>>> WELCOMED THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING.
TODAY IS OCTOBER 27, 2021.
I'M TERESA MOSQUEDA, CHAIR FOR
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE.
TIME IS 9:33.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT?
STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> HERE.
>> HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
>> HERE .
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> EIGHT RESIDENT.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHEN OUR FINAL COUNCILMEMBER
JOINS US, I WILL BE SURE TO
ANNOUNCE THEM.
THIS IS DAY TWO OF THE CITY
COUNCIL BUDGET DISCUSSION AND
DELIBERATIONS ABOUT POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH
COMMUNITY.
WE WILL HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN THE
FOLLOWING THREE CATEGORIES
TODAY.
FIRST, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
HOMELESS SERVICES.
THIS WILL THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE.
THE SECOND CATEGORY IS LIVABLE
AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
THIS WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF
PRIORITIES UNDER SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION.
FINALLY, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND ALTERNATIVES TO
POLICING.
THIS WILL INCLUDE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY
SAFETY COMMITTEE J REUBEN LONG
DETENTION CENTER, FIRE
DEPARTMENT, INSPECTOR GENERAL'S
OFFICE, SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT
, THE LAW DEPARTMENT, THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND
CONCLUDING WITH THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE ITEMS RELATED TO SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER.
ANOTHER FULL DAY, AGAIN,
ANTICIPATING WE WILL HAVE THE
FIRST HALF HOUR HERE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE WILL THEN GO INTO RECESS AT
1:00 P.M.
AND WE WILL RECONVENE AT 2:00
P.M.
WITH THE HOPES OF GETTING
EVERYONE OUT ON TIME.
THAT WOULD BE 5:00 P.M.
TONIGHT.
I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE
AGENDA WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE
ABILITY TO LOCK ON SEVEN
AMENDMENTS.
FIRST, I WILL MOVE THE AGENDA
SO WE CAN THEN MAKE THAT
AMENDMENT.
I MOVED TO ADOPT TODAY'S
AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO A JOB TO THE AGENDA.
NOW MOVED TO AMEND THE AGENDA
TO ADD THE FOLLOWING SEVEN WALK
ON AMENDMENTS FROM COUNCIL
CALLINGS.
THIS INCLUDES AMENDMENTS ONE
AND TWO, WALK ON AMENDMENTS FOR
THE OFFICE.
AMENDMENT ONE TO THE WALK-ON
AMENDMENT TO THE HOMELESS
DEPARTMENT.
AMENDMENT ONE, WALK-ON
AMENDMENT TO SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION'S.
AMENDMENT ONE AND TWO TO
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FINALLY, AMENDMENT ONE, WALK-ON
AMENDMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
I PLACE THESE ITEMS UNDER THE
ASSOCIATED AGENDA SECTION ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO ADD THESE SECOND
WALK-ON AMENDMENT UNDER THE
ASSOCIATED SECTION.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
>> I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL
STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THESE
WALK-ON AMENDMENTS AND
APPRECIATE THE SUMMARY EMAIL
THAT WAS SENT THIS MORNING AS
WELL TO HAVE ALL OF THESE
AMENDMENTS IN ONE PLACE.
MUCH APPRECIATED.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE
AGENDA?
>> LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES FOR THE
WALK-ON AMENDMENTS.
THEY ARE ADDED TO THE AGENDA
UNDER THE ASSOCIATED SECTION.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY?
HEARING NONE, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTIONS, THE AMENDED AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE MENDE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
IT IS NOW 9:30 7 AM AND WE ARE
GOING TO GO INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
JUST LIKE YESTERDAY AND EVERY
DAY, FOR THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WE HAVE
ALLOWED FOR THERE TO BE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY AT THE BEGINNING FOR
AT LEAST A HALF HOUR. AT THIS
TIME, WE WILL OPEN REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I KNOW THAT MANY FOLKS WANT TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. AS A
REMINDER, WE DO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
AGAIN TOMORROW.
YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CALL IN ON
MONDAY AND THE LARGER COMMITTEE
PUBLIC HEARING DEDICATED SOLELY
TO PUBLIC COMMENT IS GOING TO
BE IN THE EVENING ON NOVEMBER
10 AT 5:30 A.M.
IF YOU DON'T GET THE CHANCE TO
SPEAK TODAY, WE WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AT
ANY OF THESE OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES.
ARE FOLKS ON THE LINE, YOU WILL
HEAR A CHIME THAT SAYS THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT IS THE INDICATION TO HIT
á6 ON YOUR OWN END TO UNMUTE
ON YOUR END.
ALL ITEMS SHOULD RELATE TO THE
2022 BUDGET IN FRONT OF US.
YOU WILL HEAR A 10 SECOND CHIME
AT THE END OF YOUR ALLOTTED
TIME.
THAT IS ONE MINUTE.
THAT WILL BE YOUR INDICATION TO
WRAP UP.
PLEASE TO CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS
SO THAT YOU DON'T INADVERTENTLY
GET CUT OFF AND YOU HAVE
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, PLEASE
SEND THEM TO COUNCIL.
I WILL CALL TWO NAMES AT A TIME
IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
HERE IN TODAY'S AGENDA.
PLEASE BE PREPARED TO HIT START
SIX.
IT IS POSSIBLE WE CAN GET
THROUGH EVERYBODY TODAY.
THERE ARE 34 PEOPLE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL DO OUR BEST.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
THIS MORNING AND WE WILL GO
UNTIL 10:10.
HOWARD GAIL WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
PETER.
MORNING.
>> MORNING.
THIS AFTERNOON, YOU WILL
CONSIDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY
BUDGET. HE WILL BE CONSIDERING
A MOST 3.6 CUTS TO AN SPD
BUDGET THAT IS OVER 306 $5
MILLION.
WITH MOST OF THESE CUTS BEING
ONLY POTENTIAL.
IT IS BETTER NOT TO CONTINUE TO
FUND THE SD WHICH HAS DONE
GREAT HARM TO OUR COMMUNITY BUT
TO DO THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF
FAILING TO MITIGATE THE HARM TO
REAL POLICE ACOUNTABILITY IS A
PROFOUND MORAL FAILURE.
TO MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE,
YOU WILL CONTINUE TO FUND THE
OPA AND THE OIG AT $10.8 MILLION
WITHOUT EVALUATING THEIR
FAILURES AND SCANDALS OVER THE
PAST FEW YEARS.
THE COUNCIL IS PROPOSING TO ADD
A QUARTER MILLION TO THE OIG
BUDGET DESPITE THE CURRENT
SCANDALS, THE APPEARANCE OF
NUMEROUS WHISTLEBLOWERS AND
THEIR STAFF.
ARE YOU AWARE IT WAS TO BE THE
OVERSIGHT OF THE OPI
INVESTIGATION AND IS NOW HAVING
TO CONTRACT OUT ITS OVERSIGHT
TO A HIGH DOLLAR LAW FIRM
BECAUSE OF OIG CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST.
WILL YOU CONTINUE TO FUND THEM
TO FARM OUT WORK?
>> THANK YOU, HOWARD.
MORNING, PETER.
PETER IS FOLLOWED BY REVEREND
JEFFREY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS PETER FROM DISTRICT 6.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE MAYOR AND
POLICE CHIEF ARE TRYING TO
DECEIVE US.
SPD'S CAPACITY HAS PLUMMETED
THIS YEAR.
THEY LOST THE 911 CALL CENTER
AND PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET IS LARGER
THAN LAST YEAR AND INCLUDES $65
MILLION THAT ARE SIMPLY
UNACCOUNTED FOR.
FIRST, THE ADMINISTRATION AND
SPECIAL OPS WERE REDUCED FULL-
TIME EMPLOYEES BUT THE UNITS
ASSOCIATED BUDGETS REMAIN
DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH.
SECOND, DEPARTMENTWIDE, THAT
INCLUDES 134 FTEs THAT THEY DO
NOT PLAN TO FILL OUT ALL.
THIRD, THEY USED A $14 MILLION
TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT TO
EXPRESSLY PROTECT ADDITIONAL
FUNDING THAT IS NOT TIED TO
PERSONNEL.
THIS ADDS UP TO A $65 MILLION
SLUSH FUND.
SPD HAS NO TRACK RECORD OF
BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT
WILL HAVE NO INCENTIVE TO
IMPROVE UNLESS CITY COUNCIL
REDUCES THEIR BUDGET AND HOLDS
THEM TO IT.
BLACK LIVES MATTER, INDIGENOUS
LIVES MATTER.
I SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET
AND ANY AMENDMENT THAT DEFUND
SPD OR THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT PERSON IS REVEREND
JEFFREY FOLLOWED BY
[INDISCERNIBLE].
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
ON THE NEW HOPE DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
IN THE CENTRAL AREA, I AM
CALLING TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT 'S BUDGET
PROPOSAL TO GIVE THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING AUTHORITY $10 MILLION
TO PROVIDE A BRIDGE LOAN TO
SECURE THE [INDISCERNIBLE]
WHICH IS AT RISK RIGHT NOW OF
BEING LOST TO GENTRIFICATION
AND RESIDENTS EVICTED IF THE
CITY DOES NOT INTERVENE
IMMEDIATELY.
75% ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
THEY WILL BE EVICTED IF THIS
BRIDGE LOAN IS NOT GIVEN.
AS A BLACK ORGANIZATION, WE ARE
READY TO ACT ALONG WITH LEHIGH
AND WE ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE
BUDGET PROPOSAL TO STOP
INFLATION AND GENTRIFICATION IN
THE CENTRAL AREA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING AND.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS DAVID -- HELLO?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THE BUDGET REFLECTS THE
POLICIES OF CITY COUNCIL AND
HAS PROVEN THAT THEY DON'T WANT
TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS CRISIS
FOR ANOTHER SEVENTH WINTER OF
OPPRESSIVE SUFFERING THAT
INTENSIFIES AND DESTROY DURING
COVID.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE $60
MILLION TO ALLEVIATE THE
UNNECESSARY SUFFERING AND CITY
COUNCIL INTRODUCED AN A MEMO
YESTERDAY THAT REDIRECTS ALL
$60 MILLION AWAY FROM THE
HOMELESS CRISIS AND THE NEED
FOR 21ST-CENTURY FIRST WORLD
QUALITY SHELTER CAPACITY AND
RESOURCE THAT COULD END THE
CRISIS THIS WINTER. INSTEAD,
CITY COUNCIL GIVES GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTERS OVER $60 MILLION
UNDER THE GUISE OF EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES,
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENTS,
AND PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FOR
CERTAIN PEOPLE WHILE USING
HOMELESS CRISIS TO INCREASE
BUDGET FOR HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENTS ONLY TO REITERATE
THE MONEY TO PLACES OTHER THAN
HOMELESS.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AMENDMENTS
TWO AND THREE SEEM SIMILAR.
$45 MILLION FOR SOCIAL
ACQUISITION FUND.
IT SOUNDS LIKE MORE PROTESTS --
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS CAMILLE DECKS WITH
THE ADVOCACY TEAM AND I AM
SEEKING SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET
AMENDMENT TO ADD $45 MILLION
FOR SOCIAL HOUSING ACQUISITION
FUNDS.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS SPENT
DECADES WORKING TOWARD THIS.
WORKERS ARE LEAVING THE CITY
DUE TO A LACK OF AFFORDABLITY.
MEANWHILE, CITIES AROUND THE
WORLD HAVE ADOPTED SOCIAL
HOUSING PROGRAMS GIVING
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS
SUBSIDIZED HOMES THAT ALLOW
THEM TO RENT AT A SMALL PORTION
OF THEIR INCOME.
THIS SOLUTION IS ONE OF THE
ONLY OPTIONS THAT THE CITY HAS
YET TO CONSIDER.
WHEN ASKED WHAT THEIR TOP
PRIORITY IS, OUR VENDORS
CONSISTENTLY TELL US THAT THEY
NEED FOR YOUR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WITH SUPPORT.
IT IS TIME THE CITY OF SEATTLE
GOES AWAY FROM RELIANCE ON THE
PRIVATE MARKET TO SOLVE THE
HOUSING CRISIS.
EVERYONE NEEDS HOUSING AND WE
SHOULD NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE THAT
AND START INVESTING IN THIS AS
A HUMAN RIGHT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES' IS AN
IMPORTANT INVESTMENT IN
BEGINNING TO LAY THE FRAMEWORK
FOR HOUSING FOR ALL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TERESA?
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS TERESA DILLARD AND I
AM THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND
ESSENTIAL NEEDS PROGRAM WITH
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES.
THIS MORNING, I AM CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR THE
PROGRAM.
THE HOME FOR GOOD PROGRAM
PROVIDES A SHALLOW HOUSING
SUBSIDY FOR CLIENTS AGE 50 AND
UP WHO WERE AWARDED SSI AND
SSDI.
ONCE THESE FOLKS RECEIVED THOSE
BENEFITS, THEY ARE NO LONGER
ELIGIBLE AND WILL MOST LIKELY
END UP HOMELESS.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 170 CITY OF
SEATTLE RESIDENTS WHO ARE AT
RISK OF LOSING THEIR H.E.N.
ELIGIBILITY NEXT YEAR.
THEY ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER WAIVER
AND WITHOUT THE HOME FOR GOOD
PROGRAM, THESE FOLKS WILL
LIKELY END UP HOMELESS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO
ASK THE COUNCIL CONSIDER
LIFTING THE AGE RESTRICTION.
IT IS CURRENTLY AGE 50.
WE IDENTIFIED 110 OF THOSE 170
CITY OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS WHO
ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 50 AND
WOULD BE CONSIDERED INELIGIBLE.
WE APPRECIATE THE FORESIGHT OF
COUNCIL IN FUNDING THE PROGRAM
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THIS MORNING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
--
>> THANK YOU, TERESA.
TARA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JAMES
LOBO.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7. I AM
CALLING IN TODAY TO ADVOCATE
FOR SUPPORT ON THE AMENDMENTS
TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
THESE AENDMENTS FOR
TRANSITIONING LOW INCOME HOMES
OFF OIL, HEAT, INDIGENOUS LED
SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS AND
COMMUNITY CLIMATE RESILIENCE
PLANNING ARE ALL FUNDAMENTAL IN
ENSURING A CLEAN, HEALTHY, AND
EQUITABLE FUTURE.
PAYMENT SOLUTION IS A SERIOUS
ISSUE OF WHICH WE ARE ALL
HOPEFULLY AWARE OF.
THE $13 MILLION THAT WOULD HELP
TRANSITION LOW INCOME HOMES OFF
OIL HEAT AND INTO CLEAN ENERGY
OPTIONS WOULD NOT ONLY BENEFIT
COMMUNITY HEALTH BUT
ADDITIONALLY WOULD PROVIDE GOOD
JOBS THAT PAY A LIVING WAGE.
CLIMATE ISSUES ARE INHERENTLY
TIED TO EVERY OTHER BATTLE WE
ARE COLLECTIVELY TRYING TO FACE
AND I URGE YOU NOT TO DISREGARD
THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR SUPPORT
ON THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
JAMES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
URSULA.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR
THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB AND I'M
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND
ORGANIZATION.
I AM OFFERING COMMENTS IN
SUPPORT FOR A NUMBER OF ITEMS
THAT FALL UNDER THE SCOPE OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AROUND OF
GRATITUDE FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE FOR SUPPORT OF OUR
PROJECT OPENING THIS NEXT
MONTH.
CITY COUNCIL HAS ENSURED TIMELY
ACTIVATION OF THE BILL WHICH IS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
MANY OF THESE UNITS WILL BE
COVERED BY HOUSING VOUCHERS
FROM SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
WHICH WILL BRING SUSTAINABILITY
OF THIS MODEL.
TODAY WE ARE ASKING THAT CITY
COUNCIL CAN YOU TO INVEST IN
RESPONSES, INNOVATIVE AND
SUSTAINABLE A PORTABLE HOUSING
INCLUDING BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR
THE SOCIAL HOUSING ACQUISITION
PROGRAM. WE ASK THAT COUNCIL AT
$4.1 MILLION TO THE GENERAL
FUND FOR ONE-TIME FUNDING TO
CREATE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
SPECIALIZING IN SERVICES TO
AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA
NATIVES WHICH IS BUDGETED INTO
AN HON 14 A1.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON
THESE PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU.
URSULA?
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF THE NEW
HOPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTE.
THE BRIDGE LOAN WILL AID IN
PURCHASING THE PARK PLAZA WHICH
IS AT RISK OF GENTRIFICATION
AND ITS RESIDENTS ECONOMICALLY
EVICTED IF THE CITY DOES NOT
INTERVENE.
CURRENTLY, THE PARK PLAZA
LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL AREA IS
HOME TO 75% PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH
THE MAJORITY BEING AFRICAN-
AMERICAN.
GIVEN OUR HISTORY OF REALIGNING
RACIAL SEGREGATION, WE MUST ACT
TO SAVE THE BUILDING.
AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LED
ORGANIZATION, WE ARE WAITING TO
ACT ALONG WITH LEHIGH WITH YOUR
SUPPORT.
THE BUDGET PROPOSAL PROVIDES US
THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP
DISPLACEMENT IN THE CENTRAL AREA
AND ALLOWS THE FAMILIES TO
PROVIDE CARE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> á6 ONE MORE TIME.
YOU ARE STILL ON MUTE.
THERE WE GO.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
YESTERDAY, DURING THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT CONVENING A STAKEHOLDERS
GROUP TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
ISSUES MOM AND POP LANDLORDS
ARE DEALING WITH, ONE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WENT ON A
VIOLENT VEHEMENT PERSONAL ATTACK
DIRECTED TO ONE OF THE SPEAKERS
WHO TESTIFIED DURING PUBLIC
COMMENT.
SHE CONTINUES TO INCORRECTLY
IDENTIFY HIM AND HIS COMPANY AS
A CORPORATE LANDLORD.
THE CHAIR OF THIS MEETING
ALLOWED THIS DIATRIBE TO
CONTINUE FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THIS CITY COUNCIL SEEMS TO
ENJOY THESE ANTICS. HOWEVER,
MANY CONSTITUENTS ARE NOT AMUSED
ABOUT 4500 RENTAL UNITS THAT
HAVE RECENTLY DROPPED OFF THE
RR I/O DATABASE. THE BLEED
CONTINUES.
IT IS TIME TO KNOCK OFF THE
CIRCUS ACTS AND GET TO WORK.
>> VIVIAN FOLLOWED BY JASON
TURNER.
GOOD MORNING.
>> IT IS REALLY HARD TO HEAR
YOU.
IF YOU ARE ON SPEAKER, MAYBE
TRY TO TAKE IT OFF?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER LIKE
THIS?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> I AM CALLING TO SUPPORT THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET AND THREE
GREEN DEAL PROPOSED AMENDMENTS,
SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT 13 MILLION TO TRANSITION
LOW INCOME HOMES OFF OF OIL
HEAT.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN MY UNIT
FOR A YEAR NOW. LAST SEPTEMBER
THROUGH DECEMBER I HAD NO
HEATING IN MY UNIT.
I WOULD SIT HUDDLED IN MY DESK
IN TWO SWEATSHIRTS AND TWO
SWEATPANTS JUST TRYING TO STAY
WARM.
I STARTED DEVELOPING SMALL
BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS AND TOES
AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
WAS THE OPTIMAL MATE TO TUCK MY
SOCKS INTO MY SWEATPANTS TO
ENSURE WARMTH AND CIRCULATION.
FORTUNATELY, THE SITUATION
RESOLVED ITSELF BUT IT HELPED
ME REALIZE THE FUNDAMENTAL
WARMTH I TO HELP.
EVERYONE NEEDS HEAT THAT IS
SAFE AND RELIABLE. SWITCHING TO
CLEAN ENERGY HEATING WILL
REDUCE THE COST OF HEATING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I AM JASON TURNER ON BOARD
OF THE NEW HOPE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE AND I AM
AWARE OF THE NEED FOR LOW
INCOME HOUSING BECAUSE I HAVE
HAD TO BENEFIT FROM IT AS A
CHILD AND AS AN ADULT AND AS AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN. NEW HOPE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
SUPPORTS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
'S BUDGET PROPOSAL TO GIVE THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING AUTHORITY TO
PROVIDE A $10 MILLION BRIDGE
LOAN. SQUIRE PARK PLAZA IS AT
RISK OF BEING LOST TO
GENTRIFICATION AND ITS RESIDENTS
ECONOMICALLY EVICTED IF THE
CITY DOES NOT INTERVENE.
IT IS HOME TO 60 FAMILIES. 75%
OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THE
MAJORITY ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL AREA.
GIVEN OUR HISTORY OF REDLINING,
RACIAL SEGREGATION, AND
DISPLACEMENT, WE MUST ACT TO
SAVE THE BUILDING.
WE ARE READY TO ACT AND ASK
YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS BUDGET
PROPOSAL TO STOP DISPLACEMENT
IN THE CENTRAL AREA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I BEEN FOLLOWED BY DEREK.
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
TRAINING PROGRAM. I HAVE BEEN
PART OF THIS PROGRAM FOR THE
PAST TWO YEARS. I HAVE SEEN
FIRSTHAND HOW THIS PROGRAM HAS
HELPED ME AND BENEFITED ME. NOT
ONLY ECONOMICALLY BUT ALSO WITH
MY EDUCATION.
THIS PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED
USEFUL INFORMATION ON HOW TO
CREATE A RESUME SO I CAN LOOK
INTO FUTURE JOBS.
I HAVE CREATED MOCK INTERIOR SO
I COULD BE PREPARED WHEN
OPPORTUNITIES CAME ALONG.
I WAS GIVEN INFORMATION ON
WHERE TO LOOK FOR SCHOLARSHIP
AND HAVE TO CONTINUE THROUGH
COLLEGE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO LEARN
NEW CAREER PATHS FOCUSED ON
MARITIME CONSTRUCTION AND MANY
MORE.
I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE PART OF THIS INTERNSHIP AND
I HAVE GAINED DIFFERENT SKILLS
AS A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR.
I HAVE ALSO SEEN HOW I HAVE
BENEFITED FROM THIS OPPORTUNITY
. THESE ARE MANY MORE OF THE
THINGS THAT I HAVE --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF YOU COULD EMAIL US WITH YOUR
FULL NAME, THAT WOULD BE
WONDERFUL, AND THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENT.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, DEREK, FOLLOWED
BY MICHAEL.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS DEREK.
I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 6 AND
I AM CALLING IN TODAY TO ASK
COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET
AMENDMENTS AND SPENT $13
MILLION TRANSITIONING LOW
INCOME HOMES OFF OF OIL HEAT.
380,000 UN-INDIGENOUS LED
SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS AND THE
100,000 ON COMMUNITY CLIMATE
RESILIENCE PLANNING AS WELL AS
TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR
DIVESTING FROM POLICING IN THE
MUNICIPAL COURT. IN PARTICULAR,
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT TO TRANSITION LOW
INCOME HOMES OFF OF OIL HEAT.
AFTER THE CLIMATE MARCHES IN
2019, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED
AN AMENDMENT TO ADD TAX OIL IN
THIS CITY AND SAID THEY ARE
AIMING TO COMPLETE THE PHASEOUT
OIL HEAT BY 2028.
AT THE RATE WE ARE
TRANSITIONING HOMES, IT WOULD
TAKE 150 YEARS TO GET ALL OF
THE HOMES IN THE CITY OFF OF
OIL HEAT. I THINK WHAT WE KNOW
IS TAXING THE ENERGY SOURCE OF
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IS NOT
GOING TO HELP THE CITY MEET ITS
CLIMATE GOALS BUT TRANSITIONING
LOW INCOME HOMES OFF OF OIL
HEAT WILL DELIVER THESE ENERGY
COSTS, IMPROVE --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MICHAEL WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
JOHN GRANT.
>> MORNING.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SOUTHEAST EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
. I AM HERE THIS MORNING TEST
OF BUYING IN SUPPORT OF OH58001
, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT
SUPPORTING FUNDING FOR RESIDENT
SERVICES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I AM HEARING THIS REQUEST
SUPPORTED BY A CONSOLATION OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS.
THOSE OF US NONPROFITS SERVING
PEOPLE LIVING AT 30% TO 60% OF
AMI AS WELL AS ASKING THE
SEATTLE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO
DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE NEED.
THESE RESOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ARE ESSENTIAL.
WE HAVE NO FEDERAL OR STATE OR
LOCAL SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE SEND THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS IN AS WELL.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JOHN GRANT WITH THE
LOW HOUSING INCOME INSTITUTE.
I'M TESTING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT 'S DISPOSAL
TO SAVE THE MEMBERS OF
DISPLACEMENT, FOR SLI ON TINY
HOUSES, AND ALSO ON
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
THE HERBOLD AMENDMENT WILL
PROVIDE SITE AMENDMENTS,
ADDING PAVED WALKWAYS FOR
PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY
DISABILITY, REPLACE A WORN DOWN
KITCHEN AND OTHER CRITICAL
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS WILL MAKE IT ALSO POSSIBLE
TO ADD 20 MORE HOUSES ON THE
SITE.
THE $1.9 MILLION PROPOSAL IS
ESSENTIAL TO THE OPERATION OF
OUR VILLAGES AND ALL OF THESE
PROPOSALS ARE LINKED. THIS
DRAMATICALLY RAISES THE
STANDARDS OF LIVING IN TINY
HOUSES.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO
MAKE SURE HOMELESS PEOPLE, WHO
ARE IN OUR CARE, RECEIVE
ADEQUATE SUPPORT.
PLEASE VOTE TO STOP THE
DISPLACEMENT OF BLACK FAMILIES
AND ADEQUATELY FUND OUR TINY
HOUSES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. PENNY WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY BJ.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM PENNY AND I LIVE IN
DISTRICT 6. I AM CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SORRY
GOOD START TO REDUCING SPD'S
BILLOWING BUDGET.
SPD HAS ITSELF SAID IT WILL NOT
FILL.
THESE ARE PHANTOM POSITIONS.
THEY LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT WITH
A HUGE $18 MILLION FUND THEY
CAN SPEND ON ANYTHING THEY WANT
WITHOUT OVERSIGHT.
SPD MONEY SHOULD GO TO BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ON TRULY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN GREEN NEW
DEAL SUCH AS TRANSITIONING
HOMES OFF FOSSIL FUELS.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING TOMORROW
EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTE MONEY FROM
A GENERAL FUND OF.
OUR PRIORITIES ARE SHIFTING TO
REVERSE A LONG HISTORY OF
PEOPLE MOST IN NEED OF
RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
BJ FOLLOWED BY GABRIELLE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A BALLARD RESIDENT I AM
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
PROPOSED LIMITS ARE AND I START
TO REDUCING SPD'S GLOATED
BUDGET BUT THE AMENDMENT LEAVE
SPD WITH 18 MILLION'S OF EXCESS
DOLLARS AND 134 POSITIONS THAT
SPD HAS NO PLANS OR INTENTION
TO FILL.
NO OTHER CITY POSITIONED ITS
FUNDING AND POSITION AUTHORITY
FOR POSITIONS IT HAS NO PLAN TO
FILL.
ALL OTHER DEPARTMENT GIVE FUNDS
FOR POSITIONS THEY WANT GO BACK
TO THE GENERAL FUND.
SPD SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE
EVERY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT AND
NOT GET FUNDED FOR PHANTOM
POSITIONS IT DOES NOT WANT TO
FEEL.
FUNDING SPD'S PHANTOM POSITIONS
GIVES SPD A MASSIVE SLUSH FUND
AND ALLOWS SPD TO BYPASS CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR SPENDING.
WE HAVE SEEN SPD DO THIS
REPEATEDLY OVER THE LAST FEW
MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE
INSTANCES WHERE SPD HAS STARTED
SPENDING ON NEW TECHNOLOGY
WITHOUT GETTING COUNCIL
APPROVAL FOR THE SPENDING.
INSTEAD OF BEING A SLUSH FUND
FOR SPD, THESE DOLLARS COULD BE
USED FOR GREEN HOUSING AND
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC BATHROOMS.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GABRIELLE FOLLOWED BY
STEPHANIE.
JUST PRESS á6 . [ SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> THANK YOU.
>> [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
I AM GOING TO TRY TO TRANSLATE
HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CALLING
IN TODAY.
MY NAME IS [INDISCERNIBLE]
AND I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
THE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
CHILDCARE AND EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS. THESE EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS ARE NOT ONLY GOOD FOR
THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS THAT
IT MAKES SURE THAT THE PARENTS
ALSO HAVE EDUCATIONAL
INFORMATION.
PARENTS GET INFORMATION THAT IS
FUNDAMENTAL TO MAKING SURE THEY
HAVE INFORMATION THEY NEED BIRD
JOBS AND ECONOMIC SECURITY.
THIS ALLOWS FOR CHILDREN TO BE
ABLE TO STUDY AND FOR PARENTS
TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE
WORKFORCE.
THIS IS -- IT IS YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY AS COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS
LIKE THIS.
THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
KIDS ARE ABLE TO LEARN.
IT HELPS OUR FAMILIES AND IT
HELPS THE OVERALL COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. [
SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
STEPHANIE, GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE
INGRAM AND I AM CALLING TO
SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO
ALLOCATE $188,000 TO THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK COALITION
SO THEY CAN CONTINUE BEING
STRONG COMMUNITY ADVOCATES FOR
THIS PROJECT.
THE TIMELY FUNDING FOR THE
PROJECT RECEIVED IN THE FALL
WILL FUND DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
AND THE PROJECT WILL BE SHOVEL
READY BY THE END OF 2022.
DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE
FUNDING, THE ALL VOLUNTEER
COALITION THAT HAS BEEN
CHAMPIONING THIS PROJECT WAS
NOT ABLE TO USE THE FUNDS TO
SUPPORT OUR ADVOCACY WORK.
THIS IS UNIQUE IN THE DIVISION
FOR THE PARK TRULY COMES FROM
THE COMMUNITY.
OUR COALITION SEES OUR ROLE AS
SERIOUSLY DEFENDING THE
COMMUNITY VOICE IN THE DESIGN
PROCESS AND ENSURING THAT THE
ARTWORK IS THOUGHTFUL AND
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HISTORY
AND COMMUNITY OF THE AREA.
IN ORDER TO DO THIS WORK ON THE
WE ARE READY TO ENGAGE
PROFESSIONAL HELP OR PROJECT
MANAGEMENT FOR PLANNING AND
FUNDRAISING. THE MONEY WILL
ALLOW US TO PUT IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE MASTER ART PLAN,
EFFECTIVELY WRITE GRANTS AND
RUN A SEVERAL COMMUNITY
OUTREACH EVENTS.
PLEASE HELP US ENSURE THAT
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK IS TRULY A
PARK BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE
PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOLKS, WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MORE
PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET THIS
IN IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
PETER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
ROBERT.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK
TODAY.
I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF A
SOLIDARITY BUDGET BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THAT IT IS VITAL THAT
WE BEGIN ENACTING ON SOME OF
THE FALLACIES THAT WE HAVE
AGREED AS A CITY NEED TO BE
TAKEN IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS WHICH IS
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING
OUR FRONT-LINE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS HERE. IN PARTICULAR,
THERE ARE A FEW BUDGET ITEMS
THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY VITAL THAT
CANNOT BE LEFT BEHIND.
THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT $13
MILLION THAT IS NEEDED TO
TRANSITION LOW INCOME HOMES OFF
OF OIL HEAT AND SUPPORT
IMPACTED WORKERS IN THE
PROCESS.
THIS IS THE MOST KEY IMPORTANT
PART OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
ASPECT TO THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET
AND THE BUDGET THAT WILL SEE
THAT MOVE FORWARD IN SEATTLE.
$38,000 IS A MEASLY AMOUNT OF
MONEY FOR SUSTAINABILITY
PROJECTS. THE FINAL THING THAT
I THINK IS IMPORTANT IN THIS
BUDGET IS $100,000 FOR
COMMUNITY CLIMATE RESILIENCE
PLANNING.
>> á6 ? WE ARE GOING TO KEEP
YOU ON THE SCREEN HERE.
STARS SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
WE ARE GOING TO GO TO BROOKE.
REVEREND ROBERTS, I CAN SEE
YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR THIS TIME.
THERE ARE MANY BUDGET
AMENDMENTS I AM IN FAVOR OF BUT
I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET TO
DEVELOP A PLAN TO PHASE OUT GAS
POWERED LEAF BLOWERS. NOISE
POLLUTION FROM THESE
INSTRUMENTS HAS BECOME REALLY
DEAFENING.
I REGULARLY EXPERIENCE THREE TO
FOUR HOURS OF CONTINUOUS LEAF
BLOWING NOISE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
. IT MAKES BEING OUTSIDE DEEPLY
UNPLEASANT NOT ONLY DUE TO THE
NOISE BUT ALSO TO THE FUMES
WHICH WAFT THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE AMENDMENT POINTS TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF LEAF
BLOWERS BUT I ALSO REALLY WANT
TO CALL OUT ATTENTION TO THE
IMPACT ON WORKERS WHICH IS
ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO
IMPLEMENT THIS BAN.
ACCORDING TO THE EPA, GAS
POWERED LEAF BLOWERS EXPOSE
WORKERS TO A NUMBER OF
CARCINOGENS.
I NEVER SEE WORKERS WITH
PROTECTION FROM THESE
POLLUTANTS.
I REALLY THINK THERE ARE
MULTIPLE REASONS TO ENACT THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ROBERT STEVENS JR.,
CURATOR OF THE GARFIELD BLOCK
RENOVATION PROJECT.
I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT 'S 188 K
FOR THE GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK. WE
APPRECIATE THE FUNDING
PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED FOR THE
PROJECT BUT WE ARE READY TO
MOVE TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION,
WHICH CALLS FOR SKILLS BEYOND
THE ABILITIES OF OUR COALITION
GROUP. WE WANT TO KEEP THIS
PROJECT MOVING BECAUSE WE
PROMISED IT TO THE COMMUNITY
AND WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
WITH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, WE
WILL GET THIS PROJECT DONE,
ESPECIALLY OUR ART COMPONENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
PREVIOUS SUPPORT AND I HOPE
THAT WE CAN CONTINUE GETTING
SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING, SHANNON.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS SHANNON AND I AM A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR AND
LONGTIME ANTI-VIOLENCE
ADVOCATE.
I'M HERE TO ASK COUNCIL FOR
SUPPORT STAFFING OF THE
WORKGROUP TO CREATE
ALTERNATIVES TO CRIMINALIZATION
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
ACCUSED OF [INDISCERNIBLE].
TO MANY SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC
AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE
[INDISCERNIBLE]
. THERE IS TOO MUCH WE DON'T
KNOW ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF
CRIMINALIZATION ON PEOPLE
[INDISCERNIBLE].
THIS HAS RESULTED IN TOO MANY
SURVIVALS BEING CRIMINALIZED
RATHER THAN HELP. BY INCLUDING
$120,000 TO SUPPORT THE CIVIL
RIGHTS TO CREATIVE WORKGROUP TO
SUPPORT THESE ISSUES, WE CAN
ALL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY
AND HOW PEOPLE ARE MET WITH
RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY-BASED
SUPPORTS.
THANK YOU.
>> PAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
MICHELLE McCARTHY.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS PAT CHENEY AND I'M
CALLING ABOUT THE PARKS AND
RECREATION BUDGET FOR THE
COMMUNITY CENTER.
I BELIEVE THAT SEATTLE
COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE PART OF
WHAT MAKES SEATTLE SO GREAT AND
THE BUDGET PROPOSAL IS SLATED
TO BE CLOSED AND BECOME AN
EXCLUSIVE REVIT RENTAL FACILITY.
MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND
NEIGHBORS FROM ALL AROUND NORTH
SEATTLE USE THIS COMMUNITY
CENTER HEAVILY AND ATTEND
CLASSES AND MEETINGS AND
NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS SO WHY ARE
YOU TARGETING TO CLOSE THIS ONE
COMMUNITY CENTER?
THIS IS NOT JUST A ONE
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT SERVES A WIDE RANGE OF
COMMUNITIES.
IN MY MANY YEARS OF GOING
THERE, I HAVE MET SEVERAL
FAMILIES OF PATIENTS FROM
SEATTLE CITY HOSPITAL, FAMILIES
WITH YOUNG CHILDREN LIVING AT
LAUREL VILLAGE, SENIOR CITIZENS
NEEDING TO GET OUT AND
SOCIALIZE AND PEOPLE ATTENDING
PROGRAMS FOR DISABLED FAMILY
MEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDING FOR
ALL SEATTLE COMMUNITY CENTERS
INCREASED TO KEEP OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS STRONG, HEALTHY,
AND ENGAGED WITH CITY SERVICES.
THESE RESTORE FUNDING TO THE --
>> THANK YOU.
MICHELLE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
SUMMER CARLSON.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM CALLING AGAIN IN SUPPORT
OF THE PEOPLE'S SOLIDARITY
BUDGET. IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE
WOULD HAVE A LOT LESS CRIME
BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE A LOT
FEWER TRAUMATIZED HUMAN BEINGS.
OUR POLICE PROCESS FURTHER
TRAUMATIZES THOSE MOST
VULNERABLE AND HAS PROVEN TO
HAVE BEEN USED IN BAD WAYS,
INCLUDING THE UNLEASHING OF
[INDISCERNIBLE]
OF PEOPLE PROTESTING DURING THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST.
THE PEOPLE'S SOLIDARITY BUDGET
DIVERTS FUNDS AWAY FROM THIS
TRAUMATIZING PROCESS AND INTO
PROCESSES AND PLACES THAT WOULD
HELP HEAL THAT TRAUMA. ALL OF
THE ITEMS MENTIONED IN PETITION
FOUR WOULD BE ABLE TO BE
COVERED IF WE DEFUNDED THE
POLICE AS --
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE DID SAY WE WOULD GO UNTIL
10:10.
IT IS 10:10 NOW BUT WE HAVE SIX
MORE PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE IS
ANY OBJECTION IF I EXPAND
PUBLIC TESTIMONY FOR SIX MORE
MINUTES. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS EXTENDED
FOR SIX MORE MINUTES.
SUMMER, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS SOMMER CARLTON
AND I AM CALLING REGARDING THE
CLOSURE OF THE LOWELL HURST
COMMUNITY CENTER.
I AGREE WITH ALL OF THE POINTS
THAT THE EARLIER CALLER
MENTIONED.
I AM ASKING THAT YOU DO NOT
CLOSE IT. OR, IF WE COULD GET A
DELAY IN THE CLOSURE SO THAT
THE COMMUNITY COULD COME UP
WITH SOME ALTERNATIVES TO
CLOSURE. MAYBE LESS HOURS OR
THINGS LIKE THAT. I LIVE IN
BUTTE RIDGE AND IT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT COMMUNITY CENTER FOR
THE NORTHEAST SEATTLE AREA.
IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM A
SCHOOL.
CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO ROCKS
ACROSS AFTER SCHOOL FOR PROGRAMS
. ALSO, IN THE SUMMER, CHILDREN
ARE ABLE TO WALK TO PROGRAMS.
IT HAS A VERY LARGE ELDERLY
COMMUNITY THAT USES IT AS WELL
AS LOW INCOME HOUSINGWHICH IS
NEARBY.
I JUST ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DO
NOT CLOSE IT.
IT HAS BEEN CLOSED DURING COVID
AND I THINK PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY ARE NOT AWARE --
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS KYLE HALL. I AM A
FULL-TIME DISPATCHER FOR THE
CST SEE.
I AM A 911 DISPATCHER AND HAVE
BEEN FOR FOUR YEARS NOW.
I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE
TESTIMONY AS TO THE GENERAL
FLOOR FOR WELL-BEING AND TO
DISCUSS TO THE COUNCIL OUR WORK
-LIKE BALANCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR
MORE WELLNESS TIME AND WORK-
LIKE BALANCE BENEFITS.
WE CAN ALL KNOWLEDGE LAST TWO
YEARS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR
VARIOUS REASONS. HOWEVER, MOST
OF THE CONVERSATION REVOLVES
AROUND SPD AND THEIR BUDGET.
VERY LITTLE OF IT HAS BEEN
REVOLVED AROUND THE BUDGET AND
SPECIFICALLY 911. WE HAVE HAD
MANY EXPERIENCED PEOPLE LEAVE
OVER THE LAST YEAR AND I THINK
THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
WITHOUT FURTHER WELLNESS
BENEFITS. I THINK THAT WAS BAD
FOR OUR CITY.
911 CALL TAKERS ARE THE FIRST
RESPONDERS.
WE ARE THE FIRST ONES YOU CALL
WHEN YOUR MOM HAS DIED --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SHARON FOLLOWED BY ALICE.
á6 TO UNMUTE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I AM CALLING INTO ASK
COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
FOR THE SUPERBLOCK.
BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ALSO
COSPONSORS ON THIS AMENDMENT.
THIS SPENDING WILL GIVE OUR
VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY THE ABILITY
TO HIRE KEY STAFF TO KEEP THIS
PROJECT MOVING FORWARD IN THE
MOST THOUGHTFUL WAY.
IT IS OUR INTENT TO KEEP
COMMUNITY AT THE FRONT OF THIS
PROJECT AND WE CAN ONLY DO THIS
WITH THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND
COORDINATION.
WE COULD BE AT RISK OF ALLOWING
THE DESIGN TO CONTINUE WITHOUT
CRITICAL FEEDBACK FROM THE
COMMUNITY. THIS IS A PARK FOR
THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE. WE
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SUPPORT
YOU HAVE GIVEN THIS PROJECT
THUS FAR AND WE NEED YOUR HELP
TO KEEP THIS MOVING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS ARE
[INDISCERNIBLE], ALGAE --
>> GOOD MORNING.
I WAS HERE TO SPEAK TO DEFUND
SPD BUT EARLIER SPEAKERS SPOKE
MY MIND OF THE -- IT WOULD BE
GREAT IF THE COMPLETE ACCESS OF
SALARY TO SPD BE ALLOCATED TO
SOLITARY BUDGET NEEDS AND
EXPANSION OF THE AMENDMENTS OF
TODAY WOULD BE AWESOME.
I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE
EARLIER SPEAKERS' REFERENCE TO
THE PROPOSED LEAF BLOWER BANNED
. IT IS A GREAT IDEA.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
I URGE THE ACCELERATION.
THERE ARE GREAT EXAMPLES OF
CITIES SIMILAR TO US OF SUCCESS
THERE. WE CAN DO IT IN ONE
YEAR, NOT TWO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ANGIE FOLLOWED BY COLLEEN.
LET'S BRING UP COLLEEN. ANGIE,
á6.
ANGIE, ICU.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS ANGIE. I'M A
LANDLORD FROM DISTRICT 6.
YESTERDAY I CALLED TO SUPPORT
THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR SMALL
LANDLORD STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN
THE RENTAL MARKET STUDY.
LATER ON I HEARD A PORTION OF
COUNCIL'S DELIBERATION ON THE
ARCHIVED VIDEO AND I WAS
ASTOUNDED AT THE LENGTHY
MISREPRESENTATIONS AND DISDAIN
EXPRESSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, WHO STATED THE ONLY
CITY INTERACTION SMALL
LANDLORDS WERE THE LOCAL
PROPERTY MANAGERS WHO SOMETIMES
REPRESENTS US SHOULD HAVE IS TO
LEARN HOW TO COMPLY. SEATTLE'S
IN THE MIDST OF A HOUSING
CRISIS AND WE NEED AS MANY
SMALL PROPERTY OWNERS AS
POSSIBLE TO OFFER RENTAL
HOUSING.
ACCORDING TO THE AUDITORS, THE
MAJORITY OF LANDLORDS MAKE LESS
THAN $75,000 PER YEAR, FAR LESS
THAN THE COUNCILMEMBER YET SHE
THINKS OUR INDEPENDENT VOICES
HAVE NO VALUE IN POLICYMAKING
OR PROGRAMMATIC FEEDBACK. NO
OTHER COUNCILMEMBER SPOKE OF
YESTERDAY. THERE ARE MANY
REASONS WHY FEWER PEOPLE ARE
OFFERING RENTAL UNITS.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE SMALL
LANDLORD STAKEHOLDER GROUP IN
THE RENTAL MARKET STUDY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST SPEAKER IS COLLEEN.
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV . á6 TO
UNMUTE . IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE
STILL MUTED ON MY END.
>> OKAY.
COLLEEN, ONE MORE TIME.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET YOU
BACK IN.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR
CALLING IN TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY TODAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE COLLEEN IS STILL
MUTED SO WE ARE GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND CONCLUDE PUBLIC
COMMENT AT THIS POINT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR OFFERING
ADDITIONAL TIME.
IT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKE
SURE WE OFFER 30 MINUTES OF
PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
WE WENT OVER THIS MORNING AND
WE APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROUS
TIME.
WE DO HAVE A FULL AGENDA TODAY
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET US
STARTED.
COULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM
WANTED TO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, OFFICE OF
HOUSING FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT TO THE DAIS AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE
TODAY.
TODAY IS DAY TWO OF THREE DAYS
WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
COUNCIL'S POSSIBLE BUDGET
AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU FOR ALL
OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT
YOU WORKED ON WITH THE CENTRAL
STAFF.
WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER 11
DEPARTMENTS TODAY. AS WE NOTED
YESTERDAY AND ON MONDAY, IF YOU
HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ABOUT YOUR BUDGET PROPOSAL,
EITHER MORE PERSUASIVE OR
DISSUASIVE IN NATURE, YOU CAN
PROVIDE THAT DESCRIPTION TO THE
FULL COUNCIL HERE BY MAKING
SURE THAT YOU SHARE IT THE
NIGHT BEFORE BEFORE 5:00 P.M.
CENTRAL STAFF IS WORKING TO
PREPARE THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS
THAT ARE FACTUAL AND TECHNICAL
IN NATURE AND THEIR INFORMATION
IS NONPARTISAN.
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
TO SEND THAT ACCOMPANIES
ANYTHING COMING FROM CENTRAL
STAFF, YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO
SO.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT THAT
IS NOT NECESSARY.
THIS DOES GIVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW FOR ANY
DATA POINTS THAT YOU WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT OR ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION THAT IS NOT IN THIS
BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES
NEED TO BE DISTRIBUTED
SEPARATELY IN A DAY IN ADVANCE
OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING AND
THIS WILL BE ADDED TO THE
LEGISLATIVE RECORD. AS I
MENTIONED YESTERDAY, WE DO HAVE
A TOTAL OF ABOUT 200 AMENDMENTS
INCLUDING THOSE WALK ON
AMENDMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS
ARE WORKING ON.
YESTERDAY, YOU WERE VERY
JUDICIOUS IN BOTH SIGNING ONTO
ADDITIONAL COUNCIL BUDGET
AMENDMENTS -- THANK YOU FOR
EXERCISING SOME RESTRAINT ON
THAT SO WE COULD GET THROUGH
THE SUMMARIES AND EXPLANATIONS
AND HAVE A CHANCE FOR
DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS BOTH
FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
PRIME SPONSORS.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING YOUR
REMARKS SHORT AND CONCISE
YESTERDAY AND I HOPE YOU WILL
CONTINUE TO DO THAT TODAY SO
THAT WE CAN BE MINDFUL ABOUT
THE TIME.
AS YOU NOTED FROM THE AMENDMENTS
, WE HAVE SEVEN WALK ON
AMENDMENTS.
THERE WAS ONE REPLACEMENT
AMENDMENT THAT CENTRAL STAFF
SENT AROUND SO THAT WE HAVE THE
ACCURATE TEXT IN FRONT OF US.
EACH OF THOSE WILL BE
CONSIDERED AT THE END OF THE
TIMEFRAME FOR THE DEPARTMENT
THAT THEY IMPACT. WE ARE GOING
TO MAKE SURE TO GET THROUGH ALL
OF THESE AMENDMENTS TODAY AND
WE WILL GUARANTEE YOU A ONE
HOUR LUNCH BREAK. WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE HONORING REST
AND BREAKS FOR ALL WORKERS AND
THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY IN THIS
CALL AND ALL FOLKS MAKING THIS
PRESENTATION POSSIBLE TODAY.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
PROCESS?
HEARING NO QUESTIONS, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO TRACY.
TRACY IS GETTING US KICKED OFF
WITH THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
>> I WILL TRY TO MAINTAIN MY
GLOW AS I GO THROUGH 10 OF THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AS WELL AS TWO
OF THE WALK ON AMENDMENTS THAT
SHE MENTIONED.
LET'S GO TO THE VERY FIRST CBA
WHICH IS ONE A1.
THIS WOULD AT $200,000 OF
UNBALANCED TO FUND THE HOME AND
HOPE PROGRAM WHICH DOES HAVE A
$200,000 APPROPRIATION INCLUDED
IN THE 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> YES.
THANK YOU FOR QUEUING THAT UP.
IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK HERE FOR
DAY TWO, EVERYBODY.
THE HOME AND HOPE PROGRAM IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT CORNERSTONE OF
SOME OF OUR BROADER PROJECTS
AROUND BUILDING AND EXPANDING
SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
WHAT THE LAST YEAR AND HALF HAS
TAUGHT ME IS I USED TO THINK
THAT ACQUIRING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WAS JUST A MONEY PROBLEM
, THAT WE ARE NOT PUTTING
ENOUGH MONEY INTO IT, THAT WE
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR
ACQUISITION AND THAT IS TOTALLY
TRUE.
IT IS A MONEY PROBLEM BUT I
HAVE LEARNED IT IS ALSO A
LOGISTICS PROBLEM.
WHEN YOU HAVE ENTERPRISE
COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO CAN HELP
TO IDENTIFY PARCELS, ACCELERATE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SITES ONCE
THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO
WORK ON INITIATIVES TO CO-LOCATE
EARLY LEARNING AND OTHER
IMPORTANT FACILITIES ON THE
SAME CAMPUSES AS SOCIAL HOUSING
, YOU REALLY NEED TO LEAN INTO
THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT KIND
OF ACCELERATION PARTNERSHIP TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALIZING
THESE ASSETS AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS
HAS DONE A GREAT JOB THROUGH
THE HOME AND HOPE PROBLEM OF
DOING THAT.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO
THE SPEAKER WHO HAS SECURED
DOZENS OF SITES IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BUT WILL BE PERMANENT
SOCIAL HOUSING FOR PEOPLE TO
ENJOY IN PERPETUITY IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE. BY INVESTING IN
HOME AND HOPE AND INCREASING
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE
PUTTING FORWARD, WE ARE
ALLOWING US NOT JUST TO ACQUIRE
THESE SITES AND BUILD MORE
SOCIAL HOUSING BUT TO DO IT
FASTER, TO GET IT ONLINE FASTER
AND TO MAKE SURE, IN ADDITION
TO THE HOUSING, WE HAVE EARLY
LEARNING CENTERS INTEGRATED
INTO THESE NEW SOCIAL HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS MODEST AMOUNT OF MONEY
SHOULD BE SEEN AS AN ACCELERANT
FOR THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS.
IT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE
DOING AS A COUNCIL TO REALIZE
AND GET THESE ASSETS ALIGNED
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
. COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME IS
COSPONSOR TO THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ADDING
HIS NAME . COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ?
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD MY
NAME AS A SPONSOR .
>> THANK YOU.
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ ADDING HER
NAME AS WELL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S
CONTINUE.
>> OH TO A1, ADDING TO THE
GENERAL FUND FOR SOCIAL HOUSING
ACQUISITION FUND SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ? ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU.
I DO WANT TO THANK MIKE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ FOR COSPONSORING THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT
DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEED TO
ACQUIRE LAND, WHICH WE
DEFINITELY NEED TO DO BUT WE
ALSO NEED TO TAKE EXISTING
HOUSING OFF THE SPECULATIVE
MARKET AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO WITH THIS AMENDMENT
. AS SOME OF THE CALLERS
MENTIONED, THERE ARE CITIES
ACROSS THE WORLD WHO ARE DOING
JUST THAT SO THEY CAN PROVIDE
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS
TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THIS FUND
WOULD ALLOW US TO START
ACQUIRING EXISTING BUILDINGS
THAT COULD THEN BE RENTED TO
TENANTS IN THE CITY.
WE NEED TO DO THAT SO THAT RENT
INCREASES ARE PREDICTABLE.
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE
LOW INCOME FOR WORKING FAMILIES
, SO THEY HAVE THAT KIND OF
PREDICTABILITY THAT CAN REALLY
ONLY COME WITH CITY-OWNED
SOCIAL HOUSING.
THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO START
BUILDING A PORTFOLIO WHERE
TENANTS CAN LIVE LONG-TERM OR,
FROM WHICH ORGANIZED RENTERS
COULD PURCHASE DIRECTLY FROM
THE CITY AT A FAIR PRICE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE
WILL CONSIDER NEXT TO HELP
SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE KNOW THAT TENANTS IN SEATTLE
ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY PEOPLE
OF COLOR.
WE KNOW THAT OVER 60% OF BLACK
AND NATIVE HOUSEHOLDS ARE
CURRENTLY OVERBURDENED. WE KNOW
THAT BASED ON THE 2018 LOSING
ASSOCIATION, WOMEN OF COLOR ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED
IN AND FICTION FILINGS.
A LOT OF THIS STEMS FROM THE
FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING
PUSHED OUT.
ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM THAT
WOULD REMOVE HOUSING FROM
SPECULATION BY BRINGING HOUSING
UNDER THE CITY AND COMMUNITY
OWNERSHIP ALLOW TENANTS IN
THESE BUILDINGS TO LIVE WITHOUT
FEAR OF ERRATIC RULE CHANGES,
CRAZY RENT INCREASES THAT CAN
OFTEN LEAD TO DISPLACEMENT AND
EVICTION.
OVER TIME, THE IDEA IS THAT WE
WOULD HAVE PROPERTIES FOR
PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP
THAT WOULD OFFER TENANTS AN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTION AND
COULD EVENTUALLY PROVIDE
INCENTIVE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS
ON THE PRIVATE MARKETS TO LOWER
THEIR RENTS SO THAT THEY COULD
COMPETE WITH HOUSING.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
HAPPEN IN OTHER CITIES THAT
HAVE DONE THIS.
I AM EXCITED TO OFFER THIS
AMENDMENT.
I DO THINK THIS IS A 21st
CENTURY MODEL FOR SOCIAL
HOUSING AND IT IS THE KIND OF
PROGRAM THAT WHEN WE COMBINE IT
WITH SOME OF THE ACQUISITION
FOR COMMUNITY CONTROL THAT WE
ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT FOR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, IT COULD
REALLY CHANGE THE TIDE OF WHAT
AFFORDABILITY IN SEATTLE LOOKS
LIKE.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK MIKE MY
COSPONSORS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AS
A COSPONSOR TO THIS AMENDMENT.
THERE IS ALSO A WALK ON
AMENDMENT THAT I WILL BE
SPEAKING TO WHEN IT COMES UP AT
THE END OF THIS TO FULLY
RESTORE THE $106 MILLION TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM THE
STACKS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN
THIS BUDGET AS THE BUDGET.
FINALLY, I WOULD NOTE THAT THIS
BUDGET AMENDMENT DOES NOT
IDENTIFY 45 MILLION WILL COME
FROM.
THE BEST SOLUTION IS TO
INCREASE THE BIG BUSINESS TAX
RATE. WE NEED TO INCREASE
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE BY RAISING
THE TAX RATE ON BIG BUSINESS.
OTHERWISE, THESE SEEM TO BE
GOOD IDEAS BUT UNFUNDED
MANDATES AS WE HAVE SEEN IN
PREVIOUS YEARS -- WE WILL BE
ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL MANY
DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY WILL BE COMPETING
WITH ONE ANOTHER.
WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT THAT TO
HAPPEN.
WE NEED TO IDENTIFY CONCRETE,
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SOURCES. IT
IS ABSOLUTELY A BIG PART OF WHY
THE AMAZON MOVEMENT FOUGHT FOR
THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
LAST YEAR AND IN 2018.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING
LATE.
MY OFFICE WAS DOING A PRESS
CONFERENCE ALONGSIDE RANIER
COTENANTS AND MT. BAKER WHO
ELOQUENTLY AND MOVINGLY SPOKE
ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE
FACING WHICH ALSO SHOWED WHY WE
NEED TO CONTINUE FUNDING FOR
SOCIAL HOUSING AND FOR RENTERS
RIGHTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ADDING
HER NAME . COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
IN READING THE BUDGET
DESCRIPTION ACTION, IT DESCRIBES
THAT THE ACTION WOULD ALLOW OH
TO ACQUIRE BUILDINGS FROM THE
PRIVATE MARKET AND PRESERVE
THEM AS A PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOME.
THEN THE BUILDINGS MAY STAY IN
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AS RENT-
STABILIZED HOUSING AND CREATE
OPPORTUNITY FOR TENANT
OWNERSHIP.
CURRENTLY, WE DO THIS BUT WE
FUND OH TO FUND NONPROFIT
HOUSING PROVIDERS TO DO THE
ACQUISITION AND THEN TO
PRESERVE THE HOUSING THAT THEY
ACQUIRE WITH RENT STABILIZED
HOUSING AND PARTNERING WITH
ORGANIZATIONS TO PRESERVE
COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP.
THIS SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING IS
TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING INTO THE ROLE OF
OWNER AND MANAGER OF HOUSING. I
AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE
PROBLEM WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE
WITH OUR CURRENT SCHEME WHICH
IS O.H.
WHICH FUNDS NON-PROPPING
HOUSING PROVIDERS TO DO THIS
WORK. IT WOULD BE REALLY
HELPFUL FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND
THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> FIRST I WANT TO ADDRESS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND SAY
THAT -- THE FIRST TWO
AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY
ARE BIG, WE REALIZE.
I DO WANT TO ASSURE EVERYBODY
THAT WE HAVE A PLAN FOR HOW TO
PAY FOR THIS. THAT WAS NOT PART
OF THE DISCUSSION FOR THIS WEEK
úBUT WE WILL BE PRESENTING THAT
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. NEVER
FEAR.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT IS
UNFUNDED IN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
PRESENTING.
REGARDING YOUR QUESTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I WOULD
SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
YES, THE CITY CAN OWN THESE
BUILDINGS FOR SOME TIME AND
CONTRACT FOR MANAGEMENT AND WE
CAN SELL BUILDINGS TO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WHO WANT TO
ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
WE CAN ALSO SELL THESE TO
TENANTS VIA OUR NOTICE OF INTENT
TO SELL WHICH MIGHT BE PART OF
WHAT YOU ARE REFERENCING. THE
SOCIAL HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT
ARE HAPPENING IN CITIES I
MENTIONED BEFORE ARE A
COMBINATION OF CITY OWNERSHIP
AND NONPROFIT OWNERSHIP.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS BEEN
ACQUIRING LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT
FOR SOME TIME.
HERE IN MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE
THE UW LAUNDRY SITES WHERE IT
IS BEING TARGETED BY COMMUNITY
FOR ACTIVATIONS OF THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING IS ALREADY LOOKING AT
HOW THEY CAN MOVE INTO THE
MANAGEMENT SPACE AND DEFINITELY
REALIZE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
IS DIFFERENT FOR THEM BUT IT IS
A CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING.
I KNOW THAT OWNING A BUILDING
AND CONTRACTING MANAGEMENT IS
NOT TOTALLY DIFFERENT. IT IS
NOT A NEW CONCEPT FOR THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING EITHER TO
PROVIDE SOCIAL HOUSING.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN
FROM OTHER CITIES, FROM OUR
SISTER CITY IN FRANCE. THEY
OFFER LOTS OF GREAT EXAMPLES OF
HOW TO DO THIS AND DO IT WELL.
WE ARE POSSIBLY MOVING A LITTLE
BIT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION
WITH THE CONVERSATIONS WE ARE
HAVING WITH THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING SO FAR -- THERE IS AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT AS WE DO
MORE OF THIS KIND OF WORK,
MANAGEMENT IS A SPACE THEY
MIGHT NEED TO GROW INTO.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS SOME OF
YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> I GET IT IS DIFFERENT.
I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY.
WHAT IS NOT WORKING WITH THE
CURRENT APPROACH THAT IS SEEMS
LIKE IT WOULD BE A BETTER
APPROACH TO FUND O.H.
TO ACQUIRE AND MANAGE PROPERTY?
>> PART OF IT IS AFFORDABILITY
AND THE ABILITY TO PRESERVE A
GREATER AMOUNT OF HOUSING. IT
IS REALLY ABOUT TAKING IT OUT
OF THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS.
EVEN A NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DEVELOPERS THAT WE HAVE
IN THIS CITY DON'T HAVE THAT AS
AN OPTION.
THAT IS A KEY PIECE OF WHAT WE
ARE TRYING TO DO, PROVIDE THE
STABILITY IN RENT AND TO
PROVIDE AN ACQUISITION FUND
THAT ALLOWS US NOW TO PRESERVE
EXISTING BUILDINGS OR TO
PRESERVE AND PURCHASE BUILDINGS
SO THAT WE CAN REMOVE THEM FROM
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET AND HAVE
THAT AS AN OPTION FOR
DEVELOPING INTO HOUSING THAT IS
MORE PORTABLE.
>> OKAY.
COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS THREE
PEOPLE FOR COMMENTS.
WE ARE ON NUMBER TWO IN OUR
HOUSING DISCUSSION.
WE HAD SLATED THIS TO GO UNTIL
11:00 INCLUDING THE VARIOUS
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE SCHEDULED
HERE FOR OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
OUR EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOUR HAND
WAS UP FIRST AND WE ARE MOVING
ON.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
JUST VERY QUICKLY, I AM HAPPY
TO HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES OF PLANS TO FUND THIS
PROPOSAL, WHICH I WOULD OF
COURSE COMPLETELY SUPPORT.
OBVIOUSLY THE PLAN FROM MY
OFFICE IS TO INCREASE THE
BUSINESS ACCESS BUT IF THERE
ARE OTHER PROGRESSIVE OR NEW
IDEAS, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF
COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES SHARED
THAT WITH OUR OFFICE.
I AM HAPPY TO CONTACT HER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, I AM
SENSITIVE TO THE ISSUES THAT
WERE FLAGGED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IN TERMS OF HOW DOES
THIS CHANGE THE FUNCTION OF THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING . I JUST WANT
TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER
THIS SHOULD BE THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING OR WHETHER WE SHOULD,
CONSIDER, RUNNING SOMETHING
ALONGSIDE THIS THAT WOULD
ESTABLISH A PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY THAT WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SOCIAL
HOUSING SO THAT WE ARE NOT SO
RADICALLY MODERATE BEING THE
MISSION AND THE PURPOSE OF THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING WHO HAS
PRIMARILY BEEN AN OWNER OF
HOUSING.
I JUST WANT TO DECOUPLE FOR A
MOMENT THE CONVERSATION OF WHO
AND WHERE THIS SHOULD BE HOUSED
, SHOULD THE CITY PURSUE
PROGRAMMING THAT TAKES HOUSING
OUT OF THE SPECULATIVE MARKET
SO THAT WE CAN CREATE TRULY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAVE
THOSE WORKING PEOPLE AND THEIR
FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY.
HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
WITH YOU, MADAM CHAIR, ABOUT THE
HOW WE ACHIEVE THIS AND WE
CERTAINLY WELCOME THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE MAY
BE ABLE TO THREAD THE NEEDLE TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS.
. LET'S TRY TO BE VERY
JUDICIOUS IN THE SHORT
EXPLANATION AND THE SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> FOR THE RECORD,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS ADDED
HER NAME TO OH 002.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ON 2003.
>> CBA WOULD AT $25 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUNDS TO THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PURCHASE FUND.
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD SUPPORT
THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL
THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE
BOOKS BY PROVIDING FUNDING TO
HELP IMPLEMENT IT. I RECALL
THAT WHEN I JOINED SOUTH CT.
AND PUGET SOUND SAFE TO DISCUSS
THE UPDATED ORDINANCE, ONE OF
THE PRIMARY DRIVERS WAS ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT.
WE MET THE MAYORS OFFICE TO
HEAR ABOUT THE FRUSTRATION THAT
THE COMMUNITY MAY HAVE BEEN
INTERESTED IN PURCHASING AND
THEY WERE NEVER EVEN LISTED
BECAUSE BROKERS WERE TRADING
INFORMATION AMONG THEMSELVES AND
FIGHTING FIRES BEFORE THE
COMMUNITY EVEN KNEW THAT A
BUILDING WAS BEING SOLD.
I AM GLAD THAT WE HAVE AN
ORDINANCE IN PLACE TO ADDRESS
THIS.
SO FAR, ONLY ONE BUILDING HAS
BEEN PURCHASED THROUGH THE
PROGRAM. WHEN MY OFFICE SPOKE
WITH THE CITY AUDITOR, WITH THE
LEAD OF THE PROGRAM AT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND WITH THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO PUSHED
FOR THIS, THERE WAS AGREEMENT
THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT FROM
HAVING THE FUNDS FOR TENANTS TO
ACTUALLY BUY THEIR HOMES. EVEN
THE MOST ORGANIZED TENANTS HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO OVERCOME THAT.
THE INTENTION HERE IS FOR THE
FUNDING TO BE IN THE FORM OF
GRANTS. IT WOULD ALLOW TENANTS
TO PURCHASE THOSE HOMES OF
THOSE HOMES QUALIFY FOR THE
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL PROGRAM
AND WOULD ADDRESS ONE OF THE
ISSUES AT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE
ACKNOWLEDGE, WHICH IS THAT
THERE IS NO EASILY ACCESSIBLE
FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH
PROGRAMS THAT COULD HELP
TENANTS.
THE INTENT HERE IS THAT THE
FUNDING WOULD BE AVAILABLE
REGARDLESS OF A LANDLORD'S
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROGRAM.
AS I SAID, WE HAVE LOOKED AT
HOW THIS COULD WORK. THE
AUDITOR SENT US A GREAT REPORT
IN SEPTEMBER.
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS
THAT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
SHOULD EXPLORE METHODS FOR
ASSISTING TENANTS IN PURCHASING
THEIR HOLDINGS AND THE
RECOMMENDATION ALSO -- THEY
ALSO RECOMMENDED EXPLORING
DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET THIS
FUNDING TO TENANTS.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE IS
TO MAKE SURE THAT LOW AND
MIDDLE INCOME FOLKS GET THE
HELP THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO
PURCHASE THEIR HOMES SO THAT
THEY CAN BE ASSURED OF SOME
PREDICTABILITY AND STABILITY.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DO HERE.
WE WANT TO SET UP A FUNDING
MODEL TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF
THE PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS
HER HAND UP.
THIS AMENDMENT AND THE
AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE NEXT ARE
SIMILAR IN TERMS OF DESIRED
POLICY CHANGES.
I WILL HOLD SOME OF MY COMMENTS
FOR THE AMENDMENT THAT WILL
COME UP NEXT TO WALK-THROUGH
THE PROPOSAL THAT I AM
SUGGESTING.
I THINK THAT THERE IS
OVERLAPPING INTEREST IN
PURSUING A POLICY TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE THE STRUCTURE AND THE
DEPARTMENT CAPACITY TO PUT
FORWARD A PROPOSAL SO THAT
EARLY NEXT YEAR, WE CAN CRAFT A
POLICY TOGETHER AS A
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE
STRATEGIES SO THAT THERE IS MORE
FUNDING FOR TENANTS TO BE ABLE
TO PURCHASE THEIR BUILDINGS IF
THEY COME UP FOR SALE OR A
COLLECTION OF CO-OP TO COME
TOGETHER.
I AM GOING TO BE HOLDING SOME
OF MY COMMENTS FOR THE NEXT
ITEM BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL AND
ALSO FOR OUR JOINT INTEREST AND
EXPECTATION THAT THE CAUSE OF
SOME OF THE LODGING, WE CAN
TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL NOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
MIRELES BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
MADAM CHAIR, I APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMITMENT TO WORKING ON THE
DEFICIENCIES AND NOTICE OF
INTENT TO SELL.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
THIS PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION,
THE CITY AUDITOR IDENTIFIED THE
PRIMARY PROBLEM WITH THE NOTICE
OF INTENT TO SELL PROGRAM IS A
LACK OF COMPLIANCE. FUNDING TO
ACQUIRE PROPERTIES WERE LOW
AFTER COMPLIANCE BECAUSE IT IS
COMPLIANCE WITH THE NOTICE WITH
THE INTENT TO SELL THAT ALLOWS
TENANTS TO KNOW THAT THEIR
PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD AND THAT
THEY HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS TO
MAKE AN OFFER. WHEN PROPERTY
OWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO USE
INTENT TO SELL, THEY OFTEN DON'T
, WHICH RESULTS IN THIS MISSED
OPPORTUNITY. EVEN IN A
SITUATION WHERE THERE'S AN
INFINITE NUMBER OF DOLLARS --
COSPONSORING THIS AMENDMENT, I
EXPRESSED MY HOPE THAT THE FUND
WOULD NOT JUST BE AVAILABLE TO
OWNERS WHO HAD COMPLIED WITH
THE NOTICE TO INTENT TO SELL
BUT ALSO WITH THOSE OWNERS WHO
SHOULD HAVE. I AM JUST
CONCERNED OF THE LANGUAGE THAT
IT MIGHT NOT REFLECT THAT. I AM
HAPPY TO HEAR OTHERWISE FROM
THE SPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU
ARE ON MUTE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD MYSELF
AS A COSPONSOR.
>> EXCELLENT.
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD . IF
THERE IS AN OLD MISSION THERE,
I AM HAPPY TO ADDRESS IT WITH
YOU BECAUSE IT WAS NOT OUR
INTENT TO LEAVE THAT OUT.
YOU CAN FOLLOW UP.
>> OKAY.
WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TRACY?
>> ON TO THE NEXT RELATED ITEM.
>> OH FOR A ONE. THAT WOULD
REQUEST THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
AND THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS TO
REPORT ON THE NOTICE TO INTENT
TO SELL POLICY PROGRAM IN
DEVELOPMENT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AMENDMENT
A MOMENT AGO DOES HAVE A LOT OF
MIX WITH THIS AMENDMENT I AM
BRINGING FORWARD.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND THE COSPONSORS FOR
THE ENTHUSIASM TO EXPAND AND
IMPROVE UPON THE NOTICE OF
INTENT TO SELL ORDINANCE. THIS
AMENDMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES HAD PUT FORWARD WAS IN
A SIMILAR VEIN TO THE ONE WE
HAVE IN FRONT OF US NOW WHICH
IS 00 4. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO
TEE UP THE POLICY WORK AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH YOU
ALL AND EXECUTIVES AT THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR AS WE
SET ASIDE SPECIFIC FUNDING FOR
A POLICY THAT ALLOWS US TO
EXPAND UPON THE NOTICE OF
INTENT TO SELL.
THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT I
THINK BOTH THE PREVIOUS
AMENDMENT AND THE ONE IN FRONT
OF US ARE ADDRESSING IS THE
ABILITY TO CREATE SECURE REVENUE
ALONGSIDE OF DEVELOPING FUNDING
STRATEGIES, SPECIFICALLY THAT
WOULD CORRESPOND WITH POLICIES
SO THAT TENANTS COULD HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE.
FOLLOWING UP ON THE RECENT
AUDITOR'S REPORT THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE NOTED, AND
THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT RULING
THAT IMPACT THE POLICY, WE HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO MAKE
GREATER ENFORCEMENT AND
TECHNICAL CHANGES TO MAKE SURE
THAT MORE NONPROFITS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEMSELVES
HAVE THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE.
THE POLICY NEEDS TO BE PUT IN
PLACE SO WE THEN HAVE THE RIGHT
FUNDING MECHANISM IN EARLY
2022.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS
HERBOLD AND JUAREZ FOR
SPONSORING THE AMENDMENTS IN
FRONT OF US AS WELL AS BEING
THE COSPONSORS FOR 003.
I AM INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE
WE FOLLOW UP ON THE
CONVERSATIONS I HAVE BEEN
HAVING WITH OUR COMMUNITY
HOUSING ROUNDTABLE. WE MEET
WITH FOLKS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS
AND THIS IS AN AREA THEY HAD
ORIGINALLY PUT ON MY RADAR WHEN
I FIRST JOINED OFFICE IN 2018.
BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THE
COMMUNITY HOUSING ROUNDTABLE
HAD BEEN ADVANCING IN -- THANK
YOU, TRACY FOR BEING PART OF
THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
IN 2009, I SPONSORED ON THE
COUNCIL PASSED.
STRENGTHENING THIS NOTICE FOR
NEXT YEAR AND TAILORING THE
ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE BOTH
NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROVIDERS AND POTENTIAL
PURCHASERS AND WORKING WITH THE
OFFICE TO CONDUCT BETTER
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ABOUT
THE PROGRAM AND INCLUDING THE
RESPONSE FROM THE AUDITOR ABOUT
HOW TO IDENTIFY PROGRAMMATIC
IMPROVEMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT
WILL ALLOW FOR US TO ADAPT THE
LEGISLATION.
I THINK THAT THIS IS A BIG
POLICY CHANGE THAT IS NEEDED
AND IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HARNESS
THE SHARED INTEREST IN THIS
COUNCIL AND WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO NOW. WE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT
COURT RULING THAT PAVED THE WAY
FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO NOW
CONSIDER THE IMPOSITION OF THE
RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL THAT WE
GOT CLOSE TO IN THE NOISE
ORDINANCE BUT WE ARE NOT ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH. WHAT FOLKS ARE
REALLY LOOKING AT FROM AREAS
LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C., THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THAT,
THESE PROVIDE TENANTS AND
NONPROFITS WITH THE ABILITY TO
HAVE RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER AND
RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE TRACY
RADCLIFFE'S WORK WITH US IN
2018 AND 2019 THAT GOT US VERY,
VERY CLOSE TO THERE AND WE CAN
BE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A
NOISE ORDINANCE THAT IS SIMILAR
IN NATURE BUT WE ABSOLUTELY
WANT TO WORK TO IMPROVE THE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR
NONPROFIT AND SUPPORT TENANTS
WITH THE AVAILABLE FUNDING.
WE ARE STRENGTHENING
ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
THIS LINE IN FRONT OF US
EXPRESSES THE INTENT TO WORK
WITH THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO UPDATE
THE NOISE LEGISLATION TO DO THE
THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL IS
INTERESTED IN.
CLEAR RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL IS
NOW UNDER THE FIRST RULING.
NUMBER TWO, RESPOND TO THE
AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS
BEGINNING AND EARLY 2022 WITH A
GOAL OF PASSING LEGISLATION IN
THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR.
I HOPE THE PROCESS I HAVE
OUTLINED HERE NOTES THE
IMPORTANCE OF MOVING QUICKLY
AND PROVIDING ROBUST POLICY
DEVELOPMENT, WORK WITH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND WITH
OTHER CITIES AND STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO CRAFT POLICY IN THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR NEXT YEAR
TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTION.
WHAT SHOULD BE MODIFIED FOR
IMPROVING ENFORCEMENT?
HOW CAN WE DEVELOP ASSISTANCE
FOR SUPPORTING TENANTS
FINANCIALLY AND WITH THE
TECHNICAL CAPACITY TO PURCHASE
A BUILDING, TO IDENTIFY THE
TECHNICAL CAPACITY NEEDED TO
MAKE SURE THAT ORGANIZATIONS
GET ACCESS TO THESE FUNDING AND
THE FUNDING IS PAIRED UP WITH
EXISTING FUNDING WE HAVE FREED
UP. AND/OR, IF THERE IS
ADDITIONAL FUNDING, I THINK
THIS IS A LARGER POLICY
CONVERSATION.
THIS REALLY TEES UP THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THOSE
DETAILS IN EARLY 2022.
AGAIN, SHARED INTEREST, SHARED
PRIORITY WITH WANTING US TO
HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH POLICY
DISCUSSION.
QUESTIONS ON THIS OR COMMENTS?
>> FANTASTIC.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT ITEM.
THIS WILL ADD $1.5 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUND TO THE HOUSING FOR
SERVICES AND CAPACITY FUNDING
FOR NON-PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING PROVIDERS. THIS WAS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT FROM
FOLKS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING AND
HEARING FROM A WORKFORCE OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS
ABOUT THE EMERGING NEED FOR
SERVICES FOR THEIR RESIDENTS,
SPECIFICALLY IN NON-PERMANENT
HOUSING. IN ORDER TO FUND THIS
EMERGING WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, THAT ARE THE
ATTRACTIVE APPLICATIONS FROM 14
DIFFERENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROVIDERS, ASKING FOR $2.5
MILLION, 2.5 TIMES THE AMOUNT
AVAILABLE.
IN ADDITION TO ADDING FUNDS TO
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IN ORDER
TO FUND MORE OF THE
APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE RSP,
THIS BUDGET ACTION ASKS THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING TO PROVIDE A
REPORT TO COUNCIL THAT INCLUDES
THE PROJECTED SIZE, CAUSE,
DURATION OF THE NEED FOR
SERVICES FUNDING FOR THE NON-
HOUSING PROVIDERS,
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY
COUNCIL AND WHETHER ADDITIONAL
FUNDING MAY BE NEEDED FOR THIS
ON A ONE TIME ORAN'S GOING ON
GOING BASIS. ADVOCATION OF
FUTURE SPENDING SOURCES TO IN
THE FUTURE SUPPORT SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL ADD YOUR NAME AS A
COSPONSOR.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> I WANTED TO ADD MY NAME AS A
SPONSOR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I SHOULD ADD, MADAM CHAIR,
IF I AM COMING IN LATE, I AM
STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY
MUTE AND MY CAMERA BUTTON AND I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL IS.
I'M TRYING TO FIX IT.
IF YOU SEE ME WAVING
FRANTICALLY AT YOU, THAT IS
WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD MY
NAME TO THIS BUDGET ITEM.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ADDING
HIS NAME TO THE ITEM.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADD MY
NAME AS A SPONSOR TO OH 005 A
AND I MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ALSO ADD I NAME AS A SPONSOR TO
OH 00 4.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
ADDING HER NAME TO OH 00 4 AND
OH 005.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TRACY, LET'S GO ON TO 006.
>> THAT WOULD ADD $200,000 OF
GENERAL FUND TO THE HOUSING FOR
THE HOME FOR GOOD PROGRAM.
THIS WAS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANYTHING HERE IS INTENDED TO
HELP SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT THE
HOME FOR GOOD PROGRAM HAS
STARTED REALLY HELPING FOLKS
WHO ARE ON TEMPORARY STATE
DISABILITY BENEFITS.
THEY MOVED TO PERMANENT FEDERAL
BENEFITS.
THEY EXPERIENCE THIS DROP IN
INCOME. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY
HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS
AND THE STATE BENEFITS HAD
ALLOWED THEM TO FIND HOUSING
WHEN THE HETERO BENEFITS KICK
IN.
MANY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THEIR
HOME. HOME FOR GOOD IS INTENDED
TO STEP IN AND PROVIDE THAT
SHOWER SHALLOW RENT SUBSIDY
THAT ALLOWS THEM TO KEEP THEIR
HOME.
IN A PANDEMIC, THE STATE
NARROWLY ALLOWED FOLKS WHO
RELIED ON H.E.N.
TO KEEP THOSE BENEFITS SO
FOLKS DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE
DROP IN INCOME THAT WOULD HAVE
PUT THEIR HOUSING AT RISK AT
THE STATE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
HAS INDICATED IN 2022, THEY
WILL RESUME TRANSITIONING
PEOPLE OFF OF H.E.N..
THIS WOULD ALLOW HOME FOR GOOD
TO BE SURVEYING A COUPLE DOZEN
FOLKS OR SO WHO ENTER THE
PROGRAM, ALL OF WHOM RETAINED
THEIR HOUSING BECAUSE OF OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH STAKEHOLDERS
IN CREATING THIS PROGRAM A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
IT WOULD ADD 40 MORE PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT 2022.
IMMUNITY SERVICES OPERATES HOME
FOR GOOD AND THEY HAVE
REQUESTED THAT THE AGE
REQUIREMENT OF 50 AND ABOVE BE
LIFTED, ALLOW THEM A GENERAL
FLEXIBILITY IN SERVING THE
FOLKS MOST AT RISK OF LOSING
THEIR HOUSING, VULNERABLE, IN
THAT CASE THAT THEY MAY LOSE
THEIR HOUSING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT
WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I
HAD FOR YOU ON THE QUESTION. IS
THE AGE ALREADY INCLUDED IN
THIS PROPOSAL?
YOUR ANSWER IS POTENTIALLY
ADDING IT. THANK YOU FOR THE
CLARIFICATION.
QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?
>> I DID HAVE -- I DID NOT WANT
TO JUST HE UP -- COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> DID I? I THINK I SHARED THE
PIECE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE A
COSPONSOR AS WELL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ADDING
HER NAME AS WELL.
>> TRACY, SINCE WE WILL HAVE
ANOTHER ITEM HERE IN A MOMENT
WITH SIMILAR LANGUAGE, CAN YOU
PLEASE REMIND FOLKS WHAT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOME FOR
GOOD AND HOME AND HOPE?
>> AS DESCRIBED IN 001, HOME
AND HOPE IS THE FUNDING THAT
GOES TO ENTERPRISE TO HELP WITH
THE PREDEVELOPMENT OF SITES FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE HOME
FOR GOOD PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY A
SHALLOW RENTAL SUBSIDY FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING IN
HOUSING AND WHO ARE POTENTIALLY
FACING A LOSS OF INCOME AS THEY
TRANSITION OFF OF THE STATE 24
PROGRAM TO FEDERAL SSI.
IT REALLY IS TOWARD RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND CASE MANAGEMENT
FOR EXISTING LOW INCOME TENANTS
WHO MAY BE AT RISK FOR LOSING
THEIR HOUSING.
>> WONDERFUL.
THIS IS A PROGRAM, HOME FOR GOOD
. THAT IS WHAT THE CITY WILL
MAINTAIN.
>> CORRECT.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S CONTINUE.
>> 007801. THIS WITHOUT $1
MILLION OF GENERAL FUNDS TO THE
HOUSING COST FOR THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECT.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL TO KEEP COMING BACK TO
THIS A FEW TIMES. I SPOKE ABOUT
THIS YESTERDAY.
LET ME START BY SAYING THAT I
AM SPONSORING TWO BUDGET
ACTIONS THIS YEAR RELATED TO
THE NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE CAMPUS
, THE NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WORKING
WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS,
CHANCELLOR PAN, REPRESENTATIVE
CHING CHOP. THIS IS A BIG
PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON.
IT IS A $99 MILLION PROJECT.
THE CITY OF SIENA WOULD
CONTRIBUTE $1 MILLION IN
CAPITAL COST OF THE HOUSING AND
$2 MILLION FOR THE CAPITAL COST
OF THE LONGHOUSE.
SO, A $3 MILLION CONTRIBUTION
IN TOTAL TO A $99 MILLION
PROJECT.
OUR STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS
INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT
INCLUDE THAT THE FOLKS THAT I
JUST MENTIONED AND SUPPORT FROM
OUR STATE AND COUNTY
GOVERNMENTS AS WELL.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE
TWO FOUR STORY BUILDINGS WITH
200 UNITS OF MIXED INCOME
HOUSING ON A TWO ACRE PARCEL OF
LAND.
THIS IS STATE LAND THAT IS
FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING FAMILIES,
YOUTH EXITING HOMELESSNESS, AND
FOSTER CARE AND THOSE STUDENTS
ATTENDING NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE
. THE HOUSING WILL SURROUND AN
OUTSIDE COURTYARD AND A 6000
SQUARE FOOT LONG COUCH.
THE DIV ELEMENT IS LOCATED NEXT
TO IMPORTANT AMENITIES.
ON THE CAMPUS IS THE WASHINGTON
STATE OPPORTUNITY CENTER FOR
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT, WHICH
úIS GREAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE
LIGHT RAIL THEIR NOW.
RESIDENTS CAN QUICKLY ACCESS
NORTHGATE MALL IN THE GREATER
SEATTLE REGION BY WALKING
ACROSS THE JOHN LEWIS MEMORIAL
BRIDGE TO LIGHT REAL.
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
AND HOUSING AND WE HOPE TO HAVE
OUR NEW RESIDENTS MOVED IN IN
EARLY 2025. A BIG THANK YOU TO
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING
ME ON THIS PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME
TO SPONSOR THIS ITEM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD
ADDING HER NAME TO 007.
>> AS FOR ALL OF THE REASONS
STATED TODAY, I ALSO WOULD LIKE
TO ADD MY NAME.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
ADDING HIS NAME TO 007.
>> DITTO.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ ADDING
HER NAME AS WELL.
LET'S MOVE ONTO 008. THIS WOULD
ADD $13 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND
TO THE HOUSING TO SUPPORT GREEN
NEW DEAL PROGRAMS.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU
ARE STILL ON MUTE. TRACY, I MAY
ASK YOU A QUESTION UNTIL SAWANT
COMES OFF MUTE . 008, GREEN NEW
DEAL PROGRAM HEAT CONVERSION.
TRACY, CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW
THIS DOVETAILS WITH THE
EXISTING INVESTMENTS FROM
JUMPSTART OR THE GREEN NEW DEAL
INVESTMENTS?
IN THE INITIAL DEAL THAT WE
HAVE IN FRONT OF US WITH THE
AMENDMENT THAT WE HAVE
DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, WE WOULD
HAVE ITEMS SUCH AS HEAT
CONVERSION ALREADY BEING FUNDED.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE
OVERLAP IS THERE?
>> I AM HOPING ALLIE MIGHT POP
IN HERE BECAUSE I AM IN CHARGE
OF THE [INDISCERNIBLE]
. I'M SORRY.
I DON'T HAVE IT ALL.
>> NO PROBLEM. I
SEE YOU ON THE LINE.
GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET -- SORRY,
THE AMOUNT PROPOSED FOR THE
JUMPSTART PLAN IN 2022 IS ABOUT
$14 MILLION AND THAT IS
MAINTAINED IN THE AMENDMENT WE
DISCUSSED YESTERDAY. THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD ADD $13 MILLION
, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN
WHAT WE WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED
BASED ON THE SPENDING PLAN HAD
GENERAL FUND REBOUNDED IN 2022.
IT IS ABOUT 9% OF THE JUMPSTART
FUNDS THAT ARE MEANT TO BE
ALLOCATED FOR GREEN NEW DEAL
INVESTMENTS.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT I
THINK WOULD BE ANTICIPATED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
WHEN THIS WAS PASSED IN 2020,
IT WAS INTENDED TO FUND GREEN
NEW DEAL PROGRAMS.
THE ACTIVISTS GOT SIGNATURES
FOR THE BALLOT INITIATIVE.
THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR THOSE
CONDITIONS LIKE OIL AND NATURAL
GAS USED FOR HEATERS AND HOT
WATER.
WE KNOW SEATTLE'S LATEST
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION THAT
SEATTLE IS NOWHERE CLOSE TO ON
TRACK TO MEETING THE GOALS TO
REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE
IF YOU LOOK AT IT, SINCE 2008,
THERE HAS BEEN REDUCTION BUT
THAT REDUCTION IS NOWHERE ON
TRACK.
ON TOP OF THAT, MORE TROUBLIN
IS THE NEWS THAT SINCE 2016,
BUILDING EMISSIONS HAVE GONE
UP.
THAT PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON
US AS A CITY TO REALLY PUT OUR
BEST FOOT FORWARD TO MAKE UP
FOR THE LOST TIME AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE ON TARGET IN THE
NEAR FUTURE. THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET HAS MONEY TO
CONVERT LOW INCOME HOMES AND
FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL
RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD ADD 30
MILLION TO THE FUNDS.
WE WOULD GET OFF FOSSIL FUEL
AND GO TO CLEAN, RENEWABLE
ENERGY.
I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT A MEMBER
OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD HAS BEEN DISCUSSING THE
NEW APPLICATION OF THESE FUNDS
AND RECOMMEND THAT ONE OR 2
MILLION BE USED TO SUPPORT
WORKFORCE TRAINING INITIATIVES
FOR THE WORKERS IN THE
INDUSTRIES, WHICH OF COURSE, IT
IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF IF
WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BEAT
THE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE.
THAT IS NOT EXPECTED IN THE
DRAFT OF THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT
BUT I WANTED TO RAISE THAT OUT
OF CONSIDERATION. JUST LASTLY,
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT IS $14
MILLION BECAUSE I SEE THAT AS A
BEST REFLECTION OF WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN IN TERMS OF OUR COMMITMENT
TO FUND GREEN NEW DEAL
INFRASTRUCTURES.
OBVIOUSLY, IT WOULD BE REMISS
OF ME IF I DID NOT SAY THAT FAR
MORE IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS
CLIMATE CHANGE.
MY OFFICE ALSO SENDS ALL
COUNCIL MEMBERS A DRAFT TO
INCREASE THE BIG BUSINESS TAX
RATE TO RAISE AN ADDITIONAL $65
MILLION A YEAR FOR THE GREEN
NEW DEAL PROGRAMS AS SUPPORTED
BY THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET AND THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET BUT WE HAVE
NOT GOT THOSE SPONSORS.
HOWEVER, EVEN A $30 MILLION
WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL
EXPANSION FOR BUILDING
DECARBONIZATION.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ONTO 009.
SPECS 009 A1 WOULD ADD $2.8
MILLION OF GENERAL FUND TO FUND
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
, RENEW PERMANENT AFFORDING
HOUSING. THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
IN 2021, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROVIDERS IN SEATTLE USED STATE
FUNDS CALLED RAPID ACQUISITION
FUNDS TO HAVE OLDER RENTAL
HOUSING BUILDINGS IN SEATTLE TO
USE FOR AFFORDABLE PERMANENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THREE
BUILDINGS ON CAPITOL HILL, ONE
IN FREMONT AND ONE IN BEACON
HILL.
WHEN SEATTLE'S OFFICE OF
HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS WITH FUNDING FOR
OPERATIONS ARE BUILT INTO THE
BUDGET, WHICH I'M SURE WE WOULD
ALL AGREE IS CRUCIAL TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM RAPIDLY
BECOMING DILAPIDATED.
HOWEVER, THE OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE FUNDING FOR THIS
RAPID ACQUISITION IS LESS
CLEAR.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING DOES HAVE
FUNDING THAT COULD BE USED TO
SUPPORT THESE CHOICES.
HOWEVER, THE SERVICE PROVIDERS
ARE CONCERNED THAT THE HOUSING
CHOICE VOUCHERS ARE FOR
INDIVIDUALS AND THEY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING WILL NOT
BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
THESE BUILDINGS.
THIS REFLECTS THE ESTIMATE OF
THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
FUNDING THAT WILL BE REQUIRED
FOR THESE BUILDINGS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> I DO WANT TO THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF
OVERLAP AS WELL ON THE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS DOLLARS
FREED UP FOR THE PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING USING THE
HOUSING VOUCHERS AS A WAY FOR
US TO MAKE SURE THE PERMANENT
SUPPORT HOUSING IS THERE. I
WOULD LOVE TO WORK MORE WITH
YOU AND CENTRAL STAFF TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE ADDRESSING THIS
ISSUE.
I THINK THAT, IN PART, WE ARE
SEEING SIMILAR THINGS IN THE
FIRST AMENDMENT WE DISCUSSED
YESTERDAY, MAKING SURE THERE IS
FUNDING FOR THE TURNKEY READY
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
USING RAPID ACQUISITION AS WELL
TO BRING MORE HOUSING ONLINE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A
NUMBER OF NEW BUILDINGS AND
HOUSING UNITS THAT WILL BE OPEN
LATER THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A GAP
FOR FUNDING FOR MAKING SURE
THAT THEY HAVE THE SERVICES
NEEDED TO ACCOMPANY FOLKS WHO
ARE MOVING INTO THOSE
FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE STABLY HOUSED. THE
AMENDMENT THAT WE DISCUSSED ON
MONDAY YESTERDAY ALSO ATTEMPTS
TO ADDRESS THE SERVICE GAP BY
PROVIDING DIRECTION THAT THE $6
MILLION THAT WAS GOING TO
SUPPORT EMERGENCY HOUSING
SERVICE VOUCHER ACTUALLY BE
INCLUDED INTO OUR PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE JUMPSTART PROPOSAL THAT
ADDS OVER $80 MILLION IN TWO
ENSURING THERE IS HOUSING
SERVICES AND SPECIFICALLY
CALLING OUT THE $6 MILLION
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR
THE SUPPORTING SERVICE ELEMENT.
I THINK WE ANTICIPATE A PORTION
OF THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS WILL BE FILLED BY THE
SERVICES PAIRED WITH THE
VOUCHERS.
I THINK WE HAVE A SIMILAR
STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
CLOSING THAT GAP AND I GUESS I
WOULD ASK CENTRAL STAFF WE CAN
ALWAYS TALK MORE OFF-LINE IF
NEEDED.
>> YOU HAVE IT EXACTLY RIGHT.
THAT IS SURELY THE CONVERSATION
AND THEN ZEROING IN ON WHAT WE
THINK THE SERVICES GAP WILL BE,
MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT
VOUCHERS AND ESTATE DOLLARS
THAT ARE TO BE ALLOCATED YET AS
WELL AS FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE
ARE HOPING TO SECURE FOR THESE
PURPOSES.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE WILL ADDRESS IT IN THAT
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SERVICES
FUNDING.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER, FOR FLAGGING
THIS.
AS WE LOOK AT THE WAYS IN WHICH
WE ARE PAIRING THE $50.7
MILLION THAT WE HAVE FREED UP
IN THE AMENDMENT YESTERDAY, WE
HAVE ALSO ADDED TO THAT $6
MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
HOUSING SERVICES.
WE WILL CROSSWALK THAT WITH
THIS AMENDMENT AS WE GET INTO
THE DETAILS.
THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THOSE
GAPS.
LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
>>> 0H 10 A0 01.
THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WOULD
REQUEST THE FUNDING DECISIONS
FOR THE 2021 NOTICE OF FUNDING
AVAILABILITY RECOGNIZES THE
AVAILABILITY OF 2022 AFFORDABLE
HOUSING APPROPRIATIONS AND ALSO
THAT IT WOULD RECOMMEND
MODIFICATIONS TO THE HOUSING
FUNDING POLICIES.
THIS IS BEING SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
SORRY.
>> COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AS WELL.
THERE WAS A LOT OF OVERLAP WE
HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
CONVERSATION HERE.
I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THIS
POLICY THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU
COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
AND DISPLAYS THE ROUNDTABLE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE BEEN
HAVING.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING'S 2021
NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY
AS WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY
ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE FUNDING
FOR THE PRODUCTION AND
PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE
RENTAL HOUSING AND CURRENTLY WE
KNOW THAT THERE IS ONLY ABOUT
$35 MILLION IN THAT BUCKET.
HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS
OVER 14 PROJECT THAT APPLIED
FOR THIS FUNDING.
FOR CONTEXT, AS YOU KNOW, AS
YOU SAW AT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT
HERE, WE HAVE PROVIDED A
COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS YEARS.
LAST YEAR WE OFFERED NEAR $100
MILLION. THE YEAR BEFORE THAT,
$110 MILLION.
THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, NEAR $80
MILLION.
THE YEAR BEFORE THAT AS WELL,
NEAR $100 MILLION.
WE ARE UNDER INVESTING IN AN
AREA WHERE WE KNOW THAT THERE
ARE SEVERAL READY PROJECTS. WE
SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO FRONT LOAD FUNDING TO
BRING THOSE HOUSING UNITS
ONLINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS
AMENDMENT DOES.
IT ALLOWS FOR US TO FRONTLOAD
THE JUMPSTART INVESTMENTS TO
INVEST IN THOSE SHOVEL READY
PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW ARE READY
TO GO BECAUSE OF THE
SUBMISSIONS BUT FOR THE LACK OF
FUNDING RIGHT NOW AND 2021.
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MOVE
FORWARD.
THIS INVESTMENT HELPS TO MAKES
SURE WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING TO FORWARD COMMIT 20
$22 FROM JUMPSTART AMENDMENTS
WHERE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS
SHOVEL READY PROJECTS THAT HAVE
APPLIED AND ALLOW FOR THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING TO FORWARD
COMMIT THOSE DOLLARS.
THIS IS A SMART THING TO HELP
REDUCE BARRIERS, ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE SMALLER COMMUNITY-BASED
DEVELOPERS WHO ARE DIRECTLY
HELPING TO FUND PROJECTS IN
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AT HIGHEST
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT AND SEEING
GREATER SELF-DETERMINATION IN
TERMS OF ESTABLISHING THE
HOUSING THAT THEY KNOW THAT
THEY NEED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING
ME EXPLAIN THAT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER,
MOSQUEDA.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND I
APPRECIATE YOU WRINGING THIS
FORWARD IN LIGHT OF MY NAME AS
A COSPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> I ALSO WANTED TO ADD MYSELF
AS A COSPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON.
WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.
>> WE ARE MOVING ON NOW TO THE
WALK ON AMENDMENTS. WE HAVE OH
WALK ON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE
THAT WOULD REQUEST THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING TO PROVIDE A BRIDGE
LOAN FOR THE ACQUISITION OF
FIRE PARK PLAZA HOUSING PROJECT
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> EXCELLENT.
PLEASE WALK US THROUGH YOUR
WALK ON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
>> THANK YOU.
SQUIRE PARK PLAZA CONTAINING 16
MOSTLY AFFORDABLE HOMES WAS
RECENTLY PUT UP FOR SALE TO
PREVENT THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE
SQUIRE PARK PLAZA RESIDENTS.
THE NEW HOPE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE IS
PARTNERING WITH LEHIGH TO
PURCHASE THE BUILDING AND
GUARANTEE THE ONGOING
AFFORDABILITY OF ALL 60 UNITS.
OVER 75% OF THE RESIDENTS ARE
FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
AND MANY ARE VERY LOW INCOME.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT
THESE TENANTS HAS BEEN AT RISK
OF LOSING THEIR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
IN 2015, THEIR BUILDING WAS
ALSO PUT ON THE MARKET AND THE
TENANTS ORGANIZED TO GET AN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER TO
PURCHASE THE BUILDING IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE BANK BUT
NOW THE BANK IS PUTTING THE
BUILDING BACK UP FOR SALE.
THE NEW HOPE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUT AND THE
LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE
HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BUY THE
BUILDING, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS
FOR THE RENTERS THERE.
HOWEVER, THEY NEED TO CLOSE
BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR AND
THE BUILDING WAS PUT UP FOR
SALE AFTER THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING'S DEADLINE FOR FUNDING
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS YEAR. THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS
NEED A BRIDGE LOAN THIS YEAR SO
THEY HAVE THE TIME TO DO MORE
PERMANENT FUNDING OBLIGATIONS.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD AUTHORIZE
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO MAKE
THAT GOOD DEAL. I WOULD APPEAL
TO COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT
THIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS WHO
CALLED IN TODAY AND YESTERDAY
ON THIS TOPIC.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AS I THINK OUR OFFICE CHATTED
WITH YOUR OFFICE, WE ARE DOING
SOME INTERNAL WORK TO SEE IF
THERE IS ANY IMMEDIATE FUNDS
THAT COULD BE CLEARED UP IN
ADVANCE. I WANT TO THANK EMILY
ALVARADO AND HER TEAM AT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING TO CONTINUE
TO BE RESPONSIVE AND QUICKLY
TRYING TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL
SOURCES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT IF
THAT IS A POSSIBILITY AS WELL.
>> LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> MOVING ON, THE FINAL
AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING, WALK ON NUMBER TWO.
IT WOULD ADD $106.8 MILLION TO
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LOW
INCOME HOUSING PROGRAMS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
ON THE PREVIOUS ONE, I WANTED
TO SAY THAT MY OFFICE REALLY
LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA, AND MAKING
SURE WE HAVE THE FUNDS FOR THE
SQUIRE PARK PLAZA PURCHASE AND
TO CLOSE THAT DEAL FOR LOW
INCOME HOUSING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
TOGETHER WITH YOU ON THAT. FOR
THIS WALK ON AMENDMENT, WHEN
THE TAX WAS PASSED IN 2020, 62%
WAS INTENDED TO FUND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
62% OF THE EXPECTED PAYROLL TAX
REVENUE WOULD HAVE BEEN $145
MILLION. UNFORTUNATELY, MAYOR
DURKAN'S PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET
DEDICATES ONLY $38.6 MILLION OF
THAT EXPECTED $145 MILLION OF
THOSE FUNDS IN 2022, A
REDUCTION OF 106 POINT EIGHT $5
MILLION IN FUNDING FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, THOSE
FUNDS WERE INSTEAD USED TO
INCREASE THE GENERAL FUND,
ESSENTIALLY BALANCING THE REST
OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
PART OF THAT WAS USED TO
BACKFILL OTHER PROJECTS IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WERE
AUTHORIZED -- PART OF THAT WAS
AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATION
THAT THE COUNCIL PASSED OVER
THE SUMMER BUT MY OFFICE HAS
BEEN ADVOCATING FOR CUTS. I
THINK WE SHOULD BE COMPARING
THE FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL
TO THE ORIGINAL COMMITMENTS
THAT THE COUNCIL EARNESTLY MADE
IN THE SPENDING PLAN OF THE
PAYROLL EXTENSION TAX LAST YEAR
AND USING THAT AS THE MINIMUM
BENCHMARK.
THOSE ARE THE COMMITMENTS MADE
TO ALL OF THE ORGANIZES THAT
GATHERED THE BALLOT INITIATIVE
SIGNATURES. THAT SHOULD BE IN
ADDITION TO UNDER THEIR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BECAUSE, THE REALITY IS, EVEN
$145 MILLION IS FAR LESS THAN
IS TRULY NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEVASTATING
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS
IN THE CITY WHICH PREDATES THE
PANDEMIC, AS WE ALL KNOW.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD
INCREASE THE BIG BUSINESS TAX
RATE OF THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
WITH THE ADDITIONAL $106.8
MILLION REQUIRED TO FUND THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITMENT
THAT THE COUNCIL MADE LAST
YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, I THANK
YOU FOR THE COMMENTS THAT YOU
MADE ABOUT HOW THE FUNDING WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE ADDITIVE AND I
REALLY THINK THAT THIS COUNCIL
HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT OUR
EXPECTATION WAS THE JUMPSTART
FUNDS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED IN
RELATION TO HOUSING.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED TO
THE LEVY, TO THE CENTRAL FUNDS,
TO MHA FEES.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
LEGISLATION THAT WE, AS A
COUNCIL , THAT WE ALL PASSED
EARLIER THIS YEAR TO CREATE A
TRANSPARENT FUND AND CODIFY OUR
EXPENSE PLAN IN ANTICIPATION OF
THOSE FUNDS BEING SWEPT FOR
OTHER ITEMS.
THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT WE ALL MADE A
COMMITMENT TO.
PART OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THAT LEGISLATION
THAT UNANIMOUSLY PASSED WAS
ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT IF WE
HAVE SHORTER THAN ANTICIPATED
-- SHORTFALLS FROM THE REVENUE
THAT ARE LESS THAN ANTICIPATED
FUNDS, WE COULD BE IN A
SITUATION WHERE AN AUSTERITY
BUDGET WOULD BE IN FRONT OF US.
WE DID ALLOW FOR A PORTION OF
THOSE FUNDS TO BE USED ON A
TEMPORARY BASIS IF REVENUE
FALLS BELOW A CERTAIN
THRESHOLD.
I TOO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
COMMITTING NOT ONLY TO THE
PERCENTAGE AMOUNTS BUT TO THE
ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
I KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO
SO IN FUTURE YEARS.
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE
WE ALLOW FOR THAT NOW IS THAT
WE CAN AVOID AUSTERITY BUDGING.
I THINK WE HEARD THE CENTRAL
STAFF NOTE EARLIER IN OUR
PRESENTATIONS TWO WEEKS AGO
THAT BECAUSE OF THE ABILITY TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CREATING
THAT VALVE, THE ENTIRE BALANCED
BUDGET THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF
US IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF
JUMPSTART.
HOWEVER, WE WANT THOSE HIM
START DOLLARS TO GO TO THE
PLACES WE SAID THEY WOULD GO.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE FREEING UP
THE $50 MILLION THAT HAD BEEN
BASICALLY BACKFILLED BY FEDERAL
DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
KEEPING TRUE TO THAT 62%.
I KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE
THE AMOUNT GROW IN THE FUTURE
BUT WE DID ALLOW FOR THE
TEMPORARY USE OF JUMPSTART IN
EMERGENCIES WHERE WE SEE MUCH
LOWER THAN EXPECTED REVENUE
BECAUSE WE WANT TO AVOID
AUSTERITY BUDGING.
WE WANT TO KEEP PARKS AND
COMMUNITY CENTERS AND CHILDCARE
SERVICES AND FOOD ASSISTANCE
AVAILABLE. I TOO WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO
BUILD THAT BACKUP AND I KNOW
WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS WE SEE OUR
REVENUE PROJECTIONS BE MORE ON
TRACK.
WE HAVE A CODIFIED HOUR SPEND
PLAN SO WE WON'T SEE A SWIPE AT
THE JUMPSTART FUNDS LIKE WE
HAVE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
I'M HOPING THAT THE AMENDMENT
THAT WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY
MAKES SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR
COMMITMENT TO THOSE INVESTMENTS
BUT I DO WANT TO UNDERSCORE
THAT WE DID PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
THAT SPEND PLAN SO THAT WE CAN
AVOID AUSTERITY BUDGING AND ARE
ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO THOSE
PERCENTAGES REMAINING IN TRACK
ON OUR CODIFIED SPEND PLAN THAT
IS NOW A LAW.
THERE IS A LOT OF OVERLAP HERE
IN TERMS OF INTENT WITH WHAT WE
DISCUSSED YESTERDAY AND HOW WE
ARE STAYING TRUE TO THOSE
PIECES.
>> LET'S GO WANT TO THE NEXT
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK
THAT YOU DID IN THE OFFICE OF
POLICY THIS YEAR.
WE ARE RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE
BUT I THINK WE CAN MAKE UP SOME
TIME.
WE HAVE THE HOMELESSNESS
SERVICE RELATED ITEMS AS OUR
NEXT CATEGORY.
I WANT TO THANK JEFF SIMMS FOR
BEING WITH US AND WE ARE GOING
TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS SET
OF ITEMS BEFORE 1:00 P.M.
IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO ANOTHER
SECTION AFTER THAT, THAT WOULD
BE FANTASTIC BECAUSE WE ONLY
HAVE A FEW ITEMS UNDER PARKS
BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
LET'S KICK IT OFF WITH OUR
FIRST ITEM UNDER HOMELESS
SERVICES.
I'M SORRY, LET ME ASK THE CLERK
TO READ THE ITEM INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE.
>> SHORT AND SWEET.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JEFF, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THE FIRST ACTION WOULD BE M
001 IS PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
IT WOULD ADD $200,000 IN
GENERAL FUND FROM HST TO
CONTINUED HAZARD PAY AT AN
AGENCY THAT PROVIDES SERVICE
FOR YOUTH THAT EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS.
PREVIOUSLY THEY RECEIVED A PPP
LOAN THAT ALLOWED THEM TO
PROVIDE THESE BENEFITS AND
INCREASED HAZARD PAY TO THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
THAT LOAN WILL BE RENEWED. THAT
IS THE BASIS FOR THIS FUNDING
GAP THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE
SPONSOR FOR THE REST.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE AN
ANTICLIMACTIC RESPONSE HERE.
GIVEN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
CHAIR THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE
INTRODUCING THE AMENDMENT, IT
SEEMS CLEAR THAT THIS WILL BE
WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE
PROVIDER PAY INCREASE THAT THE
CHAIR WILL BE PROPOSING IN
TOMORROW'S SESSION, WHICH WOULD
MAKE THIS AMENDMENT ACTUALLY
MOOT AT THIS POINT.
I AM ACTUALLY WITHDRAWING THIS
AMENDMENT, GIVEN THAT WE ARE
NOT ONLY GOING TO BE ADDRESSING
THIS ISSUE FOR YOUTH CARE BUT
FOR MANY OF OUR GREAT ONLINE
PROVIDERS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT PROPOSAL COMING TOGETHER
WITH CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING MORE REMARKS
ON THAT TOMORROW IN THE
CONTEXT OF ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
COMMENTS AS WELL TOMORROW ON
THAT DISCUSSION. I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE ESPECIALLY WITH YOUTH CARE
AND OTHER PROVIDERS AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO HELPING CREATE
GREATER STABILITY ACROSS OUR
NETWORK.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. LET'S GO
ON.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
>> 00281 IS ADDING $10,000 IN
ONE-TIME FUNDING OF GENERAL
FUNDS TO SUPPORT COVID
MODIFICATIONS AND SERVICES AT A
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT CENTER.
THIS WILL BE FOR AN AGENCY SUCH
AS YOUTH CARE.
THE COUNCIL PROVIDED , OVER THE
COURSE OF 2021, AN ADDITIONAL
$800,000 FOR THE TYPE OF
PROGRAMS. MANY YOUTH CARE
PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED A
DAY CENTER.
THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT HSB
HAS BEEN PROVIDING FOR SHELTER
PROGRAMS IS NOT PERFECTLY
LINING UP WITH YOUTH PROGRAMS
WHICH IS A DAY CENTER MERGED
WITH SHELTER.
THIS WOULD ADD $600,000 ACROSS
-- THIS WOULD ADD $600,000 SUCH
AS INCREASED RENT AND UTILITY
COST, THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF. THIS IS
JUST ANOTHER STORY OF ONE OF
OUR PROVIDERS CONTINUING TO BE
IN A POSITION WHERE THEY NEED
TO ADAPT TO THE NEW REALITIES
OF OPERATING SERVICES IN A
WORLD DEFINED BY THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC. THIS IS INVOLVED IN
CONVERTING FORMER DAY CENTER
SPACES INTO 24/7 ENGAGEMENT
CENTERS AND ALLOWING LONGER-
TERM ENGAGEMENT AND 24/7 STAVES
. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
THAT THERE IS A SILVER LINING
TO COVID.
IT IS THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE
SPACE AND THE SERVICE LEVEL
THAT SOME OF OUR PROVIDERS HAVE
HAD TO, BY MANDATE, STEP UP TO.
I KNOW IT IS HARD TO MEET THOSE
MANDATES WITHOUT RESOURCES.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO STEP IN AND MAKE SURE WE CAN
SUSTAIN YOUTH CARE IN THEIR
LEADERSHIP TEAM AND PROVIDING
THIS NEW ENGAGEMENT AND 24/7
SERVICE ON A MORE SUSTAINED
BASIS GOING FORWARD TO REALLY
ENHANCE THE MISSION OF SERVING
A GROUP OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS THAT WE DON'T
OFTEN DISCUSS BUT THAT IS A
HUGE PART OF THE POPULATION,
WHICH IS YOUTH EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS
FORWARD AND WORK WITH A NEW
LEADERSHIP TEAM OVER AT YOUTH
CARE AND HOPE TO SEE SOME
SUPPORT FROM CALLINGS TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE MEETING THIS
CRITICAL SERVICE GAP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?
NOT SEEING ANY, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ONTO 003.
>> M -- I'M SORRY.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I DID
NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD ON 002.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MYSELF
AS A SPONSOR.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ADDING
HER NAME 2002.
LET'S GO AHEAD.
>> HM 3001 IS ADDING TO SUPPORT
TWO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
THE EXAMPLE IS YOUTH CARE
PROGRAMS.
BOTH THE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD
NOT HAVE FUNDING HAVE
PREVIOUSLY HAD GRANT FUNDING
THAT THE GRANT SOURCE IS NOT A
GOOD MATCH FOR.
ONE WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PROGRAM.
ONE WAS FUNDED THROUGH HS D AND
THE FUNDING STREAM WAS RECENTLY
-- THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT
FOCUS ON YOUTH EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS RATHER THAN YOUTH
OVERALL OR OTHER TYPES OF
DYNAMICS OF THE FUNDING STREAM.
THIS ONGOING FUNDING WOULD
ALLOW THIS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS REALLY A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH
YOUTH CARE ON PROTECTING AND
EXPANDING IN A CRITICAL
FUNCTION OF THE PROGRAM WHICH
IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR
FOLKS WHO THEY DO CASEWORK WITH.
LOTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TEND
TO BE IN A TRANSITIONAL STATE
OF HOMELESSNESS AND IT GIVES US
THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK
WITH YOUNG FOLKS TO GET THEM
THE SKILLS, THE JOBS, THE
CONNECTIONS AND THE OPPORTUNITY
NECESSARY TO NOT FALL INTO A
STATE OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE
BIGGEST VALUE ADDS FROM THE
WORK THAT YOUTH CARE IS DOING,
IS BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO
THIS UNIQUE POSITIONING THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS HAVE AS BEING
OVERREPRESENTED, WHICH IS A
STRONG CONNECTION WITH THIS
WORKFORCE COMPONENT.
THIS FUNDING IS GOING TO ALLOW
THE PROGRAMMATIC CONTINUATION,
GIVEN THAT THERE IS SOME
UNRELIABILITY OF SOME OF THE
OTHER EXTERNAL FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES AND GRANTS THAT
YOUTH CARE HAS HISTORICALLY HAD
TO RELY ON.
AS WE ALL KNOW, THE MORE FOLKS
THAT WE CAN EXIT FROM
HOMELESSNESS, THE FEWER FOLKS
THAT WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR IN
TERMS OF A CASELOAD FOR CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS WHICH BECOMES A
MUCH BIGGER ISSUE.
THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL
UPSTREAM INVESTMENT AND YOUTH
CARE IS A GOOD TRACK RECORD OF
DOING A LOT WITH A LITTLE.
JUST $700,000 COULD ALSO REALLY
BE SEEN AS A STRONG
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM
. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING WHAT THE NEW LEADERSHIP
TEAM DOES WITH THESE RESOURCES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES, I
BELIEVE YOUR HAND MIGHT BE
CARRIED OVER FROM THE LAST TIME
SO I WILL ASK A QUICK QUESTION
TO GIVE YOU SOME TIME.
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION HERE
FOR CENTRAL STAFF RELATED TO
THE AMENDMENTS FROM YESTERDAY
AT THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. WE SAW THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRY AMENDMENT
SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON YOUTH AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. IS THERE
OVERLAP DIRECTLY WITH THIS
AMENDMENT PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF
US?
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD DEEPER TO THE SPONSOR
AND WHETHER OR NOT THE SPONSORS
I NEED TO TALK MORE TO. I WOULD
SAY ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS IS
ALSO LOOKING AT CREATING AN
OVERALL STRATEGY FOR WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT WHICH PAIRS NICELY
WITH YOUR PROPOSED INVESTMENT
IN CREATING A PLAN FOR
INVESTMENTS IN THE ECONOMIC
REVITALIZATION DOLLARS IN THE
JUMPSTART FUND.
WHAT YOU ARE NOTING HERE IS
THAT THERE IS SOME SPREADING
ACROSS SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS. WE
WILL BE CONTINUING TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS AS WE WORK WITH
YOU AND OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS ON
THE BALANCING PACKAGE. THE
INTENT IS TO REALLY TAKE THAT
HEAD ON AND COME UP WITH A MORE
HOLISTIC STRATEGY FOR HOW THE
CITY IS INVESTING AND
SUPPORTING WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> WONDERFUL.
ANYTHING TO ADD OR FLAG ABOUT
THAT?
>> I THINK IT GOES MORE TO HOW
WE WOULD'VE ACTUATE GETTING THE
RESOURCE TO YOUTH CARE. I COULD
CONCEIVABLY SEE THEM BEING
ELIGIBLE FOR SOME OF THOSE
RESOURCES BUT I DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY HOW IT WOULD WORK.
MY BOTTOM LINE IS WANTING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE
MONEY NECESSARY TO CONTINUE
THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK
. WHAT DEPARTMENT THEY GET IT
FROM, I AM AMBIVALENT ON.
>> WONDERFUL.
AS I MENTIONED TO THE FOLKS AT
YOUTH CARE, HAVING TOURED AND
SEEN THE WAY IN WHICH THEIR
TRAINING FACILITY IS
COORDINATED WITH THEIR DAY
SERVICES, IT WAS SUCH A NICE
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH.
I AM VERY IMPRESSED. THANK YOU
FOR HELPING TO FLAG THE
INTERSECT BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON TO HLM
00 4.
>> THAT ADDS $170,000 TO
MAINTAIN AND EXPAND VEHICLE
RESIDENT OUTREACH AND PARKING
EXPENSES.
THIS, IN THE 2021 BUDGET AND IN
THE YEAR PRIOR TO THAT, THE
MEDICATION PROGRAM HAD BEEN
FUNDED AT $100,000.
THIS WOULD CONTINUE FUNDING
BECAUSE THERE IS NOT FUNDING
FOR THAT PROGRAM AND THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. WE WOULD NOT
ONLY CONTINUE THAT BUT INCREASE
AND ADD FUNDING FOR SAFE
WALKING LOTS TO BE OPERATED BY
THAT PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH
FISCALLY SPONSORED NEW HEIGHTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> A VERY GOOD DESCRIPTION OF
WHAT THIS AMENDMENT IS.
LAST YEAR IT WAS $100,000 AND
THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THE
FISCAL SPONSOR.
IN THAT TIME SINCE LAST YEAR,
THE NEW FISCAL SPONSOR IS ABLE
TO PROVIDE GREATER RESOURCES TO
ENSURING THAT THIS PROGRAM IS
SET UP FOR SUCCESS, WHICH IS
WHY WE ARE READY TO START
EXPANDING THE PROGRAM AND TYING
A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO IN WITH
THE OUTREACH AND A PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO GO.
THIS AMENDMENT SPEAKS TO INVEST
$770,000 TO EXPAND THE VEHICLE
RESIDENCY OUTREACH TO YOUTH AND
THE SUPPORTIVE SAFE BLOCK
PILOT.
THE VEHICLE RESIDENCY OUTREACH
TEAM IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF
THE HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH
STRATEGY SINCE 40% OF THE CITIES
HOMELESSNESS POPULATION LIVES
IN THEIR CARS.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S REPORTS
SHOWED A DOUBLING OF VEHICLE
RESIDENTS FROM 2017 TO 2019.
THE VEHICLE RESIDENCY OUTREACH
WORKERS REGULARLY MAKE HUNDREDS
OF CONTACTS ANNUALLY TO PEOPLE
LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES.
THEY HELP PEOPLE GAIN STABILITY
BY ENSURING THEY HAVE CAR TABS,
LICENSES, PROVIDING VEHICLE
REPAIR TO KEEP MOVING AND
PROVIDING REFERRALS TO OTHER
SERVICES INCLUDING SHELTER AND
HOUSING.
THE SUPPORTIVE SAFE PARKING
PILOT IS A PROGRAM THAT GIVES
TEMPORARY OVERNIGHT OR 24/7
SAFE LOCATION PARK FOR
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVING
IN VEHICLES WHILE PROVIDING
ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT WILL
TRANSITION THEM TO MORE STABLE
HOUSING.
THE GOAL OF THE SAFE PARKING
LOT IS TO OFFER STABILITY AND
ULTIMATELY A PATHWAY TO HOUSING.
THIS PROGRAM PLANS TO HOST A
MINIMUM OF 80 TO 120 PEOPLE IN
THE 2022 PILOT YEAR. THE
VEHICLE RESIDENCY PROGRAM AND
THE STATE LAW EXPANSION WILL
WORK IN TANDEM.
OUTREACH WORKERS WILL ACT AS
AGENTS TO SAFE PARKING SITES AS
WELL AS ALLOW ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-
UP SUPPORT.
>> MOVING STRAIGHT INTO SHELTER
OR HOUSING IS OFTEN SOMETHING
THAT IS SCARY TO THEM BECAUSE
IT REQUIRES THEM TO GIVE UP
THEIR LAST PIECE OF PROPERTY.
BY CREATING THE PARKING PILOT
AND COMBINING IT WITH THIS
OUTREACH TEAM, WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HELP TRANSITION
PEOPLE OUT OF THE CARS AND INTO
HOMES.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR THIS
AMENDMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE DEPEND
ON THIS FOR SHELTER BECAUSE
THEY HAVE BECOME UN-HOUSED IS
AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER.
HAVING YOUR CAR TOWED IS
MISERABLE, EVEN FOR ANYONE.
FOR PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON THEIR
VEHICLE FOR SHELTER, IT IS
MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
FOR LEGAL RESIDENCE, IT MEANS
LOSING NOT ONLY YOUR CAR BUT
YOUR HOME AND ALL OF YOUR
BELONGINGS.
THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE TOWING
VEHICLES THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN.
MY OFFICE HAS REPEATEDLY AND
PUBLICLY URGED MAYOR DURKAN NOT
TO ENFORCE THE 72 HOUR PARKING
BAN.
HOWEVER, AS LONG AS THE CITY IS
GOING TO BE TICKETING AND
TOWING, WE AT LEAST NEED THESE
MITIGATION RESOURCES. I WISH TO
COSPONSOR THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT.
I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION THAT IS
PROBABLY FOR JEFF SIMMS LATER
INTO THE AGENDA. IT WAS THE
BUDGET AMENDMENT PROPOSED FOR
SAFE PARKING LAWS. THE COSTS
BEING REPORTED ARE HIGHER THAN
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO I AM JUST
WONDERING WHAT THE SOURCE OF
THAT DISCREPANCY IS.
THANK YOU.
>> AS I INTRODUCE THE NEXT
AMENDMENT, WHICH IS THE ONE
THAT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
REFERS TO, I CAN ADDRESS THAT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT ADDING
HER NAME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I'M INCLINED TO ADD MY NAME
AS WELL, TRULY AS IT RELAES TO
THE $10,000 IN THIS BUDGET
ACTION TO SHOW THE MITIGATION
PROGRAM.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
ADDITIONAL FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE PAY SPOT PROGRAM.
MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT WE HAVE
ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR 2021 THAT
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY KING
COUNTY HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
THAT THOSE ALREADY SAFE LOT
DOLLARS ARE TRANSFERRING OVER
THAT WE HAVE ALREADY ALLOCATED
FOR 2021.
THEY ARE GOING TO TRANSFER OVER
FOR THE 2022 BUDGET AND WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED BY THE HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY IN 2022 FOR THE
PURPOSES WHICH COUNCIL
CONSIDERED FOR AN RV SAFE LOT.
I THINK THAT WAS $700,000.
IS THIS ADDITIONAL $660,000 IN
ADDITION TO THE $730,000 THE
COUNCIL ALREADY OFFERED?
>> FIRST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
IT IS CLEAR. BECAUSE OF THE WAY
WE WRITE OUR ACTIONS, THIS
WOULD GO TO HSD.
I'M SURE I WILL NOTICE THAT
EVERY SINGLE ONE NOTES THAT
WITHIN GET CONTRACTED TO THEIR
LOCAL AUTHORITY.
AT THE END OF THIS CALENDAR
YEAR, 2021, IT IS $500,000 FOR
THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
PROVIDED FOR RV AND VEHICLE
SERVICES.
THOSE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN SPENT.
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY ON
HOMELESSNESS HAS COMMITTED TO
DOING SO AND ISSUING THAT RFP.
IT IS UNCLEAR HOW MANY OR HOW
LONG OR EVEN THE TYPE OF
SERVICES THAT THE $500,000
WOULD PROVIDE. WHEN IT WAS
FORMULATED, WE WERE ASSUMING A
TOTAL WITH THAT OF 25 VEHICLES
OF SOME KIND AND NOT FOR A FULL
YEAR OF SERVICES, NECESSARILY.
I THINK IT WAS A HALF YEAR OF
SERVICES WE ASSUMED WITH THAT.
THE PROPOSAL YOU ARE LOOKING AT
WOULD ADD TO THAT $500,000.
THAT WERE TO BE PASSED IN ITS
ENTIRETY, IT WOULD BE $1.2
MILLION.
IT WOULD BE AN EVEN LARGER OF
SAFE LOTS. BECAUSE IT IS UNCLEAR
HOW THE AUTHORITY WILL END UP
IMPLEMENTING WHAT IT WILL
ALREADY HAVE, IT IS NOT
POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SAY HOW THE
SERVICES MIGHT COMPLIMENT OR
INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND
IS WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE KING
COUNTY HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
THAT THEY DO INTEND TO MOVE
OVER OUR EXISTING HSD OR HS I
CONTRACTS AND TO HONOR THE
FUNDING INTENT BEHIND THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT
COMMITMENT FOR CHANGES THAT WE
ARE MAKING TO THE BUDGET NOW. I
ONLY RAISE THAT BECAUSE AS IT
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE RV
SAFE LOT PROPOSAL, THERE HAS
BEEN MUCH SAID ABOUT THE
EXECUTIVES AND THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY'S
POSITION THAT THEY ARE STILL
SEARCHING FOR A SAFE LOT MODEL
THAT DOES MORE THAN PROVIDE A
SAFE PLACE FOR FOLKS TO EXIST
OR TO AVOID BEING TICKETED.
I SUPPORT THOSE OUTCOMES.
IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT THE
EXECUTIVE OR THE HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY SUPPORTS A PROGRAM
THAT HAS THOSE OUTCOMES
EXCLUSIVELY AND IS LOOKING FOR
A PROGRAM THAT ALSO IS
SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING PEOPLE
OUT OF THEIR RVs AND INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THEY SEEM TO BE SAYING THAT
SUCH A MODEL DOES NOT EXIST
ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUING
TO IDENTIFY MONEY TO PARK IN
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY WITH
THIS SORT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND
THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS
PARTICULAR TYPE OF INTERVENTION.
IN THE INTERIM -- I AM GOING TO
SAY THAT I AM ADDING MYSELF AS
A SPONSOR TO THIS ITEM BUT I
WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD GET
SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS
ANSWERED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ADDING
HER NAME AS WELL TO HON 00 4.
BEFORE I TAKE THE NEXT
COUNCILMEMBER, I DO WANT TO
REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD JUST NOTED.
I APPRECIATE THE SPONSORS AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AS WELL WHO
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH RHA.
I TOO HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY AND THERE HAS BEEN
ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
TEAM TO HAVE AS IT DID WITH
FOLKS FROM VARIOUS SAFE LOTS
THAT DO EXIST IN OUR CITY RIGHT
NOW.
CLEARLY, NOT ENOUGH. I'M
APPRECIATIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT
BEING BROUGHT FORWARD. I
THANK THE SPONSOR FOR WANTING
TO EXPAND THOSE SERVICES.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD
TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
RV SAFE LOTS AND THE RV STORAGE
-- WAS THAT LAST YEAR'S FUNDING?
THAT WAS LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME
THAT WE PASSED THE RV SAFE LOT
AND RV STORAGE.
>> IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
IT WAS PART OF THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN.
>> IT HAS BEEN A LONG YEAR.
>> EARLIER THIS YEAR WE PASS
THE RV SAFE LOT AND RV STORAGE.
WE APPRECIATE THE WORK TO
EXPAND THESE SAFE LOTS. WE ALSO
HAD THE BUILD BACK INTO THE
BUDGET PROTECTION FOR THE STOP
LOAN MITIGATION EFFORT THE YEAR
BEFORE THAT.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN AREA THAT
WE WANT TO SEEK THE ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE LIVING
UNSHELTERED AND ONLY HAVE A
VEHICLE TO RESIDE IN.
I TOO AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE IS FOLLOW-THROUGH ON
THE COMMITMENTS TO STAND UP
THESE OPTIONS AND GREATLY
APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WE
HAVE DONE WITH THE PROVIDERS ON
THE GROUND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
EXISTING PROGRAMS.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD NOTED
WHICH IS THE QUICKNESS IN WHICH
WE NEED TO BE SEEING THESE
DOLLARS APPLIED VERSUS
RETRACING THE PROGRAM.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WITH A
COMMITMENT FROM RHA TO MOVE
FORWARD BUT THE QUESTION FOR ME
IS HOW QUICKLY AND WITH HOW MUCH
DIRECTION CAN THE COUNCIL
CONTINUE TO OFFER ON THIS AREA?
I DID SEE ANOTHER HAND.
I'M SORRY.
PERHAPS SOMEONE LOWERED THEIR
HAND.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
IN RESPONSE, I ALWAYS THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT TO BRING SOLUTIONS
THAT ARE FULL. AS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT OFTEN TIME SAYS, DOES
NOT MATTER HOW MANY OUTREACH
WORKERS YOU HAVE UNLESS YOU
HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
THOSE OUTREACH WORKERS ARE NOT
GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IF THEY
CAN'T BE.
THAT IS WHY THIS REQUEST FROM
THE PROVIDERS IS A TANDEM
REQUEST OF HAVING OUTREACH
WORKERS AND SETTING THEM UP FOR
SUCCESS WITH HAVING A PLACE TO
GO.
ALL OF THOSE OTHER QUESTIONS
STILL STAND AND THAT IS WHY
THIS IS TIED.
ALSO CLARIFYING THAT WE ARE
EXPANDING THE OUTREACH BEYOND
$100,000 SO IT IS NOT $600,000.
HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH MORE
INFORMATION AFTER THE MEETING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS WON'T BE A QUESTION.
THIS IS JUST A BRIEF STATEMENT
OF SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD AND COLLABORATING WITH
OUR OFFICE ON SOME OF THESE
DETAILS.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS
EMBLEMATIC OF A LOT OF OUR
HOMELESSNESS IMPLEMENTATION
ISSUES AS A CITY WHERE THINGS
GET DELAYED BECAUSE THE GOOD IS
THE ENEMY OF THE PERFECT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A
GREAT NATIONAL MODEL FOR THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE TRIED
SOMETHING FIVE YEARS AGO, IT
DID NOT WORK VERY WELL BUT THAT
úHAS TO BE WEIGHT AGAINST THE
STATUS QUO OF NOT SUPPORTING
PEOPLE AT ALL WHO ARE IN THIS
POSITION OF LIVING IN AN RB
WERE PROVIDING ANY TYPE OF
SUPPORT OR GUIDANCE FOR
NEIGHBORS WHO ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT HAVING LARGE
CONCENTRATIONS OF RV CAMPERS ON
THEIR BLOCK. I THINK WE'VE GOT
TO GET AWAY FROM THE ROAD
RUNNER LOGIC OF WILEY COYOTE
TRYING ONE THING ONCE AND IT
FAILS AND YOU DON'T FINE-TUNE
YOUR PROPOSAL.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE
OF EXPERIMENTATION AND TRYING
NEW THINGS IS BETTER THAN A
STATUS QUO WHERE WE ARE NOT
DOING ANYTHING.
THE PROPOSAL PUTS US FURTHER IN
THAT DIRECTION OF INTERACTION
AND PRODUCTIVITY AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS AND I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT, GIVEN THE MASSIVE
NUMBER OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO
AREN'T LIVING LIKE THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT HELPS TRANSITION TO THE
NEXT ITEM AS WELL AS WE
CONTINUE TO SHOW SUPPORT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> ON ANOTHER TOPIC , I AM NOT
SURE IF I RAISED MY HAND FOR
STRAUSS 2003.
IF I DID NOT, I WANTED TO NOTE
MY COSPONSORSHIP OF 003.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ADDING
HIS NAME TO HOM 003, WHICH IS
THE WORKPLACE YOUTH EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO MOVE US ALONG TO
HOM 005 . EVEN THOUGH WE MAY
HAVE HAD SOME PUSHBACK FIVE
YEARS AGO PRIOR TO MY TIME ON
COUNCIL, I THINK THERE HAS
BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE
UNDERSTANDING AND THE
APPRECIATION OF SOME OF THE
TEMPORARY HOUSING SOLUTIONS
THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY
AND OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE TRYING TO PURSUE.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
EVOLUTION ON TINY HOMES AND THE
DESIRE TO SEE MORE TINY HOMES
ACROSS OUR CITY. I THINK THAT
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
CONTINUE TO EXPAND THESE SAFE
LOTS AND HAVE A PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO GO AS WE WORK TO
STAND UP ADDITIONAL NON-
CONGREGANT SHELTER OPTIONS AND
ULTIMATE THAT PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT WE WILL
BE ABLE TO INVEST IN IN 2022
AND BEYOND.
WITH THAT, I KNOW YOU HAVE A
SIMILAR RELATED TOPIC.
LET'S GO ON 2005.
>> THAT WOULD ADD $2.7 MILLION
IN ONGOING FUNDING AND $1.9
MILLION IN ONE-TIME FUNDING. A
TOTAL OF $4.6 MILLION TO CREATE
AND OPERATE THREE NEW SAFE
PARKING LOTS.
THIS IS A PRIMARY SPONSOR,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WITH
COUNCIL MEMBERS MORALES AND
LEWIS AS THE COSPONSORS.
PER YOUR QUESTION PREVIOUSLY,
THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE HERE IS
THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT
WOULD BE SERVED WHEREAS THE
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING BUDGET
PROPOSAL WOULD SERVE THREE LOTS
OF CHANGING FROM FIVE TO 10
VEHICLES.
BETWEEN 15 AND 30 VEHICLES.
YOUR PROPOSAL COVERS -- IS
ESTIMATED AT AROUND 75
VEHICLES.
IT IS SOMEWHERE THREE TO FIVE
TIMES AS MANY VEHICLES WOULD BE
SERVED.
THAT IS THE PRINCIPAL
DIFFERENCE.
THERE IS A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN
THE TYPES OF SERVICES, THE
PROPOSAL HERE, WOULD ALSO
INCORPORATE SERVICES FOR ARBY'S
. THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF THE
INCLUSION FOR SOME OF THE
STARTUP COSTS TO PROVIDE THOSE
SERVICES WHICH I BELIEVE ARE
CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY THE
MITIGATION TEAM.
THEY DO FOCUS ON OTHER TYPES OF
THINGS BUT NOT PUMPING OUT RVs.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE
PRIMARY SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, JEFF OR THAT
EXPLANATION.
THAT IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO
HEAR WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE
IN TERMS OF HOW MANY VEHICLES
WILL BE SUPPORTED.
AS YOU SAID, THIS AMENDMENT I
AM SPEAKING TO RIGHT NOW, UP TO
75 VEHICLES WOULD BE SUPPORTED.
I ALSO APPRECIATE YOU
CLARIFYING THAT THE RV PUMPOUT
SERVICES WILL NOT BE PROVIDED
AND INTENTIONALLY MAY
UNDERSCORE THAT POINT WHEN I
SPOKE TO THE OTHER BUDGET
AMENDMENT FROM MY OFFICE IN
RELATION TO VEHICULAR RESIDENCE
. IT SPECIFICALLY UNDERSCORED
-- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN IMAGINE.
AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT IN LACK
OF PERMANENT AFFORDING HOUSING,
THE BEST PROGRAM FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IS TO PROVIDE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SHORT OF THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE FORCED
TO LIVE IN RVs ARE NOT DOING
THAT BY CHOICE. THEY HAVE THE
IMMEDIATE SERVICES.
AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY,
SUPPORT FROM THOSE SERVICES,
SPECIFICALLY IS ACTUALLY HIGH
BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHARED GOAL
THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ABLE TO
SURVIVE FOR THE TIME BEING.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT POINTS.
THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD USE
SAFE PARKING LOTS TO THE TUNE
OF 75 VEHICLES.
SAFE PARKING LOTS WILL PROVIDE
A SAFE LOCATION FOR PEOPLE TO
PARK THEIR CAR OR RV. THERE CAN
BE BATHROOMS, GARBAGE
COLLECTION, PUMPOUT SERVICES,
SERVICES OF THAT KIND.
HALF OF OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS
HAVE SHELTER IN THEIR VEHICLES.
THEY ARE NOT MERELY THE
RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT
THOSE NEIGHBORS.
THIS HAS BEEN A DEMAND OF THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET MOVEMENT.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS
ITEM.
>> I APPRECIATE THE SCALE ON
WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
EXPANDING THE SAFE LOTS IN
GENERAL HERE, GIVEN THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE SIZE THAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THE SAFE LOT WE TALKED ABOUT
WAS 25 VEHICLES TOTAL. DOES
YOUR OFFICE -- HAVE YOU BEEN
ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
SOME OF THE OPERATORS TO SEE
ABOUT THE SCALE?
ARE THEY ABLE TO DO SAFE LOTS
TO 30 OR SO VEHICLES IN ONE
LOCATION?
DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT MORE
LOCATIONS TO SERVE THAT SAME
NUMBER OF PEOPLE?
>> I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY THE
RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION BUT I
APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION AND MY
OFFICE CAN INQUIRE ON THAT
SPECIFICALLY.
I ALSO KNOW THAT THE NEED IS SO
HIGH THAT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT
THE PROVIDERS WANT TO HAVE THE
FUNDS TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY
COULD BE FLEXIBLE ON THAT.
MY OFFICE IS CERTAINLY FLEXIBLE
ON THAT.
YOU COULD RAPIDLY MAKE GOOD,
RATIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR BOTH
BECAUSE IT IS ALSO A QUESTION
OF HAVING THEM AVAILABLE.
I AM VERY FLEXIBLE ON THAT BUT
I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO
CONNECT WITH THE PROVIDERS AND
THEN WE CAN BE IN TOUCH WITH
YOUR OFFICE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, GO
AHEAD.
>> JUMPING IN ON THAT POINT,
MADAM CHAIR, MAYBE THIS IS A
QUESTION -- THIS IS A QUESTION
FOR CENTRAL STAFF.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THERE
IS NO SHORTAGE OF SITES FOR
THESE TYPES OF THINGS AND THERE
IS NO SHORTAGE OF SITES THAT
ARE IN CITY POSSESSION.
IT IS JUST A MATTER OF THE WILL
OF CITY DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE
THEM AVAILABLE TO MEET THE
BIGGEST EMERGENCY OUR CITY IS
FACING.
I DO WONDER IF THERE MIGHT BE A
WAY TO PUT A TANDEM STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT HERE OR
SOME KIND OF REQUEST FOR
FINANCE INDUSTRY OF SERVICES TO
COMPILE A LIST OF CITY OWNED
SITES THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE
SUITABLE SITES TO HOST SOME
KIND OF USE LIKE THIS AND TO
REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL SO
WE WILL HAVE IT IN THE PUBLIC
CAN SEE OR THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
IT. JUST A THOUGHT.
A LOT OF THE LAND THAT THE CITY
OWNS FOR A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS
IS PROCURED AND MAINTAINED FOR
THE PURPOSE OF PARKING LARGE
TRUCKS OR PARKING VEHICLES.
IT IS SORT OF NATURALLY ACQUIRED
FOR THE WORK THAT SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES OR SDOT OR
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT DOES.
I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY SOME
OF THOSE SITES, IF THEY ARE NOT
CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED,
COULDN'T BE USED FOR A SIMILAR
FUNCTION, WHICH IS THE PARKING
OF RVs WITH ATTENDANT ON-SITE
SERVICES. MAYBE THEY COULD
COMPILE A LIST OF SUITABLE SITE
>> THANK YOU, YES,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR RAISING
POINT AND LOOKING AT THE
POTENTIAL FOR USING CITY OWNED
OR LEASED LOTS, I OF COURSE
COMPLETELY SUPPORT THAT AND I
DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T DO IT
AS YOU SAID IN TANDEM WITH THIS
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT.
I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT
AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU, ALL.
LET'S GO TO --
>> MAINTAIN AND EXPAND DAY
CENTER SERVICES IN DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE LEAD COUNCILMEMBER IS
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WITH LEWIS
AS A CO-MEMBER.
IT WOULD ALLOW LEE HIGH TO
OPERATE THESE PROGRAMS AND
ALLOW THEM TO HAVE
APPROXIMATELY THREE EMPLOYEES
TO SUPPORT EXISTING SERVICES AT
THE DOWNTOWN RESTAURANT AND
EXPAND HOURS INTO THE EVENING
AND WEEKEND AT THE BALLARD REST
STOP.
TURNING IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
SUMMED UP ALL OF MY TALKING
POINTS, GOOD JOB, JEFF.
THIS AMENDMENT INCREASINGLY
SIGNIFICANT HOURS IN DOWNTOWN
LOCATION TO EXPAND EVENINGS AND
WEEKENDS THROUGH URBAN REST
STOP HYGIENE CENTER PROVIDING
FREE RESTAURANT AND SHOWERS,
LAUNDRY FACILITIES TO ON HOUSED
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BY
PROVIDING ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL
HYGIENE SERVICES WITH CLEAN,
SAFE, AND DIGNIFIED
ENVIRONMENT.
THE URBAN REST STOP WILL
IMPROVE SELF SUFFICIENCY OF
INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THE URBAN REST STOP HELP NEARBY
BUSINESSES AS IT ALLEVIATES THE
NEED FOR PEOPLE TO USE THOSE
BUSINESSES, BATHROOM FACILITIES
, EVENINGS OR WEEKENDS WHEN THE
URBAN REST STOP IS CURRENTLY
CLOSED, IT WOULD ADD ANOTHER
10,000 SHOWERS, 1000 LOADS OF
LAUNDRY, ANOTHER 500 TO 600
PEOPLE BLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE
RESTAURANT SERVICES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME
AS A COSPONSOR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON ADDING
HIS NAME . QUESTION FOR CENTRAL
STUFF ON THIS, GIVEN THE
TRANSITION TO THE ORIGINAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, A
QUESTION FOR UPCOMING
HOMELESSNESS RELATED
AMENDMENTS, WE SAY IN HERE FOR
EXAMPLE, THE SERVICES ARE
CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY LEE HIGH.
DO WE HAVE A MECHANISM TO ENSURE
THE CONTRACTED PROVIDERS
CONTINUES TO THERE IS
CONTINUITY OF CARE IN THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS AND SERVICES AS
WE THINK ABOUT HOW THE SERVICES
WILL BE ULTIMATELY MANAGED BY
OUR AGE 80.
>> TWO STEPS THE COUNCIL CAN
ENSURE SUCH PROVISIONS ARE
FOLLOWED, FIRST WOULD BE AS
APPROPRIATE, I THINK IT ENSURES
USE IN THAT WAY AND
COUNCILMEMBER SUFFERED ME SAY
BEFORE, THERE WILL BE A MASTER
SERVICES AGREEMENT SET UP
BETWEEN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
THAT CONTRACT WILL STIPULATE
VARIETY OF CONDITIONS FOR THE
USE OF FUNDS INCLUDING
POTENTIALLY THESE FUNDS SO
THERE WOULD BE TWO STEPS TO
MAKE SURE SUCH A REQUIREMENT
WAS INCORPORATED SO THAT WHEN
IT CAN BE IMPOSED.
ADDITIONAL NOTE, REGIONAL
AUTHORITY HAS SAID THAT THERE
IS NOT INTENTION TO RE-COMPETE
OR CHANGE EXISTING CONTRACTS
RECEIVED.
THE DEGREE THIS WOULD BE
SUPPORTING ESPECIALLY THE
DOWNTOWN REST STOP, THE DEGREE
ADDITIONAL FUNDS NECESSARY TO
MAINTAIN THOSE EXISTING
SERVICES, THERE WOULD BE
DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO ENSURE
THOSE CONTINUE IN SOME KIND OF
MARRYING OR MATCH THEM TOGETHER
OF SERVICES OF CONTRACTS TO
MAKE SURE SINGLE ACTION THAT
WOULD PROVIDE THE FUNDS TO LEE
HIGH.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO
HOM 007.
>> AT $36,000 AND 110 FUNDING
TO INCREASE SHELTER STUFFING
CAPACITY.
THIS WOULD BE IN PARTICULAR,
LEE HIGH.
LOOKING AT LAKEFRONT HOUSE
WHICH IS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY, THIS IS
ADDITIONAL STAFFING NEEDS WE
PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED.
OF THE MEMBERS JUAREZ IS THE
MAIN SPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING THAT GREAT
INTRODUCTION.
THIS IS KIND OF LATE BREAKING
BUT WE GOT IT IN TIME AND UNDER
IS YOU SHARED WHAT OUR
TIMELINES WERE, THIS IS FOR THE
LAKEFRONT COMMUNITY HEALTH
WITCHES 28 UNIT SHELTER THAT
CAN HOUSE UP TO 50 PEOPLE.
IT IS OPERATED BY LEE HIGH, LOW
HOUSING INCOME INSTITUTE.
IT PROVIDES HYGIENE CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES AS WELL AS
SHELTER.
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING STAFFING
SHORTAGE.
THE SMALL REQUEST BOOSTS THE
SALARY FOR SUPER VISOR POSITION
AT THE SITE, SPECIFICALLY 4.5
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO CORRECT
OVERSIGHT AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SHORTAGES AT THIS LOCATION.
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THOSE FOLKS AND I APPRECIATE
THEM.
I KNOW IT IS NOT A LOT, IT IS A
LOT BECAUSE IT CAME LATE, IT IS
36,001 10 FUNDING SO WE CAN
CONTINUE TO LEVEL UP OR
FRONTLOAD A LOT OF THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES WE SEE HAPPENING
IN THE NORTH END SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU NOTED
ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD A
QUESTION ABOUT, $36,000 FOR ONE
TIME FUNDING TO INCREASE
STAFFING.
ARE WE LOOKING AT A THIRD OF A
POSITION?
>> LOOKS LIKE ALMOST HALF AND
THAT IS THE INFORMATION WE GOT
FROM THEM, I CAN COME BACK, IT
SEEMED VERY MODEST.
A LOT OF IT, I THINK YOU KNOW
THIS AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND GONZALEZ , WHEN WE
GET THESE PROGRAMS UP AND
RUNNING, YOU SHOULD ENDS UP AND
FIND OUT WHERE THE GAPS ARE AND
THAT IS KIND OF WHAT THIS IS
DOING.
FIGURE OUT THIS IS WHERE THE
GAP WAS AND TO PLUG IT.
TO BE MORE CANDID.
>> YEAH, OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT.
OKAY.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE, I CAN
MOVE 2008.
>> $100,000 ONE TIME FUNDING TO
EXPAND HOMELESSNESS DAY CENTER
SERVICES.
THE RECIPIENT WOULD BE THE
NORTH SIDE OF SEATTLE.
THAT PROGRAM SERIOUSLY RECEIVED
FUNDING SINCE 2019, TYPICALLY
AROUND $100,000, STILL TRYING
TO DETERMINE LAST YEAR.
THE PRIMARY SPONSOR IS
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS LEWIS AND SAWANT
AS COSPONSORS.
>> THIS IS A SUCCESS STORY.
I KNOW WE DON'T HEAR A LOT OF
THAT.
HAS BEEN IN THE NORTH END, I
WISH I HAD THE DATE, HAS TO BE
WELL OVER A COUPLE DECADES.
THEY DID COME TO THE BUDGET
FAMILY IN 2019 AND WE WERE
CLOSELY WITH THEM.
IT IS A DAY SHELTER BECAUSE WE
NEVER HAD ONE, 24/7 DAY SHELTER
FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN THE LAKE CITY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE FUNDED THEM FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN 2019, THEY HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL PROVIDING SERVICES
FOR UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS.
THIS IS A GREAT NEED, THE POINT
IN TIME COUNT JANUARY 2021
IDENTIFIED 178 PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, 138
UNSHELTERED, 126% INCREASE FROM
2020.
WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS ALL OVER
THE CITY, THE INCREASE IN THE
UNSHELTERED IN OUR COMMUNITIES
HAS GROWN.
THIS PROGRAM WHICH I'M REALLY
PROUD OF, PRIMARILY SERVES
SINGLE ADULTS SO WE ARE
AVERAGING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 40
AND 50 INDIVIDUALS A DAY, THESE
ARE OUR NEIGHBORS.
AT THIS LOCATION LIKE WE DID IT
ROYAL COMMONS, PEOPLE CAN
SHOWER, DO THE LAUNDRY, COOK A
MEAL, WARM-UP, THEY HAVE ACCESS
TO A PHONE AND INTERNET AND
SERVICES.
JUST BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE
BASIC NEEDS AND ACCESS TO
SERVICES AS WE DO AT THE NORTH
HELPLINE FOOD BANK WHICH IS MORE
THAN A FOOD BANK.
IT PAYS OFF IN DIVIDENDS IN HOW
WE CAN MEET PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
THIS INVESTMENT WOULD ALLOW THE
CENTER TO PAY FOR OPERATIONS
AND PERSONNEL COSTS.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT WITH
THIS ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER.
APPRECIATE THE HISTORY ON THE
INVESTMENTS HERE THAT WE DID IN
THE BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, EVERY
MEMBER SITTING BY YOU WHEN YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS THE
FIRST TIME AND IT WASN'T
SUPPORTED BACK THEN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANTED TO NOTE FOR OUR
MATERIALS, I THINK THERE WAS
INADVERTENTLY, COUNCILMEMBER
WORKING DROP TO THE COSPONSOR
LIST.
>> I SAW THAT, I WAS NOT GOING
TO SAY ANYTHING.
>> PAGE 16, GOING PUBLIC IF YOU
ARE FOLLOWING ALONG, PLACE
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE AS THE
PRIMARY SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT AND LOUIS AS
COSPONSORS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEEN
NONE, I WILL MOVE TO HOM 009.
>> ADDS $600,000 WERE
ADMINISTERED COSTS WITH THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY, THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY
DISCUSSED AS PART OF
IDENTIFICATION PIECES.
THE PRIMARY SPONSOR IS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WITH CONSUL
MEMBER MORALES AND GONZALEZ AS
COSPONSORS.
TURNING IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
QUEUING DATA.
IT IS GOOD WE ARE ABLE TO GET
BACKGROUND SO THERE HAS BEEN A
LITTLE BIT MORE LEAD UP TO A
LOT OF THESE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
ISSUES.
WHEN WE ORIGINALLY HAD THAT
STAFFING PLAN PRESENTED TO THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE WHICH
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ AND I
SERVE ON, WE DID NOT HAVE THE
FINAL INFORMATION ON THE
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING AND
THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL
INCREASE STAFFING FOR THE OFFICE
WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR ANY
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BUILT-IN
FEEDBACK LOOP TO GET ASSESSMENT
FROM THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THAT
ENTITY IS PERFORMING,
PARTICULARLY FROM PEOPLE WHO
EXPERIENCED OR ARE GOING TO BE
INTERACTING A LOT WITH THE
AUTHORITY AND ALSO SUPPORT FOR
THE REGIONAL PLANNING PROCESS
WHICH WILL BE CRITICAL COMPONENT
OF BRINGING THAT CONSTITUENT
PARTS OF THIS AUTHORITY
TOGETHER.
I'M HAPPY TO MAKE JEFF
AVAILABLE TO ANSWER AVAILABLE
QUESTIONS OR THE BACKGROUND OF
THE FUND IF THERE ARE TECHNICAL
THINGS JEFF WOULD BE BETTER
POSITIONED TO ANSWER.
THE LONG STORY SHORT IS THERE
ARE FUNDS TO COVER
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, I THINK
IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, IT IS
FAIRLY MODEST GIVEN A LOT OF
THE PROCESS DELAYS GETTING THIS
AUTHORITY SET UP, AS A LOT OF
FOLKS NO, IT LEADS TO SIX-MONTH
POTENTIALLY EIGHT MONTHS BEHIND
IN THE TIMELINE WHERE WE WERE
HOPING THE AUTHORITY TO BE.
I'M SURE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT STATUTES AS
GOVERNING COMMITTEE MEMBER AND
HAPPY TO ANSWER ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANKS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF
AFTER MY REMARKS, JUST ANSWERS
THE QUESTION AROUND HOW MUCH WE
ANTICIPATE OR HOW MUCH KING
COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS PREPARING
TO ADD ON THIS UNEXPECTED
OVERHEAD EXPENDITURE TICKET
ITEM.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL
INFORMATION AND AM HOPING JEFF
HAS A. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY
WHEN WE ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED IN
OUR BUDGET A COUPLE YEARS AGO,
INITIAL DOLLARS FOR
OPERATIONALIZING OUR MJ, VERY
MUCH MAKING EDUCATED ESTIMATES
TO WHAT WE THOUGHT OVERHEAD
EXPENSES AND ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES WOULD BE TO STAND THIS
NEW REGIONAL ENTITY UP AND
ENSURE IT IS SUCCESSFUL.
NOW THAT THERE IS TCO IN PLACE
AND STAFFING IS OCCURRING AND
WORK PLANS ARE PULLED TOGETHER,
I THINK WE HAVE A MORE ACCURATE
FORECAST OF WHAT THAT ACTUAL
EXPENSES ARE RELATED TO THE
OVERHEAD AND ADMINISTRATION
EXPENSES OF THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY AND IN
ORDER FOR THIS REGIONAL EFFORT
TO TRULY BE SUCCESSFUL AND GET
OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT, WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE
RESOURCES NEEDED TO
OPERATIONALIZE, MANY OF THE
INVESTMENTS WE HAVE AND TALKING
ON, OTHER LINE ITEMS RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS.
MAKING SURE WE APPRECIATE THE
THOUGHT THE FIRST TIME WE
FUNDED THIS ENTITY, IT WAS AN
ESTIMATE AND NOW WE HAD A
BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THE REAL
FORECASTING COST IS RELATED TO
ACTUAL OPERATIONALIZING MANY OF
THE INVESTMENTS WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT POTENTIALLY ADDING, IT
WOULD GO OVER TO THE RHA.
IF WE WANT THE IMPLEMENTATION
TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY IS
APPROPRIATELY RESOURCED AND
STEPPED TO FACILITATE THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND
OPERATIONALIZING MANY OF THESE
EFFORTS.
HOPEFULLY I HAVE ENOUGH TIME
FOR MY ANTICIPATED COMMENTS TO
IDENTIFY OTHER INFORMATION YOU
MIGHT HAVE, JUST THAT WOULD
GIVE US A GREATER SENSE OF
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH THE
COUNTY IS INTENDING TO INVEST
ON ANY RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU
FOR TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER,
I NEEDED A MINUTE ON THAT.
ISSUE I.D., THE INITIAL
PROJECTIONS BACK IN MAY HAD
SUBSTANTIALLY LESS MONEY,
THINKING 5.5 OR $6 MILLION AND
NOW TALKING MORE LIKE 10
MILLION RANGE.
AS THERE IS ADDITIONAL COST FOR
ADMINISTRATION, NOTICE
SOMETHING LIKE CREATING HMIS
IDENTIFIED.
FUNDING COMING FROM COUNTY AND
INTUITIVE CARE HOUSE FROM THE
COUNTY FOR MOST OF THE COST.
THERE HAS BEEN INCREASED
RELATIVE TO LAST MAY OF $2.7
MILLION IN COUNTY FUNDING.
ALMOST ALL OF THAT CONTINUING.
IN TERMS OF AFTER ARRIVING AT
THAT POINT AND NOW THAT THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY HAS
IDENTIFIED THE $600,000 FUNDING
GAP, KING COUNTY AT THIS TIME,
NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BEING
ASKED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING ON TOP OF WHAT IS
ALREADY COMMITTED AND
IDENTIFIED.
ONLY SEATTLE IS BEING ASKED TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL $600,000
THOUGH THE INCREASE THE COUNTY
MADE OVER PRIOR ACTIONS WAS
ABOUT 2.7 MILLION WAS THE
INCREASE THE CITY HAS MADE
WOULD BE AROUND 800,000 PLUS,
AROUND 1.1 MILLION.
ALMOST $2 MILLION, SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
DOES THAT ADDRESS YOUR
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER
PRESIDENT?
>> IT DOES.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE
OF SORT OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT HERE IN TERMS OF THE NEED
FOR WE ARE HEARING FROM JEFF
THAT THE COUNTY IS IDENTIFYING
MUST $3 MILLION WORTH OF
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS TO
SUPPORT OPERATIONALIZING THE
DEPARTMENT AND THIS PROPOSAL
WOULD ADD $600,000.
JUST THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
THE CHAIR IN PARTICULAR TO HAVE
THAT ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AS WE
ARE CONTINUING TO THREAD THE
NEEDLE AND FIND THE BALANCE
BETWEEN FUNDING NECESSARY FOR
PROGRAM SERVICES AND WORKFORCE
CAPACITY ISSUES IN THE HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDER WORLD AND SORT
OF THE NEEDS TO FUND SOME HARD
OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT COST
THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO ENSURE
THAT THE RESPONSE SYSTEM AS A
WHOLE IS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SORRY, NOT TO CHANGE THE
SUBJECT, I INTENDED TO RAISE MY
HAND REGARDING HOM 601.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT ADDING HER NAME TO HOM
006, MAINTAINING DAY SERVICES
IN BALLARD.
CORRECT?
>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> COMING BACK TO 009,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
FOLLOWING UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ 'S REMARKS, I WOULD
LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO HOM 009.
>> THANK YOU.
AT PEDERSON ADDING HIS NAME
2009.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD MY
SIGNATURE TO HOM 009 AND HOM
010, BOTH FOR KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
HAVING INCREASED FUNDING AS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NOTED WHEN WE
ORIGINALLY FUNDED THEM, WE HAVE
THE GENERAL IDEA AND FOCUS ON
WHAT LEVELS ARE NEEDED AT THIS
TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ADDING
HIS NAME TO HOM 009 AND
PROACTIVELY TO HOM 010.
JEFF, I DO HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS.
I WOULD AT SOME POINT LOVE TO
HAVE COMPARISON BETWEEN
ADMISSION OF COST FOR ORIGINAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY COMPARED
TO THE LOS ANGELES REGIONAL
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF
INVESTMENTS THEY ALSO PROVIDE
AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL
BUT I BELIEVE THERE CITY IS
DEDICATED TO PROVIDING HOMELESS
SERVICES IN THE REGION AND IT
WAS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WE
LOOKED AT WHEN WE WERE SETTING
UP THE ORIGINAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY, THE MOST SIMILAR IN
NATURE.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A
COMPARISON AT SOME POINT.
IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE THE
CITY IS CONTRIBUTING VERSUS THE
CONTY.
I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THE
TIMELINE FOR WHEN THE COUNTY
INVESTMENTS, THE COUNTY IS NOT
IN ITS BUDGET DELIBERATIONS FOR
THIS YEAR AT THIS EXACT MOMENT
BUT I BELIEVE ARE HAVING BUDGET
MEETINGS NOW, IS THERE THE
POSSIBILITY OF KNOWING IN
NOVEMBER WITH THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL CAN CONTRIBUTE IF GIVEN
ACCESS TO THIS MILLION-DOLLAR
ALLOTMENT.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
COUNTY IS JUST BEGINNING
SUPPLEMENTAL SO ON THE PROCESS
FOR REVISIONS AND IT IS
UNLIKELY THEY WOULD COMPLETE
THEIR PROCESS BEFORE WE WOULD
COMPLETE HOURS BUT I DON'T
KNOW, I KNOW THE FIRST BUDGET
MEETINGS ARE JUST HAPPENING
NOW.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON HOW LONG
THE DELIBERATIONS AND PROCESS
GO.
>> GREAT.
IF WE COULD DOUBLE CHECK TO GET
AN INDICATION OF WHERE THAT MAY
LAND IN TERMS OF TIMING
UNDERSTANDING THE CONTRIBUTIONS
AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> A MINUTE LET YOU KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND I DID
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
WITH FOLKS FROM THE KING COUNTY
EXECUTIVE AND KING COUNTY
COUNCIL, WE MET WITH CHAIR
BALDUCCI ON MONDAY AFTERNOON TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND
CREATING SOME SYNERGY AND
CONNECTIVITY TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE NOT WORKING AT CROSS
PURPOSES.
THEY ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS
NOW ABOUT THEIR MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AS JOSH JUST
MENTIONED, THE ANNUAL BUDGETING
PROCESS WILL NOT BE UNTIL NEXT
YEAR BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT
HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY THE
EXECUTIVE IN THAT MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET CURRENTLY
BEING DISCUSSED.
AND BRIEFED. COUNCILMEMBER
SUMMIT COUNTY SIDE ARE BEING
BRIEFED ON THOSE ITEMS BUT WE
DO HAVE A SENSE, WHEN I ASKED
THE QUESTION, WE HAVE A SENSE
OF WHAT THE EXECUTIVE IS
PROPOSING BE DONE THROUGH THE
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IN
THIS AREA AND I THINK IT IS
FAIR TO SAY BASED ON MY
UNDERSTANDING BASED ON
CONVERSATIONS WE HAD ON MONDAY,
THEY DO INTEND TO MAKE
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS BUT THAT
WILL BE DONE THROUGH THEIR
ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS WHICH
WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE SOME
INDICATION BUT AS JEFF
INDICATED, IT DOES NOT OF HERE
WE WILL HAVE A COMPLETE PICTURE
AVAILABLE UNTIL WELL AFTER WE
HAVE VOTED ON OUR BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THINKING ABOUT THOSE
CONVERSATIONS Y'ALL HAVE WITH
THE COUNTY AS WELL.
SOME OTHER ITEMS UP FOR
DISCUSSION.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE
DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE.
AND IF I'M CORRECT, LET'S MOVE
ON TO HOM 010 .
>> ADDS $1.9 MILLION TO ENHANCE
TINY HOME VILLAGE SERVICES.
>> JEFF, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE ON NUMBER 10, IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> OOPS, WE ARE CORRECT.
AND SCROLLING TO 10 NOW.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
HOM 10 AT $7.6 MILLION AND 110
FUNDING TO CREATE NAVIGATOR
PROGRAM.
THIS IS SOMETHING HIGHLIGHTED
DETAILS ON DURING ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION PORTION, REQUEST
FROM THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
SPONSOR COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
GONZALEZ AS COSPONSORS.
TURNING OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
INNOVATIVE IDEA THAT CAME FROM
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY TO
SUPPLEMENT OUR OUTREACH BY
PROVIDING LONGER-TERM ENGAGEMENT
WITH NEIGHBORS MOVING FROM
HOMELESSNESS INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
CURRENTLY, CASE MANAGERS ONLY
WORK WITH THE CLIENT WHILE IN A
PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND THERE IS
A WARM HAND OFF TO ANOTHER CASE
MANAGER, FOR EXAMPLE LIKE
OUTREACH CASE MANAGER MIGHT
TRANSITION SOMEONE TO CASE
MANAGEMENT IN A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE WHO WOULD IN TURN
TRANSITION SOMEONE TO CASE
MANAGEMENT WITH THE PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROVIDER.
WHEREAS WITH THIS, THERE WOULD
BE TRUSTED HERE WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE IN HOMELESSNESS WHO
WOULD NAVIGATE A PERSON THROUGH
THE ENTIRE PROCESS UNTIL THAT
PERSON GOES FROM ESSENTIALLY
CONTACT IN UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENT TO PERMANENT AND
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THIS IS A
LONGER-TERM ENGAGEMENT APPROACH
THAT HAS A LOT OF MERIT AND
VERY MUCH SUPPORTED BY THE
LIVED IN EXPERIENCE COALITION.
OBVIOUSLY, IT IS COMING IN AT A
PRETTY BIG PRICE TAG AND I
WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY
THERE ARE STILL ISSUES TO BE
DISCUSSED WITH OUR EXISTING
OUTREACH PROVIDER NETWORK ABOUT
HOW THIS WOULD BE RECONCILED
WITH THE CURRENT OUTREACH
PRACTICES.
SO THAT IS ONGOING DISCUSSION,
LONG-TERM GOAL FOR THE
AUTHORITY, THIS IS VERY MUCH A
NEW WAY OF DOING THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATION THAT WOULD MAKE A
BIG DIFFERENCE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ, PLEASE GO AHEAD .
>> THANK YOU.
I AM COSPONSORING THIS, I THINK
IT IS IMPORTANT WE HAVE A
CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS A NEW MODEL, I THINK IT
IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO IN TERMS
OF REALLY PARTNERING SOMEBODY
WHO IS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WITH SOMEONE WHO
HAS EXPERIENCED IT AS WE TRY TO
HELP FOLKS NAVIGATE THROUGH
THESE SYSTEMS.
THIS IS LISTED AS ONE TIME
FUNDING AND SO I'M CURIOUS TO
HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT AND
ALSO INTERESTED TO HEAR A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
INDICATION HERE WE WOULD EXPECT
MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT SO I
WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HEAR
ABOUT WHAT DEGREE OF CERTAINTY
WE HAVE ABOUT THAT.
>> I THINK THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL
REASON PROPOSED TO BE MANAGED
BY THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY ON
HOMELESSNESS IS TO ADDRESS A
LOT OF AREAS OF UNCERTAINTY
RELATED TO MEDICAID FUNDING.
THERE IS DESIRE TO TRY TO
DESIGN THE PROGRAM TO SUBSIDIZE
MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT COULD BE
RECEIVED FOR THE SERVICES
UTILIZING THESE FUNDS TO
INITIALLY STAND UP AND YOU DO
THE PROGRAM, PERHAPS PAY FOR
SOMETHING MEDICAID IN THE LONG-
TERM IT WOULD NOT REIMBURSE FOR
BUT THEN KNOWING THAT TWEAK
WOULD BE MADE IN THE FUTURE SO
WE WOULD NOT DO THAT SERVICE,
WE WOULD DO IT IN A DIFFERENT
WAY, SUCH THAT THIS ONE TIME
FUNDING WOULD ALLOW THE
CREATION AND EXPERIMENTATION
THAT WAY AND LONG-TERM SICK
MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT BUT
THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS
REGARDING THAT POTENTIAL.
AND I THINK IT IS A PROCESS,
THE AUTHORITY AT THIS POINT HAS
NOT BEEN AN AGENCY THAT CAN
BUILD MEDICAID AND A LOT OF
OTHER STUFF THAT WOULD HAVE TO
BE DONE AS WELL IN ADDITION TO
THE PROGRAMS.
>> FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS?
>> JEFF, I APPRECIATE YOU
FLOCKING BACK.
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING
ON THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND
EXPENDING EXPANDED MEDICAID
SERVICES, APPRECIATIVE A LOT OF
FOLKS OUT THERE ADVOCATING HOW
MEDICAID CONFUSES REIMBURSEMENT
SERVICES INCLUDING ENSURING WE
HAVE HERE NAVIGATING WORKING TO
HOUSE MORE FOLKS.
I HAVE A HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS
OUT ON THIS CERTIFICATION
PROCESS AND THE AMOUNT OF
REIMBURSEMENT OCCURS,
UNDERSTAND MEDICAID REIMBURSES
FOR 50 MINUTES ALLOTMENTS ONLY,
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO PROVIDE
SIMILAR PEER SUPPORT SYSTEMS,
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT SYSTEMS,
IT TAKES 2 TO 3 HOURS IN THESE
DETAILED DISCUSSIONS FOLKS ARE
HAVING IN COMMUNITY.
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
LEARNING MORE, WORKING WITH THE
COSPONSORS HERE, WORKING WITH
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY AND THE HUMAN
SERVICES PROVIDERS OUT THERE
WHO PROVIDE VERY SIMILAR
SERVICES IN TERMS OF PURE
NAVIGATION, OUTREACH AND
COORDINATION, WE KNOW A HANDFUL
OF REQUESTS SUBMITTED FOR THE
HUMAN SERVICES BRANCH WHICH
EXPANDED EARLIER THIS YEAR, FOR
EXAMPLE.
IS THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY IS STANDING AND
ANTICIPATING AND CRAFTING NEW
PROPOSALS, I'M ALSO AWARE WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SERVICES
ARE GETTING PLAYED VERY QUICKLY
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING
MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH UNITY
PARTNERS AND REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY ABOUT
WAYS TO ENHANCE EXISTING
SUPPORT SERVICES WE HAVE, AS WE
THINK OF BUILDING ADDITIONAL
COMPLEMENTARITY SERVICES THAT
MAY OR MAY NOT BE HOUSED WITH
THE PROPOSAL ANTICIPATING.
I WILL SAY I THINK THERE IS
UNANIMOUS INTEREST IN THE
INTEREST OF THE POPULATION THIS
CBA AND TENDING TO CIRCUITS THE
SERVICES THEY NEED AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL OVER
THE NEXT WEEK AND YOU ALL
MEETING RHA AND COMMUNITY
WRITERS.
GO AHEAD.
>> QUICK QUESTION, THIS
MEDICAID ISSUE BEING LIFTED UP
AND MAYBE JEFF CAN HELP ME
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONNECTION
IS HERE.
THE PEER NAVIGATOR PROGRAM,
ALTHOUGH WE ARE STILL WORKING
THROUGH SOME PROGRAMMATIC
RELATED QUESTIONS, IN TERMS OF
THE FUNDING MECHANISM, IS THE
PEER NAVIGATOR PROGRAM PROPOSAL
SORT OF FAINT INCOMPLETE IF IT
DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE
MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT?
>> I THINK IN THE LONG TERM WE
WOULD LOOK TO FIND A DIFFERENT
WAY TO PAY FOR THIS TYPE OF
APPROACH IF IT IS NOT ELIGIBLE
FOR MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT
ANYWAY, FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S COMMENTS, THERE
MIGHT NEED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL
CHANGES, EVEN IF IT IS
ELIGIBLE, ONLY ELIGIBLE 50
MINUTES INSTEAD OF 2 TO 3 HOURS
AT A TIME, IT MAY REQUIRE
SUBSTANTIAL REDESIGN ON HOW THE
PROGRAM WORKS.
I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS TO
THAT QUESTION AT THIS POINT.
YOUR MAIN QUESTION, YES, WE
WOULD BE IN THE GAP.
>> REALLY THE CONCERN IS THE
SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRAM
AND SORT OF THE CONCERN THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
IS DETERMINED TO PURSUE THE
MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT AS LONG-
TERM FUNDING MECHANISM, THAT
WOULD HAVE PROGRAMMATIC
IMPLICATIONS THAT WILL
COMPROMISE THE EFFICACY OF THE
PROGRAM AS PROPOSED.
>> THAT IS A POSSIBILITY,
WITHOUT HAVING, UNTIL WE HAVE
ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION, I THINK
IT IS DIFFICULT TO ANSWER WITH
CERTAINTY.
>> OKAY, THANKS.
>> I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA
FOR US TO CONTINUE TO THINK
ABOUT WAYS TO GET THE
REIMBURSEMENT AND TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE COORDINATING MORE WITH
CENTRAL PROGRAMS THAT OFFER
FINANCIAL ASSIST AND FINALLY,
ALSO IN THIS MOMENT FIGURING
OUT WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO STAND
UP AND POTENTIALLY DELIVER ON
RIGHT AWAY AS WE ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
EXPLORING IDEAS HERE BUT IN THE
MOMENT SERVING THE POPULATION
THIS IS INTENDING TO SERVE
THROUGH THE PEER NAVIGATOR AND
OUTREACH SYSTEM AND HOPEFUL WE
CAN BUILD A PROGRAM LIKE THAT
AND ENHANCE EXISTING SERVICES
IN THE COMMUNITY WE KNOW IF WE
ARE GIVEN THE RESOURCES COULD
COME TO SCALE AND PROVIDE
SERVICES TO THE POPULATION
INTENDING TO BE SERVED.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AS WELL, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
LISTENING THE POPULATION THIS
CBA IS INTENDING TO SERVE TO
SEE HOW WE GET THOSE RESOURCES
DELIVERED AS WE ALSO ANSWER
SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AND
SUPPORT THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY WITH THE
SERVICES AND CONTRACTS AND
STAFF THEY ARE WORKING ON DOING
IN EARLY 2022.
I'M LOOKING AT IT AS KIND OF A
DUAL APPROACH.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
MORE TO COME ON THAT.
JEFF, THANK YOU FOR THE
RESEARCH YOU HAVE DONE ON THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
GONZALEZ AND MORALES FOR YOUR
COSPONSORSHIP ON THIS.
I ADDED COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
FOR THE RECORD.
WONDERFUL.
LET'S DO 11 NOW.
>> HOM 11-A-ONE.
ENHANCED TINY HOME VILLAGE
SERVICES WITH A FOCUS ON MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES AT THE THREE
NEW VILLAGES CURRENTLY IN
OPERATION, ROSIE VILLAGE,
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS, EXPANSION
INTERBANK. I SHOULD NOT SAY
ADDITIONAL OR NEW, IT IS
EXPANSION.
AND POTENTIALLY TWO OTHER
VILLAGES AS WELL.
THE PRIMARY SPONSOR IS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS HERBOLD AND
GONZALEZ AS COSPONSORS.
TURNING IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
YESTERDAY AS WELL, THERE IS A
LOT OF EFFORT WE CAN DO IN THIS
BUDGET THIS YEAR TO REALLY
BRING ALL OF HER TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES UP TO PARITY.
YESTERDAY WE WERE MOSTLY
TALKING ABOUT CAMP SECOND
CHANCE, THERE ARE SERVICE GAPS
IN SOME OF OUR OTHER TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES THIS $1.9 MILLION WOULD
SEEK TO FILL TO MAKE SURE THERE
IS YOUR HEALTH, CASE MANAGEMENT
AND 24/7 STAFFING NEEDS AT A
GOOD RATIO TO CASEWORKER.
MY OFFICE RECENTLY LEARNED
THERE IS ADDITIONAL $35,000
SHORTFALL AT ROSIE'S VILLAGE
FOR SERVICES I WONDERED IF YOU
MIGHT ABLE TO COMMENT ON
WHETHER THIS 1.9 MILLION WOULD
ACCOMMODATE THAT SERVICE
SHORTFALL.
I IMAGINE IT WOULD GIVEN THE
LOW AMOUNT, THAT IS ONE CASE
MANAGER ADDITIONALLY NEEDED AT
ROSIE SPILLAGE BASED ON THAT
NUMBER.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO ASK THE FIRST QUESTION BY
ASKING YOU THAT. OTHERWISE,
THIS IS REALLY ABOUT MAKING
SURE WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK
ON ENHANCING THE SERVICES AND
BY EXTENSION, THE PASSED
THROUGH LAKE AND EFFICACY OF
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE SYSTEM.
THAT IS WHAT THIS INVESTMENT
WOULD DO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, TO
YOUR QUESTION, THERE IS A
LITTLE CONFUSION ABOUT HOW MUCH
FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR ROSIE
SPILLAGE IN 2022.
THE CURRENT CONTRACT TO OPERATE
IN 2021 DOES INCLUDE ONE-TIME
FUNDS FOR A HEALTH SERVICES
WHICH COULD BE PROVIDED HERE.
I DON'T BELIEVE $36,000 YOU ARE
REFERRING TO WOULD ACTUALLY BE
THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
LIHI CONTRACTS OUT , IT IS NOT
A SERVICE THEY PROVIDE.
THERAPEUTIC HEALTH SERVICE
PROVIDES THAT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN VARIOUS
PLACES WHERE $36,000 WAS
REQUESTED, IT WAS TO ADD
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT LIHI
THAT WOULD SPLIT THEIR TIME
BETWEEN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, NOT
JUST ONE LOCATION AT A TIME.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE REQUEST FROM
2004, IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME
EXACTLY WHAT IS INCLUDED FOR
ROSIE'S VILLAGE, IT IS
DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE PARTLY
BECAUSE THE ROSIE SPILLAGE
CONTRACT IS NOT LIKELY TO MOVE
TO THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY WHERE
IS ALL OF THE OTHERS WILL.
THAT IS DUE TO THE LEASE
ARRANGEMENT WITH SOUND TRANSIT
FOR THE OBTAINING OF THOSE
GROUNDS.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LEASE
HAS BEEN ARRANGED, ROSIE
SPILLAGE WOULD BE RETAINED
WHEREAS THE OTHERS CAN BE
TRANSFERRED.
DOES NOT ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, FURTHER
ON THIS ITEM WHICH I REALLY
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
BRINGING FORWARD, ALREADY
LISTED AS A COSPONSOR, I
UNDERSTAND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD
PROVIDE $200,000 FOR ADDITIONAL
OPERATIONS FOR CAMP SECOND
CHANCE FOR 20 ADDITIONAL TINY
HOMES AND I UNDERSTAND FROM
CENTRAL STAFF THEY BELIEVE THE
OPERATIONS COST WOULD BE HIGHER
THAN THE SO I WANTED TO FLAG
THAT AS AN ISSUE.
AND APPARENTLY, THE NUMBER THAT
CENTRAL STAFF IS SUGGESTING IS
THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT FOR 20
ADDITIONAL TINY OPERATIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH 20 ADDITIONAL
TINY HOMES IS MORE AROUND
$400,000 FOR THE YEAR.
SO I THINK I'M GOING TO BE
BRINGING ON A WALK ON AMENDMENT
FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE GAP.
THANK YOU.
>> F, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
LEHIGH OPERATES THE VIGIL,
EXPANDING CAMP SECOND CHANCE
WOULD BE ABOUT $198,000, THAT
IS ASSUMING ADDITION OF 20 NEW
TINY HOMES TO THAT LOCATION, AS
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE AWARE FROM
YESTERDAY, OTHER REQUESTS TO
ADDITIONS TO CAMP SECOND CHANCE
AS WELL.
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, I
HAVE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH
HSD, WHICH MANAGES THE
CONTRACTS AND DOES DIRECT
NEGOTIATIONS WITH LIHI, TO
COME UP WITH WHAT WOULD BE
AGREED UPON FRAMEWORK FOR HOW
MUCH TO BUDGET.
WE USUALLY UTILIZE 40 BED OR 40
UNIT TINY HOME VILLAGE AND A
SEMINAL OPERATION OF $800,000,
THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WORKED
THROUGH LOOKING AT EXISTING
CONTRACTS AND EVEN GETTING
SPECIFICS LIKE HOW MANY
SECURITY STAFF, HOW OFTEN ARE
THEY ARE, HOW MANY CASE
MANAGERS, HOW MUCH TRASH
PICKUP?
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THOSE
FACTORS, I'M RELUCTANT TO
DEPART FROM WHAT HSD IS
TELLING ME THE REQUIRED AMOUNT.
I ALSO KNOW THERE ARE OTHER
PLACES WHERE WE ARE SEEING
WHERE IMPLEMENTATION HAS
OCCURRED, THERE IS A NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL STAFFING, THE
$36,000 PRODUCT FOR ROSIE'S
VILLAGE BUT EARLIER LAKEFRONT
HOUSE SO WE DO SEE A PATTERN
WHERE THERE HAS BEEN REFINING
GOING ON AS A PROGRAM COMES
ONLINE THAT HAS BEEN REQUIRING
ADDITIONAL FUNDS SO THERE COULD
BE RISK IF WE ASSUME THE
$198,000, NOT QUITE ENOUGH FOR
THE FALL OPERATIONS OF 20 NEW
UNITS SOMEPLACE.
IT WOULD DEPART FROM WHAT WE
HAVE WORKED WITH HSD AS THE
AGREED-UPON PLACEHOLDER WHEN WE
ESTABLISH THESE WHICH ALIGNS
WITH THE EXISTING CONTRACTS SET
UP THIS YEAR.
>> COULD YOU RESTATE THE
STANDARD RATIO OF OPERATIONS
FUNDING TO PARTICULAR SIZE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE?
>> YEAH, NORMALLY USE 40 UNIT
VILLAGE AND ASSUME $800,000 IN
OPERATIONS.
MY SIMPLE MATH TOOK 20 NEW
HOMES AT CAMP SECOND CHANCE AT
400,000.
>> RIGHT.
CAN YOU REVIEW FOR US WHAT THE
OPERATIONS BUDGET INCLUDES?
>> YEAH, IT INCLUDES MEALS,
UTILITY COSTS, MORE SUBSTANTIAL
PORTION OF STAFFING, YOU HAVE
TO CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE TO
HELP ASSIST IN THEIR SEARCHES
AND MOVING INTO HOUSING.
AND THERE IS ALSO THE ON-SITE
STAFF THAT ARE NECESSARY TO
MANAGE REGULAR OPERATIONS. TO
SOME DEGREE AT MIGHT INCLUDE
THINGS LIKE MANY OF THESE CAMPS
NOT CAMP SECOND CHANCE
CURRENTLY HAVE A HYGIENE
TRAILER UTILIZING WATER AND
THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
I DO HAVE MORE DETAILS, NOT
OPEN ON MY SCREEN RIGHT NOW,
BUT I CAN GO INTO ANOTHER PIECE
OF IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> I WANT TO SAY THE SAME.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ADDING
HER NAME TO HOM 011.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12.
>> ADDS $19.4 MILLION, TOTAL OF
17.9 MILLION IN ONGOING FUNDS
AND 1.5 MILLION EXPECTED TO BE
ONE-TIME FUNDS TO CREATE AND
OPERATE HIGH ACUITY SHELTER.
THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING COVERED
IN HSD, PROPOSED BY THE
REGIONAL HOMELESS IN ITS
AUTHORITY.
PRIMARY MEMBER LEWIS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
GONZALEZ AS COSPONSORS.
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR FURTHER COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CARRYING THIS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
ESSENTIAL INVESTMENTS I THINK
WE WILL MAKE IN THIS BUDGET
THIS YEAR TO REALLY RESPOND TO
THE MASSIVE SERVICE GAP OF
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS WITH VERY HIGH
ACUITY NEEDS NOT BEING MET BY
THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
I THINK THERE STILL SOME THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT IN
RECONCILING THE AUTHORITY WITH
THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY TO
ADEQUATELY STAFF TO STAND UP A
SHELTER THAT IS SO ENVISIONED.
THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS IN FULL
CANDOR THAT MYSELF AND I KNOW
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS ARE HAVING
WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO
TRY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN IDENTIFY
THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING
THIS SHOULD IT BE INCLUDED IN
MADAM BUDGET CHAIR'S BALANCING
PACKAGE.
AS ALL OF US KNOW, MANY OF OUR
NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS VERY MUCH IN NEED
OF THIS LEVEL OF HIGH ACUITY
CARE AND ASSISTANCE TO
TRANSITION FROM THE STREET INTO
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THIS INVESTMENT WILL GO A LONG
WAY TOWARD MAKING THAT A
REALITY AND I HOPE FOR,
SUPPORTIVE COLLEAGUES TO TAKE
THIS CRITICAL STEP FORWARD AND
GIVE THE AUTHORITY THE TOOLS
THEY NEED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL
IMPACT ON HER REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT FORWARD
AND FOR THE WORK YOU ARE
CONTINUING TO DO TO IDENTIFY
WAYS TO MAKE SURE THIS
POPULATION IS SERVED.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE WAYS
IN WHICH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HIGH
NEEDS SERVICES THEY OFFERED
PRIOR TO COVID HAS BEEN SCALED
BACK BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO
CREATE OTHER OPTIONS, NET LOSS
OF OVER 150 HIGH ACUTE SERVICES
BEDS IN THE WAKE OF COVID. IF
WE ARE WANTING TO ADD
ADDITIONAL SERVICES, THIS IS
ONE IMPORTANT COMPONENT I LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING MORE AS YOU
AND THE OTHER COUNCIL NUMBERS
AND COMMUNITY IN RHA FINALIZE .
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON.
>> NEXT ITEM IS HOM 13-A-ONE
AND PROVIDES $9 MILLION
CURRENTLY IN PROPOSED 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET, THE FUNDING
CURRENTLY PROVIDED IS FOR THE
OPERATION OF TINY HOME VILLAGES
AND THIS PROVISO WOULD REQUIRE
THE FUNDS CONTINUE TO BE USED
FOR THE OPERATION OF TINY HOME
VILLAGES.
THIS IS PROPOSED BY THE LEAD
SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
WITH COUNCILMEMBERS MORALES
AND LEWIS AS COSPONSORS.
TURNING IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TO COSPONSORS
MORALES AND LEWIS AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR DESCRIPTION, JEFF.
AS YOU SAID, THIS BUDGET A
MOMENT PLACES IT PROVIDES ARE
ON SEATTLE FUNDS TO MAKE IT
CLEAR THOSE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE
USED FOR TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT
MAYOR DURKAN HAS NOT YET USED
THE FUNDS TO ESTABLISH ANY OF
THE VILLAGES THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET MOVEMENT AND MANY OTHER
ACTIVISTS WHO PUSHED FOR,
HOUSING ADVOCATES AND HOMELESS
ADVOCATES PUSHED FOR AND WON A
YEAR AGO.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL SUPPORT FOR
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN SEATTLE.
TINY HOUSES PROVIDE THE SAFETY
AND PRIVACY OF YOUR OWN SPACE
WITH A LOCKED DOOR AND SAFETY
FROM THE ELEMENTS AND ALL OF
THE DANGERS AND THIS IS
ESPECIALLY ACUTE FOR WOMEN,
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THE VILLAGES PROVIDE THE
COMMUNITY THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO
GET BACK ON THEIR FEET, THE
CASE MANAGEMENT THAT PROVIDES
THEM THE BEST POSSIBLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
AND THE COMMUNITY, VERY
IMPORTANTLY, IT PROVIDES
ALTERNATIVE TO THE ISOLATION
AND ALIENATION OF HOMELESSNESS
WHICH CAN BE TRULY CRUSHING AND
ALSO IN ITSELF A BARRIER TO OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMING OUT OF
THAT SITUATION.
MANY YEARS HAS IDENTIFIED NEW
LOCATIONS FOR TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR I DO NOT
THINK WE SHOULD TRUST THE
EXCUSES GIVEN FOR WHY IT IS
TAKING SO LONG TO SET UP NEW
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
SOME PERMITS DO NOT REQUIRE
REVIEW, VILLAGES SHOULD BE ABLE
TO BE SET UP IN DAYS OR EVEN
WEEKS. CERTAINLY NOT MONTHS OR
YEARS.
PEOPLE ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, IN
PARKS, THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT HAS SHOWN ZERO
SENSE OF URGENCY IN THIS I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, THE
PROCTORS THE CITY COUNCIL MADE
ON TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, WE NEED
TO KEEP DOING THAT.
I THINK IN THAT FRAMEWORK, I
THINK ESTABLISHING THE FUNDS
ESTABLISHED FOR TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES SHOULD BE USED FOR
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES I THINK IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
NO PROVIDES OR HAS THE POWER TO
FORCE THEM TO USE THE FUNDS
THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED, AT
LEAST SUPERVISOR WILL SAY THAT
THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR NO
OTHER PURPOSE.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT CURRENTLY
APPLIES TO $9 MILLION BUT IF
THE BUDGET AMENDMENT IS PASSED
TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES, WHICH WE
ABSENTLY HOPE HAPPENS WITH THIS
BUDGET, THE INTENTION IS TO
INCLUDE THOSE FUNDS IN THE
PROVISO ALSO.
ALSO, THIS VERSION OF THE
PROVISO DOES NOT INCLUDE THE
$800,000 IN THE BUDGET FOR
NONTRADITIONAL INCOMES LIKE
THOSE OPERATED BY LOUISVILLE, I
WANT THEM TO BE INCLUDED IN THE
FINAL PROVISO ADOPTED IN THE
AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14
?
>> YES.
HOM 14-8- 1 $4.1 MILLION AND
ONE-TIME FUNDING TO CREATE AND
OPERATE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
THAT SPECIALIZES IN SERVICES
FOR AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA
NATIVES.
THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT WAS THE
LEAD SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER
MARLYS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS
JUAREZ AND LEWIS AS COSPONSORS.
THE ENVISION IT WOULD SUPPORT
THE SEATTLE CLUB AND ATTAINING
PROPERTY USED AS TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING FOR THE AIN COMMUNITY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
AS HE SAID, THIS WOULD ALLOW
ORGANIZATION LIKE THE CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB THAT SERVES
INDIGENOUS NEIGHBORS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THE
IDEA IS TO ALLOW THEM TO BUILD
AND OPERATE RE-ENTRY
TRANSITIONAL SHELTER PROGRAM IN
SOTO THAT OFFERS CULTURALLY
RESPONSIVE WAY TO HEAL
COMMUNITY AND PLAN A PATHWAY TO
LONG-TERM STABLE HOUSING.
COLLEAGUES, YOU WILL RECALL SIX
WEEKS OR SO AGO, I MENTIONED IN
BRIEFING MY OFFICE WAS
CONTACTED BY A PROPERTY OWNER
IN SODO WHO IS LOOKING TO SELL
HIS PROPERTY TO THE CITY FOR
THE PURPOSE OF BUYING HOUSING
FOR OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
WE DON'T GET THIS KIND OF CALLS
VERY OFTEN.
I WISH WE GOT MORE OF THEM BUT
WE WENT DOWN AND MET WITH HIM,
MY OFFICE MET WITH HIM, WE TOOK
THE PROVIDER DOWN WITH US SO
THEY COULD GET A SENSE OF WHAT
MIGHT BE POSSIBLE DOWN THERE.
AND THERE IS A REAL INTEREST
PROVIDING SPACE FOR FOLKS WHO
NEED TO BE, FOR WHOM BEING
BIGGER FACILITY AT EARLIER STAGE
OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT,
THIS GROUP, THIS HOUSING WOULD
BE FOR FOLKS FURTHER DOWN THE
PATH AND NEED TO BE AWAY FROM
THAT POPULATION.
THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
ABOUT THE PROJECT AND WE KNOW
GIVEN THE VERY SMALL ABOUT HALF
PERCENT OF THE COMMUNITY
IDENTIFIES AS NATIVE AMERICAN
GET 32% EXPERIENCE CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS.
PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
SERVICE AND SECURITY AND
STABILITY FOR THE POPULATION.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO
AND THIS FUNDING WOULD ALLOW
THEM TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY AND
BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REMODELING
AND I THINK THE PLAN IS TO
REBUILD SO THEY CAN PROVIDE THE
SERVICE AND RE-ENTRY PROGRAMMING
TO THE COMMUNITY.
SORRY, IT IS GETTING LATE
ALREADY, WE HAVE NOT HAD LUNCH
YET.
>> I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU OFF
, I WANT TO GET THROUGH THE
NEXT ITEM AND WE MAKE GO TO
CONFESSION EARLY AND START WITH
PARKS WHEN WE COME BACK.
TO SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS
AND I DON'T, WE ARE ON HOM 014.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY
SPONSORSHIP TO HOM 014 AS WELL
AS 012.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS ADDING
HIS NAME TO HOM 014 WHICH IS
THE ITEM WE ARE ON WHICH IS
SPECIALIZING EXPANDING SERVICES
AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA
NATIVE COMMUNITY AND CREATING
HIGH ACUITY SHELTER THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS IS
SPONSORING.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
COSPONSORSHIP.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I DID
HAVE A QUESTION, HE STARTED TO
SPEAK TO AT THE END, CAN YOU
TELL ME MORE ABOUT WHAT THE
$3.4 MILLION FOR SITE
IMPROVEMENTS WOULD INCLUDE?
>> SURE.
RIGHT NOW THE BUILDING ITSELF
IS ABOUT 1000 SQUARE FEET, IT
IS AN OLD WAREHOUSE AND THE
FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING IS
ADEQUATE FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO
DO BUT IT IS PRETTY RUN DOWN,
THE INITIAL DRAWINGS THEY HAVE
WOULD BE TO CREATE A SECOND
STORY AND PROVIDE ADDING A
KITCHEN, BATHROOM FACILITIES AND
GATHERING SPACE IN THE FRONT SO
THERE WOULD BE COMMUNITY
HEALING AND MEETING SPACE FOR
FOLKS.
EXTENSIVE REMODEL OF THE
EXISTING BUILDING THEY HAVE IN
MIND TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY
OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY
CONTINUE TO SERVE THERE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
LET'S GO TO HOM 015.
>> AT $321,000 TO ONE-TIME
FUNDING TO HIRE ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH WORKERS.
IS A PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS
PEDERSON AND JUAREZ AS
COSPONSORS.
IT WOULD ADD TWO ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH WORKERS TO WORK IN
NORTHWEST SEATTLE AND THE
BALLARD NEIGHBORHOOD SIMILAR TO
THE OUTREACH WORKERS ADDED IN
LESTER'S BUDGET BY THE COUNCIL
THAT HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC
FOCUS OF.
HEAD OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND JEFF.
WELL SAID.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ADD FUNDING
TO THE GROUP OUTREACH TO HIRE
TWO HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH
WORKERS FOR DISTRICT 6
SPECIFICALLY.
LAST YEAR, A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT COUNCILMEMBERS GROUP
TOGETHER TO HIRE AVERAGE
NUMBERS ACROSS THE CITY.
SINCE THEN, THE NEED HAS ONLY
GROWN IN DISTRICT 6 PARTICULARLY
BALLARD, GREEN LAKE, FREMONT
INDUSTRIAL AREA.
OUTREACH WORKERS DEDICATED TO
DOWNTOWN BALLARD CURRENTLY ARE
THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE A
CENSUS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR
THE PEOPLE LIVING DOWNTOWN
BALLARD AND WE NEEDED ACROSS
THE DISTRICT.
HOMELESSNESS IS CITYWIDE AND
REGIONWIDE CRISIS, DISTRICT 6
HAS HAD A LARGER BURDEN THAN
MOST PLACES IN THE CITY.
THIS IS A RESOURCE NEEDED
DURING THIS POINT OF INFLECTION
WHICH IS ALSO WHY THIS IS A ONE
TIME FUNDING REQUEST BECAUSE I
FORESEE IN A YEAR FROM NOW, THE
ENVIRONMENT IN THIS CRISIS WILL
BE REDUCED AND THESE OUTREACH
WORKERS WILL BE HOW WE GET
THERE IN DISTRICT 6. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
CONSUL MEMBER HERBOLD, GO
AHEAD.
>> I WANT TO STICK TO THE FACT
I REALLY APPRECIATED HOW WE
APPROACHED THIS ISSUE LAST YEAR
AND AWAY A COUPLE
COUNCILMEMBERS AT THAT POINT
HAD PROPOSALS FOR OUTREACH
ADDITIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
DISTRICTS.
IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, MADAM
CHAIR COMBINE THOSE AND WHAT WAS
THE BALANCE AND PACKAGE HAD
GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY BECAUSE I
THINK WE ALL THROUGHOUT THE
CITY REPRESENTING THE COUNCIL
DISTRICTS COULD BENEFIT FROM
ADDITIONAL PLAYSPACE,
GEOGRAPHICALLY FOCUSED OUTREACH
CAPACITY.
I'M JUST HOPING AS WE MOVE INTO
THE BOUNCING PACKAGE, WE COULD
CONSIDER A SIMILAR APPROACH
THAT STRIVES FOR GEOGRAPHIC
EQUITY.
THANK YOU.
>> BALL.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I CAN SEE COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS AND MOORE AND THEN I
WILL SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, GO
AHEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE HAD HER
HAND UP FIRST.
>> THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> FOR THOSE OF YOU, YOU KNOW I
TALK ABOUT GEOGRAPHICAL EQUITY,
THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED FROM
LAST YEAR SO I WANT TO BE VERY
CAUTIOUS AND ANOTHER CAUTION TO
HSD AND THE CONTRACTING.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
GEOGRAPHICAL EQUITY AND
SERVICES BUT IT IS EQUALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE HIRE THOSE
PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA,
THE SOCIAL SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE.
IT DOES NOT DO US ANY GOOD TO
HAVE SOMEONE WAY SOUTH WHO IS
NOT FAMILIAR WITH NORTHGATE
LAKE CITY OR BITTERLY TO COME
UP HERE AND NOT BE PART OF THE
COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDES SOCIAL
SERVICES AND KNOWS THE
INDIVIDUALS.
I'M NOT TRYING TO SLAM HSD, IF
THERE'S ANYTHING I HAVE LEARNED
FROM THE LAST YEAR ABOUT
PUTTING THESE WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS DOING
FOR G6 WITH THE OUTREACH WORKERS
, AGAIN I THINK IT HAS TO BE A
BALANCE OF GEOGRAPHICAL EQUITY,
THE DISTRICT ITSELF OR THE
NORTH END OR THE SOUTH END.
BUT ALSO UTILIZING THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BASED IN
THOSE DISTRICTS, THAT NO
PEOPLE, FOR ME, I KNOW WHO THE
FOOD BANKS ARE, SOCIAL
SERVICES, HOUSING, ALL OF THAT
STUFF.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE PEOPLE, HSD
HAS TO BE MINDFUL AND HIRE
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OR THEY PUT
THOSE IN BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE
PEOPLE UP HERE OR ANY DISTRICT
QUITE FRANKLY.
THAT IS WHAT I WOULD SAY
LESSONS LEARNED, THAT IS WHAT I
HAVE LEARNED FROM LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET CYCLE SO THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ SUMMED
UP MY THOUGHTS BETTER THAN I
COULD HAVE.
THANK YOU.
>> MY QUESTION WAS RELATED TO
THE EFFECT OF LAST YEAR'S
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS
AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
NOTED, WE WORK WITH EVERY
COUNCIL MEMBER TO MAKE SURE
THERE WAS GEOGRAPHIC
REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE CITY,
THE NEED FOR THOSE DIRECT
OUTREACH WORKERS IS SOMETHING
MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD
REQUESTED AND THE CBA IN FRONT
OF US NOTES TWO OUTREACH
WORKERS PROVIDED FOR NORTHWEST
SEATTLE AND BALLARD, DID
SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE SOUTH
END AND I BELIEVE WE DID
SOMETHING SIMILAR AROUND THE
SHIPPING CANAL AREAS.
JEFF AND/OR DISTRICT
COUNCILMEMBERS, CAN YOU TELL ME
MORE ABOUT THE DOLLARS
DEPLOYED, THE PEOPLE DEPLOYED,
THE CONCERNS SOUNDS LIKE THERE
WERE NOT NECESSARILY FROM
ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE
DISTRICT?
YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> LAST YEAR'S BUDGET ACTION
WAS KIND TWO HARD, THERE WERE
SOME, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL
FUNDING SO THAT STAFF COULD BE
HIRED THAT WOULD FLOAT OR HAVE
THE ABILITY TO BE REDEPLOYED AS
NECESSARY FOR THAT EQUITY FOCUS
AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SPOKE
TO.
THERE WAS ALSO THE COLORADO
SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
WOULD HAVE MINIMUM RECEIPT OF
ADDITIONAL WORKERS SUCH AS
NORTHWEST SEATTLE, BALLARD,
LAKE CITY.
THERE WERE COMPONENTS THERE.
I DO KNOW, HSD PROVIDED
INFORMATION ON THE AGENCIES
CONTRACTED WITH AND WERE GIVEN
THOSE FUNDS AND MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THE TWO WORKERS
IN LAKE CITY WERE HIRED AND ARE
CURRENTLY ACTIVE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS NOT ALL OF
THE STAFF ARE CURRENTLY HIRED.
NORTHWEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD
AREA, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE
NEVER BEEN, THAT IS THE LEVEL
OF DETAIL FAR MORE THAN I WOULD
GET, I CANNOT SPEAK TO HOW FAR
WE HAVE GOTTEN WITH AN AGENCY
WE ARE CONTRACTED WITH TO HIRE
SOMEONE BUT THERE WERE THOSE
TWO SPECIFIC WORKERS THERE.
I BELIEVE THERE WERE SIX TOTAL
SO THERE WAS FOUR MORE I'M NOT
THINKING OF BUT I WOULD HAVE TO
GO BACK TO LESTER'S ACTION TO
RECALL EXACTLY HOW WE DEFINED
THE DEPLOYMENT FOR THOSE STAFF.
ALL OF THE FUNDS WERE AWARDED
VIA CONTRACT.
>> ALL OF THE FUNDS WERE
AWARDED VIA CONTRACT.
BUT POTENTIALLY FOUR OUT OF SIX
WERE NOT HIRED?
>> NO, I JUST DON'T RECALL HOW
THE OTHER FOUR NEEDED TO BE
PROVIDED.
I DON'T REMEMBER, I IMAGINE THE
COUNCILMEMBERS COULD HELP ME
REMEMBER THOSE, TWO HERE OR ONE
HERE, ONE FLOATING, I DON'T
REMEMBER THE ALLOCATION OF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD.
I CAN FIND OUT, IT IS IN THE
CBA, IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE I
LOOKED AT IT.
>> I THINK I'M MORE INTERESTED
IN THE IMPLEMENTATION ASPECT,
IF THEY WERE HIRED TO NUMBER
JUAREZ, GO AHEAD.
>> JUST TO ANSWER, I'M NOT
TRYING TO PICK ON ANY
PARTICULAR CITY DEPARTMENT, IF
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
GEOGRAPHICAL PARITY AND WE WANT
TO FOCUS ON HIRING SOCIAL
SERVICE IN THE AREA, THAT NO
THE SERVICES AND THE PEOPLE,
HEADS UP TO HSD, BEFORE YOU SET
THE CONTRACT OUT, IT MIGHT BE
GOOD TO LOOP BACK WITH THAT
PARTICULAR COUNCILMEMBER IN
THAT DISTRICT AND SAY HEY, WE
HAVE THESE FIVE AND WE WANT TO
GO DOWN TO THREE, WHAT ARE YOUR
THOUGHTS?
SOME ASSUMPTIONS WERE MADE AND
THEY WERE NOT LOCAL PEOPLE
HIRED.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HOW
IT ENDED UP TO SOME DEGREE BUT
IT CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH
IF YOU PICKED UP THE PHONE AND
MADE A PHONE CALL, THE
IMPLEMENTATION PIECE, I
COULD'VE DONE A LOT EASIER AND
I THINK MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
HOPING ON COUNCIL MEMBERS
WORTH'S COMMENTS NOW, THIS IS
IN PART WHY I'M SEEKING ONE-
TIME INCREASE FOR ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH WORKERS IN DISTRICT 6.
YUP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS
AS WELL, COLLEAGUES., THIS
CONTINUES TO BE AN IMPORTANT
ISSUE.
JEFF, I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP
OFFLINE TO THE CONTRACT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
IMPLEMENTATION CONCERNS RAISED.
I DO APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT
IN FRONT OF US AS WE CONTINUE
IF WE COULD NOT ACTUALIZE THE
VISION OF THE SIX OUTREACH
WORKERS WITH THE TWO FLOATING.
I HAVE ONE MORE AMENDMENT FOR
YOU ALL AND THEN I WILL LET YOU
ALL GO TO RECESS.
ONE WALK ON AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, LET'S DO
THAT AND THEN WE WILL GO TO
RECESS.
>> OKAY.
WHAT IS FIRST?
IT'S OKAY.
>> I KNOW THE AMENDMENT BUT I
DON'T KNOW THE PROPER LANGUAGE
TO BE INTRODUCED.
BAIL ME OUT.
>> THAT IS NO PROBLEM.
>> DESCRIBED LIKE ANY OTHER
AMENDMENT, IT IS HOM WALKED ON
1. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDED TO
THE AGENDA SO YOU CAN PRESENT.
>> OKAY, HOM WALKED ON 1
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD ADS $300,000 IN ONE-
TIME FUNDING TO HSD FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION OF
TINY HOME VILLAGE, IT WOULD BE
CAMP SECOND CHANCE, ALSO
SOMETIMES CALLED MYERS WAY
VILLAGE.
THIS WAS ALLUDED TO WITH
EARLIER CONVERSATIONS, THIS
WOULD ALLOW THE EXPANSION OF
CAMP SECOND CHANCE BY 20 TINY
HOUSE UNITS AND IT WOULD NOT BE
PROVIDED IN THE OPERATIONS,
THAT WAS A CONVERSATION
EARLIER, THIS IS FOR THE ACTUAL
EXPANSION ITSELF, CAPITAL COST.
ALTERNATIVE ARE THE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> LET'S SEE, I DON'T HAVE A
LOT TO ADD.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE CURRENT
INVESTMENT NEEDS INCLUDE
IMPROVEMENTS TO REPLACE
APPLIANCES, IMPROVED COMMON
AREAS, A GREAT POWER AND
DISTRIBUTION, MAKE ACCESSIBILITY
IMPROVEMENTS WITH PAVED
WALKWAYS FOR PEOPLE WITH
MOBILITY ISSUES.
THE COMBINED IMPROVEMENT TO
MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ADDITION
OF 20 NEW TINY HOUSES ON SITE
AS WELL AS TO IMPROVE LIVING
CONDITIONS FOR THE EXISTING
VILLAGES.
I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT
CAMP SECOND CHANCE HAS BEEN
OPERATING WITH THE SUPPORT OF
THE GREATER DISTRICT 1 COMMUNITY
FOR FIVE YEARS NOW AND IT IS A
LOCATION FOR FOLKS WHO DESIRE
TO SUPPORT CAMP SECOND CHANCE
AND GIVE THEIR VOLUNTEER TIME IN
MUTUAL AID TO THE RESIDENTS AND
THE EFFORTS OF FOLKS LIVING
THERE TO MOVE ON TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
I APPRECIATE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU.
>> I CAN SEE SOME HANDS.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND THEN
LEWIS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ADDING HER
NAME TO HOM WALKED ON 1. THANK
YOU FOR PUTTING THAT ON THE
SCREEN, VERY HELPFUL.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> SIMILARLY, VERY SUPPORTIVE
OF THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO
SPONSOR.
>> WONDERFUL.
WE HAVE YOU RECORDED, WE
APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
SEEM NONE, JEFF, THANK YOU FOR
GETTING US THROUGH HOMELESSNESS
INVESTMENT.
COLLEAGUES, PLEASE COME BACK
PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION, SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
I IDEALLY WILL GET US THERE
ADDITIONAL SECTIONS THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON HERE BUT THOSE
ARE THE THREE BIG ONES I WANT
TO GET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
WE DO HAVE A LITTLE TIME BAKED
IN TOMORROW IF WE NEED TO CARRY
OVER AGENDA ITEMS BUT LET'S DO
OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO TRY TO GET
THROUGH AS MANY AS POSSIBLE IN
THE LAST SECTION.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE
WILL BE IN RECESS UNTIL 2:00
P.M.
HAVE A WONDERFUL LUNCH BREAK,
WE WILL SEE YOU AND AN HOUR.