>> ABOUT 8% OF THE TIME
CONNECTIONS IN KIRKLAND, I HEARD
A LOT OF FOLKS SAY I DON'T WANT
TO GO TO KIRKLAND. THEY HAVE AN
IDEA THEY WILL GET STRANDED
THERE. IT IS NOT THAT IT IS NOT
A GOOD FACILITY, IT IS JUST FAR
AWAY. WE WILL HAVE THE SEATTLE
CRISIS CENTER AS WELL. IT IS
GOOD WE HAVE THAT DIRECT LINE.
WE HAVE AN ORC ASCENTER. CA
CENTER. I RUN 911 I UNDERSTAND
THE RATES OF CRIMES AGAINST
FOLKS LIVING OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY
WOMAN, I FEEL URGENCY,
HIGH-LEVEL, LOOK AT PUBLIC
SAFETY INVESTMENTS AND SEE ARE
WE PUTTING THEM SOME PLACE WITH
THE FIRST RESPONDERS CAN USE
THEM? SOMEONE IS TRYING TO EXIT
HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ANY ONE OF
THOSE THREE TEAMS SHOULD HAVE
ACCESS TO THE RESOURCE, THAT IS
IMPERATIVE. ONE OF THE REALLY
COOL THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
WE INGRATED THE DATA OF THE
THREE TEAMS, POLICE, FIRE, AND
CARE AND RMS. RECORDS MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM. THERE IS PROTECTED
INFORMATION, THAT IS REALLY
COOL. AGAIN I DON'T HAVE TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT COMPROMISING
SOMEONE'S PRIVACY. I CAN LOOK
AND SAY THIS OFFICE HAS A STRONG
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERSON.
NOT JUST ASSUMING MENTAL HEALTH,
IT WILL BE CARE. WE SHOULD
DEPLOY WHOMEVER WILL HAVE THE
MOST PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION. WE
WANT CONSENT-BASED SOLUTION NOT
COERCIVE SOLUTIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHIEF,
AND THEN THE FINAL QUESTION, I
WILL REALLY JUST READ INTO THE
RECORD IN INTEREST OF TIME. MY
OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS
AS WELL. IT PERTAINS TO CASE
MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY. AND FOR
CONTEXT, EARLIER THIS MORNING WE
HEARD OUR FIRE CHIEF TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE
CASE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES
THAT ARE BUILT IN WITH RESPECT
TO CERTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENTS OWN
HEALTH 1, HELP 99, AND ET CETERA
AND THE FOLLOW UP CASE
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITY THAT IS
INCLUDED. I ALSO NOTE A MOMENT
AGO AND RESPONSIVE TO EARLIER
QUESTION OR COMMENT FROM ONE OF
MY COLLEAGUES, YOU TALKED ABOUT
YOUR PREFERENCE OF CASE
MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY WITHIN
YOUR DEPARTMENT BEING MINIMAL. I
DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR
MOUTH, BUT I THINK SOME LEVEL OF
CASE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITY
WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT IS
APPROPRIATE. I QUESTION FOR THE
RECORD IS, WHAT IS THE CURRENT
EXTENT AND SCOPE OF ANY CASE
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITY THAT
EXISTS WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT
TODAY AND WHAT MORE IS NEEDED?
TO ACHIEVE MORE RESULTS FROM
CASE MANAGEMENT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND,
BRIEFLY. IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST
MODEL FOR MY COUNTERPART AROUND
THE COUNTRY IS A 30-DAY FOLLOW
UP DESIGN. SO, AGAIN, THAT
ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE IF WE
HAND IT OFF TO SERVICES THAT IS
THE GREAT PERIOD OF GREAT
VULNERABILITY, THE FIRST TWO,
THREE, FOUR WEEKS, THAT IS WHAT
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BUT DON'T
CURRENTLY.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF.
>>> UP NEXT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
FOLLOWED BY NELSON AND RIVERA.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
AND YOUR PRESENTATION AND IT IS
LOVELY TO SEE THAT THIS
DEPARTMENT WILL START EXPANDING
THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS AND
SERVICE. I KNOW WE SPOKEN TO A
BIT BUT CAN YOU GIVE US MORE
DETAIL ON THE EXPANSIONS WILL BE
ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THE
RECORD?
>> YES, GOING TO ASSUME FOR OUR
PURPOSES TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO
ASSUME THE SAME CALL TYPES,
COULD BE THERE ARE MORE CALL
TYPES BUT THERE ARE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS FOR WELL CHECK
CALLS, WALKING DOWN THIRD AVENUE
THAT IS MOST OF THE CALLS, NOT
SURE WHAT IS GOING ON, SOMEBODY
ASLEEP OR LOOK LIKE THEY MIGHT
SLIP INTO TRAFFIC OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, THOSE ARE THE
CALLSMENT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD
TO EXPAND TO 24, WE WOULD LIKE
TO ADD THREE MORE COHORTS
QUICKLY AT THE TOP OF THE YEAR.
PART OF THE BUDGET PROPOSAL IS
CONVERTING A TEMPORARY TRAINING
MANAGER AND CARE TO BE FULL
TIME. THAT IS IMPERATIVE.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE
TRAINING TEAM AND 911 THOSE ARE
GUILD REPRESENTED MEMBERS. A
BODY OF WORK ISSUE THERE. I CAN
NOT JUST BRING THEM OVER TO THE
CARE RESPONDERS TO RUN AN
ACADEMY. WE PARTNER WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, WE
HAVE A REALLY GOOD SIX WEEK
ACADEMY LEAD BY THE TRAINING
MANAGER AND THEN SIX WEEKS OF
FIELD TRAINING, I WOULD
ANTICIPATE YOU WOULD HAVE ALL 48
RESPONDERS UP AND RUNNING BY
APRIL. AND, THEY LIKELY WILL BE
DIVIDED EQUALLY ACROSS THE THREE
ZONES, NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH
BECAUSE, UNFORTUNATELY, THE
CALLS FOR CRISIS RESPONSE ARE
PRETTY UNIFORM ALL AROUND THE
CITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT AND WE
APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT TO 911 CENTER, THE 12
CALL TAKERS AND THREE TRAINERS.
I AM CURIOUS WHAT INVESTMENTS
SET SELL WILL BE MAKING FOR THE
ENGLISH-SPEAKING, LANGUAGE
ACCESS TRAINING IS INCLUDED IN
YOUR BUDGET AS WE CONTINUE TO
SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND LIVING
UP TO THE PROMISE OF BEING A
WELCOMING CITY.
>> YES. I AM OF THE MIND WE ARE
NOT INVESTING IN ENOUGH
TECHNOLOGY IN MY DEPARTMENT. ONE
OF MY FAVORITE COMPANIES IS
PREPARE 911, THE BEST
TRANSLATION, REALTIME THROUGH
TEXT AS WELL. AND, SO, WITH WE
WILL BE RECOMMENDING THAT. WE
HAVE SOME TECH MONEYS ON THE
BOOKS, RIGHT, TOMMY? I AM
WATCHING HIS FACE THAT WE MIGHT
TRY TO REAPPROPRIATE. WE KNOW IT
A TOP PRIORITY. I WAS SHOCKED WE
TRANSLATE INTO 200 LANGUAGES FOR
911. I WOULD NOT OF GUESSED THE
TOP 10, WE KNOW FIFA IS COMING
AND THERE IS URGENCY AROUND THIS
INVESTMENT. MY PREFERENCE THERE
WOULD BE MORE MONEY FOR TECH
INVESTMENT IN THIS PROPOSAL. YOU
HAVE TO REMEMBER, TOO, EVEN
NONEMERGENCY THESE CUSTOMER
SERVICE LINES, AVERAGE CALL
TAKER IS $150,000 A YEAR. THERE
ARE TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN AUTO
MATE SOME OF THE PROCESS. THINK
OF NORMAL CUSTOMER SERVICE
CENTERS, HOLD YOUR PLACE IN LINE
TO CALL BACK, CHAT BOX, WE CAN
HAVE A SIDE CONVERSATION IF YOU
WOULD LIKE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION. JUST FOR MY
UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW,
UNDERSTANDING THERE IS SOMETHING
TO BE IMPROVED BUT WHAT IS THE
CURRENT STATE RIGHT NOW IF
SOMEONE IS A NON-ENGLISH SPEAK.
>> WE ARE DOING THE LANGUAGE
LINE, 200 LANGUAGES.
>> MY LAST QUESTION, CAN YOU
ELABORATE BETWEEN 988 AND 911 AS
IT IS COORDINATION AND CRITICAL
DISPATCH?
>> YES, SIMILAR TO WHY I AM
WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE AND PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE WANT
CONSISTENT SERVICE ACROSS KING
COUNTY. I KNOW THAT THE WHOLE
COUNTY NEEDS THIS CLINICAL TEAM.
BY THE CALL DATA, AGAIN, IF YOU
ARE TO STAFF UP, CARE IS THE
BIGGEST TEAM. HEALTH 1 IS HUGE,
POLICE RESPONSE, HUGE, MOST OF
THE CALLS RELATE TO BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, THEY JUST DO. THE
LOW-LEVEL ARE FOLLOWING MENTAL
AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES AND
RELATE TO HOUSELESS SOMETIMES.
THE IMPERATIVE IS TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS NOT SYSTEM DUPLICATION,
I DID NOT GET HERE FAST ENOUGH.
THE STATE WAS EXCITED ABOUT 988,
I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE CRISIS,
WE WILL MAKE A SECOND SYSTEM TO
DISPATCH CRISIS RESPONSE, BY THE
TIME I LEARNED ABOUT THAT, OH,
NO, I KNEW TOO MUCH ABOUT 911,
IT IS NOT DIVIDED. OVERWHELMING
OVERLAP, 90% OF THE TIME. THE
GOOD NEWS IS THAT THESE LEADERS
ARE SO COLLABORATIVE. THEY
UNDERSTAND 988 IS GREAT FOR
RESOURCES, WORRIED ABOUT MY
DAUGHTER, WHERE DOES SHE GO IF
SOMEONE IS NEEDING TO BE ON THE
PHONE. DARK NIGHT, I FEEL
VULNERABLE, I HAVE DONE LIVE
LISTENING IN CRISIS CONNECTION,
THEY DO HAVE, THERE ARE TWO
TEAMS, THE SOUND TEAM AND THE
DCSC, AND, THEY ARE GOING OUT
NOW AND, AGAIN, IT IS A GREAT
TEAM BUT IT IS MORE APPROPRIATE
FOR LESS URGENT CALLS, RIGHT? WE
DON'T THINK THE PERSON WILL BE
WORSE OFF IN 45 MINUTES. SO, WE
ARE TRYING TO MAKE THAT SCALE SO
911 KNOWS HOW TO ROUTE TO 988
ACCIDENT WE DO ALL OF THE TIME.
988 NEEDS TO KNOW WHETHER TO
ROUTE TO 9 11 OR DISPATCH CARE.
THEY HAVE A SEPARATE, RAINBOW
HEALTH, THEIR VERSION OF THE
CAD, WE CAN PULL THE TRIGGER ON
THAT. KNOWING WE JUST NEED TO
COORDINATE. THE PERSON ON THE
PHONE DOES SNOT KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE, THEY KNOW THEY NEED
THE HELP AND IT IS ON US TO MAKE
IT SEEMLESS, GET THE RIGHT
RESOURCES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, HAPPY TO
CONTINUE BUT DIRECTOR EDER HAS A
POINT.
>> WE ARE THRILLED TO SUPPORT
THE CARE TEAM. MORE THAN
DOUBLING OF THE CRISIS CARE
RESPONDER TEAM. IT IS ABOUT $6.9
MILLION. AS WAS POINTED OUT
31EFTs TOTAL, INCLUDING 18 NEW
FTDs IN THE 911 CALL CENTER.
JUST A HUGE INFUSION OF
RESOURCES AND STAFFING TO A VERY
IMPORTANT FUNCTION THAT THE CITY
DOES. I THINK WE WILL ALL BE
BETTER OFF FOR IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THAT
CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS TODAY,
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOLLOWED
BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> HELLO. I, FIRST I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THE COUNCIL IS
THE OVERSIGHT BODY OF THE CITY.
THIS IS NOT DIRECTED AT THIS
DEPARTMENT HERE, BUT I JUST WANT
TO SAY THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO
ASK QUESTIONS THAT COULD
INDICATE WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
SOMETHING THAT THE EXECUTIVE IS
DOING BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS
SURFACING INFORMATION. ALSO,
TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE OUR
CONSTITUENTS NEED TO KNOW, TOO,
AND IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE I WANT
TO REMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
AND, WHO HAD A LOT OF USUALLY
TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR YOU. AND
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR CANDID
QUESTIONS AS WELL. THAT IS WHAT
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. I
DON'T HAVE ONE, BUT WHAT I WANT
TO SAY IS, I WANT TO CORRECT ANY
IMPRESSION THAT IS OUT THERE
THAT SOMEHOW THAT THE PROBLEM IS
THAT WE DESIGNED IT RIGHT BUT IT
IS NOT BEING IMPLEMENTED
CORRECTLY BECAUSE, OF COURSE,
FERGD KNOWS THAT OFFICERS DON'T
WANT TO GO TO CALLS THEY ARE NOT
TRAINED FOR. THE PUBLIC DOES NOT
WANT THAT EITHER, WE AGREE ON
THAT AND WE SAY THIS AND WE ARE
JUST, AND THERE ARE ALL OF
THESE, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE STILL
HAVE DUEL DISPATCH. I JUST WANT
TO SAY THAT IT WAS ANTICIPATED
THAT THE CARE RESPONDERS WOULD
BE A TEAM OF, I DON'T KNOW,
LESS THAN FIVE OR SIX, FOR THE
FIRST YEAR. AND THEN LAST YEAR
COUNCIL EXPANDED IT. EXPANDED
THE, WELL, PROVIDED FOR MORE
FTEs AND YOU SPREAD YOUR SERVICE
CALLS, WHICH I APPRECIATE. VERY
MUCH. AND THEN, WE HAVE, YOU
KNOW, THERE IS A LONG RECORD OF
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO BE, WE
ARE NEGOTIATING WITH -- DECIDING
WHO WILL DO WHAT GOING FORWARD,
WITH IDEAL, WE WANT TO FREE THEM
UP TO DO DIFFERENT KIND OF WORK.
SO, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYONE RECOGNIZES IT IS
NOT THAT WE ARE OVERSTAFFED AND
DEPARTMENT OR A PROGRAM THAT IS
NOT FULFILLING ITS POTENTIAL
BECAUSE WE DID NOT THINK THROUGH
THE DETAILS ALL OF THE WAY. IT
IS JUST COMING INTO ITS OWN AND
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE SOON. SO,
THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS,
WHERE DO CARE TEAM MEMBERS TAKE
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CRISIS IF IT
IS CLEAR THEY HAVE -- WHERE DO
THEY TAKE ANYBODY? TO ME THAT IS
A BIG BARRIER AND I AM JUST
WONDERING ESPECIALLY WHETHER IT
IS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, NOT
NECESSARILY, UNTREATED
SCHIZOPHRENIA OR BIPOLAR OR
SEVERE PTSD. WHAT IS THE
LOCATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE
RECEIVING CARE. AND SOMEBODY WHO
IS SITTING AT THAT END OF THE
TABLE EARLIER THIS MORNING
TALKED ABOUT YES, WE REALLY DO
NEED TO DEVELOP THE SPACE AT THE
KING COUNTY JAIL FOR THIS SORT
OF PURPOSE THAT WAS BEING WORKED
ON. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL
BE A REALITY.
>> FIRST I WILL JUST SAY I HAVE
YET TO BE OFFENDED BY A
QUESTION. I TRULY APPRECIATE THE
URGENCY. THAT NEVER BOTHERS ME
AT ALL. I APPRECIATE IT. I
REMIND YOU THAT THE
CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS SUPPORTED
THAT EXPANSION, SO IT DID NOT
HIT THE CITY BUDGET INITIALLY
AND I AM GLAD. I WILL BE THE
FIRST TO RECOMMEND WE DO NOT
CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH IF WE
CAN NOT REALLY USE THESE PEOPLE,
RIGHT? I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE
BEEN GOING TO ENOUGH CALLS. SO,
THAT IS WHY I AM TRYING TO BE
VERY CAREFUL TO IDENTIFY OTHER
STRATEGIES, THE DIRECT LINE TO
THE JAIL, RIGHT? THERE ARE
11,000 TIMES LAST YEAR FIRE
SCREENED CALLS THAT THEY
DECLINED TO GO TO. THEY WERE
COMPLETELY CORRECT TO DO THAT.
CHIEF SCOGGINS HAS CLEAR CALLS
DOES NOT REACH THIS CALL, WE ARE
NOT GOING, THEY KICK IT BACK TO
911 AND WE MAKE THE POLICE GO.
DEPUTY CHIEF WAS FRUSTRATED AND
ADVOCATED FOR A YEAR THEY DO NOT
MAKE THEM POLICE CALLS, JUST
BECAUSE IT IS NOT MEDICAL IT IS
NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT T SHOULD BE
A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. ALL OF
THE CALLS THAT SHOULD NOT BE
POLICE BODY OF WORK THAT WE CAN
GO TO. REGARDING WHERE WE TAKE
PEOPLE TO, THE MOST COMMON IS
THE CRISIS SOLUTION CENTER. I
ASKED, IS THAT, WHY IS THAT?
MUSCLE MEMORY? IT WAS A POLICE
RESOURCE FOR A LONG TIME. IT IS
A GREAT PLACE BUT WE HAVE MANY
MORE PLACES TO GO TO. THE THEORY
IS, IT IS CLOSE AND WE ARE USED
TO TAKING PEOPLE THERE, AGAIN,
8% OF THE TIME IT IS
CONNECTIONS, I WILL TRACK DATA
ON THE CENTER, ON THE STAR
CENTER, WE DON'T USE, AS WE
KNOW, THE INVOLUNTARY REFERRAL
USE IT IN KING COUNTY, WE DON'T
USE THE BEDS AT RECOVERY IN KENT
AND VALLEY CENTER. SO, I THINK,
AGAIN, IT IS THE WORK OF THE
LEGISLATIVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
IS THE THRESHOLD, YOU KNOW, WHEN
DO WE LEAVE SOMEONE AND WHETHER
DO WE INTERVENE. THAT IS A
FUNCTION, CARE WILL NEVER BE AN
ENFORCEMENT TEAM. I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT I SEE, LOSING
THEIR LIVES UNNECESSARILY THEY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN REFERRED AS A
SCREENING, NOT BE HERE DEAD ON
OUR STREETS 24 HOURS LATER
BECAUSE A LAW WAS NOT BEING
BROKEN. SO, THAT IS
PHILOSOPHICAL BUT IT IS A
CHALLENGE. I WILL KEEP REPORTING
AS WE HAVE THE NEW RESOURCES
WHERE WE ARE TAKING PEOPLE TO.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THERE IS A VAST, NOT
VAST BUT A NETWORK OF CARE
PROVIDERS OUT THERE, MIX OF
NONPROFIT AND PRIVATE,
PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS,
HOPE AND CHANCE IN BELL TOWN.
>> YEP.
>> THERE IS A RECOVERY HOUSING
NETWORK OF, IF YOU NEED SHORT
TERM OR LONG-TERM HOUSING. DOES
NOT NEED TO BE RECOVERY. AND
THEN THERE ARE OTHER BEHAVIOR
HEALTH RESOURCES, TOO. I WANT TO
ALWAYS PUSH OUR CITY DEPARTMENT
PEOPLE AND ALSO OUR OUT REACH
WORKERS THAT THERE IS, THERE
MIGHT BE MORE THAN WE REALLY
THINK. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS
TAKE THE BLINDERS OFF, NOT
ASSUMING THEY ARE ON, BUT
EVERYBODY FORCE THEMSELVES TO
LOOK A LITTLE BIT TO THE SIDE
AND ALSO STRAIGHT AHEAD WHEN WE
ARE DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM.
>> YEAH. I WANT TO AFFIRM THAT.
THERE ARE ABOUT 15 NONPROFITS WE
WORK CLOSELY WITH AND WE ARE NOT
REALLY ORGANIZED TO MAP THE
SYSTEM THE WAY WE HAVE TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW, I TALK ABOUT
SALVATION ARMY, UGM ALL OF THE
TIME. BREAD OF LIFE, MARY'S
PLACE. WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE A HUB
BUT, AGAIN, THE WORK IS SILOED.
JUST TALK TO THE PERSON, YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT THE BEST FIT
LIKELY IS AND TAKE THEM THERE.
WE DON'T NEED A FORMAL
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TO MAKE THAT
REFERRAL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, A VERY IMPORTANT
NOTE.
>> AND THE CID, LAST WEEK THERE
WAS A PRESENTATION OF A 15-POINT
PLAN. WITH COUNCILMEMBER, FORMER
COUNCILMEMBERS WOO AND DELLA.
ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES IS A
LOCATION WHERE OUT REACH WORKERS
OR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
AGENCIES CAN HAVE A PRESENCE IN
LITTLE SAIGON. MAYBE THAT WOULD
BE THE THING.
>> I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT
THERE AND LAKE CITY AND I THINK
IT IS AWESOME AND A GREAT
CONCEPT AND I AM OPEN TO IT.
>> GREAT, ALL RIGHT.
>> THANKS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND CHIEF,
AND YOUR STAFF TO BE HERE TO
SUPER QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER, NELSON. OUR JOB
IS TO ASK QUESTIONS, THAT IS A
HUGE PART OF OUR JOB. YOU KNOW,
THAT IS WHAT WE DO. I TALKED
ABOUT THIS WITH CHIEF PUBLIC
SAFETY OFFICER ANDERSON WHO I
SEE IN THE AUDIENCE. AND, YOU
KNOW AND WE HAVE BETTER
OUTCOMES. ONE THING THAT I WANT
TO UNDER SCORE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
IS THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT
THERE IS ANYONE UP HERE THAT
DOES NOT BELIEVE IN AN
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. OR SOMEONE
THAT WANTS BETTER OUTCOMES FOR
THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET. I AM
GOING TO UNDERSCORE THAT,
BECAUSE, ANY TIME WE ASK TOUGH
QUESTIONS THERE IS, SOMEHOW, OUT
IN THE STRATOSPHERE THIS
ACQUISITION WE ARE LYING WHETHER
WE SAY IT. I AM GOING TO KEEP
SAYING IT. ANYONE KNOWS ME KNOWS
I MAY BE A LOT OF THINGS BUT A
LIAR I AM NOT. WE DO NEED TO DO
BETTER TO HELP PEOPLE. I THINK
WHERE WE DIFFER IS, WHAT IS THAT
TRAIT GEE THAT IS GOING TO GET
THE BEST OUTCOME. THE REASON
THAT I, YOU KNOW, ASK HARD
QUESTIONS OF CARE AS YOU KNOW IN
THE PAST AND NOW IS BECAUSE I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE
PUTTING A LOT OF EGGS, MAYBE NOT
ALL, BUT A LOT OF EGGS INTO THIS
BASKET THAT IT IS REALLY GOING
TO HELP PEOPLE. AT THE END OF
THE DAY THAT IS WHAT I CARE
ABOUT. IS IT REALLY HELPING
PEOPLE? TOWARD THAT END, WE LAST
YEAR, I PUT IN ABOUT A
DASHBOARD. I WANT TO BE CLEAR I
AM SEEING A PUBLIC-FACING
DASHBOARD TODAY FOR THE FIRST
TIME AND I WANT TO THANK CHIEF
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER WALTON
ANDERSON FOR SENDING ME A LINK
TO THAT TODAY. I AM ON THE
DASHBOARD. I UNDERSTAND THAT
FROM YOUR DECIDE IN JUNE 30th
THAT IT WAS NOT OPERATIONAL AT
THE TIME. ALL OF THESE IT ISSUES
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE
ALWAYS IT ISSUES WHEN YOU ARE
TRYING TO STAND UP SOMETHING
ONLINE, SUCH AS A DASHBOARD. IT
IS MISSING INFORMATION FROM WHAT
WE ASKED FOR IN THE SLIDE. I
APPRECIATE KNOWING THE NUMBER OF
CALLS THAT WE ARE GETTING AND
PART OF IT WAS GETTING AT, WHAT
IS THE RESPONSE THAT CARE HAS
HAD? WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES?
WHERE ARE DO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT'S POINT, WHERE ARE
YOU TAKING PEOPLE? ARE PEOPLE
GETTING THE HELP? WHEN YOU ARE
ABLE TO RESPOND. I KNOW YOU ARE
LIMITED IN THE ABILITY TO
RESPOND. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT
A LOT. WHEN YOU HAVE RESPONDED
WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES? WHAT ARE
MAINLY WHAT ARE YOU ADDRESSING?
WHAT DID PEOPLE MAINLY WANT AND
WHERE ARE YOU TAKING PEOPLE? AND
IS THERE ANY FOLLOW-THROUGH? WHO
IS DOING THE FOLLOW-THROUGH ON
THE PERSON, WHAT HAPPENED TO
THAT PERSON? I VERY MUCH CARE
ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? IT IS NOT
JUST THE INITIAL CONTACT BUT DID
THEY GET THE HELP? THAT IS THE
POINT OF AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE
IS TO HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES. IF
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
THAT PERSON WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE OUTCOME IS. PART OF THIS
DASHBOARD PIECE WAS NOT JUST TO
REPORT HOW MANY CALLS, I SEE
THERE ARE A LOT AND WITHOUT EVEN
KNOWING THE DATA I WOULD OF
SUSPECTED AS MUCH. THAT IS WHY
WE ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION
AND WHY CARE WAS CREATED TO
BEGIN WITH. BUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO THESE FOLKS IF YOU
HAVE A RESPONSE, THAT IS GREAT.
>> YES. FIRST ON THE DASHBOARD.
AS YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL HAS NOT
ADDED ANY RESEARCH OR ANALYSTICS
TO THE DEPARTMENT AT ALL. THAT
SAT IN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. AND, LUCKILY, I AM,
I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DATA
SCIENCE AND HOW TO CODE. I AM
SEEING THE BACKGROUND. SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT INCREDIBLY
GENEROUS FOR BRINGING IN A USER
AND THE DATA CENTER. THAT IS HOW
I WAS ANALYZING CRISIS DATA. WE
DO NOT HAVE STAFF TO BUILD THAT
DASHBOARD. THAT IS A CENTRALIZED
FUNCTION THAT WE ARE RELYING ON.
WE HAVE BEEN AT THE READY WITH
THE DATA BUT HAVE NOT HAD THAT
INVESTMENT. I WOULD LIKE THE
DASHBOARD TO LOOK LIKE DURHAM,
YOU GO TO DURHAM HEART IT IS
FASCINATING TO SEE NOT JUST THE
CALL FOR SERVICE, DISPOSITION
BUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND AGAIN,
WHAT WAS PROVIDED. THAT WOULD BE
A TOP FINANCIAL PRIORITY FOR ME.
BUT THAT IS WHY THE DELAY. WE
SIMPLY DON'T HAVE IT IN HOUSE.
WE INVESTED IN ONE OF OUR 911
OPERATORS TO LEARN HOW TO USE
IT, WE PAID FOR THAT TRAINING.
DID NOT HAVE ONE PERSON IN THE
DEPARTMENT THAT CAN DO IT. THE
INITIAL PILOT ANALYSIS THAT WAS
ME AFTER HOURS, YOU KNOW, DOING
ALL OF THIS RIGOROUS ANALYSIS
AND STILL LOOKING AT REGRESSION,
IF I DO THIS WHAT CAN I FORECAST
AS FAR AS OUTCOMES COME. I LOVE
THE QUESTION. BEING ABLE TO TELL
THE STORY IT IS IMPORTANT SO
PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND.
HIGH-LEVEL, 40% OF THE TIME,
41%. IT WAS LAST WEEK. WE
CONNECT SOMEBODY TO SERVICES AND
THAT CAN MEAN LOTS OF DIFFERENT
THINGS. WE TOOK YOU TO A PLACE
OR FOOD BANK OR GOT YOU BUS
FARE. THERE WAS A GAP AND WE
ADDRESSED IT. A LOT OF THE TIME
THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO.
WHEN I REFERENCE THE CALL
CATEGORIES, 47,000 TIMES I SENT
THE POLICE LAST YEAR TO CALLS
WHERE THEY COULD NOT DO
ANYTHING. THEY MADE SURE THAT A
LAW WAS NOT BEING BROKEN, THEY
MOVED ON TO THE NEXT CALL. AND,
SO, I THINK, AGAIN, AS A SYSTEM
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT GAP.
FIRST RESPONDERS ARE NOT
DESIGNED TO BREAK THE CYCLE.
THEY ARE DESIGNED TO TRIAGE AND
HAND IT OFF. WHEN CHIEF SCOGGINS
GO TO A FIRE THEY DON'T REBUILD
THE HOUSE AND RESTORE THE
FAMILY. SAME THING WITH THE
POLICE, MAKING AN ARREST WHEN
APPROPRIATE, DIVERTING WHEN
APPROPRIATE. THEY ARE RELYING ON
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OR
REHABILITATIVE SYSTEM AND CARE
RESPONDERS WILL BE THE SAME. WE
ARE IN AN IMPERATIVE PIECE OF
THAT GRANDER PUZZLE BUT WE WILL
NOT BE THE OUTCOMES, WE WILL BE
OUTPUT, THAT IS THE NATURE OF
FIRST RESPONSE, I DO WISH WE HAD
30-DAY FOLLOW UP. THAT IS IN
BETWEEN LONG-TERM CASE
MANAGEMENT, BUT I DON'T THINK
IT IS APPROPRIATE. SAME THING
FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT
WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE IF THEY
WERE RESPONSIBLE TO RESTORE THE
PERSON WHO WAS ARRESTED AND
REFERRED. SO, WE CAN TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT, BUT THE LEAD
CONTEXT, IT IS A GREAT FIRST
STEP. THEN I HAVE TRANSPARENCY.
THE PERSON THAT I REFER IS DOING
MORE CRIMES THAN EVER IN SIX
MONTHS I WILL BE ABLE TO SEE
THAT, RIGHT? WE WILL BE ABLE TO
DRIVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT IS A
GREAT PARTNER. WE HAVE TALKED A
LOT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HOW
TODAY'S ISSUES ARE DIFFERENT,
THE DRUGS ARE DIFFERENT, THE
INTERVENTIONS NEED TO BE
DIFFERENT.
>> BEEF, LET ME SEE, YOU SENT
SPD TO CALLS THEY WERE NOT ABLE
TO DO ANYTHING. BUT THIS IS A
DUEL DISPATCH SYSTEM, SO I
IMAGINE CARE WENT TO THOSE CALLS
WITH THE POLICE AND CARE FOLKS
THAT WOULD THEN HELP THAT
PERSON?
>> I AM SORRY, TO CLARIFY I WAS
REFERENCES CALL TYPES NOT THE
CARE CALL. EXPAND THE CALLS,
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY MAKE A
POSITIVE IMPACT. THEY JUST
TRIAGE AND MOVE ON. THAT IS WHAT
I WAS TALKING ABOUT. ACROSS
FIRST RESPONSE. NONE OF THE
TEAMS ARE GETTING THE OUTCOMES
WE WANT BECAUSE WE ARE ONE-PIECE
OF A LARGER CONTINUM
>> BUT YOU ARE THE ONE SENDING
FOLKS TO THE CALL, RIGHT? SORRY,
I AM JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
>> WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF CALL
TYPES, THREE QUALIFY FOR CARE.
WE ARE DEFAULTING TO THE POLICE
AS PRIMARY FIRST RESPONDERS TO
ALL OF THE OTHER TYPES. THAT IS
WHAT THE COMMUNITY OUTCRY WAS
ABOUT IN 2020 AND 2021.
>> OKAY. I WILL FOLLOW UP OFF
LINE ON ADDITIONAL WITH THAT. I
AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR
THERE IS NOT MORE INFORMATION
FOR THE DASHBOARD BECAUSE YOU
DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY, IS
WHAT I AM HEARING FOR THAT. TO
BE HONEST WHEN I ALWAYS THINK
COLLECTING THE DATA IS PART OF
THE WORK SO IT SHOULD BE BAKED
IN. YOU KNOW, IF MY MIND PART OF
THE STAFFING THEN, THERE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN SOME TYPE OF
CONVERSATION AND SOLVE FOR WE
ARE GOING TO NEED SOMEONE TO
TRACK THIS. HOW DO WE KNOW HOW
WELL WE ARE DOING IF WE DON'T
HAVE THAT IN HOUSE? I GUESS I AM
SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT WAS NOT
TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION SO IT
HAD AN IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO
-- GATHERING DATA. IT IS NOT
HELPFUL TO THOSE FOLKS ON THE
GROUND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
DATA.
>> WE HAVE LOADS OF DATA. WE
HAVE VERY, VERY DETAILED DATA.
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS THE
TRANSLATION TOOL. I WAS TOLD BY
THE CITY THEY WERE PROVIDING
THAT. MEANING, HOW DO YOU TAKE
ALL OF THAT RMS DATA, ALL OF
THAT CARE IS TRACKING AND PUT IT
ON A PUBLIC-FACING DASHBOARD. IT
IS A DIFFERENT PLATFORM. THE
PUBLIC IS NOT IN MY POLICE DATA.
THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.
CENTRALIZED TEAM IN THE CITY
THAT WILL PROVIDE THAT. A
QUESTION I ASKED DAY ONE, IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO ME. BACK IN 2023,
WE ARE BUILDING YOUR DASHBOARD,
I NEED TO DEFER TO MY BOSS AND
HER OFFICE ON THAT. SO WHAT I AM
HEARING YOU DO HAVE THE DATA
JUST NOT IN THE FORM OF A
DASHBOARD OR A FORM YOU CAN
READILY SHARE WITH US BECAUSE
YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE -- THAT
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CENTRALIZED?
I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN
YOUR MOUTH.
>> I CAN DO IT IN HOUSE BUT YOU
WOULD C SO GIVE ME STAFF AND
TECHNOLOGY. I KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
IF THE CITY IS GOING TO DO IT,
LET'S DO IT. I AGREE WITH YOU,
IT IS A PRIORITY
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WE
NEED TO FIGURE OUT
>> YES.
>> CHIEF, IN CHIEF, THANK YOU,
IN INTEREST OF TIME I HAVE OTHER
QUESTIONS BUT I WILL CONCEDE MY
TIME AND PUT THAT IN THE DASH
BOARD AND FOLLOW UP WITH CHIEF.
>> YES.
>> YOU WANT TO READ YOUR
QUESTIONS INTO THE RECORD?
>> I WILL JUST FOLLOW UP WITH
THEM.
>> FAIR ENOUGH, FAIR ENOUGH.
>> COLLEAGUES, I WILL MAKE A
COUPLE REMARKS BUT JUST WANT TO
CHECK IN WITH COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ IF YOU WANT TO ASK
QUESTIONS AFTER ME IS THE TIME
TO GO. STARTING THE CLOCK ON MY
TIMER, TRACKING MYSELF, TOO,
FOLKS. CHIEF, THANK YOU, I WANT
TO READ FROM OUR SIX-YEAR LOOK
BACK THAT CENTRAL STAFF PROVIDED
LOOKING OVER THE BUDGETS OVER
THE LAST SIX YEARS AND READING
FROM THAT BOOK, CARE'S BUDGET.
ENTIRELY SUPPORTED BY THE
GENERAL FUND INCREASED BY 14.9
MILLION OVER THE SIX YEAR
PERIOD. AND 83% INCREASE BETWEEN
2021 AND 2025. THAT IS BECAUSE
IT DID NOT EXIST IN 2019.
QUOTING FROM THE CHIEF THIS IS
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CALLS FOR
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE
ABUSE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC
RESPONSE. THAT WAS THE PART THAT
I WROTE DOWN. NOT NECESSARILY
THE RIGHT CALL FOR A GUN AND A
BADGE IT IS MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT
CALL FOR A MEDIC ONE AS YOU
DESCRIBED EARLIER. I WILL ALSO
SAY, IT IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE
RELIABLE DATA AS WE GROW AND
EXPAND A DEPARTMENT. HARD TO
HAVE RELIABLE DATA WHETHER THE
DEPARTMENT ONLY WORKS DOWNTOWN
FOR A FEW HOURS A DAY. IT IS
EVEN HARDER WHEN WE EMPLOY
CITYWIDE BUT, AGAIN, ONLY A FEW
STAFF WE KNOW TWO FOLKS IN NORTH
PRECINCT THAT IS OVER 300,000
PEOPLE. EVERY -- I WILL JUST SAY
THAT. AND IT IS EVEN HARDER WHEN
DEPLOYED CITYWIDE WITH FEW STAFF
AND AGAIN ONLY A FEW HOURS A
DAY. OUR CONVERSATIONS AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM BEING HERE.
WE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
HOW VESTED IN BALLARD TO SUPPORT
THE EDIBLE HOPE KITCHEN AND
NOTING IT MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT
RESPONSE TO SHOW UP THERE EVERY
DAY, THEN PEOPLE COME TO DEPEND
ON YOU, RIGHT? IN THAT WAY THAT
IS NOT ACTUALLY HELPFUL. SO,
GETTING TO WORK WITH YOU IN
CLOSE PARTNERSHIP HAS SHOWN ME
WHAT THE HOLD UPS ARE AND IT IS
NOT YOU, IT IS NOT YOUR
EMPLOYEES IT IS HOW WE ARE
GROWING THIS. IT IS ALSO NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR US TO SAY 0-200%
OVERNIGHT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
YOU ARE ABLE TO BE SET UP TO
GROW SUCCESSFULLY. SO, THIS
BUDGET WOULD DOUBLE THE NUMBER
OF CARE RESPONDER TEAMS AND FUND
18 NEW CALL STAFF. BOTH OF THESE
THINGS I FULLY SUPPORT. I WOULD
EVEN DO MORE IF WE HAD MORE
MONEY. WE ALREADY PUT A LOT ON
YOUR PLATE. IN WHAT SAY GROWING
DEPARTMENT. DO YOU HAVE A PLAN
IN PLACE TO MANAGE THESE
CHANGES? THE INCREASED WORK FLOW
TO END YOUR GROWTH?
>> YES, WE DO. I LEARNED IN THE
FIRST SIX MONTHS ON THE JOB. I
ARRIVED IN APRIL AND RECREATED A
BRAND AND CLASSIFICATIONS,
OPERATIONS, PROTOCOLS, CALL
SIGNS AND ABOUT FIVE MONTHS. I
REMEMBER IT WAS WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT, NOW GO. I LEARNED FROM
THAT. WE WERE STARTING IN THE
NEXT SIX, THE NEXT SIX, THE NEXT
SIX. YOU HAVE THE ACADEMY
DESIGN, THE OPERATIONAL
PROTOCOLS, WE KNOW HOW TO GROW
D-1, D-2. TOMMY IS BRILLIANT. I
HAVE A SMALL BUT REALLY TALENTED
TEAM WHO ARE GREAT AT SCENARIO
PLANNING AND WE ARE PREPARED. MY
URGENCY IS THAT I AM WATCHING
PEOPLE DIE ON OUR STREETS AND WE
CAN SORT OUT THE BUSINESS AND
OPERATIONS TO GET THOSE PEOPLE
HELP.
>> THANK YOU. AND WHAT METRICS
ARE USING TO TRACK DEMONSTRATING
SUCCESS OR AREAS NEEDED FOR
IMPROVEMENT?
>> ON THE CARE RESPONDER SIDE WE
ARE LOOKING AT ARE WE
SUCCESSFULLY REFERRING PEOPLE TO
SERVICES? I WANT TO LOOK AT JAIL
BOOKINGS AND ED REFERRALS, ARE
THEY GOING DOWN? THEY SHOULD AS
WE SCALE CAPACITY AND HAVE OTHER
PLACES TO TAKE PEOPLE. ON THE
911 SIDE I AM ALWAYS LOOKING AT
THE CALL RESPONSE TIMES, THE
HOLD TIMES AND WE HAVE A
FEEDBACK NOW. A TECHNOLOGY
CALLED SPIDER TECH WHETHER WE
CAN SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS
SAYING. AND THEN, I AM ALWAYS
TRYING TO ASSESS RIGHT NOW THE
MENTAL HEALTH OF MY FIRST
RESPONDERS ON BOTH SIDES. NOBODY
REALLY LOOKS AT THAT, RIGHT?
WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF COMPASSION
FATIGUE AND THE IMPACT OF THIS
WORK ON THESE DISPATCHERS THAT
HAS A LOT TO DO WITH RETENTION,
CARE RESPONDERS, MY COUNTY PARTS
AND I TALK ABOUT THAT. THE WORK
IS COMPLEX IT IS NOT JUST MAKING
AN ARREST OR DROPPING SOMEONE
OFF, WE ARE INVESTED IN THESE
PEOPLE. IT IS HARD TO LOSE THESE
PEOPLE, EITHER LOSE THEM TO THE
SYSTEM OR TO DEATH ON THE
STREET. WE ARE DOING SURVEYS ALL
OF THE TIME WITH THE RESPONDERS
TO SEE IF WE ARE GROWING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION AND SUPPORTING
OUR PEOPLE THE WAY WE NEED TO.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO TRACK IT AS WE ARE
CONTINUING TO GROW SO WE CAN
MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE ARE
MOVING. LAST QUESTION, YOU
MENTIONED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
US AND DURHAM, THAT IS SOMEBODY
IN THE BACKGROUND TRANSLATING
DATA THAT ONLY THE CITY SHOULD
BE SEEING TO WHAT CAN BE
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. WHEN WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN US AND ALBUQUERQUE WHAT
DIFFERENCES? TRYING TO HOLD THE
LABOR CONVERSATION, IF NOT, WHAT
ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN US
AND THEM?
>> YEAH, DURHAM HAS AN
ADVANTAGE. CITY MANAGEMENT,
STUDY AND DESIGN FOR ABOUT A
YEAR AND THEN GO TO ACTION. THEY
HAVE GREAT DESIGN THINKERS,
LEADERS ARE BRILLIANT AND A
COUPLE PEOPLE IN HOUSE THAT ARE
GREAT WITH POWER BI. THERE IS
POST-IT NOTES ALL OVER THEIR
OFFERS. I ENVY I THE WAY TO GO
OVER IT. THEY HAVE THE 30-DAY
CARE UNIT AND I LIKE AND WOULD
LIKE TO TAKE THAT CONCEPT. IN
ALBUQUERQUE WHAT I AM ENVIOUS
OF, THEY LAUNCHED, THEY HAVE
THEIR OWN HEADQUARTERS, BIG
HEADQUARTERS, THEY HAVE ANOTHER
BUILD THAT IS AN OFFICE OF
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND
SURVIVOR SUPPORT. DEDICATED
TEAMS. IF SOMEBODY SHOWS UP AT
THE HOSPITAL THERE AND THERE IS
A REPORT OF DV, THERE IS A
SPECIFIC TEAM THEY CALL AT ACS
TO GO. THEY STILL STRUGGLE THE
WAY WE DO, THEIR HOMELESS
RESPONSE IS NOT INGRATED. DURHAM
IS BRINGING HOMELESS RESPONSE TO
SAFETY AND REENTRY STRATEGIES. I
AM TALKING TO THEM ALL OF THE
TIME ABOUT HOW THEY DO THAT.
YEAH, STAY TUNED.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO THE GROWTH. ON BEHALF
OF MANY DISTRICT 6 RESIDENTS
THEY ARE CONSTANTLY ASKING ME
WHETHER ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE
OF THE CARE DEPARTMENT IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, I KNOW FOLKS
ARE PINING FOR YOU ALL RIGHT.
>> I GET THAT A LOT.
>> WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ YOU HAVE A HAND.
>> I APOLOGIZE, YOU CALLED ON ME
FIRST AND I WAS FRANTICALLY
WRITING MY NOTES.
>> I WANT TO ADD WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THE CARE, STANDING
UP, BACK IN 2022-2023. SOME OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT
EFFECT FOR MY SENSIBILITY AND
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL IS
CARE IS NOT AN ENFORCEMENT TEAM,
YOU SAID IT OVER AND OVER. IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT. THE FACT THAT
YOU WORK WITH 15 NONPROFITS
WOULD A CONTRACT, REFER TO THEM.
SILOING, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH
HSD OR CONTRACT NO, WE CAN JUST
CALL THESE FOLKS. I THINK WHAT
WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN AND THANK
YOU FOR GIVING US THE
PERCENTAGE, 60-70% ARE UNHOUSED
FOLKS THAT ARE DEALING WITH
MENTAL HEALTH, ADDICTION CRISIS.
AND THE BEST RESPONSE TO ALL 911
CALLS, FIRST IN THE CURRENTRY TO
DO THIS, IS TO HAVE THE DUEL
DISPATCH. WE ARE THAT POLICE,
SPD AND CARE, WE RECOGNIZE EVERY
HUMAN BEING IS DEALING WITH
THESE TYPES OF ISSUES. YOU
DON'T NEED AN OFFICER FOR THAT.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO, ONE OF THE ISSUES I
BROUGHT UP AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WHO CHAIRS
THE TRIBAL NATION'S, WHEN WE
MET, AS YOU WERE THERE, YOUR
CLIENT BASE IS THE CLIENT BASE
OF MANY OF THE NONPROFITS THAT
SERVICE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN
THIS CITY. LIKE, SEATTLE HEALTH
BOARD UNITED INDIANS, MOTHER
NATION, ALL NONPROFIT INDIGENOUS
ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO
WORK ON, HOMELESSNESS,
ADDICTION, MENTAL HEALTH, WHO DO
WE CALL? I AM HOPING ONE MORE
ASPECT THAT I HOPE I CAN ADD AND
CAN ASSIST YOU IS THAT WE HAVE A
NICE NEXXUS WITH THE CARE TEAM
AND THE INDIAN COUNTRY. NOT JUST
THE CITY OF SEATTLE WE ARE
EVERYWHERE, HOWEVER, BEYOND A
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT WE
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE
HAVE SOMEBODY WITHIN THE CARE
TEAM OR SPD OR HOWEVER YOU SET
IT UP, WHETHER YOU ARE LOOKING
AT DOUBLING THE POSITIONS THAT
YOU HAVE SOME SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE IN THIS CLIENT BASE.
WE HAVE THOSE SERVICES IN INDIAN
COUNTRY. WITH THE TRIBE HERE
THAT OFFER SERVICES IF YOU ARE
NATIVE IN YOUR FAMILY. WE HAVE
SEATTLE UNION HEALTH BOARD THAT
OFFERS ALL OF THE SERVICES, NOT
ONLY TO THE INDIVIDUAL
INDIGENOUS PERSON BUT THEIR
FAMILIES. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT
CALL ME FROM MONTANA,
CALIFORNIA, HOW DO WE GET OUR
PERSON HOME? BUS FAIR? AIRPLANE
FARE? WE DO THAT. I JUST CALL UP
PEOPLE, WHOMEVER AND WHAT DO WE
HAVE TO DO TO GET IT DONE? I
DON'T NEED A COMMITTEE MEETING
FOR THAT. THESE ARE ALL OUR
RELATIVES, WE CARE. WE LOOK AT
THESE PEOPLE AND WE CARE. I AM
NOT INTO PERFORMING POLITICS AND
I AM NOT A HEAD-LINE LINE-MAKING
POLITICIAN, AND I KNOW, AS WE
GOT YOU THE TITLE, CHIEF. THEY
DID NOT WANT TO CALL YOU CHIEF.
WHAT I AM HOPING WITH THE TEAM,
DUEL DISPATCH LOOKS LIKE, BE
SIDES OFFICE SPACE AND HAVING
MORE PEOPLE, WE HAVE AN
INTEGRATION OF INDIAN COUNTRY
AND INDIGENOUS FOLKS THAT ARE
DEALING WITH THESE THINGS THAT
YOU CAN USE THE SYSTEM OF INDIAN
COUNTRY AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS FOR
OUR PEOPLE TO BRING THEM HOME,
TO GIVE THEM TREATMENT, WE SENT
PEOPLE THERE TO GO LIVE WITH
FAMILY OR THEIR TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE. PUT THEM IN TREATMENT
CENTER. THAT IS COVERED BY THE
TRIBE IN MEDICARE, MEDICAID
TRIBAL SYSTEMS, I HOPE WE HAVE
THAT INTEGRATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE NOTE.
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD, I
HAVE MORE REFERENCE FOR THAT
INSTITUTION THAN ANY OTHER. I
HAD ASKED THE FIRST TIME I WENT
TO THE THUNDERBIRD CENTER, CAN
WE GET A CARE TEAM, THIS IS THE
BEST DESIGN I HAVE SEEN. I
APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT. THAT SYSTEM EXISTS AND IT
IS BRILLIANT.
>> THANK YOU, CLAIRE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> I AM MEETING WITH THE U-DUB
POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND I
APPRECIATE THEIR PRESENCE IN THE
DISTRICT. I KNOW THERE IS MORE
THAT THEY CAN DO, THEY KNOW
THAT. WE ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AND, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN
RESPONSIVE WHEN I REACHED OUT TO
ASK QUESTIONS OR MEET WITH THEM
AND TO SEE, YOU KNOW, ON THE
GROUND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AND,
YOU KNOW. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
>> WHAT ARE THE ISSUES AND HOW
DO WE SOLVE FOR THEM AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE HAD A
POSITIVE EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR
PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN THE
U-DISTRICT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS INVESTMENT IS
UTILIZING THE RESULTS WE
INTENDED. AT THE END OF THE DAY,
YOU KNOW, IF WE HELP SOMEONE AND
THEY ARE BACK WHERE WE FOUND
THEM TO BEGIN WITH AND IT IS A
CYCLE WE ARE NOT HELPING THAT
PERSON. AND THAT IS THE THING
THAT I CARE ABOUT THE MOST AS I
HAVE TOLD YOU. THERE IS WHY I AM
ASKING ALL OF THESE HARD
QUESTIONS AND WILL CONTINUE TO
PROD AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO
DIFFERENTLY. AND INCLUDING THE
DASHBOARD. MY LAST QUESTION, IS
THERE AN INTERNAL DASHBOARD WE
HAVE ACCESS TO? THIS CAME UP BUT
I HAVE NOT SEEN AN INTERNAL
DASHBOARD. I DON'T WANT TO KNOW
PEOPLE'S PERSONAL INFORMATION.
IT WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF, WHAT
WE ARE DOING. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE
YOU HAVE INTERNAL INFORMATION I
JUST WANT TO LEVEL SET WHAT KIND
OF INFORMATION, I AM NOT TRYING
TO FIND PERSONAL INFORMATION ON
PEOPLE, I MORE WANT TO KNOW
OUTCOME INFORMATION, I DON'T
HAVE A LINK OR ACCESS TO ANY
TYPE OF DASHBOARD.
>> I WILL ADD YOU AND ANY
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT ARE
INTERESTED TO THE WEEKLY
REPORTS, THE CALL FOR SERVICE,
CALL TYPES, YEAR TO DATE, PILOT
TO DATE AND LAST MONTH AND
INTERESTINGLY, A DETAILED
NARRATIVE. WE ARE CAREFUL ABOUT
THAT, THAT IS WHAT I PROVIDED
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS
AND I AM HAPPY TO ADD YOU.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I DID
NOT KNOW THAT EXISTED. THAT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW AND
THAT IS KIND OF THE INFORMATION
WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR, THANK
YOU.
>> NO PROBLEM
>> SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS
KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE THAT WE ARE
NOT SEEING. SO, THIS IS WHY
THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE
IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> SEEING NONE, I WILL PASS IT
OVER TO THE CHIEF FOR FINAL
COMMENTS AND OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE TO CLOSE US
OUT.
>> ALL I HAVE IS THANK YOU. THIS
COUNCIL HAS BEEN GREAT. I
APPRECIATED THE CANDOR AND I DO
FEEL YOU ARE ALL ALLIES IN THE
WORK. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> AND THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR
BEING HERE TODAY AND SPEAKING ON
THIS. IT IS A DISCUSSION. I JUST
WANTED TO CLOSE KIND OF ON THE
15,000 FOOT LEVEL IS THAT, THERE
HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS TO THIS,
FALLS UNDER THE IDEA OF
EXPECTATION MANAGEMENT,
SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN
SAYING IN INTERVIEWS RECENTLY.
SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE, PEOPLE
THINK IT WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK.
THIS IS BUDGET PIECES, YOU KNOW,
THAT TAKE NEXT BUDGET YEAR TO
START BEFORE IT CAN BE PUT INTO
PLACE. EXPECTATION MANAGEMENT IS
IMPORTANT, TIME LINES AND WHAT
WE ARE DOING WITH CARE AND THEN
THE PIECES THAT TAKE TO, FROM
WHAT I LIKE TO SAY, IOC AND FMC,
INITIAL OPERATING CAPABILITY AND
FULL MISSION CAPABILITY. IT
TAKES TIME. THAT IS SOMETHING WE
NEED TO COMMUNICATE AND DO IT
THROUGH COMMITTEE AND BUDGET
PROCESS. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW,
IT TAKES TIME FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
CITYWIDE, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES
NOT LANE UNTIL TRULY UNTIL WE
GET THE STAFFING UP AND SO
FORTH. AND, THE OTHER THING THAT
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, TOO. IT
GOES WITH WHAT I SAID AT THE
BEGINNING, IMPORTANT TO EMBRACE
THE LESSONS LEARNED MIND SET,
THERE WILL BE MISTAKES, JUST
EMBRACE IT AND SAY OKAY, WE WILL
MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS AND MOVE
FORWARD. MEP THROUGH MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL OR NEXT FISCAL
YEAR, NEXT BUDGET SEASON. BUT, I
THINK IF WE DO THAT AND IN
PARTNERSHIP BOTH WITHIN THE
PUBLIC SAFETY RELM AND THE POINT
THAT I WAS BRINGING UP EARLIER,
YOU KNOW, WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES. THAT IS WHETHER
WE WILL REALLY TAKE IT TO THE
NEXT LEVEL. THE PARTNERSHIP WITH
DIRECTOR KIM BEHIND YOU OR
DIRECTOR CHAN. I DON'T SEE HER,
SHE WAS HERE. ANY WAYS, I JUST
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK
YOU COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF YOUR
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND WITH THAT WE ARE GOING TO
TRANSITION INTO OUR NEXT
PRESENTATION, IF THE CLERK WOULD
LIKE TO READ THE SHORT TITLE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM NO. 4, HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT. OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, AS WE ARE MAKING
TRANSITIONS. FOR HOUSEKEEPING I
MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, DO
FOLKS, DO MY COLLEAGUES NEED A
THREE MINUTE RECESS?
>> YES.
>> WE ARE GOING TO GO IN, NO
OBJECTION WE WILL BE IN RECESS
UNTIL 2:50 P.M. SEATTLE CHANNEL
YOU CAN JUST STAY ON IF YOU
WANT.
.
>>> WITH THAT THE SEPTEMBER
29th, 2025 SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE EXACTLY BACK TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:54 P.M. AND I AM DAN
STRAUSS THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK CALL
THE ROLL?[ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> WITH THAT, WE HAVE ALREADY
READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4 INTO
THE RECORD. WE ARE STILL TRYING
TO ADDRESS SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES
TO GETS THE POWER POINT UP.
WHILE WE ARE DOING THAT I WILL
ASK DIRECTOR KIM TO INTRODUCE
HERSELF. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS
EVERYTHING IN LIFE OTHER THAN
EARLY LEARNING. IT USED TO ALSO
INCLUDE EARLY LEARNING. BUT,
FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE YOU CARE
FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR CITY.
AND THAT IS REALLY FROM YOUTH TO
AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABILITY,
LIVEABILITY, HOMELESSNESS,
PUBLIC HEALTH AND AGING
GRACEFULLY. WITH THAT, I AM
GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE OUR
TECHNICAL ISSUES RESOLVED
SHORTLY.
>> OKAY. INTRODUCE OURSELVES FOR
THE RECORD. I'M TANYA KIM.
>> I'M DEE DHLAMINI, CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT. DR. NOBLE TO THE
RESCUE, ONCE AGAIN. IT LOOKS
LIKE WE ARE UP AND RUNNING,
THANK YOU. MAN OF MANY TALENTS.
OKAY, THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS
AND SELECT COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
ACKNOWLEDGING MY CHAIR COMMITTEE
CHAIR, CHAIR JUAREZ. AS CHAIR
STRAUSS MENTIONED WE DO NOT HAVE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, A
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. THE
MISSION OF HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IS CONNECTING PEOPLE
WITH RESOURCES AND SOLUTIONS
DURING TIMES OF NEED. SO, ALL
RESIDENTS CAN LIVE, LEARN, WORK
AND TAKE PART IN STRONG AND
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. FUNDER AND
DIRECT AND SERVICE PROVIDER.
POPULAR. SEATTLE YOUTH PROGRAMS.
WE ARE A DEPARTMENT THAT WE WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT, AND I KNOW CHAIR
STRUASS KNOWS THIS WELL, HSD,
AGING DIVISION SERVES AS A
DESIGNATED CHAIR ON AGING,
COUNTY WIDE, KNOWN AS THE TRIPLE
A, THE FEDERAL DESIGNATION, OUR
WORKFORCE IS REALLY STRONG. WE
HAVE STRONG LEADERSHIP AND WE
WORK WITH ELIGIBLE ADULTS WITH
DISABILITIES AND SENIORS TO AGE
IN PLACE. KEEPING THEM SAFELY IN
THEIR HOMES, OUR PORTFOLIO AS
REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK IS
ORGANIZED BY SIX IMPACT AREAS.
LISTED ON THIS SLIDE. SO, IT IS
THE BREATH OF SERVICES EVERYONE
FROM YOUTH TO HEALTHY AGING THAT
I JUST MENTIONED. SO WITH THAT
WE PROUDLY AS A DEPARTMENT
PARTNER WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS,
MANY WHOM YOU HEARD FROM. SOME
OF IT WILL BE REDUNDANT. I WILL
DO MY BEST TO THREAD THE
CONVERSATION. I HAVE SEEN EVERY
PRESENTATION OR HAVE BEEN HERE.
AND, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ADDRESSING THE SEAMS WHEN
POSSIBLE WHETHER THAT OVERLAP
DOES COME UP, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE WE GOT YOU IN OUR HEADS
IN A GOOD WAY. AND, SO, WITH
THAT, WE ARE GOING TO FIRST
ALIGN WITH OUR MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET. HSD IS ALIGNED WITH
MAYOR HARRELL ON SEVERAL
PRIORITIES, WE WILL TALK ABOUT
EXPANDING HOLELESSNESS,
INCREASING INVESTMENT AND PUBLIC
SAFETY N THAT WORLD WE ARE
SUPPORTING CITYWIDE EFFORTS TO
INCREASE THIS WORK. THIRD, WHICH
I KNOW, TOP OF MIND FOR MANY
PEOPLE, FOOD AND NUTRITION
INCREASING ACCESS, NOT ONLY TO
FOOD BUT NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND
THEN NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC HEALTH.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE NEED FOR
SERVICES. WEEING TALK MORE BUT
HSD IS THE ONE BRINGING ONLINE A
LOT OF SERVICES WE ARE CALLING
FOR. SO, I AM GOING TO WALK US
THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
PRIORITY AREAS AND THE SPECIFIC
ADS WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. BEFORE
WE JUST JUMP RIGHT IN, DEE, OUR
CFO, WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF
OUR DEPARTMENT SO YOU GET A
GLANCE AT WHAT WE DO BY THE
NUMBERS AND GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW
OF OUR BUDGET.
>> THE MAYOR'S 2026 PROPOSED
BUDGET FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IS $432.2 MILLION.
THIS IS A 12% INCREASE. COMPARED
TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET. ON THE
FIRST TWO ROWS ON THIS SLIDE YOU
WILL NOTE INCREASES IN BOTH THE
GENERAL FUND AND OTHER FUND
SOURCES IN HSD'S BUDGET. WE
WILL REVIEW THE MAJOR ADDITIONS
TO OUR BUDGET THROUGHOUT THIS
PRESENTATION, WE ARE REALLY
PROUD TO PRESENT MAYOR HARELL'S
BUDGET FOR HSD AND IT IS ABLE TO
CREATE A BUFFER AGAINST THE
UNCERTAINTY FROM THE FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION. IN THE BOTTOM
ROW YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A
TOTAL INCREASE OF 10, FTE'S IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET COMPARED TO
THE 2025 ADOPTED BUDGET. THIS
INCREASE INCLUDES HEALTH 99,
CASE MANAGERS AND FTEs THAT
SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF
GRANT-FUNDED WORK FROM THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON. ON THIS SLIDE WE
DEMONSTRATE CHANGES FROM THE
2025 ADOPTED BUDGET IN THE
FOLLOWING IMPACT AREAS. IMPACT
AREAS BY THE WAY ARE REFLECTED
IN THE BUDGET BOOK AS A BUDGET
SUMMARY LEVEL. THE LARGEST
INCREASES ARE IN THE ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS, PROMOTING PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SUPPORTING SAFE
COMMUNITY IMPACT AREAS. HSDs 20s
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 4.2 MILLION
SUPPORTS 480.5 EMPLOYEES AND
HALF OF OUR WORKFORCE PROVIDES
DIRECT SERVICES IN THE AGING AND
DISABILITY SERVICES DIVISION,
MOSTLY MEDICAID-FUNDED CASE
MANAGERS AS PART OF THE TRIPLE-A
AS MENTIONED BY DIRECTOR KIM.
WHILE HSD SUPPORTS SERVICES
THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAM DIVISIONS
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES,
YOUTH AND FAMILY, HOMELESSNESS
THROUGH UCT, AND SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITIES, 80% OF OUR
BUDGET IS CONTRACTED OUT. HSD'S
BUDGET INCLUDES A VARIETY OF
REVENUE SOURCES WHICH YOU CAN
SEE LISTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF
THE SLIDE. MANY OF THE ADDITIONS
TO HSD'S PROPOSED BUDGET ARE
FUNDED BY REVENUES FROM THE
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BNO TAX
AND THE PROPOSED PUBLIC SAFETY
TAX THAT FALL UNDER THE GENERAL
FUND CATEGORY. YOU CAN SEE BY
THE WHEEL ON THE RIGHT THE
LARGEST COMPONENTS OF OUR BUDGET
SUPPORT ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS,
THAT IS 39% OF OUR BUDGET
HEALTHY AGING AT 90%. I WILL
PASS THE PRESENTATION BACK TO
DIRECTOR KIM TO REVIEW THE
CHANGES IN MORE DETAIL.
>> IN THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES I
WILL SHARE, REMIND US WHAT THE
PRIORITY AREA IS AND GO THROUGH
EACH OF THE ADS. I WILL NOT READ
EVERYTHING THAT IS ON THE TITLE
SIDE IF YOU WILL, BUT, WE WILL
THEN GO INTO THE ADS THEMSELVES,
THESE ARE JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS,
NOT ALL OF THE CHANGES IN OUR
BUDGET BECAUSE THERE ARE
SEVERAL. SO, FIRST, WE ARE GOING
TO START WITH ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS. HSD INVESTS IN
SERVICES TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS
AND SHELTER INDIVIDUALS.
MAJORITY EVER THE BUDGET GOES TO
KING COUNTY BUDGET HOMELESS
AUTHORITY. IT IS $169 MILLION AS
DEE JUST MENTIONED THAT IS 21.8%
HIGHER THAN THE 2025 ADOPTED
BUDGET. THIS AD BRINGS ONLINE
ADDITIONAL SHELTER BEDS,
SUPPORTS PEOPLE TO REMAIN HOUSED
AND PLANS FOR THE UNKNOWN UNDER
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND
INCLUDES INNOVATIVE PILOT. THE
FIRST AD TO HIGHLIGHT IS 7.8
MILLION OF ONGOING DOLLARS IN
GENERAL FUND TO OPEN AN
ADDITIONAL 155 SHELTER BEDS THAT
WILL BEGIN SERVING CLIENTS IN
2026. THIS ADD WILL HAVE SITE,
SITE DEVELOPMENT START UP COSTS
AND THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING
FUNDS. THIS INVESTMENT REFLECTS
THE CITY'S EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE
OUR SHELTERS ARE DESIGNED TO
MEET THE COMPLEX NEEDS OF
CLIENTS TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM
STABILITY. WRAPAROUND SERVICES
WILL BE A PART OF THE SHELTER'S
SUCCESS. SERVICES WILL INCLUDE
CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING
ASSISTANCE AND INTENSIVE
BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE
WHO SIGNIFICANT UNDERTREATED
CHALLENGES, FOR THOSE OF US THAT
HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE IT
DOES NOT WORK SO THIS IS A
COMMITMENT TO BUILDING ON THE
LESSONS LEARNED THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
THE NEXT IS RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
AS DISCUSSED IN LAST WEEK'S
PRESENTATION, PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT IS $4 MILLION FOR
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
BRINGING THE CITY'S TOTAL
FUNDING TO 11 .5 MILLION IN
2026. AS OUTLINED, QUOTE,
DELIVERING RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
UNQUOTE. AND IT WILL BE DUE TO
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, INTERVENE,
AND THREE, SUPPORTERS RENTERS
WITH STABILITY SUCH AS LATE
RENT, OR INCOME LOSS AND THIS AD
IS BACKED BY THE TAX AND WE
TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE FEDERAL
BRIEFINGS TENANT SERVICES
QUESTIONS RAISED. MAJORITY OF
THE FUNDS GO TO RENTAL
ASSISTANCE THE PROGRAMS ARE
DESIGNED TO OFFER MORE THAN JUST
THAT. CASE MANAGERS ENSURE
CLIENTS STAY IN THEIR HOUSE FOR
THE LONG-TERM, THIS INCLUDES
CREATING HOUSING STABILITY
PLANS, SEARCHING FOR MORE
AFFORDABL ALTERNATIVE HOUSING
OPTIONS. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT
SCBI WILL RETAIN THE LEGAL
SUPPORTS, THE LEGAL SYSTEMS.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE RESERVE FOR
SHELTER IN HOUSE. WE DISCUSSED
THIS AS WELL IN THE FEDERAL
RESPONSE BRIEFING. 9.35 MILLION,
1-TIME AD FOR AN APPROPRIATE
RESERVE. IT ENABLES THE CITY TO
BACKFILL LOST INVESTMENTS FOR
SHELTER AND EMERGENCY HOUSING
SHOULD WE NEED IT. AGAIN, I VIEW
IT AS A POTENTIAL EMERGENCY. IT
FEELS LIKE THE EMERGENCY IS
COMING. AND THIS RESERVE CAN
ENSURE THAT WE CAN IMMEDIATELY
ACT TO KEEP AS MANY PEOPLE
HOUSED AS POSSIBLE IF AND WHEN
WE NEED TO ADDRESS WHAT PLAY
COME. THIS FUNDING IS BACKED BY
THE PROPOSED B&O TAX. THE LAST
SLIDE REFLECTS SEATTLE'S
COMMITMENT TO KEEP PEOPLE
SHELTERED AND HOUSED RENTAL
ASSISTANCE IS IMPORTANT. WITH WE
NEED TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR
RENTAL UNITS. THE NEXT
INVESTMENT DEMONSTRATES
PARTNERSHIP. DOWNTOWN DSA IS
PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY
SOLUTIONS FOR A PILOT TO
INNOVATE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING
STAGES, INCLUDING DBA TO HAVE A
LOW-BARRIER SHELTER WITH OUT
REACH NAVIGATION. I WANT TO
THANK DSA FOR LEADERSHIP AND
DESIRE TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT OUR
UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS THROUGH THIS
PILOT.
>> THAT WAS OUR HOUSING AND
SHELTER, WE WILL PIVOT NOW TO
COMMUNITY SAFETY. AND THIS
HIGHLIGHTS A COUPLE DIFFERENT
ITEMS HERE AND FUND PROGRAMS TO
HELP REDUCE INCIDENTS OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING TRAUMA,
EXPERIENCES, TRAUMA, VIOLENCE
AND CRISIS THAT INCLUDES
SERVICES FROM ENDER GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE TO VICTIM SUPPORT. IN
2026, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
COMMUNITY SAFETY HSD IS $72
MILLION. 12.6 MILLION HIGHER
THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. ONE OF
THE THINGS THIS I KNOW WE TALKED
A LOT, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL
LISTENING TO THE CARE BRIEFING.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT LEAD AND
WBC, I WILL GO IN MORE DETAIL
AND I KNOW THERE WILL BE GREAT
QUESTIONS COMING AFTER MY
BRIEFING. SO, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE PROVIDED THIS COMMITTEE A
BRIEFING ON PUBLIC SAFETY SALES
TAX LAST WEEK ON THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 25th. YOU HEARD ABOUT
THE MAYOR'S SPEND PLAN, AND
THOSE ITEMS ARE IN HSD'S
BUDGET. IT WILL BEGIN WITH LEAD
AND WE DELIVER CARE. WDC
SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS BY
EMPLOYING AMBASSADORS IN
NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROVIDE THE
DAILY DEESCALATION PRESENCE AND
OFFER CARE AND SERVICE REFERRALS
TO THOSE SUFFERING WITH
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER. THEY
LIAISON WITH COMMUNITY
SUPPORTERS TO RESPOND TO THEIR
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AND SO
THIS AD FLRKS THE 2026 BUDGET
BRINGS THEIR TOTAL TO 3.47
MILLION. IT ALLOWS WDC TO
CONTINUE TO WORK ABOVE THE THIRD
ANNUAL DISTRICT. AS CHIEF PUBLIC
SAFETY OFFICER MENTIONED THE PDA
LEAD AND WDC OUTREACH CONTRACTS
ARE IN HER PORTFOLIO, MEANING
THAT, HER TEAM, ALSO, IN
COORDINATION WITH CARE OFFERS
THE OVERSIGHT POLICY DIRECTIONS,
STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND ALL OF
THE POLICY MEETINGS AND SO
FORTH, HSD ADMINISTERS THE
CONTRACTS FOR CONTRACT
ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES. IN
OTHER WORDS, WE HANDLE THE
INVOICES, THEY DEVELOP THE
CONTRACT THAT OUTCOMES AND
OVERSEE THE REPORTING. THE NEXT
PRIORITY THE NEXT PRIORITY IS
TOUCHING ON FOOD AND NUTRITION
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. SORRY TO
COUNCIL THAT THIS IS A LITTLE
BIT OF REPEAT. FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC, THE ONE-TIME ADS BRING
OUR TOTAL FOOD INVESTMENT TO $30
MILLION. 15.9% HIGHER THAN THE
2025 ADOPTIVE BUDGET. HSD
PROVIDES AN ARRAY OF INVESTMENTS
IN THE SERVICE AREA FROM FOOD
BANKS TO PREPARED MEALS TO MEAL
PROGRAMS TO OUR SUMMER FOOD
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AT YOUR
LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTER,
LIBRARIES AND OTHER NONPROFITS.
THIS ADD IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES $1 MILLION TO SUPPORT
PRE-MADE MEALS, THOSE ARE FOR
VARIOUS POPULATIONS, YOUTH,
SENIORS, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. SEPARATELY THERE
IS AN ADD FOR $3 MILLION FOR
FOOD BANKS, WE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT THIS AT THE FEDERAL
RESPONSE BRIEFING. FOOD BANKS
OVERRER AN ARRAY OF SERVICES
INCLUDED MOBILE FOOD AND
DELIVERY TO THOSE HOMEBOUND AND
REFERRAL AND CLINICS AND MUCH
MORE. THE FINAL AD WE WILL
HIGHLIGHT IS PUBLIC HEALTH.
STATE AND COUNTY ARE RESPONSIVE
FOR THE CORE-PUBLIC HEALTH
SYSTEMS IN OUR REGION, THE CITY
HAS INCREASED ITS INVESTMENTS TO
ENSURE OUR NEEDS ARE BEING MET.
WE CONTINUE TO FUND PUBLIC
HEALTH SEATTLE KING COUNTY AS A
DEPARTMENT. WE FUND THEM FOR
ENHANCED SERVICES. THIS YEAR WE
REDESIGNED THEIR CONTRACT FOR
GREATER ALIGNMENT WITH OUR
PRIORITIES. AND, AS YOU KNOW,
WITH BOTH COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE
ADS, HSD STARTED TO EXPAND
ACCESS TO BEHAVIOR HEALTH. WE
ARE CONTRACTING WITH PEOPLE
DIRECTLY OURSELVES. THIS TYPE OF
INVESTMENT WAS NEW TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO
THANK BOTH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
SPECIFICALLY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON, GOOD TIMING, FOR
EXPANDING OUR WORK IN THIS
DIRECTION, THIS ADD TOTALS $7.3
MILLION. THIS ADD TOTALS $7.35
MILLION AND BRINGING IT TO $33
MILLION. 28% HIGHER THAN OUR
2025 ADOPTIVE BUDGET. THIS WILL
BE FAMILIAR AS THEY WERE
INCLUDED IN LAST WEEK'S BRIEFING
OF PUBLIC SAFETY'S SALES TAX BY
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. YOU HEARD
DEPARTMENT CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICER SARA SMITH SPEAK
PASSIONATELY ABOUT THESE
INVESTMENTS, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
AND FIRST RESPONDERS TALKED
ABOUT THE LACK OF PLACES TO TAKE
PEOPLE. I HEARD QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT TODAY, WHEN THEY ARE IN
CRISIS AND THE NEED FOR
LONG-TERM CARE SUPPORTS, HSD
CONTINUES TO WORK TIRELESSLY. 2
.85 MILLION. LICENSED MENTAL
HEALTH SUPPORT. MANAGEMENT,
INTENSIVE IN-PATIENT SERVICES
FOR THOSE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDERS, THIS WILL BE A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY, WE NAMED SOME GOOD
PROVIDERS OUT THERE. WE PLAN TO
HAVE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL IN
2026 TO IDENTIFY THOSE
PROVIDERS. DSC ORC ASCENTERS
SPECIALIZED OUT REACH TEAM
REFERRED TO AS ORCA-POD. THAT
STANDS FOR -- PATIENT OUT REACH
DIVERSION. LITTLE CONTEXT, THEY
OPENED THE ORC ASCENTER LAST
MONTH AND HSD PROVIDED CAPITAL
SUPPORT. ORCA PROVIDES ACCESS TO
POST RECOVERY AND OFFERS
CONNECTIONS TO TREATMENT. THEIR
TEAM CAN START CLIENTS ON
MEDICATION FOR OPIOID. THEY ARE
WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON -- ADDITIONS AND THEY
ARE WORKING ON IT? THEY HAVE
RESEARCH BAKED IN. WITH THIS
ADD, ORCA-POD TAKES IT INTO
COMMUNITY, TAKE REGISTERED
NURSES TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY
ARE. YOU HAVE HEARD THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT, SOME OF YOU, THIS
ADD IS $1.8 MILLION IN PUBLIC
SAFETY SALES TAX REVENUE OF
1-TIME CAPITAL SUPPORT TO REOPEN
SEATTLE INDIAN THUNDERBIRD
CENTER. WE TALKED ABOUT THERE
CENTER IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT
BRIEFINGS. THIS 92-BED
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY
WILL OFFER EXHANDED BEHAVIORAL
SERVICES AND BEDS FOR PREGNANT
ADULTS, A RARE SERVICE PROVIDED.
THUNDERBIRD CENTER WILL
EMPHASIZE RECOVERY FROM
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER AND
CONNECTION WITH COMMUNITY AND
RECOVERY SERVICES INCLUDING
TRADITIONAL INDIAN MEDICINE. AND
IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE BUT
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. FOR ME, IT
WAS MOVING TO HEAR MAYOR
HARRELL'S ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE
TRIBAL SUMMIT ON SEPTEMBER 16th.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, I FEEL LIKE YOU WERE
REALLY IN YOUR ZONE. WONDERFUL
TO SEE YOUR LEADERSHIP SIDELINE
IN THAT SPACE AS WELL AS CHAIR
STRAUSS AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON WHO EXPRESSED SUPPORT IN
THIS INVESTMENT AREA. TRIBAL
NATION SUMMIT HOLDS THE CITY
DEPARTMENT'S A DOWN
APPRECIATION. YOU HEARD CHIEF
SPEAK RAPID FIRE OFF OF THE TOP
OF HIS HEAD, JUST HE HAS DATA
ALIGNED. HE MIGHT BE THE MOST
PROFICIENT SPEAKER OF ALL OF THE
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, TALK ABOUT
ADDS FOR HEALTH ONE, HEALTH 98,
HEALTH 99 AND THE REASONS WHY, I
WILL NOT GO THROUGH ALL OF THE
DATA BUZZ I AM NOT CHIEF
SCOGGINS BUT THIS AD IS ADD IS
FOR CASE MANAGERS. I WAS ASKED
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WHY DO WE
HAVE CASE MANAGERS AT HSD AND
SUPPORTING FIRE? WHY ARE THESE
POSITIONS NOT JUST IN FIRE?
THERE IS A DIRECT LINK WITH OUR
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES,
THE LONG-TERM CARE SUPPORT. MANY
OF THE FOLKS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
MEDICAID. SO, THERE IS A DIRECT
ACCESS TO NOT ONLY OUR INTERNAL
DATA BASE CONNECTING THEM TO THE
LONG-TERM CASE MANAGERS. SO,
THERE IS A NEXXUS THERE. WE ARE
PROUD TO PARTNER WITH THEM. AND
THEN, I BELIEVE, FINALLY,
SPECIAL MENTION TO FRANKLY THE
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE SEATTLE COALITION AND ALL OF
THE NONPROFIT PROVIDERS WHO
REALLY ASKED FOR FUNDERS, NOT
JUST THE CITY, THEY HAVE BEEN
GOOD ASKING ALL OF THE FUNDERS
TO STEP UP IN THIS SPACE. I WILL
MENTION SPANNING ALL OF OUR
CONTRACT PROVIDERS, REGARDLESS
OF THE INVESTMENT, MAYOR
HARRELL'S PROPOSED BUDGET, 7.5
MILLION FOR INFLATION AND WAGE.
I WILL SAY WHAT IT IS AND THEN
PLAIN LANGUAGE. 2.6 INCREASE. IT
IS FOR INFLATIONARY. 2% IS NEAR
NONINFLATION INCREASE. 2%, UNDER
SCORE THE 2% FOR
NON-INFLATIONARY. I WILL THANK
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR, IT IS
REALLY FOR WAGE EQUITY. AND
SINCE 2024 IT HAS BEEN A 4%
INCREASE. SO, WE ARE MANDATED TO
DO THE AWI INFLATIONARY INCREASE
FOR THE CONTRACTS, WE RECOGNIZE
THAT WAGES FOR LOTS OF REASONS
HAVE BEEN GENERALLY LOW IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES SECTOR. I THINK
ONE OF THE LESSONS THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC, WE BECAME CRYSTAL
CLEAR THAT THESE ARE WORKERS WHO
ARE BOTH HIGHLY SKILLED,
NECESSARY, ESSENTIAL SERVICES
AND A LOT OF THE WORK IS
PHYSICALLY DEMANDING. SO, IF AS
A CITY WE ARE EXPECTING HIGHER
RETENTION, RECRUITMENT, QUALITY
SERVICES WE NEED A SUPPORT
COMPETITIVE WAGES IN THIS
SECTOR. SO, I GUESS I WILL JUST,
WHILE I HAVE THE MICROPHONE,
THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR
YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT IN THIS. I
CALL ON OTHER FUNDERS ACROSS OUR
REGION TO DO THE SAME THING.
MANY OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS
HAVE MULTIPLE FUND SOURCES, SO,
THE CITY, NOT THE CITY'S BURDEN
ALONE. AND WITH THAT, CHAIR
STRAUSS, I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO
THANK THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TEAMS, OFFICERS, DR.
NOBLE FOR YOUR TECH SUPPORT AND
YOUR ANALYSIS. AND I KNOW
CENTRAL STAFF IS, WE ARE GETTING
A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WE ARE
GOING TO RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. CITY BUDGET OFFICE, I
DO HAVE TO BEING ACKNOWLEDGE MY
BOSS, CHAMPION OF OUR WORK AND
FINALLY, WE GOT NUMBERS IN
CHAMBER, I WANT TO THANK THE
INCREDIBLE WORKFORCE AT THE
HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT, ALL
400 PLUS OF OUR COLLEAGUES. MOST
OF THEM ARE DIRECT SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS,
THEY ALONG WITH OUR CONTRACT
PROVIDERS ARE THE BACKBONE. WE
HEARD FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDER
DEPARTMENTS ALL MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON. WHERE ARE WE
TAKING FOLKS AND WHO ARE PICKING
THEM UP. HSD IS WORKING AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO FILL THIS
GAP. WE ARE PROUD TO BE PARTNERS
IN SPACE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES AT THIS TIME I AM
GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR
QUESTIONS. I AM GOING TO STAND
IN FOR COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. SHE
STILL GETS THE NEW TITLE HERE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW,
AGAIN. IN THE AREAS OF
OPERATION, HSD PROVIDES SERVICES
FOR HUMANS IN THEIR YOUTH,
DURING ADULTHOOD, AS THEY ARE
AGING AND GETTING OLDER, REALLY,
EVERYTHING. AS I SAID, FINANCE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES IS
THE BACKBONE OF CITY OPERATIONS,
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS THE
BACKBONE OF SERVING HUMANS IN
OUR REGION. THAT GOES BEYOND
JUST YOU MENTIONED THE FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR THOSE COUNCILMEMBERS
WHO WERE HERE LAST YEAR, NOTING
THAT WE ARE PASS THROUGH. THERE
IS NOT ANY GENERAL FUND USED TO
SERVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY
AND WE ARE THAT AGENCY THAT
PROVIDES FEDERAL SERVICES TO
PEOPLE ALL OVER KING COUNTY.
WITH THAT I WILL HOLD MY
QUESTIONS BECAUSE COLLEAGUES,
Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ASKING
QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ON MY
LIST SO IT MAKES MY LIFE EASIER.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, NEW HAND
OR OLD HAND?
>> I WILL BE BACK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON
FOLLOWED BY RINCK.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
CHAIR. THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL
FOR BEING HERE. I HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS. AND MY QUESTIONS MAY
COME ACROSS AS CHALLENGING OR
CONFRONTATIONAL. AND I APOLOGIZE
FOR THAT UP FRONT. IF THERE IS
CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE
ONE-ON-ONE I WELCOME THAT. IF
THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THINGS I
WILL BRING UP THAT YOU CAN NOT
RESPOND TO RIGHT NOW. FIRST ONE
OF WHICH, GETTING BACK TO
SOMETHING THAT I ASKED ABOUT IN
A PREVIOUS SESSION HAD TO DO
WITH CERTAIN CONTRACTS, WHY ARE
THEY IN HSD AS OPPOSED TO IN
CARE? WHERE IT SEEMS TO BE MORE
OF AN ALIGNMENT. AS I AM LOOKING
AT ITEM OF BUDGET ITEM FOR THE
MEDICARE TEAM OF 5.6, THAT IS IN
YOUR BUDGET BUT IT IS BEING OR
LOOKING TO MOVE IT OUT OF HSD
INTO THE UCT BUCKET? BY ITSELF?
IS THAT JUST TO TRANSFER FUNDS?
I AM WONDERING TALKING ABOUT
CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ALREADY PAID
FOR, ARE WE PAYING FOR THEM
DOUBLE?
>> I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THE
FIRST QUESTION THAT IS CLEAR TO
ME, WHY CONTRACTS ARE HSD. I AM
UNCLEAR ABOUT THE SECOND HALF OF
YOUR QUESTION AND HAPPY TO
FOLLOW UP OFF LINE JUST SO I AM
CLEAR. THE FTEs THAT WE HAVE ARE
FOR HSD. THERE ARE TIMES WHERE
OUR STAFF WORK IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH OTHERS. SO, FOR HEALTH 99,
HEALTH 1, HEALTH 98, THOSE ARE
CASE MANAGERS THAT ARE
CO-LOCATED WITH FIRE AND GO OUT
WHETHER THEY ARE DISPATCHED OR
AS THE FOLLOW UP CARE. THE
REASON WE HAVE CASE MANAGERS
THERE, DIRECT LINK TO OUR AGING
SERVICES DIVISION. THEY HAVE
INTERNAL ACCESS TO DATA BASES
AND NOTES AND ALL OF THAT GOOD
STUFF. SOMETHING SPECIFIC I AM
HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE OTHER POSITIONS THAT
ARE ADDED SUPPLEMENTAL. THIS
ALLOWS IT TO BE ONGOING. AND
THOSE ARE THROUGH MEDICAID
BECAUSE WE OFFER CASE MANAGEMENT
SUPPORTS. GOING BACK TO THE
FIRST QUESTION, THE QUESTION,
THE ONE, I AM GOING TO DEVIATE A
LITTLE BIT. GOING OFF SCRIPT,
SORRY DIRECTOR EDER. SO, A
COUPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT
DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS IT HAS
BEEN -- THE COUNTY HAS BEEN
REFERRED TO. AND THEIR AUDIT AND
THINKING HOW OUR DEPARTMENTS, I
KNOW IT IS NOT TARGETED TO HSD,
HOW ARE OUR DEPARTMENTS BEING
ACCOUNTABLE. ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I KNOW AND DEE AND I HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR THREE
YEARS, DR. NOBLE CAN SPEAK TO
THIS BEFORE IN HIS TIME IN
DIFFERENT ROLES, BUT HSD'S
FUNCTIONS ARE A FUNDER AND
DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDER. TO BE A
FUNDER AND TO DO IT WELL IS TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE INTERNAL
CONTROLS THAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY,
YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE WITH
AUDITING, FINANCIAL PRACTICES
AND ALL OF THE POLICY AND
PROCEDURES IN PLACE. WE HAVE THE
GRANTS AND CONTRACT SPECIALIST
AND THE UNITS WHO ARE DESIGNED
TO SUPERVISE AND TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY ARE DOING THE REVIEW
THAT WE, THAT IT IS IS MORE EVER
A FUNCTIONAL BREAD AND BUTTER
THAT WE OFFER. SO, WITH
CONTRACTS LIKE LEAD, CO-LEAD AND
WDC WE KNOW THAT IS PUBLIC
SAFETY AND IT SHOULD BE CLOSELY
ALIGNED. AND I HAVE BEEN IN
NUMEROUS MEETINGS AND HAVE
PASSED OFF MANY OF THE
DECISION-MAKING, MOST OF IT, TO
CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER
NATALIE WARTON ANDERSON. THROUGH
HER AND DEPUTY SMITH AND OTHERS
THAT IS VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH
CARE AND THOSE OPERATIONS. SO,
WE ADMINISTER THE CONTRACTS FOR
EFFICIENCIES WE ARE DOING THEM A
SOLID BECAUSE WE HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ABSORBED THE
WORK. SOMETIMES TO BE FRANK WE
ARE ASKED TO DO CONTRACTS
BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT QUICKLY AND
EFFECTIVELY. LEADERSHIP TO DO
IT. WE KNOW IT IS NOT OUR ROLE
TO DETERMINE HOW IT WORKS IT IS
THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND THEY
ARE TAKING UP ON THAT. THERE WAS
A QUESTION ASKED ABOUT WHAT ARE
THE OUT COMES? THEY ARE THE ONES
LEADING IN THAT SPACE. I JUST
WANTED TO OFFER THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS,
CHAIR, IF YOU WILL INDULGE ME. I
AM LOOKING AT, PREPARING YOU FOR
SUCCESS, $16.6 MILLION IN THE
BUCKET, FAMILY SUPPORT $9.6 FOR
YOUTHMENT WHAT IS THAT? WHAT --
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. WHAT IS THAT?
WHAT IS IN THAT BUCKET?
>> I DID A SHOUT OUT TO
COUNCILMEMBER MERCEDES RINCK
RECALLER, ONE IS SEATTLE YOUTH
PROGRAM, DURING THE SUMMER WE
HIRE A COUPLE HUNDRED YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR
INTERNSHIP. WE PAY THEIR WAGES
AND SUPPORT TO SUPERVISORS AND
THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE
INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS. IT IS A
WONDERFUL SERVICE. OFTENTIMES
THAT IS THEIR FIRST ENTRY INTO
LAUNCHING INTO A JOB AND BEING
EXPOSED TO POSITIONS THAT THEY
WOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO. AND I
THINK WE ARE GREAT VESSEL TO
CHANNEL THAT 50 PLUS-YEAR-OLD
PROGRAM. IT IS OLDER THAN ME.
OTHER FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS
AND OTHERS SUPPORTING THE
SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL TO ALLOW YOUNG
PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO
RESOURCE THEY NEED AND THRIVE.
IT IS PREVENTATIVE
>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT.
NOW FOR THE THINGS THAT MAY GET
UNCOMFORTABLE. I AM LOOKING AT
THE HOMELESS BUCKET I AM LOOKING
AT EXPENDITURES AND CITY MANAGER
OF HOMELESS PROGRAMS, 2024, AT
$12.6 MILLION, 2026 IS $36.
LOOKING AT A THREE FOLD INCREASE
IN THE AMOUNT OF CITY MANAGED
HOMELESS PROGRAMS. WE ARE
SPENDING MORE MONEY AND WE ARE
STILL, WE ARE SEEING WHAT
APPEARS TO BE AN INCREASE IN THE
PROBLEM OF THE FOLKS ON THE
STREET. NOT ONLY THAT I LOOK AT
THE.
>> 161 MILLION THIS YEAR AND
$169 MILLION NEXT YEAR, WHAT
DOES IT PRODUCE FOR US? HAVING
DISCUSSION ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
I THINK IT IS FAIR AND
RESPONSIBLE FOR US TO ASK WHAT
ARE WE SPENDING, WHAT ARE WE
SPENDING IT ON IN AND WHAT ARE
THE OUT COMES OF WHAT WE SPENT?
AND I AM LOOKING AT THE INCREASE
OF SPENDING ON HOMELESSNESS, IN
THE HOMELESSNESS BUCKET. HOW
MUCH HOUSING HAVE WE BUILT FOR
THOSE FOLKS, HOW MANY FOLKS HAVE
WE GOTTEN OFF OF THE STREET? HOW
MANY IN TREATMENT? HOW MANY TINY
VILLAGES HAVE WE STOOD UP
ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT IDEAL IT IS
STILL A ROOF, WALLS AND A LOT.
IT IS BETTER THAN SOMEBODY BEING
IN A TENT NEXT TO A SCHOOL. SO,
IN, THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, I
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. CAN WE
SHOW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
MONEY WE ARE SPENDING ON
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE. AND THAT
IS THE STREET CLEANUPS AND THE
TRASH AND MOVING PEOPLE FROM ONE
SIDE TO THE OTHER WITHOUT
ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THEM AND
THEIR NEEDS. AND, AGAIN, IF YOU
WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION,
ONE-ON-ONE, HAPPY TO DO IT.
THERE IS WHERE MY BRAIN IS GOING
WHETHER I AM LOOKING AT HOW MUCH
MONEY WE ARE SPENDING AND WHAT
WE ARE GETTING FOR WHAT WE ARE
SPENDING.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY
APPRECIATE, AGAIN, ABOUT GOING
LAST, AFTER THE PUBLIC SAFETY
BRIEFINGS IS WHERE ARE PEOPLE
GOING? AND, THE DESIRE TO HAVE
THE APPROPRIATE TYPES OF HOUSING
THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO ACCEPT.
AND, SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH SHELTER SPACES,
RIGHT NOW, IN THIS BUDGET
REFLECTING THIS COMMITMENT TO
EXPANDING THAT. AND NOT ONLY
EXPANDING IT, EXPANDING IT IN
THE WAYS THAT ARE DESIRABLE THAT
PEOPLE WANT TO NOT ONLY SAY YES
TO, BUT, AND, THEY HAVE THE
SERVICES THAT ARE MORE ENHANCED.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE WHERE
IT IS JUST YOUR BASIC
OPERATIONS. THEY ARE GOING TO BE
ENHANCED SERVICES THAT COST A
LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY. WE WANT
PROVIDERS TO DO BETTER AND WE DO
HAVE TO INVEST IN THAT WHATEVER
THAT DO BETTER MEANS, SO, WE
HEARD FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, CHIEF,
NAME A CHIEF, IF THEY RECEIVE
ANY LEVEL OF DETOX OR TREATMENT
IF THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLK THAT
WE KNOW ARE SERVING OFFICIALLY
IN THAT INITIAL TRIAGE ARE
HOMELESS, THEY WILL NOT BE
SUCCESSFUL IF THEY DON'T HAVE A
SAFE PLACE TO REST THEIR HEAD.
AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY HAVE THE
SERVICES TO CONTINUE THAT,
INCLUDING MEDICATION AND ONGOING
MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SUPPORT.
IT WILL, IT -- WE ARE CREATING A
REVOLVING DOOR. SO, THIS ADD, IT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THAT. IT
IS A LENGTHY CONVERSATION, I
WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF
THINGS. SO, ONE IS, THE SHELTER
FOCUSED ON PROVIDING INTENSITY
AND HOW IT SUPPORTS AND THE
OTHER IS FOR SHELTERS THAT HAVE
WRAPAROUND. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU
A LITTLE MORE FLAVOR TO THAT,
MODELED AROUND IT, PROVING TO BE
EFFECTIVE. AND THE CENTER IS
JUST WITH ENHANCED SHELTERS.
AND, I HAVE DONE VISITS AND
PLANE OF YOU HAVE, TOO, BUT,
MANY OF THEM HAVE DETOX, MEDICAL
SUPPORT, THEY HAVE ALSO ACCESS
TO ORCA SO THERE IS A SEAMLESS
TRANSITION. OUR SHELTER THAT WE
ARE INVESTING IN IS MODELED
AFTER THAT, WE NEED MORE OF
THAT. THE OTHER, THE TWO
SHELTERS THAT WILL SERVE
UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS, THEY
ARE GOING TO PROVIDE CASE
MANAGEMENT AND HOUSING TO
SUPPORT LONG-TERM STABILITY
THESE ARE FOLKS WITH MAYBE LESS
OF THOSE ISSUES BUT ACKNOWLEDGE
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PLACES AND
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE BRINGING
ONLINE. AND THEN A MAJOR
INVESTMENT TO HAVE MORE
LONG-TERM HOUSING OPTIONS.
AGAIN, YOU JUST MADE THE POINT
FOR ME. IT IS, IF WE HAVE,
UNIFIED CARE TEAM GOING OUT AND
TELLING PEOPLE YOU CAN NOT BE
HERE. YET, WE HAVE NO PLACE FOR
THEM TO GO, THEN WHAT? RIGHT? WE
HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE FOLKS
CAN GO. THERE NEED TO BE
SUPPORTS BUILT IN. YOU CAN NOT
JUST SAY, HERE IS YOUR KEY, GOOD
LUCK. THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND
OF ONGOING SUPPORT TO, YOU KNOW,
FOR THOSE FOLKS. THAT IS REALLY
WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. AND FINAL
QUESTION BEFORE I YIELD IS, WHAT
IS GETTING IN THE WAY, RIGHT
NOW, OF US DEPLOYING MORE TINY
HOMES THROUGHOUT THE CITY?
>> SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE
QUESTION.
>> WHAT IS GETTING IN THE WAY
FOR US RIGHT NOW BUILDING MORE
TINY HOMES IN THE CITY?
>> OH, WELL, IT IS REALLY SITE,
PROPERTY, AVAILABLE LAND.
>> DOES THE CITY HAVE AVAILABLE
LAND TO STAND SOME OF THESE UP?
>> IT IS LIMITED.
>> OKAY.
>> AND IT IS LIMITED AND I AM
HAPPY TO TALK OFFLINE ABOUT SOME
OF THE PROGRESS BUT IT IS -- IF
YOU HAVE ANY PRIVATE, IF THERE
ARE CHURCHES, OR THERE IS
ANYTHING WE ARE MISSING WE
WELCOME THAT CONVERSATION BUT I
WILL SAY THAT THIS IS MY
BRIEFING AND RESPOND TO THIS, WE
INVEST HEAVILY IN THEM. I RELY
ON THEM TO BE IN THAT SPACE,
THEY DO THESE FUNDS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT, THEY ARE GOING
OVER TO KHRA, THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING THE
TINY HOME VILLAGES AND GOOD
NEIGHBOR AND ALL OF THOSE
THINGS. I CAN SPEAK TO OUR
EXPECTATION BUT WE HAVE TO DO
THAT IN PARTNERSHIP. SO, I
NEGLECTED TO UNDER SCORE THAT.
>> I WILL WEIGH IN. TALKING
ABOUT HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
$125 MILLION OF CITY FUNDING
THAT SUPPORTS KCHRA'S WORK,
OPERATING TINY HOME VILLAGES AND
OTHER SHELTER. WE HAVE MADE
INVESTMENTS IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WOULD
INCREASE THE BASE LEVEL OF
FUNDING SO THAT THEY CAN EXPAND
THE AMOUNT OF NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO CAN BE ACCOMMODATED THROUGH
THAT, THOSE SHELTER
OPPORTUNITIES. HAPPY TO ANSWER
OTHER QUESTIONS, DON'T KNOW IF
I AM GOING TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT
OF WHERE YOU ARE TRYING TO GO
TO.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW I THINK THIS
IS HIGHLIGHTING THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PORTION FOR US.
IF WE ARE GIVING THAT KIND OF
CHEDDAR I WANT TO KNOW THE
RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT AND
EFFECTIVENESS ON IT. WHAT ARE
THE OUTCOMES. ARE WE GETTING
WHAT WE ARE INVESTING IN? THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON. AS CHAIR OF THE
FINANCIAL COMMITTEE. THEY ARE
THE HOLDER OF ALL CITY LANES,
THEY BEAR THE OWNERS. I SCOURED
THE SURPLUS LAND. I SCOURED
EVERY PIECE OF LAND THAT I FOUND
THAT THE CITY OWNS AND IF THERE
WERE AN EASY SITE WE WOULD OF
ALREADY USED IT. SO, AND THAT IS
IS ALSO PART EVER THE CALL THAT
I MADE EARLIER THIS WEEK ON THEY
NEED TO PUT UP THE MONEY OR THE
LAND. WE ARE ALREADY DOING 80%
OF THE WORK. WITH THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, KETTLE,
SAKA AND JUAREZ AND ME IF WE ALL
SPEAK FOR 10 MINUTES WE WILL BE
OUT BY 5:00.
>> BEFORE I START, I WANT TO
GROUND US IN THE 2024 POINT IN
TIME COUNT NUMBERS THAT FOUND IN
A GIVEN MOMENT IN KING COUNTY,
16,868 PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. THESE ARE OUR
NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS,
WORKERS IN OUR COMMUNITY,
STUDENTS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
BRING THEM INSIDE INTO SAFETY
AND PARTICULARLY IN THIS MOMENT
WHETHER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IS NOW NOW NOT TAKING CARE EVER
OUR NEIGHBORS, WE NEED TO STEP
UP AND SERVE EVERYONE. I AM
ENCOURAGED TO SEE NEW
INVESTMENTS IN EXPANDING OUR
SHELTER CAPACITY FOR THESE
ADDITIONAL 155 BEDS. AND, I HAVE
A COUPLE QUESTIONS BECAUSE FOLKS
MAY KNOW, I SPENT A LOT OF MY
CAREER WORKING IN HOUSING AND
HUMAN SERVICES. I WANT TO
QUICKLY TAKE US BACK TO LAST
YEAR. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
CITY ALSO INVESTED IN TWO NEW
SHELTERS IN 2025. IS THAT
CORRECT? DID WE AWARD THE
CONTRACTS AND ARE THE SHELTERS
ONLINE ? --
.
>> SORRY TO JUMP IN ON THE
QUESTION. SINCE YOU ASKED IT AND
I WAS LOOKING AT YOU, MY TEAM
WORKED THIS LAST YEAR. SO, WE
GOT NEW SHELTERS WORKING WITH
THE COUNTY. UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT
NOW, THE FUNDING HAS HAPPENED,
HSD, THE MONEY HAS GONE OUT,
THEY WENT OUT WITH THE BID AND
THEY GOT IT. ONE IS GOING TO
LAKE CITY. THE SECOND ONE, THE
COUNTY HAS DECIDED TO GO SOUTH
SOMEWHERE, A BIT OF A PROBLEM.
WE ARE LOOKING TO ADDRESS OUR
SEATTLE PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES
AND HOUSING AND HOMELESS
CHALLENGES AND PLACING IT SO
OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS IS A
CHALLENGE PARTICULARLY BECAUSE
LOCATION THAT WE HAD FELL
THROUGH BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS AT
THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER
HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT
CITING. IT GOES BACK TO --
CITING, IT GOES BACK TO CHAIR'S
QUESTION. I AM WORKING ON IT TO
GET IT UNSTUCK. WE NEED A GOOD
SITE FOR THE SECOND ONE. I JUST
HAPPEN TO BE, SORRY, DIRECTOR,
KIM TO JUMP IN ON THAT.
>> NO, I LOVE THAT. AND ACTUALLY
I WELCOME FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
SUPPORT ON THE GOVERNING BOARD
TO CHIME IN. SO, THE FUNDS WENT
TO THEM AND THEY DID
QUALIFICATIONS AND THEN IT WAS
AWARDED. OLYMPIC HILLS IS ONE OF
THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY ARE
MOVING FORWARD WITH AND THAT
SHOULD BE ONLINE IN DECEMBER.
AND, THE OTHER ONE WE ARE
WORKING ON LAND.
>> UNDERSTOOD, THANK YOU ALL FOR
WEIGHING IN ON THIS POINT.
APPRECIATE IT. I AM GLAD WE HAVE
FOLKS HANDS ON FOR EACH OF THESE
PROJECTS. I ASK IT FOR WHAT IS
IN THE PIPELINE AND GROWING AND
IT BRINGS ME NOW TO THE TWO
ADDITIONAL SITES, CAN YOU UNPACK
A BIT WHO IS SHAPING THE RFP FOR
THAT PROJECT. I UNDERSTAND WE
WILL ADMINISTER IT. WHAT IS THE
PROCESS FOR SHAPING THAT RFP
SHOULD IT GO FORWARD AND WHAT
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WITH THE
PROPOSED PROJECTS?
>> WELL, WE USUALLY JUST OFFER
THEM DIRECTION. IF THEY, THEY DO
ALL OF THE FULL PLANNING AND
ADMINISTRATING AND THE
CONTRACTING.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
>> AT THIS POINT I HOPE WE ARE
ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AND
ENSURING THESE INVESTMENTS ARE
IN LINE WITH THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
I KNOW THAT PLAN IDENTIFIED THE
SCALING ACROSS THE BOARD OF
DIFFERENT KIND OF HOUSING TYPES.
SO, HOPEFUL THAT HSD IS ALSO
ALIGNING AND IN CONVERSATION
WITH THEM ABOUT MAKING SURE THIS
INVESTMENT IS IN LINEMENT WITH
THE PLAN?
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE NOT
DEVIATING AT THIS TIME
>> DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF IF
APPROVED WHAT IS THE TIME LINE
FOR THE RFP?
>> OUR EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT
IT IS IN 2026. YEAH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND MOVING US FROM HOMELESS
BRIEFLY FOR A SECOND, I AM
WONDERING, CITY OF SEATTLE AND
HSD PROVIDE SUPPORT TO 211?
>> WE HAVE A CRISIS CONNECTIONS
CONTRACT. 411, AND REFERRAL
SERVICES AND WE CAN GIVE YOU
DETAILS IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT.
>> CERTAINLY. I AM WONDERING
ABOUT THE LEVEL OF CONNECTION,
THEY ARE A GREAT RESOURCE, WE
DIRECT FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO
CALL WHEN THEY ARE IN NEED OF
SUPPORT. LOOKING TO THEM AS A
RESOURCE TO UNDERSTAND LEVEL OF
NEED AND COMMUNITY. IT IS
SOMETHING THAT I AM INTERESTED
IN. AND, TAKING US TO, ALSO, BE
THE INVESTMENTS IN WAGE EQUITY
AND INFLATIONARY INCREASES FOR
HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS, IN MY
CONVERSATIONS IT IS A TOP
PRIORITY REPORTEDLY BROUGHT TO
MY OFFICE. OUR SOCIAL SERVICES
PROVIDERS DESERVE TO BE PAID
WHAT THEY ARE WORTH FOR THE
CRITICAL WORK THEY DO AND I KNOW
THAT THE U-DUB WAGE HIGHLIGHTED
IT.
>> AND COME SERVE OUR UNHOUSED
NEIGHBORS. AND I THINK IT IS A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION EVEN
THOUGH IT IS NOT IN THE LEVEL TO
REMEDY THIS CHALLENGE. CAN YOU
HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE WERE
ABLE TO MAKE THIS PROPOSAL
INCREASE HAPPEN. WHERE IS THAT
COMING FROM. THAT MIGHT BE FROM
DIRECTOR EDER.
>> THE, THE 2% CONTRACT WAGE
INFLATION IS PEGGED TO CPI. AND,
SO, THAT, THAT GETS RE--
CALCULATED? THE OTHER 2% IS THE
MAYOR'S ADDITION THAT IS THE
DISTRICT WAGE EQUITY INCREASE TO
THE HSD BUDGET FOR COMMUNITY
PROVIDERS.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. IT IS
JUST -- IT IS PART OF THE
GENERAL FUND INVESTMENTS THAT
ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET THAT MONEY COULD HAVE
BEEN SPENT ON ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
THE 2.6% THAT IS TIED TO
INFLATION IS CITY LAW. WITHOUT A
CHANGE TO CITY LAW THAT IS
REQUIRED IN THE BUDGET. BRINGING
IT UP TO A 4.6%. CONTRACT. AND
MOVING THIS ALONG. OF COURSE,
EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW INVESTED
PROPOSAL IN FOOD. I NOTICED THAT
OUR FOOD INVESTMENTS ARE MARKED
AS ONE TIME ADDS RATHER THAN
ONGOING, CAN YOU TELL US WHY
THEY ARE DISTINGUISHED IN THAT
WAY?
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO JUMP IN
ON THAT. THE FOOD INVESTMENTS
THAT I THINK YOU ARE REFERRING
TO ARE THE 10.3 MILLION OF
INVESTMENTS, THAT IS PART OF THE
FEDERAL RESPONSE THAT THE CITY
IS DOING, ASSUMING VOTERS
SUPPORT B&O PACKAGE OF CHANGES.
THE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
UNKNOWNS WITH WHAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO
FOLLOW-THROUGH WITH IN TERMS OF
THREATS, PROMISES, PLANS,
HOWEVER YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT
IT, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
TRIED TO DO HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY
THE COURTS. OTHERS HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED TO PROCEED. WE WANTED TO
TAKE A BEAT AND SEE WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THE COMING
YEAR. SO, WE MADE THE
INVESTMENTS ONE TIME-INVESTMENTS
IN THE FEDERAL RESPONSE BUDGET
FOR THE MOST PART. INCLUDING ALL
OF THE FOOD INVESTMENTS. WE
HAVE, NONETHELESS, KEPT THE 2027
AND BEYOND FINANCIAL PLAN
ASSUMPTIONS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
FACT THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME
LEVEL OF ONGOING INVESTMENTS.
SO, THAT, THAT MONEY DOES NOT
JUST DISAPPEAR. IT IS NOT JUST
SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED FOR THAT
FOOD INVESTMENT THAT YOU ARE
ASKING ABOUT. IT COULD BE
CONTINUED. WE WILL REEVALUATE IN
CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR OVERSIGHT
WHEN WE PROPOSE THE 2027-2028
BUDGETS.
>> UNDERSTOOD, THANK YOU. I JUST
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT POINT.
ON THE SLIDES IT WAS ONE OF THE
ONLY ONES MARKED AS ONE-TIME. I
WANTED TO UNPACK THAT FOR A
SECOND. AND, I WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT, I UNDERSTAND WE ARE
HOLDING STEADY ON GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE AND SENIOR SERVICES, NO
ADDITIONAL PROPOSED INVESTMENTS,
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND
FROM THE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE IN A
CONSTRAINED BUDGET AND WE ARE
TRACKING THE FEDERAL LEVEL. CAN
YOU SPEAK TO HOW THE DEPARTMENT
IS UNDERSTANDING IMPACTS IN
THESE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT WE
SHOULD BE AWARE OF, THINKING OF
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE SERVICES
AND SERVICES SERVING OUR AGING
POPULATION.
>> WELL, WE HAVE A CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP WITH VARIOUS
COALITIONS AND REVIEW DATA. WE
KNOW THERE ARE FUNDING
REDUCTIONS WITH THE FEDERAL AND
STATE LEVEL SO WE ARE TRACKING
THAT CLOSELY. WE DID RECEIVE A
$2 MILLION NEW ADD, ONGOING ADD
IN 2025 FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
AND THAT IS NEW AND WE ARE JUST
NOW CONTRACTING THAT AND IT
EXPANDS THE PORTFOLIO. IN
MONITORING, WE ARE TAKING A LOOK
AT THE IMPACTS OF OUR NEW
INVESTMENTS AS WELL AND KEEP A
CLOSE EYE ON IT.
>> FABULOUS, THANK YOU. MY LAST
QUESTION, THIS PROPOSED BUDGET
ADDS SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR
IMPORTANT SERVICES I THINK WE
CAN ALL AGREE TO. I AM THINKING
ABOUT, THEN, UNDERSTANDING THAT
TIMELY CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
COMPLIANCE CHECKS AND OVERSIGHT
ARE IMPORTANT. SO, WHAT WAYS DO
YOU NEED TO STAFF UP TO SUPPORT
THE GROWTH AND SUPPORT THE
EXECUTION OF THESE CONTRACTS?
>> IN WHAT WAYS DO WE NEED TO
STAFF UP?
>> CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION.
>> YES, IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET,
THERE ARE EXPANSIONS TO SERVICES
THAT TRANSLATE TO EXPANSIONS OF
CONTRACTS, SO, MY QUESTION IS DO
YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO ENSURE
THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE PROPER
OVERSIGHT AND SO ON?
>> OH, THANK YOU, THAT IS AN
EASY ONE. YES, WE HAVE WHAT WE
NEED RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF THE
DOLLARS, AGAIN, ARE PASS THROUGH
FOR EXAMPLE CKRHA, CONTRACTS
THAT WERE ONE TIME THIS YEAR,
NEW CONTRACTS WILL COME ON. MY
RESPONSIBILITY TO RECALIBRATE
THAT. IF WE FIND OURSELVES WHERE
WE ARE AT OR OVER CAPACITY, I
WILL ASK FOR WHAT I NEED. IT IS,
IT IS RIGHT NOW WE ARE OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
>> AND THAT IS IMPORTANT, AGAIN,
GOING BACK TO WHAT THE AUDITOR
HAD FOR OUR PARTNER OF HUMAN
SERVICES. IT WAS A DING ON NOT
HAVING ENOUGH STAFF OR OVERSIGHT
TRAINING ET CETERA. WE ARE
MINDFUL OF THAT, THANK YOU.
>> UNDERSTOOD, THANK YOU, YES,
THAT IS THE SOURCE OF THAT EXACT
POINT. THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK
YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, A COUPLE MORE HANDS,
HOLLINGSWORTH AND I KNOW I WILL
ADD RIVERA BECAUSE WE JUST
CHATTED. I HAVE TAKEN MY HAND
DOWN THAT IS STILL ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR, FIVE, POTENTIALLY
SIX OF US. EACH OF US SPEAKING
FOR 10 MINUTES WITH WE WILL BE
OUT OF HERE AT 5:00 P.M. TIME
CHECK THERE. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. I
JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW,
WELCOME OUR HSD. A NEW AREA FOR
ME. I WILL ADMIT MY YEAR ONE WAS
DEFINITELY PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT
SINCE WE HAVE SHIFTED, AS YOU
KNOW. SO, BECAUSE OF TIME I WILL
MAKE A FEW STATEMENTS AND MAYBE
ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMUNITY
SAFETY BRIEF. I STARTED THIS
SOMEWHAT WITH THE IDEA OF
NEIGHBORHOOD, SCHOOL, SAFETY,
THOSE KINDS OF PIECES, AND THE
WE DELIVER CARE. SO IT IS GREAT
TO GET TO THIS SPACE BECAUSE
THIS IS THAT SCENE POINT AS I
TALK ABOUT BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY
AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES. SO, I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING THAT YOU
GAVE TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE AND I APPRECIATE
BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
THAT KEEP REFERRING TO THE KING
COUNTY AUDIT. THESE ARE THE
THINGS, WE ASKED THE QUESTION
AND YOU MADE YOUR STATEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT WAS
IMPORTANT. AND, THAT IS PART OF
THE ENGAGEMENT WE NEED TO HAVE
AS WELL. SO, THANK YOU. LOOKING
AT THERE AND WORKING THE PUBLIC
SAFETY PIECE, DIVERSION CAPACITY
IS HUGE. STAR CENTER, DIFFERENT
PIECES, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO
SHELTERS IT GOES TO SHOW HOW I
HAVE BEEN JUMPING IN WITH BOTH
FEET INTO THE HOUSING PIECE AND
GETTING INTO THE WEEDS, WE ARE
WORKING IT, COUNCILMEMBER,
RINCK, DON'T WORRY, I WILL
PHOTOCOPY UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, DON'T
WORRY, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU
ON THAT. AND, MY QUESTION ON
THERE IS GOING TO BE RELATED TO
NOT SO MUCH THE DRUG OR
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SIDE OF
THINGS BUT ON THE, COMING OUT OF
THE SOUP, THE PROSTITUTION SIDE.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED CAPACITY. I
READ A EMAIL OR LETTER OR LETTER
WITHIN A EMAIL TALKING ABOUT THE
AWARDING OF CONTRACTS, WE WILL
GIVE THE CONTRACT THIS THESE
ORGANIZATIONS, ONE THAT WAS NOT
GIVEN ANY FUNDS TO IS THE MORE
WE LOVE. AND, SO, MY QUESTION TO
YOU IS, WHEN THEY MAKE A
DETERMINATION WHO DO THEY DO THE
OUTREACH TO? HOW DO THEY MAKE
THAT DECISION? THE REASON WHY I
ASK, I WAS AT THE NORTH PRECINCT
TALKING TO A COUPLE LIEUTENANTS
AT NORTH PRECINCT AND THE ONLY
GROUP THAT SHOWS UP SECOND AND
THIRD WATCH IS "THE MORE WE
LOVE" THEY NOTED HOW OTHERS DID
NOT SHOW UP, OR THEY ARE 9:00 TO
5:00, OR WHATEVER, I AM NOT SURE
OF THE DECISION CALCULUS BUT IT
IS STRIKING TO ME WHEN I HEAR
THE NORTH PRECINCT SAYS ON THE
GROUND, WHEN THESE WOMEN ARE SO
VULNERABLE AND IN NEED, THERE IS
ONE ORGANIZATION, ACCORDING TO
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
THAT IS NOT OFFICIALLY FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT
MY ENGAGEMENT, THAT SHOWS UP,
BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM THAT YOU
HAVE, THEY WERE NOT SELECTED CAN
YOU SPEAK TO THAT?
>> I CAN, THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T GO INTO GREAT DETAIL
OF THE APPLICATIONS AND THEIR
SCORE. BUT, I WILL TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME
SEQUENCY REMINDERS WHICH WILL
HELP EXPLAIN WHY THE MORE WE
LOVE IS SHOWING UP, WE HAD AN
ADD IN 2025 FOR SPECIFICALLY
COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, THERE
WAS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THERE
IS A NEED NOW. I DON'T WANT TO
USE THE TERM EMERGENCY REGULARLY
IN THE WORK THAT WE DO, THERE IS
A NEED NOW. WE ACKNOWLEDGED
THAT. SO, WE HEARD THE REQUEST
TO DO DIRECT CONTRACT WITH "THE
MORE WE LOVE" WHILE WE WERE
DOING THE RFP. WE DID A
CONTRACT. IT IS THEIR FIRST
TIME, I BELIEVE, CONTRACTING
WITH THE CITY. SO, WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY MET ALL OF
THE REQUIREMENTS, STARTED
CONTRACTED WITH THEM AND THAT IS
WHEN THEY REALLY, TOO THEIR
CREDIT, ABSOLUTELY STARTED THE
WORK IMMEDIATELY WITH GREAT
ENTHUSIASM. NO KNOCK ON THAT.
THEIR CONTRACT WAS IN PLACE,
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE PLEADED
TIME TO DO THE RFP. WE ISSUED
THE RFP, WE MADE THE WARDS AND
THEY DID NOT RECEIVE AN AWARD
AND YOU ARE ASKING ME TO SPEAK
TO THAT. WE HAVE A REVIEW PANEL
AND IT IS NOT A PERFECT SCIENCE,
OF COURSE, BECAUSE YOUR PUTTING
OUT THE GUIDELINES AND
APPLICATION, ORGANIZATIONS ARE
APPLYING. AGAIN, THERE IS OUR
DUE DILIGENCE AND THEN WHEN YOU
HAVE THE PANEL REVIEW, THEY DO
SCORE TO THAT GUIDANCE. IT
REALLY FIRST STARTS WITH
DEVELOPING THE GUIDELINES, WHAT
IS IT THAT WE ARE PURCHASING AND
A LOT OF PEOPLE CHIMING IN,
INCLUDING SPD. AND WHEN WE DID
THE AWARDS WHAT THE REVIEW PANEL
SAYS IS HERE IS THE SCORES BASED
ON THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS, BASED ON
THE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PRO CURE WE
RECOMMEND THESE ORGANIZATIONS,
THERE WERE MANY THAT SCORED HIGH
THAT DID NOT GET AWARDS
INCLUDING "THE MORE WE LOVE." I
WANT TO BE CLEAR. I TOLD THIS
DIRECTLY TO THE DIRECTOR. SHE
DID NOT SCORE LOW, THERE WERE
ONESES THAT SCORED HIGHER THAT
DID NOT GET AWARDED BECAUSE OF
OUR LIMITED CAPACITY. I HAVE
BEEN AT THE CITY FOR 15 YEARS
AND I HAVE BEEN A PLANNER WHO
DID THESE RFPs, WE ALWAYS
RECEIVE MORE ASKS THAN BUDGET
FOR. THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
LOOKING AT OUTCOMES. PERFORMANCE
AND THEY ARE ON MY RADAR. WE
WILL KEEP SEEING WHAT THEIR
PERFORMANCE IS AND WHAT THE NEED
IS IN THE FUTURE. SO, AGAIN, I
WANT TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR NOT
A KNOCK TO THE ORGANIZATION,
THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS TO
CONSIDER
>> AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, WE
HAVE OUR OWN THINGS TO CONSIDER,
AS YOU KNOW IN PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE ALL FIVE OF US MADE
THAT DETERMINATION BASED ON
NORTH PRECINCTS INPUT. TO BE
BLUNT, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF
COUNCIL ACTION ALSO ADDRESSES
THIS POINT. SWITCHING OVER TO
ADDRESSING HOMESNESS THE MAYOR
HAS BEEN SPEAKING OF IT, SUPPORT
THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING
THAT IS TO INCLUDE THE TWO
SHELTERS AND IT IS ILLUSTRATIVE
OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES IN
TERMS OF THE EXAMPLE OF THE TWO
FROM LAST YEAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON. AND, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE AND
LOOK FOR CHIEF DEPUTY MAYOR,
THIS IS WHY I WAS TRYING TO GET
AHOLD OF YOU LAST WEEK. IT HAS
TO COME OUT ON THE DAIS INSTEAD,
I APOLOGIZE TO HER. IT SOUNDS
LIKE YOU ARE UP ON IT AS WELL. I
WANTED TO SAY ONE THING RELATED
TO THIS, KIND OF WHAT THE MAYOR
HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, HAVING
OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE
PROGRAM. AND PART OF THIS IS
THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THEY ARE
WORKING HARD AND PERFORMING SO
IT IS AN ATTRACTIVE ORGANIZATION
TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS AROUND
THE COUNTY. BUT, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK TALKED ABOUT MOMENT IN
TIME, THAT IS IMPORTANT. BUT I
ALSO KNOW FROM LOTS OF ON THE
GROUND RESEARCH MYSELF AND
TALKING TO ORGANIZATIONS ON
THESE POINTS. 15-40% OF THE
PEOPLE AT THIRD PARK AND PINE DO
HAVE HOUSING BUT THERE ARE
CHALLENGING WITH THE HOUSING OR
THE ADDICTION MAY BE DRAWING
THEM TO THE STREETS MORE. AND,
SO, THEN, PUSH BACK ON THAT
POINT. BUT, WHEN I AM TALKING TO
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND MAKING
THAT POINT AND MORE THAN ONCE,
YEP. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS
ISSUE. I BRING IT UP BECAUSE IT
IS IMPORTANT TO BRING UP. IT IS
FACTS. AND, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS
OF ALL OF THESE OBSERVATIONS AND
SO FORTH. THE OTHER THING THAT
GOES TO HOUSING IS, SHOULD WE BE
BUILDING NEW STUFF OR
MAINTAINING OLD STUFF? I AM
RAISING THIS UP BECAUSE PEOPLE
WHO MAY HAVE HOUSING AND
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IS THAT IF THEIR HOUSING
IS IN POOR SHAPE AND I HAVE BEEN
ON THE STREET LOOKING AT A
MASSIVE RATS NEST AROUND ONE
DEALING WITH AN ISSUE IN
DISTRICT 7, A PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUE, NO SURPRISE THAT THEY ARE
ON THE STREET. SO, THIS KIND OF
GOES TO LET'S HAVE AN HONEST
DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE POINTS
AND THEN ALSO TO THE MAYOR,
TALKING ABOUT, WHERE THEY ARE
FROM? YOU CAN LISTEN TO BLUE
CITY BLUES THEY ARE TALKING ON
THE STREET OVER AT LITTLE SAIGON
AND THE PERSON WHO SAY TRUE
EXPERT ON THERE IS YEAH, WE HAVE
TWO PEOPLE, ONE FROM GIG HARBOR
AND THE OTHER IS FROM POINT
TOWNSEND. I TALKED TO A LOT OF
SERVICE PROVIDERS THEY SAY IT IS
HALF AND HALF, SOME SAY 60%. WE
HAVE TO HAVE HONEST DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT THESE THINGS OR WE ARE
NEVER GOING TO SOLVE IT. IF WE
SAY THEY ARE ALL, EVERYBODY IS
FROM HERE, OR YOU KNOW,
EVERYBODY IS SO THE STREET DOES
NOT HAVE HOUSING WE DON'T GET
TO THE ROOT ISSUES, LIKE THE
STATUS OF THE HOUSING IN TERMS
OF IS IT LIVEABLE? YOU KNOW, I
JUST RAISE IT UP BECAUSE I THINK
IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO. AND, AND
I SAY IT IN A MATTER OF FACT
WAY. NOT DOING IT TO BE
PROVOCATIVE OR ANYTHING. I HAVE
20 MONTHS OF WALKING THE STREETS
AND TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I JUST THED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
PUBLIC HEALTH, THANK YOU FOR
THAT. HEALTH 99, ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
TWO AREAS, I APPRECIATE THE
SUPPORT TO THAT AND THE IDEA OF
BUILDING CAPACITY THE ORCA, THE
THUNDERBIRD TREATMENT CENTER,
THE CRISIS CARE CENTER COMING
IN. THE STAR CENTER, ALL OF
THOSE THINGS ARE SO NEEDED. WE
HAVE TO BUILD CAPACITY ON THESE
THINGS. WITH THESE GROUPS THAT
ARE DOING THIS, WE HAVE TO HAVE
GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS. I KNOW
IT IS A TOUCHY SUBJECT. I TALKED
TO A SERVICE PROVIDER, I AM NOT
LOOKING TO DO THIS AS PUNITIVE I
AM JUST LOOKING FOR
COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION,
I SAID TO THEM, IF YOU HAVE A
DIFFERENT NAME, GIVE IT TO ME,
WE WON'T HAVE TO USE GOOD
NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS IF IT HAS
THIS, YOU KNOW, MAKES IT SEEM
LIKE SOMETHING IS WRONG. IT
SEEMS LIKE THE SERVICE PROVIDERS
ARE TAKING THESE ON BOARD
THEMSELVES, I WANT THANK THEIR
WORK ON THERE AND IT SHOULD GO
TO HOUSING AS WELL. AND I JUST
WANTED TO NOTE THAT. I AM
RUNNING OUT OF TIME. I JUST
WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO THE
FOLKS THAT WORK AT THE UNIFIED
TEAM. IT IS A HUMAN SERVICES
PIECE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK
THE DEPARTMENT'S PARTICIPATION
IN THAT. OKAY. I THINK I -- DID
YOU TIME ME?
>> I DID, DON'T WORRY. DIRECTOR
KIM ANYTHING YOU WANT TO RESPOND
WITH.
>> SO MUCH THERE, GOOD SUMMARY.
I THINK YOU UNDER SCORED A LOT
OF THE BRIEFING. IT IS COMPLEX
AND I AM LEARNING A LOT IN THIS
SPACE AND I THINK THOSE OF US
WHO ARE IN HUMAN SERVICES
CONTINUE TO LEARN. THE
COMPLEXITIES, PARTICULARLY OF
HOMELESSNESS. I WANT TO UNDER
SCORE THAT YES, WE ARE WORKING
MOST OF THE DOLLARS GO TO KCRJ,
THEY WILL LOOK FOR LOCATIONS BUT
ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, IF THERE ARE PROPERTIES
OUT THERE, JUST IN CASE THE
GENERAL PUBLIC GETS CONFUSED
WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
THOSE ARE STILL GOING TO BE FOR
THE PURPOSES OF SUPPORTING
SEATTLE'S PRIORITIES AND IT
WILL HAVE A NEXXUS TO SEATTLE.
EVERYONE IF IT IS A SITE OUTSIDE
OF THE CITY LOCATION WE WILL
MAKE REFERRALS FOR OUR EFFORTS.
JUST, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE CLEAR. WE NEED PEOPLE
TO LEAN IN. IF IT IS OUR BUDGET
GOING THROUGH THE OPERATIONS,
CERTAINLY, WE WILL SEE SEATTLE
BENEFITING.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KIM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOLLOWED
BY JUAREZ, HOLLINGSWORTH,
STRAUSS, IF EVERY SPEAKS FOR 10
MINUTES WE WILL GET OUT AT 5:05.
>> I DO NOT ANTICIPATE IT
LASTING LONGER THAN FIVE
MINUTES. AND I AM GLAD I AM ABLE
TO GO IN THE MIDDLE TOWARDS THE
END OF THIS. SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES ASKED GOOD QUESTIONS.
AND MY QUESTIONS ARE OFF SHOOTS
FROM THOSE. FIRST OFF, DIRECTOR
KIM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BEING HERE TODAY. REALLY
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT
EVERYONE WITHIN HSD DOES TO KEEP
OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. NOT JUST THE
EMBEDDED HEALTH 99 AND HEALTH 1,
YOU KNOW, CASE MANAGEMENT
CAPABILITY IT IS A LOT. YOU ALL
DO A LOT. APPRECIATE THAT. I AM
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE FOOD INVESTMENT IN
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND
SOME OF THE FOOD BANK SUPPORT.
SO, I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES NEW
ONE-TIME, FUNDING AS POINTED OUT
FOR FOOD BANKS, $3 MILLION
SPECIFICALLY AND, $1 MILLION FOR
MEAL PROGRAMS TO REDUCE FOOD
STABILITY. TO REDUCE FOOD
INSECURITY AND JUST SOMEONE
SPEAKING FIRSTHAND, YOU KNOW, I
KNOW PERSONALLY WHAT IT IS LIKE
TO RELY ON FOOD BANKS AND FOOD
SHELVES. SO, I AM EXCITED ABOUT
THIS. INVESTMENT. IT HELPS US IN
PART. BACKFILL AGAINST SOME OF
THE CUT FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS
LATER. SLASHING THAT WE ARE
SEEING AT THE LEVEL. BUT ALSO,
AS A POLICY MATTER I THINK IT IS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I KNOW
AND I HAVE SEEN THE BENEFIT OF
IT. HAS HSD EXPLORED WAYS TO
CONDUCT THE STRATEGY TO MAKE THE
INVESTMENTS PERMANENT? I
UNDERSTAND THE WAIT AND SEE THE
FOOD INVESTMENT. I AM TALKING
SPECIFICALLY NOW ABOUT THE FOOD
BANKS AND THE MEAL PROGRAM
DOLLARS THAT THERE YEAR THAT ARE
ONE TIME.
>> I THINK DIRECTOR EDER
RESPONDED TO THAT. AS IT SAYS
ONE TIME WE RESERVE THE RIGHT
AND WILL LOOK CLOSELY AT THE
ONGOING NEED. SO, DO YOU WANT TO
UNDERSCORE, AGAIN, THE FEDERAL
RESERVE RESPONSE?
>> JUST, REITERATING WHAT I SAID
TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, I
BELIEVE, WE HAVE THE MONEY IN
RESERVE TO CONTINUE THE FEDERAL
RESPONSE SPENDING IN 2027 AS WE
HAVE FOR 2026 PROPOSED BUT WE
ARE GOING TO RE EVALUATE THE
HIGHEST NEEDS ARE. EARLIER THERE
WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE $9
MILLION HELD FOR HOUSING VOUCHER
AND SHELTER INVESTMENTS. THAT IS
A SMALL, TOO SMALL OF A FRACTION
OF WHAT THE NEED COULD BE. THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
THREATENED TO STOP SUPPLYING
CONTINUING CARE FUNDING TO
PERMANENT SUPPORT HOUSING AND
SHELTER OPERATIONS. THAT ALONE
IS $23 MILLION. WE SET ASIDE $9
MILLION TO DO SOMETHING IN THAT
SPACE. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE AS
2026 UNFOLDS WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
EVALUATE IT AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, I HEARD THAT PART
ABOUT THIS YEAR AND THEN PLAN
FOR NEXT YEAR. I UNDERSTAND
THAT. THAT WAS NOT MY QUESTION,
IT WAS ON A, THAT WAS -- THAT
EFFECTIVELY SUGGESTS SHORT TERM
TEMPORARY. WHAT I WAS
SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO IN
CONTRAST IS LONGER TERM AND
PERMANENT WITH RESPECT TO THE
TWO BUCKETS OF FOOD INVESTMENTS,
$3 MILLION FOR FOOD BANKS AND
MEAL PROGRAMS, SOUNDS LIKE THE
ANSWER IS NOT, YOU ARE TAKING A
WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON ALL OF
IT ACROSS THE BOARD? AND, I AM
INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, IN
PARTICULAR FOR THOSE TWO BUCKETS
TO BE MADE PERMANENT BEYOND
CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS. MY NEXT
QUESTION IS, PERTAINED, I THINK
IT WILL BE STRAIGHTFORWARD, THIS
PERTAINS TO SOME OF THE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE ITEMS, $4 MILLION WE
PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT,
REAFFIRMED HERE TODAY SOME OF
THOSE, THE $4 MILLION, SOME OF
THE FUNDING IS SPECIFICALLY FOR
TENANT SERVICES AS OPPOSED TO
DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THAT IS
GREAT. I MET WITH RENTER'S
COMMISSION AND THEY SUPPORT
INCREASE FOR TENANT SERVICES.
SO, DO WE KNOW AN EXACT BREAK
DOWN OF THE $4 MILLION, HOW MUCH
IS CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED TO BE
EARMARKED FOR TENANT SERVICES
VERSUS PURE RENTAL ASSISTANCE?
IF NOT, MAYBE THIS MIGHT BE A
GOOD SHARE POINT QUESTION.
>> IT IS A GREAT ONE. WE DO PLAN
TO. WE WILL SEE IF WE HAVE THAT
LEVEL OF DETAIL. I DO WANT TO,
IF IT IS OKAY, ADDRESS THE FOOD,
ONGOING, I LOVE WHAT CHIEF
SCOGGINS SAID, I HOPE WE DON'T
NEED HEALTH 1 AND HEALTH 99 AND
HEALTH 98 LONG-TERM. AND I WOULD
SAY, LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF
OUR FOOD PROVIDERS ARE HERE. I
WOULD SAY I THINK WE ALL AGREE
WE HOPE WE DON'T NEED THIS
LEVEL ONGOING, TOO. ONE EVER THE
THINGS WE ARE WAITING FOR, WE
ARE HERE TO PROVIDE IF NEEDED.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE WAITING
FOR, LIKE WITH SNAP, WE NEED TO
SEE WHAT THE STATE DOES IN TERMS
OF THEIR RESPONSE TO KNOW -- I
DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE
IMPRESSION IT IS A WAIT AND SEE
TO REACT BUT THERE ARE LAYERS TO
THIS. HUMAN SERVICES DOES A LOT
WE DON'T ADMINISTER SNAP, FAR
EXAMPLE, WHEN THE FEDS REACT AND
THE STATE NEEDS TO RECALIBRATE
THEIR BUDGET AND SEE WHAT THEIR
RESPONSE IS, THEN WE WILL HAVE A
CLEARER IDEA OF MAYBE THE
IMPACTS WITHIN SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY. SO, THERE IS SOME
CALIBRATION THAT THEY MIGHT
PROVIDE US AS WELL.
>> SURE, TOTALLY AGREE. AND I
JUST NOTE, RESPECTFULLY, THAT,
THE HOPE, HOPE AND PRAY APPROACH
IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE PLANNING
STRATEGY FOR ANYTHING. I HOPE
THAT AS WELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS
A POLICY MAKER I AM RESPONSIBLE
FOR CONTINGENCY PLANNING ANY
NUMBER OF SCENARIOS. THAT IS
WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR
CITY IS BEST POSITIONED TO DO.
SOME OF THEM SHOULD LOOK AT
POLICY INVESTMENTS WE VISIT A
CITY THINK ARE A LITTLE MORE
IMPORTANT. NOT WITHSTANDING
WHATEVER FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION
MAY BE AT PLAY OR NOT. ANY WAY,
THANK YOU, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THERE IS
$22. 6 MILLION OF FOOD AND
NUTRITION IN THE BASE BUDGET.
THESE ADDS ARE SPECIFIC TO ANY
ADDITIONAL IMPACT FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNCERTAINTY.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU, DEE
WITH THAT TIMELY RESPONSE.
>> WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGS WORTH
>> TWO QUESTIONS AND THEN A
COMMENT TO BRING PEOPLE UP TO
SPEED WITH THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY. SO, UNDER THE
PROPOSED CHANGES, WELL, YOU HAVE
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE B&O TAX,
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, RINCK AND
SAKA MENTIONED. RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, RESERVE SHELTER AND
NUTRITION, THOSE ARE VOTER
CONTINGENT, CORRECT?
>> THE B&O TAX.
>> YES, VOTER CONTINGENT. EVEN
THOUGH THEY ARE LISTED THERE, WE
DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A GIVE IN?
OKAY. THIS IS TO THE BASE OF
WHAT WE FUND. I GOT THAT PART.
HOPEFULLY THE VOTER COMES
THROUGH. HOPEFULLY. WELL,
PROPOSED, I GOT IT. THAT IS
WHERE I WAS CONFUSED. THE SECOND
QUESTION IS, UNDER THE NEW
PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX REVENUE
IS THAT THE .01? WHAT IS THAT? I
KNOW YOU ARE GETTING READY, DAN,
HOLD ON A MINUTE. FIVE PROGRAMS
LISTED UNDER THERE. DIVERSION,
DETOX, ORCA, THUNDER BIRD, CASE
MANAGEMENT, IS THAT THE 0.1?
>> THAT IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SALES TAX.
>> AND THAT IS CONTINGENT WE GET
THAT DONE?
>> YES, UPON COUNCIL ACTION, NOT
GOING TO THE VOTERS.
>> OKAY. SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT.
YES.
>> THAT IS RIGHT. THAT HAS TO BE
DONE OCTOBER 14th. OKAY. GREAT.
SO, THE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH
THE SECOND PART I RAISED. B., ON
THE PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX
REVENUE. OKAY, THAT IS NOT AS
TENTATIVE IF YOU WILL. SO, THE
OTHER THING IS, GOING BACK TO
KING COUNTY REGIONAL AUTHORITY
WITH $125 MILLION THAT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE PROPOSES, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WAS ON THE CALL ON
FRIDAY. I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR IS
GOING TO PROVIDE A RESOLUTION TO
GO BACK TO REGIONALISM AND MAYOR
BOCK MADE A PHENOMENAL
CONTRIBUTION IN SUGGESTING AND
REQUESTING OF KING COUNTY
HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT THEY DO
AN INVENTORY OF WHAT CITIES ARE
GIVING HOW MUCH AND WHAT
SERVICES INCLUDING BRICK AND
MORTAR THEY ARE PROVIDING. SO,
HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE THAT
SOON, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. I AM
PROUD OF SOME OF THE FOLKS ON
KING COUNTY THAT PUSHED THAT, WE
WERE ON THE CALL. SO, WE WILL
HAVE A BETTER SENSE. I AM HOPING
YOU WILL GET BACK TO US, TOO, IF
THEY DON'T IF THIS ENINVENTORY
COMES FORWARD. WE NEED TO SEE.
GOING BACK TO WHEN KING COUNTY
WAS CREATED, IN 2019, THERE WERE
ISSUES THERE. I THOUGHT SOME OF
THEM WOULD BE RESOLVED. STILL
OUTLINING CITIES WITHIN KING
COUNTY NOT CONTRIBUTING IN
CONTINUING TO, I AM GOING TO SAY
IT, POINT FINGERS AND SAY IT SAY
SEATTLE PROBLEM. IT HAS NOT GONE
UNNOTICED BY ANY OTHER CITY HOW
MUCH THE CITY OF SEATTLE
CONTRIBUTES IN SERVICES. I
DON'T THINK WE GET ENOUGH
CREDIT FOR THAT, QUITE FRANKLY.
>> THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO
ADD IS THAT KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOUSING IS A REALLY
CLEARINGHOUSE OF CONTRACTS. THEY
ARE NOT AN ADVOCACY LIKE
ORIGINALLY, CORRECT ME IF I WAS
WRONG, ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT
IT WOULD BE MORE ON ADVOCACY.
BUT THAT SHIFTED IN THE LAST
THREE YEARS, THEY BASICALLY TAKE
THE CONTRACTS AND DECIDE WHERE
TO GO. I THINK PEOPLE ARE
CONFUSED. THAT THEY ARE IN THE
BUSINESS OF BUILDING STUFF,
FINDING PROPERTY AND BUILDING
STUFF. THEY ARE NOT. THEY ARE
LIKE THE CLEARINGHOUSE OF
CONTRANTS S THAT A CORRECT
CHARACTERIZE -- CONTRACTS IS
THAT A CORRECT CHARACTERIZATION?
>> THEY HAVE A VERY CLEAR LANE.
THEY ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF
BRICK AND MORTAR LIKE PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHER
TYPES OF FACILITIES, THAT IS
TRUE
>> AND PERMANENT HOUSING IS THE
COUNTY UNDER DESC?
>> WE HAVE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING AT THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, BUT, ALSO, YES, THE
COUNTY RETAINED THEIR DOLLARS
AND THEY ALSO HAVE IT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, AND I WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I
THOUGHT IT WAS AUTHENTIC AND
KIND. I, TOO, HAD AS A CHILD OR
YOUNG ADULT RELY ON FOOD BANKS,
I UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF HIS
QUESTIONS. AND WHY IT IS SHAKY
WHEN WE ARE LIKE, OKAY, LET'S
HOPE THE B&O TAX HAPPENS, THANK
YOU FOR CLARIFYING. THESE ARE
ADDITIONS TO UNDER LINING . PART
OF THE LAW AND BASELINE FUNDING,
THAT IS A GOOD THING. I DID GET
A LOT OF FLACK SAYING THINGS
ABOUT U-DUB AND SUGAR TAX. I
TOLD YOU I WOULD AND I DID.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> THAT IS LOW IT IS DONE,
FOLKS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> AND FOR THE RECORD, YOU
CALLED IT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
SINCE IT ITS INCEPTION. YOU HAVE
BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
>> ME AND THE MAYOR.
>> YES. THAT IS NOTHING NEW.
JUST, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ MADE
SURE IT HAPPENED YEARS AGO, I
JUST WANT THAT RECORD TO
REFLECT. WITH THAT I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
OVER TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> I WILL BE QUICK, I MEAN IT.
MY MOM WOULD BE OFFENDED BY YOU
ALL REFERRING TO THE REGIONAL
HOUSING AUTHORITY AS HOUSING
AUTHORITY. OUR KING COUNTY
HOUSING AUTHORITY, THAT SHE
WORKED FOR 30 YEARS IS
PHENOMENAL. DOING A GREAT JOB.
IT IS DIFFERENT, KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY AND
THERE IS A KING COUNTY HOUSING
AUTHORITY. THEY PROBABLY ALL
WORK TOGETHER IN SOME WAYS. BUT,
I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
ALWAYS CALLED IT THAT. I WILL
KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT [ LAUGHTER ]
>> THANK YOU. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> SO, REAL QUICK. AND JUST, I
HAVE TWO QUICK COMMENTS. I WILL
DIRECTOR KIM, I WILL TALK TO YOU
OFFLINE WITH SOME QUESTIONS,
NUMBER ONE, GREAT APPRECIATION
FOR YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT AND
WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TO JUGGLE IS A
LOT IN THIS CITY WITH ALL OF THE
PERSONALITIES, THE
ORGANIZATIONS, THE COMMUNITY
GROUPS, JUST A LOT THAT YOU HAVE
TO NAVIGATE AND THEN ALSO, THE
HUMAN SERVICES IS NOT, IT IS A
VERY EMOTIONAL, YOU KNOW, IT IS
SPIRITUAL. IT IS ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS CONNECTED. IT
IS TOUGH. NAVIGATING WHEN PEOPLE
HAVE REALLY GREAT NEEDS AND WE
HAVE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND
PEOPLE ARE IN STRESS AND CRISIS
AND NAVIGATING THAT, THAT IS A
LOT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
THE SECOND THING IS, YOU KNOW, I
KNOW THAT IT IS A CHALLENGE WITH
OUR KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY. YES, WE GIVE
A LOT OF MONEY, THEY ARE IN
THEIR INFANCY STAGES, WE NEED
HUMILITY AND THEM INCLUDED WE
NEED TO DO BETTER.
IMPLEMENTATION OF IT, OUTCOMES
ARE HAPPENING, WE NEED TO DO
BETTER. I KNOW YOUR DEPARTMENT
IS WORKING EVERY DAY MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE MEETING THOSE NEEDS.
BUT I KNOW AS COUNCILMEMBERS WE
HEAR IT EVERY DAY. I HAVE SEEN
IT ON THE STREET, I TALK TO
PEOPLE, I EXPERIENCED IT WITH
PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY. AND,
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE HAD TO
NAVIGATE REALLY TOUGH THINGS WE
JUST HAVE TO DO BETTER WITH OUR
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY.
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SHOULD MEAN
PROGRESSIVE OUTCOMES. THE THIRD
THING THAT I WANTED TO, LAST
THING I WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT
THE FOOD ACCESS. I LOVE THE
INVESTMENT IN IT. LAST YEAR,
ONE-TIME INVESTMENT, THANK YOU,
CHAIR STRAUSS FOR FIGURING THAT
OUT. WITH THE ONE-TIME
INVESTMENTS, OPERATION SACK
LUNCH IN SAKA'S DISTRICT, AND
THE MEAL PROVIDERS SERVE ALL OF
OUR DISTRICTS, MADE A BIG
PURCHASE, PURCHASED A
REFRIGERATOR AND THEY WERE ABLE
TO COLLECT MORE MEALS. THAT IS
HUGE. IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS A
VAN, A REFRIGERATOR. IT COULD BE
AUTOMATED FORKLIFT. THEY ARE
ABLE TO TAKE IN MORE STUFF. A
LIFT ON A TRUCK, RIGHT? A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, FOOD
BANKS CAN NOT ACCEPT DONATIONS
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A DOCK.
THEY HAVE TO GO AND ASK IF THEY
CAN GET A FORKLIFT. THEY DON'T
HAVE A FORKLIFT, THEY CAN NOT
ACCEPT THE DONATION, THERE IS
LITTLE STUFF LIKE THAT, ONE-TIME
INVESTMENT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS
HELP. AND, AND I KNOW SOME
PEOPLE HAD HE'S DENSEY HE'S --
THEY WERE HESITANT. AND THERE
WERE FEDERAL, USDA AND THEN WE
HAVE DOLLARS, THAT ARE STATE,
THEY SEE WHAT THE FEDERAL IS
GOING AND THEN THEY TRY TO SAY,
OKAY, WE SEE WHAT THE FEDERAL IS
DOING AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO FUND AND IT TRICKLES
DOWN AND THEN THE CITY IS LIKE
WHERE CAN WE FILL IN. OTHER
CREATIVE MODELS WE CAN BE DOING
LIKE BULK PURCHASE,
TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTIC
SUPPORT. A WHOLE THING, A WHOLE
BUNCH OF THINGS WE CAN STRETCH
OUR DOLLARS MORE, I DON'T SEE
IT AS THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT,
OTHER WAYS IN WHICH WE AS A CITY
CAN HELP OUT AND PARTNER WITH A
LOT OF PRIVATE FOLKS THAT ARE IN
THIS INDUSTRY AS SIMPLE AS
STARBUCKS, A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW THEY DONATE ALL OF
THEIR FOOD THAT PEOPLE DO NOT
CONSUME AND IT IS INDIVIDUALLY
PACKAGES, SENT TO A DISTRIBUTION
POINT AND OUT TO DIFFERENT MEAL
PROVIDERS ALREADY PACKAGED. AND,
SO, -- AND THAT LOGISTIC
SUPPORT, IS THAT A WEAR LOWS THE
CITY CAN OFFER, ARE THOSE
DIFFERENT REFRIGERATORS FOR
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS SO THEY
CAN ACCEPT THOSE DONATIONS,
WHATEVER IT IS, I KNOW THERE ARE
WAYS TO BE CREATIVE TO CONTINUE
TO STRETCH THE DOLLAR RIGHT NOW.
THE AVERAGE PRICE OF FOOD RIGHT
NOW IS ABOUT $3.12. LAST YEAR,
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IT WAS
$2.30. IT HAS GONE UP
SIGNIFICANTLY, THE AVERAGE
PRICE. OUR DOLLAR IS NOT GOING
AS FAR. WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THE
INVESTMENTS AND I APPRECIATE THE
ATTENTION TO THE FOOD. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLY HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> WE CAN SEE WHERE THE FOOD
IMPACT IS AND HAVING THE RESERVE
TO RESPOND. BUT, TO SAY WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
SAID, ONE THING DURING THE
PANDEMIC, WE RALLIED AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE STEPPED UP. WE ARE
LOOKING AT ALL OF THE PLACES OUT
THERE, I APPRECIATE YOU UNDER
SCORING WHERE WE CAN BE
EFFICIENT AND LEAN ON OUR
PARTNERS, TOO.
>> THANK YOU, HOLLINGSWORTH WAS
QUIET ALL WORK BUT THAT SHE
COULD NOT BE QUIET ABOUT.
RIVERA, NEXT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. HI,
DIRECTOR KIM, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE, DEE, SO, I WILL SAY,
I WILL SAY, EVERY TIME SOMEONE
BRINGS UP COVID WE HAVE THOSE
WERE WOUNDS WE DID A LOT AND WE
GOT CREATIVE. WE WOULD BE REMISS
IF WE DID NOT SAY WE GOT AN
INFLUX OF MONEY FROM THE
GOVERNMENT. OPPOSITE OF TODAY.
QUITE THE OPPOSITE. TO BE ABLE
TO RESPOND. WE SHOULD OF GOTTEN
THAT MONEY. THAT GAVE US
FLEXIBILITY TO DO SOME THINGS WE
DON'T NORMALLY GET TO DO. I
THINK AS WE UNWIND COVID AND WE
ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
FIVE YEARS OUT, ALMOST SIX,
THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE
WERE SO GRATEFUL TO DO THAT WE
CAN NOT CONTINUE BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE THAT INFLUX OF
FUNDING AND NOW WE ARE IN THE
SITUATION WHERE WE ARE GETTING
ATTACKED BY THE FEDS AND THEY
ARE NOT GIVING. AND I FIND IT
EGREGIOUS. IT IS OUR TAXPAYER
MONEY THEY ARE NOT GIVING IT
BACK TO US. THAT IS MILDLY.
THERE IS WHOLE DIFFERENT ASPECT
OF NOT GIVING A DARN. I WAS
GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE,
ABOUT PEOPLE. I CAUGHT MYSELF.
BUT ANY WAY, I WILL SAY I DO
HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SALES
TAX AND I HAVE SAID THIS IN THAT
IT IS THE MOST REGRESSIVE TAX. I
FEEL A LITTLE BIT SOMETIMES WE
ARE TAXING POOR PEOPLE TO HELP
POOR PEOPLE AND THAT DOES NOT
FEEL AWESOME. OF COURSE, THE B&O
TAX THAT IS A VOTER-APPROVED
PIECE. THAT IS OUT THERE, NEXT
YEAR WE HAVE LIBRARIES, LEVY,
THAT WILL BE IN THE SAME
SITUATION WITH. THAT IS NEXT
YEAR'S ISSUE. THERE ARE SOME
THINGS IN HERE THAT I KNOW TO
RELY ON OTHER THINGS LINING UP,
I WILL SAY IT THAT WAY. I WILL
SAY THAT I SUPPORT THE
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE HELPING
FOLKS THAT NEED IT THE MOST,
INCLUDING THESE SHELTER BEDS. AS
I HAVE SAID ALL ALONG IT IS
INHUMANE TO LEAVE PEOPLE LIVING
ON THE STREET. I WOULD NOT WANT
MY MOTHER, MY CHILD, MY BROTHER,
MY SISTER, LIVING ON THE STREET.
UNCLE, AUNT, ET CETERA, I MUCH
SUPPORT MORE SHELTER BEDS. I --
I APPRECIATE THAT. AND IT COMES
WITH CASE MANAGEMENT. ADDICTION
SERVICES? FOOD? COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, SERVICES THAT
THEY MAY NEED. I APPRECIATE THAT
WAS THOUGHTFULLY BUILT UP THAT
WAY. NOW TO A QUESTION. JUST A
POINT OF CLARIFICATION. DIRECTOR
KIM, ON PAGE 11, I SEE, A
CONTRACT WITH PDA FOR OUT REACH
AND AFTERCARE FOR INDIVIDUALS
AND HOMELESSNESS AND THEN ON
PAGE 12 IT TALKS ABOUT THIS $5
MILLION FOR PREBOOKING DIVERSION
THROUGH LEAD, IS LEAD THE PDA?
>> YES. THE ORGANIZATION, LEAD
IS THE PROGRAM.
>> OKAY. THIS IS THE SAME
ORGANIZATION. THEN I WAS LOOKING
AT THIS LEAD PIECE AND I THINK I
THINK I BROUGHT IT UP. PUBLIC
HEALTH. -- I KNOW YOU HAVE IT IN
HERE SOMEWHERE. IS 33 THE TOTAL
INVESTMENT? OR JUST PART OF THE
INVESTMENT? IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS
A TOTAL INVESTMENT, IS THAT
TRUE?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU, DEE. AGAIN, WITH
LEAD, AND I KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN
A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO COME
OUT. I KNOW LEAD DOES THE
DIVERSION PART. I HAVE MORE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. IT IS A
SIZEABLE INVESTMENT. SO, IT IS,
AS I SAID LAST WEEK, IT IS JUST
LIKE A SMALL DEPARTMENT AT THE
CITY. JUST WANTING TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT
AND WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING WHAT THAT
WILL HELP WITH. I UNDERSTAND IT
IS, PART OF IT IS THE STATE.
BASED ON THE FOADS TAKING MONEY
AWAY. I GET THAT PART -- BASED
ON THE FEDS TAKING MONEY AWAY. I
GET THAT PART. BUT HOW YOU ALL
MANAGE THAT CONTRACT WITH LEAD.
AND OTHERS TALKING ABOUT
APPRECIATIVE YOU, THERE IS A LOT
OF OVERSIGHT THAT YOU HAVE TO DO
IN REGARDS TO THAT. I THINK YOU
HEARD FROM US WHAT GOES INTO THE
CONTRACTS IN TERMS OF OUTCOMES
AND OVERSIGHTS SO WE KNOW WHAT
WE ARE DOING IS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THERE ON THAT.
THEN, ALSO, NOW, WITH LEAD AND
PUBLIC HEALTH AND THAT MATTER
AND THAT IS AN EXPANSION AND
DOING TREATMENT SERVICES WHICH I
SUPER SUPPORT AND EXCITED ABOUT
THE THUNDER BIRD TREATMENT
CENTER. I KNOW THAT IS PRETTY
CRITICAL. GETTING MORE
INFORMATION AND WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE AND HOW YOU MANAGE THOSE
AND PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE
NEWER. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I
WANT TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION
ABOUT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT.
PUTTING THAT FOR THE RECORD,
CHAIR. AND FOR NOW I WILL LEAVE
IT AT THAT. JUST MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE
PARTICULAR CONTRACTS AND HOW YOU
ALL GO ABOUT WITH OVERSIGHT OF
THE CONTRACTS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. I KNOW OVER THE YEARS
THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT
CHALLENGES TO THE POINT OTHER
FOLKS HAVE PLAYED WE DON'T WANT
TO BE IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT
THE COUNTY IS IN LONG-TERM.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KIM, THANKS
FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND YOUR
STAFF DOES. THANK YOU, DEE FOR
BEING HERE, THANKS,, CHAIR.
>> NO, I WANT TO GET BACK TO YOU
AROUND LEAD. THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH LISA
AND HER TEAM AND ON IMPROVING
OUTCOMES. SINCE THEY ARE
LEADING, SORRY, THEY ARE IN THE
SPACE FOR BEING CRITICAL OF THE
DIRECTION EVER THE CONTRACT. IT
IS DIFFERENT THAN CO-LEAD THAT
HAS THE HOUSING AND SUPPORTS.
JUST, I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE THE
TOTALITY BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT
AND OF COURSE HOUSING COSTS A
DIFFERENT AMOUNT. SO, WE WILL
RESPOND TO YOUR SHARE POINT.
>> I KNOW LEAD DOES MOSTLY, THE
OUT REACH OF THE DIVERSION
PIECE, AND CO-LEAD WAS SET UP TO
DO WRAPAROUND. I KNOW THAT AND
READ SOME OF THE PAST REPORTS
ABOUT THE PROGRAM. I THINK OVER
THE YEARS AS EXPANSION HAPPENS
THEN, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE
AND WHAT DO THE OUTCOMES LOOK
LIKE? OFTENTIMES WE HAVE
SOMETHING THAT IS WORKING GREAT
AND THEN WE GO TO EXPAND IT AND
THEN WHAT ARE THE PINCH POINTS
WITH THE EXPANSION IF ANY AND
PLEASE, AGAIN, I SAID IT LAST
WEEK, I AM NOT TRYING TO MALIGN
LEAD ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM, IT
IS AS EXPANSION HAPPENS WHAT
DOES IT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DO WE
REQUIRE WITH THOSE CONTRACTS AND
I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT --
AGAIN, WE ARE A BODY THAT WE
HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS. MEZE
KNOW THAT IS WHERE IT IS COMING
FROM. NOT -- PLEASE KNOW THAT IS
WHERE IT IS COMING FROM, NOT A
PLACE I AM CRITICIZING BUT TO
LEARN MORE. WE ARE MAKING OUR
DECISIONS WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT ALL
OF THE THINGS IN PLACE INCLUDING
ACCOUNTABILITY AND OUTCOME
PIECES, THANK YOU, CLAIRE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND THEN
MYSELF.
>> I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.
>> JUST KIDDING. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> I AM KIDDING. ALL RIGHT. SO,
ON THAT, I WILL START WITH THE
GOOD NEWS, I AM THRILLED TO SEE
MORE PROMINENT ADDS TOWARDS
BUILDING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN TO HELP PEOPLE GET INTO
RECOVERY OR ON A PATH TO
RECOVERY AND I WILL SAY AGAIN,
THAT IS BROADLY DEFINED AND I
DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THAT.
ENOUGH ON THAT. I WILL
HIGHLIGHT, A COUPLE PIECES OF
THIS, SPECIFICALLY THE FACT THAT
MY $300,000 PILOT PROGRAM TO
REFER PEOPLE DIRECTLY TO
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS NOW
GROWN INTO $2.8 MILLION. AND
THAT INCLUDES DETOX AND A RANGE
OF DIFFERENT PROVIDERS, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH TO THE BUDGET
PEOPLE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND ALSO TO YOU. THE EXISTING
PROGRAM IS SAVING LIVES AND
LET'S SAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE. IN
ADDITION HIGHLIGHTING THE $1.8
MILLION FOR SEATTLE INDIAN
HEALTH BOARD THUNDERBIRD
TREATMENT CENTER. A BUNCH OF US
MENTIONED THAT ALREADY. I MUST
CREATE THE RECORD. I DON'T JUST
STRONGLY SUPPORT THE ADD, I
ASKED FOR IT. FIRST LAST YEAR
ONE OF MY PRIORITY AMENDMENTS TO
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET BUT NOT
INCLUDED IN THE CHAIR'S
PACKAGE, THE COUNCIL PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY, A LIST OF TREATMENT
AND HOUSING ORIENTED INVESTMENTS
TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND, THEY, SOME OF THOSE ITEMS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED BUT
THEY WERE LEAD EXPANSION OF THE
LONG-ACTING PROTOCOL AND ALSO
DSC'S PROTOCOLS TO TREAT METH
ADDICTION WITH THE CLASS OF
DRUGS THAT INCLUDES OZEMPIC. I
UNDERSTAND THE LONG ACTED IS
WRAPPED INTO WHAT WILL BE
OFFERED AT ORCA. HOPEFULLY ROOM
IN THERE FOR THE METH TRIALS.
THAT IS REALLY POSITIVE. WELL,
JUST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> I PUT THE LEGACY, THE
THUNDER BIRD TREATMENT CENTER,
YOU KNOW, THAT LEGACY PRIORITY
ON THE TABLE AND PLEASED TO SEE
IT FINALLY FUNDED, YAY. NOW, BAD
NEWS, ACCORDING TO CENTRAL
STAFF'S FIVE YEAR BUDGET REVIEW
THAT WAS RELEASED IN 2024,
APRIL, THIS, THIS LOOKS AT A
BUDGET REVIEW FROM 2019 TO 2024.
HSD'S BUDGET GROWN 72% WHILE
SEATTLE GREW BY 72,000 PEOPLE
SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC OR
ABOUT 10%. THAT IS A BIG
DISCREPANCY. I DON'T THINK
THERE HAS BEEN CORRELATION
BETWEEN OUR GROWING INVESTMENT
AND BETTER OUTCOMES FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. FOR SENSE OF SCALE MY
SLY ON UNDER SPENDS INCLUDED AN
ASK FOR ONGOING CONTRACTS FOR
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND APPENDIX C
LISTS ALL OF THEM. THIS IS
APPENDIX C, EVERYTHING UNDER
THIS HIGHLIGHT AND ON TO THE
NEXT PAGE, ANYBODY CAN SEE THIS,
IT WAS PRESENTED A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO. ANY WAY IT LISTS 115HSD
CONTRACTS WITH A VALUE OF $292
MILLION? WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE SHOWING THE OUTCOMES OF THE
INVESTMENTS, TO BRING IT TO THE
PRESENT I AM TROUBLED BY THE
LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE
SAFETY PROGRAM WHERE THERE IS A
LIVE RFP FOR $15 MILLION. I SAY
THAT WORD BECAUSE, TO MY
KNOWLEDGE AND TO THE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE AUDITOR THERE HAS NOT
BEEN A RIGOROUS EVALUATION DONE
ON THE OUTCOMES OF THEM.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE A YEAR LATE.
THAT IS UNFORTUNATE. I
RECOGNIZED IT FROM MY READING OF
THE LATEST THE SUCCESS METRICS
ARE NOT BASED ON OUTCOMES BUT
THEY FOCUS ON TOTAL NUMBER OF
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND
PERCENTAGES OF PEOPLE WHO FEEL
SAFER IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
WHILE IT MIGHT BE AN IMPORTANT
ELEMENT IF WE ARE SPENDING $15
MILLION TO IMPROVE SAFETY WE
SHOULD SEE WHAT THESE PROGRAMS
STATISTICALLY YIELD. THAT IS
SOME OF MY COMMENTS ON THAT. AND
I DO RECOGNIZE ALSO THAT THERE
IS AN E VAIL EVALUATOR OF THE
COMPONENT, MY UNDERSTANDING IT
COMES AFTERWARDS NOT BEFORE.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A SQUANDERING OF
AN OPPORTUNITY. IT SHOULD BE AT
THE END TO DETERMINE WHAT IS
WORKING AND WHAT ISN'T AND USE
THAT OF THE NEXT RFP. AND I SAID
THAT BEFORE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
AGAIN, HSD HAS NOT DONE THAT AS
FAR BACK AS 2015. AND THERE N
THE GUN VIOLENCE AUDIT THERE IS
A THERE IS A FOOTNOTE ON PAGE 10
THAT REFERS TO A LIST OF RIESTS
STATING THAT 2016 -- A LIST OF
REQUESTS STATING THAT 2016 THEY
ASKED FOR A LIST OF SERVICES AND
HSD, THIS IS BEFORE YOUR TIME,
DIRECTOR KIM, WE ARE ABOUT TO
ISSUE OUR RFP AND THERE HAS BEEN
DIFFERENT WAYS, SO IN 2016, AND,
2018 AUDIT AND THEN, AGAIN, THAT
AUDIT, I MEAN THAT RFP WENT OUT
IN 2019 AND THEN IT WAS
REQUESTED AGAIN IN 2020, 2021,
ANYONE CAN SEE THIS LIST OF
REQUESTS AND THEN SORT OF A LACK
OF RESPONSE. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT
INFORMATION WOULD BE GREAT FOR
EVERYBODY. IT BUILDS PUBLIC
TRUST AND VALIDATES OUR
PROVIDERS WORK AND IT HELPS US,
THE PROCESS OF CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT. SO, THAT IS WHY IN
2024 IN JANUARY THE MAYOR AND I
ASKED FOR AN AUDIT OF ALL OF THE
GUN VIOLENCE, NOT GUN VIOLENCE
NECESSARILY BUT IT WAS WE
REQUESTED, WE ISSUED A REQUEST
ON JANUARY 7, 2024, WE REQUEST
YOUR AUDIT UPDATE CRIME
PREVENTION PROGRAMS FUNDED BY
THE CITY INCLUDING PROGRAMS
OPERATED BY THE CITY AND THOSE
RUN BY COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE 2012
ASSESSMENT, IDENTIFY THE
EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS, THOSE
WITH FLOW EVIDENCE OF
EFFECTIVENESS AND THOSE THAT MAY
BE PROMISING AND THOSE THAT MAY
OF CAUSED LARM. WE EVALUATE THE
WORK THAT THEY ARE NOT USING
THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER
IMPLEMENTING. WE WOULD LIKE IT
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO HELP
INFORM DECISIONS FOR THE 2025
CITY BUDGET THAT WILL BE MADE
BEGINNING IN APRIL. THAT WAS THE
REQUESTED JANUARY 2024, AND I, I
WAS GROWING CURIOUS IN 2024 WHAT
WAS UP WITH THAT AND SURPRISED
TO LEARN SOON AFTER THE TRAGIC
GARFIELD SHOOTING THAT THE AUDIT
REQUEST HAD BEEN PUT ON PAUSE BY
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BECAUSE,
QUOTE, HSD IS PREPARING TO ISSUE
A NEW ROUND OF RFPs THAT WILL
RESULT IN NEW FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES ASSESSING THESE
PROGRAMS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
RFP RESPONSES SEEMS MORE
PRUDENT. WHICH I DISAGREE WITH.
IN THE EMAIL EXCHANGE AMONG THE
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND ME I QUESTIONED THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE DECISION TO HAVE
HSD PROCEED WITHOUT FIRST
KNOWING WHAT IS WORKING WITH OUR
EXISTING STRATEGIES. THAT WOULD
BE VALUABLE, I AM QUOTING WHAT I
SAID. I AM NOW JUST REPEATING
MYSELF, WHAT I AM TRYING TO
DRIVE HOME IS THAT, FOR ALL OF
THE REASONS THAT I ALREADY
MENTIONED, TRUST,
ACCOUNTABILITY, CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT, WE ARE ALSO FACING
A DEFICIT AND THE NUMBER CHANGES
ALL OF THE TIME BUT WE ARE AS
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA SAID, WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE
TAX TO PAY FOR SOME OF THESE,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SOME OF
THESE TREATMENT INVESTMENTS BUT
MAYBE THERE IS MONEY WE CAN FIND
FROM PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT
WORKING RIGHT NOW THAT COULD
SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE AND
DECREASE THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE
TO ASK OUR CONSTITUENTS TO PAY.
SO, ANY WAY, AGAIN, EVALUATING
AFTER THE FACT DOES NOT SERVE
THE HIGHEST AND BEST PURPOSE AND
IT IS THE SAME THING IN THE B&O
TAX PROPOSAL RESTRUCTURING. I
UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE A STUDY
ON THE SEATTLE BUSINESS CLIMATE.
AT SOME POINT WHEN THE VOTERS
APPROVE THIS RESTRUCTURING THERE
WILL BE AN EVALUATION. AGAIN, I
THINK AN EVALUATION COULD, A
MEASURE OF HOW IS A BUSINESS
CLIMATE DOING RIGHT NOW TO
INFORM WHETHER OR NOT SOME OF
THE IMPACTS PRO AND CONOF THE
RESTRUCTURE? I WILL NOT BELABOR
THE POINT GOING FORWARD BUT I DO
BELIEVE THIS BUDGET CHAIR
STRUASS MENTIONED, BUDGET
REFORM, I THINK IT SHOULD BE A
CRITICAL COMPONENT OF BUDGET
REFORM IS TO IMPLEMENT THESE
PRACTICES THAT STRENGTHEN
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS GOING
FORWARD. SO THAT IS WHAT I
WANTED TO SAY. AND THEN, HAS --
MY QUESTION IS, I MADE A STINK
ABOUT THE $22 MILLION WE ARE
PAYING, AND WONDERED LAST YEAR
WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT
DIRECTLY BENEFIT OUR
CONSTITUENTS AND TRACK WITH THE
NEEDS THAT WERE ANALYZED BY,
WELL, I THINK THE ANALYSIS WAS
BY DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON, BUT,
WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE PAYING FOR WHAT IS MOST
IMPORTANT FOR THE LIVES AND WELL
BEING EVER OUR CONSTITUENTS. AT
SOME POINT OFF LINE I WILL ADD
WHAT ARE THE CONTEMPLATED
CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR'S $22
MILLION INVESTMENT TO THIS
YEARS. UNLESS YOU WANT TO TELL
ME.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KIM OR
EDER ANYTHING IN RESPONSE?
>> YEAH, A COUPLE THINGS, IN
REGARDS TO THE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD, THUNDERBIRD CENTER, THE
ONLY THING THAT I CAN SAY ON
THAT, I AM GLAD WE ARE ALIGNED
AND THANK YOU FOR SETTING THE
RECORD STRAIGHT OF YOUR ACTIONS
TO CHAMPION THIS AND IT IS HERE.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR
FOR PUTTING IT IN THE BUDGET.
MAKES IT EASY FOR ALL OF US. THE
SECOND, THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT
OFF LINE, IN COMMITTEE, AGAIN,
EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT
THE COMMUNITY AND SAFETY
INVESTMENTS, THANK YOU. I WANT
TO UNDERSCORE JUST A COUPLE
HIGHLIGHTS. ONE, WE ARE NOT
REPACKAGING OUR INVESTMENTS AND
ASKING FOR THE SAME THING. WE
HEARD FROM THE CITY AUDIT'S
OFFICE THE WORK WE NEED TO DO
WITH THE BOARD MUST BE
EVIDENCE-BASED OR
EVIDENCE-INFORMED. THE
STRATEGIES WE SELECTED ARE THAT.
AND PREVENTION, WE CAN'T INVEST
TOO HEAVILY JUST ON WHETHER
THERE ARE GUN VICTIMS AND
VIOLENCE. AGAIN, I WILL UNDER
SCORE THE RFP, $14.7 MILLION, IT
IS LIVE RIGHT NOW OTHERS
ENCOURAGE ANY ORGANIZATION TO
APPLY. THAT THERE IS A
CONTINUING SERVICES FOCUSING ON
SUPPORT SERVICES AND
INTERVENTION, AND CHIEF BARNS
WAS HERE AT THE TABLE. AND EVEN
SAID, EARLIER THIS MORNING, THAT
WE KNOW, HE KNOWS THE DEPARTMENT
KNOWS OF THOSE FAMILIES OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOST
INVOLVED IN GUN VIOLENCE, WHAT
KIND OF SERVICES ARE BEING
GEARED TOWARDS THOSE FAMILIES?
ARE WE DOING ENOUGH FOR THEM?
AND, ENSURING THAT WE, THEY THEY
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO
DIFFERENT? SO, THAT IS THE
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES THAT WE
ARE INVESTING IN THAT YOU WILL
SEE IN THE RFP. AND ALSO, WE
PICKED UP WE NEED TO DO
RESTORATION SUPPORT. AND AGAIN,
TRUE TO THE AUDITOR'S REPORT,
ONE GOOD EXAMPLE WAS RAINIER
BEACH. WE ARE INVESTING IN THAT
AS WELL. I CAN NOT GO BACK AND
EVALUATE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, WE
DON'T HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF
FUNDING TO DO THE EVALUATION.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, WE HAVE
PICKED UP THE STRATEGY THAT HAVE
BEEN EVALUATED AND PROVEN TO
DEMONSTRATE PRACTICES, THAT IS
WHAT CAME OF THE THIS RFP.
MOVING FORWARD THAT IS THE
EXPECTATIONS, WE ARE ASKING THEM
TO APPLY. BASED OFF NOT ONLY
WHAT COMMUNITY ASKED FOR TO HAVE
THE COORDINATION, TO DO THE
REFERRALS BUT, ALSO, BECAUSE OF
WHAT THE AUDITOR'S REPORT HAS
SAID, INCLUDING A LOOK AT THINGS
LIKE WORKING FORMALLY WITH SPD
AND WE DEMONSTRATED THAT AND
CONTINUE TO FILL THAT OUT. ONE
OF THE MOST POWERFUL THINGS, YOU
KNOW, I WILL JUST SAY,
CITATIONS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO
LOOK AT THE RESEARCH, A LOT OF
EVIDENCE IN OTHER CITIES THAT
HAVE PROVEN INCREASED SAFETY. WE
PICKED UP ON THAT. BUT, ONE OF
THE MOST POWERFUL MESSAGES THAT
I RECEIVED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS, A BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WHEN A PRINCIPAL AT GARFIELD IS
TELLING US AND TELLING LIST
CONSTITUENTS AND WE HAVE THOSE
IN THE AUDIENCE SAYING WE
IMPROVE OUR SAFETY, WE REDUCED
OUR INCIDENTS AND IT IS IN PART
BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENTS YOU
HAVE PROVIDED AND THOSE
INVESTMENTS ARE THE INVESTMENTS
PART OF THE RFP. RESPECTFULLY I
WOULD SAY WE HAVE LISTENED, WE
THANK YOU, AND YOU WILL NOW SEE
AN EVALUATOR WHO IS GOING TO
HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE
IT IS DATA-INFORMED.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL LOOK AT THE
CRITERIA, ONE OF THE NEW THINGS
THAT I HEARD A LOT OF COMMUNITY,
NOT A LOT OF COMMUNITY GROUPS,
IS THEIR DESIRE FOR HEALING FOR
THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR
IMMEDIATE CIRCLES, YOU KNOW,
AFTER EXPERIENCING GUN VIOLENCE.
I KNOW, MOMS LET'S SEE I ASKED
YOU FOR THAT. JUST REALLY,
COUNSELING TO HELP MOMS RECOVERY
AND FAMILIES, YOU KNOW. FROM THE
DEATH OF A CHILD. AND ONGOING
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, YES.
>> SO IMPORTANT. THAT IS PART OF
THE RFP. WE ASK FOR
ORGANIZATIONS WHO WANT TO
PROVIDE THOSE IMMEDIATE SUPPORTS
ON THE PATH TO THAT IF YOU WILL.
THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.
>> AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, BOTH
>> WITH EIGHT MINUTES LEFT I
WILL ASK ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO
PUT ON THE RECORD FOR A SHARE
POINT?
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE EIGHT
MINUTES LEFT BEFORE 5:00 P.M. I
WOULD LOVE TO GET US OUT OF HERE
ON TIME. I WILL SHORTEN ALL OF
MY COMMENTS VERY DEEPLY. I WILL
JUST SAY WHETHER THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE
GOVERNMENT DERELICT THEIR DUTY I
WILL NOT STOP MAKING SURE WE CAN
PROVIDE FOR THE FAMILIES THAT
NEED OUR HELP. WHAT I MEAN BY
THAT, WE ARE THE MOST ISOLATED
CITY OF OUR SIZE IN THE NATION.
THE NEXT CLOSEST CITY COMPARABLE
IS CHICAGO, DENVER OR SAN
FRANCISCO. HALFWAY POINT BETWEEN
HERE AND CHICAGO IS SOUTH
DAKOTA, HALFWAY POINT BETWEEN
DENVER AND HERE IS TWIN FALLS,
IDAHO. HALFWAY POINT BETWEEN
HERE AND SAN FRANCISCO IS GRANT
PASS, OREGON. THAT IS THE AREA
FOR HELPING PEOPLE BECAUSE WE
ARE THE LARGEST CITY OF OUR
SIZE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
NEEDS TO DO THEIR JOB, THE STATE
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO THEIR
JOB. WHEN THEY DERELICT THEIR
DUTIES I WILL NOT LEAVE THE
FAMILIES OF SEATTLE OUT DRY. I
WANT TO START BY THANKING YOU
FOR INCREASING THE CONTRACTOR
PAY BY THE ADDITIONAL 2% JUST TO
SAY IF WE STRUCTURED THIS WORK
ANY DIFFERENTLY THESE WOULD BE
EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. THEY WOULD BE, YOU
KNOW, IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
FUNDING MECHANISM WHERE THERE
WOULD BE BARGAINED AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR REMARKS WE NEED TO HOLD
THE OTHER FUNDERS ACCOUNTABLE TO
DO THEIR JOB, TOO? YOU CAN KIND
OF TELL I AM TIRED OF OTHERS
DERELICTING THEIR DUTIES TO
LEAVE US HELPING THE PEOPLE THAT
NEED OUR HELP. WITH THAT I JUST
WANT TO DOUBLE-CHECK MY
UNDERSTANDING OF THE SHELTER
DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT WENT A
BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
FUNDING TO SUSTAIN THE EXISTING
SHELTER, CORRECT?
>> YES, NO REDUCTIONS.
>> FUNDING TO EXPAND SHELTER?
>> YES, SIR.
>> AND RESERVE IN CASE FEDERAL
PULLS IT?
>> GREAT SUMMARY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WITH THAT I AM GOING TO PUT
THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS ON
SHARE POINT. I DO WANT TO THANK
ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
PARTICULARLY, MARY, LENA,
ALLISON, MAGGIE, I WILL FORGET A
COUPLE MORE, DEE I GET TO SEE
YOU RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE TO
SAY MORE. WITH THAT, ANY FINAL
REMARKS? JUAREZ CAN HAVE THEM?
>> NOTHING FURTHER FROM ME.
ANYTHING FURTHER FOR YOU
DIRECTOR KIM?
>> I THINK I SAID IT ALL.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY AND YOUR
FLEXIBILITY IS EVERYTHING. GOT
REARRANGED. AT THIS TIME I AM
GOING TO GO INTO OTHER BUSINESS.
SO, NOW I WILL PREVIEW TOMORROW,
SEPTEMBER 30th. MY DAD'S
BIRTHDAY. THERE WE ARE. WE WILL
HAVE OFFICE OF HOUSING, SEATTLE
CENTER, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, FOLLOWED BY ARTS,
WE WILL TAKE AN HOUR BREAK FOR
LUNCH, YOU KNOW. NO LATER THAN
1:00 P.M., PROBABLY NO EARLIER
THAN NOON. IT WILL BE AN HOUR
UNLESS THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN THE
MORNING. SO, WITH THAT DIRECTOR
NOBLE, ANY FINAL THOUGHTS?
SEEING NONE. COLLEAGUES ANY
OTHER GOOD TO THE ORDER? COUNCIL
PRESIDENT? THANK YOU. WITH THAT,
SEEING AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COMMIT WE WILL BE ADJOURNED. IT
IS 4:55 P.M., SEPTEMBER 29th. WE
WILL SEE YOU ALL BRIGHT AND
EARLY AT 9:30 A.M., SEPTEMBER
30th, ROBERT'S BIRTHDAY.