1 00:00:15,882 --> 00:00:17,784 >>> GOOD MORNING, SPECIAL 2 00:00:17,784 --> 00:00:18,418 MEETING OF THE HUMAN SERVICES, 3 00:00:18,418 --> 00:00:19,219 LABOR, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 00:00:19,219 --> 00:00:20,220 COMMITTEE OF THE SEATTLE CITY 5 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:23,757 COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT 6 00:00:23,757 --> 00:00:27,027 IS 9:32 A.M., MAY 29, 2026. I'M 7 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:28,361 COUNCILMEMBER ALEXIS MERCEDES 8 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:29,929 RINCK, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 9 00:00:29,929 --> 00:00:31,231 WILL THE COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE 10 00:00:31,231 --> 00:00:32,399 CALL THE ROLL? 11 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:33,400 >> CHAIR RINCK? HAD 12 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:34,234 >> PRESENT. 13 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:37,270 >> VICE CHAIR FOSTER? 14 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:37,871 >> HERE. 15 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:39,773 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 16 00:00:39,773 --> 00:00:41,107 >> HERE. 17 00:00:41,107 --> 00:00:44,944 >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? 18 00:00:44,944 --> 00:00:46,312 >> PRESENT. 19 00:00:46,312 --> 00:00:46,813 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 20 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:47,213 >> HERE. 21 00:00:47,213 --> 00:00:49,416 >> CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS 22 00:00:49,416 --> 00:00:49,682 PRESENT. 23 00:00:49,682 --> 00:00:51,384 >> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE 24 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:52,085 TO APPROVAL OF TODAY'S AGENDA. 25 00:00:52,085 --> 00:00:56,856 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 26 00:00:56,856 --> 00:00:58,091 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 27 00:00:58,091 --> 00:01:00,460 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 28 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:01,094 ADOPTED. HELLO, EVERYONE. TODAY 29 00:01:01,094 --> 00:01:02,362 IN COMMITTEE, WE'LL HAVE THREE 30 00:01:02,362 --> 00:01:04,297 ITEMS THAT INCLUDE A BRIEFING 31 00:01:04,297 --> 00:01:07,333 AND DISCUSSION VOTE ON THE 32 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:10,703 RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM THE 33 00:01:10,703 --> 00:01:11,337 APPOINTMENT OF DR. SANDRA 34 00:01:11,337 --> 00:01:13,206 VALENCIANO AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC 35 00:01:13,206 --> 00:01:15,708 HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 36 00:01:15,708 --> 00:01:16,476 PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR POSITION 37 00:01:16,476 --> 00:01:17,944 IS UNIQUE IN THAT THEY MUST BE 38 00:01:17,944 --> 00:01:19,379 CONFIRMED BY BOTH THE SEATTLE 39 00:01:19,379 --> 00:01:22,715 CITY COUNCIL AND THE KING COUNTY 40 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:24,584 COUNCIL, AS THEY REPORT TO THE 41 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:26,186 MAYOR AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE. THE 42 00:01:26,186 --> 00:01:26,886 KING COUNTY COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE 43 00:01:26,886 --> 00:01:28,888 OF THE WHOLE VOTED TO CONFIRM 44 00:01:28,888 --> 00:01:29,856 DR. VALENCIANO'S APPOINTMENT 45 00:01:29,856 --> 00:01:31,624 EARLIER THIS WEEK, SO WE'RE 46 00:01:31,624 --> 00:01:33,259 HEADED TOWARDS ALIGNMENT WITH 47 00:01:33,259 --> 00:01:33,793 OUR GOVERNMENT PARTNERS. 48 00:01:33,793 --> 00:01:34,527 ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL HAVE A 49 00:01:34,527 --> 00:01:36,863 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON THE 50 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:38,031 RESOLUTION UPDATING POLICIES FOR 51 00:01:38,031 --> 00:01:39,599 ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING 52 00:01:39,599 --> 00:01:41,835 PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT 53 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:43,203 AREAS, VIAs. WE WILL NOT BE 54 00:01:43,203 --> 00:01:44,437 VOTING ON THIS TODAY. WE WILL 55 00:01:44,437 --> 00:01:47,907 VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION AT THE 56 00:01:47,907 --> 00:01:49,409 NEXT MEETING. THEY'VE BEEN AWAY 57 00:01:49,409 --> 00:01:52,345 FOR OUR CITY SMALL BUSINESSES TO 58 00:01:52,345 --> 00:01:53,713 RECEIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, 59 00:01:53,713 --> 00:01:55,048 ADVOCATE, AND BUILD COMMUNITY 60 00:01:55,048 --> 00:01:55,648 THROUGHOUT NEIGHBORHOODS. OED 61 00:01:55,648 --> 00:01:57,350 WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR 62 00:01:57,350 --> 00:01:58,418 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, WORKING 63 00:01:58,418 --> 00:01:59,352 WITH DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, AND 64 00:01:59,352 --> 00:02:01,588 CITY STAFF, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE 65 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:03,523 FEEDBACK, AND WAYS TO MAKE THE 66 00:02:03,523 --> 00:02:04,557 CITY WIDE POLICIES MORE CLEAR. 67 00:02:04,557 --> 00:02:07,393 MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING IN 68 00:02:07,393 --> 00:02:08,661 CONJUNCTION WITH THE OED TEAM, 69 00:02:08,661 --> 00:02:09,996 WHO ARE REALLY EXCITED TO 70 00:02:09,996 --> 00:02:11,064 PRESENT ON THESE CHANGES IN 71 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:13,766 ORDER TO PROVIDE CLARITY FOR OUR 72 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:16,970 LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. I ALSO 73 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:17,837 WANT TO THANK THERESA, ISAAC, 74 00:02:17,837 --> 00:02:20,340 CASEY, AND THE REST OF THE OED 75 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:21,741 TEAM AS WELL, AS JASMINE MARWAHA 76 00:02:21,741 --> 00:02:23,376 AND KENNY ON MY TEAM, FOR ALL 77 00:02:23,376 --> 00:02:25,879 THEIR WORK ON THIS, AND THEIR 78 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:27,514 CONTINUOUS EFFORTS SUPPORTING 79 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:28,147 OUR CITY'S SMALL BUSINESSES. 80 00:02:28,147 --> 00:02:30,049 THEN WE WILL HAVE A BRIEFING AND 81 00:02:30,049 --> 00:02:31,317 DISCUSSION FROM OUR PARTNERS AT 82 00:02:31,317 --> 00:02:32,519 KING COUNTY, REGARDING THE 83 00:02:32,519 --> 00:02:35,555 STATUS OF THE CRISIS CARE LEVY 84 00:02:35,555 --> 00:02:37,457 IMPLEMENTATION. AS A REMINDER, 85 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:39,359 THE VOTERS ACROSS KING COUNTY 86 00:02:39,359 --> 00:02:41,928 APPROVED THIS LEVY IN 2023 TO 87 00:02:41,928 --> 00:02:43,796 ADDRESS OUR REGION'S GROWING 88 00:02:43,796 --> 00:02:44,797 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS. I 89 00:02:44,797 --> 00:02:46,299 UNDERSTAND THE FIRST CRISIS CARE 90 00:02:46,299 --> 00:02:47,867 CENTER HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY 91 00:02:47,867 --> 00:02:49,068 OPERATING IN KIRKLAND FOR SOME 92 00:02:49,068 --> 00:02:50,803 TIME NOW, SO I AM PERSONALLY 93 00:02:50,803 --> 00:02:52,405 EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT 94 00:02:52,405 --> 00:02:53,940 WILL BE COMING ONLINE IN SEATTLE 95 00:02:53,940 --> 00:02:55,808 THIS YEAR, LATER THIS YEAR, WITH 96 00:02:55,808 --> 00:02:57,477 THE CAPITAL HILL FIRST HILL AREA 97 00:02:57,477 --> 00:02:59,846 CRISIS CARE CENTER. SO THANK YOU 98 00:02:59,846 --> 00:03:02,282 TO OUR COUNTY PARTNERS AT DCHS 99 00:03:02,282 --> 00:03:05,018 FOR PROVIDING THIS UPDATE TO 100 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:05,685 THIS COMMITTEE TODAY. WITH THAT, 101 00:03:05,685 --> 00:03:09,022 WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID 102 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:09,689 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 103 00:03:09,689 --> 00:03:11,157 COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 104 00:03:11,157 --> 00:03:12,759 ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE 105 00:03:12,759 --> 00:03:13,660 PER VIEW OF THE COMMITTEE. 106 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:14,627 CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 107 00:03:14,627 --> 00:03:15,662 SIGNED UP FOR TODAY? 108 00:03:15,662 --> 00:03:17,397 >> CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE 109 00:03:17,397 --> 00:03:21,000 IN-PERSON SPEAKER AND ONE REMOTE 110 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:21,267 SPEAKER. 111 00:03:21,267 --> 00:03:23,937 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. EACH 112 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:24,704 SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. 113 00:03:24,704 --> 00:03:27,106 WE WILL START WITH IN-PERSON 114 00:03:27,106 --> 00:03:28,141 SPEAKERS FIRST. CLERK, CAN YOU 115 00:03:28,141 --> 00:03:29,776 PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 116 00:03:29,776 --> 00:03:30,109 INSTRUCTIONS? 117 00:03:30,109 --> 00:03:31,110 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 118 00:03:31,110 --> 00:03:32,845 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 119 00:03:32,845 --> 00:03:33,446 FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC 120 00:03:33,446 --> 00:03:35,281 COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 60 121 00:03:35,281 --> 00:03:36,382 MINUTES. SPEAKER WILLS BE CALLED 122 00:03:36,382 --> 00:03:39,052 IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY'RE 123 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:39,719 REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL 124 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:40,954 ALTERNATE BETWEEN SETS OF 125 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:41,854 IN-PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS 126 00:03:41,854 --> 00:03:43,523 UNTIL THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 127 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:44,223 HAS ENDED. PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING 128 00:03:44,223 --> 00:03:46,459 BY STATING YOUR NAME AND THE 129 00:03:46,459 --> 00:03:47,160 ITEM YOU ARE ADDRESSING. 130 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,261 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 131 00:03:48,261 --> 00:03:49,896 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT ON THEIR 132 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:51,898 TIME. SPEAKER MICS WILL BE MUTED 133 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:54,434 IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR 134 00:03:54,434 --> 00:03:55,068 COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED 135 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:56,970 TIME TO CALL ON THE NEXT 136 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:57,604 SPEAKER. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 137 00:03:57,604 --> 00:03:58,638 IS NOW OPEN, AND WE'LL BEGIN 138 00:03:58,638 --> 00:03:59,706 WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE 139 00:03:59,706 --> 00:03:59,906 LIST. 140 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:03,676 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR FIRST 141 00:04:03,676 --> 00:04:05,044 IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS AARON 142 00:04:05,044 --> 00:04:05,311 GOODMAN. 143 00:04:05,311 --> 00:04:06,079 >> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, 144 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:07,614 MY NAME IS ERIN GOODMAN, AND 145 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:11,384 I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 146 00:04:11,384 --> 00:04:12,118 THE SODO BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT 147 00:04:12,118 --> 00:04:13,219 AREA. I'M HERE TO PROVIDE SOME 148 00:04:13,219 --> 00:04:15,922 CONTEXT AND SUPPORT FOR THE 149 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:19,092 OED'S PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE 150 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:19,659 CITY WIDE POLICIES. THESE 151 00:04:19,659 --> 00:04:22,095 UPDATES ARE THE RESULTS OF YEARS 152 00:04:22,095 --> 00:04:22,996 OF DISCUSSION BETWEEN BIA 153 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:25,264 LEADERS AND CITY STAFF, 154 00:04:25,264 --> 00:04:26,266 INCLUDING AN INTENSIVE REVIEW 155 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:28,601 PROCESS OVER THE PAST YEAR. THE 156 00:04:28,601 --> 00:04:30,603 GOAL WAS TO ENSURE 157 00:04:30,603 --> 00:04:31,838 ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, 158 00:04:31,838 --> 00:04:33,339 WHILE ALSO SIMPLIFYING WHAT CAN 159 00:04:33,339 --> 00:04:37,010 BE A CUMBERSOME AND COMPLEX 160 00:04:37,010 --> 00:04:38,077 PROCESS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND 161 00:04:38,077 --> 00:04:39,979 BUSINESS DISTRICTS, SEEKING TO 162 00:04:39,979 --> 00:04:40,780 BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY THROUGH 163 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:44,751 FORMATION OR REMOVAL OF THE BIA. 164 00:04:44,751 --> 00:04:46,185 SEATTLE'S BIAs ARE INCREDIBLY 165 00:04:46,185 --> 00:04:48,821 DIVERSE. WE EACH OPERATE UNDER 166 00:04:48,821 --> 00:04:49,989 DIFFERENT ORDINANCES, ASSESSMENT 167 00:04:49,989 --> 00:04:50,690 STRUCTURES, AND WORK PLANS, 168 00:04:50,690 --> 00:04:52,892 DESIGNED TO MEET THE UNIQUE 169 00:04:52,892 --> 00:04:55,995 NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICTS. THIS IS 170 00:04:55,995 --> 00:04:57,330 WHAT MAKES BIAs SO SPECIAL. 171 00:04:57,330 --> 00:05:00,733 BECAUSE OF THIS, UPDATING THESE 172 00:05:00,733 --> 00:05:01,901 POLICIES REQUIRE NUANCE TO 173 00:05:01,901 --> 00:05:05,538 ENSURE THAT THE CHANGES WOULD 174 00:05:05,538 --> 00:05:07,740 SUPPORT ALL DISTRICTS WITHOUT 175 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:08,374 CREATING UNINTENDED BARRIERS. 176 00:05:08,374 --> 00:05:11,544 AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THESE 177 00:05:11,544 --> 00:05:13,646 CONVERSATIONS WERE THOROUGH AND 178 00:05:13,646 --> 00:05:15,548 AT TIMES SPIRITED. BUT THAT 179 00:05:15,548 --> 00:05:17,183 COLLABORATION MADE THE FINAL 180 00:05:17,183 --> 00:05:18,618 PRODUCT STRONGER. THE RESULT IS 181 00:05:18,618 --> 00:05:21,454 A POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT IS 182 00:05:21,454 --> 00:05:23,823 EASIER TO UNDERSTAND, EASIER TO 183 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:27,026 NAVIGATE, AND BETTER ALIGNED 184 00:05:27,026 --> 00:05:32,498 WITH HOW BIAs ACTUALLY OPERATE. 185 00:05:32,498 --> 00:05:34,867 THE PROPOSED CHANGES REDUCE 186 00:05:34,867 --> 00:05:37,170 UNNECESSARY PROCEDURAL BURDENS 187 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:38,104 AND MINOR MODIFICATION, WHILE 188 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:40,473 PRESERVING APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT 189 00:05:40,473 --> 00:05:41,741 AND RATE PAYER INPUT. THESE 190 00:05:41,741 --> 00:05:42,809 UPDATES ALSO BENEFIT 191 00:05:42,809 --> 00:05:43,643 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE 192 00:05:43,643 --> 00:05:47,447 CONSIDERING FORMING A BIA IN THE 193 00:05:47,447 --> 00:05:49,048 FUTURE. BY CLARIFYING 194 00:05:49,048 --> 00:05:49,682 REQUIREMENTS AND STREAMLINING 195 00:05:49,682 --> 00:05:51,451 PROCESSES, THE CITY IS MAKING IT 196 00:05:51,451 --> 00:05:54,020 EASIER FOR COMMUNITIES TO BUILD 197 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:55,788 LOCAL CAPACITY AND INVEST IN 198 00:05:55,788 --> 00:05:57,790 THEIR DISTRICTS. I WANT TO THANK 199 00:05:57,790 --> 00:06:00,393 OED STAFF AND MY FELLOW BIA 200 00:06:00,393 --> 00:06:02,528 LEADERS FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP 201 00:06:02,528 --> 00:06:03,463 THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, AND 202 00:06:03,463 --> 00:06:10,603 ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE TO 203 00:06:10,603 --> 00:06:14,707 SUPPORT THESE UPDATES. THANK 204 00:06:14,707 --> 00:06:14,907 YOU. 205 00:06:14,907 --> 00:06:16,709 >> THANK YOU, ERIN. THAT WAS OUR 206 00:06:16,709 --> 00:06:17,877 FINAL IN-PERSON SPEAKER, SO NOW 207 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:20,146 WE'LL BE MOVING TO OUR ONLINE 208 00:06:20,146 --> 00:06:23,983 SPEAKERS. CLERK, WHO DO WE HAVE 209 00:06:23,983 --> 00:06:24,350 ONLINE FOR US? 210 00:06:24,350 --> 00:06:24,751 >> DAVID HAINES. 211 00:06:24,751 --> 00:06:27,387 >> ALL RIGHT, OUR FIRST REMOTE 212 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:28,521 SPEAKER IS DAVID HAINES. DAVID, 213 00:06:28,521 --> 00:06:29,956 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX WHEN YOU 214 00:06:29,956 --> 00:06:33,593 HEAR THE PROMPT. YOU HAVE BEEN 215 00:06:33,593 --> 00:06:37,663 UNMUTED. 216 00:06:37,663 --> 00:06:41,100 >> HI, THANK YOU, DAVID HAINES. 217 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:44,871 IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE NEVER GOT 218 00:06:44,871 --> 00:06:45,505 THE HONEST FORTHRIGHT DILIGENT 219 00:06:45,505 --> 00:06:47,573 OVERSIGHT OF THE HUMAN SERVICES 220 00:06:47,573 --> 00:06:49,408 PROVIDERS. NOW WE HAVE A 221 00:06:49,408 --> 00:06:51,144 PROACTIVE RACIST WHO IS 222 00:06:51,144 --> 00:06:52,545 LITERALLY UNDERMINING PUBLIC 223 00:06:52,545 --> 00:06:54,013 SAFETY BY REACHING OUT BEYOND 224 00:06:54,013 --> 00:06:55,648 THEIR BOUNDS, AND LITERALLY 225 00:06:55,648 --> 00:06:57,416 USING HUMAN SERVICES MONEY TO 226 00:06:57,416 --> 00:07:00,319 PAY CRIMINALS TO RELOCATE IF 227 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:01,220 THEY DON'T RETALIATE. PAYING 228 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:03,022 CRIMINALS FREE RENT IF THEY 229 00:07:03,022 --> 00:07:04,724 DON'T ROB SOMEBODY. AND YOU ALL 230 00:07:04,724 --> 00:07:06,926 ARE ALLOWING IT BECAUSE OF A 231 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:08,594 BUNCH OF RACIST PROTESTERS WHO 232 00:07:08,594 --> 00:07:11,364 SHOW UP AT CITY COUNCIL AND 233 00:07:11,364 --> 00:07:15,034 INTIMIDATE YOU ALL, CAUSING YOU 234 00:07:15,034 --> 00:07:16,803 TO THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. THE 235 00:07:16,803 --> 00:07:17,970 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS 236 00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:19,472 BEEN WEAPONIZED BY RACISTS WHO 237 00:07:19,472 --> 00:07:21,808 HAVE AN AGENDA TO RUN 238 00:07:21,808 --> 00:07:23,509 INTERFERENCE FOR REPEATED 239 00:07:23,509 --> 00:07:25,144 DEFENDERS, CONNECTED TO THE 240 00:07:25,144 --> 00:07:28,581 CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD, WHILE ONLY 241 00:07:28,581 --> 00:07:30,016 PRIORITIZING SELF-DESTRUCTIVE 242 00:07:30,016 --> 00:07:30,550 MORAL PROFITABLE REPEAT 243 00:07:30,550 --> 00:07:33,653 OFFENDERS, IF THEY CLAIM DRUGS 244 00:07:33,653 --> 00:07:35,021 MADE THEM DO IT. THEIR CRISIS 245 00:07:35,021 --> 00:07:37,723 CARE CENTER IS FAILING MISERABLY 246 00:07:37,723 --> 00:07:38,891 TO LITERALLY BREAK THE 247 00:07:38,891 --> 00:07:40,092 ADDICTION, AS OPPOSED TO MAKING 248 00:07:40,092 --> 00:07:42,528 A LOT OF MORE MONEY, ALLOWING 249 00:07:42,528 --> 00:07:44,497 PEOPLE TO REPEAT THEIR FAILURES 250 00:07:44,497 --> 00:07:46,165 BECAUSE THERE'S A FLAW IN THE 251 00:07:46,165 --> 00:07:47,667 SYSTEM. AND YOU ALL ARE 252 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:48,734 PURPOSELY ALLOWING IT BECAUSE 253 00:07:48,734 --> 00:07:50,369 IT'S MORE PROFITABLE FOR YOUR 254 00:07:50,369 --> 00:07:52,805 POLITICAL ALLIES TO GO THROUGH 255 00:07:52,805 --> 00:07:54,841 THE MOTIONS AND CONSTANTLY 256 00:07:54,841 --> 00:07:56,576 GOUGE MEDICAID AS OPPOSED TO 257 00:07:56,576 --> 00:08:00,146 BREAKING THE ADDICTION WITH THE 258 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:01,547 PROPER APPROACH. YOU KNOW WHEN 259 00:08:01,547 --> 00:08:02,682 YOU SEND SOME REPEAT OFFENDER 260 00:08:02,682 --> 00:08:05,852 WHO CAUSED A LOT OF 911 CALLS TO 261 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:08,020 THE CRISIS CARE CENTER, AND THEN 262 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:11,224 THEY GET ALL SPUN OUT ON FREE 263 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:13,226 NARCOTICS. THEY COME OUT TO THE 264 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:15,628 BUS STOP IN KIRKLAND, TRASH THE 265 00:08:15,628 --> 00:08:18,130 PLACE, GET ON THE 255 BUS, 266 00:08:18,130 --> 00:08:19,832 HEADED BACK TO THE U-DISTRICT, 267 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:21,567 AND THEY'RE WIGGING OUT. 268 00:08:21,567 --> 00:08:25,071 THEY'VE GOT THIS EVIL DEMON OF 269 00:08:25,071 --> 00:08:26,873 INTROVERTED FRUSTRATION THAT'S 270 00:08:26,873 --> 00:08:28,207 LASHING OUT IN UNCONTROLLABLE 271 00:08:28,207 --> 00:08:30,910 MANNERS ON THE BUS, SKETCHING 272 00:08:30,910 --> 00:08:32,345 EVERYBODY OUT. BUT YET THEY HAVE 273 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:34,514 NOWHERE TO GO. BUT IF THEY DO GO 274 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:35,548 SOMEWHERE, A CASE MANAGER 275 00:08:35,548 --> 00:08:37,583 HAPPENS TO GET AN I.D. TO MOVE 276 00:08:37,583 --> 00:08:38,417 IT TO MORE PROFITABLE HOUSING. 277 00:08:38,417 --> 00:08:42,688 IT'S NOT BREAKING THE 278 00:08:42,688 --> 00:08:42,989 ADDICTION. 279 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:45,124 >> ALL RIGHT, THERE ARE NO 280 00:08:45,124 --> 00:08:45,791 ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 281 00:08:45,791 --> 00:08:49,996 WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR 282 00:08:49,996 --> 00:08:51,831 ITEM S OF BUSINESS. WILL THE 283 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:58,137 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO 284 00:08:58,137 --> 00:08:59,305 THE RECORD? 285 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:02,942 >> ITEM ONE, APPOINTMENT 03497, 286 00:09:02,942 --> 00:09:03,776 APPOINTMENT OF SANDRA 287 00:09:03,776 --> 00:09:04,777 VALENCIANO, AS DIRECTOR OF 288 00:09:04,777 --> 00:09:08,481 PUBLIC HEALTH, SEATTLE AND KING 289 00:09:08,481 --> 00:09:09,715 COUNTY. BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, 290 00:09:09,715 --> 00:09:10,149 AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 291 00:09:10,149 --> 00:09:11,284 >> WELCOME. IF YOU CAN TAKE A 292 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:12,818 MOMENT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR 293 00:09:12,818 --> 00:09:14,420 THE RECORD, AND THEN PLEASE 294 00:09:14,420 --> 00:09:14,687 PROCEED? 295 00:09:14,687 --> 00:09:16,155 >> SURE, FOR THE RECORD, MARK 296 00:09:16,155 --> 00:09:21,894 SOLOMON MARX, I'M THE DEPUTY 297 00:09:21,894 --> 00:09:22,962 DIRECTOR FOR MAYOR WILSON'S 298 00:09:22,962 --> 00:09:23,195 OFFICE. 299 00:09:23,195 --> 00:09:24,964 >> GOOD MORNING, DR. SANDRA 300 00:09:24,964 --> 00:09:26,432 VALENCIANO, HEALTH OFFICER AND 301 00:09:26,432 --> 00:09:27,400 ACTING DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC 302 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,469 HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 303 00:09:30,469 --> 00:09:33,873 >> GREAT, GOOD MORNING. WELL, 304 00:09:33,873 --> 00:09:36,242 I'M WITH YOU AGAIN, INTRODUCING 305 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:38,544 ANOTHER STUPENDOUS PERSON FOR 306 00:09:38,544 --> 00:09:40,313 SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE 307 00:09:40,313 --> 00:09:41,814 COUNTY AND IN THE CITY. AND 308 00:09:41,814 --> 00:09:44,050 TODAY, WE HAVE DR. SANDRA 309 00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:45,284 VALENCIANO WHO IS THE NOMINEE TO 310 00:09:45,284 --> 00:09:48,220 SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC 311 00:09:48,220 --> 00:09:49,956 HEALTH. I CAN SAFELY SAY SHE, 312 00:09:49,956 --> 00:09:51,657 AMONG THE CANDIDATES WE HAVE 313 00:09:51,657 --> 00:09:53,726 TALKED TO YOU ABOUT. SHE IS 314 00:09:53,726 --> 00:09:55,328 CLEARLY HIGHLY QUALIFIED AMONG 315 00:09:55,328 --> 00:09:56,329 THE MOST QUALIFIED, AND I'M 316 00:09:56,329 --> 00:09:57,630 SURE YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY 317 00:09:57,630 --> 00:10:01,400 TO LOOK THROUGH HER MATERIALS 318 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,403 THAT SHE PROVIDED. SO DR. 319 00:10:04,403 --> 00:10:05,871 VALENCIANO JOINS SEATTLE AND 320 00:10:05,871 --> 00:10:07,239 KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH WITH A 321 00:10:07,239 --> 00:10:09,008 STRONG RECORD IN PUBLIC SERVICE, 322 00:10:09,008 --> 00:10:10,876 PUBLIC LEADERSHIP, AND A DEEP 323 00:10:10,876 --> 00:10:11,744 COMMITMENT TO EQUITY. HER 324 00:10:11,744 --> 00:10:13,713 QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE LEADING 325 00:10:13,713 --> 00:10:15,648 THE DEKALB COUNTY HEALTH 326 00:10:15,648 --> 00:10:16,282 DEPARTMENT AT THE FOURTH MOST 327 00:10:16,282 --> 00:10:17,950 POPULOUS COUNTY IN GEORGIA, AND 328 00:10:17,950 --> 00:10:18,818 DEMONSTRATES THE READINESS TO 329 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:22,288 GUIDE A LARGE COMPLEX PUBLIC 330 00:10:22,288 --> 00:10:24,924 HEALTH TEAM. I'LL QUICKLY GO 331 00:10:24,924 --> 00:10:26,826 OVER DR. VALENCIANO'S EDUCATION 332 00:10:26,826 --> 00:10:28,194 AND EXPERIENCE. SHE HOLDS A 333 00:10:28,194 --> 00:10:29,895 BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN COMMUNITY 334 00:10:29,895 --> 00:10:30,963 HEALTH FROM BROWN UNIVERSITY. A 335 00:10:30,963 --> 00:10:32,999 MASTER'S IN PUBLIC HEALTH FROM 336 00:10:32,999 --> 00:10:36,535 TULANE, AND AN M.D. FROM BOSTON 337 00:10:36,535 --> 00:10:37,403 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 338 00:10:37,403 --> 00:10:41,974 SHE ALSO SERVED AND COMPLETED A 339 00:10:41,974 --> 00:10:43,342 CDC FELLOWSHIP, FOCUSED ON 340 00:10:43,342 --> 00:10:45,244 EPIDEMIC INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, 341 00:10:45,244 --> 00:10:46,045 BOTH WORKING NATIONALLY, 342 00:10:46,045 --> 00:10:47,513 INTERNATIONALLY WITH A ROLE IN 343 00:10:47,513 --> 00:10:50,916 THE CDC. PRIOR TO COMING TO THE 344 00:10:50,916 --> 00:10:52,985 CITY OF SEATTLE, SHE SERVED, AS 345 00:10:52,985 --> 00:10:55,354 I SAID EARLIER, DIRECTOR OF 346 00:10:55,354 --> 00:10:56,188 DEKALB PUBLIC HEALTH, SERVING 347 00:10:56,188 --> 00:10:58,524 RESIDENTS IN GEORGIA, AND 348 00:10:58,524 --> 00:11:00,026 MANAGING A $52 MILLION BUDGET. 349 00:11:00,026 --> 00:11:01,527 SHE ALSO, WHILE THERE SERVED AS 350 00:11:01,527 --> 00:11:04,330 THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORT AS 351 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:07,133 THE INCIDENT COMMANDER FOR 352 00:11:07,133 --> 00:11:10,102 COVID-19, LEADING TESTING, 353 00:11:10,102 --> 00:11:10,703 VACCINATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, 354 00:11:10,703 --> 00:11:11,303 AND OPERATIONAL COORDINATION. 355 00:11:11,303 --> 00:11:16,909 AND SHE IS ALSO WORKED AS THE -- 356 00:11:16,909 --> 00:11:19,145 EXCUSE ME, STRATEGIC PLANNING 357 00:11:19,145 --> 00:11:20,613 EFFORTS, DEVELOPING 358 00:11:20,613 --> 00:11:22,014 MULTI-STRATEGIC PLANS, 359 00:11:22,014 --> 00:11:22,682 STRENGTHENING WORKFORCE 360 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:24,750 CAPACITY, IMPROVE SERVICE 361 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:25,651 DELIVERY, AND ADVANCED 362 00:11:25,651 --> 00:11:26,752 MEASURABLE HEALTH OUTCOMES. I 363 00:11:26,752 --> 00:11:28,187 ALSO WANT TO DIRECT YOU, IF YOU 364 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:31,590 HAD A MOMENT, TO TAKE A LOOK AT 365 00:11:31,590 --> 00:11:32,558 DR. VALENCIANO'S EXTENSIVE 366 00:11:32,558 --> 00:11:35,461 RESUME, WHICH GOES ON TO 13 367 00:11:35,461 --> 00:11:36,462 PAGES. IT IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. I 368 00:11:36,462 --> 00:11:37,830 WAS READING THROUGH IT THIS 369 00:11:37,830 --> 00:11:40,366 MORNING, AND I CAME ACROSS UNDER 370 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:42,968 THE PUBLICATION SECTION, THE 371 00:11:42,968 --> 00:11:43,669 FOLLOWING PUBLICATION FROM 2021. 372 00:11:43,669 --> 00:11:52,044 AND IT WAS THE AFFECTS OF A 373 00:11:52,044 --> 00:11:53,379 VACCINE ON PNEUMONIA, NASAL 374 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:54,413 CARRIED AMONG CHILDREN LESS THAN 375 00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:58,784 FIVE YEARS OLD AND THREE YEARS 376 00:11:58,784 --> 00:11:59,518 POST COVID OR POST INTRODUCTION. 377 00:11:59,518 --> 00:12:03,289 I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE NO IDEA 378 00:12:03,289 --> 00:12:06,492 WHAT THAT MEANS. OTHER THAN IN A 379 00:12:06,492 --> 00:12:08,160 TIME WHEN SCIENCE IS BEING 380 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,229 QUESTIONED, WHEN THE VALIDITY OF 381 00:12:10,229 --> 00:12:11,997 CARRYING FOR OTHERS, BOTH 382 00:12:11,997 --> 00:12:13,599 NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY 383 00:12:13,599 --> 00:12:14,800 IS UNDER ATTACK EVERY DAY. I 384 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,569 THINK WHAT IT SAYS TO ME, SHE IS 385 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,604 THE RIGHT PERSON TO LEAD OUR 386 00:12:18,604 --> 00:12:19,472 PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND 387 00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:21,307 CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE HEALTH OF 388 00:12:21,307 --> 00:12:23,509 OUR COMMUNITY AND OF THE 389 00:12:23,509 --> 00:12:25,010 INDIVIDUALS. AND SO WITH THAT, 390 00:12:25,010 --> 00:12:27,546 REALLY, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO 391 00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:29,281 TURN IT OVER TO DR. VALENCIANO 392 00:12:29,281 --> 00:12:33,886 TO SHARE HER OWN EXPERIENCE AND 393 00:12:33,886 --> 00:12:36,522 QUALIFICATIONS. THANK YOU VERY 394 00:12:36,522 --> 00:12:36,722 MUCH. 395 00:12:36,722 --> 00:12:38,057 >> THANK YOU, MARK. GOOD 396 00:12:38,057 --> 00:12:39,992 MORNING, CHAIR RINCK AND MEMBERS 397 00:12:39,992 --> 00:12:40,960 OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR 398 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,096 THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE 399 00:12:44,096 --> 00:12:46,699 TODAY. IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO 400 00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:48,701 BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ROLE AS 401 00:12:48,701 --> 00:12:50,169 DIRECTOR IN SEATTLE AND KING 402 00:12:50,169 --> 00:12:51,470 COUNTY. PUBLIC SERVICE HAS BEEN 403 00:12:51,470 --> 00:12:52,772 DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME. I GREW UP 404 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:55,808 IN A LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD WITH 405 00:12:55,808 --> 00:12:56,642 LIMITED ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. I 406 00:12:56,642 --> 00:12:59,345 WAS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE 407 00:12:59,345 --> 00:13:01,313 STUDENT, WHO EXPERIENCED 408 00:13:01,313 --> 00:13:04,450 FIRSTHAND HOW INEQUITIES IN 409 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:05,117 EDUCATION, HOUSING, ECONOMIC 410 00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:05,951 OPPORTUNITIES, AND HEALTHCARE 411 00:13:05,951 --> 00:13:09,021 CAN SHAPE THE TRAJECTORY OF 412 00:13:09,021 --> 00:13:10,556 PEOPLES LIVES. THOSE EARLY 413 00:13:10,556 --> 00:13:11,457 EXPERIENCES TAUGHT ME THAT 414 00:13:11,457 --> 00:13:13,793 HEALTH IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN 415 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:15,094 MEDICINE. IT IS ABOUT THE 416 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:17,463 CONDITIONS, IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE 417 00:13:17,463 --> 00:13:20,132 BORN, GROW, LIVE, WORK, AND AGE. 418 00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:20,799 THAT UNDERSTANDING ULTIMATELY 419 00:13:20,799 --> 00:13:23,736 LED ME TO PURSUE A CAREER, WHERE 420 00:13:23,736 --> 00:13:26,172 I COULD COMBINE CLINICAL 421 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:28,174 MEDICINES, SCIENCE, AND SYSTEMS 422 00:13:28,174 --> 00:13:28,841 LEADERSHIP IN SERVICE OF 423 00:13:28,841 --> 00:13:30,543 COMMUNITIES. OVER THE COURSE OF 424 00:13:30,543 --> 00:13:31,944 MY CAREER, I HAVE HAD THE 425 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:36,215 PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS A 426 00:13:36,215 --> 00:13:36,949 PHYSICIAN, INTELLIGENCE SERVICE 427 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:37,750 OFFICER, PUBLIC HEALTH LEADER, 428 00:13:37,750 --> 00:13:39,418 AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF 429 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:41,987 THE LARGE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY 430 00:13:41,987 --> 00:13:43,822 IN DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, WHERE 431 00:13:43,822 --> 00:13:45,257 MARK MENTIONED, I OVERSAW ALL 432 00:13:45,257 --> 00:13:47,560 THE OPERATIONS OF THE HEALTH 433 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:49,662 DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING OUR 434 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:51,564 CLINICAL SERVICES, EMERGENCY 435 00:13:51,564 --> 00:13:52,431 PREPAREDNESS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND 436 00:13:52,431 --> 00:13:53,299 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, 437 00:13:53,299 --> 00:13:55,334 COMMUNICATIONS, POLICY, AND A 438 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:56,202 WORKFORCE RESPONSIBLE FOR 439 00:13:56,202 --> 00:13:58,971 PROTECTING COMMUNITY HEALTH IN 440 00:13:58,971 --> 00:13:59,872 COMPLEX AND RAPIDLY CHANGING 441 00:13:59,872 --> 00:14:01,006 CIRCUMSTANCES. I MUST ADMIT I 442 00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:02,341 WAS A LITTLE BIT CRAZY TO TAKE 443 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:04,877 THAT ROLE IN THE MIDST OF A 444 00:14:04,877 --> 00:14:08,147 GLOBAL PANDEMIC. COLLEAGUES HAVE 445 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:10,115 DESCRIBED MY LEADERSHIP AS 446 00:14:10,115 --> 00:14:11,317 PRAGMATIC, ADAPTABLE, AND HANDS 447 00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:14,053 ON. I BELIEVE IN LEADING WITH 448 00:14:14,053 --> 00:14:15,921 SCIENCE, ACTING WITH INTEGRITY, 449 00:14:15,921 --> 00:14:17,022 MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS WHEN 450 00:14:17,022 --> 00:14:18,257 NEEDED, AND BUILDING STRONG 451 00:14:18,257 --> 00:14:21,193 TEAMS THAT CAN DELIVER 452 00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:22,127 MEANINGFUL PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT. 453 00:14:22,127 --> 00:14:24,463 WHAT EXCITES ME MOST ABOUT THIS 454 00:14:24,463 --> 00:14:25,431 OPPORTUNITY IS THAT PUBLIC 455 00:14:25,431 --> 00:14:26,398 HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY 456 00:14:26,398 --> 00:14:29,335 IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING 457 00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:32,171 PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WITH A 458 00:14:32,171 --> 00:14:34,206 LONG HISTORY OF INNOVATION, 459 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:36,075 EQUITY CENTERED WORK, AND 460 00:14:36,075 --> 00:14:36,909 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. MY VISION 461 00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:40,179 IS TO BUILD ON THAT STRONG 462 00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:42,581 FOUNDATION, AND ENSURE PUBLIC 463 00:14:42,581 --> 00:14:44,350 HEALTH REMAINS TRUSTED, MODERN, 464 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:46,919 AND RESPONSIVE IN A CHANGING 465 00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:47,853 WORLD, ESPECIALLY AMONG WHAT'S 466 00:14:47,853 --> 00:14:50,055 HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY AT THE 467 00:14:50,055 --> 00:14:51,890 FEDERAL LEVEL. OVER THE NEXT 468 00:14:51,890 --> 00:14:53,092 SEVERAL YEARS, I BELIEVE OUR 469 00:14:53,092 --> 00:14:56,395 WORK MUST FOCUS ON A FEW 470 00:14:56,395 --> 00:14:57,229 CRITICAL PRIORITIES. FIRST, WE 471 00:14:57,229 --> 00:14:59,331 MUST CONTINUE TO CENTER HEALTH 472 00:14:59,331 --> 00:15:03,636 EQUITY AND ANTI-RACISM IN OUR 473 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:04,770 POLICIES, INVESTMENTS, AND 474 00:15:04,770 --> 00:15:06,205 OUTCOMES, ENSURING COMMUNITIES 475 00:15:06,205 --> 00:15:08,641 THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN LEFT 476 00:15:08,641 --> 00:15:09,275 BEHIND SEE MEASURABLE 477 00:15:09,275 --> 00:15:10,943 IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH AND WELL 478 00:15:10,943 --> 00:15:12,745 BEING. SECOND, WE MUST 479 00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:14,580 STRENGTHEN AND MODERNIZE OUR 480 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:16,115 PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE 481 00:15:16,115 --> 00:15:17,249 FROM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND 482 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:18,450 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TO DATA 483 00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:20,085 SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS, SO 484 00:15:20,085 --> 00:15:22,354 WE ARE READY FOR FUTURE 485 00:15:22,354 --> 00:15:26,025 CHALLENGES. THIRD, WE MUST BE 486 00:15:26,025 --> 00:15:27,026 DISCIPLINED STEWARDS OF PUBLIC 487 00:15:27,026 --> 00:15:28,827 RESOURCES, ENSURING OUR CLINICS, 488 00:15:28,827 --> 00:15:29,828 PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES ARE 489 00:15:29,828 --> 00:15:30,596 SUSTAINABLE, EFFICIENT, AND 490 00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:31,830 DELIVERING THE GREATEST PUBLIC 491 00:15:31,830 --> 00:15:33,465 HEALTH VALUE TO RESIDENTS WHO 492 00:15:33,465 --> 00:15:35,434 DEPEND ON THEM. AT THE HEART OF 493 00:15:35,434 --> 00:15:37,770 MY VISION IS A SIMPLE BELIEF. 494 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:41,006 PUBLIC HEALTH WORKS BEST WHEN IT 495 00:15:41,006 --> 00:15:42,675 IS SCIENCE DRIVEN, COMMUNITY 496 00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:44,143 CENTERED, AND GROUNDED IN TRUST. 497 00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:46,812 MY GOAL WOULD BE TO HELP PUBLIC 498 00:15:46,812 --> 00:15:47,680 HEALTH SEATTLE IN KING COUNTY 499 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,115 CONTINUE TO BE A NATIONAL 500 00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:53,285 LEADER, WHILE ENSURING EVERY 501 00:15:53,285 --> 00:15:54,353 RESIDENT, REGARDLESS OF 502 00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:55,587 BACKGROUND, NEIGHBORHOOD, OR 503 00:15:55,587 --> 00:15:56,555 CIRCUMSTANCE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY 504 00:15:56,555 --> 00:15:59,058 TO LIVE A HEALTHY AND THRIVING 505 00:15:59,058 --> 00:16:00,626 LIFE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE 506 00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:04,964 OPPORTUNITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO 507 00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:05,597 OUR CONVERSATION TODAY. 508 00:16:05,597 --> 00:16:07,032 >> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU, MR. 509 00:16:07,032 --> 00:16:09,969 ELLERBROOK, AND THANK YOU DR. 510 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:12,104 VALENCIANO FOR BEING BEFORE 511 00:16:12,104 --> 00:16:12,805 COMMITTEE TODAY. COLLEAGUES, IF 512 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:14,306 YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO 513 00:16:14,306 --> 00:16:16,108 WORK CLOSELY YET WITH DR. 514 00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:16,842 VALENCIANO, I'LL JUST SPEAK 515 00:16:16,842 --> 00:16:19,745 PERSONALLY AS A BOARD OF HEALTH 516 00:16:19,745 --> 00:16:23,449 MEMBER THIS YEAR, ALONGSIDE VICE 517 00:16:23,449 --> 00:16:24,850 CHAIR FOSTER AND COUNCILMEMBER 518 00:16:24,850 --> 00:16:25,651 JUAREZ. IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE 519 00:16:25,651 --> 00:16:26,919 GETTING TO KNOW YOU, DR. 520 00:16:26,919 --> 00:16:28,187 VALENCIANO, AND SEE YOUR WORK 521 00:16:28,187 --> 00:16:29,221 THROUGH THAT BOARD. I'M REALLY 522 00:16:29,221 --> 00:16:31,623 EXCITED TO BE VOTING ON YOUR 523 00:16:31,623 --> 00:16:32,424 APPOINTMENT HERE ON COMMITTEE 524 00:16:32,424 --> 00:16:33,625 TODAY. COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO 525 00:16:33,625 --> 00:16:35,127 PASSED IT OVER TO YOU FOR WHAT 526 00:16:35,127 --> 00:16:42,668 KIND OF QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE 527 00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:43,268 FOR DR. VALENCIANO? COUNCIL 528 00:16:43,268 --> 00:16:44,203 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? 529 00:16:44,203 --> 00:16:45,404 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR RINCK AND 530 00:16:45,404 --> 00:16:49,575 THANK YOU MR. ELLERBROOK FOR 531 00:16:49,575 --> 00:16:50,709 BEING HERE, AND DR. VALENCIANO 532 00:16:50,709 --> 00:16:51,844 FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. HAD A 533 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:55,948 CHANCE TO MEET AND CONNECT AND 534 00:16:55,948 --> 00:16:59,151 TALK. ONE OF THE THINGS, JUST 535 00:16:59,151 --> 00:17:00,552 REALLY EXCITED FOR YOUR 536 00:17:00,552 --> 00:17:02,821 APPOINTMENT. COULD YOU SHARE ON 537 00:17:02,821 --> 00:17:04,356 THE RECORD, DR. VALENCIANO, JUST 538 00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:07,726 SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WHEN 539 00:17:07,726 --> 00:17:09,395 WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 540 00:17:09,395 --> 00:17:10,863 VISIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY AND 541 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:13,766 WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOU, SO 542 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:15,834 PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT 543 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:17,469 PUBLIC HEALTH IS, WHAT YOU DO 544 00:17:17,469 --> 00:17:20,239 WITH THE PROGRAMS YOU OFFER, AND 545 00:17:20,239 --> 00:17:24,209 JUST BEING MORE VISIBLE TO KING 546 00:17:24,209 --> 00:17:24,777 COUNTY RESIDENTS, SEATTLE 547 00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:30,215 RESIDENTS, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS 548 00:17:30,215 --> 00:17:31,216 LIKE? THANK YOU. 549 00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:32,317 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 550 00:17:32,317 --> 00:17:33,919 SO I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR LESS 551 00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:37,423 THAN A YEAR. I STARTED IN MY 552 00:17:37,423 --> 00:17:38,991 CURRENT ROLE AS HEALTH OFFICER 553 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:40,192 IN AUGUST. DURING MY SHORT TIME 554 00:17:40,192 --> 00:17:41,994 HERE, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 555 00:17:41,994 --> 00:17:44,563 TO ENGAGE WITH A VARIETY OF 556 00:17:44,563 --> 00:17:45,130 STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT OUR 557 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:47,566 COUNTY AND OUTSIDE OF OUR 558 00:17:47,566 --> 00:17:48,967 COUNTY. SO FOR STARTERS, WHEN I 559 00:17:48,967 --> 00:17:50,502 FIRST STARTED, OF COURSE, MY 560 00:17:50,502 --> 00:17:52,771 PRIORITY WAS TO FIRST CONNECT 561 00:17:52,771 --> 00:17:53,872 INTERNALLY WITH OUR LEADERSHIP 562 00:17:53,872 --> 00:17:55,808 TEAM, GET A VERY DEEP 563 00:17:55,808 --> 00:17:57,309 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PUBLIC 564 00:17:57,309 --> 00:17:58,510 HEALTH IS STRUCTURED AT THE 565 00:17:58,510 --> 00:18:01,280 COUNTY, ALL OF THE WORK THAT 566 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:01,980 HAPPENS WITHIN OUR DIFFERENT 567 00:18:01,980 --> 00:18:04,650 DIVISIONS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO 568 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:05,517 MEET WITH DIFFERENT TEAMS. I 569 00:18:05,517 --> 00:18:08,654 WENT OUT ON A RESTAURANT 570 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:11,156 INSPECTION. I DID AN EMS RIDE 571 00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:14,726 ALONG WITH OUR EMS TEAM. I 572 00:18:14,726 --> 00:18:16,762 VISITED OUR JAIL. I VISITED MOST 573 00:18:16,762 --> 00:18:19,331 OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH CLINICS, 574 00:18:19,331 --> 00:18:21,567 AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THE INTERNAL 575 00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:24,503 WORK THAT WE DO, I'VE HAD THE 576 00:18:24,503 --> 00:18:26,238 OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH 577 00:18:26,238 --> 00:18:27,639 WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 578 00:18:27,639 --> 00:18:28,640 LEADERSHIP, MEETING WITH 579 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,043 SECRETARY, AS WELL AS OUR STATE 580 00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:32,377 HEALTH OFFICER AND STATE 581 00:18:32,377 --> 00:18:34,379 EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, MAKING SURE WE 582 00:18:34,379 --> 00:18:35,614 HAVE STRONG CONNECTIONS BETWEEN 583 00:18:35,614 --> 00:18:38,517 LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND STATE 584 00:18:38,517 --> 00:18:40,419 PUBLIC HEALTH. I'VE HAD AN 585 00:18:40,419 --> 00:18:41,753 OPPORTUNITY OF ALSO MEETING WITH 586 00:18:41,753 --> 00:18:44,123 ALL OF THE CEOs AND LEADERSHIP 587 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:46,058 OF OUR LARGE HEALTH SYSTEMS, 588 00:18:46,058 --> 00:18:47,292 INCLUDING HARBORVIEW HOSPITAL, 589 00:18:47,292 --> 00:18:49,928 AND DOING THE TOUR OF 590 00:18:49,928 --> 00:18:51,363 HARBORVIEW. ACADEMIC MEDICINE IS 591 00:18:51,363 --> 00:18:52,764 ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, SO 592 00:18:52,764 --> 00:18:55,868 ACTUALLY RECENTLY IN APRIL, I 593 00:18:55,868 --> 00:18:58,070 RECEIVED MY ADJUNCT FACULTY 594 00:18:58,070 --> 00:18:59,037 POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS 595 00:18:59,037 --> 00:19:00,239 WITHIN THE DIVISION OF JOURNAL 596 00:19:00,239 --> 00:19:01,173 AND INTERNAL MEDICINE AT THE 597 00:19:01,173 --> 00:19:01,907 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, AS 598 00:19:01,907 --> 00:19:05,677 WELL AS IN THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC 599 00:19:05,677 --> 00:19:07,746 HEALTH. I'VE MET WITH LEADERS 600 00:19:07,746 --> 00:19:08,847 FROM THE NORTHWEST HEALTHCARE 601 00:19:08,847 --> 00:19:10,148 RESPONSE NETWORK, THE KING 602 00:19:10,148 --> 00:19:11,550 COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY, I'M A 603 00:19:11,550 --> 00:19:13,085 MEMBER OF THE KING COUNTY 604 00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:16,054 SOCIETY AS WELL AS THE 605 00:19:16,054 --> 00:19:17,155 WASHINGTON STATE MEDICAL 606 00:19:17,155 --> 00:19:17,789 ASSOCIATION. I'VE CONNECTED 607 00:19:17,789 --> 00:19:20,325 WITH OUR WASHINGTON AMERICAN 608 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:20,959 COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS CHAPTER. 609 00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:24,229 I'M A MEMBER OF THE CHAPTER AS 610 00:19:24,229 --> 00:19:25,664 AN INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN. 611 00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:27,466 TRYING TO SEE. LIST IS LONG. OF 612 00:19:27,466 --> 00:19:28,834 COURSE, I TRIED TO MEET WITH AS 613 00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:31,203 MANY OF OUR KING COUNTY COUNCIL 614 00:19:31,203 --> 00:19:35,107 MEMBERS, AS WELL AS SEATTLE 615 00:19:35,107 --> 00:19:35,841 COUNCIL MEMBERS. HAVING BEEN 616 00:19:35,841 --> 00:19:37,342 APPOINTED IN THE ACTING DIRECTOR 617 00:19:37,342 --> 00:19:40,779 ROLE, I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE 618 00:19:40,779 --> 00:19:41,413 MAYOR'S CABINET IN ATTENDING 619 00:19:41,413 --> 00:19:44,550 CABINET MEETINGS, AS WELL AS THE 620 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:45,984 MAYOR'S EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE 621 00:19:45,984 --> 00:19:47,719 BOARD MEETINGS. I'VE TRIED TO 622 00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:50,756 MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHO I 623 00:19:50,756 --> 00:19:52,691 AM, WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH DOES THAT 624 00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:54,459 WE ARE VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 625 00:19:54,459 --> 00:19:58,864 OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION, OF 626 00:19:58,864 --> 00:19:59,598 COURSE, THE COMMUNITY 627 00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:02,401 ENGAGEMENT. I'VE MET WITH OUR 628 00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:03,235 HEALTH EQUITY AND ANTI-RACISM 629 00:20:03,235 --> 00:20:04,536 COMMITTEE ADVISORY GROUP, AS 630 00:20:04,536 --> 00:20:07,205 WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH 631 00:20:07,205 --> 00:20:09,641 IMPROVEMENT PLAN PARTNERS, WHO 632 00:20:09,641 --> 00:20:11,143 ARE WORKING ON OUR CHIP PLAN. 633 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:13,412 AND THEN AS WELL AS ENGAGING 634 00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:16,315 WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN 635 00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:19,084 QUARTERLY UPDATES THAT WE DO. 636 00:20:19,084 --> 00:20:20,786 DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I 637 00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:22,688 ALSO TESTIFIED BEFORE THIS STATE 638 00:20:22,688 --> 00:20:24,656 AND HOUSE TO PROTECT VACCINE 639 00:20:24,656 --> 00:20:26,625 ACCESS FOR THE STATE OF 640 00:20:26,625 --> 00:20:28,961 WASHINGTON. SO JUST A NUMBER OF, 641 00:20:28,961 --> 00:20:31,597 YOU KNOW, ENGAGEMENT ACROSS A 642 00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:33,732 VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR 643 00:20:33,732 --> 00:20:36,602 COMMUNITY BECAUSE PUBLIC HEALTH 644 00:20:36,602 --> 00:20:38,503 DOES NOT WORK IN A VACUUM, 645 00:20:38,503 --> 00:20:39,571 RIGHT? PUBLIC HEALTH WORKS BEST 646 00:20:39,571 --> 00:20:40,906 THROUGH A COLLABORATION WITH A 647 00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:42,407 VARIETY OF OUR PARTNERS, AND 648 00:20:42,407 --> 00:20:44,610 THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, 649 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:46,211 MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW 650 00:20:46,211 --> 00:20:48,113 WHAT WE DO, WHERE WE DO IT, HOW 651 00:20:48,113 --> 00:20:52,017 WE DO IT, AND THEN HOW CAN WE DO 652 00:20:52,017 --> 00:20:53,785 THINGS BETTER? AND ONE OF THE 653 00:20:53,785 --> 00:20:55,554 THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, 654 00:20:55,554 --> 00:20:57,122 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, 655 00:20:57,122 --> 00:20:58,857 IS MY DESIRE TO MAKING SURE I 656 00:20:58,857 --> 00:21:02,661 PRESENT TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF 657 00:21:02,661 --> 00:21:03,662 SEATTLE COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT 658 00:21:03,662 --> 00:21:05,631 YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THE LATEST 659 00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:09,234 DATA IN TERMS OF THE HEALTH OF 660 00:21:09,234 --> 00:21:10,302 KING COUNTY, SPECIFICS ON 661 00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:11,903 PRIORITY ISSUES FOR THE CITY OF 662 00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:14,840 SEATTLE, AS WELL AS A DEEP 663 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:15,607 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PUBLIC 664 00:21:15,607 --> 00:21:16,642 HEALTH DOES BECAUSE THAT'S ONE 665 00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:19,678 OF MY CONCERNS, AND I WANT TO 666 00:21:19,678 --> 00:21:21,013 MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS 667 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:25,417 WHAT THE VARIETY OF SERVICES AND 668 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:26,718 PROGRAMS THAT PUBLIC HEALTH 669 00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:26,985 PROVIDES. 670 00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:29,087 >> AWESOME. IF I MAY, CHAIR, 671 00:21:29,087 --> 00:21:31,923 JUST ONE MORE QUESTION? 672 00:21:31,923 --> 00:21:33,558 >> PLEASE, PROCEED. 673 00:21:33,558 --> 00:21:37,062 >> THANK YOU. IT IS AMAZING, AND 674 00:21:37,062 --> 00:21:39,064 I LOVE IT BECAUSE THAT THE 675 00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:41,767 VISIBILITY MATTERS IN THESE 676 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:43,602 SPACES IN CONNECTING THE DOTS, 677 00:21:43,602 --> 00:21:44,903 AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 678 00:21:44,903 --> 00:21:48,340 THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS 679 00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:51,510 SUPER QUICK. BEEN HERE FOR A 680 00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:53,679 YEAR, AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST 681 00:21:53,679 --> 00:21:56,081 GETTING YOUR FEET SET AND 682 00:21:56,081 --> 00:21:57,382 CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE. BUT HAS 683 00:21:57,382 --> 00:21:58,550 THERE BEEN SOMETHING WHERE 684 00:21:58,550 --> 00:22:00,585 YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, THIS IS A 685 00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:04,856 GROWTH EDGE THAT WE NEED TO 686 00:22:04,856 --> 00:22:06,224 ADDRESS IN OUR SYSTEM? 687 00:22:06,224 --> 00:22:06,858 ESPECIALLY YOU'VE BEEN IN 688 00:22:06,858 --> 00:22:09,194 GEORGIA, YOU'VE BEEN IN 689 00:22:09,194 --> 00:22:11,496 ATLANTA, YOU HAVE ON THE FRONT 690 00:22:11,496 --> 00:22:12,731 LINES OF COVID-19. LIKE YOU'VE 691 00:22:12,731 --> 00:22:15,300 DONE A LOT. IS THERE SOMETHING 692 00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:17,102 YOU'VE SEEN IN SEATTLE AND KING 693 00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:18,403 COUNTY, EXCUSE ME, THAT YOU FEEL 694 00:22:18,403 --> 00:22:20,906 LIKE THERE'S A GROWTH EDGE THAT 695 00:22:20,906 --> 00:22:22,407 WE NEED TO ADDRESS FAIRLY 696 00:22:22,407 --> 00:22:26,144 QUICKLY? TO JUST MAKE IT 697 00:22:26,144 --> 00:22:27,145 FUNCTIONING AND WORK BETTER? 698 00:22:27,145 --> 00:22:30,215 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 699 00:22:30,215 --> 00:22:31,483 ACTUALLY IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ONE 700 00:22:31,483 --> 00:22:33,719 OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICE IN 701 00:22:33,719 --> 00:22:35,687 MY FIRST EARLY MONTHS THAT I WAS 702 00:22:35,687 --> 00:22:37,322 HERE AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, 703 00:22:37,322 --> 00:22:39,257 AFTER MEETING A VARIETY OF 704 00:22:39,257 --> 00:22:41,793 FOLKS. I HAD ASKED ONE OF OUR 705 00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:44,563 STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORKS ON OUR 706 00:22:44,563 --> 00:22:45,464 OPIOID PREVENTION EFFORTS. IS 707 00:22:45,464 --> 00:22:47,032 THERE A TASK FORCE THAT BRINGS 708 00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:50,769 TOGETHER LIKE ALL OF THE FOLKS 709 00:22:50,769 --> 00:22:52,170 WORKING ON OPIOID RELATED WORK, 710 00:22:52,170 --> 00:22:53,305 AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE WORK, AND 711 00:22:53,305 --> 00:22:55,474 ALL THE FOLKS WORKING ON 712 00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:55,974 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH? OUR 713 00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:57,943 HOMELESSNESS EFFORTS IN THE CITY 714 00:22:57,943 --> 00:22:59,578 AND THE COUNTY, ETC.? AND HE 715 00:22:59,578 --> 00:23:02,381 SAID, OH, THAT'S FUNNY. WE USED 716 00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:03,482 TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT 717 00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:06,251 ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. IT WAS THE 718 00:23:06,251 --> 00:23:07,853 OPIOID AND HEROIN ADDICTION TASK 719 00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:09,821 FORCE. WE CAME UP WITH SOME 720 00:23:09,821 --> 00:23:10,522 RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT 721 00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:11,990 LED TO SOME OF THE WORK BEING 722 00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:13,291 DONE HERE. AND I SAID, OH, YOU 723 00:23:13,291 --> 00:23:14,693 KNOW, THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO. IT 724 00:23:14,693 --> 00:23:18,563 MIGHT BE TIME TO BRING SOMETHING 725 00:23:18,563 --> 00:23:19,965 LIKE THAT TOGETHER, RIGHT? AND 726 00:23:19,965 --> 00:23:21,933 THEN EXECUTIVE WAS ELECTED, AND 727 00:23:21,933 --> 00:23:23,635 ONE OF HIS PRIORITIES WAS 728 00:23:23,635 --> 00:23:24,836 BREAKING THE CYCLE WORK GROUP, 729 00:23:24,836 --> 00:23:28,840 WHICH I'M ONE OF THE COCHAIRS 730 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:29,674 OF, ALONG WITH MY COUNTERPART. 731 00:23:29,674 --> 00:23:31,309 AND SO IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE WHEN 732 00:23:31,309 --> 00:23:33,111 HE ASKED US FOR POLICY IDEAS, I 733 00:23:33,111 --> 00:23:34,846 BROUGHT THIS UP, AND HE SAID 734 00:23:34,846 --> 00:23:36,081 FUNNY YOU SAY THAT. I'M GOING 735 00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:39,384 TO BE PUTTING OUT AN EXECUTIVE 736 00:23:39,384 --> 00:23:40,218 ORDER TO PUT EVERYONE TOGETHER. 737 00:23:40,218 --> 00:23:42,988 SO WE ACTUALLY JUST LAUNCHED 738 00:23:42,988 --> 00:23:44,723 THAT THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, AND 739 00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:47,025 BROUGHT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, ROOM 740 00:23:47,025 --> 00:23:50,662 FULL OF, GOSH, OVER 40 DIFFERENT 741 00:23:50,662 --> 00:23:54,633 ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THIS WORK, 742 00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:55,634 SURROUNDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, 743 00:23:55,634 --> 00:23:56,535 SUBSTANCE ABUSE, HOMELESSNESS, 744 00:23:56,535 --> 00:23:59,104 AND IN PART TO MAKE SURE THAT A, 745 00:23:59,104 --> 00:24:00,839 THERE IS RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, 746 00:24:00,839 --> 00:24:03,074 BUT B, THAT WE REALLY WORK 747 00:24:03,074 --> 00:24:05,210 TOGETHER AS OPPOSED TO 748 00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:06,645 SEPARATELY AND IN SILOS, AND 749 00:24:06,645 --> 00:24:09,414 FINDING OUT LIKE WHERE ARE THERE 750 00:24:09,414 --> 00:24:10,982 OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO IMPROVE 751 00:24:10,982 --> 00:24:14,686 WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SEE 752 00:24:14,686 --> 00:24:16,855 MEASURABLE OUTCOMES IN OUR 753 00:24:16,855 --> 00:24:18,290 COMMUNITY? AND ESPECIALLY FOR 754 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:19,691 THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE 755 00:24:19,691 --> 00:24:23,028 MOST AT RISK, WHO HAVE JUST THE 756 00:24:23,028 --> 00:24:24,429 HIGHEST, YOU KNOW, VULNERABILITY 757 00:24:24,429 --> 00:24:25,197 AND MAYBE EXPERIENCING 758 00:24:25,197 --> 00:24:26,665 HOMELESSNESS AS WELL AS 759 00:24:26,665 --> 00:24:27,399 SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER, AS 760 00:24:27,399 --> 00:24:30,101 WELL AS TOUCH POINTS WITH THE 761 00:24:30,101 --> 00:24:30,936 CRIMINAL LEGAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, 762 00:24:30,936 --> 00:24:31,970 RIGHT? AND SO REALLY BRINGING 763 00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:34,606 ALL OF THOSE FOLKS INTO THE SAME 764 00:24:34,606 --> 00:24:35,841 ROOM TO HAVE THESE VERY 765 00:24:35,841 --> 00:24:36,942 IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AND HOW 766 00:24:36,942 --> 00:24:37,642 WE MIGHT ALL WORK TOGETHER. 767 00:24:37,642 --> 00:24:39,077 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 768 00:24:39,077 --> 00:24:41,480 REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME WHEN I 769 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:42,948 FIRST GOT HERE. AND YOU KNOW, 770 00:24:42,948 --> 00:24:45,050 WAS REALLY HOPING TO MAKE SURE 771 00:24:45,050 --> 00:24:47,686 WE COULD MAKE SOME PROGRESS AND 772 00:24:47,686 --> 00:24:49,554 COLLABORATE, SO I'M GLAD THAT 773 00:24:49,554 --> 00:24:51,089 IS KICKING OFF. I WOULD SAY THE 774 00:24:51,089 --> 00:24:53,158 OTHER THING THAT HAS COME UP 775 00:24:53,158 --> 00:24:55,694 LATELY OR AT LEAST SINCE I 776 00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:56,361 STARTED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN 777 00:24:56,361 --> 00:24:58,964 A LOT THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT 778 00:24:58,964 --> 00:25:00,265 THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND I WOULD 779 00:25:00,265 --> 00:25:02,701 SAY KING COUNTY AND WASHINGTON 780 00:25:02,701 --> 00:25:04,336 STATE HAVE HAD TO STEP UP IN 781 00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:08,507 RESPONSE TO A LOT OF ACTIONS 782 00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:10,842 THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WITHOUT 783 00:25:10,842 --> 00:25:12,177 SCIENTIFIC, YOU KNOW, REASONING 784 00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:15,247 OR WRAPAROUND, AND SO THAT HAS 785 00:25:15,247 --> 00:25:17,115 HELPED TO BRING US TOGETHER, SO 786 00:25:17,115 --> 00:25:19,117 THAT ALTHOUGH WE'RE IN A 787 00:25:19,117 --> 00:25:20,385 DECENTRALIZED PUBLIC HEALTH 788 00:25:20,385 --> 00:25:21,887 SYSTEM, THAT KING COUNTY IS 789 00:25:21,887 --> 00:25:22,520 DOING SOMETHING, AND SNOHOMISH 790 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:23,655 IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING 791 00:25:23,655 --> 00:25:24,723 DIFFERENT, AND PIERCE COUNTY IS 792 00:25:24,723 --> 00:25:26,057 GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 793 00:25:26,057 --> 00:25:27,759 THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE. 794 00:25:27,759 --> 00:25:28,627 SO WE'RE COLLABORATING AND 795 00:25:28,627 --> 00:25:29,995 CONNECTING, AND MAKING SURE 796 00:25:29,995 --> 00:25:31,897 WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, THAT 797 00:25:31,897 --> 00:25:33,865 OUR MESSAGING IS ALIGNED, AND 798 00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:35,033 THAT WE'RE ALIGNED WITH THE 799 00:25:35,033 --> 00:25:35,867 WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 800 00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:39,838 HEALTH, AS WELL AS THE NEWLY 801 00:25:39,838 --> 00:25:40,572 ESTABLISHED WEST COAST HEALTH 802 00:25:40,572 --> 00:25:40,839 ALLIANCE. 803 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,207 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THAT'S ALL 804 00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:43,675 I HAD. I'M JUST GLAD TO HEAR. I 805 00:25:43,675 --> 00:25:45,110 OFTEN SAY THE COUNTY AND THE 806 00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:46,711 CITY ARE TWO BIG ELEPHANTS 807 00:25:46,711 --> 00:25:48,947 LOOKING AT EACH OTHER THROUGH A 808 00:25:48,947 --> 00:25:50,215 STRAW. AND SO IT WOULD BE GREAT 809 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:52,117 TO GET RID OF THE STRAW, SO WE 810 00:25:52,117 --> 00:25:53,685 CAN START LOOKING AT THE WHOLE 811 00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:59,791 ELEPHANT AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE 812 00:25:59,791 --> 00:26:01,226 WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU. 813 00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:05,697 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 814 00:26:05,697 --> 00:26:07,832 HOLLINGSWORTH. COLLEAGUES, ANY 815 00:26:07,832 --> 00:26:08,466 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? VICE CHAIR 816 00:26:08,466 --> 00:26:08,700 FOSTER? 817 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:10,769 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 818 00:26:10,769 --> 00:26:12,637 THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. V. I'M 819 00:26:12,637 --> 00:26:15,640 SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP 820 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,108 AND YOUR EXPERTISE THAT YOU'RE 821 00:26:17,108 --> 00:26:17,842 BRINGING TO THIS ROLE. AS VICE 822 00:26:17,842 --> 00:26:19,444 CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, 823 00:26:19,444 --> 00:26:19,945 I'VE ALREADY HAD THE 824 00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:21,613 OPPORTUNITY TO SEE YOU IN 825 00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:24,082 ACTION, AND AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT 826 00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:25,216 SAID, YOU'RE TRULY EVERYWHERE. 827 00:26:25,216 --> 00:26:28,019 I WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION, 828 00:26:28,019 --> 00:26:29,220 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 829 00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:30,622 COMMUNICATION. AND I'LL SAY I 830 00:26:30,622 --> 00:26:33,592 WAS SO PLEASED AND JUST 831 00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:34,893 ABSOLUTELY IMPRESSED WITH HOW 832 00:26:34,893 --> 00:26:37,862 YOU BOTH BRIEFED US AND HELPED 833 00:26:37,862 --> 00:26:38,897 COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE HANTAVIRUS 834 00:26:38,897 --> 00:26:41,633 AND THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE 835 00:26:41,633 --> 00:26:43,602 AFFECTED HERE IN KING COUNTY, 836 00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:46,204 AND PROVIDED ABSOLUTE CLARITY 837 00:26:46,204 --> 00:26:49,074 AND PROFESSIONALISM. AND I'M 838 00:26:49,074 --> 00:26:51,710 ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE CAN 839 00:26:51,710 --> 00:26:54,079 THE ELEPHANT THROUGH A STRAW 840 00:26:54,079 --> 00:26:55,580 METAPHOR THERE. I'M ALSO 841 00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:56,748 CURIOUS ABOUT FROM YOUR 842 00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:59,217 PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE CAN BE 843 00:26:59,217 --> 00:27:00,552 DOING BETTER TO COMMUNICATION 844 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:04,689 HERE ON THE CITY SIDE? BECAUSE 845 00:27:04,689 --> 00:27:05,890 WHILE YOU'RE IN THIS JOINT 846 00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:07,692 ROLE, ARE THERE THINGS YOU WOULD 847 00:27:07,692 --> 00:27:09,961 LIKE US TO KNOW AS COUNCIL 848 00:27:09,961 --> 00:27:12,130 MEMBERS AND AS PARTNERS TO HELP 849 00:27:12,130 --> 00:27:16,134 MAKE SURE WE ARE EFFECTIVELY 850 00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:20,338 DISSEMINATING THE INFORMATION IN 851 00:27:20,338 --> 00:27:22,340 REGARDS TO PUBLIC HEALTH? 852 00:27:22,340 --> 00:27:24,175 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 853 00:27:24,175 --> 00:27:24,776 FOSTER. THAT'S A GREAT 854 00:27:24,776 --> 00:27:27,278 QUESTION. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE 855 00:27:27,278 --> 00:27:29,214 THINGS THAT EVEN I'VE NOTICED, 856 00:27:29,214 --> 00:27:32,083 RIGHT, AS WE PUT OUT 857 00:27:32,083 --> 00:27:33,051 COMMUNICATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, 858 00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:35,320 WHEN WE PUT OUT OUR PRESS 859 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:36,788 RELEASE. I TOLD MY COMS TEAM, 860 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:39,657 OH, MAKE SURE WE SEND IT TO THE 861 00:27:39,657 --> 00:27:41,159 CITY OF SEATTLE, RIGHT? IT IS 862 00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:43,762 THIS OH, I'M IN A DUAL ROLE. SO 863 00:27:43,762 --> 00:27:46,364 MAKING SURE WHEN WE ARE DOING 864 00:27:46,364 --> 00:27:47,966 THINGS, WE ARE NOT JUST 865 00:27:47,966 --> 00:27:48,533 COMMUNICATING THROUGH KING 866 00:27:48,533 --> 00:27:49,801 COUNTY, BUT MAKING SURE THE CITY 867 00:27:49,801 --> 00:27:52,671 IS AWARE OF CRITICAL PUBLIC 868 00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:54,105 HEALTH UPDATES. ONE OF THE OTHER 869 00:27:54,105 --> 00:27:59,844 THINGS THAT I RECENTLY ALSO 870 00:27:59,844 --> 00:28:00,512 DISCUSSED WITH MY TEAM IS, I'M 871 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:02,480 GOING TO SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S 872 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,049 GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT COMING UP 873 00:28:04,049 --> 00:28:07,385 WITH A NEWSLETTER THAT WOULD GO 874 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:09,554 OUT FOR ME TO OUR ELECTED 875 00:28:09,554 --> 00:28:11,156 COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT JUST AT THE 876 00:28:11,156 --> 00:28:11,956 COUNCIL, BUT KING COUNTY 877 00:28:11,956 --> 00:28:16,261 COUNCIL, AND HERE AT THE CITY OF 878 00:28:16,261 --> 00:28:17,462 SEATTLE. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT 879 00:28:17,462 --> 00:28:18,463 WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OR WHAT 880 00:28:18,463 --> 00:28:21,199 WILL BE HELPFUL FOR ALL OF YOU 881 00:28:21,199 --> 00:28:22,801 TO BE AWARE OF BECAUSE I REALLY 882 00:28:22,801 --> 00:28:25,904 DO RELY ON ALL OF YOU AS YOU 883 00:28:25,904 --> 00:28:26,538 COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR 884 00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:27,372 CONSTITUENTS, MAKING SURE ANY 885 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:28,473 CRITICAL THING THAT NEEDS TO GO 886 00:28:28,473 --> 00:28:30,208 OUT IN COMMUNITY, THAT YOU'RE 887 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:32,444 ALSO SHARING WITH THEM. I KNOW 888 00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:35,780 SOMETIMES ON THE KING COUNTY 889 00:28:35,780 --> 00:28:37,315 SIDE, WE DO HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS 890 00:28:37,315 --> 00:28:38,917 WHO REACH OUT OR WANT 891 00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:42,687 INFORMATION THEY COULD SHARE IN 892 00:28:42,687 --> 00:28:44,189 THEIR NEWSLETTERS. SO ANY WAY WE 893 00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:45,924 MIGHT BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE 894 00:28:45,924 --> 00:28:49,327 SAME WAY, SO AS YOU SEND OUT 895 00:28:49,327 --> 00:28:50,161 YOUR COMMUNICATION TO YOUR 896 00:28:50,161 --> 00:28:51,329 CONSTITUENTS, YOU MIGHT BE 897 00:28:51,329 --> 00:28:52,363 INCLUDING A PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT 898 00:28:52,363 --> 00:28:54,466 OR A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT IS 899 00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:55,366 COMING UP WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT. 900 00:28:55,366 --> 00:28:57,502 THAT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT 901 00:28:57,502 --> 00:28:58,703 TO ME. IT IS SOMETHING I ALWAYS 902 00:28:58,703 --> 00:28:59,904 WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY 903 00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:03,374 IS AWARE OF WHEN WE'RE GOING TO 904 00:29:03,374 --> 00:29:06,010 BE IN COMMUNITY. AND SO ANY WAY 905 00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:09,581 IN WHICH WE CAN COLLABORATE ON 906 00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:10,782 THAT, I WOULD DEFINITELY 907 00:29:10,782 --> 00:29:13,118 APPRECIATE. WE ALSO HAVE SIMON 908 00:29:13,118 --> 00:29:15,453 VILLA, WHO IS OUR LIAISON TO THE 909 00:29:15,453 --> 00:29:17,021 CITY OF SEATTLE COUNCIL, SO WE 910 00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:20,058 CAN DEFINITELY WORK ON WAYS TO 911 00:29:20,058 --> 00:29:21,226 ENSURE THAT ANY COMMUNICATIONS 912 00:29:21,226 --> 00:29:22,794 FROM OUR ENDS THAT WOULD NEED TO 913 00:29:22,794 --> 00:29:25,864 GO THROUGH YOU ALL TO YOUR 914 00:29:25,864 --> 00:29:27,532 CONSTITUENTS, WE SHARE, AND THEN 915 00:29:27,532 --> 00:29:29,400 VICE VERSA TOO. ANYTHING THAT 916 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,503 YOU WANT ME TO KNOW OR THERE MAY 917 00:29:31,503 --> 00:29:32,971 BE TIMES WHEN YOU'RE HOSTING AN 918 00:29:32,971 --> 00:29:34,772 EVENT, AND YOU WOULD WANT 919 00:29:34,772 --> 00:29:35,907 SOMEBODY FROM PUBLIC HEALTH TO 920 00:29:35,907 --> 00:29:37,942 BE THERE JUST BASED ON THE 921 00:29:37,942 --> 00:29:40,044 TOPIC. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 922 00:29:40,044 --> 00:29:41,746 WE'RE ENGAGING IN THE SAME 923 00:29:41,746 --> 00:29:45,884 MANNER THAT WE ARE WITH KING 924 00:29:45,884 --> 00:29:47,619 COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF 925 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:47,886 SEATTLE. 926 00:29:47,886 --> 00:29:48,653 >> THAT'S FANTASTIC. THANK YOU 927 00:29:48,653 --> 00:29:50,288 SO MUCH, DR. V, AND THANK YOU, 928 00:29:50,288 --> 00:29:50,522 CHAIR. 929 00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:54,359 >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR FOSTER. 930 00:29:54,359 --> 00:29:55,827 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE 931 00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:56,127 RECOGNIZED. 932 00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:57,629 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. FIRST OFF, 933 00:29:57,629 --> 00:30:04,202 THANK YOU, MR. ELLERBROOK, DR. 934 00:30:04,202 --> 00:30:04,769 VALENCIANO, APPRECIATE THE 935 00:30:04,769 --> 00:30:09,807 OPPORTUNITY RECENTLY TO CONNECT 936 00:30:09,807 --> 00:30:11,409 WITH YOU VIRTUALLY. YEAH, I 937 00:30:11,409 --> 00:30:12,810 APPRECIATE YOUR WRITTEN 938 00:30:12,810 --> 00:30:13,578 RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS, 939 00:30:13,578 --> 00:30:17,115 INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF MY 940 00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:19,817 QUESTIONS AROUND ADDRESSING 941 00:30:19,817 --> 00:30:20,885 UNPERMITTED STREET VENDING. AND 942 00:30:20,885 --> 00:30:24,422 KIND OF TIMELY BECAUSE TODAY IN 943 00:30:24,422 --> 00:30:25,423 THIS MORNING'S SEATTLE TIMES 944 00:30:25,423 --> 00:30:29,027 AND EDITORIAL WAS RELEASED BY 945 00:30:29,027 --> 00:30:32,730 THE BOARD THAT SAYS SEATTLE MUST 946 00:30:32,730 --> 00:30:36,701 ENFORCE RULES ON UNLICENSED 947 00:30:36,701 --> 00:30:42,273 STREET FOOD. IT'S AN IMPORTANT 948 00:30:42,273 --> 00:30:43,074 PRIORITY OF MY OFFICE. DURING 949 00:30:43,074 --> 00:30:44,776 LAST FALL DURING THE ANNUAL 950 00:30:44,776 --> 00:30:47,078 BUDGET PROCESS. WE ADDED FUNDING 951 00:30:47,078 --> 00:30:49,814 TO ALLOW THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT 952 00:30:49,814 --> 00:30:52,483 OF TRANSPORTATION, WHO ENFORCES, 953 00:30:52,483 --> 00:30:54,719 WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 954 00:30:54,719 --> 00:30:57,689 UNPERMITTED ACTIVITY IN THE 955 00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:59,490 PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. WE FUNDED 956 00:30:59,490 --> 00:31:00,258 THREE POSITIONS, LIKE 957 00:31:00,258 --> 00:31:00,892 ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS FOR THEIR 958 00:31:00,892 --> 00:31:03,261 JET TEAM THAT DOES THAT CRITICAL 959 00:31:03,261 --> 00:31:05,830 WORK, AND WE HAD A BRIEFING ON 960 00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:10,101 THIS TOPIC A FEW WEEKS BACK. 961 00:31:10,101 --> 00:31:11,803 TAKING ANOTHER NUMBER OF 962 00:31:11,803 --> 00:31:12,871 ACTIONS, INCLUDING A REPORT. WE 963 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:14,305 HEARD THE FIRST PART OF THE 964 00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:17,775 REPORT IN COMMITTEE, IN MY 965 00:31:17,775 --> 00:31:25,984 COMMITTEE RECENTLY AS WELL. SO 966 00:31:25,984 --> 00:31:32,156 THIS IS A PROBLEM. [ INAUDIBLE ] 967 00:31:32,156 --> 00:31:33,524 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA -- 968 00:31:33,524 --> 00:31:36,194 >> WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 969 00:31:36,194 --> 00:31:37,528 THERE IS AN SDOT COMPONENT. 970 00:31:37,528 --> 00:31:39,264 YEAH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 971 00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:39,931 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I'M 972 00:31:39,931 --> 00:31:41,499 AFRAID YOU CUT OUT JUST FOR A 973 00:31:41,499 --> 00:31:43,234 LITTLE BIT THERE. SO IF I CAN 974 00:31:43,234 --> 00:31:45,270 ASK YOU TO JUST PICK UP ABOUT 975 00:31:45,270 --> 00:31:46,504 MAYBE 30 SECONDS AGO, WHERE YOU 976 00:31:46,504 --> 00:31:48,640 WERE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE 977 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:49,274 CAPTURE EVERYTHING YOU SAY. 978 00:31:49,274 --> 00:31:51,376 >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 979 00:31:51,376 --> 00:31:53,378 >> MY APOLOGIES. 980 00:31:53,378 --> 00:31:55,079 >> ALL GOOD. WELL, WHERE I WAS 981 00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:58,416 GOING IS THIS IS A SHARED 982 00:31:58,416 --> 00:31:59,517 RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN WITHIN 983 00:31:59,517 --> 00:32:05,256 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WITHIN 984 00:32:05,256 --> 00:32:06,724 SDOT, OED, OTHER PARTNERS AS 985 00:32:06,724 --> 00:32:11,095 WELL. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS 986 00:32:11,095 --> 00:32:12,597 COORDINATING THAT EFFORT, BUT 987 00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:15,466 KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH WITH 988 00:32:15,466 --> 00:32:17,635 RESPECT TO THE UNLICENSED FOOD 989 00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:19,671 VENDING ASPECT. YOU KNOW, I 990 00:32:19,671 --> 00:32:20,338 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, 991 00:32:20,338 --> 00:32:24,342 AND THOSE OF MR. ELLERBROOK ON 992 00:32:24,342 --> 00:32:26,411 THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE, AND 993 00:32:26,411 --> 00:32:30,682 FOLLOWING SCIENCE NOW MORE THAN 994 00:32:30,682 --> 00:32:32,450 EVER. CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, AND 995 00:32:32,450 --> 00:32:33,751 THE SCIENCE IS CRITICAL CLEAR. 996 00:32:33,751 --> 00:32:41,059 WHEN THERE IS NO ACCESS TO SINKS 997 00:32:41,059 --> 00:32:42,493 OR HAND WASHING STATIONS. MANY 998 00:32:42,493 --> 00:32:44,529 OF THESE PERMITTED AND 999 00:32:44,529 --> 00:32:46,064 UNLICENSED VENDORS DON'T HAVE. 1000 00:32:46,064 --> 00:32:48,733 THE RISK OF FOOD-BORNE ILLNESSES 1001 00:32:48,733 --> 00:32:50,001 INCREASES. AND SO DURING 1002 00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:55,473 COMMITTEE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE 1003 00:32:55,473 --> 00:32:56,274 IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FIRST, 1004 00:32:56,274 --> 00:33:00,111 NOT EDUCATION ONLY IN TERMS OF 1005 00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:02,880 ENFORCEMENT. BUT HOW WILL YOU 1006 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:07,318 MEASURE WHETHER EDUCATION FIRST 1007 00:33:07,318 --> 00:33:12,123 STRATEGIES ARE EFFECTIVELY 1008 00:33:12,123 --> 00:33:14,859 IMPROVING COMPLIANCE AMONG 1009 00:33:14,859 --> 00:33:15,626 UNPERMITTED, UNLICENSED VENDORS 1010 00:33:15,626 --> 00:33:16,027 OVER TIME. 1011 00:33:16,027 --> 00:33:18,529 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1012 00:33:18,529 --> 00:33:21,599 SAKA. I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO 1013 00:33:21,599 --> 00:33:25,269 ASK ME THIS QUESTION, AND I DID 1014 00:33:25,269 --> 00:33:26,270 SEE THE SEATTLE TIMES EDITORIAL 1015 00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:29,540 THIS MORNING ABOUT THIS, SO 1016 00:33:29,540 --> 00:33:30,575 THANK YOU FOR THIS QUESTION. FOR 1017 00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:32,777 THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, I WANT TO 1018 00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:36,848 MAKE SURE I NOTE THAT 1019 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:38,883 UNPERMITTED FOOD VENDING IS NOT 1020 00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:42,387 JUST A SEATTLE PROBLEM, IT IS 1021 00:33:42,387 --> 00:33:43,054 SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING 1022 00:33:43,054 --> 00:33:45,256 ACROSS OUR ENTIRE STATE. IT IS 1023 00:33:45,256 --> 00:33:46,424 ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT IS 1024 00:33:46,424 --> 00:33:47,625 HAPPENING ALL OVER THE UNITED 1025 00:33:47,625 --> 00:33:50,962 STATES, AND WHERE I CAME FROM, 1026 00:33:50,962 --> 00:33:54,932 DEKALB COUNTY, METRO ATLANTA. WE 1027 00:33:54,932 --> 00:33:56,334 UNFORTUNATELY WERE FACING THE 1028 00:33:56,334 --> 00:33:58,436 SAME ISSUES. SO IT'S DEFINITELY 1029 00:33:58,436 --> 00:33:59,137 JUST A LARGE NATIONAL PROBLEM. 1030 00:33:59,137 --> 00:34:01,939 AND I WILL SAY I SIT ON THE BIG 1031 00:34:01,939 --> 00:34:04,208 CITY'S HEALTH COALITION WITH 1032 00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:05,777 THE LARGEST METRO HEALTH 1033 00:34:05,777 --> 00:34:06,444 DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 1034 00:34:06,444 --> 00:34:09,547 AND A PART OF WHAT HAS BEEN 1035 00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:10,515 DISCUSSED LATELY, WE'VE BEEN 1036 00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:12,617 HAVING KIND OF TOPICAL SESSIONS 1037 00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:15,987 ABOUT JUST HOW DIFFERENT LARGE 1038 00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:17,588 JURISDICTIONS ARE ADDRESSING 1039 00:34:17,588 --> 00:34:19,991 THIS MANNER ACROSS, YOU KNOW, 1040 00:34:19,991 --> 00:34:23,227 THE BOARD. AND A COUPLE OF 1041 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:24,695 THINGS THAT I HAVE NOTED HERE IN 1042 00:34:24,695 --> 00:34:26,364 KING COUNTY, THAT'S ALSO A 1043 00:34:26,364 --> 00:34:29,200 LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT 1044 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,736 WAS HAPPENING AT LEAST IN THE 1045 00:34:31,736 --> 00:34:34,205 METRO ATLANTA AREA. YOU KNOW, 1046 00:34:34,205 --> 00:34:39,210 THERE'S KIND OF THESE TWO SETS 1047 00:34:39,210 --> 00:34:40,044 OF UNPERMITTED FOOD VENDORS. THE 1048 00:34:40,044 --> 00:34:43,881 FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW THERE IS A 1049 00:34:43,881 --> 00:34:45,983 PROCESS OR THERE IS LANGUAGE 1050 00:34:45,983 --> 00:34:47,385 BARRIERS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE 1051 00:34:47,385 --> 00:34:49,921 SURE WE WORK WITH THEM, SO THERE 1052 00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:54,392 IS A PATHWAY TO COMPLIANCE, 1053 00:34:54,392 --> 00:34:55,626 RIGHT? MAKING SURE WE'RE 1054 00:34:55,626 --> 00:34:56,727 PROVIDING INFORMATION THAT'S, 1055 00:34:56,727 --> 00:35:00,198 YOU KNOW, IN VARIETY OF 1056 00:35:00,198 --> 00:35:01,866 LANGUAGES THAT WE ASSIST THEM 1057 00:35:01,866 --> 00:35:04,068 AND HELP THEM THROUGH THE 1058 00:35:04,068 --> 00:35:05,503 PROCESS. AND THOSE ARE, YOU 1059 00:35:05,503 --> 00:35:07,138 KNOW, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE JUST 1060 00:35:07,138 --> 00:35:08,639 TRYING TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES, 1061 00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:10,775 RIGHT? AND WHO ARE WANTING TO BE 1062 00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:13,244 A PART OF THE SMALL BUSINESS 1063 00:35:13,244 --> 00:35:14,712 COMMUNITY. AND THEN THERE IS 1064 00:35:14,712 --> 00:35:15,880 ANOTHER SET OF UNPERMITTED FOOD 1065 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:21,919 VENDORS THAT SEEM TO BE A PART 1066 00:35:21,919 --> 00:35:22,954 OF A LARGER ORGANIZED SITUATION 1067 00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:24,522 THAT IS NOT JUST HERE IN 1068 00:35:24,522 --> 00:35:25,756 WASHINGTON, BUT SEEMS TO BE 1069 00:35:25,756 --> 00:35:29,494 ACROSS THE WEST COAST FROM 1070 00:35:29,494 --> 00:35:31,095 CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND 1071 00:35:31,095 --> 00:35:35,633 WASHINGTON. AND WE BELIEVE SOME 1072 00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:37,502 OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE WORKING 1073 00:35:37,502 --> 00:35:39,971 THERE AND ARE BEING FORCED TO DO 1074 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:41,072 THAT WORK, RIGHT? AND SO WE 1075 00:35:41,072 --> 00:35:42,974 DON'T WANT TO PUNISH THE LABOR. 1076 00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:48,746 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 1077 00:35:48,746 --> 00:35:51,816 ADDRESSING THE OWNER OPERATOR OF 1078 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:55,520 THESE ORGANIZED SITUATIONS. SO 1079 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,756 AS PART OF A TEARED COMPLIANCE 1080 00:35:58,756 --> 00:36:00,458 APPROACH, WE DO START WITH A 1081 00:36:00,458 --> 00:36:03,060 WARNING FIRST. WE'RE GOING TO 1082 00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:06,597 BE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, IF THAT 1083 00:36:06,597 --> 00:36:12,503 CONTINUES TO OCCUR AFTER 1084 00:36:12,503 --> 00:36:14,238 EDUCATION AND WARNING, THEN 1085 00:36:14,238 --> 00:36:16,574 AGAIN, PROVIDING THE THIRD TIER 1086 00:36:16,574 --> 00:36:18,409 OF THAT WOULD BE USING THE 1087 00:36:18,409 --> 00:36:20,778 MISDEMEANOR AUTHORITY, WHICH 1088 00:36:20,778 --> 00:36:23,381 PUBLIC HEALTH DOES HAVE. AGAIN, 1089 00:36:23,381 --> 00:36:27,485 WE WOULD NOT DO SO TO THE LABOR, 1090 00:36:27,485 --> 00:36:30,688 BUT RATHER THE OWNER, OPERATOR 1091 00:36:30,688 --> 00:36:32,490 OF THE UNPERMITTED FOOD VENDING. 1092 00:36:32,490 --> 00:36:33,157 OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TEAM 1093 00:36:33,157 --> 00:36:35,793 DOES A GREAT JOB OF TRACKING NOT 1094 00:36:35,793 --> 00:36:38,396 ONLY OUR PERMITTED FOOD VENDORS, 1095 00:36:38,396 --> 00:36:40,598 BUT ALSO THE NUMBER OF CALLS AND 1096 00:36:40,598 --> 00:36:42,700 TIMES WE VISITED UNPERMITTED 1097 00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:45,202 FOOD VENDORS. WE DO HAVE DATA 1098 00:36:45,202 --> 00:36:47,471 I'M HAPPY TO SHARE BECAUSE I 1099 00:36:47,471 --> 00:36:49,206 WANT TO ASK THEM. I WANT TO SEE 1100 00:36:49,206 --> 00:36:50,508 NUMBERS. LIKE WHERE IS IT 1101 00:36:50,508 --> 00:36:54,412 HAPPENING THE MOST? AND WE DO 1102 00:36:54,412 --> 00:36:56,247 HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LARGE AMOUNT 1103 00:36:56,247 --> 00:37:01,152 HAPPENING, SO THEY DO TRACK THIS 1104 00:37:01,152 --> 00:37:01,953 AS WE IMPRESENT THIS APPROACH. 1105 00:37:01,953 --> 00:37:04,488 HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE WE GETTING 1106 00:37:04,488 --> 00:37:06,057 A SECOND WARNING? AND SO THAT 1107 00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:08,392 WILL BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. 1108 00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:09,961 BUT LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, 1109 00:37:09,961 --> 00:37:14,432 WE'RE A PART OF THE PROCESS. IT 1110 00:37:14,432 --> 00:37:14,966 DEFINITELY INVOLVES OTHER 1111 00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:18,035 ENDTIES IN ORDER FOR US TO 1112 00:37:18,035 --> 00:37:20,071 ADDRESS THIS COMPLETELY. AND OUR 1113 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:20,705 PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL 1114 00:37:20,705 --> 00:37:25,209 HEALTH TEAM IS A PART OF THE 1115 00:37:25,209 --> 00:37:26,477 MAYOR'S IDT TEAM THAT WAS 1116 00:37:26,477 --> 00:37:28,679 CONVENED, SO THERE HAS BEEN 1117 00:37:28,679 --> 00:37:29,981 DISCUSSIONS AND CONVERSATIONS 1118 00:37:29,981 --> 00:37:31,449 HAPPENING AS WE COLLABORATE ON 1119 00:37:31,449 --> 00:37:33,050 AN APPROACH. 1120 00:37:33,050 --> 00:37:38,589 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND 1121 00:37:38,589 --> 00:37:39,390 APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL MAYOR 1122 00:37:39,390 --> 00:37:41,559 OF DETAIL AND NUANCE REGARDING 1123 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:44,061 THE TIERED APPROACH YOU 1124 00:37:44,061 --> 00:37:45,630 DESCRIBED. THAT WASN'T 1125 00:37:45,630 --> 00:37:47,231 SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP OR 1126 00:37:47,231 --> 00:37:49,567 CERTAINLY NOT IN DEPTH WHEN WE 1127 00:37:49,567 --> 00:37:51,969 LITERALLY HEARD THIS A WEEK AGO 1128 00:37:51,969 --> 00:37:53,638 OR SO IN COMMITTEE. THAT IS AN 1129 00:37:53,638 --> 00:37:56,407 ASPECT I LOOK FORWARD TO 1130 00:37:56,407 --> 00:37:59,910 LEARNING MORE ABOUT. IN TERMS OF 1131 00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:01,412 OUR COMPREHENSIVE OVERARCHING 1132 00:38:01,412 --> 00:38:02,647 STRATEGY, AND INCORPORATING IT 1133 00:38:02,647 --> 00:38:04,215 INTO OUR STRATEGY GOING FORWARD 1134 00:38:04,215 --> 00:38:06,951 WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, 1135 00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:10,588 ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS, AND 1136 00:38:10,588 --> 00:38:11,822 BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT. IT 1137 00:38:11,822 --> 00:38:12,990 HIGHLIGHTS EDUCATION ONLY 1138 00:38:12,990 --> 00:38:15,926 DOESN'T WORK, SO REALLY 1139 00:38:15,926 --> 00:38:18,763 APPRECIATE THAT. THE SECOND 1140 00:38:18,763 --> 00:38:19,764 QUESTION IS WHAT SPECIFIC 1141 00:38:19,764 --> 00:38:20,464 CHANGES? SO YOU MENTIONED, LET 1142 00:38:20,464 --> 00:38:23,234 ME FRAME IT UP A LITTLE BIT. SO 1143 00:38:23,234 --> 00:38:27,571 YOU MENTIONED THE IMPERATIVE. 1144 00:38:27,571 --> 00:38:28,973 THIS IS IMPORTANT ECONOMIC 1145 00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:29,807 OPPORTUNITY AND IMPERATIVE HERE. 1146 00:38:29,807 --> 00:38:32,743 BY THE WAY, I KNOW YOU'RE NEW 1147 00:38:32,743 --> 00:38:34,745 TO PARTS OF THE CITY, AND YOU 1148 00:38:34,745 --> 00:38:36,180 HAVE A GLOBAL AND NATIONAL 1149 00:38:36,180 --> 00:38:37,381 EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE, AND 1150 00:38:37,381 --> 00:38:41,852 WE WELCOME YOU HERE. BUT IF YOU 1151 00:38:41,852 --> 00:38:44,722 HAVEN'T YET HAD YOUR FIRST 1152 00:38:44,722 --> 00:38:47,858 SEATTLE HOT DOG, GO GET ONE. I 1153 00:38:47,858 --> 00:38:48,993 LOVE THEM, THEY'RE DELICIOUS. 1154 00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:51,696 WE GENERALLY WANT TO SUPPORT 1155 00:38:51,696 --> 00:38:53,564 MICRO ENTREPRENEURS AT ALL 1156 00:38:53,564 --> 00:38:56,100 LEVELS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 1157 00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:57,401 THEY'RE COMPLIANT, AND THEY'RE 1158 00:38:57,401 --> 00:39:02,606 COMPLIANT WITH OUR LICENSES AND 1159 00:39:02,606 --> 00:39:05,176 PERMITS. A PART OF THAT IS 1160 00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:06,077 EDUCATION, BUT NOT EDUCATION 1161 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:07,445 ONLY. WHAT SPECIFIC CHANGES TO 1162 00:39:07,445 --> 00:39:09,847 THE PERMITTING PROCESS ON THE 1163 00:39:09,847 --> 00:39:12,950 PUBLIC HEALTH SIDE DO YOU 1164 00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:14,852 BELIEVE WOULD MOST EFFECTIVELY 1165 00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:17,655 REDUCE BARRIERS FOR VENDORS 1166 00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:22,526 WHILE STILL MAINTAINING STRONG 1167 00:39:22,526 --> 00:39:23,094 PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTIONS? 1168 00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:26,097 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 1169 00:39:26,097 --> 00:39:29,533 SO I WILL SAY OUR TEAM HAS DONE 1170 00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:32,203 A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY 1171 00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:35,039 ENGAGEMENT WITH A VARIETY OF 1172 00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:37,174 MEMBERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY. WE 1173 00:39:37,174 --> 00:39:40,177 HAVE GONE OUT TO COMMUNITY AND 1174 00:39:40,177 --> 00:39:43,681 HOSTED THINGS IN COLLABORATION 1175 00:39:43,681 --> 00:39:46,150 WITH, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT 1176 00:39:46,150 --> 00:39:47,518 COMMUNITY, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, 1177 00:39:47,518 --> 00:39:48,519 TO ENSURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO 1178 00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:49,787 WANT TO START A SMALL BUSINESS, 1179 00:39:49,787 --> 00:39:52,022 WHO WANT TO OPEN UP A 1180 00:39:52,022 --> 00:39:53,791 RESTAURANT, ARE AWARE AND 1181 00:39:53,791 --> 00:39:54,792 INFORMED OF THE PROCESS. I WILL 1182 00:39:54,792 --> 00:39:56,660 SAY I THINK THE TEAM HAS DONE A 1183 00:39:56,660 --> 00:40:00,164 REALLY EXCELLENT JOB OF TRYING 1184 00:40:00,164 --> 00:40:03,167 TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, 1185 00:40:03,167 --> 00:40:05,836 INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN A 1186 00:40:05,836 --> 00:40:07,371 VARIETY OF LANGUAGES, IF MANY 1187 00:40:07,371 --> 00:40:11,609 TERMS OF SPECIFIC CHANGE ON 1188 00:40:11,609 --> 00:40:15,045 IMPROVEMENTS. WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN 1189 00:40:15,045 --> 00:40:16,347 AND WELCOME FEEDBACK TO THE 1190 00:40:16,347 --> 00:40:19,583 PROCESS. I KNOW THAT HAVING 1191 00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:21,652 VISITED, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANTS 1192 00:40:21,652 --> 00:40:24,121 THAT IT'S COMPLEX. IT'S A 1193 00:40:24,121 --> 00:40:28,092 COMPLEX ISSUE, RIGHT? AND IT IS 1194 00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:30,928 A COMPLEX PROCESS. SO ANYTHING 1195 00:40:30,928 --> 00:40:34,231 WE COULD DO TO INFORM COMMUNITY 1196 00:40:34,231 --> 00:40:36,434 ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS ENGAGES, 1197 00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:39,670 WE ARE HAPPY TO DO SO. ALSO THE 1198 00:40:39,670 --> 00:40:42,273 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TEAM IN 1199 00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:43,140 DECEMBER 2025 UPGRADED THE 1200 00:40:43,140 --> 00:40:45,075 PERMITTING SYSTEM, WHICH IS 1201 00:40:45,075 --> 00:40:47,611 MEANT TO BE AN EASIER PROCESS 1202 00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:51,482 FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT 1203 00:40:51,482 --> 00:40:52,583 ALL THEIR INFORMATION ONLINE 1204 00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:55,085 DIRECTLY. WE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR 1205 00:40:55,085 --> 00:41:00,791 SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THAT MAY 1206 00:41:00,791 --> 00:41:02,426 BE CHALLENGING. WELCOME AND OPEN 1207 00:41:02,426 --> 00:41:05,029 TO FEEDBACK TO MAKE AND IMPROVE 1208 00:41:05,029 --> 00:41:06,730 COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH THAT 1209 00:41:06,730 --> 00:41:09,467 PROCESS. THEY ARE DOING THEIR 1210 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:12,570 BEST TO ENSURE THEY ARE ENGAGING 1211 00:41:12,570 --> 00:41:15,339 WITH A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY 1212 00:41:15,339 --> 00:41:16,707 MEMBERS. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE 1213 00:41:16,707 --> 00:41:19,076 SPECIFICS, BUT I CAN SHARE WITH 1214 00:41:19,076 --> 00:41:21,912 YOU. OUR TEAM DID SOMETHING IN 1215 00:41:21,912 --> 00:41:22,947 THE COMMUNITY, WHERE THEY HOSTED 1216 00:41:22,947 --> 00:41:25,683 KIND OF AN INFO SESSION OF THIS 1217 00:41:25,683 --> 00:41:26,684 IS THE PERMITTING PROCESS, HERE 1218 00:41:26,684 --> 00:41:28,252 ARE THE STEPS YOU CAN TAKE, AND 1219 00:41:28,252 --> 00:41:31,755 I KNOW THEY WOULD BE WELCOMED 1220 00:41:31,755 --> 00:41:32,523 AND HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT 1221 00:41:32,523 --> 00:41:36,794 THING IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT 1222 00:41:36,794 --> 00:41:40,297 AREAS IN THE CITY. 1223 00:41:40,297 --> 00:41:41,966 >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. 1224 00:41:41,966 --> 00:41:43,534 AS YOU NOTED, VERY COMPLEX 1225 00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:45,936 NUANCE SYSTEM AND SET OF 1226 00:41:45,936 --> 00:41:46,670 PROCESSES RIGHT NOW. WHAT I 1227 00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:48,606 HEARD YOU SAY, WHICH MAKES A TON 1228 00:41:48,606 --> 00:41:52,209 OF SENSE. WE NEED TO UNDERTAKE 1229 00:41:52,209 --> 00:41:54,845 EFFORTS TO SIMPLIFY, STREAMLINE, 1230 00:41:54,845 --> 00:41:57,314 MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND I 1231 00:41:57,314 --> 00:42:02,253 WOULD ADD TO THAT AND EMPOWER 1232 00:42:02,253 --> 00:42:02,887 FOLKS. EDUCATION ENFORCEMENT, 1233 00:42:02,887 --> 00:42:03,687 WHATEVER IT IS. SO THANK YOU, 1234 00:42:03,687 --> 00:42:07,958 IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 1235 00:42:07,958 --> 00:42:09,360 YOUR NOMINATION TODAY. I LOOK 1236 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:10,895 FORWARD TO YOUR OFFICES 1237 00:42:10,895 --> 00:42:14,164 CONTINUED ROBUST ENGAGEMENT AND 1238 00:42:14,164 --> 00:42:17,801 THE MAYOR'S OFFICES IDT ON THIS 1239 00:42:17,801 --> 00:42:19,837 PARTICULAR TOPIC, AND LOOK 1240 00:42:19,837 --> 00:42:21,505 FORWARD TO INVITING YOU BACK TO 1241 00:42:21,505 --> 00:42:24,241 MY COMMITTEE LATER THIS YEAR TO 1242 00:42:24,241 --> 00:42:27,244 REPORT ON PROGRESS. SO REALLY 1243 00:42:27,244 --> 00:42:28,245 APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU. 1244 00:42:28,245 --> 00:42:33,384 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1245 00:42:33,384 --> 00:42:34,518 SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 1246 00:42:34,518 --> 00:42:37,288 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I 1247 00:42:37,288 --> 00:42:40,291 JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THANK 1248 00:42:40,291 --> 00:42:42,192 YOU, DR. VALENCIANO FOR BEING 1249 00:42:42,192 --> 00:42:44,061 HERE. SO WE HAVE YOUR 1250 00:42:44,061 --> 00:42:45,396 CONFIRMATION PACKET, AND IT'S 1251 00:42:45,396 --> 00:42:48,766 LIKE 25, 26 PAGES, SO THANK YOU 1252 00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:51,969 FOR THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU 1253 00:42:51,969 --> 00:42:56,240 MENTIONED IS BEING PREPARED FOR 1254 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:59,209 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES DURING 1255 00:42:59,209 --> 00:42:59,977 FIFA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 1256 00:42:59,977 --> 00:43:02,146 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 1257 00:43:02,146 --> 00:43:02,846 SO ACTUALLY PUBLIC HEALTH 1258 00:43:02,846 --> 00:43:05,115 SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY HAS BEEN 1259 00:43:05,115 --> 00:43:06,016 PREPARING FOR FIFA WORLD CUP 1260 00:43:06,016 --> 00:43:10,154 SINCE BEFORE I CAME HERE, SINCE 1261 00:43:10,154 --> 00:43:12,723 JANUARY 2025. YOU KNOW, PUBLIC 1262 00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:15,826 HEALTH PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN 1263 00:43:15,826 --> 00:43:16,527 FIFA WORLD CUP PREPAREDNESS 1264 00:43:16,527 --> 00:43:18,362 BECAUSE THERE'S A VARIETY OF 1265 00:43:18,362 --> 00:43:21,799 THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN. FROM 1266 00:43:21,799 --> 00:43:22,766 OUR STANDPOINT, THE BIGGEST 1267 00:43:22,766 --> 00:43:26,003 CONCERNS ARE, OF COURSE, DISEASE 1268 00:43:26,003 --> 00:43:29,640 OUTBREAK, AS WELL AS WHETHER 1269 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:32,109 THERE MIGHT BE A HEAT EVENT, AND 1270 00:43:32,109 --> 00:43:35,446 WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER IF IT IS 1271 00:43:35,446 --> 00:43:36,914 SAFE FOR FOLKS TO BE OUTSIDE 1272 00:43:36,914 --> 00:43:40,351 DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF THE 1273 00:43:40,351 --> 00:43:41,018 TEMPERATURE. WILDFIRE SMOKE, AND 1274 00:43:41,018 --> 00:43:44,188 THEN ALSO A MASS CASUALTY EVENT. 1275 00:43:44,188 --> 00:43:44,855 THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE 1276 00:43:44,855 --> 00:43:47,925 WITHIN PUBLIC HEALTH AT THE 1277 00:43:47,925 --> 00:43:49,159 COUNTY. SO THESE ARE THE BIG 1278 00:43:49,159 --> 00:43:51,929 TOPICAL AREAS THAT OUR TEAM HAS 1279 00:43:51,929 --> 00:43:56,400 BEEN WORKING ON AND PREPARING 1280 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,802 FOR. WE HAVE CAPACITY TO 1281 00:43:58,802 --> 00:43:59,269 INCREASE FOR DISEASE 1282 00:43:59,269 --> 00:43:59,937 SURVEILLANCE AND INVESTIGATIONS 1283 00:43:59,937 --> 00:44:04,241 IN THE EVENT OF A DISEASE 1284 00:44:04,241 --> 00:44:07,911 OUTBREAK. WE ARE ALSO GETTING 1285 00:44:07,911 --> 00:44:09,513 INCREASED CAPACITY FROM, FOR THE 1286 00:44:09,513 --> 00:44:10,848 MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE 1287 00:44:10,848 --> 00:44:14,518 DURING THIS TIME AND THE EVENT 1288 00:44:14,518 --> 00:44:16,487 OF A MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT. OH, 1289 00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:18,722 I FORGOT TO MENTION, OF COURSE, 1290 00:44:18,722 --> 00:44:20,357 GIVEN THE TOPIC COUNCILMEMBER 1291 00:44:20,357 --> 00:44:21,659 SAKA JUST BROUGHT UP. ONE OF THE 1292 00:44:21,659 --> 00:44:23,160 OTHER BIG CONCERNS, WE'RE GOING 1293 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,529 TO SEE AN INCREASE IN 1294 00:44:25,529 --> 00:44:26,196 UNPERMITTED FOOD VENDING. YOU 1295 00:44:26,196 --> 00:44:28,799 KNOW, OUTSIDE OF, OF COURSE, THE 1296 00:44:28,799 --> 00:44:31,235 LUMEN FIELD AND THE FAN SITES 1297 00:44:31,235 --> 00:44:33,137 AND ALL OF THAT. SO WE ARE GOING 1298 00:44:33,137 --> 00:44:34,071 TO BE GETTING -- 1299 00:44:34,071 --> 00:44:37,274 >> SO LET ME JUST, YEAH, LET ME 1300 00:44:37,274 --> 00:44:43,280 JUST STOP YOU RIGHT THERE. SO MY 1301 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,849 CONCERN IS THIS. WHAT IS A MASS 1302 00:44:45,849 --> 00:44:46,984 CASUALTY EVENT IN REGARDS TO 1303 00:44:46,984 --> 00:44:48,552 BESIDES PEOPLE GETTING FOOD 1304 00:44:48,552 --> 00:44:49,920 POISONING? WOULD YOU CONSIDER 1305 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,456 GUN VIOLENCE A MASS CASUALTY 1306 00:44:52,456 --> 00:44:52,690 EVENT? 1307 00:44:52,690 --> 00:44:53,424 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, IF I 1308 00:44:53,424 --> 00:44:55,192 COULD ASK YOU JUST TO REPEAT THE 1309 00:44:55,192 --> 00:44:56,560 QUESTION. YOU CUT OUT FOR JUST A 1310 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,462 SECOND THERE, AND I WANT TO MAKE 1311 00:44:58,462 --> 00:45:00,731 SURE WE CAPTURED ALL OF YOUR 1312 00:45:00,731 --> 00:45:00,998 QUESTION. 1313 00:45:00,998 --> 00:45:03,434 >> SO YOU MENTIONED MASS 1314 00:45:03,434 --> 00:45:06,136 CASUALTY EVENT A COUPLE TIMES. 1315 00:45:06,136 --> 00:45:08,472 NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER LIST 1316 00:45:08,472 --> 00:45:11,708 THAT YOU MENTIONED, FOOD 1317 00:45:11,708 --> 00:45:12,576 POISONING, ALL THOSE THINGS. 1318 00:45:12,576 --> 00:45:15,379 WOULD YOU CONSIDER GUN VIOLENCE 1319 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:20,117 A MASS CASUALTY EVENT THAT YOUR 1320 00:45:20,117 --> 00:45:21,118 DEPARTMENT WOULD BE PREPARED 1321 00:45:21,118 --> 00:45:21,318 FOR? 1322 00:45:21,318 --> 00:45:24,988 >> THE DEFINITION OF MASS 1323 00:45:24,988 --> 00:45:26,457 CASUALTY EVENT VARIES, AND IT 1324 00:45:26,457 --> 00:45:31,061 COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO 1325 00:45:31,061 --> 00:45:33,330 TEN DECEDENTS. IT ALL DEPENDS ON 1326 00:45:33,330 --> 00:45:34,698 THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE 1327 00:45:34,698 --> 00:45:35,799 OCCURRING. SO IT ESSENTIALLY 1328 00:45:35,799 --> 00:45:38,102 MEANS DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY IN 1329 00:45:38,102 --> 00:45:42,639 THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE 1330 00:45:42,639 --> 00:45:45,342 TO QUICKLY DO AUTOPSIES WITHIN 1331 00:45:45,342 --> 00:45:47,144 THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE 1332 00:45:47,144 --> 00:45:49,313 AVAILABLE, IF THERE WERE AN 1333 00:45:49,313 --> 00:45:52,416 INCIDENT OF, YOU KNOW, EXTREME 1334 00:45:52,416 --> 00:45:53,851 GUN VIOLENCE, RIGHT? IT COULD BE 1335 00:45:53,851 --> 00:45:56,653 ANYWHERE FROM THREE OR MORE 1336 00:45:56,653 --> 00:45:57,788 PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED 1337 00:45:57,788 --> 00:46:00,557 MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT, AND OUR 1338 00:46:00,557 --> 00:46:02,693 TEAM WOULD THEN IMPLEMENT THEIR 1339 00:46:02,693 --> 00:46:04,928 MASS CASUALTY PLAN. I WILL ALSO 1340 00:46:04,928 --> 00:46:11,602 ADD THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF 1341 00:46:11,602 --> 00:46:12,035 HEALTH ALSO HAS -- 1342 00:46:12,035 --> 00:46:16,340 >> OKAY, LET ME ROLL IT BACK. IS 1343 00:46:16,340 --> 00:46:18,742 GUN VIOLENCE CONSIDERED PART OF 1344 00:46:18,742 --> 00:46:24,948 THAT? ARE YOU GUYS PREPARED FOR 1345 00:46:24,948 --> 00:46:25,983 ACTS OF VIOLENCE, NOT THE 1346 00:46:25,983 --> 00:46:29,019 CORONER AND ALL THAT, BUT TO BE 1347 00:46:29,019 --> 00:46:34,992 ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT? 1348 00:46:34,992 --> 00:46:36,793 >> WELL, WE HAVE REGIONAL OFFICE 1349 00:46:36,793 --> 00:46:39,963 OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION TEAM, 1350 00:46:39,963 --> 00:46:42,099 BUT OUR REGIONAL OFFICE IS A 1351 00:46:42,099 --> 00:46:44,001 VERY SMALL TEAM THAT FOCUSES 1352 00:46:44,001 --> 00:46:46,670 PRIMARILY ON SOUTH SEATTLE AND 1353 00:46:46,670 --> 00:46:49,106 SOUTH KING COUNTY. THE WORK THIS 1354 00:46:49,106 --> 00:46:53,877 TEAM FOCUSES ON IS, OF COURSE, 1355 00:46:53,877 --> 00:46:55,679 GATHERING DATA AND SURVEILLANCE. 1356 00:46:55,679 --> 00:46:56,313 WORKING WITH PRIMARILY YOUTH, 1357 00:46:56,313 --> 00:46:59,449 WHO ARE MOST AT RISK. AND THEN 1358 00:46:59,449 --> 00:47:02,653 IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT, OUR 1359 00:47:02,653 --> 00:47:04,288 TEAM IS AVAILABLE ON SIDE TO 1360 00:47:04,288 --> 00:47:07,257 PROVIDE SUPPORT. WE ALSO WORK 1361 00:47:07,257 --> 00:47:08,725 WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS 1362 00:47:08,725 --> 00:47:11,094 THAT DO VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION. 1363 00:47:11,094 --> 00:47:15,866 GUN VIOLENCE IS AN ISSUE THAT 1364 00:47:15,866 --> 00:47:17,401 EXTENDS BEYOND PUBLIC HEALTH. 1365 00:47:17,401 --> 00:47:19,670 IT'S REALLY TO ATTEMPT TO 1366 00:47:19,670 --> 00:47:20,103 PREVENT INCIDENTS. 1367 00:47:20,103 --> 00:47:22,039 >> CAN I STOP YOU THERE? BECAUSE 1368 00:47:22,039 --> 00:47:23,740 YOU KEEP FREEZING ON ME, BUT I 1369 00:47:23,740 --> 00:47:25,842 GET IT. I UNDERSTAND ALL OF 1370 00:47:25,842 --> 00:47:27,744 THAT. I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A 1371 00:47:27,744 --> 00:47:29,780 WHILE FOR ABOUT A DECADE. SO DO 1372 00:47:29,780 --> 00:47:33,150 YOU CONSIDER GUN VIOLENCE A PART 1373 00:47:33,150 --> 00:47:35,352 OF PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH? 1374 00:47:35,352 --> 00:47:36,587 >> WELL, CURRENTLY OUR REGION 1375 00:47:36,587 --> 00:47:39,623 OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE IS HOUSED 1376 00:47:39,623 --> 00:47:40,691 WITHIN PUBLIC HEALTH. GUN 1377 00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:43,493 VIOLENCE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH 1378 00:47:43,493 --> 00:47:46,196 ISSUE, OF COURSE. BUT AS I 1379 00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:49,867 MENTIONED, IT IS AN ISSUE THAT 1380 00:47:49,867 --> 00:47:50,567 INVOLVES CROSS-SECTOR 1381 00:47:50,567 --> 00:47:52,603 COLLABORATION BETWEEN PUBLIC 1382 00:47:52,603 --> 00:47:54,905 HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR 1383 00:47:54,905 --> 00:48:00,244 HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, OUR SCHOOLS, 1384 00:48:00,244 --> 00:48:03,847 OUR COMMUNITY, OUR ELECTED 1385 00:48:03,847 --> 00:48:04,147 OFFICIALS. 1386 00:48:04,147 --> 00:48:05,349 >> THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 1387 00:48:05,349 --> 00:48:08,986 MADAM CHAIR. 1388 00:48:08,986 --> 00:48:10,120 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1389 00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:11,088 JUAREZ. COLLEAGUES, ANY 1390 00:48:11,088 --> 00:48:15,926 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR OUR 1391 00:48:15,926 --> 00:48:16,560 APPOINTEE BEFORE US TODAY? 1392 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:18,729 HEARING AND SEEING NONE, I AM 1393 00:48:18,729 --> 00:48:21,965 GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A 1394 00:48:21,965 --> 00:48:25,435 VOTE ON THE APPOINTMENT. I MOVE 1395 00:48:25,435 --> 00:48:27,037 TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF 1396 00:48:27,037 --> 00:48:29,506 APPOINTMENT 3497. IS THERE A 1397 00:48:29,506 --> 00:48:29,740 SECOND? 1398 00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:30,040 >> SECOND. 1399 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:31,375 >> THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND 1400 00:48:31,375 --> 00:48:33,377 SECONDED TO RECOMMEND THE 1401 00:48:33,377 --> 00:48:37,014 CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT. 1402 00:48:37,014 --> 00:48:37,748 ANY FINAL COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. 1403 00:48:37,748 --> 00:48:38,749 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 1404 00:48:38,749 --> 00:48:42,853 ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE OF 1405 00:48:42,853 --> 00:48:43,887 RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM 1406 00:48:43,887 --> 00:48:45,088 APPOINTMENT 3497? 1407 00:48:45,088 --> 00:48:45,756 >> CHAIR RINCK? 1408 00:48:45,756 --> 00:48:46,623 >> YES. 1409 00:48:46,623 --> 00:48:50,594 >> VICE CHAIR FOSTER? 1410 00:48:50,594 --> 00:48:51,361 >> YES. 1411 00:48:51,361 --> 00:48:52,663 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1412 00:48:52,663 --> 00:48:53,030 HOLLINGSWORTH? 1413 00:48:53,030 --> 00:48:53,897 >> YES. 1414 00:48:53,897 --> 00:48:55,732 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 1415 00:48:55,732 --> 00:48:58,135 >> AYE. 1416 00:48:58,135 --> 00:48:58,635 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 1417 00:48:58,635 --> 00:48:58,902 >> AYE. 1418 00:48:58,902 --> 00:49:01,905 >> THERE ARE FIVE IN FAVOR, ZERO 1419 00:49:01,905 --> 00:49:03,407 OPPOSED AND ZERO ABSTENTIONS. 1420 00:49:03,407 --> 00:49:04,274 >> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 1421 00:49:04,274 --> 00:49:04,942 THAT THE APPOINTMENT BE 1422 00:49:04,942 --> 00:49:06,310 CONFIRMED WILL BE SENT TO THE 1423 00:49:06,310 --> 00:49:08,445 JUNE 9 FULL COUNCIL MEETING. 1424 00:49:08,445 --> 00:49:09,112 CONGRATULATIONS, DR. VALENCIANO. 1425 00:49:09,112 --> 00:49:13,150 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 1426 00:49:13,150 --> 00:49:14,818 >> THANK YOU CHAIR RINCK AND 1427 00:49:14,818 --> 00:49:17,788 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I LOOK 1428 00:49:17,788 --> 00:49:19,623 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL. 1429 00:49:19,623 --> 00:49:20,524 >> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU. WE'LL 1430 00:49:20,524 --> 00:49:22,326 MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND ITEM OF 1431 00:49:22,326 --> 00:49:25,095 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1432 00:49:25,095 --> 00:49:27,230 READ ITEM TWO INTO THE RECORD? 1433 00:49:27,230 --> 00:49:28,465 >> OVERVIEW OF RESOLUTION 1434 00:49:28,465 --> 00:49:30,000 UPDATING POLICIES FOR 1435 00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:31,601 ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING 1436 00:49:31,601 --> 00:49:33,804 PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT 1437 00:49:33,804 --> 00:49:34,338 AREAS, BIAs. BRIEFING AND 1438 00:49:34,338 --> 00:49:38,375 DISCUSSION. 1439 00:49:38,375 --> 00:49:40,444 >> WONDERFUL. AND AS WE ARE 1440 00:49:40,444 --> 00:49:41,545 GETTING OUR PRESENTERS SET UP, I 1441 00:49:41,545 --> 00:49:45,215 WILL JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO FRAME 1442 00:49:45,215 --> 00:49:46,750 UP THIS DISCUSSION AGAIN. JUST A 1443 00:49:46,750 --> 00:49:47,351 REMINDER, COLLEAGUES, WE WILL 1444 00:49:47,351 --> 00:49:50,654 NOT BE VOTING ON THE RESOLUTION 1445 00:49:50,654 --> 00:49:51,855 TODAY. INSTEAD WE HAVE SET TIME 1446 00:49:51,855 --> 00:49:54,291 ASIDE TO GET A BRIEFING ON THE 1447 00:49:54,291 --> 00:49:55,659 RESOLUTION, AND TO GARNER AN 1448 00:49:55,659 --> 00:49:57,427 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS 1449 00:49:57,427 --> 00:50:00,230 FOR THE FUTURE OF BIA CREATION 1450 00:50:00,230 --> 00:50:01,365 AND BIA UPDATES. AT OUR NEXT 1451 00:50:01,365 --> 00:50:02,966 COMMITTEE MEETING, WE'LL BE 1452 00:50:02,966 --> 00:50:04,234 VOTING ON THE RESOLUTION. THIS 1453 00:50:04,234 --> 00:50:06,670 RESOLUTION CONVEYS THE CITY'SING 1454 00:50:06,670 --> 00:50:08,972 STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS AND 1455 00:50:08,972 --> 00:50:12,342 GUIDANCE FOR PERSPECTIVE AND 1456 00:50:12,342 --> 00:50:14,878 EXISTING BIAs, BUT ARE NOT 1457 00:50:14,878 --> 00:50:15,512 REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL CHANGE 1458 00:50:15,512 --> 00:50:17,848 THE OPERATIONS OF ANY OF OUR 1459 00:50:17,848 --> 00:50:19,516 CURRENT BIAs. THANKS AGAIN TO 1460 00:50:19,516 --> 00:50:22,219 OLLAV OUR PRESENTERS. TO GET 1461 00:50:22,219 --> 00:50:23,520 THINGS STARTED, PLEASE STATE 1462 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:30,861 YOUR NAME INTO THE MICROPHONE 1463 00:50:30,861 --> 00:50:37,401 FOR THE RECORD. 1464 00:50:37,401 --> 00:50:41,505 >> I CAN KICK US OFF. JASMINE 1465 00:50:41,505 --> 00:50:42,172 MARWAHA, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 1466 00:50:42,172 --> 00:50:49,312 >> ISAAC HORWITH, OFFICE OF 1467 00:50:49,312 --> 00:50:49,780 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 1468 00:50:49,780 --> 00:50:51,815 >> THERESA BARRERAS, OFFICE OF 1469 00:50:51,815 --> 00:50:53,583 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 1470 00:50:53,583 --> 00:50:56,553 >> AND CASEY ROGERS, OFFICE OF 1471 00:50:56,553 --> 00:50:57,487 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 1472 00:50:57,487 --> 00:50:58,488 >> WONDERFUL. PLEASE PROCEED. 1473 00:50:58,488 --> 00:50:59,289 >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD 1474 00:50:59,289 --> 00:51:01,525 MORNING, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US 1475 00:51:01,525 --> 00:51:02,159 TODAY, COUNCILMEMBERS. WE'RE 1476 00:51:02,159 --> 00:51:04,461 EXCITED TO BE HERE AND PRESENT 1477 00:51:04,461 --> 00:51:07,130 OUR PROPOSED UPDATES TO OUR CITY 1478 00:51:07,130 --> 00:51:08,398 WIDE BIA CITY WIDE POLICIES. WE 1479 00:51:08,398 --> 00:51:09,366 HAVE SOME EXCITING IMPROVEMENTS 1480 00:51:09,366 --> 00:51:12,669 TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, THAT WE 1481 00:51:12,669 --> 00:51:21,711 HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH OUR 1482 00:51:21,711 --> 00:51:26,817 BIA DIRECTORS. NEXT SLIDE. FIRST 1483 00:51:26,817 --> 00:51:28,852 OF ALL WE'LL DO A QUICK 1484 00:51:28,852 --> 00:51:31,188 OVERVIEW OF WHAT BIAs ARE. WE 1485 00:51:31,188 --> 00:51:34,925 USE THE TERM LOOSELY. BIA OR 1486 00:51:34,925 --> 00:51:37,627 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA, KNOWN 1487 00:51:37,627 --> 00:51:40,497 AS IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE 1488 00:51:40,497 --> 00:51:42,866 COUNTRY AND ACTUALLY THE WORLD. 1489 00:51:42,866 --> 00:51:45,869 IT'S A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR 1490 00:51:45,869 --> 00:51:47,037 DISTRICT REVITALIZATION. SO 1491 00:51:47,037 --> 00:51:48,004 MONEY CREATED IN THE DISTRICT 1492 00:51:48,004 --> 00:51:49,573 GOES BACK TO AN ORGANIZATION 1493 00:51:49,573 --> 00:51:52,108 THAT HELPS SUPPORT THE DISTRICT 1494 00:51:52,108 --> 00:51:55,612 ITSELF. I LIKEN IT TO HOA FOR A 1495 00:51:55,612 --> 00:51:56,847 BUSINESS DISTRICT OR 1496 00:51:56,847 --> 00:51:58,615 NEIGHBORHOOD. MONEY GOES BACK TO 1497 00:51:58,615 --> 00:52:00,150 THE ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT 1498 00:52:00,150 --> 00:52:03,687 PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE CLEAN AND 1499 00:52:03,687 --> 00:52:04,888 SAFE, MARKETING AND PROMOTION, 1500 00:52:04,888 --> 00:52:06,223 BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC 1501 00:52:06,223 --> 00:52:07,958 DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC SPACE 1502 00:52:07,958 --> 00:52:08,525 IMPROVEMENTS AND PLANNING 1503 00:52:08,525 --> 00:52:10,260 ADVOCACY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, 1504 00:52:10,260 --> 00:52:12,395 THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE 1505 00:52:12,395 --> 00:52:12,929 ORGANIZATION ITSELF. BUT 1506 00:52:12,929 --> 00:52:14,731 MOREOVER, I WANT TO MENTION OUR 1507 00:52:14,731 --> 00:52:16,366 BIAs HERE IN SEATTLE ARE REALLY 1508 00:52:16,366 --> 00:52:18,301 KEY PARTNERS ON THE GROUND IN 1509 00:52:18,301 --> 00:52:18,969 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY'RE THE 1510 00:52:18,969 --> 00:52:21,805 EYES AND THE EARS IN THE 1511 00:52:21,805 --> 00:52:23,306 DISTRICT. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH 1512 00:52:23,306 --> 00:52:25,575 THEM ON ALL SORTS OF ISSUES IN 1513 00:52:25,575 --> 00:52:27,377 THE CITY. YOU KNOW, I RELY ON 1514 00:52:27,377 --> 00:52:28,712 OUR BIA DIRECTORS FOR ALL SORTS 1515 00:52:28,712 --> 00:52:32,148 OF FEEDBACK ON WHAT'S GOING ON 1516 00:52:32,148 --> 00:52:32,749 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. A GOOD 1517 00:52:32,749 --> 00:52:34,584 EXAMPLE AS OF LATE IS THE FIFA 1518 00:52:34,584 --> 00:52:37,420 WORLD CUP. WE WORKED CLOSELY 1519 00:52:37,420 --> 00:52:39,155 WITH PIONEER SQUARE, CHINATOWN 1520 00:52:39,155 --> 00:52:40,757 ID, SODO, DOWNTOWN SEATTLE 1521 00:52:40,757 --> 00:52:45,896 ORGANIZATION, IN HELPING TO 1522 00:52:45,896 --> 00:52:48,765 PREPARE FOR THE EVENT. WE 1523 00:52:48,765 --> 00:52:52,402 CURRENTLY HAVE 11BIAs CITY WIDE 1524 00:52:52,402 --> 00:52:54,104 FROM WEST SEATTLE, BALLARD, 1525 00:52:54,104 --> 00:52:55,405 COLUMBIA CITY, ETC. AND I JUST 1526 00:52:55,405 --> 00:52:57,574 WANT TO MENTION WE ARE WORKING 1527 00:52:57,574 --> 00:52:59,809 IN EARNEST WITH THREE NEW 1528 00:52:59,809 --> 00:53:03,246 DISTRICTS ON BIA FORMATION, 1529 00:53:03,246 --> 00:53:08,118 THAT'S JUDKINS PARK, AND PIKE 1530 00:53:08,118 --> 00:53:12,622 PINE AND CAPITOL HILL. A LITTLE 1531 00:53:12,622 --> 00:53:14,558 POLICY BACKGROUND. SO BIAs ARE 1532 00:53:14,558 --> 00:53:16,426 ACTUALLY ALLOWED BY OUR STATE 1533 00:53:16,426 --> 00:53:19,362 RCW, AND THEN OUR CITY WIDE 1534 00:53:19,362 --> 00:53:20,897 POLICIES GUIDE BOTH THE EXISTING 1535 00:53:20,897 --> 00:53:24,467 AND PERSPECTIVE BIAs THAT ARE 1536 00:53:24,467 --> 00:53:26,202 FORMING. RATE PAYERS ARE THOSE 1537 00:53:26,202 --> 00:53:27,704 MEMBERS OF THE BIAs THAT CAN 1538 00:53:27,704 --> 00:53:29,206 EITHER BE BUSINESSES OR PROPERTY 1539 00:53:29,206 --> 00:53:31,341 OWNERS, AND THEY PAY INTO THE 1540 00:53:31,341 --> 00:53:32,142 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. THEN THAT'S 1541 00:53:32,142 --> 00:53:36,947 THE MONEY THAT GOES BACK TO THE 1542 00:53:36,947 --> 00:53:37,581 NEIGHBORHOOD AND SUPPORTS THE 1543 00:53:37,581 --> 00:53:38,582 ORGANIZATION. THE CITY MANAGES 1544 00:53:38,582 --> 00:53:40,584 THE PROGRAM. SO OFFICE OF 1545 00:53:40,584 --> 00:53:41,418 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 1546 00:53:41,418 --> 00:53:42,152 COORDINATION WITH TREASURY 1547 00:53:42,152 --> 00:53:44,421 SERVICES. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO 1548 00:53:44,421 --> 00:53:45,388 ACTUALLY COLLECT THE ASSESSMENT 1549 00:53:45,388 --> 00:53:47,724 DOLLARS, THEN REDISTRICT IT BACK 1550 00:53:47,724 --> 00:53:48,592 TO THE ORGANIZATION. THE BIA 1551 00:53:48,592 --> 00:53:50,660 ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOVERNED BY A 1552 00:53:50,660 --> 00:53:51,595 RATE PAYER ADVISORY BOARD 1553 00:53:51,595 --> 00:53:54,364 THAT'S REPRESENTING THE RATE 1554 00:53:54,364 --> 00:53:56,666 PAYERS THEMSELVES. AND I JUST 1555 00:53:56,666 --> 00:53:59,102 WANT TO MENTION THE CITY DOES 1556 00:53:59,102 --> 00:54:01,471 HAVE OVERSITE, SO WE APPROVE THE 1557 00:54:01,471 --> 00:54:02,739 RATE PAYER ADVISORY BOARDS 1558 00:54:02,739 --> 00:54:04,975 ITSELF, AND THEN ON THE ANNUAL 1559 00:54:04,975 --> 00:54:05,809 BASIS, WE'RE APPROVING THE WORK 1560 00:54:05,809 --> 00:54:08,812 PLAN BUDGET AND THE RATE PAYER 1561 00:54:08,812 --> 00:54:10,113 ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS 1562 00:54:10,113 --> 00:54:14,017 THEMSELVES. SO WE HAVE AGENCY 1563 00:54:14,017 --> 00:54:16,553 AND OVERSIGHT ON THE 1564 00:54:16,553 --> 00:54:20,223 ORGANIZATIONS. MOST BIA 1565 00:54:20,223 --> 00:54:22,225 ORDINANCES INCLUDE A SUNSET 1566 00:54:22,225 --> 00:54:26,262 DATE, AT WHICH POINT TECHNICALLY 1567 00:54:26,262 --> 00:54:27,364 THE ORGANIZATION ENDS, AND THEN 1568 00:54:27,364 --> 00:54:30,033 A NEW BIA WOULD HAVE TO BE 1569 00:54:30,033 --> 00:54:33,670 CREATED, AND WE'LL GET INTO 1570 00:54:33,670 --> 00:54:35,805 WHAT THAT MEANS LATER, BUT A 1571 00:54:35,805 --> 00:54:37,507 SUNSET DATE, I'LL JUST NOTE IS 1572 00:54:37,507 --> 00:54:38,108 NOT REQUIRED BY STATE. IT'S 1573 00:54:38,108 --> 00:54:40,777 SOMETHING THAT WE, AS A CITY, 1574 00:54:40,777 --> 00:54:41,511 HAVE IMPLEMENTED, AND YOU KNOW, 1575 00:54:41,511 --> 00:54:43,847 WE SEE IT AS A BENEFIT, A GOOD 1576 00:54:43,847 --> 00:54:46,349 THING. IT'S A NATURAL 1577 00:54:46,349 --> 00:54:48,184 OPPORTUNITY TO REEVALUATE THE 1578 00:54:48,184 --> 00:54:53,690 STRUCTURE, THE BOUNDARIES, HOW 1579 00:54:53,690 --> 00:54:54,424 THE BIA IS FUNCTIONING, ETC. AND 1580 00:54:54,424 --> 00:54:57,093 I'LL JUST MENTION, I KNOW ERIN 1581 00:54:57,093 --> 00:54:58,395 FROM SODO BIA GAVE PUBLIC 1582 00:54:58,395 --> 00:54:59,996 COMMENT AND TALKED ABOUT THIS A 1583 00:54:59,996 --> 00:55:01,631 LITTLE BIT, BUT WE WORKED REALLY 1584 00:55:01,631 --> 00:55:02,799 CLOSELY WITH OUR BIA DIRECTORS 1585 00:55:02,799 --> 00:55:05,101 THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF 1586 00:55:05,101 --> 00:55:06,603 ON THESE UPDATES. WE HOLD 1587 00:55:06,603 --> 00:55:07,637 QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH THE BIA 1588 00:55:07,637 --> 00:55:09,039 DIRECTORS THAT SERVE AS AN 1589 00:55:09,039 --> 00:55:10,774 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE CITY 1590 00:55:10,774 --> 00:55:11,808 UPDATES AND UPDATES FROM THE 1591 00:55:11,808 --> 00:55:13,009 COMMUNITY, AND THIS HAS BEEN AT 1592 00:55:13,009 --> 00:55:16,813 THE TOP OF THE AGENDA FOR THE 1593 00:55:16,813 --> 00:55:18,448 LAST YEAR. SOME KEY FEEDBACK 1594 00:55:18,448 --> 00:55:21,384 THAT WE'VE HEARD THAT NUMBER 1595 00:55:21,384 --> 00:55:22,952 ONE, THE CITY WIDE POLICIES 1596 00:55:22,952 --> 00:55:23,953 COULD BE RESTRUCTURED AND 1597 00:55:23,953 --> 00:55:25,922 REFINED TO MAKE IT EASIER TO 1598 00:55:25,922 --> 00:55:33,363 UNDERSTAND BOTH FOR EXITING AND 1599 00:55:33,363 --> 00:55:34,631 PERSPECTIVE BIAs. SECONDLY, THE 1600 00:55:34,631 --> 00:55:35,932 PROCESS IN THAT APPROVAL 1601 00:55:35,932 --> 00:55:37,167 THRESHOLD IS BURDENSOME AND 1602 00:55:37,167 --> 00:55:39,202 CHALLENGING, AND DOESN'T ALWAYS 1603 00:55:39,202 --> 00:55:42,472 MAKE SENSE FOR MINOR CHANGES IN 1604 00:55:42,472 --> 00:55:44,374 A BIA. THEN THIRDLY, THERE'S 1605 00:55:44,374 --> 00:55:50,747 INTEREST IN CLARIFYING THE 1606 00:55:50,747 --> 00:55:51,381 POLICY ON ASSESSING GOVERNMENT 1607 00:55:51,381 --> 00:55:52,449 OWNED POLICIES. WITH THAT I'LL 1608 00:55:52,449 --> 00:55:53,416 PASS IT OVER TO ISAAC. 1609 00:55:53,416 --> 00:55:54,984 >> GREAT, THANK YOU, CASEY. SO 1610 00:55:54,984 --> 00:55:58,021 I'M GOING TO GO INTO A LITTLE 1611 00:55:58,021 --> 00:56:01,157 MORE DETAIL ON THE KEY CHANGES 1612 00:56:01,157 --> 00:56:04,060 IN THE UPDATES. THESE AREN'T SO 1613 00:56:04,060 --> 00:56:05,295 MUCH OF A SUBSTANTIVE POLICY 1614 00:56:05,295 --> 00:56:06,429 CHANGE, BUT WE GOT FEEDBACK THAT 1615 00:56:06,429 --> 00:56:08,264 THE POLICIES WERE KIND OF 1616 00:56:08,264 --> 00:56:08,865 DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. THEY 1617 00:56:08,865 --> 00:56:09,799 HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED FOR TEN 1618 00:56:09,799 --> 00:56:12,268 YEARS, AND SO THEY WERE KIND OF 1619 00:56:12,268 --> 00:56:13,336 OVERDUE FOR A REFRESH. AND SO WE 1620 00:56:13,336 --> 00:56:16,806 MADE A LOT OF SMALL CHANGES THAT 1621 00:56:16,806 --> 00:56:19,342 KIND OF MAKES THE WHOLE DOCUMENT 1622 00:56:19,342 --> 00:56:20,877 LOOK PRETTY DIFFERENT. MAKING IT 1623 00:56:20,877 --> 00:56:21,945 CLEAR ABOUT THE BIA 1624 00:56:21,945 --> 00:56:22,579 RESPONSIBILITIES, ALL THE STEPS 1625 00:56:22,579 --> 00:56:25,415 AND REQUIREMENTS IN THE PROCESS 1626 00:56:25,415 --> 00:56:30,353 TO FORM OR RENEW A BIA. MORE 1627 00:56:30,353 --> 00:56:32,655 DETAILS ABOUT THE ONGOING ROLES 1628 00:56:32,655 --> 00:56:35,358 AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR, YOU 1629 00:56:35,358 --> 00:56:37,160 KNOW, MONITORING, ADMINISTERING, 1630 00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:39,763 AND ALL OF THAT BETWEEN THE 1631 00:56:39,763 --> 00:56:41,531 BIAs, OED, AND CITY FINANCE. WE 1632 00:56:41,531 --> 00:56:45,402 ALSO MADE A LOT OF OTHER CHANGES 1633 00:56:45,402 --> 00:56:46,202 LIKE RELATIVELY SMALL THINGS 1634 00:56:46,202 --> 00:56:49,405 LIKE MOVING, KIND OF A KEY TERM 1635 00:56:49,405 --> 00:56:51,641 THAT'S IN A GLOSSARY, FURTHER 1636 00:56:51,641 --> 00:56:52,609 UP, KIND OF REORDERING THINGS, 1637 00:56:52,609 --> 00:56:57,347 SO IT IS MORE STRUCTURED, AND 1638 00:56:57,347 --> 00:56:59,015 MORE IMPROVED OVERALL. I THINK 1639 00:56:59,015 --> 00:57:00,183 THAT IN PARTICULAR WILL HELP 1640 00:57:00,183 --> 00:57:02,585 LOWER THE BARRIER AND MAKE IT 1641 00:57:02,585 --> 00:57:03,753 EASIER FOR PERSPECTIVE BIAs THAT 1642 00:57:03,753 --> 00:57:04,954 ARE LOOKING TO FORM THAT MAYBE 1643 00:57:04,954 --> 00:57:09,492 IT IS THEIR FIRST TIME LOOKING 1644 00:57:09,492 --> 00:57:11,060 AT A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS. AND 1645 00:57:11,060 --> 00:57:11,795 THEN PROBABLY THE MOST 1646 00:57:11,795 --> 00:57:13,830 SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE THAT WE ARE 1647 00:57:13,830 --> 00:57:16,065 PROPOSING IS AROUND THE RENEWAL. 1648 00:57:16,065 --> 00:57:17,100 SO AS CASEY SAID, IT'S NOT 1649 00:57:17,100 --> 00:57:18,802 REALLY A TERM THAT APPEARS IN 1650 00:57:18,802 --> 00:57:24,941 THE STATE LAW ABOUT BIAs, AND WE 1651 00:57:24,941 --> 00:57:26,709 HAVE HISTORICALLY REQUIRED THIS 1652 00:57:26,709 --> 00:57:27,110 DISESTABLISHMENT, 1653 00:57:27,110 --> 00:57:27,644 REESTABLISHMENT WITH THE 1654 00:57:27,644 --> 00:57:34,050 PETITION PROCESS AND REQUIRING 1655 00:57:34,050 --> 00:57:34,784 60% APPROVAL. NOW WE'VE REALLY 1656 00:57:34,784 --> 00:57:35,819 DELINEATED WHEN, BASICALLY AS 1657 00:57:35,819 --> 00:57:37,587 LONG AS YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY 1658 00:57:37,587 --> 00:57:40,123 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, YOU CAN GO 1659 00:57:40,123 --> 00:57:40,924 THROUGH THE MODIFICATION 1660 00:57:40,924 --> 00:57:44,227 PROCESS, WHICH IS AN AMENDMENT 1661 00:57:44,227 --> 00:57:45,695 TO THE ORDINANCE. THE CITY WOULD 1662 00:57:45,695 --> 00:57:47,897 STILL REQUIRE OUTREACH TO ALL 1663 00:57:47,897 --> 00:57:49,299 THE RATE PAYERS AND 1664 00:57:49,299 --> 00:57:49,999 DOCUMENTATION AND RECOMMEND 1665 00:57:49,999 --> 00:57:51,034 MAJORITY SUPPORT, BUT IT 1666 00:57:51,034 --> 00:57:53,169 WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH 1667 00:57:53,169 --> 00:57:56,306 THAT 60% AND FORMAL PETITION 1668 00:57:56,306 --> 00:58:00,343 PROCESS. IF THE BIA IS 1669 00:58:00,343 --> 00:58:01,110 PERFORMING OR SUGGESTING MORE 1670 00:58:01,110 --> 00:58:02,145 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES LIKE ADDING 1671 00:58:02,145 --> 00:58:03,079 A NEW AREA THAT'S NOT 1672 00:58:03,079 --> 00:58:05,148 CONTINUOUS OR A CHANGE OF MORE 1673 00:58:05,148 --> 00:58:07,016 THAN 10% OF THEIR BOUNDARIES. 1674 00:58:07,016 --> 00:58:07,617 CHANGING THE SERVICES THEY 1675 00:58:07,617 --> 00:58:10,386 PROVIDE OR CHANGING A BENEFIT 1676 00:58:10,386 --> 00:58:13,890 ZONE, THEN, YOU KNOW, THOSE MORE 1677 00:58:13,890 --> 00:58:15,959 SUBSTANTIVE REQUIREMENTS WOULD 1678 00:58:15,959 --> 00:58:16,426 REQUIRE THE PETITION 1679 00:58:16,426 --> 00:58:16,826 DISESTABLISHMENT, 1680 00:58:16,826 --> 00:58:27,370 REESTABLISHMENT. WE JUST WANTED 1681 00:58:27,637 --> 00:58:28,872 TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE. AND IN 1682 00:58:28,872 --> 00:58:30,139 SUMMARY, WE THINK THESE ARE A 1683 00:58:30,139 --> 00:58:33,643 LOT OF LITTLE THINGS THAT ADD UP 1684 00:58:33,643 --> 00:58:36,012 INTO BIG IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE 1685 00:58:36,012 --> 00:58:37,580 BIA DIRECTORS ARE WELCOMING, AND 1686 00:58:37,580 --> 00:58:39,983 WE BELIEVE WILL HELP EXISTING 1687 00:58:39,983 --> 00:58:41,651 AND PERSPECTIVE BIAs. WE WELCOME 1688 00:58:41,651 --> 00:58:43,419 ANY QUESTIONS, AND I THINK 1689 00:58:43,419 --> 00:58:47,257 JASMINE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF 1690 00:58:47,257 --> 00:58:47,523 FOLLOWUP? 1691 00:58:47,523 --> 00:58:49,425 >> NOTHING TO ADHERE. I'M JUST 1692 00:58:49,425 --> 00:58:53,029 HERE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY 1693 00:58:53,029 --> 00:58:53,763 QUESTIONS. CENTRAL STAFF 1694 00:58:53,763 --> 00:58:57,700 IDENTIFIED NO ISSUES WITH THE 1695 00:58:57,700 --> 00:58:59,335 PROPOSED CHANGES, AND SO, YEAH. 1696 00:58:59,335 --> 00:59:01,404 >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ALL SO 1697 00:59:01,404 --> 00:59:02,839 MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 1698 00:59:02,839 --> 00:59:03,473 COLLEAGUES, WHAT QUESTIONS DO 1699 00:59:03,473 --> 00:59:10,613 YOU HAVE FOR OUR PARTNERS AT 1700 00:59:10,613 --> 00:59:14,350 OED? ALL RIGHT. IF WE ARE STILL 1701 00:59:14,350 --> 00:59:15,385 THINKING, I'M HAPPY TO JUST 1702 00:59:15,385 --> 00:59:17,053 KICK US OFF A LITTLE BIT. YOU 1703 00:59:17,053 --> 00:59:18,755 TOUCHED ON THE POINT ABOUT JUST 1704 00:59:18,755 --> 00:59:20,857 THE SUNSET. CAN YOU EXPAND A 1705 00:59:20,857 --> 00:59:24,327 LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE VALUE OF 1706 00:59:24,327 --> 00:59:26,462 HAVING A SUNSET IN PLACE IN SOME 1707 00:59:26,462 --> 00:59:27,997 OF YOUR ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH 1708 00:59:27,997 --> 00:59:28,598 BIAs ABOUT THAT? 1709 00:59:28,598 --> 00:59:31,668 >> YEAH, I CAN CHIME IN HERE. 1710 00:59:31,668 --> 00:59:32,902 WE'VE NOTICED THOSE BIAs THAT 1711 00:59:32,902 --> 00:59:36,839 DO NOT HAVE SUNSET DATES OFTEN 1712 00:59:36,839 --> 00:59:38,341 TIME CANLING WISH. HAVING A DATE 1713 00:59:38,341 --> 00:59:42,111 WHEN THE BIA ENDS IS REALLY AN 1714 00:59:42,111 --> 00:59:43,212 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ORGANIZATION 1715 00:59:43,212 --> 00:59:47,383 TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT ITSELF AND 1716 00:59:47,383 --> 00:59:49,319 UNDERSTAND, HAVE THE BOUNDARIES 1717 00:59:49,319 --> 00:59:52,922 SHIFTED? SORT OF WHAT WE'RE 1718 00:59:52,922 --> 00:59:54,090 WANTING, KIND OF THE BUDGET 1719 00:59:54,090 --> 00:59:55,191 WE'RE AT LOOKING GOOD. SO IT 1720 00:59:55,191 --> 00:59:56,693 SERVES AS A NATURAL POINT FOR 1721 00:59:56,693 --> 00:59:57,427 THE ORGANIZATION TO MAYBE 1722 00:59:57,427 --> 01:00:01,097 RECALIBRATE IS A WORD I WOULD 1723 01:00:01,097 --> 01:00:03,766 USE. WHICH IS WHY WE TEND TO 1724 01:00:03,766 --> 01:00:05,101 RECOMMEND A SUNSET DATE. WHICH 1725 01:00:05,101 --> 01:00:09,172 CAN LOOK, YOU KNOW, IT CAN VARY 1726 01:00:09,172 --> 01:00:10,206 BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS, SOME 1727 01:00:10,206 --> 01:00:11,975 WOULD BE SEVEN YEARS, I KNOW 1728 01:00:11,975 --> 01:00:13,543 THAT TEN YEARS IS OFTEN ONCE THE 1729 01:00:13,543 --> 01:00:18,681 BIA IS UP AND RUNNING, THEY KIND 1730 01:00:18,681 --> 01:00:20,083 OF HAVE AN EVERY YEAR SUNSET 1731 01:00:20,083 --> 01:00:21,617 DATE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT 1732 01:00:21,617 --> 01:00:22,118 TO ADD ANYTHING? 1733 01:00:22,118 --> 01:00:23,987 >> YEAH, I WOULD ADD THE UPDATED 1734 01:00:23,987 --> 01:00:25,621 POLICIES OFFICIALLY RECOMMEND A 1735 01:00:25,621 --> 01:00:28,257 SUNSET DATE, WHICH THEY DIDN'T 1736 01:00:28,257 --> 01:00:30,560 PREVIOUSLY. THEY'RE NOT 1737 01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:31,794 REQUIRED. BUT I THINK PAIRED 1738 01:00:31,794 --> 01:00:33,529 WITH REDUCING THE BARRIERS FOR 1739 01:00:33,529 --> 01:00:36,532 RENEWAL, IF IT IS BASICALLY JUST 1740 01:00:36,532 --> 01:00:40,103 EXTENDING THE SUNSET DATE THAT 1741 01:00:40,103 --> 01:00:40,570 THAT IS APPROPRIATE. 1742 01:00:40,570 --> 01:00:42,639 >> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1743 01:00:42,639 --> 01:00:44,374 I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN WALK 1744 01:00:44,374 --> 01:00:46,909 US THROUGH THE CURRENT PETITION 1745 01:00:46,909 --> 01:00:47,543 PROCESS, THE 60% APPROVAL 1746 01:00:47,543 --> 01:00:48,578 THRESHOLD, AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE 1747 01:00:48,578 --> 01:00:54,283 TIME WHERE THIS HAS BEEN 1748 01:00:54,283 --> 01:00:54,784 CHALLENGING FOR BIA? 1749 01:00:54,784 --> 01:00:58,254 >> SURE. SO RIGHT NOW TO FORM A 1750 01:00:58,254 --> 01:00:59,389 NEW BIA, WHAT IS REQUIRED PER 1751 01:00:59,389 --> 01:01:03,426 STATE I SHOULD SAY IS 60% 1752 01:01:03,426 --> 01:01:04,027 SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED 1753 01:01:04,027 --> 01:01:06,329 ASSESSMENT. SO IT IS ACTUALLY OF 1754 01:01:06,329 --> 01:01:07,830 THE PROPOSED DOLLAR AMOUNT. 60% 1755 01:01:07,830 --> 01:01:09,932 OF WHAT CREATES THAT DOLLAR 1756 01:01:09,932 --> 01:01:15,304 AMOUNT NEEDS TO BE IN SUPPORT. 1757 01:01:15,304 --> 01:01:15,972 THAT'S CERTAINLY CHALLENGING. 1758 01:01:15,972 --> 01:01:18,141 WHEN I SAY IT IS CHALLENGING, I 1759 01:01:18,141 --> 01:01:21,477 DON'T MEAN THAT 40% OF THOSE 1760 01:01:21,477 --> 01:01:26,015 RATE PAYERS ARE IN DECENT. THE 1761 01:01:26,015 --> 01:01:27,083 PROPERTY OWNER OR THE 1762 01:01:27,083 --> 01:01:28,317 PERSPECTIVE RATE PAYER TO 1763 01:01:28,317 --> 01:01:30,086 ACTUALLY GET THEM TO SIGN IN 1764 01:01:30,086 --> 01:01:33,122 SUPPORT. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY 1765 01:01:33,122 --> 01:01:34,657 THE BIGGEST BARRIER THAT I'VE 1766 01:01:34,657 --> 01:01:34,857 SEEN. 1767 01:01:34,857 --> 01:01:36,426 >> IT'S HARD JUST TO KNOW WHO 1768 01:01:36,426 --> 01:01:39,695 TO SEND THE PETITION TO AND TO 1769 01:01:39,695 --> 01:01:40,663 GET TO THE RIGHT PERSON. FOR 1770 01:01:40,663 --> 01:01:42,498 WHOEVER YOU FIND TO FEEL 1771 01:01:42,498 --> 01:01:43,332 COMFORTABLE SIGNING, IN SOME 1772 01:01:43,332 --> 01:01:46,069 CASES, WHEN YOU HAVE SOME 1773 01:01:46,069 --> 01:01:46,869 COMPLEX PROPERTY STRUCTURES, AND 1774 01:01:46,869 --> 01:01:49,338 JUST TO GET PEOPLE TO RESPOND. I 1775 01:01:49,338 --> 01:01:51,240 THINK IT'S NOT THAT YOU HAVE TO 1776 01:01:51,240 --> 01:01:54,911 GET TO 60% OF FOLKS WHO 1777 01:01:54,911 --> 01:01:57,180 RESPONDED. YOU HAVE TO GET TO 1778 01:01:57,180 --> 01:02:01,384 ACTUALLY 60% OF THE ENTIRE BIA, 1779 01:02:01,384 --> 01:02:05,421 YOU KNOW, PROPOSAL, SO THAT IS 1780 01:02:05,421 --> 01:02:06,055 VERY CHALLENGING. IT TAKES TIME. 1781 01:02:06,055 --> 01:02:06,656 YOU KNOW, APATHY CAN KIND OF 1782 01:02:06,656 --> 01:02:08,157 PLAY INTO THIS IF, YOU KNOW, A 1783 01:02:08,157 --> 01:02:09,125 LOT OF FOLKS JUST DON'T GET 1784 01:02:09,125 --> 01:02:13,696 AROUND TO IT OR THEY GET A VERY 1785 01:02:13,696 --> 01:02:15,932 DENSE PACKET, AND THEY DON'T 1786 01:02:15,932 --> 01:02:16,733 UNDERSTAND IT. WE'RE SEEING 1787 01:02:16,733 --> 01:02:19,402 RIGHT NOW THE FOLKS THAT IT IS 1788 01:02:19,402 --> 01:02:25,007 VERY CHALLENGING TO GET THEM TO 1789 01:02:25,007 --> 01:02:25,975 THAT LEVEL. THANK YOU. 1790 01:02:25,975 --> 01:02:26,275 >> JASMINE? 1791 01:02:26,275 --> 01:02:29,846 >> I MIGHT ALSO REITERATE THE 1792 01:02:29,846 --> 01:02:35,051 LIMIT, THE THRESHOLD ACCORDING 1793 01:02:35,051 --> 01:02:37,587 TO STATE LAW. THAT IT'S THE 1794 01:02:37,587 --> 01:02:39,155 BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO YOU, BUT 1795 01:02:39,155 --> 01:02:42,558 REALLY TO EASE THAT BURDEN, IT 1796 01:02:42,558 --> 01:02:43,926 WOULD REQUIRE GOING TO THE 1797 01:02:43,926 --> 01:02:44,160 STATE. 1798 01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:45,495 >> IT'S A CRITICAL DETAIL. 1799 01:02:45,495 --> 01:02:46,896 THANK YOU, JASMINE, AND THANK 1800 01:02:46,896 --> 01:02:53,136 YOU FOR UNPACKING THAT A LITTLE 1801 01:02:53,136 --> 01:02:53,769 BIT. COLLEAGUES, ANY ADDITIONAL 1802 01:02:53,769 --> 01:02:56,339 QUESTIONS? 1803 01:02:56,339 --> 01:02:56,806 >> SURE. 1804 01:02:56,806 --> 01:02:59,809 >> APOLOGIES ON THAT. 1805 01:02:59,809 --> 01:03:00,443 >> PARDON ME. 1806 01:03:00,443 --> 01:03:02,411 >> I FORGOT TO SCROLL OVER. 1807 01:03:02,411 --> 01:03:02,812 PLEASE PROCEED. 1808 01:03:02,812 --> 01:03:04,213 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND 1809 01:03:04,213 --> 01:03:08,618 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR 1810 01:03:08,618 --> 01:03:10,253 PRESENTERS. I HAVE JUST TWO 1811 01:03:10,253 --> 01:03:11,721 QUESTIONS FOR YOU. I REALLY 1812 01:03:11,721 --> 01:03:14,924 APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS AROUND 1813 01:03:14,924 --> 01:03:16,125 THE CHALLENGES WITH THE OUTREACH 1814 01:03:16,125 --> 01:03:19,028 AND EVEN JUST THE CHALLENGES 1815 01:03:19,028 --> 01:03:19,695 THAT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FACE 1816 01:03:19,695 --> 01:03:20,763 WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF WHO 1817 01:03:20,763 --> 01:03:23,833 IS IN THEIR AREA FOR A POTENTIAL 1818 01:03:23,833 --> 01:03:26,669 BIA. I WONDER IF YOU COULD SHARE 1819 01:03:26,669 --> 01:03:30,406 WHAT WORK OED IS DOING OR WHAT 1820 01:03:30,406 --> 01:03:31,974 WORK OTHER DEPARTMENTS COULD 1821 01:03:31,974 --> 01:03:35,545 POSSIBLY DO TO EASE THAT BURDEN 1822 01:03:35,545 --> 01:03:36,779 ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND THE 1823 01:03:36,779 --> 01:03:39,182 OUTREACH? BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE 1824 01:03:39,182 --> 01:03:39,849 ARE FANTASTIC SMALL BUSINESS 1825 01:03:39,849 --> 01:03:41,117 OWNERS WHO ARE OWNING AND 1826 01:03:41,117 --> 01:03:41,851 OPERATING THEIR BUSINESSES, AND 1827 01:03:41,851 --> 01:03:47,523 ALSO TAKING ON THE ADDITIONAL 1828 01:03:47,523 --> 01:03:48,191 REALLY IMPORTANT OUTREACH WORK? 1829 01:03:48,191 --> 01:03:52,662 >> WE DO A LOT TO SUPPORT THE 1830 01:03:52,662 --> 01:03:54,197 WHOLE PROCESS. WE FIND 1831 01:03:54,197 --> 01:03:56,332 CONSULTANTS TO HELP OUR LOCAL 1832 01:03:56,332 --> 01:03:57,266 COMMUNITIES TO GATHER THAT DATA 1833 01:03:57,266 --> 01:04:00,203 AND IDENTIFY IT. IT DOES TAKE A 1834 01:04:00,203 --> 01:04:02,505 LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO FIGURE 1835 01:04:02,505 --> 01:04:04,140 OUT WHO IS OUT THERE AND WHAT 1836 01:04:04,140 --> 01:04:05,441 THEIR CONTACTS ARE AND TO GO OUT 1837 01:04:05,441 --> 01:04:08,711 AND TALK TO FOLKS TO GET INPUT 1838 01:04:08,711 --> 01:04:10,646 AND FEEDBACK. DEVELOP THE 1839 01:04:10,646 --> 01:04:12,949 PROPOSAL IN COLLABORATION WITH 1840 01:04:12,949 --> 01:04:14,483 ALL THE FOLKS IN THE 1841 01:04:14,483 --> 01:04:17,520 NEIGHBORHOOD AND BASED ON THEIR 1842 01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:18,321 PRIORITIES, WHAT SERVICES THEY 1843 01:04:18,321 --> 01:04:24,227 WANT TO SEE. SO IT IS JUST A 1844 01:04:24,227 --> 01:04:25,461 VERY KIND OF INTENSIVE PROCESS 1845 01:04:25,461 --> 01:04:28,064 TO DO ALL OF THAT. WE DO PROVIDE 1846 01:04:28,064 --> 01:04:32,168 MUCH RESOURCE AND SERVICE AS WE 1847 01:04:32,168 --> 01:04:33,202 CAN TO SUPPORT THAT PROCESS. I 1848 01:04:33,202 --> 01:04:39,275 THINK WE OFTEN BASE THE BIAs ON 1849 01:04:39,275 --> 01:04:41,244 KING COUNTY ASSESSMENT DATA, AND 1850 01:04:41,244 --> 01:04:42,445 THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE 1851 01:04:42,445 --> 01:04:44,046 CHALLENGING TO GET, YOU KNOW, 1852 01:04:44,046 --> 01:04:47,350 THE LATEST UPDATES ON THAT DATA 1853 01:04:47,350 --> 01:04:48,584 ASK ALL OF THE INFORMATION. SO 1854 01:04:48,584 --> 01:04:51,354 THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING 1855 01:04:51,354 --> 01:04:53,689 ON, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 1856 01:04:53,689 --> 01:04:54,924 BETTER APPROACHES. BUT I DON'T 1857 01:04:54,924 --> 01:04:56,859 KNOW IF YOU HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS? 1858 01:04:56,859 --> 01:05:01,063 >> I'LL ADD FOR EACH BIA 1859 01:05:01,063 --> 01:05:01,664 FORMATION EFFORT, LOOKING TO 1860 01:05:01,664 --> 01:05:02,965 FORM. THERE'S A GROUP OF FOLKS 1861 01:05:02,965 --> 01:05:06,369 ON THE GROUND, REPRESENTATIVE OF 1862 01:05:06,369 --> 01:05:07,536 THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS ALMOST 1863 01:05:07,536 --> 01:05:09,605 LIKE A NETWORKING ASPECT OF IT. 1864 01:05:09,605 --> 01:05:11,207 WHO AMONGST THE GROUP KNOWS THE 1865 01:05:11,207 --> 01:05:12,942 PROPERTY OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY 1866 01:05:12,942 --> 01:05:17,013 OWNER, AND THAT SORT OF COMES 1867 01:05:17,013 --> 01:05:19,749 NATURALLY WITH THE EFFORT. IT'S 1868 01:05:19,749 --> 01:05:24,487 JUST A CHALLENGE THAT WE WORK AS 1869 01:05:24,487 --> 01:05:26,922 THERESA MENTIONED AND UNIQUE TO 1870 01:05:26,922 --> 01:05:27,256 EACH EFFORT. 1871 01:05:27,256 --> 01:05:28,758 >> GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1872 01:05:28,758 --> 01:05:29,992 THAT. AND YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S 1873 01:05:29,992 --> 01:05:31,093 SOMETHING I HEARD FROM FOLKS 1874 01:05:31,093 --> 01:05:32,261 WHEN THEY'RE LIKE WE KNOW WHO 1875 01:05:32,261 --> 01:05:33,596 THE PERSON IS, BUT WE CAN'T 1876 01:05:33,596 --> 01:05:35,998 FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IN TOUCH 1877 01:05:35,998 --> 01:05:37,867 WITH THEM. SO IT IS HELPFUL TO 1878 01:05:37,867 --> 01:05:39,535 HEAR THE WORK THAT OED IS DOING 1879 01:05:39,535 --> 01:05:40,503 WITH CONSULTANTS AND OTHER 1880 01:05:40,503 --> 01:05:43,906 THINGS TO HELP TO GET PEOPLE IN 1881 01:05:43,906 --> 01:05:44,507 TOUCH. ONE MORE QUESTION. I 1882 01:05:44,507 --> 01:05:46,809 THINK THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION 1883 01:05:46,809 --> 01:05:48,277 FOR JASMINE. SO JASMINE, YOU 1884 01:05:48,277 --> 01:05:52,448 MENTIONED THE 60% IS IN THE 1885 01:05:52,448 --> 01:05:55,785 STATE STATUTE. ARE THERE, DO THE 1886 01:05:55,785 --> 01:05:57,653 STATE STATUTE SORT OF DICTATE 1887 01:05:57,653 --> 01:06:01,090 WHICH DECISIONS HAVE TO BE 1888 01:06:01,090 --> 01:06:02,725 REACHED AT THAT 60% THRESHOLD? 1889 01:06:02,725 --> 01:06:05,394 OR DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SORT OF 1890 01:06:05,394 --> 01:06:08,931 FLEXIBILITY BEYOND WHAT'S 1891 01:06:08,931 --> 01:06:09,598 PRESENTED IN THESE 1892 01:06:09,598 --> 01:06:10,099 RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY? 1893 01:06:10,099 --> 01:06:12,268 >> I BELIEVE THAT 60% THRESHOLD 1894 01:06:12,268 --> 01:06:17,974 IS JUST A THRESHOLD TO SHOW 1895 01:06:17,974 --> 01:06:19,709 SUPPORT FOR THE BIA. SO IT LOOKS 1896 01:06:19,709 --> 01:06:23,045 LIKE YOU WANT TO CHIME IN? 1897 01:06:23,045 --> 01:06:24,947 >> I DON'T QUITE HAVE THEM 1898 01:06:24,947 --> 01:06:26,182 MEMORIZED. THERE'S A COUPLE OF 1899 01:06:26,182 --> 01:06:27,149 KEY CHANGES THAT SPECIFICALLY 1900 01:06:27,149 --> 01:06:30,019 SAY THEY DO TRIGGER REQUIRING 1901 01:06:30,019 --> 01:06:33,456 THE 60% THRESHOLD, WHICH WE HAVE 1902 01:06:33,456 --> 01:06:34,790 REFLECTED IN THE CITY WIDE 1903 01:06:34,790 --> 01:06:36,192 POLICY, SO A CHANGE IN THE 1904 01:06:36,192 --> 01:06:39,295 BENEFIT ZONE, CHANGING TO THE 1905 01:06:39,295 --> 01:06:44,467 SERVICES, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN 1906 01:06:44,467 --> 01:06:49,171 THE BOUNDARY. SO WE ARE REALLY 1907 01:06:49,171 --> 01:06:50,473 REQUIRING THE 60% THRESHOLD 1908 01:06:50,473 --> 01:06:56,712 WHERE IT IS REQUIRED BY STATE 1909 01:06:56,712 --> 01:06:56,912 LAW. 1910 01:06:56,912 --> 01:07:01,484 >> GO AHEAD. THE STATE LAW HAS 1911 01:07:01,484 --> 01:07:05,054 SOME CONFLICTING LANGUAGE IT IN 1912 01:07:05,054 --> 01:07:08,257 IT. WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR CITY 1913 01:07:08,257 --> 01:07:10,993 DEPARTMENT, AND I THINK WE 1914 01:07:10,993 --> 01:07:14,030 LANDED ON THIS APPROACH. I THINK 1915 01:07:14,030 --> 01:07:17,400 THE PRIOR PRACTICES OF REQUIRING 1916 01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:19,535 A NEW PETITION PROCESS FOR 1917 01:07:19,535 --> 01:07:21,103 RENEWAL, I THINK WE REALIZED 1918 01:07:21,103 --> 01:07:22,071 THAT WASN'T REQUIRED IN STATE 1919 01:07:22,071 --> 01:07:24,407 LAW THAT THERE WERE SOME PLACES 1920 01:07:24,407 --> 01:07:26,675 WHERE WE COULD MODIFY THAT 1921 01:07:26,675 --> 01:07:28,644 WITHIN STATE LAW. WE WOULD LIKE 1922 01:07:28,644 --> 01:07:30,513 TO PROPOSE SOME CHANGES TO STATE 1923 01:07:30,513 --> 01:07:34,817 LAW TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE, AND 1924 01:07:34,817 --> 01:07:36,252 MAYBE REDUCE THAT 60% PETITION 1925 01:07:36,252 --> 01:07:37,486 REQUIREMENT, BUT WE DIDN'T FEEL 1926 01:07:37,486 --> 01:07:38,788 COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD AS 1927 01:07:38,788 --> 01:07:40,656 THE CITY OF ESTABLISHING A 1928 01:07:40,656 --> 01:07:44,827 POLICY AT LESS THAN 60% AT THIS 1929 01:07:44,827 --> 01:07:45,027 TIME. 1930 01:07:45,027 --> 01:07:46,629 >> THAT IS TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL. 1931 01:07:46,629 --> 01:07:49,331 MY OFFICE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH 1932 01:07:49,331 --> 01:07:50,566 SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AROUND 1933 01:07:50,566 --> 01:07:52,101 THOSE IDEAS THAT THE DEPARTMENT 1934 01:07:52,101 --> 01:07:53,869 HAS FOR PARTNERING WITH OUR 1935 01:07:53,869 --> 01:07:57,273 FOLKS IN OLYMPIA. THANK YOU SO 1936 01:07:57,273 --> 01:07:57,473 MUCH. 1937 01:07:57,473 --> 01:08:02,812 >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR FOSTER. 1938 01:08:02,812 --> 01:08:03,379 COLLEAGUES, ANY ADDITIONAL 1939 01:08:03,379 --> 01:08:04,413 QUESTIONS? WE WILL BE REVISITING 1940 01:08:04,413 --> 01:08:09,085 THIS ITEM AT OUR NEXT COMMITTEE 1941 01:08:09,085 --> 01:08:10,119 MEETING. WONDERFUL. WELL, I WANT 1942 01:08:10,119 --> 01:08:11,387 TO THANK THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 1943 01:08:11,387 --> 01:08:12,421 DEVELOPMENT ON YOUR CAREFUL WORK 1944 01:08:12,421 --> 01:08:13,823 ON THIS, PARTICULARLY JUST THE 1945 01:08:13,823 --> 01:08:16,025 FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN ALSO MAKE 1946 01:08:16,025 --> 01:08:17,860 THIS LANGUAGE IN THIS PROCESS 1947 01:08:17,860 --> 01:08:19,862 MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR FOLKS. IT'S 1948 01:08:19,862 --> 01:08:20,463 JUST GREATLY APPRECIATED. SO 1949 01:08:20,463 --> 01:08:21,297 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, AND 1950 01:08:21,297 --> 01:08:22,832 THANK YOU FOR BEING IN COMMITTEE 1951 01:08:22,832 --> 01:08:25,568 THIS MORNING. HAVE A GOOD 1952 01:08:25,568 --> 01:08:25,835 WEEKEND. 1953 01:08:25,835 --> 01:08:27,636 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1954 01:08:27,636 --> 01:08:29,104 >> WONDERFUL. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON 1955 01:08:29,104 --> 01:08:31,106 TO OUR FINAL ITEM OF BUSINESS 1956 01:08:31,106 --> 01:08:32,541 TODAY, COLLEAGUES. THANKS FOR 1957 01:08:32,541 --> 01:08:33,943 HANGING IN THERE. WILL THE CLERK 1958 01:08:33,943 --> 01:08:35,444 PLEASE READ ITEM THREE INTO THE 1959 01:08:35,444 --> 01:08:36,645 RECORD? AND PLEASE NOTE OUR 1960 01:08:36,645 --> 01:08:37,246 PRESENTERS WILL ACTUALLY BE 1961 01:08:37,246 --> 01:08:41,016 ONLINE FOR THIS PORTION OF THE 1962 01:08:41,016 --> 01:08:41,283 MEETING. 1963 01:08:41,283 --> 01:08:44,053 >> ITEM THREE, KING COUNTY 1964 01:08:44,053 --> 01:08:46,822 CRISIS CARE CENTER LEVY 1965 01:08:46,822 --> 01:08:47,756 IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE, BRIEFING 1966 01:08:47,756 --> 01:08:48,123 AND DISCUSSION. 1967 01:08:48,123 --> 01:08:49,892 >> WONDERFUL. AND AS OUR 1968 01:08:49,892 --> 01:08:52,361 PRESENTERS ARE GETTING GOING 1969 01:08:52,361 --> 01:08:53,863 WITH THEIR PRESENTATION AND 1970 01:08:53,863 --> 01:08:55,664 WE'RE SWITCHING THINGS OUT, 1971 01:08:55,664 --> 01:08:57,099 I'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO NOTE 1972 01:08:57,099 --> 01:09:00,002 TO THE PUBLIC THAT KING COUNTY 1973 01:09:00,002 --> 01:09:02,104 HOLDS JURISDICTION OVER THE 1974 01:09:02,104 --> 01:09:03,339 CRISIS CARE CENTER 1975 01:09:03,339 --> 01:09:03,973 IMPLEMENTATION. HOWEVER, WITH 1976 01:09:03,973 --> 01:09:06,542 THE SEATTLE LOCATION SET TO OPEN 1977 01:09:06,542 --> 01:09:09,612 IN 2027, AS CHAIR OF THIS 1978 01:09:09,612 --> 01:09:11,247 COMMITTEE, I FEEL IT IS 1979 01:09:11,247 --> 01:09:11,814 IMPORTANT TO HOLISTICALLY 1980 01:09:11,814 --> 01:09:12,948 UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT'S 1981 01:09:12,948 --> 01:09:15,918 GOING ON, AND WHAT'S BEING DONE 1982 01:09:15,918 --> 01:09:18,220 TO ADDRESS OUR REGION'S GROWING 1983 01:09:18,220 --> 01:09:18,721 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS 1984 01:09:18,721 --> 01:09:20,356 LANDSCAPE. SO THANK YOU TO ALL 1985 01:09:20,356 --> 01:09:23,092 THE PRESENTERS FOR BEING WITH US 1986 01:09:23,092 --> 01:09:24,593 TODAY. AT THIS POINT, I THINK 1987 01:09:24,593 --> 01:09:27,229 MORE MEMBERS OF THIS MEETING ARE 1988 01:09:27,229 --> 01:09:27,997 ONLINE THAN IN PERSON. IT'S 1989 01:09:27,997 --> 01:09:29,665 JUST ME AND THE CLERK ROCKING IT 1990 01:09:29,665 --> 01:09:31,367 IN CHAMBERS TODAY, SO I FEEL A 1991 01:09:31,367 --> 01:09:32,635 LITTLE LEFT OUT. BUT WITH THAT, 1992 01:09:32,635 --> 01:09:34,303 I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO 1993 01:09:34,303 --> 01:09:35,571 OUR PRESENTERS TO GET THINGS 1994 01:09:35,571 --> 01:09:37,373 STARTED. SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE GO 1995 01:09:37,373 --> 01:09:38,707 THROUGH AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF 1996 01:09:38,707 --> 01:09:45,047 BY STATING YOUR NAME INTO THE 1997 01:09:45,047 --> 01:09:45,481 RECORD. THANK YOU. 1998 01:09:45,481 --> 01:09:48,684 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS ASHA 1999 01:09:48,684 --> 01:09:49,885 VENKATARAMAN IN THE MUNICIPAL 2000 01:09:49,885 --> 01:09:50,386 RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY 2001 01:09:50,386 --> 01:09:52,588 ENGAGEMENT MANAGER WITH THE KING 2002 01:09:52,588 --> 01:09:53,789 COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY 2003 01:09:53,789 --> 01:09:54,757 AND HUMAN SERVICES. I'LL TURN 2004 01:09:54,757 --> 01:09:57,159 IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, KATIE. 2005 01:09:57,159 --> 01:09:58,494 >> MORNING, CHAIR, MY NAME IS 2006 01:09:58,494 --> 01:09:59,662 KATIE ROGERS, PRONONES ARE SHE, 2007 01:09:59,662 --> 01:10:02,064 HER, AND I'M THE CHIEF OF STAFF 2008 01:10:02,064 --> 01:10:05,434 AT KING COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF 2009 01:10:05,434 --> 01:10:06,168 COMMUNITY AND HUMAN SERVICES. 2010 01:10:06,168 --> 01:10:06,402 KELLY? 2011 01:10:06,402 --> 01:10:10,206 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, MY NAME 2012 01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:14,743 IS KELLY TONGG, I'M THE CRISIS 2013 01:10:14,743 --> 01:10:16,979 CENTER BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS 2014 01:10:16,979 --> 01:10:17,246 MANAGER. 2015 01:10:17,246 --> 01:10:18,581 >> GOOD MORNING, SHE/HER 2016 01:10:18,581 --> 01:10:19,782 PRONOUNS. I'M THE INTERIM 2017 01:10:19,782 --> 01:10:23,886 DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE 2018 01:10:23,886 --> 01:10:25,087 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY 2019 01:10:25,087 --> 01:10:25,354 DIVISION. 2020 01:10:25,354 --> 01:10:27,389 >> GREAT. I'LL START US OFF 2021 01:10:27,389 --> 01:10:28,390 HERE WITH OUR PRESENTATION. SO 2022 01:10:28,390 --> 01:10:29,825 AS CHAIR RINCK MENTIONED, WE ARE 2023 01:10:29,825 --> 01:10:32,027 HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CRISIS 2024 01:10:32,027 --> 01:10:38,033 CARE CENTER LEVY AND THE 2025 01:10:38,033 --> 01:10:38,734 IMPLEMENTATION STATUS. SO OUR 2026 01:10:38,734 --> 01:10:40,002 AGENDA THIS MORNING WOULD BE TO 2027 01:10:40,002 --> 01:10:41,070 TALK THROUGH THE OVERVIEW AND 2028 01:10:41,070 --> 01:10:42,871 LEVY IN GENERAL, TALK A LITTLE 2029 01:10:42,871 --> 01:10:44,206 BIT ABOUT CRISIS CARE CENTERS, 2030 01:10:44,206 --> 01:10:46,976 AND THE EARLY IMPACT AND SUCCESS 2031 01:10:46,976 --> 01:10:49,111 WE'VE BEEN SEEING THUS FAR. 2032 01:10:49,111 --> 01:10:50,579 IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF THE 2033 01:10:50,579 --> 01:10:52,982 LEVY IF GENERAL, AND THEN WE'LL 2034 01:10:52,982 --> 01:10:55,150 DIVE INTO THE PIECES OF THE 2035 01:10:55,150 --> 01:10:56,051 BROADWAY CRISIS CARE PLANNING, 2036 01:10:56,051 --> 01:10:59,521 AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 2037 01:10:59,521 --> 01:11:01,724 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO THE 2038 01:11:01,724 --> 01:11:05,027 CRISIS CARE CENTER'S INITIATIVE 2039 01:11:05,027 --> 01:11:06,895 WAS APPROVED IN 2023, AND THE 2040 01:11:06,895 --> 01:11:09,665 ENTIRE LEVY WAS INTENDED TO 2041 01:11:09,665 --> 01:11:13,402 PROVIDE ABOUT $1.1 BILLION OVER 2042 01:11:13,402 --> 01:11:17,373 THE NEXT NINE YEARS. AND WE ARE 2043 01:11:17,373 --> 01:11:19,508 ATTEMPTING TO FILL A GAP IN THIS 2044 01:11:19,508 --> 01:11:20,843 SPECTRUM HERE. WE'RE LOOKING 2045 01:11:20,843 --> 01:11:21,744 FOR SOMEONE TO CONTACT, AND 2046 01:11:21,744 --> 01:11:25,481 THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE 2047 01:11:25,481 --> 01:11:26,649 988, FOR EXAMPLE. SOMEONE TO 2048 01:11:26,649 --> 01:11:28,651 RESPOND. WE THINK ABOUT THAT IN 2049 01:11:28,651 --> 01:11:31,353 TERMS OF THINGS LIKE MOBILE 2050 01:11:31,353 --> 01:11:32,488 CRISIS RESPONSE, SOMEWHERE TO 2051 01:11:32,488 --> 01:11:34,223 GO, SOMEWHERE SAFE TO GO, WHICH 2052 01:11:34,223 --> 01:11:36,225 IS WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO PROVIDE 2053 01:11:36,225 --> 01:11:38,494 HERE WITH CRISIS CARE CENTERS. 2054 01:11:38,494 --> 01:11:40,496 AND THEN SOMEONE TO FOLLOW UP. 2055 01:11:40,496 --> 01:11:43,198 AND THAT WE'LL GET INTO AS 2056 01:11:43,198 --> 01:11:48,804 WELL. BUT THINGS LIKE POST 2057 01:11:48,804 --> 01:11:50,005 CRISIS FOLLOW-UP CARE. THERE ARE 2058 01:11:50,005 --> 01:11:53,475 THREE PURPOSES TO THE CRISIS 2059 01:11:53,475 --> 01:11:54,677 CARE CENTER LEVY. THE PARAMOUNT 2060 01:11:54,677 --> 01:11:56,111 PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH AND 2061 01:11:56,111 --> 01:12:00,349 OPERATE THIS REGIONAL NETWORK OF 2062 01:12:00,349 --> 01:12:05,254 FIVE CRISIS CARE CENTERS FOR 2063 01:12:05,254 --> 01:12:07,723 PRIMARILY ONE IN EACH -- CRISIS 2064 01:12:07,723 --> 01:12:09,958 FOR THE NORTH, THE EAST, THE 2065 01:12:09,958 --> 01:12:11,593 SOUTH, AND THEN CENTRAL, AND 2066 01:12:11,593 --> 01:12:13,395 THEN ONE FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR 2067 01:12:13,395 --> 01:12:14,263 YOUTH. I'LL JUST CLARIFY. ALL 2068 01:12:14,263 --> 01:12:15,998 OF THE CRISIS CARE CENTERS WILL 2069 01:12:15,998 --> 01:12:20,636 SEE YOUTH, BUT THE YOUTH CRISIS 2070 01:12:20,636 --> 01:12:23,272 CARE CENTER IS SPECIFICALLY FOR 2071 01:12:23,272 --> 01:12:24,673 OUR YOUTH AND ADULTS. THE FIRST 2072 01:12:24,673 --> 01:12:26,041 SUPPORTING PURPOSE IS TO HELP 2073 01:12:26,041 --> 01:12:29,111 RESTORE THE NUMBER OF 2074 01:12:29,111 --> 01:12:29,745 RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT BEDS FOR 2075 01:12:29,745 --> 01:12:33,449 MENTAL HEALTH THAT WE HAVE LOST 2076 01:12:33,449 --> 01:12:37,219 IN KING COUNTY. AND THEN THE 2077 01:12:37,219 --> 01:12:38,620 SECOND SUPPORTING PURPOSE IS TO 2078 01:12:38,620 --> 01:12:43,926 INVEST IN OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2079 01:12:43,926 --> 01:12:44,660 WORK FORCE ACROSS KING COUNTY. I 2080 01:12:44,660 --> 01:12:46,128 WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY 2081 01:12:46,128 --> 01:12:48,997 COLLEAGUE, KELLY, TO TALK ABOUT 2082 01:12:48,997 --> 01:12:49,932 THE CRISIS CARE CENTERS 2083 01:12:49,932 --> 01:12:50,265 SPECIFICALLY. 2084 01:12:50,265 --> 01:12:51,867 >> THANKS AND GOOD MORNING 2085 01:12:51,867 --> 01:12:53,168 AGAIN, EVERYONE. I APOLOGIZE IF 2086 01:12:53,168 --> 01:12:54,803 I HAVE TO RUN. I CAUGHT A COLD, 2087 01:12:54,803 --> 01:12:57,740 AND I HAVE SOME COUGHING FITS, 2088 01:12:57,740 --> 01:13:00,909 SO I APOLOGIZE. SO THANK YOU FOR 2089 01:13:00,909 --> 01:13:01,944 HAVING US HERE TODAY. SO I'M 2090 01:13:01,944 --> 01:13:05,114 GOING TO DIVE INTO THE CRISIS 2091 01:13:05,114 --> 01:13:06,215 CARE CENTER'S CLINICAL MODELS 2092 01:13:06,215 --> 01:13:10,519 AND SOME OF THE INSURANCE 2093 01:13:10,519 --> 01:13:11,186 BREAKDOWNS WE'RE NOTICING. WITH 2094 01:13:11,186 --> 01:13:12,121 SO MANY PEOPLE UNABLE TO ACCESS 2095 01:13:12,121 --> 01:13:15,858 THE CRISIS CARE CENTER IS NOW 2096 01:13:15,858 --> 01:13:18,627 PLACED FOR SOMEONE TO GO ANY 2097 01:13:18,627 --> 01:13:20,596 TIME REGARDLESS THEIR ABILITY TO 2098 01:13:20,596 --> 01:13:23,365 PAY FOR THE SERVICES THEY 2099 01:13:23,365 --> 01:13:25,334 RECEIVE. SO SOMEONE COULD BE 2100 01:13:25,334 --> 01:13:28,437 DROPPED OFF BY THE FIRST 2101 01:13:28,437 --> 01:13:29,638 RESPONDER AND EMS PARTNERS. NEXT 2102 01:13:29,638 --> 01:13:30,439 SLIDE, PLEASE? I'M GOING TO 2103 01:13:30,439 --> 01:13:32,074 SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON 2104 01:13:32,074 --> 01:13:34,443 THIS GRAPHIC, BUT THE GRAPHIC 2105 01:13:34,443 --> 01:13:35,677 REALLY ILLUSTRATES THE WAY, THE 2106 01:13:35,677 --> 01:13:37,212 DIFFERENT WAYS OF HOW SOMEONE 2107 01:13:37,212 --> 01:13:39,181 COULD ACCESS THE CRISIS CARE 2108 01:13:39,181 --> 01:13:41,116 CENTER AND THE CLINICAL PATH 2109 01:13:41,116 --> 01:13:43,452 THEY MAY FOLLOW. SO EACH CENTER 2110 01:13:43,452 --> 01:13:44,686 HAS THREE KEY CLINICAL 2111 01:13:44,686 --> 01:13:47,689 COMPONENTS. SO THERE'S THE 2112 01:13:47,689 --> 01:13:49,124 URGENT CARE, THE 23-HOUR 2113 01:13:49,124 --> 01:13:50,325 OBSERVATION, AND THE CRISIS 2114 01:13:50,325 --> 01:13:51,693 STABILIZATION UNIT. SO TOGETHER 2115 01:13:51,693 --> 01:13:55,464 THESE SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO 2116 01:13:55,464 --> 01:13:56,899 REALLY PROVIDE TIMELY 2117 01:13:56,899 --> 01:13:58,567 APPROPRIATE PERSON-CENTERED CARE 2118 01:13:58,567 --> 01:14:00,903 FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING A 2119 01:14:00,903 --> 01:14:01,436 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS. 2120 01:14:01,436 --> 01:14:02,738 STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT, 2121 01:14:02,738 --> 01:14:03,772 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE FRONT 2122 01:14:03,772 --> 01:14:05,808 DOOR INTO CARE, WHICH IS THE 2123 01:14:05,808 --> 01:14:07,443 URGENT CARE UNIT. SO ADULTS CAN 2124 01:14:07,443 --> 01:14:10,846 WALK IN 24/7 WITHOUT AN 2125 01:14:10,846 --> 01:14:11,580 APPOINTMENT, AND THEN YOUTH AGES 2126 01:14:11,580 --> 01:14:13,849 4 THROUGH 17 CAN ALSO BE SEEN 2127 01:14:13,849 --> 01:14:15,818 THERE. EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE 2128 01:14:15,818 --> 01:14:17,953 GREETED BY, YOU KNOW, A PEER 2129 01:14:17,953 --> 01:14:20,756 SPECIALIST, AND THEN A CLINICAL 2130 01:14:20,756 --> 01:14:22,057 TEAM WILL PROVIDE ASSESSMENTS, 2131 01:14:22,057 --> 01:14:23,292 MEDICATION SUPPORT, AND ANY 2132 01:14:23,292 --> 01:14:26,328 OTHER SERVICES THAT THE 2133 01:14:26,328 --> 01:14:27,963 INDIVIDUAL MAY IDENTIFY AS THEIR 2134 01:14:27,963 --> 01:14:30,232 NEEDS. IF THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS 2135 01:14:30,232 --> 01:14:31,834 CANNOT BE RESOLVED IN THE URGENT 2136 01:14:31,834 --> 01:14:35,037 CARE, OR THEY ARE EXPERIENCING 2137 01:14:35,037 --> 01:14:37,840 MORE ACUTE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2138 01:14:37,840 --> 01:14:39,575 SYMPTOMS, THEY COULD BE 2139 01:14:39,575 --> 01:14:42,077 TRANSFERRED TO THE CENTER PART 2140 01:14:42,077 --> 01:14:43,812 OF THE GRAPHIC HERE. THIS IS 2141 01:14:43,812 --> 01:14:44,947 ALSO WHERE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS 2142 01:14:44,947 --> 01:14:47,483 AND MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS HAVE A 2143 01:14:47,483 --> 01:14:49,518 DEDICATED ENTRANCE FOR A DIRECT 2144 01:14:49,518 --> 01:14:52,254 DROP-OFF. AND SO THAT IS REALLY 2145 01:14:52,254 --> 01:14:53,288 CREATING A DIFFERENT -- CREATING 2146 01:14:53,288 --> 01:14:56,692 A SPACE THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO 2147 01:14:56,692 --> 01:14:59,361 LIKE AN ALTERNATIVE TO AN 2148 01:14:59,361 --> 01:15:01,230 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO 2149 01:15:01,230 --> 01:15:05,000 NOTE YOUTH WILL NOT ACTUALLY BE 2150 01:15:05,000 --> 01:15:06,235 SERVED IN THE ADULT FACILITIES. 2151 01:15:06,235 --> 01:15:08,337 BUT ONCE THE CRISIS CARE CENTER 2152 01:15:08,337 --> 01:15:11,506 IS ONLINE, THE IDEA IS THE ADULT 2153 01:15:11,506 --> 01:15:13,442 FACILITIES WILL TRANSPORT THE 2154 01:15:13,442 --> 01:15:19,181 INDIVIDUALS TO THE UCCC FOR 2155 01:15:19,181 --> 01:15:21,316 FURTHER STABILIZATION FROM 2156 01:15:21,316 --> 01:15:26,321 THERE. THE CLINICAL TEAM WILL 2157 01:15:26,321 --> 01:15:27,222 PROVIDE RAPID STABILIZATION AND 2158 01:15:27,222 --> 01:15:28,790 THE INDIVIDUAL CAN STAY UP THERE 2159 01:15:28,790 --> 01:15:30,425 FOR 23 HOURS AND 59 MINUTES. 2160 01:15:30,425 --> 01:15:32,694 LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, THE THIRD 2161 01:15:32,694 --> 01:15:34,229 COMPONENT FOR ANY INDIVIDUALS 2162 01:15:34,229 --> 01:15:36,765 THAT NEED MORE TIME BEYOND THE 2163 01:15:36,765 --> 01:15:38,734 INITIAL 23 HOURS AND 59 MINUTES, 2164 01:15:38,734 --> 01:15:41,403 BUT ARE NOT REQUIRING IN-PATIENT 2165 01:15:41,403 --> 01:15:42,738 HOSPITALIZATIONS, SO THEY HAVE 2166 01:15:42,738 --> 01:15:46,341 STABILIZED A BIT, AND NOT 2167 01:15:46,341 --> 01:15:48,610 REQUIRING THAT HIGHER LEVEL OF 2168 01:15:48,610 --> 01:15:52,648 CARE. IT IS SHOWN TO THE RIGHT 2169 01:15:52,648 --> 01:15:58,921 OF THIS GRAPHIC HERE. THE CSU IS 2170 01:15:58,921 --> 01:16:00,555 DULY LICENSED AS A RESIDENTIAL 2171 01:16:00,555 --> 01:16:01,957 TREATMENT FACILITY, WHERE THEY 2172 01:16:01,957 --> 01:16:06,895 CAN STAY FOR UP TO 14 DAYS. SO 2173 01:16:06,895 --> 01:16:11,733 HERE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVES CASE 2174 01:16:11,733 --> 01:16:15,604 MANAGEMENT, WITHDRAWAL SUPPORT, 2175 01:16:15,604 --> 01:16:17,673 PSYCH CONSULTATION, MEDICATION 2176 01:16:17,673 --> 01:16:18,206 MANAGEMENT, ONGOING CARE 2177 01:16:18,206 --> 01:16:18,807 NAVIGATORS. REALLY THE WHOLE 2178 01:16:18,807 --> 01:16:21,510 GAMUT OF SERVICES IS ACROSS ALL 2179 01:16:21,510 --> 01:16:22,377 THREE COMPONENTS, BUT THE LENGTH 2180 01:16:22,377 --> 01:16:24,546 OF STAY IS REALLY WHAT IS KIND 2181 01:16:24,546 --> 01:16:25,948 OF CHANGING ALONG WITH THE 2182 01:16:25,948 --> 01:16:29,985 ACUITY OF THE SYMPTOMS THAT THE 2183 01:16:29,985 --> 01:16:30,719 INDIVIDUAL IS PRESENTING WITH. 2184 01:16:30,719 --> 01:16:33,555 AND YOU WILL SEE IN THAT BOTTOM 2185 01:16:33,555 --> 01:16:35,190 MIDDLE IS -- SO WHEN THE 2186 01:16:35,190 --> 01:16:35,891 CLINICAL TEAM IDENTIFIES AS 2187 01:16:35,891 --> 01:16:39,561 SOMEONE WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM 2188 01:16:39,561 --> 01:16:40,095 CONTINUED SUPPORT AFTER 2189 01:16:40,095 --> 01:16:41,330 DISCHARGING. THEY COULD BE 2190 01:16:41,330 --> 01:16:42,698 CONNECTED TO THE POST CRISIS 2191 01:16:42,698 --> 01:16:44,633 FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM, WHICH IS 2192 01:16:44,633 --> 01:16:46,668 LAUNCHING THIS SUMMER. WE WILL 2193 01:16:46,668 --> 01:16:48,870 TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER 2194 01:16:48,870 --> 01:16:50,038 THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT 2195 01:16:50,038 --> 01:16:54,943 IS REALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF JUST 2196 01:16:54,943 --> 01:16:55,711 PROVIDING THAT CONTINUED CARE. 2197 01:16:55,711 --> 01:16:57,546 PLANNING FOR DISCHARGES AS SOON 2198 01:16:57,546 --> 01:16:58,213 AS SOMEONE ARRIVES, RIGHT? 2199 01:16:58,213 --> 01:16:59,648 BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS A SHORT 2200 01:16:59,648 --> 01:17:03,919 TERM. IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A 2201 01:17:03,919 --> 01:17:07,556 LONG-TERM FACILITY FOR 2202 01:17:07,556 --> 01:17:08,957 INDIVIDUALS TO REMAIN IN. NEXT 2203 01:17:08,957 --> 01:17:11,026 SLIDE, PLEASE? AS EVERYONE IS 2204 01:17:11,026 --> 01:17:13,261 AWARE, SO KIRKLAND CONNECTIONS, 2205 01:17:13,261 --> 01:17:14,229 OUR CONNECTION TO KIRKLAND IS 2206 01:17:14,229 --> 01:17:16,098 NOW OPEN, AND THEY'RE ACCEPTING 2207 01:17:16,098 --> 01:17:18,000 YOUTH IN THEIR URGENT CARE. 2208 01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:20,702 ADULTS CAN WALK IN 24/7 WITHOUT 2209 01:17:20,702 --> 01:17:21,770 AN APPOINTMENT. YOUTH AGES 4 2210 01:17:21,770 --> 01:17:25,540 THROUGH 17 CAN WALK IN AS WELL 2211 01:17:25,540 --> 01:17:26,308 OR SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT 2212 01:17:26,308 --> 01:17:29,011 ONLINE. THEIR HOURS RIGHT NOW 2213 01:17:29,011 --> 01:17:29,945 ARE 11:00 TO 7:00 P.M. EVERY DAY 2214 01:17:29,945 --> 01:17:31,747 WITH THE IDEA WE'RE GOING TO GO 2215 01:17:31,747 --> 01:17:35,617 TO 24/7 FOR THE YOUTH URGENT 2216 01:17:35,617 --> 01:17:39,187 CARE. ABOUT 50% OF ALL 2217 01:17:39,187 --> 01:17:39,855 INDIVIDUALS COME IN VOLUNTARILY. 2218 01:17:39,855 --> 01:17:41,690 ABOUT 40% OF THOSE VISITS STEM 2219 01:17:41,690 --> 01:17:45,961 FROM A FIRST RESPONDER DROPOFF. 2220 01:17:45,961 --> 01:17:49,197 SO RIGHT NOW, THE FIRST 2221 01:17:49,197 --> 01:17:50,165 RESPONDER DROPOFF AVERAGES IN 2222 01:17:50,165 --> 01:17:51,333 THE SEVEN TO NINE-MINUTE RANGE 2223 01:17:51,333 --> 01:17:56,838 FROM POINT OF ENTRY TO HANDOFF 2224 01:17:56,838 --> 01:17:59,274 TO CONNECTION STAFF. AND JUST 2225 01:17:59,274 --> 01:18:01,343 LIKE AN ANECDOTE. IN 2025, 26% 2226 01:18:01,343 --> 01:18:03,478 INDIVIDUALS SEEN AT KIRKLAND 2227 01:18:03,478 --> 01:18:04,179 WERE RETURNING GUESTS. SO 2228 01:18:04,179 --> 01:18:05,881 MEANING THEY HAD A PREVIOUS 2229 01:18:05,881 --> 01:18:08,483 VISIT WITHIN THE SAME YEAR OR 2230 01:18:08,483 --> 01:18:10,919 THE YEAR PRIOR. AND SO SOME OF 2231 01:18:10,919 --> 01:18:12,120 THESE RETURNING GUESTS, SORRY, 2232 01:18:12,120 --> 01:18:13,655 OUT OF THESE RETURNING GUESTS, 2233 01:18:13,655 --> 01:18:15,290 65% RETURNED ON THEIR OWN RATHER 2234 01:18:15,290 --> 01:18:17,859 THAN BEING BROUGHT IN BY FIRST 2235 01:18:17,859 --> 01:18:19,094 RESPONDERS. SO WE'RE SEEING 2236 01:18:19,094 --> 01:18:20,529 SIMILAR PATTERNS IN 2026, BUT I 2237 01:18:20,529 --> 01:18:23,365 THINK THIS IS REALLY TELLING US 2238 01:18:23,365 --> 01:18:25,534 PEOPLE ARE FEELING SAFE ENOUGH 2239 01:18:25,534 --> 01:18:27,202 TO RETURN IN THE EVENT OF A 2240 01:18:27,202 --> 01:18:27,836 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND 2241 01:18:27,836 --> 01:18:30,572 THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO 2242 01:18:30,572 --> 01:18:32,107 ENCOURAGE. IF THEY ARE HAVING 2243 01:18:32,107 --> 01:18:32,941 THESE CRISIS, RATHER THAN GOING 2244 01:18:32,941 --> 01:18:34,376 TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OR 2245 01:18:34,376 --> 01:18:35,510 CALLING THE POLICE, LIKE BEING 2246 01:18:35,510 --> 01:18:41,083 ABLE TO COME BACK AND RECEIVE 2247 01:18:41,083 --> 01:18:42,717 THE CARE THEY NEED. NEXT SLIDE, 2248 01:18:42,717 --> 01:18:45,887 PLEASE? SO IT THISFECTION SLIDE 2249 01:18:45,887 --> 01:18:49,491 SHOWS THE INSURANCE PAIR MIX FOR 2250 01:18:49,491 --> 01:18:50,192 KIRKLAND CONNECTIONS FROM 2251 01:18:50,192 --> 01:18:52,561 JANUARY 2025 TO MARCH 2026. AND 2252 01:18:52,561 --> 01:18:55,797 SO THE FIRST LINE, I WANT TO 2253 01:18:55,797 --> 01:18:57,666 NOTE THAT IS NOT INSURANCE. 2254 01:18:57,666 --> 01:19:01,303 IT'S 100% COVERED THROUGH THE 2255 01:19:01,303 --> 01:19:02,938 LEVY. IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS 2256 01:19:02,938 --> 01:19:04,005 NON-SERVICE OPERATING COST. WHAT 2257 01:19:04,005 --> 01:19:05,874 IT REALLY MEANS IS 2258 01:19:05,874 --> 01:19:07,743 TRANSPORTATION, PHARMACY, AND 2259 01:19:07,743 --> 01:19:09,211 LABORATORY COSTS, THEY'RE NOT 2260 01:19:09,211 --> 01:19:10,245 COVERED BY INSURANCE. AND SO 2261 01:19:10,245 --> 01:19:13,815 THAT IS WHAT THE LEVY IS HELPING 2262 01:19:13,815 --> 01:19:15,951 TO PAY FOR. AND SO I WANT TO 2263 01:19:15,951 --> 01:19:17,385 JUST NOTE SOME IMPORTANT KIND OF 2264 01:19:17,385 --> 01:19:22,157 SOME OF THE ASTERISKS THAT ARE 2265 01:19:22,157 --> 01:19:24,760 NOTED HERE. SO IT'S 2266 01:19:24,760 --> 01:19:26,761 REPRESENTING THE TYPE OF 2267 01:19:26,761 --> 01:19:29,865 INSURANCE THAT'S REQUESTED WHEN 2268 01:19:29,865 --> 01:19:31,666 THE OPERATOR SUBMITS AN 2269 01:19:31,666 --> 01:19:34,169 AUTHORIZATION FOR SERVICES. BUT 2270 01:19:34,169 --> 01:19:37,072 IT DOESN'T MEAN THE CLAIM WAS 2271 01:19:37,072 --> 01:19:39,508 FULLY PAID. THERE MAY BE MORE 2272 01:19:39,508 --> 01:19:42,978 THAN ONE PAIR TYPE LIKE MEDICARE 2273 01:19:42,978 --> 01:19:45,514 AND MEDICAID THAT MIGHT BE 2274 01:19:45,514 --> 01:19:46,181 AUTHORIZED WITH A SINGLE 2275 01:19:46,181 --> 01:19:50,352 AUTHORIZATION THAT DOESN'T LINE 2276 01:19:50,352 --> 01:19:52,087 UP 200% FOR EACH UNIT. JUST ONE 2277 01:19:52,087 --> 01:19:53,188 IMPORTANT THING TO HIGHLIGHT IS 2278 01:19:53,188 --> 01:19:55,323 THAT WE'RE PROJECTING A 2279 01:19:55,323 --> 01:19:57,425 POSITIVE FUND BALANCE OVER THE 2280 01:19:57,425 --> 01:19:59,461 LIFE OF THE LEVY. AND SO THEY 2281 01:19:59,461 --> 01:20:02,030 TOOK A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH 2282 01:20:02,030 --> 01:20:03,431 WHEN WE ESTIMATED MEDICAID 2283 01:20:03,431 --> 01:20:05,467 REIMBURSEMENT, AND WE ASSUME 2284 01:20:05,467 --> 01:20:06,234 APPROXIMATELY 40% OF THE 2285 01:20:06,234 --> 01:20:07,903 SERVICES WOULD BE COVERED BY 2286 01:20:07,903 --> 01:20:10,172 MEDICAID. BUT IN PRACTICE RIGHT 2287 01:20:10,172 --> 01:20:11,873 NOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING, 2288 01:20:11,873 --> 01:20:14,609 MEDICAID IS REIMBURSING CLOSER 2289 01:20:14,609 --> 01:20:16,311 TO 55%. AND SO THIS MEANS WE'RE 2290 01:20:16,311 --> 01:20:18,046 ABLE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF 2291 01:20:18,046 --> 01:20:20,582 MEDICAID WE EXPECT TO COVER, AND 2292 01:20:20,582 --> 01:20:22,083 THEN THEREFORE THAT REDUCES THE 2293 01:20:22,083 --> 01:20:29,424 LEVY FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED TO 2294 01:20:29,424 --> 01:20:30,358 SUPPORT THE SERVICES. NEXT 2295 01:20:30,358 --> 01:20:33,094 SLIDE, PLEASE? SO FIRST 2296 01:20:33,094 --> 01:20:34,196 RESPONDERS INCLUDING 12 LOCAL 2297 01:20:34,196 --> 01:20:35,230 POLICE DEPARTMENTS. THEY ARE 2298 01:20:35,230 --> 01:20:38,500 ALREADY BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE 2299 01:20:38,500 --> 01:20:39,367 KIRKLAND CRISIS CARE CENTER. 2300 01:20:39,367 --> 01:20:43,638 REFERRALS COMING FROM ACROSS THE 2301 01:20:43,638 --> 01:20:44,739 REGION INCLUDING OUR SEATTLE 2302 01:20:44,739 --> 01:20:46,942 PARTNERS. SO THEY SHOW DROPOFFS 2303 01:20:46,942 --> 01:20:49,444 TAKE ON AVERAGE THE SEVEN TO 2304 01:20:49,444 --> 01:20:50,946 NINE-MINUTE RANGE I MENTIONED, 2305 01:20:50,946 --> 01:20:54,416 AND BOTH KIRKLAND AND, SORRY, 2306 01:20:54,416 --> 01:20:56,084 BOTH CONNECTIONS AND KICKLAND 2307 01:20:56,084 --> 01:20:57,619 POLICE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE 2308 01:20:57,619 --> 01:21:00,655 QUICK TURNAROUND WILL HELP MAKE 2309 01:21:00,655 --> 01:21:04,492 THEIR WORK EASIER AND TO RESPOND 2310 01:21:04,492 --> 01:21:05,927 TO OTHER EMERGENCIES. AND SO 2311 01:21:05,927 --> 01:21:09,231 FROM JANUARY 2025 TO MARCH 2026, 2312 01:21:09,231 --> 01:21:13,735 THERE WERE ACTUALLY 7,071 TOTAL 2313 01:21:13,735 --> 01:21:15,503 DROP-OFFS IN KIRKLAND. AND OF 2314 01:21:15,503 --> 01:21:19,608 THOSE, 460 WERE MADE BY POLICE 2315 01:21:19,608 --> 01:21:21,443 OR RESPONDERS. THAT REPRESENTS 2316 01:21:21,443 --> 01:21:25,614 ROUGHLY 7% OF ALL THE TOTAL 2317 01:21:25,614 --> 01:21:30,318 DROPOFFS MADE FOR THAT TIME 2318 01:21:30,318 --> 01:21:32,020 PERIOD. WE KNOW SEATTLE IS THE 2319 01:21:32,020 --> 01:21:37,459 WORK FLOW OF ROUTEING 2320 01:21:37,459 --> 01:21:38,894 INDIVIDUALS TO THE CENTER VIA 2321 01:21:38,894 --> 01:21:41,229 AMR BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW FAR 2322 01:21:41,229 --> 01:21:42,764 KIRKLAND CAN BE, ESPECIALLY FOR 2323 01:21:42,764 --> 01:21:44,666 THE POLICE OFFICERS BASED IN THE 2324 01:21:44,666 --> 01:21:45,800 SEATTLE AREA. SOMETHING ELSE I 2325 01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:46,935 WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I HEARD A 2326 01:21:46,935 --> 01:21:50,672 COUPLE WEEKS AGO IS A POLICE 2327 01:21:50,672 --> 01:21:52,507 CAPTAIN IN KIRKLAND RECENTLY 2328 01:21:52,507 --> 01:21:55,844 TOLD US HE'S SURPRISED AT HOW 2329 01:21:55,844 --> 01:21:57,512 WELL KIRKLAND IS WORKING, 2330 01:21:57,512 --> 01:21:59,114 ADMITTING HE WAS SKEPTICAL AT 2331 01:21:59,114 --> 01:22:00,382 FIRST, THINKING IT MIGHT DRAW 2332 01:22:00,382 --> 01:22:01,349 MORE UNHOUSED POPULATION INTO 2333 01:22:01,349 --> 01:22:02,817 THE AREA OR CREATE NEW 2334 01:22:02,817 --> 01:22:04,386 CHALLENGES FOR THEM. BUT AFTER 2335 01:22:04,386 --> 01:22:09,190 SEEING THE CRISIS CARE CENTER IN 2336 01:22:09,190 --> 01:22:11,660 ACTION, HE IS GLAD THE SERVICES 2337 01:22:11,660 --> 01:22:13,929 ARE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND 2338 01:22:13,929 --> 01:22:17,399 APPRECIATES THE SUPPORT THAT IT 2339 01:22:17,399 --> 01:22:19,401 IS PROVIDING THEM. FECTION 2340 01:22:19,401 --> 01:22:20,935 SLIDE, PLEASE? SO THIS IS NOW 2341 01:22:20,935 --> 01:22:21,936 MORE TALKING ABOUT LESS ABOUT 2342 01:22:21,936 --> 01:22:23,838 THE CRISIS CENTER AND MORE ABOUT 2343 01:22:23,838 --> 01:22:27,108 BROADER IMPACTS THAT THE LEVY IS 2344 01:22:27,108 --> 01:22:30,178 SUPPORTING ACROSS THE BEHAVIORAL 2345 01:22:30,178 --> 01:22:31,112 HEALTH SYSTEM. SO WE'RE SEEING 2346 01:22:31,112 --> 01:22:32,213 REAL RESULTS IN TERMS OF THE 2347 01:22:32,213 --> 01:22:33,915 CARE THEY NEED AND THE SYSTEM 2348 01:22:33,915 --> 01:22:37,953 GAINING MORE CAPACITY OR GAINING 2349 01:22:37,953 --> 01:22:40,455 NEW CAPACITY. MORE THAN 3,300 2350 01:22:40,455 --> 01:22:42,357 PEOPLE WERE SERVED THROUGH OVER 2351 01:22:42,357 --> 01:22:45,493 5,400 VISITS AT CONNECTION 2352 01:22:45,493 --> 01:22:47,595 KIRKLAND IN 2025, AND 95% OF 2353 01:22:47,595 --> 01:22:50,165 INDIVIDUALS IN THE CRISIS 2354 01:22:50,165 --> 01:22:51,599 STABILIZATION UNIT WERE ABLE TO 2355 01:22:51,599 --> 01:22:56,204 AVOID HIGHER COST OR HIGHER 2356 01:22:56,204 --> 01:23:01,443 LEVEL OF CARE. ACROSS THE 2357 01:23:01,443 --> 01:23:04,512 SYSTEM, HAVE CONDUCTED MORE 2358 01:23:04,512 --> 01:23:06,981 OUTREACHES IN 2025, WHICH IS 2359 01:23:06,981 --> 01:23:11,086 DOUBLE WHAT WE SAW IN 2026. SO 2360 01:23:11,086 --> 01:23:17,625 OUR OVERDOSE RESPONSE WORK IS 2361 01:23:17,625 --> 01:23:18,193 MAKE HADDING IMPACT. PEOPLE 2362 01:23:18,193 --> 01:23:26,267 USING NALOXONE HAVE RESPOND ED 2363 01:23:26,267 --> 01:23:28,603 TO -- MANY MACHINES REPORTED TO 2364 01:23:28,603 --> 01:23:30,338 RESPONDING TO FEARLY 800 2365 01:23:30,338 --> 01:23:33,508 OVERDOSES, AND MORE THAN 15,000 2366 01:23:33,508 --> 01:23:36,578 HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES HAVE 2367 01:23:36,578 --> 01:23:40,849 BEEN DISTRIBUTED SO FAR. AT THE 2368 01:23:40,849 --> 01:23:42,684 911 LEVEL, CHRYSLER CENTERS HAVE 2369 01:23:42,684 --> 01:23:47,355 RESOLVED 99% OF CALLS THAT WERE 2370 01:23:47,355 --> 01:23:48,690 DIVERTED TO 988. WE ARE ALSO 2371 01:23:48,690 --> 01:23:51,493 CONTINUING TO INVEST IN OUR WORK 2372 01:23:51,493 --> 01:23:54,129 FORCE, AND NEARLY 3,700 STAFF 2373 01:23:54,129 --> 01:23:54,963 HAVE BENEFITED FROM WELLNESS AND 2374 01:23:54,963 --> 01:23:56,831 CAREER DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, 2375 01:23:56,831 --> 01:23:57,465 HELPING OUR AGENCY RETAIN AND 2376 01:23:57,465 --> 01:23:58,466 STRENGTHEN THEIR TEAMS, WHICH 2377 01:23:58,466 --> 01:24:00,034 IS A PART OF THE SUPPORTING 2378 01:24:00,034 --> 01:24:09,511 PURPOSE THAT ASIA WAS TALK ASHA 2379 01:24:09,511 --> 01:24:11,780 WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND TO ADD 2380 01:24:11,780 --> 01:24:13,615 NEW ONES, SO THAT INCLUDES 2381 01:24:13,615 --> 01:24:17,986 PROJECTS SUCH AS THUNDER BIRD 2382 01:24:17,986 --> 01:24:20,889 FACILITIES, AND A RESTOW IN 2383 01:24:20,889 --> 01:24:22,791 RENTON. FINALLY OUR KING COUNTY 2384 01:24:22,791 --> 01:24:23,658 DESIGNATED CRISIS RESPONDERS OR 2385 01:24:23,658 --> 01:24:26,361 DCRs ARE ARRIVING FASTER IN 2386 01:24:26,361 --> 01:24:27,028 RESPONDING TO OUR COMMUTER 2387 01:24:27,028 --> 01:24:31,199 REFERRALS IN LESS THAN 11 HOURS 2388 01:24:31,199 --> 01:24:32,233 ON AVERAGE. OUR OUTREACH 2389 01:24:32,233 --> 01:24:33,401 PROVIDERS IN THE KING COUNTY 2390 01:24:33,401 --> 01:24:35,804 CARE NETWORK HAVE ALSO REPORTED 2391 01:24:35,804 --> 01:24:37,338 THAT THEY HAVE MORE AVAILABILITY 2392 01:24:37,338 --> 01:24:38,273 TODAY AND MORE ROUTINE 2393 01:24:38,273 --> 01:24:43,745 APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE OPEN FOR 2394 01:24:43,745 --> 01:24:44,312 THE COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE, 2395 01:24:44,312 --> 01:24:45,547 PLEASE. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO 2396 01:24:45,547 --> 01:24:47,048 GO MORE INTO THE CRISIS SERVICES 2397 01:24:47,048 --> 01:24:48,716 THAT IS RUNNING THROUGH THE 2398 01:24:48,716 --> 01:24:51,853 LEVY. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, 2399 01:24:51,853 --> 01:24:53,555 WE'VE EXPANDED CRISIS ACROSS 2400 01:24:53,555 --> 01:24:55,123 THE COUNTY IN GENERAL. SO THIS 2401 01:24:55,123 --> 01:24:56,124 SLIDE WILL GIVE THE QUICK 2402 01:24:56,124 --> 01:24:58,326 SNAPSHOT OF THE FREE 24/7 TIPS 2403 01:24:58,326 --> 01:25:00,562 FOR SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE 2404 01:25:00,562 --> 01:25:01,996 TO US TODAY. WE WILL WALK 2405 01:25:01,996 --> 01:25:03,498 THROUGH SOME OF THESE IN MORE 2406 01:25:03,498 --> 01:25:06,167 DETAIL, BUT REALLY THE BIG 2407 01:25:06,167 --> 01:25:08,269 PICTURE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE MORE 2408 01:25:08,269 --> 01:25:09,971 PLACES TO GO AND JUST MORE WAYS 2409 01:25:09,971 --> 01:25:13,975 TO GET HELP THAT DON'T INVOLVE 2410 01:25:13,975 --> 01:25:16,544 NECESSARILY THE EMERGENCY 2411 01:25:16,544 --> 01:25:17,846 DEPARTMENT OR POLICE. NEXT 2412 01:25:17,846 --> 01:25:22,417 SLIDE, PLEASE? SO SOMEONE TO 2413 01:25:22,417 --> 01:25:24,853 CONTACT. 988. SO WHEN SOMEONE 2414 01:25:24,853 --> 01:25:26,321 CALLS OR TEXT 988, THERE'S 2415 01:25:26,321 --> 01:25:28,122 CONCERTS AVAILABLE TO TALK AND 2416 01:25:28,122 --> 01:25:31,192 LISTEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED 2417 01:25:31,192 --> 01:25:32,127 SUPPORT AND FIND APPROPRIATE 2418 01:25:32,127 --> 01:25:33,428 STEPS, NEXT STEPS FOR THE 2419 01:25:33,428 --> 01:25:35,163 INDIVIDUAL. SO IN KING COUNTY, 2420 01:25:35,163 --> 01:25:37,499 THE 988 LINE IS RUN BY CRISIS 2421 01:25:37,499 --> 01:25:39,267 CONNECTIONS. IF THEY ARE UNABLE 2422 01:25:39,267 --> 01:25:41,302 TO RESOLVE THAT CRISIS OVER THE 2423 01:25:41,302 --> 01:25:42,570 PHONE, THEY WILL THEN, YOU KNOW, 2424 01:25:42,570 --> 01:25:44,706 THEY WILL ROUTE TO THE 2425 01:25:44,706 --> 01:25:46,741 APPROPRIATE TEAMS. BUT ONE OF 2426 01:25:46,741 --> 01:25:48,476 THE TEAMS IS THE CRISIS TEAM. 2427 01:25:48,476 --> 01:25:51,079 AND MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS ARE NOW 2428 01:25:51,079 --> 01:25:54,082 ABLE TO RESPOND TO COMMITTEE 2429 01:25:54,082 --> 01:25:55,817 CALLS ON BEHALF OF DCRs, AND 2430 01:25:55,817 --> 01:25:58,753 THAT IS REALLY FREEING UP THE 2431 01:25:58,753 --> 01:26:00,154 DCR TIME TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF 2432 01:26:00,154 --> 01:26:05,960 THE FOLKS THAT ARE NEEDING THAT 2433 01:26:05,960 --> 01:26:06,928 HIGHER LEVEL OF SUPPORT. BETWEEN 2434 01:26:06,928 --> 01:26:10,665 APRIL AND DECEMBER OF 2025, 2435 01:26:10,665 --> 01:26:12,901 THERE WERE 1,834 CALLS TO 911 2436 01:26:12,901 --> 01:26:17,872 THAT WERE DIVERTED TO 988. AND 2437 01:26:17,872 --> 01:26:21,609 SO KING COUNTY STARTED SEEING 2438 01:26:21,609 --> 01:26:24,312 LOTS OF GREAT KIND OF REROUTEING 2439 01:26:24,312 --> 01:26:27,849 HAPPENING THERE. KING COUNTY HAS 2440 01:26:27,849 --> 01:26:29,951 RECEIVED OVER 82,000 CALLS OR 2441 01:26:29,951 --> 01:26:39,394 TEXTS TO CRISIS CONNECTIONS IN 2442 01:26:39,394 --> 01:26:41,462 2025 ALONE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 2443 01:26:41,462 --> 01:26:44,632 AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE MENTIONED 2444 01:26:44,632 --> 01:26:46,834 THE MOBILE RESPONSE TEAMS. SO 2445 01:26:46,834 --> 01:26:47,835 THESE TEAMS ARE PROVIDING 2446 01:26:47,835 --> 01:26:50,471 RESPONSE FOR MENTAL HEALTH OR 2447 01:26:50,471 --> 01:26:52,240 SUBSTANCE ABUSE CRISIS. THAT'S 2448 01:26:52,240 --> 01:26:53,541 NOT INVOLVING POLICE. AND SO 2449 01:26:53,541 --> 01:26:55,577 THEY CAN REALLY RESPOND TO 2450 01:26:55,577 --> 01:26:56,978 ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY AT ANY 2451 01:26:56,978 --> 01:27:00,315 TIME REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY 2452 01:27:00,315 --> 01:27:01,849 ARE. REGARDLESS OF IF IT'S A 2453 01:27:01,849 --> 01:27:02,850 SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONCERN, MENTAL 2454 01:27:02,850 --> 01:27:03,918 HEALTH CONCERN, OR WHETHER THERE 2455 01:27:03,918 --> 01:27:08,056 IS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT IS 2456 01:27:08,056 --> 01:27:09,390 TAKING PLACE. SO EACH TEAM IS 2457 01:27:09,390 --> 01:27:14,028 MADE UP OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2458 01:27:14,028 --> 01:27:14,696 SPECIALISTS, LIKE MENTAL HEALTH 2459 01:27:14,696 --> 01:27:16,030 PROVIDERS, PEERS, BUT THEY ARE 2460 01:27:16,030 --> 01:27:18,032 PAIRED TOGETHER TO RESPOND 2461 01:27:18,032 --> 01:27:20,168 ALWAYS IN TEAMS OF TWO. AND THIS 2462 01:27:20,168 --> 01:27:23,738 CREATES A COMPASSIONATE AND 2463 01:27:23,738 --> 01:27:24,639 CLINICALLY PERFORMED RESPOND TO 2464 01:27:24,639 --> 01:27:26,741 REALLY MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY 2465 01:27:26,741 --> 01:27:30,211 ARE IN THEIR MOMENT OF EXTREME 2466 01:27:30,211 --> 01:27:34,182 LEVEL OF CRISIS AND MEETING THAT 2467 01:27:34,182 --> 01:27:36,150 EXTREME CARE. SO MOBILE CRISIS 2468 01:27:36,150 --> 01:27:39,287 IS A CRITICAL ALTERNATIVE TO OUR 2469 01:27:39,287 --> 01:27:42,123 911 SYSTEM, AND TRADITIONAL IN 2470 01:27:42,123 --> 01:27:43,257 THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE. 2471 01:27:43,257 --> 01:27:45,260 THEY'RE ENSURING THEY RECEIVE 2472 01:27:45,260 --> 01:27:46,060 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESPONSE, AND 2473 01:27:46,060 --> 01:27:48,830 WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO PRESERVE 2474 01:27:48,830 --> 01:27:53,835 OUR RESPONSE FOR THE SITUATIONS 2475 01:27:53,835 --> 01:28:00,274 THAT REALLY REQUIRE THEM. NEXT 2476 01:28:00,274 --> 01:28:00,642 SLIDE, PLEASE? 2477 01:28:00,642 --> 01:28:01,643 >> THANK YOU, KELLY. I'M GOING 2478 01:28:01,643 --> 01:28:04,512 TO JUMP IN HERE FOR WHAT HAPPENS 2479 01:28:04,512 --> 01:28:08,216 AFTER A CRISIS. AS WE ENGAGE 2480 01:28:08,216 --> 01:28:11,185 WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OUR 2481 01:28:11,185 --> 01:28:12,820 ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND FOLKS 2482 01:28:12,820 --> 01:28:13,454 SURROUNDING THE BROADWAY SITE. 2483 01:28:13,454 --> 01:28:15,456 WHAT WE HEAR MOST OFTEN IS WHERE 2484 01:28:15,456 --> 01:28:17,458 DOES SOMEONE GO AFTER THEY LEAVE 2485 01:28:17,458 --> 01:28:19,627 A CRISIS CARE CENTER AND WHAT 2486 01:28:19,627 --> 01:28:20,928 HAPPENS AFTER A CRISIS? SO FIRST 2487 01:28:20,928 --> 01:28:24,532 66% OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO A 2488 01:28:24,532 --> 01:28:27,068 CRISIS CARE CENTER HAVE THEIR 2489 01:28:27,068 --> 01:28:29,304 NEEDS MET, AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, 2490 01:28:29,304 --> 01:28:32,073 THIS IS A NEW TYPE OF CARE THAT 2491 01:28:32,073 --> 01:28:33,441 IS ENTERING INTO THE OVERALL 2492 01:28:33,441 --> 01:28:34,142 SYSTEM, AND SO RIGHT NOW A LOT 2493 01:28:34,142 --> 01:28:37,278 OF WITH A WE ARE DOING IS 2494 01:28:37,278 --> 01:28:38,546 AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT AROUND 2495 01:28:38,546 --> 01:28:40,782 WHAT ARE THE SERVICES THAT ARE 2496 01:28:40,782 --> 01:28:42,317 OFFERED? HOW CAN PEOPLE ACCESS 2497 01:28:42,317 --> 01:28:43,418 THEM? CAN I ACCESS THEM MORE 2498 01:28:43,418 --> 01:28:45,253 THAN ONCE? I WENT TO THE CRISIS 2499 01:28:45,253 --> 01:28:46,988 CARE CENTER, AND I'M OKAY NOW, 2500 01:28:46,988 --> 01:28:50,291 BUT I THINK I ACTUALLY NEED TO 2501 01:28:50,291 --> 01:28:52,060 GO BACK. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO 2502 01:28:52,060 --> 01:28:52,727 MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING 2503 01:28:52,727 --> 01:28:54,896 CLEARLY THAT THIS IS A PLACE YOU 2504 01:28:54,896 --> 01:28:55,830 CAN REPEAT OFTEN. AND SO WHAT WE 2505 01:28:55,830 --> 01:28:56,998 WILL SEE AND WHAT WE ARE 2506 01:28:56,998 --> 01:29:00,268 STARTING TO SEE IS THAT PEOPLE 2507 01:29:00,268 --> 01:29:01,069 ARE RETURNING, AS KELLY 2508 01:29:01,069 --> 01:29:02,870 MENTIONED. BUT THE CENTERS ARE 2509 01:29:02,870 --> 01:29:05,640 REALLY FOCUSED ON HOW CAN WE 2510 01:29:05,640 --> 01:29:07,208 CONNECT FOLKS TO THAT NEXT LAYER 2511 01:29:07,208 --> 01:29:09,577 OF CARE OR WHERE THE NEXT STEP 2512 01:29:09,577 --> 01:29:13,214 IS FOR THEM IN RECOVERY, AND 2513 01:29:13,214 --> 01:29:16,317 THERE IS ONGOING TREATMENT 2514 01:29:16,317 --> 01:29:17,151 OPTIONS, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, 2515 01:29:17,151 --> 01:29:23,157 AND ONCE THE CRISIS HAS BEEN 2516 01:29:23,157 --> 01:29:24,692 ADDRESSED. AND THEN 2517 01:29:24,692 --> 01:29:25,159 INDIVIDUALIZED CARE 2518 01:29:25,159 --> 01:29:27,295 COORDINATION, SO PEOPLE CAN 2519 01:29:27,295 --> 01:29:30,098 RETURN TO THEIR HOMES. BUT THIS 2520 01:29:30,098 --> 01:29:31,899 CARE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON 2521 01:29:31,899 --> 01:29:34,736 LINGUISTIC APPROPRIATE CARE, AND 2522 01:29:34,736 --> 01:29:36,304 THEN GETTING SOMEONE TO 2523 01:29:36,304 --> 01:29:37,338 RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THAT 2524 01:29:37,338 --> 01:29:42,777 LONGER-TERM STAY OR OTHER SOCIAL 2525 01:29:42,777 --> 01:29:46,781 SERVICES. NEXT SLIDE? AND SO 2526 01:29:46,781 --> 01:29:48,416 FOLLOW-UP TEAMS ARE A CORE PART 2527 01:29:48,416 --> 01:29:49,484 OF THE HANDOFF. WHAT DOES IT 2528 01:29:49,484 --> 01:29:51,486 LOOK LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO LEAVE 2529 01:29:51,486 --> 01:29:54,188 THE CENTER EARLIER THIS YEAR? WE 2530 01:29:54,188 --> 01:29:55,923 ANNOUNCED THROUGH OUR 2531 01:29:55,923 --> 01:29:56,557 COMPETITIVE RFP PROCESS, THREE 2532 01:29:56,557 --> 01:29:58,526 PROVIDERS THAT ARE GOING TO LEAD 2533 01:29:58,526 --> 01:30:02,230 OUR POST CRISIS FOLLOW-UP CARE. 2534 01:30:02,230 --> 01:30:04,565 AND THAT IS COUNSELING REFERRAL 2535 01:30:04,565 --> 01:30:06,000 SERVICES, PURPOSE DIGNITY 2536 01:30:06,000 --> 01:30:07,535 ACTION, AND SOUND BEHAVIORAL 2537 01:30:07,535 --> 01:30:08,202 HEALTH. AS KELLY MENTIONED, WE 2538 01:30:08,202 --> 01:30:10,905 ARE HOPING TO STAND THESE UP BY 2539 01:30:10,905 --> 01:30:13,307 THE END OF THE SUMMER. THEY ARE 2540 01:30:13,307 --> 01:30:15,877 REALLY FOCUSED ON HOW CAN WE 2541 01:30:15,877 --> 01:30:17,345 SUPPORT A PERSON'S SPECIFIC AND 2542 01:30:17,345 --> 01:30:18,246 ONGOING RECOVERY, AND WHAT DO 2543 01:30:18,246 --> 01:30:21,916 THEY NEED AS PART OF THEIR 2544 01:30:21,916 --> 01:30:23,184 FOLLOWUP? SO IF SOMEONE HAS 2545 01:30:23,184 --> 01:30:24,685 RECEIVED CARE AT THE CRISIS CARE 2546 01:30:24,685 --> 01:30:28,723 CENTER, THESE TEAMS ARE MEANT TO 2547 01:30:28,723 --> 01:30:29,390 PROVIDE SHORT-TERM, 2548 01:30:29,390 --> 01:30:29,991 HIGH-INTENSITY SERVICES. THEY 2549 01:30:29,991 --> 01:30:33,895 WILL LAST 30 TO 90 DAYS, AND 2550 01:30:33,895 --> 01:30:34,962 THEY CONSISTENT OF FREQUENT 2551 01:30:34,962 --> 01:30:36,597 ENGAGEMENT, SUPPORT FROM PEERS 2552 01:30:36,597 --> 01:30:38,432 WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, AND AN 2553 01:30:38,432 --> 01:30:40,968 INTENSIVE FOCUS ON ENSURING THE 2554 01:30:40,968 --> 01:30:41,803 APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS FOR WHAT 2555 01:30:41,803 --> 01:30:44,305 THOSE NEXT SERVICES AND NEEDS 2556 01:30:44,305 --> 01:30:45,473 WILL LOOK LIKE FOR EACH 2557 01:30:45,473 --> 01:30:47,675 INDIVIDUAL. AND REALLY A PART OF 2558 01:30:47,675 --> 01:30:50,278 THIS IS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP TO 2559 01:30:50,278 --> 01:30:51,479 REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE IS THAT 2560 01:30:51,479 --> 01:30:55,049 NEXT SAFE LOCATION AND TO HAVE A 2561 01:30:55,049 --> 01:30:58,753 GOOD SENSE FOR WHAT A PERSON IS 2562 01:30:58,753 --> 01:31:03,624 NEEDING OR CURRENTLY 2563 01:31:03,624 --> 01:31:07,094 EXPERIENCING IN THEIR CARE 2564 01:31:07,094 --> 01:31:07,628 TRANSITION. NEXT SLIDE? 2565 01:31:07,628 --> 01:31:08,896 RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT. AS KELLY 2566 01:31:08,896 --> 01:31:10,364 AND ASHA NOTED, THIS IS THE 2567 01:31:10,364 --> 01:31:11,532 SECOND PARAMOUNT PURPOSE OF THE 2568 01:31:11,532 --> 01:31:14,902 LEVY, AND THAT'S TO BUILD BACK 2569 01:31:14,902 --> 01:31:15,670 RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT BEDS. 2570 01:31:15,670 --> 01:31:17,538 THESE HAVE BEEN DEPLETING OVER 2571 01:31:17,538 --> 01:31:20,241 THE YEARS, AND THEN CREATES A 2572 01:31:20,241 --> 01:31:21,943 GAP IN THE SYSTEM WHERE SOMEONE 2573 01:31:21,943 --> 01:31:23,511 IS UNABLE TO GET THAT SORT OF 2574 01:31:23,511 --> 01:31:24,812 NEXT LAYER OF CARE, WHERE THEY 2575 01:31:24,812 --> 01:31:26,714 DON'T NEED TO BE IN AN 2576 01:31:26,714 --> 01:31:27,915 EMERGENCY ROOM OR HOSPITAL 2577 01:31:27,915 --> 01:31:29,517 SETTING, OR A CRISIS CARE 2578 01:31:29,517 --> 01:31:31,419 CENTER. THEY NEED, THEY CAN LIVE 2579 01:31:31,419 --> 01:31:33,921 MORE INDEPENDENTLY, BUT NOT YET 2580 01:31:33,921 --> 01:31:36,924 QUITE ON THEIR OWN. SO 2581 01:31:36,924 --> 01:31:37,658 RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROVIDES 2582 01:31:37,658 --> 01:31:39,527 24/7, SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE 2583 01:31:39,527 --> 01:31:41,462 ENVIRONMENT, WHERE PEOPLE CAN 2584 01:31:41,462 --> 01:31:43,531 GET THOSE ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO 2585 01:31:43,531 --> 01:31:46,234 STABILIZE, AND THAT CAN LOOK 2586 01:31:46,234 --> 01:31:48,469 LIKE AROUND-THE-CLOCK CLINICAL 2587 01:31:48,469 --> 01:31:51,572 SUPPORT AND SUPERVISION, 2588 01:31:51,572 --> 01:31:52,206 THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS, AND 2589 01:31:52,206 --> 01:31:53,608 THEN STABILIZATION. AND A FEW OF 2590 01:31:53,608 --> 01:31:56,677 THE PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED 2591 01:31:56,677 --> 01:31:59,614 IN RENTON, WE HAVE FUNDED SOME 2592 01:31:59,614 --> 01:32:01,182 OF THOSE BEDS, AND WE ARE 2593 01:32:01,182 --> 01:32:03,217 CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THE 2594 01:32:03,217 --> 01:32:05,219 POTENTIAL OF CO-LOCATING A 2595 01:32:05,219 --> 01:32:06,554 16-BED RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT 2596 01:32:06,554 --> 01:32:07,521 FACILITY AT 1145 BROADWAY, WHICH 2597 01:32:07,521 --> 01:32:11,893 IS THE CRISIS CARE CENTER IN 2598 01:32:11,893 --> 01:32:12,894 SEATTLE. SO THAT CONVERSATION IS 2599 01:32:12,894 --> 01:32:14,495 CURRENTLY IT IN. WE ARE HAVING 2600 01:32:14,495 --> 01:32:15,897 THAT DISCUSSION. WE ARE TRYING 2601 01:32:15,897 --> 01:32:16,697 TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BUILDING 2602 01:32:16,697 --> 01:32:21,402 NEEDS LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE 2603 01:32:21,402 --> 01:32:22,103 LAYOUT COULD LOOK LIKE. FOR 2604 01:32:22,103 --> 01:32:23,971 FUTURE, WE ARE LOOKING AT 2605 01:32:23,971 --> 01:32:25,606 CAPITAL FUNDING, RFP THAT WILL 2606 01:32:25,606 --> 01:32:26,707 BE RELEASED THIS SUMMER, AND 2607 01:32:26,707 --> 01:32:28,309 THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO 2608 01:32:28,309 --> 01:32:36,918 RELEASE AN RFP FOR A PROVIDER BY 2609 01:32:36,918 --> 01:32:38,719 THE END OF THE YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. 2610 01:32:38,719 --> 01:32:41,689 SO THIS IS SOME EXCITING NEW 2611 01:32:41,689 --> 01:32:43,291 DATA WE HAVE FOR 2025 THAT SHOWS 2612 01:32:43,291 --> 01:32:45,626 WHO THE KING COUNTY CRISIS 2613 01:32:45,626 --> 01:32:48,029 SYSTEM HAS SERVED AND FOR WHAT 2614 01:32:48,029 --> 01:32:49,630 NEEDS, WHAT WE SEE HERE IS THAT 2615 01:32:49,630 --> 01:32:55,436 MOST PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT TO 2616 01:32:55,436 --> 01:32:56,637 THE CRISIS LINES. SERVED BY THE 2617 01:32:56,637 --> 01:32:59,941 CRISIS LINE TO GET INTO THE LOW 2618 01:32:59,941 --> 01:33:00,541 BARRIER PROGRAMS. THIS ALSO 2619 01:33:00,541 --> 01:33:02,410 TOUCHES ON SOME OF THE CCC DATA, 2620 01:33:02,410 --> 01:33:05,179 BUT THE REASON I SHARE THIS 2621 01:33:05,179 --> 01:33:08,149 SLIDE IS TO SHOW, TO SEE HOW 2622 01:33:08,149 --> 01:33:09,016 MUCH PEOPLE IN SEATTLE, WHICH WE 2623 01:33:09,016 --> 01:33:16,924 SEE THE MOST NEEDS ARE GOING TO 2624 01:33:16,924 --> 01:33:19,827 THE KIRKLAND SITE. WHERE SOMEONE 2625 01:33:19,827 --> 01:33:22,163 COULD GO RIGHT IN THEIR 2626 01:33:22,163 --> 01:33:27,735 BACKYARD. I'LL PASS IT TO KELLY 2627 01:33:27,735 --> 01:33:28,169 ON IMPLEMENTATION. 2628 01:33:28,169 --> 01:33:29,637 >> THANKS. THIS IS THE ESTIMATED 2629 01:33:29,637 --> 01:33:31,238 TIMELINE THAT WAS LAID OUT IN 2630 01:33:31,238 --> 01:33:33,007 THE CRISIS CARE CENTER LEVY 2631 01:33:33,007 --> 01:33:34,342 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. AND SO I 2632 01:33:34,342 --> 01:33:36,344 JUST WANTED TO KNOW, WE REMAINED 2633 01:33:36,344 --> 01:33:39,013 LARGELY ON TRACK TO MEET WHAT WE 2634 01:33:39,013 --> 01:33:41,682 LAID OUT THUS FAR. AND SO IN 2635 01:33:41,682 --> 01:33:42,984 2024, WE OPENED THE FIRST 2636 01:33:42,984 --> 01:33:43,985 PROCUREMENT TO SELECT UP TO 2637 01:33:43,985 --> 01:33:50,191 THREE OF THE FIVE CRISIS CARE 2638 01:33:50,191 --> 01:33:53,327 CENTER OPERATORS. AND THEN 2639 01:33:53,327 --> 01:33:57,131 AROUND ONE, SORRY, ROUND TWO 2640 01:33:57,131 --> 01:34:00,134 OPENED IN JANUARY OF 2026 TO 2641 01:34:00,134 --> 01:34:01,502 SELECT OUR FINAL CCC OPERATOR 2642 01:34:01,502 --> 01:34:03,070 FOR THE ADULT FACILITY , WHICH 2643 01:34:03,070 --> 01:34:07,141 IS IN THE EAST CRISIS RESPONSE 2644 01:34:07,141 --> 01:34:08,142 ZONE. AND THEN LASTLY ROUND 2645 01:34:08,142 --> 01:34:09,577 THREE TO SELECT OUR YOUTH 2646 01:34:09,577 --> 01:34:10,578 OPERATOR IS ACTUALLY OPENING 2647 01:34:10,578 --> 01:34:12,446 TODAY AT 4:00. AND SO WE ARE 2648 01:34:12,446 --> 01:34:15,516 EXCITED THAT THAT ONE IS GOING 2649 01:34:15,516 --> 01:34:16,951 TO BE RELEASING. AND SO WE ARE 2650 01:34:16,951 --> 01:34:20,588 AHEAD AS FAR AS WE OPENED THE 2651 01:34:20,588 --> 01:34:25,393 FIRST CCC IN 2025 RATHER THAN 2652 01:34:25,393 --> 01:34:28,896 2026. AND WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT 2653 01:34:28,896 --> 01:34:31,932 THE SEATTLE, THE CENTRAL WILL BE 2654 01:34:31,932 --> 01:34:35,236 OPENING IN LATE 2027. THE 2655 01:34:35,236 --> 01:34:38,572 UPDATED TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE 2656 01:34:38,572 --> 01:34:39,673 RIGHT NOW. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT 2657 01:34:39,673 --> 01:34:42,009 SLIDE, AND I'LL GO A LITTLE BIT 2658 01:34:42,009 --> 01:34:42,810 MORE TO THE CRISIS RESPONSE 2659 01:34:42,810 --> 01:34:45,179 ZONE. AND SO LIKE I MENTIONED 2660 01:34:45,179 --> 01:34:46,614 EARLIER, AND I THINK EVERYONE 2661 01:34:46,614 --> 01:34:49,183 KNOWS IN THE NORTH CRISIS 2662 01:34:49,183 --> 01:34:51,886 RESPONSE ZONE, WE HAVE THE 2663 01:34:51,886 --> 01:34:54,755 KIRKLAND FACILITY, WHICH IS RAN 2664 01:34:54,755 --> 01:34:55,556 BY CONNECTION HEALTH SOLUTIONS. 2665 01:34:55,556 --> 01:34:57,124 THEY WERE THE FIRST CENTER TO 2666 01:34:57,124 --> 01:34:59,360 OPEN AS A CRISIS CARE CENTER IN 2667 01:34:59,360 --> 01:35:00,895 AUGUST OF 2025. I DO WANT TO 2668 01:35:00,895 --> 01:35:02,430 NOTE THEY WERE OPENED AS OF 2669 01:35:02,430 --> 01:35:03,831 AUGUST 2024, BUT THEY WERE NOT 2670 01:35:03,831 --> 01:35:07,902 FUNDED THROUGH THE CRISIS CARE 2671 01:35:07,902 --> 01:35:13,474 CENTER'S LEVY. WHEN THEY WERE 2672 01:35:13,474 --> 01:35:15,042 AWARDED, ANNOUNCING THE OPERATOR 2673 01:35:15,042 --> 01:35:16,377 IN 2025. THEY THEN BECAME FUNDED 2674 01:35:16,377 --> 01:35:19,380 THROUGH THE LEVY IN AUGUST OF 2675 01:35:19,380 --> 01:35:20,047 2025. ADDITIONALLY WITH THE 2676 01:35:20,047 --> 01:35:23,751 SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF KIRKLAND, 2677 01:35:23,751 --> 01:35:25,453 THE COUNTY ACQUIRED THE FACILITY 2678 01:35:25,453 --> 01:35:28,823 IN THIS MONTH ACTUALLY PROVIDING 2679 01:35:28,823 --> 01:35:30,357 LONG-TERM STABILITY FOR THAT 2680 01:35:30,357 --> 01:35:33,260 SITE. AND THEN FOR CENTRAL ZONE, 2681 01:35:33,260 --> 01:35:35,963 WHICH WILL BE LOCATED AT 1145 2682 01:35:35,963 --> 01:35:36,964 BROADWAY LIKE KATIE MENTIONED, 2683 01:35:36,964 --> 01:35:39,033 WE ANNOUNCED THE OPERATOR TO RUN 2684 01:35:39,033 --> 01:35:41,469 THAT FACILITY WILL BE CONNECTION 2685 01:35:41,469 --> 01:35:42,703 HEALTH SOLUTIONS ONCE AGAIN, AND 2686 01:35:42,703 --> 01:35:44,038 THAT WAS ANNOUNCED IN NOVEMBER 2687 01:35:44,038 --> 01:35:46,140 OF 2025, AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING 2688 01:35:46,140 --> 01:35:51,746 THE FACILITY TO OPEN IN LATE 2689 01:35:51,746 --> 01:35:53,747 2027. AND THEN FOR THE SOUTH 2690 01:35:53,747 --> 01:35:56,317 CRISIS RESPONSE ZONE IN FEBRUARY 2691 01:35:56,317 --> 01:35:58,219 OF 2026, WE ANNOUNCED MULTICARE 2692 01:35:58,219 --> 01:36:00,888 AS THE SOUTH CRISIS CARE CENTER 2693 01:36:00,888 --> 01:36:03,224 OPERATOR. THEIR PROPOSAL DID NOT 2694 01:36:03,224 --> 01:36:04,658 INCLUDE AN IDENTIFIED SITE. OVER 2695 01:36:04,658 --> 01:36:06,894 THE COMING MONTHS, THE OPERATOR 2696 01:36:06,894 --> 01:36:09,063 IS EXPECTED TO IDENTIFY AND 2697 01:36:09,063 --> 01:36:11,465 ADVANCE THE VIABLE SITING 2698 01:36:11,465 --> 01:36:12,833 OPTIONS AND ENGAGE OURSELVES 2699 01:36:12,833 --> 01:36:13,367 JURISDICTIONS TO BUILD 2700 01:36:13,367 --> 01:36:15,569 RELATIONSHIPS AND SECURE THAT 2701 01:36:15,569 --> 01:36:17,805 LITTER OF SUPPORT NEEDED TO 2702 01:36:17,805 --> 01:36:19,740 CONFIRM THE FEASIBILITY OF THE 2703 01:36:19,740 --> 01:36:22,710 SELECTED SITE. BIT END OF 2026, 2704 01:36:22,710 --> 01:36:27,948 THEY WILL BE EXPECTED TO SECURE 2705 01:36:27,948 --> 01:36:30,951 SITE CONTROL. AND FOR THE EAST 2706 01:36:30,951 --> 01:36:32,353 CRISIS RESPONSE ZONE, WE 2707 01:36:32,353 --> 01:36:33,721 RELEASED OUR ROUND TWO CCC 2708 01:36:33,721 --> 01:36:35,089 PROCUREMENT IN JANUARY ON 2709 01:36:35,089 --> 01:36:36,390 JANUARY 30 OF THIS YEAR, AND 2710 01:36:36,390 --> 01:36:39,093 THAT WAS THE FOCUS FOR THE EAST 2711 01:36:39,093 --> 01:36:42,997 SIDE, THE NOTIFICATION OF THE 2712 01:36:42,997 --> 01:36:43,998 AWARD IS ANTICIPATED IN LATER 2713 01:36:43,998 --> 01:36:47,935 THIS YEAR AND KIND OF TOWARDS 2714 01:36:47,935 --> 01:36:51,005 THE END OF 2026. AND OF THE EAST 2715 01:36:51,005 --> 01:36:52,573 FACILITY, REALLY DEPENDS ON 2716 01:36:52,573 --> 01:36:54,475 WHETHER THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED 2717 01:36:54,475 --> 01:36:57,044 THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT HAVE 2718 01:36:57,044 --> 01:36:58,179 IDENTIFIED A SPECIFIC SEGMENT OR 2719 01:36:58,179 --> 01:37:01,081 NOT. THEN LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, 2720 01:37:01,081 --> 01:37:02,683 THE YOUTH WILL BE OPENING TODAY 2721 01:37:02,683 --> 01:37:08,622 AT 4:00. I WILL HAND IT BACK TO 2722 01:37:08,622 --> 01:37:08,823 ASHA. 2723 01:37:08,823 --> 01:37:09,924 >> ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL JUST 2724 01:37:09,924 --> 01:37:13,093 DIVE A LITTLE BIT INTO WHERE WE 2725 01:37:13,093 --> 01:37:17,598 ARE ON THE CENTRAL ZONE CRISIS 2726 01:37:17,598 --> 01:37:18,499 CARE CENTER PLANNING. SO RIGHT 2727 01:37:18,499 --> 01:37:21,402 NOW AS OF 2025 AS KELLY 2728 01:37:21,402 --> 01:37:22,169 MENTIONED, WE HAD SELECTED 2729 01:37:22,169 --> 01:37:24,004 CONNECTIONS HEALTH SOLUTION AS 2730 01:37:24,004 --> 01:37:25,472 THE OPERATOR. WE HAVE PURCHASED 2731 01:37:25,472 --> 01:37:28,976 THE BUILDING TO BE IN KING 2732 01:37:28,976 --> 01:37:29,710 COUNTY OWNERSHIP. THROUGHOUT 2733 01:37:29,710 --> 01:37:31,679 2025, SPENT SOME TIME DOING SOME 2734 01:37:31,679 --> 01:37:32,980 REALLY ROBUST COMMUNITY 2735 01:37:32,980 --> 01:37:40,387 ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THE 2736 01:37:40,387 --> 01:37:43,090 FOLKS WERE -- [ INAUDIBLE ] THE 2737 01:37:43,090 --> 01:37:45,859 OUTREACH THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO 2738 01:37:45,859 --> 01:37:48,963 THEM IN LATE 2027. SO THIS YEAR 2739 01:37:48,963 --> 01:37:51,131 WE ARE EXCELLENT COMMUNITY 2740 01:37:51,131 --> 01:37:52,032 ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND CONNECTION 2741 01:37:52,032 --> 01:37:55,336 HEALTH SOLUTION HAS BEEN 2742 01:37:55,336 --> 01:37:56,070 CONDUCTING COMMUNITY HEALTH 2743 01:37:56,070 --> 01:37:58,639 ENGAGEMENT. IN TERMS OF OUR 2744 01:37:58,639 --> 01:38:00,908 BUILDING TIMELINE, WE ARE IN THE 2745 01:38:00,908 --> 01:38:02,543 PROCESS OF SELECTING AN 2746 01:38:02,543 --> 01:38:04,044 ARCHITECT TO CONDUCT THE WORK. 2747 01:38:04,044 --> 01:38:05,613 AND THEY WILL BE DOING INITIAL 2748 01:38:05,613 --> 01:38:07,548 DESIGN WORK OVER THE SUMMER. WE 2749 01:38:07,548 --> 01:38:10,384 PLAN TO DO DESIGN RENOVATIONS 2750 01:38:10,384 --> 01:38:14,188 THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, AND 2751 01:38:14,188 --> 01:38:15,055 CONSTRUCTION ITSELF IN 2027. 2752 01:38:15,055 --> 01:38:16,590 I'LL DIVE INTO THE DETAILS 2753 01:38:16,590 --> 01:38:18,659 SURROUNDING SORT OF THE LETTER 2754 01:38:18,659 --> 01:38:20,127 OF SUPPORT THAT FORMER MAYOR 2755 01:38:20,127 --> 01:38:20,928 HARRELL HAD TRANSMITTED LAST 2756 01:38:20,928 --> 01:38:23,230 YEAR IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT JUST 2757 01:38:23,230 --> 01:38:24,999 AT THE HIGH LEVEL, ONE OF THE 2758 01:38:24,999 --> 01:38:26,734 THINGS THAT WAS IN THAT LETTER 2759 01:38:26,734 --> 01:38:29,270 OF SUPPORT DID INCLUDE DOING A 2760 01:38:29,270 --> 01:38:31,071 SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND SOME 2761 01:38:31,071 --> 01:38:32,306 LAUNCH PLANNING, AND WE DO PLAN 2762 01:38:32,306 --> 01:38:34,074 ON KICKING OFF THAT PROCESS WITH 2763 01:38:34,074 --> 01:38:36,610 THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2764 01:38:36,610 --> 01:38:39,980 THE FALL OF THIS YEAR. ONE OF 2765 01:38:39,980 --> 01:38:43,183 THE OTHER ITEMS WAS COMMUNITY 2766 01:38:43,183 --> 01:38:47,321 ADVISORY GROUP TO WEIGH IN ON 2767 01:38:47,321 --> 01:38:48,355 PUBLIC SAFETY DISORDER ISSUES 2768 01:38:48,355 --> 01:38:50,124 THAT THERE MAY BE CONCERNS ABOUT 2769 01:38:50,124 --> 01:38:51,659 ONCE THE CENTER OPENS. SO WE 2770 01:38:51,659 --> 01:38:52,760 STARTED TO CONVENE THAT GROUP, 2771 01:38:52,760 --> 01:38:56,930 AND THAT WORK IS ON GOING, ONE 2772 01:38:56,930 --> 01:38:59,199 OF THE THINGS THAT THE OPERATOR 2773 01:38:59,199 --> 01:39:01,235 IS REQUIRED TO DO TO CREATE A 2774 01:39:01,235 --> 01:39:02,536 GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY, AND THIS 2775 01:39:02,536 --> 01:39:05,272 IS ALSO ONE OF THE LETTERS OF 2776 01:39:05,272 --> 01:39:07,775 SUPPORT AROUND GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD 2777 01:39:07,775 --> 01:39:09,443 AGREEMENT, BUT WE ARE IN 2778 01:39:09,443 --> 01:39:11,345 CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT 2779 01:39:11,345 --> 01:39:12,479 PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, SO WE ARE 2780 01:39:12,479 --> 01:39:14,048 IN, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE 2781 01:39:14,048 --> 01:39:15,482 MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL AS 2782 01:39:15,482 --> 01:39:18,085 CONNECTIONS ON WHAT A PROCESS 2783 01:39:18,085 --> 01:39:19,420 WILL LOOK LIKE BOTH FOR US TO 2784 01:39:19,420 --> 01:39:21,522 GET TO AGREEMENT ON THE DRAFT, 2785 01:39:21,522 --> 01:39:23,057 AS WELL AS WHAT COMMUNITY 2786 01:39:23,057 --> 01:39:26,393 ENGAGEMENT WILL LOOK LIKE ON 2787 01:39:26,393 --> 01:39:28,028 THAT NEXT YEAR. AND AS KELLY AND 2788 01:39:28,028 --> 01:39:30,197 KATIE MENTIONED, WE ARE HOPING 2789 01:39:30,197 --> 01:39:35,235 TO OPEN ISN'T THE AT THE END OF 2790 01:39:35,235 --> 01:39:37,604 2027. AT THAT POINT, A SEPARATE, 2791 01:39:37,604 --> 01:39:38,405 BUT RELATED COMMUNITY ADVISORY 2792 01:39:38,405 --> 01:39:39,640 COUNCIL WILL BE CONVENED, WHICH 2793 01:39:39,640 --> 01:39:43,811 IS INTENDED TO BE A GATHERING OF 2794 01:39:43,811 --> 01:39:46,046 PROVIDERS, FOLKS TO ENSURE THAT 2795 01:39:46,046 --> 01:39:47,481 THERE IS, THAT WE ARE LOWERING 2796 01:39:47,481 --> 01:39:49,683 THE BARRIER TO ACCESS AND REALLY 2797 01:39:49,683 --> 01:39:53,854 WEIGH IN ON HOW A LOT OF THAT 2798 01:39:53,854 --> 01:39:57,591 WORK CONTINUES TO GO AND WHEN 2799 01:39:57,591 --> 01:39:59,927 THEY ACCESS THAT CENTER. THE 2800 01:39:59,927 --> 01:40:02,463 BUILDING THAT WAS SELECTED IS 2801 01:40:02,463 --> 01:40:03,831 CENTRALLY LOCATED. THERE ARE 2802 01:40:03,831 --> 01:40:05,366 THREE HOSPITALS NEARBY. THERE'S 2803 01:40:05,366 --> 01:40:06,266 A LOT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 2804 01:40:06,266 --> 01:40:08,302 IT WAS ALREADY A MEDICAL CENTER 2805 01:40:08,302 --> 01:40:11,338 THAT A LOT OF THE HEALTH 2806 01:40:11,338 --> 01:40:12,539 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT A CRISIS 2807 01:40:12,539 --> 01:40:16,176 CARE CENTER WILL NEED. AT THIS 2808 01:40:16,176 --> 01:40:17,244 POINT, WE ARE HOPING TO MAKE 2809 01:40:17,244 --> 01:40:18,679 SURE THAT ALL OF THE ZONING 2810 01:40:18,679 --> 01:40:21,281 REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THE LAND 2811 01:40:21,281 --> 01:40:22,683 USE REQUIREMENTS ARE FULFILLED. 2812 01:40:22,683 --> 01:40:24,918 THAT WORK WILL START IN THE 2813 01:40:24,918 --> 01:40:26,053 FALL. AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO 2814 01:40:26,053 --> 01:40:27,354 ACQUIRE A BUILDING THAT WAS 2815 01:40:27,354 --> 01:40:28,422 ALREADY BUILT AS OPPOSED TO 2816 01:40:28,422 --> 01:40:32,159 HAVING TO BUILD ON THE GROUND UP 2817 01:40:32,159 --> 01:40:34,561 MEANS WE COULD OPEN THAT CENTER 2818 01:40:34,561 --> 01:40:36,096 EARLIER AND GET PEOPLE THE 2819 01:40:36,096 --> 01:40:38,365 SERVICES THAT THEY NEED RATHER 2820 01:40:38,365 --> 01:40:40,834 THAN HAVING TO BUILD IT FROM 2821 01:40:40,834 --> 01:40:41,869 SCRATCH. I MENTIONED A LITTLE 2822 01:40:41,869 --> 01:40:43,303 BIT OF THIS ALREADY, BUT DESIGN 2823 01:40:43,303 --> 01:40:48,809 WORK IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING 2824 01:40:48,809 --> 01:40:50,077 OVER THE SUMMER. PERMITTING THIS 2825 01:40:50,077 --> 01:40:51,879 FALL. CONSTRUCTION, NEXT YEAR, 2826 01:40:51,879 --> 01:40:54,081 AND THEN HOPEFULLY ASSUMING 2827 01:40:54,081 --> 01:40:54,681 EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY. WE 2828 01:40:54,681 --> 01:40:56,884 WILL BE HOPING FOR A CERTIFICATE 2829 01:40:56,884 --> 01:40:57,584 OF OCCUPANCY, WHICH MEANS WE 2830 01:40:57,584 --> 01:41:00,587 COULD OPEN AT THE END OF 2027. 2831 01:41:00,587 --> 01:41:02,089 AND I WILL PASS IT BACK TO KATIE 2832 01:41:02,089 --> 01:41:07,761 TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR 2833 01:41:07,761 --> 01:41:08,662 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK. 2834 01:41:08,662 --> 01:41:12,433 >> YES. SO OVER THE 2025 AND NOW 2835 01:41:12,433 --> 01:41:14,568 INTO 2026 AND 2027, WE HAVE 2836 01:41:14,568 --> 01:41:17,938 CONDUCTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO 2837 01:41:17,938 --> 01:41:18,605 MEET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IN 2838 01:41:18,605 --> 01:41:26,747 2025, WE HAD OVER 100 COMMUNITY 2839 01:41:26,747 --> 01:41:27,347 CONVERSATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, 2840 01:41:27,347 --> 01:41:34,254 AND OTHER EVENTS. AND WILL 2841 01:41:34,254 --> 01:41:37,024 CONTINUE TO WALK THROUGH AND 2842 01:41:37,024 --> 01:41:39,793 SORT OF ACQUIRING AROUND THE 2843 01:41:39,793 --> 01:41:45,999 NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ALSO HAVE PUT 2844 01:41:45,999 --> 01:41:47,034 POSTERS IN COMMUNITIES ALL 2845 01:41:47,034 --> 01:41:48,535 AROUND. AND WHERE IT WILL BE. WE 2846 01:41:48,535 --> 01:41:49,903 ALSO LAUNCHED THIS YEAR, THE 2847 01:41:49,903 --> 01:41:52,239 TOOL KIT, WHICH WE HEAR MORE 2848 01:41:52,239 --> 01:41:55,275 OFTEN IS FROM BUSINESS OWNERS 2849 01:41:55,275 --> 01:41:56,376 AND FROM SMALL BUSINESSES ABOUT 2850 01:41:56,376 --> 01:41:58,512 WHAT DO I DO IF I HAVE SOMEONE 2851 01:41:58,512 --> 01:42:01,381 WHO IS CLEARLY IN A CRISIS IN 2852 01:42:01,381 --> 01:42:04,017 FRONT OF MY STORE? WHAT OPTIONS 2853 01:42:04,017 --> 01:42:06,053 DO I HAVE? THIS TOOL KIT REALLY 2854 01:42:06,053 --> 01:42:08,188 GETS TO SOME OF THAT, WHICH IS 2855 01:42:08,188 --> 01:42:10,257 HERE IS WHAT YOU DO. YOU CALL 2856 01:42:10,257 --> 01:42:11,859 988. THIS IS WHAT THE MOBILE 2857 01:42:11,859 --> 01:42:12,993 RAPID RESPONSE CRISIS TEAM DO 2858 01:42:12,993 --> 01:42:17,865 AND HERE IS HOW THEY WORK AND 2859 01:42:17,865 --> 01:42:19,299 HOW THEY COME OUT. SO RIGHT NOW, 2860 01:42:19,299 --> 01:42:22,069 WE ARE GETTING THE TOOL KIT OUT 2861 01:42:22,069 --> 01:42:27,474 TO AS MANY JURISDICTIONS AND 2862 01:42:27,474 --> 01:42:29,576 ONLINE AS WE CAN. AND THEN WE 2863 01:42:29,576 --> 01:42:31,845 ARE DOING VIDEO TOURS AND PSAs. 2864 01:42:31,845 --> 01:42:34,148 WE LAUNCHED ONE JUST THIS MONTH, 2865 01:42:34,148 --> 01:42:34,781 FEATURING THE EXECUTIVES, AND WE 2866 01:42:34,781 --> 01:42:41,455 WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT WITH 2867 01:42:41,455 --> 01:42:42,155 CONNECTION HOUSE SOLUTIONS. SO 2868 01:42:42,155 --> 01:42:43,991 COMING UP, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER 2869 01:42:43,991 --> 01:42:47,561 OF EVENTS. WE DO HAVE AN ONGOING 2870 01:42:47,561 --> 01:42:48,095 MONTHLY VIRTUAL COMMUNITY 2871 01:42:48,095 --> 01:42:49,396 MEETING. THIS NEXT ONE WILL BE 2872 01:42:49,396 --> 01:42:50,898 ON JUNE 10 AT 2:00 P.M. AND THIS 2873 01:42:50,898 --> 01:42:53,767 IS WHERE WE WILL TALK ABOUT 2874 01:42:53,767 --> 01:42:56,203 IMPLEMENTATION, STATUS UPDATES 2875 01:42:56,203 --> 01:42:57,237 ON OUR BUILDINGS, RFP 2876 01:42:57,237 --> 01:42:58,372 INFORMATION, AND THEN WHEN THE 2877 01:42:58,372 --> 01:42:59,640 GROUP SUGGEST AN IDEA, WE WILL 2878 01:42:59,640 --> 01:43:02,676 OFTEN BRING IN SOMEONE TO 2879 01:43:02,676 --> 01:43:03,777 PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL 2880 01:43:03,777 --> 01:43:06,113 EDUCATION AND INFORMATION. WE 2881 01:43:06,113 --> 01:43:08,649 ARE ALSO HOSTING WITH AN EVENT 2882 01:43:08,649 --> 01:43:10,117 ON JUNE 3. HERE IS HOW YOU HELP 2883 01:43:10,117 --> 01:43:11,618 SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING A CRISIS. 2884 01:43:11,618 --> 01:43:13,353 THESE ARE THE STEPS YOU CAN TAKE 2885 01:43:13,353 --> 01:43:15,656 AND GET A TRAINING ON THOSE 2886 01:43:15,656 --> 01:43:17,958 SPECIFIC WAYS IN WHICH YOU COULD 2887 01:43:17,958 --> 01:43:20,327 HELP SOMEONE. AND THEN WE ARE 2888 01:43:20,327 --> 01:43:21,261 HOSTING A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION 2889 01:43:21,261 --> 01:43:24,231 ON JULY 21 AT 5:30 AT THE SITE, 2890 01:43:24,231 --> 01:43:26,867 WHICH WILL BE THE FUTURE HOME OF 2891 01:43:26,867 --> 01:43:27,467 THE CRISIS CARE CENTER. THAT 2892 01:43:27,467 --> 01:43:30,270 WILL BE ANOTHER PLACE FOR US TO 2893 01:43:30,270 --> 01:43:31,204 HEAR DIRECTLY FROM COMMUNITY, 2894 01:43:31,204 --> 01:43:34,608 GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE 2895 01:43:34,608 --> 01:43:35,242 AT, INTRODUCE CONNECTIONS. AND 2896 01:43:35,242 --> 01:43:37,744 THAT IS PART OF OUR ADDITIONAL 2897 01:43:37,744 --> 01:43:38,879 ONGOING ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE BEEN 2898 01:43:38,879 --> 01:43:40,948 WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF 2899 01:43:40,948 --> 01:43:42,516 COMMUNITY GROUPS TO INTRODUCE 2900 01:43:42,516 --> 01:43:43,283 CONNECTIONS AS THE PROVIDER, SO 2901 01:43:43,283 --> 01:43:44,851 THEY COULD GET A BETTER SENSE OF 2902 01:43:44,851 --> 01:43:55,395 WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT SERVICES 2903 01:43:55,929 --> 01:43:57,864 THEY WILL PROVIDE. NEXT SLIDE. 2904 01:43:57,864 --> 01:44:02,135 >> JUST VERY QUICKLY ON THE 2905 01:44:02,135 --> 01:44:02,970 PREVIOUS SLIDE. ALL THE 2906 01:44:02,970 --> 01:44:04,404 REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND THE 2907 01:44:04,404 --> 01:44:07,407 ALWAYS TO RSVP, IF YOU ARE 2908 01:44:07,407 --> 01:44:09,176 SUBSCRIBED TO THE NEWSLETTER, 2909 01:44:09,176 --> 01:44:11,178 IT'S THERE. AND THE BLOG AND 2910 01:44:11,178 --> 01:44:14,348 THE WEBSITE DOES HAVE A LOT OF 2911 01:44:14,348 --> 01:44:15,849 THE INFORMATION FOR BOTH YOU ALL 2912 01:44:15,849 --> 01:44:17,017 AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THERE 2913 01:44:17,017 --> 01:44:19,119 ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE 2914 01:44:19,119 --> 01:44:22,789 YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION 2915 01:44:22,789 --> 01:44:26,293 ONLINE. SO I'LL DIVE A LITTLE 2916 01:44:26,293 --> 01:44:29,696 BIT IN HERE TO EACH OF THE 2917 01:44:29,696 --> 01:44:30,497 PIECES. AS I MENTIONED, WELL, 2918 01:44:30,497 --> 01:44:32,799 LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. A 2919 01:44:32,799 --> 01:44:34,001 PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2920 01:44:34,001 --> 01:44:38,872 FOR THE CRISIS CARE CENTER LEVY 2921 01:44:38,872 --> 01:44:40,574 WAS REALLY STRONGLY EMPHASIZED, 2922 01:44:40,574 --> 01:44:41,808 COORDINATION WITH THE HOST 2923 01:44:41,808 --> 01:44:42,576 JURISDICTION IN WHICH A CRISIS 2924 01:44:42,576 --> 01:44:44,911 CARE CENTER WAS GOING TO BE 2925 01:44:44,911 --> 01:44:47,848 LOCATED. AND SO IN THE 2926 01:44:47,848 --> 01:44:50,317 CONVERSATIONS LAST YEAR ABOUT 2927 01:44:50,317 --> 01:44:52,919 ACQUIRING ABOUT KING COUNTY 2928 01:44:52,919 --> 01:44:54,187 REQUIRING THIS FACILITY, FORMER 2929 01:44:54,187 --> 01:44:55,188 MAYOR HARRELL HAS TRANSMITTED A 2930 01:44:55,188 --> 01:44:57,658 LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE SITE, 2931 01:44:57,658 --> 01:44:59,626 AND THEY DID INCLUDE FOUR 2932 01:44:59,626 --> 01:45:01,328 CONDITIONS TO BE FULFILLED 2933 01:45:01,328 --> 01:45:03,563 BEFORE OPENING. THE FIRST WAS 2934 01:45:03,563 --> 01:45:06,800 CONDUCTING A CRIME PREVENTION 2935 01:45:06,800 --> 01:45:07,567 THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN 2936 01:45:07,567 --> 01:45:08,969 ANALYSIS ALONG WITH THE POLICE 2937 01:45:08,969 --> 01:45:10,337 DEPARTMENT. IN TERMS OF STATUS 2938 01:45:10,337 --> 01:45:12,239 THERE, WE HAVE RETAINED A 2939 01:45:12,239 --> 01:45:13,507 CONSULTANT. KING COUNTY HAS 2940 01:45:13,507 --> 01:45:14,941 RETAINED THE CONSULTANT TO DO 2941 01:45:14,941 --> 01:45:17,144 THIS WORK. WE HAVE SOME INITIAL 2942 01:45:17,144 --> 01:45:18,512 MEETING WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE 2943 01:45:18,512 --> 01:45:20,080 DEPARTMENT TO TALK THROUGH JUST 2944 01:45:20,080 --> 01:45:23,650 IN GENERAL, THINGS ABOUT THE 2945 01:45:23,650 --> 01:45:24,418 CRISIS CARE CENTER. AND 2946 01:45:24,418 --> 01:45:29,756 HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE KICKING OFF 2947 01:45:29,756 --> 01:45:30,724 THE ANALYSIS, WHICH INCLUDES THE 2948 01:45:30,724 --> 01:45:34,828 SITE WALK LATER IT THIS SUMMER. 2949 01:45:34,828 --> 01:45:38,732 WE ARE ANTICIPATING AUGUST. BUT 2950 01:45:38,732 --> 01:45:40,534 MAYBE LATE JULY. THAT WORK WILL 2951 01:45:40,534 --> 01:45:41,702 BE ONGOING. AFTER THE INITIAL 2952 01:45:41,702 --> 01:45:44,571 SITE WALK THAT IS DONE, WE WILL 2953 01:45:44,571 --> 01:45:47,741 END UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS 2954 01:45:47,741 --> 01:45:49,976 ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE THINGS THAT 2955 01:45:49,976 --> 01:45:51,244 ARE RELATED TO THE ANALYSIS. SO 2956 01:45:51,244 --> 01:45:54,614 THINGS LIKE SITE LINE AND 2957 01:45:54,614 --> 01:45:55,549 LIGHTING, AND THOSE 2958 01:45:55,549 --> 01:45:56,316 RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED 2959 01:45:56,316 --> 01:45:59,953 BY THE CITY AND HOPEFULLY 2960 01:45:59,953 --> 01:46:02,255 IMPLEMENTED BEFORE OPENING. THE 2961 01:46:02,255 --> 01:46:04,157 SECOND PIECE OF THAT WAS OF THE 2962 01:46:04,157 --> 01:46:05,559 LETTER OF SUPPORT CONDITIONS IS 2963 01:46:05,559 --> 01:46:08,362 THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT AND 2964 01:46:08,362 --> 01:46:09,496 POLICY. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS 2965 01:46:09,496 --> 01:46:12,699 OF WORKING WITH CONNECTIONS AND 2966 01:46:12,699 --> 01:46:14,935 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON A DRAFT 2967 01:46:14,935 --> 01:46:15,736 GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT. WE ARE 2968 01:46:15,736 --> 01:46:18,238 WORKING ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE 2969 01:46:18,238 --> 01:46:19,372 FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND 2970 01:46:19,372 --> 01:46:21,508 THAT AGREEMENT TO OCCUR. WE ARE 2971 01:46:21,508 --> 01:46:24,478 HOPING THAT WILL KICK OFF IN 2972 01:46:24,478 --> 01:46:25,645 EARLY 2027. WE ARE HOPING FOR 2973 01:46:25,645 --> 01:46:27,214 THE REST OF THIS YEAR THAT WE 2974 01:46:27,214 --> 01:46:31,017 ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CITY, 2975 01:46:31,017 --> 01:46:32,219 WITH YOU ALL ON HOW TO MAKE SURE 2976 01:46:32,219 --> 01:46:33,754 ALL THE ELEMENTS IN THE LETTER 2977 01:46:33,754 --> 01:46:34,888 OF SUPPORT ARE COVERED, AND THEN 2978 01:46:34,888 --> 01:46:36,022 MAKING SURE WE'RE VERY CLEAR ON 2979 01:46:36,022 --> 01:46:37,090 SORT OF ROLES AND 2980 01:46:37,090 --> 01:46:38,325 RESPONSIBILITIES IN TERMS OF WHO 2981 01:46:38,325 --> 01:46:40,360 IS RESPONDING TO ISSUES WHEN 2982 01:46:40,360 --> 01:46:42,062 THEY DO COME UP AS BETWEEN THE 2983 01:46:42,062 --> 01:46:44,564 OPERATOR, AS BETWEEN THE CITY OF 2984 01:46:44,564 --> 01:46:47,467 SEATTLE, AND THEN KING COUNTY. 2985 01:46:47,467 --> 01:46:48,902 ONE OF THE OTHER CONDITIONS IN 2986 01:46:48,902 --> 01:46:52,773 THE LETTER WAS RELATED TO LAUNCH 2987 01:46:52,773 --> 01:46:54,441 PLANNING AND A SAFETY PLAN. AND 2988 01:46:54,441 --> 01:46:57,711 THAT WORK WILL KICKOFF THIS 2989 01:46:57,711 --> 01:47:00,313 FALL. SO WE ARE HOPING TO START 2990 01:47:00,313 --> 01:47:02,149 A PROCESS THAT WILL TAKE INTO 2991 01:47:02,149 --> 01:47:04,084 ACCOUNT A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT 2992 01:47:04,084 --> 01:47:06,086 FOLKS ARE SEEING IN THE CAPITOL 2993 01:47:06,086 --> 01:47:08,622 HILL AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND FIGURE 2994 01:47:08,622 --> 01:47:11,892 OUT HOW TO IN THE SAME SPIRIT AS 2995 01:47:11,892 --> 01:47:12,526 THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT, 2996 01:47:12,526 --> 01:47:13,827 FIGURE OUT THE ROLES AND 2997 01:47:13,827 --> 01:47:14,828 RESPONSIBILITIES ON HOW TO 2998 01:47:14,828 --> 01:47:16,463 LAUNCH SUCCESSFULLY AND TO MAKE 2999 01:47:16,463 --> 01:47:17,864 SURE ALL THE CONDITIONS ARE IN 3000 01:47:17,864 --> 01:47:19,699 PLACE FOR THE CRISIS CARE CENTER 3001 01:47:19,699 --> 01:47:22,903 TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL OPENING. 3002 01:47:22,903 --> 01:47:25,138 KATIE JUST MENTIONED A LOT OF 3003 01:47:25,138 --> 01:47:26,907 OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK. 3004 01:47:26,907 --> 01:47:28,275 THAT WILL BE ONGOING THROUGH 3005 01:47:28,275 --> 01:47:31,178 BOTH UP UNTIL OPENING AND AFTER 3006 01:47:31,178 --> 01:47:32,612 OPENING. BUT AT THE MOMENT, WE 3007 01:47:32,612 --> 01:47:35,248 ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING 3008 01:47:35,248 --> 01:47:36,850 SURE THE FOLKS ARE REALLY 3009 01:47:36,850 --> 01:47:38,285 EDUCATED AND CLEAR ON WHAT IS 3010 01:47:38,285 --> 01:47:39,119 HAPPENING WITH THE CRISIS CARE 3011 01:47:39,119 --> 01:47:41,488 CENTER AND THE SORT OF SERVICES 3012 01:47:41,488 --> 01:47:42,589 THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO FOLKS. AND 3013 01:47:42,589 --> 01:47:45,225 THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO A PHASE 3014 01:47:45,225 --> 01:47:46,726 THAT IS A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOW 3015 01:47:46,726 --> 01:47:48,795 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING 3016 01:47:48,795 --> 01:47:51,431 ALL THE RIGHT FOLKS LIKE 3017 01:47:51,431 --> 01:47:52,365 PROVIDERS, LIKE FIRST 3018 01:47:52,365 --> 01:47:53,466 RESPONDERS, POLICE, FAMILIARIZED 3019 01:47:53,466 --> 01:47:55,902 WITH THE LOCATION, AND HOW TO DO 3020 01:47:55,902 --> 01:47:58,505 DROPOFFS, THAT SORT OF LEVEL OF 3021 01:47:58,505 --> 01:48:00,440 ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN AS WE GET 3022 01:48:00,440 --> 01:48:02,976 CLOSER AND CLOSER TO OPENING THE 3023 01:48:02,976 --> 01:48:05,645 SITE ITSELF, MAKING SURE THAT WE 3024 01:48:05,645 --> 01:48:09,316 ARE REALLY HONING IN ON 3025 01:48:09,316 --> 01:48:09,950 AWARENESS OUTREACH, EDUCATION, 3026 01:48:09,950 --> 01:48:11,051 SPECIFICALLY AS LAID OUT IN THE 3027 01:48:11,051 --> 01:48:12,919 LETTER OF SUPPORT IN THE HALF 3028 01:48:12,919 --> 01:48:14,554 MILE RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER. 3029 01:48:14,554 --> 01:48:16,890 SO REALLY MAKING SURE WE ARE 3030 01:48:16,890 --> 01:48:18,625 TOUCHING BASE WITH LOCAL 3031 01:48:18,625 --> 01:48:19,993 BUSINESSES, INSTITUTIONS, 3032 01:48:19,993 --> 01:48:20,594 SCHOOLS, EVERYBODY IN THAT 3033 01:48:20,594 --> 01:48:24,331 RADIUS, SO THEY ARE PREPARED FOR 3034 01:48:24,331 --> 01:48:26,199 OPENING. THE LAST ITEM IN THE 3035 01:48:26,199 --> 01:48:31,137 LETTER OF SUPPORT WAS AROUND 3036 01:48:31,137 --> 01:48:31,771 COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP. AND 3037 01:48:31,771 --> 01:48:33,640 THAT WORK HAS KICKED OFF. WE 3038 01:48:33,640 --> 01:48:37,477 HAVE CONVENED THE GROUP OF FOLKS 3039 01:48:37,477 --> 01:48:39,613 FOR MAYOR HARRELL AND THE 3040 01:48:39,613 --> 01:48:40,580 CURRENT MAYOR WILSON HAVE 3041 01:48:40,580 --> 01:48:43,216 CONFIRMED TO BE IN THAT GROUP. 3042 01:48:43,216 --> 01:48:44,251 THOSE MEETINGS STARTED BACK IN 3043 01:48:44,251 --> 01:48:46,620 APRIL, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO 3044 01:48:46,620 --> 01:48:48,188 HOLD MONTHLY MEETINGS TO BOTH 3045 01:48:48,188 --> 01:48:49,456 HEAR FROM THOSE FOLKS ABOUT WHAT 3046 01:48:49,456 --> 01:48:51,324 THEY ARE EXPERIENCING NEAR THE 3047 01:48:51,324 --> 01:48:53,727 CRISIS CARE CENTER, THE FUTURE 3048 01:48:53,727 --> 01:48:55,729 CRISIS CARE CENTER LOCATION, AND 3049 01:48:55,729 --> 01:48:57,797 CONTINUE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT 3050 01:48:57,797 --> 01:48:59,065 FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR 3051 01:48:59,065 --> 01:49:00,400 THIS GROUP TO ADDRESS A LOT OF 3052 01:49:00,400 --> 01:49:05,639 THE CONDITIONS IN THE LETTER OF 3053 01:49:05,639 --> 01:49:07,173 SUPPORT ARE ALLOCATED AND SPENT 3054 01:49:07,173 --> 01:49:12,579 AS THEY CONCUR WITH OUR 3055 01:49:12,579 --> 01:49:15,982 PROPOSALS. ALL RIGHT. SOME 3056 01:49:15,982 --> 01:49:16,616 GENERAL INFORMATION HERE ABOUT 3057 01:49:16,616 --> 01:49:18,318 HOW TO GET HELP IN A CRISIS, BUT 3058 01:49:18,318 --> 01:49:19,619 THAT SHOULD WRAP UP OUR 3059 01:49:19,619 --> 01:49:20,620 PRESENTATION. IF YOU ALL HAVE 3060 01:49:20,620 --> 01:49:21,821 ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE, OF 3061 01:49:21,821 --> 01:49:25,592 COURSE, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF 3062 01:49:25,592 --> 01:49:25,792 THEM. 3063 01:49:25,792 --> 01:49:27,460 >> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH 3064 01:49:27,460 --> 01:49:28,595 FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. 3065 01:49:28,595 --> 01:49:29,262 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 3066 01:49:29,262 --> 01:49:29,996 COLLEAGUES, WHAT QUESTIONS DO 3067 01:49:29,996 --> 01:49:35,936 YOU HAVE FOR OUR COLLEAGUES FROM 3068 01:49:35,936 --> 01:49:39,839 DCHS? VICE CHAIR FOSTER? 3069 01:49:39,839 --> 01:49:42,409 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 3070 01:49:42,409 --> 01:49:46,846 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR 3071 01:49:46,846 --> 01:49:47,614 PRESENTING AND CONGRATULATIONS, 3072 01:49:47,614 --> 01:49:48,648 NOT CONGRATULATIONS, BUT GOOD 3073 01:49:48,648 --> 01:49:49,816 JOB, KELLY, GETTING THROUGH THIS 3074 01:49:49,816 --> 01:49:53,420 WITH YOUR COUGH. I THOUGHT YOU 3075 01:49:53,420 --> 01:49:54,788 WERE FANTASTIC. SO THANK YOU FOR 3076 01:49:54,788 --> 01:49:57,624 STICKING IT OUT WITH US. I 3077 01:49:57,624 --> 01:50:00,093 WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION IN 3078 01:50:00,093 --> 01:50:01,828 REGARDS TO THE CAPITOL HILL 3079 01:50:01,828 --> 01:50:03,897 FACILITY OPENING. I KNOW THERE 3080 01:50:03,897 --> 01:50:06,733 IS THE ANALYSIS THAT'S GOING TO 3081 01:50:06,733 --> 01:50:08,201 HAPPEN. YOU MENTIONED THE PLAN 3082 01:50:08,201 --> 01:50:11,638 TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE 3083 01:50:11,638 --> 01:50:12,172 RECOMMENDATIONS. IS THERE 3084 01:50:12,172 --> 01:50:13,540 RESOURCES? I KNOW WE OBVIOUSLY 3085 01:50:13,540 --> 01:50:14,674 DON'T HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS 3086 01:50:14,674 --> 01:50:18,244 IN PLACE, BUT ARE THERE 3087 01:50:18,244 --> 01:50:22,115 DEDICATED RESOURCES FOR THOSE 3088 01:50:22,115 --> 01:50:24,050 RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN WE RECEIVE 3089 01:50:24,050 --> 01:50:24,250 THEM? 3090 01:50:24,250 --> 01:50:25,552 >> YEAH, SO THERE ARE A COUPLE 3091 01:50:25,552 --> 01:50:32,292 OF PLACES WHERE FUNDING MAY BE 3092 01:50:32,292 --> 01:50:33,693 AVAILABLE. SO PART OF THE 3093 01:50:33,693 --> 01:50:36,963 ADVISORY GROUP. LAST YEAR THE 3094 01:50:36,963 --> 01:50:37,998 KING COUNTY COUNCIL ALLOCATED $3 3095 01:50:37,998 --> 01:50:38,932 MILLION TO THAT GROUP TO HELP 3096 01:50:38,932 --> 01:50:40,567 SUPPORT THE CONDITIONS AND THE 3097 01:50:40,567 --> 01:50:43,703 LETTER OF SUPPORT. SO A PART OF 3098 01:50:43,703 --> 01:50:46,873 THE FUNDING FROM THAT COULD GO 3099 01:50:46,873 --> 01:50:47,607 TOWARDS THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 3100 01:50:47,607 --> 01:50:54,848 THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER 3101 01:50:54,848 --> 01:50:55,448 POTENTIAL BUCKETS OF FUNDING 3102 01:50:55,448 --> 01:50:56,649 HERE. I THINK IN LAST YEAR OR 3103 01:50:56,649 --> 01:50:58,518 MAYBE IT WAS THE 2026 ADOPTED 3104 01:50:58,518 --> 01:50:59,919 BUDGET, THE HUMAN SERVICES 3105 01:50:59,919 --> 01:51:03,023 DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE $500,000 OF 3106 01:51:03,023 --> 01:51:03,890 ONE-TIME FUNDS, WHICH OF COURSE, 3107 01:51:03,890 --> 01:51:06,059 IS NOT OUR DECISION ON HOW TO 3108 01:51:06,059 --> 01:51:07,293 SPEND, BUT THOSE FUNDS ARE ALSO 3109 01:51:07,293 --> 01:51:09,529 AVAILABLE TO HELP SUPPORT SOME 3110 01:51:09,529 --> 01:51:10,563 OF THE LETTER OF CONDITION, SOME 3111 01:51:10,563 --> 01:51:12,565 OF THE CONDITIONS IN THE LETTER 3112 01:51:12,565 --> 01:51:14,534 OF SUPPORT. AND SO THERE IS AT 3113 01:51:14,534 --> 01:51:19,139 LEAST THAT MUCH THAT COULD GO 3114 01:51:19,139 --> 01:51:19,639 TOWARDS RECOMMENDATION, 3115 01:51:19,639 --> 01:51:20,040 IMPLEMENTATION OF 3116 01:51:20,040 --> 01:51:20,440 RECOMMENDATIONS. 3117 01:51:20,440 --> 01:51:21,341 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S 3118 01:51:21,341 --> 01:51:24,978 VERY HELPFUL. AND THEN I WANTED 3119 01:51:24,978 --> 01:51:26,513 TO REFERENCE AN EARLIER SLIDE, 3120 01:51:26,513 --> 01:51:31,184 AND I DIDN'T GRAB THE SLIDE 3121 01:51:31,184 --> 01:51:35,855 NUMBER, SO I APOLOGIZE. I WAS 3122 01:51:35,855 --> 01:51:37,624 HEARING THE REIMBURSEMENT RATES 3123 01:51:37,624 --> 01:51:40,360 HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED. WE ARE 3124 01:51:40,360 --> 01:51:42,562 PREPARING FOR IMPACTS OF HB1 AND 3125 01:51:42,562 --> 01:51:45,098 OTHER CHANGES. SO I'M JUST 3126 01:51:45,098 --> 01:51:50,737 CURIOUS IF WE EXPECT THAT 3127 01:51:50,737 --> 01:51:51,604 REIMBURSEMENT RATE TO HOLD OR 3128 01:51:51,604 --> 01:51:54,374 HOW YOU'RE PLANNING FOR THAT AS 3129 01:51:54,374 --> 01:51:56,743 YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT SORT OF 3130 01:51:56,743 --> 01:51:57,944 THE FINANCIAL, THE FINANCIAL 3131 01:51:57,944 --> 01:51:58,945 POSITION OF THE CRISIS CARE 3132 01:51:58,945 --> 01:52:07,654 CENTER LEVY IN THE DOLLARS? THIS 3133 01:52:07,654 --> 01:52:13,359 IS THE SLIDE. THANK YOU. SORRY, 3134 01:52:13,359 --> 01:52:16,563 I COULDN'T FIND -- THERE IS 3135 01:52:16,563 --> 01:52:17,931 ALSO A PART OF THE RESPONSE THAT 3136 01:52:17,931 --> 01:52:19,999 WE NEED TO RESPOND TO, SO WE 3137 01:52:19,999 --> 01:52:21,634 COULD CIRCLE BACK ON THAT WITH 3138 01:52:21,634 --> 01:52:24,404 YOU, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE 3139 01:52:24,404 --> 01:52:25,538 CURRENTLY LANDSCAPING RIGHT NOW. 3140 01:52:25,538 --> 01:52:26,506 >> THAT'S FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. 3141 01:52:26,506 --> 01:52:29,109 I WASN'T AWARE THERE WAS 3142 01:52:29,109 --> 01:52:30,610 ALREADY A PROVISO FOR THAT, SO 3143 01:52:30,610 --> 01:52:32,045 THANK YOU SO MUCH, KELLY. MAYBE 3144 01:52:32,045 --> 01:52:33,079 WHEN THAT'S PREPARED, WE WOULD 3145 01:52:33,079 --> 01:52:34,114 LOVE TO PROBABLY RECEIVE THE 3146 01:52:34,114 --> 01:52:35,415 SAME THING. I THINK IT IS 3147 01:52:35,415 --> 01:52:36,249 SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALL 3148 01:52:36,249 --> 01:52:39,152 THINKING ABOUT AS WE ARE 3149 01:52:39,152 --> 01:52:41,554 THINKING ABOUT. I SAY THEY HAD 3150 01:52:41,554 --> 01:52:44,424 AN IDEA. THINKING ABOUT BEING 3151 01:52:44,424 --> 01:52:46,192 ABLE TO PLAN AND FORECAST OUT 3152 01:52:46,192 --> 01:52:47,494 OUR BUDGET. SO I'M SO PLEASED 3153 01:52:47,494 --> 01:52:50,196 TO HEAR IT HAS BEEN MORE 3154 01:52:50,196 --> 01:52:50,964 POSITIVE THAN ORIGINALLY 3155 01:52:50,964 --> 01:52:52,365 ANTICIPATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH 3156 01:52:52,365 --> 01:52:54,734 PRESENTERS, AND THOSE ARE MY 3157 01:52:54,734 --> 01:52:56,169 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 3158 01:52:56,169 --> 01:52:56,402 CHAIR. 3159 01:52:56,402 --> 01:52:59,339 >> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR FOSTER. 3160 01:52:59,339 --> 01:52:59,973 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? 3161 01:52:59,973 --> 01:53:01,841 >> THANK YOU, I'LL BE QUICK. 3162 01:53:01,841 --> 01:53:03,943 JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING 3163 01:53:03,943 --> 01:53:06,146 HERE AND PRESENTING. I KNOW I 3164 01:53:06,146 --> 01:53:08,414 HAVE WORKED WITH YOU ALL WITH 3165 01:53:08,414 --> 01:53:10,750 THE CRISIS CARE CLINIC GOING IN 3166 01:53:10,750 --> 01:53:12,252 DISTRICT THREE ON CAPITOL HILL. 3167 01:53:12,252 --> 01:53:16,489 WE'RE EXCITED. AND ONE OF THE 3168 01:53:16,489 --> 01:53:18,725 THINGS AND KNOWING THAT YOU ALL 3169 01:53:18,725 --> 01:53:20,126 THAT THE MODEL IN KIRKLAND IS 3170 01:53:20,126 --> 01:53:23,396 VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I THINK 3171 01:53:23,396 --> 01:53:24,030 IS BEING POTENTIALLY PROPOSED 3172 01:53:24,030 --> 01:53:26,366 FOR THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT COULD 3173 01:53:26,366 --> 01:53:29,836 BE AT CAPITOL HILL, FIRST HILL 3174 01:53:29,836 --> 01:53:31,271 LOCATION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS 3175 01:53:31,271 --> 01:53:35,041 THAT I THINK WOULD BE SUPER 3176 01:53:35,041 --> 01:53:37,210 HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC TO 3177 01:53:37,210 --> 01:53:39,512 UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT 3178 01:53:39,512 --> 01:53:43,416 COULD BE BROUGHT INTO THE CRISIS 3179 01:53:43,416 --> 01:53:46,553 CARE CLINIC IS LIKE FOLKS, IT'S 3180 01:53:46,553 --> 01:53:49,422 LIKE A VOLUNTARY THING. SO IF I 3181 01:53:49,422 --> 01:53:51,824 SEE SOMEONE, AND MIND YOU, I WAS 3182 01:53:51,824 --> 01:53:53,660 UP AT JOHN STREET NEXT TO THE 3183 01:53:53,660 --> 01:53:55,461 SAFEWAY AT 11:00 P.M. AT NIGHT. 3184 01:53:55,461 --> 01:53:56,596 I CALLED THE CRISIS CARE CLINIC. 3185 01:53:56,596 --> 01:53:58,331 I GOT SOMEONE ON THE PHONE, AND 3186 01:53:58,331 --> 01:54:01,434 I SAID, HEY, IF THERE IS SOMEONE 3187 01:54:01,434 --> 01:54:02,936 HERE THAT WOULD LIKE HELP, HOW 3188 01:54:02,936 --> 01:54:05,805 DO I GET THEM TO YOUR CLINIC? 3189 01:54:05,805 --> 01:54:07,440 BECAUSE I RAN INTO SOMEBODY I 3190 01:54:07,440 --> 01:54:11,144 KNEW THAT SAID THEY NEEDED HELP. 3191 01:54:11,144 --> 01:54:12,879 AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE 3192 01:54:12,879 --> 01:54:15,582 GAP IN THAT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 3193 01:54:15,582 --> 01:54:19,619 LIKE DO I TAKE THEM? DO I CALL 3194 01:54:19,619 --> 01:54:21,588 SOMEONE TO BRING THEM THERE? AND 3195 01:54:21,588 --> 01:54:23,089 JUST EXPLAINING FOR THE PUBLIC 3196 01:54:23,089 --> 01:54:25,458 LIKE THAT MODEL, HOW THAT COULD 3197 01:54:25,458 --> 01:54:27,227 POTENTIALLY WORK IF THEY SEE 3198 01:54:27,227 --> 01:54:28,461 SOMEONE IN CRISIS THAT MIGHT BE 3199 01:54:28,461 --> 01:54:32,232 ON FENTANYL, HAVING A HEALTH 3200 01:54:32,232 --> 01:54:33,433 MENTAL BREAKDOWN. YOU KNOW, THEM 3201 01:54:33,433 --> 01:54:34,534 CONNECTING THEM THERE AND 3202 01:54:34,534 --> 01:54:36,169 WALKING IN THEMSELVES OR COULD 3203 01:54:36,169 --> 01:54:37,003 SOMEONE BRING THEM THERE? YOU 3204 01:54:37,003 --> 01:54:38,905 KNOW, AND THEM HAVING TO BE IN 3205 01:54:38,905 --> 01:54:40,406 AN ILLUSIVE STATE OF MIND, 3206 01:54:40,406 --> 01:54:42,308 SAYING THEY COULD ACCEPT THESE 3207 01:54:42,308 --> 01:54:43,343 SERVICES. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 3208 01:54:43,343 --> 01:54:46,246 THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S 3209 01:54:46,246 --> 01:54:49,215 GOING TO BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY 3210 01:54:49,215 --> 01:54:51,517 FOR US TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE 3211 01:54:51,517 --> 01:54:53,419 WITHIN I KNOW THE SERVICES, ALL 3212 01:54:53,419 --> 01:54:55,688 OF SEATTLE, BUT I KNOW THERE IS, 3213 01:54:55,688 --> 01:54:57,557 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF NEED THAT ARE 3214 01:54:57,557 --> 01:54:59,192 IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY. SO 3215 01:54:59,192 --> 01:55:01,828 IT MIGHT BE JUST A COMMENT, BUT 3216 01:55:01,828 --> 01:55:02,595 JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE 3217 01:55:02,595 --> 01:55:04,330 HELP ON THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD 3218 01:55:04,330 --> 01:55:07,333 TO THIS GETTING STOOD UP, SO I 3219 01:55:07,333 --> 01:55:10,870 CAN START DIRECTING PEOPLE TO 3220 01:55:10,870 --> 01:55:13,306 THE CRISIS CARE CLINIC. THANK 3221 01:55:13,306 --> 01:55:13,506 YOU. 3222 01:55:13,506 --> 01:55:14,908 >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3223 01:55:14,908 --> 01:55:15,708 HOLLINGSWORTH. ONE THING I WANT 3224 01:55:15,708 --> 01:55:21,514 TO NOTE, THIS IS ACTUALLY A REAL 3225 01:55:21,514 --> 01:55:22,282 SCENARIO -- [ INAUDIBLE ] TO 3226 01:55:22,282 --> 01:55:24,450 HELP SOMEONE IN THE CRISIS, BUT 3227 01:55:24,450 --> 01:55:27,220 TO YOUR POINT, I THINK, YES, IT 3228 01:55:27,220 --> 01:55:28,655 IS VOLUNTARY, ESPECIALLY THE 3229 01:55:28,655 --> 01:55:31,791 WALK-IN PIECE. THE PERSON HAS TO 3230 01:55:31,791 --> 01:55:33,960 WILLINGLY GO THERE. I THINK TO 3231 01:55:33,960 --> 01:55:35,662 WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THOUGH 3232 01:55:35,662 --> 01:55:38,531 IS IF, I MEAN, CRISIS RANGES, 3233 01:55:38,531 --> 01:55:39,465 RIGHT, ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF 3234 01:55:39,465 --> 01:55:41,901 LIKE MAYBE SOMEONE IS WILLING TO 3235 01:55:41,901 --> 01:55:43,403 GO WITH YOU, AND THEY CAN WALK 3236 01:55:43,403 --> 01:55:45,838 THERE WITH YOU JUST IN TALKING, 3237 01:55:45,838 --> 01:55:48,408 RIGHT? THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO 3238 01:55:48,408 --> 01:55:49,842 GO. AND LIKE FAMILY CASE 3239 01:55:49,842 --> 01:55:50,877 MANAGERS WILL WALK IN WITH 3240 01:55:50,877 --> 01:55:54,013 PEOPLE AS WELL, LIKE THAT IS 3241 01:55:54,013 --> 01:55:55,114 SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE OFTENTIMES 3242 01:55:55,114 --> 01:55:57,684 MAYBE FEEL BETTER GOING WITH 3243 01:55:57,684 --> 01:55:59,085 SOMEONE THEY KNOW. AND IN 3244 01:55:59,085 --> 01:56:01,187 ANOTHER CASE, THERE CAN BE A 3245 01:56:01,187 --> 01:56:03,623 TIME TO CALL 988, INSTEAD OF 911 3246 01:56:03,623 --> 01:56:06,259 TO ASK FOR A CORESPONSE TEAM OR 3247 01:56:06,259 --> 01:56:08,127 POSSIBLY TEAM TO COME OUT AND 3248 01:56:08,127 --> 01:56:10,697 THEN ESCORT THE PERSON TO THE 3249 01:56:10,697 --> 01:56:14,934 CRISIS CARE CENTER FACILITY IF 3250 01:56:14,934 --> 01:56:15,735 THEY NEED THAT ASSISTANCE THERE. 3251 01:56:15,735 --> 01:56:19,205 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CHAIR. 3252 01:56:19,205 --> 01:56:26,179 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3253 01:56:26,179 --> 01:56:26,813 HOLLINGSWORTH. COLLEAGUES, ANY 3254 01:56:26,813 --> 01:56:27,447 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. 3255 01:56:27,447 --> 01:56:29,849 THEN I'M GOING TO THANK OUR 3256 01:56:29,849 --> 01:56:31,050 PRESENTERS, AGAIN. I HAD 3257 01:56:31,050 --> 01:56:32,218 QUESTIONS, BUT THE PRESENTATION 3258 01:56:32,218 --> 01:56:33,252 WAS SO THOROUGH, YOU ANSWERED 3259 01:56:33,252 --> 01:56:35,221 THEM. SO I THANK YOU FOR RUNNING 3260 01:56:35,221 --> 01:56:35,788 THROUGH A VERY THOROUGH 3261 01:56:35,788 --> 01:56:36,622 PRESENTATION AND COVERING A LOT 3262 01:56:36,622 --> 01:56:38,091 OF GROUND AND A LOT OF MATERIAL. 3263 01:56:38,091 --> 01:56:39,859 I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF 3264 01:56:39,859 --> 01:56:42,028 INTEREST IN THE CRISIS CARE LEVY 3265 01:56:42,028 --> 01:56:43,629 EFFORT BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH 3266 01:56:43,629 --> 01:56:44,097 HIGH NEED ACROSS OUR 3267 01:56:44,097 --> 01:56:45,331 COMMUNITIES. SO I WANT TO THANK 3268 01:56:45,331 --> 01:56:46,332 YOU AGAIN FOR THE WORK YOU'RE 3269 01:56:46,332 --> 01:56:47,967 DOING AND VERY EAGER TO SEE THIS 3270 01:56:47,967 --> 01:56:50,203 COME ONLINE AND SEE HOW THIS 3271 01:56:50,203 --> 01:56:52,805 COULD BE GOOD. THOUGHT PARTNERS 3272 01:56:52,805 --> 01:56:53,473 AND IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS, AND 3273 01:56:53,473 --> 01:56:55,508 KIND OF RESOLVING SOME OF THESE 3274 01:56:55,508 --> 01:56:57,810 TECHNICAL CHALLENGES AS COUNCIL 3275 01:56:57,810 --> 01:56:58,878 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH RAISED. 3276 01:56:58,878 --> 01:57:01,080 SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND I HOPE 3277 01:57:01,080 --> 01:57:02,915 YOU HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. 3278 01:57:02,915 --> 01:57:03,616 WONDERFUL, COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE 3279 01:57:03,616 --> 01:57:05,651 REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S 3280 01:57:05,651 --> 01:57:06,452 AGENDA. IS THERE ANY FURTHER 3281 01:57:06,452 --> 01:57:10,690 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 3282 01:57:10,690 --> 01:57:11,524 COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? 3283 01:57:11,524 --> 01:57:13,025 HEARING AND SEEING NONE, THE 3284 01:57:13,025 --> 01:57:14,093 NEXT HUMAN SERVICES LABOR IN 3285 01:57:14,093 --> 01:57:16,195 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXIT TEE IS 3286 01:57:16,195 --> 01:57:19,232 SCHEDULED FOR JUNE, SORRY, FOR 3287 01:57:19,232 --> 01:57:20,767 FRIDAY, JUNE 5. HEARING NO 3288 01:57:20,767 --> 01:57:21,834 FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE 3289 01:57:21,834 --> 01:57:23,036 ADJOURNED.