>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR
OUR SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY.
WE ARE JOINED BY CAST MEMBERS
JUAREZ, GONZALEZ AND PEDERSEN
AND MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER
HARRELL.
PROCESS THIS MORNING.
FIRST WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE
BEGINNING AS OPPOSED TO THE END
OF THE AGENDA SO I MAY MAKE A
MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT
PLACEMENT.
IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
COME IN LATE AND STILL WANT TO
SPEAK AFTER BECAUSE IT WAS
ORIGINALLY DRAFTED THERE, WE
WILL BE SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE THERE
BECAUSE IT WAS PUBLISHED HALF
HOUR COMMENT AT THE END.
AND THEN BECAUSE WE DID HAVE
CONFLICTS IN THE SCHEDULE,
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE NEED
TO DO A SHORT RECESS BEFORE WE
DIVE INTO THE AGENDA ITEMS.
GETS GET THROUGH PUBLIC COMMON
AND I WILL SEE WHERE MY HAND
COUNT IS BASED ON CONFLICTS.
THAT'S SORT OF WHAT THE PLAN
IS.
SO I'LL MOVE TO CHANGE THE
AGENDA AND PUT PUBLIC COMMENT
AT THE BEGINNING BEFORE AGENDA
ITEM 1. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> CAN I VOTE ON THIS WITH FOUR
ON THIS?
DO I HAVE TO -- CAN I VOTE ON
THIS?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
REASON I THOUGHT IS I DIDN'T
HAVE FIVE HERE.
SO I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR MIKE.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE A LEAP OF
FAITH.
HE'S GOING TO VOTE ON THE
MOTION THAT HE DIDN'T EVEN
HEAR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT SAY I. OPPOSED?
THE YEA Is HAVE IT.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
AND I WILL TAKE THE SHEET.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
TWO MINUTES FOR EACH PERSON.
WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE SIGN UP.
DAVID HANES, YOU ARE FIRST,
FOLLOWED BY THE REVEREND BILL
KIRKLAND HACKETT AND THEN
TIFFANY MCCOY.
>> MOY NAME IS DAVID HANES.
IS THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY GOING
TO BE PROPPING UP MORE RUNDOWN
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE OWNED BY
BIG BANK DONORS?
IS THIS ANOTHER EXTENSION OF
ALL HOMES.COM CHANGED IN
HOMELESSNESS WHO USE TAX
DOLLARS TO HIRE US OF TOWN
STARTUPS TO PUT THEM IN
REGIONAL THAT IS RIGHT -- TO
COLLECT AND OVERWHELM
GOVERNMENT ALOOF ABOUT THE
REALITY OF WHAT INNOCENT POOR
HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHEN SOCIAL
WELFARE DARE TO WORK LESS THAN
911 TO 5:00 MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY RESULTING IN OPPRESSIVE
CRISIS AND SEEING CONTRACTORS
GETTING A RAISE, NEVER
SCRUTINIZED?
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SET A CEO UP
AS THE FALL GUY IN A REGIONAL
AUTHORITY TO BE THE PERSON TO
BLAME WHEN CONTRACTORS WHO HELP
YOU GET ELECTED GUARANTEE A
STATUS QUO, ABUSIVE,
HALFHEARTED EFFORT PRESENTLY IN
THE FOURTH YEAR OF EMERGENCY
CRISES USED BY THE INDUSTRY FOR
RAISES YOU HAVE TO RECONSIDER
YOUR HIRING AND FIRING POWER
STRUCTURE TO ALLOW FOR REAL
PROGRESS.
NOW, A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS
IS A GREAT IDEA.
WHAT COMPARABLE ARE YOU GOING
TO DO FOR THE HOMELESS COMING
UP ON ANOTHER WINTER?
OFFERING REGIONAL AUTHORITY
WON'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE
HOMELESS IN THE COLD, WET,
BRUTAL CONDITIONS.
LET'S SAY YOU PUT ME IN THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY AND I ADVISE
YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE A
MINIMUM OF 10% OR MORE OF THE
CITY, COUNTY $122 MILLION
REGIONAL AUTHORITY BUDGET
BECAUSE YOU'RE LATE STARTING
THIS REGIONAL AUTHORITY AND
HAVE LIKE A COMPARABLE NICETY
TO THE RENTERS YOU ALLOW RAPID
REHOUSING UNTIL MARCH FOR THOSE
HOUSELESS WHO STILL CARE, WHO
HAVE BEEN MISSED BY OUTREACH,
THAT AREN'T SELF-DESTRUCTIVE
REPEAT OFFENDERS, BUT ARE LIKE
STILL MOTIVATED TO GET A JOB OR
START BUSINESS BUT KEEP HAVING
HOUSING CRISIS AND PERSONAL
ITEMS STOLEN WHILE A LACK OF
PROPER OFFERING OF SERVICE
TRIPPED THEM UP.
I KNOW I WOULD BENEFIT.
PERHAPS THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY
COULD DEMAND AN END TO
TREASONOUS POLICY THAT IMPLODE
OUR SOCIETY AND THERE'S A FEW
OTHER THINGS BUT -- DARN IT.
WE NEED A LEGISLATIVE
COLLECTIVE WITHIN YOUR ALL'S
GROUP -- THROUGHOUT THIS
COUNTRY CAN TAKE PLACE BY
ENCOURAGING THE CAPITAL MARKETS
TO FINANCE A JOB CREATION, THE
BUILDING TOOLS, MATERIALS AND
THE EXPERTISE FOR THE
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
>> THINK, MR. HANES.
REVEREND BILL KIRKLAND HACKETT
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY TIFFANY
MCCOY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HARRELL AND THANK YOU FOR ALL
YOUR YEARS ON COUNCIL, NOW THAT
YOU GET TO GO HOME AND STAY
THERE OR DO GREATER OTHER
THINGS.
REVEREND BILL KIRKLAND HACKETT
ON ENTER TASK FORCE ON
HOMELESSNESS.
APPROVE THE -- THAT SAID, YES
THIS HAS BEEN POLITICIZED, YES
IT GOT TURNED ON ITS HEAD LAST
WEEK FROM THE PDA EFFORT THAT
WE ORIGINALLY SENT TO YOU AS A
COMMUNITY OF HOMELESS AND
ADVOCATES IN THE COORDINATING
BOARD, BUT THE REST OF THE
WORKING STRUCTURE REMAINS, IT
STILL REQUIRES BEST PRACTICES
AND EVIDENCE BASED WORK WHICH
VARIES DEPENDING ON
POPULATIONS, BUT THAT'S WHAT
WILL BE IN PLACE.
IT STILL FOCUSES ON THE
UNSHELTERED SUB REGIONAL PLANS
WILL INTEGRATE WITH THE WHOLE
AND DOWN IN SOUTH KING COUNTY
THERE ARE ALREADY BEST PRACTICE
RESPONSES BEING FORMED THROUGH
SKIP, E HAQ WILL GUIDE THE EAST
KING, NEW SHOW WILL GUIDE NORTH
KING.
WE HAVE GOT PLENTY OF FOLKS ON
THE GROUND READY TO START
PUTTING THESE SUB REGIONAL
PLANS TOGETHER.
LEADS EXPANSION WILL STILL
OCCUR.
IT'S EVEN OUTSIDE SEATTLE NOW.
THE IMPLEMENTATION ADVISORY
CONTINUUM OF CARE COORDINATING
BOARD AS WE KNOW IT CURRENTLY
AND LIVED EXPERIENCED BOARDS
WILL OCCUR AND WILL GUIDE WITH
THE EXPERTS.
AND MY LAST WORD IS PLEASE DO
IT ASAP.
I AM NOT A FAN OF HAVING
POLITICIANS AT THE TOP.
TOO MUCH TURNOVER, TOO MUCH
POLITICIZING BUT WE HAD A
GOVERNING BOARD ONCE BEFORE AND
NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
ANOTHER ONE, I THINK WE CAN
WORK AROUND IT BECAUSE THE PLAN
UNDERNEATH IT IS BETTER.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL APPROVE THIS
WITH THIS COUNCIL RATHER THAN
WAITING FOR NEWBIES TO GET
INFORMED, WHICH WOULD HAPPEN AT
ALL LEVELS BY THE WAY.
APPARENTLY ANY CHANGE YOU MAKE,
EVEN IN ONE WORD SENDS IT ALL
BACK TO THE RPC.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL APPROVE THIS
SO THAT WE CAN ALL GET MOVING
AND BE BETTER ORGANIZED, ALL
HOME NEEDS HELP.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY.
TIFFANY MCCOY WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY SHEILA DAB ANDERSON.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS TIFFANY MCCOY.
I'M THE LEAD ORGANIZER WITH
REAL CHANGE.
I AM COMING TO YOU THIS MORNING
WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THE LAST
MINUTE CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE
OF THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
OUR FIRST CONCERN IS THE SWITCH
IN THE GOVERNING BOARD,
ORIGINALLY THE BOARD IN CHARGE
OF SETTING POLICY MANAGING THE
BUDGET AND HIRING THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR IS GOING TO BE MADE UP
OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON
HOMELESSNESS.
NOW THE BOARD IN CHARGE OF
THOSE DECISIONS WILL BE ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
WHAT THAT MEANS TO US IS THAT
POLITICS AND POLITICAL CAREERS
WILL BE THE GUIDING FACTOR FOR
THIS NEW AUTHORITY, NOT BEST
PRACTICES -- AND EVIDENCE BASED
SOLUTIONS.
THAT'S OUR SECOND CONCERN.
THAT EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES
AREN'T ENSHRINED IN GOVERNING
DOCUMENTS FOR THIS NEW
AUTHORITY.
YOU HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE AS
ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WE
HAVE TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE AS A
REGION.
BUT IS THIS NEW ENTITY, WHICH
ALSO HAS NO MECHANISM TO RAISE
MUCH NEEDED FUNDS GOING TO HAVE
THE TOOLS AND THE MANDATE TO DO
THAT?
YESTERDAY AT THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL THERE WAS A LOT OF
MENTIONS OF THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE WANTED BUT IT'S BETTER
THAN NOTHING.
AND WE WILL FIGURE OUT MORE
DETAILS AFTER WE GET THIS OFF
THE GROUND.
WE FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE WITH
THAT.
WE DO NEED TO GET THIS
STRUCTURE CORRECT FROM ITS
INCEPTION.
AND NOT BASE THIS NEW APPROACH
ON PERCEIVED BEST INTENTIONS
AND HOPES THAT WE WILL GET IT
RIGHT IN THE FUTURE.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS NEED TO
BE DIRECTING THIS NEW AGENCY,
NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SINCE YESTERDAY YOU ALL
RECEIVED 65 E-MAILS FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS URGING JUST
THAT.
PLEASE DON'T FEEL PRESSURED BY
AN ARBITRARY TIME LINE TO
COMMIT TO SOMETHING.
REAL CHANGE VENDORS AND ALL OF
OUR NEIGHBORS SLEEPING OUTSIDE
DESERVE A NEW REGIONAL
AUTHORITY THAT WILL HIT THE
GROUND RUNNING, KNOWING WHAT
HAS WORKED.
NOT SPENDING TIME EDUCATING
ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE NOT
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME NEEDED TO
GET THIS DONE RIGHT FROM THE
BEGINNING.
>> THANK YOU, TIFFANY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU TO THE SELECT
COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE
SUPPORT AND WORK UNDER
CONSIDERATION.
MAY NAME IS SHEILA BABB
ANDERSON AND I'M THE
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM DIRECTOR
FOR THE ADVOCACY FUND AND A
MEMBER OF THE STATE ADVISORY
COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS.
AS ONE OF THE -- MAYOR, COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND THE COUNTY WORKING
TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO ACT
QUICKLY AND WE KNOW THAT THE
STATUS QUO IS NOT DOING ENOUGH.
THE CAMPION ADVOCACY FUND SULLY
SUPPORTS A REGIONAL APPROACH
FOR OUR RESPONSE TO
HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY'S ILA.
AND WE SUPPORT ONE THAT CENTERS
RACIAL EQUITY AND THE
EXPERIENCE OF THOSE WHO HAVE
STRUGGLED TO NAVIGATE OUR
RESPONSE SYSTEMS FOR TOO LONG.
THE PHILANTHROPIC AND BUSINESS
COMMUNITY ARE ALIGNED IN
RECOGNITION THAT WE NEED A NEW
APPROACH AND ONE THAT IS LED BY
EXPERTS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
PUBLIC AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
CLOSELY WITH OUR GOVERNMENT
PARTNERS FOR TWO YEARS TO MAKE
THIS A REALITY.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT BURIEN,
RENTON, AUBURN OR SEATTLE, IT'S
ABOUT ALL OF US AND ALL OF THE
COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP OUR
REGION.
HOMELESSNESS RECOGNIZES NO
BORDERS, AND IF WE DON'T
COLLABORATE ON SOLUTIONS
TOGETHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO
FALL SHORT OF SOLVING THE
PROBLEM.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT
JUST THE GOVERNMENT'S
RESPONSIBILITY, THAT INSURING
THAT EVERYONE HAS A SAFE,
STABLE PLACE TO LIVE WILL TAKE
A BROADER COMMUNITY EFFORT.
THAT'S WHY PHILANTHROPY IS
SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF A
PLAN THAT WILL TAKE DIVERSE
PLANNED -- THAT WILL -- THE
COMMUNITY INFORMED PLAN THAT
WILL TAKE A DIVERSE COALITION
TO MAKE A REALITY.
PHILANTHROPY WILL CONTINUE TO
BE AT THE TABLE BUT WE NEED TO
TAKE THE CRITICAL FIRST AND
NEED TO DO IT NOW.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK
ON THIS.
THE PROCESS HASN'T BEEN EASY OR
SMOOTH FOR SURE BUT THE
PROBLEMS WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE
ARE CHALLENGING.
THE LATEST VERSION IS A PRODUCT
OF MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS THAT
LOOKS AT THE WHOLE REGIONAL
PICTURE AND TAKES INTO
CONSIDERATION THE VARIOUS NEEDS
OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY
AND PEOPLE WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCES, INTERESTS ARE
MAINTAINED AND WE BELIEVE THIS
PROPOSAL HAS A PATH TO DO THAT.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP
BUT IT IS JUST THE FIRST STEP.
WE -- NOW WE NEED TO PUT THIS
REGIONAL AUTHORITY TOGETHER,
úPUT ASIDE THE POLITICS AND OUR
DIFFERENCES AND GET TO WORK ON
THIS IMMENSE CHALLENGE.
WE STAND READY TO WORK WITH
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS I HAVE
SIGNED UP ARE JANE BROWN
DAVIDSON AND CHRISTIAN MAURY.
>> HI.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, AND JUST
FOR THE RECORD IT'S JANE BRIM
DAVIDSON.
>> OH, SORRY.
>> IT'S PROBABLY MY
HANDWRITING.
>> YEAH.
>> I'LL BE SHORT AND SWEET
TODAY.
I AM REPRESENTING MICROSOFT.
I AM A SENIOR DIRECTOR AT
MICROSOFT PHILANTHROPYS AND A
PROUD RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN
THIS WORK FOR THE LAST YEAR,
ESSENTIALLY SINCE OUR
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 500 MILLION
COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, WHICH DOES INCLUDE A
$25 MILLION COMMITMENT TO
HOMELESSNESS, PRIMARILY HERE IN
THE SEATTLE AREA.
WE HAVE BEEN SITTING ALONGSIDE
THE EXPERTS, PEOPLE WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE, THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND
WORKING THROUGH THIS AND
WATCHING IT.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE AND
THE COLLABORATION THAT'S
HAPPENED BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND
THE CITIES IN OUR REGION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BE HERE
THIS MORNING TO SAY THAT WE, ON
BEHALF OF MICROSOFT, WE FULLY
SUPPORT THIS WORK.
YOU ALL HAVE DONE. E WORK THAT
WE KNOW IT'S NOT PERFECT FOR
EVERYBODY, BUT RIGHT NOW WE
THINK WE SUPPORT THIS IDEA OF
MOVING FORWARD AS A REGION.
WE DO URGE YOU TO TAKE ACTION
THIS YEAR.
WE FIND THAT THERE'S URGENCY,
WE HAVE GOT GREAT PROGRESS, WE
DON'T WANT TO GO BACK.
SO PLEASE JUST KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE GOT THE DAVIDSON FAMILY ON
CAPITOL HILL FULLY SUPPORTING
YOU AND THE SOFTWARE COMPANY ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AND, JANE, I DO KNOW YOU AND
WHO YOU ARE, BUT I DID GIVE
VALIDATION THAT YOU SPELLED
YOUR NAME IT LOOKED LIKE BROWN
FOR MY COLLEAGUES SO --
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S THE TYPING.
>> OKAY.
>> MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT
PENMANSHIP AGAIN.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
>> NO KIDDING.
>> LAST SPEAKER IS CHRISTIAN.
>> OKAY.
DOES THIS WORK?
GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
MY NAME IS KRISTIN MOWRY AND
I'M A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT
FOUR OF YOUR DISTRICT, SIR.
AND MY STORY IS THAT I WAS
HOMELESS AND NOW I LIVE IN
TRANSITIONAL SUBSIDIZED HOUSING
IN MAGNUSON PARK AND I CAN ONLY
BEG OF YOU TO PLEASE KEEP ME IN
MIND WHEN YOU CONSIDER I AM
VASTLY MORE OF A SOCIETAL FOR
MORE OF A PROBLEM FOR YOU, YOUR
CONSTITUENTS AND THE CITY
BECAUSE I DON'T DISAPPEAR IF
YOU TAKE AWAY WHAT I NEED AND I
DOUBT YOU CARE ABOUT ME.
I DOUBT YOU CARE ABOUT ANYBODY
WHO IS LIKE ME.
I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED.
BUT I CAN ONLY ARGUE THAT MAKE
YOURSELF LOOK GOOD BECAUSE I AM
MUCH -- IT'S MORE CONVENIENT TO
PUT ME IN SOMEPLACE WHERE I'M
NOT CAUSING PROBLEMS AND YET
ANOTHER DANGEROUS ELEMENT
CREATING HAVOC AND BLOCKING THE
THIRD AVENUE ENTRANCE OF THE
KING COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
I AM A CHEAPER PROBLEM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTIAN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FOLKS THAT
WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PUBLIC
COMMENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP?
WHAT I THINK WE WILL DO JUST
FOR PROBABLY A VERY BRIEF TIME
IS JUST BY WAY OF CONTEXT, WE
HAVE THREE CO-CHAIRS ON THIS
COMMITTEE.
I'M NOT ONE OF THEM.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MOSQUEDA,
SAWANT AND BAGSHAW AND THEY ALL
HAVE CONFLICTS OR LEAVE ISSUES
THIS MORNING.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS WAIT FOR
ABOUT FIVE -- I THINK FIVE OR
10 MINUTES FOR ONE OF THE
CHAIRS SHOULD BE HERE.
SHOULD BE HERE IN ABOUT FIVE
MINUTES.
WE WILL GO INTO A SHORT RECESS
AND BY THAT, I MEAN ABOUT 10
MINUTES.
AND IF COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW
IS NOT HERE IN APPROXIMATELY 10
MINUTES, WE WILL PROBABLY WILL
PROCEED BUT WE WANT TO GIVE HER
AT LEAST 10 MINUTES.
THE ROOM WILL STAY OPEN AND WE
WILL JUST ASK FOR A SHORT
RECESS.
OKAY?
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
YOU APPRECIATE YOUR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE BREAK
SO I COULD GET HERE.
I WAS CHAIRING ANOTHER MEETING
SO I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE
WITH OUR SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, I'M
SALLY BAGSHAW CHAIRING THIS
TODAY AND I THINK WE ARE READY
TO GO BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE
PUBLIC COMMENT ALREADY.
THANK YOU.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE KINDLY,
EMILY, READ ITEM 1 INTO THE
RECORD AND TURN IT OVER TO
TRACI AND TO JEFF AND I WANT TO
SAY, I'LL TELL YOU PROBABLY 10
TIMES IN THE NEXT FIVE DAYS HOW
MUCH I HAVE APPRECIATED ALL THE
WORK YOU TWO HAVE BEEN STELLAR.
SO THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119724, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SERVICES FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS;
>> THANK YOU.
JEFF SIMMS, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> TRACI RATZLIFF, COUNCIL
CENTER STAFF.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
JEFF.
>> SO AS THIS COMMITTEE IS
AWARE, LAST WEEK THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE PASSED A BILL THAT
WOULD ADOPT -- INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT.
THEN HAD A SUBSEQUENT DAY AFTER
SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING IN
WHICH NUMEROUS ITEMS ARE
IDENTIFIED AND I BELIEVE ALL OF
YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THE
MEMO FROM DECEMBER 9th.
WE FELT MANY ISSUES STILL
RELEVANT TO THE CONVERSATION
BASED ON WHAT HAD BEEN
PRESENTED.
I WILL NOTE THAT AS WE WALK
THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT AND
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN
THE SUBSEQUENT DRAFT ALSO A
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE -- FOR BOTH
THE ORDINANCE AND THE
ATTACHMENT AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT
YOU SEE IS THAT WHAT WAS ADDED
TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
AND INTRODUCED EARLIER THIS
WEEK IS NOW PREDOMINANTLY MOVED
INTO THE ORDINANCE.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
AND MAYBE YOU COULD JUST
DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
ABOUT WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE
WE HAD OUR MEETING LAST
THURSDAY AND COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD IN PARTICULAR WANTED TO
MAKE SURE WORDS SUCH AS
EVIDENCE BASED AND THE NATIONAL
BEST PRACTICES AND EMERGING
BEST PRACTICES WERE
INCORPORATED.
IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT THAT AND WHERE THEY ARE
INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT ILA BUT
THEN ALSO HOW WE ADDRESSED THAT
IN THE ORDINANCE.
>> SURE, FOR CLARITY WE HAVE
NOT DECLARED THE SUBSTITUTE
DRAFT, CORRECT?
>> SHE JUST READ IN THE --
>> IT'S JUST THE RECORD.
SO SURE I'LL START OFF WITH THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, THE
ADOPTING ORDINANCE.
THERE ARE -- I BELIEVE THERE
WILL BE A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT
OR A SUBSTITUTE DRAFT PROPOSED
FOR BOTH THE ORDINANCE AND THE
ILA COMPARED TO WHAT WAS
INTRODUCED.
BUT BEGINNING WITH WHERE WE ARE
AT, IF YOU LOOK AT -- WOULD YOU
LIKE ME TO GO LINE BY LINE OR
JUST IN GENERAL?
>> JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING,
JUST THE OVERVIEW, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS CLEAR
WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON.
SO MANY MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS
AND DISCUSSIONS WITH KING
COUNTY AND WITH STEM CITIES.
THIS BODY, SPECIAL COMMITTEE
LAST THURSDA MADE SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE INCORPORATED THE
RPC HAS SUBSEQUENTLY VOTED AND
KING COUNTY HAS ADOPTED WHAT
THE REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE
HAD RECOMMENDED LAST WEEK.
NO FURTHER AMENDMENTS WERE
BROUGHT FORWARD FROM KING
COUNTY SO WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT
WITH KING COUNTY BUT ALSO TO BE
VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR
EXPECTATIONS ARE ON THE CITY
SIDE.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST BRING US
UP TO SPEED.
>> CERTAINLY.
SO USING THE DRAFT THAT AS YOU
JUST MENTIONED WAS YESTERDAY
PASSED BY THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL AS THE BASE, THERE WERE
MULTIPLE CHANGES MADE.
THE FIRST AND NOTABLE ONE WAS
TO CHANGE THE THRESHOLD
REQUIRED FOR AMENDING BUDGETS
AND PLANS, THIS IS -- TO BE
CLEAR, THIS IS THE ATTACHMENT A
TO THE ORDINANCE THAT IS BEFORE
YOU.
IT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE
COUNCIL AND AT THIS POINT HAS
NOT YET BEEN AMENDED.
SO -- AND THE AMENDMENTS WERE
BASED OFF OF LAST WEEK'S SELECT
COMMITTEE MEETING AND THE
CHANGES THAT WERE REQUESTED AT
THAT TIME.
THAT INCLUDED FIRST REQUIRING
AN MINIMUM OF EIGHT VOTES NOT
BASED ON QUORUM REQUIREMENTS,
JUST A MINIMUM OF EIGHT VOTES
IN ORDER TO AMEND BUDGETS,
POLICIES AND PLANS AND REMOVE
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
DIFFERENT FROM THE 2/3 MAJORITY
BASED ON THOSE HAVING A QUORUM
FOR THE MEETING WHICH IS IN THE
DRAFT THAT IS THE -- THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN THE BASE THAT WAS
PASSED BY A KING COUNTY
COUNCIL.
SECOND THERE WAS THE ADDITION
OF LANGUAGE SPECIFYING EVIDENCE
BASED PRACTICES IN THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES AND THEY APPLY TO
BOTH THE SUB REGIONAL PLANS BUT
ALSO HOW FUNDS WOULD BE SPEND
BY THE AUTHORITY.
AND MAKING THOSE CHANGES HAD TO
BE MADE IN TWO OR THREE
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN ORDER TO
HAVE CONSISTENCY.
THEN THERE WAS ALSO CHANGES
MADE TO THE ROLE OF THE
OMBUDSMAN OFFICE, REPORTING ON
ANY CUSTOMER FEEDBACK PROVIDED
BY THE IMPLEMENTING BOARD AND
ADDING THAT A PRESENTATION WILL
BE MADE TO THE GOVERNING
COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE
IMPLEMENTING BOARD TO BE SURE
ALL OF THE BODIES WOULD BE
AWARE OF WHAT THE OMBUDSMAN IS
COVERING.
ATTORNEYS OFFICE, ONE RELATED
TO A KING COUNTY AMENDMENT THAT
THE GOVERNING BOARD -- SORRY,
THE IMPLEMENTING BOARD REFLECT
THE RACIAL AND ETHIC MAKEUP OF
THE COUNTY ADDING THE WORD
STRIVE TO SO IT WOULD LOOSEN
THAT A LITTLE BIT AND THE
SECOND IN CLARIFYING WHAT WAS
UNDERSTOOD BUT JUST MAKING
STOOD IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE
IMPLEMENTING BOARD COULD WITH A
2/3 MAJORITY PROPOSED TO THE
COUNTY AND CITY COUNCILS MAKING
SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
THOSE ARE ALL -- ALL THOSE
ITEMS THAT I COVERED ARE
REFLECTED IN WHAT WAS
INTRODUCED AT THE PREVIOUS
COUNCIL -- OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL
MEETING AND ACTUALLY WHAT CAME
TO US AS THE ATTACHMENT A TO
THE ORDINANCE THAT IS BEFORE US
CURRENTLY.
>> OKAY.
SO I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY AND
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT CHANGING
THE UNDERLYING ILA, THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT
PASSED OUT OF THE RPC.
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY
IS IN OUR ORDINANCE AND THESE
ARE INTENTIONS AND STATEMENTS
OF WHAT THE CITY IS LOOKING
FOR.
>> SO COUNCIL MEMBER, TO BE
REALLY CLEAR, WHAT WE
INTRODUCED AND WHAT IS BEFORE
YOU NOW IS AN ORDINANCE THAT
HAS NO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
IT WAS AS WE INTRODUCED ON
MONDAY, AND THEN THE ATTACHMENT
ACTUALLY DOES INCORPORATE THE
CHANGES THAT JEFF JUST
DESCRIBED TO YOU.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO GO BACK TO
THE ILA AS IT WAS APPROVED BY
THE RPC AND KING COUNTY COUNCIL
YOU WOULD THEN MOVE YOUR
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO MAKE THAT
CHANGE.
LIKEWISE IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE
THAT MANDATORY LANGUAGE IN OUR
BASE ATTACHMENT A THAT WE
INTRODUCED THIS MONDAY TO THE
ORDINANCE, YOU WOULD NEED TO
MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
THAT YOU ALSO HAVE AND THAT
YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE AS WELL.
>> I THINK WE ARE SCRAMBLING
SOME EGGS HERE.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET BACK
TO, TO BE AS CLEAR AS WE
POSSIBLY CAN, IS THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN PASSED
OUT OF THE RPC AND WAS ADOPTED
BY KING COUNTY.
AND THEN THIS IS -- THESE ARE
OUR OPTIONS FOR TODAY.
>> CORRECT.
>> AND THAT IF WE ARE TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD THIS YEAR,
ACCEPTING THAT UNDERLYING
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND WE
WILL HAVE TO DO THAT BY
AMENDMENT AS YOU HAVE
DESCRIBED, BUT THAT IS THE
OBJECTIVE OF TODAY?
>> FOR SOME.
>> OKAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> I JUST --
>> RIGHT.
DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT?
>> SURE.
I THINK I APPRECIATE THE
ONGOING EFFORTS IN THIS SPACE
TO ENSURE THAT IN PARTICULAR
THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE BEEN
RAISING AND SPEAKING ABOUT FROM
THE -- ARE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED
AND, JEFF, THANK YOU FOR
RUNNING THROUGH THOSE
PARTICULAR CHANGES THAT EXIST
IN THE CURRENT VERSION BEFORE
US FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE
COMMITTEE UNLESS THERE ARE
ENOUGH VOTES HERE TO SUBSTITUTE
THAT VERSION FOR THE PREVIOUS
VERSION, WHICH WOULD NOT
INCLUDE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
AROUND REQUIRING EVIDENCE BASED
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUB
REGIONAL PLANS.
IT WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE A
SUBSTITUTE VERSION WOULD
ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT
WOULD OBLIGATE THE AUTHORITY TO
SPEND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY'S GUIDING
PRINCIPLES WHICH WOULD
INCORPORATE THE EVIDENCE BASED
STRATEGIES AND COMMITMENTS TO
THOSE EVIDENCE BASED
STRATEGIES, ADOPTING A
SUBSTITUTE VERSION IN PLACE OF
THE VERSION IN FRONT OF US NOW
WOULD ALSO MODIFY THE VOTING
REQUIREMENTS WHICH IN OUR
AMENDED AND INTRODUCED VERSION
REQUIRE A HIGHER THRESHOLD FOR
GOVERNING COMMITTEE CHANGES TO
THE IMPLEMENTATION BOARD
RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOR THE
REMOVAL OF THE CEO.
THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WOULD BE
REMOVED BY A SUBSTITUTE WOULD
INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE
OMBUDS, NOT JUST TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD BUT ALSO
TO THE GOVERNING BOARD AND THEN
OF COURSE THE ANNUAL
PERFORMANCE REPORTING LANGUAGE,
CHANGES ARE BEING CHARACTERIZED
BY COUNCIL'S CENTRAL STAFF AS
TECHNICAL CHANGES IN NATURE,
BUT I SEE THOSE OTHER FIVE
CHANGES AS SUBSTANTIVE AND
CERTAINLY AT THE FIRST THREE AS
SIGNIFICANT SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES
TO THE ILA AS INITIALLY
CONSIDERED ADOPTED AND PASSED
BY THE RPC AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE
KING COUNTY COUNCIL YESTERDAY.
SO I HAVE ONGOING CONCERNS
ABOUT THE THREE FIRST ISSUES
THAT I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED RELATED
TO EVIDENCE BASED REQUIREMENTS
BOTH IN THE SUB REGIONAL PLANS
AND IN HOW THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY MAKES DETERMINATIONS
ABOUT SPENDING THAT ARE IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES AND I ALSO CONTINUE
TO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
LOWER THRESHOLD THAT EXISTS
WHICH WOULD IN SOME INSTANCES
IF ATTENDANCE IS LOW, ONLY
REQUIRE UP TO 50% OF THE FULL
GOVERNING COMMITTEE TO MAKE
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS TO
AMEND THE BUDGET, TO CHANGE
POLICIES IN THE FIVE-YEAR
STRATEGY AS IT RELATES TO THE
REGIONAL APPROACH TO ADDRESSING
THE ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS AND
TO THE REMOVAL OF THE CEO.
SO I AT THIS JUNCTURE CONTINUE
TO HAVE THOSE CONCERNS AND IT'S
UNFORTUNATE THAT THESE ISSUES
WERE NOT TAKEN UP AND ADOPTED
BY THE RPC OR SUBSEQUENTLY BY
THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL.
SO I AM STILL INTERESTED IN
IDENTIFYING WAYS THAT WE CAN
ADDRESS AND HAVE A MEANINGFUL
COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY THAT
THESE ISSUES WILL BE ADDRESSED
IN THE INITIAL CONVENING
MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNING
COMMITTEE AND I HAVE NOT YET
RECEIVED THOSE ASSURANCES IN
WRITING YET, BUT IF I DO, THEN
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A PATH
FORWARD TO ALLOW ME TO SUPPORT
THE ILA.
IF THE INSTITUTE VERSION IS
INTRODUCED, I INTEND TO VOTE
NO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN BAGSHAW.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS COMMITTEE TO
THE FULL COUNCIL, MAKE A MOTION
TO MOVE THE VERSION THAT IS
BASICALLY WHAT KING COUNTY
COUNCIL PASSED AND THEN I WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT IF
THERE'S A SECOND.
>> VERY GOOD.
YOU CERTAINLY HAVE MY SECOND.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
SO BIG PICTURE, I BELIEVE WE
ALL SHARE THE COMMON GROUND ON
THIS THAT WE NEED A REGIONAL
RESPONSE TO THIS REGIONAL
CRISIS AND THE STATUS QUO HAS
NOT WORKED AS WELL AS WE HAD
HOPED AND THE SUFFERING ON OUR
STREETS CONTINUES AS WE SIT
HERE, AND AFTER PERSONALLY
KNOCKING ON THE DOORS OF
RESIDENTS OF EVERY BLOCK IN MY
DISTRICT OVER THE PAST YEAR,
HOMELESSNESS WAS BY FAR THE
NUMBER 1 CONCERN FROM A LOT OF
COMPASSIONATE RESIDENTS FROM
EAST LAKE TO WALLINGFORD TO
WEDGEWOOD, AND SO I REALLY WANT
TO START BY THANKING EVERYONE
WHO HAS WORKED HARD OVER THE
PAST TWO YEARS ON THIS
INCLUDING INPUT FROM THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE
COLLABORATION AMONG A BROAD
COALITION OF PARTICIPANTS, KING
COUNTY COUNCIL, REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE, THE KING COUNTY
EXECUTIVE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
OUR OWN COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.
I THINK WE ARE HONORING THE
RESEARCH AND WISDOM AND ADVICE
OF EXPERTS TO CREATE A REGIONAL
AUTHORITY NOW, TO END THE
FRAGMENTATION, TO UNIFY OUR
REGION AND RENEW THE FIGHT TO
REDUCE HOMELESSNESS WITH A
HOLISTIC AND ALIGNED APPROACH
TO GET BETTER RESULTS.
AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE
WORK OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HARRELL AND COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ LAST WEEK FOR
STRENGTHENING THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES OF THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT, GETTING IN THERE
AND -- SECTION 3, SUBSECTION
SEVEN STATES THE AUTHORITY
SHALL ADOPT AN EVIDENCE BASED
HOUSING FIRST ORIENTATION.
AND THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES
ARE OVERARCHING THE WHOLE PLAN
AND TO THE POINTS RAISED
EARLIER, I AGREE, CITY
GOVERNMENT IS MAKING A
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE
FUNDING SO THE DETAILS MATTER.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD, IT'S
COMPOSED OF 13 EXPERTS
INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WITH
LIVED EXPERIENCE AND THESE
EXPERTS ON HOMELESSNESS, THE
IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, THEY
WILL ORIGINATE THESE EVIDENCE
BASED PLANS PER THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES OF THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS THE GOVERNING
COMMITTEE, IT'S ALSO COMPRISED
OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE
AS WELL AS OFFICIALS, ELECTED
OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY.
BUT THIS GOVERNING COMMITTEE
WOULD NEED A 2/3 SUPERMAJORITY
TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO WHAT THE
EXPERTS COME UP WITH AND A
THREE FOURTHS MAJORITY TO
REMOVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
AND TO ME THIS STRIKES A
SENSIBLE BALANCE BETWEEN OUR
SHARED DESIRE TO HAVE EXPERTS
DRIVING THE EVIDENCE BASED
POLICY WITH GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS WHO ARE ULTIMATELY
HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR RESULTS BY
THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND
TAXPAYERS, SO I BELIEVE -- AND
I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO SHOW UP TO THESE MEETINGS
AND THERE WILL BE 12 PEOPLE
THERE.
SO THAT MEANS EIGHT PEOPLE
WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CHANGE
SOMETHING.
SO I THINK IT'S TIME WE HAVE
STUDIED THIS ISSUE A LONG TIME,
WE HAVE WORKED CAREFULLY, YOU
HAVE WORKED CAREFULLY ON THIS
STRUCTURE.
IT'S TIME FOR CONCRETE ACTION.
AGAIN, THE STATUS QUO IS NOT
WORKING.
PEOPLE ARE STILL SUFFERING.
I THINK WE SHOULD APPROVE THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY AS APPROVED
BY THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL, SO
WE CAN GET THIS NEW
COLLABORATIVE, REGIONAL
ORGANIZATION OF EXPERTS AND
OFFICIALS TO WORK.
>> RIGHT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS
POINT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MOVE
AN AMENDMENT THAT THE AMENDMENT
NUMBER 1, WHICH IS IN FRONT OF
YOU, WHICH TAKES US BACK TO
WHAT KING COUNTY HAD APPROVED
YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE,
THAT THAT AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO
COUNCIL BILL 119724 BE ADOPTED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> I THOUGHT COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN ALREADY DID THAT?
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
BACK TO AMENDMENT NUMBER 1.
>> GREAT.
>> IF THAT'S THE --
>> IS THE --
>> THAT PIECE THEN THAT WE HAVE
IN FRONT OF US?
>> CORRECT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN'S
MOTION INTRODUCED A --
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE BRINGING
IT FORWARD AS ORIGINALLY --
>> THANKS FOR THE
CLARIFICATION.
>> SO THE SUBSTITUTE AND IT'S
BEEN SECONDED?
SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON
THAT, ON THE SUBSTITUTE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL?
>> NO.
>> ARE WE THE POINT WHERE WE
ARE ALMOST WRAPPED UP?
>> WE ARE GETTING DARN CLOSE.
>> JUST AN AMENDMENT, THOUGH.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENT FIRST.
>> WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE BILL
BEFORE US.
>> RIGHT.
>> NEITHER THE SUBSTITUTE --
THE -- SO I'LL STEP BACK A
LITTLE BIT.
THERE IS OF COURSE AS COUNCIL
MEMBERS ARE OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF
THIS BUT THE ORDINANCE THAT
119724, THAT IS -- YOU DO HAVE
ALSO IN THE PACKETS THAT YOU'RE
PROVIDED A POTENTIAL SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENT TO THAT.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN INTRODUCED OR
VOTED ON AT THIS POINT.
THERE IS AN ATTACHMENT A TO
THAT ORDINANCE WHICH I HAVE
BRIEFLY WENT THROUGH HOW THAT
ATTACHMENT A AS IT CURRENTLY
READS DIFFERS AND WAS
INTRODUCED TO OUR COUNCIL,
DIFFERS FROM WHAT WAS PASSED
YESTERDAY BY THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL.
THE MOTION BEFORE YOU
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN AND I BELIEVE BEING
DISCUSSED AT THIS TIME WITH
SUBSTITUTE ATTACHMENT A FROM
WHAT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE
COUNCIL TO OUR COUNCIL ON
MONDAY AND RESTORED TO BEING
THE VERSION THAT WAS PASSED BY
THE REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE
AND THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL
YESTERDAY.
AND THAT'S THE MOTION THAT IS
CURRENTLY BEFORE YOU.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, ATTACHMENT
A IS THE DRAFT OF THE ILA?
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
YEAH.
>> AND THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 IS -- THIS
IS WHAT HAS BEEN HANDED TO ME
HERE.
>> IT SHOULD SAY VERSION D2 AT
THE TOP LEFT OF YOUR --
>> VERY GOOD.
>> THAT HELPS TO ORIENT YOU TO
WHAT DOCUMENTS YOU'RE LOOKING
AT.
>> RIGHT.
AND WHAT THIS -- THIS
PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS
INTENDED TO DO UNDER SECTION 1
IS THAT THE MAYOR IS AUTHORIZED
TO EXECUTE THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BUT THEN IT ALSO SAYS
THAT IT IS THE INTENT OF CITY
COUNCIL THAT IN CARRYING OUT
THE TERMS OF THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT, THAT THE FOLLOWING
EXPECTATIONS AND INTENT WILL BE
MET.
AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK THE
LANGUAGE BRINGS FORWARD WHAT
OUR INTENTIONS ARE VERY CLEARLY
AND THEN THAT WILL BUILD ON
WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ IS
BRINGING FORWARD IN TERMS OF AN
ADDITIONAL LETTER, BUT THE
AMENDMENTS TO THE AUTHORITIES
GOALS, POLICIES, PLANS AND THE
AUTHORITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET SHALL
BE BASED ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE
OF AT LEAST EIGHT GOVERNING
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THESE ARE INTENTIONS.
WE CANNOT UNILATERALLY CHANGE
THE ILA BUT IT WILL BE OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE 12
PEOPLE SHOW UP.
THAT 12 PEOPLE ON THE GOVERNING
BOARD ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL
INTEND TO DEEPLY PARTICIPATE IN
THIS.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE JOINING
THE GOVERNING BOARD WHO ARE
DOING IT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS A
TROPHY FOR THEM.
IT IS SOMETHING WE WANT PEOPLE
THAT WILL ATTEND, THAT ARE
DEEPLY COMMITTED TO IT.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE FIRST
THING THAT WE OUTLINE IN A. IN
B, THAT THE AUTHORITY'S FUNDS
SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES AND
THE AUTHORITY'S GUIDING
PRINCIPLES OUTLINED IN ARTICLE
FOUR.
C IS THE AUTHORITY'S FIVE-YEAR
PLAN AND SUBSEQUENT PLANS SHALL
BE ALIGNED WITH EVIDENCE BASED
PRACTICES.
WE STILL WILL HAVE AUTHORITY.
IT IS OUR INTENTION TO MAKE
SURE THAT THESE COME TO CITY
COUNCIL ULTIMATELY.
WE HAVE BUDGETING AUTHORITY
THAT WE WILL DECIDE FOR OUR
CITY THAT IF WE ARE PUTTING $73
MILLION INTO THE NEW AUTHORITY,
THAT THE PLAN IS IN PLACE AND
THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THOSE
PLANS.
AND WE ARE ALSO ASKING IN D
THAT SUB REGIONAL PLANS WILL
FORM THE BASIS OF THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SUBSEQUENT FIVE-
YEAR PLANS AND THAT WAS
CONSISTENT WITH THE LANGUAGE
THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LAST
THURSDAY.
SO E SAYS THAT THE APPOINTING
ENTITIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION
BOARD WILL STRIVE TO APPOINT
MEMBERS WHO REFLECT THE RACIAL
AND ETHNIC MAKEUP OF KING
COUNTY RESIDENTS.
WE KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BOTH WITH
PEOPLE WITH L.I.D.
EXPERIENCE BUT WE WANT TO HAVE
THE PERSPECTIVES BROADLY OF
PEOPLE THAT MAY BE IN
MARGINALIZED DEMOGRAPHIC
POPULATIONS AND HAVE THEIR
EXPERIENCE IN THEIR BACKGROUND.
AND THEN AS COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ HAS ALREADY SPECIFIED
THAT WE WANT AN ANNUAL
PERFORMANCE REPORT TO THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL AND LASTLY THAT THE
OFFICE OF THE OMBUDS SHALL
PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE AT LEAST
ONCE A YEAR WITH FEEDBACK OF.
AS WE HAVE BEEN REALLY TRYING
TO ACHIEVE THIS BALANCE AND THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER HAVE
BOOTS ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW
OR HAVE THE KIND OF LIVED
EXPERIENCE WITH THE GOVERNING
BOARD THOSE ARE PRIMARY ELECTED
OFFICIALS WITH THE OVERSIGHT
AND THE RESPONSIBILITY BACK TO
THEIR CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS IS WORKING.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH IN THE SUBSTITUTE
ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NUMBER 1.
>> AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, I
BELIEVE THE MOTION CURRENTLY
WAS ONLY TO AMEND THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT IS
ATTACHED TO THE ORDINANCE.
IT DOES NOT MAKE THE CHANGES
YOU INTRODUCED.
THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE
INTRODUCED AS A SUBSEQUENT
AMENDMENT.
DID I MISUNDERSTAND THE
PHRASING OF YOUR MOTION?
>> INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
HOWEVER, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW IS PROPOSING IS TO PUT
FORWARD WHAT SHE JUST READ,
WHICH IS FINE, WHICH IS
CONSISTENT --
>> WE HAVE TO DO THEM
SEPARATELY.
>> THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
MOTIONS.
>> I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU HAVE
TO TAKE THEM IN ANY ORDER.
IT CAN BE THE ATTACHMENT FIRST
AND THEN THE ORDINANCE.
I'M NOT SURE IT MATTERS WHAT WE
SHOULD DO FIRST.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ HAS A
QUESTION.
>> I WAS WONDERING MAYBE FOR --
AS COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ
SAID, MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THE
ILA FIRST, COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> I BELIEVE THAT IS ACTUALLY
THE MOTION THAT WAS PUT FORWARD
IS TO ONLY FIRST MAKE THE
CHANGES TO THE ILA THAT WAS
INTRODUCED TO THE CITY COUNCIL
SO THAT IT WILL ALIGN WITH WHAT
WAS PASSED BY THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL YESTERDAY.
THAT'S THE CURRENT MOTION THAT
IS HERE AND I THINK THAT'S THE
VOTE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE FIRST
AND THEN CAN MAKE A SECOND
MOTION THAT WOULD CHANGE THE
UNDERLYING ORDINANCE THAT WOULD
PASS THE ILA.
>> OKAY.
>> GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> WHEN WOULD BE A GOOD TIME
FOR ME TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE
ILA FIRST WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ OUTLINED.
THAT WOULD BE ATTACHMENT A.
WOULD THIS BE A GOOD TIME?
>> YES.
>> I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ AND COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD THAT MADE
INCREDIBLE CHANGES THAT NOW
WILL BE SHOWING UP IN THE
ORDINANCE, PARTICULARLY IN THE
AREA OF -- I WON'T SPEAK
COMPLETELY TO THAT BUT IN THE
AREA THAT THE CHAIRWOMAN JUST
OUTLINED ON THE SECTION OF WHAT
IS THE INTENT OF SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE SEVEN
CONDITIONS OR REQUIREMENTS THAT
WERE LAID OUT.
BUT JUST MORE ON A A PA --
LAST WEEK, I WANT TO KIND OF GO
ALONG SOME OF THE SAME LINES
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN
AND COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ
STATED BUT MINE IS A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE ON THE ILA.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS FOR MONTHS, AND
I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS
THAT WE HAD AND CERTAINLY I HAD
REPRESENTING THE CITY OF
SEATTLE ISN'T SO MUCH WE ARE
PUTTING IN $73 MILLION,
THEREFORE WE SHOULD CONTROL
EVERYTHING.
BUT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT FACT.
WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IS
-- WHAT I WANTED TO PROMOTE IS
WE CONTINUE WITH THE REGIONAL
RESPONSE.
THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ZILO
EFFECT TO ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS WHICH IS A
CITYWIDE, COUNTYWIDE ISSUE.
I ALSO SIT ON SOUND TRANSIT.
A LOT OF US WEAR DIFFERENT HATS
ON SOUND TRANSIT REPRESENTING
THREE COUNTIES.
YOU WANT IT TO BE RICH, TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS,
CUT DOWN ON FOSSIL FUEL.
IT'S ALMOST KIND OF THE ANALOGY
WITH THE HOUSING ON A REGIONAL
APPROACH, NOT JUST THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT
LIVE IN THE CITY, ALL OF THE
PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE
CITY, WE ARE ALL HERE TOGETHER
AND SO I WANTED THAT REGIONAL
APPROACH BUT WHAT I WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT FROM SITTING ON
THIS -- ON THE REGIONAL POLICY
COUNCIL FOR FOUR YEARS ALMOST,
IS THIS TENDENCY TO SUGGEST
THAT ALL THE HOMELESSNESS AND
ALL THE PROBLEMS, WHETHER IT'S
ADDICTION, MENTAL HEALTH,
POVERTY, CRIME, THAT SOMEHOW
ALL OF THAT IS CONTAINED TO THE
CITY LIMITS OF SEATTLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED
ABOUT.
I WAS CONCERNED WHEN I WATCHED
SOME OF THESE OUTLINING CITIES
PASS ORDINANCES AGAINST SAFE
INJECTION SITES.
THAT CONCERNED ME.
BECAUSE OPIOID ADDICTION,
OVERDOSE AND DEATHS DO NOT KNOW
A JURISDICTIONAL, A COUNTY
LINE, A CITY LINE.
IF WE REALLY CARE ABOUT
SHELTERING THE UNSHELTERED I
BELIEVE WE HAVE TO GO FORWARD
WITH THE ILA.
I'M NOT COMPLETELY HAPPY,
THOUGH I DON'T NEED TO BE
HAPPY, BUT WITH HOW THIS KIND
OF PLAYED OUT.
BUT THE GREATER GOOD HERE IS
THAT WE HAVE A CONCERTED KING
COUNTY APPROACH TO SHELTERING
THE UNSHELTERED THAT WE PROVIDE
THE FUNDS, THAT WE WORK WITH
ALL THE CITIES WITHIN KING
COUNTY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY CITIES ARE IN KING COUNTY.
39?
>> 39.
>> 39 CITIES.
AND EVERYBODY COMES FROM
SOMEWHERE.
AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
AND I JUST WANT -- ONE MORE
NOTE, I WANT TO AGAIN THANK
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ AND
HERBOLD BECAUSE SOME OF THE
ISSUES THEY RAISED GO EXACTLY
TO SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES AND
POLICIES THAT THIS CITY HAS
PUSHED AND HAS ALSO BROUGHT
OTHER CITIES ALONG.
AND WE WANTED TO KEEP MOVING
THAT FORWARD WITH THE RIGHT
MORAL COMPASS THAT WE WANT TO
SHELTER THE UNSHELTERED AND IF
THIS IS THE VEHICLE TO DO THAT
AND IF WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE
THAT SAYS WHEN THAT FIRST ILA
MEETS THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE EXPECTS,
PARTICULARLY THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS, THEN I'M GOOD
WITH THAT.
SO FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD BE
SUPPORTING THE ILA TODAY AND
HOPEFULLY WORK WITH OUR KING
COUNTY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
ACROSS THE STREET IN THE NEXT
FEW YEARS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS ON THE SUBSTITUTE
ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ONE?
>> OKAY.
WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING THE
ORDINANCE.
WE ARE ONLY CONSIDERING
ATTACHMENT A, WHICH IS THE ILA.
>> CORRECT.
>> AT THIS MINUTE, WE ARE
CONSIDERING THE AMENDMENT.
>> I WANT -- PROCEDURALLY FOR
THE SAKE OF SANITY, STAY
FOCUSED ON THE THING THAT WE
ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT,
WHICH IS THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO THE AMENDED ILA
THAT CAME OUT OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE LAST THURSDAY.
>> CORRECT.
>> IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> OKAY.
SO I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS AND SOME COMMENTS.
>> PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> UNLESS COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN YOU WANTED TO GO FIRST.
>> NO.
>> I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR
THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATION
AROUND THIS CONCEPT OF HOW THE
VERSION THAT PASSED OUT OF THE
RPC THAT WAS THEN SUBSEQUENTLY
APPROVED BY KING COUNTY COUNCIL
INCLUDES A SUPERMAJORITY
REQUIREMENT.
JUST BE REALLY CLEAR THAT'S OF
THOSE WHO SHOW UP TO THE
MEETING.
SO I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO
WALK AWAY WITH THE IMPRESSION
THAT THERE IS A CATEGORICAL
SUPERMAJORITY FOR ALL DECISIONS
IN ORDER FOR THOSE DECISIONS TO
BE APPROVED.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THE QUORUM REQUIREMENT IS NINE
SO IF YOU ONLY HAD NINE MEMBERS
ATTENDING THAT PARTICULAR
MEETING AND THE PASSAGE BY SIX
VOTES WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY ONLY
BE 50% OF THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP
WOULD BE -- WOULD PREVAIL.
AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT
OTHERS IN THE ILA PASSED BY THE
KING COUNTY COUNCIL, REMOVAL OF
THE CEO DOES STILL REQUIRE NINE
VOTES.
AND THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO
QUORUM REQUIREMENTS OR ANY
OTHER KIND OF MOVEMENT.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM OF
NINE.
>> AND THAT IS THE ONLY
DECISION THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAJORITY OF NINE
MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING
COMMITTEE VOTING IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE TO REMOVE THE CEO?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
BUT DECISIONS RELATED TO
MODIFYING THE BUDGET OR THE
FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN OR ANY
OTHER DECISION RECOMMENDED BY
THE IMPLEMENTATION BOARD GOES
TO THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE
WOULD BE AT A MINIMUM, IT WOULD
ONLY REQUIRE A SUPER-- A
MAJORITY OF THE QUORUM OF NINE,
WHICH IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO
WOULD BE ONLY 50% OF THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE?
>> YES.
I BELIEVE YOU MEANT TO SAY
SUPERMAJORITY OF THE NINE.
>> SUPERMAJORITY OF THE NINE.
>> YES.
THAT WOULD BE BOTH FOR
APPROVING WITHOUT AMENDMENT AND
AMENDING THE BUDGET'S PLANS AND
POLICIES.
>> OKAY.
SO YOU KNOW -- THIS ISSUE TO ME
IS, AGAIN, I THINK I HAVE BEEN
CONSISTENT IN MY POSITION ON
THIS, THAT REALLY WHILE I AGREE
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY IS
IMPORTANT AND I THINK THAT WE
ARE HEARING FROM THIS CITY
COUNCIL THAT CREATION OF A
REGIONAL AUTHORITY IS AN
IMPORTANT WAY TO MOVE FORWARD,
AND COLLEAGUES, I'M NOT BACKING
AWAY FROM MY COMMITMENT TO
WANTING TO SEE A REGIONAL
AUTHORITY COME TO FRUITION AND
I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE IN THE --
OF THAT OCCURRING. I
AGREE THERE ARE MEANINGFUL
REFORMS AS APPROVED BY THE
REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE AND
SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED JUST
YESTERDAY BY KING COUNTY
COUNCIL.
I WILL NOT ARGUE THAT THERE ARE
NOT MEANINGFUL REFORMS INCLUDED
IN THERE.
I THINK THERE ARE IMPORTANT
ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE
UNDERLYING ILA THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO CONTINUING TO MOVE
FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE TO
MEANINGFULLY ADDRESS THE
EXPERIENCE THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE
UNFORTUNATELY HAVING WITH
HOMELESSNESS.
THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO BELIEVE
THAT THERE ARE A FEW AREAS, A
HANDFUL OF AREAS OF THE DOZENS
AND DOZENS OF POLICY DECISIONS
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE BY
THE RPC AND BY THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL, I AM LITERALLY
FOCUSING ON THREE.
>> RIGHT.
>> I FEEL THAT THAT'S A
REASONABLE THING FOR ME TO DO
AS SOMEBODY WHO IS ALSO
ACCOUNTABLE TO MY CONSTITUENTS
TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO FRANKLY
ADVOCATE FOR THE THREE
ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT I THINK
WOULD REALLY NOT MAKE THIS
PERFECT BUT MAKE THIS A BETTER
STRUCTURE AND A BETTER
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK
TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY ON
ISSUES -- ON THIS ISSUE OF
GREAT IMPORTANCE.
SO I HAVE ALREADY ARTICULATED
WHAT THOSE THREE ISSUES ARE,
AND I DO THINK THAT THEY ARE
NOT TECHNICAL IN NATURE.
I DISAGREE WITH THE LEGAL
EVALUATION THAT SOMEHOW BECAUSE
WE HAVE AN ERRANT REFERENCE TO
EVIDENCE BASED SOMEWHERE ELSE
IN THE ILA THAT SOMEHOW THAT
MEANS EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES
ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE
GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND ARE
REQUIRED AS PART OF SUB
REGIONAL PLANNING AND ARE
REQUIRED BEFORE YOU GET FUNDING
FROM THE -- POOL -- SHARED
RESOURCES THAT WE ARE PULLING
TOGETHER WITH KING COUNTY.
I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT THIS
ORDINANCE IS BEING SOLD TO THE
PUBLIC AS THOUGH IT IS
COMPLETELY BINDING TO THE
COUNTY.
LET'S NOT -- LET'S NOT PLAY
CUTE WITH WHAT THE IMPACT OF
THIS ORDINANCE IS.
THIS ORDINANCE BINDS US AS THE
CITY OF SEATTLE BUT IT IS NOT
BINDING ON KING COUNTY.
IS MY ASSESSMENT OF THAT
ACCURATE?
>> COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU
MEAN BY NOT BINDING TO KING
COUNTY?
>> DOES KING COUNTY HAVE TO
FOLLOW THE PARAMETERS OF THIS
ORDINANCE BEING CONSIDERED?
>> NO.
ONLY BINDING FOR THIS COUNCIL.
>> OKAY.
>> IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> THERE ARE MULTIPLE PARTIES
TO THIS REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
IT IS US AND IT IS KING COUNTY.
SO UNLESS KING COUNTY HAS
PASSED A SIMILAR ORDINANCE
SAYING THAT THEIR INTENTIONS
ARE SIMILAR TO OURS, THEN I
BELIEVE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED
ASSURANCES AND THAT WE ARE ONLY
PROVIDING ONE SIDED ASSURANCES
ABOUT COMMITMENT TO WORK ON
THESE ISSUES.
AND SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
AND KING COUNTY HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY YESTERDAY TO PASS A
SIMILAR MOTION AND DECIDED TO
DEFER THAT TO A DIFFERENT
COMMITTEE FOR A DIFFERENT DAY
ON THEIR INTENTIONS TO CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH US ON SOME OF
THESE OUTLINE ISSUES, THAT
CONCERNS ME.
SO I HAVE ASKED THE EXECUTIVE
TO PROVIDE ME WITH SOME
BILATERAL WRITTEN ASSURANCE
THAT THESE ISSUES WILL BE
MEANINGFULLY CONSIDERED,
DEBATED AND ADDRESSED AND THAT
THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO
ACHIEVING THESE POLICY GOALS.
NOT JUST AN INTENT TO TALK
ABOUT THEM.
AND UNTIL I RECEIVE THAT
ASSURANCE, I AM NOT COMFORTABLE
WITH THE PROPOSAL AS IT IS, NOT
BECAUSE IT'S NOT PERFECT,
BECAUSE IT WILL NEVER BE
PERFECT, BUT BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THAT THESE THREE ISSUES THAT
REMAIN ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
TO THE ULTIMATE LONG-TERM
SUCCESS OF THE EFFORT THAT WE
ARE EMBARKING UPON AS IT
RELATES TO DOING THIS WORK IN A
REGIONAL MANNER THAT WILL
PRODUCE MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES FOR
THE PEOPLE WE ARE TRYING TO
HELP.
SO I DON'T NEED TO ARTICULATE
IT OR I DON'T WANT TO, YOU
KNOW, UNDUALLY DEBATE THAT
PARTICULAR ISSUE BECAUSE I
THINK I HAVE DESCRIBED EXACTLY
WHAT MY CONCERNS ARE IN PRIOR
MEETINGS BUT I FEEL VERY
STRONGLY THAT THESE THREE
REMAINING ISSUES, WE NEED TO
HAVE SOME LEVEL OF BILATERAL
WRITTEN AGREEMENT AND ASSURANCE
THAT THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ AND YOU HAVE BEEN
CONSISTENT AND I APPRECIATE
THAT.
AND I CONCUR WITH YOU THAT WE
NEED TO GET THESE ISSUES AGREED
TO BILATERALLY BUT ACTUALLYTRY
LATERALLY TOO BECAUSE WE NEED
THE COUNTER AND SISTER CITIES
TO WORK WITH US AS WELL.
THAT SAID, I BELIEVE THAT WE
HAVE WORKED THIS AND MASSAGED
IT SO IT'S REALLY CLEAR WHAT IT
IS THAT WE WANT TO DO, AND I AM
GOING TO REQUEST A VOTE HERE IN
JUST A MOMENT ON THE SUBSTITUTE
ORDINANCE, ALSO AMENDMENT ONE
HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT I DO WANT TO COME BACK TO
THE SAFE INJECTION SITES AND TO
SAY TO MY CITIES, THE OTHER 38
CITIES, THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS
NOT ASKING ANYBODY TO -- SAFE
INJECTION SITES.
IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO
WORK THROUGH AROUND OPIATE
ADDICTION BUT MORE WE ARE
LOOKING AT A PUBLIC HEALTH
MODEL AND EVIDENCE BASED
STRATEGIES AND GETTING PEOPLE
INSIDE AND MAKING SURE THAT
CASE MANAGEMENT IS THERE AND
THAT THEY GET WHATEVER MEDICAL
ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED.
SO IN CASE ANYBODY HEARD THAT
AND IS THINKING THAT IS A
COMMITMENT THAT WE ARE ASKING
FOR, THAT IS NOT -- SAFE
INJECTION SITES ARE NOT AT
ISSUE HERE.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1, IT'S THE
ORDINANCE HERE IN FRONT OF US?
>> IT IS NOT THE ORDINANCE.
>> MAY I CLARIFY WHAT THE VOTE
WILL BE ON?
>> THIS WILL BE A VOTE THEN
AMENDING THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT, IT IS ATTACHMENT A
TO THE ORDINANCE AND IF YOU
VOTE YES FOR THIS MOTION, YOU
WILL BE AMENDING THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT TO MATCH IN ITS
ENTIRETY WHAT WAS PASSED BY THE
KING COUNTY COUNCIL YESTERDAY.
AND THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
RAISED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ WOULD NO LONGER --
THOSE CHANGES WOULD NO LONGER
BE REFLECTED IN THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT.
>> SO I'M SORRY I'M CONFUSING
THINGS HERE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO
THE AMENDMENT FIRST AND THEN
THE ATTACHMENT SECOND BUT WE
ARE DOING THE ATTACHMENT --
>> THE MOTION BEFORE US IS TO
SUBSTITUTE ATTACHMENT A.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> BY REMOVING THE AMENDMENTS
THAT CAME OUT OF SELECT
COMMITTEE LAST THURSDAY WHICH
WERE PROPOSED BY MYSELF AND
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> IT IS VERSION 3, ATTACHMENT
A, VERSION THREE ON ATTACHMENT
A. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S IN
FRONT OF THEM HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL DO
WE HAVE WISDOM HERE?
WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT THIS
DOCUMENT.
>> SILENCE IS MY WISDOM.
>> VERY NICE.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND IT'S
BEEN SECONDED AND WE HAVE
DISCUSSED IT THOROUGHLY, SO IN
FRONT OF US NOW IS ATTACHMENT A
VERSION THREE OF THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS
MOTION, SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED.
>> NAY.
>> SO WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE AND --
>> AND ONE -- PREVAILS.
THE ATTACHMENT HAS BEEN
REPLACED.
WHAT IS NOW BEFORE THE COUNCIL
IS AN ORDINANCE AND THE
ATTACHMENT TO THAT ORDINANCE IS
AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT
MATCHES WHAT KING COUNTY
COUNCIL PASSED YESTERDAY.
I BELIEVE THERE IS A FURTHER
AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN
DISCUSSED SO FAR BUT THAT HAS
NOT BEEN MOVED YET.
>> OKAY.
I WILL MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE --
THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
AMENDMENT, I GUESS IT'S
AMENDMENT ONE, IT'S D2 IN FRONT
OF US.
>> CORRECT.
THAT IS CORRECT.
>> CORRECT.
>> CAN I HAVE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT THIS ORDINANCE, AMENDMENT
ONE IDENTIFIED AS D2 BE
ADOPTED.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON THIS AMENDMENT?
>> WOULD YOU LIKE -- WOULD YOU
LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH AND
DESCRIBE SOME OF THE CHANGES TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IF ANYBODY NEEDS ANY FURTHER --
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR
THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THE
CONTEXT.
>> YOU SPOKE TO A SECOND AGO.
>> THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
>> REINFORCING WHAT WE HAVE
GONE THROUGH.
>> AS THE COUNCIL JUST MOVED,
THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT
IS CURRENTLY ATTACHED TO THE
ORDINANCE IS ENTIRELY MATCHES
WHAT WAS PASSED BY THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL YESTERDAY.
A VARIETY OF ISSUES HAD BEEN
RAISED BY THIS COMMITTEE AND
THOSE -- THE AMENDMENT BEFORE
YOU NOW WOULD AMEND THE
ORDINANCE, APPROVE SIGNING OF
THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO
INCLUDE PROVISIONS THAT -- THAT
A MINIMUM OF EIGHT VOTES WOULD
BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO AMEND
OR ADOPT BUDGETS, POLICIES AND
PLANS, ALSO THE INTENTION OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ACCORDING
TO THIS ORDINANCE IS THAT
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES AND
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ARE
ARTICULATED IN ARTICLE 4,
SECTION 3 WOULD
.
>>> HAS.
THESE -- BECAUSE THIS IS A
ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IT'S NOT BINDING TO THE
KING COUNTY COUNCIL
BUT IT DOES SHOW THE INTENT OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THERE IS LANGUAGE SHOWING THE
INTENTION OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE THAT ACTION BY THE
AUTHORITY THAT
REFLECTS THE PRIORITIES AND
VALUES WOULD -- IF
THEY -- AUTHORITY WAS NOT DOING
THAT, THAT WOULD
CALL -- THAT WOULD AFFECT THE
CITY'S DECISION TO
CONTINUE PROVIDING FUNDING TO
THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
ALSO, THERE WAS ONE PROVISION
THAT'S NOT BEEN
DISCUSSED IN WHAT THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD DO,
REQUESTING THAT -- ADDING A
REQUIREMENT THAT THE
TRANSITION PLAN FROM EMPLOYEES
THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
THE -- THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES WOULD PROVIDE A
REPORT FOR COUNCIL
APPROVAL THAT WOULD OUTLINE A
VARIETY OF ASPECTS ON
HOW THEY ARE AFFECTED.
PARALLEL POSITIONS IN THE
AUTHORITY, TRANSITION
PLANS AND SENATE PACKAGES AND
BENEFIT THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES.
THAT PLAN WOULD BE PRESENTED AT
COUNCIL BEFORE THAT
TRANSITION OF EMPLOYEES WOULD
OCCUR.
THOSE ARE ALL THE CHANGES.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
>> THANK YOU.
SO, I WOULD -- WITH REGARD TO
THE ORDINANCE THAT IS
NOW BEFORE US.
I THINK THERE ARE MANY THINGS
IN HERE THAT I
OBVIOUSLY AGREE WITH IN TERMS
OF WANTING TO SEE
ADDRESSED AND REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR EFFORTS TO
MEMORALIZE THOSE IN AN
ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BIND
THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY
OF SEATTLE TO THESE
INTENTIONS.
WHILE -- WHILE IT'S MY
PREFERENCE TO SEE THAT BE A
BILAT ERA L COMMITMENT I
APPRECIATE THE GOAL HERE
WHICH IS TO MAKE REALLY CLEAR
WHAT THIS CITY
COUNCIL'S INTENT AND HOPES WILL
BE.
I'M ALWAYS A FAN OF SHOWING OUR
CARDS AND SHOWING
THEM EARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE MANAGING
EXPECTATIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS
IN AREAS AS IMPORTANT
AS THIS.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE
SPIRIT AND THE INTENT OF
THE ORDINANCE.
I ALSO -- JUST WANT TO NOTE
THAT BASED ON MY READING
AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS
WOULD WORK I THINK THE
BIGGEST SORT OF CARROT STICK
APPROACH HERE IS THAT
IT SETS UP THE POTENTIAL OF AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS
CITY COUNCIL TO WITH HOLD
FUNDING FROM THE
AUTHORITY.
IS THAT ACCURATE
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
AND SO, WE ARE FACED WITH A
SITUATION OF -- IN NEXT
YEAR, EIGHT MONTHS FROM NOW,
NINE MONTHS FROM NOW
BEING PUT IN THE POSITION OF
HAVING THE NEW CITY
COUNCIL HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE TO
DECLINE PARTICIPATING
WITH OUR DOLLARS IN THE
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
AUTHORITY.
IF WE ARE UNSUCCESSFUL IN
EXECUTING UPON THE INTENT
AS DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE.
>> THAT OF COURSE WOULD BE
SUBJECT TO THE COUNCIL
TAKING ACTION INDICATING THEY
DIDN'T FEEL WHAT IS
SAID IN THIS AMENDMENT HAD BEEN
ACHIEVED BUT, YES,
THAT WOULD BE A DECISION THAT
COULD COME TO THE
COUNSEL.
>> I WOULD DESCRIBE THAT AS A
NUCLEAR OPTION OF
THIS CITY COUNCIL SUDDENLY
DECIDING BECAUSE THESE
ISSUES AREN'T RESOLVED THAT WE
ARE GOING TO WITH
HOLD $73 MILLION FROM THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A -- I
DON'T THINK THAT'S A
REALISTIC SITUATION AND I DON'T
THINK IT WOULD COME
TO PASS.
I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR
THAT BECAUSE OF THAT
I -- I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT
WE NEED TO HAVE SOME
LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, COMMITMENT
TO MAKING SURE THAT
THESE ISSUES ARE ACTUALLY GOING
TO BE MEANINGFULLY
ADDRESSED INSTEAD OF JUST
HAVING IT COME FROM US AT
THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M GOING TO -- ULTIMATELY
ABSTAIN ON VOTING ON THIS
ORDINANCE IN THE HOPE THAT
THERE IS STILL A WINDOW
OF OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THAT
WRITTEN ASSURANCE
FROM THE COUNTY AND FROM THE
MAYOR THAT -- WHO ARE
VOTING MEMBERS ON THE GOVERNING
COMMITTEE THAT THERE
WILL BE A -- THAT MEANINGFUL
COMMITMENT IN PLACE TO
SEE THESE INTENTIONS ACROSS THE
FINISH LINE.
I WILL ABSTAIN ON THE ORDINANCE
FOR NOW TO ALLOW IT
TO COME OUT OF COMMITTEE THOUGH
I PROBABLY DON'T
HAVE THE VOTES ANY WAY.
I WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO
RESOLVE THIS IN ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR OTHER
PARTNERS BETWEEN NOW
AND THE TIME WE ARE ASKED TO
TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON
THIS IN FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU FOR
THAT AND I DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR HARD WORK ON
IT AND THE WAY THE
GOVERNING STRUCTURE IS GOING TO
BE SET UP.
WE WILL HAVE THE MAYOR AND TWO
MEMBERS.
I ASSUME THAT YOU WILL BE
WORKING WITH YOUR NEW
COLLEAGUES TO IDENTITY TWO
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WILL
BE VERY ACTIVE IN WORKING ON
THE GOVERNING BOARD AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOW
THAT GOES FORWARD.
ANY FURTHER COMMENT ON THIS
ORDINANCE
>> I HAVE SOME COMMENTS BUT I
WAS PLANNING TO MAKE
THEM AFTER WE VOTE ON -- AND WE
HAVE THE FINAL THING
FOR US BUT I CAN SPEAK NOW.
>> LET'S GO HEAD AND VOTE ON
THIS ORDINANCE THEN
THAT ITS BEEN MOVED SECONDED.
>> ON THE AMENDMENT.
>> JUST ON THE AMENDMENT.
ON THE AMENDMENT.
>> AMENDING THE ORDINANCE TO
ADD THE LANGUAGE.
>> JUST THE AMENDMENT RIGHT
NOW.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT.
SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED
ABSTAIN
ONE ABSTAIN.
ALL RIGHT.
THE AMENDMENT PASSES.
>> PLEASE GO HEAD.
>> NOW WE HAVE AN AMENDED
ORDINANCE BEFORE US WHICH
REFERENCES ATTACHMENT ONE WHICH
IS ALSO AME IN, DED
TO REFLECT THE COUNTY -- WHAT
THE COUNTY PASSED.
INSTEAD OF THE ILA HAVING THE
LANGUAGE THAT THIS
COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY HAD
SUGGESTED WE HAVE UNDONE THAT
AND INSTEAD HAVE LANGUAGE IN
THE ORDINANCE THAT SAYS
WE -- IT'S THE CITY'S INTENT TO
ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT
THE INTENT OF THESE IN THE
FUTURE IN SOME WAY AND IF
I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE
MOPE IS THAT BETWEEN NOW
AND MONDAY WE WILL GET SOME
MORE WRITTEN ASSURANCES.
THOSE ARE NOT THE SAME AS A
BINDING CONTRACT BUT
THAT GIVES US SOME CLARITY THAT
WE THINK WE ARE
WORKING TOWARD THE SAME THING.
>> YEAH.
AND -- YOU KNOW JUST TO BE
CLEAR THERE'S BEEN A LOT
OF POLITICS PLAYED ON THIS
ISSUE ALREADY.
SO, THAT LOWERS MY LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE ABSENT SOME
WRITTEN ASSURANCE THAT THERE IS
A TRUE AND
MEANINGFUL COMMITMENT TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THESE
ISSUES THROUGH OTHER VEHICLES
SUCH AS THE BUY LAWS
OR THE MASTER -- IS IT A MASTER
AGREEMENT
I KEEP GETTING THAT FREEZE RUN
AND THE MASTER
AGREEMENT.
I HAVE HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS.
IF I HAVE HAD A GOOD
CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR ON
HER COMMITMENT BUT, AGAIN, I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO RECEIVE THAT LEVEL OF
ASSURANCE AND
COMMITMENT FROM OUR COUNTY
PARTNERS AS WELL IF THIS
IS TO BE A TRUE PARTNERSHIP.
THOSE COMMITMENTS SHOULD -- I
BELIEVE -- YOU SHALL
COME TO US IN -- AND -- YOU
KNOW I'M LOOKING FOR A
LITTLE BIT MORE ASSURANCE THAN
JUST A HEAD NOD OR A
VERBAL CONVERSATION.
>> I WANT TO JUST THANK
EVERYBODY FOR A LOT OF WORK
THAT'S GONE INTO THIS TO DATE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD
TODAY AND LEADING UP TO TODAY
ABOUT THE
THOUGHTFULNESS ABOUT TRYING TO
GET THE SPECIFICS OF
HOW THESE DECISIONS WILL BE
MADE THAT.
IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
AND, EVEN ONCE WE GET THE
LANGUAGE THAT I THINK
EVERYBODY WANTS SOMEHOW TO
MEMORALIZE THERE IS STILL
A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE BEYOND
THE FEW ITEMS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS TO
ULTIMATELY DELIVER THE
BENEFIT THAT WE ARE ALL HOPING
THIS NEW ENTITY CAN
TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS -- THE
REGION WIDE CRISIS
AROUND HOMESNESS.
I WANT TO SPEAK FOR A SECOND OF
WHAT I HOPE HAPPENS
AND THE ROLE THAT I BELIEVE
THAT THIS COUNCIL NEXT
YEAR WILL PLAY PLAY AND WHAT
COULD HAPPEN.
IF WE GET TO A POINT WITH AN
EXCUTED AGREEMENT,
HOPEFULLY SOMETIME SOON, THAT
ENTITY WILL HAVE THE
BUDGET DOLLARS THAT WE PUT IN
THE BUMP.
NOT THE 73 MILLION BUT I
FORFEIT HOW MUCH WE PUT
INTO HELP THEM START ORGANIZING
DOING THEIR WORK.
WE WILL IN THE MEANTIME THE
CITY WILL CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW OUR BUDGET GUIDANCE THAT
WE PASSED MAKE OUR
INVESTMENTS JUST LIKE WE HAVE
FOR PAST YEARS.
A TRANSITION WILL BE STARTED.
SORRY, A PLAN TO TRANSITION
WILL BE STARTED.
THAT PLAN -- WE ARE STILL
WAITING ON THE PLANS THAT
COME OUT OF THIS ENTITY AND
WHERE THE FUNDING GOES.
WE WILL GET A PROPOSAL BACK TO
THE CITY AT SOME
POINT NEXT YEAR.
HOPEFULLY IN ADVANCE OF THE
BUDGET SAYING I'M
GUESSING FOR 2021 THIS ENTITY
WOULD LIKE THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO FUND IT AT A CERTAIN
LEVEL TO DO A
CERTAIN SET OF THINGS.
I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE
LANGUAGE IN THE ILA,
TALKING ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF
THINGS BUT THE
SPECIFICS AROUND THAT IS WHAT
WE WILL HEAR AND IT'LL
BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
AT THAT POINT THE COUNCIL WILL
DECIDE IF AND HOW
THEY WANT TO FUND THAT.
WE HAVE LAID OUT THE INTENT
HERE AND I THINK THE
IDEA IS IF IT'S CONSISTENT WE
INTEND TO FUND IT BUT
THERE'S -- A BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WHAT'S IN THIS
DOCUMENT AND THE VERY SPECIFIC
SET OF INVESTMENTS
THAT WE WILL BE ASKED TO DO AT
SOME POINT NEXT YEAR.
IF THE COUNCIL DOES NOT FEEL
THAT IT MET THE INTENT
REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE
ON THE GOVERNING BODY
VOTED IN WHAT WAYOR ANOTHER WE
HAVE FULL AUTHORITY
TO VOTE YES OR NO ON A BUDGET
ITEM OR AME IN, D THE
BUDGET ITEM ON HOW MUCH MONEY
HE WILL WILL SEND TO
THIS ENTITY TO RESTRICT HOW THE
DOLLARS CAN BE USED
OR DIRECT THAT THOSE DOLLARS BE
ONLY USED FOR
CERTAIN THING THAT WE WANT TO
SEE DONE.
NONE OF THAT AUTHORITY CHANGES.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR ME EVEN THOUGH I
WON'T BE ON THE COUNCIL AT THAT
MOMENT TO DO IT BUT
TO KNOW THAT THE CITY STILL
RETAINS IT'S FULL
AUTHORITY FOR HOW THOSE THINGS
GET INVESTED.
THE HOPE FOR ME IS THAT BECAUSE
WE ARE DOING REALLY
GOOD REGIONAL WORK BY THE TIME
IT COMES THE WORK
WILL BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THE
PEOPLE AT THE CITY
FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS
AND ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
IT SO WE DON'T EXECUTE WHAT THE
NUCLEAR OPTION AND
SAY WE AREN'T GOING TO FUND
THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN THAT
WOULD BE A -- A GRAVE
FAILURE OF THE WORK OF THAT
BODY.
AGAIN THAT IS -- INDEPENDENT OF
HOW MANY VOTES IT
TAKES OF THE BODY TO APPROVE OR
AMEND THINGS.
THEY STILL HAVE TO DO THE WORK
TO GET THE BUY IN OF
THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE
COUNTY COUNCILMEMBER
WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNDING
THIS.
IF PERHAPS, HOPEFULLY, NEXT
YEAR OR IN THE FUTURE
OTHER CITIES AND OTHER
JURISDICTIONS MAY ALSO BE
CONTRIBUTING FUNDING FOR IT AND
THEY WILL NEED TO
GET THEIR BUY IN AT THEIR LOCAL
BODIES TO MAKE SURE
THEY FUND IT TO.
THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL THAT
WE ARE DOING RIGHT
NOW.
I THINK IT'S A COMMITMENT TO
WORK TOGETHER
REGIONALLY AND I THINK -- I'M
HOPING THAT WE CAN GET
THE LAST LITTLE LANGUAGE
DETAILS WORKED OUT PARTLY
BY MONDAY AND PARTLY IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.
I THINK THAT -- THE -- WE STILL
RETAIN THAT
AUTHORITY IF THINGS DO FALL
APART.
MY HOPE IS WE WORK TOGETHER TO
THAT IS NOT THE
ANSWER.
THAT IS -- I DON'T TALK ABOUT
THIS AS -- SOME SORT
OF THREAT BUT THIS IS A REALITY
WE RETAINED BUT
HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE REGIONAL
COORDINATION SO THAT
WE ARE -- READY TO MAKE A SET
OF ISSUE VESTMENTS AND
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WITH THAT I'M PREPARED TO
SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE AS
AMENDED WITH THE ATTACHMENT AS
AMENDED TODAY AND I
HOPE THAT WE GET THE ASSURANCE
TO THE COUNCILMEMBER
HAS ASKED FOR BY MONDAY THAT
WILL CERTAINLY HOPE ME
FEEL BETTER ABOUT VOTING FOR
THE ORDINANCE ON
MONDAY.
THE FULL COUNCIL.
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENT
>> BRIEF COMMENT.
I CONTINUE TO THINK THAT AS WE
LOOK AT THE BOARD, I
SHOULD HAVE DESCRIBED THEM AS
QUADRANTS.
KING COUNTY, SEATTLE CITY,
SOUND CITY'S ASSOCIATION,
PEOPLE WHO LIVE.
>> THAT WHY YOU AR AN
EXECUTIVE.
>> PEOPLE LIVE THE EXPERIENCE
IN SOUND CITY'S
ASSOCIATION.
BETTER
>> DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO BE
[INAUDIBLE].
>> THEY AREN'T -- WE DON'T
HAVE A PROVEN TRACK
RECORD OF REALLY WORKING ON
THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
I THINK TO THE SATISFACTION
THAT WE WOULD ALL LIKE
TO SEE.
I -- I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN
GOING INTO THIS.
I THINK WE ARE GOING IN WITH AS
I SAT DOWN AT THE
COUNTY SHOWING OUR COMMITMENT
WITH REAL DOLLARS,
REAL -- A SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT.
I ALSO THINK THAT IN -- BASED
ON MY EXPERIENCE IN
TALKING TO A LOT OF MEMBERS
THAT REPRESENT SMALLER
CITIES.
THAT -- THE LEVEL OF MATURITY
OR EXPERIENCE AND THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE ISN'T
QUITE SHARED THERE YET.
I THINK WE HAVE LOOKED AT BEST
PRACTICES, WE HAVE
HIRED MANY CONSULTANTS.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES
AND HOW THEY ARE COPED WITH
THIS AND THAT WE HAVE A
CERTAIN LEVEL OF ALMOST
MATURITY AND EXPERIENCE IN
THIS AREA BECAUSE SEATTLE HAS
BEEN HIT SO HARD BY
HOMELESSNESS.
HOME EXPERIENCE IT.
MY HOPE IN SUPPORTING THIS
LEGISLATION IS THAT WHEN
WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE GEL
TOGETHER THAT WE LEAD BY
SHOWING ALL OF THE KNOWLEDGE
AND ALL OF THE
EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE.
I THINK THAT -- I THINK OURS IS
MORE SIGNIFICANT.
THAT'S WHY I GO INTO THIS WITH
THE BEST OF
INTENTIONS AND THE BEST OF
FAITH.
I ALSO WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAD
SOME EXPERIENCES
RECENTLY, THE LAST COUPLE DAYS
WITH PEOPLE WHO SPEAK
FOR THOSE WHO LIVED EXPERIENCE
HAVING SOME OF THE
SAME CONCERNS ABILITY WHO CAN
ROLL OVER WHO AND HOW
THE POWER DYNAMIC SHIFTS AND IF
THERE ARE TOO MANY
POLITICIANS MAKING DECISIONS.
I SHOULD HAVE DEFENDED THE
POLITICIANS BY THE WAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IN ALL SERIOUSNESS I SORT
OF GET THE -- THE
GROWING PAINS IF YOU WILL WHEN
WE ARE COMING OUT OF
THE GATE.
I WILL SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION.
MONITOR IT.
I'M SURE -- THE COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR WILL BE
CAPABLE OF MONITORING IT BUT
I'M VERY PROUD I THINK
WE HAVE THE -- THE BEGINNING OF
SOMETHING GREAT
HERE.
I WANT TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM
GOING.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE THE VERSION IN FRONT OF
US.
THOSE IN FAVOR RECOMMENDING
PASSAGE OF BILL 11924
VOTE AYE
ANY NAYS
AND ABSTAIN
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
THE MOTION PASSES AND I HAVE A
COUPLE OF THANK YOUS.
TESS, ANTHONY, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR HANGING IN
HERE WITH US.
JEFF AND TRACY AS I SAID
EARLIER YOU HAVE BOTH BEEN
STELLAR AND I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMEMBERS
FROM KING COUNTY THAT HAVE
WORKED ON THIS AND
NEGOTIATED AND REALLY TRIED TO
BRING THIS ACROSS THE
FINISH LINE AND SHANNON AND
APRIL AND DALE.
THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD
AND THEN BEYOND ALL OF
THAT WITH OUR SOUND CITIES.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE
WHO ARE GOING TO BE
HERE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
THE MAYOR ELECT.
AND BILL PELOSI AND NANCY.
WONDERFUL COOPERATION.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE SET
THE FRAMEWORK.
I KNOW THAT JOHN IS SOMEONE
THAT COUNCILMEMBER J.A.
URET HAS -- J.A.
UREZ HAS BEEN CONNECTING WITH.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY BELIEF
THAT ITS BEEN
MASSAGED TO THE POINT WHERE WE
ARE READY TO GO.
WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR THE
RETAIL ACTION PLAN, MARK
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE
HE HAS MADE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE TO BRING NATIONAL
BEST PRACTICES TO US.
WE WILL HAVE THE COMP PLAN.
EFFORTS IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO
THAT IS GOING TO
MAKE US A REGION UPON WHICH WE
CAN BUILD THIS GOOD
WORK.
THANK YOU TO ALL AND THE
MEETING IS ADJOURNED.