01:31:32,787 JUST TRANSFERRING OVER CONTRACTS 2665 01:31:32,787 --> 01:31:34,956 FROM HSD. THESE ARE ALL EXISTING 2666 01:31:34,956 --> 01:31:36,858 CONTRACTS. WE DO THIS WORK 2667 01:31:36,858 --> 01:31:38,826 ALREADY. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE 2668 01:31:38,826 --> 01:31:40,394 TRYING MAYBE TO RECONFIGURE HOW 2669 01:31:40,394 --> 01:31:43,931 THE WORK IS BEING DONE AND 2670 01:31:43,931 --> 01:31:44,565 TRANSFERRING A CERTAIN PORTION 2671 01:31:44,565 --> 01:31:46,501 OF THAT WORK TO CARE, AND THEN 2672 01:31:46,501 --> 01:31:49,103 LEAVING THE OTHER CONTRACTS WITH 2673 01:31:49,103 --> 01:31:50,972 HSD. AND THEN THE HIGHER UP 2674 01:31:50,972 --> 01:31:52,974 POSITIONS ARE TO BASICALLY 2675 01:31:52,974 --> 01:31:55,877 MANAGE THE CONTRACTS AT EACH 2676 01:31:55,877 --> 01:31:58,112 LOCATION. SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE 2677 01:31:58,112 --> 01:32:03,351 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PART OF 2678 01:32:03,351 --> 01:32:03,985 THE AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATION 2679 01:32:03,985 --> 01:32:07,622 ABOUT NOT SILOING. IT JUST I AM 2680 01:32:07,622 --> 01:32:10,625 CONCERNED NOW WITH SEPARATING 2681 01:32:10,625 --> 01:32:12,426 THE TWO. WE'RE GOING TO 2682 01:32:12,426 --> 01:32:14,562 CONTINUE TO BE IN THIS SILOED 2683 01:32:14,562 --> 01:32:16,764 APPROACH. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU 2684 01:32:16,764 --> 01:32:19,000 PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THIS 2685 01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:20,868 INFORMATION, BUT WOULD LIKE 2686 01:32:20,868 --> 01:32:22,370 INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THIS IS 2687 01:32:22,370 --> 01:32:25,606 GOING TO IMPROVE THAT, NOT, YOU 2688 01:32:25,606 --> 01:32:29,210 KNOW, A COORDINATION AND HAVING 2689 01:32:29,210 --> 01:32:29,810 AN OVERALL APPROACH VERSUS A 2690 01:32:29,810 --> 01:32:32,179 SILOED APPROACH, WHICH IS WHAT 2691 01:32:32,179 --> 01:32:33,381 WE HAVE TODAY. UM, AND THEN IN 2692 01:32:33,381 --> 01:32:35,983 TERMS OF THE, THE NATIONAL 2693 01:32:35,983 --> 01:32:38,152 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES 2694 01:32:38,152 --> 01:32:39,220 EFFORT, UM, COLLEAGUES, THAT IS 2695 01:32:39,220 --> 01:32:41,422 JUST SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN 2696 01:32:41,422 --> 01:32:43,491 EVEN WITH ALL OF THIS 2697 01:32:43,491 --> 01:32:45,526 RECONFIGURATION THAT THE MAYOR 2698 01:32:45,526 --> 01:32:49,363 IS PROPOSING. ONE DOESN'T, UM, 2699 01:32:49,363 --> 01:32:51,799 TAKE AWAY FROM THE OTHER. WE CAN 2700 01:32:51,799 --> 01:32:53,501 STILL, UM, PARTNER WITH THE 2701 01:32:53,501 --> 01:32:56,037 NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 2702 01:32:56,037 --> 01:32:56,671 COMMUNITIES TO IMPLEMENT THEIR 2703 01:32:56,671 --> 01:32:58,940 STRATEGY HERE, THEIR GUN 2704 01:32:58,940 --> 01:33:01,909 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION STRATEGY 2705 01:33:01,909 --> 01:33:04,879 HERE. UM, IT IS NOT A STUDY, IT 2706 01:33:04,879 --> 01:33:07,348 IS ACTUALLY A STRATEGY THAT HAS 2707 01:33:07,348 --> 01:33:08,883 SEEN SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN 2708 01:33:08,883 --> 01:33:10,618 OTHER CITIES. AS I'VE 2709 01:33:10,618 --> 01:33:11,185 MENTIONED, PHILADELPHIA AND 2710 01:33:11,185 --> 01:33:16,557 BOSTON, ET CETERA. UM, SO I WILL 2711 01:33:16,557 --> 01:33:18,392 BE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD. 2712 01:33:18,392 --> 01:33:19,660 I'M GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW 2713 01:33:19,660 --> 01:33:21,395 WE'RE GOING TO FIND FUNDING FOR 2714 01:33:21,395 --> 01:33:22,797 THIS. SO FUNDING IS NOT THE 2715 01:33:22,797 --> 01:33:25,766 ISSUE. IT'S A VERY IT'S A ONE 2716 01:33:25,766 --> 01:33:26,767 TIME SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR 2717 01:33:26,767 --> 01:33:29,136 THE FOR THE, THE WORK THAT HAS 2718 01:33:29,136 --> 01:33:32,173 TO HAPPEN. AND, UM, FOLKS ARE 2719 01:33:32,173 --> 01:33:34,275 DYING. SO TO ME, THIS IS I HAVE, 2720 01:33:34,275 --> 01:33:35,543 AS YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY, A 2721 01:33:35,543 --> 01:33:38,679 LOT OF URGENCY AROUND THIS, BUT 2722 01:33:38,679 --> 01:33:40,314 I DON'T WANT TO BE THE LACK OF 2723 01:33:40,314 --> 01:33:41,716 FUNDING TO ENTER INTO THAT 2724 01:33:41,716 --> 01:33:43,150 CONTRACT, TO BE THE REASON WHY 2725 01:33:43,150 --> 01:33:45,553 WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 2726 01:33:45,553 --> 01:33:46,854 STRATEGY THAT I'LL SAY, 2727 01:33:46,854 --> 01:33:50,257 ACTUALLY, IF FOLKS DON'T KNOW, 2728 01:33:50,257 --> 01:33:51,425 UM, MALCOLM GLADWELL JUST WROTE 2729 01:33:51,425 --> 01:33:53,060 A BOOK ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE. UM, 2730 01:33:53,060 --> 01:33:56,030 AND HE TALKS ABOUT THIS STRATEGY 2731 01:33:56,030 --> 01:34:00,201 IN HIS BOOK, UM, IF YOU DON'T 2732 01:34:00,201 --> 01:34:01,135 KNOW ABOUT IT, I HAVEN'T READ 2733 01:34:01,135 --> 01:34:03,871 IT, I RECOMMEND IT. UM, ANYWAY, 2734 01:34:03,871 --> 01:34:05,973 ALL TO SAY THAT THAT IS AN 2735 01:34:05,973 --> 01:34:08,943 IMPORTANT STRATEGY. I BELIEVE IT 2736 01:34:08,943 --> 01:34:09,944 DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT THE 2737 01:34:09,944 --> 01:34:13,748 MAYOR IS TRYING TO DO. I THINK, 2738 01:34:13,748 --> 01:34:16,150 UM, I WANT MORE INFORMATION 2739 01:34:16,150 --> 01:34:17,218 ABOUT HOW SEPARATING THE 2740 01:34:17,218 --> 01:34:18,786 CONTRACTS AND SORT OF IT ALMOST 2741 01:34:18,786 --> 01:34:19,887 SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BIFURCATING 2742 01:34:19,887 --> 01:34:21,655 THE SYSTEM. HOW, UM, THE 2743 01:34:21,655 --> 01:34:23,324 EXECUTIVE BELIEVES THAT'S GOING 2744 01:34:23,324 --> 01:34:26,227 TO HELP WITH THIS. UM, GUN 2745 01:34:26,227 --> 01:34:27,528 VIOLENCE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE, 2746 01:34:27,528 --> 01:34:29,930 UM, IN THE CITY. SO LOOKING 2747 01:34:29,930 --> 01:34:31,699 FORWARD TO GETTING MORE DETAILS 2748 01:34:31,699 --> 01:34:36,771 ON THAT. UM AND I ASSUME, 2749 01:34:36,771 --> 01:34:38,172 TOMASO, YOU DON'T HAVE THE 2750 01:34:38,172 --> 01:34:39,573 ANSWER SO YOU CAN GET US THAT 2751 01:34:39,573 --> 01:34:41,509 INFORMATION OR TRY TO GET US 2752 01:34:41,509 --> 01:34:42,576 THAT INFORMATION. 2753 01:34:42,576 --> 01:34:44,612 >> THANK YOU. COMMITTEE TABLE. 2754 01:34:44,612 --> 01:34:47,281 >> UM, I, I AM ALSO INTERESTED 2755 01:34:47,281 --> 01:34:48,749 AS YOU ARE AND MORE INFORMATION 2756 01:34:48,749 --> 01:34:49,784 ON THAT FRONT. WHAT I, WHAT I 2757 01:34:49,784 --> 01:34:53,254 CAN SAY FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD 2758 01:34:53,254 --> 01:34:56,157 FROM THE EXECUTIVE IS, UM, THE 2759 01:34:56,157 --> 01:35:00,127 PROPOSED TRANSFER OF THE 1.2 AS 2760 01:35:00,127 --> 01:35:01,629 WELL AS THE CONTRACTS, UM, SOME 2761 01:35:01,629 --> 01:35:02,697 OF THE JUSTIFICATION THAT HAS 2762 01:35:02,697 --> 01:35:05,366 BEEN OFFERED FOR THAT RELATES TO 2763 01:35:05,366 --> 01:35:06,634 THE POINT THAT YOU MADE ABOUT 2764 01:35:06,634 --> 01:35:08,636 THE ORDERS EXPLICITLY RELATES TO 2765 01:35:08,636 --> 01:35:11,038 THE AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATION. 2766 01:35:11,038 --> 01:35:13,107 AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE 2767 01:35:13,107 --> 01:35:17,278 INTENT TO MOVE CONTRACTS, UM, 2768 01:35:17,278 --> 01:35:21,716 OVER TO CARE IS INTENDED TO BE 2769 01:35:21,716 --> 01:35:23,451 IN SERVICE OF BETTER FULFILLING 2770 01:35:23,451 --> 01:35:24,018 THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2771 01:35:24,018 --> 01:35:26,220 AUDITOR'S REPORT AND CREATING 2772 01:35:26,220 --> 01:35:32,059 MORE DIRECT LINKAGES WITH, UM, 2773 01:35:32,059 --> 01:35:33,594 DISPATCH AND NINE CARE AS PART 2774 01:35:33,594 --> 01:35:36,197 OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITY, UH, 2775 01:35:36,197 --> 01:35:38,232 CITY, CITY DEPARTMENT ENTITIES. 2776 01:35:38,232 --> 01:35:39,600 SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE, 2777 01:35:39,600 --> 01:35:41,936 WE'VE HEARD. UM, I THINK MORE 2778 01:35:41,936 --> 01:35:42,603 INFORMATION THERE, AS YOU SAID, 2779 01:35:42,603 --> 01:35:43,804 WOULD, WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT 2780 01:35:43,804 --> 01:35:45,072 THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE 2781 01:35:45,072 --> 01:35:49,710 HEARD SO FAR. UM, I'LL JUST SAY 2782 01:35:49,710 --> 01:35:52,480 ALSO ON YOUR POINT ABOUT THE 2783 01:35:52,480 --> 01:35:54,415 NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 2784 01:35:54,415 --> 01:35:56,784 COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE PART OF 2785 01:35:56,784 --> 01:35:58,285 THE, UM, PROPOSED USE THAT HAS 2786 01:35:58,285 --> 01:36:00,821 BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE EXECUTIVE 2787 01:36:00,821 --> 01:36:03,290 FOR UM, FOR A SUB PART OF THAT 2788 01:36:03,290 --> 01:36:06,160 $1.2 MILLION IS FOR TECHNICAL 2789 01:36:06,160 --> 01:36:07,661 ASSISTANCE AROUND THE SAME KINDS 2790 01:36:07,661 --> 01:36:10,030 OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SOLVING THE 2791 01:36:10,030 --> 01:36:11,999 SAME KINDS OF PROBLEMS THAT YOU 2792 01:36:11,999 --> 01:36:14,135 DESCRIBED. I THINK THE PRIMARY 2793 01:36:14,135 --> 01:36:15,970 DIFFERENCE THAT I'M SEEING FROM 2794 01:36:15,970 --> 01:36:17,071 THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IN 2795 01:36:17,071 --> 01:36:18,506 THE STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN 2796 01:36:18,506 --> 01:36:19,607 MADE IS THAT THERE'S NOT, YOU 2797 01:36:19,607 --> 01:36:23,077 KNOW, THE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS 2798 01:36:23,077 --> 01:36:23,644 NOT IDENTIFYING A SPECIFIC 2799 01:36:23,644 --> 01:36:24,879 CONTRACTOR THE WAY THAT THE 2800 01:36:24,879 --> 01:36:25,846 COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION DID. BUT, 2801 01:36:25,846 --> 01:36:29,283 UM, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE 2802 01:36:29,283 --> 01:36:31,719 INTENDED USE FOR THAT 1.2 DOES 2803 01:36:31,719 --> 01:36:33,420 INCLUDE THE SAME PROCURING THE 2804 01:36:33,420 --> 01:36:34,989 SAME KINDS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, 2805 01:36:34,989 --> 01:36:36,824 SAME KINDS OF SERVICES. SO I 2806 01:36:36,824 --> 01:36:38,559 THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 2807 01:36:38,559 --> 01:36:40,127 DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH THERE IS 2808 01:36:40,127 --> 01:36:41,128 ALIGNMENT THERE IN TERMS OF 2809 01:36:41,128 --> 01:36:44,031 INTENT, IF NOT EXPLICITLY NAMING 2810 01:36:44,031 --> 01:36:45,900 A CONTRACTOR 2811 01:36:45,900 --> 01:36:48,502 >> UM 2812 01:36:48,502 --> 01:36:49,170 >> AND WE'LL WORK WITH YOU TO 2813 01:36:49,170 --> 01:36:51,672 MAKE SURE THAT THAT RESOLUTION, 2814 01:36:51,672 --> 01:36:56,043 UM, DOES BECOME A COUNCIL BUDGET 2815 01:36:56,043 --> 01:36:57,912 ACTION TO HELP TO IMPLEMENT IT. 2816 01:36:57,912 --> 01:37:00,781 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU UM, AND, 2817 01:37:00,781 --> 01:37:02,550 AND THANK YOU, THOMAS. SO I WILL 2818 01:37:02,550 --> 01:37:08,689 SAY THAT, UM, AND THE, THE FOCUS 2819 01:37:08,689 --> 01:37:09,790 DETERRENCE STRATEGY IS ONE, AS 2820 01:37:09,790 --> 01:37:13,961 I'VE SAID, UH, WAS CREATED BY 2821 01:37:13,961 --> 01:37:15,896 THE FOUNDER OF THE NNSS TO HELP 2822 01:37:15,896 --> 01:37:18,065 CITIES IMPLEMENT THAT PARTICULAR 2823 01:37:18,065 --> 01:37:20,668 STRATEGY HERE. THERE IS NO OTHER 2824 01:37:20,668 --> 01:37:23,137 ORGANIZATION THAT'S DOING THIS 2825 01:37:23,137 --> 01:37:25,206 STRATEGY LIKE NNSS, THE FOCUS 2826 01:37:25,206 --> 01:37:27,408 DETERRENCE STRATEGY WAS CREATED 2827 01:37:27,408 --> 01:37:29,476 BY THE FOUNDER OF NNSS. AND THE 2828 01:37:29,476 --> 01:37:31,412 BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND 2829 01:37:31,412 --> 01:37:33,681 OTHER EFFORTS RELATED TO GUN 2830 01:37:33,681 --> 01:37:35,149 VIOLENCE IS THAT NNSS HAS 2831 01:37:35,149 --> 01:37:36,917 EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE, 2832 01:37:36,917 --> 01:37:39,920 INCLUDING, UM, SPD, UM, NOT AS A 2833 01:37:39,920 --> 01:37:42,356 CONSULTANT, BUT AS A PARTNER AT 2834 01:37:42,356 --> 01:37:44,558 THE TABLE ALONG WITH ALL THE 2835 01:37:44,558 --> 01:37:45,993 OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, 2836 01:37:45,993 --> 01:37:47,995 ALONG WITH COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH 2837 01:37:47,995 --> 01:37:49,730 THE MORAL VOICES AND COMMUNITY, 2838 01:37:49,730 --> 01:37:52,032 LIKE OUR ELDERS, ALONG WITH THE 2839 01:37:52,032 --> 01:37:54,868 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN 2840 01:37:54,868 --> 01:37:56,570 IDENTIFIED AS CREATING, UM, THE 2841 01:37:56,570 --> 01:38:01,041 MOST HARM IN THE CITY. SO IT IS 2842 01:38:01,041 --> 01:38:03,410 VERY MUCH A, A, IT IS, IT IS 2843 01:38:03,410 --> 01:38:07,982 ACTUALLY, UM IT IS A PROGRESSIVE 2844 01:38:07,982 --> 01:38:10,317 STRATEGY THAT HAS EVERYONE AT 2845 01:38:10,317 --> 01:38:12,186 THE TABLE AND THAT PARTICULAR 2846 01:38:12,186 --> 01:38:13,787 STRATEGY, I'M SORRY, THAT 2847 01:38:13,787 --> 01:38:16,657 PARTICULAR, UM, UH, ORGANIZATION 2848 01:38:16,657 --> 01:38:19,994 THAN NSC IS THE ONLY ONE DOING 2849 01:38:19,994 --> 01:38:21,762 THIS PARTICULAR FOCUS DETERRENCE 2850 01:38:21,762 --> 01:38:24,265 STRATEGY. THAT'S WHY, UM, I, I 2851 01:38:24,265 --> 01:38:26,267 RECOMMENDED PARTNERING WITH THEM 2852 01:38:26,267 --> 01:38:28,435 IN PARTICULAR. AND SO, UM, LIKE 2853 01:38:28,435 --> 01:38:31,071 I SAID, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 2854 01:38:31,071 --> 01:38:34,008 WITH YOU ALL ON, UM, AND, AND 2855 01:38:34,008 --> 01:38:35,609 WORKING WITH YOU. ALL COLLEAGUES 2856 01:38:35,609 --> 01:38:39,280 ARE ENSURING THAT THIS, THIS 2857 01:38:39,280 --> 01:38:41,615 PARTICULAR, UM, EFFORT MAKES IT 2858 01:38:41,615 --> 01:38:44,118 INTO THE BUDGET SEPARATELY. UM, 2859 01:38:44,118 --> 01:38:45,586 THERE'S A LOT OF WORK HERE, BUT 2860 01:38:45,586 --> 01:38:47,354 I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S EXACTLY 2861 01:38:47,354 --> 01:38:50,991 HOW THE AUDITOR, UM, DETAILS IT 2862 01:38:50,991 --> 01:38:53,093 IN THE AUDITOR'S REPORT BECAUSE 2863 01:38:53,093 --> 01:38:54,929 PART OF THE AUDITOR'S REPORT IS 2864 01:38:54,929 --> 01:38:57,097 THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE OPERATING 2865 01:38:57,097 --> 01:38:58,132 AT SILOS AT ALL OF THE WORK 2866 01:38:58,132 --> 01:39:00,668 SHOULD BE LIVING UNDER AN 2867 01:39:00,668 --> 01:39:02,403 UMBRELLA THAT EVERYONE'S 2868 01:39:02,403 --> 01:39:04,505 WORKING TOGETHER. AND I'M NOT 2869 01:39:04,505 --> 01:39:06,774 SURE THAT THIS IS EXACTLY GOING 2870 01:39:06,774 --> 01:39:09,209 TO LEAD TO THAT. UM, WHILE I 2871 01:39:09,209 --> 01:39:10,744 APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS, UM, I 2872 01:39:10,744 --> 01:39:12,613 DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS 2873 01:39:12,613 --> 01:39:13,647 EXACTLY WHAT THE AUDITOR 2874 01:39:13,647 --> 01:39:14,782 INTENDED. AND I WILL SAY THAT 2875 01:39:14,782 --> 01:39:17,785 THE AUDITOR DID TALK ABOUT A 2876 01:39:17,785 --> 01:39:20,788 STRATEGY SIMILAR TO THE NSC 2877 01:39:20,788 --> 01:39:23,324 STRATEGY. UM, THEY DIDN'T 2878 01:39:23,324 --> 01:39:24,358 SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT AN NSC, 2879 01:39:24,358 --> 01:39:26,927 BUT THEY CALLED OUT A SIMILAR 2880 01:39:26,927 --> 01:39:28,629 STRATEGY THAT. SO WHAT'S 2881 01:39:28,629 --> 01:39:30,364 HAPPENING HERE DOESN'T SOUND 2882 01:39:30,364 --> 01:39:33,467 LIKE WHAT THE AUDITOR HAD IN THE 2883 01:39:33,467 --> 01:39:36,570 AUDIT. UM, THAT'S WHY I'M 2884 01:39:36,570 --> 01:39:38,372 LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING MORE 2885 01:39:38,372 --> 01:39:40,007 INFORMATION BECAUSE I'M NOT, 2886 01:39:40,007 --> 01:39:41,975 I'M NOT SEEING THE, UM, I'M NOT 2887 01:39:41,975 --> 01:39:45,813 SEEING IT AS IT WAS DESCRIBED. 2888 01:39:45,813 --> 01:39:47,715 UM, AND RECOMMENDED BY THE 2889 01:39:47,715 --> 01:39:49,650 AUDITOR IN THIS WAY, BUT WE 2890 01:39:49,650 --> 01:39:51,385 DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW 2891 01:39:51,385 --> 01:39:53,087 AND WE NEED MORE INFORMATION. IT 2892 01:39:53,087 --> 01:39:53,721 SOUNDS LIKE IT PERHAPS ISN'T 2893 01:39:53,721 --> 01:39:55,589 FULLY BAKED YET AND WE NEED TO 2894 01:39:55,589 --> 01:39:57,391 GET MORE INFORMATION. SO THANK 2895 01:39:57,391 --> 01:39:59,360 YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR. 2896 01:39:59,360 --> 01:40:00,994 >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. JUST 2897 01:40:00,994 --> 01:40:02,396 CHECKING REACTIONS FROM THE 2898 01:40:02,396 --> 01:40:04,365 COMMITTEE TABLE AT THIS TIME. 2899 01:40:04,365 --> 01:40:05,599 NONE. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA I'M 2900 01:40:05,599 --> 01:40:06,233 GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH YOU 2901 01:40:06,233 --> 01:40:08,068 THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING 2902 01:40:08,068 --> 01:40:10,871 ELSE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THREE 2903 01:40:10,871 --> 01:40:11,438 MORE COLLEAGUES AND A WHOLE 2904 01:40:11,438 --> 01:40:13,407 'NOTHER PRESENTATION WITH ONLY 2905 01:40:13,407 --> 01:40:15,542 90 MINUTES LEFT TO GO. SO I'M 2906 01:40:15,542 --> 01:40:16,643 GOING TO START KEEPING US A 2907 01:40:16,643 --> 01:40:18,579 LITTLE BIT MORE ON TRACK. WE'VE 2908 01:40:18,579 --> 01:40:22,683 GOT COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, LIN. 2909 01:40:22,683 --> 01:40:23,250 AND THEN COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2910 01:40:23,250 --> 01:40:23,851 >> ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU SO 2911 01:40:23,851 --> 01:40:26,754 MUCH, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, 2912 01:40:26,754 --> 01:40:27,354 TOMASO. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 2913 01:40:27,354 --> 01:40:29,790 AND ALL THE WORK, UH, WITH THE 2914 01:40:29,790 --> 01:40:31,525 CARE DEPARTMENT. I WILL START 2915 01:40:31,525 --> 01:40:33,293 OFF ON SOMETHING THAT 2916 01:40:33,293 --> 01:40:33,994 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ALREADY 2917 01:40:33,994 --> 01:40:35,095 TOUCHED ON. AND I, AND I KNOW WE 2918 01:40:35,095 --> 01:40:37,631 TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY 2919 01:40:37,631 --> 01:40:38,632 WHEN CHIEF BARDEN WAS HERE, 2920 01:40:38,632 --> 01:40:40,768 WHICH IS THE WAIT TIMES ON THE 2921 01:40:40,768 --> 01:40:41,935 CALLS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING I 2922 01:40:41,935 --> 01:40:44,638 JUST I SHARE AN INTEREST IN. AND 2923 01:40:44,638 --> 01:40:46,006 I RECALL DURING THAT 2924 01:40:46,006 --> 01:40:46,640 CONVERSATION WE HAD, AND I 2925 01:40:46,640 --> 01:40:47,608 WASN'T ABLE TO PULL UP THE 2926 01:40:47,608 --> 01:40:48,809 SLIDES TODAY, BUT I RECALL 2927 01:40:48,809 --> 01:40:50,244 DURING THAT CONVERSATION, 2928 01:40:50,244 --> 01:40:51,945 HEARING FROM THE CHIEF, I THINK 2929 01:40:51,945 --> 01:40:53,347 THAT THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIMES 2930 01:40:53,347 --> 01:40:54,248 OR EXCUSE ME, THE AVERAGE HOLD 2931 01:40:54,248 --> 01:40:56,116 TIMES ARE DOWN. AND I BELIEVE 2932 01:40:56,116 --> 01:40:57,284 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA SMARTLY 2933 01:40:57,284 --> 01:40:59,052 BROUGHT UP AT THE TIME, SORT OF 2934 01:40:59,052 --> 01:40:59,586 WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM 2935 01:40:59,586 --> 01:41:00,587 CONSTITUENTS IS LIKE, MAYBE 2936 01:41:00,587 --> 01:41:02,156 DOESN'T ALWAYS SOUND LIKE THAT. 2937 01:41:02,156 --> 01:41:05,859 AND SOMETHING WE ASKED FOR WAS 2938 01:41:05,859 --> 01:41:06,393 GETTING UPDATES ABOUT THE 2939 01:41:06,393 --> 01:41:08,996 OUTLIER TIMES, NOT JUST THE 2940 01:41:08,996 --> 01:41:10,998 AVERAGE. SO WE CAN SEE IF THAT 2941 01:41:10,998 --> 01:41:12,332 IS SHIFTING. I'M NOT SURE IF 2942 01:41:12,332 --> 01:41:13,667 WE'VE GOTTEN THAT RESPONSE, BUT 2943 01:41:13,667 --> 01:41:15,369 I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK 2944 01:41:15,369 --> 01:41:16,503 UP AND MAKE SURE AS WE'RE GOING 2945 01:41:16,503 --> 01:41:17,237 THROUGH THIS SECOND ROUND, THAT 2946 01:41:17,237 --> 01:41:18,972 WE GET THAT BECAUSE I'M REALLY 2947 01:41:18,972 --> 01:41:20,641 CURIOUS TO SEE IF THE AVERAGE IS 2948 01:41:20,641 --> 01:41:21,575 GOING DOWN. AND THEN WE JUST 2949 01:41:21,575 --> 01:41:24,278 HAVE CONSISTENT HIGH OUTLIERS OR 2950 01:41:24,278 --> 01:41:25,646 SOMETHING ELSE. SO JUST WANT TO 2951 01:41:25,646 --> 01:41:27,481 MAKE SURE WE GET THAT LEVEL OF 2952 01:41:27,481 --> 01:41:28,649 DETAIL. I ALSO THINK WE HAD 2953 01:41:28,649 --> 01:41:31,285 ASKED ABOUT GETTING THE MEDIAN 2954 01:41:31,285 --> 01:41:32,453 RESPONSE TIME AS WELL. SO JUST A 2955 01:41:32,453 --> 01:41:34,621 COUPLE MORE PIECES THERE. UM, 2956 01:41:34,621 --> 01:41:36,290 SO, BUT THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2957 01:41:36,290 --> 01:41:37,224 RIVERA FOR CONTINUING TO, TO 2958 01:41:37,224 --> 01:41:38,625 RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. I 2959 01:41:38,625 --> 01:41:40,494 APPRECIATE THAT. UM, AND THEN, 2960 01:41:40,494 --> 01:41:44,064 UM, WITH THAT, I WANTED TO JUST 2961 01:41:44,064 --> 01:41:44,598 CLARIFY WITH SOME OF THE 2962 01:41:44,598 --> 01:41:46,133 POSITIONS IN THE CALL CENTER. 2963 01:41:46,133 --> 01:41:48,802 WERE THESE POSITIONS PREVIOUSLY 2964 01:41:48,802 --> 01:41:50,938 FUNDED OR EXCUSE ME, PREVIOUSLY 2965 01:41:50,938 --> 01:41:52,573 FILLED? UM, AND THEN WENT VACANT 2966 01:41:52,573 --> 01:41:55,843 AND THEN ARE GOING, UM, WE'RE 2967 01:41:55,843 --> 01:42:00,514 THEN REMOVING THEM OR WERE THEY 2968 01:42:00,514 --> 01:42:00,848 NEVER FILLED? 2969 01:42:00,848 --> 01:42:02,783 >> THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT 2970 01:42:02,783 --> 01:42:06,720 QUESTION. UM, I DON'T RIGHT IN 2971 01:42:06,720 --> 01:42:10,791 FRONT OF ME HAVE THE DATA FOR 2972 01:42:10,791 --> 01:42:14,461 UM, THE DURATION OF THOSE 2973 01:42:14,461 --> 01:42:19,766 VACANCIES. UM, I KNOW THAT 2974 01:42:19,766 --> 01:42:22,636 YOU'VE HEARD FROM, CHIEF CHIEF 2975 01:42:22,636 --> 01:42:23,637 BARDEN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THAT 2976 01:42:23,637 --> 01:42:26,840 ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT THEY'VE 2977 01:42:26,840 --> 01:42:27,741 BEEN MAKING TO INCREASE, UM, YOU 2978 01:42:27,741 --> 01:42:31,712 KNOW, LONG TERM RETENTION, GIVEN 2979 01:42:31,712 --> 01:42:33,013 THE CHALLENGES OF, THAT 2980 01:42:33,013 --> 01:42:33,614 WORKFORCE, A CHALLENGING JOB 2981 01:42:33,614 --> 01:42:34,781 THEY HAVE AND, AND THE EFFORTS 2982 01:42:34,781 --> 01:42:36,350 THAT THEY'VE MADE THROUGH 2983 01:42:36,350 --> 01:42:37,784 THEIR, UM, THROUGH THEIR 2984 01:42:37,784 --> 01:42:38,919 INTERNAL WORK ON THAT. SO, SO 2985 01:42:38,919 --> 01:42:40,554 THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING, I 2986 01:42:40,554 --> 01:42:43,257 DON'T KNOW, BUT WE CAN TRY TO 2987 01:42:43,257 --> 01:42:43,857 CONFIRM WHAT THE DURATION OF 2988 01:42:43,857 --> 01:42:45,926 THOSE VACANCIES, UM, HAS, HAS 2989 01:42:45,926 --> 01:42:49,730 BEEN. I, MY SENSE IS THAT IN 2990 01:42:49,730 --> 01:42:51,331 THIS DIVISION THERE, UM, 2991 01:42:51,331 --> 01:42:57,204 THERE'S SORT OF A ROLLING, UM, 2992 01:42:57,204 --> 01:42:57,804 HISTORIC ISSUE WITH RETENTION 2993 01:42:57,804 --> 01:42:59,439 AND VACANCIES. AND SO THAT MIGHT 2994 01:42:59,439 --> 01:43:00,240 HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, 2995 01:43:00,240 --> 01:43:01,308 BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK JUST 2996 01:43:01,308 --> 01:43:02,009 POSITIVELY ON THAT. SO WE CAN 2997 01:43:02,009 --> 01:43:04,378 GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT 2998 01:43:04,378 --> 01:43:05,712 THE LENGTH THAT THOSE VACANCIES 2999 01:43:05,712 --> 01:43:06,547 HAVE EXISTED FOR. 3000 01:43:06,547 --> 01:43:07,748 >> YEAH, I THINK THAT THANK YOU 3001 01:43:07,748 --> 01:43:09,850 SO MUCH FOR THAT, TOMMASO. THAT 3002 01:43:09,850 --> 01:43:11,318 WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THEN I 3003 01:43:11,318 --> 01:43:12,419 THINK, UM, GETTING AN 3004 01:43:12,419 --> 01:43:13,987 UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, THE OTHER 3005 01:43:13,987 --> 01:43:16,256 THING WHEN I TOURED THE, THE 3006 01:43:16,256 --> 01:43:16,924 CENTER, I THINK WE SORT OF HEARD 3007 01:43:16,924 --> 01:43:17,691 ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE 3008 01:43:17,691 --> 01:43:18,926 SAYING, WHICH IS THIS SORT OF, 3009 01:43:18,926 --> 01:43:20,894 UM, UH, CHALLENGES IN 3010 01:43:20,894 --> 01:43:22,029 RECRUITMENT FOR THESE POSITIONS 3011 01:43:22,029 --> 01:43:23,430 BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY 3012 01:43:23,430 --> 01:43:25,332 IMPORTANT AND REALLY HARD JOBS 3013 01:43:25,332 --> 01:43:26,800 TO DO. AND JUST KIND OF, I WANT 3014 01:43:26,800 --> 01:43:28,001 TO JUST GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF 3015 01:43:28,001 --> 01:43:30,571 WHAT WE MIGHT EXPECT FOR ANY 3016 01:43:30,571 --> 01:43:31,638 FUTURE HIRING IN THE EVENT THAT 3017 01:43:31,638 --> 01:43:34,608 WE'RE EVER ABLE TO REINSTATE 3018 01:43:34,608 --> 01:43:35,709 THESE POSITIONS. JUST SORT OF 3019 01:43:35,709 --> 01:43:36,810 LIKE THE TIMELINE, HOW LONG IT 3020 01:43:36,810 --> 01:43:37,878 WOULD TAKE US. SO I CAN WORK 3021 01:43:37,878 --> 01:43:39,846 WITH YOU TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. 3022 01:43:39,846 --> 01:43:42,249 UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. 3023 01:43:42,249 --> 01:43:42,849 TOMMASO. THE OTHER QUESTION I 3024 01:43:42,849 --> 01:43:46,653 WANTED TO ASK IS ABOUT THE 3025 01:43:46,653 --> 01:43:49,489 INTEGRATION BETWEEN 911 AND 988, 3026 01:43:49,489 --> 01:43:51,558 AND IT'S, UM, AND THIS IS ALSO 3027 01:43:51,558 --> 01:43:53,694 A LITTLE BIT DETAILED, BUT IT'S 3028 01:43:53,694 --> 01:43:55,162 MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IN ORDER 3029 01:43:55,162 --> 01:43:57,364 TO KIND OF FULLY INTEGRATE THESE 3030 01:43:57,364 --> 01:43:59,666 SYSTEMS, IT WOULD REQUIRE 3031 01:43:59,666 --> 01:44:02,269 INVESTMENTS IN NEW TECHNOLOGY 3032 01:44:02,269 --> 01:44:03,704 BECAUSE WE USE CAD AND THEY USE 3033 01:44:03,704 --> 01:44:05,105 A DIFFERENT RESPONSE AT NINE, 3034 01:44:05,105 --> 01:44:08,275 EIGHT, EIGHT. DO YOU KNOW IF 3035 01:44:08,275 --> 01:44:08,809 THIS BUDGET INCLUDES ANY 3036 01:44:08,809 --> 01:44:11,345 INVESTMENTS IN UM THAT NEW 3037 01:44:11,345 --> 01:44:12,646 INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY THAT THE 3038 01:44:12,646 --> 01:44:15,315 DEPARTMENT WOULD NEED TO ACCESS 3039 01:44:15,315 --> 01:44:16,083 IN ORDER TO CONNECT NINE, ONE, 3040 01:44:16,083 --> 01:44:20,654 ONE AND NINE, EIGHT EIGHT? 3041 01:44:20,654 --> 01:44:22,589 >> UM, I'LL NEED TO FOLLOW UP 3042 01:44:22,589 --> 01:44:27,494 WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON THE EXACT 3043 01:44:27,494 --> 01:44:29,329 CURRENT STATUS OF THE 988911 3044 01:44:29,329 --> 01:44:30,430 INTEGRATION. UM, I, I DO KNOW, 3045 01:44:30,430 --> 01:44:35,135 SO I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, SOME 3046 01:44:35,135 --> 01:44:36,670 OF THE DECREASE WAS ONE TIME, 3047 01:44:36,670 --> 01:44:39,172 UM, RESOURCES THAT WERE ADDED 3048 01:44:39,172 --> 01:44:40,807 LAST YEAR FOR A VARIETY OF 3049 01:44:40,807 --> 01:44:43,410 THINGS. VEHICLES WAS THE SORT OF 3050 01:44:43,410 --> 01:44:45,245 LARGEST SINGLE OUTLAY THERE, BUT 3051 01:44:45,245 --> 01:44:47,948 THERE WAS ALSO UM, IT INVESTMENT 3052 01:44:47,948 --> 01:44:49,349 THAT WAS, I THINK ALONG THE 3053 01:44:49,349 --> 01:44:52,653 LINES OF 200 K, UH, AS A ONE 3054 01:44:52,653 --> 01:44:54,388 TIME EXPENSE THAT WAS 3055 01:44:54,388 --> 01:44:55,589 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. AND SO I 3056 01:44:55,589 --> 01:44:57,357 CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE 3057 01:44:57,357 --> 01:44:59,326 DEPARTMENT AND CONFIRM WHETHER 3058 01:44:59,326 --> 01:45:01,194 OR NOT THAT, IS BEING USED OR 3059 01:45:01,194 --> 01:45:02,629 WHETHER THERE ARE ADDITIONAL 3060 01:45:02,629 --> 01:45:04,931 RESOURCES THAT MIGHT BE 3061 01:45:04,931 --> 01:45:05,532 BENEFICIAL WITH REGARD TO THE 3062 01:45:05,532 --> 01:45:07,000 988 INTEGRATION. 3063 01:45:07,000 --> 01:45:07,601 >> UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I 3064 01:45:07,601 --> 01:45:08,335 THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY 3065 01:45:08,335 --> 01:45:09,970 USEFUL. AND I JUST WILL COMMENT 3066 01:45:09,970 --> 01:45:11,438 ON THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING I 3067 01:45:11,438 --> 01:45:13,573 TALKED TO THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT 3068 01:45:13,573 --> 01:45:15,809 WHEN I'VE BEEN OUT WITH SOME OF 3069 01:45:15,809 --> 01:45:16,977 THE CARE TEAM PROVIDERS, OR JUST 3070 01:45:16,977 --> 01:45:19,379 BEEN IN THE CALL CENTER AND 3071 01:45:19,379 --> 01:45:20,681 PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE WORK THAT 3072 01:45:20,681 --> 01:45:22,215 WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO TO 3073 01:45:22,215 --> 01:45:25,085 ENSURE THAT THE CRISIS 3074 01:45:25,085 --> 01:45:25,585 RESPONDERS CAN BE FULLY 3075 01:45:25,585 --> 01:45:26,953 DEPLOYED, I THINK IT'S REALLY 3076 01:45:26,953 --> 01:45:27,921 IMPORTANT THAT THEY'VE GOT 3077 01:45:27,921 --> 01:45:30,057 ACCESS TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF 3078 01:45:30,057 --> 01:45:31,491 CALLS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN 3079 01:45:31,491 --> 01:45:32,559 THE CITY. AND I'M ALSO HOPEFUL 3080 01:45:32,559 --> 01:45:34,494 THAT WE'LL GET TO SOMETHING 3081 01:45:34,494 --> 01:45:37,130 THAT'S A AN INCREASINGLY CLEAR 3082 01:45:37,130 --> 01:45:39,933 SYSTEM FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO 3083 01:45:39,933 --> 01:45:41,335 THEY KNOW THE BEST NUMBER TO 3084 01:45:41,335 --> 01:45:42,536 CALL. BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST 3085 01:45:42,536 --> 01:45:43,637 GOING TO BE ONGOING WORK OVER 3086 01:45:43,637 --> 01:45:45,772 THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. UM, AND 3087 01:45:45,772 --> 01:45:49,242 SORT OF RELATES BACK TO THIS 3088 01:45:49,242 --> 01:45:51,912 QUESTION OF 988911. OUR 3089 01:45:51,912 --> 01:45:52,546 NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE LINE AND 3090 01:45:52,546 --> 01:45:54,314 MAKING SURE WE HAVE JUST CLARITY 3091 01:45:54,314 --> 01:45:55,716 BECAUSE I THINK THAT GETS TO, 3092 01:45:55,716 --> 01:45:57,350 UM, AN EASE OF ACCESS FOR 3093 01:45:57,350 --> 01:45:58,118 CONSTITUENTS. SO THEY KNOW WHO 3094 01:45:58,118 --> 01:46:00,454 TO CALL WHEN THEY'RE IN CRISIS. 3095 01:46:00,454 --> 01:46:01,488 SO MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A 3096 01:46:01,488 --> 01:46:02,689 QUESTION, BUT I THINK FROM MY 3097 01:46:02,689 --> 01:46:04,958 VANTAGE POINT, THAT'S AN 3098 01:46:04,958 --> 01:46:06,359 >> AN IMPORTANT AREA OF ONGOING 3099 01:46:06,359 --> 01:46:07,627 WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHAIR. 3100 01:46:07,627 --> 01:46:08,962 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3101 01:46:08,962 --> 01:46:09,830 FOSTER ANY RESPONSE FROM THE 3102 01:46:09,830 --> 01:46:11,264 COMMITTEE TABLE AT THIS TIME? 3103 01:46:11,264 --> 01:46:12,499 SEEING NONE. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3104 01:46:12,499 --> 01:46:14,334 FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3105 01:46:14,334 --> 01:46:14,701 HOLLINGSWORTH. 3106 01:46:14,701 --> 01:46:16,803 >> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU 3107 01:46:16,803 --> 01:46:18,138 COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. CHAIR 3108 01:46:18,138 --> 01:46:19,506 PRESENTERS. I WANTED TO TALK A 3109 01:46:19,506 --> 01:46:22,743 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GUN 3110 01:46:22,743 --> 01:46:23,877 VIOLENCE, THE CHANGE OF THE 3111 01:46:23,877 --> 01:46:26,012 CONTRACTS TO CARE, WHICH I'M 3112 01:46:26,012 --> 01:46:27,147 SUPPORTIVE OF. UM, JUST SORT OF 3113 01:46:27,147 --> 01:46:30,217 WHERE WE ARE AT. UM, AND JUST 3114 01:46:30,217 --> 01:46:31,785 REFLECT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UM, 3115 01:46:31,785 --> 01:46:35,021 WHEN, WHEN I STARTED THIS YEAR, 3116 01:46:35,021 --> 01:46:37,424 WE STARTED WITH THE TRAGEDY IN 3117 01:46:37,424 --> 01:46:39,760 RAINIER BEACH AND UM, AND WE'VE 3118 01:46:39,760 --> 01:46:44,731 HAD A LOT OF PROGRESS. UM, 3119 01:46:44,731 --> 01:46:45,766 THROUGH INCREDIBLE WORK OF, UM, 3120 01:46:45,766 --> 01:46:47,934 I KEEP GIVING FLOWERS TO CAPTAIN 3121 01:46:47,934 --> 01:46:48,935 TUTTLE DOWN IN THE SOUTH 3122 01:46:48,935 --> 01:46:51,204 PRECINCT, BUT WE HAVE SEEN 3123 01:46:51,204 --> 01:46:52,539 ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS IN SHOTS 3124 01:46:52,539 --> 01:46:54,007 FIRED DOWN IN THE SOUTH IN 3125 01:46:54,007 --> 01:46:55,742 RAINIER BEACH AREA, IN 3126 01:46:55,742 --> 01:46:57,043 PARTICULAR. UM, YOU KNOW, 3127 01:46:57,043 --> 01:46:59,646 DEPENDING UPON HOW YOU DRAW THE 3128 01:46:59,646 --> 01:47:01,314 MAP BETWEEN 50 AND 70% REDUCTION 3129 01:47:01,314 --> 01:47:03,917 IN SHOTS FIRED. SO GOOD WORK IS 3130 01:47:03,917 --> 01:47:06,653 HAPPENING. AND AT THE SAME TIME, 3131 01:47:06,653 --> 01:47:09,322 SOUTH PRECINCT, UH, RAINIER 3132 01:47:09,322 --> 01:47:10,624 BEACH STILL EXPERIENCES MUCH 3133 01:47:10,624 --> 01:47:12,492 MORE HIGHER SHOTS FIRED THAN 3134 01:47:12,492 --> 01:47:14,394 OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. AND WE 3135 01:47:14,394 --> 01:47:17,030 SEE THE IMPACTS OF GUN VIOLENCE 3136 01:47:17,030 --> 01:47:20,367 IN JUST, UH, IT CAN, UM, IMPACTS 3137 01:47:20,367 --> 01:47:21,268 FROM ONE AREA OF THE CITY. WE'VE 3138 01:47:21,268 --> 01:47:23,470 SEEN CAN IMPACT OTHER PARTS OF 3139 01:47:23,470 --> 01:47:27,007 THE CITY AS WELL. AND SO, UM, 3140 01:47:27,007 --> 01:47:30,744 ONE THING I JUST WANT TO BUDGET 3141 01:47:30,744 --> 01:47:32,212 WISE, WE INVEST A LOT IN 3142 01:47:32,212 --> 01:47:34,047 COMMUNITY, WHAT I WOULD CALL 3143 01:47:34,047 --> 01:47:34,681 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION 3144 01:47:34,681 --> 01:47:37,451 WORK, I WORK, UM, AND THAT IS 3145 01:47:37,451 --> 01:47:40,720 GREAT AND IMPORTANT. UM, AND, 3146 01:47:40,720 --> 01:47:42,923 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS 3147 01:47:42,923 --> 01:47:44,791 RESOLUTION TO INVEST IN, UH, THE 3148 01:47:44,791 --> 01:47:45,926 GROUP VIOLENCE REDUCTION 3149 01:47:45,926 --> 01:47:47,894 STRATEGY, WHICH I'M EXCITED 3150 01:47:47,894 --> 01:47:52,165 ABOUT. UM AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE 3151 01:47:52,165 --> 01:47:54,100 CAN, WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE 3152 01:47:54,100 --> 01:47:55,802 BUDGETING FOR THE, THE 3153 01:47:55,802 --> 01:47:58,471 CONSULTANT, BUT I GUESS MY, MY 3154 01:47:58,471 --> 01:48:01,341 QUESTION WILL BE, AND I'M JUST 3155 01:48:01,341 --> 01:48:03,610 KIND OF LOOKING AT A BALTIMORE 3156 01:48:03,610 --> 01:48:05,979 KIND OF NEWS RELEASE FROM LIKE 3157 01:48:05,979 --> 01:48:08,748 2022. AND IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, 3158 01:48:08,748 --> 01:48:10,617 YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SHOWS TWO 3159 01:48:10,617 --> 01:48:11,918 BIG BUCKETS OF FUNDING, ONE FOR 3160 01:48:11,918 --> 01:48:16,089 CVI AND A LARGER BUCKET FOR GUN 3161 01:48:16,089 --> 01:48:18,692 VIOLENCE. UH, GROUP VIOLENCE 3162 01:48:18,692 --> 01:48:19,759 REDUCTION STRATEGY. AND IT TALKS 3163 01:48:19,759 --> 01:48:21,461 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE HEARD 3164 01:48:21,461 --> 01:48:24,064 ABOUT HOW BALTIMORE, BALTIMORE 3165 01:48:24,064 --> 01:48:25,632 TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY 3166 01:48:25,632 --> 01:48:27,100 WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL AT FIRST, 3167 01:48:27,100 --> 01:48:29,703 BUT THEY ULTIMATELY WERE MORE 3168 01:48:29,703 --> 01:48:32,806 SUCCESSFUL. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS 3169 01:48:32,806 --> 01:48:33,840 TALKS ABOUT BALTIMORE TRIED 3170 01:48:33,840 --> 01:48:35,642 ELEMENTS OF A FOCUSED DETERRENCE 3171 01:48:35,642 --> 01:48:37,511 STRATEGY IN THE PAST, BUT IT 3172 01:48:37,511 --> 01:48:39,412 NEVER FULLY INVESTED. AND THE 3173 01:48:39,412 --> 01:48:41,248 NECESSARY SUPPORT SERVICES OR 3174 01:48:41,248 --> 01:48:41,848 INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT TO 3175 01:48:41,848 --> 01:48:43,483 TRULY PROVIDE A WAY OUT FOR 3176 01:48:43,483 --> 01:48:45,685 PEOPLE ENGAGED IN VIOLENCE. 3177 01:48:45,685 --> 01:48:46,253 ADDITIONALLY, PAST ATTEMPTS 3178 01:48:46,253 --> 01:48:48,889 LACKED FULL BUY IN AND SCALED TO 3179 01:48:48,889 --> 01:48:51,391 QUICKLY, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT 3180 01:48:51,391 --> 01:48:53,326 TALKS ABOUT THEM, UH, BEING MORE 3181 01:48:53,326 --> 01:48:54,160 INTENTIONAL IN IMPLEMENTING THE 3182 01:48:54,160 --> 01:48:57,330 STRATEGY THAT CAN BE SCALABLE 3183 01:48:57,330 --> 01:48:59,165 OVER TIME. UM, MY QUESTION IS, 3184 01:48:59,165 --> 01:49:03,703 I, YOU KNOW, IF WE FUND TO THE 3185 01:49:03,703 --> 01:49:05,805 CONSULTANT THAT IS JUST, THAT IS 3186 01:49:05,805 --> 01:49:07,707 JUST ONE VERY SMALL PIECE OF 3187 01:49:07,707 --> 01:49:09,576 WHAT WILL BE A LARGER DOWN 3188 01:49:09,576 --> 01:49:11,878 PAYMENT IN A COMPREHENSIVE GUN 3189 01:49:11,878 --> 01:49:14,014 VIOLENCE OR GROUP VIOLENCE 3190 01:49:14,014 --> 01:49:15,315 REDUCTION STRATEGY. AND I'M 3191 01:49:15,315 --> 01:49:16,983 JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, ON THE ONE 3192 01:49:16,983 --> 01:49:18,952 HAND, IT WILL TAKE TIME TO HIRE 3193 01:49:18,952 --> 01:49:20,820 THE CONSULTANT TO DO THE 3194 01:49:20,820 --> 01:49:22,789 LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS TO BUILD OUT 3195 01:49:22,789 --> 01:49:23,957 THE PROGRAM. BUT I ALSO JUST 3196 01:49:23,957 --> 01:49:26,126 DON'T WANT TO BE FLAT FOOTED 3197 01:49:26,126 --> 01:49:27,494 NEXT YEAR. UM, IF YOU KNOW, 3198 01:49:27,494 --> 01:49:30,130 THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT THE 3199 01:49:30,130 --> 01:49:31,097 CONSULTANT SAYS, HEY, THIS IS 3200 01:49:31,097 --> 01:49:32,265 WHAT YOU NEED. THIS IS WHAT YOU 3201 01:49:32,265 --> 01:49:33,433 NEED IN TERMS OF COORDINATION. 3202 01:49:33,433 --> 01:49:35,135 THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED IN TERMS 3203 01:49:35,135 --> 01:49:37,304 OF SUPPORT, INTENSIVE CASE 3204 01:49:37,304 --> 01:49:39,506 MANAGEMENT. AND SO I'M JUST 3205 01:49:39,506 --> 01:49:41,241 STRUGGLING BECAUSE, BECAUSE THIS 3206 01:49:41,241 --> 01:49:45,712 IS URGENT WORK AND I'M JUST NOT 3207 01:49:45,712 --> 01:49:46,279 SURE HOW TO PLAN AHEAD FOR 3208 01:49:46,279 --> 01:49:46,913 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE 3209 01:49:46,913 --> 01:49:48,248 CONSULTANT ON BOARD YET. UM, AND 3210 01:49:48,248 --> 01:49:52,218 SO WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL, FULL 3211 01:49:52,218 --> 01:49:53,720 PRICE TAG OF THIS NEW BODY OF 3212 01:49:53,720 --> 01:49:56,923 WORK. AND SO I DON'T KNOW, DO 3213 01:49:56,923 --> 01:49:58,325 WE SQUIRREL AWAY SOME FUNDS TO, 3214 01:49:58,325 --> 01:50:01,227 TO KIND OF PREPARE FOR THAT? UM, 3215 01:50:01,227 --> 01:50:03,863 OR, YOU KNOW, I THINK PARTIALLY 3216 01:50:03,863 --> 01:50:05,799 IT WILL BE REDEPLOYING OUR 3217 01:50:05,799 --> 01:50:07,000 EXISTING SORT OF RESOURCES. UM, 3218 01:50:07,000 --> 01:50:09,469 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EXISTING, FOR 3219 01:50:09,469 --> 01:50:10,003 EXAMPLE, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 3220 01:50:10,003 --> 01:50:13,139 PROGRAM. DO WE DEDICATE SOME OF 3221 01:50:13,139 --> 01:50:15,342 THOSE, UH, SLOTS FOR THIS WORK? 3222 01:50:15,342 --> 01:50:18,178 UM, YOU KNOW, DO WE, UH, YOU 3223 01:50:18,178 --> 01:50:20,113 KNOW, CHANGE SOME OF OUR CVI 3224 01:50:20,113 --> 01:50:23,183 CONTRACTS TO, TO BE MORE, UH, 3225 01:50:23,183 --> 01:50:23,717 GROUP VIOLENCE REDUCTION 3226 01:50:23,717 --> 01:50:26,553 STRATEGY WORK. UM, BUT JUST WANT 3227 01:50:26,553 --> 01:50:27,854 TO, ONE PUT THAT OUT THERE 3228 01:50:27,854 --> 01:50:29,522 BECAUSE I THINK THAT, THAT THERE 3229 01:50:29,522 --> 01:50:31,124 WILL BE MORE WORK, BUDGET WORK 3230 01:50:31,124 --> 01:50:33,226 TO COME, ASSUMING WE GO DOWN 3231 01:50:33,226 --> 01:50:35,395 THIS PATH AND WE ARE ALL IN 3232 01:50:35,395 --> 01:50:37,130 ALIGNMENT, UH, TO IMPLEMENT IT. 3233 01:50:37,130 --> 01:50:38,398 BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO OPEN IT 3234 01:50:38,398 --> 01:50:39,599 UP TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY SORT 3235 01:50:39,599 --> 01:50:43,003 OF THOUGHTS ON HOW WE SORT OF 3236 01:50:43,003 --> 01:50:45,305 PLAN FOR AN UNKNOWN, UM, SORT OF 3237 01:50:45,305 --> 01:50:46,706 BUDGET IMPACT FROM, FROM THIS 3238 01:50:46,706 --> 01:50:49,576 NEW BODY OF WORK 3239 01:50:49,576 --> 01:50:51,211 >> IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD 3240 01:50:51,211 --> 01:50:54,481 QUESTION. UM, I THINK THE TRUEST 3241 01:50:54,481 --> 01:50:55,582 THING TO SAY WOULD, WOULD BE 3242 01:50:55,582 --> 01:50:56,816 THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW. 3243 01:50:56,816 --> 01:50:59,586 I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. UM, 3244 01:50:59,586 --> 01:51:02,188 IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS, AS 3245 01:51:02,188 --> 01:51:05,825 YOU ALLUDED TO, UM, IT MAY WELL 3246 01:51:05,825 --> 01:51:07,560 BE AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE A 3247 01:51:07,560 --> 01:51:10,096 QUESTION OF UM, BETTER 3248 01:51:10,096 --> 01:51:12,666 COORDINATING OR REORIENTING THE 3249 01:51:12,666 --> 01:51:14,534 RESOURCES WE'RE PUTTING TOWARDS 3250 01:51:14,534 --> 01:51:16,069 THIS ISSUE. ALL FACETS OF THIS 3251 01:51:16,069 --> 01:51:17,637 ISSUE FROM FROM THE FRONT TO 3252 01:51:17,637 --> 01:51:20,173 THE, TO THE BACK END. UM, IT MAY 3253 01:51:20,173 --> 01:51:21,841 ALSO BE THE CASE THAT THERE ARE 3254 01:51:21,841 --> 01:51:23,643 ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, 3255 01:51:23,643 --> 01:51:25,445 INVESTMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL OR 3256 01:51:25,445 --> 01:51:26,846 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THINKS ARE 3257 01:51:26,846 --> 01:51:27,347 WARRANTED BASED ON THE 3258 01:51:27,347 --> 01:51:28,882 INFORMATION THAT WE LEARN IN THE 3259 01:51:28,882 --> 01:51:29,983 PATH WE GO FORWARD. BUT, UM, 3260 01:51:29,983 --> 01:51:31,951 I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WOULD BE 3261 01:51:31,951 --> 01:51:33,920 ABLE TO PREDICT A FUTURE BUDGET 3262 01:51:33,920 --> 01:51:36,256 IMPACTS AT THIS POINT. 3263 01:51:36,256 --> 01:51:37,757 >> THANK YOU CHAIR. JUST 3264 01:51:37,757 --> 01:51:39,025 SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO 3265 01:51:39,025 --> 01:51:40,994 CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO JUST TO 3266 01:51:40,994 --> 01:51:42,962 TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PLAN AHEAD AND 3267 01:51:42,962 --> 01:51:46,332 FIGURE OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, 3268 01:51:46,332 --> 01:51:47,333 BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M SUPPORTIVE 3269 01:51:47,333 --> 01:51:48,334 AND, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE 3270 01:51:48,334 --> 01:51:49,369 SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OTHER 3271 01:51:49,369 --> 01:51:52,872 PIECES OF THE PUZZLE BESIDES 3272 01:51:52,872 --> 01:51:53,807 JUST THE CONSULTANT TO BE ABLE 3273 01:51:53,807 --> 01:51:56,076 TO, TO SUPPORT WHAT WE THINK 3274 01:51:56,076 --> 01:51:58,445 WILL BE COMING IN TERMS OF A NEW 3275 01:51:58,445 --> 01:51:59,546 STRATEGY. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 3276 01:51:59,546 --> 01:52:01,014 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3277 01:52:01,014 --> 01:52:02,082 ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE TABLE AT 3278 01:52:02,082 --> 01:52:04,284 THIS TIME? THANK YOU. MOVING ON 3279 01:52:04,284 --> 01:52:04,751 TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3280 01:52:04,751 --> 01:52:05,518 HOLLINGSWORTH AND COUNCILMEMBER 3281 01:52:05,518 --> 01:52:06,686 RIVERA. I SEE YOUR HAND, BUT WE 3282 01:52:06,686 --> 01:52:08,154 HAVE TO KEEP MOVING TODAY. I 3283 01:52:08,154 --> 01:52:11,691 JUST THANK. 3284 01:52:11,691 --> 01:52:11,925 >> YOU. 3285 01:52:11,925 --> 01:52:12,392 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3286 01:52:12,392 --> 01:52:13,393 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I'LL BE 3287 01:52:13,393 --> 01:52:16,229 QUICK BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE THE 3288 01:52:16,229 --> 01:52:19,532 UNIFIED CARE TEAM NEXT. UM, 3289 01:52:19,532 --> 01:52:20,867 TOMMASO FOR AND I AND I THANK 3290 01:52:20,867 --> 01:52:22,135 YOU COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR THOSE 3291 01:52:22,135 --> 01:52:23,436 COMMENTS REGARDING SENSE OF 3292 01:52:23,436 --> 01:52:26,072 URGENCY BECAUSE I KNOW AFTER THE 3293 01:52:26,072 --> 01:52:27,407 STUFF WE EXPERIENCED AT THE 3294 01:52:27,407 --> 01:52:28,074 BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, SOME OF 3295 01:52:28,074 --> 01:52:29,242 US WERE TOLD WE WERE GOING TO 3296 01:52:29,242 --> 01:52:32,078 HAVE A PLAN EARLIER, UH, AND SAT 3297 01:52:32,078 --> 01:52:33,346 DOWN AND WANTED TO FIGURE OUT 3298 01:52:33,346 --> 01:52:34,013 WHAT THIS LOOKED LIKE. SO I'M 3299 01:52:34,013 --> 01:52:37,117 EXCITED THAT WE HAVE A PLAN AND 3300 01:52:37,117 --> 01:52:38,852 WE HAVE A COMMITMENT THAT'S 3301 01:52:38,852 --> 01:52:40,553 HERE. UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS 3302 01:52:40,553 --> 01:52:44,958 I WANTED TO ADDRESS WAS THE B 3303 01:52:44,958 --> 01:52:46,793 OPTION. UM, HAVE, HAS THE 3304 01:52:46,793 --> 01:52:49,796 EXECUTIVE TALKED ABOUT ANY 3305 01:52:49,796 --> 01:52:52,298 DELIVERABLES ALONG WITH THE PLAN 3306 01:52:52,298 --> 01:52:54,400 TIMELINE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF, 3307 01:52:54,400 --> 01:52:58,037 OF THE GUN VIOLENCE PLAN 3308 01:52:58,037 --> 01:53:00,173 >> I'M NOT AWARE OF UM, 3309 01:53:00,173 --> 01:53:02,175 SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES. I THINK, 3310 01:53:02,175 --> 01:53:04,577 PART OF WHAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO 3311 01:53:04,577 --> 01:53:06,846 AND HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO IN OTHER 3312 01:53:06,846 --> 01:53:08,715 MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBERS COMMENTS 3313 01:53:08,715 --> 01:53:11,384 IS THAT, UM, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, 3314 01:53:11,384 --> 01:53:14,654 WE HAVE HAD THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 3315 01:53:14,654 --> 01:53:18,291 A PLAN AND WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET 3316 01:53:18,291 --> 01:53:20,927 DOCUMENTS, THE MAYOR'S GUN 3317 01:53:20,927 --> 01:53:22,862 VIOLENCE PLAN PLAN, MGVP. 3318 01:53:22,862 --> 01:53:27,000 REFERENCED, BUT UM, A PLAN IN 3319 01:53:27,000 --> 01:53:28,935 TOTALITY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT 3320 01:53:28,935 --> 01:53:30,537 I'VE SEEN SO FAR. BUT YOU KNOW, 3321 01:53:30,537 --> 01:53:32,772 AS I SAID, WE SEE. 3322 01:53:32,772 --> 01:53:36,242 >> YEAH. 3323 01:53:36,242 --> 01:53:38,545 >> WE SEE UM WE SEE LIKE THE, 3324 01:53:38,545 --> 01:53:39,946 THE WAYS IN WHICH THAT MIGHT 3325 01:53:39,946 --> 01:53:40,947 LOOK TO TELEGRAPH TO SOME EXTENT 3326 01:53:40,947 --> 01:53:41,648 IN THE BUDGET. BUT NO, I 3327 01:53:41,648 --> 01:53:44,184 HAVEN'T SEEN SPECIFIC 3328 01:53:44,184 --> 01:53:45,518 DELIVERABLES THAT WOULD BE NEW, 3329 01:53:45,518 --> 01:53:47,353 YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, I SHOULD 3330 01:53:47,353 --> 01:53:49,422 SAY WITHIN THE EXISTING 3331 01:53:49,422 --> 01:53:52,025 CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE IN HSD, 3332 01:53:52,025 --> 01:53:54,027 PRIMARILY AND OTHER PLACES THAT 3333 01:53:54,027 --> 01:53:56,529 RELATE TO THE VARIOUS POINTS ON 3334 01:53:56,529 --> 01:53:59,365 THE PREVENTION RESPONSE 3335 01:53:59,365 --> 01:53:59,999 INTERVENTION SORT OF SPECTRUM, 3336 01:53:59,999 --> 01:54:01,234 OF COURSE, ALL OF THOSE THOSE 3337 01:54:01,234 --> 01:54:02,769 CONTRACTS ALREADY HAVE REPORTING 3338 01:54:02,769 --> 01:54:03,303 AND DELIVERABLES THAT ARE 3339 01:54:03,303 --> 01:54:04,971 INTERNAL, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF 3340 01:54:04,971 --> 01:54:07,540 NEW, UH, SET OF DELIVERABLES. 3341 01:54:07,540 --> 01:54:08,274 >> AND THAT'S SOMETHING. THANK 3342 01:54:08,274 --> 01:54:09,342 YOU THOMAS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING 3343 01:54:09,342 --> 01:54:11,511 THAT OUR OFFICE IS GOING TO BE 3344 01:54:11,511 --> 01:54:14,013 LOOKING INTO IS A TIMELINE OF 3345 01:54:14,013 --> 01:54:17,016 IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN. IN 3346 01:54:17,016 --> 01:54:19,419 ADDITION TO DELIVERABLES, 3347 01:54:19,419 --> 01:54:22,922 SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES. UH, AFTER 3348 01:54:22,922 --> 01:54:25,458 GUN VIOLENCE HAPPENS, FOCUS 3349 01:54:25,458 --> 01:54:27,994 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, TIMELINE 3350 01:54:27,994 --> 01:54:29,929 OF IMPLEMENTATION. AND ALSO JUST 3351 01:54:29,929 --> 01:54:32,198 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 3352 01:54:32,198 --> 01:54:34,868 HIGHLIGHT AS WELL. UM, I, I 3353 01:54:34,868 --> 01:54:36,669 STRONGLY BELIEVE, AND I KNOW 3354 01:54:36,669 --> 01:54:38,104 THAT COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA PUT IN 3355 01:54:38,104 --> 01:54:40,373 LAST YEAR FOR GUN VIOLENCE, A 3356 01:54:40,373 --> 01:54:42,242 CONFERENCE AND A PART OF THE 3357 01:54:42,242 --> 01:54:44,844 SENSE OF URGENCY WAS DUE TO 3358 01:54:44,844 --> 01:54:47,780 THERE WASN'T A PLAN IN PLACE. 3359 01:54:47,780 --> 01:54:49,349 AND SO NOW WE, WE HAD A 3360 01:54:49,349 --> 01:54:50,950 CONFERENCE AND A SYMPOSIUM. AND 3361 01:54:50,950 --> 01:54:53,853 SO WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT 3362 01:54:53,853 --> 01:54:54,487 INFORMATION FROM THAT SYMPOSIUM 3363 01:54:54,487 --> 01:54:55,188 BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW THE 3364 01:54:55,188 --> 01:54:57,190 LANDSCAPE OF WHAT GUN VIOLENCE 3365 01:54:57,190 --> 01:54:59,459 EVEN LOOKED LIKE IN OUR CITY. SO 3366 01:54:59,459 --> 01:55:01,194 I WAS HAPPY THAT TO ENGAGE WITH 3367 01:55:01,194 --> 01:55:02,795 THAT. AND IT REVEALED SOME, SOME 3368 01:55:02,795 --> 01:55:05,231 THINGS THAT WE KIND OF ALREADY 3369 01:55:05,231 --> 01:55:06,966 KNEW WE HAD BEEN HEARING, BUT IT 3370 01:55:06,966 --> 01:55:08,167 HAD DATA ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AND 3371 01:55:08,167 --> 01:55:10,370 I THINK IT CREATED A GREAT 3372 01:55:10,370 --> 01:55:12,205 BASELINE FOR INFORMATION, BUT 3373 01:55:12,205 --> 01:55:15,074 ALSO TO UH, TWO YEARS AGO, UM, 3374 01:55:15,074 --> 01:55:17,944 COUNCIL VOTED ON A SLIDE FOR 3375 01:55:17,944 --> 01:55:19,345 INVENTORY FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS. SO 3376 01:55:19,345 --> 01:55:22,415 WE HAVE LITERALLY ALL THE YOUTH 3377 01:55:22,415 --> 01:55:23,850 PROGRAMS WITHIN THE ENTIRE CITY. 3378 01:55:23,850 --> 01:55:26,352 SO WE CAN KIND OF GAUGE, YOU 3379 01:55:26,352 --> 01:55:28,054 KNOW, WHICH DEPARTMENT IS DOING 3380 01:55:28,054 --> 01:55:29,322 WHAT AND WHAT INVESTMENTS ARE 3381 01:55:29,322 --> 01:55:30,957 GOING TO BE. AND, AND I JUST 3382 01:55:30,957 --> 01:55:32,492 WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO STATE 3383 01:55:32,492 --> 01:55:34,961 THE REASON WHY I THINK IT'S 3384 01:55:34,961 --> 01:55:36,396 REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE FIGURE 3385 01:55:36,396 --> 01:55:37,430 OUT WHAT THE DELIVERABLES ARE 3386 01:55:37,430 --> 01:55:38,665 AND SO FORTH. AND WE TALK ABOUT 3387 01:55:38,665 --> 01:55:40,199 HOW AMAZING BALTIMORE IS. AND 3388 01:55:40,199 --> 01:55:42,168 I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT, 3389 01:55:42,168 --> 01:55:44,337 BALTIMORE IS WAY DIFFERENT. AND 3390 01:55:44,337 --> 01:55:46,906 THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE IT'S 3391 01:55:46,906 --> 01:55:47,540 THEIR IMPLEMENTATION. AND A LOT 3392 01:55:47,540 --> 01:55:51,644 OF THE PEOPLE IN BALTIMORE ARE 3393 01:55:51,644 --> 01:55:54,280 BLACK AND HOW THEY IMPLEMENT 3394 01:55:54,280 --> 01:55:56,482 THEIR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION 3395 01:55:56,482 --> 01:55:57,850 PLAN IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN HOW 3396 01:55:57,850 --> 01:56:00,053 WE SEE IT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE 3397 01:56:00,053 --> 01:56:01,120 IMPLEMENTING IT. AND HALF OF THE 3398 01:56:01,120 --> 01:56:02,588 PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE BEING 3399 01:56:02,588 --> 01:56:04,357 VICTIMS IN OUR CITY ARE BLACK 3400 01:56:04,357 --> 01:56:06,993 MALES. AND SO THERE ARE THINGS 3401 01:56:06,993 --> 01:56:10,363 THAT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT 3402 01:56:10,363 --> 01:56:12,732 FOR LEGISLATIVE REPORTING AND 3403 01:56:12,732 --> 01:56:15,068 DELIVERABLES WITH THE GUN 3404 01:56:15,068 --> 01:56:16,502 VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN. UM, 3405 01:56:16,502 --> 01:56:17,570 THAT IS GOING TO IDENTIFY HOW 3406 01:56:17,570 --> 01:56:19,172 ARE WE TARGETING THAT CERTAIN 3407 01:56:19,172 --> 01:56:21,007 AUDIENCE THAT'S THE MOST 3408 01:56:21,007 --> 01:56:21,641 IMPACTED 4% OF THE POPULATION, 3409 01:56:21,641 --> 01:56:24,377 BUT THEY'RE 50% OF THE VICTIMS. 3410 01:56:24,377 --> 01:56:26,112 UM, FOR, FOR GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR 3411 01:56:26,112 --> 01:56:28,848 CITY. SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL 3412 01:56:28,848 --> 01:56:29,716 BE, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING. 3413 01:56:29,716 --> 01:56:30,984 HEADS UP COLLEAGUES. THAT'S WHAT 3414 01:56:30,984 --> 01:56:32,085 WE'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO 3415 01:56:32,085 --> 01:56:33,219 CRAFT. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO 3416 01:56:33,219 --> 01:56:34,220 IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A 3417 01:56:34,220 --> 01:56:35,254 TIMELINE OF IMPLEMENTATION, 3418 01:56:35,254 --> 01:56:36,189 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PASS 3419 01:56:36,189 --> 01:56:37,824 THIS. AND THEN WE'RE JUST 3420 01:56:37,824 --> 01:56:40,326 SITTING HERE LOOKING AROUND AND 3421 01:56:40,326 --> 01:56:41,961 HOW MUCH MORE MONEY DO WE NEED? 3422 01:56:41,961 --> 01:56:43,196 AND WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE. 3423 01:56:43,196 --> 01:56:45,031 WE DON'T HAVE DELIVERABLES. WE 3424 01:56:45,031 --> 01:56:46,399 CANNOT LOOK HOW WE'RE MAKING 3425 01:56:46,399 --> 01:56:48,735 PROGRESS IN OUR CITY REGARDING 3426 01:56:48,735 --> 01:56:50,503 THE GUN VIOLENCE THAT'S GOING ON 3427 01:56:50,503 --> 01:56:53,106 IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE IT'S I 3428 01:56:53,106 --> 01:56:54,707 CAN'T SEE ANOTHER KID DIE. I 3429 01:56:54,707 --> 01:56:57,043 CAN'T READ ANOTHER EMAIL FROM A 3430 01:56:57,043 --> 01:56:58,811 MOM TELLING ME HOW MUCH THEY 3431 01:56:58,811 --> 01:57:00,880 MISS THEIR KID. WE CAN'T NO MORE 3432 01:57:00,880 --> 01:57:02,382 PROCLAMATIONS FOR FOR DEAD KIDS. 3433 01:57:02,382 --> 01:57:04,150 WE GOT TO HAVE A TIMELINE. WE 3434 01:57:04,150 --> 01:57:05,385 GOT TO TAKE THIS REAL SERIOUS. 3435 01:57:05,385 --> 01:57:07,053 THANK YOU. 3436 01:57:07,053 --> 01:57:08,254 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3437 01:57:08,254 --> 01:57:08,888 COMMITTEE TABLE. ANYTHING ELSE 3438 01:57:08,888 --> 01:57:11,924 TO SHARE? COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER 3439 01:57:11,924 --> 01:57:13,259 LIN COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA HAS 3440 01:57:13,259 --> 01:57:14,227 INDICATED THAT SHE'S GOT ANSWERS 3441 01:57:14,227 --> 01:57:16,429 TO YOUR QUESTIONS. WE DO NEED TO 3442 01:57:16,429 --> 01:57:18,431 KEEP MOVING AT THIS TIME. 3443 01:57:18,431 --> 01:57:19,032 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE CLOSE US 3444 01:57:19,032 --> 01:57:21,501 OUT ON CARE. MY ONLY THING THAT 3445 01:57:21,501 --> 01:57:23,970 I'M GOING TO SAY HERE IS THAT 3446 01:57:23,970 --> 01:57:25,204 BY REDUCING POSITIONS, WHETHER 3447 01:57:25,204 --> 01:57:26,472 THEY'VE BEEN FILLED OR NOT 3448 01:57:26,472 --> 01:57:28,775 FILLED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, 3449 01:57:28,775 --> 01:57:30,376 REDUCES THE MOMENTUM WE NEED TO 3450 01:57:30,376 --> 01:57:32,178 KEEP THE MOMENTUM UP. ON GETTING 3451 01:57:32,178 --> 01:57:35,381 CARE INTO EVERY PART OF OUR 3452 01:57:35,381 --> 01:57:36,649 CITY, INTO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, 3453 01:57:36,649 --> 01:57:38,951 AND SUPPORTING THEM TO BETTER 3454 01:57:38,951 --> 01:57:40,319 SERVE EVERY SEATTLEITE. I'M VERY 3455 01:57:40,319 --> 01:57:41,387 CONCERNED ABOUT THE MOMENTUM LAG 3456 01:57:41,387 --> 01:57:42,722 THAT I SEE IN THIS BUDGET. OTHER 3457 01:57:42,722 --> 01:57:44,624 THAN THAT, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 3458 01:57:44,624 --> 01:57:45,892 PLEASE CLOSE THIS OUT. 3459 01:57:45,892 --> 01:57:47,393 >> THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU 3460 01:57:47,393 --> 01:57:48,961 FOR THAT POINT, COLLEAGUES. UM, 3461 01:57:48,961 --> 01:57:50,463 TO YOUR QUESTIONS. I'VE BEEN 3462 01:57:50,463 --> 01:57:52,265 LISTENING. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE 3463 01:57:52,265 --> 01:57:53,733 HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING 3464 01:57:53,733 --> 01:57:55,435 BLOCKS OF WHAT WE NEED TO PUT IN 3465 01:57:55,435 --> 01:57:57,270 THE PLAN INTO PLACE. ARE THERE 3466 01:57:57,270 --> 01:57:59,205 OBVIOUSLY TO BE AUGMENTED A 3467 01:57:59,205 --> 01:58:00,807 LITTLE BIT IN CERTAIN AREAS? BUT 3468 01:58:00,807 --> 01:58:03,276 I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE YOU BRING 3469 01:58:03,276 --> 01:58:03,910 THESE PIECES TOGETHER. WE CAN, 3470 01:58:03,910 --> 01:58:05,611 YOU KNOW, DO THIS. AND THEN ALSO 3471 01:58:05,611 --> 01:58:07,580 KIND OF TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S 3472 01:58:07,580 --> 01:58:09,715 POINT AND CREATE A SEATTLE 3473 01:58:09,715 --> 01:58:11,150 SPECIFIC, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT 3474 01:58:11,150 --> 01:58:13,719 ONE SIZE FITS ALL. AND, BUT I DO 3475 01:58:13,719 --> 01:58:16,589 BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THAT, UM, 3476 01:58:16,589 --> 01:58:17,990 BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS IN 3477 01:58:17,990 --> 01:58:18,591 TERMS OF HEARING ABOUT A PLAN 3478 01:58:18,591 --> 01:58:20,793 OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER, I 3479 01:58:20,793 --> 01:58:22,762 SUSPECT THAT WHEN WE DELVE INTO 3480 01:58:22,762 --> 01:58:26,032 THIS COMMITTEE, UH, COLLEAGUES 3481 01:58:26,032 --> 01:58:29,702 IN THE FIRST QUARTER, JANUARY, 3482 01:58:29,702 --> 01:58:32,171 UM. WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH 3483 01:58:32,171 --> 01:58:33,573 THE EXECUTIVE AT THE BEGINNING. 3484 01:58:33,573 --> 01:58:34,707 I TEND TO DOUBT THAT THERE'S 3485 01:58:34,707 --> 01:58:36,309 GOING TO BE A FULL FLEDGED PLAN. 3486 01:58:36,309 --> 01:58:38,678 UM, ALTHOUGH COLLEAGUES, I'M 3487 01:58:38,678 --> 01:58:42,415 DOING MY BIT, MY POLICY DIRECTOR 3488 01:58:42,415 --> 01:58:43,649 NOW WORKS FOR THE DIRECTOR OF 3489 01:58:43,649 --> 01:58:45,017 PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE EXECUTIVE. 3490 01:58:45,017 --> 01:58:49,722 SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW 3491 01:58:49,722 --> 01:58:51,290 THAT I'M DOING MY PIECE. AND ON 3492 01:58:51,290 --> 01:58:52,091 THE OTHER PARTS CHAIR, VERY GOOD 3493 01:58:52,091 --> 01:58:53,259 POINTS. AND THIS GOES TO WHAT 3494 01:58:53,259 --> 01:58:54,794 WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF THE 3495 01:58:54,794 --> 01:58:55,728 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH AND THEN 3496 01:58:55,728 --> 01:58:57,263 FOLDING IN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. 3497 01:58:57,263 --> 01:58:58,764 AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK 3498 01:58:58,764 --> 01:59:01,200 THOSE AREAS TOO. THANK YOU. 3499 01:59:01,200 --> 01:59:01,767 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3500 01:59:01,767 --> 01:59:02,368 KETTLE ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE 3501 01:59:02,368 --> 01:59:03,903 COMMITTEE TABLE AT THIS TIME? 3502 01:59:03,903 --> 01:59:05,104 WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT ON 3503 01:59:05,104 --> 01:59:07,807 IN. AND IF THE CLERK CAN READ 3504 01:59:07,807 --> 01:59:11,511 OUR FINAL ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 3505 01:59:11,511 --> 01:59:12,145 FOUR, INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE. 3506 01:59:12,145 --> 01:59:13,145 >> AGENDA ITEM FOUR, HUMAN 3507 01:59:13,145 --> 01:59:13,779 SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND UNIFIED 3508 01:59:13,779 --> 01:59:15,281 CARE TEAM FOR BRIEFING AND 3509 01:59:15,281 --> 01:59:16,415 DISCUSSION. 3510 01:59:16,415 --> 01:59:17,083 >> WONDERFUL AS THEY'RE COMING 3511 01:59:17,083 --> 01:59:18,251 UP. GREAT WORK, THOMAS JOHNSON, 3512 01:59:18,251 --> 01:59:19,886 EVEN THOUGH MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS 3513 01:59:19,886 --> 01:59:24,991 BETTER THAN YOURS. THANK YOU. 3514 01:59:24,991 --> 01:59:27,026 UM, BACK TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE. 3515 01:59:27,026 --> 01:59:29,162 WE HAVE ONE LAST PRESENTATION. 3516 01:59:29,162 --> 01:59:30,129 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND 3517 01:59:30,129 --> 01:59:32,698 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. I'M GOING TO 3518 01:59:32,698 --> 01:59:34,167 ASK THAT WE STOP AT THE END OF 3519 01:59:34,167 --> 01:59:36,302 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BEFORE 3520 01:59:36,302 --> 01:59:38,304 WE MOVE INTO UNIFIED CARE TEAM 3521 01:59:38,304 --> 01:59:40,072 COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE 63 MINUTES 3522 01:59:40,072 --> 01:59:42,842 UNTIL 5 P.M.. AND SO I AM HOPING 3523 01:59:42,842 --> 01:59:44,810 THAT IF YOU'VE GOT VALUE 3524 01:59:44,810 --> 01:59:46,979 STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT WE 3525 01:59:46,979 --> 01:59:48,548 MAKE THEM BRIEF, UH, AND 3526 01:59:48,548 --> 01:59:49,782 PRODUCTIVE. BECAUSE IF EACH OF 3527 01:59:49,782 --> 01:59:50,816 US SPOKE FOR TEN MINUTES, WE 3528 01:59:50,816 --> 01:59:53,586 WOULD BE HERE UNTIL 515 OVER TO 3529 01:59:53,586 --> 01:59:56,923 THE COMMITTEE TABLE. IF YOU ARE 3530 01:59:56,923 --> 01:59:57,156 READY. 3531 01:59:57,156 --> 01:59:58,758 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR ANN 3532 01:59:58,758 --> 02:00:02,428 GORMAN, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 3533 02:00:02,428 --> 02:00:04,330 >> COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 3534 02:00:04,330 --> 02:00:06,465 >> JENNIFER LABRECQUE. CITY 3535 02:00:06,465 --> 02:00:06,966 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 3536 02:00:06,966 --> 02:00:08,935 >> AND THOMAS JOHNSON. COUNCIL 3537 02:00:08,935 --> 02:00:09,669 CENTRAL STAFF. 3538 02:00:09,669 --> 02:00:12,171 >> YOU CAN SAY YOUR HIGH SCHOOL 3539 02:00:12,171 --> 02:00:12,471 WAS BETTER. 3540 02:00:12,471 --> 02:00:15,007 >> I WOULD NEVER. 3541 02:00:15,007 --> 02:00:17,543 >> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SHARE 3542 02:00:17,543 --> 02:00:19,612 WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AN OVERVIEW 3543 02:00:19,612 --> 02:00:21,647 OF THE BUDGET FOR THE HUMAN 3544 02:00:21,647 --> 02:00:24,216 SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT IS THE 3545 02:00:24,216 --> 02:00:26,819 2027 TO 2028 PROPOSED BUDGET AND 3546 02:00:26,819 --> 02:00:29,288 TO PRESENT TWO POLICY 3547 02:00:29,288 --> 02:00:33,659 CONSIDERATIONS FOR 3548 02:00:33,659 --> 02:00:38,965 COUNCILMEMBERS ANALYSIS. HAVING 3549 02:00:38,965 --> 02:00:41,701 A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY 3550 02:00:41,701 --> 02:00:49,075 HERE? OKAY. UH, OVERALL, WE SEE 3551 02:00:49,075 --> 02:00:50,042 THE BUDGET FOR THE HUMAN 3552 02:00:50,042 --> 02:00:53,613 SERVICES DEPARTMENT INCREASING 3553 02:00:53,613 --> 02:00:58,384 BY 5.8% FROM THE 2026 ADOPTED TO 3554 02:00:58,384 --> 02:01:01,621 THE 2027 PROPOSED LEVEL. SOME OF 3555 02:01:01,621 --> 02:01:03,589 THE BSL CHANGES THAT YOU SEE 3556 02:01:03,589 --> 02:01:08,361 HERE ARE DUE TO A CHANGE THAT IS 3557 02:01:08,361 --> 02:01:11,330 BOTH TECHNICAL AND LARGE. THE 3558 02:01:11,330 --> 02:01:13,466 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES 3559 02:01:13,466 --> 02:01:15,501 DIVISION AT HSD, WHICH 3560 02:01:15,501 --> 02:01:16,102 CORRESPONDS TO THE PROMOTING 3561 02:01:16,102 --> 02:01:21,407 HEALTHY AGING BSL, IS THE STATE 3562 02:01:21,407 --> 02:01:23,442 DESIGNATED AREA AGENCY ON AGING 3563 02:01:23,442 --> 02:01:25,645 FOR KING COUNTY, AND THE 3564 02:01:25,645 --> 02:01:26,212 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A 3565 02:01:26,212 --> 02:01:28,247 TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT FOR GRANTS 3566 02:01:28,247 --> 02:01:30,516 SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS THAT 3567 02:01:30,516 --> 02:01:32,585 ALIGNS BUDGETED AMOUNTS WITH 3568 02:01:32,585 --> 02:01:34,120 CURRENT AWARD AMOUNTS. THE 3569 02:01:34,120 --> 02:01:35,087 CURRENT AWARD AMOUNTS WERE QUITE 3570 02:01:35,087 --> 02:01:36,656 A BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS IN 3571 02:01:36,656 --> 02:01:39,825 THE BUDGET, SO BASED ON HSD COST 3572 02:01:39,825 --> 02:01:42,628 ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY, WE SEE 3573 02:01:42,628 --> 02:01:44,530 CHANGES IN THE 2027 PROPOSED 3574 02:01:44,530 --> 02:01:47,033 BUDGET THAT AFFECT NOT JUST 3575 02:01:47,033 --> 02:01:48,768 PROMOTING HEALTHY AGING, BUT 3576 02:01:48,768 --> 02:01:51,671 LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION, 3577 02:01:51,671 --> 02:01:53,773 AND SUPPORTING AFFORDABILITY AND 3578 02:01:53,773 --> 02:01:56,475 LIVABILITY. THAT'S DUE TO HSD 3579 02:01:56,475 --> 02:01:58,310 COST ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY. 3580 02:01:58,310 --> 02:01:59,912 OTHER THAN THAT, YOU SEE AN 3581 02:01:59,912 --> 02:02:02,114 INCREASE IN THE ADDRESSING 3582 02:02:02,114 --> 02:02:05,384 HOMELESSNESS BSL DUE TO THAT 3583 02:02:05,384 --> 02:02:06,052 DIVISION'S EXPANDING PORTFOLIO 3584 02:02:06,052 --> 02:02:09,755 AND THE TRANSITION OF KCRHA 3585 02:02:09,755 --> 02:02:11,757 CONTRACTS BACK TO HSD IS ALSO 3586 02:02:11,757 --> 02:02:13,759 REFLECTED IN AN INCREASE TO THE 3587 02:02:13,759 --> 02:02:16,228 LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION 3588 02:02:16,228 --> 02:02:17,963 BSL. THE REDUCTION TO THE 3589 02:02:17,963 --> 02:02:19,699 PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH BSL IS 3590 02:02:19,699 --> 02:02:22,168 DUE TO SHIFTING SOME CONTRACT 3591 02:02:22,168 --> 02:02:22,668 DOLLARS FROM THERE INTO 3592 02:02:22,668 --> 02:02:24,603 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. THAT'S 3593 02:02:24,603 --> 02:02:25,905 FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES 3594 02:02:25,905 --> 02:02:28,407 THAT WILL BE PROVIDED AT 3595 02:02:28,407 --> 02:02:30,176 SHELTERS. AND YOU JUST HEARD 3596 02:02:30,176 --> 02:02:32,178 ABOUT THE REDUCTION TO THE 3597 02:02:32,178 --> 02:02:37,650 SUPPORTING SAFE COMMUNITIES BSL 3598 02:02:37,650 --> 02:02:41,020 THE HEADLINE ON THIS SLIDE IS 3599 02:02:41,020 --> 02:02:42,621 THE VERY LARGE INCREASE IN JUMP 3600 02:02:42,621 --> 02:02:44,223 START REVENUES. AS A AS A 3601 02:02:44,223 --> 02:02:46,859 PROPORTION OF HSD BUDGET FROM 3602 02:02:46,859 --> 02:02:51,330 6/10 OF A PERCENT TO 15%, THE 3603 02:02:51,330 --> 02:02:55,267 PROPORTION OF GENERAL FUND 3604 02:02:55,267 --> 02:02:56,168 DECREASES FROM 70% TO 49%. AND I 3605 02:02:56,168 --> 02:02:57,636 WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO 3606 02:02:57,636 --> 02:02:59,171 AN ERROR ON THIS SLIDE. THE 3607 02:02:59,171 --> 02:03:01,006 PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN GENERAL 3608 02:03:01,006 --> 02:03:04,210 FUND FROM 2026 ADOPTED TO 2027 3609 02:03:04,210 --> 02:03:05,878 PROPOSED. OF COURSE, THAT SHOULD 3610 02:03:05,878 --> 02:03:09,281 BE A NEGATIVE. APOLOGIES FOR THE 3611 02:03:09,281 --> 02:03:12,184 ERROR. UH IN TERMS OF OTHER 3612 02:03:12,184 --> 02:03:15,488 SOURCES, HSD RECEIVES OVER $100 3613 02:03:15,488 --> 02:03:19,125 MILLION PER YEAR IN STATE AND 3614 02:03:19,125 --> 02:03:20,826 FEDERAL GRANT REVENUE AND SOME 3615 02:03:20,826 --> 02:03:23,162 OTHER OTHER SOURCES THAT WOULD 3616 02:03:23,162 --> 02:03:24,563 BE INCLUDED IN THAT CATEGORY ARE 3617 02:03:24,563 --> 02:03:25,931 THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX 3618 02:03:25,931 --> 02:03:27,867 FUNDS, THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT 3619 02:03:27,867 --> 02:03:30,569 PROCEED FUND, AND THE LEVY. THE 3620 02:03:30,569 --> 02:03:32,905 INCREASE IN FTE SHOWN HERE 3621 02:03:32,905 --> 02:03:36,041 REFLECTS 23 POSITIONS RELATED TO 3622 02:03:36,041 --> 02:03:38,477 THE TRANSFER OF KCRA CONTRACTS 3623 02:03:38,477 --> 02:03:41,113 BACK TO HSD, AND SIX POSITIONS 3624 02:03:41,113 --> 02:03:44,250 THAT SUPPORT MAYOR WILSON'S 3625 02:03:44,250 --> 02:03:45,918 SHELTER EXPANSION. THOSE WERE 3626 02:03:45,918 --> 02:03:48,788 ALL ADDED AS ONE TIME EMERGENCY 3627 02:03:48,788 --> 02:03:50,556 POSITIONS IN 2026, AND THERE ARE 3628 02:03:50,556 --> 02:03:52,425 TWO POSITIONS PROPOSED AT AYE TO 3629 02:03:52,425 --> 02:03:54,560 SUPPORT YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE 3630 02:03:54,560 --> 02:03:57,663 PREVENTION. THE MEMO GOES INTO, 3631 02:03:57,663 --> 02:03:59,999 UM, UH, PRETTY GRANULAR DETAIL 3632 02:03:59,999 --> 02:04:00,733 ABOUT THE POSITIONS. AGAIN, THIS 3633 02:04:00,733 --> 02:04:09,475 IS JUST AN OVERVIEW. 3634 02:04:09,475 --> 02:04:10,142 >> AND THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING 3635 02:04:10,142 --> 02:04:11,377 TO TAKE US BACK TO THE SLIDE 3636 02:04:11,377 --> 02:04:12,745 PREVIOUS, BECAUSE ALL OF YOUR 3637 02:04:12,745 --> 02:04:14,647 POLICY CONSIDERATIONS ARE 3638 02:04:14,647 --> 02:04:15,281 REGARDING THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM. 3639 02:04:15,281 --> 02:04:16,615 IS THAT CORRECT? 3640 02:04:16,615 --> 02:04:17,616 >> REGARDING THE YOU SEE THERE. 3641 02:04:17,616 --> 02:04:19,518 NO, THERE WE HAVE TWO POLICY 3642 02:04:19,518 --> 02:04:20,619 CONSIDERATIONS TO SHARE. ONE OF 3643 02:04:20,619 --> 02:04:23,489 THEM PERTAINS TO THE UNIFIED 3644 02:04:23,489 --> 02:04:26,592 CARE TEAM AND THE OTHER HERE. 3645 02:04:26,592 --> 02:04:29,995 LET ME PREVIEW IT. 3646 02:04:29,995 --> 02:04:32,231 >> SO I'M SORRY WE'RE HAVING A 3647 02:04:32,231 --> 02:04:34,767 LITTLE BIT OF REAL TIME. I 3648 02:04:34,767 --> 02:04:35,401 THOUGHT THIS PRESENTATION. THIS 3649 02:04:35,401 --> 02:04:36,902 IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T COORDINATE 3650 02:04:36,902 --> 02:04:40,239 AS CLOSELY. IF WE'RE GOING TO 3651 02:04:40,239 --> 02:04:41,507 DO BOTH HSD AND UNIFIED CARE 3652 02:04:41,507 --> 02:04:44,977 TEAM ALL TOGETHER. UM, I AFTER 3653 02:04:44,977 --> 02:04:47,246 WATCHING, AFTER EXPERIENCING 3654 02:04:47,246 --> 02:04:47,913 YESTERDAY'S COMMITTEE, I THINK 3655 02:04:47,913 --> 02:04:49,081 THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A 3656 02:04:49,081 --> 02:04:50,783 DIFFERENT LEVEL OF FOCUS ON THE 3657 02:04:50,783 --> 02:04:51,817 ENTIRE DEPARTMENT VERSUS THE 3658 02:04:51,817 --> 02:04:55,221 UNIFIED CARE TEAM, SPECIFICALLY. 3659 02:04:55,221 --> 02:04:56,188 UM, THIS IS WHERE I'M DOING A 3660 02:04:56,188 --> 02:04:58,190 GUT CHECK, FOLKS. CAN WE, DO YOU 3661 02:04:58,190 --> 02:05:00,292 WANT TO JUST DO THE WHOLE 3662 02:05:00,292 --> 02:05:01,260 PRESENTATION? AND THEN WE'RE 3663 02:05:01,260 --> 02:05:03,229 GOING TO HAVE THE CORRECT AMOUNT 3664 02:05:03,229 --> 02:05:04,797 OF TIME ROLL THE WHOLE 3665 02:05:04,797 --> 02:05:05,965 PRESENTATION AND WE'LL COME BACK 3666 02:05:05,965 --> 02:05:13,239 TO IT AT THE END. THANK YOU. 3667 02:05:13,239 --> 02:05:16,075 >> OKAY. UH, APOLOGIES. UH, WE 3668 02:05:16,075 --> 02:05:18,978 WILL, WE WILL ROLL WITH IT. UM, 3669 02:05:18,978 --> 02:05:20,846 THE REASON THAT WE'RE TALKING 3670 02:05:20,846 --> 02:05:22,948 ABOUT THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM AS 3671 02:05:22,948 --> 02:05:25,818 PART OF THE HSD PRESENTATION IS 3672 02:05:25,818 --> 02:05:27,887 THAT THE, THE UC T IS A MULTI 3673 02:05:27,887 --> 02:05:32,358 DEPENDENT MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL 3674 02:05:32,358 --> 02:05:32,992 EFFORT TO ADDRESS UNSANCTIONED 3675 02:05:32,992 --> 02:05:34,727 ENCAMPMENTS AND CLEAN AND 3676 02:05:34,727 --> 02:05:36,228 MAINTAIN PUBLIC SPACES THAT HAVE 3677 02:05:36,228 --> 02:05:37,997 BEEN AFFECTED BY THEM. BUT THE 3678 02:05:37,997 --> 02:05:42,434 UC T CORE TEAM, WHICH PROVIDES 3679 02:05:42,434 --> 02:05:43,002 STRATEGY, COORDINATION AND 3680 02:05:43,002 --> 02:05:44,069 BUDGET AND POLICY OVERSIGHT, IS 3681 02:05:44,069 --> 02:05:50,943 HOUSED AT HSD UM. THERE ARE A 3682 02:05:50,943 --> 02:05:53,412 NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS THAT 3683 02:05:53,412 --> 02:05:55,581 PARTICIPATE ON THE UC T IN 3684 02:05:55,581 --> 02:05:58,017 PARTICULAR, SEATTLE PARKS AND 3685 02:05:58,017 --> 02:06:00,352 RECREATION SPR AND THE SEATTLE 3686 02:06:00,352 --> 02:06:02,221 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION S 3687 02:06:02,221 --> 02:06:04,924 DOT UH SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 3688 02:06:04,924 --> 02:06:08,527 IN FIELD OPERATIONS OF THE UC T, 3689 02:06:08,527 --> 02:06:09,028 WHICH INCLUDES REMOVING 3690 02:06:09,028 --> 02:06:10,563 ENCAMPMENTS, OFFERING SHELTER TO 3691 02:06:10,563 --> 02:06:13,332 PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEM, AND 3692 02:06:13,332 --> 02:06:13,899 ATTENDING TO PUBLIC SPACES 3693 02:06:13,899 --> 02:06:15,701 AFFECTED BY THEM. OTHER 3694 02:06:15,701 --> 02:06:18,237 DEPARTMENTS WITH DEDICATED UC T 3695 02:06:18,237 --> 02:06:19,705 BUDGET ARE THE DEPARTMENT OF 3696 02:06:19,705 --> 02:06:22,174 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE 3697 02:06:22,174 --> 02:06:23,509 SERVICES. SEATTLE I T THE 3698 02:06:23,509 --> 02:06:25,177 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND 3699 02:06:25,177 --> 02:06:25,778 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES. AND 3700 02:06:25,778 --> 02:06:27,279 WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES 3701 02:06:27,279 --> 02:06:30,616 COMING UP THAT, UM, HOPE TO 3702 02:06:30,616 --> 02:06:33,252 ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFUSE NATURE OF 3703 02:06:33,252 --> 02:06:36,455 THE UC T WITH THE HSD CORE TEAM, 3704 02:06:36,455 --> 02:06:39,058 UM, STEERING THAT SHIP ACROSS 3705 02:06:39,058 --> 02:06:40,359 ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS 3706 02:06:40,359 --> 02:06:43,362 PARTICIPATING ON THE UC. T WHAT 3707 02:06:43,362 --> 02:06:44,964 IS PROPOSED IN THE WHAT IS 3708 02:06:44,964 --> 02:06:48,133 INCLUDED IN THE 2027 PROPOSED 3709 02:06:48,133 --> 02:06:50,636 BUDGET ARE A REDUCTION FROM THE 3710 02:06:50,636 --> 02:06:53,639 CURRENT $30 MILLION BUDGET LEVEL 3711 02:06:53,639 --> 02:06:59,511 AND 113 POINT 5FTS TO A PROPOSED 3712 02:06:59,511 --> 02:07:00,980 $28 MILLION BUDGET AND 105 FTE. 3713 02:07:00,980 --> 02:07:03,682 AND WE HAVE PULLED OUT SOME OF 3714 02:07:03,682 --> 02:07:05,951 THOSE REDUCTIONS, UM, FOR FOR 3715 02:07:05,951 --> 02:07:08,420 YOUR PARTICULAR ATTENTION, 3716 02:07:08,420 --> 02:07:10,356 BECAUSE THEY, THEY INVOLVE THE 3717 02:07:10,356 --> 02:07:13,859 IN FIELD OPERATIONS OF THE UC. T 3718 02:07:13,859 --> 02:07:16,462 SO HSD HAS PROPOSED TO REDUCE 3719 02:07:16,462 --> 02:07:18,564 TWO FTE VACANT POSITIONS AND 3720 02:07:18,564 --> 02:07:21,066 REDUCE ITS OPERATING BUDGET. 3721 02:07:21,066 --> 02:07:23,402 SDOT HAS PROPOSED TO REDUCE TWO 3722 02:07:23,402 --> 02:07:26,138 FTE VACANT POSITIONS AND HOLD 3723 02:07:26,138 --> 02:07:27,973 VACANT TWO FTE POSITIONS, AND 3724 02:07:27,973 --> 02:07:31,343 SPR HAS PROPOSED TO REDUCE 2.5 3725 02:07:31,343 --> 02:07:31,977 FTE VACANT POSITIONS, TRANSFER 3726 02:07:31,977 --> 02:07:34,480 AN ADDITIONAL TWO POINT FTE 3727 02:07:34,480 --> 02:07:36,281 VACANT POSITIONS TO ANOTHER 3728 02:07:36,281 --> 02:07:38,017 DIRECTION. ANOTHER DIVISION OF 3729 02:07:38,017 --> 02:07:39,351 PARKS, WHICH DOES NOT DO UC T 3730 02:07:39,351 --> 02:07:41,086 WORK, AIMS TO REDUCE THE 3731 02:07:41,086 --> 02:07:47,693 OPERATING BUDGET. WITH RESPECT 3732 02:07:47,693 --> 02:07:49,962 TO THESE AGGREGATE PROPOSED 3733 02:07:49,962 --> 02:07:51,296 REDUCTIONS, THE OPTIONS THAT WE 3734 02:07:51,296 --> 02:07:54,466 HAVE IDENTIFIED ARE A INCREASE. 3735 02:07:54,466 --> 02:07:59,004 THE UC T STAFFING LEVEL AND OR 3736 02:07:59,004 --> 02:08:01,206 BUDGET AND REVISE POSITIONS 3737 02:08:01,206 --> 02:08:01,740 COMMENSURATE WITH EXPRESS 3738 02:08:01,740 --> 02:08:03,008 COUNCIL GOALS FOR THIS PROGRAM. 3739 02:08:03,008 --> 02:08:06,745 B IMPOSE A PROVISO ON ONE OR 3740 02:08:06,745 --> 02:08:09,681 MORE DEPARTMENTS. 2027 UC T 3741 02:08:09,681 --> 02:08:12,217 BUDGETS UNTIL HSD PROVIDES AN 3742 02:08:12,217 --> 02:08:13,719 OPERATIONAL PLAN. RESPONSIVE TO 3743 02:08:13,719 --> 02:08:16,522 EXPRESS COUNCIL GOALS FOR THIS 3744 02:08:16,522 --> 02:08:17,923 PROGRAM. C ADOPT A STATEMENT OF 3745 02:08:17,923 --> 02:08:20,592 LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT REVISES 3746 02:08:20,592 --> 02:08:22,494 CURRENT REPORTING STANDARDS AND 3747 02:08:22,494 --> 02:08:23,062 SETS CLEAR EXPECTATIONS AND 3748 02:08:23,062 --> 02:08:25,597 GOALS. SO THE COUNCIL IS BETTER 3749 02:08:25,597 --> 02:08:28,100 INFORMED ABOUT THIS GROUP'S WORK 3750 02:08:28,100 --> 02:08:30,235 AND ITS PROGRESS. D SOME 3751 02:08:30,235 --> 02:08:34,540 COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE OPTIONS 3752 02:08:34,540 --> 02:08:34,907 OR E NO CHANGE. 3753 02:08:34,907 --> 02:08:37,376 >> UM 3754 02:08:37,376 --> 02:08:37,943 >> GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE 3755 02:08:37,943 --> 02:08:41,013 THING. YEP. OKAY. 3756 02:08:41,013 --> 02:08:43,816 >> UH, THESE THESE SLIDES ARE 3757 02:08:43,816 --> 02:08:45,350 ILLUSTRATIVE. WE PUT THEM 3758 02:08:45,350 --> 02:08:47,419 TOGETHER. UH, ANTICIPATING THAT 3759 02:08:47,419 --> 02:08:49,321 THEY MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN 3760 02:08:49,321 --> 02:08:49,922 COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSIONS OF 3761 02:08:49,922 --> 02:08:52,825 THIS PROPOSAL. HERE IS THE HSD 3762 02:08:52,825 --> 02:08:55,761 CORE TEAM CURRENTLY PROVIDE 3763 02:08:55,761 --> 02:08:58,397 CURRENTLY COMPRISED OF SEVEN 3764 02:08:58,397 --> 02:09:01,400 EMPLOYEES, SEVEN FTE EMPLOYEES. 3765 02:09:01,400 --> 02:09:05,204 THEY'RE IN THE GREEN. WE HAVE 3766 02:09:05,204 --> 02:09:08,340 WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE ILLUSTRATED 3767 02:09:08,340 --> 02:09:10,976 WHICH DEPARTMENTS HAVE DEDICATED 3768 02:09:10,976 --> 02:09:13,145 EMPLOYEES AND BUDGET DIRECT, UH, 3769 02:09:13,145 --> 02:09:17,483 ASSIGNED TO THE UC. T THEY ARE 3770 02:09:17,483 --> 02:09:21,053 HSD SPR S DOT AND FAS. ALL 3771 02:09:21,053 --> 02:09:24,289 PROPOSED REDUCTIONS ARE HERE IN 3772 02:09:24,289 --> 02:09:27,326 RED SPU SPD. AND IT'D HAVE 3773 02:09:27,326 --> 02:09:28,927 BUDGETS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UC 3774 02:09:28,927 --> 02:09:35,367 T, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY 3775 02:09:35,367 --> 02:09:35,968 EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 3776 02:09:35,968 --> 02:09:40,405 AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF 3777 02:09:40,405 --> 02:09:41,006 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM AT HSD. 3778 02:09:41,006 --> 02:09:44,610 AGAIN, THE BLUE DENOTES THE CORE 3779 02:09:44,610 --> 02:09:48,247 TEAM AND THE GREEN SHOWS THE 3780 02:09:48,247 --> 02:09:50,182 FIELD OPERATIONS COORDINATION 3781 02:09:50,182 --> 02:09:56,288 THAT TAKES PLACE OUT OF HSD. AND 3782 02:09:56,288 --> 02:09:57,923 HERE IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE 3783 02:09:57,923 --> 02:10:00,559 POSITIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO 3784 02:10:00,559 --> 02:10:02,628 BE REDUCED OR TRANSFERRED OR 3785 02:10:02,628 --> 02:10:05,931 HELD VACANT IN THE 2027 PROPOSED 3786 02:10:05,931 --> 02:10:08,133 BUDGET. ACROSS THESE THREE 3787 02:10:08,133 --> 02:10:13,238 DEPARTMENTS. UM, AS AS WAS 3788 02:10:13,238 --> 02:10:13,872 DISCUSSED YESTERDAY DURING THE 3789 02:10:13,872 --> 02:10:16,508 SPR PRESENTATION, SOME OF THESE 3790 02:10:16,508 --> 02:10:21,046 POSITIONS HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR 3791 02:10:21,046 --> 02:10:22,548 QUITE A WHILE. THAT IS ALL WE 3792 02:10:22,548 --> 02:10:25,818 HAVE RELATED TO THE UC T. 3793 02:10:25,818 --> 02:10:27,586 >> OKAY. 3794 02:10:27,586 --> 02:10:28,253 >> AND THERE'S ONE MORE ISSUE. 3795 02:10:28,253 --> 02:10:30,122 DO YOU WANT ME TO RUN THROUGH 3796 02:10:30,122 --> 02:10:30,389 THAT ONE? 3797 02:10:30,389 --> 02:10:34,393 >> YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO 3798 02:10:34,393 --> 02:10:34,993 SORRY, WE GOT A LITTLE OUT OF 3799 02:10:34,993 --> 02:10:38,597 SYNC HERE. UM. WHAT I'M GOING TO 3800 02:10:38,597 --> 02:10:39,965 SAY IS I'M GOING TO SHARE MY 3801 02:10:39,965 --> 02:10:41,667 THOUGHTS ON THE UNIFIED CARE 3802 02:10:41,667 --> 02:10:45,070 TEAM. LET'S WE'LL DO THE, THE 3803 02:10:45,070 --> 02:10:47,139 UNIFIED CARE. SORRY. AND I JUST 3804 02:10:47,139 --> 02:10:47,773 CHATTED WITH COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 3805 02:10:47,773 --> 02:10:50,409 AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I'M SORRY 3806 02:10:50,409 --> 02:10:51,043 FOR THE MISCOMMUNICATION THAT I 3807 02:10:51,043 --> 02:10:53,946 PROVIDED BOTH OF YOU IN THIS. 3808 02:10:53,946 --> 02:10:55,247 UM, AND MY APOLOGIES TO CENTRAL 3809 02:10:55,247 --> 02:10:58,116 STAFF FOR NOT HAVING A MORE DEEP 3810 02:10:58,116 --> 02:10:59,751 REVIEW WITH YOU BEFORE WE CAME 3811 02:10:59,751 --> 02:11:03,155 OUT HERE INTO COMMITTEE. UH, 3812 02:11:03,155 --> 02:11:04,356 EVERYTHING'S GOOD. SO I'M GOING 3813 02:11:04,356 --> 02:11:05,891 TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ABOUT 3814 02:11:05,891 --> 02:11:06,925 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. I'M GOING TO 3815 02:11:06,925 --> 02:11:08,327 HAND IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER 3816 02:11:08,327 --> 02:11:10,529 RINCK AND THEN TO COUNCILMEMBER 3817 02:11:10,529 --> 02:11:11,897 LIN TO TALK ABOUT THE UNIFIED 3818 02:11:11,897 --> 02:11:15,667 CARE TEAM. AND THEN THERE IS 3819 02:11:15,667 --> 02:11:18,570 STILL AN ADDITIONAL SLIDE ABOUT 3820 02:11:18,570 --> 02:11:21,440 THE VEHICLE. RESIDENT ASSISTANCE 3821 02:11:21,440 --> 02:11:24,810 PROGRAM, BUT IT'S A TOTALLY 3822 02:11:24,810 --> 02:11:28,647 DIFFERENT TANGENT. AND SO I AND 3823 02:11:28,647 --> 02:11:30,515 THIS IS A BIT OF MY REACTION 3824 02:11:30,515 --> 02:11:32,084 FROM YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION 3825 02:11:32,084 --> 02:11:32,517 AND THE REASON THAT 3826 02:11:32,517 --> 02:11:34,686 COUNCILMEMBER LIN IS UP FIRST IS 3827 02:11:34,686 --> 02:11:36,121 BECAUSE HE HAD A LOT OF 3828 02:11:36,121 --> 02:11:37,789 QUESTIONS, AND I ASKED HIM TO 3829 02:11:37,789 --> 02:11:39,057 HOLD THEM. BUT IT'S REALLY JUST 3830 02:11:39,057 --> 02:11:41,026 AT A HIGH LEVEL. IF THESE 3831 02:11:41,026 --> 02:11:42,361 POSITIONS ARE FUNDED OR NOT 3832 02:11:42,361 --> 02:11:45,330 FUNDED, IF THEY'RE FILLED OR 3833 02:11:45,330 --> 02:11:47,099 HISTORICALLY UNFILLED. WE'VE 3834 02:11:47,099 --> 02:11:48,066 SEEN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS GO 3835 02:11:48,066 --> 02:11:48,667 IN THE WRONG DIRECTION IN THE 3836 02:11:48,667 --> 02:11:52,404 LAST 12 MONTHS. AND IS IT 3837 02:11:52,404 --> 02:11:54,673 BECAUSE KCRA'S CHAOS, OR IS IT 3838 02:11:54,673 --> 02:11:55,107 BECAUSE OF MAYORAL 3839 02:11:55,107 --> 02:11:55,807 ADMINISTRATION CHANGED? IS IT 3840 02:11:55,807 --> 02:11:58,610 BECAUSE POSITIONS AREN'T 3841 02:11:58,610 --> 02:11:59,611 FILLED, OR THAT UNIFIED CARE 3842 02:11:59,611 --> 02:12:00,812 TEAM HAS BEEN MOVED OUT OF THE 3843 02:12:00,812 --> 02:12:02,648 MAYOR'S OFFICE? IT REALLY 3844 02:12:02,648 --> 02:12:05,417 DOESN'T MATTER. WHAT MATTERS IS 3845 02:12:05,417 --> 02:12:10,289 WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS 3846 02:12:10,289 --> 02:12:10,756 GROWTH IN UNSHELTERED 3847 02:12:10,756 --> 02:12:13,225 HOMELESSNESS. IS THE MAYOR 3848 02:12:13,225 --> 02:12:16,128 EXUDING LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA 3849 02:12:16,128 --> 02:12:16,728 OR DEPRIORITIZING ADDRESSING 3850 02:12:16,728 --> 02:12:18,263 HOMELESSNESS? WE KNOW THE PEOPLE 3851 02:12:18,263 --> 02:12:21,533 ON OUR STREETS TODAY COMPARED TO 3852 02:12:21,533 --> 02:12:24,202 2019 ARE MORE COMPLEX, HAVE MORE 3853 02:12:24,202 --> 02:12:25,537 COMPLEX ISSUES. THIS IS BECAUSE 3854 02:12:25,537 --> 02:12:26,672 WE'VE CREATED THE SOLUTIONS FOR 3855 02:12:26,672 --> 02:12:28,173 PEOPLE WITHOUT COMPLEX ISSUES 3856 02:12:28,173 --> 02:12:29,775 AND THEY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. WE 3857 02:12:29,775 --> 02:12:31,677 SHARED EARLIER THIS JUST THIS 3858 02:12:31,677 --> 02:12:33,478 MONTH ABOUT FOLKS GETTING KICKED 3859 02:12:33,478 --> 02:12:34,846 OUT OF TINY HOMES. A DECADE AGO, 3860 02:12:34,846 --> 02:12:36,381 WE COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THEM 3861 02:12:36,381 --> 02:12:38,850 INTO TINY HOMES UNIFIED CARE 3862 02:12:38,850 --> 02:12:40,218 TEAM HAS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE. 3863 02:12:40,218 --> 02:12:42,120 I'VE WATCHED THEM HELP PEOPLE 3864 02:12:42,120 --> 02:12:43,889 WITH LOW, COMPLEX ISSUES THAT 3865 02:12:43,889 --> 02:12:45,824 HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY HOMELESS 3866 02:12:45,824 --> 02:12:46,758 FOR MORE THAN A DECADE IN MY 3867 02:12:46,758 --> 02:12:48,927 COMMUNITY, WHO HAVE RESISTED 3868 02:12:48,927 --> 02:12:50,629 SERVICES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE 3869 02:12:50,629 --> 02:12:51,763 OUTREACH WORKERS THAT MET THEIR 3870 02:12:51,763 --> 02:12:53,065 NEEDS, TOOK THE TIME TO GET TO 3871 02:12:53,065 --> 02:12:55,167 KNOW THEM AND FOUND THEM THE 3872 02:12:55,167 --> 02:12:57,235 APPROPRIATE SHELTER. I'M GLAD 3873 02:12:57,235 --> 02:13:00,205 THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS 3874 02:13:00,205 --> 02:13:01,506 FUNDED COMPLEX SHELTER IN THIS 3875 02:13:01,506 --> 02:13:02,574 BUDGET, BUT WE CANNOT STAND 3876 02:13:02,574 --> 02:13:04,509 STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A MIDDLE 3877 02:13:04,509 --> 02:13:07,646 OF CROSSING A RIVER. WE'VE LOST 3878 02:13:07,646 --> 02:13:08,347 MOMENTUM THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS 3879 02:13:08,347 --> 02:13:10,615 WHAT I WAS HEARING ABOUT 3880 02:13:10,615 --> 02:13:12,417 YESTERDAY ABOUT IS IT BECAUSE 3881 02:13:12,417 --> 02:13:13,819 POSITIONS ARE FILLED OR 3882 02:13:13,819 --> 02:13:15,287 UNFILLED? IS IT BECAUSE THEY'RE 3883 02:13:15,287 --> 02:13:17,189 FUN? YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN 3884 02:13:17,189 --> 02:13:20,659 HISTORICALLY VACANT OR NOT? IT 3885 02:13:20,659 --> 02:13:23,128 IT NONE OF THIS MATTERS BECAUSE 3886 02:13:23,128 --> 02:13:24,029 WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT ARE WE 3887 02:13:24,029 --> 02:13:25,697 DOING TO GET THE JOB DONE. THE 3888 02:13:25,697 --> 02:13:27,366 BUDGET DOESN'T GET THIS WORK 3889 02:13:27,366 --> 02:13:30,535 DONE. LEADERSHIP DOES. AND 3890 02:13:30,535 --> 02:13:31,503 THAT'S JUST LIKE I WANTED TO 3891 02:13:31,503 --> 02:13:32,771 BRING US ALL BACK OUT OF IT 3892 02:13:32,771 --> 02:13:34,973 BECAUSE WE WERE STARTING TO GET 3893 02:13:34,973 --> 02:13:36,141 INTO ARGUMENTS OF, IS THIS 3894 02:13:36,141 --> 02:13:37,175 POSITION FILLED? IS IT NOT? IS 3895 02:13:37,175 --> 02:13:38,577 THIS POSITION DOING THINGS? IS 3896 02:13:38,577 --> 02:13:41,646 IT NOT? WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT AT 3897 02:13:41,646 --> 02:13:43,048 TIMES THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM HAS 3898 02:13:43,048 --> 02:13:44,483 WORKED REALLY, REALLY WELL. 3899 02:13:44,483 --> 02:13:46,218 THEY'VE BROKEN THE MOLD AND 3900 02:13:46,218 --> 02:13:47,753 MODEL ABOUT HOW DO WE DO THIS 3901 02:13:47,753 --> 02:13:48,353 WORK BETTER? THERE HAVE BEEN 3902 02:13:48,353 --> 02:13:49,888 TIMES THAT THEY'VE NEEDED MORE 3903 02:13:49,888 --> 02:13:50,555 IMPROVEMENT, AND MY BEST GUESS 3904 02:13:50,555 --> 02:13:52,491 IS THAT THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM 3905 02:13:52,491 --> 02:13:54,393 OPERATORS THEMSELVES HAVE IDEAS 3906 02:13:54,393 --> 02:13:59,431 ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE IT, BUT IS 3907 02:13:59,431 --> 02:14:01,033 ANYONE LEADING? AND THAT'S THE 3908 02:14:01,033 --> 02:14:03,769 BIGGER QUESTION. I KNOW THAT 3909 02:14:03,769 --> 02:14:05,270 BEFORE WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, 3910 02:14:05,270 --> 02:14:07,639 WE HAVE THE FIRST UNIFIED CARE 3911 02:14:07,639 --> 02:14:09,574 TEAM STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE 3912 02:14:09,574 --> 02:14:11,009 INTENT REPORT THAT'S COMING TO 3913 02:14:11,009 --> 02:14:12,110 US THAT HAS BROKEN OUT IN A 3914 02:14:12,110 --> 02:14:13,545 DISTRICT WAY THAT'S NEVER BEEN 3915 02:14:13,545 --> 02:14:15,147 DONE BEFORE. AND SO WE'RE JUST 3916 02:14:15,147 --> 02:14:16,581 GAINING ALL THIS MORE 3917 02:14:16,581 --> 02:14:18,550 INFORMATION. YES, CHANGES NEED 3918 02:14:18,550 --> 02:14:19,684 TO BE MADE. AND I JUST WANTED TO 3919 02:14:19,684 --> 02:14:21,653 BRING US BACK OUT OF THIS. IS 3920 02:14:21,653 --> 02:14:22,521 THE POSITION FILLED, IS IT NOT? 3921 02:14:22,521 --> 02:14:25,357 IS IT FUNDED? IS IT NOT BECAUSE 3922 02:14:25,357 --> 02:14:26,792 I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE WE'VE 3923 02:14:26,792 --> 02:14:28,060 BEEN GOING IN THE WRONG 3924 02:14:28,060 --> 02:14:30,095 DIRECTION AND WE NEED TO GO IN 3925 02:14:30,095 --> 02:14:31,063 THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THAT 3926 02:14:31,063 --> 02:14:32,964 DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN IN 3927 02:14:32,964 --> 02:14:34,833 THE BUDGET, BUT IT DOES DEPEND 3928 02:14:34,833 --> 02:14:36,802 ON THE BUDGET. THANK YOU, 3929 02:14:36,802 --> 02:14:38,570 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR LETTING 3930 02:14:38,570 --> 02:14:40,338 ME TAKE A SIDE PATH THERE. IT'S 3931 02:14:40,338 --> 02:14:44,209 OVER TO YOU 3932 02:14:44,209 --> 02:14:45,811 >> THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS UM, 3933 02:14:45,811 --> 02:14:48,580 JUST GIVEN SOME OF THE HICCUPS 3934 02:14:48,580 --> 02:14:49,114 WITH HOW WE'RE HANDLING 3935 02:14:49,114 --> 02:14:50,182 PRESENTATIONS TODAY, WOULD BE MY 3936 02:14:50,182 --> 02:14:51,049 PREFERENCE IF JUST GIVEN, SINCE 3937 02:14:51,049 --> 02:14:52,451 YOU STARTED US ON THE DISCUSSION 3938 02:14:52,451 --> 02:14:54,786 ON UC T, WE JUST GO INTO THAT 3939 02:14:54,786 --> 02:14:56,288 DISCUSSION. I HAVE SEPARATE 3940 02:14:56,288 --> 02:14:56,855 REMARKS MORE BROADLY ON THE 3941 02:14:56,855 --> 02:14:57,722 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT 3942 02:14:57,722 --> 02:14:59,057 I'D LIKE TO TAKE UP SEPARATELY. 3943 02:14:59,057 --> 02:15:00,725 SO HAPPY TO DEFER NEXT TO 3944 02:15:00,725 --> 02:15:02,727 WHOEVER HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT UCT. 3945 02:15:02,727 --> 02:15:03,562 THANK YOU. 3946 02:15:03,562 --> 02:15:04,830 >> YOU AND I WERE ON THE SAME 3947 02:15:04,830 --> 02:15:06,731 PAGE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. 3948 02:15:06,731 --> 02:15:09,100 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3949 02:15:09,100 --> 02:15:11,136 >> THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, I DON'T 3950 02:15:11,136 --> 02:15:12,337 HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS. I MEAN, 3951 02:15:12,337 --> 02:15:14,372 I THINK THE PRESENTATION IS 3952 02:15:14,372 --> 02:15:16,775 HELPFUL. UM, JUST KIND OF 3953 02:15:16,775 --> 02:15:19,544 COMMENTS. UH, TO YOUR POINT, UM, 3954 02:15:19,544 --> 02:15:22,647 ON, YOU KNOW, I AM CONCERNED 3955 02:15:22,647 --> 02:15:26,718 ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT WITH OUR 3956 02:15:26,718 --> 02:15:29,321 HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE. UM, AND, 3957 02:15:29,321 --> 02:15:30,088 YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE, UH, 3958 02:15:30,088 --> 02:15:32,090 IT'S HARD TO DIAGNOSE THE 3959 02:15:32,090 --> 02:15:34,426 PROBLEM, AS YOU MENTIONED, 3960 02:15:34,426 --> 02:15:36,928 BUDGET IS CERTAINLY ONE PIECE 3961 02:15:36,928 --> 02:15:38,964 THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY 3962 02:15:38,964 --> 02:15:40,999 THAT WE'RE WEIGHING HERE. UM, 3963 02:15:40,999 --> 02:15:42,801 CLEARLY THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT 3964 02:15:42,801 --> 02:15:45,604 REDUCTION FOR, FOR UC AND, UM, 3965 02:15:45,604 --> 02:15:47,806 YOU KNOW, AND PERHAPS THEIR 3966 02:15:47,806 --> 02:15:51,076 WORKLOAD IS ONLY GOING UP. UM, 3967 02:15:51,076 --> 02:15:53,612 YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, I AM EXCITED 3968 02:15:53,612 --> 02:15:56,715 THAT JUST MORE GENERALLY THAT WE 3969 02:15:56,715 --> 02:15:58,416 ARE, UM, FUNDING MORE HIGH 3970 02:15:58,416 --> 02:16:00,285 INTENSITY HIGH SERVICES SHELTER 3971 02:16:00,285 --> 02:16:01,286 BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT IS A 3972 02:16:01,286 --> 02:16:04,990 CRITICAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. 3973 02:16:04,990 --> 02:16:06,658 UM, OBVIOUSLY THE, WHAT IS 3974 02:16:06,658 --> 02:16:08,426 HAPPENING WITH KCRA IS NOT 3975 02:16:08,426 --> 02:16:10,061 HELPING, INCLUDING THE NEWS FROM 3976 02:16:10,061 --> 02:16:13,331 TODAY. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I 3977 02:16:13,331 --> 02:16:15,734 THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF 3978 02:16:15,734 --> 02:16:16,368 OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE RELIES 3979 02:16:16,368 --> 02:16:19,104 ON OUTSIDE PROVIDERS, WHICH ARE, 3980 02:16:19,104 --> 02:16:21,106 UM, SORT OF OUTSIDE OF OUR 3981 02:16:21,106 --> 02:16:22,107 DIRECT LINE OF AUTHORITY. UM, SO 3982 02:16:22,107 --> 02:16:24,109 WE RELY UPON SO MANY OUTSIDE 3983 02:16:24,109 --> 02:16:26,745 PROVIDERS AND, UM, JUST TO, I'LL 3984 02:16:26,745 --> 02:16:29,214 JUST SORT OF PIVOT TO MY ONE 3985 02:16:29,214 --> 02:16:31,683 COMMENT ABOUT THE HSD BUDGET IN 3986 02:16:31,683 --> 02:16:32,584 GENERAL, WHICH IS WE DO RELY 3987 02:16:32,584 --> 02:16:35,153 UPON SO MUCH ON OUTSIDE 3988 02:16:35,153 --> 02:16:37,022 PROVIDERS AND, UH, WHO CONTINUE 3989 02:16:37,022 --> 02:16:41,026 TO NOT SEE THE SAME, UH, SORT OF 3990 02:16:41,026 --> 02:16:42,027 SALARIES AND INCREASES IN 3991 02:16:42,027 --> 02:16:42,827 BUDGETS AND TO KIND OF 3992 02:16:42,827 --> 02:16:44,829 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, UH, POINT 3993 02:16:44,829 --> 02:16:46,998 EARLIER, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF 3994 02:16:46,998 --> 02:16:49,200 STRONG, UM, UNIONS FOR OUR CITY 3995 02:16:49,200 --> 02:16:51,202 STAFF, WHICH IS GREAT AND WHO 3996 02:16:51,202 --> 02:16:53,238 FIGHT FOR LIVING WAGES AND 3997 02:16:53,238 --> 02:16:54,973 REASONABLE WAGES FOR THEIR 3998 02:16:54,973 --> 02:16:57,209 EMPLOYEES. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE 3999 02:16:57,209 --> 02:16:59,678 TO INCLUDE THOSE IN OUR BUDGETS 4000 02:16:59,678 --> 02:17:00,211 WHEN THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE 4001 02:17:00,211 --> 02:17:03,148 RATIFIED. UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF 4002 02:17:03,148 --> 02:17:04,416 OUR OUTSIDE HSD IS ONE OF THOSE 4003 02:17:04,416 --> 02:17:06,084 DEPARTMENTS, WHICH REALLY, WE, 4004 02:17:06,084 --> 02:17:09,287 WE OUTSOURCE A LOT OF WORK. AND 4005 02:17:09,287 --> 02:17:12,057 EVEN IF THOSE FOLKS ARE 4006 02:17:12,057 --> 02:17:12,791 REPRESENTED BY UNIONS, THEY DO 4007 02:17:12,791 --> 02:17:15,961 NOT DIRECTLY NEGOTIATE WITH US. 4008 02:17:15,961 --> 02:17:17,963 AND I THINK THAT CREATES SOME 4009 02:17:17,963 --> 02:17:18,763 DISPARITIES IN HOW THESE FOLKS 4010 02:17:18,763 --> 02:17:19,931 ARE PAID. AND SO I'D LOVE TO 4011 02:17:19,931 --> 02:17:21,967 FIGURE OUT HOW LONG TERM WE CAN 4012 02:17:21,967 --> 02:17:24,202 HAVE MORE PARITY BETWEEN 4013 02:17:24,202 --> 02:17:26,805 EXTERNAL REPRESENTED FOLKS WHO 4014 02:17:26,805 --> 02:17:28,473 ARE DOING CRITICAL WORK FOR US 4015 02:17:28,473 --> 02:17:30,008 VERSUS OUR OWN CITY EMPLOYEES. 4016 02:17:30,008 --> 02:17:31,343 THANK YOU. CHAIR. 4017 02:17:31,343 --> 02:17:33,111 >> VERY WELL SAID. OUR 4018 02:17:33,111 --> 02:17:33,745 CONTRACTED OUTREACH TO SOME OF 4019 02:17:33,745 --> 02:17:34,446 THE HARDEST WORK, AND WE NEED TO 4020 02:17:34,446 --> 02:17:36,181 BE PAYING THEM WELL. COLLEAGUES, 4021 02:17:36,181 --> 02:17:38,683 ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? LOOKS 4022 02:17:38,683 --> 02:17:40,118 LIKE I TOOK THE TOOK THE AIR OUT 4023 02:17:40,118 --> 02:17:41,353 OF THE ROOM WITH THE UNIFIED 4024 02:17:41,353 --> 02:17:42,754 CARE TEAM. IF WE COULD GO BACK 4025 02:17:42,754 --> 02:17:44,656 UP TO THE HUMAN SERVICES 4026 02:17:44,656 --> 02:17:45,657 DEPARTMENT FLOWCHART, WE'RE 4027 02:17:45,657 --> 02:17:46,491 GOING TO START ALL OVER AGAIN, 4028 02:17:46,491 --> 02:17:47,626 AND WE'RE GOING TO PASS IT OVER 4029 02:17:47,626 --> 02:17:49,194 TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. DO YOU 4030 02:17:49,194 --> 02:17:50,328 HAVE YOUR HAND UP? COUNCILMEMBER 4031 02:17:50,328 --> 02:17:50,962 FOSTER DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN? 4032 02:17:50,962 --> 02:17:53,832 COME ON IN. 4033 02:17:53,832 --> 02:17:54,199 >> YEAH. THANK. 4034 02:17:54,199 --> 02:17:55,533 >> YOU CHAIR. 4035 02:17:55,533 --> 02:17:56,901 >> I JUST WANTED TO CHECK FOR 4036 02:17:56,901 --> 02:17:59,037 CLARIFICATION. OR IS YOUR INTENT 4037 02:17:59,037 --> 02:18:00,572 THAT WE DO YOU ASKED QUESTIONS 4038 02:18:00,572 --> 02:18:03,975 NOW, ANY OTHER HSD QUESTIONS 4039 02:18:03,975 --> 02:18:04,209 LATER? 4040 02:18:04,209 --> 02:18:05,343 >> WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO 4041 02:18:05,343 --> 02:18:07,279 HSD AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE WITH 4042 02:18:07,279 --> 02:18:09,114 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM. YEP. 4043 02:18:09,114 --> 02:18:11,016 EVERYONE'S GOT ONE OPPORTUNITY 4044 02:18:11,016 --> 02:18:12,484 TO SPEAK ON EACH OF THE THREE 4045 02:18:12,484 --> 02:18:15,453 ISSUES. SO UNIFIED CARE TEAM, 4046 02:18:15,453 --> 02:18:16,087 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND 4047 02:18:16,087 --> 02:18:18,423 THEN THERE'S A VEHICLE SLIDE AT 4048 02:18:18,423 --> 02:18:19,557 THE VERY END. EVERYONE GETS ONE 4049 02:18:19,557 --> 02:18:22,494 CHANCE. IF WE ALL SPEAK, WE'LL 4050 02:18:22,494 --> 02:18:24,062 BE HERE TILL 530. 4051 02:18:24,062 --> 02:18:25,530 >> WE GET ONE. OKAY. 4052 02:18:25,530 --> 02:18:26,798 >> SO ONE PER ISSUE. 4053 02:18:26,798 --> 02:18:28,266 >> FANTASTIC. THEN I'VE GOT A 4054 02:18:28,266 --> 02:18:28,633 QUESTION CHAIR. 4055 02:18:28,633 --> 02:18:30,168 >> FANTASTIC. 4056 02:18:30,168 --> 02:18:31,002 >> HIT IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU 4057 02:18:31,002 --> 02:18:31,903 SO MUCH, CHAIR. APPRECIATE THAT. 4058 02:18:31,903 --> 02:18:35,206 GLAD WE WORKED THAT OUT. UM, I 4059 02:18:35,206 --> 02:18:36,341 HAVE SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS 4060 02:18:36,341 --> 02:18:37,342 THAT I HAD YESTERDAY. AND I KNOW 4061 02:18:37,342 --> 02:18:39,010 CHAIR, THAT YOU WERE AT SOME 4062 02:18:39,010 --> 02:18:41,680 REALLY GREAT OPENING REMARKS AND 4063 02:18:41,680 --> 02:18:44,349 I APPRECIATE THOSE. UM, AND I 4064 02:18:44,349 --> 02:18:46,518 STILL HAVE SOME OF THE SAME 4065 02:18:46,518 --> 02:18:47,619 QUESTIONS AND NOT BECAUSE I WANT 4066 02:18:47,619 --> 02:18:49,788 TO GET INTO SORT OF 4067 02:18:49,788 --> 02:18:50,755 DISAGREEMENTS ON THE DAIS. IT'S 4068 02:18:50,755 --> 02:18:51,823 NOT MY FAVORITE THING, BUT 4069 02:18:51,823 --> 02:18:53,758 BECAUSE I WANT TO UNDERSTAND 4070 02:18:53,758 --> 02:18:54,726 WHEN WE'RE REDUCING VACANT 4071 02:18:54,726 --> 02:18:56,428 POSITIONS, WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE 4072 02:18:56,428 --> 02:18:58,563 REDUCING OUR CAPACITY AND OUR 4073 02:18:58,563 --> 02:18:59,297 EXISTING SERVICE DELIVERY, OR 4074 02:18:59,297 --> 02:19:00,165 WHETHER WE ARE, UM, SORT OF 4075 02:19:00,165 --> 02:19:01,766 SAYING THIS IS WE'RE NOT 4076 02:19:01,766 --> 02:19:04,335 GROWING. AND TO ME, I THINK 4077 02:19:04,335 --> 02:19:04,936 THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT 4078 02:19:04,936 --> 02:19:06,104 DISTINCTION WHEN WE'RE TALKING 4079 02:19:06,104 --> 02:19:07,105 ABOUT SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE 4080 02:19:07,105 --> 02:19:08,106 EXPERIENCE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE. 4081 02:19:08,106 --> 02:19:10,442 SO I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, EXPRESS 4082 02:19:10,442 --> 02:19:11,076 MY INTENT. WHILE I REALLY 4083 02:19:11,076 --> 02:19:12,644 APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT 4084 02:19:12,644 --> 02:19:16,014 WERE MADE. SO HAVING SAID THAT, 4085 02:19:16,014 --> 02:19:18,049 FOR THE UC T REDUCTIONS, ARE ANY 4086 02:19:18,049 --> 02:19:20,518 OF THE REDUCTIONS ACROSS THE 4087 02:19:20,518 --> 02:19:23,221 BOARD IN POSITIONS THAT ARE 4088 02:19:23,221 --> 02:19:24,689 CURRENTLY FILLED OR HAVE 4089 02:19:24,689 --> 02:19:27,359 PREVIOUSLY BEEN FILLED? 4090 02:19:27,359 --> 02:19:30,695 >> I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME 4091 02:19:30,695 --> 02:19:31,329 POSITIONS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY 4092 02:19:31,329 --> 02:19:35,266 BEEN FILLED. UM, FOR INSTANCE, 4093 02:19:35,266 --> 02:19:37,469 THE, THE STRATEGIC ADVISOR ONE 4094 02:19:37,469 --> 02:19:42,407 IN HSD THAT HAS ONLY BEEN VACANT 4095 02:19:42,407 --> 02:19:43,875 SINCE LAST MONTH. THERE'S 4096 02:19:43,875 --> 02:19:44,442 ANOTHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 4097 02:19:44,442 --> 02:19:45,477 ANALYST POSITION AT HSD THAT HAS 4098 02:19:45,477 --> 02:19:48,680 BEEN VACANT SINCE EARLIER THIS 4099 02:19:48,680 --> 02:19:52,417 YEAR. A LOT OF THE POSITIONS 4100 02:19:52,417 --> 02:19:55,220 SHOWN HERE HAVE HAVE NOT BEEN 4101 02:19:55,220 --> 02:19:56,988 FILLED SINCE 2023, 2024. 4102 02:19:56,988 --> 02:19:57,622 >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, 4103 02:19:57,622 --> 02:19:58,923 AND I KNOW THAT SINCE WE HAD 4104 02:19:58,923 --> 02:20:00,391 THIS CONVERSATION, IT FEELS LIKE 4105 02:20:00,391 --> 02:20:02,060 IT WAS LIKE, WAS THIS YESTERDAY 4106 02:20:02,060 --> 02:20:03,762 WHEN WE WERE IT FEELS LIKE FOUR 4107 02:20:03,762 --> 02:20:04,529 DAYS AGO. SO I KNOW IT HASN'T 4108 02:20:04,529 --> 02:20:06,865 BEEN A LOT OF TIME FOR CENTRAL 4109 02:20:06,865 --> 02:20:07,665 STAFF TO, TO GET INTO THE 4110 02:20:07,665 --> 02:20:09,434 RESEARCH. SO I APPRECIATE THAT 4111 02:20:09,434 --> 02:20:10,468 UPDATE. AND I'LL JUST LOOK FOR 4112 02:20:10,468 --> 02:20:11,669 A FOLLOW UP IN TERMS OF WHETHER 4113 02:20:11,669 --> 02:20:14,506 OR NOT THERE ARE ANY OTHER 4114 02:20:14,506 --> 02:20:16,841 POSITIONS THAT WERE RECENTLY OR 4115 02:20:16,841 --> 02:20:18,176 PREVIOUSLY FILLED. BUT WHAT I'M 4116 02:20:18,176 --> 02:20:19,711 HEARING IS AS OF RIGHT NOW, 4117 02:20:19,711 --> 02:20:21,880 THERE'S THE TWO THAT YOU'VE 4118 02:20:21,880 --> 02:20:23,882 IDENTIFIED, AND I SEE DIRECTOR 4119 02:20:23,882 --> 02:20:24,883 WHITSON OVER HERE, SO I'LL PAUSE 4120 02:20:24,883 --> 02:20:26,417 THERE. OH. 4121 02:20:26,417 --> 02:20:29,020 >> ON THE SCREEN IS A LIST 4122 02:20:29,020 --> 02:20:31,556 SHOWING THE MOST RECENT HIRE 4123 02:20:31,556 --> 02:20:33,558 DATE OR HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN 4124 02:20:33,558 --> 02:20:33,792 VACANT. 4125 02:20:33,792 --> 02:20:35,093 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. CENTRAL 4126 02:20:35,093 --> 02:20:36,895 STAFF WORKS FAST. I REALLY 4127 02:20:36,895 --> 02:20:38,696 APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL DIG INTO 4128 02:20:38,696 --> 02:20:40,165 THAT LATER. UM, AND THEN THE 4129 02:20:40,165 --> 02:20:41,666 OTHER QUESTION THAT WE HAD 4130 02:20:41,666 --> 02:20:44,102 YESTERDAY WAS JUST TRYING TO GET 4131 02:20:44,102 --> 02:20:46,971 AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE OVERALL 4132 02:20:46,971 --> 02:20:48,106 INVESTMENT IN UC T ACROSS 4133 02:20:48,106 --> 02:20:49,541 DEPARTMENTS. WERE WE ABLE TO GET 4134 02:20:49,541 --> 02:20:51,376 THAT UPDATED NUMBER. 4135 02:20:51,376 --> 02:20:52,777 >> THAT THAT IS IN PROCESS WITH 4136 02:20:52,777 --> 02:20:56,748 HSD AND CBO? YOUR YOUR QUESTIONS 4137 02:20:56,748 --> 02:20:58,183 YESTERDAY WERE VERY HELPFUL IN 4138 02:20:58,183 --> 02:21:00,885 TEEING UP THE, YOU KNOW, OUR 4139 02:21:00,885 --> 02:21:01,853 SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS THAT WE NEED 4140 02:21:01,853 --> 02:21:03,755 TO ENGAGE WITH THEM ABOUT. I 4141 02:21:03,755 --> 02:21:04,656 HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM ON 4142 02:21:04,656 --> 02:21:06,424 MONDAY, AND I ANTICIPATE AFTER 4143 02:21:06,424 --> 02:21:08,226 THAT MEETING I'LL BE ABLE TO 4144 02:21:08,226 --> 02:21:10,595 PROVIDE YOU, UM, A VERY COMPLETE 4145 02:21:10,595 --> 02:21:11,930 CROSSWALK RELATED TO YOUR 4146 02:21:11,930 --> 02:21:12,931 QUESTIONS YESTERDAY. 4147 02:21:12,931 --> 02:21:14,132 >> THANK YOU. AND THEN I'M 4148 02:21:14,132 --> 02:21:15,633 GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT'S 4149 02:21:15,633 --> 02:21:16,534 GOING TO I'M GOING TO MAKE A 4150 02:21:16,534 --> 02:21:19,003 COMMENT THAT'S GOING TO BRIDGE. 4151 02:21:19,003 --> 02:21:19,838 I THINK HOPEFULLY UC T AND SOME 4152 02:21:19,838 --> 02:21:22,640 OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS AROUND 4153 02:21:22,640 --> 02:21:24,442 HSD. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I SERVE 4154 02:21:24,442 --> 02:21:26,110 ON THE GOVERNING BOARD OF KCRW, 4155 02:21:26,110 --> 02:21:28,880 A. UM, AND I'VE BEEN THERE 4156 02:21:28,880 --> 02:21:29,881 SINCE SINCE JANUARY OF THIS 4157 02:21:29,881 --> 02:21:31,649 YEAR. I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS 4158 02:21:31,649 --> 02:21:32,851 THE NEWS OUT OF KCR FROM EARLIER 4159 02:21:32,851 --> 02:21:34,185 TODAY RIGHT NOW, BUT I WILL JUST 4160 02:21:34,185 --> 02:21:36,187 STATE MORE OF AN INTEREST IN 4161 02:21:36,187 --> 02:21:39,524 TRYING TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN 4162 02:21:39,524 --> 02:21:40,758 DIFFERENT SERVICES. SO ONE IS A 4163 02:21:40,758 --> 02:21:42,827 QUESTION OF WHAT WE'RE INVESTING 4164 02:21:42,827 --> 02:21:45,830 IN THAT IS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS 4165 02:21:45,830 --> 02:21:47,932 SERVICES PROVIDING HOUSING, 4166 02:21:47,932 --> 02:21:50,568 PROVIDING SHELTER, CONNECT, 4167 02:21:50,568 --> 02:21:51,169 PROVIDING CARE, YOU KNOW, 4168 02:21:51,169 --> 02:21:53,304 WHETHER THAT'S TREATMENT, 4169 02:21:53,304 --> 02:21:54,706 WHETHER THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE, 4170 02:21:54,706 --> 02:21:57,408 RIGHT? THOSE INVESTMENTS AND 4171 02:21:57,408 --> 02:21:59,043 DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THAT AND, 4172 02:21:59,043 --> 02:22:01,412 UM, I'M GOING TO SAY PUBLIC 4173 02:22:01,412 --> 02:22:02,313 SPACE MANAGEMENT, RIGHT? SO 4174 02:22:02,313 --> 02:22:04,883 THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT IS 4175 02:22:04,883 --> 02:22:05,850 PICKING UP ANY TRASH THAT IS 4176 02:22:05,850 --> 02:22:07,452 OUTSIDE, WHETHER THAT IS BEING 4177 02:22:07,452 --> 02:22:08,586 RESPONSIVE, AS MANY MEMBERS ON 4178 02:22:08,586 --> 02:22:10,688 THIS DAIS HAVE TALKED ABOUT TO 4179 02:22:10,688 --> 02:22:12,023 CALLS THAT COME IN FROM 4180 02:22:12,023 --> 02:22:13,691 NEIGHBORS. AND I, I JUST WANT TO 4181 02:22:13,691 --> 02:22:15,326 LOOK FOR THAT KIND OF CLARITY IN 4182 02:22:15,326 --> 02:22:17,161 OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE 4183 02:22:17,161 --> 02:22:20,932 HAVING AROUND UC T AND OUR 4184 02:22:20,932 --> 02:22:22,967 CONTRACTS WHEN IT COMES TO 4185 02:22:22,967 --> 02:22:24,869 HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, SO THAT 4186 02:22:24,869 --> 02:22:26,671 WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHETHER WE ARE 4187 02:22:26,671 --> 02:22:29,641 MAKING A REDUCTION IN, UM, A 4188 02:22:29,641 --> 02:22:34,913 HOUSING UNIT, A SHELTER UNIT, OR 4189 02:22:34,913 --> 02:22:37,949 A TRASH PICKUP OR COLLECTION OR 4190 02:22:37,949 --> 02:22:39,984 A OUTREACH WORKER. AND THAT'S 4191 02:22:39,984 --> 02:22:41,019 NOT A COMMENT ABOUT VALUATION, 4192 02:22:41,019 --> 02:22:43,154 BUT IT IS A COMMENT ABOUT 4193 02:22:43,154 --> 02:22:44,822 DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE. SO 4194 02:22:44,822 --> 02:22:46,090 THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY THEN 4195 02:22:46,090 --> 02:22:47,158 UNDERSTAND, ARE WE MAKING A 4196 02:22:47,158 --> 02:22:51,129 SHIFT FROM, UH, REDUCE, MAKING A 4197 02:22:51,129 --> 02:22:53,097 REDUCTION IN PUBLIC SPACE 4198 02:22:53,097 --> 02:22:55,633 MANAGEMENT SO THAT WE CAN THEN 4199 02:22:55,633 --> 02:22:58,136 INVEST IN SHELTER AND PERMANENT 4200 02:22:58,136 --> 02:22:58,736 HOUSING OR TEMPORARY HOUSING 4201 02:22:58,736 --> 02:22:59,771 THAT GETS US CLOSER TO SOLVING 4202 02:22:59,771 --> 02:23:01,272 OUR HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM IN THE 4203 02:23:01,272 --> 02:23:02,807 LONG TERM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, 4204 02:23:02,807 --> 02:23:05,576 OR ARE WE DOING SOMETHING ELSE? 4205 02:23:05,576 --> 02:23:06,778 SO I JUST STATE THAT TO GIVE 4206 02:23:06,778 --> 02:23:07,845 SOME CONTEXT TO WHAT I'M REALLY 4207 02:23:07,845 --> 02:23:08,980 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AS WE LOOK 4208 02:23:08,980 --> 02:23:11,316 AT THESE REDUCTIONS AND AS WE 4209 02:23:11,316 --> 02:23:15,186 LOOK AT ALSO BRINGING THE KCRA 4210 02:23:15,186 --> 02:23:17,055 CONTRACTS BACK, WHICH WILL BE 4211 02:23:17,055 --> 02:23:17,689 NOW ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT BODY OF 4212 02:23:17,689 --> 02:23:19,824 WORK, AND I HOPE THAT NOW THAT 4213 02:23:19,824 --> 02:23:20,792 WE WILL HAVE BOTH OF THESE UNDER 4214 02:23:20,792 --> 02:23:22,126 ONE ROOF, WE WILL HAVE THE 4215 02:23:22,126 --> 02:23:24,295 ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH THOSE. 4216 02:23:24,295 --> 02:23:26,431 WELL AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT 4217 02:23:26,431 --> 02:23:27,832 OUR INVESTMENTS APPROPRIATELY. 4218 02:23:27,832 --> 02:23:28,866 THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 4219 02:23:28,866 --> 02:23:30,768 >> THANK YOU. ANY FEEDBACK FROM 4220 02:23:30,768 --> 02:23:33,004 THE COMMITTEE TABLE 4221 02:23:33,004 --> 02:23:34,238 >> I CAN I CAN RESPOND AT A HIGH 4222 02:23:34,238 --> 02:23:37,609 LEVEL. AND THEN THEN I'LL LET 4223 02:23:37,609 --> 02:23:40,078 JEN DO THE SAME. THE UC T HAS A 4224 02:23:40,078 --> 02:23:44,148 ROLE BOTH IN THE CLEANING AND 4225 02:23:44,148 --> 02:23:45,984 MAINTAINING OF PUBLIC SPACES AND 4226 02:23:45,984 --> 02:23:48,252 IN SERVICE PROVISION. UH, UC T 4227 02:23:48,252 --> 02:23:50,188 OFFERS A SHELTER BED TO PEOPLE 4228 02:23:50,188 --> 02:23:52,190 WHOSE ENCAMPMENTS ARE DISPLACED 4229 02:23:52,190 --> 02:23:55,760 BY THE WORK OF THE UC. T, BUT 4230 02:23:55,760 --> 02:23:58,129 THAT THAT OFFER IS NOT AS IT'S 4231 02:23:58,129 --> 02:23:59,597 NOT AS TAILORED. IT'S NOT MEANT 4232 02:23:59,597 --> 02:24:04,569 TO BE AS, PERMANENT OR 4233 02:24:04,569 --> 02:24:05,970 REHABILITATIVE AS SHELTER THAT 4234 02:24:05,970 --> 02:24:07,505 IS OFFERED UNDER THE EXPANDED 4235 02:24:07,505 --> 02:24:10,641 SHELTER PLAN. 4236 02:24:10,641 --> 02:24:10,975 >> THANK YOU. 4237 02:24:10,975 --> 02:24:12,443 >> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT THE THE 4238 02:24:12,443 --> 02:24:13,177 TRANSMITTED BUDGET DOES HAVE A 4239 02:24:13,177 --> 02:24:16,547 LEVEL OF DETAIL TO THAT ALLOWS 4240 02:24:16,547 --> 02:24:17,081 US TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN 4241 02:24:17,081 --> 02:24:19,984 FUNDING FOR SERVICES VERSUS 4242 02:24:19,984 --> 02:24:21,185 FUNDING FOR THE UNIFIED CARE 4243 02:24:21,185 --> 02:24:22,654 TEAM AT THE HUMAN SERVICES 4244 02:24:22,654 --> 02:24:24,722 DEPARTMENT. SO HAPPY TO DISCUSS 4245 02:24:24,722 --> 02:24:25,957 MORE ABOUT THAT DETAIL WITH YOU 4246 02:24:25,957 --> 02:24:27,025 OFFLINE. 4247 02:24:27,025 --> 02:24:27,358 >> THANK YOU. 4248 02:24:27,358 --> 02:24:28,793 >> THANK YOU. CHAIR. 4249 02:24:28,793 --> 02:24:30,995 >> FANTASTIC. GREAT WORK TEAM. 4250 02:24:30,995 --> 02:24:31,596 UP NEXT IS COUNCIL PRESIDENT 4251 02:24:31,596 --> 02:24:32,497 EMERITUS JUAREZ. 4252 02:24:32,497 --> 02:24:39,237 >> THANK YOU. I WANT. 4253 02:24:39,237 --> 02:24:39,837 >> FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER 4254 02:24:39,837 --> 02:24:40,071 RIVERA. 4255 02:24:40,071 --> 02:24:42,874 >> THIS MICROPHONE BACK IN HERE. 4256 02:24:42,874 --> 02:24:44,675 ALL RIGHT. UM, THANK YOU, MR. 4257 02:24:44,675 --> 02:24:46,811 CHAIR. UM, I WANT TO MAKE 4258 02:24:46,811 --> 02:24:48,212 APOLOGIES. I HANDED OUT TO 4259 02:24:48,212 --> 02:24:50,348 COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCILMEMBER 4260 02:24:50,348 --> 02:24:52,116 RIVERA COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND 4261 02:24:52,116 --> 02:24:52,750 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA COUNCILMEMBER 4262 02:24:52,750 --> 02:24:55,787 RINCK. UM, AND ALSO 4263 02:24:55,787 --> 02:24:56,421 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AND I WANT 4264 02:24:56,421 --> 02:24:57,388 TO APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T GET A 4265 02:24:57,388 --> 02:24:58,790 CHANCE TO GET IT TO 4266 02:24:58,790 --> 02:25:00,191 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND RINCK IN 4267 02:25:00,191 --> 02:25:01,726 KETTLE, WHICH I WILL, BUT IT'S 4268 02:25:01,726 --> 02:25:02,760 IT'S NOT POLICY. SO WE'RE NOT 4269 02:25:02,760 --> 02:25:05,596 BREAKING ANY LAWS HERE. UM, WHAT 4270 02:25:05,596 --> 02:25:07,065 I PUT TOGETHER, OUR TEAM PUT 4271 02:25:07,065 --> 02:25:08,933 TOGETHER, UM, BECAUSE WE WANTED 4272 02:25:08,933 --> 02:25:12,737 TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE, TO 4273 02:25:12,737 --> 02:25:13,371 CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION FROM 4274 02:25:13,371 --> 02:25:14,739 YESTERDAY ABOUT UNIFIED CARE 4275 02:25:14,739 --> 02:25:16,140 TEAM. AND SO I KIND OF PUT 4276 02:25:16,140 --> 02:25:18,009 TOGETHER THE TIMELINE, THE 4277 02:25:18,009 --> 02:25:20,111 HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF HOW WE GOT 4278 02:25:20,111 --> 02:25:23,147 TO THE, WHERE THE WORD UNIFIED 4279 02:25:23,147 --> 02:25:26,350 CAME FROM. UM, WE STARTED OUT IN 4280 02:25:26,350 --> 02:25:28,219 2017 WITH THE NAVIGATION TEAM. 4281 02:25:28,219 --> 02:25:30,788 IN 2020, WE WENT TO THE CLEAN 4282 02:25:30,788 --> 02:25:32,924 CITY INITIATIVE. AND THEN IN 4283 02:25:32,924 --> 02:25:34,826 2020, WE WENT TO THE HOPE THE 4284 02:25:34,826 --> 02:25:35,960 HOPE PROGRAM, WHICH AGAIN, WE'RE 4285 02:25:35,960 --> 02:25:38,563 STILL BUILDING ON ALL OF THIS. 4286 02:25:38,563 --> 02:25:39,764 AND THAT INCLUDED. AND THEN WE 4287 02:25:39,764 --> 02:25:41,032 WENT ON TO THE UNIFIED CARE 4288 02:25:41,032 --> 02:25:43,568 TEAM, WHICH BECAME CODIFIED AND 4289 02:25:43,568 --> 02:25:45,570 INSTITUTIONALIZED IN 2022 AND 4290 02:25:45,570 --> 02:25:48,673 FORMALIZED IN THE 2023 BUDGET, 4291 02:25:48,673 --> 02:25:49,807 WHICH INCLUDED SEVEN CITY 4292 02:25:49,807 --> 02:25:50,575 DEPARTMENTS. AND I THINK I READ 4293 02:25:50,575 --> 02:25:52,143 SOME OF THESE YESTERDAY JUST 4294 02:25:52,143 --> 02:25:54,612 FROM MEMORY. AND THAT WAS 4295 02:25:54,612 --> 02:25:59,550 ORIGINALLY HSD FAS S DOT SPD 4296 02:25:59,550 --> 02:26:01,686 PARKS I T AND SPU UM, AND JUST 4297 02:26:01,686 --> 02:26:03,688 SO WE HAVE SOME SOME I'M JUST 4298 02:26:03,688 --> 02:26:04,455 TRYING TO SHARE SOME, SOME 4299 02:26:04,455 --> 02:26:07,191 KNOWLEDGE HERE. UM, IN ADDITION 4300 02:26:07,191 --> 02:26:10,361 TO THE SEVEN DEPARTMENTS 4301 02:26:10,361 --> 02:26:11,696 REFLECTED IN THE PREVIOUS CITY 4302 02:26:11,696 --> 02:26:13,764 DEPARTMENTS, I JUST RATTLED OFF 4303 02:26:13,764 --> 02:26:14,999 THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE 4304 02:26:14,999 --> 02:26:17,301 WORKING WITH THE UNIFIED CARE 4305 02:26:17,301 --> 02:26:18,970 TEAM IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS 4306 02:26:18,970 --> 02:26:19,570 WHERE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 4307 02:26:19,570 --> 02:26:22,106 WHERE WE PUT SOCIAL WORKERS INTO 4308 02:26:22,106 --> 02:26:22,707 LIBRARIES AND TRAINED PEOPLE 4309 02:26:22,707 --> 02:26:26,010 WITH NARCAN, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, 4310 02:26:26,010 --> 02:26:27,612 SEATTLE DEPARTMENT, OR SDCI 4311 02:26:27,612 --> 02:26:28,246 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE 4312 02:26:28,246 --> 02:26:30,581 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO I 4313 02:26:30,581 --> 02:26:32,183 GUESS I'M. WHAT I'M TRYING TO 4314 02:26:32,183 --> 02:26:34,185 IS A SHORTHAND WAY OF SAYING I 4315 02:26:34,185 --> 02:26:36,053 WANTED TO EXPLAIN AND PUT INTO 4316 02:26:36,053 --> 02:26:41,292 CONTEXT HOW HOW WE GREW FROM 4317 02:26:41,292 --> 02:26:43,427 THIS IDEA OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM 4318 02:26:43,427 --> 02:26:45,396 TO THE 2026 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. 4319 02:26:45,396 --> 02:26:46,531 AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY THIS 4320 02:26:46,531 --> 02:26:47,832 THIS IS IMPORTANT. WHILE WE'RE 4321 02:26:47,832 --> 02:26:49,600 MAKING BUDGET DECISIONS AND WHEN 4322 02:26:49,600 --> 02:26:50,635 WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER 4323 02:26:50,635 --> 02:26:52,436 OR NOT I THINK THIS WORKS, 4324 02:26:52,436 --> 02:26:53,938 WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, I 4325 02:26:53,938 --> 02:26:58,543 BELIEVE IT WORKS. UM, I GUESS MY 4326 02:26:58,543 --> 02:26:59,243 CONCERN IS THAT I WOULD HATE TO 4327 02:26:59,243 --> 02:27:00,545 SEE. WELL, LET ME JUST SAY THIS 4328 02:27:00,545 --> 02:27:02,513 FIRST. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T 4329 02:27:02,513 --> 02:27:04,315 KNOW THIS, AND THIS IS JUST, 4330 02:27:04,315 --> 02:27:05,716 AGAIN, ME BEING HERE WAY TOO 4331 02:27:05,716 --> 02:27:10,021 LONG. UM AS YOU ARE SHARING THE 4332 02:27:10,021 --> 02:27:12,557 CARE TEAM OR THE NAVIGATION 4333 02:27:12,557 --> 02:27:15,793 UNIFIED CARE TEAM DOES MORE THAN 4334 02:27:15,793 --> 02:27:17,562 JUST CLEANING, OBVIOUSLY. AND, 4335 02:27:17,562 --> 02:27:20,898 UM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF CITY 4336 02:27:20,898 --> 02:27:23,701 POLICIES, UM, THAT INFORMED US 4337 02:27:23,701 --> 02:27:25,803 AND GREW OUT OF THIS WHOLE 4338 02:27:25,803 --> 02:27:27,205 TRANSITION, STARTING WITH THE 4339 02:27:27,205 --> 02:27:29,040 NAVIGATION TO THE CARE TEAM. 4340 02:27:29,040 --> 02:27:32,076 WHAT WAS THE HARM REDUCTION 4341 02:27:32,076 --> 02:27:34,278 POLICY? THE HOUSING FIRST 4342 02:27:34,278 --> 02:27:35,613 POLICY, THE MEET PEOPLE, WHERE 4343 02:27:35,613 --> 02:27:37,114 THEY'RE AT POLICY NOW, GOOD, 4344 02:27:37,114 --> 02:27:38,983 BAD OR UGLY, WHETHER THEY WERE 4345 02:27:38,983 --> 02:27:40,384 SUCCESSFUL OR FAILED OR 4346 02:27:40,384 --> 02:27:42,486 WHATEVER, ALL OF THESE BUILT ON 4347 02:27:42,486 --> 02:27:43,754 THEMSELVES. FOR US TO HAVE A 4348 02:27:43,754 --> 02:27:45,923 GREATER RESPONSE TO OUR 4349 02:27:45,923 --> 02:27:49,093 RELATIVES WHO ARE LIVING, UM, 4350 02:27:49,093 --> 02:27:50,094 OUTSIDE AND IN PARKS AND 4351 02:27:50,094 --> 02:27:52,697 GREENWAYS AND PUBLIC SPACES. AND 4352 02:27:52,697 --> 02:27:53,831 SO I DON'T WANT TO POLITICIZE 4353 02:27:53,831 --> 02:27:55,066 THIS IN THE SENSE OF, I DON'T 4354 02:27:55,066 --> 02:27:56,133 CARE WHAT WE CALL IT, I DON'T 4355 02:27:56,133 --> 02:27:57,235 CARE WHO IS MAYOR. IT REALLY 4356 02:27:57,235 --> 02:27:58,502 DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. WHAT 4357 02:27:58,502 --> 02:28:01,105 MATTERS TO ME IS PUTTING IN 4358 02:28:01,105 --> 02:28:02,740 HISTORICAL CONTEXT THAT THIS 4359 02:28:02,740 --> 02:28:04,308 WORKS, AND I HOPE IT LANDS 4360 02:28:04,308 --> 02:28:05,209 SOMEWHERE AND KEEPS WORKING. 4361 02:28:05,209 --> 02:28:06,477 AYE. THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE A 4362 02:28:06,477 --> 02:28:09,280 GOOD TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE. IF ANYONE 4363 02:28:09,280 --> 02:28:11,182 TAKES A CLASS AND, YOU KNOW, 4364 02:28:11,182 --> 02:28:12,016 PLANNING AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT 4365 02:28:12,016 --> 02:28:13,551 THAT DEGREE IS THAT YOU GET IN, 4366 02:28:13,551 --> 02:28:17,154 BUT, UM, ABOUT HOW YOU START OFF 4367 02:28:17,154 --> 02:28:20,191 AND YOU CAN'T LET UM, 4368 02:28:20,191 --> 02:28:21,659 PERFECTION STOP PROGRESS. WE 4369 02:28:21,659 --> 02:28:23,194 JUST KEEP BUILDING ON THAT. UM, 4370 02:28:23,194 --> 02:28:25,296 AND SO I GUESS MY CONCERN HERE 4371 02:28:25,296 --> 02:28:27,465 FOR BUDGETARY CONVERSATIONS IS I 4372 02:28:27,465 --> 02:28:28,866 WOULD HATE FOR SOMETHING THAT 4373 02:28:28,866 --> 02:28:30,301 WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND 4374 02:28:30,301 --> 02:28:32,970 WATCHED GROW SINCE 2017. I WOULD 4375 02:28:32,970 --> 02:28:34,605 HOPE FOR THIS PROGRAM TO 4376 02:28:34,605 --> 02:28:37,508 CONTINUE IN SOME FORMAT AND GET 4377 02:28:37,508 --> 02:28:39,677 BETTER. WHATEVER DEPARTMENT IT 4378 02:28:39,677 --> 02:28:40,912 LANDS IN. I'M I'M A BIT 4379 02:28:40,912 --> 02:28:42,213 DISAPPOINTED IF WE'RE GOING TO 4380 02:28:42,213 --> 02:28:42,780 BE MOVING THINGS AROUND OR 4381 02:28:42,780 --> 02:28:45,349 TAKING OUT POSITIONS AND NOT 4382 02:28:45,349 --> 02:28:47,251 RECOGNIZING, UM, HOW VALUABLE 4383 02:28:47,251 --> 02:28:49,387 THIS IS. AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS 4384 02:28:49,387 --> 02:28:52,523 LOOKING AT THE ADDITIONS TO THE, 4385 02:28:52,523 --> 02:28:54,959 UM, TO THE HSD AND UNIFIED CARE 4386 02:28:54,959 --> 02:28:56,327 TEAM AND SOME OF MY CONCERNS. 4387 02:28:56,327 --> 02:28:58,029 AND I'M SURE THAT THE BUDGET 4388 02:28:58,029 --> 02:28:59,030 CHAIR AND I WILL HAVE ANOTHER 4389 02:28:59,030 --> 02:29:00,965 LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT 4390 02:29:00,965 --> 02:29:02,333 THIS MEANS. SO I WANTED TO GIVE 4391 02:29:02,333 --> 02:29:07,038 THAT PERSPECTIVE. SO EVERYONE, 4392 02:29:07,038 --> 02:29:09,707 PARTICULARLY THE PUBLIC, WHEN WE 4393 02:29:09,707 --> 02:29:10,308 FIRST STARTED THE NAVIGATION, 4394 02:29:10,308 --> 02:29:11,342 WHICH WAS NOT POPULAR IN THE 4395 02:29:11,342 --> 02:29:12,677 BEGINNING, AND THEN WE 4396 02:29:12,677 --> 02:29:13,911 CONTINUALLY EVOLVED. AND THEN 4397 02:29:13,911 --> 02:29:16,047 THAT'S WHERE THE WORD UNIFIED 4398 02:29:16,047 --> 02:29:17,214 CAME FROM, IS WE REALIZED WE HAD 4399 02:29:17,214 --> 02:29:19,550 ALL THESE SILOED POSITIONS IN 4400 02:29:19,550 --> 02:29:20,885 TEN CITY, TEN, 12 CITY 4401 02:29:20,885 --> 02:29:22,887 DEPARTMENTS TO COME TOGETHER AND 4402 02:29:22,887 --> 02:29:25,823 THEN, AND PARDON THE PUN, PARK 4403 02:29:25,823 --> 02:29:27,091 EVERYTHING AT PARKS AND THEN 4404 02:29:27,091 --> 02:29:30,795 HAVE PARKS BE THE, THE CITY 4405 02:29:30,795 --> 02:29:31,429 DEPARTMENT TO COORDINATE BETWEEN 4406 02:29:31,429 --> 02:29:32,563 ALL THE AGENCIES, PARTICULARLY 4407 02:29:32,563 --> 02:29:35,533 WITH HSD. AND DEPARTMENT OF 4408 02:29:35,533 --> 02:29:36,534 NEIGHBORHOODS WAS IN THERE AS 4409 02:29:36,534 --> 02:29:38,202 WELL. AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH 4410 02:29:38,202 --> 02:29:39,904 THE COUNTY. I MEAN, WHEN WE WERE 4411 02:29:39,904 --> 02:29:41,672 DOING THE THE NIGHT, THE NIGHT 4412 02:29:41,672 --> 02:29:44,241 COUNT OR THE DAY COUNT, UM, AND 4413 02:29:44,241 --> 02:29:46,644 ALSO, AS YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED 4414 02:29:46,644 --> 02:29:47,878 WITH THE INDIGENOUS THAT AS WE 4415 02:29:47,878 --> 02:29:48,846 LEARNED FROM DEREK, OUR FRIEND 4416 02:29:48,846 --> 02:29:51,282 AT CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB, THEY WERE 4417 02:29:51,282 --> 02:29:52,583 GETTING THE NUMBERS WRONG OF HOW 4418 02:29:52,583 --> 02:29:54,752 MANY OF OUR INDIGENOUS RELATIVES 4419 02:29:54,752 --> 02:29:55,319 ARE HOMELESS AND THEY WERE 4420 02:29:55,319 --> 02:29:56,520 GETTING THE COUNT WRONG ON THAT. 4421 02:29:56,520 --> 02:29:59,256 SO I GUESS MY POINT IS, I, I 4422 02:29:59,256 --> 02:30:00,658 WOULD HOPE WITH MY COLLEAGUES 4423 02:30:00,658 --> 02:30:02,059 AND I PROMISE TO GET MY OTHER 4424 02:30:02,059 --> 02:30:03,260 COLLEAGUES A COPY OF THE 4425 02:30:03,260 --> 02:30:04,028 TIMELINE THAT WE DID. IF INDEED 4426 02:30:04,028 --> 02:30:05,463 YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IT. 4427 02:30:05,463 --> 02:30:07,264 AND I JUST WANT TO END WITH THIS 4428 02:30:07,264 --> 02:30:09,900 BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS 4429 02:30:09,900 --> 02:30:12,003 IMPORTANT. WHEN WE STARTED OUT 4430 02:30:12,003 --> 02:30:14,271 DOING THE CLEANING PIECE, AND 4431 02:30:14,271 --> 02:30:16,340 THEN WE STARTED OUT DOING NOT 4432 02:30:16,340 --> 02:30:18,209 JUST THE CLEANING IN GREENWAYS 4433 02:30:18,209 --> 02:30:20,044 AND ENCAMPMENTS. UM, WE'RE ALSO 4434 02:30:20,044 --> 02:30:21,579 HANDLING AND TRAINING CITY 4435 02:30:21,579 --> 02:30:23,481 EMPLOYEES ACROSS 12 DEPARTMENTS 4436 02:30:23,481 --> 02:30:25,516 IN HANDLING HAZARDOUS MATTERS 4437 02:30:25,516 --> 02:30:27,351 NEEDLES, FOIL WASTE, ET CETERA. 4438 02:30:27,351 --> 02:30:28,619 AND I HAD MY TEAM PULL UP 4439 02:30:28,619 --> 02:30:30,988 BECAUSE WE USED TO HAVE TO HAVE 4440 02:30:30,988 --> 02:30:33,290 PARKS, AS YOU GUYS REMEMBER, 4441 02:30:33,290 --> 02:30:39,897 REPORT THIS SINCE 2021 TO 2026, 4442 02:30:39,897 --> 02:30:41,065 WE'VE HAD ALMOST 6000 TONS OF 4443 02:30:41,065 --> 02:30:42,967 WASTE THAT HAS BEEN PICKED UP. 4444 02:30:42,967 --> 02:30:44,568 AND NOT JUST PICKING UP WASTE, 4445 02:30:44,568 --> 02:30:46,437 THOUGH, IT'S ALSO MEETING THOSE 4446 02:30:46,437 --> 02:30:48,372 PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE AND 4447 02:30:48,372 --> 02:30:49,407 DELIVERING THE BAGS IN THE HAND 4448 02:30:49,407 --> 02:30:50,608 WASHING STATION, ALL OF THAT 4449 02:30:50,608 --> 02:30:51,575 STUFF. AND, YOU KNOW, HUGE SHOUT 4450 02:30:51,575 --> 02:30:52,643 OUT, I HOPE I DON'T THINK SHE'S 4451 02:30:52,643 --> 02:30:54,011 WATCHING, BUT COUNCILMEMBER 4452 02:30:54,011 --> 02:30:55,813 BAGSHAW, WHEN SHE CHAIRED 4453 02:30:55,813 --> 02:30:58,082 HOMELESSNESS, THESE WERE ALL 4454 02:30:58,082 --> 02:30:59,116 IMPORTANT PROGRAMS THAT WE BUILT 4455 02:30:59,116 --> 02:31:02,286 ON. AND WE HAD SOME SEMBLANCE OF 4456 02:31:02,286 --> 02:31:04,422 CONGENIALITY THAT WE ALL WANTED 4457 02:31:04,422 --> 02:31:06,857 THE SAME THING. AND IT DIDN'T 4458 02:31:06,857 --> 02:31:08,025 MATTER WHO WAS IN THE MAYOR'S 4459 02:31:08,025 --> 02:31:09,393 OFFICE, BUT IT MATTERED WHAT 4460 02:31:09,393 --> 02:31:10,861 CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY WERE 4461 02:31:10,861 --> 02:31:12,363 TALKING TO EACH OTHER. AND WE 4462 02:31:12,363 --> 02:31:13,931 WERE INDEED MEETING PEOPLE WHERE 4463 02:31:13,931 --> 02:31:15,666 THEY WERE AT AND PROVIDING THOSE 4464 02:31:15,666 --> 02:31:17,935 SERVICES, AND ALSO WORKING 4465 02:31:17,935 --> 02:31:20,037 CLOSELY WITH DON AND OFFICE OF 4466 02:31:20,037 --> 02:31:21,405 HOUSING FOR THE HOUSING PIECE OF 4467 02:31:21,405 --> 02:31:24,275 THAT. AND INDEED, A LOT OF 4468 02:31:24,275 --> 02:31:24,909 HOUSING CAME ONLINE BECAUSE ALL 4469 02:31:24,909 --> 02:31:28,946 OF THIS STUFF INFORMED US AS 4470 02:31:28,946 --> 02:31:30,681 LEGISLATORS WHERE WE NEEDED TO 4471 02:31:30,681 --> 02:31:32,917 PUT OUR MONEY AND HOW WE DISCUSS 4472 02:31:32,917 --> 02:31:35,252 THAT AND VOTED ON THAT DURING 4473 02:31:35,252 --> 02:31:37,655 BUDGET. SO WITH THAT, UM, I JUST 4474 02:31:37,655 --> 02:31:38,456 WANTED TO SHARE THAT. AND SOME 4475 02:31:38,456 --> 02:31:40,858 OF YOU, I HANDED THAT OUT TO YOU 4476 02:31:40,858 --> 02:31:42,293 AND I WILL GET THE OTHER 4477 02:31:42,293 --> 02:31:44,094 INFORMATION. AND SO I GUESS MY 4478 02:31:44,094 --> 02:31:45,930 QUESTION IS, I'M HOPING WHAT DO 4479 02:31:45,930 --> 02:31:51,902 YOU SEE AS IS THIS GOING TO DO 4480 02:31:51,902 --> 02:31:56,106 WE SEE THIS PROGRAM GROWING ANY 4481 02:31:56,106 --> 02:31:57,641 MORE? UM, IN THE SERVICES THAT 4482 02:31:57,641 --> 02:32:01,545 WE'RE PROVIDING? 4483 02:32:01,545 --> 02:32:02,546 >> ONE, ONE THING, ONE THING 4484 02:32:02,546 --> 02:32:05,683 THAT WE HEAR, UH, RELATED TO THE 4485 02:32:05,683 --> 02:32:07,685 MOVE OF THE CITY FROM THE 4486 02:32:07,685 --> 02:32:09,386 MAYOR'S OFFICE TO HSD IS THAT 4487 02:32:09,386 --> 02:32:12,823 THIS THIS WAS UNDERTAKEN IN 4488 02:32:12,823 --> 02:32:14,892 ORDER TO PROTECT THE U. ACROSS 4489 02:32:14,892 --> 02:32:17,761 MAYORAL ADMINISTRATIONS SO THAT 4490 02:32:17,761 --> 02:32:22,633 IT CONTINUES. AND, UM, GIVEN 4491 02:32:22,633 --> 02:32:24,001 THAT WE HAD A WE DID NOT YET 4492 02:32:24,001 --> 02:32:25,469 HAVE, UM, MAYOR WILSON AT THE 4493 02:32:25,469 --> 02:32:30,274 TIME OF THAT TRANSFER, UM, I 4494 02:32:30,274 --> 02:32:32,376 WHAT, WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT 4495 02:32:32,376 --> 02:32:34,945 HSD MEANS FOR THE UCT TO, TO 4496 02:32:34,945 --> 02:32:39,750 CONTINUE IN, IN SOME FORM, UM 4497 02:32:39,750 --> 02:32:43,087 THE REDUCTIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED 4498 02:32:43,087 --> 02:32:45,723 IN THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET DO 4499 02:32:45,723 --> 02:32:46,323 NOT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE 4500 02:32:46,323 --> 02:32:51,162 MAKEUP OF, OF THE TEAM ONE THEME 4501 02:32:51,162 --> 02:32:53,631 OF THE REDUCTIONS IS THAT 4502 02:32:53,631 --> 02:32:56,867 POSITIONS THAT PERFORM 4503 02:32:56,867 --> 02:32:57,468 ADMINISTRATIVE OR ANALYTICAL 4504 02:32:57,468 --> 02:33:02,173 FUNCTIONS ARE REDUCED. AND TO ME 4505 02:33:02,173 --> 02:33:02,806 THAT IMPLIES THAT LOCATING THE 4506 02:33:02,806 --> 02:33:05,809 CORE TEAM AT HSD HAS MEANT THAT 4507 02:33:05,809 --> 02:33:09,146 IT'S IT'S ABLE TO DRAW ON HSD 4508 02:33:09,146 --> 02:33:10,514 EXPERIENCE DOING WORK LIKE THIS, 4509 02:33:10,514 --> 02:33:13,150 UM, RUNNING, RUNNING PROGRAMS 4510 02:33:13,150 --> 02:33:16,387 LIKE THIS. SO IT. TO SOMEONE WHO 4511 02:33:16,387 --> 02:33:19,023 IS INTERESTED IN THE 4512 02:33:19,023 --> 02:33:20,958 CONTINUATION OF THE UCT, THAT'S, 4513 02:33:20,958 --> 02:33:22,626 THAT'S GOOD NEWS THAT THAT THAT 4514 02:33:22,626 --> 02:33:25,930 WOULD SEEM TO REFLECT UM, THE, 4515 02:33:25,930 --> 02:33:28,098 THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EFFICIENCIES. 4516 02:33:28,098 --> 02:33:28,866 >> OKAY. YOU KNOW, AND I JUST 4517 02:33:28,866 --> 02:33:30,000 AGAIN, WANT TO POINT OUT THAT 4518 02:33:30,000 --> 02:33:31,635 AND AGAIN, BECAUSE I REMEMBER 4519 02:33:31,635 --> 02:33:33,170 SOME OF THIS STUFF AND WHAT, 4520 02:33:33,170 --> 02:33:35,973 WHEN, WHAT WENT ON WHEN WE DID 4521 02:33:35,973 --> 02:33:39,677 THE, UM, THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND 4522 02:33:39,677 --> 02:33:41,645 THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED AND IT 4523 02:33:41,645 --> 02:33:43,614 WAS A BIG FIGHT ABOUT DEFUNDING 4524 02:33:43,614 --> 02:33:44,248 IT AND ADDING MORE MONEY INTO 4525 02:33:44,248 --> 02:33:46,483 IT. AND MAYOR DURKAN VETOED IT. 4526 02:33:46,483 --> 02:33:48,552 AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL, ME 4527 02:33:48,552 --> 02:33:49,787 INCLUDED, CAME BACK AND OVERRODE 4528 02:33:49,787 --> 02:33:51,322 THE MAYOR'S VETO. UM, AND 4529 02:33:51,322 --> 02:33:53,257 AGAIN, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT TRYING 4530 02:33:53,257 --> 02:33:54,391 TO MAKE IT PERSONAL. IT WAS MORE 4531 02:33:54,391 --> 02:33:56,460 LIKE, I'M HOPING THAT THIS 4532 02:33:56,460 --> 02:34:00,097 COLLECTIVE BODY CAN UNDERSTAND 4533 02:34:00,097 --> 02:34:00,764 HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. AND LIKE 4534 02:34:00,764 --> 02:34:02,299 YOU SAY, IF THIS INSULATES IT 4535 02:34:02,299 --> 02:34:05,169 FROM THOSE TYPE OF POLITICS, AND 4536 02:34:05,169 --> 02:34:06,870 IF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BELIEVES 4537 02:34:06,870 --> 02:34:10,975 I HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THAT, 4538 02:34:10,975 --> 02:34:11,609 WHETHER OR NOT IT IS INOCULATED 4539 02:34:11,609 --> 02:34:13,978 IN HD, I GUESS WE'LL SOON FIND 4540 02:34:13,978 --> 02:34:15,179 OUT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE 4541 02:34:15,179 --> 02:34:17,281 OFF TO A GOOD START, IF WE'RE 4542 02:34:17,281 --> 02:34:17,915 ELIMINATING POSITIONS, I GUESS 4543 02:34:17,915 --> 02:34:18,916 THAT'S THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE 4544 02:34:18,916 --> 02:34:22,219 FOR ME. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 4545 02:34:22,219 --> 02:34:22,620 THANK YOU CHAIR. 4546 02:34:22,620 --> 02:34:24,622 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4547 02:34:24,622 --> 02:34:25,289 JUAREZ COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 4548 02:34:25,289 --> 02:34:28,158 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 4549 02:34:28,158 --> 02:34:29,693 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. JUAREZ, FOR 4550 02:34:29,693 --> 02:34:32,396 THAT IMPORTANT, UM, HISTORICAL 4551 02:34:32,396 --> 02:34:33,931 CONTEXT. AND I WAS HERE IN 2020 4552 02:34:33,931 --> 02:34:36,500 AND I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT WAS 4553 02:34:36,500 --> 02:34:38,902 HAPPENING THEN WITH THE UC T 4554 02:34:38,902 --> 02:34:39,670 TEAM AND ONGOING. UM, AND I WILL 4555 02:34:39,670 --> 02:34:43,707 SAY, AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE, 4556 02:34:43,707 --> 02:34:49,647 UM, UH YOU KNOW, IT IS TRUE. I 4557 02:34:49,647 --> 02:34:51,181 MEAN, HAVING WORKED IN THE 4558 02:34:51,181 --> 02:34:53,050 MAYOR'S OFFICE AND AT A CITY 4559 02:34:53,050 --> 02:34:54,151 DEPARTMENT, I WILL SAY, YOU 4560 02:34:54,151 --> 02:34:57,187 KNOW, IF WE WANT THE WORK TO 4561 02:34:57,187 --> 02:34:59,423 LIVE ON BEYOND A MAYORAL 4562 02:34:59,423 --> 02:35:01,325 ADMINISTRATION, WE OFTEN WILL 4563 02:35:01,325 --> 02:35:03,694 EMBED THE WORK IN A CITY 4564 02:35:03,694 --> 02:35:06,163 DEPARTMENT. SOMETIMES THAT 4565 02:35:06,163 --> 02:35:07,831 WORKS, AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. 4566 02:35:07,831 --> 02:35:09,800 AND A LOT HAS TO DO WITH THE 4567 02:35:09,800 --> 02:35:11,935 STAFF AT THE CITY DEPARTMENT AND 4568 02:35:11,935 --> 02:35:14,838 HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE WORK. 4569 02:35:14,838 --> 02:35:17,608 AND THIS IS NO WAY TO DISRESPECT 4570 02:35:17,608 --> 02:35:20,344 THE ANY STAFFERS AT HSD. I DO 4571 02:35:20,344 --> 02:35:22,379 NOT KNOW THEIR FEELINGS AROUND 4572 02:35:22,379 --> 02:35:25,349 THIS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT IS 4573 02:35:25,349 --> 02:35:27,851 TRUE THAT IF THE STAFF AGREES 4574 02:35:27,851 --> 02:35:28,852 WITH THE WORK, IT WILL GET DONE, 4575 02:35:28,852 --> 02:35:31,255 AND IF THEY DON'T, IT WON'T. 4576 02:35:31,255 --> 02:35:32,089 AND THAT'S JUST A FACT. THAT'S 4577 02:35:32,089 --> 02:35:35,325 NOT A YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON'T 4578 02:35:35,325 --> 02:35:35,893 KNOW THE FOLKS THERE, AND I 4579 02:35:35,893 --> 02:35:37,261 DON'T KNOW HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT 4580 02:35:37,261 --> 02:35:40,264 THIS. SO THE ONLY CONCERN IS IF 4581 02:35:40,264 --> 02:35:42,099 YOU MOVE IT AND THEN WHAT WHAT 4582 02:35:42,099 --> 02:35:44,835 YOU KNOW, TO COUNCILMEMBER 4583 02:35:44,835 --> 02:35:46,737 JUAREZ POINT, WHAT WILL THAT 4584 02:35:46,737 --> 02:35:48,172 LOOK LIKE? AND I GUESS I WILL 4585 02:35:48,172 --> 02:35:52,609 SAY THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT IS SO 4586 02:35:52,609 --> 02:35:53,110 IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS 4587 02:35:53,110 --> 02:35:57,781 PARTICULAR PROGRAM DID NOT NOT 4588 02:35:57,781 --> 02:35:59,750 JUST BUILD ON ITSELF. AND WITH 4589 02:35:59,750 --> 02:36:01,719 ALL DUE RESPECT TO YOU, 4590 02:36:01,719 --> 02:36:03,020 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, IT ALSO IT 4591 02:36:03,020 --> 02:36:05,589 MORPHED DEPENDING ON WHAT WE 4592 02:36:05,589 --> 02:36:08,492 WERE SEEING AS WE WERE GOING 4593 02:36:08,492 --> 02:36:10,828 ALONG. AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, 4594 02:36:10,828 --> 02:36:12,663 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN THE 4595 02:36:12,663 --> 02:36:14,998 MAYOR'S OFFICE HELPING WITH 4596 02:36:14,998 --> 02:36:18,168 THIS WORK, UM, IT WAS THEN 4597 02:36:18,168 --> 02:36:18,802 DEPUTY MAYOR TIFFANY WASHINGTON 4598 02:36:18,802 --> 02:36:21,071 WHO WAS OVERSEEING HSD AND PART 4599 02:36:21,071 --> 02:36:24,742 OF THIS WORK, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW 4600 02:36:24,742 --> 02:36:28,011 THAT KCRHA HELD SHELTER BEDS FOR 4601 02:36:28,011 --> 02:36:32,116 THE UC T TEAM BECAUSE THEY WERE 4602 02:36:32,116 --> 02:36:33,350 OFFERING SHELTER. AND THEN WHEN 4603 02:36:33,350 --> 02:36:35,419 THEY UC TEAM WAS ENGAGING WITH 4604 02:36:35,419 --> 02:36:38,188 FOLKS, UM, THEY REALIZED, OH, 4605 02:36:38,188 --> 02:36:39,556 SOME OF THESE FOLKS ACTUALLY NOT 4606 02:36:39,556 --> 02:36:42,259 ALL, NOT MANY, BUT SOME DO HAVE 4607 02:36:42,259 --> 02:36:45,162 HOMES, YOU KNOW, AND SO THEN 4608 02:36:45,162 --> 02:36:47,698 THEY COULD LIKE CONNECT THEM 4609 02:36:47,698 --> 02:36:49,133 BACK TO THE HOMES THEY DID HAVE, 4610 02:36:49,133 --> 02:36:51,068 UM, BECAUSE THEY HAD UNITS 4611 02:36:51,068 --> 02:36:54,238 SOMEWHERE, APARTMENTS. UM, AND, 4612 02:36:54,238 --> 02:36:55,839 UH, AND THEN THERE WERE THE 4613 02:36:55,839 --> 02:36:57,474 UNITS THAT WERE MADE AVAILABLE 4614 02:36:57,474 --> 02:36:59,309 TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE 4615 02:36:59,309 --> 02:37:00,811 OFFERING A TRUE OFFER OF 4616 02:37:00,811 --> 02:37:01,678 SHELTER, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF 4617 02:37:01,678 --> 02:37:02,546 YOU'RE GOING TO OFFER IT, YOU 4618 02:37:02,546 --> 02:37:04,715 SHOULD HAVE IT TO GIVE IT TO 4619 02:37:04,715 --> 02:37:06,617 THEM, RIGHT? AND THEN 4620 02:37:06,617 --> 02:37:07,951 OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, THOSE 4621 02:37:07,951 --> 02:37:10,053 WOULD GET REJECTED, BUT AT LEAST 4622 02:37:10,053 --> 02:37:11,588 THOSE WERE PRESERVED FOR THIS 4623 02:37:11,588 --> 02:37:13,524 REASON, BECAUSE WE SAW AS WE 4624 02:37:13,524 --> 02:37:15,793 WENT ALONG THAT THERE WAS A 4625 02:37:15,793 --> 02:37:18,429 NEED. SO I GUESS TO ME, I WAS 4626 02:37:18,429 --> 02:37:20,230 GOING TO ASK THE RATIONALE FOR 4627 02:37:20,230 --> 02:37:21,165 WHY MOVES FROM THE MAYOR'S 4628 02:37:21,165 --> 02:37:23,500 OFFICE TO HSD BECAUSE WE KNOW 4629 02:37:23,500 --> 02:37:24,501 SOMETIMES WHEN SOMETHING IS IN 4630 02:37:24,501 --> 02:37:27,137 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, IT GETS A 4631 02:37:27,137 --> 02:37:28,338 LEVEL OF PRIORITIZATION THAT IT 4632 02:37:28,338 --> 02:37:31,175 MAY NOT GET IF IT'S EMBEDDED IN 4633 02:37:31,175 --> 02:37:32,409 A DEPARTMENT. THERE'S PLUSES AND 4634 02:37:32,409 --> 02:37:34,278 MINUSES ON BOTH SIDES. SO THANK 4635 02:37:34,278 --> 02:37:36,747 YOU FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTION 4636 02:37:36,747 --> 02:37:41,051 ON ON THE RATIONALE, I WILL SAY 4637 02:37:41,051 --> 02:37:42,152 THE REDUCTIONS ARE WORRISOME. I 4638 02:37:42,152 --> 02:37:44,121 MEAN, THIS G. I S POSITION AND 4639 02:37:44,121 --> 02:37:47,558 THE MAPPING, YOU KNOW, UC T 4640 02:37:47,558 --> 02:37:48,125 RELIES VERY HEAVILY ON THE 4641 02:37:48,125 --> 02:37:48,792 MAPPING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT 4642 02:37:48,792 --> 02:37:50,027 IMPACT IT WILL HAVE. I JUST KNOW 4643 02:37:50,027 --> 02:37:53,063 THAT THEY YOU KNOW, THEY MAP ARE 4644 02:37:53,063 --> 02:37:54,932 ALL THE THE LOCATIONS ARE OF ALL 4645 02:37:54,932 --> 02:37:56,300 THE ENCAMPMENTS BECAUSE THEY 4646 02:37:56,300 --> 02:37:57,568 CAN'T GET ALL TO THEM AT THE 4647 02:37:57,568 --> 02:37:59,570 SAME TIME. SO THAT, YOU KNOW, 4648 02:37:59,570 --> 02:38:00,704 THEY RELY ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW 4649 02:38:00,704 --> 02:38:02,239 WHAT IMPACTS THIS WILL HAVE. YOU 4650 02:38:02,239 --> 02:38:03,774 KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW 4651 02:38:03,774 --> 02:38:05,309 WHAT IMPACT SOME OF THESE OTHER 4652 02:38:05,309 --> 02:38:06,877 POSITIONS WILL HAVE, BUT I, I 4653 02:38:06,877 --> 02:38:10,280 WORRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THIS IS 4654 02:38:10,280 --> 02:38:11,949 A MODEL. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS 4655 02:38:11,949 --> 02:38:13,917 AN ALL HANDS ON DECK MODEL 4656 02:38:13,917 --> 02:38:14,818 REALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 4657 02:38:14,818 --> 02:38:16,320 BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ALL THE 4658 02:38:16,320 --> 02:38:18,822 CITY DEPARTMENTS WORKING 4659 02:38:18,822 --> 02:38:20,424 TOGETHER, UM, WHEN THEY'RE 4660 02:38:20,424 --> 02:38:22,793 RESOLVING THE ENCAMPMENTS AND 4661 02:38:22,793 --> 02:38:24,261 OFFERING THE SHELTER AND THAT'S 4662 02:38:24,261 --> 02:38:26,463 WHAT WE WANT ALL THE CITY 4663 02:38:26,463 --> 02:38:27,097 DEPARTMENTS WORKING TOGETHER TO 4664 02:38:27,097 --> 02:38:30,133 OFFER SERVICES TO FOLKS AND TO, 4665 02:38:30,133 --> 02:38:32,503 TO ADDRESS THESE SERIOUS ISSUES 4666 02:38:32,503 --> 02:38:34,771 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR 4667 02:38:34,771 --> 02:38:36,506 EVERYONE INVOLVED, THOSE WHO 4668 02:38:36,506 --> 02:38:38,342 NEED THE ASSISTANCE, UM, 4669 02:38:38,342 --> 02:38:39,443 LITERALLY LIVING ON THE STREETS 4670 02:38:39,443 --> 02:38:40,344 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TO 4671 02:38:40,344 --> 02:38:42,145 NEIGHBORHOODS AND KEEPING PARKS 4672 02:38:42,145 --> 02:38:43,513 CLEAR SO THAT KIDS CAN GO TO THE 4673 02:38:43,513 --> 02:38:47,584 PLAYGROUND AND NOT WORRY ABOUT, 4674 02:38:47,584 --> 02:38:48,652 UM, SOMEONE SMOKING FENTANYL OR, 4675 02:38:48,652 --> 02:38:51,989 OR, OR, UM, NEEDLES, YOU KNOW, 4676 02:38:51,989 --> 02:38:53,523 THESE ARE REAL. I'M NOT MAKING 4677 02:38:53,523 --> 02:38:55,092 A JUDGMENT LIKE, AND IT'S SAD. 4678 02:38:55,092 --> 02:38:58,195 WE NEED MORE TREATMENT AND, AND, 4679 02:38:58,195 --> 02:39:00,197 UM, WHEN WE GET TO THE HSD 4680 02:39:00,197 --> 02:39:01,999 CONVERSATION, I WANT TO ASK 4681 02:39:01,999 --> 02:39:04,001 ABOUT TREATMENT BECAUSE THAT'S 4682 02:39:04,001 --> 02:39:07,437 REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, SO I DO 4683 02:39:07,437 --> 02:39:10,974 HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE 4684 02:39:10,974 --> 02:39:12,843 UCT PAGE, THERE WAS A WEB PAGE 4685 02:39:12,843 --> 02:39:15,879 YOU COULD GO ON AND IT'S 4686 02:39:15,879 --> 02:39:17,481 DISAPPEARED. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF 4687 02:39:17,481 --> 02:39:20,017 YOU HAD INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT 4688 02:39:20,017 --> 02:39:22,052 HAPPENED TO THAT, UM, WEB PAGE 4689 02:39:22,052 --> 02:39:23,754 FOR UCT IN PARTICULAR. WE WOULD 4690 02:39:23,754 --> 02:39:25,789 GO THERE TO GET GOOD 4691 02:39:25,789 --> 02:39:27,291 INFORMATION. AND ALSO WE WOULD 4692 02:39:27,291 --> 02:39:29,293 DIRECT OUR CONSTITUENTS TO THERE 4693 02:39:29,293 --> 02:39:33,163 AS WELL 4694 02:39:33,163 --> 02:39:35,465 >> WE, WE HAVE ASKED HSD FOR 4695 02:39:35,465 --> 02:39:36,767 INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THAT PAGE 4696 02:39:36,767 --> 02:39:38,435 WAS TAKEN DOWN AND WHEN IT WILL 4697 02:39:38,435 --> 02:39:41,138 BE RESTORED. WE DON'T HAVE THAT 4698 02:39:41,138 --> 02:39:43,106 INFORMATION YET. UM, ALSO WITH 4699 02:39:43,106 --> 02:39:44,508 RESPECT TO THE SERVICE REDUCTION 4700 02:39:44,508 --> 02:39:47,344 FOR MAPPING SERVICES SERVICES, 4701 02:39:47,344 --> 02:39:50,213 WHAT WE UNDERSTAND FROM SEATTLE 4702 02:39:50,213 --> 02:39:51,281 IS THAT THE BUDGET THAT WAS 4703 02:39:51,281 --> 02:39:53,917 INITIALLY ALLOCATED FOR THEIR 4704 02:39:53,917 --> 02:39:55,819 STAFF TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, 4705 02:39:55,819 --> 02:39:57,621 IT WAS IT WAS HIGHER THAN IT 4706 02:39:57,621 --> 02:39:58,922 NEEDED TO BE. AND THEY WILL BE 4707 02:39:58,922 --> 02:40:00,190 ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO ALL THE 4708 02:40:00,190 --> 02:40:02,526 WORK THEY ARE CURRENTLY DOING. 4709 02:40:02,526 --> 02:40:06,196 UM, WHILE MAINTAINING THAT 4710 02:40:06,196 --> 02:40:08,899 120,000, UH, $120,000 BUDGET 4711 02:40:08,899 --> 02:40:11,401 CUT. AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH 4712 02:40:11,401 --> 02:40:13,203 WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE 4713 02:40:13,203 --> 02:40:14,571 EXECUTIVE FOR ALL OF THESE 4714 02:40:14,571 --> 02:40:16,740 REDUCTIONS THAT THESE, THESE 4715 02:40:16,740 --> 02:40:18,342 REDUCTIONS WILL ALLOW THE U. C 4716 02:40:18,342 --> 02:40:22,813 T, UM, ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO 4717 02:40:22,813 --> 02:40:26,383 CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE CURRENT 4718 02:40:26,383 --> 02:40:26,783 LEVEL OF SERVICE. 4719 02:40:26,783 --> 02:40:28,986 >> THANK YOU. ANN. UM, AND THEN 4720 02:40:28,986 --> 02:40:31,388 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT 4721 02:40:31,388 --> 02:40:34,524 TOO ABOUT, UM, WE HAD SOME GOOD 4722 02:40:34,524 --> 02:40:39,329 INFORMATION FROM, UM, THE UCT 4723 02:40:39,329 --> 02:40:40,797 TEAM ABOUT THEIR RESPONSE RATES 4724 02:40:40,797 --> 02:40:42,399 ARE IN THE HIGH 90s ALL ACROSS 4725 02:40:42,399 --> 02:40:45,068 THE CITY. UM, THEY HAVE, THEY 4726 02:40:45,068 --> 02:40:47,070 HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO 4727 02:40:47,070 --> 02:40:48,905 THEIR, UH, TOUCHPOINTS, WHO 4728 02:40:48,905 --> 02:40:52,275 THEIR, THEIR, UM, THEY'RE 4729 02:40:52,275 --> 02:40:54,344 INTERACTING WITH ON THE GROUND. 4730 02:40:54,344 --> 02:40:54,878 I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR 4731 02:40:54,878 --> 02:40:56,113 GATHERING OF ALL THIS 4732 02:40:56,113 --> 02:40:57,881 INFORMATION. AND THEN OF COURSE, 4733 02:40:57,881 --> 02:40:59,483 UM, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ YOU 4734 02:40:59,483 --> 02:41:02,686 DID, I JUST GOT A SHEET ABOUT 4735 02:41:02,686 --> 02:41:05,255 THE DEBRIS, THE, THE POUNDS OF 4736 02:41:05,255 --> 02:41:06,289 DEBRIS COLLECTED AS, AS PART OF 4737 02:41:06,289 --> 02:41:09,226 THIS. AND IN 2021, IT WAS, UM, 4738 02:41:09,226 --> 02:41:13,263 YOU KNOW, 7.2 POINT 7 MILLION 4739 02:41:13,263 --> 02:41:15,866 POUNDS OF DEBRIS. UM, THIS YEAR 4740 02:41:15,866 --> 02:41:20,737 WE'VE HAD 464,000 POUNDS OF 4741 02:41:20,737 --> 02:41:22,539 DEBRIS. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, 4742 02:41:22,539 --> 02:41:24,508 THAT'S, THAT'S TRASH THAT'S 4743 02:41:24,508 --> 02:41:25,509 BEING COLLECTED OUT OF OUR PARKS 4744 02:41:25,509 --> 02:41:27,244 AND OUT OF OUR RIGHT OF WAYS. 4745 02:41:27,244 --> 02:41:28,812 AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S 4746 02:41:28,812 --> 02:41:30,414 GOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT 4747 02:41:30,414 --> 02:41:33,984 IS, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT. AND EVEN 4748 02:41:33,984 --> 02:41:35,919 FOR THE, YOU KNOW IT JUST, I 4749 02:41:35,919 --> 02:41:37,754 CAN'T, I GUESS I CAN'T 4750 02:41:37,754 --> 02:41:41,291 UNDERSCORE, UM, THE, THE VALUE 4751 02:41:41,291 --> 02:41:44,194 THAT YOU SEE T ADDS AND MY 4752 02:41:44,194 --> 02:41:45,729 CONCERN ABOUT THE CUT OF THE 4753 02:41:45,729 --> 02:41:48,699 POSITIONS TOO, IS I'VE OFTEN 4754 02:41:48,699 --> 02:41:49,900 THOUGHT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH, UM, 4755 02:41:49,900 --> 02:41:50,901 THE FOLKS DOING THE WORK ON THE 4756 02:41:50,901 --> 02:41:53,603 GROUND BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET TO 4757 02:41:53,603 --> 02:41:55,806 AS MANY ENCAMPMENTS AS, AS THERE 4758 02:41:55,806 --> 02:41:58,375 ARE. SO IF THESE WERE SOMETIMES 4759 02:41:58,375 --> 02:42:00,043 POSITIONS ARE REPURPOSED AND 4760 02:42:00,043 --> 02:42:01,244 PLACED WHERE THEY'RE BETTER 4761 02:42:01,244 --> 02:42:03,180 NEEDED. AND I GUESS RATHER THAN 4762 02:42:03,180 --> 02:42:04,748 CUTTING THESE POSITIONS, IF THEY 4763 02:42:04,748 --> 02:42:07,684 FELT LIKE THESE PARTICULAR 4764 02:42:07,684 --> 02:42:08,485 CLASSIFICATIONS WERE NOT NEEDED, 4765 02:42:08,485 --> 02:42:10,287 THEN, YOU KNOW, COULD THESE HAVE 4766 02:42:10,287 --> 02:42:11,721 BEEN DIRECTED? BECAUSE I KNOW 4767 02:42:11,721 --> 02:42:13,657 THERE'S MORE NEED ON THE GROUND 4768 02:42:13,657 --> 02:42:16,593 FOR MORE UCT ATTENTION. AND SO 4769 02:42:16,593 --> 02:42:21,665 THAT THAT WOULD BE MY OTHER 4770 02:42:21,665 --> 02:42:23,266 QUESTION. UM, YEAH. 4771 02:42:23,266 --> 02:42:24,668 >> THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE 4772 02:42:24,668 --> 02:42:27,404 OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 4773 02:42:27,404 --> 02:42:29,840 FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO CONSIDER, 4774 02:42:29,840 --> 02:42:32,075 UH, RESPONSIVE TO THE, THE 4775 02:42:32,075 --> 02:42:34,277 AGGREGATE REDUCTIONS THAT THE 4776 02:42:34,277 --> 02:42:35,345 EXECUTIVE PROPOSED. WE'D BE, 4777 02:42:35,345 --> 02:42:37,280 WE'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU 4778 02:42:37,280 --> 02:42:40,150 TO TRY TO HONE IN ON WHAT 4779 02:42:40,150 --> 02:42:43,086 POSITIONS MIGHT BE ESPECIALLY 4780 02:42:43,086 --> 02:42:44,321 USEFUL IN PERFORMING THE KIND OF 4781 02:42:44,321 --> 02:42:45,689 WORK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE 4782 02:42:45,689 --> 02:42:47,190 DONE MORE. 4783 02:42:47,190 --> 02:42:49,292 >> THANK YOU, ANN. AND THEN 4784 02:42:49,292 --> 02:42:50,894 LASTLY, WHO. SO IF IT'S AN HSD, 4785 02:42:50,894 --> 02:42:52,929 IS IT DIRECTOR KIM THAT 4786 02:42:52,929 --> 02:42:54,865 OVERSEES. NOW THE WHOLE HSD 4787 02:42:54,865 --> 02:42:56,066 TEAM? 4788 02:42:56,066 --> 02:42:57,267 >> I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR 4789 02:42:57,267 --> 02:42:57,634 YOUR QUESTION. 4790 02:42:57,634 --> 02:42:58,902 >> SORRY. UM, SO SINCE IT'S 4791 02:42:58,902 --> 02:43:02,506 EDDIE IN HSD, I MEAN, IT IS. ARE 4792 02:43:02,506 --> 02:43:05,175 THEY HSD EMPLOYEES OR DIRECTOR 4793 02:43:05,175 --> 02:43:07,277 KIM IS OVERSEEING THE U. C T 4794 02:43:07,277 --> 02:43:11,181 TEAM. ALL, ALL THOSE FOLKS THE 4795 02:43:11,181 --> 02:43:13,283 BECAUSE BEFORE WE WOULD CALL 4796 02:43:13,283 --> 02:43:13,950 THEM MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THAT, 4797 02:43:13,950 --> 02:43:15,886 YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD DIFFERENT 4798 02:43:15,886 --> 02:43:17,387 LEADERSHIP OVER TIME. SO I'M 4799 02:43:17,387 --> 02:43:19,523 JUST TRYING TO TRACK. 4800 02:43:19,523 --> 02:43:22,058 >> ALL, ALL OF THE POSITIONS ON 4801 02:43:22,058 --> 02:43:23,660 THIS CHART ARE IN HSD. AND, UM, 4802 02:43:23,660 --> 02:43:25,295 THE BLUE ONES ARE THE CORE TEAM. 4803 02:43:25,295 --> 02:43:29,166 THE CORE TEAMS ARE INVOLVED IN 4804 02:43:29,166 --> 02:43:31,101 COORDINATING THE ACTIVITIES OF 4805 02:43:31,101 --> 02:43:32,836 THE CORE TEAM CITYWIDE. UM, AND 4806 02:43:32,836 --> 02:43:34,971 THESE, THESE POSITIONS DO REPORT 4807 02:43:34,971 --> 02:43:37,140 UP THROUGH DIRECTOR KIM. THEY 4808 02:43:37,140 --> 02:43:41,678 DO, BUT YES, BUT THE, THE, THE 4809 02:43:41,678 --> 02:43:43,313 SPRS DOT AND FAS POSITIONS, THEY 4810 02:43:43,313 --> 02:43:45,048 WOULD NOT REPORT DIRECTLY UP 4811 02:43:45,048 --> 02:43:46,183 THROUGH HER. 4812 02:43:46,183 --> 02:43:48,084 >> I MEANT THE YES. THANK YOU. 4813 02:43:48,084 --> 02:43:49,819 THE CORE TEAM BECAUSE THERE IS A 4814 02:43:49,819 --> 02:43:51,788 DIRECTOR FOR UCT YES THANK YOU, 4815 02:43:51,788 --> 02:43:54,825 THANK YOU. UM THANK YOU. 4816 02:43:54,825 --> 02:43:55,392 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4817 02:43:55,392 --> 02:43:56,526 RIVERA COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AND 4818 02:43:56,526 --> 02:43:58,228 THEN RINCK. 4819 02:43:58,228 --> 02:43:59,663 >> THANK YOU CHAIR. I WANT TO 4820 02:43:59,663 --> 02:44:01,264 THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE 4821 02:44:01,264 --> 02:44:02,265 FIRST. UH, MISS GORMAN, THANK 4822 02:44:02,265 --> 02:44:04,701 YOU FOR YOUR, UM, YOUR BRIEFING 4823 02:44:04,701 --> 02:44:05,669 SLIDES AND, AND THE, THE 4824 02:44:05,669 --> 02:44:09,139 RUNDOWN. UM, IT'S INTERESTING TO 4825 02:44:09,139 --> 02:44:10,407 HEAR, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE 4826 02:44:10,407 --> 02:44:12,475 VARIOUS, UM, INPUTS CHAIR. I 4827 02:44:12,475 --> 02:44:14,411 REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU SET IT 4828 02:44:14,411 --> 02:44:15,679 UP BECAUSE IT GETS TO THE FACT 4829 02:44:15,679 --> 02:44:19,149 OF THE MATTER. UM, AND I SHOULD 4830 02:44:19,149 --> 02:44:20,584 ADD COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, THANK 4831 02:44:20,584 --> 02:44:21,518 YOU FOR THE HISTORICAL PIECE AS 4832 02:44:21,518 --> 02:44:23,720 SOMEBODY WHO WAS, UM, INVOLVED, 4833 02:44:23,720 --> 02:44:26,523 BUT ON THE OUTSIDE, FROM A 4834 02:44:26,523 --> 02:44:27,958 COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WAS 4835 02:44:27,958 --> 02:44:30,460 HAPPENING WITH THE NAV TEAMS? 4836 02:44:30,460 --> 02:44:32,662 UH, WAS INTERESTING, BUT SAD. 4837 02:44:32,662 --> 02:44:35,098 AND THAT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE 4838 02:44:35,098 --> 02:44:37,067 NAV TEAMS IS, YOU KNOW, EXPOSED 4839 02:44:37,067 --> 02:44:38,635 FAULT LINES. AND I THINK THESE 4840 02:44:38,635 --> 02:44:40,503 FAULT LINES ARE HERE TODAY. ONE 4841 02:44:40,503 --> 02:44:42,839 OF THEM IS THE ROLE OF SP-D IN 4842 02:44:42,839 --> 02:44:46,076 THIS KIND OF WORLD. UM, AND 4843 02:44:46,076 --> 02:44:47,844 OTHER PIECES LIKE THAT, UM, ONE 4844 02:44:47,844 --> 02:44:49,713 OF THEM IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK A 4845 02:44:49,713 --> 02:44:54,351 FAULT LINE TOO, IS THIS BASIC 4846 02:44:54,351 --> 02:44:54,985 CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE THAT ON 4847 02:44:54,985 --> 02:44:56,853 ONE HAND, WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS OR 4848 02:44:56,853 --> 02:45:00,991 ORGANIZATIONS WHO, WHO WANT TO 4849 02:45:00,991 --> 02:45:04,261 AID OUR NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS, AND 4850 02:45:04,261 --> 02:45:06,162 I SUPPORT THEM 100%. BUT WE 4851 02:45:06,162 --> 02:45:08,331 DON'T HAVE AN EQUIVALENT OF 4852 02:45:08,331 --> 02:45:10,333 ADDRESSING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN 4853 02:45:10,333 --> 02:45:11,801 CRISIS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE 4854 02:45:11,801 --> 02:45:13,870 EVERYTHING STARTS FALLING APART. 4855 02:45:13,870 --> 02:45:16,406 AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE AND 4856 02:45:16,406 --> 02:45:17,607 SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WORK 4857 02:45:17,607 --> 02:45:20,844 THROUGH. AND I WILL ADMIT, MY 4858 02:45:20,844 --> 02:45:22,512 DISTRICT COLLEAGUES AND I ARE 4859 02:45:22,512 --> 02:45:23,146 PROBABLY ARE MORE SENSITIVE TO 4860 02:45:23,146 --> 02:45:26,149 THIS BECAUSE WE HEAR IT EVERY 4861 02:45:26,149 --> 02:45:28,885 DAY. WE SEE IT EVERY DAY. AND 4862 02:45:28,885 --> 02:45:30,320 THIS IS THE CHALLENGE THAT WE 4863 02:45:30,320 --> 02:45:33,156 FACE. AND WE NOTICE, AS I SAID 4864 02:45:33,156 --> 02:45:35,125 YESTERDAY, THE BACKSLIDING, UM, 4865 02:45:35,125 --> 02:45:36,526 AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS 4866 02:45:36,526 --> 02:45:38,395 IS ALL ABOUT LEADERSHIP. YOU CAN 4867 02:45:38,395 --> 02:45:43,199 SEE THE LITTLE PIECES, YOU CAN 4868 02:45:43,199 --> 02:45:45,302 SEE IT. YOU SEE TISHA REPORT TO 4869 02:45:45,302 --> 02:45:46,803 DIRECTOR LABRECQUE FULL STOP. 4870 02:45:46,803 --> 02:45:50,740 BUT IT DOESN'T YOU KNOW, AND 4871 02:45:50,740 --> 02:45:53,343 THEN AS MISS GORHAM WAS SAYING, 4872 02:45:53,343 --> 02:45:54,044 OH, THE EXECUTIVE SAYS THIS, 4873 02:45:54,044 --> 02:45:55,011 THAT WHATEVER, OH, WE'RE GOING 4874 02:45:55,011 --> 02:45:56,646 TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. I KNOW 4875 02:45:56,646 --> 02:45:57,580 THESE DIFFERENT REDUCTIONS, BUT 4876 02:45:57,580 --> 02:45:59,449 WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO 4877 02:45:59,449 --> 02:46:02,052 DO THIS. I CALL THAT THE 4878 02:46:02,052 --> 02:46:03,486 MAYOR'S PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY 4879 02:46:03,486 --> 02:46:05,155 AS REPRESENTED IN THIS BUDGET, 4880 02:46:05,155 --> 02:46:07,123 IS BEST DESCRIBED EITHER AS A 4881 02:46:07,123 --> 02:46:08,625 WISH STRATEGY OR A HOPE 4882 02:46:08,625 --> 02:46:10,093 STRATEGY. THEY WISH IT HOPES 4883 02:46:10,093 --> 02:46:12,829 THEY HOPE IT WORKS, BUT THAT'S 4884 02:46:12,829 --> 02:46:16,032 WHAT IT IS. IT'S A WISH AND HOPE 4885 02:46:16,032 --> 02:46:17,734 STRATEGY. AND AND THAT'S 4886 02:46:17,734 --> 02:46:19,002 UNFORTUNATE. AND THAT'S WHERE 4887 02:46:19,002 --> 02:46:22,739 WE ARE WITH THIS, UM, AND, YOU 4888 02:46:22,739 --> 02:46:23,940 KNOW, THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM IS 4889 02:46:23,940 --> 02:46:25,108 AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. THANK YOU 4890 02:46:25,108 --> 02:46:26,409 CHAIR. 4891 02:46:26,409 --> 02:46:26,977 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4892 02:46:26,977 --> 02:46:28,445 KETTLE ANY REACTIONS? NOT AT 4893 02:46:28,445 --> 02:46:33,950 THIS TIME. COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 4894 02:46:33,950 --> 02:46:34,384 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 4895 02:46:34,384 --> 02:46:35,885 >> THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS 4896 02:46:35,885 --> 02:46:39,356 COLLEAGUES, I KNOW WE ARE ALL 4897 02:46:39,356 --> 02:46:40,957 COMMITTED TO DOING OUR PART TO 4898 02:46:40,957 --> 02:46:42,058 END HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY. 4899 02:46:42,058 --> 02:46:43,793 I'VE SEEN THAT WORK OVER MY 4900 02:46:43,793 --> 02:46:45,228 TENURE ON COUNCIL AND EVEN 4901 02:46:45,228 --> 02:46:46,796 BEFORE THAT, THE CITY HAS WORKED 4902 02:46:46,796 --> 02:46:48,965 THROUGH A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF 4903 02:46:48,965 --> 02:46:51,334 EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. 4904 02:46:51,334 --> 02:46:52,002 AND I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO 4905 02:46:52,002 --> 02:46:54,738 THIS WHILE ALSO DOING OUR DUTY 4906 02:46:54,738 --> 02:46:57,073 IN, AS COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER PUT 4907 02:46:57,073 --> 02:46:59,075 IT, PUBLIC SPACE MANAGEMENT. UM, 4908 02:46:59,075 --> 02:47:02,412 AND TO THAT END, I LISTENED TO 4909 02:47:02,412 --> 02:47:03,780 THIS DISCUSSION AND I APPRECIATE 4910 02:47:03,780 --> 02:47:04,414 ALL THE THOUGHTFUL REMARKS AND 4911 02:47:04,414 --> 02:47:05,515 ALL OF THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND 4912 02:47:05,515 --> 02:47:07,450 WE'RE TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH 4913 02:47:07,450 --> 02:47:09,252 THOSE TWO DUTIES AND WHICH IS 4914 02:47:09,252 --> 02:47:10,520 WHY THIS IS SUCH A SENSITIVE 4915 02:47:10,520 --> 02:47:13,022 TOPIC. AND I WANTED TO GROUND US 4916 02:47:13,022 --> 02:47:14,724 IN, UM, JUST IN MY PREPARATION 4917 02:47:14,724 --> 02:47:16,860 FOR TODAY'S DISCUSSION, I DID A 4918 02:47:16,860 --> 02:47:18,695 REVIEW OF THE QUARTER TWO 4919 02:47:18,695 --> 02:47:21,865 REPORT. UM, AS A PART OF THE SLI 4920 02:47:21,865 --> 02:47:23,900 ON THE UC T AND THIS REPORT WE 4921 02:47:23,900 --> 02:47:26,136 RECEIVED IN AUGUST. UM, IT 4922 02:47:26,136 --> 02:47:28,471 INDICATES THAT UM, YOU KNOW, 4923 02:47:28,471 --> 02:47:30,774 ACROSS THE CITY AND THEY HAVE 4924 02:47:30,774 --> 02:47:31,408 DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS RELATED TO 4925 02:47:31,408 --> 02:47:32,742 DIFFERENT KINDS OF REMOVALS. AND 4926 02:47:32,742 --> 02:47:37,714 WE HAD 1286 REMOVALS SO FAR THIS 4927 02:47:37,714 --> 02:47:38,882 YEAR, UM, THAT ARE OF THE 4928 02:47:38,882 --> 02:47:40,817 IMMEDIATE HAZARD AND OBSTRUCTION 4929 02:47:40,817 --> 02:47:42,886 FORM OF REMOVALS. UH, THOSE ARE 4930 02:47:42,886 --> 02:47:47,524 CITY WIDE. AND OF THOSE CITYWIDE 4931 02:47:47,524 --> 02:47:49,025 REMOVALS, ONLY 52%, UH, WITH 4932 02:47:49,025 --> 02:47:51,094 OFFERS OF SHELTER WHERE 4933 02:47:51,094 --> 02:47:53,096 INDIVIDUALS WERE PRESENT. SO I 4934 02:47:53,096 --> 02:47:54,431 RAISED THAT BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL 4935 02:47:54,431 --> 02:47:56,366 LIKE THIS CONVERSATION WILL BE 4936 02:47:56,366 --> 02:47:58,668 COMPLETE TODAY. IF WE DIDN'T 4937 02:47:58,668 --> 02:47:59,936 TOUCH ON THE HUMAN COMPONENT 4938 02:47:59,936 --> 02:48:01,104 THAT BEHIND EVERY ONE OF THOSE 4939 02:48:01,104 --> 02:48:03,139 NUMBERS, UM, WHILE THERE ARE 4940 02:48:03,139 --> 02:48:04,140 PEOPLE WHO ACCEPT OFFERS OF 4941 02:48:04,140 --> 02:48:06,009 SHELTER, THERE'S THE REALITY 4942 02:48:06,009 --> 02:48:07,577 THAT OUR SHELTER SYSTEM DOES NOT 4943 02:48:07,577 --> 02:48:09,879 MEET EVERYBODY'S NEEDS. THERE'S 4944 02:48:09,879 --> 02:48:11,347 INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT THAT 4945 02:48:11,347 --> 02:48:13,516 TALKS ABOUT, UM, RATIONALE AND 4946 02:48:13,516 --> 02:48:14,684 INFORMATION, WHY PEOPLE MAY NOT 4947 02:48:14,684 --> 02:48:16,019 ACCEPT AN OFFER OF SHELTER, 4948 02:48:16,019 --> 02:48:18,988 WHETHER IT BE AROUND 4949 02:48:18,988 --> 02:48:19,756 INCOMPATIBILITY WITH STORAGE, 4950 02:48:19,756 --> 02:48:22,092 WHETHER IT BE AROUND ADA 4951 02:48:22,092 --> 02:48:24,794 ACCESSIBILITY, A MYRIAD OF 4952 02:48:24,794 --> 02:48:26,296 REASONS WHY SOMEONE WILL NOT BE 4953 02:48:26,296 --> 02:48:29,165 ABLE TO BE PLACED SOMEWHERE. AND 4954 02:48:29,165 --> 02:48:31,167 SO I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP THAT 4955 02:48:31,167 --> 02:48:32,936 HUMAN COMPONENT BECAUSE I KNOW 4956 02:48:32,936 --> 02:48:35,271 I'VE WALKED ALONGSIDE MANY 4957 02:48:35,271 --> 02:48:36,573 PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED 4958 02:48:36,573 --> 02:48:38,041 HOMELESSNESS, WHO HAVE BEEN 4959 02:48:38,041 --> 02:48:39,175 SWEPT IN THE CITY AND HAVE HAD 4960 02:48:39,175 --> 02:48:40,076 NOWHERE TO GO, HAVE LOST 4961 02:48:40,076 --> 02:48:42,512 BELONGINGS, HAVE LOST 4962 02:48:42,512 --> 02:48:44,714 DOCUMENTATION, UM, AND THIS 4963 02:48:44,714 --> 02:48:46,149 CONVERSATION WOULDN'T FEEL 4964 02:48:46,149 --> 02:48:46,649 COMPLETE IF WE DIDN'T 4965 02:48:46,649 --> 02:48:48,084 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT REALITY. AND I 4966 02:48:48,084 --> 02:48:50,286 WANT TO ALSO EXPRESS MY 4967 02:48:50,286 --> 02:48:52,722 APPRECIATION TO COUNCILMEMBER 4968 02:48:52,722 --> 02:48:54,057 JUAREZ FOR THE COLLECTION AND 4969 02:48:54,057 --> 02:48:55,892 PROVIDING US WITH THIS HISTORY. 4970 02:48:55,892 --> 02:48:56,659 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I DID GET 4971 02:48:56,659 --> 02:48:59,095 A COPY. THANK YOU. YES. I'M 4972 02:48:59,095 --> 02:49:00,663 SORRY, WOULD LOVE PAGE NUMBERS 4973 02:49:00,663 --> 02:49:05,034 ON IT, BUT, UM, BUT IT'S I 4974 02:49:05,034 --> 02:49:06,236 APPRECIATE THE WORK HERE. JUST 4975 02:49:06,236 --> 02:49:06,870 TO PULL TOGETHER THE HISTORY OF 4976 02:49:06,870 --> 02:49:08,571 HOW WE GOT HERE, BECAUSE I THINK 4977 02:49:08,571 --> 02:49:09,973 IT ACKNOWLEDGES AN EVOLUTION IN 4978 02:49:09,973 --> 02:49:12,742 THIS WORK. UM, I STILL THINK 4979 02:49:12,742 --> 02:49:14,644 JUST GIVEN THE POINTS THAT I 4980 02:49:14,644 --> 02:49:15,612 RAISED AROUND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 4981 02:49:15,612 --> 02:49:17,280 NOT PLACED IN HOUSING OR DO NOT 4982 02:49:17,280 --> 02:49:19,582 GET SHELTER THROUGH THE ACT, 4983 02:49:19,582 --> 02:49:21,117 THAT WE STILL HAVE WORK TO GO TO 4984 02:49:21,117 --> 02:49:23,419 WORK TO DO IN IMPROVING AND 4985 02:49:23,419 --> 02:49:25,188 MOVING TOWARDS A SYSTEM THAT IS 4986 02:49:25,188 --> 02:49:26,623 ORIENTING TOWARD PEOPLE AND 4987 02:49:26,623 --> 02:49:28,424 GETTING THEM INTO PERMANENT 4988 02:49:28,424 --> 02:49:30,593 HOUSING OPTIONS. UM, ONE OF THE 4989 02:49:30,593 --> 02:49:32,662 PROGRAMS THAT I, I WOULD LIKE TO 4990 02:49:32,662 --> 02:49:34,430 SEE US BE ABLE TO EXPAND MORE OF 4991 02:49:34,430 --> 02:49:38,034 IS THE ENCAMPMENT RIGHT OF WAY 4992 02:49:38,034 --> 02:49:39,202 WORK. UM, AND I LIFT UP THIS 4993 02:49:39,202 --> 02:49:41,237 EXAMPLE. THIS WAS FUNDED THROUGH 4994 02:49:41,237 --> 02:49:43,773 THE STATE, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS 4995 02:49:43,773 --> 02:49:46,209 GOVERNOR INSLEE, UM, WHO PUT 4996 02:49:46,209 --> 02:49:46,709 FORWARD THIS INITIATIVE 4997 02:49:46,709 --> 02:49:48,111 SPECIFICALLY TO CLEAR 4998 02:49:48,111 --> 02:49:49,779 ENCAMPMENTS IN STATE RIGHT OF 4999 02:49:49,779 --> 02:49:51,114 WAYS HERE IN THE CITY OF 5000 02:49:51,114 --> 02:49:53,149 SEATTLE. WE TOOK AN APPROACH OF 5001 02:49:53,149 --> 02:49:55,818 REALLY LIKE PUTTING FORWARD A 5002 02:49:55,818 --> 02:49:56,085 PROPOSAL 5003 02:49:56,085 --> 02:49:57,353 >> OF ORIENTING THAT WORK 5004 02:49:57,353 --> 02:49:59,355 TOWARDS NOT JUST CLEARING AN 5005 02:49:59,355 --> 02:50:00,924 ENCAMPMENT, BUT GETTING PEOPLE 5006 02:50:00,924 --> 02:50:02,125 HOUSED. AND THROUGH THAT WORK, 5007 02:50:02,125 --> 02:50:03,726 IF I'M RECALLING MY STATS 5008 02:50:03,726 --> 02:50:04,627 CORRECTLY, I BELIEVE AFTER TWO 5009 02:50:04,627 --> 02:50:08,431 YEARS, MORE THAN 80% OF FOLKS 5010 02:50:08,431 --> 02:50:10,900 WHO WERE A PART OF THAT PROGRAM 5011 02:50:10,900 --> 02:50:11,634 REMAINED HOUSED AFTER TWO. UM, 5012 02:50:11,634 --> 02:50:14,437 AND SO I WANTED TO POSE A 5013 02:50:14,437 --> 02:50:15,538 QUESTION TO CENTRAL STAFF. TO 5014 02:50:15,538 --> 02:50:16,806 THAT END. UM, COULD YOU 5015 02:50:16,806 --> 02:50:18,508 HIGHLIGHT FOR US SOME OF THE 5016 02:50:18,508 --> 02:50:19,676 CORE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 5017 02:50:19,676 --> 02:50:21,678 RIGHT OF WAY, UM, RESOLUTION 5018 02:50:21,678 --> 02:50:23,279 MODEL AND WHAT WE CURRENTLY SEE 5019 02:50:23,279 --> 02:50:24,647 WITH THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM? 5020 02:50:24,647 --> 02:50:27,750 >> YES. UM, I THINK FIRST I'LL 5021 02:50:27,750 --> 02:50:28,918 TALK JUST ABOUT SIMILARITIES. I 5022 02:50:28,918 --> 02:50:30,253 THINK BOTH THE RIGHT OF WAY 5023 02:50:30,253 --> 02:50:32,355 PROGRAM AND THE UNIFIED CARE 5024 02:50:32,355 --> 02:50:34,457 TEAM, UM, HAD AS THEIR GOAL TO 5025 02:50:34,457 --> 02:50:36,526 RESOLVE ENCAMPMENTS THAT WERE ON 5026 02:50:36,526 --> 02:50:37,894 PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTIES FOR 5027 02:50:37,894 --> 02:50:39,629 THE CITY THAT CITY OWNED 5028 02:50:39,629 --> 02:50:40,797 PROPERTIES FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY 5029 02:50:40,797 --> 02:50:43,066 PROGRAM. THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY 5030 02:50:43,066 --> 02:50:45,235 PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE STATE. 5031 02:50:45,235 --> 02:50:46,803 UM, OUTREACH IS DEFINITELY AN 5032 02:50:46,803 --> 02:50:48,137 IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF BOTH THE 5033 02:50:48,137 --> 02:50:49,205 RIGHT OF WAY PROGRAM AND THE U, 5034 02:50:49,205 --> 02:50:52,742 C, T AND BOTH PROGRAMS ACTUALLY, 5035 02:50:52,742 --> 02:50:54,110 WHEN THEY ARE PLANNING, UM, NOT 5036 02:50:54,110 --> 02:50:56,579 FOR, I WILL SAY MY COMMENTS FOR 5037 02:50:56,579 --> 02:50:58,414 THE UCT ARE REALLY DIRECTED 5038 02:50:58,414 --> 02:51:00,583 TOWARDS THE PLANNED OR 5039 02:51:00,583 --> 02:51:01,618 CALENDARED ENCAMPMENT REMOVALS. 5040 02:51:01,618 --> 02:51:03,686 UM FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS 5041 02:51:03,686 --> 02:51:05,021 A OUTREACH STAFF THAT GO OUT, UM 5042 02:51:05,021 --> 02:51:07,624 BOTH CONTRACTED OUTREACH 5043 02:51:07,624 --> 02:51:09,125 PROVIDERS, UM, BUT ALSO CITY 5044 02:51:09,125 --> 02:51:10,593 OUTREACH WORKERS WHO BUILD A BY 5045 02:51:10,593 --> 02:51:11,861 NAME LIST, WHICH IS ALSO WHAT 5046 02:51:11,861 --> 02:51:13,663 HAPPENS WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY 5047 02:51:13,663 --> 02:51:15,064 PROGRAM. REALLY THE BIGGEST 5048 02:51:15,064 --> 02:51:15,698 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RIGHT OF 5049 02:51:15,698 --> 02:51:17,834 WAY AND THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM IS 5050 02:51:17,834 --> 02:51:20,203 THAT, UM, WHEN THE RIGHT OF WAY 5051 02:51:20,203 --> 02:51:21,638 PROGRAM, THEY PICK A SPECIFIC 5052 02:51:21,638 --> 02:51:23,606 ENCAMPMENT THAT THEY WANT TO 5053 02:51:23,606 --> 02:51:24,774 REMOVE OR TO RESOLVE. WHEN THEY 5054 02:51:24,774 --> 02:51:27,477 DO THAT, THEY HAVE FUNDING FOR 5055 02:51:27,477 --> 02:51:29,245 PERMANENT HOUSING AND THEY 5056 02:51:29,245 --> 02:51:31,848 IDENTIFY THE PERMANENT HOUSING 5057 02:51:31,848 --> 02:51:33,650 AND HAVE THOSE UNITS IN HAND. 5058 02:51:33,650 --> 02:51:37,854 UM, BEFORE AND, UM, BEFORE 5059 02:51:37,854 --> 02:51:39,355 RESOLVING OR REMOVING THE 5060 02:51:39,355 --> 02:51:40,890 ENCAMPMENT SO THEY ARE ABLE TO 5061 02:51:40,890 --> 02:51:42,458 REACH OUT TO A SPECIFIC 5062 02:51:42,458 --> 02:51:43,626 ENCAMPMENT, BUILD THE BY NAME 5063 02:51:43,626 --> 02:51:47,063 LIST, AND THEN OFFER EVERYONE ON 5064 02:51:47,063 --> 02:51:48,798 THAT LIST A HOUSING UNIT THAT 5065 02:51:48,798 --> 02:51:50,433 HAS BEEN SECURED. UM, AND THAT 5066 02:51:50,433 --> 02:51:52,101 IS THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE 5067 02:51:52,101 --> 02:51:53,536 BETWEEN THE RIGHT OF WAY MODEL 5068 02:51:53,536 --> 02:51:56,639 AND THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM MODEL. 5069 02:51:56,639 --> 02:51:57,807 >> THANK YOU FOR UNPACKING THAT, 5070 02:51:57,807 --> 02:52:00,510 JEN. I WOULD JUST CLOSE ON THIS 5071 02:52:00,510 --> 02:52:01,577 NOTE THAT THE MORE WORK WE CAN 5072 02:52:01,577 --> 02:52:03,313 DO TO ORIENT OUR SYSTEM TOWARDS 5073 02:52:03,313 --> 02:52:05,148 GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED, I BELIEVE 5074 02:52:05,148 --> 02:52:06,516 THAT'S THE WORK THAT IS AHEAD 5075 02:52:06,516 --> 02:52:09,752 OF US ON THIS. THANK YOU CHAIR. 5076 02:52:09,752 --> 02:52:10,319 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5077 02:52:10,319 --> 02:52:11,721 RINCK. UH, REALLY, REALLY WELL 5078 02:52:11,721 --> 02:52:14,891 SAID. UM, AND JEN, THANK YOU FOR 5079 02:52:14,891 --> 02:52:16,659 SHARING THAT INFORMATION. I WILL 5080 02:52:16,659 --> 02:52:17,927 STATE WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED 5081 02:52:17,927 --> 02:52:20,730 ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY TEAM, 5082 02:52:20,730 --> 02:52:22,131 ABOUT IDENTIFYING HOUSING, 5083 02:52:22,131 --> 02:52:24,200 HOUSING. AND I'M GOING TO ADD 5084 02:52:24,200 --> 02:52:25,702 OR SHELTER DOING THAT BY NAME 5085 02:52:25,702 --> 02:52:26,803 LIST AND PLACEMENT. THAT'S HOW 5086 02:52:26,803 --> 02:52:28,304 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM WORKED 5087 02:52:28,304 --> 02:52:32,342 WHEN IT FIRST WAS SET UP. AND I 5088 02:52:32,342 --> 02:52:32,842 KNOW THAT FROM SPECIFIC 5089 02:52:32,842 --> 02:52:35,111 EXPERIENCE, MAYBE THIS WAS PRE 5090 02:52:35,111 --> 02:52:36,312 OFFICIAL UCT, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY 5091 02:52:36,312 --> 02:52:37,747 HOW WE DID THE BALLARD COMMONS 5092 02:52:37,747 --> 02:52:39,916 PARK REMOVAL. IT'S EXACTLY HOW 5093 02:52:39,916 --> 02:52:41,751 WE DID THE WOODLAND PARK 5094 02:52:41,751 --> 02:52:43,052 REMOVAL. THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE 5095 02:52:43,052 --> 02:52:45,555 DID THE WORK ON LEARY WAY. IT'S 5096 02:52:45,555 --> 02:52:47,290 EXACTLY HOW THE WORK HAPPENED IN 5097 02:52:47,290 --> 02:52:48,825 THE PIONEER SQUARE PROJECT JUST 5098 02:52:48,825 --> 02:52:51,127 A FEW FEW WEEKS AGO. WE KNOW 5099 02:52:51,127 --> 02:52:54,664 THAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 5100 02:52:54,664 --> 02:52:55,231 RAISING THAT COUNCILMEMBER 5101 02:52:55,231 --> 02:52:56,799 RINCK, BECAUSE IT BRINGS US BACK 5102 02:52:56,799 --> 02:53:03,473 TO THIS SYSTEM THAT EMPLOYEES 5103 02:53:03,473 --> 02:53:05,842 THE POSITIONS CAN BE THEIR 5104 02:53:05,842 --> 02:53:09,145 SUCCESS IS BASED ON WHAT THEY 5105 02:53:09,145 --> 02:53:10,980 HAVE ACCESS TO AND HOW THEY ARE 5106 02:53:10,980 --> 02:53:13,082 LED THROUGH THAT WORK. JEN, I 5107 02:53:13,082 --> 02:53:14,384 SEE YOU MIGHT HAVE A. NOPE, YOU 5108 02:53:14,384 --> 02:53:15,585 DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. WELL, 5109 02:53:15,585 --> 02:53:17,053 THEN I'M JUST GOING TO CLOSE 5110 02:53:17,053 --> 02:53:18,154 THIS OUT ON UCT AND BRING US 5111 02:53:18,154 --> 02:53:22,892 RIGHT BACK TO HSD. UM, I JUST 5112 02:53:22,892 --> 02:53:24,694 WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE. 5113 02:53:24,694 --> 02:53:27,029 NOT WITH YOUR YOU AN BUT THE 5114 02:53:27,029 --> 02:53:27,897 STATEMENT THAT YOU SHARED, 5115 02:53:27,897 --> 02:53:29,899 BECAUSE I'VE HEARD IT AS WELL 5116 02:53:29,899 --> 02:53:32,969 THAT THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION 5117 02:53:32,969 --> 02:53:36,939 IS STATING THAT MOVING UCT TO 5118 02:53:36,939 --> 02:53:39,175 HSD IS IN ORDER TO PROTECT IT 5119 02:53:39,175 --> 02:53:41,978 FROM CHANGING MAYORAL 5120 02:53:41,978 --> 02:53:44,046 ADMINISTRATIONS, AND I JUST I 5121 02:53:44,046 --> 02:53:45,481 CAN'T. THAT'S THE LARGEST PILE 5122 02:53:45,481 --> 02:53:46,983 OF HORSE PUCKY I'VE EVER HEARD 5123 02:53:46,983 --> 02:53:50,820 IN MY LIFE. AND I SAY THAT JUST 5124 02:53:50,820 --> 02:53:54,757 BECAUSE WE NEED EXECUTIVE 5125 02:53:54,757 --> 02:53:56,492 LEADERSHIP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 5126 02:53:56,492 --> 02:53:58,694 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. WHEN 5127 02:53:58,694 --> 02:54:00,797 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA JUST ASKED 5128 02:54:00,797 --> 02:54:01,898 THE QUESTION OF WHOM DO I SPEAK 5129 02:54:01,898 --> 02:54:09,605 TO FOR THESE PIECES? S DOT SPR 5130 02:54:09,605 --> 02:54:12,475 SPU I T THEY DON'T WORK FOR 5131 02:54:12,475 --> 02:54:13,843 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND 5132 02:54:13,843 --> 02:54:14,944 SO THAT'S WHY I CAN'T TAKE THAT 5133 02:54:14,944 --> 02:54:17,580 STATEMENT ON ITS FACE. THAT'S 5134 02:54:17,580 --> 02:54:18,114 NOT YOUR THAT'S NOT THE 5135 02:54:18,114 --> 02:54:18,881 STATEMENT THAT YOU'RE 5136 02:54:18,881 --> 02:54:19,916 REPRESENTING. YOU JUST SHARED 5137 02:54:19,916 --> 02:54:22,685 IT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING 5138 02:54:22,685 --> 02:54:23,352 IT HERE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT 5139 02:54:23,352 --> 02:54:26,856 TO ADDRESS. AND I BELIEVE THAT 5140 02:54:26,856 --> 02:54:29,025 THAT TRANSFER HAPPENED BECAUSE 5141 02:54:29,025 --> 02:54:29,692 THE MAYOR'S LIKELY UNCOMFORTABLE 5142 02:54:29,692 --> 02:54:33,729 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE 5143 02:54:33,729 --> 02:54:34,363 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS REQUIRES 5144 02:54:34,363 --> 02:54:36,499 BOTH A LOT OF COMPASSION AND 5145 02:54:36,499 --> 02:54:37,867 FIRM BOUNDARIES. AND IT CAN BE 5146 02:54:37,867 --> 02:54:42,138 VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. AND I REALLY 5147 02:54:42,138 --> 02:54:42,772 APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 5148 02:54:42,772 --> 02:54:44,373 BRINGING UP THE NAV TEAM BECAUSE 5149 02:54:44,373 --> 02:54:48,110 A DECADE AGO, THE NAV TEAM WAS 5150 02:54:48,110 --> 02:54:51,147 POLICE OUT FRONT WITH OUTREACH 5151 02:54:51,147 --> 02:54:54,116 SOMEWHERE BEHIND. AND NO TINY 5152 02:54:54,116 --> 02:54:56,185 HOMES, NO SHELTER, VERY LIMITED 5153 02:54:56,185 --> 02:54:57,920 SHELTER. WE STILL HAD MATS ON 5154 02:54:57,920 --> 02:54:59,488 THE FLOOR IN CITY HALL. AND 5155 02:54:59,488 --> 02:55:02,225 TODAY THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM HAS 5156 02:55:02,225 --> 02:55:02,792 OUTREACH OUT FRONT WITH THE 5157 02:55:02,792 --> 02:55:04,560 POLICE SOMEWHERE BEHIND, AND 5158 02:55:04,560 --> 02:55:06,829 THEY HAVE WAY MORE THAN JUST 5159 02:55:06,829 --> 02:55:08,497 TINY HOMES. AND THAT'S WHERE, 5160 02:55:08,497 --> 02:55:10,399 AGAIN, LIKE COMING BACK TO WHAT 5161 02:55:10,399 --> 02:55:11,000 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WAS JUST 5162 02:55:11,000 --> 02:55:11,801 BRINGING UP ABOUT THE RIGHT OF 5163 02:55:11,801 --> 02:55:16,772 WAY TEAM. IF WE HAD STATEWIDE 5164 02:55:16,772 --> 02:55:18,374 HOUSING RESOURCES TO PLUCK FROM 5165 02:55:18,374 --> 02:55:22,111 OR EVEN REGION WIDE, EVEN COUNTY 5166 02:55:22,111 --> 02:55:24,647 WIDE, WE'D HAVE A LOT MORE 5167 02:55:24,647 --> 02:55:26,282 OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THE CORRECT 5168 02:55:26,282 --> 02:55:26,883 MATCH BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO 5169 02:55:26,883 --> 02:55:28,451 HAVE BECOME HOMELESS IN KING 5170 02:55:28,451 --> 02:55:29,852 COUNTY AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE 5171 02:55:29,852 --> 02:55:33,189 NEED TO REHOUSE IN KING COUNTY, 5172 02:55:33,189 --> 02:55:33,723 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE 5173 02:55:33,723 --> 02:55:34,924 MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO 5174 02:55:34,924 --> 02:55:36,726 SEATTLE HOMELESS ARE COMING FROM 5175 02:55:36,726 --> 02:55:41,163 KING COUNTY, AND THE COUNTY IS. 5176 02:55:41,163 --> 02:55:44,367 WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP 5177 02:55:44,367 --> 02:55:47,470 WITH THAT. WE'RE GOING TO GO 5178 02:55:47,470 --> 02:55:49,071 BACK TO SLIDE BUDGET, SLIDE. AND 5179 02:55:49,071 --> 02:55:50,406 DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE YOU 5180 02:55:50,406 --> 02:55:51,407 WANT TO SHARE? 5181 02:55:51,407 --> 02:55:52,008 >> YES, I WOULD, I WOULD, I 5182 02:55:52,008 --> 02:55:54,310 WOULD HATE TO HAVE GIVEN THE 5183 02:55:54,310 --> 02:55:56,646 IMPRESSION THAT, UM, THE CURRENT 5184 02:55:56,646 --> 02:55:58,447 MAYOR'S OFFICE IS DISENGAGED 5185 02:55:58,447 --> 02:56:01,183 FROM THE WORK OF THE U. C T AND 5186 02:56:01,183 --> 02:56:02,385 MY EXPERIENCE, THAT IS NOT AT 5187 02:56:02,385 --> 02:56:04,587 ALL THE CASE. I HAVE PERSONALLY 5188 02:56:04,587 --> 02:56:08,057 BENEFITED FROM THE THAT GUIDANCE 5189 02:56:08,057 --> 02:56:09,759 AND THE STRATEGIC THINKING OF 5190 02:56:09,759 --> 02:56:12,128 CURRENT MAYOR'S OFFICE STAFF, 5191 02:56:12,128 --> 02:56:12,795 PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE U. C 5192 02:56:12,795 --> 02:56:14,297 T AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. 5193 02:56:14,297 --> 02:56:16,399 >> I HAVE FOUND NOTHING BUT 5194 02:56:16,399 --> 02:56:17,433 PROFESSIONALISM COMING FROM MR. 5195 02:56:17,433 --> 02:56:18,834 MARK LABRECQUE, AND I REALLY 5196 02:56:18,834 --> 02:56:19,835 APPRECIATE YOU, MARK. WITH THAT, 5197 02:56:19,835 --> 02:56:22,171 WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE HSD 5198 02:56:22,171 --> 02:56:22,972 BUDGET, AND THIS IS WHERE I'M 5199 02:56:22,972 --> 02:56:24,240 GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO 5200 02:56:24,240 --> 02:56:25,441 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AS CHAIR OF 5201 02:56:25,441 --> 02:56:27,009 THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 5202 02:56:27,009 --> 02:56:28,878 DEPARTMENT, TO TALK ABOUT THE 5203 02:56:28,878 --> 02:56:29,879 DEPARTMENT, EVEN THOUGH WE 5204 02:56:29,879 --> 02:56:32,448 DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CHOICE 5205 02:56:32,448 --> 02:56:32,682 POINTS. 5206 02:56:32,682 --> 02:56:33,649 >> FINALLY. 5207 02:56:33,649 --> 02:56:34,917 >> AND THEN AND THEN WE'LL COME 5208 02:56:34,917 --> 02:56:38,020 TO VEHICLES AND I'M SURE IT'LL 5209 02:56:38,020 --> 02:56:38,287 BE QUICK. 5210 02:56:38,287 --> 02:56:39,488 >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 5211 02:56:39,488 --> 02:56:40,823 CHAIR. 5212 02:56:40,823 --> 02:56:42,358 >> AND ALSO HUGE THANK YOU TO 5213 02:56:42,358 --> 02:56:44,460 CENTRAL STAFF FOR YOUR WORK IN 5214 02:56:44,460 --> 02:56:45,761 PREPARING POLICY CONSIDERATIONS 5215 02:56:45,761 --> 02:56:47,363 AND, AND YOUR CONTINUED WORK 5216 02:56:47,363 --> 02:56:48,931 SUPPORTING US ON HUMAN SERVICES 5217 02:56:48,931 --> 02:56:49,999 MATTERS. UM, I WILL SAY AS CHAIR 5218 02:56:49,999 --> 02:56:52,735 OF HUMAN SERVICES, JUST AHEAD OF 5219 02:56:52,735 --> 02:56:53,369 GETTING INTO QUESTIONS, I WANT 5220 02:56:53,369 --> 02:56:58,541 TO REITERATE ON THE RECORD, WHEN 5221 02:56:58,541 --> 02:56:59,742 I SAID WHEN I HSD HAD COME TO 5222 02:56:59,742 --> 02:57:00,376 PRESENT TO US A COUPLE OF WEEKS 5223 02:57:00,376 --> 02:57:02,244 AGO, WE'RE IN A REALLY 5224 02:57:02,244 --> 02:57:03,412 CHALLENGING FISCAL SITUATION AS 5225 02:57:03,412 --> 02:57:06,649 A CITY. UM, AND I WAS HEARTENED 5226 02:57:06,649 --> 02:57:08,751 TO SEE THAT MANY OF OUR HUMAN 5227 02:57:08,751 --> 02:57:10,987 SERVICES CONTRACTS AND OUR 5228 02:57:10,987 --> 02:57:13,889 BODIES OF WORK, UM, REMAIN IN 5229 02:57:13,889 --> 02:57:15,391 WHAT THE MAYOR PROPOSED AND 5230 02:57:15,391 --> 02:57:17,159 BROUGHT FORWARD, YOU KNOW, IN 5231 02:57:17,159 --> 02:57:18,761 HARD TIMES, WE OFTEN SEE MAJOR 5232 02:57:18,761 --> 02:57:23,265 CUTS TO HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS, 5233 02:57:23,265 --> 02:57:24,634 UM, WHEN ARGUABLY THEY ARE 5234 02:57:24,634 --> 02:57:27,236 NEEDED, MOST NEEDED IN OUR 5235 02:57:27,236 --> 02:57:29,505 COMMUNITIES. AND THIS BUDGET WAS 5236 02:57:29,505 --> 02:57:31,874 RELATIVELY MINDFUL OF THAT 5237 02:57:31,874 --> 02:57:32,475 TENSION PAIRED WITH THEN THE 5238 02:57:32,475 --> 02:57:34,477 CONTINUED EXPANSION WORK INTO 5239 02:57:34,477 --> 02:57:36,078 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND 5240 02:57:36,078 --> 02:57:37,647 RAMPING UP SHELTER. UM, THAT 5241 02:57:37,647 --> 02:57:39,382 SAID, I AM VERY COMMITTED TO 5242 02:57:39,382 --> 02:57:40,850 GROWING OUR INVESTMENTS IN 5243 02:57:40,850 --> 02:57:42,018 GENDER BASED VIOLENCE SERVICES. 5244 02:57:42,018 --> 02:57:44,520 AND IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE SAW 5245 02:57:44,520 --> 02:57:46,989 SEVERAL ONE TIME ADS FROM LAST 5246 02:57:46,989 --> 02:57:49,291 YEAR IN THIS AREA. ACTUALLY, UH, 5247 02:57:49,291 --> 02:57:51,427 SUNSET AS A PART OF THE PROPOSED 5248 02:57:51,427 --> 02:57:52,728 BUDGET, INCLUDING A ONE TIME 5249 02:57:52,728 --> 02:57:56,098 BUMP OF $500,000 TO GENDER BASED 5250 02:57:56,098 --> 02:57:58,300 VIOLENCE SERVICES AND THE ONE 5251 02:57:58,300 --> 02:58:00,436 TIME INCREASE OF $400,000 FOR 5252 02:58:00,436 --> 02:58:01,070 COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. 5253 02:58:01,070 --> 02:58:03,239 SURVIVOR SERVICES WORK WITHIN 5254 02:58:03,239 --> 02:58:04,674 HSD BUDGET. SO I WILL NOTE THAT 5255 02:58:04,674 --> 02:58:07,043 YESTERDAY MY OFFICE, ALONGSIDE 5256 02:58:07,043 --> 02:58:09,712 TWO DOZEN SURVIVOR SERVICE 5257 02:58:09,712 --> 02:58:11,714 ORGANIZATIONS, HELD OUR PRESS 5258 02:58:11,714 --> 02:58:12,581 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING THAT 5259 02:58:12,581 --> 02:58:13,182 SEATTLE STANDS WITH SURVIVORS 5260 02:58:13,182 --> 02:58:15,084 EVERY STEP CAMPAIGN, WHICH I AM 5261 02:58:15,084 --> 02:58:18,187 VIEWING AS A MULTIYEAR EFFORT TO 5262 02:58:18,187 --> 02:58:18,721 GROW CITY INVESTMENTS FOR 5263 02:58:18,721 --> 02:58:20,623 SURVIVOR SERVICES, LEGAL 5264 02:58:20,623 --> 02:58:23,192 ADVOCACY AND VIOLENCE 5265 02:58:23,192 --> 02:58:25,461 PREVENTION. SO, UM, FLAGGING FOR 5266 02:58:25,461 --> 02:58:27,263 EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION MY INTENT 5267 02:58:27,263 --> 02:58:29,765 TO BRING FORWARD IN THE 2027 5268 02:58:29,765 --> 02:58:33,803 2028 BUDGET, AN AMENDMENT TO ADD 5269 02:58:33,803 --> 02:58:35,304 $8 MILLION TO THE SERVICES AND 5270 02:58:35,304 --> 02:58:37,339 PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS BRINGING 5271 02:58:37,339 --> 02:58:39,308 FORWARD A STATEMENT OF 5272 02:58:39,308 --> 02:58:39,942 LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO COORDINATE 5273 02:58:39,942 --> 02:58:43,045 AND ALIGN THE WORK. AGAIN, I 5274 02:58:43,045 --> 02:58:44,647 VIEW THIS EFFORT AS MULTIYEAR. 5275 02:58:44,647 --> 02:58:46,015 IT WILL TAKE TIME TO BUILD THIS 5276 02:58:46,015 --> 02:58:47,950 OUT AND COORDINATE ACROSS THE 5277 02:58:47,950 --> 02:58:50,119 MANY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE 5278 02:58:50,119 --> 02:58:52,321 ENGAGED IN THESE EFFORTS, BUT I 5279 02:58:52,321 --> 02:58:54,356 BELIEVE BELIEVE STRONGLY THIS IS 5280 02:58:54,356 --> 02:58:57,426 A WORTHWHILE EFFORT AND ONE THAT 5281 02:58:57,426 --> 02:58:58,027 NEEDS OUR PRIORITIZATION AND 5282 02:58:58,027 --> 02:58:59,428 ATTENTION. UM, I WANT TO GIVE A 5283 02:58:59,428 --> 02:59:01,030 THANK YOU TO PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR 5284 02:59:01,030 --> 02:59:04,433 KETTLE, UM, NOT ONLY FOR JOINING 5285 02:59:04,433 --> 02:59:05,067 ALONGSIDE YESTERDAY FOR REALLY 5286 02:59:05,067 --> 02:59:06,168 SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE TO 5287 02:59:06,168 --> 02:59:07,603 SURVIVORS IN THIS CITY THAT WE 5288 02:59:07,603 --> 02:59:09,805 SEE THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO 5289 02:59:09,805 --> 02:59:11,307 PRIORITIZE THIS WORK. UM, THANK 5290 02:59:11,307 --> 02:59:13,109 YOU FOR WEARING PURPLE TODAY AS 5291 02:59:13,109 --> 02:59:15,177 WELL. UM, SHOUT OUT TO TOMAZO 5292 02:59:15,177 --> 02:59:18,147 ALSO AT THE TABLE, WHO'S 5293 02:59:18,147 --> 02:59:19,748 WEARING A PIN TODAY? UM, I'M 5294 02:59:19,748 --> 02:59:22,785 ALSO WEARING THIS PIN IN 5295 02:59:22,785 --> 02:59:23,919 RECOGNITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 5296 02:59:23,919 --> 02:59:25,354 AWARENESS MONTH. UH, COLLEAGUES, 5297 02:59:25,354 --> 02:59:26,088 NEXT WEEK DURING THE COUNCIL 5298 02:59:26,088 --> 02:59:27,823 MEETING, WE WILL ALSO BE 5299 02:59:27,823 --> 02:59:29,425 RECOGNIZING THIS MONTH WITH A 5300 02:59:29,425 --> 02:59:30,426 PROCLAMATION. I ALSO SEE YOU AS 5301 02:59:30,426 --> 02:59:32,161 WELL. CHAIR STRAUSS WEARING A 5302 02:59:32,161 --> 02:59:33,295 PURPLE TIE TODAY. AND ANYONE 5303 02:59:33,295 --> 02:59:35,131 ELSE I MIGHT HAVE MISSED WHO 5304 02:59:35,131 --> 02:59:36,665 MIGHT BE WEARING PURPLE. THANK 5305 02:59:36,665 --> 02:59:38,934 YOU FOR WEARING PURPLE TODAY. 5306 02:59:38,934 --> 02:59:42,238 UM, WITH THAT, I'LL ALSO THINK 5307 02:59:42,238 --> 02:59:45,307 AGAIN. UH, HUMAN SERVICES VICE 5308 02:59:45,307 --> 02:59:46,642 CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR 5309 02:59:46,642 --> 02:59:48,444 JOINING YESTERDAY. THANK YOU FOR 5310 02:59:48,444 --> 02:59:49,445 JOINING. AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 5311 02:59:49,445 --> 02:59:52,348 THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. UM, 5312 02:59:52,348 --> 02:59:53,549 I'LL, I'LL CLOSE WITH JUST A 5313 02:59:53,549 --> 02:59:54,917 COUPLE OF OTHER NOTES IN THE 5314 02:59:54,917 --> 02:59:58,454 HUMAN SERVICES FRONT. UM, WE ARE 5315 02:59:58,454 --> 03:00:00,289 KEEPING A VERY WATCHFUL EYE ON 5316 03:00:00,289 --> 03:00:01,257 THE VOLATILE CHANGES HAPPENING 5317 03:00:01,257 --> 03:00:04,727 ON, UM, FEDERAL POLICY AND HOW 5318 03:00:04,727 --> 03:00:05,427 THEY'RE IMPACTING HUMAN SERVICES 5319 03:00:05,427 --> 03:00:06,695 BROADLY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE 5320 03:00:06,695 --> 03:00:08,898 CONTINUUM OF CARE DOLLARS. I 5321 03:00:08,898 --> 03:00:10,566 KNOW WE STARTED THIS DISCUSSION 5322 03:00:10,566 --> 03:00:13,402 DURING BUDGET LAST YEAR. WE ARE 5323 03:00:13,402 --> 03:00:15,304 CONTINUING THE SAGA. UM, 5324 03:00:15,304 --> 03:00:17,506 UNFORTUNATELY, AND WE ARE ALSO 5325 03:00:17,506 --> 03:00:20,376 OVERSEEING THE PROCESS OF 5326 03:00:20,376 --> 03:00:23,345 BRINGING BACK NEARLY 120 HUMAN 5327 03:00:23,345 --> 03:00:24,914 HOMELESSNESS CONTRACTS INTO THE 5328 03:00:24,914 --> 03:00:31,020 CITY. UM, AS A PART OF THE KCRA 5329 03:00:31,020 --> 03:00:31,554 TRANSITION. UM, I CAN'T 5330 03:00:31,554 --> 03:00:33,222 OVEREMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW MUCH OF 5331 03:00:33,222 --> 03:00:34,824 A UNDERTAKING THAT IS FOR THE 5332 03:00:34,824 --> 03:00:37,326 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. UM, 5333 03:00:37,326 --> 03:00:39,195 THIS NEEDS TO BE MANAGED VERY 5334 03:00:39,195 --> 03:00:39,662 CAREFULLY TO MINIMIZE 5335 03:00:39,662 --> 03:00:42,431 DISRUPTIONS TO OUR HOMELESSNESS 5336 03:00:42,431 --> 03:00:43,232 RESPONSE SYSTEM AND ALL THE 5337 03:00:43,232 --> 03:00:45,134 PROVIDERS THAT ARE DOING THIS 5338 03:00:45,134 --> 03:00:46,969 WORK RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY AS WE 5339 03:00:46,969 --> 03:00:49,538 ARE HEADED INTO A COLD AND RAINY 5340 03:00:49,538 --> 03:00:50,072 SEASON WHERE OFTEN SEVERE 5341 03:00:50,072 --> 03:00:51,607 WEATHER SHELTER NEEDS TO BE 5342 03:00:51,607 --> 03:00:52,942 ACTIVATED, IT CAN BE A 5343 03:00:52,942 --> 03:00:55,377 PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS TIME FOR 5344 03:00:55,377 --> 03:00:55,811 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING 5345 03:00:55,811 --> 03:00:59,682 HOMELESSNESS. UM, TO THAT END, 5346 03:00:59,682 --> 03:01:00,282 THOSE ARE MY OPENING REMARKS 5347 03:01:00,282 --> 03:01:03,419 HERE, CHAIR, AND I HAVE JUST ONE 5348 03:01:03,419 --> 03:01:06,021 QUESTION SPECIFIC TO POLICY 5349 03:01:06,021 --> 03:01:08,691 CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO THE 5350 03:01:08,691 --> 03:01:09,258 VEHICLE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE 5351 03:01:09,258 --> 03:01:10,025 PROGRAM. 5352 03:01:10,025 --> 03:01:11,126 >> HOLD THAT FOR JUST A SECOND. 5353 03:01:11,126 --> 03:01:11,861 >> I WILL HOLD THAT AND I'LL 5354 03:01:11,861 --> 03:01:12,828 DEFER BACK TO YOU, CHAIR. THANK 5355 03:01:12,828 --> 03:01:13,696 YOU. 5356 03:01:13,696 --> 03:01:16,365 >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. ANY 5357 03:01:16,365 --> 03:01:16,999 QUESTIONS ABOUT HUMAN SERVICES 5358 03:01:16,999 --> 03:01:18,834 DEPARTMENT AT LARGE? ANY 5359 03:01:18,834 --> 03:01:21,737 COMMENTS, ANY STATEMENTS, ANY 5360 03:01:21,737 --> 03:01:23,339 CLOSING REMARKS, COUNSELOR? YES, 5361 03:01:23,339 --> 03:01:25,608 WE'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5362 03:01:25,608 --> 03:01:28,377 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. UM, 5363 03:01:28,377 --> 03:01:29,578 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, 5364 03:01:29,578 --> 03:01:31,280 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR THAT 5365 03:01:31,280 --> 03:01:32,648 OPENING AND THE RECOGNITION, AS 5366 03:01:32,648 --> 03:01:33,315 WELL AS THE WORK YOU DID LEADING 5367 03:01:33,315 --> 03:01:34,383 INTO THE PRESS CONFERENCE 5368 03:01:34,383 --> 03:01:35,651 YESTERDAY. I THINK IT WAS A 5369 03:01:35,651 --> 03:01:37,720 REALLY IMPORTANT MOMENT TO BRING 5370 03:01:37,720 --> 03:01:42,091 SO MANY SURVIVORS, ADVOCATES AND 5371 03:01:42,091 --> 03:01:43,158 COMMUNITY LEADERS TOGETHER. SO 5372 03:01:43,158 --> 03:01:44,493 THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, I WANT 5373 03:01:44,493 --> 03:01:46,495 TO JUST TALK TO ONE OF THE BIG 5374 03:01:46,495 --> 03:01:47,997 THINGS HAPPENING IN THE HSD 5375 03:01:47,997 --> 03:01:50,199 BUDGET, WHICH IS THE RETURN OF 5376 03:01:50,199 --> 03:01:52,902 THE KCRA CONTRACTS TO THE 5377 03:01:52,902 --> 03:01:55,571 DEPARTMENT. UM, AND I JUST WANT 5378 03:01:55,571 --> 03:01:56,705 TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION 5379 03:01:56,705 --> 03:01:59,441 FIRST. SO AS WE KNOW, BECAUSE OF 5380 03:01:59,441 --> 03:02:00,843 THE WORK PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE 5381 03:02:00,843 --> 03:02:02,177 DONE, AND I THANK THEM FOR THIS, 5382 03:02:02,177 --> 03:02:04,013 THERE'S BEEN EFFORTS MADE TO 5383 03:02:04,013 --> 03:02:07,016 ADDRESS WAGE EQUITY CONCERNS 5384 03:02:07,016 --> 03:02:11,220 WITHIN HSD CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS 5385 03:02:11,220 --> 03:02:13,222 INFLATIONARY COST INCREASES. AND 5386 03:02:13,222 --> 03:02:16,558 SO NOW THAT THE KCRA CONTRACTS 5387 03:02:16,558 --> 03:02:18,460 ARE RETURNING INTO HSD, CAN WE 5388 03:02:18,460 --> 03:02:20,629 JUST TALK ABOUT IN THE BUDGET 5389 03:02:20,629 --> 03:02:23,699 FOR THE OUT YEARS, HOW THAT 5390 03:02:23,699 --> 03:02:26,502 MODELING ANTICIPATES ANY OF 5391 03:02:26,502 --> 03:02:29,738 THOSE WAGE EQUITY INCREASES? 5392 03:02:29,738 --> 03:02:31,540 >> UM, THE CASE EVEN WHEN THOSE 5393 03:02:31,540 --> 03:02:33,242 CITY FUNDED CONTRACTS WERE 5394 03:02:33,242 --> 03:02:34,510 MANAGED BY KCRA OR ADMINISTERED 5395 03:02:34,510 --> 03:02:36,879 BY KCRA AYE, THEY RECEIVED THE 5396 03:02:36,879 --> 03:02:38,614 INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT AND THE 5397 03:02:38,614 --> 03:02:41,350 WAGE EQUITY INCREASES THAT ALL 5398 03:02:41,350 --> 03:02:43,319 OTHER HSD ADMINISTERED CONTRACTS 5399 03:02:43,319 --> 03:02:45,988 RECEIVED. SO THERE IS, UM, IT'S 5400 03:02:45,988 --> 03:02:46,622 ALREADY BUILT INTO THE BUDGET. 5401 03:02:46,622 --> 03:02:47,556 IT'S NOT A CHANGE. 5402 03:02:47,556 --> 03:02:48,657 >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND THEN 5403 03:02:48,657 --> 03:02:51,627 CAN YOU SPEAK TO IN THE CURRENT 5404 03:02:51,627 --> 03:02:53,662 BUDGET, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 5405 03:02:53,662 --> 03:02:54,363 RELATION OR EXCUSE ME, WHAT'S 5406 03:02:54,363 --> 03:02:56,765 HAPPENING IN REGARD TO 5407 03:02:56,765 --> 03:02:58,500 INFLATIONARY COST INCREASES AS 5408 03:02:58,500 --> 03:03:02,705 WELL AS WAGE EQUITY INCREASES 5409 03:03:02,705 --> 03:03:03,005 WITHIN HSD? 5410 03:03:03,005 --> 03:03:05,741 >> UH, THERE IS AN INFLATIONARY 5411 03:03:05,741 --> 03:03:06,842 GENERAL. CORRECT ME IF I 5412 03:03:06,842 --> 03:03:08,677 MISSTATE THIS THERE THERE IS AN 5413 03:03:08,677 --> 03:03:11,046 INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT FOR 5414 03:03:11,046 --> 03:03:13,615 CONTRACTS IN 2027. THERE IS NO 5415 03:03:13,615 --> 03:03:15,384 WAGE EQUITY ADJUSTMENT INCLUDED 5416 03:03:15,384 --> 03:03:18,787 IN THE BUDGET FOR 2027. 5417 03:03:18,787 --> 03:03:21,056 >> JUST THE INFLATIONARY 5418 03:03:21,056 --> 03:03:22,691 ADJUSTMENT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE 5419 03:03:22,691 --> 03:03:24,760 SMC. IT'S ABOUT, I THINK, ABOUT 5420 03:03:24,760 --> 03:03:25,427 3.8%. 5421 03:03:25,427 --> 03:03:26,995 >> THANK YOU. AND THEN ARE THERE 5422 03:03:26,995 --> 03:03:29,498 ANY ASSUMPTIONS OF THAT WAGE 5423 03:03:29,498 --> 03:03:30,632 EQUITY? UM, ADJUSTMENT COMING 5424 03:03:30,632 --> 03:03:31,967 BACK OR IS THERE SORT OF AN 5425 03:03:31,967 --> 03:03:33,702 EVALUATION OF WHETHER OR NOT 5426 03:03:33,702 --> 03:03:34,436 WE'VE REACHED OUR EXISTING 5427 03:03:34,436 --> 03:03:36,205 GOALS WHEN IT COMES TO WAGE 5428 03:03:36,205 --> 03:03:37,539 EQUITY? OBVIOUSLY IT'S A 5429 03:03:37,539 --> 03:03:38,307 CHALLENGING BUDGET YEAR. SO I 5430 03:03:38,307 --> 03:03:40,976 JUST WANT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN 5431 03:03:40,976 --> 03:03:43,345 BUDGET DECISIONS THAT HAD TO BE 5432 03:03:43,345 --> 03:03:43,779 MADE VERSUS POLICY 5433 03:03:43,779 --> 03:03:44,747 CONSIDERATIONS THAT MIGHT ASSUME 5434 03:03:44,747 --> 03:03:46,248 THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED AN END 5435 03:03:46,248 --> 03:03:47,449 POINT. 5436 03:03:47,449 --> 03:03:49,485 >> UM, THERE IS, I THINK THE, 5437 03:03:49,485 --> 03:03:50,586 THE MAYBE NORTH STAR THAT WE 5438 03:03:50,586 --> 03:03:52,054 HAVE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE GAP 5439 03:03:52,054 --> 03:03:56,458 IS, IS A REPORT THAT THE CITY OF 5440 03:03:56,458 --> 03:03:57,059 SEATTLE COMMISSIONED FROM THE 5441 03:03:57,059 --> 03:03:57,993 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL 5442 03:03:57,993 --> 03:03:59,495 OF SOCIAL WORK SEVERAL YEARS 5443 03:03:59,495 --> 03:04:01,096 AGO. IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE 5444 03:04:01,096 --> 03:04:02,498 I'VE LOOKED AT THAT, BUT I 5445 03:04:02,498 --> 03:04:05,734 THINK THAT, UM, THE RESULT OF 5446 03:04:05,734 --> 03:04:07,870 THAT REPORT WAS THAT HUMAN 5447 03:04:07,870 --> 03:04:08,504 SERVICE WORKER WAGES WOULD NEED 5448 03:04:08,504 --> 03:04:12,341 TO INCREASE BY 59%. UM, AND NOT 5449 03:04:12,341 --> 03:04:13,776 ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION JUST ON 5450 03:04:13,776 --> 03:04:15,711 TOP OF INFLATION IN ORDER TO 5451 03:04:15,711 --> 03:04:19,114 ACHIEVE, UH, PARITY WITH SIMILAR 5452 03:04:19,114 --> 03:04:20,949 JOBS IN OTHER INDUSTRIES. AND SO 5453 03:04:20,949 --> 03:04:23,952 IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, 5454 03:04:23,952 --> 03:04:27,222 THERE HAS BEEN A, A, A FOUR, I 5455 03:04:27,222 --> 03:04:29,458 THINK A 4% INCREASE IN 2024 AND 5456 03:04:29,458 --> 03:04:31,727 THEN A 2% INCREASE IN 2026. I 5457 03:04:31,727 --> 03:04:33,796 MAY HAVE THOSE EXACT FIGURES 5458 03:04:33,796 --> 03:04:35,697 WRONG. SO WE PROVIDED IT TWICE. 5459 03:04:35,697 --> 03:04:37,332 UM, SO CLOSE SOME OF THE GAP, 5460 03:04:37,332 --> 03:04:38,867 BUT CERTAINLY NOT ALL OF IT. 5461 03:04:38,867 --> 03:04:39,902 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I 5462 03:04:39,902 --> 03:04:41,470 WILL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 5463 03:04:41,470 --> 03:04:43,639 SAY THAT WAS MY ALMA MATER AT 5464 03:04:43,639 --> 03:04:44,239 THE UW SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, 5465 03:04:44,239 --> 03:04:46,241 AND I TAUGHT THERE FOR A WHILE. 5466 03:04:46,241 --> 03:04:47,743 I WILL SAY, THOUGH, ONE THING 5467 03:04:47,743 --> 03:04:49,044 I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT IS, 5468 03:04:49,044 --> 03:04:51,814 UM, IS OUR INABILITY TO DELIVER 5469 03:04:51,814 --> 03:04:53,282 ON THIS. AND, UM, I THINK IT'S 5470 03:04:53,282 --> 03:04:54,783 REALLY, AND ACTUALLY, I DON'T 5471 03:04:54,783 --> 03:04:56,552 WANT TO, DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT 5472 03:04:56,552 --> 03:04:57,453 PREVIOUS WORK TO GET THAT 4%, 5473 03:04:57,453 --> 03:04:59,354 THAT 2%. I KNOW THAT WAS 5474 03:04:59,354 --> 03:05:01,223 INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY HARD ONE. 5475 03:05:01,223 --> 03:05:03,425 SO THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOLKS 5476 03:05:03,425 --> 03:05:04,827 WHO WERE HERE BEFORE. UM, BUT 5477 03:05:04,827 --> 03:05:06,962 THE REASON I SAY THIS IS JUST A 5478 03:05:06,962 --> 03:05:09,465 COUPLE OF COMMENTS HERE IN TERMS 5479 03:05:09,465 --> 03:05:10,399 OF WE HAD FOLKS HERE EARLIER IN 5480 03:05:10,399 --> 03:05:12,701 THE YEAR SORT OF PRESENTING ON 5481 03:05:12,701 --> 03:05:13,368 TURNOVER, I BELIEVE, AND I WANT 5482 03:05:13,368 --> 03:05:15,204 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 5483 03:05:15,204 --> 03:05:16,905 ORGANIZING THAT PRESENTATION IN 5484 03:05:16,905 --> 03:05:18,740 YOUR COMMITTEE. UM, AND TALKING 5485 03:05:18,740 --> 03:05:20,509 ABOUT THE, THE COST OF TURNOVER 5486 03:05:20,509 --> 03:05:22,611 WITHIN SOME OF THE HUMAN 5487 03:05:22,611 --> 03:05:23,378 SERVICES PROVIDERS AND THE 5488 03:05:23,378 --> 03:05:24,813 IMPACT THAT THAT HAS ON OUR 5489 03:05:24,813 --> 03:05:27,850 ABILITY TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE 5490 03:05:27,850 --> 03:05:29,952 CARE AND TO GET EFFECTIVE 5491 03:05:29,952 --> 03:05:31,019 BENCHMARKS. SO IT'S MORE OF A 5492 03:05:31,019 --> 03:05:32,187 SORT OF STATEMENT AND JUST 5493 03:05:32,187 --> 03:05:33,622 SHARING WITH COLLEAGUES INTENT 5494 03:05:33,622 --> 03:05:36,024 TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO 5495 03:05:36,024 --> 03:05:37,326 CONTINUE ADDRESSING THOSE WAGE 5496 03:05:37,326 --> 03:05:39,027 EQUITY PROBLEMS. BECAUSE I DO 5497 03:05:39,027 --> 03:05:40,829 BELIEVE IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO 5498 03:05:40,829 --> 03:05:42,631 CONTINUE IN MAKING THOSE 5499 03:05:42,631 --> 03:05:44,032 INVESTMENTS, WE ARE GOING TO IT 5500 03:05:44,032 --> 03:05:45,334 WILL SORT OF COST US IN OTHER 5501 03:05:45,334 --> 03:05:46,702 WAYS. IN ADDITION TO THE IMPACT 5502 03:05:46,702 --> 03:05:49,037 IT HAS TO THOSE WORKERS WHO ARE 5503 03:05:49,037 --> 03:05:49,872 TYPICALLY WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF 5504 03:05:49,872 --> 03:05:51,240 COLOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5505 03:05:51,240 --> 03:05:53,375 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5506 03:05:53,375 --> 03:05:53,909 FOSTER ANYTHING FROM THE 5507 03:05:53,909 --> 03:05:56,078 COMMITTEE TABLE AT THIS TIME? 5508 03:05:56,078 --> 03:05:57,379 >> NO. 5509 03:05:57,379 --> 03:05:59,147 >> OKAY. THANK YOU, 5510 03:05:59,147 --> 03:05:59,615 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 5511 03:05:59,615 --> 03:06:02,050 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST UM, 5512 03:06:02,050 --> 03:06:05,654 ALL I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN HSD 5513 03:06:05,654 --> 03:06:08,824 BUDGET IS THAT, YOU KNOW, 5514 03:06:08,824 --> 03:06:10,225 OBVIOUSLY HSD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 5515 03:06:10,225 --> 03:06:11,793 A LOT OF CONTRACTS. THEY 5516 03:06:11,793 --> 03:06:13,028 CONTRACT OUT ALL THE WORK THAT 5517 03:06:13,028 --> 03:06:15,063 WE DO, ALL THE HUMAN SERVICES 5518 03:06:15,063 --> 03:06:15,898 WORK, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT 5519 03:06:15,898 --> 03:06:17,466 TO THIS CITY. ONE THING THAT 5520 03:06:17,466 --> 03:06:19,701 I'LL BE LOOKING FOR, UM, AND 5521 03:06:19,701 --> 03:06:21,737 YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED ABOUT 5522 03:06:21,737 --> 03:06:23,105 THIS HSD AUDIT IS TO MAKE SURE 5523 03:06:23,105 --> 03:06:25,874 THAT OUR CONTRACTS, UM, OUR 5524 03:06:25,874 --> 03:06:28,844 HOUSES IN ORDER, GIVEN THAT THE 5525 03:06:28,844 --> 03:06:31,847 COUNTY CONTRACTS HAVE NOT, UM, 5526 03:06:31,847 --> 03:06:34,750 HAVE UNFORTUNATELY COME BACK, 5527 03:06:34,750 --> 03:06:36,952 UM, AS PROBLEMATIC, I WANT TO 5528 03:06:36,952 --> 03:06:38,053 MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE 5529 03:06:38,053 --> 03:06:41,657 THE SAME. AND SO I FEEL IT IS 5530 03:06:41,657 --> 03:06:44,359 REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO 5531 03:06:44,359 --> 03:06:46,061 ENSURE HOW WE ENSURE THAT OUR 5532 03:06:46,061 --> 03:06:47,095 HOUSES AND ORDER IS BY DOING 5533 03:06:47,095 --> 03:06:48,931 AUDITS. AND I THINK WE SHOULD 5534 03:06:48,931 --> 03:06:50,499 EMBRACE AUDITS BECAUSE WE SHOULD 5535 03:06:50,499 --> 03:06:51,833 BE ABLE TO STAND BY THE WORK 5536 03:06:51,833 --> 03:06:54,169 THAT WE DO AND STAND BY THE 5537 03:06:54,169 --> 03:06:56,171 CONTRACTS THAT WE CREATE. UM, 5538 03:06:56,171 --> 03:06:59,274 AND SO THIS, THIS AUDIT PIECE 5539 03:06:59,274 --> 03:07:00,676 AND THE CONTRACTS ARE IMPORTANT 5540 03:07:00,676 --> 03:07:02,444 TO ME AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW 5541 03:07:02,444 --> 03:07:05,480 HSD, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUTCOMES 5542 03:07:05,480 --> 03:07:07,282 THEY PUT IN THEIR CONTRACTS AND 5543 03:07:07,282 --> 03:07:09,685 WHAT PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UM, 5544 03:07:09,685 --> 03:07:11,486 THEY ARE REQUIRING IN THOSE 5545 03:07:11,486 --> 03:07:12,621 CONTRACTS. AND THEN WHAT COMES 5546 03:07:12,621 --> 03:07:14,590 BACK TO US IN TERMS OF HOW WE 5547 03:07:14,590 --> 03:07:17,025 REALLY HAVE HELPED PEOPLE, 5548 03:07:17,025 --> 03:07:17,960 BECAUSE IF WE'RE PUTTING ALL 5549 03:07:17,960 --> 03:07:20,862 THIS MONEY INTO THESE VARIOUS 5550 03:07:20,862 --> 03:07:21,430 SERVICES AND FOLKS AREN'T 5551 03:07:21,430 --> 03:07:22,965 ACTUALLY BEING HELPED, THEN WHAT 5552 03:07:22,965 --> 03:07:24,633 ARE WE DOING? AND SO I WANT THE 5553 03:07:24,633 --> 03:07:26,602 PUBLIC TO FEEL GOOD IN A SIMILAR 5554 03:07:26,602 --> 03:07:28,804 WAY THAT I DID WHEN WE WERE 5555 03:07:28,804 --> 03:07:30,172 DOING THE LEVY. AND WE WENT 5556 03:07:30,172 --> 03:07:31,940 THROUGH ALL OF D█EALS, UM, 5557 03:07:31,940 --> 03:07:34,076 CONTRACTS WERE NOT CONTRACTS, 5558 03:07:34,076 --> 03:07:36,178 SORRY, ALL OF THEIR INVESTMENTS 5559 03:07:36,178 --> 03:07:38,113 WRIT LARGE AND, AND FOUND OUT 5560 03:07:38,113 --> 03:07:38,947 INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND 5561 03:07:38,947 --> 03:07:41,016 WHERE, WHERE WE NEEDED SOME 5562 03:07:41,016 --> 03:07:41,984 IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH TURNED OUT 5563 03:07:41,984 --> 03:07:43,919 TO BE IN THE K THROUGH 12 SPACE. 5564 03:07:43,919 --> 03:07:45,687 UM, AND THE DEPARTMENT IS 5565 03:07:45,687 --> 03:07:47,589 WORKING ON THAT IN THIS NEXT 5566 03:07:47,589 --> 03:07:49,124 ITERATION OF THE LEVY. UM, IN A 5567 03:07:49,124 --> 03:07:52,461 SIMILAR WAY, I WANT TO DAYLIGHT 5568 03:07:52,461 --> 03:07:54,196 WHAT IS HAPPENING AT HSD AND HOW 5569 03:07:54,196 --> 03:07:55,731 WE ARE HELPING PEOPLE. AND I 5570 03:07:55,731 --> 03:07:57,666 DON'T ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THAT 5571 03:07:57,666 --> 03:08:00,002 INFORMATION IS READILY OUT THERE 5572 03:08:00,002 --> 03:08:00,969 AND AVAILABLE. THERE SEEMS TO 5573 03:08:00,969 --> 03:08:05,173 BE, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A BIT 5574 03:08:05,173 --> 03:08:06,241 OF A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, AND 5575 03:08:06,241 --> 03:08:08,510 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE ABLE 5576 03:08:08,510 --> 03:08:12,014 TO DAYLIGHT WITH AN AUDIT. UM, 5577 03:08:12,014 --> 03:08:14,316 AND AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT 5578 03:08:14,316 --> 03:08:16,418 BIENNIUM, I REALLY WANT TO KNOW 5579 03:08:16,418 --> 03:08:18,654 HOW WELL WE'RE DOING WITH OUR 5580 03:08:18,654 --> 03:08:20,489 HSD WORK BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S SO 5581 03:08:20,489 --> 03:08:24,059 IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU CHAIR. 5582 03:08:24,059 --> 03:08:24,626 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5583 03:08:24,626 --> 03:08:26,428 RIVERA, WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK 5584 03:08:26,428 --> 03:08:27,829 TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK TO CLOSE 5585 03:08:27,829 --> 03:08:29,231 US OUT ON HSD, AND THEN WE'RE 5586 03:08:29,231 --> 03:08:32,734 GOING TO TAKE UP VEHICLES NEXT. 5587 03:08:32,734 --> 03:08:33,835 >> CHAIR, AS A POINT OF 5588 03:08:33,835 --> 03:08:36,271 CLARIFICATION, I THOUGHT THAT 5589 03:08:36,271 --> 03:08:38,040 THE AMENDMENT OR THE POLICY 5590 03:08:38,040 --> 03:08:39,041 CONSIDERATION ON VEHICLE 5591 03:08:39,041 --> 03:08:41,176 RESIDENCY IS A PART OF HSD 5592 03:08:41,176 --> 03:08:41,410 BUDGET. 5593 03:08:41,410 --> 03:08:43,712 >> IT IS. WE'LL GET TO THAT AS 5594 03:08:43,712 --> 03:08:46,882 IT IS INTENDED TO SERVE MANY 5595 03:08:46,882 --> 03:08:47,416 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS 5596 03:08:47,416 --> 03:08:48,016 COMPARED TO HOW THE MAYOR HAS 5597 03:08:48,016 --> 03:08:50,018 PROGRAMED THIS MONEY. DESPITE 5598 03:08:50,018 --> 03:08:52,754 MANY, MANY, MANY CONVERSATIONS. 5599 03:08:52,754 --> 03:08:54,323 SO I WOULD SAY LET'S CLOSE OUT 5600 03:08:54,323 --> 03:08:55,991 HSD AND THEN LET'S MOVE TO 5601 03:08:55,991 --> 03:08:57,526 VEHICLES AS A SEPARATE ITEM. 5602 03:08:57,526 --> 03:08:57,793 >> SURE. 5603 03:08:57,793 --> 03:09:00,328 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 5604 03:09:00,328 --> 03:09:02,097 I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION. 5605 03:09:02,097 --> 03:09:03,598 UNDERSTOOD. UM, COLLEAGUES, I'LL 5606 03:09:03,598 --> 03:09:04,700 JUST CLOSE ON THIS NOTE BECAUSE 5607 03:09:04,700 --> 03:09:07,402 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 5608 03:09:07,402 --> 03:09:07,903 DISCUSSION OVER BUDGET 5609 03:09:07,903 --> 03:09:09,438 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT CHARTERED 5610 03:09:09,438 --> 03:09:11,573 RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTUALLY IN 5611 03:09:11,573 --> 03:09:13,342 SERVICE OF THAT. UM, I WANTED TO 5612 03:09:13,342 --> 03:09:15,977 REVISIT OUR CHARTER TO GROUND 5613 03:09:15,977 --> 03:09:17,479 MYSELF IN OUR TASK AT HAND. AND 5614 03:09:17,479 --> 03:09:21,249 SO I WANTED TO CLOSE, UH, JUST 5615 03:09:21,249 --> 03:09:22,818 BY SPEAKING INTO THE RECORD, THE 5616 03:09:22,818 --> 03:09:25,687 PREAMBLE OF OUR CITY'S CHARTER 5617 03:09:25,687 --> 03:09:28,256 UNDER AUTHORITY CONFERRED BY THE 5618 03:09:28,256 --> 03:09:30,692 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF 5619 03:09:30,692 --> 03:09:31,560 WASHINGTON, THE PEOPLE OF THE 5620 03:09:31,560 --> 03:09:32,327 CITY OF SEATTLE ENACT THIS 5621 03:09:32,327 --> 03:09:34,129 CHARTER AS THE LAW OF THE CITY 5622 03:09:34,129 --> 03:09:35,464 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING 5623 03:09:35,464 --> 03:09:38,734 AND ENHANCING THE HEALTH, SAFETY 5624 03:09:38,734 --> 03:09:39,301 AND ENVIRONMENT AND GENERAL 5625 03:09:39,301 --> 03:09:42,237 WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE TO ENABLE 5626 03:09:42,237 --> 03:09:42,871 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE 5627 03:09:42,871 --> 03:09:45,574 SERVICES AND MEET THE NEEDS OF 5628 03:09:45,574 --> 03:09:47,376 PEOPLE EFFICIENTLY, TO ALLOW 5629 03:09:47,376 --> 03:09:48,009 FAIR AND EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION 5630 03:09:48,009 --> 03:09:51,113 OF ALL PERSONS IN THE AFFAIRS OF 5631 03:09:51,113 --> 03:09:51,546 THE CITY TO PROVIDE 5632 03:09:51,546 --> 03:09:53,782 TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND 5633 03:09:53,782 --> 03:09:55,450 ETHICS IN GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL 5634 03:09:55,450 --> 03:09:58,653 SERVICE TO FOSTER FISCAL 5635 03:09:58,653 --> 03:09:59,254 RESPONSIBILITY AND TO PROMOTE 5636 03:09:59,254 --> 03:10:00,922 PROSPERITY, AND TO MEET THE 5637 03:10:00,922 --> 03:10:01,923 BROAD NEEDS FOR A HEALTHY, 5638 03:10:01,923 --> 03:10:05,093 GROWING CITY. I FOUND IT REALLY 5639 03:10:05,093 --> 03:10:07,028 HELPFUL TO REALLY SPEND SOME 5640 03:10:07,028 --> 03:10:08,096 TIME THINKING ABOUT THAT AND OUR 5641 03:10:08,096 --> 03:10:09,197 TASK AT HAND WITH THE BUDGET 5642 03:10:09,197 --> 03:10:11,666 HERE, PARTICULARLY THIS POINT, 5643 03:10:11,666 --> 03:10:13,702 TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND THAT 5644 03:10:13,702 --> 03:10:16,304 MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE, 5645 03:10:16,304 --> 03:10:18,106 THE BROAD NEEDS OF A HEALTHY AND 5646 03:10:18,106 --> 03:10:20,008 GROWING CITY. SO AS YOUR HUMAN 5647 03:10:20,008 --> 03:10:22,144 SERVICES CHAIR, UM, I HOPE WE 5648 03:10:22,144 --> 03:10:25,947 KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE CONSIDER 5649 03:10:25,947 --> 03:10:28,016 BALANCING INVESTMENTS ACROSS ALL 5650 03:10:28,016 --> 03:10:29,918 OF THE AREAS OUTLINED AS OUR 5651 03:10:29,918 --> 03:10:30,552 CHARTER RESPONSIBILITIES. THANK 5652 03:10:30,552 --> 03:10:31,420 YOU CHAIR. 5653 03:10:31,420 --> 03:10:33,722 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5654 03:10:33,722 --> 03:10:34,923 RINCK, THE PREMISE OF THE CITY 5655 03:10:34,923 --> 03:10:36,958 OF SEATTLE. WELL SAID. WITH 5656 03:10:36,958 --> 03:10:41,029 THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO INTO 5657 03:10:41,029 --> 03:10:43,331 OUR FINAL ITEM REGARDING, UH, 5658 03:10:43,331 --> 03:10:45,467 THE VEHICLE VEHICLE RESIDENT 5659 03:10:45,467 --> 03:10:46,201 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FUNDING, AND 5660 03:10:46,201 --> 03:10:47,435 I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. UM, 5661 03:10:47,435 --> 03:10:50,038 AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, IF 5662 03:10:50,038 --> 03:10:50,772 YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO 5663 03:10:50,772 --> 03:10:51,606 OPEN IT UP AND I'LL TURN IT 5664 03:10:51,606 --> 03:10:53,875 RIGHT OVER TO YOU IF YOU NEED 5665 03:10:53,875 --> 03:10:55,410 TO. FANTASTIC. 5666 03:10:55,410 --> 03:10:57,379 >> GREAT. I'M ALSO GOING TO 5667 03:10:57,379 --> 03:10:58,447 CORRECT SOMETHING I SAID BEFORE 5668 03:10:58,447 --> 03:10:59,848 ABOUT WAGE EQUITY AND SAY THAT 5669 03:10:59,848 --> 03:11:00,949 THE 2024 INCREASE WAS ALSO 2%. 5670 03:11:00,949 --> 03:11:04,119 SO 2%, 2024, 2%, 2026, FOR A 5671 03:11:04,119 --> 03:11:07,756 TOTAL OF 4%. ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST 5672 03:11:07,756 --> 03:11:09,591 POLICY CONSIDERATION OF THE DAY 5673 03:11:09,591 --> 03:11:11,693 IS AROUND CONFLICTING USES OF 5674 03:11:11,693 --> 03:11:14,462 3.5 MILLION IN ONGOING FUNDING 5675 03:11:14,462 --> 03:11:16,398 FOR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO 5676 03:11:16,398 --> 03:11:19,701 VEHICLE RESIDENTS. THE 2026 5677 03:11:19,701 --> 03:11:20,268 ADOPTED BUDGET PROVIDED 3.5 5678 03:11:20,268 --> 03:11:21,736 MILLION OF ONGOING FUNDING FOR 5679 03:11:21,736 --> 03:11:24,206 PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED 5680 03:11:24,206 --> 03:11:27,375 TO VEHICLE RESIDENTS. THE 2027 5681 03:11:27,375 --> 03:11:29,778 2028 PROPOSED BUDGET AND COUNCIL 5682 03:11:29,778 --> 03:11:31,112 BILL 121283, WHICH WAS PASSED 5683 03:11:31,112 --> 03:11:33,715 OUT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY 5684 03:11:33,715 --> 03:11:35,217 COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 22nd, 5685 03:11:35,217 --> 03:11:36,585 2026, ARE IN CONFLICT WITH EACH 5686 03:11:36,585 --> 03:11:38,119 OTHER IN TERMS OF HOW TO USE 5687 03:11:38,119 --> 03:11:43,191 THAT 3.5 MILLION UH. CB 121282 5688 03:11:43,191 --> 03:11:45,393 WOULD USE IT FOR COST RELATED TO 5689 03:11:45,393 --> 03:11:47,262 IMPLEMENTING A NEW VEHICLE. 5690 03:11:47,262 --> 03:11:49,598 RESIDENTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, 5691 03:11:49,598 --> 03:11:50,599 AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD 5692 03:11:50,599 --> 03:11:53,335 USE IT TO PAY FOR THE COST OF A 5693 03:11:53,335 --> 03:11:55,070 NEW SAFE LOT, WHICH WOULD BE 5694 03:11:55,070 --> 03:11:56,872 BOTH FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, 5695 03:11:56,872 --> 03:11:57,906 BUT POTENTIALLY FOR OTHER 5696 03:11:57,906 --> 03:11:59,641 VEHICLES AS WELL. UM, OUR 5697 03:11:59,641 --> 03:12:01,309 OPTIONS ARE COUNCIL'S OPTIONS 5698 03:12:01,309 --> 03:12:03,912 ARE TO IMPOSE A PROVISO ON THE 5699 03:12:03,912 --> 03:12:06,548 3.5 MILLION OF ONGOING FUNDING 5700 03:12:06,548 --> 03:12:07,983 IN 2027, RESTRICTING ITS USE 5701 03:12:07,983 --> 03:12:11,119 ONLY TO COST ASSOCIATED DIRECTLY 5702 03:12:11,119 --> 03:12:12,354 WITH IMPLEMENTING THE NEW PERMIT 5703 03:12:12,354 --> 03:12:14,055 PROGRAM FOR MOTOR HOMES AND 5704 03:12:14,055 --> 03:12:15,557 TRAVEL TRAILERS. AND I SHOULD 5705 03:12:15,557 --> 03:12:17,459 NOTE THAT THAT MIGHT ALSO 5706 03:12:17,459 --> 03:12:20,028 INVOLVE, UM, APPROPRIATING THE 5707 03:12:20,028 --> 03:12:21,496 MONEY, UH, REAPPROPRIATING THE 5708 03:12:21,496 --> 03:12:22,764 MONEY TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS 5709 03:12:22,764 --> 03:12:25,133 WELL, AND IMPOSING A PROVISO. 5710 03:12:25,133 --> 03:12:26,935 IDENTIFY A NEW FUNDING SOURCE 5711 03:12:26,935 --> 03:12:29,037 FOR THE NEW SAFE LOT, A 5712 03:12:29,037 --> 03:12:33,408 COMBINATION OF A OR B AND B, OR 5713 03:12:33,408 --> 03:12:33,708 NO CHANGE. 5714 03:12:33,708 --> 03:12:35,510 >> THANK YOU. JENNIFER LABRECQUE 5715 03:12:35,510 --> 03:12:37,345 I'M JUST GOING TO OPEN THIS UP 5716 03:12:37,345 --> 03:12:40,949 TO SAY I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR 5717 03:12:40,949 --> 03:12:43,418 ABOUT THE $3.5 MILLION ONGOING 5718 03:12:43,418 --> 03:12:44,686 THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE TALKED 5719 03:12:44,686 --> 03:12:46,755 ABOUT THE VEHICLE RESIDENT 5720 03:12:46,755 --> 03:12:48,490 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. I'VE BEEN 5721 03:12:48,490 --> 03:12:49,124 THIS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR WITH THE 5722 03:12:49,124 --> 03:12:52,060 MAYOR'S OFFICE, WITH THE CITY 5723 03:12:52,060 --> 03:12:53,862 BUDGET OFFICE COLLEAGUES, WITH 5724 03:12:53,862 --> 03:12:58,934 YOU, WITH THE PUBLIC. UM, AND 5725 03:12:58,934 --> 03:13:00,835 THAT INTENDED USE IS NOT 5726 03:13:00,835 --> 03:13:02,203 REPRESENTED IN THE BUDGET. AND 5727 03:13:02,203 --> 03:13:07,275 WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THE WHAT 5728 03:13:07,275 --> 03:13:10,345 I'VE EXPRESSED IN THE PAST IS 5729 03:13:10,345 --> 03:13:12,881 THIS FUNDING IS NEEDED TO EXPAND 5730 03:13:12,881 --> 03:13:15,817 CONTRACTED OUTREACH EXPAND 5731 03:13:15,817 --> 03:13:18,486 SERVICES, INCLUDING REPAIRS. THE 5732 03:13:18,486 --> 03:13:21,122 HUMAN NEEDS, HELPING PEOPLE GET 5733 03:13:21,122 --> 03:13:23,858 THEIR VEHICLES REGISTERED TO 5734 03:13:23,858 --> 03:13:25,260 THEM, HELPING THEM IN MANY 5735 03:13:25,260 --> 03:13:26,962 DIFFERENT WAYS. THIS FUNDING IS 5736 03:13:26,962 --> 03:13:29,097 ALSO INTENDED TO STAND UP THE 5737 03:13:29,097 --> 03:13:30,332 PERMITTING PROCESS. IT IS 5738 03:13:30,332 --> 03:13:33,068 INTENDED TO FUND THE CITY 5739 03:13:33,068 --> 03:13:34,703 VEHICLE TEAM AND IN THE LONG 5740 03:13:34,703 --> 03:13:40,342 RUN, TO FUND A SAFE LOT AND 5741 03:13:40,342 --> 03:13:40,875 POTENTIALLY ALSO SHELTER 5742 03:13:40,875 --> 03:13:41,576 STORAGE. I SEE NONE OF THAT 5743 03:13:41,576 --> 03:13:46,381 REPRESENTED IN THIS BUDGET. UM, 5744 03:13:46,381 --> 03:13:48,249 IN CONVERSATION WITH THE WILSON 5745 03:13:48,249 --> 03:13:48,883 ADMINISTRATION YESTERDAY, THEY 5746 03:13:48,883 --> 03:13:52,520 STATED THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE 5747 03:13:52,520 --> 03:13:55,223 RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HAD 5748 03:13:55,223 --> 03:13:56,558 NOT PASSED COUNCIL WHEN THEY 5749 03:13:56,558 --> 03:13:58,860 WERE WRITING THEIR BUDGET, THEY 5750 03:13:58,860 --> 03:13:59,928 MADE THE EXECUTIVE DECISION ON 5751 03:13:59,928 --> 03:14:02,731 HOW TO USE THIS MONEY. I FIND 5752 03:14:02,731 --> 03:14:06,167 THIS STATEMENT TO BE LACKING IN 5753 03:14:06,167 --> 03:14:08,003 MANY WAYS. UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE 5754 03:14:08,003 --> 03:14:12,173 I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR IN 5755 03:14:12,173 --> 03:14:13,942 EXPRESSING THE CHART AND HOW WE 5756 03:14:13,942 --> 03:14:15,944 GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN HELP 5757 03:14:15,944 --> 03:14:17,812 PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEIR 5758 03:14:17,812 --> 03:14:19,014 VEHICLES, HOW WE CAN ADDRESS 5759 03:14:19,014 --> 03:14:20,348 OVERSIZE VEHICLES ON OUR 5760 03:14:20,348 --> 03:14:22,183 ROADWAYS, AND HOW WE CAN CENTER 5761 03:14:22,183 --> 03:14:22,784 HUMAN BEINGS THROUGHOUT THIS 5762 03:14:22,784 --> 03:14:29,057 ENTIRE PROCESS. COOPERATION AND 5763 03:14:29,057 --> 03:14:29,624 COLLABORATION IS NOT MAKING 5764 03:14:29,624 --> 03:14:34,329 DECISIONS WITHOUT CONVERSATION. 5765 03:14:34,329 --> 03:14:36,931 I SEE THE MOTION MADE IN THIS 5766 03:14:36,931 --> 03:14:39,968 BUDGET. UM I SEE THAT I SEE 5767 03:14:39,968 --> 03:14:42,170 THESE ACTIONS THAT ARE MADE 5768 03:14:42,170 --> 03:14:44,205 THROUGH THROUGH THIS BUDGET 5769 03:14:44,205 --> 03:14:47,509 WITHOUT THE CONVERSATION, 5770 03:14:47,509 --> 03:14:47,942 WITHOUT TAKING INTO 5771 03:14:47,942 --> 03:14:49,444 CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING THAT 5772 03:14:49,444 --> 03:14:49,978 I'VE SAID PUBLICLY AND 5773 03:14:49,978 --> 03:14:50,912 PRIVATELY, WHICH HAS BEEN 5774 03:14:50,912 --> 03:14:54,149 CONSISTENT EVERY SINGLE DAY, IT 5775 03:14:54,149 --> 03:14:55,250 SHOWS A LACK OF LISTENING AND A 5776 03:14:55,250 --> 03:14:59,654 LACK OF PARTNERSHIP MY DOOR HAS 5777 03:14:59,654 --> 03:15:03,058 REMAINED OPEN TO HELPING THE 5778 03:15:03,058 --> 03:15:04,325 WILSON ADMINISTRATION IMPLEMENT 5779 03:15:04,325 --> 03:15:05,627 WHAT I FIND TO BE A PRETTY CLEAR 5780 03:15:05,627 --> 03:15:09,197 PATH. IT'S COMPLEX, BUT IT'S 5781 03:15:09,197 --> 03:15:10,665 CLEAR INTO HOW WE CAN BETTER 5782 03:15:10,665 --> 03:15:12,500 ADDRESS PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR 5783 03:15:12,500 --> 03:15:14,903 VEHICLES, HOW WE CAN BETTER 5784 03:15:14,903 --> 03:15:17,872 REGULATE LARGE VEHICLES, AND HOW 5785 03:15:17,872 --> 03:15:19,774 WE CAN CENTER HUMAN BEINGS 5786 03:15:19,774 --> 03:15:21,543 THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. 5787 03:15:21,543 --> 03:15:24,412 AND MY DOOR REMAINS OPEN. 5788 03:15:24,412 --> 03:15:27,916 DESPITE THIS ACTION OF LACKING 5789 03:15:27,916 --> 03:15:29,984 COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION. 5790 03:15:29,984 --> 03:15:32,921 SO I'M I'M HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED 5791 03:15:32,921 --> 03:15:35,356 AND I REMAIN READY TO WORK WITH 5792 03:15:35,356 --> 03:15:37,192 ANYONE WHO ASKS BECAUSE IT'S SO 5793 03:15:37,192 --> 03:15:38,460 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE 5794 03:15:38,460 --> 03:15:40,962 HELP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUGHT 5795 03:15:40,962 --> 03:15:42,964 IN THE MIDDLE, OR WHO ARE LEFT 5796 03:15:42,964 --> 03:15:46,401 WITHOUT A PLACE TO LIVE. UM, AND 5797 03:15:46,401 --> 03:15:49,304 SO I WILL BE BRINGING AN 5798 03:15:49,304 --> 03:15:50,672 AMENDMENT TO REPRIORITIZE THIS 5799 03:15:50,672 --> 03:15:52,640 MONEY. AND IT IS CRITICALLY 5800 03:15:52,640 --> 03:15:53,641 IMPORTANT THAT WE OPEN ANOTHER 5801 03:15:53,641 --> 03:15:54,776 SAFE LOT IN ADDITION TO GLASS 5802 03:15:54,776 --> 03:15:56,611 YARDS COMMON. AND IT'S A 5803 03:15:56,611 --> 03:15:59,180 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET 5804 03:15:59,180 --> 03:16:00,648 SHELTER STORAGE STOOD UP AS A 5805 03:16:00,648 --> 03:16:03,451 PROGRAM. AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT 5806 03:16:03,451 --> 03:16:05,320 WE REGULATE LARGE VEHICLES ON 5807 03:16:05,320 --> 03:16:07,622 OUR STREETS AT THE END OF THE 5808 03:16:07,622 --> 03:16:08,990 DAY, WE NEED TO CENTER HUMANS IN 5809 03:16:08,990 --> 03:16:14,195 THESE SOLUTIONS. SO DEEPLY 5810 03:16:14,195 --> 03:16:16,331 DISAPPOINTED AND I LOOK FORWARD 5811 03:16:16,331 --> 03:16:18,032 TO SHARING WITH YOU ALL THE 5812 03:16:18,032 --> 03:16:19,701 BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WILL JUST 5813 03:16:19,701 --> 03:16:21,302 CLARIFY THE SAME THING THAT I'VE 5814 03:16:21,302 --> 03:16:22,871 CLARIFIED SINCE I'VE STARTED 5815 03:16:22,871 --> 03:16:24,572 TALKING ABOUT THIS VEHICLE 5816 03:16:24,572 --> 03:16:26,407 RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 5817 03:16:26,407 --> 03:16:27,809 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK DID YOU HAVE 5818 03:16:27,809 --> 03:16:31,746 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AT THIS 5819 03:16:31,746 --> 03:16:31,946 TIME? 5820 03:16:31,946 --> 03:16:34,549 >> IF I COULD ASK A CLARIFYING 5821 03:16:34,549 --> 03:16:35,750 QUESTION, UNDERSTANDING IT AGAIN 5822 03:16:35,750 --> 03:16:36,718 WITHOUT A CBA BEFORE US. SO 5823 03:16:36,718 --> 03:16:38,286 THIS, UH, 5824 03:16:38,286 --> 03:16:39,120 >> CBA WOULD BE BOTH FOR THE 5825 03:16:39,120 --> 03:16:41,322 SAFE LOT, BUT ALSO THE FUNDING 5826 03:16:41,322 --> 03:16:44,159 TO CONDUCT THE CENSUS AND THE 5827 03:16:44,159 --> 03:16:46,327 RUN THE PERMIT PROGRAM. SO AS A 5828 03:16:46,327 --> 03:16:48,663 PART OF ONGOING FUNDING, I MEAN, 5829 03:16:48,663 --> 03:16:51,132 THERE'S, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE 5830 03:16:51,132 --> 03:16:52,834 CENSUS, AS CURRENTLY IN THE 5831 03:16:52,834 --> 03:16:54,035 PROPOSED COUNCIL BILL, IS 5832 03:16:54,035 --> 03:16:56,337 IMPOSES JUST A ONE TIME CENSUS. 5833 03:16:56,337 --> 03:16:57,305 SO THEORETICALLY, WOULDN'T SOME 5834 03:16:57,305 --> 03:16:59,407 PORTION OF. SINCE THIS IS 5835 03:16:59,407 --> 03:17:00,575 ONGOING FUNDING. ONE. SOME 5836 03:17:00,575 --> 03:17:01,142 PORTION OF THAT SUNSET OVER 5837 03:17:01,142 --> 03:17:02,944 TIME, OR COULD YOU JUST UNPACK A 5838 03:17:02,944 --> 03:17:03,811 LITTLE BIT MORE KIND OF HOW 5839 03:17:03,811 --> 03:17:05,313 YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A LONGER 5840 03:17:05,313 --> 03:17:07,348 TERM BUDGET PLAN? 5841 03:17:07,348 --> 03:17:08,850 >> THANK YOU. I SKIPPED OVER 5842 03:17:08,850 --> 03:17:10,318 THIS SECTION OF MY NOTES. UM, 5843 03:17:10,318 --> 03:17:13,254 YES. SO WE'VE GOT $5.8 MILLION 5844 03:17:13,254 --> 03:17:15,256 ONE TIME BECAUSE THAT'S 5845 03:17:15,256 --> 03:17:16,891 ACCUMULATED OVER THE LAST YEAR 5846 03:17:16,891 --> 03:17:18,826 AS WELL AS THE FIRST SET OF ONE 5847 03:17:18,826 --> 03:17:20,628 TIME FUNDS. SO WE HAVE $5.8 5848 03:17:20,628 --> 03:17:23,031 MILLION OF ONE TIME FUNDS FROM 5849 03:17:23,031 --> 03:17:28,603 THERE. WE ALSO HAVE $3.5 MILLION 5850 03:17:28,603 --> 03:17:30,071 ONGOING FUNDS, $3.5 MILLION 5851 03:17:30,071 --> 03:17:31,372 ONGOING FUNDS HAPPENS TO BE THE 5852 03:17:31,372 --> 03:17:35,410 SAME COST AS A SAFE LOT. WE ALSO 5853 03:17:35,410 --> 03:17:37,445 WILL HAVE A BELL CURVE OF COSTS. 5854 03:17:37,445 --> 03:17:40,148 SO COSTS ARE GOING TO BE MUCH 5855 03:17:40,148 --> 03:17:40,882 HIGHER INITIALLY AS WE GET 5856 03:17:40,882 --> 03:17:44,018 THINGS SET UP. THE. AND AS WE. 5857 03:17:44,018 --> 03:17:46,688 FOR INSTANCE, IF WE HELP 5858 03:17:46,688 --> 03:17:48,122 CONTRACTED OUTREACH, HELP PEOPLE 5859 03:17:48,122 --> 03:17:49,924 GET THE VEHICLES THAT THEY'RE 5860 03:17:49,924 --> 03:17:51,726 LIVING IN REGISTERED TO THEM AT 5861 03:17:51,726 --> 03:17:53,828 SOME POINT THAT WORK STOPS, 5862 03:17:53,828 --> 03:17:55,363 RIGHT? AS TO YOUR POINT, WE DO 5863 03:17:55,363 --> 03:17:56,698 THE CENSUS, WHETHER IT'S THREE 5864 03:17:56,698 --> 03:17:58,633 MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, TEN MONTHS, 5865 03:17:58,633 --> 03:18:00,501 AT SOME POINT THAT WORK STOPS. 5866 03:18:00,501 --> 03:18:03,571 WHAT DOESN'T STOP IS THE NEED 5867 03:18:03,571 --> 03:18:05,373 TO HAVE THAT SAFE LOT OR THAT 5868 03:18:05,373 --> 03:18:06,875 SHELTER STORAGE. AND THAT'S 5869 03:18:06,875 --> 03:18:08,376 WHERE I'VE BEEN REALLY CLEAR 5870 03:18:08,376 --> 03:18:09,911 THAT IN THE LONG RUN, THIS IS 5871 03:18:09,911 --> 03:18:11,579 THE INTENDED USE A SAFE LOT OR 5872 03:18:11,579 --> 03:18:13,081 SAFE SHELTER STORAGE IS THE 5873 03:18:13,081 --> 03:18:15,750 INTENDED USE FOR THAT ONGOING 5874 03:18:15,750 --> 03:18:17,385 MONEY. AND BEFORE WE CAN GET TO 5875 03:18:17,385 --> 03:18:20,088 THAT FINAL POINT, WE HAVE TO DO 5876 03:18:20,088 --> 03:18:25,260 A LOT OF WE HAVE TO CREATE A BOW 5877 03:18:25,260 --> 03:18:26,961 WAKE OF SERVICES BECAUSE THE 5878 03:18:26,961 --> 03:18:28,763 CITY HAS BEEN LACKING. WE HAVE 5879 03:18:28,763 --> 03:18:29,831 ZERO CITY TEAMS THAT ARE 5880 03:18:29,831 --> 03:18:30,398 DEDICATED TO HELPING PEOPLE 5881 03:18:30,398 --> 03:18:31,532 LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES. WE 5882 03:18:31,532 --> 03:18:35,837 RELY ON TWO CONTRACTED OUTREACH 5883 03:18:35,837 --> 03:18:38,806 GROUPS. WE HAVE NOWHERE THAT IS 5884 03:18:38,806 --> 03:18:40,942 OPEN FOR THEM TODAY, SO WE HAVE 5885 03:18:40,942 --> 03:18:43,244 TO DO A BOW WAKE OF SERVICES, 5886 03:18:43,244 --> 03:18:46,047 WHICH IS A LOT OF ONE TIME FUNDS 5887 03:18:46,047 --> 03:18:47,215 CREATING THAT BELL CURVE OF 5888 03:18:47,215 --> 03:18:49,017 FUNDING. AND THEN IN THE LONG 5889 03:18:49,017 --> 03:18:50,285 RUN, SHELTER, STORAGE OR A SAFE 5890 03:18:50,285 --> 03:18:54,088 LOT. MY HOPE WAS WE COULD GET 5891 03:18:54,088 --> 03:18:56,724 THERE SOONER. THE THE FISCAL 5892 03:18:56,724 --> 03:18:59,360 NOTE THAT THE EXECUTIVE, THE 5893 03:18:59,360 --> 03:18:59,927 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS HAVE 5894 03:18:59,927 --> 03:19:02,196 PROVIDED NEEDS FURTHER 5895 03:19:02,196 --> 03:19:03,197 REFINEMENT. IT CURRENTLY SAYS 5896 03:19:03,197 --> 03:19:05,767 IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE 7.5 TO 5897 03:19:05,767 --> 03:19:07,935 $10 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT. BUT IN 5898 03:19:07,935 --> 03:19:09,404 PLACES THEY SAY THAT WE ARE 5899 03:19:09,404 --> 03:19:11,339 LOSING MONEY BECAUSE PARKING 5900 03:19:11,339 --> 03:19:13,308 ENFORCEMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUING 5901 03:19:13,308 --> 03:19:14,208 PARKING TICKETS. AND THEN IN 5902 03:19:14,208 --> 03:19:15,243 ANOTHER SECTION, THEY SAY WE 5903 03:19:15,243 --> 03:19:17,545 NEED TO HIRE MORE PARKING 5904 03:19:17,545 --> 03:19:19,213 ENFORCEMENT TO DO THE JOB. SO I 5905 03:19:19,213 --> 03:19:21,883 JUST SAY THAT TO SAY THAT FISCAL 5906 03:19:21,883 --> 03:19:25,153 NOTE NEEDS FURTHER REFINEMENT. 5907 03:19:25,153 --> 03:19:26,387 AND THERE'S GOING TO BE 5908 03:19:26,387 --> 03:19:29,457 ADDITIONAL COSTS. AND IN THE 5909 03:19:29,457 --> 03:19:31,392 LONG RUN, A SAFE LOT. SHELTER 5910 03:19:31,392 --> 03:19:32,460 STORAGE IS THE APPROPRIATE USE. 5911 03:19:32,460 --> 03:19:33,961 WE JUST HAVE TO GET THERE FIRST 5912 03:19:33,961 --> 03:19:35,897 AND WE HAVE TO GET THERE BY 5913 03:19:35,897 --> 03:19:38,599 CENTERING HUMAN BEINGS 5914 03:19:38,599 --> 03:19:40,001 >> I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT I SAW 5915 03:19:40,001 --> 03:19:41,002 SOMEONE AT THE TABLE. 5916 03:19:41,002 --> 03:19:42,337 >> NOPE. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU FOR 5917 03:19:42,337 --> 03:19:45,506 THAT ANSWER. I JUST WANTED TO 5918 03:19:45,506 --> 03:19:45,974 UNPACK THE COMPONENT 5919 03:19:45,974 --> 03:19:46,808 UNDERSTANDING THERE'S, AS YOU'VE 5920 03:19:46,808 --> 03:19:48,309 CURRENTLY STRUCTURED IT, AND AS 5921 03:19:48,309 --> 03:19:49,344 A PART OF THE LEGISLATION, 5922 03:19:49,344 --> 03:19:51,379 THERE'S MORE OF A FRONT END 5923 03:19:51,379 --> 03:19:52,313 COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE ONE 5924 03:19:52,313 --> 03:19:52,980 TIME CENSUS. I'LL NOTE FOR THE 5925 03:19:52,980 --> 03:19:54,349 RECORD, I KNOW WE'LL GET INTO 5926 03:19:54,349 --> 03:19:55,450 THE POLICY NEXT WEEK WHEN THE 5927 03:19:55,450 --> 03:19:56,884 BILLS ARE BEFORE FULL COUNCIL. I 5928 03:19:56,884 --> 03:19:59,087 THINK AN ONGOING CENSUS WOULD BE 5929 03:19:59,087 --> 03:20:00,388 WORTHWHILE IN CONSIDERING IN 5930 03:20:00,388 --> 03:20:01,989 THIS. BUT JUST KEEPING MY 5931 03:20:01,989 --> 03:20:04,325 QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON THE 5932 03:20:04,325 --> 03:20:05,460 FINANCIAL COMPONENTS OF AN 5933 03:20:05,460 --> 03:20:07,428 ONGOING PROGRAM, FULL SUPPORT 5934 03:20:07,428 --> 03:20:10,264 FOR A RV SAFE LOT. IT HAS BEEN A 5935 03:20:10,264 --> 03:20:11,966 LONG STANDING NEED IN THE CITY 5936 03:20:11,966 --> 03:20:13,301 TO HAVE A PLACE FOR VEHICLE 5937 03:20:13,301 --> 03:20:14,435 RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN OUR VIEWS 5938 03:20:14,435 --> 03:20:16,504 TO GO. THANK YOU. 5939 03:20:16,504 --> 03:20:19,006 >> WELL SAID. ALL OF THE 5940 03:20:19,006 --> 03:20:21,242 PROGRAMS IN MY IN THE PROGRAM 5941 03:20:21,242 --> 03:20:25,146 ARE ONGOING EXCEPT FOR THE RV 5942 03:20:25,146 --> 03:20:27,248 PERMIT, WHICH WILL ONLY SERVE 5943 03:20:27,248 --> 03:20:28,282 PEOPLE. THE VEHICLES THAT ARE ON 5944 03:20:28,282 --> 03:20:31,219 OUR STREETS TODAY. WE CAN GET 5945 03:20:31,219 --> 03:20:33,855 INTO THAT POLICY DISCUSSION NEXT 5946 03:20:33,855 --> 03:20:34,489 WEEK. DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE 5947 03:20:34,489 --> 03:20:35,957 LACK OF COLLABORATION FROM THE 5948 03:20:35,957 --> 03:20:37,325 WILSON ADMINISTRATION REGARDING 5949 03:20:37,325 --> 03:20:38,159 THIS FUNDING. AND MY DOOR 5950 03:20:38,159 --> 03:20:44,465 REMAINS OPEN. FURTHER QUESTIONS? 5951 03:20:44,465 --> 03:20:46,033 SORRY, I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE. 5952 03:20:46,033 --> 03:20:46,634 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YOU GOT 5953 03:20:46,634 --> 03:20:47,602 MORE QUESTIONS? 5954 03:20:47,602 --> 03:20:48,970 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I 5955 03:20:48,970 --> 03:20:51,372 APPRECIATE THAT. AND SO CENTRAL 5956 03:20:51,372 --> 03:20:52,640 STAFF, CAN YOU JUST WALK US 5957 03:20:52,640 --> 03:20:54,308 THROUGH, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER 5958 03:20:54,308 --> 03:20:56,844 THIS IS AN OR. JEN, THE EXISTING 5959 03:20:56,844 --> 03:21:01,182 SPEND PLAN FOR THE 3.5 MILLION 5960 03:21:01,182 --> 03:21:01,582 REFERENCED HERE. 5961 03:21:01,582 --> 03:21:03,317 >> YES. UM, I'M GOING TO JUST 5962 03:21:03,317 --> 03:21:07,155 LOOK DOWN AT MY NOTES TO, UH, SO 5963 03:21:07,155 --> 03:21:08,389 THE SPEND PLAN CAN BEST BE FOUND 5964 03:21:08,389 --> 03:21:11,225 IN THE COUNCIL BILL THAT I 5965 03:21:11,225 --> 03:21:12,126 REFERENCED 121282, WHICH IS THE 5966 03:21:12,126 --> 03:21:14,462 APPROPRIATIONS BILL. SO SO FAR 5967 03:21:14,462 --> 03:21:17,799 FOR THAT 3.5 MILLION OF ONGOING 5968 03:21:17,799 --> 03:21:20,134 FUNDING. UM, THAT APPROPRIATIONS 5969 03:21:20,134 --> 03:21:22,236 BILL, UH, THAT PASSED OUT OF 5970 03:21:22,236 --> 03:21:24,138 COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, 5971 03:21:24,138 --> 03:21:29,710 UM CREATED SEVEN NEW OUTREACH 5972 03:21:29,710 --> 03:21:31,245 POSITIONS AT THE HUMAN SERVICES 5973 03:21:31,245 --> 03:21:32,847 DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR A TOTAL 5974 03:21:32,847 --> 03:21:35,316 ANNUAL COST OF ABOUT 1 MILLION. 5975 03:21:35,316 --> 03:21:39,220 UH, IT ALSO ADDED ONE NEW PERMIT 5976 03:21:39,220 --> 03:21:41,756 TECHNICIAN AT S DOT FOR A TOTAL 5977 03:21:41,756 --> 03:21:45,460 ANNUAL COST OF 230 OR, AND, UM, 5978 03:21:45,460 --> 03:21:48,463 IT ADDED A NEW PERMIT 5979 03:21:48,463 --> 03:21:51,599 TECHNICIAN, WHICH WOULD COST 5980 03:21:51,599 --> 03:21:54,368 ABOUT $216,000 OR SORRY, 232,000 5981 03:21:54,368 --> 03:21:58,773 PER YEAR. UM, AND ALSO PROVIDED 5982 03:21:58,773 --> 03:22:00,541 SOME ONE TIME MONEY JUST FOR 5983 03:22:00,541 --> 03:22:02,443 SOME ONE TIME COSTS. SO THE 3.5 5984 03:22:02,443 --> 03:22:04,579 MILLION HAS NOT YET BEEN FULLY 5985 03:22:04,579 --> 03:22:06,180 PROGRAMED. I JUST WANT TO STATE 5986 03:22:06,180 --> 03:22:08,115 THAT, HOWEVER, AS COUNCILMEMBERS 5987 03:22:08,115 --> 03:22:09,150 ARE CHAIR STRAUSS JUST 5988 03:22:09,150 --> 03:22:09,784 MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE 5989 03:22:09,784 --> 03:22:12,687 EXECUTIVE HAS IDENTIFIED OTHER 5990 03:22:12,687 --> 03:22:14,388 ONGOING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH 5991 03:22:14,388 --> 03:22:15,289 THIS PROGRAM. I TOTALLY AGREE, 5992 03:22:15,289 --> 03:22:16,757 SOME OF THEM NEED MORE 5993 03:22:16,757 --> 03:22:19,927 SCRUBBING. UM, SOME OF THEM SEEM 5994 03:22:19,927 --> 03:22:20,828 LIKE THEY COULD BE ONGOING 5995 03:22:20,828 --> 03:22:22,263 COSTS. AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU 5996 03:22:22,263 --> 03:22:25,199 SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT. UM, UH, 5997 03:22:25,199 --> 03:22:29,070 HOLD ON. MAYBE A STRATEGIC 5998 03:22:29,070 --> 03:22:29,704 ADVISOR ADVISOR TO OVERSEE THE 5999 03:22:29,704 --> 03:22:32,773 PERMIT PROGRAM, UH, INCREASE 6000 03:22:32,773 --> 03:22:33,307 CONTRACTS WITH CONTRACTED 6001 03:22:33,307 --> 03:22:34,475 OUTREACH PROVIDERS OVER TIME, 6002 03:22:34,475 --> 03:22:36,444 COSTS FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO 6003 03:22:36,444 --> 03:22:38,412 ACCOMPANY PARKING ENFORCEMENT 6004 03:22:38,412 --> 03:22:40,515 OFFICERS, UH, POTENTIAL 6005 03:22:40,515 --> 03:22:42,149 INCREASES TO VEHICLE IMPOUND 6006 03:22:42,149 --> 03:22:42,917 TOWING AND DISPOSAL. UM, AND 6007 03:22:42,917 --> 03:22:44,719 THEN, OF COURSE, AS 6008 03:22:44,719 --> 03:22:45,486 COUNCILMEMBERS ARE CHAIR STRAUSS 6009 03:22:45,486 --> 03:22:47,121 MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, OTHER 6010 03:22:47,121 --> 03:22:49,490 THINGS LIKE ONGOING COSTS FOR A 6011 03:22:49,490 --> 03:22:50,591 NEW RV STORAGE PROGRAM. SO THERE 6012 03:22:50,591 --> 03:22:53,494 IS MORE THAN ENOUGH, I THINK, 6013 03:22:53,494 --> 03:22:54,028 IDENTIFIED COSTS TO FULLY 6014 03:22:54,028 --> 03:22:56,597 UTILIZE THE 3.5 MILLION AND 6015 03:22:56,597 --> 03:22:59,767 PROBABLY A GOOD CHUNK, IF NOT 6016 03:22:59,767 --> 03:23:00,535 ALL, OF THE 5 MILLION OF ONE 6017 03:23:00,535 --> 03:23:02,470 TIME FUNDING, AS WELL AS RELATED 6018 03:23:02,470 --> 03:23:03,704 TO THE PERMIT PROGRAM. BUT NOT 6019 03:23:03,704 --> 03:23:07,308 ALL OF IT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED 6020 03:23:07,308 --> 03:23:09,176 YET, OR WITHIN THE BUDGET OR 6021 03:23:09,176 --> 03:23:10,244 WITHIN THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL 6022 03:23:10,244 --> 03:23:12,180 THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY 6023 03:23:12,180 --> 03:23:14,015 COMMITTEE PASSED IN SEPTEMBER. 6024 03:23:14,015 --> 03:23:15,583 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEN. AND I 6025 03:23:15,583 --> 03:23:16,784 REALIZE THAT ACTUALLY, I SHOULD 6026 03:23:16,784 --> 03:23:17,852 HAVE REFINED MY QUESTION, 6027 03:23:17,852 --> 03:23:20,721 ALTHOUGH THAT WAS A NO I'M THAT 6028 03:23:20,721 --> 03:23:22,356 WAS A GREAT SUMMARY. AND I 6029 03:23:22,356 --> 03:23:25,626 BELIEVE WHAT YOU JUST PROVIDED 6030 03:23:25,626 --> 03:23:28,396 WAS THE SPENDING PLAN IN THE 6031 03:23:28,396 --> 03:23:30,398 APPROPRIATIONS BILL THAT PASSED 6032 03:23:30,398 --> 03:23:31,566 OUT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT FULL 6033 03:23:31,566 --> 03:23:34,535 COUNCIL IS GOING TO CONSIDER 6034 03:23:34,535 --> 03:23:35,836 NEXT WEEK. IS THAT CORRECT? 6035 03:23:35,836 --> 03:23:36,837 >> NO. AND I THANK YOU FOR 6036 03:23:36,837 --> 03:23:38,839 ASKING THAT CLARIFYING QUESTION, 6037 03:23:38,839 --> 03:23:40,575 BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHAT IS IN 6038 03:23:40,575 --> 03:23:42,510 THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL IS THE 6039 03:23:42,510 --> 03:23:45,313 SEVEN NEW, UM, OUTREACH 6040 03:23:45,313 --> 03:23:47,582 POSITIONS AND THE ONE NEW PERMIT 6041 03:23:47,582 --> 03:23:48,849 POSITION. UH, AND THEN SOME ONE 6042 03:23:48,849 --> 03:23:51,152 TIME COSTS. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT 6043 03:23:51,152 --> 03:23:55,423 IS ABOUT 100 OR $1.3 MILLION. 6044 03:23:55,423 --> 03:23:57,225 ALL THE OTHER THINGS I TALKED 6045 03:23:57,225 --> 03:23:59,060 ABOUT ARE JUST FLAGGING OTHER 6046 03:23:59,060 --> 03:23:59,594 ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT THE 6047 03:23:59,594 --> 03:24:00,595 EXECUTIVE HAS IDENTIFIED THAT 6048 03:24:00,595 --> 03:24:02,496 WOULD BE RELATED TO IMPLEMENTING 6049 03:24:02,496 --> 03:24:04,198 THIS PROGRAM, BUT THEY ARE NOT 6050 03:24:04,198 --> 03:24:05,533 IN THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL. 6051 03:24:05,533 --> 03:24:07,301 >> I'M GOING TO JUMP IN TO 6052 03:24:07,301 --> 03:24:08,936 CLARIFY. I BELIEVE THAT THAT 6053 03:24:08,936 --> 03:24:11,739 APPROPRIATIONS BILL ALSO FUNDS 6054 03:24:11,739 --> 03:24:13,975 CONTRACTED OUTREACH, EXPANSION, 6055 03:24:13,975 --> 03:24:15,776 STARTUP AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES. 6056 03:24:15,776 --> 03:24:17,011 IS THAT NOT. 6057 03:24:17,011 --> 03:24:18,846 >> IT HAS IT PROVISOS. SO IT 6058 03:24:18,846 --> 03:24:19,914 PROVISOS. THANK YOU FOR 6059 03:24:19,914 --> 03:24:21,682 REMINDING ME OF THAT. UM, YOU 6060 03:24:21,682 --> 03:24:24,051 KNOW, ALL THIS MONEY, THIS 3.5 6061 03:24:24,051 --> 03:24:26,587 MILLION LIVES IN THE ADDRESSING 6062 03:24:26,587 --> 03:24:27,588 HOMELESSNESS CELL IN THE HUMAN 6063 03:24:27,588 --> 03:24:29,090 SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SO IN 6064 03:24:29,090 --> 03:24:31,192 ADDITION TO THOSE ADDING THOSE 6065 03:24:31,192 --> 03:24:31,826 NEW POSITIONS AND APPROPRIATING 6066 03:24:31,826 --> 03:24:37,164 FUNDS, IT ALSO, UM, MODIFIES AND 6067 03:24:37,164 --> 03:24:39,133 THEN IMPOSES A NEW PROVISO ON A 6068 03:24:39,133 --> 03:24:41,736 TOTAL OF $4 MILLION, WHICH DOES 6069 03:24:41,736 --> 03:24:44,739 LIMIT THE USE OF THAT FUNDING TO 6070 03:24:44,739 --> 03:24:47,174 EXPANDING CONTRACTED OUTREACH. 6071 03:24:47,174 --> 03:24:50,344 UM, AND OTHER SERVICES LIKE RV 6072 03:24:50,344 --> 03:24:52,313 STORAGE LOT. UM, OR, YOU KNOW, 6073 03:24:52,313 --> 03:24:54,081 FOR EXAMPLE, AN RV BUYBACK 6074 03:24:54,081 --> 03:24:55,816 PROGRAM. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT 6075 03:24:55,816 --> 03:24:57,885 IS AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL TO 6076 03:24:57,885 --> 03:24:59,587 THE, THAT MODIFIES THE 2026 6077 03:24:59,587 --> 03:25:01,589 BUDGET. SO THOSE PROVISOS WILL 6078 03:25:01,589 --> 03:25:04,091 EXPIRE AT THE END OF 2026. 6079 03:25:04,091 --> 03:25:06,927 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, JEN. 6080 03:25:06,927 --> 03:25:08,195 OKAY, NOW I WANT TO UNDERSTAND. 6081 03:25:08,195 --> 03:25:09,497 SO I JUST AGAIN, SOME OF THIS 6082 03:25:09,497 --> 03:25:10,965 IS, I THINK FOR THE BUDGET, 6083 03:25:10,965 --> 03:25:11,599 OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THIS IS GOING 6084 03:25:11,599 --> 03:25:14,602 TO BE IN COMMITTEE FOR FULL 6085 03:25:14,602 --> 03:25:15,803 COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. CAN YOU JUST 6086 03:25:15,803 --> 03:25:16,604 SPEAK TO ME A LITTLE BIT MORE 6087 03:25:16,604 --> 03:25:21,342 ABOUT THE, THE, THE EXECUTIVE'S 6088 03:25:21,342 --> 03:25:23,577 PROPOSAL FOR THE 3.5 MILLION AS 6089 03:25:23,577 --> 03:25:26,247 IT RELATES TO COST FOR A SAFE 6090 03:25:26,247 --> 03:25:26,447 LOT? 6091 03:25:26,447 --> 03:25:27,548 >> THE EXECUTIVE DOES NOT HAVE 6092 03:25:27,548 --> 03:25:30,317 A. HOW CAN I PUT THIS? THE 6093 03:25:30,317 --> 03:25:31,919 EXECUTIVE HAS PROVIDED A BUDGET 6094 03:25:31,919 --> 03:25:35,122 FOR, UH, VEHICLE RESIDENT PERMIT 6095 03:25:35,122 --> 03:25:35,756 PROGRAM. UM, AND THEY HAVE SAID 6096 03:25:35,756 --> 03:25:36,857 THIS IS WHAT WE THINK IT WOULD 6097 03:25:36,857 --> 03:25:39,427 COST TO FULLY IMPLEMENT IT IN 6098 03:25:39,427 --> 03:25:41,929 THE PROPOSED BUDGET. THE 6099 03:25:41,929 --> 03:25:44,265 EXECUTIVE HAS USED THAT 3.5 6100 03:25:44,265 --> 03:25:49,403 MILLION TO PAY FOR US A NEW SAFE 6101 03:25:49,403 --> 03:25:50,204 LOT. UM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, YOU 6102 03:25:50,204 --> 03:25:52,173 KNOW, THE EXECUTIVE DOES HAVE 6103 03:25:52,173 --> 03:25:54,141 THEY ESTIMATE THE TOTAL COST OF 6104 03:25:54,141 --> 03:25:56,010 IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM. THE 6105 03:25:56,010 --> 03:25:57,011 PERMANENT PROGRAM WOULD BE 10 6106 03:25:57,011 --> 03:25:59,380 MILLION. AND THAT ACTUALLY DOES 6107 03:25:59,380 --> 03:26:00,748 INCLUDE A NEW SAFE LOT. SO THEY 6108 03:26:00,748 --> 03:26:03,517 MIGHT ARGUE THAT THEY'VE 6109 03:26:03,517 --> 03:26:04,985 PROVIDED ONE PIECE OF THE 6110 03:26:04,985 --> 03:26:06,353 PICTURE OF IMPLEMENTING THIS NEW 6111 03:26:06,353 --> 03:26:08,089 PROGRAM, BUT IT DOESN'T LEAVE 6112 03:26:08,089 --> 03:26:12,226 THAT MONEY FREE TO IMPLEMENT THE 6113 03:26:12,226 --> 03:26:13,294 PERMIT PROGRAM DIRECTLY. 6114 03:26:13,294 --> 03:26:14,395 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK ONE 6115 03:26:14,395 --> 03:26:15,262 THING THEN, JEN, I'LL FOLLOW UP 6116 03:26:15,262 --> 03:26:17,631 WITH YOU ABOUT THIS. UM, I'LL 6117 03:26:17,631 --> 03:26:18,632 JUST STATE IT NOW ACTUALLY, 6118 03:26:18,632 --> 03:26:20,468 INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU 6119 03:26:20,468 --> 03:26:21,669 IS JUST TRYING TO GET AND I 6120 03:26:21,669 --> 03:26:22,837 THINK THIS HAS BEEN A QUESTION 6121 03:26:22,837 --> 03:26:25,473 WITH THE, THIS APPROACH IS THE 6122 03:26:25,473 --> 03:26:26,607 DEFINING THE COST. AND I THINK 6123 03:26:26,607 --> 03:26:28,042 THAT'S PART OF IT IN TERMS OF 6124 03:26:28,042 --> 03:26:30,411 THE, UH, THE PROPOSAL THAT 6125 03:26:30,411 --> 03:26:32,780 COUNCIL IS GOING TO CONSIDER 6126 03:26:32,780 --> 03:26:33,681 NEXT WEEK. SO I KNOW THAT IS 6127 03:26:33,681 --> 03:26:35,716 ALREADY THERE, BUT I THINK WHAT 6128 03:26:35,716 --> 03:26:36,951 I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO DIGGING 6129 03:26:36,951 --> 03:26:38,919 INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE IS THAT 6130 03:26:38,919 --> 03:26:40,855 COST AND THEN UNDERSTANDING THE 6131 03:26:40,855 --> 03:26:42,890 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED 6132 03:26:42,890 --> 03:26:43,891 ALLOCATION WITH THE WITH A SAFE 6133 03:26:43,891 --> 03:26:46,360 LOT THAT'S COMING FROM THE 6134 03:26:46,360 --> 03:26:47,461 EXECUTIVE, THAT'S WHERE THINGS 6135 03:26:47,461 --> 03:26:48,963 FEEL A LITTLE, UM, I THINK WE 6136 03:26:48,963 --> 03:26:50,564 COULD, WE COULD TEASE THOSE OUT 6137 03:26:50,564 --> 03:26:52,733 A LITTLE FURTHER. AND I LOOK 6138 03:26:52,733 --> 03:26:53,634 FORWARD TO, TO DOING SO. SO WE 6139 03:26:53,634 --> 03:26:56,203 HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY ON 6140 03:26:56,203 --> 03:26:58,172 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSAL 6141 03:26:58,172 --> 03:27:00,207 THAT WE'LL CONSIDER NEXT 6142 03:27:00,207 --> 03:27:02,076 TUESDAY. AND THEN THE A SAFE LOT 6143 03:27:02,076 --> 03:27:03,344 PROGRAM ONGOING, EITHER WITH OR 6144 03:27:03,344 --> 03:27:04,445 WITHOUT THE PROPOSAL THAT 6145 03:27:04,445 --> 03:27:05,946 COUNCIL IS GOING TO CONSIDER 6146 03:27:05,946 --> 03:27:07,381 NEXT TUESDAY. THANK YOU. 6147 03:27:07,381 --> 03:27:09,049 >> OKAY. 6148 03:27:09,049 --> 03:27:12,052 >> THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FROM 6149 03:27:12,052 --> 03:27:14,155 THE TABLE, COLLEAGUES, THAT 6150 03:27:14,155 --> 03:27:16,257 WRAPS UP THE SECOND STEP IN THE 6151 03:27:16,257 --> 03:27:20,661 COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS. MR. 6152 03:27:20,661 --> 03:27:20,928 WHITSON. 6153 03:27:20,928 --> 03:27:22,396 >> FINISH YOUR SENTENCE AND THEN 6154 03:27:22,396 --> 03:27:24,432 I YEAH. 6155 03:27:24,432 --> 03:27:25,566 >> OKAY. SO THAT CLOSES OUT THE 6156 03:27:25,566 --> 03:27:27,902 SECOND STEP UP NEXT WILL BE 6157 03:27:27,902 --> 03:27:29,203 COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSALS. AND 6158 03:27:29,203 --> 03:27:30,738 THAT COMES IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. 6159 03:27:30,738 --> 03:27:33,441 YOUR PROPOSALS ARE DUE BY MONDAY 6160 03:27:33,441 --> 03:27:36,443 AT NOON. THE PORTAL IS ALREADY 6161 03:27:36,443 --> 03:27:39,213 OPEN TOMORROW MORNING WE WILL 6162 03:27:39,213 --> 03:27:41,415 HAVE THE REVENUE FORECAST. THAT 6163 03:27:41,415 --> 03:27:43,651 IS JUST COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND 6164 03:27:43,651 --> 03:27:44,552 MYSELF HERE IN CHAMBERS WITH THE 6165 03:27:44,552 --> 03:27:45,786 FORECAST COUNCIL. YOU CAN WATCH 6166 03:27:45,786 --> 03:27:47,321 ONLINE. YOU CAN TEXT ME YOUR 6167 03:27:47,321 --> 03:27:49,056 QUESTIONS. UM, WHATEVER YOU 6168 03:27:49,056 --> 03:27:50,224 WANT. BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO 6169 03:27:50,224 --> 03:27:54,295 HAVE AFTERNOON SESSION. UM AND 6170 03:27:54,295 --> 03:27:55,563 THAT'S WHAT I GOT. MR. WHITSON, 6171 03:27:55,563 --> 03:27:56,597 WHAT DID I MISS? 6172 03:27:56,597 --> 03:28:00,134 >> UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE 6173 03:28:00,134 --> 03:28:03,170 THAT, UH, ATTACHED TO TODAY'S 6174 03:28:03,170 --> 03:28:05,573 AGENDA, WE'VE DROPPED IN, UM, A 6175 03:28:05,573 --> 03:28:08,609 PACKET OF ADDITIONAL, UH, 6176 03:28:08,609 --> 03:28:09,743 OVERVIEW MEMOS FOR ALL OF THE 6177 03:28:09,743 --> 03:28:11,278 OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WE 6178 03:28:11,278 --> 03:28:14,648 HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THIS WEEK. 6179 03:28:14,648 --> 03:28:16,417 THOSE INCLUDE IDENTIFICATION OF 6180 03:28:16,417 --> 03:28:18,219 ANY ONE TIME ADS FROM THE 2026 6181 03:28:18,219 --> 03:28:19,920 BUDGET THAT ARE NOT BEING 6182 03:28:19,920 --> 03:28:22,089 CONTINUED. AND THEY DESCRIBE ALL 6183 03:28:22,089 --> 03:28:22,656 OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF 6184 03:28:22,656 --> 03:28:24,291 BUDGET LEGISLATION. YOU'LL BE 6185 03:28:24,291 --> 03:28:27,828 ASKED TO VOTE ON IN NOVEMBER. 6186 03:28:27,828 --> 03:28:28,929 >> FANTASTIC. ANYTHING ELSE FOR 6187 03:28:28,929 --> 03:28:31,498 THE GOOD OF THE ORDER WITH THAT, 6188 03:28:31,498 --> 03:28:34,301 THAT DOES CONCLUDE TODAY'S 6189 03:28:34,301 --> 03:28:36,237 MEETING. UH, TOMORROW'S MEETING 6190 03:28:36,237 --> 03:28:39,340 IS AT 930. THE ECONOMIC AND 6191 03:28:39,340 --> 03:28:39,940 REVENUE FORECAST COUNCIL, AND 6192 03:28:39,940 --> 03:28:40,608 I'VE ALREADY SAID ALL THIS. SO 6193 03:28:40,608 --> 03:28:42,409 IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS 6194 03:28:42,409 --> 03:28:44,445 BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WE WILL BE 6195 03:28:44,445 --> 03:28:45,846 ADJOURNED. WITH THAT GO, HAWKS. 6196 03:28:45,846 --> 03:28:51,519 WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.