>>> WE ARE RECORDING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE MAY 4th, 2022 MEETING OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC
ACCESS AND HOMELESSNESS
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:00 P.M., I'M ANDREW
LEWIS, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ARE
EXCUSED.
WILL THE COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA AND WILL BE ADOPTED.
IT IS ADOPTED.
THE CHAIR'S REPORT.
TODAY WE HAVE TWO AGENDA ITEMS.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
AN UPDATED PRESENTATION.
WE ALSO HAVE A RSJI REPORT
FROM THE SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION.
THOSE ARE OUR TWO AGENDA ITEMS,
SO LET'S JUST DIVE RIGHT INTO
IT.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE HERE.
I SEE MARC DONES PRESENT AND
NIGEL.
WE SHOULD BE READY TO GO RIGHT
AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
>>> LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I WILL MODERATE.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN ONE
MINUTE TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND THEN
AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT OF YOU WILL
BE A MUTED WILL BE THE SPEAKERS
Q. THE SPEAKER MUST PRESS STAR
SIX TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AT THE ITEM
YOU'RE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN
10 SECONDS I LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
WHAT YOU HEAR THAT, WE ASK THAT
YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST,
MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
MODERATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
SESSION?
>> CHAIR, THERE IS ONE MEMBER
OF THE PUBLIC WHO IS SIGNED UP
FOR COMMENT.
HE IS NOT PRESENT.
DAVID, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO
COMMENT, YOU SHOULD CALL IN NOW.
>> GIVEN THAT WE HAVE ONLY ONE
REGISTERED SPEAKER, AND THAT
SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT, MR.
HAYNES, SORRY TO HAVE MISSED
YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
YOU MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN
COMMENTARY ON TODAY'S COUNCIL
MEETING AND MY OFFICE WILL
DISTRIBUTE IT TO OTHER COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES.
>>> NOW THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD, SO I WILL FORMALLY END
THE FORMAL PERIOD WE ONLY HAVE
ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER WHO IS
NOT PRESENT AND MOVE ON TO
ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
>>> MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
READ ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 1, KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE NOW JOINED BY OUR
PARTNERS AT THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
MARC, WHY DON'T I HANDED OVER
TO YOU AND YOU CAN INTRODUCE
ANY OTHER PRESENTERS THAT MIGHT
BE WITH YOU.
IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE
THIS AFTERNOON.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, MR.
CHAIR.
THANKS FOR THE COMMITTEE.
I KNOW YOU GRACIOUSLY APPEARED
US TO STEP OFF THE PREVIOUS
SCHEDULE SO WE COULD DO
SOMETHING MORE COMPREHENSIVE,
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE
NIGEL WHO CAN ASSIST IN
ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT I
AM NOT ABLE TO ANSWER.
BUT, I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO COVER IT, AND LET ME GO
AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN.
IS EVERYBODY ABLE TO SEE THAT?
PERFECT.
OKAY.
SO, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF
MATERIAL.
A LOT OF WHICH IS IN THE SLIDES,
BUT I'LL BE DOING QUITE A BIT
OF VOICEOVER.
I CAN SEE YOU ALL, BUT JUST
JUMP IN WHENEVER YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS PLEASE.
SO, FIRST UP, I JUST WANT TO
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, OUR
BUDGET AND FIVE YEAR PLAN
DEVELOPMENT.
HOW OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN WORKS,
IS IT IS REQUIRED BY THE ILA.
IT HAS TO BE INFORMED BY THE
REGIONAL ACTION FRAMEWORK THAT
ALREADY EXISTS.
INFORMED BY SUB REGIONAL
PLANNING, WORKSHOPS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING A
DRAFT IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR TO
FINALIZE IN SEPTEMBER.
MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY THAT IS
UNDERWAY, INCLUDING OUR FY 23
BUDGET, OUR SERVICE REDESIGN,
ALL OF THAT STUFF FLOWS INTO OR
OUT OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.
THAT IS THE BIG CIRCULAR
GRAPHIC.
I WANTED TO START WITH THIS
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT FOLKS BE CLEAR THAT LIKE
MUCH OF THE PLANNING ACTIVITY
CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AT THE
AUTHORITY, IS FLOWING INTO WHAT
WE ARE GOING TO LAY OUT AS OUR
FIVE-YEAR TRAJECTORY.
I WANTED TO DO THAT BECAUSE I
THINK WE GET A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS AROUND WHAT ABOUT
THIS THING, WHAT ABOUT THIS
THING.
FOR US, WE SEE IT AS WE ARE
REQUIRED BY LEGISLATION TO
CHART A COURSE ABOUT A BROAD
WAY FORWARD.
WE ARE ON A TIMELINE TO DELIVER
THAT AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF
OUR SPENDING IS RIGHT NOW.
WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO
RIGHT NOW IN PART TODAY AS I
ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS
THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM YOU ALL
IS ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW THE
THINGS THAT I'M ANSWERING ARE
ACCOUNTED FOR OR STRUCTURED
WITHIN THE FIVE-YEAR PLANNING
WORK.
BY WAY OF TIMELINES, I JUST
WANTED TO SORT OF INDEX THAT
AGAINST SOME OF THE OTHER
ACTIVITIES YOU MAY HAVE HEARD
ABOUT THE ISSUE.
WE HAD OUR POINT IN TIME,
ENGAGEMENT, PULMONARY ANALYSIS.
WE HAVE A SYNTHESIS AND WE
ACTUALLY HAVE SUBMITTED THE
NUMBERS TO HUD AS OF TODAY.
FIVE-YEAR DATA, OR FIVE-YEAR
PLAN DATA COLLECTION ALSO BEGAN
SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND THEN AGAIN
AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL HAVE A
DRAFT IN AUGUST.
IN AUGUST, WE INTEND TO, WELL,
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF COMMUNITY
INPUT IN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
IN AUGUST WE WALKED IT AROUND
AGAIN.
GET PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK, MARC IT
UP, AND FINALIZE IN SEPTEMBER.
THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN HAS TO BE
ADOPTED AT BOTH THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD AND
GOVERNING COMMITTEE LEVELS.
LOOKING AT MY TWO GOVERNING
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE, AND
JUST FLAGGING THAT YOU WILL SEE
THIS MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAVE A
LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
YOUR FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF THE
PRIORITIES OF THE AUTHORITY.
THINKING ABOUT THE BUDGET
SPECIFICALLY IN RELATIONSHIP TO
THIS, SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE
ARE LOOKING AT THAT DRAFT IN
AUGUST.
INFORMED BY COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND
INCORPORATING SUB REGIONAL
PLANNING.
IN CONVERSATION WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IN HER
ROLE AS BUDGET CHAIR, ONE OF
THE OTHER THINGS WE STARTED TO
TALK ABOUT AND THEN CONFIRMED,
WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE
COUNTY, IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
DO IS ALSO ATTACH A SIX YEAR
BUDGET TO THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS, AS WE
MOVE INTO OUR EARS, WILL BE MORE
A PLACEHOLDER.
WHAT IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS
TO SPEND, RATHER THAN TO SPEND
EVERY YEAR GENERATING A SORT OF
THE NOBLE BUDGET, LIKE WHAT ARE
WE SEEING, WHAT ARE WE DOING,
AND SPRINTING AROUND FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO IS
HAVE A PLACEHOLDER NUMBER THAT
IF WE HAVE BEEN MAKING THE
RIGHT INVESTMENTS ALONG THE WAY,
THE NUMBER FOR FY 26 SHOULD BE
X NUMBER OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
ANY ADJUSTMENTS AROUND THAT
SHOULD HAPPEN AROUND THE EDGES,
REALLY BECAUSE WE ARE NOTICING
LIKE WE ARE SEEING AN UPTICK IN
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTERING
THE HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM BECAUSE
OF AN EVENT.
WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR
CAPACITY IN THAT PROGRAM
PORTFOLIO.
WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A DECREASE
IN THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
VEHICLES BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT A
SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON THAT.
SO, WE DON'T NEED AS MUCH
VEHICLE SPECIFIC OUTREACH FOR
EXAMPLE BECAUSE WE THINK WE ARE
BEGINNING TO MANAGE THAT DOWN.
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF
ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WOULD BE
LOOKING TO MAKE IN THOSE COMING
YEARS.
ALWAYS IN RELATIONSHIP TO DATA
AND TO THE POINT OF TIME, ET
CETERA.
LESS OF WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING
THIS YEAR, WHICH IS FOR FOLKS
NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, A REALLY
CONSCIOUS TIMELINE THAT LIKE,
BASED ON OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE,
IS NOT LIKELY TO CHANGE.
THIS TIMELINE IS LIKELY TO STAY
PRETTY SIMILAR IN YEARS FORWARD,
SO BY MOVING TO THIS SIX YEAR
BUDGET IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
FIVE-YEAR PLAN, WE THEN AT
LEAST HAVE SIX YEARS BIENNIALS
BY THE WAY, WE THEN HAVE THE
ABILITY TO EASE INTO THE BUDGET
PLANNING WITH MUCH LESS OF A OH
GOSH, WHAT'S HAPPENING?
HOW CAN WE PULL ALL THIS
MATERIAL TOGETHER AND GET THE
RIGHT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT IN
TIME, ATTITUDE?
SO, THE PROJECTED BUDGETS THAT
WILL COME WITH THAT PLAN IN
SEPTEMBER WILL TAKE US THROUGH
2028.
I'LL JUST PAUSE THERE BRIEFLY
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS
BEFORE I MOVED TO THE NEXT
SECTION OF THIS REPORT OUT.
>> DO COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ON THIS FIRST SEGMENT
OF THE PRESENTATION?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ú>> THANK YOU.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE
AS IT RELATES TO THE SUB
REGIONAL PLANNING GROUPS.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT SEATTLE
WILL HAVE ITS OWN SUB REGIONAL
PLAN?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
SO, HOW IS THAT BEING
DEVELOPED?
>> WE HAVE A SUB REGIONAL
PLANNING TEAM LED BY ALEXIS.
THE SUB REGIONAL PLANNING
SPECIALIST IS NAMED SARA
CARLSON.
THAT TEAM LEADS OUR SUB
REGIONAL PLANNING DEVELOPMENT
AND SHE IS THE PLANNING
SPECIALIST FOR SEATTLE.
HAPPY TO AT A SUBSEQUENT
MEETING WITH THIS COMMITTEE, OR
OFF-LINE BRIEFING, CONNECT YOU
WITH THAT SUB REGIONAL PLANNING
TEAM TO TALK ABOUT THE SEATTLE
METRO PLAN DEVELOPMENT IN
PARTICULAR IF THAT IS HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUST AS A QUICK NOTE ON THAT
TOO, LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN
INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR WORK
PLAN, AND DEFINITELY INTERESTED
IN COLLABORATING ON THAT, SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT EFFORT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THE
SEATTLE PLAN, THAT IT INCLUDES
AREAS OUT OF'S THE DOWNTOWN
CORE AS WELL THE CITICORP.
WILL BE ENTIRE CITY BE PART OF
THAT PLAN?
>> YES, THE SEATTLE METRO
SUBREGION INCLUDES THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND LIKE IMMEDIATE
ADJACENT METRO AREAS.
THEN, SO WE HAVE SEVEN DISTINCT
SUBREGIONS.
THE SEATTLE METRO PLAN WILL
ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE CITY.
>> ANY FOLLOW-UP ON THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> GREAT.
OKAY.
CEO DONES, I THINK WE CAN
CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION.
>> GOT IT.
NEXT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR
UNSHELTERED. I WANT TO JUST
BRIEFLY NOTE OUR APPROACH FOR
THIS WAS WE DID CONDUCT A HEAD
COUNT OF UNSHELTERED
INDIVIDUALS.
WE CONDUCTED A COUNT OF FOLKS
WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN SHELTERS,
AND THEN WE ALSO DEVELOPED A
QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION
STRATEGY OVER THE COURSE OF THE
EARLY -- WELL, LATE WINTER,
FEBRUARY, A LITTLE BIT INTO
MARCH, WHERE WE WORKED WITH
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS PROVIDERS AND
STAFF AROUND THE COUNTY.
WE WORKED ON -- WELL, ACTUALLY,
OUR COLLEAGUE OWEN WHICH IS THE
DEPUTY CHIEF OF COMMUNITY
IMPACT LED A SERIES OF
WORKSHOPS WITH THIS GROUP OF
STAKEHOLDERS TO COLLECT INPUT
FROM ABOUT 200 PEOPLE.
AROUND WHAT SHOULD BE ASKED,
WHY SHOULD IT BE ASKED, WHAT
WOULD WE WANT TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN THE LIVES OF OUR
UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS?
THAT IS WHAT YIELDED BOTH THE
STUDY DESIGN, AND ALSO THE
QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED PEOPLE.
HOW WE ENGAGED, WAS THERE A HUB
AND SPOKE MODEL, OR RESPONDENT
DRIVEN SAMPLING.
ESSENTIALLY INTERVIEWEES
CONDUCTED INITIAL INTERVIEWS
AND VARIOUS ENCAMPMENTS OUR
OTHER PLACES WHERE FOLKS
EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS WERE GATHERING.
THEY WOULD GIVE THE PERSON A
GIFT CARD FOR THEIR TIME AND A
COUPON BOOKLET.
THAT COUPON, THAT BOOKLET
ESSENTIALLY, SOMEONE COULD SAY
LIKE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I
THINK YOU SHOULD ALSO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
HERE IS ONE OF THE COUPONS THAT
WAS GIVEN TO ME.
FROM THERE YOU COULD GO TO ONE
OF THE HUBS, WE HAVE NINE HUBS
SET UP ACROSS THE COUNTY.
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE BUS
TICKETS TO AND FROM EACH OF AND
COORDINATE ALL OF THE -- WE HAD
FOOD AND WATER AND ALL THE
THINGS NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE.
ONCE A PERSON GOT THERE THEY
WERE ABLE TO DO AN INTERVIEW,
FILL OUT A DEMOGRAPHIC SHEET
FOR THE HEAD COUNT, AND RECEIVE
THEIR GIFT CARD.
THAT PERSON IN TURN WOULD
RECEIVE THEIR OWN BOOKLET, SO
THAT IS THE RESPONDENT DRIVEN
SAMPLING METHOD.
BY WAVE FOUR, WE WERE IN
CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE WHO
WEREN'T REALLY CONNECTED WITH
SERVICES AT ALL.
THEY ARE NOT OFTEN SEEN INSIDE
THE CONTEXT OF OUR SYSTEM.
THE RESULTS OF THE WORK, WE --
SORRY, THIS RUNS THROUGH THE 12
DESIGN WORKSHOPS.
WE COLLECTED OVER 650
INTERVIEWS WITH FOLKS
EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS IN THE COUNTY.
BECAUSE OF MATCHING INFORMED
CONSENT SIGNATURES, AND MAKING
SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ABOVE
BOARD, WE BELIEVE WE WILL BE
ABLE TO USE, AS A -- FOR
RESEARCH PURPOSES, PROBABLY
ABOUT 550, 575 OF THOSE
INTERVIEWS.
EVERYONE WAS COUNTED THOUGH, SO
WE THEN WORKED WITH STATISTICAL
ANALYSTS AT UW WHO HELPED DO
THE EXTRAPOLATION OFF THE
STATISTICAL MODEL TO GET TO THE
NUMBER THAT WE SUBMITTED TO
HUD.
ALL OF THIS WAS WORKED OUT WITH
THE HUD OFFICE.
WE RECEIVED A METHODS EXCEPTION
IN ORDER TO DO IT.
SOME OF THE CONFUSION IN THE
FALL ABOUT LIKE, ARE WE DOING
POINT IN TIME OR NOT?
THERE WAS SOME MISREPORTING
AROUND WHEN I SAID YOU WILL NOT
BE DOING THE POINT IN TIME
COUNT IN THE USUAL WAY.
WE WILL INSTEAD FOCUS ON A
DIFFERENT METHOD, RIGHT?
THAT HUD DID, WE PROCEEDED, ET
CETERA.
JUST FOR HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
THE NUMBERS WERE FILED TODAY.
I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO TOO
MUCH DETAIL.
I WANT TO SAY I ACTUALLY
PREPARED A SEPARATE BRIEFING ON
THIS.
I THINK IT DESERVES QUITE A BIT
OF ATTENTION.
SUFFICE TO SAY IS BASED ON OUR
UNSHELTERED ANALYSIS, WE DO SEE
AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
THROUGH THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE
WILL STILL BE INDEXING OUR WORK
AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE DATA BY
AND LARGE.
SO THE POINT IN TIME COUNT
GIVES US A WINDOW INTO
SPECIFICALLY WHO IS EXPERIENCING
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT WHO NEEDS OUR
SUPPORT IN THIS COUNTY, THE
BETTER WAY TO DO THAT IS
THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE
CROSSWALKS THAT WE PARTNER WITH
OUR COLLEAGUES AT DC HS AROUND
TO DO LAST YEAR, TO GENERATE
THE 45,000 NUMBER THAT WE NOW
USE WHEN WE COMMONLY REFER TO
THE NUMBER OF FOLKS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
THE COUNTY.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
CROSSWALK LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF
ENROLLMENTS IN THE RECOVERY
DIVISION DATA.
HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS
DATA.
AND ASKS HOW MANY PEOPLE USED
THOSE THINGS OVER THE COURSE OF
A YEAR?
THAT'S WHERE WE GET TO 45,000.
THE POINT IN TIME COUNT DATA
HAS ALWAYS CONSISTENTLY COME IN
LOWER.
IT CAME IN LOWER, DESPITE ITS
INCREASE, IT CAME IN LOWER THE
SHOE.
WE WILL REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON
USING THAT MORE ACCURATE,
HIGHER NUMBER, WHEN WE MAKE
POLICY DECISIONS AT THE AGENCY.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
HAND, SO I WILL PAUSE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE
THAT RHA GAVE INDIVIDUALS,
INCLUDING ELECTED OFFICIALS,
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AS POTENTIAL
LOCATIONS FOR INTERVIEWS WITH
PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED.
REALLY APPRECIATED THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH
THAT INFORMATION.
I IMAGINE THAT YOU PROBABLY GOT
MORE LOCATIONS THAN YOU WERE
ABLE TO VISIT.
>> YES.
>> [ LAUGHTER ] SO, CAN YOU
TALK ABOUT MAYBE HOW YOU
DECIDED -- LIKE LET'S SAY
HYPOTHETICALLY I SENT YOU FIVE
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
I SHOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO VISIT
ALL FIVE LOCATIONS.
HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHICH ONES
TO VISIT?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
WE WORKED WITH FOLKS LIKE OFTEN
TIMES LIBRARIES OR CHAMBERS OF
COMMERCE, OR FOLKS WHO HAD
PHYSICAL SITES.
BASICALLY IT WAS A LITTLE BIT
OF A RUSH TO ACCOMMODATE.
OKAY, THESE WERE THE TYPES THAT
WERE PROVIDED, THAT POTENTIAL
LOCATIONS.
LET'S REACH OUT AND SEE IF THEY
CAN ACCOMMODATE US SETTING UP
SHOP.
RUNNING A PROJECT OUT OF THE
LOCATION FOR AT LEAST A WEEK
AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO WEEKS.
WE DID THE RETAIN, AND I SHOULD
HAVE MENTIONED THIS, WE RETAINED
A LIST OF THE PLACES THAT WE
DIDN'T ACTIVATE, AND WE ALSO
LOOKED AT WHERE WE OPENED HUBS
AND BELIEVED THAT THERE MAY
HAVE BEEN STILL UNDERSAMPLING.
SO, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
CONSTRUCTING A PHASE TWO, WHICH
WILL FOCUS ON WHERE DID WE GO?
WHERE WE MIGHT STILL LEARN
SOMETHING.
WHERE DID WE PERHAPS, FRANKLY
BECAUSE OF HISTORICAL PATTERNS
OF UNDERSAMPLING, THEY DO NOT
HEAR FROM AS MANY PEOPLE.
FOR A LOT OF OUR LOCATIONS THAT
ARE MORE RURAL FOR EXAMPLE,
THEY HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY HAD
POINT IN TIME COUNT ENUMERATORS
OPERATE IN THEM.
WE PUT THE WORD OUT, WE GOT IN
TOUCH WITH FOLKS.
SNOQUALMIE VALLEY HAS A SINGLE
SHELTER.
NO OUTREACH TEAMS.
SO LIKE PUTTING THE WORD OUT IS
VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE PUT
THE WORD OUT IN WEST SEATTLE.
SO, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE
ARE SOME PLACES, AND EVEN IN
SEATTLE METRO, WHERE THERE MAY
HAVE BEEN SOME UNDERSAMPLING.
THAT IS WHERE OUR PHASE TWO
WORK WILL FOCUS.
WILL NOT FOCUS ON DEVELOPING A
BETTER COUNT, IT WILL BE
FOCUSING ON HEARING WHAT BETTER
EXPERIENCES ARE TO BETTER
IDENTIFY GAPS IN THE SYSTEM.
>> I CAN IMAGINE.
I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHICH
LOCATIONS MY STAFF SUBMITTED,
BUT I CAN IMAGINE SOME OF THE
PLACES I'M AWARE OF IN WEST
SEATTLE, IN THE GREENBELT, AND
SUCH, THAT THEY ARE VERY REMOVED
FROM THE TYPES OF PLACES THAT
YOU WOULD USE AS INTERVIEW
SITES.
SO, APPRECIATE THAT FOLLOW-UP
WORK IN PHASE TWO.
>> THANK YOU.
AS WE DID IN PHASE ONE, WE WILL
BE RECONNECTING WITH FOLKS TO
TALK THROUGH LOCATIONS AND MAKE
SURE THAT FOLKS ARE
SITUATIONALLY AWARE, AND HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP GUIDE
THE WORK.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?
OKAY, I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE
ON WITH THE PRESENTATION.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
SHIFTING INTO DISCUSSING
PROGRAMS AND PERFORMANCE IN
PARTICULAR.
SO, WE HAVE AWARDED THREE RFP'S
IN NONCOVERED IT SHELTER.
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB, THE --
SORRY, I'M BLANKING ON WHAT THE
PDA REBRANDED AS.
THEY ARE NOT THE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION ANYMORE.
I BELIEVE THEY DID A NEW NAME.
PUBLIC DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION
MAY BE RENAMED TO SOMETHING
ELSE, RECEIVED AN AWARD AS WELL.
>> PURPOSE, DIGNITY, ACTION.
>> THANK YOU.
[ LAUGHTER ] FORMERLY THE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION
AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES
RECEIVED AN AWARD.
SO, THIS WILL OPEN 50 NEW TINY
HOMES BETWEEN ACHIEVE SEATTLE
AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES
AS WELL AS CREATE CAPACITY FOR
PBA'S TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE 84
OF THE ROOMS IN THERE JUST
CARES PORTFOLIO.
DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS
DOESN'T RESOLVE THE CLIFF THAT
THAT PROGRAM IS ON BROADLY.
STILL WORK TO DO.
THE AUTHORITY HAS BEEN AND
ACTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE
CITY AND WITH DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON AND OTHERS ABOUT
WHAT CAN BE DONE.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE
TO ARCHITECT A SOLUTION AND WE
WILL OF COURSE NOTIFY FOLKS AS
SOON AS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO
THAT.
AWARDS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY
THE LOSS OF COMMERCE FUNDS WERE
MADE WHOLE BY THE REPURCHASING
OF FUNDING. THERE IS A TOTAL
HEAR OF 134 SHELTERED BEDS.
COULD SERVE MORE DEPENDING,
COULD SERVE MORE PEOPLE
DEPENDING ON PROGRAM MODELS AND
WHO IS ALONE, COUPLES, ET
CETERA, ET CETERA.
THAT IS THE STATUS OF OUR
NONCOGNITIVE WORK.
ON OUR SAFE PARKING RFP, OUR
2020 POINT IN TIME COUNT
IDENTIFIED ABOUT 3000 FOLKS
LIVING IN VEHICLES.
I BELIEVE THAT TO BE ANOTHER
COUNT.
WE RECEIVED AN INITIAL $1.9
MILLION FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT TO
CREATE SAFE PARKING.
WE INCREASED THAT POTENTIAL
AWARD TO $2.4 MILLION USING A
TO SPEND CREATED BY A PROVIDER
UNFORTUNATELY GOING OUT OF
BUSINESS.
SO, WE, WE HAVE BEEN, WHEN
CONTRACT MIGRATION BEGAN, WE
BEGAN REACHING OUT TO THAT
PARTICULAR PROVIDER.
GOT ZERO RESPONSE.
EVENTUALLY THROUGH OTHER MEANS,
FOUND THAT THEY HAD SHUTTERED.
SO, MOVED THAT ALLOCATION INTO
THIS, OUT OF RECOGNITION THAT
THIS HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A
AREA OF SIGNIFICANT UNDERSTAND
AND THAT THE NEED IS HIGH
ACROSS NOT JUST SEATTLE METRO,
BUT THE COUNTY AS WELL.
THE TIMELINE FOR THIS IS THAT
AWARD SHOULD BE MADE BY THE END
OF THE MONTH.
SO, THE APPLICATION DEADLINE
HAS PASSED.
DELIBERATION WILL BEGIN SHORTLY.
I CAN SEE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S HAND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UNDERSTAND THAT THE
APPLICATIONS PERIOD IS CLOSED.
TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU'RE ABLE
TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, I
WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT,
OTHERWISE MAYBE TAKING THE
ANSWER OFF -- OFF-LINE.
I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT I HOPE
THAT THE RFP WAS WRITTEN IN A
WAY THAT IT ALSO INVITED
APPLICANTS TO USE THE FUNDS FOR
STORAGE OF THE RB'S THEMSELVES.
IN THOSE INSTANCES WHERE A
PROVIDER IS LINKING SOMEBODY
WHO IS LIVING IN AN RV TO
ALTERNATE HOUSING OPTIONS.
IN THAT, AND KNOWING -- THE
INDIVIDUAL KNOWING THERE IS A
PLACE TO KEEP YOUR RV . THAT
THEY WILL BE POTENTIALLY MORE
LIKELY TO ACCEPT THE
ALTERNATIVE HOUSING SERVICES.
SO, IT'S AN ALTERNATE MODEL TO
THE MANAGEMENT OF AN RV SAFE LOT
WITH PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
I JUST -- I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING
THIS AS AN ISSUE BECAUSE AS WE
KNOW, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RVs
DON'T CONSIDER THEMSELVES NOT
TO BE HOMELESS AND ARE VERY,
VERY RELUCTANT TO LEAVE THEM
BEHIND.
BUT YET, IF THERE ARE
ALTERNATIVES, THEY MIGHT BE
MORE WILLING TO TAKE THEM IF
THEY KNOW THAT THEIR MOST
VALUABLE ASSET IS GOING TO BE
STORED.
>> YES.
I APPRECIATE THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE
PROCUREMENT WAS WRITTEN WITH
PRETTY BROAD FLEXIBILITY
BECAUSE AGAIN, RECOGNIZING THAT
THERE HAS BEEN -- SO WE -- WE
WORKED SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR
VEHICLE RESIDENCY WORKING GROUP
TO CRAFT, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF
PROVIDERS AND FOLKS LIVING IN
VEHICLES, TO CRAFT THE RFP.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT WAS
WRITTEN WITH QUITE A BIT OF
FLEXIBILITY, RECOGNIZING THAT
PEOPLE BOTH PROVIDERS AND
PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERTISE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN THE
PROGRAM THAT WORKED.
INCLUDING STORAGE.
SO, WE HAD -- I HAVE NOT
REVIEWED THESE APPLICATIONS.
I'M NOT ON THIS PANEL.
BUT, INTERNALLY I CAN SAY WE
HAD QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION
ABOUT CREATING FLEXIBILITY FOR
PROGRAMS TO OFFER FREE OR LOW-
COST REPAIRS.
TO STORE BELONGINGS.
TO HELP PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE
MULTIPLE VEHICLES.
TO HELP THEM CONSOLIDATE.
SO, WE REALLY, AT LEAST ON THE
PROGRAM TEAM HERE, HAD A REALLY
IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
BREADTH OF FLEXIBILITY NECESSARY
IN ORDER TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
THIS UNDERSERVED POPULATION.
MY HOPE IS THAT THE
APPLICATIONS THAT THE TEAM IS
REVIEWING REFLECTS THAT
OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
QUESTIONS, THERE'S NUMEROUS
PLACES IN THE RFP THAT DO USE
INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE.
IT WILL SAY INCLUDED, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, OR SERVICES SUCH AS
IT'S EVER.
THE FUNDS USED IN THE RFP AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WOULD
KNOW BEST, BECAUSE SHE
SPONSORED THIS, SAYS THAT AT
LEAST SOME PORTION OF THE FUNDS
MUST BE USED ON STORAGE OPTIONS.
SO, THAT IS $400,000 OF THE
$2.4 MILLION NOW.
AT LEAST SOME PORTION TO COMPLY
WITH THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT
WOULD HAVE THAT.
IS NOT A PROVISO, IT IS A
STATEMENT, BUT IT DOES APPEAR
THERE IS SUFFICIENT
FLEXIBILITY.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS FOR THIS SLIDE?
I DON'T SEE ANY.
I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE.
>>> GREAT.
MOVING ON TO OUR HIGH ACUITY
SHELTER PARTNERSHIP WITH KING
COUNTY.
THE FIVE-YEAR SORT OF LEASE TO
MY KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
THIS PRESERVES THE EXISTING 270
BEDS AT SALVATION ARMY AT WHAT
IS CALLED THE SOTO SHELTER.
A NONCOGNITIVE TITLE THAT WAS
ALSO ON THAT LOT.
IT IS GOING TO ADD ENHANCED
SHELTER AND BEHAVIORAL SERVICES
FOR UP TO 150 ADDITIONAL FOLKS,
INCLUDING 40 TO 60 BEDS FOR
FOLKS WITH ACUTE BEHAVIORAL
NEEDS.
IT WILL RELOCATE A CENTER THAT
IS CURRENTLY THREE FLOORS DOWN
FROM MY OFFICE.
IT WILL CREATE NEW SAFE PARKING
SERVICES FOR SOME FOLKS LIVING
IN RVs.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WILL BE
THE TOTALITY OF OUR SAFE
PARKING INVESTMENT TO BE CLEAR,
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
INTERESTED IN TALKING WITH
WHOEVER THE FRONT RUNNER IS
FROM THE RFP PROCESS.
CAN RE-CREATE SOME LOCATIONS
HERE TO REDUCE COSTS, INCREASE
EFFICIENCY, HELP PEOPLE ACCESS
OTHER FORMS OF SERVICE?
IN PARTICULAR, GIVEN THE NUMBER
OF THE INTENSITY OF VEHICLE
RELATED HOMELESSNESS IN SOUTH
SEATTLE, HAVING SOMETHING LIKE
LITERALLY SORT OF POINTED IN
THAT DIRECTION.
WE CAN HELP PEOPLE GET TO IT.
WE THINK IT WILL BE A LITTLE
HELPFUL.
SEATTLE HAS HISTORICALLY FUNDED
THE SEATTLE SALVATION ARMY
BUILDING.
DIRECTOR AND I AND OUR TEAMS
HAVE A SERIES OF MEETINGS OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO
FINALIZE SOME OF THE SITE
PLANNING AND THEN MUCH OF THIS
WILL ALSO THEN ROLL INTO
PROCUREMENT SHORTLY AS WELL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DO
YOU HAVE A QUICK QUESTION?
OR A LONG ONE FOR THAT MATTER.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IT
MEANS THAT YOU ARE RELOCATING
THE CENTER?
DOES THAT MEAN IT IS NOT GOING
TO BE AT THE EXISTING SOTO
SITE?
>> THE SITE IS CURRENTLY IN THE
BUILDING IN THE SAME BUILDING
AS MY OFFICE.
IT WILL MOVE TO THE SOTO SITE.
>> OKAY, I'M SORRY.
THE TIMING FOR THAT?
>> THAT IS A QUESTION FOR THE
DIRECTOR.
WE DON'T FUND THE CENTER.
YEAH.
IT IS JUST WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT
MOVING TO THAT SITE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT
TOO, THIS MAY BE ALSO A
QUESTION FOR THE DIRECTOR.
IS IT ANTICIPATED THAT THERE
WOULD BE CONTINUITY OF SERVICE
IN THE RELOCATION OF THE
SOBERING CENTER, IN A SIMILAR
CAPACITY IN THE NEW LOCATION?
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING,
BUT THAT IS A QUESTION FOR THE
DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DID YOU
HAVE A FOLLOW-UP?
>> NOT RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, I THINK WE CAN KEEP
GOING.
>>> GREAT.
ON THE SOUTH END TINY HOME
VILLAGE THAT HAS BEEN UNDER
QUESTION, SO, WE DID IDENTIFY
COVID RELIEF DOLLARS THAT WE
CAN USE TO CLOSE THE GAP.
THE GAP DROPS TO $500,000 FROM
SOME OTHER FIGURES. AS A
REMINDER, THIS PROPOSAL WAS
RANKED FOURTH IN OUR
COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS.
AND DID NOT INCLUDE THE
INFORMATION THAT THE VILLAGE
WAS ALREADY BUILT.
THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE BIT OUT
OF DATE.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A SOURCE OF
FUNDS AND HAVE COMMUNICATED
WITH MISS LEE WITH REGARDS TO
OUR ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH ONE-TIME FUNDING.
THE BROADER OPERATIONAL FUTURE
OF THAT VILLAGE WILL NEED TO BE
SECURED THROUGH ONGOING
OPERATIONS AND SERVICES SUPPORT.
WHICH, OVER THE COURSE OF OUR
BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, WITH KING
COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
WE WOULD HELP TO IDENTIFY.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN AT THIS
POINT AND REALLY THINK THE
CASEY RHA FOR THEIR CREATIVITY
AND FLEXIBILITY IN BEING ABLE
TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND LEHIGH
AND FIGURING OUT A WAY TO GET
THIS ASSET ONLINE.
JUST WANT TO STATE MY PERSONAL
COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH THE
AUTHORITY TO IDENTIFY THAT
ONGOING SUPPORT OR WORK THROUGH
SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL ISSUES.
SO, APPRECIATE THAT THIS WAS
ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY RESOLVE.
DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT, OR IS
IT A BETTER QUESTION FOR
L.E.H.I., WHEN THE VILLAGE COULD
BE OPERATIONAL NOW THAT WE HAVE
RESOLVED THE FUNDING QUESTIONS?
>> I DON'T KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER,
I'M SORRY, CHAIR.
I'VE SEEN A COUPLE DIFFERENT
DATES, SO THAT MIGHT BE A
SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT WEEKS THOUGH, IF
NOT DAYS.
>> GREAT, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS, SO I THINK WE CAN
KEEP GOING.
>>> GREAT.
THIS SLIDE IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT
OUT OF DATE AS OF YESTERDAY.
I APOLOGIZE.
THE SECOND CHANCE, IN OUR
SYSTEM WHAT IS CALLED A PROJECT
SERVICE AGREEMENT, HAS BEEN
EXECUTED.
SO, THAT IS DONE.
>> AND TO TRANSLATE, DOES THAT
BASICALLY MEAN THIS IS IN THE
PROVIDER'S HANDS TO GET THIS
ACCOMPLISHED AT THIS POINT?
>> KNOW, AT THIS POINT THE
PROVIDER HAS COMPLETED ALL OF
THE NECESSARY BUDGET
INFORMATION.
WE HAVE EXECUTED THE AGREEMENT
WITH THEM, SO THE ONLY THING
THAT IS NEXT IS FOR THEM TO
INVOICE.
>> GREAT, OKAY, GOOD.
>> I'LL ALSO JUST ADD, SINCE WE
ARE IN THE PUBLIC SPACE, WE ARE
AT ABOUT -- THIS IS PROBABLY
CHANGED SINCE I LAST RAN THE
NUMBERS, WHICH WAS MONDAY.
ON MONDAY WE WERE 75% CONTRACTS
IMPLEMENTED.
IT HAS PROBABLY GONE UP SINCE
THEN.
I WILL NOTE A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE, THE REMAINING CONTRACTS
THAT ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED SIT
WITH A CLUSTER OF AGENCIES WHO
HAVE PRETTY COMPLEX PORTFOLIOS.
SO, THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF
WORK HAPPENING, BUT IT IS BACK
AND FORTH BETWEEN THE RHA AND
THOSE AGENCIES ABOUT LIKE THE
VARIOUS KINDS OF DOCUMENTATION
THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO HAVE A
CLEAN AUDIT, ET CETERA, ET
CETERA.
SO, WE EXPECT HAVING THINGS
WRAPPED UP WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK
AND A HALF I WOULD SAY.
THAT IS MY GOAL.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH IN THIS
PUBLIC SETTING, I JUST WANT TO
GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM AND
TO THE PROVIDERS' TEAMS.
WHEN WE BEGAN CONTRACT
IMPLEMENTATION IN DECEMBER, AND
SENT OUT NOTICES, THERE WAS NO
WAY THAT WE COULD NO THAT WE
WERE GOING TO GET HIT WITH THE
OMICRON SURGE.
WHICH WIPED OUT THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM'S CAPACITY TO DO
ANYTHING OTHER THAN RESPOND TO
THAT FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A
HALF.
WE HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING AS
FAST AS WE CAN, AND AS
DILIGENTLY AS WE CAN, TO GET
THINGS IMPLEMENTED FROM BEHIND
THAT SIGNIFICANT DELAY.
JUST A LOT OF APPRECIATION FOR
EVERYONE ON ALL SIDES NECESSARY
TO GET THIS HUGE BODY OF WORK
DONE SO THAT FOLKS ARE ABLE TO
INVOICE, AND THE SYSTEM CAN
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO
NEED ITS SERVICES.
>>> UP NEXT, SISTER MAY
ADVOCATE PURE NAVIGATION.
A LITTLE BIT OF A REBRAND TO.
PURE NAVIGATION IS STILL THE
PROGRAM MODEL WE ARE USING.
THE FOLKS WHO RUN THAT PROGRAM
HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY WANT TO
BE KNOWN AS SYSTEM ADVOCATES,
WHICH I PERSONALLY THINK IS A
REALLY COOL TITLE.
WE HAVE FOUR CODIRECTORS, EACH
COMING IN WITH VERY DISTINCT
EXPERTISE.
THE TEAM HAS BEEN CONDUCTING --
HAS SINCE BEGUN TO DEVELOP A
LOGIC MODEL FOR THEIR PROGRAM.
A MORE COMPLETE PROGRAM MODEL,
POLICY, PROCEDURE, ET CETERA.
WE HAVE A DIRECTOR WHO IS
BEGINNING I BELIEVE THIS WEEK,
A DIRECTOR WHO IS GOING TO
HANDLE THE OPERATIONS
SPECIFICALLY OF THIS PROGRAM.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN FURIOUSLY
INTERVIEWING FOR LEAD SYSTEM
ADVOCATES WHO WILL HELP MANAGE
TEAMS, AND THEN SYSTEM ADVOCATES
WHO WILL BE PARTS OF THOSE
TEAMS.
I BELIEVE THAT OFFER LETTER
SHOULD GO OUT SOMETIME IN THE
NEXT LIKE WEEKEND A HALF.
SO, MY HOPE, THAT THE
CODIRECTORS HAVE ASSURED ME IF
POSSIBLE, IS THAT AS WE
INITIALLY DISCUSSED AROUND THIS
PROGRAM, WE SHOULD HAVE BOOTS
ON THE GROUND HELPING TO
CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THINGS NO
LATER THAN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANKS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, CEO
DONES, FOR GETTING BACK TO ME
IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS I HAD.
LAST TIME YOU VISITED US
SPECIFIC TO THE PARTNERSHIP 40,
I'M FLAGGING THIS PUBLICLY
BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WATCH
THESE MEETINGS, AND THEY
SOMETIMES WILL WHEN THEY HEAR
QUESTIONS THAT THEY SHARE, THEY
WILL FOLLOW UP AND SAY HEY,
WHAT IS THE QUESTION ANSWER?
THAT IS THE CASE FOR THAT
PARTICULAR SET OF QUESTIONS
THAT I ASKED IN MARCH, AND JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GETTING
THOSE ANSWERS.
I HAVE NOT HAD A THOROUGH
CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM, BUT
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, AND APOLOGIES.
I WILL TAKE PUBLIC OWNERSHIP,
THERE WAS A DELAY.
I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT, AND IF
THERE ARE ANY FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
>> OKAY, I THINK WE CAN
CONTINUE ALONG.
>>> GREAT.
BRIEFLY OUTREACH.
THIS HAS BEEN I THINK BROADER
OUTREACH, THIS HAS BEEN A
SUBJECT OF CONVERSATION IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND WANTED TO TAKE A
MINUTE TO CHAT IN DEPTH ABOUT
IT.
OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING
ACROSS THE WHOLE SYSTEM TO
ANALYZE HOW IT IS CURRENTLY SET
UP.
LIKE WHAT IS WORKING, NOT
WORKING.
I WANTED TODAY LIKE SOME OF OUR
THINKING AROUND THE OUTREACH
PORTION OF THE PORTFOLIO.
OFFER SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT WHERE
WE MIGHT GO.
SO, CURRENTLY, WE HOLD 17
OUTREACH CONTRACTS.
ONE SERVES FOLKS, YOUNG PEOPLE.
ONE SERVES FOLKS WITH HIGH
ACUITY.
THREE PROVIDERS ARE SORT OF
OUTREACH SPECIFIC, MEANING THEY
JUST LIKE TO OUTREACH TO
WHOEVER IS OUT THERE.
THEY CAN BE DEPLOYED AROUND THE
CITY.
THERE ARE THREE WHO ARE FOR
MARGINALIZED FOLKS.
THERE ARE 14 OUTREACH PROVIDERS
THAT ARE CENTERED AROUND
HOUSING OUTCOMES.
SO, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE
CURRENT STRUCTURE IS THAT MANY
OUTREACH PROVIDERS ARE BRANCHES
OF SERVICE THAT BRIDGE TO OTHER
PROJECT TYPES.
THEY ARE NOT JUST A FRONT DOOR
INTO THE GENERAL SUPPORT THAT
THE SYSTEM CAN OFFER.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, A HOUSING
PROVIDER MIGHT HAVE AN OUTREACH
PERSON WHO CAN HELP WITH
CONNECTING THEM WITH A NARROWER
SUBSET OF SERVICES LIKE
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, OR RAPID
REHOUSING, OR DIVERSION.
BUT, MAYBE NOT ALL OF THE ABOVE.
SO, WHAT WE SEE THEN, IS THAT
LIKE WHAT WE'VE GOT IS THIS
VERY DIFFERENT SET OF POTENTIAL
OUTCOMES, STRUCTURED FRANKLY AT
THE CONTRACT LEVEL, IN TERMS OF
LIKE WHAT PEOPLE ARE ORIENTING
TOWARDS, CONNECTING PEOPLE TO.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GEOGRAPHICS
SPECIFIC OUTREACH, ET CETERA,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
IS UNDERLYING THAT IS A
RECOGNITION THAT OUR FUTURE
SYSTEM HAVE TO DIRECTLY CONNECT
PEOPLE WITH A MYRIAD OF SUPPORT
TYPES, AND THAT WE CAN'T HAVE
THE SORT OF WELL, I CAN ONLY
CONNECT YOU TO OTHER PROGRAMS
HOUSED WITHIN THE AGENCY I AM
AFFILIATED WITH ESSENTIALLY.
SO, WHAT WE ARE REALLY GOING TO
BE LEANING INTO, AND WE ARE
FRANKLY GOING TO DO THIS AROUND
MOST OF THE SYSTEM AS WE GEAR
UP TO DO AGAIN OUR FIVE-YEAR
PLANNING, AND THEN ALSO SUBMIT
OUR NECESSARY REPORT TO YOU ALL
AROUND WAS GOING TO BE IN THE
SYSTEM RFP.
WE ARE GOING TO DO A NUMBER OF
REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FOR
RFI'S, ASKING PROVIDERS AND
OTHER NONPROFITS, TO PROVIDE
INPUT ON VARIOUS SECTIONS OF
THE SYSTEM.
SO WE WILL RUN AN RFI ON
OUTREACH AND SHELTER, AND ONE
ON TRANSITIONAL AND EMERGENCY
HOUSING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA,
ET CETERA.
USE A LOT OF THAT INPUT IN
ADDITION TO OUR OTHER COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO HELP
STRUCTURE WHAT WE THINK SERVICE
REDESIGN NEEDS TO BE.
AGAIN, ALSO TO BEST FURNISH YOU
ALL WITH THE REPORT THAT YOU
REQUESTED.
BUT, I WANTED TO WALK THROUGH
THIS, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN
QUITE A BIT OF A TOPIC LATELY
AS WE TALK ABOUT WOODLAND OR
DOWNTOWN CORE OR OTHER AREAS.
I JUST WANTED TO SURFACE SOME
OF WHAT WE SEE, AND WHERE WE
THINK WE NEED TO GO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANKS.
ON THE OUTREACH REDESIGN, I
KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS
BEFORE, BUT THE COUNCIL HAS
DEDICATED FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
THREE FTEs TO COVER WEST SEATTLE
, BEL-RIDGE, SOUTH PARK IN THE
VALLEY.
TWO FTEs TO COVER LIKE CITY,
AND TWO FTEs TO COVER NORTHWEST
SEATTLE.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG AGAIN THAT
I HOPE, AS PART OF THE
REDESIGN, THAT YOU ALSO KEEP IN
MIND THE INTEREST TO MAINTAIN
SOME GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFICITY.
IN OUTREACH, IN A WAY THAT IS
ALIGNED WITH THE COUNCIL'S
EARLIER BUDGET DECISIONS.
I ALSO WANT TO FLAG SOMETHING
THAT WAS IN SOME RESPONSE FROM
HSD AFTER OUR LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING.
AS IT RELATES TO THE WORK OF
OUR CONTRACTED OUTREACH
PROVIDERS.
SOME PROVIDERS HAVE ELECTED TO
NOT PROVIDE SHELTER OFFERS WITH
CONNECTIONS ON THE DAY OF
ENCAMPMENT REMOVALS.
THAT APPARENTLY HSD HAS ASKED
YOU TO MODIFY THOSE AGENCIES
CONTRACTS IN A WAY THAT USES
THE CITY'S FUNDING TO SUPPORT
INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE PROCESS, RATHER THAN
JUST A PORTION OF IT.
JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW YOU
ARE RESPONDING TO THAT REQUEST
FROM HSD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
SO OUR -- WE HAVE NOT ENTERED
INTO ANY CONVERSATION AT THIS
POINT AROUND MODIFYING
CONTRACTS WITH PROVIDERS.
WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING AT THIS
POINT IS WORKING TO SUPPORT
HUMANE RESPONSES TO FOLKS THAT
ARE PRIORITIZED IN ENCAMPMENTS.
OUR GOAL, IN CONVERSATION WITH
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON, AND
OTHERS, IS TO HAVE A CLEAR AND
BROADLY UNIFIED APPROACH TO
PRIORITIZE ASIAN.
SO LIKE, WHICH ENCAMPMENT AND
WHY.
BEING VERY CLEAR ABOUT LIKE IF
THE CONCERN IS VIOLENCE, THAT
SHOULD, FOR GOOD REASON, JUMP
US UP IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU ARE
IN THE RESPONSE QUEUE, FOR
EXAMPLE.
AND, COORDINATING ACROSS THE
DEVELOPMENT, AND HOLDING OF
THAT PRIORITIZATION LIST, AND
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DEPLOY
OUTREACH TEAMS TO THOSE SITES
THAT ARE PRIORITIZED WELL IN
ADVANCE, AND WITH CLARITY
AROUND SHARED CLARITY, AROUND
WHY WE ARE THERE, AND WHAT THE
DRIVING FACTORS ARE.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
I BELIEVE THAT ALIGNS WITH,
BASED ON MY CURRENT
CONVERSATION, I BELIEVE THAT
ALIGNS WITH DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON'S UNDERSTANDING,
ALTHOUGH SHE IS NOT HERE TO
OFFER CORRECTION.
LAUGHTER ] I BELIEVE SHE WOULD
HOP ON IF SHE SAW THIS AND
DISAGREED.
TO THAT END, WHAT I WILL ALSO
SAY IS LIKE, PART OF THIS AGAIN
LINKS BACK INTO THAT ISSUE OF
WHEN WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE
STRUCTURE OF THE OUTREACH
PROGRAMMING, THE NUMBER OF
PROGRAMS THAT WERE DEPLOYABLE
ACTUALLY WAS MUCH SMALLER THAN
THE OVERALL PORTFOLIO WOULD
LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE.
THAT'S THE THING THAT I THINK
WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
CORRECT.
I ALSO JUST WANT TO AFFIRM OUR
AGENCY HAS A REAL COMMITMENT TO
OUR SUB REGIONAL PLANNING WORK
AND DOWNTOWN CORE WERE, LIKE
GEOGRAPHIC WORK, AND KNOWING
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
KNOWING THE PEOPLE, IS REALLY
IMPORTANT IN THIS LINE OF WORK.
SO, WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AFFIRM
AND INTEND TO CARRY FORWARD AND
AMPLIFY THE COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION AROUND SPECIFIC
NEIGHBORHOOD BASED OUTREACH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO JUMP IN AND ASK A
QUESTION ABOUT THE SLIDE AND
HOW THE FUTURE OUTREACH SYSTEM
IS DESIGNED.
OR, ENVISIONED AS BEING
DESIGNED.
WHERE WITH THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATION COMPONENT, OR THE
SYSTEM ADVOCATE COMPONENT BE
PUT INTO THIS? I HAVE A
CONCEPTION OF IT GIVEN THAT THE
SYSTEM ADVOCATES WILL BE
WORKING WITH SOMEONE ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS FROM
OUTREACH CLEAR TO BEING HOUSED,
BUT I JUST WONDER IF YOU COULD
CLARIFY LIKE IF THERE WAS A
COURSE -- CORRESPONDING GRAPHIC
ADDITION THAT SHOWED THE SYSTEM
ADVOCATE ROLE.
HOW WOULD THAT KIND OF INTERACT
WITH THIS CHART?
>> YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION, CHAIR.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE SYSTEM
ADVOCATES ARE NOT -- THEY ARE --
THEY ARE KIND OF OUTREACH IN
THAT THEY HAVE A TOE IN THE
OUTREACH WORLD IN TERMS OF
WHERE THEY MIGHT ENGAGE WITH
FOLKS.
TO YOUR POINT BECAUSE THEIR
WORK IS LONGITUDINAL, IT IS
MORE OF A BROADER PROGRAM.
SO LIKE IF I WAS GOING TO
RECONFIGURE THIS SPECIFIC IMAGE
THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT TO TALK
ABOUT SYSTEM ADVOCATES,
SPECIFICALLY, I THINK WHAT I
WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS I WOULD
SORT OF RECONFIGURE IT SO IT IS
LIKE THE LITTLE OUTREACH.
THE LITTLE RED PERSON HAS A
SPECIFIC SET OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
LIKE THEIR PEOPLE, RIGHT?
LIKE 10 TO 15.
THEN, THE STUFF THAT THEY ARE
CONNECTING THEM TO IS ACTUALLY
BROADER THAN SHELTER HOUSING
AND BASIC BENEFITS.
BECAUSE THE SYSTEM ADVOCATES,
THEIR ROLE IS TO HELP PEOPLE
NAVIGATE ALL OF THE THINGS, AS
OPPOSED TO THESE SPECIFIC
CONNECTIONS THAT OUTREACH DOES
TO SHELTER OR TO HOUSING.
REALLY, LIKE FROM A MODEL
PRINCIPAL, WHAT OUTREACH, AS A
FUNCTION IN MANY SYSTEMS DOES,
IS SERVED AS THE FRONT DOOR
THAT HELPS PEOPLE CONNECT TO AN
IMMEDIATE LET'S GET INSIDE.
WHAT THE SYSTEM ADVOCATES' ROLE
IS, IS THAT MAYBE PART OF IT,
BUT IT MAY ALSO BE ABOUT
HELPING FOLKS RESOLVE CRIMINAL
LEGAL ISSUES.
THEY CAN ACCESS DIFFERENT
DIVERSION RESOURCES.
THEY CAN HELP PEOPLE CONNECT
WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD
SUPPORTS.
THEN, FOLLOW THEM ALONG THE WAY
INTO HOUSING PLACEMENT AND HELP
STABILIZE THEM IN HOUSING
PLACEMENT.
CURRENTLY, WE ONLY HAVE LIKE 1
1/2 PROVIDERS WHO SIT IN THAT
MORE LONGITUDINAL PHASE.
REACH BEING THE ONE THAT FOLKS
ARE MOST FAMILIAR WITH.
THE PDA TO SOME DEGREE EMPLOYS
A SIMILAR MODEL WITH JUST CARE.
SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE
RECOGNIZED IS THAT WE NEED TO
HAVE MUCH MORE OF THAT IN THE
SYSTEM, AND WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE
MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD DEDICATED
OUTREACH FOR WHEN WE ARE TRYING
TO TAKE COMPLEX ENCAMPMENTS AND
HELP GET PEOPLE INSIDE TO BED
PLACEMENTS RAPIDLY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT.
>> NO WORRIES.
>> I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE HERE.
>>> THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY
PRESENTATION.
>> JEFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY
REMARKS NOW THAT THE
PRESENTATION IS THROUGH?
FOR THE RECORD TOO IT LOOKS
LIKE WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T HAVE
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
MARC, YOUR STAFF AND I CLARIFY
THIS BEFORE.
CAN YOU GO INTO MORE DETAIL FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS, WE HAD A VERSION
ISSUE WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBERS
RECEIVED IN ADVANCE AND WHAT
THEY HAD TODAY.
WHAT THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT A
SYSTEM REDESIGN AND REBID.
WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT TODAY, I
THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL SINCE
THIS IS A CHANGE FROM WHAT THE
COMMITTEE HAS HEARD PREVIOUSLY
TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE AND
HOW THIS WOULD GO.
>> I APOLOGIZE.
IN YOUR PACKET, THERE WAS AN
OUT OF DATE TIMELINE.
THAT WAS MISTAKENLY INSERTED
AND CORRECTED WITH THE VERY
HELPFUL COLLABORATION OF
JONATHAN AND JACOB.
THAT REFERENCED AN EARLIER -- I
MEAN LIKE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
TAKE ON WHEN WE MIGHT DO BROAD
SYSTEM REPROCUREMENT.
BETWEEN OMICRON AND CONTRACT
DELAYS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL
STANDUP AND ALL THAT KIND OF
STUFF, AND IN CONVERSATION WITH
BOTH INTERNALLY AND THEN ALSO
WITH OUR PROVIDER COMMUNITY, WE
HAVE DECIDED TO SHIFT THE WAY
WE WILL DO THE SYSTEM REBID TO
A PHASED REPROCUREMENT.
WE WILL WE PROCURE THE SYSTEM
SORT OF STEPWISE.
BASED OFF THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
ROOTED IN A LOT OF THAT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK, AND
DISCUSSION THAT WILL COME IN
THROUGH THE RFI'S.
SO, FRANKLY LIKE THIS WAS JUST
A -- IF WE HAD TRIED TO DRIVE
AS AGGRESSIVELY AS WE HAD
INITIALLY CONCEPTUALIZED LAST
YEAR, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
SORT OF RUSHED TO THE POINT OF
BREAKING ON SOME ASPECTS.
I THINK BECAUSE THE FIVE-YEAR
PLAN IS SLATED FOR SEPTEMBER,
THERE WAS ALSO JUST SOME SORT
OF LIKE -- SOME HORSES AND SOME
CARDS, AND NEEDING TO PUT THE
HORSES IN FRONT OF THE CARTS.
REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE FIVE-YEAR PLANNING WORK WAS
COMPLETE AND WAS AFFIRMED, AND
WAS PULLING BEHIND IT THEN THE
REPROCUREMENT.
>> JEFF, DOES THAT ANSWER
PROVIDE ALL THE CLARIFICATION
YOU WERE LOOKING FOR?
>> FOR SURE, YEAH.
I THINK THAT I NEEDED TO AFFIRM
THAT TO YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THAT
ANSWER.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WAS BROUGHT UP.
WE COVERED THAT WHEN WE WERE
TRYING TO GET THE MATERIALS
REPAIRED.
>> GREAT.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR
CEO DONES?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD --
>> YOU ARE MUTED, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANKS AGAIN TO MARC FOR
THE MATERIALS AND THE
INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED.
MARC, I'M WONDERING IF AS PART
OF YOUR PRESENTATION, IF YOU
ALREADY COVERED THE SAFE LOTS
AND RV STORAGE.
INITIALLY WHEN WE HAD TALKED
ABOUT SAFE LOTS, WE TALKED
ABOUT THESE BEING ARE BE SAFE
LOTS.
AND TALKING TO SOME FOLKS OVER
THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I THINK
THAT THE CONCEPT OF HAVING RVs
BE THE PRIORITY HERE IS NOT
NECESSARILY HOW THE RFPs ARE
PLAYING OUT.
COULD YOU GIVE US A QUICK
UPDATE ON THAT, AND APOLOGIES
AGAIN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY
COVERED THAT, BUT REALLY HOPING
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE CONCEPT
OF GETTING MORE OF THOSE RVs IN
PLACE, ESPECIALLY IF THE 72
HOUR RULE IS TO BE CHANGED IN
THE FUTURE.
>> THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
I DID COVER THIS BRIEFLY.
I WILL SAY THAT LIKE SO WE
CONSTRUCTED THE RFP IN
COLLABORATION WITH OUR VEHICLE
RESIDENCY WORKING GROUP, WHICH
INCLUDES A NUMBER OF THE
PROVIDERS WORKING ON VEHICLE
HOMELESSNESS.
AS WELL AS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WITH VEHICLES.
IT IS CONSTRUCTED ESSENTIALLY
WITH THE WISDOM OF THAT GROUP,
AND WITH MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY.
SO, WHAT WE HAVE PUT OUT WAS
WITHIN THE GUARD RAILS OF THE
COMMUNITY'S BEST THINKING, TELL
US WHAT YOU'VE GOT.
OFFERED FLEXIBILITY FOR FOLKS
TO THINK ABOUT RV STORAGE, TO
THINK ABOUT PROVIDING REPAIRS
FOR FOLKS.
ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PROGRAM
MODELS AND APPROACHES.
THAT RFP IS CLOSED.
THAT COMMITTEE HAS BEGUN TO
REVIEW THOSE PROPOSALS.
I AM NOT ON IT, AND I CAN'T
SPEAK, AND WOULDN'T SPEAK
ANYWAY TO AN ACTIVE PROCUREMENT
PROCESS.
SO, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS IN
THEM BUT I WILL SAY THAT LIKE,
WE, THE RFP ITSELF DOES NOT
LIMIT JUST TO RVs OR JUST TWO
CARS, IT REALLY WAS OPEN FOR
FOLKS
>> DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP,
COUNCILMEMBER ESCADA?
>> I'M SORRY, ED.
I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IF SHE
HAD A FOLLOW-UP.
SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I JUST SENT
HER AN EMAIL THAT I THINK MIGHT
CONTRADICT WHAT I JUST HEARD
FROM YOU, CEO JONES.
I HAVE AN EXCERPT FROM THE RP
THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS
PASSENGER VEHICLES OR CARS ARE
NOT PART OF THIS RFP.
>> LET ME -- AGAIN, I DON'T
HAVE --
>> I SORT OF WENT DOWN THIS
RABBIT HOLE BECAUSE I HEARD
THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT
IT BEING BROADER THAN RVS, AND
THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE IN SOME
PLACES, LIKE IN THE FRONT PAGE,
THAT YOU BOTH SAID RVS, CAR
RVS, YOU MENTIONED VEHICLES AND
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE WORD,
RECREATIONAL.
CHRISTINE IN MY OFFICE,
PROBABLY ASSISTED BY JEFF,
ACTUALLY PROVIDED THE LANGUAGE
FROM THE RFP ITSELF THAT
SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT IT IS
NOT FOR PASSENGER VEHICLES OR
CARS.
>> OKAY.
I MEAN, LET ME FOLLOW UP.
IF, LIKE I HAVE NO REASON TO
DOUBT THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, MY
THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT THAT WAS
THEN WHAT THE VEHICLE RESIDENCY
WORKING GROUP SAID, LIKE THIS
IS WHERE THEY WANTED TO PUT
THEIR FOCUS.
BECAUSE I WASN'T DIRECTLY PART
OF THAT.
>> ALSO WITH THE FUNDING, WHAT
OUR FUNDING INTENT WAS.
BECAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS
BEFORE.
WE'VE ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR RV
SAFE LOT MANY YEARS AGO AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE USED IT FOR A
PASSENGER VEHICLE THING.
>> GOT IT.
>> WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS ROAD
BEFORE.
WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO
MAKE IT VERY SPECIFIC WHAT OUR
INTENT WAS.
>> SO THEN, IT MAY BE --
APOLOGIES, THIS IS PROBABLY
JUST ME NOT TRACKING THIS AS
CLOSELY AS I NEED TO, AMONGST
1000 OTHER THINGS, SO THEN, IF
THAT IS THE CASE, THEN MY
SUSPICION IS, AND THIS IS MAYBE
WHAT JEFF WAS COMING TO
CONFIRM, MY SUSPICION WAS MY
STAFF LIKELY FOLLOWED YOUR
INTENT ON DRIVING TOWARDS THAT
SPECIFICITY.
BUT IT MAY BE THAT I NEED TO
CHECK IN WITH MY TEAM ON THIS
TO PROVIDE A FULLER ANSWER.
>> DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD
THERE?
>> YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I'LL JUST NOTE THAT THE
LANGUAGE IN THE RFP REGULARLY
USES THE PHRASE IN, AND I'LL
QUOTE, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES,
RVS OR OTHER OVERSIZED VEHICLES
THAT HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO
LIVING QUARTERS, LIKE BUSES,
VANS, OR TRUCKS.
AND IT GOES ON WITH PASSENGER
VEHICLES OR CARS ARE NOT PART
OF THIS RFP.
I THINK THE CONFUSION LIKELY
LIES IN THE OVERSIZED VEHICLES
THAT COULD BE CONVERTED.
THERE IS A DEGREE THAT WE ARE
NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT RVS.
THERE IS SOME FUNGIBILITY AND
WHAT COULD BE INCORPORATED, BUT
IT IS GENERALLY SOMETHING
LARGER.
SO THAT LANGUAGE IS REPEATEDLY
USED, AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS
RATHER SPECIFIC.
IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD TIME TO
NOTE THAT EARLIER, WHEN I
INDICATED THAT STORAGE IS
INCLUDED, STORAGE IS NEVER
EXPLICITLY HIGHLIGHTED IN THE
RFP.
THERE IS ALWAYS BROAD, OPEN-
ENDED LANGUAGE OF THE TYPE OF
SERVICES THAT COULD BE
PROPOSED.
SO I ASSUME THAT'S AN AREA
WHERE THE EVALUATION OF
PROPOSALS WOULD COME IN, TO
MAKE SURE THAT WAS DONE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT
THE RFP READS.
>> COUNSELOR MOSQUEDA.
>> IN TERMS OF THE LEGISLATIVE
INTENT OF COUNCILMEMBER HER
BOLD, THANK YOU, WE OFFER TO
CHECK IN WITH YOUR TEAM AND GET
BACK TO US.
I THINK THAT PART OF THE DESIRE
IS WHAT WOULD BE DECIDING THE
LOCATIONS OR PROBABLY IF YOU
ARE STILL LOOKING FOR LOCATIONS
AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO APPLY
SO THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
LARGE ENOUGH SPACE FOR THESE
VEHICLES, WHETHER THEY ARE IN
RV OR A BUS OR A SMALL DELIVERY
VEHICLE THAT'S BEEN CONVERTED
TO AN RV.
MANY FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
HAVE SEEN THESE TYPES OF
VEHICLES.
IF I EVER WERE TO FIND MYSELF
HELPLESS I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE
I WOULD PREFER TO LIVE, AS
WELL.
KNOWING THAT THERE'S A ROOF AND
A DOOR, AND A PLACE TO SECURELY
BE.
SO I PERFECTLY UNDERSTAND WHY
SOME FOLKS MAY WANT TO STAY IN
THAT VEHICLE, BUT HAVING A
SAFER PLACE TO BE WITH ACCESS
TO SERVICES OR HYGIENE IS
IDEAL, AND THEN AS
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD NOTED
AND LED IN THE BUDGETING, THERE
IS HOUSING AVAILABLE, SO THAT
STORAGE IS THERE, SO THANK YOU
FOR FOLLOWING ON THAT,
ESPECIALLY THE FOLKS WHO ARE
LIVING IN VEHICLES LIKE THAT.
I DO HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS,
IF I MIGHT.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.
>> QUESTION ABOUT SORT OF THIS
-- NOT NECESSARILY THE VISION
THAT YOU OUTLINED, I APPRECIATE
THE UPDATE ON WHERE YOU'RE AT
IN TERMS OF HIRING AND THE
NOTIFICATION THAT WILL GO OUT
TO THE PERSON WHO CAN HELP US
MAKE SURE THERE IS COORDINATED
SYSTEMS FOR NAVIGATING.
ALSO APPRECIATE THERE IS SOME
SORT OF ANALYSIS ON WHETHER OR
NOT THE PROGRAM WAS READY TO GO
AND OUT THE DOOR AS SOON AS
FOLKS WANTED IT TO, AND THIS
QUESTION ABOUT CART BEFORE THE
HORSE, ESPECIALLY AS YOU THINK
ABOUT YOUR 5/6 YEAR PLAN.
úI WANTED TO ASK IF THERE WAS
ANY UP DATE THAT WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE TO FOLKS WHO
ARE CALLING AND WRITING IN.
I THINK AS WE NOTED, MANY OF
THE HOT SPOTS ARE MAYBE FEWER
THAN PEOPLE WOULD THINK, BUT
SOME OF THOSE HOTSPOTS AND THE
CONCERNS COMING UP FROM
RESIDENTS WHO ARE CALLING
EITHER US OR OTHER FOLKS WITHIN
THE CITY IS NOT KNOWING WHO TO
CALL, AND WE TALKED A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THIS LAST TIME WITH
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON, THAT
ONE POINT OF CONTACT.
AND AT THE TIME, I THINK DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON WAS LIKE I'M
GOING TO HELP OUT WITHIN THE
CITY, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY
UPDATES FOR US ON WHERE WE
SHOULD BE DIRECTING FOLKS IF
THEY SEE A CONCERN, IF THEY SEE
SOMEONE HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS OR MIGHT BE IN NEED OF
AN OUTREACH WORKER OF ANY TYPE?
BECAUSE WE ALL DON'T WANT TO BE
TRYING TO MAKE ASSESSMENTS OF
WHAT A PERSON NEEDS IN THE
MOMENT, AND WOULD LOVE TO BE
ABLE TO CALL A NUMBER, AND
IDEALLY THAT NUMBER IS NOT 911,
BECAUSE WE ARE REACHING OUT TO
FOLKS BEFORE THAT WILL BE A
CRISIS.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO FAR CRISIS
STUFF, THAT'S STILL, I THINK, A
CONVERSATION, JUST TO BE
CANDID.
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO IS
DECOMPENSATING, AND WHO TO
CALL, THE BEST THING TO DO AT
THIS POINT, IF YOU ARE IN
SEATTLE METRO, IS STILL, I
BELIEVE, BASED ON FRANKLY WHAT
I HAVE DONE, IS TO CALL 911 AND
SPECIFICALLY REQUEST HEALTH
LINE, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT
ASKING FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESPONSE.
YOU ARE ASKING FOR A HEALTH
RESPONSE.
YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU ARE
SEEING AND YOU REQUEST HEALTH
LINE.
ON THE BROADER QUESTION OF WHAT
TO SEE, I BELIEVE, AND I
APOLOGIZE FOR COUCHING THIS
THIS WAY, BECAUSE I REALLY DID
NOT WANT TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF
OF DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON, BUT
I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS A PUBLIC
FACING WAY TO SAY, HEY, IT IS
AN ENCAMPMENT FORM, I'M SEEING
THIS TROUBLING THING.
THAT INFORMATION IS SHARED.
SO WE DO RECEIVE A DATES OUT OF
THAT, AS WELL.
AND THEN I WORK WITH OUR TEAM
TO ASSESS WHAT WE CAN DEPLOY IN
ORDER TO HELP COORDINATE A
RESPONSE ACROSS ALL OF THE
FOLKS THAT HAVE RESOURCES TO
BEAR.
I THINK, AND THE CHAIR, CHAIR
LEWIS AND I HAD SOME
CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
I THINK THAT THERE IS STILL A
ROBUST CONVERSATION TO HAVE
ABOUT WHAT IS THE CRISIS
RESPONSE WHEN SOMEONE IS
EXPERIENCING ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC
DISTRESS?
THE AUTHORITY, JUST TO BE
CANDID, THIS IS WHERE THE
CONVERSATION IS.
WE HAVE SOME ROLE THERE BUT NOT
EVERYONE EXPERIENCING STRESS IS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
RIGHT?
SO I THINK THAT IS A SPACE
WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT
AND WE ALSO WANT TO BE
COGNIZANT OF WHAT OUR ROLE AND
LANE IS, AND HOW TO CHOREOGRAPH
THAT WITH THE LECTOR FLOOR,
WITH INTERIM DIRECTOR KIM.
THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE ARE
REALLY OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION
ON.
WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE
PROVIDING, AS WE ALL DISCUSSED
AT LENGTH NOW, THE HIGH ACUITY
SHELTER BEDS, THE THINGS THAT
ARE AGAIN FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THAT
ALSO HAVE THE SPECIFIC NEEDS.
I THINK THERE IS A QUESTION
ABOUT HOW TO SET UP A BROADER
APPARATUS THAT COULD RESPOND TO
ANY ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC NEED THAT
WE SAW ANYWHERE IN THE SEATTLE
METRO AREA.
IS THAT HELPFUL, COUNCILMEMBER?
I'M NOT TRYING TO DODGE THE
QUESTION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO ELEVATE
WHERE WE ARE STUCK, FROM A
ROLES PERSPECTIVE, AND WHERE WE
THINK THERE IS COLLABORATION
THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
OH, THERE YOU ARE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> PERHAPS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, TURNING THE VISUAL
OFF MIGHT ASSIST.
>> OH, I SEE.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> SURE, SURE, SURE.
OKAY, LET ME GIVE THAT A SHOT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, GREAT, AND I WILL
SWITCH DEVICES, AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S HELPFUL.
THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER.
I THINK INTERNAL TO THE CITY,
WHEN WE GET A REQUEST OR PEOPLE
SEE A CONCERNINGTHING
HAPPENING PERHAPS IN AN AND
KAMMAN, SPECIFICALLY AN
ENCAMPMENT OR AN INDIVIDUAL
JUST OUTSIDE ELEMENTS AND FOLKS
WRITING US AND WANTING TO GIVE
THEM ASSISTANCE, IT SOUNDS LIKE
THE BEST SOLUTION AT THIS POINT
INTERNAL TO THE CITY, IS TO
FILL OUT THAT REQUEST FORM THAT
HAS BEEN SENT, AND I KNOW WE'VE
BEEN PUTTING THAT IN OUR HOT
TOPIC RESPONSES AND SHARING
THAT OUT.
SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT A VERY
SATISFACTORY RESPONSE TO THE
FOLKS WHO ARE WRITING US OR
CALLING US.
SO I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK
WITH THE TIMELINE IS FOR WHEN A
REQUEST GETS IN, WHEN A REQUEST
GETS IN AND HOW FAST IT GETS TO
YOU.
SO IF I SEE SOMEONE, WHO FOR
EXAMPLE, LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY
NEED NOT JUST HOUSING SUPPORT,
BUT MIGHT NEED A WHOLE HOST OF
OTHER SERVICES, IF I WRITE IN,
HOW FAST MIGHT THAT GET TO YOU
ALL?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE SHARE INFORMATION ROUTINELY
WITH THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM, THE
SET UP THAT DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON RUNS.
MY STAFF ATTENDED THAT MEETING.
SO IF THINGS COME IN THROUGH A
CITY BASED PORTAL AND THEN GET
INDEXED IN THAT MEETING, MY
STAFF BECOME AWARE OF IT AS THE
SAME TIME AS THE CITY STAFF DO.
IF YOU KNOW THERE IS SOME OTHER
TRIAGING THAT HAPPENS, IT WOULD
THEN COME TO US LATER IN THE
SAME WAY THAT IT WOULD COME TO
OTHER CITY STAFF LATER.
WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO LINK
ARMS AND WALK ON THIS ONE, SO
WE ARE ALL GETTING THE SAME
INFORMATION AT THE SAME TIME.
TO BE CANDID, I DO NOT WANT TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CSB AND HOW
THEY MOVE THAT DATA, BECAUSE
THAT IS NOT A THING THAT I AM
PRIVY TO, OR PART OF.
WE BECOME AWARE OF IT IN THAT
MEETING NOW.
>> SO I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ACHE FOLLOW-UP,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> I'M HOPING THAT WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO GET FOLLOW-UP FROM THE
CITY, AS WELL, BECAUSE A FOLKS
ARE WRITING AND SAYING HERE IS
SOMEONE AT THIS INTERSECTION,
IF THIS DOESN'T GET TO YOU ALL
IN A TIMELY WAY, OR FOR FOLKS,
IF THAT DOESN'T GET TO YOU IN A
TIMELY WAY, THEN ARE WE MISSING
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CREDIBLE
OUTREACH?
WE'LL FOLLOW-UP AS WELL BUT
THANKS FOR THE ANSWER.
>> I HAD A RELATED RESPONSIBLE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA JUST
SAID, THAT IT'S THE BEST
CONDUIT FOR INFORMATION, THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM.
IN THE CITY, IS THAT WHO WE
SHOULD BE NOTIFYING, AND THEN
THAT IN TURN TRIGGERS SOME KIND
OF RESPONSE FROM THE AUTHORITY?
>> FOR RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT
IS THE FASTEST WAY BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ALL MEETING
TO TRIAGE AND MOVE INFORMATION
AND RESOURCES.
LAND TO BE CLEAR, LIKE THOSE
MEETINGS ARE TWICE A WEEK.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE OH, WE MEET
QUARTERLY ON IT.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
TIME AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF FOLKS ARE COMING TOGETHER
MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK, AND THEN
WORKING IN ESSENTIALLY
SUBGROUPS TO THEN DRIVE ACTION
OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS.
SO THAT'S WHERE I WOULD DIRECT
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
THE AUTHORITY AS PART OF OUR
BROADER COUNTYWIDE STOP IS
GOING TO SET UP SOME FORM OF
GIVE US YOUR INFORMATION,
WHETHER IT IS A PORTAL OR A
HOTLINE.
ACTUALLY I'M NOT CLEAR YET IF
IT IS BOTH.
OBVIOUSLY HOTLINES NEED TO BE
STAFFED AND THAT IS AN
OPERATIONS CONSIDERATION FOR US
RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE'LL LOOK TO SORT OF
ANALYZE HOW ARE PEOPLE
CURRENTLY COMMUNICATING,
SHOCKINGLY.
I RECEIVE A LOT OF
COMMUNICATION.
AND MUCH OF IT COMES DIRECTLY
FROM CONSTITUENTS, BUT THEN WE
ALSO RECEIVE A LOT OF
COMMUNICATION COMING FROM A
WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CITY
AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS IN ALL
39 CITIES AND FROM THE COUNTY,
AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO
AT THE AUTHORITY IS BEGIN TO
BUILD OUT THE FUTURE SYSTEM
DIRECTION, IS LOOK AT HOW WE
CAN, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SEE
WHERE THAT COMMUNICATION IS
COMING FROM, AND THEN FIGURE
OUT HOW TO PORT IT ALL INTO
EITHER ONE PLACE, EITHER AN
EASY WAY THAT GOVERNMENT
BACKEND CAN MOVE WHATEVER THE
REQUEST IS, OVER, OR IF WE ARE
DIRECTING PEOPLE TO SOMETHING
THAT IS AN AUTHORITY, FRONT
DOOR, WHERE AGAIN, YOU CAN JUST
COME AND ASK US DIRECTLY.
>> THANKS FOR THAT BREAK DOWN,
MARK.
ONE THING I MIGHT FLAG AT THIS
POINT, TOO, IS I REALLY DO
THINK AT THIS POINT IN THE
YEAR, AND GIVEN THAT THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM IS A BIGGER
PART OF THE CITY'S WORK IN
THIS, I JUST WANT TO FLAG MY
COMMITTEE CLERK AND JEFF SIMS,
IT PROBABLY WOULD BE GOOD TO
GET THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM TO
COME IN AS THE SUBJECT OF A
COMMITTEE SESSION, TO LEARN A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT
WORK, AND WHERE WE ARE WITH
THAT, AND HOW IT INTEGRATES IN
THE KC RHA.
OBVIOUSLY OPEN INVITATION TO
CASEY RHA TO PARTICIPATE IN
THAT HEARING, IF THAT MAKES
SENSE.
I IMAGINE IT WOULD, SO WE CAN
JUST GET EVERYONE IN ONE PLACE.
I HAVE A RELATED QUESTION.
I THINK, I SUSPECT IT WILL
INVOLVE COORDINATION WITH THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM.
BUT I WANTED TO ASK BECAUSE
INCREASINGLY THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT THAT I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER HER BLOCK'S
QUESTION, MAYBE IT'S A SIMILAR
QUESTION, LET'S SEE, I KNOW
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS HE
RELAYING, IS THAT FOLKS ARE
TELLING PEOPLE IN ENCAMPMENTS
TO GO AND CONGREGATE IN SPACES,
LIKE MUTUAL AID VOLUNTEERS AND
OTHERS, ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO
GO AND CAMP IN PLACES THAT ARE
MORE LIKELY TO HAVE OUTREACH
AND SERVICES OFFERED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WOODLAND PARK,
WHICH IS IN THE NEWS A LOT, AND
AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR THE CITY,
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE IS THE
DESIGNATED PARTNERSHIP 40 AREA
CHINATOWN AND INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT BEING VERY ACTIVE
THERE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES
WE ARE WORKING ON TO PREVENT
THAT KIND OF A CONCENTRATION OF
PEOPLE SEEKING ASSISTANCE?
IT'S A VERY HARD THING TO PLAN
AROUND AND ONE WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT, WHAT'S THE SORT OF
CURRENT STATUS OF THAT?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT I DON'T
WANT TO OVERSTATE, CHAIR, LIKE
IT IS DISCUSSED.
I WOULDN'T SAY THERE IS
PLANNING THAT'S BEEN DONE.
AND I THINK SOME OF THIS WILL
BE PLANNED AROUND IN OUR ACTUAL
FIVE-YEAR PLAN WORK AROUND WHAT
DOES IT MEAN TO INVEST IN THE
APPROPRIATE RESOURCING OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES,
ET CETERA, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE
ABLE TO ACCESS THINGS WHERE
THEY'RE AT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING
TO MIGRATE FROM SOUTH COUNTY TO
SEATTLE, OR FROM WOODLAND PARK
TO DOWNTOWN.
IN ORDER TO GET ACCESS TO
SOMETHING.
AND THAT HAS TO BE PART OF HOW
WE TALK ABOUT BRINGING THE
SYSTEM TO SCALE.
AND SOME OF THAT, TO
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD'S
EARLIER POINT, WAS A REAL FOCUS
ON NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD
TACTICS, AND BOTH THAT THE
OUTREACH LEVEL AND AT THE BED
LEVEL.
WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW
WE GET CREATIVE IN TERMS OF THE
CREATION OF NEW ASSETS FOR
FOLKS AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK
TO OUT OF HAND, BUT IF APPROVED
ON SOME OF THE PROPOSALS IN THE
FY 22 BUDGET THAT THE KC RHA IS
PUTTING FORWARD, ARE ABOUT MORE
PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE.
THAT'S THE UNDERLYING ISSUE
HERE AND WE NEED TO DRIVE THAT
CHANGE.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT.
I TOTALLY WASN'T EXPECTING THE
PERFECT ANSWER, THAT THIS IS
ALL FIGURED OUT.
IT IS VERY COMPLICATED.
DEFINITELY GOING TO BE PATIENT
WITH FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN
MAKE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE
SYSTEM.
SO I APPRECIATE THE HONESTY OF
THAT ANSWER, AND WE'LL CONTINUE
TO BE PARTNERS ON THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD?
>> JUST FOLLOWING UP, CHAIR
LEWIS, TWO YOUR, I THINK VERY
TIMELY DISCUSSION OF HAVING THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM PRESENT AT A
FUTURE MEETING, I THINK MANY OF
US, SINCE THE CREATION OF THE
HOPE TEAM, HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING
AND ASKING OVER AND OVER IN
THESE MEETINGS HOW THE CITY IS
PRIVATIZING LOCATIONS THAT THEY
FEEL SHOULD BE PRIORITIES FOR
REMOVALS, AND WE'RE JUST NOT
GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
AS RECENTLY AS THE DOCUMENT
THAT YOU SENT, CHAIR LEWIS,
PRIOR TO THIS MEETING,
ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE
MARCH MEETING, HSD, IN RESPONSE
TO OUR QUESTION ABOUT HOW
LOCATIONS HAVE PRIORITIZED --
WHAT ENCAMPMENTS ARE
PRIORITIZED IN A TIMELINE.
THEY DON'T SEE HOW THAT WORK IS
DONE.
WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA THAT MAKE
AN ENCAMPMENT RISE TO TOP THE
LIST OF LOCATIONS THAT THEY ARE
CONSIDERING FOR REMOVAL.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO SERVES ON THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM, WE DON'T
KNOW HOW SPECIFIC SITES COME TO
ATTENTION, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
CRITERIA THEY USE TO ASSESS
PRIORITIZATION, AND WE DON'T
KNOW IF THEY ACTUALLY COME TO
THE DECISIONS ON PRIORITIZING
AMONG A COUPLE HUNDRED SITES IN
THE CITY, THAT I'M SURE THERE
ARE COMPLAINTS IN THE SYSTEM
FOR.
SO AGAIN, VERY FRUSTRATING.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS
INFORMATION FOR MANY MONTHS
RIGHT NOW.
APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS A
UNIFIED CARE TEAM IN PLACE.
APPRECIATE ALL THE PLAYERS ARE
AT THE TABLE, HAVING THOSE
DISCUSSIONS.
VERY IMPORTANT.
AND IS REAL PROGRESS.
I DON'T WANT TO GLOSS OVER THAT
AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I
THINK JUST HAVING A GREATER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY DO
THAT WORK IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FOR CEO JONES?
I THINK WE'VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD
CONVERSATION FOR THE LAST HOUR
AND A HALF HERE, BUT I DON'T
WANT TO CUT IT SHORT IF SOMEONE
IS JUST LEARNING TO ASK ONE
MORE THING.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S THE
CASE.
CEO JONES, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING BY.
DEFINITELY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
AND THANK MAYOR HERBIE FOR
BEING IN THE BACKGROUND.
DIDN'T HAVE TO TAP IN AT ANY
POINT BUT ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE
HIM PRESENT.
DEFINITELY SOME STUFF WE'LL
FOLLOW UP ON.
DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING A CONVERSATION FOR SOME
CITY SIDE -- SOME OF THE CITY
SIDE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN
THIS SPACE, AS WELL, THROUGH
THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AT THE NEXT MEETING.
WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE GOOD
TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
SO MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
READ AGENDA ITEM 2 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> NUMBER TWO, PARKS AND
RECREATION 2021 RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, WE'RE JOINED NOW
BY SUPERINTENDENT CHRISTOPHER
WILLIAMS FROM SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU,
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND ANY
FELLOW PANELISTS THAT YOU HAVE,
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO JUMPING
INTO THE PRESENTATION.
>> GREAT.
SO I'M CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS,
ACTING SUPERINTENDENT, SEATTLE
PARKS, AND I WILL, AFTER I GIVE
YOU A FEW TOPPING POINTS, TURN
IT OVER TO MY TEAM MEMBERS AND
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF BIG
PICTURE PERSPECTIVE, YOU ALL
KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
REALLY WELL IN OUR CITY.
BUT BACK IN 2003, UNDER THE
NICHOLS ADMINISTRATION, SEATTLE
PARKS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO PILOT A RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO ORGANIZE IN AN
INTERNAL RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE CHANGE TEAM, AND DURING
THIS WORK WE DEVELOPED ONE OF
THE FIRST WORK PLANS.
THIS WAS 20 YEARS AGO, ALMOST.
DURING THOSE EARLY YEARS, WE
SPENT A LOT OF TIME JUST
GETTING OUR BEARINGS RELATIVE
TO THIS WORK. OVER TIME, WE
HAVE DEEPENED OUR COMMITMENT TO
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE VALUES.
PUBLIC PARKS ARE ALL ABOUT
EQUITY, ACCESS, AND INCLUSION.
THEY MAKE A PARKS FOR ALL
ESPRIT DE CORPS IN SEATTLE
RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH
MEANS THAT EVERY EMPLOYEE
BELIEVES PARK PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE
TO EVERYONE.
THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY,
ACCESS, AND INCLUSION SHOW UP
IN OUR EVERY DAY WORK, FROM HOW
WE PROVIDE CHILDCARE
SCHOLARSHIPS, TO FAMILIES THAT
NEED THE MOST, TO HOW WE MAKE
DECISIONS ON LARGE CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS.
WE USE AN EQUITY HEAT MAP
PROCESS TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT
HAVE THE MOST NEED FOR
EQUITABLE INVESTMENT.
THE SPIRIT OF RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE IS ALIVE AND WELL.
IT'S EMBEDDED IN THE CULTURE OF
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION.
IT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE WORK
WE DO EVERY DAY.
SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO
TURN IT OVER TO B HILL TO
INTRODUCE HERSELF, AND THEN
ANGELA, TRISH AND BELINDA.
>> I'M B HILL, EQUITY AND
STRATEGIC ADVISOR IN THE
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.
MY PRONOUNS ARE
THEY/THEM/THEIRS AND I IDENTIFY
AS BLACK.
>> I'LL GO NEXT, MY NAME IS
ANGELA SMITH.
I'M A RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
CHANGE TEAM CODE LEAD WITH
SEATTLE PARKS, AND MY PRONOUNS
RC/HERS.
>> AND I'LL GO NEXT, TRICIA
DIAZ, AND I WORK IN PARKS AND
ENVIRONMENT AS THE EQUITY HUB
COORDINATOR, AND MY PRONOUNS
ARE SHE/HER/HERS.
>> THANK YOU, TEAM.
>> AND WE ALSO HAVE DONNA.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> OH HELLO, I'M DONNA BROWN,
AND I'M WITH FACILITIES
MANAGEMENT, AND ASSET
MANAGEMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> HIGH, AND I'M BELINDA CHIN.
I'M ONE OF THE CODE LEADS OF
THE SBR OUR SJ CHANGE TEAM.
GLAD TO BE HERE.
I GO BY SHE/HER/HERS PRONOUNS
AND IDENTIFY AS CHINESE.
BACK TO YOU, B.
>> ALL RIGHT, CHRISTOPHER.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
SORRY, TEAM.
GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF THERE.
SO SOME OF THE MOST POSITIVE
EXPERIENCES PEOPLE HAVE WITH
OUR LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT IS
THROUGH THE FAR-REACHING
SERVICES AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED
BY SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION.
SEATTLE PARKS PROVIDES
WELCOMING, SAFE OPPORTUNITIES
TO PLAY, LEARN, CONTEMPLATE AND
BUILD COMMUNITY, AND THIS
PROMOTES RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP
OF THE LAND.
THE VALUES THAT GUIDE OUR WORK
INCLUDE OPPORTUNITY, ACCESS,
SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY.
WE OFFER A BROAD RANGE OF
FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS ACROSS
OUR SYSTEM.
WE LIKE TO SAY WE SERVE PEOPLE
IN THIS COMMUNITY FROM THE AGE
OF 8 TO 80.
SHOWN HERE IS A VISUAL SNAPSHOT
OF SOME OF THE SPACES AND
SERVICES WE USED TO BRING
COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
WE GET PEOPLE ACTIVE.
WE CONNECT PEOPLE TO NATURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS SPENDS
WIDELY FROM THE RECREATION
PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES, TO JOB
READINESS PROGRAMS, TWO
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
PROGRAMS, TO PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAY AREAS LIKE
SPORTS COURTS, AQUATIC SORTIES,
COMMUNITY CENTERS AND MUCH,
MUCH MORE.
WE ARE DEEPLY FOCUSED ON WHAT
SET OF ACTIONS PRODUCE THE
DESIRED EQUITY CENTERED
OUTCOMES FOR EMPLOYEES AS WELL
AS THE PUBLIC.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO B HILL.
>> THANKS AGAIN.
SO CHRISTOPHER GAVE AN OVERVIEW
OF THE RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE, AND WE ALSO THOUGHT
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CENTER IN
ON PATHWAY TO EQUITY HIM A SPR,
PATHWAY TO EQUITY.
IN 2019, SBR ADOPTED THE
PATHWAY TO EQUITY FRAMEWORK.
THIS FRAMEWORK IS ONE GUIDING
APPROACH TO SUPPORTING SPR'S
COMMITMENT TO THE ADVANCEMENT
OF OUR SJ I. YOU CAN THINK OF
THIS FRAMEWORK THAT IS PART OF
OUR LARGER STRATEGIC DIRECTION,
AND IT PROVIDES A STRATEGIC AND
ORGANIZED WAY TO APPROACH THE
WORK AS WELL AS IT IDENTIFIES
FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS, TO
SUPPORT OUR ANTIRACIST AND
EQUITY CENTERED INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THE
PATHWAY TO EQUITY PRINCIPLES
ARE ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY,
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE, CREATING
ACCESSIBLE TOOLS AND RESOURCES,
TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING,
APPLIED LEARNING AND
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND EMBEDDED
PRACTICE, SO THAT WE
CONTINUOUSLY MOVE TO EMBODY AND
EMBED ANTIRACISM AND EQUITY IN
OUR DAILY PRACTICES.
SO WHAT YOU SEE NEXT ON THE
SCREEN IS OUR 2021 IMPACT
REPORT.
IF YOU THINK OF OUTCOMES, IT
WOULD BE EXPANDING ACCESS TO
EQUITY SEEKING AND VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES.
WE JUST WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME
BY THE DATA, BY THE NUMBERS, TO
HIGHLIGHT THESE SERVICES AND
PROGRAMS AND THEIR IMPACT.
WITH WRECKING THE STREET, 6720
HOURS OF PROGRAMS WERE PROVIDED
TO COMMUNITY VIA TRAVELING
COMMUNITY CENTERS, WITH MEALS
FOR CHILDREN.
11,030 MEALS FOR CHILDREN WERE
PROVIDED IN OUR SUMMER OUTDOOR
PROGRAMS, WITH OUR HYGIENE AND
SHOWER PROGRAM.
12,870 USERS ARE AT THESE
PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT FIVE
COMMUNITY CENTERS.
WITH SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS AND
LIFELONG RECREATION, 939
ENROLLEES IN SPECIALIZED
PROGRAMS, OVER 50 PROGRAMS, AND
THERE WERE 2800 PARTICIPANTS IN
LIFELONG RECREATION PROGRAMMING
HOURS.
WITH SEATTLE CONSERVATION
CORPS, 32 FORMERLY HOMELESS
ADULTS SECURED EMPLOYMENT AFTER
COMPLETION OF THE CORE PROGRAM.
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
CONTINUING TO EXPAND ACCESS, 10
OF OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS WERE
PROVIDED FOR FREE DROPPING PLAY
WITH NO SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES
AND HOURS FOR THOSE 10 FIELDS.
IT WAS TRULY PROVIDED FOR DROP
IN PLAY FOR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WITH SCHOLARSHIP AND
ACCESS, 2020 PEOPLE RECEIVED A
TOTAL OF $2.39 MILLION IN
SCHOLARSHIPS TO ASK X
RECREATIONAL AQUATICS AND
WELLNESS PROGRAMS.
AND NOW I'LL HAND IT OFF TO
BELINDA.
>> THANKS, B. I'M PLEASED TO BE
HERE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO OF OUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN PROGRAM
EQUITY.
WE PILOTED OUR NEW,
CONSOLIDATED ASSOCIATED
RECREATION COUNCIL BUDGET
PROCESS LAST YEAR.
RECREATION FACILITIES HOSTED
PUBLIC FITNESS PROGRAMS WITH
FUNDING THAT FOCUSED ON A
SYSTEMS WIDE LEVEL, RATHER THAN
A SOLO SITE LEVEL, SO THAT
PROGRAMS IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH
THE HIGHEST EQUITY AND PRIORITY
POPULATIONS INDEX SCORE,
OTHERWISE KNOWN FOR SHORT, E
PPI SCORE, HAD A BUDGET THAT
WAS PARTIALLY SUBSIDIZED BY THE
SITES AND NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A
LOWER E PPI SCORE, AND THOSE
WITH A LOWER E PPI SCORE WERE
EXPECTED TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL
REVENUE TO SUPPORT OTHER SITES.
A FINAL REPORT IS FORTHCOMING
WITH AN EVALUATION OF THE
OVERALL IMPACTS OF THIS NEW
BUDGET MODEL.
A CHALLENGE OF THIS NEW MODEL
WAS TRANSITIONING FROM STAFF
USED TWO HOLDING ONTO THEIR
SITE REVENUES TO AN
UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS
REDISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES
SUPPORTS EQUITABLE PROGRAMS --
OR EXCUSE ME, SUPPORTS
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PROGRAMS,
TO MORE PEOPLE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO B REFERENCED WRECK IN THE
STREETS JUST A MOMENT AGO.
IT'S A MOBILE RECREATION
PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO
OUTDOOR ACT OF IT IS AND
EXPERIENCES TO COMMUNITIES
FURTHEST FROM RACIAL,
EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC, HEALTH,
AND SOCIAL EQUITIES.
THE PILOT OF 2018 TO EXTEND
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO
NEIGHBORHOODS IN EQUITY ZONES
BLOSSOMED TO BEING A SOURCE OF
RELIEF AND A BALM FOR HEALTH
AND WELLNESS DURING THE HEIGHT
OF THE PANDEMIC.
THE IMPACT IS DOCUMENTED BY THE
AMPLE AMOUNTS OF FEEDBACK FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OF WHAT THE
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES MEANT TO
THEM, AND I'M GOING TO
REFERENCE A MESSAGE FROM A MOM
NAMED JESSICA, AND HER NOTE
READS, ROCKY HASN'T MISSED A DAY
OF REC IN THE STREETS.
THAT SAYS IT ALL ABOUT HOW WE
FEEL ABOUT REC IN THE STREETS.
AS A MOTHER OF A SPECIAL NEEDS
CHILD, THE TEAMS WE HAVE GONE
TO HAVE BEEN VERY
ACCOMMODATING, KIND, SWEET, AND
UNDERSTANDING.
A CHALLENGE FOR THIS PROGRAM
HAS BEEN THE INSTABILITY OF
STAFFING, FUNDING, AND
MOBILITY.
WHAT WOULD BE OF BENEFIT IS
LONG-TERM INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT
AND SUSTAIN THE COMPASSIONATE,
SKILLED RECREATION STAFF OF REC
IN THE STREETS, A FLEET OF
ELECTRIC VANS, AND THEIR
OBJECTIVE TO SERVE AS MANY
PEOPLE AS THEY ARE ABLE OVER
THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME, AND
IN PARTICULAR, NEIGHBORHOODS IN
EQUITY ZONES.
THANK YOU.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AND I'M
PASSING IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUE,
TRICIA DIAZ.
>> THANKS, BELINDA.
SO I WILL PRESENT TWO OF OUR
IMPACTFUL SERVICE EQUITY
PROJECTS, AND THE FIRST WAS
WITH THE PARK'S TRAILS.
AND ONE OF THE OBSTACLES OF THE
PROJECT WAS THE LACK OF CURRENT
DATA OF THE TRIAL SYSTEM AND
THEIR CONDITION.
SO THE FIRST STEP WAS TO MAP
ALL THE TRAILS WITH THE ARC GIS
MAPPING SYSTEM.
AND THEN THAT ENABLED US TO ADD
DATA FROM THE RACIAL AND SOCIAL
EQUITY COMPOSITE INDEX, WHICH
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, IT
CONTAINS THREE LAYERS OF MAPS.
AND THEN, TO IDENTIFY THE
TRAILS AND THE TRAILHEADS IN
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
SO ALL THE MAPPING AND THE DATA
HELP US DO THAT, AND IDENTIFY
AREAS THAT NEEDED SERVICE IN
THOSE COMMUNITIES.
SO WE CONSIDERED THOSE
LOCATIONS AND HOW THEY CONNECT
SCHOOLS, BUS LINES, AMENITIES,
SO THEN WE DEDICATED RESOURCES
TO PUT TOWARDS CLEARING,
IMPROVEMENT, SPECIAL SAFETY
PRUNING, AND BEST MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES, TO PROMOTE A
THRIVING ECOSYSTEM IN THE
TRAILS SYSTEM.
SO THE OUTCOME PROVIDED THROUGH
THE SAFETY AND USE OF THE
TRAILS, AND ACCESS TO THE
TRAILHEADS IN THESE VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE LACK OF
DATA, THERE WERE OTHER
CHALLENGES.
STAFF SHORTAGES EXIST, AND WE
HAD A SMALL CREW COMPARED TO
THE TRAILS SYSTEM, SO WE RELIED
ON PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER
CREWS FOR ASSISTANCE TO MEET
THE 2021 GOALS OF CLEARING FIVE
TRAILHEADS AND 1440 LYNN A
REPEAT OF TRAILS.
AND ANOTHER CHALLENGEWAS THE
NUMEROUS CITIZEN REQUESTS
RECEIVED FROM THE HIRING FOR
NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE THERE IS
FEWER REQUESTS PLACED BY AREAS
OF HIGHER NEED.
SO WE HAVE A DEMAND-BASED WORK
ORDER SYSTEM, SO WE HAD TO
OVERRIDE THEIR REQUEST SYSTEM
AND MANUALLY IDENTIFY THESE
AREAS OF GREATEST NEED.
SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO A
SECOND SERVICE EQUITY PROJECT
IS OUR TREEPLANTING PROGRAM,
AND THE CURRENT 2 FOR 1
TREEPLANTING BUDGET DOES NOT
PROVIDE ENOUGH MONEY TO FILL
THE EXISTING NEEDS OR THE GOAL
TO REACH A NET 03 LOSS.
SO THE 200 YEAR OLMSTEAD
COMMEMORATION CAME UP AND THE
FRIENDS OF OLMSTEAD PARK
VOLUNTEERS SAW AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL FUNDING
TO ADD TREES.
SO THE PROJECT STARTED AND THE
PARKS HIRED THE BURGER
PARTNERSHIP TO IDENTIFY AREAS
OF TREE LOSS IN THE CITY, IN
PARKS AND UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.
SO THE CONTRACTOR USED THE
CURRENT TREE DATA AND LAYERED
INFORMATION FOR ADDITIONAL
MAPS, THE HEAT INDEX MAP AND
THE RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INDEX MAPS THAT WE MENTIONED.
AND THEN THEY IDENTIFIED
LOCATIONS IN UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES WITH A HIGH HEAT
INDEX DUE TO THE LACK OF
SUFFICIENT TREE CANOPY.
SO ALONG WITH THE PRIMARY GOAL
TO PLANT ADDITIONAL TREES,
THERE ARE TARGETS AND BENEFITS
WHICH ALSO ADDRESS THE
CHALLENGES.
SO ONE BEING IMPROVED HEAT
INDEX IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE
THROUGH SOLICITING CORPORATE
SPONSORSHIPS TO HELP FUND
ADDITIONAL TREES AND EXPAND THE
TREE CANOPY IN THOSE AREAS.
AND TWO IS ENCOURAGING
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH
A NEW TREE WATERING PROGRAM
THAT WILL ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND
IT WILL ALSO ALLEVIATE THE HIGH
COST OF WATERING THE NEW TREES.
AND FINALLY IS CREATING
APPRENTICESHIP POSITIONS, WHICH
ARE PARKS JOB PATHWAYS, BUT
THEY'RE TARGETED AND OPEN TO
CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITIES.
SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND I WILL PASS IT TO DONNA AND
B.
>> THANKS, TRICIA.
SO IN HIGHLIGHTING SOME SYSTEMS
EQUITY WORK THAT WAS ALSO
COMPLETED, EQUITY ANALYSIS
CONSIDERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED ON
PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, POLICY, AND
BUDGETARY DECISIONS AS WELL AS
PROCESSES.
SO WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW OF
THOSE EQUITY ANALYSIS TOOLS
THAT WE UTILIZE.
EITHER THEY WERE DEVELOPED IN
2021, OR THEY RECEIVED SOME
LEVEL OF REFINEMENT.
THIS INCLUDED THE SPR EQUITY
IMPACT FILTER, WHICH IS
UTILIZED AT THE BEGINNING OF
DECISION-MAKING AND PROGRAM AND
SERVICE DELIVERY, SO THAT WE
KNOW WE ARE LEADING WITH
EMBEDDING EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS
IN OUR DECISION-MAKING.
WHAT THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN,
THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE
STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN INCLUDED
MANY EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS AND
EQUITY PRINCIPLES THAT WERE
EMBEDDED INTO PROCESS.
THE BUDGET ANALYSIS TOOL WAS
UTILIZED IN 2021, AS WELL AS
THE GIS AND LOW EQUITY MAPPING
TOOL, WHICH ACTUALLY EXISTS AS
A MOBILE APP AS WELL AS
DESKTOP, TO PRIORITIZE DECISION-
MAKING FOR SERVICE DELIVERY,
PRIMARILY IN OUR PARKS AND
ENVIRONMENT, AND ALSO
FACILITIES DIVISIONS.
AND ALSO, CAPITAL PROJECT
EQUITY FIRE TAXATION AND ALSO,
EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS WHICH WE
WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT.
YOU ALSO SEE HERE SOME UPCOMING
WORK FOR 2022, BUT I WILL GET
INTO THAT IN SOME LATER SLIDES.
>> HELLO EVERYONE, DONNA BROWN
AGAIN, EQUITY ADVISOR.
STAGE GATE IS THE DECISION-
MAKING WORKFLOW PROCESS, AND IT
CONSIDERS FINANCIAL EQUITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN THE
ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT AND
BENEFITS AND COSTS FOR DECISION-
MAKING.
ANALYSIS IN 2021, WHICH WERE
CENTERED UPON THE RACE AND
SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX, INCLUDED
PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS FOR
OUR EE T FUNDING IN 2022,
SELECTION OF LAND BANK SITE
PROJECTS TO RECEIVE 2022
FUNDING, PRIVATIZATION OF
COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR A FEMA
GRANT OR HEATING, AIR
FILTRATION IMPROVEMENT, AND THE
PLAY AREA PROGRAM. PLANNERS
USED THE EQUITY TOOLKIT TO
COMPILE NEEDED INFORMATION FOR
THE IN-HOUSE OR CONTRACTED
DESIGNERS THAT DESIGN THE
PROJECT.
THIS INFORMATION IS
INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN
PROGRAM FOR EACH CAPITAL
PROJECT AND PLANNERS ARE
RESOURCEFUL IN SEEKING OUT
BIPOC AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS,
OR PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THANK YOU.
BACK TO B.
>> AND I'LL HAND IT OFF TO
ANGELA.
>> ANGELA SMITH, CO-LEAD.
THIS SLIDE THAT YOU SEE HERE IS
A FRONT COVER PAGE OF OUR OUR
SJ REPORT THIS YEAR.
AS CHRISTOPHER MENTIONED, THE
OUR SJ INITIATIVE IS ABOUT 20
YEARS OLD AND IT WAS STARTED
WITH THE FOUNDER BY THE NAME OF
GLENN HARRIS, WHO WAS SEATTLE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MANAGER
BACK THEN.
HE WENT ON TO START THE
GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE OF RACE AND
EQUITY, WHICH IS CALLED HERE.
IT'S A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
NOW.
THE CHANGE TEAM USED AN EQUITY
TOOL FROM THIS ORGANIZATION'S
PLATFORM TO PUT OUR IDEAS INTO
ACTION.
ON THE SLIDE YOU'LL SEE AN
OUTLINE OF THE STRATEGIC
WORKPLAN WHICH HAS BOTH
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
DATA TO HIGHLIGHT OUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH YOU'LL
SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE.
AND DOING THIS WORK, THE
CENTRAL QUESTION IS, IS ANYONE
BETTER OFF FROM THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE
SEEN?
NEXT SLIDE.
SO IS ANYONE BETTER OFF?
WHAT IMPACTS DO THESE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE?
OUR WORKPLAN HAD AN INTERNAL
FOCUS FOR 2021.
CHANGE TEAM DID TAKE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF DELIVERING
TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES TO
GATHER AND SPACES TO ENHANCE
OUR SJ LEARNING WITH AND FOR
THE WORKFORCE.
SO TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW, LAST
YEAR WE GOT A PULSE ON THE
GROWTH OF AFFINITY AND EQUITY
COMMITTEES INTERNALLY.
IN 2017, THERE WERE THREE TOTAL
GROUPS.
IN 2021 WE IDENTIFIED 13.
IDENTIFYING WHO ARE THE LEADS
OF THESE SPACES, THEIR MISSION,
AND DISSEMINATING THE CONTACT
INFORMATON AS A TANGIBLE
RESOURCE OF OTHERS TO JOIN, PER
THEIR INTEREST, AND ENHANCE
VISIBILITY FOR THESE GROUPS.
THE CHANGE TEAM WAS JUST AS
CONVENIENCE FOR THIS
INFORMATION.
INDIVIDUALS TOOK LEADERSHIP
ROLES TO MAKING THE GROWTH
HAPPEN.
ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT WE
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE CHANGE
TEAM, THE INVESTMENT OF 150 K
FOR THE CHANGE TEAM BUDGET,
EACH CITY HAS, EACH DEPARTMENT
HAS A CHANGE TEAM AND WHETHER
OR NOT THERE IS DEDICATED OR
UNDEDICATED FUNDS DEPENDS ON
THE DEPARTMENT, BUT HAVING A
DEDICATED BUDGET DOES PUT SOME
PARAMETERS REGARDING THE CHANGE
TEAMS AND HOW WE SPEND OUR
TIME.
IT ALSO LENDS TO SOME
CREATIVITY ON TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES, SPECIAL EVENTS
AND IDEAS ON HOW TO RECRUIT
MEMBERS TO JOIN FOR THE CHANGE
TEAM.
THERE HAS BEEN NOTABLE CHANGE
FOR EQUITY COMMITTEES AND
POSITIONS ACROSS THE NATION.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS DEFINITELY
AN UPTICK OF INVESTMENT IN THE
BODY OF WORK OF RSJ AND THE
COMPENSATION OF THIS WORK.
NEXT SLIDE . HERE ARE OUR
CHALLENGES.
SO THE DIAGRAM ON THE LEFT
SHOWS -- IS A DIAGRAM FROM THE
SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
THAT SHOWS THE LEARNING AND
VOCABULARY OF THE FOUR LEVELS
OF RACISM.
IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
CHALLENGES, TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHICH, WHERE THE
CHALLENGES LIVE, HELPS TO
PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION ON HOW
TO OVERCOME THEM.
STRUCTURAL MEANS, HISTORY,
INSTITUTIONALLY PRACTICED
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND
INTERPERSONAL IS PREJUDICE AND
BIAS IS.
BASED ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE
CHANGE AND FEEDBACK OF THE
WORKFORCE, THE THEMES THAT WE
WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WAS
WORKPLACE CULTURE, CHANGING
RECRUITMENT AND CAPACITY,
SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY,
ALIGNMENT OF RSJ ROLES AND WORK
AND ADVOCATING FOR SAFE AND
HEALTHY -- SAFETY AND HEALTH.
THIS DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT SHOWS
WHERE THEY LIE WITHIN THE FOUR
LEVELS OF RACISM.
NEXT SLIDE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THE
TIME TO HIGHLIGHT FOUNDATIONS
OF CHANGE FOR 2021.
FOUNDATION OF CHANGE BEGAN IN
2018 TO CENTER SPR TO
ANTIRACIST PRINCIPLES.
IN 2019 WE INTRODUCED THE
CITY'S LEADERSHIP EXPECTATION
AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN AS WELL
AS PATHWAY TO EQUITY, TO THE
LEADERSHIP TEAM, TO INTEGRATE
THE FOUNDATIONAL ANTIRACIST
PRINCIPLES, AND IN 2020 WE TOOK
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
INTENTIONAL IN OUR PLANNING, TO
DEVELOP OUR RSJ APPLIED
LEARNING AND GROWTH
OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2021 AND
BEYOND.
SO FOUNDATION OF CHANGE SAW A
SHIFT IN 2021, AND IT BECAME A
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT MODEL
THAT WAS SHIFTED TO WEEKLY RSJ
TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE
BUILDING WITH MONTHLY
FACILITATION DESIGNED FOR ALL
STAFF AND LED BY OUR EXECUTIVE
TEAM MEMBERS.
SO IN THIS NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL
SEE SOME DATA AGAIN, AND JUST
FEEDBACK AND ENGAGEMENT FROM
SPR EMPLOYEES OF GAUGING THE
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE WITH
FOUNDATIONS OF CHANGE.
ON THE LEFT YOU SEE THE OVERALL
PROGRAM AND THE CATEGORIES
WITHIN THE OVERALL PROGRAM
SCORING, AND AS YOU SEE, MAINLY
GOOD AND SOME FAIR THERE WITH
EMPLOYEE RATING.
WITH WEEKLY LESSONS, 45% SHOWED
A SATISFIED RATE, 37% VERY
SATISFIED.
AND ALSO, YOU SEE THE RATING ON
THE ANTIRACIST CONTINUE THEM.
WE CAME IN AT ABOUT 3.8 FOR THE
DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS MOVING
FROM THAT PLACE OF BEING
SYMBOLIC CHANGE, A COMPLIANCE
DEPARTMENT, TO MOVING INTO
IDENTITY CHANGE AND BEING
AFFIRMING, AND AN AGENCY THAT
IS TRULY WORKING TOWARDS
DEVELOPING AND ANTIRACIST
IDENTITY.
MUCH WORK STILL TO BE DONE,
HOWEVER, STILL WANTED TO GIVE
YOU AN IDEA OF THAT RATING.
>> IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR SJ I,
MANIFESTED THROUGH A COMMITMENT
BACKED BY DEVELOPING RESOURCES
AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE
RESOURCES TOWARDS UNDOING AND
ELIMINATING, SEEKING TO WORK
AND UNDO AND ELIMINATE BARRIERS
TO COMMUNICATION FLOW AND
ACCESS TO INFORMATION, THE
WHICH IS STILL ONGOING, ED,
DEVELOPING ENTRY POINTS FOR ALL
STAFF TO INFORM DECISION-MAKING
AND TO BE AWARE OF DECISIONS AS
THEY ARE BEING MADE,
PARTICULARLY BY THOSE WHO WILL
BE MOST AFFECTED BY MOST
DECISIONS.
SOME HIGHLIGHTED EXAMPLES OF
THAT ARE ALL STAFF MEETINGS
THAT ARE HELD MONTHLY AND
THEY'RE AT DEPARTMENT LEVEL AS
WELL AS A DIVISION LEVEL.
WE HAVE OUR SPR CAROTENE AND
WELLNESS RESOURCES, WHICH IS
LED BY OUR HR TEAM, AND THE
CARE TEAM REALLY CENTERS IN AND
FOCUSES ON SUPPORTING THE WHOLE
EMPLOYEE BY ADDRESSING EMPLOYEE
NEEDS THROUGH TIMELY RESOURCES,
SUPPORT, AND COMMUNICATION, AS
WELL AS OUR CHANGE TEAM AND
DIVISION EQUITY LEADS,
SUPPORTIVE AFFINITY GROUPS, AND
DIVISION EQUITY TEAMS, AND
GROWING AND DEVELOPING,
ESTABLISHING THESE GROUPS. AND
AS WELL AS -- I'LL WRAP IT UP
HERE WITH LOOKING FORWARD, I
MENTIONED EARLY WITH OUR 2022
LINE OF BUSINESS, EQUITY TOOL
KITS, WE PLAN TO START A MULTI-
GEAR PROCESS THIS YEAR OF
CONDUCTING LINE OF BUSINESS
EQUITY TOOLKITS, TO ENSURE WE
ARE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW
WE ARE PROVIDING PROGRAMS,
SERVICES AND DECISION-MAKING
AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ROOTED
IN ANTIRACISM AND EQUITY.
AND THERE IS WHERE WE WILL WRAP
IT UP AT THIS POINT, BRINGING
QUESTIONS AND INSIGHT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
GREAT AND THOROUGH
PRESENTATION.
I'LL OPEN IT UP FIRST TO
COLLEAGUES.
THERE, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR
THERE IS SO MUCH WORK HAPPENING
WITH THE DEPARTMENT, NOT JUST
WITHIN YOUR LINES OF BUSINESS,
AND HOW YOU SERVE COMMUNITY,
BUT INTERNAL WORK HAPPENING,
AND I DO THINK THIS LAST SLIDE,
THE IDENTIFYING CHANGE THAT'S
NEEDED IS AN IMPORTANT PLACE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE DEPARTMENT
HAS WORK TO DO AND TO REALLY BE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT FIGURING OUT
WHAT THAT WORK IS, SO THAT OUR
CITY FAMILY GETS WHAT THEY NEED
TO BE SUPPORTED.
I DO WANT TO GO TO A COUPLE OF
THE EARLY SLIDES.
ON SLIDE FOR YOU TALK ABOUT
ATHLETIC FIELDS BEING 10 FIELDS
HAVING DROP-IN PLAY AVAILABLE,
AND THE CONSOLIDATED BUDGETING
PILOT, WHICH I THINK IS VERY
INTERESTING AND EXCITING, AND
THE RACKS IN THE STREET.
THOSE THREE SLIDES ARE REALLY
INTERESTING TO ME, BECAUSE THEY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS SOME
INEQUITY THAT EXISTS IN THE WAY
SOME OF THE COMMUNITY CENTERS
OR PARKS ARE OPERATING, OR LACK
OF PARK SPACE IN SOME OF OUR
COMMUNITIES.
I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I HEAR PRETTY
CONSISTENTLY FROM FOLKS IN THE
SOUTH AND IS THAT THE WAY THE
RESERVATION SYSTEM WORKS IN OUR
COMMUNITY CENTERS IS REALLY
PROBLEMATIC.
EITHER BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME
ORGANIZATIONS THAT GET ACCESS
TO CLASSROOM SPACE OR COMMUNITY
CLASSROOM SPACE, SO NEW GROUPS
DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COME IN AND USE THE SPACE.
THAT'S ONE THING I HEAR.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING I HEAR
IS ABOUT THE ATHLETIC FIELDS IN
PARTICULAR, THAT I'VE HEARD
THIS IN RAINIER BEACH AND
GEORGETOWN, THAT BECAUSE THE
FIELDS GET RESERVED BY HIGH
SCHOOLS OR BY ADULT ATHLETIC
LEAGUES, THAT THE KIDS WHO
ACTUALLY LIVE IN SOME OF THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T GET TO PLAY
ON THOSE FIELDS.
SO I WONDER, I DON'T KNOW IF WE
CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM RIGHT
NOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE
WITH YOU, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE,
LOOKS LIKE BY THE SHAKING
HEADS, THAT THIS IS NOT NEW TO
YOU.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD JUST TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SEEMS
LIKE AN INEQUITY FOR SOME FOLKS
WHO ARE TRYING TO ACCESS FIELDS
AND FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS
AREN'T ABLE TO GET TO OUR PARK
SYSTEM.
>> SO MAYBE I'LL JUMP IN HERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
THIS PROBLEM, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS A REAL
PROBLEM, PARTICULARLY ON
ATHLETIC FIELDS.
WE HAVE A FINITE NUMBER OF
USABLE FIELDS AND WE HAVE WAY
MORE DEMAND FOR THE USE OF
THOSE FIELDS, AND WE HAVE FIELD
AVAILABILITY WHEN IN FACT WE
WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION THIS
MORNING ABOUT THIS SAME
PROBLEM.
IT IS A HISTORICAL PRACTICE FOR
PARK AND RECREATION
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO USE HISTORIC USE FOR
LEAGUES, TEAMS, ET CETERA.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
WE ARE GOING TO STAND UP, KIND
OF A COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ISSUE
AND TO SEE IF THERE IS SOME
INNOVATION THAT CAN BE BROUGHT
TO THE SOLUTION HERE.
WE HAVE MUCH MORE FLEXIBILITY
IN OUR INTERIOR SPACES.
WE HAVE 27 COMMUNITY CENTERS
ACROSS THE CITY, AND SOMETIMES
A PERSON MAY NOT GET THE EXACT
LOCATION OR THE EXACT SPACE
THEY WANT TO USE, BUT
INVARIABLY, SOME SPACE IS
ALWAYS AVAILABLE IN OUR INDOOR
SPACES.
SO WE REALLY DO TRY TO WORK
WITH PEOPLE TO BALANCE THAT
NEED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
I HAD SIMILAR FEEDBACK FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN DISTRICT
7. SO SOMETHING TO CERTAINLY
CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO AND
APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUST WANT
TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A
POTENTIAL EFFORT FROM PARKS
THAT I BECAME AWARE OF BECAUSE
ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN
SOUTHPARK HAD REACHED OUT TO ME
EARLIER THIS YEAR ABOUT THE
MARA FARM PARK PROJECT AND
WISHING THAT IT HAD INCLUDED A
PLAYGROUND FOR THE SO MANY SMALL
CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
HIGHEST PER CAPITA YOUTH
POPULATION IN THE CITY.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT
OF ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE.
THIS CONSTITUENT NOTED THAT WE
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS AN
APPROACH FOR COMMUNITIES TO
RAISE THEIR OWN FUNDS FOR A
PROJECT LIKE THIS, AND THAT
PARKS DOES WORK WITH
COMMUNITIES WHO WANT TO RAISE
THEIR OWN FUNDS.
BUT OF COURSE, NOT EVERY
COMMUNITY CAN DO THAT.
AND WHEN WE HAD THIS BACK AND
FORTH, INCLUDING PARKS, I
LEARNED THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY
ENCOURAGING MORE AFFLUENT
COMMUNITIS WHO GO THE PRIVATE
FUNDRAISING ROUTE TO CONSIDER
VOLUNTARILY RAISING TWICE THE
AMOUNT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO
FUND A SIMILAR PROJECT IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT THAT
ABILITY, AND THAT THIS IS A NEW
APPROACH THAT YOU'RE TESTING
OUT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
HERE AND NOW THAT IT'S
SOMETHING I'D LEARN MORE ABOUT,
WHETHER YOU ARE CONSIDERING SOME
SORT OF AN EQUITY FUND THAT
COMMUNITIES CAN ACCESS WITH
THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS.
>> YES, SO THANK YOU FOR
CALLING THAT OUT.
THIS IS A PERFECT TIME TO BE
RAISING THAT ISSUE, AS WE ARE
PRIORITIZING PARK DISTRICT
SPENDING.
IN THE FIRST CYCLE OF THE PARK
DISTRICT WE HAD A MAJOR
CHALLENGE FUND, AND COMMUNITIES
HAD TO GENERATE A MATCH FOR UP
TO $1.8 MILLION.
NOT EVERY COMMUNITY HAD THE
CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
A LOT OF PROJECTS DIDN'T HAPPEN
. AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING THERE
NOW IS A GRANT CYCLE THAT WON'T
REQUIRE A MATCH.
JUST BECAUSE WE REALIZE NOT ALL
NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE THE SAME
CAPACITY, THE SAME ABILITY TO
FUND RAISE, AND A MATCH --
RATHER, A MATCH ISN'T THE
ANSWER, DEPENDING ON WHICH
NEIGHBORHOOD YOU GO TO.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH
COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT HAVE THE
FINANCIAL AFFLUENCE HE TO RAISE
MONEY, TO SORT OF ADVOCATE FOR
A SHARED APPROACH WHERE IF THEY
HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND RAISE,
WE TRY TO PAIR THEM WITH A
COMMUNITY THAT HAS SOME
ASPIRATIONAL DESIRES FOR SOME
IMPROVEMENTS, AND IT'S BEEN
WORKING OUT MODERATELY WELL TO
SOME LOCATIONS.
>> YOU PAIR THE AFFLUENT
COMMUNITIES PROJECT WITH THE
LESS AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES
PROJECT AND THE FUNDRAISING
EFFORT GOES OUT FOR BOTH
TOGETHER, SIMULTANEOUSLY?
AM I HEARING THAT CORRECTLY?
IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY NEAT
MODEL.
>> THE WAY IT WORKS, AND IT
WORKS BETTER ON THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL SIDE, WHERE WE HAVE
COMMUNITY CENTERS AND WE HAVE
ADVISORY COUNCILS THAT WANT TO
DO SOME IMPROVEMENT AT A
COMMUNITY CENTER, BECAUSE THEY
ARE ALL UNDER THE ARK UMBRELLA.
SO WE CAN FACILITATE THOSE
KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS MUCH
EASIER.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE OUTDOOR
PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL PILOTING SOME OF
THOSE APPROACHES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, IS
THAT A NEW HAND RAISE?
>> IT IS.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION
THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
REMINDED ME.
SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD --
I'VE HAD A CONSTITUENT WHO HAS
CONTACTED MY OFFICE, CONTACTED
THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT FENCING,
PLAYGROUND SPACE FOR VERY YOUNG
KIDS, CREATING SORT OF A
TODDLER SPACE, AND I THINK SHE
SUBMITTED A PETITION, AND
THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF
BACK AND FORTH.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE
IS A FRUSTRATION THAT FOR
PARENTS OF SMALL KIDS,
ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S MORE THAN
ONE, THERE ISN'T A PLACE WHERE
PARENTS FEEL SAFE BE IN ABLE TO
MANAGE THEIR KIDS WITHOUT THEM
BEING AT RISK OF RUNNING OFF,
SO I'M WONDERING ABOUT HOW WE
MIGHT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR
THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FUNDING
ISSUE, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT
IF WE CAN CREATE A SHY DOG
PARK, WE CAN CREATE SOME
PROTECTED SPACE FOR PARENTS
WITH VERY SMALL KIDS.
SO CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT EITHER WHAT THE
DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES FOR
THAT, OR HOW WE MIGHT CHANGE
THE WAY WE DO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT?
>> YOU BET.
SO GENERALLY, PUBLIC PARKS AND
RECREATION ISN'T ABOUT FENCING.
WE DON'T LIKE TO FENCE STUFF
OFF, BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY
THAT THERE AREN'T LEGITIMATE
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT
REQUIRE A FENCE BOUNDARY.
WE'VE TAKEN A PROGRAMMATIC
APPROACH TO FENCED PLAY AREAS.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE
PLAY AREAS FOR SMALLER KIDS
THAT REQUIRE FENCING, AND
EITHER BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY TO
THE STREET EDGE OR PROXIMITY TO
KIND OF OPEN SPACE AREAS WHERE
KIDS CAN RUN OUT OF A PLAY
AREA.
SO WE DO HAVE THOSE
STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED ACROSS
THE CITY, AND I THINK IN THAT
CASE WE RESPONDED BACK AND
POINTED OUT TWO OR THREE FENCED
PLAY AREAS WITHIN I THINK A
MILE OR TWO, BUT WE WOULD BE
HAPPY TO GO BACK AND TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK AND REASSESS THAT,
TO REASSESS THAT FENCING
REQUEST.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
I'M INTRIGUED BY HOW THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE RSJI TEAM
USES, I THINK YOU CALLED IT A
HEAT MAP TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS
ON WHERE THE BIGGEST PRIORITIES
ARE.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THAT AND WHETHER
THAT'S A TOOL THAT IS AVAILABLE
TO OTHER RSJI TEAMS FOR
LOOKING AT PRIORITIZING WHERE
POLICY CHANGES ARE NEEDED?
>> HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THE
QUESTIONS SO FAR.
DOES ANY TEAM MEMBER HAVE A
DESIRE TO CHIME IN HERE?
B, MAYBE?
>> YEAH, I WAS GOING TO CALL ON
TRICIA TO CHIME IN, TOO.
EVERYTHING SHE DOES IN PARKS
AND ENVIRONMENT.
SO WITH THAT, OF COURSE IT
IDENTIFIES THE AREAS OF THE
CITY WITH THE HIGHEST
DISADVANTAGE, HIGHEST NEED, AND
THE LOWEST DISADVANTAGE.
SO HOW ARE PARKS AND
ENVIRONMENT CREWS AND HOW OUR
FACILITY CREWS ARE USING THAT
IS TO PRIORITIZE WHERE SERVICES
ARE OFFERED.
SO WITH OUR FACILITY SCREWS,
WHEN WORK IS OFFERED ON
FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND
BASED ON THE AREA OF THE CITY
THAT THE WORK IS NEEDED IN, AS
WELL AS WITH PARKS AND
ENVIRONMENT.
SO WITH OUR GROUNDS CREW, OUR
PROGRAMMING AND PLANNING FOR
LITTER PICKUP, GROUNDS
MAINTENANCE WORK.
THEY HAVE AN ACTUAL TOOL NOW TO
ACTUALLY MAKE REAL-TIME
DECISIONS BASED ON INFORMATION
PROVIDED FROM THIS APP.
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT DATA
SETS.
IT'S BUILT OFF THE RACE AND
SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX.
THAT'S THE FOUNDATION OF A. BUT
TEN THERE ARE OTHER DATA SETS
WHICH I'M NOT A TECHNICAL
EXPERT AS FAR AS WHAT DATA SETS
ARE A PART OF IT, BUT THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL DATA SETS THAT CAN
BE CLICKED ON AND CLICK OFF, TO
BE ABLE TO HELP WITH DECISION-
MAKING, AND IT STARTS WITH
MAKING SURE IT'S EQUITY
CENTERED, AND ETHICS
CONSIDERATIONS ARE PART OF
DECISION-MAKING AND
PRIORITIZATION OF WORK.
>> THE MAP INCLUDES DATA SETS
LIKE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH,
SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
ELIGIBILITY, AND SOME OF THE
STANDARD GEOGRAPHICALLY
CENTERED MEASUREMENTS HELP
DRIVE THAT HEAT MAP.
>> AND IF I COULD ADD -- THIS
IS BELINDA FROM THE CHANGE
TEAM, JUST THERE'S A LAYER OF
LITERAL HEAT MAPS OF WHERE OVER
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF HEAT THERE
WERE MEMBERS, S DOT, SBU, THEY
ACTUALLY WENT AROUND AND
MEASURED ALL THE TEMPERATURES.
THOSE AREAS WON'T SURPRISE YOU
THAT THEY SYNC UP WITH
HISTORICALLY REDLINED AREAS.
SO THAT INFORMATION IS USED AS
WELL, FOR DECISION-MAKING.
>> AND CAN I ADD THAT ALONG
WITH THE HEAT, IT ASSOCIATES
WITH THE NUMBER OF TREES IN THE
AREA AND THE SHADING THAT
CONTRIBUTES TO THE HEAT, AND IT
ALSO ALIGNS WITH DISADVANTAGE
AREAS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN AREA
THAT IS OVERLY HOT AND THE
TEMPERATURES COINCIDE WITH THAT.
>> IT'S ALL CONNECTED, ISN'T
IT?
IT'S ALL CONNECTED.
>> I GUESS IF I COULD JUST
SHOUT OUT THE TEAM WHO LED THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THAT BODY OF
WORK, BECAUSE IT'S A TRUE
REPRESENTATION OF HOW WE
ACTUALLY MANIFEST NOT ONLY THE
TOOLS, BUT THE UTILIZATION OF
THE TOOLS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT
JUST ENOUGH TO HAVE THE TOOL,
WE HAVE UTILIZED THEM.
SO THEY HAVE REALLY MODELED
FROM DEVELOPMENT TO
UTILIZATION, TO TRAINING, HOW
WE EMBED OUR DECISION-MAKING IN
ANTIRACISM AND EQUITY.
>> CAN I ASK A LAST QUESTION
ABOUT THAT POINT?
THANK YOU.
SO TO THAT POINT, I DO WANT TO
GO BACK TO SLIDE 14, WHERE
YOU'VE SORT OF CHECKED THE
DEPARTMENT OFF AT STAGE FOUR OF
THE ANTIRACIST CONTINUING.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACT
KNOWLEDGE THAT THE DEPARTMENT,
AS ONE OF SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS
IN THE CITY, HAS A HISTORY OF
SOME PROBLEMATIC PROMOTION OR
ALLEGED EMOTION AND HIRING
PRACTICES, PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES TO BLACK WOMEN IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY
FOLKS HERE.
I WILL ADMIT I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOUR TITLES ARE, NECESSARILY,
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW YOU PLAN TO MOVE FROM STEP
FOUR TO STEP FIVE, TO STEP SIX,
AND IF THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW,
A TIMELINE, OR ADDITIONAL WORK
THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO
REALLY START TO MOVE TOWARD THAT
TRANSFORMATION PHASE IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> YES, SO THANK YOU FOR
RAISING THAT QUESTION.
WE ARE DOING A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
WE ARE CREATING A SET OF EQUITY
BASED WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID LAST
YEAR FOR ALL OF THE APEX
MANAGERS, DIRECTORS, PEOPLE WHO
MEET PEOPLE IN OUR DEPARTMENT,
IS WE HAVE REQUIRED SOME HIGHER
LEVEL OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
TRAINING FOR OUR LEADERS, AND
THIS RECOGNIZES THAT IF YOU'RE
A FRONTLINE EMPLOYEE, AND YOU
SEE YOUR CREW CHIEF OR
SUPERVISOR EVERY DAY, THEY ARE
THE DEPARTMENT, TO YOU.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD
WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT
PERSON, YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD
WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
DEPARTMENT, AND WE WANT OUR
LEADERS TO BECOME MORE
SENSITIVE TO RELATIONSHIP
MANAGEMENT WITH EMPLOYEES.
WE HIRE PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP
JOBS, NOT JUST TO BE SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS, NOT JUST TO BE
TECHNICAL EXPERTS, BUT TO
STEWARD THE DEPARTMENT'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS
WORKFORCE.
WE ARE REALLY PRESSING HOME
THIS NEED TO HAVE LEADERS BE
MORE RELATIONAL AND HOW THEY
RELATE TO PEOPLE WHO REPORT TO
THEM.
WE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS AND
WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS
IS DRIVEN BY A NEED FOR GREATER
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PEOPLE WHO
LEAD PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL IT IS FOR:
09, SO I THINK WE SHOULD START
WRAPPING UP OUR COMMITTEE, AND
I WANT TO THANK THE PANEL FOR
THIS ITEM.
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT
PRESENTATION OUTLINING THE
PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AND ALL THE
WORK THAT WE STILL NEED TO DO.
SO APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING
TO JOIN US THIS AFTERNOON, AND
LOOK FORWARD TO SOME FOLLOW-UP
ITEMS FROM THIS.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THAT WAS
OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM.
SO HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, UNLESS
THERE IS, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
THERE IS, I WILL GO AHEAD AND
ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
IT IS FOR: 09 P.M., AND
EVERYONE HAVE A PLEASANT
EVENING.