. >>> THANK YOU.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO
ORDER.
IT IS 2:00 P.M.
ON AUGUST 17th.
AND THIS IS THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL PUBLIC ASSETS AND
HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS COUNCIL CHAIR ANDREW
LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS
ACTUALLY HERE.
SO YOU DID NOT ACTUALLY ARRIVE
LATER.
>> NO.
I CAME PRETTY FAST JUST FOR
YOU.
>> IT WAS EVEN IN THE SCRIPT
BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE PROMPT
AND LETTING US KNOW THAT.
GIVEN THAT, WILL CLERK PLEASE
CALL ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
CHAIR LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR, THERE THREE MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> AND I DO BELIEVE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WILL BE
JOINING THE MEETING SHORTLY.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
CHAIR'S REPORT.
TODAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING AN
UPDATE FROM THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE
HEARING A MUCH-ANTICIPATED
PRESENTATION FROM SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION ON THE
MAINTENANCE OF COMFORT STATIONS
AND BATHROOMS IN PARK
FACILITIES AND ON PARK
PROPERTIES.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST MOVE
FORWARD TO GET TO THOSE AGENDA
ITEMS, BY MOVING ON TO OUR
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH IS
NEXT ON THE AGENDA.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOW
TWO MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE STILL, MR. CLERK, ONLY
HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
AND I ALSO SEE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES HAS
JOINED IN ON THE MEETING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAVE THE
CLERK MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
AND WE WILL ALLOW OUR CURRENTLY
SIGNED UP SPEAKER TO HAVE THE
MIKE HERE.
GO AHEAD, MR. CLERK.
>> OUR ONE POSSIBLE COMMENT IS
TK.
LAST NAME IS TEE.
AND YOU WILL HAVE TWO HADN'TS.
WE'LL START THE CLOCK WHEN
YOU'RE READY.
>> I'M SO GLAD WE COULD DO THIS
TWO DAYS IN A ROW, GUYS.
IT'S A PLEASURE DOING THIS TWO
DAYS IN A ROW WITH YOU GUYS.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND
SOMETING.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID YESTERDAY,
SOME OF YOU SAT IN MY FACE
TELLING ME THINGS.
AND YOU ADD MORE.
AND I KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO WITH WHY YOU'RE
HERE TODAY.
BUT IT DOES.
BECAUSE YOU ARE KEEP THROWING
MONEY AT PROBLEMS.
CLEARLY YOUR SOLUTIONS AREN'T
WORKING, BUDDY.
YOU GOTTA TRY AGAIN.
DID YOU GUYS THINK 2020 WAS A
FLUKE?
AND THAT THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE
AND RESIDENTS EVER SEATTLE
CAN'T COME BACK ON THESE
STREETS AGAIN AND TURN THESE
THINGS UP AGAIN YOU?
GUYS ARE SADLY MISAGAIN.
BUT IT'S COMING AGAIN.
I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT.
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE
OUT THERE WHO STILL WANT TO
FIGHT.
SO ROUND TWO IS COMING.
SO BE PREPARED.
I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOREVER FOR
IT.
I HOPE YOU'VE DONE ALL YOUR
RESEARCH AND ALL YOUR NUMBERS
AND CALCULATED EVERYTHING.
BUT THIS ECONOMIC GAME YOU GUYS
ARE PLAYING WITH PEOPLE'S
LIVES, IS COMING TO AN END.
I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT.
THE MAYOR IS BOGUS, YOU GUYS
ARE BOGUS RIGHT ALONG WITH HIM.
I CAN PROMISE YOU, THAT
ASTRONOMIC GAME YOU GUYS WANT
TO PLAY WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES.
YOUR DAY OF RECKONING IS COMING
SOONER THAN YOU THINK.
I CAN PROMISE YOU.
2020 WAS A FLUKE.
I'VE BEEN IN COLLEGE THE PAST
YEAR OR SO.
GETTING A POLITICAL SCIENCE
DEGREE WITH EMPHASIS ON SOCIAL
JUSTICE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS,
RIGHT?
MEANS I KNOW MORE THAN I DID IN
2020.
IT MEANS I KNOW MORE THAN -- I
KNOW HOW YOU GUYS START TO PLAY
US IN.
AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PLAY
ME LIKE THAT NOW.
UNDERSTAND THAT.
JUST KNOW THAT YOUR DAY OF
RECKONING IS COMING.
STREETS ARE GOING TO GET FILLED
AGAIN REAL SOON HERE.
REAL SOON HERE SO UNDERSTAND
THAT.
I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE READY FOR
ROUND TWO.
STEP UP PUT YOUR GLOVES ON, GET
IN THE RING AND LET'S BOX.
ROUND TWO IS COMING.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
GOODBYE.
>> THANK YOU, TK.
MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE ONE IN-
PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTER WHO
SIGNED UP.
I'M GOING TO GO GET THEIR NAME
IN JUST ONE SECOND.
>> MR. CLERK.
IS IT MR. SHARD?
>> YEAH.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC
COMMENTER, MARGERRITE RASHARD.
>> IT'S VERY FORTUNATE HE'S NOT
HERE YET.
I CALL HIM DRONES.
BUT IT'S MARK DONS, OR DO-NAY
OR WHATEVER.
IT'S HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY AND
KING COUNTY REGIONAL I HEARD
SOME STUFF ABOUT E QUITE AND
INCLUSION.
I GUESS MY CONCERN IS, I'VE HAD
PEOPLE ASK ME, WHAT IS THE
PHONE NUMBER TO ACTUALLY DIRECT
HIM?
BECAUSE HE IS AN INDIGENOUS
BLACK MAN, HE SHOULD NEVER BE
IN NO CLOSET, IN TERMS OF WHAT
IS HAPPENING.
I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THOSE
INDIGENOUS BLACK PEOPLER THE
STREETS.
IF THEY HAD THEIR REPARATIONS.
AND MYSELF EVEN, I COULD REALLY
DO SOMETHING TO REACH OUT TO
THEM.
I SAW ONE IN A BUS SHELTER,
LAYING IN HIS SELF, THAT PEOPLE
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN A
TOILET.
AND I CALLED -- WELL, I CALLED
THE CITY TO SAY, WHAT CAN BE
DONE ABOUT HIM LAYING LIKE
THAT?
WITH NOBODY SEEING OR AFTER
HIM?
AND HE SAID, WELL, I TAKE IT
DOWN TO THE NUMBER, THE SHELTER
IS, AND WE'LL PASS IT ON.
AND SOMEBODY WILL TAKE CARE OF
IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE DO
THAT EVERY DAY.
BUT I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS
DISGUSTING, TOO.
SO I'M SAYING THAT I WAS WAY
BACK WHEN, WHEN THEY HAD THE 10-
YEAR PLAN THAT DIDN'T WORK.
ASK TIFFANY WASHINGTON, THAT
DIDN'T DO NOTHING EITHER.
AND SHE'S AN INDIGENOUS BLACK
FEMALE.
THAT'S WHEN I SAID, IF IT'S NOT
WORKING, GET RID OF IT.
YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS
PERPETRATING FRAUD AGAINST A
COMMUNITY, TALKING ABOUT A TINY
HOUSE, WHEN BACK IN SLAVERY,
WHAT DID THEY LIVE IN?
SHACKS.
SMOWTD SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE
BUILDING NOW TO THROW PEOPLE
IN.
[ BELL RING ] >> THERE'S THAT
DING AGAIN.
SO THAT'S WHY I KEEP COMING.
BECAUSE IT IS A TESTAMENT
AGAINST GOD'S WILL, IN TERMS OF
WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU MS. RASHARD.
MR. CHAIR, THERE ARE NO MORE
PUBLIC COMMENTERS SIGNED UP.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO
OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST
ITEM OF BUSINESS INTO THE
RECORD?
>> ITEM 1, KING COUNTY REGIONAL
AUTHORITY SUMMER UPDATES.
>> OKAY.
AND WE ARE JOINED NOW BY FORMER
CENTRAL STAFFER JEFF SIMMS, AS
WELL AS CEO OF THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY, MARC DONES.
AND DID YOU GUYS BRING ANY
ADDITIONAL FOLKS FOR THE PANEL?
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT --
OKAY.
SO MARK, I'M GOING TO HAND IT
OVER TO YOU.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPDATE,
AND APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU
JOINING US.
>> PLEASURE TO BE HERE, MR.
CHAIR.
AND A PLEASURE TO HAVE JEFF ON
OUR TEAM.
SO, I BELIEVE -- JEFF, ARE YOU
RUNNING THE SLIDES?
>> I AM.
ARE YOU NOT ABLE TO SEE THEM?
>> I CAN.
I JUST WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS
YOU OR JACOB.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US
TODAY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO RUNNING
THROUGH OUR SUMMER UPDATE AND
ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO
YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE?
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN
THROUGH TODAY IS JUST GENERAL
UPDATES.
UPDATES ON THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN,
UPDATES ON OUR SYSTEM
ADVOCATES, WHICH IS OUR PURE
NAVIGATION FORCE.
UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THAT.
AND OUR LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INCIDENT AND HOW THAT RESPONSE
WENT.
NEXT SLIDE?
I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE QUICK.
THESE ARE A LOT OF BULLETS.
OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM.
THIS IS DATA, IT'S A LITTLE OUT-
OF-DATE, AT 67% LEASE UPDATE.
IT MAKES IT THE BEST IN THE
COUNTRY FOR WHAT IS CALLED AN S-
1 CONTINUUM OF CARE.
SO OF THE VERY LARGE CONTINUUMS
OF CARE, WE ARE, WE ARE
CURRENTLY THE BEST WITH OUR
EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS.
WE ARE ABOUT 80% ISSUED, IF NOT
A LITTLE ABOVE ENACT OF 80.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE LAST TIME I LOOKED
AT SAN FRANCISCO'S DATA, AS A
CORRESPONDING UPDATE, THEIR
LEASE UPDATE WAS IN THE
MIDTEENS.
I BELIEVE L.A.'S WAS AROUND 5%.
CONTRACT VALLINGIDATION.
>> JUST A SECOND.
SORRY.
I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN FOR A
MOMENT TO SAY, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA HAS JOINED THE
MEETING.
WANTED THAT FOR THE RECORD.
SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> NO WORS.
CONTRACT CONSOLIDATION HAS GONE
WELL, CONSOLIDATED FROM OVER
300 TO DOWN AROUND 220.
AS NEW PROJECTS COME ONLINE,
OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS MAY INCREASE.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, ALL OF OUR
PROVIDERS WHO HAD MULTIPLE
CONTRACTS IN THE PREVIOUS
SYSTEM FOR, YOU KNOW, SINGLE
PROGRAMS, ET CETERA, HAVE ONE.
HOW WE HAVE ALSO STRUCTURED OUR
WORK IN ORDER TO MAKE THINGS
EASIER FOR PROVIDERS IS WE HAVE
MASTER CONTRACTS AND THEN
PROJECT SERVICE AGREEMENTS.
IF A PROVIDER HAS MULTIPLE, YOU
KNOW, SHELTERS, OR PERMANENT
HOUSING, BUILDINGS, ET CETERA.
WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS YOU
KNOW, REALLY TARGET THROUGH
THOSE PROJECT SERVICE
AGREEMENTS, HOW WE WANT
SPECIFIC PROGRAMS TO FUNCTION,
WHILE HAVING MASTER SERVICE
AGREEMENTS THAT GOVERN THE
ENTIRETY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE AUTHORITY AND GIVEN
PROVIDER.
WE'VE HAD SEVEN HFPs RELEASED
AND REWARDED.
OUR LATEST R FP SCHEDULED TO BE
AWARDED IS OUR EMERGENCY
HOUSING SERVICES, RFP, WHICH
SHOULD BE AWARDED SHORTLY.
WE HAVE LAUNCHED OUR OMBUDS
OFFICE.
THEY ARE UP AND RUNNING.
THEY HAVE CONDUCTED
INVESTIGATIONS, HELPED TO
MEDIATE DISPUTE, THEY'VE DONE A
LOT OF WORK, MOST OF WHICH I
CAN'T TALK ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S
SEALED.
BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT UP
ANDUNNING.
WE HAVE 17 SYSTEM ADVOCATES WHO
ARE CURRENTLY HERE ON SITE OR
THEY'RE NOT ON SITE, SOME OF
THEM ARE IN WANT DOWNTOWN
COURT, ACTUALLY.
AND THEN 10 MORE HAVE BEEN SENT
OFFER LETTERS.
SO REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT WORK
TO REALLY BE UP AND RUNNING.
OUR SEVERE WEATHER RESPONSE
FRAME WORK.
WHICH WE'LL TALK A LITTLE LATER
IN THE MEETING TODAY.
HAS BEEN REALLY WELL RECEIVED,
I THINK.
BY OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
AND HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO
THE NEEDS TO OUR FOLKS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS DURING WEATHERED
INCIDENTS.
WE HAVE A DUTY PHONE, WHICH I
THINK SO IS A THING THAT FOLKS,
IF YOU'RE NOT A PROVIDER, YOU
DON'T REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
IT.
BUT I THINK THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF IT HAS GONE WELL.
SO THE RHA, IN KEEPING WITH OUR
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSE,
WE HAVE A DUTY OFFICER, WHO IS
A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR TEAM.
MY LAST ROTATION WAS TWO WEEKS
AGO.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE ON CALL, YOU
ARE THE PERSON WHO GETS THE
EMERGENCY CALLS, YOU KNOW, OVER
THE WEEKEND.
LATE AT NIGHT, ET CETERA.
WHENEVER IT'S OUTSIDE OF
BUSINESS HOURS.
YOU KNOW, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE OF
A SUCCESS STORY.
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE HAD A
FIRE AT A SHELTER THAT I DON'T
THINK ANYBODY HEARD ABOUT.
BECAUSE IT HAPPENED ON A
SATURDAY.
THEY CALLED THE DUTY OFFICER.
THAT PERSON CALLED ME.
I ACTIVATED A COUPLE OF
SUPPORTS AROUND IT.
WE WERE ABLE TO GO DOWN ON
SITE.
AND HELP ASSESS EVERYONE WHO IS
DISPLACED AND MOVE THEM TO
OTHER EVENTS BY AFTERNOON.
SO AS FAR AS I THINK OUR
ABILITY TO SUPPORT OUR
PARTNERS, WHEN THINGS GO WRONG,
I THINK THIS A STRONG RESPONSE.
OUR SUBREGIONAL AGREEMENT
PROGRESS IS GOING WELL.
WE HAVE AN I.L.A., WITH
EXHIBITS BEING DRAFTED FOR
NORTH KING COUNTY.
AN I.L.A.
FRAISM WORK FOR EAST KING
COUNTY.
WE EXPECT BOTH OF THOSE TO
PROCEED SMOOTHLY.
WE HAVE OUR SERVICE LANDSCAPE,
WHICH I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT TODAY.
BUT WE HAVE THE MOST
COMPREHENSIVE LANDSCAPE.
IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY.
AND REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE
TO SEE EVERYTHING, VERY CLEARLY
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
OUR QUALITATIVE DATA, THAT WE
COLLECTED AS PART OF OUR
MODIFIED POINT IN TIME COUNT,
THOSE ARE CURRENTLY BEING
ANALYZED AS OUR HOUSING GAP
MODELING, WHERE WE'RE
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON GAPS
IN UNITS AND GAPS IN SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING, IN KEEPING WITH OUR
SIGNIFICANT ROLE.
TO THAT END, THOSE 500
HISTORIES ARE BEING ANALYZED
AND TURNED INTO WHAT WE'RE
CALLING SORT OF PERSONAS,
RIGHT?
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO MODEL HOW MANY, YOU KNOW,
TYPES OF WHAT KIND OF SERVICE
ATTACHMENT ARE NECESSARY FOR
WHATEVER THE ACTUAL GAP IN
UNITS IS.
SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING,
OH, THIS IS THE NUMBER OF
UNITS, BUT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO
SAY, WE NEED THIS MANY WITH
SERVICE TYPE Y. AND THIS MANY
WITH SERVICE TYPE X.
BINDING LIST DEVELOPMENTS.
SO WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
OUR COLLEAGUES AT MICROSOFT FOR
A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
THAT WORK IS PROGRESSING QUITE
WELL.
AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE
SOME DEMO STUFF THAT WE MIGHT
BE ABLE TO SHOW TO MEMBERS OF
THIS COMMUNITY SOMETIME IN THE
FALL.
AS INTERIM STEPS.
WE HAVE AUGMENTED OUR HMIS,
WHICH IS CALLED BIT FOCUS, TO
HAVE A NEW OUTREACH MODULE,
WHICH FOLKS ARE ABLE TO USE TO
CAPTURE THE DATA THAT WILL
BEGIN TO FLOAT INTO THE BINAME
LIST.
WE ALSO ANTICIPATE HAVING A
PRELIMINARY BINAME LIST AS PART
OF OUR PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO
WORK, COMPLETED BY END OF
AUGUST, FIRST WEEK OF
SEPTEMBER.
WOODLAND PARK AND CAMP
RESOLUTION, CONTINUES TO BE
SOMETHING WE'RE PROUD OF.
WE'VE USED THAT MODEL TO PUSH
INTO OUR STATE HIGHWAY
RESOLUTIONS.
WE'VE EXECUTED TWO OF THOSE
ALREADY.
AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A
THIRD VERY LARGE ENCAMPMENT
THAT WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE
TO BRING EVERYBODY INSIDE FROM
BY THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST.
SO THOSE ARE MY GENERAL
UPDATES.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON?
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY COLLEAGUES.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON THIS
SLIDE BEFORE I PROCEED WITH THE
PRESENTATION?
OKAY T. SEEING NONE.
GO AHEAD, MARC.
>> AWESOME.
>> SO ON OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN, I
JUST WANT TO SORT OF LIFT UP,
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT?
IT'S A STRATEGIC ROAD MAP TO
TRANSFORM THE SYSTEM IT WAS
ACCOMPLISHED IN THE CREATOR OF
THE AUTHORITY.
BUT NEWS WE HAVE TO TRANSFER
WHAT THE SYSTEM DOES ASK HOW
WELL IT DELIVERS THEM.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
BUILDING, WITH COMMUNITY
PARTNERS WHAT IT WILL BE
INFORMED BY.
THE WORK, REGIONAL OUT.
MODELING WORK THAT IS BEING
UNDERTAKEN BY CLOUD BURST,
WHICH IS A NATIONAL FIRM,
HEAVILY LEANED ON BY HUD AND
OTHER GOVERNMENT PARTNERS,
INCLUDING COMMERCE.
SUBREGIONAL ANALYTICAL WORK AND
ENGAGEMENT.
LED BY OUR SUBREGIONAL WORK
ALEXIS.
UNREGIONAL UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS PROJECT.
WHICH IS OUR TIME COUNT AND A
LOT OF STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
IN THIS LAST MONTH, WE'VE DONE,
I BELIEVE IT'S NOW CLOSE TO
MAYBE OVER 50 DIFFERENT PUBLIC
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF
THEM ARE JUST ON THE WEBSITE,
ANYONE CAN SIGN UP.
ANYONE CAN ATTEND.
SOME HAVE BEEN MORE TARGETED.
I BELIEVE -- I THINK WE'RE
RECALENDARRING ONE.
IN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
DISTRICT, THAT HAD LOW
ATTENDANCE, BECAUSE WE WERE IN
THE MIDDLE OF A HEAT INSTANCE.
DURING NOT A HEAT INCIDENT,
WHICH WE'RE KIND OF IN RIGHT
NOW.
BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS.
AND I'M ALSO, SORRY IF I LOOK [
INAUDIBLE ] BECAUSE I'M ALSO
MANAGING A CAMPFIRE.
SO IT HAS BEEN A SUMMER OF
INCIDENTS.
BUT WE HAVE REALLY TRIED TO
ENSURE THAT OUR FIVE-YEAR
PLANNING WORK HAS NOT BEEN
SLOWED DOWN AND THAT WE REALLY
ENGAGED PARTNERS, BOTH PROVIDER
PARTNERS BUT ALSO PUBLIC
PARTNERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT
PATH FORWARD.
WE WILL BEGIN PRESENTING
COMPONENTS OF WHAT WE ARE
DEVELOPING OVER THE COURSE OF
THE FALL AT OUR IMPLEMENTATION
BOARD AND GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
WITH THE FINAL SLATED NOW FOR
DECEMBER, WHICH WE BE MOVE THAT
STATEDATE, SO WE COULD HAVE THE
BEST PRODUCT POSSIBLE.
>> GAPS ANALYSIS CLOUD BURST
WORKS WITHDEPARTMENT OF
ANALYSIS.
WORKS WITH THEIR GENERAL
ANALYSIS, FROM HMS AND OTHER
DATA SETS.
IN TOMORROWS OF HOW MANY WE
NEED, TO IDENTIFY THE GAPS IN
HOUSING SHELTER AND INVENTORY.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE YEAR
OVER YEAR TO SUPPORT THE SYSTEM
TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WE SEE
ANNUALLY.
OUR SYSTEM ADVOCATES, CITIES
WERE INITIALLY CALLED PEER
NAVIGATORS.
AGAIN, WE HIRED 17 PEOPLE.
I GUESS I WAS OUT OF DATE.
WE ARE FINALIZING OFFERS FOR
12, NOT 10.
AND THE BINDING DEVELOPMENT IS
UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE AROUND
DOWNTOWN, IN A THSA T-SHIRT,
PLEASE SAY HELLO TO THEM.
>>> ON OUR PIECE.
IT WAS WORDED IN NUN.
THE CURRENT FUNDING PERIOD IS
THROUGH DECEMBER 31st.
THE FUNDING STATUS IS THAT WE
ARE STILL IN CONTRACT AND
LOCATION NEGOTIATION, WITH THE
GOAL OF SERVING 35RBs OR
APPROXIMATELY 50 PEOPLE.
THE FUNDS SOURCES ARE IN FRONT
OF YOU HERE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, I BELIEVE WE
ARE CLOSE TO COMPLETION ON
NEGOTIATION THERE.
HOW THE AUTHORITY WORKS OUR
PROCESS IS, I THINK, MAYBE A
LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM HOW H SD
HAS DONE IT.
AN AWARD LETTER FOR US, MEANS
THAT WE INTEND TO NEGOTIATE
WITH YOU, NOT THAT, LIKE,
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID, IS
EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
SAY YES TO.
IN THIS INSTANCE, WE HAD ONLY
ONE APPLICANT.
WE BELIEVE THEM TO BE QUALIFIED
TO DO THE WORK.
BUT WANTED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW,
THE ADEQUATE CONVERSATION
AROUND PROGRAM MODEL,
EXPECTATIONS AROUND METRICS, ET
CETERA.
WE ARE AWARE, YOU KNOW, OF THE
CLIFF, OBVIOUSLY ON THIS SLIDE.
WHICH IS WHY YOU KNOW, SAFE
PARKING WAS PART OF OUR BUDGET
ASK, BEING CONSIDERED CURRENTLY
BY THE EXECUTIVE AND, YOU KNOW,
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO
EXTEND THIS PROGRAM.
>> HEAT RESPONSE.
SO PRE-EVENT.
WE DID OUTREACH TO CITY, AND
PROVIDERS ABOUT SPAYS AND THE
HOURS WE COULD BE OPERATED.
WE PARTNERED ON PUBLIC HEALTH.
THE ACTIVATION.
A LOT OF SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION,
WATER, GATORADE, ET CETERA.
I JUST GOT A WHOLE SERIES EVER
TERRIFYING NOTIFICATIONS.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME?
OKAY.
>> I CAN HEAR YOU.
>> GREAT.
SORRY.
I GOT LIKE LITERALLY 16 BARS
THAT SAID, ZOOM CANNOT DETECT
YOUR MICROPHONE.
OKAY.
THE -- WE SURVEYED
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
PREPAREDNESSING ACTUALLY IN THE
SPRING.
LOOKING FOR PLACES THAT WERE
APPROPRIATELY COOL OR COOLED,
IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO CENTRAL
AIR CONDITIONING OR OTHER AC
UNITS ON THE 20th.
WE OFFERED CONTRACTED PROVIDERS
UP TO $2,000 FOR POOLING
SUPPLIES.
AND THEN ROLLED IN TO OUR MORE
COMPLETE ACTIVATION AFTER THAT.
NEXT SLIDE?
>> SO DURING THE EVENT, THE
25th TO THE 31st, WE STOOD UP
COOLING CANOPIES IN THREE
LOCATIONS.
WHITE, CENTER, GEORGETOWN AND
SHOWLINE.
WE ALSO ACTIVATED CITY HALL.
AND A SPACE ON BEACON HILL.
WE ACTIVATED, YOU KNOW, WITH
OUR PARTNERS THROUGH KING
COUNTY LIBRARIES, OBVIOUSLY,
THOSE SPACES WERE AVAILABLE,
YOU KNOW, SEATTLE LIBRARIES HAD
SOME SPACE AVAILABLE, AND ALL
OF THAT INFORMATION WAS
COORDINATED DAILY THROUGH
SUBREGIONAL CALLS, AND THEN
PUSHED TO THE AUTHORITY'S
WEBSITE, WHICH WAS THEN
COORDINATED WITH THE PUBLIC
AGENCIES AND DISTRIBUTED ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
WE MADE DAILY ABOUT WHAT SPACES
NEEDED TO BE AUGMENTED OR WHAT
SPACES COULD BE CLOSED BECAUSE
THEY WERE NOT BEING UTILIZED.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE
CONTINUED TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE ARE
HEADED AND WHY.
THE SUMMARY HERE IS THAT WE
SERVED AROUND 680 FOLKS.
WE REALLY, AGAIN, CONTINUED TO
FOCUS ON HOW WE CENTERED THE
NEEDS OF FOLKS, BY HELPING
PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDING
COOLING SUPPLIES.
AGAIN, JUST CONTINUING THE
LESSONS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE
NOT NECESSARILY HOPPING ON
METRO TO HEAD INTO DOWNTOWN, TO
GO TO CITY HALL OR OTHER
PLACES.
BUT THEY ACTUALLY WOULD PREFER
TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SHELTER
IN PLACE, FOR THE DURATION OF
THE INCIDENT.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE
RESOURCES TO OTHER SERVICES AT
EVERY TOUCH POINT THAT WE HAVE.
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR COOLING
CANOPIES, WHICH SERVED HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF
THE INCIDENT, ALSO HAD OUTREACH
STAFF AND BENEFITS STAFF THERE
TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING, TO TALK
ABOUT CONNECTIONS TO RESOURCES,
CASE MANAGEMENT, ET CETERA.
AND THAT WE HAVE REALLY
CONTINUED TO LEAN INTO BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTNER
AGENCIES IN ADVANCE.
SO REALLY HAVE HAVING A TIGHT
RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH OFFICES
OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AT AT
THIS TIME CITY OF SEATTLE, AND
ALSO AT KING COUNTY, WITH, YOU
KNOW, DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL
SERVICES, WITH OUR PROVIDER
PARTNERS, ET CETERA.
BEING ABLE TO PIVOT IN REALTIME
AND REACTION TO FEEDBACK FROM
OUR PARTNERS, HAS BEEN REALLY
ESSENTIAL IN RUNNING SUCCESSFUL
INCIDENT RESPONSE.
WHAT'S NEXT?
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH
FOLKS ON THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES
FOR FOLKS TO SUBMIT ANY WRITTEN
FEEDBACK THAT THEY WOULD LIKE
THROUGH REQUESTS FOR
INFORMATION.
AND OTHER VEHICLES TO REDESIGN
HOW SERVICES ARE DELIVERED.
THAT'S, OF COURSE, OUR MOST
FORMAL VEHICLE.
AGAIN, WE DO LOTS AND LOTS AND
LOTS OF OTHER PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT.
BUT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO
SUBMIT SOMETHING, EITHER AS A
PROVIDER, OR, YOU KNOW, SOME
OTHER NONOR FOR-PROFIT VENDOR,
WHO THINKS THEY HAVE A GOOD
IDEA.
NOW IS THE TIME.
WE HAVE SECURED ADDITIONAL
FUNDING TO THE STATE RIGHT OF
WAY WORK.
BRINGING THE TOTAL OF NEW
FUNDING THAT WE'VE BROUGHT INTO
THE AGENCY THIS FISCAL YEAR TO
A LITTLE OVER $50 MILLION.
WE ANTICIPATE A SUCCESSFUL
APPLICATION TO HUD'S
UNSHELTERED NOFOE WHICH WAS
RELEASED.
THAT APPLICATION WILL BE DUE IN
OCTOBER.
WE ANTICIPATE $10 MILLION-ISH,
IF NOT A LITTLE BIT MORE,
COMING IN, VIA AWARD LIKELY IN
JANUARY.
AND OUR PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO
WORK WILL REALLY RAMP UP, WITH
OUR DOWNTOWN BNL, STANDING UP
FOR UNIFIED COMMAND CENTER.
AND BEGINNING TO HOUSE THE
FOLKS WHO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
THROUGH THAT WORK, OVER THE
COURSE OF THE FALL.
I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES MY
UPDATES FOR THE DAY.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
TO START OFF HERE, AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, LOOKS
LIKE, WILL BE THE FIRST IN THE
QUEUE AFTERWARDS.
SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO USE
TELEPATHY TO PREDICT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S IS
RELATED TO THE RVR FP.
IT MIGHT NOT BE.
BUT I'LL SAVE THOSE QUESTIONS
FOR A MOMENT.
BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
PEER NAVIGATORS DOWNTOWN.
BECAUSE MARC, YOU INDICATED
THAT THERE WILL BE SOME FOLKS
OUT IN THE DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD, BEGINNING TO DO
THAT WORK.
IN SHORT ORDER.
AND THEY'LL BE VISIBLE.
WE'LL SEE THEM.
THEY'LL BE WEARING KCHRA T-
SHIRTS, SOUNDS LIKE.
SO THAT'S ALL REALLY
ENCOURAGING.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT EXPECT AND
HOW WE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A
TIME LINE AND WHEN WE CAN
EXPECT TO SEE FOLKS OUT THERE
AND EXACTLY WHAT THEY'LL BE
DOING?
IT'S JUST AN INITIAL QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
THEY WERE UP TODAY.
>> GREAT.
PERFECT.
>> GREAT.
>> AND LET ME.
I CAN ACTUALLY SHOW YOU HERE'S,
BRIEFLY SHARE MY SCREEN.
HERE THEY ARE THIS MORNING.
HEADED OUT.
SO YOU SEE SOMEONE THIS ONE OF
THESE SHIRTS AM THEY ARE ONE OF
OUR FOLKS.
AND AGAIN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
SAY HELLO.
WHAT THEY'LL BE DOING FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS MONTH IS
THEY'LL BE REALLY FOCUSED ON
FINALIZING THAT BINDING LIST OF
WHO IS IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE AND
WHO NEEDS OUR HELP.
SO THAT'S THEIR BIG TASK IN
FRONT OF THEM RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE CONSOLIDATING DATA SETS
FROM A NUMBER OF OUR PARTNERS
IN ORDER TO NOT NEED TO REDO
WORK THAT WAS ALREADY DONE.
AND ALSO WORK IN GEOGRAPHIC
WITH OUR PARTNERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, NO ONE REALLY HAD
CSR TERRACE.
THERE WASN'T A GROUP THAT HAD,
FOR EXAMPLE, DOWN BY THE
STADIUMS.
SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT AS WE
ARE HEADED INTO OPERATIONS IN
SEPTEMBER, THAT WE HAVE A
STARTING POINT THAT IS A PRETTY
ROBUST, YOU KNOW, DATA SET OF,
AGAIN, WHO NEEDS OUR HELP.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEY
CURRENTLY?
IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'LL BE
DOING AFTER THAT, IS EACH OF
THEM WILL HAVE A CASE LOAD OF
ABOUT 15.
AND THEY'LL BE GETTING PEOPLE
HOUSED.
AND KEEPING THEM HOUSED.
SO WHAT THE UNIFIED COMMAND
CENTER WILL REALLY FOCUS ON IN
OUR DAILIES IS MATCHING UNITS
TO PEOPLE AND THE PRIMARY, YOU
KNOW, SORT OF BARRIER BUSTER,
WHO WILL BE WALKING ALONGSIDE
THAT PERSON WILL BE AN
ADVOCATE.
>> GREAT.
WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
ALL OF THAT IN ACTION.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING
ABLE TO SAY HI TO SOME PEER
NAVIGATORS DOWNTOWN.
SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> SORRY.
A LITTLE SLOW ON THE DRAW.
MY QUESTION ABOUT THE RV SAFE
LAW IS VERY MINOR.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND, BUT
I HAVE A LONGER FOLLOW-UP
QUESTION.
BUT I'LL GET THAT ONE OUT
FIRST, SINCE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS PREVIEWED IT.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAPPENS IN DECEMBER OF 2022,
WHEN THE FUNDING, IN THEORY
ENDS, BUT THERE'S NO RV SAFE
LAW.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACTOR HAS
BEEN SELECTED.
BUT THE -- I THINK THE ABILITY
TO SPEND THE FUNDS THAT HAVE
BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THIS PURPOSE
THROUGH 2022 ARE NOT ALL GOING
TO BE SPENT THIS YEAR.
SO JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE 2023 BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS
ARE, ABOUT CARRYOVER OF
EXISTING FUNDING.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS
ABOUT THE PAST WORK THAT RHK
HAS BEEN DOING, AS IT RELATES
TO THE USE OF THE EMERGENCY
HOUSING VOUCHERS.
WE KNOW KING COUNTY HAS LEASED
58% OF OUR REGION'S VOUCHER
ALLOCATION, WHEREAS NATIONALLY,
ONLY 36% ARE GETTING LEASED
OUT.
AND I UNDERSTAND FROM RHA THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING TO GET
OUR ALLOCATION SPECIFICALLY
TOWARDS PEOPLE LIVING
UNSHELTERED IN VEHICLES.
OTHER COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY
FOCUS ON PEOPLE WHO ARE DEEMED
EASIER TO HOUSE.
ONE SAID YOU CREDIT YOUR
SUCCESS TO THE FACT THAT YOU
WORK WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS TO
BUILD ON THOSE TRUSTED
RELATIONSHIPS.
THEY'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED
WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND THAT
RELATIONAL FRAMEWORK MAKES A
DIFFERENCE.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
CAN YOU JUST MAYBE GIVE US --
IT'S VERY COUNTERINTUITIVE,
RIGHT, THAT BY FOCUSING ON THE
HARDEST-TO-HOUSE COMMUNITY, OR
FOLKS THAT ARE CONSIDERED HARD
TO HOUSE, THAT YOU ACTUALLY
HAVE BETTER RESULTS.
SO CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT WHY THESE
RELATIONSHIPS RESULT IN MAKING
IT EASIER TO HOUSE PEOPLE
CONSIDERED HARDER TO HOUSE.
THAN IT IS TO HOUSE PEOPLE
CONSIDERED EASIER TO HOUSE?
>> OF COURSE.
SO ON THE I THINK WHAT WE ARE
FINALIZING RIGHT NOW IS WHAT
THE STARTUP BUDGET IS GOING TO
BE.
AND THEN WHAT MONTHLY OR ANNUAL
COSTS COULD BE AFTER THAT.
BASED ON THAT, YOU KNOW, I
THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME
BACK TO BOTH THEEXECUTIVE
OFFICE.
THIS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IN
TERMS OF LIKE WHAT DID WE SPEND
THIS YEAR?
WHAT IF ANY WOULD EXIST?
BUT I THINK THAT WHAT WE FROM
OUR PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE SAY,
PARKING IS SUCH AN URGENT NEED.
I THINK WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT
BECAUSE OF THE ALLOCATIONS EVER
ONE-TIMED FUNDS, ARE THERE
OTHER THINGS AS WE MOVE INTO
SYSTEM REDESIGN.
AS WE REBID AND PROCURE THE
SYSTEM.
ARE THERE OTHERS WE WANT TO
DEDICATE, IF THERE IS NO
ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION THAT
COMES THROUGH BUDGET PROCESS
FROM OUR FUNDING PARTNERS THIS
YEAR?
SO I THINK THAT WITHIN, MY
UNDERSTANDING IN TALKING WITH
OUR CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER FOR
TODAY, IS THAT WE SHOULD BE
CLOSE TO FINALIZING, LIKE WHAT
IS THE BUDGET FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THIS YEAR?
WHAT DID WE ANTICIPATE THE
BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR TO BE?
AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE
MORE CONCRETE ANSWERS IS
PROBABLY A WEEK AWAY.
AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT
OUTYEAR, I THINK AGAIN, WE'RE
HOPEFUL THAT OUR BUDGET ASK
FOR, SAY, PARKING, HAPPENS IN
SOME WAY.
SO THAT, LIKE, WE CAN CONSIDER
THAT IN RELATIONSHIP TO, YOU
KNOW, OUR OTHER FUNDING
PRIORITIES.
BUT CERTAINLY IF THAT DOESN'T
HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, IT REMAINS A
PRIORITY FOR THIS AGENCY.
AND WE WILL LOOK AT ALL OF OUR
FUND SOURCES AVAILABLE.
AS WE REPROCURE THE SYSTEM IN
2023, TO ENSURE THAT THE
RESOURCE DOESN'T SUNSET.
>> I DON'T WANT IT TO SUNSET
EITHER.
THIS IS, I THINK, $1.9 MILLION
IN FUNDING.
AND I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE SPENT
ON, BEGUN TO BE SPENT ON
SOMETHING THIS YEAR, SO THAT WE
CAN BETTER MAKE THE ARGUMENT
THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SUNSET
THE PROGRAM NEXT YEAR.
>> YEAH.
>> IF SOMETHING IS STOOD UP
THIS YEAR, THAT MAKES IT EASIER
FOR US TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT.
>> YEAH.
I THINK WE ARE, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT, AND COUNCILMEMBER,
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
ASSISTANCE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS SITE.
AND THOSE THINGS, I THINK,
COMBINED, ARE PART OF WHAT THE
DELAY IS.
OBVIOUSLY CITING A PROGRAM FOR
RVs IS LARGER THAN SOME OF THE
OTHER SAFE PARKING PROGRAMS
WE'VE RUN FOR VEHICLES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HOPING TO
AGAINFINALIZE OUT OF
FIRST WEEK.
I WOULD AGREE.
AND I KNOW PETER WOULD.
WE HAVE SELECTED A VENDOR.
THINGS ARE GOING TO GO OUT THE
DOOR THIS YEAR.
SO THERE WILL BE DRAWDOWNS OFF
OF THAT THIS YEAR.
BARRING SOME -- BUT I DON'T SEE
THAT HAPPENING.
BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO CAVEAT,
"BARRING SOMETHING."
[ LAUGHTER ] SO ON EHVs.
I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, PART OF
WHAT WE TOOK -- TO SOME DEGREE
A GAMBLE ON, BUT IS SUPPORTED
BY THE LITERATURE IS THAT
PEOPLE DO BETTER, IN TERMS OF
GETTING BACK INTO HOUSING AND
STABILIZING, WHEN THEY HAVE A
TRUSTED RELATIONSHIP OF ANY
KIND.
RIGHT?
THAT IS HELPING THEM MAKE THAT
TRANSITION.
THAT WAS THE IMPETUS BEHIND OUR
PURE NAVIGATION WORK.
AND IS REALLY HOW, AS YOU SEE
THE AUTHORITY REALLY START TO
COME INTO OUR OWN AND DESIGN
NEW PROGRAMMING WHAT YOU'LL SEE
IS THAT EMPHASIS ON
RELATIONSHIPS, OVER AND OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.
BECAUSE THAT SATURDAY THING WE
HEAR MOST FREQUENTLY, FROM BOTH
OUR PROVIDER PARTNERS AND OUR
LIVED IN.
WHAT WE REALLY DID IN OUR
DESIGN OF THE PROGRAM WAS, SAY,
RATHER THAN DO WHAT A NUMBER OF
JURISDICTIONS DID, WHICH IS
TAKE ALL THE VOUCHERS AND
SERVICES AND CENTRALIZED THEM
IN ONE PLACE AND SAY, COME GET
YOUR VOUCHER, WHAT WE DID WAS
VERY RAPIDLY EXECUTE NEW MAUs
WITH PROVIDERS OF ALL SIZES.
SOME OF WHOM HAVE NEVER
RECEIVED A CONTRACT FROM THE
CITY WORKING COUNTY BEFORE.
SOY IT WAS LIKE A VERY BIG
SHIFT FOR THEM.
AND WHAT WE SAID IS WE'RE GOING
TO ALLOCATE YOU, VIA FORMULA, X
NUMBER OF VOUCHERS, AND WHAT WE
WANT YOU TO DO IS WORK WITH
FOLKS INSIDE THESE CRITERIA.
WE ARE TARGETING FOLKS WHO ARE
LITERALLY HOMELESS THAT
INCLUDES LIVING IN VEHICLES ET
CTERA.
BUT THESE ARE THE CRITERIA.
AND WE WANT YOU TO WORK WITH
THEM TO GET THEM HOUSED.
AND OUR ONLY REQUIREMENT IS
THAT YOU WORK WITH THEM.
RIGHT?
AND WE CAN GET YOU A LITTLE
MONEY TO DO THAT.
WE CAN WORK ON GETTING A LITTLE
MORE.
BUT LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE'RE
ASKING WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF
THIS RESOURCE AND BECAUSE OUR
PROVIDER PARTNERS ARE WHO THEY
ARE.
THEY ALL SAID YES.
AND WHAT WE SAW IS THAT IT MADE
SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE IN TERMS
OF EVEN COMPLETING
APPLICATIONS, WHEN THE PERSON
WHO IS WORKING WITH YOU TO DO
THAT COMPLETION ISN'T JUST THE
PERSON WHO IS WORKING AT THE
HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS BEEN
TREMENDOUS PARTNERS ON THIS
WORK, JUST TO BE CLEAR.
BUT ALSO, RIGHT, THAT WHEN YOU
FEEL CONFUSED.
WHEN YOU FEEL DEMORALIZED, LIKE
WHEN YOU FEEL, IS THIS REALLY
FOR ME?
THAT YOU CAN TURN TO THAT MORE
THAN WHO HAS BEEN WITH YOU THE
WHOLE TIME.
AND THEY CAN WORK WITH YOU ON
THAT EMOTIONAL STUFF THAT FOR
MANY, MANY PEOPLE, IS ACTUALLY
ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS.
RIGHT?
LIKE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
IS DEMORALIZING.
IT IS A DEMORALIZING AND
TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE THAT FOR
MANY, MANY REASONS, CONVINCES
FOLKS THAT NOTHING IS GOING TO
WORK OUT FOR THEM.
AND BEING ABLE TO TURN TO
SOMEONE AND SAY, LIKE, I DON'T
NOW, COUNCILMEMBERS, IS THIS
REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN?
AND HAVE SOMEBODY SAY, LIKE,
YES, MARC, IT REALLY IS GOING
TO HAPPEN, LET'S SIT DOWN AND
WORK ON IT AGAIN.
THAT HAS REALLY MOVED THE
NEEDLE ON COMPLETED
APPLICATIONS AND THEN ON
LEASEUP, RIGHT?
AND THEN ONCE PEOPLE ARE IN
THEIR UNIT, WHAT WE AGAIN,
CONTINUE TO ASK PEOPLE TO DO IS
LIKE JUST SOFT-FOLLOW THEM
BEHIND.
YOU'RE NOT DOING INTENSIVE WORK
AT A GIVEN SITE.
AGAIN, WE'RE ROLLING OUT
FUNDING TO, FOR SOME FOLKS WHO
NEED A LITTLE MORE SUPPORT TO
BE ABLE TO PAY PROVIDERS FOR
THAT WORK.
BUT WHAT WE NEED TO ASK
PROVIDERS AT THE MINIMUM IS TO
TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LIGHT
CASE TOUCH MANAGEMENT SO WHAT
THAT WHEN THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE
WE KNOW THINGS GORG HAPPEN,
THEY HAVE SOMEONE THEY CAN
TRUST TO REACH OUT TO, TO SAY,
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE I'M
FEELING LONELY.
OR -- AGAIN.
IT SOUNDS POLLY ANA.
BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT
DESTABILIZE PLACEMENTS.
LONELINESS, FEELING LIKE YOU
DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK YOUR
MICROWAVE.
LIKE THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THINGS
THAT HAVE LED TO PEOPLE
DECIDING THAT THIS ISN'T
WORKING OUT.
AND MAYBE THEY WERE BETTER OFF
OUTSIDE.
AND WHEN WE PROVIDE THAT
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.
WE'RE ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT.
AND AS A RESULT, LIKE, FOLKS
ARE ABLE TO STABILIZE, IN LIKE,
ONE, TO GET INTO HOUSING.
AND THEN TWO, STABILIZING THAT
HOUSING.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I
WOULD ADD, COUNCILMEMBER IS
THAT THIS DEMONSTRATES TWO CORE
THINGS OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO
TAKE TO HEART.
ONE IS THIS IDEA THAT OUR
VACANCY RATES ARE UNWORKABLE,
WHICH IS NOT TRUE, RIGHT?
THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES HAVE
BEEN HELPFUL IN HELPING TO
BRING THE PRIVATE MARKET TO
BEAR HERE.
AND WE REALLY NEED TO LEARN,
LIKE WE CAN HOUSE MORE PEOPLE.
RIGHT?
WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR, YOU
KNOW, PERMANENT SUPPORT OF
HOUSING THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY THE
INTERVENTION FOR EVERYONE.
WHAT IS AN INTERVENTION FOR
EVERYONE IS HOUSING.
AND USING ECONOMIC SUPPORT,
LIKE VOUCHERS, HOUSING, ALL OF
THOSE THINGS, CAN BE BETTER
DEPLOYED IF WE USE THESE AND
LEANING IN ON HOUSING CONNECTOR
TO REALLY HELP US WITH THAT
LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT PIECE.
>> THAT'S HELPFUL.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
ADDITIONAL TEXTURE AND LOVE,
BEING REMINDED OF THE HOUSING
CONNECTOR'S HELP, IN THIS
SPACE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE
PRIVATE MARKET.
I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN
YOU'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP
RELATIONSHIPS WITH LANDLORDS,
IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE SUPER
BENEFICIAL TO REMIND THEM OF
THE LAWS IN THIS STATE, BUT A
LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT ONLY
SECTION 8 HOUSING VOUCHERS ARE
A PROTECTED CLASS.
I THINK IT'S USEFUL FOR US TO
REMEMBER THAT SOURCE OF INCOME
AND SOURCE OF RENT.
IS -- LANDLORDS ARE PROHIBITED
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AND THERE'S ALSO A SIMILAR,
MAYBE A LITTLELESS EXPANSIVE
LAW, IN THE STATE -- THAT THE
STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED.
BUT TENANTS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE CANNOT BE DENIED
HOUSING BECAUSE OF THE FORM OF
THEIR RENT.
SO IN DEVELOPING THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS, I KNOW IT MIGHT
BE GOOD TO REMIND LANDLORDS OF
THOSE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS.
I SEEM TO REMEMBER SOME
COVERAGE OF SUCCESSES THAT
REFERENCED LANDLORDS BEING
HESITANT TO RENT TO A
POPULATION WHO IS COMING TO
THEM WITH AN EMERGENCY HOUSING
VOUCHER.
SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE
AS PIECE OF INFORMATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES FOR
THE KCRHA UPDATE AND
PRESENTATION?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
CHAIR.
THANK YOU, AGAIN, MARC.
YOU REFERENCED THE UPCOMING
BUDGET.
AND THE ANALYSIS THAT YOUR TEAM
IS GOING THROUGH.
ONE EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE HAD
HOPED THAT THE FUNDING WOULD
GET OUT THE DOOR FASTER IS
OBVIOUSLY IN THE STATE SLOTS,
AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE THAT THE
CONTRACTS ARE GOING OUT.
AND STATHE STATE SLOTS ARE
BEING CREATED.
BUT FOR NUMEROUS REASONS, SOME
OF WHICH WERE NOT IN KCRH --
KCRHA'S CONTROL, SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT OTHER THAN
FORECASTED FOR KCRHA, NEAR 70%
OF THE FUNDING COMING TO THE
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY
COMES FROM SEATTLE.
DO WE HAVE A SENSE?
OR WHEN WILL WE HAVE A SENSE OF
WHAT THE TOTAL UNDERSPEND IS,
CURRENTLY, FOR THE 2022
CALENDAR YEAR FOR KCRHA THAT
MIGHT NOT HAVE GONE OUT THE
DOOR AS QUICKLY AND THUS LEAVE
YOU WITH UNDERSPENDING AT THE
END OF THE YEAR?
>> WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK
UNDERSPEND PROBABLY NEXT MONTH,
COUNCILMEMBER.
I ACTUALLY DON'T ANTICIPATE
THAT WE WILL HAVE, ALSO BECAUSE
WE RAISED $50 MILLION MORE, 70%
ISN'T CORRECT ANYMORE, JUST FOR
THE RECORD.
BUT I WILL NOTE THAT WHEN I
LAST LOOKED AT OUR SPENDING
DASHBOARD, WE WERE ABOUT 15%
OFF TARGET.
AND THE TEAM IS WORKING ACROSS
ALL PROVIDER CONTRACTS RIGHT
NOW.
TO IDENTIFY WHY.
AND TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE
-- THAT UNDERSPEND IS CURABLE
IMMINENTLY.
OR IF WE PROJECT THAT WE WILL
CARRY IT AS UNDERSPEND NWHICH
CASE WE WILL NOTIFY BOTH OUR
PARTNERS AND THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH.
>> AND DID YOU SAY 15% OFF
TARGET AT THE POINT THAT WE'RE
AT IN THE YEAR?
>> IEN.
>> SO NOT TERRIBLE.
AND I THINK IF I CAN ENUMERATE
A LITTLE BIT, JUST AS A WAY OF,
I THINK, HELPING MOSTLY -- CAN
YOU UNDERSTAND THIS,
COUNCILMEMBER.
BUT JUST SO THE PUBLIC
UNDERSTANDS.
BUT WE STILL HAVE A STAFFING
PRICE CRISIS.
SO IN A LOT OF INSTANCES, IT'S
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HIRE.
SO THE UNDERSPEND IS UNDER-
UTILIZED STAFFING DOLLARS,
BECAUSE THE PIPELINES HAVE
COLLAPSED.
AND SO THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE
ARE SEEING MOSTLY WHEN WE SIT
DOWN WITH OUR PROVIDER
COLLEAGUES.
IS LIKE, I CAN'T HIRE ANYONE.
SO THIS SALARY POCKET HAS BEEN
VACANT.
BUT WE ARE SEEING AGAIN, IF
BASED ON COLOR OF MONEY, IF
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS WE CAN
SUPPORT OUR UNSHELTERED
NEIGHBORS.
BUT AGAIN, WE'LL KNOW BETTER
REALLY BY, I WOULD ANTICIPATE
LIKE SECOND WEEK OF NEXT MONTH.
OR MAYBE THIRD WEEK.
WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THOSE
CONVERSATIONS.
AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED TO
PROVIDE FORMAL NOTICE.
>> NO MORE FOLLOW-UP,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
COLLEAGUES FOR THE PANEL FROM
KCRHA?
SEEING NONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
THE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS OUT THERE
IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE GOOD NEWS FROM THE KCRHA
IN THE COMING MONTHS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
BY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
HAVE A GOOD DAY, EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 2. SEATTLE PARKS
MAINTENANCE AND COMFORT
STATIONS PRESENTATIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE JOINED BY A PANEL FROM
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION,
THAT WILL BE HEADED UP HERE BY
INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT,
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE IT
AWAY AND INTRODUCE ANY OF YOUR
FELLOW PANELISTS WHO ARE HERE
WITH YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
I'VE GOT JOEY FURUTO HERE, WHO
OUR PARK MAINTENANCE DIVISION
DIRECTOR.
AND WE'VE GOT KIM BALDWIN HERE,
WHO WILL HELP OUT, WITH THE
SECOND PART OF THE
PRESENTATION, AS WILL CARSON
JONES.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START
WITH THE PARK MAINTENANCE
SURGE.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YOUR CHOICE, SUPERINTENDENT
WILLIAMS.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S THE ONE WE'RE GOING
TO START WITH.
SO THIS WILL BE JOEY AND
MYSELF.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION
TO THE COUNCIL HERE.
MAINLY BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE
TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
RESPOND TO THE CONDITION OF THE
PARK SYSTEM.
AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO TALK
ABOUT THE INTENSIVE CLEANING
EFFORT THAT IS UNDER WAY ACROSS
THE SYSTEM.
AND THIS IS A PRESENTATION,
ABOUT WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO
AS A PARK MAINTENANCE SURGE.
AND THE SEATTLE PARK RECREATION
DEPARTMENT.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST A DISCUSSION
ABOUT ENHANCED OR INTENSIVE
CLEANING.
WE KNOW THAT CLEAN, SAFE, WELL-
MAINTAINED PARKS ARE ALSO
PERCEIVED AS SAFE PLACES.
SO FROM THE CUST OLODIAL
STANDPOINT, WE WANT THEM TO BE
CLEAN AND WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO
PERCEIVE THEM AS SAFE.
IT'S NO SECRET THAT OUR STAFF
TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE WAY
THE PARKS LOOK.
OUR PARKS ARE A SIGNIFICANT
SOURCE OF PLIED NOT JUST FOR
THE CITIZENS BUT FOR THE STAFF
WHO DO THE MAINTENANCE WORK.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE ARE
COMING OFF OF A PANDEMIC.
PART OF THAT PANDEMIC INCLUDED
A FOCUS ON RATHER MISSION-
ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT
INCLUDED A LOT OF HYGIENE-
CLEANING OF COMFORT STATIONS,
AND THAT KIND OF THING.
WE DEFERRED A A LOT OF ROUTINE
MAINTENANCE OBSERVE THE
PANDEMIC.
WE ALSO, TOWARDS THE END OF THE
PANDEPEMMIC, EXPERIENCED A
STAFFING CRISIS WHICH I'M HAPPY
TO STAFF UP.
NOW WE'RE GETTING THEM BACK TO
THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO LOOK.
AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
THOSE EFFORTS LOOK LIKE.
THIS MAINTENANCE SURGE IS
REALLY A FOCUS ON BASIC,
CUSTODIAL CLEANING OF OUR
PARKS.
IT INCLUDES A FOCUS ON MOWING,
COMFORT STATION CLEANING,
GRAFFITI REMOVAL, A TRASH
PICKUP, AND LITTER AND GARBAGE
COLLECTION THROUGHOUT THE
SYSTEM.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT
OVER TO JOEY FURUTO ON OUR
TEAM.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE GET TO SPEND SOMETIME THIS
AFTERNOON.
I'M EXCITED.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE
TODAY TO REPORT OUT ON OUR
MAINTENANCE SURGE, AS WELL AS
THE CURRENT CONDITION OF OUR
PARKS.
I HAVE TO BE VERY HONEST AND
TRANSPARENT, THAT IF I HAD TO
BE HERE TWO MONTHS AGO, I WOULD
NOT BE AS PROUD OR AS EXCITED.
BUT I WANT TO START OFF A
LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF OUR
OPERATIONAL BACKGROUND FOR OUR
PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT TEAM.
OUR TEAM HAS EIGHT -- WE HAVE
EIGHT TEAMS, I'M SORRY,
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT EACH
SERVE LIKE A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA,
WHOSE PRIMARY FOCUS IS
WE HAVE ANOTHER CENTRALIZED
TEAM THAT CONSISTS OF CENTRAL
FORESTRY.
OUR HEAVY EQUIPMENT, SPECIALTY
GARDENS, GREEN SEATTLE
PARTNERSHIP.
AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE A TOTAL
OF 230 TEAM MEMBERS THAT
SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE OF
$485.
SO AS KRIST FER CHRISTOPHER
SHARED, WE HELD OFF.
THAT RESULTED IN ABOUT A THIRD
OR TO QUANTIFY THIS, 83
POSITIONS THAT WERE VACANT
THROUGH JANUARY 2022.
BY JULY 1st, AND WITH
INCREDIBLE H.R.
SUPPORT, WE HAVE FILLED OVER 50
POSITIONS.
THEY ARE ALL FRONT-FACING.
TWO OF THEM ARE ADMINISTRATIVE.
BUT STILL DO FIELD WORK.
SO WE CALL THEM ALL FRONT-
FACING POSITIONS.
BUT THEY WERE A VARIETY OF
CLASSIFICATIONS, AS LABORER,
UTILITY LABORER, MAINTENANCE
LABORER, GARDENER, SENIOR
GARDENER, TRUCK DRIVER, HEAVY
TRUCK DRIVERS, CREW CHIEFS, AND
THE LAST TWO WERE MANAGERS FOR
OUR FRONT LINE STAFF.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE A RELATIVELY
NEW TEAM, MYSELF INCLUDED
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT
OUR HIRING SURGE STILL
CONTINUES.
THIS MONTH, WE ARE ON SCHEDULE
TO FILL ANOTHER 10 POSITIONS
WITHIN OUR DIVISION.
AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT
THAT THESE ARE GOOD JOBS.
THEY'RE LIVABLE WAGE.
THEY HAVE UNION MEMBERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES AND EXCELLENT
BENEFITS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE FOCUSED
MAINLY ON WHAT WE CALLED OUR
MISSION-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS.
AND THAT RESULTED IN FEWER CREW
PROJECTS, LESS MOWING, LESS
TRIMMING.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PREPARE OUR
PARKS FOR PEAK SEASON, AS WE
WOULD HAVE NORMALLY IN THE
PAST.
THAT COMPOUNDED WITH VACANCIES.
AND 21 DAYS OF RAIN IN MAY AND
19 DAYS OF RAIN IN JUNE.
WELL, WE FOUND OURSELVES BEHIND
SCHEDULE.
WHERE WE WOULD HAVE HAD
NORMALLY BEEN IN A REGULAR
YEAR.
AND SO THIS SLIDE JUST KIND OF
SHOWS A LOT OF PICTURES THAT
SHOWED DESPERATE NEED OF
ATTENTION THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE
CITY.
BUT AS WE STARTED TO EMERGE
FROM THE PANDEMIC, AS WELL AS
OUR USUAL GRAY WINTERS, PEOPLE
WERE STARTING TO FLOOD OUR
PARKS.
AND WE STARTED RECEIVING
CONCERNS, VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
A LOT OF FIND IT, FIX IT.
A LOT OF FACEBOOK ENTRIES.
YOUR VERY OWN OFFICES, AS WELL
AS OUR OWN INTERNAL
INSPECTIONS.
WELL, WE FOUND THAT WE NEEDED
TO IDENTIFY AN INCREASE IN
MAINTENANCE AT A MUCH MORE
ACCELERATED RATE THAN WE WERE
ABLE TO COMPLETE.
SO WITH GUIDANCE FROM
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS AND ANDY
SCHIFFER, AND MICHELLE
FINNEGAN, WE PUT TOGETHER WHAT
WE TITLED A MAINTENANCE SURGE.
SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> SO WHAT EXACTLY IS A
MAINTENANCE SURGE.
WE ASKED OURSELVES, WHAT MAKES
A PARK LOOK CLEAN?
WHAT MAKES A PARK LOOK
INVITING.
I USED TO SAY, JOEY, YOU CAN
HAVE TALL GRASS, YOU CAN HAVE
DEAD GRASS.
YOU CONTACT HAVE TALL, DEAD
CRASH.
AND THAT CHRISTOPHER PUSHED
MOWING WAS ESSENTIAL TO OUR
PARKS LOOKING GOOD.
SO HENCE, TURF MAINTENANCA
BECAME ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES.
OTHERS CAME NATURALLY, WHEN WE
ASKEDOURSELVES, WHAT MAKES THE
PARK LOOK INVITING AND SUCH.
NEXT WERE GRAFFITI REMOVAL AND
TRASH PICKUP.
AND THAT ROUNDED OUT OUR FOUR
PRIORITIES FOR MAINTENANCE
SURGE.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE CALLED THIS OUR TIER 1
PRIORITIES.
BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR CURRENT
PRIORITIES AS WE CATCH UP, TAKE
A LOOK AT REVIEW.
WE MIGHT IDENTIFY WHAT NEEDS TO
GET DONE NEXT.
WE NOTE THAT SEASONS CHANGE AND
THAT AS SEASONS CHANGE,
SOMETIMES OUR PRIORITIES
CHANGE.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WHAT
OUR PRIORITY 2S LOOK LIKE.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A
LITTLE LATER.
WE INITIATED THE SURGE ON JUNE
11th.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IN WEEK 9
OF OUR MAINTENANCE SURGE.
HOWEVER, THE NUMBERS I'M GOING
TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, ARE
JUST FROM ONE MONTH OF OUR
MAINTENANCE SURGE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO TURF MAINTENANCE.
SO EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES
KIND OF HAS A SUBCATEGORY UNDER
THEM.
AND IT'S VERY EASY TO ASSUME
THAT WE JUST GO THROUGH THE
PARK AND WE MOW.
BUT KNOW THAT MOWING GOES A
LITTLE FARTHER THAN THAT.
WE HAVE TO EDGE ALL OF OUR
SIDEWALKS, ALL OF THE CURB
LINES, AROUND FIRE HYDRANTS.
AROUND SIGNS, UNDER BENCHES.
UNDER TREES.
AND THAT BECOMES VERY, VERY
TIME CONSUMING.
INITIALLY, THIS TURF
MAINTENANCE WAS VERY, VERY
CHALLENGING.
YOUR FIRST MOW LOOKS REALLY,
REALLY SHAGGY.
AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HAD
OPPORTUNITY TO MOW YOUR OWN
LAWNS, YOU'RE AWARE WHEN YOU
HAVE 10 INCHES OF GRASS, YOU
KNOW YOU CAN'T JUST MOW IT
RIGHT DOWN TO TWO.
OR YOUR MOWER WILL BOG DOWN AND
IT WILL DIE.
SO YOU HAVE TO START AT EIGHT
INCHES.
AND NEXT MOW IS AT SIX INCHES
AND THEN DOWN TO FOUR, AND THEN
DOWN TO TWO.
SO WE WERE DOING ABOUT FOUR OR
FIVE MOWS TO EACH PARK BEFORE
YOU REALLY ACTUALLY STARTED TO
SEE A DIFFERENCE.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE 6500 ACRES OF
MAINTAINED PARKS, THAT IS A LOT
OF MOWING, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
485 PARKS, MULTIPLIED BY FOUR
MOWS.
BUT ENOUGH EXCUSES.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT --
WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
WORK THAT PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT
COMPLETED.
SO EVEN THOUGH OUR MAINTENANCE
SURGE CONTINUES, THE NUMBERS
THAT ARE BEING SHARED, AGAIN,
ARE FOR JUST OUR FIRST MONTH.
AND I WANTED TO BE VERY, VERY
CLEAR WITH THAT ONE.
SO IN OUR FIRST MONTH OF OUR
SURGE, WE DID 3,383 HOURS OF
TURF MAINTENANCE.
SO BY COMPARISON.
EACH SLIDE WILL ACTIVELY HAVE
WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2021.
AND IN 2021, AT THAT POINT, WE
HAD ONLY DONE 488 HOURS OF TURF
MAINTENANCE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
TRASH CLEANUP.
SO AGAIN, TRASH PICKUP SOUNDS
SO EASY AND SO SIMPLE.
IT IS NOT.
IF YOU'VE EVER BROKEN A BOTTLE,
YOU KNOW THAT TOOK SECONDS, AND
THEN IT TOOK 25 MINUTES TO
CLEAN UP.
MULTIPLY THAT BY 100 BOTTLES
THROUGHOUT OUR PARK DISTRICT.
OR THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
>> TRASH PICKUP DOESN'T JUST
MEAN WE'RE FOCUSING ON LITTER.
WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE FOCUSED
ON WADING POOLS AND SITES.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT TIPPING
DUMPSTERS THAT THEY ARE
DESIGNED FOR.
AND WE KNOW THAT PICKING UP
TRASH IS NO EASY FEAT.
IF YOU'VE EVER PICKED UP TRASH.
USING A LITTER STICK, MORE
POWER TO YOU.
THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.
THIS STATISTIC HERE, I JUST
WANTED TO SHARE.
AND DURING THE SURGE, WE SPENT
4,965 HOURS, PICKING UP TRASH,
AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD
IN 2021, WHERE WE DID JUST
4,708.
SOME OTHER REALLY IMPRESSIVE
NUMBERS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE,
TOO, IS THAT DURING THE SURGE,
WE PICKED 330 TONS OF TRASH.
>>> FOR OUR COMFORT STATION
CLEANING, WE HAVE MULTIPLE
CLEANS.
I WILL DISCUSS THAT IN OUR NEXT
PRESENTATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
COMFORT STATIONS.
JUST FOR THIS SLIGHT HERE, I
WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE
OUR NUMBERS HERE -- THEY DON'T
ALWAYS MAKE SENSE ON THIS ONE.
I WILL EXPLAIN.
WE SET 1964 HOURS CLEANING
COMFORT STATIONS AS COMPARED TO
2021 WHEN WE ACTIVELY SPENT
2900 HOURS. AGAIN, THE NUMBER
DOES NOT MAKE SENSE BUT THAT
WAS A DIRECT RESULT THAT AS OF
COVID, WE WERE DOING A LOT MORE
FREQUENCY OF CLEANINGS. I WILL
TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT
LATER, ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF CLEANING.
THESE WERE CONSIDERED DRY
CLEANINGS IN 2021.
THEY WERE HIGH-FREQUENCY BUT
NOT AS DEEP OR AS COMPARED TO
THIS YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO BE
DEEPER CLEANS TO GET THE
RESTROOMS CLEANER THAN WHAT
THEY NORMALLY ARE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FOR OUR
PRIORITIES, WE HAD GRAFFITI
REMOVAL.
THIS INVOLVES A VARIETY OF
METHODS FROM PRESSURE WASHING
USING GRAFFITI WIPES AND, AS A
LAST RESORT, REPAINTING.
IF YOU ARE LUCKY, YOU GET TO DO
ALL THREE TO GET RID OF ONE
PIECE OF GRAFFITI AND TO
ATTEMPT TO COLOR MATCH IT AS
WELL.
THIS IS NOT EASY.
THIS NUMBER THAT WE HAVE HERE
INCLUDES FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AT
PLANNING AND DESIGN AND
MAINTENANCE -- THEY ARE PAINT
SHOP AND SOME OF OUR TRADES SIT
WITHIN OUR PD AND DIVISION SO
THEY HELP US. TOTAL, WE SPENT
688 HOURS OF GRAFFITI REMOVAL
IN 2022 OR AS COMPARED TO 2021
WHEN WE JUST DID 481.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> WE STILL MANAGED TO DO OUR
OTHER WORK THAT WE NEEDED TO DO
. AFTER WE FINISHED OUR
PRIORITIES EVERY DAY, WE KNEW
THAT WE STILL HAD TO DO THE
REST OF OUR NORMAL AND REGULAR
TASKS.
WE STILL PREPPED WADING POOLS,
SPRAY PARKS.
WE STILL TRIM SHRUBS.
WE WEEDED ANNUAL BEDS. FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS, WE
PLANTED ANNUAL BEDS.
WE DID OUR NORMAL IRRIGATION
REPAIR AND STILL HAD TIME --
NOT STILL HAD TIME BUT WE STILL
MANAGED TO RUN THESE VERY TIME-
CONSUMING PROGRAMS LIKE
MANAGING OUR BEACH FIRES AT
GOLDEN GARDENS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> COMMUNICATING THE SURGE.
SEEING AS WE HAD A LOT OF
CONCERNS COMING IN VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD DO A
LITTLE BIT OF OUR OWN SOCIAL
MEDIA TO SHARE OUR INFORMATION.
OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM DID AN
EXCELLENT JOB AT PROMOTING OUR
WORK AND SHARING OUR WORK WITH
THE PUBLIC.
SHOCKINGLY, WE HAD OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY WITH
COMMENTS LIKE, KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK OR, I SAW YOU YESTERDAY IN
OUR LOCAL PARK.
IT WAS HEARTWARMING TO SEE AND,
ODDLY ENOUGH, MY TAKE AWAY WAS
A LOT OF THE LIKES WERE FROM
OUR OWN STAFF THAT WERE DOING
THE WORK.
IT WAS VERY COOL TO SEE OUR OWN
TEAM FOLLOWING OUR OWN WORK.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THAT KIND OF CONCLUDED OUR
MAINTENANCE SURGE BUT THIS SLIDE
DOVETAILS INTO WHAT WE ARE
DOING TO STAY ON TRACK. WE
CURRENTLY HAVE A VOLUNTEER
PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM THAT,
OVER TIME, HAS COMPLETED OVER
217 INSPECTIONS OVER THE LAST
FEW YEARS.
THIS YEAR, WE ARE ON TRACK TO
COMPLETE 35 PARK INSPECTIONS
WITH THIS PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM WORKS WITH
VOLUNTEERS.
VOLUNTEERS BRING THEIR OWN
UNIQUE LIFE AND WORK
EXPERIENCES TO OUR PARKS AND A
COMPLETE WHAT WE CALL A PARK
EVALUATION FORM. THEY ALSO TAKE
PICTURES AS WELL.
WHAT HAPPENS IS, WE HAVE A
COORDINATOR THAT TAKES ALL OF
THESE PICTURES AND TAKES ALL OF
THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO GET
COMPLETED AND FUNNELS IT TO THE
CREW CHIEFS WHO THEN MAKE SURE
THAT ALL OF THESE SUGGESTIONS
ARE ACTIVELY FOLLOWED.
THIS PROGRAM REALLY DOES SOME
AMAZING WORK. SOMETIMES IT
UNCOVERS IMMEDIATE SAFETY
CONCERNS.
SOMETIMES IT GIVES US EMERGENT
CONCERNS.
IT ALSO SUGGESTS -- THEY BRING
SOME REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS
FOR OUR PARKS AND FOR OUR
MAINTENANCE TEAM. IF ANYONE IS
INTERESTED, WE HAVE TWO
INSPECTIONS COMING UP ON THE
19th AT 8:30 AT BITTER LAKE
PLAYFIELD AND THEN AGAIN ON THE
23rd AT 10:00 A.M.
. THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
VOLUNTEERING CAN GET MORE
INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE
LISTED.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
OUR NEXT STEPS FOR OUR TIER 2
PRIORITIES.
AS WE CATCH UP, WE ARE NOT
FULLY CAUGHT UP. WE ARE NOT
DONE YET.
WE ARE REALLY JUST GETTING
STARTED WITH A NEW BATCH OF
STAFF WORK.
WE ARE VERY, VERY PASSIONATE IN
GETTING OUR PARKS TO PRE-
PANDEMIC EDITION.
WE NOTE THAT SOME OF OUR
PRIORITIES MAY CHANGE. AS WE
CATCH UP AND WE COMPLETE SOME
OF OUR TASKS, WE KNOW THAT SOME
OF THESE TASKS THAT ARE COMING
UP, SHIPPED WITH THE SEASON.
ONE OF THEM THAT WE IDENTIFIED
AS OF NOW AS WE ARE CURRENTLY
IN A PILOT PROJECT TO CLEAN ALL
OF OUR HARD SURFACE PORTS.
WE HAVE OVER 100 30. THIS PILOT
HAS A VERY LOFTY GOAL OF
CLEANING THEM ALL BY THE END OF
THE YEAR.
WE ARE IN WEEK TWO BUT WE ARE
ALSO AT 18 QUARTS THAT WERE
CLEANED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
OVERALL, WE PLAN TO KEEP THIS
SURGE MOVING.
AGAIN, AS WE ROLL INTO FALL AND
WINTER, WE WILL IDENTIFY NEW
PRIORITIES FOR US TO WORK
THROUGH.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW
BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES FOR US
. THIS RIGHT HERE IS EMMETT
SCHMIDT'S PARK. SOME BEFORE AND
AFTER HIS.
ANOTHER HUGE PROJECT, REMOVING
BLACKBERRY AND IVY AT WINTER
BAY.
THIS IS THE LAST TWO PICTURES
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THESE SLIDES, REALLY QUICKLY
HERE, OUR YESTER TERRACE, AN
EXAMPLE OF GOLDEN GARDENS AND
GENESEE PARK. AGAIN, OUR TEAM
HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF
TRCKING AND TAKING PICTURES.
WE LITERALLY HAVE HUNDREDS OF
PHOTOS TO CHOOSE FROM.
THIS LAST SLIDE THAT I HAVE
HERE IS SOME MORE BEFORE
ADAPTERS OF THE SEWER PARK NORTH
LOOP COMFORT STATION THAT WAS
RECENTLY REOPENED AS WELL AS
PLYMOUTH PILLARS REPEATING
REMOVAL.
THE VERY LAST TWO PICTURES ON
YOUR RIGHT IS NOT BEFORE AND
AFTER BUT AN EXAMPLE OF OTHER
WORK THAT WE DO TO KEEP OUR
PARKS CLEAN.
THIS IS HOW WE MAINTAIN SOME OF
OUR HARD SURFACES.
THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES
OF MACHINERY THAT WE USE.
ONE IS A WALK BEHIND SCRUBBER.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PIECES OF
EQUIPMENT WE USE TO HELP
MAINTAIN SOME OF OUR DOWNTOWN
PARKS SINCE WE HAVE LESS
SHRUBBERY AND LANDSCAPE. AGAIN,
AS A PROUD PARENT, I WOULD
HAPPILY SHOW MORE PHOTOS BUT I
RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE GOT
ANOTHER PRESENTATION TO GET TO.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THIS AFTERNOON AND JUST
WONDERING IF I CAN OPEN THE
FLOOR UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
OVERVIEW.
IT IS REALLY GREAT TO GET THIS
FULL BRIEFING AT COUNCIL ON THE
MAINTENANCE SURGE. I CAN
DIGRESS FOR A MOMENT TO ATTEST
TO BEING ONE OF THOSE SUPER
ENTHUSIASTIC WITNESSES OF THE
MAINTENANCE SURGE ON A COUPLE
OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS NOW IN A
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PARKS.
EITHER SOME PARKS EMPLOYEES ARE
FOLLOWING ME TO TIME A
MAINTENANCE SURGE WHEN I HAPPEN
TO BE IN A PARTICULAR PARK, OR
MORE LIKELY, WE REALLY ARE
SEEING THIS MASSIVE INCREASE
ALL OVER THE CITY, INCLUDING
PARKS IN DISTRICT 7 WERE I HAVE
WITNESSED IT FIRSTHAND. IT HAS
BEEN VERY NOTICEABLE.
I WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS AND THEN I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS HER
HAND UP . FIRST, I AM CURIOUS
WHAT YOU ATTRIBUTE THE HIRING
SUCCESS TO? THOSE ARE
INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS
THAT YOU ATTRACTED, 50 NEW
HIRES INTO DOING THIS
MAINTENANCE WORK.
THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT AND
CRITICAL. WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE
THAT TO?
HOW CAN WE LEARN IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS WHERE WE MIGHT BE
TRYING TO FILL VACANCIES FROM
WHAT YOU ARE DOING?
>> MAYBE I WILL JUMP IN HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IN
MARCH WAS HAVE A RETREAT
DEDICATED TO HIRING.
WE TOLD OUR HR STAFF TO GET
TOGETHER, WE PULLED TOGETHER
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND HAD A
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OUR HR UNIT
NEEDED AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO
REALLOCATE RESOURCES FROM OTHER
AREAS IN THE ORGANIZATION TO
SUPPORT HIRING.
THEY HAVE A STAFF SHORTAGE AS
WELL.
WE MADE IT AN ALL HANDS
EVOLUTION TO INCREASE HIRING.
THE DIVISIONS PROVIDED A LOT OF
SUPPORT AND IT WAS IN A ESPRIT
DE CORPS AROUND RAMPING UP AND
HIRING MORE STAFF ACROSS THE
ORGANIZATION.
IT WAS KIND OF AN ALL HANDS ON
DECK EVOLUTION.
JOEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK IT WAS A CULMINATION
OF MANY THINGS.
I KNOW OUR HR DEPARTMENT REALLY
CAME THROUGH FOR US WITH
PUSHING OUT OUR HIRING.
WE ALSO HAVE AN EQUITY
COORDINATOR ON OUR TEAM WHO
PUSHED ALL OF OUR RECRUITMENTS
OUT TO AN ADDITIONAL 12
DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS, THE
FILIPINO TIMES, DAYBREAK STAR
ARE THE TWO I CAN THINK OF OFF
THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE REALLY TRIED TO REACH OUT TO
GRAB A MUCH MORE DIVERSE
AUDIENCE TO REPRESENT THOSE
THAT ARE IN THE CITY.
I KNOW THAT BROUGHT IN SOME
PEOPLE.
I ALSO THINK THAT WE ARE IN A
POINT IN TIME WHERE PEOPLE DID
NOT WANT TO GO AND WORK IN
SMALL ENCLOSED SPACES.
AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE PARKS
SYSTEM IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY BE OUTSIDE.
THIS IS AT A TIME TOO WHEN THE
CDC WAS TELLING PEOPLE GO
OUTSIDE, GET TOGETHER WITH
OTHER PEOPLE BUT DO IT OUTSIDE.
DO IT SAFELY.
WHEN WE DID THIS RECRUITMENT,
WE WERE ACTIVELY VERY SHOCKED
AS WELL TOO WITH THE AMOUNT OF
RESPONSES THAT WE GOT. AS AN
EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE FOR OUR
LABORER POSITION, WHICH IS OUR
ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION, WE HAD
UPWARDS OF 300 APPLICATIONS FOR
IT.
WE REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GET THE CRCE DE LA CRCE, THE
CREAM OF THE CROP, WHICH IS WHY
WE HAVE THE SUCCESSES OF ITS
MAINTENANCE SURGE NOW BECAUSE
THIS NEW TEAM THAT IS HERE,
COMBINED WITH OUR SEASONED STAFF
, THEY ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
GETTING IT.
THEY BROUGHT AN ENTIRE MORALE
BOOST WITH THEM.
FOR THAT, I THINK THAT WE ARE
VERY THANKFUL.
AGAIN, OUR HR ALSO STEPPED
OUTSIDE OF THEIR BOX WITH
RECRUITMENT WITH DOING SOCIAL
MEDIA OUTPUT. WE HAVE MAGNETS
ON OUR VEHICLES THAT SAY
SEATTLE PARKS IS NOW HIRING
WITH QR CODES AND ALL OF THESE
OTHER THINGS TO HELP.
ULTIMATELY, AT THE END OF THE
DAY, WHEN I TOUCHED ON IT
EARLIER, THESE ARE GOOD,
LIVABLE WAGE JOBS.
THEY HAVE UNION OPPORTUNITIES.
THESE ARE 50 JOBS THAT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE IS PROVIDING TO ITS
RESIDENTS.
>> GREAT. THAT IS REALLY GOOD TO
HEAR.
WHAT AN INSPIRING STORY AND HOW
THAT WAS ABLE TO COME TOGETHER.
WITHOUT GETTING THOSE FOLKS
HIRED AND TRAINED UP, THERE IS
NO MAINTENANCE SURGE.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE HOW THAT
CAME TOGETHER AND IS LEADING TO
THE DIFFERENCE WE ARE SEEING IN
THE COMMUNITY.
THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT QUESTION
ON HOW WE SUSTAIN THIS AND HOW
THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
RENEWAL MIGHT BE A POTENTIAL
VEHICLE FOR THAT KIND OF
INVESTMENT THAT IS NEEDED TO
SUSTAIN THIS. WHILE IT IS ALL
WELL AND GOOD THAT WE HAVE A
SURGE TO CATCH UP FROM THE
IMPACTS OF THE COVID ERA AND A
LONG PERIOD OF UNDERSTAFFING
AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE REALLY
WANT TO GO FORWARD WHERE THIS
CAN -- SPEAKING FOR THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ALL OF THE
TOWN HALLS WE HAVE BEEN
CONDUCTING, SOMETHING WHERE THIS
IS TAKEN AS A MATTER OF COURSE
THAT WE HAVE THIS LEVEL OF
MAINTENANCE AND ATTENTION TO
PARKS -- HOW DO WE TAKE THE
ENERGY AND MOMENTUM AROUND THIS
SURGE AND STRUCTURE A
MAINTENANCE REGIME WHERE WE CAN
EXPECT GOING FORWARD TO BE ABLE
TO MEET THIS LEVEL OF DEMAND IN
A CONSISTENT WAY. HOW CAN WE AS
A COUNCIL GAVE A FUNDED MANDATE
TO PARKS TO SUSTAIN AND KEEP
THIS LEVEL OF ATTENTION TO THE
BASIC MAINTENANCE OF THE PARKS?
>> YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER,
THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
WE WILL ALWAYS ACCEPT MORE
FUNDING. ONE OF THE REALITIES IS
THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE
PANDEMIC, WE DID NOT REDUCE OUR
LEVEL OF FUNDING IN OUR GROUNDS
MAINTENANCE SECTION.
WE HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF
FNDING.
WE JUST DID NOT DEPLOY IT
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT FOR
THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
HAS BEEN ON A LIST OF THE 10
BEST MAINTAINED PARK AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENTS IN THE
COUNTRY. I THINK OUR CHALLENGE
WAS TO GET PAST THE PANDEMIC
AND DOUBLE UP ON CATCHING UP.
WE WORKED STAFF ON THE WEEKENDS
, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. LOTS OF
OVERTIME JUST TO GET CAUGHT UP.
WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE THAT ONCE CAUGHT UP,
WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE
. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IN
THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS IS
DUE CREW PROJECTS AFTER WE GET
OUT OF PEAK SEASON.
ECRU PROJECT GIVES US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE FOR THE
NEXT SPRING.
THIS FALL/WINTER, WE ANTICIPATE
HAVING LOTS OF CREW PROJECT'S
THAT WILL DO THE WORK THAT
PERHAPS WE DID NOT DO IN 2021
TO GET THE SYSTEM READY FOR THE
ALLING SPRING AND SUMMER.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT WORK
THIS SPRING.
RATHER, I'M SORRY, THIS FALL
AND WINTER.
THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR
QUESTION IS, WE THINK WE HAVE
ENOUGH RESOURCES TO STAY CAUGHT
UP, BARRING ANOTHER PANDEMIC.
>> ALL RIGHT.
EXCELLENT. I APPRECIATE THE
DEPARTMENT'S HONESTY ON THAT
AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
TOGETHER ON WAYS TO MAKE SURE
THE DEPARTMENT STAYS WELL
RESOURCED TO MEET THE MANDATE OF
WHAT THE PUBLIC AND CERTAINLY
PER JOEY'S REPUTATION, WHAT THE
STAFF OF THE PARK'S DEPARTMENT
EXPECTS FOR PARKS AND
RECREATION PROPERTIES.
ANOTHER THING I MIGHT TOUCH ON
BEFORE HANDED OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , WHICH
IS RELATED, SUPERINTENDENT
WILLIAMS, IS INVESTMENTS WE
MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE TO
MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL NEED FOR
SUPPLEMENTAL MAINTENANCE AND
REMEDIAL WORK IN PARKS, THROUGH
THINGS LIKE PARK RANGER
PRESENCE OR THROUGH THINGS LIKE
PARK CONCIERGE OR ATTENDANCE
FOR COMFORT STATIONS, WHICH I
IMAGINE, AS FAR AS THE EXTENT
TO WHICH THIS MAINTENANCE SURGE
CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH
VANDALISM AND CERTAINLY
GRAFFITI WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF
THAT, FROM THE PRESENTATION.
I AM SURE THERE IS OTHERS THAT
COULD BE ATTESTED TO BUT THAT
MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT
THIS TOO, ACTIVATION AND PUBLIC
SAFETY INVESTMENTS THAT WORK ON
THESE ITEMS FROM THE OTHER END
BY PREVENTING THEM FROM
HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
JUST ANOTHER THING I WANT TO
FLAG FOR OUR METROPOLITAN PARK
DISTRICT DISCUSSIONS.
IF IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A
MAINTENANCE LEVEL INVESTMENT,
INVESTMENTS IN THOSE
PREVENTATIVE THINGS AND THOSE
ACTIVATIONS MIGHT BE SOMETHING
WORTHY TO MITIGATE THE
MAINTENANCE BOTTOM LINES.
I WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO THE PANEL TO RESPOND TO THAT
AND THEN IT WILL TURN IT OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> OUR MAYOR IS CLOSELY
REVIEWING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
SOME OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY
STEPS AND ACTIVATION THAT
MITIGATE OR INCREASE THE
POSITIVE LEGITIMATE USE OF THE
PARKS SYSTEM.
LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND SOME OF THAT
COULD SHOW UP IN HIS
RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL.
>> GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ?
>> I JUST WANT TO FIRST PREFACE
MY QUESTION WITH A THANK YOU. I
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE, IN REAL
TIME, HOW MUCH MORE QUICKLY
CONSTITUENTS ARE GETTING
RESPONSES AND THEY ARE NOT
GETTING RESPONSES THAT SAY WE
WILL GET TO IT, THEY ARE GETTING
A RESPONSE TO A TELLING THEM
THAT IT HAS BEEN DONE.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOUR
TEAM.
I WANT TO THANK THESE -- I WANT
TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE
BEING COPIED BY YOUR STAFF ON
YOUR RESPONSE SO I DON'T HAVE A
SENSE OF THESE REFERRALS JUST
GOING INTO A BLACK HOLE
SOMEWHERE.
I KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN
RESPONDED TO AND THAT REDUCES
THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE ALL
HAVE TO DO TO TRACK DOWN
ANSWERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE INCREASED
WORK YOU ARE DOING AND ALSO
BEING RESPONSIVE TO MY REQUESTS.
NOW, PEOPLE ARE REALLY
INTERESTED IN PARK MAINTENANCE
AND ADDRESSING UNKNOWN GRASS.
I APPRECIATE TRYING TO MOW THE
GRASS THAT HAS GROWN MANY INCHES
. IT CAN RESOLVE IN A MOWER
PUTTERING OUT. I UNDERSTAND THE
NEED TO SCALE THAT WORK BUT I
ALSO LEARNED FROM PAULA HOFF
THAT YOU ARE HIGHLIGHTING A NEW
APPROACH THAT I WANT TO GET
MORE INFORMATION OUT SO THAT WE
CANNOT ONLY BE RESPONSIVE TO
REQUESTS BUT MANAGE THEIR
EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
DOING.
THERE IS THIS NEW PASSIVE TURF
PILOT WHERE YOU ARE FOCUSING ON
A DIFFERENT MOWING APPROACH ON
AREAS THAT ARE NOT BEING USED
BY THE PUBLIC. I AM JUST
WONDERING IF YOU COULD TELL ME
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL PUT A
REQUEST IN AND WE TELL THEM IT
IS DONE AND THEN THEY ARE LIKE,
THAT IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT IT
SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THEY ARE
EXPECTING THIS SHORT, MODE AREA
BUT YOU ARE AVOIDING CERTAIN
AREAS WHILE MOWING OTHERS. I
WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
>> DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO
THAT?
>> I CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT.
WE ACTIVELY HAVE DESIGNATED
MEADOWS THROUGHOUT THE PARKS
AND RECREATION DISTRICT IN THE
CITY.
SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE WERE
NOT MOWING WERE NOT PART OF THAT
. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
QUICKLY WANTED TO RECTIFY.
YOU HAVE HEARD OF POLLINATOR
PATHWAYS.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT NO MOW MAY
. THERE ARE OTHER
SUSTAINABILITY ITEMS THAT WENT
INTO NOT MOWING SOME SPECIFIC
AREAS. WE STILL FEEL LIKE THAT
MIGHT BE THE RIGHT APPROACH. WE
NEED TO GET THERE SLOWLY AND WE
NEED TO EDUCATE OTHER PEOPLE
MORE BEFORE WE INITIATE A
PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
CHRISTOPHER, PLEASE CORRECT ME
IF I'M WRONG BUT THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT IS ONE OF OUR
GOALS FROM A SUSTAINABILITY
PERSPECTIVE BUT I DON'T THINK
THAT WE ARE SAYING WE ARE GOING
TO LET THIS AREA GROW TO BECOME
A MEADOW. THAT WAS OFTEN VERY
MUCH SO CONFUSED WITH LACK OF
PARK MAINTENANCE.
THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
>> THERE IS A PASSIVE TURF PILOT
.
>> YES.
THAT IS PART OF IT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE LOW MOW
AND THE POLLINATOR GARDEN, IT
TIES INTO OUR SUSTAINABILITY
PART BUT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER
JOB IN THE BEGINNING AND GET
OUT AHEAD OF IT BEFORE WE
CONTINUE THAT ONE ON.
WE DO HAVE CERTAIN AREAS THAT
ARE OFFICIALLY MEADOWS THAT WE
ONLY MOW TWICE A YEAR. BECAUSE
OF OUR MAINTENANCE SURGE --
MOST MEADOWS ARE MODE REGARDLESS
AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR
AND IT WAS TIME.
WE JUST MADE THIS THE RIGHT
TIME TO GET IN THERE.
VEN THOUGH WE HAVE A PASSIVE
TURF PILOT PROJECT, WE FIGURED
NOW IS THE TIME TO COME IN AND
GET IT MODE. THERE IS ALWAYS
THE FEAR OF FIRES AROUND JULY
4. THE TIMING OF ALL OF IT WAS
LIKE, IT IS TIME FOR IT -- IT
WAS TIME FOR US TO MOW IT AT
THIS POINT.
>> WE TRY TO HAVE THOSE PASSIVE
OR NATURAL AREAS MOSTLY IN OUR
NATURAL AREA PARKS. WHAT WE
CONSIDER TO BE A DEVELOPED
URBAN PARK, WE ARE NOT GOING TO
HAVE AS MANY PASSIVE MOW AREAS.
WE WANT THOSE TO HAVE A MORE
MANICURED LOOK BUT THERE ARE
AREAS IN THE SYSTEM THAT FEEL
LIKE MORE NATURAL AREA PARKS
WHERE WE ARE PILOTING THAT IDEA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM
COLLEAGUES ON THE MAINTENANCE
SURGE PRESENTATION?
I CAN ALSO SAY, BEFORE I -- TO
BUY A LITTLE TIME IF COLLEAGUES
ARE TAKING OF A QUESTION THEY
MIGHT ASK, I APPRECIATE THE
MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN
PROVIDED IN THE PRESENTATION.
I WILL CERTAINLY MANIFEST THEM
INTO AN EMAIL TO MY DISTRICT
OVER THE RECESS TO LET PEOPLE
KNOW ABOUT THE SURGE AND
INCLUDE MY OWN PERSONAL
ANECDOTES OF OBSERVING THIS
MAINTENANCE WORK AND ACTION AS
PART OF THAT. I CAN'T STRESS
ENOUGH HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE
THE HARD WORK OF EVERYONE IN
PARKS AND REALLY LEANING INTO
THE SUMMER BEING A SUMMARY OF
RECOVERY AND REALLY DOING THE
WORK FOR THE PARKS SYSTEM THAT
ALL THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE WANT
TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE.
EVERYTHING I CAN DO THROUGH MY
COMMUNICATIONS, I WILL ECHO THAT
STORY BECAUSE I KNOW PART OF
THE PRESENTATION WAS TRYING TO
MAKE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AWARE
OF THE SURGE AND I JUST WANTED
TO CLOSE BY GIVING MY PROMISE
TO SPREAD THE WORD BASED ON
THIS PRESENTATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
INFORMATION.
WITH THAT, DO COLLEAGUES HAVE
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE, WHY DON'T WE
PROCEED TO OUR NEXT
PRESENTATION FROM OUR PARKS
PANEL?
>> GREAT. WE ARE GOING TO ASK
TRAN 29 AND KIM BALDWIN TO
JOIN US HERE.
THIS PRESENTATION IS A HIGH
LEVEL PRESENTATION ON THE WHOLE
SPECTRUM OF COMFORT STATION
CLEANING, MAINTENANCE, LONG-TERM
MAINTENANCE.
WE CONSIDER CLEAN, SAFE,
ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS AN
ESSENTIAL SERVICE FOR PARK USERS
. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
PANDEMIC IN 2020 AND 2021.
WE WANTED PLACES WHERE PEOPLE
COULD GO TO WASH THEIR HANDS
AND PRACTICE BASIC HYGIENE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THIS OVERVIEW IS AN OVERVIEW
ON SOME BASIC COMFORT STATION
DATA, OUR DAILY MAINTENANCE
ROUTINE, WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THERE ARE ROUGHLY 129 TOTAL
COMFORT STATIONS.
SEATTLE PARK AND RECREATION
CONSIDER A COMFORT STATION A
STANDALONE OUTSIDE BATHROOM.
IN MOST CASES, IT IS A BATHROOM
NOT CONNECTED TO A BUILDING.
THEY INCLUDE SHELTER HOUSES
THAT TYPICALLY HAVE GATHERING
SPACES OR BATHHOUSES SUCH AS WE
HAVE AT GREEN LAKE OR GOLDEN
GARDENS.
THAT IS OUR MAP ON COMFORT
STATIONS THERE.
>> SUPERINTENDENT, JUST A QUICK
VACATION. SO THIS DOES NOT
INCLUDE COMFORT STATIONS THAT
MIGHT BE IN A COMMUNITY CENTER?
>> RIGHT.
VERY GOOD POINT.
WE HAVE LEFT OFF THOSE COMFORT
STATIONS THAT ARE IN COMMUNITY
CENTERS.
THESE ARE DEDICATED COMFORT
STATIONS, NOT INCLUDING
COMMUNITY CENTERS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THIS SLIDE ATTEMPTS TO
ILLUSTRATE THE DISTRIBUTION AND
ALLOCATION OF COMFORT STATIONS
BY COUNCIL DISTRICTS . YOU CAN
SEE THE MAP THERE.
WE HAVE 26 AND DISTRICT 2, 18
AND DISTRICT 6 AND 15 AND
DISTRICT 7. THIS IS HOW WE GET
TO THE NUMBER OF 129.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THIS IS A BRIEF SLIDE ON THE
ONGOING LIFECYCLE COST FOR A
COMFORT STATION.
IT IS A CIRCULAR ILLUSTRATION.
IT INCLUDES DAILY OR ROUTINE
MAINTENANCE. IT INCLUDES
SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE THAT IS A
RESULT SOMETIMES OF WORK ORDERS
FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
MAINTENANCE.
THEN, THERE IS CAPITAL RENEWAL.
ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE A LIFE
EXPECTANCY. FOR A COMFORT
STATION, THAT MIGHT BE 30 YEARS
AND WE NEED TO BE HAVING A
DISCUSSION ABOUT REPLACING
THOSE FACILITIES AT THE END OF
THEIR USEFUL LIFE. THIS IS AN
ILLUSTRATION OF THE FULL
MAINTENANCE LIFE HERE.
AT THIS POINT, I WILL TURN THE
PRESENTATION OVER TO JOE WE
ONCE AGAIN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.
WE GET TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME
TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON.
YOUR COMFORT STATION CLEANING
TEAM ALSO SITS WITHIN THE PARKS
AND ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
THIS AFTERNOON, I WOULD LIKE TO
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE
WITH YOU HOW OUR MAINTENANCE
TEAMS OPERATE AND SOME OF OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT OUR TEAM
DOES WHEN IT COMES TO -- I'M
SORRY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT
OUR TEAM HAS IN MAINTAINING THE
COMFORT STATION.
RIGHT NOW, AT ANY GIVEN POINT
IN TIME, WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF
12 LABORERS THAT ARE DEDICATED
TO JUST COMFORT STATION CLEANING
. DURING OUR PEAK SEASON, THEY
ARE ASSISTED BY OTHER STAFF AND
IN SOME INSTANCES, OUR SEASONAL
STAFF.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, NO ONE ON OUR
PARKS TEAM IS IMMUNE FROM ANY
COMFORT STATION RESPONSIBILITY,
MYSELF INCLUDED.
ALL STAFF SHOULD HAVE BASIC
CLEANING MATERIALS ON THEIR
VEHICLES AND BE READY TO RESTOCK
, SERVICE, OR KNOW WHO TO CALL
TO GET THAT DONE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THIS IS PROBABLY GOT TO BE
MY FAVORITE PHRASE THAT OUR
TEAM HAS COME UP WITH.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF
OUR COMFORT STATIONS.
COMFORT STATIONS ARE AS DIVERSE
AS SEATTLE.
I LOVE THAT PHRASE. OUR TEAM
HAS THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM
WITH THESE COMFORT STATIONS AND
THERE IS A VARIETY OF STATIONS
THAT WE DO CLEAN.
EACH ONE OF THEM REQUIRES VERY
UNIQUE METHODS AND FREQUENCIES
THAT EACH REQUIRE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF MATERIALS, DIFFERENT
TOOLS AS WELL AS THE DIFFERENT
PPE THAT YOU NEED TO WEAR.
AS CHRISTOPHER MENTIONED JUST
NOW, THERE IS A LOT OF
DIFFERENT STYLES. WE HAVE THE
PORTLAND LOU WHICH WE HAVE AT
RAINIER BEACH, BALLARD COMMONS.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE SHELTER HOUSES.
LAST ON THIS PHOTO IS THE
GENDER-NEUTRAL STALLS. SINCE
EACH ONE OF THESE COMFORT
STATIONS IS UNIQUE IN BOTH THE
STYLE AND LOCATION, SOME ARE
EITHER OPEN YEAR-ROUND OR
DURING PEAK SEASON.
YES, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER
AS TO WHAT IS OPEN DURING
WINTER SEASON.
MIND YOU, PEAK SEASON IS
APPROXIMATELY MAY THROUGH
SEPTEMBER BUT OFTEN EXTENDED TO
INCLUDE BOTH APRIL AND OCTOBER
WHICH ARE BOTH WEATHER
PERMITTING.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> HOW DO WE GET IT DONE?
EVERYONE HERE HAS WALKED INTO
THEIR OWN HOME AND TO A ROOM
THAT YOU HAD JUST CLEANED AND
SAID, HOW IS THIS ROOM DIRTY?
I JUST CLEANED IT. NOW, IMAGINE
YOUR HOME HAVING 3000, 5000, UP
TO 15,000 OF YOUR FRIENDS
COMING OVER TO USE YOUR
BATHROOM AND IMAGINE JUST HOW
QUICKLY IT WOULD GET DIRTY.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT OUR TEAM DEALS
WITH DAILY.
IT IS ALWAYS OUR GOAL TO GET
THEM OPEN AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
OUR STAFF SHIFTS THERE START
TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
EARLY MORNING EXERCISES, WHICH
I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND, HAVE
ACCESS TO A COMFORT STATION.
WE ARE CHALLENGED ON SOME.
YOU WILL SEE LATER ON DURING
THE MAINTENANCE SURGE -- YOU
HAVE SEEN THAT OUR TEAM LIKES
TO TAKE BEFORE AND AFTER
PICTURES. I HAVE SEEN SOME OF
THE BEFORE PICTURES OF A
COMFORT STATION THAT
DESPERATELY NEEDED CLEANING AND
I HAVE TAKEN THE LIBERTY TO NOT
INCLUDE THEM IN THIS
PRESENTATION.
ONCE YOU SEE THEM, YOU CAN'T
UNSEAT SOME OF THESE PICTURES.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, SOME OF THESE
COMFORT STATIONS TAKE A LOT
LONGER TO CLEAN THAN OTHERS
WHICH SOMETIMES DELAYS OTHERS
FROM FURTHER DOWN ON THE ROUTE
FROM OPENING ON TIME.
THE FIRST THING THAT WE DO WHEN
WE GO OUT TO CLEAN COMFORT
STATIONS IS WE DEFINITELY HAVE
TO PAIR UP FOR SAFETY.
THERE IS A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAVE
GOTTEN INTO A COMFORT STATION
THE NIGHT BEFORE AND WHAT
CONDITION IT COULD BE IN. WE
SEND TWO PEOPLE OUT TO CLEAN
EACH COMFORT STATION AND IN
SOME CASES, WE SEND THE ENTIRE
TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
ARE SAFE. WE GO INTO THE
RESTROOMS.
WE UNLOCK THEM.
WE DO WHAT IS CALLED THE
DRYCLEAN AND THEN WE RESTOCK. A
DRYCLEAN IS WHEN WE ACTIVELY GO
INTO A COMFORT STATION AND WE
VISUALLY INSPECT FOR DAMAGED
EQUIPMENT, LOOK AT FIXTURES.
WE CHECKED OPEN DOORS, HINGES,
FAUCETS, HAND DRYERS, TOILET
PAPER DISPENSERS, LIGHT
FIXTURES, DOOR LOCKS AND
GRAFFITI, YOU NAME IT. WE FLUSH
THE TOILETS.
WE RUN THE FAUCETS TO MAKE SURE
THEY ARE ALL IN GOOD WORKING
ORDER.
LAST, WE PICK UP SOME GROUND
LITTER, SWEEP THE FLOORS AND
FOLLOW UP WITH A VERY QUICK
MOP.
ON OUR WAY OUT, WE WIPE THEM
DOWN, SANITIZE THE SINKS AS
WELL AS THE DOOR HANDLE.
AFTER WE STEP OUTSIDE, WE CALL
IN AND WE CREATE A WORK ORDER.
YOU WILL HEAR LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION ABOUT SOME OF THE
VANDALISM THAT WE ARE FACED
WITH ON THE DAILY.
WHEN COMFORT STATIONS ON THE
ROUTES ARE CLEANED, THEY THEN
HEAD TO A CREW PROJECT WHICH IS
NORMALLY A DEEP CLEAN AT
ANOTHER SITE.
JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION, WE
HAVE 41 HIGH-VOLUME SITES THAT
WE PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF A
SECONDARY SERVICE.
IN SOME LOCATIONS LIKE GOLDEN
GARDENS, GREEN LAKE, THEY GET A
THIRD AND A FOURTH SERVICE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> WE CALL IT WET CLEANS,
DRYCLEAN ZEN WE ALL SCREAM FOR
DEEP CLEANS.
I WENT OVER WHAT WE DO ON A
DRYCLEAN.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO
IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT IT
IS ALL OF THE SAME STEPS AS A
DRY CLEAN BUT NOW WE COME IN
AND WE USE A HOSE AND/OR
PRESSURE WASHER.
IN SOME PLACES WE CAN USE A
PRESSURE WASHER BECAUSE THE
SPACE IS TOO SMALL AND THERE IS
TOO MUCH KICKBACK. IF YOU HAVE
EVER BEEN IN A COMFORT STATION
AND KNOW WHAT THE WORD KICKBACK
MEANS, KNOW THAT IT IS NOT
SANITARY.
THIS IS DONE IN OUR LOCATIONS
DAILY, THE DRY CLEANS.
ONCE A WEEK, WE DO WHAT IS
CALLED THE WET CLEAN. THE WET
CLEAN IS COMING IN WITH
PRESSURE WASHER AND WE DO ALL
OF THE SAME STEPS.
THE LAST ONE THAT WE HAVE IS A
DEEP CLEAN.
A DEEP CLEAN CONSISTS OF ALL OF
THE SAME STEPS AS A DAILY CLEAN
BUT IT IS ALMOST ENTIRELY
COMPLETED BY A PRESSURE WASHER.
THE DIFFERENCE IS, IN THE
INTERIOR, IT STOPS FROM THE TOP
OF THE BUILDING TO THE BOTTOM.
IN THE INTERIOR, WE GET THE
CEILING, LIGHT FIXTURES,
COBWEBS AND THEN WE WORK OUR
WAY DOWN.
AT THE VERY END OF A DEEP
CLEAN, WE STEP OUTSIDE AND WE
PRESSURE WASH THE EXTERIOR
WALLS OF THE BUILDING AND
FLOORS IF IT IS NEEDED.
HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE HAD ONE
DEEP CLEAN PER DISTRICT. WITH
OUR MAINTENANCE SURGE, WE HAVE
INCREASED THAT TO THREE DEEP
CLEANS PER DISTRICT PER WEEK.
WE ARE GOING TO START TO SEE
EVEN CLEANER RESTROOMS THAN
WHAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST.
ON AVERAGE, I MENTIONED WE HAVE
12 WORKING ON COMFORT STATIONS
DURING THE DAY.
THE STAFF WOULD INCLUDE MORE
SPECIALIZED STAFF DOING OTHER
REMOVAL LIKE REPLACING LOCKS,
HANDLES, FAUCETS AND THAT TYPE
OF THING.
>> MY LAST SLIDE TALKS A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS
. SADLY, COMFORT STATION
INTERRUPTIONS ARE VERY, VERY
FREQUENT. WE ARE OFTEN A TARGET
FOR SOMETIMES VERY SIMPLE
VANDALISM LIKE SOMEBODY LIT
SOME TOILET PAPER ON FIRE. DID
NOT CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE BUT
THE BURN MARK IS NOT GOING AWAY
FOR LITTLE WHILE.
SOMETIMES IT GETS TO BECOME
VERY, VERY EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
I AM SURE THAT YOU ARE ALL
AWARE OF EVERY CLOSED COMFORT
STATION WITHIN YOUR OWN
DISTRICTS BUT SOME OF THESE
EXAMPLES THAT THEY WILL SHARE
OUR EXTENSIVE AND SOME OF THE
SITES WOULD BE LIKE THESE
PICTURES HERE ABOUT BRIGHTON
PLAYFIELD, LIPTON SPRINGS AND
THE JENKINS PARK UPPER SHELTER
HOUSE WHCH HAD A PRETTY SEVERE
FIRE.
WHEN STAFF DO DETERMINE THAT WE
MAY NEED TO REMAIN CLOSED FOR A
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, WE DO A
QUICK HUDDLE WITH OUR PLANNING,
DESIGN, AND MAINTENANCE TEAM.
IF A SERVICE INTERRUPTION IS
NEEDED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD,
WE WILL CALL IN AND PUT SANI CAN
OPTIONS INSTALLED.
WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO TURN
THIS OVER TO CARSON TO TALK
ABOUT HOW THEY RESPOND TO
SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, JOEY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> CARSON JONES HERE. IT IS MY
PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT AND TO
REPRESENT THE STAFF THAT ARE
WHAT WE CALL OUR SKILLED
MAINTENANCE TEAM.
THEY TAKE CARE OF OUR PARKS,
COMMUNITY CENTERS, POOLS, SPRAY
PARKS AND OUR COMFORT STATIONS,
WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO
TALK ABOUT TODAY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> A LOT OF WHAT WE ARE ABOUT
IS FIXING BROKEN. IT IS OUR
GOAL TO RESPOND SAME DAY TO
ANYTHING THAT TAKES A COMFORT
STATION OUT OF SERVICE.
WE RESPOND IN AN AVERAGE --
LAST YEAR I DID THE STATISTICS
FOR SHOPS THAT RESPONDED TO
1400 WORK ORDERS IN A GIVEN
YEAR FOR OUR COMFORT STATION.
IF YOU DISTRIBUTE THAT EVENLY,
THAT IS ABOUT 10 VISITS PER OR
MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE MORE.
OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THEM GET MORE
ATTENTION THAN OTHERS.
WE DO WINTERIZE.
WINTERIZATION IS NECESSARY
DURING EXTREME WEATHER. ANY
TIME WE GET DOWN IN THE TEENS
AND 20s FOR ANY KIND OF AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, SINCE
OUR COMFORT STATIONS DON'T HAVE
HEAT, IT IS NECESSARY TO GET IN
AND WINTERIZE THEM.
WE HAVE TO DRAIN THE FIXTURES,
PUT IN ANTI-FREEZE, AND PROTECT
THEM OR THEY WILL SUFFER
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. WHEN WE D
WINTERIZE, THAT IS TYPICALLY
WHEN WE DO A LOT OF MAINTENANCE
. WE LIKE TO REPLACE ALL OF THE
SOFT PARTS AND MAKE SURE ALL OF
THE EQUIPMENT IS WORKING
PROPERLY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> SECURITY AT COMFORT STATIONS
IS ALSO PART OF OUR PURVIEW.
SOME OF THOSE WORK ORDERS ARE
FOR SECURITY. WE ARE INSTALLING
AUTO WALKING IN A NUMBER OF OUR
COMFORT STATIONS.
THIS IS A TRENDED NATIONALLY FOR
PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES
AND OTHER PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
LOCATIONS. IT ALLOWS US TO LOCK
AND UNLOCK THEM AND CONTROL
THEM REMOTELY. WHEN EVERYTHING
IS WORKING RIGHT, IT CAN SAVE A
TRIP THEN IN THE MORNING AND AT
THE END OF THE DAY.
YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT IS LIKE
TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING LOCKED
AND UNLOCKED ON A SCHEDULE WITH
AN INVENTORY AS VAST AS OURS.
SO, THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE, KIM BALDWIN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> I KIM BALDWIN AND I GOT TO
SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL RENEWAL .
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
THE DIAGRAM HERE ILLUSTRATES
THE CIRCULAR LIFE OF A COMFORT
STATION, WHICH CHRISTOPHER
REFERRED TO EARLIER.
THIS IS REALLY THE LIFECYCLE ON
THE EARLY PLANNING PORTION. IT
ILLUSTRATES THE EARLY PLANNING
AND ASSESSMENT S█TAGE TO THE
CONSTRUCTION OR RENEWAL STAGE
AND THEN ON TO THE
COMMISSIONING STAGE WHEN IT
BECOMES AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC.
CONDITION ASSESSMENT TOOK PLACE
CITYWIDE AND SYSTEMWIDE IN 2016
AND 2017.
THESE ASSESSMENTS RATED EACH
COMFORT STATION BASED ON
INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR
STRUCTURE, THE CONDITION OF THE
PARTITIONS AND FIXTURES,
ACCESSIBILITY AND THE OVERALL
APPEARANCE.
THIS STUDY IS THE BASELINE THAT
IS USED FOR DETERMINING WHICH
PROJECTS ARE IN MOST NEED OR
WHICH COMFORT STATIONS ARE IN
MOST NEED TO BECOME PROJECTS
AND PRIORITIZED EACH YEAR.
LOCATIONS ARE RATED HIGHER IF
THEY ARE IN A HIGH-PRIORITY
CENSUS TRACT ON THE RACE AND
SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX.
IF THEY ARE ON THE CITYWIDE
BARRIER SCHEDULE FOR ADA
COMPLIANCE AND IF THEY ARE
ADJACENT TO OTHER PLANNED
PROJECT'S SO THAT WE CAN
INCORPORATE THEM INTO ONE
LARGER PACKAGE TO HAVE LESS
DISRUPTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND
TO SEE SOME COST SAVINGS FOR
PROJECT DELIVERY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THE CURRENT PARK DISTRICT
PROPOSAL IS GEARED TOWARD
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT
PROJECT'S THAT WE CAN COMPLETE
IN A GIVEN YEAR.
AT THE CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING
, $1,600,000 AND BASED ON THE
AVERAGE COST OF APPROXIMATELY
$540,000, COMFORT STATIONS ARE
RENEWED ON AN AVERAGE OF EVERY
42 YEARS. IF A FULL COMFORT
STATION REPLACEMENT IS NEEDED
DUE TO MANY DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCES, THEN THE COST
WILL BE INCREASED BASED ON THE
NEEDS OF A PARTICULAR COMFORT
STATION.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL $1.2
MILLION PER YEAR THAT IS PART
OF THIS PROPOSAL, WE HOPE TO
LOWER THE CYCLE FROM 42 YEARS
TO 34 YEARS.
THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL
ALLOW US TO COMPLETE
APPROXIMATELY TWO COMFORT
STATIONS PER YEAR.
>> I'M SORRY.
JUST TO JUMP IN, I WANT TO
CLARIFY BEFORE WE JUMP SLIDE
HERE. FOR THESE RENOVATIONS,
HOW MUCH AVERAGE ADDITIONAL LIFE
FOR THE STRUCTURE FACILITY TO
WE EXPECT TO GET ON A
RENOVATION BY RENOVATION BASIS?
>> HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL LIFE?
>> IN ALL OF THESE, WE ARE NOT
REPLACING THE WHOLE COMFORT
STATION, RIGHT?
SOME OF IT IS JUST A REMODEL OF
THE FACILITY.
I KNOW THAT WITH THE BPR SEE
RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WOULD BE
EXPECTING TO RENOVATE EVERY 34
YEARS. IS THAT THE NUMBER I
SHOULD BE GOING BY?
WE WOULD EXPECT TO GO FULL
CIRCLE AND DO WHATEVER WE JUST
DID AGAIN IN 34 YEARS?
>> YES. THAT WOULD BE THE
AVERAGE LIFECYCLE THAT WE WOULD
BE GETTING TO.
EACH COMFORT STATION IS
DIFFERENT AND A RENOVATION
REALLY HELPS US TO MEET CURRENT
ADA STANDARDS AND SAFETY
STANDARDS AND ANY OTHER CODE
COMPLIANCE THAT MIGHT CHANGE
DURING THAT LARGE TIMEFRAME.
BUT, YES, IT WOULD BE MOVING
FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, 42
YEARS WHICH IS TOO LONG. OUR
COMFORT STATIONS BECOME OUT OF
DATE. MOVING TO SOMETHING THAT
IS CLOSER TO THE STANDARD, 34
YEARS -- I BELIEVE THE STANDARD
IS 30 YEARS RECOMMENDED.
>> THANK YOU.
CONTINUE.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT
ON THE SLIDE BEFORE GOING ANY
FURTHER.
GO AHEAD.
SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING.
>> NO WORRIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL
ALLOW US TO COMPLETE
APPROXIMATELY TWO MORE PER
YEAR.
HOWEVER, THAT DEFINITELY
DEPENDS ON ARSON AND OTHER
VANDALISM THAT OCCURS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE SEEING A
LOT OF THAT OVER THE PAST TWO
YEARS AND SOMETIMES WE NEED TO
DIVERT TO COMFORT STATIONS THAT
WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE.
SOME OF THE FUNDING WOULD BE
ALLOCATED TOWARD THAT.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE CHART IN
FRONT OF YOU.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING
APPROXIMATELY $500,000.
THAT IS OUR CURRENT ALLOTMENT.
THE TOTAL PROJECT COST MIGHT
VARY DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR
NOT IT CAN BE A RENOVATION OR
IF THE WHOLE COMFORT STATION
WOULD NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED AND
REBUILT. SOMETIMES WE FIND
STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITHIN A
COMFORT STATION OR THE CURRENT
DISTANCES WITHIN ARE SUCH THAT
WE CANNOT MAKE IT ADA
ACCESSIBLE.
THERE ARE SOMETIMES REASONS
THAT WE FIND AND DISCOVER
DURING THESE EARLY DESIGN PHASE
IS THAT LET US KNOW THAT WE
NEED TO COMPLETE A FULL
REPLACEMENT. THE IMAGES ON THE
LEFT SHOW A RENOVATION PROJECT,
OR A REBUILDING PROJECT THAT WE
HAD RECENTLY ALONG 57th AVENUE
SOUTHWEST. THE TOP IS THE
BEFORE IMAGE AND THE BELOW IS
THE AFTER IMAGE.
IT IS A NEW FACILITY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, DO
YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT
PERTAINS TO THIS DISTRICT 1
COMFORT STATION?
>> NO, ACTUALLY.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I THINK I MIGHT.
GENERALLY, AS IT RELATES TO THE
PLANS TO RENOVATE/MAYBE IN SOME
CASES REPLACE COMFORT STATIONS,
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT
THE DEPARTMENT LOOK INTO THE
DESIGN OF STAFFED COMFORT
STATIONS AS OPPOSED TO -- A
CREW WOULD DO A GREAT JOB
MAINTAINING AND CLEANING A
COMFORT STATION.
ANOTHER MODEL IS PUBLIC
RESTROOMS THAT ARE STAFFED TO
ADDRESS THE VERY PROBLEMS THAT
WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS
PRESENTATION. I WOULD BE REALLY
INTERESTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT OTHER MODELS OF
PROVIDING THESE CRITICAL
RESOURCES.
THERE IS A GREAT PIECE IN
GOVERNING MAGAZINE THIS MONTH.
SEATTLE IS TALKED ABOUT BUT IT
COMPARES APPROACHES TO THE
PUBLIC RESTROOMS.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT IS
IDENTIFIED AS A DIFFERENCE IS
PROVIDING STAFFING 24/7, OR AT
LEAST WITH THE HOURS THAT THE
COMFORT STATION IS OPEN.
IT ALLOWS YOU TO SAY COSTS ARE
SAVED IN THE LONG-TERM BY
SPENDING THE COST IN THE SHORT
TERM FOR THE STAFFING.
IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO NOT HAVE
TO SUFFER THESE LONG-TERM
CLOSURES THAT WE SEE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES WHEN ACTIVITIES
OCCUR IN COMFORT STATIONS THAT
SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT. I AM
JOTTING NOTES DOWN ON THE SIDE
HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, THIS SLIDE IS A SIMPLE
ILLUSTRATION OF SOME RECENT
PROJECT COMPLETIONS AND SOME IN
CONSTRUCTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATIONS OF
THE PARKS ON THE LEFT.
THIS PLAYFIELD IS THE TOP IMAGE
AND THE BOTTOM IMAGE IS KUBOTA
GARDENS COMFORT STATION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THIS SLIDE, THE PROJECTS ON
THIS ONE WERE PRIORITIZED BASED
ON THE CRITERIA THAT WE SHARED
EARLIER AND THE LIST INCLUDES
PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN
THE PLANNING OR DESIGN PHASE
AND PROJECTS THAT ARE
PRIORITIZED WITHIN THE PARK
DISTRICT PROPOSAL.
THE MAP SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE UPPER PHOTO SHOWS THE
DEMOLITION OF A COMFORT
STATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE IMAGE BELOW
SHOWS A PROTOTYPE RENDERING FOR
SINGLE USE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> IN LATE 2015, WE COMPLETED A
SET OF GUIDELINES FOR COMFORT
STATIONS, FOR A COMFORT STATION
DESIGN AND ALSO TO LOOK AT A
PROTOTYPE FOR A SINGLE USE ALL
GENDER RESTROOM. IT IS REALLY
CRITICAL TO CONSIDER THE
DIFFERENT DESIGN CRITERIA WHEN
RENOVATING COMFORT STATIONS FOR
THE FUTURE. SAFETY,
ACCESSIBILITY AND CODE
COMPLIANCE ARE ALWAYS PARAMOUNT
AND ALWAYS A GIVEN. OUR
RESTROOMS NEED TO BE DURABLE TO
WITHSTAND ALL OF THE USE THAT
THEY SEE AND THEY NEED TO BE
READILY AND EASILY MAINTAINED.
IN ADDITION TO THIS CRITERIA,
WE WANT THEM TO BE PLEASANT TO
THE USER.
THEY SHOULD HAVE GOOD
VENTILATION, NATURAL LIGHTING
AND SOME AESTHETICALLY PLEASING
FEATURES.
AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO WITH THAT
SUCH AS HAVING SOME DECORATIVE
TILE, MAYBE HAVING SOME
INTERESTING COLORS, SOMETHING
THAT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL
COMFORTABLE THEY ARE USING THE
COMFORT STATIONS.
WE ARE ALSO EXPLORING ALL
GENDER SINGLE USE RESTROOM
DESIGN WHERE A PERSON CAN HAVE
THE SAFETY AND THE CONVENIENCE
OF GOING INTO A STALL WITH ALL
OF THE AMENITIES THAT ARE
PROVIDED IN A TYPICAL RESTROOM.
THE ALL GENDER RESTROOMS MEET
THE NEEDS OF A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT USERS SUCH AS PARENTS
WITH INFANTS WERE PERSONS
ASSISTING OTHERS OF ANOTHER
GENDER, OR CHILDREN'S GROUP
LEADERS WHO NEED TO STAND
OUTSIDE OF THE COMFORT STATION
OR THE DOOR WHEN A CHILD IS
INSIDE UTILIZING IT.
THEN, SIMPLY FOR THOSE WHO JUST
FEEL SAFE WHEN THEY ARE IN A
SINGLE USE RESTROOM.
THE DESIGN IS MORE EASILY
IMPLEMENTED WITH NEWER BUILDINGS
. SOME OF THE EXISTING
FACILITIES CAN BE RENOVATED
INTO THIS TYPE. WE ARE
CURRENTLY PILOTING WITH THIS
TYPE OF FACILITY IS DEPICTED IN
THE PHOTOS.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE CENTER WE
HAVE CRAFT PARK WHICH WAS VERY
RECENTLY OPENED AND THE TOP LEFT
, WE HAVE THESE COMFORT
STATIONS BUILT AT VOLUNTEER
PARK AND THE NEW AMPHITHEATER
WHICH ALSO WAS RECENTLY
COMPLETED.
A PROTOTYPE LAYOUT PLAN IS
DEPICTED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT AS
WELL. AFTER A GIVEN TIME
PERIOD, APPROXIMATELY 18
MONTHS, WE WILL BRING OUR
RECOMMENDATION TO THE
COMMISSIONERS AND WE ARE
ASSESSING WHAT THE CRITERIA IS
GOING TO BE THAT WE ARE GOING
TO UTILIZE TO EVALUATE THE
PROGRAM.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION
. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU
ALL VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING AND
INVITE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DEFINITELY HAVE A FEW
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD DOES AS WELL.
IS THAT A NEW HAND UP?
>> OLD HAND.
UNDERMINE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS NO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
OKAY.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE I WANT TO
DIG INTO, THOUGH.
THIS IS PROBABLY BEST FOR KIM
BUT FEEL FREE TO REDIRECT AS
NECESSARY.
HOW MANY OF THE COMFORT
STATIONS THAT ARE IN THE LIST,
THE 129, ARE DUE FOR A
RENOVATION? PRESUMING THAT SOME
RENOVATIONS HAVE BEEN DONE WITH
THE EXISTING ALLOCATION OF
FUNDING AND OTHER SOURCES, HOW
MANY ARE ELIGIBLE BUT PER
RESOURCES, WE HAVE NOT BEEN
ABLE TO GET TO THEM YET?
>> THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO
THAT ON HAND SPECIFICALLY BUT
WE CAN GET THAT AND SHARE THAT,
IF THAT IS OKAY WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I MAY GO OUT ON A LIMB AND
SAY MOST BUT WE CAN GET YOU A
SPECIFIC NUMBER.
WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF
TRYING TO KEEP A LOT OF THESE
OLD COMFORT STATIONS UP AND
RUNNING.
WE MAINTAIN THE PLUMBING.
WE CHANGE THE TOILET EQUIPMENT.
WE PAINT BUT WE DO A LOT OF
BAND AIDING ON THE SOME REALLY
OLD FACILITIES.
IN SOME CASES, THE CONCRETE IS
REALLY POROUS. YOU CAN CLEAN
SOME OF THESE SPACES A LOT BUT
THEY MAY NOT FEEL ENTIRELY
CLEAN.
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE
YOU THAT INFORMATION.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT WITH
CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL AT THE
COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL
FOR US TO TRACK THAT ALONG. AS
I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS HAS
BEEN A VERY SIGNIFICANT AREA OF
COMMUNITY INTEREST FOR
INVESTMENT IN THIS CYCLE OF THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT AND
WE CERTAINLY WANT TO WORK WITH
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON HOW WE
MIGHT MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR
129 COMFORT STATIONS.
I HAVE A QUESTION THAT IS
PROBABLY BETTER FOR JOEY. OF
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMFORT
STATIONS THAT YOU SHARED IN
YOUR PRESENTATION, SHELTER
HOUSES, PORTLAND, ET CETERA. IS
THERE A TYPE OF COMFORT STATION
THAT IS EASIER ON THE BOTTOM
LINE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT THE GENERAL
NEUTRAL STALLS WOULD BE THE
EASIEST FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS.
ONE, IT DOES NOT ACTIVELY
CLOSEDOWN A RESTROOM WHEN WE
HAVE TO GO INTO SERVICE IT.
LET'S SAY -- I KEEP USING
GOLDEN GARDENS AS AN EXAMPLE
BUT IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE TO STAND IN A LINE AND
GO IN.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE PERSON OF THE
APPROPRIATE SEX IS GOING INTO
THOSE RESTROOMS TO SERVICE
THEM.
WE HAVE TO PHYSICALLY CLOSE
THEM DOWN. IF WE HAD GENDER
NEUTRALS, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
THAT.
WE CAN JUST GO INTO ONE, CLEAR
IT. EVERYONE CAN KEEP FLOWING
AND USING ALL OF THE REST OF
THE RESTROOMS.
THAT ALLOWS FOR OUR TEAM TO BE
EFFICIENT AND CONTINUALLY KEEP
SERVICING THEM INCLUDING
CLOSING THEM DOWN.
WHEN THAT LINE EXISTS, THERE IS
SOMEBODY WHO WILL COME TO THE
FRONT WITH THEIR CHILD AND SAY
WE HAVE TO GO INSIDE NOW.
ALL RIGHT, GO INSIDE.
THERE IS A GENTLEMAN CLEANING
BUT IF YOU NEED TO GO IN AND
USE THE RESTROOM, YOU CAN.
THEY ALSO TEND TO BE NEWER SO
THEY ARE DIFFERENT MATERIALS
THAT MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO
CLEAN SOME OF OUR OLDER
RESTROOMS.
SOME OF THEM ARE LITTLE MORE
ANTIQUATED.
TO REMOVE A PIECE OF GRAFFITI,
WE DON'T HAVE A GRAFFITI
COATING ON THE WALL.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THESE
NEWER TECHNOLOGIES INVOLVED.
I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY
THAT THE EASIEST TO CLEAN IS A
GENDER-NEUTRAL.
>> OKAY.
YEAH, THAT IS GOOD FEEDBACK. WE
DISCUSSED DURING KIM'S
PRESENTATION THAT THE NATIONAL
BEST PRACTICE WOULD BE TO
RENOVATE EVERY 30 YEARS AND
THIS GETS US TO 34 YEARS.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THE ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENT WOULD BE IN ORDER TO
GET IT TO THE 30 YEAR TIMELINE?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO CAVEAT THAT.
I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT
NUMBER.
>> SURE.
ALL RIGHT.
IS THAT BOTH FOR WHAT IT WOULD
COST TO GET TO THE 30 YEAR AND
IF IT IS THE NATIONAL BEST
PRACTICE? OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
GREAT. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW
IF THE CURRENT INVESTMENT WOULD
GET IT FROM 42 TO 34 BUT 30
MIGHT BE THE GOAL TO BRING US
IN LINE WITH WHAT THE NATIONAL
EXPECTATION IS, THE DELTA
BETWEEN THE 30 AND THE 34 YEAR
NUMBER WOULD BE GOOD
INFORMATION FOR THE MPD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION
ABOUT CONCIERGE SERVICE BUT I
THINK SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS,
YOUR ANSWER FROM OUR LAST
CATEGORY WOULD CARRY HERE. I
MIGHT ASK -- I AM GOING TO ASK
AN INDULGENT, FUN QUESTION. IS
THERE ANY POTENTIAL --
CERTAINLY NOT FOR THIS
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
CYCLE BUT POTENTIALLY AT SOME
POINT IN THE FUTURE TO REMEDIATE
THE COMFORT STATION THAT IS
LOCATED UNDER THE PERGOLA IN
PIONEER PARK?
>> SURE.
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. A
LOT OF IT IS BASED ON WHAT
LEVEL OF NEED IT HAS BUT WE
WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK
AT IT.
>> I HERE IT IS QUITE A SIGHT
WITH BRASS FIXTURES AND MARBLE
AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER
THINGS.
IT IS JUST BURIED UNDER PIONEER
PARK RIGHT NOW BUT APPARENTLY,
BACK IN THE DAY, IT WAS QUITE A
THING.
WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I DON'T
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
AND IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE OTHER
COMMITTEE MEMBERS DO EITHER.
SO, WITH THAT, I THINK WE
LEARNED A LOT TODAY ABOUT THIS
IMPORTANT AREA OF PRIORITY THAT
HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR
PROCESS AND THE METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HOW WE MIGHT
GET A COUPLE OF ANSWERS ON THE
MAINTENANCE -- BEFORE WE LEAVE,
ONE MORE THING I WILL ASKED
BASE ON JOEY'S PRESENTATION
BASED ON THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
CLEANING AND THE FREQUENCY OF
CLEANING.
THE DRY CLEANS, WET CLEANS AND
WE ALL SCREAM FOR DEEP CLEANS
CATEGORIES. IS THAT A POTENTIAL
AREA WHERE THE FREQUENCY AND
INTENSITY OF CLEANINGS, IF
THERE WAS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ALLOCATED, THAT WOULD BE MORE
ATTAINABLE THAN SOMETHING THAT
PARKS WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE MORE FREQUENT CLEANING
AT MORE LOCATIONS BUT CURRENTLY
IS NOT ABLE TO?
JOEY, YOU ARE MUTED.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE DO HAVE A PARK DISTRICT
PROPOSAL IN FOR A SECOND SHIFT,
A DEDICATED SECOND SHIFT THAT
WOULD BE DEDICATED TO COMFORT
STATION CLEANING AS WELL AS
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE INSIDE OF
THE COMFORT STATIONS.
>> OKAY.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO
THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO
LOOK AT, SORT OF THAT FREQUENCY
OF CLEANING AND ALSO THE
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN COMFORT
STATIONS.
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY, REALLY
PRODUCTIVE HEARING FOR BOTH OF
THOSE CATEGORIES JUST TO LEARN
ABOUT THE CADENCE OF THAT WORK
AND WHAT IT MIGHT ENTAIL.
WITH THAT AND SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM
COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE CAN
EXCUSE THE PANEL. WITH THAT, WE
ARE AT GOOD OF THE ORDER FOR
THE COMMITTEE.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE TRYING TO
BRING ANYTHING UP FOR GOOD OF
THE ORDER.
IT IS FOR:00 P.M.
ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2022
AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.