PLEASE STAND BY FOR REALTIME
CAPTIONS.
>> GOOD MORNING, THE TIME IS
9:32, MD SEPTEMBER 11th MEETING
OF THE HOUSING AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE WILL NOW
COME TO ORDER. I AM CATHY
MOORE, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
COUNCILMEMBER WILL.
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR MORALES.
>> CHAIR MOORE.
>> PRESENT. I NOTE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER WOO IS ATTENDING
REMOTELY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
TODAY'S PROPOSED AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED. I AM HEARING NO
OBJECTION. THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. THANK YOU , EVERYONE,
FOR BEING HERE TODAY FOR THE
SEPTEMBER 11th MEETING OF THE
HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE. ON TODAY'S AGENDA,
WE HAVE FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO
THE LGBTQ COMMISSION. SECOND,
WE HAVE EXTENDING THE SUNSET
DATE FOR THE MULTIFAMILY TAX
EXEMPTION PROGRAM BY THREE
MONTHS FOR CONTINUED DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE, AND THEN WE
WILL HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON AND
JENNIFER LABRECQUE FROM CENTRAL
STAFF ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY
ESTABLISHING THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY, AND THAT WILL BE FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE. FINALLY, WE HAVE
A PRESENTATION FROM DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON AND DIRECTOR
KIM OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ON THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INVESTMENTS AND THE
SEATTLE SAFETY INITIATIVE, AND
THAT WILL BE FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION. AT THIS POINT, WE
WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS
SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA OR BE WITHIN
THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE.
BEFORE WE GET THERE, I WOULD
LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD
THAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS
JOINED US. CLERK, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> WE HAVE ONE IN PERSON
SPEAKER AND ONE REMOTE SPEAKER.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, EACH
SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
WE WILL START WITH THE IN
PERSON SPEAKER AND MOVE ON TO
THE REMOTE SPEAKER. CLARK, CAN
YOU PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC
COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS.
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 20
MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL
HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS IS
LEFT OF THE TIME. SPEAKERS
MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED IF
THEY DO NOT FINISH IN THE
ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO
CALL IN THE NEXT SPEAKER.
>> THE FIRST IN PERSON SPEAKER
IS?
>> LILY HAYWARD.
OKAY, YOU CAN BEGIN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD
MORNING, CHAIR MOORE, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON AND MEMBERS OF
THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS LILY
HAYWARD SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
MORE THAN 2500 MEMBERS OF THE
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL
BILL 120858, AUTHORIZING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE LOCAL
AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING A KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY. HOMELESSNESS IS A
REGIONAL PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES
A REGIONAL SOLUTION, AND WHILE
IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE [
INAUDIBLE ] HAS HAD CHALLENGES,
WE HAVE BEEN CLEAR EYED IN WHAT
WE BELIEVE WILL RIGHT THE SHIP.
A CHANGE IN THE GOVERNMENT
STRUCTURE, CLARITY ON THE ROLE
AND SCOPE OF THE AGENCY, NEW
LEADERSHIP AND A RECOMMITMENT
TO THAT REGIONAL APPROACH. WITH
THOSE CHANGES, WE ARE CONFIDENT
THAT THEY ARE POISED TO DELIVER
RESULTS AND SUPPORT OUR
PROVIDER COMMUNITY TO CONNECT
MORE PEOPLE TO SERVICES AND
HOUSING. THE AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED WILL EMPOWER THE
GOVERNING BOARD TO BETTER
SUPPORT AND DIRECT OPERATIONS
UNDER THE STRONG LEADERSHIP OF
-- THE BOARD WILL REPRESENT A
DIVERSE COALITION OF ELECTED
OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS THE
REGION WHILE RETAINING THE
VOICE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE, ENSURING THAT OUR
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE LEADS
WITH COMPASSION AS IS
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS. AS
LONG AS OUR GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
ARE IN, WE WILL ALSO BE THERE.
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WILL
CONTINUE TO COME TO THE TABLE
WITH PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS TO
SUPPORT THE GOVERNING BOARD AND
PARTNERING SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE PAST YEAR HAS ALLOWED OUR
COMMUNITY THE CHANCE TO STEP
BACK, SOAK IN CONCERNS AND
PROCEED WITH A PLAN THAT IS
READY TO SUPPORT SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND THE INDIVIDUALS
THEY SERVE. THANK YOU TO MAYOR
HARRELL, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON AND CHAIR MOORE FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP TO
OUR COMMUNITIES. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH ALL
OF YOU IN THIS EXCITING NEW
CHAPTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> WE MOVED TO OUR FIRST
REMOTE.
>> OUR FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS
DAVID HAYNES. DAVID, GO AHEAD
AND PRESS STAR 6 TO SPEAK.
>> HI, DAVID HAYNES. WE NEED A
HUGE CAPACITY BUILDOUT,
PERHAPS, WITH AN IMMINENT
DOMAIN THAT NEEDS TO TAKE OVER
THOSE RUNDOWN SLUM MOTELS ON
AURORA AND SOME OF THE VACANT
LOTS THAT ARE BEING TORN DOWN.
THEY CAN TURN SOME OF THOSE
BUILDINGS OVER TO FOR-PROFIT
AND NONPROFIT, WHO CAN BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A
COMPETITIVE, QUALITATIVE
MANNER. THE THING IS, TODAY,
THERE IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING
ALTERNATIVE POLICING AND I WAS
WONDERING COME OUT OF THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO SHOW
UP TODAY AT THE MEETING, WHERE
ARE ALL THE SO-CALLED EXPERTS
AT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
ALTERNATIVE POLICING THAT CAME
FROM THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST
MOVEMENT THAT CREATED ALL OF
THESE NONPROFITS, THAT CLAIMED
THAT THEY WERE WAY BETTER AT
MAKING IT SAFE THEN THE COPS?
WHY IS IT THAT THE MAYOR, WHO
HAS BEEN RUNNING INTERFERENCE
FOR THE DRUG PUSHERS HIS WHOLE
CAREER, SINCE ONE OF HIS
REPRESENTATIVES, AND I HATE TO
SAY IT, THE RACIST OFFICE OF
HOUSING, TO USE INNOCENT
HOMELESS CRISIS MONEY TO RUN
INTERFERENCE FOR REPEAT
OFFENDING CRIMINALS , WHO GET
PRIORITIZED FOR HOUSING AND
SERVICES FIRST, BEFORE THEY
EVEN GET QUESTIONED , TO FIND
OUT WHERE THEY KEEP GETTING
THEIR DRUGS? I HATE TO GET ON A
SIDE NOTE, BUT THERE IS AN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING ON
CEDAR AND FIRST AVENUE, AND
THERE IS A DRUG PUSHER, WHO IS
ON LIKE THE SECOND OR THIRD
FLOOR COME AND HE HAS THIS
CARDBOARD BOX IN FRONT OF HIS
WINDOW, AND THESE JUNKIES WILL
YELL FOR HIM. HE SENDS DOWN A
FISHING POLE WITH A BUCKET,
THEY PUT MONEY IN IT, AND HE
PULLS IT UP INTO HIS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING UNIT AND SENDS BACK
DOWN DRUGS, AND ACCORDING TO
THE RULES, EVIDENTLY, THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFITS
ARE GOING TO BE OFF LIMITS IN
THESE CRIME HOTSPOTS. YOU
REALLY HAVE TO REDIRECT THE
HOMELESS CRISIS MONEY TO SOLVE
THE HOMELESS CRISIS FOR
INNOCENT PEOPLE, NOT FOR REPEAT
OFFENDERS THAT KEEP BOTHERING
--
>> THANK YOU. CHAIR, THAT
CONCLUDES OUR LIST OF SPEAKERS
FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THERE
ARE NEW ADDITIONAL REGISTERED
SPEAKERS. I WILL NOT PROCEED TO
OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO
EITHER SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THE SIGN-UP CARDS
AVAILABLE ON THE PODIUM OR
EMAIL THE COUNCIL AT
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
>> AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH
FOUR, APPOINTMENTS 3006 THROUGH
3009, REAPPOINTMENT OF ANDREW
ASHIOFU AND BRETT PEPOWSKI AND
APPOINTMENTS OF ASHLEY E. FORD
AND AMARI L. LEACH AS MEMBERS
OF THE SEATTLE LGBTQ COMMISSION
FOR TERMS FROM APRIL 3rd -- FOR
TERMS TO APRIL 30th, 2026, FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. THE SEATTLE
LGBTQ COMMISSION SERVES IN AN
ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE MAYOR,
THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. ANDREW
ASHIOFU , I APOLOGIZE IF I'M
NOT SAYING THAT CORRECTLY, IS A
FORMER CO-CHAIR OF THIS
COMMISSION AND HAS BEEN ON THIS
COMMISSION SINCE 2021 AND HAS
BEEN AN ACTIVE AT HOUSE OF
RAINBOW NIGERIA AND WORKS IN
SUPPORT FOR DELTA AIRLINES.
BRETT PEPOWSKI IS A CURRENT
CO-CHAIR OF THE LGBTQ
COMMISSION AND WORKS AS A
HEALTH STABILIZATION SPECIALIST
AND VOLUNTEERS WITH A NUMBER OF
LGBTQ ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING
AN OVERNIGHT CAMP FOR QUEER
YOUTH. ASHLEY E. FORD IS A
CO-CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION AND
HAS A BACKGROUND FOR YOUTH AND
NONPROFITS. AMARI L. LEACH IS A
NEW APPOINTMENT. AMARI L. LEACH
IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND TRANS
YOUTH ADVOCATE. AMARI HAS BEEN
RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE
COMMISSION. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS BEFORE WE
MOVE FORWARD? I AM NOT SEEING
ANY. ALSO, JUST LET THE RECORD
REFLECT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA HAS JOINED US. SEEING NO
FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS,
I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENTS 3006 THROUGH 3009.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM THE
APPOINTMENTS TO THE LGBTQ
COMMISSION?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO .
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES ON THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO
CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT WILL BE
SET FOR THE SEPTEMBER 17th CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
NOMINEES. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE TITLE OF THE FIFTH
AGENDA ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROPERTY
TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM, AMENDING
SECTION 5.7 3.120 OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO
EXTEND THE PROGRAMS SUNSET DATE
TO MARCH 31st, 2025. FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THINK YOU COULD COLLEAGUES,
THIS IS BACK IN COMMITTEE TODAY
FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE. COUNCIL BILL
120817, EXTENDING THE
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROPERTY
TAX PROGRAM, WHICH IS A
MOUTHFUL. THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
HAS DONE A DEEP DIVE IN THEIR
ANALYSIS OF THE PROGRAM THIS
YEAR. AND, THEY ARE STILL
ENGAGED IN THAT DEEP ANALYSIS,
AND THEREFORE, THEY NEED SOME
ADDITIONAL TIME CRAFTING THEIR
NEW PROPOSAL FOR THE NEXT
MHPTEP PROGRAM. IN SOME OF THE
DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
GOING ON AROUND THE CHALLENGES
THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROVIDERS ARE FACING , THERE
HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT
WHETHER WE NEED TO ADJUST THE
SUBSIDY RATES , AND THAT'S A
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION,
AND IT DOES, CERTAINLY, REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND
THOUGHT ON THEIR PART. THAT IS
PART OF WHY WE ARE NOT YET --
WE DON'T YET HAVE THE
PROPOSAL, SO THE CURRENT SUNSET
DATE IS DECEMBER 31st, 2024.
THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US TODAY
WOULD SIMPLY EXTEND THE SUNSET
DATE BY THREE MONTHS TO MARCH
31st, 2025 TO, AGAIN, ALLOW THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING MORE TIME TO
SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSAL, AND ALSO
TO ALLOW COUNCIL TIME TO REVIEW
THE PROPOSAL ONCE IT IS
TRANSMITTED. IF THE COUNCIL
DOES NOT PASS AN EXTENSION,
THERE WILL BE A LAPSE DURING
WHICH NO NEW PROJECTS CAN
ENROLL IN THE MHPTEP PROGRAM.
CERTAINLY, IT WOULD BE MY
PREFERENCE THAT WE NOT HAVE A
LAPSE IN THIS REALLY CRITICAL
TOOL THAT WE HAVE IN PROVIDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EVEN IF IT
NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND
MODIFICATIONS. SO, THAT SAID, I
NOTE THAT TRACY FROM CENTRAL
STAFF IS IN CHAMBERS AND IS
ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COLLEAGUES, BEFORE WE MOVE TO A
VOTE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> ALTHOUGH, I DID NOT ASK FOR
A TWO MEETING VOTE, I DID NOT
BRING UP LAST TIME THAT I WAS
HOPEFUL THAT THE EXTENSION ,
THAT DURING THE EXTENSION, THAT
COUNCIL COULD GET A SENSE OF
WHAT THE PROGRAM IS BEFORE IT
IS SENT DOWN IN LEGISLATION,
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL
BE HEARING THE DATE THAT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING WILL BE
BRIEFING STAKEHOLDERS IN
OCTOBER, AND THAT THEY WILL BE,
ALSO, SHARING THAT INFORMATION
THAT THEY ARE SHARING WITH
STAKEHOLDERS WITH US. FOR THE
REDO OF THE WHOLE PROGRAM.
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
TRACY IS NODDING FROM THE
AUDIENCE THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
ANYONE ELSE ? QUESTIONS? NO.
OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I
NOW MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120817 , IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO .
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> THAT IS FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION PASSES ON THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO
PASS THE COUNCIL BILL WILL BE
SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 17th CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU
AGAIN, TRACY, FOR BEING HERE
TODAY AND FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK
ON THIS TO DATE. AND, ALL THE
WORK YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO ON
THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL
RIGHT, MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF THE
SIXTH AGENDA ITEM INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
HOMELESSNESS, AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR OR THE MAYOR'S DESIGNEE
TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT OF THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OFATTLE AND KING
COUNTY ESTABLISHING THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, TODAY WE WILL HAVE
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON AND
JENNIFER LABRECQUE FROM CENTRAL
STAFF WITH US AT THE COMMITTEE
TABLE TO WALK US THROUGH
REVISIONS TO THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT WITH KING COUNTY THAT
SETS UP THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD
THAT DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON IS
ON HER WAY. SHE WILL BE HERE AT
10:00. SHE WILL BE PROVIDING
CONTEXT AND JENNIFER LABRECQUE
WILL BE TALKING THROUGH THE
SPECIFIC CHANGES
WATER AND I MAKE MY REMARKS
WHILE WE WAIT? WHILE WE WAIT
FOR THE DEPUTY MAYOR, I'M
GOING TO MAKE SOME REMARKS.
REVISING THE ILA IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR A SORELY NEEDED
RESET OF THE KCHRA TO CREATE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACHIEVE
MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR OUR
UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS. I THINK,
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I HAVE
BEEN A VOCAL CRITIC OF KCHRA TO
DATE. I THINK MANY OF US , NO
MATTER WHERE WE LAND ON THE
SPECTRUM, HAVE HAD HER CONCERNS
ABOUT HOW WELL KCHRA HAS
EXECUTED ON ITS MISSION. BUT,
THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF BOTH
HIRING A NEW CEO AND ALSO
WORKING TO CREATE AMENDMENTS TO
THE ILA, WE HAVE HAD A VERY
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND I AM VERY
APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. BOTH THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND I HAVE
BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS
WORK, AND SO I THINK THE
PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE HERE, I
FEEL VERY POSITIVE ABOUT, AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO JEN SHARING
MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF IT
AND WHY I THINK IT IS A GOOD
STEP FORWARD. I, CERTAINLY, --
WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET WITH SOME OF THE REGIONAL
PARTNERS TO TALK ABOUT , SORT
OF, HOW DO WE RECOMMIT TO THE
MISSION SUCCESSFULLY? I THINK
THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE
BEEN ENCOURAGING . THEY HAVE
SORT OF BEEN ABLE TO GET A
LITTLE BIT OF THEIR PERSPECTIVE
ABOUT WHAT THEIR CHALLENGES
HAVE BEEN AROUND FULLY
COMMITTING TO KCHRA , AND I
THINK WE ARE MORE SENSITIVE TO
THOSE CONCERNS, WHICH IS
IMPORTANT, AND GOING TO BE --
ALLOW FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE
REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS
WHAT THIS IS ULTIMATELY ALL
ABOUT, BECAUSE ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS REALLY IS A
REGIONAL, AS WELL AS STATE AND
NATIONAL ISSUE. SO, I DO LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
REGIONAL PARTNERS TO LAY A MORE
EFFECTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR KCHRA
TO SUCCEED. SO, WE ARE STILL
WAITING. I THINK WE WILL JUST
BEGIN WITH -- WE CAN LAUNCH
INTO JEN'S PRESENTATION.
>> GIVE ME ONE MOMENT TO BRING
UP THE PRESENTATION.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME TODAY. I AM JENNIFER
LABRECQUE, CENTRAL STAFF
ANALYST, AND AS CHAIR MOORE
DESCRIBED, I WILL BE TALKING TO
YOU TODAY ABOUT REVISIONS TO
THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN KING COUNTY AND SEATTLE
REGARDING THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY. THE BILL BEFORE YOU
TODAY IS COUNCIL BILL 120858,
AND THAT BILL WOULD AUTHORIZE
THE EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO AN
AMENDMENT AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT WITH KING COUNTY. THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED ILA IS
ATTACHMENT A TO THE ORDINANCE.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL
PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON
KCHRA. PROVIDE INFORMATION ON
THE CURRENT INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT, THE RATIONALE FOR
REVISING THE ILA, THE MAJOR
PROPOSED CHANGES AND THE
PROCESS AND NEXT STEPS FOR
APPROVING THE AMENDED AND
RESTATED ILA, AND DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON, IN HER
PRESENTATION, WILL COVER MORE
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF KCHRA
IN A REGIONAL CONTEXT. THE
CURRENT ILA WAS SIGNED BY THE
MAYOR AND THE KING COUNTY
EXECUTIVE IN DECEMBER OF 2019
AFTER IT HAD BEEN APPROVED BY
BOTH THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
AND THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL.
UNDER THE CURRENT ILA, NEITHER
SEATTLE OR KING COUNTY CAN
UNILATERALLY TERMINATE THE
CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST FIVE
YEARS. THE AGREEMENT IS SET TO
AUTOMATICALLY RENEW AFTER FIVE
YEARS, UNLESS IT WAS TERMINATED
OR AMENDED. THE ILA ESTABLISHED
KCHRA AS A SEPARATE, REGIONAL
ENTITY. BOTH SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY COMMITTED TO
TRANSFERRING THE MAJORITY OF
THEIR HOMELESS SERVICES FUNDING
TO KCHRA, AND KCHRA WOULD THEN
ADMINISTER THE FUNDING LARGELY
THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH
NONPROFIT PROVIDERS.
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES INCLUDES
SHELTERS, DIVERSION PROGRAMS,
RAPID REHOUSING AND SAFE
PARKING. IT DID NOT INCLUDE
FUNDING TO DEVELOP ANY NEW
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. JUST FOR
SOME CONTEXT, IN THE 2024
ADOPTED BUDGET, SEATTLE
PROVIDED ABOUT $109 MILLION TO
KCHRA, AND KING COUNTY PROVIDED
ABOUT $41 MILLION. UNDER THE
ILA, THE PURPOSE OF KCHRA IS TO
PROVIDE CONSOLIDATED, ALIGNED
SERVICES FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING OR AT IMMINENT
RISK OF EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, IN ORDER TO
REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. THE
DEPUTY MAYOR WILL TALK MORE
ABOUT THIS IN HER PRESENTATION,
BUT KCHRA IS REALLY JUST ONE
PART OF MULTIPLE STRATEGIES
THAT ARE NEEDED TO REDUCE AND
EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS WITHIN THE REGION.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE MAJOR
COMPONENTS OF THE CURRENT NAZI
-- ILA. RIGHT NOW, THE
OVERSIGHT STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF
TWO BOARDS AND AN
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD AND A
GOVERNING COMMITTEE. THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD IS MADE UP
OF 13 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THREE
WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF
HOMELESSNESS AND 10 WITH
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE. THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD WAS
INTENDED TO ACT LIKE A
TRADITIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
WITH CLOSER OVERSIGHT, MORE
OVERSIGHT OF DAY-TO-DAY
OPERATIONS. THE GOVERNING
COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF 12
MEMBERS, NINE ELECTED
OFFICIALS, AND THREE PEOPLE
WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF
HOMELESSNESS. IT WAS MEANT TO
PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF
OVERSIGHT. ADDITIONALLY, UNDER
THE ILA, THERE IS A CONTINUUM
OF CARE BOARD. IT HAS THE
OPTION TO SERVE AS AN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
BOARD, AND JUST FOR CLARITY,
THE -- KING COUNTY RECEIVES $60
MILLION A YEAR IN FEDERAL FUNDS
FROM HUD, THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
FOR HOMELESSNESS. THOSE FUNDS
ARE REGULATED UNDER FEDERAL
STATUTE, AND THAT STATUTE
REQUIRES CERTAIN THINGS,
INCLUDING A CONTINUUM OF CARE
BOARD. THAT IS REALLY AN ENTITY
THAT IS INDEPENDENT IN SOME
WAYS, REGULATED UNDER FEDERAL
STATUTE , EXISTS SO THAT THE
REGION CAN RECEIVE MONEY FROM
THE FEDS. BUT, IN THE ILA, THAT
CAN PLAY AN ADVISORY ROLE TO
THE IMPLEMENTATION BOARD. OTHER
COMPONENTS OF THE ILA INCLUDE
THE PURPOSE, THE MISSION,
GUIDING PRINCIPLES, LIMITS OF
THE AUTHORITY, AND THE PROCESS
FOR REQUESTING FUNDS, AS WELL
AS EXPECTATIONS FOR THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR CEO. AS A
HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED ILA WILL
ADDRESS A NUMBER OF THESE
COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE,
CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD,
PURPOSE, MISSION AND GUIDING
PRINCIPLES, THE PROCESS FOR
REQUESTING FUNDS, AND THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER EXPECTATIONS.
IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO
THE POWERS OF THE AUTHORITY OR
THE LIMITS TO ITS POWERS. SO,
WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY? WHY ARE
WE TALKING ABOUT REVISING THE
ILA? SINCE THE ILA BECAME
EFFECTIVE IN DECEMBER OF 2019,
THERE HAVE BEEN A SERIES OF
HIGH-PROFILE CHALLENGES ,
INCLUDING THINGS LIKE CEO
TURNOVER, PARTNERSHIP -- THE
END THE PARTNERSHIP TO ZERO,
AND TIMELY PAYMENTS TO HOMELESS
SERVICE PROVIDERS. FOR EXAMPLE,
THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE CALLED
FOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE
THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IN
2023. THE GOAL OF REVISING THE
ILA IS LARGELY TO CREATE A MORE
EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE.
THAT PROVIDES BETTER OVERSIGHT
AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO HELP
IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONING OF
KCHRA AND REBUILD PUBLIC TRUST
IN THE AGENCY. IT IS UNDERSTOOD
THAT THIS IS A NECESSARY, BUT
LIKELY NOT BY ITSELF SUFFICIENT
STEP TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
REOPENING THE ILA ALSO PROVIDED
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON THE FIRST
SEVERAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
UNDER THE ILA, SUCH AS
CLARIFYING THE MISSION AND THE
SCOPE OF KCHRA AND CLARIFYING
CEO EXPECTATIONS. CHAIR MOORE,
DID YOU WANT ME TO STOP FOR
QUESTIONS OR JUST GO ALL THE
WAY THROUGH TO THE END?
>> ARE THERE CURRENT QUESTIONS?
>> OKAY. THE MAJOR CHANGES ,
THE MAJOR CHANGE TO THE ILA IS
AROUND STREAMLINING AND SOME
WILL FIND THE GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE. UNDER THE REVISED
ILA, THE NUMBER OF OVERSIGHT
ENTITIES IS REDUCED FROM TWO.
THE IMPLEMENTATION BOARD AND
GOVERNING COMMITTEE, TO JUST
ONE, THE GOVERNING BOARD. LIKE
THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE, THE
GOVERNING BOARD WILL HAVE 12
MEMBERS. NINE OF THEM WILL BE
THE SAME ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT
ARE CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE , THE
SEATTLE MAYOR, THE KING COUNTY
EXECUTIVE, TWO SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS, TWO KING
COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
THREE ELECTED OFFICIALS .
ADDITIONALLY, THERE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE THREE MEMBERS
WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, WHO WILL
SIT ON THE GOVERNING BOARD.
HOWEVER, THE APPOINTMENT
PROCESS FOR THOSE LIVED
EXPERIENCE MEMBERS WILL CHANGE.
UNDER THE CURRENT ILA, THOSE
MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE
CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD, UNDER
THE REVISED ILA, EACH CAUCUS
WILL APPOINT ONE MEMBER.
ADDITIONALLY, LIVED EXPERIENCE
MEMBERS SHOULD NOW HAVE SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTISE, WHICH IS NOT
A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE CURRENT
ILA. THE ILA PROVIDES CLEAR
AUTHORITY AND POWERS TO THE
GOVERNING BOARD TO SET
STRATEGIC DIRECTION, MAKE MAJOR
POLICY DECISIONS, IMPROVE THE
ANNUAL BUDGET, PROVIDE
FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MONITOR
PERFORMANCE FOR KCHRA, HOMELESS
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE
SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. IT DESCRIBES
THE GOVERNING BOARDS POWER AND
AUTHORITIES AS A COMBINATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION BOARDS, THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEES, PLUS
ADDITIONAL ONES. I WOULD SAY
THE OVERALL AUTHORITY IS
GREATER THAN WHAT EXISTS
BETWEEN THOSE TWO OVERSIGHT
ENTITIES IN THE CURRENT ILA. AS
DESCRIBED ALREADY, FOR THE
CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD, IT NOW
PROVIDES THE REVISED ILA NOW
PROVIDES THE OPTION FOR THE
BOARD TO SERVE AS AN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE TO THE GOVERNING
BOARD . REMEMBER, BEFORE IT WAS
TO THE IMPLEMENTATION BOARD.
THAT IS AN OPTION, BECAUSE AS
DESCRIBED, THE COC BOARD IS AN
INDEPENDENT ENTITY REGULATED
UNDER FEDERAL STATUTES, SO THE
ILA CAN'T TELL THE COC BOARD
WHAT TO DO, BUT IT CAN PROVIDE
THE OPTION TO SERVE AS AN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE. BECAUSE THE
COC BOARD IS REGULATED UNDER
FEDERAL STATUTE, IT RETAINS
CONTROL OF SOME IMPORTANT
POLICY DECISIONS, SUCH AS
FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR THE $60
MILLION IN ANNUAL FUNDING, AS
WELL AS ENTRY PRIORITIZATION
PROCESS. REGARDING MISSION AND
SCOPE, THE REVISED ILA
CLARIFIES THAT KCHRA'S MISSION
IS TO REDUCE UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS BY ADMINISTERING
THE RESPONSE PART OF THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
THAT MEANS SERVICES THAT MEET
THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS , FOR
EXAMPLE, SHELTER OR HYGIENE
CENTERS. IT ALSO ADDS A NEW
SCOPE OF WORK SECTION. TO BE
CLEAR, THE NEW SCOPE OF WORK
SECTION DOES NOT CREATE NEW
THINGS FOR KCHRA TO DO. IT JUST
DESCRIBES WHAT KCHRA IS
CURRENTLY DOING, AND PUTS IT
DOWN ONE PLACE IN WRITING. IT
ALSO REVISES GUIDING PRINCIPLES
TO STATE THAT KCHRA SHOULD BE
GUIDED BY HOUSING FIRST AND
OTHER APPROACHES THAT ARE
EVIDENCE-BASED AND CAN
SUCCESSFULLY MEET THE NEEDS OF
THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING
APPROACHES THAT SUPPORT
RECOVERY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
NEEDS, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR,
KING COUNTY, NOT KCHRA REMAINS
FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
OTHER CHANGES INCLUDE THAT THE
ILA WILL CONTINUE INDEFINITELY
UNTIL TERMINATED. EITHER
SEATTLE OR KING COUNTY CAN
UNILATERALLY TERMINATE AT ANY
TIME. ALTHOUGH, THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THE TERMINATION CANNOT
BE LESS THAN 12 MONTHS FROM THE
DATE OF NOTE, THAT NOTICE HAS
BEEN DELIVERED TO THE OTHER
PARTY, ESSENTIALLY, TO PROVIDE
A 12 MONTH RAMP DOWN PERIOD
THAT ALSO EXISTS IN THE CURRENT
ILA. IT CREATES MOREOVER
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER, STRENGTHENS
REPORTING OBLIGATIONS AND MAKES
OTHER CHANGES NECESSARY FOR
CLARIFYING INTENT OR PROCESSES,
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND
CHANGES MADEACCOMMODATE THE
CHANGE FROM ONE GOVERNMENT
STRUCTURE TO ANOTHER. AS I HAVE
ALREADY REFERENCED, REVISING
THE ILA IS A COMPLEX PROCESS
THAT INVOLVES FOUR DIFFERENT
DECISION-MAKERS. SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL, THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL, THE SEATTLE MAYOR AND
THE KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE KING COUNTY
PROCESS INVOLVES NOT JUST KING
COUNTY COUNCIL, BUT ALSO THE
REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE. BOTH
LEGISLATIVE BODIES MUST PASS
LEGISLATION TO APPROVE THE
REVISED ILA, AND ONCE THE MAYOR
AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SIGNED
THE ILA, IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT
ON THE DATE OF THE LAST
SIGNATURE. THIS DESCRIBES THE
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE. SOME OF
THESE THINGS HAVE, OBVIOUSLY,
ALREADY OCCURRED, SO WE ARE
HERE TODAY, SEPTEMBER 11th FOR
THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE. THE SOONEST THAT
CITY COUNCIL COULD TAKE ACTION,
IF THIS PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE
TODAY, WOULD BE NEXT WEEK,
ALTHOUGH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO
HAPPEN NEXT WEEK. AS WE WILL
TALK THROUGH THE MOMENT, KING
COUNTY IS STILL WORKING THROUGH
THEIR PROCESS. FOR KING COUNTY,
THIS INITIAL ILA HAS ALREADY
GONE TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE AND THE REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION ONLY.
IT WILL GO BACK TO THE KING
COUNTY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
FOR A VOTE ON SEPTEMBER 24th.
IT WILL GO BACK TO THE REGIONAL
POLICY COMMITTEE FOR A VOTE ON
SEPTEMBER 30th, AND THEN, IF
THEY DO NOT MAKE ANY FURTHER --
IF THE REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE DOES NOT MAKE ANY
FURTHER AMENDMENTS, KING COUNTY
COUNCIL COULD TAKE FINAL ACTION
BY OCTOBER 15th. THE WAY THE
REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE
WORKS, IF THE RPC DECIDES TO
MAKE AMENDMENTS, WE MIGHT HAVE
TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS A
FEW TIMES, AND THE SCHEDULE
MIGHT CHANGE, SO THIS IS
TENTATIVE, LARGELY DUE TO THE
UNCERTAINTY AROUND -- NOT THE
UNCERTAINTY, BUT THE ADDED
COMPLEXITY WHEN IT IS REFERRED
TO THE RPC. AND, I WILL STOP
THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I DO JUST HAVE A SCHEDULING
QUESTION. IF THERE IS AN
ADDITIONAL ROUND AT THE COUNTY
LEVEL, OR IF THERE IS AN
ADDITIONAL DELAY, WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN FOR OUR PROCESS? IF
WE DON'T VOTE FOR IT NEXT
WEEK.
>> ULTIMATELY, THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL HAVE TO APPROVE THE
SAME ILA, BECAUSE IT IS THE ONE
BEING SIGNED BY THE SEATTLE
MAYOR AND THE KING COUNTY
EXECUTIVE'S, SO AMENDMENTS ,
DEPENDING ON WHERE CITY COUNCIL
IS IN THE PROCESS, IF KING
COUNTY CHOOSES TO AMEND, THAT
MAY BE -- THEY MAY ALSO HAVE TO
CONSIDER COMMITMENTS ON THEIR
SIDE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO
DOCUMENT.
>> BUT, IF THEY ARE NOT MAKING
THEIR DECISION UNTIL THE 15th,
AND THAT INCLUDES AMENDMENTS,
AND WE HAVE ALREADY VOTED ON IT
NEXT WEEK, THAT MEANS WE WOULD
HAVE TO COME BACK?
>> IT COULD. I LISTED NEXT WEEK
FOR THE SOONEST POSSIBLE
ACTION. BUT, THAT'S EXACTLY
RIGHT.
>> WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER
COUNCIL MEETING IN ORDER TO BE
ABLE TO VOTE ON IT. I'M JUST
THINKING ABOUT BUDGET COMING.
>> I THINK THAT DECISION ON THE
TABLE IS DUE . THE SEATTLE VOTE
NOW, OR DOES IT WAIT UNTIL THE
ILA HAS MADE ITS WAY FURTHER
THROUGH THE KING COUNTY PROCESS
TO UNDERSTAND IF KING COUNTY
WILL BE MAKING ANY CHANGES, BUT
THAT IS A CHOICE?
>> THANK YOU. I WILL JUST NOTE
THAT THIS IS OUR LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING BEFORE BUDGET. WE WOULD
BE LOOKING AT DECEMBER TO COME
BACK, IF WE HAD TO COME BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE. AND, WE DID
ATTEND THE REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE AND THERE WERE --
THAT DISCUSSION WAS VERY
POSITIVE. I JUST RECALL THERE
WERE SORT OF TWO TECHNICAL,
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS FROM THE
MAYORS -- DO YOU REMEMBER THAT,
JEN?
>> I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THERE
ARE THREE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS,
THERE COULD BE MORE. THREE.
THEY ARE COMBINATION OF
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND MORE
SUBSTANTIAL ONES, TO BE HONEST,
BUT WE'T KNOW UNTIL CLOSER
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
IF THOSE WILL BE REAL OR NOT ,
OR IF THEY WILL BE BROUGHT
FORWARD. THE RPC MEMBERS CAN
FIND A SPONSOR TO BRING THEIR
AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE, SO WE COULD KNOW AS
SOON AS THE 24th OR COUPLE DAYS
BEFOREHAND WHEN THEY DO THOSE
PUBLISHED AMENDMENTS, WHAT ARE
UNDER CONSIDERATION, BUT THE
RPC HAS THEIR OWN SEPARATE
AMENDMENT PROCESS, SO THERE
COULD BE FURTHER AMENDMENTS
BROUGHT TO THE RPC AS WELL.
>> IS THERE A DATE BY WHICH WE
HAVE TO PASS THIS IN ORDER TO
KEEP MOVING FORWARD?
>> THE WAY THE CURRENT ILA IS
WRITTEN, IF THERE IS NO ACTION,
IT JUST AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS IN
DECEMBER, SO IT'S NOT AS IF
THE ILA WOULD TERMINATE IF NO
ACTION WERE TAKEN.
>> I WOULD POINT OUT, THIS IS A
CRITICAL POINT, THAT IF IT
AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS, IT RENEWS
IN ITS CURRENT FORMAT. AND,
IT'S CURRENT FORMAT IS HIGHLY,
HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC , IN FACT,
IF IT DOES NOT RENEW, I CAN
STATE ON THE RECORD HERE THAT
I'M NOT SURE I WOULD CONTINUE
FUNDING. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
SO, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE GET THE ILA IN ITS
PROPOSED FORMAT OVER THE FINISH
LINE BEFORE THE BUDGET , OR
BEFORE IT AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS
, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. ANYWAY.
WE ARE, CERTAINLY, NOT LOCKED
-- WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK, I
GUESS, IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO
SAY, IN RESPONSE TO THE COUNTY,
BUT I'M HOPING THAT THE COUNTY
IS HAVING SIMILAR DISCUSSIONS
TO WHAT WE ARE HAVING HERE
TODAY, ABOUT THE NEED TO REALLY
GET THE RESTRUCTURING IN PLACE
, SO THAT WE CAN START THE YEAR
FRESH , AND THE EXPECTATIONS
ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO
OPERATE IS CLEAR AMONGST ALL
THE PARTNERS AND WE CAN BE VERY
CLEAR WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS,
THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
TRULY FUNCTIONING ENTITY GOING
FORWARD, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE
IS A LOT OF ANXIETY ABOUT THAT
ISSUE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, DID
YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? GO
AHEAD
>> I WANTED TO STATE MY
POSITION. JEN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE
THICK FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS,
AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT,
NOT JUST DEALING WITH US, BUT
ALSO UPSTAIRS AND ACROSS THE
STREET, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR THAT. IT HASN'T BEEN EASY,
AND I DO WANT TO REITERATE
CHAIR MOORE'S POINT, THAT IT
IS AT A POINT WHERE CHANGE HAS
TO BE MADE AND I DO SHARE HER
CONCERN THAT IN THE PRESENT
FORM, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP
STUMBLING OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
AND THE AGENCIES WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO DELIVER ON ITS PROMISE.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THIS
ILA IS THE GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE. I JUST WANTED TO
JUST EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT
WHY THAT WAS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE
IN THE CURRENT FORM, WHEN IT
COMES TO THINGS LIKE BUDGET ,
AND AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY, THE
BODY THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR
CONSTITUENTS FOR THE RESOURCES
THAT WE SPENT ON THEIR BEHALF
FOR THIS ENTITY, AND ALSO FOR
OUR OWN PROGRAMS IN HOUSE, THE
BUDGET WAS , MOSTLY, IT IS
WORKED OUT BY THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD, WHERE
THERE ARE EXPERTS ON
HOMELESSNESS, WHO INTERACT WITH
THE PROVIDERS, ET CETERA, AND
PRODUCE A BUDGET , A
PROGRAMMATIC BUDGET THAT THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW
APPROVES , BUT DOESN'T REALLY
HAVE A LOT OF SAY AS IT'S BEING
DEVELOPED. THAT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME,
BECAUSE I SO STRONGLY BELIEVE
THAT THE PEOPLE, WHO ARE
SPENDING PUBLIC DOLLARS MUST BE
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC. AND
SO, THAT IS A CHANGE I FEEL
MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT AND IT IS
MOST NECESSARY. SOME BOARDS,
FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRANSIT BOARD,
IS COMPRISED ONLY OF THE
ELECTEDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO
ANSWER TO THEIR OWN
CONSTITUENTS. I THINK THAT IS A
SOUND MODEL. THIS BOARD DOES
HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS ,
DESIGNATED SPOTS THAT WE EACH
CHOOSE, BUT THAT REPRESENT THE
LIVED EXPERIENCE OF THE
COMMUNITY, AND I ALSO WANT TO
POINT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC THAT
THE COC ADVISORY BOARD IS LED
BY, I BELIEVE, PROVIDERS AND
PEOPLE FROM THE LIVED
EXPERIENCE COALITION. COULD YOU
PLEASE CONFIRM THAT?
>> YES, IT IS ACTUALLY
REGULATED BY HUD, THAT IT HAS
TO HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM
PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.
>> SO WE ARE MAINTAINING THAT
VOICE HERE AS WELL. I JUST
WANTED TO SAY THAT IS A CHANGE
THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT. I AM,
BUT ULTIMATELY, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
OF AN ORGANIZATION, AND WHAT
REALLY MATTERS IS WHAT WE ARE
DOING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT IT IS
SERVING. AND, THAT IS THE NEXT
BIG TASK OF THE ORGANIZATION,
THE PROGRAMMATIC REBOOT -- WHAT
IS THE PROFESSIONAL TERM? WHEN
FIGURING OUT THE SERVICES THAT
WILL BE PROVIDED , AND THAT IS
WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT ,
THAT'S WHAT I WILL BE LOOKING
CLOSELY AT. THERE WAS A LOT OF
DISCUSSION ABOUT, SHOULD WE
CALLOUT HOUSING FIRST IN THE
ILA OR NOT, WHEN A LOT OF FOLKS
ARE SAYING IN THE PROVIDER
COMMUNITY, IN FACT, RECOVERY
BASED SERVICES ARE NECESSARY. I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS
WE ARE GOING FORWARD THAT WE
ARE MAKING SURE THAT , WHATEVER
THIS ORGANIZATION IS DOING, THE
SERVICES PROVIDED ARE EFFECTIVE
IN HELPING PEOPLE , THAT
CLEARLY NEED IT. AND, THAT IS,
HOW ULTIMATELY, THE
ORGANIZATION WILL IMPROVE
ITSELF.
>> CAN QUEUE, -- THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
QUESTIONS AS I DON'T SIT ON
THIS COMMITTEE, BUT I VERY MUCH
CARE ABOUT ALL OF THESE ISSUES.
THANK YOU, JEN, FOR THE
PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT THIS NEW ILA.
WILL IT HAVE AN END DATE? DOES
IT KEEP GOING UNTIL ONE OF THE
PARTIES DECIDES THEY ARE GOING
TO MOVE ON FROM IT? FOR LACK OF
A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT, WHAT IS
THE TERM LIMITS ? I UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS PROPOSED FORM, EITHER
PARTY CAN UNILATERALLY
TERMINATE THE CONTRACT, THE
PARTNERSHIP. DOES IT GO ON
INDEFINITELY?
>> IT DOES GO ON INDEFINITELY.
THERE IS NO END DATE TO THE
ILA. IT CONTINUES ON
INDEFINITELY UNTIL EITHER PARTY
DECIDES TO TERMINATE IT, IN
WHICH CASE, THEY CAN DO IT.
THEN, THERE IS A 12 MONTH RAMP
DOWN PERIOD FOR KCHRA.
>> THE CURRENT ILA HAD AN END
DATE.
>> IT, ACTUALLY, DIDN'T. IT WAS
CONFUSING. IT SAID FOR THE
FIRST FIVE YEARS, FROM DECEMBER
2019 TO DECEMBER 2024, THAT
NEITHER PARTY CAN UNILATERALLY
WITHDRAW. SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY COULD'VE DECIDED
TOGETHER TO WITHDRAW, BUT
NEITHER ONE COULD DECIDE ON
THEIR OWN. AFTER THE FIVE-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY, DECEMBER 2024, THE
ILA WOULD CONTINUE INDEFINITELY
UNTIL TERMINATED.
>> ARE EITHER PARTY AT THAT
POINT?
>> YES, AT THAT POINT IT COULD
BE UNILATERAL.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO
INTERRUPT, I DON'T THINK THAT
IS ACTUALLY CORRECT. WE HAD
SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH LAW ABOUT
WHETHER THE INDEFINITE
CONTINUATION COULD, AGAIN, ONLY
BE TERMINATED BY MUTUAL
AGREEMENT, AND I THINK THERE
WAS LACK OF CLARITY ON THAT,
AND THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WE
VERY SPECIFICALLY SAID, EITHER
PARTY CAN UNILATERALLY
WITHDRAW. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT
AND PROFOUND CHANGE , AND
SOMETHING I WANTED TO SEE, AND
I WANTED TO HAVE CLARITY AROUND
THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY
MUDDY, QUITE HONESTLY. I'M
SORRY TO INTERJECT.
>> THE CURRENT GENERATION IS
MUCH MORE CLEARLY STATED.
>> IS AT THE EXECUTIVE OF
EITHER PARTY? THE LEGISLATURE
OF EITHER PARTY?
>> IT SAYS HERE , EITHER PARTY
MAY AGREE TO TERMINATE THIS
AGREEMENT BY AUTHORIZING A
RESOLUTION OF ITS LEGISLATIVE
BODY.
>> THAT MEANS THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU.
>> THE EXECUTIVE WOULD BRING --
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE LEGISLATED
BY THIS BODY. THANK YOU FOR
THAT CLARIFICATION, AND I WILL
SAY THAT I FULLY SUPPORT THE
ABILITY TO UNILATERALLY
TERMINATE , BECAUSE AS WE KNOW,
WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE , AND WE
NEED TO, AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON SAID, WE NEED TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO OUR PUBLIC, OUR
CONSTITUENTS AND OUR TAXPAYERS
ON THIS, AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE
THE ABILITY, IF WE DON'T THINK
SOMETHING IS WORKING WELL, TO
BE ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM IT
AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SO
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT
ASPECT OF THIS NEW PROPOSAL. I
DO HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION ABOUT
-- ARE THERE ANY POINTS IN HERE
WHERE WE DO ASSESSMENT ? HOW
THIS IS GOING EVERY NUMBER OF
YEARS? I DON'T KNOW. EVERY TWO
TO THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, I
HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
PROCESS, OBVIOUSLY. I ALWAYS
FIND IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
POINTS WHERE YOU HAVE TO STOP
AND DO AN ASSESSMENT AND SEE
HOW THINGS ARE GOING. IS THAT
BUILT INTO THIS? WILL THAT BE
BUILT INTO THIS? DO YOU KNOW?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TODAY
IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT
>> I HAVE TWO RESPONSES. ONE,
THIS REVISED ILA PROVIDES BROAD
AUTHORITY TO THE GOVERNING
BOARD TO CONDUCT PERFORMANCE
ASSESSMENTS, SO TO GENERALLY
MONITOR PERFORMANCE OF THE
AGENCY, HOMELESS SERVICES AND
THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE, AND OF
COURSE, THE NEXT STEP WILL BE
FOR THE GOVERNING BOARD TO
DEFINE HOW THEY WANT TO GO
ABOUT DOING THAT AND WHAT KIND
OF INFORMATION THEY WANT TO
COLLECT AND WHAT FREQUENCY TO
BE ABLE TO DO THAT. I WANT TO
SAY THERE IS SOMETHING IN HERE
ABOUT AN AUDIT AT A SIX-YEAR
PERIOD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GO
BACK AND CONFIRM THAT AFTER THE
MEETING AND I CAN SEND THE
LANGUAGE OUT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST SAY,
I'M NOT SURE THERE IS A
SPECIFIC LANGUAGE TO THAT, BUT
THERE IS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE
ABOUT REVIEWING THE PERFORMANCE
OF THE CEO , AND OBVIOUSLY, THE
CEO IS HELD TO ACCOUNT TO ALL
OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES WE
HAVE SET OUT IN THE ILA. I
THINK ONE OF THE STRONG
BENEFITS TO CHANGING THE
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, AND
REALLY MAKING THE GOVERNING
COMMITTEE THE END POINT OF
ACCOUNTABILITY IS THAT THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE, AS WE GO
THROUGH THE YEAR AND YEARS WILL
BE LOOKING AT HOW EFFECTIVELY
THE PROGRAMS ARE WORKING, SO WE
WILL BE ASSESSING AND HOLDING
ACCOUNTABLE IN REAL TIME, IN A
WAY THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE UNDER
THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, BECAUSE
OF THE DIFFERENT REPORTING
BODIES AND CONFUSION ABOUT WHO
HAD RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. I
THINK THE STRUCTURE ITSELF WILL
FACILITATE , BUT WE CAN,
CERTAINLY, PUT IN ACTUAL
REQUIREMENTS.
>> I DID FIND THAT SECTION I
WAS THINKING OF. AT THE END,
THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A
PERFORMANCE AUDIT, AND THIS IS
THE COUNTY AND SEATTLE SHALL
CAUSE THE PERFORMANCE AUDIT TO
BE COMPLETED BY A CONSULTING
FIRM SELECTED BY THE COUNTY AND
SEATTLE, NO LATER THAN SIX
YEARS AFTER THE GOVERNING BOARD
CONFIRMS THE ADDITIONAL FIVE
YEAR PLAN. THIS PERFORMANCE
AUDIT SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED TO
THE CLERKS FOR BOTH THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL. THAT FIVE-YEAR
PLAN WAS APPROVED IN SPRING OF
LAST YEAR, SO THAT WOULD MEAN
THE PERFORMANCE REPORT WOULD BE
DUE SIX YEARS AFTER THAT, SO
THAT WOULD BE QUITE SOME WAYS
INTO THE FUTURE, 2029.
>> THANK YOU. SO, WE ARE IN A
BIT OF A TIME CRUNCH HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER WOO NEEDS TO
LEAVE AT 10:30, AND I WOULD
REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A VOTE, SO
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE
TEMPERATURE OF THE COMMITTEE. I
APPRECIATE DEPUTY WASHINGTON
AND DIRECTOR KIM ARE HERE, BUT
I WANT TO FIND OUT FROM THE
COMMITTEE IF YOU ARE COME TO --
COMFORTABLE TAKING A VOTE NOW,
OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
FROM DEPUTY WASHINGTON AND
DIRECTOR KIM BEFORE DOING SO?
THEIR PRESENTATION IS MORE
HIGH-LEVEL BACKGROUND, LESS OF
THE MEAT AND POTATOES THAT JEN
HAS PRESENTED HERE. IT LOOKS
LIKE PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE
WITHOUT THAT PRESENTATION,
TAKING TO THE VOTE, SO GIVEN
THE TIME, NO DISRESPECT MEANT.
WE WILL PROCEED. OKAY. THANK
YOU. ALL RIGHT, IF THERE ARE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS, AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, I WOULD NOW MOVE THE
COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON , TO
RECOMMEND THE PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120858. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT, IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO
PASS COUNCIL BILL 120858?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WOO ?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION PASSES
AND THE BILL WILL BE REFERRED
TO FULL COUNCIL FOR THE
SEPTEMBER 17th MEETING. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, JEN, FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION. THANK YOU TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND EXECUTIVE
FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALL THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE. AND, YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO COME AND TALK TO
US. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, IF
YOU WOULD READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM, 7 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 7, COMMUNITY
SAFETY INVESTMENTS AND SEATTLE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE,
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, TODAY
WE HAVE DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON
AND DIRECTOR KIM FROM HUMAN
SERVICES HERE TO BRIEF US. I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK DEPUTY
MAYOR BURGESS FOR ALSO BEING
HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THIS
IS A SOMEWHAT DENSE
PRESENTATION, SO IF WE COULD
PLEASE HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL
AFTER DIRECTOR KIM'S
PRESENTATION, AND AGAIN, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON AND DIRECTOR KIM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US THIS MORNING. I AM
WAITING FOR THE SLIDE DECK TO
PULL UP, BUT IN THE INTERIM,
THERE ARE A FEW OF US HERE THIS
MORNING. MY ROLE IS GOING TO BE
TO GIVE A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW
OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE
PHILOSOPHY AROUND THE
INVESTMENTS , AND THEN PASS IT
OVER TO DIRECTOR KIM, WHO WILL
GO THROUGH THE MEAT AND
POTATOES OF THE THEORY OF
CHANGE AND THE REQUEST FOR
PROPOSAL , AND THEN I HAVE MY
AMAZING COLLEAGUE, DEPUTY MAYOR
BURGESS HERE, JUST IN CASE
THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
ABOUT POLICE, SPV , AND THE
CARE DEPARTMENT, TO BE FRANK,
AROUND ALTERNATIVES TO
POLICING. HE HAS GRACIOUSLY
AGREED TO SIT HERE AND
ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IN THAT
REGARD. ONCE THE DECK PULLS UP,
WE WILL GET STARTED.
>> WHILE WE ARE WAITING, I WILL
READ MY NAME INTO THE RECORD. I
AM TANYA KIM, DIRECTOR OF THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> I AM DEPUTY MAYOR TIM
BURGESS. GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> I WENT OVER THIS A LITTLE
BIT IN MY OPENING, SO WE CAN GO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, I
THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT BEFORE
WE DELVE IN TO TALK ABOUT WHERE
WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE
WE ARE HEADED, AND SO WHERE WE
WERE IN 2020 TO 2022, YOU ALL
KNOW, YOU LIVED IT. GLOBAL
PANDEMIC, CIVIL RIGHTS
RECKONING, A LOT OF PUBLIC
PRESSURE FOR ELECTEDS TO INVEST
IN ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING.
NEW DIVISION THAT COUNCIL
CREATED, CALLED SAFE AND
THRIVING AND HSD, FOCUS ON
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND SUPPORT
FOR CRIME SURVIVORS, AND THEN
THERE WAS ALSO A HUGE FUNDING
INFLUX FROM COUNCIL TO HSD THAT
LED THEM TO HOLD A COMPETITIVE
FUNDING PROCESS TO DETERMINE
WHICH AGENCIES TO AWARD FOR THE
NEW INVESTMENTS THAT WERE
COMING INTO THE DEPARTMENT.
WHERE WE ARE NOW, WHEN WE
STARTED, MAYOR HARRELL GAVE A
CLEAR DIRECTIVE TO FOCUS
INVESTMENTS TO GET MORE
SIGNIFICANT RESULTS AND REDUCE
VIOLENCE. MAYOR HARRELL MET
WITH EVERY GROUP EARLY ON,
REQUIRED DIRECTOR KIM TO
CONVENE EVERY AWARDED AGENCY IN
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY SPACE. HE
ASKED FOR THEM TO LIST WHAT
THEY DO, WHETHER OUTCOMES ARE
AND AFTER THAT MEETING, HE
CONCLUDED THAT WE NEEDED TO GO
MORE IN DEPTH. HE FELT LIKE WE
WERE DOING A PEANUT BUTTER
APPROACH, SO HE DIRECTED HSD TO
FOCUS OUR INVESTMENTS.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 39 CONTRACTS
FUNDED WHERE A TOTAL OF $29
MILLION. WE HAD ADDITIONAL
FUNDING ADDED THIS YEAR FOR
SCHOOL SAFETY EFFORTS. AND,
DIRECTOR KIM AND HER STAFF
WORKED WITH THE RESULTS-BASED
ACCOUNTABILITY FIRM TO DEVELOP
A NEW THEORY OF CHANGE. AND, WE
WILL HAVE HSD RELEASE A NEW RFP
UNDER THAT THEORY OF CHANGE IN
DECEMBER. SO, WHERE WE ARE
HEADED IS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
NEW THEORY OF CHANGE IN 2025.
WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A
DATABASE, A TRAINING ON THAT
DATABASE AND IMPLEMENT IT, AND
HSD WILL IMPLEMENT PERFORMANCE
METRICS FOR EACH CONTRACT WITH
QUARTERLY REPORTING. NEXT. THE
NEXT COUPLE SLIDES TALK ABOUT
THE FRAMEWORK IN WHICH HSD AND
THE COMMUNITY ADDRESS
VIOLENCE. WE BELIEVE IT IS A
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. THE REASON
IT'S CALLED A PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUE IS BECAUSE THERE ARE RISK
FACTORS. THERE ARE SIGNS OF AN
AFFECTION OF VIOLENCE, AND
IT'S BOTH PREDICTABLE AND
PREVENTABLE. THERE ARE PERFECT
-- PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND
TREATMENT THAT ARE WIDELY KNOWN
AND PROVEN. WE HAVE BOTH THE
SIGNS OF THE INFECTION AND THE
TREATMENT, AND SO THAT'S WHY
WE ADDRESS IT AND CALL IT A
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. THE
LITERATURE SUPPORTS THE NOTION
OF VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUE, AS A MATTER FACT, PUBLIC
HEALTH , SEATTLE KING COUNTY
DECLARED THIS DURING COVID-19,
AND THE U.S. SURGEON GENERAL
DECLARED IT A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS IN JUNE OF 2024. WE ALSO
BELIEVE IN A COMMUNITY LED
PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH. THERE
ARE THREE STRATEGIES OR FOCUS
AREAS HERE. WE WANT TO DETECT
OR INTERRUPT POTENTIALLY
VIOLENT CONFLICTS, SO WE HAVE
TRAINED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS
AND OUTREACH WORKERS, WHO
PREVENT VIOLENCE THROUGH
MEDIATING CONFLICT , PREVENTING
RETALIATION AND FOLLOWING UP TO
ENSURE CONFLICT DOES NOT
REIGNITE. WE WANT TO IDENTIFY
AND CHANGE BEHAVIORS OF PEOPLE
AT HIGHEST RISK, SO WE HAVE
TRAINED OUTREACH WORKERS, WHO
REDUCE RISK FOR THOSE MOST
LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED, THROUGH
ASSESSING THE HIGHEST RISK ,
CHANGING BEHAVIORS AND
PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT , AND
LASTLY, WE WANT TO MOBILIZE THE
COMMUNITY TO CHANGE NORMS AND
ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES. WE ENGAGE
WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS , BY
RESPONDING TO SHOOTINGS IN HIGH
RISK AREAS, ORGANIZING THE
COMMUNITY AND WE ORGANIZE THE
COMMUNITY TO SPREAD POSITIVE
NORMS, SO DR. MARSHALL, WHO I
LOOK UP TO , HE ESSENTIALLY
SAID THAT THERE ARE THE
COMMANDMENTS OF VIOLENCE, SO
THINGS LIKE THOU SHALL NOT
SNITCH, THOU SHALL GET MONEY BY
ANY MEANS NECESSARY. THE ONLY
WAY TO CHANGE THAT THINKING
THAT IS DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN
CERTAIN COMMUNITIES IS TO
SPREAD POSITIVE NORMS, WHICH
COUNTERACTS THE SPREAD OF
NEGATIVE NORMS. HE SAYS THAT
THE COMMUNITY IS AN IMMUNE
SYSTEM, AND IF IT'S INFECTED,
AND I THINK WE HEARD THIS AT
RAINIER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL,
PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
STATISTICS AT THE SCHOOL AND
HOW THEY MIRROR WHAT THE
CHILDREN ARE EXPERIENCING, AND
THE REPORTERS WANTED TO KNOW
WHY, AND IT'S BECAUSE THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS AFFECTED BY
THE DISEASE OF VIOLENCE, NOT
JUST THE SCHOOL OR AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX, IT'S THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY. OH, GOOD, I GET TO
PASS IT OVER TO DIRECTOR KIM.
>> WITH THAT OVERVIEW OF WHERE
WE HAVE BEEN AND THE FRAMING,
I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT
OF NUTS AND BOLTS AND A DEEPER
DIVE. WE WILL START WITH WHAT
MIGHT DRAW YOUR ATTENTION ,
INVESTMENTS AT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND I
GUESS I JUST WANT TO RESTATE
ONE MORE TIME THAT HSD PLAYS A
PARTICULAR ROLE, BUT WE HAVE,
IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IT
TAKES ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT, SO
REALLY, IT DOES TAKE SPD, FIRE,
CARE, HSD, OED, YOU NAME IT, WE
ARE ALL IN IT, AS WELL AS THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, SO I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENTS,
AND THIS ISSUE OF THE DISEASE
OF VIOLENCE. I WANT TO RESTATE
THAT. I AM GOING TO QUICKLY GO
THROUGH THIS. THINK OF THIS AS
A TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR OUR
INVESTMENT AREAS. IN THE NEXT
SLIDE, I WILL DO A DEEPER DIVE
FEATURING SOME OF THE AREAS,
AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT
WOULD BE PRUDENT, MAYBE TO WAIT
ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
MAY COME UP, BECAUSE I'M GOING
TO DESCRIBE THEM A LITTLE BIT
MORE. VERY QUICKLY, THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE, IT
IS COMMUNITY LED , A STRATEGY
TO INTERRUPT AND DE-ESCALATE
CONFLICTS, AND THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT IT'S NOT OUR
INITIATIVE THAT WE CREATED. IT
WAS CREATED BY ORGANIZATIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK
AND APPROACHED THE CITY AND THE
COUNTY AND OTHERS TO BE
PROACTIVE. THE OTHER IS THE
SCHOOL SAFETY, WHICH THE DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON DESCRIBED .
THIS IS HAPPENING IN REAL-TIME.
WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH
COUNCIL AS WELL AS OTHERS ABOUT
THE PROGRESS ON THAT , AND
SCHOOL SAFETY INVESTMENTS,
INTERRUPTING CONFLICTS, REALLY,
IT'S THE SAME THING, AND EACH
SCHOOL HAS ITS OWN CULTURE AND
ECOSYSTEM OF SERVICES, SO IT'S
TAKING SOME INTENTIONAL EFFORTS
TO WORK WITH THEM, AND WE HAVE
11 ON THE DOCKET. WE ARE
STARTING WITH THE FIVE HIGH
SCHOOLS. HOSPITAL-BASED
INTERVENTION, THIS IS LED BY
HARBORVIEW. THEY SUPPORT
GUNSHOT SURVIVORS AND THEIR
FAMILIES, AND PREVENTS
RETALIATION. THIS IS CRUCIAL
FOR BREAKING THE CYCLE. WE HAVE
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, THIS IS
SOMETIMES ALSO REFERRED TO AS
WRAPAROUND SERVICES, SO YOU
MIGHT HAVE THOSE POINTS OF
ENTRY, BUT WHERE ELSE DO WE
REFER PEOPLE TO, IN ORDER TO
TREAT THE WHOLE PERSON, THE
WHOLE COMMUNITY? THESE ARE THE
SERVICES THAT PROVIDE
LONGER-TERM SUPPORTS TO REDUCE
RISK OF VIOLENCE BY ADDRESSING
BASIC NEEDS, AND PROMOTING
EMOTIONAL , SOCIAL, PHYSICAL,
ALL OF THE WELL BEINGS THAT
NEED TO OCCUR IN ORDER TO
MITIGATE VIOLENCE. AND THEN,
SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE SOME
INVESTMENTS AROUND DIVERSION.
THOSE WHO ARE WITH THE SEATTLE
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE WORKED
WITH THEM TO TRANSFER OVER SOME
OF THOSE CONTRACTS AND
INVESTMENTS. THEY ARE TO REDUCE
RECIDIVISM. AND SO, TO REDUCE
RECIDIVISM AND PROMOTE
LONG-TERM STABILITY BY
DIVERTING PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR
MISDEMEANORS BEFORE CHARGES ARE
FILED, AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO
VARIOUS JUNCTURES TO DIVERT TO
A DIFFERENT APPROACH, GOING
THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM IS DIFFICULT TO GET OUT
OF IT RE-ENTRY ON THE OTHER END
IS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC
STABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS
RE-ENTERING COMMUNITY. MOST
INDIVIDUALS RE-ENTER COMMUNITY,
SELECT SUPPORT PEOPLE TO THRIVE
AND HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET
TO HAVE A DIFFERENT PATH. ALSO,
I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT
INCLUDE LEAD. LEAD IS A VERY
IMPORTANT INVESTMENT, SIZABLE
INVESTMENT, YOU CAN SEE, WITH
THE CITY. THIS IS A DIVERSION
MODEL , AND COMMITTEE HEARD A
DETAILED PRESENTATION FROM
THEIR PARTNERS ON AUGUST 14th,
SO RECENTLY, YOU HAD A FULL
PRESENTATION ABOUT LEAD. WITH
THAT, WE GO A LITTLE BIT
DEEPER. I'M GOING TO START
WITH THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE, SHORTHAND,
SCSI. FOR THIS BODYWORK, IT'S
NOT JUST ABOUT THE
INTERVENTIONS. IF YOU TALK WITH
PROVIDERS, THEY WILL TELL YOU
WITH A COMPREHENSIVE
COMMUNITY-BASED MODEL DESIGNED
TO TACKLE VIOLENCE AT ITS
ROOTS. THE FOUR AGENCIES ARE
URBAN FAMILY, COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS, BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUB SOUTHEAST NETWORK, AND THE
YMCA. THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK
FOR LONG TIME. THE PREVIOUS
ITERATION WAS THE SEATTLE YOUTH
VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVE.
THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY. MANY OF
THE STAFF OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
SCSI OPERATES NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS
STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN THE
AREAS THAT SERVE AS CRITICAL
ACCESS POINTS FOR COMMUNITY AND
IS A HOME BASE FOR THEIR TEAM.
HUBS WERE LAUNCHED IN
HISTORICALLY HIGH RISK
NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAVE ALSO
BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED.
OFTEN TIMES, THERE IS A
QUESTION, WHY NOT THE NORTH
END? THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THIS IS
WHERE IT ENDS. THEY'RE
CURRENTLY IN CENTRAL, SOUTH AND
WEST SEATTLE.
>> NOW, WE TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT SCSI, BUT THERE IS
SOMETIMES CONFUSION OR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VARIOUS
ROLES, SO I WANTED TO OFFER
THAT TO YOU TODAY AS WELL. WHO
ARE THE PEOPLE OR THE FUNCTIONS
AT SCSI? IN ORDER TO DISRUPT
AND DE-ESCALATE AND MITIGATE
VIOLENCE, IT TAKES DIFFERENT
TYPES OF SPECIALTY EXPERTS. WE
HAVE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS THAT
ARE HIGHLY TRAINED COMMUNITY
LEADERS, OFTEN, FOLKS WHO HAVE
LIVED EXPERIENCE, WHO KNOW
PEOPLE, WHO MAY EXPERIENCE
BEING IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM, ET CETERA, SO IT
IS INTENTIONAL THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE THAT ARE CRITICAL --
CREDIBLE THAT YOU CAN TALK WITH
AND INTERRUPT VIOLENCE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HOT. I'M
NOT GOING TO WALK IN AND
MITIGATE A CONFLICT AFTER
RESOLUTION, BUT YOU BETTER
BELIEVE THAT MARTY CAN GO OUT
AND JUST TALK WITH PEOPLE, WHO
SHE ALREADY KNOWS, AND REALLY
GET TO THE HEART OF IT. THESE
ARE FOLKS, WHO ARE WITH THE
AGENCIES , WHO ARE EXTREMELY
CONNECTED . THEY POSSESS THE
NECESSARY SKILLS AND ARE
CREDIBLE TO DE-ESCALATE THE
CONFLICTS, PREVENT RETALIATORY
SHOOTINGS AND MANAGE RUMORS
THAT COULD LEAD TO FURTHER
VIOLENCE, AND I PROBABLY DON'T
HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOCIAL
MEDIA AND ALL THE FUN THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE MITIGATED TOO.
THAT IS THE VIOLENCE
INTERRUPTERS. OUTREACH WORKERS
ARE SIMILARLY TRAINED AND HAVE
A GOOD REPUTATION AMONGST
COMMUNITY. THEY CONNECT TO
HARD-TO-REACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND LEVERAGE THEIR OWN
EXPERIENCES TO OVERCOME
RESISTANCE TO CRUCIAL SERVICES,
AND THOUGH IT IS STICKING WITH
PEOPLE, BUILDING THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS AND GETTING THEM
INTO THE OTHER SERVICES THAT
ARE AVAILABLE. SAFE PASSAGE,
YOU MIGHT'VE HEARD THIS TERM
BEFORE. THESE ARE FOLKS, A
PROGRAM THAT ENSURES THE SAFETY
OF YOUNG PEOPLE , PARTICULARLY,
DURING TIMES WHERE THERE IS
TRANSITION DURING SCHOOL. IT IS
BEFORE OR AFTER, PERHAPS LUNCH
TIME IF THERE ARE OPEN LUNCHES.
THEY MAINTAIN A VISIBLE
PRESENCE IN DESIGNATED SAFETY
ZONES, HELPING YOUTH
TRANSITION, BUT THEY ARE ALSO
THERE. THEY ARE MENTORS. THEY
SAY HELLO, THEY KNOW THE YOUNG
PEOPLE, THEY BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS, THEY CAN CONNECT
THEM TO POSITIVE ACTIVITIES AND
SUPPORTS, AND THINGS COME OUT
NATURALLY IN CONVERSATION. THEY
ARE RESTORATION SPECIALISTS, SO
HERE, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS
THAT THEY OPERATE PRIMARILY IN
HOSPITAL SETTINGS OR POST
DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL
SETTINGS AND ARE TRAINED TO
INTERVENE WITH VIOLENCE PRONE
INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES
CONNECTING THEM TO ESSENTIAL
SERVICES AND MENTORING TO
PREVENT FURTHER VIOLENCE. WE
TALKED ABOUT SURVIVORS, BUT WE
ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE
THAT MIGHT BE CAUSING HARM.
WHICH, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT ACES OR OTHER THINGS,
OFTEN, THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN
VICTIMS OF HARM PREVIOUSLY IN
THEIR YOUNGER YEARS. OR, IT IS
INTERGENERATIONAL VIOLENCE.
FINALLY, CASE MANAGEMENT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT, TO HAVE
TRAINED CASE MANAGERS, WHO
STICK WITH THE CLIENTS, IF YOU
WILL, AROUND MULTIPLE
DISCIPLINES, AND THEY DO
COORDINATE WITH SOCIAL
SERVICES, OR THE PHYSICAL ,
MEDICAL SUPPORT THEY NEED FOR
PUBLIC HEALTH OR OTHERS. SO,
SOMEBODY TO STICK WITH THEM ,
AND GET THEM TO ACCESS THE
SERVICES THEY NEED. THAT IS
IMPORTANT FOR THE LONG-TERM
NEEDS. WE STARTED WITH THE
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION, THE
INITIAL, BUT IT'S MEANINGLESS
IF WE DON'T REALLY IMPACT THE
FUTURE TRAJECTORY. THOSE ARE
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROLES, AND
I WANT TO JUST THEN TAKE A STEP
BACK AND IN LAY TERMS, GIVE YOU
AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE
IN ACTION. IMAGINE THAT THERE
IS AN INCIDENT WHERE THERE ARE
SHOTS FIRED AND NYLON ONE IS
CALLED. SPD IS ALERTED AND HAVE
DEPLOYED , AND THEY IMMEDIATELY
CONTACT SCSI, SO THERE IS A
PROTOCOL IN THE CONTRACT, THERE
ARE AGREEMENTS FOR THEM TO
CONTACT SCSI. SCSI, IT IS IN
NEAR REAL-TIME, SO THEY DEPLOY
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS AND THEY
GO QUICKLY TO THE SCENE. IF
THINGS ARE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY
OR PEOPLE AREN'T THERE, THEY
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO GO
TO THE HOSPITAL OR TO FOLLOW UP
BECAUSE, THEY ARE CREDIBLE.
THEY KNOW THINGS, THEY HEAR
THINGS, AND THEY ENGAGE WITH
PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE
GUNSHOTS. THAT IS THE IMMEDIATE
WORK. SCSI FOCUSES ON
DE-ESCALATING SITUATIONS, SO
THEY ARE WORKING PARALLEL. THIS
IS NOT AN ALTERNATIVE TO
POLICING. THEY ARE MAKING SURE
THAT PEOPLE DO NOT RETALIATE.
THEY WANT TO DE-ESCALATE, AND
SO THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
KNOW THAT THAT WORK IS
HAPPENING IN A PARALLEL
PROCESS.
>> I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
POINT, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT
HAVE NOT BEEN AT A SCENE, WHEN
SOMEONE IS SHOT, ALL OF THEIR ,
WHETHER IT'S FAMILY, WHETHER
IT'S PEOPLE TO HANG OUT WITH,
PEOPLE START GETTING ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, THEY START CALLING
FOLKS, THEY START SAYING, HEY,
SO-AND-SO GOT SHOT, WE NEED TO
RIDE, WE NEED TO FIND THE
PERSON THAT DID IT, WE NEED TO
SHOOT THIS PERSON. FAMILY
MEMBERS ARE HYSTERICAL. AND SO,
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS BEING
THERE ON THE SCENE, THEY CAN DO
THINGS THAT THE POLICE CAN'T
DO. THE POLICE ARE FOCUSED ON
INVESTIGATING, BUT THERE IS ALL
THIS NOISE SURROUNDING IT,
PEOPLE SHOWING UP WANTING TO
SEE IT, MOTHER'S CRYING, AND
THEY, LITERALLY, HANDLE ALL OF
THE NOISE AROUND THE SCENE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU.
AND SO, THEY ARE FOCUSING AGAIN
ON DE-ESCALATION AND PREVENTING
RETALIATION. THAT IS SO
IMPORTANT. THROUGH COMMUNITY
CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AND GOING
ALONG THE PATH, AGAIN, THEY ARE
REALLY LOOKING AT WHEN TO
DEPLOY THEIR OUTREACH WORKERS
AND OTHERS TO TALK TO THE
IMPACTED PEOPLE AND DISCUSS
GOALS TOWARDS LONG-TERM
STABILITY AND SAFETY, SO THE
IMMEDIATE MOMENT IS FINE, BUT
REALLY, WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE
LIVES IN THE LONG-TERM. THAT
IS, AGAIN, THROUGH CASE
MANAGEMENT, COUNSELING, IT
DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL. AND
THEN, WITH THAT , ONCE THE
INITIAL SITUATION IS COOLED,
SCSI, AND THIS IS WHERE THE HUB
MODEL COMES IN, THEY WILL
MAINTAIN CONTACT AND ACTIVATE
THE SPACES FOR THEM TO BE
POSITIVE. THERE IS ONGOING
EFFORTS. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHAT
IS HAPPENING DOWN IN RANIER
BEACH, AND I WILL USE MARTY AND
HER TEAM, THEY ACTIVATE SPACES.
THAT SAFEWAY, WAS, FOR YEARS,
AND ISSUE THAT HAD A LOT OF
CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, AND
THEY REPLACED IT WITH SOME
POSITIVE WORK. IT DOESN'T GO
WITHOUT SOME LEVEL OF RISK, SO
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THESE ARE FOLKS THAT LIVE
THERE, THEY ARE PART OF THE
COMMUNITY, AND THEY ARE GOING
TO DO WHAT IT TAKES. I JUST
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY
REALLY DO -- THEY ARE COMMITTED
AND A PART OF THE COMMUNITY IN
DOING THIS WORK WITHOUT THE
RISK.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD REALLY
QUICKLY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HUB
MODEL IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY
HOLD THE ENROLLMENT OF ALL OF
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE
PROGRAM. AND SO, YEARS AGO,
THERE WAS CONFUSION AROUND WHY
-- PEOPLE WERE UPSET BECAUSE A
LOT OF MONEY WAS FLOWING
THROUGH THE HUBS. WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE A HUB YOU CAN'T
COLLECT CENTRALIZED DATA. THE
HUBS ENROLL YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY
PUT THEM IN THE DATABASE, WHICH
ALLOWS FOR THE CITY OR THE
COUNTY TO SAY, HOW MANY YOUNG
PEOPLE WENT BACK TO DETENTION?
HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE STAYED
OUT OF DETENTION? WITHOUT THE
CENTRALIZED HUB AND THE
DATABASE, YOU WOULD BE ASKING
30 ORGANIZATIONS TO REPORT ON
THEIR KIDS, INSTEAD OF FOUR
ORGANIZATIONS WITH ONE DATABASE
, THAT HST WILL HAVE ACCESS TO.
WE HAD THIS STOOD UP A LONG
TIME AGO. WE WANT TO BUILD A
NEW DATABASE AND A BETTER
DATABASE, SO THAT IS ANOTHER
HUGE RESPONSIBILITY OF A HUB,
TO HOLD THE DATA. DATA
CENTRALIZATION. WE HAVE ABOUT
EIGHT SLIDES LEFT. WE ARE GOING
TO GET THROUGH, SEE YOU GUYS
CAN ASK US QUESTIONS.
>> THE NEXT ONE, WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THE SCHOOL-BASED WORK. IT
IS, ESSENTIALLY, SIMILAR, BUT
BASED IN SCHOOLS, AND SO I WANT
TO REMIND YOU THERE ARE FIVE
HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE
STARTING WITH AND THEN WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE TO THE FEEDER
SCHOOLS. I HAVE SENT UPDATES ON
OUR PROGRESS. IT DOES TAKE A
LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE
INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AS WELL, SO
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT
WE ARE MAKING IMMEDIATE
PROGRESS, IN FACT, WE HAVE A
MEETING THIS AFTERNOON TO
SOLIDIFY THINGS WITH ALL THE
PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE SCHOOLS
AND THE COMMUNITY BASED
REPORTING STATIONS. I'M GOING
TO MOVE US FORWARD, BECAUSE I
THINK THAT WE ARE RELATIVELY
FIRST ON THAT, AND ONCE WE HAVE
EVERYTHING FULLY IMPLEMENTED --
IT'S VERY EARLY. THE HOSPITAL
BASED INTERVENTION, THIS IS AT
HARBORVIEW. THIS IS A NATIONAL
MODEL SUPPORTED BY THE HEALTH
ALLIANCE FOR VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION, AND REALLY, WHAT
IT COMES DOWN TO THIS, THIS IS
THE STATE'S TRAUMA CENTER WERE
GUNSHOT VICTIMS ARE TAKEN.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO
RELEASE PEOPLE. THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE
THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY
NEED, AND SO IF THE VICTIMS OR
THEIR FAMILIES ARE ASKING FOR
ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS , THEN THEY
WILL CONNECT THEM TO
ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN
IMMEDIATELY HELP THEM. THINK OF
IT AS A DEVELOPED SAFETY PLAN
OR RESOURCES BEFORE PEOPLE MOVE
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL SITUATION?
HSD FUNDS SOME OF THE STAFF, AS
WELL AS THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
RECEIVE THE REFERRALS. WE DID
TALK ABOUT RE-ENTRY. THIS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE
ARE DOING, AND SO WITH THESE
INVESTMENTS , AND THIS IS A
PRECURSOR TO THE OUTCOMES , SO
WE ARE LOOKING TO REDUCE
RECIDIVISM AND BUILD ECONOMIC
STABILITY. IF YOU ARE
INCARCERATED, YOU DON'T HAVE A
PLACE TO LIVE, YOU COME INTO
THE SAME ENVIRONMENT, YOU
DON'T HAVE A JOB. REALLY,
IT'S DIFFICULT TO EXPECT
DIFFERENT BEHAVIORS, BUT
RE-ENTRY SERVICES ARE SO
CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT
PEOPLE HAVE WHAT THEY NEED IN
ORDER TO COME AGAIN, THRIVE AND
GO ON A DIFFERENT PATH. I DO
WANT TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY INTO
OUTCOMES, BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF
US, AS DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON
SAID, THE MAYOR AND HSD, THIS
IS GOING TO SOUND FAMILIAR WITH
PRESENTATIONS I HAVE GIVEN IN
THE PAST ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH OR
LARGE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN RELATIVELY IDLE, AND WE
HAVE BEEN MANAGING IT, BUT WE
HAVE NOT BEEN AS INTENTIONAL AS
WE COULD. I WANT YOU TO KNOW
AGAIN, AND UNDERSCORE THAT WE
ARE DEVELOPING A NEW THEORY OF
CHANGE. THAT IS OUR CHARGE.
WELL, I'M NOT RELEASING IT
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO INFORM
-- FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE
DEVELOPED IT. WE ARE NOT
RELEASING IT FULLY BECAUSE
IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE
RFP, WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK
ABOUT. WE DON'T TYPICALLY
RELEASE EVERYTHING AT THE SAME
TIME. TO BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE
TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT, I WILL
GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF SOME KEY
THINGS. WITH THE RFP, THE
THEORY OF CHANGE, AND GIVING
YOU SOME BACKGROUND
INFORMATION. WE BASTED OFF A
PEER REVIEWED ACADEMIC
RESEARCH, WE DID LITERATURE
REVIEWS. BASED OFF OF LOCAL
PRIME DATA AND OTHER SOCIAL
TRENDS, AND WE WANT TO THANK
SPD FOR THEIR DATA. WE HAVE
BEST PRACTICES, WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT THAT. AND, COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, AND THE FEEDBACK WE
RECEIVED. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
OF CONVERSATION AT SCHOOLS, AND
COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY
MEETINGS THAT YOU ARE HOLDING.
WE HEAR AND SEE AND READ ALL OF
THE SINKS AND TAKEN INTO
CONSIDERATION. WITH THAT,
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE KEY
DESIRED OUTCOMES THAT YOU CAN
ANTICIPATE US ASKING . OUR SET
OF CONTRACTORS IN THE FUTURE
STATE -- ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE,
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE
WHOLE SLIDE, BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO SEE
IMPROVED LIFE OUTCOMES AND
REDUCED RECIDIVISM RATES FOR
INDIVIDUALS AT THE HIGHEST RISK
AND INVOLVED IN VIOLENCE. AND,
THIS IS A SET. YOU CAN'T DO
ONE STANDALONE. IT REALLY IS
CUMBRIAN SEPARATE THE SECOND IS
WE WANT TO SEE REDUCED HARM BY
UTILIZING ALTERNATIVES TO
ARREST AS AN OPTION OF FIRST
RESORT. WE NEED OTHER OPTIONS.
NUMBER THREE, WE WANT TO SEE
REDUCED INSTANCE OF VIOLENCE.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE IT?
THERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES ON THE
RIGHT-HAND SIDE. I WILL JUST
NAME ONE, JUST TO GIVE VOICE,
AND THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
WE WOULD LIKE TO , WITH THE
CONTRACTED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE
FUTURE STATE, WE WILL LOOK AT
REARREST AND CONVICTIONS FOR
VIOLENT CRIMES FOR PARTICIPANTS
ENROLLED IN OUR PROGRAMS. WE
JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE HARD
DATA AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IMPACT
WE ARE MAKING. IT'S NOT ENOUGH
TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO DO. WE HAVE TO BUILD
THE WHOLE SYSTEM AROUND IT. YOU
CAN SEE HERE WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO BE BUILDING. IT'S GOING TO
TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME,
THERE IS DEFINITELY URGENCY
AROUND THIS. RIGHT NOW, WE
HAVE, AGAIN, THAT SLIDE THAT
HAS THE VARIOUS INVESTMENT
AREAS WE ARE RECOMMENDING. WE
ARE GOING TO INVEST IN ROBUST
EVALUATION. WE DON'T CURRENTLY
HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE
THE THINGS FOR THE FUTURE
STATE. THESE ARE OUR
IMPROVEMENTS. WE NEED TO
ANALYZE THE KEY INVESTMENT
AREAS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE
DEDICATED FUNDING AND CAPACITY
TO DO THIS WORK. WE HAVE THE
RIGHT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO
COLLABORATE WITH SOME OF OUR
EXPERTS IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON HAS A FIREARM INJURY
AND POLICY RESEARCH PROGRAM. WE
ARE GOING TO BUILD AN ADVANCED
DATABASE SYSTEM. WE USED TO
HAVE ONE. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH
THE PIVOTS OF THE PAST, SOME OF
THOSE DATABASES WERE
DISMANTLED, BUT WE NEED TO
BRING THAT BACK BECAUSE WE NEED
TO TRACK, WE NEED TO DO
REFERRALS, WE NEED TO MONITOR
OUR OWN DATA. WE ARE ALSO GOING
TO HAVE PERFORMANCE-BASED
CONTRACTS. I LIKE TO THINK OF
IT MORE AS, NOT AS PUNITIVE,
BUT AS INCENTIVES. IF WE NEED
TO OUTCOMES, WE WILL PAY FOR
THEM, SO THERE IS A BASE LEVEL
OF PAY, BUT IT'S THE INCENTIVE
PAY IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT
CONTRACTOR PROVIDERS ARE NOT
JUST SERVING PEOPLE, BUT THEY
ARE ACHIEVING THE OUTCOMES THAT
WERE SET FORWARD IN OUR THEORY
OF CHANGE, AND AGAIN, WE NEED
TO CONTINUE TO BE -- HAVE
REGULAR LISTENING SESSIONS WITH
STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTICIPANTS.
WE NEED TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE
FEELING SAFER, SO PEOPLE NEED
TO BE SAFER WITH THE DATA. BUT,
PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL SAFER AS
WELL. HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET
THERE IS THROUGH A COMPETITIVE
FUNDING PROCESS. IN THIS CASE,
WE WILL SHORTHAND IT , SO IT IS
THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. HERE
IS A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT AN RFP
IS FOR THE PUBLIC. I CAN
ALREADY TELL YOU BASED ON THE
DATA THAT WE ARE RECEIVING,
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS
CONSISTENT FOR MANY YEARS, AS
FOCUSING ON THOSE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
GUN VIOLENCE. THAT IS, OFTEN,
BLACK, LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. YOU WILL SEE THE AGE,
DON'T BE ALARMED BY THAT, IT
IS MIDDLE SCHOOL UP TO YOUNG
ADULTS, BECAUSE WE ARE NOW
EXPANDING IN THE MIDDLE
SCHOOLS. THE BUDGET AT THIS
TIME IS 5.7. THAT MAY INCREASE
AS WE ARE IMPLEMENTING ALL OF
THE NEW SERVICES THAT WE HAVE
ONLINE, SO THAT MAY GO UP, AND
THIS IS IMPORTANT. YOU WILL SEE
A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AT THE
GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION BE
RELEASED IN DECEMBER.
CERTAINLY, YOU WILL HELP US
SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
>> THE REASON IT'S BEING
RELEASED IN DECEMBER IS BECAUSE
DEPARTMENTS HAVE A BLACKOUT
PERIOD DURING BUDGET SEASON.
BECAUSE, IF PEOPLE FIND OUT
WHETHER THEY DID OR DID NOT GET
AWARDED, THEY WILL THEN FILL
THE CHAMBERS AND START TO
ADVOCATE, AND SO, 10 YEARS AGO
, WE SEPARATED THE TWO AND WE
LET BUDGET BE BUDGET AND WE DO
PROCESSES OUTSIDE OF IT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT POSTED
UNTIL DECEMBER 3rd.
>> FOR PRACTICAL REASONS, WE
RECENTLY GOT A NEW BUSINESS
WORKING ON THE SCHOOLS, SO WE
NEED TO CALIBRATE THE THEORY OF
CHANGE, SO THAT THE WRAPAROUND
SERVICES ARE CONDUCIVE TO HIGH
SCHOOL AND YOUNG ADULTS AS
WELL. THERE IS WORK WE NEED TO
DO, BUT FOR ALL OF THOSE
REASONS, WE ARE LOOKING AT A
DECEMBER RELEASE DATE.
TYPICALLY, IT IS IN THE SPRING.
WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A
DIFFERENT VIEW OF WHAT A
PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. I DON'T
THINK YOU WILL SEE ANYTHING
UNUSUAL HERE. WE RELEASE IT,
PEOPLE APPLY, WE SCORE IT. WE
HAVE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AS
WELL AS KEY PARTNERS THAT ARE
PART OF THE RATING. THEY MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION AND THE HSD
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, THAT'S
ME, WILL MAKE THE FINAL
DECISION ON THE
RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY GIVE ME
THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE LOOK AT
THE THEORY OF CHANGE. SOMETIMES
WE HAVE TO RECALIBRATE A LITTLE
BIT, BUT TYPICALLY, WE HONOR
THE RAIDERS RECOMMENDATION.
THAT IS THE PROCESS . I WANT TO
OFFER YOU SOME KEY DATES AGAIN.
WE'VE GOT THE DECEMBER
RELEASE, WE WILL GIVE FOLKS,
HOPEFULLY, A GOOD FULL TWO
MONTHS, A MONTH AND A HALF TO
WRITE THEIR APPLICATIONS AND
SUBMIT. WE WILL HAVE INFO
SESSIONS DURING THAT PROCESS.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THE
ANNOUNCEMENTS IN MARCH, AND
THEN WE WILL START THE
CONTRACTS AND WE GO AS FAST AS
THE AGENCIES CAN GO, BUT
HOPEFULLY, IN APRIL. NOW, THERE
ARE GOING TO BE SOME AGENCIES,
WHO WE MAY NOT FUND AGAIN, AND
THAT'S OKAY. IF THAT DOES
OCCUR, THAT THEY APPLIED AND
THEY DON'T RECEIVE FUNDING,
BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE RIGHT
FIT, OR THEY ARE VERY
COMPETITIVE, WE WILL ALSO OFFER
SOME BRIDGE FUNDING TO ENSURE
THERE IS NOT A GAP IN SERVICE,
THAT WE CAN TRANSFER CLIENTS,
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE CAN STAND
UP THE OTHER SERVICES, SO WE
ARE ALSO BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT
HAVING A TRANSITION PERIOD, SO
WE MAY HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT
ARE IN PLACE DURING THAT PERIOD
OF TIME FOR A SHORT PERIOD,
WHILE WE STAND OF THE NEW
CONTRACTS. THAT REALLY IS IT. I
WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF
WHERE WE ARE, BUT MOST
IMPORTANT, WHERE WE ARE GOING.
IT'S GOING TO BE FULL OF BEST
PRACTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TRANSPARENCY. WHAT QUESTIONS DO
YOU HAVE?
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON. THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT PRESENTATION. A VERY
IMPORTANT TOPIC, SO I REALLY
APPRECIATED LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THIS CRITICAL WORK , TO ENSURE
THAT OUR CITY HAS A BROAD,
CONFERENCE OF VIEW OF PUBLIC
AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. SO, I
STRONGLY , AND THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR, FOR DAYLIGHTING THIS
VITAL BODY OF WORK AS WELL IN
YOUR COMMITTEE. I STRONGLY
SUPPORT COMMUNITY LED SAFETY
INITIATIVES , INCLUDING LIKE
THIS, THAT FOCUS ON A PUBLIC
HEALTH-BASED APPROACH. AS WE
KNOW, THOSE LARGELY FOCUS ON ,
AS WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, ON
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND ALSO
BETTER POSITIONS US TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF
VIOLENT CRIME , AND
EFFECTIVELY, WHAT THAT DOES IS
IT HELPS ENSURE A BETTER
TOMORROW, WHICH IS GREAT.
AGAIN, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT
APPROACH. AS I HAVE SAID
BEFORE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO
SAY AGAIN TODAY, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO ROOT CAUSE ONLY OUR
WAY OUT OF THESE CHALLENGES.
I'M A STRONG PROPONENT OF WHAT
I HAVE HEARD THE MAYOR APTLY
DESCRIBED AS CHAMPIONING AT THE
POLITICS OF ANB. YES, WE NEED
EFFECTIVE PREVENTION PROGRAMS
LIKE THIS AND INITIATIVES FOR
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES LIKE
THIS. AGAIN, HELP DESIGN A
BETTER AND CONSTRUCT A BETTER
FUTURE FOR TOMORROW, RIGHT?
BUT, WE ALSO NEED A BALANCED
APPROACH THAT RECOGNIZES THE
IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION ,
INTERVENTION , RESPONSE AND
YES, ENFORCEMENT. WHICH, I'M
GLAD DEPUTY MAYOR BURGESS, WHO
OVERSEES -- I UNDERSTAND THE
MAYOR PRINCIPALLY LED THE
PUBLIC SAFETY PORTFOLIO . I DO
THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO CONTINUE TO NOT ONLY
TO LEAN INTO THESE COMMUNITY
LED PUBLIC HEALTH ORIENTED
INVESTMENTS, FOCUSING ON
PREVENTION , BUT I THINK THERE
IS ALSO A PARALLEL OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO CONTINUE TO LEAN INTO
BETTER INTERVENTIONS, AND YES,
ENFORCEMENT. VIOLENT CRIME, GUN
VIOLENCE IN PARTICULAR IS OUT
OF HAND. I DON'T THINK ANYONE
CAN DISAGREE WITH THAT. AND,
SADLY, I WOULD LOVE TO WRITE
STRONGER LAWS TO BETTER
RESTRICT GUNS AND ACCESS TO
GUNS , BUT WE KNOW THAT SEATTLE
HAS EXPRESSLY PREEMPTED, UNDER
STATE LAW, WE CAN'T DO THAT.
WE CANNOT BAN OR PREVENT PEOPLE
FROM GOING INTO COMMUNITY
CENTERS OR PARKS WITH GUNS. WE
CAN'T EVEN DO THAT. ME AND MY
STAFF IN MY OFFICE, WE HAVE
ALREADY LOOKED INTO THIS. WHAT
MORE CAN BE DONE TO REGULATE?
AS A CITY, AS A POLICY MATTER,
WE'VE DONE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL
OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO REGULATE
AND PREVENT ACCESS TO GUNS. SO,
WE NEED TO DO MORE, BUT WE ALSO
NEED TO RELY MORE HEAVILY ON
PEOPLE WHO ARE BETTER
POSITIONED TODAY AND EMPOWERED
FROM A GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE
TO DO THAT, THAT IS,
PRINCIPALLY, THE STATE AND
FEDERAL PARTNERS, FEDERAL
GOVERNMENTS TO -- WE CAN'T
JUST HOPE AND WEIGHT AND RELY
ON THEM TO ACT OR NOT. AND,
THAT IS WHY I THINK
INTERVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT IS
ALSO IMPORTANT . WE CAN HAVE
BETTER EMPHASIS PATROLS TO
CRACK DOWN ON THE SALE, TRADE,
USE OF GUNS , STOLEN GUNS . WE
CAN, TO BETTER PREVENT THAT, WE
CAN WORK , AND I UNDERSTAND ON
THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, SPD
STAFFING SHORTAGES ARE REALLY
IMPOSING A DO SOME OF THESE
THINGS, BUWE CA
HEAVILY ON OUR PARTNERS THAT
ARE BETTER RESOURCED, INCLUDING
AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
WE CAN CALL UP AND REQUEST, AND
YES WE SHOULD, ATF, BETTER ATF
EMPHASIS AND ENFORCEMENT .
BANNING THE SALE AND TRADE OF
STOLEN GUNS, UNLAWFUL GUNS.
FELONS SHOULDN'T HAVE GUNS.
PURSUE FEDERAL CASES FOR
PEOPLE, WHICH I WORKED ON WHEN
I WAS IN LAW SCHOOL IN THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF
CALIFORNIA. THERE IS MORE WE
CAN DO ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE,
AND YES, LET US CONTINUE TO
LEAD INTO THESE COMMUNITY LED
PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT WORK. WE NEED TO
CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH OF
MAKING SURE WE HAVE STRONGER
INTERVENTIONS AND ENFORCEMENT
AS WELL. THIS IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE, PEOPLE ARE
DEMANDING THAT WE DO BETTER.
ANYWAYS, THANK YOU ALL, AND I
UNDERSTAND THIS WAS , THE SCOPE
WAS MORE NARROWLY TAILORED AND
FOCUSED ON THE PREVENTION SIDE,
WHICH I APPRECIATE. BUT, IN MY
MIND, I CAN'T BIFURCATE THESE
COMPLEX DISCUSSIONS AND JUST
FOCUS ON, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT
END-TO-END. IN ANY EVENT, I
WANTED TO SHARE THAT
OBSERVATION, BUT I APPRECIATE
THIS IMPORTANT WORK. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE
A QUESTION ABOUT THE RFP AND
THE CURRENT INVESTMENTS, SO
SLIDE SEVEN LISTS $29,450,000
IN CURRENT INVESTMENTS, AND
SLIDE 17 NOTES FEE SEPTEMBER
RFP WILL BE FOR $5.7 MILLION.
DOES THE 5.7 REPRESENT A GROUP
OF INVESTMENTS THAT WERE
ALREADY FUNDING ? I KNOW SOME
OF IT IS FOR BRAND-NEW MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS,
SO COULD YOU TEASE THAT OUT A
LITTLE BIT?
>> RRP IS FOCUSED ON THE HSD
INVESTMENTS, WITH DEAL, THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING. WITHIN OUR
BUDGET, WE WILL PUT OUT A
PORTION OF IT TO RFP. ONE THING
I HAVE LEARNED IN MY 14 YEARS
HERE AT THE CITY IS THAT IT CAN
BE HARMFUL TO PUT OUT 100% OF
YOUR INVESTMENTS AT THE SAME
TIME TO RFP IF THERE IS A
REALLY STRONG PIVOT. WE KNOW
THAT THERE ARE AGENCIES THROUGH
OUR CONTRACT MONITORING THAT
ARE REALLY COURT TO THE WORK,
SO THINGS LIKE THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE,
WHO ARE VERY FOUNDATIONAL AND
THEY HAVE THE HUBS, THE
RELATIONSHIPS, THEY ARE NOW
GOING INTO SCHOOLS. IT WOULD BE
DISRUPTIVE IF THEY WERE PART OF
THE RFP AT THIS TIME. THERE
ARE, AT THE SUPPORT SERVICES,
WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
OTHER INVESTMENT AREAS, WHICH
IS WHY THERE IS THAT ASTERISK.
TO ASK FOLKS THAT ARE PROVIDING
THE SUPPORT SERVICES, IF THE
HUB IS DOING A REFERRAL OUT. WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE
RIGHT SERVICES THERE TO SUPPORT
THE LONG-TERM WORK, AND SO THAT
IS WHAT IS BEING PUT UP FOR RFP
IN DECEMBER.
>> WHAT KIND OF SERVICES ARE WE
BUYING WITH 5.7? IS IT
ADDITIONAL -- CAN YOU SPELL IT
OUT A LITTLE MORE FOR ME?
>> IT'S NOT NEW MONEY, IT'S
OUR EXISTING BUDGET. RIGHT NOW,
THERE ARE SUPPORT SERVICES LIKE
SOME CASE MANAGEMENT, THERE
MIGHT BE SOME TRAUMA INFORMED
THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES. THERE
MIGHT BE IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS, SO
THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
CONTRACTS THAT WE CURRENTLY
HAVE THAT ARE CONSIDERED
SUPPORT SERVICES. I, ACTUALLY,
HAVE A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WE CONTRACT WITH. I'M NOT
GOING TO READ THEM ALL, BUT
THERE IS EVERYTHING FROM YOUTH
MENTORING TO SOME OF THE
EXAMPLES I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN.
>> BASICALLY, THE HUBS ARE HOME
BASE. WE ARE NOT PUTTING THE
HUBS TO BED, BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T MATTER. THERE IS NO
ONE ELSE THAT IS GOING TO BE A
HUB. THEY HAVE BEEN A HUB SINCE
THE SEATTLE YOUTH VIOLENCE
INITIATIVE IT'S THE WHY, THE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. THAT IS
JUST THE HUB. THAT JOB IS TO
RECEIVE REFERRALS FROM
TEACHERS, SPD, ANYONE IN THE
COMMUNITY DOING AN ASSESSMENT,
A RISK ASSESSMENT , ENROLLED
THEM INTO THE PROGRAM FORMALLY
BY HAVING BEEN PUT INTO THE
DATABASE, AND THEN, BASED ON
THAT ASSESSMENT, REFERRED THEM
OUT TO SERVICES. ARTS THERAPY,
WHATEVER IT MAY BE. HIGH
SCHOOL, DIPLOMA, GED. WHAT WE
ARE BUYING ARE THE SERVICES
THAT WE REFER THEM OUT TOO.
>> CAN I STOP YOU THERE? IT IS
MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW, THE
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAY CONTRACTS
WITH URBAN FAMILY AND THE YMCA.
>> WE HAVE CONTRACTS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, YOU TOLD ME
THAT LAST TIME.
>> SO, WHAT SHE SAID, COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS IS ONE HUB. THERE
HAS BEEN A LOT OF MISCONCEPTION
THAT THEY ARE HOLDING ALL THE
MONEY. THEY ARE NOT. THEY ARE
ONE OF THE FOUR ORGANIZATIONAL
HUBS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
REFERRING YOUNG PEOPLE OUT AND
ENSURING THAT THEY -- THE
INDIVIDUAL PLAN IS MET AND THEY
DON'T CONTINUE TO RISE UP THE
RISK , THEY DON'T GET IN MORE
TROUBLE, THAT THEY ACTUALLY
HAVE THEIR PROTECTIVE FACTORS
GO UP. IF THE PROTECTIVE
FACTORS GO UP, THE RISK FACTORS
GO DOWN, SO WE HAVE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AND WE CAN SEND THIS TO
YOU ALL, OF WRAPAROUND SERVICES
THAT WE INVEST IN THAT WE ARE
PUTTING OUT TO BID, BECAUSE IN
THE MAYOR'S TERMS, IT'S PEANUT
BUTTER. ESSENTIALLY, LESS
CONTRACTS, MORE IMPACTFUL WORK.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT IS
WHY I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING THE THEORY OF CHANGE,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU WERE HERE LAST
TIME, YOU SAID THE RFP WOULD BE
BASED ON THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND
WHY YOU CAN'T RELEASE IT,
BECAUSE IT GIVES PEOPLE AN
EDGE, HOWEVER, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT MORE RESOURCES THAT HAVE
NOT BEEN EVALUATED FOR A LONG
TIME, AND NOW I WILL REPEAT THE
POINT THAT I MADE LAST TIME,
THAT MAYOR HARRELL AND I DID
REQUEST AN AUDIT IN JANUARY OF
THIS YEAR. ASKING FOR OUR SCSI
INVESTMENTS TO BE EVALUATED,
WHAT WORKS? WHAT DOESN'T WORK?
INCLUDING, CITY PROGRAMS,
PROGRAMS RUN BY THE CITY, AND
COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS . IDENTIFY THE
EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS, AND
THOSE THAT MAY BE PROMISING AND
MAY CAUSE HARM. AND, THAT AUDIT
WAS CANCELED IN APRIL , AND
WHEN I RAISED A STINK, I WAS
TOLD, WE WANT TO LET THIS RFP
OUT , SO THAT WE CAN -- I GUESS
THE UNDERSTANDING WAS, EVALUATE
THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE GIVE
MONEY TO. I DON'T AGREE WITH
THAT APPROACH BECAUSE I THINK
WE NEED TO KNOW, WHAT IS
WORKING AND WHAT ISN'T BEFORE
AN RFP? MORE MORE PEOPLE KEEP
GETTING HURT.
>> THE INVESTMENTS THAT SHE
WANTED TO AUDIT ARE GOING OUT
TO BID, SO WE ARE NOT BUYING
THEM ANYMORE. TO DO AN AUDIT ON
SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NO LONGER
PURCHASING, WE ARE PURCHASING
THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE
SLIDE RIGHT HERE, SO THE THINGS
THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT
YOU SAID HAVEN'T BEEN
EVALUATED IN A REALLY LONG
TIME, ARE GOING AWAY. AND, WE
ARE GOING TO BUY GUARANTEE THAT
IMPROVED LIFE OUTCOMES, REDUCED
RECIDIVISM, REDUCED HARM TO
COMMUNITIES BY UTILIZING
ALTERNATIVES TO ARREST, AND
THAT THERE IS REDUCED INCIDENCE
OF VIOLENCE. THE ONLY THING
THAT IS STAYING ARE THE HUBS.
ALL OF THE SERVICES AROUND THE
HUBS THAT WERE TO BE AUDITED
ARE GOING AWAY. THAT'S WHY THE
AUDIT WAS PAUSED, BECAUSE IT
DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO
AUDIT SOMETHING THAT WON'T BE.
THE PURPOSE OF A THEORY OF
CHANGE IS TO SAY, WHAT ARE YOU
BUYING? THIS IS WHAT WE ARE
BUYING. IN A NUTSHELL, THE ONLY
THING YOU ARE MISSING ARE THE
INPUTS, BUT THESE ARE THE
OUTPUTS. AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WHAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING WAS
THAT THE AUDIT JUDGE US ON
THESE THREE THINGS. IN TWO
YEARS, LOOK DOWN THE LINE AND
SAY, HAS RECIDIVISM BEEN
REDUCED FOR THOSE AT THE
HIGHEST RISK OF INVOLVEMENT?
HAS HARM TO COMMUNITIES THEN
REDUCED ? HAVE WE REDUCED THE
INCIDENCE OF VIOLENCE? THAT'S
WHY WE CHOSE TO PAUSE IT. WE
DON'T NEED AN AUDIT TO KNOW
WHAT BEST PRACTICE IS. WE JUST
NEED A REALLY SMART RESEARCHER,
AND I HAVE SAID THIS TO THE
AUDITOR, WHAT WORKS FOR
VIOLENCE PREVENTION HASN'T
CHANGED IN ABOUT TWO DECADES.
WHAT HAS CHANGED IS THE
METHODOLOGY OR THE VALUE THAT
DRIVES THE INTERVENTIONS. WHAT
HAS CHANGED IS, PEOPLE
RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S A PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUE. THAT IT IS
IDENTIFIABLE AND SOLVABLE, SO
WE WERE TRYING TO BE PRUDENT IN
SAYING, THERE IS NO USE, AND
AGAIN, IF YOU GO TO THE SLIDE
THAT SAYS WHERE WE WERE, WE GOT
A TON OF NEW MONEY DURING
COVID, AND THE TEAM GOT IT OUT
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE
THEY WERE TOLD TO. WE DON'T
KNOW IF WE WOULD HAVE PURCHASED
THOSE SAME SERVICES IF WE WERE
NOT IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. THERE
WAS NO TIME TO BE THOUGHTFUL
AND TO DO A THEORY OF CHANGE.
WE HAVE DONE THAT WORK. WE ARE
SAYING, JUDGE US OFF OF THIS,
THOUGHTFUL, METHODICAL WORK ,
WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE PAID TO DO
THIS EVERY DAY.
>> WE ARE CONTINUING WITH THE
AUDIT, AND I DO APPRECIATE
HSD'S WORK WITH THE CITY
AUDITOR, SO I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE ON,
BECAUSE THE AUDIT IS NOT JUST
ON A SUBSET. IT'S ON CRIME
PREVENTION STRATEGIES. WE WILL
BE GETTING INTO THAT. I HEARD
WE ARE GOING TO INVEST IN
ROBUST EVALUATION, BUT WE
DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT RIGHT
NOW. THAT IS WHAT DIRECTOR KIM
SAID, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
I THINK DOES MERIT A LOT OF
INVESTMENT , NOT JUST IN
DOLLARS, BUT ATTENTION, SO THAT
WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE ARE PAYING
FOR IS WORKING.
>> THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE
ROBUST DATA IS BECAUSE IT
PIVOTED. LEADERSHIP CHANGES,
LEADERSHIP CHANGES, COVID.
LET'S OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW
MONEY. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE
FIRST TIME IN A DECADE, SINCE
THE LAST THING THAT ACTUALLY
WORK , BUT THE DEPARTMENT HAD
THE TIME, THE PATIENCE AND WE
HAD A MAYOR AND A COUNCIL , WHO
ARE WILLING TO HOLD PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE. IF WE WOULD HAVE
TRIED TO COME WITH THIS TWO
YEARS AGO, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
SHOT DOWN. THERE IS NO WAY THAT
THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL WOULD'VE
APPROVED PUTTING ALL THE MONEY
OUT , SOME PEOPLE LOSING THEIR
MONEY, BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE
FIT FOR IT, AND GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE -- PERFORMANCE PAY. NO
WAY THAT THE LESS COUNCIL
WOULD'VE APPROVED IT.
PERFORMANCE PAY MEANS YOU GET
80% OF YOUR CONTRACT AMOUNT
AUTOMATICALLY. 20% IS RESERVED.
GO BACK TO THE LAST LIKE IT FOR
THESE -- IF YOU DO THESE
THINGS, YOU GET 20%. IF WE ARE
NOT REDUCING RECIDIVISM, WHAT
ARE WE DOING? WE ARE WORKING
WITH THOSE AT THE HIGHEST RISK
OF BEING INVOLVED IN VIOLENCE,
AND WE CAN'T PROVE THAT THEY
AREN'T PICKING UP A GUN, WHAT
ARE WE DOING? THIS IS THE
PERFECT TIME. THIS COUNCIL PLUS
THIS MAYOR IN THIS ENVIRONMENT
IS THE PERFECT TIME TO REDO
THIS. IT NEVER WOULD'VE BEEN
ABLE TO HAPPEN WITH THE LAST
COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS. I AGREE
WITH YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. I ALSO
WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE
WE UNDERSTAND THE SOCIAL
ECONOMIC AND RISK FACTORS, I
THINK TWO THINGS HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED THAT WE
NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF. ONE IS
THE TRAUMA THAT HAS OCCURRED
FROM COVID AND HOW IT HAS
REALLY FRACTURED OUR SOCIETY
AND HAS HAD A DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACT ON OUR YOUTH, AND THE
OTHER , AND YOU KNOW THIS, YOU
KNOW THIS BETTER THAN I DO, BUT
WE ARE AWASH IN GUNS. I MEAN,
IT IS SO ENCOURAGING TO SEE
THIS WORK , AND TO RECOGNIZE
THAT WE ARE DOING IT FROM A
PERFORMANCE BASE, BUT TRULY, I
SOMETIMES , I FEEL LIKE WE ARE
PUTTING OUR FINGERS IN THE DIKE
, AND WE HAVE A SUPREME COURT
THAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US
TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE,
AND SO SOMETIMES I THINK, WELL,
WE ARE AWASH IN GUNS, SO HOW DO
WE CHANGE THE CULTURE IN WHICH
THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IS TO A
GUN? HOW DO WE CHANGE A CULTURE
WHERE EVERYBODY CARRIES A GUN ?
PARTLY BECAUSE WITHIN CERTAIN
COMMUNITIES , THAT FEELING IS
THAT YOU HAVE TO CARRY A GUN,
THAT YOU ARE NOT SAFE UNLESS
YOU DO. I DON'T KNOW. I AM
JUST RAMBLING HERE, BUT I DO
SEE THESE AS LARGER SOCIAL
ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO GRAPPLE
WITH, AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE
LOOKING AT THESE PROGRAMS AND
THEY ARE NOT ENDING GUN
VIOLENCE TO THE EXTENT WE NEED
THEM TO, WE THINK THE PROGRAMS
THEMSELVES ARE INEFFECTIVE, AND
I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T
BE DOING PERFORMANCE-BASED, BUT
WE HAVE SUCH A BROADER ISSUE ,
THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL
OF AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE
DISCUSSIONS. HOW DO WE DEAL
WITH THE BROADER GUN CULTURE IN
THIS SOCIETY? ANYWAY, THAT IS
MY SOAPBOX.
>> CAN I ADD TO THAT? THOSE ARE
GOOD POINTS, AND WE ARE ALSO
WORKING WITHIN A CONTEXT WHERE
OUR ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IS AT
ITS LOWEST POINT SINCE -- A
LONG TIME AGO. TWO OR THREE
DECADES, AND SO THAT MEANS THAT
INVESTIGATORS THAT ACTUALLY GET
INTO THAT WORK AND CAN TRACE ,
AND THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM
IS 25 PEOPLE, IT USED TO BE
130, THOSE OF THE FOLKS THAT
WOULD ACTUALLY INVESTIGATE,
SURVEIL WHAT WAS GOING ON ON
THE STREETS, AND TRY TO LOOK AT
PATTERNS, ET CETERA. IT IS
SERVICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
THAT WORK TOGETHER ON THIS
ISSUE.
>> I WOULD ALSO SAY, COVID ALSO
DESTROYED THE MEDICAL FIELD ,
THE ENFORCEMENT FIELD. WE HAVE
GOOD INSURANCE, AND I CAN GET A
DOCTORS APPOINTMENT FOR SEVEN
MONTHS. IT'S WILD. WE NEED TO
CONSIDER THAT AS WELL. IT IS
ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAD TO WORK,
DECIMATED. THE ONES I DIDN'T
GET TO SHELTER IN PLACE. I
THINK WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
SAID, WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, WE HAVE
THE AGENDA THAT YOU ALL WILL
SEE AND ADD TO, AND I KNOW THAT
GUN CONTROL IS ON THERE FOR THE
MAYOR, BUT HOW DO WE GET TO
EVEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? WE
HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, TO YOUR
POINT, BECAUSE YOU ARE ONLY
SOLVING A QUARTER OF THE ISSUE.
>> ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE
TO ADD TO THAT AGENDA WITH THIS
DEED IS WE HAVE THE EXTREME
RISK PROTECTION ORDERS. IT
SEEMS THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HIGH RISK.
WE KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE IN
POSSESSION OF GUNS, AND YET, WE
ARE UNDER UTILIZING THE EXTREME
RISK PROTECTION ORDERS, PARTLY
BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING TO GO TO
KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT TO
GET THEM PROCESSED. I WOULD
LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT
IN SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT, BUT
IN THE MEANTIME, I DO THINK
THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT
UTILIZING THOSE MORE
AGGRESSIVELY THAN WE ARE, AND
MAYBE THAT IS A RESOURCE ISSUE.
IN TERMS OF BEING UNDERSTAFFED
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT THEY
ARE INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE.
ANYWAY, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
VICE CHAIR MORALES.
>> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THIS
PRESENTATION, IT'S GOOD TO SEE
THE WORK MOVING ALONG, AND
EVOLVING. I WILL SAY IT BREAKS
MY HEART TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT
RANIER BEACH IS INFECTED WITH A
DISEASE OF VIOLENCE. AND, WE
KNOW THAT VERY OFTEN, THESE
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN DOING
REALLY IMPORTANT WORK FOR A
VERY LONG TIME. I WILL SAY, AND
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSCORE THAT THE REASON
COMMUNITY CONDITIONS EXIST AS
THEY DO IS BECAUSE OF A HISTORY
OF DISINVESTMENT AND
UNDERINVESTMENT IN CERTAIN
NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY. THE
TREATMENT , IN ADDITION TO THE
IMMEDIATE INTERVENTIONS , IS
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION AND
HIGH-QUALITY HOUSING, IN
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, IN
MENTORING, IN HIGH-QUALITY
INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE SIDEWALKS
AND TREES AND GREEN SPACES, AND
SAFE PLACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO
GATHER. THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO
SHARE LAND-USE, BECAUSE IN
ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS WORK,
THERE IS OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT
WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO
CHANGE THE COMMUNITY CONDITIONS
THAT LEAD TO VIOLENCE IN THE
FIRST PLACE, AND THAT, VERY
OFTEN, IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND
LAND USE BASE. THAT IS A
SEPARATE COMMITTEE AND WE ARE
GOING TO BE DOING THAT WORK AS
WELL, BUT I DO THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO SAY, WHILE THIS
WORK IS CRITICAL FOR ADDRESSING
IMMEDIATE NEEDS, WE ALSO, AS
THE MUNICIPALITY, HAVE TO LOOK
AT WHAT OUR LONG-TERM STRATEGY
IS TO CHANGE THE COMMUNITY
CONDITIONS AND BE WILLING TO
MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS. THAT IS
MY SOAPBOX, SO I WILL GET OFF
THAT NOW. SO, THAT SAID, I
FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF
THESE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND THESE
COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS. I
THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE
IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO HONOR
THE WORK THAT THESE NEIGHBORS
OF OURS ARE DOING IN THEIR
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, FOR
DIFFERENT REASONS, WHETHER
IT'S HOUSING OR SAFETY OR
DEVELOPMENT. I THINK ,
EXPANDING THESE COMMUNITY-BASED
GROUPS WAS ALSO A
RECOMMENDATION OF THE OVERDOSE
AUDIT THIS SUMMER. SO, I'M
GLAD THAT YOU SAID YOU DID NOT
INCLUDE YOUR THEORY OF CHANGE,
BECAUSE I KEPT LOOKING FOR IT
AND THINKING I WAS CRAZY. IT
DOES SEEM LIKE THERE ARE
DIFFERENT ACCOUNTABILITY
MEASURES THAT ARE ANTICIPATED
THAT ARE BEING PRIORITIZED,
WHICH IS FINE, BUT I GUESS WHAT
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS,
WHETHER ANY OF THESE CHANGES
WERE INFORMED BY THE AUDITOR'S
REPORT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THAT
PLACE-BASED SOLUTIONS ARE
IMPORTANT AND WE KNOW THAT
RANIER BEACH AND THE CID ARE
IMPLEMENTED , BUT I'M SURE MY
COLLEAGUES, WHO DON'T LIVE IN
THE SOUTH AND WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW IF FURTHER PLACE-BASED
HUBS, IF YOU WILL, ARE
ANTICIPATED.
>> REALLY QUICKLY I WILL PASS
IT OVER TO DIRECTOR KIM. THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS
INFECTED WITH A DISEASE OF
VIOLENCE, NOT JUST RANIER
BEACH. I AM INFECTED WITH THE
DISEASE OF VIOLENCE. THE TV WE
WATCH, THE VIDEO GAMES WEEK
PLAY, I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL
CLEAR THAT IS NOT A SLIGHT ON
RANIER BEACH, IT'S AN
INDICTMENT ON US BECAUSE OF THE
REASONS YOU SAID. HISTORICAL
RACISM, UNDER INVESTING IN
CERTAIN AREAS, REDLINING, WE
COULD GO ALL THE WAY BACK, BUT
NOW WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE THE
ENTIRE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IS INFECTED WITH VIOLENCE, TO
ALLOW THIS KIND OF GUN VIOLENCE
TO OCCUR. I WILL PASS IT OVER
TO DIRECTOR KIM TO ANSWER
DIRECTLY.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT
EXPANDING HUBS. ONE OF THE
THINGS I RESPECT, THERE IS SO
MUCH INTERSECTIONALITY, AND WE
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE
AUDITOR'S REPORT ON HOW TO
DEAL WITH CRIME AS IT RELATES
TO THE NEXUS OF OPIOID AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER. WE
HAVE THE THREE HUBS IDENTIFIED.
WE ARE WRAPPING AROUND THEM TO
ENSURE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT
SUPPORTS AND THAT WILL BE DONE
THROUGH THE RFP. WE ARE NOT
LOOKING TO EXPAND THE BUDGET WE
HAVE. IF WE APPROACH DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS BASED OFF OF SPD
OR OTHER DATA, THEN WE WOULD
FOLLOW THE SAME APPROACH THAT
CLAUDIA HAD RECOMMENDED, AND
THAT, I THINK, IS THE
FOUNDATION FOR WHY RAINIER
BEACH WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL
PLACE FOR YOUTH. IT REALLY
STARTED FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS OF, WHAT
ARE THE ISSUES. THE COMMUNITY
GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED TO
IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS, AND IT WAS
VERY ORGANIC. THE CITY IS ONE
OF MANY FUNDERS TO SUPPORT IT,
BUT IT'S THE COMMUNITY LED
APPROACH. IF IT EXPANDED IN
NORTH SEATTLE, I WOULD VERY
MUCH BE IN SUPPORT OF, LET'S
START WITH THAT COMMUNITY, DO
THE ASSESSMENT, AND THAT IS
WHAT THE AUDITOR'S REPORT WILL
SAY, ACCEPTED OR OTHER
ASSESSMENT. OKAY, WHAT IS
HAPPENING HERE? THERE IS SOME
UNIQUENESS AS TO WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE VARIOUS
COMMUNITIES. YESTERDAY, I
LISTENED TO A VERY ROBUST
HEARING THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMUNITY -- EXCUSE ME,
COMMITTEE, WAS HAVING, AND YOU
ASKED ABOUT THE PRE-SCHOOL AND
MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE. AS A
REMINDER, WE ARE ALSO EXPANDING
OUR SCHOOL SAFETY WORK THERE
TOO. I THINK, RIGHT NOW, YOUR
HEARING IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION
ABOUT WHAT HSD IS DOING AROUND
COMMUNITY SAFETY, AND I GOT
CHILLS WHEN YOU WERE TALKING.
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE. THERE IS
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE THAT WE
NEED TO HAVE. IT TAKES MANY
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL
AS GOING UP AND DOWN OUR
GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE, BUT RIGHT NOW, WE
ARE NOT EXPANDING THE HUBS. I
WOULD SUPPORT THAT APPROACH
THAT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE
RECOMMENDED.
>> JUST TO REITERATE, THE MAYOR
HAS BUILT A PUBLIC SAFETY
FRAMEWORK . HSD AND THESE
INVESTMENTS ARE ONE SUBSET OF
IT, SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE, YOU
WILL SEE HOW ALL OF THIS FITS
TOGETHER, HOW THE CARE
DEPARTMENT, SPD, DEAL, THIS IS
SOMETHING THE MAYOR HAS BEEN
PASSIONATE ABOUT. IT TAKES A
LOT OF WORK. TIM BURGESS. HIS
PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM HAS BEEN
WORKING ON THIS FOR HOW LONG?
>> JUST OVER A YEAR. QUITE A
WHILE, BUT IT'S COMING SOON.
>> A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, I
WILL RUN THROUGH THEM. I
WONDERED IF YOU COULD TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THESE
OTHER SERVICES -- CAN YOU TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IF YOU ARE
WORKING WITH JAILS ON RE-ENTRY?
ON RE-ENTRY SERVICES? FOR
EXAMPLE, CONFLICT RESOLUTION. I
WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE
EXITING INCARCERATION, FAMILY
THERAPY, THAT SORT OF THING.
HOW ARE YOU WORKING WITH
HOUSING PROVIDERS? TO CONNECT
FOLKS TO CASE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES, AND THEN, I GUESS ,
GIVEN THE NEXT CONVERSATION WE
WILL BE HAVING AS A COUNCIL,
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR
THESE CONTRACTED PROVIDERS?
>> JUST TO BE HONEST, I WOULD
SAY, RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE
REASON WHY THE MAYOR, AFTER HIS
FIRST MEETING WITH ALL THE
PROVIDERS WAS LIKE, THIS IS TOO
LATE FOR ME. WE PAY FOR A LOT
OF THINGS, BUT THE GOAL OF THIS
RFP IS TO PAY FOR -- I DON'T
WANT TO SAY HARD-CORE, BUT
HARD-CORE RE-ENTRY SERVICES,
THE KIND YOU TALKED ABOUT, THE
KIND I KNOW ABOUT THAT ARE
CONNECTED TO THE JAILS. I THINK
WE HAVE RE-ENTRY LIGHTS RIGHT
NOW AND WE NEED TO MOVE TO MORE
IMPACTFUL, AND IT MAY BE LESS
ORGANIZATIONS, BUT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A
DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH
DIFFERENT FACILITIES. AND THEN,
HOUSING. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
URBAN LEAGUE ONLY, AND THAT IS
JUST NOT ENOUGH. AGAIN, THAT'S
WHY WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THIS
MODEL, BECAUSE MANY TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO CONNECT THE SYSTEM.
WHEN SOMEBODY LEAVES -- WHEN I
WAS A CHAPLAIN AT 12 AND OLDER,
YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD BE RELEASED
TO THE STREETS. THEY ARE
HOMELESS, TECHNICALLY. THEY
WOULD BE CONSIDERED HOMELESS,
SO HOW DO WE MAKE THAT
CONNECTION? WE JUST NEED TO BE
SMARTER AND CONNECT THE SYSTEMS
THAT ALREADY EXIST, EVEN THOUGH
WE DO NEED MORE HOUSING. THAT
IS THE CHANGE WE ARE TRYING TO
MAKE, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
IT'S NOT BAD, IT'S JUST THAT
WE NEED A BIGGER, LARGER DOSAGE
OF A FEW THINGS THAT WE KNOW
MOVE THE NEEDLE QUICKER.
>> IF I MAY ADD FOR NUANCE,
RIGHT NOW, INDIVIDUAL
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COURTS,
WITH THE JAILS, WITH VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS. THE THEORY OF
CHANGE WILL ALLOW US TO SET
EXPECTATIONS AND ALLOW US TO
CONVENE KEY STAKEHOLDERS. WE
ARE NOT DOING THAT RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE WE HAVE
WELL-INTENTIONED, DISPARATE
GROUP OF ORGANIZATIONS,
PROBABLY DOING FANTASTIC WORK,
BUT WE ARE NOT ALL DRIVING
TOWARDS THE SAME NORTHSTAR, IF
YOU WILL, SO THAT IS THE POWER
OF BEING REALLY CLEAR ABOUT,
NOT ONLY BUT WE ARE PURCHASING
AND TRACKING THAT, BUT ALSO
SETTING THE EXPECTATIONS AND
BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT ALLOWS US TO KNOW EXACTLY
THE RELATIONSHIPS, WHERE PEOPLE
ARE AT, WITH THE MODEL YS, ET
CETERA. WE JUST NEED TO BE MORE
INTENTIONAL VERSUS PASSING
THROUGH DOLLARS.
>> I LOVE PUZZLES, SO MAYBE I
WILL TRY TO WORK BACKWARDS AND
FIGURE OUT THE THEORY OF CHANGE
MYSELF.
>> YOU WILL SEE IT SOON.
>> OKAY. THANKS.
>> I WANT TO MAKE A POINT TO
THE POINT THAT YOU MADE,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, ABOUT
THE RE-ENTRY. I MET WITH
REPRESENTATIVE LAUREN DAVIS
THIS WEEK , AND SHE HAS DONE A
LOT OF WORK AT THE STATE LEVEL
ON -- NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE IN JAIL ARE ON APPLE
HEALTH. AND, SOME OF THE
PROVIDERS ARE REQUIRED UNDER
STATE LAW TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH
PEOPLE ON RE-ENTRY, AND WHAT
SHE SAID TO US WAS THAT THE
KING COUNTY JAIL IS NOT WORKING
WITH THESE PROVIDERS, EVEN
THOUGH THEY ARE MANDATED BY THE
STATE TO BE PROACTIVELY WORKING
WITH THE PEOPLE , WHO ARE
ENROLLED IN THEIR PROGRAM. SO,
I THINK WE NEED TO , PERHAPS,
MAKE THAT CONNECTION, SO THAT
WE CAN HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS,
BECAUSE A, THE KING COUNTY JAIL
IS NOT DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB,
AND BE, THERE ARE ALREADY STATE
RESOURCES THAT ARE
UNDERUTILIZED, THAT COULD
SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE AND
SUPPLEMENT WHAT IS HAPPENING.
>> I WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP ON
THAT. I WOULD LOVE PROGRAMS
WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO IN THE
JAIL, BEFORE PEOPLE ARE
RELEASED. IF SOMEONE IS GOING
TO BE RELEASED IN SIX MONTHS, I
DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD WAIT
UNTIL THEY GET RELEASED.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. WE HAVE
ALL SEEN THESE PROGRAMS. THEY
WORK. I REALLY WOULD LOVE ANY
HELP FROM ANY OF THE
COUNCILMEMBERS. I WANT TO GET
INSIDE BEFORE PEOPLE ARE
RELEASED.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. I HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP
WITH DIRECTOR KIM. I DO WANT TO
SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE IDEA OF
THE HUBS. I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE
NOT EXPANDING, BUT I'M GOING
TO SAY THERE IS A NEED FOR A
HUB ON THE NORTH END. WE HAD
TWO SHOOTINGS, EITHER AT OR
NEAR MAGNUSON PARK, FATAL
SHOOTINGS IN THE LAST MONTH. I
GOT SOME CRIME DATA FROM SPD,
BECAUSE I WAS CURIOUS ON YOUTH,
IN PARTICULAR, GIVEN INGRAM IS
UP ON THE NORTH END, AND THERE
WAS A FATAL SHOOTING THERE.
AND, ACCORDING TO SPD'S CRIME
DATA, JUVENILE INVOLVED CRIME
AT NORTH PRECINCT , REPORTS THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF JUVENILE
INVOLVED INCIDENTS AMONG ALL
PRECINCTS. IT'S LIKE YEARLY
INCREASES IN JUVENILE INVOLVED
CRIME REPORTS FROM 2021 TO
2023, SO THIS IS MORE RECENT ,
AND OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE
SHOOTING AT INGRAM , THE NORTH
END IS IN NEED, AND THESE YOUTH
ARE IN NEED. FULL DISCLOSURE, I
KNOW WE HAVE BEEN IN
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I
KNOW WE WERE TOGETHER AT
RAINIER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL,
ANNOUNCING THE MENTAL HEALTH
AND OTHER SERVICES , FUNDING
FOR OTHER SERVICES THERE, AS
SCHOOL STARTED THIS WEEK. BUT,
THERE IS, OBVIOUSLY, ON THE
NORTH END, SOME NEED FOR THE
TYPE OF WORK THAT RAINIER
BEACH, A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR
YOUTH, IS ENGAGED IN, AND I
WILL NAME IT BY NAME BECAUSE I
KNOW IT EXISTS AND IS DOING
GREAT WORK. I'M GOING TO PUT A
PLUG IN FOR THAT AND I'M OPEN
TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
HOW WE DO MORE ON THE NORTH END
TO ADDRESS WHAT YOU SO APTLY
SAID . THIS IS AN INFECTION
ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES, ACROSS
OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND ACROSS
OUR COUNTRY, AND NO ONE IS
IMMUNE RIGHT NOW. SADLY, WE
NEED TO DO MORE WITH LESS,
BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ALL
OF THE RESOURCES WE WISHED WE
WOULD HAVE. TO COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE'S POINT, THERE ARE STATE
RESOURCES OUT THERE, HOW DO WE
LEVERAGE AND HOW DO WE MAKE
SURE THAT SEATTLE IS GETTING
ITS FAIR SHARE FROM THE STATE,
WHICH GOES TO THE WHOLE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA? I'M NOT
SURE SEATTLE IS GETTING ITS
FAIR SHARE OF STATE DOLLARS. WE
HAVE KNOWN THIS FOR YEARS, AND
IT HAS JUST BECOME MORE AND
MORE CRITICAL. IN THE ABSENCE
OF US GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE,
SEATTLE VOTERS, WE HAVE HAD TO
TAX FOLKS MORE TO DO THINGS IN
SEATTLE, WE ARE NOT GETTING OUR
FAIR SHARE FROM THE STATE. WE
ARE RELYING MORE AND MORE ON
THE CITY FUNDING, AND SO I JUST
WANT TO SAY THAT AS PART OF
THIS CONVERSATION. I WANT TO
HAVE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE
NORTH END TO CREATE A HUB, OR
SOMETHING LIKE A HUB, BECAUSE
THE COMMUNITIES THERE ARE IN
NEED, AND I HAVE SAID THIS
BEFORE, BOTH IN MY DISTRICT AT
MAGNUSON PARK, AND AT
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE'S DISTRICT.
THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF FOLKS
LIVING THERE HAVE CHANGED.
THERE ARE LOT MORE IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES LIVING OUT THERE,
KIDS, A LOT OF FAMILIES WERE
ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST
LANGUAGE, AND KIDS IN NEED. IT
IS MY INTEREST, AND INGRAM IS
NOT IN MY DISTRICT, IT'S IN
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE'S
DISTRICT, BUT I CARE DEEPLY
ABOUT THE KIDS UP THERE, AND WE
NEED TO GIVE ATTENTION TO THESE
KIDS UP ON THE NORTH END, WHO
ARE IN NEED.
>> THE NORTH AND HAS SURPRISED
ME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THE HUBS WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE
THEY HAVE SYSTEMIC , HISTORICAL
ONGOING, NEVER-ENDING VIOLENCE.
THE NORTH END IS FAST , AND IS
AN ANOMALY TO ME. I THINK THERE
ARE MULTIPLE THINGS THAT
HAPPENED. WITH LIMITED
RESOURCES, YOU CHOOSE THE
PLACES THAT HAVE THE MOST .
WITH THAT SAID, IT'S GREAT
THAT YOU ARE HERE, BECAUSE YOU
ALSO CHAIR THE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE AND I THINK WE JUST
HAVE TO UTILIZE OUR LIMITED
DOLLARS SMARTER, IF IT'S
SCHOOL SAFETY, IS IT IN THE END
LEVY? WE HAVE SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CARE CENTERS, HOW DO WE
UTILIZE THEM? I THINK WE NEED
TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE CURRENT
INVESTMENTS WE HAVE AND SEE IF
THERE ARE DIFFERENT COLORS OF
MONEY THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO
THE ISSUE, AND ONE LAST THING
ABOUT THE NORTH END, THERE IS
JUST , AS DIRECTOR KIM SAID,
THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A WHOLE
COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT. THAT HUB
WOULD PROBABLY LOOK DIFFERENT,
RIGHTFULLY SO, THAN ANY OF THE
OTHER HUBS, THEY HAVE TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF THAT PARTICULAR
COMMUNITY AND THE DYNAMICS THAT
ARE GOING ON THERE, SO I DON'T
DISAGREE. WE JUST HAVE TO BE
VERY CREATIVE WITH HOW WE CAN
USE DIFFERENT COLORS OF MONEY
THAT APPLY TO THE SAME
PROBLEMS.
>> I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE DOING
THINGS IN THE SCHOOLS, AND I'M
APPRECIATIVE FOR THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH BOTH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, WITH HSD, WITH
DEAL AND WITH SPS. THEY HAVE
BEEN GREAT PARTNERS IN TRYING
TO FIGURE THIS OUT, BUT I DO
THINK TO THE POINT YOU MADE
EARLIER, ALSO, KIDS DON'T
LEAVE THAT AT SCHOOL. THIS
VIOLENCE IS HAPPENING IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS WHY I
REALLY THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT
THE NORTH END AND CREATING
SOMETHING THERE, WHATEVER WE
CALL IT, I DO NOT CARE. I JUST
CARE THAT IT GETS ATTENTION AND
IT GETS ATTENTION SOONER,
RATHER THAN LATER, BECAUSE I
THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING
RECENTLY IS JUST GOING TO KEEP
HAPPENING , IF WE DON'T TAKE A
HARD FAST APPROACH TO THIS NOW
IN DOING SOMETHING NOW. THAT IS
COHESIVE, NOT JUST --
>> STOP RESTRICTING OURSELVES.
THIS IS THE LAST THING I'M
GOING TO SAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF
MONEY, AND WE RESTRICTED IT'S
A VERY TIGHTLY, SO HOUSING FOR
PEOPLE COMING OUT OF JAIL , WHY
DOES THAT ONLY HAVE TO BE USED
WITH CERTAIN POTS OF MONEY?
ALSO, GOING THROUGH AN
EXERCISE, COLLECTIVELY, TO SAY,
WHAT MONEY IS COMING IN? WHAT
HAVE WE RESTRICTED IT TO, AND
HOW DO WE USE THE BROADEST
SENSE OF THAT? WE WENT SO
NARROW THAT THERE IS MONEY
THAT'S NOT EVEN BEING TOUCHED
, BECAUSE WE HAVE SAID, IT'S
JUST FOR THIS UNDER THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES. MENTAL HEALTH IS
MENTAL HEALTH, GUN VIOLENCE IS
GUN VIOLENCE, CRIME IS CRIME
AND WE SHOULD TAKE SOME OF THE
PRESSURE OFF OF OURSELVES AND
THE RESTRAINTS, IT WOULD OPEN
US UP TO HAVE THE MONEY TO
INVEST IN ADDITIONAL HUBS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA FOR MAKING THOSE
COMMENTS. I TOO BELIEVE WE NEED
TO HAVE A HUB IN THE NORTH END,
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A
VISION TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO
DO THIS POT OF MONEY AND THIS
POT OF MONEY, WE NEED TO HAVE
THE DESIGNATION, AND I THINK
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE ARE
LOCKED INTO SOME PRIOR
THINKING, AND WE NEED TO BE
WILLING TO SAY, NOW THIS
CIRCUMSTANCE HAS CHANGED. WE
CAN WORK ON GETTING A COMMUNITY
ASSESSMENT , BUT PART OF THE
VALUE OF HAVING THE HUB IS NOW,
IT'S RECOGNIZED AS AN AREA
WHERE WE NEED TO BE DEVOTING
SPECIFIC RESOURCES , AND TO
YOUR POINT, IT ALLOWS US TO
COLLECT THE DATA AND DATA IS
WHAT DRIVES MONEY. YEAH, WE
NEED TO HAVE A NORTH END HUB,
BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE --
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE GANG
VIOLENCE THERE. BUT, IT LOOKS
DIFFERENT. BUT, NONETHELESS,
IT'S A LOT OF THE SAME
DYNAMICS. AND SO, AGAIN, YOU'VE
GOT TWO OF US HERE. ENGAGING IN
SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS.
ANYWAY, I WANT TO MOVE ON
BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING SHORT
FOR TIME. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> FIRST OFF, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND SAY THANK YOU
TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR
ANCHORING US ALL, COLLECTIVELY
ON HOW WE GOT HERE. I THINK
THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTION, AND HELPS REALLY
PROVIDE SOME BALANCE TO THIS
CONVERSATION, AND JUST TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ROOTED ON
HOW WE GOT HERE, SO THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. THANK
YOU FOR THAT EXCHANGE, DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON AS WELL. YES,
THERE IS A SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF
UNDERINVESTMENT, NO INVESTMENT,
AND RACIST POLICIES THAT LED US
TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. WHETHER
THAT IS THROUGH REDLINING,
RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS,
OR WHATEVER IT IS, PEOPLE SAY,
WELL, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL
RACIALLY RESTRICTED COVENANTS
IN SHELLEY V. KRAMER , THAT WAS
70 YEARS AGO. WE WILL CONTINUE
TO DO THAT. IT'S THE NATURE OF
DEMOCRACY, BUT CHANGING THE
DIFFICULT WORK -- THE DIFFICULT
WORK COMES IN CHANGING
PEOPLE'S HEARTS AND MINDS AND
CHANGING BIASES, CONSCIOUS AND
UNCONSCIOUS, AND WE ARE ALL ON
THIS SHARED PERILOUS JOURNEY
TOWARDS TRANSFORMATION
TOGETHER, SO YES, WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE, THE
GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY. BUT,
ALSO PIVOT TO THE SOLUTIONS,
WHICH WE STARTED OUT DOING, BUT
IT WAS A GREAT CONTRIBUTION AND
I APPRECIATED IT. QUICK
QUESTION. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
THE WORK THAT IS REFLECTED ON
SLIDES 15 AND 16. YOU CALL IT
THE OUTCOMES AND MEASUREMENTS
AND THE EVALUATION AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. I WOULD
SIMPLIFY THAT IN THE BUSINESS
WORLD, WE CALL THAT KPI OR KEY
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. WE NEED
TO WORK HARD TO ESTABLISH THOSE
AND HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE
TO THOSE FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS
THE BOARD. BUT, THAT IS A GREAT
INITIAL SET OF KEY PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS, THE SEMPER FI ALL
OF THE EXCITING WORK THAT YOU
ALL HAVE DONE. KUDOS TO THE
WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT. WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY, CREATING THAT
INITIAL -- WHAT KIND OF
HIGH-LEVEL PRINCIPLES OR
FACTORS ARE GOING TO GUIDE YOUR
APPROACH TO POTENTIALLY MAKING
REVISIONS AND UPDATING THAT
EVEN FURTHER ON A GOING FORWARD
BASIS? AND, PART ONE AT A VERY
HIGH LEVEL, AT A VERY HIGH
LEVEL. HOW CAN WE ON THE
COUNCIL LEVEL BE SUPPORTIVE IN
YOUR EXECUTIVE EFFORTS TO
REFINE THAT -- THOSE KPIS?
>> I'M GOING TO RIDE ON HSD
AND OUR FEARLESS LEADER,
CATHERINE LESTER, WHO WE BOTH
SAT UNDER, CREATED THE ACCOUNTS
BASED FRAMEWORK FOR THE
DEPARTMENT, AND HSD HAS A
FUNDING MANUAL, WHICH WE ARE
HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU, 350
PAGES. IN IT, IT REQUIRES
DIRECTOR KIM'S STAFF TO DO A
LITERATURE REVIEW ON ALL OF THE
INVESTMENTS, SO THEY TURN ON
THREE YEAR CYCLES. EVENTUALLY,
IT'S LOOKING TO ASK A COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS. HAVE WE SHIFTED
THE DATA? IS THE PROBLEM -- ARE
THE PROBLEM STATEMENTS OR
ISSUES THE SAME? AND, IF YES,
DO WE NEED TO PURCHASE THOSE?
IF THE ANSWER IS, LET'S USE
NORTH SEATTLE -- IT IS SHOWING
THAT TRADITIONALLY, THE THREE
COMMUNITIES HAVE THE HIGHEST
LEVEL OF GUN VIOLENCE, BUT
LOOK, WE FOUND IN THIS
LITERATURE REVIEW, THAT THE
NORTH END -- THAT REQUIRES
DIRECTOR KIM TO PUT OUT THE
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS OUT
FOR BID TO STOP PURCHASING WHAT
NO LONGER IS NEEDED. IT
MIGHT'VE BEEN HELPFUL IN THE
TIME, AND THEN TO PURCHASE WHAT
THE NEW STRATEGY IS THAT IS
NEEDED. THE FUNDING MANUAL IS
DESIGNED TO DO A THREE-YEAR
REVIEW FOR EVERY INVESTMENT
AREA, TO SEE IF WE NEED TO
CHANGE THE STRATEGY, UPDATE THE
STRATEGY, AND IN SOME CASES,
LEAVE IT ALONE. IT'S WORKING.
WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING.
AM I MISSING ANYTHING?
>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. HOW
YOU CAN SUPPORT US IS ALLOW US
TO COLLECT THE DATA, BE REALLY
HONEST WITH IT AND TELL THE
STORY BEHIND THE DATA, BECAUSE
AS WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED HERE,
THIS WORK ALONE IS NOT THE
END-ALL BE-ALL TO RESOLVE GUN
VIOLENCE IN SEATTLE. BUT, IT'S
GOING TO BE A KEY PART OF THE
MULTIPRONGED STRATEGY. IF WE
COLLECT THIS DATA, WE REVIEW
IT, IF WE HAVE A DASHBOARD, WE
COME HERE, WE TELL YOU THE
STORY BEHIND THE DATA AND WHERE
WE NEED TO IMPROVE. WE NEED THE
ABILITY TO BE A LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT AND ADJUST
ACCORDINGLY, BUT WE SHOULD BE
ABLE TO SAY WHAT WE ARE
ADJUSTING AND WHY, SO IT DOES
HAVE TO BE GROUNDED. THAT IS
ONE WAY WE CAN SUPPORT EACH
OTHER, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO GET BETTER AND BE
HONEST WITH THE DATA, IF WE ARE
IN AN ENVIRONMENT, AND THAT
GOES FOR ANYBODY, ANY
ORGANIZATION -- AND THIS HAS
HAPPENED IN THE PAST, WHICH IS
WHY I BRING IT UP. WHEN WE PUT
THE ONUS ON A COMMUNITIES
ORGANIZATION TO SOLVE
EVERYTHING, THERE ,
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WILL
LIKELY BE ANOTHER SHOOTING.
IT'S NOT THE AGENCY'S FAULT.
BUT, LET'S LOOK AT, WHAT IS
OUR CONTRIBUTION TO DECREASING
GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR SPACE, AND
THEN REFLECTING HONESTLY ON
WHERE WE SEE THE BENEFITS , AND
WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE.
HAVING THAT LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT , NOT ALL
POLICYMAKERS OR LEADERS ARE
COMFORTABLE IN THAT SPACE OF
BEING REALLY HONEST SO WE CAN
PIVOT. IF WE HIDE BEHIND THE
NOTION OF BEING PERFECT OR
HAVING COME OUT, WE ARE MISSING
AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE BETTER.
THAT IS WHERE I WOULD ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT.
>> I LOVE IT. WE ARE ALL
NUANCED AND IMPERFECT CREATURES
AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND I
COULD NOT AGREE MORE. THANK
YOU.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, I DON'T
THINK WE HAVE ANY MORE
QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. IT
WAS VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE,
VERY HELPFUL, AND I APPRECIATED
THE LIVELY CONVERSATION THAT IT
ENGENDERED, AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK AND
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE
THEORY OF CHANGE. AND, TALKING
TO YOU ABOUT A COMMUNITY SAFETY
HUB IN THE NORTH END.
>> BOY, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO
BE UNDERWHELMED BY THIS THEORY
OF CHANGE. MEAT AND POTATOES
WAS ON THE SCREEN, BUT NOW I
FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO MAKE IT
COLOR-CODED. WE WILL FIGURE IT
OUT SO YOU ARE IMPRESSED.
>> AFTER THIS DISCUSSION, I DO
HAVE MORE OPTIMISM THAN I HAD
IN THE PAST. THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, I FEEL OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT THE DIRECTION THE THANK
YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK IN YOUR
PRESENTATION TODAY. ALL RIGHT,
I DO BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, YOU WANTED TO MAKE SOME
COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE
ORDER BEFORE WE CONCLUDE?
>> YES, I THINK THERE IS A LOT
OF GREAT DISCUSSION BY YOU ALL,
COLLEAGUES, ON -- WITH RESPECT
TO THE ILA AMENDMENT. THAT
WHOLE CONVERSATION AND VOTE ,
GIVEN THAT WE HAD TO EXPEDITE
OUR VOTING THERE, AND I WAS
COMFORTABLE WITH A LOT OF THE
COMMENTS MADE AND THE DIRECTION
WE WERE HEADED. I DID NOT, AT
THE TIME, GET A CHANCE TO
PERSONALLY WEIGH IN ON THAT AND
I WANTED TO SHARE, MY
OBSERVATIONS AND SELF
REFLECTIONS ON DIRECTIONALLY,
WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY AND WHERE
WE ARE HEADED, WITH RESPECT TO
THE WHOLE ILA PROCESS, AND SO,
FIRST OFF, I WILL NOTE THAT I
ASPIRE TO BE A STRONG
CHEERLEADER AND ADVOCATE OF THE
KCHRA. I STRONGLY SUPPORT IT AS
A REGIONAL PROBLEM, AND
SEATTLE, WE SHOULD NOT ENDEAVOR
TO SOLVE THAT COMPLEX CHALLENGE
IN ISOLATION, SOLELY BY
OURSELVES. THAT IS WHY I THINK
IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, AND
I'M GLAD WE HAVE AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE A
CHEERLEADER AND AN ADVOCATE OF
THE KCHRA. I LOVE THE KCHRA. I
LOVE IT. THAT SAID, MY LOVE FOR
THE KCHRA IS NO DIFFERENT FROM
MY LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY. OR,
THE CITY. IT'S NOT A BLIND
LOVE. I AM HERE TO HELP SUPPORT
, AMPLIFY AND UPLIFT THE WORK
AND HOLD THE BODY OF WORK
ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL. AND, I'M
GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING -- NO,
I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP
FIGHTING. COLLEAGUES, I'M
GOING TO KEEP COLLABORATING
ALONGSIDE YOU ALL TO HELP IN
THIS CASE. KCHRA MAY BE BETTER.
I THINK THESE AMENDMENTS , THE
PROPOSED ILA
PUTS OUR CITY IN A STRONG
POSITION TO BE BETTER, AND
BETTER, MORE EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THESE
COMPLEX CHALLENGES UNDERLYING
HOMELESSNESS. STARTING WITH,
STREAMLINING AND SIMPLIFYING
THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AS A
LAWYER , WHEN I WAS IN PRIVATE
PRACTICE, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME
FORMING COMPANIES, HELPING
ADVISE NONPROFITS , HELPING TO
DO EXACTLY THAT, SEMPER FI AND
STREAMLINING GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURES, DRAFTING ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION BYLAWS, AND
ALL OF THE THINGS , AND SITTING
ON BOARDS, AND I HAVE LEARNED
THE POWER OF EFFICIENT AND
EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES,
AND I THINK THIS NEW SET OF
BOARDS , IT PUTS US IN A GREAT
POSITION TO DO EXACTLY THAT.
PRIOR TO THAT, WE HAD THREE
BOARDS, NOW WE HAVE TWO. THREE
IS TWO TOO MANY IN MY VIEW.
ALTHOUGH, ONE OF THOSE BOARDS
IS A FEDERALLY MANDATED BOARD.
I DO THINK THEY HAVE SOME
SUBSTANTIVE DECISION-MAKING
ABILITY, BUT IT'S NOT AS
SUBSTANTIVE AS THE OTHER
BOARDS. MY POINT IS, THIS NEW
PROCESS OR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
IS MORE SIMPLIFIED, MORE
STREAMLINED, AND IT PUTS US IN
A GREAT POSITION TO MAKE
BETTER, MORE URGENT PROGRESS ON
THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS, SO I
AM PROUD TO HAVE SUPPORTED THAT
TODAY. I THINK WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO INNOVATE
EVERYTHING, EVERY POLICY, EVERY
INVESTMENT IS SUBJECT TO
CONTINUING ONGOING EVALUATION,
AND MAKE IT BETTER. AGAIN, I AM
PROUD OF THIS , WHERE WE
LANDED. CHAIR MOORE, THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AS WELL. I
KNOW YOU BOTH SIT FROM THE CITY
LEVEL ON THE BROADER -- I
FORGOT THE NAME OF THE
COMMITTEE. SO I KNOW THERE ARE
A LOT OF US KIND OF CHAMPIONING
AND ADVOCATING FOR THESE KINDS
OF CHANGES BEHIND THE SCENES,
BUT YOU ALL TOOK ON THE HEAVY
LIFT OF LEADING IT AND
OVERSEEING THAT AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE THIS GREAT REVISED
AGREEMENT, SO I WANT TO COMMEND
AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR GREAT
WORK, SO THANK YOU ON THAT. A
FINAL TWO THINGS I WANT TO
NOTE, DIRECTIONALLY, WHERE WE
MAY CONSIDER GOING FORWARD,
I'M GLAD THAT WE HAD THE
PERFORMANCE AUDIT BAKED IN
THERE, AND EVERY SIX YEARS, AT
A MINIMUM, THERE IS NOTHING
THAT PREVENTS US,
CONTRACTUALLY, FROM DOING THAT
AHEAD OF TIME, AS I UNDERSTAND
IT, BUT SIX YEARS IS A LONG
TIME, SO WE SHOULD QUERY
WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE TO
REVISIT THAT AT SOME POINT IN
THE FUTURE, OR CONTRACTUALLY,
AND EVEN IF WE DID NOT
CONTRACTUALLY DO THAT, THERE IS
NOTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT US
FROM INSISTING AND USING OUR
ADVOCACY AND BARGAINING POWER
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ONE
MORE FREQUENTLY, WHETHER IT'S
EVERY TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS,
WHATEVER IT IS, WE NEED TO
STRIKE A GOOD BALANCE, AND I
KNOW THAT ALL THE PLANNERS
THOUGHT OF THIS, BETWEEN MAKING
SURE THAT WE WERE IN A
POSITION, THE KCHRA IS IN A
POSITION TO DELIVER, AND NOT
OVERLY WORRIED ABOUT THE NEXT
PERFORMANCE AUDIT AND
COMPLYING. AND, GIVEN ADEQUATE
SPACE TO DO THAT, BUT SIX YEARS
TO STRIKE ME AS A FAIR AMOUNT
OF TIME. LET'S CONSIDER HOW WE
CAN POTENTIALLY REVISIT THAT OR
MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE FREQUENT
, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE
THAT UNILATERAL RIGHT TO
TERMINATE FOR CONVENIENCE. WE
NEED THAT AS WELL. A LOT OF
MONEY INVOLVED IN THIS
INVESTMENT, BUT MY HOPE WOULD
BE THAT WOULD BE EXERCISED AS A
VERY, VERY LAST RESORT. AS A
CITY AND OUR PARTNER, OUR
PARTNER CITIES AND
JURISDICTIONS TO THIS
AGREEMENT, IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO
EXERCISE THAT RIGHT , WOULD
HAVE EXHAUSTED EVERY
CONCEIVABLE AVENUE TO ADDRESS
THEIR UNDERLYING CONCERNS,
BEFORE GOING AHEAD WITH THE
CONTRACTUALLY APPROPRIATE, BUT
HUGE EXERCISING THE RIGHT TO
TERMINATE UNILATERALLY. IN ANY
EVENT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT,
REVISED PACKAGE AND I'M PROUD
TO SUPPORT IT. AT LEAST, AT THE
COMMITTEE LEVEL, ALTHOUGH, WE
HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY APPROVED IT
AT THE FULL COUNCIL LEVEL, BUT
I AGREE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION
AND POINT AT THE OUTSET OF THE
MEETING, CHAIR MOORE, THAT IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THIS
MOVING FORWARD NOW, BEFORE
BUDGET. FOR THE EXACT REASONS
YOU MENTIONED.
>> CAN I RESPOND TO ONE THING?
>> YEAH. THAT IS ALL I WANTED
TO SAY. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE
OUT AND MAKE THE RECORD CLEAR
ON MY POSITION ON THAT , AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT WORK AND
YOUR LEADERSHIP, COLLEAGUES. I
WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK AS WELL.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT, AND
IT OCCURS TO ME THAT WE ARE
NINE PEOPLE AND THE MAYOR IS
ONE PERSON AND WE ARE ALL
INVOLVED. I THINK THAT I WOULD
BE MORE -- I WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING AND
LEARNING AND BEING A CONDUIT
FOR MY COLLEAGUES THOUGHTS ,
AND ALSO, BRING BACK
INFORMATION AS WELL. COUNT ME
AS AN ALLY AND THAT, AND THAT
IS A NOTE TO SELF. THE COC, THE
FEDERAL FUNDING THAT YOU
MENTIONED, THAT IS $60 MILLION,
SO THAT IS SEPARATE FROM --
THAT IS FEDERALLY MANDATED COC
BOARD WORKING OUT HOW THAT WILL
PROVIDE INPUT TO THE GOVERNING
BOARD, AND FINALLY, IF YOU ARE
THINKING IN YOUR MIND THAT SIX
YEARS SOUNDS LIKE A LONG TIME
FOR ONGOING EVALUATION, WE DO
HAVE OUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS,
AND THAT IS A POINT WHERE
COUNCIL AS A WHOLE CAN HAVE
SOME INFLUENCE ON THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE ENTITY,
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TWO --
COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THE
CONTRIBUTION ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS. IT'S ANOTHER PLACE
WHERE THERE IS SOME INFLUENCE
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> THANK YOU. GREAT POINTS. I
WILL JUST NOTE, YOU HAVE BEEN
IN -- YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD
PARTNER AND A CONDUIT FOR OUR
VOICES, SO FAR. I, OBVIOUSLY,
FULLY EXPECT YOU WILL CONTINUE
TO DO SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR
ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA, I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE
COMMENTS. WE PROBABLY COULD'VE
USED YOUR LEGAL EYE WHEN WE
WERE REVAMPING THIS. I
APPRECIATE YOUR STAMP OF
APPROVAL AT THIS POINT. I TAKE
YOUR POINT ABOUT, SIX YEARS
DOES SEEM LIKE A LONG TIME. I
THINK IT WAS TIED TO THE
FIVE-YEAR PLANNING CYCLE, BUT
THERE IS -- IF KING COUNTY
COMES BACK AND THEY HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED THIS,
CERTAINLY, THAT REOPENS THE
AGREEMENT ON OUR END, AND IF
THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN, THERE IS
ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO
THROUGH THE GOVERNING BOARD ,
AND TO AMEND THE BYLAWS THROUGH
THAT PROCESS, AND IN THE
BYLAWS, WE CAN PROVIDE FOR MORE
FREQUENT AUDIT. WE ARE NOT
COMPLETELY PRECLUDED FROM --
INTERNALLY, WE CAN MAKE THOSE
CHANGES AS WELL. JUST TO
REASSURE YOU , I APPRECIATE
YOUR SUPPORT. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, I HAVE WORKED HARD
ON THIS AND I HAVE REALLY
APPRECIATED YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON
THIS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE
COMMENT -- I NOTICED WE HAD
SOMEBODY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT,
THAT HAPPENED TO BE RECORDING
ME WHEN I MADE THE COMMENT
ABOUT NOT BEING SUPPORTIVE AT
BUDGET. AGAIN, OUT OF CONTEXT,
SO JUST FOR THE BROADER
CONTEXT, I VIEWED THIS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RESET AND TO
RECOMMIT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGIONAL APPROACH, AND THAT'S
WHY AT THIS TIME, AND VERY MUCH
SUPPORTIVE OF THE REVAMPED ILA
AND MOVING FORWARD, JUST SO THE
RECORD IS CLEAR. ANYWAY, IT
LOOKS LIKE WE ARE AT THE END,
SO THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE
SEPTEMBER 11th MEETING OF THE
HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES .
OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED
FOR DECEMBER 11th, 2024, SO
AFTER WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE
BUDGET GAUNTLET, AND AGAIN,
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING
HERE TODAY, AND FOR THE ACTIVE
ENGAGEMENT. AND ALSO, FOR THE
ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE
HAD ON THIS COMMITTEE FROM THE
GET GO. I JUST FEEL REALLY
HONORED TO CHAIR THIS COMMITTEE
AND TO WORK WITH YOU. AND, IT
IS MEANINGFUL AND DENSE AND
TOUGH STUFF, SO I APPRECIATE
EVERYBODY SHOWING UP TO THE
DISCUSSIONS AND TO THE TOPICS.
THANK YOU . THE TIME IS NOW
11:54 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.