>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE ON TIME.
IT IS OCTOBER 2, 2019.
THIS IS OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE,
AN THIS WILL COME TO ORDER AT
9:32.
I'M SALLY BAGSHAW, AND THANK
YOU ALL SO MUCH FROM THE
DEPARTMENTS FOR BEING HERE.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WHAT IS
COMING TODAY FOR A REAL DEEP
DIVE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AROUND
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE
HOMELESS AND STRUGGLING IN OUR
CITY.
LAST WEEK FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE
YOU KNOW WE BEGAN OUR
EXAMINATION OF THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET AND HEARD FROM MANY OF
THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU WHO
WERE THERE LAST TIME TO COME
THIS TIME AS WELL.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I KNOW WE HAD TOUCHED ON
THE WORK THAT PUBLIC UTILITIES
AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FAS,
HUMAN SERVICES, PARKS, POLICE
AND FIRE ARE DOING, OUR FIRST
YES, WE HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OF
YOU, BUT TODAY WILL BE A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT.
I WANT TO THANK ALLISON MCLAIN
FOR HELPING TO ORGANIZE THIS TO
DO THE DEEP DIVE TODAY.
OUR PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE ON
TOPICS THAT SPAN ACROSS MANY OF
YOUR DEPARTMENTS.
BECAUSE IT WILL BE SOMETHING A
LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WE HAVE
DONE IN THE PAST.
I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING
HERE PROVIDING US A LITTLE
SPACE TO DO THIS, SO WE ARE NOT
SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT ONE
DEPARTMENT, BUT LOOKING AT OUR
INVESTMENTS, HOW THE
INVESTMENTS ARE DOING.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GOING
TO BE AT THE TABLE.
I KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
IS HOW THINGS ARE GOING IN THE
DEPARTMENT, HOW EFFECTIVE YOU
THINK YOU ARE BEING.
HOW OUR INVESTMENTS ARE BEING
APPLIED ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU
THINK THE OUTCOMES ARE WORTH --
THE FACT WE HAVE USED A LOT
LATELY.
WHETHER THE JUICE IS WORTH THE
SQUEEZE.
AND SO KNOWING THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT PUTTING OVER $100
MILLION INTO THIS COMING YEAR,
WE WANT TO KNOW ARE THINGS
IMPROVING?
SO THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT
WE WILL BE ASKING.
THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE GOING TO
HEAR FROM OUR LEAD PROGRAM BOTH
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WILLS BE
HERE AND THE DEPARTMENTS
INVOLVED.
AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE
SOME PRESENTATION ABOUT TNC'S.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO HEAR FROM
OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
OSE, I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR
GETTING PREPARED, BUT KNOWING
THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE UP
AGAINST A TIME DEADLINE, I
THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER JUST TO
RELEASE THEM.
SO COLLEAGUES IF YOU HAVE
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT OSE, I
KNOW YOLANDA ON COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF CAN HELP AND WILL GET
INFORMATION FROM THAT
DEPARTMENT AS NECESSARY.
SO WITH THAT OUR AGENDA NUMBER
ONE IS OUR CITY WIDE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE.
I'LL INVITE THOSE OF YOU WHO
WILL BE PRESENTING THIS
MORNING.
PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN US AT
THE TABLE.
AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT THIS AFTERNOON AFTER
OUR AFTERNOON SESSION IS
COMPLETED.
AND AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO ARE
PLANNING TO COME THURSDAY NIGHT
TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING, IT
BEGINS AT 5:30 HERE IN THIS
CHAMBER.
WE WILL STAY UNTIL THE LAST
PERSON HAS HAD A CHANCE TO
SPEAK.
EXCELLENT.
WHY DON'T WE START, ALLISON
WITH YOU, AND THEN HAD JUST GO
AROUND THE TABLE FOR
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> ALLISON MCLAIN, COUNCIL
MEMBER BAGSHAW'S OFFICE.
>> TOM MIKESELL, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> JEFF SIMMS, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> JASON JOHNSON, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> TESS COLBY, MAYOR'S OFFICE.
>> JULIE DINGLEY, CITY BUDGET
OFFICE.
>> OVER HERE?
>> SINA EBINGER LIEUTENANT.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
WITH US.
WHO IS KICKING US OFF, YOU,
JEFF?
>> YES.
AS YOU HAVE DONE, I WANTED TO
START US OFF WITH A LITTLE
CONTEXT.
AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AWARE,
HOMELESSNESS REMAINS THE
CENTRAL FOCUS IN SEATTLE.
THE ONE NIGHT COUNT ON JANUARY
OF THIS YEAR DID FIND AN 8%
FEWER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, BUT AS WE HEARD
DURING COUNCIL BRIEFING LAST
WEEK, MANY OF THE PROGRAMS
FUNDED BY THE CITY ARE ON PACE
TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE THIS YEAR
THAN LAST YEAR.
TODAY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WILL
PRESENT TOTAL HOMELESSNESS
SUSPENDING ACROSS THE SAME 11
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDED IN THE
INVENTORY LAST YEAR.
THESE ITEMS ARE PRESENTED TODAY
IN ORDER TO GIVE A HOLISTIC
UNDERSTANDING OF HOMELESSNESS
AND HOW THE CITY IS RESPONDING
TO HOMELESSNESS.
>> SLOW DOWN JUST A TINY BIT,
I'M TAKING NOTES.
>> IN PARTICULAR HOW
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NOT
FOCUSED ON SERVING INDIVIDUAL
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE A
PART OF THE CITY'S RESPONSE.
BUT ALL THESE INVESTMENTS ARE
PART OF, I'M SORRY, HOW THE
DEPARTMENTS NOT TYPICALLY
ASSOCIATED WITH RESPONDING TO
HOPELESSNESS ARE A PART OF THE
HOLISTIC RESPONSE.
BUT WE DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE
THESE INVESTMENTS PRESENTED
TODAY ARE A PART OF THE
INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT'S
SUBMISSIONS.
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSES
SPENDING A TOTAL OF $101
MILLION ON $5.5 MILLION
INCREASE ON HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES.
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THOSE
INCREASES ARE ONE-TIME EXPENSES
IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS WERE
TO DISCUSS LAST FRIDAY AS PART
OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
RESPONSE TO HIGH-BARRIER
INDIVIDUALS.
YOU'LL RECOGNIZE SOME OVERLAP.
AND IN ADDITION TO HSD, WE WILL
HAVE PRESENTATIONS BY SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, DEPARTMENT
OFPARKS AND RECREATION.
AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO CBO TO GET US STARTED.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, JULIE?
>> TESS WILL KICK US OFF.
>> OKAY, I'M GOING TO KICK US
OFF AND IMMEDIATELY TURN IT
OVER TO JULIE AND JASON.
AND WE WILL GET GOING.
SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO
IS JUST WALK QUICKLY THROUGH
HOW THE PRESENTATION WILL GO
THIS MORNING.
WE WILL MOVE INTO THE BUDGET
FOLLOWED BY HIGHLIGHTS OF
SPECIFIC CHANGES FROM THIS YEAR
ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON
INCREMENTAL CHANGES RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS IN 2020.
IT'S A PART OF A LARGER WHOLE
THAT REFLECTS THE MAYOR'S
VISION AND STRATEGY.
THIS BUDGET REPRESENTS HER
COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THERE
ARE SAFER SPACES FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ALONG
WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND
PATHS TO PERMANENT HOUSING
AMONG PEOPLE SLEEPING OUTSIDE
AND IN THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED
BY HOMELESSNESS.
AS JASON'S PRESENTATION LAST
WEEK DEMONSTRATED, THE CRISIS
RESPONSE SYSTEM IS ADVANCING
THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF MAKING
HOMELESSNESS RARE, BRIEF, AND
NONRECURRING.
CITY-FUNDED PROGRAMS ARE MORE
SUCCESSFUL AT PREVENTING
HOMELESSNESS.
OUR PROVIDING SERVICES TO MORE
PEOPLE AND ARE HELPING MORE
PEOPLE TO REESTABLISH AND
RETAIN HOUSING.
THIS REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT
RETURN ON THE MAYOR'S
COMMITMENT TO PERFORMANCE-BASED
CONTRACTING, WHICH KEEPS OUR
FUNDED PROVIDERS LASER FOCUSED
ON THE HOUSING FIRST APPROACH
THAT PLACES HOUSING NAVIGATION
AND CONNECTION TO SERVICES AT
THE CORE OF THEIR WORK.
THE 2020 BUDGET CONTINUES TO
FUND EVERY ASPECT OF THE CRISIS
RESPONSE SYSTEM FROM
PREVENTION, OUTREACH, --
>>
SORRY, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US
AT THE TABLE, YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> OKAY, SORRY, TESS.
GO AHEAD.
>> ALL GOOD.
AND SO AS I MENTIONED THE
BUDGET CONTAINS ALL ASPECTS OF
THE CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM FROM
PREVENTION, OUTREACH,
DIVERSION, AND SHELTER TO
HOUSING PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT HELP
OUR MOST VULNERABLE HOUSE AND
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET EXTENDS SOME
EXISTING FUNDING SUCH AS THOSE
FOR THE NAVIGATION TEAM FIELD
CORD FAITOURS, ADDS FUNDING FOR
A NEW PROGRAM SUCH AS THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
TO INCREASE ACCESS TO NURSES
BOTH IN PERSON AND OVER THE
PHONE.
AND EXPANDS SOME EXISTING
PROGRAMS SUCH AS SAFE PARKING
AND REMEDIATION.
2020 AS WE ALL KNOW IS ALSO A
YEAR OF TRANSITION.
AS WE ADVANCE TOWARDS
ESTABLISHMENTS OF A REGIONAL
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE.
THIS COMES WITH A COMBINATION
OF ANTICIPATION AND UNCERTAINTY
AS WE ENTER NEW TERRITORY.
THOSE CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAMS
I MENTIONED ABOVE WILL
TRANSITION TO THE NEW AUTHORITY
OVER THE COURSE OF 020, BUT
THIS YEAR'S BUDGETING PROCESS
REMAINS UNCHANGED.
FINALLY WHILE SMALL RELATIVE TO
THEIR RESPECTIVE TOTAL BUDGETS,
THE FUNDING RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS FOR SPU, PARKS,
AND FAS IS CRITICAL TO
PROTECTING THE SAFETY AND HELP
PERSONS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND COMMUNITIES
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
HOMELESSNESS.
THESE PROGRAMS REPRESENT THE
SUCCESS OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL
TEAM WORK IN RESPONDING TO
NEIGHBORHOODS JUST AS THE
NAVIGATION TEAM DOES IN ITS
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO
ADDRESSING THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY CONCERNS IN UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS.
WITH THAT NOW I WILL HAND IT
OVER TO JULIE FOR AN OVERVIEW
OF THE BUDGET.
>> GREAT, JULIE BEFORE YOU DIVE
IN, TESS, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE WORD THAT YOU AND JASON AND
OTHERS HAVE DONE TOWARDS OUR
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE.
AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD
WORK THAT KING COUNTY AND SOME
OF OUR SUBURBAN CITY COLLEAGUES
ARE DOING ON THIS.
SO WE KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS GOING TO BE HELPING US
SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
AS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE
THIS AFTERNOON, AND I THINK DAN
SADDLEBERG, I CAN CUE THIS UP
FOR HIM.
WE KNOW WHAT'S WORKING AND MANY
THINGS ARE AT CAPACITY, AND
THOSE ARE THE AREAS WE NEED TO
REALLY FOCUS ON AND EXPAND.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD
WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND OTHERS THAT ARE NOT HERE TO
REALLY SHARE MY APPRECIATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JULIE, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
AS TESS MENTIONED, THIS HAD IS
NOT ONLY A TRANSITION YEAR FOR
HSE.
BUT AS YOU HEARD FROM DIRECTOR
NOBLE LAST WEEK, DEPARTMENTS
ARE ASKED TO STAY WITHIN THOSE
RESOURCES TO THE EXTENT
POSSIBLE.
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET IS NOW
AT $101.3 MILLION, WHICH HAS
GROWN CITY WIDE.
SINCE 2017.
THE CATEGORIES SHOWN HERE WERE
FIRST INTRODUCED TO YOU LAST
YEAR.
AND FROM TOP TO BOTTOM INCLUDES
ACCESS TO SERVICES CURRENTLY AT
$5.1 MILLION.
CLEAN UP AT 5.3 MILLION.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT $51
MILLION.
OUTSIDING AND PREVENTION AT $33
AND HSD STAFFING AND ADMIN AT
$6.8 MILLION.
THERE'S A ONE-TIME $2 MILLION
FOR THE START UP OF THE
REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT
WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH YOU
PREVIOUSLY THAT'S INCLUDED IN
THERE.
THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS LIKE A
SIGNIFICANT BUMP YEAR OVER
YEAR.
>> SAY THAT AGAIN?
>> THAT LAST BIT WAS HSD
STAFFING AND ADMIN IN 2020
INCLUDES A ONE-TIME $2 MILLION
INVESTMENT FOR THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY START-UP.
>> GOT IT, THANK YOU.
SO ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, THIS
TABLE SHOWS THE SAME
INFORMATION, BUT JUST BY
DEPARTMENT.
DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE
PRESENTATION AS TESS MENTIONED,
WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IN-DEPTH
CHANGES TO HS IS D AND OTHERS
WILL JOIN.
THE BUDGETS DID NOT CHANGE AT
ALL OR MODESTLY.
SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS NOT
ANSWERED IN TODAY'S
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND SO WITH THAT WE WILL
BEGIN WITH OH.
AND THIS ONE BEGINS WITH A
HUMBLE PLEA.
>> JULIE, JUST A SECOND,
PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT HAS A
QUESTION.
>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE BAR
GRAPH?
>> SURE.
>> FIRST OF ALL ONE
OBSERVATION.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WORD YOU
USED TO REPRESENT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON HOMELESSNESS.
IF YOU ARE SAYING IT'S AN
OBJECTIVE FOR THE CITY TO
ACHIEVE HOMELESSNESS, AND THEN
OF COURSE I 100% AGREE WITH
YOU.
BUT I THINK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
IS IMPLYING WE'RE GETTING
TOWARDS THAT OR SOMEHOW DOING
IT.
I'M SORRY.
JUST FOR THE RECORD I WANT TO
SAY THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE
CAN SAY THIS WITH A STRAIGHT
FACE GIVEN THE PROBLEM THAT
WE'RE FACING IN OUR REGION.
AND I THINK THE LEAST STARTING
POINT WE HAVE TO HAVE IS A
POINT OF HONESTY.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE LAST
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, AT LEAST OF
ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO AGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENTS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
CAN I INDICATE LAST WEEK WE HAD
HAD A VERY LONG PRESENTATION
FROM JASON AND OUR HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T THINK YOU HAD JOINED US
ON THAT ONE AND I WANT TO MAKE
SURE YOU GET THEIR PRESENTATION
ON PERFORMANCE OUTCOME.
>> I WASN'T ABLE TO BE THERE
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN UNDER THE
WEATHER, BUT I DON'T NEED TO BE
TOLD.
I AM LOOKING AT THE
PRESENTATION, IT HAS NOTHING TO
DO NEITHER HERE OR THERE WHAT
YOU SAID.
BUT THIS IS A RESPONSE TO WHAT
WAS SAID CONVEYED FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IN TERMS OF WHAT
THE ASSESSMENTS ARE.
WE NEED TO BE HONEST AT THE
VERY LEAST, BUT I DID HAVE A
QUESTION ON THE BAR GRAPH WHERE
YOU SAY IN 2019 REVISED, YOU
HAVE $4.4 IN THE BLUE SECTION,
$4.4 MILLION ON CLEAN UP.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT SQUARES
WITH THE FACT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THEMSELVES HAD
HAVE SHARED WITH US, WHICH HAD
IS ROUGHLY $10 MILLION FOR THE
SWEEPS.
WHAT IS THIS REFLECTING AND
WHERE IS THE REST OF THE MONEY?
>> SURE.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO
THE NAVIGATION TEAM EFFORTS.
THE CLEAN UP CATEGORY
SPECIFICALLY HAS CLEAN UP
RELATED FROM THE DIFFERENT
UTILITIES, SO THAT THE COSTS
THAT COME FROM PARKS AND SPU
CONTRIBUTE AND THEN THERE ARE
SPD SALARIES, WHICH ARE
CAPTURED IN THE EMERGENCY
CATEGORY THAT ARE OTHERWISE
RELATED, AND THEN WE HAVE
OUTREACH CONTRACTS AS WELL THAT
ARE A PART OF THE NAVIGATION
TEAM TOTAL SPENDING AND THOSE
ARE A DIFFERENT CATEGORY, SO
THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED THERE.
>> OKAY, BACK TO MY HUMBLE
PLEA.
YOU'LL OBVIOUSLY NOTICE I'M NOT
OH HOUSING DIRECTOR ALVARADO.
HER AND HER TEAM ARE AWAY AT A
CONFERENCE.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO REPRESENT
THEM.
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY BRILLIANT AND
WONDERFUL HUMANS.
SO JUST ASK YOUR PATIENCE WITH
ME IF I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW,
I'LL CERTAINLY GET THEM BACK TO
>> WHO IS TAKING NOTES FOR YOU
ON THOSE QUESTIONS?
>> I WILL BE TAKING NOTES AND
SEVERAL FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND SO IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
THE CITY OF SEATTLE TOGETHER
WITH OUR PARTNERS HAVE INVESTED
OVER $710 MILLION IN RENTAL
HOUSING AND PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP TO
BUILD OVER 2,140 UNITS AND
MAINTAINED OVER 160 UNITS AS
AFFORDABLE.
THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS 16,800
AFFORDABLE HOMES WITH 5,228
UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY 2022 FOR
ZERO TO 60 AMI FOR
HOMEOWNERSHIP.
A REMINDER THAT IN ADDITION TO
THE HOMELESSNESS AS DEFINED BY
COORDINATED ENTRY.
OH IS SERVING PEOPLE WHO MIGHT
BE HOMELESS, BUT FOR THESE
UNITS.
ALL OF OH'S LOW INCOME UNITS,
THOSE NOT REGULATED ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO HOMELESSNESS
PREVENTION THROUGH DIRECT
PROVISION OF HOUSING.
OF THE CURRENT PORTFOLIO, 6,700
UNITS ARE REGULATED FOR 30% AND
BELOW.
WITH 4,300 OF THOSE
SPECIFICALLY REGULATED FOR
HOMELESS.
IN THE PIPELINE MEANING FULLY
FUNDED AND IN SOME STAGE OF
CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT
THERE ARE ANOTHER 900 UNITS OR
UNDER 30% AMI AND 463 OF THOSE
UNITS ARE SPECIFICALLY
REGULATED FOR HOMELESS.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES 382 UNITS
FOR 30% AMI JUST FUNDED IN THE
2018 PROCESS AND REFLECTED IN
THE 2019 BUDGET, SO THAT WAS
THIS YEAR.
THE 2020 BUDGET REFLECTS
AWARDS, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT
ONE.
THANK YOU.
THE 200 PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> SORRY, I HAVE A CLARIFYING
QUESTION.
>> OKAY, YES, PLEASE.
>> ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE I'M
ASSUMING THE NUMBERS YOU HAVE
FOR CITY-FUNDED RENTAL HOUSING
UNITS, UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
I'M ASSUMING THAT INCLUDES ALL
THE LEVY RESOURCES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU.
RECOGNIZING THAT YOU'RE NOT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING, CAN YOU GO
BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE,
PLEASE?
I THINK THIS UNDERSCORES
EXACTLY THE PROBLEMS.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT HOW MANY
PEOPLE ZERO TO 30% AMI ARE
RENTING IN THE MARKET RATE
APARTMENTS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN
SEATTLE ARE RENTING MARKET RATE
0% TO 30% AMI.
DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER ON YOU?
>> I DON'T OFFHAND, BUT I CAN
GET IT FOR YOU.
>> I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS
AROUND 22,000 PEOPLE IN OUR
REGION.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT JUST
EMPHASIZED AND WE THINK ABOUT
HOW WE HAVE BEEN MESSAGING OUR
RESPONSE BEING APPROPRIATELY
úREDUCING THE NUMBER OF FOLKS
LIVING OUTSIDE, WHICH I THINK
IS SOMEWHAT QUESTIONABLE IN
TERMS OF OUR APPLES TO APPLES
NUMBERS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO
LAST YEAR.
I THINK WHAT'S MORE OF AN
APPROPRIATE NUMBER TO LOOK AT
IS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING
IN INSECURE HOUSING SITUATIONS
0 TO 30% AMI AND I WOULD LOVE
TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS FOR THIS
YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, THE
PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO 2017, 2018, AND 2019 IF
POSSIBLE.
THAT WOULD GIVE US A BETTER
SENSE OF HOW THE CURRENT
PORTFOLIO OF UNITS AT, I'M
SORRY AT 30% AMI AND BEROW
MIRRORS WHAT THE NEED IS.
AND I THINK THAT WILL BE VERY
INTERESTING TO THE PUBLIC AS
WELL.
>> GREAT, WE CAN GET THAT FOR
YOU.
>> GREAT, THANKS.
I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT
ALL OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE.
IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE ALL OF
US GET IT WILL BE GREAT.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW.
ON THAT QUESTION, WHICH I AGREE
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO SEE THE
ACTUAL VULNERABILITY BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE RENT BURDENED.
I THINK LOOKING AT HOW MANY,
30% AMI OR LESS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
ONE OTHER STATISTIC I'M TRYING
TO FIND.
RECENTLY IT WAS I THINK LAST
YEAR.
I'M SURE YOU COULD FIND IT
WHERE THEY SAID THAT OVER
23,000 HOUSEHOLDS WERE
EXTREMELY RENT BURDENED, SO
IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR, WHICH IS HOW MANY
OF THEM WERE AT 30% OF THE AMI,
BUT CLEARLY THERE IS GOING TO
BE A STRONG CORRELATION AND AN
EXTREMELY RENT BURDENED,
HOUSEHOLDS PAYING MORE THAN 50%
OF THEIR INCOME AND RENT AND WE
SHOULD CONNECT THAT AS WELL.
>> SURE, THERE IS SOME WE COULD
GET FOR YOU.
PROBABLY NOT 2019 AND IF THE
MOST CURRENT MAY BE 2017 AND
JUST BECAUSE OF HOW LONG IT
TAKES TO ROTATE THE
INFORMATION.
>> AND JUST BRIEFLY, YOU KNOW
THAT IT WILL BRING IT UP AT
SOME POINT.
AND I'M LOOKING AT WHAT'S IN
THE PIPELINE.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE A BREAKDOWN
IN DISTRICTS AS WELL.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS WE'RE NOT
CAPTURING.
I KNOW 22,000 PEOPLE AT 30%
AMI.
I FOE THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING
A LOT OF THAT IN THE NORTH END
IF MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT 5. IF
WE COULD HAVE THAT, THAT COULD
BE REALLY HELPFUL.
WHEN WE TEE UP OUR BUDGET
ISSUES ARE FOR OUR SOCIAL
SERVICE PROGRAMS, HOMELESS
PROGRAMS, THEN I CAN ACTUALLY
HELP THEM WITH THEIR
INFORMATION AS WELL.
PARTICULARLY SINCE WE'RE
BUILDING A LOT OF PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, IN OUR
THIRD UNIT.
AND IF WE COULD HAVE THAT, I
WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT,
THANK YOU.
>> OH RECENTLY LAUNCHED A PART
OF THEIR WEBSITE THAT IS QUITE
HELPFUL, INTERACTIVE, AND IT
HAS ALL THE SIGHTS UNDER
DEVELOPMENT.
AND IF YOU FEED TO PULL IT UP,
THAT COULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL.
WE WILL GET YOU THAT DATA
CERTAINLY.
>> AND WITH THE EXISTING RENTAL
PORTFOLIO IS BY THE DISTRICT AS
WELL AND WE COULD GET THAT TO
YOU.
WE GOT IT.
>> I KNOW THAT WE COULD DO IT.
>> YES, FOR TODAY.
>> PLEASE, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
WHILE WE'RE TAKING A PAUSE, CAN
YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE FOUR?
OKAY.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET
INTO THE DETAILS A LITTLE BIT
MORE, BUT AGAIN AS WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF TIMES
IN OUR EFFORT TO CREATE A
REGIONAL RESPONSE TO THE
EMERGENCY THAT IS HOMELESSNESS
AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OF
FOLKS NOT HAVING ENOUGH PLACES
TO LIVE.
LET ALONE SHELTERS.
AND I STILL AM CONCERNED ABOUT
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE
SPENDING ON THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
THE NUMBER I'VE BEEN TOLD IS AS
A TOTAL, WE HAVE $7 MILLION
THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED ACROSS
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
AS I LOOK AT THIS LIST HERE, I
KNOW THAT WITHIN THESE VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS THERE ARE ELEMENTS
THAT ARE NOT SLATED TO BE
COORDINATED WITH OUR PARTNERS
AT KING COUNTY.
AND THAT IS CONCERNING TO ME
FOR TWO REASONS.
WE HAVE BEEN MAKING THE
ARGUMENT THAT WHEN WE
CONSOLIDATE FUNDING, WE'LL BE
EFFICIENT WITH OUR PARTNERS AT
KING COUNTY, WHICH I BELIEVE TO
BE TRUE AND I THINK IT WILL BE
MORE EFFICIENT FOR THOSE FOLKS
WHO ARE DIRECTLY SERVING THOSE
HOMELESS AS WELL TO NOT GO
THROUGH MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS
FOR FUNDING, NOT TO HAVE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF REPORTING
AND TO HAVE BETTER REPORTING
UNDER KING COUNTY THAT DOES NOT
RELY ON THE CONTRACT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL BE
GAINED BY MERGING OUR PROGRAMS
AND AGAIN, NOT FOR HOUSING, BUT
JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR EMERGENCY
SERVICES.
AND WHERE I BECOME CONCERNED IS
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK
ABOUT THIS BUDGET INCLUDING
FUNDING THAT IS DIRECTLY
ADDRESSING THE CRISIS THAT IS
HOMELESSNESS AND WE ARE NOT
TALKING ABOUT PULLING THAT
FUNDING.
AND COORDINATING WITH THE
SERVICES THAT WILL BE OFFERED
THROUGH THAT EFFORT AND WHEN I
HEAR $7 MILLION, WE WILL STILL
BE AT THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH
OF THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE
ITEMS HERE AND TO ALSO PUT THAT
CAVEAT OUT THERE.
I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT TALKING
ABOUT ALLOCATING THE FUNDING
THAT CURRENTLY GOES TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER
KING COUNTY.
I BELIEVE FUNDING WILL BE
REDIRECTED TO MORE OF A JUSTICE
MODEL TO STAY WITHIN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
FUNDS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OF
THEM DOLLARS THAT ARE LISTED
HERE, HOW MUCH OF THESE DOLLARS
ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE
USED FOR THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
AND OF THE $7 MILLION, IS IT
$2.3 MILLION THAT IS ALLOCATED
FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET THAT WOULD
GO CONTINUALLY TO THE
NAVIGATION TEAM?
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL THERE.
SO THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES $8.4 MILLION.
>> OKAY.
>> FOR THE NAVIGATION TEAM
BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS BY
DEPARTMENT.
SPD STAFF IS ABOUT $2.35
MILLION.
HSD STAFF IS $2.56 MILLION.
THE HSD OUTREACH CONTRACT IS
$762,000.
THE FAS CLEAN UP CONTRACT IS
$1.3 MILLION.
AND PARKS CLEANUP CREWS COME IN
AT $1.4 MILLION.
>> LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY
OF THOSE AGAIN.
>> AND HAVE YOU ALREADY SENT
THIS ELECTRONICALLY TO US?
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE
IT.
>> LET ME REPEAT WHAT I BELIEVE
WE HEARD.
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
$2.35 MILLION.
FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
$1.3 MILLION.
SEATTLE PARKS AND REC $1.4
MILLION.
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT $2.56
MILLION.
AND THEN THE HSD OUTREACH IS
$762,000?
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE
NAVIGATION TEAM A BIT LATER IF
THE PRESENTATION.
AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO CALL
OUT ONE OTHER COMPONENT OF YOUR
QUESTION IS ABOUT NOT SEEING IT
AS A PART OF THE COORDINATED
RESPONSE.
AND THE 2020 BUDGET IS LARGELY,
LARGELY DEVELOPED KNOWING THAT
ALL OF THE, THE MEATY ISSUES
RELATED TO REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
AND ALL THE PIECES WE WILL HAVE
TO GRAPPLE WITH WILL BE
DISCUSSED OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
THOSE BUDGET CHANGES WILL BE
INCLUDED IN THE 2021 BUDGET.
>> OKAY, I WOULD LIKE US TO
CONTINUE, BUT ONE MORE THOUGHT
ALONG THE LINES.
I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE HEARD
DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE NAV
TEAMS.
AS YOU DIVE INTO IT IN A FEW
MOMENTS.
JUST TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR
OBJECTIVES ARE, HOW
THEY'REDOING.
I KNOW AMONG MY COLLEAGUES
THERE'S DEFINITE CONCERN ABOUT
HOW THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT
AND ARE PEOPLE GETTING BETTER.
IF WE ARE SIMPLY CHASING PEOPLE
AROUND FROM ONE SIDE TO
ANOTHER, THEN WE DON'T THINK
THAT'S A GOOD USE OF FUNDS.
BUT IF WE CAN FOCUS ON THE
CLEAN UPS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING,
MAKING SURE WE'RE USING THIS
MONEY FOR MORE 24/7 ROOFS OF
SOME KIND OR ANOTHER, THAT'S
GOING TO BE THE FOCUS OF THIS.
GO AHEAD, JULIE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK.
THANK YOU.
SO THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET
REFLECTS AWARDS THAT WILL BE
MADE THROUGH THE 2019NOFA
PROCESS, WHICH APPLICATIONS
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
OH EXPECTS TO COMMIT $90
MILLION WITH $25 MILLION
EXPECTED TO BE COMMITTED FOR
THE HOUSING OR FORMERLY
HOMELESS.
THIS INCLUDES $25 MILLION FOR
WEEK TWO AND ABOUT $20 MILLION
FOR LOCAL OPTION FINANCING,
WHICH WILL BE USED FOR
PERMANENT SUPPORTING CAPITAL.
ALL DISCUSSED IN OH'S
PRESENTATION TO YOU LAST WEEK.
NOW IT'S TOO EARLY IN THE NOFA
PROCESS TO KNOW WHICH PROJECTS
WILL BE FUNDED IN DECEMBER.
BUT LOOKING AT ALL THE
APPLICANTS, REQUESTS
REPRESENTING 400 UNITS FOR 30%
AMI.
THERE ARE REQUESTS REPRESENTING
ANOTHER 423 UNITS FOR UNDER 50%
AMI.
THESE 50% UNITS ARE WORTH
NOTING BECAUSE WITH DEEPER
INVESTMENT BY OH INTO A
PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE CAN
FURTHER BUY DOWN THE RENT
ALLOWING THE HOUSING UNIT TO
OFFER HOUSEHOLD TO A LOWER AMI
BRACKET THAN WHAT IS PROPOSED
IN THEIR APPLICATION.
ADDITIONALLY OH WILL PROVIDE
JUST SHY OF $2 MILLION FOR
ONGOING OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FOR BOTH
PSH AND TRANSITION FALL
HOUSING, WHICH YOU ALL KNOW IS
CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF
THESE INTERVENTIONS.
HSD PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT
FUNDING FOR O&M FOR A TOTAL OF
$18.7 MILLION.
>> DOES THAT COME AT THE
EXPENSE OF ADDITIONAL UNITS?
>> YES, BECAUSE YOU'RE
USINGMORE RESOURCES.
YOU HAVE LESS TO BUY MORE
UNITS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, PLEASE PROCEED.
SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO JASON TO GET INTO THE HSD
CHANGES.
>> THANK YOU, JULIE, YOU DID A
NICE JOB PINCH HITTING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, GOOD TO BE
WITH YOU AGAIN.
I DO MEAN THAT.
I DO.
SO AGAIN FOR THE RECORD JASON
JOHNSON WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
I'M HERE WITH DUSTIN OLSON
STRATEGIC ADVISER AT HSD.
THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU
REPRESENTS CONTINUED INCREASE
IN DEPARTMENT FUNDS RELATED TO
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
YOU'LL SEE BETWEEN 2018, 2019
THERE WAS A 8.2% INCREASE.
AND WE ARE, YOU ARE ALSO SEEING
A PROPOSED INCREASE OF 4.7%
BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020.
IN THE PRESENTATION, I WANT TO
WALK THROUGH EACH OF THOSE
INCREMENTAL CHANGES THAT ARE
PROPOSED.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO
THINGS QUICKLY THOUGH.
ONE, JUST ANOTHER REMINDER THAT
IN 2020 THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO
ADMINISTER THE CONTRACTS
RELATED TO ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS.
WHILE WE WILL BE WORKING TO
STAND UP REGIONAL AUTHORITY
JOINTLY AND CONSOLIDATED WITH
KING COUNTY INVESTMENTS, THE
ACT OF AND THE PRACTICE OF
ADMINISTERING THE INVESTMENTS
THROUGH CONTRACTS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IN 2020.
I ALSO WANTED TO JUST REMIND
IT'S BEEN STATED ALREADY, BUT I
WAS WITH YOU ON MONDAY MORNING.
I WAS ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
THE STRATEGIC CHANGES THAT
WE'VE MADE THROUGHOUT THE PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THESE
HOMELESS INVESTMENTS ARE
WORKING.
WE ARE SERVING MORE PEOPLE THAN
WE HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
WE ARE MOVING MORE INDIVIDUAL
HOUSEHOLDS FROM HOMELESSNESS TO
HOUSING.
WE HAVE SEEN A SHORTENING OF
THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT PEOPLE
ARE REMAINING IN SHELTERS
PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE ENHANCED MORE OF THOSE
SHELTER PROGRAMS.
AND WE ARE ALSO SEEING AN
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WE'RE ABLE TO PREVENT
FROM BECOMING HOMELESS IN THE
FIRST PLACE AND HAVING TO USE
THE EMERGENCY CRISIS SYSTEM.
AND SO IN THESE NUMBERS, THIS
$90 MILLION NUMBER PROPOSED IN
2020, I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THOSE PROGRAMS THAT I
WENT THROUGH IN DETAIL ON
MONDAY ARE ALL CAPTURED AS PART
OF THAT BUDGET.
SO FIRST I WANT TO START WITH
THE INFLATIONARY INCREASE FOR
HOMELESS PROVIDER CONTRACTS.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THIS ON MONDAY, BUT I WANTED TO
SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT 9
$913,000 OF THE INCREASE WILL
BE A PART OF OUR HOMELESS
INVESTMENT CONTRACTS.
I JUST WANTED TO PULL THAT
PIECE OF THE OVERALL $1.5
MILLION TOTAL DEPARTMENT WIDE
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT INCREASE INTO
THEIR HOMELESS INVESTMENT
CONTRACTS, TOTALING $913,000.
>> JASON, DOES THAT INCLUDE
BOTH THE RATE WE INCLUDED LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET TO THIS YEAR AND
PLUS THE 2% THAT WE JUST
NEGOTIATED DURING THE SUMMER?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THIS INCLUDES LAST YEAR'S
INFLATIONARY INCREASE AS WELL
AS THIS YEAR'S 2.6% INCREASE.
>> OKAY.
>> AND SO THIS INCREASES THE
ABILITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS TO
KEEP PACE WITH THE INCREASE
COST OF DOING BUSINESS IN
SEATTLE AND TO INCREASE WAGES
FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
THE 2.6% INCREASE COMPLIES WITH
ORDINANCE 125865.
THE NEXT ITEM I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT IS THE ON SITE
NURSING AT PERMANENT HOUSING
AND SHELTER PROGRAMS.
THE HOMELESS POPULATION IS
AGING AND EXPERIENCING GREATER
ACUTE AND CHRONIC MEDICAL
CONDITIONS THAT REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL HEALTH CARE SUPPORT
TO STABILIZE.
THIS FUNDING WILL ADD ON-SITE
NURSING SUPPORT AT FIVE
PROGRAMS, TWO SHELTERS, AND
THREE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING PROJECTS WHO EXPERIENCE
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CALLS TO
911 REQUESTING
EMERGENCYSERVICES THAT WERE
DETERMINED TO BE NON-EMERGENCY
NEEDS.
NURSES WILL PERFORM BASIC
PATIENT TRIAGE AND ADDRESS THE
RESIDENT'S MEDICAL CONCERNS
BASED ON SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT'S PATIENT EVALUATION
APPROACH.
THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE THAT
WE'RE WANTING TO PAY ATTENTION
TO WITH THIS INVESTMENT WILL BE
A REDUCTION IN 911 CALLS
OVERALL ESPECIALLY THOSE NON-
EMERGENCY CALLS.
>> RIGHT.
A BIG APPLAUSE TO YOU TO CHIEF
SKOGAN'S IN OUR FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE ALL
BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS.
THE FACT IT'S NOW BEING
ADDRESSED IN THIS BUDGET GIVES
ME GREAT HOPE THAT WE'RE
LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE WHOSE
BOOTS ARE ON THE GROUND TELLING
US IT IS WHAT THEY NEED.
AND I THINK THIS INVESTMENT IS
GOING TO SHOW A REAL SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> I WILL ECHO MY COLLEAGUE
FROM DISTRICT FIVE.
THERE'S NOTHING REFLECTED IN
THE NORTH END.
AND THEN ALSO I WANT TO DOUBLE
CHECK THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED A
REPORT BACK, HOW MANY CALLS
WERE DIVERTED.
HOW MANY CLIENTS ARE GETTING
ACCESS TO THE NURSE, HOW MANY
FOLKS ARE GETTING TRANSFERRED
TO APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE
VERSES SORT OF JUST CYCLING IN
AND OUT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON
HOW WE'RE TRACKING THAT, THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL.
THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON
THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF LAST YEAR.
AND IT WAS MET WITH SOME
RESISTANCE, SO I'M REALLY GLAD
TO SEE IT INCLUDED AS WELL AS
THE INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT.
THOSE ARE CRITICAL PIECES FOR
US TO SEE MONEY ON THE FRONT
END AND TO SAVE LIVES.
ANY COMMENTS ON THE TRACKING OF
HOW WE WILL BE MEASURING
SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM?
>> YEAH, WE WILL DO A CONTRACT,
MONITORING THAT CONTRACT
REGULARLY, A PART OF MONITORING
THAT CONTRACT WILL BE TO
RECEIVE DATA ABOUT HOW THIS
PROGRAM IS GOING IN THESE FIVE
PROGRAMS.
AND WHAT WE WILL BE PAYING
CLOSE ATTENTION TO IS WE WANT
TO SEE A REDUCTION IN THE LOW
ACUITY CALLS.
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND
SPECIFICALLY WHAT SORT OF
ISSUES THAT NURSES IN THESE
PROGRAMS ARE DEALING WITH.
YOU KNOW WE MADE SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS IN ADDITIONAL
SHELTER CAPACITY.
WHEN WAS THAT, 2018?
AND NOW WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT
HOW THOSE PROGRAMS ARE
PERFORMING AND WHAT GAPS EXIST.
THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE AREAS
THAT PROVIDERS TOLD US THEY DID
NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
PROVIDE THE MEDICAL NEEDS FOR
THOSE INDIVIDUALS STAYING IN
THESE SHELTERS AND PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS
ESPECIALLY AFTER HOURS.
AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE WANTED
TO INSERT SOME ASSISTANCE, SOME
VERY TARGETED ASSISTANCE TO
HELP THEM PROVIDE THE CARE
NEEDED FOR THE INDIVIDUALS
STAYING IN THEIR PROGRAMS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT THERE WAS THE DATA IN
FRONT OF YOU THAT WILL SHOW THE
FIVE PROGRAMS WHERE THIS ON-
SITE NURSE WILL BE WORKING.
AND IT IS THESE FIVE LOCATIONS
BECAUSE THESE ARE THE FIVE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE GETTING THE
HIGHEST NUMBERS OF NONACUTE
CALLS TO 911.
SO WE DID NOT DO A GEOGRAPHIC
ALL CALL TO PROVIDE THIS
SERVICE AT A WIDE VARIETY OF
SHELTER PROGRAMS OR PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM AND
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESOURCE
WILL EXIST AND WHERE THE
HIGHEST VOLUME OF CALLS WERE
COMING IN.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER D5?
>> THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
THIS AGAIN.
I'M ONLY SAYING THIS BECAUSE
THE FACTS SUPPORT THIS.
D5 HAS FIVE SHAG HOUSING.
WE HAVE THE MOST SHAG HOUSING
IN THE CITY.
SECOND OF ALL WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT HOMELESS POPULATION IS
AGING, IT IS NO MORE SO
APPARENT IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ELDER
COMMUNITY CENTER.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN AROUND AND
AROUND AND PARTICULAR MAYORS
AND BAGSHAW KNOWS THIS AS WELL.
WE HAVE THREE HOUSING BUILDING
UNITS AND ANOTHER ONE SCHEDULED
TO COME ONLINE.
WE ALSO HAVE NO SHELTER IN D5.
THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT HAS NO
SHELTER 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE
YEAR.
WE HAD MONEY LAST YEAR TO KEEP
THE SHELTER OPEN FOR MEN FROM
6:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 6:00
AT NIGHT.
WE HAVE FAITH BASED.
AND I KNOW PEOPLETY THAT
EVERYONE IS FAT AND HAPPY IN
THE NORTH END, BUT THAT'S NOT
THE CASE.
I'M REALLY GOING TO PUSH BACK
ON AGAIN NOT IGNORING
PARTICULAR DISTRICTS,
PARTICULARLY MY DISTRICT.
WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING THIS SINCE
I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.
I CAN'T STRESS IT ANYMORE
PARTICULARLY WITH OUR AGING
POPULATION.
AND WANTING OUR ELDERS TO AGE
IN PLACE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FIRE
STATIONS, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
WE NEED WHEN HAVING THE NURSE
IN CARE.
WE CAN COME BACK TO THE ISSUE
OFFLINE AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WILL ADD THIS IS ONE OF
THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO
PAY ATTENTION TO.
IF YOU SEE A REDUCTION AT LOW
ACUITY CALLS IN THE FIVE
PROGRAMS, THIS WILL BE
SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO GROW
AND MAKE MORE AVAILABLE IN
OTHER PROGRAMS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AND SO YOU INDICATED YOU
TRIED TO SELECT THE FIVE SITES
THAT HAD THE HIGHEST VOLUME OF
CALLS.
WERE WE SAYING WE WERE GOING TO
CHOOSE FIVE SITES OR WERE WE
CAPPING OUR SERVICES AT X
NUMBER OF CALLS?
DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
DID WE DISEASE FROM THE GET GO
WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DO FIVE
SITES OR LOOKING AT X NUMBER OF
CALLS?
>> A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO MAKE
SURE WE WERE TARGETING THE
SITES THAT WOULD GENERATE THE
MOST CALLS BECAUSE OF THE
EXPERIENCE OF DOING A HOOK AND
LADDER RESPONSE TO THOSE WHEN
THEY HAVE SUCH A HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF ACUITY CALLS.
WE KNEW WE WOULD HAVE THE
RESOURCES PROPOSED TO HIRE FOUR
ON-SITE NURSES.
LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD
DISTRIBUTE THOSE NURSES, IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE
SHELTERS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE
OF THE SIZE OF SHELTERS AND
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF FIRE
DEPARTMENT, EXCUSE ME 911 CALLS
IN THE SHELTERS COMPARED TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE ON-SITE NURSES IN EACH OF
THOSE.
AND THEN WITH THE REMAINING
TWO, IT FELT AS THOUGH REALLY
HAVING THEM ROVE AMONG THE
REMAINING THREE WOULD REALLY BE
ABOUT AS MUCH AS WE COULD ASK
OF THEM IN ORDER TO REALLY
PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SERVICES.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT AFTER,
THERE IS ANOTHER DROP.
AND FRANKLY THE REMAINING
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PROJECTS AND SHELTERS WILL SHOW
A MUCH LOWER VOLUME OF 911
CALLS.
SO WE WERE QUITE THOUGHTFUL IF
THE WAY WE WOULD LOOK AT THE
ACUITY LEVELS AS WELL AS THE
VOLUMES.
>> AND THEN MADAM CHAIR?
>> THANK YOU FOR RAISING A LOT
OF THESE ISSUES LAST YEAR
BECAUSE I LEARNED A LOT THROUGH
OUR CONVERSATIONS AND ALSO WITH
MY RIDE ALONG WITH THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE ARE IN THE
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE
HAD ONE DAY WHERE WE BASICALLY
SPENT OUR FIVE OR SIX TRIPS
WITH THE LADDER GOING TO SEE
INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW ACUITY
NEEDS.
SO IT'S A VERY REAL EXPERIENCE
THAT THEY HAVE AND NOT BEING
FOCUSED ON PUTTING OUT ACTUAL
FIRES, NOW HAVING TO BECOME
FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE SENSE
THEY'RE RESPONDING TO THE
EMERGENCY OF AN INDIVIDUAL
PUTTING OUT THAT FIRE FOR THAT
INDIVIDUAL.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A VERY
LONG TIME, SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE
IT.
I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK ON
TWO THINGS.
ONE IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO APPLY
ANY PERFORMANCE-BASED
CONTRACTING TYPE MODELS TO
THESE ENTITIES ARE THEY?
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO
PROVE THEMSELVES AND GET THE
REMAINDER OF THE MONEY?
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND
UPFRONT, SO THAT WE'RE NOT
HOLDING BACK DOLLARS, CORRECT?
>> THERE'S NOT A PERFORMANCE,
PAY FOR PERFORMANCE.
>> OKAY.
>> CONTRACT RELATED TO THIS
WORK.
WE WILL BE, HOWEVER, MONITORING
VERY CLOSELY THE RESULTS OF
THESE INVESTMENTS.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT
IN CONVERSATION WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH CARE FOR
THE HOMELESS, THEY ARE ALREADY
ENGAGED WITH THE NUMBER OF
ITES.
AND THE SHELTERS AND PERMANENT
SUPPORTING HOUSING PROJECTS ARE
QUITE ACCUSTOMED TO PROVIDING
THEM PRETTY BROAD ARRAY OF DATA
POINTS.
IT'S MAINLY REALLY TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE
WORKING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE
COULD REPLICATE AND WHERE THERE
MIGHT BE TWEAKS.
BUT THE OTHER IS HAVING A
PARTNER IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
IS REALLY GREAT BECAUSE THEY DO
SOME PRETTY AMAZING ANALYTICS
WITH THE DATA THEY COLLECT.
>> GREAT THAT'S IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO TEST
THIS.
I DON'T WANT IT TO BE
CONSIDERED A PILOT WHEN WE KNOW
THAT WORKS AND WE HAVE SEEN IT.
AND WE'RE NOT SETTING UP THE
OTHER PILOT TO TEST IT TO SEE
IF IT WORKS, BUT MORE ALONG THE
LINE THAT YOU JUST SET THAT WE
WANT TO IMPLEMENT THIS AND TAKE
THIS TO SCALE AND IF THERE ARE
TWEETS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE,
THEN WE DO THAT WHEN WE HAVE
SEEN IT WORK IN OTHER CITIES AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THE OTHER INVESTMENT THAT I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE NEW
FURS CALL LINE.
SO THIS IS A 24/7 NURSE CALL
LINE FOR SHELTERS AND PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS
ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS IS AVAILABLE TO ALL
SHELTER AND PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS.
THIS IS A CALL LINE WITH A NON-
EMERGENCY NEED.
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CALLS TO
911.
THIS PROJECT IS BASED ON A
PILOT, WHICH DETERMINED IF 80%
OF THE CALLS WERE ABLE TO BE
ADDRESSED BY THE NURSE LINE
WITHOUT REDIRECTING TO 911.
THIS IS $37,000 OF ONGOING COST
TO SUPPORT 900 CALLS A YEAR.
THE 900 CALLS ARE ABOUT THE LOW
ACUITY CALLS TO 911 IN PREVIOUS
YEARS AND AGAIN THE PERFORMANCE
METRIC ON THIS WILL REALLY BE
TO SEE A REDUCTION IN THE
NUMBER OF NON-ACUITY 911 CALLS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> AND I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE
HERE AND I LIKE HOW YOU HAVE
EXPRESSED IT, AND AGAIN GREAT
THINGS TO CHIEF FOR THE DATA HE
COLLECTED THAT GIVES US
SOMETHING TO STAND ON AND NOT
JUST A PILOT, YOU KNOW, JUST
ON.
WE REALLY KNOW WHERE THE AREAS
ARE THAT NEED THIS KIND OF
APPROACH, SO THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
>> YES, THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHTING
THAT.
WE BELIEVE THIS IS NEEDED AND
WILL WORK.
SO WE ARE NOT PILOTING THIS.
THIS IS AN INVESTMENT INTO WHAT
WE THINK WILL BE AN ENHANCEMENT
OF SHELTER AND PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND
SERVICES.
>> YOU KNOW I'M NOT HAPPY WITH
THIS CHART, RIGHT?
>> WELL LET'S KEEP MOVING ON
AND WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT.
WE WANT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.
KEEP GOING, JASON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THIS AT THE PREVIOUS BUDGET
HEARING.
THIS IS THE FAMILY RESOURCE
CENTER IN MT. BAKER.
THIS PROGRAM WILL SERVE
FAMILIES LIVING IN THE NEW MT.
BAKER PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECT
AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY
PROVIDING A BROADER ARRAY OF
SERVICES.
THIS PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY
MENTIONED IN DETAIL LAST WEEK.
BUT THE PROJECT HAS A LARGER
SCOPE THEN JUST ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS.
WITH THAT SAID HOMELESSNESS
FUNDING IS BEING USED TO FUND
ONE OF THE SERVICES.
AS HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAMS
OFFERED BY MARY'S PLACE WILL BE
A PART OF THIS PROJECT.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT
AGAIN.
IT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT
INCREMENTAL CHANGES THAT YOU'LL
SEE IN THE BUDGET.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
OKAY, THE NEXT PROJECT IS A
PILOT.
THIS IS THE SEATTLE RENTAL
HOUSE ASSISTANCE PILOT OR
SRHAP.
IT'S LAUNCHED IN 2018 TO
STABILIZE HOUSEHOLD RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS WHILE WAITING FOR
THEIR SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
VOUCHER.
THE PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY
INTENDED TO SUNSET IN 2019, BUT
DELAYS OF ENROLLED PARTICIPANTS
IN RECEIVING THEIR VOUCHER,
CONTINUED NEED FOR SERVICES IN
2020.
ONCE THE PILOT HAD BEGUN, SHA
CHANGED THE RATE AT WHICH THEY
WERE RECEIVING VOUCHERS.
INCREASED RENTAL COST AND MORE
PEOPLE USING THEIR VOUCHERS FOR
A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME
RESULTED IN LESS NEW VOUCHERS
BEING ISSUED AND LONGER WAIT
TIMES THAN ORIGINALLY
CALCULATED.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 76
HOUSEHOLDS BEING ENROLLED WHILE
THEY WAIT FOR THEIR VOUCHERS.
MORE THAN HALF ARE ANTICIPATING
NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE 020 YEAR.
>> MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR
TESS ON THE INCREMENTAL
CHANGES.
BUT WE HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN
THE PROBLEM WITH THE VOUCHER
SYSTEM IS WE DON'T HAVE FEW
PLACES TO DIRECT PEOPLE.
WE'RE CRAMMING WHERE WE CAN.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE REGIONAL
APPROACH WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK
ABOUT WILL SOME OF THESE
INVESTMENTS BE AVAILABLE, SO
THAT WE COULD USE THEM OUTSIDE
THE CITY?
>> YES.
SO THIS SPECIFIC BUDGET ITEM
FOR 2020 IS REALLY A ONE-TIME
INVESTMENT TO CONTINUE THE
PILOT THROUGH THE 2020 YEAR.
AS JULIE MENTIONED DURING THE
2020, DURING THIS YEAR AND ALL
OF
NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE MANY
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
AND I THINK THERE IS A LOT TO
LOOK INTO HERE WITH THIS PILOT.
WE HAVE A MEETING WITH
CENTRALSTAFF NEXT WEEK TO
REALLY DIVE INTO THE PILOT AND
WHAT THE FINDINGS OF THE PILOT
ARE.
>> I WANT TO CLARIFY THE
PURPOSE OF THIS INVESTMENT IS
NOT RELATED TO THEIR LONG-TERM
PERMANENT HOUSING WITH THE
VOUCHER.
SO THE LENGTH OF TIME NEEDED IN
THE EXTENSION OF THE PILOT
ISN'T BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ABLE
TO FIND HOUSING WITH THEIR
VOUCHER.
THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
ON THE WAIT LIST THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN ISSUED THEIR VOUCHER AT
THIS TIME.
THIS FUNDING, FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE COMBINED WITH CASE
MANAGEMENT IS TO ENSURE THEIR
STABILITY WHILE THEY ARE
WAITING.
>> THEY HAVE SOMETHING NOW?
>> YES, THEY ARE WAITING NOW
AND THEY WERE STABILIZED AS A
RESULT OF PARTICIPATING IN THE
PILOT WITH FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE.
THE POINT IS EVERYBODY THAT IS
CURRENTLY ENROLLED WAS PROMISED
AT THE START OF THE PILOT THAT
THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO
RECEIVE ONGOING SERVICES UNTIL
THEY RECEIVED THEIR VOUCHER.
ORIGINALLY WHEN WE STARTED,
THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 18
MONTHS THAT MOST PEOPLE WERE
WAITING ON THE WAITLIST.
AND THAT TIME HAS BEEN EXTENDED
BECAUSE NEW VOUCHERS ARE NOT
COMING AVAILABLE AT THE SAME
RATE.
THAT HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS BEEN
VERY SUCCESSFUL AND PEOPLE
STABILIZING WITH THEIR
VOUCHERS.
BUT THAT'S COSTING MORE PER
VOUCHER FROM THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
SO PEOPLE ARE WAITING LONGER
THAN THE ANTICIPATED 18 MONTHS.
WE ORIGINALLY BELIEVE TWO YEARS
WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO GET
EVERYBODY THAT WE ORIGINALLY
ENROLLED AND IT HAS NOT BEEN
QUITE ENOUGH TIME.
SO THIS FUNDING WILL SUSTAIN
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN
THE PROGRAM WAITING FOR THEIR
VOUCHER TO COME AND UNTIL IT'S
RECEIVED.
>> AND ANOTHER, SORT OF FINER
POINT ON THAT AND ANOTHER WAY
TO THINK ABOUT IT IS.
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS HAD A
GOOD FORTUNE OF BEING
UTILIZED.
AND THAT IMPACTS NOT ONLY THE
FOLKS THAT ARE WAITING FOR A
VOUCHER, WHAT WE THINK AS THE
OLD SIDE OF SECTION 8. ALSO THE
PROJECT OF THE BASED VOUCHERS.
IT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION
THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE
HOUSING AUTHORITY IN TERMS OF
FIGURING OUT HOW WE PROBLEM
SOLVE THIS FOR BOTH POPULATIONS
ON BOTH COUNTS.
>> ARE THEY ON O THE WAITING
LIST TO GET INTO HSD PROCESS?
>> BOTH FOR THE PROCESS AND FOR
THE VOUCHER.
THEY TYPICALLY OPENED A
SEPARATE WAIT LIST FOR PUBLIC
HOUSING.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.
WHEN I WENT TO THE WOMEN
SHELTER IN BELLTOWN LAST YEAR,
IT MAY HAVE BEEN 2017.
THE DIRECTOR THERE WAS TALKING
ABOUT HOW IN HER TEN YEARS OF
SERVICE AT BELLTOWN WOMEN
SHELTER, SHE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE
TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE.
AND AT THAT POINT IT WAS LATE
2017.
SHE SAID THIS YEAR I'VE HAD
MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO I CAN'T
HELP.
NOT ONLY CAN I NOT HELP THEM
FIND HOUSING, BUT IF THERE IS
AN APARTMENT, IT IS OFTEN
OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS, NOT
ANYWHERE NEAR BUS LINES, NOT
ANYWHERE CLOSE TO INDIVIDUAL
WORK.
AND THEY WERE STRUGGLING THEN
TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR
EVEN THOSE WHO HAD A VOUCHER IN
HAND.
WHAT IS $515,000 GOING TO DO
FOR US?
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE ACTUALLY
GOING TO BE SERVING?
AND WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A
VOUCHER THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT
GETTING ONE?
>> SO THIS PROJECT IS SPECIFIC
TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ON THE
WAIT LIST AT THE TIME THAT THE
PILOT BEGAN.
THERE'S BEEN 146 HOUSEHOLDS
THAT WERE SERVED BY THIS PILOT
FUNDING, WHICH HAS BEEN A TOTAL
OF $3.7 MILLION BETWEEN 2018
AND 2019.
44 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN
STABILIZED WHILE THEY WERE
WAITING.
51 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE RECEIVED
THEIR VOUCHER AND EXITED THE
PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS AN INTERIM STOP GAP
MEASURE UNTIL THEY MOVE WITH
THEIR VOUCHER.
AND THERE ARE FOUR MORE
HOUSEHOLDS EXPECTED TO GET
THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
SO THAT LEAVES US 76 HOUSEHOLDS
THAT WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO
HAVE SOME TYPE OF FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE OR SUPPORT THAT THEY
ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING UNTIL
THEY RECEIVE THEIR VOUCHER.
THE $515,000 IS BASED ON OUR
HISTORICAL SPENDING OVER THE
PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
BASED ON BEST ESTIMATES OF WITH
A WE THINK THEY WILL NEED TO
GET THROUGH TO THEIR VOUCHER
PLACEMENT.
>> GOOD.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN THIS PILOT
PROGRAM WAS INITIALLY BEING
PROPOSED LAST YEAR AND THERE
WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
PROGRAMS HELP ME IF I REMEMBER.
BUT THE QUESTION ON THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF USING A SMALL
AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO RUN A
PILOT.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THE
CONVERSATION BETTER THAN I DO,
BUT I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THESE
DOLLARS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE
ALLOCATED AND WHO WOULD BE
SERVED.
YOU JUST MENTIONED THERE'S A
HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE.
>> YES, SO FAR.
>> AND INDIVIDUALS, HOUSEHOLDS.
>> OKAY.
>> INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS, EVEN
IF WE SEE 2.3.
THAT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL
NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
SO I'M STILL CONCERNED THAT I
DON'T UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE
OF HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED ACCESS
TO THIS TYPE OF RENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
AND IS THIS A DROP IN THE
BUCKET?
AND COULD OUR FUNDS POTENTIALLY
BE ENHANCED?
COULD THERE BE A MULTIPLIER
EFFECT TO SOME OF THE $8.4
MILLION?
AND RECOGNIZING THAT AGAIN,
OVER HALF THE PEOPLE BETWEEN 0
TO 30% OF THEIR INCOME ARE
RENTING ON THE ACTUAL MARKET
AND NOT SUBSIDIZING MARKET.
SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THIS
PILOT PROGRAM IS MAKING AN
IMPACT ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DON'T
HAVE THAT HOUSING WE NEED?
>> AND THIS PILOT WAS DESIGNED
TO CAPTURE A VERY SMALL SUBSET.
AND IT WAS INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE
CURRENTLY ON THE WAITING LIST
FOR HSA.
AND THAT IS A SMALL SUBSTANTIVE
OF A SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE TO
GET ONTO THE WAIT LIST, THE
WAIT LIST IS NOT VERY OPEN.
SO IT IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF
THE NEED OVERALL, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT IT WAS DESIGNED
SPECIFICALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS ON
THE EXISTING WAIT LIST FOR
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WE THEN APPLIED OUR PREVENTION
TARGETING TOOL TO EVERYBODY
THAT WAS ON THE WAITING LIST
THAT WE COULD CONTACT.
WE HAD MULTIPLE AGENCIES
REACHING OUT TO CONTACT PEOPLE.
WE WENT THROUGH THE
PREVENTIONING TARGETING TOOL TO
DELIVER WHO WAS MOST AT RISK
FOR HOMELESSNESS.
WE WAITED AND TARGETED THE
ASSISTANCE TO THEM TO ENSURE
THEY COULD BE STABLE WHILE THEY
WERE WAITING FOR THE TWO YEARS
FOR THEIR VOUCHER TO BE
RECEIVED.
SO IT IS A VERY SPECIFIC
PINPOINT TARGET THAT WE HAVE,
THAT WE HAVE ENACTED THIS
PROGRAM FOR.
>> DOES THAT CLARIFY WHAT YOU
WERE LOOKING FOR?
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
$250,000 WAS ADDED IN THE 2019
BUDGET TO PILOT A RESPONSE TO
PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR
VEHICLES.
HSD HAS PARTNERED WITH OUR
REDEEMER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH TO
EXPAND THEIR CURRENT PARKING
LOT FROM TWO TO SEVEN SPOTS.
HSD IS PARTNERING WITH THE
URBAN LEAGUE TO PROVIDE CASE
MANAGEMENT AND HOUSING
NAVIGATION TO HOUSEHOLDS
PARKING AT OUR REDEEMER'S LOT.
HSD AND URBAN LEAGUE ARE
EXPLORING PARTNERS WITH OTHER
INTERESTED FAITH COMMUNITIES TO
REPLICATE THIS MODEL.
THERE ARE FOUR CHURCHES
ACTIVELY CONSIDERING OPENING
SPACES IN THEIR PARKING LOTS.
HSD ANTICIPATES HAVING 30
SPACES OPEN IN THIS PROGRAM BY
THE END OF THE YEAR.
BECAUSE THIS WAS ONLY PARTIAL
YEAR, A PARTIAL YEAR CONTRACT
DUE TO PLANNING TIME NECESSARY
TO ESTABLISH A NEW PILOT, THERE
WILL BE A REMAINING BALANCE
FROM THE 2019 BUDGET.
THIS AMOUNT WILL BE ROLLED OVER
INTO THE 2020 FOR A ONE-TIME
EXPANDED BUDGET FOR THE
PROGRAM.
AND THIS EXPANSION WILL ALLOW
FOR AN ADDITIONAL 15 SPOTS TO
BE OPEN IN 2020 INCLUDING
EXPANDING THE ORIGINAL
REDEEMER'S LOT BY EIGHT SPACES.
>> GREAT.
QUICK QUESTION ON THAT.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WORK
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN DID
STARTING 10 YEARS AGO ON A
PROGRAM CALLED ROAD TO HOUSING,
THE SAME IDEA WORKING WITH OUR
FAITH COMMUNITY TO GET MORE
PLACES IN OUR PARKING LOTS, SO
THAT THERE WERE ALSO ACCESS TO
SHOWERS AND INSIDE TOILETS,
THAT KIND OF THING.
WHY DO WE THINK THIS IS GOING
TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL?
BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS A HUGE
STRUGGLE TO GET CONGREGATIONS
TO SAY YES.
WE ALL WANT THAT.
WE WANT PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO
BE, BUT IT STRIKES ME WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
IT'S JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET
FOR WHAT WE REALLY NEED FOR
BOTH CARS AND RVs.
>> WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED, THE
PRIMARY DRIVER OF SUCCESS AND
IN ANY PROGRAM IS THE SERVICES
THAT ARE ATTACHED TO IT.
IT IS THE CASE MANAGEMENT, IT'S
THE HOUSING NAVIGATION.
IT IS THE DEPTH AND BREATH OF
THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES,
REGARDLESS OF THE LOCATION,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SOMEONE
IS IN A CAR OR IN A VILLAGE OR
IN A SHELTER.
THE SERVICES THAT THEY WOULD
RECEIVE ARE WHAT INDICATE AN
INCREASE IN LIKELIHOOD OF
SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES.
AND SO THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR
HSD IN THE SAFE PARKING IS YES,
SECURING THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH
THE FAITH COMMUNITY.
AND ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT WE
SHOULD HAVE LOTS OF INTEREST IN
DOING THAT.
BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT THE LYNCH PIN AND THE
DRIVER FOR THE SUCCESS IS THE
CONTRACT WITH URBAN LEAGUE TO
REALLY PROVIDE THE INTENSIVE
CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
AND NOT TO DO THAT IN ADDITION
TO OTHER TYPES OF OUTREACH,
THEY DO OTHER TYPES OF
OUTREACH.
BUT TO HAVE A SPECIALIZED TEAM
THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED
TO WORK WITH THE INDIVIDUALS IN
THIS PROGRAM AS OPPOSED TO
BEING AN OFFSHOOT OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE WORKING NOT ONLY WITH
PEOPLE IN VEHICLES, BUT ALSO
PEOPLE WITH THEM LIVING
UNSHELTERED.
AND THE NEEDS, THE NEEDS OF
PEOPLE IN THEIR VEHICLES ARE
NOT ANY DIFFERENT, BUT THE WAY
THEY CHOOSE TO ACCESS HOUSING,
THEY DO LOOK DIFFERENT THAN
OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
LIVING UNSHELTERED.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE
VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT WE
ARE ALSO ENGAGED IN A
COMMUNITY.
AND IN A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY TARGETED
TOWARDS PEOPLE LIVING IN
VEHICLES, LEARNING BEST
PRACTICES, NOT ONLY FROM OUR
EFFORT, EFFORTS FROM AROUND THE
COUNTRY ABOUT HOW DO WE
MAXIMIZE VEHICLE SPECIFIC
PROGRAMMING TO ENSURE INCREASED
SUCCESS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS A LITTLE, INTERESTING TO
SEE THAT THIS MODEL IS COMING
BACK, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I
LEARNED AND I DON'T KNOW WHO
ALL WAS A PART OF THE PROGRAM,
SEVEN YEARS, EIGHT YEARS AGO.
BUT MY RECOLLECTION WAS THERE
WERE LOTS OF FAITH INSTITUTIONS
THAT WE'RE INTERESTED.
EACH CHURCH WAS AT THE TIME
ABLE TO HOLD UP TO SIX SPOTS.
AND EACH FAITH INSTITUTION HAD
THEIR OWN VERY UNIQUE, VERY
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS FOR MAKING
DECISIONS.
AND SO IT SEEMED TO OFTEN TAKE
NOT JUST MONTHS, BUT SOMETIMES
YEARS TO WORK THROUGH THE
PROCESS TO GET APPROVAL TO
ACTUALLY LOCATE FOLKS ON SITE
AND WHAT I RECALL HEARING, YOU
KNOW, AGAIN, IT WAS A SHOE
STRING BUDGET FOR THIS AND AS
WE WERE COMING OUT OF THE
RECESSION AND THINGS WERE
TIGHT, THERE WAS A CASEWORKER
THERE ALSO TRYING TO WORK WITH
THE CHURCHES TO HELP MOVE THEIR
PROCESS ALONG.
SO IF THE GOAL IS TO GET DOZENS
OF SITES SET UP, THEN I WOULD
IMAGINE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
ARE INTERESTED.
AT LEAST THAT WAS MY
UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXPERIENCE
AT THE TIMES, A LOT OF HAND
HOLDING WILL BE REQUIRED TO GET
THAT WORKING.
AND I WILL ALSO ADD THAT WHEN I
TALKED TO CASEWORKERS, I THINK
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I HEARD
YOU SAY.
WHICH I AGREE WITH FROM MY
UNDERSTANDING, THE CASE WORK IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO DO
THE CASE WORK WHEN YOU KNOW
SOMEONE IS IN THAT LOCATION FOR
A LONG TIME.
AS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT
SITUATION FROM EVERY FEW DAYS
THEY HAVE TO MOVE AND SOMETIMES
IT'S ACROSS THE STREET AND
SOMETIME IT IS IS MUCH FURTHER
AND THEN THEY'RE LOST IN THE
SYSTEM.
SO THERE IS A BENEFIT TO HAVING
A STABLE LOCATION THAT FOLKS
COULD WORK IN.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I
CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM FOLKS
THAT ARE WORKING WITH FOLKS
LIVING IN VEHICLES.
YOU KNOW, SIMILAR AND OTHERS IN
NEED, BUT DIFFERENT.
THEIR BELONGINGS INCLUDE OFTEN
A VERY LARGE VEHICLE.
AND TO GET SOMEONE TO
TRANSITION INTO A MORE STABLE
HOUSING SITUATION.
OFTEN THEY ARE ASKED TO SAY
GREAT, AND YOU NEED TO GIVE UP
YOUR VEHICLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE
WE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PUT
IT.
PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO GIVE UP
THE THING THAT HAS MAYBE BEEN
THE ONE STABLE THING IN THEIR
LIFE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
OUR ABILITY TO SAY HEY, WE WILL
STORE THAT FOR YOU.
YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
ACCESS FOR IT, BECAUSE MAYBE
YOU CAN'T TAKE ALL THE
BELONGINGS THAT ARE IN THERE
AND WHATEVER NEW HOUSING
SITUATION YOU GET.
BUT MY EXPERIENCE, THEY ARE
SOME OF THE KEY CRITERIA THAT
WE'LL WANT TO GET RIGHT IF YOU
WANT TO BUILD ON AS OPPOSED TO
JUST REPEAT THEM.
>> I DO WANT TO RESPOND TO ONE
IMPORTANT POINT THAT YOU SAID,
A CONTRAST, WHICH IS IT REALLY
WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
COMPASS TO ROAD AND HOUSING
STAFF AND TO HELP CULTIVATE AND
FIND THE CHURCHES AND THE FAITH
COMMUNITIES BEING WILLING TO
PARTICIPATE.
WE HAVE TAKEN THAT ON AND HAVE
STAFF THAT ARE ACTIVELY WORKING
THROUGH THAT AT HSD.
AND TAKING ON THAT ROLE.
THIS BUDGET IS SOLELY FOR THE
CASE MANAGEMENT ATTACHED TO
THAT PROGRAMMING.
AND SO WE ARE DEVELOPING THE
FAITH PARTNERSHIP, BRINGING THE
SERVICES ATTACHED TO IT.
>> IT ALWAYS FELT LIKE IF THE
CITY PUT MORE ENERGY INTO IT.
THERE'S LOTS OF IMPORTANT
THINGS GOING ON, THAT WILL HELP
A LOT.
I DO THINK FIGURING OUT HOW TO
ADDRESS STORAGE OF PEOPLE'S
VEHICLES, AT LEAST FOR THE
TRANSITION TIME, TO MAKE IT
LESS OF A RISK THAT THEY MIGHT
FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO TAKE.
IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THEY
WOULD HELP WITH THEIR ABILITY
TO GET FOLKS INTO HOUSING.
>> YEAH.
>> GOOD.
>> AND THERE IS THAT QUESTION
DOWN.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO?
>> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS
BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN.
AND JUST, I MEAN IN MY DISTRICT
I'VE HEARD FROM ORGANIZATIONS
WHO WOULD LIKE TO HOST A SAFE
LOT.
BUT THEIR CHALLENGE HAS BEEN,
WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY A
CHALLENGE PER SE, BUT THEY ARE
TRYING TO BUILD A COALITION
WITH THE COMMUNITIES.
TO HOST ONE.
BUT WHY DO WE JUST LIMIT TO
FAITH BASED AND NOT OPEN UP THE
DOORS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTERS
OR THE COMMUNITY-BASED CENTERS
WHEN THEY MAY HAVE 25 SPACES
AVAILABLE AS OPPOSED TO THE
FAITH-BASED CENTER THAT MIGHT
ONLY HAVE SIX, SEVEN SPACES.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT MAY
ULTIMATELY GIVE US A BIGGER
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MORE
SPACE FOR FOLKS WHO NEED IT.
JUST WANT TO START MY QUESTION
THERE.
>> AND SURE, IT HAS TO DO WITH
LAND USE CODE AND ALSO THIS IS
REALLY CONSIDERED A PILOT,
SOMETHING IF SUCCESSFUL, WE
COULD LOOK AT BUILDING ON WITH
OTHER PARTNERS.
BUT CURRENTLY CODE WILL ALLOW
FOR THIS KIND OF PROGRAMMING TO
EXIST ON FAITH-BASED PROPERTY
THAT THEY WILL OWN AND OPERATE.
SO WE ARE STARTING THIS PILOT
WITH THOSE PARTNERS.
>> SO I LEAVE THAT POTENTIALLY
TO THINK ABOUT THOSE CHANGES.
THE SECOND IS I SEE THAT IN THE
BUDGET IT SAYS 19% OF THE TOTAL
COUNT AT 41% OF THOSE LIVING IN
SHELTERS ARE SLEEPING IN A CAR.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS DOES THE
$125,000 EXPANSION WARRANT THE
NEED OR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE CURRENTLY SLEEPING IN
A CAR?
IT SEEMS TO ME WE WOULD
PROBABLY WANT TO DEDICATE MORE
RESOURCES TO THIS PILOT
POTENTIALLY GIVEN SOMEONE
SLEEPING IN THEIR CAR?
>> YEAH, NO.
THIS DOES NOT MEET THE FEEDS OF
EVERYONE WHO IS LIVING WITHOUT
A HOME, BUT WITH A CAR.
SO THIS IS, AGAIN, A PILOT.
WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH
PARTNERS TO BUILD ON WHAT IF A
VERY SMALL WAY SEEMS TO BE
WORKING.
AGAIN, IT'S THE STABILITY OF
SOMEWHERE TO PARK PAIRED WITH
CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
SO WE WANT TO GROW THOSE
PARTNERSHIPS, GROW THE PILOT,
BUT NO, THIS PILOT ITSELF DOES
NOT MEET THE NEEDS CITY WIDE OF
ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES.
>> AND IF I MAY JUST ADD TO
THAT IN RESPONSE TO YOUR
CONCERN ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE
SITES AND THE NUMBER OF CARS
THAT THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE.
THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF
RESEARCH DONE ON OTHER
SUCCESSFUL SAFE PARKING
PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
WHAT WE FOUND, EXCUSE ME, WHAT
WE CAME UP WITH WERE TWO IN
PARTICULAR.
SAN DIEGO AND SANTA BARBARA.
SANTA BARBARA IS PROBABLY THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED.
AND THEY WOULD RELY HEAVILY ON
FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES AND
SMALL SITES.
I THINK REALLY DUSTY'S POINT
ABOUT THE ACCESS TO SERVICES
AND THE AVAILABILITY OF CASE
MANAGEMENT THAT IS ABLE TO BE
TAILORED IF YOU WILL FOR THE
FOLKS WHO ARE STAYING IN THOSE
LOTS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
THIS REALLY IS A DOOR THAT WE
OPEN TO OUR FAITH COMMUNITIES
FOR OTHER EFFORTS AS WELL.
WE KNOW FAITH COMMUNITIES ARE
AN IMPORTANT PARTNER IN
PROVIDING DAYTIME RESPITE, FOR
EXAMPLE, FOR FOLKS, SOMETIMES
OVERNIGHT SHELTERS.
AND THE STAFF PERSON AT HSD WHO
IS DOING THIS HAS MANY YEARS
ENGAGING WITH THE FAITH-BASED
COMMUNITIES, AND REALLY HELPING
US TO BROADEN THAT, THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM HAIR AND
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS
THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR PROCESS
HERE WITH THE CITY AND AT THE
STATE LEVEL IS THAT THEY ARE
NOT DYNAMIC.
THEY DON'T SEW YOU THE BACK END
ONCE THE PROGRAM IS
IMPLEMENTED.
GIVEN THE EXAMPLE YOU MENTIONED
IN SANTA BARBARA, DO WE HAVE
ANY DATA THAT WE COULD PULL
FROM THE OTHER CITIES TO SHOW
COST SAVINGS EFFORTS AS COUNCIL
MEMBER O'BRIEN JUST MENTIONED
WE KNOW ARE MORE EFFICIENT AT
GETTING, AT MAINTAINING THE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE WHO
ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS WHEN
THEY ARE NOT HAVING TO MOVE
FROM SITE TO SITE.
DO WE HAVE ANY DATA WE COULD
PULL THAT SHOWS THE COST OF
EFFICIENCY THAT COULD BE
POTENTIALLY LEANED, WITH OUR
EXISTING SPACES AS WELL.
WE MAY HAVE THAT.
THEN THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION I
HAVE, ARE THESE ENHANCED IN
THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE
OFF THE SITE IN THE MORNING AND
DRIVE BACK IN THE EVENING?
>> I BELIEVE THE PART OF THE
REASON FOR THE SMALLER NUMBER
OF SPACES IS TO ACCOMMODATE
PEOPLE NOT HAVING TO LEAVE
DURING THE DAY.
I'M NOT 100% POSITIVE.
>> OKAY, GREAT, I THINK IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE
THESE LOCATIONS BE ENHANCED AND
THAT THOSE CASE MANAGERS, IF
THEY FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE OR
HOUSING, THEY'RE ABLE TO FIND
THEM DURING THE DAY.
NOT GETTING SHUFFLED DURING THE
DAY AS WELL.
THE SAME EXPERIENCE THAT THEY
WOULD HAVE WITH THEM LIVING
OUTSIDE IN A SLEEPING BAG OR A
TENT IS THE SAME THAT THOSE WHO
ARE SLEEPING IN A CAR OR IF
THEY ARE BEING KIND OF PUSHED
ALONG AND ASKED TO MOVE
REPEATEDLY ESPECIALLY WITH SOME
OF THE CARS THAT MIGHT BE ON
THEIR LAST LEG.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE LIVING
OUTSIDE.
LET'S BE VERY CLEAR.
BUT OFTEN THE VEHICLE IS MUCH
SAFER THAN SLEEPING IN A
SLEEPING BAG OR A TENT.
AND TO GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE OF
SAFETY.
IF WE ARE TRYING TO REACH THEM
TO GET THEM IN TO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, CASE
MANAGEMENT, HEALTH SERVICES,
HAVING THEM THERE AT THE SITE
24/7 WITH ACCESS TO HYGIENE
SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, I
THINK IS THE PROVEN MODEL,
RIGHT?
THE HARM REDUCTION MODEL.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING BACK TO
US THAT THEY ARE 24/7.
>> WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, I THOUGHT
THEIR MOTTO, YOU COME IN AT
NIGHT AND YOU LEFT IN THE
MORNING?
>> YEARS AGO.
>> AND TO BE HONEST ON ALL THE
SITES, I'LL FIND THAT OUT.
BUT THEY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF
SITES, SO I SUSPECT THAT THERE
MAY BE DIFFERENT ALLOWANCES.
WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
>> I DO APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING
INTO THAT.
EVEN THEY SAY IT IS NOT WORKING
AS WELL AS THEY WOULD LIKE.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK
THAT IT IS A STEP AND LIKE
EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE, THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
CRACK THE NUT.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> AND SO I DO WANT TO NOTE
THAT I HAVE A GREAT HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE OF BEING AT THIS
TABLE AND SPEAKING WITH YOU ON
SEVERAL OCCASIONS THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR, BUT I'M REALLY HERE
REPRESENTING THE WORK OF
OTHERS, IT'S A GREAT EFFORT,
WHO PUT THEIR TIME AND
STRATEGIC THINKING, RESEARCH
INTO THIS LOOK AND THIS WORK
AND SPACE WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT FAITH PARTNERS.
I WANT TO PIVOT AND TALK ABOUT
OUR VILLAGES, I JUST WANTED TO
CALL OUT LISA DAVIDSON WHO HAS
BEEN DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB OF
PARTNERING WITH FAITH-BASED
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY OUT
OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE YEARS SHE HAS
PUT IN TO DEVELOPING THESE
PARTNERSHIPS.
PIVOTING TO VILLAGES OR TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES.
THE OVERALL PRIORITY IS TO
ENSURE WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR
CAPACITY FOR ENHANCED SAFE
PLACES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
LIVING UNSHELTERED TO ACCESS.
THERE ARE MORE LIMITATIONS TO
PREDICTING THE FUTURE OF
VILLAGE PROGRAMMING COMPARED TO
SOMETHING LIKE THE BRICK AND
MORTAR SHELTER.
BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS
RELATED TO THE ORDINANCE AND
OTHER POTENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS
THAT MAY IMPACT LONGER TERM
VIABILITY OF THE SITE.
THAT CAN INCLUDE THE ABSENCE OF
THE FAITH RESPONSER OR THE
COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND
NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT, ETC.
AND THERE ARE TWO VILLAGES
CURRENTLY THAT ARE IN AN
EXTENDED PERMIT, AND THEY WILL
BE COMING TO THE END OF THOSE
PERMITS IN MARCH OF 2020.
THAT'S 19 UNITS.
THIS VILLAGE UNFORTUNATELY WILL
BE UNDER PERFORMING, EXPENSIVE
DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE SITE.
AND I SAY SIZE.
IT'S 19 UNITS, BUT WE HAVE THE
SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE OFFERED
AT THAT SITE THAT WE WOULD TO A
SITE THAT'S MUCH LONGER.
SO WHEN WE WOULD SAY THAT IT
WILL BE EXPENSIVE, EXPENSIVE OF
THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE
RICH SERVICES PROVIDED AND THE
SMALL SIZE OF THE CURRENT
CAPACITY AT THAT SITE.
>> JASON, EXCUSE ME.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT HAS AN
ANSWER.
>> OKAY, PLEASE.
>> THEY ARE CURRENTLY ON A
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN
DUE TO THE UNDER PERFORMANCE
AND MONITORING IS DETERMINED
THAT THEY ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE
WITH SOME ASPECTS OF THEIR
SERVICE PLAN.
AS OF THE END OF THE MONTH,
SEPTEMBER, NONE OF THE REQUIRED
ACTIONS TO RETURN TO COMPLIANCE
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THAT PROGRAM TO DETERMINE ITS
FUTURE VIABILITY.
THE BUDGET AMOUNT HERE THE $1.2
MILLION IS A ONE-TIME BUDGET
HOLD IN CASE WE NEED TO CLOSE
DOWN OR RESITE AT THE NORTH
LAKE SITE.
AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MANY
TIMES, RAMPING DOWN ANY OF
THESE VILLAGES OR OPENING A NEW
VILLAGE OR EXTENDING CAPACITY
AT A VILLAGE OR ENHANCED
SHELTER IS PRICEY AND CAN TAKE
SOME PERIOD OF TIME.
I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
GEORGETOWN.
THAT'S 45 UNITS.
THIS HAD VILLAGE IS COMING TO
THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR AT
THIS SITE.
HSD IS WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE THE
LEVEL OF SUPPORT TO BRING THIS
TO A FOURTH YEAR.
AT THIS TIME THERE'S NO VIABLE
FAITH SPONSOR FOR THIS SITE.
WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND DISCUSS WITH THE
COMMUNITY THE OPTION OF RAMPING
DOWN SERVICES AT THAT SITE.
AGAIN IN MARCH OF 2020.
SO IF A DECISION IS MADE TO
CLOSE A VILLAGE, THERE WILL BE
A RAMP DOWN PROCESS INCLUDING
ONE-ON-ONE ON-SITE CASE
MANAGEMENT, ALL AIMED AT
GETTING INDIVIDUALS INTO
HOUSING OR RELOCATING THEM TO
ANOTHER VILLAGE.
THIS RAMP DOWN PERIOD OR THESE
RAMP DOWN ACTIVITIES COULD TAKE
UP TO SIX MONTHS.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET ACCOUNTS
FOR RAMP DOWN AND CLOSING
COSTS, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES
EXPLORING THE OPTION TO REPLACE
CAPACITY WITH EITHER ANOTHER
VILLAGE OR A BRICK AND MORTAR
ENHANCED SHELTER.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
INFORMATION.
I WOULD ACTUALLY THOUGH
APPRECIATE IF YOUR STAFF
ENGAGED WITH MY OFFICE IN A
MUCH MORE DETAILED LEVEL ON
THIS BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT
SOME OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS
ACCURATE.
GEORGETOWN IS RUN ON
PERFORMANCE.
BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHER
PROBLEMS THERE ARE OTHER THAN
THE FACT THAT OUR LAND USE CODE
NEEDS TO BE UPDATED IN ORDER TO
ALLOW THE SITING.
RESITING IS EXPENSIVE AND A
WASTE OF MONEY.
IF THERE IS A WAY OF KEEPING
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IF PLACE
AND THEN IT'LL ALLOW US TO USE
THOSE RESOURCES THAT WE WOULD
HAVE USED FOR RESITING TO
PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT.
AND SO AT SOME POINT TO ADD,
BUT JUST VERY QUICKLY, CAN YOU
VERIFY THIS?
THIS IS JUST TO RESITE
GEORGETOWN?
OR TO -- WHAT ELSE IS IT
RESITING?
>> I MENTIONED TWO SITES.
REALLY THERE IS NO SERVICE
ISSUE THERE.
IT IS A PERMITTING ISSUE.
>> GEORGETOWN.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> I'M GLAD YOU CLARIFIED THAT.
ONE THING IS I WOULD REALLY
APPRECIATE THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ENGAGE WITH THE
LEGISLATION THAT I HAVE USED TO
EXPAND LAND USE CODES, SO THAT
WE CAN SITE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
IN MANY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, SO THAT ONE, THAT WE
CAN EBBS UP AND DOWN THEM AS
YOU SAY YOU DO WANT TO EXPAND
CAPACITY.
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
SECONDLY IF YOU COULD AVOID THE
COST OF RESITING.
AND I THINK IF WE COULD GET
THIS HAD LEGISLATION PASSED, WE
WOULDN'T NEED TO RESITE
GEORGETOWN.
THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE.
AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOU MIGHT
HAVE REMEMBERED OUR SELECT
COMMITTEE WHEN WE HAD LEHI
HERE.
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE WAS
REPORTING THAT THEY DID A POLL
OF THEIR HOUSE NEIGHBORS.
OVER 70% OF THE HOUSE NEIGHBORS
SAID THEY WANTED THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE TO REMAIN THERE.
THERE'S NO OTHER ISSUE AS FAR
AS PERMITTING FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND.
I FEEL LIKE RATHER THAN WASTE
RESOURCES RESITING, WE HAVE TO
MAKE A HUGE EFFORT TO SEE IF WE
COULD GET THIS LEGISLATION
PASSED AND HAVE THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES THAT ARE EXISTING
RIGHT NOW RENEW THEIR PERMITS
AND REMAIN ON SITE.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT FORTH LAKE.
I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
STAFF ENGAGING WITH MY STAFF
BECAUSE YOU SAY THAT THEY ARE
UNDER PERFORMING AND THEY ARE
EXPENSIVE GIVEN COST PER UNIT,
BUT RELATIVE TO WHAT?
I MEAN TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AS A
WHOLE, AS A MODEL INCLUDING AS
DUSTY CLARIFIED CASE MANAGEMENT
BEING ONE OF THE CRUCIAL
COMPONENTS, BUT ALSO HAVING
PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, PLACE WHERE
YOU COULD GO AND LOCK YOUR DOOR
AND BE SECURE AND HAVING
TOILETS, ALL OF THAT.
SORT OF ACTUALLY HAVING
DOLLARS, WHICH WE WILL NEED
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE FOR
PERMANENT HOUSING OR PERMANENT
SUPPORTING HOUSING, WE'RE NOT
REALLY SEEING A BETTER MODEL
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO
GET TO IT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE A HUGE
EFFORT TO RESOLVE WHATEVER
ISSUES THERE MIGHT BE AND I
KNOW THAT THERE ARE ISSUES THAT
YOU HAVE HAD, YOU MEANING THE
DEPARTMENT HAS HAD WITH
NICHOLSVILLE.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IS A
SUPER OFFICIAL REASON.
COMPARED TO EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL IF
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AS A WHOLE
IN TERMS OF DIGNITY AND
HUMANITY AND TRANSITION
DEPARTMENT HOUSING, THEN IT IS
INCUMBENT ON US TO SEE WHAT WE
COULD DO TO KEEP THE NORTH LAKE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE AND NOT
REJECT IT AS AN UNDER
PERFORMING.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY
UNDER PERFORMING COMPARED TO
WHAT.
THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO CLARIFY.
AND ALSO I INVITE THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO ENGAGE WITH THE
LEGISLATION THAT I PUT FORWARD
AND JOIN US AT THE PUBLIC
HEARING THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO
DO BY LAW BECAUSE IT'S A LAND
USE CODE CHANGE THAT WILL BE ON
THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 17.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> JUST TO CLARIFY WHEN I TALK
EXPENSE, IT'S WHEN COMPARED TO
OTHER VILLAGES.
SO IT'S THE COST PER SERVICE
UNIT COMPARED TO OTHER
VILLAGES.
I'M NOT COMPARING THE EXPENSIVE
NORTH LAKE TO SOMEONE MOVING
INTO A HOME OR TO CONGREGATE
SHELTER OR ANYTHING ELSE.
I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE
EXPENSE OF NORTH LAKE
SPECIFICALLY WHEN COMPARED TO
OTHER VILLAGES.
>> I ASSUME YOU MEANT THAT, BUT
WHAT I WAS SAYING EVEN THOUGH
YOU MEAN THAT STILL WE HAVE TO
COMPARE IT TO EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT WE HAVE.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
>> JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
>> GREAT, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> AND FOR TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
THAT YOU'RE IDENTIFYING IS ONLY
HAVING PERMITTING ISSUES.
I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE
PERMITTING ISSUES.
IT'S THE LAW THAT THE COUNCIL
PASSED THAT AUTHORIZES
ENCAMPMENT FOR A YEAR WITH AN
ADDITIONAL YEAR EXTENSION.
BUT THE EXECUTIVE HAS
REPEATEDLY USED A DIFFERENT
AUTHORITY THAN THE AUTHORITY
GRANTED UNDER THIS LAW UNDER
THE TEMPORARY USE PERMIT
PROCESS TO EXTEND ENCAMPMENT
LOCATIONS BEYOND THOSE TWO
YEARS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL
INCLUDING CAMP SECOND CHANCE IN
MY DISTRICT THAT HAS THE
TEMPORARY USE PERMIT,
PERMITTING PROCESS HAS BEEN
USED BECAUSE THE TWO YEARS AS
ALLOW THE HAS EXPIRED.
WHERE THERE IS NO OTHER CONCERN
OTHER THAN WE'RE BUMPING UP
AGAINST THE TWO YEARS, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S A PROBLEM
GIVEN THE ABILITY TO USE THE
TEMPORARY USE PERMIT PROCESS TO
CONTINUE EXTENSIONS.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I WISH MY COLLEAGUES, DIRECTOR
NATHAN, WHY AM I FORGETTING
NATHAN'S NAME.
THANK YOU.
WAS HERE TO GET INTO THE TECH
DETAILS RELATED TO PERMITTING.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE HAVE USED TEMPORARY USE
PERMITS TO EXPAND OR EXTEND THE
LENGTH OF TIME THAT A VILLAGE
CAN STAY AT A LOCATION.
WE'VE DONE THAT SEVERAL TIMES
IN RELATION TO GEORGETOWN.
AND WE ARE REALLY COMING TO THE
END OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE
CAN CONTINUE TO USE THESE
TEMPORARY USE PERMITS ON THAT
SITE.
AND SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO FLAG
FOR COUNCIL HERE IS THAT WE
HAVE BEGUN AN ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS WITH THE GEORGETOWN
COMMUNITY.
I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN TO THE
LAST TWO MONTHS MEETINGS WITH
THE GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY TO
HEAR FROM THEM EXACTLY HOW THEY
WANT TO ADDRESS THIS.
WE HAVE OPTIONS SUCH AS A FAITH
PARTNER COULD COME FORWARD AND
HOST OR SUPPORT THE PROGRAM ON
ITS CURRENT SITE.
AND THERE IS ALSO AS WE HAVE
HELD BUDGET FOR THE OPTION TO
MOVE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION
POTENTIALLY ANOTHER LOCATION IN
GEORGETOWN.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT HAS
NOTED, THERE IS A COMMUNITY-
WIDE SUPPORT FOR THAT PROGRAM
IN GEORGETOWN.
WE HEAR THAT AT EACH OF THE
MEETINGS.
THERE'S ALSO COMMUNITY CONCERN
ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS
OF LEAVING THE VILLAGE IN ONE
PLACE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME.
WE'RE ENGAGED WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM.
WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER WITH
THEM.
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT
SOLUTION IS FOR THAT PROGRAM.
>> OKAY.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
HAS ANOTHER POINT, BUT I JUST
WANT TO AGAIN EXTEND MY THANKS
TO ALL OF YOU FOR WORKING ON
THESE VILLAGES.
THIS WAS SOMETHING ITY HAD WE
FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT ABOUT
SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND I DON'T
WANT TO JOKINGLY SAY BECAUSE
IT'S SO DARN SERIOUS, BUT I HAD
ALMOST NO SUPPORT ON THE
COUNCIL AT THIS TIME SEVEN
YEARS AGO FOR TINY HOME
VILLAGES.
AND TO SEE THAT EXPAND AND TO
ALSO SEE THE COMMUNITY EMBRACE
IT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO AS AN
EXAMPLE FOCUS ON ONE THAT'S
JUST AT THE BASE OF MAGNOLIA
BRIDGE.
AND IT WAS HALF THE SIZE THAT
IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF A
LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED, BUT I
BELIEVE THAT'S OVER, SO WE CAN
EXPAND IT.
BUT I WAS AT A LITTLE EVENT, OH
ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO.
I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH BOTH HOW
THE VILLAGE, THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE LIVING IN THE VILLAGE ARE
RESPONDING, BUT ALSO THE
COMMUNITY AROUND THEM SAYING WE
WANT THEM TO STAY BECAUSE
THEY'VE GOT A PLACE TO BE AND
THEY ARE SECURE.
I JUST ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT
THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU
KNOW, STRUGGLING WITH THEIR
CIRCUMSTANCE BEING ABLE TO COME
INTO ONE OF THESE TINY HOMES,
NOBODY THINKS IT'S LIKE THE END
ALL, BUT IT'S SO MUCH BETTER
THAN BEING ALONE, NOT HAVING A
PLACE TO LOCK YOUR BELONGINGS,
NOT HAVING A PLACE TO BE WITH
YOUR PARTNERS.
AS HARD AS IT IS AND AS
EXPENSIVE AS IT MAY BE, IT WILL
STRIKE ME AS BEING ONE OF BY
BETTER OPTIONS.
SO I WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT IN HER
EFFORTS TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF
VILLAGES THAT WE COULD HAVE AND
DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO EXTEND
THE PERMITTING TIMES.
PLEASE.
GO AHEAD.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT,
CHAIR BAG SHAW AND I APPRECIATE
THAT YOU WERE ADVOCATING FOR
THAT SEVEN YEARS AGO.
AND AS YOU ALREADY MENTIONED,
IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT BELONGINGS,
BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO STAY
WITH YOUR PARTNERS.
AND IN FACT JUST YESTERDAY I
WAS VISITING THE TRUE HOPE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE AT THE NEW
MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH, TALKING
ABOUT HOW THEIR FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN LIVING IN A CLUSTER OF
TINY HOMES.
YES, NOT THE BE ALL, END ALL
ALTERNATIVE, IT'S NOT THE
SUBSTITUTE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING
THAT'S WORKING AS A BEST
POSSIBLE SOLUTION ON THE ROAD
TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND MR. JOHNSON ON YOUR POINT,
I APPRECIATE HOW IT IS GOOD TO
HAVE A FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY.
I WOULD ARGUE YOU TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH ANGELA YANG,
AND SHE WAS AT THIS SITE VISIT
THAT WE DID YESTERDAY.
AND IN FACT HER SERMON THIS
PAST SUNDAY TO OUR CONGREGATION
WAS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
GEORGETOWN TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
AND MY OFFICE IS HAPPY TO
CONNECT YOU TO THEM AND
CONVERSATION THAT HAD CONGRESS.
SO I THINK THAT IS NOT A
BARRIER EITHER.
OPENING THEM IF OPEN ARMS.
I HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE WHAT YOU
MENTIONED.
THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT SITING
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT AT ALL.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF
DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THAT IS
THE CONCERN, IT'LL BE USEFUL
BECAUSE WE WANT TO ADDRESS ANY
SUCH CONCERN.
BUT HONESTLY WHAT I HAVE HEARD
IS ONLY WELCOMING GESTURE FROM
THE COMMUNITY, THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY, JUST
INCREDIBLE HOW MUCH SUPPORT
THERE IS AS COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW WAS SAYING.
AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO
CLARIFY IS THE DRAFT
LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE IN
FRONT OF US.
NOT ONLY ALLOWS A LAND USE CODE
FLEXIBILITY TO SITE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, BUT IT IS ALSO GOING
TO EASE THE PERMITTING PROCESS
MEANING TINY HOUSE VILLAGES DO
FEED TO APPLY EVERY YEAR, BUT
IT'S NOT RESTRICTED TO JUST TWO
YEARS.
AND I THINK THAT I REALLY FEEL
THAT.
IT IS JUST A WASTE OF RESOURCES
TO TALK ABOUT RESITING WHEN
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF AVENUES
TO DO THIS.
BUT ALSO WORKING WITH THE FAITH
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE WELCOMING
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> YEAH, I JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT TWO THINGS IF I CAN.
ONE, JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THAT THE PERMITTING LANGUAGE,
THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, WAS
WRITTEN AT A TIME WHEN IT HAD
TRULY WAS A PILOT.
WE WERE UNDER GOING FOR THE
FIRST TIME THE ALLOWANCE OF
TENT ENCAMPMENTS.
NOT WOODEN STRUCTURES.
BUT TENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
AND THE USED FOR FUNDS TO PAY
FOR A VERY LIMITED BASIC
SERVICE LIKE HYGIENE.
AND SO NOW WE ARE IN AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE VILLAGES
ARE SUPPORTED, SUPPORTING
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN WOODEN
STRUCTURES.
IT IS AN ENHANCED 24/7 MODEL
WHERE WE HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT
AND WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER
SURFACES AVAILABLE IN THOSE
SPACES.
AND SO I THINK THAT IT IS, I
AGREE IT IS DUE FOR AN UPDATE
BECAUSE THE MODEL WILL LOOK
VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE
ORIGINALLY PUT PEN TO PAPER ON
THE VILLAGE ORDINANCE.
SECOND THING I JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT
IS THE DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY
MY ROLE AS A PUBLIC STEWARD TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF
IMPACT ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS
THAT WE'RE MAKING ARE HAVING
FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
USING THOSE SERVICES.
AND YOU KNOW THE VILLAGES ARE
REALLY LOOKING VERY SIMILAR TO
ENHANCED SHELTER.
AND THEIR ABILITY TO EXIT
PEOPLE FROM THOSE VILLAGES INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE ARE SEEING THAT GEORGETOWN,
I BELIEVE THEY'RE LOOKING AT
ABOUT 37%, 38% EXIT RATE TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
BUT AT NORTH LAKE, THAT EXIT
RATE IS JUST 11%.
SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT
UNDERPERFORMING, WHEN I TALK
ABOUT PERFORMANCE, WE'RE
LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT
PROGRAMS AND THEIR ABILITY TO
MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR
EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS AND
INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AND
SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE
TO LOOK VERY CLOSELY.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> MADAM CHAIR?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> I DO NEED TO RESPOND TO THE
LAST POINT ABOUT HOW WE'RE
HOLDING THESE CONTRACTORS
ACCOUNTABLE.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE IN TINY
HOMES OR WHETHER THEY ARE
OPERATING ENHANCED SHELTERS.
WHEN WE ARE MEASURING PEOPLE
AND THE ORGANIZATIONS BASED ON
WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GETTING
PEOPLE INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
PERMANENT HOUSING, AND WE HAVE
NOT YET BUILT THE HOUSING WE
NEED, IT IS A VERY UNJUST
SYSTEM.
I WILL LEAVE IT TO OUR COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES WHO REPRESENT
DISTRICT FIVE, FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
HOUSING THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE
TO STAY IN THEIR COMMUNITY BY
THEIR JOB AND THEIR SUPPORT
NETWORK AND WE ARE THEN CLOSING
DOWN A SITE BECAUSE ONLY 11% OF
THOSE FOLKS ARE GETTING INTO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE
NOT BUILT.
IT IS ON US TO BUILD THAT
HOUSING.
IT IS ON US TO INVEST 0% TO 30%
OF THE IMMEDIATE INCOME HOMES,
SO THAT PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY
HAVE A PLACE TO EXIT TO.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO
LOOK AT THE METRICS.
I'VE BEEN LONG ADVOCATING FOR A
DASH BOARD, SO WE CAN HAVE
MONTH OVER MONTH DATA TO LOOK
AT NOT JUST WHETHER OR NOT
PEOPLE ARE EXITING THE SHELTERS
OR TINY HOMES, BUT WHETHER OR
NOT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY
WITH THE CASE MANAGER, STAY ON
THEIR MEDICATION, HAVE THEIR
KIDS BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN
SCHOOL?
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
ACTUAL PROVIDERS TELL US ARE
MORE IMPORTANT THAN EXITS INTO
HOUSING WHEN WE HAVEN'T BUILT
THE HOUSING.
SO I WILL STEP OFF MY SOAPBOX
FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE I THINK IT
WILL COME UP AGAIN WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT HOUSING.
BUT MY QUESTION WAS TO YOUR
FIRST POINT, AND I APPRECIATED
YOUR COMMENT.
IF THE ORDINANCES OVERDUE FOR
EDITS GIVEN ITS ORIGINAL
CONSTRUCT WHEN THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES WERE NOT WITH
STRUCTURES OR PALETTE
STRUCTURES, THEY WERE TENTS.
AS WE LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE
RIGHT NOW, CAN YOU PLEASE
REMIND ME.
IN ADDITION TO HAVING TO APPLY
EVERY TWO YEARS FOR AN
EXTENSION OF THE PERMIT, IS
THERE SOMETHING IN STATUTE
RIGHT NOW THAT SAYS THERE IS A
HARD END DATE FOR SITES TO NO
LONGER HAVE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
OR ENCAMPMENTS ON THOSE SITES?
IS THERE SOMETHING IN STATUTE
THAT SAYS X AMOUNT OF YEARS YOU
CAN NO LONGER USE THIS SITE?
>> THERE IS.
SO THERE IS SITING LANGUAGE
INSIDE THE ORDINANCE THAT WE
CAN REVIEW.
I THINK IT IS, YOU KNOW,
LANGUAGE ABOUT NOT JUST IT, THE
TIME AND LOCATION NEEDING TO
STOP.
BUT EVEN AND AGAIN THIS IS SORT
OF THE BEST THINK HADDING AT
THE TIME BY PUBLIC HEALTH.
THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT
NOT REUSING THE SITE FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THERE IS SPECIFIC SITE-USE
LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE.
>> I THINK SPECIFICALLY YOU CAN
RENEW THE PERMIT ONLY ONE.
SO THE MAXIMUM THAT IT CAN BE
AT THAT SITE IS TWO YEARS.
AND AS YOU WERE SAYING, AT THAT
TIME, I MEAN THE INTENTION IS
ALWAYS TO MOVE TO THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE.
IT WASN'T CLEAR WHAT IT WOULD
LOOK LIKE.
BUT THE IDEA AT THAT TIME,
THERE WERE MORE PUBLIC HEALTH
CONCERNS, AND IT WAS IN THAT
SITE AND NOW THERE ARE MANY.
ALSO TO CLARIFY IF THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING OUT
THERE WHO WONDER IF THIS IS
SOME SORT OF IN TERMS OF LAND
USE, IS THERE A CONFLICT
BETWEEN THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES?
AND USING THAT SITE FOR
PERMANENT HOUSING?
FIRST OF ALL AS YOU WERE
SAYING, THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE
DEPARTMENT IS THE REVENUES.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
AND SO WE COULD NOT DENY
HOMELESS NEIGHBORS, THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES IN THE ABSENCE
OF THAT.
BUT FURTHER MORE THERE ARE
SITES THAT ACTUALLY ARE NOT,
THAT WOULDN'T BE FAR MORE
EXPENSIVE IF WE INSTEAD OF
USING IT AS A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE, WE WOULD USE IT AS A
SITE FOR HOUSING.
AND THE EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE
TRUE HOPE VILLAGE, THAT THEY,
THAT THE LAND USE REQUIREMENTS
WERE ACTUALLY DIGGING A
FOUNDATION IF WE WANTED TO
BUILD A MULTI-FAMILY UNIT AND
MULTI-HOUSING UNIT BUILDING
THERE AND THEY ARE FAR BIGGER
AND MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN
JUST SITING WOODEN STRUCTURES
ON THE SURFACE.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE, I'M SURE A
NUMBER OF SITES THAT IT IS
PROBABLY THE BEST VIEWS THAT
YOU COULD HAVE.
THE PERSONNEL WHO ARE RUNNING
THAT VILLAGE INFORMED US THAT
AT THIS MOMENT, THIS IS THE
DENSEST USE OF THAT SITE, YOU
KNOW, HAVING IT BE A SITE FOR
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
>> I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION.
WE HAVE OVER A $1 MILLION HERE
FOR RESITING AND WE HAVE ALL
HEARD, OUR CONVERSATION UP
HERE.
BUT LET'S SAY EACH ONE OF THE
UNIT COSTS $5 HUSHES ,000 AND
IT IS MORE AND WE HAVE SEEN
MORE.
IF WE HAVE 50 UNITS, 50 NEW
UNITS, AT THE $5,000 A PIECE, I
MEAN THEY WILL GIVE ME
$250,000, RIGHT?
AND THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING
AT.
AND DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO BE
SPENDING $1 MILLION TO MOVE
THEM?
AND TO JUST CREATE NEW ONES?
I'M A LITTLE BIT AT A LOSS OF
WHERE WE WOULD GET FOR THIS AND
I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE GREAT
ANSWERS AND IT IS NOT CLEAR.
>> IT IS QUITE A BIT HIGHER,
GETTING IT WITH THAT TO THIS
SITE AND ALL OF THOSE COSTS.
THE REASON THAT IT IS NOT
PROPOSED IN THAT MANNER THAT
YOU DESCRIBED, WE DON'T HAVE
THOSE ONGOING SERVICES COST
ATTACHED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
THAT, FOR EXAMPLE.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THOSE SERVICE COSTS
WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE $22,000
A UNIT PER YEAR.
ONGOING.
>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
CLARIFY THOUGH THAT THIS BUDGET
IS NOT JUST RESITING THAT IT
WOULD BE IF WE RESITE THAT'S
INCLUDED IN THAT AND IT WILL
ALSO BE THE SERVICES AND IN
OPERATING FOR WHATEVER IT IS.
THIS IS NOT.
>> SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT
THEY ARE BUDGETED AT FORTH LAKE
AND IF THOSE WERE TO MOVE, THAT
THOSE SERVICE DOLLARS WOULD
TRAVEL WITH THAT AND SO THEY
ARE ATTACHED AND JUST WHAT IS
NEEDED TO MOVE OR RESITE.
>> OKAY.
ONE CLARIFICATION.
AND AS YOU WERE SAYING, IT IS
NOT CLEAR TO US AT ALL THAT IT
WILL BE A GOOD USE OF
RESOURCES.
BUT AS FAR AS THEY ARE
CONCERNED, JUST LEAVING THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE INTACT WOULD
JUST REQUIRE THE LAND USE TO GO
AND CHANGE AND THE PROCESS,
WHICH THE FEW LEGISLATION WILL
DO IF PASSED.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS
ABOUT RESOURCES.
BUT I REALLY DON'T SEE WHY WE
SHOULD NOT ALLOW THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES TO REMAIN THERE EVEN
IF THERE ISN'T A BUDGET FOR
SERVICES BECAUSE ULTIMATELY
PEOPLE DO NEED SHELTERS
SOMEWHERE WHEN THEY ARE
HOMELESS AND YES, WE WANT TO
HAVE SERVICES ATTACHED.
WE WANT TO EXPAND MONEY IN THE
BUDGET THIS YEAR TO HAVE
RESOURCES FOR THOSE RESOURCES.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE
SHOULD, EVEN BEING IN THE
BUSINESS OF NEEDING TO RESITE
BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THE
JUSTIFICATION.
EVEN IF THEY HAD MONEY
FORSERVICES AT THE GIVEN
LOCATION, WHY WOULD YOU RESITE
THEM WHEN THOSE STRUCTURES HAVE
BEEN BUILT AND PEOPLE ARE
LIVING THERE?
>> IF YOU DISMANTLE THAT AND
YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THE
SERVICES, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE.
>> I WILL ADMIT AS THE DIRECTOR
OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, YOU WILL NEVER HEAR
ME NOT ADVOCATE FOR SERVICES.
THIS IS A POPULATION THAT HAS
HIGH NEEDS.
AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT
WE CAN ALWAYS TO ENSURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE ON A PATH TO
HOUSING.
THOSE SERVICES ARE CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT.
>> PLEASE DON'T MISINTERPRET MY
QUESTION.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF WHO
WANTS SERVICES OR NOT, WE ARE
ALL ADVOCATING FOR SERVICES.
MY QUESTION IS WHY WOULD YOU
MAKE THIS ABOUT SERVICES, FIRST
OF ALL CAN WE AGREE THAT IF WE
HAVE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
ALREADY, WHY WOULD YOU SPEND ON
RESITING IT?
AND BECAUSE THOSE RESOURCES
COULD THEN BE USED FOR
SERVICES, PRECISELY TO YOUR
POINT.
SO IT'S NOT CLEAR.
AND I WON'T PURSUE THIS
ANYMORE.
>> YEAH, I'M PROBABLY NOT
UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION
CORRECTLY.
>> I THINK YOU ARE
UNDERSTANDING.
I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU WANT TO
RESITE.
>> I'M NOT CLEAR ON YOUR
QUESTION EITHER, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
>> WELL IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
THESE ARE ONE-TIME RESOURCES
THAT WERE AVAILABLE AS A RESULT
OF THE MERCER PROPERTIES THAT
WERE FOR THE HOMELESS $5
MILLION, SO IT IS A ONE-TIME
POT OF MONEY.
>> JULIE, I THINK THE QUESTION
UP HERE IS IT THE MOST WAY TO
SPEND THAT MONEY.
>> CERTAINLY, I WAS JUST TRYING
TO SAY THAT SERVICES IS
OBVIOUSLY AN ONGOING COST AND
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE
HAVE TO WEIGH IN A RESOURCE
CONSTRAINED FOR THAT
ENVIRONMENT.
>> SERVICES ARE AN ONGOING COST
AND THEY ARE A WORTHY USE OF
RESOURCES.
THE QUESTION IS WHY THAT GOES
ON WITH RESITING.
>> THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT.
>> BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE CAN UPDATE THE ORDINANCE AND
WHERE SHE A DRAFT ORDINANCE IF
PLACE, AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE
ARE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES.
IF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE HAS
LIMITATIONS AND THAT IS THE
ONLY REASON THAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT RESITING, THEN WHY NOT
PASS AN UPDATED ORS ORDINANCE
AND ELIMINATE THAT SITING.
>> AND LET'S HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION.
I'M OPERATING, I'M
ADMINISTERING A PROGRAM UNDER
CURRENT ORDINANCE, UNDER
CURRENT LAW.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP.
>> OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> NOW THAT WE'VE GOT SOME
AGREEMENT THERE THAT WE SHOULD
TAKE A LOOK AT THE REQUIREMENTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LENGTH OF
ENCAMPMENT STAY UNDER THE
COUNCIL'S ORDINANCE THAT WE
PATCHED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
THIS BRINGS UP ANOTHER ISSUE
THAT I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY
USE SOME BUDGET ANALYSIS
AROUND, WHICH HAD IS THE NUMBER
OF ENCAMPMENTS, ALSO A LIMIT IN
THAT ORDINANCE ABOUT THE NUMBER
OF ENCAMPMENTS THAT THE CITY
WILL PERMIT UNDER THAT
ORDINANCE.
THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF ENCAMPMENTS.
I'M WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT
YOUR OFFICE TOGETHER WITH THE
BUDGET OFFICE COULD DO AN
ANALYSIS OF THE COST TO THE
CITY OF DOING THAT SCALE OF
EXPANSION AND MAYBE SOME OTHER
OPTIONS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WHERE
WE ARE AT NOW AND IN WHAT IS
PROPOSED, WHICH I THINK IS 40.
MAYBE PROVIDE US SOME SCALED
COSTS FOR DIFFERENT OPTIONS
OTHER THAN 40.
>> IS THAT A YES?
>> YES, THEY ARE WILLING.
WE CAN DO THAT.
YEAH, WE'LL GET BACK.
>> AND IN ADDITION TO THE COST
FEES, I THINK ANOTHER COMPONENT
OF CAPACITY IS JUST OTHER
LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
THAT ARE LIKELY CANDIDATES FOR
HOSTING.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE PROCEED.
LET'S KEEP MOVING.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
EARLIER THIS YEAR THE
NAVIGATION TEAM EXPANDED BY
ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL FIELD
COORDINATORS.
THESE POSITIONS WERE FUNDED
USING AVAILABLE UNDER SPEND FOR
OTHER POSITIONS INSIDE THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE FIELD COORDINATORS ALLOW
THE NAVIGATION TEAM TO WORK AT
A CAPACITY.
THE BUDGET REQUEST IS TO
CONTINUE FUNDING FOR THE FIELD
COORDINATORS POSITION WITH AN
ON GOING BASIS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT TOTAL AS
$326,461.
TWO SYSTEM NAVIGATORS TO
INCREASE CONNECTION TO SERVICES
IN HOUSING WERE ALSO ADDED FROM
EXISTING HSD BUDGET.
THIS INCREASED EXPANSION HAS
RESULTED IN MORE CONTACTS WITH
PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED.
DATED JANUARY THROUGH JUNE
SHOWS THERE HAS BEEN A TOTAL OF
3,083 ENGAGEMENTS.
THIS IS REPRESENTING BETWEEN
1,500 AND 1,600 UNIQUE
INDIVIDUALS.
THESE HAVE BEEN 480 TOTAL
REFERRALS TO SHELTER.
BROKEN DOWN THAT'S 98 TO BASIC
SHELTER, 351 TO ENHANCED
SHELTER, AND 31 TO TINY HOME
VILLAGES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU.
SO LET'S START WITH THIS
QUESTION.
REFERRALS TO SHELTER.
HOW DO WE KNOW THOSE
INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY GOT INTO
SHELTER?
>> YEAH, SO OPERATIONALLY THE
REFERRAL IS MADE AND THERE IS,
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES TO THE
EXTENT WE CAN THERE IS A DIRECT
CONNECTION MADE FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL TO THE SHELTER.
AS YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY WITH THE
LARGE NUMBER OF ENHANCED
SHELTERS, SHELTERS ARE OPEN
24/7 SOX IT IS NO LONGER THAT
WE ARE JUST SENDING SOMEONE TO
CUE UP TO ALIGN LATER IN THE
NIGHT.
WE CAN MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS
DIRECTLY WITH THE SHELTER
PROGRAMS.
I WANT TO GIVE PROPS TO BOTH
THE OUTREACH TEAMS CONNECTED TO
THE NAVIGATION IS THERE AND THE
MEMBERS OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM
THAT THEY HOLD A NUMBER OF
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROVIDERS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND SO WHEN THEY MAKE THOSE
REFERRALS, THEY HAVE REAL-TIME
INFORMATION THAT THOSE SHELTER
SPACES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL.
WE ARE ALSO LAST YEAR ADDED
SOME DATA CAPACITY, SO WE ARE
ALSO ABLE TO TRACK WHETHER OR
NOT THE INDIVIDUAL ACTUALLY
ARRIVED AT THAT SHELTER AND
STAYED THE NIGHT.
AND SO WE LOOK AT DATA, JUST TO
SEE SORT OF THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
DID THAT REFERRAL TO SHELTER
ACTUALLY RESULT IN INDIVIDUALS
STAYING OVERNIGHT AT THAT
SHELTER.
WE CAN LOOK AT THAT OVER A TWO-
DAY PERIOD, OVER A TWO-WEEK
PERIOD.
SO OUR DATA CAPACITY TO BE ABLE
TO LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION AND
MAKE SURE THE REFERRALS ARE
WORKING IS GREATLY INCREASED
OVER WHERE IT USED TO BE.
>> OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.
ON THE 1,583 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS
THAT WERE SERVED IN QUARTER ONE
AND QUARTER TWO JUST FOR
EXAMPLE IN 2019, WHERE IS THAT
DATA?
AND HOW MANY OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS GOT INTO SHELTER?
HOW MANY WERE ENHANCED
SHELTERS, HOW MANY FOX WERE
THERE AFTER TWO WEEKS?
>> I CAN GET THAT DATA TO YOU.
I DON'T HAVE THAT IF FRONT OF
ME TODAY.
>> I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
BEEN ADVOCATING FOR.
SOMEWHERE ON A GOOD SOLID
WEBSITE THAT WE CAN SEE THAT
INFORMATION.
AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE YOU KEEP
ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS ONE BY
ONE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
THAT, THE DASH BOARD.
I KNOW ALL HOME HOUSE ONE, BUT
I THINK THERE'S BEEN CONTINUOUS
SORT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHERE
IS THIS?
YOU KNOW, THE WORK IS GETTING
DONE, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP
ASKING YOU THE QUESTIONS.
>> CHAIR?
>> I WANT TO HEAR HIS ANSWER.
>> OKAY.
>> YEAH, AND SO WE ARE
CONTINUING TO WORK TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
HAVE THE DATA THAT YOU'RE
ASKING.
WE ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH A
NUMBER OF REPORTS, WHERE WE
DELIVER DATA SETS YOUR WAY.
BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BE
MORE USER FRIENDLY AND THE WAY
THAT DATA IS CONVEYED TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC.
SO WE HAVE, WE ARE PARTNERING
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ASK AND
HAVE LAUNCHED THE BEGINNINGS OF
DASH BOARD THAT REALLY DOES
LOOK AT THESE ENGAGEMENTS.
BUT I THINK THERE'S CONTINUED
WORK TO GET MORE DETAILED ABOUT
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION EXISTS
ON THAT DASH BOARD.
>> GREAT.
>> GOOD, THANK YOU.
DID YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP?
>> YES, I DO.
I'M SURPRISED TO HEAR YOU SAY
YOU HAVE THAT DATA BECAUSE THE
REPORTS I'VE BEEN RECEIVING
FROM THE NAVIGATION TEAM, THOSE
REPORTS HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT
YOU CAN ONLY REPORT ON
REFERRALS, YOU CANNOT REPORT ON
WHETHER OR NOT FOLKS ACCEPTED
THOSE REFERRALS.
IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S QUESTION THAT YOU
WOULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION,
I'M VERY, VERY CONFUSED BECAUSE
I'VE BEEN TOLD OVER AND OVER
AGAIN THAT THAT INFORMATION IS
NOT, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE
US THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE WE
DON'T TRACK WHAT HAPPENS TO AN
INDIVIDUAL AFTER THEY HAVE
RECEIVED A REFERRAL FROM A
NAVIGATION TEAM FROM AN OUTDOOR
ENCAMPMENT.
>> YES, I'M HAPPY TO STAY
ENGAGED AND PROVIDE THE
INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
AS I MENTIONED WE DO HAVE NEW
DATA CAPACITY AVAILABLE.
THIS IS OUR ABILITY TO DIVE
INTO AND BE ABLE TO TRACK
INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE
ORIGINALLY CONTACTED BY THE
OUTREACH TEAM AND NAV TEAM.
AND THEN MATCH THAT TO THE
INDIVIDUAL WHO ARRIVED OR
STAYED THE NIGHT AT SHELTER IS
NOW SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK
AT.
>> I'M ALSO VERY IMPRESSED WITH
THE WORK THAT ALI FRANKLIN HAS
BEEN DOING, AND THANK YOU AND
OTHERS FOR PARTNERING WITH TWO
AND ONE FOR THE CRISIS
CONNECTIONS.
ALSO I KNOW WE PUT MONEY INTO
THE BUDGET AND IN I.T.
FOR THE RESPONSE TO LEAD, SO
THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP
WITH THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
WE'RE ALL INTERESTED IN THE
OUTCOMES WITH LEAD.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW ARE THESE
INTERRELATINGS?
MANY AND SO IF ALI FRANKLIN IS
DOING SOMETHING.
IF OUR LOW ACUITY HAS SOME
ADDITIONAL DATA THAT'S GOING TO
BE CONNECTED.
I'D LOVE TO KNOW HOW THAT'S
WORKING TOGETHER.
OR MAYBE THAT'S A PART OF WHAT
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY IS GOING
TO DO, BUT IT'S HELPFUL TO
UNDERSTAND.
>> IT'LL DEFINITELY HELP.
IT WILL STILL TAKE A LOT OF
MANUAL EFFORT TO SORT OF
CROSSWALK THESE DIFFERENT DATA
SETS.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS I
BELIEVE A REALLY STRONG
HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
SYSTEM.
THAT WILL GIVE US THE KIND OF
INFORMATION THAT WE WANT.
QUOTING, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING
IN THIS HAD COMMUNITY FROM D.C.
SHE WORKS WITH COMMUNITIES ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
SHE BELIEVES WE HAVE DATA
QUALITY UNLIKE MANY OTHER
COMMUNITIES OUR SIZE OR LARGER.
AND SO WE'RE PLEASED TO BE ABLE
TO AT THIS POINT.
I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE IT'S
TAKING YEARS, IT HAS.
TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE
THE KIND OF DATA THAT IS
AVAILABLE TO US IN MORE REAL
TIME.
I WOULD JUST SAY THE COUNTY IS
REALLY TO THANK FOR SOME OF THE
DATA CROSSWALKING THAT THEY
HAVE DONE.
I THINK THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO
HAVE DATA WHETHER IT IS FROM
OUR HEALTH SYSTEMS, FROM THE
HOMELESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS,
ALL SORT OF ONE DATA BASE.
AND RIGHT NOW I HAVE GOOD DATA
QUALITY AND WE ARE BEGINNING TO
USE IT AND IN A REAL-TIME
PROBLEMATIC WAY.
>> GREAT, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AND JUST TO UNDERSCORE COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD'S SURPRISE AT
THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
I TOO WAS NOT AWARE THAT YOU
COULD PULL THE DATA ON HOW MANY
INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWED THROUGH ON
THAT REFERRAL, AND ACTUALLY GOT
INTO SHELTERS.
AND TO APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE
ALSO TRACKING NOT JUST TWO DAYS
AFTER, BUT REALLY TWO WEEKS
AFTER, WERE THEY STILL THERE?
THAT'S A BETTER INDICATION OF
WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE FELT
SAFE AND SECURE AND HOPEFULLY
IN AN ENHANCED SHELTER
LOCATION.
BUT THAT TWO-WEEK MARKER WILL
BE VERY IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
THE RESPONSE TO THE CHAIR'S
QUESTION A SECOND AGO REALLY
UNDERSCORES MY OVERALL POINT.
IF WE ARE MORE EFFECTIVE AT
LOOKING AT DATA COLLECTIVELY
WITH KING COUNTY, IF WE KNOW WE
ARE MERGING WITH KING COUNTY
FOR THE HOMELESS SHELTERS TO BE
MORE EFFICIENT, THEN WHY DO WE
CONTINUE TO PULL $8.4 MILLION
OF OUR CITY FUNDS IN THIS
BUDGET THAT WOULD NOT BE GOING
TO THE REGIONAL GROUP?
I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION
THAT'S TWO-FOLD.
ONE IS IF WE WERE TO ASSUME
THAT OF THE $8.4 MILLION THAT
CURRENTLY IS ALLOCATED AS A
COLLECTIVE AS YOU MENTIONED
THAT GOES ACROSS PROGRAMS.
IF WE WERE TO ASSUME THAT
AMOUNT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE
$2.35 MILLION AT SPD.
THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT
$6 MILLION ROUGHLY.
THAT WE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE
ABLE TO FREE UP TO ENSURE
BETTER COORDINATION OF
SERVICES, TO DO THINGS LIKE YOU
JUST SAID TO CAPTURE DATA, TO
TRACK METRICS, TO DO ENHANCED
OUTREACH AND MAYBE ENHANCED IS
THE WRONG WORD BECAUSE WE'VE
BEEN THROWING THAT AROUND
LATELY.
BUT TO DO MORE COORDINATED
OUTREACH.
WITH THE COMMUNITY AT RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS AND WHO IS
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WITH $6 MILLION
ADDED TO THE REGIONAL EFFORT, I
THINK THAT COULD POTENTIALLY
IMPROVE OUR SERVICES FOR
REACHING HOMELESS FOLKS.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE MONEY
IS NOT BEING TRANSFERRED OVER
IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND WON'T
BE TRANSFERRED OVER IN 2021 AS
WELL WHEN THE GROUP IS UP AND
RUNNING THAT WE ARE STILL
PROJECTED TO KEEP THAT $6
MILLION HERE AT THE CITY AND
CONTINUE OPERATING THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AS IT CURRENTLY
LOOKS ON THE SLIDES?
>> THAT IS CORRECT, THE CURRENT
PROPOSAL.
>> OKAY, MADAM CHAIR, I WILL
JUST SAY IF IT IS NOT
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, THAT I DO
THINK THERE IS AN INTEREST IN
RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE MOVING
IN THE DIRECTION OF CREATING
MORE EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR
THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS, FOLKS
WHO ARE NOT JUST CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS, BUT IF WE COULD
POTENTIALLY REACH THEM SOON TO
GET THEM INTO HOUSING TO
PREVENT THEM FROM BEING IN THAT
HOUSING POPULATION.
I'M ON BOARD WITH CREATING THE
EFFORT.
AGAIN, IT'S NARROW, LOOKING AT
THE EMERGENCY SERVICES.
EVEN WITH THAT NARROW SCOPE, I
THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
EFFICIENCIES TO BE GAINED, BUT
I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WE WOULD
HOLD BACK SIX OF THAT $8.4
MILLION.
TAKING OUT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT MONEY WAS TO STAY
HERE.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS WE COULD
DO WITH THAT FUND.
BUT IF THEY ARE STILL GOING
INTO HOMELESSNESS, RESPONSE
SYSTEMS, WHERE WE ARE MAKING
THIS PLEDGE OUT THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE MOUTH THAT WE'RE GOING
TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH
SERVING FOLKS WITH THE REGIONAL
APPROACH, I DO THINK THAT THERE
WILL BE COST EFFICIENCIES BY
LOOKING AT THOSE $6 MILLION AND
COUPLING THEM WITH HOLISTIC
SERVICES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO
DEPLOY.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS KNOW THAT THAT
DISTINCTION IS THERE.
I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER
ABOUT 20 21, AND SO THAT IS WHY
I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION, ARE
WE HOLDING THIS BACK WITH THE
ANTICIPATION THAT IN 2021 THESE
DOLLARS WILL GO OVER.
THE ANSWER I HEARD WAS NO, THE
CURRENT ASSUMPTION IN THIS
BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED,
WE WOULD KEEP THESE SERVICES
GOING.
MY INTEREST WOULD BE IN
IDENTIFYING HOW THOSE $6
MILLION COULD BE COUPLED WITH
MORE EFFICIENT SERVICES, MORE
SERVICES WITH THE REGIONAL
EFFORT WITH KING COUNTY.
I KNOW CENTRAL STAFF HAS TAKEN
NOTES ON THAT, BUT THAT WILL BE
SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO
IDENTIFY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BRINGING THAT UP.
I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE MORE
CONVERSATIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT, THE FINAL ITEM
FOR MY SLIDE IS AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ABOUT SOMETHING
BROUGHT UP IN THE VERY
BEGINNING.
AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED
INCREMENTAL CHANGES.
THESE ARE THE START-UP COSTS
YOU'LL SEE WERE ADDED TO HSD'S
ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET.
THIS WILL HELP TO PAY FOR YEAR-
ONE STAFFING THAT'S NEEDED TO
START HIRING AN EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE TEAM, AS
WELL AS SOME OTHER KEY
POSITIONS AT THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
IT WILL ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE ARE SOME OPERATIONAL
NEEDS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED.
AND IN ORDER TO STAND UP THIS
NEW ORGANIZATION, THESE ARE
ITEMS LIKE AN EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR SEARCH, SOME TECH
SYSTEMS LIKE BUDGET FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT, HR AND PAYROLL,
BASIC OFFICE EQUIPMENT, MOVING
COSTS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
AND LEGAL SUPPORT.
SO THIS IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THAT IN ORDER TO STAND UP THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY AND
ESPECIALLY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT
ON A TIMELINE IN ONE YEAR AND
IN 2020, WE WILL NEED SOME
START-UP COSTS IN ORDER TO DO
THAT.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING ON THAT
THEY ARE OFFERING OFFICE SPACE
AS PART OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION,
JUST RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
AGAIN, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN
DOING OUTREACH WITH OUR SOUND
CITIES ORGANIZATION TO INVITE
THEM IN TO THIS PROCESS AS
WELL.
AND I'M HOPING THAT OVER THE
NEXT YEAR WE CAN FIND AND
IDENTIFY MORE SPACES, MORE
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THEM.
MAYBE IT'S NOT DOLLARS, BUT
LAND, THAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE,
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES REMAINING
ON THIS COUNCIL ARE GOING TO BE
VERY INTERESTED IN THE
PROGRESS.
GOOD.
THANK YOU.
OKAY, WITH THAT, IT'S THE END
OF THAT PARTICULAR SLIDE.
IF I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS,
WE WILL GO ON TO MAINTAINING
SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE
TO INVITE OUR COLLEAGUES FROM
PUBLIC UTILITIES, PARKS, AND
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES TO JOIN US AS WE NOW
PIVOT TO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
OUR REMEDIATION, TRASH REMOVAL,
AND SHARPS.
>> THANK YOU TO THE PANEL THAT
WAS HERE BEFORE.
THIS IS SOMETHING OF GREAT
INTEREST TO ALL OF US.
JESUS AND DOUG AND WHOEVER ELSE
IS JOINING US NOW.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU,
JESUS.
>> GOOD MORNING, JESUS AGUIRRE,
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
>> DOUG KERRY, DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES.
>> AND BRIAN KNIGHT WITH
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> EXCELLENT.
WHO IS KICKING THIS ONE OFF?
>> GOOD MORNING.
AND TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY
SURGEONS, ASSOCIATED WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, THE
SEATTLE BY WAY OF SPU
INITIATING THE FOLLOWING
PROGRAMS.
AND THE ABATEMENT PROGRAM,
CURRENTLY OPERATING THE
MEDIATION PILING.
ONE THING I'LL DO IS GO THROUGH
EACH OF THESE AS YOU CAN SEE ON
THE SLIDE.
IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME BECAUSE I
DON'T HAVE A SLIDE.
>> AND WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR
YOU TO JUST MOVE OVER THAT
OTHER CHAIR?
>> DO YOU WANT TO TRADE PLACES?
>> I'VE GOT THE SLIDES RIGHT
HERE.
THANK YOU.
AS WE GO THROUGH IT, YOU CAN
STOP ME AFTER EACH ONE, WE TALK
ABOUT EACH PROGRAM IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS.
AND THE ENCAMPMENT TRASH,
PURPLE BAGS PROGRAM.
>> BEFORE YOU DIVE INTO THIS.
YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK YOUR NECK
TRYING TO LOOK AT ALL OF US.
I THINK THAT YOU MAY BE MORE
COMFORTABLE OVER THERE.
EXCELLENT, WELL DONE.
>> OKAY.
ENCAMPMENT TRASH.
>> RIGHT.
>> ENCAMPMENT TRASH.
AND JUST THE BACK UP FOR A
SECOND.
THE PROGRAMS OVERARCHING
MISSION IS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND CLEANLINESS OF
STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND
IMPROVING ENCAMPMENT
CONDITIONS.
THESE ARE ACHIEVED BY COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATION WITH
OTHER DEPARTMENTS, PARTNERING
WITH NON-PROFITS, AND THE USE
OF DATA TO MAKE DECISIONS.
AND SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE ENCAMPMENT TRASH, WHICH HAD
WE ALSO CALLED PURPLE BAG
PROGRAM.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS UNSANCTIONED
BAGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
LED BY SPU, THE CITY PROVIDED
PROACTIVE AND PREVENTIVE WEEKLY
AND ON-CALL GARBAGE SERVICES
NEAR SELECTED UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS.
THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO
TEST SERVICE OPTIONS AND THE
EFFECTIVENESS FOR GARBAGE
SELECTION AT THESE ENCAMPMENTS.
OBJECTIVES INCLUDE IMPROVED
ENCAMPMENT CONDITIONS, REDUCED
COMMUNITY TRASH, AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ONGOING
TRASH RESPONSE AT SELECTED
UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS.
>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK
QUESTION ABOUT THAT PURPLE BAG
PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.
WE KNOW IT HAS MADE A REAL
GOOD, IT WAS A BETTER RESPONSE
THAN HAVING NOTHING, RIGHT?
AND SO A FEW WEEKS AGO WORKING
WITH SDOT THAT A NUMBER OF US
WERE DOING A PUBLIC ACTIVATION
STUDY.
AND ACTUALLY BEING DOWN ON THE
STREET LOOKING AT HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE COMING, GOING, WHAT
ACTIVITIES TAY WERE INVOLVED
IN.
I HAD ONE WOMAN WHO WAS SITTING
AT THE FOUNTAIN COME UP TO ME
AND SAY HOW COME WE DON'T HAVE
GARBAGE CANS DOWN HERE?
AND I'M THINKING, I REACHED
OUT, AND GOT A FAST RESPONSE
FROM SPU, THANK YOU.
HER POINT WAS IF WE HAD GARBAGE
CANS, WE WOULD USE THEM.
AND I GOT A VERY INSIGHTFUL
RESPONSE.
I THOUGHT GARBAGE CANS WERE
GOING TO GO DOWN THERE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR
DECISIONS ON WHEN THE GARBAGE
CANS THAT ARE BEING REMOVED AND
CLEANED REGULARLY IS CONTRASTED
TO JUST USING THE PURPLE BAG
PROGRAM?
>> WELL EARLY ON WHEN IT WAS A
PILOT, WE EXPLORED SOME OPTIONS
WITH THE GARBAGE CAN MODEL
ENCAMPMENTS.
THE GARBAGE CANS WERE REALLY
BEING USED BY OTHERS IN THOSE
LIVING IN THEIR ENCAMPMENTS.
SO BASED ON FLEXIBILITY AND THE
ABILITY FOR US TO QUICKLY
CHANGE WHERE WE DELIVER THE
PROGRAM AT.
WE BEST THOUGHT THE MODEL WOULD
BE THE ENCAMPMENT PURPLE BAG
TRASH PILOT.
AND COUPLED WITH THAT, WE KNOW
THAT HSD, WE PARTNER WITH HSD
WHERE THEY PROVIDE PRIMARY
CLEANUP IN RESPONSE TO THE
ENCAMPMENTS.
WE THAT WE HAD WAS TO EXPAND
OUR OPTIONS WITH THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS TO GO IF AND WORK
WITH THOSE DIRECTLY.
AND THEY WOULD EDUCATE THE
ENCAMPMENT PERSONS OF WHERE TO
PLACE THE TRASH, WHAT
BELONGINGS TO PLACE IN THE
PURPLE BAGS AND THE FREQUENCY
OF WHEN THE TRASH WILL BE
COLLECTED.
THIS WILL GIVE US THE
NIMBLENESS TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST
QUICKLY AND ADAPT TO THE CHANGE
IN ENVIRONMENTS.
IN RELATIONS TO YOUR QUESTION
ABOUT THE PREFONTAINE.
AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE
ABLE TO WEIGH IN MORE ON THAT
SITUATION THERE.
>> OKAY.
ú>> AND JESUS, DO YOU WANT TO
ANSWER IT NOW?
>> I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO
YOU.
I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS ON
WHY WE WOULDN'T PLACE THEM
THERE.
>> THE ONE RESPONSE I HEARD WAS
WHEN THE GARBAGE CANS WERE
THERE, THEY GOT KICKED INTO
THIRD AVENUE AND THAT WAS
CAUSING TROUBLE FOR THE BUSES.
AND IT WAS INTERESTING.
THE WOMAN WHO ASKED ME ABOUT
THE GARBAGE CANS IN THE FIRST
PLACE SAID WHY DON'T YOU CHAIN
THEM DOWN.
I SAID WELL, LET'S LOOK INTO
THEM.
AND THANK YOU.
>> AND IN RELATIONS TO THAT, WE
AT SPU DO LITTER THE RECYCLING
CANS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE
HAVE EXPERIENCED HIGH INCIDENTS
OF DESTRUCTION, BURNT GARBAGE
CANS, LITTER CANS, AND EVEN THE
INSTANCES WHERE THE CHAINED
DOWN CANS WERE CUT AND STOLEN.
AND SO THERE IS SOME
LAWLESSNESS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH CANS IN PARTICULAR AREAS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
JASON, WERE YOU REACHING FOR
YOUR MICROPHONE TOO?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU.
YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT I THINK
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY
I THINK WE GET REPORTS AND
NUMEROUS E-MAILS ABOUT PEOPLE
CONCERNED ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE LIVING OUTSIDE, NOT HAVING
ACCESS TO GARBAGE CANS TO
ADEQUATELY DISPOSE OF EVERYDAY
MATERIALS.
BUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID THAT
WHEN THERE WERE GARBAGE CANS,
THEY WERE BEING USED BY PEOPLE
WHO DID NOT LIVE IN THE
ENCAMPMENTS.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
TINNING TO NOTE IF YOU LOOK AT
SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT HAVE
COME OUT CORRECTLY.
EVERY DAY THERE IS SOMETHING
ONLINE.
PEOPLE PUTTING THEIR
TELEVISIONS ON THE SIDE OF THE
STREETS.
PEOPLE PUTTING THEIR COUCHES,
THEIR REFRIGERATORS, THEIR
WASHING MACHINES.
THESE ARE ITEMS THAT FOLKS WHO
ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED OUTSIDE
DON'T USUALLY HAVE.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE A CONCERN
ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE,
THAT'S OUTSIDE, WE HAVE TO
REMEMBER THIS IS A CITY WIDE
PROBLEM AND MANY FOLKS WHO ARE
HOUSED, THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING
TO THE PROBLEM AND IT IS
ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC IF
YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT IN
GARBAGEBEING TAKEN AWAY.
I WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THAT
POINT YOU MADE BECAUSE IT WILL
HELP CLARIFY THIS IS A CITY-
WIDE PROBLEM.
THIS IS NOT BEING GENERATED
ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE LIVING
UNSHELTERED.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND WHEN IT
COMES TO THE COST ASSOCIATED,
THESE ARE COSTS THAT ARE BEING
IMPOSED ON THE CITY BY
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALSO
HOUSED.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT AND IN CASE THERE WAS ANY
CONFUSION OUT THERE ABOUT WHERE
SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE COMING
FROM.
>> OKAY, PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> ALONG THOSE LINES IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE
PARTNERSHIP THAT WE DO HAVE
WITH THE HEPATITIS EDUCATION
PROJECT, IT CREATES A MODEL OF
COMPASSION.
SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
THE ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED.
WE TYPICALLY IDENTIFY EIGHT TO
TEN ENCAMPMENTS THAT WE SERVICE
PER MONTH.
I THINK THIS YEAR ALONE WE HAVE
SERVICED 28.
WHAT THEY DO, THEY BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE LIVING
IN THE ENCAMPMENTS.
NOT ONLY DO THEY DISTRIBUTE THE
PURPLE BAGS AND EDUCATE THEM
ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF LIVING
HEALTHY AND TAKING THEIR
GARBAGE, PLACING IT 20 FEET
FROM THEIR ENCAMPMENT, BUT THEY
WOULD ALSO PASS OUT.
NEEDLE KITS, TEACHING THEM HOW
TO USE NARCAN IN CASE THEY HAVE
OVERDOSES.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN A HUGE ASSET
TO US DOING THIS WORK IN THE
ENCAMPMENTS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR?
>> YES.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES FOR TAKING
LEADERSHIP ON DEVELOPING THIS
PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY
SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAVE LESSONS TO LEARN FROM
WHERE WE STARTED, WHERE WE ARE
NOW AND I APPRECIATE THEIR
CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO USING
THAT INFORMATION AND SORT OF
ORGANICALLY INVOLVING THE
PROGRAM AS THE NEEDS INVOLVED
OR OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE
NEEDS.
AND AS WE DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS
WITH NEW PARTNERS WHO COULD
HELP US BRING THIS PROGRAM TO
SCALE.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT
THIS PROGRAM IS BEING
REPLICATED IN OTHER CITIES.
I THINK AUSTIN, IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AGAIN, I'M INTERESTED BOTH
IN FIGHTING WHAT WE COULD LEARN
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THAT THEY
HAVE IDENTIFIED FROM PILOTING
THEIR PROGRAM AS WELL.
BUT I DO THINK JUST DRIVING
AROUND AND FROM THE VISIBLE
ENCAMPMENTS THAT I SEE.
THERE IS I THINK A MARKED
IMPROVEMENT IN THE VISUAL
ASSESSMENT OF CLEANLINESS AND A
LOT OF THE CAMPS IN THE CITY,
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M TAKING OVER FOR COUNCIL
MEMBER BAGSHAW, YOU MAY
PROCEED.
>> OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE THE RV
REMEDIATION AND THAT ONE IS
CURRENTLY STILL A PILOT.
IN MAY OF 2018 THE CITY
INITIATED ALONG WITH SPU, THE
PILOT TO REMOVE PROBLEMATIC RVs
IN ASSOCIATED VEHICLES FROM THE
CITY OF RIGHT OF WAY ALLOWING
FOR SAFE CLEANUP.
THE STRATEGY INCLUDED ENFORCING
THE 72-HOUR PARK AND RULE IN
DETERMINING THE BEST WAY TO
CURB THE ASSOCIATED RISK POSED
WITH THE RVs WITH THE GOAL OF
IDENTIFYING AND REMEDIATING
HIGH-PROFILETY SITES.
THESE OBJECTIVES WILL INCLUDE
IMPROVED PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY, STREETS, SIDEWALKS,
REDUCED COMMUNITY DEBRIS.
AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ONGOING
DEBRIS RESPONSE FOR RV HOT
SPOTS.
IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THESE
SPOTLIGHTS ARE LED BY UTILITIES
AND PERFORMED BY THE TEAM
COMPOSED OF SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION, SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION, AND SEATTLE
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES.
THE IDT TEAM PROVIDED PROTOCOLS
TO DETERMINE THE ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH
PARTICIPATED CITY DEPARTMENT
AND FIELD STAFF SHOULD ENGAGE,
PROVIDE NOTE, REMOVE RV'S AND
VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED IF PRIORITY AREAS.
THIS INCLUDES A STRICT SITE
RANK IN CRY AREA FOR THE RV
LOCATIONS.
FIVE OR MORE RVs AND VEHICLES
WITH THE HIGHEST HEALTH AND
SAFETIESING.
WE LEARNED WITH BOTH THE
NAVIGATION TEAM, WHICH HAVE
BEEN PROVEN TO BE HELPFUL
DURING THE 72-HOUR NOTICE.
WE WOULD MEET THEM OUT AT THE
LOCATIONS.
THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH THOSE
THAT ARE LIVING IN RVs AND
PROVIDE SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S
GETTING ADDITIONAL HOUSING, ALL
THE OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY DO
PROVIDE.
WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH SPU
SPILL RESPONSE, WHICH MEETS THE
ON SITES AND IDENTIFIES ANY
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK
WITH THE HUMAN WASTES, BEING
DISPOSED OF AND DRAINS, CATCH
BASINS, AND ACTUAL SPILLS.
AND WE WILL ALSO PARTNER WITH
THEIR ANIMAL RESPONSE.
AND IT IS SURPRISING HOW MUCH
THEY WILL COME OUT TO PROVIDE
ALL TYPES OF SERVICES FOR
PERSONS THAT WILL OWN ANIMALS
IN THE RVs.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY
JUST HOW AMAZING ALL THE GROUPS
THAT WILL COME TOGETHER AND
LEVERAGE THE RESOURCES, THEIR
ABILITY TO WORK EFFECTIVELY AND
EFFICIENTLY IN DOING THIS WORK.
I ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU HAVE
EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COME OUT TO SEE HOW COORDINATED
THE EFFORTS ARE AND JUST HOW
THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT AND CPT
AND POLICE HAVE SUCH A GREAT
RESPECT.
AND TRUST BUILT WITH A LOT OF
THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE RVs
THAT WILL OFTENTIMES, 70% TO
80% OF THE RVs ARE IN
COMPLIANCE BEFORE THEY EVEN
HAPPEN.
AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO THEIR EFFORTS AND ALL THE
OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL
SHOW UP AND DO SUCH A GREAT JOB
DAY IN AND DAY OUT HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHTING
THAT.
IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT THE
KIND OF COLLABORATION IS
WORKING IN A LOT OF CASES.
I THINK A PART OF IT IS SETTING
UP THE NORMS, EXPECTATIONS,
NEVER WANTING TO BE ON THE SAME
PAGE.
BUT THAT WILL NEED TO HAPPEN
NOT EVERYWHERE OBVIOUSLY, BUT
THAT'S HELPFUL.
ALL THE DATA YOU SHOW HERE IN
THE SLIDE, ARE THESE ALL
RELATED TO CONDITIONS WHERE THE
RV WAS REQUIRED TO MOVE?
OR IS THERE WORK GOING ON WHERE
THEY COULD STAY WHERE THEY ARE
AND STILL JUST COMING OUT,
PICKING UP TRASH AND OTHER
THINGS?
>> AND THESE ARE WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING AT AS A PART OF THE
MEDIATION PROGRAM AND THE PILOT
ACTUALLY.
INSTANCES WHERE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ENFORCE
THEIR 72-HOUR CODE AND THAT
RULE PARDON ME.
WHEN THEY DO MOVE, THEY WILL
CALL US IF, BUT THAT'S OUTSIDE
THE BOUNDARIES.
>> AND I'M SORRY, SO THIS IS
NOT THAT AND SOME OF TEASE ARE
PLACES WHERE FOLKS ARE IN RVs
AND THEY WERE STAYING THERE AND
WE ARE JUST GOING THROUGH AND
DOING THE SANITATION WORK?
>> NOT HERE.
WHERE WE STILL CLEAN UP AROUND
RVs THAT ARE NOT IN VIOLATION
OF THE AREA.
>> AND NOW ONE THING WE HEARD
THIS WEEK AFTER WE HAD IN MY
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, IDENTIFIED
SOME OF WITH WHEN LANDLORDS
WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
PEOPLE INSIDE THE RVs, THAT I
HAD READ THAT ARTICLE THAT SAID
OH THEY'RE JUST GIVING UP ON
RVs.
NOT AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY WOULD
JUST LIKE, BUT I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.
98 CLEANUPS IN 15 DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHEN YOU SAY,
DO WE KNOW WHERE THEY WENT?
ARE WE FINDING OURSELVES IN
THAT SYSTEM WHERE WE ARE
CHASING TEEM AROUND?
>> WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A
BETTER METHOD, AFTER THEY LEAVE
THE SITE THAT WAS REMEDIATED.
>> I'M NOT SURE THIS IS A
QUESTION THAT YOU COULD ANSWER,
BUT I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
AGAIN FOR YEARS ABOUT HAVING
THOSE SAFE LOTS, WHERE IT IS
MORE THAN JUST A FEW.
THEY HAD AN EXAMPLE.
I KNOW THAT THEY DID AND AGAIN,
IN THE BAY AREA.
FINDING PLACES WHERE THEY COULD
PARK AND STAY AND TO BE SAFE.
AND RATHER THAN, AGAIN, JUST
CHASING THEM AROUND FROM ONE
LOCATION TO THE OTHER.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU
COULD ADDRESS?
>> YES.
>> AND THERE YOU GO.
YES.
ACTUALLY DUSTY ELUDED TO THE
FACT THAT WE'RE QUITE FORTUNATE
TO BE A PART OF THE HUD TO TA
PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR AND THAT
THAT PROGRAM OR THE ASSISTANCE
IS REALLY LOOKING AT FOLKS WHO
ARE LIVING IN VEHICLES IN
PARTICULAR.
AND HOW TO WORK WITH FOLKS WHO
ARE LIVING IN RVs AND ANY BEST
PRACTICES THAT THEY COULD
IDENTIFY EVEN EMERGING
PRACTICES AROUND SAFE LOTS.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS
PREVIOUSLY.
IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT
POPULATION FOR THOSE FOLKS
SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS.
AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
THEMSELVES AS BEING HOMELESS.
THE NORMAL SERVICES THAT WE
WOULD OFFER TO FOLKS WHO ARE
LIVING IN THEIR CARS IN TERMS
OF THE SERVICES AND THE SUPPORT
TO GET THEM INTO HOUSING AND
THAT THEY WILL NOT SHOW
THEMSELVES OF THOSE KINDS OF
SERVICES.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE WILL
NEED DIFFERENT APPROACHES.
WE NEED DIFFERENT PLANS AND
THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE
HOPING THAT THEY WILL HELP US
IDENTIFY THAT AND THAT WE HAVE
ALL DONE THAT I KNOW THAT I
HAVE ALSO DONE AND THAT THERE
IS JUST NOT A LOT OF EVIDENCE
OUT THERE IN SUCCESS AND YET
THIS IS A GROWING PROBLEM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO WE'RE
NOT ALONE IN WANTING TO
IDENTIFY WHERE WE COULD BETTER
SERVE THIS VULNERABLE
POPULATION.
>> AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, YOU
KNOW, ABOUT RVs AND THAT IS A
PRETTY GOOD ASSET WHERE THEY
COULD HAVE THEIR POSSESSIONS
AND LOCK THAT DOOR AND THEN
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MOVE.
TO THE EXTENT WE COULD CONTINUE
TO LOOK AT THAT KOA CAMP STYLE
CAMPGROUND AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT
WHERE PEOPLE COULD GET THE PUMP
OUT SERVICES, TO HAVE RESTROOMS
AVAILABLE TO THEM, THE FRESH
WATER THAT THEY NEED AND IT
MIGHT BE MUCH CHEAPER AND A
BETTER OUTCOME IF THEY ARE NOT
DRIVING AROUND IN CIRCLES AND
WHERE THEY COULD JUST GET
STABILIZED.
AND SO ANY WAY, I KNOW THAT I'M
BEATING A HORSE, BUT GO AHEAD,
PLEASE.
CONTINUE.
>> YEAH, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
>> JUST BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM
THE RV.
OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO
VOLUNTARILY LEFT THEIR RVs, I
THINK WE SAID THE FOLKS WHO,
YOU HAVE THE 2,102 VEHICLES
THAT VOLUNTARILY LEFT, CAN YOU
REMIND US WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE
VEHICLES?
I HEARD WE WERE PUTTING THEM TO
AUCTION AND THERE WAS SOME
CONCERN WE WERE FEEDING THIS
PREDATORY LENDING MODEL OF RVs.
>> AND TWO DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES.
>> THEY DRIVE AWAY.
THEY ARE VOLUNTARILY LEAVING
BEFORE THE DAY OF THE CLEAN,
THEY VOLUNTARILY OPERATE THEIR
VEHICLE AND MOVE TO ANOTHER
LOCATION.
>> LET'S SAY THERE IS AN RV AND
THE CITY CALLS A TOWING
COMPANY, WHICH I WANT TO SAY WE
GOT GOOD NEWS BACK ABOUT THE
TYPE OF CONTRACTORS THAT WE ARE
WORKING WITH TO ENSURE THAT
THEY ARE NOT ENGAGING IN BAD
BEHAVIOR WHEN THEY ARE
CONTRACTING WITH OUR CITY,
THAT'S A SEPARATE TOPIC.
BUT IF SOMEBODY HAS LEFT THEIR
RV AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO
RETURN IT TO SOMEONE, WHAT
HAPPENS TO THAT RV?
ARE WE AUCTIONING THOSE OFF
SOMEHOW STILL?
>> AND JUST TO HEAR YOUR
QUESTION CORRECTLY.
WE HAVE A PERSON WHO LEFT THEIR
RV AND ABANDONED THEIR RV AT
THE LOCATION DURING THE DAY OF
THE CLEAN.
ARE WE AUCTIONING THEM OFF?
IS THAT THE QUESTION?
AND TYPICALLY WE WILL GO
THROUGH THE PROTOCOL.
TH RV WILL GET TOWED AND THEN
IT IS AT THE TOW YARD AND THEN
THE TOW YARD HAS PARTICULARLY
STEPS AND PROCEDURES.
I THINK THAT FAS WILL BE BETTER
EQUIPPED TO SPEAK TO THAT.
>> YES, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS,
THANK YOU.
MY UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE WE'VE
HAD A COUPLE OF THESE INCIDENTS
HAPPEN.
BUT THE CITY DOESN'T PAY WHEN
THEY ARE ABANDONED ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
>> RIGHT, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
WE PROVIDE THE REMEDIATION, YOU
KNOW, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS.
>> RIGHT.
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ABANDONED
VEHICLES THAT I HAVE PHYSICALLY
HAD TO GO OUT THERE AT QFC AND
OTHER PLACES AND TO DEAL WITH
THE MANAGERS ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S HAZARDOUS
AND COSTS OVER $2,000 FOR THE
PERSON ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY
TO HAVE IT REMOVED.
AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE FOR
US, SO PEOPLE ARE PURPOSELY
PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY,
KNOWING THAT JUST LEAVING IT
AND WE'RE STUCK WITH WORKING
WITH THE MANAGER OF THE STORE
OR THE PREMISE TO GET IT
REMOVED AND THE PUBLIC DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT THE CITY'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO TOW THAT OFF
OF PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH
THECOSTS.
I'M HOPING THAT WE COULD COME
BACK TO THAT AND FIND OUT HOW
TO DO THAT.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO EXPLORE
SOME OPTIONS, SINCE THEY ARE
VICTIMS.
>> JUST FOLLOW UP QUICKLY.
THESE ARE REAL QUICK.
SO IN THE CATEGORY OF LETTER
ABATEMENT, YOU TALK ABOUT SINCE
ITS INCEPTION.
ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN SINCE
2017, JULY OF 2017, ALL THE
PROGRAMS THROUGH SPU.
>> WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE RV
REMEDIATION PILOT, SHARP
PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED IN 2016.
>> OKAY.
>> MY SECOND QUESTION IS WHEN
YOU HAVE IN THE SAME CATEGORY
OF LITTER ABATEMEN, SINCE THE
INCEPTION, SPU HAS EXPANDED
FROM TWO TO 13 COMMUNITIES.
CAN YOU PROVIDE ME A LIST OF
THOSE COMMUNITIES?
>> YES, I SURE CAN.
I WILL SPEAK ON THE PILOT AFTER
WE TALK ABOUT THE SHARPS.
WHEN WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THE
TENTS COLLECTED FROM BEST
PRACTICES AND OPERATE UNDER THE
UMBRELLA OF THE PILOT, WE
STARTED TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF DOING DATA
COLLECTION, SO THE 2017 IS JUST
WHEN WE STARTED COLLECTING THE
DATA.
>> AND THIS IS MORE OF, AGAIN,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IN
ENCAMPMENT TRASH AND YOU CALL
IT OBVIOUSLY TRASH COLLECTED
$984,000 TONS OF TRACK AND YOU
GO BACK TO THE RV BOX AND THEN
YOU GO DOWN TO THE LITTER
ABATEMENT AND IT'S 1.15 POUNDS
OF LITTER.
I KNOW WITH THE ENCAMPMENT
TRASH THAT I SEE WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING.
YOU'VE MOVED IT.
BUT ARE ALL OF THESE ADDED
TOGETHER?
OR CAN YOU?
>> THESE ARE INDEPENDENT.
THE ENCAMPMENT TRASH AND THE RV
PAIDUATION, THE NUMBERS FROM
THIS YEAR ALONE IN 2019.
AND SO WE TRACKED THEM
SEPARATELY FOR EACH PROGRAM.
>> AND THEN THE OTHER, MY LAST
QUESTION IS IN THE FIRST BOX
WHEN YOU HAVE ENCAMPMENT TRASH,
YOUR FIRST BULLET POINT SAYS
EMPHASIS, ADDRESSES AND
INCREASES TRASH IN THE SEATTLE
RIGHT OF WAY RESULTING IN I'M
GUESSING THAT'S UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> THEN IN YOUR LAST BOX ON
YOUR LETTER ABATEMENT YOU HAVE
THE SAME SENTENCE EXCEPT THAT
YOU HAVE THE QUALIFIER AT THE
END THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECTED BY THE PRESENCE OF YOU
WHO IS TO DETERMINE, WHO IS
DISPROMARTIAN GNATLY AFFECTED?
>> IS IT THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T
WANT TO LOOK IT?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS,
THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION,
THANK YOU.
FOLLOWING THAT ANALYSIS, WE'LL
JUMP INTO THE LITTER ABATEMENT
PROGRAM.
A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS WITH THAT.
AND FOLLOWING THE ANALYSIS OF
THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND OUR
WASTE DATA.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHERE WE ARE
SEEING COMPLAINTS IN
COMMUNITIES AND WHERE WE ARE
ACTUALLY COLLECTING A LOT OF
ILLEGAL DUMPING.
AND SO OFTENTIMES NOT EVERY
COMMUNITY IS REPORTING ILLEGAL
DUMPING IN THEIR AREA, BUT IT
DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT
HAPPENING.
FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE LITTER
ABATEMENT WE WOULD REFER TO NOW
IS THE COMMUNITY LITTER
ABATEMENT PROGRAM AND WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED THAT FOR THIS
SERVICE SINCE WE LAUNCHED THAT
PROGRAM AND THEY HAVE THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, THE
SOUTH END.
WE WOULD IDENTIFY NO THESE
AREAS, DETERMINING WHERE THE
AREAS ARE.
NOW BASED ON THE DETERMINATION
OF UTILIZING THE DATA, WE WOULD
THEN GO INTO THE COMMUNITIES TO
SPEAK WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS WE
HOSTED COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE SAID HEY, WE KNOW THAT
YOU'RE EXPERIENCING IN THIS
ILLEGAL DUMP AND LIT THEIR
HAIR.
THESE ARE THE FACE BLOCKS BASED
ON OUR ANALYTICS THAT WE WILL
BE PROACTIVE IN PROVIDING ROUTE
CLEANING, WEEKLY.
NOW DOES THIS WORK WITH YOU AS
THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE THAT
WILL RESIDE WITH THE NONPROFITS
AND OTHER AGENCIES?
THEY SAY OH YEAH THAT'LL WORK.
ACTUALLY WE'RE SEEING A LOT
MORE TRASH ON THIS OTHER STREET
HERE AND SO WE WOULD THEN
REARRANGE AND ADAPT THE ROUTE
BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE
DO GET FROM THE COMMUNITY.
>> I JUST HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW
UP, MADAM CHAIR.
AND I'M GLAD JESUS IS SITTING
WITH US.
I THINK WE SEE THIS IN OTHER
DISTRICTS, BUT MAINLY I CAN
SPEAK TO MY DISTRICT HAVING
THORNTON CREEK AND A NORTH FORK
AND A SOUTH FORK.
AND WE HAVE HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS, BUT WE ARE FACING
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES WITH HUMAN
FECES IN THE STREAMS.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WANT
THE STREETS CLEANED, BUT WHEN
WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE
CREEK AND WE'RE LOOKING AT
PUBLIC HEALTH, WE NOW HAVE A
RECENT H HAD IV OUTBREAK.
AND THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE WITH
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
BUT HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE THAT?
BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A STREET THAT HAS
GARBAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE PICKED
UP.
I GET THAT, AND YOUR
CATEGORIES, BUT THERE'S ALSO
THE BROADER PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE
WHEN YOU HAVE A STREAM THAT
GOES TO THE ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC
HEALTH, AND ALL THE OTHER
ISSUES.
IS THAT HOW YOU GO THROUGH YOUR
CHECKLIST OR HOW TO GET OUT
THERE INSTEAD OF JUST BEING
COMPLAINT BASED?
>> THE PROGRAM IS NOT JUST
COMPLAINT BASED.
AGAIN, WE WILL UTILIZE THE DATA
THAT WE RECEIVED AND WE WILL
ALSO WORK WITH COMMUNITIES THAT
HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN
COLLECTING LARGE AMOUNTS OF
DICARDED DEBRIS, TRASH,
FOCUSING ON COMMUNITY CLEANUP
IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
BUT YOUR QUESTION AGAIN IS
SOMETHING THAT JESUS MIGHT BE
ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON WHEN WE DO
SEE ISSUES AROUND HUMAN WASTE
AND CAMP AND IN AND AROUND
CREEKS ESPECIALLY THORNTON
CREEK.
WE HAVE ALSO HEARD FROM SEVERAL
COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS ABOUT
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> OKAY, PLEASE CONTINUE.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL GO INTO
THE CLEAN CITY DISPOSAL COSTS.
AGAIN, BASED ON THE NOTE OF
$211,000 IS A PORTION OF WHAT
WE INITIALLY REQUESTED.
THAT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF
COMPLAINTS THAT WE SEE THROUGH
OUR GENERAL ILLEGAL DUMPING.
SO THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT THAT
WILL HAPPEN IN THE CITY WITH
PERSONS DISCARDING COUCHES,
TELEVISIONS, TRASH, AND OUR
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS.
YEAR OVER YEAR, WE ARE SEEING
PROBABLY 30% INCREASED
COMPLAINTS, AND LAST YEAR WE
WOULD HAVE 21,000 ILLEGAL
DUMPING.
THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT
30,000.
SO THE $211,000 IS JUST A
PORTION OF THAT AND THAT IS
BASED ON THE MEDIATION PILOT
FOR DISPOSAL COSTS, MEANING
THAT WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE THE
AMOUNT OF LOCATIONS THAT WE
PLAN ON SERVICING WITH THE RV
REMEDIATION PROGRAM.
THAT WOULD GIVE US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE
SERVICES.
CURRENTLY BASED ON THE RANKING
CRITERIA AND SO PUBLIC HEALTH
AND SAFETY, WE WILL SEE A LOT
OF THE SERVICES AND THAT IS
BASED ON THE RANK AND CRITERIA.
OFTENTIMES THERE ARE AREAS THAT
WILL FALL BELOW THE TOP SEVEN
SITES.
WE NORMALLY SEE THEM HAPPENING
AT THE OTHER PARTS OF THE AREA
OF THE CITY.
EXPANDING THE SERVICES WILL
GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPAND SERVICES IN PARTICULAR
NORTH OF THE SHIP CANAL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR?
>> YES, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANT TO
JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT IN YOUR
ANNUAL REPORT YOU MADE SEVERAL
RECOMMENDATIONS, SPU MADE
SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
UNSANCTIONED HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENT GARBAGE PICK UP
PILOT, THE PURPLE BAG PROGRAM
AS WELL AS THE RV REMEDIATION
PROGRAM.
AND AS IT RELATES TO THE PURPLE
BAG PILOT, ONE RECOMMENDATION
IS TO EXPAND GARBAGE COLLECTION
TO SERVICE THREE NEW
UNSANCTIONED HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS AND WAIT FOR IT,
COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH SEATTLE.
THREE NEW LOCATIONS IN NORTH
SEATTLE, SO THAT WAS A
RECOMMENDATION OF SPU.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS BUDGET
REFLECTS THAT, BUT WE'LL BE
LOOKING TO SEE IF IT DOES AND
ALSO THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION
TO EXPAND CONSISTING CONSULTANT
OUTREACH PROVIDERS WHERE WE
HAVE BEGUN SOME OF THOSE
CONVERSATIONS AND WE APPRECIATE
YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN DOING THAT.
AND AS IT RELATES TO THE
SERVICING ON-CALL SITES, YOU
CURRENTLY SERVE EIGHT TO TEN ON-
CALL SITES AT ANY GIVEN TIME
AND THE REMS IS TO EBBS UP AND
DOWN 12 TO 15 SITES.
AND WE DON'T KNOW IF IT
REFLECTS YOUR WISE
RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I HOPE
THAT IT DOES.
AND FOR THE REMEDIATION PILOT,
THERE ARE SEVERAL
RECOMMENDATIONS, ONE TO UPDATE
THAT DATA TRACKING AND MONITOR
AND WHICH WE TOUCHED UPON
INTEGRATING LONG-RANGE PLANNING
CAPACITY AND INCLUDING PRESSURE
WASHING AND CLEANUP ACTIVITY.
>> WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT DOING
THAT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE'RE IN DISCUSSION WITH THE
FEASIBILITY OF KEEPING THAT
CLEAN SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND
MAKING IT A LOT MORE INVITING
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO LIVE AND
WORK AROUND THE AREAS AFTER
THEIR REMEDIATION WILL TAKE
PLACE.
>> OKAY.
AND THEN THERE'S A
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE RV
REMEDIATION PILOT CURRENTLY
REALIZES THE AVAILABILITY OF
CPT OFFICERS AND PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AS THE
PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
STAFF RECOMMENDS BUILDING A
DEDICATED TEAM OF ONE TO TWO
POLICE OFFICERS AND ONE TO TWO
PARKING ENFORCEMENT STAFF TO
ENSURE CONSISTENT CONTACT WITH
RV OCCUPANTS AND CONSISTENT
ENFORCEMENT OF RV REMEDIATION
PROTOCOLS IMPROVING THE
COORDINATION AS WELL AS ALLOW
THE TEAM TO INCREASE A NUMBER
OF SITE ADDRESSED PER MONTH.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
HIGHLIGHTING THESE AREAS FOR
IMPROVEMENT AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT
USING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND
MOVING THEM FORWARD.
>> SPD PORTION IS EXTREMELY
VALUABLE, THE TRUST BUILDING
AND THEN KNOWING HOW RV
RESIDENTS ARE OPERATING AND
HAVE A HISTORY WITH THEM MAKES
IT REALLY EASY FOR US TO GO AND
WORK WITH THEM AND GET IN THE
AREA CLEAN AND REMEDIATED.
SO HAVING THEM DEDICATED WOULD
GIVE US THE ABILITY TO EXPAND
THE NUMBER THAT WE CURRENTLY
OPERATE FROM SEVEN TO HOPEFULLY
14 TO 16 PER MONTH.
AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
YOU JUST SPOKE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
>> NO FOLLOW UP.
AND HOW DID I SPEAK ON THE NEXT
SLIDE?
AND SO SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE
INCLUDED, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM?
>> YEAH.
SOME OF THEM ARE INCLUDED, BUT
NOT ALL OF THEM BASED ON THE
PRIORITIES THAT WE NEEDED TO
FOCUS ON.
WE MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE PUT IN
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT HAD.
I THINK THERE'S MORE ON THE
NEXT SLIDE.
BUT I WANT TO KNOWLEDGE THE
FACT SPU HAS STEPPED UP ON
THIS.
AND I THINK IT WAS A GREAT
COMMUNICATOR WITH US ABOUT WHAT
THE PLANS WERE.
AND REALLY THANKS SO SPU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
ACTUALLY SUPPORTS A CITY-WIDE
HOMELESSNESS IN SEVERAL WAYS.
THE BULK OF OUR WORK IS A PART
OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM IN
SUPPORTING THE CLEANUP EFFORTS.
SO THE MAYOR'S 2020 ENDORSED
BUDGET INCLUDES $3.1 MILLION TO
SUPPORT THAT.
$1 MILLION OF THAT COMES FROM
THE SDOT COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX
FUND AND THEN $300,000 FROM
GENERAL FUND.
TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS
THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THE
PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET WILL
INCLUDE INCREMENTAL INCREASE TO
SUPPORT THOSE CLEANS.
THE BULK OF OUR WORK IS A PART
OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM ON BOTH
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
PROPERTY AS WELL AS NON-SEATTLE
PARKS ON THE RIGHTS OF WAY FOR
SDOT AS WELL AS WSDOT SITES.
WE ALSO SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY
SIX DATES PER MONTH.
AND SO THE $100,000 PROPOSED IS
AN INCREASE FOR THE 2020
BUDGET, TO ADD THE REMEDIATION
PROGRAM THAT HE JUST TALKED
ABOUT.
ANOTHER WAY WE SUPPORT THIS IS
THE BUDGET INCLUDES ABOUT
$110,000 TO SUPPORT FREE SHOWER
SERVICES AT FOUR COMMUNITY
CENTERS.
>> I'M SORRY, WHAT SUPPORT?
>> FREE SHOWER SERVICES.
>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION
ABOUT THAT, JESUS?
I THINK WE'VE HAD THREE
COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT ARE
OPEN, PLACES THAT HAVE SWIMMING
POOLS AND SHOWERS AVAILABLE.
WHEN YOU WERE HERE EARLIER LAST
WEEK, I THINK WE ASKED YOU IS
IT POSSIBLE TO OPEN MORE?
>> YES.
>> AND YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK
INTO IT AND?
>> YES, AND WE ARE WORKING IN
RESPONSE TO COUNCIL QUESTION TO
LOOK AT THAT AND ALSO FOR
EXAMPLE THE AUDITOR'S REPORT
SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL SIX SITES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE
IF, IF IT IS FEASIBLE AT THOSE
PARTICULAR SITES AND LOOKING AT
THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
>> WHAT WOULD MAKE THOSE SITES
LESS FEASIBLE THAN THE ONES WE
HAVE ALREADY CHOSEN?
>> I THINK FOR EXAMPLE, YOU
KNOW, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON
MANY THINGS.
FOR EXAMPLE THE LAYOUT OF THE
BUILDING, SOME OF THOSE
BUILDINGS, SOME OF THE
FACILITIES IN THE AUDITOR'S
REPORT JUST, THEY HAVE A FACILE
TAY THAT WOULDN'T ACCOMMODATE
IT IN A WAY THAT WOULD ALLOW US
TO MONITOR IT.
OTHER ISSUES SUCH AS THE WATER
SORT OF PROBLEMATIC
IMPLICATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP
THE COMMUNITY CENTERS OPEN AND
THE POOLS OPEN FOR REGULAR
PROGRAMS.
IS THERE A WAY TO FACILITATE
THE PROVISION OF THE SHOWER
SERVICES WITHOUT IMPACTING THE
OTHER SERVICES.
THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE COST
AND THE STAFFING ASSOCIATED.
>> DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE USING THEM?
>> WE KNOW THE FOUR SITES THAT
ARE CURRENTLY OPEN AND WE COULD
SEND YOU THAT DATA AND WE HAVE
SEEN THE USE IS PRETTY MUCH
STABILIZED AS COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR.
A COUPLE OF SITES THAT HAVE HAD
AN INCREASE.
I THINK MILLER HAS HAD A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
BUT WE HAVE THAT DATA AND WE
SHOULD SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT FORTOUS LOOK
AT THAT AND I'M GOING TO SAY
FOR FIVE YEARS AGO WE WERE
INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY INTO
URBAN REST STOPS BOTH DOWNTOWN
AND BALLARD AND I THINK THAT'S
NEEDED.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, COULD
IT BE EITHER EXPANDED,
EXTENDED, OR THE MONEY REDUCED
TO A NON-PROFIT OF THE CITY.
AND THE FACILITIES, THEY ARE
ALREADY AVAILABLE AND OPENED UP
WHETHER THAT IS JUST OF WHAT I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE USING THEM AND WHAT
THE INDIVIDUAL RESPECTED COSTS
ARE.
>> GOOD.
THANK YOU.
QUESTION?
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK PARKS
DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR WORK WITH
THE CITY AUDITOR IN
ESTABLISHING A STANDARD OF
CARE.
IN THE PARKS FACILITIES THAT DO
PROVIDE HYGIENE SERVICES AND I
ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORK IN ALSO DEVELOPING THE
STAFFING MODEL FOR THE HYGIENE
FACILITY IN THE BALLARD COMMON
PARKS.
I THINK THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
APPLY TO OTHER LOCATIONS, SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> SO THE NEXT TWO SLIDES WILL
SHOW THE FUNDING REQUEST IN THE
2020 PROPOSED BUDGET.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE EFFECTS OF
EXPANDING THE REMEDIATION
PROGRAM BEGINNING IF 2020.
EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF SITES
THAT WILL BE REVIEWED ON A
MONTHLY BASIS FROM SEVEN TO 14.
THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WON'T MOVE
TO THAT YET, BUT IT WILL SHOW
THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED
IN THE 2020 BUDGET TO MAINTAIN
THE LEVEL OF DISPOSALS
ANTICIPATED IN 2019.
SO IT'S CONTINUING CURRENT
COVERAGE.
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 2020
BUDGET HAS ABOUT $800,000 IN
TOTAL TO DISPOSE RVs THAT ARE
DETERMINED TO POSE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARDS.
THIS $200,000 BUDGET INCREASE
WOULD ALLOW TO DISPOSE 96
ADDITIONAL RVs IN 2020, ALSO
CONTINUING THE DISPOSAL OF RVs
THAT MEET DISPOSAL CRITERIA
THAT ARE BROUGHT IN THROUGH
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE MEDIATION TEAM WILL
EVALUATE AND IDENTIFY THE SEVEN
SITES, THE ADDITIONAL SEVEN
SITES, BASED ON SEVERAL FACTORS
SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF RVs IN
THE LOCATION AND THE PRESENCE
OF RODENTS AND HAZARDOUS
WASTES.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
WE COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
>> I SEE NO QUESTIONS.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE INCREASE
THAT'S NEEDED IN THE 2020
BUDGET JUST TO MAINTAIN CURRENT
COVERAGE.
THE INCREASES ARE CAUSED BY
CHARGES FROM THE VENDOR, WHICH
OUR CONTRACTING TOW COMPANY
BELIEVES THE SUBCONTRACTOR
WE'RE USING IS REALLY THE ONLY
FIRM THAT COULD MEET THE
STATE'S ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTRICTIONS.
AND SO THEY HAVE A VERY SMALL
MARKET TO CHOOSE FROM.
AND THE CHARGES HAVE BEEN
INCREASING AS THEY STARTED
USING THEIR SERVICE PROVIDER.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT THERE
HAS BEEN A NOTICEABLY LARGER
SIZE.
OF RVs, WHICH COSTS MORE
BECAUSE WE BABY THE POUND.
IN THEIR DISPOSAL.
AND THEN IN ADDITION THERE ARE
MORE COSTLY CLEANUPS DUE TO THE
HAZARDOUS WASTES THAT ARE LEFT
WITH THE ABANDONED VEHICLES.
THE DISPOSAL EFFORT IS
PROJECTED TO NEARLY DOUBLE IN
2019 OVER 2018.
SO THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE
ANTICIPATING 280 RVs TO BE
DISPOSED OF.
THAT'S DUE TO THE HEIGHTENED
ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC
HEALTH HAZARDS AS WELL AS THE
ABILITY OF SPD OFFICERS TO
DETERMINE IN THE FIELD FOR THE
NEED TO REMOVE THESE VEHICLES.
AS YOU'LL SEE FROM THE NUMBERS,
AT THE TOP.
WE DO, HOWEVER, EXPECT THE
NUMBER OF DISPOSALS IN THE
BASELINE EFFORTS TO COME DOWN
SLIGHTLY IN 2020 FROM THE
LEVELS THAT WE'RE PROJECTING BY
YEAR END IN 2019.
>> AND WHAT IS THE BASES FOR
THAT, DOUG?
>> I'M SORRY?
>> WHAT'S THE BASIS FOR THAT?
YOU SAID YOU ANTICIPATE THAT
THERE WILL BE FEWER, WHY IS
THAT?
>> WELL, WE THINK THE NUMBER
THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AND
DISPOSED OF DURING THE TIME
THAT WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE
OPERATION WILL HAVE AN EFFECT
AND REDUCE THE NUMBER THAT WILL
NEED TO BE DISPOSED OF IN THE
FUTURE.
>> GOOD.
>> IT'S JUST A PROJECT, BUT
THAT'S WHAT OUR ESTIMATES ARE.
>> OKAY.
SO YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE MORE
COMING IN THAN WE ARE REMOVING?
>> AND WELL I WILL SAY IF YOU
LOOK AT THE TWO SLIDES IN
TANDEM, THE TOTAL INCREASE,
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE
TOTALLY.
THE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IF WE
WERE TO MAINTAIN THE COVERAGE,
WE WOULD HAVE FEWER VEHICLES TO
DISPOSE OF.
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE EXPANDING THE
NUMBER OF SITES IN THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE, THE ACTUAL NUMBER WILL
INCREASE FROM 280 TO A
PROJECTION OF 354.
>> OKAY.
>> BUT THAT'S BOTH THE BASELINE
AND THE EXPANDED COVERAGE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, IS THAT THE END
OF YOUR SLIDE?
>> THAT'S THE END OF THE SLIDE.
>> OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT, WELL IT LOOKS LIKE
WE HAVE COME TO THE END OF THE
SLIDES FOR THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S BEEN, I KNOW ALMOST A
THREE-HOUR EFFORT FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION
FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE
OURQUESTIONS.
AND THIS ENDS OUR MORNING.
WE WILL BE IN RECESS UNLESS I
HEAR ANY CONCERNS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES AND WE'LL PICK IT UP
AGAIN AT 2:00.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.