GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
TODAY'S MARCH 3, 2020.
THE COMMITTEE IS HOUSING AND
FINANCE WILL COME TO ORDER.
I AM TERESA MOSQUEDA, CHAIRMAN
OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE SEVEN ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA. THE DOMESTIC WORKERS
SANDERS BOARD AND BRIEFING
POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE
LEGISLATION AT A BRIEFING AND
UPDATE ON THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING 2020 WORK COMMITTEE.
AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN I
WILL HAVE A CHAIRS REPORT, JUST
AN UPDATE ON THE CORONAVIRUS
FOR OUR VIEWING PUBLIC TODAY.
WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP
AND THAT IS GOOD TO SEE, MR.
DOUG CONRAD.
WELCOME TO THE MICROPHONE AND
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
>> TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR
WHY I'M HERE, I AM A CITIZEN
AND DISTRICT 6 WITH MR. STRAUSS
AND ALSO HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW
TERESA MOSQUEDA IN ANOTHER
FUNCTION ON THE EXCHANGE BOARD
SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
I'M HERE AS A CITIZEN AND A
TRAINED ECONOMIST TO COMMENT ON
SOME OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ISSUES THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING
TODAY AND I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF.
MY FIRST POINT IS I HAVE STRONG
SUPPORT FOR THE KIND OF DETAIL
I AM SEEING IN THE AGENDA AND
SOME OF THE WORK PLAN FOR THE
HOUSING LEVY OVERSIGHT AND ALSO
THE HOUSING AND FINANCE EFFORTS
AND THAT IS A PLATITUDE BUT I
THINK IT IS SERIOUS THAT YOU
KNOW THERE ARE CITIZENS OUT
THERE WHO ARE SUPPORTING WHAT
YOU DO.
THE SECOND POINT IS I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE THE COUNCIL AND ITS
COMMITTEES PRODUCE THE KIND OF
INTEGRATIVE REPORTS AND PERHAPS
YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS, THE
MAKE IT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN
TERMS OF THE OUTCOMES, THE
HOUSING LEVY THAT WE PASSED IN
2017, HAD A NUMBER OF OUTCOMES,
ONE OF WHICH WAS TO BUILD 6000
NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS
OVER THE DECADE.
THAT WAS A GOAL THAT WOULD MEET
30% OF THE ESTIMATED DEMAND AT
THAT TIME, SO I'M CURIOUS HOW
WE ARE DOING, IN PARTICULAR
WITH THE NEW REGIONAL OVERSIGHT
THAT WILL COMBINE RESOURCES
WITH THE TOWN, COUNTY, CITY.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE
IF ANY OF THAT PLAN HAS GOTTEN
REVISED OR IS BENEFIT OF ROBUST.
I REALIZE IT IS DIFFICULT BUT
WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR THE
PUBLIC TO SEE THE OUTCOMES,
ALMOST EVERY DAY OR EVERY WEEK.
MAYOR DURKIN AND YOU FOLKS AND
WHATEVER SOURCES.
THE THIRD POINT THIS COMES FOR
MY ECONOMICS BACKGROUND THE
EVIDENCE I LOOKED AT, I HOPE IN
TERMS OF FUNDING, FUTURE
EFFORTS TO MAKE MORE ROBUST
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AVAILABLE
ACROSS THE BOARD, PARTICULARLY
FOR THE LOWEST INCOME GROUPS
AND MORE VULNERABLE POPULATION,
THAT INSTEAD OF LOOKING
SERIOUSLY AT A PAYROLL TAX OR A
HEAD TAX IT IS CALLED THE MAJOR
EMPLOYERS, VOLUNTARY EFFORT FOR
THE SAME FOLKS IN COMBINATION
WITH THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR,
WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE.
HERE'S A PIECE OF ECONOMIC
EVIDENCE ON THAT.
BUT THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF
ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
HAVE PUBLISHED REPORTS, AND I'M
HAPPY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON
HOW TO GET THOSE, THE SAY MOST
OF THE INCIDENTS HAVE ULTIMATE
BEARING ON PAYROLL TAXES ON THE
WORKERS.
IT IS NOT ON THE SHAREHOLDERS.
THAT IS NOT A PRICES PAID FOR
THE GOODS THAT THOSE FOLKS
PRODUCE, IT IS RATHER ABOUT 60%
OF IT SHIFTED TO THE WORKERS IN
THE FORM OF REDUCED BENEFITS,
COMPENSATION OR REDUCED WAGES.
THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN
EXACTLY IN THAT MAGNITUDE HERE
IN THIS REGION BUT THERE IS
GOOD REASON TO THINK MAYBE A
VOLUNTARY APPROACH ALTERNATIVE
SOURCES OF TAXATION DON'T HAVE
THE SIDE EFFECTS AND WOULD BE
MORE EFFECTIVE.
THOSE OF THE THREE POINTS I
WANTED TO RAISE FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION TODAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IT IS
GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR COMING BY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER PERSON THAT
WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY?
EXCELLENT.
SEEING NONE, THAT WILL CLOSE
OUR PUBLIC TESTIMONY FOR TODAY.
I WILL NOTE THERE HAVE BEEN A
FEW REPORTS THAT WE HAVE
GENERATED AND I AGREE I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE MORE OF A DASHBOAD
STYLE REPORTING OUT ON OUR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING EFFORTS.
SO WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN
INTEGRATE THAT INTO A FUTURE
COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE DID THAT LAST YEAR AND WOULD
LOVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT
WITH YOU ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE
HAVE NHA DOLLARS COMING IN THE
DOOR.
>> OFFICE OF HOUSING IS
TYPICALLY REALLY GOOD ABOUT
GETTING THERE ANNUAL REPORTS
ONLINE FOR THE HOUSING LEVY BUT
IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS
SINCE THEY POSTED THEIR ANNUAL
REPORT THAT THEY DO ONE EVERY
YEAR.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT
PERSON, I SEE ROBIN, HER EARS
ARE BURNING FROM OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
BEFORE WE BEGIN TODAY TODAY'S
OFFICIAL AGENDA I WANTED TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS AND PROVIDE AN
UPDATE TO OUR VIEWING PUBLIC
AND TO OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY
AND TO OUR COLLEAGUES, AS WELL.
TO THE INDIVIDUALS WITH LOST
THEIR LIVES, AS WE KNOW NOW
THERE ARE SIX INDIVIDUALS IN
THE REGION WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
LIVES. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT GOING IN AND
GETTING TESTED, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO DO THAT.
MY SISTER HAS MS AND A
COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM AND
SHE HAD A COUGH OVER THE
WEEKEND AND SHE WENT IN AND I
THINK SHE IS FEELING REST
ASSURED THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE
A FEVER AND HER LUNGS SOUND
GOOD.
SO SHE HAS BASICALLY A BAD COLD
. IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE
THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN
GO IN AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
THEM TO GET TESTED IF THEY DO
SHOW ANY SYMPTOMS.
IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE IDENTIFY
FOLKS WHO POTENTIALLY HAVE THE
VIRUS AND ALSO PEOPLE'S FEARS
IF THEY DO HAVE A COMMON COLD
OR THE FLU, WE WANT THEM TO GET
WELL AND RESTED, TOO.
IN THIS TIME I KNOW THERE'S A
LOT OF FEAR GOING AROUND SO I
JUST WANT TO REITERATE WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING
TOMORROW AND COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBALS SPECIAL COMMITTEE,
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,
AND IT WILL DO A PRESENTATION
JOINTLY, IS THAT CORRECT?
THAT IS CORRECT IN SEVERAL
ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT HAD TO BE
JOINING US, AS WELL.
>> WEDNESDAY AT TWO P.M.,
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> WE WILL ALSO HAVE KING COUNTY
IN OUR FULL COUNCIL MEETING TO
PROVIDE UPDATE AS THE VICE CHAIR
OF THE KING COUNTY BOARD OF
HEALTH AND SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN
A LONG TIME WORKING IN PUBLIC
HEALTH, WE WANT TO REITERATE
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
FOLKS CAN DO IS WASH THEIR HANDS
. I SAW VIDEO ONLINE OF WHAT
HAPPENS FIVE SECONDS THAT YOU
ARE WASHING YOUR HANDS, YOU
WOULD THINK AFTER FIVE OR 10
SECONDS OF WASHING YOUR HANDS
YOUR GERMS ARE GONE. THEY'RE
NOT.
IT REALLY DOES TAKE THAT 20 TO
30 SECONDS.
IF YOU NEED TO SING HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TWICE, SING HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TWO TIMES AND THAT
WILL HELP MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
GOTTEN YOUR FULL SECONDS IN.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
KNOW IN ADDITION TO WASHING
YOUR HANDS, THE PRL OR HAND
SANITIZERS ARE GOOD AS A BACKUP.
YOU MENTIONED THAT YESTERDAY,
BUT NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS WASHING
YOUR HANDS.
AS WE DID THIS MORNING, WE ALSO
WIPED DOWN OUR AREAS AND
CONTINUED TO WIPE DOWN ANY
COMMONLY USED SURFACE AREAS.
IF YOU HAVE ITEMS AT HOME THAT
YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO STOCKPILE
LIKE FOOD AND DIAPERS AND WATER,
PLEASE DO SO BUT ALSO REMAIN
CALM, RIGHT?
DON'T PANIC BUT WE DO WANT
FOLKS TO HAVE ITEMS ON HAND
JUST IN CASE YOU CAN'T GO TO
THE GROCERY STORE OR DON'T WANT
TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE OR
YOU FEEL ILL OR YOUR GROCERY
STORE CLOSES, WE WANT FOLKS TO
HAVE THOSE ITEMS ON HAND,
INCLUDING TOILET PAPER, BUT
PLEASE DO NOT STOCK UP ON
GLOVES AND MASKS.
WE WANT TO RESERVE THOSE FOR
THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ACTUALLY
SICK AND FOR THE MEDICAL TEAMS
THAT NEED THOSE.
WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE AN
UNNECESSARY SHORTAGE.
IF FOLKS WANT TO SIGN
UP@ALERTTHATSEATTLE.GOV TO SEE
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS, YOU CAN
DO THAT.
ALERT.GOV.SEATTLE YOU CAN GET
ALERTS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND
TEXTS.
206-233-5072.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE
UPDATES IN REAL TIME.
I KNOW EACH OF OUR OFFICES ARE
WORKING TO GET INFORMATION OUT,
IN ADDITION TO OUR OFFICES, THE
OFFICES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
LISA HERBOLD ENTER COMMITTEE
ARE POSTING UPDATES, AS WELL.
>> AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY I
WILL BE COLLECTING QUESTIONS
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS SO THAT WE
CAN SHARE THEM WITH THE
EXECUTIVE BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS
TODAY SO THEY CAN BE PREPARED
TO ANSWER THEM.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY TO THE
VIEWING PUBLIC IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE NOT
RECEIVED ANSWERS IN THE MEDIA,
FEEL FREE TO SEND THEM TO MY
OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I APPRECIATE THE SEATTLE
TIMES COVERAGE OF HOW WE CAN
REACH OUT TO THE MOST
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES,
INCLUDING THOSE WITHOUT HOMES
AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WARD
OFF ANY UNNECESSARY FEAR
MONGERING THAT SOME HAVE TRIED
TO PERPETUATE ON OUR HOMELESS
COMMUNITY AND AT THE SAME TIME
WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
EDUCATING THOSE WHO ARE LIVING
UNSHELTERED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS A LACK OF HOUSING, LACK
OF HEALTHCARE, AND A LACK OF
HANDWASHING AND SANITARY
FACILITIES THAT WE WANT TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS PUBLIC
OFFICIALS AND THAT IS THE ONLY
DISTINCTION THAT WE SHOULD
RECOGNIZE, IN MANY CASES WE
HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE THE
NECESSARY HEALTHCARE HOUSING SO
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL CALL FOR
URGENCY ON US TO MAKE SURE THE
COMMUNITY THAT IS LIVING
UNSHELTERED DOES HAVE ACCESS TO
THOSE SERVICES ESPECIALLY WITH
ANY UNDERLYING CHRONIC
CONDITIONS THAT WE AS A SOCIETY
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HELP
BECAUSE OF LACK OF HEALTHCARE
AND HOUSING.
WHICH IS ON OUR AGENDA FOR THE
WORKPLAN TODAY.
THANKS TO THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE
AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS FOR
SENDING OUT RECOMMENDATIONS AND
INFORMATION ON THE CORONAVIRUS
TRANSLATED INTO NUMEROUS
LANGUAGES AND INCLUDING
SPANISH, VIENNESE, SOMALI,
KOREAN, CHINESE, AND A NUMBER
OF OTHERS.
YOU CAN FIND THAT A WELCOMING.
SEATTLE.
GUVéCODED-19.
DO YOU MIND READING INTO THE
RECORD ITEM NUMBER ONE AND WE
WILL BEGIN OUR OFFICIAL AGENDA.
ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR WOULD BE
GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, 01560,
JORDAN N. GOLDWARG APPOINTMENT
01561 APPOINTMENT OF ETELBINA
HAUSER, APPOINTMENT 01562,
APPOINTMENT OF CANDACE FABER,
APPOINTMENT 01563, APPOINTMENT
OF BAYLIE FREEMAN , HOUSE
MEMBER OF THE DOMESTIC WORKERS
STANDARDS BOARD.
A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WELCOME.
TODAY WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US
JASMINE FROM THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS AND JORDAN N.
GOLDWARG.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE THREE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ALSO
LISTED ON THE AGENDA BUT YOU
DID HEAR FROM THEM AT OUR
FEBRUARY 19 MEETING AND WILL BE
CANDACE FABER, BAYLIE FREEMAN,
AND OTHERS HAVE COME FORWARD,
AS WELL.
WHILE THEY COULD NOT BE HERE
TODAY WE DO HAVE THEIR FULL
PACKETS.
WHY DO WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN JORDAN
YOU CAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT YOUR INTEREST IN
SERVING ON THIS BOARD AND ANY
BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE YOU
HAVE THAT YOU THINK WILL BE AN
ASSET.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JASMINE
MARWAHA AND WE ARE WITH THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS AND
STAFF LIAISON TO THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS STANDARDS BOARD . AS
YOU MENTIONED I'M HERE TO
PRESENT FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE
BOARD, THREE WERE HERE TWO
WEEKS AGO AND BEFORE I TURN IT
OVER TO JORDAN, I WILL GIVE A
LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE
BOARD BRIEFLY ALTHOUGH YOU
HEARD THIS TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS
BOARD IS COMMITTED TO
IMPROVING THE WORKING
CONDITIONS OF DOMESTIC WORKERS
BY PROVIDING WORKERS, LAWYERS,
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE GENERAL
PUBLIC TO MAKE DISCUSSIONS TO
ENFORCE, IMPLEMENT, AND EXPAND
ON THE DOMESTIC WORKERS
STANDARDS ORDINANCE.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR
WITH EIGHT MEMBERS, HALF
APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, HALF BY
COUNCIL.
HALF HIRING REPRESENTATIVES AND
HALF WORKER REPRESENTATIVES.
AND THEN THE BOARD MEMBERS THEN
CHOSE THE NINTH COMMITTEE
REPRESENTATIVE WHO WAS A WORKER
AND WE'RE THE TABLE TODAY
BECAUSE THE DOMESTIC WORKERS
ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT
STARTING THIS YEAR THE BOARD
INCREASES TO A TOTAL OF 13
MEMBERS.
AND SO THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR
EACH APPOINT TWO MEMBERS, AND
EACH ONE HAVING A
REPRESENTATIVE AND ONE WORKER.
AND SO THE THREE YOU HEARD LAST
WEEK, FIT THE BILL.
WE HAVE JORDAN HERE WHO IS AN
APPOINTEE FROM THE AND I WILL
GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO
JORDAN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM REALLY HONORED TO HAVE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE
CITY.
AND I FIRST GOT CONNECTED TO
THIS WORK THROUGH HAND IN HAND,
WHICH IS A NATIONAL NETWORK OF
EMPLOYERS OF DOMESTIC WORKERS.
BEFORE FINDING OUT ABOUT HAND
IN HAND I DID NOT KNOW THAT
SUCH A NETWORK EXISTED AND
REALLY WAS NOT VERY FAMILIAR
WITH THE SITUATION FOR DOMESTIC
WORKERS.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE EMPLOYED
A HOUSECLEANER FOR ABOUT 10
YEARS NOW AND WE DO THAT
THROUGH AN AGENCY, WHICH IS ONE
REASON WHY I BECAME
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
SERVING ON THE STANDARDS BOARD.
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO EMPLOY
WORKERS THROUGH AGENCIES AND SO
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
THAT VOICE BE PRESENT ON THE
STANDARDS BOARD AND THAT
AGENCIES ARE GOING TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH
THE ORDINANCE. THROUGH MY
INVOLVEMENT WITH HAND IN HAND I
STARTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
HISTORICAL REALITY OF THE WAY
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS HAVE BEEN
TREATED AND THE VERY RACIALIZED
HISTORY THAT RESULTED IN THEM
BEING EXCLUDED FROM SO MANY
LABOR PROTECTIONS OVER THE YEARS
AND THEN ALSO THE REALITY OF
THE CURRENT A SITUATION WITH
MANY WORKERS VULNERABLE TO
EXPLOITATION, HARASSMENT,
DISCRIMINATION, AND ABUSE.
AND SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO
LEARN THAT SEATTLE HAS DONE
NOTHING TO TRY TO FIX THIS
ISSUE AND TO FOR DOMESTIC
WORKERS THE SAME PROTECTIONS
THAT ALL OTHER WORKERS GET AND
TO TRY TO WRITE THESE
HISTORICAL WRONGS.
CONTINUING MY INVOLVEMENT WITH
HAND IN HAND I ALSO HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED THIS YEAR ON THE STATE
LEVEL AND THE EFFORT TO PASS
THE STATEWIDE DOMESTIC WORKERS
BILL OF RIGHTS AND HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO OLYMPIA
AND TESTIFY IN FRONT OF HOUSE
COMMITTEES THERE EARLIER IN THE
SESSION.
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
AND SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY
AROSE TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A
POSITION ON THE CITY STANDARDS
BOARD, IT SEEMED LIKE A REALLY
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE
TO PUSH FOR FULL RIGHTS FOR
DOMESTIC WORKERS AND ELSE WAS
REALLY EXCITED THAT THE BOARD
SEEMS TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF US
CENTERING THE VOICES OF US MOST
IMPACTED BY THE ISSUE.
TO SUPPORT WORKERS IN THE
STRUGGLE FOR FULL RIGHTS IS
SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH JORDAN,
AND WE HAVE THE LETTER OF
INTENT THAT YOU WROTE, WHICH
WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER FOR?
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
I KNOW THERE IS A LOT BEFORE
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS BOARD IN
THE NEXT YEAR, AND I REALLY
LOOK FORWARD TO A DIVERSITY OF
INPUT AND PERSPECTIVE AND
DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY STAND
IN THE RELATIONSHIP HAS A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO SHARE
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT.
FOR JASMINE, REALLY QUICK, I
NOTICED THE ROSTER HAS A LOT OF
US FOR THE DISTRICT AND
WONDERING ON GETTING THOSE
UPDATED?
>> A LOT OF THEIR ADDRESSES
RESUMES DO NOT INCLUDE ADDRESSES
SO I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO
ASK WHERE PEOPLE LIVE BUT MY
PLAN WAS TO UPDATE THE ROSTER
AFTER THE NEXT MEETING AND GET
IT COMPLETED, SO THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO ALSO
EMPLOYS A DOMESTIC WORKER TO
CLEAN MY HOUSE EVERY MONTH,
WHICH WE JUST STARTED RECENTLY,
IT HAS BEEN SO INCREDIBLE TO
HAVE THAT TYPE OF WORK DONE AT
OUR HOUSE SO THAT WE CAN DO
OTHER TYPES OF WORK, ESPECIALLY
WITH A LITTLE ONE NOW.
THEIR WORK MAKES OTHER WORK
POSSIBLE AND MAKES THE CITY
RUN, THOUGH I'M INCREDIBLY
GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THAT
EMPLOYEE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
WORK WITH AND I KNOW SHE ALSO
LIVES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY DUE
TO THE COST OF HOUSING IN THE
CITY, SO IT IS INTERESTING AS
YOU GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHERE THE VARIOUS BOARD MEMBERS
LIVE, IF THERE ARE NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON THE
WORKER SIDE WHO LIVE OUT SIDE
OF THE CITY, SOLUTIONS THAT THE
ADVISORY BOARD --
>> I AM REALLY FASCINATED TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THIS KIND OF TEMPLATE
CONTRACT THIS CAN BE SEEN AS
SOMETHING THAT IS EMPOWERING
FOR WORKERS.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY WORKERS
THAT SET THEIR OWN SCHEDULE OF
THEIR OWN CLIENTELE AND THEY
MAY BE SEPARATE FROM AN AGENCY.
THOSE WHO WANT TO CONTINUE TO
BE AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR,
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE
MODEL CONTRACT IS OFFERED IN A
WAY THAT IS EMPOWERING AND NOT
MAKE SOMEBODY ASSIGNING
SOMETHING THAT IS INTIMIDATING.
WE WANT THIS TO BE GOOD TOOLS
SO THEY KNOW THEIR RIGHTS FOR
REST AND MEAL RIGHTS.
AND THEY KNOW THE RIGHTS FOR
RETALIATION PROTECTION AND THE
MINIMAL AGE, EVEN IF THEY ARE
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
THE LANGUAGE THAT WE OFFER WILL
BE REALLY HELPFUL.
ALMOST LIKE A SCRIPT OR A TRUE
TESTING, THAT IS SOMETHING I
WOULD LOVE THE BOARD TO
CONSIDER.
>> THE BOARD HAS COMMITTED A
FEW SUBCOMMITTEES WORKING GROUP,
ONE IS ON A MODEL CONTRACT AND
THEY HOPE TO DEVELOP A MODEL
CONTRACT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
MONTHS.
>> EXCELLENT, JORDAN, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM OUR
COLLEAGES?
SEEING NONE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE
TO DO IF YOU DON'T MIND STAYING
AT THE TABLE FOR A SECOND IS GO
AHEAD AND MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOGNIZES APPOINTMENTS OF
JORDAN N. GOLDWARG, ETELBINA
HAUSER, CANDACE FABER, BAYLIE
FREEMAN, AS MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD.
>> SECOND.
>> FURTHER FURTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
OF MANY PASSAGE OF THE
APPOINTMENT WILL RAISE YOUR
HAND?
>> AYE.
>> KNOWN AS OPPOSED.
WE WILL BRING THIS FORWARD TO
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING ON
MONDAY, MARCH 9. YOU DO NOT
HAVE TO BE THERE IN PERSON BUT
WE WILL SEND YOU THE GOOD NEWS
IF YOU ARE THERE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
INTEREST IN SERVING AND BEING
HERE THIS MORNING.
>> IN WELL, I APPRECIATE IT.
>> AND THANK THEM FOR US, THEY
WERE SUCH GREAT PARTNERS WHILE
WE WORKED ON THE DOMESTIC BILL
OF RIGHTS.
>> I WILL PASS THAT ON.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
>> AND READ ITEM NUMBER FIVE
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA CONNECTING PROGRAM
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> CAN WE BE JOINED?
HI, GUYS.
ROBIN KOSKEY, OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
SHKELQIM KELMENDI , EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND ANGELA COMPTON,
PROGRAM MANAGER BOTH FROM THE
HOUSING CONNECTOR.
WELCOME TO THE TABLE EVERYONE.
I THINK WE DO HAVE A
PRESENTATION, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YES, WE DO HAVE ONE.
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
AS WE GET STARTED HERE, I JUST
WANT TO NOTE FOR FOLKS THIS WAS
SOMETHING THAT WAS FLAGGED IN
ONE OF THE MAYORS COMMENTS, I
BELIEVE IT WAS AT THE STATE OF
THE CITY.
IT REALLY PERKED MY INTEREST,
AND FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW
YOU WILL GET AN OVERVIEW TODAY.
THE HOUSING CONNECTOR IS VERY
SIMILAR TO A PROGRAM I LEARNED
ABOUT WHEN I WAS VISITING LOS
ANGELES ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO IN
2018.
WE WENT DOWN THERE AND THEY
TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO MAKE
SURE WE WERE DOING, OR THE KNEE
THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT
THOSE WHO HAD VACANT APARTMENTS
WERE CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH
THOSE WHO NEEDED HOUSING, AND
IN SUCH AN INCREDIBLY TOUGH
HOUSING MARKET THAT SEEMED LIKE
A GREAT LIAISON PROGRAM.
I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOMEWHAT OF
A LIAISON FOR GRAHAM AND ROBIN
WILL HAVE TO REMIND ME WHAT
USED TO BE IN THE PAST BUT IS
THE HOUSING CONNECTOR WAS
ROLLED OUT WE REALLY WANTED A
CHANCE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL,
FROM THE NEW PROGRAM, ABOUT HOW
THIS WORKS AND REALLY,
FRIENDLY, ANYWAYS THAT WE CAN
BE HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY AS WE
SEE POTENTIAL RECESSION ON THE
HORIZON AND GROWING NUMBERS OF
INDIVIDUALS WERE HOMELESS WHO
HAVE JOBS.
WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO
LIVE.
AND HE WOULD LOVE TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU OUT. WE
KNOW IT IS PILOT PROGRAM.
IT JUST STARTED SIX MONTHS AGO.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE ABOUT THE
SUCCESSES AND ANY AREAS THAT
YOU HAVE FOR HOW TO HELP US
MOVE IT FORWARD.
OFFICE OF HOUSING. FROM THE
I WILL LET ASHA VENKATARAMAN
AND SHKELQIM KELMENDI
INTRODUCED THE HOUSE.
>> AND ANGELA COMPTON, PROGRAM
MANAGER.
>> SHKELQIM KELMENDI, EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU.
SO THIS PROJECT DID START OUT
AS THE LANDLORD LIAISON
PROJECT, WHICH I THINK WE HAD
IN KING COUNTY FOR SOMETHING
CLOSE TO 10 YEARS.
IT WAS A VERY SERVICE PROVIDER
FOCUSED APPROACH AND SO THE
CITY AND THE COUNTY MADE THE
DECISION THAT THEY WANTED TO
CREATE A PROGRAM THAT WAS MORE
OF A BUSINESS TO BUSINESS MODEL
THAT WOULD REALLY BE A SERVICE
TO PROPERTY OWNERS, AND SO WHEN
THE EEOC WAS ACTIVATED IN 2017,
IT BECAME A MISSION OF THE
ACTIVATION AND THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF
DEVELOPING A PROGRAM AND
FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET IT TO A
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS MODEL AND
LAUNCH A NEW PROGRAM.
WE DID PRETTY EXTENSIVE PROGRAM
DEVELOPMENT IN 2017.
WE HOSTED SEVERAL DIFFERENT
RUCKUS GROUPS WITH LANDLORDS TO
FIND OUT WHAT THEY FELT LIKE
THEY NEEDED AND WHAT WOULD WORK
FOR THEM.
THAT WAY THEY WOULD BE
ENCOURAGED TO OFFER THEIR UNITS
TO RENT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE WORKED ON THAT FOR A WHILE
AND THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY MAYOR
DURKINS INNOVATION ADVISORY
COUNCIL CAME INTO BEING AND WE
HAD BEEN WORKING, IS A LOW HAD
BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING
FOR THIS PROJECT FOR MANY
YEARS, BUT THEY STEPPED UP AS A
PROJECT OF THE INNOVATION
ADVISORY COUNCIL TO CREATE A
SEARCH TOOL, TECHNOLOGICAL
PLATFORM TO MAKE IT EASIER BOTH
FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
AND THEIR CLIENTS TO SEARCH FOR
APARTMENTS AND THEN ON THE
OTHER END OF THAT THE PROPERTY
OWNERS TO ACTUALLY LIST.
I AM SURE SHKELQIM KELMENDI AND
ANGELA WILL TALK MORE ABOUT IT
BUT I THINK THAT IS WHERE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUITO SON, THE
REMARKS THAT WAS LAUNCHED TWO
WEEKS AGO AND VERY EXCITING AND
PROVIDING A LOT OF, YOU KNOW,
ECONOMY OF SCALE AND ACHING IT
A LOT EASIER FOR THE HOUSING
CONNECTOR STAFF TO DO THEIR
WORK, SO THAT IS VERY EXCITING.
SO WE REALLY HAVE A DEEP THANK
YOU TO ZILLOW FOR THAT.
WITHOUT THEM THIS PROJECT WOULD
ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCALE.
WITH THAT WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY,
THE CITY AND THE COUNTY DECIDED
WITH SOME PHILANTHROPIC MONEY,
TO HIRE A SEARCH FIRM TO HIRE
AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AT THAT
SAME TIME THE SEATTLE METRO
CHAMBER ENDED UP PARTICIPATING
IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND
ACTUALLY HIRED SHKELQIM
KELMENDI IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR.
ALSO BIG THANK YOU TO THE
SEATTLE METRO CHAMBER.
I THINK HOUSING HOUSING
CONNECTOR AS PART OF THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY REALLY MADE
IT SEEM LIKE WE WERE SERIOUS
ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WANTED
THIS TO BE A BUSINESS-TO-
BUSINESS APPROACH AND WE WANTED
PROPERTY OWNERS TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE LEASING THEIR UNITS
OBVIOUSLY THE HUMAN SERVICES
APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED.
KING COUNTY AND UNITED WAY AND
BUILDING CHANGES ALL OR PART OF
WHAT LED TO THIS HAPPENING.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
FOR ME, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
SHKELQIM AND ANGELA SO THEY
CAN TALK ABOUT THE AMAZING WORK
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.
IT IS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE
FOR ME TO SEE THIS COME FROM A
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. I WILL LET
THEM SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE, BUT
IT IS VERY HUMBLING.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR WORK.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
A HUGE THANKS TO ROBIN. BEFORE
I WAS EVER HERE SHE GOT IT
WHERE IT WAS TODAY.
ROBIN ALSO SERVES ON OUR BOARD
REPRESENTING THE FUNDERS.
AND IF YOU COULD PUT YOUR
MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER X
>> IS THAT BETTER?
>> I WANTED TO START MAYBE
TAKING A STEP BACK AND TALK
ABOUT THE WHY FOR THIS
ORGANIZATION, WHY WE FEEL IT IS
A VALUE ADD TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS TALE
OF THE CRISIS THAT WE ARE IN SO
I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH
TIME ON THAT, BUT A SPECIFIC
FOCUS IN REGARDS TO OUR HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IS
THERE ARE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS
IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY
HAVE THE MEANS TO AFFORD UNITS,
WHETHER THROUGH A VOUCHER OR
RAPID REHOUSING, BUT BECAUSE OF
OTHER BARRIERS SUCH AS LOW
CREDIT SCORE, PAST EVICTIONS,
PAST DEBTS, CAN'T ACCESS THE
MARKET.
AND SO THAT IS WHERE WE STARTED
WITH THIS.
OKAY, HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT A
SOLUTION THAT CAN INCREASE
ACCESS TO HOUSING FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS AND LOWER THE BURDEN
ON OUR OVERALL SYSTEM SO THAT
WE CAN SERVE INDIVIDUALS THAT
HAVE MORE SERIOUS BARRIERS OR
EXPERIENCE CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
TO ILLUSTRATE THIS ON TO TELL
YOU A STORY ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL
. AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FOR
TWO YEARS, SITTING OUTSIDE IN
SHELTERS, THEY HAD A VOUCHER
BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET
HOUSING.
THEY APPLY TO OVER 20 UNITS
ONLY TO BE DENIED BECAUSE OF
THEIR LOW CREDIT SCORE AND
EVICTION THAT THEY HAD.
THAT IS 20 TIMES TOGETHER HOPES
UP SOMETHING TO BE DENIED AND
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT A FEW
MONTHS AGO IN NOVEMBER FOR THE
FIRST APPLICATION THAT THEY SENT
TO THE HOUSING CONNECTOR WAS
APPROVED AND THEY WERE ABLE TO
MOVE IN.
THAT IS JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE
IMPACT THAT WE CAN HAVE.
SO OUR APPROACH TO MAKE THIS A
POSSIBILITY IS TO ACTUALLY FOCUS
AND CENTER THE PROPERTY OWNER
IS OUR CUSTOMER.
OUR BUSINESS MODEL IS TO
PARTNER DIRECTLY WITH PROPERTY
OWNERS AND RENTERS AND PROVIDE
THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND RISK
MITIGATION IN EXCHANGE FOR THEM
LOWERING OR WAVING THEIR
SCREENING CRITERIA TO INCREASE
ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE FEEL AS YOU MENTIONED, YES
WE DO HAVE VERY LOW VACANCY
RATES BUT THERE ARE VACANT
UNITS OUT THERE.
THIS MODEL IS TO SAY HOW DO WE
MAKE THIS A MORE DESIRABLE
OPTION FOR LANDLORDS TO RENT TO
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN
HOMELESSNESS AND POTENTIALLY
RENTING TO THE PRIVATE MARKET.
TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE
OF THEIR FINANCIAL RISK AND
EXPOSURE THAT THEY FEEL THEY
HAVE.
THAT IS ONE SIDE OF THE
EQUATION.
OVER THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS
SINCE THE PILOT, WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO GET OVER 70 PROPERTY
OWNERS AND PROPERTY PARTNERS TO
SIGN ON TO BE A PART OF THIS
PARTNERSHIP AND THAT IS OVER
170 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES THAT
HAVE BEEN INCLUDED, WHICH IS
CLOSE TO 700 UNITS THAT HAVE
BEEN MADE AVAILABLE.
>> HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE
OLD MODEL UNDER THE LANDLORD
LIAISON?
>> I THINK IN THEIR BIGGEST
YEAR THEY HOUSED AROUND 550
PEOPLE, SO IT IS QUITE
IMPRESSIVE IN THE SHORT AMOUNT
OF TIME AND THAT WAS AFTER THEY
HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR FIVE OR
SIX YEARS.
SO THIS IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE AS
A NUMBER.
>> SO WITH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS
AND THE PARTNERS WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO HOUSE, OVER 525 AND
VISUALS SINCE AUGUST, I'M PROUD
TO SAY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS
OVER 70% ARE IN HOUSEHOLDS OF
COLOR.
AND THAT WAS A HUGE FOCUS FOR
US TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE NOT
SIMPLY MAKING IT EASIER FOR
INDIVIDUALS, SPECIFICALLY WHITE
HOUSEHOLDS TO ACCESS UNITS, BUT
REMOVING BARRIERS THAT WE KNOW
ARE IN EXISTENCE FOR FAMILIES
OF COLOR.
ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THIS
PROGRAM IS THAT WE NEGOTIATE
CRITERIA UPFRONT SO THAT IF A
FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT
HAVE TO THEN GO AND NEGOTIATE
THAT ONCE THEY ARE APPLYING.
AND SO WHEN THEY FIND A UNIT,
THEY CAN LOOK AND SEE NOT ONLY
WHETHER IT MATCHES THEIR
PREFERENCES, JUST LIKE YOU AND
I, AS THE TWO BEDROOM, ONE
BATH, IN THIS LOCATION, BUT
THEY ALSO KNOW THAT THE
LANDLORD HAS AGREED TO WAIVE
CERTAIN CRITERIA, SO WHEN THEY
APPLY THEY DON'T HAVE TO WONDER
WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO BE
ACCEPTED OR DENIED.
SO THAT IS ONE SIDE OF IT.
WE HAVE BEEN SUPER BLOWN AWAY
BY THE LANDLORD COMMUNITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION
AROUND LANDLORDS, WHETHER IT IS
THE RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION
FOR THE PLANNING ASSOCIATION,
THEY HAVE ALL STEPPED UP FROM
DAY ONE TO SUPPORT THIS AND
ALLOW MEMBERS TO BE A PART OF
THE SOLUTION IN A WAY THAT
MAKES BUSINESS SENSE FOR THEM.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION
IS THIS MODEL ON HOW ARE THE
INDIVIDUALS GETTING CONNECTED
TO THESE UNITS?
AND THAT IS THE NONPROFITS.
THIS IS A TOOL AT ITS CORE
WHICH IS A TOOL FOR OUR
NONPROFIT AGENCIES AND CASE
MANAGERS.
THIS IS NOT US TRYING TO COME
IN AND TAKE OVER THE SYSTEM.
IT IS SIMPLY A TOOL AND TOOLBOX
FOR CASE MANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO
FIND UNITS FOR THEIR CLIENTS.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE ANGELA WHO OVERSEES
THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM AND HAS
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WHAT IT IS
LIKE TO GO THROUGH THAT SEARCH
PROCESS.
>> HI, GUYS.
SO AS SHKELQIM MENTIONED I
HAVE EXPERIENCE AS A CASE
MANAGER HERE LOCALLY.
I WORKED OUT OF THE BLAME MEANT
SHELTER, AND PEERS PLACE,
SERVING OUR MOST VULNERABLE
LABELS TRY TO HELP THEM GET
INTO HOUSING.
AND REALLY I WAS TASKED WITH
WORKING WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS
AND TRYING TO GET LANDLORDS TO
ACCEPT THEM AND A LOT OF MY
DAYS WERE SPENT LITERALLY JUST
úTRYING TO GET THEM TO LOWER
THEIR CREDIT SCORE BY 50 POINTS
LIKE A, I KNOW YOU WANT A GREAT
CREDIT SCORE, TO HAVE 600, CAN
YOU PLEASE ACCEPT THEM.
AND THAT IS A REALLY HARD PLACE
TO BE AS A CASE MANAGER.
I KNOW MY CLIENT IS INTERESTED
IN THESE UNITS, EVEN WITH ME
BAGGING A CONNECTED THE
LANDLORD TO ACCEPT THEM, SO
HIGH IS MY CLIENT GOING TO GO
AND APPLY THEMSELVES?
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET
APPROVED?
WE HAVE REALLY TAKEN THIS AND
TALKED TO OUR CASE MANAGERS AND
FOUND OUT WHAT THEY NEEDED AND
WE LEARNED THAT FOR CASE
MANAGERS TO UTILIZE THIS TOOL
IT HAD TO BE BAKED INTO THE
STUFF THAT THEY WERE ALREADY
DOING AND TO REALLY BE AN EASY
ACCESS AND SO THAT IS ONE OF
THE BIG BENEFITS OF THAT ZILLOW
INTERFACE.
OUR CASE MANAGERS ALREADY USE
ZILLOW WHEN THEY ARE DOING
SEARCHES.
NOW THEY CLICK ONE FILTER AND
THEY CAN SEE ALL OF OUR UNITS
THAT HAVE THESE PRE-NEGOTIATED
REDUCED SCREENING CRITERIA'S.
THE SCREENING CRITERIA'S ARE
REDUCED RELATED TO CREDIT
SCORE, TENANT HISTORY,
EVICTIONS, ARREARS OWED,
CRIMINAL HISTORY, OUTSIDE OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, AS WELL AS
INCOME TO RENT RATIOS, ALLOWING
PEOPLE WITH A LOWER INCOME TO
MOVE INTO THE UNIT AND WORK
WITH HER CASE MANAGER ON
GAINING THAT ADDITIONAL INCOME.
WE HAVE REALLY SEEN THIS BENEFIT
WITH CASE MANAGERS AND WE HAD A
LOT OF CASE MANAGERS REACH OUT
TO US AND THANK US AND TELL US
THEY CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE DOING
THEIR JOB AGAIN WITHOUT THIS
PROGRAM.
IT IS BEEN REALLY GREAT TO HAVE
A CASE MANAGER CALL ME AND SAY
HEY, I'M WORKING WITH THIS
CLIENT, THESE OTHER BARRIERS.
AND FOR ME TO BE LIKE OKAY,
GIVE ME A MINUTE AND I'LL CALL
IF YOU LANDLORDS AND SEE WHAT
WE CAN GET.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNDOCUMENTED.
IT IS REALLY SCARY TO GO AND
APPLY TO UNIT IF YOU DON'T HAVE
ALL OF YOUR DOCUMENTATION.
SO I CAN FIELD THOSE CALLS AND
SO THAT CASE MANAGER KNOWS WHEN
THEY ARE SENDING THIS PERSON
WITH THESE VULNERABILITIES TO
THIS LANDLORD, THE LANDLORD HAS
BEEN VETTED AND THEY'RE ALREADY
GOING TO ACCEPT THAT RESIDENCE.
AND IN THE CASE MANAGER KNOWS
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS WE ARE HERE
TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THAT.
SO WE HELP THAT LEASE PROCESS
AND THAT APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND LIKE SHKELQIM MENTIONED,
WE ARE PROVIDING THE RESOURCE.
WE'RE NOT INTERACTING DIRECTLY
WITH THE VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS
OR MAKING THEM RE-SHARE THEIR
TRAUMAS.
WE ARE LETTING THEM COMMUNICATE
WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY
ALREADY KNOW AND WE ARE
PROVIDING ACCESS TO HOUSING.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
WILL ADD IS WHEN WE WERE
DESIGNING THIS WE FELT LIKE IT
WASN'T ENOUGH JUST TO GET
INDIVIDUALS INTO HOUSING, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE
úSUCCESSFULLY HOUSED AND SO ONE
OF THE BENEFITS THAT IS BOTH
FOR THE LANDLORD AS WELL AS FOR
THE INDIVIDUAL IS THAT ONCE
SOMEONE MOVES IN, THEY HAVE
SUPPORT FOR TWO YEARS.
THE REASON FOR THAT TO YOUR
MARK IS THAT WE WANT INDIVIDUALS
ONCE YOU GET TO THAT ONE YEAR
LEASE TO HAVE INCENTIVE TO RE-
SIGN THAT LEASE, BOTH THE
LANDLORD AND THE INDIVIDUAL,
AND SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN
MONTH 18 AND THE INDIVIDUAL
CANNOT PAY THE RENT, THE
LANDLORD CAN IMMEDIATELY
CONTACT US AND WE CAN STEP IN
AND SUPPORT THEM TO AVOID THEM
GOING DOWN THE EVICTION PATH.
WE TALKED ABOUT OVER 520 PEOPLE
BEING HOUSED, WE HAD THREE
INDIVIDUALS THAT MOVED OUT SO
FAR.
JUST THREE.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY
ZERO EVICTIONS A PART OF THAT
IS WE NEGOTIATE WITH EVERY
SINGLE LANDLORD TO AVOID GOING
DOWN THE EVICTION PATH.
WE HAVE HAD IT ON BOTH SIDES
WHERE IT IS NOT A GOOD FIT FOR
THE RESIDENT AND WE CAN SAY
LOOK, INSTEAD OF YOU GOING DOWN
THE EVICTION PATH HAVING ALL
THE LEGAL BARRIERS TO COME
ALONG WITH IT, LET US STEP IN,
HELP YOU FIND ANOTHER HOUSING
SOLUTION, AND WE CAN TAKE CARE
OF WHATEVER DEBT IS OWED AND
AVOID THAT GOING ON.
SO THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
THIS PROGRAM AND EXITING WITH
MORE BARRIERS ON YOUR RECORD.
ON THE OTHER PIECE I WILL SAY
IS ONE OF THE FEARS AND
DESIGNING THIS IS A RESIDENT
THAT IS LOWER INCOME, AND RISK
YOUR TENANTS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
STRUGGLED WITH AND ONE OF THE
THINGS WE DID TO ADDRESS THAT
CONCERN IS WE PROVIDE $5000 IN
DAMAGE MITIGATION TO ALL OF OUR
LANDLORDS.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR IS
THAT WE LITERALLY HAD $328 THAT
WE PAID OUT.
>> $328.
>> 328.
SO THAT FEAR THAT WE WILL BE
PAYING OUT ALL THIS MONEY FOR
DAMAGES IS NOT COME TO
FRUITION.
WHAT I WILL SAY, AND YOU
MENTIONED AREAS OF SUPPORT,
WHERE WE'RE SPENDING THE
MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING IS
AROUND RENT.
INDIVIDUALS WERE MOVING IN
THROUGH RAPID REHOUSING, WHICH
IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF HOW
INDIVIDUALS ARE GETTING
CONNECTED TO HOUSING CONNECTOR,
ONCE THAT FINDING FROM RAPID
REHOUSING GOES AWAY, INDIVIDUALS
ARE NOT STRUGGLING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO PAY RENT AND I'M
GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE THERE AND
CAN SUPPORT AND EXTEND THAT
TIME TO FIND SOLUTIONS, BUT WE
SEE THAT CONTINUING, JUST GIVEN
THAT THE RENTERS -- EVEN THOUGH
WE ARE GOING AFTER UNITS THAT
ARE AT THE LOWER END OF THE
MARKET, THEY ARE STILL VERY
HIGH.
AND SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE OF
INTEREST TO THIS GROUP IS OUR
PROGRAM IS COUNTYWIDE BUT 50%
OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS MOVED INTO
SEATTLE, WITHIN THE SEATTLE
AREA.
I WILL SAY THE CHALLENGE OF
FINDING UNITS WITHIN SEATTLE AS
OPPOSED TO SOUTH KING COUNTY IS
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
THE RESOURCES IT TAKES FOR US
TO IDENTIFY THOSE UNITS IS TWO
OR THREE TIMES MORE THAN
FINDING UNITS OUTSIDE OF THE
CITY LIMITS.
AND STARTING THIS ORGANIZATION
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
HAD A CHOICE IN WHERE THEY
LIVED AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE
THESE UNITS IN THE CITY
AVAILABLE, AS WELL.
I WILL NOT TRY TO SUGARCOAT THE
FACT THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT
TO FIND AFFORDABLE UNITS WITHIN
THE CITY LIMITS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANGELA, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
ELSE?
>> IT IS ONE OF THE BIG
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR PROGRAM
AND THE LANDLORD LIAISON
PROJECT.
I USED IT WHEN I WAS A CASE
MANAGER AND WHEN IT WAS
RENTING, THE WAY YOU WOULD DO
IT AS A CASE MANAGER ISSUE
WOULD ENROLL YOUR CLIENT TO THE
PROGRAM AND LOP WOULD SEND YOU
ONE OR TWO [INDISCERNIBLE]
WORK WITH THEIR CLIENTS BUT
THEY SEND THOSE ONE OR TWO
LEADS TO 20 OTHER CASE MANAGERS.
IT IS HARD TO ACCESS BECAUSE
CASE MANAGERS CAN ACCESS 3 TO 5
UNITS THAT THEIR CLIENTS ARE
INTERESTED IN AND OUR CLIENT
CAN TOUR ALL OF THOSE UNITS AND
THEN DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR
THEIR FAMILY.
SO THAT WAY THE INDIVIDUALS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DON'T
FEEL LIKE I ONLY HAVE THESE ONE
OR TWO CHOICES.
THEY CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT IS
AVAILABLE TO THEM, WHICH WE'RE
REALLY PROUD OF.
>> THAT'S GREAT, THAT IS WHY
YOU ARE HERE.
>> AND TOUCHING ON THE ZILLOW
ASPECT, WHEN WE STARTED THIS
LAST YEAR ONE OF THE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAD FROM THE
START WITH ROBIN WAS WE WANT TO
THE SCALE OF THE SOLUTION TO
MATCH THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM.
US MANUALLY DOING THIS WORK WAS
NEVER GOING TO GET US TO THAT
SPOT.
WITH ZILLOW BEING THERE IS A
PARTNER THROUGH THE IC, THEY
INVESTED OVER 2000 HOURS IN THE
LAST SEVEN MONTHS ALONE, TO
BAKE IN THIS TOOL AND CAPABILITY
WITHIN THEIR EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS IS NOT A TOOL THAT IS ON
THE FRINGES.
LITERALLY, WHEN YOU GO TO
ZILLOW . COM IF YOU ARE ONE OF
OUR PARTNERS YOUR ACCOUNT IS
FLAGGED AND YOU HAVE ACCESS TO
ALL OF THESE UNITS WITHOUT
CHANGING THE WAY YOU USE THE
PROJECT.
SO JUST A HUGE THANK YOU TO
THEM IN THE OTHER PIECE IS WITH
THE CHAMBER.
THE CHAMBER TOOK THE CHANCE TO
PROVIDE THE OVERHEAD SUPPORT AND
TO PROVIDE THE OFFICE SPACE,
MARKETING, AND ALL THE
CONNECTIONS IN THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY THAT HAVE ALLOWED US
TO FOCUS ON THE STRATEGY OF
RUNNING AND STARTING THIS
ORGANIZATION AS OPPOSED TO
THINGS LIKE HOW DO WE DO HR AND
PAYROLL AND ALL THE OTHER
ASPECTS.
>> I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
A COUPLE OF THINGS TOO.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD HOPED
THAT THE HOUSING CONNECTOR
WOULD DO WOULD CONTINUE OUR
ACCESS TO THE MOM-AND-POP
LANDLORDS WERE KIND OF THE
BACKBONE OF HOUSING FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BUT
ALSO UNLOCKING THE LARGER
PROPERTY PARTNERS AND I THINK
SHKELQIM HAS BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL IN TALKING TO BIGGER
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
THAT HAVE ACCESS TO MANY
DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND
THAT WAS THE MAIN GOAL BECAUSE
WE FIGURED IF WE COULD GET TO
THAT AND IT WOULD BE EASIER TO
SCALE AND I THINK THAT HAS
PROVED VERY TRUE AND SO THAT IS
WONDERFUL.
THE OTHER THING I THINK IS JUST
WE HAVE ALWAYS RECOGNIZED THAT
WHEN WE ADDED THIS INTO THE
HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM THAT WE
WOULD NEED TO MAKE SOME PROGRAM
CHANGES AND CHANGE SOME RULES
SO THAT THIS WOULD FIT BECAUSE
IT IS A BIT OF A GAME CHANGER
IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO UNITS IN
THE PRIVATE MARKET.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO PRESS ON THAT AND
THAT MAY BE AN AREA WHERE WE
MAY NEED SOME HELP, BUT WITH
THE COUNTY AND THE REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY AND THE CITY
GIRL CERTAINLY ENGAGED IN
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE
NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS PROGRAM WORKS WITHIN THE
SYSTEM.
>> EXCELLENT.
WHILE THIS IS VERY EXCITING,
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.
I WILL THROW IT OUT REALLY
QUICK.
I REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO I WENT
TO VISIT THE WOMEN'S SHELTER IN
BELLTOWN AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT REALLY STUCK OUT FROM OUR
VISIT WITH THOSE FOLKS WAS THE
CASE MANAGERS, SHE SPENDS ALL
OF HER DAYS ON THE PHONE TRYING
TO FIND HOUSING FOR FOLKS WHO
DO HAVE SECTION 8 VOUCHERS,
THEY HAVE A WAY TO PAY, THEY
JUST CAN'T FIND HOUSING.
AND THEY CAN'T FIND HOUSING
ALONG TRANSIT LINES AND THEY
ARE ALL THE WAY OUT SOUTH AND
NORTH.
KING COUNTY, IT WASN'T A
QUESTION OF THE VOUCHERS OF THE
TIME, IT IS A QUESTION OF THE
SHEER STOCK OF HOUSING.
SO ANGELA SIMILAR TO YOUR
EXPERIENCE, DO WE HAVE A WAY OF
MAPPING WHERE OUR SHELTERS AND
CASE MANAGERS ARE SENDING
REFERRALS SO WE CAN SEE HOW THE
DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE CITY OR
THE REGION IS COMING TO THE APP
AND THUS THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO
MAY BE A CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
BUT ALSO AT THE SHELTER, OR
GETTING OUT OF THE SHELTER
SYSTEM AND INTO HOUSING?
>> I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE
SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER TO DO THAT
NOW WITH ALGAE.
WE CAN SEE WHERE THE UNITS ARE
LOCATED IN REAL TIME THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTY ANSI DISTRIBUTION IN
REAL TIME BUT THE OTHER PIECE
IS SEEING WHERE INDIVIDUALS AND
WHAT ORGANIZATIONS THEY ARE
COMING FROM, WHAT UNITS ARE
THEY REACHING OUT FOR, AND
ULTIMATELY WHAT UNITS ARE THEY
MOVING INTO?
THE DATA IS STILL TOO SMALL TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE ANY TRENDS, BUT
NOW WITH THE ZILLOW PIECE WE
WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRACK
THAT INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS, IS A MENTION,
IMPORTANT TO ME IS ENSURING
THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE MOVING
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY
AND CITY AND WE ARE NOT DOUBLY
MAKING UNITS AVAILABLE IN JUST
SOUTH KING COUNTY.
SO I AM HOPEFUL THAT AS WE GET
OUR DATA WITH THE TRAINING
CAPABILITIES WE CAN TRACK THIS
INFORMATION AND REPORT BACK BUT
WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE DON'T HAVE
THAT INFORMATION.
I WILL BE VERY INTERESTED IN
THAT DATA.
COUNCILMAN STRAUSS?
>> YES, YOU AND I HAVE HAD MANY
CONVERSATIONS AND YOU KNOW MY
SUPPORT FROM WATCHING THE
PROGRAM OPEN DOORS IN ATLANTA,
TO THE LIAISON PROJECT, I'M SO
INVESTED IN YOUR PROGRAM
ACTUALLY COACHED ONE OF THE
FORMER LANDLORD LIAISON MANAGERS
, ONE OF MY STAFF, BECAUSE I
BELIEVE IN YOUR PROGRAM SO MUCH.
I REALLY AM EXCITED TO SEE THAT
YOU PROVIDE THIS IMPORTANT
INSURANCE TO WHAT ARE PERCEIVED
AS RISKY TENANTS AND YOU'RE
ABLE TO DISPEL MYTHS AND KEEP
PEOPLE HOUSED BECAUSE WE KNOW
IT IS CHEAPER TO KEEP SOMEBODY
HOUSED THEN IT IS TO REHOUSE
THEM.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU TODAY, IT
SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE MADE
IMPORTANT CHANGES TO ALLOW THIS
PROGRAM TO SCALE AT A MUCH
LARGER RATE. THE ECONOMY OF
SCALE IS MUCH LARGER NOW.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU
INCREASE THAT SCALABILITY AND
MEET MORE LANDLORDS THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE
CITY, HOW CAN WE HELP?
>> ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO SCALE IS
THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE FUNDING.
WHEN WE GO TALK TO LANDLORDS
WHERE WERE TO CREATE THIS HUGE
BUREAUCRACY FOR YOU TO ACCESS
THIS.
PART OF THAT STARTS WITH THE
BELIEF EARLY ON THAT THE AMOUNT
OF FUNDING WE HAVE TO
DISTRIBUTE WILL BE WAY LOWER
THAN EXPECTED.
I THINK THAT IS A BIG PIECE.
THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY IS
ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF WHY
THIS IS WORKING AND WHY WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO GET THE TRUST OF
THE LANDLORD COMMUNITY IS THAT
WE PROVIDE FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL
THAT MOVES IN, WE REQUIRE ONE
YEAR OF CASE MANAGEMENT FROM
THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT
REFERS THEM AND GOES TO THE
POINT THAT IT IS NOT JUST
ENOUGH TO GET SOMEONE IN BUT WE
WANT TO KEEP THEM HOUSED.
THAT IS INTENDED TO BE LIGHT
TOUCH CASE MANAGEMENT.
IF THERE'S EVER AN ISSUE, SO I
CAN STEP IN.
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS IN OUR
COMMUNITY IT IS THAT SOMEBODY
GRADUATES AFTER SIX MONTHS AND
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS MONTH
SEVEN OR EIGHT THERE ON THEIR
OWN.
WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS NOT FAIR
TO THE INDIVIDUAL OR THE
LANDLORD.
SO I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE
BIGGEST THINGS WE HAVE IS FOR
CONTINUED SUPPORT AROUND THAT
CASE MANAGEMENT, SPECIFICALLY
THE LIGHT TOUCH SUPPORT SO WE
CAN CONTINUE MAKING THAT
PROMISE IN DELIVERING ON THAT
WITH LANDLORDS.
ONE OF THE PUSH BACKS WE DO
HERE SOMETIMES IS CASE MANAGERS
ARE ALREADY REALLY TIGHT ON
THEIR BANDWIDTH AND SO ASKING
THEM TO GO BEYOND WHEN THEY
GRADUATE SOMEONE TO SELF-
SUPPORT THEM IS A TOUGH ASK.
I THINK WE HAVE OVER 42
NONPROFIT AGENCIES THAT HAVE
AGREED TO BE A PART OF THIS AND
THAT IS THE TRADE-OFF THAT THEY
PROVIDE IS THAT WHEN YOUR CASE
MANAGEMENT.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO AROUND
RESOURCES FOR THAT CASE
MANAGEMENT OR MEDIATION SUPPORT
WOULD BE A HUGE HELP FOR THE
ORGANIZATION.
>> AND IT SOUND LIKE YOU SAID
TRYING TO EXPAND THE RAPID
REHOUSING FUNDING BEYOND THE 3
TO 6 MONTHS.
>> IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
PIECE.
I WILL NOT DIVE INTO THE RAPID
REHOUSING BECAUSE I'M NOT AN
EXPERT THERE THE INTENT IS FOR
IT TO BE AVAILABLE I BELIEVE
FOR 12 MONTHS IF IT IS NEEDED.
THERE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A
HARD STOP AFTER SIX MONTHS.
I THINK GIVEN LIMITATIONS ON
FUNDING AND THE OVERALL DEMAND,
OFTEN TIMES IT IS RUN THAT WAY
AND YOU HAVE TECHNICAL ISSUES
OF HOW DO YOU REOPEN A CASE AND
REENROLL SOMEONE AND ALL THE
CHALLENGES THERE.
THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT IS WHEN
SOMEONE MOVES IN, WE ARE THERE
TO SUPPORT THEM AND WE WILL
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT AND
WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT WE
HAVE THAT AXONAL FUNDING, THAT
EVEN IF OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE
RAPID REHOUSING CAN'T STEP IN,
WE CAN STEP IN AND BRIDGE THAT
GAP AND GIVE THE FAMILY OR
INDIVIDUAL ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO
MONTHS, WHETHER TO GET ANOTHER
JOB, FIGURE OUT CHILDCARE,
WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
SO THAT ONE SETBACK IS NOT
LEADING THEM DOWN --
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD A LITTLE
BIT.
ON THE RAPID REHOUSING FRONT,
RAPID REHOUSING IS MEANT TO BE
AN APPROACH FOR THE PROGRESSIVE
ENGAGEMENT APPROACH SO YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE EVALUATING WITH
THE FAMILY NEEDS AT VARIOUS
CHICKEN POINTS.
AND I THINK IN AN EFFORT TO
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE KIND
OF LETTING PEOPLE GO, THERE
HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PRESSURES TO
SAY OKAY, STOP AT A CERTAIN
POINT.
WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE
TO DO SOME TRAINING AND RULE
CHANGING TO MAKE THAT WORK WITH
THIS PROGRAM AND TAKE SOME TIME
AND SO WE ARE DEFINITELY
WORKING ON THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT IS NECESSARILY
A FULL-SCALE CHANGE OF RAPID
REHOUSING THAT IS NEEDED BUT A
NEED OF APPROACH TO MAKE SURE
PROVIDERS GIVE THE TRAINING
THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND, THEN
WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGICAL BACKUP SO THEY
CAN USE THIS SYSTEM, THE
HOMELESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN A
WAY THAT WORKS WITH THIS
PROGRAM.
IT IS A SYSTEMWIDE CHANGE AND
TAKES A LITTLE WHILE FOR IT TO
STICK.
>> JUST TO SAY I THINK YOU'RE
VERY ARTICULATE AND ACCURATE IN
SAYING THAT ASKING CASE MANAGERS
TO EXTEND THE TIME OF THE CLIENT
BEYOND GRADUATION CAN BE
DIFFICULT.
IS IT AT A POINT WHERE YOU
WOULD NEED CASE MANAGERS WITHIN
YOUR OWN PROGRAM TO HELP
FACILITATE THAT BRIDGE?
>> THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
CURRENTLY EXPLORING RIGHT NOW.
AND PART OF THE OTHER ASPECT OF
THIS IS WE ARE PROMISING THAT
SUPPORT FOR TWO YEARS TO THE
LANDLORD.
BUT WE CAN ONLY GET ONE YEAR OF
COMMITMENT FROM THE CASE
MANAGERS AND THE NONPROFITS.
SO ONE OF THE PIECES IS HOW DO
WE BRIDGE THAT SUPPORT IN THE
SECOND YEAR WHENEVER THERE
MIGHT BE A LEASE VIOLATION
ISSUE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CASE MANAGER
THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH BUT
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
ACTIVELY EXPLORING TO SAY HOW
DO WE TAKE THAT IN-HOUSE ONCE
SOMEBODY HAS GRADUATED FROM
THEIR ORIGINAL NONPROFIT OR
SERVICE PROVIDER.
HOW CAN WE STILL BE THERE TO
SUPPORT?
IT MAY NOT BE A FULL-SCALE CASE
MANAGEMENT, IT COULD BE
MEDIATION TO MAKE SURE IF
THERE'S ANY TYPE OF TENSION
BETWEEN THE LANDLORD AND
RESIDENTS, WE CAN DEPLOY
RESOURCES TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION AND AVOID AN ISSUE
GETTING OUT OF HAND.
POINT BLANK, WE ARE EXPLORING
THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS.
>> LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN
ASSIST.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> I HAVE RECENTLY BECOME AWARE
THAT THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY,
SCHOLARLY WORK THAT IS BEEN
FOCUSED HERE LOCALLY, INSIGHTS
FROM FOLKS FROM JOHN HOPKINS AT
HARVARD AND THEY HAVE BEEN
LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
LOW INCOME FAMILIES ARE GIVEN
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE
THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOODS OF
OPPORTUNITY ARE.
BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO GRAVITATE
TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY
KNOW IN MAKING CHOICES ABOUT
WHERE TO LIVE, AND THEY FOUND,
AND AGAIN THIS IS HERE LOCALLY,
THE INTERVENTION THAT WAS
PROVIDED INCREASED THE FRACTION
OF FAMILIES WHO MOVED TO HIGH
UPWARD MOBILITY AREAS FROM 15%
IN THE CALL GROUP TO 54% OF THE
TREATMENT GROUP.
THE OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH
MOVING TO COMMUNITIES OF
OPPORTUNITY ARE VERY, VERY LONG-
LASTING.
IT HAS IMPACTS ON GENERATIONAL
POVERTY.
AND SO AM WONDERING, I REALLY
LOVE THE FACT THAT THIS PROGRAM
IS FOCUSED ON NOT JUST PUTTING
PEOPLE WHERE THE HOUSING IS,
BUT GIVING PEOPLE MORE CHOICES
TO PICK WHERE THEY CAN LIVE,
BUT I'M WONDERING IS THERE A WAY
THAT YOU HAVE LOOKED AT
EDUCATING THE CLIENTS OR
ENCOURAGING THE CASE MANAGERS
THAT ARE SENDING FOLKS TO YOU
TO EDUCATE THEIR CLIENTS ABOUT
WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF
OPPORTUNITY ARE IN THE REGION
AS MORE INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE
CAN USE TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES?
>> ACTUALLY WAS WORKING AT THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
LOOKED AT IS I LOOKED AT THE
OPPORTUNITY MAP THROUGHOUT KING
COUNTY TO SEE WHERE ARE THOSE
LOCATIONS.
AND FOR BACKGROUND, THAT IS NOT
NECESSARILY THE OPPORTUNITY
THAT WE MIGHT THINK, SO
DOWNTOWN MIGHT BE HIGH-COST BUT
FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG KIDS
THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED AN
OPPORTUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE LOOKED AT HOW TO GET UNITS
IN THOSE AREAS.
THOSE AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN
SEATTLE, TEND TO BE HIGHER
RENT, SO THE FOR THE VOUCHER
HOLDERS THEY GET A BUMP IN
THEIR VOUCHER PAYMENT STANDARD
TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT.
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY, QUAY
COUNTY, OUR PARTNERS, TO
UTILIZE OUR TOOL TO HELP THEIR
CLIENTS FIND UNITS.
ONE THING WE'RE TRYING TO DO
MORE OF'S PROVIDE MORE
RESOURCES TO CASE MANAGEMENT.
IN-HOUSE TRAININGS AND LUNCH
AND LEARNS FOR CASE MANAGERS TO
PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES.
WE DON'T DIRECTLY GET INVOLVED
WITH THE RESIDENCE SO IF THAT
IS A PAY CASE WE GO DOWN WE
WOULD HAVE TO EDUCATE THE CASE
MANAGERS ON THAT RESOURCE.
ONE THING I STRUGGLE WITH IS
ALSO MAKING SURE WE ARE NOT
STEERING PEOPLE TO CERTAIN
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY
UNDERSTAND THERE'S TONS OF PROS
AND LOOKING AT RESEARCH BUT
MAKING SURE THE FAMILY WANTS TO
GO TO SOUTH KING COUNTY BECAUSE
OF FAMILY, WE WANT TO GIVE THEM
THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO IT'S A LONG WAY TO SAY THAT
IS SOMETHING WE CAN ADD TO OUR
LIST AS A POTENTIAL TRAINING
AND WORK WITH SHA AND KING
COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHO
FRANKLY HAVE THE EXPERTISE, TO
PROVIDE THAT EDUCATION TO OUR
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
>> YOU HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
MANY OF THE BARRIERS THAT THE
CLIENTS THAT YOU WORK WITH
THROUGH CASE MANAGERS HAVE.
ONE OF THE BARRIERS I HAVE NOT
HEARD DRESSED IS THE NEED FOR
LARGER FAMILY UNITS.
HOW IS THAT GOING?
>> WE HAVE UNITS RANGING IN
SIZE FROM SINGLE ROOMS ALL THE
WAY UP TO SIX BEDROOMS.
THE SIX BEDROOMS ARE IN SINGLE-
FAMILY HOMES, AS WELL AS
APARTMENTS.
WE ARE PARTNERED WITH A LOT OF
THE TAX CREDIT PROPERTIES
ACROSS KING COUNTY THAT
SPECIALIZE IN BUILDING UNITS
THAT ARE TWO THROUGH FIVE
BEDROOMS.
IT HAS BEEN GREAT.
WE HAVE FIVE BEDROOM UNITS
POSTED RIGHT NOW FOR LESS THAN
$2000.
IN KING COUNTY THAT IS
INCREDIBLE.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED FOR
THAT AND SEE THESE FAMILIES ARE
ABLE TO GET BETTER ACCESS.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
THESE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TRAININGS FOR CASE MANAGERS.
WHERE WE ARE TRAINING THEM TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HOUSING
RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE,
TAX CREDIT IS SUPER COMPLICATED
SO WE HELD A LUNCHEON ON TAX
CREDITS OR HAD A LANDLORD COME
AND WORK WITH OUR CASE MANAGERS
AND TRAIN THEM ON THAT PROCESS.
AND SO NOW ALL OF THESE UNITS
THAT ARE ON THAT LOWER AND THAT
ARE THESE BIGGER UNIT SIZES,
THESE CASE MANAGERS ARE TRAINED
AND HOW EXACTLY TO GET THEIR
CLIENTS THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
>> DID YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT
MHA?
>> THE UNITS THAT YOU HAVE
AVAILABLE, DO YOU USE MFDE
UNITS?
>> WE ARE CURRENTLY USING THOSE
UNITS AND WE DID RECENTLY HIRE
AN OUTREACH MANAGER WHO IS
FOCUSED ON BRINGING ON NEW
LANDLORDS AND LOOKING AT WHERE
THOSE MHA UNITS WILL BE BUILT.
WE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN
TARGETING MFTE UNITS AND HOW
TO LOG THOSE UNITS ON OUR
INVENTORY.
EVEN WITH MFTE UNITS IN
SEATTLE, THEY ARE EXPENSIVE.
I THINK A ONE BEDROOM IS STILL
$1500.
WHILE THE VOUCHER CAN AFFORD
THAT, IT IS STILL A STRUGGLE
FOR SOMEONE THAT IS IN RAPID
REHOUSING AND DOES NOT HAVE
THAT VOUCHER TO AFFORD THOSE
UNITS.
ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE,
THE MAJORITY OF OUR UNITS ARE
MFTE AND OTHER PROGRAMS WE ARE
TRYING TO TAP INTO.
>> WE ALSO PARTNER WITH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS.
WE ARE ALSO ASSISTING IN SOME
OF THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS?
>> JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP, I'M
CURRENTLY A RENTER MYSELF AND I
JUST MOVED BETWEEN APARTMENT
BUILDINGS AND WAS LUCKY ENOUGH
TO ONLY HAVE TO PAY ONE
APPLICATION FEE, WHICH WAS $40.
YOU MENTIONED ONE OF YOUR
CLIENTS HAD APPLIED TO 20 UNITS.
AND THAT'S ABOUT $800.
I KNOW ROBIN, I ASKED YOU ABOUT
THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND
PORTABLE SCREENING BENEFITS.
I KNOW IT SEEMS AS IF THAT IS
BEEN RESOLVED FOR THE MOMENT
YOUR PROGRAM IS ABLE TO DISPEL
MYTHS ABOUT HOW SOME OF THESE
HIGH RISK, POTENTIALLY HIGH
RISK TENANTS ARE NOT HIGH RISK,
IS YOUR PROGRAM ABLE TO USE
PORTABLE SCREENING? HOW DOES
THAT WORK?
>> WE ARE, AND SOME OF OUR
PARTNERS OF THE LARGER
PROPERTIES THE MANAGERS USE
THAT, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO ONE SCREENING CAN BE USED
MULTIPLE TIMES.
THERE IS STILL A TIME LIMIT, 30
OR 60 DAYS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING
TO GET AS MORE INDIVIDUALS TO
ACCEPT THAT.
AND FULL TRANSPARENCY, WHEN WE
STARTED THIS WE TRY TO MAKE IT
AS LOW BARRIER TO ENTRY IS
POSSIBLE FOR LANDLORDS AND SO
WE DID NOT SAY TO THEM, YOU
HAVE TO DO OUR SCREENING AND
UTILIZE ALL THESE THINGS, IF
YOU'RE DOING YOUR SCREENING
GREAT, UTILIZE HER CURRENT
SCREENING, BUT SET A LOWER
TARGET.
A PART OF THAT WAS TO GET
ADOPTION.
WE DID THAT WITH A LOT OF THE
LOCAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
COMPANIES THAT DON'T ACCEPT
PORTABLE SCREENING.
ONE OF OUR GOALS LONG-TERM --
KARINA BULL OFFERS THEIR OWN
SCREENING WITHIN THE ZILLOW
PLATFORM.
COULD WE HAVE A SCREENING ON
ZILLOW AND THEN THEY CAN USE
THAT WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS?
THAT IS THE DREAM AND VISION
THAT I WANT US TO GET TO.
AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO BUILD
THAT TRUST AND SO IF WE CAN
SHOW OUR PROPERTY PARTNERS THAT
LOOK, WE ARE A TRUSTWORTHY
GROUP TO LOOK AND DELIVER WITH.
IT IS EASIER FOR ME TO SAY
WOULD YOU CONSIDER ACCEPTING A
PORTABLE SCREENING PROCESS NOW
OR WE DON'T HAVE THE EVIDENCE
TO GO AND MAKE THAT REQUEST.
DEFINITELY ON OUR POINT THAT IT
IS SUPER EXPENSIVE.
EVEN IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT
THE ONE WHO IS PAYING THAT, A
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS
PAYING IT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS OUT
OF THE SYSTEM.
SO THE MORE WE CAN PUSH OUR
PARTNERS TO USE THAT SCREENING,
THE MORE EFFECTIVE IT WILL BE.
>> TO MY POINT, WORKING ON
PORTABLE SCREENING IT SEEMS AS
IF THERE WAS A FEAR THAT THE
SCREENS ARE BEING MANIPULATED
SOMEHOW AND I THINK YOUR WORK
BEING ABLE TO DISPEL MYTHS IS
REALLY CRITICAL HERE TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT THE GOAL IS TO
PAY THE SCREENING FEE ONCE AND
TO HAVE THAT ACCURATE DATA
GOING FORWARD SO WE CAN ENSURE
WITH THE TENANT THAT THEIR
HOUSING MEETS THEIR CRITERIA.
>> AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE
RELYING ON OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS
AND THE RENTAL HOUSING
ASSOCIATION.
WE WANT TO BE CHAMPIONS WITH
THAT.
IT IS EASY FOR ME TO SAY THAT
BUT IF THEY ARE HEARING IT FROM
COLLEAGUES AND PEERS, IT IS A
LOT EASIER TO SAY OKAY, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GO DOWN
AND NOT AS SCARY AS IT MAY SEEM.
>> I WANT TO SHARE THAT ZILA
PRODUCED A GREAT VIDEO AT THE
LAUNCH OF THEIR TOOL. IT HAS A
REALLY WONDERFUL TENANT STORY
AND IT AND I THINK IT WOULD BE
GREAT FOR YOU TO WATCH THAT AND
ALSO HAS A LINK TO SOME
INFORMATION ON THE ZILLOW
WEBSITE THAT SHOWS HOW THE TOOL
WORKS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HER BOLD?
WHEN YOU DO THAT, I AM LOOKING
AT THE WEBSITE.
I KNOW YOU ARE A NEW PROGRAM
BUT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, SOME OF
THE SUCCESSES THAT WE HAVE
HEARD TODAY, SO MANY LANDLORDS
AND PROPERTIES, 100 UNITS, WHAT
WE HAVE HERE?
70% FAMILIES OF COLOR.
523 HOUSED IN ONLY THREE LOST
THEIR HOUSING.
A LITTLE REPORT.
I WOULD LIKE TO FLESH THIS OUT.
THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION.
>> SHKELQIM PRODUCES A NICE
DOCUMENT FOR THE BOARD MEETING
TO SHOW US HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN HOUSED ALL THE THINGS
YOU'RE ASKING FOR, SO I WILL
DEFINITELY GET THAT TO YOU.
WE WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU
AND I DO THAT I ALSO HAVE AN
ASK.
AS YOU IDENTIFY WHERE MORE
CLIENTS NEED ADDITIONAL HOUSING
AND SERVICES BASED ON THE
REQUESTED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
YOUR HEARING ABOUT, IT WOULD BE
VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE A REPORT
BACK TO SAY 60% OF OUR CLIENTS
WANTED TO LIVE IN BALLARD AND
THEY COULDN'T.
THAT IS A VERY -- WE NEED MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WE THINK
ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO CONTINUE
TO INVEST IN OUR CITY SO HAVING
THAT TYPE OF STATISTIC WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
IF YOU HAVE STATISTICS ABOUT K,
WE NEED A LOT MORE SINGLE
OCCUPANCY BUILDINGS SO PEOPLE
CAN WHO ARE WORKING HERE AS
INDIVIDUALS OR RETIREES, IF
THEY WANT AN SRO, AND WE DON'T
HAVE THOSE IN THE CITY, MAYBE
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO
DIRECT OUR FUNDING TWO.
AS WE GET FEEDBACK AND WE HAVE
HEARD MORE REPEATEDLY WE NEED
MORE TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS,
PLEASE LET US KNOW.
THAT KIND OF NEEDS-BASED
ASSESSMENT WOULD BE SUPER
HELPFUL AS YOU GET MORE DATA.
ROBIN, I HAVE ASKED THIS
QUESTION BEFORE.
COULD YOU REMIND ME, ONE OF THE
THINGS WE HEAR ABOUT A LOT
CONSTITUENTS IS OKAY, GREAT, WE
PASSED MHA, BUT WHERE ARE THOSE
UNITS?
A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON FUTURE
INVESTMENTS WHEN WE GET FEES.
HOW SOON WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE
MAP OR TOOL THAT ALLOWS FOR US
TO SEE WHERE THOSE UNITS ARE
BEING CREATED AND HAVE IT
INTEGRATED INTO AN ONLINE TOOL
LIKE THE ONE ZILLOW HAS
CREATED?
>> WE ALREADY HAVE A MAP OF
UNITS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE ON
THE OH WEBSITE UNDER
DEVELOPMENT PAGE, OBVIOUSLY
THAT IS NOT HELPFUL BECAUSE
THEY'RE ALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
BUT WE ARE MOVING IN THAT
DIRECTION.
WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD ON
TIGHTENING UP OUR DATA AT OH SO
I THINK WE WILL HAVE A LIST OF
ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS
WITH ADDRESSES AND THEN OUR
INTENT IS ALSO TO MAP THOSE.
ONE OF THE ISSUES AROUND THAT
IS OUR OCCUPANCY RATES ARE EVEN
HIGHER THAN THE PRIVATE MARKET
SO SOMETIMES IT IS NOT 100%
HELPFUL TO PEOPLE TO SAY THESE
ARE WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE,
BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE WORKING
TOWARD PROVIDING MUCH BETTER
INFORMATION AND I THINK WE WILL
START THE FIRST -- MFTE PROGRAM
BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO TELL
SOMEONE 200 BUILDINGS AROUND
THE CITY, JUST START CALLING.
AT LEAST THE MAP WILL HELP
PEOPLE VISUALIZE A LITTLE BETTER
INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM LOOK AT
AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET. YOU WILL
BE ABLE TO HOVER OVER ONE OF
THE ADDRESSES AND SEE WHAT
TYPES OF UNITS THERE ARE, WHAT
THE RENT IS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT MFTE
PROGRAMS AND THEY ARE ALL
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND
DIFFERENT TYPES OF UNITS.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING ON
IT AND I THINK WE WILL SHOWS
SOME SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AND
PROGRESS ON THIS OVER THE NEXT
TWO QUARTERS, FOR SURE.
>> WE PUT A MARKER THAT WE
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON
THAT TYPE OF TOOL PRIOR TO
BUDGET?
I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY
HELPFUL IF WE CAN SEE HOW THAT
MAP OR DISPLAY COMES TOGETHER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT ONE
OF THE THINGS EMILY ALVARADO
HAD SOME CONCERNS AROUND HIS WE
TRIED VERY HARD TO DO
AFFIRMATIVE ROCKETING WEARY OR
TALKING WITH COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS OF PEOPLE ARE
ACCESSING UNIT THAT WAY, AS
WELL.
WE HAVE CONCERNS AROUND A
CENTRALIZED TOOL AND WHETHER
THAT IS EXCLUSIONARY.
WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
ENTERING INTO THE SPACE BECAUSE
WE KNOW A LOT OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS HAVE DEEP
COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND WE
DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT THAT
REALLY GREAT WORK THAT HAPPENS,
SO I THINK WE JUST WANT TO BE
VERY INTENTIONAL AND THOUGHTFUL
ABOUT THIS AND CONTINUE TO
BUILD OUT OUR AFFIRMATIVE
MARKETING STRATEGIES AS PART OF
THIS WORK.
>> AND AT THE SAME TIME SHOW
THE COMMUNITY WHY IT WAS SO
IMPORTANT TO DO MHA AND TRAN 16
PROGRAMS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATED
INFORMATION ON WHERE THOSE
REFERRALS ARE COMING FROM SO WE
CAN SHOW THE COMMUNITY HOW
FOLKS ARE MOVING FROM SHELTER
AND INTO HOUSING, WHICH IS THE
MOST CRITICAL PIECE.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
ROBIN, I KNOW YOU ARE IN THE
FINAL THROES OF THE SESSION SO
I'M GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US
TODAY.
GOOD LUCK IN YOUR LAST NINE
DAYS OF THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO
PRESENT ON THIS INCREDIBLE NEW
ASSET AND PLEASE EXTEND OUR
THANK YOU TO ZILLOW, TABLEAU,
EXPEDIA , MICROSOFT.
THEY HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY
INVESTING AND TRYING TO FIND
SOLUTIONS I THINK THIS IS A
GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THOSE
EXPERIENCES AND RESOURCES THAT
THEY HAVE CAN HELP NEW FOLKS IN
THE HOUSING AND I APPRECIATE
YOUR LEADERSHIP.
LIKE YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>>> OKAY, DO YOU MIND READING
INTO THE RECORD OUR SIXTH ITEM?
>> AGENDA ITEM 6, 119752, AND
ORDINANCE RELATING TO FAIR
HOUSING RELATING -- BRIEFING
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE --
>> WONDERFUL, AND I SEE ASHA ON
HER WAY UP HERE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A
CONVERSATION WE HAVE HAD A MIKE
EDDIE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
ASHA, I WILL TRY NOT TO SAY
EVERYTHING IN MY OPENING
COMMENTS BUT I WANT TO REMIND
FOLKS THAT THIS IS A
CONVERSATION WE STARTED MY
FIRST MONTH AFTER BEING ELECTED
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
STUDENTS CAME TO US AND
IDENTIFIED THERE WAS NEW
PLATFORM THAT WAS BEING USED TO
BASICALLY CREATE eBAY FOR
RENTAL UNITS, AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, THE SCALING UP OF THE
COST AND CREATING ADDITIONAL
COMPETITION FOR RENTAL UNITS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW DISTRICT
AREA.
SO HOW DOES THIS MEET OUR GOALS
TO CREATE ACCESS TO EQUITABLE
HOUSING AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THERE WASN'T ANY
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF
HAVING THIS NEW TOOL ROLLED OUT
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER OR
NOT THIS WAS A TOOL THAT WAS
VIOLATING OR NOT IN HARMONY
WITH OUR FAIR HOUSING LAWS AND
WE WANTED TO HAVE SOME TIME TO
ANALYZE HOW THEY MAY IMPACT THE
COST OF HOUSING WERE CREATE
INEQUITIES OR OTHER
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
IN 2018 PASSED AN ORDINANCE
DIRECTING THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
TO STUDY THE IMPACTS AND PUT A
MORATORIUM ON IT BEFORE THE
MORATORIUM EXPIRED THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING NEEDED ADDITIONAL
TIME SO IN JUNE 2019 WE HAD
ANOTHER YEAR PROHIBITION ON THE
TYPE OF RENT BIDDING
TECHNOLOGIES TO ALLOW FOR MORE
TIME TO BE COMPLETED.
AND IN THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED
MIDYEAR LAST YEAR AND GAVE US
SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING, THE BUDGET
HAPPENED, I WENT ON FAMILY
LEAVE, AND SO WE ARE BACK HERE
TRYING TO WRAP UP THE FINAL
CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT TO DO
WITH THE RECOMMENDATION
>> ASHA VENKATARAMAN, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT COUNCIL BILL 11972 AND
WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS REPEAL
EARLY THE PROHIBITION THAT
WOULD OTHERWISE EXPIRE IN JULY.
WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK MORE
IN-DEPTH AT THE STUDY AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT MADE SENSE TO LIFT THE
PROHIBITION SO WE COULD GET
SOME DATA ABOUT HOW THESE
PLATFORMS ARE WORKING IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
THIS WAS THE KIND OF EMERGING
TECHNOLOGY THAT THERE WAS A
FEAR THAT THIS MIGHT ESCALATE
INTO THE TMC, LAKE HUBERT AND
LYFT.
THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL --
ORIGINAL PROHIBITION.
THEN WE ASK THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING TO COLLECT SOME DATA
ABOUT WHETHER RENT BIDDING IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
AND WHETHER IT WILL HAVE THAT
KIND OF EQUITABLE IMPACT ON
ACCESS TO RENTAL HOUSING.
SO THE BILL ITSELF, IT CREATES
THAT OFFICE OF HOUSING TO
COLLECT DATA BY JULY OF NEXT
YEAR, JUNE OF NEXT YEAR, TO
FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS THAT
KIND OF IMPACT.
IT ALSO ASKS THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS TO DO SOME TESTING
AROUND WHETHER THERE WAS
COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF OUR FAIR
HOUSING LAWS. AND THEN GIVEN
THE RESULTS OF THAT DATA, ONCE
WE HAVE THEM IN JUNE WE CAN
FIGURE OUT IF IT MAKES SENSE TO
REGULATE RENTAL HOUSING BIDDING
PLATFORMS AND WE CAN ZOOM IN ON
THE ACTUAL PROBLEMS THAT HAVE
COME UP THROUGH THE TESTING AND
THE DATA COLLECTION AS OPPOSED
TO REGULATING THEM NOW AS WE
LIFT PROHIBITIONS SINCE WE
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE
ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE.
>> THE OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE
IS BECAUSE THE FEAR WAS THIS
WOULD ESCALATE LIKE YOU WERE
AND LYFT, IT DOES NOT SEEM TO
BE TAKING OFF NATIONWIDE THE
WAY THAT THOSE COMPANIES HAVE,
AND SO SOME OF THE RISK AND
LIFTING THE PROHIBITION AND NOT
REGULATING IMMEDIATELY WOULD BE
FOR THAT KIND OF PROLIFERATION
TO HAPPEN BUT BECAUSE IT IS NOT
TRYING TO THAT WAY NATIONWIDE,
THAT RISK IS A LITTLE BIT
REDUCED, I THINK.
SO ONCE WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR
THE PLATFORMS TO OPERATE, WE
WILL KNOW IF IT IS GOING TO
ESCALATE IN THAT CITYWIDE WAY.
IT WILL BE A BIG DEAL FOR
SEATTLE OR NOT.
ONCE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN FIGURE
OUT WHAT THE SAFEGUARDS ARE IN
TERMS OF HAVING THEIR OPERATION
IN PLACE.
>> I WANT TO THANK OFFICE OF
HOUSING FOR THEIR REPORT AND I
THINK THEY GIVE US SOME GENERAL
PRINCIPLES THAT YOU WILL SEE
REFLECTED IN THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
ALSO, THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRY TO
GET AHEAD OF TECHNOLOGIES,
SOMETIMES WE ARE SCRAMBLING TO
KEEP UP WITH HOW IT WILL AFFECT
OUR EXISTING VALUES AND LAWS IN
THE STATE OR IN THE CITY.
THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO GET SOME DATA AND HAVE A
REALLY THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO
ENSURING OUR VALUES ARE MET AND
SEEING HOW WE CAN TRACK THIS
TYPE OF TOOL BETTER IN THE
FUTURE.
>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
COLLEAGUES?
OKAY, EVERYBODY HAS LEGISLATION
IN FRONT OF THEM.
ASHA VENKATARAMAN, IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO THE
COUNCIL BUILT YOU WOULD LIKE
FOR US TO ADDRESS?
>> I THINK THAT COVERS ALL OF
THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE
LEGISLATION.
>> THE BILL ITSELF DIRECTS OCR
TO DO THE TESTING.
>> YES.
>> I'M CONFIRMING THAT THE BILL
ITSELF DIRECTS THE OFFICE OF
RIGHTS TO DO TESTING AND THE
OTHER SORT OF ACTIONS THAT THE
BILL REQUIRES AS PART OF US
LIFTING THE PROHIBITION, CAN
YOU GO THROUGH THE REALLY
QUICKLY?
>> IT ASKS THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING TO COLLECT DATA TO
TRACK WHETHER THE PLATFORMS ARE
FUNCTIONING FOR BIDDING
PURPOSES.
THIS IS IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING
ALONG ON PAGE 5 OF THE
LEGISLATION.
SECTION 3. AND THEN SECTION 4
ASKS THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE FAIR
HOUSING LAWS AND THEY ASK OF
THE DATA SHOWS THAT THEY ARE
FUNCTIONING FOR BIDDING
PURPOSES AND TO HAVE EQUITABLE
ACCESS, AND IMPACT EXCUSE ME,
ON EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HOUSING
THE BOTH OFFICES WORK WITH
COUNCIL.
>> WHAT ABOUT IN YOUR MEMO, YOU
LIFT UP A RECOMMENDATION TO
MODIFY EXISTING LAWS AROUND
UNFAIR HOUSING PRACTICES. AS IT
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO BIDDING
PLATFORMS.
NOT TO TAKE THEM OUT OF
BUSINESS, BUT TO REQUIRE THAT
THOSE SPECIFIC PLATFORMS ARE
OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR
FAIR HOUSING LAWS. SHOULD WE BE
EXPECTING A BILL? ARE WE
INDICATING IN THIS LEGISLATION
THAT WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON
SUCH A BILL?
>> AT THIS POINT THE IDEA IS TO
LOOK AT WHETHER THERE ARE FAIR
HOUSING IMPACTS TO THE DATA
COLLECTION AND THE TESTING AND
THEN ONCE THAT INFORMATION
COMES BACK IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR
WE WILL LOOK AT POTENTIAL
LEGISLATION TO DEAL WITH ANY OF
THE ISSUES THAT DO ACTUALLY
COME UP THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN
THE RENT BIDDING STUDY.
IF IT TURNS OUT THAT BEFORE
JUNE OF NEXT YEAR WE CAN SEE
THAT THINGS ARE ESCALATING OUT
OF CONTROL AND MAKE SENSE TO
ACT BEFORE THEN, THAT WOULD BE
A POSSIBILITY.
>> THAT IS A NOTABLE THING.
THE WAY THIS READS IS IS IS
ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY
SHOULD MODIFY THE PROPOSED
REGULATION OF UNFAIR HOUSING
PRACTICES AND IT LISTS SEVEN
THINGS THAT THEY ARE SAYING
ALREADY ARE AN ISSUE.
>> I THINK THESE ARE IDENTIFIED
AS POTENTIAL ISSUES PRIMARILY
BECAUSE THE PLATFORMS HAVE NOT
BEEN IN OPERATION, SO IT IS
MOSTLY A CONSIDERATION OF
THINGS THAT COULD BE
PROBLEMATIC AS VIOLATIONS OF
FEDERAL OR STATE OR LOCAL
HOUSING LAW.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE PIECE AROUND
HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS. IT IS
NOT CLEAR HOW ANYBODY WITH A
HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER WOULD BE
ABLE TO COMPETITIVELY BID FOR
SOMETHING ON ONE OF THESE
PLATFORMS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW
HAS NOBODY WITH A HOUSING
CHOICE VOUCHER HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO BE ON THE PLATFORM BECAUSE
OF THE PROHIBITION.
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS IF
YOU ARE STARTING TO MOVE
FORWARD AND HAVE A HOUSING
CHOICE VOUCHER, HOW DOES THE
PLATFORM ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT?
SO WHEN THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS GOES TO DO THE TESTING
AND MAY OR MAY NOT TURN OUT
THAT THERE IS A COMPETITIVE WAY
FOR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS TO
MOVE FORWARD AND BID
SUCCESSFULLY ON THE UNITS.
IF THAT IS THE CASE GREAT.
IF NOT GIVES US INFORMATION TO
SAY THIS IS A THING WE NEED TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO REGULATE SO
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOLDING
THOSE VOUCHERS ARE COMPETITIVE
SO IT IS MOSTLY A MATTER OF
GETTING THE DATA TO KNOW WHICH
OF THE ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE A
PROBLEM AND IF THEY ARE GOING
TO BE A PROBLEM, AND THEN
REGULATING ONCE WE HAVE SOME OF
THAT DATA.
>> SO ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE
REPORT, MUCH OF THE DATA IS
REPORTED BACK TO US ON JUNE 1,
2021.
AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST,
SOMETIMES WE HAVE INFORMALLY
ASKED FOR AN INTERIM REPORT
FROM OUR DEPARTMENT.
PERHAPS TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S POINT, IF WE START TO
SEE INTERESTING TRENDS EARLY
ON IN THE BE GOOD TO GET IN
EARLY REPORTS BACK, IN QUARTER
THREE OR FOUR OF THIS YEAR AND
THEN WE CAN MAKE SOME DECISIONS
ON WHETHER OR NOT THE DATA IS
SO STARK WE SHOULD ACT SOONER
OR IF THEY NEED MORE TIME.
TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THIS IS
NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
RAPIDLY DEPLOYED IN OTHER
CITIES AND SO PERHAPS TWO YEARS
LATER IT IS NOT SEEN AS A
"URGENT FOR US TO GET AHEAD OF
THIS ONE SPECIFIC TYPE OF
TECHNOLOGY BUT WE HAVE TO BE
VIGILANT AND RECOGNIZE OUR
ACCESS TO HOUSING LAWS THAT WE
HAVE IN THE BOOKS OF THE
PRINCIPLES IN THE CITY TO MAKE
SURE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO
HOUSING AND IS SO STRONG WE DO
WANT TO BE VIGILANT.
I WILL PUT IT OUT THERE TO OUR
FRIENDS OF OFFICE OF HOUSING
AND CIVIL RIGHTS BUT IT DOES
SEEM LIKE THIS COMMITTEE MAY BE
INTERESTED IN AN INTERIM
REPORT.
BY KEEPING THE FINAL DATE AS
JUNE 2021 SOUNDS FINE TO ME.
IF WE CAN GET THAT COMMITMENT
FROM THEM AFTER THE PASSAGE OF
THIS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE
HOUSES.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
ASHA , THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
WALKING US THROUGH THIS IN THE
PAST WORK FROM CENTRAL STAFF ON
THE OTHER TWO ORDINANCES, AS
WELL.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND TO MY OFFICE, WE HAVE BEEN
TRACKING THIS VERY CLOSELY.
WITH THE COMMITTEE'S
INDULGENCE, I WOULD LOVE TO
MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION, COUNCIL
119752.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
COUNCIL BILL 119752 PLEASE
VOTE AYE AND RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> AYE.
>> NO ONE OPPOSED.
THANK YOU ASHA . THE MOTION
CARRIES ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION WILL BE SENT TO
OUR MARCH NINTH FULL COUNCIL
COMMITTEE MEETING.
OR COUNCIL MEETING FOR A FULL
VOTE.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT AND LET'S MOVE
ON TO OUR LAST ITEM OF
BUSINESS, SOME OF THE ITEM,
THANK YOU FOR READING THAT IN.
TOM, WELCOME.
AND WE HAVE ALL THREE FOLKS
HERE.
>> HOUSING 2020 WORKPLAN FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> EXCELLENT.
WE DO HAVE OUR FRIEND DOUG.
THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT AND
WAITING.
WE HAVE OUR 2020 WORKPLAN IN
FRONT OF US. COLLEAGUES, IF YOU
WANT TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE
OURSELF FOR THE
THEN I WILL MAKE SOME OPENING
COMMENTS.
>> GOOD MORNING, TRACI
RATZLIFF, KARINA BULL .
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
US FOLKS KNOW WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING REALLY HARD TO MAKE
SURE OUR WORKPLAN IS ROBUST.
THIS IS THE THIRD OF 18 PLANNED
MEETINGS FOR THIS YEAR AND WE
HAVE MANY THINGS TO COVER THAT
YOU SEE OUTLINED IN THE
WORKPLAN.
WHAT DOES WORKFORCE TECHNOLOGY
CHANGES MEAN FOR WORKERS IN OUR
CITY AND BUSINESSES AND THE
COMMUNITY AT LARGE?
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TMC'S AND
THE UBER AND LEFT DRIVERS.
LAST YEAR WE HAD PRESENTATIONS
ABOUT HOW THESE CONCERNS CAN
POTENTIALLY BE ADDRESSED BY
RAISING THE WAGES FOR THOSE TMC
DRIVERS AND WE KNOW THIS IS
SOMETHING THE MAYOR HAS BEEN
WORKING WORKING ON WITH THE
DRIVERS AND THE ASSOCIATIONS
HOWEVER WE KNOW IS A LOT OF
WORK TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE
THAT WORKERS ACTUALLY GET A
MINIMUM WAGE AND A LIVING WAGE.
BUT A MINIMUM WAGE WOULD BE
EXCELLENT AND THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT IS STILL ON OUR LIST TO DO
FOR THIS YEAR.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ENDING
EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND WE
TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT AND I
HAVE COLLEAGUES APPEAR TO
CONSTANTLY REMIND OUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS THAT THE REASON WE ARE
PUSHING FOR SUCH INCREDIBLE
DENSITY IN THE CITY IS BECAUSE
IT IS ABOUT EQUITY AND MAKING
SURE PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO
LIVE.
I AM VERY INTERESTED IN OUR
TIME HERE IS A COMMITTEE AND
LIFTING UP OUR COMMITMENTS IN
THE PATH PAST TWO AND
EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND THE
LEGACY OF RACIST COVENANTS AND
WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US SOME
WORK TO DO TO CARRY FORWARD THE
COMMITMENT WE PUT IN THE
STATUTE ON THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT AND THE ANALYSIS THAT
HAS BEEN REQUESTED OF US TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UPDATING
OUR OUTDATED AND INEQUITABLE
SYSTEMS OF EXCLUSIONARY ZONING.
WE ALSO HAVE ON OUR LIST THINGS
LIKE MHA CLEANUP AND TO MAKE
SURE THE RIGHT RENTS BIDDING
LEGISLATION WE JUST PASSED HAVE
THEIR T'S CROSSED AND I'S
DOTTED SO WE CAN SEE TRUE
CHANGES FROM SOME OF THE
POLICIES WE HAVE ALREADY PUT
INTO PLACE.
ONE INTERESTING AREA THAT I
THINK ALL OF YOU MAYBE
WONDERING ABOUT IS HOW DO WE
CONTINUE TO TRACK HEALTH
ISSUES?
OBVIOUSLY HELP THE PUBLIC
HEALTH IS AN AREA NEAR AND DEAR
TO MY HEART AND WHILE OUR
COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE HEALTH
OF THE TITLE, IT IS SOMETHING
WE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN AND
POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT
ANTIBIOTIC TRANSPARENCY POLICIES
AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK
IN THE LAST YEAR WITH SOME OF
OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE WORKED
BEHIND THE SCENES TO IDENTIFY
HOW WORKERS ARE AFFECTED BY THE
HIGH USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN MEAT
AND MEATPACKING AND HOW THAT
TRANSFERS TO WORKERS AND THEIR
COMMUNITY AND CREATES MORE
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN OUR
COMMUNITY WHICH IS A PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT ON OUR LIST
HERE.
ONE AREA THAT WE STARTED WITH
WAS WORKER FOR ALL AND THERE'S
A HUGE INTEREST ACROSS THE
COUNCIL TO MAKING SURE WORKERS
HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSIT BENEFITS.
SO APROPOS OF THE CONVERSATION
WE HAD ABOUT THOSE WERE LOW
INCOME FINDING THE ABILITY TO
LIVE IN OUR REGION IS VERY HARD
AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT
THOSE WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY
, THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO
TRANSIT TO GET THEM INTO WORK.
LASTLY, WE HAVE THINGS TO DO TO
MAKE SURE THE DOMESTIC WORKERS
BILL OF RIGHTS THAT I KNOW
KARINA HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME
ON, THAT WE ARE DOING ANY
FOLLOW-UP LEGISLATION THAT
COMES FROM THAT BOARD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT ON
THE WORKPLAN IN FRONT OF US AND
TO OUR CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
STAFF IN MY OFFICE FOR WORKING
ON THIS.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF
THOSE PIECES AND THANK YOU ALL
FOR BEING HERE.
YOU CAN TELL WE HAVE THE BEST
COMMITTEE, NO OFFENSE TO ALL OF
OUR CHAIRS APPEAR.
BUT HER CENTRAL STAFF BEING
HERE, IT IS A VERY ROBUST
COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
TRACY, KARINA, ANTON.
>> WE HAVE A GAME PLAN.
TO TALK ABOUT THE WORKPLAN AND
WE'RE GOING TO BREAK IT UP AND
THE FINANCE TOPICS, WHICH I
WILL COVER IN HAND IT OFF TO
TRACI AND THEN I WILL HAND IT
OVER TO KARINA.
THE WORKPLAN ITSELF CASTS A
LARGE NEST OVER THE SUBJECT
MATTER THAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL
REVIEW THEIR ARE SOME
HIGHLIGHTS AND SPECIFIC PIECES
OF LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE
AWARE OF IT SO WE WILL TOUCH ON
THOSE THINGS, THOUGH AS WE WORK
THROUGH THE LIST, FEEL FREE TO
STOP US AND WE CAN GO INTO SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NOT
TOUCH SPECIFICALLY ON.
WITH THAT IN MIND, ONE OF THE
FIRST ITEMS IS THE CAPITAL
PROJECTS QUARTERLY REPORTING.
ON THE 24th OF LAST MONTH THE
COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESOLUTION
31 931 WHICH APPROVES THE
WATCHLIST, SO THESE WILL BE
THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE A
CHARACTER THAT MAKES THEM
RISKIER OR HAVING A
CHARACTERISTIC MAKES THEM MORE
NECESSARY TO BE REVIEWED BY
COUNCIL ON A REGULAR BASIS TO
MAKE SURE THEY STAND BUDGET
WITHIN THE PARAMETERS, AND SO
THAT WILL BE SOMETHING YOU WILL
SEE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. THE
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE THE POSITION
LIST, SO ANYTIME THERE IS
LEGISLATION THAT ADDS OR
SUBTRACTS OR OTHERWISE MODIFIES
POSITIONS, THAT WILL COME TO
THIS COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND
CONSIDERATION.
QUARTERLY BUDGET AMENDMENTS,
THIS WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT TOPIC
SO THIS IS USUALLY TREATED AS A
PACKET FOR LEGISLATION.
THAT INCLUDES ADJUSTMENT OF THE
ANNUAL BUDGET AS WELL AS GRANTS
SO THERE WILL BE GRAND
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE.
SO ANYTIME A THIRD-PARTY
INTENDS TO GIVE US MONEY, WE
HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE MONEY AND
ACCEPTED THE COUNCIL HAS TO
FORMALLY ACCEPT THAT MONEY
BEFORE WE CAN RECEIVE IT INTO
OUR COFFERS.
>> THIS IS AN AREA I THINK WILL
BE OF INTEREST AS WE THINK
úABOUT GREATER TRANSPARENCY.
IT IS A PRACTICE TO ACCEPT
GRANTS BUT IT'LL BE VERY
HELPFUL FOR OUR BUDGETING
PURPOSES TO KNOW WHERE THAT
MONEY GOES, HOW MUCH HAS BEEN
SPENT, INTUIT PROJECTS, AND ANY
KIND OF REPORTING OUT THAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THOSE
DOLLARS.
THIS IS AN AREA OF INTEREST I
THINK WE ALL HAVE --
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> RE: EXPECTING SUPPLEMENTALS?
>> SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR WE WILL
RECEIVE ONE AND HALFWAY THROUGH
THE YEAR WE WILL HAVE ONE THIRD-
QUARTER TRANSMITTED WITH THE
BUDGET BECAUSE THOSE TYPES OF
ADJUSTMENTS ARE NORMALLY PART OF
THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS,
THEY FREE UP RESOURCES DEPLOYED
FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN WE
WILL HAVE A FOURTH-QUARTER ONE.
THAT IS THE CADENCE THAT I AM
AWARE OF.
>> TWO, THREE, FOUR, NO FIRST
QUARTER.
>> CORRECT.
>> IT IS MY RECOLLECTION THAT
IT IS A DEPARTURE FROM PREVIOUS
YEARS, IS MY RECOLLECTION
COLLECT CORRECT?
>> IT WAS A DEPARTURE LAST YEAR
AND I THINK THE DEPARTURE WILL
CONTINUE.
SUPPLEMENTALS ARE NOT A
REQUIREMENT. YOU CAN OPERATE
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT
ANY SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
ADJUSTMENTS --
>> BUT THEY ARE AN OPPORTUNITY,
ALSO.
[LAUGHTER]
>> CORRECT.
>> IF THE CHAIR IS INTERESTED,
I THINK I WOULD WELCOME A
CONVERSATION OF THE RELATIVE
MERITS OF FORGOING A FIRST
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL.
IT IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GET INFORMATION, MORE REAL-TIME
INFORMATION, ABOUT WHERE WE ARE
VERSUS WHERE WE ARE PROJECTED
TO BE.
AND WHEN WE ARE IN A BETTER
PLACE AND GIVES US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ADDITIONAL
BUDGET DECISIONS AND SO TO THE
EXTENT THE CHAIR IS INTERESTED
IN HAVING A CONVERSATION, I
WOULD WELCOME THAT, AS WELL.
>> TOM, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU
COULD DO A QUICK ANALYSIS FOR
US ON AT SOME POINT?
NOT IMMEDIATE BUT HAVING THAT
PRO/CON LIST THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD JUST
ARTICULATED?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ONE POINT WITH REGARDS TO THE
RESOURCE QUESTION, I THINK ONE
OF THE REASONS WHY THE SECOND
QUARTER HAS MANIFESTED AT THE
TIMING WITH SUPPLEMENTAL COMPS
IS THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH ONE
THE CITY BUDGET OFFERS THE
REVENUE FORECAST UPDATE SO
PRIOR TO THAT POINT THEY CHECK
THE CASH REGISTER, SO TO SPEAK,
AND SIMILARLY YEAR-END SORT OF
CLOSEOUT ON THE ACCOUNTING SIDE
TAKES PLACE WHICH SIMILARLY
SAYS WE SPENT LESS THAN WE
THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO LAST
YEAR AND SO THERE'S MORE
RESOURCES.
SO I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT IT
AND SEE WHAT THAT IMPLICATION
MEANS BUT I JUST WANTED TO
POINT THOSE TWO THINGS OUT.
>> AND THE TIMING IS HELPFUL TO
KNOW IF THERE ANY RESOURCES
FROM THOSE ACTIVITIES.
HAVING THAT ANALYSIS WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
>>
STRUCK MOST LEGISLATION WILL
COME TO THIS COMMITTEE.
WHICH WILL TAKE A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT FORMS.
THERE WAS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WAS
ADOPTED BY COUNCIL AND APPROVED
THROUGH THE LEGISLATION
YESTERDAY.
IT REQUIRED THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR
A COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR
BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
THAT REPORT IS DUE BY SEPTEMBER
28.
ANOTHER TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN OF
COUNCIL INTEREST AND I HAVE
INFORMATION THAT THERE WILL BE
INFORMATION FORTHCOMING IS WITH
REGARDS TO MUTUAL OFFSETTING
BENEFIT LEASES. THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT THE
CITY OWNS BUT THEY ARE OPERATED
BY THIRD PARTIES WHO PROVIDE A
PUBLIC SERVICE AND IS PART OF
THAT ARRANGEMENT THE CITY
PROVIDES NO RENT.
REQUIRES NO RENT THE INTENT IS
TO TRANSFER THOSE PROPERTIES,
WHICH THE PROCESS HAS BEEN LONG-
STANDING AND STILL UNDERWAY,
BUT I HAVE REPORTS THERE WILL
BE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENTS
FORTHCOMING WITHIN THE SECOND
QUARTER, LAST I HEARD.
I THINK THAT ROUNDS OUT THE
TOPICS I REALLY WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT IN THE FINANCE
CATEGORY.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TRACI .
>> MOVING OVER TO KEY ITEMS FOR
THE HOUSING PORTION OF THE
COMMITTEE.
THE FIRST IS, ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK WE KNOW THERE MAY BE A
PROPOSAL OR TWO THEY MAY BE
CIRCULATING AROUND FOR A NEW
FUNDING SOURCE FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. TO CALL OUT THIS IS AN
ITEM ON THIS PROGRAM NOW,
COUNCIL WILL NEED TO DECIDE HOW
THEY WANT TO TAKE UP THE
PROPOSALS.
I NOTE THAT WE HAVE IT ON THE
PROGRAM.
SECOND ITEM, WOULD HAVE TO DO
WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON
PUBLICLY OWNED LAND.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT
GET AT SURPLUS OWNED LAND, CITY
AND PUBLIC.
THIS IS A BROADER SCOPE THAT
INVOLVES NOT ONLY THE WORK THAT
ENTERPRISE IS DOING, WHICH
PROVIDES WONDERFUL MAPPING
ASSIST BUT ALSO SOME IN-DEPTH
ANALYSIS OF SOME AVAILABLE
PIECES OF PROPERTY.
THIS WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY
RELATED TO ANY ACTION COUNCIL
MAY TAKE ON SOME OF THESE
PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTIES. ONE
OF THE POTENTIAL PROPERTIES
THAT COUNCIL MAY ACT ON,
BEGINNING NEXT YEAR, HAS TO DO
WITH NORTHGATE AND THE
ACQUISITION OF THAT PROPERTY
FOR A CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
BUT MOST IN PARTICULAR
POTENTIAL FUTURE ENROLLMENT ON
THAT SITE. I THINK THERE IS AN
INTEREST IN HAVING A MLA OF
SORTS ON WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
PROPERTY IN THE SHORT-TERM AND
LONG-TERM. THAT WOULD BE AN
EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THE
COUNCIL WOULD TAKE UP IN
RELATION TO PUBLICLY OWNED
PROPERTIES.
>> IS IT FAIR TO SAY THIS IS A
CONTINUATION OF THE WORK ON THE
DISPOSITION PROPERTY BUILT?
>> CORRECT.
>> FOR ANYBODY LISTENING, WE
NEED THE FOLLOW-UP LEGISLATION
FROM 1932.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE- OVERLAPPING
SPEAKERS ]
>> WE ARE NOT LOBBYING BUT WE
ARE COMMUNICATING TO OUR
COLLEAGUES.
>> MOVING TO THE NEXT ITEM. HAS
TO DO WITH EVALUATION OF
STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE LABOR AND
EQUITY OUTCOMES AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. WE EXPECT
A REPORT THAT EVALUATES
STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE LABOR
EQUITY OUTCOMES ON AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN SEATTLE.
THEY SPECIFICALLY WILL LOOK AT
THE CASE SITE DEVELOPMENT AND
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THAT
DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD IMPOSED A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARLY
AROUND PRIORITY HIGHER.
AND SOME THINGS BROADER THAN
THAT AND COME BACK WITH
INSIGHTS ABOUT HOW THAT PROJECT
WORKED AND POTENTIAL POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS AS A RESULT OF
THAT PILOT IN PARTICULAR
>> IN ADDITION TO THE LABOR
STANDARDS LIST OF REPORTING
CRITERIA WE ARE INTERESTED IN,
DID WE HAVE SOMETHING RELATED
TO CHILD CARE?
>> NOT IN THAT ONE.
MANY OTHER THINGS BUT NOT THAT.
MOVING ON TO THE HOUSING LEVEE
AND LOW THE --
>> I WANT TO QUICKLY FLAG
SOMETHING.
I WANT TO RAISE THE FACT THAT
THERE IS A PRIORITY HIGHER
ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT I THINK
IS IMPORTANT TO WORK ANY
RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH THAT
CMMITTEE AS WELL.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT APPLYING
PRIORITY HIGHER TO HOUSING
PROJECTS.
IN THE PAST AND THE POLICY
CHOICE THROUGH THE COMMITTEE
HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.
JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.
I THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY
AND POTENTIAL BUT I THINK IT IS
DEFINITELY A PIECE OF THE
ENGAGEMENT THAT IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT BEFORE MAKING ANY
CHANGES.
>> THAT IS WELL TAKEN.
EXACTLY.
>> MUSING TO THE HOUSING LEVEE
AND THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
I HEARD ABOUT THE REPORTS.
THEY GENERATE FOR OUR ORDINANCE.
THAT CLEARLY SHOWS WHERE WE ARE
ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THE SIX-
YEAR DURATION IN TERMS OF
ACHIEVING OUTCOMES OF THE
LEVEE.
THAT INFORMATION WOULD LOOK AT
EVERY YEAR.
THIS YEAR WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE
THEM REPORTING BACK ON A COUPLE
OF ITEMS WE WANTED THEM TO DO
COMMUNITY WORK ON.
THE COUNCILMEMBER REMEMBERS THE
ISSUE AS WELL AS THE ACCEPTANCE
OF DEFERRED PAYMENT PLANS.
THEY ARE TWO ISSUES THEY ARE
HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND THEY
MAY HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON
POTENTIAL POLICY CHANGES TO THE
HOUSING LEVEE AND CITYWIDE
FUNDING POLICIES AS A RESULT OF
SOME OF THAT WORK.
WE WILL BE GETTING REPORTS
BACK.
>> WILL YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE
TIMING IS OF THOSE REPORTS?
>> I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO ASK
BACK.
USUALLY THEY COME IN WITH THE
ANNUAL REPORT IN MARCH BUT WE
MAY HAVE GIVEN THEM LONGER ON
THOSE TWO ITEMS.
I AM NOT POSITIVE
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE
THAT ON THE COMMITTEE CALENDAR.
>> TAX EXEMPTION, WE GET A
REPORT ON THAT.
WE ADDED AN ITEM THAT SAID
SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGES AT
THE STATE LEVEL COME IF
POSSIBLE, WE WILL SEE SOME
CHANGES, THAT WE MAY NEED TO
ALSO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO OUR
POLICIES AS WELL.
WE WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION AND SEE IF WE ARE
DEALING WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT
ON PROGRESS OR WHETHER WE HAVE
SOME CHANGES WE MAY WANT TO
MAKE BASED ON --
>> BASED ON A CONVERSATION WE
HAD EARLIER, IS THAT PROVIDED
IN A MAP FORMAT SO WE CAN SEE
DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE CITY?
>> THEY DO THAT.
HARKENING BACK TO YOUR
CONVERSATION EARLIER, THE MAYOR
HAS A DASHBOARD UP ON THE
PERFORMANCE SEATTLE THAT
PROVIDES INFORMATION REAL-TIME
ABOUT PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE
UNITS THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING
FROM THE LEVEE FUNDED TO MHA TO
MFT. YOU CAN SEE A MAP BROKEN
DOWN BY EXISTING UNITS.
IT IS QUITE NIFTY.
I WAS LOOKING AT IT.
I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING
HARD ON A BIT OF DATA.
THAT IS UP ON THE PERFORMANCE
SEATTLE WEBSITE SEE YOU CAN SEE
THAT INFORMATION.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO INCLUDE THAT
INTO OUR TUESDAY UPDATE IF YOU
DON'T MIND SENDING THE LINK.
>> I WILL DO THAT.
NEXT ITEM OF NOTE IS, WE KNOW
THE MAYOR CONVENED AN
AFFORDABLE MIDDLE INCOME
HOUSING ADVISORY BOARD.
THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR WORK
AND THEY HAVE A REPORT.
I THINK THERE IS A REASON TO
LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
SEE IF THERE ANY WE WOULD LIKE
TO BRING FORWARD FOR
DISCUSSION.
I CANNOT THINK UP AND OF ANY
THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO HAVE TO
TAKE SOME IMMEDIATE COUNCIL
ACTION.
BUT TO TALK ABOUT AND HEAR WHAT
NEXT STEPS MAYBE AS A RELATES
TO SOME OF THE ITEMS.
FINALLY, ISSUE OF NOTE, THE
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND.
TO REMIND COUNCILMEMBERS DURING
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS WE
ALLOCATED $30 MILLION TO A
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND.
IT WOULD BE USED FOR THE
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES THAT
ARE INTENDED TO ACHIEVE
MULTIPLE COMMUNITY BENEFITS
THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF
MIXED-USE AND MIXED INCOME
PROJECTS THAT INCLUDES
EVERYTHING FROM HOUSING,
CHILDCARE, HEALTH SERVICES AND
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES.
THE EXECUTIVE IS GOING THROUGH
A PROCESS THAT WE HOPE TO
DIRECT THEM TOWARDS.
WITH COMMUNITY.
TO LOOK AT ESTABLISHMENT OF
CRITERIA AND SELECTION CRITERIA
AND TO REVIEW THEIR PROPOSAL FOR
THE SPECIFIC SITES THAT WOULD
BE ACQUIRED WITH THE $30 MILLION
. I EXPECT WE WILL SEE A REPORT
IN THE SECOND QUARTER THIS
YEAR.
>> HOW ARE WE DIRECTING THEM TO
THE RECOMMENDATIONS, ARE WE
RECEIVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD PRIOR
TO THE POLICY BEING ROLLED OUT?
HOW DOES THE COUNCIL WEIGH IN
ON HOW THIS TWO ACQUISITION
FUNDS WILL BE USED?
>> WE GAVE THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTION ON THE TYPES OF
CRITERIA WE WANTED THEM TO
CONSIDER.
WHICH HAD TO DO WITH AREAS AT
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
SOME KIND OF RELATED ISSUES OF
CONCERN.
AND ASKED THEM TO CREATE
CRITERIA, DRAFT CRITERIA THEY
WOULD WORK THROUGH A COMMUNITY
REVIEW TEAM, WHICH THEY HAVE
PUT TOGETHER.
AND THEY ARE BEGINNING THE
PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THE
CRITERIA.
THEY WILL PROVIDE RESPONSE BACK
IN RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE
CRITERIA. THE EXECUTIVE WILL
TAKE THE CRITERIA REVISED AND
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT
OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST.
AND COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL
TO THAT COMMUNITY BOARD ABOUT
WHAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND AS
THE SITES TO BE SELECTED AND
THE BOARD WHAT HAVE THE ABILITY
TO WEIGH IN ON THOSE SITES.
STAFF COME CENTRAL STAFF IS
ATTENDING THE COMMITTEE
MEETINGS.
WE WILL HAVE FIRSTHAND
KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNICATION
AND DECISIONS AND INPUT THAT
HAVE BEEN PROVIDED ALONG THE
WAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WILL BE FOCUSING ON ITEMS
IN THE WORKPLAN THAT RELATE TO
WORKERS RIGHTS.
THE BIGGEST PIECES OF POLICY
AND POTENTIAL LEGISLATION FOR
EITHER ESTABLISHING A NEW
BASELINE OF WORKER RIGHTS OR OF
STRENGTHENING WHAT ALREADY
EXISTS IN THE CITY. AND TO
REVIEW THOSE, THE FUTURE OF
WORK IS AN ITEM ON THE WORK
PROGRAM. THAT IS ABOUT
EXPLORING POLICIES TO ADDRESS
INEQUITIES RESULTING FROM THE
CHANGING NATURE OF WORK FOR
WORKERS IN THE GIG ECONOMY.
AT A PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEETING
, WE HEARD FROM INSTA CART
WORKERS THAT WERE SHARING THEIR
EXPERIENCES OF WORKING IN THE
GIG ECONOMY.
WE HEARD FROM BECKY SMITH AT
NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT
AND RACHEL DEUTSCH AT CENTER
FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY. FOCUSING
ON BASIC RIGHTS FOR WORKERS
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE
CLASSIFIED AS AN EMPLOYEE OR AS
AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
ALL WORKING PEOPLE SHOULD
EXPERIENCE STABILITY, SAFETY,
FAIRNESS AND MINIMUM
COMPENSATION.
ALSO, WE HAD A COMMITTEE
MEETING ABOUT WORKER FOR ALL.
THAT COULD BE A POLICY THAT
EXPANDS THE EXISTING
REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMUTER OF
ITS ORDINANCE TO ALSO INCLUDE
REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYERS TO
PROVIDE PARTIAL OR FULL
SUBSIDIZE TRANSIT PASSES FOR
THEIR EMPLOYEES. ALSO HAS A
COMPONENT OF THINKING ABOUT
CITY CONTRACTORS AND WHAT THEY
PROVIDE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO
ARE PROVIDING CITY SERVICES
THROUGH THE SUBCONTRACTS.
THAT WOULD BUILD ON A
RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED LAST
YEAR BY CITY COUNCIL WITH THIS
EXACT GOAL IN MIND OF EXPANDING
THE COMMUTER OF ITS ORDINANCE.
ALSO WORKER PROTECTIONS FOR
DRIVERS.
THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF WHAT
WAS ALREADY PAST DURING THE
BUDGET SEASON LAST YEAR.
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
TAX THAT WOULD GO TO FUND
DRIVERS DEACTIVATION CENTER.
THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT OR THE
LAW WILL BE IN EFFECT IN
OCTOBER.
THAT WILL ESTABLISH DRIVERS
RIGHT TO AN APPEAL PROCESS FOR
DEACTIVATION AND ARBITRATION
APPEALS PANEL.
AND OLS WILL DEVELOP A REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS FOR THAT CENTER.
AND MORE RECENT THAN THAT OR
WHAT IS COMING UP NEXT IS, THE
MAYOR WILL BE SUBMITTING OR
RELEASING AN ACADEMIC REPORT ON
A VERY INTENSIVE STUDY ON
MINIMUM COMPENSATION STANDARDS
FOR DRIVERS LEGISLATION WAS
PASSED DURING BUDGET SETTING
THE STAGE AND THE FOUNDATION
FOR WHAT THE RULES WOULD LOOK
LIKE, WHAT THE STUDY WOULD LOOK
LIKE, DRIVER ENGAGEMENT, THAT
IS CULMINATING IN A REPORT THAT
WILL BE RELEASED AT THE END OF
MARCH.
IN MAY THE EXECUTIVE WILL
ACTUALLY TRANSMIT LEGISLATION
THAT WILL TAKE FINDINGS FROM
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE
REPORT TO PROPOSE A MINIMUM
COMPENSATION FOR DRIVERS THAT
WOULD BE BASELINE, SEATTLE
MINIMUM WAGE FOR LARGE
EMPLOYERS THAT IS $16.39 AN
HOUR THIS YEAR PLUS REASONABLE
EXPENSES.
AND THAT LAW RIGHT NOW IS
SCHEDULED TO GO INTO EFFECT
JULY 1 IF IT PASSES COUNCIL
APPROVAL.
NEXT, IS A DOMESTIC WORKER
STANDARDS BOARD.
THIS SPRING THEY WILL BE
SHARING THEIR TOPICS FOR A TWO-
YEAR WORKPLAN.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
WHAT TO DO WITH THE TWO-YEAR
WORKPLAN SHOULD FOLLOW IN THE
FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS,
THIS COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR
CONTRACTS WITH COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS FOR WORKER AND
BUSINESS OUTREACH. THEY ARE
ENFORCEMENT OF SEATTLE'S LABOR
STANDARDS, POLICY DEVELOPMENTS.
AND THEY HAVE A LOT GOING ON
THIS YEAR IN ADDITION TO THE
DOMESTIC WORKER STANDARDS BOARD
AND LABOR STANDARDS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE WHICH IS FOCUSING ON
MISCLASSIFICATION THIS YEAR AND
OUTREACH, THEY WILL HAVE A NEW
DIRECTOR.
AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
THE NEW DIRECTOR SOMETIME IN
THE NEAR FUTURE WILL BE
ANNOUNCED.
AND THAT DIRECTOR WILL BE
COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR
CONFIRMATION.
AND OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
ALSO HAS MANY LAWS GOING INTO
EFFECT THIS YEAR.
WE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THE
DEACTIVATION RIGHTS ORDINANCE.
THE COULD BE A MINIMUM
COMPENSATION ORDINANCE FOR
DRIVERS.
THERE ARE FOUR LAWS PROTECTING
HOTEL WORKERS GOING INTO EFFECT
AND ALSO THE COMMUTER BENEFITS
ORDINANCE.
THE CURRENT VERSION WHEN INTO
EFFECT IN JANUARY ONE.
THERE ARE MANY MORE ITEMS ON
HERE.
ONE OF THEM I WILL FOCUS ON IS
THE REVIEW OF A RESPONSE TO A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THERE WA PASSED LAST BUDGET.
ASKING FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO
PROVIDE A REPORT ON ADDING
QUESTIONS TO TITLE VI BUSINESS
LICENSE REGARDING BUSINESS
CHARACTERISTICS.
THE EXAMPLE OF THOSE TYPE OF
QUESTIONS COULD INCLUDE, HOW
MANY EMPLOYEES DOES THE
BUSINESS EMPLOYEE IN SEATTLE
AND WORLDWIDE?
BACK TO PROVIDE CRITICAL
INFORMATION WHEN DEVELOPING ANY
OF THESE LABOR STANDARDS THAT
IMPACT WORKERS TO KNOW HOW MANY
BUSINESSES COULD BE IMPACTED IF
THERE IS A TIERED SYSTEM OF
REQUIREMENTS BASED ON THE
BUSINESS SIZE.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER ON THE
LABOR STANDARD SECTIONS?
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL
OF THIS.
AS YOU CAN TELL.
WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR AGENDA AND
I AM HOPING COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TACKLE SOME
OF THESE REALLY CHALLENGING
ISSUES IN A VERY MEANINGFUL WAY.
IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME AS WE DO HAVE THE BUDGET
THAT IS IN FRONT OF US.
I WANT TO ALSO SAY WE WILL BE
HAVING CONVERSATIONS AT THE
COUNCIL TABLE ABOUT SOME NEW
STRATEGIES FOR ENGAGING THE
COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AROUND
BUDGET AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY.
FOR EXAMPLE HAVING NORTH,
CENTRAL AND SOUTH COMMUNITY
LISTENING SESSIONS PRIOR TO THE
BUDGET COMING OUT FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE SO WE CAN GET
FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY
PARTNERS ABOUT WHAT THEIR
PRIORITIES ARE AND ROLLING OUT
SOME IDEAS WITH YOU ALL LATER
THIS FALL.
WE WILL BE IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH
YOU AND OUR CENTRAL STAFF FOLKS
AT THE TABLE AS WE THINK ABOUT
REALLY CREATING A COMMUNITY
DRIVEN IN CREATING A BUDGET
THAT THE COUNCIL IS ABLE TO
TAKE OWNERSHIP OF AND FEELS
PROUD OF. COUNCIL COLLEAGUES,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE DONE
A LITTLE EARLY TODAY.
FOR THE GOOD OF THE RECORD, ARE
THERE ANY OTHER RIGHT THINGS?
>> I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON
THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING THAT
IS THAT 2:00.
WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW WHO IS
CONFIRMED TO JOIN US. WE LIVE
THE DEPUTY MAYOR, ANOTHER
DEPUTY MAYOR.
WE HAVE THE FIRE CHIEF WE HAVE
KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
DIRECTOR.
WE HAVE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ACTING DIRECTOR. WE
HAVE THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT
REFUGEES AFFAIRS.
WE HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS DIRECTOR.
AND OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOP
AND DIRECTOR AND HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT INTERIM DIRECTOR.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A
GOOD CONVERSATION.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY'S
RESPONSE AND GET YOUR QUESTIONS
ANSWERED FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THE COMMITTEE AND
ORGANIZING THAT SPECIAL
SESSION.
CENTRAL STAFF FRIENDS, THANK
YOU IN ADVANCE.
THIS IS A LOT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
AS ALWAYS. IN ADVANCE OF
EVERYTHING ON OUR 2020 AGENDA.
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE WILL BE ON
TUESDAY, MARCH 17.
I WOULD LIKE TO START THE
MEETING AT 10:00 A.M.
AND PROMISE TO GET YOU OUT BY
11:30.
I ASSUME YOU HAVE A PACKED
AGENDA.
W ARE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEFING
ON THE SUGARY SWEET AND BEVERAGE
TAX EVALUATION.
WHICH IS COMING FROM OUR
AUDITOR.
WE WILL HAVE A REPORT TO SHARE
WITH YOU AND ALSO HEAR FROM THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD.
WE WILL HAVE TWO COMMUNITY
APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY
ACTION BOARD.
OKAY.
ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE SUGAR
BEVERAGE.
IT TIES INTO THAT.
AND WE ALSO WILL CONTINUE OUR
DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF
WORK.
ESPECIALLY AS WE THINK ABOUT
ALL THE WORKERS THAT NEED TO
TAKE TIME OFF DUE TO EITHER
BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS OR THE EXISTING FLU
OR POTENTIAL SCHOOL CLOSURES OR
WORK CLOSURES. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL WORKERS FEEL LIKE
THEY CAN TAKE TIME OFF AND I
THINK THE GOOD QUESTIONS WE
WILL BE ASKING AT THE NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE HOW
DO WE EXTEND SOME PROTECTIONS
TO GIG WORKERS.
THAT IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL AS A LOT
OF US TAKE LYFT AND HUBER.
WE WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY
CAN TAKE A DAY OFF THAT THEY DO
NOT FEEL WELL.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
IT IS 11:19 AND THE MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.