>>> GOOD EVENING, CAN HEAR BACK
THERE?
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME RAISE HER
HAND.
THANK YOU WILL FOR COMING.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
THIS IS OCTOBER 22 ARE SOMEWHAT
2nd PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M SALLY BAGSHAW.
WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER--
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAROLD AND
COUNCILWOMAN BACK SHUT.
WE KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE MANY
MORE COUNCILMEMBERS HERE.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT
WE ARE GOING TO ASK SPEAKERS TO
STICK WITH 2 MINUTES.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK AS A GROUP
YOU CAN HAVE 5. I KNOW WE HAVE
STUDENTS HERE.
I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SCHOOLS YOU
ARE REPRESENTING SO THANK YOU
FOR COMING. THIS IS A REALLY
GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SEE
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION AND OUR
FOLKS IN SEATTLE HERE TO TALK
TO US ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WHAT
IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE
DOWNSTAIRS SO IF YOU ARE
WILLING, AFTER YOU HAVE SPOKEN,
IF YOU WOULD LEAVE YOUR SEATS
AND MAKE ROOM FOR PEOPLE
DOWNSTAIRS SO OTHERS CAN COME
UP.
ALSO COUNCILMAN THE SAWANT ,
WHEN WE HAD OUR VIETNAMESE
SENIORS I THINK YOU MADE A
MOTION TO SUGGEST THEY SPEAK
FIRST.
I THINK THEY ARE 7th ON THE
LIST BUT IF IT'S OKAY WITH MY
COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE THEM UP TO SPEAK.
I KNOW SOME HAVE A BUS TO CATCH
AND I HEARD THAT SOMEONE WAS ON
THEIR WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WAY
OF MEDICAL TREATMENT SO IF IT'S
OKAY WITH YOU I WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE THEM UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION?
MISS LYNN I KNOW YOU ARE BACK
THERE BUT IF WE COULD ADDRESS
VIETNAMESE SENIORS WOULD LIKE
TO ADDRESS US COULD BECOME UP
TO THE MICROPHONES?
>> THE SPEAKER HAS NOT SHOWED UP
SHOWN UP YET.
>> I SEE.
WE LET ME KNOW WHEN THEY DO
SHOW UP?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M GOING TO CALL 3 NAMES AND
IF I CANNOT READ YOUR
HANDWRITING WHICH HAPPENS ON
OCCASION I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR
NUMBER.
AND THEN, I THINK THERE'S A
PLACE FOR YOUR CARDS OVER THERE.
THERE ARE 2 MICROPHONES HERE,
ONE OVER HERE, I FEEL SORT OF
LIKE IN THE AIRPLANE WHEN YOU
FIRST GET IN AND YOU HAVE
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS DIRECTING YOU
HERE HERE AND OVER THERE, ARE
THEY HERE NOW?
VERY GOOD.
MISS LIN WOULD YOU INVITE YOUR
SENIORS TO JOIN US?
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THEM SPEAK
FIRST.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME UP
WILL BE WELCOME.
>> ALSO MR. INTERPRETER, WOULD
YOU PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THAT I
BELIEVE THE REQUESTS THEY HAVE
MADE FOR THE BUDGET WAS IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET AND THAT THERE
IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT WE
ARE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THAT.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE
CONVINCING US OF ANYTHING.
>> [ SPEAKING VIETNAMESE ]
>> MISS LIN, JUST APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
ON BEHALF OF THE VIETNAMESE
SENIOR ASSOCIATION I THINK WE
PASSED THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY SO
WE JUST WANTED TO STAND UP
ALTOGETHER TO SAY THANK YOU TO
OUR COUNCILMEMBER FOR
SUPPORTING THE FUND.
BUT WE PASS ON TESTIMONY.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE SENIORS JUST GOT OUT OF
THE HOSPITAL ON FRIDAY.
BUT BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW THEY
REALLY NEED THE FUNDS AND SOME
OF THEM CAN REALLY STAND UP BUT
THEY ARE HERE TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT THEY REALLY WANT YOUR
SUPPORT.
AND THINK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES. AND ALSO, I USED TO
WORK FOR YOU.
I LOVE YOU.
>> DID YOUR COLLEAGUE WANT TO
SPEAK?
>> WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR
COMING.
>> SPEAKER NUMBER ONE.
IT LOOKS LIKE CECILE HANSEN AND
NUMBER 2 LOOKS LIKE QUINN RIOS.
NUMBER 3 IS SANDRA CROWN MAYBE?
12 AND 3. GREAT, ARE YOU A
GROUP?
LOVELY.
IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY TO HAVE
THIS MANY PEOPLE STAND UP AND
TALK ABOUT SAFE STREETS FOR
KIDS.
YOU'VE GOT 5 MINUTES AND WE ARE
VERY HAPPY TO SEE YOU ALL.
AND JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF
PLEASE.
>> I'M CECILE HANSEN, I'M THE
CHAIR OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
OF SEATTLE AND HAVE BEEN CHAIR
FOR 40 YEARS.
I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR SAFETY
ON STREETS ESPECIALLY ON THE W.
MARGINAL WAY IN SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND IF I COULD ASK EACH OF
YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE
MICROPHONE SO OTHERS CAN HEAR
YOU.
>> ARE YOU DONE?
MY NAME IS JOLENE HAAS AND I'M
THE DIRECTOR OF THE CULTURAL
CENTER AND I AM DUWAMISH'S
TRIBAL MEMBER.
WE ARE HERE TO ASK YOU TO
SUPPORT THE-- GIVEN TO EACH ONE
OF YOU TO CONSIDER FUNDING THIS
PROJECT IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET.
WE BEEN WORKING WITH SDOT WHO
HAS COME UP WITH A $2 MILLION
PRICE TAG WHICH IS WHAT IT
WOULD TAKE TO PUT A CROSSWALK
ACROSS W. MARGINAL WAY TO GIVE
US EQUAL AND SAFE ACCESS TO THE
T107 PARK AND HERRINGS HAS PARK
WHICH IS A CULTURALLY
SIGNIFICANT HERITAGE SITE OF
HOURS.
IT'S THE REASON WHY WE PUT THE
DUWAMISH CULTURAL SUNIL WHERE
CURRENT-- CENTER WHERE
CURRENTLY IS.
WE WANTED TO HAVE IT ON THAT
SIDE OF THE STREET BUT AS FUN
AS IT IS WE NEED TO HAVE ACCESS
TO IT AND TRYING TO GET BACK
AND FORTH HAS CREATED HAZARDS
TO SCHOOLCHILDREN, TO
OURSELVES, PEOPLE WHO ARE
WALKING AND BIKING TO LOCATIONS
SINCE WE DON'T HAVE
TRANSPORTATION.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS
THAT ARE STANDING HERE WITH THE
DUWAMISH.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE
SINCE BEFORE WE EVEN BUILT THE
LONGHOUSE.
WE KNEW THIS IS GOING TO BE A
PROBLEM AND WE ARE ASKING CITY
COUNCIL, PLEASE TAKE SERIOUSLY
THIS REQUEST TO GET THIS A SAFE
CROSSWALK ACROSS W. MARGINAL
WAY AND I WANT TO ASK THESE
FOLKS WANT TO SEE SOMETHING TO
SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE, PLEASE DO.
>> MY NAME IS SAMSON AND I'VE
LIVED IN WEST SEATTLE FOR
YEARS.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE DUWAMISH
CULTURAL CENTER OPENED IN 2000
AND.
I'VE ATTENDED MANY EVENTS THERE
AND WE BEEN HOLDING OUR
DISTRICT ONE COMMUNITY NETWORK
MONTHLY MEETING. THE LONGHOUSE
PROVIDES US SPACE FOR THE
MEETING AT NO COST AS THEY
BELIEVE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.
I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF
THE DUWAMISH LONGHOUSE
PROPOSAL TO ADD A CITY BUZZ IT
-- BUDGET FOR PAVING OF
SIDEWALKS, A CROSSWALK, AND
ANCHORING A TRAFFIC SLOWDOWN
SIGNAL.
IT IS NOT SAFE TO CROSS THE
STREET RIGHT NOW.
THESE CROSSWALKS ARE NOT EVEN
ADA, REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT BEING
MET AND SIDEWALKS ARE UNPAVED.
IT IS NOT SAFE FOR FAMILIES OR
THE ELDERLY.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE INVOLVED
WITH THE LONGHOUSE BUT NEED
ADDITIONS MADE.
I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT
WITH WHAT THESE TOTALS COST.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL OF
YOU.
>> I'M LINDA BLACK AND 10. ON
THE LIAISON FROM THE SAMMAMISH
NATION TO THE DUWAMISH.
WE ARE BEHIND THEM 100% FOR ANY
SAFETY FEATURES.
I LIVE ON ELKIND AVENUE AND IF
I HAVE TO PARK AT T107 I WOULD
RATHER NOT BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC
IS SO BAD YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE IN
YOUR HANDS GETTING ACROSS.
IT'S HARD ENOUGH GETTING UP
THERE WITH A CAR SO THEY NEED
SOMETHING DONE AND THERE ARE
MANY DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN
DO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE
PROPOSAL BUT PLEASE LOOK AT
THIS.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET
THAT SAFETY FEATURE DONE.
>> I'M DOWN BRUBECK AND WE
ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE ON THE
ANCESTRAL LANDS OF THE FIRST
PEOPLES OF SEATTLE, THE
DUWAMISH TRIBE . THIS IS A
CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WE ARE ALL HERE AS PART OF A
BROAD COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUPS INCLUDING GEORGETOWN
COMMUNITY COUNCIL, HIGHLAND
PARK, ACTION COMMITTEE, THE
NORTH DELL RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, THE
DUWAMISH RIVER TAG , OVER A
DOZEN GROUP, DUWAMISH SAFE
STREETS BY SEATTLE BUT
CONNECTIONS AND OTHERS WHO ARE
STRONG SUPPORT. IT'S A BROAD
COALITION, A DOABLE PROJECT
THAT SDOT HAS A CONCEPT DESIGN
FOR AND WE HOPE FOR YOUR VOTE
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I APPRECIATE THE TIME.
WELL DONE.
HOW MANY NUMBERS DID WE GO
THROUGH?
ONE?
JUST ONE.
WELL DONE.
AND SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS ARE THERE AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 2.
QUEEN AM KING RIOS AND SANDRA
CROWN AND OLIVER ANDERSON
STANFORD NUMBER 4.
>> GOOD EVENING SEATTLE AND
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS QUEEN BEE KING RIOS,
AND I'M HERE AS A MATTER OF
WILL AND WOMEN IN BLACK.
WOMEN A BLACK WILL HAVE STOOD
FOR 94 VIOLENT DEATHS IN KING
COUNTY AND OF COURSE RIGHT HERE
IN SEATTLE INCLUDED.
OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN AND WE
ARE GRIEF STRICKEN.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PASS OUT AS
MANY FLYERS AS I CAN TO GET
PEOPLE TO STAND VIGIL WITH US
BUT DEREK FROST WHO WAS
MURDERED IN LAKE CITY LAST WEEK,
WE HAVE TO FIND AND NEED TO FUND
TINY HAS RELIGIOUS.
THERE'S NO WAY OUR CITY IS
GOING TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IF
WE DON'T GET THE MEANS
NECESSARY TO HELP STOP ONE OF
THESE THINGS AND OUTSIDE BY
VIOLENCE IS NOT ONE WAY.
THIS BEAUTIFUL RIDGE CITY
SHOULD BE LIVED IN AND THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE,
I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE
SUPPORT TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> I AM ANITA FREEMAN WITH
SHARE AND WHEEL AND WOMEN IN
BLACK AND I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE
A PROPOSAL FROM COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR $12 MILLION TO FUND
20 NEW TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
INCLUDING THE STIPULATION TO
NOT SPEND ANY MONEY ON SHUTTING
2 OF THEM DOWN.
AS MY FRIEND SET, WE HAVE TOO
MANY DEATHS. WITHOUT SHELTER,
PEOPLE DIE.
MORE SHELTERS SAVES LIVES.
I WAS THERE WHEN CHAIR WHEELS
STARTED TENT CITY 3 WHICH IS
STILL GOING.
I WAS THERE WHEN THE
NICKELODEON'S STARTED THE FIRST
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE AND THE
NICKELODEON'S ARE STILL GOING..
THESE ARE THE PIONEERS. THEY
ARE THE PIONEERS AND SELF
MANAGED, ORGANIZED ENCAMPMENTS
AND TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT INCLUDING
FUNDING.
ALSO YOUR SUPPORT TO KEEP REAL
DEMOCRACY AND REAL SELF-
MANAGEMENT GOING.
IT WORKS AND IT KEEPS PEOPLE
ALIVE AND KEEPS PEOPLE GOING
AND KEEPS GIVING PEOPLE THE
STRENGTH TO SUCCEED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING ANITA.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> NUMBER 3? WE HAVE SANDOR
VANDENBERG AND 4 IS OLIVER
SANFORD AND 5 IS MARCO VELEZ.
>> MY NAME IS SANDRA CRONAN AND
I'M HERE ABOUT THE RIDESHARE
TAX.
YOU CALL IT FAIR SHARE.
WE ALREADY PAY 49.4% TAX A
GALLON FOR THE STATE TAX.
18.4% FEDERAL TAX.
WE PAY $.24 A RIDE THAT GOES
OUT OF SEATTLE WHICH I JUST
FOUND OUT.
THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE THAT GOES
FOR WHEELCHAIR TAXI SERVICE.
AND THEN WE HAVE PROPERTY TAX
WE HAVE TO PAY AS CITIZENS.
I'VE LIVED HERE 32 YEARS.
I JUST PAID MY PROPERTY TAXES.
ABOUT $3000.
TO REGISTER MY CAR, ALMOST $400.
$80 WAS TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT.
I GUESS THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF
GETTING TO LIVE IN SEATTLE.
$251 FOR REGIONAL TRANSIT, 25
FOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT.
AND THEN I PICK UP AT THE
AIRPORT SO I HAVE TO HAVE A D&C
STICKER WHICH INCLUDES, THAT'S
FREE.
GREAT.
BUT ALSO INCLUDES NEEDING TO
HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE SO YOU
HAVE TO DO THE FILING OF TAXES
AND ALL OF THAT.
SO NOW YOU WANT TO CHARGE $.51
MORE TO MAKE IT $.75 A RIDE OUT
OF SEATTLE.
SO YOUR $.51, YOU WANT $125
MILLION OVER THE TIME OF THIS
TAX WHICH TO ME LOOKS LIKE YOU
ARE REPLACING YOUR AMAZON HAD
TAX.
THAT'S FOR HOUSING UNITS WHICH
THE UBER DRIVERS ARE GOING TO
NEED A. THE CITY CENTER
CONNECTOR STREETCAR THAT YOU
GUYS ORDERED THE WRONG SARS--
SIZE FOR AND DRIVER'S PROTECTION
AND UNREPRESENTED UNIONIZATION.
I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD RETHINK
THIS BEING A CITY RESIDENT.
I DON'T WANT TO BE TAXED OUT OF
THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU SANDRA.
OLIVER,-- AND ELEANOR JOHN.
IF I COULD ASK YOU PLEASE TO
COME UP? EXCELLENT.
LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE SUPPORTERS
HERE.
>> GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
I'M OLIVER ANDERSON STANFORD.
>> WILLIAM CAP AND DOESN'T HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE
BECAUSE HE WAS FOUND DEAD AT 59
YEARS OLD WITH HIS DOG BUT HE
CRAWLED AT HIS SIDE.
ACCORDING TO THE SEATTLE TIMES
WILLIAM WHO PREFERRED TO BE
CALLED 3 STARS BECAUSE IT
REFLECTED HIS TRAVEL COMMUNITY
WAS HOMELESS FOR YEARS.
HIS BOW COVERED IN A TARP HELD
UP BY A PVC FRAME, HE MOVED HIS
BOAT UNTIL WAS EVENTUALLY
STATIONED UNDER THE 520 BRIDGE
WHICH IS WHERE HE WAS FOUND
DEAD ONLY 2 MONTHS AGO ON
AUGUST 7 HIS BOW COVERED IN A
TARP HELD UP BY A PVC FRAME, HE
MOVED HIS BOAT UNTIL WAS
EVENTUALLY STATIONED UNDER THE
520 BRIDGE WHICH IS WHERE HE
WAS FOUND DEAD ONLY 2 MONTHS
AGO ON AUGUST 7, 2019.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE
DISCOVERED HE HAD PASSED AWAY 8
MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS FOUND.
ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS HIS
SKELETAL REMAINS.
HOW IS THIS ACCEPTABLE?
SABRINA TATE DIED BECAUSE OF
COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO DRUG
USE.
SHE WAS 27 YEARS OLD.
AFTER STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION
SABRINA MOVED TO SEATTLE FROM
SPOKANE IN HOPES OF FINDING A
BETTER LIFE IN A BIGGER CITY
BUT ONLY FOUND AN ENDLESS
STRUGGLE WITH ADDICTION AND
HOMELESSNESS.
SHE ENDED UP LIVING IN A SO-
CALLED SAFE LOT BUT ULTIMATELY
NEVER RECEIVED THE HELP SHE
NEEDED.
HOW IS THIS ACCEPTABLE?
>> THERE WAS SARAH STEWART WHO
AS REPORTED BY COSCO IN 2018
BECAME HOMELESS AFTER GETTING
EVICTED BECAUSE HER ABILITY TO
WORK WITH LIMITED.
SHE STRUGGLES WITH CHRONIC PAIN
AND FATIGUE AND IS FORCED TO
SLEEP IN HER CAR, COUCHES AND
FLOORS AND WHEREVER ELSE SHE
CAN FIND.
SHE STILL WORKS WHEN SHE CAN
BUT WAS ADDITIONALLY BURDENED
WITH $2000 OF LATE FEES AND
ATTORNEY FEES WHICH SHE SIMPLY
CANNOT PAY.
HOW IS THIS ACCEPTABLE?
>> THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
PEOPLE YOU COULD HAVE HELPED,
THAT WE COULD HAVE HELPED AS A
CITY BUT YOU'VE BEEN COMPLACENT.
YOU'VE WASTED TOO MUCH MONEY ON
COPS AND REPEALED TAXES DUE TO
SUBSERVIENCE TO BIG BUSINESSES
LIKE AMAZON.
IS BUSINESSES COULD NOT CARE
LESS ABOUT OUR CITY AND EVEN
LESS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE
IN IT.
HOW IS THAT ACCEPTABLE?
>> AROUND 48 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE DIE EACH YEAR AND ONLY
A FRACTION OF THEM ARE
INVESTIGATED.
70% OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE BECAME HOMELESS WHILE
LIVING IN OUR OWN CITY.
A SURVEY IN 2017 FOUND THAT 25%
OF HOMELESS PEOPLE LOST THEIR
HOMES AFTER LOSING A JOB AND
93% OF THOSE SURVEYED WOULD
MOVE INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF
IT WAS AVAILABLE.
IT'S NOT.
41% OF PEOPLE LIVING ON STREETS
WORK IN SOME CAPACITY.
HOW IS THIS ACCEPTABLE?
AS LEADERS OF SEATTLE HOW DO
YOU RATIONALIZE THIS?
THIS IS A CRISIS.
YOU CANNOT CALL YOURSELF A
PROGRESSIVE OR FREE CITY WHEN
THERE ARE 12,000 PEOPLE LIVING
HERE WITHOUT A HOME.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> THESE PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED
BY REALLOCATING FUNDING TO THE
WAGES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICE WORKERS.
IT WOULD BE ONE THING IF ALL
12,500 HOMELESS PEOPLE WERE
SHELTERED, IF THEY HAD BEDS TO
GO TO.
WE COULD DEAL WITH THAT.
BUT THEY DON'T.
47% DON'T.
HIRING 30 POLICE OFFICERS WILL
NOT GIVE US BEDS.
THE MAYOR HAS ASKED YOU TO TURN
AGGRESSIVE VALUES INTO
PROGRESSIVE ACTION.
WE CAN'T EXECUTE THAT ACTION
WITH POLICE ARE OFFICE WORKERS.
WE NEED PEOPLE ON THE GROUND,
THERAPISTS AND OFFICES, NURSES
DOCTORS FAMILY PRACTITIONERS
AND PEOPLE WHO MAKE REAL CHANGE.
THESE ARE THE HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICE WORKERS AND THE PEOPLE
ACTUALLY GETTING OTHERS OFF THE
STREETS.
THEY DESERVE A LIVING WAGE AND
WHEN YOU DON'T PROVIDE WHEN
THEY HAVE TO MOVE ON WHICH IN
TURN HARMS PLANS.
WE CANNOT SOLVE THIS WITHOUT
DEDICATED COMPASSIONATE AND
EXPERIENCED PEOPLE WHO LOVE
THEIR JOBS.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH A SIMPLE
REQUEST.
DON'T WASTE OUR MONEY ON
OFFICERS WITH GUNS.
SPEND IT ON THE PEOPLE WHO
CARE, SPEND IT ON A BED, SPEND
IT ON ANYTHING BUT POLICE.
I HOPE WE'VE PROVEN HOW YOU CAN
INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY NOT BY
SPENDING LESS OF IT AS A
DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY AND MORE
AS IT IS A GROUP OF HUMANS WHO
CARE ABOUT EVERYONE'S HEALTH.
THANK YOU.
>> WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU ATTEND?
>> WE GO TO THE CENTER SCHOOL.
>> WELL DONE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE MARCO
AEOLUS, ELEANOR JOHN AND KELLY
McKINNEY NEXT.
THOSE ARE NUMBERS 56 AND 8.
MORE CENTER SCHOOL?
WELL DONE.
>> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
WE ARE HONORED TO BE HERE
TONIGHT.
WE ARE SENIORS FROM THE CENTER
SCHOOL.
NAME IS MEDICALLY IS LESS.--
THERE ARE MANY STUDENTS HERE TO
TESTIFY ON THE BUDGET SO WE
WILL TRY TO LIMIT TESTIMONY TO
3 MINUTES TO LEAVE ROOM FOR ALL
OF US TO SPEAK.
IN ALIGNMENT WITH THOSE PEERS
WE ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR AN
INCREASE IN HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES FUNDING.
>> WE ARE NOT HERE TO TALK
ABOUT OURSELVES.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT--
>> COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD.
YOU PASS LEGISLATION 2nd OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU SEEN HOW BADLY COMMUNITIES
ARE IN NEED DUE TO RISING
RENTS.
IN ORDER TO KEEP COMMUNITIES
SAFE AND HEALTHY WE NEED YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD.
WE BOTH LIVE ON BEACON HILL AND
WE SEE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY
ON OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
WE KNOW YOU SEE THEM TOO.
WHEN YOU ANNOUNCED YOU ARE NOT
RUNNING FOR REELECTION YOU
TALKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES
YOU HAD BECAUSE OF THE MENTORS
TEACHERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO
HELP TO.
FUNDING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES HELPS PEOPLE WHO NEED
THE SAME KIND OF ROLE MODELS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
YOU BEEN ONE OF THE MOST
PROGRESSIVE VOICES FOR YEAR.
YOU FOUGHT FOR WORKING-CLASS,
RENTERS, IN THE HOMELESS.
YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.
KEEP FIGHTING.
WE NEED YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PROTECTION
PETACA.
YOU WORKED WITH THE MINORITY
AFFAIRS AND DIVERSITY.
PEOPLE OF COLOR ESPECIALLY
BLACK PEOPLE ARE VASTLY
OVERREPRESENTED IN POVERTY AND
HOMELESSNESS.
IN ORDER TO HELP ALL OF OUR
CITIES POPULATIONS, WE NEED
YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WAREZ.
3 YOUR WORK YOU UNDERSTAND THE
IMPACT THAT FUNDING CAN HELP
CONTINUE PUSH PUSHING FOR
SOLUTIONS THAT HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES PROVIDE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN YOU
BEEN DEDICATED TO FIXING OUR
HOMELESS CRISIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BACK SHOT.
YOU TALK ABOUT WANTING TO
CREATE A HEALTHY AND SAFE
ENVIRONMENT REGARDLESS OF
RELIGION OR RACE.
BY NOT GIVING HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES THE FUNDING THEY NEED
PEOPLE OF COLOR WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO CONNECT TO THEIR
CULTURE.
COUNCILMEMBER BACK SHOT WE NEED
YOUR SHOP.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA YOUR
GOAL IS TO LIFT UP FAMILIES AND
CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SERVICES TO THE SAME THING AND
TO BE TRULY EFFECTIVE THEY
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ YOU
KNOW FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE THAT
PLEASE CAN INFLAME RATHER THAN
ASSIST.
>> HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS
WHAT'S TRULY NEEDED.
IN A CITY WHERE WE DECLARED A
STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER OUR
HOMELESS CRISIS ONLY 10% IS
OFFERED TO SOLVE THE ISSUE.
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE DESERVE
BETTER.
IN ORDER TO GET CITIZENS THE
HELP THEY NEED, WE NEED YOU TO
STEP UP AND MAKE THE RIGHT
DECISION.
THINK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
>> [ APPLAUSE ].
>> NUMBER 6 IS ELEANOR JOHN.
8 IS KELLY McKINNEY, 9 IS
TERRELL DAVIS.
-- TERRELL DAVIS.
>> OUR NAMES ARE BRENDAN
HOPPER, ELEANOR JOHN, AND--
ANDERSON.
WE HAVE SOURCES WITH US TODAY.
27% OF THE GENERAL FUND,
$409,500,851 IS ALLOCATED TO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ONLY
10% HAS GONE TO HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES.
WE BELIEVE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD
REDISTRIBUTE THE $2,477,433
ALLOCATED FOR HIRING AND
RETENTION BONUSES ADDED TO
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO
AID RESIDENTS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS ABUSE OR
ADDICTION.
>> SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT MORE
POLICE OFFICERS EQUALS LESS
CRIME.
IN A PRODUCT STUDY PROJECT
STUDY, CRIME RATES IN THOSE
AREAS OF ALSO DROPPED.
WORK WITH POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN
CHICAGO ALBUQUERQUE IN NEW
ORLEANS, MOST DEPARTMENTS HAVE
ISSUES NOT WITH THE NUMBER OF
OFFICERS BUT HOW THEY ARE
DEPLOYED AND SCHEDULED.
IT IS MORE IMPORTANT WHAT
OFFICERS DO VERSUS HOW MANY OF
THEM THERE ARE.
>> THE KEY TO AN EFFECTIVE AND
RESPECTFUL POLICE FORCE IS NOT
TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
OFFICERS.
IS TO TRAIN OFFICERS IN BEING
AWARE OF IMPLICIT BIASES, THE
CORRECT RESPONSES TO COMPLEX
SITUATIONS WITHOUT RESORTING TO
UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE AND USING
EVIDENCE AND DATA ANALYSIS TO
SCHEDULE PATROLS WHERE AND WHEN
THEY ARE NEEDED MOST.
QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY IS WHAT
MAKES A POLICE FORCE WORK FOR
EVERYONE.
>> ORGANIZATION SKIMMING
FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF
SEATTLE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES GENERAL FUND SECTION
ARE SUBJECTED TO INTENSE AUDITS
AND REPORTS TO HOW THE CITY'S
MONEY IS BEING PUT TO USE.
THE POLICE FORCE SHOULD ALSO
HAVE TO PROVIDE THE CITY AND
ITS PEOPLE WITH REPORTS ABOUT
HOW THEIR MONEY IS BEING USED,
HOW THIS IS HELPING OR HINDERING
COMMUNITIES.
>> ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS
SOUTHWEST YOUTH AND FAMILY
SERVICES PROVIDE PROGRAMS LIKE
úOPPORTUNITIES TO GETTING GD,
CREDIT RETRIEVAL CLASSES,
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND
FAMILY SUPPORTS WHICH ARE
INTEGRAL IN GETTING PEOPLE OFF
OF THE STREET AND HELPING
PEOPLE GET A 2nd CHANCE.
THERE IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH
MONEY GET INTO THESE
ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO SERVE
PEOPLE THE WAY THEY DESERVE.
>> INCREASING FUNDING FOR
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ALLOWS FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO DO
IMPORTANT WORK AND EXPAND
PROBLEMS THAT WILL NOT ONLY
HELP FAMILIES BUT REDUCE CRIME.
THE HOUSING FIRST STRATEGY IS
NOT ONLY ONE OF THE MOST
EFFECTIVE WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE
SUFFERING FROM HOMELESSNESS GET
BACK ON THEIR FEET, BUT
CONNECTING PEOPLE BACK TO
STABLE HOUSING INCREASES THE
LIKELIHOOD HEAD THAT THEY WILL--
BY 60%.
IN ADDITION, CONNECTING X
OFFENDERS HAS A LIKELIHOOD OF
THE RETURN TO PRISON.
>> WE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS
ISSUE FOR WEEKS AND WE FULLY
UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE.
EACH OF YOU HAS HAD AT THE VERY
LEAST 2 YEARS IN OFFICE TO GAIN
THIS UNDERSTANDING.
WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO DO
THE RIGHT THING FOR THE PEOPLE
YOU PROMISE TO SERVE.
WE WILL BE WATCHING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
PLEASE CONSIDER THE INCREDIBLE
POSITIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT FOR
OUR GENERATION AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS INCREASING FUNDING
FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
AND WHAT THAT WILL PROVIDE.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
>> NUMBER 8? KELLY McKINNEY,
GERALD DAVIS, AND ANDREA PORTER.
>> MY NAME IS KELLY McKINNEY.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THIS
SHORT.
I'M GOING TO ROTATE THIS.
I SUPPORT THESE STUDIES FOR 24
7 ENHANCED SHELTER AS PROPOSED
BY COUNCILMEMBER WAREZ.
IT IS AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY
AND NEEDS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO
GATHER AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS.
SEATTLE ONLY HAS ONE ENHANCED
SHELTER SPACE IN THE CITY FOR
SINGLE ADULTS LOCATED SOUTH OF
THE CANAL.
THERE IS NO SHELTER FOR SINGLE
ADULTS.
I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS FOR
SEVERAL REASONS.
IT IS CONDUCTED BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
WERE POSITIVE.
EVERY SEATTLE POLICE PRECINCT
CAPTAIN AND LIEUTENANT I'VE
EVER HEARD HAS PRAISED IT AND
IT WORKS WITH POLICE.
I SUPPORT THE EFFORTS TO
RECRUIT MORE POLICE AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS.
I'M SKEPTICAL IN THE INCREASE
OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM. WHILE
NOT OPPOSED TO THE PRINCIPAL, I
CANNOT HELP BUT WONDER HOW THE
NAVIGATION TEAM CAN NAVIGATE
PEOPLE TO SHELTER IF WE LACK
SUFFICIENT SHELTER AND HOUSING.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING
SUCCESSFULLY REFERRED TO
SHELTER ARE NOT GOOD.
SEATTLE NEEDS TO STEP BACK
ABOUT REFERRALS AND WHY THEY
ARE NOT WORKING.
>> DARRELL DAVIS, ANDREA PORTER,
AND AARON THOMAS AND.
>> MY NAME IS JARRELL DAVIS AND
I AM PASSING OFF MY TIME TO
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M WITH DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE
AND WE ARE CALLING ON
COUNCILMEMBERS TO REJECT THE
PROPOSED EXPANSIONS WITHIN THE
SEATTLE TO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE DO NOT ALLOCATE $800,000
FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE
PATROLS.
THESE DO NOT ALLOCATE $800,000
FOR SWORN OFFICER HIRING
INCENTIVES, AND PLEASE DO NOT
ALLOCATE $1.6 MILLION TO
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND
RETENTION INITIATIVES.
THE SPD AND CITY ARE UNDER
FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE.
HOW CAN WE JUSTIFY ADDING
ADDITIONAL FUNDING WHEN WE ARE
STILL OUT OF COMPLIANCE?
THE TOTAL DIVESTMENT OF $3.2
MILLION CAN MAKE REAL CHANGE
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
COUNSEL SHOULD INSTEAD USE THIS
MONEY TO FUND PROJECTS SUCH AS
THE GREEN LIGHT PROJECT AS
PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA TO PROVIDE OUTREACH
TO SECS WORKERS-- SEX WORKERS
AS A HAVE BEEN DOING THIS YEAR
MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE LATEX
CONDOMS, PLAN B AND SAFE
INJECTIONS.
ALSO, FREEDOM SCHOOLS AT
REGNIER BEACH AS IT IS BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WHICH WE
KNOW IS A COUNCIL-- IS
IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO
CONTINUE LEARNING.
WE ALSO SUPPORT BYSTANDER
TRAININGS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO ARE DE FACTO FIRST
RESPONDERS AND NONMEDICAL
EMERGENCIES.
LASTLY, ALLOCATE FUNDING TO
CREATE A HARM REDUCTION WORKING
GROUP THAT UTILIZES NONCRIMINAL
LEGAL SOLUTIONS TO CREATE
APOLOGIES-- TO CREATE POLICIES
ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES THAT
THE CITY FACES.
>> I'M WITH DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE. THIS IS AN ISSUE OF
ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
WE KNOW THAT SEATTLE HAS THE
MOST REGRESSIVE TAX CODE IN THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY MEANING THAT LOW-
INCOME BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES ARE PAYING A
GREATER SHARE THAN WEALTHY
WHITE NEIGHBORS.
TAX DOLLARS SHOULD NOT BE USED
TO FURTHER CRIMINALIZE
COMMUNITIES AND HARM YOUTH AND
FAMILY AND THE THINGS THAT WE
NEED TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY
STRONG.
I'M CALLING ON ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS TO REJECT THE
PROPOSED EXPANSIONS WITHIN THE
MUNICIPAL COURT.
PLEASE DO NOT ALLOCATE $170,000
FOR ENHANCED PROBATION.
PLEASE DO NOT ALLOCATE $150,000
TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE
FOR CASE CONFERENCING.
THE DETAILS OF THIS PILOT
PROJECT ARE UNCLEAR.
I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO
ALLOCATE $320,000 THROUGH THE
YOUTH CONSORTIUM PACKAGE
CONSISTING OF CREATIVE JUSTICE,
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS AND THE
SAFE FEATURES YOUTH CENTER.
THIS SHOULD BE USED TO HEAL
COMMUNITIES THROUGH PROGRAMS
LIKE THESE.
>> MY NAME IS MARK RUN AND I'M
A STUDENT AT SEATTLE CENTRAL
AND WORK IN HOUSING POLICY.
THERE IS A DIRECT INVERSE
CORRELATION BETWEEN THE AMOUNT
OF RESOURCES THAT A COMMUNITY
HAS AND IS CRIME RATE.
POLICE DON'T EXIST TO PROTECT
PEOPLE.
THEY EXIST TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
GIVES HER'S RESOURCES DIRECTLY
TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH
PROJECTS LIKE THE GREEN LIGHT
PROJECT AND THE YOUTH
CONSORTIUM PICK. THANK YOU.
>> WE ALSO HAVE COPIES OF OUR
PLATFORM FOR COUNCILMEMBERS AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE A FEW REMARKS.
THE COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO SUPPORT
ANTIDISPLACEMENT EFFORT SUCH AS
THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE AND COMMUNITY
PLANNING LIKE THE GRAND STREETS
STATION PROJECT.
WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM USING THE LANGUAGE
OF HARM REDUCTION AND REFORM TO
FURTHER INVEST IN HARMING OUR
COMMUNITY.
STUDY AFTER STUDY HAVE SHOWN
THAT INCREASED PROBATION DOES
NOT RESULT IN LOWER CRIME
RATES.
NATIONALLY, MUNICIPALITIES ARE
MOVING AWAY FROM PERMISSION SO
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR OUR
CITY TO DOUBLE DOWN.
THAT IS NOT PROGRESSIVE VALUES.
OUR BUDGET SHOULD BE USED TO
ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF WHY
PEOPLE END UP IN THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> NUMBER 10 IS ANDREA PORTER,
AARON THOMASON, AND 10 IS
KEOSHE.
>> GREETINGS.
MY NAME IS LACEY WARRIOR.
I'M A MENTOR -- MEMBER OF
SEATTLE MEAN.
I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT
OF FUNDING FOR SMALL-SCALE
MANUFACTURERS AND PRODUCERS IN
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT 20/20 BUDGET.
I MANAGE NATIVE WORKS, A SOCIAL
ENTERPRISE AND VOCATIONAL
REHABILITATION PROGRAM THAT
EMPLOYS 15 AND LOW INCOME
NATIVE AMERICANS AND ALASKA
NATIVES.
THEY CREATE AUTHENTIC
INDIGENOUS ART IN PIONEER
SQUARE AT THE CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB AND IS SOLD AT PIKE PLACE
MARKET.
WE GIVE APPRENTICES A SAFE AND
SECURE SPACE TO RELEARN
EMPLOYMENT SKILLS AND RECONNECT
WITH THE NATIVE COMMUNITY WHILE
MENTORING AND GUIDING THEM INTO
GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT.
MANY APPRENTICES HAVE GAINED
FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT AND
HOUSING BECAUSE OF THE NATIVE
WORKS PROGRAM.
WITHOUT WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DIFFICULT OF
A TIME DOING SO, FINDING JOBS.
THE SUPPORT OF SEATTLE MADE
PROVIDES RESOURCES AND TRAINING
FOR APPRENTICES AND HAS ALSO
GIVEN NATIVE WORKS A VOICE IN
THE NOISE OF BIG BUSINESS.
AGAIN MY NAME IS LACEY WARRIOR.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO FUND THE
WORK OF SEATTLE MADE IN THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2020 BUDGET, NATIVE WORKS, AND
HUNDREDS OF OTHER SMALL
BENEFITS-- BUSINESSES.
>> IS THERE AND ANDREA PORTER?
>> YOU ARE ALL ANDREA PORTER.
>> WE ARE ALL ANDREA PORTER.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NICE.
>> I'M FRANCINE YOUNG AND I'M
HERE WITH SEATTLE MADE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR
SEATTLE'S SMALL-SCALE
MANUFACTURERS IN THE 2020
BUDGET.
MY STUDIO AND SHOP ARE BOTH
LOCATED IN CAPITOL HILL JUST
OFF OF UNION.
I MAKE LEATHER GOODS.
EVERYTHING FROM LEATHER
EARRINGS TO BAGS AND CLOTHING.
I BEGIN THIS BUSINESS OVER 8
YEARS AGO.
OVER THIS TIME I'VE EMPLOYED 10
PEOPLE RANGING FROM STUDENTS
MOTHERS AND ANY PERSON NEEDING
A JOB.
IF I COULD HELP THEM, I DID.
I MOVED TO SEATTLE BECAUSE OF
SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
HAVING THE SEATTLE MADE
ORGANIZATION ONLY EMPHASIZES
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT SEATTLE.
I WANT TO STAY IN SEATTLE AND
CONTINUE TO GROW MY BUSINESS IN
A COMMUNITY THAT MATTERS TO ME.
WITH HIGH COST OF REAL ESTATE
AND MINIMUM WAGES, I FIND THAT
I CAN TURN TO SEATTLE MADE GROUP
FOR RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE AND
SHARING MATERIALS AND
INFORMATION THAT WOULD
OTHERWISE HAVE COSTLY LEARNING
CURVES.
THE SUPPORT AND EASY ACCESS HAS
HELPED ME OVERCOME BARRIERS AND
OBSTACLES.
SEATTLE HAS A CULTURE THAT I'M
AFRAID WILL BE LOST WITH TECH
JOBS CURRENTLY PRESENT.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE THERE
IS A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF
MANUFACTURING HAPPENING HERE IN
SEATTLE.
EVERYTHING FROM WORKING ARTISTS
TO MANUFACTURERS OF BEDDINGS
BIKES, A MULTITUDE OF FOOD
ITEMS, AND OF COURSE COFFEE.
WE ARE PROUD TO BE SEATTLE MADE
AND NEED HELP IN A NOISY
MARKETPLACE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW
THAT WE EXIST.
WITH MORE AWARENESS WE CAN GROW
BUSINESSES, FURTHERING OUR
IMPACT, PROVIDING MORE JOBS IN
CREATING A HEALTHY CIRCULAR
ECONOMY.
SEATTLE MADE HAS ALMOST 600
MEMBERS, NEARLY 70% OF
BUSINESSES ARE WOMEN AND
MINORITY OWNED.
ME BEING ONE OF THOSE.
MANY OF US EMPLOY OTHER WOMEN
AND MINORITIES.
IF THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS
SERIOUS ABOUT COMMITMENTS TO
PROVIDING REAL ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND
MINORITIES I ASK YOU TO PLEASE
SUPPORT SEATTLE MADE.
MY NAME IS FRANCINE AND I ASK
YOU TO FUND THE WORK OF SEATTLE
MADE IN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENTS 2020 BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM ARCHSTONE AND ALSO
SUPPORT INCLUDING SEATTLE MADE
IN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT BUDGET.
SEATTLE MADE HAS BEEN A GREAT
RESOURCE FOR ME AS I TRY TO
GROW MY BUSINESS WHICH IS IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
WE EMPLOYED 10 PEOPLE.
úAS WE GROW AND MAKE MORE
DELICIOUS FOOD, AND WE HAVE TO
EXPAND, WE WANT TO DO THAT IN
SEATTLE AND NOT HAVE TO MOVE TO
THE SUBURBS LIKE A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE.
IT IS RESOURCES THAT SEATTLE
MADE PROVIDES THAT MAKE THIS
POSSIBLE.
>> I AM AN ACUPUNCTURIST AND
HERBALIST AND WORK IN SEATTLE
ALSO.
I AM A BOARD MEMBER SORE-- FOR
SEATTLE MADE AND I'M HERE TO
REITERATE REQUESTS FOR FUNDING
FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT THE
GREAT WORK THAT HAPPENS AT
SEATTLE MADE.
KEEPING AND HOLDING A DIVERSE
LOCAL MAKERS ECONOMY HERE IN
OUR PROGRESSIVE CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL OF
YOU FOR COMING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> NUMBER 11, WE ARE NOW ON
PAGE 2 OF 12.
AARON THOMASON AND 13 IS JESSIE
MORE.
NUMBER 1112 AND 13.
>> I AM AARON THOMASON.
>> I'M RUSSELL CODY.
>> MEDICINE CHAMBERLAIN.
>> ON YOUR LAVAR.
>> WE ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR
HUMAN SERVICES.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME
TO LISTEN AND FOR GIVING US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO START BY
ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE THE WORK FOR THE CITY THUS
FAR AND URGE YOU TO CONSIDER
OUR PROPOSAL TONIGHT.
>> ON MY WAY TO SCHOOL ONE
MORNING I SAW A BURNED BOOK ON
THE GRAND.
AT FIRST I WAS CONFUSED AS TO
WHY IT WAS THERE UNTIL I
REALIZED SOMEONE HAD NO OPTION
BUT TO BRING THEIR BOOK TO STAY
WARM THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
I MOVED TO SEATTLE THIS APRIL
AND I SEE PEOPLE IN SOUTH LAKE
UNION WHO HAVE EVERYTHING AND
OTHERS IN PIONEER SQUARE WITH
CLOSE ON THEIR BACK.
IN THE BUDGET $357.21 MILLION
ARE GOING TOWARD THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHILE HOMELESSNESS
HAS ALLOCATED 2 POINT MILLION.
-- ARE GOING TOWARDS HIRING
INCENTIVES FOR POLICE OFFICERS
S WELL AS RECRUITMENT AND
INTENTION RETENTION.
THERE IS NO EMPIRICAL LINK TO
MORE POLICE EQUATING TO LESS
CRIME.
THE LINK IS IT'S NOT HOW MANY
OFFICERS YOU HAVE BUT HOW YOU
UTILIZE THEM.
>> ACCORDING TO THE MARSHALL
PROJECT MEMPHIS TENNESSEE HIRED
300 MORE POLICE OFFICERS IN AN
EFFORT TO REDUCE CRIME RATE.
MANY OF THE POLICE DID NOT MEET
STANDARD AND WERE LARGELY
INEFFECTIVE UPHOLDING PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THE VIOLENT CRIME RATE
INCREASED BY 2.4%.
IN NEW YORK CITY, A CITY VERY
SIMILAR TO OUR OWN WITH THE
LARGEST POPULATION, THE COUNCIL
TOOK ACTION TO REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF POLICE HIRED IN THE
CRIME RATE DROPPED
DRAMATICALLY.
HIRING MORE OFFICERS AND GIVING
THEM FRIVOLOUS BONUSES IS NOT
HOW WE SHOULD BE SPENDING
MONEY.
WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON
RETRAINING CURRENTLY EMPLOYED
OFFICERS TO BETTER DEAL WITH
SITUATIONS AND ASSIST NEIGHBORS
IN NEED.
>> IT WOULD BE LARGELY MORE
COST-EFFECTIVE AND BENEFICIAL
TO RETAIN, RETRAIN CURRENTLY
EMPLOYED OFFICERS SO THEY CAN
DO THEIR JOBS MORE EFFECTIVELY.
WE BELIEVE IN RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE RATHER THAN MASS
INCARCERATION.
>> THERE ARE MORE THAN 12,000
HOMELES PEOPLE IN SEATTLE.
OVER 40 PEOPLE DIED ON THE
STREET AND HALF OF THOSE WERE
DRUG AND ALCOHOL RELATED.
WALKING DOWN ANY STREET YOU WILL
ONLY SEE THE GOLD SLEEVES WITH
THE DRESS.
>> MANY HAVE COMPLEX MEDICAL
CONDITIONS, AND ACCESS TO
MEDICARE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.
AN INDEPENDENT HUMAN SERVICES
ORGANIZATION ARE FORCED TO PICK
UP THE SLACK AND ARE EASILY
OVERWHELMED.
AND THEY ARE OFTEN UNABLE TO
PROVIDE ARTICLE-- ADEQUATE
MEDICAL CARE DUE TO A LACK OF
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.
>> YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE
THIS TO FULFILL YOUR PROMISE OF
A JUST SEATTLE FOR ALL.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK TONIGHT
AS I DID EVERYTHING IS--
TUESDAY.
BEING KICKED OUT AS A VERY REAL
POSSIBILITY AND I CANNOT AFFORD
TO WASTE MY TIME.
INSTEAD OF TREATING THE
SYMPTOMS, AND EVEN THEN ONLY
BARELY BRUSHING THE SURFACE, WE
NEED TO ADDRESS THE ROOT.
GETTING PEOPLE OFF OF THE
STREET WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
INCREASED PUBLIC SAFETY.
OVER THE PAST FREED 3 DAYS 116
SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN GATHERED
IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL TO
FUND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FURTHER.
SPECIFICALLY COMBATING
SEATTLE'S HOMELESS PROBLEM.
>> EVERY CITY COUNCILMEMBER HAS
ONE COMMON VALUE, BUILDING A
SEATTLE FOR EVERYONE WHERE WE
CAN ALL THRIVE AND PROSPER.
YOU HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO
AID THE MOST VULNERABLE AND
MARGINALIZED MEMBERS OF OUR
SOCIETY.
WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO
REALLOCATE THE $2,447,433 GOING
TOWARD HIRING MORE POLICE TO
HOMELESSNESS RELIEF
INITIATIVES.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> 12, 13, 14 PLEASE.
>> GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND THANK YOU FOR
TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR US.
WE ARE SENIORS AT THE CENTER
SCHOOL.
>> THIS POEM IS TITLED PUBLIC
SAFETY IS KILLING OUR PEOPLE.
>> FUNDING PUBLIC SAFETY IS
JUST ANOTHER WAY TO SAY
GAMBLING ON LIVES.
THE CRIMES NEVER GO DOWN THAT
THE BODIES OF INNOCENTS FROM
THE FINGERTIP TRIGGERS OF
ILLEGAL EXECUTIONS ELEVATING,
ESCALATING SITUATIONS, RELYING
ON INCOMPLETE CONCENTRATIONS
AND SEEING ONLY COLORED SKIN
NOT HUMAN EMOTIONS, PUT THE
KNIFE DOWN.
5 SECONDS PASSED. FOR SHOTS TO
HIS BODY, BULLETS DECORATING
GUN CLIPS.
>> 3 M AWAY FROM ANOTHER HUMAN
BUT THE POLICE SAW BULL'S-EYES
WAITING TO BE TARGETED.
>> 4:15 P.M.
AND ONLY ONE SURVIVED AND
WALKED FREE.
NO CHARGES, JUST PAPERWORK AT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> YOU CAN'T THREATEN A GUN
WITH A SCRAP OF WOOD.
>> YOU CAN'T STAB A MAN WITH A
CLOSED POCKET KNIFE.
>> YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY A MAN'S
LIFE WITHOUT BLOOD.
>> NOW HE'S A TOTEM POLE AND
NOT A BEATING HEART.
MICHAEL TAYLOR LOOKED BETWEEN 2
OFFICERS NOT BEING ABLE TO
PROCESS INFORMATION AND
DIAGNOSED WITH DELAYED RESPONSE
SYNDROME.
POLICE BELIEVE HE WAS DECIDING
WHICH TO HURT FIRST.
>> THE POLICE DID NOT HAVE
BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS.
>> HE WAS DANGEROUS IN THE EYE
OF AUTHORITY.
35 MINUTES AFTER HE APOLOGIZED
TO A MAN FROM ALMOST ROBBING
HIM HE WAS SHOT DEAD BY THE
GOVERNMENT'S HANDS.
>> HE COULD NOT DROP THE KNIFE
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD
TO.
>> ALL HE RECEIVED WAS A BULLET
FROM A GUN TRIGGER.
NOW HE LIVES ON THE 2nd PAGE OF
GOOGLE.
CHARLENA LILES WAS SHOT DEAD IN
HER APARTMENT AND OFFICERS LEFT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHILE
LIFE WAS LEFT IN HER BODY AND
THE UNBORN CHILD IN HER WOMB.
HER SON CRAWLED HIS WAY TO HIS
MOTHER'S CORPSE AND LAID IN HIS
FAMILY'S BLOOD AND THE
POLICEMAN GOT TO GO HOME TO
THEIR OWN FAMILIES.
THEY COULD NOT SEEN THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LETHAL AND
DEFENSE WHEN THEY WORKED LOOKED
AT A WOMEN OF COLOR.
SHE HAD 4 CHILDREN AND THEY
WILL ALL GROW UP WITHOUT THEIR
MOTHER.
>> SHE HAD 4 CHILDREN INTO
POLICEMAN SHOT HER.
>> SHE HAD 4 CHILDREN AND
PUBLIC SAFETY SHOT HER.
50% OF THE BUDGET IS KILLING OUR
PEOPLE.
>> THESE ARE 3 CASES OF DOZENS
OF LOST LIVES.
>> PUBLIC SAFETY IS KILLING OUR
PEOPLE AND MOST ARE PEOPLE OF
COLOR. FOR SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS KILLING OUR
PEOPLE, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
AS-- TAYLOR, KYLE GRAY, THESE
ARE THE NAMES OF WHO HE LOST.
SEE THEIR NAMES NEXT TIME YOU
GIVE A BONUS TO ANOTHER POLICE
OFFICER.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> 13?
SETH EMERSON, SAID, AND 15.
>> THAT IS A TOUGH ACT TO
FOLLOW.
>> NO KIDDING.
>> MY NAME IS PATTY FOLEY AND
I'M THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
GEORGETOWN OPEN SPACE
COMMITTEE.
THE GEORGETOWN TO SOUTHPARK
TRAIL IS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES
TOP PRIORITIES.
AS DEFINED IN THE GEORGETOWN
OPEN SPACE VISION FRAMEWORK,
THE DUWAMISH VALLEY ACTION
PLAN, THE GEORGETOWN MOBILITY
STUDY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN OF
SOUTHPARK, THE NEIGHBORHOOD
PLAN OF GEORGETOWN, IT'S
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT
GEORGETOWN AND SOUTHPARK ARE
INTERESTED IN CONNECTING
COMMUNITIES VIA A SAFE WALKING
AND BIKING TRAIL.
THANKFULLY WE RECEIVED FUNDING
FOR 30% DESIGN A FEW YEARS BACK
IN THE WORK IS COMING TO
COMPLETION SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN
ADVOCATING AGAIN TO GET THE
NEXT ROUND OF FUNDING.
IF AT ALL POSSIBLE IT WOULD BE
AMAZING AND MOST EFFICIENT TO
FUND THE TRAIL THROUGH
CONSTRUCTION.
I'M HERE TODAY AND HOPES THAT
THIS PROJECT WILL NOT STALL.
HELP US CONNECT GEORGETOWN AND
SOUTHPARK IN A WAY THAT
PROMOTES HEALTH AND COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO COUNSEL.
MY NAME IS RICH BROWN.
I LIVE IN SOUTH SEATTLE IN THE
GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M A BICYCLE COMMUTER AND HAVE
BEEN COMMUTING FOR OVER 12
YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME I HAVE NOTICED
MANY AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS.
I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT IN
SOUTH SEATTLE I HAVEN'T SEEN AS
MUCH OF THAT.
RESIDENCE IN SOUTH SEATTLE
DESERVE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE.
LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO URGE
THE COUNCIL TO WORK WITH SDOT
TOWARDS MAKING THINGS MORE
EQUITABLE FOR RESIDENCE IN
SOUTH SEATTLE.
WE NEED MORE BIKE LANES, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
EVERYBODY.
ALSO BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE
SENIORS.
I THINK THEY ARE DOING A GREAT
JOB.
[ APPLAUSE ] MY NAME IS MARTY
AND I AM A CIS GENDERED MAIL.
MY PRONOUNS ARE HE AND HIM.
I'M A PARENT IN GEORGETOWN, I
HAVE AN 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND
AS THE SUMMER ENDED I SIT DOWN
AND SAID WHAT DID YOU THINK OF
THIS SUMMER?
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OR
WORSE?
AND SHE SAID DAD,, I WISH WE
SPENT MORE TIME TOGETHER RIDING
BIKES LIKE WE USED TO DO.
>> I'M HERE TO ASK YOU ALL HELP
ME SPEND MORE TIME TO MY
BROTHER.
TO BUILD AND FUND THE BIKE
TRAIL FROM GEORGETOWN TO
SOUTHPARK WHICH WOULD CONNECT
HER TO A COMMUNITY THAT'S RUSH
IN HER LATIN HERITAGE, PLEASE
FUND THE GEORGETOWN TO
SOUTHPARK TRAIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I'M HERE WITH MY NEIGHBORS
REQUESTING THAT YOU PLEASE FUND
OUR TRAILS TO SOUTHPARK.
I WORK IN SOUTHPARK AND I GO
THERE OFTEN TO GET FRUIT AND
VEGETABLES FROM THE STANDS AND
FOR MANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
EVENTS THAT I ALSO COORDINATE
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU
COULD SUPPORT MY COMMUNITY.
THINK PHIL-- THANK YOU.
>> WE ALL WORKED AS A COMMUNITY
TO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH AND THE
PEOPLE WE WORK WITH AT SDOT
SAID WE DID A REMARKABLE JOB,
WE GOT OVER 400 PEOPLE TO GIVE
INFORMED INPUT AND CAME UP WITH
A COMMUNITY SUPPORTED PLAN BY
BOTH EMERGENCE ASSOCIATIONS AND
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE RIVER.
WE WERE EXHAUSTING FUNDING THAT
WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN AND WILL
BE OUT OF MONEY AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SDOT IN THE COMMUNITY ARE READY
TO GO FORWARD.
THEY ESTIMATED FINISHING THE
DESIGN AND BUILDING THIS, I
THINK $3.7 MILLION?
I ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT THE
MONEY COMING OUT OF THE MEGA
BLOCK SALE THAT HAS BEEN
DESIGNATED FOR BICYCLE MASTER
PLAN PRODUCTS.
PLEASE FUND AS MUCH AS YOU CAN
FROM THAT
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WHERE YOU GREW 13?
ARE YOU JESSE?
>> THANK YOU.
YOU WERE THE LAST SPEAKER.
I HOPE WE HAD A JESSE HERE.
SETH 15, SID, 16, 17 RENC
MURRAY.
>> MY NAME IS CLAIRE CANTOR
FROM NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS AND
WE ARE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
ESCALATION.
WE ARE A COALITION OF
TRANSPORTATION AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME
TOGETHER TO PUSH FOR A WHOLE
SLATE OF REQUESTS IN THE BUDGET
THIS YEAR.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEOPLE WALKING
AND TAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT IN
SEATTLE.
RIGHT NOW THIS IS A MATTER OF
CLIMATE URGENCY.
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAVE SIGNED
ON TO SUPPORT OF THE NEW DEAL
WHICH ASKS FOR 100% RENEWABLES
BY 2030 AND TRANSPORTATION
MAKES UP OVER HALF OF CARBON
EMISSIONS.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE INVEST
IN SAFE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO
WALK AND BIKE AND MAKE IT
ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO USE
TRANSIT.
THIS IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CRISIS AND
LAST NIGHT HAD ANOTHER TRAGIC
INCIDENT WHERE A WOMAN WAS
KILLED ON AURORA AVENUE BEING
HIT BY A CAR.
THAT HAS HAPPENED WAY MORE
TIMES THAN IT SHOULD ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING WE'VE COMMITTED TO
VISION 0 WHICH IS 0 TRAFFIC
DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES BY
2030.
IT IS ALSO AN EQUITY ISSUE
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THOSE
IMPACTS OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE ARE
AFFECTING PEOPLE OF COLOR, LOW-
INCOME PEOPLE, ON HOUSED
PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLE AT MUCH
HIGHER RATES THAN ANYONE ELSE
IN THE POPULATION.
THANK YOU.
>> WITH THOSE THINGS THAT
CLAIRE HAD MENTIONED, HERE ARE
SOME OF OUR ASKS.
FIRST OF ALL THE MESS COLLISION
THINKS IT WOULD BE
UNCONSCIONABLE TO REACH THE END
OF THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY AND
NOT HAVE A ROUTE FOR BIKES.
THAT IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR US
AND WE THINK THAT MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. WAY, BEACON AVE.,
SOUTH IN THE SOUTHPARK TO
GEORGETOWN REAL ARE CRITICAL
CONNECTIONS FOR HAVING A ROUTE
TO GET TO SOUTHEAST SEATTLE.
2nd OF ALL, WE THINK THERE
NEEDS TO BE DELINEATED MONEY
FOR BIKEWAY MAINTENANCE AND WE
FEEL THAT POOR MAINTENANCE IS
MAKING IT HARD TO USE, AND
UNWELCOMING AND PUTTING MONEY
TOWARD IT WILL ENABLE MORE
PEOPLE TO BIKE SAFELY AROUND
THE CITY.
LASTLY ON MY PART I WANT TO SEE
THE MESS COLLISION FEELS AS IF
WE SHOULD PUT ASIDE MONEY TO
FUND THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
AGENDA WHICH WAS CREATED BY THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORK
GROUP FORMED IN 2017.
>> CONTINUING, DISABILITY AND
HUMAN RIGHTS WASHINGTON.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS
RESOLUTION THAT YOU WONDERFULLY
PAST TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO
BUILD MORE DEDICATED OFF
SIDEWALK PARKING FOR BIKES AND
POTENTIAL ESCOOTES IN THE
FUTURE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS
THE FUNDING THAT IT NEEDS TO
ROLL FORWARD BECAUSE SIDEWALKS
ARE A CRITICAL PIECE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE AND HAVING
SIDEWALKS BLOCKED BY BIKES AND
SCOOTERS REALLY LIMITS ACCESS
TO THE CITY AND WHERE WE NEED
TO GO.
I WANT TO ALSO MENTION SUPPORT
FOR THE CONNECTION FROM THE
DUWAMISH LONGHOUSE WHICH YOU
HEARD EARLIER, AND FROM THE
SOUTHPARK GEORGETOWN CONNECTION
WHICH YOU JUST HEARD AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I WORK FOR SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS AND WILL HIGHLIGHT 3
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WE THINK
ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE FIRST IS MORE OF A POSITION
THAT A PROJECT PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MIKE O'BRIEN TO
FUND AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
COORDINATOR AND THE REASON
THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THE
MAJORITY OF KIDS IN SEATTLE ARE
REQUIRED TO WALK OR BIKE TO
SCHOOL WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL
BECAUSE THEY ARRIVE HEALTHY,
READY TO LEARN, THEY'VE GOTTEN
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR THE DAY,
BUT THERE IS NO ONE AT THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT HELPING THOSE
KIDS GET TO SCHOOL.
THERE'S NO ONE AT SDOT WHOSE
JOB IT IS TO DO THINGS LIKE
HELP WITH SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL, TRAINS WERE YOU WALK
WITH A GROUP OF STUDENTS.
WE'VE TALKED TO PRINCIPALS WHO
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT GANG
VIOLENCE OR RECRUITMENT ON THE
WAY TO SCHOOL AND IF WE HAD
SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS WE COULD
HELP THEM GET TO SCHOOL MORE
SAFELY.
THE 2nd IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
BACK SHOT-- COUNCILMEMBER
KEOSHE.
THE SEATTLE CENTER FUNCTIONS AS
OUR ARTS AND CULTURE HEART OF
THE CITY AND SOON THERE WILL BE
EVENTS TWO THIRDS OF THE NIGHTS
IN SEATTLE SO WE NEED TO GET
PEOPLE THERE IN A SAFE AND
SUSTAINABLE WAY.
THIRDLY, THE HOME ZONE PILOT IS
PROPOSED TO BE CONTINUED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR THE
COST OF ONE BLOCK OF SIDEWALK.
YOU CAN MAKE AN ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFER TO WALK IN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL OF
YOU.
>> NUMBER 15, SID, 16 RENC
MOORE COME-- MURRAY, 17 WENDY
KRUGER.
>> HELLO.
>> I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF BIG
BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET
SOUND AND ALSO THE THOUSANDS OF
YOUTH THAT NEED OUR HELP WITHIN
THE SEATTLE AREA.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCIL FOR VOTING FOR THE COST
OF LIVING INCREASE FOR HUMAN
SERVICE CONTRACTS.
AND I'M ASKING EACH OF YOU TO
SUPPORT THE SEATTLE HUMAN
SERVICE COMMISSION BUDGET
PACKAGE. WHILE THE REDIRECT OF
FUNDING UNDER SAFE CONTRACT TO
SUPPORT YOUTH AGES 18-24 ARE
IMPORTANT, IT LEAVES A
SIGNIFICANT VOID FOR YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE UNDER THAT
AGE.
IT IS VITAL FOR THE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
EFFORTS TO INTERVENE MUCH
EARLIER IN GENERAL.
FOR PEOPLE AND FAMILIES TO
AVOID THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM ALTOGETHER AND I'M
ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE
BUDGETARY ASK FOR THE YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVES OF KING
COUNTY AND SEATTLE HUMAN
SERVICES COMMISSION TO ENSURE
THAT ALL OF THE YOUTH AND ALL
FAMILIES CAN THRIVE WITHIN THE
CITY.
THAT'S WHAT I GOT.
>> RENC?
AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE AN
ENTIRE ROOM FULL OF GARDEN
GNOMES.
>> I'M RENC MURRAY WITH YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVES OF KING
COUNTY.
WE REPRESENT OVER 100 YOUTH
DEVELOPING ORGANIZATIONS THE
MAJORITY OF WHICH PROVIDE
SERVICES IN SEATTLE.
I'M HERE AS A MEMBER OF SH SC
AS WELL TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
ADOPT THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.
WE ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THE HUMAN SERVICES COST OF
LIVING BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE PARTLY BECAUSE WE DID ASK
FOR ANOTHER $2 MILLION TO BE
INVESTED IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
FUND.
IT'S PARTLY, ALL BECAUSE YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT IS THE MISSING
PIECE.
YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB
INVESTING IN EARLY LEARNING AND
WE HAVE SEATTLE PROMISE OVER
HERE.
THE CBO'S OF OUR REGION ARE
WILLING AND WAITING TO PROVIDE
EXTRA SERVICES TO GET THOSE
YOUTH FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.
THE SCHOOL SERVICES HONESTLY
CANNOT DO IT ON THEIR OWN.
WE HAVE 500 YOUTH WAITING FOR A
MENTOR. ONE HAS 800 KIDS
WAITING.
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES
HAS AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, 130
ON THE WAITLIST.
TEAM READ THAT HIRES TEENAGERS
TO TUTOR OTHER CHILDREN HAD
ENOUGH MENTORS TO SERVE ANOTHER
GROUP OF KIDS WHO WERE GAINING
SERVICES BUT NOT ENOUGH
FUNDING.
WE ARE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL
$2 MILLION IN THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO
HELP FILL THIS GAP.
WE HAVE PROGRAMS WAITING AND
KIDS WHO NEED IT.
WE WANT TO SERVE THOSE CHILDREN
BUT WE NEED MORE FUNDING IN
ORDER TO ACCESS AND FILL THEIR
NEEDS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO
AND WE HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT
US.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> CINDY KRUGER?
AND YOUR TEAM?
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY FELLOW GARDENERS AND GARDEN
GNOMES THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR
SUPPORT FOR THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED $3 MILLION FOR THE PEA
PATCH PROGRAM AND OUR CAMPAIGN
TO SAVE IT ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT.
ALONG WITH THIS LARGE GROUP WE
BRING MORE THAN 3000 VOLUNTEER
COLLECTED PETITIONS AND 18
LETTERS OF ENDORSEMENT.
WE SUBMIT THESE TO THE CITY
CLERK FOR THE RECORD.
THESE PETITIONS ALLOW THE CITY
TO MAKE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO
SUPPORT THE BALLARD PEA PATCH
ORGANIZATION-- THE BALLARD PEA
PATCH.
IF YOU HAVE NOT VISITED THOSE
IN YOUR DISTRICT PLEASE DO SO.
SEATTLE WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO
CREATE A PEA PATCH PROGRAM AND
IT REMAINS ONE OF OUR MOST
IMITATED IDEAS.
IN THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WE
TALKED ABOUT STATISTICS AND
CAMPAIGN DETAILS.
WE WANT TO FOCUS ON COMMUNITY
VOICES AND CONCERNS.
WHY WOULD ANYONE BE INTERESTED
IN SAVING THE BALLARD P-PATCH?
THEY ARE A BUFFER BETWEEN --
AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY BY GROWING
NUTRITIOUS, ORGANIC FOOD.
FOOD BANKS ARE BIG
BENEFICIARIES OF P PATCHES.
THEY SHARE INFORMATION WITH
SEASONED GARDENERS AND THEY
CAN LEARN INNOVATIVE GROWING
METHODS.
I'VE USED PHOTOS IN MY LECTURES.
A LACK OF CONNECTEDNESS AFFECTS
CITYDWELLERS AND P PATCHES
ADDRESS THIS.
THE OFFER A VITAL CONNECTION
WITH GREEN AND LIVING THINGS IN
A WORLD OF PLAQUE PLASTIC.
IT IS ARGUED THAT HUMANS HAVE A
NEED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH
NATURE AND OLIVER SACKS
OBSERVED THAT JUST LOOKING AT
PLANTS AIDS HEALING AND WELL-
BEING.
WE KNOW THESE THINGS AND WORK
TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM BARREN
LAND INTO RICH, FERTILE, AND
PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY RESOURCE.
WE MUST SUPPORT AND PRESERVE
THESE SPECIAL PLACES FOR ONCE
GONE, THEY CAN NEVER BE
REPLACED.
THIS LETTER WAS SENT TO US BY
SHARON COLEMAN WSU PROFESSOR.
A P-PATCH PARENT HAS TOLD US
E HAVE 2 YOUNG DAUG
WHEN WE MOVED TO BALLARD WE
KNEW THAT WE WANTED A P-PATCH
PLOT BECAUSE WE WERE MOVING TO
AN APARTMENT WITH NO YARD.
OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC
GARDENERS AND VEGETABLE LEADERS
SINCE THEY WERE SMALL.
MANY GARDEN FOR FOOD SECURITY.
IN BALLARD AT LEAST 50% OF
GARDENERS ARE SENIOR CITIZENS
WITH MANY LIVING ON FIXED
INCOMES.
A CURRENT DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD SURVEYS INDICATE
THAT 33% OF GARDENERS ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING.
P-PATCH GARDENING IS A GREAT
WAY FOR ALL AGES TO ENHANCE
THEIR DIET WHILE KEEPING
HEALTHY AND FLEXIBLE.
GARDENERS PARTICIPATE FOR
FELLOWSHIP. MANY OF US LIVE
ALONE AND MANY RESIDENTS ARE
TRANSPLANTS WITHOUT EXTENDED
FAMILY.
IT MAY SOUND CORNY TO SAY THAT
GARDEN FRIENDS BECOME FAMILIES
BUT FOR MANY OF US IT'S THE
TRUTH.
THE LOSS OF A GARDEN LIKE THE
BALLARD P-PATCH HAS A RIPPLE
EFFECT FAR BEYOND THE 85
FAMILIES THAT GARDEN THERE.
IT'S A LOSS OF 2500 POUNDS OF
FRESH AND ORGANIC FOOD AND A
LOSS OF POLLINATORS.
IT IS A LOSS TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, A PLACE TO LEARN
WALK AND BE IN NATURE.
IT'S A LOSS OF 2000 VOLUNTEER
HOURS TO MAINTAIN SPACE AND A
LOSS OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT MANY OF THE
CHALLENGING ISSUES THAT SEATTLE
IS GRAPPLING WITH, MANY OF
WHICH ARE WITHOUT CLEAR OR
GUARANTEED SOLUTIONS.
THE P-PATCH PROGRAM IS AN
EXAMPLE OF WHAT WORKS THAT
PROVIDES HUGE BENEFITS TO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND IS LARGELY
SELF-SUSTAINING.
ONLY 100 YEARS AGO BALLARD WAS
AN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.
THEY WERE FLEEING POVERTY AND
OPPRESSION IN NATIVE NORDIC
COMPANIES COUNTRIES.
WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY BROUGHT
VALUES OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND
COMMUNAL SUPPORT.
THEY ALSO BROUGHT TRADITIONAL
FOLKLORE WHICH INCLUDED THE
GARDEN KNOWN AS PROTECT YOUR OF
HOME AND LAND.
TONIGHT WE ASK YOU TO BE GARDEN
GNOMES FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY
GARDENS IN SEATTLE.
PROTECT AND HELP THEM GROW.
OUR CITY WILL BE A BETTER PLACE
FOR THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL OF YOU FOR
COMING.
>> 1819 AND 20. 18, 19, 20.
LACKLAND JOHNSON IS NUMBER 19?
>> 18 IS FLOW BOWMAN.
RIGHT HERE.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD EVENING COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
FIRST, TO TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF
OUR PROGRAMS, SACRED HEART
SHELTER.
BARBARA?
>> MY NAME IS BARBARA.
GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.
I WANTED TO COME HERE TO THANK
YOU TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
SACRED HEART SHELTER FAMILIES.
MY NAME IS BARBARA AND MY
FAMILY AND I WERE HOME SORRY.
IT'S EMOTIONAL.
>> YOU ARE DOING GREAT.
>> CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CHARITIES
HELP US FIND PERMANENT HOUSING
2 YEARS AGO AND THEN CCS
TRAINED ME TO WORK IN CIRCLE
SOCIAL SERVICES.
TODAY I AM A FAMILY ADVOCATE AT
SACRED HEART WHERE I LOVE
PROVIDING SERVICES TO FAMILIES
WHO HAVE STRUGGLED LIKE I DID.
SACRED HEART IS A TRULY LOW
BARRIERS SHELTER WITH A LONG
HISTORY OF SUCCESSFUL SERVING
HIGH SCHOOL NEED FAMILIES AND
HOMELESSNESS. WE ARE A
TRANSITIONAL SHELTER HOME THAT
MEETS FAMILIES WHERE THEY ARE,
WELCOME 24 HOURS A DAY 65 DAYS
A YEAR, AND EMPOWER FAMILIES
WITH TOOLS KNOWLEDGE COMPASSION
SKILLS TO MOVE FROM HOMELESSNESS
AND INTEGRITY STALENESS, I'M
SORRY, AND PERMANENT HOUSING
TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 5th
FAMILY MOVING OUT INTO STABLE
HARNESSING-- HOUSING IN LESS
THAN 9 WEEKS.
[ APPLAUSE ] BUT ALL OF OUR
FAMILIES NEED A SAFE PLACE
WHERE THEY CAN GO WHEN LIFE
FALLS APART.
PLEASE PUT A RESOURCE TO KEEP
THE SACRED HEART FAMILY SHELTER
AND ALL OF THE SHELTERS OPEN.
YOU WILL SEE THAT WOULD ALLOW
US FAMILIES TO GET ON THEIR
FEET.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS
FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
HERE TONIGHT
>> THANK YOU BARBARA.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, SACRED HEART
SHELTER IS ONE OF THE OLDEST
SHELTER PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE AND
HAS BEEN SERVING FAMILIES SINCE
THE LATE 1970S BEFORE CCS TOOK
IT ON.
OUR MISSION HAS NOT CHANGED.
WE BRING IN FAMILIES WHO HAVE
LOST HOUSING AND WORK WITH THEM
TO GET BACK INTO HOUSING AGAIN
THE ENVIRONMENT HAS CERTAINLY
CHANGED AND I DON'T THINK I
NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE
PROBLEM OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND HOW HARD IT IS FOR A FAMILY
WITH LOW INCOME IN A NEGATIVE
RENTAL HISTORY TO GET BACK IN.
THAT WE WORK TOGETHER SIDE-BY-
SIDE AND WE DO IT 5 OUT OF 5
FAMILIES THAT EXITED FROM THIS
PROGRAM WENT INTO HOUSING.
100%.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN EVER DO
THAT AGAIN BUT WE ARE REALLY
GLAD AND WERE GOING TO KEEP
TRYING.
BUT, SACRED HEART LIKE ANOTHER
THAT I TALKED ABOUT A FEW WEEKS
AGO IS COMING UP TO A FINANCIAL
CLIFF. BOTH OF THEM ARE BIG
DEFICIT PROGRAMS, THE AGENCY
CAN SUPPORT THEM ONLY SO LONG,
AND CITY OF SEATTLE FUNDING HAS
NOT KEPT THE WITH INCREASING
COSTS.
I'M GIVING YOU ADVANCE WARNING
OF A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH A
COUPLE OF OLDER SHELTERS WHICH
HAVE BEEN A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE
FUNDRAISING.
WHENEVER THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY GETS
GOING YOU ARE GOING TO DEVOTE
HUMAN SERVICES DOLLARS TO THAT
BUT WHEN YOU DO YOU ARE GOING
TO NEED TO LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF
THE NEED AN INCREASE WHAT
SEATTLE IS DOING IN ORDER TO
MEET THE NEED AND NOT CUT
EXISTING PROGRAMS.
>> I AM ALSO HERE TO ASK YOU TO
SUPPORT THE COMPARABLE WAGE
STUDY.
WE CANNOT HIRE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO
DO THESE SERVICES.
IT'S HARD CCS HAS GONE OUT ON A
LIMB AND WE'VE GIVEN ALMOST ALL
OF OUR STAFF A 5% COST-OF-
LIVING INCREASE AND IT'S STILL
NOT ENOUGH.
WE ARE ALSO ASKING THAT YOU
SUPPORT HOME FOR GOOD THE
PROPOSED SHALLOW RENT SUBSIDY
FOR PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOMES, ON
DISABILITY WHO CAN SUCCEED IN
THE HOUSING MARKET IF THEY HAVE
HELP.
THEY CANNOT DO IT THEMSELVES
BUT YOU CANNOT DO IT ON YOUR
OWN IF YOU ARE ON SSI OR SSDI.
IF YOU SUPPORT RENT WE CAN MOVE
PEOPLE OUT OF SHELTERS AND
HOMELESSNESS SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
LACKLAND JOHNSON 19, THOSE 20
AND 21 IS MEGAN MURPHY.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOWLEDGE WE
ARE ON THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF
THE FIRST PEOPLE OF SEATTLE,
THE DUWAMISH PEOPLE PAST AND
PRESENT IN THE DUWAMISH TRIBE.
WE ARE HERE AS MEMBERS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST OF
AMERICA TO SUPPORT THE SAFE
STREET AND ACCESSIBILITY
PROJECT.
THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN
LONGHOUSE IS CARRYING 1900
VEHICLES PER WEEK DAY, 85% OF
WHICH MOVE FASTER THAN 45 MPH.
AS SOCIALISTS WE ASSERT THAT
MOBILITY IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND
IT IS NOT BEEN DISTRIBUTED
EQUALLY AND FAIRLY TO ALL
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AS A
LONGHOUSE IS SITUATED IN AN
INDUSTRIAL AREA MUCH LIKE THE
REST OF SEATTLE AND IS SEEING
RAPID GROWTH.
THE ROAD IS DANGEROUSLY UNSAFE.
PEOPLE SPEED THROUGH IT MUCH
HIGHER THAN IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS
5060 70 OR HIGHER MILES PER
HOUR.
WE ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO
HEED THE WORDS THAT CECILE
HANSEN AS THEY FIGHT FOR ROAD
SAFETY FEATURES.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED TO
UPHOLD DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE TRIBE
BUT DOES NOT ABSOLVE THE CITY
OF SEATTLE FROM UPHOLDING THESE
RIGHTS FROM THE CITIZEN LET
ALONE THE MORAL DUTY THAT IT
HAS TO RESPECT THE DIGNITY OF
THE FIRST PEOPLES OF THIS LAND.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED ANY
REMAINING TIME OF THE DISTRICT
ONE COMMUNITY NETWORK IF THEY
ARE AVAILABLE.
>> DEB BARKER WITH THE DISTRICT
1 COMMUNITY NETWORK AND WE'VE
SPOKEN OUR WORDS AND ASK YOU TO
SUPPORT THE DUWAMISH TRIBES
FUNDING REQUEST.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
SUPPORTS THAT.
EVERYBODY.
THINK YOU.
>> YOUR NUMBER 20.
21 IS MURPHY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KEOSHE, I'M A
CO-LEAD WITH JEAN DARCY WHO
SENDS HER REGARDS AND APPROVES
MY COMMENTS.
WE REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF
THIS MITIGATION/IN TENSION A
VEHICLE RESIDENT OUTREACH
PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU.
WE HAVE DONE MITIGATION SINCE
2011 WITH NO PUBLIC FUNDING.
DURING THAT TIME THERE HAS BEEN
LITTLE TO NO INTENTIONAL
VEHICLE OUTREACH.
LIVED IN VEHICLES ARE ONE 3rd
OF THE ON SHELTERED COUNT
ANNUALLY AND RECENTLY THEY WENT
OVER 50%.
EXPENDITURES HAVE NEVER EVEN
REACHED 10% OF ALL FUNDING.
FURTHER THERE IS NO COORDINATED
OUTREACH TO DATE FOR VEHICLE
RESIDENT, NO DIVERSION, NO
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.
THE PATHWAY TO HOUSING IS
INVISIBLE.
THERE IS LITTLE TO NO INCLUSION
IN HMI AS A SYSTEMIC ON
SHELTERED HOMELESS REPORTING
EXCLUDING VEHICLE RESIDENCE.
FUNDING WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE
THAT WE WILL INCLUDE NECESSARY
PART IS MANY FUNDED TO ADDRESS
ON SHELTERED HOMELESS BUT FEW
TO NONE INCLUDING VEHICLE
RESIDENCE.
WE USE VOLUNTEERS WHO EXTEND
USE OF FUNDING AND SUPPORT
STRUCTURES.
WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING
BECAUSE WE WILL EXPAND
PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE ALREADY
HAVE AND WILL SUSTAIN
MITIGATION ALSO WITH PARTNER
SEATTLE PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN
THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
AND WHEN REFERRALS LAG WE WILL
USE OUR TIME TO DO THAT
INTENTIONAL OUTREACH.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING
DIRECTLY ADDRESSING THESE.
A LOT OF MONEY TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES FOR TRASH
COLLECTION BUT NOT THE PERSONS
IN THE RVS.
AND ALSO NAVIGATION TEAMS THAT
DO NOT NAVIGATE ONTO THE STREET.
FUNDING FOR THE PROPOSAL AND
UNNECESSARY EXPANSION WOULD
BEST COME FROM THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET WERE $1.2 MILLION IS A
TO DISMANTLE TO EXISTING
VILLAGES.
KEEP THE VILLAGES.
>> YOU HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE
TOOLS TO DO IT IN TO HELP START
THAT FUNDING.
>> MEGAN MURPHY 21, PATRICIA
HAYDEN 22 AND MOHAWK GUZMAN IS
23.
>> THIS IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S BUDGET PROPOSALS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RIGHT TO
A LAWYER FOR ALL RENTERS
FACING EVICTION.
PROVIDE FUNDING TO HIRE HOUSING
JUSTICE ATTORNEYS TO ENSURE
THAT TENANTS FACING EVICTION
HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY,
PROPERTY BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR
RENTERS, CREATE A CITYWIDE KNOW
YOUR LANDLORD DATABASE, TO HELP
TENANTS SEEKING HOUSING BY
COMPILING INFORMATION ON
OWNERSHIP, EVICTION RATES, BUILD
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, FUND
CONSTRUCTION OF 20 ADDITIONAL
VILLAGES AND FRUIT APPROVE A
HUMANE WAY TO REDUCE THE HOME
OF HOMELESSNESS AND HELP PEOPLE
FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
FUND RENTER ORGANIZING
EMPOWERMENT IN THE COMMUNITY,
FUND COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO DO OUTREACH AND
ORGANIZING, AND HELP DEVELOP
THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF
RENTERS.
BUILD MORE PUBLIC THE CONTROLLED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 5000 NEW
HOMES WITH A HOUSING BOND PAID
FOR BY REINSTITUTING A MODEST
TAX ON AMAZON AND OTHER SUPER
WEALTHY BUSINESSES.
SAFE YOUTH SHELTER BEDS,
CENTRAL DISTRICTS, SMALL
BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT NEEDS TO
BE FUNDED. FUNDING
ANTIDISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY WORK
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT,
SUPPORT VIETNAMESE SENIOR
ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES.
I SAY THIS IN HONOR OF MY SON
RAY.
I LIVED IN IOWA AND THE STATE
DECIDED THAT I HAD A DIAGNOSIS
THAT I DON'T HAVE AND HAVE
SINCE FOUND OUT-- I FOUND
COMMUNITY HERE IN SEATTLE AND
LAST WEEK MY SON WAS ABLE TO
GIVE A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO ME.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF SAWANT WHO
TOLD ME TO ORGANIZE.
I COLLECTED 100 SIGNATURES AND
GOT SOME TO MY SON.
ORGANIZING WORKS IN ALL OF
THESE THINGS ARE SO WORTHY OF
FUNDING.
>> I'M GLAD YOU CONNECTED WITH
YOUR SON.
PATRICIA HAYDEN?
COACH LENNY WILKINS LOOKING
FORWARD TO YOU.
>> MY NAME IS PATRICIA HAYDEN
AND I'M THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFC.
AND COCHAIR OF THE SEATTLE
HUMAN SERVICES COLLISION.
MEMBERS APPRECIATE YOUR WORK
FOR AUTOMATIC ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT
FOR INFLATION THAT WILL BEGIN
TO STABILIZE HUMAN SERVICE
CONTRACTS THROUGH HST.
IT IS TIME TO TAKE THE FIRST
STEP TO CORRECT THE LONG-TERM
LEGACY OF UNDERPAYING HUMAN
SERVICE WORKERS FOR THE SKILLS
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AND
INTEGRAL IMPORTANCE OF THIS
WORK TO BUILD WELL-BEING TO
BUILD COMMUNITIES ACROSS
SEATTLE.
YOU HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN WITH
THE PRECOCIOUS STATE OF
INEQUITY AS WELL AS INTEREST IN
REMEDYING IT YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY IN THIS BUDGET TO
BEGIN.
WE RECOMMEND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IN COLLABORATION WITH
DIVIDERS CONDUCT A PAY EQUITY
ANALYSIS OF HUMAN SERVICE JOBS
AS COMPARED WITH JOBS THAT
REQUIRE SIMILAR SKILLS,
EDUCATION, AND DIFFICULTY.
WE URGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
ALLOCATE RESOURCES FOR ROBUST,
COMPARABLE WORTH ANALYSIS OF
INCH MARK JOBS.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE $500,000 IN
220 AND WE RECOMMEND A
COMPANION INVESTMENT OF 120,000
FOR COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO COORDINATE
PARTICIPATION OF HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS IN THE DESIGN AND
FERMENTATION OF THIS ANALYSIS.
IN ADDITION WE ENCOURAGE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO RESTORE
FUNDING FOR SPAN ADVOCACY AND
INVEST IN FOR ADDITIONAL
ACTIONS OUTLINED IN OUR
RECOMMENDATION.
TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A
THRIVING COMMUNITY IF WE MAKE
IT OUR PRIORITY INCLUDING A
BUDGETED PRIORITY.
TO THE MEMBERS OF SH SC THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU PATRICIA.
>> 24 COACH LENNY WILKINS AND
25 IS--.
>> I GOT YOUR SOLUTION.
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE ALL THESE
SOLUTIONS.
I TALKED TO 23 STATES, ONE
MISSION WITH VOLUNTARY HOMELESS.
AND HOMELESSNESS IN SEATTLE AND
I'VE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO THIS.
YOU GET $50 MILLION IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE WE
CURRENTLY NEED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN
THIS.
ALSO WE NEED ABOUT $75 MILLION
IN ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICE INCREASE.
ALSO, THE DOMAIN ON ABANDONED
HOUSES, GET FOOD DELIVERY JOBS.
I DO A FOOD DELIVERY JOB AND
MAKE $100 A WEEK.
IT'S EASY TO GET A JOB.
SAVE COLLECTION BOXES, CHANGE
COLLECTION BOXES.
IT REDUCES PANHANDLING BY 75%.
I'VE WITNESSED THAT.
ALSO, FAMILIES, MAKE SURE 2
WEEKS, A MONTH OF IT'S AN
INDIVIDUAL.
ALSO, EDUCATE THE HOMELESS
ABOUT JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF
OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY OUR CITY
HAS AND HOMELESSNESS.
DON'T GIVE MONEY TO CHILDREN
THAT REVOLVER AND HOMELESSNESS
LIKE THE GOSPEL MISSION.
THEY DON'T SOLVE IT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY IF YOU
WANT TO AND HOMELESSNESS AND
SEEING WHAT CAN HAPPEN AND IF
YOU WANT TO AND HOMELESSNESS
THAT'S FINE BUT DON'T EXPECT ME
TO SEE CITIES BE DESTROYED. I
CAN SOLVE THEM.
YOUR CHOICE, NOT MINE.
>> LENNY WILKINS WITH RISE ABOVE
.
>> MY NAME IS JACKIE McCORMICK
FROM THE NEZ PERCE TRIBE. WE
FOCUS ON EMPOWERING YOUTH
EDUCATION IN CREATING RESILIENCY
USING SPORT AS A MODALITY.
WE BELIEVE THAT RISE ABOVE IS
ONE OF ITS KIND AND ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING
THIS PROGRAM TO SEATTLE.
INDIGENOUS YOUTH ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE GROUP OF CHILDREN IN
THE COUNTRY.
OVER A QUARTER OF IN POVERTY
AND ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE
DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE II DIABETES.
MANY SELF-REPORT IN SEATTLE
LACKING A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
IN 2017 WITH 1.5% OF CHILDREN
LIVING IN WASHINGTON'S, THE
FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED
6.3% OF THE POPULATION.
INDIGENOUS YOUTH ARE 30% MORE
LIKELY THAN CAUCASIAN YOUTH TO
BE REFERRED TO JUVENILE COURT
SO WHAT RISE ABOVE DOES IS
RATHER THAN TALK ABOUT A
REACTIVE APPROACH WE ARE
LOOKING AT A PROACTIVE APPROACH
TO KEEPING CHILDREN ON THE
RIGHT PATH.
IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME 5
YEARS AGO THAT I WOULD HAVE
THIS DREAM TEAM OF PEOPLE
BEHIND ME INCLUDING ONE OF THE
MOST ICONIC FIGURES IN SEATTLE
SUPPORTING RISE ABOVE I WOULDN'T
HAVE BELIEVED YOU SO WITHOUT
FURTHER ADO, COACH WILKINS?
>> I'M LENNY WILKINS.
I'M AN ADVOCATE.
[ APPLAUSE ] I AM AN ADVOCATE
OF SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY ARE TOMORROW'S DOCTORS
LAWYERS AND CITIZENS AND OUR
FUTURE HERE IN SEATTLE SO I
DEFINITELY SUPPORT RISE ABOVE.
RISE ABOVE EMPOWERS NATIVE YOUTH
TO LIVE HEALTHY LIVES BY
PROVIDING AWARENESS, PREVENTION,
AND CHARACTER ENRICHMENT USING
SPORTS AS A MODALITY.
SO I SUPPORT JACKIE BECAUSE I
AM ALL ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
SEATTLE.
>> STINKY.
>> I'M THE COFOUNDER OF RISE
ABOVE AND WE ARE BLESSED TO
HAVE COACH WILKINS BE ONE OF
OUR PARTNERS.
THERE ARE 2 THINGS I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE.
ONE IS THAT WE ARE ABOUT
PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.
WE WANT TO GET TO THAT 11 AND
12-YEAR-OLD NATIVE YOUTH,
SPECIFICALLY URBAN NATIVE YOUTH
WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
RESOURCES AND MAY BE
DISCONNECTED.
YOUTH SPORTS ARE EXPENSIVE
TODAY SO WE BREAK DOWN THE COST
BARRIER.
>> YOU CAN RAISE THAT
MICROPHONE UP.
>> JACKIE WAS A POINT GUARD.
SORRY.
>> SO WE GET TO THEM UP FRONT,
11 AND 12-YEAR-OLD TO
INTERACTIVE PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTION.
WE KNOW THAT THE FIRST USES OF
DRUGS OR ALCOHOL OCCUR AT 11 OR
12 YEARS OLD.
WE GET TO THEM EARLY.
ON THE BACKEND I WILL GIVE YOU
A PERSONAL STORY.
I WORK WITH 5 NATIVE GIRLS OUT
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. AMAZING
YOUNG WOMEN.
THEY WERE 17 YEARS OLD.
IT WAS A DECADE AGO.
WE'VE LOST 3 OF THEM AND THE
OTHER 2, I DON'T KNOW WHERE
THEY ARE AT.
RISE ABOVE CAN FULFILL THAT NEED
TO REENGAGE CHILDREN AS THEY
AGE OUT OF A PROGRAM SYSTEM OR
FOSTER CARE ENVIRONMENT.
WE CAN BE THAT NEED AND FULFILL
THAT GAP HERE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
>> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS.
BASKETBALL IS A DRIVING SPORT
IN NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.
IF WE SAY, JACKIE AND I, WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A PREVENTATIVE
CLINIC FOR DRUGS AND ALCOHOL WE
WILL HAVE 4 KIDS SHOW UP BUT IF
WE SAY WE WILL HAVE COACH
WILKINS SPEAK TO YOU, IT'S A
FREE CLINIC OR FREE ACTIVITY
AND WE WILL ENGAGE THEM IN
BASKETBALL AND HAVE 300 KIDS
SHOW UP.
>> URBAN NATIVE KIDS NEED A
PLACE TO GO PLAY AND
PARTICIPATE.
I GUARANTEE YOU THEY WILL COME,
THEY WILL PLAY, AND THEY WILL
PARTICIPATE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M AN INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
LAWYER AND HAVE PARTNERED WITH
RISE ABOVE THE NONPROFIT THAT
I'VE RUN WHICH FOCUSES ON
INCARCERATED INDIGENOUS
CITIZENS IN USE.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON TO MAKE SURE
INCARCERATED RELATIVES GET WHAT
THEY NEED TO REINTEGRATE INTO
SOCIETY AND AS FOR YOUTH WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY FIND A
BETTER WAY. SPECIFICS THAT SHE
SHARED WITH ME SHOULD BE
ASTONISHING PARTICULARLY THE
FACT THAT MANY ARE REFERRED
INTO THE SYSTEM RATHER THAN A
WAY IS THERE CAUCASIAN
COUNTERPARTS.
WE WORK TO GET THEM BEFORE THEY
END UP IN THE PRISON PIPELINE
SYSTEM AND ARE OTHERWISE LOST.
>> WE HAVE 2 LETTERS TO THE
CLERK.
>> BRIAN ROBINSON THANK YOU FOR
BEING PART OF THIS.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> AURORA LICKED AND SPRINGS
URBAN VILLAGE. 2526 AND 27.
>> MY NAME IS LEAH ANDERSON AND
AS HE MENTIONED I LIVE IN THE
AURORA LICKED IN URBAN VILLAGE
AND AM A MEMBER OF THAT GROUP.
IF YOU ARE NOT A MINUTE AWARE
THEY CAME INTO PLACE IN THE 90s
AND THE AREA IS NORTH 84th TO
NORTH 110th INTERSECTED BY
AURORA AVENUE.
WE WERE FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH
THE CITY TO GET ZONING CHANGED
FROM COMMERCIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR
DENSE DEVELOPMENT ALONG AURORA
AVENUE, IDEALLY HOUSING ABOVE
TO ADD TO THE DENSITY WE
ALREADY HAVE ON PARALLEL
STREETS.
WITH THAT DENSITY WE NEED
PLACES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OF WHAT
SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A
RESIDENTIAL URBAN VILLAGE.
WE DON'T HAVE SERVICES SUCH AS
A GROCER, A PHARMACY, A BANK,
POST OFFICE, AND WE DON'T HAVE
COMMUNITY CITY INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE ONE PARK BUT DOESN'T
EVEN COVER THE WHOLE AREA IN
THE 5 MINUTE WALK REQUIREMENT
BUT WHAT WE ARE HERE ASKING FOR
IS FOR YOU TO FUND THE
FEASIBILITY STUDY AND FOR A
COMMUNITY CENTER SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS A PLACE
TOGETHER TOGETHER.
WE NEED A PLACE FOR KIDS
FAMILIES SENIORS AND TEENAGERS
TO GO.
AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO GET TO
COMMUNITY CENTERS.
IT'S A NOMINAL ASK BUT WILL
HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE
COMMUNITY AND THE FIRST STEP TO
GETTING A COMMUNITY CENTER IS
THE FEASIBILITY STUDY SO PLEASE
APPROVE THAT IN THE BUDGET.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS KEVIN WATLEY INTO
ECHO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT LEAH
HAD TO SAY, WE ARE ONE OF THE
URBAN VILLAGES THAT IS
UNDERSERVED AND UNDERFUNDED.
I BELIEVE THE SYSTEM THAT
SEATTLE HAS HAS HIGH DENSITY
AND GROWTH BUT WHEN YOU DRIVE
UP, PEOPLE JUST WANT TO DRIVE
THROUGH IT.
THEY ARE NOT AWARE THERE'S AN
INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY WE ARE
TRYING TO BUILD HERE TOGETHER.
THAT WAS IMPORTANT WHEN WE
STARTED ALOVE.
WHEN I STAND BACK AND LOOK AT
YOU I'M PROUD THAT YOU ARE IN
CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE AT THE END
OF THE DAY IT TAKES A
COMMUNITY COUNCIL LIKE YOU.
THE IDEA IS ACTUALLY TO BUILD
AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY, THE SAME
THING WE ARE TRYING TO DO TODAY.
I WANT TO ECHO ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
I WANT TO SUPPORT ALL OF YOU
BECAUSE IT IS AMAZING WE HAVE
THIS SAFE SPACE FOR DIVERSE
VOICES TOGETHER AND SHARE
OPINIONS.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE TRYING
TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A LACK OF AMENITIES,
EVEN SIDEWALKS, BUT ALL PEEPER
OF-- PEOPLE OF COLOR DESERVE TO
FEEL SAFE FOR VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS, YOUNG CHILDREN,
AND HAVING A BASIC COMMUNITY
CENTER, WE ARE ACTUALLY ONE OF
THE HIGHEST NEEDS AREAS AND ONE
OF THE MOST UNDERFUNDED
COMMUNITY VILLAGE IN ALL OF
SEATTLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT CAPITOL HILL,
LAKE CITY WAY, BALLARD, ALL OF
THESE ARE THRIVING BUSINESS
DISTRICTS IN WHICH WE ARE
TRYING TO BUILD STEP-BY-STEP
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
IMPORTANT IS RECOGNIZING THE
COMMUNITY FIRST AND GIVING US A
SAFE SPACE TOGETHER AND FOR
POPULATIONS TO COME TO FIRST.
>> THIS BUDGET BEFORE YOU, IT
IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT
TO GO THROUGH AND YOU WILL HAVE
TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS BUT
THIS IS A SMALL ASK THAT WILL
AFFECT AN ENTIRE URBAN VILLAGE
AND IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT.
JUST OVER $100,000.
THAT'S ALL IT'S GOING TO TAKE
TO HELP INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO THINK YOUR TIME
LEADERSHIP AND SAFE SPACE FOR
ALL OF THESE OPINIONS TO BE
ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE
CAUSES.
I LOVE SEATTLE.
I LOVE OUR PROGRESSIVE VALUES,
THAT WE CAN ORGANIZE AND TALK
AND SHARE THESE THINGS WITH
YOU.
I WILL BE BRIEF AND GIVE THE
REST OF MY MINUTES TO OTHER
PEOPLE HERE.
>> THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.
>> IS IT DEEP HOURS?
>> DEEP HOURS CASSANDRA GASPARD
AND THE NUMBER 28.
>> GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I AM HERE WITH SOME OF MY
FRIENDS FROM STOP THE SWEEP
SEATTLE.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT EVICTION
CAUSES SIGNIFICANT HARM AND ARE
A MAJOR DRAIN ON FUNDING AND
RESOURCES.
I AM HERE AS SOMEONE WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCED AND FIRSTHAND
KNOWLEDGE TO OFFER THE CITY
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND HUMANE
ALTERNATIVES TO ENCAMPMENT
SUITES.
I HAVE STOOD IN WITNESS AS MY
NEIGHBORS ARE EVICT TO FROM
WHAT LITTLE STABILITY THEY HAVE
FOUND WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES
THEY HAVE CREATED.
I HAVE SEEN TEARS IN SHEER PANIC
IN THE EYES OF GROWN MEN AS
THEY SCRAMBLE TO SAVE MEDICINE
AND DOCUMENTS BEFORE IT IS
THROWN IN A DUMP TRUCK.
I HAVE SEEN THE CITY DESTROY
NEWLY DONATED TENTS. THEY
PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH AN ADEQUATE
BUT ESSENTIAL PROTECTION FROM
THE ELEMENTS.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE
INVESTIGATED 122 HOMELESS DEATHS
IN SEATTLE LAST YEAR.
WITH WINTER COMING, I'M GETTING
WORRIED ABOUT THE THOUSANDS WHO
ARE ABOUT TO FACE A DEADLY
SEASON WITHOUT SHELTER.
ENCAMPMENT EVICTIONS SCATTER
PEOPLE MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR
SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS TO RESUME
SERVICES AS IT CAN ALSO OFTEN
TAKE WEEKS TO REESTABLISH
CONTACT WITH HOUSEHOLDS LOST
DURING THE SHUFFLE.
ADDITIONALLY, REPLACING SURVIVOR
-- LIKE SIPPING BLOGS-- LIKE
SLEEPING BAGS WE HELP SALVAGE.
HERE ARE 5 IDEAS I WOULD LIKE
TO SHARE AS ALTERNATIVES TO THE
CRUELTY OF ENCAMPMENT SUITES.
PROVIDE BASIC SANITATION
SERVICES FOR ESTABLISHED
ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE NOT ON THE
HAZARD SLEEP LIFT.
THIS COULD BE SOMETHING AS
MINIMAL AS MEETING UN REFUGEE
CAMP PROTOCOLS.
THAT'S ONE PORTABLE TOILET PER
20 OR 30 PEOPLE AND A WEEKLY
TRASH PICKUP.
PREEMPTIVE SANITATION OPTIONS
ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE LESS
EXPENSIVE THAN MOPPING UP AFTER
WHAT COULD BE MONTHS OF NEGLECT.
THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN
THEIR DIGNITY.
WE NEED TO REDUCE THE BUDGET
ALLOTTED TO THE NAVIGATION
TEAMS SWEEP ACTIVITY.
HAZARD AND SAFETY SWEEPS ARE
NECESSARY IN CASES WHERE FOLKS
ARE LEGITIMATELY IN DANGER BUT
THESE ARE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF
THOSE CURRENTLY HAPPENING.
IT WOULD BE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE
TO ADD SOCIAL WORKERS, SUBTRACT
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN REVERSE THE
EVICTION POWER ONLY TO HAZARD
AND SAFETY SWEEPS WHERE LIVES
ARE IN IMMINENT DANGER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU.
WE ALSO NEED TO REESTABLISH AN
AFFORDABLE, SAFE OVERNIGHT
PARKING PROGRAM WITH SOME OF
THAT MONEY WE ARE REDIRECTING
FROM THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND
THEIR CLEANUP CREWS.
VEHICLE RESIDENCY IS ON THE RISE
AND I'M SURE WE CAN ALL AGREE
THAT COMPLICATES THE LIVES OF
VISIT BUSINESS OWNERS AND
RESIDENTS ALIKE.
WE NEED TO BUILD AND SUPPORT
MORE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, NOT
BE SHUTTING THEM DOWN.
HOMELESS NEIGHBORS
OVERWHELMINGLY PREFER TINY
HOUSES.
THEY ASK FOR IT AS FIRST CHOICE
ALMOST EVERY TIME.
THEY ARE EASY TO SECURE, EASY
TO MAINTAIN, THEY CREATE
DIGNITY AND PRIVACY WITHIN THE
COMMUNITIES.
IT IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND IF
IT'S GOING TO HOUSE PEOPLE
BETTER THAN SHUFFLING THEM BACK
AND FORTH WHO ARE WE TO SAY NO?
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I ASK THAT
YOU AS THE CITY CONSIDER A
POLICY CHANGE TOWARDS THE
HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM.
IT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO WORK IN
EVERY AREA THAT HAS IMPLEMENTED
IT EXCEPT WASHINGTON DC. EVERY
AREA.
SEATTLE PIONEERED THIS STYLE OF
SERVICE 15 YEARS AGO AND IS
TRYING TO EXPAND.
REPEAT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN WHEN
AN INDIVIDUAL'S ENVIRONMENT IS
STABILIZED DEPENDENCE ON
SUBSTANCES DECREASES IN THEIR
PREFERENCE TOWARD GETTING HELP
AND PSYCHIATRIC CARE INCREASES.
THE TIME IS LONG OVERDUE TO
ADMIT THAT POLICIES SURROUNDING
ENCAMPMENT SWEEPS ARE CRUEL,
INEFFECTIVE, AND FISCALLY
IRRESPONSIBLE.
THEY RUN CONTRARY TO THE VALUES
OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE GOT
TO DECREASE THE SUFFERING AND
GET PEOPLE HOUSED.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> 27 IS CASSANDRA, 20 IS 28
AND 29 IS RICH CASE MANAGEMENT.
I'M SORRY, I CANNOT-- MAY BE
BARBARA? GOOD EVENING
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS CASSANDRA AND I'M A
RESIDENT OF ONE OF THE TINY
VILLAGES AND I WANT TO SAY WHEN
I BECAME EVICTED FROM MY HOUSE
IN APRIL I WAS LIVING IN MY
BRAND-NEW CAR WHICH THEN GOT
REPOSSESSED AND I CAN'T TELL
YOU HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO HAVE A
TINY VILLAGE HOUSE WHERE I CAN
CLOSE THE DOOR AND NOT WORRY
ABOUT MY BELONGINGS BEING
STOLEN.
NOT WORRY ABOUT SOMEONE TRYING
TO STAB ME ON THE STREET TO NOT
GET MY SHOES, AND LET ALONE
SUFFERING WITH THE ELEMENTS IN
THE COLD AND WET.
I CANNOT SPEAK FOR ALL THE
HOMELESS PEOPLE BUT CAN SPEAK
FOR MYSELF THAT HAVING A SAFE
SECURE AND SOBER ENVIRONMENT
HAS GIVEN ME THE STABILITY TO
BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THE NEXT
STEPS TO TRANSITIONING TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
I ASK FOR EXPANSION OF THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES.
>> THANK YOU CASSANDRA.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> MY NAME IS ERIC DAVIS.
I AM A SITE COORDINATOR BUT I'M
ALSO A COFOUNDER OF CAMP 2nd
CHANCE.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
EXPANSION OF TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
JUST AS A RESIDENT SAID.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED IS
SAFETY SUPPORT AND HEAT.
AS THE SEASON GOES AROUND THIS
IS ONE OF THE WORST TIMES I
REMEMBER EXPERIENCING INTENSE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY WAY TO STAY
WARM.
IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I
WANT ALL THE OTHER HOMELESS TO
EXPERIENCE THE GOOD THINGS THAT
WE ARE BUILDING IN THESE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES.
WE NEED THAT..
SAFETY AND STRONG, PEOPLE GO UP
TO WORK WITH THE SMILE AND
PEOPLE CAN'T REPLACE THAT.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO EXPERIENCE
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SO I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT EACH OF
YOU TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE
VILLAGES IN THE WINTER AND SEE
WHAT WE ARE SAYING.
YOU WILL SEE THEM OPEN A WARM
DOOR AND GREET YOU.
SOMEONE COMING FROM WORK.
SOMEONE NOT ANGRY TO SEE YOU.
BECAUSE ALL OF THAT STRESS IS
GONE.
FOR MY HOMELESS BROTHERS AND
SISTERS, THANK YOU.
>> I AM JUST ECHOING THE VOICE
OF MANY YOU SEEN SPEAKING ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS AND TINY HOMES.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO
SPEAK ON THE MATTER AND SPEAK
FOR ALL OF US IN THAT MANNER.
AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS
ABOUT UPLIFTING FALLEN HUMANITY
AND WE KNOW THOSE ON THE
STREETS THAT NEED THE HELPING
HAND OR THAT PLACE THEY CAN BE
WARM, SAFE, AND SURE OF THEIR
NEXT DESTINATION BASED ON
HAVING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD,
BEING ABLE TO PREPARE FOR A JOB
OR COME BACK FROM ONCE HAVING A
HOME.
I'M JUST ECHOING A VOICE AND I
HOPE THAT YOU HEAR THE ECHO
BECAUSE IT IS LOUD AND CLEAR.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I'M A VETERAN.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN
IN A HOMELESS CAMP IN A TIMELY
VILLAGE-- TINY VILLAGE VISITING?
HOW MANY OF YOU ALL?
I WOULD INVITE YOU TO SEE THE
2nd CHANCE HOME AND I THINK YOU
WILL FIND IT ENLIGHTENING.
PEOPLE GREET YOU AND OFFER YOU
A CUP OF COFFEE. I THINK YOU
WOULD LIKE THAT.
A LOT OF US WERE NOT THAT WAY A
YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
I WAS UNDER FIRST AVENUE
BRIDGE.
I WAS DOING COPPER, SCRAPS,
EVERYTHING I COULD TO SURVIVE.
NOW I HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB, A
TRUCK, I'M ON THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CAMP.
I HAVE MY DIGNITY BACK.
AND IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN
YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU HAVE A
COMMUNITY YOU CAN WALK INTO OR
WALKOUT AT 5:00 IN C 20 OTHER
PEOPLE GOING TO WORK.
THIS IS YOUR NORMAL HOMELESS
VILLAGE AND THIS IS WHAT A GOOD
VILLAGE DOES, TO MAKE COMMUNITY
MAKE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M KYLE MALONE.
I LIVE AT CAMP 2nd CHANCE.
THIS IS THE ONLY FORMAT THAT I
HAVE SEEN OR KNOW OF THAT WORKS
TO FIX YOUR HOMELESS PROBLEM.
I HAVE SECURITY THERE.
I HAVE FOOD AND CLOTHING.
IT IS SAFE, AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU ALL FOR
COMING.
>> BARBARA?
AND THEN WE HAVE REACH CASE
MANAGEMENT.
SOMEBODY JOHNSON.
NUMBER 30.
28, 29, AND 30.
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS DEBBIE CARLSON AND I
AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
LGBTQ ALLY SHIP AND WE REPRESENT
NEARLY 4000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS
IN KING COUNTY AND BEYOND.
ALLY SHIP HAS BEEN WORKING ON
HOUSING ISSUES FOR 4 1/2 YEARS.
FROM A REPORT ADDRESSING LGBTQ
INEQUITIES HOUSING AND SENIOR
SERVICES, 4 OUT OF 5 SENIORS
EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION BUT
DID NOT REPORT IT.
IT IS REPORTED THAT 40% OF
LGBTQ SENIORS EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS.
OF THIS REPORT OF 2017 WE
DISCOVERED THAT MARGINALIZED
RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN
ECONOMICALLY EVICTED AND OVER
60% HAVE EXPERIENCED A RISE IN
RENT OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS.
ALLY SHIP HAS BEEN CONDUCTING
RENTERS RIGHTS FOR OVER A YEAR
AND HAVE OUR OWN LGBTQ RENTERS
RIGHTS CURRICULUM. THROUGH OUR
WORK WITH RENTERS SENIORS AND
HOMELESS YOUTH, WE KNOW THAT
EDUCATION ORGANIZING AND
AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING ABOUT
HOUSING RESOURCES PREVENTS
UNLAWFUL EVICTIONS AND
DISPLACEMENT FOR AND TRANS
YOUTH AND ELDERS.
WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT
KNOWS WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES NEED
AROUND HOUSING JUSTICE.
PLEASE FULLY FUND TENANT
EDUCATION ORGANIZING AND
OUTREACH WORK SO WE CAN TRULY
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS,
DISPLACEMENT, AND HOUSING
DISCRIMINATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU
TO BARBARA, A MEMBER OF OUR
LGBTQ SENIOR HOUSING ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
>> IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO I CAME
OUT AS TRANS AND I FACE A LOT
OF ANGER, A LOT OF
DISCRIMINATION, AND THERE WERE
EVEN PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING TO
KILL ME INCLUDING MEMBERS OF MY
OWN FAMILY.
AND FROM TIME TO TIME, MYSELF.
I SURVIVED ALL THAT AND NOW I'M
AT A DIFFERENT POINT IN MY
LIFE.
I NO LONGER FACE DISCRIMINATION
BECAUSE I AM TRANS.
I NOW FACE DISCRIMINATION
BECAUSE I'M OLD.
I'M 71 AND I'VE BEEN OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY WHERE I LIVE BUT
BEING OUT IN THAT COMMUNITY IS
NOT AS SIMPLE AS PAYING MY RENT
ON TIME.
IT'S ABOUT LIVING WITH EACH
OTHER LITERALLY IN SMALL PUBLIC
HOUSING UNITS.
WHEN I GOT THERE I FACED EVERY
BIT OF DISCRIMINATION THAT I
EXPERIENCED WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
AND I FACED NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE
THAT DID NOT WANT TO KNOW ME.
I HAD TO GIVE BACK.
I HAD TO MAKE A FORMULA TO BE
ABLE TO LIVE THERE AND NOT LIVE
ON THE STREET.
AND WHAT I DID WAS CALL ON MY
SKILLS.
I KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO
KNOW ABOUT COMPUTERS.
I HAVE THE SKILLS, I HAD
COMPUTERS OF MY OWN, AND I
STARTED TEACHING CLASSES.
I TAUGHT GRANDPARENTS HOW TO
WRITE EMAILS TO THEIR GRANDKIDS.
I TAUGHT HOW TO USE A CATALOG.
HOW CAN YOU BUY SOMETHING ON
THE INTERNET?
HOW DO YOU KEEP FROM GETTING
SCAMMED?
SUDDENLY I WAS ONE OF THE
HOTTEST PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE
BUILDING.
[ LAUGHTER ] IT WORKED SO WELL
THAT SHA DECIDED TO EXPAND MY
CLASSES TO 3 OTHER BUILDINGS.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF WORK
THAT ALLYSHIP CONTRIBUTES TO
THE WORLD, THAT PEACE THROUGH
UNDERSTANDING.
THAT IS WHY I AM SO PROUD TO
STAND HERE WITH DEBBIE AND
TOBIAS-- I'M SORRY.
I AM REALLY PROUD TO BE HERE
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LISTENING.
THANK YOU.
>> I'M PROUD OF YOU TOO.
THANK YOU.
>> I AM THE ECONOMIC PROGRAM
COORDINATOR AT LGBTQ ALLYSHIP
FUNDED THROUGH THE OLS AND I
STAND BY EVERYTHING SAID HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I LIKE THAT.
>> 29 IS REACH CASE MANAGEMENT
AND IT LOOKS LIKE, MAYBE IT'S
CAROL BUT IT'S JOHNSON, NUMBER
30.
31 IS TRULY.
>>-- JULIE.
>> MY NAME IS MARCUS AND I'M A
LEAD CASE MANAGER WORKING
SPECIFICALLY ON AURORA.
I STAND TODAY BEFORE YOU AS A
VETERAN AND A MENTOR OF THE
NORTH TEAM.
I WAS TASKED WITH WORKING WITH
THE MEN IN THE HOMELESS AREA OF
AURORA.
OF THESE ARE MEN BATTERED DAILY
DAILY BY VIGILANTES THERE TO
TEAR UP TENTS OR THROW BIX
BRICKS WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR A WARM PLACE TO SLEEP AT
NIGHT.
BREAKING DOWN VULNERABILITY
ISSUES FOR THESE MEN AND
EMPOWERING THEM TO BE STRONGMEN
AND LEADERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE
TO TELL TO SOME OF MY MEN IS TO
HAVE THE ABILITY TO FAIL
FORWARD.
A LOT OF THESE MEN FAIL EVERY
DAY OF THEIR LIVES WHETHER THAT
BE WITH ADDICTION OR HAVING TO
STEAL FOOD TO GET BY FOR THE
DAY.
ONE OF THE MEN THAT TOOK TO
THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
CLIENTS WHO CHOSE TO FAIL
FORWARD AND IS NO LONGER
SERVING A SIX-YEAR SENTENCE.
HE'S FREE OUT IN HIS OWN, HE
STAYS AT THE XANADU AND IS
DOING WELL FOR HIMSELF LOOKING
TO GET HIS LICENSE. HE IS
EMPLOYED AND HAS BEEN EMPLOYED
AND FREE FROM HEROIN FOR CLOSE
TO A YEAR NOW.
WE ARE DOING GREAT WORK HERE
AND I AM THE ONLY MALE FOR THE
TEAM.
I WORKED NEXT TO A GAGGLE OF
WOMEN WHO ARE VERY STRONG.
I ASK YOU GIVE US THE GRANT SO
WE CAN CONTINUE TO HELP THESE
MEN AND WOMEN ON AURORA FAIL
FORWARD INSTEAD OF FAIL
BACKWARDS EVERY DAY.
>> THANK YOU MARCUS.
>> MY NAME IS STEPHANIE
HARRISON I'M ALSO A CASE MANAGER
AND WORK UP ON AURORA.
MY CLIENT LOAD IS MAINLY WOMEN
WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
SEX TRADE AND HIGHLY ADDICTIVE.
I AM A SURVIVOR AND USED TO
WORK ON AURORA FOR 10 YEARS SO
TO BE OUT THERE AND TO SERVE IN
A PLACE WHERE MY PERSONAL
TRAUMA HAS BEEN HAS BEEN
REWARDING AND SO PRIVILEGED AND
HONORED TO DO THAT.
I OFTEN LOOK AT CLIENTS AND THE
ABILITY, LIKE OUR CASELOADS AND
THINGS WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH
THEM.
I WISH THAT ALL OF THOSE YEARS
I WOULD HAVE BEEN, THERE WOULD
HAVE BEEN A CASE MANAGER FOR
WOMEN AND MEN THAT I KNOW OUT
THERE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY MONEY IS
THE MOTIVE AND WE NEED MORE TO
HELP PEOPLE JUST LIKE ME.
IF WE WANT TO SERVE THIS
POPULATION WE NEED PEOPLE WITH
LIFE EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO
COME IN AND SHARE THAT LIFE
EXPERIENCE TO HELP THEM.
[ APPLAUSE ] AND NEED A PROPER
GRANT TO GET THERE.
I WAS BLESSED ENOUGH.
I'M A WHITE WOMAN.
I HAD A LOT OF PRIVILEGE IN MY
RECOVERY BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE
WOMEN OF COLOR WHO FACED THE
SAME STORY AS ME, THEIR TRAIL
WAS DIFFERENT THAN MINE.
I GET TO DO THIS WORK EVERY DAY
BUT I SEE PEOPLE WHO COULD BE
DOING THIS WORK BUT DON'T HAVE
THE ABILITY TO GET THERE FOR
WHATEVER LACK OF RESOURCES.
I REALLY WANT TO PUSH FORWARD A
PRIME EXAMPLE OF OUR CASELOAD
AND HOW TAXING IT IS.
TODAY I WAS TIED UP WITH THE
CLIENTS AND MARCUS FOUND
ANOTHER ONE OF MY CLIENTS ON
AURORA IN A BROAD AND LIKINGS
SOAKING WET WITH NO FOOD,
NOTHING.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET TO HER.
LOVELY MARCUS HAD FREE TIME BUT
IT'S RARE FOR US TO HAVE FREE
TIME.
IF WE ARE THE ONLY ONES HELPING
THIS HUGE POPULATION THERE ARE
NOT PEOPLE SERVING WOMEN
WORKING IN PROSTITUTION, MEN
WORKING IN PROSTITUTION WHO ARE
HIGHLY ADDICTIVE.
THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS DOING
ANTITRAFFICKING WORK BUT THEY
ARE NOT SERVING PEOPLE WHO ARE
NODDING OFF IN THEIR PLACE.
THEY ARE GETTING KICKED OUT FOR
THAT, YOU KNOW?
LEAD AND REACH ARE DOING THIS
WORK, DOING IT WELL, SO WHY TRY
TO FIX SOMETHING THAT IS
WORKING?
WE ARE DOING IT.
WE ARE DOING THE WORK.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HELP US AND
SUPPORT US.
WE ARE PRETTY BAD ááá. THANK
YOU.
>> ARE YOU NUMBER 30?
BEFORE YOU START ARE YOU 30?
HOLD THAT FOR JUST A 2nd WOULD
YOU?
AND JULIE IS 31 AND IDA BELL IS
32.
>> MY NAME IS CARA JOHNSON AND
I'M AN ADVOCATE WITH THE LOCAL
CAMPAIGN YES TO DRUG USER
HEALTH.
I AM HERE TO ASK FOR THE
SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE
METHAMPHETAMINE RESEARCH PILOT
INTO THE COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
FOR SPONSORING THIS AD.
THANK YOU ALSO TO CHAIR KEOSHE
AND COUNCILMEMBER TRAN20 5 FOR
SUPPORT.
THIS IS COMING FROM A LOCAL
TREATMENT EXPERT AND HAS A WIDE
RANGE OF DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING EVERGREEN TREATMENT
SERVICE, THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND COUNSELING
SERVICES.
THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY HAS SHOWN
IMMENSE LEADERSHIP PROVIDING
FUNDING INTERVENTION DOLLARS
FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER BUT WE
HAVE A CRISIS OF
METHAMPHETAMINE ISSUES AND YOUR
ATTENTION IS AGAIN NEEDED.
THIS MODEST BUDGET EDITION CAN
CREATE AND BE A LEADER FOR
THOSE IMPACTED BY SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER.
I HOLD A MASTERS IN PUBLIC
HEALTH AND VOLUNTEER EVERY WEEK
AT THE NEEDLE EXCHANGE.
THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT DRUG
USERS REQUEST HIS TREATMENT AND
ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO REDUCE USE
AND RELATED HARMS.
THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO TAKE
CARE OF THEMSELVES AND WOULD
LOVE TO HAVE EVIDENCE-BASED
OPTIONS FOR METHAMPHETAMINE
TREATMENT.
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THIS
AND SUPPORTING THIS MUCH-NEEDED
RESEARCH.
I WILL PASS THIS TO MY
COLLEAGUE.
>> MY NAME IS RICHARD WATERS.
I'M A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN IN
THE COMMUNITY AND WORK WITH AN
AMAZING TEAM OF
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROFESSIONALS
INCLUDING THE WONDERFUL FOLKS
AT LEAD AND FULLY PROMOTE THEIR
SICK EXPANSION.
TO EMBRACE AND WELCOME THOSE
WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
AND SEE THEM LINKED WITH
HOUSING OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE
FOR THE FUTURE, AND EVIDENCE-
BASED TREATMENTS FOR OPIOID USE
DISORDER IN THE FORM OF
MEDICATIONS.
THE TRANSFORMATION CAN BE HUGE.
IT IS QUITE AMAZING TO SEE THE
NUMBER OF CLIENTS AND THE
PROGRESS THEY HAVE MADE.
WE DO NOT YET HAVE THE SAME
TREATMENTS FOR METHAMPHETAMINE
USE DISORDER.
THERE HAS BEEN RESEARCH BUT NOT
SUFFICIENT.
THE IDEA OF CITY COUNCIL
FUNDING A RESEARCH PILOT TO
BROADEN THE SCOPE OF KNOWLEDGE
AND SEE WHAT ARE OUR TOOLS TO
HELP CLIENTS WITH
METHAMPHETAMINE USE DISORDER
MAY SEEM OFF AND YET THIS IS OF
GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE
CITIZENS, TO SO THOSE WITH
DISORDERS AND THE BROADER
PUBLIC.
THERE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN AN
OUTCRY HOPING FOR SOLUTIONS.
SOME OF THE PROPOSALS WE'VE
HEARD TODAY, AMAZING HOUSING
CAN CERTAINLY HELP OPPORTUNITIES
AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
OUR ASK IS TO FUND THE PILOT
FOR A METHAMPHETAMINE STUDY IN
HOPES OF GETTING MORE
INFORMATION ON WHETHER A
CERTAIN MEDICATION COULD BE USED
TO HELP CLIENTS REDUCE OR STOP
METHAMPHETAMINE USE.
MANY PATIENTS DESIRE THAT BUT
ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE CYCLE OF
CRAVINGS USE AND WITHDRAWAL,
STRUGGLING TO BREAK OUT OF THAT
STRIKE CYCLE.
SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING ARE
AN ESSENTIAL STEP.
ADMITTEDLY THIS IS ONE SMALL
PIECE BUT COULD GIVE US IN THE
COMMUNITY MORE TOOLS TO TREAT
THE CRISIS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> YOU BET.
>> JULIE, AND ELLIOTT SWANSON.
31, 32, 33 OUR NEXT.
>> MY NAME IS JULIE STILLMAN.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE MOBILE
PITSTOP PROGRAM.
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO I CAME
OUT FROM MY HOUSE AND SAW HUMAN
FECES DOWN THE SIDE OF MY
NEIGHBORS HOUSE.
I CLEANED IT WITH A FEELING OF
COMPASSION AND DISCUSSED.
I GASPED AT HOW DESPERATE THAT
PERSON MUST HAVE FELT.
THEY WERE IN DESPERATE NEED OF
A TOILET.
INTO THE MOBILE PITSTOP HOGAN.
THESE INCLUDE NOT ONLY TOILETS
BUT NEEDLE DISPOSAL AND DOG POOP
DISPOSAL.
THEY ARE MOBILE AND CAN BE MOVED
ANYWHERE AROUND THE CITY IN
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED IT AS
NEEDED.
THEY COST LESS THAN PORTLAND'S
PROGRAM SO WE ARE NOT ASKING
FOR SOME EXTRAVAGANT PROGRAM,
AND THIS IS NOT JUST A MATTER
OF CONVENIENCE.
IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THAT
NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS
WITH TOILETS IN THE PAST AND
THEY'VE BEEN USED FOR DRUG
DEALERS OR OTHER USES.
BUT THERE ARE ATTENDANCE WHO
WOULD BE MONITORING USE AND I
THINK THAT MAKES A HUGE
DIFFERENCE.
>> I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS A BUS
DRIVER AND A NUMBER OF YEARS
AGO HE WAS THINKING ABOUT A
BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR A FRIEND.
WHAT HE DID WAS, HE TOOK A KEY
AND MADE A DUPLICATE AND GAVE
IT TO HIS FRIEND FOR A BIRTHDAY
PRESENT.
THIS KEY WAS VERY PRECIOUS
BECAUSE IT WAS THE BUS DRIVERS
SECRET KEY TO ALL OF THE
TOILETS IN THE CITY FOR BUS
DRIVERS.
HE IS RETIRED, YOU WILL NEVER
FIND HIM.
BUT I THINK NOT ALL OF US HAVE
A BUS DRIVER FRIEND SO I URGE
YOU TO FUND 5 MOBILE PITSTOP'S.
>> NICE.
THANK YOU.
>> ELLIOTT 33 AND KATRINA
JOHNSON 34.
>> I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
THE YWCA OF SEATTLE KING AND
SNOHOMISH COUNTIES.
I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR
CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE
COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES FUNDING THAT
PARTICIPANTS NEED IN ORDER TO
MOVE CLOSER TO THRIVING IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES.
FIRST OF ALL WE WOULD LIKE TO
THANK YOU FOR ENACTING AN
AUTOMATIC ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT FOR
INFLATION ON ALL OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES CONTRACTS THROUGH HST.
THERE IS GREAT WORK BEING DONE
TO BUILD WELL-BEING IN
COMMUNITIES ACROSS SEATTLE AND
WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THAT BY
MAKING NO CUTS TO SERVICES.
>> ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES WAS
NOT ADDRESSED BY THE MAYOR AND
THEREFORE WE ARE ASKING YOU TO
PLEASE FUND A LONG-TERM LEGACY
OF UNDERPAID HUMAN SERVICE
WORKERS.
HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE
SKILLED PROFESSIONALS WITH
SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE.
TYPICALLY ONCE WORKERS HAVE
ACQUIRED THOSE SKILLS, PAY AND
EQUITY IN NONPROFIT WORK FORCE
THEM TO LOOK FOR BETTER PAYING
JOBS.
THIS LEADS TO HIGH TURNOVER OF
GOOD WORKERS AND RISKS TO
PARTICIPANTS NOT GETTING THE
HIGHEST QUALITY HELP THAT THEY
COULD.
WE ARE ASKING YOU ALLOCATE THE
RESOURCES NEEDED TO TAKE ON A
COMPARABLE WORTH ANALYSIS WHICH
WOULD COST BETWEEN 500 AND
$600,000 IN 2020 AS A FIRST STEP
IN HELPING AND THIS INEQUITY.
SECONDLY WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU
TAKE ACTION ON THE PROPOSAL OF
THE MAYOR TO FUND AND IMPLEMENT
A MUCH-NEEDED COUNTYWIDE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE WHICH
WILL PROVIDE IMMEDIATE CRISIS
SUPPORT AND COUNSELING AND
SERVE AS A SINGLE POINT OF
CONTACT TO THE SPECIALIZED
ADVOCACY SERVICES OF THE REGION.
SURVIVORS IN MOST NEED OF HELP
OFTEN HAVE DIFFUSED ACCESS AND
CALLING A HOTLINE IS OFTEN THE
ONLY WAY THEY CAN ACCESS
SERVICES A. AGAIN THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORK AND COMMITMENT TO
THOSE MOST IN NEED TO GET THE
CARE REQUIRED ARE REQUIRED TO
LEAD HEALTHIER LIVES.
>> 33.
YOU DO NOT LOOK LIKE ELLIOTT
SWANSON.
>> IS A TRUE IT'S YOUR
BIRTHDAY?
>> IT SURE IS.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLISON.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> IT HAS TO BE A ROUND OF YOU
SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY WE WILL
LET YOU SING, BUT OTHERWISE NO.
GO AHEAD.
>> SINCE I HAVE A COLD I WILL
PAUSE WITH THE SINGING BUT
THINK YOU. ELLIOTT SWANSON HAD
TO LEAVE BUT WAS HERE TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE HOME FOR GOOD PROGRAM
AND I BELIEVE EACH OF YOU
RECEIVED A LETTER FROM SUSAN
BOYD THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
BELLWETHER HOUSING.
MY NAME IS ALLISON AND I AM THE
DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE KING
COUNTY COALITION. I THINK YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR BEING HERE
TONIGHT AND LISTENING TO THIS
WONDERFUL ARRAY OF HEARTFELT
AND SMART RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A
BUDGET THAT WE KNOW NEEDS TO
EXPAND.
THE HOME FOR GOOD PILOT PROGRAM
IS A PROGRAM THAT WE ARE
RECOMMENDING THAT YOU FUND AS A
PILOT.
I HAVE TO BE HONEST, I DON'T GO
FOR PILOT PROGRAMS BECAUSE I
THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING THEY
ARE A WAY OF NOT DOING THE
THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT
THE SCALE THAT IS NEEDED BUT
YOU'VE JUST HEARD FROM PEOPLE
THAT YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO FUND A PILOT PROGRAM FOR
METHADONE TREATMENT AND
SIMILARLY THIS IS A SHALLOW RENT
SUBSIDY PROGRAM THAT I WANT TO
AGAIN BE HONEST WITH YOU ABOUT
AND SAY IS NOT WHAT WE WOULD
TYPICALLY RECOMMEND.
PEOPLE DO NOT NEED SHALLOW RENT
SUBSIDIES.
THEY NEED DEEP RENT SUBSIDIES
BUT WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE
WE NEED TO DEPLOY ALL OF THE
TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US.
SOMEONE RECEIVING $771 OF SSI
PER MONTH IS NOT AT 30% AMI.
IT'S AT 12%. IN ORDER FOR THAT
PERSON TO BE ABLE TO FIND AND
KEEP HOUSING, THEY NEED A
SUBSIDY AND WE ARE WILLING TO
RECOMMEND THIS PROGRAM EVEN
THOUGH IT MEANS PEOPLE
RECEIVING IT WOULD BE RENT
BURDENED.
WE THINK IT'S A SMART
INVESTMENT AND A WAY TO PUT
CITY DOLLARS TO USE WHILE WE
WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE A SMART
STATE RECOMMENDATION.
I'M GOING TO HAND OVER MY TIME.
>> GOOD EVENING COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WANTED TO ECHO THE ASKS THAT
PATRICIA AND IDABEL SHARED.
WE SUPPORT THE FULL HUMAN
SERVICES COALITION PACKAGE AND
PARTICULARLY WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE FUNDING A COMPARABLE
WORTH ANALYSIS.
WE ARE GLAD FOR THE PASSAGE OF
INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS EARLIER
THIS YEAR BUT AS WE ALL
DISCUSSED, THAT IS JUST A START
OF WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO TO
LOOK AT THE WAGE GAP OF HUMAN
SERVICES PROVIDERS BRINGING
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, LIVED
EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE
GAINED IN OTHER WAYS.
AND, PROVIDE WELL-BEING FOR
CITIZENS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
FUNDING THAT WAGE STUDY.
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS JASON AUSTEN WITH
THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS.
PRIOR TO MY POSITION I USED TO
BE A CASE MANAGER WITH THE
HOUSING AND ESSENTIAL NEEDS
PROGRAM MEETING I'VE HELPED
COUNTLESS OF RESIDENTS MAKE THE
TRANSITION FROM TEMPORARY STATE
ASSISTANCE TO PERMANENT FEDERAL
DISABILITY INCOME OR SSI.
THE DAY IS APPROVED IS SUPPOSED
TO BE ONE OF RELIEF THAT GIVES
SOMEONE HOPE.
BECAUSE SSI LAGS SO FAR BEHIND
THE COST OF HOUSING IT IS A DAY
THAT IS OFTEN MARKED BY FEAR
AND UNCERTAINTY.
I REMEMBER A MAN THAT I USED TO
WORK WITH, A GENTLEMAN NAMED
RODNEY.
HE GOT THE FIRST PERMANENT
HOUSING OF HIS ADULT LIFE
THROUGH THE HOUSING AND
ESSENTIAL NEEDS PROGRAM.
HE CALLED ME THE DAY THAT HE
FOUND OUT THAT HIS BENEFITS
WERE APPROVED AND LEFT ME A
VOICE MESSAGE ASKING IF THERE
WAS SOMETHING HE COULD DO TO
APPEAL THAT DECISION.
HE WAS WILLING TO GO AS FAR AS
CONSIDERING HIRING A LAWYER TO
REVERSE THE BENEFITS HE HAD
SPENT YEARS FIGHTING HARD TO
ACQUIRE.
HE WAS SCARED BECAUSE HE WAS
FACING IN A POSSIBLE CHOICE.
SHOULD HE STAY IN HOUSING HE
COULD NO LONGER AFFORD AND RISK
THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING
EVICTED?
OR SHOULD HE WALK AWAY FROM THE
ONLY STABLE HOUSING HE HAS
ALREADY HAD EVER HAD?
HE WAS SET UP TO FAIL.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS
EVERY FACTOR THAT CONTRIBUTES
TO HOMELESSNESS BUT WE HAVE AN
OBLIGATION TO CREATE A SYSTEM
THAT ITSELF DOES NOT PERPETUATE
THE PROBLEM FURTHER.
PLEASE ALLOCATE NO LESS THAN
$750,000 TOWARD THE HOME FOR
GOOD PROGRAM THAT WE ARE NOT
NEEDLESSLY MAKING THIS CRISIS
WORSE THAN IT ALREADY IS.
>> I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU
COMING.
THE NEXT IS KATHERINE JOHNSON
34, THE WASHINGTON RECOVERY
ALLIANCE 35, AND LOOKS LIKE
DANNY GARCIA WITH REACH, 36.
COULD I PLEASE ASK THE NEXT 2
TO COME UP AS WELL SO WE ARE
READY TO GO?
CATHERINE?
>> MY NAME IS TRACY GILLESPIE
BUT I WAS SIGNED IN ON BEHALF
OF KATRINA JOHNSON.
>> AND YOU HAVE YOUR CARD?
>> I DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM ONE OF THE PROJECT
MANAGERS FOR THE LEAD PROGRAM
IN THE NORTH PRECINCT SO I
OVERSEE THE AURORA CORRIDOR AND
AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT 2
POPULATIONS LARGELY UNDERSERVED.
I KNOW YOU HEARD TESTIMONY LAST
NIGHT IN REGARDS TO SECS WORKER
POPULATION AND I WANT TO ECHO
SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT
WERE SHARED.
SPECIFICALLY THAT PEOPLE DO
FOLLOW ALONG A CONTINUUM AND
THE HARMS ASSOCIATED WITH FOLKS
IN THE TRADE ARE MORE PROFOUND
FOR PEOPLE ENGAGING IN STREET
BASED SEX WORK.
ANY TYPE OF DIVERSION WOULD
HAVE TO REFLECT THE CONTINUUM
WITHIN STREET BASED SEX WORK
AND BE COMPETENT IN THE HARMS.
THE SERVICES I'M HERE TO PROMOTE
AND ASK FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT
IS THE GREEN LIGHT PROJECT
WHICH PROVIDES HARM REDUCTION,
OUTREACH BASED SERVICES, DROP-
IN SERVICES, AND OF COURSE YOU
HURT FROM OUR AMAZING CASE
MANAGERS DOING INTENSIVE HARM
REDUCTION CASE MANAGEMENT, AND
TO PROMOTE THE ORGANIZATION FOR
PROSTITUTION SURVIVORS WHO DO
DIVERSION AND SURVIVOR SERVICES
. ALL OF THESE AGENCIES LARGELY
EMPLOY PEOPLE WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE AND ARE PROVIDING
UNPARALLELED SERVICES FOR THOSE
INVOLVED IN SEX WORK.
I WOULD LIKE TO PLUG THE LAW
MITIGATION TEAM.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE ONLY
PROBLEMS DOING ASSERTIVE
OUTREACH FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
THEIR VEHICLES AND SUPPORTING
THEM WITH VERY SPECIFIC SETS OF
NEEDS.
THINK IT TO ALL OF THE
COUNCILMEMBERS CHAMPING THESE
INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS
SERVING THESE LARGELY
UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU UNFAMILIAR, I
URGE YOU TO LOOK INTO THEM AND
TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR
FUNDING REQUESTS THIS BUDGET
SEASON.
THINK YOU.
>> 35 TRO WE HAVE A GROUP AND
DANNY GARCIA HAS A GROUP AND
KATIE WILSON HAS A GROUP SO YOU
ARE THE NEXT 3. 35 3637.
>> I'M A DISPLACEMENT
CONSULTANT HERE IN SEATTLE AND
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF
WASHINGTON RECOVERY ALLIANCE IN
SEATTLE HARM REDUCTION
COALITION.
I AM ASKING YOU TO NOT ONLY KEEP
FUNDING LEAD PROGRAMS BUT WE
NEED EXPANSION AS WELL.
WORKING WITH AND HARM REDUCTION,
LAST SUNDAY WE SAW 70 PEOPLE IN
2 HOURS FOR HARM REDUCTION NOT
COUNTING LUNCHES OR OTHER
SUPPLIES.
IT WOULD BE IN THE CONVERSATION
FOR US TO SAY IT WOULD BE GREAT
TO REACH OUT TO REACH OR LEAD
AND GET PEOPLE INTO TREATMENT
WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE APPROACH US
AND SAY I WANT OUT NOW.
HOPEFULLY YOU STAY ALIVE UNTIL
TOMORROW.
THESE SERVICES, THE WRAPAROUND,
COLLABORATIVE SERVICE AND
COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES ARE
ESSENTIAL TO KEEPING PEOPLE
FROM NOT ONLY REOFFENDING BUT
BECOMING PARTS OF THE
COMMUNITY.
IT STOPS INSTITUTIONALIZATION
INTO DIFFERENT FORMS OF WHETHER
THAT BE JAILS, BEING HOMELESS
IS A FORM OF THAT BEING
VULNERABLE IS A FORM OF THAT.
IN ORDER TO LIFT THESE PEOPLE UP
WE NEED COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES.
WE NEED WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
WE NEED TO NOT ONLY FUND THEM
BUT EXPAND THEM BECAUSE THEY
WORK.
WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT A LOT OF
TALK GOES INTO SOLUTIONS.
WE HAVE ONE.
IT NEEDS TO BE REFINED.
THERE ARE FLAWS THAT I'M SURE
WE CAN WORK OUT BUT IT WORKS.
IT WORKS NOT ONLY HERE BUT
GLOBALLY.
THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING YOU.
TO FUND WHAT WORKS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I AM LIVING
PROOF OF IT WORKING.
I HAD TO LIVE A YEAR AND A HALF
UNDER A BRIDGE WHILE I UNDERWENT
BRAIN INJURY TREATMENT.
I HAVE BEEN HOUSED, I HAVE MY
OWN COMPANY AS A DISPLACEMENT
CONSULTANT AND I CONNECT
NONPROFITS TO EACH OTHER AND
CONNECT PEOPLE TO RESOURCES.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT NONE OF
THAT, NONE OF WHAT I'VE BEEN
ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO MY
COMMUNITY, NONE OF THE PEOPLE
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP HEAL
WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT
WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT FIRST
HELPED TO HEAL ME.
YOU CANNOT HAVE A HEALTHY
COMMUNITY WITHOUT HEALTHY
INDIVIDUALS.
[ APPLAUSE ] WE HAVE TO GIVE
PEOPLE A CHANCE TO NOT ONLY
SURVIVE BECAUSE SURVIVALISTS
HARD.
WHEN YOU ARE JUST SURVIVING IT
IS HARD TO MAKE THESE MEETINGS,
TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
NEED TO.
IT IS MUCH EASIER WHEN YOU ARE
ALLOWED TO THRIVE.
THAT IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
I KNOW I HAVE MORE TIME BUT I'M
GOING TO LET IT GO.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> DANNY GARCIA FOLLOWED BY
KATIE WILSON FOLLOWED BY
BRADBURN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
WORK THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I
DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
MY NAME IS DANIEL GARCIA AND I
AM A LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED
DIVERSION CASE MANAGER WITH THE
REACH PROGRAM.
IN THE LAST 5 YEARS, I HAVE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD
FORTUNE TO WORK WITH SOME OF
THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
THESE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE ARE
STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS,
HAVING TO DO WITH UNTREATED
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, LIVING
WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS,
AND ARE STRUGGLING WITH
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
IN MOST CASES THEY ARE
STRUGGLING WITH ALL 4. FOR MANY
DECADES, THE WORK THAT MY
COLLEAGUES AND I DO ALLOWS US
TO WALK WITH RESILIENT AND
RESOURCEFUL PEOPLE WHO HAVE
LIVED THROUGH PAINFUL LIFE
EXPERIENCES AND POVERTY.
SUBSTANCE USE CAN BE INTENSIFIED
OR INTENSIFY THESE STRUGGLES
BUT WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING
IS WHAT THEY KNOW TO DO TO DEAL
WITH THAT PAIN AND SURVIVE.
>> I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WITHIN THE
LEGAL SYSTEM AND EXPLAIN TO
JUDGES PROSECUTORS AND POLICE
OFFICERS WHY CRIMINALIZING DRUG
USE IS NOT USEFUL AND THE
TRADITIONAL JAIL SENTENCES ARE
NOT AFFECT OF.
WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING IS THAT
THE WAR ON DRUGS IS AN
EFFECTIVE AND THE CASUALTIES
ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY.
MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
OF COLOR.
INDIVIDUALS WHO ALREADY HAVE TO
FACE OPPRESSION DISCRIMINATION
AND HISTORICAL TRAUMAS, AS
PROVIDERS WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP ADDRESS
THIS BY MEETING PEOPLE WHERE
THEY ARE, SUPPORTING THEM, AND
PROVIDING VITALLY NEEDED
SERVICES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO
ACCESS BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE
RACIAL BIAS.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK UP
AND FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT
WE SERVE.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT SERVICES
WE PROVIDE REQUIRE AN ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF TIME AND TRUST.
WHEN WE MEET CLIENTS THEY DO
NOT TRUST US BECAUSE THE
EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE HAD WITHIN
THE SYSTEM.
THE WORK REQUIRES WE BE TRAUMA
INFORMED AND CLIENT-CENTERED
AND REQUIRES WE HAVE THE TIME
TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS AND
TRUST.
RECENTLY FOR EXAMPLE, I LOST A
CLIENT.
SHE WAS A REMARKABLE HUMAN BEING
AND A FIGHTER IN EVERY SENSE OF
THE WORD.
SHE WAS LIVING WITH SIGNIFICANT
HEALTH ISSUES AND STRUGGLING
WITH SUBSTANCE USE FOR OVER 20
YEARS.
MANY OF THOSE WHILE LIVING ON
THE STREETS.
IT TOOK ME A YEAR TO GET HER TO
BELIEVE THAT I WAS THERE TO
HELP HER AND IN ONE OF OUR
FINAL CONVERSATIONS SHE WOULD
SAY TO ME I KNOW YOU HAVE MY
BACK, AND TELL ME THAT SHE
TRUSTED ME.
THIS WORK REQUIRES US TO DO
INTENSIVE OUTREACH MEETING WE
NEED TO GO OUT UNDER BRIDGES,
IN PARKS, ON THE STREETS, IN
JAILS, HOSPITALS, AND BE
PRESENT FOR THEM WHERE THEY
NEED HELP. I MUST TELL YOU THIS
WORK ON SOME DAYS, IS DIFFICULT
SOME DAYS BECAUSE I SEE AND AM
AWARE OF THE PAIN THAT IT HAS
ON OUR CLIENTS.
THAT CAN BE EXHAUSTING BECAUSE
THE SIZE OF OUR CASELOADS.
EARLIER I STATED I HAD A
PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THIS WORK
AND WHY I BELIEVE THE SERVICES
THAT WE PROVIDE ARE CRUCIAL.
ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO I WAS A MAN
OF COLOR STRUGGLING WITH
UNTREATED MENTAL HEALTH, LIVING
WITH AN UNTREATED CONDITION.
I HAVE BEEN HOMELESS OFF AND ON
AND STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE
USE ISSUES TO HELP ME COPE WITH
MY OWN DEMONS.
FORTUNATELY I HAD CASE MANAGERS
WHO PROVIDED ME WITH SERVICES
AND HELPED ME SO I COULD BE
HERE TODAY TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
IT CAN BE EXHAUSTING AND
CHALLENGING TO HOLD SPACE FOR
AN INDIVIDUAL'S EXPERIENCE AND
TRAUMA.
AT ONE TIME I HAD MORE THAN 40
CLIENTS AND 25-30 OF THEM
REQUIRED MY HELP AND ATTENTION.
AT THAT TIME WE WERE ONLY IN 2
PRECINCTS AND NOW THAT WE ARE
AT 5 THE WORK HAS BECOME
HARDER.
BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH OF
US, THE PEOPLE BEING REFERRED
ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS.
THEY ARE UNABLE TO GET SERVICES
THEY NEED AND FIND THEIR WAY
OUT OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES.
AS PROVIDERS WE ARE ASKING THAT
YOU PLEASE SEE HOW HARM
REDUCTION APPROACHES ARE
EFFECTIVE.
IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO
TREAT PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY
COMPASSION AND RESPECT.
WE SHOW UP WITHOUT JUDGMENT, WE
SEE THEM WHEN OTHERS DON'T WANT
TO AND MAKE THEM FEEL INVISIBLE.
PLEASE HELP US BY NOT CUTTING
THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO
KEEP DOING THIS WORK, WORK THAT
WILL IMPACT ISSUES SUCH AS
INCREASING DEATHS THAT WE SEE
AS A RESULT OF OVERDOSES.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE
HELP US CONTINUE THIS WORK.
WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN DO THE
BEST TO IMPACT ISSUES WE ARE
FACING AS A COMMUNITY.
>> DANNY THINK YOU.
>> WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN
IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
KATIE WILSON?
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> MY COLLEAGUES HAD TO LEAVE
SO 2 MINUTES IS FINE.
>> PAMELA BRADBURN, AARON
LEVEL.
>> MY NAME IS KATIE WILSON.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE
TRANSIT RIDERS UNION.
THINGS FOR HEARING OUR COMMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS
SUPPORT FOR A FEW OF THE
PROGRAMS YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT
TODAY.
FIRST OF ALL WE SUPPORT FUNDING
, REAL CHANGES CALL FOR FUNDING
OF 5 MOBILE PITSTOPS. PEOPLE
NEED A PLACE TO GO TO THE
BATHROOM.
IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
SECONDLY WE SUPPORT THE HOME
FOR GOOD PROGRAM.
WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES LIVING ON SSI STAY
HOUSED, GET HOUSED, AND THERE'S
NO WAY THAT SOMEONE LIVING WITH
THAT MUCH MONEY CAN AFFORD TO
LIVE IN THIS CITY.
THOROUGHLY WE SUPPORT OUR
FRIENDS WITH TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
TINY HOUSES SAVE LIVES.
WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE PART OF
THE BUDGET WHERE MONEY IS BEING
SPENT TO CLOSE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT AND
RESIDENTS NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO
RETAIN THEIR SELF-MANAGEMENT
MODEL.
FINALLY YOU HEARD EARLIER
TONIGHT, IT FEELS LIKE HOURS
AGO, FROM SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES
IN THE MASS COALITION SPEAKING
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PACKAGES.
WE ALSO SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE
OBVIOUSLY AND I WANT TO SAY WE
ARE ABOUT TRANSIT FUNDING.
W NEED MORE DEDICATED BUS
LANES SO WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THE
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN THE
REINDEER CORRIDOR.
OF COURSE WE ARE LOOKING THE
TREPIDATION AT WHAT WILL HAPPEN
WITH INITIATIVE 976.
EVERYONE VOTE NO ON 976 IN A
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IF THE WORST HAPPENS WE WILL BE
LOOKING TO YOU TO FIND NEW
REVENUE BECAUSE NO IS NOT THE
ANSWER.
WE ARE IN A CLIMATE CRISIS.
WE NEED TO BE INVESTING IN
CLEAN TRANSPORTATION AND GIVE
PEOPLE BETTER OPTIONS THAN
DRIVING.
>> THANK YOU KATIE
>> 3839 AARON LEVEL AND TANIKA
THOMPSON 40.
>> WELCOME.
I AM ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT
MOBILE PITSTOPS.
I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE AND SINCE 1985 I'VE
LIVED IN DISTRICT 1. ANOTHER
GRADUATE STUDENT AND I WERE THE
FIRST TO RESEARCH WORKING FOR
CITY COUNCIL.
YOU HAVE HUGE STAFFS NOW
STARTING WITH 2 PART-TIME
GRADUATE STUDENTS SO THAT WAS A
LONG TIME AGO.
EACH OF YOU AND I ARE PRIVILEGED
TO LIVE A SHELTERED LIFE.
NOT ONLY ARE WE HOUSED BUT WE
ARE SHELTERED BY OUR PRIVILEGE
FROM MANY ISSUES OTHER PEOPLE
HAVE TO LIVE WITH.
THAT FACT IS TEMPORARY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WE
CONTROL THE CONDITIONS OF OUR
LIVES BUT IT IS NOT CORRECT.
A BENIGN BRAIN TUMOR, A LOST
JOB, YOU ARE ALL UP FOR
ELECTION AND I'M SURE YOU ARE
FACING THAT.
>> NOT ALL OF US.
>> A DIVORCE.
>> ONE OF US IS.
>> A VARIETY OF ISSUES CAN ARISE
THAT TOTALLY CHANGE OUR LIVES
AND TAKE US AWAY FROM THE
CONNECTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN
THE COMFORT THAT WE'VE LIVED IN.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE CONDITIONS OF
OUR LIVES CHANGE OUR BODILY
FUNCTIONS DON'T.
I KNEW THAT I WAS COMING TO
TALK TO YOU SO I NOTICED, I
USED THE TOILET 4 TIMES AND
WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER IF I HAD
NOT BEEN WAITING IN LINE SINCE
3:45 TO TALK TO YOU.
HOW MANY TOILETS ARE AVAILABLE
TO PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO
BUY ACCESS?
WHEN I NEEDED ONE URGENTLY I
WAS ABLE TO BUY ACCESS.
THESE ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> WE HAVE 39, TANIKA IS 40 AND
NANCY IS 41.
>> I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND
CHILDREN.
WE WORK TO IMPROVE THE WELL-
BEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY
ADVANCING LEGAL RIGHTS.
WE PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES
THROUGH 4 PROGRAMS.
CHILD WELFARE, JUVENILE COURT,
YOUTH AND FAMILY INTEGRATION
AND YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF LCYC TO
SEEK SUPPORT FOR OUR PROGRAM.
WE PROVIDE CRITICAL, HOLISTIC
LEGAL AID SERVICES TO HUNDREDS
OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 12-24 WHO
ARE OR ARE AT RISK OF
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ALONE.
BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1 AND AUGUST
31, 2019 WE SERVED 200 YOUNG
PEOPLE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
THE MAJORITY OUR YOUTH OF COLOR.
ABOUT 20% IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ.
17% ARE IMMIGRANT YOUTH AND
OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS HALF OF
THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE
EVERY YEAR ARE MINORS.
THEY ARE FACING HOMELESSNESS ON
THEIR OWN.
ALL OF THEM HAVE A LEGAL ISSUE
BECAUSE SOMEONE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR MEETING THEIR NEEDS AND
MOST YOUNG ADULTS HAVE MULTIPLE
LEGAL ISSUES.
WE ADDRESSED A NUMBER OF ISSUES
THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE
SAFETY OF INCOME AND HOUSING.
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE
ADVOCATE ON OUR CEILING
RECORDS, MEDICAL DEBT, CHARITY
CARE, CHILD PROTECTION
SERVICES, NAME AND GENDER
MARKER CHANGES, LANDLORD TENANT
ISSUES AND PUBLIC BENEFITS.
REFERRALS HAVE STEADILY
INCREASED AS COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS HAVE GROWN AND WE
EMBED OURSELVES IN
ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS YOUTH CARE
INTERAGENCY ACADEMY SO WE CAN
CONDUCT REGULAR INTAKES AT
LOCATIONS WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE
ALREADY ARE.
WE RECEIVE NO CITY FUNDING FOR
SERVICES WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING
AND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS
THERE HAS BEEN A DROP IN
HOMELESSNESS IN TERMS OF YOUNG
ADULTS AND MINORS.
WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT
IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN
THE 20/20 BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>>
>> GOOD EVENING.
I AM A FOOD ACCESS ORGANIZER
FORGOT GREEN.
I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF BECAUSE I
HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU SO MANY
TIMES THIS YEAR.
WHEN THE SUGARY BEVERAGE TAX
WAS ANNOUNCED GRASSROOTS
ORGANIZERS WORKED HARD TO
ENSURE THAT THE CITY WOULD
DIRECT THAT REVENUE INTO
COMMUNITY DRIVEN FOOD ACCESS
PROGRAMS.
GOT GREEN AND THE ALLIES IN THE
COALITION HAVE BEEN WORKING
TIRELESSLY TO TELL PEOPLE WHO
ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS TAX
THAT THIS REVENUE IS GOING TO
EXPAND AND INCREASE CITY FUNDING
TO REACH MORE PEOPLE IN NEED.
PEOPLE IN THE FOOD SECURITY GAP
FOR EXAMPLE HAVE BEEN
COMMUNICATING THAT THE CITY IS
GOING TO BE EQUITABLE AND
ACCOUNTABLE TO ITS INTENTIONS.
I BELIEVE CITY COUNCIL WILL DO
JUST THAT.
MY CONCERN TODAY, AND CONCERNS
OF A LOT OF FRIENDS IS $3
MILLION THE MAYOR IS PROPOSING
GO TO P PATCHES.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT IS
SUPPOSED TO GO TO BALLARD.
WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE ON THE SOUTH
END?
WE NEED FOOD FOR PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE.
NOT JUST BALLARD.
$3 MILLION IS A LOT OF THAT
MONEY.
IT'S A LOT OF REVENUE FROM THE
SUGARY BEVERAGE TAX.
WE NEED THAT MONEY TO FEED ALL
FAMILIES IN SEATTLE.
AND ONE MORE THING.
I'VE JUST BEEN APPOINTED TO THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT $3
MILLION.
FOR WATER FILLING STATIONS,
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS,
MICRO-GRANTS FOR FOOD ACCESS
AND EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS,
EVALUATIONS, SO WHY $3 MILLION
TO P PATCHES AND ONLY 825,000
TO FOOD BANKS?
>> HI EVERYONE, I'M NANCY.
THIS IS A STATEMENT FROM SIMONE
ADLER ORGANIZING DIRECTOR OF
COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL
JUSTICE, A MEMBER OF THE
COALITION TO CLOSE THE FOOD
SECURITY GAP.
USED TO BUY THE VALUES OF
ACCOUNTABILITY AND EQUITY AND
APPROVED CREATING A SEPARATE
FUND FOR SUGARY BEVERAGE TAX
REVENUE AND YOU VOTED TO ENSURE
THAT SBT FUND PROGRAMS WOULD
FUND PROGRAMS IN LINE TO EXPAND
FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMS AND
PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES
MOST IMPACTED BY A TAX ON
SUGARY BEVERAGES.
LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND--
FAMILIES.
IT IS THESE WHO ARE TARGETED.
MAYOR DURKAN IS PROPOSING TO
USE MONEY TO FUND THE P PATCHES
PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY ONLY $2 MILLION ARE
BEING RECEIVED.
THE MAYOR IS PROPOSING TO PUT
MORE MONEY INTO P PATCHES THAT
A PROGRAM HAS THAT HAS BEEN IN
DIRECT RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY
CONCERNS.
THE MAYOR IS TRYING TO FUND A
PROGRAM NOT IN LINE WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD THAT
IS NOT ONLY UNACCOUNTABLE BUT
WRONG AND UNACCEPTABLE.
WHILE THEY DESERVED THE CITY'S
RESOURCES TO INCREASE LOCAL
FOOD ACCESS THE MAYOR IS YET
AGAIN CAUSING CONFUSION AROUND
THE CITY'S PRIORITIES AND HOW
THEY ARE GETTING FUNDING.
THIS CANNOT COME AT THE EXPENSE
OF ACCOUNTABILITY OR EQUITY TO
THE COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED
BY THE TAX OR CREATING DERISION
AROUND COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO ASSURE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALIGNED BY
WITH PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED
AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT FOR THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH INCLUDE
FUNDING WATER HYDRATION
STATIONS, COOKING SCRAP CLASSES
DO NOT APPROVE THE $3 MILLION
FOR P PATCHES.
INVEST THE MONEY INTO IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES.
I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND
SUPPORT THEIR DEMANDS.
>> THE NEXT 3 ARE WILL AND JOAN
IRVINE, DENNIS, WILL TRACY AND
DENNIS?
>> I AM TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF
SOLID GRAND POVERTY ACTION.
THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH AND MOST
IMPORTANT THE COMMUNITIES WE
SERVE.
WE PURSUE THE MISSION TO END
POVERTY BY PROVIDING A WIDE
RANGE OF SUPPORTS AND SERVICES
AS WELL AS ADVOCATING AND
ORGANIZING TO UNDO THE ROOT
CAUSES OF POVERTY.
MY COWORKERS WILL BE TESTIFYING
ON A NUMBER OF CRITICAL
PROGRAMS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT FOR FAIR WAGES.
THE PAY OF HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS DOES NOT REFLECT THE
EDUCATION REQUIRED DIFFICULTY
OR VALUE OF THE WORK TO SERVE
COMMUNITIES.
IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR
HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS TO LIMIT
COMMUNITIES AND STAY IN HUMAN
SERVICE JOBS.
THE BURDEN OF HIGH TURNOVER IS
IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE
SERVE.
WE THINK THE LEADERSHIP ON
RAISING THE COST OF LIVING BUT
WE ARE ASKING THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO WORK WITH PROVIDERS
TO CONDUCT A PAY EQUITY ANALYSIS
ROBUST, COMPARABLE WITH OR A
ANALYSIS.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN
THE JUST TREATMENT OF WORKERS
IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY
SERVE.
>> I'M JAY DORIAN WITH THE
STATE WIDE PARTY ACTION NETWORK.
WE ADVOCATE AT THE STATE LEVEL
TO CHANGE POLICIES AND SYSTEMS
THAT CREATE AND MAINTAIN
POVERTY.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO INCREASE
STATE FUNDING FOR YOUR
BALANCING PACKAGE AND WAS
SLASHED BY $65,000 IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET.
FOR ABOUT A DECADE WE'VE HAD A
STRONG PARTNERSHIP AND CONTRACT
WITH THE CITY AND WITH THE
MODEST INVESTMENT BY THE CITY
WE BRING A SUBSTANTIAL RETURN
TO THE RESIDENCE OF SEATTLE.
A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THE
CONTRACT HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST
2 YEARS.
WE HAVE INCREASED BENEFITS THAT
PEOPLE RECEIVE FROM THE
TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY
FAMILIES PROGRAM BY 10%.
WE ARE EXPANDING HOUSING
SERVICES PART 4 HOUSING AND
ESSENTIAL NEEDS, AND THE WIND
AND DISABLE PROGRAM.
WE HELPED PERFORM THE
APPLICATION SYSTEM AND MADE IT
EASIER FOR PREVIOUSLY
INCARCERATED PEOPLE TO REENTER
THE COMMUNITY AND HELP REGULATE
DEBT COLLECTORS AND STRENGTHEN
-- FOR ALL WASHINGTONIANS.
PLEASE AT 65,000 PLEASE AT
$65,000 BACK INTO THE BUDGET.
>> MY NAME IS FRANK MIRANDA
REPRESENTING FOOD SYSTEM SUPPORT
. FOOD SYSTEM SUPPORT SUPPORTS
THE FOOD BANKS OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE THROUGH SUPPORT OF THE
SEATTLE FOOD COMMITTEE, A
COALITION OF 27 FOOD BANKS THAT
OPERATE IN THE CITY.
I'M HERE TO THANK YOU FIRST OF
ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF
NUTRITION EDUCATION AND
COORDINATION SERVICES, AND URGE
YOU TO FULLY FUND FOOD SYSTEM
SUPPORT, NUTRITION EDUCATION
SERVICES AS WELL AS OTHER
REQUESTS FROM THE MOST RECENT
RFP.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
PUSH AND ACHIEVEMENT OF
RESTORATION OF CITY FOOD BANK
FUNDING AS WELL AS THE
INSTITUTION OF AUTOMATIC
INFLATION BENDING.
LIKE MANY PEERS I'M HERE TO
URGE THE COUNCIL TO MAKE THE
ANALYSIS A PRIORITY IN THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET.
NONPROFIT WORKERS INCLUDING
HUMAN SERVICES FIND IT MORE
DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN INFLATION
THAN FOR PROFIT WHICH MAKES THE
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT SO
IMPORTANT.
INFLATION-ADJUSTED SATISFIED
AND OFTEN ENOUGH MAKE THEM
ELIGIBLE FOR THE SERVICES THEY
ARE PROVIDING ESPECIALLY IN AN
ENVIRONMENT OF GROWTH SUCH AS
WHAT SEATTLE HAS EXPERIENCED.
IT SEEKS TO RESOLVE THE
QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH OF A
GAP MAY EXIST AND ONCE
COMPLETE, SHOULD BE ABLE TO
HELP QUANTIFY THAT DECISION TO
PUSH THE CONVERSATION FORWARD
TOWARDS PAY EQUITY.
>> I'M HERE TO DISCUSS TENET
COUNSELING.
DESPITE A LARGE INCREASE FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTIONS
AND INSPECTIONS, DOLLARS
ALLOCATED GO TOWARD PERMITS AND
AWAY FROM FUNDING INCLUDING THE
BILINGUAL TENET HOTLINE SERVING
OVER 1000 PEOPLE ALONG WITH IN
PERSON WORKSHOPS EMPOWERING
SEATTLE RENTERS TO UNDERSTAND
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
FUNDING HAS DECLINED IN PAST
YEARS FROM 175,000 175,020 TEAM
TO 128,000 AND WE BEEN RECENTLY
TOLD TO EXPECT ANOTHER CUT IN
2020.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO REINSTATE
FULL FUNDING TO CONTINUE
PROVIDING THESE VALUED SERVICES
FOR THOUSANDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF
HOMELESS PREVENTION AND IS OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT
WE ARE PREVENTING EVICTION AND
COMBATING THE CYCLE AND
EXPERIENCES OF HOMELESSNESS.
>> I BELIEVE 44 IS NEXT BECAUSE
TRACY GILLESPIE SPOKE WITH A
DIFFERENT GROUP.
DENNIS 45 AND MELODY AT 46.
>> MY NAME IS JOAN IRVINE AND I
AM A LIFETIME MEMBER AND
DEDICATED VOLUNTEER AT THE
SENIOR CENTER.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION
ABOUT US BUT MY POINT TODAY IS
JUST TO RELATE TO YOU OUR
SUPPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY. MOST
RECENTLY I WAS PART OF A TEAM
BECAUSE WE HAD A CAMPAIGN GOING
TO RAISE $55,000 IN ABOUT A WEEK
TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
OWNERSHIP. WE TOOK THAT ON AND
I CALLED MANY PEOPLE, AND WE
SPOKE TO, WHEN DIANE OUR
DIRECTOR PRESENTED THIS
CHALLENGE I THOUGHT IT WAS AN
IMPOSSIBLE FEAT. I WAS
ENCOURAGED BY THE IMMEDIATE
RESPONSE.
PEOPLE LINED UP AT OUR
DOORSTEP'S TO MAKE DONATIONS.
THE PHONES RANG OFF THE HOOK
WITH PLEDGES.
THE POOR RECEPTIONIST WAS
OVERWHELMED AND NEEDED HELP
FROM STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS TO
TAKE IN DONATIONS.
THEY CAME FROM OUR ETHNIC
COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, PEOPLE
OF COLOR, MEMBERS FROM FAR AND
NEAR.
DONATIONS KEPT COMING AND WE
EXCEEDED OUR GOALS.
I SPOKE TO ONE LADY WHO SAID
FINANCIALLY SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO
SUPPORT US BUT WOULD PRAY FOR
US AND I SAID PRAYERS ARE A
STRONG FORCE AND WE WELCOME
THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH-- MONDAY I
WANT TO SAY THIS PAST MONDAY,
WE GAVE A THANK YOU, WE HAD AN
OPEN HOUSE FOR A THANK YOU TO
THE COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING US.
IT WAS A FREE LUNCH AND WE HAD
ACTIVITIES AND IT WAS A VERY
FUN EVENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS GLENN AND I LIVE
1 MILE--.
I AM ACTIVE IN ENHANCED FITNESS
AND OTHER PROGRAMS AND I AS
WELL AS MANY OTHERS WANT TO BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF PROGRAMS IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY.
PAST MAYORS SUPPORTED
MAINTAINING THE CENTER AS A
COMMUNITY RESOURCE AND 2 YEARS
AGO A CONSULTANT RECOMMENDED
THE CITY TRANSFERRED THE DEED
BUT IT HAS NOT HAPPENED.
WHY NOT?
WHY WASN'T THAT PART OF THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET?
CITY COUNCIL PASSED A
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE
TRANSFER AND YET IT HAS NOT
HAPPENED.
TO GIVE THE SENIOR CENTER TO
DEVELOPERS FOR SO-CALLED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOES AGAINST
THE 1975 REFERENDUM 29
PROVIDING FOR THE SENIOR CENTER
TO SERVE AS A COMMUNITY CENTER
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THE SENIOR CENTER NEEDS TO
CONTINUE TO BE THE GREAT
COMMUNITY RESOURCE THAT IT IS.
MAYOR DURKAN-- JENNY DURKIN,
PLEASE TRANSFER THE DEED.
>> I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
MLB GREENWOOD AND CENTRAL AREA
SENIOR CENTERS AND OUR PLACE
PROPERTIES TO BE TRANSFERRED BY
A LEGAL OF A DEED FOR 3
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS EFFORT OF OWNERSHIP FOR
THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAS BEEN
THOUGHT OF AS A 50 YARD-- BUT
IS MORE OF A 26 MILE MARATHON
OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS.
MAYOR ED MURRAY HAD BEEN
SUPPORTIVE OF THESE TRANSFERS.
HOWEVER FOR THE PAST 2 CYCLES
OUR CURRENT MAYOR HAS NOT BEEN
SUPPORTIVE.
THEREFORE, IT WILL TAKE AGAIN
THE MAJORITY OF THE SUPPORT OF
THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TO
MAKE THIS TRANSFER HAPPEN THIS
YEAR.
PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR EFFORTS
AND MAKE THIS CROSSOVER THE
FINISH LINE FOR THESE 3
ORGANIZATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ].
>> WE THANKED CITY COUNCIL LAST
YEAR IN LISA HERBOLD AND MIKE
O'BRIEN FOR CHEERING THE EFFORT
TO MAKE THE RESOLUTION HAPPEN
EVERY DAY WE HAVE A NEW
CRITERIA.
JOAN WAS CELEBRATING $97,000
SUCCESS BECAUSE THE CITY SAID
WE HAD AT LEAST $50,000 IN THE
BANK FOR MAINTENANCE.
FOR MAINTENANCE FROM 2014-2019.
EVERY DAY THERE IS A NEW
CRITERIA AND WOULD LIKE FOR YOU
TO USE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS
RESOURCES AND POWER TO MAKE
SURE THE TRANSFER OF THE
MUTUALLY OFFSETTING BENEFIT
PROPERTIES HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
>> I LITERALLY JUST LEFT YOUR
PLACE ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO.
>> 45 DENNIS, 46 MELODY READS,
47 ON A COMPUTER-- 47 ON A.
>> WERE YOU TALKING TO US?
>> NO.
>> SORRY.
THANK YOU.
46 MELODY AND 47 ANNIKA.
>> MY NAME IS DENNIS AND I'M
AN ALUMNI STATUS OF THE LEAD
PROGRAM.
3 YEARS AGO I WAS IN MY
TRIBULATION, DARKNESS, AND THE
GRIP OF MY DISEASE.
HEROINE, COCAINE,
METHAMPHETAMINES.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE CERTAIN
DRUGS AFFECT ME IN DIFFERENT
WAYS.
TODAY I HAVE 2 YEARS AND 6
MONTHS CLEAN.
[ APPLAUSE ] THE LEAD PROGRAM
HAS BEEN MY FOUNDATION.
I WAS STRUGGLING WITH 30 DAYS
CLEAN, 30 TO 60 DAYS CLEAN AND
I KNEW ABOUT THE LEAD PROGRAM.
I WAS IN KING COUNTY JAIL AND
HEARD ABOUT THE PROGRAM FROM
OTHER INMATES.
EVEN ON THE STREETS OF SEATTLE.
I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE
WINDOW AND SEEING ONE OF THE
OFFICERS LONGING FOR THE LEAD
PROGRAM.
SAYING FELIX, PLEASE.
HE CAME TO THE WINDOW, HE TALKED
TO ME.
PLEASE, I NEED THIS PROGRAM AND
THERE WERE A FEW OTHER STEPS.
I'M GLAD I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
BECAUSE IT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE
AND SAVED MY LIFE SIGNIFICANTLY.
THEY'VE DONE INCREDIBLE THINGS
COMING TO COURT WITH ME AND
ADVOCATING FOR ME.
THEY HELPED ME INTO SOBER
LIVING, TAUGHT ME BUDGETING,
ALL TYPES OF WONDERFUL THINGS.
WITH THE HELP OF HARM REDUCTION
MEDICINE NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
THE FELLOWSHIP AND THE GENUINE
LOVE OF THIS PROGRAM SAVED MY
LIFE. I WORK AT THUNDERBIRD
TREATMENT CENTER AS A COUNSELOR
ZAIDA.
I'M ALMOST DONE WITH MY DEGREE
AND-- AS A COUNSELORS AID.
I'M ALMOST ON MY DONE WITH MY
DEGREE AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
DAUGHTER AND MOTHER.
THE SMILE ON MY MOTHER'S FACE
IS PRICELESS.
>> HOW LONG-- I PUT MY MOTHER
THROUGH . I'M A SINGLE CHILD
AND SOMETIMES I WOULD BE SO
BROKEN AND LOADED AND WOULD BE
ON THE FLOOR JUST PRAYING FOR
THE NEXT TO COME TO KNOW FOR
ANOTHER CHANCE DESPERATE FOR
THIS PROGRAM AND DESPERATE FOR
A NEW LIFE.
THIS PROGRAM HAS EVEN THEN THE
ABILITY TO BE MY TRUE,
AUTHENTIC HEALTH-- SELF.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YOUR 46?
AND ANNIKA IS 47 AND CHRIS
McDANIEL IS 48 .
>> MY NAME IS MELODY REESE.
I AM A LEAD PROJECT MANAGER
WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
ASSOCIATION.
I AM A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF SWAP
SEATTLE AND AN ACTIVE SEX WORK
RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND AS A
PROJECT MANAGER, I WANT TO
FULLY ADVOCATE FOR THE FULL
FUNDING OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL
AS FUNDING OTHER COMMUNITY
SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT OVERLAP
WITH LEAD POPULATIONS.
I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM
AS IT CAME TO THE PUBLIC
HEARING FROM SWAP SEATTLE.
INTERACTION WITH POLICE IS NOT
ACTUALLY REQUIRED FOR REFERRAL
INTO LEAD SERVICES.
THE IDEA THAT SEX WORKERS HAVE
TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH
POLICE WHEN THIS MODEL IS FULLY
FUNDED IS NOT ACTUALLY
ACCURATE.
HOWEVER, IT'S BEING
OPERATIONALIZED THAT WAY
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE
REFERRALS IN ORDER TO BALANCE
CAPACITY ISSUES.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THE
LEAD MECHANISM INTACT AND
OPERATING AT FIDELITY IN ORDER
TO HAVE THE BEST OUTCOMES FOR
THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
THERE ABSOLUTELY COMPETENT AND
MANY ARE SURVIVORS AND HAVE
BEEN MEMBERS AS YOU'VE HEARD
EARLIER. THERE ARE A RANGE OF
REASONS WHY THEY ARE DOING SEX
WORK ON THE STREET AND SERVICES
SHOULD REFLECT THAT.
RELATE PROJECT HAS BEEN GROUND
ZERO. AGAIN I WANT TO ADVOCATE
FOR FULL FUNDING AS IT IS THE
MOST APPROPRITE MECHANISM AND
ALSO COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A
LOT OF PEOPLE BEHIND YOU SO
WELCOME TO THE GROUP AND I
APPRECIATE YOU TALKING ABOUT
TINY HOUSES.
>> MY NAME IS ANNIKA.
I LIVE AT GEORGETOWN TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE WITH MY FIANCCE AND 2-
YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS
GEORGETOWN HAS BEEN A MODEL OF
ACCEPTANCE COMPASSION RECOVERY
AND SUCCESS.
WORKING WITH THE NAVIGATION
TEAM SERVES SEATTLE'S MOST
VULNERABLE ADULTS, SOME WHO
HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS 10 TO
15 YEARS.
SHOULD THIS END, 60 ADULTS ONE
CHILD AND 22 PETS WOULD BE BACK
ON THE STREET OR IN THE
SHELTER.
THEY WOULD NO LONGER FEEL
ACCEPTED BUT THE OUTCAST OF
SOCIETY CAN.
IT WOULD BE THE CONTINUATION OF
SOCIETY AND THE OPENING OF
VILLAGES WOULD HELP THOUSANDS
OF INDIVIDUALS FEEL THE DIGNITY
THAT WE FEEL DAILY AS WELL AS
FROM THE GEORGETOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WOULD LIKE TO END WITH A
QUOTE FROM THE BOOK COMMUNITY
GROWTH.
WHEN WE PULL OUR STRENGTH AND
SHARE THE WORK AND
RESPONSIBILITY, WE CAN WELCOME
MANY PEOPLE, EVEN THOSE IN DEEP
DISTRESS AND HELP THEM FIND
SELF-CONFIDENCE AND INNER
HEALING.
I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD THE REST
OF MY TIME TO BARBARA.
>> WELCOME.
>> I'M BARBARA GRACE HILL, A
MEMBER OF THE GEORGETOWN
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL AND
HAVE HAD THE HONOR AND PLEASURE
OF WORKING WITH THE VILLAGE
SINCE ITS OPENING.
IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE
KEEP FUNDING MORE VILLAGES AND
TO PLEASE KEEP THE GEORGETOWN
VILLAGE OPEN AS WELL.
THE COST TO CLOSE A VILLAGES
APPROXIMATELY $300,000.
THAT IS THE COST OF BUILDING
APPROXIMATELY ONE MORE BILLET
VILLAGE WHICH WE DESPERATELY
NEED. OR, IT WOULD PROVIDE
SALARIES FOR AROUND 6 TO 8 CASE
MANAGERS FOR UP TO A YEAR.
AS WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE PAST
FEW YEARS, MORE CASE MANAGERS
RESULT IN PEOPLE MOVING UP THE
HOUSE AND CONTINUE ON INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THAT IS A CRITICAL NEED AS
WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY THIS
EVENING INCLUDING THOSE WHO
HAVE RISEN FROM HOMELESSNESS TO
BECOME CASE MANAGERS, MENTORS,
TEACHERS.
THIS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IS
ONE OF THE UNEXPECTED BENEFITS
THAT I HAVE WITNESSED WITHIN
THE GEORGETOWN VILLAGE.
ANNIKA IS A LEADER IN HER
VILLAGE COMMUNITY AND I HAVE
CONFIDENCE SHE WILL CONTINUE TO
GROW.
PATTY HERE IS ANOTHER. SHE IS
WORKING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
CARRYING THE MESSAGE OF SUCCESS
OF THE TINY HOME VILLAGE MODEL.
ANDREW IS ALSO DOING THAT AND
HE IS A RESIDENT AND LEADER.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MAYOR
JENNY DURKIN I AM SURE THAT
MAYBE ONE DAY WE WILL CALL HIM
MAYOR.
THEY ARE MODELING LEADERSHIP
AND DEMOCRATIC DECISION-MAKING
TO RESIDENTS AS ARE ALL OF THE
RESIDENTS BACK TO THEM.
THEY WORKED WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ON NUMEROUS EVENTS
AND WITH THOSE OF US SERVING IN
CONCERT WITH HUMAN SERVICES,
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
RECENTLY WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE
OF SITTING AND SPEAKING WITH
SOME OF YOU AND ARE VERY
GRATEFUL FOR THAT TIME AND
COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF THE
CITY.
THAT RELATIONSHIP IS GETTING
BETTER EVERY DAY AND WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
ARE GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY
LARGELY SUPPORTS THE
CONTINUATION OF THE GEORGETOWN
VILLAGE.
GEORGETOWN IS A MODEL FOR THE
CITY. LET US CONTINUE TO DO
THIS TRANSFORMATIVE WORK
TOGETHER AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
PLEASE CONTINUE THE VILLAGES
AND GEORGETOWN SPECIFICALLY.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON A VILLAGE
WELL TENDED.
CHRIS McDANIEL IS 48. DEVON IS
49, AND WE HAVE A NUMBER 50.
IT LOOKS LIKE NAOMI.
>> I'M CHRIS McDANIEL.
I LIVE IN THE TINY VILLAGE ALSO.
I'VE BEEN LISTENING TRYING TO
THINK OF WHAT TO SAY AND I'LL
BE BRIEF.
KIM, MO, THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT
ONCE LIVED IN GEORGETOWN TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE BUT LEFT.
THEY ARE DEAD NOW.
THEY DID NOT KILL THEMSELVES.
THEY WERE KILLED.
IF YOU CLOSE THIS VILLAGE
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
YOU NEED TO OPEN MORE VILLAGES.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ].
>> ARE YOU DEVON?
49, HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE.
NAOMI IS 50, AND BRITT FLEMING
IS 51.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> LAST YEAR I MOVED UP HERE
OUT OF MOVING OUT OF AN
EXTENSIVE SITUATION.
I CAME UP HERE WITH NOTHING BUT
THE CLOTHES ON MY BACK.
I WAS LET INTO THE VILLAGE AND
HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OVER A
YEAR.
IT HAS SHELTERED ME FROM THE
COLD, THE VIOLENCE,
DISCRIMINATION AND HATRED.
THESE VILLAGES THAT YOU HAVE
ALL THE WAY AROUND, WE VISITED
MANY DIFFERENT ONES.
MANY CULTURES AND MANY TYPES OF
PEOPLE THAT HAVE MANY IDEAS.
THESE VILLAGES PROMOTE THE
IDEA, THE GROWTH OF THE IDEAS
AND THE GROWTH OF THE PERSONAL
POTENTIAL WELL-BEING.
$600,000 ALLOCATED TO DEMOING
THESE VIDEOS OR REALLOCATING
THEM CODE, AS SPOKEN EARLIER,
OPEN UP 2 MORE WHICH WOULD MAKE
IT 22 MORE VILLAGES THAT WAS
PROPOSED. I'M GOING TO GIVE IT
TO MY FRIEND TRAVIS FOR THE
REST OF MY TIME.
>> I'M KNOWN AS-- TRAVIS.
I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS
COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
I MOVED HERE VERY YOUNG.
I WAS THE FIRST UNDERAGED PERSON
AT THE UNION GOSPEL MISSION.
THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT WAS
A TEAM.
I WAS 16 AT THE TIME.
IT WAS A TERRIBLE PLACE.
THEN I LEFT AND GOT INTO A TENT
IN FRONT OF CITY HALL WITH MY
MOTHER.
I GOT REFERRED BY THE REACH
TEAM AND AM A PERMANENT
RESIDENT OF THE TINY HOME
VILLAGE.
IT HAS SAVED MY LIFE.
I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN BLESSED
BY THAT IN WAYS YOU WOULD NOT
UNDERSTAND.
I THINK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING
TO ME.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING TRAVIS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> NUMBER 50 AS NAOMI.
AND 52 IS ALEX FINCH.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE
BUDGET PROPOSAL ALLOCATING
MONEY TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO
CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT LIKE THE BLACK DOLLAR
DAYS TASK FORCE.
TO SUPPORT BLACK CHURCHES AND
CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS DEVELOP
VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED
PROPERTIES.
GROWTH IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
SHOULD NEVER COME AT THE COST OF
DISPLACING AND DISENFRANCHISING
GROUPS OF THE POPULATION.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL
OF US TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES TO
ADVANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
AND DEVELOP SAFE AND CULTURALLY
RELEVANT NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE CANNOT RECOGNIZE GROWTH AS
PROGRESS IF WE ARE NOT DOING
THIS WORK.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF TINY HAS A VILLAGES.
AS A VOLUNTEER WITH THE LOW-
INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE I FEEL
PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME IN
THESE INCREDIBLE COMMUNITIES.
IT IS CLEAR WE ARE CALLING FOR
SOLUTIONS TO THIS CRISIS AND
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES IS ONE OF
THE SOLUTIONS.
PLEASE HEAR THE VOICES OF THOSE
IMPACTED BY THE VILLAGES
BECAUSE THEY SHOWED UP TO TALK
TO YOU TODAY.
AND REMEMBER WHEN YOU INVEST IN
A TINY HOUSE VILLAGE YOU ARE
INVESTING IN THE BEAUTIFUL
COURAGEOUS AND IMPORTANT LIVES
THEY SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
[ APPLAUSE ] SPEED HAVE-- WE
HAVE
>> WE HAVE-- AND ALEX.
51, 52, 53.
>> I'M A RESIDENT AT 2nd CHANCE
TINY HOUSES.
I BECAME HOMELESS 10 YEARS AGO
SUFFERING IN ALL OF THE USUAL
WAYS. IN THE BEGINNING I STAYED
AT MISSIONS AND OVERNIGHT
SHELTERS BEING KICKED OUT THE
NEXT MORNING IN DESPAIR. AND
LONELINESS. AND DESPERATION. I
TURNED TO DRUGS.
IT WAS AN EASY WAY OUT AND A
WAY FOR ME TO FEEL GOOD.
IN TURNING TO DRUGS, IT DID NOT
LAST LONG, THE FEELING OF
SECURITY AND ALL OF THAT.
IT MADE IT WORSE SO I TURNED TO
METHODS LIKE HARM REDUCTION AND
IN GETTING SOBER I FOUND MYSELF
IN PLACES LIKE TENNESSEE AND
BECOMING MORE AND MORE
DEBILITATED WITH ARTHRITIS. AND
ALONG THE WAY, GETTING SOBER
AND HEALTHY AND OTHERS GOING ON
LIKE LIVER DISEASE.
I'VE BEEN ON THE LIST FOR
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR 5
YEARS AND NO HOUSING AVAILABLE.
NOW WITH TINY HOUSES I HAVE A
HOUSE AND A HOME THAT I LIVE IN
WHEN I RECEIVED A NEW LIVER.
I AM NOW ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST
SO I'M JUST GLAD I HAVE A HOME
TO LIVE IN.
THANK YOU.
>> ALEX FINCH?
SEAN SMITH IS 53 AND REBECCA
THINK IS 54.
>> SOMEONE LEFT A PHONE UP HERE.
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR
STAYING WITH US THIS LONG.
MY NAME IS ALEX FINCH AND I'M
THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS COORDINATOR
AT NORTH LIKE.
HELPED WITH POSITIVITY IN MY
LIFE SINCE MOVING INTO
NORTHLAKE.
BUT I WILL NOT BECAUSE IT IS A
STORY THAT YOU'VE HEARD
MULTIPLE TIMES TONIGHT, NOT TO
MENTION I COULD NOT TOP THOSE
KIDS WITH THE POEM.
INSTEAD I WILL ASK YOU A
QUESTION.
IT IS A QUESTION THAT I POSED
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY WITH THE
EH T AND THAT IS ARE YOU HAPPY
WITH YOUR LEGACY AS SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS?
I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOUR
LEAVING AT THE END OF THE TERM.
SOMEONE ELSE WILL TAKE YOUR
SPOT, BUT ARE YOU HAPPY WITH
YOUR LEGACY?
A LEGACY IN WHICH HOMELESSNESS
AND DEATHS HAVE BEEN
INCREASING.
BY EXAMPLE, WHEN I FIRST STARTED
TALKING, 67 AT THIS TIME. AS
YOU HEARD EARLIER THERE WAS 94.
IT IS A LEGACY WHERE A MASSIVE
AMOUNT OF DATA THAT WOULD PUT
THE POST OFFICES SERVERS TO
SHAME IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
THE FLESH AND BLOOD PEOPLE WHO
ARE HERE PAYING YOU TO GOVERN
WITH COMPASSION TO SAVE LIVES..
I'M NOT HERE JUST FOR ME BUT
FOR THE PERSON WHO WILL BE IN MY
SHELTER AFTER ME WHEN I NO
LONGER NEED IT.
SO PLEASE SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT
TO FUND MORE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
, DO NOT CLOSE DOWN AND HELP
THE MAYOR FOLLOW THROUGH ON A
CAMPAIGN PROMISE OF OPENING
MORE TINY HOUSES.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SEAN 53 REBECCA 54 AND LINDA
55.
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS SEAN SMITH BUT YOU
ALREADY KNOW WHO I AM.
I COULD TALK ABOUT WHO INVENTED
SOFT MANAGEMENT BUT I WON'T.
I CAN TALK ABOUT WHO INVENTED
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES THAT I
WON'T.
INSTEAD I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO
BE HONEST WITH YOURSELVES AND
LOOK AT THE CRISIS THAT WE FACE
ON THE STREET NIGHTLY.
WE NEED YOU TO VOTE FOR
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
AMENDMENT . $12 MILLION FOR 20
VILLAGES.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO SHUT DOWN
ONE.
WE ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO
BUILDING THE HOUSING THAT WE
NEED.
PLEASE.
LET'S GET BACK TO WORK AND HELP
PEOPLE.
THINK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
REBECCA?
LINDY IS 55 AND JASON AUSTIN
56.
>> I WORK FOR THE LOW-INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE WITH THE TINY
HAS PROGRAM AND AM SO GRATEFUL
TO RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT TO
SPEAK ABOUT EXPERIENCES AND
WILLINGNESS TO BE VULNERABLE
AND OPEN ABOUT THOSE.
IT IS NOT MY ROLE TO SPEAK ON
THEIR HARDSHIPS BUT I WANT TO
BRING UP A POPULATION THAT
VILLAGES SERVE LEFT OUT OF
THESE DISCUSSIONS. THE 2019
POINT IN TIME COUNT IDENTIFIED
1583 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF
18 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
THIS YEAR ON ONE NIGHT AND
THAT'S PROBABLY AN UNDERCOUNT.
THE VILLAGES CURRENTLY OFFER
SAFE AND DIGNIFIED SHELTER FOR
26 OF THOSE CHILDREN
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS--
HOMELESSNESS. THE KIDS IN THE
úVILLAGE RIGHT AROUND ON BIKES,
LOVE TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK AND
ARE THE SWEETEST, GOOFIEST
HUMANS I'VE EVER HAD THE
PLEASURE OF MEETING.
THEY OFFER A PLACE FOR CHILDREN
TO TAKE A SHOWER BEFORE SCHOOL,
TO GET A FULL NIGHT'S REST, AND
THE STABILITY TO THINK ABOUT
WHO THEY WANT TO BE WHEN THEY
GROW UP.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT INCREASED
FUNDING FOR MORE VILLAGES.
I THINK WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT WE CAN DO BETTER FOR
CHILDREN EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND THIS IS A STEP
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY IS NOT
ONLY A DISSERVICE TO OUR
COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THE FUTURE.
I SPOKE ON SIMILAR SENTIMENTS
BUT FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT IF
ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
VISITING A VILLAGE AND MEETING
SOME OF OUR NEXT ASTRONAUTS
POLICE OFFICERS AND PRESIDENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LINDY?
56 IS JASON AUSTIN PICK
>> IT'S LINDA ACTUALLY.
IT'S THE SPELLING, IT'S GERMAN.
>> I CAME TO TALK ABOUT
PROBLEMS THAT ARE COMING UP
THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF.
THE WILDFIRE DESTROYED 8000
STRUCTURES AND IN MANY
COMMUNITIES BOTH HIGH-END
MIDDLE CLASS AND LOWER CLASS.
THE CITY LOST 5% OF HOUSING
STOCK. IMAGINE THAT HAPPENING
HERE.
WITH ONE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
OWNER BUILDING A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE FOR SOME OF THOSE WHO
LOST THEIR HOMES AND DONATED
LAND TO PUT IT ON, EACH HOME
COST $15,000 TO CONSTRUCT AND A
LOT OF THE WORK WAS DONATED BY
NOT ONLY CARPENTERS BUT
ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS, THE
EXPENSIVE STUFF AND THESE ARE
PERMANENT HOMES.
THEY ARE NOT WHAT YOU THINK OF
WHEN YOU THINK OF TINY HOMES OF
TODAY WHICH ARE EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
IS SOMETHING NOT SO GOOD COMING
UP IN THE FUTURE.
I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO A MAN WITH
DEMENTIA AND HE WAS CRYING TO
ME THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE HE LOST
$20 WHICH HE CANNOT AFFORD TO
LOSE BECAUSE THERE WERE HOLES
IN HIS POCKETS AND HE COULDN'T
FIGURE OUT THAT HE HAD TO TAKE
THE CLOTHING THAT HAD HOLES IN
THE POCKETS OFF AND PUT ON
CLOTHING THAT HAD NO HOLES IN
THE POCKETS.
I HAD TO GUIDE HIM THROUGH THAT
JUST LIKE I WOULD A CHILD, BUT
WITHOUT MESSING UP HIS SELF-
ESTEEM.
THEN I FOUND OUT HIS JACKET HAD
HOLES IN THE POCKETS SO I GAVE
HIM ONE OF MINE THAT DID NOT.
2 MINUTES ALREADY?
WE HAVE GOT TO CONSTRUCT TINY
HOUSES PERMANENTLY FOR THESE
PEOPLE AND CAREGIVERS BECAUSE
WE ARE DUE TO HAVE 140,000 MORE
PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON WITH DEMENTIA.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
>> YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE JASON
BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
>> WE ARE SLOTTING IN.
I AM DANIEL MALONE AND I AM
HERE WITH MIKE COLLEAGUES TO
SPEAK IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMEMBER
MEG SHAW'S PROPOSAL ORDERED BY
SEVERAL OF YOU TO INVEST $2
BILLION INTO THE CONSTRUCTION
OF A NEW MEDICAL CLINIC TO BE
LOCATED IN THE HOPSON PLACE.
WITH THIS FUNDING WE PLAN TO
BUILD OUT A CLINIC, HIGH
QUALITY AND INTEGRATED TO
BECOME A REALITY FOR THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE WITH SIGNIFICANT
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL
HERE IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT.
IT IS OLDER THAN IT USED TO BE
AND I AM SEEING INCREASINGLY
COMPLEXED AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE
HOMELESS.
PEOPLE WITH BOTH CONDITIONS
OFTEN GET INADEQUATE CARE FOR
EITHER TYPE OF CONDITION.
THIS PROJECT BUILDS ON AND
EXPANDS PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP
SERVE IN AN INTEGRATED WAY SO
THAT MORE ARE EFFECTIVELY
TREATED.
>> I AM TRYST WITH HARBORVIEW
MEDICAL CENTER AND WE HAVE
NURSES AND DOCTORS AND PHYSICAL
THERAPIST AND NUTRITIONIST AND
PSYCHIATRIST WORKING HARD EVERY
DAY TO TREAT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN-
HOUSE AND DEALING WITH POVERTY
AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF
HEALTH ISSUES.
WE HAVE PARTNERED FOR WELL OVER
45 YEARS BRINGING NURSES INTO
SHELTER AND INITIATING THAT
FIRST PARTNERSHIP OF HOUSING
FIRST AND THIS PROJECT HAS
REALLY BEEN THE NEXT STEP AS
YOU ARE HEARING EVERYBODY TALK
TODAY ABOUT NEEDING HOUSING AND
THIS INTEGRATED CARE MODEL OF
PEOPLE GOING OUT ON THE STREET
AND DOING STREET SERVICES AS
WELL AS ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE
CLINICS THAT ARE INTEGRATED
WITH CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND
MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND
PSYCHIATRY SERVICE AND CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
IT IS REALLY COMPREHENSIVE
INTEGRATED CLINIC THAT WILL
HAVE 175 UNITS OF HOUSING AND
WOULD REALLY THINK THIS IS KIND
OF THE NEXT STEP.
WE WAS CUTTING THE EDGE WITH
1811 E. WAY AND I THINK THIS
PRODUCT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR
THAT.
I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE HEARD
PLENTY OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT
THE FAKSA BEING UN-SHELTERED
AND UN-HOUSED ON YOUR PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL HEALTH.
THIS WOULD JUST BE A GREAT
PROJECT TO TRY AND BE ABLE TO
HELP ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
>> WE ARE EXCITED TO MAKE THIS
CLINIC AND THE CARE WILL
PROVIDE A REALITY.
THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS
APPROXIMATELY $22 MILLION.
úWE HAVE MOST OF THE FUNDING
FROM THE STATE ALLOCATION AND
NEW MARKET AND TAX CREDITS.
WE HAVE A REQUEST WORKING TO
KING COUNTY AND ARE APPEALING
TO PHILANTHROPY AND OTHER
GRANTMAKERS.
ANY REMAINING GET Y TO BE
COVERED VIA DEBT, BUT WE ARE
WORKING TO KEEP THE DEBT LOW TO
KEEP OPERATING COSTS AS LOW AS
POSSIBLE. THIS KIND OF
INTEGRATED, BEHAVIORAL, AND
PHYSICAL HEALTHCARE ALONG WITH
BADLY NEEDED SUPPORT OF HOUSE
UNITS THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED
IN THE BUILDING IS A MAJOR
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE TO SOLVING
HOMELESSNESS AND THE IMPACT ON
THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US
AND FROM LISTING TO EVERYBODY
YOU HEARING FROM TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.[ APPLAUSE ]
>> JOSH, NICE TO SEE YOU AND DO
YOU HAVE A GROUP WITH YOU OR IS
IT JUST YOU?
>> IT IS JUST ME.
I AM JOSS CASHEL AND I WORK FOR
LEHIGH AND 196 PEOPLE DIED
LIVING ON THE STREETS.
NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO DIE DUE
TO A LACK OF SHELTER.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU
AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
CITY IN THE FUNDING OF EIGHT
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES IN SEATTLE
WHICH IS GREATLY SAVED AND
IMPROVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES
SINCE THE FIRST VILLAGE OPEN
3.5 YEARS AGO'S.
THESE ARE NOT A PERMANENT
SOLUTION BUT A CRITICAL
STEPPINGSTONE FROM HOMELESSNESS
TO HOUSING.
THEY PROVIDE SHELTER,
COMMUNITY, AND SAFETY TO CLOSE
TO 1000 PEOPLE A YEAR AND HIGH
RATES OF COMPARED TO OTHER
SHELTER PROGRAMS.
EVEN WITH THE LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY
OUR CASEMANAGERS HAVE
TRANSITIONED OVER 500 TINY
HOUSE RESIDENTS INTO THE
HOUSING SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN.
RIGHT NOW IT IS CITY-OWNED AND
PRIVATE AND FAITH-BASED LAND
EXIST TO ACCOMMODATE MORE
VILLAGES AND THOUSANDS OF
BULGES ARE READY TO JUMP IN AND
BUILD THEM.
WE ARE REQUESTING THE CITY
COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE
ALLOCATION OF 6 MILLION FROM
THE SALES AND PROCEEDS OF THIS
UNION BLOCK AND OTHER SOURCES
TO SUPPORT 10 TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES WITH 20-60 TINY HOUSES
EACH AND SHELTER AN ADDITIONL
800-1200 WOMEN, MEN, AND
CHILDREN AND KEEP THEM SAFE AND
WARM WITH HYGIENE FACILITIES.
WE ALSO ASKED THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WANT
LEGISLATION TO AUTHORIZE MORE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES IN SEATTLE.
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT THE TINY
HOUSE ORDINANCE PASSES BEFORE
THE END OF MARCH 2020 WITH THE
TEMPORARY PERMITS EXPIRE FOR
VILLAGES THAT ARE NOT CHURCH
SPONSORED.
RESIDENCE ALMOST OF THE
VILLAGES ARE HERE TODAY TO
SHARE THE STORIES OF HOW THE
VILLAGES HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE
FOR THEM AND PLEASE LISTEN TO
THEM.
PLEASE SUPPORT MORE THAT WE
NEED TO HELP THE MANY FAMILIES
FORCED TO LIVE IN THEIR VEHICLE
AS WELL.
WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE
COUNCIL AS FUNDING TO PROMOTE
MORE SAFE PARKING.
I WANTED TO THANK THE
COUNCILMEMBER FOR PARTICIPATING
IN THAT FORM -- FORUM A FEW
MONTHS AGO.
LASTLY WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY
SUPPORT THE REAL CHANGE
CAMPAIGN FOR FIVE PITSTOPS.
THANK YOU.%
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ARE YOU ART.
>> ART GAVE ME HIS CARD AND
LEFT.
MY NAME IS DAVID DELGADO WITH
THE BIA.
>> HOLD ON DAVID I RECOGNIZE
YOU.
AFTER DAVID IT IS GOING TO BE
RENCE AND SHOSHANA IS NUMBER 60.
>> WE ARE WITH THE GROUP.
>> OKAY.
GO AHEAD.
>> WOULD YOU SET HIS TIME FOR
FIVE MINUTES PLEASE?
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING NOW AT THIS
POINT CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND
MY NAME IS DEVON RIDDLES AND
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BALLOT
ALLIANCE AN ORGANIZATION THAT
REPRESENTS HUNDREDS OF
INSTANCES AND THOUSANDS OF
RESIDENTS.
WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR A GREEN
SHEET THAT WOULD PROVIDE
SUPPORTIVE FUNDING FOR OUTREACH
WORKERS.
THE FIRST CONTRACT WITH THE
REGION IN 2017 PROVIDED
NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED OUTREACH OR
HOUSING INDIVIDUALS WITH THE
GOAL OF OFFERING SERVICES,
SHELTER, AND HOUSING. THIS
PROGRAM HAS WORKED REALLY WELL
AND FOR EXAMPLE THIS YEAR ALONE
OUR OUTREACH WORKER HAS
AVERAGED 85 CONTACTS PER MONTH
AND 71 INDIVIDUALS HAVE
RECEIVED SHELTER THIS YEAR AND
18 INDIVIDUALS HAVE GOTTEN
PERMANENT HOUSING THIS YEAR.
FOR 2018 THE CITY PROVIDED
FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT THE
COST OF EACH PROGRAM IN THE
DISTRICT.
THE GREEN SHEET PROPOSAL BEFORE
YOU WILL HELP PROVIDE PARTIAL
FUNDING TO CONTINUE THIS
PROGRAM FOR 2020 AND 2021.
WE BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM IS A
SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP THAT PROVIDES A
CRITICAL TOOL FOR SERVING AND
HOUSED PEOPLE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ENCOURAGE CONTINUED
COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY TO
HELP SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS
DAVID DELGADO AND I AM HERE IN
SUPPORT OF THE BIA OUTREACH
PROGRAM.
THE TITLE GIVEN TO MEET WITH
UNIVERSITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR
BUT I WILL ALSO BE A SOCIAL
JUSTICE ADVOCATE FIRST.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE I WANT THE
CITY COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT I
WILL NOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OF
PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYMENT
SECURITY.
I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM
CONVINCED THAT ASSERTIVE
NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED OUTREACH IS
CURRENTLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE
OUTREACH MODEL FOR MEETING THE
NEEDS OF SOME OF OUR MOST
MOBILE POPULATIONS.
THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY HELPS OUR
COMMUNITY WITH INDIVIDUAL NEEDS
BUT THIS PROGRAM HAS POSITIVE
EFFECTS THAT I DON'T WANT TO GO
UNNOTICED.
YES DURING MY WORK DAYS I AM
DOING THE MICRO WORK SUCH AS
HELPING PEOPLE GET INTO THE
SHELTER AND HOUSING AND
OBTAINING IDS AND PROVIDING
HARM REDUCTION SERVICES OR
HELPING PEOPLE GET ACCESS TO
MENTAL HEALTH AND CHEMICAL
DEPENDENCY.
THINGS THAT ARE BEING RECORDED.
THE BIA OUTREACH WORKER ALSO
DOES LOTS OF WORK THAT TENDS TO
GO UNNOTICED.
FOR ONE EXAMPLE CONDUCTING
SAFETY CHECKS ON PEOPLE
CONDUCTING EMOTIONAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS.
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF
REACHING WORKERS WITH THE BIA I
HAVE HAD THE HONOR WORKING WITH
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
WITH THE HELP OF THE SPD AND
THE LOCAL BUSINESSES MY ABILITY
TO HELP OTHERS HAS GREATLY
INCREASED AND IN MY SHORT TIME
WORKING WITH THE BIA AND FOUND
A MISSING PERSON AND CONNECTED
WITH HIS PARENTS.
I FOUND A NEWBORN THAT WAS IN
AN UNSAFE SITUATION FOR CPS AND
I HAVE HOUSED TWO MENTAL HEALTH
PERSONS AND NOT JUST MOVE THEM
AROUND.
SORRY.
GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY.
>> YOU ARE DOING GREAT.
>> ALSO HELP PEOPLE FIND PEOPLE.
I GET CALLS FROM THE POLICE
REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR EITHER
PERSON THAT WAS ON HOUSED OR
SOMEONE YOU THINK THEY WAS
MENTALLY ILL.
I GET CALLS FROM BUSINESSES
DIRECTLY HELP ON HOUSE PEOPLE
OR SOMETIME THE STORE WILL CALL
ME TO HELP ME THE ISSUE LATE
PEOPLE WHO APPEAR IN DISTRESS.
I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING USED AS A
TOOL FOR THE POLICE AND
BUSINESSES AND I WELCOME IT.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING THAT
I PLEASE HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER
AT THEIR DISPOSAL WHEN DEALING
WITH AN IN HOUSE COMMUNITY AND
OFTEN HEAR FROM STORES AND
PROPERTY OWNERS THAT BEFORE THE
HAVE MY NUMBER THEY SUGGEST
THEY CALL THE POLICE AND SAID
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO
CALL.
NOW THE PUBLIC HAS MORE OPTIONS
TO BETTER THE SAFETY AND
UGLINESS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN
A WAY THAT IS MORE ETHICAL THAN
BEFORE THE OUTREACH BIA PROGRAM.
I THINK NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED
OUTREACH IS EFFECTIVE AND
CURRENTLY THE MOST ETHICAL
MEANS OF DOING OUTREACH.
MY HOPE IS THAT THIS COUNSEL
WOULD RECOGNIZE THE BIA
OUTREACH PROGRAM AND SUPPORT IT.
>> THANK YOU DAVID.
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS MARK CRAWFORD AND I
AM SERVING AS HE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND
WE BEGAN OUR PILOT PROGRAM IN
MARCH EMPLOYING DAVID DELGADO
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HE HAS ONLY SPOKEN TO YOU BUT I
LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
IN PUBLIC THANK HIM FOR ALL HE
IS DONE FOR THE PUBLIC PEOPLE
IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
HE HAS MADE A PROFOUND
DIFFERENCE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
DATA, BUT IN SEVEN SHORT MONTHS
HE HAS HELPED WHAT HE FOR
INDIVIDUALS, AND 35 INDIVIDUALS
WAS SHORT TO -- SHORT-TERM
SHELTER AND 26 INDIVIDUALS WITH
MEDICAL REFERRALS AND SO MUCH
MORE.
TWO LOSSES PRIVATE PROGRAM THEY
PROVIDED FUNDING WHICH WE DID
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY
AND THE ROTARY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT
LAUNCHED FUNDING AND WE WOULD
LIKE TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM.
WE WILL ALSO COMMIT TO THE
CONTINUED FRAMEWORK OF PRIVATE
PUBLIC FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE
PROGRAM AND WE ARE ASKING THE
CITY TO SUPPORT US AT THIS ICKY
% LEVEL AND WE WILL RAISE THE
PRIVATE FUNDS FOR THE REMAINING
40%.
SIMPLY PUT THIS IS A PROGRAM
THAT WORKS.
IT HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE
COMMUNITY BOTH IN TERMS OF THE
BUY-IN AND THE WILLINGNESS TO
BUY A SIZABLE PERCENTAGE OF THE
FUNDING.
IT IS EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE.
WE HOPE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL
SUPPORT THE REQUEST TO ADD
DEDICATED FUNDING FOR THIS
PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ].
>> THANK YOU.
I WAS CONCENTRATING.
AFTER MY ABLE ASSISTANT JUST
SCARE ME.
WE HAVE RENCE AND SHOSHANA AND
SUNDAY.
>> ARE YOU 59.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH ONE
OF YOU BECAUSE THE CHANCES ARE
I MIGHT NOT SEE YOU AGAIN AND I
HAVE BEEN DOWN HERE MANY TIMES
TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL THE
HUMANITY FOUR HOUSING AND ALL
OF THAT.
I WANT TO THANK EACH ONE OF YOU
THAT WILL NOT BE RETURNING FOR
YOUR SERVICE AND I DO WISH YOU
THE BEST.
THE LEAD OF PROGRAM IS WONDERFUL
AND I DEFINITELY SUPPORT MORE
FUNDS THAN THAT.
KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE
JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS THE BEST
THING ACTUALLY.
ANYWAY WE HAD THIS IDEA A LONG
TIME AGO, AND I WAS HAPPY TO
HEAR THAT PEOPLE WAS TALKING
ABOUT THIS.
THESE MOBILE SHOWERS THEY START
AT $22,000 AND ON UP, AND FOR
$48,000 YOU COULD JUST GOOGLE
IT, AND THEY HAVE SOME
LAUNDROMAT FACILITIES WITH THEM
AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BATHROOMS.
BUT AS FAR AS PERSONAL HYGIENE,
IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR ANYONE.
SO WE CANNOT HAVE HOUSING FOR
EVERYONE RIGHT AWAY, BUT THE
BEST WAY TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVE
DIGNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT
AND FIT INTO SOCIETY.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY OF THESE
THINGS TAKE PLACE.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY
AND OTHER PEOPLE SAFETY BUT I
WILL ADDRESS THAT IN A MINUTE.
YOU CAN GET BATHROBES WHILE THEY
WASHING THEIR CLOTHES, AND THESE
DETAILS ARE PRACTICAL.
THEY ALSO CAN HAPPEN.
TINY VILLAGES ABSOLUTELY AND
WITHOUT THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE THE MAZE OF DOLLARS OF
COST FOR THE OTHER THINGS, TINY
VILLAGES ARE ALSO COMMON SENSE.
>> RENCE, AS YOU TO GET TO THE
LAST SENTENCE.
>> AND I DO SUPPORT HIRING MORE
POLICE BECAUSE WE DO, AND IT IS
REALLY GOOD THAT THEY HAVE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEY ARE
BEING RETRAINED, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
SHOSHANA AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
61 HAS LEFT SO IS SUNNY 61?
SO BRAD NUMBER 62 WILL BE AFTER
SHOSHANA.
>> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF YOUTH
CARE AND SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET
PACKAGE FOR THE DRAGON
COMMUNITY AS WELL IS A BUDGET
REQUEST FOR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR
YOUTH AND CHILDREN TO PROVIDE
LEGAL AID FOR YOUTH
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THANK YOU FOR UNANIMOUSLY
SUPPORTING THE ANNUAL INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT FOR THE HUMAN
SERVICES CONTRACT THIS SUMMER.
WE ARE TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN
SUPPORTING A COMPARABLE WORK-
STUDY TO ASSESS THE CHRONIC
UNDERFUNDING OF THE FIELD AND
CREATE NEW WAGE BENCHMARKS.
WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE
SMALLER COMMITTEE BASED
ORGANIZATIONS CLOSE THEIR DOORS
BECAUSE THEY CANNOT PAY STAFF
OR KEEP UP WITH RISING COSTS.
HUMAN SERVICES CREATE THE
FOUNDATION BY WHICH ALL PEOPLE
IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN ACHIEVE
STABILITY AND SUCCESS AND WE
CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE THAT
FOUNDATION.
ON THAT NOTE YOUTH CARE RELIES
HEAVILY ON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
LEGAL COUNSEL TO HELP YOUNG
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ACHIEVE STABILITY
AND UNFORTUNATELY AS MENTIONED
EARLIER THAT LEGAL AID IS ALSO
AT RISK.
I WANT TO ECHO THE WORDS THAT
WAS SHARED EARLIER THAT THE
YOUNG PEOPLE WE WORK WITH
ESPECIALLY THE MINORS ARE
NAVIGATING MULTIPLE SYSTEMS
WITH COMPLEX LEGAL NEEDS.
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIVE
IN HELPING THE YOUTH ADDRESS
THE TYPE OF LEGAL ISSUES THAT
CREATE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING
HOUSING AND LONG-TERM STABILITY.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN
GONZALEZ FOR SUPPORTING THIS
WORK AND WE ARE FULL SUPPORT
FOR BOTH OF THESE IMPORTANT
ISSUES.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUTH CARE.
NUMBER 62 BRADFORD AND NUMBER 63
MAUREEN.
SAID HELLO AND THANK YOU
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS BRADFORD GERBER AND
I AM A PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE
LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE.
FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS I HAVE
WORKED ON THE TINY HOUSE
PROGRAM IN THIS COMMUNITY WHAT
I HAVE SERVED AS LIAISON,
PROJECT MANAGER, ADVOCATE, AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY STUDENT TO THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THESE
VILLAGES AND WORKING IN THESE
PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE NEVER NOT BEEN BUSY.
MOST RECENTLY WE HAVE ADDED A
NEW KITCHEN AND COMMUNITY AREA
AND WE HAVE ADDED HOT SHOWERS
TO CAMP SECOND CHANCE.
WE HAVE ADDED TOILETS AND
LAUNDRY FACILITIES AT SAFE
HARBOR.
WE HAVE BUILT ACCESSIBLE RAMPS
AND ADDED ASSESSABLE GRAVEL AND
PORCHES WITH HANDRAILS TO
GEORGETOWN VILLAGE AND ADDED 12
TINY HOUSES TO A FELLOW VILLAGE
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS FUELED
BY VOLUNTEERS AND FUNDED BY THE
COMMUNITY.
SEATTLE IS UNIQUE.
WE HAVE UNIQUE CHALLENGES WITH
MORE PEOPLE ARE AT THE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
THE CITY THAN ANY OTHER MAJOR
CITY IN THE COUNTRY AND IN A
CLIMATE THAT IS NOT FORGIVING.
WE HAVE UNIQUE SOLUTIONS AS WELL
. THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
COMMUNITY RESIDENT PARTNERSHIP
OF THE PROGRAM IS UNIQUE IN THE
NATION.
THE NATION IS WATCHING.
ONE VILLAGE OPENED IN BELLINGHAM
AFTER HAVING COME AND RECEIVED
ASSISTANCE FROM RESIDENTS AS
WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS.
ONE OPENED IN DENVER.
ONE OPENED IN SACRAMENTO AND
THREE HAVE OPENED IN OAKLAND
AND ONE IN HAWAII AND ONE IN
MINNESOTA.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ALL OF
THESE GROUPS HAVE LEARNED FROM
THE SEATTLE WORK AND SO HAVE WE.
THE DATA IS THERE.
TINY HOUSES IN SEATTLE ARE MORE
EFFECTIVE AND COST-EFFECTIVE
THAN THE OTHER OPTION.
INDUSTRIES IS THE SEATTLE
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.
PLEASE VISIT THESE COMMUNITIES,
ALL OF THEM AS THEY ARE ALL
DIFFERENT AND HAVE DIFFERENT
THINGS TO TEACH US.
SUPPORT MORE VILLAGES AND
SUPPORT FUNDING
>>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY AND HANGING WITH US
THIS EVENING.
I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE SAFE
LAW.
AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
OTHER WEST COAST CITIES HAVE
BEEN FIGURING IT OUT.
I HAVE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS A
WEEK TALKING TO THEM.
PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS
LIKE L.A.
I CAN'T EXPRESS THE NEED FOR
FOLKS GOING BEFORE ME.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE HEIGHT
CENTER TO BE A PLACE AND WE CAN
PROVIDE A PATHWAY TO HOUSING
THERE IN A REGULATIVE WAY.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S MINIMUM OF
RESIDENTS IN OUR AREA.
AND OUR BUDGET INCLUDES NOT
ONLY PROVIDING A PARKING SPACE
BUT PROVIDING A TRASH SERVICE
AND MEETING BASIC NEEDS.
WE NEED TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE
THEY ARE TO REACH THEM WHEN
HOUSING IS AVAILABLE SO IT'S
CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE THIS
SERVICE.
DIFFERENT CITIES AND DIFFERENT
MODELS.
THERE ARE STRONG OPINIONS ON
HOW TO RUN A PROGRAM.
WHAT WE CAN AGREE ON IS THAT WE
NEED TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM AND
WE NEED TO DO IT NOW.
THIS IS A PILOT.
WE'RE ADAPTABLE.
WE'RE SURROUNDING OURSELVES
WITH THE KEY PARTNERS IN THE U
DISTRICT.
THE Y HAS OFFERED SHOWERS AND
WE HAVE GOT SUPPORT FROM THE
OTHER LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
AND FACT BASED COMMUNITIES AND
WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE
YOUR SUPPORT SO WE CAN BE THE
SECOND LOT IN SEATTLE.
AND A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS AND
ELEMENTARY STOOLS ARE RALLYING
AROUND THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING.
>> DAVID 84.
>> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY
NAME IS DAVID ROSEN.
AND CURRENTLY A BOARD FELLOW
FOR A UNIVERSITY OF HEIGHTS
CENTER.
I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR
FUNDING TO ESTABLISH A SAFE LAW
FOR UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.
THAT'S OVER 2000 VEHICLE
RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA.
AND VERY LIKELY THEIR LAST TAGS
AGAINST SLEEPING ON THE STREET
IN THE COLD AND THE DARK.
WE ALL KNEW THE STORY.
RENT ARE INCREASING WITH PEOPLE
BEING LEFT BEHIND.
WE CANNOT, SHOULD NOT AND WILL
NOT ACCEPT THE WORD AR
BECOMING SUNOMMOUS WITH HOME.
THE CITY HAS PLANNED TO
ADDRESS.
THE WE HAVE A PLAN.
WE'LL PROVIDE PEOPLE A PLACE TO
SLEEP.
A PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO
SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS GOING TO
BATHROOM.
IN AUGUST WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH
TO HOLD A VEHICLE FORUM WITH
SUPPORTERS FOR YOUR SAFE LOT
LINED UP OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR.
THERE'S COMMITMENT IN THE
COMMUNITY, UNIVERSE HEIGHTS AND
COMMITMENT IN THIS ROOM.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
AFTER MACK WE HAVE DANIEL
GONZALES AND BRUCE IS 67.
>> HI, I'M MACK McGREGOR.
MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IS THREE
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO FACE
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPARED TO THE
REGULAR POPULATION AND 5 TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO BE
UNDEREMPLOYED.
AND SO I HAVE WORKED WITH A
COMPANY THAT HELPED TO FACE
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES WE FACE IN
THE JOB MARKET.
WE HAVE TACKLED THEM ONE BY ONE
AND CREATED AN EDUCATION
PROGRAM THAT HELPS EMPOWER
PEOPLE TO WALK INTO THE JOB
MARKET WITH CONFIDENCE, SKILLS
AND KNOWLEDGE.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
INSIGHT INTO THE THINGS THAT WE
IN THE TRANS COMMUNITY FACE I'M
SOMEONE THAT IS LUCKILY TO HAVE
A GREAT EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT.
I HAVE A COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND
ALSO INDIRECT OF AN
INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT.
SO IF I APPLY FOR SOMETHING NOW
I HAVE TO ASK A POTENTIAL
EMPLOYER TO EITHER DEAL WITH
THAT OR HAVE TO TRY TO CALL
THOSE PLACES AND REFERENCES AND
ASK AND EXPLAIN TRANS 101 AND
HOPE THEY GET IT AND COME
ALONG.
THERE'S REALLY UNIQUE OBSTACLES
THAT WE FACE.
WE HAVE A LARGE TRANS AND
GENDER NONCONFIRMING POPULATION
HERE IN SEATTLE.
AND WE WANT THEM TO BE AN
ACTIVE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY
FAZE NOT WORRIED ABOUT MAKING
RENT AND PUTTING FOOD ON THEIR
TABLE.
SO I'M ASKING YOU TO FUND THE
PILOT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE 66, 67 AND 68.
>> THANK YOU.
SIT DOWN.
SHUT UP.
DON'T ROCK THE BOLT.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
POUNDED INTO THE MIND OF
TRANSGENDER AND NONCONFIRMED
PEOPLE.
WE BEGIN TO INTERNALIZE THAT
NARRATIVE.
IN ADULTHOOD THAT TRANSLATES
INTO A PROFESSIONAL
PASSIVENESS.
TWO YEARS AGO I WAS FIRED FROM A
PIZZARIA.
I SAID NOTHING.
I MOVAL TODAY ON AND BEING
SEXUALLY HARASSED AND AGAIN I
SAID NOTHING.
THIS STORY IS ALL TOO FAMILIAR.
WE PUT UP WITH CIVIL RIGHTS AND
LABOR VIOLATIONS AND BECAUSE
TOO OFTEN IT'S AVAILABLE AND WE
DON'T WANT TO ROCK THE BOAT.
ACCORDING TO THE 2015
TRANSGENDER DISCRIMINATION
SURVEY 20% TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
LIVE IN POVERTY.
30% OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
REPORT BEING HOMELESS THAT SOME
POINT IN THEIR LIVES.
TRANSGENDER EXPERIENCE
UNEMPLOYMENT.
THE PROPOSEDSERVICE WOULD GO
ON TO HELP THE PEOPLE DEVELOP
THEIR SKILLS AND THEIR VOICE TO
ENTER INTO THE WORKFORCE, LOWER
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.
TWO YEARS AGO WHENNIEST WORKING
AT THAT PIZZERIA I NEVER WOULD
HAVE GOTTEN BEHIND THIS
MICROPHONE.
AND NOW I'M STARTING MY OWN
BUSINESS TO COACH ORGANIZATIONS
AND COMPANIES AROUND THE
SEATTLE AREA ON DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSIVENESS.
BY APPROVING THIS BUDGET
MEASURE THERE ARE THESE KIND OF
GIFTS YOU'LL BE GIVING TO
SEATTLE'S MOST VULNERABLE
BUSINESSES.
YOU SURE YOU THAT THOSE THAT
RECEIVE THIS TRAINING WILL GIVE
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH
TALENTS AND A FLAIR FOR LIFE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> 67 IS BRUCE, 68 IS PEGGY
HOTES AND WE'RE SKIPPING 69
BECAUSE THEY SPOKE AS 44.
AND THEN WE GOT AT 70.
IT LOOKS LIKE STEVEN.
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS BRUCE GOGLE.
I HAVE A SHOCKING THING TO SAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
LEE HIGH TONIGHT.
INSTEAD, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
SAY IS THAT WITH FAILURE
SOMETIMES THE GREATEST SUCCESS
CAN BE ACHIEVED.
AND YOUR FAILURE TO GET LEE
HIGH AFTER HEARING COUNTLESS
TESTIMONY IS NOW GIVING YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE YES FOR
MORE TINY HOUSES AND YES TO
HAVE 10 TINY HOUSE VILLAGES RAN
FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WITH THAT WE WILL FINALLY
FIGURE OUT THAT AND BETTER.
AND MAYBE NEXT SUMMER HEARING
ME COMPLAIN ABOUT LEE HIGH I
EXPLAIN ABOUT STATISTICS AND
SELF STORIES THAT COME FROM
MISS MANAGEMENT.
>> LINDA, TWO MINUTES FOR THIS.
>> PEGGY, ARE YOU PLANNING TO
SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES?
BECAUSE STAFF HAS ALREADY BEEN
HERE.
>> YES.
>> THEY'RE THERE FOR MORAL
SUPPORT.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M LEER TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THAT
WOULD PROPOSE NEW FUNDING FOR
20 NEW TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
10 OF THOSE TINY VILLAGES WOULD
BE OPERATED BY GRASS ROOTS
GENERATIONS.
THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE FOR
THE LAST FEW YEARS THE CITY HAS
BEEN PROMOTING A MONOPOLY OF
PRATERS OF TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
AND IT'S PRETTY INTUITIVE THAT
ONE TINY HOUSE ISN'T GOING TO
SUIT ANYBODY AND WE NEED
ARRAYING OF OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE
TO GO TO.
ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL, SO
WE NEED TO HAVE DIFFERENT
OPERATE OPERATORS OUT THERE.
$1.2MILLION WOULD GO INTO THE
OPERATING BUDGET.
SO THANKS FOR LISTENING AND
PLEASE VOTE FOR THAT AMENDMENT.
>>> DO WE HAVE A 70.
>> 72 JUST TO BE CLEAR.
>> MAYBE A 72.
DO WE HAVE A NUMBER 72?
IF I SKIP SOMEONE RAISE YOUR
HAND AND LET ME KNOW.
>> GOOD EVENING.
Y'ALL KNOW ME.
IT'S WELL BE FREE.
I'M HERE TO REPRESENT CREATIVE
JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY PASSAGE
WAYS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS I WOULD LIKE
Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT ALL THE WORK
WE DO IS IN COLLABORATION.
SO IT'S EFFECTIVE THAT YOU FUND
ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS IN
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE
BRINGING UP TODAY.
AND ACTUALLY I GOT A
RECOGNITION Y'ALL.
I DON'T THINK THEY HEARD ME.
>> RECOGNIZED.
I WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE
COMMUNITY JUSTICE, COMMUNITY
PASSAGE WAYS, NURTURE ROOTS,
THE BLACK ELEPHANT ARMY, THE
BLACK PRISONERS CAUCUS,
CREDIBLE MESSENGERS,
DECRIMINALIZE
SEATAL.
NONE OF THIS WORK THAT WE DO IS
SOLO.
IT TAKES ALL OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE THIS
WORK.
>> I DON'T THINK THEY HEARD ME.
I SAY I THINK THEY GOT ANOTHER
RECOGNITION.
>> RECOGNIZE.
>> I WANT TO RECOGNIZE IN THE
LA TWO WEEKS OVER 600 STUDENTS,
PARENTS, TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS
SIGNED A-POINT CONVERSION ABOUT
WHY FREEDOM SCHOOLS ARE SO
VITAL.
WE'RE GOING TO USE THE REST OF
OUR TIME TO UPLIFT SOME OF THE
STORIES FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
>> I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER WITH
WALL BLOCK.
I CAN NOT SHARE HOW BENEFICIAL
WALL BLOCK IS TO THE COMMUNITY
AND SCHOLARS.
DURING SUMMER PROGRAMMING
STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK CLOSELY WITH ADULTS
THAT TRULY CARE ABOUT.
THE THEY PROVIDE EDUCATION,
ARTS, LITERATURE JUST TO NAME A
FEW THINGS.
>> MY NAME IS SHELLBY JONES, I
WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH
SEATTLE.
STUDENTS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE
UNDERSERVED IN THE REGULAR
SCHOOL YEAR.
FAMILIES DESERVE A COMPELLING
AND CULTURALLY SUSTAINED
LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
>>> HI, I'M CURRENTLY THE
OPERATIONS SPECIALIST AT WALL
BLOCK.
WE NEED HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS
CREATED FOR AND LEAD THE YOUNG
PEOPLE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE
THROUGH SUCCESS AND LEADERSHIP.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS CHELSEA.
I COULD NOT DO MY JOB WITHOUT
WALL BLOCK AND FREEDOM SCHOOLS.
THEY LEARN HEALING AND
RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.
NAY GAUGE IN A DAY OF SOCIAL
ACTION.
WE HAD A MAJOR ATTENDANCE ISSUE
BECAUSE KID COULD NOT AFFORD
BUS FAIR.
THEY HELPED US LAUNCH A TRANSIT
CAMPAIGN AND WE NOW HAVE A FREE
ROUND OF LOCAL PASSES FOR EVERY
SINGLE HIGH SCHOOLER IN THE
DISTRICT AND THAT'S BOUGHT 2015
FREEDOM SCHOOL SCHOLARS.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN
THIS PROGRAM.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M AN ORIGINAL FOUNDER OF WALL
BLOCK.
I'M GOING TO READ A TESTIMONY
FROM THE STUDENT THAT IS NOW A
SENIOR.
RAINER BEACH GRADUATE AND
FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTICIPANT FOR
FOUR YEARS I SAW THE DIRECT
FEED FOR FREEDOM SCHOOLS IN THE
SOUTH END.
THE PROGRAM BUILT ME UP TO WHO
I AM TODAY AND TO ALWAYS GROW
IN MY POWER.
I LEARN THAT MY VOICE MATTERS
AND I CAN CREATE CHANGE BY
SPEAKING UP AND SPEAKING LOUD.
IF I DID NOT GET THE ABOUT TO
PARTICIPATE IN FREEDOM SCHOOLS
I WOULD NOT BE WITH THE UBOF
MINNESOTA.
>> THESE ARE JUST TEN OF THE
STORIES.
WE HAVE A STORY BOOK THAT WE
CREATED FOR EACH OF YOU AND
LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH
EACH OF YOU IN THE COMING
WEEKS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DOES SOMEBODY HAVE A 74
COLLEGE.
>> I'M DOMUNIQUE DAVIS.
>> I THOUGHT I RECOGNIZED YOU.
>> OKAY.
PLEASE AHEAD.
FIRST OF ALL, I WILL TO SHOUT
OUT TO THE OSFOR REACHING OUT
TO ME AND ASKING WHAT OUR NEED
ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I ALWAYS WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO
THE COUNCIL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT'S WHAT GOT THE BALL
ROLLING.
ALL THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
THAT JUST GOT RATTLED OFF A FEW
YEARS AGO THOSE ARE MY FRIENDS
AND ALLIES IN THIS FIGHT.
WHAT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS
THE YOUTH CONSORTI'M THAT'S
FINANCED.
WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING THIS EUG
COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM FOR A
WHILE.
THESE GUYS PLANNED.
THE THEY PUT IT TOGETHER AND
FACILITY STALED.
THE THEY GRADED ANSWERS TO THE
QUESTIONS AND THEY DID THE WELL
9. THROUGH THAT PROCESS THEY
DID WORK SHOPS WITH
PEOPLETALITY WORK THROUGH THE
CITY AND THE COUNTY TO LEARN
HOW THE LOCAL ELECTIONS WORK.
I'M LEER BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT HOW DO WE TAKE MONEY FROM
THE SYSTEMS AND PUT MONEY INTO
THE COMMUNITY SYSTEMS?
HOW DO WE TAKE INVESTMENTS THAT
GO INTO LOCKING THESE KID UP
THAT ARE SO BRILLIANT AND
BRIGHT LOW DO WE TAKE THE MUN
THAT DOES THAT AND LOCKS THEM
UP AND PUTS THEM AWAY.
THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE
DOINGPLORE AND MORE KID WANT TO
KEEP COMING AND BE A PART OF
THE YOUTH CONSORTIUM.
BUT FOR THE EUG CONSORTIUM WE
DIDN'T HAVE ANYMORE.
I PAY THEM FOR THEIR
INTELLIGENCE AND THEIR
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES AND
BECAUSE I MEANT THEM TO FEEL
VALUED AND COME AND SHOW
BRILLANCES IN THEIR PLACES THAT
THEY NEED AND DEVELOPMENT THEM
INTO LEADERS INSTEAD OF BEING
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
ARE BEING CRIMINALIZED AND
BEING LOOKED AT AND BEING
HARASSED BY THE POLICE OR
WHATEVER IT IS.
SOME OF THESE KIDS WERE FACING
CRIMINAL CHARGES AT ONE TIME.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DIVERT
THEM OUT THE SYSTEM AND NOW
THEY'RE WORKING DOWN THE PATH
OF SUCCESS.
SOME OF THEM ARE BUSINESS
OWNERS AND BEING GOOD ADULTS.
HOW DO WE GROW THAT?
LET'S TAKE THE MONEY FROM WHERE
WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING THE
WHERE IT DOESN'T WORK.
AND WE KEEP POURING MONEY INTO
THE SAME SYSTEMS AND EXPECTING
THE SAME RESULT AND IT DON'T
WORK.
AND WE KNOW WHAT DOES WORK.
YOU SEE IT RIGHT BEFORE YOUR
EYES.
YOU KNOW THESE THINGS WORK.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKS AT A
HIGHER LEVEL.
THERE'S NOTHING THE SYSTEM CAN
DO BETTER THAN WHAT COMMUNITY
CAN DO.
NOT EVEN CLOSE.
COMMUNITY IS WAY BETTER TAN THE
SYSTEM.
LET'S POUR MONEY INTO SYSTEM SO
WE CAN SPREAD OUR TOUCH ACROSS
THE WELL COUNTY AND NOT JUST
THE CITY.
I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR US TO
ADVOCATE THE YOUR CITY AND BE
THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE.
I'M GOING TO HEALTH MY YOUNG
KID CLOSE THIS OUT.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
MY NAME IS KAYSHAWN ADAMS.
JUST THE JOURNEY THAT I'VE
TAKEN I WAS FACING THREE FELONY
CHARGES.
I'M A BUSINESS OWNER NOW.
I GOT A CONTRACT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
AND JUST TAKING STEPS AND MY
BIG BRO RIGHT NOW AND TAKING
INVESTMENT AND ALL THE YOUTH
THAT ARE SHOWING UP HERE
BECAUSE LIKE HE SAID OUR
CAPACITY IS JUST HIGH ENOUGH.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WE ARE
WILLING AND WANT TO LEARN TO
CHANGE THEIR LIVES.
BUT IN THE MARGINAL COMMUNITIES
THAT THEY COME FROM IF YOU SEE
THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS
WORKING AND YOU SEE THAT THE
YOUTH ARE THE FUTURE RIGHT
HERE.
SO IF YOU'RE WILLING TO IGNITE
FOR THE FUTURE AND INVESTMENT
AND IGNITE INTO THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE RIGHT HERE IN YOUR FACE
WE'RE NEXT.
SO INFORMATION SHOULD BE DONE.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS SUPPORT THIS
CAUSE.
>> THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE DEBBIE CARLSON?
>> NO.
>> AND AFTER 7 IS 77 IS
JENNIFER PIERCE, PRICE.
>> PEOPLE AS YOU LEAVE PLEASE
GET OUT IN THE HALL BEFORE YOU
START YOUR CONVERSATIONS.
>> SO PATIENTLY LISTENING TO
ALL THE ISSUES.
I HAVE THE GREAT FORTUNE OF
WORKING WITH SAIL COUNSELING
SERVICES AND I'M THE PROGRAM
ASSISTANT WITH PROGRAM NEON.
THEY'VE BEEN OFFERING SERVICES.
I'M ABLE TO RENT AN APARTMENT
WHERE I LIB WITH MY TWO DOGS.
THIS HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE
CASE.
I'VE BEEN SAFELY HOUSED.
AND I'M HERE TOED A MY VOICE TO
THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED
PASSIONATELY.
I WORK WITH SOME OF THE MOST
MARGINALIZED AND STIGMATIZED
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND I
WATCH SO MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLE
WITH YOUTH SERVICES.
PLEASE FUND THIS PILOT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
>> GREETINGS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JAY SCOTT.
I'M BEEN A CITY COUNCIL
SERVICE.
I'M A RECOVERY COACH.
AND WE HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK OUT ON THE
ORGANIZATION TO PROJECT TO HELP
WITH METHAMPHETAMINE.
I'M BEEN IN RECOVERY FOR
CRYSTAL METH SINCE AUGUST 7th
2015.
I'VE FACED THE STIGMA.
MY SUBSTANCE ABUSE MADE ME LOSE
MY HOME AND TOOK EVERYTHING
FROM ME BOUGHT WE DO RECOVER.
I HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP
WITH MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY WE
ARE BLESSED WITH MEDICAL
TREATMENT.
I'VE WITNESSED THE POWER AND
WONDER SO THAT THEY COULD GROW
AND BECOME A GREAT AST TO THE
COMMUNITY.
IT IS GIVEN THEM THEIR LIFE
BACK AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IT'S
GIVEN THEM HOPE.
AS WE ALL KNOW OPIOID EPIDEMIC
HAS TAKEN SO MANY LIVES.
KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SHOWS THAT'S USE OF
METHAMPHETAMINE HAS SURPASSED
OTHER OPIOID DEATHS THIS YEAR.
FROM MY PERSONAL AND
PROGRESSIONAL EXPERIENCE I
DON'T SEE EFFORTS BEING HELPED
FOR THE DISORDER.
I'M HERE TODAY AS NOT ONLY A
PERSON WHO'S EXPERIENCED THE
STRUGGLES OF TRYING TO RECOVER
BUT TO BE THE VOICE OF THOSE
THAT CANNOT BE HERE.
IT IS WITHIN YOUR POWER TO
GRANT IF FUNDING IN A WORLD OF
SO MANY PROBLEMS.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
GIVE THOSE STILL SUFFERING
ANOTHER TOOL TO FIND HOPE AND
LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE.
THANK YOU.
>> LEVY GONZALES IS 77.
>> MORGAN HARRIS.
I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
I SPECIFICALLY WORK WITH
PRETRIAL SERVICES AT THE COURT
RESOURCE CENTER.
AS OFFED TO, WE HAVE 150 PEOPLE
ON THE PRETRIAL CASE HOLD.
THAT'S 150 PEOPLE WE ARE ABLE
TO GO TO WORK, ATTEND
TREATMENT, MEET WITH CASE
MANAGEMENT AND BE WITH THEIR
FAMILIES INSTEAD OF BEING IN
JAIL.
WITH THIAMILATE WITH US IN THE
OFFICE WE ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH
CASE MANAGEMENT CALLING
DETOXVISE TO GET SOMEONE A BED
DATE, AND HELPING WITH MENTAL
HEALTH TREATMENT AND STALING IN
CONTACT TO ELIMINATE THE
CLIENT'S BARRIERS WITH THE
COURT.
AT THE COURT RESOURCE CENTER
WHICH IS RUN BY THE PROBATION
DEPARTMENT WE HAVE DHFS AS WELL
AS AGENCIES WE PROVIDE
CELLPHONES, EMPLOYMENT
READINESS AND THE GOAL IS
ALWAYS THE PRETRIAL SERVICES
AND PROBATION IS TO ENGAGE WITH
OUR CLIENTS AND DO YOUR PART
FOR THEM.
PEOPLETALITY ARE A PART OF YOUR
CLIENT TO LIVE HEALTHY AND
SAFER LIVES.
>> MY NAME IS TODD SANDS.
AS A SCREENER AT THE JAIL I
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE JUST THE
WORK WE DO AS PR SCREENERS AND
ALSO TELL YOU ABOUT THE
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE I HAD A A
PROBATION COUNSELOR.
THEY'RE PRESENT IN THE JAIL 365
DAYS A YEAR, 24 HOURS A DAY,
AND THEY INTERVIEW ALL
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ARRESTED ON
CHARGES.
AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE
ELIGIBLE TO BE RELEASED SO THEY
DON'T HAVE TO STAY IN THE JAIL
PENDING AN APPEARANCE BEFORE
THE COURT.
ADDITIONAL ON NONJUDICIAL DAYS
WE INTERACT WITH THE JUDGES BY
PHONE OR EMAIL IN ORDER TO
EXPEDITE THE PROCESS OF GETTING
THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF CUSTODY.
WE PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH
THEIR CLIENTS, WE COORDINATE
TEMPORARY RELEASED FOR PEOPLE
WHO HAVE FUNERALS OR OTHER
EMERGENCIES.
WE CONTACT FRIENDS AND FAMILIES
OUTSIDE OF RESOURCES FOR
CLIENTS WHO HAVE TROUBLE
NAVIGATING THE VEIL SYSTEM.
WE EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE IN CUSTODY
AND OUT OF CUSTODY, WHAT
SHELTER RESOURCES ARE VINYL,
WHAT THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE
CENTER HAS TO OFFER.
WE HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE
PROCESS.
A CUT TO PROBATION WILL SERVE
ONLY TO KEEP PEOPLE IN JAIL
LONGER WITH FEWER OPTIONS, LESS
INFORMATION AND MORE CHANCES TO
UNDERSTAND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
>> MY NAME IS NICK GONZALES AND
MY POSITION IS MONITORING
INDIVIDUALWISE THE INTERLOCK
DEVICE.
SO SOMEONE GETTING A DUI IS
GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT
IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.
I'M SURE ANY OF YOU KNOW CAN BE
A TRYING PROCESS.
SO I'M HELPING THEM RIGHT FROM
THE GET GO.
EVERY PERSON THAT GOES ON
PROBATION I'M MEETING THEM AND
HELPING THEM ALONG THE WAY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, MY
COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO EXPLAIN
FURTHER AND GIVE EXAMPLES.
WE ARE PHOT DOC.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PUT PEEP IN
JAIL.
WE'RE THE STANDARD.
KNOLLING PUB PERCEPTION ABOUT
PROBATION WE WANTED TO BE CLEAR
AND HOPE THAT YOU MIGHT COME TO
A NEW UNDER UNDERSTANDING THAT
WE MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY
ARE AND WORKING WITH THEM.
AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS
TONIGHT.
THE REALITY STAT THERE'S
MANDATORY REQUIRING CHARGES.
AND WE ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE
OF SUPERVISING.
THE CUT WOULD DERAIL US FROM
MAKING THAT PROGRESS THAT
MYSELF AND THOSE BALLOON HE
WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU MORE
ABOUT.
>> OKAY.
JENNIFER PIERCE, YOU'RE THE
NEXT GROUP SO GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS MENA JAY.
I WORK WITH THE COURT'S
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS.
BOTH PROGRAMS ARE ALTERNATIVES
TO CONFINEMENT.
AND CLIENTS THAT WORK DOING
EITHER COMMUNITY SERVICE OR
WORK CREW HAVE A LOT OF GOOD
THICKS TO SAY ABOUT.
THE IT GIVES THEM A WORK ETHIC.
THEY ARE ABLE TO COME OUT OF
THE AND SOMETIMES THEY'VE
GOTTEN JOBS THAT FAWN PROFITS
THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER
THAT.
AND PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO WORK OFF
THEIR FINES.
THEY'RE NOT PENALIZED BECAUSE
OF THEIR FINES.
I CAME FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS AND WHAT DREW ME TO
THE COURT WAS THE HOLISTIC PROP
THAT THE COURT HAS TO PROBATION
AND BEING CREATIVE WITH
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND THE
PROGRAMS WE ADMINISTER TO HAD
CLIENTS.
AND THAT'S WE WE HAVE DIFFERENT
JUNES.
WE'RE THE FACES OUR CLIENTS SEE
ON THE DAILY BASIS.
WE SEE THEIR UPS AND DOWNS.
AND WE HELP THEM EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY.
EVERY PART OF PROBATION IS VERY
CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR
CLIENTS SO WE WOULD ASK THAT
YOU MAINTAIN OUR FUNDING.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M SHAWN RICHARD DAVIS.
AN ALMOST 28 YEARS WORKER.
I MANAGE RIGHT NOW A CASE LOAD
OF PROBABLY 90 PLUS DEFENDANTS
ON CLIENTS THAT ARE ON DUI
SUPERVISION.
WHAT I BRING 32 JOB IS PLY COME
PASSION, IS MY LOVE FOR PEOPLE
AND SEE PEOPLE DO TEAR BEST.
AND THE PERSON THAT YOU SEE
TONIGHT, THE SMILETALITY YOU
SEE TONIGHT THAT'S WHAT I BRING
TO JOB EVERYDAY.
AND WE WORK WITH CLIENTS FROM
THE TAKE, TO COMPLETION OF THE
CASE.
WE HAVE A PLAN SET OUT FOR FOR
THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH
PROBATION AND WE TRY TO FOLLOW
UP WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH
TREATMENT, ADIS, VICTIM PANELS.
WE HELP THEM TO GET INTO
IMPATIENT TREATMENT.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF A
YOUNG MAN THAT I WAS WORKING
WITH IN COURT LAST WEEK.
HE HAD PREVIOUSLY GONE TO
SCHOOL THAT UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON BUT HE HAD NOT
FINISHED SCHOOL YET.
HE CAME TO PLEA AS A CLIENT AND
WAS ADDICTED TO A PRESCRIPTION
DRUG.
SO HE HAS RELAPSED A NUMBER
OMTIMES.
BUT EVERY TIME HE RELAPSED WHO
DOES HE CALL?
HE CALLS ME BECAUSE HE KNOWS
THAT I'M ANYTHING TO GET TO THE
RIGHT PLACE.
AND SO AS A PROBATION COUNSELOR
I HEARD THEIR CRIES AND TRIED
TO GIVE THEM ALL THE RESOURCES
THEY COULD.
SO WHETHER WE LEFT COURT, WHAT
HAPPENED WAS HIS ATTORNEY TOLD
THE JUDGE THAT THE THREE OF US
WERE WORK TOGETHER AS TEAM FOR
HIS SUCCESS AND THAT'S EVERYDAY
THAT PROBATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS JENNIFER PIERCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU
TO THE SMC PROBATION COUNERS
WHO IN THE PAST HAVE WORKED AS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES,
IMPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH
SPECIALISTS, COURT PREP CLERKS,
FAMILY TEAM DECISION MAKING
FACILITATES, WORK RELEASE
EDUCATION MANAGERS, SPECIAL
NEEDS SCHOOL TEACHERS, HOUSING
BOUNDARIES, ADOPTION WORKERS,
FAMILY ADVOCATES.
SIMPLY PUT, YOU WILLINATE FIND
A BELTER GROUP OF PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
ú>> NEXT UP, PRAY, MADDEN.
OH, I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
AMSON JUST WANTED ME TO REMIND
ALL OF YOU THAT THE PARKING
GARAGE IS CLOSING AT 10:00 ROT
NOW IT'S 9:36.
IF YOU WANT THERE ARE PAGES
OVER HERE THAT YOU CAN WRITE
YOUR TESTIMONY ON.
THOSE CAN BECOME PARL OF THE
PUBLIC RECORD.
IF YOU RIN THAT POSITION THAT
YOU'RE PARKED OVER THE YOU'VE
GOT ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
ALSO, WITH YOU LEAVE USE THE
ELEVATOR TO TAKE YOU DOWN.
AND WE'RE SETTING UP FOR THE
OVERNIGHT SHELTER.
SO OUT OF THE MATTER OF RESPECT
FOR THE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET
SETTLED IN IF YOU TAKE THE
ELEVATOR.
SO YOU WANT THEM TO TAKE THE
ELEVATOR TO THE FIRST FLOOR
LOBBY.
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS STEVEN PRAY AND I'M
A UNION REPRESENT AT PROTECH
STEAN AND REPRESENT OVER 30
PROBATION COUNSELORS.
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT WAS
PROPOSED.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY WE'RE
HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS.
THIS PROPOSAL OR ANY LIKE IT
ARE MISGUIDED.
LET'S BE CLEAR, THERE'S NO WAY
A BUDGET CUT OF THIS SIZE WILL
DIRECTLY IMPACT THIS.
HOW CAN WE SAY THAT THIS
PROPOSED CUT RESPECTS THE WORK
OF OUR EMPLOYEES?
WE CAN'T.
THERE'S NO GUARANTEES THAT THIS
PROPOSED BUDGET CUT WILL CHANGE
THINGS.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS
RHETORIC IN YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
I WANT TO SEE IT WHEN YOU VOTE
ON THE BUDGET.
I WANT TO INVITE EACH OF YOU
AND MY MEMBERS TO TALK ABOUT
THE WORK THAT WE DO EACH DAY.
THANK YOU.
>> TRISHA MADDEN IS 80,
>> THAT PERSON ACTUALLY LEFT.
CAN I THINK IN THEIR SPOT?
>> WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
>> MY NAME IS RUSSELL HAN
LAWNY.
>> RUSSELL DO YOU HAVE A
DIFFERENT NUMBER?
>> 110, MA'AM.
>> THERE'S ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO
RAISE FUNDS AND THIS REALLY
PUTS AN UNDUE MEMBERSHIP.
MANY OF MY RIDERS ARE ON FIXED
INCOME THIS IS GOING TO HURT
THEIR POCKET.
AND IF A 10% SALES TAX HAS NOT
PROVIDED YOU WITH THE MONEY TO
DO THE THINGS YOU DO YOU NEED
TO LOOK THAT BUDGET.
FURTHER MORE, ON THE ASPECT OF
THE PROPOSED MINIMUM WAGE THE
MINIMUM WAGE THEY RECEIVED IN
NO, IS 17 .$22.
FURTURE MORE, THEY ARE LOCKING
PEOPLE OUT OF THE APP.
AS IT STAND RIGHT NOW I HAVE NO
FAMILY AND I CAN WORK FOR 84
HOURS A WEEK.
I CAN MAXIMIZE MY PROFITS
FANTASTICALLY.
THIS IS ONLY RESTRICTING MY
ABILITY TO WORK.
I WORKED FOR 3 HOURS TODAY AND
I MADE $100 AND SOME CHANGE.
>> ED SULSING IS 81, GENAND 22.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING
STRONG THROUGH THIS MARATHON.
>> MY NAME IS EDD SULSING.
WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS.
IT PROVIDES ALLIABLE PLAYING
FIELD FOR FAIR MINDED BUSINESS
OWNERS AND FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE CITY.
THAT MEANS WORKERS FOR AN HOUR
WHO SHAVED OFF A TIME CARD AND
A TWO MILLION DOLLAR UNCOVERED
EMERGENCY ROOM VIZ VISIT AND
WORSE.
THROUGH OUTROOF AND ENFORCE.
OLS HAS HELPED THOUSANDS GET
RELIEF AND RETURNED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS STOLEN FROM THEM.
ENFORCEMENT OF WORKER
PROTECTION LEVELS THE PLAYING
FIELD FOR FAIR MINDED BUSINESS
OWNERS BY TAKING AWAY THE
ADVANTAGE.
YOU STOOD UP FOR GOOD BUSINESS
AND WORKS ON THE MARGIN BY
PASSING ORDNESS FOR PAID SICK
AND SAFE TIME, WAGE THEFT, I
THINK THERE'S A TOTAL OF 11.
PLEASE KEEP THE TEAM IN THOSE
ORDINANCES WITH FUNDING FOR THE
OLS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO GENAND WHO'S,
>> NATHANIEL.
>> AND WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER,
NATHANIEL?
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS GEN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND SUPPORT FOR HUMAN SERVICES.
TONIGHT I'M LEER TO URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
SPECIFICALLY THERE COME
COMPARABLE STUDIES PUT
TOGETHER.
YESTERDAY I SPOKE WITH TWO
SEPARATE PROVIDERS WORKING TO
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH STAFF.
AT OUR OWN FOOD BANK WE
APARTMENTNERED WITH OUR OWN
NONPROFIT PROVIDERS AND THEY
CONDUCTED OUTROOF AND SIGNED
CLIENTS UP FOR SERVICES.
IN FACT, WE HAVE SEEN THE VERY
SAME SOCIAL WORKER SIGN UP FOR
THAT.
IT IS A COMMON STORY AMONG
NONPROMPTS FOR HIGH PAYING
JOBS.
WEEK DO BELTER.
STAFF PLAY AS CRITICAL ROLE,
YES, WE'RE LEER FOR THE
MISSION.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE
BUDGET.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW
ATTENTION THAT OFTEN TIMES WE
ARE DRAWN FROM THE SAME
COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE SERVING
FOR THE PEOPLE AND THAT THIS
LEADS TO QUESTION OF SOCIAL
JUSTICE IN PAYING PEOPLE A
WAGE.
WE ARE NOT LIVING UP TO
SEATTLE'S OWN RACE AND SOCIAL
INJUSTICE CLAIMS THAT WE NEED
TO SHOW UP FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE ASK YOU TO TAKE THE FIRST
STEP TOWARD THAT IN SHOWING UP
AND VALUING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
SHOWING UP.
>> KELLY ROGERS, 84,
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS IS GLENWELL.
ON BEHALF OF OUR 30 MEMBER
PROGRAMS WE SUPPORT PROPOSALS
BEING CONSIDERED.
FIRST AND ALWAYS WE ARE PROUD
MEMBERS OF THE SETTLE HUMAN
SERVICES COALITION.
WE SUPPORT THE HUMAN SERVICE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS THE
HISTORIC OVERFUNDING.
THE NEXT TWO ITEMS THAT I WANT
TO TALK AWITHOUT.
132,000 WOMEN A YEAR EXPERIENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE TRIUMPH
CONVERSATIONS TATS I HAD ON THE
LINE.
IT'S FOR SOME SURVIVORS THE
ONLY PLACE WHERE THEY CAN
CONNECT FOR SAFETY AND CHOICE.
THE HOTLINE WILL GIVE SURVIVORS
THE TIME, FOCUSED ATTENTION AND
RESPONSE THEY NEED AND DESERVE.
WE ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORT
FUNDING FOR REPRESENTITATION AND
REPRESENTATION.
THEY REQUIRE ACCOSTERS
ATTORNEYS THAT ARE
ESSENTIALLYIZED
SPECIALIZED FOR THEIR NEED.
PROVED BY THIS COUNSEL WEEKS
AGO THAT CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE
MURDERING INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
THEY PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO
NATIVE PEOPLE WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE.
FINALLY THE VIOLENCE THAT MANY
OF US HERE WANT TO HAVE TONIGHT
WE EARN YOU TO EXPLORE AND
EXPAND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
WELL, DONE.
THAT WAS LOTS OF INFORMATION.
>> KELLY ROGERS 84, JAMES 85
AND PATEO 86.
NOT HERE?
>> OKAY.
MOVING TO 87, FARMEN, 89,
MICHAEL WOLFF AND 90 IS
WILLIAMS.
WHAT URNAME AND WHAT'S YOUR
NUMBER?
>> 87.
>> WAKE UP.
>> WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
>> SO MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW ME
FROM WHEN I WORKED HERE.
A RESOLUTION THAT WAS MOVING
TOWARDS ENDING YOUTH DETENTION
AND THAT WAS PASSED IN THISBERS
ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO.
>> ALLOCATING $3 MILLION INTO A
PEA PATCH.
OF ALL DISTRICTS BALLERED HAS
THE MOST AMOUNT OF SINGLE
FAMILY HOMES.
THAT MEANS MOST PEOPLE HAVE
BACKYARDS AND GROCERY STORES.
MOVE THAT MONEY TO SOUTH I IT'S
ACTUALLY NEEDED.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS HELEN ANDI'M RAR
STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
I'M CALLING ON ALL THOSE WITH
THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
PLEASE DO NOT ALLOCATE 170,000
THE THE 170,000.
IF PEOPLE ARE
DEALING WITH ADDICTION.
WE ARE LOOKING AT JAILS.
IN ADDITION INCREASED TRACKING
BY PROBATION OFFICERS.
OH, MY GOSH.
I SAID THE WRONG WORDS.
I MEANT PROBATION.
ARE CONTORT THE SPIRIT.
THE CONFUSION AROUND THE RULES
OF PROBATION OFFICERS WHO
DOUBLE AS COUNSELORS FURTHER
CREATE CONFUSION OBLIGATED BY
THE COURT.
PROBATION OFFICERS ARE NOT
EFFECTIVE IN SERVING AS
CONFIDANTS.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS IS AMANDA.
SO I HAD ALSO LIKE TO SAY
PLEASE DO NOT ALLOCATE THE
CONFERENCING.
THE PILOT GUARANTEES THE
PRESENCE OF THE ATTORNEY.
AND WE DO THOL TRUST THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM TO HOLD
ITSELF ACCOUNTABLE.
I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO
ALLOCATE THE $320 TOWARD THE
YOUTH CONSORTIUM PACKETS.
THEY SHOULD HELP TOWARD
THECWITTABLE INITIATIVE.
I DO NOT SUPPORT CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM OF USING LANGUAGE OMHARM
RELDUCTION.
THE CITY SHOULD INSTEAD THE
VEST AND EXPAND RELDUCTION
SERVICES FOLLOWING SERVICES
LIKE THE VITAL PROGRAM.
THESE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF
PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY CAN
INVEST IN.
NEW JERSEY HELPS TO SHOW THAT
THE CREASED PROBATION DISTANT
HELP SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
ARE IF CITY TO DOUBLE DOWN ON
THIS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
>> MICHAEL AND EMA GENE
WILLIAMS.
GREG IS 91 AND CARLA IS 92.
>> GOOD EVENING.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING
SO LATE.
LOT OF OUR MEMBERS ARE HAVING
TO OUT.
TO THAT END 1 OF OUR DRIVERS
WANTED ME TO SPLIT HIS WRITTEN
TESTIMONY.
NOW ON THE MATTER AT HAND, THE
FAIR SHARE PLAN.
SO DRIVE FORWARD IS SUPPORTIVE
OF SOME OF THE GENERAL IDEAS OF
THE FAIR SHARE PLAN.
WE HAVE COMMUNICATED VERY
PUBLICLY SHOULD BE SET AT 2715
AN HOUR.
WE THINK THE CITY CAN ADOPT
THAT SAFELY AND BE ABLE TO
AHEBE
THAT STANDARD THE DRIVERS IN
THIS ADDRESS.
ON TOP OF THAT, WE DO BELIEVE
THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND
OF PATHWAY FOR A DRIVER
DEACTIVATION REVIEW PANEL.
IT SHOULD BE WHOEVER IS
MANAGING IT SHOULD BE IN A
DEMOCRATIC OPEN PROCESS THAT
ANY ORGANIZATION CUPLY FOR THAT
IS VOLT TODAY ON BY THE
DRIVERS.
THE CITY SHOULDN'T SELECT WHO
RUNS THAT PROGRAM.
IT SHOULD BE VOTED ON BY THE
DRIVES IN A DEMOCRATIC TAGS.
WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE TAX
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT DIRECTLY
BENEFIT DRIVERS.
IT GOALS TO A PROJECT WHERE YOU
CAN'T EVEN ORDTHER RIGHT KIND
OF STREET CAR.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO DRIVERS TO BE
TAKING MONEY OUT OF THEIR
POCKET AND CHARGING DRIVES MORE
TO CHARGE PROJECTS.
THIS IS AN UNFAIR PLAN.
I'M GOING TO YIELD MY TIME TO
SOME OF MY DRIVERS.
>> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO TAKE YOUR
EVENING TIME TORY US OUT TODAY.
MY NAME IS EMILY READ.
I LIB IN OLYMPIA AND END UP
NORTH TO THE AIRPORT AND HAVE A
MEETING UP HERE AND TURN MY APP
ON AND HEAD OUT.
THE FLEXIBILITY I HAVE IS
EVERYTHING TO ME.
I HAVE A BAD KNEW THAT'S
GETTING WORSE.
AND SOME DAYS I HEAD OUT AND
FEEL LIKE I CAN TAKE ON THE T
AND C WORD AND OTHER DAYS I GET
TO THE END OF BLOCK AND HAVE TO
TURN AROUND AND GO HOME.
SO THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE HAVE
NOW MEANS SO MUCH TO DRIVERS.
AND MY FEAR IS THAT WITH THIS
INCREASED TAX IT MEANS FOR
COMPANIES AND ELIMINATING
DRIVERS ON THE ROAD TO BE ABLE
TO FUFILL THESE LIMITS.
THE DRIVERS OPPOSED THE LIMIT
OF THE MINIMUM FLOOR EARNINGS
GUARANTEE THEREAT INCLUDED A 5
TO $6 FOR EXPENSES AND WE
SUBMITTED THAT TO MAYOR'S
LAUGHS AND IT FELL ON DEAF
EARS.
WE GOT DATA FROM OUR DRIVE
MEMBERSHIP AND WAS REAL DOWN ON
WHAT IT WOULD TAKE ON THE
MINIMUM WAGE FLOOR FOR A
DRIVERS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T
LISTENED TO.
WE NEED THAT IMPLEMENTLED NOW
AND NOT A YEAR FROM NOW WHETHER
THE MAYOR GETS TO HER STUDY
THAT SHE WANTS TO DO ON.
THE WE ALSO LOOKEDATS IT AND IT
WOULD COSABOUT 5 TO $0.10 PER
TRIP.
NOT $0.50 TO IMPLEMENTED THE
DRIVE LED PROGRAM FOR
DEACTIVATIONS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
AND SO PLEASE TAKE A SECOND
LOOK AT THIS AND FIGURE OUT
WHERE YOU CAN GET MONEY FROM
THIS MISDIRECTED STREET CAR
OTHER THAN TAKING THE OUT OF
THE POCKET OF DRIVERS.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS DAVE AND I'M A
DIAMOND DRIVE FOR UBER.
IF THINGS GO AS PLANNED RIGHT
NOW TALE PROBABLY GO TO THE
TEAM AFTER THE BOARD.
I WOULD RATHER THAN HAVE
SOMEONE LOOK AT THE BOARD WHERE
YOU CAN SAVER MONEY.
I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE
THAT ARE MORE QUALIFIED THAT
CAN DO IT FOR HALF AS MUCH.
IT'S 17 POINT 5 YEARS.
FOR ABOUT 25 DRIVERS A MONTH.
SO GREG AT 91.
>> I'M LEER FOR ♪ PEOPLE'S
BUDGET AND SPECIFICALLY PLUNY.
I LIVE IN A LOW INCOME BUILDING
THAT WAS THE FIRST IN THIS
NATION, ACTUALLY IN THE WORLD
WITH AIDS.
THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE RUNNING
INTO THE ISSUE WITH THE MANAGER
OF THE BUILDING.
AND I REACHED OUT TO THE OFFICE
AND THEY SUGGESTED CONTACTING
TENANT'S I KNOW OF WASHINGTON
AND THEY WERE REALLY HELPFUL
AND SUPPORTS US.
THE RESULT IS THAT WE HAVE A
NEW MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND NONE
OF OUR TENETS WERE EVICTED AND
I FEEL LIKE THEY
>> NUMBER 92?
AND THEN 93 LYNN MORE.
AND THEN LONNIE?
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS CARLA ESQUIVEL.
I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN
COLUMBIA CITY.
STILL ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE
AREAS.
OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS IN
BUSINESS I'VE SEEN A MULTITUDE
OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR BUSINESSES BE FORCED
TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY THAT
THEY LOVE.
I CAN SEE AT LEAST TWO
BUSINESSES LONG-TERM THAT MAY
BE FORCED TO LEAVE BECAUSE
RENTS ARE BEING TRIPLED.
I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO HELP
PROTECT SMALL BUSINESSES FROM
GOUGING RENT AND PROMOTE ONE OF
THE MOST PROGRESSIVE TAX
STRUCTURES IN THE COUNTRY.
I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET IS WORKING WITH
SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE MINE TO
SPEARHEAD FUNDING FOR CENTRAL
DISTRICT SURVEY WHICH WILL
IDENTIFY KEY FACTORS THAT LEAD
TO BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT AND
DETERMINE STEPS THAT THE
BUSINESS CAN TAKE TO LOOK AT
THE MARGINALIZE BUSINESSES.
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE FIBERS
OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T WANT TO TURN MAIN
STREET INTO PLACE ONLY BIG
CHAINS WITH DEEP POCKETS CAN
AFFORD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
NUMBER 93 LYNN MOORE AND LONNIE
AND NUMBER 95 KELSEY COOK.
>> AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER WE ARE
PROUD PEOPLE.
SO I'M HERE TO SHARE THAT MY
FATHER IS HOMELESS.
HE HAD CARDIAC ARREST SIX TIMES
AND IS NOW AT A REHAB CENTER.
HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THE EXTREME TO RECEIVE
THE SERVICES THAT HE NEEDS
WAITING FOR HOUSING.
FOR SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS
WERE MY FATHER IS AT I FEEL
LIKE THE GOVERNMENT HERE IS TO
MEDIATE HARM CAUSED BY WHITE
ABLEST HETERO PATRIARCH
CAPITALISM.
THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED
TO THE MOST.
NOT JUDGES AND BUSINESSES.
NOT TO THE COPS.
I PAY MORE TAXES THAN PESOS AND
THE WEALTHY.
I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SERVE UP
MY HEART ON A PLATTER TO YOU TO
REMIND YOU OF WHO YOU SERVE.
LET'S BE CLEAR.
THE POLICE AND THE COURTS ARE
NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
ATTORNEY SUPPORTS.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE ORGANIZING
THEMSELVES OUT OF A JOB AND NOT
ASKING FOR MORE FUNDING.
3 MILLION IT SHOULD NOT ALSO GO
TOWARD THE VALOR ONE PEA PATCH.
HERE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY
BASED FIRST RESPONDERS AND
BYSTANDER TRAININGS FOR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE
DEFECTIVE FIRST RESPONDERS IN
NONMEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND ALSO
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE LAST
PUBLIC HEARING YOUNG FOLKS PART
OF YOU ARE HERE AT 9 PM.
THERE WAS A LAST TO SPEAK WHILE
THE JUDGES GOT PRIORITIZED.
AND THAT IS NOT OKAY.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS A KEY TO ALL OF HER.
AND THE COEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
CREATIVE JUSTICE.
WHICH IS AN ARTS-BASED
ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION
AND PARTNERS WITH COACH DOMINIC
WITH COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS ON
THE CONSORTIUM.
I WANT TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO
PLEASE NOT INVEST ADDITIONAL
FUNDING INTO SEATTLE MENISCAL
COURT WITH ENHANCED PROBATIN
AND NOT INVEST HUNDRED $80,000
IN THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
WITHOUT A CLEAR PLAN AS TO WHAT
IT DOES ME TO HAVE CASE
CONFERENCING.
AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE COURTS
COULD EASILY VIOLATE PEOPLE'S
RIGHTS BY NOT ENTERING WITH
THAT PLAN ACTUALLY HONORS.
WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A HEALTH-
BASED APPROACH IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
AND WOULD ASK YOU TO NOT INVEST
MORE MONEY AND EMPHASIS
INDIVIDUALS.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO INVEST IN IS
ENHANCING THE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
THOSE THAT ARE DOING FRONTLINE
WORKING KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE AND
ADULTS FROM EVER TOUCHING THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
A SYMBOL THAT IS TRAUMATIZING
MANY TO.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO EMPHASIZE
YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS YOUR
YOUTH ATTENTION RESOLUTION IN
PHOTO FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND THE CITY'S DESIRE TO GET TO
A PLACE OF ENSURING THAT EVERY
YOUNG PERSON AND COMMUNITY HAS
THE FULL OPPORTUNITIES TO
THRIVE.
AND I WANT YOU TO INCENTIVIZE
OUR USE IN THAT DIRECTION.
PART OF CREATIVE JUSTICE
PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY
YOUNG PERSON RECEIVES A STIPEND
FOR THEIR TIME WITH US
ACKNOWLEDGING ECONOMICS IS
OFTEN THE DRIVER INTO THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
WE LIVE IN A CITY THAT
CONTINUALLY CRIMINALIZES
POVERTY.
TWO OF THE PROPOSALS PUT BEFORE
YOU ARE FOR THE USE CONSORTIUM
WHICH HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE
DEVELOP VOICE AND LEADERSHIP
SKILLS.
BUT THOSE THAT I SPOKE WITH ARE
ALSO HELPING TO FUND THE YOUTH
STIPENDS THAT GIVES THOSE
DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM TO BE
INVOLVED IN ARTS-BASED PROJECTS
THAT ADVOCATE FOR CHANGES TO
THAT SYSTEM.
WE WANT TO HONOR THEIR BILLING
IT'S BUT ALSO THAT CAPITALISM
PLAYS A ROLE IN THE WAY YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE DRIVEN INTO THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
DO NOT INVEST IN COURTS AND
POLICE.
AND RECENT COMMUNITY-BASED
ALTERNATIVES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HERE COMES LONNIE.
LONNIE, JESSE IN THE NUMBER 96.
>> HELLO.
I AM LONNIE.
I AM CURRENTLY RESIDENT AT THE
TONY HOUSE.
TO MY UNDERSTANDING LAST YEAR
OR THE YEAR BEFORE THERE WAS
ALMOST A HALF-MILLION DOLLARS
SPENT ON PICKING UP TRASH AND
CAMPSITES THROUGHOUT SEATTLE.
THAT COULD HAVE GONE TO HELPING
PEOPLE WITH THE TINY HOUSES.
>> USE THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
>> THEY ARE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR
SOCIETY AND TO THE PUBLIC.
AND CLEANING UP THE STREETS AND
EVERYTHING THE TINY HOUSES ARE
REAL AND THE HELP IS THERE TO
REJUVENATE PEOPLE.
HELPING THEM OUT OF POVERTY AND
HOMELESSNESS.
IT IS VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST ASK YOU TO PLEASE
PUT SOME FUNDING TOWARD MORE
TINY HOUSES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> 95?
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS JESSE.
I'M AT THE WHITTIER HOUSE IN
WHITTIER HEIGHTS TINY HOUSE
HOMELESS VILLAGE.
I AM SO THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL
TO BE THERE.
WHEN I WAS FOUND I WAS STAYING
IN MY CAR AND NOW I CAN LOCK MY
DOOR I CAN GO TO THE BATHROOM
AND I CAN TAKE A SHOWER.
I CAN COOK I CAN WASH MY CLOTHES
AND I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL FOR
THAT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH
AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR YOUR
TIME AND TROUBLE LISTENING TO
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
I AM ASKING THAT YOU THINK MORE
ABOUT THE FAMILIES WHO NEED
THESE HELPS.
THE BABY BOOMERS LIKE ME.
AND EVERYONE WHO REALLY TRULY
NEEDS YOUR HELP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING JESSE.
>> TO WE HAVE 96 HERE?
OKAY.
DON BLAELY I DON'T SEE HIM.
HAVE A 98?
I CANNOT READ THE NAME ON 98.
AFTER 98, WE HAVE THE REVEREND
ANGELA YANG AND THEN 100.
FARM REDUCTION RESEARCH
TREATMENT CENTER.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS NUMBER
100.
>> HELLO.
I HAVE 98 MY NAME IS MISTER
CHEN.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
MY NAME IS IN A IS ARISTA CHEN
AND I'M THE ORGANIZING DIRECTOR
AT FEAST SEATTLE.
A FOOD JUSTICE ORGANIZATION LED
BY USE OF COLOR AND SOUTH
SEATTLE AND SOUTH KING COUNTY.
FEAST IS HERE TO CELEBRATE THE
SOUTH BEND.
WE SUPPORT FUNDING FREEDOM
SCHOOLS A BIG SHOUT OUT TO
TERREL AND WERE BLOCK FOR THEIR
SUPPORT.
AND THOSE IN SOUTH SEATTLE AND
SOUTH KING COUNTY WHO COULD NOT
BE HERE TONIGHT.
AS IT IS PRETTY LATE.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE
FOR FOOD JUSTICE BY FINDING
SCRATCH COOKING FOR SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
INCLUDING PURCHASING SCRATCH
COOKING EQUIPMENT AND FUNDING
TRAINING FOR CAFETERIA STAFF.
NOT TO USE $3 MILLION TO FUND P
PATCHES AS THEY PROPOSED.
A LOT OF WHICH WE GO TOWARD
LAND ACQUISITION IN BALLARD.
STUDENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT
USE THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH
PROGRAM SCHOOL IS WHERE THEY
GET TWO OUT OF THE THREE MEALS
FOR THE DAY.
HOWEVER, IN STUDIES DONE IN
SOUTH KING COUNTY THIS PAST
YEAR PROXIMALLY ONE OUT OF FOUR
STUDENTS SKIP SCHOOL LUNCH
EVERY DAY AND STUDENTS HAVE
REPORTED THAT SKIPPING LUNCH
MAKES THEM FEEL SLEEPY LIKE
THEY CANNOT FOCUS AND
ULTIMATELY NEGATIVELY IMPACTS
THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN.
HOWEVER, 73% OF STUDENTS SAID
THAT THEY WOULD EAT LUNCH MORE
OFTEN IF THERE WERE FRESHER
ITEMS AND MORE VARIETY ON THE
MENU.
SUPPORTING SPS AND MAKING US
FROM SCRATCH RATHER THAN USING
PREPACKAGED MEALS AND
INGREDIENTS IS THE KEY TO
GETTING FRESH HEALTHY ITEMS ON
THE LUNCH MENU AS THE MEALS
THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL ACTUALLY
EAT AND ULTIMATELY SUPPORTING
THE STUDENTS DESIRE TO DO THEIR
BEST IN SCHOOL.
WE NEED TO FIND A SYSTEMIC
CHANGE IN THE SCHOOLS.
THIS IS ONE PART BUT WE DO KNOW
THAT THE MOST URGENT AND
EFFECTIVE WAYS TO MAKE SYSTEMIC
EQUITABLE CHANGE FOR FOOD
JUSTICE IS TO FUND SCRATCH
COOKING INCLUDING EQUIPMENT FOR
CAFETERIAS AND TRAINING FOR
KITCHEN STAFF.
WHEN A STUDENT CAN EAT FRESH
MEALS THE AIRPORT FEELING
HEALTHIER AND MORE ENGAGED.
WE URGE THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AN ADOPTIVE
BUDGET THAT INCLUDES ROBUST
FUNDING FOR SCRATCH COOKING IN
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
A HEALTHIER MORE ADDRESSED AND
EQUITABLE FUTURE FOR ALL OF HER
STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> 99?
>> DOES SOMEONE HAVE 99?
>> OKAY.
>> GOOD EVENING.
COME ON IN.
SO WE HAVE 43 FAITH LEADERS
FROM THE MUSLIM JEWISH
CHRISTIAN SIKH AND BUDDHISTS A
NUMBER OF THEM HAD TO LEAVE SO
I INVITED MY SOUTHERN SISTERS
TO JOIN ME IN SOLIDARITY SO
THEY ARE HERE WITH ME.
GOOD EVENING.
I AM THE REVEREND ANGELA YANG.
I AM SENIOR PASTOR AT THE
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
WHERE WE ARE A SOCIAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITY.
ON THE SOUTH END HERE WE ARE IN
COALITION WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS
GOT GREEN.
THE FREEDOM SCHOOL WHICH YOUNG
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
USE AN INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.
NO NEW JAIL FOR THE YOUTH AND
ALSO RE-WALL.
WITH RAVENNA AND RAINIER VALLEY.
AND SOUTH AND RAPID RESPONSE.
NOT TO MENTION BLACK POWER
REPRESENTED COOPERATIVE FOLKS
I'M HERE TONIGHT AS I SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF OF 43 FAITH LEADERS
AND THEIR FAITH COMMUNITIES.
JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM, SIKH
BUDDHIST THE SYNAGOGUES
CHURCHES MOSQUES AND TEMPLES.
THE NUMBER OF SIGNATORIES IS
GROWING.
AS LEADERS OF FAITH WE URGE
THEM TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AS WE
SPOKEN TONIGHT TO PROVIDE BASIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN DIGNITY TO
THOSE CURRENTLY LIVING ON THE
STREETS.
IT IS A CRISIS CALLING OUT FOR
JUST REMEDIES.
LAST YEAR THERE WAS A RECORD OF
HUNDRED 91 PEOPLE WHO DIED IN
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY
STREETS.
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
THAT IS UNJUST.
AND WE FOUND IN AMONG 5228
PEOPLE WILL BE ON THE STREETS.
GOING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
WITHOUT ANY SHELTER.
TONIGHT OVER 3500 PEOPLE WILL
BE ABLE TO GO TO SLEEP UNDER
BRIDGES AND INTENSE ON
SIDEWALKS IN ABANDONED BUILDINGS
AND THAT IS JUST PLAIN
UNACCEPTABLE.
BUT WE CAN FIX THIS.
THEY'VE PROVEN TO BEING A
LIFELINE FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT
HOMES AS THEY SHARE TONIGHT.
AND THEY GAVE WITNESS.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE NINE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES WHICH ARE
THRIVING IN SEATTLE PROVIDING
LIFE-SAVING SHELTER AND
COMMUNITY TO HUNDREDS OF WOMEN,
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, LGBTQ
PEOPLE, STRAIGHT AND COUPLES,
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AND
EVEN PEOPLE WITH PETS.
OOPS THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT
AND CANNOT ACCESS TRADITIONAL
SHELTERS.
MANY OF OUR FAITH COMMUNITIES
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN BUILDING
AND SPONSORING TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
THANK YOU REVEREND.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR LAST
SENTENCE PLEASE?
>> WE ARE EXCITED THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL AND COUPLE MENDER'S
WANT HAS BROUGHT FOR
LEGISLATION TO ALLOW FOR UP TO
40 TINY HOUSE VILLAGES IN THE
CITY AND WE DO HOPE THAT YOU
SUPPORTED FOR HOUSING IS A
HUMAN RIGHTS.
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES WORK SWEEPS
DON'T.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DOES SOMEONE HAVE NUMBER 100?
HARM REDUCTION RESEARCH?
>> INTRODUCE YOURSELVES PLEASE?
>> MY NAME IS HARMONY OF
INTEREST.
I AM A RESEARCH AND CLINICIAN
IN THE HARM REDUCTION RESEARCH
CENTER.
I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU DO NOT
ALLOCATE $170,000 TO THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR
ENHANCED PROBATION.
I AM HERE TO VOICE MY CONCERNS
ABOUT THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
ATTEMPTED TO USE THE LANGUAGE
OF HARM REDUCTION TO FURTHER
INVEST AND EXPAND ITSELF.
HARM REDUCTION IS A SET OF
APPROACHES THAT AIM TO REDUCE
HARM OFTEN SUBSTANCE RELATED
AND TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE.
HARM REDUCTION IS NOT COERCED
OR MANDATED TREATMENT.
AND IT IS NOT INTERVENTIONS
THAT INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD
THAT MEMBERS OF MARGINALIZED
AND STIGMATIZED COMMUNITIES
WILL FIND THEMSELVES ENMESHED
AN INHERENTLY ADVERSARIAL
SYSTEM.
WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MINUTES I
WILL NOT USE THEM TO READ THE
LONGER DEFINITIONS OF HARM
REDUCTION IN THIS BOOK.
A BOOK THAT RESPECTS THE
COMMUNITIES THE FIRST
ARTICULATED THESE PRINCIPLES.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
ONE OF THE AUTHORS.
AND THE CODIRECTOR OF THE HARM
REDUCTION RESEARCH AND
TREATMENT CENTER.
DOCTOR SEYMOUR, TEMPE.
>> A GOOD EVENING.
I AM A PSYCHOLOGIST A CLINICAL
SOCIAL WORKER AND AN ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR IN PSYCHIATRY AND
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER.
I CODIRECT THE HARM REDUCTION
TREATMENT CENTER ALONG WITH
DOCTOR SUSAN COLLINS THE
PROFESSION AT WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY.
DOCTOR COLLINS AND I PREPARED
THE STATEMENT JOINTLY.
WE ARE ALL HERE TONIGHT AND
INVESTED IN THE SAME THING.
HOW CAN WE HELP PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED BY
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND
PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY?
TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, WE
HAVE SPENT THE PAST 13 YEARS
CONDUCTING A SERIES OF PEER-
REVIEWED EVALUATIONS RIGHT HERE
IN SEATTLE.
WITH THE VERY POPULATION THAT
IS PROPOSING TO SERVE.
STUDY AFTER STUDY HAS SHOWN
THAT OVERALL THIS POPULATION
DOES NOT RESPOND WELL TO LEGAL
COERCION OR EVEN ABSTINENCE-
BASED TREATMENT.
SPECIFICALLY THE POPULATION HAS
BEEN THROUGH ABSTINENCE-BASED
TREATMENTS 16 TIMES ON AVERAGE.
THE ATTENDANCE IS NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED
SUBSTANCE USE OR RELATED HARM.
WHAT DOES WORK TO HELP BOTH
PEOPLE WHO USED SUBSTANCES AND
TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY?
HARM REDUCTION APPROACHES WHICH
SUPPORT PEOPLE'S AUTONOMY TO
MOVE TOWARD POSITIVE BEHAVIOR
CHANGE ON THEIR OWN TERMS AND
TIMELINES.
EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY
READY, WILLING OR ABLE TO STOP
USING.
IN THE PAST 13 YEARS, WE HAVE
SCIENTIFICALLY EVALUATED MANY
HARM REDUCTION APPROACHES.
DSC LOW BARRIER HOUSING FIRST
APPROACH SEATTLE'S LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION
PROGRAM AND THE NAVIGATION
CENTER AS WELL AS OUR OWN THE
HARM REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS
WHICH WE OFFER AT HARBORVIEW
MEDICAL CENTER.
WE HAVE REPEATEDLY FOUND THAT
HARM REDUCTION APPROACHES WHICH
DO NOT REQUIRE ABSTINENCE OR
EVEN USE REDUCTION ARE NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH ENABLING
INCREASED USE.
INSTEAD HARM REDUCTION
APPROACHES ARE ASSOCIATED IN
EVERY STUDY WITH REDUCED USE
AND SUBSTANCE RELATED HARM.
COMMUNITY LEVEL PROGRAMS LIKE
HOUSING FIRST AND LEADER ALSO
ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED
INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE AND LEGAL SYSTEMS WHEN
COMPARED TO SYSTEMS AS USUAL.
THEY NEED TO HAVE ADEQUATE
FUNDING.
LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT HARM
REDUCTION IS VERSUS WHAT IT IS
NOT.
NO DEFINITION OF HARM REDUCTION
WOULD SUPPORT ENHANCED PROBATION
MANDATED ABSTINENCE-BASED
TREATMENT OR COERCION BY THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LEGAL
SYSTEMS.
WELL-INTENTIONED AS THEY MAY
BE, SUCH APPROACHES ARE
DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO
EVERYTHING THAT THE HARM
REDUCTION FIELD STANDS FOR AND
EVERY RESEARCH FINDING THAT WE
HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE PAST
13 YEARS.
WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO NOT
SUPPORT FUNDING ENHANCED
PROBATION AND OTHER LEGALLY
COERCIVE APPROACHES.
AND INSTEAD ALLOCATE FUNDING TO
ALREADY PROVEN EVIDENCE-BASED
TRUE HARM REDUCTION PRACTICES.
THOSE THAT AIM TO REDUCE
SUBSTANCE RELATED HARM AND
IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT
ARE GROUNDED IN THE COMMUNITY
AND THAT PROMOTE SOCIAL AND
RACIAL JUSTICE.
THANK YOU.
>> COURTNEY JACKSON.
EVEN THOUGH I CONSPICUOUS IN
ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL I'M
CHOOSING TO SPEAK WITH YOU AS A
COMMITTEE MEMBER.
WHOSE FAMILY HAS BEEN IMPACTED
BY SOME OF THE POLICIES WE ARE
DISCUSSING TODAY.
JUSTICE IS A NEBULOUS CONCEPT
INTO WE LEARN TO THINK IN TERMS
OF THE MATERIAL REALITY.
FOR ME THAT REALITY MANIFESTED
IN A FATAL DISEASE TRANSMITTE
TO MY STEPFATHER THROUGH THE
DRUGS THAT LANDED HIM IN PRISON
OR THE TATTOOS THAT PROVED HE
HAD BEEN THERE.
IT MANIFEST IN THE FELONY
CHARGE THE CAPTAIN FROM THE
TRANSPLANT HE NEEDED TO LIVE
AND IT MANIFESTED IN THE
FINANCIAL AND PERSONAL WHOLE
THAT HIS DEATH LEFT IN MY
FAMILY.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JUSTICE,
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE
PUNISHMENT THAT WE GIVE TO AN
INDIVIDUAL IS THE PUNISHMENT
THAT WE GIVE TO THE FAMILY.
THIS IS NOT JUSTICE.
EXPANDING AN INHERENTLY
OPPRESSIVE SYSTEM IS NOT
JUSTICE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> 101 IS JOY STANTON AND 102
IS LORALEE STERN.
AND 103 IS BARBARA FINNEY.
DO WE HAVE THOSE PEOPLE.
>> MY NAME IS JOY STANTON.
>> HOLD EFFORTS THE SECOND.
DO WE HAVE 102 103?
OKAY.
GREAT.
IS 102 HERE?
OKAY.
COME ON UP.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU JOEY PROCEED.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE STAYING
UP LATE.
YOU ALL LOOK GREAT.
I KNOW YOU'RE KIND OF HUNGRY
BUT HERE'S WHAT ABOUT ME.
MY NAME IS JOY STANTON.
I'M ALUMNI OF 1811.
I'M ALUMNI OF THE STREETS.
AND I'M ALSO AN ALUMNI OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
I REALLY THINK THAT IT IS ALL
OF OUR JOB TO MONITOR THE
NARRATIVE THAT WE ARE GETTING
PEOPLE.
WHAT WE ARE TELLING THE PUBLIC
TONIGHT I HEARD THE TERM HARM
REDUCTION.
IT WAS USED APPROXIMATELY 42
TIMES.
OKAY.
WHEN I READ THE PROPOSAL FOR
THE ENHANCEMENT OF PROBATION IN
THERE THEY SAID THAT THEY TRAIN
PEOPLE IN HARM REDUCTION.
THE VERY NEXT SENTENCE, THE
VERY NEXT SENTENCE, THEY
COMMITTED AND TOLD US ABOUT
THINGS THAT JUST DON'T WORK.
LIKE GRADUATED WHAT WAS IT?
SORRY.
OH THEIR EGO.
GRADUAL GRADUATED SANCTIONS.
AND OTHER SMALL INCENTIVES.
THOSE DON'T WORK.
I MEAN I'M NOT TRYING TO TELL
YOU YOUR JOB.
BUT STAY IN YOUR LANE.
I MEAN HARM REDUCTION IS
GRASSROOTS.
WE LEARN FROM PEOPLE LIKE BILL
HOBSON WHO STARTED DSC.
ALAN MORAN WHO HELPED WRITE
THIS BOOK.
DOCTOR IS CIMA CLOSE TO SAPI
WHO HELPED WRITE THIS BOOK.
AND IF YOU SCOUR THE PAGES OF
THIS BOOK YOU WILL SEE NO
MENTION OF REQUIREMENTS.
OTHER THEN WHERE YOU ARE AT,
WHAT YOU NEED AND WHAT WE CAN
DO TO HELP YOU GET THERE.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN A FREE
RIDE.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU ON THIS
COUNCIL THAT THINKS THAT'S, YOU
ARE WRONG.
>> THANK YOU JOEY.
>> LAURA?
BARBARA FINNEY AND TERESA
BARKER.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE TONIGHT.
REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE
STAYING SO LATE.
MY NAME IS LORALEE STURM.
AND I'M A SOCIAL WORK STUDENT
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
I JUST STARTED MY SECOND YEAR.
I AM ALSO THE OUTREACH MANAGER
FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF STREET
MEDICINE OF THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE.
I AM HERE TO OPPOSE THE REMOVAL
OF THE FUNDS AND SUPPORT
COUNCIL MEMBERS PROPOSAL TO
BUILD UP TO 40 MORE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES ACROSS THE CITY.
THE CITY HAS TRIED A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS.
ONE OF THE MAIN CRITIQUES I
KNOW YOU'VE HEARD 1 MILLION
TIMES, IS THAT THE CITY IS
FUNDING METHODS THAT DON'T
WORK.
BUT HERE IS THE THING, TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES DO WORK.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS
I'VE HAD INCREDIBLE CHANCE TO
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH
INDIVIDUALS IN THE NORTH
LAKESITE.
ONE OF THE VILLAGES THAT MAYOR
DURKIN INTENDS TO SHUT DOWN.
FOLKS THAT HAVE A CHANCE TO
BUILD LEADERSHIP OF ELEMENT
SKILLS AND GAIN A REAL SENSE OF
INDEPENDENCE.
THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IS BY
PROVIDING HOUSING.
WHY ARE WE SPENDING MONEY TO
TAKE HOUSING AWAY?
WHAT GOAL ARE WE REALLY SERVING
WHEN WE PROPOSE REMOVING
HOUSING?
THERE IS NO CREDIBLE
ALTERNATIVE BEING PROPOSED TO
HOUSE THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY
STABLE LIVING IN THOSE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES THAT THEY WANT
TO SHUT DOWN.
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
RESIDENTS WILL BE HOMELESS AT
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
PASSES AS IS.
WE WILL THEN SPEND EVEN MORE
MONEY ON A NAVIGATION TEAM TO
WHAT EXACTLY?
CONNECT THESE HOMELESS
RESIDENTS TO SERVICES TO HELP
THEM FIND HOUSING?
THEY ALREADY HAVE IT.
USE THE RESOURCES TO BUILD MORE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AND BUILD
THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO END BY ASKING YOU TO
TAKE A MOMENT AND THINK
HONESTLY ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS
FOR YOU TO HAVE A DOOR.
PEOPLE REFER TO IT HAVING A
ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD.
THAT'S REALLY TRANSACTIONAL.
HAVING YOUR OWN DOOR IS WHAT IS
TRANSFORMATIONAL.
CONTRIBUTE TO THE
TRANSFORMATION THE CITY BY
INVESTING IN THE SOLUTIONS THAT
EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY.
AND VEST IN THE DIGNITY OF OUR
RESIDENTS BY SUPPORTING COUNCIL
MEMBER SALONS PROPOSAL TO BUILD
MORE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AND
PRESERVE OUR EXISTING VILLAGES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.
>> 103 IS BARBARA FINNEY.
IS ONE OF THREE HERE?
OKAY.
TERESA BARKER IS 104?
RUTH BURGE IS ONE OF FIVE?
LOTS AHMED 106?
OKAY.
COME ON UP.
AND THEN WE HAVE 107.
IS 107 HERE?
GOOD.
106 AND 107.
IS DOMINIQUE DAVIS HAS ALREADY
SPOKEN.
SO WE HAVE CARLO AT 109.
IS CARLO HERE?
GOOD.
OKAY.
IF YOU ALL LINE UP THERE THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
>> OKAY.
MY NAME IS PETER VENTER.
TAKE YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A
LONG TIME.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE BASE
DECISION.
WE SUPPORT THIS PLAN.
WE SUPPORTED.
WE SUPPORT ALSO THE DRIVERS
THAT CAN HELP DRIVING AROUND
OUR CITY THE DON'T HAVE ANY
HELP.
AND ALSO WE SUPPORT THE HOUSING
AND TRANSIT BOARD.
WE HAVE A LOT HERE.
IT'S VERY SAD TO SEE THEM LIKE
THIS EVERY DAY.
I RECOMMEND PUTTING IT OUT HERE.
DO THAT FOR THEM.
TRY YOUR BEST TO PUT MORE MONEY
THERE FOR THE HOMELESS.
WHEN WE SEE THEM IT IS SAD.
FOR ME AND FOR EVERYONE OF US.
LET'S GIVE THEM A PLACE.
LET'S MAKE SEATTLE THE BEST
CITY IN THE U.S. AND
ACCOMMODATE OUR HOMELESS.
ANOTHER THING, MY FRIEND HAS
PUT THIS BEFORE.
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, THE
PROPOSED SHARE PLAN HAS PEOPLE
UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS NOT A
PROBLEM.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE DOLLAR
$.50 GO TO ENSURING.
IT DOESN'T BENEFIT ME OR THE 30
PEOPLE DRIVING IN SEATTLE.
WHEN YOU GET INTO AN ACCIDENT
THEY WILL TURN YOU OUT OF THE
SYSTEM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND
THANK YOU FOR STAYING THIS
LATE.
MY NAME IS LOTS AHMED.
I AM AN UBER DRIVER AND A
LEADER OF A COMMITTEE.
I'M JUST HERE TO SUPPORT WHAT
THEY SAID IS REALLY ENOUGH.
I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD
REALLY.
BUT I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE
FAIR SHARE PLAN.
OUR COMMUNITY IS DIVERSE AS YOU
KNOW.
THEY ALL SUPPORT THIS FAIR
SHARE PLAN.
I WANT TO JUST MENTION VERY
QUICKLY WHAT COMES FROM THE
DRIVER TOGETHER TO MAKE SEATTLE
GROWTH AND HOW IT WORKS FOR
EVERYONE.
THE FAIR SHARE PLAN PRIORITY IS
A LIVING WAGE AFTER EXPENSES.
TO MAKE SURE THAT SEATTLE IS
THE FIRST CITY IN THE NATION
AND THEY DESERVE A POWERFUL
VOICE AND SUPPORT THE SOLID
INCENTIVE WHICH IS MORE NEED
FOR THE DRIVERS.
WE ARE ALL ASKING FOR THAT.
AND WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP TO
SUPPORT US FOR THE FAIR SHARE
PLAN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
COME ON UP.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS HOSSEIN I AM A
VOLUNTEER WITH MOM'S DEMAND
ACTION.
AND FOR GUN SAFETY.
MY NAME IS CATHERINE PARKER AND
I ALSO VOLUNTEER.
>> MY NAME IS LAUREN OH AND I
ALSO VOLUNTEER HERE.
>> I LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE.
AND I AM HERE BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT WE KNOW THEIR EVIDENCE-
BASED SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF GUN VIOLENCE THAT WE
ARE SUFFERING FROM IN SEATTLE.
WE REALLY WANT TO THOSE
SOLUTIONS TO CONTINUOUSLY BE
FULLY FUNDED.
AND I'M REFERRING TO COMMUNITY-
BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND
PREVENTION MEASURES IN THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE PROVEN
TO BE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING GUN
VIOLENCE.
SUCH AS CHOOSE 180 COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS AND OTHERS.
RESEARCH SHOWS US THAT SOME OF
THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS OF
REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE DOES NOT
REQUIRE ANY GUN SAFETY
LEGISLATION.
BUT THEY LIVE FARTHER UPSTREAM.
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE POLICIES AND
IN FUNDING CHOICES.
THESE PROGRAMS HAVE
EXTRAORDINARY MENTORS THEY WORK
TO KEEP SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
THEY DO TO KEEP STUDENTS IN
SCHOOLS BY DIVERTING SUSPENSIONS
AND EXPULSIONS BY PROVIDING A
SCHOOL DAY ALTERNATIVE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOL
DISTRICTS.
>> THE BRAVE AND REMARKABLE
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN THESE PROGRAMS
HAVE FACED TREMENDOUS DIVERSITY
AMONG HIGHLY CHALLENGING AND
INEQUITABLE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
LED THEM TO THE GATEWAY OR INTO
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
WHILE THE ODDS WERE CLEARLY
STACKED AGAINST THEM BECAUSE OF
THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE DONE TO
THESE EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS THEY
HAVE MADE GENUINE COMMITMENTS
TO FIND NEW PATHS THE POSITION
THEM TO AVOID GUNS AND CRIME
AND BUILD STABLE HEALTHY AND
HAPPY LIVES.
THESE INTERVENTION AND RETORTED
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
POSSIBILITIES ARE THE BEST
OPTION FOR THEM BEFORE
INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE
SUBJECTED TO LONG AND COSTLY
POLICE INVESTIGATIONS
PROSECUTOR EVALUATIONS LENGTHY
COURT PROCESSES OR DETENTION IN
ANYTHING BUT THE MOST EXTREME
CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE KNOW THAT BOTH THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND GUN VIOLENCE
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT BLACK
AND BROWN SEATTLEITES AND THOSE
OF THE LOWEST SOCIO-AUTO
ECONOMIC BRACKETS.
WHILE THESE COMMUNITY BASED
PROGRAMS ARE SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT
THEM.
WE KNOW THAT DETENTION OUTCOMES
ARE UNLIKELY TO DO ANYTHING TO
DETER FUTURE CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
>> WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME
FUNDING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR
THESE PROGRAMS IN 2020.
WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO PROVE
THESE IN YOUR FINAL BUDGET
NEGOTIATIONS.
HOWEVER WE ALSO HOPE THAT YOU
WILL CONSIDER INCREASING
FUNDING AGAIN IN 2021 AND
BEYOND.
AS WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A
MUCH GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR
SEATTLE TO SEE A DRASTIC
REDUCTION IN GUN VIOLENCE WITH
THE HELP OF THESE PROGRAMS.
THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME
CONSENSUS AMONG SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALSO
CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR THE
COUNCIL THIS FALL THAT THE
COMMUNITY BASED VIOLENC
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS SUCH AS
CHOOSE 180 AND COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL.
SO MY FELLOW EVERY TOWN AND MOMS
ADVOCATES WANT TO ENSURE THAT
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IS BEING
DONE TO ACT UPON THESE BELIEFS
AND INCREASE PUBLIC FUNDING FOR
THESE INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE KNOW THAT WE CAN AND GUN
VIOLENCE AT THE SAME TIME
CREATE BRIGHTER AND MORE
EQUITABLE FUTURES FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
>> CARLO 109?
>> WE HAVE JAMES LOCKHART?
>> HOLD ON.
JUST A SECOND.
JAMES LOCKHART 111 AND DEVON
REYNOLDS FOR 112 AND PHILIP
CURRIER 115.
DO I HAVE HANDS HERE?
OKAY MOVING ON TO 114 AND THAT?
115 A RESTORE?
116 JESSICA?
>> OKAY.
BINGO.
AND THEN DEN ROCHE AT 117?
MELISSA PURCELL 118?
OKAY.
GREAT.
IF YOU COULD JUST LINE UP WE
HAVE THREE PEOPLE GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS CARLA NIKKI.
I'M A RESIDENT AT THE SAFE
HARBOR VILLAGE OPERATED BY
LEHIGH AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE BORDERS OF SEATTLE.
WE'VE HEARD ALL NIGHT HOW
PEOPLE NEED TO HELP THE
HOMELESS.
AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.
AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY I LIKE
TO FRAME THIS ARGUMENT.
YOU GUYS ARE UP FOR REELECTION.
NOT ONLY DO I SUPPORT THE TINY
CABINETS I WOULD BE TELLING
CONSTITUENTS THAT I WANT ONE
HERE FIRST.
U.S. MOM-AND-POP IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, IF WE LEFT TO HIT
THEIR BOTTOM LINE?
IF WE LEFT, WOULD TENANTS GO
UP?
WOULD NEEDLES BE ON THE
STREETS?
WE HAVE SHARP BOXES.
WE TAKE 60 TENTHS OFF THE
STREETS WITH ONE CAMP.
AND WE ARE RIGHT THERE AT THE
CRUISE SHIPS.
YOU THINK TOURISTS WANT TO SEE
TENTS?
SO THE TINY CABINS ALSO GIVE
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH
SCHOOL KIDS TO LEARN CARPENTRY
BY HELPING VOLUNTEER TO BUILD
THE CABINS.
THIS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
THEREFORE-YEAR-OLD THAT HELP
MAKE SACK LUNCHES.
A LOT OF US WORK.
I WORK FOR THE CONSERVATION
CORPS.
WE GIVE A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY
TOO.
THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
THEY CAN BE MADE BY WORKING
WITH THE TINY CABIN VILLAGES.
ALSO WE ARE A GREAT LAB.
IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA WE WOULD
LOVE TO TRY TO TEST IT OUT.
LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS.
IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS
HERE WE CAN EXPORTED TO OTHER
STATES AND THE FEWER HOMELESS
WILL COME TO OUR STATE FROM THE
OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
IT ONLY SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO
EXPAND THIS WHEN WE KNOW IT
WORKS.
I HAVE CLEANED UP SOME OF THOSE
UNSANCTIONED CAMPSITES.
TWO PEOPLE IN A CAMPSITE FOR
ABOUT A MONTH AND F3 50 DUMP BED
AND IT F2 50 FULL OF TRASH AND
ONE OF THE PARKS.
TWO PEOPLE.
WE TAKE 60 TENTHS OFF THE
STREET WITH ONE CAMP.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
MY NAME IS JESSICA'S COWS OH.
AND I AM JUST HERE TO SUPPORT
MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE
TONIGHT.
I HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT I
AM CONCERNED ABOUT.
MY LIST IS THAT WE DEFINITELY
NEED RENT CONTROL AND I THINK A
MASSIVE EXPANSION OF PUBLIC
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL AS
TINY HOMES THE MORE PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT IT THE MORE I AM IN FAVOR
OF IT.
SOMEONE MENTIONED TONIGHT TO
HOUSING FIRST MODEL WHICH I
THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
SOLVING A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES
THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY AND
BEYOND.
I'M ALSO HERE FOR WORKING FOR
ALL LEGISLATION TO HAVE
CORPORATIONS IN SEATTLE PAID FOR
ALL OF THEIR WORKERS.
AND, I WOULD DEFINITELY PREFER
US TO FUND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
INSTEAD OF A POLICE FORCE
EXPANSION.
AND EXPANDS THE LEAD PROGRAM
HERE.
AND I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THE REACH SOCIAL WORKERS
BUT THE MORE I'VE HEARD THEM
TALK THE MORE I THINK WE
DEFINITELY NEED MORE FUNDING TO
O TO THEM.
SO MORE CAN THEN BE AVAILABLE
TO HELP MORE PEOPLE.
ALSO, THE RANIER BEACH AND USE
THIS CONSORTIUM NEEDS TO BE
FUNDED.
I WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THEM
SPEAK TONIGHT.
AND FUNDING HERE I AM GLAD TO
HEAR THIS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORTS THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LOT OF
FUNDING GOING TO THAT.
BRINGING JOBS AND TRAINING HERE.
AND THE LAST THING I HAVE, IS
ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.
AND THE MASS SHOOTINGS.
I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THE THREE
WOMEN THAT SPOKE ABOUT THAT
TONIGHT.
I WOULD ALSO PIGGYBACK ON TOP
OF THAT, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE SOME FUNDING GOING TO GET
THE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT
EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS.
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW THAT YOU CAN PETITION THE
COURT TO GET GUNS TAKEN AWAY
FROM SOMEONE THAT IS A RISK TO
THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
AND I DO LIKE WHAT CALIFORNIA
HAS DONE HERE BECAUSE THEY'VE
EXTENDED THAT BEYOND POLICE
OFFICER'S.
TO COWORKERS AND TEACHERS AND
THE WORKS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY.
SOME A CALL NEXT ON CHARITY AND
SETH?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP?
WHATEVER'S CONVENIENT FOR YOU
IF YOU CAN REACH THAT ONE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALSO FOR LETTING US
SKIP THE LINE A LITTLE BIT.
WE ARE HAPPY TO WAIT OUR TURN.
ANYWAY THANK YOU FOR
UNDERSTANDING.
MY PARTNER CHARITY AND I LISTEN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH
CAPITOL HILL HOUSING.
WE FEEL EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY.
THE SAFETY, SECURITY AND
STABILITY OF THE HOUSING HAS
ENABLED US TO REALIZE OUR
POTENTIAL AS MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY.
WE'VE HOUSED A SERIES OF LIVING
CAREGIVERS WHO HAD THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A RESUME
AND JOB SKILLS AND INDEPENDENCE
INSTEAD OF SUCCUMBING TO THE
CRISIS IN THEIR LIVES AND
BECOME HOMELESS THEMSELVES.
WE WATCHED OUR NEIGHBORS KIDS.
CHARITY HAS A P PATCH PLOT THAT
FEEDS THE NEIGHBORS IN OUR
BUILDING BUT ALSO OUR RON HOWES
NEIGHBORS WHO USED IT AS A
COMFORTABLE PLACE TO SPEND
THEIR DAYS AND OFTEN DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO FRESH VEGETABLES.
BY THE WAY SHE SITS HERE IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE GARDEN
GNOMES WHO WANT TO SAVE THE
BALLARD P PATCH BUT ALSO ARE
WITH THE WOULD BE GARDEN GNOMES
WHO WOULD BE HERE TO ADVOCATE
FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM
TO LOWER INCOME PARTS OF OUR
CITY TOO IF THEY WEREN'T
LOOKING FOR NEW PLACE TO LIVE
WHERE THEY CAN AFFORD THE RENT.
THE SOLIDARITY ALSO EXTENDS THE
CHILDREN THAT WE COULD HELP BY
FUNDING A SCRATCH COOKING
PROGRAM AND THAT MONEY IS
PROBABLY BETTER SPENT THERE.
I HAVE THE TIME AND SECURITY TO
TRY TO ORGANIZE THE UNION AT
THE PLACENTA FROM WHICH I WAS
RECENTLY FIRED FOR THAT
ACTIVITY DO NOT BECOME HOMELESS
BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO SECURE
EMPLOYMENT.
WE HAVE THE TIME TO EXPLORE
ORGANIZING WITH THE TENANT
UNIT.
WE HAVE TIME TO BE EDUCATED
CITIZENS AND KNOCK ON OUR
NEIGHBORS DOORS TO ADVOCATES
THEY VOTE AGAINST I 976 AND WE
HAVE TIME TO DO OUR CIVIC DUTY
TO COME HERE AND PESTER ALL OF
YOU.
NONE OF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE
IF THE LANDLORD WAS FREE TO
RAISE OUR RENT EVERY YEAR.
HIS BEHAVIOR ON THE PART OF THE
CITY'S LANDLORDS THE WORST OF
IT BY BIG CORPORATE DEVELOPERS
OFFENDS NOT ONLY THE LIVES OF
INDIVIDUALS WITH MUNIZ THAT
THEY CREATE WHEN THEY ARE ABLE
TO STAY IN PLACE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMUNITY IS A
FRAGILE THING THAT TAKES A LONG
TIME TO BUILD BUT WHICH CAN BE
DESTROYED EASILY BY THE CRUEL
INDIFFERENCE OF ECONOMIC
CONVICTION.
WE HAVE TO STOP THE BRUTAL
DISRUPTON OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO START THAT WORK
LAST YEAR BUT PASSING THE TAX
TO AFFORD TO BRING IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEY'VE
DONE VERY LITTLE TO BRING IN
THE DEARTH OF FORMAL HOUSING
LIKE HOURS.
I HOPE YOU REALIZE IT IS A
MISTAKE SINCE AMAZON HAS PUT
SOME DECISIVELY ON THE SCALE IN
THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS BUT THEY
WERE ALWAYS GOING TO DO
REGARDLESS OF THE REPEAL.
NOW YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY I
REALIZE I'M OUT OF TIME SO I
WOULD JUST AHEAD.
NOW YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
FUND MANY OF THE PROGRAMS
BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO
ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO
RECOGNIZE COUNTS MEMBERS SO
WANT FOR HER WISDOM WITH THE
$15 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE AND
ALL THE ISSUES THAT WERE NOT
ALREADY POPULAR WHEN SHE TOOK
THEM UP.
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
FUND HOUSING AT THE SCALE THAT
WE NEED BY USING THE BONDING
AUTHORITY.
>> GO AHEAD AND FINISH.
>> THANK YOU. CHARITY DID YOU
WANT TO SPEAK?
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
AND THANK YOU FOR WAITING FOR
SO LONG.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN MANY HOURS.
OKAY.
SO I THINK WE DECIDED THAT 117
WAS NOT HERE?
OKAY MS. MELISSA PURCELL AT
118?
OH BOY.
DO WE HAVE THE ENTIRE OFFICE?
I LOVE IT.
OKAY.
>> GREAT.
MY NAME IS ALYSSA PURCELL.
I'M JUST GOING TO READ OFF MY
SCRIPTA SO FORGIVE ME HERE.
THANK YOU COUNTS MEMBERS FOR
YOUR TIME TODAY.
WHEN WE STARTED OUT EARLY ON
TODAY WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 30
PEOPLE.
BUT WE HAVE DWINDLED OVER THE
HOURS.
>> THAT MUCH.
>> AND NORTHERN BUSINESS AGENT
OF IATSE LOCAL 488.
THE MECHANICS OF PACIFIC
NORTHWEST.
I REPRESENT THE CREWS OF
COMMERCIALS FILMS TV SHOWS
CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL WEB
CONTENT.
I'M ALSO PROP MASTER BY TRAIN
THIS TRADE AND PART OF THE
FOUNDERS OF THIS SEATTLE IS A
COALITION.
IT WAS FORMED IS A LABOR GROUP
REPRESENTING ABOUT 3000 WORKING
PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE IN
SEATTLE'S FILM AND MUSIC
INDUSTRIES.
THE UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
INCLUDE TEAMSTERS LOCAL 174 IRC
LOCAL 488, INTERNATIONAL SOME
PHOTOGRAPHERS GUILD OF IRC
LOCAL 600, THE DIRECTORS GO TO
AMERICA, SAG AFTRA, MUSICIANS
ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE AFM
LOCAL 76 OF IRC LOCAL 600, THE
DIRECTORS GO TO AMERICA, SAG
AFTRA, MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION OF
SEATTLE AFM LOCAL 70 6493 THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST A COURT
RECORDING ACADEMY AND THE
INTERNATIONAL SYMPHONY OFFER A
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
WE INVITED ANYONE WHO HAS
CONCERNS ABOUT OUR PROPOSED
CHANGES TO JOIN US.
WHY WE ARE HERE?
THIS COALITION WAS FORMED
BECAUSE OUR INDUSTRY HAS A
GROWING CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED
CHANGES IN THE DIRECTION OF THE
OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC.
IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR THE
DIRECTOR THE FILM AND MUSIC
OFFICE LEFT HER POSITION.
AT THAT TIME WE WERE TOLD BY
OFM THAT THE MAYOR HAD
REQUESTED A PAUSE AND REVIEW OF
THAT OFFICE.
WE ARE TOLD THAT STAKEHOLDERS
WOULD BE INCLUDED WITH OUTREACH
AND RESEARCH ABOUT THE STATE OF
OUR INDUSTRIES AND HOW IT MIGHT
BE BEST UTILIZED BEFORE NEW
DIRECTOR BE HIRED.
THERE GO THAT WILL HELP.
>> IT'S JUST DARK.
>> OKAY.
AT THAT TIME, MANY INSTRUMENT
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR
OF ARTS AND CULTURE WAS
APPOINTED INTERIM DIRECTOR OF
OFM.
WHICH WAS A SURPRISING
APPOINTMENT WAS BECAUSE IT SITS
WITHIN THE OFFICE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
WE WERE SURPRISED AT THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR WOULD NOT COME
FROM OSM.
THINGS COULD BE A GROWTH
OPPORTUNITY MANY OF US GAVE
THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
THAT THE INTEREST WILL BE
PRIORITIZED AS THEY HAD BEEN
ASKING FOR SUPPORT FOR
INDUSTRIES AND NOW IT WAS
SEEMINGLY BEING DONE.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE
FOLLOWING MONTH THEY PRODUCE
BEEN A STUDY TO FIND OUT WHAT
WE FELT THE CITY COULD BE DOING
BETTER TO SUPPORT US TO
STABILIZE OUR INDUSTRY AND
GROWTH.
THE SPECIAL EVENT STAKEHOLDERS
TO THEIR OWN AND THEY WERE
SENTIMENT MEET WITH THE ARTS
DIVISION.
WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THAT IT
WAS GOING TO PRODUCE ACTION TO
GROW JOBS WAGES AND REVENUE IN
OUR INDUSTRIES.
WILL WE DID LEARN IS THAT WHILE
THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE TAKING
PLACE THERE WERE OTHER AGENDAS
MOVING FORWARD TO MERGE THE
MUSIC COMMISSION INTO THE ARTS
COMMISSION AND COMPLETELY
TRANSFORM OFM'S ADVOCACY WORK
THAT WE THE FILM AND MUSIC
INDUSTRIES HAVE WORKED DECADES
TO BUILD.
FOR INSTANCE BY THE TIME WE
WERE GIVEN THE RESULTS IN THE
FILM REPORT IN AUGUST, OED HAD
ALREADY SUBMITTED OFM'S CHANGES
TO THE MAYOR FOR THE BUDGET
RELEASE.
WE WERE NOT BRIEFED ON THOSE
ACTIONS.
WE'VE COME TO LEARN THE MUSIC
COMMISSION HAS ABOUT 50%
VACANCY AND IS CURRENTLY BEING
ADMINISTERED BY ARTS EVEN
THOUGH THERE WAS NO DUE PROCESS
FOR THIS CHANGE TO THE CHARTER
WHICH EXCLUSIVELY STATES THAT
IS A FUNCTION OF OFM UNDER OED.
WE ALSO CONTINUE TO GET
CONFLICTING RESPONSES ABOUT THE
PROCESS OF WHAT POLICIES WERE
BEING ADVANCED.
WHEN THE MAYOR REDUCE THE
BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER WE SAW OFM
WAS GOING TO BE QUOTE UNQUOTE
REPURPOSED TO FOCUS ON A NEW
CREATIVE INDUSTRY CLUSTER.
THIS WAS A SURPRISE BECAUSE THE
CHANGE IN NO WAY REFLECTS OUR
PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS.
IN FACT IN ALL OF OUR
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE YET TO
FIND ONE PERSON WHO ASKED FOR A
WITH OFM TO BE CHANGED TO A NEW
CREATIVE INDUSTRY CLUSTER.
DELETE BASED ON OUR FREIGHT FEE
BACK IT'S A COMPLETE
MISCHARACTERIZATION OF OUR
INPUT.
IT FEELS LIKE WE WERE USED TO
TO SUPPORT A PREDETERMINED
OUTPUT THE BUREAUCRATS WANTED
TO PURSUE.
FOR THESE REASONS WE ORGANIZE
OURSELVES AND ASKED FOR YOUR
HELP TODAY.
AS YOU ARE TO LIBERATING THIS
PROPOSAL PLEASE NOTE THAT IT
DOES NOT REFLECT OUR
PARTICIPATION OR OUR PRIORITIES
OR NEEDS.
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY CLUSTER
PROPOSAL DOES NOT HAVE CONCRETE
DEFINITIONS OR ECONOMIC ELEMENT
GOALS TO WHAT WE HOPE TO
ACHIEVE.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE
MEASUREMENTS IN PLACE TO SEE
THE EFFECTIVENESS NOR
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE
INDUSTRIES THAT OFM HAS
HISTORICALLY PROPOSED.
THIS PROPOSAL AS WRITTEN WILL
NOT SUPPORT A BE A BENEFIT TO
OUR JOBS OR OUR INDUSTRIES.
TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT JUST
SEMANTICS FOR NAME CHANGE.
WHAT WE WANT?
WE WANT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND
WE QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL TO
REJECT THIS INTO THE FOLLOWING
CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MET.
REESTABLISH A FULLY SEATED
MUSIC COMMISSION OF THE
FUNCTION OF THE OFFICE OF
SELLING MUSIC TO DRIVE THE
MUSIC INDUSTRY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.
ESTABLISH A FULLY SEATED FILM
COMMISSION AS A FUNCTION OF THE
OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC TO
DRIVE THE FILM AGENDA.
AND ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE
BUILT FOR MEMBERS OF THOSE
COMMISSIONS TO WRITE A JOB
DESCRIPTION AND DRIVE THE
HIRING PROCESS FOR NEW DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF MUSIC.
IN OTHER WORDS SLOW DOWN AND
LET US HAVE A VOICE IN THIS.
IN A BRIEF SUMMARY, OLSON WAS
BUILT BY STAKEHOLDERS WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY TO MAKE SEATTLE
A SUCCESSFUL PLACE TO MAKE A
LIVING IN THE FILM AND MUSIC
INDUSTRIES.
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES OF THESE
INDUSTRIES HAVE THRIVED AND
SERVED US WELL.
THE FILM INDUSTRY HIRES WERE
ARTS DISCIPLINES AT THE HIGHEST
WAGES THAN ANY OTHER CREATIVE
BUSINESS.
THEY IMPORT MONEY BY BRINGING
OUT OF STATES AND HIRE LOCALLY.
>> CAN YOU GET THE LESSONS
HERE?
>> WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT IF THE
CONDITIONS OF THE INDUSTRY
STAKEHOLDERS CAN DESCRIBE ARE
PUT IN PLACE WITH THE IN OFFICE
THAT IS READY TO WORK TOGETHER
ON INCLUSIVE JOB CREATION THAT
ALLOWS OUR INDUSTRY TO THRIVE
AND GROW.
THIS WILL HELP SEATTLE TO THE
FOREFRONT.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND
STAYING.
>> IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE'RE
DOWN TO JUST A FEW MORE
SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE GREG WHO IS SPOKEN AND
MELISSA WHO IS BROKEN.
CHRIS I KNOW YOU ARE IN AND THE
GERMAN BLUE IN THE BACK?
>> OKAY.
>> SO I BETTER READ OFF NUMBERS
SO I DON'T MISS ANYBODY.
OKAY.
ELAINE?
WILEY?
SHARON WILLIAMS?
NUMBER 120 RICHARD BECKNER.
YOU ARE UP.
>> AND 121 YOU WILL BE NEXT
AFTER MISTER BECKER.
>> OKAY.
AND BEFORE YOU JUMP IN, DO WE
HAVE 122 HERE?
TIM LENNON?
OKAY TIM, CAN YOU JUST LINE
APPEAR BEHIND SHARON?
VIVIAN?
123?
IF YOU WILL GET READY PLEASE?
LIZ?
NUMBER 124?
OKAY.
LET'S GO THAT FAR THAN.
THANK YOU RICHARD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR WAITING.
>> I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PILOT
TREATMENT FOR METHAMPHETAMINES.
MY SON HE IS LIVING HOMELESS ON
THE STREET TO SETTLE US I KNOW.
I'M TALKING TO YOU FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE AS A PARENT.
FOR YEARS HE HAS STRUGGLED AND
I HAVE ALWAYS DREADED AND
THOUGHT HE MIGHT END UP ON THE
STREET TO SEATTLE.
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS
HAPPENED.
I LIVE WITH TREMENDOUS GRIEF
BECAUSE I KNOW THE TERRIBLE
EFFECTS WITH THE CHRONIC ISSUES.
THAT IS DIFFICULT AS A PARENT
TO LIVE WITH.
I ALSO FEEL HELPLESS AS THEIR
TOUGH PROBLEMS.
PART OF MY HOPELESSNESS HAS
BEEN A LACK OF MEDICAL
TREATMENT FOR METH ADDICTION.
IVAN ONOING FEAR AND I WILL
RECEIVE A PHONE CALL HERE.
ONE DAY SOON TELLING ME THAT MY
SON IS GONE.
AND WHEN THE PHONE RINGS AND I
DON'T RECOGNIZE THE NUMBER
SOMETIMES I EXPECT THE WORSE.
-- WORST.
THIS IS NOT AN UNFOUNDED FEAR.
PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM IT.
GOT SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE READY
OR HAVE ALREADY LOST THEIR
LOVED ONES, AND SO I ASK HOW
CAN WE NOT TRY A PROGRAM THAT
COULD SAVE LIVES?
HAD THE POWER TO GIVE ARE
STRUGGLING LOVED ONES POSSIBLE
PATH TO SURVIVE AND HEAL AND TO
GIVE THOSE THAT LOVE THEM SOME
HOPE.
HE CAN DO IT BY FUNDING THIS
PROGRAM.
I UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS ARE
DIFFICULT.
AND THEY REQUIRE MANY DIFFERENT
ACTORS INCLUDING HOUSING.
BUT THIS IS ONE STEP THAT YOU
CAN TAKE TO SAVE LIVES.
IF YOU ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
NOT HAVE A LOVED ONE IN THIS
SITUATION, I ASK YOU TO IMAGINE
THAT YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER OR
OTHER LOVED ONE WAS SUFFERING
FROM A METH ADDICTION AND
LIVING ON THE STREETS.
IMAGINE THAT THERE IS A PROGRAM
THAT COULD GIVE YOUR LOVED ONE
A CHANCE TO SAVE THEIR LIFE AND
CHANGE THE LIFE.
WOULD YOU THINK IT WAS WORTH
TRYING?
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO FUND
THIS PROGRAM.
EVERY DAY THE DAMAGES WORST.
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND DYING
AND THERE IS NO TIME TO WAIT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
AND SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US.
SHARON,
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
FOR STAYING SO LATE.
THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM OUTSIDE
OF YOUR.
YOU DON'T KNOW BUT THEY HAVE
BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
MY NAME IS SHARON I READ
WILLIAMS.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL
DISTRICT FOR FOR ARTS AND
IDEAS.
I AM A VOLUNTEER THE SEATTLE
ARTS COMMISSION FOR SIX YEARS.
I AM ALSO VOLUNTEER OF THE
COCHAIR OF THE HISTORIC CENTRAL
AREA ARTS AND CULTURAL
DISTRICT.
AND OUTSIDE OF THAT I AM A
STORYTELLER IN VARIOUS.GENRES
INCLUDE MUSIC, FILM, THEATER
AND POETRY.
I AM HERE TODAY IN REGARDS TO
THE PROPOSAL AND IMPOSE CHANGES
TO THE OFFICES OF ARTS AND
CULTURE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE OFFICES OF FILM AND
MUSIC.
IT IS BEEN A TOUGH SIX MONTHS.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING REPEATEDLY
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE'VE HAD JOINT MEETINGS FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS
THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE ARTS
COMMISSION WITH FILM AND MUSIC
AND NIGHTLIFE.
WITH INTERACTIVE AND HELP ME
OUT THERE.
YES.
IN WITH THE FESTIVALS.
AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
WE HAVE BEEN BECAUSE WE ALL
WANT THE SAME THING.
WE WANT A THRIVING AND CREATIVE
ECONOMY.
I DON'T WANT THE ARTISTS THAT I
WORK WITH THAT I EMPLOY FOR MY
OWN PERSONAL USE ARTISTS AND
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE NORTHERN
BRIDGE STUDIOS AND MICHAEL B
MAY AND ARTISTS LIKE NIKITA ALL
OF HER AND LIKE MYSELF TO HAVE
TO BE HOMELESS.
TO NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO
FEED THEIR KIDS OR NOT TO BE
ABLE TO LIVE IN A PERFECT PLACE
FOR THEM TO STRIVE AND GROW.
THAT IS ALL THAT WE ONCE IN THE
SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE
MUSIC COMMISSION.
AND THAT IS ALL THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO.
TO UPLIFT AND INCREASE THE
AFFORDABILITY AND VISIBILITY.
AND THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THE GREATER RACIAL EQUITY
HERE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU.
TIM AND THEN VIVIAN AND IS
TRACING WELLINGTON HERE?
125?
OR 126?
127?
I KNOW CHRIS IS HERE WITH 128.
CIGAR HAD 10.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TIME THIS EVENING.
WITH CIALIS SOLIDARITY HERE.
WITH OUR NEIGHBORS IN TINY
HOMES AND THOSE DEALING WITH
ADDICTION AND LOVED ONES.
MY NAME IS TIM LENNON AND I'M
HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
PROPOSED CHANGES TO OSM AND
ARTS.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
LANGSTON AND THE VERA PROJECT.
I LIVE AND WORK IN THE THIRD
DISTRICT MORE SPECIFICALLY THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
OUR DISTRICT HAS SEEN THE LOSS
OF MORE BLACK OWNED MUSIC
BUSINESSES AND BLACK AND POC AND
MORE ARTIST REMOVED IN THE CITY.
IT IS EXPANDED IN LARGE PART
DUE TO THE ECONOMIC BOOM THAT
CERTAIN SECTORS OF HAD.
I'M QUITE ENCOURAGED BY THIS
NEW PROPOSAL TO ADD STAFF AND
RESOURCES TO THE BODY OF WORK
THAT LIVED IN THE OFFICE OF
FILM AND MUSIC.
WITH THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND
INTERACTIVE HERE.
I'M MORE ENCOURAGED BY THE
ALIGNMENT OF THE WORK WITH OMD
ALIGNMENT AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS
TO MORE EFFECTIVELY SERVE OUR
STAKEHOLDERS AND CENTER THEIR
EFFORTS.
BY THE POLICIES AND GROWTH THAT
THEY DISPLAY.
SO THOSE IN PNC HAVE FELT THE
BRUNT OF THIS GROWTH FOR A VERY
LONG TIME.
THEY WERE UNDER REPRESENTATIVE
IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR AS
CONVERSATIONS AS WE HAVE LARGE-
SCALE LABOR CONVERSATIONS HERE
AND LARGE LOCAL INDUSTRY MEANS
HERE.
THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO
LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENTS AND THE NONPROFIT
SIDE OF EDUCATION AND REALLY
BOLSTER AND SUPPORT THE FOLKS
THAT NEED IT THE MOST.
I'M HOPING TO SEE THESE CHANGES
GO THROUGH.
I AM PLANNING TO HOLD ELECTED
OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
THINGS THAT THEY SAY THEY'RE
GOING TO DO.
BUT I FEEL IT MY FIRST
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO CONTRIBUTE
TO MAKING THIS PLAN A SUCCESS.
AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU 10.
VIVIAN IS BEFORE YOU CHRIS.
VIVIAN IS 123.
>> OKAY.
TO GO FOR THE SHORTER
MICROPHONE HERE.
MY NAME IS VIVIAN BOND.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
NORTHWEST FILM CENTER IN A
COMMUNITY SAYS COMMUNITY SPACE
AND CAPITAL HILL.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A THRIVING
FILM SYSTEM FOR ARTIST TO BE
ABLE TO LIVE AND WORK YOUR.
IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS,
ALONGSIDE TWO MEN SHARING EVEN
THE CURRENT FILM CAPACITY
SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH AMY
WHEELER IN THE OFFICE OF FILM
AND MUSIC SPENDING HOURS
CONVENING CONVERSATIONS WITH A
NUMBER OF PHONE STAKEHOLDERS
SEVEN DIFFERENT GROUPS
SPECIFICALLY REPRESENTING
LOCATION MANAGERS AND
PRODUCTION COMPANIES AND
NONROFIT EDUCATORS WITH
PRODUCTION RESOURCES AND GROUP.
WE LISTEN DEEPLY AND DISTILL
ALL OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS
AND FINDINGS.
MOST OF THE OPPOSITION THAT
CAME OUT TODAY ACTUALLY HAS NOT
CLOSELY READ THE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY MIGHT HAVE FOR INSTANCE
SEEN IN SOME OF THE
COMMUNICATIONS ONLINE THAT THEY
WERE STRESSING THAT WE ARE NOT
CREATING A PHONE COMMISSION AND
THAT WAS NOT IN OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN IT WAS
ACTUALLY PART OF THE
RECOMMENDATION.
AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS A
LONGTIME PROCESS AND WE ARE
RECOMMENDING SHORT-TERM
SOLUTIONS BEFORE WE GET TO THE
LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
WHAT IS THERE IS THAT WE ARE
ALL WORKING TOWARD THE SAME
GOAL AND WE ALL WHAT TO
LEVERAGE THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY
IN A WAY THAT CAN BRING
ECONOMIC STIMULUS TO THE FILM
INDUSTRY.
IN COMMUNITY-BASED
CONVERSATIONS I THINK THE
RESTRUCTURING OF THE OFFICE OF
FILM AND MUSIC IS SOMETHING
THAT IS GOING TO BENEFIT US ALL
EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT SEEM
OBVIOUS AT THE TIME.
SO IN RENAMING IT, IT CREATES A
WAY OF PUTTING IN ECONOMIC
IMPACT ON IT TO THE OFFICE OF
FILM AND MUSIC HAS NOT BEEN
ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE RESOURCES
THUS FAR.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT HAS BEEN
SOMEWHAT BROKEN AND UNDER
RESOURCED.
BY REPOSITIONING IT, WE ARE
ABLE TO ADD THREE NEW POSITIONS
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO
UPLIFT THE CREATIVE ECONOMY AS
A WHOLE.
I THINK PART OF IT IS THE HOPE
TO LEVERAGE THE CREATIVE
ECONOMY IDEA IN ORDER TO PULL
AND INFLUENCE THE RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR
THE OFFICE OF MUSIC HAS NOT
BEEN ABLE TO DO IT THIS FAR.
THANK YOU.
>> THEY WERE COMING VIVIAN.
AFTER CHRIS IS 129 HERE?
JIM?
HOW ABOUT 130?
OKAY.
ERICA LEE?
131?
STEPHEN SCHROCK DAVID BUTLER?
ANDREW GREIDER?
JOE GRUBER 136?
OKAY.
DROVE YOU ARE GOING TO BE LIKE
CLEANING UP AFTER CHRIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
I'M USED TO SPEAKING TO EMPTY
ROOMS AT BUDGET HEARINGS.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT FOR SOMEONE
THAT HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG
TIME SITTING THROUGH A MEETING
TONIGHT NOT ONLY DOES IT MAKE
YOU APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK
THAT YOU ALL DO BUT IF YOU SAT
HERE AND LISTENS TO EVERYTHING
LIKE I DID, JADED CYNICAL GUY
IT'S PRETTY INSPIRATIONAL AT
THE END OF THE DAY.
I'M JUST FOLLOWING ON MY
TESTIMONY FROM LAST FRIDAY.
I DON'T WANT ABUSE THE
PRIVILEGE AND KEEP YOU ANY
LATER.
WE SAID THAT THE FAIR DRIVER
PROPOSAL WAS NOT GOING TO BE
REWRITTEN SO THAT ALL THE MONEY
EVERY DIME WENT INTO THE
DRIVERS POCKETS.
NOT ANYWHERE ELSE.
DRIVERS ARE THE ONES THAT NEED
THE MONEY.
WE CRAFT THE INITIATIVE TO
REPEAL AND WE HAVE DONE THAT.
WE DID THAT TO THE WEEKEND.
YOU GET THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND I JUST WANT TO POINT YOU TO
THE KEY ELEMENTS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN
AROUND AS LONG AS I YOU'LL
REMEMBER THIS IS THE PATTERN
FOR THE LAW THAT UNDERLINES I 91
JUST CLOSE TO THE KEY ARENA
INITIATIVE.
WE DEFINED SECTION 1 IS A
CONSIDERATION OR RATE AT WHICH
WE STAYED FOR THE VALUE OF FOR
HIGHER VEHICLE SERVICES PROVIDED
BY THE HIGHER VEHICLE OPERATOR.
SHALL BE AT COST OR REASONABLE
COMPENSATION INCLUDING
COMPOSITION FOR THE BRISTOL
SERVICES OF THE OPERATOR.
WE DEFINE FAIR VALUE IS BEING
THREE TIMES THE IRS DEDUCTION.
BASICALLY COMES OUT AT A DOLLAR
$.74.
SUGGESTED EVERY YEAR.
IS ADJUSTED AND THEN WE STATE
THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE SHALL
IMPOSE NEW TAXES UPON ANY
TRANSACTION THAT IS BASED ON A
RATE OR PASSENGER TRANSACTION.
IT WORKS TOGETHER AND IT IS
SIMPLE.
IT REQUIRES NO BUREAUCRACY AND
VERY LITTLE IMPLEMENTATION.
ALL OF THE MONEY GOES TO THE
DRIVERS AND USE THAT THEIR FAIR
RATE AT A DOLLAR $.74.
IT IS DONE.
IF YOU DON'T WANT US TO DO IT
AS AN INITIATIVE THEN DO IT AS
A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE OR
MOTION OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.
THANK YOU.
>> JOE?
>> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JOE GRUBER AM THE
DIRECTOR OF THE DISTRICT FOOD
BANK.
WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH RELOCATED WE
SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES FROM ACROSS FOR
COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO OFFER MY
PERSONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL
SUPPORT FOR MANY OF THE
EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
INVESTMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE
BEFORE YOU AND THE 2020 BUDGET.
TO BEGIN I WOULD LIKE TO URGE
YOU TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET FROM
THE HUMAN SERVICES COALITION.
AND TO FIND A COMPARABLE WORK
ANALYSIS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES
ORGANIZATIONS.
THE PAST SUMMER HE TOOK AN
IMPORTANT STEP TO PROVIDE
AUTOMATIC INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS
WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES
CONTRACTS.
THANK YOU.
THE SMALL STEP HELPS US KEEP UP
WITH SOME THE RISING COSTS THAT
WE EXPERIENCE.
YOU CAN DO MORE THROUGH THE
COMPARABLE WORK-STUDY.
SEEN AT THE OWN AGENCY WITH THE
POWER OF A FAIR COMPETITIVE
WAGE HAS ON RECRUITMENT AND
STAFF ATTENTION WITH MORALE AND
JOB PERFORMANCE AND ULTIMATELY
THE MISSION EFFECTIVENESS.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN
OUR HUMAN SERVICES WORKFORCE,
THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH OUR
COMMUNITY WELL-BEING IS BUILT,
AND THE FUNDING OF A COMPARABLE
AWARD CEREMONY IS NOT JUST JUST
BUT IT IS IN LINE WITH
COMMUNITY VALUES AND NECESSARY
TO ENSURE THAT THE NETWORK OF
HUMAN SERVICES NONPROFITS
REMAINS A STRONG RESOURCES FOR
ALL OUR NEIGHBORS.
I ALSO URGE YOU TO MAKE
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN THE
BUDGET THAT IMPROVE AND EXPAND
HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS.
ESPECIALLY FOR LOW-INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
SPECIFICALLY I URGE YOU ALL TO
FOLLOW THE INVESTMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SUITE
BEVERAGE TASKS IN COMMUNITY
ADVISEMENT BOARD.
THEY HAVE THE EXPANSION INTO
HIGH SCHOOL EXPANDED SUPPORT
FOR SINGER SENIOR CONGREGANT
MEALS AND SERIOUS INVESTMENT IN
THE SCRATCH COOKING IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
AND EVEN A MODEST MICROCREDIT
PROGRAM.
THESE ARE INVESTMENT WITH SPD
PROPERTY PRIORITIES AND YOUR
COMMUNITY DRIVEN.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE PITTED
AGAINST ANYTHING ELSE.
AND FINALLY I DO WANT TO ASK
YOUR SUPPORT ON SEVERAL ISSUES
IN PORTON TO TWO DISTRICT
NUMBER FOUR INCLUDING FUNDING
FOR SAFE PILOT KENNEDY HEIGHTS
T UNIT CONTINUED FUNDING OF THE
COMMITTEE HEIGHTS RESEARCH
PROGRAM AND REFERRAL STAFF TO
THE DISTRICT WHICH IS
CAUTIONARY WITH THE PARTNERSHIP
IN BIA AND FINALLY FUNDING FOR
YOU LOU WHICH IS ALREADY IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE
INVESTMENTS IN THE 2020 BUDGET
IN BUILDING THE WELL-BEING
ACROSS THE SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> THANK YOU JOE.
>> WELL DONE.
THANK YOU ALL DID I MISS ANYONE?
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
COLLEAGUES, 5 1/2 HOURS
CONGRATULATIONS.
OKAY.
GOOD NIGHT.
THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.