HERE FOR OUR SPECIAL MEETING
TODAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> LEWIS?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED AND
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
JUST TO GIVE A VERY BRIEF
CHAIR'S REPORT BECAUSE WE ARE
SHORT ON TIME WITH SOME OF OUR
PANELISTS.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU FOR JOINING ME AND MY
COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FOR THIS
SPECIAL COUNSEL MEETING.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS
TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S
EFFORTS TO PROVIDE HYGIENE
EFFORTS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS DURING THIS COVID-
19 PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
THE CONVERSATION IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT GIVEN THE RECENTLY
REPORTED OUTBREAK OF HEPATITIS
A IN NORTH SEATTLE.
THE FORMAT OF THE MEETING IS
GOING TO CONSISTENT OF TWO
PANELS TODAY.
THE FIRST PANEL IS GOING TO
CONSISTENT OF FRONT LINE
HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO
ARE GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON
THE HYGIENE ISSUES THAT THEY
ARE FACING OUT IN THE FIELD.
AND FOLLOWING THAT PANEL WE'RE
GOING TO BE JOINED BY THE
DEPUTY MAYOR AS WELL AS RYAN
KELLOGG AND THE DIRECTOR PATTY
HAYES FROM KING COUNTY SEATTLE
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHO
ARE GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW
OF THE EFFORTS BEING DONE TO
STAND UP WITH HYGIENE RESOURCES
AND THE RESPONSE FROM THE CITY
AND THE COUNTY.
MOVING ON TO JUST A BRIEF
COMMENT ON PUBLIC COMMENT.
BECAUSE OF THE TECHNICAL
CHALLENGES THAT HAVE ARISEN
FROM THE NECESSITY TO MEET
ELECTRONLY, WE DO NOT HAVE A
WAY TO SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENT
ON THIS REMOTE MEETING.
HOWEVER I WANT TO ENSURE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE
LISTENING THAT WE WELCOME THEIR
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS STEMMING
FROM THIS MEETING AND TO PLEASE
E-MAIL COUNCIL IF YOU DO HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IS RELEVANT
TO THIS COMMITTEE.
I FOR SURE AS THE CHAIR AM
GETTING ALL THE FEEDBACK WE ARE
GETTING FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE
AGENDA OF THIS COMMITTEE AND
WILL WELCOME YOUR E-MAILS.
PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH
OUT.
SO MOVING ON TO OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE
FIRST PANEL, THE PRESENTERS.
I'M SURE ALL OF US KNOW THEM BY
REPUTATION FOR THEIR DILIGENT
SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN
THIS FIELD THAT I WOULD FIRST
LIKE TO START BY THANKING
COLLEEN, ALLISON EISINGER.
JESSICA JUAN AND DON WIDSON
FROM THE EVERGREEN TREATMENT
SERVICES, AND BRITTANY MEEK
FROM THE DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY
SERVICE CENTER.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TO
JOIN US THIS MORNING TO PROVIDE
AN UPDATE ON THE GREAT WORK YOU
ARE DOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'M GOING TO ASK EACH OF THE
PARTICIPANTS STARTING WITH
COLLEEN THEN ALLISON THEN
JESSICA AND DON AND THEN
BRITTANY TO PROVIDE A ONE OR
TWO-MINUTE STATEMENT AT THE
BEGINNING, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF
THE CHALLENGES YOU'RE SEEING
AND WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN UP
TO OUT IN THE FIELD DURING THE
COVID-19 OUTBREAK.
AFTER THAT I'M GOING TO
FACILITATE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN
MY COLLEAGUES AND THE ENTIRE
PANEL JUST LIKE ANY OTHER
COUNCIL PRESENTATION TO GIVE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS AND GET FURTHER
CLARIFICATIONS.
I'M GOING TO ASK JESSICA WHEN
WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PANEL
DIRECTOR HAYES NEEDS TO LEAVE
BY 10:50 A.M., SO I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN GET TO UPDATES
FROM HER.
SO I WANT TO FINISH OUR FIRST
PANEL DISCUSSION HERE BY 10:30
A.M., SO I WOULD ASK THE PEOPLE
HOLD THEIR QUESTIONS TILL THE
END.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, JUST RAISE
YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM BOXES OR
SEND ME AN E-MAIL OR A CHAT OR
A TEXT IF YOU WANT TO BE
RECOGNIZED.
I WILL KEEP A LIST.
SO WITH THAT I WANT TO TURN IT
OVER TO COLLEEN.
>> HI EVERYBODY, REALLY GLAD TO
HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU
ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
OF SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING
BEAUTIFUL AND BRILLIANT
RELATIVES.
I WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK GLIMPSE
OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING
HERE AT THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB.
I WAS HERE LAST THURSDAY, THE
SOLIDARITY OF MY TEAM WORKING
IN OUR DAY CENTER.
I WAS AT THE FRONT DOOR WHEN WE
HAD TO TELL PEOPLE THAT WE WERE
LIMITING ACCESS TO OUR
BATHROOMS JUST BECAUSE OF
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
TOO MANY PEOPLE TOO CLOSE.
SO WE'RE LIMITING OUR BATHROOMS
TO FOUR PEOPLE AT A TIME, TWO
MEN AND TWO WOMEN.
AT THE FRONT DOOR I SAW A WOMAN
PUSH HER WAY TO THE FRONT.
EXCUSE ME, SHE HAD TEARS IN HER
EYES AND SHE WAS BEGGING ME
PLEASE LET ME IN THE BATHROOM.
WHAT SHE TOLD ME CONFIDENTIALLY
SHE WAS MENSTRUATING AND
DESPERATE TO GET INTO A PLACE
WHERE SHE COULD GET CLEAN.
LATER THAT DAY I CAN TELL YOU
MANY, MANY STORIES OF JUST
DESPERATE NEED FOR BATHROOMS
AND SHOWERS.
WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR US TO HAVE
TO NOT LIMIT OUR ACCESS TO
THOSE BATHROOMS.
LATER ON IN THE DAY I'M HEADING
BACK TO MY CAR AT PIONEER
SQUARE.
I WILL SAY BEING IN PIONEER IS
SURREAL BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY
SEEING THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY.
I'M LOOKING OUTSIDE THE WINDOW
RIGHT NOW AND MANY OF OUR
HOMELESS RELATIVES ARE OUT
THERE.
I WAS WALKING TO MY CAR AND I
HAD NOTICED WHEN I CAME IN THAT
DAY THAT NEAR MY CAR WAS A FILE
OF HUMAN FECES.
IT HAD BEEN RAINING, SO IT HAD
MOVED DOWN FURTHER.
I ENDED UP ACTUALLY STEPPING IN
THIS.
I WANT TO SAY IN PIONEER SQUARE
WE ARE SEEING IT EVERYWHERE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE
WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN THIS AREA.
THERE IS, IF WE DO NOT HAVE
HEPATITIS A IN THIS AREA RIGHT
NOW I WOULD BE SHOCKED.
SO THAT IS A LITTLE GLIMPSE I
WANT TO LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME
FOR THE OTHER PANELISTS TO
SHARE.
I WILL JUST SAY I'M REALLY
HAPPY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF JACOB
JOHNSON WE WILL BE GETTING A
SHOWER TRAILER AND TOILETS NEAR
THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB.
TWO EXTRA SHOWERS, TWO TOILETS,
AND THEY WILL BE STAFFING THAT
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT
OPPORTUNITY, SO THANK YOU.
>> GREAT, COLLEEN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ALLISON.
JUST A REMINDER IF EVERYONE
COULD HOLD THEIR COMMENTS TILL
THE END OF THE WHOLE PANEL.
ALLISON, ARE YOU ON THE CALL?
>> I AM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
TAKE IT AWAY, ALLISON, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND COUNCIL
MEMBER PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND
YOUR STAFF MEMBERS.
GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU
COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING FROM THE
FRONT LINES OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING FOR PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY AS YOU HEARD FROM
COLLEEN AND AS YOU WILL SHORTLY
HEAR FROM DON AND JESSICA AND
BRITTANY.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING UNFOLD IN
OUR CITY IS TRULY A SHOCKING
EXPERIENCE.
LITERALLY THE PEOPLE LEFT
OUTSIDE ARE THE PEOPLE LEFT
OUTSIDE.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WHO DO NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE
OR THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO
MEET THEIR OWN BODILY NEEDS ON
A REGULAR DIGNIFIED BASIS.
AND THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO
THEIR SERIOUS HEALTH
VULNERABILITIES AS WELL AS TO
PRESENTING THREATS TO THE
HEALTH OF EVERYONE.
I THINK EVERYONE IS AWARE OF
THE FACT THERE IS NOTHING LIKE
A PANDEMIC WITH HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS VIRAL DISEASE TO
REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE HEALTH
OF ALL OF US IS FOUND IN THE
HELP OF ALL OF US.
I WANT TO SHARE VERY BRIEFLY
SOME OF THE WORK THE COALITION
HAS BEEN DOING IN SUPPORT OF
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND OUR MEMBER
ORGANIZATIONS IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH KING COUNTY COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT A
SURVEY OF SERVICE CHANGES
ACROSS THE HOMELESS SERVICE
SECTOR.
AND IN A LITTLE OVER A WEEK WE
HAD SURVEYED UP TO DATE 53
ORGANIZATIONS AND 116 PROGRAMS.
AND 83 OF THOSE ARE IN SEATTLE.
WE STARTED BY FOCUSING ON THE
DAY AND HYGIENE CENTERS BECAUSE
OF OUR AWARENESS OF THE ACUTE
ISSUES RELATED TO HEALTH
SANITATION ACCESS.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF DAY
CENTERS IN SOUTH KING COUNTY
THAT RECEIVED SOME FUNDING TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOURS.
IN ALL CASES THE HOURS AND/OR
SERVICES HAVE BEEN REDUCED IN
PART, OF COURSE, TO COMPLY WITH
CDC AND PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE
IN KING COUNTY GUIDELINES.
AND AS YOU HEARD FROM COLLEEN,
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE LONG
AND STEADFAST TRADITIONS OF
MEETING THE NEEDS OF
VULNERABILITY POPULATIONS HAVE
HEARTBREAKINGLY HAD TO LIMIT
ACCESS INCLUDING TO THE
SERVICES THAT ARE VITAL AND
LIFE SAVING.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS,
BUT IT IS WORTH SEEING
HEPATITIS A VIRUS AND THE
CORONAVIRUS DO NOT CARE ABOUT
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
THEY ARE NOT JURISDICTIONALLY
COMPLIANT.
THESE ARE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES AND THERE ARE ONLY TWO
WAYS TO RESPOND.
THAT IS THROUGH PREVENTION AND
MITIGATION.
AND BOTH PREVENTION AND
MITIGATION REQUIRE THAT PEOPLE
HAVE ACCESS ON DEMAND TO
TOILETS AND SINKS.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH I WILL
HOLD UNTIL LATER, BUT WHAT I
WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS WE ARE
INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH
THE CITY TO A GREATER DEGREE
THAN WE HAVE SO FAR BEEN ABLE
TO, TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO DO THE
KIND OF PROBLEM SOLVING THAT'S
NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE VERY
SPECIFIC GOAL, WHICH IS TO
ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IN THIS
CITY HAS ACCESS TO A WORKING
TOILET AND A WAY TO WASH THEIR
HANDS WITHIN AT LEAST HALF A
MILE OF WHERE THEY LIVE.
AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME
DOING AND IT IS VITALLY
NECESSARY AND IT IS GOING TO
REQUIRE DOING MUCH MORE THAN
THE CITY HAS SO FAR BEEN ABLE
TO DO.
WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE REAL
LOGISTICAL CONSTRAINTS ON
WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT I THINK
IT'S QUITE EVIDENT THAT ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT MUST HAPPEN
IMMEDIATELY IS THOUGHTFULLY AND
STRATEGICALLY TO REOPEN AND
STAFF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
BECAUSE THE LOSS OF THE
COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES,
COFFEE SHOPS, AND OTHER PLACES
WHERE PEOPLE COULD GET
THEMSELVES CLEAN IS POSING
SEVERE HEALTH HAZARDS TO OUR
MOST VULNERABLE FOLKS AND TO
THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE.
THANK YOU.
>> ALLISON, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
I WANT TO MOVE ON TO JESSICA
AND DAWN.
I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO GO
FIRST OR IF YOU HAVE A JOINT
PRESENTATION, BUT I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO YOU GUYS.
>> HI, MY NAME IS JESSICA.
I GUESS I WILL GO FIRST.
>> I THINK DAWN WAS TRYING TO
TALK.
>> ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY.
THANKS.
AND SO MY NAME IS JESSICA KWAN
FOR CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME.
SO IN THE CID WHAT I DO IS AS
OF WHEN THIS PANDEMIC HIT MY
ROLE NOW IS KIND OF PRETTY MUCH
BE ON THE FRONT LINES,
ASSESSING IF ANYBODY HAS COVID,
CONNECTNG THEM TO THE RIGHT
RESOURCES IF THEY DO.
INFORMING THEM ABOUT COVID
SYMPTOMS AND INFORMATION,
INFORMING THEM ON CHANGES OF
INFORMATION WITH THE NAVIGATION
TEAM, THE CLEANS, THE POLICIES
OF THE CITY, THE GOVERNOR.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE
BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THEY JUST HAVE NO WAY
OF GETTING THAT INFORATION AT
ALL.
I HAVE PARTNERED UP WITH FOOD
BANKS TO HELP DELIVER FOOD.
ALL TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNSHELTERED BECAUSE A LOT OF
FOOD BANKS HAVE CLOSED OR THEY
DON'T HAVE CAPACITY TO FOLLOW
THE CDC GUIDELINES AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING SUCH AS PUTTING
úTHEIR HEALTH AND DANGER WHEN
THEY DO ACCESS THESE SERVICES.
AND SO SORRY.
A LITTLE NERVOUS.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ON
HERE.
>> YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
>> YEAH SO WITH PARTNERING UP
WITH THE FOOD BANKS WE'RE STILL
GOING ON OUTREACH, AND GIVING
PEOPLE THE ESSENTIAL THINGS
THEY NEED LIKE SOAP, HAND
SANITIZERS, FOOD, WATER, WIPES,
AND ASKING WHAT IS IT THAT
YOU'RE NEEDING RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW IT'S THE SAME AS IT
WAS BEFORE, WHICH THEY WANT
SHELTER.
I'M SURE EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT
THE SITUATION GOING ON WITH THE
SHELTERS OR NONE OF THAT.
THEY WANT ACCESS TO SHOWER AND
BATHROOMS AND THEY WANT TO BE
WARM AND THEY WANT HELP IN
WORKING TOWARDS THEIR GOAL,
WHICH IS ULTIMATELY HOUSING.
BUT YEAH THAT'S WHAT I DO NOW.
I FEEL LIKE THIS WAS AN ISSUE
BEFORE THE WHOLE PANDEMIC HAS
HAPPENED, THAT THERE WERE NO
BATHROOMS IN THE CID BESIDES
RESOURCES WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE
A CLIENT TO USE THEIR BATHROOM
WHERE THERE IS A PUBLIC LIBRARY
IF YOU ARE BARRED THERE BECAUSE
OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES OR
SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES THAT
YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GO THERE FOR
A MONTH'S TIME.
AND I -- A PART OF MY JOB IS
ALSO CONNECTING WITH THE
BUSINESSES.
I WORK WITH THE VIA CLOSELY,
KIND OF LIKE A COMMUNITY
LIAISON WITH THE RESIDENTS, THE
BUSINESSES, AND THE
HOMELESSNESS POPULATION TO
SPREAD INFORMATION,
UNDERSTANDING, AND ALSO HEAR
THEIR CONCERNS, AND TRY TO
SOLVE AND HELP WHERE I CAN.
WITH BUSINESSES FOR INSTANCE A
BUSINESS SHARED WITH ME HIS
CONCERNS AND SHOWED VIDO OF
PEOPLE GOING BEHIND HIS
DUMPSTER.
IN THE MORNING WHEN HE GOES TO
WORK HE'S THE ONE THAT HAS TO
CLEAN IT UP.
FOR ME IT'S EXTREMELY SAD AND
HORRIFYING THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO
SEE THIS PERSON HAVING TO
SURVIVE IN THIS WAY, BUT ALSO
HEARING HOW FRUSTRATED THE
BUSINESS OWNER WAS WITH HOW
ITAFFECTS HIS BUSINESS AND WHAT
HE HAS TO DO AND HOW IT IS
AFFECTING HIM.
AND THE PEOPLE AND THE
CUSTOMERS THAT COME IN AS WELL.
AND HOW HE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO
CITY COUNCIL AND TALK TO YOU
GUYS ABOUT THIS, BUT BECAUSE
HE'S WORKING HE DOESN'T HAVE
THE TIME TO.
AND HOW HE TALKED TO ME ABOUT
IT WAS SUPER HELPFUL AND I'M
HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE
COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A WHOLE.
I GUESS AS A SOCIAL WORKER AND
SOMEONE WHO GOES OUT THERE AND
MEETS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND
ALL OF THEM, NOT ONE OF THEM.
HAVE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH
CHALLENGES AND PAIN IN THEIR
LIFE AND STRUGGLE THAT WHEN
THEY ASK ME WHERE CAN I GO AND
USE THE BATHROOM OR CAN I GET
SHELTER AND MY ANSWER IS I
DON'T HAVE THAT.
THAT RESOURCE IS SOMETHING I'M
HIRED TO GIVE AND I DON'T HAVE
THAT.
ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE OUT
THERE WHO HAVE OTHER CHRONIC
ILLNESSES AND OTHER CONDITIONS
THAT MAKE THEM EVEN MORE
VULNERABLE DURING THIS TIME.
IT IS JUST REALLY SAD.
SO YEAH I'M HOPING TO REALLY
HEAR THE NEEDS OF THE
POPULATION, HOW IT IS AFFECTING
OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY ON A
GREATER SCALE, WHAT SOCIAL
WORKERS ARE GOING THROUGH, AND
SECONDHAND TRAUMA WE EXPERIENCE
AND ADVOCATING FOR OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY, AND THAT I'M HERE TO
HELP AND COLLABORATE IN ANY WAY
I CAN TO GET THESE NEEDS MET
>> JESSICA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
ADD?
>> YEAH, ACTUALLY, SO I JUST
WANT TO ECHO THE SAME JOB
DESCRIPTION.
I AM AN OUTREACH CASE MANAGER
IN THE GEORGETOWN AREA, WHICH
IS AN AREA THAT ALREADY HAD
LIMITED ACCESS TO COMMUNITY
RESOURCES FOR HYGIENE.
AND IN FACT THE GEORGETOWN
PLAYFIELD DOES HAVE A RESTROOM
THERE, BUT AT TIMES THEY ARE
JUST TOLD IT'S CLOSED FOR NO
APPARENT REASON.
AND I KNOW I HAVE GONE INTO
THAT BATHROOM AND IT IS NOT
STOCKED WITH TOILET PAPER AND
IT DOESN'T HAVE SOAP THERE.
AND SO I HAVE BEEN RECENTLY
HANDING OUT TOILET PAPER TO
CLIENTS.
BUT IN THIS AREA PLACES LIKE
MCDONALD'S, STARBUCKS, THE GAS
STATIONS THAT SERVE FOOD ARE
REQUIRED USUALLY TO ALLOW
ACCESS TO THEIR BATHROOMS.
THOSE ARE NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE
TO ANYONE.
I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE
FIELD AND HAVE HAD TO USE THE
RESTROOM IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT
ALLEYS MYSELF.
BECAUSE EVEN THE PLACES THAT
WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME
OF THE OTHER PLACES THAT
WOULDN'T ALLOW OUR HOMELESS
POPULATION TO USE THE
BATHROOMS, BUT LET ME USE IT IS
NOT AN OPTION ANYMORE.
AND WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE
PEOPLE I'M TALKING TO, OUR
CLIENTS ARE EXPRESSING TO ME IS
TREMENDOUS FEAR THAT THE CDC,
THE GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR INSLEE
HAS DIRECTED PEOPLE TO SHELTER
IN PLACE, TO PRACTICE SOCIAL
DISTANCING, WASH THEIR HANDS
REGULARLY, WHICH ARE THE THINGS
THAT ARE GOING TO SAVE LIVES,
YET THESE PEOPLE KNOW THEY DO
NOT HAVE THAT OPTION.
THEY HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN
VERY SMALL TENTS IN ORDER TO
SURVIVE, AND THEY HAVE ZERO
ACCESS TO WATER OF ANY KIND.
THE POLICE EVEN IN THE LAST FEW
MONTHS HAVE STARTED ARRESTING
PEOPLE WHO WERE ACCESSING LIKE
LARGE SIDES OF THE BUSINESS
BUILDING.
THAT'S NOT EVEN AN OPTION FOR
THEM.
BUT TO WALK UP TO AN ENCAMPMENT
AND HAVE A FEMALE CLIENT COME
OUT OF THE TENT WHO HAD NOT
BEEN WILLING TO LEAVE HER TENT,
SHE SAID SINCE THE DAY BEFORE
BECAUSE SHE HAD BLOOD ALL THE
WAY DOWN HER PANTS.
SHE HAD NO OTHER PANTS OR
CLOTHING AVAILABLE TO HER AND
NO WAY TO CLEAN HERSELF UP.
I ACTUALLY HAD A PERSONAL PAIR
OF EXTRA SWEATS IN MY CAR,
WHICH IS WHAT I HAD TO GIVE HER
BECAUSE I COULDN'T GO TO
GOODWILL TO GET HER SOMETHING
ELSE.
BUT I STILL DIDN'T HAVE ANY
WAY, OTHER THAN SOME BOTTLES OF
WATER TO GIVE HER TO CLEAN UP
AFTER HERSELF.
AND THESE ARE CLIENTS THAT WE
KNOW HAVE COMPROMISED IMMUNE
SYSTEMS, THIS POPULATION HAS
COMPLICATED MEDICAL CONDITIONS,
AND THEY ALREADY ARE VERY
RESISTANT TO GOING AND SEEKING
MEDICAL ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY
GET TREATED TERRIBLY.
AND SO HEARING THAT ANYWHERE IN
THE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS
TRIAGING PATIENTS, AND MAKING
DECISIONS ABOUT WHO LIVES AND
WHO DIES.
LIKE MY CLIENTS ALREADY FEEL
LIKE THEY DO NOT STAND A
CHANCE.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S ARGUABLE THAT,
IT'S ARGUABLE THAT BEING ABLE
TO USE THE RESTROOM AND TO BE
ABLE TO WASH YOUR HANDS IS JUST
AS VALID AND ESSENTIAL OF A
HUMAN RIGHT AS GETTING FOOD.
I KNOW THE FOOD BANK DOWN IN
GEORGETOWN, THE MANAGER THERE
JUST LET ME KNOW HE SIGNED UP
TO HAVE TWO NATIONAL GUARD
MEMBERS COME AND HELP VOLUNTEER
TO REPLACE SOME OF THE OLDER
VOLUNTEER STAFF THAT ARE
CHOOSING NOT TO BE IN THAT
SPACE RIGHT NOW.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY
THE NATIONAL GUARD IF
LOGISTICALLY BEING ABLE TO
STAFF LOCATIONS FOR BATHROOMS
IS AN ISSUE.
I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THE
NATIONAL GUARD SHOULDN'T WITH
USED IN THAT RESPONSE EITHER IF
THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO BE, YOU
KNOW, AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON
AMERICAN SOIL.
THEY COULD DEFINITELY BE USED
IN THAT MANNER.
I ME EVERYONE IS SHORT STAFFED
RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
PROVIDING A MEANS FOR PEOPLE TO
TRY TO HELP THEMSELVES TO
EMPOWER THEM TO BE EVEN
REMOTELY AUTONOMOUS IN MANAGING
THEIR HEALTH DURING THIS
CRISIS.
I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S
THAT MUCH TO ASK.
I KNOW THE CITY HAS A WHOLE LOT
GOING ON, BUT YOU KNOW I ALSO
HAD A WOMAN THAT WAS OUT
WALKING AROUND IN GEORGETWN
WITH HER DOG THAT WAS
COMPLAINING SHE'S AFRAID TO
WALK HER DOG BECAUSE THERE'S SO
MUCH HUMAN WASTE ON THE
STREETS, THAT'S IN THE PARKS
THAT ARE IN THAT AREA, EVEN IN
THE PLAY FIELD.
AND SO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN
THAT AREA ARE ALSO SEEING AND
FEELING THE THREAT OF THIS LACK
OF HYGIENE AVAILABILITY.
AND IT IS JUST, IT JUST DOESN'T
FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ANY EXCUSE,
LIKE I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE IS
AN EXCUSE FOR THESE HUMAN
BEINGS TO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY
HAVE A CHANCE AT ALL.
THAT'S REALLY ALL I'VE GOT.
>> ALL RIGHT, DAWN, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT HAS JOINED THE
COMMITTEE, SO THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT, WELCOME.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I WANT TO MOVE ON TO OUR LAST
PANELIST BRITTANY MEEK JUST AS
A REMIND FOR YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
FOR THE PANELIST SEND THEM MY
WAY BY TEXT OR E-MAIL.
BRITTANY, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MY NAME IS BRITTANY MEEK.
I'M A SENIOR MANAGER FOR
HANDFUL OF CLINICAL PROGRAMS.
FOUR OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE
OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND ONE
PROGRAM IS A STEP DOWN FROM IN
PATIENT PSYCHIATRIC CARE.
I'M ON THE CLINICAL SIDE OF
THINGS.
MY PERSPECTIVE ON HYGIENE ISSUE
IS RELATIVELY BASIC AND IT'S
GOING TO BE ECHOING A LOT OF
WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.
THERE ARE VERY FEW PUBLIC
BATHROOMS.
THE ONES OPEN TO PUBLIC
OFTENTIMES DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE
SUPPLIES FOR PROPER HYGIENE.
WE ARE SEEING A PARTICULAR NEED
IN THE SOUTH SEATTLE END.
WE HAVE EVEN HAD LIKE DAWN
MENTIONED, WE'VE HAD STAFF NOT
BE ABLE TO LOCATE BATHROOM WHEN
OUTREACHING IN THE COMMUNITY OR
BUSINESSES ARE TURNING THEM
AWAY.
WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED PARKS AND
REC AND THEY DIRECTED US TO
PORTA-POTTIES, WHICH IS FINE,
BUT DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY
TO WASH HANDS PROPERLY AND DO
PROPER HAND HYGIENE.
WE'RE ASKING INDIVIDUALS TO
MAINTAIN HYGIENE AND SELF-
ISOLATE, BUT WE WERE NOT GIVEN
ADEQUATE ASSETS IN THE MEANS TO
DO SO.
THE NEED IS SUCH THAT WE NEED
TO FIND WAYS TO GET FOLKS
INDOORS AND NON-CONGREGATE
SETTINGS OR THE WAY TO
INDIVIDUALLY INSTEAD OF HAVING
TO PARTNER UP.
THIS IS A SPECIAL SKILL SET FOR
THE BEST OF THE SITUATIONS AND
SAFE TO SAY WE'RE NOT IN THE
BEST OF THE SITUATIONS RIGHT
NOW.
WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE TRULY
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FOR
THE FIRST TIME BY LIVING ON THE
STREETS.
AND BECAUSE WE SEE SHELTERS,
DAY CENTERS, OTHER PLACES THAT
ARE CLOSING OR REDUCING
CAPACITY.
PLACES WHERE FOLKS PREVIOUSLY
FOUND REFUGE ARE NO LONGER AN
OPTION AND FORCED TO LIVE QUICK
AND HARD WITH LITTLE TO NO
RESOURCES.
OUTREACH TEAMS ARE BEING PUT IN
THAT DIFFICULT SPOT TO TRY TO
MAINTAIN DIGNITY FOR FOLKS IN
THE COMMUNITY WHILE ALSO TRYING
TO SUPPORT THEM ON HOW TO
MAINTAIN THE CLEANLINESS WHEN
USING THE RESTROOMS OUTSIDE.
I AM VERY INTERESTED IN HOW WE
COULD COLLABORATE AND ADJUST
THESE ISSUES.
I WILL NOT TAKE UP MORE TIME
BECAUSE A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE COVERED EVERYTHING, BUT
I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD
TO HOW TO RESOLVE SOME OF THESE
ISSUES BECAUSE I THINK TOGETHER
WE CAN.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
AND SO I SEE THE DIRECTOR HAYES
HAS JOINED US.
I INTENDED TO START FOUR
MINUTES WITH THE DIRECTOR.
WHY DON'T WE ASK A FEW
QUESTIONS FOR THE PANEL AND
MAYBE IF FOLKS WANT TO STICK
AROUND UNTIL AFTER DIRECTOR
HAYES PRESENTATION WE CAN COME
BACK AND TAKE A FEW MORE FROM
THE FIRST PANEL BEFORE MOVING
ON TO THE EXECUTIVE.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE WAY I
WANT TO DO IT.
IF THERE IS MORE INTEREST AFTER
OUR INITIAL QUESTIONS FOR SOME
OF THE PANEL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
INDICATED SHE HAD A QUESTION, I
WILL RECOGNIZE HER NOW.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR LEWIS AND
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING ON THE
MEETING LINE HERE TODAY.
I CAN'T BEGIN TO EXPLAIN HOW
APPALLED I AM THAT YOU ARE
HAVING TO WORK WITH SO LITTLE
RESOURCES.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE ALL TRYING
TO ROW IN THE SAME BOAT HERE, I
HOPE, AND WE WANT TO GET YOU
THE SERVICES AND THE RESOURCES
YOU NEED.
MY BIG QUESTION IS IF YOU CAN
UNDERSCORE THE ASK AROUND
COMMUNITY CENTER AS ALLISON
KNOWS I HAVE BEEN TRYING MY
BEST TO FIGURE OUT IF WE, THE
CITY, CAN PURCHASE HAND WASHING
FACILITIES AND GET THOSE OUT TO
ORGANIZATIONS OURSELVES,
RECOGNIZING OUR CITY IS WORKING
AS FAST AS THEY CAN.
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE PEOPLE
BEING PULLED IN A NUMBER OF
DIRECTIONS.
IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE THOSE
AND GET THOSE OUT TO THE
COALITION IS ONE QUESTION I
HAVE.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE'RE
ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO THE ASK I HEARD FROM YOU
FROM VARIOUS PRESENTERS, OPEN
UP SOME OF THE COMMUNITY
RESOURCES, STAFF THOSE WITH THE
MILITARY PERSONNEL THAT ARE
HERE, MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE
FEELING COMFORTABLE USING THE
BATHROOMS, THE SHOWERS, THE
HAND WASHING FACILITIES, AND
HAVE THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN
DEPLOYED TO THIS AREA TO HELP
PARTICIPATE IN MAKING SURE
THOSE BATHROOMS, HAND WASHING
FACILITIES, AND SHOWERS ARE
OPEN.
IN ADDITION TO ANYTHING ELSE WE
COULD DO TO GET MORE HAND
WASHING AND SHOWERS DEPLOYED
ACROSS THE CITY.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD
TO THAT OR CORRECT IF THAT IS A
PART OF THE ASK?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, I
WOULD LOVE TO ADD TO THAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MULTI-
PRONG SOLUTIONS RIGHT NOW.
I'M AWARE OF THE COMMUNITY
CENTERS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS
ENOUGH BATHROOMS THERE.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH BATHROOMS
THERE, SO WE HAVE TO DO OTHER
THINGS, I THINK WE COULD DO
THINGS LIKE THE MARK LLOYD
SOLUTION, WHICH IS PROVIDING
TEMPORARY TOILETS OUT IN
ENCAMPMENTS.
WE NEED MORE PORTA-POTTIES AND
MORE OF THE TRAILERS.
WE NEED TO OPEN UP OTHER PUBLIC
BUILDINGS AND STAFF THOSE.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THOUGH OUR HOMELESS RELATIVES
HAVE SOME SPECIAL NEEDS THAT
NEED TO BE THAWED OUT.
WHOEVER IS STAFFING THEM ARE
BEING VERY TRAUMA AWARE,
FOCUSED ON THE REALLY
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES OF TRAUMA
THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
I WANT TO FLAG THIS IS A CRISIS
FOR ALL OF US.
MANY PEOPLE FEEL ANXIOUS AND
STRESSED, I CERTAINLY DO.
BUT IF YOU'RE HOMELESS, YOU'RE
EXPERIENCING A SEVERE RACE OF
TRAUMA RIGHT NOW.
SO IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING
FOR US TO HAVE THAT LENS MOVING
FORWARD, SO WE CAN BE
EFFECTIVE.
I AGREE WITH YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA ON THE COMMUNITY
CENTERS, BUT I THINK THERE HAS
TO BE A MUCH BROADER SCOPE AS
WELL.
>> YES, IF I COULD BUILD ON
WHAT COLLEEN SAID.
I THINK WE HAVE ACTUALLY A LIST
OF SUGGESTED SITES AND
BUILDINGS AS WELL AS WE'VE DONE
SOME THINKING THROUGH A COUPLE
OF AREAS THAT COULD BE USED TO
EVALUATE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND
POTENTIALLY PRIVATE BUILDING
SHOULD OWNERS, FOLKS WHO OWN
GYMS WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
AND WHAT I THINK WE NEED IS
MULTIPLE TOILETS AND MULTIPLE
SINKS.
WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING TO
PEOPLE IS IN THE ABSENCE OF
ENOUGH PORTA-POTTIES AND HAND
WASHING STATIONS, REALLY WHAT'S
CLEAR IS WE ALREADY HAVE
PUBLICLY BOUGHT AND PAID FOR
HAND WASHING STATIONS.
THEY'RE CALLED SINKS.
WHEN YOU HAVE BATHROOMS THAT
HAVE MULTIPLE STALLS AND SINKS
AVAILABLE, WE CAN DO THINGS.
WE CAN THINK ABOUT THIS
CREATIVELY LIKE THERE ARE
LIBRARIES THAT WERE, OF COURSE,
ESSENTIALLY THE BIGGEST DAY
CENTER COLLECTIVELY OF OUR
ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
BUT THERE ARE LIBRARIES AS WELL
AS COMMUNITY CENTERS AND OTHER
PUBLIC BUILDINGS WITH
ACCESSIBLE TOILETS ON THE MAIN
FLOOR THAT COULD BE ACCESS
WITHOUT ACCESSING THE REST OF
THE BUILDING.
THERE ARE PLACES THAT ALSO HAVE
ACCESS TO SHOWERS.
I'VE HEARD FROM SOME MEMBERS OF
THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY THAT
EVEN THE ADA ACCESSIBLE PORTA-
POTTIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT
IN SOME PLACES ARE NOT FULLY
ACCESSIBLE IN PART BECAUSE OF
HOW THEY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED OR
BECAUSE THEY ARE FOOT PEDAL
OPERATED.
WHAT WE HAVE AGAIN ARE PUBLIC
FACILITIES THAT ARE BUILT AND
DESIGNED TO BE ADA COMPLIANT.
AND SO I THINK THERE IS A LOT
OF OPPORTUNITY THAT AGAIN I
WANT TO UNDERSCORE LIBRARIES
AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, BUT THEY
ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY
PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN ADDITION
BECAUSE AS COLLEEN SAID WE NEED
A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH, AND
THEN JUST TO THE POINT OF
DEPLOYING THE NATIONAL GUARD.
I HAVE BEEN TRYING AS COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA KNOWS AND SOME
OTHERS FOR WEEKS TO PROPOSE
THIS IN THE SPIRIT OF THOSE
PEOPLE BEING CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
WE WANT THEM NOT IN UNIFORM AND
WE WANT THEM TO BE DEPLOYED AS
A SUPPLEMENT SKILLED
KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF IN OTHER
PLACES BECAUSE SERVICE
PROVIDERS ARE SO STRETCHED THIN
IN TERMS OF THEIR STAFFING.
COLLEEN IS 100%.
THESE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
ARE TRYING FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN
GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP AND
WHO CAN USE A BATHROOM WHENEVER
WE NEED TO.
AND SO FOR FOLKS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
APPROPRIATELY PROVIDING
STAFFING AND SUPPORT.
BUT THE FOOD BANK EXAMPLE IS
SUCH AN IMPORTANT ONE.
I THINK JESSICA WHO SAID, YOU
KNOW, PEOPLE NEED ACCESS, SORT
OF ON BOTH ENDS OF THE HUMAN
SPECTRUM.
WE CAN'T PRETEND STAFFING FOOD
BANKS IS APPROPRIATE IF WE'RE
NOT ALSO PROVIDING PLACES FOR
PEOPLE ONCE THE FOOD HAS PASSED
THROUGH THEIR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
SO I THINK IT IS COMPLETELY
DOABLE.
I THINK THERE ARE PROBABLY
FOLKS WHO ARE CURRENTLY
FURLOUGHED, FOLKS FROM LOCAL
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATIONS.
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYED IN
THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
WHO HAVE SKILLS AND HEART AND
WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
THEY WILL NEED SOME TRAINING
AND THEY WILL NEED JUST LIKE
HOMELESS SERVICE WORKERS NEED
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT,
WHICH FOR THE MOST PART IS NOT
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
>> RIGHT ON ALLISON, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
SO WE HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS
FOR THE PROVIDER PANEL, BUT
SINCE WE'RE GETTING KIND OF
CLOSE TO DIRECTOR HAYES BEING
UNAVAILABLE, I WANT TO PIVOT TO
DIRECTOR HAYES PRESENTATION AND
THEN COME BACK IF OUR PROVIDER
PANEL IS HAPPY TO STICK AROUND,
SO THEY CAN ANSWER A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M SEEING SOME HEAD NODDINGS,
THAT'S GOOD.
PERFECT.
DIRECTOR HAYES, I WANT TO JUST
MOVE ON O AND TAKE YOU OUT OF
ORDER HERE TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN
GET BACK TO THE HARD WORK OF
LEADING OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
RESPONSE HERE ON COVID-19.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR
COMMITTEE.
I WOULD ASK FOLKS TO HOLD THEIR
QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR HAYES
TILL THE END OF HER
PRESENTATION.
AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO THE
PROVIDER OF PANELS.
SO DIRECTOR HAYES, WITH THAT
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
THE GENERAL AREAS OF INTEREST
AS MY STAFF MADE AWARE IN
COMMUNICATIONS, YOU KNOW,
RESPONSES TO THE HEPATITIS A
OUTBREAK, SOME OF THE GENERAL
REGIONAL EFFORTS, PUBLIC HEALTH
HAS BEEN MAKING AROUND HYGIENE,
AND WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM
YOU AND HAVING YOU BEFORE THIS
COMMITTEE, SO TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE BEING INVITED.
AND IN THE PRESERVATION OF
TIME, I'LL DO ALL THE
PRESENTATION OF MY STAFF, RYAN
KELLOGG IS HERE IF THERE ARE
ANY TECHNICALQUESTIONS THAT
MIGHT COME UP.
WE'LL MAKE THIS SO IT WILL FIT
IN YOUR TIME FRAME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'M GLAD
I WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE
COMMUNITY.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM
THE COMMUNITY.
LET ME START BY SAYING JUST A
MOMENT ABOUT THE OUTREACH
BECAUSE THIS OUTBREAK IS
CAUSING BOTH ALL THE STRESS YOU
HEARD ABOUT, ALL THE ISSUES OF
COMMUNITY MITIGATION THAT HAVE
THE CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE
EMERGING FOR THE COUNCIL AND
THE CITY ARE TRYING TO DEAL
WITH.
WE ARE THANKS TO ALL OF YOUR
WORK AND ALL OF YOUR HEALTH
BEGINNING TO SEE THE CURVE.
BUT I WANT THE COUNCIL TO
UNDERSTAND EVEN THOUGH YOU'LL
SEE A LOT OF CHATTER IN THE
MEDIA AND A LOT OF DEBATE NOW
ABOUT WHEN WE CAN MOVE OFF
COMMUNITY MITIGATION.
WE ARE BEGINNING THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
NATIONALLY.
BUT WHEN YOU BEND THE CURB, YOU
EXTEND IT OUT.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE
THINKING ABOUT THIS OVER A
LONGER TIME.
IF I COULD JUST START WITH
THAT.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE LOOKING
AT MODELING AROUND THE
OUTBREAK.
JUST REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE
MODELS FITS MORE ON THE BEST
CASE SCENARIO AND SOME ARE THE
WORST CASE.
WITH THAT LET ME PIVOT AND GO
INTO THE HYGIENE SANITATION
OVERVIEW I WANT TO GIVE FOR
YOU.
I'M PLEASED OUR ENVIRONMENT
HEALTH TEAM LAST FALL PUT
TOGETHER.
WE LAUNCHED IN JANUARY THE
HEALTH AND SANITATION
GUIDELINES THAT I KNOW THAT I
TALKED TO YOU ALL ABOUT.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU AND THE
COMMUNITY BECAUSE THESE ARE THE
BIG GUIDELINES THAT HOLD
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S HEPATITIS A
OR COVID THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT
AND REFERENCE MANY THINGS
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO I WAS GRATEFUL TO LAUNCH
THIS IN THE COMMUNITY, HOPES
THEY COULD RESPOND TO THAT.
SO THIS IS STILL OUR GUIDING
DOCUMENT.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR
THE SUPPORT ON THAT AND THIS
GUIDELINE IS THE FIRST OF ITS
KIND.
THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THERE ARE NO NATIONAL
GUIDELINES THAT WILL FIT FOR
COVID IN THE BASE OF THE
PERSONAL EXPERIENCING HOMELESS.
THAT WE ARE NOW WORKING
NATIONALLY AND LOOKING AT WHAT
OUR GUIDANCE AND THERE ARE
OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY THAT
WE WERE TALKING WITH WHO ARE
LOOKING AT AND USING OUR
GUIDELINES, BUT OH LOOKING IN
THE REALITY OF COVID.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO AND HOW
DO WE NEED TO CREATE THE
GUIDANCE SPECIFICALLY IN THIS
AREA?
THE DOCUMENT IS ONLINE.
WE CAN GET THAT BACK OUT TO
COUNCIL.
BUT RIGHT NOW AS YOU'VE HEARD
AND YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ONE
OUTBREAK AT A TIME.
SO THE SPREAD OF HEPATITIS A
AND THE CORONAVIRUS WITHIN THE
HOMELESS POPULATION AS I
PRIORITIZE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
SEATTLE BUILDING.
WE HAVE A TEAM APPROACH TO THIS
WITH THE HIGH STRIKE TEAMS THAT
ARE WORKING IN THE DIFFERENT
SHELTERS RIGHT NOW.
I'M PLEASED WE HAVEN'T HAD AS
LARGE OF AN OUTBREAK AS OTHER
JURISDICTIONS HAVE HAD IN THIS
AREA.
I THINK THAT'S A SIGN OF THE
GREAT WORK WITH THE COUNCIL
WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH
OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND I
JUST WANT TO TAKE A DEEP NOTE
OF GRATITUDE ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN TURN THE
CORNER AND IT DOES NOT MEAN WE
CAN'T DO BETTER.
THE CDC GUIDANCE TO REDUCE THE
SPREAD PARTICULARLY OF COVID
AND OTHER COMMUNITY DISEASES AS
YOU KNOW IT IS REALLY GOING TO
EMPHASIZE FREQUENT HAND WASHING
WITH SOAP AND WATER AND WE KNOW
COVID IS SPREAD MORE THROUGH
DROPLETS.
HEPATITIS A IS SPREAD THROUGH
FECAL ORAL TRANSMISSION.
SO ON THE HEPATITIS A ABOUT A
YEAR I CAME TO YOU TALKING
ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF SEEING
HEPATITIS A. AND THANKS TO
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS FOR THE
WORK AROUND THE NEEDS OF FOLKS
AROUND THE PARK.
BUT SINCE THAT TIME I FIRST
NOTED IT HAD THREAT OF
HEPATITIS A. WE'VE HAD 107
CONFIRMED CASES OF HEPATITIS A
SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED 30 CONFIRMED
HEPATITIS A CASES.
14 OF THOSE REPORTED LIVING
HOMELESS IN BALLARD AREAS.
BUT WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED A
COMMON LINK TO ALL OF THOSE AT
THIS POINT.
BUT IT'S A REALITY THAT THEY
ARE UP IN THE BALLARD AREA.
AS PART OF OUR RESPONSE, NEW
CASES IN THE BALLARD AREA ARE
ENVIRONMENTAL HELPINGS THAT
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PARKS
AND REC TO TALK ABOUT WHAT BEST
PRACTICE FOR THIS IS AT THE
PORTLAND LIEU, AT THE SEATTLE
COMMONS, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING FOR HEPATITIS A, WHICH WE
DON'T HAVE COVID AS YOU ALL
KNOW IS VACCINATION.
WE'VE MOBILIZED SEVERAL CLINICS
IN THE BALLARD AREA IN MARCH
AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT
THROUGH APRIL AND BEYOND
WORKING WITH STREET OUTREACH.
THIS IS A PART OF THE BROADER
VACCINATION PUSH WE'RE DOING ON
THIS.
WE SEE WE NEED TO DO TWO-YEAR
SPRINTS ON THE VACCINATION AND
REEVALUATE WHERE WE ARE AT WITH
HEPATITIS A, BUT I WILL SAY IT
REALLY COMPLICATES IT BECAUSE
WITH THE COMMUNITY MITIGATION
YOU JUST HEARD THE FALLOUT FROM
THE COMMUNITY MITIGATION.
AND SO WE DO NEED TO BE
CREATIVE AND HOW TO WORK
TOGETHER.
SO ON THAT SANITATION NEED,
BOTH OF THESE OUTBREAKS WE'VE
WORKED WITH THE CITY AND MANY
OF YOU TO ENCOURAGE THE
INCREASE ADDITIVE TO THE
FACILITIES WHERE FOLKS COULD
WASH THEIR HANDS, USE THE
TOILET, THEN SHOWER.
PRIORITIES SHOULD BE PLACED ON
THE ACCESS TO HAND WASHING
FOLLOWED BY THE TOILETS AND
THEN SHOWER FACILITIES.
I MAY OFTEN GET THAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW TO PROVIDE THIS
INCREASE ACCESS, WE DO THINK
THAT REALLY EXAMS, WHERE THERE
ARE BATHROOMS AND WHERE WE NEED
TO FOCUS PORTABLES IS ALL A
PART OF THAT AND I THINK YOU
HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS,
WHERE WE KNOW THERE ARE SUCH
ACCESS E POINTS TO EXISTING
BATHROOMS CAN ALLOW THE CITY TO
DEPLOY WHATEVER TYPES OF PORTA-
POTTIES AND OTHER NODES OF THE
AREAS TO BE EFFICIENT.
IT IS IMPORTANT WORK JUST AS WE
ARE ALL DOING TO GET THAT IDEA
AND BEST ACCESS.
AND WHAT I WILL SAY FOR THE
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE
DOING FOR THE HEIGHTENED
FACILITIES.
WE'RE DEVELOPING CLEANING
GUIDANCE AND SANITATION
STANDARDS FOR BOTH MOBILE AND
FIXED FACILITIES.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
OTHER AREAS AROUND THE COUNTRY
WHO ARE TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH
THIS THEMSELVES.
WE KNOW A NEED FOR PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR
CLEANING STAFF AND WHAT KIND OF
SPECIFIC CHEMICALS TO
RECOMMEND.
IN ADDITION OUR GUIDANCE WILL
INCLUDE WHAT WE THINK FOR STAFF
FACILITIES AND A LEVEL TO
ENSURE SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS,
WHICH I KNOW COULD BE REALLY
CHALLENGING.
IT IS A DAY AS TO HOW
FREQUENTLY THINGS NEED TO BE
CLEANED.
SO OUR GUIDANCE IS GOING WITH
THE CITY TO LOOK TO DO WHAT WE
BELIEVE OUR BEST PRACTICES IN
DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS.
NOT ALL OF THESE ENVIRONMENTS
ARE ALL THE SAME.
WE WILL WORK WITH THEM ON THAT
AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON THEIR
IDEA.
WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S
HAPPENINGS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING
BACK AND PRESENTING MORE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR GUIDANCE,
TESTING THAT GUIDANCE, AND
IMPROVING IT.
I WILL GO BACK TO YOU CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH DIRECTOR
HAYES.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS.
FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
HAS A QUESTION.
SO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HAYES.
YOU BEGAN TO ANSWER MY
QUESTION, WHICH IS ABOUT
VACCINATION.
OF COURSE WE KNOW THE
TRANSMISSION IS EASY, TO HEAT
FOOD AND WASH HANDS.
PARTICULARLY IN THIS POPULATION
IF THEY ALREADY HAVE HEPATITIS
C, THEN LIVER FAILURE IS A
DEATH SENTENCE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE
UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE RAMPING UP OR TRYING TO
RAMP UP VACCINATION FOR
HEPATITIS A. CAN YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU
MEAN BY A TWO-YEAR SPRINT AND
WHERE ARE YOU?
AND THEN YOUR ABILITY TO SERVE
THE COMMUNITY AS IT IS.
>> RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT
QUESTION.
SO WE ARE ONE YEAR IN OUR TWO-
YEAR SPRINT.
SO THE EPIDEMIOLOGY HEPATITIS A
WITH OUR PHYSICIAN,
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS HAVE SET THAT
TIME FRAME FOR WHEN A
CONCENTRATED EFFORT NEEDS TO BE
DONE.
SO WE ARE ONE YEAR INTO THAT.
WE'VE GIVEN OVER 2,000 AND
GIVEN EVEN MORE VACCINES OUT
THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD
USE WITH AT ALL TIMES AND
THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
IS WHEN WE GO OUT W█E OFFER THE
VACCINATION.
LIFE WAS NOTED BY OUR PARTNERS.
FOLKS ARE UNDER A STRESS TEN
TIMES.
IT IS NOT EASY TO LEAN IN AND
SAY YES.
SO I THINK THAT COULD BE A HELP
THAT WE COULD PUT THOSE
MESSAGES ON OUT AND THE
COMMUNITIES THAT THIS IS
IMPORTANT.
AND THE OTHER CHALLENGE FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING HOMELESS
IS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE TWO
VACCINES.
AND THAT IS HARD.
SO WE KEEP A RECORD OF WHO WE
HAVE GIVEN THOSE VACCINES TO
AND WE TRY AND MAKE SURE WE
COULD PULL UP WITH THEM IN THAT
TIME THAT IS AWAY, BUT IT COULD
COMBAT AND IT IS HARD WHEN
THOSE FOLKS ARE MOBILE.
AND THEIR LIVES ARE SO CHAOTIC
THAT THE LAST THING THEY'RE
THINKING ABOUT IS THAT SECOND
VACCINE.
>> ANY HELP FROM PARTNERS?
THEIR MESSAGES THAT THEY COULD
PUT OUT ABOUT THAT?
SO THAT WE COULD HAVE WELCOMING
ENVIRONMENT AND SAFE
ENVIRONMENTS THAT WOULD BE IT?
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
>> OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FOR DIRECTOR HAYES?
LOOKING AT MY COLLEAGUES
PICTURES HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE DIRECTOR HAYES,
THAT WAS VERY QUICK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SORRY I HAVE TO RUN OFF,
BUT I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING
WITH ARP AND DELIVERING KEY
MESSAGES TO THEM TOO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A
MOMENT AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN,
HELPING ME STAY THE COURSE OF
THIS.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST
RESPONSES AROUND THE COUNTRY
WITH THE COMMUNITY MITIGATION.
AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT.
YOU ARE SUCH A BIG PART OF IT,
SO THANK YOU.
>> LEWIS, MAY I ASK A QUESTION?
>> YES, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> DIRECTOR HAYES, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
I KNOW YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
LEFT.
JUST VERY BRIEFLY, YOU
MENTIONED THE TIMELINE FOR
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GETTING THE
LOCATIONS AND ADDITIONAL
REQUESTS FOR HAND WASHING
FACILITIES OUT THE DOOR AND
MORE, SHOWERS AND TOILETS OUT
THE DOOR.
CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT THE
TIMELINE IS FOR THAT, SO WE CAN
TAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
RUN WITH THEM?
>> YEAH, SO WE ARE FINISHING
THOSE UP REAL TIME THIS WEEK
INTO NEXT WEEK, SO THEY'RE
COMING IMMINENTLY.
>> THANK YOU AS WELL FOR ALL
YOU'RE DOING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
MOVING BACK NOW TO THE PROVIDER
PANEL.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR
INDULGENCE FOR TAKING DIRECTOR
HAYES OUT OF ORDER TO GET THAT
UPDATE AND PRESENTATION IN.
AND I WANTED TO GO BACK TO
THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND FINISH UP BEFORE WE MOVE ON
TO DEPUTY MAYOR.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES WAS
NEXT ON MY LIST.
ASK A QUESTION TO THE PROVIDED
PANEL, SO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS FOR BEING HERE THIS
MORNING.
IT IS REALLY HARD TO HEAR.
WE KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING, BUT
TO HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS
WHO ARE UNABLE TO GET IN TO THE
BATHROOMS TO DO SOMETHING BASIC
AS CLEAN UP MENSTRUATION WHO
ARE SOILING THEMSELVES IN THE
STREETS, WHO ARE, YOU KNOW,
HAVING A HARD TIME MEETING THE
MOST BASIC HUMAN NEED IS REALLY
HARD.
AND SO I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU
ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING TRAUMA
FROM HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS,
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK THAT
YOU'RE DOING.
WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE
NEED TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH
BY INCREASING BATHROOMS IS
CRITICAL.
AND FIGURE OUT THIS QUESTION OF
HOW WE PROTECT WORKERS WHO ARE
NEEDED TO CLEAN THESE
FACILITIES.
I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN
FOLLOWING UP ON THE ISSUE OF
TRYING TO GET NATIONAL GUARD
FOLKS IN TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT
IS COMPASSIONATE AND THAT
SERVES THAT NEED.
WE HAVE TO DO BOTH.
SO I'M INTERESTED IN
UNDERSTANDING HOW THE CITY
WORKED WITH YOU TO PLACE THE
HYGIENE STATIONS THAT WE DO
HAVE.
AND KNOWING THAT IN L.A., FOR
EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE 360 PORTABLE
HAND WASHING STATIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF HOW
MANY WE SHOULD HAVE FOR THE
POPULATION THAT WE HAVE HERE.
I'LL LEAVE THAT OPEN FOR
WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER IT.
>> SO YEAH I SENT OUT AN E-MAIL
TO THE COVID HOMELESS RESPONSE.
I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE ABOUT
THE RESPONSE THAT I GOT BACK.
TOM VAN BRONSWORTH OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, HE RESPONDED BACK
AND A FEW OTHER CITY OFFICIALS
OR PEOPLE FROM THE CITY ALSO
RESPONDED BACK TO ME.
WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE ALL THE
PHONE CONVERSATIONS.
AND ALSO AT REACH IN PARTICULAR
ON OUR OUTREACH TEAM WE HAVE
BIE OUTREACH WORKERS, WHERE WE
WILL HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH
EACH OUTREACH WORKER DESIGNATED
TO THAT COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE ONE IN BALLARD AND SO
PEOPLE WILL SHOW YOU THE CAP
HILL, THE WATER FRONT,
GEORGETOWN, AND THE SEATTLE
OUTREACH TEAM, THAT WILL ALSO
HIT UP NORTH DOWN SOUTH AND
KENT AND RENNETON.
AND SO WITH THAT, WITH OUR TEAM
WE ARE ABLE TO REALLY
COORDINATE WITH EACH OTHER AND
ASSIST SPECIFICALLY GET THE
LOCATIONS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES,
WHERE WE THINK IT WILL BE BEST
AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND WHERE
THE POPULATION WILL STAY WITH
THAT OR THE HOT SPOTS OF WHERE
PEOPLE LIKE TO CAMP AT AND THE
NEED SPECIFICALLY TO THE
COMMUNITY.
I GAVE A LIST TO ALLISON TO
TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
>> YEAH.
ALLISON, JUST BEFORE YOU BEGIN,
I ASK BECAUSE DAWN AND JESSICA
BOTH MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A
GREATER NEED IN SOUTH SEATTLE.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
HOW THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE
AND WHAT COMMUNICATIONS YOU HAD
THAT WERE OR WERE NOT GETTING
WHAT THEY NEEDED.
>> THIS IS DAWN FROM REACH.
AND THE DISCUSSION INITIALLY
WAS, WELL I GUESS INITIALLY WE
WERE TOLD THAT THERE WERE GOING
TO BE A LOT.
PORTA-POTTIES, HAND WASHING
STATIONS THAT WERE GOING TO BE
DEPLOYED AROUND THE CITY.
WE WERE ASKED FOR LISTS OF
AREAS THAT WE FELT LIKE WOULD
BE THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC AREAS
THAT WOULD GET THE MOST USE OUT
OF THOSE.
AND THEN THERE WAS A GAP IN THE
COMMUNICATION.
LIKE THE CONVERSATION JUST SORT
OF STOPPED.
THEN AFTER REPEATEDLY ASKING
WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THIS
BECAUSE THIS CONVERSATION
STARTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO,
RIGHT?
AND TO MY WAY OF THINKING WE
HAVE MANAGED TO BUILD A FIELD
HOSPITAL IN CENTURYLINK FIELD
AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
DEPLOY SOME PORTA-POTTIES.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
WHOLE HOLD UP IS.
AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET
ANY ANSWERS.
THE REASON THAT I AM HERE TODAY
IS BECAUSE IN THOSE MEETINGS I
HAVE ASKED WHO DO WE NEED TO
TALK TO, TO TRY TO EXPRESS, YOU
KNOW, OUR CONCERN AND IMPRESS
UPON THEM THAT THE NEED FOR
THIS TO BE LIKE NOW, NOT A
MONTH FROM NOW, NOT IN THREE
MONTHS, BUT LIKE THESE ARE
DAILY BIOLOGICAL NEEDS THAT
EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS RIGHT
NOW.
I WAS PRETTY MUCH STONE WALLED
WITH THAT.
I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO ONE
THAT I COULD SPEAK TO.
AT THAT . I REACHED OUT TO MY
DIRECTOR WHO FORWARDED THAT
INFORMATION TO ALLISON.
AND WE CONTINUE TO ASK THESE
QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN WE JUST
CONTINUE TO BE TOLD, YOU KNOW,
I ASKED THIS MORNING, WHERE ARE
WE AT WITH DEPLOYING PORTA-
POTIES.
AND NO, WE JUST DON'T, LIKE
THERE'S NOTHING, AND THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN THE ROOM FOR THE
CONVERSATIONS, THEY SAY THEY
ARE NOT IN THE ROOM FOR THOSE
CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK THERE'S JUST, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD SEEM
CONCEIVABLE TO NOT PRIORITIZE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THERE IS ALREADY A DESPERATE
NEED FOR THESE TYPES OF
SERVICES OR THESE SORTS OF
THINGS TO BE AVAILABLE TO
PEOPLE.
BUT NOW WITH THINGS LIKE
MCDONALD'S AND STARBUCKS, AND
EVEN A BARE MINIMUM THAT PEOPLE
WERE ABLE TO USE.
I HAVE A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS A
QUARTER OF HIS SKULL MISSING
FROM AN ACCIDENT WHERE HE WAS
ELECTROCUTED AND HAD ONE BRAIN
SURGERY, HE'S WAITING FOR A
SECOND BRAIN SURGERY.
I JUST WENT TO MAKE SURE HE GOT
ON THE BUS FOR HIS
NEUROSURGEON'S APPOINTMENT THIS
MORNING.
AND HE HAS CAKED DIRT ON HIS
HEAD, WHERE HIS SUTURES ARE
FROM THIS BRAIN SURGERY.
AND WHEN I SAY CAKED, I COULD
CUT IT OFF WITH A BUTTER KNIFE
OFF OF HIS HEAD.
AND THAT IS HOW DESPERATE THE
NEED IS AND THESE ARE HUMAN
BEINGS FOR WHATEVER REASON THE
CITY IN MY OPINION NOT MAKING
IT A PRIORITY.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SHORTAGES
OF THINGS LIKE PORTA-POTTIES
AND I REALIZE THEY HAVE TO BE
CLEANED.
BUT WE CAN HOLD PORTA-POTTIES
FROM PLACES LIKE THE
FAIRGROUNDS AND PUT THOSE OUT
AND DEAL WITH GETTING THEM
CLEANED TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, YOU
KNOW, THAT WOULD GIVE US TWO
WEEKS TO FIGURE IT OUT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME THERE ARE
AT LEAST ACCESSING, HAVING THIS
ACCESSIBLE TO THEM.
WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF HAND
SANITIZERS AS OUTREACH WORKERS.
TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS TO OUR
CLIENTS IN LIEU OF THINGS, SO
WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM ANY MEANS
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES IN ANY
WAY AT ALL.
>> DAWN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT.
BEFORE I MOVE ON WE DO HAVE A
COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS.
I ASK IF PEOPLE TRY TO KEEP
THEIR RESPONSES CONCISE, SO WE
CAN GET THROUGH AS MANY OF THE
QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE BEFORE WE
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PANEL.
DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO JUMP
IN ON COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES'
QUESTION FROM THE PANEL BEFORE
I MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD?
OKAY, GREAT.
>> YES, I WOULD JUST SAY I
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
I CANNOT DO MORE THAN DAWN JUST
DID TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND
FRUSTRATION AT THE DESIRE TO
PARTNER, TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES.
THE LACK OF ABILITY TO MOVE THE
PROCESS FORWARD.
AMONG THE THINGS THAT I HAVE
ASKED FOR IS A POINT OF CONTACT
AT SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES WHO
COULD BE THE PERSON TO INTERACT
WITH AND PROBLEM SOLVE AROUND
THE PLACEMENT OF THE PORTA
POTTIES, WHICH WERE BELATEDLY
DEPLOYED.
MY UNDERSTANDING, I MEAN, I
HAVE THE LIST.
I HAVE SHARED THE LIST.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE SITES THAT
ARE RECOMMENDED, BUT AGAIN I
WANT TO GO BACK TO THERE AREN'T
ENOUGH STAND ALONE UNITS.
WE HAVE TO OPEN THEM
IMMEDIATELY.
AND THEY ARE EASIER TO CLEAN
THAN PORTA-POTTIES ARE.
>> ALLISON, THANK YOU FOR THOSE
LAST REMARKS.
I WANT TO MOVE ON TO COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD WHO HAS A
QUESTION, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA WILL CLOSE IT OUT WITH
A QUESTION AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT PANEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO SHARE MY GREAT
FRUSTRATION WITH THE CONDITIONS
ON THE STREET.
ON ONE HAND SOME ARE SAYING
THAT OUR LOCAL RESPONSE SO THE
COVID 19 CRISIS IS SHOWING
RESULTS AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE
A GOOD RESPONSE PRODUCING
RESULTS, OUR FAILURE TO ADDRESS
THE GREATEST NEEDS OF THOSE,
REALLY SHOULD INDICT US ALL FOR
REALLY PUTTING OUR ENTIRE CITY
AT RISK.
THE FACT THAT THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ARE COMPLETELY UNABLE TO
FOLLOW O THE CDC GUIDANCE.
AND WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
AS A CITY?
WHEN IT NOT ONLY PUTS THOSE
PEOPLE AT RISK, BUT OUR ENTIRE
CITY AT RISK.
AND IN 2018, 2018 THE CITY
AUDITOR REPORTED ON SEATTLE'S
LACK OF PUBLIC TOILETS.
AND THAT IS BEFORE SO MANY OF
OUR PUBLIC VOTINGS WERE CLOSED
AND BEFORE SO MANY BUSINESSES.
AND BY ALL MEANS THEY DON'T
ALL, BUT THERE ARE BUSINESSES
IN OUR CITY THAT DO.
BUT IN 2018 THE CITY AUDITOR
SAID THAT WE NEEDED 224 TOILETS
TO MEET BASIC NEEDS.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, LOS
ANGELES HAS DEPLOYED 360
HYGIENE STATIONS.
SAN DIEGO NEARLY 100.
BERKELEY HOME TO 318
UNSHELTERED PEOPLE HAS PLACED
MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT WE HAVE
HERE IN SEATTLE WITH 5,200
PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED.
YOU KNOW, WE FUNDED A BIT STOP
IN THE BUDGET IN NOVEMBER,
TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2018
AUDIT BECAUSE OF THE EXECUTIVE
HAD NOT DONE IT.
WE PUT THAT MONEY IN THE BUDGET
AT A STAKE HOLDER MEETING HELD
IN LATE FEBRUARY.
AND ATTENDED BY THE MULTIPLE
DEPARTMENTS.
THEY WERE STILL SHARING BASIC
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT A MOBILE
PIT STOP WAS AND WE WERE NOT
READY TO ACT.
BUT THE MOBILE PIT STOP IS AN
INTERVENTION THAT WAS
IDENTIFIED AGAIN IN THE 2018
AUDIT.
AND IN LATE FEBRUARY THIS YEAR,
CITY STAFF STILL DID NOT FOE
ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR
INTERVENTION.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW
FRUSTRATING AND DEMORALIZING
AND TRAUMATIZING IT IS TO HAVE
AS A JOB THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
DELIVER SERVICES AND HEALTH AND
NOT HAVE THOSE SERVICES AND
HELP READILY AVAILABLE.
I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT
I CAN TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO OPEN UP MORE
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, STAFF THOSE
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND TO
IMPLEMENT MORE PORTA-POTTIES
AND THE SHOWER TRAILERS THAT WE
WERE TOLD IS COMING.
IN THE INTERIM I HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT OUTREACH AND HOW
WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF
LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS
AVAILABLE NOW.
THE CITY HAS AS I BELIEVE OF
YESTERDAY SHARED A LIST OF O
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE HYGIENE
FACILITES.
THEY WENT THROUGH AN OLD LIST
THAT THEY HAD BEEN PROVIDING
THAT WOULD HAVE A LOT OF
INACCURATE INFORMATION AND HAD
LOCATIONS THAT WERE NOT OPEN
AND LOCATIONS THAT I VISITED
AND CONFIRMED WERE NOT OPEN, SO
THEY HAVE UPDATED THAT LIST, TO
THE LOCATIONS AND THAT ARE
ACTUALLY OPEN AND AVAILABLE.
THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO
PUT TOGETHER AN INTERACTIVE
MAP.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT
A USEFUL WAY FOR YOU TO HELP
PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED
PLACES?
AND IS THERE ANOTHER APPROACH
THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING
AS WELL TO LET FOLKS KNOW WHILE
WE'RE WORKING TO STAND UP WHAT
WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE, THANK
YOU.
>> WHO WANTS TO RESPOND FAIRLY
AND EFFICIENTLY TO THAT?
WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
PANEL.
WHO WANTS TO TAKE HER QUESTION
FROM THE PANEL?
>> I COULD TAKE THAT ONE.
>> QUICKLY, PLEASE.
>> THAT WOULD BE COOL.
THAT IS HELPFUL, OF COURSE, ALL
THE INFORMATION WE COULD GET IS
EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN HAVING
THAT INTERACTIVE MAP.
THE PROBLEM THAT WE ARE AT AS
YOU ARE SEEING SO FAR, IT IS
NOT EXACTLY ACCURATE.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO GETTING THAT
MESSAGING OUT IS HAVING PEOPLE
MESSAGE THAT OUT.
IN GENERAL OUR OUTREACH TEAMS,
THEY HAVE DIMINISHED
SUBSTANTIALLY DUE TO EITHER
HAVING FOLKS THAT ARE IN THEIR
OWN AT-RISK CATEGORY FOR COVID
OR A NUMBER OF OTHER REASONS.
AND SO HAVING MORE PEOPLE OUT
AND ABOUT INFORMING, MAKING
SURE THAT IT IS ACCURATE AND
MAKING SURE THERE ARE POSTINGS
WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND INCREASING THE NUMBER.
AT THE END OF THE DAY
INCREASING THE NUMBER,
INCREASING THE NUMBER.
IT IS DEVASTATING TO HEAR THOSE
STATS FOR, YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA
AND OTHER PLACES AND TO KNOW
OUR ISSUE IS SO PROMINENT AND
YET WE HAVE SUCH A LOW NUMBER.
>> I'M SORRY REAL QUICK.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THE NAVIGATION TEAM
MEETINGS, THEY ARE ON
WEDNESDAYS AT 8:00 A.M.
AND A LOT OF PROVIDERS GO THERE
BECAUSE WE WANT INFORMATION OF
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
WHERE THEY WILL BE HELD AND THE
POLICY THAT WILL BE CHANGING
AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT WILL
SECRETLY AFFECT THE WORK THAT
WE COULD DO WITH OUR CLIENTS
AND WHERE WE COULD FIND OUR
CLIENTS.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE
MORE INFORMATION FROM THAT
MEETING AND MORE TRANSPARENCY.
AND WHEN THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE LEADING THE MEETING ARE
ANSWERING I DON'T KNOW AND THEN
THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT THAT AND
WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION
AND ALL OF THE PROVIDERS ARE
EXTREMELY FUSTRATED AND IT
WILL AFFECT OUR WORK AND WHAT
WE COULD DO WITH OUR CLIENTS
AND THEIR WELL BEING.
THAT WILL BE SUPER HELPFUL IN
MOVING FORWARD.
>> AND ONE LAST POINT, ONE
THING THAT IS NOT IN LINED WITH
WHAT WE DO, WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE TRAUMA INFORMED
AND IN SAYING THAT SOMETHING IS
COMING AND THAT IT NEVER COMES
IS NOT TRAUMA INFORMED AND SO
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
INFORMATION THAT IS GETTING OUT
WILL BE ACCURATE BECAUSE IT IS
NOT FUN RIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, IT
IS NOT JUSTICE FOR US TO GO OUT
THERE AND SAY IT IS COMING AND
IT WILL BE THERE AND YET IT IS
NEVER THERE, SO THAT WILL BE A
KEY COMPONENT TO THEM FOR FOLKS
WHO RARELY HAVE A LOT OF HOPE,
OKAY?
>> AND IN FACT THAT THEY WILL
UNDERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
THE PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGING
OVERALL.
AND THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF
OTHER THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU,
EVERYBODY, FOR COMING IN AND
PARTICIPATING.
ONE OTHER THING THAT I DO WANT
TO SAY GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD'S STATEMENT AND A SHOUT
OUT TO OUR STAFF AND FOR THE
GREAT MEMO AND THE SUMMARY OF
HYGIENE STATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED AND OPEN AND THAT
THEY DISTRIBUTED TO THE
COUNCIL.
THIS MORNING, MY OFFICE CREATED
AN INTERACTIVE LIST OF THOSE
AND THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE
HYGIENE STATIONS AS WELL AS THE
HOURS THAT THOSE STATIONS ARE
OPEN AND THAT COULD BE ACCESSED
ON MY WEBSITE IF YOU GO TO MY
COUNCIL WEBSITE.
THERE IS A HYGIENE FACILITY MAP
THAT IS NOW IN THE NAVIGATION
TAB.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG
THAT RESOURCE AND IN RESPONSE
TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD'S
QUESTION.
SO WITH THAT PANEL, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
THANK YOU TO ALLISON BRITTANY,
COLLEEN, DAWN, JESSICA, STAY IN
TOUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD,
WE APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PANEL
AND SIMILAR TO THE LAST ONE IF
EVERYONE CAN HOLD THEIR
QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
GET AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S
EFFORTS AND I WOULD ASK THAT
FOLKS CONTINUE TO TEXT ME TO
GET ON THE LIST AND THAT SYSTEM
HAS BEEN WORKING WELL.
AND WE WILL GO THROUGH IT ONCE
DEPUTY MAYOR IS DONE WITH HIS
PRESENTATION.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> I'M SUPPOSE TO BE IN MY NEXT
SET OF MEETINGS AT 11:15, SO
I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST TO GET
THROUGH SOME OF MY PRESENTATION
AND BET TO A FEW QUESTIONS
BEFORE I NEED TO MOVE ON TO MY
NEXT MEETING.
FIRST I THINK AS YOU HEARD FROM
DIRECTOR HAYES EARLIER TODAY,
YOU KNOW, OUR LARGE PART OF OUR
COVID-19 RESPONSE IS ASSISTING
THOSE IN NEED.
AND THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF THE
CITY'S RESPONSE OF OUR
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN IS
BASED ON JUST FOUR CATEGORIES.
OPERATIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY,
COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND HUMAN
SERVICES, AND HOMELESSNESS.
I WOULD ADD THAT I'M PERSONALLY
OVERSEEING THE HUMAN SERVICES
AND HOMELESSNESS WORK AS PART
OF OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE.
I WANT TO ALSO TAKE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY THANK
ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO
ARE LITERALLY ON THE FRONT
LINES AS WE SPEAK DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PROVIDE
FOR THOSE LIVING UNSHELTERED.
THOSE WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO
WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND 24-
HOUR SHIFTS, 24-HOUR CYCLES, TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE RESPONDING TO
THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED.
THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR OWN
LIVES AT RISK TO HELP OTHERS,
JUST AS MANY OTHERS ARE THAT WE
HAVE HEARD FROM THE PREVIOUS
PANEL.
I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY
EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR ONGOING
WORK.
AND FOR CONTINUING TO PUT THE
NEEDS OF OTHERS ABOVE THEIRS.
I KNOW HAD IS A VERY IMPORTANT
ISSUE FOR THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR RESOLUTION
IN MARCH.
AFFIRMING THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY REQUEST THAT THE CITY
WILL MAKE INVESTMNTS ON THE
HAND WASHING SERVICES AND THAT
IS JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO MAYBE I COULD GIVE YOU A
QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, OUR
APPROACH HAS SEVERAL COMPONENTS
TO IT.
ONE IS GETTING PEOPLE INSIDE.
AND SO HYGIENE COULD BE
ASSESSED THERE.
I THINK THAT ALL OF YOU KNOW WE
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY
CREATING 1,900 NEW SPACES BEING
SET UP AND MANY IN SEATTLE TO
GET PEOPLE INSIDE.
WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY
WITH THE COUNTY AND DSHS IN
PATICULAR TO HAVE A
COORDINATED APPROACH AND
STRATEGY.
ONE OF OUR THINGS IS THE
EFFORT, WHICH BEGAN IN THE
BEGINNING OF MARCH WHEN WE
WOULD ACTIVATE THE HALL AND
THEY ARE OPERATE OPERATING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 24/7 BASIS
IN SERVING OVER 150
INDIVIDUALS.
AND THIS IS KEY TO HELP THEM
BEGIN SOCIAL DISTANCING WITHIN
THEIR SHELTER NETWORK.
AND WE HAVE SERVICED 24/7
SHELTERS.
TODAY THEY ARE STAFFED BY PARKS
AND THE STAFF IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES,
YMCA AND WHEEL.
GARFIELD CURRENTLY SERVES 50
WOMEN AND MILLER IS SERVING 50
MEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
HOUSING.
AND IN ADDITION AS I THINK YOU
ARE ALL AWARE WE EXPEDITED
DELIVERY.
OF THE NEW SHELTER SPACES.
AT CHERRY HILL AND LAKE UNION.
>> JUST TO JUMP IN FOR ONE
SECEDE, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT
YOUR PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE
ARE SHORT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, I
THINK JUST TO MAYBE ZERO IN AND
FOCUS ON THE HYGIENE
INVESTMENTS RATHER THAN THE
SHELTER INTENSIFICATION WORK,
WHICH THE COMMUNITY IS ALSO
FOLLOWING, BUT JUST TO MAKE
SURE WE GET TO THE HYGIENE
COMMENTS AND IF THERE IS SOME
TIME LEFT OVER TO ENACT THE
UPDATE ON THE INTENSIFICATION.
I DO APPRECIATE THE CITY'S
EFFORTS AND I HAVE WALKED BY
WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE SEATTLE
CENTER SPACES THAT ARE BEING
USED TO DO THAT, BUT JUST TO
MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THE
HYGIENE ISSUE.
I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT AND
PRIORITIZE THAT, SO WE COULD
MAYBE DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE
FIRST.
>> I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THAT PIVOT
NOW.
I WAS PLANNING ON IT.
BUT I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A MULTI-
PRONG EFFORT THAT IT IS NOT
JUST FOCUSED ON HYGIENE.
AND THE LAST THING I WOULD
MENTION, WE ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING, AND MY NEXT MEETING IS
WORKING WITH THE ARMY TO SITE A
SHELTER TENT HERE IN THE CITY
FOR 180 INDIVIDUALS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
ARE GOING ON HERE AND FOR
PEOPLE TO COME INSIDE AS MANY
OF THE PREVIOUS PANEL MENTIOND
IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF OUR
WORK.
MOVING ON TO HYGIENE ACCESS FOR
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL ON
SITE THOUGH AS YOU REQUESTED.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU
KNOW, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE AT
LEAST 127 PARKS RESTROOMS THAT
ARE OPEN.
I WANT TO, YOU KNOW,
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE HAS BEEN
SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THAT
NUMBER.
AS IT IS FLUCTUATING.
A PART OF IT HAS BEEN YOU HAVE
A NUMBER OF PARKS BATHROOMS
THAT TYPICALLY ARE NOT OPEN
DURING THE WINTER.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
ENSURING THOSE ARE OPEN.
THE SECOND THING IS THIS NUMBER
WILL CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE
BASED ON OUR STAFFING AND BASED
ON OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN EACH
OF THESE FACILITIES.
BUT REST ASSURED WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN IN OUR PARKS
MAINTENANCE CREW, THEY ARE
WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD TO
MAINTAIN EACH OF THESE
FACILITIES.
OF THOSE 127 PARKS RESTROOMS,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 26 COMMUNITY
CENTERS.
11 OF THEM HAVE RESTROOM ACCESS
THAT REMAINS OPEN.
AND WHERE WE HAVE NOT HAD
ACCESS WE ARE LOOKING AT
AUGMENTING THAT AS WELL.
SO WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO
KEEP THOSE RESTROOMS OPEN.
IN ADDITION WE HAVE KEPT OUR
SHOWERS PROGRAMS GOING, WHICH
CONTINUES TO OPERATE AT
DELRIDGE, GREEN LAKE, MEADOW
BROOK, COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING AS OUR
TEAMS DO OUTREACHES, MAKING
SURE FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHERE
THOSE SHOWER PROGRAMS CAN
REMAIN.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
HAVE ACCESS TO THEM.
ON THE SPU SIDE, WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT THE PREVIOUS PANEL,
MENTIONED WE HAVE TWO WEEKS AGO
NOW ANNOUNCED SIX NEW LOCATIONS
FOR PORTA POTTIES.
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL LOCATIONS
IS NOW MOVED TO 12th AND WELLER
NEAR THE NAVIGATION CENTER.
THAT WAS TO DECREASE
REDUNDANCY.
AND JUST EARLIER THIS WEEK THE
MAYOR GAVE US A DIRECTION TO
ADD EIGHT MORE SITES.
AND WE WILL BE FINALIZING THOSE
LOCATIONS TOMORROW.
I WOULD SAY THOSE SITES,
LOCATIONS, I THINK JESSICA
MENTIONED FROM REACH HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
NOT JUST REACH AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT. RITERIA.
NUMBER ONE IS HIGHEST NEED.
AND SO THAT IS INFORMED BY THE
NAV TEAM, PARKS, ENCAMPMENT
TEAMS TO COME TO NEIGHBORHOODS
AND OTHER OUTREACH TEAMS
INCLUDING HEALTH CARE FOR THE
HOMELESS.
TWO NO OTHER ACCESS TO TOILETS
OR SINKS.
THREE, ADJACENT TO CITY
PROPERTY.
AND FOUR WILL NOT POSE ISSUES
FOR EITHER THE FACILITY USE OR
PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND MAKE SURE THE VENDORS WILL
HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN
THE CLEANING PROTOCOLS THAT
PUBLIC HEALTH HAS GIVEN US.
AND SO THOSE EIGHT NEW
LOCATIONS, EIGHT SPU IS
COORDINATING THAT WORK WITH THE
VENDOR.
AS I SAID WE ARE LEARNING AS WE
GO HERE.
THE SIX SITES HAVE PROVED TO BE
BOTH SUCCESSFUL IN THE SENSE
THAT INDIVIDUALS, THEY ARE
USING THEM.
AND THAT SITE AT CITY HALL PARK
HAS BEEN USED.
WE ACTUALLY ADDED ADDITIONAL
TOILETS LAST WEEKEND.
AND IT DOES NOT COME WITHOUT
CHALLENGES.
OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN
CLEANLINESS AND THEFT RELATED
TO HAND SANITIZER.
WHERE SHE RECOGNIZED THAT THEY
CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE THAT
INDIVIDUALS ARE EXPERIENCING.
WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO
WANT TO ADD, THIS IS NOT A
LIMITING FACTOR FOR US RIGHT
NOW, BUT EACH OF THESE SITES,
THEY ARE CURRENT PROJECTIONS,
COSTING $35,000 A MAN TO
OPERATE.
AND THAT WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
THE CLEANING AND ALL OF THE
OTHER SUPPLIES THAT ARE
NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THESE
SITES.
AND ONCE WE STAND UP, WE WILL
BE BURNING THROUGH HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS IN MONTHS IN
OPERATING COSTS AND THAT DOES
NOT INCLUDE STAFFING.
AS MANY MEMBERS MENTIONED,
THESE ARE NOT SITES.
IF WE DO MOVE INTO A STAFFING
MODEL THAT WILL REQUIRE MORE ON
SITE SUPERVISION, THAT THE COST
OF THAT WILL GO UP DRAMATICALLY
AS DOES THE ABILITY FOR US TO
SHOW YOU THAT PROGRAM AND WE
ARE WORKING THROUGH IT AND, YOU
KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE
DONE.
AND IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER
THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTED TWO
SHOWER FACILITIES.
ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES OR
TRAILERS WILL GO TOWARDS THE
SEATTLE CENTER.
WE ARE COORDINATING WITH BOTH
SEATTLE CENTER STAFF TO HAVE
THAT ON THE GROUND HERE OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
AND THAT IS TO SUPPORT THE
SHELTER AND THE SHELTER THAT IS
AT THE PAVILION RIGHT NOW.
THE SECOND AS COLLEEN MENTIONED
EARLIER, WE WILL BE GOING TO
OCCIDENTAL PARK IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB AND
I REALLY WANT TO THANK COLLEEN
FOR JUMPING AT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PARTNER WITH US THERE AND
FOR STAFFING THAT SHOWERING
TRAILER.
I WOULD MENTION THAT AT
OCCIDENTAL PARK WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MID
AND SPU TO ENSURE THAT THE PARK
IS READY TO RECEIVE THE
TRAILERS AND ALSO TO SUPPORT
THE MEALS PROGRAM, WHICH IS
MOVED OUTDOORS PROVIDING MEALS
CONSISTENT WITH SOCIAL
DISTANCIG.
AND ON THE CLEAN CITY PROGRAM,
SU IS CONSIDERING THOSE
EFFORTS.
AND OBVIOUSLY OUR COMMUNITY IS
TO DOUBLE THAT BY THE END OF
APRIL AND TO INCREASED KNOWN TO
BE LEAKING AND THE CONTACT
PRIMARILY IN BALLARD AND TO
ARRANGE THE WASTE WATER
DISPOSAL.
OUR ENCAMPMENT TRASH PROGRAM IS
CONTINUING.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO
ADDITIONAL ENCAMPMENT TRASH
LOCATIONS AT COLORADO AVENUE
SOUTH AND EIGHTH AVENUE AND
SOUTH OTHELLO.
COLLECTIONING TRASH FROM 16
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
AND SPU IS DISTRIBUTING TO THE
ENCAMPMENTS, AND THEY
DISTRIBUTED 628 BAGS,
COLLECTING 5,265 POUNDS OF
TRASH AND SINCE JANUARY, SPU,
THEY ARE DISTRIBUTING 71,269
BEDS AND COLLECTED OVER A
MILLION POUNDS OF TRASH.
SPU IS ALSO PROVIDING WEEKLY
BAGS, LITTER PICK UP AT 14
SITES AROUND THE CITY.
IN PARTICULAR SPA HAS ARRANGED
THE COLLECTION, ALL OF OUR
PORTA-POTTY SITES AND IN
ADDITION IN MARCH, SPU
COLLECTED MORE THAN 14,000
SYRINGES FROM CITY PUBLIC
RIGHTS AWAY AND LOCATED AROUND
THE CITY.
AND SINCE THAT PROGRAM BEGAN OF
AUGUST OF 2016, THAT'S OVER 327
SHARKS THAT HAVE BEEN
COLLECTED.
LASTLY THE CITY FUNDS 11
DIFFERENT DAY CENTERS AND THE
URBAN REST STOPS INCLUDING
SHOWERS.
THOSE HAVE REMAINED OPEN
THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD AND IT
IS A $6 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT
THE CITY MAKES, DISTRIBUTING
HYGIENE KITS TO DATE AND CLOSE
TO 1,500 HYGIENE KITS.
KITS ARE BEING HANDED OUT BY
THE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS AND THE
OFFICERS AS THEY WOULD ENGAGE
AS PART OF THE OUTREACH
EFFORTS.
THOSE KITS WILL CONTAIN THE
HYGIENE SUPPLIES, INFORMATIONAL
PARKS AND PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL
AS THE MAP OF THE HYGIENE FIRE
STATIONS THAT ARE MADE
AVAILABLE.
WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH THE
THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEE.
BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY,
THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE
SHELTER OPERATIONS, OTHER
PROVIDERS TO SUPPLY THEIR NEEDS
FOR THE PROCUREMENT THAT WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE
PAST FEW WEEKS.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'RE NOT
THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY LOOKING
TO FILL THE SUPPLY NEEDS, BUT
WE'RE DOING AS BEST AS WE CAN.
WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT IN
WORKING WITH THE OTHERS, TO TRY
TO AUGMENT THOSE EFFORTS.
AND BEFORE I MOVE ON TO BALLARD
COMMONS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE
OTHER TOPICS OF THIS COUNCIL
MEETING, MEMBER LEWIS, I WOULD
JUST LIKE TO COMMENT.
AND ALSO THAT THEY COMMENTED
EARLIER ABOUT THE NATIONAL
GUARD AND I WOULD JUST SAY
THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR
HERSELF HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH
BOTH THE GOVERNOR AND THE HEAD
OF THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR WELL
OVER A MONTH FOR ASKING FOR
SUPPORT AND RESOURCES, NOT JUST
IN SHELTERING, BUT THE OTHER
SERVICES.
AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THEY
WERE ONGOING.
BUT THE NATIONAL GUARD, THEY
HAVE YET TO TAKE ON THOSE
REQUESTS, BUT I DID WANT TO
ENSURE EVERYONE, WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REQUEST
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FROM BOTH
THE FEDS AND THE STATE AND THE
NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST US.
THE OTHER THING I REALLY WANT
TO EMPHASIZE THAT WAS SAID FROM
THE PREVIOUS PANEL THAT ALL OF
OUR SHELTERS, OPERATORS, OTHER
PARTNERS IN THIS WORK ARE
STRETCHED VERY THIN.
AND YOU KNOW THAT IS AN
OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINT THAT WE
CANNOT IGNORE.
WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO DO
THAT.
WE HAVE STOOD UP THIS WEEK AND
A NEW REASSIGNMENT HUB HERE AND
THAT HUB TO MEET THOSE NEEDS
AND THAT I WANT TO BE VERY
CLEAR, NORMALLYTHESE EFFORTS,
WE DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE NOT
ABLE TO SUPPORT US RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THEY ARE ENGAGED, THEY
ARE STRETCHED THIN AS WE ARE.
AND SO THAT IS AN OPERATIONAL
CHALLENGE FOR US THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.
THE LAST THING I MENTIONED JUST
ON GENERAL ACCESS IS, YOU KNOW,
WHILE A NUMBER OF SORT OF
PLACES THAT INDIVIDUALS COULD
NORMALLY USE RESTROOMS THAT ARE
NOT CITY FACILITIES.
OF COURSE WE FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THERE IS A GREAT NEED AND
WE ARE WORKING TO FILL IT.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO
STAY OPEN ACROSS THE CITY.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND YOUR INDIVIDUAL
DISTRICTS IF YOU COULD WORK
WITH THOSE ESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES.
AND TO HELP ENSURE THAT THERE
ARE BATHROOMS AND THEY ARE MADE
AVAILABLE.
AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE I THINK BRITTANY
MENTIONED IT.
TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO
OUR OUTREACH TEAM AND BOTH THE
CITIES AND THE OTHER OUTREACH
TEAMS.
THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY
HELPFUL.
AND WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER,
WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMENTS IF
THAT IS OKAY.
>> YES, THANK YOU, DEPUTY
MAYOR.
>> THAT IS WHAT THE DIRECTOR
HAS INFLUENCED.
AND BOTH WITH THE COVID-19
RESPONSE AND THE LIBRARY IS
BEING CLOSED.
AND A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS,
THEY ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED.
AND THEY HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT
OF TIME AND TRYING TO GET MORE
COORDINATED IN OUR WORK THERE.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL
MEMBER FOR BRINGING FOLKS
TOGETHER LAST WEEK.
AS WELL.
WE WILL TAKE A FEW QUESTIONS.
AND THAT THEY WERE OUT THERE ON
MONDAY.
THERE WAS STILL ONE THAT WAS
PRESENT AND THE OTHERS HAVE
DISPERSED, BUT THEY DID REFUSE
THE PUMPED OUT SERVICES.
AND THEY REMAIN OPEN.
AND WE HAVE PARKS THAT HAVE
BROUGHT IN A COUPLE OF
ADDITIONAL PORTA POTTIES WHILE
THE LIEU WAS CLOSED, BUT WE
DECIDED TO LEAVE THOSE PORTA
POTTIES THERE.
IN ADDITION TO THE PORTLAND
LIEU WE HAVE ADJUSTED OUR
CLEANING PROTOCOLS BASED ON
GUIDANCE FROM PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN OUT THERE
FOR SEVERAL DAYS THIS WEEK AND
ENGAGING WITH THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED,
TRYING TO GET AN ASSESSMENT OF
THEIR NEEDS.
AND THE INTEREST ON COMING
INDOORS.
OFFERING THE VOLUNTARY
VACCINATION SERVICES.
SO WE ARE AS THE FAMILY BEING
MORE COORDINATED MANY THEIR
EFFORTS THERE AND THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEPUTY
MAYOR, THERE ARE SEVERAL
QUESTIONS.
I HOPE WE CAN GET THROUGH AS
MANY OF THESE AS POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE FIRST
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES WHO HAS
TWO QUESTIONS.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA,
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST IS HOW IS IT POSSIBLY
THAT WE ARE SEEING A SPIKE IN
HEPATITIS A IN THE BALLARD AREA
AND CONSIDERING THAT HSD AND
SPU AND THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO
HAVE SHIFTED TOWARDS OUTREACH
AND CLEAN UP GEARED TOWARDS
MORE OF A HEALTHY LIVING
ENVIRONMENT AND THAT IS ONE
QUESTION.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS
REPORTING RECENTLY ABOUT KING
COUNTY, HOW THEY STARTED
PURCHASING MOBILE SHOWERS,
RESTROOMS, FACILITIES, AND END
OF FEBRUARY.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY WE
HAVE NOT DONE THAT YET AND WHEN
WE'LL BE PURCHASING THE MOBILE
PIT STOP THAT COUNCIL OFFERED
IN NOVEMBER.
>> AND IN MY AREA OF EXPERTISE
THAT I'M NOT GOING TO ATTEMPT
TO BE AN EXPERT ON THAT AND
THEY WOULD SUGGEST THAT ACROSS
THE CITY, NOT JUST IN BALLARD
AND ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE
CURRENTLY HAVE MORE THE END OF
MARCH, THAT WE DID IN ALL OF
2019.
AND THAT I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS
ENTIRELY RELATED TO OUR COVID-
19 SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
TO ENSURE WE ARE MAINTAINING
ALL OF OUR FACILITIES TO STOP
THE SPREAD OF CAP A. AND
CERTAINLY MAKING SURE THERE IS
ACCESS OR CONTINUING FACTORS TO
MAKE SURE THERE ARE GREATER
ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS.
THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
MODEL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
ENGAGED WITH US ON, BUT WE ARE
IN A PART OF SAN FRANCISCO AND
OAKLAND AND LEARNING FROM THEM
ABOUT WHAT AND HOW THEY ARE
OPERATING THE FACILITIES IN OUR
COVID-19 STATE AND ARE TRYING
TO MIRROR THEIR WORK WITH THE
GUIDANCE WE ARE GETTING FROM
THE STATE AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
>> AND YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU
ARE RENTING THE FACILITIES.
WHEN WILL WE BE PURCHASING THE
ONES THAT COUNCIL AUTHORIZED?
>> EVERYONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
IS TRYING TO PURCHASE PORTA
POTTIES AND OTHER THINGS.
WE ARE THE BEST THAT WE COULD
DO RIGHT NOW, GET OUR HANDS ON
TWO TREATMENTS.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
YOUR QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS.
BUILDING OFF OF COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES' POINT.
WE ALLOCATED $1.3 MILLION IN
THE 2020 BUDGET.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I AND
COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW
SUPPORTED.
THIS IS PRIOR TO COVID.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE
DOING TO REDEPLOY THE $1.3
MILLION TO GET HAND WASHING
FACILITIES AND PORTA POTTIES IN
LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE
ARE CONCERTS THAT ARE NOT
HAPPENING, FAIRGROUNDS THAT ARE
NOT BEING USED, RETAILERS WHO
USUALLY RENT THESE OUT, WHAT
ARE WE DOING TO DEPLOY THESE
NOW?
AND THE SECOND PART OF MY
QUESTION IS IF I HAD COME INTO
THIS PRESENTATION AND I RESPECT
THAT YOU ARE BEING PULLED IN A
MILLION DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS,
BUT I WOULD HAVE FRANKLY SAID I
HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I'M
HAPPY TO E-MAIL YOU LATER, I
WANT TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THE
QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED
EARLIER.
AND THE THREE QUESTIONS BEING,
CAN WE OPEN UP OUR PUBLIC
FACILITIES AND HAVE THESE HAND
WASHING AND SHOWER FACILITES
OPEN TO THOSE WHO NEED IT.
AND HOW ARE WE WORKING TO STAFF
THOSE UP WITH TRAUMA INFORMED
PEOPLE?
HOW ARE WE ALSO WORKING TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE BEDS THAT WERE
PROMISED, THE 1,900 BEDS, WHICH
I HAVE E-MAILED ABOUT ARE
ACTUALLY BEING DEPLOYED AND
OPEN?
AND AS YOU SAW IN MY E-MAIL AND
AS WAS JUST HEARD FROM THE
PANEL BEFORE, SAYING SOMETHING
COMING ONLINE AND THEN NOT
ACTUALLY HAVING THAT EXACT
NUMBER BE NEW BEDS IS JUST AS
DANGEROUS AS MAKING IT JUST AS
DANGEROUS AS NOT EVEN HAVING
THE BEDS THAT ARE MADE
AVAILABLE.
PEOPLE MIGHT NOT TRUST US.
ON BEDS AND HAND WASHING
FACILITIES, I WOULD LOVE FOR
YOU TO DIRECTLY RESPOND TO NOT
JUST WHAT HAS BEEN PURCHASED SO
FAR, AND BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE
THAT, BUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE
DONE IN ADDITION TO THOSE
RESPONSES PUT OUT THERE RIGHT
NOW.
LASTLY I WANT TO MAKE SURE
BEFORE A CALL IS PUT OUT TO ANY
PRIVATE RESTAURANT OWNERS TO
OPEN THEIR BATHROOMS WHERE
PEOPLE AREN'T SUPPOSE TO GO
PAST THE FRONT DESK AT THIS
POINT THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO
PUBLIC HEALTH ABOUT THAT
STRATEGY.
MY GUT REACTION THAT WAS NOT A
SOUND PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY TO
ASK RESTAURANT OWNERS TO ALLOW
PEOPLE TO USE THEIR RESTAURANTS
AGAIN.
IT WAS A BAD PUBLIC HEALTH
POLICY BEFORE COVID AND I DON'T
BELIEVE IT'S THE RIGHT STRATEGY
NOW.
I THINK WE NEED THOSE HAND
WASHING FACILITIES DEPLOYED AND
THOSE PUBLIC BUILDINGS OPEN
WITH TRAUMA INFORMED
INDIVIDUALS TO HELP PEOPLE GET
IN.
AND SO PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY
TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE
ASKED IN THE EARLIER PANEL, SO
WE CAN MOVE BEYOND WHAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED.
>> OKAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT I HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS
YOU JUST LISTED OFF.
I'M SORRY, MY BRAIN IS NOT
GOING THAT QUICKLY ANYMORE.
ONE WAS THE $1.3 MILLION, THIRD
WAS THE 1,900 BEDS AND THE
FOURTH WAS PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDANCE ON ESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES.
ON THE $1.34 MILLION, YOU KNOW,
I WOULD SAY THE COLOR OF MONEY
IS NOT THE THING THAT IS
DRIVING US RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET OUR HANDS
ON WHAT WE CAN GET.
AND DEPLOY THEM EXPEDITIOUSLY
BOTH PORTA POTTIES, HAND
WASHING STATIONS, AND AS I
MENTIONED THE TWO MOBILE SHOWER
TRAILER UNITS.
ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES IS OUR
ABILITY TO PROCURE THOSE
THINGS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN
PLACE THAT CAN MAINTAIN THEM.
WE DO NOT WANT OUR BEST
INTENTIONS HERE TO COME FLYING
BACK AT US.
WE ARE HAVING CHALLENGES
MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE
ALREADY PUT OUT.
WE ARE NOT RECOGNIZING THE NEED
OR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT
PROGRAM.
BUT WE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME
CHALLENGES.
AS I MENTIONED, ONCE WE HAVE
THOSE 14 SITES SET UP, THE
CURRENT COST OF THOSE IS HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH TO
OPERATE THEM.
SO WITH RESPECT TO THE ONE
POINT, I'M TRYING NOT TO GET
INTO THE COLOR OF THE MONEY
SITUATION BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT
BUY US VERY MUCH IN OUR CURRENT
ENVIRONMENT WHEN WE ARE
COMPETING FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
FOR THESE HIGH PRIORITY
RESOURCES.
GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE WORKING
WITH FEMA AND WE DO HAVE A
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER THAT IS
ALLOWING US TO TRY TO GET AS
MUCH OF THIS FUNDED OR
REIMBURSED BY FEMA.
SO WE'RE TRYING NOT TO LET OUR
COST BE THE DRIVER HERE.
BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T IN THIS
GREAT ENVIRONMENT.
BUT IT IS, THAT IS JUST OUR
SITUATION.
SO I'M TRYING.
THAT MAY NOT BE A SATISFACTORY
ANSWER, BUT $1.34 MILLION IN
OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT IS NOT
GOING TO GET US VERY FAR.
ON THE OPENING OF PUBLIC
FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, CLOSING
PUBLIC FACILITIES IS ONE OF THE
HARDEST DECISIONS THE MAYOR HAD
TO MAKE.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF REASONS AND FACTORS
THAT WENT INTO THAT DECISION.
WE CONTINUE TO ASSESS WHETHER
OR NOT THAT IS SOMETHING WE
SHOULD MAINTAIN.
BUT I THINK FOR LIBRARIES IN
PARTICULAR AND, YOU KNOW, THE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THEIR WORK
FORCE, A LOT OF THEM FIT THE
BILL FOR VULNERABLE, OVER 60,
OR HAVE SOME TYPE OF UNDERLYING
HEALTH CONDITION.
THEIR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN
LIBRARY FACILITIES WHILE
MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS, AND
THEY ARE NOT TRAINED FOR TRUE
MA INFORMED PROVIDING TRAUMA
INFORMED SERVICES.
SO YOU KNOW THAT IS, AGAIN, AN
OPERATIONAL BARRIER FOR US THAT
WE ARE TRYING TO PROBLEM SOLVE.
ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER SIDE,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 26, 11 OF THE
26 COMMUNITY CENTERS, THEY WILL
HAVE THEIR BATHROOM FACILITIES
ALREADY OPEN.
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT
OTHER PORTABLE SOLUTIONS, YOU
KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE LOOKING
AT HOW WE AUGMENT WHERE THEY
ARE CLOSING ONE OF THE SITES.
AND THE LAKE CITY FOR EXACTLY
THAT REASON.
ON THE 1,900 BEDS, YOU KNOW, I
DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE
SEMANTICS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THE REALITY IS THERE ARE 1,900
NEW BEDS THAT ARE COMING
ONLINE.
AND SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
COUNTY WE ARE DOING THAT.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR, THAT IS NOT
CORRECT.
>> ALLISON?
>> ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS
CAN INTERACT WITH THE PANELIST.
SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO THROW
THAT OUT THERE.
I'M SURE THAT THE COUNCIL
MEMBER WILL RAISE THAT
QUESTION.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE ARE
AT THE PHASE WHERE COUNCIL
MEMBERS WILL INTERACT WITH THE
PANEL AND JUST APPRECIATE YOUR
YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THAT.
SORRY.
>> BUT I DO COUNCIL MEMBER, I
DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORD NEW.
I WILL NOTE THAT.
I WILL MAKE SURE GOING FORWARD
WE ARE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT
WORD.
>> THAT MEANS THAT INDIVIDUALS
WERE MOVED FROM EXISTING BEDS
TO EXISTING SHELTERS.
SO I THINK THE CONCERN WE'RE
HEARING AND THE CONCERN I THINK
WE'RE HAVING IS THAT THERE
WEREN'T 1,900 NEW BEDS.
THEY WERE BEDS THAT HAVE BEEN
FILLED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
IN PLACES LIKE OUR SEATTLE HALL
THAT HAD TO BE DEDENSITIED.
AND THAT IS WHERE THE
FRUSTRATION IS COMING FROM WHEN
WE HEAR THE WORD NEW.
I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE
HONEST WITH FOLKS ABOUT HOW
MANY NEW BEDS ARE COMING ONLINE
AND WHEN THOSE NEW FACILITIES
OPEN.
I THINK A LOT OF US THINK GREAT
THAT HAS ACCESS TO HYGIENE
CENTERS AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE
OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION.
AND THEN WE ARE HAVING TO KIND
OF CLARIFY THESE ARE NOT NEW
BEDS THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC.
AS AN EARLIER PANEL MEMBER SAID
TRANSLATES INTO WHEN WE
ANNOUNCE NEW HAND WASHING
FACILITIES AND WE ARE NOT
MEETING THE NEEDS.
WE ARE LOSING THE PUBLIC'S
TRUST.
>> GOT IT, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, I
PROBABLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE OR
TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO DEPUTY MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD HAS A QUESTION AND I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER.
I HAVE A CLOSING QUICK QUESTION
FOR YOU, SO COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD?
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS HAS A
QUESTION TOO.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> AND I TOO HAVE A PART
QUESTION.
BACK ON MARCH 27, THERE WAS A
HEADS UP.
AND WE VISITED REGULARLY BY SPU
STAFF.
AND AT THE TIME I HAD ASKED FOR
MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT
SCHEDULE, AND I'M STILL WAITING
ON THAT.
>> OKAY.
>> AND ALSO AS IT WILL RELATE
TO THE MAPS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT
OUT THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF
THE MAPS HAVE BEEN PUT OUT.
AND AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY.
AND ONE SAYS IT IS OPEN, WELL
TWO OF THEM SAY THEY ARE OPEN
7:00 A.M.
TO 7:00 OR 9:00 P.M.
AND THEN ONE OF THOSE TWO
INDICATES THAT IT IS NEW.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT NEW MEANS
BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE
EXISTING BRICKS AND MORTAR
BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
REOPEN.
THERE ARE TWO BRICKS AND MORTAR
BUILDINGS.
I HAVE JUST RECENTLY VISITED.
JUST IN THE LAST 48 HOURS.
AND ONLY ONE OF THOSE TWO
BRICKS AND MORTAR BUILDINGS ARE
OPEN.
AND THIS MAP WILL INDICATE THAT
IT SEEMS TO INDICATE THE MAP
LIST.
IT SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT TWO
OF THEM ARE OPEN.
THEN IN THE SECTION WHERE THEY
WILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT SPU
COMFORT STATIONS, AND I'M
PRESUMING THAT THOSE SPU
COMFORT STATIONS ARE THE NEW
PORTA POTTIES AND THE HAND
WASHING STATIONS BECAUSE IT
SEEMS TO BE THE SIX THAT HAVE
BEEN RECENTLY ANNOUNCED.
AND IT SAYS OPEN 24 HOURS.
WHEN I WAS OUT THERE WHEN THOSE
WERE FIRST DEPLOYED AND THE
SIGN SAYS 7:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
AND NOT 24 HOURS, SO I WANT TO
FLAG THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE
MORE DETAIL ON THE COST THAT
EACH ONE OF THESE LOCATIONS
WILL COST $30,000 A MONTH AND
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY
STAFFING COST.
I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO KNOW
WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING PRICE GOUGING IN
THIS TIME OF GREAT NEED.
AND AS IT RELATES TO
SPECIFICALLY TO BE MOBILE PIT
STOPS.
AND THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE
TALKED AT.
18 HAND WASHING STATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ARE NEW
LOCATIONS.
AND THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
INSTALLED, AND WHERE THEY ARE
IF THAT IS THE CASE OR IF THIS
IS AN ERROR AND THEY ARE
REPORTING SOMETHING AS HAVING
ALREADY HAPPENED THAT IS YET TO
HAPPEN.
AND THEN FINALLY I WANT TO FLAG
THE FIRST PROTOTYPES FOR THE
MOBILE PT STOP THAT WE WOULD
NEED TO TALK ABOUT CALLED THE
LAVA MAY.
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS IN LOS
ANGELES.
WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED THAT
PROTOTYPE, THEY DID NOT GO TO
BUY SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY
MADE.
THEY MADE IT AND THEY WOULD
WORK WITH THEIR PIPE FITTERS
AND THE PLUM ARERS UNIONS TO
RETRO FIT THE OLD BUSES.
IF WE CANNOT BUY STUFF RIGHT
NOW, JUST LIKE WE WOULD WORK
WITH THE CARPENTER'S UNION TO
BUILD THE TINY HOUSES, WE NEED
TO MAKE THESE THINGS AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
AND SUFFICE TO SAY THAT IT WILL
BE BOTH AND THAT YOU POINTED
OUT WHERE IT WILL NOT BE
SOMETHING FOR THOSE
CONSISTENCIES AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT AND TO
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND THE REST
OF THE COUNCIL ON THAT.
WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT TRYING TO
MISLEAD ANYONE.
AND REALLY I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
I WANT US TO BE AS ACCURATE AND
REFLECTIVE OF THE EVOLVING
SITUATION AS WE CAN.
AND IMPORTANTLY TO MAKE SURE
OUR OUTREACH TEAM AND BOTH THE
CITIES AND THE OTHERS WILL HAVE
THE INFORMATION AND THEY HAVE
THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED
AND WHEN THEY ARE OUT ENGAGING
WITH THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
THE PORTA-POTTY AND THE HAND
WASHING STATIONS, THEY'RE
ORIGINALLY SHOWING YOU THE
PROGRAM.
TO HAVE SET HOURS EVERY DAY.
VERY QUICKLY INTO OUR
PROGRAMMING THAT WE FOUND IT
WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR US TO
MAINTAIN THAT.
AND SO THOSE FACILITIES, THEY
ARE NOW 24/7.
THERE IS A CHANGE IN PROGRAM
BASED ON THE EARLY EXPERIENCE
THAT WE WERE HAVING.
IT WILL BE A SIMPLE SUPPLY AND
DEMAND.
AND MY HOPE IS, I DON'T SET THE
PRICES, SO I'M NOT GOING TO
SPEAK FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
BUT I -- MY HOPE IS OVERTIME
THESE COSTS WILL COME DOWN.
BUT WITH THAT SAID WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT, I THINK AS WE WOULD
BEGIN, THEY COULD DIG MORE INTO
úPRE-COVID, THE PROGRAM AND THE
MODEL THAT YOU AND OTHERS HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON.
THE ESTIMATES WERE LOW.
AND THE COSTS, THEY WERE
ACTUALLY GREATER AND I'M HAPPY
TO CHAT OFFLINE ABOUT THAT.
BUT ONCE SPU BEGAN TO OPERATE
THAT, THAT PLAN AND THAT COST
OPERATED QUITE TRUE.
THAT IT MIGHT BE A REFLECTION
OF TAKING THAT NUMBER.
BUT I WANT TO GET YOUR REAL
EFFORT OR NOT AND NOT
SPECULATE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ HAS
A COUPLE OF CLOSING REMARKS.
AND THAT WE COULD GET YOU OUT
OF THERE SOON AND TO APPRECIATE
YOU TAKING THE TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS.
I WANT TO JUST, FIRST I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS A VERY
DIFFICULT SPACE FOR US TO ALL
NAVIGATE AND OPERATE IN.
AND WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM
MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES IS WHAT I
HOPE IS A SHARED FRUSTRATION
AND BEING ABLE TO REALLY
OPERATE AND REALIZE WHAT I HOPE
IS A MUTUAL GOAL AND INTENT OF
STANDING UP APPROPRIATE PUBLIC
HEALTH TRAUMA INFORMED
STRATEGIES AND TOOLS TO HELP
WITH THE HYGIENE NEEDS OF THOSE
FOLKS WHO DO NOT HAVE THAT
ABILITY TO SHELTER IN PLACE AS
MANY OF US ARE CURRENTLY
ENJOYING.
I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, FIRST
START OFF BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE
EFFORTS.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE
STILL FALLING SHORT ON OUR
ABSOLUTE MORAL OBLIGATION AND
DUTY TO MEET THE HYGIENE NEEDS
OF THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND YOU KNOW, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FACT.
OUR STRATEGY IN THIS SPACE WAS
UNSATISFACTORY.
SO BEFORE THE COVID PANDEMIC
HIT OUR COMMUNITY, WE WOULD
RELY ON THE GRACIOUSNESS FOR
THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE MADE
AVAILABLE IN OUR PUBLIC
LIBRARIES WERE ACCESSIBLE TO
THOSE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
THAT MEANS THAT THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE NOWHERE TO SHELTER
DURING THE DAY OR AT NIGHTTIME.
AND THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
TOILETS AND SINKS.
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
AND IT IS SORT OF GOING TO PEEL
IN COMPARE SEASON TO WHAT THAT
TRUE SCALE OF THE NEED IS.
I REALLY WANT US TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION IN REALITY THAT IS
BASED ON THE EMERGENCY
RESPONSE, THOSE THAT ARE ROOTED
IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCEPTS,
TRILY GOING TO AT LEAST ATTEMPT
TO RISE TO THAT OCCASION TO
MEET THE SCALE OF THE NEED.
WHEN I HEAR THAT WE HAVE 14
PORTA POTTIES SOMEWHERE OR TWO
TOILETS OVER HERE, I MEAN I
APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
POTENTIALLY 14 OR TWO TOILETS,
WE ARE UPWATERS OF 6,000
PEOPLE.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE HAVING A
CONVERSATION BASED ON THE
REALITY IN TERMS OF WHAT THE
ACTUAL NEED IS.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION AND TO BE
PRODUCTIVE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO NOT POINT FINGERS, BUT TO
COME TOGETHER.
AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WANT TO SHOW THAT WE ARE
NOT SHOWING YOU THE OUTBREAK
THAT WILL BRING US TOGETHER
HERE TODAY, THAT'S PRIMARILY
ABOUT THE LACK OF ACCESS TO THE
TOILETS AND THE SINKS, IN ORDER
TO ENGAGE IN HAND WASHING.
AND YES OTHER ISSUES THAT COULD
BE SORT OF TRUE TO THAT AND
RELATED TO THE COVID CRISIS,
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
STAYING FOCUSED ON THE CURRENT
NEED OF THE POPULATION THAT IS
EMERGING, WHICH IS THE OUTBREAK
ON TOP OF THE RISK EXPOSURE TO
THE DEADLY COVID 19 VIRUS.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE STAYING FOCUSED ON THAT
AND I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO HEAR
FROM YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE WITH THE
EXECUTIVE IN IDENTIFYING REAL
SOLUTIONS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO
BE CAUGHT UP IN BUREAUCRACY, TO
THOSE WHO WILL NEED IT THE MOST
AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE US TO
REALLY THINK ABOUT THE MOST
CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE COULD DO
THAT.
TO HELP US DELIVER ON OUR
OBLIGATIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS
OF FOLKS, RELYING ON US.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THE SHARED
IN FRUSTRATIONS, THE NEEDS ARE
GREAT AND EXACERBATED, THE FACT
THAT SO MANY FOLKS ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
NORMALLY THAT WE WILL TURN TO
AND EVEN WHEN THEY ARE OPEN, IT
IS NOT ENOUGH.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO
BE IN THAT AGREEMENT THAT WE
ARE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO
END THAT MOMENT AND REPLACE
THAT CAPACITY, THAT SCALE THAT
THERE ARE TOO MANY CHALLENGES
FOR US.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE NOT
TRYING AND WE DON'T WANT TO
WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
COUNCIL AS WE WILL GO ABOUT
TRYING TO FILL THE NEED.
WE ARE GOING TO NEED HELP.
IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THIS.
DIRECTOR HAYES AND I HAVE
SPOKEN ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES
ABOUT WHAT AND HOW WE HAVE A
PROGRAM THAT WILL WORK AND THAT
IS, AGAIN, MEETING THEIR NEEDS,
ALSO PROTECTING THEM TO GET
BACK TO O, YOU KNOW, JUST THE
DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE
AROUND STAFFING, CLEANING.
WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
AND AS BEST AS WE CAN.
ALL THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING IN
AND WE ARE OPEN TO HAVING THAT
CREATIVE CONVERSATION.
EARLIER AND HE IS IN THE Q. HAT
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> CHAIR LEWIS, THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP
THE MEETINGS.
EITHER CARD NATEING OR
REQUESTING AS YOU AND YOUR
DEPARTMENT KNOW.
IN THE HEPATITIS A CASES FOR
THE LAST NUMBER OF WEEKS.
I USE THIS TO CALL ON THE
ISSUE.
ON A TYPICAL DAY JUST WITH THE
STARBUCKS AND THE LIBRARY THAT
WILL ALLOW FOR 1 STALLS EACH
LOCATION AND TO HAVE THOSE
AVAILABLE.
I WANT TO SIGNAL MY
APPRECIATION FOR YOU TO
BRINGING THOSE HAND WASHING
STATIONS TO THE PARK.
THAT WAS NOT ON THE ORIGINAL
LIST BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS A
PREVENTABLE DISEASE AND A VIRUS
THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE
APPROPRIATE HAND WASHING
STATIONS, THE APPROPRIATE
THINGS, ALSO THANKING YOU FOR
THE INCREASED SANITATION AND
FOR THE INCREASE OUTREACH BY
THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT
THAT WE WILL NEED TO BE OPENING
UP THE BATHROOM FACILITIES THAT
WILL UTILIZE SOAP AND NOT HAND
SANITIZERS.
AND WE NEED TO -- I'VE HEARD
REPORTS THAT PEOPLE ARE
DRINKING THE WATER THAT IS
BEING PROVIDED FOR HAND
WASHING.
MUCH OF THIS YOU HAVE HEARD
FROM ME MANY TIMES ALREADY.
AND AS WELL AS YOUR COMMENTS
FROM THE COLLEAGUES.
WE COULD FOLLOW UP OFFLINE AND
WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I
THOUGHT WERE RAISED IN UPSING
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POSSIBLY
WORK WITH THE EXECUTIVE ON.
IT WAS RAISED THAT WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF GYMS THAT HAVE BEEN
CLOSED IN THE CITY CUE TO THE
PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE
MANY THAT JIM AND SO THERE HAS
TO BE A LOT OF SHOWER AND THE
HYGIENE FACILITIES.
THAT COULD BE THE POTENTIAL
AREA WHERE MAYBE THERE ARE SOME
GYMS IN THAT CITY AND THEY
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
CONTACTING THE SERVICES.
AND IT MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING
AREA TO EXPLORE.
NOW THE OTHER THING I WANT TO
FLAG EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE GOT
AN UPDATE FROM OUR REACH FOLKS.
AND ABOUT LIKE A REAL MOVING
STORY, WHERE SHE HAD TO PROVIDE
A PAIR OF HER OWN PANTS TO
SOMEONE ON HER CASE LOAD JUST
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
THOSE RESOURCES THAT DO PROVIDE
HEALTH OUTREACH, FOLKS THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING THE HOMELESSNESS
AND EXPERIENCING THEIR OWN
SHUTDOWN OR THE LACK OF THE
ABILITY TO GET OUT THERE AND
PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES.
AND I KNOW THAT THE RESOURCE
CENTER AT THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT.
THEY DO HAVE A STORE THAT ARE
READILY AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC, THAT ARE IN NEED
OF HAVING NEW CLOTHES PROVIDED.
AND IN A TIME WITH AN ISSUE
THAT I HAD NOT REALLY
CONSIDERED UNTIL THIS
PRESENTATION IS POSSIBLY ON OUT
THERE JUST HAVING BASIC ACCESS.
THAT MAY BE A STEADY RESOURCE
THAT IS UNDERUTILIZED DURING
THIS CRISIS DUE TO THE
MUNICIPAL COURT THAT IS BEING
CLOSED TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER
RESOURCE TO THE OUTREACH
WORKERS.
I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK THE
COMMENTS AROUND THOSE PUBLIC
BUILDINGS AND LIKE I SAID
EARLIER ON MY COUNCIL WEBSITE
THAT I HAVE CREATED A MAP OF
WHAT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE IN THAT
OPEN STATION AND SOME OF WHICH
ARE PUBLIC BUILDINGS THAT WERE
PROVIDED TO JEFF ON CENTRAL
STAFF YESTERDAY I BELIEVE THAT
ARE OPEN WITH THE POSTED HOURS.
IF THERE ARE WAYS TO WORK
TOGETHER TO EXPAND THAT LIST
WITH MORE PUBLIC BUILDINGS THAT
COULD BE OPEN AND I THINK THAT
IS AN YOUR WHERE WE COULD WORK
ON FIGURING OUT THE FEASIBILITY
OF OPENING UP AT LEAST IN A
LIMITED WAY MORE PUBLIC
BUILDINGS FOR HYGIENE
FACILITIES.
AND THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
THINGS THAT I WANTED TO FLAG
AND NO NEED TO ANSWER NOW IF
YOU NEED TO GET OFF.
WE COULD FOLLOW UP ONLINE ON
THIS.
AND DEPUTY, I WILL GIVE YOU THE
LAST WORD FOR WHEN YOU NEED TO
LEAVE.
THEN WE'LL CLOSE OUT THE
COMMITTEE MEETING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE ARE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU ON THAT AND ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS.
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
MENTIONED, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK
INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK TODAY
WAS A VERY HELPFUL AND
INSIGHTFUL CONVERSATION, I'M
GAD WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM
COLLEEN AND ALLISON AND
JESSICA.
AND BRITTANY, DAWN, AND THE
FIRST PANEL.
TRULY HAPPY DIRECTOR HAYES WAS
ABLE TO JOIN US AS WELL.
I GUESS IN CLOSING I WOULD JUST
LIKE TO SAY ON SORT OF MAPPING
OUT THE EXISTING FACILITIES
AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE
WORKING VERY CLOSELY ON AND
THAT YOU HAVE PUT SOMETHING ON
YOUR WEBSITE AND WE WILL SEE IF
THERE ARE WAYS FOR YOU TO
AMPLIFY THAT WORK AS WELL.
AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO
REALLY EMPHASIZE THOUGH TO
REMIND FOLKS THAT WE ARE
WORKING TO BE RESPONSIVE, BUT
WE ARE IN AN INCREDIBLY DYNAMIC
ENVIRONMENT.
AND WHERE THE GUIDANCE, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND THE CDC
WOULD ISSUE THE NEW GUIDANCE
LAST WEEK.
PUBLIC HEALTH, THEY CONTINUE TO
REFINE ITS GUIDANCE.
AND OUR STAFFING, CHALLENGES,
NOT JUST HERE AT THIS CITY, BUT
ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS AND
OUR GO-TO FOLKS AND PARTNERS
ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME
STAFFING CHALLENGES THAT WE
WILL HAVE AS WELL.
AND AS I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE
REQUESTED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
FROM THE FEDS AND THE STATE AND
FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD AND
THAT IS YET TO MATERIALIZE.
SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ABOUT
ACKNOWLEDGING THE NEDS OR
WANTING TO FULFILL THOSE NEEDS
AND THAT IT IS A REALITY THAT
WE WILL HAVE SOME CHECKS AND
BARRIERS AND BEING ABLE TO DO
SO.
BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH
THOSE AND I WANT TO ENSURE THE
COUNCIL THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN
COORDINATION WITH KING COUNTY
AS WELL AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN
OUR SHELTER AND UNSHELTERED
HOMELESS POPULATION.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
COORDINATION ON NOT JUST
HYGIENE, BUT TESTING.
AND QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION
AND NEW HOUSING UNITS, YOU
KNOW, THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF RELATED COMPONENTS TO THIS
THAT ARE COMPLICATING FACTORS.
BUT WE ARE LEANING IN, TRYING
TO BRING AS MANY SOLUTIONS AND
BRING IT FORWARD AS WE ARE
HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE
WITH YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES AS
WE WILL GO HERE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE
UPDATES.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT IT IS A
CHALLENGING TIME FOR ALL OF US,
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING MORE
GENEROUS WITH YOUR TIME THAN
ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED AND TO
ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CASEY.
>> THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER.
>>> OKAY, SO I DON'T REALLY
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CLOSING
REMARKS, AND CLOSING REMARKS
THAT I MADE TO DEPUTY MAYOR.
AND I'M SURE THAT WE WILL BE
WORKING TOGETHER WITH CITY
CENTRAL STAFF HERE AND ALL OF
OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO
CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF
THE ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED
AROUND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE
ASSETS ARE BEING PURCHASED OR
BEING DEPLOYED, AND THAT WE'RE
DOING OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE ARE MADE AWARE OF
THESE ASSETS.
LIKEI MENTIONED A COUPLE OF
TIMES IN THE PRESENTATION THAT
I HAVE A MAP AND A LIST THAT
WAS PROVIDED TO JEFF EARLIER IN
THE WEEK.
I DO THINK THAT IS A GOOD WAY
TO START IN BEING ABLE TO LOOK
AT ALL THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
ASSETS.
I MEAN TO GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES' POINT EARLIER, IT
REALLY DOES SHOW THAT THERE ARE
PLACES IN THE CITY.
AND THAT WE DO HAVE A GAP OF
HYGIENE SERVICES.
BY PUTTING IT ALL OUT THERE BY
MAPPING THE RESOURCES THAT ARE
MADE AVAILABLE, THAT IT WILL
HELP US IDENTIFY WHRE WE
SHOULD BE USING OUR ADVOCACY
AND THE OVERSIGHT OBLIGATIONS
TO INCREASE, PROTECT, AND
EXPAND THOSE HYGIENE
INVESTMENTS.
AND SO WITH THAT I JUST WANT TO
ASK IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS
WANTED TO MAKE CLOSING REMARKS
OR MAKE SOME COMMENTS BASED ON
THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
AND RELAY ANY OTHER BUSINESS
FOR THE COMMITTEE.
AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE
COMMENTS, I WILL FORMALLY
ADJOURN THE MEETING.
ANYONE WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED
FOR CLOSING REMARKS?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION IF THAT IS
OKAY?
>> HELLO?
>> OH, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO PUT
IT OUT THERE THAT AS PROVIDERS,
WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT ANY
INFORMATION OR ANY OF THE WHOLE
PLAN AND EVERYTHING AND THAT I
KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS
ALWAYS A RISK AND CONCERNS AND
PROBLEMS THAT COME WITH
RESOURCING THIS LARGE COMMUNITY
THAT HAVE SO MANY COMPLEX
CHALLENGES.
AS PROVIDERS LIKE WE ARE HERE
TO GET THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO
MINIMIZE THOSE CHALLENGES.
AND BECAUSE WE WORK DIRECTLY
WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
SUBSTITUTE ISSUES, TRAUMA, AND
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LIKE THAT.
AND INSTEAD OF AN IDEA THAT
DOESN'T GO WELL, LIKE THE PORTA
POTTIES, AND THE CONSTRUCTION
OR ANYTHING.
JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO
FEEL FREE TO AND PLEASE TALK TO
PROVIDERS TO HELP WITH THOSE
ISSUES.
AND THAT COULD ALSO BE A WAY TO
REFER PEOPLE TO US AND HELP
THOSE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
YEAH, WE ARE HERE.
>> WELL JESSICA, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
AND ALL THE PROVIDERS ON OUR
FIRST PANEL, WE ALL REALLY
APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU
GUYS ARE DOING ON THE FRONT
LINES AT THIS TIME WHEN
INTERACTION OUT IN THE FIELD
CAN HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH
IMPLICATIONS TO IT.
YOU REALLY ARE, FIRST
RESPONDERS PROVIDING A VALUABLE
SERVICE.
I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE ON
THE COUNCIL WHERE WE THANK YOU
PROFOUNDLY FOR THAT SERVICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, DID YOU
WANT TO MAKE SOME REMARKS?
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I CAN'T
SEE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
>> THANK YOU TO THE PANEL AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR COMING
OUT, ENGAGING IN THIS
CONVERSATION.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE OF
YOU AS YOU SAID CHAIRMAN, WHO
ARE ON THE FRONT LINES.
I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE QUICK
COMMENT THOUGH, AND I THINK
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS CAN
UNDERSTAND THIS AS WELL THAT I
DON'T WANT TO GET INTO SOME
DISTRICTS HAVE MORE NEEDS THAN
OTHERS, BUT ONE AREA THAT WE'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE NORTH
END, OF COURSE, IS LAKE AURORA.
AND AURORA COMMONS AND A BUNCH
OF OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE TO DO
WITH HEP A, HEPATITIS.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT AND I WANT
TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR
ANSWERING THE HARD QUESTIONS
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR
TRYING TO RESPOND TO SOME OF
THAT.
MOST OF MY ISSUES I COULD GET
OFFLINE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK COLLEEN
AND HER WORK IN THE NATIVE
COMMUNITIES WE WORK CLOSELY
WITH HER OFFICE.
WE WILL STAY ENGAGED AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
WITH THAT HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS AND NO ONE SEEKING TO
BE RECOGNIZED TO MAKE
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, I'LL SAY
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL