ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET
LEGISLATION?
>> I AM NOT SEEING ANY
QUESTIONS, AMY.
AGAIN, LET ME JUST PAUSE REAL
QUICK, FOLKS.
WE GOT THROUGH NINE PAGES OF
THE BUDGET MEMO IN RECORD SPEED
HERE WITHIN 20 MINUTES.
DON'T BE SHY, IF YOU DO HAVE
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET INTO
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION.
ALL RIGHT, AMY.
>> ONE THING THAT'S A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT ABOUT THE HSD
BUDGET IS THAT I THINK THERE
WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT TO
EXPAND FUNDING AT HISD,
COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, WHICH IS GOOD
NEWS, AND I'D SAY THERE AREN'T
QUITE AS MANY CUTS IN THE HISD
BUDGET.
SO THE FINAL SLIDES ARE THE
BUDGET ACTIONS PROPOSED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
FIRST PROPOSAL IS A DUPLICATE
OF AN ACTION THAT WAS DISCUSSED
THIS MORNING, RELATED TO
DIVERSION PROGRAM.
UNLESS THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, I'LL SKIP
TO THE NEXT PROPOSAL.
THE AGE FRIENDLY SEATTLE
PROGRAM, IT IS PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> WONDERFUL.
REMINDER FOR FOLKS, WE DID
DISCUSS THIS IN ITEM NUMBER 1,
SO WE'RE NOT JUST SKIPPING OVER
IT, WE DEFINITELY HAD A ROBUST
DISCUSSION, SO I WANTED FOLKS
TO KNOW IF THEY'RE JUST TUNING
IN THIS AFTERNOON, A GOOD
CONVERSATION AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPOSAL
TO RESTORE FUNDING TO AGE
FRIENDLY SEATTLE, THE AGE
FRIENDLY TEAM WAS FORMED
FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR SENIOR
CITIZENS TO IMPLEMENT THE AGE
FRIENDLY SEATTLE ACTION PLAN.
THIS TEAM HANDLES
IMPLEMENTATION, OVERSIGHT, AND
EVALUATION OF AN ACTION PLAN TO
INCREASE RACIAL EQUITY, REDUCE
DISPLACEMENT, INCREASE SOCIAL
PARTICIPATION, AND RAISE
AWARENESS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT
ACCOMPANY SEATTLE'S AGING
POPULATION.
THE FULL BUDGET FOR THIS
PROGRAMMING IS $540,000.
SO THIS CUT AMOUNTS TO 11% OF
THEIR TOTAL BUDGET.
IF WE VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS
BUDGET ACTION, WE WOULD BE
RESTORING PROGRAMMING THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN POSTPONED,
INCLUDING CREATION OF THE OLDER
ADULT, ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM
IN LAUNCH.
AGE FRIENDLY BUCKET INITIATIVE.
IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE
TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION
FOR VIRTUAL, AND IN-PERSON
VISITS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THEY NOTED HOW MUCH ISOLATION
AND WHAT'S THE RIGHT TERM?
ELDER NEGLECT HAS INCREASED,
ESPECIALLY DURING COVID,
BECAUSE THERE'S FEWER PROGRAMS
THAT ARE GOING IN PERSON.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND
TALKING ABOUT HOW IT IS STILL
AN APPROPRIATE PROGRAM, EVEN IN
THIS SORT OF ONLINE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AGE, AND PERHAPS
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
LET'S GO ONTO NUMBER 3.
>> THE NEXT PROPOSAL WOULD ADD
$100,000 FOR HSD TO CONTRACT
WITH A NATIVE LED ORGANIZATION
TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR
PRESCHOOL, AND THE REMAINDER
WOULD BE USED TO SUPPORT FOSTER
CARE PARENTS.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
WE'RE STILL WORKING TO FIND THE
APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT FOR
THESE FUNDS.
SO THE FINAL PROPOSAL MAY NOT
BE AN HSD, BUT IT IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> EXCELLENT.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT
INTRODUCTION, AMY.
THIS IS REGARDING, AS YOU ALL
KNOW UNITED INDIANS OF ALL
TRIBES.
IT'S A SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER
FOR OUR NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMUNITY CENTER, A CULTURAL
HOME FOR AMERICAN INDIANS SINCE
1970.
IT HAS BEEN UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE CEO DR.
MICHAEL TOOLY OF THE YAKIMA
NATION.
SO THEY CAME TO US, AND WE'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH THE UNITED
AMERICAN INDIANS FOR DECADES.
SOME BASIC FACTS FIRST.
CURRENTLY 71% OF AMERICAN
INDIAN ALASKA INDIANS LIVE IN
URBAN SETTINGS.
HOWEVER, AMERICAN INDIANS AND
ALASKA NATIVES EXPERIENCE
DISPROPORTIONALLY HIGH RATES OF
HEALTH DISEASE, AS WELL AS THE
HIGHEST LEVEL OF POLICE
BRUTALITY.
UNITED INDIANS HAVE ASKED FOR
$100,000 TO SUPPORT THEIR
EFFORTS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING
SERVICES, NOT JUST ONGOING
SERVICES, BUT SERVICES DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
70,000 WOULD GO IT TO
SUPPORTING THE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM.
DURING THIS PANDEMIC,
STRUGGLING WITH REMOTE LEARNING
FOR FAMILIES WITH STUDENTS.
CURRENT STATE SUBSIDIES DON'T
ADEQUATELY FUND PROGRAM NEEDED,
AMEND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF UNITED UNION.
DAYBREAK STAR PRESCHOOL IS THE
ONLY INDIGENOUS SERVING PROGRAM
IN SEATTLE.
IT PROVIDES CULTURALLY
APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES.
FAMILIES DEPEND ON UNITEDDED
INDIANS AS THEY BECOME
KINDERGARTEN READY.
UNSURPRISINGLY, THESE SAME
FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD THE
PRICE OF CHILDCARE.
REMOTE LEARNING SPACE FOR
CHILDREN WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR
OUTDOOR PLAY WHILE FAMILIES ARE
AT WORK.
THEY HAVE DESIGNATED THIS
ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM FOR
CHILDCARE FOCUSED ON CHILDREN
AGED 5 TO 7. THE REMAINING
REQUEST FOR 33,000 WOULD GO
TOWARDS THEIR INDIAN CHILD
WELFARE PROGRAM, COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS ICWA.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES
TO BECOME LICENSED AND TO
SUPPORT THE CHILD, OR CHILDREN
PLACED WITH THEM.
AS I'VE SHARED BEFORE TO THIS
COMMITTEE, NATIVE AMERICAN
CHILDREN HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES
OF BEING PUT INTO CHILDCARE AND
ADOPTION.
THESE EFFORTS ARE INTENDED TO
RECRUIT ADDITIONAL FOSTER
HOMES, SO WE CAN PLACE NATIVE
CHILDREN IN NATIVE HOMES AND
ENSURE THAT OUR HOMES REMAIN
LICENSED.
IT STARTS WITH FAMILIES AND
LICENSES DUE TO A HIGH BURDEN
OF PAPERWORK AND TRAINING.
DURING THIS TIME OF CRISIS,
WE'RE HOPING TO PROVIDE ACCESS
TO A CHILD'S CULTURAL, AND
TRIBAL IDENTITY, SO
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING WOULD HELP
US RECRUIT, AND REACH MORE
CHILDREN AND CONNECT THEM TO
THEIR HERITAGE.
I SHOULD ADD THAT OUR NEW,
FIRST EVER NATIVE AMERICAN
WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE RAQUELL LEWIS PENNED
EVER OPINIONS FOR THE INDIAN ED
WELFARE ACT, AND I WOULD
ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO TAKE
A LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE OF THE
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND THE
ANALYSIS OF WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO HAVE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF
POWER AND AUTHORITY THAT LOOK
LIKE US, LIVE LIKE US, AND HAVE
THE SAME LIFE EXPERIENCE, CAN
LOOK AT ANGLO LAW, AND LOOK AT
POLICIES THEY'RE AFFECTING, IE
NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS
ITEM?
LOW DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT HUGE
IMPACT.
THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING IT FOR
US, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> YES.
IS THERE A QUESTION?
>> COMMENT.
>> HELLO COUNCILMEMBER
PRESIDENT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY, I'M NOT USING VIDEO
TODAY.
AMY, YOU MENTIONED AS PART OF
YOUR INTRODUCTION OF ITEM
NUMBER 3 THAT SOME OF THESE
ITEMS MAY END UP NOT BEING N HD
AT THE END OF THE DAY.
I THINK WITH REGARD TO THE
DAYBREAK STAR PRESCHOOL
PROGRAMMING, I JUST WANT TO SAY
FIRST OFF THAT I OBVIOUSLY
SUPPORT CONTINUING TO SUPPORT
THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, I
WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WE'VE GOT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
RUNNING THROUGH THE ORDINARY
PROCESSES OVER AT DEAL AS IT
RELATES TO OUR FEC LEVEL
FUNDING.
THAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE THE MOST
POTENTIAL VIABLE REVENUE SOURCE
FOR THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
GO ON RECORD SAYING I HOPE WE
ARE CONNECTING WITH THE D.O.
ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL,
AND GETTING THEIR ANALYSIS ON
HOW THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
DAYBREAK WILL MEET THE
STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF
FUNDING FOR THE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR.
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR
HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
WE RECEIVED THAT EXACT FEEDBACK
FROM HSD THIS MORNING.
AND SO THAT IS THE NEXT STEP IS
REACHING OUT TO DEAL ABOUT
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
YEAH.
THAT IS VERY HELPFUL REMINDER,
SIMILAR TO OUR CONVERSATION
YESTERDAY ABOUT SPECIFIC
PROJECTS FOR SDOT, FOR EXAMPLE,
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S RUN
THROUGH THE PRIORITIZATION REC
FUND.
>> I WOULD ALSO JUST REALLY
QUICKLY, BECAUSE NUMBER 4, I
THINK HAS A SIMILAR ISSUE, IN
TERMS OF IT BEING UNDER HSD,
THE FEP LEVEE DID HAVE SOME
PORTIONS OF IT, AS AUTHORIZED
BY THE VOTERS OF SEATTLE TO
ALLOW FOR A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF
FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR CAPITAL
PROJECTS RELATED TO CHILDCARE
CENTERS.
SO I JUST WANT TO ALSO
HIGHLIGHT THAT I THINK THIS ONE
IS ADDITIONALLY POTENTIALLY
MISCATEGORIZED.
AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE
THAT COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF IS
GOING TO CONNECT WITH D.O.
ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 4 AS WELL.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
SO NUMBER 4, DO NUMBER 4, AMY.
>> THE FOURTH PROPOSAL WOULD
ADD $1.5 MILLION IN ONE TIME
FUNDING FOR A CHILD HEALTHCARE
CENTER, LED BY A COMMUNITY LED
ORGANIZATION, PROVIDING
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICES
FOR THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY.
I WOULD NOTE THAT WE'LL
ABSOLUTELY REACH OUT TO DEAL
ABOUT IF THERE ARE APPROPRIATE
FUNDS FOR THIS DEAL.
THERE IS ALSO 3.9 MILLION IN
THE HSD BUDGET FOR CHILDCARE
FUNDING THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH
THE INCENTIVE ZONING BONUS
PROGRAM.
SO THOSE ARE TWO OPTIONS THAT
WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
THE SPONSOR WHO IS
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
SO YEAH, THIS IS I'M SURE WE
ALL KNOW, THE FILIPINO
COMMUNITY CENTER IS IN THE
MIDST OF ANOTHER PROJECT THAT
WILL PROVIDE 96 UNITS OF SENIOR
HOUSING AS WELL AS AN
INNOVATION LEARNING CENTER FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE.
THIS REQUEST WOULD BE TO HELP
FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
CHILDCARE CENTER ON A
NEIGHBORING PARCEL.
SO JUST TO COUNCILMEMBER
PRESIDENT GONZALES' POINT, WE
ARE WORKING WITH THE FILIPINO
COMMUNITY CENTER TO IDENTIFY
WHAT THE RIGHT SOURCES OF
FUNDING MIGHT BE AT THE CITY
LEVEL, AND THEN ALSO WORKING
WITH THEM AT THE STATE LEVEL TO
SEE IF WE CAN HELP ADVOCATE FOR
SOME STATE LEVEL CAPITAL TO
FINISH THIS PROJECT UP.
WELL, TO BEGIN THE PROJECT, AND
MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE IT COME
TO FRUITION, SO THAT THEY CAN
PROVIDE SOME REALLY DESPERATELY
NEEDED CHILDCARE SERVICES IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THIS,
GIVEN THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION
THAT'S HAPPENING.
THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR CAPITAL
PROJECTS, CORRECT?
>> GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> YEAH, IT IS.
SO THEY HAVE A PARCEL.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PARCELS IN
THE AREA AROUND THE EXISTING
FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER.
THEY HAVE BEGUN CONSTRUCTION ON
ONE PIECE THAT THEY ALREADY
OWNED.
AND ARE LOOKING AT A
NEIGHBORING PARCEL THAT IS FOR
SALE, AND THE OWNER HAS
INDICATED THAT THEY WANT TO
SELL IT TO THE FILIPINO
COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE
PURPOSE OF THIS CHILDCARE
FACILITY, SO THEY ARE BEGINNING
THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO
ACQUIRE IT.
>> GREAT, AND WE HAD CHAT VERY
BRIEFLY ABOUT IDENTIFYING WHAT
POTENTIAL STATE RESOURCES WOULD
BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS.
WE HAVE THAT BIGGER PICTURE AS
WELL.
GREAT.
OKAY, NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
ON THIS ITEM.
LET'S GO TO NUMBER 5.
>> OKAY THE FIFTH PROPOSAL
WOULD TRANSFER $1.4 MILLION
FROM FINANCE GENERAL, TO HISD
TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE
SEATTLE KING COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH TO CONTRACT WITH
NONPROFIT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE
COMMUNITY SUPERVISED
CONSUMPTIONS.
THIS $1.4 MILLION IN FUNDING
WAS ORIGINALLY APPROPRIATED IN
THE YEARS 2018 AND 2019, BUT
HAS NOT YET BEEN SPENT.
THE PROPOSAL IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THIS?
OKAY, WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS
IF COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD --
>> SORRY.
HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY MUTE
BUTTONS HERE.
AMY COVERED IT WELL.
THE COUNCIL'S LONG SUPPORTED AN
PROPOSE RATED FUND FOR A CHILD,
THESE ARE LOCATIONS WHERE
NARCOTICS CAN BE CONSUMED UNDER
SUPERVISION WITH ACCESS TO KEY
HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
FROM THE 2018 BUDGET, THE
COUNCIL APPROVED $1.3 MILLION.
THE CHILD HAS ADDED AN
ADDITIONAL $100,000 LAST YEAR,
BOTH OF WHICH CARRIED FORWARD
TO 2020.
EARLIER THIS SUMMER AS PART OF
THE 2020 REBALANCING PACKAGE,
WE TOOK A UNANIMOUS ACTION TO
RESTORE THE ADDITIONAL 100,000,
WHICH HAD BEEN INADVERTENTLY
ADMITTED.
THERE IS A NEW APPROACH FROM
THE APPROACH THAT THE COUNCIL
WAS CONSIDERING IN THE PAST, AS
IT RESULTS.
THE ACLU WASHINGTON HAVE A
CHILD PROPOSAL THAT DOES NOT
RELY ON ESTABLISHING A SPECIFIC
NEW LOCATION, SO IT'S NOT A
BRICKS AND MORTAR PROPOSAL
ANYMORE, PROVIDE SUPERVISED
CONSUMPTION SERVICES.
INSTEAD, IT PROVIDES SERVICES
IN LOCATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY
SERVING THESE FOLKS, AND WE HAD
A BRIEFING IN MY SEPTEMBER
22nd SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE ON THIS NEW APPROACH.
SO I'M HOPING WE CAN TAKE
ACTION TO CARRY FORWARD THESE
FUNDS, AS PART OF THE QUARTER
FOR SUPPLEMENTAL, AND THIS
ACTION WOULD TRANSFER THOSE
CARRIED FORWARD FUNDS IN 2021
TO HSD AND EXPRESS THE
COUNCIL'S INTENT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO
FUND THIS SERVICE IN 2021.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING THAT
WE HAVE SET ASIDE NOW HOW MANY
YEARS IN A ROW?
THREE YEARS IN A ROW FOR THIS
EFFORT AT LEAST IS GOING TO
WHERE WE KNOW THE PUBLIC HEALTH
ADVOCATES AND HARM REDUCTION
FOLKS WANT TO SEE THESE DOLLARS
BEING USED.
>> JUST ONE OTHER POINT THAT I
SHOULD MAKE IS THAT AT MY
COMMITTEE BRIEFING, WE ACTUALLY
DID HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH
REPRESENTED AT THE TABLE, AND
THEY ARE ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS NEW APPROACH.
IT ALIGNS WITH THE ORIGINAL
RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> GREAT.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INCLUDING
THIS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD, AMY.
>> THE SIXTH PROPOSAL WOULD
RESTORE FUNDING TO A TOTAL OF
$85,000 FOR HISD TO CONTRACT
WITH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
TO PROVIDE STATEWIDE LOBBYING,
AND ADVOCACY TO RESTORE
CONTRACT FUNDING TO 2020
BUDGETED LEVELS.
IT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, AMY.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONGOING
CONTRACT THAT HAS MADE A HUGE
IMPACT FOR SEATTLE, AND FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS THROUGH THE WORK
THAT'S BEEN DONE ON OUR BEHALF
AT THE STATE LEVEL.
JUST IN THE PAST THREE YEARS,
THE FUNDING FOR THIS ADVOCATE
HAS INCREASED TANIF FUNDING AT
9.3%.
EXTENDS THE FUNDING TO FAMILIES
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S REMOVED THE SHELTER
PENALTY IN PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT
LOWERED GRANTS TO FAMILIES THAT
HAD ACCESS TO NO COST SHELTER.
IT HAS REFORMED THE STATE'S
LEGAL FINANCIAL OBLIGATION
SYSTEM THAT REDUCES INTEREST.
TO REDUCE INTEREST ON CRIMINAL
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, AND HELPED
PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE
REENTER THEIR COMMUNITIES.
I COULD GO ON.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS, SO
MANY WAYS IN WHICH OUR
COMMUNITY HAS BENEFITED FROM
THIS.
I THINK IT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL USE OF
A FAIRLY SMALL AMOUNT OF
RESOURCES THAT IS HAVING
TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS, AND I, MY COLLEAGUES
WILL AGREE.
>> COMMENTS COLLEAGUES?
>> OKAY COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
I'M NOT SEEING ANY AT THIS
TIME.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
>> THE FINAL PROPOSAL WAS
ACCIDENTALLY OMITTED.
WE WILL UPDATE THE RECORD TO
REFLECT THIS PROPOSAL, WHICH
WOULD ALLOW HISD TO EXTEND ITS
CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH
AS THE ASIAN REFERRAL SERVICES
FROM 2020 INTO 2021.
IN 2020, HISD PROVIDED ABOUT
$126,000 TO ACRS TO SUPPORT
PROGRAMMING WITH SENIOR
PROGRAMMING.
DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING, MANY
OF THOSE FUNDS COULD NOT BE
USED.
SO THIS BUDGET ACTION WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE HUMAN RESOURCES
DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW HRS TO USE
2020 FUNDS IN 2021, IT IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> AS AMY SAID THIS WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO EXTEND ITS
CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH
AS ACLS, FOR CONGREGATE MEALS
AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FROM
2020 INTO 2021.
ACRS ACTS AS A FISCAL SPONSOR
FOR NINE SENIOR PROGRAMS, THE
VIETNAMESE SENIOR SOCIAL, LAOS
SENIOR ASSOCIATION.
KOREAN SENIOR CLUB.
TEMPO, AND CLUB BAMBOO.
IN2020, HISD PROVIDED SOME
$126,000 TO SUPPORT CONGREGATE
MEALS AND CERTAIN CULTURAL
ACTIVITIES FOR THE SENIOR
SERVICE SERVED BY THESE
PROGRAMS.
BUT THOSE FUNDS COULD NOT BE
USED SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE FUNDS CAN BE CARRIED
OVER TO 2021 USE.
I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING
EVENTS ORGANIZED BY THE
VIETNAMESE SENIOR ASSOCIATION
MULTIPLE TIMES, WHICH IS ONE OF
THE NINE SENIOR ORGANIZATIONS
FUNDED BY ACLS AND IT'S OBVIOUS
IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
SERVICE FOR SENIORS TO PREVENT
DEPRESSION, PROMOTE EMOTIONAL
WELLNESS, AND STAY CONNECTED TO
THEIR COMMUNITIES, IN ADDITION
TO FUNDING VITAL NEEDS LIKE
ACCESS TO MEALS, AND ALSO
TRANSIT.
SO THEY'RE ANXIOUSLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO RESTART CONGREGATE
MEALS AND ACTIVITIES ONCE IT'S
SAFE TO DO SO, AND THEY'RE
HOPING AT SOME POINT NEXT YEAR
THAT WILL BECOME POSSIBLE.
SO THIS BUDGET WOULD AUTHORIZE
THE DEPARTMENT TO USE 2020
FUNDS IN 2021.
>> OKAY, THIS IS A REMINDER,
THIS MORNING, I MENTIONED THERE
WAS A ITEM THAT WAS
INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF OF OUR
MEMO, AND SLIDES.
SO THIS IS THAT ITEM.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
REVIEW IT, LET US KNOW RIGHT
NOW.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU'D LIKE TO RAISE.
QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER IS A SAWANT
HAVING WORKED IN THE SENIOR
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHERE I RAN
MANY OF THE INFORMATION
ASSISTANCE MEAL PROGRAMS AT
VARIOUS SENIOR CENTERS, I KNOW
THAT THIS IS, IT SOUNDS SIMILAR
TO THE PROGRAMS THAT THE AAA
RUNS, AREA AGENCY ON AGING.
HOW IS THIS TIED IN WITH THAT
BIGGER PROGRAM?
>> NO DOUBT THAT THEY ARE TIED
IN, IN THE SENSE THAT THEY
PROVIDE SOME SERVICES, BECAUSE
THESE ARE AGE APPROPRIATE
SERVICES.
I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICS.
I'M HAPPY TO LOOK INTO IT.
ONE THING I WILL SAY, JUST FROM
HAVING OBSERVED, ESPECIALLY THE
VIETNAMESE ORGANIZING FROM UP
CLOSE, IS THAT THESE ARE VERY A
PART OF WHAT THEY OFFER, WHICH
REALLY HELP THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS IS THAT THEY ARE VERY
ETHNICALLY APPROPRIATE, AND
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
SERVICES.
THAT'S WHY HIRS WORKS WITH MANY
OF THESE SPECIFIC COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THEY ALL
TOGETHER BENEFIT ONE ANOTHER.
>> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD AMY.
>> I'LL JUST MENTION THAT HSD
ACTS AS THE AREA AGE AGENCY ON
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
FOR KING COUNTY.
SO WHEN THESE ARE FUNDED
THROUGH HSD, IT IS THROUGH THAT
ENTITY, AND WE SERVE IN THAT
CAPACITY, OR HSD SERVES IN THAT
CAPACITY FOR THE ENTIRETY OF
KING COUNTY, WHICH IS WHY YOU
RECEIVE PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE CANTANESE GROUP.
SO SOMETIMES THE FUNDING
THROUGH THERE GOES COUNTY WIDE
AS WELL.
>> GREAT, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND
A LITTLE BIT MORE LOGISTICALLY
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS THAT THE
DOLLARS WERE NOT USED IN 2026.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THOSE
DOLLARS WERE CARRY FORWARD, IN
A CARRY FORWARD ORDINANCE, OR
WERE THEY JUST USED FOR
SOMETHING ELSE IN THE 2021
PROPOSED BUDGET?
>> I NEED TO CONFIRM EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED IN 2020.
BUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM
COUNCILMEMBER IS A WANT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IS THAT
THOSE FUNDS WERE NOT ABLE TO BE
USED IN 2020.
I NEED TO WORK OUT WHAT THE
MECHANISM IS TO MAKE SURE THOSE
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN 2021,
AND I DON'T KNOW YET IF THAT
HAS CARRIED FORWARD, OR IN
ADDITION TO 2021.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL MY
SUPPORT FOR THIS BUDGET ACTION.
>> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU, AMY FOR PROVIDING
THE CLARIFICATION, AND THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
YOUR SUPPORT.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT WE KNOW
IS THAT THE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN
USED YET, BUT I WOULD REALLY
APPRECIATE AMY WORKING WITH MY
OFFICE, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH
MY OFFICE ON THAT.
AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT ACRS
DID ASK HSD IF THEY COULD DO A
CARRY FORWARD OF THESE FUNDS
WHICH WERE NOT USED.
BUT THE DEPARTMENT HAVE
DECLINED TO DO THAT, AND SO
THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THIS
DOCUMENT FORWARD.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
AND THANKS TO CENTRAL STAFF FOR
WORKING IN THIS SLIDE HERE
TODAY.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK THAT THAT BRINGS US TO
THE END OF OUR HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW.
AGAIN, I'M NOT SEEING ANY
QUESTIONS.
THANKS, AMY, FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION ALONG
WITH JEFF AND ALY.
WE DO APPRECIATE THE FULL MEMO
AND IF FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BASE
PROPOSAL, AS TRANSMITTED BY THE
MAYOR, PLEASE DO MAKE SURE TO
REACH OUT AND ASK US QUESTIONS.
AND YOU'RE FREE TO ASK THEM NOW
TOO.
OKAY, NOT SEEING ANY HANDS GO
UP.
JEFF, AMY, THANKS SO MUCH, AND
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ONTO ITEM
NUMBER 3.
>> HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> OKAY, WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M JUST GOING TO TURN IT OVER
TO JEFF HERE.
I SEE YOU OFF OF MUTE.
I CAN'T FIND MY SCRIPT RIGHT
AWAY.
MAYBE YOU CAN LET US KNOW WHO
ALL IS INVOLVED IN THIS
PRESENTATION TODAY.
I SEE BRIAN GOODKNIGHT'S NAME.
>> JEFF SIMS, COUNSEL STRAFF,
AND I'LL BE JOINED BY BRIAN
GOODKNIGHT TO DISCUSS SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
I THINK IT WILL MOST BE BE JUST
THE TWO OF US THOUGH.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER CENTRAL
STAFFERS READY TO CHIME IN IF
NECESSARY.
TO BEGIN WITH, THERE IS ABOUT
A$42 MILLION INCREASE IN
HOMELESS SERVICES THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
THAT'S COVERING EVERY AREA OF
IT, NOT JUST THE HISD.
I WILL FOCUS IN FIRST ON HSD,
BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE
EVERY SINGLE CITY DEPARTMENT
ALL AT ONCE.
SO AS YOU LOOK THROUGH HERE,
THERE'S A NUMBER OF PLACES THAT
YOU SEE THERE ARE SOME
REDUCTIONS.
THE PRIMARY ONE THAT I WANT TO
FOCUS ON, WHERE YOU LOOK AT
LINE G, OUTREACH, THAT IS
PRIMARILY, I TALKED TO HSD
ABOUT THIS.
IT IS PRIMARILY THE SHIFTING OF
BUDGET ITEMS, NOT ACTUALLY A
REDUCTION TO OUTREACH
CONTRACTS.
SO IF YOU TAKE WHAT WAS
PROVIDED IN 2020, THE MAJORITY
OF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE GETTING
THEIR CONTRACT INFLATION.
THE INCREASES THAT ARE PROVIDED
BY THE COUNCIL AS A RESULT OF
THIS SUMMER'S BUDGET ACTIONS
ARE NOT MAINTAINED.
BUT YOU DON'T SEE THOSE EITHER
IN THE 2020 ADOPTED.
IT'S JUST A RESHUFFLING OF
THINGS, AS HSD GETS READY TO
TRANSFER CONTRACTS TO THE
ORIGINAL AUTHORITY ON
HOMELESSNESS, AND THAT CAUSES A
FEW PLACES WHERE YOU WILL SEE
SOME BUDGET.
IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THE NATURE OF THE
DEPARTMENTS IN HSD IS ROLLED
INTO ONE LINE HERE.
THE PRIMARY THING IS WHERE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, THERE
IS A CONTRACT THAT HAS
SUPPORTED THE NAVIGATION TEAM,
AND THAT HAS MOVED TO SEATTLE
PRIMARY UTILITIES.
OTHERWISE, YOU SEE AN OVERALL
INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS
SPENDING ACROSS ALL CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
AS YOU'LL SEE IN JUST A MOMENT
ON THE UPCOMING SLIDES, THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THAT IS ONE
TIME FUNDING RELATED TO COVID
RESPONSE, TO EXPAND SERVICES
FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE
UNSHELTERED.
WITH THAT, THE NEXT ITEM
PLEASE.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN THEN OF THE
PRIMARY CHANGES THAT ARE GOING
ON IN HSD.
AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT
OF SHUFFLING OF BUDGET
PROGRAMS, AS WE REALLY GET
READY FOR THE ACCOUNTING PIECES
THAT NEED TO MAKE THE ARM
AUTHORITY POSSIBLE.
BUT THE EXECUTIVE PRESENTATIONS
TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THESE.
THE FIRST IS UTILIZING ONE TIME
FEDERAL FUNDING, ESG FUNDING
THIS THIS CASE, TO REQUIRE
AGAINST HOTEL ROOMS, AND
PROVIDE THE SUPPORT OF SERVICES
THAT WOULD GO WITH THEM.
THE SECOND IS SIMILAR, IT'S
ALSO ESG FUNDING, AND SO IT'S
ONE TIME FUNDS AGAIN.
AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S ALMOST
$9 MILLION FOR AN INCREASE OF
RAPID REHOUSING.
THAT'S ASSUMING ABOUT 10 MONTHS
OF SERVICES FOR THE PEOPLE THAT
WOULD BE SERVED.
THE WRONG LINE THERE.
THAT'S ASSUMING ABOUT 230
HOUSEHOLDS WOULD BE SERVED BY
RAPID HOUSING ASSIST ANCE.
TO QUICKLY REENTER INTO
HOUSING, AND BECOME SELF-
SUFFICIENT.
THE NEXT LINE IS MAINTAINING,
OR EXPANDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.
$8MILLION FOR THAT.
AGAIN, ONE TIME ESG FUNDING FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
AFTER THAT YOU'LL SEE THE LINE
LABELED COVID MOD PHYSICIANS,
OF SHELTERS IS ALMOST $6
MILLION.
THIS IS A TRICKY ONE TO FOLLOW.
IF YOU'VE BEEN REALLY IN THE
WEEDS.
YOU WILL RECALL OVER LAST YEAR
IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC, THERE WAS ABOUT 5.8,
$5.7 MILLION THAT WAS SPENT TO
OPEN UP SHELTERS AND ALLOW SOME
OF OUR CONGREGATE SHELTERS TO
MOVE INTO OTHER LOCATIONS, BUT
STILL ALL CONGREGATE
FACILITIES, BUT THEY'RE SPACED
OUT MORE.
THIS IS LIKELE MILLER COMMUNITY
NORTHWEST.
THAT MONEY, AS WE GO FORWARD AT
THE INTENSIFICATION, WE'RE
GOING TO SLOWLY SEE THEM MOVING
BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL
SHELTERS.
THE REASON THAT MONEY WAS
POSSIBLE IS IN ADDITION, THERE
WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
DISTRIBUTED AS A FUNDING
ANNOUNCEMENT TO CONTINUE THEIR
OPERATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE
PANDEMIC, BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT
THE PROGRAM ATTIC CHANGES, THAT
SO THE OF THESE PROVIDERS HAD
TO DO, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE THEIR NORMAL NUMBER OF
CLIENTS PRESENT IN THOSE
SHELTERS MORE SAFELY, GIVEN
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE
PANDEMIC.
SO THIS$5.8 MILLION IS REALLY A
MERGER OF THOSE AMOUNTS TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH PROVIDING SERVICES
WITH THOSE MODIFICATIONS, AND
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT SOME OF
THOSE EMERGENCY COSTS IT HAD TO
HAVE.
THAT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED, SO
I'LL PAUSE AND SEE IF WE'VE GOT
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR.
>> NOT SEEING ANY ANDS UP AT
THIS MOMENT, JEFF.
>> THE NEW ENHANCED SHELTER IS
ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE WE ARE
SEEING HSD RECEIVED INCREASE
ONION GOING FUNDING.
THIS WOULD BE FUNDING FOR A NEW
ENHANCED SHELTER.
OTHERS ESTIMATE IT WOULD BE 125
UNITS POTENTIALLY, BUT THAT
COULD VARY, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU
COME DOWN TO THE FACILITIES AND
OPERATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEN YOU'LL SEE CONTINUING ONE
TIME FUNDING CHANGES, AND
ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT
LAST LINE, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A
LARGE REDUCTION, THERE ARE SOME
BUDGETARY CHANGES THERE.
THINGS THAT WERE ADDED OVER THE
LAST TWO YEARS, EITHER BY THE
COUNSELOR, OR THE MAYOR THAT
MAY HAVE JUST BEEN GIVEN AS A
PILOT PROGRAM, OR AS A ONE TIME
FUNDING ALLOTMENT TO TEST A
MODEL OR SERVICE TYPE ON $1.1
MILLION IS BEING SPENT TO
MAINTAIN A LOT OF THOSE.
SOME GOOD EXAMPLES OF THAT, THE
OUTREACH, THE MENTAL HEALTH
OUTWORKERS, I BELIEVE THEY'RE
OPERATING IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE BIA'S, WHICH IS SOMETHING
THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED OVER 9
YEARS.
THAT'S BEING PROVIDED IN ONE
TIME FUNDING, AND A LOT OF
OTHER ADDITIONS THAT THE
COUNCIL MAYBE LAST YEAR AS
WELL.
THE PRIMARY ITEM THAT THERE WAS
ONE OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTED BEING
MOVE THE INTO THE URBAN LEAGUE
CONTRACT, AND THAT AS HSD
PRESENTED LAST WEEK WAS
ACTUALLY, THE URBAN LEAGUE'S
AGENT FOR THAT CONTRACT, THAT
CONTRACT IS SET UP IN A WAY IT
FORWARD. TO OBSERVE THOSE GOING
LAST IS A DIVERSION INCREASE OF
THE HOMELESS SYSTEM DIVERSION,
THIS AS THE ONES I STARTED WITH
IS ONE TIME FUNDING THROUGH ASG
ALLOWING US TO SERVE MISTAKENLY
230 FAMILIES.
IT SHOULD BE 130 FAMILIES IN
OUR MEMO THAT ARE CURRENTLY
SPECIOUSING HOMELESS, SO
HOPEFULLY HELPING THEM TO AVOID
A LONG TERM STENT IN
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
>> I'M SORRY, DID I INTERRUPT
YOU ON THIS SLIDE?
I BELIEVE, I JUST WANT TO CHECK
TO SEE IF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
HAD A QUESTION?
ALY, DID YOU HAVE A PIECE FOR
LARIFICATION AS WELL?
OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD GO
AHEAD.
>> I'M SORRY, COULD WE GO BACK
TO SLIDE ONE?
THERE WE GO.
AS IT RELATES TO OUTREACH.
I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY IT SHOWS
14.3% REDUCTION.
YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED
THIS, BUT GIVEN THAT THE
COUNCIL ALLOCATED $1.4 MILLION
ADDITIONALLY FOR OUTREACH, AS
PART OF A NAVIGATION TEAM
CHANGES, MAYBE THAT JUST WASN'T
CAPTURED BECAUSE OF THE
LATENESS OF THAT ACTION AS
COMPARED TO WHEN THIS BUDGET
WAS RELEASED, BUT JUST NOT
UNDERSTANDING THAT LINE THERE.
>> SURE, SO THE FIRST COLUMN
2020 ADOPTED WOULD ACTUALLY
PROCEED THE ACTION THAT THE
COUNCIL TOOK OVER THE SUMMER.
SO NONE OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS
THAT THE COUNCIL PROVIDED IS
ACTUALLY REFLECTED IN THAT
$10.9 MILLION AS THE 2020
AMOUNT.
INSTEAD THAT WOULD BE IF I HAD
ANOTHER COLUMN THAT SHOWED THE
2020 SUPPLEMENTAL, FOR EXAMPLE,
THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THAT.
>> SUPER, THANK YOU.
>> DID THAT ANSWER THE
QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
BRIAN THEN, HE'S GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS.
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, OR
SPU, THEY'RE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET INCLUDES PRESIDENT $9.6
MILLION OF A APPROPRIATIONS FOR
PROGRAMS THAT ARE RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS.
A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE
2020 BUDGET.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MEMO,
IT'S ON PAGE 4. THE INCREASE IS
PRIMARILY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE
NEW PUBLIC HYGIENE PROGRAM, AND
TO THE TRANSFER OF A CLEANUP
PROJECT.
SO THE PUBLIC HYGIENE PROGRAM
BEGAN EARLIER THIS YEAR, IN
RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY.
AS YOU HEARD PREVIOUSLY, IT
PROVIDES HYGIENE STATIONS,
WHICH ARE THE PORTABLE TOILETS,
AND SHOWER TRAILERS FOR
UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS.
SPU CURRENTLY HAS 15 HYGIENE
STATIONS.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD
APPROPRIATE APPROXIMATELY $6.3
MILLION TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM
WITH A SIMILAR LEVEL OF SERVICE
IN 2021.
THE OTHER ITEM THAT ACCOUNTS
FOR A LARGE PIECE OF THE
INCREASE IS THE TRANSFER OF THE
$1.3 MILLION CONTRACT FROM FAS.
THE PROJECT PROVIDES FOR
ENCAMPMENT TRASH COLLECTION IN
AREAS THAT PRESENT SAFETY
CHALLENGES FOR STAFF, OR
REQUIRED SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT.
THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER
THAT CONTRACT ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO CHANGE IN 2021, RELATIVE
TO2020.
THERE ARE FOUR OTHER PROGRAMS
THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE TABLE.
THE 'EM EMCAMPMENT TRASH.
THEY DO RECEIVE RELATIVELY
SMALL INFLATIONARY TYPE
INCREASES.
THE ONE NOTE ABOUT THAT, OF THE
PROGRAMS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE
RV REMEDIATION PROGRAM ACTUALLY
SHOES THE LARGEST INCREASE AT
$80,000, BUT $57,000 IS FUNDING
THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN
SDOT'S BUDGET, AND DOESN'T
INCLUDE A TRUE INCREASE OF
COST.
THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED BY
SDOT TO PAY FOR ITS CONTINUED
PRESENTATION IN THE PROGRAM.
I SEE A QUESTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
GLASS IT RELATES TO THE 2020
ADOPTED, I HAVE THE FEELING
THAT THERE'S A ZERO IN THE
PUBLIC HYGIENE COLUMN AND THAT
MIGHT BE TRUE AS IT RELATES TO
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I CAN'T
REMEMBER WHERE WE PUT THE
MONEY, BUT WE ACTUALLY STARTED
THE FUNDING FOR THE HYGIENE
TRAILERS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC,
RIGHT?
WE INCLUDED FUNDING FOR THEM
LAST YEAR.
AND I'M NOT REMEMBERING WHAT
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE $1.4
MILLION.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SHOULD
BE REFLECTED.
THE OTHER PIECE OF PUBLIC
HYGIENE THAT WAS STARTED LAST
YEAR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, IN
RESPONSE TO CITY AUDITOR
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE
COUNCIL HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
SEEING BEFORE THE ADULT WAS
RELEASED IN FEBRUARY, RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO SVU'S RV PUMP
OUT PROGRAM.
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES HAS
DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF
PILOTING THIS PROGRAM, WHERE
THEY ACTUALLY TAKE A PUMP OUT
TRUCK TO RV LOCATIONS AND
THEY'RE DOING MANY MORE THIS
YEAR THAN THEY ANTICIPATED
DOING.
AND NOW THEY'RE PILOTING AN
ACTUAL LOCATION WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE, WHO HAVE RV'S THAT ARE
DRIVABLE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY
DRIVE TO THE PUMP OUT LOCATION.
I JUST, I FEEL LIKE THE 2020
ADOPTED COLUMN DOESN'T FULLY
CAPTURE THE INVESTMENTS THAT
THE COUNCIL MADE IN THE 2020
BUDGET MAYBE BECAUSE THEY'RE IN
ANOTHER PLACE, BUT I JUST WANT
THAT REFLECTED FOR THE RECORD
THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS REALLY
WORKED HARD AGAIN, BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC, TO SUPPORT HSD AND
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES ON
THESE PROGRAMS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I'LL LET JEFF RESPOND TO THE
AMOUNT.
THE RV PUMP OUT, I THINK THAT'S
JUST MY OVERSITE.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS.
THE 2020 AMOUNT IS $195,000
THAT SPU DOES HAVE.
I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BACK TO
FIND THE NUMBER FROM LAST YEAR,
BUT IT IS SIMILAR TO THAT
AMOUNT.
SO YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
>> Referee: I BELIEVE IT WAS
1.62, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I CAN GET THAT NUMBER IF
NEEDED.
THAT NUMBER, IF YOU GO BACK TO
THE HSD TABLE, IT'S BROKEN
DOWN, BUT YOU'LL SEE A LINE
THAT HAS, SADLY IT'S NOT BROKEN
DOWN THE WAY I WANT IT TO TO BE
WRVMENT IT'S ALL ROLLED INTO
ONE LINE.
BECAUSE OF THAT, IT DOESN'T
SHOW ADEQUATELY THAT THE
COUNCIL PROVIDED THE INCREASE.
THEN WHEN YOU TAKE IN CONTRACT
INFLATION, IT'S JUST NOT A VERY
VISIBLE NUMBER.
BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,
THAT IS INCLUDED STILL.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT WE
HEARD FROM DIRECTOR HARA.
I RECALL SHE SAID THAT THOSE
DOLLARS PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL
IN 2020 FOR PIT STOPS WERE NOT
USED, BECAUSE WE ENDED UP USING
FEMA DOLLARS, BUT THAT SPU
STILL INTENDS TO USE THEM FOR
NEW MOBILE HYGIENE SERVICES.
>> SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE
DOING NEW MOBILE HYGIENE
SERVICES.
THERE IS A TRANSFER TO SPU IN
THE BUDGET, THAT IT'S 850ISH
THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH IS THAT
FUNDING.
IT'S A PORTION OF THE FUNDING
THAT WAS PROVIDED IN 2020 TO
SUPPORT IT, BUT THAT AMOUNT IS
PART OF THE $6.3 MILLION THAT'S
REFLECTED IN THE SLIDE.
SO IT'S NOT IN ADDITION TO THE
$6.3 MILLION.
>> RIGHT, BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T
SOUND LIKE IT'S TRANSFERRING
OVER THE FULL 1.3.
DID YOU SEE THEY'RE
TRANSFERRING $600,000?
>> I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 830, OR
$840,000.
WE'D HAVE TO CHECK ON THE REST
OF THE AMOUNT.
BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE,
YES.
>> IF SOMEBODY COULD ALSO
CONFIRM, MY RECOLLECTION,
THEY'RE WORKING ON DOING A MADE
FOR SEATTLE FABRICATION OF
THESE TRAILERS.
I REMEMBER ALSO HEARING
DEPARTMENT MAYOR TALK ABOUT
THIS, BECAUSE HE WAS WANTING TO
CORRECT MY MISCHARACTERIZATION
OF THE COUNCIL'S ACTION THAT WE
DID NOT INCLUDE SHOWERS IN WHAT
WE WERE ENVISIONING, AND WHAT
THEY'RE BUILDING DOES INCLUDE
SHOWERS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
>> YES, I CAN'T CONFIRM THEY
ARE BUILDING AND PURCHASING TO
KIND OF SPECIALIZE, AS YOU
SAID, SHOWER TRAILERS.
>> CAN YOU ALSO REMIND ME?
I THOUGHT WE DID HYGIENE
CENTERS THE YEAR BEFORE THAT AS
WELL, IN 2018?
>> I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK
AT THAT COUNCILMEMBER.
I DON'T RECALL.
ACTUALLY, I WASN'T EVEN
COVERING THESE INVESTMENTS AT
THAT POINT.
I THINK THERE WAS AN EXPANSION
OF HYGIENE SERVICES, BUT I
DON'T KNOW THAT WE WERE FUNDING
MULTIPLE PIT STOPS.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
I THINK PREVIOUS COUNCIL
INVESTMENTS WERE REALLY FOCUSED
ON FUNDING HYGIENE SERVICES AT
LOCATIONS LIKE THE URBAN REST
STOP, AND HYGIENE SERVICES
PROVIDED OTHERCOMPASS, OTHER
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, DID YOU
HAVE SOMETHING ON THIS?
MIGHT BE FROZEN.
OKAY, ALY DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING?
>> I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, WE
CAN VERIFY CHAIRS, GETTING
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, BUT I
THINK SOME WITH FEMA SUPPORTED
INVESTMENTS, THERE IS A CITY
MATCH, AND SO SOME OF THE FUNDS
THAT WERE AUTHORIZED IN THE
2020 PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD
LIKELY HAVE BEEN USED TO COVER
THE 25% MATCH THAT IS REQUIRED
BY THE CITY, BUT WE WILL FOLLOW
UP TO CONFIRM.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
AND I THINK WE HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN BACK
WITH US.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, DID YOU
HAVE ANYTHING?
NO?
OKAYOKAY.
GREAT.
I HAD A QUICK QUESTION
REGARDING THE FEDERAL FUNDS.
LET'S SEE, PAGES 2 AND 3, PRIOR
TO THE SVU WALK THROUGH.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM ON THE
DOLLARS THAT WE'RE USING,
THERE'S NO TIME LIMIT IN WHICH
WE HAVE TO SPEND THESE DOLLARS,
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> IN THE SG FUNDS, IS THAT
WHAT YOU'RE ASKING?
>> WE'RE USING FEDERAL COVID.
ON MAINTAIN DEINTENSIFICATION.
ARE THERE ANY TIMEFRAMES WITH
THESE REVENUE STREAMS?
>> I DON'T REALL OF THEM OFF
THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
ESG, FOR EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE CAN
GO INTO 2022.
I DON'T RECALL THE END DATE FOR
CDBG, AND OBVIOUSLY THE JOINT
COVID FUNDS, THAT'S SOMETHIN
WITH THE CITY GENERATED
REVENUE.
>> SORRY.
THE ONE I'M LOOKING AT IS THE
LEASED HOTEL ROOMS.
>> THAT COULD EXTEND TO 2022,
BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY
GRANT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I THINK WE GOT THROUGH HALF OF
THIS MEMO.
OR A THIRD OF THIS MEMO.
LET'S GET INTO ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION.
>> SURE, THERE'S TWO ITEMS THAT
CENTRAL STAFF AS FLAGGED AS
ISSUES.
THE FIRST IS AS COUNCILMEMBERS
ARE ALL AWARE OVER THIS SUMMER,
SUPPLEMENTAL, DURING
SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIONS, THE
COUNCIL REDIRECTED FUNDING FOR
THE NAVIGATION TEAM TO PROVIDE
IT TO OUTREACH FOR
UNSHELTERRING ENCAMPMENTS.
THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET,
RESTORES A TEAM THAT IS SIMILAR
IN NATURE TO THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
IT'S SMALLER, AND THE EXECUTIVE
NOTED THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE
POLICE ON THAT TEAM.
IT'S ONLY EIGHT MEMBERS.
NEVERTHELESS, IT IS RETURNED
INTO EXITANCE.
I'M FLAGGING THAT FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS ATTENTION.
A STRONGER FOCUS OF THAT TEAM
WOULD BE TO FOCUS ON A NUMBER
OF OUTREACH TEAMS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THAT WOULD
LOW OVER SOME OTHER AGENCY
PROVIDING THE REFERRAL.
SO THAT CENTRALIZED FUNCTION
WOULD SUPPORT ALL OF OUTREACH
AGENCIES AND HAVING ACCESS TO
THOSE PROGRAMS.
IT'S JUST WE'RE NOTING THAT
THAT IS RESTORED.
AND THERE SEEM TO BE FOUR
DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS COULD TAKE IN
RESPONSE TO THAT CHANGE OF THE
2020 BUDGET.
THE FIRST WOULD BE TO NOT
RESPOND TO THAT TEAM.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET MAKES THIS
NEW TEAM, YOU DON'T SEE THEM
MAINTAINING OF THAT REDIRECTED
FUNDS.
SO INSTEAD, THEY'RE BEING
BUMPED UP ALMOST AS HOMELESS
OUTREACH, FOR EXAMPLE.
IT'S STAYING FLAT WITH WHAT'S
ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED, SO THE
COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO RESTORE
THAT BUMP UP, THAT WAS PROVIDED
HALFWAY THROUGH THIS YEAR.
AND THEN, THIRD, THE COUNCIL
COULD IMPOSE A REVISAL FOR A
VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES, WHICH
COULD INCLUDE SOMETHING ALONG
THE LINES OF DEFINING WHEN A
REMOVAL COULD OCCUR, OR
ADJUSTING THE RULES THAT GUIDE
WHEN SUCH A TEAM WOULD BE
ENGAGED IN A CLEAN UP, OR HOW
THEY WOULD ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE
THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS ALONG
THOSE LINES, AND CLEARLY THE
COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE TO TAKE AN
ACTION OR NOT AT ALL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT
STEP?
>> ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
SEEING NONE.
>> LET'S MOVE ONTO ITEM NUMBER
2 THEN.
>> I'M SORRY, JEFF, I WILL
JUST.
NOTE THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE
POINT OF DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW,
GIVEN THE BILLS THAT WERE
INTRODUCED FOR 2020, THERE'S
STILL A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT DO
WE WANT 2021 TO LOOK LIKE, SO I
JUST WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT,
JUST BECAUSE IT WAS PUT
FORWARD, AND THERE'S NO
DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, DOES NOT
MEAN THAT THE COUNCIL IS MOVING
FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSAL FOR
2021 AS IS, GIVEN THE ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT 2020
WILL LOOK LIKE, AND SOON TO BE
YOU KNOW, FUTURE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT 2021, WHICH YOU WILL SEE
ALSO REFLECTED IN VARIOUS
PROPOSALS THAT WE'LL BE
DISCUSSING LATER.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THE NEED TO
ADD TO THAT?
>> PERHAPS SAID ANOTHER WAY, I
SEE THAT OPTION C WOULD BE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN THE
OUTCOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
WITH THE BILL, THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS
INTRODUCED WITH OUR
EXPECTATIONS FOR 2021.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
AND YES, AS YOU INDICATED WHEN
WE GET TO COUNCILMEMBER ACTIONS
I WILL BE GOING THROUGH A
PROPOSAL THAT WE WILL BE
INTRODUCING FOR WHAT 2021 WOULD
LOOK LIKE AND TO TRY TO PUT IN
PLACE FOR THE FUTURE SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE
RECENTLY REACHED AGREEMENT
WITH, WITH THE EXECUTIVE.
>> WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
CONVERSATION ABOUT 2021.
THANK YOU, JEFF, WE'RE ON PAGE
SIX OF THE MEMO FOR FOLKS
FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THAT
DOCUMENT.
>> THIS IS RELATED TO THE
RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE GIVEN
TO THE NEW KING COUNTY AND
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
AS YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED IN
THE VERY FIRST SLIDE I PUT OUT,
THERE IS A DECREASE IN STAFFING
AND ADMINISTRATION.
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL RECALL IN
CREATING THE ORIGINAL
HOMELESSNESS PARTY, THE
AGREEMENT SAYS THAT SEATTLE
WOULD PROVIDE THE SAME FUNDING
BUDGETED AT BASICALLY AT THAT
TIME, WITH HSD, FOR HOMELESS
SERVICES CONTRACTS, AND
ADMINISTRATIVE RELATED
EXPENSES.
THOSE CONTRACTS WERE
UNDERSTOOD, AND IT WAS TO NOT
PROVIDE THE HEALTHCARE FOR
HOMELESSNESS CONTRACT.
AND A THOROUGH SUPPORT PROGRAM
HOUSING PEOPLE WITH A.I.D.S.,
AND ALSO THE NAVIGATION TEAM,
OR IN THIS CASE AS PROPOSED IN
THE 2021 BUDGET, UNSHELTERED
OUTREACH AND RESPONSE TEAM.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING THE
MAJORITY OF HOMELESSNESS
CONTRACTS ARE TO MOVE IT TO
KCRHA.
AND THE COUNTY WOULD BE DOING
THE SAME, SO YOU'D HAVE A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS, WE'RE NOT
TALKING 1 TO 1 HERE, BUT SOME
PLOT OF FUNDS THAT HAD BEEN
USED FOR ADMINISTRATION.
THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET TAKES
A VARIETY OF STEPS THAT
DECREASE THAT OVERALL AMOUNT OF
FUNDING, WHILE STILL PLANNING
TO TRANSFER IT TO REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN
IMPACT ON THE FUNDS THAT THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY WOULD HAVE
OPERATE.
THERE ARE SIX STEPS THAT ARE
ENTIRELY ELIMINATED.
THERE'S TWO MORE THAT ARE
TRANSFERRED TO A NEW DIVISION
ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED
FUNDING.
THERE'S A LITTLE MORE THAN
$400,000 IN EFFICIENCIES THAT
WOULD OCCUR, SO THAT IS CUT.
ANOTHER AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE
RETAINED.
SO IN TOTALITY, THAT'S A FAIR
AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT IS BEING
CHANGED FOR PERHAPS WOULDN'T BE
AVAILABLE FOR THE REGIONAL 3.
THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE A CHANCE
WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET TO LOOK AT
WHAT GETS TRANSFERRED.
THAT'S WHEN SOME OF THE FUNDING
CHANGES ARE ACTUALLY MADE.
BUT WE ARE SETTING UP A
DYNAMIC, WHERE IN 2021, THERE
WOULD BE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF
LESS ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY
FUNDING FOR THE AUTHORITY.
SO FLAGGING THAT, AROUND NOTING
THAT PRIMARILY THE OPTIONS ARE
TO IDENTIFY SOME KIND OF
FUNDING, LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE
HAD SOME INITIAL START UP
FUNDING THAT IS NOT PROVIDED IN
THE 2021 BUDGET, OR ALSO JUST
TAKING NO ACTION, AND WHAT IS
BEING CONFIRMED SO FAR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, AS MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE, IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THIS
FOR CONTEXT BEFORE WE TAKE
QUESTIONS?
>> I'M HAPPY TO JUST CHIME IN
REALLY QUICKLY.
DO I HAVE A FORM A, THAT I
SUBMITTED SO I THINK THERE WILL
BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO ADD
A LITTLE MORE TEXTURE THEN, SO
I'M HAPPY TO HOLD MY COMMENTS
UNTIL THEN, BUT I THINK JEFF,
WELCOME BACK, HAS APPROPRIATELY
IDENTIFIED WHAT THE ISSUES ARE,
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
ADDITIONAL TEXTURE, AND I HAVE
A FORM A, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
KEEP THIS ITEM ON THE FRONT
BURNER SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN 2021,
GIVEN THE DELAY IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KING
COUNTY HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY,
AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK A LITTLE
MORE, ONCE MY ISSUE FOR ME
COMES UP.
>> GREAT.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO MORE
THEN.
ANYTHING ELSE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR CONTEXT?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD
TO JEFF'S PRESENTATION, BUT AS
WE GO THROUGH THE OTHER ISSUE
OF IDENTIFICATION, I MAY WEIGH
IN.
>> EXCELLENT.
ALL RIGHT, JEFF.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS AT
THIS MOMENT.
I WILL JUST NOTE THAT THERE'S A
LOT OF CONCERN FROM FOLKS WHO
WORK WITH HOMELESS SERVICE
PROVIDERS WHO HAVE A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN THEIR
SERVICES WOULD TRANSFER OVER,
AND AS THE FULL COUNCIL, IT
COULDN'T COME SOON ENOUGH, AND
I KNOW THAT OUR GOOD
REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BODY ARE
MAKING THAT CALL AS WELL.
WE DO NEED TO HAVE STRONG
LEADERSHIP AT THE HELM TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL, SO
WE UNDERSTAND THE DELAY, BY
JUST WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THE
IMPORTANCE OF SECURING THOSE
FRONTLINE PROVIDERS AND THE
FOLKS WORKING WITHIN HSD TO
FULFILL THAT SENSE OF
STABILITY, AND KNOWING WHEN
THIS TRANSFER WILL TAKE PLACE
IS REALLY PARAMOUNT FOR THEM,
ACCORDING TO WHAT HAS BEEN
REPORTED TO ME.
OKAY.
LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEFF.
WE ARE NOW ONTO PAGE 7, BUDGET
ACTIONS.
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION AS CLOSED
BY COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THESE ARE CATEGORIZED INTO
GROUPS.
THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS IS
RELATE TODAY TINY HOME
VILLAGES.
THE FIRST PROPOSAL COMES FROM
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, MAKING AN
ADD OF $10.9 MILLION FOR THE
CREATION OF 300 TINY HOME BEDS,
WHICH INCLUDES BOTH ONE TIME,
AND ONGOING REQUESTS.
THIS COULD BE THE ADDITION OR
USING THOSE FUNDS FOR SOMETHING
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS PROPOSED
IN THE 2020-2021 BUDGET.
I'LL DEFER TO COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WHO HAS
OSTENSIBLY MADE THE SAME
REQUEST, WORDED DIFFERENTLY FOR
ITEM 4, WHICH WE WILL GET TO
LATER, AND WOULD YOU KNOW
CERTAINLY IN WORKING THROUGH
ALL OF THESE, I THINK THERE'S A
CONSENSUS HERE, THAT TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES ARE ONE OF THE MOST
CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT
INTERVENTIONS, OR A SHELTER
OPTIONS I SHOULD SAY FROM THE
INITIAL PROPOSAL WE HAVE
RECEIVED FROM THE EXECUTIVE.
AND WE KNOW FROM A LOT OF OUR
GRAPPLING WITH ADDITIVE
SHELTER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT HAS A VERY HIGH
RATE OF ACCEPTANCE, VERY HIGH
TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS.
AND SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY
SHOULD HAVE MORE OF.
YOU KNOW, FROM MY CORONAVIRUS
WITH CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS,
THEY HAVE INDICATED TO ME, 300
TINY HOME BEDS WOULD MAKE A
COLOSSAL DIFFERENCE, WHICH
WOULD INCREASE THE SYSTEM TO
600 TOTAL BEDS IN TERMS OF
GETTING FOLKS THROUGH THAT
TRANSITIONAL SHELTER INTO
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BY
TRANSFERRING THE BOTTLE NECK,
MORE FROM THE UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS, AND TWO, TO TINY
HOME VILLAGES, WHERE I THINK WE
CAN ALL AGREE, THAT IS JUST A
MUCH BETTER PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO
BE.
SO THE 300 TINY HOME PLACEMENTS
AS A NUMBER THAT MY OFFICE CAME
UP WITH IN CONSULTATION WITH A
BROAD AWAY OF DIFFERENT
STAKEHOLDERS, AND BEING A
NUMBER THAT WOULD MAKE A VERY
MATERIAL DIFFERENCE, AND WOULD
CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE IF
THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN GET A
LITTLE CLOSER TO A NUMBER
THAT'S THAT HIGH.
AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR
NOW, BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT ADDIVE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
ARE A PART OF THE BUDGET THAT
WE ULTIMATELY PASS.
EVEN IF NOT, MORE IS SOMETHING
WE NEED TO BE PUTTING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
AS A REMINDER JEFF, COULD YOU
REMIND US HOW MANY TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES WERE AUTHORIZED LAST
YEAR?
>> DO YOU MEAN THE 2020 BUDGET?
>> YES.
>> TWO MORE.
SO ALMOST 100 NEW BEDS LAST
YEAR.
>> HAS THE EXECUTIVE MOVED
FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTING
THOSE?
>> YES.
THE COVID PANDEMIC PROMPTED
SOME RAPID RESPONSE TO SOME OF
THAT IN FACT.
AND SO YOU HAVE TC SPIRIT
VILLAGE ON CAPITOL HILL THAT'S
OPENED.
THE ADDITIONAL FUND SO THAT AN
EXISTING TINY VILLAGE COULD BE
EXPANDED, RATHER THAN A NEW ONE
BEING OPENED.
THAT WAS DONE AT UNION LAKE
VILLAGE.
THE COUNCIL ALSO GAVE THE
EXECUTIVE FLEXIBILITY
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOMETIMES
THE FACILITIES BECOME
AVAILABLE, OR THE LAND THAT
BECOMES AVAILABLE, MAY NOT BE
SUITABLE FOR A TINY HOME, BUT A
SHELTER.
SO THAT IS LAKE FRONT HOUSE,
WHICH IS IN NORTH SEATTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ PROBABLY
KNOWS BETTER THAN ME.
>> OKAY, I DON'T HEAR HER
JUMPING IN, BUT THANK YOU FOR
THAT OVERVIEW.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I
HAD WAS THE NAME OF THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE THAT WAS BEING
THREATENED WITH SHUTTING DOWN.
REMIND ME THE NAME OF THAT ONE.
>> NORTH LAKE VILLAGE.
>> NORTH LAKE VILLAGE, AND THAT
WAS NOT SHUT DOWN.
>> CORRECT.
AT THIS POINT, NORTH LAKE HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO CONTINUE IN
OPERATIONS.
I ACTUALLY AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH
THE LATEST STATUS OF THEIR
AGREEMENTS, BUT I DO BELIEVE
THAT THEY ARE NOT, I BELIEVE
THEY WERE GIVEN A FORMAL
WRITTEN NAVIGATION THAT ALLOWED
THEM TO STAY FOR A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF TIME, AND I
UNDERSTAND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO
STAY PAST IT THAT, BECAUSE OF
THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID
PANDEMIC.
I DO KNOW NOT WHAT WRITTEN
COMMUNICATIONS WERE GIVEN TO
THAT VILLAGE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER IS A WANT,
SAWANT DID YOU HAVE AN UPDATE
ON THAT?
>> I WILL SAY, THEY HAD A TRACK
RECORD OF ALSO GOING BACK ON
SOME OF THEIR ORIGINAL WORLD,
IT WAS A CREDIT TO THE NORTH
LAKE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES, AND
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT
SUPPORTS THEM, THEY WERE ABLE
TO PUSH BACK ON THE MAYOR'S
EFFORT TO CLOSE IT DOWN, BUT
YEAH, I THINK AS FAR AS I KNOW,
IT'S STILL THE END OF THE YEAR,
AND WE KNOW THE COVID CRISIS IS
NOT ENDING AT THAT TIME, SO WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS IN
TACT.
>> I'M SORRY TO USE THIS AS A
SPRINGBOARD FOR THAT BROADER
CONVERSATION, I PROBABLY SHOULD
HAVE ASKED IT IN YOUR BASE
CORONAVIRUS, JEFF, BUT CAN YOU
REMIND US, JUST TO THE NORTH
LAKE VILLAGE, IS THERE ANY
REFERENCE OF THAT IN THE
BUDGET, ASSURING THERE IS
DOLLARS IN 2021?
>> LAST YEAR, THERE WAS FUND
PROVIDED TO RELOCATE, AND RENT
DOWN THAT VILLAGE, AND THERE
WAS A REFERENCE TO THAT, I HAVE
NOT LOCATED ANYTHING ALONG
THOSE LINES IN THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET.
>> FOR FOR MAINTAINING?
>> APOLOGIES.
I'VE ONLY BEEN BACK FOR A
COUPLE DAYS.
I'M NOT THAT WELL VERSED IN THE
TINY HOME FUNDING TO BE
ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN.
BUT I DO NOT RECALL CHANGES
BEING TO THAT.
I COULD DOUBLE CHECK AND GET
BACK TO YOU THOUGH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, DO YOU
HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD?
>> YES, NORTH LAKE WAS NOT
ADDED, WHICH IS ANOTHER
PROBLEMATIC REASON WHY IT WAS
NOT ACCEPTABLE THAT THE MAYOR
WAS TRYING TO SHUT IT DOWN,
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A BUDGETARY
QUESTION.
THEY JUST WANT THE RIGHT TO BE
THERE, OR HAVE THE ABILITY TO
MOVE TO ANOTHER SAFE LOCATION,
AND THEN OF COURSE IT WILL BE A
QUSTION OF HELPING THEM WITH
THE RESOURCES TO MOVE.
BUT IN 2020, WE REPURPOSED THE
FUNDS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
USED TO REMOVE THEM.
IN OTHER WORDS, DISMANTLING A
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IS NOT A
GOOD USE OF FUNDS RIGHT NOW
ANYWAY.
>> RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND SO, THAT'S A HELPFUL
REMINDER.
THE NORTH LAKE VILLAGE IS NOT
LISTED IN THE TINY HOME
SECTION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT
ACTUALLY ASKING FOR DOLLAR
AMOUNTS.
IT'S ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO
BE THERE, OR TO NOT BE KICKED
OUT FROM THERE.
IS THAT ACCURATE, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
BACKGROUND, FOLKS.
THAT GETS US THROUGH ITEM ONE
IN TINY HOME VILLAGES.
>> THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD
$1.65 MILLION ON START UP, AND
OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR A TINY
HOME VILLAGE ON LAND, THAT THE
ACTUALLY HE LOTION FOR THIS HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED ALREADY.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THIS WOULD
ACTUALLY GET A TEMPORARY TINY
HOME VILLAGE FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND, AND THIS GOES TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> WONDERFUL.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU JEFF FOR THAT
OVERVIEW.
SO YES, THIS IS A LOCATION THAT
SOUND TRANSIT USED FOR STAGING
AREA FOR THE BROOKLYN AVENUE
SOUND TRANSIT STATION, SOUND
TRANSIT 2. THAT'S GOING TO BE
OCCUPYING UP NEXT YEAR, AND
THEY WILL BE BUILDING AN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS
SITE.
IN THE MEANTIME, IT CAN BE
AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY ADD TO
CAPACITY.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
OUR DISTRICT AND THAT AREA OF
SEATTLE AND THE PARKS ALONG I-
5. THIS WOULD HELP TO BRING
FOLKS FROM THOSE UNSAFE AREAS
TO AN ORGANIZED TINY HOME
VILLAGE UNDER PERFORMANCE BASED
CONTRACT WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WITH
MANAGERS TO HELP EXIT AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO A MORE
PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTION.
SO BECAUSE OF THE COVID
PANDEMIC, AND THE NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL SPACING, WE REALLY
WANT TO ADD CAPACITY.
THIS WOULD JUST SET ASIDE MONEY
WITHIN THE EXISTING 2021
PROPOSAL AND I WAS TRYING TO
WORK TO FIND A LOCATION, AND
HAVE DONE SO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ANY QUESTIOS ON THIS?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, I THINK
MIGHT BE FOR CENTRAL STAFF.
SO DO WE KNOW, IS THERE ANY
CONSIDERATION GIVEN THIS SITE,
AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
ACTISM WORKING WITH LEHIGH, AND
SOUND TRANSIT TO SECURE THE
SITE.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE.
IT'S IN A GREAT LOCATION, AND
WOULD MAKE A GREAT LOCATION FOR
A TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
DO WE KNOW IF THESE ESTIMATES
ON START UP COSTS ARE IMPACTED
AT ALL, BASED ON THE NATURE OF
THE SITE?
COULD THAT POSSIBLY CHANGE THE
ESTIMATE TO GO LOWER OR HIGHER?
BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A PRETTY
ACCESSIBLE, AND TIDY AREA THAT
SDOT HAS BEEN USING AS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN SAID
THROUGHOUT THE TENDENCY OF THE
SOUND TRANSIT PROJECTS AND THE
U DISTRICT, AND WE'D WONDER IF
HOW EXPEDIENTLY THE START UP
COULD BE PUT TOGETHER.
BUT I WONDER IF THERE MIGHT BE
A WAY TO WORK ON QUANTITY FYING
QUANTIFYING THAT, OR SEE IF IT
MIGHT HAVE TO END UP NEXT YEAR
ON THAT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU.
THESE COST ESTIMATES, I
ACTUALLY, I THINK WE GOT FROM
CENTRAL STAFF A FEW MONTHS AGO,
AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
EXPANDING TINY HOME BUSINESSES.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE COSTS
CAME IN LOWER.
I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AS
MUCH TRANSPARENCY, AND DETAIL
AS POSSIBLE ON THIS.
>> I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AS COUNCILMEMBERS KNOW, I WAS
ON PARENTAL LEAVE THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS.
IT IS AFFIRMED WE STILL HAVE
USING THE REMAINING ESTIMATES.
THAT 600 CAN VARY WIDELY.
THERE WAS TREMENDOUS VARIATION
BETWEEN THE SITES, IT DEPENDS
ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE
LOCATION.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY
INFORMATION FROM HSD AT THIS
POINT ON THE COSTS UNIQUE TO
THAT LOCATION.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THERE
WOULD BE THAT LIKE AS WE DO
SOME NUMBER OF TINY HOME
VILLAGES, REGARDLESS OF THESE
PROPOSALS, THAT OUR START UP
COSTS WILL VARY.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> OKAY, SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS, LET'S MOVE ONTO
NUMBER 3.
>> THIRD PROPOSAL IS TO PROVIDE
$535,000 FOR 60 BEDS, AND WOULD
ALSO, THE FUNDS WOULD ALSO
SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH
LAKE VILLAGE IN MOVING TO THOSE
LOCATIONS BE AND THIS WAS
PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
I FIGURED I WOULD JUST WAIT
UNTIL WE GOT TO THIS BEFORE
INTERRUPTING EARLIER.
SO THE NORTH LAKE VILLAGE
RESTAURANTS ARE INTERESTED IN
MOVING.
THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE SECURING
THEIR CURRENT LOCATION.
I'M ASKING TO FUND THIS
SHELTER.
I'VE ASKED THIS IN THE PAST.
WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORM A IT
TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF
THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THEY'VE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO
LIVE IN A SELF-MANAGED VILLAGE.
AND SO THIS SMALL AMOUNT OF
FUNDING WOULD ALLOW WHAT IS
ALREADY A SELF-MANAGED VILLAGE
TO RELOCATE, AND FOR TWO OTHERS
TO BE STOOD UP AS WELL.
IT'S A SMALLER NUMBER OF TOTAL
UNITS THAN SOME OF THE OTHER
PROPOSALS, AND IT PROVIDES
ANOTHER OPTION FOR UNHOUSED
FOLKS TO MOVE INTO A SAFE
SHELTER, AND TO BE SURROUNDED
BY THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
THEY'RE ALREADY LIVING WITH.
>> QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
JUST WONDERING IF THERE IS A
LOCATION IN MIND FOR THAT.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY
WOULD LIKE TO COME TO D2.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> WE WOULD WELCOME.
>> SORRY, I WAS ON MUTE.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SO AS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
NOTED, THE 535 IS DIFFERENT
THAN WE WOULD TYPICALLY BUDGET.
THAT PRESUMES THE SIZE OF 40
UNITS PER VILLAGE.
SO THAT WOULD VARY BASED ON THE
NUMBER OF UNITS YOU COULD HAVE,
AND GIVEN I DON'T HAVE
INFORMATION, THOSE ARE ALL
NUMBERS THAT RELATE TO A AGENCY
OPEN RATING, AND PROVIDING THE
SERVICES, LIKE CASE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES, AND AS A NAVIGATION,
THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE
RESIDENTS OF THAT VILLAGE, SO A
SELF-MANAGED TINY HOME WOULD
LIKELY HAVE DIFFERENT COSTS
THAT ARE OCCURRING.
FROM OUR EARLIER DISCUSSION,
THEY CONFIRMED THAT NORTH LAKE
HAS A MONTH TO MONTH CONTRACT
WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT RIGHT
NOW TO REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY,
AND THE CITY IS CURRENTLY
PAYING FOR THE POWER, WATER,
AND SEWER SERVICES AT THIS
SITE, BUT NOT OTHER SERVICES AT
THIS POINT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOLKS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, AND I'M
GLAD THAT THE QUESTION I ASKED
EARLIER HELPED PROMPT OUR
CONVERSATION ON THIS ITEM HERE.
APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING THAT
THE INTEREST IS ALSO IN
LOCATION IN D2.
NUMBER 4.
>> THIS PROPOSAL IS SIMILAR TO
AN EARLIER PROPOSAL.
IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD ADD
$11.2 MILLION TO ESTABLISH 8
NEW TINY HOME VILLAGES, SIMILAR
TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS THE
AGENCY, OR OPERATED ONES,
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT ARE MOSTLY
IN OPERATION NOW, THAT THE
INITIAL START UP, USUALLY
AROUND 600,000, AND THEN
900,000 OPERATIONS FOR ABOUT 40
UNITS.
BUT THIS PROPOSAL ALSO HAS A
SECOND HERE THAT WOULD BE AN
ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS THAT WOULD
NOT HAVE AN AGENCY SUCH AS
LEHIGH OPERATING IT, BUT THEY
WOULD BE MANAGING THE
SANCTIONING CAP.
THIS WAS PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO JUST ON THE ONSET, I WANT TO
SAY I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS LEWIS, MORALES,
AND ALSO PEDERSEN TO SUBMIT A
JOINT FORM, IN REALITY, THE
PROPOSAL WE HAVE FROM MY OFFICE
IS REALLY A COMBINATION OF WHAT
HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
IN FACT, AS FAR AS THE EYE
INDEMNIFY NUMBER 3 IS
CONCERNED, ADDING MONEY TO THE
BUDGET TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS IN
SELF-MANAGED TINY HOME
VILLAGES, THAT KIND OF FUND
WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL FOR
SOMETHING LIKE DENSITY 3, WHICH
IS NOW ON THE DISTRICT PROPERTY
OF A VERY SUPPORTIVE HOMEOWNER
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
SO THIS PROPOSAL IS REALLY A
COMBINATION OF THE TWO
PROPOSALS.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD
ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER
OF TINY HOUSE VILLAGES IN
SEATTLE.
IT WOULD ADD $11.2 MILLION TO
ESTABLISH 8 NEW TINY HOME
VILLAGES LIKE THOSE OPERATED BY
LEHIGH, AND WOULD ADD AN
ADDITIONAL $800,000 TO SUPPORT
THE OPERATIONS OF AUTHORIZED
SALES MANAGED ENCAMPMENTS, LIKE
THOSE OPERATED BY NICKELSVILLE,
AND SHARE REAL.
AS I RAISED IN THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO, AND I JUST SEE WAS
PRESENTING THEIR 2021 BUDGET,
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES HAVE BEEN
BY FAR THE MOST IMPACTFUL
HOMELESS SERVICE SEATTLE HAS
FOUND.
THERE IS JUST ABSOLUTELY
OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE.
WE'VE HEARD FROM LITERALLY
HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS
TESTIFYING IN PUBLIC COMMENT
ABOUT HOW TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
SAVED THEM.
THERE'S BEEN NO OTHER HOMELESS
SERVICES THAT HAS HAD ANYTHING
LIKE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF
PEOPLE IMPACTED FOR THE SIMPLE
REASON, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE
THAT HAS WORKED IN THIS WAY.
IT'S NOT A SURPRISE, BECAUSE
TINY HOMES ARE SAFE, AND WARM,
AND SECURE AND THEY PROVIDE A
COMMUNITY.
THEY PROVIDE SERVICES.
THEY PROVIDE KITCHEN AND WASH
ROOM, AND SHOWER SERVICES.
I MEAN IT REALLY, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A RARE SOLUTION THAT
BRINGS BACK HUMANITY INTO HOMES
SERVICES, AND IN ADDITION
BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET TOWN HALL
THAT I HOSTED LAST NIGHT, WE
ALSO HEARD FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT
HOW TINY HOUSE VILLAGES HAVE
HELPED THEM KEEP COVID AT BAY.
SO I THINK THIS IS A REAL
PHENOMENON THAT HAS PLAYED A
VERY PROMINENT ROLE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN, AS YOU ALL
KNOW, WORKING WITH NICKELSVILLE
FOR YEARS.
THEY HAVE AUTHORIZED SUPPORT
FROM THE CITY, AND COULD BE
REALLYREFORMED BY ELECTRICITY,
TINY HOUSE GARBAGE SERVICES.
THEY COULD REALLY IMPROVE THEIR
SERVICES AS THEY HAVE INFORMED
US, IF THEY HAD SOME CITY
FUNDS.
AND EVERY TIME SEATTLE OPENS
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, PEOPLE
IMMEDIATELY MOVE OFF THE
STREETS TO FILL THEM.
SO IT'S A CONCRETE SOLUTION.
ALTERNATIVELY, WHAT WE NEED IS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHEN WE DISCUSS THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING BUDGET, I DISCUSSED AN
AMENDMENT TO DO THAT.
BUT AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE
HOMELESS, THEY SHOULD ALSO BE
WARM, SAFE.
TINY HOUSE AVAILABLES, JUST
SORRY, ONE CORRECTION, I
MISSPOKE A LIMB BIT EARLIER.
DENSITY, TREES IN D4, THE
NICKELSVILLE VILLAGES WHAT'S IN
D3 ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE
HOMEOWNER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?
OKAY, I APPRECIATE YOU
SIGNALING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
SYNERGY HERE AS WELL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHERE
VARIOUS ITEMS COULD POTENTIALLY
FIT TOGETHER FOR A ROLLED UP
PROPOSAL AS WELL.
BUT I'M JUST HAPPY TO SEE SO
MUCH SUPPORT FOR THIS MODEL.
>>> I JUST WANT TO FLAG ONE
MORE THING.
I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S APPROACH TO SEE IF WE
CAN HARMONIZE THESE THINGS INTO
A FORM B. BUT I WANTED TO ASK
ONE QUESTION.
IN TERMS OF, MY FORMING KIND OF
FOCUSES ON SEEKING THE 300
ADDITIONAL BEDS, WHILE
COUNCILMEMBER IS A SAWANT
FOCUSES ON THE VILLAGES.
I WONDER IF THERE'S BEEN AN
ANALYSIS DONE BY CENTRAL STAFF,
OR IF THERE COULD BE IN TERMS
OF VILLAGE EXPANSION. I
KNOW THAT DIRECTLY AFTER THE
COVID STATE OF EMERGENCY, THE
SOUTH LAKE UNION TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE IN MY DISTRICT WAS
EXPANDED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER
OF BEDS TO BE ABOVE THE AVERAGE
NUMBER.
AND I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD
BE REPLICATED IN SOME OF THE
OTHER EXISTING VILLAGES AS WELL
IN ADDITION TO STANDING UP NEW
ONES, WHICH WE KNOW WE WILL
NEED TO.
BUT IT WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE
IF THERE COULD BE A WAY TO DO
THAT.
I KNOW THAT IN SOUTH LAKE
UNION, WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT IN
A WAY THAT WAS COMPLIANT WITH
SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND OTHER
COVID PRECAUTIONS.
THERE STILL HAS NOT BEEN, TO MY
KNOWLEDGE, BASED ON TALKING TO
PROVIDERS, A CONFIRMED CASE OF
COVID IN ANY OF THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO
MAINTAIN VERY STRONG PUBLIC
HEALTH PRACTICES, INCLUDING IN
SOUTH LAKE UNION, WHERE THE
NUMBER OF HOUSES WAS INCREASED.
SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS IN DOING
THAT AS PART OF THE APPROACH,
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE COULD EXPAND
TWO OR THREE OF THE EXISTING
VILLAGES, WE COULD DO THAT, IN
EXCHANGE FOR A NEW ONE.
I WOULD BE CURIOUS HOW THAT
WOULD IMPACT THIS.
>> IN LAST YEARS'S BUDGET,
ACTUALLY, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA INCLUDED, I THINK WITH
A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUPPORT, A
REQUEST FROM THE EXECUTIVE
PROVIDER OF PORT THAT DETAILED
THE LOCATIONS THAT WOULD BE
SUITABLE ACROSS THE CITY.
OBVIOUSLY, SOME LARGE SET OF
PROPERTIES.
A SMALLER NUMBER THAT ARE
SUITABLE, AND A SMALLER NUMBER
THAT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY
AVAILABLE.
THAT REPORT WAS INITIALLY DUE
BEFORE THE COVID PANDEMIC, AND
IT WAS GIVEN A COUPLE OF
EXTENSIONS, AND AT THIS POINT,
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT
RESPONSE AT ALL.
THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE DETAIL
THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT.
I CAN SAY THAT THE EXPANSION OF
LAKE UNION VILLAGE WAS
SOMETHING THAT HAD REPEATELY
BEEN BROUGHT UP IN
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE
EXPANSION OF TINY HOME VILLAGES
OVERALL BEFORE US.
I KNOW THAT WAS OF TOP OF MIND
FOR MANY PEOPLE.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE ABILITY OF
EVERY OTHER TINY HOME, EXISTING
TINY HOME VILLAGE TO BE
EXPANDED.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER
OF WHAT WE GOT IN THE BUDGET
LAST YEAR TOO.
CAN WE ALSO PING THE EXECUTIVE
TO REQUEST THAT DRAFT OF THE
MEMO, THAT THEY HAVE A NEW
DRAFT OF THAT REPORT THAT GETS
SENT OUT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ENTERPRISE
MAP.
IT SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY AN
EASIER REPORT TO PULL, NOW THAT
WE HAVE THAT LARGE DATABASE.
THAT'S REALLY DYNAMIC AS WELL.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING AN
UPDATE ON THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
LAST ITEM NUMBER ON THIS?
>> YES, JUST ON THE POINT ABOUT
WHETHER IT SHOULD BE INCREASING
THE NUMBER OF VILLAGES OR
EXPANDING THE AVAILABLE BEDS
INSIDE EXISTING VILLAGES.
OBVIOUSLY, NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE
DON'T CARE WHICH WAY IT'S DONE
BECAUSE THE PURPOSE IS TO
INCREASE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
SPACE FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS,
AND AS LONG AS IT WORKS FOR THE
SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE, AND FOR
THE MANAGING RESOURCES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE IN THE EXISTING
VILLAGE, AND THAT THE
EXPECTATION IS THAT IF YOU WANT
TO INCREASE COVID RISKS IN ANY
WAY, OF COURSE, EVERY TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE EXISTING, SHOULD
BE HELPED, AND PROVIDED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND, BUT I
WILL SAY, AND THIS GOES TO
SOMETHING THAT JEFF WAS ELUDING
TO.
UNIQUELY ABLE TO BE EXPANDED,
IT WAS AN EXCEPTION TO THE
RULE, AND WE SHOULD NOT ASSUME
THAT THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES.
IN FACT, IF YOU TALK TO LEHIGH,
AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
BUILD THOSE TINY HOMES, AND
HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE OF
SCOUTING THE SITES WHERE THEY
CAN SITE THEM.
THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT OFTEN
THE REASON IT WORKS OUT IS
THOSE ARE THE SPACES THAT ARE
NOT BEING USED FOR ANYTHING
ELSE.
THE SPACE NEXT TO THE LUTHERAN
CHURCH, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT
USEABLE FOR ANYTHING ELSE,
BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS ACTORS
SPACE. E SMALLNESS OF THE
THE LAND GRADATIONS.
I'M NOT A CIVIL ENGINEER, BUT
FACTORS LIKE THAT.
SO WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PICK OUT
SITES THAT WORK FOR THEM, AND
MAKE USE OF THAT IN ADDITION TO
EXPANDING AN EXISTING VILLAGE,
WHERE IT ALREADY EXISTS, SO I
DON'T SEE THAT AS IN ANY WAY IN
CONFLICT.
I THINK THAT WE WANT BOTH.
ALSO, I'LL MENTION, SOMETHING
THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION
EARLIER, LEHIGH HAS ALREADY
IDENTIFIED SIX LOCATIONS FOR A
NEW VILLAGE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S
VIABLE.
IT'S READY TO GO.
ALL THEY NEED IS THE RESOURCES
TO GO AND ONE LAST THING, I'LL
SAY IN TERMS OF KEEPING AN OPEN
MIND, AND ALLOWING THE PEOPLE
ON THE GROUND TO DO THEIR WORK.
WE, IN ADDITION TO EXPANDING
NEW BEDS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE,
WE WILL ABSOLUTELY NEED NEW
VILLAGES, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE
WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SCALE UP
TO THE SCALE, SUFFICIENTLY
GIVEN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE UNSHELTERED, ON THE
STREETS.
I THINK IT WILL HAVE TO
ABSOLUTELY BE BOTH.
I WILL DEFINITELY BE IN TOUCH
WITH THE VARIOUS OFFICES TO
PURSUE ON THIS.
>> GREAT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON HERE
WITH HOTEL PURCHASE.
OH, ALY, I'M SORRY, DID YOU
HAVE SOMETHING?
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD IN,
THAT AS A GENERAL STRATEGY IN
THINKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR TINY HOME VILLAGES
OR EXPANSION OF TINY HOME
VILLAGES, AND SORT OF SIMILAR
TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER IS A WANT
JUST SAID.
I THINK IT IS, IT MAY BE BEST
TO NOT BE OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE
OF WHAT THE STRATEGY IS, IN
TERMS OF A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF
VILLAGES OR A SPECIFIC NUMBER
OF EXPANSIONS, IN ORDER TO
ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO MOVE AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WHEN THERE
IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
SO WHILE THERE MAY BE A DESIRE
TO BE REALLY PRECISE ABOUT WHAT
IT WOULD COST FOR EACH
LOCATION, OR EACH VILLAGE,
ULTIMATELY WE FIND THAT
CIRCUMSTANCES SORT OF ALLOW US
TO MOVE FASTER, OR SLOWER, OR
TO STAND UP CERTAIN STRATEGIES.
SO BEING TOO PRESCRIPTIVE COULD
HOLD UP FUNDS THAT COULD WORK
UNDER A DIFFERENT STRATEGY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
REMINDER.
AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR
MORE, AS MORE OF THESE GET
FINALIZED HERE, GIVEN THE LEVEL
OF INTEREST IN THIS ACROSS THE
CITY.
VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT, AND
THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW.
OKAY ITEM NUMBER 5.
HEY JEFF.
>> THE NEXT SESSION GOES TO
PURCHASE FOR ACQUISITION OF
EITHER A HOTEL, OR IN SOME
CASES IT MIGHT BE SUITABLE TO
LOOK AT ANOTHER FACILITY.
THESE PROPOSALS LOOK AT
ACQUIRING A HOTEL, USING ESG
FUNDS.
I ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER IN
THE DAY WHEN WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENTAL BILL,
WHEN AMY WAS PRESENTING AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE SESSION.
TYPICALLY, ESG CANNOT BE USED
TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY OR A
BUILDING TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY
SHELTER, BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
THE U.S. HAS GUIDED THESE RULES
FOR COVID FUNDS, AND UP TO $2.5
MILLION CAN BE USED FOR THAT
PURCHASE.
WITH BOTH OF THESE, I SUSPECT
THAT'S IS THE REASON FOR THESE
AMOUNTS.
PROPOSAL NUMBER 5, WOULD
PROPOSE THE PURCHASE OF A HOTEL
USING THOSE FUNDS, SOME OTHER
ALLOCATED FUNDS, OR OTHER
RESTRICTION ON OR GUIDANCE OF
THE U.S. OF ESG FUNDS.
SO THE FIRST ONE COMES FROM
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF.
I'M PRETTY SURE, LOOKING AT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFYING 100
UNITS IS PROBABLY BASED ON US
TALKING TO SOME OF THE SAME
STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS ONE.
I'M ASSURED THESE ARE VERY
SIMILAR PROPOSALS.
AS WE DISCUSS, AND I'D BE HAPPY
TO MERGE EFFORTS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT PURSUING
THIS, AS WE LOOK AT THE
EXECUTIVE'S PROPOSALS TO DO 300
HOTEL ROOMS, GOING FORWARD I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE MIGHT
BE ABLE TO STRETCH OUR FEDERAL
MONEY A LITTLE BIT MORE BY
ASSISTING A PROVIDER IN
PURCHASING A HOTEL TO IN THE
LONG TERM BEING USED AS A
SHELTER FOR LONG TERM USE,
OPPOSED TO JUST LEASING A LONG
TERM HOTEL ON THE MARKET, AND
IF ENTERING INTO THAT KIND OF
ARRANGEMENT MIGHT HELP US
REDUCE THE CURRENT PRICE TAG OF
$16 MILLION, BY HAVING A THIRD
OF THEM A LEASE TO OWN SORT OF
POSITION WITH A PROVIDER WHERE
WE WOULD USE THIS $2.5 MILLION
TO HELP THEM BUY THE HOTEL, AND
THEN WE CAN USE SOME OF THE
REST OF THAT PORTION OF THAT
$16 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS
LEASING SOME OF THOSE UNITS TO
GO TOWARDS PAYING THE HOTEL
OFF.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO
EXPLORE THROUGH THIS, WITH THAT
$2.5 MILLION.
I THINK IT COULD BE A GOOD WAY
TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE
WE, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE
OFF THE STREET, AND INTO
HOTELS, BUT ALSO SORT OF
DOUBLING THE IMPACT BY
INSERTING INTO OUR BROADER
SHELTER SYSTEM, ANOTHER 100
UNITS OF SHELTER THAT'S ON THE
SAME LEVEL AS A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE, OR ENHANCED SHELTER,
PROBABLY IN THE LONG TERM,
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW,
AND YOU KNOW, LET COUNCILMEMBER
IS A WANT EXPAND ON HER OWN
PROVISION HERE.
BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD
DEFINITELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE FLEXIBILITY TO USE $2.5
MILLION TO ENGAGE IN A DEAL
LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING
THAT, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY
WANT TO TALK TO HSD ABOUT, AND
SOME OF THE OTHER POTENTIAL
VENDORS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
JEFF, ANYTHING TO ADD TO NUMBER
6 BEFORE WE TURN IT TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> NO.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, AND WE DON'T HAVE
TO SEPARATELY TALK ABOUT ITEM
NUMBER 7, BECAUSE IT IS THE,
SORRY, 6, BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME
AS WHAT COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS
JUST PROPOSED IN ITEM 5, AND
YES, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, LET'S
WORK ON THIS OFFLINE TO MAKE
SURE THIS GOES THROUGH.
AND YEAH, IN TERMS OF WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WAS SAYING,
YEAH, I COULD NOT AGREE MORE.
WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS GETS CONVERTED REALLY
INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF SOME
KIND, MAYBE PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
IN FACT, LEHIGH, WHICH IS THE
ORGANIZATION THAT IS READY TO
GO ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS, AND
WHO BROUGHT THIS PROPOSAL
FORWARD TO US, THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE REALLY
EAGER TO DO, WHICH IS THAT ONCE
THE CURRENT NEED IS OVER FOR
SHELTER UNITS DURING THE
PANDEMIC, THAT THEY CAN
RENOVATE THEM INTO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AFTER THE EMERGENCY IS
OVER, AND ABSOLUTELY WHATEVER
AVAILABLE FEDERAL DOLLARS THERE
ARE THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED FOR
THAT, WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY MAKE
SURE THAT HAPPENS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOU BOTH BRINGING
THIS FORWARD.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
HOW THIS CAN BE USED AS AN
ECONOMIC STIMULANT AS WELL
LOCALLY WHEN WE HAVE SOME OF
OUR HOTELS OR MOTELS THAT ARE
SITTING VACANT FOR EVEN
APARTMENT PLACES THAT MIGHT
HAVE SIMILAR OCCUPANCY
OPPORTUNITIES INSTEAD OF
LETTING THEM GO DERELICT, THIS
IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY
FOR US AS WELL TO HOUSE FOLKS,
AND MAKE SURE THOSE BUILDINGS
ARE BEING PUT TO GOOD USE.
LOVE THAT YOU PUT THIS FORWARD,
AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE ABOUT THE COMBINED EFFORT
HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, GREAT.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD A
QUESTION ABOUT THIS.
ONE QUESTION QUICK, IF I CAN
SNEAK IT IN, THE 300 ROOMS FOR
$15.8 MILLION, DOES THAT
INCLUDE ONM?
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE?
DOES THAT INCLUDE SERVICES?
I SEE.
>> YEAH, THE FORMULATION, AS I
UNDERSTAND YES, THEY WOULD
INCLUDE THE OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE OF THE UNITS.
AS THE FORMULATION TOOK INTO
ACCOUNT LIKE HOW MUCH IT COSTS
TO OPERATE, AND ENHANCE A
SHELTER, MEANING A TINY
VILLAGE, OR A SHELTER THAT'S
ENHANCED SERVICES, AND APPLYING
THE UNDERLYING COST FOR THE
FACILITY, IN THIS CASE OF
GETTING A HOTEL.
SO IT IS ACTUALLY THE SERVICES
THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH IT,
NOT JUST THE ACTUAL ROOMS.
>> IN TERMS OF STRETCHING THESE
DOLLARS FURTHER AS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS MENTIONED,
ONE AREA I'D LIKE TO LOOK INTO
IS IT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE REACH, WHO I
THINK EARLIER THIS YEAR HAD
INDICATED THAT THEY DO HAVE
CAPACITY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE
WITHIN HOTEL ROOMS.
WHAT THEY NEEDED WAS THE CITY
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RENTING
THOSE ROOMS, OR PURCHASING
THOSE ROOMS SO THAT PEOPLE
COULD GET INTO THEM.
SO I WONDER IF WE COULD EVEN
FURTHER STRETCH OUT THE NUMBER
OF UNITS AVAILABLE, IF WE ARE
DOING THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO HAVE
CAPACITY FOR THAT SUPPORT OF
SERVICE.
I HAVE JUST FLAGGED I HAVE NOT
LOOKED INTO THAT.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AT THIS
POINT.
>> JUST A QUESTION.
ARE OPTIONS FIVE AND SIX, ARE
THEY ADDITIVES TO THE
EXECUTIVE' PROPOSAL?
OR ARE THEY INTENDED TO USE THE
FUNDS FROM THE EXECUTIVE'S
PROPOSAL?
>> THEY WOULD BOTH BE ADDED TO
IT I BELIEVE IS HOW YOU WOULD
PHRASE IT.
AS I HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER, GOING
THROUGH WHAT IS PROPOSED.
THE HSD BUDGET DOES INCLUDE THE
ACCUSATION OF A FACILITY FOR AN
ENHANCED SHELTER.
IT'S ESTIMATING AROUND 125
BEDS.
THAT IS NOT ENVISIONING THE USE
OF THESE ENG BEDS, AND NOR IS
IT HSD DOING THAT ACCUSATION.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE AWIRING
SOME FACILITY.
IT DID INCLUDE PROVIDING
OPERATIONS LONG TERM.
>> AND IF I COULD JUST ADD, I
THINK, I MEAN, IT'S ADDITIVE,
BUT IT WOULD BE USING THE FUNDS
PERHAPS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT
TO THE EXTEND THAT THE ESG
MONEY PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR IS
FOR LEASING HOTELS.
IF IT IS INSTEAD USED TO
PURCHASE A HOTEL, THEN THE
SERVICE DOLLARS WOULD STRETCH
LONGER.
SO YOU KNOW, SO IT'S SORT OF A
DIFFERENT WAY OF GETTING AT A
SIMILAR OUTCOME, EXCEPT THERE
WOULD BE A MORE PERMANENT
PURCHASE, AND THEN COULD
SUPPORT THOSE ROOMS WITH
SERVICES, I THINK INTO 2022.
THE ESG DOLLARS WOULD CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
FOLLOW UP.
COUNCILMEMBERS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ANYTHING?
>> WELL YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO
SAY, I MEAN I THINK ALY
BASICALLY SAID WHAT I WAS GOING
TO SAY.
I THINK THAT THERE CLEARLY AS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT UNDER
INDICATED, THERE'S A FAIRLY
DETAILED PROPOSALFROM LEHIGH
HOW THEY WOULD SEE THIS GOING.
ALMOST $16 MILLION THAT THE
EXECUTIVE WANTS TO USE IN THEIR
HOTELING STRATEGY.
BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY HAD
CONVERSATIONS YET ABOUT WHETHER
ALL THE CIRCLES SQUARE IN GOING
ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD,
BECAUSE AS I SAID, IT'S SORT OF
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO DO TWO
THINGS AT ONCE, LIKE HELP
SOMEONE ACQUIRE SOMETHING THAT
COULD TURN INTO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND PROVIDE
THE HOTELING THAT WE WANT TO
PROVIDE.
>> VERY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU BOTH.
ALL RIGHT JEFF, I THINK WE'RE
READY TO GO ONTO ITEM NUMBER 7.
>> THE NEXT SECTION ACTUALLY IS
RELATED TO HYGIENE SERVICE
INVESTMENTS.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
BRIAN GOODNIGHT FROM CENTRAL
STAFF TO WALK THROUGH THESE.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF.
SO THE FIRST ITEM IS A PROPOSAL
FROM COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, AND
WOULD ADD FUNDS TO PLAN AND
DEVELOP A HYGIENE CENTER,
INCLUDING SHOWERS AND LAUNDRY
FACILITIES AT THE SITE OF A
FORMER WELLNESS CENTER IN A
BUILDING LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE.
>> LET US KNOW MORE,
COUNCILMEMBER IS A SAWANT.
>> ADJACENT TO THE SHARON WHEEL
OFFICES.
THE LOCATION IS OWNED BY
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES WHO
HAVE INDICATED TO SHARON THAT
IT IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
IT COULD PROVIDE, GIVEN THESE
FUNDS COULD PROVIDE SHOWERS AND
LAUNDRY FACILITIES, INCLUDING
LAUNDRY FOR PROGRAM BLANKETS TO
THE RESIDENTS OF THE BASIC
SHELTERS.
WHICH OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE A HUGE
HELP FOR THEM.
I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR, THAT
BESIDES NEEDING FUNDING, THIS
PROJECT WOULD ACQUIRE FURTHER
PLANNING, INCLUDING COSTS AND A
PLAN FOR ORGANIZATIONS.
THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS DO NOT
YET HAVE A COST ESTIMATE, BUT
IT IS AN IMPORTANT IDEA, SHOULD
THE CITY SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
IS THERE A DOLLAR, A PRICE TAG
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS YET?
>> NOT YET.
BUT WE WANT TO GET THAT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> LET'S MOVE ON.
NUMBER EIGHT.
$195,000 TO SPU TO EXPAND THE
ENCAMPMENT TRASH PROGRAM TO 13
ADDITIONAL SITES, BRINGING THE
TOTE A.M.
NUMBER OF SITES SERVED TO 30.
I WOULD ALSO REQUEST THAT THE
EXPANSION WOULD BEGIN ADDING
ENCAMPMENTS IN SEATTLE.
THIS BEGINS WITH COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
AS IT SAYS THE PROGRAM WOULD
NEARLY DOUBLE THE REACH OF THE
PURPLE BAG PROGRAM WHICH IS A
WIN-WIN FOR BOTH ENCAMPMENT
RESIDENTS, AND FOR NEARBY
NEIGHBORS.
I'M SURE AS MANY OF YOU
COLLEAGUES HAVE, I'VE HEARD
FROM LOTS OF CONSTITUENTS ABOUT
THE NEED FOR MORE TRASH PICK UP
NEAR ENCAMPMENT SITES.
MY OFFICE HAS REACHED OUT SO
SPU ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS TO
REQUEST ONE TIME TRASH PICK UP
IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR
DISTRICT.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD HELP
ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TRASH
CONCERNS IN OUR CITY.
AND ALSO ADDRESS THE HYGIENE
ISSUES DURING A PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY.
I AM SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR
SERVICES TO START IN DISTRICT
ONE AND DISTRICT TWO DUE TO THE
RELATIVE LACK OF RESOURCES
SPENT IN OUR PARTS.
CITY, AND THE ENCAMPMENTS IN
PLACES LIKE SODO, AND SOUTH
PARK WHO REALLY COULD USE THIS
SERVICE.
I WAS IN GEORGETOWN JUST LAST
WEEK, TALKING WITH NEIGHBORS
LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS AND IN
RV'S, AND THEY SHOWED ME HOW
THEY HANDLED THEIR TRASH, WHICH
IS THEY CREATE PILES A FEW FEET
AWAY FROM WHERE THEY ARE, AND
DISPOSE OF IT AS THEY CAN.
OFTEN, OVERTLY USE NEARBY
DUMPSTERS OVERNIGHT.
DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT.
THEIR NEIGHBORS AND BUSINESSES
DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO DO
THAT.
SO FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR ANY
KIND OF SOLUTION TO HELP THEM
DEAL WITH TRASH REMOVAL.
SOMETHING THAT WE ALL TAKE FOR
GRANTED, SINCE WE GET WEEKLY
TRASH PICK UP.
AND THIS EXPANSION WOULD MOVE
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, TO HELP
SUPPORT OUR HOUSELESS NEIGHBORS
WITH SAME KIND OF SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS, FOLKS?
OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, I
JUST WANT TO SIGNAL MY
EXTREMELY STRONG SUPPORT FOR
ITEMS 8 AND 9, AND JUST
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES BRINGING THESE FORWARD.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL
GIVEN THAT WHILE ALL OF US ARE
WORKING TOWARDS ADDING A
SHELTER, WE KNOW IN THE
MEANTIME, THESE STRATEGIES
AROUND MITIGATION, AROUND
EXTENDING JUST BASIC CITY
SERVICES ARE THE VERY LEAST
THAT WE CAN DO.
AND REALLY CUT AT A LOT OF THE
ISSUES THAT MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC ASSOCIATE WITH
ENCAMPMENTS, AS WELL AS THE
ADDITION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN
ENCAMPMENTS AND RV'S.
THESE ARE PRAGMATIC, ESSENTIAL,
AND THERE'S A MORAL URGENCY TO
THEM.
I VERY STRONGLY SUPPORT BOTH OF
THEM, AND APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES BRINGING
THEM FORWARD.
>> A QUESTION FOR CENTRAL
STAFF.
63 STREET, I'M SORRY, WE ARE
NOT THERE YET.
OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK
ABOUT THE NEXT ONE.
ITEM NUMBER 9.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
SO YES, THE THIRD AND FINAL
COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSAL IN
HYGIENE SERVICES IS THAT $58
MILLION TO THE PROPOSAL OF 53
SINK STREET STYLE STATIONS.
THE PROPOSAL INTENDS TO ADD
HAND WASHING SERVICES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, 9 SINKS IN
EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS,
AND THE PROPOSAL COMES FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> DID NOT MEAN TO JUMP IN
THERE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ON
THE PUNCH LINE.
SO GO AHEAD.
>> WE KNOW ACCESS TO RUNNING
WATER FOR FOLKS LIVING OUTSIDE
ISN'T JUST A GOOD PRACTICE, IT
IS A NECESSITY, AND THE STREET
SINK MODEL THAT WE'RE PROPOSING
IS INEXPENSIVE.
IT'S ADA COMPLIANT, AND IT'S
LOW MAINTENANCE.
THE SINKS CURRENTLY RUNNING IN
OUR CITY HAVE HELPED FOLKS WASH
THEIR HANDS, WASH THEIR
CLOTHES, AND GIVE THEM ACCESS
TO DRINKING WATER, WHICH IS
SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HEARD
ABOUT LAST WEEK, AS WE WERE
TALKING TO FOLKS IN GEORGETOWN,
IS JUST THEIR INABILITY TO GET
FRESH CLEAN WATER TO DRINK.
SO AS WE'VE TALKED TO FOLKS,
THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT WALKING A
MILE TO GET WATER, OR HAVING TO
STEAL IT FROM A SPIGOT, ON A
NEARBY BUSINESS, OR A
RESIDENCE.
SO JUST AS WITH THE TRASH PICK
UP, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT
TO DO THAT, AND THEY WOULD
RATHER HAVE SOME OPTIONS
AVAILABLE WITHIN WALKING
DISTANCE FOR WATER ACCESS, SO
THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME A
SURVIVAL SITUATION, YOU KNOW
THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
AVAILABLE.
SO AS COUNCIL CHAIR SAID, THE
PROGRAM WOULD BRING A 63
QUICKLY ACCESSIBLE SINKS FOR
ANYONE TO USE.
WE ARE THINKING 9 SINKS IN EACH
DISTRICT.
WHICH MEANS FOLKS WON'T BE
HAVING TO MAKE A TREK TO
ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST TO
WASH THEIR HANDS OR GET A DRINK
OF WATER, AND THIS AGAIN, IS
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT DURING A
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
AT MINIMUM, FOLKS NEED ACCESS
TO SINKS.
THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO CROSS
DRINKABLE WATER OFF OF THEIR
LIST OF THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR TO SURVIVE.
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR
CENTRAL STAFF.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS.
CAN YOU REMIND US HOW MANY
SINKS, OR HYGIENE CENTERS THAT
ARE JUST RELATED TO HAND
WASHING, ARE CURRENTLY DEPLOYED
ACROSS OUR CITY?
>> SURE.
THE HYGIENE STATION PROGRAMS
THAT INCLUDE BOTH THE PORTABLE
TOILETS AND THE HAND WASHING
STATIONS, THERE ARE 15 OF THEM
RIGHT NOW.
>> AND IS THAT THE FULL AMOUNT
THAT THE COUNCIL HAD AUTHORIZED
IN THE LAST ONE OR TWO YEARS?
>> THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT
I'M AWARE OF, YES.
>> I'M JUST ASKING, BECAUSE I
KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A
CONVERSATION OVER MANY YEARS,
ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER AND
MYSELF ABOUT WANTING TO SEE
MORE OF THESE STREET SINKS AS
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES CALLS
THEM.
IT WAS A LONG CONVERSATION.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE DOLLAR FIGURES HAVE
ACTUALLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ANSWER IS
YES.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR FLAGGING THIS.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
DESCRIPTION AS WELL.
LET'S GO ONTO AMERICAN INDIAN,
AND ALASKA NATIVE HOMELESS
INVESTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR CHAIR.
THE FIRST IS THAT TIME THAT THE
REQUEST FOR THESE PROPOSALS WAS
SUBMITTED, WE HAD RECEIVED
INFORMATION THAT THE AMOUNTS
PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL LAST
YEAR FOR SERVICES, FOR EXPANDED
SERVICES THAT WOULD GO TO
AGENCIES THAT SPECIALIZE IN
SERVING THE AMERICAN INDIAN,
AND ALASKAN INDIAN POPULATION,
THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN
INCREASE, THAT WAS INCORRECT.
AS I MENTIONED THERE IS A LOT
OF SHUFFLING OF BUDGET PROGRAMS
AND WORD PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO
PREPARE FOR THE MOVING OF
CONTRACTS TO THE ORIGINAL
AUTHORITY, SO THAT'S HOW THAT
ERROR ROSE.
WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING NOW IS
THE AMOUNTS TOTALED BY THE
COUNCIL LAST YEAR, WHICH
TOTALED A MILLION DOLLARS WE'RE
NOT REDUCING IN THE 2021
BUDGET.
IN ADDITION, BOTH THE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THEIR
OFFICES ARE SEEING, THEY BOTH
PLAN TO WORK TOGETHER ON A
SINGLE PROPOSAL RELATED TO THIS
INVESTMENT.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BOTH OF
THEM TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT THEY ARE LISTED AS TWO
SEPARATE ITEMS HERE, KNOWING
THAT WOULD BE A SINGLE ITEM.
>> THAT'S EXCELLENT.
THANKS NOR DOING THAT.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LEWIS, AND
JUAREZ.
>> I'LL DEFER TO COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
I'M FOLLOWING HER LEAD ON THIS,
AND I'M REALLY PROUD AND HAPPY
TO SUPPORT HER EFFORTS.
>> EXCELLENT, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THANK YOU.
WE JUST HAVE SOME, TO COMBINE
THE TWO, WHICH AGAIN, WE WERE
JUST PULLING OUR A FORMS AND
OUR B FORMS TOGETHER.
SO FOR THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB,
THE TOTAL ASK TO CONTINUE WHAT
THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE IS $1.6
MILLION.
AND THIS IS TO REDUCE
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
INSTABILITY FOR AMERICAN
INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVES.
AND THERE'S THE, IT WILL GO
TOWARD DOLLARS THE DAY CENTER,
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION,
OUTREACH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND REENTRY,
AND AS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
SHARED, WE HAVE BEEN
COORDINATING WITH COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS'S OFFICE TO FORM THESE
TWO CONSOLIDATE, SO WE'RE NOT
REPEATING REQUESTS.
I'LL REMAIN THE PRIMARY SPONSOR
WITH THE ADDITIONAL
COSPONSORSHIP, INCLUDING
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THANK YOU.
LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE
BIT OF OVERVIEW ON SOME
BACKGROUND HERE.
AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVES
REMAIN DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECTED BY HOPELESSNESS.
10% OF HOMELESS ARE THE
AMERICAN INDIAN, OR ALASKA
NATIVES.
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY
CONTINUE TO FACE THIS COMPLEX
ISSUE.
IN THE MEANTIME, CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB HAS PROVIDED A MODEL FOR A
SUCCESS.FUL HOUSING PIPELINE
FOR SEATTLE.
CHIEF SEATTLE HAS DEMONSTRATED
A CONSISTENT TRACK RECORD IN
SERVING THE NEEDS OF AMERICAN
INDIANS AND ALASKAN NATIVES
PEOPLE.
EXITING TO PERMANENT HOWSING IN
PROGRAMS SUCH AS RAPID
REHOUSING, WITH ONLY 3%
RETURNING TO HOMELESSNESS.
CHIEF SEATTLE'S CLUB PROGRAMS
ARE TOWARD STABILIZING AMERICAN
INDIAN, ALASKAN NATIVE, AND
MOVING THEM ON A PATH TO MORE
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THE DAY CENTER IS THEIR FRONT
DOOR, WHERE THEY BUILD TRUST
WITH MEMBERS, AND SAVE THEIR
LIVES WITH ONSITE SERVICES,
SUCH AS TRADITIONAL WELLNESS.
THE DAY CENTER COSTS AROUND, OR
APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 1300 PER
MEMBER PER YEAR.
I JUST WANT TO ADD A FEW ITEMS
ON THE OVERVIEW HERE, REGARDING
CHIEF SEATTLE AND SOME OF THE
WORK THEY'VE DONE AND WHAT
UNITS THEY HAVE IN THE
PIPELINE.
IN 2019, CHIEF SEATTLE SPENT
ABOUT $1,800 PER CLIENT FOR HSD
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, THAT
INCLUDED STAFF AND FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE WITH A 97% SUCCESS
RATE.
IN 2019, CHIEF SEATTLE ALSO
SPENT ABOUT 3,000 PER CLIENT
OVERALL AS MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN
THE HOUSEHOLDS, THAT INCLUDES
PEOPLE WHO DID NOT MOVE INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
OR 1600 PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THAT SUCCESS RATE WAS ABOUT
87%.
A QUICK OVERVIEW THOUGH OF
CHIEF SEATTLE AND WHAT THEY'VE
BEEN DOING.
THE HOUSING PIPELINE DATA,
RIGHT NOW WITH EAGLE VILLAGE,
WITH 24 UNITS OF HOUSING, THERE
ARE CURRENTLY 31 EAGLE VILLAGE
RESIDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY
AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA
NATIVE.
13% TWO SPIRIT, AND 6% VETERAN.
MOST OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS FOR OVER
FIVE YEARS.
THE SECOND PIECE, IT'S CALLED
ALA, IT IS A LA CHUTE WORD FOR
HOME.
CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FOR
THE 47 MILLION MIXED USE
FACILITY.
THE 9 STORY BUILDING IS 50,000
SQUARE FEET, AND INCLUDES 80
UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND A HEALTH CLINIC TO BE
LEASED BY THE HEALTH PORT.
ONE OTHER ISSUE, WE HAD THE
SACRED MEDICINE HOUSE TO COME
ONLINE, WHICH IS 120 UNITS OF
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
DUE TO COVID-19 AND SEATTLE'S
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, THE CITY
OF SEATTLE IS FAST TRACKING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF 600 UNITS OF
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB IS
PARTNERING WITH THE
SUSTAINABILITY EFFORT, TO
REDUCE THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION
OPERATION.
LET'S SEE.
IN AUGUST 2020, THE CLUB WAS
AWARDED $12.3 MILLION FROM THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, AND IS SEEKING
INCOME FUNDING.
SACRED MEDICINE HOUSE INCLUDES
120 UNITS OF SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING, WITH CONSTRUCTION
STARTING IN 2021, AND HOPEFULLY
OPEN IN 2022.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT HELPFUL
OVERVIEW.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR
ABOUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT THIS
EFFORT COULD SUPPORT.
JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK ON
THE OUTREACH ELEMENT OF THE
1.6.
IS THIS EMBEDDED IN THIS, IS
THIS ONE OUTREACH PERSON, OR IS
THERE TWO?
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE
BREAKDOWN IS?
MAYBE CENTRAL STAFF.
>> ACTUALLY I CAN'T.
THIS PROPOSAL WILL NEED A
LITTLE MORE REFINING, AS IS
OFTEN THE CASE WITH OUR FORM
A'S.
ESPECIALLY, BECAUSE THEY
RECEIVE RATHER LATE INFORMATION
FROM HSD CLARIFYING SOME NEW
NUMBERS.
THIS IS GOING TO NEED SOME
RECALCULATION TO SOME DEGREE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN
NUMBERS HERE, BUT SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN, IF I WERE TO BREAK
DOWN THE 1.6 AROUND78,000 IS
SLATED FOR OUTREACH.
AND AGAIN, AS WE'RE STILL
TRYING TO CALIBRATE WHERE
EXACTLY WHAT THAT EQUALS WITH
FTE.
>> DID YOU SAY 78,000?
>> YEAH, WE'RE AT77,882.
>> GOT IT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE THAT SUMMARY, AND
THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, AND LOOK
FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON NUMBER 11 HERE?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE ONTO
NUMBER 12.
>> OKAY, OUR NEXT SESSION OF
INVESTMENTS ARE HOMELESSNESS
OUTREACH AND THE SHELTER
RESPONSE.
THE FIRST IS TO PROVIDE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKERS IN
NORTH SEATTLE.
THEY WOULD ADVOCATE $200,000 TO
HIRE 2 INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD
ACT AS LIAISONS TO SMALL
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS IN THE
LAKE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
PROVIDE CRISIS INTERVENTION
SERVICES.
THIS IS PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I'M GLAD YOU AND I HAD SOME
OFFLINE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE,
WHETHER THEY WOULD BE IN
COMMUNITY, OR WITH HSD.
SO AT THIS JUNKTURE, JUNCTURE
SINCE THE ONSET OF THE
PANDEMIC, WE'VE HAD MANY MORE
NEW ENCAMPMENTS HAVE QUICKLY
BECOME UNMANAGEABLE.
THEY ARE LOCATED IN DAVIS PARK,
IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSINESS
DISTRICT IN LAKE CITY.
I DON'T WANT TO LIST ALL OF THE
PARKS, BUT THREE OR FOUR OR
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONES THAT
WE'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH,
BETWEEN AURORA, AND LAKE CITY.
THE ENCAMPMENTS POSE A THREAT
TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
TRESPASSING, OR THREATENING
BEHAVIOR ASSOCIATED WITH THE
ENCAMPMENT.
I'M NOT SAYING EVERYONE THERE
IS VOLATILE, AND THREATENING,
BUT I'M SAYING THERE IS AN
ISSUE THERE.
RESIDENTS EMPHASIZE WITH THE
HOMELESSNESS IN THE AREA, BUT
ARE EXPERIENCING FATIGUE.
THAT HAS LED TO A CONFLICT
BETWEEN UNHOUSED ISSUES WITH
BEHAVIORAL ISSUES.
WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY,
LAKE CITY COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, THIS IS WHAT
THEY'RE PROPOSING IS THAT WE
CAN WORK WITH COMMUNITY AND
HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY
NAVIGATORS, IF YOU WILL, IN
HELPING OUR UNSHELTERED
COMMUNITY GET TO THE SERVICES
THAT THEY NEED.
FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY PUBLIC
SAFETY SURVEY IDENTIFIED THE
NUMBER ONE SAFETY CONCERN FOR
LAKE CITY HAS BEEN THE LACK OF
POLICE CAPACITY AND PRESENCE.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST THE LACK
OF HAVING PEOPLE COME OUT THERE
TO HELP THESE FOLKS GET THE
SERVICES THEY NEED.
SO RIGHT NOW, OVER 30 RESIDENTS
AND 10 BUSINESS OWNER, AND TWO
NONPROFITS, AND SOMEONE CHURCH
IN LAKE CITY HAVE SIGNED ON IN
FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL.
LIKE I SAY, AGAIN, I WANT TO
RAMBLE OFF A HALF DOZEN
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
SINCE 2015 FOR THESE, TO HAVE
THESE PROPOSED BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH OUTREACH POSITIONS OF
THE LAKE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
OUR UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS.
IT'S JUST BEEN AN ONGOING
ISSUE.
AND NOW WHERE WE'RE REIMAGINING
A NEW TEAM TO GO OUT AND
PROVIDE OUTREACH, WE'RE HOPING
THAT THIS BUDGET CYCLE WILL
PROVIDE THESE TWO NORTH END
NAVIGATORS.
AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER,
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ON THIS
ISSUE AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ON ITEM
NUMBER 12?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
I WILL NOTE FROM MY INITIAL
GLANCE AT THESE ITEMS IT DOES
SEEM LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF
COMMONALITY BETWEEN ITEM 12
FROM MORALES, 13 FROM JUAREZ,
16 FROM STRAUSS, AS THEY ARE
WORKING WITH OR UNSHELTERED
POPULATION, AND PROVIDING
ASSISTANCE, AND SUPPORT, AND
OUTREACH AS WELL TO OUR
BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AS WE
HAVE THIS CONVERSATION HERE
TODAY IF THERE ARE OVERLAPPING
ISSUES, AS YOU DESCRIBE THEM,
FOR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, AND TO
FOLLOW UP ON THAT, IF THERE IS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE THERE, THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW.
LET'S GO AHEAD, AND GO INTO
ITEM NUMBER 13.
>> ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A PROPOSAL
TO, ACTUALLY, IN SOME SAYS IT
INTERACTS WITH AN ISSUE TO THE
NAVIGATION TEAM, AND WHAT THE
2020 BUDGET POSITIONS AS AN
UNSHELTERED REACH AND OUTREACH
TEAM.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD TAKE THE
FUNDS, AND THE FTE THAT ARE
PROPOSED AND INSTEAD CREATE A
NEW 5 PERSON TEAM THAT PROVIDES
ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT, AND
SUPPORT TO OUTREACH AGENCIES,
AND PROVIDES COORDINATION FOR
THE UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS.
THIS WAS PROPOSED Y
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S SEE, AS JEFF NOTED THE
UNSHELTERED OUTREACH, AND
RESPONSE TEAM THAT'S IN THE
2021 POSED BUDGET, REALLY TAKES
ON A LOOK OF A SMALLER
NAVIGATION TEAM, AND I BELIEVE
THIS COUNCIL MADE CLEAR IN THE
SUMMER, WE HAVE CLOSED THE BOOK
ON THE NAVIGATION TEAM, AND I'M
LOOKING TOWARD TO SEEING HOW WE
CAN REALLY SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE THINK IT REFLECTS THE
DECISION THAT COUNCIL MADE OVER
THE SUMMER.
REFLECTS WHAT WE'VE HEARD FOR
YEARS FROM UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS
FROM PROVIDERS FROM OUTREACH
WORKERS AND FROM ADVOCATES.
THAT IF THE CITY IS GOING TO BE
PART OF THIS ECOSYSTEM OF
PROVISION OF SERVICES TO OUR
HOMELESS NEIGHBORS, THEN WE AS
A CITY REALLY SHOULD STEP BACK
AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORT ON
COORDINATION, BUT REALLY, LET
THE EXPERTS LEAD ON THE
RESPONSE ITSELF.
SO THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THE
HOPE TEAM WOULD BE STRUCTURALLY
DIFFERENT FROM THE NAVIGATIONAL
TEAM, AND IT WOULD SERVE THE
FOLLOWING PURPOSES.
IT WOULD REALLY LET THE
PROVIDERS SET THE TONE FOR WHAT
CRITERIA ARE, HOW THE APPROACH
TO OUTREACH WOULD HAPPEN.
AGREED UPON WITH THE CITY, IT
WOULD REALLY BE LETTING THEM
LEAD THE CONVERSATION.
THE HOPE TEAM WOULD PROVIDE THE
OVERSITE, AND ONGOING SUPPORT
FOR PROVIDER LED HOMELESSNESS
OUTREACH STRATEGY, SO THEY
WOULD ASSOCIATE INTERDEPARTMENT
SUPPORT, LITTER CLEANICS,
SHARPS CLEAN UP, THE PURPLE BAG
PROGRAM, BUT WOULD NOT BE
INVOLVED IN DIRECT OUTREACH.
THAT WORK WOULD REALLY BE LEFT
TO THE SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THIS TEAM WOULD COST LESS THAN
THE TEAM PROPOSED BY HSD.
THERE WOULD BE, AS I SAID, NO
DIRECT OUTREACH DONE BY CITY
EMPLOYEES, AND NO POLICE
INVOLVEMENT.
IT WOULD STILL ALLOW POLICE AND
OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS TO
RESPOND TO ANY CRIMES THAT ARE
HAPPENING IN OR NEAR
ENCAMPMENTS.
AND BY FUNDING THE HOPE TEAM,
WE CAN FINALLY LEAVE THE
NAVIGATION TEAM DISCUSSION
BEHIND, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A
PROVIDER LED STRATEGY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
AS I SAID, WE HAVE BEEN IN
COMMUNICATION WITH, I DON'T
KNOW, A DOZEN OUTREACH
PROVIDERS, SERVICE WORKERS,
WITH OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY
THEMSELVES, AND I DO WANT TO
GIVE DEVIN SILVERNAIL ON MY
STAFF, A HUGE SHOUT OUT FOR A
LOT OF THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE
TO POOL FOLKS TOGETHER, AND
REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT THEY
THINK WE CAN DO BETTER.
AND THEY THINK THIS APPROACH
SHOULD LOOK LIKE, SO I WANT TO
THANK HIM, AND I WANT TO THANK
ALL OF THE PROVIDERS AND THE
HOMELESS NEIGHBORS THEMSELVES
FOR ALL OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THIS IDEA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT OVERVIEW,
AND FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT
YOU HAVE DONE TO PULL TOGETHER
THIS IDEA AND YOUR TAME.
I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LOT
OF WORK, SO WE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING THAT
OVERVIEW.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANY
COMMENTS?
>> YEAH, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, AND
DEVIN FOR BRINGING THIS MODEL
FORWARD, WHICH, I MEAN, I'LL
JUST SAY I THINK IT'S A GREAT
ITERATION OF THE JUMPING OFF
POINT THAT WAS PROFFERED BY THE
EXECUTIVE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND IT IS IN KEEPING WITH A LOT
OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN
HAVING WITH THE PROVIDER
COMMUNITY, THE KIND OF MODEL
YOUR SEEING THAT REALLY BEGINS
WITH A CENTER'S ENGAGEMENT.
I WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO SEE,
KIND OF THROUGH THE PROCESS
THAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW TO
CONTINUE WORK THROUGH SQUARING
A LOT OF THE CIRCLES WITH
CREATING A NEW OUTREACH SYSTEM.
WHAT IN THIS MODEL WOULD BE
SORT OF CONSISTENT WITH WHAT
HSD WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND
WHETHER THERE'S PARTS THAT
THERE WOULD BE PUSH BACK.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE
COULD REACH AN ACCORD THAT IS
FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THIS, GIVEN
THAT IT REALLY IS IN THE SPIRIT
OF WHAT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE
BEEN REPRESENTING ON ALL ENDS
OF THE SPECTRUM WE WANT TO BE
MOVING TOWARD.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
PROPOSAL COMING FORWARD, AND I
DO WANT TO JUST SAY FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC THAT THE
LEGISLATION THAT I PUT FORWARD
FOR RELEASING MONEY FOR A TEAM
TO CLOSE OUT 2020 IS UNRELATED
TO THESE 2021 CONVERSATIONS,
WHICH IS OF NOTE.
THAT THESE ARE SEPARATE
CONVERSATIONS, AND THAT OUR
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 2020 DON'T
LOCK US IN AS A COUNCIL TO
COMMITTING TO ANY GIVEN MODEL
FOR 2021.
SO I'M GLAD THIS IS ON THE
TABLE, AND THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES HAS BROUGHT IT FORWARD,
SO WE CAN BE TALKING ABOUT THIS
AS AN APPROACH, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE
CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT?
>> NOPE.
I DON'T THINK SO.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, ONE COMMENT FROM YOU,
JUST BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, WHILE THEY MIGHT BE
SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS AND
SEPARATE PIECES OF LEGISLATION
AT THIS POINT, I THINK AS WE
TRY TROUGH PROVIDE A SEAMLESS
TRANSITION, LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING HOW THESE PROPOSALS
PROVIDE THAT RAMP INTO NEXT
YEAR.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT
YOU'VE BEEN ENDEAVORING TO
ACCOMPLISH AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE PROVIDER GROUPS, AND
THE FOLKS DOING THE DIRECT
OUTREACH HERE, THAT AREA OF
INTEREST FOR ALL OF US AS WELL.
>> SURE.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN
CONVERSATION WITH THEM FOREVER,
YOU KNOW, I BOTH UNDERSTAND THE
CONCERN WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW
WE CAN, HOW THIS TRANSITION
HAPPENS, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING
WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
WITH THE EXECUTIVES WITH THE
DEPUTY MAYOR.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL
SORT OF MOVING IN THE SAME
DIRECTION WITH A REALLY CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING FROM THE PROVIDER
COMMUNITY, WITH WHAT THEY THINK
THIS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
ENDEAVORING TO DO HERE, IS THAT
ENSURE THAT WE ARE MOVING,
GIVING THEM AGENCY IN FIGURING
OUT WHAT THIS SHOULD LOOK LIKE,
AND OUR PLAN IS TO IT CONTINUE
THIS CONVERSATION, AS WE GET
THE FORM B READY, AND AS WE
HAVE, YOU KNOW, NEED TO PUT A
LITTLE MORE STRUCTURE IN PLACE
TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, WE WILL
BE HAVING ADDITIONAL
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROVIDER
COMMUNITY.
>> EXCELLENT, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT WORKING WITH THE
EXECUTIVE, BECAUSE I JUST WANT
TO, I KNOW THERE'S OBVIOUSLY
EXPERTISE AMONG CERTAIN
NONPROFITS, AND ALSO I JUST
WANT TO LIFT UP THE EXPERTISE
IN OUR OWN CITY GOVERNMENT, AND
OUR OWN HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
MAKING SURE THEY'RE INVESTING
TAX DOLLARS WISELY, KEEPING
TRACK OF THOSE DOLLARS AND THE
PERFORMANCE OUTCOME.
SO I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S
EXPERTISE.
THERE'S LOTS OF EXPERTISE TO GO
AROUND, AREN'T I HOPE WE GET TO
UTILIZE ALL OF THAT, AS WE
CRAFT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL
AGREE TO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THE TEAM
WOULD BE FOR, YOU KNOW FOR
DOING SOME OF THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION,
BUT ALSO FOR DOING THE CONTRACT
MANAGEMENT, AND FOR SETTING
THOSE KIND OF BACK OFFICE FOR
LACK OF A BETTER TERM, KIND OF
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORTS
THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER
FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO DO
THEIR JOB.
IT'S REALLY JUST A PULLING BACK
OF THE ACTUAL DIRECT OUTREACH,
AND LETTING THE OTHER EXPERTS
DO THAT PIECE OF THE WORK.
>> EXCELLENT, I'M NOT SEEING
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT
THIS TIME.
WE ARE ON NUMBER 14.
A CONTINUATION OF OUR
CONVERSATION AROUND OUTREACH OF
OUR BUSINESSES AND SHELTER
OPERATION.
IT IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, AND WE'LL HAVE JEFF
WALK US THROUGH IT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS
SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO PROPOSAL
NUMBER 12 AND SOME ONES THAT
WE'LL GET TO SHORTLY.
IT PROVIDES $98,000 IN THIS
CASE, AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY THE
TYPE OF AGENCY THAT WOULD
RECEIVE THESE TYPES OF FUNS, AS
SPECIFIED AS REPRESENTING
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR WHO HAVE LIVED THE
EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS.
IN THIS CASE, THE FOCUS WILL BE
ON THE COLUMBIA CITY AND
RAINIER BEACH NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT'S PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
YEAH, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE SO
YOU MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE
SEEING THE VALUE OF THIS WORK.
I THINK WE ARE ALL HEARING FROM
OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE NEED
FOR ADDITIONAL OUTREACH.
FOR SOMEBODY TO SERVE AS A
LIAISON WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
SO MUCH LIKE MY COLLEAGUES WHO
ARE REQUESTING FUNDS FOR
SIMILAR POSITIONS, YOU KNOW,
I'VE CERTAINLY HEARED FROM MY
CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE NEED FOR
MORE HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH IN
OUR DISTRICT.
SO WE ARE REQUESTING, OR
SUBMITTING A FORM A TO BE ABLE
TO FUND A POSITION PARTICULARLY
IN THE COLUMBIA CITY BUSINESS
AREA, AND IN THE RAINIER
VALLEY.
>> EXCELLENT.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS ON
THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER 15.
>> NUMBER 15 ON THE NEXT SLIDE
IS RELATED TO THE NAV APP,
WHICH IS THE APPLICATION
SOFTWARE THAT HAS BEEN USED BY
THE CITY'S NAVIGATION TEAM TO
TRACK THE PEOPLE THEY CAME INTO
CONTACT WITH, AND THE OUTCOMES
OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS AND
REFERRALS, AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
THIS WOULD ADD FUNDS TO REQUEST
HOMELESS PROVIDERS, SO OUR
CONTRACT AGENCIES, WITH THE
TOOLS AND TRAINING THAT THEY
NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
UTILIZE THAT APPLICATION.
THIS IS PUT FORWARD BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JUST BECAUSING FOR A SECOND.
>> YEAH, SO THIS ITEM IS ONE
THAT WE PULLED TOGETHER EARLY
ON.
MY PRIMARY INTEREST IS MAKING
SURE THAT CONTRACTED OUTREACH
PROVIDERS HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR
REALTIME INFORMATION ABOUT
SHELTER AVAILABILITY, AND THE
ABILITY TO MAKE DIRECT
REFERRALS, AS THEY'RE
INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE LIVING
IN SHELTER.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ELIMINATE ANY PROCESS BARRIER
THAT HELPS THEM FROM HELPING
PEOPLE ACCESS SHELTER.
ACCESS TO THE NAV APP MAY OR
MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO
ACCOMPLISH THIS.
I'M CONTINUING MY DISCUSSIONS
WITH PROVIDERS ON THE BEST WAY
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL.
THAT'S IT.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF WHAT DOLLAR AMOUNT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE ON.
THE LAST TWO ITEMS.
>> ITEM NUMBER 16 IS
HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH.
IN THIS CASE, WEST SEATTLE, AND
THE SOUTH PARK AREA AS IT HAS A
LOT OF SIMILARITIES WITH TWO
EARLIER PROPOSALS, PROVIDING A
LIAISON BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND
BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITY
LEADERS IN THAT AREA.
>> GREAT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> AS MENTIONED, THIS ITEM HAS
SOME SIMILARITY WITH OTHER
COUNCILMEMBER REQUESTS.
I THINK THE SPECIFIC, UNIQUE
ISSUE FOR MY DISTRICT IS WE DO
HAVE REACH GOING TO VISIT
DISTRICT ONE, ONCE A WEEK, AND
THAT'S VERY WELCOME, BUT THE
CLOSURE ON WITH THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE PUTS A STRAIN ON
PROVIDERS WHO ARE NOT BASED IN
DISTRICT ONE.
SO THE IDEA IS TO PUT MORE
POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE
SOMEBODY THAT'S BASED IN
DISTRICT ONE, SERVING OT ONLY
WEST SEATTLE, BUT SOUTH PARK AS
WELL.
>> YOU MAKE EXCELLENT POINTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS BRIDGE IS EFFECTING ALL
ASPECTS OF LIFE OUT HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, ANY CALLS
FROM YOU?
I DO HAVE YOU OFF MUTE.
>> I'M GREAT.
>> LET'S DO THE LAST ITEM ALONG
A SIMILAR VEIN.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AND I'LL
TURN OVER JEFF TO WALK US
THROUGH IT.
>> AS COUNCILMEMBERS ARE AWARE,
LAST YEAR, THE BUDGET CONTINUED
FUNDING TO THE AGENCIES THAT
SERVE AS THE PROJECT PROGRAM
MANAGERS TO PROVIDE OUTREACH IN
THE U DISTRICT AND DOLLAR AND
THIS WOULD BUILD ON THAT, TO
PROVIDE HOMELESSNESS, OUTREACH,
CLEAN UP, AND SECURITY SERVICES
TOWARDS TWO OF THE COMMUNITY IN
THE AREA, WORKING IN
COLLABORATION IN THIS AREA, AND
IS A AN EMPHASIS PUT FORWARD BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU, JEFF.
AS JEFF MENTIONED, SEVERAL
BIA'S, INCLUDING THE BALLARD
ALLIANCE, AND DISTRICT ALLIANCE
HAVE PREVIOUSLY CONTRACTED TO
PROVIDE OUTREACH TO CONDUCT
OUTREACH IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THESE PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO BE
POPULAR WITH BUSINESSES AND
RESIDENTS OF THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PROVIDE A
WAY THAT KEEPS LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOCUSED ON MORE HIGHER USES OF
THEIR TIME AND ENSURES THAT
REACH OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THE
FIRST GROUP OF PEOPLE TO
INTERACT WITH THOSE PEOPLE IN
CRISIS.
MY PROPOSAL WOULD INCREASE THE
FUNDING FOR THOSE SERVICES, AS
WELL AS FOR CLEAN UP AND
SECURITY SERVICES FOR BIA'S,
SINCE THE UNACTIVATED HOURS OF
OUR BUSINESS DISTRICTS HAVE
INCREASED FROM 4:00 TO 6:00
A.M., TODAY WITHIN THE
PANDEMIC, THE UNACTIVATED HOURS
ARE FROM ABOUT MIDNIGHT TO 6:00
A.M.
I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO
COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ, AND
HERBOLD TO SEE IF WE CAN
COMBINE OUR REQUESTS.
THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU
JEFF.
>> PERHAPS IF WE COULD ALSO
FOLD IN MORALES AS WELL TO SEE
IF THE D2 OUTREACH IS IN A
SIMILAR WANE.
>> WELCOME.
THAT'S WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS ON
THIS ONE.
GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR
THINKING ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT,
YES, AND HOW THIS APPLIES
ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF
THE SPECIFIC AREAS.
BEFORE WE GO INTO OTHER
PROPOSALS, I WANT TO SEE IF ANY
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND FIRST
OFFER OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT THE
CHANCE TO CHIME IN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN
MOSQUEDA.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT AT THE END OF THE
HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH SECTION
TO MENTION THAT I THINK THAT IT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THESE
AREAS AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO
SEE SO MANY PROPOSALS IN THE
HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH AREA THAT
ARE INNOVATIVE AND SOME ARE
EXPANSION OF PRIOR, PAST
INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE IN
THIS AREA, AND, YOU KNOW, I
THINK THAT WHAT I WANTED TO
SHARE WAS THAT I WAS ON A CALL
LAST WEEK WITH LEO FLOOR FROM
KING COUNTY, WHO MENTIONED, AND
REMINDED FOLKS ON THE CALL,
THAT AS IT RELATES TO
HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH ONE OF
THE SYSTEM GAPS IS THAT WE HAVE
AS A CITY AND A COUNTY,
INVESTED QUITE A BIT OF DOLLARS
IN PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT
OUTREACH TO OUR UNSHELTERED
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
AND I DON'T THINK HE WAS MAKING
AN ARGUMENT TO REDUCE THOSE
INVESTMENTS.
I THINK HE WAS MAKING AN
ARGUMENT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN
OUTREACH, WHILE ALSO MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE IN THE SAME
VEIN AND COMMENSURATELY
INVESTING IN PLACES TO SEND
PEOPLE TO THAT ARE APPROPRIATE
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND AS I LOOK AT THIS BUDGET,
BOTH THE ONE PROPOSED BY THE
MAYOR, AND SOME OF THESE
COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSALS THROUGH
BUDGET ACTIONS, I STILL DON'T
HAVE A CLEAR SENSE OF WHETHER,
OR HOW THESE OUTREACH SERVICES
ARE MATCHED, I SUPPOSE FOR LACK
OF A BETTER TERM, WITH PLACES
TO REFER PEOPLE TO.
I DID SEE SOMETHING RELATED TO
TINY HOMES AND I THINK THAT'S
SUPER IMPORTANT, BUT I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY HERE FROM JEFF AND
OTHERS ON COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
ABOUT HOW OUR HOMELESSNESS
OUTREACH DOLLARS AND
INVESTMENTS COMPARE IN SCALE TO
WHAT THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW,
THE REGION, AS WE THINK ABOUT
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITIES ARE
INVESTING IN TERMS OF BRICK AND
MORTAR FOR WHERE WE ARE SENDING
PEOPLE TO, AND REFERRING PEOPLE
TO, IN SORT OF THE WHAT I THINK
IS AN EXPECTED NATURAL
BIPRODUCT OF OUTREACH
INVESTMENTS.
>> WELL SAID, THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT
UP, AND I SEE LEWIS K ON THE
LINE, I'M HAPPY TO OPEN THAT
QUESTION UP, AND I HAVE A
QUESTION THAT DUCK TAILS ON
THAT.
>> I'M HAPPY TO DO A SIMILAR
ANALYSIS, I DON'T HAVE A
DOLLARS TO DOLLARS COMPARISON,
THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL, OR A
COMPARISON TO HOW OTHER
JURISDICTIONS HANDLE THAT
APPROACH, SO I'M HAPPY TO WORK
FURTHER ON THAT.
I WILL NOTE THAT THE COUNCIL
RECEIVES REPORTS ON THE
OUTCOMES THAT THE NAVIGATIONAL
TEAM HAS ACHIEVED OVER 2019,
AND 2020, AND MOST
SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE EXECUTIVE
HIGHLIGHTED, THERE WAS A
DRAMATIC IMPROVE.
IN OUTCOMES FOR THE
NAVIGATIONAL TEAM, OPENING THE
APPROXIMATELY 192 BEDS IN THE
SHELTER AND THE ABILITY TO
PLACE PEOPLE.
SO I THINK THAT THE POINT THAT
THE COUNCILMEMBER IS MAKING,
THE MORE OPTIONS WE HAVE TO
MOVE PEOPLE INTO A SHELTER
SPACE, THE STRUCTURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO MOVE
INTO, AND THEN ALSO INTO OUT OF
THOSE SHELTERS, WHICH ARE
TEMPORARY, INTO A TRUE HOUSING
SITUATION, AS ONE OF SEEN THAT
EXPAND, THAT HAS YIELDED ITS
MORE SUCCESS FOR OUR OUTREACH
PROVIDERS.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
GO AHEAD.
>> JEFF, I THINK THAT LAST
COMMENT YOU MADE IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, RIGHT?
BECAUSE IF WE'RE JUST ENGAGING
IN OUTREACH, AND I'M NOT SAYING
THAT WE JUST ENGAGE IN
OUTREACH, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE
APPROPRIATE OFFERS OF
PERMANENT, OR TRANSITION
HOUSING FOR FOLKS THAT WE'RE
DOING OUTREACH TO, THEN, WE'RE
SORT OF ACCEPTING THAT WE'RE
DOING OUTREACH FOR PURPOSES OF
PROVIDING SERVICES IN FIELD,
BUT NOT FOR PURPOSES OF
CONNECTING PEOPLE.
SO SOMETHING BETTER THAN LIVING
OUTSIDE.
SO I DO THINK THAT IN TERMS OF
THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, IT'S
BOTH AN INVESTMENT QUESTION,
RIGHT, ARE WE INVESTING AT THE
SCALE NEEDED FOR BRICK AND
MORTAR, THAT IS COMMENSURATE,
OR GREATER THAN THE TYPE OF
OUTREACH SERVICES THAT WE ARE
PROVIDING?
AND THEN SECONDLY, RELATED TO
THAT IS, DOES, IF THERE IS A
HEAVY INVESTMENT IN THAT
OUTREACH, AS COMPARED TO BRICK
AND MORTAR OPTIONS TO
TRANSITION PEOPLE TO, THEN IS
THAT OUT OF LINE WITH OUR
STRATEGIES, BROADLY SPEAKING,
ABOUT HOW THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE
SQUARELY FOCUSED ON NOT JUST
OUTREACH, BUT OUTREACH PLUS
HOUSING, RIGHT?
SO I THINK I WORRY THAT WE
HAVEN'T DONE, YOU KNOW ROBUST
ANALYSIS OF HOW THE OUTREACH
MEANINGFULLY CONNECTS TO
PROVIDING PEOPLE OPTIONS THAT
ARE DESIGNED FOR THEIR UNIQUE
NEEDS, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT THE UNHOUSED POPULATION IS
NOT A MONOLITH.
AND IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT,
THEN I THINK WE NEED TO
REEVALUATE WHERE WE'RE SETTING
THE DIALS IN THIS SPACE SO THAT
WE ARE DOING OUTREACH THAT IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN INTO
PLACEMENT IN SOMETHING MORE
STABLE, AND PERMANENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I ALSO WANT TO CHIME IN HERE.
I THINK IT IS THE LATTER
QUESTION, AS YOU ARTICULATED,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND THIS
GOES TO EVERY RIDE ALONG, EVERY
CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD WITH
OUTREACH WORKERS, THERE'S
NOWHERE TO NAVIGATE TO, IF THE
SHELTERS ARE AT CAPACITY,
THERE'S NOWHERE TO BUILD UP
SPACE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
UNDERSCORING THAT POINT, IT
DOES DOVE TAIL INTO THE
CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE IN
TERMS OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET,
AND THE WAYS WE HAD ASSUMED
THAT THE JUMP START FUNDING
WOULD BE USED IN 2022, KNOWING
THAT 70% OF THE FUNDS WE HAD
APPROPRIATED FOR JUMP START
WOULD GO INTO HOUSING THAT WE
HAD HOPED THAT THOSE DOLLARS
WOULD ALLOW FOR OFFICE OF
HOUSING TO FREE UP FUNDING THAT
THEY WERE HOLDING FOR 2022, AND
FRONT LOAD THAT INTO 2021.
ALY, I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE YOU
CAN PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT INTO
THAT ISSUE, AND EVEN WITH THAT
CLAIREFICATION, CLARIFICATION
THAT POINT IS VERY VALID.
AFTER ALY, I'LL TURN TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I WOULD AGREE WITH ALL OF WHAT
HAS BEEN SAID, I THINK HAVING
SORT OF A VARIETY OF TYPES OF
INTERVENTIONS IS IMPORTANT HERE
AND HAVING SOME FLEXIBILITY IN
THE FUNDING.
I THINK AS YOU MENTIONED,
COUNCIL ADOPTED THE JUMP START
SPENDING PLAN, AND IN 2021, THE
FOCUS WAS PRIMARILY ON EXPANDED
COVID RELIEF, AND CONTINUITY OF
SERVICES.
SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO SPEND,
HAVE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS
AVAILABLE IN 2022 FOR
INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING AS WELL
AS THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE.
THERE IS NOT A PROPOSAL FOR THE
2022 BUDGET BEFORE YOU NOW IN
LOOKING A THE FINANCIAL PLANS
IN LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED
BUDGET, IT IS NOT ASSUMING THAT
THOSE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS WILL
BE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING'S BUDGET.
AND IN FACT, MOST OF THE FUNDS
WOULD BE USED TO CONTINUE
SUPPORTING ONGOING BASE OF
BUDGET NEEDS, AND THEN IT'S
UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S
ABOUT $100 MILLION, THE BUDGET
BOOK DOES TO SAY THE PROPOSAL
OR THE EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES
INITIATIVE IS ONGOING, SO OUR
ASSUMPTION IS THAT THAT MONEY,
THAT IS REALLY FREED UP FROM
THE PAYROLL TAX PROCEEDS WOULD
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE AND
NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
HOUSING INVESTMENTS PROPOSED IN
THE JUMP START SPENDING PLAN.
SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO TIE UP
FUNDS FOR 2022 THROUGH THE 2021
BUDGET, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF I'M
ANTICIPATING YOUR QUESTION.
I'M JUST CONFIRMING THAT RIGHT
NOW IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE
INTENTION IS TO PROGRAM THE PRO
SEEDS FROM THE PAYROLL TAX OF
2022 AND BEYOND FOR HOUSING,
BUT THAT WILL BE A QUESTION FOR
THE COUNCIL NEXT YEAR.
>> WHICH IS VERY PROBLEMATIC,
RIGHT?
WE ALL AGREE TO DO A ONE YEAR
BUDGET, BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS
THAT COVID IS PRESENTING.
BUT FOR US, AGREEING TO JUST
HAVE 12 MONTHS IN FRONT OF US,
WE WOULD HAVE LEVERS TO ADDRESS
2022 SPENDING.
AND I THINK THAT, THANK YOU FOR
ARTICULATING THAT.
I KNOW WE'VE UNCOVERED THAT IN
THE PAST.
WE MUST HAVE A WAY FOR US TO
NOT JUST PUT A BAND AID ON THE
SOLUTION AND DO OUTREACH, AND
GET FOLKS INTO TEMPORARY
SHELTER.
EVEN THE BEST TEMPORARY
SHELTER.
WE REALLY NEED TO BE CREATING
THAT HOUSING STABILITY.
SO I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND
CENTRAL STAFF TO SEE IF THERE'S
ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO TO
ENSURE THAT THE SPENDING IN
2022 IS AS ADHERED TO AS THE
COUNCIL PASSED.
WE'VE GOT CRITICIZED IN PAST
YEARS FOR NOT HAVING A QUOTE
SPEND PLAN WHEN WE HAD ONE.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WHAT WE
MASSED WAS A DETAILED SPEND
PLAN TO GET OUT EXACTLY THIS
CONCERN ABOUT HOUSING,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BEING
CONSTANTLY PUT ON THE BACK
BURNER.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US
TO MAKE SURE THAT SPEND PLAN IS
ADHERED TO, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
I BELIEVE WE'D LIKE TO EXPLORE
IF THE FUNDING CAN GOING TO GO
WHERE THE COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED,
THEN THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY WE
COULD OFFLOAD SOME OF THOSE
HOUSING DOLLARS FOR 2022, AND
PUT MORE INTO HOUSING IN 2021.
ALY, ANYTHING BEFORE CONGRESS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I WANT TO ALSO JUST
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I THINK THIS
HAS BEEN, THE COUNSEL, AND
PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE BEEN
MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION FOR
SOME TIME AND SOME OF YOU HAVE
BEEN PART OF THAT AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BE, SOME OF THAT
FUNDING THAT WILL PROVIDE ABOUT
600 UNITS OF PERMANENT HOUSING,
NEXT YEAR, AND WILL FREE UP
SPACES IN A SHELTER.
IT DEMONSTRATES THE NEED TO
HAVE THAT SORT OF PATH TO
TRANSITION THROUGH, AS WELL AS
PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY AND
OTHER REGIONAL ENTITIES AND
SORT OF GETTING MORE HOUSING
ONLINE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I THINK WHAT I WAS GOING TO
SAY IS COVERED MUCH BETTER THAN
I COULD HAVE COVERED BY
YOURSELF, CHAIR MOSQUEDA, AND
CENTRAL STAFF, I WAS JUST GOING
TO TALK ABOUT THE 2022 PLANS
FOR JUMP START.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US
ABOUT THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ TO CLOSE
US OUT.
>> SORRY, IT TOOK ME A MINUTE
TO FIND MY MUTE BUTTON.
YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT
CONVERSATION.
I JUST, I GUESS FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS MUCH MORE
THAN JUST A CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE REVENUE SOURCE.
YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE
POINTS THAT YOU, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA, AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ARE MAKING.
I'M NOT BEING DISMISSIVE OF
THOSE POINTS.
I THINK THOSE ARE VERY
IMPORTANT POINTS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE ADVANCING THE
COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES AROUND
MEANINGFUL INTERVENTIONS THAT
WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BOTH ON
THE PREVENTION SIDE IN TERMS OF
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, AND ALSO
ON THE OPTIONS FOR HOUSING FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE CURRENTLY
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
BUT I WANT US TO REALLY HAVE A
CONVERSATION, NOT SO MUCH ABOUT
THE FUNDING SOURCE, BUT MORE
ABOUT THE BIGGER QUESTION OF
WHERE WE'RE OUTREACHING PEOPLE
TO.
HOW DOES OUTREACH SERVICES
PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE FUNDING
INTENTIONALLY, AND DELIBERATELY
CONNECT TO PLACEMENTS IN
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT JUST
EMERGENCY SHELTER.
AND, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
US TO HAVE EMERGENCY SHELTER,
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO YOU KNOW,
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND ASK
THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS OF HSD
AROUND HOW DOES THIS, HOW DO
THESE OUTREACH SERVICES
INTENTIONALLY CONNECT TO
PLACEMENT IN, INTO THOSE ACIN
THOSEAFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS
IN COUNSEL THROUGH OTHER
GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
SO I THINK, I JUST WANT TO, FOR
PURPOSES OF CLARIFYING WHAT MY
LINE OF INQUIRY, AND COMMENTS
WERE, IS THAT I WANT TO, YOU
KNOW, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
JUST CLARIFY THAT I OBVIOUSLY
SUPPORT THE WORK AROUND THE
REVENUE, BUT I ALSO, INK
THERE'S MORE THAN JUST, THERE'S
BOTH THE FUNDING QUESTION, AND
A STRATEGIES QUESTION ABOUT HOW
THOSE INTERVENTIONS ARE
CONNECTING WITH THE OUTREACH
WORK THAT WE ARE DOING, SO THAT
WE AREN'T LEFT WITH A QUESTION
OF OUTREACH TO WHERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> ONE OF THE BUDGET ITEMS THAT
I MENTIONED, NUMBER 15 HERE, IS
INTENDED TO PARTIALLY GET AT
THAT ISSUE.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WE HEAR FROM OUTREACH WORKERS
IS THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
THE SORT OF EARMARKED SPACES
THAT THE NAV TEAM HAS
HISTORICALLY HAD ACCESS TO.
SO THE THOUGHT IS BY USING THE
NAV APP, WHICH HAS REALTIME
INFORMATION, NOT ONLY COULD WE
BE INSURING THAT OUTREACH
PROVIDERS ARE PROVIDING THE
DATA TO THE CITY, THAT THE CITY
REQUIRES FOR DETERMINING
WHETHER OR NOT PROVIDERS ARE
MEETING THEIR CONTRACTED
OUTCOMES, BUT IT WOULD ALSO
GIVE THE OUTREACH PROVIDERS
ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION,
REALTIME INFORMATION ABOUT
WHERE THERE ARE ACTUAL
VACANCIES.
THAT'S A SORT OF A LOGISTIC
PART OF THE QUESTION.
BUT I THINK TO BE HAIR TO THE
EXECUTIVE, AND TO HSD, I DO
THINK THEY HAVE PUT SOME
THOUGHT INTO THIS AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS
INTEREST ON THE COUNCIL IN
MOVING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.
BUT WHAT I'VE HEARD THEM
EXPLAIN AS IT RELATES TO THE
300 UNITS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING
TO BRING ON IN DECEMBER, IT'S
THAT THOSE UNITS ARE INTENDED
TO BE THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
FROM OUTSIDE GO TO.
AND THAT'S WHAT I REFERENCED
EARLIER TODAY, WHEN I WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT THE PROVIDER
COMMUNITIES ARE, THE OUTREACH
PROVIDERS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS
AROUND THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED
TO MAKE TO THE NAV TEAM TO
STAND UP THIS NEW OUTREACH
MODEL, IS WHAT THE SORT OF THE
PLACEMENT POLICY IS GOING TO
BE.
WILL IT BE THE OUTREACH
PROVIDERS THAT NOW HAVE ACCESS
TO THESE NEW 300 SPACES TO
REFER PEOPLE TO THEM WITH THE
IDEA THAT THOSE 300 SPACES ARE
NOT INTENDED TO BE PERMANENT.
THEY'RE INTENDED, PEOPLE ARE
INTENDED TO MOVE FROM THERE TO
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO I DO THINK THAT, I'M NOT
SAYING THEY'VE COME UP WITH A
PERFECT SOLUTION, BUT I DO
SOME TIME INTO THINKING ABOUT
THIS OUTREACH TO WHERE
QUESTION, AND I DO ADMIT TO
BEING A LITTLE BIT, I
UNDERSTAND THAT THE INTEREST IN
BUYING HOTELS INSTEAD OF
LEASING ROOMS IS ABOUT HELPING
PROVIDERS HAVE A PERMANENT
ASSET.
YOU KNOW, MAKING THE SERVICE
DOLLARS LAST LONGER AND YOU
KNOW, AGAIN HAVING HOTELS THAT
YOU CAN CONVERT TO BE PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
I AM CONCERNED THOUGH, THAT IT
KIND OF DISRUPTS THE
INTERVENTION THAT THE
EXECUTIVE'S TRYING TO STAND UP
FOR TO ANSWER SPECIFICALLY THAT
THROUGH PUT QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION.
AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS CONTINUED
TO TRY TO PUSH TO GET MORE
FUNDING INTO HOUSING ALONG WITH
MANY OF YOU OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS, THIS IS HOW WE ARE GOING
TO CREATE A HEALTHY, THRIVING,
LOCAL ECONOMY AND PREVENT
PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO GET
SICK.
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE
TO CYCLE OUT INTO HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE
BRINGING THIS ISSUE BACK UP AS
WE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATIONS
AROUND THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE FIVE MORE ITEMS TO GET
THROUGH, WE'RE GOING TO GO
SLIGHTLY OVER 5:00 P.M., SO I
HOPE FOLKS WILL STAY WITH US.
BUT I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT MY
COMMENTS ARE ALSO NOT JUST
ABOUT THE FUND SOURCE.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF
CORONAVIRUS ABOUT THAT, I GET
IT.
BUT MY COMMENTS WERE REALLY
ABOUT HOW, IF OFFICE OF HOUSING
WERE GIVEN THE ABILITY TO
ACTUALLY ASSUME THAT THE JUMP
START DOLLARS WERE ACTUALLY
REAL, WHAT WE COULD ASSUME FOR
THE 2021 INVESTMENT IS THREE
TIMES THE AMOUNT IN THE NOVA
INVESTMENTS FOR HOUSING.
SO BUILDING THE UNITS THAT
PEOPLE NEED TO GET OUT OF
SHELTERS.
WE ESTIMATE THAT HOUSING WOULD
BRING IN $132 MILLION, AND SOME
OF THAT WOULD BE HOME
OWNERSHIP.
SOME OF THAT WOULD BE RENTAL
UNITS, SOME OF THAT WOULD BE
FOR THE OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE, AND WE, I THINK
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF
US, GIVEN THIS QUESTION THAT'S
BEEN POSED, AND I THINK THE
REAL NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
HAVE AN EXIT OUT OF THAT
SHELTER INTO SOMETHING REAL,
BOTH FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
TRYING TO STABLY HOUSE PEOPLE,
AND FOR THE OUTREACH WORKERS
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE
STREET, AND INTO SOME FORM OF
HOUSING AND SHELTER, THEY NEED
TO HAVE SPACES FREED UP, AND
THOSE SPACES SHOULD BE FREED UP
IN TINY HOUSES OR SHELTERS BY
ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BE IN MORE
PERMANENT STABLE HOUSING.
I THINK THE BIG QUESTION I'M
LAYING ON THE TABLE IS NOT
NECESSARILY ABOUT THE FUNDING
SOURCE, BUT REALLY HOW WE
APPRECIATE, OR HOW DO WE ENSURE
THAT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IS
ALLOWED TO FACTOR IN THE JUMP
START FUNDING, BEGINNING IN
2022, SO THAT IN 2021, IN THIS
BUDGET, WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE
THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF
DOLLARS GOING INTO THE NOVA
PROGRAM.
ALY, ANYTHING ON THAT BEFORE WE
GO?
>> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD
TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE IN
THE NEED FOR FUNDING, IN ORDER
TO HAVE PLACES TO NAVIGATE
PEOPLE TOO, WITH THE LEVY
ENDING, I THINK IN 2023, AND
NOT KNOWING ABOUT THAT AND THE
DECISIONS TO COMMIT SOME OF THE
LEVY FUNDS IN PREVIOUS YEARS TO
GET MORE UNITS ONLINE NOW.
HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL SOURCE
OF FUNDS WILL BE IMPORTANT TO
BE ABLE TO MOVE QUICKLY WHEN
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE WE
SAW THIS YEAR WITH SOME, THE
MID-YEAR NOVA FOR THE PERMANENT
SUPPORT OF HOUSING PROJECTS.
>> VERY EXCITING CONVERSATION.
AND REALLY ONE THAT IS ABOUT
CREATING ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR
FAMILIES IN OUR LOCAL REGION,
AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION.
LET'S DO THE LAST FIVE, AND
THEN WE WILL ASK FOR YOUR
INDULGENCE TO READ THROUGH THE
MEMO ON COVID RESPONSE, AND ALY
IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT AS WELL.
BUT WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS
PRESENTATION AND THAT WILL BE
IT FOR TODAY.
>> NUMBER 18 IS RENTAL
ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES.
THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE
THE AMOUNT OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE
FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, AND
THAT PRECISE POPULATION WILL BE
CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE SETTINGS
OR IN SEATTLE SCHOOLS.
THIS IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, I THINK
IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY
HERE.
BUT THE INTENT HERE IS TO HAVE
SOME TARGETED INVESTMENTS FOR
POPULATIONS THAT WE KNOW ARE
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE, AND
THOSE ARE OF COURSE FAMILIES
WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE CURRENTLY
IN CHILDCARE, OR SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
WE ARE STILL EXPLORING WHAT THE
REVENUE SOURCE WOULD BE AND
WORKING THROUGH A POTENTIAL
NUMBER THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE
CRYSTALLIZED BY TOMORROW FOR
FORM B SUBMISSION.
THANK YOU, MANAGER.
SORRY, I WAS GOING TO SAY, I
CANNOT STAY PAST 5:00 P.M.
MY SECOND ITEM, MY FORM A IS
ITEM NUMBER 21, AND I WAS
HOPING TO ASK FOR THE CHAIR'S
INDULGENCE TO ALLOW ME TO
ADDRESS ITEM 21 OUT OF ORDER.
>> I THINK IT'S ITEM 22.
WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
JEFF, DO YOU MIND SUMMARIZING
22 QUICKLY?
>> SURE, THIS IS A REQUEST TO
EXAMINE THE APPROPRIATIONS
PROVIDED FOR THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY, GIVEN THE DELAYS
THAT WE'VE SEEN IN IMPLEMENTING
THE STAND UP OF THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY AND THERE ARE
CONTINUING PLANS TO TRANSFER
úCONTRACT MANAGEMENT, AND
OWNERSHIP OF THOSE TO
AUTHORITY, BUT GIVEN THOSE
DELAYS TO EXAMINE THE COST
IMPACTS OF THAT, AND
FEASIBILITIES, AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> IT IS LISTED AS 21 ON THIS
SLIDE.
SORRY FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> CONFUSION.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO
CONTINUE TO SIGNAL MY SUPPORT
FOR THE EFFORTS OF THE
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
JEFF IN PARTICULAR ALREADY
HIGHLIGHTED THIS AS AN ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION BY CENTRAL
STAFF.
I SUBMITTED A FORM IN PART
BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH
TIME TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM
DURING THE HSD DEPARTMENT
BUDGET OVERVIEW PRESENTATION
THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS
MONTH.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE USE THIS FORM TO CONTINUE
THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE
CITY'S PLAN TO MOVE SIGNIFICANT
RESOURCES AND FUNCTIONS OUT OF
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
INTO THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITYAT SOME
POINT IN 2021.
AS WE KNOW, THE IMPLEMENTATION
TIMELINE HAS BEEN DELAYED BY
MONTHS FOR MANY REASONS,
INCLUDING THE, YOU KNOW, NEED
TO MORE APPROPRIATELY STAFF THE
LIVE EXPERIENCE COHORT
RESOURCES TO CONTINUE TO
MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE BOTH IN
SENSITIVE POLICY QUESTIONS, BUT
ALSO IN MANY OF THE ISSUES
RELATED TO HIRING THE CEO.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW I REMAIN
COMMITTED TO THIS.
I THINK THE CITY IN GENERAL
REMAINS COMMITTED TO THIS
EFFORT, BUT GIVEN THE
IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE, I
THINK THERE IS A QUESTION FOR
THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER DURING
OUR BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH IS
OUR BIGGEST LEVERAGE POINT AS
PARTNERS IN THIS EFFORT.
IT IS, I THINK INCUMBENT UPON
US TO EVALUATE THE PROPOSAL
MADE BY THE MAYOR IN TERMS OF
THE IMPLEMENTATION QUESTION FOR
2021, AND YOU KNOW COLLEAGUS I
WOULD BE REMISS, IN MENTIONING
WHILE I HAVE A STRONG
COMMITMENT AND BELIEF IN THIS
EFFORT, I CONTINUE TO BE
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED
HERE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
MISSED THE NEWS.
EIGHT OF OUR SUBURBAN CITIES IN
KING COUNTY RECENTLY VOTED TO
OPPOSE A 1/10th OF A CENT SALES
TAX AT THE LOCAL LEVEL,
DECIDING INSTEAD TO TAKE A
DIFFERENT APPROACH AND CHOOSING
TO HOUSE, EXCUSE ME, TO PASS
PROPOSAL THAT WOULD FOCUS ON
FUNDING A HIGHER INCOME
THRESHOLD THAN WHAT THE COUNTY
HAS PROPOSED THROUGH ITS SALES
TAX PROPOSAL.
THAT WAS UNFORTUNATE NEWS.
AND I THINK THAT IT PRESENTS A
LITTLE BIT OF A SIGNAL INTO THE
WORK THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE
TO DO TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AS
A REGION.
BUT THAT, SETTING THAT ASIDE,
AT SOME POINT IN 2021, WE ALL
KNOW THAT THE PLAN IS FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE TO TRANSFER
AROUND $73 MILLION WORTH OF
HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS, AND
THE STAFFING, AND
ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES
RELATED TO THOSE CONTRACTS TO
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
BUT IT'S STILL UNCLEAR EXACTLY
HOW SOON THE RHA'S
ADMINISTRATION WILL BE STOOD
UP, AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE
COGNIZANT OF THIS WHILE MAKING
BUDGETARY DECISIONS ABOUT HSD
AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE
RESOURCES AND CONTRACTS.
SO WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER
IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO
MAINTAIN MORE RESOURCES AND
STAFF AT HSD IN 2021 IN ORDER
TO CONTINUE AFFECTIVE
MANAGEMENT OF HOMELESS AND
SERVICE CONTRACTS CURRENTLY
ADMINISTERED BY HSD, WHILE WE
CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO STAND UP
THE RHA THROUGH THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESS GOVERNING
COMMITTEE AND THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD.
I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU
COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A
PHASED STRATEGY, AND PHASED
APPROACH, WHETHER THIS TAKES
THE FORM OF A PROVISO THAT IS
DEPENDENT ON IMPLEMENTATION
SUCCESS AT THE RHA.
SO I THINK THERE'S MANY WAYS TO
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS I'VE
EXPRESSED, AND SOME OF THE
CONCERNS THAT THE CHAIR
EXPRESSED SHE'S HEARD FROM
FRONTLINE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
WORKERS OVER AT HSD, AND THIS
FORM A IS SUBMITTED BY NEED
WITH THAT INTENT AROUND THOSE
PROPOSED DOLLARS, AND LOOK
FORWARD TO SUBMITTING A FORM B
TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW US TO
EVALUATE ALTERNATIVES AND
STRATEGIES TO THIS QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE.
OKAY.
THREE MORE ITEMS.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU WITH
UP NEXT.
ITEM NUMBER 19.
24 HOUR OPERATIONS.
>> SURE, I'LL GIVE SOME
BACKGROUND CONTEXT.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BASIC
SHELTERS OPERATED BY THE CITY,
BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES THEY'RE
IN, OR PROVIDING THEIR SERVICES
FOR 24 HOURS, SO A PERSON CAN
STAY THERE THE ENTIRE TIME.
THIS PROPOSAL IS TO ALLOW THEM
TO CONTINUE DOING SO GOING
FORWARD, AS PROPOSED BY
CONGRESS MEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU JEFF, SOME OF WHAT
I WILL SAY WILL DEFINITELY
OVERLAP WITH THE BACKGROUND
JEFF HAS ALREADY GIVEN.
THIS BUDGET WILL AT $577,000
WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO
MAINTAIN 24 HOUR OPERATIONS OF
BASIC SHELTERS.
SHARON WILL OPERATE SOUTH
MANAGE BASIC SHELTERS AS WE
NUMBER THE BASIC SHELTERS ARE
THE SHELTERS THAT DO NOT HAVE
MANY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED,
BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH
SHELTERS OVERALL, AND THERE
ISN'T ENOUGH SHELTER SPACE IN
SEATTLE, I THINK WE NEED TO
PROTECT EVERY SHELTER BED.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO BUILD A
COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT
SHELTERS AREN'T ABLE TO.
AND ENVIRONMENTS THEMSELVES
THAT IT IS REALLY WORKING FOR
THEM, AND THEY WANT TO BUILD ON
IT.
THIS YEAR THE BASIC SHELTERS
PROVIDED EXTRA FUNDING TO ALLOW
THEM TO PROVIDE 24 HOUR
SERVICES INSTEAD OF JUST BEING
OVERNIGHT, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL
TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE DURING
COVID, BUT EVEN WITHOUT COVID,
A 24 HOUR SHELTER IS A HUGE
IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO
OVERNIGHT.
FOR HOUSED PEOPLE, IMAGINE NOT
BEING ABLE TO GO HOME DURING
THE DAY, EVEN TO USE THE
BATHROOM.
SO THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING TO MAINTAIN THE 24
HOUR SHELTER OPERATIONS FOR
2021, AND THIS BUDGET AMEND
WOULD MAKE THAT FUNDING
POSSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
QUESTIONS.
>> I WAS JUST SURPRISED BY THE
LOW DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS.
AND IS IT BECAUSE IT'S ONLY
ASSOCIATED WITH TWO LOCATIONS,
OR HOW MANY LOCATIONS ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT HERE?
ANYBODY?
>> I BELIEVE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT TWO, BUT TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU, WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY
SURE.
BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO GET BACK TO
YOU ON THAT.
BUT OVERALL, I CAN SAY THE
REASON IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT, AND
I'M GLAD YOU RAISED THAT, IS
BECAUSE IT'S BASIC SHELTER
SERVICES.
>> JEFF, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
TO ADD?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
ANYMORE.
>> I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I DID SOME PRELIMINARY
INQUIRIES WITH HSD ABOUT THE
ISSUE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO
INSURE THAT WE DO NOT LOSE ANY,
ANY BEDS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR
DEINTENSIFICATION EFFORTS.
THE 2021 BUDGET PROVIDES SOME
ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MAINTAIN
SOME OF THE R RFP
DEINTENSIFICATION EFFORTS.
BUT THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS
THAT ARE NOT RECEIVING
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR 2021,
SHARE WHEEL IS ONE FOR THEIR
171 BEDS IN A CHURCH SPACE.
LAZARUS IN ST. MAARTENS ALSO,
WE COULD FIND THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO LOSE BEDS IN 2021.
AND SO WE'VE ASKED THE QUESTION
TO MAINTAIN THE INTENSIFICATION
FOR THE AGENCIES, WHAT WOULD IT
COST?
AND THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT
FROM THE EXECUTIVE IS THAT THE
DCHS OVER AT KING COUNTY IS
WORKING WITH THE AGENCIES TO
IDENTIFY A PERMANENT SOLUTION
AND THE FUNDING NEEDED TO
SUPPORT THE DEINTENSIFIED BEDS
INTO HOTELS IN 2021.
BUT WE HAVE NOT YET, AND WE
HAVE CONTACTED KING COUNTY TO
FIND OUT IF THAT'S INDEED THE
CASE, THAT THEY ARE WORKING
WITH THESE AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY
A PERMANENT SOLUTION, BUT WE
HAVE NOT YET HEARD BACK.
SO AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TAKING
THIS ON FOR SHARE WHEEL, BUT
ALSO NOTE THAT THERE ARE 20
BEDS AT AJELINES.
338 AT DSC.
DSC BEDS IN HOTELS THERE.
16 BEDS FROM LAZARUS THAT ARE
IN HOTELS, AND 102 BEDS FROM
ST. MARTINS THAT ARE IN HOTELS.
THIS IS A HUGE AREA THAT I
THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO WORK A PERMANENT SOLUTION
FOR 2021.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD SHARING THAT
INFORMATION.
AND I HOPE COUNCILMEMBERS WILL
SUPPORT THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT
NOW.
AND IF WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT
EXPANSION OF IT, TO INCLUDE
OTHER SHELTERS, WE WOULD BE
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT TOO, OF
COURSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YEAH, WHEN I READ IN $650,000,
I THOUGHT FOR ALL SHELTERS
ACROSS SEATTLE, WHY HAVEN'T WE
DONE THIS BEFORE?
SO IF THE PRICE TAG IS SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT, OBVIOUSLY, I LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING THAT
INFORMATION, BUT I APPRECIATE
BOTH OF YOUR COMMENTS AND THE
URGENCY OF THIS ISSUE IN 2021.
LET'S GO ONTO COUNCILMEMBER
ERBOLD'S NUMBER 20.
>> AS A MATTER OF INTRODUCTION,
THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER
PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
INVESTMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT
WORK AT HOMELESS, AND HOUSING
AGENCIES IN SEATTLE.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD PROVIDE
$100,000 TO POUR A NAVIGATOR
POSITION RELATED TO THAT
PROGRAM, THAT I IMAGINE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS GOING
TO SPEAK MORE TO.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE VISITED BY DAN WISE THIS
MORNING, WHO GAVE TESTIMONY IN
SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM.
STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE 25
COLLEGE CREDITS TO EARN HOUSING
IN HOMELESS SERVICES PROVIDER
ONE IN TWO CERTIFICATES.
EACH CERTIFICATE CAN BE EARNED
IN ONE OF TWO AGE COLLEGE
QUARTERS.
OVERALL, THE PROGRAM COSTS
$330,000 A YEAR.
THE BUDGET REQUEST IS FOR
$100,000 TO FUND THE NAVIGATOR
WHO WORKS TO DISPERSE THE
DIRECT STUDENT SUPPORT, WHICH
THEN IS USED FOR THE SUPPORT
NEEDED BY THE STUDENTS FROM,
ANYTHING FROM LIGHT UTILITY
BILLS TO CHILDCARE NEEDS TO BUS
PASSES.
THE PROGRAM BEGAN THIS LAST
DECEMBER AND CURRENTLY HAS 21
STUDENTS ENROLLED.
STUDENTS ARE RECUTED, AND
REFERRED TO FROM CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB, MARY'S PLACE, REACH, AND
DESC.
THE STUDENT RACIAL IDENTITY OF
THIS PARTICULAR 21 STUDENT
COHORT IS 13 STUDENTS WHO ARE
BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN, ONE
THAT IS NATIVE AMERICAN, SEVEN
THAT'S WHITE.
THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS HAVE
LIVED EXPERIENCES OF
HOMELESSNESS, AND HOUSING
INSTABILITY.
AND CREDITS FROM THIS PROGRAM
ARE TRANSFERABLE TO THE
SECURITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S
TWO AND FOUR YEAR DEGREES.
I HAVE A ONE PAGER I'D BE HAPPY
TO SHARE WITH FOLKS AS WELL.
>> I'D LOVE TO SEE THE ONE
PAGER.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DO WANT TO JUST CHECK IN TO
SEE HOW THIS MIGHT INTERACT
WITH SOME OF OUR 1199 HOMELESS
SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE WORK
AND THE TRAINING AS AN AREA OF
INTEREST.
THE LAST ONE IS MINE AND I
PROMISE TO KEEP IT SHORT.
>> THE HOMELESS ACCUSATIONTO
PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE
ACQUISITION OR LONG TERM LEASE
OF SHELTERS THAT COULD PROVIDE
HOUSING, OR PERMANENT HOUSING
IN THE FUTURE.
>> WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT
THIS QUITE A BIT TODAY.
LY LEAVE IT OPEN TO SAY I'M
VERY OPEN TO WORKING WITH OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS ON THIS ISSUE.
IF IT'S NOT ABOUT FREEING UP
DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE OF
HOTELS OR MOTELS FOR LONG TERM
TRANSITION INTO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, THERE ARE ALSO LONG
TERM LEASE OPTIONS.
I THINK THIS IS A WIN-WIN FOR
THOSE THAT MIGHT HAVE VACANT
SPACES THAT WE CAN USE FOR
IMMEDIATE HOUSING.
AND I DON'T MEAN JUST SHELTER.
I MEAN TURN INTO HOUSING IN THE
LONG TERM.
QUESTIONS FOR ME?
OKAY.
THANK YOU, JEFF AND BRIAN, AND
EVERYBODY ELSE WHO PROVIDED
FEEDBACK THIS AFTERNOON.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS
ITEM?
OKAY.
I WILL NOTE, ALY, I BELIEVE
THAT THERE IS A MEMO COMING
FROM YOU WITH CLARIFICATION ON
FORM B. FILL OUT.
AND IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE AN
ONLINE LINK, IF THAT'S CORRECT.
GO AHEAD.
>> YES, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN
MOSQUEDA, I WILL BE IN A FEW
MINUTES SENDING AN EYE MALE TO
ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND
STAFF.
SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE SPONSORSHIP RESPECT.
SO THERE BE SOME ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION, AND THAT WILL
AGAIN INCLUDE THE LINK TO THE
FORM IF ANYONE NEEDS IT.
>> IT IS GETTING LATE.
I COULD NOT FIND THE MUTE
BUTTON.
OKAY, SO THANK YOU, AGAIN,
EVERYBODY.
IT'S BEEN A LONG FOUR DAYS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE CENTRAL
STAFF'S TIME, SEATTLE CHANNEL
FOR COVERING THIS.
OUR I.T.
FOLKS, AND CENTRAL STAFF.
YOU'VE ALL BEEN TREMENDOUS.
SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING US
THROUGH THE LAST FOUR DAYS.
NEXT WEEK STARTINGS ON
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28th THROUGH
OCTOBER 30th, WE WILL GO INTO
STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT.
WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL STAFF
SPEAKING ABOUT EACH ITEM.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING.
A QUICK PREVIEW, COMMUNICATIONS
HAS FIGURED OUT A WAY FOR US TO
SHOW VISUALLY TO THE VIEWER WHO
IS SIGNING ON AS COSPONSOR.
MORE TO COME ON THAT.
WE'VE MADE IT EASY FOR US THIS
YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR
REMOTE MEETINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO ALSO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A
DELIBERATION FOR US TO ASK
QUESTIONS, ANY CONCERNS YOU
HAVE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY THE
CHANCE FOR YOU IN THOSE
MEETINGS TO GET THOSE ISSUES
DAYLIGHTED SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE
ROBUST DISCUSSIONS BEFORE OUR
DRAFT COUNCIL BUDGET IS PUT
TOGETHER.
TO HAVE PROPOSALS INCORPORATED
INTO THE PRESENTATIONS THAT
CENTRAL STAFF IS WORKING ON.
AGAIN, A REMINDER TO PLEASE
COMPLETE THE FORM B'S.
ALY'S GOING TO SEND THE LINK
AND THE MEMO MOMENTARILY, SO
YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION
AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.
DOES NEED TO BE SUBMITTED BY
5:00 P.M.
TOMORROW, WHICH IS THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 22nd.
THAT'S ONE SPONSOR AND TWO
COSPONSORS, JUST QUICK NOTE,
THREE TOTAL.
I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS ON
THAT.
IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING ON
THE 28th, WE WILL HAVE THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 27th.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT MANY
TIMES.
5:30 IS WHEN WE START TO SIGN
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU'RE STILL LISTENING,
THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US,
AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU, AND
HEAR FROM YOU ON THE 27th AT
PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, THANKS AGAIN TO
EVERYBODY, INCLUDING MY STAFF
FOR HELPING US MANAGE GETTING
ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED FOR
THESE REMOTE MEETINGS.
IT IS 5:17.
HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR
NIGHT.
THANK YOU ALL.