WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL.
>> LEWIS, JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> MORALES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBERS THERE ARE FIVE
MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD
THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS GONZALEZ,
HERBOLD AND MOSQUEDA ARE
FINISHING UP FROM THE SELECT
COMMITTEE THAT I JUST
CAME FROM AND SHOULD BE ALONG
IN SHORT ORDER TO JUMP
INTO THE COMMITTEE HERE.
I EXPECT THEM SOMETIME SOON.
OKAY.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
CHAIRS REPORT.
SO, I DO JUST WANT TO MAKE SOME
COMMENTS
THAT TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE
DISCUSSING A COUPLE OF
TOPICAL MATTERS GIVEN THE
EXTREME HEAT THE SEATTLE
REGION IS EXPECTED TO BE
EXPERIENCING IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND THEN GOING INTO THE SUMMER
THE
ANTICIPATED RETURN OF THE
SEASONAL AND PRESENT
WILDFIRE SMOKE THAT IS
UNFORTUNATELY BECOME A STAPLE
OF SEATTLE AREA SUMMERS DUE TO
THE EVER INCREASING
CATASTROPHE OF GLOBAL CLIMATE
CHANGE.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A
DISCUSSION
NOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
SUMMER WITH THE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ABOUT THE
WAYS THAT THE CITY
DESIGNATES AND TRIGGERS THE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO
HOW OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER
CAPACITY IS ACTIVATED AND
HOW THAT PROCESS IS MONITORED.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A
PRESENTATION
TODAY FROM THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE THE
PRELIMINARY
FIRST HEARING ON THE CREATION
OF A NEW FUND IN THE
CITY TREASURE TO COLLECT
DONATIONS FROM DONORS THAT
WANT TO ASSIST IN SOME OF THE
SEATTLE HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE EFFORTS.
PRIMARILY WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT
OF REQUESTS
N MY OFFICE IN PARTICULAR, TO
GIVE PRIVATE COMPANIES
TO STAND UP BUSINESSES.
I WILL REITERATE.
IT IS A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT
BUT
SYSTEMICALLY DEAL WITH THE
CRISIS FACING AROUND
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
WHEN FOLKS WANT TO STEP UP, I
DO THINK
THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO
INCORPORATE THIS EFFORT INTO
THE BROODER STRATEGY AND WE
SHOULD BE WILLING TO
EMBRACE THE KIND OF PUBLIC
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
I REALLY AM GRATEFUL TO THE
LEADERS WHO
HAVE BEEN STEPPING FORWARD IN
NONPROFIT AND PRIVATE
WAYS TO PAIR OUR RESOURCES AND
STRETCH THEM FURTHER.
THERE WILL BE NO VOTE BUT WE
WILL GO OVER
HOW IT WILL WORK AND HOPEFULLY
FOR A VOTE AT THE
NEXT MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE.
WITH THAT I WILL MOVE ON TO
PUBLIC COMMENT
AND GIVE THE NORMAL REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL
BE 20
MINUTES.
I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT
FOUR SPEAKERS
SIGNED UP.
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO EXTEND
THAT PERIOD.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME IN THE
ORDER OF WHICH THEY REGISTER.
FOLKS CAN SIGN UP ON
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE
THAT&THERE WILL BE
A PROMPT TO BE UNMUTED AND THE
SPEAKER, THAT WILL BE
THE SPEAKERS QUEUE TO BEGIN
SPEAKING.
PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
AND PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
10 SECONDS
ARE LEFT IN THE TIME.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME WE ASK
YOU WRAP UP
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ONCE YOU COMPLETED WE ASK THAT
YOU
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND
CONTINUE WATCHING THE
MEETING ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO
SPEAK.
LET ME LOAD UP MY LIST HERE FOR
THE FOLKS
THAT SIGNED UP.
THE FIRST SPEAKER SIGNED UP IS
DAVID
HAYNES.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS NOT PRESENT
CURRENTLY.
WE WILL GO TO STEPHANIE
ANDERSON.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR TWO
MINUTES.
HI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE 6th
DISTRICT
FOR 24 YEARS.
I LOVE THIS CITY.
I LOVE BALLARD AND I HAVE BEEN,
I HAVE
BEEN DISTRAUGHT ABOUT THE
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THAT
HAVE SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN WORSE
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
I TALKED TO YOU GUYS A COUPLE
MONTHS AGO
AND SAID WHAT IS THE PLAN?
LET US KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A LACK OF
INFORMATION
AND I TRIED E-MAILING AND
CONTACTING MY
REPRESENTATIVE AND JUST
GENERALLY THE LEADERS IN THE
CITY AND I CAN'T TELL WHAT IS
GOING ON.
I SEE A LOT OF CRITICISM IN THE
NEWSPAPER
AND ONLINE ABOUT WHY THIS IS
GETTING WORSE.
WHAT I WOULD LOVE IF YOU GUYS
HAVE A PLAN
AND I KNOW THAT YOU DO, IF YOU
WOULD JUST BE MORE
PUBLIC ABOUT IT.
BE STRONGER ABOUT SENDING IT
OUT.
SO WE THE PEOPLE, WHO DON'T
WANT TO GO
INTO POLITICS BUT CARE DEEPLY
ABOUT THE CITY AND ALL
OF THE STUFF GOING THROUGH,
KEEP US APPRISED.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE ANY
SENSE THAT
THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
OR A COMPREHENSIVE
AGENCY THAT IS IN CHARGE OF
THIS.
WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
AND I GUESS, I AM JUST HEAR
TODAY TO SAY,
IF YOU HAVE A PLAN, IF YOU HAVE
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
OR EVEN JUST THE IDEA OF A PLAN
SHARE IT WITH US.
PUT IT IN THE PAPER, PUT IT ON
SOCIAL
MEDIA.
IF IT IS OUT THERE AND I HAVE
NOT SEEN IT,
LET ME KNOW.
I JUST FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE
MORE
COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT THINGS
ARE MOVING AND THAT
THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE.
IF ANYONE HAS A RESPONSE I
WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR IT.
THE NEXT PERSON IS CATHERINE.
IF CATHERINE IS PRESENT IS
PRESENT FOR TWO
MINUTES.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING
PERMANENT PROTECTION FOR
RENTERS INCLUDING ON
DEPOSITS AND ALLOWS PAYMENTS
REQUIREMENT FOR
LANDLORDS TO GIVE THREE MONTHS
NOTICE FOR RENT
INCREASES.
RENT HIKES AND UNLIVABLE
HOUSING,
ADJUSTING RENT ON 6 INCOMES I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THESE
PROTECTIONS AND URGE YOU TO
PASS THE PASSAGE QUICKLY
WITHOUT WEAKENING IT.
DO NOT LET LANDLORD LOBBIESTS
SWAY YOU.
LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR SUFFERED THE MOST DURING
úTHE PAN -- PANDEMIC.
RENTERS NEED STRONGER
PROTECTIONS DURING
RECOVERY FROM THE PAN DEMIC AND
PERMANENTLY.
WE HAVE A NEED FOR MORE
PERMANENT AND
DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE
WILL SEE THIS NEED TO
INCREASE.
IT IS SOUGHT RAGOUS IN A CITY
WITH SO MUCH
WEALTH WE DON'T HAVE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR ALL.
ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF
EMERGENCY SUCH AS
SNOW, HEAT WAVES AND SMOKE.
LET'S NOT WATER DOWN THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> AND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS
DAVID HAYNES IS
DAVID IS HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKELY IS STILL NOT
PRESENT.
IF THAT IS THE CASE.
I THINK THAT WE WILL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
AND PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE
AGENDA.
ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
OUR FIRST
ITEM OF BUSINESS, MR. CLERK
WILL YOU PLEASE READ
INTO THE RECORD THE FIRST ITEM.
>>> UPDATE ON THE CITY OF
SEATTLE'S
WEATHER RESPONSE PLAN.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE WITH US CURRY MAYER WHO
WILL
UPDATE US FROM THE OFFICE'S
PERSPECTIVE.
THE DIRECTOR'S PRESENTATION
WILL BE
LIMITED TO THE ROLE THAT OEM
PLAYS IN THE SUMMER
WEATHER PLANNING.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
HAS PROVIDED
A MEMO THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE
COMMITTEE AGENDA FOR
THE PUBLIC AND FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO REVIEW.
IT OUT LINES RESPONSES RELATED
IN TERMS OF
SHELTER CAPACITY AND HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT COULD
NOT BE HERE IN PERSON.
BUT I AM HAPPY TO READ SOME OF
THE KEY
POINTS INTO THE RECORD AS PART
OF THE PRESENTATION.
AND CERTAINLY RELEVANT
QUESTIONS FOR THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
RELATED TO THE CONTENTS OF
THAT MEMO.
IT COULD BE FOLLOWED UP WITH
COLBY AND THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR BE
ADDRESSED TO THE
PANEL THAT WILL BE PRESENTED IN
WHY.
SO, WITH THAT, I WOULD INVITE
DIRECTOR
MAYER TO JOIN US AT THE VIRTUAL
COUNCIL TABLE AND TO
GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN AND BEGIN
THE PRESENTATION.
DIRECTOR, WELCOME.
>>> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANKS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR
INVITING
ME.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
I AM HAPPY TO SHARE WHAT THE
OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN
DOING.
THEN I GUESS I WOULD ASK JACOB
ARE YOU
GOING TO SHARE THE SCREEN WITH
THE PRESENTATION
SLIDES OR DO YOU NEED ME TO
BRING THAT UP?
>> I AM HAPPY TO SHARE IT.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BEGIN?
>> YES, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT.
WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU.
YOU CAN GO LADY AND GO TO THE
FIRST SLIDE.
SO THIS SHOWS THE THREE MONTH
SEASONAL
OUTLOOK WITH ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
AND I AM SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE
HEARD
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ALL OVER
THE MEDIA THAT WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE RECORD SETTING
TEMPERATURES STARTING
THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUING
THROUGH MONDAY.
SO, THERE IS A STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE
THAT IS FORECASTED TO SORT OF
SUBTLE OVER THE AREA.
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING
THE DAY
AND NOT AS COOL DURING THE
EVENING TIME AS WE WOULD
USUALLY EXPECT IN THE SEATTLE
AREA.
SO, OF COURSE WE ARE MOST
CONCERNED ABOUT
HOW THIS WILL EFFECT OUR
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
THIS RIDGE IS, OF COURSE,
SUBJECT TO
CHANGE AND IT DEPENDS ON THE
INTERACTION OF A COUPLE
OF WEATHER FRONTS OVER THE
PACIFIC.
BUT WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE
WORST AND
HOPING FOR THE BEST.
SO, WE ARE LISTENING TO WHAT
THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IS TELLING US
ON A ROUTINE BASIS.
AND THEN BASED ON THAT WE HAVE
BASED ON
WHAT WE THINK THE IMPACTS ARE
GOING TO BE THEN THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT OEM
WILL DO, OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MISDEMEANORMENT WILL
DO TO ENSURE THAT WE
ARE COORDINATING WITH A NUMBER
OF -- EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT WILL DO TO ENSURE
THAT WE COORDINATING
WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
THERE ARE 18 DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS.
SO, I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE
STUATION,
THE OVERALL SITUATION AND THEN
I WILL GET INTO SOME
OF THE MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT
WHAT WE ARE DOING.
OKAY.
IF YOU WILL GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, ALSO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
IN
ADDITION TO WHAT, HOW HOT IS IT
GOING TO BE AND FOR
HOW LONG WE ARE LOOKING AT FIRE
POTENTIAL WHICH, OF
COURSE, THEN IT BRINGS INTO THE
ADDED CONCERN ABOUT
SMOKE AND HOW THAT IMPACTS
THOSE OF US THAT LIVE AND
WORK IN SEATTLE AND PEOPLE THAT
HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE.
SO, LAST SEASON THE SMOKE
EFFECTING
SEATTLE CAME FROM FIRES IN
PIERCE COUNTY, NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL OREGON AND SOME AS
FAR AWAY AS NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP
THERE ARE ALSO
SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL THIS
YEAR.
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
A LITTLE MORE POTENTIAL FOR
FIRES IN THE
MONTH OF AUGUST.
AND THE SAME AREAS THAT WERE
WITH ELEVATED
RISKS LAST YEAR AGAIN ARE THE
AREAS WE ARE LOOKING
AT AGAIN.
SMOKE IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH
TEMPERATURES
IT CAN BE A FACTOR.
FOR THIS WEEKEND THERE HAS NOT
BEEN A LOT
OF FIRE-RELATED ACTIVITY THAT
WE HEARD ABOUT.
MOSTLY FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND
WE ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THE HIGH
TEMPERATURES.
OKAY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO IN A TKOEUGZ MONITORING THE
WEATHER
REPORT AND INCLUDING
ASSESSMENTS ON WHAT THE HEAT
IMPACTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE
WE HAVE THESE
COORDINATION CALLS, THE OFFICE
OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT, WITH A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
IN PREPARATION TO MANAGE THE
CONSEQUENCES FROM THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT AND THE HIGH
TEMPERATURES.
AND THE INITIAL COORDINATION
TAKES PLACE
USING A SERIES OF CONFERENCE
CALLS, WE ARE, IN FACT,
HAVING ONE TOMORROW.
AND WE START WITH WHAT IS THE
NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE SAYING THAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT
ARE THEIR
ADVISORIES IF IT IS A HEAT
ADVISORY, EXCESSIVE HEAT
WATCH OR A HEAT WARNING.
THOSE ARE PROGRESSIVE IN TERMS
OF HOW
DRASTIC THEY BELIEVE THE
IMPACTS WILL BE TO EVERYONE
WHO LIVES AND WORKS HERE.
WE ALSO, THERE ALSO COULD BE A
SPIKE IN
HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES THAT
WOULD BE A TRIGGER FOR
US.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE LIKE
WE ARE
EXPECTING THIS WEEKEND IS HOT
DAYS AND NOT MUCH
COOLING IN THE EVENING HOURS.
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.
SO, WHEN WE GET TOGETHER WITH
ALL OF THE
DEPARTMENTS WE THEN NOT ONLY DO
WE LOOK AT WHAT ARE
THE STRATEGIES FOR THE
DEPARTMENTS OPERATIONALI --
OPERATIONALIZING IT.
AND THEN A BIG PUSH AS YOU
MIGHT IMAGINE
IS FOR THE COORDINATION OF
PUBLIC INFORMATION SO ON
THE CALL THAT WE ARE HAVING
TOMORROW AT 1:00 P.M.
WE
WILL START WITH THE VERY LATEST
OF WHAT THE WEATHER
SORE VICE IS GOING TO TELL US.
AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT
COOLING CENTER
OPERATIONS.
WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE PLANNING
TO OPEN, AM
THERE BE ANY, FOR EXAMPLE, MY
LIBRARY LOCATIONS WILL
THEY BE OPEN.
IF SO, WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF
OPERATION, DO
THEY HAVE COOLING SYSTEMS THERE
AND HOW CAN WE OPEN
THEM IF NEEDED.
WE WILL LOOK AT ENGAGING
VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS, SO NOT ONLY PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS BUT ALSO ARE THEIR
ELDERLY FOLKS THAT
NEED TO GET THE MESSAGING ABOUT
PROTECTION THINGS
THAT THEY MIGHT DO SO THAT THEY
ARE NOT SO
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HIGH HEAT.
SO, THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT I
MENTIONED,
18-19 OF THEM WILL LOOK AT ARE
THEY ADJUSTING ANY OF
THEIR OPERATIONAL PLANS, DUE TO
THE HIGH
TEMPERATURES AND HOW DOES THAT
IMPACT EITHER
ROADWAYS OR CLOSURES.
WHAT ARE THEIR RESOURCES THAT
THEY COULD
COMMIT TO MANAGING HOT WEATHER
SERVICES.
SO, ARE THEY GOING TO NEED
OVERTIME, EXTRA
PEOPLE TO HELP WITH THAT, AND
THEN DO THEY AS
INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS HAVE ANY
OUTSTANDING ITEMS
THAT THEY WANT US TO BE AWARE
OF.
SO, IN THE EVENT THAT
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
NEED TO BE CALL INSIDE, WE HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH
OUR NEIGHBORING PARTNERS, THE
COUNTY AND THE STATE.
IT IS UNLIKELY FOR HEAT THAT WE
WOULD NEED
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
WE WILL GET INFORMATION FROM
THE COUNTY IN
PARTICULAR ABOUT ALSO COOLING
CENTERS OR OTHER
PLACES THAT THEY MAY HAVE
OPENED THAT WOULD ALSO
HELP IF PEOPLE NEED TO MOVE
DURING THE WEEKEND OR
DURING ANY HEAT EVENT.
SO, IT WOULD NOT BE JUST
COOLING CENTERS
MANAGED BY US BUT ALSO ONES
THAT THE COUNTY HAS.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE LAST
SLIDE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT I SAID OR ANYTHING
ELSE RELATED TO THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT HOPEFULLY I CAN
PROVIDE CLARIFICATION
OR ANSWERS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW.
I WILL ASK SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES SOME OF
MY QUESTIONS, DOES ANYONE HERE
WANT TO JUMP IN
FIRST?
I AM NOT REALLY SEEING ANYBODY
ON THE
CURRENT PANEL
COUNCILMEMBER -- NO, OKAY.
GREAT.
SO, DIRECTOR MAYER JUST TO
MAYBE TALK
ABOUT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GO
INTO POTENTIALLY
SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW OF 100
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT HEAT
POTENTIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN THE HISTORY OF THE
CITY.
DUE TO, AGAIN, GLOBAL CLIMATE
CHANGE,
COULD WE POTENTIALLY GET MAYBE
A LITTLE BIT OF THE
REAL MECHANICAL OVERVIEW OF HOW
THE OFFICE WILL MAKE
A DECISION POTENTIALLY BASED ON
THE IMPACT OF
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF EXTREME
HEAT THAT WILL TRIGGER
THE OPENING OF SOME OF THESE
EMERGENCY SHELTERS THAT
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
PUT ASIDE AND I WILL
SEPARATELY SITE FROM THE MEMO
THAT WAS PROVIDED TO
TALK ABOUT THE CAPACITY OF
THOSE FACILITIES BUT I
WANTED TO GO A LITTLE MORE OVER
THE FUNCTION THAT
OEM PLAYS.
YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO IT LIKE
WHEN WE HAVE
SNOW DAYS, THE DECISIONS THAT
ARE PLAYED BY OEM THAT
SORT OF TRIGGER THE SHELTER
RESOURCE.
AND THEN JUST TALK ABOUT THAT A
LITTLE BIT
MORE.
I THINK THAT IS A BIG AREA OF
PUBLIC
INTEREST.
>> OF COURSE.
SO, THE DECISION TO OPEN
COOLING CENTERS
OR OTHER PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO
GET SOME REFUGE FROM
THE HEAT IS NOT MADE BY THE
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
IT IS COLLECTIVELY BY THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT
ARE ON THE CALL INCOORDINATION
WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
AND THIS HAS HEAT.
MORE THAN THIS YEAR TO DATE.
IT IS NOT A DECISION, AND ALSO
WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH.
PUBLIC HEALTH IS ALSO, YOU
KNOW, ONE OF
THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL BE
WEIGHING IN.
KEN IS ON THE CALL.
KEN IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
TO ADD
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN.
>> WE BRING TOGETHER THE EXPERT
WHO'S BEST
UNDERSTAND THESE POPULATIONS
ALONG WITH AND LOOKING
AT ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT
IS HOW WE COME TO A
DECISION.
AND COOLING CENTERS AND WHERE
THE COOLING
CENTERS NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED.
THAT IS ONGOING AS WE SPEAK.
WE ARE IN THE ADVANCED STAGES
OF SETTING
UP THOSE CAPABILITIES AND HAVE
THOSE CAPABILITIES IN
PLACE FOR THIS WEEKEND.
>> SO, MAYBE, IF YOU ARE
INVOLVED IN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS MAYBE I WILL --
MAYBE I WILL DOVE TAIL
THE MEMO FROM DEPUTY DIRECTOR
COLBY.
WITH MAYBE FAMILIAR UP
QUESTIONS IF YOU
ARE AWARE OPERATION ALLEY OF
HOW THAT PROCESS IS
GOING.
THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN
PROVIDED TO
THE COMMITTEE IN THE ATTACHED
MEMO INDICATES THAT
THERE ARE TWO SHELTER
LOCATIONS, THIS ONE IS
SPECIFICALLY FOR A SMOKE EVENT.
A WILDFIRE SMOKE EVENT.
I IMAGINE AND CORRECT ME IF I
AM WRONG
THEY CAN BE UTILIZED FOR SEVERE
HEAT.
STATE OF SEVERE HEAT EVENT AS
WELL.
THAT WOULD BE PAVILION AND
EXHIBITION HALL
THAT THESE LOCATIONS WERE
PICKED AND IN
COLLABORATION.
AND, THAT THEY HAVE THE
CAPACITY AT THOSE
NECESSARY TO COMPLY.
IN TOTAL THOSE SHELTERS HAVE A
CAPACITY TO
SERVE UP TO 230 INDIVIDUALS
COMBINED.
THE WAY THEY ARE CURRENTLY
CONSTITUTED.
AND THAT IS BETWEEN FISHER
PAVILION AND
EXHIBITION HALL.
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT DID
ALSO IN THE
LETTER INDICATE THAT ONE OF THE
BIG DIFFERENCES FROM
LAST SUMMER IS THE CITY HAS
ADDED ALMOST 400
ADDITIONAL SPACES THROUGH THE
HOTEL PROGRAM WITH THE
KINGS INN AND THE EXECUTIVE
HOTEL SPECIFIC.
THE CITY'S ENTIRE SHELTER
SYSTEM STANDS AT
2000063 SHELTER SPACES.
THERE IS A REDUCED FOOTPRINT OF
THE NUMBER
OF FOLKS THAT WILL PLEAD TO GET
INSIDE VS WHERE WE
WERE LAST SUMMER WHEN WE DID
NOT HAVE THIS 400
ADDITIONAL SPACES.
SO, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE
OF CONTEXT
FROM THE MEMO FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
GOING BACK TO THE 230 SPACES
THAT WILL BE
OPENED BY A DETERMINATION BY
THE VARIOUS EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS THAT THERE IS A,
YOU KNOW, A SMOKE
EMERGENCY OR HEAT EMERGENCY
MAYBE JUST CONVERSATION
AND WHAT THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT'S ROLE
HAS BEEN IN RECOMMENDING WHERE
AND HOW THEY STOOD UP
AND PLACED AND IF THERE ARE
SOME POTENTIAL COOLING
ASSETS IN ADDITION TO THE 230
SPACES THAT MIGHT BE
OUTSIDE OF THE FOUR CORNERS OF
THIS MODEL.
>> SO, THE ROLE OF THE OFFICE
OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT IS TO MAKE, FIRST,
SET OUT WHAT WE
BELIEVE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR
VARIOUS HAZARDS ARE,
INCLUDING HEAT, SO THE
CONSEQUENCES ARE THIS.
THIS IS HOW WE BELIEVE THIS MAY
IMPACT THE
POPULATION, AND THOSE ARE SET
FORTH IN THAT
COORDINATION CALL.
THEN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION
WITH THE
EXPERTS IN ALL OF THOSE
DIFFERENT AREAS, HSD, PARKS,
EVERYONE ELSE WOULD THEN WOULD
TALK AND THEN DECIDE.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE ALL OF
THOSE EXPERTS
ON THE PHONE AND HAVE THAT.
SO OUR ROLE IS REALLY ABOUT
IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS AND
CONSEQUENCES.
>> AND DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD TO THAT
ABOUT THE RESPONSE?
>> I WILL REST ON HER RESPONSE.
>> VERY GOOD, EXCELLENT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> GOOD EMPLOYEE OVER THERE AT
THE
EMERGENCY OF MANAGEMENT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION AND
THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE HOW
THESE DECISIONS ARE
GOING TO BE MADE AND THAT WE
HAVE THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HERE TO
ASSESS IT AND KNOWING
WITH A FAIR DEGREE OF CERTAINTY
THERE IS GOING TO BE
A SPHROEBG EVENT AT SOME POINT
OVER THE SUMMER --
GOING TO BE A SMOKE EVENT AT
SOME POINT OVER THE
SUMMER, BASED ON THE CHARTS YOU
SHOWED EARLIER.
I APPRECIATE THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT
SENT ALONG THIS MEMO THAT THE
PUBLIC AND
COUNCILMEMBERS CAN REVIEW.
CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE FOLLOW
UP
QUESTIONS AND THIS TOPIC BY NO
MEANS IS EXHAUSTED BY
THIS CHECK IN TODAY WITH THIS
PANEL.
I AM CERTAINLY, THERE WILL BE
FOLLOW UP
QUESTIONS FOR HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AT OUR JULY
MEETING.
AND THERE MIGHT EVEN AT THAT
POINT BE A
POSTOPERATION REPORT IF THERE
IS A STAND UP THIS
AND COOLING RESOURCES OURCES
GIVEN THE ANTICIPATION OF THE
WEATHER.
SO, I WANT TO OPEN IT BACK UP
TO COLLEAGUE
FIST ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS FOR THE
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
>>> YES COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
IT IS A TWO SIDED COIN WHEN YOU
ARE
INVOLVED IT MEANS WE ARE IN AN
EMERGENCY OR A
SITUATION THAT REQUIRES GREATER
ATTENTION W THAT IT
MAKES ME NERVOUS.
ON THE OTHER HAND WHEN I KNOW
THAT THE
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
IS OPERATING ON A
TOPIC THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE
RESOURCES OF THE CITY
LASER FOCUSED THE SOLUTION I
KNOW UNDER THE PAST
MAYOR WE HAD THE OFFICE OPEN TO
ADDRESS THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS ON A DAILY
BASIS.
I AM NOT NECESSARILY PROPOSING
THAT HERE
TODAY I AM JUST SAYING I KNOW
WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF
THE DECISION MAKERS IN THE SAME
ROOM WE ARE ABLE TO
OPERATE AT A SPEED THAT IS
FASTER THAN WE ARE ALL
WORKING.
WITH THAT, DIRECTOR MAYER I AM
HAPPY THAT
YOU ARE HERE ALL HANDS ON DECK.
COLD WEATHER OR HOT WEATHER
SHELTERS THE
ISSUE WE RUN INTO SOFPB JUST
GETTING THEM LAUNCHED
IN A TIME -- INTO IS JUST
GETTING THEM LAUNCHED.
I KNOW IT IS NOT YOUR DECISION
TODAY.
JUST, HIGHLIGHTING IT.
IT IS ALSO THE DEPARTMENT'S
DISCRETION.
ALSO CALLING OUT, YOU KNOW, IF
THERE IS
EVER ANYTHING YOU NEED OVER
THIS WEEKEND DIRECTOR
MAYER OR YOUR TEAM I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WILL
BE HAPPY TO TAKE THE CALL AND I
WILL AS WELL LET US
KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP US
OUT.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE, I LOVE
THAT YOU
SAID, WELL, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT IS
INVOLVED THERE IS AN EMERGENCY.
WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION ALL OF
THE TIME SO
THAT THERE ISN'T AN EMERGENCY
THAT SURPRISES US.
SO, WE DO A LOT OF PREPARATION
ALL OF THE
TIME AND THINK OF THE WORST
CASE THING THAT COULD
POSSIBLY HAPPEN SO THAT THE
REST OF YOU DON'T HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
SO --
[ LAUGHTER ]
-- JUST, JUST FEEL BETTER ABOUT
THAT.
AND ALSO IT REALLY IS A
COLLECTIVE THING.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE
EXPERTISE OF ALL
OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS,
THAT IS A REALLY GOOD
THING THAT YOU DON'T JUST HAVE
ONE GROUP THAT IS
DECIDING FOR EVERYBODY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS REALLY, AS
YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE THE REPUTATION FOR, AND
I AM HERE AS A
FAIRLY NEW PERSON HERE TO SAY,
IT IS DEFINITELY TRUE
THAT THE CITY REALLY DOES CARE
ABOUT JUST LIKE, YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
CARE ABOUT, MAKING SURE YOU ARE
CARED FOR.
>> SO, PART OF OUR JOB, THOUGH,
IS TO
THINK ABOUT THAT WORSE CASE AND
HOPE THAT IS NOT
WHERE WE GO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WELL SAID.
>> OKAY.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
FOR THE
PANEL HERE BEFORE WE MOVE TO
THE FINAL AGENDA ITEM?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE.
DIRECTOR, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
DROPPING
BY, KEN, APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMENTS.
WE WILL CERTAINLY STAY IN TOUCH
THROUGHOUT
THIS AND APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP DURING THESE
CHALLENGING TIMES AS IT LOOKS
LIKE THERE WEEK SEND
GOING TO HAVE POTENTIAL
HAZARDS, I APPRECIATE YOU
ARE ON THE JOB AND LOOK FORWARD
TO ACCEPT THAT
WEEKEND CALL STRAUSS INVITED
YOU TO GIVE TO ME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YES.
I LOVE HOW HE MENTIONED YOUR
NAME FIRST.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YES.
MAKE SURE YOU CALL ME FIRST AND
AT 3:00
A.M.
ON SATURDAY I WILL JOINT
CONFERENCE CALL
DIRECTOR'S CALL TO ME.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT, IT WILL BE
COOLER AT 3:00
A.M., THOUGH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
INVITING US AND
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU
DO, I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DIRECTOR.
>> ALL RIGHT, KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK.
>> THANK YOU, BYE-BYE
>>> OKAY.
SO, MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
READ THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM INTO THE
RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 120109.
CITY ORDINANCE CREATING A FUND
FOR
DEPOSITING DONATIONS, GIFTS,
AND GRANTS RELATED TO
THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S RESPONSE
TO HOMELESSNESS AND
PROVISIONS OF HUMAN SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU MR. CLERK FOR
READING THAT
INTO THE RECORD.
I DO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS GONZALEZ AND
MORALES HAVE JOINED THE
MEETING.
WELCOME.
THIS BILL CAME THROUGH WE
DUBBED IT TAKES
A VILLAGE TO SECURE
PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO
STRETCH AND SCALE FURTHER THE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES WITH
MATCHING SUPPORT FROM
PRIVATE PARTIES WHO APPROACH MY
OFFICE WITH AN
INTEREST IN INVESTING IN THOSE
KINDS OF
UNDERTAKINGS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
HISTORICALLY HAS
BEEN DONE IN TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, THEY TYPICALLY
INVOLVE A LOT OF SWEAT EQUITY
AND PUTTING THEM
TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS
COMING
TOGETHER TO BUILD THE HOUSES
AND ALSO TYPICALLY INVOLVE A
LOT OF PHILANTHROPY.
WHAT THE CITY HAS NOT HAD IS AN
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNT THAT CAN
COLLECT THESE
CONTRIBUTIONS SO WE CAN THEN
BETTER FOLD THEM INTO
THE CITY'S COMPETITIVE RFQ
PROCESS AND OTHER
PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
BEING EFFECTIVE
STEWARDS OF THAT MONEY AND
TREATING THAT MONEY THE
SAME WAY WE WOULD TREAT
TAXPAYER MONEY IN MAKING
SURE IT IS THROUGH AN RFQ
MAKING SURE IT GOES AND
GETS OUT THROUGH COMPETITIVE
BIDDING.
NOT DEPENDING ON ANY ONE
PARTICULAR
PROVIDER.
HENCE THIS ORDINANCE.
TODAY IS JUST A BRIEFING AND
NOT
ANTICIPATED TO HAVE ANY VOTE ON
IT TODAY.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS THAT THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE IS LIKELY
GOING TO SEEK AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THEM ON PUTTING THAT TOGETHER
TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF
THEIR CONCERNS, BUT FOR NOW, I
THINK I WILL HAND IT
OVER TO JEFF SO WE CAN START
JUMPING INTO THIS AND
OPEN IT UP FOR MORE OF A
CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO SAY BEFORE THAT
ANOTHER
COUNCILMEMBER JOINED US.
>>> IT IS MODELED AFTER AN
ORDINANCE YOU
PASSED LAST SPRING AND SETTING
UP THE COVID-19
DONATION FUND AND MANY OF THE
SECTIONS WERE COPIED
FROM THAT BILL AND IT HAS BEEN
REVIEWED BY LAW.
THAT ORDINANCE, WAS ACTED ON
AND THAT
MODEL ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IN
EFFECT FOR A YEAR.
WE ARE ADDRESSING TECHNICAL
CONCERNS THAT
ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CHANGES
THAT WERE MADE HERE OR
ANY CHANGES THAT WILL MAKE IT
EASIER TO OPERATION
ALLEY CARRY OUT THE INTENTION
OF THE LEGISLATION.
ULTIMATELY THIS LEGISLATION
WOULD CREATE A
FUND THAT DESCRIBES IN THE FUND
THAT PROVIDE
HOMELESSNESS AND HUMAN
SERVICES.
THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE DOMAIN
AND THE
SERVICES IN NUMBER 29 THAT IS
FILED WITH THE CITY
CLERK.
THERE IS AN EXISTING HUMAN
SERVICES FUND
NOW.
ONE THING I AM WORKING WITH TO
DETERMINE
IS OUR ABILITY TO RECEIVE
DONATIONS TO THAT FUND OR
TO OTHER FUNDS AND THE LEVEL OF
ACCOUNTING THAT WILL
BE NECESSARY, POSSIBLE TO
ENSURE THE USE OF THOSE
FUNDS ON THE PURPOSES AS
PRESCRIBED IN THIS
LEGISLATION.
THEY ARE RATHER BROOD.
THERE IS A LONG LIST OF THEM
THERE.
COVERING HOMELESSNESS AND
SERVICES AND
HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO ADD
AT THERE
POINT BECAUSE OF THE TECHNICAL,
I HAVE NOT HAD TIME
TO DELVE INTO WHAT MIGHT BE THE
POTENTIAL TECHNICAL
CHANGES, THEY ALLUDED TO SOME
SECTIONS BUT THAT IS
AN AREA I EXPECT OVER THE NEXT
WEEK OR TWO WE WILL
GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
OVERVIEW
JEFF.
AND YOU KNOW, I WILL JUST SAY,
AS I, YOU
KNOW, STATED BEFORE IT IS NOT
MY PERSONAL BELIEF
THAT JUST PHILANTHROPY ALONE
WILL BE ABLE TO RESOLVE
THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT WILL
HELP WITH WHAT WE ARE
SEEING NATIONALLY REGARDING
HOMELESSNESS.
THIS WILL NOT LEAD TO THE
SEVERAL HUNDRED
MILLION TO BILLION DOLLAR
INVOLVEMENTS THAT ARE
REGIONALLY REQUIRED TO SHORE UP
HOUSING CAPABLE OF
TRULY PROVIDING EVERYBODY WITH
A FOUR WALLS AND A
DOOR THAT LOCKS.
BUT, IT CERTAINLY IS GOING TO
BE ABLE TO
FACILITATE GETTING ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES IN THE TENS
OF THOUSANDS TO STAND UP
SHELTER RESOURCES AND TO
STRETCH PUBLIC MONEY A LITTLE
FURTHER FOR
INTERVENTIONS LIKE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, HOTELING,
AND SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS THAT
ARE RELATED TO OUR
OVERALL STRATEGY ON
HOMELESSNESS BUT NOT GOING TO
DELIVER THE FINAL NEEDED FOR
THE STRATEGY.
THAT WILL COME FROM THE JUMP-
START TAX
THAT WE PASSED LAST YEAR.
WITH THAT, THOUGH, I DO THINK
PEOPLE COME
KNOCKING AND WANT TO HELP IT IS
OUR ROLE AS LEADERS
TO FACILITATE A WAY TO
ACCOMMODATE THOSE OFFERS TO
ASSIST IN OUR COMMON GOALS.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT
OVER IF
THERE ARE QUESTIONS FOR ME AS
THE SPONSOR OR FOR
JEFF ON CENTRAL STAFF REGARDING
THIS BILL AT THIS
TIME.
>>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE SUMMARY,
JEFF.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS,
ONE OUT OF
CURIOSITY.
RELATED TO THE COVID-19
EMERGENCY FUND DO
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE RECEIVED
IN DONATIONS THAT WE
RECEIVED LAST YEAR?
>> I AM NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER
THAT RIGHT
NOW.
I CAN GET THAT NUMBER.
I DON'T HAVE A RECENT UPDATE ON
THAT.
>> OKAY.
>> SO, FOR THE PROPOSAL FOR
TODAY CAN YOU
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO YOU
THINK THE INITIAL
FUNDERS FOR THIS POOL MIGHT BE?
AND THEN I AM CURIOUS WHAO
KINDS OF
AGREEMENTS THE CITY WILL ENTER
INTO TO ACCEPT THE
FUNDS AND IF THE TITLE
REFERENCES, DONATIONS, GIFTS,
GRANTS, I AM WONDERING IF IT IS
INTENDED FOR JUST
DONATIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE LOW
INTEREST LOANS IS
ALSO A POSSIBILITY FOR
SMETHING?
IF THAT IS PART OF THE INTENT
HERE.
>> I WILL REFER TO CHAIR LEWIS
ON THE
POTENTIAL DONORS AND WHO ARE
ENVISIONED HERE.
IN TERMS OF A LOAN.
NOT ENVISIONED IT WOULD BE A
LOAN.
I DID PURPOSELY UTILIZE THE
LANGUAGE FROM
COVID-19 DONATION FUND SO THAT
A VERY WIDE ARRAY OF
POTENTIAL MECHANISMS AT
PROVIDING CASH TO THE CITY
TO CONDUCT AN ACTIVITY WOULD BE
AVAILABLE.
BUT LOANS WERE NOT SOMETHING
PEOPLE HAVE
TO REPAY WE ARE NOT ENVISIONING
IT.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION WAS
ABOUT SPONSORED
OR SORRY, DONORS?
>> AND THE KIND OF AGREEMENTS
IF THERE IS,
YOU KNOW, EACH INDIVIDUAL DONOR
WHAT KIND OF
AGREEMENT YOU HAVE TO ENTER
INTO.
WITH THE DONOR OR GRANTING
AGENCY
STIPULATING CONDITIONS.
AND SO LARGELY THAT OPTED,
THERE COULD BE
A WIDE VARIANCE THERE.
THERE IS, THAT IS A GOOD
QUESTION, THERE
ARE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS I AM
TRYING TO WORK OUT
WITH CBO.
FOR EXAMPLE IF IT IS, YOU KNOW,
IF THE
FUND CREATED HERE WOULD
ACTUALLY BE AS, I NOTED
THERE IN THE NUMBERS GIVEN TO
COUNCILMEMBERS LATE
YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF LAST
MINUTE INFORMATION.
BUT, THERE ARE EXISTING
DONATION FUNDS
THAT HAVE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC
PURPOSES.
ONE OF THEM WAS TO ASSIST
SENIORS IN
INSTALLING SMOKE DETECTORS.
AN ACCOUNT CAN BE SET WITH A
NARROW AREA
AND FUNDS PLACE INSIDE THAT CAN
BE UTILIZED.
IN TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT DRIVEN
BY WHOEVER IS
PROVIDING THE FUNDING?
ANSWERING BOTH OF THE
QUESTIONS, THE
STIPULATIONS DONORS MIGHT MAKE
RELATIVE TO OR ALSO
WHO PEOPLE EXPRESSED INTEREST
ARE.
IN SOME QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER
IT WITH THE
SAME STORY.
>> THE SOUTHLAKE UNION
NEIGHBORHOOD
REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANTS A
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
I SHOULD SAY AN ADDITIONAL TINY
HOUSE
VILLAGE IN SOUTHLAKE UNION AS
FOLKS MAY KNOW THERE
IS CURRENTLY A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE KIND OF AROUND THE
AREA OF LIKE THE DEXTER AND
MERCER AREA OF THE
SOUTHLAKE UNION NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT THEY WOULD LIKE ONE MORE ON
THEIR
CORNER AND SO THEY ARE
CONSIDERING MAKING A
PARTICULARLY BIG GIFT BUT IT
WOULD BE CONTINGENT ON
MAKING SURE THAT THE VILLAGE IS
PLACE INSIDE THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD, SORT OF AN
INTERESTING AND GREATLY
APPRECIATED STIPULATION THEY
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TO
BE NOT DISPLACING PEOPLE
UHOUSED WHO ARE IN
SOUTHLAKE UNION BUT GIVING THEM
A TINY HOUSE SREUL
--
VILLAGE BUT SO THEY CAN STAY IN
THAT PART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANYONE ELSE
MAKING
THESE STIPULATIONS THAT ARE
POTENTIAL DONORS.
IT MOSTLY HAS BEEN RELATED TO
THAT THAT
CAME OUT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST
IN CREATING A TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE TO ALLEVIATE THE
CONDITIONS AND ISSUES
AT DENNY PARK THAT WERE PRESENT
THROUGH A LOT OF
LAST YEAR BUT ULTIMATELY THERE
IS NO LONGER AN
ENCAMPMENT THERE.
SO, THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST
FROM
POTENTIAL DONORS IN THE
SOUTHLAKE UNION CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE FOR EXAMPLE WHO WANTED
TO SEE SOME ACTION
ON DENNY PARK AND HAVE A
RELATED TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
FOR RESIDENTS IN DENNY PARK TO
GIVE PEOPLE, YOU
KNOW, A PLACE TO LIVE INSTEAD.
IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE OTHER
DONORS LIKE
CERTAINLY PEOPLE HAVE
APPROACHED MY OFFICE WHO ARE,
YOU KNOW, LOCAL WEALTHY
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SEEN
COVERAGE IT TAKES A VILLAGE
INITIATIVE OR PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN PAST DONORS TO GROUPS
LIKE THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE AND THIS IS
PART OF THEIR
PHILANTHROPY IN THE PAST.
A WIDE RANGE OF FOLKS, CANADIAN
DEVELOPER
ONI EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
SUPPORTING THIS SINCE THEY
ARE SORT OF THE, YOU KNOW,
SINCE THEIR DEVELOPERS
SEE TINY HOUSES AS A TYPE OF
PHILANTHROPIC
DEVELOPMENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING OUT OF
THE WOODWORK
WHO ARE REALLY JUST INTERESTED
IN CONTRIBUTING TO
SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE A
TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE.
AS EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL
KNOWS THERE SAY
CONSENSES HAS FORMED THAT THE
TINY HOUSE MODEL WORKS
EFFECTIVELY.
SO, MOST OF THE STIPULATIONS TO
ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES ARE PEOPLE
WANTING THE VILLAGES TO NUMBER
PARTICULAR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY OTHER
THINGS THAT
PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO SEE.
>> THANK YOU.
IF I MIGHT FOLLOW UP.
I JUST -- I APPRECIATE THIS AND
I
UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE
CERTAINLY CAN USE SOME
HELP IN TRYING TO RAISE
RESOURCES FOR THIS GIANT
ISSUE WE ARE DEALING WITH.
AND, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHATEVER WE
ARE DRAFTING THAT WE ARE
DELIBERATE TO PUTTING SOME,
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS
PARAMETERS OR COMMUNITY
GUIDELINES AROUND WHAT KINDS OF
DONATIONS OR BETTER
WAY OF SAYING IT, WHAT KINDS OF
RESTRICTIONS FROM A
DONOR WE WOULD BE WILLING TO
ENGAGE WITH.
BECAUSE I, BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE
A LOT OF OPINIONS ABOUT HOW TO
SOLVE, HOW TO ADDRESS
THIS ISSUE AND I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
NOT ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTIONS IN
SUCH A WAY IT WOULD
LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO LIMIT OUR
ABILITIES AS A
COUNCIL OR THINGS WE STATED AS
A CITY ARE IMPORTANT
AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE DIGNITY
AND HUMANITY OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT, YOU
KNOW, THAT I
APPRECIATE THE INTEREST IN
HELPING CREATE MORE
RESOURCES FOR THIS.
AND, HOW AND WHAT KIND OF
AGREEMENTS AND
RESTRICTIONS WE ACCEPT IS ALSO
GOING TO BE SOMETHING
TO BE AWARE OF.
>> YEAH, I THINK THOSE ARE
REALLY, REALLY
GOOD CONCERNS, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
I COULD INVISION A SCENARIO
WHERE, FOR
EXAMPLE, CORRECT ME IF I AM
WRONG, BUT I THINK I SEE
WHERE YOU ARE GOING WITH THIS
AND I SHARE YOUR
CONCERN AS WELL.
LIKE MAYBE SOME PEOPLE MAKING
STIPULATIONS
THAT THERE CAN NOT BE A HARM
REDUCTION IN FORMS,
METHOD OF CARE, ANYWHERE THIS
MONEY GOES OR JUST,
YOU KNOW, SOME SUCH KIND OF
THING THAT IS NOT, YOU
KNOW, EVIDENCE-BASED REQUEST.
I THINK THAT IS CERTAINLY
SOMETHING THAT
IF POSSIBLE WE SHOULD PUT IN
THE FOUR CORNERS OF
THIS.
I APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING THAT.
SORRY, I MUTED MYSELF.
ARE THERE ANYMORE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE WRAP UP THE COMMITTEE
TODAY?
THE FASTEST HOMELESS COMMITTEE
MEETING
EVER.
OKAY.
SEEING NONE.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO HAVE A
FAIRLY CONCISE JUNE MEETING.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF
OTHER, JUST
TO GIVE CLOSING REMARKS TO THE
GENERAL KIND OF
HOMELESSNESS WORK BEFORE THE
CITY THERE ARE A LOT OF
THINGS THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IS ON THE
VERGE OF REACHING SOME
RESOLUTIONS ON FOR A VERY
COMPREHENSIVE MEETING TO THIS
COMMITTEE.
THAT INCLUDES SOME RESOLUTION
ON
OUTSTANDING ISSUES RELATED TO
THE COUNCIL'S TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE INVESTMENTS WE
MADE IN THE LAST BUDGET
AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL -- HOTEL
AND STATUSES ON SOME
OF OUR ACCUSATION STRATEGIES
THAT ARE GOING TO
INFORM A LOT OF THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE GOING
FORWARD IN THE SUMMER AND INTO
THE FALL.
SO, I DEFINITELY WANT TO PLUG
WHILE TODAY
WAS A SLEEPY COMMITTEE THERE IS
A LOT OF STUFF THAT
IS GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO
BEING PACKAGED FOR A
ROBUST GROUP, THE FOLKS OVER
THERE ARE WORKING SUPER
HARD WITH A VERY REDUCED STAFF
TO GET A LOT OF THE
ASSETS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS
APPROVED OUT AND INTO
THE COMMUNITY.
AND, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO A
ROBUST
CONVERSATION ON THE TINY HOUSE
INITIATIVES THAT
RAPID REHOUSING AND THE HOTEL
SHELTERING WHEN WE
CONVENE BACK HERE IN THIS
COMMITTEE FOR THE JULY
MEETING.
WITH THAT IF THERE IS ANYTHING
FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER I WILL OPEN
IT UP.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS NOTHING
FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER.
SO, HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.