>>> WE ARE RECORDING.
>> THANK YOU.
JUNE 1th MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 2:00 P.M.
I MADE A LIST OF THE
[INAUDIBLE]
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNSEL MEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> VICE CHAIR?
COUNCILMEMBER JA UR EZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE THREE
MEMBERS PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CLERK.
JUST AS A QUICK ASIDE FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THOUGH WE ARE [INAUDIBLE]
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> NO.
NO.
>> A LITTLE BIT MORE, PLEASE.
>> A LITTLE BIT MORE?
>> HOW ABOUT THIS?
>> NOT ENOUGH.
>>
>> TRY NOW.
>> YEAH.
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE MICS ARE
ON.
>> I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
>> LIKE THIS?
LIKE THIS.
THERE WE GO.
>> THERE WE GO.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF NO OBJECTION IT'S ADOPTED.
CHAIRS REPORT.
SO FIRST OFF WELCOME EVERYBODY.
FOR THESE IN PERSON HYBRID
MEETINGS.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY IN
THE GALLEY.
I WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT
THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS
NOW JOINED US AT THE DIAS.
TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE
HEARING IN THE AGENDA THAT WE
JUST APPROVED, AN UPDATE FROM
THE LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE AND WE WILL HAVE A
BRIEFING PRESENTATION ON SOME
OF THEIR PROGRAMMING.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE HEARING
FROM THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY'S YEARLY LEVY REPORT
AND FROM THE CHIEF L IB RARIAN
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO BOTH OF
THOSE THIS AFTERNOON.
WITH THAT OVERVIEW, WE WILL
MOVE ONTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
AND, SORRY.
THE CLERK HAS TOLD ME THAT
COUNCILMEMBER -- HAS JOINED THE
MEETING VIRTUALLY.
PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
EVERYBODY PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL HAVE
CHANGED SLIGHTLY SINCE WE ARE
NOW IN A HYBRID FORMAT.
IT'S 20 MINUTES AND EACH
SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO
SPEAK.
THERE WILL BE -- THERE MAY BE
PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS ONLINE
AND IN PERSON AND I CAN CONFIRM
THAT WE HAVE ONLINE AND IN
PERSON COMMENTERS.
I WILL START BY CALLING ON THE
FIRST FIVE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP
IN REMOTELY AND THEN THE FIRST
FIVE WHO ARE PRESENT IN THE
CHAMBER.
FIRST FIVE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS AND
THEN FIVE IN PERSON SPEAKERS.
I WILL CONTINUAL TERMINATING
BETWEEN THE SETS OF FIVE UNTIL
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS
CONCLUDED.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND THEN THE ORDER IN
WHICH THEY REGISTERED ON THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE OR ON THE
SIGN UP SHEET AVAILABLE HERE IN
COUNCIL CHAMBERS F YOU HAVEN'T
REGISTERED TO SPEAK BUT WOULD
LIKE TO YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE
THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT BY
GOING TO THE WEBSITE OR SIGNING
UP AT THE SIGN UP SHEET NEAR
THE PUBLIC COMMENT MICROPHONE
TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE
CHAMBER.
ONCE A CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
MICROPHONE AND THEN THAT WILL
BE YOUR SIGN THAT IT IS YOUR
TIME TO SPEAK AND YOU MUST
PRESS STAR 6 FOR REMOTE
COMMENTERS TO START SPEAKING.
STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATED
TO AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR ARE
IN THE COMMITTEE'SPURVIEW.
YOU WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN YOU
HAVE 10 SECONDS LEFT F YOU
DON'T END AT THE END OF THE
TIME PROVIDED THE SPEAKERS
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO
ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE FINISHED WE ASK
THAT YOU DISCONNECT FROM THE
LINE F YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING PLEASE DO SO BY
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE
LISTENING OPTIONS LISTED ON THE
AGENDA.
WE WILL START WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT OF
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
>> OUR FIRST IS HAROLD ODOM.
YOU CAN START WHEN YOU ARE
READY.
>> I'M JUST SURPRISED I'M THE
FIRST ONE.
DIDN'T I HEAR MY NAME?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
MY PUBLIC COMMENT IS ON LEHIGH.
NOT THE LEHIGH IS A BAD AGENCY.
LEHIGH IS A BIG AGENCY.
THEY NEED TO DO BETTER.
KNOWING HOW THEY TREAT PEOPLE
BUT SLOW DOWN ON HOW THEY ARE
BUILDING.
THEY ARE EXPANDING WAY TOO FAST
AND NOT EXPANDING TRIPPING.
WE HAVE PEOPLE IN ALL THE
VILLAGES THAT HAVE SUFFERED
TRAUMA AND CONTINUE TO SUFFER
TRAUMA.
THERE'S NO MENTAL HEALTH OR
HEALTH BUT AT ONE OR TWO COUNTY
HOSPITALS.
THEY CAN BE A HOVERVILLE IF WE
DON'T WATCH THIS.
FIVE AGENCIES USE 47% OF ALL
HOMELESS DOLLARS SPENT.
WHY IS THAT?
LET THEM GO AWAY FOR A LITTLE
BIT AND LET'S START BUILDING
THE SMALLER AGENCIES UP.
THEY WERE ALL SMALL AND THEN.
>> THANK YOU HAROLD.
MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE FIVE MORE
VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENTERS BUT
NONE ARE PRESENT SO I WILL
SWITCH TO THE IN PERSON PUBLIC
COMMENTS NOW.
OUR FIRST ONE IS ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
>> YEP.
>> TO BE FOLLOWED BY TRACY
WILLIAMS.
>> YEP.
YES YOU CAN START SPEAKING WHEN
YOU ARE READY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> MR. ZIMMERMAN.
>> I WANT SPEAK ABOUT HOUSING.
IT'S VERY INTERESTING
SITUATION.
YOU GUYS ARE BEST OF THE BEST
WHAT AS I KNOW IN AMERICA.
FOR THE LAST FEW YEAR, PRICES
DOUBLE FOR RENT.
25,000 APARTMENT EMPTY.
MINUS WHAT IS PAID FOR LOW
INCOME NEARLY COME TO ZERO.
YOU DO A VERY GOOD JOB SO NOW
ALL POOR OR MINORITY OR COLOR
PEOPLE MOVE OUT FROM THE CITY
BECAUSE YOU DOING VERY GOOD
JOB.
SO DOING THIS MORE, YOU KNOW
WHAT IS MEAN?
IS VERY IMPORTANT PRICE GO UP
AND MORE PEOPLE WILL GO OUT,
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN?
YOU DOING VERY GOOD JOB.
MY FIRST NUMBER ONE.
>> OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER
IS TRACY WILLIAMS.
AFTER THAT SEAN SMITH WILL BE
UP NEXT.
>> I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT I STAYED IN A TINY HOUSE
FOR SIX MONTHS AND NOW I'M IN A
HOUSING.
I LIVE -- IT'S A VERY GOOD
PROGRAM.
I WAS ABLE TO GET EMPLOYMENT
AND I WANT TO SAY LEHIGH IS A
GOOD PROGRAM AND THE PROGRAM
DOES WORK AND WE HAVE CASE
MANAGEERNS AND MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELORS TO HELP AND WE PUSH
THE RESIDENTS TO GET HELP AND
GET JOBS AND GO TO THE DOCTOR.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT,
IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM.
AS I'M STANDING HERE I WANT TO
SAY I LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW
THAT I GET IT.
I WALKED IN THEIR SHOES YOU
KNOW AND I'M NO BETTER THAN
THEM.
I HAVE BEEN HOMELESS AND I WANT
TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE
SHOULDN'T JUDGE A HOMELESS
PERSON AND LEHIGH HAS HELPED A
LOT OF PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR
FEET AND I'M ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU, TRACY.
SEAN YOU ARE THE NEXT PUBLIC
COMMENTER TO BE FOLLOWED BY
STEVE.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SEAN SMITH.
WE ARE HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION
TO TINY -- TO THE HOMELESS
EPIDEMIC THAT IS IN THE
COUNTRY.
ONE COOKIE CUTTER SOLUTION DOES
NOT FIT EVERY PERSON.
THERE IS NO ONE PATH TO
HOMELESSNESS.
THERE IS NO ONE PATH OUT OF
HOMELESSNESS.
WE WANT RESOURCES TO LOOK AT
GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATIONS SUCH
AS OURSELVES IN ORDER FOR
FUNDING IN THE FUTURE OR
ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC LANDS.
WE WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT
THERE IS AN OPEN INVITATION TO
COME AND LISTEN TO OUR
SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS.
>> STEVE, YOU ARE UP NEXT.
>> IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE THAT
YOU PUT THE LIBRARIES WITH
LEHIGH AND OTHER HOMELESS
BECAUSE THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY
HAS BEEN A SERVICE CENTER FOR
MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
I WILL ASK YOU SOME OTHER
QUESTIONS HERE VERY QUICKLY IT
LOOKS LIKE IS, WHEN YOU
OUTSOURCE, YOU KNOW YOU DO HAVE
THE SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY ;
TO OTHER FOLKS DON'T MAKE IT
JUST A WAY FOR LOW WAGE JOBS.
MAKE SURE THAT MORE THAN JUST
THE DIRECTOR BECAUSE THERE IS A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DEDICATED
TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT DON'T
SEEM TO DO TOO WELL.
I THINK ITS TIME TO TAKE A LOOK
AT BRINGING MORE THINGS IN TO
GOVERNMENT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
YOU ARE ELIMINATING A LOT OF
REALLY DECENT JOBS AND MAKING
THEM INTO POOR JOBS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT -- AND
[INAUDIBLE]
HOW MANY PEOPLE LEAVE THIS
[INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU STEVE.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER IS
DAVID TAYLOR.
>> TELL ME WHEN I'M READY.
>> WHEN YOU ARE READY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
YOU READY?
>> YES.
PLEASE BEGIN.
>> I'M DAVID TAYLOR.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING LIHI.
REAL QUICK I JUST FINISHED 35
YEARS OF PRISON.
FEDERAL PRISON.
WAS DOWN AND OUT, THERE'S NO
HELP FROM PRISON AUTHORITIES,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
HOWEVER, I REACHED OUT AND
THERE'S A PROGRAM CALLED
RECHAIR.
THEN REACH PUT ME WITH LIHI.
STARTED OUT WITH THE LITTLE
TINY VILLAGES.
I LIVED IN A SHED FOR QUITE A
WHILE.
NOW I HAVE A BRAND NEW
APARTMENT IN CAPITOL HILL.
FROM 35 YEARS IN PRISON TO A
BRAND NEW APARTMENT.
I THANK YOU ALL.
I THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
MR. CHAIR WE HAVE NO MORE
PRESENT PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY ONLINE?
>> NO WE DO NOT.
>> OKAY.
GIVEN THAT I AM GOING TO CLOSE
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTER --
COMMENTERS ON BRINGING
TRADITION BACK TO COUNCIL
CHAMBERS.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEMS
OF BUSINESS.
OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS
GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION FROM
THE LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE REGARDING THEIR
REPORT ON HOMELESSNESS
INVESTMENTS AND IF THEY COULD
PLEASE JOIN US AT THE TABLE.
ALL THE PRESENTERS.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE BEING
JOINED BY SHARON LEE AND JON
GRANT.
SO THIS IS GREAT.
YOU KNOW I THINK THE LAST TIME
MY COMMITTEE MET OUR PRESENTERS
WERE ALSO LIHI.
THAT LAST IN PERSON COMMITTEE
MEETING TWO YEARS AGO.
SO SHARON I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO YOU TO INTRODUCE YOUR PANEL
AND THEN START WALKING THROUGH
THE REPORT SO WHY DON'T YOU GO
HEAD AND TAKE IT AWAY?
>> OKAY I THINK IT'S ON NOW.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU AND I WANT TO
INTRODUCE JON GRANT WHO IS THE
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER FOR
LIHI.
WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
A LOT HAS HAPPENED THIS PAST
YEAR.
WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME
OF THE OUTCOMES.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO, WE JUST WANT TO REFRESH
YOUR MEMORY AS TO WHAT WE DO AS
A NONPROFIT AND WE HAVE OVER
3,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, INCLUDING PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, TRADITIONAL
HOUSING AND WORK FORCE HOUSING,
SENIOR HOUSING, FAMILY HOUSING,
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO URBAN REST
STOPS.
WE HAD ONE IN THE U DISTRICT
BUT THAT HAD TO SHUT DOWN
BECAUSE THE CHURCH WE WERE
RENTING FROM SOLD THEIR
BUILDING.
WE ALSO IN TERMS OF RELATIVELY
NEW LINE OF BUSINESS WE HAVE 17
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES INCLUDE
ONE IN SKYWAY, ONE IN
BELLINGHAM, THREE IN TACOMA,
ONE IN OLYMPIA AND THEN 11 IN
SEATTLE.
IT HAS BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL.
WE WILL QUICKLY RUN THROUGH
SOME OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
THROUGH THE PAST YEAR INCLUDING
THE RAMP DOWN OF EXECUTIVE
PACIFIC HOTEL, THE RAPID
ACQUISITION PROPERTIES, SQUIRE
PARK PLAZA.
THE EXPANSION ON CAMP SECOND
CHANCE.
THE SOUTHEND TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
AND THE OUTCOMES AND THE DATA
AND HIMS INFORMATION.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO EXDIFFERENT PACIFIC HOTEL.
THIS WAS DURING THE HEIGHT OF
THE PANDEMIC AND THIS HOTEL AS
YOU REMEMBER, MANY OF YOU VOTED
WERE HERE VOTING ON THE BUDGET.
BECAUSE THERE WERE SERIOUS
PROBLEMS WITH SHELTERS, HOTELS
AND TINY HOUSE VILLAGES WERE
SEEN AS A WAY OF ADDRESSING
COVIZ AND PROTECTING PEOPLE.
ONE OF THEM, EXECUTIVE PACIFIC
HAD 155 ROOMS WHICH WE OPERATED
FOR TEN MONTHS.
I THINK THAT WHAT WAS
SIGNIFICANT WAS THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO WORK WITH THE HOPE TEAM
AND PRIOR NAV TEAM AND HOUSE
PEOPLE WHO WERE OUTSIDE ON
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS IN PARKS.
WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME WE
ALSO HAD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ON
SITE WITH THERAPY HEALTH
SERVICES AND THEN A PROGRAM
CALLED RAPID REHOUSING THAT WAS
SEPARATELY CONTRACTED WITH THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
NEXT SLIDE.
IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL -- I'M
SORRY.
NEXT SLIDE WAS -- HERE WE GO.
WE ONLY HAD THE HOTEL OPEN FOR
10 MONTHS AND SERVED 122
PEOPLE.
THEN WE HAD TO CLOSE DOWN END
OF JANUARY AND WE HAD A RAMP
DOWN WHERE WE HAD TO MOVE OUT
APPROXIMATELY 100 PEOPLE VERY
QUICKLY BECAUSE THAT WAS THE
CONTRACT.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND DAS MADE
WITH THE HOTEL PROVIDER.
OUR STAFF SCRAMBLD AND WE WERE
ABLE TO GET EMERGENCY HOUSING
VOUCHERS BUT WE ALSO HAD TO
FREE UP A LOT OF HOUSING THAT
WE, YOU KNOW THAT WE OWN
OURSELVES.
SO, IN THE RAMP DOWN WE MOVED
93% OF THE PEOPLE INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING WHICH WAS
PRETTY, I THINK A HIGH -- A
HIGH ACCOMPLISHMENT.
73% WENT INTO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHERS,
20% WENT INTO OTHER TYPES OF
HOUSING, PERMANENT HOUSING.
VERY FEW PEOPLE ACTUALLY WENT
INTO RAPID REHOUSING OR GOT
HOUSING THROUGH RAPID
REHOUSING.
EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS THE MAJOR
STRATEGY.
I THINK THAT ALL OF US
INCLUDING THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS SAW THAT
THERE WAS NOT A GOOD SERVICE
MATCH BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THAT
WERE IN THE EXECUTIVE PACIFIC
HOTEL AND THE RAPID REHOUSING
PROGRAM.
WE DEPENDED ON EMERGENCY
HOUSING VOUCHERS FROM THE RHA
AND THEN WE ALSO MOVED A LOT OF
PEOPLE FROM EXECUTIVE PACIFIC
HOTEL INTO OUR HOUSING AS WELL
AS OTHER NONPROFIT AND PRIVATE
MARKET HOUSING.
WE ONLY HAD ONE PERSON IN THE
RAMP DOWN WHO REFUSED TO
ENGAGE.
WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE HER CASE
MANAGERS WORK WITH EVERYBODY
ELSE AND WE HAD A VERY
SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.
THERE IS A REPORT THAT WE ARE
HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU LATER
ABOUT THE RAMP DOWN, HOW THAT
TOOK PLACE.
IT WAS A -- I WOULD SAY IT WAS
A BIG PILOT TEST OF RENTING A
HOTEL AND THEN HAVING TO MOVE
EVERYBODY OUT AND, YOU KNOW, I
THINK THE COST OF -- I WOULD
SAY JUST IN TERMS OF MY EDITOR
COMMENT, THE COST WE SPENT
RENTING THE HOTEL WE COULD HAVE
PURCHASED A HOTEL.
NEXT SLIDE.
RAPID HOUSING ACQUISITION IS
SOMETHING I REALLY WANT TO
THANK THE COUNCIL FOR BECAUSE
THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE IF YOU HAD NOT PUT IN
JUMP START.
THIS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO
PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS SO WE
WERE ABLE TO BASICALLY PURCHASE
SIX BRAND NEW BUILDINGS.
THERE WAS A RECESSIN AND
DEVELOPERS WHO WANTED TO SELL
THEIR PROPERTIES INSTEAD OF
KEEPING THEM AND MAINTAINING
THEM SO LIHI PURCHASED FOUR
PROPERTIES AND THEN WE HELP
CHIEF SEATTLE PURCHASE MORE.
THE BUILDINGS ARE IN BEACON
HILL AND CAPITOL HILL.
THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB BUILDING
JUST CLOSED LAST WEEK.
THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
WE ENDED UP WITH 333 UNITS OF
BASICALLY BRAND NEW.
>> CAN I JUMP?
CAN YOU CLARIFY WHETHER THE
DOCK SIDE THAT WE WERE AT
YESTERDAY FOR THE PRESS
CONFERENCE IS INCLUDED IN THIS
OR IS THAT IN.
>> THAT WOULD BE IN ADDITION.
IF ADDITION.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S THE ANSWER I WAS HOPING
TO HEAR.
THAT'S GREAT.
SORRY.
CONTINUE.
>> WE WANTED TO ADD A SLIDE
BUT IT WAS -- THE SLIDE HAD
ALREADY -- YOU HAD ALREADY PUT
IT UP IN TERMS OF THEA AGAIN
THE AGENDA.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE SIX WE
PURCHASED AND THEN DOCK SIDE IS
THE NEXT ONE AND THAT WILL
INCLUDE 70 UNITS.
WHAT YOU SEE IS HARVARD LAW
OFFICE.
THE PHOTOGRAPH.
THE PREVIOUS PICTURE WAS THE
CLAY APARTMENTS.
THIS IS A -- SORT OF A NATIONAL
MODEL.
MOST COMMUNITIES ARE PURCHASING
LIKE OLDER HOTELS AND TRYING TO
REPURPOSE THEM.
THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW IT'S
EXPENSIVE AND HOTELS HAVE THEIR
OWN ISSUES.
THIS IS WE ARE BUYING NEW
STUDIO APARTMENTS AND THEN WE
ARE ABLE TO MODIFY THEM LIKE
SOME OF THE ROOMS NOW CASE
MANAGEMENT OFFICES, SOME ARE
LIVE IN STAFF.
THIS IS A GREAT STRATEGY WE
WANT TO SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE
NATIONWIDE.
COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS WAS THERE
YESTERDAY WHEN WE BASICALLY
SHOWCASED THE DOCK SIDE
APARTMENTS AT GREEN LAKE.
THAT IS A MIXED MODEL.
THAT WILL HAVE 70 UNITS OF
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
AND 22 UNITS OF WORK FORCE
HOUSING.
WE INVITE YOU TO COME AND TOUR
DODGE SIDE.
WE ARE VERY PLEASED ABOUT THIS.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS A QUESTION.
>> I DO.
THANK YOU.
AS IT RELATES TO THE BUILDING
THAT WERE RAPID -- PURCHASED
FUNDS PROVIDED BY [INAUDIBLE]
THROUGH JUMP START.
WERE THEY ALL NEW BUILDINGS OR
WERE SOME OF THEM OCCUPIED WITH
RESIDENTS AND IF SO, WONDERING
HOW YOU HANDLED THAT
TRANSITION?
I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THESE
BUILDINGS WHEN THEY ARE
OCCUPIED HAVE A LOT OF DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE AND THERE IS ALSO
THE QUESTION OF INCOME
ELIGIBILITY CHANGE WAS NEW
POPULATIONS OF TENANTS.
>> THESE WERE ALL BRAND NEW
BUILDING THAT WERE IN THE
PROCESS OF GETTING THEIR
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD
THEIR CERTIFICATE SO WE DID NOT
HAVE ANY EXISTING RESIDENTS.
>> NEW THAT'S FOLK WHO
PURCHASED THEM DECIDED THEY
DIDN'T WANT TO OPERATE BECAUSE
OF THE DOWN TURN?
>> YEAH.
I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT
WITH THE PANDEMIC THE PROJECTED
RENTS, WERE HOPING TO GET
MARKET RATE RENTS WERE SLIPPING
WHICH MEANT THAT AS INVESTORS
THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN MORE
QUITY AND INTEREST RATES WERE
SORT OF GOING UP A LITTLE BIT
AND SO THEY WOULD RATHER MAKE A
SALE AND OF COURSE YOU KNOW WE
INSPECTED THE BUILDINGS.
WE DID LOOK AT TWO BUILDINGS IN
WEST SEATTLE.
YEAH.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE RAP I
ACQUISITION BUILDINGS IN WEST
SEATTLE.
>> COME TALK TO ME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO, THESE ARE THE BUILDINGS
YOU CAN SEE AND THEN DOCK SIDE
THERE IS ANOTHER ROUND THAT THE
STATE IS MAKING AVAILABLE.
THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE DUE
THIS SUMMER.
THERE IS ANOTHER ROUND OF RAPID
ACQUISITION.
TO THE EXTENT THAT I THINK THAT
WE CAN FREE UP ADDITIONAL JUMP
START MONEY.
THEN YOU CAN LEVERAGE THE MONEY
AS WELL.
THERE'S ANOTHER ROUND OF
HOUSING TRUST FUND MONEY
AVAILABLE.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE OTHER THING WE DID IS NOT
-- RAPID ACQUISITION BUT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THIS IS
EXACTLY AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE
ACTUALLY WORKED TO PURCHASE
THIS EXISTING BUILDING THAT'S
FULLY OCCUPIED THAT WAS AT RISK
OF BEING GENTRIFIED AND THE
RESIDENTS DISPLACED.
IT'S SQUIRE PARK PLAZA.
IT'S 1700 SOUTH JACKSON.
IN THIS CASE, THE OWNER HAD PUT
IT ON THE MARKET FOR NATIONAL
INVESTORS TO PURCHASE.
SO, WE GOT A BRIDGE LOAN FROM A
FOUNDATION AND A NONPROFIT.
WE PRESERVED 60 UNITS AND
MAJORITY OF THE HOUSEHOLDS,
FAMILY WAS CHILDREN, AS WELL AS
SINGLES OR PEOPLE OF COLOR.
MAJORITY OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS BUILDING WE WERE ABLE TO
GET OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO
AWARD US 3 MILLION IN THE STATE
BUDGET AND WE ARE HOPE THAT THE
OPPOSITE HOUSING WILL HELPS AND
THEN WE WILL GET PRIVATE
FINANCING.
THIS IS A -- A PARTNERSHIP WE
HAD WITH REVERAND JEFFREY WITH
THE NEW HOPE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.
THIS IS A -- THIS IS THE STORY
THAT WILL HAPPEN OVER AND OVER
IN THE CENTRAL AREA AND
SOUTHEAST WHERE EXISTING OWNERS
WILL PUT THEIR BUILDING UP FOR
SALE AND IT'LL END UP WITH
PEOPLE BEING DISPLACED.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OF A
RESOURCE FOR EXISTING HOUSING.
>> CHAIR.
>> YEAH.
OF COURSE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
THE FIRST IS CAN YOU TELL US IF
THESE ACQUISITIONS WERE FOR
MARKET RATE OR BELOW MARKET?
THAT'S ONE QUESTION AND THEN IF
I COULD UNDERSTAND A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT THIS ACQUISITION
PROGRAM, HOW IT WORKS.
ARE THERE FINANCIAL CRITERIA
THAT, WHOEVER COMES IN TO APPLY
NEEDS TO BE READY TO PURCHASE,
YOU NOW, LIKE WHAT ARE THE
STEPS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE
IN THAT ACCUSATION FUND
PROGRAM?
>> YEAH.
I THINK FOR MANY YEARS MANY OF
US ARE USED TO THE STANDARD
TRADITIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND
PROGRAM.
THE HOUSING TRUST FUND PROGRAM
HAS LIKE ONE DEADLINE, ONCE A
YEAR AND IT INCLUDES NEW
CONSTRUCTION, PRESERVATION.
THE RAPID ACCUSATION PROGRAM
WAS SET UP MAINLY DURING THE
PANDEMIC BECAUSE THE STATE ALSO
GOT SIGNIFICANT ARPA FUNDS OR
COVID RELIEF FUNDS AND THEY
COMBINE IT WITH THEIR CAPITOL
BUDGET AND THE IDEA WAS THAT IT
WAS SUPPOSED TO CREATE NEW
UNITS LIKE BRAND NEW UNITS
WHICH MEANT THAT YOU WERE
BUYING HOTELS AND CONVERTING
THEM OR YOU ARE BUYING NEW
BUILDINGS OR YOU ARE -- IF IT'S
POSSIBLE TO DO A QUICK REMODEL,
BUT BASICALLY IF YOU HAD TO
RENOVATE -- IF YOU HAD TO SPEND
MORE THAN 940 DAYS TO RENOVATE
YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.
THE IDEA IS AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE GET AS MANY HOUSING
UNITS OR IN SOME CASES ENHANCED
SHELTER BEDS AVAILABLE TO THE
COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
THE HOUSING ESSENTIALLY HAD AN
OPEN ROUND, LIKE A FIRST COME
FIRST SERVE OPEN ROUND.
THE ROUND IS -- YOU KNOW
AVAILABLE ASK THEN THEY UNDER
WRITE THE PROJECT AND THEY
PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS SO, THE
CITY WAS ABLE TO LEVERAGE LIKE,
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY EACH
PROJECT HAD 50% CITY FUNDS, 50%
STATE FUNDS THAT.
SAVED A LOT OF CITY RESOURCES
THAT OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW WOW
HAVE HAD TO PUT IN IF THE STATE
WASN'T -- YOU KNOW WASN'T A
MAJOR PLAYER.
IT WAS VERY COST EFFECTIVE FOR
THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS
PROGRAM AND THIS YEAR SENATOR
FROCK AND THERINGER THE CAPITOL
BUDGET HAS THE LARGEST AMOUNT
FOR RAPID ACQUISITION.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
AND THEN WERE YOU ABLE TO
PURCHASE THEM BELOW MARKET OR
DID YOU HAVE TO PAY MARKET?
>> WE PURCHASED BELOW MARKET.
THEY WERE ALL SUBJECT TO
APPRAISAL.
THEY -- AND THEN WE HAD TO MAKE
SURE THEY MET INSPECTION,
INSPECTION STANDARDS.
YEAH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO, NEXT SLIDE IS WE HAVE
CAMP SECOND CHANCE EXPANSION
AND WE WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD BECAUSE
THIS WAS IN THE BUDGET AND
AMAZINGLY WE NOW HAVE SEWER
CONNECTION.
WE HAVE A HYGEINE TRAILER AND
WE HAVE EXPANDED WITH 20 TINY
HOUSE AND SO YOU HAVE MADE THIS
PLACE MUCH MORE LIVEABLE AND
THANK YOU SO, PLEASE COME OUT
AND VISIT.
WE WILL HAVE A -- AN OPENING
EXPANSION CELEBRATION SOMETIME
THIS AFTERNOON.
>> NEXT SLIDE.
>> SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS A QUESTION.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEW
UNITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
AVAILABLE AT CAMP SECOND CHANCE
MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD
LOOK AT FOR PAIRING WITH SOME
OF THE ACTIONS BEING PUT FORTH
BY THE EXECUTIVE AS IT RELATES
TO A PARTICULAR LOCATION WHERE
THE CITY IS GOING TO BE
ENFORCING THE 72 HOUR PARKING
ORDINANCE.
SO I JUST WANT TO FLAG -- I
UNDERSTAND THAT RV RESIDENTS
HAVE SEPARATE BARRIERS AND
CHALLENGES TO ACCEPTING
OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THOSE
OFFERED AT CAMP SECOND CHANCE
OR ENHANCED SHELTER.
I AM INTERESTED IN TRYING TO DO
THAT SORT OF -- THAT SORT OF
PAIRING, THE CITY HAS GIVEN A
DATE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO
BEGIN ENFORCEMENT AND SO I
WOULD JUST LIKE TO WORK WITH
YOU, THE HOPE TEAM AT HSD AND
THE REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
TO BEGIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ONE I TOOK A GROUP OF FOLKS OUT
THERE LAST MONDAY AND ONE OF
THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, A
LOT OF PEOPLE -- THERE'S BEEN A
RUSH DID A CENSUS OF FOLKS
LIVING THERE.
THE CONCERN ABOUT LEAVING THEIR
VEHICLE BEHIND IS ONE THAT CAME
UP THOUGH A GREAT NUMBER OF
THEM AT THIS LOCATION ARE NOT
OPERATING.
I'M WONDER FIGURE WE COULD TALK
ABOUT PERHAPS PROVIDING AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THE
RESIDENTS TO VISIT CAMP SECOND
CHANCE.
YOU KNOW, MUCH LIKE IF YOU OR I
WERE TO RENT A PLACE OR BUY A
PLACE WE WOULD VISIT IT FIRST.
JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THER
AS MAYBE SOMETHING THAT HE WITH
COULD TOGETHER FACILITATE TO
TRY TO MAKE WHAT WILL BE A
VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TRANSITION
FOR THE FOLKS RESIDING IN THAT
LOCATION WHO RESIDED THERE FOR
ALMOST FIVE YEARS, MANY OF THEM
TO TRY TO MAKE THAT SMOOTHER.
>> WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO
WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
WE KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE LIVING
IN RV'S ACTUALLY -- A LARGE
MAJORITY OF THEM SAID THEY
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TINY
HOUSES.
WE ARE HAPPY TO SHOW THEM THE
VILLAGE.
SHOW THEM THE FACILITIES AND
TINY HOUSES AND WORK WITH THE
HOPE TEAM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO SOUTH VILLAGE.
SOUTHEND VILLAGE JUST OPENED
AND WE WANT TO THANK THE
COUNCIL AND THANK YOU --
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
LOUIS, YOU TOURED THE FACILITY
AND IT IS NOW OPEN.
WE HAVE 21 PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS INCLUDE
THE REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE REFERRING AND WERE ALSO
WORKING WITH THE HOPE TEAM.
REVERAND WILLIS, WITH TRUE VINE
OF HOLINESS BAPTIST CHURCH IS
THE RELIGIOUS OR FAITH SPONSOR.
THIS IS RIGHT BY THE RANIER
BEACH STATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
WE ALSO, MANY OF THE TINY
HOUSES ARE BUILT BY -- SOUND
FOUNDATIONS NORTHWEST, BUILT BY
VOLUNTEERS INCLUDING A LOT OF
VOLUNTEERS FROM AMAZON WEB
SERVICES.
AWS.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> RANIER BEACH COALITION
YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN
THAT TOO AT SOME POINT.
>> WE HAD RANIER HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS AND RANIER -- THEY ARE
PART OF THE SUPPORT AND
REFERRAL OF PEOPLE TO THE
VILLAGE.
>> CAN I S IN REGARDS TO
REFERRALS TO THIS VILLAGE, ONE
OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES COULD
SPEAK TO THIS TOO.
WHEN WE ARE ORGANIZING TO TRY
TO GET THE VILLAGE GOING WAS
THAT IT COULD BE A NEW RESOURCE
FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN THE SOUTHEND OF
SEATTLE TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO
AND THERE WAS SOME COVERAGE
THAT EARLY REFERRALS WERE
COMING, MAINLY FROM NORTH END
CAMP LOCATIONS AND WONDER IF --
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF
CAPACITY, YOU SAID THERE'S 21
FOLKS THERE NOW.
THERE'S A LOT MORE SPACE.
WHAT'S THE FOCUS GOING TO BE?
DO YOU KNOW?
>> OUR FOCUS WAS THE SOUTHEND.
THE RANIEO BEACH COMMUNITY AND
THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE ARE
HOLDING TOO.
INITIALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW WE HAD
IT EMPTY FOR A WHILE BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT WHAT
WOODLAND PARK, THE CITY, THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ASKED US TO HELP
ON WOODLAND PARK.
SO, THEY ASKED US FOR 30 SPACES
IN TINY HOUSES.
WE SAID THE PRIORITY IS
SOUTHEND IN TERMS OF SOUTHEND
VILLAGE.
WE DID OPEN UP FIVE TINY
HOUSES, FIVE OUT OF THE 40.
THEN WE MOVED THE OTHER 25
PEOPLE FROM WOODLAND PARK TOO
OTHER TINY HOUSE VILLANOVAS.
I THINK THERE WILL BE A PROBLEM
AS WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
SPACE FOR PEOPLE.
ENHANCED SHELTERS ARE A GOOD
PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE UNTIL WE
CAN GET THEM MOVED IN TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE ARE HOPING THAT THERE WOULD
BE MORE SUPPORT FROM THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
FOR MORE VILLAGES.
>> CAN I FOLLOW UP ON THAT?
>> OF COURSE.
>> I CAN'T FELL IT THIS MIC
WORKS OR NOT.
>> I'M USED TO LOOKING FOR
RAISED HAND EMOJIS.
>> YEAH.
REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
YOU KNOW AS WE WERE -- WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING -- MY OFFICE HAS
WITHIN WORKING WITH FOLKS IN
THE MOUNT BAKER NEIGHBORHOOD
FOR OVER TWO YEARS NOW.
YOU KNOW WE KNOW THERE ARE
FOLKS IN THE GREEN SPACE, THERE
ARE A LOT OF FOLKS UP ON NORTH
RANIER WHERE THERE IS ALSO AT
LEAST A HALF DOZEN DIFFERENT
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS GOING IN.
SO I DO THINK THAT THE HOPE HAD
BEEN THAT AT LEAST SOME OF
THOSE NEW UNITS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE IN THE RANIER BEACH
AREA WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO
THEM.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH REACH
AND LEAD TO TRY TO GET
CONNECTION THERE FROM FOLKS.
I WONDER IF YOU CAN TALK A
LITTLE ABOUT WHETHER THERE IS
CAPACITY TO HELP WITH THE
OUTREACH AND MAYBE HELP SOME OF
THOSE FOLKS MOVE INTO MORE
STABLE SITUATIONS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
SOME GOOD NEWS ON THAT FRONT IS
THAT WE HAVE ALSO BEEN
COORDINATING REACH AND WE HAVE
HAD A NUMBER OF REFER ALLEGES
FROM THE CAMPS.
FOLKS ARE STARTING TO COME IN
AND BE PROCESSED GET A TINY
HOUSE.
A LOT OF THE OTHER REFERRALS
HAVE BEEN COMING THE COMMUNITY
BASED PARTNERS LIKE ETHOPIAN
COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE, AFRICAN,
MUSLIM HOUSING SERVICES, ITS
BEEN A MIX BUT LARGELY THE VAST
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE FROM THE
RANIER AND SOUTHEND AREA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I THINK WE CAN PROCEED,
CHAIR.
>> OKAY.
OKAY.
>> GO HEAD.
>> NEXT SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS.
TODAY I WILL BE GOING OVER THE
PERFORMANCE OF OUR TINY HOUSE
PROGRAM AND TALKING ABOUT KIND
OF HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING,
WHAT ARE THE METRICS WE USE TO
LOOK AT THEM AND ALL THAT GOOD
STUFF.
JUST A REAL QUICK OVERVIEW.
WE HAVE 11 TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
THROUGHOUT THE SEATTLE.
YOU CAN SEE -- IT IS EQUAL ON
TERMS OF -- WE NOW HAVE A TOTAL
OF 466 TINY HOUSES.
THAT INCLUDES THE NEW VILLAGE.
THE 20 HOUSE EXPANSION AT CAMP
SECOND CHANCE AS WELL AS THE
EXPANSION AT INNER BAY UP TO 76
UNITS THERE.
>> WE -- THE COUNCIL IN OUR
2021 BUDGET DID THE INNER BAY
EXPANSION UP TO 76 AND THEN WE
HAVE HAD DONE A SIMILAR
EXPANSION FOR CAMP SECOND
CHANCE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER VILLAGE ON
THIS LIST THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
CANDIDATE TO EXPAND CAPACITY OR
ARE WE KIND OF TOPPED OUT ON
THE EXISTING SITE?
>> IF I WERE TO PICK ONE IT
WOULD BE LAKE UNION VILLAGE.
WITH THE REAL ESTATE THAT IS
AVAILABLE YOU COULD FIT FIVE TO
10 MORE HOUSES THERE.
THERE MAY BE OTHER LOCATIONS IF
WE ARE GOING TO DO A DEEPER A
SIGNIFICANCE.
>> NOTHING ON THE SCALE OF A
20 TO 30 UNIT EXPANSION.
>> THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF
-- THAT WE CAN LOOK AT
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS.
>> JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT.
THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A USEL
COMPROMISE IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS TO TRY TO EXPAND
CAPACITY TO EXISTING SITES
RATHER THAN SEEK ADDITIONAL
SITES.
IT'S A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.
THE COST OF EXPANDING THE
VILLAGE.
PUTTING THE CAPITOL KOSTA SIDE.
THE OPERATING COSTS DON'T
INCREASE THAT MUCH MORE.
IT'S THE SAME 24-7 STAFF THAT
ARE YOU PAYING FOR.
YOU MAY HAVE TO ADJUST ANOTHER
STAFF PERSON FOR THAT RATHER
THAN SEVEN MORE STAFF PEOPLE
FOR A NEW VILLAGE.
>> HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE?
>> GOSH.
ITS BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME SINCE
WE HAVE DONE THIS.
TAKE YOUR TIME.
DON'T FEEL RUSHED BUT
EFFICIENT.
>> I WILL TRY TO BE SEVEN TO
EIGHT MINUTE ITS.
I WILL JUST READ ONE OF THESE
SUCCESS STORIES.
THIS COMES CAMP SECOND CHANCE.
WE CHANGED THE NAME TO RESPECT
PRIVACY.
CRAIG IS A 58-YEAR-OLD UNITED
STATES NAVY VETERAN WHO WORKED
CLOSELY WITH LIHI CASE MANAGER
MARK ARE YOU JOHNSON.
SHE WENT STRAIGHT TO WORK TO
SET HIM ONE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
FOR VETERANS AND FAMILY WAS HE
WAS SCREENED AND APPROVED.
RIGHT AFTER GETTING AT PROVED
HE GOT THE JOB OF A LIFETIME.
HE STARTED TO WORK WITH THE
POLLY CLINIC IN JANUARY OF 20
AND HE WAS LIVING IN AN
APARTMENT BUILDING FOR SENIORS.
HE SAID I HAVE A HOME AND A JOB
AND YOU HELPED ME WITH BOTH
WHEN HE ASKED HOW HIS FIRST
NIGHT SLEEPING IN HIS ROOM WENT
HE SATE WONDERFUL AND EXPRESSED
GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF LI HI'S
HELP.
THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES AND
THIS IS ONE PERSON'S JOURNEY
THIS SAY PROGRAM THAT REALLY
DOES TRANSFORM AND CHANGE
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
HE WITH WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF TINY HOUSES.
IT WAS -- EXTRAORDINARILY
SUCCESSFUL.
WE ONLY HAD 14 CASES OF COVID
THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR TINY
HOUSES FOR THE 745 PEOPLE
SERVED IN 2021.
TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE,
SYSTEM WIDE ACROSS ALL
EMERGENCY SHELTERS, KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTED ABOUT
748 CONFIRMED CASES AND EIGHT
DEATHS.
WE HAD 0 DEATHS FROM COVID IN
THE SHELTER PROGRAM.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF HOW WE DID
LAST YEAR.
WHEN THE PROGRAM STARTED WE
SERVED 260 PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED
SHELTER.
WE IN 2021 SERVED 741 UNIQUE
PEOPLE.
56% FOUND STABLE HOMES.
THAT MEANT 60% FOUND PERMANENT
HOUSING.
THAT.
57 PEOPLE WE SERVED ARE
HOMELESS.
I THINK THAT IS WORTH FOCUSING
ON.
THE FOLKS THAT HAVE THE HARDEST
BARRIERS HAVE THE MOST SUCCESS
TO BE A PLACE IN PERMANENT
HOUSING.
THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS WERE
BLACK AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
65% MOVED OUT.
THERE WE WILL GO OVER IN
GREATER DETAIL WITH THAT LENGTH
OF STAY FIGURE.
THIS IS A SCREEN GRAB OF THE
KING COUNTY -- SYSTEMS
DASHBOARD FOR SHELTERS.
FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER.
HOW MANY RETURN TO HOMELESS AND
WHAT IS THE USE RATE.
USE AUTOMATIC MEANS HOW MANY
WERE EMPTY OR ARE OCCUPIED I
GUESS.
IF 76% USE RENT RATES MEANT
THAT 76% OF THE TIME THERE WAS
SOMEONE IN A UNIT.
>> CAN I ASK SOME QUESTIONS
HERE?
>> SURE.
>> I SEE THAT THERE IS A --
I'M JUST TRYING TO RECONCILE
THE SLIDE WITH THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE.
THERE'S A 9% AND MAYBE IT'S
BECAUSE THE CASE HRA IN THIS
DATA SET ISN'T MEASURING
EVERYTHING.
THERE'S A 9% RETURN TO
HOMELESSNESS AND A 16% TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THIS IS FOR -- THE SYSTEM AS A
WHOLE THIS IS THE SYSTEM.
>> I APOLOGIZE.
I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH IT.
>> OKAY.
>> THE NEXT SLIDE WILL CLARIFY
A LOT OF THIS.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TINY
HOUSES.
I'M ORRY.
>> NO.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
WHAT I WANT TO --
>> HERE WE GO.
>> WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TO
LOOK AT THE STANDARDS THAT RHA
USES TO LOOK AT PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE WHERE SHELTER
ACROSS ITS SYSTEM, COMPARED TO
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
THIS IS ALL -- I WANT TO SAY
THIS IS ALL DATA FROM HNIS.
THIS IS NOT INTERNAL DATA.
WITH THAT FIRST CATEGORY.
FOLK WHO EXIT TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
THE DASHBOARD IS AROUND 16%.
TINY HOUSES IS 47.44%.
DID WE MEET THE MINIMUM
STANDARD OF 14% IN THE ANSWER
WAS YES.
THE NEXT IS LENGTH OF STAY
USING THE AVERAGE COUNT OF
DAYS.
THIS -- WE DID NOT MEET THE
MINIMUM STANDARDS BUT NEITHER
DID ANY OTHER SHELTER.
WITH HE WILL DO A DEEPER DIVE
ON AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY IN
THE NEXT SLIDE.
RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS.
HOW MANY RETURNED AFTER THEY
HAD BEEN HOUSED?
THIS IS 9%.
IT'S BELOW THE MINIMUM OF 10%
ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
TINY HOUSES OUT PREFORM ONLY AT
3.85%.
THAT MEANS VERY FEW ARE
RETURNING.
THE USE RATE, HOW MANY ARE
ACTUALLY USING THE SHELTERS.
WE HAVE A -- LIKE A SHOCKINGLY
HIGH USE RATE ACROSS THE SYSTEM
IT'S 76%?
THE TINY HOUSES ARE 92% AND
RARELY -- AROUND 90.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
SAY.
PEOPLE WANT TINY HOUSES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLK THAT
DON'T FEEL SAFE IN A SHELTER, A
MAT ON THE FLOOR.
THEY WANT A LOCKING DOOR.
THEY WANT OUR OWN SPACE AND TO
FEEL SAFE THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A
HIGH USE RATE FOR THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WE WANTED TO ALSO FOCUS ON, YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE MEASURES THAT
WE DID NOT MEET WAS THE AVERAGE
LENGTH OF STAY.
WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
THAT MEANS.
DURING THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW
ONE OF THE KEY -- REASONS THAT
THE VILLAGE IS SUCCESSFUL IS
THAT IT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO CASE
MANAGEMENT.
DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD --
WE STRUGGLED TO CONNECT PEOPLE
TO CASE MANAGEMENT.
IF FOLKS REFUSED TO ENGAGE
THERE IS NO RESOURCE TO ADDRESS
THAT ISSUE.
FOLKS STARTING PAYING IN THE
PROGRAM MUCH LONGER.
DURING WHAT WE CALL THOSE FOLKS
BUT FOLK WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE
PROGRAM FOR GO YEARS OR MORE A
LONG TERM STAYER.
THEY HAD A IMPACT WHEN
MEASURING THE PROGRAM USING AN
AVERAGE.
OKAY?
THIS IMPACT IS COMPOUNDED WHEN
ONLY THE YEARLY DATE RANGE IS
USED.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
I WILL EXPLAIN IN A COMMENT.
FOR.
>> JON I THINK WE HAVE A
QUESTION.
>> JUST SOME DEFINITIONAL
THINGS BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
WHAT IS A LONG TERM STAYER?
WHAT IS -- HOW ARE YOU DEFINING
THAT?
>> THAT IS OUR INTERNAL LI IN,
GO FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN
A TINY HOUSE PROGRAM AND HAS
STAYED THERE FOR OVER TWO
YEARS.
>> TWO YEARS AND THEN WHAT YOU
JUST DESCRIBED AND ONE OF THE
BULLETS UNDER LENGTH OF STAY,
SUGGESTS THAT YOUR ABILITY TO
-- YOUR LACK OF ABILITY TO EXIT
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT ENGAGED
WITH CASE MANAGEMENT HAS
INCREASED YOUR LENGTH OF STAY
NUMBERS.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT'S THE ONLY
REASON.
THERE WILL BE OTHER FACTOR THAT
RESULT IN SOMEONE STAYING LONG
LONGER THE PROGRAM.
THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE A LACK
AVENUE FORDABLE HOUSING.
>> THAT KIND OF JUMPED OUT AT
ME.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO RELY TOO
MUCH ON OUR ABILITY TO EXIT
PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGING IN
SERVICES AS A WAY TO IMPROVE
OUR LENGTH OF STAY.
>> NO AND THERE IS A WHOLE
SECTION WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT
IS OUR STRATEGIES MOVING
FORWARD TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS
FOLKS IN THE PROGRAM FOR A LONG
TERM THAT IS A COMPASSION
APPROACH.
>> AND ALSO I DID HAVE IN THE
SAME LINE OF THINKING, THERE IS
A SENTENCE THAT SAYS, TYPY
HOUSE RESIDENTS REQUIRED TO
ACCEPT PLACEMENT TO PERMANENT
HOUSING WITH IN SIX MONTHS.
CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT HOW YOU ARE ABLE TO
REQUIRE THIS?
>> I DON'T SEE THAT.
>> THAT WAS ON THE SLIDE 15
UNDER OUTCOMES.
>> IS IT A SLIDE WE PASSED?
>> I THINK 15.
THE OUTCOME SLIDE.
>> MAY BECOMING UP.
>> 2021.
>> WHICH HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE
YET.
>> I'M SORRY.
I THOUGHT.
>> WHY DON'T WE GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
>> MY BAD.
>> THIS IS -- THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT AND I ALSO WANT TO
SAY YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT
LOOKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT
AS AN ORGANIZATION.
WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED THAT
THERE NEEDS TO BE A STANDARD
MEASUREMENT THAT WE USE TO
DETERMINE HOW PROGRAMS ARE
WORKING.
SO PLEASE TAKE THIS INFORMATION
AS ADDITIVE THIS IS MEANT TO
INFORM UP AS POLICY MAKERS TO
GIVE YOU MORE NUANCE AND
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OUR
PROGRAM WORK THAT'S A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER
MODELS.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS
TAKING THE WAY THAT THE
STANDARD LENGTH OF STAY AVERAGE
IS USED OVER THE LENGTH OR THE
LIFETIME OF THE PROGRAM, VERSES
COUNTING LONG TERM STAYERS IN A
SINGLE YEAR.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IN 2015 IS WHEN THE PROGRAM
STARTED.
OBVIOUSLY WE AREN'T GOING TO
HAVE ANYONE WHO IS LONG TERM
STAYER.
AS TIME GOES ON, RIGHT.
YOU WILL SO MORE PEOPLE WHO
ENTER THE PROGRAM AND ARE
STAYING A LONGER PERIOD OF
TIME.
IF YOU COUNT IN A SINGLE YEAR,
HOW MANY FOLKS ARE IN THE
PROGRAM, IT IS GOING TO DISTORT
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT IT
APPEARS TO -- THAT APPEAR TO BE
IN THE PROGRAM FOR A LONGER
PERIOD OF TIME.
SO, THE ORANGE LINE IS USING AN
ANNUAL COUNT AND AVERAGE AND
THE EXACT SAME DATA IF YOU
START FROM 2015 OVER THE
LIFETIME OF THE PROGRAM YOU CAN
SEE THAT THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF
STAY ACTUALLY DROPS.
THAT MEANS YOU WILL GO FROM
2015 TO 2016, 2015 TO 2017 SO
FORTH AND SO FORTH THIS WILL
MAKE MORE SENSE IN THE NEXT
SLIDE.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, USING A MEDIN NUMBER OVER
THE LIFETIME OF THE PROGRAM YOU
ARE GETTING A FULL PICTURE OF
HOW SUCCESSFUL THE PROGRAM IS
WORKING RATHER THAN JUST
LOOKING AT A SNAP SHOT IN A
SINGLE YEAR.
PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THE PROGRAM
JUST FOR ONE YEAR.
THEY MAY BE IN FOR MULTIPLE
YEARS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT
INFORMATION YOU SEE THAT 65%
MOVE OUT WITH IN THE SIX
MONTHS.
THAT THERE IS A MEDIAN --
EXCUSE ME 114MEDIN STAY.
NOT AVERAGE BUT A MEDIN.
IF YOU USE THAT MEANS THAT LESS
THAN -- ONLY 6% OF THE
POPULATION ARE IN THE PROGRAM
FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 6%.
I THINK THAT THE REASON THAT WE
LOOK AT THESE FIGURES THIS WAY
IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE
AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY A COUPLE
SLIDES BACK YOU WILL SEE THAT
IT'S OVER 300 DAYS AS THE
AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY FOR
SOMEONE.
I THINK THAT IS VERY -- KIND OF
MISLAIDING IN TERMS OF HOW
SUCCESSFUL THIS PROGRAM IS AT
MOVING PEOPLE THROUGH AND
GETTING THEM INTO HOUSING.
>> COUNCIL PRESS JA UREZ HAS A
QUESTION.
>> HEY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS.
>> THIS MAY JUST BE MORE OF A
PRACTICAL AND THANK YOU FOR THE
POWER POINT.
I PRINTED OUT AS WELL WITH THE
NUMBERS AND NOW WE HAVE THE
UNDERSTAND WITH THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
WHAT LIHI IS WITH THE SUCCESS.
YOU CAN TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE
6% WHO ARE THE PEOPLE MORE THAN
TWO YEAR THAT DON'T WANT TO
LEAVE?
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT?
>> NEXT SLIDE.
>> GOOD.
WELL.
JUST ON FIRE.
>> GO INTO NEXT SLIDE AFTER
THIS ONE.
>> 2021 AND 2022 WE DEPLOYED
WHAT WE CALLED OUR LONG TERM
STAYER HOUSING STRATEGY AND TO
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YOU CAN
SEE IN THE CHART ITS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL.
FROM 2018 TO 2021 YOU ARE
SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WHO
ARE LONG TERM STAYERS GETTING
MOVED OUT AND HOUSED.
HOW DID WE DO THIS?
WE DO IT A COUPLE WAYS.
ONE OF THEM IS THE MOST OBVIOUS
EXAMPLE THAT WE HAVE MORE
HOUSING IN TO THE SYSTEM.
WE USED OUR RAPID ACQUISITION
STRATEGY THAT WE DISCUSSED
WHERE WE BOUGHT SIX PROPERTIES
AND OVER -- ALMOST OVERNIGHT
CONVERT THEM TO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
WE HAVE PRIORITIES FOR PEOPLE
WHO WERE IN TINY HOUSES WHO
WERE LONG TERM STAYERS AND AS
OF TODAY 41 OR 33% OF THE FOLKS
WHO HAD WITHIN LONG TERM
STAYERS GOT HOUSED IN A VERY
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DOING
THAT.
IN ADDITION LAST YEAR THE
COUNCIL MADE A $600,000 --
INVESTMENT TO -- EXPAND
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
NOT ALL THE VICTIM AGES HAD
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEIR
PAY HEALTH SERVICES TO PROVIDE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSEL, MENTAL
HEALTH AND TO EXPAND THAT TO
OUR OTHER VILLAGES THAT IS
CURRENTLY IN PROCESS.
AND LET'S SEE HERE.
GETTING TO YOUR QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ABOUT HOW
ARE PEOPLE STAYING IN THE
PROGRAM FOR -- AND HOW ARE
GOALS SET.
WE HAVE A SIX MONTH STAY GOAL.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PROGRAM, FOR
SIX MONTHS YOU ARE OUT.
THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS THIS IS
JUST SETTING A GOAL.
WE WANT FOLKS TO TRY TO SET A
HOUSING PLAN FOR THEMSELVES
THAT CAN GET THEM OUT OF THE
VILLAGE AND INTO HOUSING IN SIX
MONTHS.
IF WE CAN'T FIND HOUSING WE
WON'T ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
IT'S ABOUT REALLY MANAGING
EXPECTATIONS.
IF YOU TELL SOMEONE WHO IS
COMING OFF THE STREET THAT THE
TINY HOUSE IS YOUR FOREVER HOME
ONE, I HOPE THAT'S NOT THE CASE
AND, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS ARE -- THAT WE ARE
SETTING EXPECTATIONS OF FOLK
THAT WE WANT THEM TO WORK WITH
CASE MANAGERS, ADDRESS WHATEVER
BARRIERS THEY ARE FACING AND
GET THEM INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE% BULLET,
WE HAD 121 LONG TERM STAYERS
AND WE NOW HAVE 41 WHICH IS A
SIGNIFICANT DECREASE SO 41 LONG
TERM STAYERS AND 700 SOME
PEOPLE A YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW MANY OF THE
EXISTING SHELTERS ALSO HAVE
LONG TERM STAYERS.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY
ONE LIKE WE HAVE EXCESS I
NUMBERS OF LONG TERM STAYERS WE
DON'T.
WE ONLY HAVE 41 RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THE PROGRAM IS WORKING
REALLY WELL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST BULLET
WE MOVE PEOPLE INTO RAPID
ACQUISITION BUILDINGS.
YOU KNOW MANY OF THEM ARE THE
ONES THAT YOU FUND IS THROUGH
JUMP START AND THAT HAS MADE A
HUGE START IN TERMS OF THROUGH
PUT MOVING PEOPLE OUT OF TINY
HOUSES AND INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
>> AND YOU ASKED THE QUESTION
WHO ARE THESE FOLKS THAT ARE
STAYING A LONG TIME.
THE ANSWER IS VARIED.
I WOULD SAY YOU CAN PROBABLY
PUT THEM INTO TWO GROUPS.
ONE GROUP IS FOLKS WHO ARE HIGH
ACUITY WITH SEVERE SUBSTANCE
ABUSE ISSUES OR MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
THAT'S COUNCIL MAKE THAT
INVESTMENT TO EXPAND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SERVICES ON SITE AT THE
VILLAGES.
THOSE FOLKS AT SOME POINT MAY
GET APPROVED FOR A PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNIT WHICH
THERE ARE VERY FEW OF BUT THERE
ARE MORE ONLINE AS TIME GOES
ON.
>> FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION
WHEN ARE YOU DONE.
>> THE SECOND GROUP OF PEOPLE
ARE FOLK THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
BUT PERHAPS ARE WORKING OR
MAYBE HAVE A -- A DISABILITY
BUT NOT SOSA VEER THAT THEY
COULD GET QUALIFIED FOR
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
WHICH IS A DEEPER SERVICE
LEVEL, RIGHT?
IT'S THE WORKING POOR.
IT'S FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE A DAY
JOB BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD
HOUSING IN SEATTLE.
THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR THOSE
DEEPER UNITS THROUGH PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THEY KIND OF IN THIS IN BETWEEN
ZONE.
THE ANSWER THERE IS WE NEED
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> MY QUESTION WASN'T TO PINT
OUT THAT TINY HOUSES DON'T
WORK.
I'M NOT -- THAT'S NOT THE POINT
OF MY QUESTION.
MY QUESTION IS WHAT WE TARGET
IN ON THE INDIVIDUALS, MAYBE --
AT LEAST I HAVE -- WHAT I HAVE
BEEN SEEING FOUGHT THE LAST SIX
YEARS IS ARE THERE'S COLON I
CAN HOMELESS AND ARE THEY
GETTING THE SERVICES AND -- I'M
NOT ASKING THE QUESTION TO
POINT OUT THAT YOU ARE NOT
MOVING ENOUGH PEOPLE OUT OUT OF
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES BUT THE
LIMITED POPULATION AND IF
THAT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF WHAT
YOU HAVE I WOULD IMAGINE WE
HAVE WITH PEOPLE LIVING
UNHOUSED ON THE STREET.
THAT IS WHY I WAS GETTING IT
DONE.
WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO HOW DO
WE GET TO THEM?
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO MAKE A SORT OF
SHORT ADDITION TO THAT.
IS THAT -- AS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, REMEMBERS ON CAMP
SECOND CHANCE.
THE PEOPLE WHO INITIALLY
OCCUPIED CAMP SECOND CHANCE AND
SOME OF THE OTHER VILLAGES THEY
WERE NOT NECESSARILY, THEY WERE
SELF MANAGED AND AT THAT POINT
IN THE VERY BEGINNING, PEOPLE
FELT THAT ONCE THEY WERE IN THE
VILLAGE THEY COULD STAY FOREVER
AND SO IT WAS NOT SEEN AS A
ENHANCED SHELTER PROGRAM.
IT WAS SEEN AS, YOU KNOW, WE
ARE HOMELESS, WE ARE
PROTESTING.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE LAND.
WE WILL OCCUPY IT.
THERE WAS A SENSE PEOPLE WOULD
LIKE TO STAY AND TRANSITION ON
THEIR OWN TIME FRAME WHICH WE
THINK, YOU KNOW S A LOW BY
BARRIER APPROACH AND WHAT WE
TRY TO DO IS CREATE INCENTIVES
AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT HAVE
LOTS OF HOUSING RESOURCES.
>> I'M ALMOST DONE.
>> SHOULD WE GO TO THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE?
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUST BACK ONE PLEASE.
CAN YOU GO IN THE REVERSE
DIRECTION TWICE NOW?
>> IT OR WHOEVER IS DOING THE
SLIDES WE TOOK ONE OUT OF
ORDER.
THERE WE GO.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD RECENTLY
NUMBERS PUT OUT ABOUT THE COST
OF THE PROGRAM AND WE WANTED TO
CLARIFY SOME THINGS.
SO, TINY HOUSE VILLAGES ARE
VERY AFFORDABLE TO SLEEP IN
TERMS OF THE CAPITOL COSTS AND
AFFORDABLE TO OPERATE.
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY PUBLISHED DURING
THEIR BUDGET PRESENTATIONS WHAT
THEY CAME ONE A NEW TERM CALLED
COST PER EXIST WHICH IS NOT A
METRIC THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKED
AT BEFORE.
THE FIGURE THAT THEY DETERMINED
WAS $64,000, 64 HORSE PER
PERSON USING THAT M, TRIC.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THAT
NUMBER.
WITH REWELCOME TO DISCUSS WITH
THEM ABOUT THAT.
WHEN WE TAKE THE 6.3 MILLION
THAT WE USE TO OPERATE OUR
VILLAGES LAST YEAR AND APPLY IT
TO THE 745 UNIQUE PEOPLE THAT
WE SERVED IT COMES OUT CLOSER
TO ABOUT $9,000 PER PERSON.
YOU KNOW.
REASONABLE MINDS CAN DISAGREE
AND CERTAINLY WE ARE WELCOME TO
ANY KIND OF DIALOGUE OR
DISCUSSION.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS A
VERY COST EFFECTIVE PROGRAM FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE OUT ON THE
STREETS.
IF YOU WERE TO TRY TO BUILD A
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR
PERMANENT HOUSING BUILDING.
THAT WOULD BE CLOSER TO
$350,000 PER UNIT.
JUST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS
BUT THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR
EXAMPLE AT SOUTHEND VILLAGE WAS
CLOSER TO $20,000 PER UNIT.
IT'S JUST -- VERY CLEAR TO US
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THAT
IT'S A VERY COST EFFECTIVE
PROGRAM.
ALSO, IT'S RELATIVELY QUICK TO
DEPLOY.
IT TAKES US ABOUT EIGHT TO TEN
WEEKS AFTER WE IDENTIFIED A
SITE TO BUILD A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE WHEREAS A PERMANENT
HOUSING PROPERTY IF YOU ARE
LUCKY TAKES BETWEEN 3 TO 4
YEARS.
OUR POSITION IS THAT WE ARE IN
A HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
>> WE WILL GO TWO MORE SLIDES
FORWARD.
>> I THINK WE HAVE A -- A
QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS I UNDERSTAND, THE METRIC
THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING, SHOULD
BE USED.
IT'S A COST PER PERSON PER
YEAR.
IT DOESN'T FACTOR IN THE LENGTH
OF STAY.
WHAT THE RHA NUMBER FACTORS IN.
>> WE ARE COMPARING APPLES TO
ORANGES FOR SURE.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE USING A DIFFERENT METRIC
THAN THEM.
>> SO, IS THAT A METRIC THAT
RHA IS USING ACROSS THE SYSTEM
OR ONE THAT.
>> THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD OF
IT WAS DURING THE LAST BUDGET
PRESENTATION.
>> DO YOU KNOW IF THEY ARE
USING THAT SAME METRIC FROM
OTHER.
>> THEY ARE.
THEY USED THAT METRIC FOR
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AS WELL
AND PERHAPS OTHERS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN WE GO, YES, THANK YOU.
JUST ROUNDING OUT.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU OUR YEAR
TO DATE NUMBERS BECAUSE WHAT WE
WERE LOOKING AT WERE NUMBERS
2021.
SO YEAR TO DATE WE HAVE BEEN
SERVING 659 PEOPLE.
OUR EXIT TO PERMANENT HOUSING
WAS SKYROCKETED.
IT'S AS HIGH AS 60%.
IF YOU MAY RECALL IT WAS AROUND
50% PREVIOUSLY.
THE USE RATE IS AROUND 90%.
THE RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS HAS
INCREASED UNFORTUNATELY 8%.
THAT'S A RELATIVIVE FIGURE.
THE AVERAGE MEDIAN LENGTH OF
STAY IS 114 DAYS.
THE LONG AND SHORT IS THAT THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IS COST
EFFECTIVE AND VERY SUCCESSFUL
AT GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED AND
KEEPING PEOPLE SHELTERED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS
PRESENTATION AND AS YOU KNOW I
-- THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE FOR
FUTURE PROJECTS.
THERE'S ONE MORE SLIDE THAT'S.
>> IF WE -- TO ASK ABOUT THIS
TWO.
YOU KNOW I DON'T OBJECT TO THE
WAY THEY WORK OUT THE COSTS IN
SOME RESPECT I THINK THAT IT'S
EXPLAINED BY THE CONTEXT OF LOW
RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS.
I MEAN UNDER THE METRICS THAT
-- YOU WILL HAVE A CHEAPER COST
PER PERSON IF MORE PEOPLE ARE
DROPPING OUT.
THE COMBINATION OF THE LOW
RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS AND THE
HIGH USE IS GOING TO PRODUCE A
HIGHER NUMBER.
THE RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS IS
AND THE EXIT ARE THE STATS.
úTHAT I THINK WE ARE CONTINUING
TO -- AND WE APPRECIATE THAT WE
HAVE THAT VERY CLEARLY IN FRONT
OF US IN THE PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THIS AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH LIHI ON THE PROJECTS.
DID COLLEAGUES HAVE MORE
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVED TO
THAT LAST SLIDE?
NO.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> LY TURN IT OVER TO SHARON.
>> WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
-- THE NUMBER OF RV'S ON THE
STREETS AND SO WE DID APPLY TO
RHA TO STAND UP A RV A LOT AND
WE WILL BE INFORMED PRETTY SOON
WHETHER IF HE WERE SELECTED TO
DO THAT.
THERE IS A QUESTION OF HOW MANY
MONTHS THAT CONTRACT WILL BE IF
WE GET THAT CONTRACT AND OF
COURSE IT'S HARD TO -- UNLESS
WE HAVE A CITY OWNED PIECE OF
PROPERTY OR COUNTY OWNED PIECE
OF PROPERTY, IT'S HARD TO GO
RENT A PLACE LIKE A PRIVATE LOT
AND NOT BE ABLE TO DO LIKE RENT
IT FOR A YEAR OR, YOU KNOW
MULTIYEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
IF THE COUNCIL OR THE
EXECUTIVES HAVE IDEAS FOR
PUBLIC OWNED PROPERTY THAT
WOULD BE IDEAL.
OTHERWISE WE WILL HAVE TO JUST
JUNTA ROUND WITH -- PRIVATE
OWNERNS.
THEN WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
DOING NEW TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
AND WE HAVE SOUND FOUNDATIONS
NORTHWEST.
WE HAVE LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE SCHOOL STUDENTS,
TECHNICAL COLLEGES, BUSINESSES,
CHURCH GROUPS, BUILDING TINY
HOUSES FOR US.
THE COST OF A TINY HOUSE IN
TERMS OF MATERIAL IS STILL
4,200 AND THEN WE HAVE
VOLUNTEERS AND THE ADDITIONAL
COST YOU HAVE SEEN IS LIKE
BRINGING IN THE WATER, SEWER,
ELECTRICITY AND SETTING UP THE
COMMON KITCHEN AND HYGEINE
SERVICES.
WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PUT
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
CITY TO DO MORE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES AND THEN THE RAPID
ACQUISITION AGAIN YOU HAVE SEEN
THE SUCCESS OF THAT.
THIS YEAR IS ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK THAT YOU YOUR BUDGET
ACTIONS IN THE SUPPLE MENTAL
ACTIONS, FOR INCOME TAX YEAR
WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON WHAT
EXTENT WE WOULD TO GET MORE
PEOPLE HOUSED SAFE AND WARM.
I THINK THAT -- SEATTLE IS A
NATIONAL LEADER IN TERMS OF
INNOVATION.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND HOPE
YOU WILL COME AND VISIT SOME OF
OUR NEW BUILDINGS, COME AND
VISIT DOCK SIDE AND COME AND
VISIT SOME TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE
QUESTIONS HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER -- IS FIRST IN
THE LINE.
REMIND EVERYBODY THIS IS A
HYBRID MEETING AND WE --
COUNCILMEMBER IS PRESENT, HERE
ON THE ZOOM.
PLEASE,.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
THE TECHNOLOGY TO CATCH UP.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
SHARON AND THE TEAM AT LIHI.
I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT YOU
ARE HERE TO -- I'M SORRY I
WASN'T ABLE TO BE WITH YOU
YESTERDAY.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF
THE HARD WORK, THE TENACITY TO
IDENTITY LOCATIONS AND REALLY
MOVE FORWARD WITH FUNDING AND
UNDER SCORING THE PURCHASING OF
BUILDINGS AND -- MOVING FORWARD
ON OPPORTUNITIES WHEN EXIST.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
FEW NOTES BECAUSE OF THE LAST
SLIDE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
APPLYING TO THE RV SAFE LOT.
THE WHOLE COUNCIL THAT
SUPPORTED THE RV.
THE SAFE INVERT HELICOPTER IN
2020 AND 2021.
TO SEE THE SAFE LOTS MOVING
FORWARD.
$1.5MILLION SHOULD HAVE BEEN
OUT THE DOOR EARLIER.
YOU AND -- RHA AND OTHERS
MOVING FORWARD QUICKLY.
I KNOW WITH LAUGH OF POPULATION
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
LIVING IN VEHICLES THIS IS
GOING TO BE AN AREA OF INTEREST
FOR ME.
PLEASE KEEP US UPDATED ON HOW
FAST AND QUICKLY YOU MAY GET
INFORMATION ABOUT THE RV SAFE
LOTS AND THE STORAGE AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WILL
HAVE.
WE HAVE FUNDING FOR STORAGE --
FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN LEAVE THE
RV'S AND GO INTO HOUSING.
WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THEIR VV'S
STORED.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST -- FOLLOW
UP ON THE QUESTION.
AND JUST SAY A FEW MORE POINTS
ABOUT THE RAPID ACQUISITION
FUNDING.
THIS WAS ON THE LAST SLIDE AS
WELL.
JUST TO REMIND FOLKS ABOUT HOW
CUTTING EDGE SEATTLE IS ON
RAPID ACQUISITION AND A NUMBER
OF OTHER AREAS IN THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN ACT OTHERWISE --
AND ABOUT $28 MILLION OF THE
CITY'S AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
DOLLARS TOWARD THE FIRST LAUNCH
OF RAPID ACCESS AND FOLKS MAY
HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THAT
BEFORE.
BECAUSE OF THE GREAT
STEWARDSHIP.
WE HAVE SEEN 5,400 UNITS.
TO BE ABLE IN THE PIPELINE.
THAT'S ABOUT SEVEN BUILDING
THAT HAVE COME OFF THE PRIVATE
MARKET AND INTO PUBLIC AND
NONPROFIT HANDS TO OPEN UP NEW
AFFORDABLE UNITS, 4,000 OF
THOSE UNITS WILL COME ONLINE
THIS YEAR AND I'M SO THANKFUL
THAT PART OF THE FUNDS GO TO
LIHI AND THE COMMUNITY YOU THAT
SERVE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IDENTITY
FEDERAL DOLLARS AND STATE
DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN FREED UP
-- WHO IN THE BUDGET
NEGOTIATIONS MADE SURE TO
REMIND PEOPLE THAT THOUGH WE
WERE CELEBRATING HOW MUCH WE
HAD APPROPRIATED FROM ARPA
THROUGH RAPID ACQUISITION THERE
WAS NOT ENOUGH.
WITH STATE DOLLARS, WITH
FEDERAL ARPA DOLLARS WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO TAKE APARTMENT
BUILDING OFF THE MARKET THAT
ARE TURN KEY READY AND TURN
THEM INTO AFFORDABLE UNITS NOW
AND MAKE SURE WE ARE CREATING A
PIPELINE.
AFFORDABLE UNITS AND IF THEY
ARE ABLE TO BE USED AND IT'S A
SHORT TERM SHELTER THAT'S
SOMETHING WE ARE INTERESTED IN
AS WELL.
ON JUMP START, PROGRESSIVE
PAYROLL TAX.
WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING IN TO
A QUESTION THAT SHOWER ON HAS
SET UP AND SOMETHING WE DID
LAST YEAR WHERE WE ALLOWED THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING TO FORWARD
COMMIT THE NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING
-- NEXT YEAR AVAILABLE FUNDING
TOWARD EXISTING UNIT THAT ARE
ON THE MARKET RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T MISS OPPORTUNITIES TO
TAKE MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURES OFF
THE PRIVATE MARKET AND THEN
TURN THEM INTO AFFORDABILITY
HOUSING PARTNER SHIP WITH THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING NONPROFIT
HOUSING DEVELOPERS, ESPECIALLY
THOSE LED BY COMMUNITIES MOST
AT RISK OF DISPLAYMENT LIKE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO ARE
TRYING TO FIND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OPTIONS.
WE DID THAT FOR FORWARD
COMMITTING, $2,022 AND WE ARE
LOOKING CURRENTLY AT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP FORWARD
COMMIT $2,023 TO NOT MISS A
BEAT IN THE WAKE OF COVID OR IN
THE MIDDLE OF COVID TO PURCHASE
PROPERTIES AND GET THEM OFF THE
MARKET.
MORE TO COME ON THAT.
MR. CHAIR WANTED TO ADD THAT TO
WHAT ARE YOU DISPLAYING HERE
AND -- WHERE ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS MAY CONTINUE TO COME
FROM.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE GREAT
WORK AT LIHI.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT CONTEXT.
THIS DIDO BLEED A LITTLE IN TO
THE HOUSING TODAY.
THAT'S TRUE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JA UREZ.
>> YES.
>> DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
I'M SORRY.
>> I'M SORRY.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
HERBOLD DID.
>> SORRY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M LOOKING AT THE
DIFFERENT SLIDES TRYING TO
COMPARE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE AND
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
JUST FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION
CONSTRUCTION YOU SAY IS ABOUT
20,000 PER UNIT.
OPERATIONS ABOUT 9,000 PER
PERSON.
CAN YOU CONSIDER IF YOU HAVE
THE ASSESSMENT OF -- ESPECIALLY
AS YOU ARE TALKING TO JON ABOUT
HIGH ACQUITY NEEDS, SUBSTANCE
ABUSE.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT -- WHAT THE
COST IS OF PROVIDING THOSE
SERVICES THROUGH YOUR CASE
MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES
THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING TO FOLKS
THERE?
>> IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER.
I DID KIND OF GIVE YOU AN
EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH
THERAPY HEALTH SERVICES TO
PROVIDE BEHAVIORL HEALTH
DIRECTLY ON SITE AT A NUMBER OF
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
IT COSTS ABOUT $100,000 FOR ALL
OF THE COSTS FOR ONE FTE AND
FORWARD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SPECIALIST.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE -- FOR
EXAMPLE THE COUNCIL SET ASIDE
$600,000.
THAT COULD POTENTIALLY GET SIX
FT E'S FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
FOR STAFFING.
THAT'S THE APPROXIMATE COST.
THERE MAY BE OTHER COSTS THAT
YOU COULD TACK ONTO THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE THAT DOESN'T
INCLUDE LIKE FINANCIAL HELP.
LIKE IF WE PAID FOR THE
CLIENT'S DEPOSIT.
KIND OF NEXT TO BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH AND JULY IN TERMS OF
STAFFING FOR A LICENSED
PROFESSIONAL IT'S ABOUT
$100,000 PER STAFF.
>> THAT -- THAT'S -- THERE'S
NOT -- IS THERE ONE AT EACH
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE?
>> THAT IS -- THAT IS OUR GOAL
IS TO GET ONE AT EACH.
WE DO NOT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE
COUNCIL DID LAST YEAR WAS TO
EXPAND IT BY MAKE THAT $600,000
INVESTMENT.
THAT WILL BE -- I BELIEVE -- I
DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO
YOU.
THE MAJORITY OF THE VILLAGES
HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST GOING BACK TO THE -- RV
SAFE LOT.
RFP, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS
HAVE BID ON IT.
APPRECIATE THAT THE NEED FOR
PROPERTY IS -- A NECESSARY PART
TO MOVE FORWARD AND REALIZE
THAT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO LET YOU
KNOW MAY NOT FIT BUT IN THE
SPIRIT OF -- RESPONDING TO
PEOPLE WHO CONTACT ME.
I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY
SOMEONE WHO SAID THAT IN --
THERE IS AN -- A KOA COMMERCIAL
CAMPGROUND THAT IS FOR SALE.
IT IS WIRED AND PLUMBED FOR
ELECTRICITY, AS WELL AS A
COMMON MEETING PLACE WHERE
SERVICES CAN BE OFFERED.
THE PERSON WHO -- NOT TO GIVE
ANY IDENTIFYING THINGS BUT THIS
IS A PERSON WHO HAS SPENT PART
OF HIS AND HIS WIFE'S LIVES
LIVING FULL TIME IN RV'S.
SO -- I ONLY MEN THAT TO SAY
THAT HE HAS SOME KNOWLEDGE OF
WHAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE AND HE
BELIEVES THAT THE PARK COULD
HOUSE 50 TO 100RV'S.
GIVEN THAT IT'S A KOA
CAMPGROUND IT MAY NOT BE A ATE
PLACE THAT IS CLOSE TO SERVICE
THAT FOLKS NEED BUT WANT TO
THROW THAT OUT THERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
YES.
WE WOULD LIKE THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANY MORE
QUESTIONS FOR THE PANEL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING OUR
INAUGURATION PRESENTERS UM CAN
BE BAG TO COUNCIL CHAMBER IS A
LOT OF INFORMATION TO FOLLOW UP
ON AND APPRECIATE THE WORK AND
PARTNERSHIP OF THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE SECOND
AGENDA ITEM.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
AGENDA ITEM?
TO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARIES LEVY REPORT.
>> THERE WILL BE A VIRTUAL
PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE CHIEF L IB RARIAN
JOINING US WITH A PANEL.
TOM I THINK I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO YOU TO INTRODUCE THE PAN
SCHEDULE START THE PENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE WITH ME TODAY COLEEN WHO
IS A PRESENT OF THE LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES WHO OUR LEVY
ADMINISTRATOR AND I WILL KICK
IT OVER TO CARMEN TO START US
OFF.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WILL JUST HAVE A FEW WORDS TO
SAY BEFORE TOM AND JA N GIVE
THE FULL PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
PROVIDING US.
AS YOU -- I THINK ARE AWARE,
THE -- PROVIDES FUNDING THAT IS
CRITICAL FOR THE NEEDED LIBRARY
SERVICES.
THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE
EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE
TAXPAYER AND MEETING ITS
OBLIGATIONS.
AND AS YOU MAY REMEMBER THE
ORDINANCE REQUIRES THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY TO REPAIR -- THE
BY APRIL 15th.
THE 2021 REPORT WAS SUBMITTED
IN APRIL AND ITS BEEN POSTED ON
THE LIBRARY WEBSITE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
PREVIEW TODAY'S PRESENTATION
FOCUSES ON YEAR 2 OF OUR SEVEN
YEAR LIBRARY LEVY AND THE
SECOND YEAR IN THE PANDEMIC
ENVIRONMENT.
AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN
PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED THE LIVES
OF PATRONS AND HOW WE DELIVERY
ARE YOU SERVICES AND THOUGH THE
PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED THE
TIMELINE FOR -- FOR NEEDING THE
LEVY -- WE ARE WORKING TOWARD
FULL IMPLEMENTATION TO BEST
SERVE THE PUBLIC.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL
FOR PROVIDING THE BUDGET TO
IMPORTANT SUSTAINABLE LIBRARY
SERVICES BY ADDING COVID RELIEF
FUNDS IN 2021 AND THEN
RESTORING THE GENERAL FUND
RESOURCES AND THE 2021 BUDGET.
I WANT TO STRESS HOW, THAT WE
CAN'T MEET THE LIBRARY LEVY
OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE
COMMITTED TO GOING FORWARD
WITHOUT SUSTAINED GENERAL FUND
SUPPORT FROM THE CITY.
ANY POTENTIAL GENERAL FUND
REDUCTIONS WILL IMPACT OUR
ABILITY TO DESCRIBE AGAINST
THOSE LEVY PROMISES.
WE DO APPRECIATE THE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PUBLIC
LIBRARY, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC
THROUGH THE LEVY.
WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE LEVY AND
IT'S IMPACT.
I KNOW -- TOM AND JA N HAVE A
LOT OF REALLY GOOD DETAILS ON
OUR 2021 -- SO I WILL TURN IT
BACK OVER TO YOU, TOM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AND JA N WILL BE RUNNING THE
SLIDES FOR ME TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE WORK YOU
THAT SEE HERE IS HERS AS SHE IS
THE LIBRARY -- LEVY
ADMINISTRATOR DEAL WAS THE DAY
TO DAY ASPECTS OF THE LEVY
EXPENSES AND ALSO IS A
STRATEGIC THOUGHT PARTNER AND
HOW WE WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, 2021 WAS A --
PERSISTENT PANDEMIC CHALLENGE
BUT IT WAS ALSO A YEAR WE WERE
ABLE TO OPEN EVERY SINGLE
LIBRARY BACK TO THE PUBLIC
AGAIN.
THIS PARTICULAR YEAR WE STARTED
A 5 BYTE $8 MILLION GENERAL
FUND REDUCTION.
WE STILL HAD CURB SIDE SERVICES
IN 2021.
WE ENDED IN 2021 WITH NEAR
PANDEMIC SERVICE, PREPANDEMIC
SERVICE LEVELS AND THESE --
THAT WAS ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED
IN PART WITH FEDERAL FUNDING
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR AND THE
COUNCIL.
>> DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS
WE HAVE PIVOTED SOME OF OUR
LEVY SPENDING TO SUPPORT
EXPANDED HOURS, CURB SIDE
SERVICE, VIRTUAL SERVICES AND
MAKING HEALTHY AND SAFETY
ADJUSTMENTS TO SUPPORT OUR
REOPENING OF LIBRARIES.
THE 2019LEVY WAS PROCEEDED BY
THE 2021LEVY THIS ONE WAS -- BY
A PROLONGED RECESSION FROM 2008
# TO 2012.
THAT REALLY RESULTED IN MOST OF
THE 27 LIBRARIES BEING CLOSED
TWO DAYS A WEEK.
REDUCED BUDGET OR MATERIALS
BUDGET.
AGING AND THE ENTIRE LIBRARY
SYSTEM WAS CLOSED EVERY YEAR
FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK DUE TO THE
REDUCED BUDGETS.
INTO 19 VOTERS APPROVED A NEW
LEVY TO REPLACE THE EXPIRING
2012LEVY.
THESE FUNDS MAINTAINED CURRENT
SERVICE LEVELS PROVIDED BY THE
2012LEVY.
THE 2019LEVY ADDED PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES BASED ON CHANGING
EXPECTATIONS OF OUR PATRONS.
NEXT PLEASE.
WHEN WE SURVEYED THE PUBLIC IN
2018, THEY TOLD US THEY WANTED
A FEW THINGS.
10,000 -- THEY WANTED MORE
HOURS, EXCUSE ME.
THEY WANTED MORE ACCESS,
ESPECIALLY NO NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT HAVE LESS ACCESS TO
RESOURCES.
THE LEVY PROMISES 10,000
ADDITIONAL HOURS EACH YEAR
SYSTEM WIDE.
ADDITIONAL HOURS HOWEVER ARE
PREDICATED ON 2019 GENERAL FUND
RESOURCES.
THEY WANTED MORE ACCESS TO
MATERIALS ONLINE AND THE LEVY
PROMISES MORE DIGITAL MATERIALS
AND CONTINUATION OF THE -- I
CAN NEVER SAY THIS, PEEK PICKS
PROGRAM WHICH IS WHERE THE
MATERIAL IS NOT HOLDABLE.
WHEN YOU WALK IN TO THE BRANCH
YOU MAY FIND THE BEST SELLER
SITTING THERE ON THE SHELVES.
PEOPLE LOVE IT.
ALSO OUR VERY POPULAR HOT SPOT
PROGRAM WHICH IS INITIALLY
FUNDED IN 2015, THROUGH THE
FOUNDATION, AND THEN CABLE
FRANCHISE FEES WAS THEN MOVED
OVER TO THE LEVY.
THE LEVY SUPPORTS -- REPLACING
COMPUTERS AND REPLACING THE
INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM.
THE SYSTEM THAT CHECKS OUT
MATERIAL AND HELPS PROVIDE THE
PUBLIC CATALOG THAT YOU SEE.
AS PART OF ITS LEVY REVIEW
COUNCIL ADDED ADDITIONAL
FUNDING TO SUPPORT CHILDREN'S
FUNDING FOCUSED ON AGES 0 TO 5,
EARLY LEARNING, THE LEVY PAYS
OR ENHANCED LEVELS OF ROUTINE
AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND
MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
INCLUDING UPGRADES, TO THREE
BRANCHES OF THE GREEN LAKE
BRANCH WILL BE STARTING THE
WORK AND REMODEL ON THAT WILL
START LATER THIS YEAR.
THE LEVY ACCOUNTED FOR 27% OF
THE LIBRARIES TOTAL SPENDING IN
2021 AND FUNDS 35% OF THE
LIBRARIES 2022 BUDGET.
NEXT PLEASE.
JANUARY 1st, 2020 WE HAD THE
VERY EXCITING PIECE OF OUR
FIRST ACTION OF THE LEVY WASKE
TO STOP -- START -- I CAN'T
TALK TODAY -- STOP CHARGE
CHARGING FINES FOR LATE
MATERIALS.
WITH THIS WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAR
ALL OF THE -- OLD LATE FEES AND
THIS RESTORED BORROWING
PRIVILEGES TO 51,000 SEATTLE
RESIDENTS.
ALSO AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020
WE HAD STARTED FILLING OUR
PROMISE OF 10,000 ADDITIONAL
HOURS BY OPENING ALL OF THE
BRANCHES ONE HOUR EARLIER ON
SUNDAY.
THE PLAN WAS TO EXPAND FURTHER
IN JUNE OF 2020 BUT AS YOU ALL
KNOW MARCH 2020 SAW US CLOSING
EVERY LIBRARY.
IN 2021 WE SPENT 5.5 MILLION ON
DIGITAL MATERIALS AND 3.4
MILLION ON PRINT AND OTHER
MATERIALS AND IN 2012 -- 2012
DIGITAL MATERIALS ONLY
ACCOUNTED FOR 10% OF THE
CIRCULATION.
IN APRIL OF 2022 IT WAS MORE
THAN 50%.
NEARLY TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE ARE
NOW CHECKING OUT DIGITAL
MATERIALS ON A MONTHLY BASIS
THAN PHYSICAL MATERIALS.
WE EXPECT A CONTINUED REBOUND
IN PHYSICAL CIRCULATION AS MORE
PEOPLE COME BACK TO OUR
PHYSICAL LOCATION.
WE DO KNOW THAT THE PANDEMIC
ACCELERATED THE ADOPTION OF
DIGITAL MATERIALS.
OUR PEAK PICKS PROGRAM REMAINS
POPULAR AMONG THE PATRONS AND
MORE THAN ONE IN FOUR CHECK OUT
A PICK IN 2021.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE STARTED TO INTRODUCE
SERVICES IN LATE MARCH 2020
WITH ONLINE REGISTRATION WITH
LIBRARY CARDS, A NEW SYSTEM
THAT MADE THAT ALMOST AN
INSTANT PROCESS.
WE REOPENED REST ROOM ACCESS AT
SEVEN LOCATIONS IN APRIL OF
2020.
WE PROVIDED DIGITAL ACCESS IN
MAY OF 2020.
WE EXPENDED HOT SPOT LENDING --
EXPANDED HOT SPOT LENDING IN
JUNE.
WE ALSO MOVED OUR PROGRAMMING
TO VIRTUAL DELIVERY.
NEXT SLIDE.
IN 2020 WE ONCE AGAIN STARTED
ACCEPTING BOOK RETURNS IN JULY.
MOBILE SERVICES BACK ON THE
ROAD AND STARTED CUBS SIDE
SERVICES IN AUGUST.
STAFF AND PATRONS ALIKE WERE
DELIGHTED TO RETURN TO THEIR
LIBRARIES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
PATRONS CHEERED, CRIED, TEARS
OF JOY, RENEWED LIBRARY CARDS
AND CHECKED OUT MANY MATERIALS.
STAFF WELCOMED PATRONS BACK
WITH CREATIVE DISPLAYS AND --
MILES BEHIND THE MASKS.
THE KINDNESS, HELPLESSNESS AND
EXCITEMENT OF STAFF WAS VISIBLE
EVERYWHERE FROM SECURITY
OFFICERS AND OUR OWN
AMBASSADORS GREETING PATRONS
THROUGH THE BUILDING IN THE
FIRST TIME IN OVER 18 MONTHS.
IN LATEDOWN, JUST AS WE WERE
REOPENING A NUMBER OF THE
BRANCHES FOR IN BUILDING
SERVICES OUR REGION EXPERIENCED
AN UNPRECEDENTED HEAT EVENT
WITH TEMPERATURES SOARING TO
TRIPLE DIGIT OVER THREE DAYS.
LIBRARY PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE
IN PROVIDING COOLING CENTERS
FOR THE COMMUNITY BY REAPPLYING
STAFF ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN MORE AIR
CONDITIONING LOCATIONS ON THE
HOTTEST DAYS.
PROVIDING NEEDED RESPITE FROM
THE HEAT TO THOUSANDS OF
SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
DURING THE -- IN 2021 WE
REOPENED NINE MORE LOCATIONS
FOR IN PERSON LOCATIONS, FIVE
BRANCHES REOPENED IN JULY.
ONE BATCH MUCH OPENED IN AUGUST
AND THREE REOPENED IN
SEPTEMBER.
OUR FINAL BRANCH OPENED IN
OCTOBER.
SINCE LAST FALL ALL LIBRARY
LOCATIONS OPEN AND SERVING
PUBLIC ONCE AGAIN.
NEXT SLIDE.
OF COURSE THERE'S BEEN A FEW
THINGS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD
THROUGH THIS THAT HAS BEEN A
VERY POPULAR PIECE FOR PATRONS
AND THE ONLINE REGISTRATION
FOLKS HAVE INJOYED THAT.
IT MAKES THE PROCESS SIMPLE.
THEN OF COURSE THE ONE THAT WE
BROUGHT ON IN 2021 AS WELL IS
OUR AUTO RENEW FEATURE.
WE HAVE NO FINES SO IN STRESS.
BOOKS NOT ON HOLD FOR SOMEONE
IS RENEWS SO THAT YOU AREN'T
WORRY ABOUT IT.
NEXT PLEASE.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER WITH WE
SURVEYED THE PUBLIC TO HELP
SHAPE THE 2019LEVY.
INTO 221 -- TO BETTER INFORM US
OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST AFTER
THE PANDEMIC.
WE ALSO ASKED THE SAME QUESTION
ABOUT HOW PEOPLE FELT ABOUT THE
LIBRARY.
AS WE NEW FROM THE COMMENTS
MANY WERE GRATEL FOR THE
SERVICES THAT THE LIBRARY ARE
YOU WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE WHILE
THE BUILDINGS WERE CLOSED.
WHEN ASKED HOW THEY FELT ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBRARY
SURVEY THEY RESPONDED AS
FAVORABLE OR MORE FAVORABLE
THAN IN 2018.
NEXT PLEASE.
WHILE THERE WAS STRONG SUPPORT
FOR THICKS LIKE MONDAY
CLOSURES, WEEKEND HOURS
WILLINGNESS TO TRADE OPEN
HOURS, FOR 24 ACCESS TO
PHYSICAL MATERIAL SUCH AS THE
PICK UM LOCKERS THERE WERE
IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES BY BRANCH
WHICH LARGELY REFLECTED HOW
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES USE THEIR
LIBRARIES.
FOR EXAMPLE IN THE SOUTHEAST
PART OF THE CITY, PEOPLE WERE
FAR LESS LIKELY TO SUPPORT
FEWER HOURS, FOR 24 HOURS
ACCESS.
IN OTHER WORDS THEY WANTED
THEIR LIBRARIES, PATRONS -- IN
THE SOUTHEAST TEND TO SET
PRIORITIES FOR INTERNET ACCESS
AND WELCOMING SPACES RELATIVELY
MORE THAN PATRON WHO FREQUENT
BRANCHES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY.
NEXT PLEASE.
AS I SAID EARLIER, ABOUT 2020
AND 2021 SAW INCREDIBLE
INCREASES IN THE USE OF DIGITAL
MATERIAL.
ONCE LIBRARIES REOPENED TO
FULLER SERVICES, PHYSICAL
MATERIAL SERVICE INCREASED AND
THE TRENDS CONTINUED TO THIS
DAY.
NOW IT HAS COME BACK TO WHERE
IT'S 50% OR MORE OF OUR
CIRCULATION FROM MONTH TO
MONTH.
NEXT PLEASE.
AND -- AS INDICATED BY THIS
MEETING TODAY, THE LIBRARY
LOOKS OFF FOR MORE HYBRID
SERVICES, VIRTUAL AND IN
PERSON.
INTERNET ACCESS AND DIGITAL
ACCESS AND DIGITAL LITERACY
REMAINS AN OPEN PIECE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
NEXT PLEASE.
AND WITH IN CHILDREN'S
PROGRAMMING IS -- AS PART OF
THE LEVY THERE WAS THE PROMISE
TO ADD UP TO SIX IN PERSON
PROGRAMS PER WEEK IN OUR PLAY
AND LEARN PROGRAM.
WE HAVE YET TO BE ABLE TO OFFER
THIS AS OUR -- CHILDREN AT
THOSE AGES HAVE NOT BEEN
APPROVED FOR VACCINES AND WE
ARE STILL TRYING TO SAFELY
DETERMINE WAYS TO DELIVER THE
PROGRAMS IN THE FUTURE WITH OUR
LIBRARIES AND OUR PARTNERS IN
THE COMMUNITY.
NEXT PLEASE.
DURING THE BUSY YEAR THE
MAINTENANCE TEAM AT THE LIBRARY
WORKED TO GET CENTRAL LIBRARY
IN THE 26 BRANCHES OPEN.
THE JANITOR AND CUSTODY TEAM
SPENT HOURS DEEP CLEANING THE
LIBRARY AND THE BRANCHES.
A SCRUBBING TO END IN MANY
CASES AND DOING MANY EMERGENCY
DEEP CLEANS WHEN NECESSARY IF
THERE WERE COVID CASES.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS
SLIDE, THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE
WORK WE ARE DOING AT OUR GREEN
LAKE BRANCH.
IT'S HAVING AN EARTHQUAKE
RETROFIT AND WE ARE EXCITED
THAT THIS IS -- BEING -- GOING
OUT TO BID AND WE HOPE TO START
CONSTRUCTION ON THIS LATER THIS
FALL.
IT'LL BE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS
AS WELL.
THE CAPITOL MAINTENANCE PARDON
ME.
THE CAPITOL MAINNESS PROGRAM IN
2019 -- EXCUSE ME.
IN 2021, AT $6.8 MILLION FROM
THE 2019LEVY AND THEN $3.6
MILLION IN CARRY FORWARD
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE.
HOWEVER, 2021 ONCE AGAIN BEING
A CHALLENGING YEAR HAD SUPPLY
CHAIN ISSUES, LABOR SHORTAGES
AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PANDEMIC
RELATED CONSTRUCTION DELAYS.
ONLY ABOUT 2.1 MILLION OF THOSE
FUNDS WERE SPENT.
HOWEVER, WITH -- WITH THE
PROGRESS ON GREEN LAKE, THOSE
FUNDS WILL BE STARTING TO BE
SPENT DOWN AS WE GET -- HOW
THROUGH 2022 AND 2023.
AS WE MOVE THROUGH OTHER
PROJECTS ARE ABLE TO ADVANCE.
NEXT PLEASE.
THIS SLIDE YOU WILL NOTE THAT
MOST OF THE LIBRARIES LEVY WAS
IN MAINTENANCE AND TECHNOLOGY,
CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT.
IN BOTH THOSE AREAS THERE WERE
LARGE -- LARGE MULTIYEAR
PROJECTS WITH BUDGET AUTHORITY
BEING FRONT LOADS TO ALLOW THE
LIBRARY TO ENTER CONTRACTS WHEN
NEEDED AS IT MOVES THROUGH
CONSTRUCTION PLANNING OR AS IT
MOVES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY ROAD
MAPS.
AS DESCRIBED EARLIER THE LABOR
SHORTAGES, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES
AND OTHER REPLATED CONNECTICUT
STRUCK DELAYS MAY RESULT IN
SOME UNDER SPENDING AS WE MOVE
FORWARD AND HAS MOST CERTAINLY
IN THE PAST.
THE SAVINGS ON THE OPERATION
SIDE DOES GO IN TO THE LEVY
FUND BALANCE.
LEVY FUND BALANCE IS USED TO
ADDRESS INFLATION.
IT EXCEEDS 4% WHICH WAS THE
LEVY PLANNING ON THE COURSE
EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS, WE ARE
EXPERIENCING HIGHER THAN 4%
INFLATION AT THIS TIME.
THE LEVY FUND BALANCE COVERS
UNEXPECTED COSTS, AND OTHER
AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE THE NEED FOR
INCREASED SECURITY AT BRANCHES,
DURING THE PANDEMIC AND SENSE.
ALSO, ANY UNEXPECTED DAMAGE OR
EQUIPMENT FALL YOU'RE THAT MAY
HAPPEN.
NEXT PLEASE.
SO HERE I HAVE -- I HAVE ENDED
OUR PRESENTATION WITH A LOT OF
QUOTES FROM PATRONS.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE
PATRONS WHO REACH OUT TO US AS
YOU KNOW FOR SOME THINGS THAT
THEY MAY MAY NOT BE WORKING
WELL BUT THEY ARE ALSO
ENCOURAGING AND EXCITED IN
THEIR SUPPORT FOR US AND VERY
-- VERY, MANY, MANY KIND
MESSAGES THAT WE DO SHARE WITH
OUR STAFF WHEN WE RECEIVE THEM.
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU
MAY HAVE.
>> TOM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
COUNCIL, COLLEAGUES, DOES
ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JA UREZ.
>> I DON'T, HAVE A QUESTION
BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK TOM
FOR STEPPING IN THESE LAST
COUPLE YEARS.
FOR UPPING THE HOT SPOTS WHICH
WAS FANTASTIC.
I KNOW WE HAD THE FEDERAL MONEY
THAT MADE A REALLY BIG
DIFFERENCE.
ELIMINATING THE FINES.
UPDATING THE WIFI AND THE
TECHNOLOGY ASPECT OF LIBRARIES.
I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU
POINTED OUT THAT LIBRARY USE IS
DIFFERENT IN THE SOUTHEND THAN
IN THE NORTH END.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN -- I THINK
IN MY DISTRICT WE HAVE THREE
LIBRARIES.
ALSO FOR THE SOCIAL WORKER THAT
WE HAVE IN THE DOWNTOWN BRANCH.
YOU LIKE PARKS REALLY SAVE THE
DAY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
YOU CAME THROUGH.
YOU YOUR STAFF DID THING THAT
NORMALLY THEY WOULDN'T DO WHEN
THEY WENT TO WORK FOR A LIBRARY
AND WE DID IT.
WE WORKED WELL TO GET IT DONE
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
THROUGH MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS IN MORALES?
>> THANK YOU.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE TO WORK
RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU TOM.
I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
THE -- I'M NOT SURE WHERE I'M
LOOKING.
FOR THE HOT SPOTS WE ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY IN THE
SOUTHEND.
YOU KNOW WE HAVE REALLY
TERRIBLE ENTER IN THE
CONNECTION IN THE SOUTHEND.
I'M NOT SURE WHY AND SO IT WAS
IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY FOR
STUDENTS WHO EVENTUALLY WERE
ABLE TO GET BACK INTO SCHOOL,
TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
I THINK WE ALL HEARD A LOT OF
STORIES ABOUT STUDENTS SITTING
IN GROCERY STORE PARKING LOTS
TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK.
THOSE HOT SPOTS WERE IMPORTANT.
I DO WANT TO ASK YOU -- YOU
KNOW WE -- WE ALL KNOW THAT
LIBRARIES DO SO MUCH MORE FOR
OUR COMMUNITIES THAN JUST
PROVIDE BOOKS.
PEOPLE USE THEM FOR SCHOOL, FOR
APPLYING FOR JOBS, FOR
COMMUNITY GATHERING, EVEN AS --
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JA UREZ SAID
AS GATHERING SPACES DURING
WEATHER.
I WONDER IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT
WHAT LESSONS YOU MAY HAVE
LEASHED ABOUT GOD FORBID
ANOTHER WORSE VARIANT COMES
THROUGH OR ANOTHER DISASTER BUT
WHAT IS THE LIBRARY DOING TO
PREPARE SO THAT THE NEXT TIME
WE HAVE SOME BIG SHOCK LIKE
THIS, IT IS EASIER TO CONTINUE
SERVICE, TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
ACCESS TO ALL THE RESOURCES
THAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS TO THE
COMMUNITY.
>> I THINK THAT -- THE ONE
THING WE LEARNED I THINK --
THAT EVERYBODY LEARNED WAS THAT
WE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THAT
WORK FROM HOME IN A MASSIVE
WAY.
ALSO SUPPORTING REMOTE, NOT
ONLY REMOTE WORKERS BUT REMOTE
PATRONS AND USERS.
ONE THING WE CONTINUED TO BUILD
UPON IS HOPEFULLY BUILD THAT
CAPACITY OF HAVING THE ABILITY
TO RETURN TO THAT MOMENT IF WE
HAVE TO.
AS WE DEVELOPED THE REOPENING
PLAN AT THAT POINT THAT WAS MY
JOB BEFORE I TOOK ON THIS ROLE
WAS GETTING EVERYTHING REOPENED
AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE
STRUCTURED IT WAS WORKING
OBVIOUSLY WITH OUR STAFF, OUR
MANAGERS, AND OUR UNION OR
LABOR PARTNERS AND CREATING
REOPENING PROCESS THAT WAS
MODULAR.
WE TOOK STEPS IN KIND OF A
MODULAR BLOCK FORWARD SO IF WE
HAD TO MOVE BACK WE COULD MOVE
BACK.
WE WERE REALLY THOUGHTFUL IN
THE WAY WE APPROACHED REOPENING
SO IF WE HAD TO MOVE BACK IN
ANY PHA SECONDS WE COULD DO
THAT.
REALIZING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO
MOVE TECHNOLOGY BACK.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE
ALREADY NOW WHAT WAS GOING TO
BE HAPPENING AND WE ALSO KNEW
THAT WE COULD DO IT IN BITE
SIZED CHUNKS THAT QUESTION
COULD SUSTAIN AND SUPPORT IF WE
HAD TO MOVE BACK IN THAT
PROCESS OF MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT AND THINK
THE ONE THING THAT WE ARE STILL
BOTH LEARNING AND DEVELOPING IS
GOING TO BE HOW WE DEVELOP THE
HYBRID MODEL FURTHER SO WE CAN
SUPPORT PATRONS IN THE WAY
THAT'S MOST COMFORTABLE, MOST
EFFICIENT OR EFFECTIVE FOR THEM
BUT YET ALSO STILL THOSE IN
PERSON ACCEPTIONS FOR -- THOSE
THING THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT
TO HAVE THAT ONE ON ONE TIME
THAT SOMETIMES CAN'T BE
EXPERIENCED IN THESE FORMATS.
>> TOM I WILL JUMP IN FOR A
QUESTION REAL QUICK.
REALLY APPRECIATE THIS SUMMARY
OF THE SURVEY AND PARTICULAR.
I GUESS I WILL LOOK AT THE
CAMERAS.
AS THE PLACE TO ORIENT MYSELF
HERE.
I WANTED TO GO AND ASK.
ONE OF BULLETS THAT'S PRETTY
PROMINENT IN THE SURVEY RESULTS
THOUGH IT'S NOT INDICATED I
DON'T THINK IN A CHART
REFERENCE IN THE PRESENTATION
IS THE PREFERENCE ON PICKING A
DAY CLOSURE.
THE EXERCISE AND THE SURVEY OF
PICKING A POTENTIAL DAY CLOSURE
OF MONDAY.
I GUESS I JUST WANT TO ASK WHAT
-- WHAT -- IS THE LIBRARY GOING
TO USE THAT INFORMATION TO
INFORM.
IS THAT JUST SORT OF TO GAUGE
THE VOLUME OF PATRON ACTIVITY
OR THE LIBRARY GOING TO
CONSIDER THE EXERCISE IN
SHORTENING HOURS TO EXPAND
ACCESS AT OTHER TIMES IN.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
WE WERE DOING IS WE WERE
LOOKING AT EITHER A FRIDAY OR
MONDAY TYPE OF SITUATION.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE WHY
LOOKING AT THAT IS WE WERE
CRAFTING THIS -- THIS IS BACK
LAST YEARA THE TIME THE CLIPPER
FUNS WERE BEING TALKED ABOUT
THE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR LIBRARIES
TO GIVE US THAT BOOST TO REHIRE
THOSE 60, 70 POLICIES THAT WE
WERE REDUCE.
WE WERE LOOKING AT OKAY, WHAT
HAPPENS IF WE HAVE TO GO
BACKWARDS IN THIS?
WE DIDN'T SUSTAIN OURS MOVING
FORWARD IF THESE REDUCTIONS
STAY IN PLACE.
EVEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD,
KNOWING THAT BUDGET REDUCTIONS
ARE ALWAYS A POTENTIAL REALITY,
EVEN AS THEY MAY BE THIS YEAR.
QUESTION WANTED TO MECHANIC
SURE THAT WE HAD OPTIONS SO IF
WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD AS FAR AS
WE WANT TO IN EITHER
PREPANDEMIC SERVICES OR
EXPANDED HOURS, THAT WE ARE
LETTING OUR PUBLIC PROVIDE SOME
INPUT INTO THAT PROCESS OF
WHERE WE WOULD MAKE THAT
SELECTION.
I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE WERE
GOING WITH IT.
TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA.
MOST WASSA POUND THE HOURS THAT
WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR
PATRONS AND MOST OF THEM AT ONE
POINT WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY IN
2018, THERE WAS MORE INTEREST
AT NIGHT.
NOW THAT HAS SWUNG AND THERE IS
MORE INTEREST IN MORNING HOURS.
WE ARE TAKING THAT INFORMATION
AND WORKING WITH OUR SCHEDULING
FOLKS AT THE LIBRARY TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT OUR SCHEDULES MAY LOOK
LIKE IN THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
SITUATIONS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT CLARITY.
WAS THERE ANOTHER -- FROM THE
COUNCIL?
>> SORRY.
DID I INTERRUPT A PANELIST ON
THE COMPUTER?
I'M TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF
EVERYBODY.
I -- JA N. DO HEAD.
SORRY.
>> WE CURRENTLY -- PREPANDEMIC
SCHEDULE HAD NINE BRANCHES
CLOSED ON FRIDAYS.
THE QUESTION WAS IN PART ABOUT
WHETHER PATRONS PREFERRED
FRIDAY CLOSURES TO OTHER DAYS
OF THE WEEK.
THAT WAS PART OF THE QUESTION.
IN ADDITION TO THE STATEMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
MYSELF.
DO COUNCIL HAVE ANY MORE
QUESTIONS?
LOOKS MOTORCYCLE NOT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TOM FOR
COMING HERE AND MAKING YOUR
TEAM AVAILABLE.
IT WAS GOOD TO GET THIS UPDATE
AND WE WILL -- CONTINUE TO HAVE
YOU GUYS IN FRONT OF OUR
COMMITTEE AS THE LIBRARY WANTS
TO COME ENJOY US.
IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> AND WITH THAT ITEM WE DON'T
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS.
ARE THERE ANY REMARKS FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER?
SEEING NONE, I WILL GO HEAD AND
ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
IT'S 3:44 P.M.
IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.
>> GOOD JOB.