>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
TODAY IS JULY 22, 2019, AND THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 10:50 A.M., I'M TERESA
MOSQUEDA, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE, AND JOINED BY CO-
CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
WILL SOON BE JOINED BY SALLY
BAGSHAW AND ALSO JOINED BY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BRUCE
HARRELL, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ, AND COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
TODAY.
WE DO HAVE THREE BIG ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
FIRST IS A BRIEFING ON THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR
PERFORMANCE METRICS UPDATE.
THE SECOND IS AN UPDATE ON THE
NAVIGATION TEAM EXPANSION, AND
THE THIRD IS GOING TO BE A MORE
ROBUST IN-DEPTH UPDATE ON THE
REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS WORK
GROUP.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE
WAS PLENTY OF TIME FOR THIS.
IN THE PAST IT RECEIVED A SHORT
ALLOCATION OF TIME, AND WE
WANTED TO GIVE IT A CHANCE TO
GET INTO THE DETAILS IN TERMS
OF HOW THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE
GOING SO FAR, AND MAKE SURE ALL
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A
CHANCE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AT
THIS POINT BEFORE WE GET INTO
LATE SUMMER AND FALL.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY, BUT IT WILL BE
AT THE END OF THE AGENDA
BECAUSE WE KNOW WE ALSO WANT TO
HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC
ON THOSE THREE AGENDA ITEMS.
APPRECIATE YOU ALL SIGNING UP.
I DO HAVE ONE FULL SHEET IN
FRONT OF ME, AND LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING THE OTHER ONES IF
THERE ARE FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP
AS WELL.
WE'LL GET YOU ALL IN BEFORE WE
LEAVE HERE TODAY.
AT LAST I WOULD SAY THE LAST
THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS WE'VE HAD
ROBUST PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON THE
NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
PROTECTING THE ABILITY FOR
THOSE WHO CREATED SMALL TINY
HOME VILLAGES TO HAVE A SELF-
DETERMINATION AND REALLY MAKE
SURE WE'RE INVESTING IN ALL OF
OUR TINY HOME VILLAGES AND
LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS THAT
HAVE COME UP AROUND GOVERNANCE.
WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT A LETTER MANY HAVE
SIGNED ONTO RECENTLY.
WE WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON
THIS LATER.
I'M SURE THIS ISSUE WOULD COME
UP.
WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO PROVIDE A
BRIEF UPDATE, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
WE HAD QUESTION GUN WITH MANY
ORGANIZATIONS, RESIDENTS AND
INDEPENDENT MEMBERS WHO ARE A
PART OF THE VARIOUS AREAS.
THE DRAFT LETTER WAS FIRST SENT
AROUND MAY 26.
SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A VERY
IMPORTANT SELECT COMMITTEE, THE
LAST SELECT COMMITTEE AS YOU
ALL KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAY
KNOW, BUT IF YOU DON'T IT'S AN
IMPORTANT UPDATE.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION HERE ON THE
DIOCESE AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS
AGREED THIS IS A PRODUCTIVE
APPROACH TO TAKE ON, WHICH IS
BRING TOGETHER THE TWO PARTIES,
NICHOLSVILLE AND LEHIGH INTO
MEDIATION PRESIDED OVER
MUTUALLY AGREED UPON MEDIATOR.
ALSO I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE
THAT MEDIATION LETTER HAS BEEN
SIGNED BY NOT ONLY BY THE
COUNCIL, WHICH IS VERY
IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO BY OVER
100, I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT,
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
ORGANIZATIONS DEPENDING ON WHO
THE ENTITIES ARE.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO CONTINUE
TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS
PRIVATELY WITH NICHOLSVILLE AND
LEHIGH FOLKS, TO BRING THIS TO
FRUITION, AND I REALLY HOPE
THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
>> AND WITH THAT SAID WE ALSO
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE
WELCOME YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT ON
THIS TOPIC OR ANY TOPIC, AND WE
WILL MAKE SURE TO GET TO THAT
BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
WELCOME CO-CHAIR BAGSHAW, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE.
SO IF WE COULD, LET'S READ INTO
THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S
HOMELESSNESS PERFORMANCE AND
METRICS FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND JOINING US AT THE TABLE IS
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF JEFF
SIMMS, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
IN THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE TEST
TEST FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND JASON JOHNSON WHO ARE HERE
IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I
UNDERSTAND WON'T BE JOINING US
AT THE TABLE FOR THIS TOPIC.
SO THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR BEING
HERE.
IF WE COULD GET THE
PRESENTATION PUT UP ON THE
SCREEN.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS COME
TO US FOR THE LAST FOUR, WELL I
WOULD SAY ACTUALLY SIX TO EIGHT
MONTHS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THE NEED TO HAVE A ROBUST DATA
SET THAT WE CAN ALL LOOK TO, TO
SEE HOW WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF
SHELTERING THOSE WHO ARE
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING
HOELESSNESS, PREVENTING THOSE
FROM EXPERIENCING MORE
HOMELESSNESS, HELPING TO DIVERT
INDIVIDUALS FROM FALLING OUT OF
THEIR HOUSING SITUATION INTO
THE STREETS, AND TO REALLY SHOW
WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR
INVESTMENT AND SOME OF OUR MOST
VALUABLE PARTNERS BEING THOSE
HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS ON THE
GROUND.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, I
THINK, TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN A WAY
THAT EXPRESSES TO OUR PUBLIC
THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE THAT WE
HAVE AS PUBLIC SERVANTS TO MAKE
SURE THE PUBLIC DOLLARS BEING
PUT TO THE BEST PUBLIC USE.
AND TO BUILD TRUST, AND TO BE
TRANSPARENT IN HOW WE'RE
INVESTING THOSE PUBLIC DOLLARS.
SINCE NOVEMBER, IN THE
DELIBERATIONS, WE'VE BEEN
WANTING TO SHOWCASE TO THE
PUBLIC WHERE THESE DOLLARS HAVE
GONE AND TO SHOW CONSTITUENTS
THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE RATES
DECLINE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS OUTSIDE AT LEAST
ACCORDING TO THE POINT IN TIME
COUNT, WHICH WE ALSO KNOW IS AN
UNDERCOUNT.
WE'VE SEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
STATISTICS TO REMEMBER IN TERMS
OF HOW MANY SHELTER BEDS WE
HAVE OPEN AT NIGHT PRESENTED AT
VARIOUS POINTS.
I KNOW WE DID THIS DURING THE
BUDGET DELIBERATION PROCESS
EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND MORE
RECENTLY VIA E-MAIL I'VE BEEN
INQUIRING ABOUT HOW MANY
ENHANCED SHELTER BEDS WE HAVE
OPEN A NIGHT ON AVERAGE.
THE LATEST STATISTIC THAT WE
SAW WAS FIVE ENHANCED SHELTER
BEDS AND ONE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
BED OPEN ON AVERAGE A NIGHT IN
THE CITY.
WHEN WE HAVE A REGIONAL CRISIS
THAT HAS ABOUT 5,500 PEOPLE WHO
ARE SLEEPING OUTSIDE
UNSHELTERED AND ONLY FIVE OR
SIX ENHANCED SHELTER BEDS OPEN
A NIGHT, IT HELPS US UNDERSCORE
THE URGENCY OF CREATING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW AND
OPENING ADDITIONAL ENHANCED
SHELTER BEDS.
THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS PEOPLE
DON'T WANT TO GO TO A MAT ON
THE FLOOR SHELTERS.
WE'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN
TO LINE UP AT 6:00 IN THE
MORNING OR TO LEAVE AT 6:00 IN
THE MORNING AND THEN HAVE TO
LINE UP AT 6:00 P.M.
DOESN'T CREATE A SENSE OF
STABILITY.
WE'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN
THAT THE MORE ENHANCED SHELTER
BEDS ARE OPEN AND THE MORE
FAMILIES COULD STAY TOGETHER.
PEOPLE COULD BE WITH PETS,
ITEMS COULD BE PUT INTO
LOCKERS, PEOPLE COULD HAVE
SHOWERS, AND IMPORTANTLY ACCESS
TO CASE MANAGEMENT, HEALTH
COUNSELING, AND TRUE HOLISTIC
SERVICES.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
TYPE OF DATA.
WHEN WE SEE WHERE THE GAPS ARE,
WE CAN HELP FILL THOSE GAPS.
WHEN WE KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING WELL, WE CAN HELP DIRECT
FUNDING TO WHAT HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN OUR CITY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD
WITH THE NUMBER OF THE
PROVIDERS AND THE COMMUNITY.
I WOULD SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SAID TO US, YES, WE'RE
REPORTING TIME AND TIME AGAIN
ON WHAT WE WERE BEING ASKED TO
REPORT ON FOR THE CITY, BUT
SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT BEING ASKED
TO REPORT ON SOME OF THE THINGS
WE KNOW WORK REALLY WELL AROUND
DIVERSION.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
SAID WE WOULD LOVE TO PROVIDE
MORE STATISTICS ON WHO WE ARE
HELPING TO PREVENT THOSE FROM
BECOMING HOMELESS.
ALSO THEY WOULD LOVE TO HELP US
HAVE METRICS AND INDICATORS ON
WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP
YOUR SAME-CASE MANAGER.
WE'VE HEARD FROM DIRECT
SERVICES PROVIDERS THAT WITHOUT
THE ABILITY TO HAVE A CASE
MANAGER ON SIDE OR THE SAME
CASE MANAGER, WE END UP LOSING
PEOPLE INTO CYCLING BACK INTO
HOMELESSNESS AND WE'RE NOT ABLE
TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE ROBUST
SERVICES.
SO THIS TYPE OF DATA IS
IMPORTANT.
WE'VE SEEN THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATIONS, EVEN GOVERNOR
LOCK'S ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY
DID THE BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION
AND EVERY DEPARTMENT HAD A SET
OF METRICS THAT THEY REPORTED
ON I BELIEVE MONTHLY.
HERE WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN ASKING
FOR EIGHT MONTHS FOR A SIMILAR
SETUP IN METRICS.
JEFF, I KNOW YOU'LL WALK US
THROUGH IN TERMS OF METRICS
BEING REPORTED FROM THE ALL-
HOME DASH BOARD PROVIDED BY THE
PROVIDERS TO HSD AND THE
METRICS.
THIS IS JUST A FEW OF THEM
SUGGESTED BY PROVIDER
ORGANIZATIONS THEMSELVES.
SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE ABOUT, AND JEFF I
KNOW YOU'RE SORT OF FILLING IN
FOR CENTRAL STAFF, BUT MY
INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO GET THE
SET OF ROBUST METRICS.
I'M LOOKING AT AN E-MAIL DATED
APRIL 20 FROM THE EXECUTIVE'S
OFFICE WHERE THERE WAS AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE ARE
WORKING TO, I THINK ON A JOINT
STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS A DASH BOARD, A SHARED
INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT A
DASH BOARD IS CREATED AND A
COMMITMENT HERE IN WRITING THAT
WE WOULD HAVE UPDATES IN MAY
AND JUNE.
WE ARE NOW MID JULY AND WE
DON'T HAVE THE FOLKS FROM THE
EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE SITTING AT
THE TABLE, SO WHAT I'M HOPING
WITH OUR COUNCIL CO-CHAIRS HERE
IS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK
ON GETTING THIS ITEM PUT IN
FRONT OF US.
WE KNOW THERE IS WORK BEING
DONE BY EACH DEPARTMENT, TO
COME UP WITH A SET OF METRICS
THAT WOULD NOT JUST
SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON
HOMELESSNESS, BUT THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE USED
FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
THAT'S A GOOD FIRST START.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE ABOUT HOW THOSE SPECIFIC
METRICS AS TAY RELATE TO
SERVICES TO HOMELESSNESS WILL
BE PROVIDED TO NOT JUST THE
COUNCIL, BUT TO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC AND I WOULD SAY THE
MEDIA, SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE
DOING WELL, WHAT ISSUES WE
COULD REPORT ON, HOW WE'RE
INCORPORATING THE PROVIDER
FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF NEW
METRICS THAT WOULD COME
FORWARD.
AND JEFF, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO YOU AND TO WALK US THROUGH
WHAT WE CURRENTLY KNOW, WHAT WE
CURRENTLY HAVE IN HAND DOESN'T
RELATE TO A POTENTIAL DASH
BOARD FOR PERFORMANCE DATA ON
HOW WE'RE SERVING THOSE WHO ARE
HOMELESS AND POTENTIALLY THOSE
PREVENTING FROM BECOMING
HOMELESS AND THEN OPEN IT UP TO
MY COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IS IT WORKING NOW?
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> FOR THE RECORD, JEFF SIMMS
FROM CENTRAL COUNCIL STAFF.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AS YOU NOTED
THE LAST TIME THIS COMMITTEE
DISCUSSED THIS TOPIC WAS AT OUR
APRIL 22 MEETING.
WE WERE LOOKING, WE LEARNED
EFFORTS UNDERWAY BOTH BY THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HSD TO PUT
TOGETHER DASH BOARDS AND WAYS
OF VISUALIZING AND BETTER
COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC THE
PROGRESS BEING MADE WITH OUR
INVESTMENTS ON HOMELESSNESS AND
HOW THEY ARE CONTINUING TO BE
IMPROVED.
SINCE THAT TIME, LET ME FIERCE
LIGHT THAT.
DURING THAT MEETING THERE WAS
ALSO A PANEL OF PROVIDERS THAT
PROVIDED INPUT ON ADDITIONAL
METRICS ON TOP OF WHAT HSD
ISCURRENTLY PUTTING TOGETHER ON
MEASURES OF THEIR CONTRACTS.
THEY HIGHLIGHTED AREAS THAT THE
PROVIDERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE
ALSO MEASURED OR ALSO
INCORPORATED INTO THEIR
CONTRACTS AS MEASURES THAT THEY
SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO.
THE HANDOUT THAT YOU HAVE ON
THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IF YOU
LOOK AT THE GREEN BOX, WHICH
SAYS METRICS PROVIDED BY
PROVIDERS, I'LL WALK YOU
THROUGH EACH OF THESE BOXES IN
A MOMENT.
AND ALSO SINCE THE COUNCIL
MEETING, SINCE THE MEETING OF
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ALL HOME,
A CONTINUUM OF CARE,
SIMULTANEOUSLY UPDATING IT
ONLINE DASH BOARD, WHICH IS AN
AREA THAT IS ABLE TO THEN PULL,
NOT QUITE IN REAL TIME, BUT
CURRENT DATA ON WHAT METRICS
ABOUT OUR SERVICES AND THE
POPULATION EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
THAT WAS UPDATED AS I SAID
SINCE THIS COMMITTEE LAST
DISCUSSED THIS TOPIC, WHICH IS
THE ORANGE BOX THAT YOU SEE ON
YOUR HANDOUT.
AND THEN THE DATA POINTS THAT
THEY HAVE NOW.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN RECEIVING AND
THE APRIL 9 MEETING OF THE
HUMAN SERVICES EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT AND COMMITTEE WAS
THE LAST TIME WE HAD PRESENTED
IS THE BLUE BOX.
METRICS HSD REGULARLY PROVIDES
TO THE COUNCIL.
THOSE METRICS ARE MANUALLY
PULLED.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN AUTOMATED
SYSTEM MAKING PRESENTATION OF
THOSE DATA POINTS AUTOMATIC OR
SOMETHING THAT COULD BE POSTED
ONLINE IN REAL TIME.
BUT THOSE ARE METRICS THAT WE
REGULARLY RECEIVE.
SO QUICKLY TO GO THROUGH THOSE,
YOU CAN SEE THE ONLINE DASH
BOARD THAT ALL HOME CURRENTLY
HAS, FOUR MAIN AREAS.
FIRST IT LOOKS AT THE
POPULATION OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT
ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
AND BEING SERVED.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS
THAT'S BROKEN DOWN.
SOMETIMES BY POPULATION, LIKE
VETERANS, YOUTH, OR FAMILIES,
BUT ALSO LOOKING AT RACE AND
ETHNICITY AND SOME OTHER
METRICS.
THE SECOND AREA IS WHO THEY ARE
SERVING WITH DEMOGRAPHIC
BREAKDOWNS, BUT ALSO THEY HAVE
A GRAPHIC THAT LOOKS AT WHERE
PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, WHETHER
IT WAS A RECENT STAY AT A
SHELTER, IF THEY HAD RECENTLY
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
THEIR FIRST TIME, OR WHERE THEY
EXIT TO.
IF WE LOST TRACK OF THEM OR
THEY EXITED BACK INTO
HOMELESSNESS.
THE THIRD MAIN CATEGORY AS I
PUT IT, WHAT IS PRESENTED BY
ALL HOME IS INDIVIDUAL
PERFORMANCE.
SO IF YOU WENT TO THE ALL HOME
WEBSITE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO
THE SCREEN THAT HAS EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF OUR, FOR EXAMPLE,
SHELTER PROVIDERS, YOU CAN
HOVER OVER THAT BOX, AND YOU'D
SEE A VARIETY OF METRICS POSTED
FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL PROVIDER
ACCORDING TO THE TYPE OF
INTERVENTION IT IS.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S LISTED THERE,
THE TYPE OF METRICS THAT ARE
REPORTED FOR EACH PROVIDER.
FINALLY THEY'VE ADDED, WELL
ONLINE THEY HAVE METRICS THAT
ARE SPECIFIC TO RAPID REHOUSING
WHEN YOU GO TO THEIR PAGE THAT
LOOKS EXACTLY AT RAPID
REHOUSING.
THERE'S CERTAIN METRICS THAT
ARE UNIQUE TO THAT INTERVENTION
THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON
THAT THEY ALSO HAVE ONLINE TO
MAINTAIN.
AS I MENTIONED THE BLUE BOX,
WHICH I KNOW THIS COUNCIL IS
VERY FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE THEY
GET PRESENTED ON A REGULAR
BASIS.
OUR PRESENTATION AT HSD
REGULARLY COMES AND PROVIDES TO
US, AND THIS DAY IT HAS
PROVIDED, INCLUDING OUR EXIT TO
PERMANENT HOUSING BY PROGRAM
TYPES, SO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
THAT WOULD BE A BAD EXAMPLE.
ENHANCED SHELTERS OR OUR
OUTREACH PROVIDERS MAKING
REFERENCES TO A SHELTER, THINGS
LIKE THAT.
THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT
ARE SERVED, WHERE THOSE
INDIVIDUALS GO TO, AND THEN
ALSO SOME RACE AND ETHNICITY
GOALS.
THE LAST DATA THAT WE RECEIVED
ON THAT LOOKED AT THE TOTALITY
OF 2018.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME DISCUSSIONS
TO GET THE FIRST QUARTER OR THE
SECOND QUARTER UPDATES FROM HSD
FOR 2019.
AND THEN AS I MENTIONED THERE
WERE A VARIETY OF PLACES THAT
PROVIDERS WHEN WE LAST MET
HIGHLIGHTED ADDITIONAL METRICS
THAT THEY WOULD SUGGEST WE
INCLUDE.
SUCH AS CONSIDERING THE
VULNERABILITY OF CLIENTS SERVED
NOT AS A PUBLIC FACING DASH
BOARD, BUT LOOKING AT THE TYPE
OF PERFORMANCE THAT THEY'RE
REQUIRED TO MEET.
SO IF YOU HAVE A PROGRAM THAT'S
REALLY SERVING THE HARDEST TO
SERVE, RECOGNIZING THAT.
LOOKING AT THE TYPE OF DATA,
THE SERVICES THAT A PERSON
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ASKS
FOR AND HOW OFTEN WE'RE
RESPONDING TO THAT.
FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, WHICH
WE KNOW ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN
RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE
POPULATION.
A VARIETY OF METRICS, I ONLY
PUT TWO IN THE BOXES HERE, BUT
ON PROGRESS TOWARDS HOUSING.
SO NOT JUST PLACEMENT IN A
PERMANENT HOUSING, BUT ALSO
PERHAPS RETENTION AND A
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
PROGRAM OR RETURNING TO FAMILY
REUNIFICATION, SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE SOME WAY OF
ACCOUNTING FOR WHEN THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF LIMITED BEDS IN
ENHANCED SETTERS OR TINY HOUSE
SERVICES THAT MIGHT HAVE
IMPACTED THE ABILITY TO PLACE
SOMEONE INTO AN INTERVENTION
LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW,
AND I WILL DEFER THE COUNCIL
FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR
CLARIFICATIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK
ON IT THIS, THANK YOU TO OUR
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND TO
OUR POLICE WHO ARE HELPING US
AS WELL.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOMETHING
THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY AND THAT
IS OUR HEALTH ONE PROJECT,
WHICH IS OUR LOW ACUITY WORK
WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE
HEARD FROM THEM MULTIPLE TIMES
IS THAT AS WE ARE WORKING WITH
OUR CRISIS CONNECTIONS THAT
THEY NEED EXTRA BEDS, THEY NEED
PLACES WHERE THEY CAN REFER
FOLKS WHETHER THAT'S, YOU FOE,
ALTERNATIVES TO HARBORVIEW.
SO WHETHER IT IS MORE 24/7
HELTER, WHETHER IT'S THE TINY
HOMES OR A MENTAL HEALTH BED.
THIS NEEDS TO BE COORDINATED.
SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE AS
WE'RE DOING THIS AND WORKING ON
THE PERFORMANCE DATA ON WHAT IS
HAPPENING THAT WE ALSO IN REAL
TIME NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'VE
GOT SPACES FOR PEOPLE AND FOR
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO TAKE
THOSE PEOPLE OTHER THAN
HARBORVIEW HOSPITAL.
SO THIS IS LOOKING BOTH TO THE
PAST AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE,
AND I JUST HOPE WE CAN
RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT THIS
IS.
THANK YOU.
>> OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES?
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
IT WOULD HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND
THE PURPOSE OF OUR EFFORTS TO
COLLECTIVELY HAVE A DISCUSSION
AROUND PERFORMANCE DATA ON
HOMELESSNESS.
I APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT THERE
HAVE BEEN SOME SUGGESTIONS BY
PROVIDERS, BUT WHAT IS THE PATH
FORWARD TO UPDATE THE
PERFORMANCE DATA ON
HOMELESSNESS?
>> WHEN IT THIS COMMITTEE LAST
MET AND ALSO IN SUBSEQUENT E-
MAIL CONVERSATIONS, WE WERE
TOLD THERE WERE TWO
SIMULTANEOUS PATHWAYS GOING ON.
ONE WAS WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S
ADVISORY COUNCIL TO FIND A WAY
TO TAKE DATA THAT IS WE DON'T
HAVE A GOOD AUTOMATED WAY TO
PULL THAT DATA OUT AND PUT IT
INTO SOMETHING THAT COULD BE
VISUALIZED AND DISPLAYED.
AND THEN ALSO HIGHLIGHTED AT
THAT TIME WERE THE UPDATES THAT
ALL HOME WOULD BE MAKING TO ITS
DASH BOARD.
BOTH OVATORS WITH THE ULTIMATE
GOAL OF MAKING IT TRANSPARENT
TO THE PUBLIC.
WHAT WORK OUR PROGRAMS ARE
DOING.
THE PLACES THE PROGRAMS ARE
EXCEEDING AND ARE SHOWING THEIR
EFFECTIVENESS AND CONTINUING TO
IMPROVE.
AND THEN ALSO CONVEYING THE
SCALE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE
SCALE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT
WE'RE IMPLEMENTING.
>> BUT THESE ARE CHANGES FOR
ALL HOME TO MAKE TO ITS DASH
BOARD, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE
TIME OR DISCUSSIONS ACTUALLY
THAT WERE BEING UNDERTAKEN BY
THE EXECUTIVE, SO HSD OR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, WORKING WITH A
GROUP OF ADVISORS THAT COULD
HELP TO ASSIST WITH SOME OF
THOSE TECHNICAL BACK OF THE
HOUSE SORT TO SPEAK
INNOVATIONS, SO YOU CAN TAKE
WHAT IS CURRENTLY A LITTLE MORE
DIFFICULT TO ACCESS, THE DATA
SYSTEM THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO
MANUALLY PULL A LOT OF THE
DATA.
FOR EXAMPLE THE INFORMATION
THAT'S IN THE BLUE BOX HAS TO
BE MANUALLY PULLED AND COMPILED
AND VERIFIED.
AND THEN PUT INTO SOME KIND OF
AN AUTOMATED ONLINE EASIER TO
MAINTAIN FORMAT.
AND THAT'S THE WORK THAT IS
UNDERWAY.
I BELIEVE IT CONTINUES AND HAS
BEEN DELAYED AT THIS POINT.
>> FOLLOW UP.
>> SO I THINK THE ABILITY TO
UPDATE THE INFORMATION THAT IS
PROVIDED TO COUNCIL THAT THE
PUBLIC SEES.
THAT'S A LOT OF EXERCISE AND IT
IS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE
TRANSPARENCY.
BUT I THINK AS IT RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO PERFORMANCE-
BASED CONTRACTING.
WE ALSO HAVE A CONVERSATION
THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ABOUT WHAT
OUTCOMES WE WANT AGENCIES TO
REPORT ON BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
OF CONCERN THAT THE FOCUS ON
EXITS TO PREVENT HOUSING DON'T
CONSIDER A FEW THINGS LIKE, FOR
INSTANCE, MULTIPLE
ORGANIZATIONS WILL HAVE AN
INTERACTION WITH A CLIENT ON
THAT INDIVIDUAL'S ROAD TO
STABILITY.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ONLY
THE LAST ORGANIZATION WHO
TOUCHES THAT CLIENT ACTUALLY
GETS THE, GETS THE CREDIT IF
YOU WILL FOR THE OUTCOME.
SO THAT IS A CONCERN.
THERE'S A CONCERN ALSO THAT THE
APPROACH THAT WE'RE FOCUSING.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE
SHOULDN'T HAVE AS AN OUTCOME
ACCESS TO HOUSING, BUT IF WE
ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE FACT
THAT THE REPORT RECOMMENDED
THAT WE SHOULD BE SERVING, WE
SHOULD BE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS
ON SERVING THE MOST DIFFICULT
TO HOUSE THAT THERE MAY BE AN
INADVERTENT PREVERSE INCENTIVE
ON THE PART OF PROVIDERS TO
ASSIST THE EASIEST TO HOUSE IN
ORDER FOR THOSE OUTCOMES.
SO WE ALSO NEED OUTCOMES
DESIGNED TO INCENTIVIZE THE
BEHAVIOR OR NOT THE BEHAVIOR,
BUT THE OUTCOMES FOR
ORGANIZATIONS SERVING OUR
HIGHEST PRIORITY POPULATIONS,
WHICH ARE THE POPULATIONS THAT
ARE HARDEST TO SERVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
SURELY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
PRESENTATION UPDATING ON THE
REGIONAL DISCUSSIONS.
A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, TESS
COLBY FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE
ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS MANY OF
WHAT YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED WILL
BE DISCUSSED.
A SPECIFIC GOAL WOULD BE
OUTLINED WITH SPECIFIC METRICS
BEHIND IT, AND HOW WE GET TO
THOSE PLACES.
AND IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY
SAY PLACEMENT IN PERMANENT
HOUSING FOR A PROGRAM THAT HAS
A DIFFERENT GOAL THAT
CONTRIBUTES TO THAT PATH TO
PERMIT HOUSING FOR THAT
INDIVIDUAL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT AND
THEN COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU, CO-CHAIR.
>> SO I MEAN ONE POINT I HAD
WAS SOMEONE IN LINE WITH WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD WAS
SAYING.
TE METRICS, I GUESS ONE CAN
SAY ALL METRICS ARE NOT MADE
EQUAL IN THIS SENSE.
IF OUR PROGRAMS ARE WORKING IN
SUCH A WAY THAT THERE ARE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING EITHER CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS OR EXPERIENCING
REPEATED BOUTS OF HOMELESSNESS
BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS FAILING
THEM IN SPECIFIC WAYS, THEN
THOSE METRICS ARE MORE COMPLEX.
THEY'RE NOT SIMPLY DID YOU HELP
SOMEONE GET INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING?
AND I AGREE WITH THE CONCERN
THAT THE PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING
CAUGHT IN OUR STUDY OF METRICS.
ALONG THE SIMILAR LINES THOUGH,
ONE CONCERN THAT I'VE HAD AND,
YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT
BEFORE.
AND THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, THEY REALLY DO NOT
PRESENT ANY MEANINGFUL METRICS
RELATED TO THE SWEEPS.
I'VE ASKED THEM MULTIPLE TIMES
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU
MEASURING YOUR WORK ON
PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND THE ANSWER THAT WE HAVE
OFTEN HEARD IN COUNCIL IS THAT,
WELL, I MEAN THEY DON'T CALL IT
SWEEPS, I CALL IT SWEEPS
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY ARE
SWEEPS.
BUT THE POINT BEING THE WORK OF
THE NAVIGATION TEAM CANNOT BE,
THAT THOSE METRICS DON'T APPLY
BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DAWNED THEM
TOWARDS THE PUBLIC HOUSING, BUT
OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE FAIR
ENOUGH.
BUT THE POINT THAT I THINK THAT
SHOULD NOT BE LOST IS IF THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS
SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ON, THEN WE DO FEED A WAY OF
MEASURING ITS EFFECTIVENESS
BECAUSE SO FAR ALL WE KNOW IS
THAT IT IS ACTUALLY NOT
WORKING.
AND SO IF THERE IS A WAY AS WE
WOULD LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE
DATA, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD
IDEA AND SORT OF NEED TO HAVE
THIS, YOU KNOW, OVERVIEW OF
WHERE THE DATA IS COMING FROM,
WHO IS PROPOSING THE METRICS,
SO ON.
I THINK AS LONG AS THEY
CONTINUE, WE DO NEED TO INSIST
ON SOME MEANINGFUL METRICS, SO
THAT THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE
USED IN IT ARE ACTUALLY IN
SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE WHO NEED
THEM.
>> GREAT POINT.
>> I WILL ALSO HAVE ONE OF OUR
AGENDA ITEMS TODAY TO DISCUSS
THE EXPANSION OF THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
WE RECENTLY HAD IN THE JUNE
MEETING OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTUTILITIES ARTS COMMITTEE,
THE LATEST RELATED TO THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
THE METRICS REPORTED ON THERE
DIFFER FROM ALL OF OUR OTHER
PROGRAMS.
THERE'S NOT A DISCUSSION OF
PLACEMENT INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
THEY DO REPORT ON REFERRALS TO
SHELTER.
BUT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE
NAVIGATION TEAM LATER AT THIS
COMMITTEE MEETING AS WELL AS
THE ADDITIONAL FTEs THAT HAVE
BEEN HIRED TO SUPPORT THAT
TEAM.
>> YEAH, JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-
UP.
THANK YOU CO-CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I APPRECIATE THAT THEY WILL BE
THERE.
MY CONCERN IS WHEN I SAW WHAT
THEY HAD SUBMITTED TO THE
COMMITTEE IS THE SAME
PRESENTATION THAT THEY ARE
SUBMITTED IN A PREVIOUS SELECT
COMMITTEE.
AND I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT
ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THE
COUNCIL HAS ASKED THEM.
SO SOMETHING TO BE FOLLOWED UP
ON.
>> THANK YOU, CO-CHAIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
SO REALLY QUICKLY.
I'M NOT SURE I HEARD YOU, JEFF,
SAY THIS, SO I WANT TO GO BACK.
I APOLOGIZE IF I'M MAKING YOU
REPEAT YOURSELF, BUT I WANT TO
MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE
CHART AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THIS CHART.
SO IN THE RED BOX IS WHAT ALL
HOME KING COUNTY SYSTEM DOES TO
PUBLICLY SHARE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE COUNTY
HAS BEEN DOING IN THE SPACE OF
ADDRESSING THE EXPERIENCE OF
HOMELESSNESS, IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> THAT'D BE CORRECT.
IT WOULD INCLUDE SEATTLE THEN
AS OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE, WE
WOULD HAVE ALL OF OUR SEATTLE
INVESTMENTS, ENTERING DATA.
WOULD ALSO BE A PART OF WHAT
ALL HOME IS CAPTURING.
>> RIGHT BECAUSE THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS A MEMBER OF THE ALL
HOME KING COUNTY EFFORT.
BUT THAT THIS ONLINE DASH BOARD
THAT IS REFLECTED ON THIS CHART
WITHIN THE RED BOX, I APOLOGIZE
TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS WHO MIGHT
BE COLOR BLIND AND CAN'T SEE
RED, BUT IT'S THE BOX THAT SAYS
ALL HOME DASH BOARD.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
SYSTEM AND THAT DASH BOARD
PRODUCTION IS OWNED BY KING
COUNTY, NOT BY HSD OR THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
SO THEN WHEN WE MOVE TO THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PAGE WE SEE
THE BLUE CHART ON TOP, WHICH IS
TITLED DATA PROVIDED TO COUNCIL
BY HSD.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE GREEN BOX
THAT SAYS METRICS SUGGESTED BY
PROVIDERS.
AS IT RELATES TO THE BLUE BOX,
WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THIS
IS DATA THAT HSD PROVIDES TO
THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY PRESENT IT IN THE
FORM OF A DASH BOARD SIMILAR TO
WHAT WE SEE ALL HOMES WEBSITE
AND MATERIALS?
>> THAT IS ALSO CORRECT.
THESE ARE PRESENTATIONS THAT
THE DATA IS PULLED MANUALLY AND
PUT TOGETHER AS A PRESENTATION
FOR THE COUNCIL OR THE
COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL AND
THOSE ARE THE METRICS THAT ARE
IN THAT.
IT'S NOT PUT ONLINE.
IT IS NOT UPDATED IN REAL TIME.
THERE'S NO WEB PAGE THAT YOU
CAN LAND ON AND LOCATE THAT.
>> SO WE AS POLICYMAKERS
SITTING UP HERE ON OUR STAFF
INCLUDING COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
GET SORT OF THIS RICH DATA, BUT
IT'S UP TO US TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO TRANSLATE IT AND UP TO US TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO OR IF WE
COMMUNICATE IT IN A PARTICULAR
WAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND
TAXPAYERS, IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> YES, IT WOULD BE.
THE PRESENTATIONS ARE IN
PRESENTATION BY HSD, BUT JUST
RECEIVING THE DATA AND THE
UPDATES.
IT WOULD BE UP TO THE COUNCIL
TO COMMUNICATE THAT FURTHER.
>> OKAY, THE STUFF IN THE GREEN
BOX, METRICS SUGGESTED BY
PROVIDERS, IS THAT, ARE THE
VARIOUS DATA POINTS OR
SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE LISTED IN
THAT BOX IN THE LOWER RIGHT-
HAND CORNER, IS THAT CAPTURED
IN THE DATA AND REPORTED IN ANY
WAY IN THE DATA THAT WE SEE
LISTED EITHER IN ALL HOMES
ONLINE DASH BOARD BOX OR IN THE
DATA PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL BY
THE HSD BOX?
>> GENERALLY SPEAKING.
GENERALLY SPEAKING I WOULD SAY
NO.
THOSE ARE METRICS THAT WERE
SUGGESTED BY PROVIDERS TO BE
EITHER ADDITIVE OR AS A
REPLACEMENT FOR SOME METRICS.
THAT'S KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF
WHAT I PUT TOGETHER HERE TO
HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE AREAS
WHERE THERE'S NOT OVERLAP FOR
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
>> OKAY.
SO THE STUFF IN THE GREEN, THE
METRICS SUGGESTED BY PROVIDERS,
THOSE ARE LITERALLY JUST
SUGGESTIONS?
WE'RE NOT CAPTURING THAT
INFORMATION ANYWHERE CURRENTLY?
EITHER US OR ALL HOME?
>> THAT'S NOT 100% TRUE.
FOR EXAMPLE THE VULNERABILITY
SCORE THE CLIENT SERVED WOULD
BE CAPTURED.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY LOCATION
WHERE THAT'S CURRENTLY
PRESENTED OR MADE PUBLIC.
DATA ON SERVICES REQUESTED, YOU
COULD SAY THERE'S SOME PLACES
WHERE WE CAPTURED WHAT SENSE OF
THE COUNCIL REGARDING THE
NAVIGATION TEAM ON A QUARTERLY
BASIS TALKS ABOUT TYPES OF
SERVICES REQUESTED AND ENGAGING
WITH CLIENTS AND THAT KIND OF
OUTREACH THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THESE
ARE METRICS THAT ARE NOT BEING
CAPTURED FOR ALL PROGRAM SYSTEM
WIDE OR PRESENTED IN A UNIFORM
AND CONSISTENT WAY TO THE
PUBLIC.
>> THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
AND I THINK WHAT I WAS
STRUGGLING WITH IS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE
COMPARING BECAUSE I WANTED TO
MAKE SURE WE WERE COMPARING
APPLES TO APPLES.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT THIS
CHART IS INTENDED TO
COMMUNICATE IS THAT IT APPEARS
THAT ALL HOME KING COUNTY HAS A
MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE
CONSISTENT STANDARDIZED WAY OF
PUBLICLY SHARING DATA RELATED
TO PERFORMANCE OF INVESTMENTS
THAT THE COUNTY HAS MADE IT IN
THE SPACE OF HOMELESSNESS AS
OPPOSED TO THE CITY WHO HAS
SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS, BUT
NOT ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS AND
WE APPEAR TO BE REPORTING
INCONSISTENTLY.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT'S CORRECT.
THE COUNTY THAT OWNS OUR
MANAGEMENT OF THE DATA SYSTEMS,
SO IN MANY WAYS THE POSSESSOR
OF THE DATA BASE AND HSD
COLLABORATES WITH THE COUNTY TO
GET THAT DATA.
>> OKAY, THAT LEADS ME TO THE
LAST LINE OF QUESTIONING OR
POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE, WHICH
IS HELPFUL FOR ME TO GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND
FRAMING OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING
AND EVALUATING IN THIS SINGLE-
PAGE PRESENTATION.
THAT SORT OF HELPS FRAME FOR ME
SOME OF THE COMMENTS COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD WAS MAKING A FEW
MOMENTS AGO.
AND I THINK THAT HER POINTS ARE
VALID IN TERMS OF ONE OF THE
PURPOSES OR A PURPOSE OF THE
WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
HERE IS NOT JUST COUNTING THE
WIDGETS, BUT GETTING A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE ARE
CREATING PERFORMANCE
MEASUREMENTS AND THAT DOING THE
EXERCISE AND CREATING
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IS
CRITICAL TO ACCURATELY REFLECT
OUR EXPECTED OUTCOMES THAT ARE
EVIDENCE BASED AND ALIGNED WITH
STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE
SUPPORTED IN THE PAST THAT ARE
SHOWN TO END THE EXPERIENCE OF
HOMELESSNESS FOR INDIVIDUALS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS
HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
ARTICULATE IS THAT THERE ARE
LOTS OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES THAT
WE CAN USE DATA FOR AND THERE'S
A LOT OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES WE
CAN COME UP WITH PERFORMANCE
DATA AND METRICS FOR, BUT ONE
OF THOSE THINGS HAS TO ALWAYS
BE CENTERED AND HOW ARE WE
DEVELOPING PERFORMANCE
MEASUREMENTS THAT WILL, AGAIN,
ACCURATELY REFLECT OUR
EXPECTATIONS OF OUTCOMES THAT
ARE EVIDENCE BASED AND ALIGNED
WITH STRATEGIES THAT WE KNOW
WILL HELP END SOMEBODY'S
EXPERIENCE WITH HOMELESSNESS
AND MAKE IT A SHORT EXPERIENCE
TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AN
EXPERIENCE.
AND I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I
ALSO AGREE THAT THE ADDITIONAL
PURPOSE TO THAT, WHICH I THINK
IS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE CHART IS
THAT I HAVE BEEN, AND I THINK
MEMBERS ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE
BEEN, AND CERTAINLY THE PUBLIC
HAS BEEN VERY FRUSTRATED WITH
WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE AN
ACCURATE REPORTING BY THE
EXECUTIVE AND HSD OF WHAT WE
ALREADY HAVE DONE IN THE SPACE
OF INVESTMENTS OF HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES.
SO WE HAVE HAD MOST RECENTLY IN
THE LAST TWO YEARS, MULTIPLE
EXAMPLES THAT WE COULD POINT TO
THAT OVERSTATE, UNDERSTATE,
WHAT OUR OUTCOMES HAVE ACTUALLY
BEEN IN THE SPACE OF OUR
INVESTMENTS OF HOMELESSNESS.
SO I SEE THIS AS ALSO AN
ATTEMPT TO REALLY GET ON THE
SAME PAGE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT
DATA IS BEING REPORTED OUT TO
THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
AND SO IT IS NOT A MOVING AWAY
COMPLETELY FROM THE WIDGET
CONSTRUCT, BUT MAKING SURE IF
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
COUNT WIDGETS, THAT THAT IS
BEING DONE IN THE CONSISTENT
STANDARDIZED WAY, SO THAT WE
CAN TRUST AND HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION
THAT IS BEING PROVIDED TO US IN
THE BLUE BOX WHEN WE DO SEE IT,
SO THAT WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE AS POLICYMAKERS THAT
THAT INFORMATION IS ACCURATE
BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL HAD THE
EXPERIENCE UP ON THIS NOT BEING
ACCURATE.
AND THE RIPPLE WAVES AND THE
LACK AND THE MISTRUST THAT
GENDERS THE WORK THAT THE CITY
IS DOING IN THIS SPACE HAS BEEN
DETRIMENTAL TO ADDRESS THIS
CRISIS IN HOMELESSNESS.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY
UNDERSTANDING AS SORT OF HOW I
THREAD THE NEEDLE THERE ON THAT
LAST POINT IS AN ACCURATE
INTENT OF THE CO-CHAIRS AND THE
COUNCIL, AND IT IS SUPPORTED BY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF'S
ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE SEE ON THIS
CHART.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE MY
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR COMMENTS
AND ALL THE COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
WHO HAVE SPOKEN ON THIS.
THIS IS PRECISELY WHY WE HAVE
BEEN ASKING FOR EIGHT MONTHS
FOR A DASH BOARD TO BE PROVIDED
TO THIS COUNCIL.
WE HAVE SEEN ROBUST DATA
PRESENTED IN MULTIPLE FORMS
THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS,
AND I WOULD ARGUE THROUGHOUT
LAST SPRING AND SUMMER AS WELL
AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN
MAKING SURE THOSE INVESTMENTS
WERE GOING INTO THE EVIDENCE
BASED PROVEN PRACTICES THAT WE
KNOW ARE TO BE SUCCESSFUL
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN
GENERATED AND LED BY OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
ARTICULATING THAT POINT, AGAIN,
AND UNDERSCORING, I THINK THE
FULL COUNCIL'S INTEREST IN THIS
CONCEPT OF A DASH BOARD.
I'M ALSO GOING TO HAND OUT SOME
OF THE EARLY PRELIMINARY
THINKING WE HAVE SHARED WITH
THE EXECUTIVE THAT SUMMARIZES
SOME OF THESE POINTS IN A
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS
INFORMATION THAT WE KNOW TO BE
ALREADY AVAILABLE SUCH AS EXITS
TO PERMANENT HOUSING, LINKS TO
STAY AND SHELTERS, ENTRIES FROM
HOMELESSNESS, UTILIZATION
RATES.
BUT THEN WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE
WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN BETTER
CAPTURE SOME OF THE WAYS IN
WHICH WE'RE SERVING THOSE WHO
ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF
ENHANCED SHELTER BEDS OPEN PER
NIGHT ON AVERAGE.
THE NUMBER OF MATS ON THE FLOOR
OPEN ON AN AVERAGE NIGHT.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN MOVED FROM UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS ARE IMPORTANT FOR
US TO UNDERSTAND AND WHERE
THEY'VE BEEN MOVED TO.
ANY TIME WE HEAR ABOUT A SWEEP
OR WE HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE BEING
MOVED OUT OF UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS.
THE BIGGEST QUESTION I HAVE IS
HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE GOT
ACCESS TO ENHANCED SHELTER
BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO
STAY AN ENHANCED SHELTER THAN
IF WE WERE OFFERING THEM MATS
ON THE GROUND.
OTHER ITEMS WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT ARE IN THE LAST TWO
CATEGORIES.
THESE COME DIRECTLY FROM THE
HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS.
FOR EXAMPLE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT
THE LOW ACUITY VISITS.
HOW MANY FOLKS ARE NEEDING
ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT AND MAYBE EVEN JUST
WOUND TREATMENT.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE
IF WE COULD CAPTURE THAT
INFORMATION.
AGAIN I MENTIONED IN THE VERY
BEGINNING STAYS ON THE ABILITY
TO STAY ON YOUR MEDICAL CARE OR
TO STAY WITH YOUR CASE
MANAGERS, CAME DIRECTLY FROM
SOME OF THE CASE PROVIDERS.
THE ABILITY FOR KIDS TO STAY IN
THE SAME SCHOOL AND TO CREATE A
CONSISTENCY HAS BEEN CRITICAL
AND HAVE BEEN RAISED BY SOME OF
THE PROVIDERS AS WELL.
THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES.
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD
FROM US AND WE WILL LOOK AT THE
FRIENDS FROM THE EXECUTIVE
OFFICE.
WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE
WHOLE COUNCIL IS THE DESIRE TO
SEE THIS ROBUST DASH BOARD
PROVIDED, SO WE'RE NOT IN THE
IMPOSSIBLE POSITION OF TRYING
TO COME UP TOGETHER THE VERY
IMPORTANT DATA POINTS THAT WE
DO SEE FROM THE VARIOUS REPORTS
THAT HAVE COME FORWARD EITHER
THE REPORTS DURING BUDGET, THE
REPORTS FROM ALL HOME.
THE REPORTS ON THE QUARTERLY
UPDATES FROM THE NAVIGATION
TEAM, AND JUST GENERAL HSD
DATA.
ARE CRITICAL FOR US TO HAVE IN
HAND AND IDEALLY IN ONE PLACE.
THE LAST THING I WILL SAY ON
THIS.
AS WE LOOK TO CREATE A REGIONAL
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE FOR
SERVING THOSE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM FALLING
INTO HOMELESSNESS.
THIS TYPE OF BASELINE DATA IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION
LATER ABOUT WHAT THAT REGIONAL
STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR
US AS POLICYMAKERS, THOSE WHO
HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
HOLDING THE PURSESTRINGS FOR AT
LEAST THE LARGE PORTION OF WHAT
WILL COME FORWARD TO KNOW WHERE
WE ARE AT AND THEN TO BE ABLE
TO MEASURE WHERE WE HAVE GONE
AND WHERE WE NEED TO CONTINUE
TO INVEST IN.
THIS IS ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE
AND TRANSPARENCY AND BEING
FISCALLY WISE WITH OUR DOLLARS
AS WE CENTER THOSE WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND
HOW WE ARE EVALUATING OUR
SUCCESSES.
NOT TO BE PUNITIVE TO ANY OF
THE PROVIDERS, BUT TO REALLY
LIFT UP THE WORK THAT THE
PROVIDERS HAVE DONE.
WE'RE MAKING SURE THE
INVESTMENT GOES TO THE RIGHT
PLACES.
I KNOW WE HAVE TWO OTHER ITEMS
ON OUR AGENDA.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENT ON THIS
ISSUE.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY
THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR PRESENTING
US WITH THAT SPREAD SHEET.
I THINK THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN
HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE
úWOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO WORK
ON A ROBUST SET OF DATA AND
METRICS, SO THAT WE CAN
EVALUATE HOW WE'RE DOING IN ONE
PLACE ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE
FORWARD WITH OUR REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE EFFORTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING
INTO THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
TWO.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO
NAVIGATION TEAM EXPANSION
UPDATE FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> AND SOULED WE PLEASE BE
JOINED AT THE TABLE BY DAVID
MOSELEY, DEPUTY MAYOR, MICHELE
FINNEGAN, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
AND REC, SINA EBINGER FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TESS
COLBY FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
JASON JOHNSON FROM HSD, JEFF
SIMMS FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US
STILL.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, FIRST I
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL
MEMBER BRIAN CAME IN VERY
EARLY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS
WELL.
THIS IS AN ITEM WITH TWO
ATTACHMENTS, EXPANSION ON THE
NAVIGATION TEAM, MEMO PROVIDED
BY CENTRAL STAFF, JEFF SIMMS,
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT
MEMO FOR US, AND THE SEATTLE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
NAVIGATION TEAM CAPACITY
INCREASED PRESENTATION DATED
JUNE, 2019 BY HSD.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO
THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF THE
POWER POINT PRESENTATION, BUT
FOLKS, WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE
KEY COMPONENTS IF I'M NOT
MISTAKEN.
AND BEFORE WE GET INTO PUBLIC,
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MEET OF
THIS DISCUSSION, LET'S
DINTRODUCTIONS REAL QUICK AND
THEN I HAVE OPENING COMMENTS.
>> TESS COLBY, MAYOR'S OFFICE.
>> JEFF SIMMS ISSUE COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> DAVID MOSELEY, MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
>> JASON JOHNSON, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> SINA EBINGER, SPD NAVIGATION
TEAM.
>> MICHELE FINNEGAN, SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION.
>> GREAT.
WHY DON'T WE LET YOU JUMP INTO
YOUR PRESENTATION, AND THEN
I'LL SAVE SOME COMMENTS FOR
LATER.
I KNOW WE'RE ON A SHORT
TIMELINE TODAY AND REALLY WANT
TO GET THROUGH ALL THESE ITEMS.
DEPUTY MAYOR MOSELEY.
>> SURE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO OFFER
SOME INITIAL COMMENTS.
VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY
TO DISCUSSION THE NAVIGATION
TEAM'S WORK AND THE CAPACITY
INCREASE THAT WE'VE LAID OUT
THIS YEAR.
THE TEAM, OF COURSE, AWARDED
PREVIOUSLY TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DISCUSS THE TEAM'S ONGOING WORK
TO THE FULL COMMITTEE, AND WE
THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO DO
THAT.
IT IS NO UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY
THE NAVIGATION TEAM SAVES
LIVES.
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THE
NAVIGATION TEAM COME TO WORK
EVERY DAY TO DO SOME OF THE
HARDEST THINGS THE CITY ASKS
THE CITY STAFF TO DO.
THEY APPROACH THE WORK WITH
COMPASSION, PATIENCE, AND CARE
FOR THE PEOPLE THEY ARE TRYING
TO HELP.
I'VE SEEN THIS PERSONALLY AS
I'VE GONE OUT WITH THE
NAVIGATION TEAM, AND AS I'VE
GONE TO VILLAGES AND SHELTERS.
I GUESS THE MOST STARK EXAMPLE
OF THAT WAS DURING THE
SNOWSTORM WHEN THE NAVIGATION
TEAMS LITERALLY WORKED 24 HOURS
A DAY TO BRING PEOPLE IN TO
TEMPORARY SHELTERS THAT WE SET
UP.
AND THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
BROUGHT IN BY THE NAVIGATION
TEAM TO THOSE TEMPORARY SETTERS
IS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF
THEY WOULD HAVE MADE IT.
AND SO THE TEAM SAVES LIVES.
SINCE MAYOR DURKAN TOOK OFFICE,
SHE HAS MADE INVESTMENTS THAT
WILL ALLOW THE TEAM TO ADD
CRITICALLY NEEDED STAFF AND
RESOURCES, WHICH WE WILL BE
PREVIEWING, REVIEWING WITH YOU
TODAY.
MANY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
PUBLIC UTILITIES, PARK AND
RECREATION, THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS
BODY OF WORK.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS
THESE INCREASED EFFORTS, WHICH
WORK IN CONCERT TO BOTH THE
UNSHELTERED AND THE SHELTERED
COMMUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL ON JASON
JOHNSON TO PROVIDE THE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
SO THE NAVIGATION TEAM'S
MISSION IS TWOFOLD.
OUTREACH CONNECTING PEOPLE TO
SERVICES AND SHELTERS AND
REMOVING ENCAMPMENTS THAT POSE
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK.
THE TEAM HAS MADE THOUSANDS OF
CONTEXT OUT IN THE FIELD.
BUILDING UP A LIST THAT HELPS
US MATCH PEOPLE TO RESOURCES
AND SHELTER.
HUNDREDS OF ENCAMPMENTS HAVE
BEEN REMOVED FROM PUBLIC
PROPERTY ADDRESSING VERY REAL
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CONCERNS.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MANY OF
THE MEMBERS OF THE NAVIGATION
TEAM ARE IN THE CHAMBER TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK
THAT TEAM FOR THEIR EFFORTS FOR
GETTING OUT EVERY DAY AND
ENGAGING IF A WAY THAT IS NOT
JUST COMPASSIONATE, BUT IS
RESOURCE MINDED AND HELPS MAKE
ARE LIVING OUTDOORS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR WORK
AND HONOR THEIR WORK AND THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WHEN THE TEAM STARTED IN 2017,
IT WAS ABOUT 22 PEOPLE.
THERE'S 22 INDIVIDUALS
REPRESENTED MULTIPLE
DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS EFFORT
GREEN TREATMENT SERVICES.
THEY WERE FIELD COORDINATORS,
POLICE OFFICERS, OPERATION
MANAGERS, CONTRACTED OUTREACH
WORKERS.
IN 2018 THANKS TO INVESTMENTS
MADE BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL,
THE TEAM ADDED SUPPORT
FUNCTIONS AND INCREASED
CAPACITY THROUGH DATA ANALYSIS,
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT,
ADDITIONAL FIELD COORDINATORS,
AND IN 2019 THE ADDITION OF
SYSTEM NAVIGATORS, WHICH I WILL
DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL A LITTLE
LATER.
SO THIS IS Q1 DATA WE HAVE
PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION AT A
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT
WHAT THE OVERALL NAVIGATION
TEAM'S DATA LOOKS LIKE.
WE'LL HAVE DATA TWO COMING SOON
AND EXPECT TO PRESENT THAT BACK
TO COUNCIL IN THE COMING WEEKS
OR MONTHS.
THE INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED ARE
UNIQUE PEOPLE, THE TEAM MEMBERS
WHO TALK TO AND INTERACT WITH.
CONTACTS ARE A NUMBER OF
CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE
OCCURRED.
úTHINK OF THAT AS THE VOLUME OF
WORK THAT'S BEING MADE IN THE
FIELD.
INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE CAN BE
CONTACTED MULTIPLE TIMES OR
JUST ONCE.
REFERRALS TO SHELTER ARE
DUPLICATED.
THESE REFERRALS TO SHELTER
REPRESENT 203 UNIQUE
INDIVIDUALS.
THE TEAM HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON
OBSTRUCTION OR HAZARD REMOVALS
IF QUARTER ONE TO ENSURE
SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC SPACES ARE
SAFE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE.
72-HOUR CLEANUPS HAVE BEEN
FOCUSED TOWARDS LARGER MORE
COMPLEX REMOVALS LIKE THE
TROLLS GNOME.
REFERRAL TO SHELTER
INFORMATION.
WE'VE INCLUDED A BREAK DOWN OF
SHELTER REFERRALS IN Q1 REPORT
AND WE'LL DO SO AGAIN IN Q2.
ENHANCED SHELTER AND TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES REMAIN THE POST
ATTRACTIVE SHELTER RESOURCE FOR
PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED.
THERE ARE ON AVERAGE 17 BEDS
AVAILABLE TO THE NAVIGATION
TEAM EVERY DAY.
>> I'M SORRY, CAN YOU CLARIFY
THE NUMBER?
I DOUBLE CHECKED TWO WEEKS AGO.
FOR LAST MONTH'S DATA THERE
WERE FIVE ENHANCED SHELTER BEDS
OPEN AND ONE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
BED OPEN ON NIGHT PER AVERAGE.
WHERE ARE WE NOW GETTING THE 17
NUMBER AND AGAIN THIS IS A PART
OF OUR DESIRE TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE REPORTING CONSISTENTLY.
THE LAST TIME I HAD THE CHANCE,
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAIR THIS
COMMITTEE, I ASKED THAT
QUESTION AS WELL.
AT THE TIME THE TABLE, THE
NUMBER WAS GIVEN 40 AND THEN WE
LEARNED IN IT WAS THAT SIX
NUMBER.
SO WHERE IS 17 COMING FROM AT
THIS POINT?
>> 17 IS THE TOTAL, THE AVERAGE
OF BEDS AVAILABLE ON ANY GIVEN
DAY WHEN THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS
DEPLOYED.
>> OKAY, I MISUNDERSTOOD YOU.
IT'S NOT ENHANCED SHELTER BEDS,
IT'S TOTAL BEDS.
>> NOT NECESSARILY.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION, THAT'S VERY
HELPFUL.
ALL RIGHT WITH NEW INVESTMENTS
THE NAVIGATION TEAM WAS ABLE TO
INCREASE ITS CAPACITY TO
FURTHER ITS MISSION.
SYSTEM NAVIGATORS ARE NEW TO
THIS BODY OF WORK.
THOSE ARE IN-HOUSE OUTREACH
WORKERS AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE
AT ALL OF THE CLEANUPS, WHICH
INCLUDE THE HAZARD AND
OBSTRUCTION WORK, AND THEY ARE
AVAILABLE TO OFFER SERVICES TO
INDIVIDUALS LIVING OUTDOORS.
THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE ON
WEEKENDS TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE
AND ALSO ARE HELPING SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITY WITH THEIR RV
WORK.
THIS HAD IS AN OVERALL INCREASE
IN THE TEAM'S OUTREACH CAPACITY
AND FREEZE UP REACH FROM
EVERGREEN TREATMENT SERVICES TO
CONDUCT OUTREACH IN ADVANCED AT
MORE LOCATIONS.
WE'VE ALSO ADDED MORE FIELD
COORDINATORS, WHICH ALLOWS THE
TEAM TO TAKE ON MORE SPECIFIC
CONCERNS SUCH AS REMOVALS AND
LITTER PICKUPS, WHICH HELP
MAKES SEATTLE CLEANER AND SAFER
WHILE LEAVING ENCAMPMENTS IN
PLACE.
THERE IS ALSO IMPROVED
COORDINATION WITH THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS MEANS WHEN COMMUNITY
POLICE TEAMS AND BIKE PATROL
OFFERS COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO
IS IN NEED OF HELP, THERE'S
MORE OVERLAP WITH THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
THIS INCLUDES CONNECTING PEOPLE
WITH SRVICES, BELONGINGS,
REFERRALS TO SHELTERS AND
CLEANING UP OBSTRUCTIONS.
I'LL ALSO JUST STATE THAT
WEEKEND COVERAGE IS NOW
POSSIBLE DUE TO THIS EXPANSION.
THANKS TO ALL OF THESE EFFORTS
WORKING IN CONCERT TOGETHER
WITH THE TEAM MAKING REFERRALS
TO SHELTERS ON WEEKENDS, WHICH
IS A NEW ELEMENT TO THE
OUTREACH TEAM.
THE TEAM CAN ALSO CLEAN UP
GARBAGE AND REMOVE ENCAMPMENTS
OVER THE WEEKEND.
SO THIS IS AN EXPANSION OVER
THE FIVE-DAY, WEEKDAY SERVICES
THAT WERE IN PLACE BEFORE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD HAS A
QUICK QUESTION ON THE LAST
SLIDE I BELIEVE.
>> THE LAST SLIDE IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE ONE
PREVIOUS TO IT.
THE DATA SLIDE ON THE FIRST
QUARTER 2019 REPORT.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR
REFERRALS, CONTACTS, THIS FIRST
QUARTER 2019 IS REPORT SHOWS
SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER REFERRALS
TO SHELTER.
WE HAVE 222 REFERRALS TO
SHELTER FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
2019.
WHEREAS THE FIRST PART OF,
LET'S SEE, LAST YEAR WE'RE
LOOKING AT 432 REFERRALS TO
SHELTER.
I'M SORRY NO, THAT'S THE
COMPARISON OF THIS LAST QUARTER
TO THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
AND THAT IS ACTUALLY HALF THE
NUMBER OF REFERRALS FROM THE
FIRST PART OF LAST YEAR.
SIMILARLY NUMBERS OF CONTACTS.
WE'VE HAD 244 CONTACTS FOR
AUGUST 2018 TO MARCH 2019.
IT WAS ABOUT 1,800 CONTACTS,
NOW IT'S $1,564 CONTACTS, AND
SIMILARLY IT'S LESS THAN HALF
THE NUMBER REPORTED QUARTERLY
IN 2018, WHICH WAS MORE ABOUT
3,500CONTACTS PER QUARTER.
SIMILARLY AS WE MENTIONED
EARLIER THE NUMBER OF REMOVALS
WHO ACTUALLY RECEIVED 72 HOURS
NOTICE IN THAT ONGOING
ENGAGEMENT OF OUTREACH HAS
DECREASED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A
RELATIONSHIP THERE BETWEEN THE
INCREASE IN OBSTRUCTION
REMOVALS THAT DON'T REQUIRE
OUTREACH AND PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTION IN NUMBERS OF
CONTACTS AND REFERRALS.
IT HAS BEEN SAID WE HAD A
BRIEFING ON THESE NUMBERS IN MY
COMMITTEE.
FOLKS POINTED TO THE FACT THIS
IS THE PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE
STORM OCCURRED.
BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT WAS HAPPENING DURING THIS
STORM, THERE WAS MORE
ENGAGEMENT.
YOU KNOW PEOPLE WERE WORKING
24/7 ON TRYING TO REACH PEOPLE
DURING THAT TIME AND TRYING TO
MAKE REFERRALS TO SHELTER.
SO I AM CONCERNED THAT DESPITE
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
CONSISTENTLY RESPONDED TO THE
MAYOR'S REQUEST TO EXPAND THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
BEING ENGAGED, REFERRALS TO
SHELTER SEEM TO BE SHRINKING IN
SIZE.
>> COMMENTS?
>> YEAH, I WANT TO MAYBE GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE WE TALK
ABOUT THE EXPANSION EFFORT AND
THE NUMBERS FOR THE MONTH OF
JUNE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE STAFF
AND IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN
ADDED SINCE FALL OF LAST YEAR,
BUT WITH THE ADDITION OF THE
SYSTEM NAVIGATORS, THE
NAVIGATION TEAM IS OPERATING ON
A HIGHER CAPACITY ACROSS THE
BOARD.
SO I WILL SPECIFICALLY POINT
THE DATA THAT'S ON SCREEN.
YOU'LL SEE THAT GARBAGE AND
WASTE DEBRIS IS UP ROUGHLY 30
TONS WHEN COMPARED TO MONTHLY
AVERAGE.
SITE INSPECTIONS USED TO DO 25
A MONTH ON AVERAGE IN JUNE.
THERE WERE 165 THAT WERE
CONDUCTED.
THE 72-HOUR REMOVALS DOUBLED IN
JUNE WHEN COMPARED TO MONTHLY
AVERAGES.
OBSTRUCTIONS AND HAZARDS ARE
UP.
LITTER PICKUPS ARE UP AS WELL
WITH THE TEAM DOING MORE LITTER
PICKUPS IN JUNE THAN THE REST
OF THE YEAR COMBINED.
REDUCING HAZARDS IN ENCAMPMENTS
AND IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
SO I THINK THIS EITHER WE'VE
ONLY HAD THE EXPANSION IN PLACE
FOR ONE MONTH DURING THE MONTH
OF JUNE.
I WANT TO COME BACK AND SHOW,
YOU KNOW, FULL Q2 DATA, BUT I
THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN
JUNE WITH THE FULL TEAM
OPERATING THE WAY WE INTEND,
WE'RE SEEING MUCH LARGER
INCREASE IN PRODUCTION AND IF
KEEPING SPACES CLEAN, BUT ALSO
IN BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH
FOLKS.
>> INTERIM DIRECTOR JOHNSON,
THANK YOU FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
ASKED THOUGH.
AND THIS IS, AGAIN, PRECISELY
WHY I THINK A DASH BOARD THAT
LOOKS MONTH TO MONTH IS
IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU FOR THE INDICATORS
YOU HAVE INCLUDED ON THE LAST
SLIDE.
BUT WHEN WE SAY THE NAVIGATION
TEAM, THE TEAM IS TO NAVIGATE
THEM SOMEWHERE, IDEALLY INTO
ENHANCED SHELTER.
AND WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IN THIS
SHEET HERE, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE
ON THIS TABLE IS WHERE THEY'VE
BEEN NAVIGATED TO.
I SEE THE BULLET POINTS ABOVE
THAT SAYS THERE'S 20 TOTAL
REFERRALS TO SHELTER.
AGAIN THE TYPE OF SHELTER THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER
THAT'S ENHANCED OR MAT ON THE
FLOOR IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
AND THE 22% REFERRAL RATE IS AN
INDICATOR, BUT WE DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO COMPARE IT TO.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 222
REFERRALS TO SHELTER THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
COMMENTED BACK ON FOR THE
QUARTER ONE 2019 REPORT, THAT'S
AN INDICATOR.
BUT THEN AGAIN THERE'S NOTHING
TO COMPARE THAT TO.
SO IDEALLY WHAT WE WOULD HAVE
IN THIS CHART AND I BELIEVE
BASED ON THE OTHER DATA YOU'VE
PROVIDED, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE
TO PULL.
BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE
WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE
MONTH AFTER MONTH.
WHERE THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE
BEEN REFERRED TO, WHETHER IT'S
MAT ON THE GROUND OR ENHANCED
SHELTER, AND HOW THOSE NUMBERS
COMPARE MONTH OVER MONTH.
AND ANECDOTALLY I'VE HEARD THE
SAME THING DEPUTY MOSELEY
COMMENTED ON, WHICH WE SAW AN
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE REFERRED TO SHELTERS.
IDEALLY IT'D BE HELPFUL TO KNOW
WHAT KIND OF SHELTERS.
YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE THAT
INCREASE IN THE MONTH I BELIEVE
OF FEBRUARY.
THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHERE
WE'RE SERVING FOLKS, HOW WE'RE
SERVING THEM, AND WHERE THEY'RE
BEING NAVIGATED TO.
SO IN THIS NAVIGATION TEAM
OPERATION, CAN YOU COMMENT ON
WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING
NAVIGATED TO AND SPECIFICALLY
TO THE QUESTION THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD ASKED.
ARE WE SEEING A DECREASE IN THE
TYPE OF NAVIGATION TO SHELTERS
THAT ARE COMING FROM REFERRALS
FROM THE NAVIGATION TEAM?.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, DID I
CAPTURE YOUR QUESTION
CORRECTLY?
OKAY.
>> WE MET LAST WEEK TO LOOK AT
THE DATA.
IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THE
ENGAGEMENTS, FOLKS ARE
COMPLYING, MEANING THEY ARE
MOVING THEMSELVES AND THEIR
BELONGINGS OUT OF THE RIGHT OF
WAY.
AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY
ENGAGING ON OR IN A SERVICES
CONVERSATION WITH THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS.
SO FOR THE MOST PART WHEN THE
NAVIGATION TEAM IS CALLED TO AN
OBSTRUCTION OR A HAZARD, MOST
OF THE FOLKS ARE COME PLYING
RIGHT THEN AND THERE AND NOT
ENGAGING IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT
SERVICES.
THAT SAID WE'RE PREPARED TO
HAVE THOSE ENGAGEMENTS.
WE WANT TO ENTER INTO THAT
DIALOGUE.
AND THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS
PREPARED TO OFFER A WIDE ARRAY
OF SERVICES, BUT NOT EVERYONE
IS INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT
DISCUSSION.
>> COLLEAGUES?
>> I'M JUST CONCERNED WE'VE
HIRED SYSTEM NAVIGATORS AND
THAT NAVIGATION ISN'T OCCURRING
IN THOSE PARTICULAR TYPES OF
OBSTRUCTION REMOVALS.
AND THAT THESE ARE FOLKS THAT
WE HAVE FOCUSED TO HELP PEOPLE
IN THOSE INSTANCES AND BECAUSE
OF THE NATURE OF THAT, THAT
INTERACTION THAT'S NOT
HAPPENING.
>> AGREED.
THIS IS THE POINT IN TIME WHERE
WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO INTERACT
WITH FOLKS, I THINK ANTICIPATED
THE ENTIRE TEAM WOULD BE
INVOLVED IN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
AND GONZALEZ I BELIEVE WERE
REACHING FOR THEIR MICROPHONES.
IF ANYBODY ELSE AND THEN
PERHAPS YOU COULD COMMENT ON
THAT.
>> JUST VERY QUICKLY, YEAH,
JUST TO REDIRECT THE POINTS
ALREADY MADE BY OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
WE'RE REALLY NOT SEEING THE
KIND OF DATA WE NEED TO SEE,
AND ALSO IT'S SIMPLY NOT GOOD
ENOUGH TO SAY THAT THE CITY IS
GOING TO SPEND MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ON A PROGRAM THAT
NOBODY CAN QUANTIFY THE RESULTS
OF AND THAT THE BEST YOU CAN
SAY AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE
PEOPLE, THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY
MEMBERS COMPLIED WITH THE
NAVIGATION TEAMS INSTRUCTIONS
TO NOT BE IN THE OBSTRUCTION
AREAS, WHICH CREDIT TO THEM
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE FACING
SUCH A BRUTAL EXPERIENCE, YOU
KNOW, THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN
THAT REQUIREMENT.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CLAIM
OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS.
I MEAN SO MUCH MONEY IS BEING
SPENT ON THE NAVIGATION TEAM
NOT TO GET HUMAN BEINGS AWAY
FROM BUSINESS OBSTRUCTIONS OR
OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS, BUT IT'S
THE CLAIM IS BEING MADE THAT
IT'S HELPING PEOPLE.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, DEPUTY
MOSELEY, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN
USE WHAT THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS
DOING IN SNOWSTORMS, WHICH IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, YOU KNOW,
BRINGING PEOPLE INTO SHELTERS
DURING THAT TIME.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN USE
THAT TO THEN MAKE GENERALIZED
CLAIMS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING
OVERALL YEAR AFTER YEAR.
AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I
REACH A POINT WHERE THERE'S A
PRESENTATION AFTER PRESENTATION
BOTH IN MY COMMITTEE AND THE
SELECT COMMITTEE AND ALSO IN
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD'S
COMMITTEE.
I'VE BEEN IN ALL THESE
COMMITTEES.
WE'RE SIMPLY NOT SEEING THE
RESULTS, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE
NUMBERS ARE BEING SPUNKED
DIFFERENT SPUNNED DIFFERENT
WAYS.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK
FROM CONSTITUENTS THROUGH
URGENT PHONE CALLS THEY DON'T
SEE WHAT THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS
CREATING.
>> AND THEN I BELIEVE IT WILL
BE HELPFUL TO HEAR YOUR
RESPONSE TO ALL THREE OF THOSE
COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> SURE.
I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A
COMMENT, BUT I HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS.
IF YOU WANT THEM TO ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS FIRST.
I WILL COMMIT MY LINE OF
QUESTIONING TO MEMORY AND
CIRCLE BACK AFTER THEY'VE HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THESE
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR REACT TO
THESE COMMENTS.
>> WE WELCOME FEEDBACK FROM THE
COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, MYSELF, AND COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT HAVE MADE IN
TERMS OF HOW WE ARE ACTUALLY
HELPING TO SERVE FOLKS AT THE
POINT IN TIME, WHICH WE'RE
ASKING THEM TO MOVE OUT OF THE
RIGHT OF WAY.
HAVING BIKED IF REPEATEDLY OVER
THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND SEEING
INDIVIDUALS SLEEPING BY THE
RAILROAD TRACKS DOWN IN SOTO.
I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR
PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THE RIGHT
OF WAY FOR THEIR SAFETY AND THE
SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC.
YES, WE AGREE THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT COMPONENT.
BUT AS WE'RE MEETING PEOPLE IN
THEIR CURRENT PLACE, HOW ARE WE
SERVING THEM WITH GETTING THEM
ACTUALLY INTO THE CARE THAT
WE'VE PROMISED THROUGH THIS
TEAM?
>> LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO CALL ON
SPD AND PARKS TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING WITH
THE OBSTRUCTION.
FIRST OF ALL OUR MANTRA AND OUR
TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR BIKE
AND COMMUNITY OFFICERS HAS BEEN
PERFECTLY FINE FOR YOU TO STAY
HERE.
YOUR EQUIPMENT THAT'S
OBSTRUCTING THE PUBLIC OF RIGHT
OF WAY CAN'T.
SO THAT HAS BEEN OUR ABSOLUTE
APPROACH ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, YOU CAN
STAY HERE AS LONG AS YOU LIKE.
YOUR TENT THAT'S OBSTRUCTING A
WHEELCHAIR LIKE MY NEIGHBOR,
CAN'T STAY HERE.
AND SECONDLY I WOULD JUST LIKE
TO SAY THE OFFICERS, THE BIKE
PATROL, AND THE COMMUNITY
POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN
ENGAGED IN HAD THIS ALWAYS WHEN
THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE A
SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT WITH A
PERSON, HAVE OFFERED SERVICES
AND THE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS ARE
ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO COME AND
FOLLOW UP ON THAT REFERRAL.
LIEUTENANT?
>> GOOD MORNING, SINA EBINGER
FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUTARREST, THAT'S THE LAST
RESORT.
IT'S NEVER THE FIRST OPTION.
LIKE THE DEPUTY MAYOR HAD JUST
STATED, IT'S ABOUT THE PROPERTY
AND BLOCKING THE RIGHT OF WAY
ACCESS.
WE WANT TO MOVE THAT PROPERTY,
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PERSON, IT'S
ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
SO PEOPLE CAN USE THE SIDEWALK
FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE AS
WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND ON PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS,
I'VE GONE ON MANY OF THE
WEEKEND WORK AS WELL.
WE'VE CALLED FOR THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM DOES A
DEEPER OUTREACH, CENTERED
AROUND THE UNHOUSED.
WE DO ASSERTIVE OUTREACH IN
THAT CASE.
AND I'VE BEEN ON SCENE WHERE
WE'VE ACTUALLY CALLED SYSTEM
NAVIGATOR, EVERY SCENE WE'VE
BEEN ON, THAT WE HAVE CALLED
FOR THE SYSTEM NAVIGATOR TO
ASSIST US.
AND THEY'VE DONE EXCELLENT
WORK.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO
ADD?
>> I COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE IN THE
SEVEN-DAY COVERAGE SINCE THE
SYSTEM NAVIGATORS CAME ON
BOARD.
AS YOU KNOW IN ADDITION TO
SUPPORTING THE 72-HOUR NOTICE
CLAIMS ON THE RIGHT OF WAY
WORK, WE REMOVED OBSTRUCTIONS
OR HAZARDS ON PARKS PROPERTY.
AND THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM
HAVING CAMPERS TAKE OVER
DUGOUTS IN OUR PLAYING FIELDS
OR RESTRICTING USE OF PATCHES.
RECENTLY WE HAD A GREAT
PARTNERSHIP WITH SPD OFFICERS,
THE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS, AND THE
BIO CLEAN CONTRACTORS WHERE
THOSE PICNIC SHELTERS HAVE BEEN
TAKEN OUT OF USE RIGHT BEFORE
THE BUSY SEASON, WHERE WE ALSO
HAVE NOT ONLY FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY EVENTS, BUT WE ALSO
HOST OUR SUMMER SPECIAL
POPULATION SUMMER CAMP THERE.
AND THE TEAM CAME OUT.
IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
EXPERIENCES WITH THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS WHO ALREADY KNEW THE
CAMPERS BY NAME DID ENGAGE WITH
THEM VERY WELL AND SHARED A LOT
OF INSIGHT WITH OUR STAFF IN
GOING FORWARD WITH THE ACTIVITY
THAT DAY.
SO WE HAVE HAD A GOOD
EXPERIENCE WITH THEM, AND WE
HAVE SOME OF THE HARDEST
WORKING STAFF IN THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT HERE WHO DO THAT
SMALL, BUT MIGHTY WORK.
SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR TIME AND
THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THESE
OTHER AGENCIES TO GET THE
PUBLIC SPACES BACK FOR PUBLIC
USE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, GO
AHEAD AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
AND WE'LL SEE IF THERE ARE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I HAVE JUST SOME ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS AND IN NEED OF SOME
CLARIFICATION.
AS IT RELATES TO THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS AND THE ROLE THAT
THEY PLAY AND WHEN THEY PLAY
IT.
IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE WHATEVER
BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT NUMBERED.
THAT ONE.
YES.
SO THE FIRST BULLET POINT ON
THERE SAYS TWO NEW SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS POSITION TO CONDUCT
ADVANCED AND DAY OF OUTREACH TO
ENCAMPMENTS INCLUDING
CONNECTIONS TO SERVICES AND
SHELTERS SUCH AS TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES ENHANCED SHELTERS AND
BASIC SHELTER.
I READ THAT CORRECTLY, RIGHT?
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS?
ALL RIGHT.
SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MY
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS WORK IS RELATED TO
DOING ADVANCED AND DAY OF
OUTREACH TO ENCAMPMENTS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO A 72-
HOUR NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> NO, NOT ALWAYS.
THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO JOIN WHEN
THERE'S ANY KIND OF OBSTRUCTION
HAZARD.
IT COULD BE A SAME DAY, IT
COULD BE A PLANNED EVENT.
BUT IT IS, THEY ARE NOT
RESTRICTED TO ONLY 72-HOUR
LARGE CLEANUP.
>> SO WHEN YOU SAY THEY'RE NOT
RESTRICTED TO THE CLEANUP, THAT
JUST MEANS THERE'S NOTHING IN
THE LAW OR THE POLICY THAT
PROHIBITS HOW THEY ARE USED?
WHICH IS TO BE DISTINGUISHED
FROM HOW THEY ARE ACTUALLY
USED?
>> SO WE STILL HAVE A CONTRACT
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REACH
TEAM.
AND STILL VERY MUCH ENGAGE THEM
ON OUR PLANNED 72-HOUR OR MORE
CLEANUP.
SO THERE IS AN ENGAGEMENT, A
PROLONGED DAYS LONG ENGAGEMENT
WITH THAT.
THE OUTREACH TEAM IS USED AS A
MEMBER OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM
WHEN THOSE SITES ARE
IDENTIFIED.
THE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS ARE AN
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND OFTEN
ON SITE THE DAY OF A CLAIM.
BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE A RESOURCE
TO PARK STAFF OR SPD OR THE
UTILITY STAFF WHEN THERE IS AN
OBSTRUCTION TO A PUBLIC RIGHT
OF WAY AND THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS
TO CONNECT.
>> THEY CAN BE?
>> THEY ARE.
>> OKAY.
BECAUSE YOU KEEP SAYING THEY
CAN BE OR THERE IS NO
RESTRICTIONS.
I'M TRYING TO GET A CLEAR
ANSWER ON WHETHER THEY ARE, IN
FACT, BEING UTILIZED IN THE
METHOD THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED
AS IT RELATES TO THE UPTICK IN
THE NUMBER OF SWEEPS THAT ARE
BEING DEEMED AS OBSTRUCTIONS IN
THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THEREFORE
NOT ENTITLED TO OR SUBJECT TO
THE 72-HOUR NOTICE.
>> YEAH, I THINK PARKS SPD, YOU
CAN SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU MAKE THOSE CALLS AND HOW
THEY RESPOND.
>> THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION.
I DIDN'T ASK WHEN YOU MAKE THE
CALL.
I'M ASKING IF YOU, IN FACT,
UTILIZE THE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS
IN THE WAY THAT YOU'VE JUST
DESCRIBED AS IT RELATES TO
OBSTRUCTION AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ALREADY BEEN DEEMED TO BE IN
OBSTRUCTION OF THE RIGHT OF
WAY.
>> YES, SPD AND PARKS MAKE THAT
CALL AND THEY WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS.
THEY'RE IN THE BEST POSITION TO
SPEAK ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
ON THE GROUND.
>> WELL, I WANT TO GET TO THE
POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, INTERIM
DIRECTOR JOHNSON, I HEARD YOU
SAY IN THE INSTANCES.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY
CAREFUL HERE.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES OF ENCAMPMENT
CLEANUPS THAT ARE OCCURRING
THAT FALL UNDER THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
ONE ARE THE THINGS, ARE THE
ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE STILL
SUBJECT TO A 72-HOUR NOTICE AND
THOSE ARE TREATED ON A
DIFFERENT TRACK.
THE OTHERS, THE OTHER TRACK IS
THE TRACK THAT IS NOT SUBJECT,
NOT SUBJECT TO THE 72-HOUR
REMOVAL NOTICE BECAUSE AGENCIES
HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY ARE
AN OBSTRUCTION TO THE RIGHT OF
WAY AND IMPEDING THE INTENDED
USE OF THOSE PUBLIC SPACES,
WHETHER IT'S A PARK OR A
SIDEWALK OR WHATEVER THE CASE
MIGHT BE.
I'M NOT ENGAGING IN A DEBATE
WITH YOU OR ANY OF YOU AT THE
TABLE ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR
COMPONENT.
I AM JUST HONESTLY TRYING TO
GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE
SYSTEM NAVIGATORS ARE USED IN
THOSE TWO VARIOUS TRACKS.
AND SO I HEARD YOU SAY A MOMENT
AGO THAT YOU HAVEN'T REALLY
NEEDED TO USE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS
IN THE OBSTRUCTION SCENARIO
BECAUSE THEY ARE COMPLYING
AND/OR ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
ENGAGING IN SERVICES.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS DIRECTED
TO INTERIM DIRECTOR JOHNSON,
WHO MADE THE COMMENT THAT
BECAUSE IN THE INSTANCES OF
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
DEEMED TO BE OBSTRUCTIONS AND
RECEIVE NO NOTICE, THEY ARE
COMPLYING.
EITHER VOLUNTARILY WILLING TO
MOVE OUT OF THE SPACE.
THERE IS NO NEED TO USE SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS.
AT LEAST AS IT RELATES TO AN
ADVANCED OF THE CLEANUP
ACTUALLY OCCURRING.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS WHAT,
IN FACT, IS OCCURRING.
>> WHAT IS OCCURRING IS THAT
WHEN SPD IS ENGAGING WITH
SOMEONE WHO IS CAUSING AN
OBSTRUCTION ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF
WAY, THEY IMMEDIATELY CONTACT
THE SYSTEM NAVIGATOR.
THAT SYSTEM NAVIGATOR IS MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
AND THE SYSTEM NAVIGATOR IS
ENGAGING WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL
TO SEE WHAT SERVICES THAT
INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
SOMETIMES THOSE SERVICES ARE
STORAGE OF BELONGINGS.
SOMETIMES THOSE SERVICES, THEY
IT'S NOT ALWAYS TO SHELTER.
BUT THE SERVICES THAT ARE
OFFERED ALSO INCLUDE SHELTER.
SO WE ARE VERY MUCH ENGAGING
WITH AND CALLING ON OUR SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS TO BE THE ONES TO
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH
INDIVIDUALS WHETHER IT'S AN
OBSTRUCTION, HAZARD, WHETHER
IT'S ON A PARK OR ON A
SIDEWALK.
AND WE ARE ALSO INCLUDING AN
ENGAGE WANT WITH THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATOR ON THE DAY OF SOME
LARGER PLANNED 72-HOUR CLAIMS.
>> SO WALK ME THROUGH THESE
SLIDES THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS
PRESENTATION THAT COMMUNICATE
TO ME OR THE PUBLIC THE
INSTANCES AND THE TIMING OF
WHEN A NAVIGATOR IS UTILIZED IN
ADVANCED OF THE REMOVAL
OCCURRING.
>> YEAH, SO ASK YOUR QUESTION
ONCE AGAIN?
>> SO IN THIS INSTANCE RIGHT
HERE ON THE LAST PAGE BECAUSE
IT IS WHAT YOU HAVE PULLED UP,
IT SAYS SYSTEM NAVIGATORS, 83
UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, SO THAT
MEANS ONE OF THE 83 OR SOME OF
THE 83 WERE ENGAGED MORE THAN
ONE TIME, RIGHT?
>> CORRECT.
>> ON THE SECOND POINT IT SAYS
OUT OF THOSE 83 UNIQUE
INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED 91
TOTAL ENGAGEMENTS, 20, THERE
WERE 20 TOTAL REFERRALS TO
SHELTER FOR 18 UNIQUE
INDIVIDUALS.
SO REALLY ONLY 18 INDIVIDUALS
RECEIVED REFERRALS TO SOME FORM
OF SHELTER.
SO I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AT
WHAT POINT, ARE THESE, IS THIS
DATA UNDER THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATOR'S POINT.
ARE THOSE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO
WERE SUBJECTED TO THE 72-HOUR
REQUIREMENT FOR REMOVALS OR ARE
THESE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE
REMOVED AS A RESULT OF A
DETERMINATION THAT THEY WERE IN
AN ENCAMPMENT THAT WAS
PRESENTING AN OBSTRUCTION
CONSISTENT WITH THE RULES?
>> IT'S BOTH.
>> SEPARATE THEM OUT FOR ME.
>> I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK
WITH YOU ON THAT DATA.
BUT THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF BOTH
THOSE ACTIVITIES.
BUT SPECIFIC TO THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS.
>> OKAY.
SO BY WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU CAN
GET THAT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION
TO ME?
>> IT SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT TO
TEASE OUT.
>> OKAY.
SETTING ASIDE DIFFICULTY, BY
WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET
THAT INFORMATION TO ME?
>> PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE
DAY.
>> GREAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING
THAT INFORMATION.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE
AS WE ARE RECEIVING AND
PUBLICLY REPORTING THE
INFORMATION THAT WE'RE BEING
REALLY CLEAR AS TO THE WORK
THAT SYSTEM NAVIGATORS ARE
DOING, WHICH HAVE EFFECTIVELY
REPLACED REACH TO GET A REALLY
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER
THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY NAVIGATING
PEOPLE THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND HOW MANY OF THESE
FOLKS ARE ENGAGING IN THIS SORT
OF OBSTRUCTION CONTEXT AND HOW
MANY OF THESE FOX ARE BEING
ENGAGED AND WHAT THE OUTCOMES
ARE AS IT RELATES TO THOSE WHO
ARE IN THE SORT OF 72-HOUR
SLOWER REMOVAL CONTACT.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
DATA POINT FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ.
LOOKING DOWN THE LINE FOR
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS.
ONE LAST COMMENT?
>> JUST VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE
INTERIM DIRECTOR JASON JOHNSON
WASN'T THERE WHEN WE DISCUSSED
THIS BEFORE.
I THINK IT WAS IN COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD'S COMMITTEE
ABOUT REACH AND SINCE COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ BROUGHT THAT
UP.
I JUST WANTED TO READ A COUPLE
OF EXTRACTS OF THE LETTER THAT
REACH WROTE TO MR. JOHNSON ON
JANUARY 16 OF THIS YEAR IN
WHICH THEY SAY THAT REACH HAS
SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT BEING
THE PRIMARY OUTREACH TEAM
EMBEDDED IN THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
THE WORK OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM
IS NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR
PROGRAMS MEANING REACH'S VALUE
IS BEST PRACTICES.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN
OUTREACH CONTACT THAT IS MORE
SIMILAR TO THE OTHER AGENCIES
CONTACTED BY THE CITY FOR
OUTREACH SERVICES.
AND THEN ONE OF THEIR CONCERNS
IS THE NAVIGATION TEAM WORK IS
FOCUSED ON SHELTER REFERRALS,
MANY OF WHICH ARE NOT AN
APPROPRIATE FIT FOR RESIDENCE
IN THE ENCAMPMENTS.
OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN TOLD TO
PRIORITIZE SHELTER OFFERS EVEN
WHEN THEY ARE RARELY ACCEPTED
RATHER THAN DEVELOPING LONGER-
TERM ALTERNATIVE HOUSING PLANS.
ALSO INCREASE THAT NAVIGATION
TEAM IS INCREASING DESIGNATION
AND ENFORCEMENT TO ZONES AND
OBSTRUCTIONS AND HAZARDS AND
THAT REACH STAFF HAVE
EXPERIENCED INCREASED MISTRUST
FROM CLIENTS AS THEY SEE THE
REACH TEAM ASSOCIATED WITH
RAPID ENCAMPMENT REMOVAL AND
MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE DO NOT SEE A MOVEMENT IN THE
NAVIGATION TEAM OPERATIONS
TOWARDS MORE TRAUMA INFORMED
PERSONS CENTER OUTREACH AS WELL
AS DISCUSSED LAST YEAR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AS
PART OF OUR MEETING PROCEEDINGS
TODAY BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVIGATION
TEAM AS A WHOLE HAVE REALLY
RESPONDED TO REACH'S.
VERY SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS IN
ANY WAY WHATSOEVER.
AND I REALLY, I DON'T WANT THEM
TO BE FORGOTTEN.
WE NEED SOME RESPONSES, MAYBE
NOT TODAY, BUT SOON.
>> WHAT WAS THE DATE ON THAT
LETTER, SO WE ALL HAVE IT?
>> THE LETTER WAS DATED JANUARY
16, 2019.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR PROVIDING THIS DATA.
I WANT TO SAY FIRST THANK YOU
TO THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF THE
FOLKS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS AND RECREATION FOR ALL OF
THEIR WORK.
WE KNOW, YAY, THERE ARE FOLKS
IN THE AUDIENCE AND FOLKS WHO
ARE POTENTIALLY WATCHING AND
PLEASE EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION
FOR THEIR ONGOING WORK AT
PARKS.
THANK YOU TO SPD FOR YOUR WORDS
IN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BEING
WITHOUT A HOUSE IS NOT A CRIME
AND THAT YOU ARE REALLY LOOKING
FOR WAYS TO HELP MAKE SURE
PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THE RIGHT OF
WAY.
AND CLARIFYING THIS COUNCIL IS
NOT INTERESTED IN TIEING THE
HANDS OF ANYBODY, BUT ALSO WE
RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE
TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH OUR
LIVES IF THEY ARE NOT EXITING A
CRIME AND IT IS NOT A CRIME TO
BE HOMELESS.
SO THANK YOU FOR UNDERSCORING
THAT POINT.
AND FOR BEING HERE WITH US
TODAY.
THANK YOU TO YOU BOTH IN
ADVANCE.
TESS, I FEEL LIKE WE LEFT YOU
ON THE END THERE.
IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ELSE TO
SAY.
I KNOW YOU'LL BE AT THE NEXT
PRESENTATION.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING
BACK US TO ON THE SPECIFIC DATA
POINTS ON ENGAGEMENT AS COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ AND OTHERS HAVE
COMMENTED ON, SO THAT WE CAN
HAVE BETTER DATA ON HOW WE ARE
CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS, WHETHER
THEY ARE WITHIN THE 72-HOUR
NOTICE OR NOT WITHIN THE 72-
HOUR NOTICE TO TRUE SYSTEMS
NAVIGATORS AND LOOKING AT THE
OUTCOME FROM THOSE
INTERACTIONS.
AND ALSO TO MY POINT EARLIER,
TO PROVIDING IN THIS LAST SLIDE
HERE AN ACTUAL EXAMPLE OF WHERE
WE ARE NAVIGATING FOLKS TO THAT
WILL BE VERY HELPFUL AS WE LOOK
AT MONTH OVER MONTH DATA AND
ESPECIALLY AS WE TRANSITION TO
OUR NEXT TOPIC, WHICH IS THE
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE EFFORTS.
LASTLY JUST TO HAVE TWO QUICK
QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE SEEN REPORTS ONLINE OF
THIS SEE A TENT, REPORT A TENT
POSTINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING
ACROSS THE CITY.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS THE
FIND IT, FIX IT APP.
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT A
POSTER THAT'S BEEN GENERATED
FROM THE CITY OF SEATTLE OR THE
HSD DEPARTMENTS.
JUST TO REITERATE AND CLARIFY
FOR THE RECORD, THE CITY IS
CORRECT THE CITY IS NOT PAYING
FOR THE USE IN PRINTING OF THE
SEE A TENT, REPORT A TENT
POSTINGS.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT IS NOT AN HSD DOCUMENT.
>> THIS IS NOT AN HSD DOCUMENT.
THIS IS NOT A CITY INITIATIVE.
THIS IS NOT THE INTENT OF THE
FIND IT FIX IT APP.
WHEN SOMEONE DOES USE THE APP
IN THIS INAPPROPRIATE WAY, WHAT
IS OUR RESPONSE TO PEOPLE WHO
HAVE TRIED TO USE THE APP IN
THIS INAPPROPRIATE WAY?
IS IT BEING CAPTURED IN SOME
WAY?
ARE WE DOING ANYTHING WITH THAT
DATA?
>> YEAH, SO THE FIND IT FIX IT
APP IS FAS FUNCTION.
BUT YOU CAN USE THE FIND IT FIX
IT APP TO REPORT ALL SORTS OF
THINGS FROM POTHOLE TO LITTER.
BUT ALSO IF THERE IS SOMEONE
THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH WHO
IS SLEEPING OUTDOORS, IT IS
ALSO A WAY TO GET THAT ON THE
NAVIGATION TEAM'S RADAR.
SO IT WAS THROUGH THE FIND IT
FIX IT APP THAT WE CAN BE
ALERTED TO SOMEONE WHO IS IN
DISTRESS AND NEEDS A CONNECTION
TO SERVICES.
>> IS THERE A BETTER WAY FOR US
TO NOTIFY FOLKS OF MAYBE THE
MEDICAL UNIT THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER BAGSHAW AND I TALK A LOT
ABOUT, FOLKS THAT MIGHT
ACTUALLY NEED MEDICAL SERVICES?
THIS DOES NOT FEEL LIKE AN
INAPPROPRIATE USE OF THE APP.
IS THERE A BETTER WAY FOR US AS
A CITY NOT USE THE APP IN THIS
INAPPROPRIATE WAY?
>> YEAH.
ANYONE IN MEDICAL NEED WITH
MEDICAL NEEDS SHOULD CALL 911,
NOT 311.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AND THE FIND IT FIX IT APP
IS NOT FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> IT'S FOR EMERGENCIES AND FOR
EMERGENCIES PEOPLE SHOULD CALL
911.
NEVERTHELESS OUTSIDE OF THAT, I
JUST DON'T THINK IT'S
APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY TO
FORMERLY OR INFORMALLY SANCTION
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CALL
TO FIND IT OR USE THE FIND IT
FIX IT APP TO REPORT HOMELESS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THAT'S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE.
BECAUSE IT CONTAINS THE
IMPLICATION THAT HOMELESS
PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM AND THAT
FEEDS TO BE FIXED.
AND I THINK THAT, I THINK WHAT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL NEED TO
FIND A WAY TO LET IT BE KNOWN
TO THE PUBLIC THAT'S NOT HOW WE
LOOK AT HOMELESS PEOPLE.
AND TO CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S POINT,
THERE'S ANOTHER WAY FOR PEOPLE
TO LET THE CITY KNOW?
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT THAT IS NOT HOW THE CITY
INTENDED TO USE THE FIND IT FIX
IT APP, THAT THIS IS NOT CITY
GENERATED POSTERS AND THAT WE
DON'T CONDONE THE USE OF THE
FIND IT FIX IT APP FOR THIS
WAY.
MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU
PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING OR
BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY ON
HOW WE'RE INFORMING FOLKS THE
RIGHTS OF WHAT YOU JUST TALKED
ABOUT.
I APPRECIATE YOU UNDERSCORING
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
OBSTRUCTION AND TRYING TO FIND
A PLACE FOR FOLKS TO LIVE
SAFELY, AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO
TRANSITION TO ITEM NUMBER THREE
IF THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
COLLEAGUES, OKAY.
GREAT.
IF YOU COULD READ INTO THE
RECORD ITEM NUMBER THREE,
THAT'D BE GREAT.
TESS, YOU'RE STAYING AT THE
TABLE WITH US.
GO AHEAD.
>> AGENDA NUMBER THREE,
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
GOVERNANCE UPDATE FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSIO.
>> THANK YOU JEFF SIMMS FOR
SITTING HERE FOR THE ENTIRE
PRESENTATION.
TESS COLBY FOR STAYING AT THE
TABLE.
WELCOME TRACI RATZLIFF AND
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR STAYING
INTERIM DIRECTOR JOHNSON.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO
OFFICIAL INTRODUCTIONS, BUT
JUST STATE YOUR NAMES.
TODAY INCLUDED IN THIS AGENDA
ITEM A CENTRAL STAFF MEMO.
PERHAPS WE CAN GET THE MEMO
ONLINE FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO
SEE IT IN THE AUDIENCE.
THE SELECT COMMITTEE TIMELINE,
THE FUNCTIONS THAT WOULD STAY
HERE AT THE CITY OR POTENTIALLY
BE MOVED TO A REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
THE ACTION PLAN OVERVIEW THAT
TESS IS GOING TO PROVIDE FOR
US.
DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY A FEW
OPENING COMMENTS BEFORE TURNING
IT OVER TO YOU, LOOKING AT YOU,
TESS?
IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO THE COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
WE HAVE INCLUDED THIS ITEM IN
OUR AGENDA TO MAKE SURE WE ALL
FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE BOTH,
THE PROPOSED TIMELINE AND THE
CONVERSATION AS IT EVOLVES SO
FAR.
AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT
NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AS
WE'VE ENGAGED WITH
CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES WHO WERE AT KING
COUNTY COUNCIL AND OUR
COLLEAGUES AT SOUND CITIES WHO
ARE LEADERS, ELECTED LEADERS IN
VARIOUS OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE
COUNTY.
WE'VE UNDERSCORED REPEATEDLY NO
FINAL DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE
YET ABOUT THE COMMITTEE.
AND AS WE HAVE BEEN MEETING,
THERE IS ONE MEETING LAST MONTH
WITH SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES
FROM SOUND CITY.
WE ALL UNDERSCORE WE NEED TO
FEEL COMFORTABLE IN MOVING
FORWARD AS A COLLECTIVE BODY.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
HEAR THAT TODAY FROM ME BOTH
THE PRESIDING CHAIR OF THIS
SELECT COMMITTEE AND AS AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN
PARTICIPATING ON WHAT WE CALL
THE PRO CLIENT GROUP,
RECOGNIZING THERE'S NO ACTUAL
INDIVIDUALS WHO EXPERIENCE
HOMELESSNESS ON THAT CLIENT
GROUP.
THE CLIENT GROUP IS ACTUALLY US
AS COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND
THERE'S A SIMILARLY NAMED GROUP
AT KING COUNTY COUNCIL WHO HAS
COUNTY COLLEAGUES ON THAT GROUP
TO GET INFORMED ON THE VARIOUS
CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE
OCCURRING BETWEEN THE TWO
EXECUTIVE BODIES AND WITH THE
VARIOUS RESEARCHERS AND
ENTITIES WHO HAVE BEEN
EVALUATING THE POSSIBILITY OF
CREATING A REGIONAL GOVERNANC
GROUP SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN IN LOS ANGELES, SIMILAR TO
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE COUNTY
THAT INCLUDES PORTLAND.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, I APOLOGIZE
TO OUR FRIENDS FROM OREGON.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION HERE TODAY AND
TESS FOR RUNNING THROUGH WITH
US THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT
ARE IN MOTION.
IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING, I THINK,
TO IDENTIFY ON PAPER A DOCUMENT
THAT INCORPORATES ALL OF THE
MOVING PARTS AND APPRECIATE
YOUR CONTINUED WORK WITH US TO
TRY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN
VISUALLY SEE HOW THIS HAD IS
ALL GOING TO COME TOGETHER.
BUT THERE IS A REAL COMMITMENT
HERE I BELIEVE FROM OUR COUNCIL
AND THE COLLEAGUES THAT WE HAVE
TALKED TO IN KING COUNTY.
NO ONE WANTS TO MOVE THE DECK
CHAIRS AROUND.
WE WANT TO SEE TRUE
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE AND
REDUCTIONS IN DUPLICATIONS,
STREAMLINING SERVICE AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY THAT WE GET THOSE
INDICATORS RIGHT.
WE WILL KNOW WE ARE SUCCESSFUL
WHEN WE CONTINUE TO SEE FEWER
PEOPLE WHO ARE SLEEPING
HOMELESS AND NOT BECAUSE WE
HAVE SWEPT THEM OUT OF SITE.
NOT BECAUSE WE SWEPT POVERTY
OUT OF SITE, BUT TRULY CREATED
ENHANCED SHELTERS AND HOUSING
FOR FOLKS.
SO THAT IS OUR INDICATORS OF
SUCCESS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM YOU.
>> TERRIFIC, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.
THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.
AND SO INDEED MY PRESENTATION
THIS MORNING IS ABOUT GIVING
YOU A SENSE OF THE WORK THAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING TO DATE AND
MORE IMPORTANTLY THE WORK THAT
WE HAVE AHEAD OF US.
SO AS CHAIR MOSQUEDA MENTIONED,
WE HAVE A CLIENT GROUP THAT HAS
BEEN MEETING FREQUENTLY.
IN FACT THE CLIENT GROUP HAS
BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO MEET
SLIGHTLY MORE FREQUENTLY AS WE
GO INTO WHAT IS REALLY THE LAST
SPRINT TO GET TO REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE.
LET ME START BY TALKING ABOUT
THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT
ACTUALLY STANDING UP THE NEW
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND I'VE
MENTIONED THIS AT PRIOR
MEETINGS, WE NEED TO ENTER INTO
A LOCAL AGREEMENT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT THE COUNTY
WILL BE PASSING A CHARTER THAT
ACTUALLY DOES THE LEGAL WORK OF
STANDING UP THE ENTITY.
OUR LAW DEPARTMENT IS WORKING
WITH A LAW GROUP BECAUSE THEY
HAVE SUBSTANTIAL EXPERIENCE IN
SETTING UP THESE KINDS OF
ENTITIES, PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITIES.
IN DOING THAT THEY ARE WORKING
FIRST ON THE DOCUMENTS OF
DRAFTING THE DOCUMENTS
SPECIFICALLY INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT, BUT ALSO THE
CHARTER.
I WILL SAY THAT THE KEY ASPECTS
OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
WILL BE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
COUNTY REGARDING THE BOARD
STRUCTURE.
AND THAT REALLY INCLUDES THE
BOARD STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES
THE KIND OF EXPERIENCE AND
REPRESENTATION THAT THEY WILL
BRING TO THE BOARD.
THAT GOVERNING BOARD IF YOU
THINK OF A NON-PROFIT, THAT
GOVERNING BOARD WILL BE IN THE
SAME THING AS THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS.
ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT A NON-
PROFIT.
AND IN TERMS OF PROVIDING
POLICY GUIDANCE AND
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE ENTITY
MOVING FORWARD.
THE OTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING
AT AND CONSIDERING IS AN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
THAT WOULD ENSURE THERE'S A
BROAD ARRAY OF VOICES,
EXPERIENCE, PERSPECTIVES THAT
ARE REPRESENTED IN THE OVERALL
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE.
THEY HAVE SOME SPECIFIC
INFORMATION THAT IT WILL CON
TAPE.
ONE OF THEM IS THE BASELINE
NUMBER OF PERSONNEL THAT BOTH
THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WILL
TRANSITION.
AND THAT LINE IS TO BE BASED ON
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
NEEDED TO STAFF BASIC
ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS SUCH
AS HR AND I.T., BUT ALSO TO
MANAGE THE CONTRACTS THAT WILL
BE TRANSFERRED.
TO THAT END IN TERMS OF THE
CONTRACTS THAT WILL BE
TRANSFERRED AND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.
IT WILL ALSO NOTE THAT THE
INITIAL COMMITMENT FROM BOTH
THE COUNTY AND THE CITY IS
REALLY AGAIN FOR SORT OF A
BASELINEADMINISTRATIVE
FUNCTIONS AND THE CONTRACTED
PROGRAMS AS IT CURRENTLY,
CONSIDERED TO BE TRANSFERRED.
AND THEN FINALLY THESE
DOCUMENTS WILL IDENTIFY WHERE
THE AUTHORITY WILL ACTUALLY BE
LOCATED AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE
TO STAND IT UP.
SO IN PREPARATION FOR PROVIDING
THIS VERY SPECIFIC INFORMATION,
HSD AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS
BEEN WORKING WITH HR
DEPARTMENT, BOTH THE CITY'S HR
DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO HSD'S HR
STAFF, AS WELL AS LABOR TO
DEVELOP COMMUNICATIONS PLANS
FOR HSI STAFF AND A TRANSITION
PLAN TO MOVE PERSONNEL TO THE
NEW AUTHORITY.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT
COMPLETED OR IN A FINAL, THE
PLAN ITSELF, IN A FINAL FORMAT
TOWARDS THE LATER PART OF
AUGUST.
A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF DOING
THIS WORK IS DEVELOPING NEW JOB
DESCRIPTIONS AND A BASIC
SKELETON OF WHAT THE
AUTHORITIES ORGANIZATIONAL
CHART WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO AS PART OF THEIR SCOPE OF
WORK, NIS, THE NATIONAL
INNOVATION SERVICES, IS
PREPARING THE FIRST DRAFT OF
THESE FOR CONSIDERATION.
ONCE WE HAVE JOB
CLASSIFICATIONS, THERE WILL BE
A CROSSWALK BETWEEN CURRENT,
BETWEEN OUR CURRENT HSD JOB
DESCRIPTIONS AND THE NEW ONES
THAT ARE CONSIDERED.
AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
WORK IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT
WHAT THE CROSSOVER WILL LOOK
LIKE BETWEEN THOSE AND EXISTING
JOB DESCRIPTIONS, THOSE NEW
ONES IN THE EXISTING.
ON THE SUBJECT OF CONTRACTS AND
PROGRAMS, HSD AND THE COUNTY
HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ABOUT
THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY THINK
SHOULD BE TRANSITIONED OVER TO
THE NEW AUTHORITY.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF A
MEMO THAT'S DATED JULY 11 THAT
ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU INDIVIDUALLY
ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
CONSIDERED OR UNDER
CONSIDERATION FOR TRANSFERRING
OVER.
THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION IS BASICALLY ALL OF
THE, ALL OF THE CRISIS RESPONSE
PROGRAMS WILL BE TRANSFERRED
OVER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF,
WELL SO THE CRISIS RESPONSE
PROGRAMS WILL BE TRANSFERRED
OVER INCLUDING EVERYTHING FROM
PREVENTION TO SUPPORT SERVICES
RELATED TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
THE MAIN PROGRAMS THAT WON'T BE
TRANSFERRED ARE WHAT ARE
CONSIDERED UPSTREAM PREVENTION
PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN ESSENCE
ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS, FOOD
BANKS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF THOSE KINDS OF
UPSTREAM ANTI-POVERTY TYPE OF
PROGRAMS.
WE ALSO ARE NOT CONSIDERING
SENDING OVER THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
HOWEVER THE OUTREACH FUNCTION
OF THAT, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT
PUTTING IN THE NEW AUTHORITY.
AND THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE AS
WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY THE
OUTREACH IN ADVANCE OF DOING
ANY KIND OF NAVIGATION WORK IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE
ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF
THE NEW AUTHORITY TO ENSURE
THAT THERE IS GOOD COORDINATION
AMONG ALL OF OUR OUTREACH
CONTRACTORS.
>> PAUSE FOR A QUICK SECOND.
ANY EXCEPTS FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES?
I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS THAT I
WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU
ON.
SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO
WHAT WILL THE ROLE OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM BE WITH THE
POTENTIAL JOINT GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE THAT'S INTENDED TO
CONSOLIDATE OUR SERVICES FOR
THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND PREVENTING
HOMELESSNESS?
IT SEEMS THERE IS A DIRECT
NEXUS THERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M
HEARING THAT.
>> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT AND
THEN WE'LL LET INTERIM DIRECTOR
JOHNSON JUMP IN SHOULD I NEED
ASSISTANCE WITH THAT.
E UNDERSTAND THE NAVIGATION
TEAM TO BE CRITICAL IN TERMS OF
THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND
SPECIFICALLY HELPING FOLKS WHO
ARE LIVING OUTSIDE GET ACCESS
TO SHELTER AND OTHER RESOURCES
HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED BEFORE YOU
TODAY.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS A
PROGRAM THAT'S UNIQUE TO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE ARE NOT AWARE OF OTHER
JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE
INTERESTED IN, THAT HAVE THE
RESOURCES FOR THAT WERE
INTERESTED IN THE STATE OF
APPROACH THAT WE ARE TAKING.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT FOR
THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO RUN
THAT PROGRAM.
ADDITIONALLY THE NAVIGATION
TEAM INVOLVES A NUMBER OF THE
DEPARTMENT TEAM.
AS A RESULT OF THAT WE REALLY
FEEL THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO
KEEP IT WITHIN THE CITY
INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
IF WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ON
THAT, WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU.
CAN I OFFER ONE REFRAME?
I THINK IN THE BEGINNING YOU
SAID THE EXECUTIVES HAVE COME
TO AGREEMENT ON WHAT WILL BE
TRANSFERRED.
IS IT ACCURATE TO SAY TO COME
TO AGREEMENT ON WHAT WOULD BE
PROPOSED TO THE COUNCILS ON
WHAT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT I USED
THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION, SO
THEY'RE MAKING A
RECOMMENDATION.
THE CHART THAT'S ON THE SCREEN
IN FRONT OF YOU IS A PART OF
THAT RECOMMENDATION.
AND IN FACT PRIOR TO THIS
PARTICULAR PRESENTATION TODAY,
CHAIR MOSQUEDA, VERY
APPROPRIATELY NOTED THAT THE
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN, ONE OF
ITS MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS
WILL BE IN ESTABLISHING REGION
WIDE PERFORMANCE METRICS.
AND THEN BEING ACCOUNTABILITY
TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THOSE
METRICS.
SO THE PLAN IS BEING DEVELOPED
BY A NON-PROFIT NAMED CSH.
AND THEY ARE IN ADVANCEMENT OF
PREPARING THIS HAD DOCUMENT AND
PROVIDING A DRAFT TO US DOING
EXTENSIVE OUTREACH TO
STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE COUNTY.
THIS IS A REGIONAL PLAN AS THE
NAME IMPLIES.
THAT IS ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS
REGION WIDE.
SO CHS IS REALLY MAKING A BIG
EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT PART
OF THE OUTREACH IS WITH
PROVIDERS AND ORGANIZATIONS,
AND GOVERNMENT STAFF, THE SOUND
CITY ASSOCIATION TO REACH
REALLY ALL PERSPECTIVES.
THE REGIONAL ACTION PLAN WILL
BE A COMMUNITY PLAN.
SO WHILE IT WILL BE INFORMING
WITH THE REGIONAL ACTION,
EXCUSE ME THE REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE DOES.
IT IS NOT THE SOUL JURISDICTION
OF THAT AUTHORITY.
IT'S INTENDED TO PROVIDE ACTION-
ORIENTED SOLUTIONS, AND REALLY
TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE
GAINED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THROUGH DATA
ANALYSIS AND ALSO LOOKING AT
THE TEN GOALS THAT WERE BROUGHT
TO US LAST YEAR OR EARLY THIS
YEAR FROM THE NIS REPORT THAT
THEY DID LAST YEAR.
IT WILL LAY OUT METRICS AND
MILESTONES ON METHODOLOGY TO
TRACK THOSE.
IT WILL NOTE WHO IS
ACCOUNTABILITY WHETHER THAT IS
AN AGENCY, A PROVIDER, OR IN
SOME CASES INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
ACCOUNTABLE FOR MEETING THOSE
METRICS AND MEETING THOSE
SPECIFIC ESTABLISHED GOALS.
IT WILL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS
ON SEQUENCING OF THE
ACHIEVEMENT OF THOSE GOALS AND
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A
SECOND AS WELL.
IT'S DOING -- SO CSH IS WORKING
INTERNALLY TO DO A LOT OF COST
ESTIMATES.
SO OBVIOUSLY A PLAN THAT
DOESN'T HAVE ACCOMPANYING
BUDGETS AND COST ESTIMATES.
REALLY DOESN'T GET US VERY FAR
DOWN THE ROAD.
SO THOSE PROJECT COSTS
PROJECTED COSTS FOR
INTERVENTIONS WILL REALLY SERVE
AS AN UNDERPENDING FOR THE
BUDGETS, THE AUTHORITY WILL
SEEK.
THE BUDGET AUTHORITY THEY WILL
SEEK FROM THE CITY AND THE
COUNTY AND ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION THAT BECOMES A
MEMBER OR A PART OF THE
REGIONAL ENTITY.
>> CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION
ON THAT BUDGETING POINT?
I THINK EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED
IN SUCCESS.
THERE'S NO QUESTION IN OUR
MINDS THAT PROVIDING SERVICES
AND HAVING MORE HOUSING IS
REALLY THE GOALS, TWO OF THE
GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE.
HOW DO WE HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE
THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY
WE BUDGET WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING
TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TO
ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS?
>> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION.
I THINK THE INTENT OF THE
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN IS REALLY
TO PROVIDE US WITH SHORT-TERM,
MEDIUM TERM, AND LONG-TERM
GOALS.
AND THE ACTUAL STEPS IN ORDER
TO TAKE THAT AND TO MEET THOSE
GOALS.
THE FIRST THING THE AUTHORITY
WILL BE ASKED TO DO IS
ESSENTIALLY CREATE A STRATEGIC
PLAN OF ITS OWN, AN ANNUAL WORK
PLAN THAT WILL BE INFORMED BY
AND BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN.
SO THOSE EARLY GOALS WILL BE
ABOUT ESTABLISHING PLANS AND
PROCEDURES FOR DOING EXACTLY
WHAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED, WHICH
IS MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A
CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS
FOR TRACKING PROGRESS.
IN THE MIDTERM THE GOALS COULD
BE AND AGAIN THIS HASN'T BEEN
DECIDED, BUT THE GOALS COULD BE
TRACKING, FOR EXAMPLE,
REDUCTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF
TIME.
FOLKS SPEND EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
IT COULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT
WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING
IN TO HOMELESSNESS AND INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
LEAVING TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
THE LONG-TERM GOALS I THINK ARE
REALLY THE NORTH STAR.
AND THE LONG-TERM GOALS COULD
BE, FOR EXAMPLE, GOALS TO
ACHIEVE OR MAKE MEANINGFUL
PROGRESS TOWARDS REDUCING
HOMELESSNESS AMONGST SPECIFIC
POPULATIONS.
THIS IS AN APPROACH THAT
COMMUNITIES TAKE ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
IT HAS MANY DIFFERENT NAMES,
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THERE HAVE
BEEN A NUMBER OF CAMPAIGNS IF
YOU WILL ABOUT REDUCING THE
NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE YOUTH
OR VETERANS OR UNSHELTERED.
SPECIFIC POPULATIONS SO THEY
CAN BE TARGETED SO THE PROGRESS
TOWARDS ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS
CAN BE TRACKED AND TRACKED
PUBLICLY.
WHAT WE EXPECT OF THE NEW
AUTHORITY IS THAT MUCH OF THE
SAME WAY THAT ALL HOME HAS
CREATED A DASH BOARD THAT BOTH
PROVIDES SYSTEM LEVEL ANALYSIS
AND METRICS, BUT ALSO DIG DOWN
INTO THE INTERVENTION LEVEL AND
PROGRAM LEVEL.
WE WOULD EXPECT THE AUTHORITY
TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
BECAUSE IT WILL BE A REGIONAL
AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO CARVE
OUT DATA AS NEEDED FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTIONS ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
>> GREAT, TESS, THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
I KNOW WE'RE ALL ANXIOUS TO SEE
THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE,
WHAT KING COUNTY HAS DONE
AROUND FAMILIAR FACES, AND WE
ARE ALSO DOING SOME OF THAT.
I THINK DIGGING DOWN AND MAKING
SURE WE KNOW FOR EACH
INDIVIDUAL THAT WE'RE TOUCHING,
ARE WE MAKING IMPROVEMENT?
IS THAT PERSON JUST GETTING
SORT OF SHUFFLED AROUND OR ARE
WE SEEING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
ADDRESS THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS,
THAT PERSON CENTERED APPROACH
THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT?
>> YEAH AND THAT REALLY IS ONE
OF THE REASONS WE'RE EXCITED
ABOUT THE AUTHORITY AS MARK HAS
PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.
I'M HAPPY TO REITERATE AS OFTEN
AS I CAN.
THE AUTHORITY WILL HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING
THAT CLIENT VOICE, THAT
CUSTOMER VOICE IS AT THE CENTER
OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT IT
DOES.
AND THERE'S BOTH THE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
WHO HAVE PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH
HOMELESSNESS ARE A PART OF THE
AUTHORITY.
IN ADDITION, WE KNOW THERE ARE
POPULATIONS WHO ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED
AMONG HOMELESS POPULATIONS IN
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING
IN AN EQUITY LENS AND THAT THE
AUTHORITY IN EVERY STEP OF THE
WORK THAT IT DOES IS LOOKING AT
BOTH THE NEEDS OF CUSTOMERS AND
THAT DISPROPORTIONALTY.
MEETING THE NEEDS OF CUSTOMERS
AND HAVING MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON
THIS PROPORTIONALITY WILL BE
CRITICAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE
AUTHORITY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, ANY
QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
DID YOU HAVE MORE?
>> I WAS THE ONE WHO
INTERRUPTED, SORRY.
>> NO, YOU'RE BOTH OKAY BECAUSE
ACTUALLY THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF
THE UPDATE THAT I WANTED TO
GIVE TODAY.
>> OKAY.
TRACI AND JEFF, THANK YOU BOTH
FOR BEING AT THE HIGH NUMBER OF
MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD BOTH
INTERNAL TO THE CITY AND KING
COUNTY.
IN TERMS OF FRAMING, NEXT
STEPS.
IF WE COULD GO TO THE TIME
FRAME THAT WAS ALSO OUTLINED IN
THE MEMO.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM
YOU, THINGS YOU'D LIKE FOR US
TO HAVE ON THE RADAR?
>> THE ONLY THING NOT SHOWING
UP ON THE SCHEDULE IS OBVIOUSLY
THE RAP THAT NEEDS TO COME BACK
TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE FOR
THEIR CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
THE CLIENT GROUP WILL SEE A
DRAFT OF THAT IN AUGUST I
BELIEVE, BUT I THINK WE WOULD
EXPECT THE SELECT COMMITTEE
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A DRAFT,
A DRAFT AND FINAL DRAFT
PARTICULARLY AS THEY CONSIDER
THE ILA.
WE HAVE TALKED ENOUGH ABOUT
THAT, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S
THE PLAN THAT NEEDS TO BE
UPDATED ON THE SCHEDULE THERE.
>> OKAY, THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
OKAY, SO WE WILL GET THAT
UPDATED TIMELINE TO OUR COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES.
I KNOW WE'VE SEEN IT A LITTLE
BIT MORE BUILT OUT TIME FRAME
PRESENTE IN THE CLIENT GROUP.
SO WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH OUR
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
I WOULD LOVE TO CHECK IN WITH
OUR CENTRAL STAFF WITH THE
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HERE AND NOT
HERE TODAY ABOUT THE COMMENT
AROUND POTENTIALLY RETAINING
THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
TO ME I THINK IT JUST RAISES A
FEW MORE QUESTIONS THAT I
HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO ASK
YOU ABOUT.
POTENTIALLY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU
AFTERWARDS ABOUT WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE AND ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RATIONAL.
GREAT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> JUST ONE.
THANK YOU.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE DOING SO MUCH
WORK ON THIS, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY AT THE
TABLE FOR JUST DIGGING IN.
OF COURSE, WE ARE WORKING ON A
FAST TRACKED SCHEDULE BECAUSE
AS WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT, A
NUMBER OF US AREN'T GOING TO BE
HERE NEXT YEAR, AND WE'D REALLY
LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD
IN 2019.
AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU, YOU'VE BEEN A
FANTASTIC CO-CHAIR.
I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH YOU.
AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER JOE
MCDERMITT WERE WITH US LAST
WEEK WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER FROM
KING COUNTY AND NANCY BOCKUS
FROM AUBURN HAS BEEN A
WONDERFUL CO-PILOT THROUGH ALL
OF THIS.
I JUST WANT TO RAISE AGAIN THAT
SOUND CITIES REALLY WANT TO BE
INVOLVED.
THEY WOULD LIKE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE TO BE ON THE FRONT END
AND NOT HERE AT TAIL END.
OH BY THE WAY, THIS IS IT AND
HERE IT IS.
AND SO IF WE CAN JUST REACH OUT
TO SOUND CITIES AS WELL AS WE
ARE JUST KEEPING THEM INFORMED
ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
THANK YOU.
>> AND THANKS TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR BEING THERE TOO.
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THERE WILL PROBABLY BE
MORE QUESTIONS AS WE GET INTO
THE LATER PART OF THE SUMMER.
AS WE CARRY OUT THE TIMELINE
THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY
FEELS WELL INFORMED INCLUDING
NOT JUST COUNCIL COLLEAGUES,
BUT THE PUBLIC.
SPEAKING OF THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE
THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME FOR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR WAITING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
REALLY INTERESTED TO HEAR YOUR
FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU
POTENTIALLY HEARD TODAY AS
WELL.
AND SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND IF YOU COULD ALSO GIVE US A
MINUTE AND A HALF ON THE TIMER,
RECOGNIZING THAT WE KNOW FOLKS
HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND YOU MAY
HAVE WRITTEN COMMENTS, SO WE
ARE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THOSE AS
WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE; AND I APOLOGIZE.
>> THAT'S OKAY, WE WILL PASS ON
NOTES.
I KNOW TEASE ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE.
SO THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE TO
TESTIFY ARE JEROME SNELL, I'M
SORRY, JEROME.
>> OH NO, IT'S OKAY.
YOU TELL ME HOW TO CORRECT IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BEHIND YOU WILL BE AARON
GOODMAN AND THEN JENAE.
THANK YOU FOR THE WRITING.
I'M SURE I NEED HELP WITH IT
STILL.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD, THANK YOU FOR WAITING
FOR US.
ONE SECOND, SO WE CAN GET YOU
THE FULL TIME.
AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD FOR STICKING AROUND.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
YOU.
GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT TWO.
WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH
EVERYBODY.
GO AHEAD, SIR.
YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO COME HERE
AND SHARE WHAT I FEEL IS THE
ONLY SOLUTION TO THIS
HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM.
AND I'VE GOT TO -- THIS WAS
TIMED FOR FIVE MINUTES AND TWO
SECONDS, SO I WILL TRY TO GET
IT IN AS QUICKLY.
LET ME MOVE ON.
I'VE DONE MY HOMEWORK AND I
HAVE GONE AROUND AND TALKED TO
FOLKS IN THESE TENT CAMPS AND
HOMELESS SHELTERS AND THE
LITTLE HOUSES AND ALL THAT AND
GOT THEIR FEEDBACK.
I TALKED TO DOCTORS AND
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
SECIALISTS, POLICE OFFICERS,
SO ON AND SO FORTH.
LET ME MOVE ON HERE.
JUST WANT TO GET RIGHT TO IT.
LET ME GET -- SO WASHINGTON
STATE OWNS 27 PLUS ACRES OVER
ON MCNEIL ISLAND.
IS THAT CORRECT?
OKAY.
THERE'S ALSO A CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY WILL AS WELL.
WE JUST NEED TO DO A LITTLE
BUILDING.
I REPRESENT OUR LIFE, SORRY,
I'M JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A DRUG
ADDICTION CENTER THERE.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A
MENTAL HEALTH CENTER THERE.
AS WELL AS CENTER FOR
ALCOHOLISM AND JOB TRAINING
CENTER.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO BUILD HOUSING
FOR 20,000 PEOPLE.
THAT'S JUST GREEN COTS.
THAT'S JUST THE SAME THING THEY
HAVE HERE, BUT IN THE CIRCULAR
MOTION.
AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT
WE WOULD HAVE SHOWERS, WE WOULD
HAVE TOILETS, THAT KIND OF
THING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BRAND
NEW FERRY DESIGNED JUST FOR
THIS PURPOSE.
THAT IS TO TRANSPORT LARGE
AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE.
OKAY, TO THE ISLAND.
>> THANK YOU, I'M GOING TO HAVE
TO CUT YOU OFF THERE, BUT WE
WILL TAKE YOUR WRITTEN MATERIAL
BECAUSE YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK.
I'M SO SORRY, SIR.
>> YOU OWE ME THREE MINUTES
FROM LAST TIME.
LET ME FINISH.
>> I'M HAPPY TO LET YOU
CONCLUDE.
>> HOW ABOUT A MINUTE?
HOW ABOUT A MINUTE?
>> WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE YOU
CONCLUDE.
IF YOU HAVE ONE MORE SUMMARY
STATEMENT.
>> OKAY, ONE MORE SUMMARY
STATEMENT.
I WON'T GO THROUGH THE FUNDING.
I'LL JUST SAY THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SINA EBINGER
YACHT L AND THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON BE THE MODEL FOR THE
NATION AND BRINGINGBACK ITS
LOST BROTHERS AND SISTERS FROM
DRUG ADDICTION AND BRING THEM
BACK TO BE A PRODUCTIVE
CITIZEN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM
CONNECT AND RECONNECT WITH
FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND
STUFF THROUGH THE TREATMENT
PROGRAM THAT WE WERE SET UP
OVER ON MCNEIL ISLAND.
THIS IS WORTH MORE THAN THE
RICHES THAT EVERYBODY IS
TALKING ABOUT HERE, OKAY.
>> THANK YOU, JEROME.
WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR
SUMMARY STATEMENT.
AARON GOODMAN FOLLOWED BY
JEANIE, FOLLOWED BY BRUCE
GORJEL.
THANK YOU.
AARON?
OKAY.
JEANE, JENNY, DID I SAY THAT
WRONG? BRUCE?
HI, BRUCE.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR SUMMARY
AS WELL WHEN YOU'RE DONE, THANK
YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS BRUCE, I'M THE
ELECTED NICHOLSVILLE HEAD OF
SECURITY AT TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
BUM RUSHED BY LOW HOUSING
INSTITUTE PAID BY SECURITY IN
2019 AND OCCUPIED US EVER
SINCE.
WE ARE ON STRIKE.
IN A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH MY
NORTHWEST RADIO REPORTER
ROSARIO, SHARON LEE OF THE
DIRECTOR OF LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE DESCRIBED MY
TESTIMONY AND A TESTIMONY OF
MANY OTHER PEOPLE FROM
NICHOLSVILLE OVER THE LAST
THREE MONTHS AS BADGERING.
OTHER HIGH MANSION STAFF HAVE
TOLD ME YOUR RESPONSE TO OUR
TESTIMONY WAS MEANINGLESS.
AT A RECENT CAMP MEETING THEY
WOULD NOT NEGOTIATE WITH
NICHOLSVILLE AND IN NO WAY
WOULD THEY COME TO REMEDIATION.
THE REFUSAL TO COMPLETE 95%
FINISH IS NEGLIGENT CONSIDERING
THE CRISIS IN SEATTLE.
IT'S TIME TO END THE STRANGLE
HOLD LEHIGH HAS HAD, BUT ON YOU
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SHARON LEE IS A COWARD WHO
HIDES BEHIND HER ORGANIZATIONS
YEARS OF GOOD WORK.
SHE'S USING PAST SUCCESS TO
COVER UP HER PRESENT FAILURES.
HSD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWING
THEM TO MONOPOLIZE SANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS.
HSD HAS VIOLATED THE CITY
ORDINANCE, IGNORED THE
DIRECTOR'S RULE, AND HIGHLIGHTS
OF LEHIGH, GUILTY OF MANY OF
THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
NICHOLSVILLE, IT IS HSD WHO ARE
BULLIES, TARGETING THE TRUTH.
IT IS THEY WHO HAVE LIED TO THE
CITY COUNCIL, THE GENERAL
PUBLIC, AND WORST OF ALL
THEMSELVES.
LAST FRIDAY HSD STAFF PERSON
WHO WORKED UNDER THE SWEEP STAR
JACKIE ST. LOUIS UNTIL HE QUIT
ON FRIDAY TOLD THE SHARE
WORKERS SOMETHING VERY
SHOCKING.
HSD STAFF PERSON TOLD HIM THAT
HSD WAS SHUTTING DOWN NORTH
LAKE NICHOLSVILLE AND WOULD
SHUT DOWN OFELLA TOO IF WE
DIDN'T FIRE OUR STAFF PERSON.
FAR GOOD MEASURE SHE TOLD THE
SHARE WORKER HSD WOULD NEVER
RENEW A CONTRACTOR FOR INDOOR
SHELTERS IF THEY DIDN'T FIRE
THIS SPECIFIC STAFF PERSON.
ON FRIDAY IN WRITING THEY OFFER
ANOTHER HSD STAFF PERSON THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ALL THE
BAR PAPERWORK ANY TIME, ANY
PLACE.
THAT'S THE SAME OFFER DIRECTOR
SHARON LEE HAS IGNORED.
THE REASON IS PAUSE IT WOULDS
APPROVE MANY OF HER
ALLEGATIONS.
TRANSPARENCY HE SEEKS SHE HAS
CHOSEN TO IGNORE.
IT'S TIME TO HOLD HSD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR
DECEPTIONS WITH AUDITS AND
SANCTIONS.
THE TRUTH WILL BE REVEALED
WHETHER IT IS BADGERED OR NOT.
INSIST IF THEY KEEP REFUSING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> PEGGY FOLLOWED BY JESS
FOLLOWED BY HEATHER STAPLES.
AND PEGGY?
JESS?
PEGGY?
DO WE HAVE PEGGY?
HI, PEGGY.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS PEGGY, I'M A
NICHOLSVILLE FOUNDER AND A
VOLUNTEER.
A MONTH AGO WE LEFT THESE
CHAMBERS EXCITED AND OPTIMISTIC
BETWEEN NICHOLSVILLE, LEHIGH,
AND HSD.
WHERE SHE HAD TIME TO EXIT CITY
HALL BEFORE DISMISSING THE
COUNCIL SAYING THEY HAD NO
INTENTION OF MEETING.
A FEW DAYS AGO WE WERE TOLD BY
A SHARE TWO WORKER WHO MET WITH
HSD STAFFER THAT HSD IS
PLANNING TO CLOSE NICHOLSVILLE
UNLESS WE FIRE A PARTICULAR
STAFF PERSON NICKELSVILLE WILL
ALSO BE CLOSED.
HOW IS THIS HELPING THE
HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE?
LY REMIND YOU TOO THAT WHEN HSD
CLOSED THE SPRINGS, PROMISED
EVERYONE WOULD GET HOUSING AND
THEY DID NOT.
ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THEM.
JUST YESTERDAY I SPOKE TO A
WOMAN WHO IS LIVING WITH HER
PARTNER AT THE VILLAGE.
WOULDN'T THE ADULT THING TO DO
BE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK FACE TO
FACE WITH US, WITH THE
MEDIATOR?
SINCE WHEN DOES HSD GET TO
DICTATE WHO THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS CHOOSE TO EMPLOYEE?
HOW ARROGANT, HOW SHAMEFUL FOR
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
STAFFER TO THREATEN AND BULLY
THE VERY PEOPLE THEY'RE SUPPOSE
TOBE HELPING AND PROTECTING.
DOES HSD TREAT EVERY SERVICE
PROVIDER THIS WAY?
THIS IS A RHETORICAL QUESTION
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE ANSWER.
OR ONLY THE TWO SMALL
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS RUN BY
HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO SPEAK TRUTH
TO POWER?
PLEASE TAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY
TO STOP THIS MADNESS AND GET
HSD TO MEDIATE WITH
NICKELSVILLE.
>> THANK YOU, PEGGY.
HEATHER STAPLES, TERESA BARKER
AND THEN AMY.
>> HI, I'M THE MANAGING
DIRECTOR OF IMPACT HUB SEATTLE.
WE'RE ON THE FOREFRONT OF
HAVING HOMELESS COMMUNITY IN
FRONT OF OUR BUSINESS.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT OF THE NAV
TEAM.
UNFORTUNATELY OUR BUSINESS WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST CO-WORKING
SPACES IN SEATTLE.
NOW IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
COMPETITIVE COMMUNITIES FOR
DOING WHAT WE DO.
OUR STAFF HAS A WHOLE LOT OF
COMPASSION AND INTERACTION WITH
THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB.
WITH THE NAV TEAM SUPPORT, WE
WERE LOSING OUR CUSTOMERS TO
THE POINT WHERE WE WERE
FAILING.
I APPRECIATE THE CITY
SUPPORTING OUR COMPANY AND
SUPPORTING OUR ABILITY TO BE A
PART OF THE PIONEER SQUARE
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE FOUND THE NAV TEAM TO
BE VERY SUPPORTIVE, RESPECTFUL
OF THE PEOPLE THEY INTERACT
WITH.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
THE WORK YOU DO.
TY SERA BARKER, AMY, AND THEN
ILIANA SCOTT.
HI THERE.
>> HI.
HELLO.
COMMITTEE CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
MY NAME IS TERESA BARKER.
WE CORRESPONDED A LITTLE BIT
AND I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
SO I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK TODAY
ON THE NAV TEAM IN PERSON.
I'M A RESIDENT OF FORTH
SEATTLE.
WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE
CITY'S NAV TEAM, I WAS REALLY
SKEPTICAL.
THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS ACTUALLY SEEMS
INSOLUBLE TO ME AND I'M AN
ENGINEER.
BUT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OUR
COMMUNITY ON ALL SIDES OF THE
PARK HAS WORKED WITH THE CITY
IN THIS PROBLEM.
WE HAVE MET TWICE WITH ROB,
WITH OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER,
SPD, PARKS, AND AT ONE OF THOSE
MEETINGS THE NAV TEAM MEMBER
CAME TO SPEAK TO US.
WHAT WE LEARNED IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE NAV TEAM
APPROACHES CAMPERS WITH A
COMPASSION, AND OUR HEARTFELT
DESIRE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND
ASSISTANCE.
THEY LISTEN TO THEIR STORIES,
THEY ADVOCATE FOR THE
UNSHELTERED PERSON, TO FIND
THEM SHELTERS TO CONNECT THEM
WITH SERVICES AND TO BUILD A
RELATIONSHIP THAT LEADS TO
TRUST, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE
HEARING WHY SO MANY TIMES THE
SERVICES ARE TURNED DOWN AS A
LACK OF TRUST DUE TO TRAUMA IN
THESE INDIVIDUALS LIVES.
WE REALLY WANT THEM TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THEIR LIVES.
WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP
THAT PROVIDES A HOT MEAL ONCE A
WEEK ON THE 65th PARK N RIDE
MODELED ON THE RAINIER.
WE ARE AWARE AT HOW THE
VULNERABLE THESE INDIVIDUALS
ARE IN THEIR TENTS, RISK FROM
HEALTH ISSUES, FROM BAD
WEATHER, FROM CRIMINALS WHO
PREY ON THEM.
SO IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
GROUP WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 150
RESIDENTS ON ALL SIDES OF
RAVENNA PARK.
OUR COMMUNITY DOES SUPPORT THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AND WE BELIEVE
IT SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO
PROVIDE MORE SERVICES.
SAFE ENHANCED SHELTERS AND A
BOAT LOAD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IS NEEDED TO REPLACE WHAT HAS
BEEN WIPED OUT IN THE PAST
DECADE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELCOME.
>> HI, IT'S AMY.
>> THANK YOU, AMY.
>> I LIVE IN THE CENTRAL AREA.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO NOTICE THE
FAILURES IN MAYOR DURKAN'S
HOMELESS STRATEGY, WHICH I
APPRECIATE THAT MANY OF YOU DID
IN TODAY'S MEETING AS WELL.
ESPECIALLY THE NEWLY
ACCELERATED SWEEPS AND THE
EXTREME DISARRAY IN WHICH THE
CITY OF HUMAN SERVICES FINDS
ITSELF WITH FRAYED
RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE CITY,
KEY STAFF VACANCIES ON THE
WEEKLY BASIS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY THE LOSS OF
TIFFANY WASHINGTON, WHO HEADED
UP HOMELESS STRATEGY.
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE WAS SWIPED
FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH THIS
SPRING AS PEGGY SAID, SENDING
HALF OF ITS REMAINING RESIDENTS
TO THE STREETS.
RUMORS, THE CITY HOPES TO
ELIMINATE MORE VILLAGES.
11 YEARS AGO NICKELSVILLE
ORGANIZED SEATTLE'S FIRST
DEMOCRATICALLY RUN ENCAMPMENT
THAT SOUGHT TO RUN IN A PLACE
FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS.
NICKELSVILLE UNDERSTANDS
HOMELESSNESS IS THE RESULT OF
THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER AND
WEALTH.
HOMELESSNESS, HOMELESS PEOPLE
NEED TO ORGANIZE THEIR OWN
COMMUNITIES WITH THEIR OWN
RULES IN WAYS TO ENFORCE THOSE
RULES.
I'M A PUBLIC HEALTH FACULTY
MEMBER AT THE UW.
MY GRADUATE STUDENTS SPENT
WINTER QUARTER THIS YEAR
INTERVIEWING ALMOST EVERYONE
LIVING IN NICKELSVILLE FOUR
HOMELESSNESS ENCAMPMENTS.
THEY FOUND NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF
RESIDENTS IDENTIFIED STRONGLY
AS NICKELODEONS.
NICKELSVILLE ACCOUNTABILITY
STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES WILL
BUILD COMMUNITY COHESION AND
DEVELOP VALUABLE SKILLS.
AND I WORRY ABOUT THIS COZY
RELATIONSHIP WITH LIHI AND HSD.
I THINK LIHI REVEALS ITS BEST
ALTERNATIVE TO NEGOTIATE
AGREEMENT AS CONTINUING ON WITH
THIS RELATIONSHIP EDGING
FICKLESVILLE SELF-GOVERNANCE
OFF THE TABLE.
THIS COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR
MEDIATION AT ITS LAST MEETING
AND YET NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO
ADVANCE THAT IDEA, AND I
RECOMMEND THAT YOU INSIST.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HI, FOLLOWING YOU WILL BE
COLA AND THEN JOHN TRINNELL.
>> APOLOGIES FOR THE
MISPRONUNCIATION.
>> I'M THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS ON
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, BUT I HAVE
PREPARED THINGS TO SAY.
IF YOU CAN PASS ON MY THANKS TO
THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER.
I HAVE NEVER FELT SO WELL
REPRESENTED BY THE COUNCIL AS I
DID WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT
WERE ASKED TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LAST MONTH I SHARED WITH YOU A
LETTER SIGNED BY 11 MEMBERS
FROM FIVE DIFFERENT CONCERNS
ABOUT HOW HSD HAS FALLEN SHORT
OF OUR HOAX ON THE OVERSITE OF
THE VILLAGES AND THE URGENT
REQUEST TO ADDRESS IT AND TO
BRING ABOUT MEDIATION BETWEEN
HSD, LIHI, AND NICKELSVILLE.
YOUR CARING RESPONSE WAS REALLY
AMAZING AND IT MEANT A LOT TO
ME AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO THE
RESIDENTS WHOSE VOICES HAVE
BEEN TOO LONG IGNORED IN THE
CONVERSATIONS, SO THANK YOU.
I'M TROUBLED THAT DESPITE THE
CONVERSATIONS, SEVERAL OF YOU
HAVE HAD WITH HSD AND LIHI THAT
THE SITUATION HAS WORSENED OVER
THE PAST MONTH.
AN HSD STAFF PERSON HAS CLEARLY
STATED THAT HSD INTENDS TO SHUT
DOWN OTHELLO VILLAGE WHEN THE
PERMITS EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER IF
RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO INSIST
MAINTAINING THEIR SELF
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THEY ALSO
INTEND TO SHUT DOWN THE NORTH
LAKE VILLAGE.
IN THIS HOMELESSNESS CRISIS,
SHUTTING DOWN BRANCHES AT THE
CITY'S MOST EFFECTIVE REDUCTION
OPTION IS A SHOCKING
DISAPPOINTMENT.
LIHI HAS CHOSEN TO PUBLICLY AND
PRIVATELY SCAPEGOAT ONE
NICKELSVILLE STAFF PERSON,
ERASING AND DISRESPECTING THE
VOICES AND AGENCY OF
THERESIDENTS OF NORTH LAKE AND
OTHELLO VILLAGES.
I'M VERY TROUBLED THAT AN
AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVING
THE NEEDS OF SO MANY VULNERABLE
NEIGHBORS IN A NUMBER OF
CONTEXT IS REFUSING TO
RECOGNIZE THE DIGNITY AND
AUTONOMY OF THESE BRAVE
DETERMINED FOLKS.
I BELIEVE THE APPROACH HSD HAS
TAKEN HAS ENCOURAGED THIS AND
PRESSURED SERVICE PROVIDERS TO
IGNORE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND
VOICES IN PURSUIT OF TIDY
METRICS AND THE APPEARANCE OF
PROGRESS.
I URGE YOU TO IDENTIFY WHAT
STEPS YOU CAN TAKE IN FINDING
SOME JUST RESOLUTIONS.
WE'RE EAGER TO WORK WITH YOU ON
THIS, BUT NEED YOUR LEADERSHIP
TO MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HI, I'M FROM SEATTLE, BUT I
CURRENTLY LIVE IN LOS ANGELES.
PLEASED TO ADDRESS THE
REMAINING TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS
WHO CARE TO HEAR WHAT SEATTLE
THINKS ABOUT THIS.
I CAME TO THIS MEETING WITH A
COUPLE OF FUNDAMENTAL
QUESTIONS.
NONE OF WHICH ARE REALLY
ANSWERED.
THE FIRST ONE, IT IS THE
CONCERN OF THE MOST
MARGINALIZED PEOPLE IN SEATTLE,
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE DESIRES
OF THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE.
THE FOLKS WHO PROFIT FROM THE
GENTRIFICATION THAT CAUSES
HOMELESSNESS.
THAT QUESTION WASN'T ANSWERED.
IN FACT GENTRIFICATION WAS
NEVER BROUGHT UP.
WHAT WE SAW TODAY WAS A
DISCUSSION OF HOW TO MANAGE THE
FALLOUT FROM GENTRIFICATION.
SO UNTIL EVERYONE ON THE
COUNCIL IS WILLING TO MAKE A
PERSONAL SACRIFICE TO CHALLENGE
AND LIMIT THE POWER OF PEOPLE
WHO CAUSE GENTRIFICATION AND
PROFIT FROM IT, WE WON'T
ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF
HOMELESSNESS.
SO MY SECOND QUESTION IS WHAT
IS EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLING
TO SACRIFICE IN TERMS OF SOCIAL
CAPITAL, POTENTIALLY THEIR
POLITICAL CAREERS, TO ADVOCATE
FOR THE FOLKS IN SEATTLE WITH
THE LEASE SOCIAL CAPITAL?
TO THAT END I ACTUALLY PROPOSE
A NEW METRIC FOR THE ONLINE
EVIDENCE BASED DASH BOARD.
A NUMBER OF RELATIONSHIPS YOU
HAVE LOST OR TARNISHED BECAUSE
YOU HAVE UPSET POWERFUL PEOPLE
WHILE ADVOCATING FOR HOMELESS
PEOPLE.
AND YOU CAN OPERATIONALLIZE
THAT THROUGH A NUMBER OF ANGRY
E-MAILS YOU HAVE RECEIVED OR
LOSS OF CONTACTS, PEOPLE NO
LONGER ANSWER YOUR CALLS,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
AS YOU GO FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
JOHN FOLLOWED BY LISA?
HI, JOHN.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS JOHN TRAVIFA.
I LIVE IN NICKELSVILLE NORTH
LAKE.
I WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING
OF THIS SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS IN JUNE.
NICKELSVILLE NORTH LAKE WE HAVE
MANAGED TO REMAIN A SELF-
GOVERNED VILLAGE AND WE DO OUR
OWN SECURITY, SAVING THE CITY
ABOUT $270,000 A YEAR IF YOU
COMPARE TO WHAT THEY'RE HAD
SPENDING OVER AT OTHELLO.
YOU GUYS ARE EAGER ABOUT THE
HSD, THE RUMORS, GOING AROUND
ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN NORTH LAKE
AND THE NON-COMPLIANT
NICKELSVILLE VILLAGES.
AND SAWANT ADDRESSED MEDIATION
EARLIER, WHICH WE APPRECIATE,
BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE HSD AND
LIHI ARE GOING TO RUN OUT THE
CLOCK.
UNTIL THE LEASES ARE UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS
POSSIBLE, BUT COULD THE CITY
COUNCIL VOTE TO DEMAND THAT HSD
NICKELSVILLE AND LIHI GET
TOGETHER AND DO MEDIATION
INSTEAD OF ASKING?
WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WHO
ARE LIKE GRAVELY, LIKE HAVE
LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS IN OUR
VILLAGE, FOR THEM TO LOSE THEIR
HOUSES WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT
WOULD BE A DISASTER.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT COUNCIL
CAN DO TO REMOVE AND FREEZE
BETWEEN THESE THREE, LIHI, HSD,
AND NICKELSVILLE AND GET THIS
DONE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD MAKE
OUR LIVES A LOT HAPPIER, SO
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY.
HI, LISA.
THANKS FOR WAITING.
>> HI, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF THE MAYOR'S NAVIGATION
TEAMS.
AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND HER VOTE FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU AND
ALSO FOR YOUR TERRIFIC
QUESTIONS ON IMPACT METRICS,
WHICH ARE CRITICAL IN HAVING
THE MATCHUP.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING A REAL
ESTATE DEVELOPER AND PROPERTY
MANAGER WITH THE HISTORY IN
SODO AND PIONEER SQUARE.
AND RESTORE THE CADILLAC HOTEL
AND FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE
SODO AND THE ALLIANCE FOR
PIONEER SQUARE.
AND WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO
INVESTING IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND
WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH
NEIGHBORS ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS AND ADDRESSING
ISSUES FACING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
IN ORDER TO SUPPORT SAFE
HEALTHY AND THRIVING AREAS.
ON JUNE 14, WE PURCHASED
PROPERTY AT 3rd AND SOUTH
WASHINGTON AT PIONEER SQUARE.
ABANDONED THE LOT AND BUILDING
AND PUTTING IN 80 UNITS OF WORK
FORCE HOUSING.
AND A RETAIL ENTITY THERE.
AND WE BREAK OUT THE GROUNDS
AND OPEN IN 14 MONTHS.
SO AS MANY AS 160 RESIDENTS
WILL BE COMING AND GOING
STARTING A YEAR FROM NOW IN
THAT AREA ALONG WITH HAVING A
RETAIL STORE OPERATING IN THE
FIRST FLOOR.
SO I WANTED TO THANK THE MAYOR
FOR STEPPING UP THE NAVIGATION
TEAMS, WHICH HAVE LED TO
SIGNIFICANT HEALTH AND SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA,
ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS WITH
OBSTRUCTIONS REMOVED AND
ACCESSIBLE ROADWAY FOR DRIVING
WITH OBSTRUCTED CONSTRUCTION
REMOVED AND GARBAGE CLEANUP,
WHICH I THINK ARE GOING TO BE
VERY HELPFUL TO INCREASING THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THAT AREA.
[ CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING ]
WORKING FORWARD WITH THE AREA.
IT WILL RESULT IN SAFETY FOR
ALL.
AND ONGOING WORK IS ESSENTIAL
FOR BRINGING THIS ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
YOUR TESTIMONY.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR
STAYING AND TESTIFYING AND IF
FOLKS DO HAVE WRITTEN COMMENTS
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEND US.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE
RUNNING TO THE MICROPHONE.
YOU WILL BE THE LAST PERSON TO
TESTIFY.
>> I AM DAVID AIMS.
THE FIND IT FIX IT IS BEING
PROMOTED BY THE COPS TO BYPASS
THE 9/11 CALLS, BEING POOR IS
NOT A CRIME BUT BEING TREATED
LIKE A CRIME.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
THE THING IS WHEN THE EMPHASIS
PATROLS ARE GOING THROUGH THAT
IS APPROVED FOR THE WAR ON THE
POOR, THEY DON'T HAVE OUTREACH.
YOU KNOW, IT IS LIKE IN THE
CITY COUNCIL MADE A LAW THAT
SAID IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL
NOT THREE PEOPLE IN A TENT, YOU
DON'T GET THE SAME NOTIFICATION
OR A 25 HOUR NOTICE.
IF YOU GO TO THE STORE OR
BATHROOM AND YOU COME BACK,
YOUR STUFF IS GONE, THERE IS NO
OUTREACH AND I KNOW THAT DEPUTY
MAY HAVE SAID WHEN EMPHASIS
PATROLS COME ALONG AND SCARE
PEOPLE AWAY, HE SAYS WE CAN
CALL THE NAVIGATION FOR YOU BUT
IT IS NOT GOING WITH THE
PATROLS.
A LOT OF TIMES THOSE PEOPLE
WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
THE THING IS, YOU CAN USE THE
DATA TO MANIPULATE PERCEIVED
SUCCESS BUT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS
THE SUB SHELTER SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> IF YOU COULD PULL THE
MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOU.
>> OKAY.
WE GOT IT FOR YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE QUICK
MESSAGE, AS YOU PUT TOGETHER
THIS WHOLE NEW KING COMMITTEE
IN KING COUNTY DON'T FIGURE
THOSE WITH CURRENT LIVED
EXPERIENCE.
INVOLVE US AND NOT A Ph.D.
THAT WAS HOMELESS 20 YEARS AGO
BUT PEOPLE LIVING IN SEATTLE
THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE
TEAMS AND OTHER TEAMS AS I HAVE
EXPERIENCED.
INCLUDE US AND DON'T FORGET
ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES A
PROJECT OR PROGRAM OR SOMETHING
COMES ON AND IT LOOKS GREAT AND
SOUNDS GREAT BUT FOR SOMEONE
LIVING IN THEIR CAR AND A
CARPORTER COMES AROUND IT IS
NOT GOING TO WORK SO INCLUDE
US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> EXCELLENT POINT.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
THANK YOU FOR THE COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES HERE AND PUBLIC
SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT, THE NEXT MEETING
IS AUGUST 12th AND THANK YOU
FOR SHARING FOR US AND YOUR
GOOD WORK.
WE WILL DO FOLLOW-UP WITH THE
INDIVIDUALS HERE WHO HAVE
EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE
MEDIATION AS COUNCIL MEMBER
SWANSON SAID AT THE BEGINNING.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THE REPORT
THAT SHE GAVE THIS MORNING AND
THEN ALSO ALL OF THE QUESTIONS
AND GOOD IDEAS THAT CAME UP
FROM THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO CIRCULATE
THAT AND PROVIDE IT TO THE
PUBLIC.
WITH THAT TODAY'S MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.