GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING
THE MICROPHONES.
THIS IS THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY.
TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 13th, HAPPY
FRIDAY THE 13th, EVERYBODY.
IT'S 10:37 A.M.
THANK YOU TO COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION , THE
ADEN JEN DA WILL BE ADOPTED.
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK
THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST
HOWEVER 9 OR 10 MONTHS NOW,
BRINGING US TO THIS POINT.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FEW
COMMENTS AND GOING TO INVITE AS
THE AND JEFF AND JASON, BOBBY
ALL UP TO THE TABLE.
THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE
WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER,
NOT JUST OURSELVES BUT WITH
SOME OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES AND
WITH THE SUBURBAN CITY
REPRESENTATIVES AND WE ARE
REALLY TRYING TO BRING TOGETHER
THE WORK THAT OUR CITY IS DOING
AND THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING
THE MAXIMIZE THE INVESTMENTS
THAT WE ARE MAKING TOWARDS
SOLVING THE PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
I REALIZE WE ARE MUCH BETTER
AND STRONGER IF WE ARE WORKING
TOGETHER AND WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING WITH A NUMBER OF CITIES
INCLUDING LOS ANGELES.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
CONGRESS MEMBER -- WHO WENT TO
LOS ANGELES, BROUGHT BACK THEIR
BOOK AND THE BOOK THEY HAD
IDENTIFIED AS THE WORK THEY
WERE DOING FOR THEIR GOVERNING
PLAN AND MOVING FORWARD TO
ENDING HOMELESSNESS THERE.
THE APPROACH WE ARE MAKING NOW
WITH THIS PROPOSED REGIONAL
AUTHORITY IS WE HAVE BEEN
LOOKING AT THIS FOR AS WE
MENTIONED, MONTHS AND MONTHS,
WORKING WITH MARK DONES, DEBBY
TEAL AND WITH OUR COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES AT KING COUNTY.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS IS
JUST ONE PIECE OF WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
I WANT TO SAY BIG THANKS,
SHARON LEE IS HERE, IN THE
FRONT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN DOING.
WE ALSO HAD DAN MALONE AND
COLLEAN, GORDAN, ALEX, FRIENDS
OF YOUTH, YMCA, YWCA, ANDREW
LOFTON FROM OUR SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY, STEVEN NORMAN FROM
THE KING COUNTY HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
PATTY HAZE WHO IS THE DIRECTOR
OF PUBLIC HEALTH, PAUL AMBOROS
FROM PLYMOUTH HOUSING.
ALLISON MOON FROM MARY PLACE.
KATIE MILLER, U.S. ICH, ALL
PEOPLE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH OVER THE YEARS THAT'S BEEN
PROVIDING US THEIR INPUT.
THANK YOU TO THAT GROUP BUT
ALSO TO THE PEOPLE WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE.
THOSE OF YOU FROM NICKELSVILLE,
OTHERS WHO ARE PART OF THIS
GROUP THAT ARE PROVIDING US
ADVICE.
I THINK THIS THE PAST WE HAVE
NOT REACHED OUT TO YOU, TO MANY
PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE AND REMAIN
ON THE STREETS.
PEOPLE WHO HAD HOUSING BUT
EXPERIENCED A LOT.
WE ARE HEARING YOU AND HEARING
YOUR VOICES IN WAYS THAT IN THE
PAST WE HAVEN'T DONE.
WE ALSO, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
JASON JOHNSON AND THE WORK THAT
YOU AND THOSE YOU HAVE DONE ON
THE FRONT LINE WORKING WITH THE
CITY.
I'M THANKFUL THEIR VOICES HAVE
BEEN INCLUDED ON THE FRONT END.
SOMETHING FROM LESSONS LEARNED
WE KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE
BOOTS ON THE GROUND CAN OFFER
US IMPORTANT INSIGHTS INTO THIS
WORK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
RECOGNIZE IS THAT AND IT SOUNDS
RIDICULOUS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN
SAYING IT FOR SO MANY YEARS, WE
ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
HOMELESS.
THE WAY TO REALLY MOVE THIS
RESPONSE FORWARD FASTER IS TO
PROVIDE MORE HOMES.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS IN SMALL WAYS, IN BIG
WAYS, BUT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE FACT THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING
WITH THE REGIONAL GOVERNANCE IS
GOING TO FOCUS ON THE SERVICES
WE ALSO KNOW WORKING WITH OUR
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND KING
COUNTY AND KING COUNTY HOMELESS
AND THEIR ORGANIZATION THAT
DEALS WITH HOUSING AS WELL, IS
WHAT GOING TO HELP US MOVE
FORWARD AS A REGION.
HOUSING IS CRITICAL.
ALL OF THE UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS
WE LEARNED ABOUT THROUGH ONE
TABLE NOT THAT IT WAS NEW NEWS
BUT GOT THE REGION OF OUR
FOCUS.
THE FOCUSED STRATEGIES REPORT,
WE HEARD FROM THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY THROUGH ECO NORTHWEST
, THE OTHER STUDIES, WHERE WE
ARE TODAY IS MOVING FORWARD TO
HAVE THE FIRST LOOK AT OUR
INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT AND THE
CHARTER, THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF
WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
WITH THAT, WE KNOW THAT IT IS
ONE PIECE AND A MUCH BIGGER
APPROACH THAT WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO MAKE, ONE PIECE, ONE
CHAPTER FROM THE LOS ANGELES
REPORT, BUT THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT PIECE --
OF THE PUZZLE.
I'M GOING ASK YOU TO COME UP TO
THE TABLE.
ALLISON, DID YOU WANT TO READ
IT IN FOR US?
>> ITEM NUMBER ONE, 19638.
ORDINANCE RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.
EXECUTE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT
FOR A JOINT ESTABLISHMENT IN
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY WITH KING COUNTY AND
ADDITIONAL PARTIES ELIGIBLE
PURSUANT TO TERMS OF THE INNER
LOCAL AGREEMENT.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU,
TRACY AND HAVE INTRODUCTION AS
AT THE TABLE.
>> JEFF SIMS, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> JASON JOHNSON, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> TES COLBY, OFFICE OF THE
MAYOR.
>> TRACY, JEFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY
INTRODUCTORY WORDS BEFORE WE
TURN IT OVER TO TES.
>> THE EXECUTIVE IS GOING TO BE
GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE
PIECES.
WE WILL ALLOW AS MUCH TIME AS
POSSIBLE FOR THAT AND QUESTIONS
TO FOLLOW UP.
THINK WE TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT
POINTS THAT I FELT WERE REALLY
IMPORTANT AND THE FOCUS OF THIS
AND OUR EFFORT IS NOT ONLY TO
BE BRINGING IN PEOPLE WITH
LIVED EXPERIENCE TO BE PART OF
THE SOLUTION BUT ALSO A REAL
CORE VALUE HERE IS UNDOING THE
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.
MAYBE AS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
THAT, THAT WE RECOGNIZE ACROSS
THE CITY, THE POINT YOU MADE
YESTERDAY, 60% OF THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE HOMELESS ARE ACTUALLY
PEOPLE OF COLOR WHICH IS WAY
OUTSIDE THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE
OF THE POPULATION.
I KNOW THIS IS A FOCUS WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND MAYBE
YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT THAT AS YOU
GO THROUGH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR
BRADSHAW AND MEMBER OS THE
COUNCIL I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.
I DO HAVE RELATIVELY LONG
PRESENTATION.
SIT A LITTLE MEATY.
LY GO THROUGH IT AS QUICKLY AND
EASILY AS POSSIBLE.
I'M NOT LOOKING UP, OBVIOUSLY
STOP ME IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
>> FOR THOSE ON -- COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLL THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
HELP ME IF PEOPLE ARE THEIR
HANDS RAISED.
>> SURE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ON THIS FIRST SLIDE THE AGENDA,
A NUMBER OF TOPICS, THE FIRST
FEW ARE CONTEXT SETTING AND
REMINDING US WHY WE ARE HERE.
I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO THE
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND THE
SCOPE OF WORK THAT THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY WILL HAVE, BASED ON
THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT AND
THE CHARTER THAT WERE
TRANSMITTED LAST WEEK WITH THE
ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THEM BOTH.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.
WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE IN PART
PAUSE OF PAUSE OF A GENERAL
UNDERSTANDING AND TREATMENT
THAT OUR DELIVERY OF SERVICES
IS FRAGMENTED.
THE COUNTY AND THE CITY BOTH
FUND PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS AND WHILE OUR
OVERALL OBJECT IS BETWEEN THE
TWO MUNICIPALITYS IS THE SAME,
TO QUICKLY AND AFFECTIVELY MOVE
PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING,
THE WAY WE APPROACH IT HAS
DIFFERENCES.
ONE PROVIDER MAY OPERATE A
PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE COUNTY
AND THE CITY, THAT MEANS TWO
CONTRACTS, TWO REPORTING
STRUCTURES AND TWO SETS OF
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
THIS IS CUMBERSOME FOR THE
PROVIDERS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
OFTEN CAUSE AS GREAT DEAL OF
CONFUSION FOR OUR CUSTOMERS,
THE PERSONS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THEY HAVE TO NAVIGATE LARGE
ARRAY OF PROGRAMS WHERE THE
SERVICES CAN VARY, SAME
SERVICES CAN VARY THIS
IMPLEMENTATION FROM AGENCY TO
AGENCY.
THE UNIFIED GOVERNANCE WILL
ALLOW FOR FOCUSED
ACCOUNTABILITY WHERE THE
úAUTHORITY IS ACCOUNTABLE AND T
CUSTOMERS TO THE COMMUNITY AND
TO THE FUNDERS.
WHERE THE AUTHORITY IS ALSO
RECEIVING INPUT FROM THOSE SAME
STAKEHOLDERS, SO THIS IS A
SOLID FEEDBACK LOOP.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT FOCUSED
ACCOUNTABILITY.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT'S
DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY THE CITY
AND COUNTY ARE OPERATING TODAY.
>> FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE
CUSTOMERS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO
FIGURE OUT WHO THEY SHOULD GO
BACK TO WHEN THIS IS IP PUT TO
PROVIDE.
FOLKS THE CRISIS HAVE, IT'S
SURPRISING THAT THE AMAZING
ARRAY OF BUREAUCRACY THEY KNEAD
TO WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH TO
GET TO THE SERVICES THEY NEED.
I THINK IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT
FOR THEM IN PARTICULAR TO SAY
-- THE GOAL OF THE AUTHORITY IS
TO MAKE SURE THERE IS ONE POINT
OF ENTRY AND IN PARTICULAR, I
WILL MENTION THIS, A LITTLE BIT
LATER ON ANOTHER SLIDE BUT THE
AUTHORITY WILL HAVE AN OFFICE
OF THE -- THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE
THE CLEAR PORTAL FOR
COMMUNICATION AND FEEDBACK WITH
BETWEEN THE AUTHORITY AND
CUSTOMERS.
IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY,
FROM THE FUNDING PERSPECTIVE,
IT'S A LITTLE BIT THE SAME.
WE HOLD OUR -- ACCOUNTABLE
THROUGH OUR CONTRACTED
AGREEMENTS.
THE COUNTY HOLDS THEIR
PROVIDERS ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT ACCOUNTABILITY DEFINITELY
EXISTS IF THE PROVIDER THEY
KNOW THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO
FUNDERS BUT THAT MAY CAUSE
DISCONNECT IN THE PROGRAMS THEY
ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE AND TO
IMPLEMENT.
THE CONCEPT OF UNIFIED
GOVERNANCE IS TO CREATE A MORE
TRANSPARENT LEVEL OF
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE FOLKS
THAT ARE BEING SERVED AND ALSO
AN EASIERCEPS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
BOTH TO THE PROVIDERS AND FROM
THE PROVIDERS BACK TO THE
AUTHORIY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
YOU MAY REMEMBER WAY BACK IN
DECEMBER THAT NATIONAL
INNOVATION SERVICES FORMALLY
KNOWN AS FUTURE LABS PRESENTED
THEIR REPORT WITH RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS THAT WE SHOULD TAKE AS
A COMMUNITY TO CREATE A SINGLE
AFFECTIVE AND SYSTEMIC RESPONSE
TO HOMELESSNESS.
COUNTY AND CITY AND ALL HOME
STAFF ALONG WITH STAKEHOLDERS
SUCH AS HOUSING AND SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND PERSONS WITH
LIVED EXPERIENCE, HAVE BEEN
COLLABORATING ON FOUR OF THOSE
ACTIONS.
THE ONES, THE GRAY ONES ON THE
BOTTOM.
THEY ARE CONSOLIDATING THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM
UNDER ONE REGIONAL AUTHORITY,
CENTERS ITS WORK ON CUSTOMER
VOICE, AND EXPERIENCE WHICH IS
THE CORNER STONE OF THE REPORTS
PROPOSED THEORY OF CHANGE.
OUR PARTNERS IN PHILANTHROPY
TAKEN ON A BIG CHALLENGE OF
CREATING A FUNDING MODEL
ALIGNING WITH THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
SO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW --
VERY WELLS WE HAVE BEEN MEETING
WITH THE CLIENT GROUP SINCE
JANUARY.
I COUNTED IT UP, 12 MEETINGS SO
FAR.
REALLY THE CLIENT GROUP HAS
BEEN EXTREMELY CRITICAL IN
KEEPING US ALL FOCUSED ON
ADDRESSING WHAT THE REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE WILL LOOK LIKE AND
PERHAPS WHAT IT WILL DO AND
WHAT ITS PURPOSE WILL BE.
>> I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A
LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERSTATEMENT.
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO IS
MAKE SURE ACTUAL CLIENTS ARE
REPRESENTED AND THAT'S BEEN
DONE THROUGH MAKING SURE WE ARE
SORT OF TRUTH TESTING WHO HAS
BEEN AT THE TABLE WITH THE
CONVERSATIONS BOTH WITH THE
MAYOR AND THE EXECUTIVE AT KING
COUNTY.
I THINK WE HAVE BEEN IN THE
READING MODE NOT NECESSARILY
THE RECOMMENDATION MODE AND I
THINK THAT WHAT'S BEEN CRITICAL
TO NOTE IN TERMS OF A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE THREE
OFOUS ON COUNCIL THAT ARE PART
OF A CLIENT GROUP, INCLUDES THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, VERSUS THE
FOLKS ON THE GROUND LEVEL, THE
SERVICE PROVIDERS, THE
INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESSES, COUNCIL CHAIR,
BAG SHAW MENTIONED TODAY, I
DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE THE
RULE THAT THE QUOTE CLIENT
GROUP HAS HAD, WHICH A
MISNOMER.
I DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR
US TO CONTINUE TO BE THAT TRUTH
TESTING BODY TO MAKE SURE OUR
COLLEAGUES ARE THERE WHEN YOU
START TO TALK ABOUT THE
REGIONAL ACCESS PLAN, THE WRAP,
AND THAT BEING SORT OF THE
BACKBONE TO WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY
BE THE POLICY CHANGE.
THAT IN THEORY, THIS REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE BODY WOULD BE
OVERSEEING AND HELPING TO
DIRECT FUNDING TOWARDS THAT'S
BEEN REALLY DRIVEN BY OUR NEW
STAKEHOLDERS.
PART OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT, I BELIEVE THIS
COUNCIL IS MAKING SURE WHEN WE
RECEIVE SOMETHING ITS BEEN
TRUTH TESTED AND INFORMED BY
THOSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
JUST TO CLARIFY, WE HAVE BEEN
IN THE RECEIVING MODE
COLLEAGUES AND LESS OF THE
RECOMMENDATION MODE AND WHILE I
APPRECIATE GETTING THE
BRIEFINGS, THAT'S BEEN OUR
CRITICAL RULE IS TO MAKE SURE
THOSE VOICES HAVE BEEN HEARD
THAT WE ARE CHECKING BACK WITH
THEM AND WE SEE THEIR FINGER
PRINTS ON THE MATERIALS WE HAVE
RECEIVED.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S A LOVELY PIVOT TO THE
SLIDE THAT I'M GOING INTO.
THE NATIONAL INNOVATION
SERVICES NIS, MARK DONEES AND
THEIR COLLEAGUES HAVE OVERTHE
PAST 8 MONTHS BEEN HOLDING --
ADDRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
GOVERNANCE SHOULD LOOK LIKE FOR
THE NEW REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
THOSE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE
INCLUDED PROVIDERS -- TO THE
LIVED EXPERIENCE COALITION,
LABOR.
WE HAD BASICALLY A BROAD, BROAD
REPRESENTATION OF FOLKS WHO ARE
INVESTED IN THE SUCCESS OF THE
DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO FOLKS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
COUNCIL MEMBER, I APPRECIATE
YOUR REMINDING US OF HOW
IMPORTANT THAT IS.
I KNOW YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A
COLLEAGUE IN MARK DONE AND
HOPEFULLY COLLEAGUES IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE WHO COULDN'T
AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
SO FROM SOME OF THOSE
STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, THOSE IN
PARTICULAR, AROUND THE QUESTION
OF WHAT GOVERNANCE AND THE
CONSTRUCTION OF GOVERNANCE AND
COMPOSITION WILL LOOK LIKE.
THERE WERE FIVE SPECIFIC
OBSERVATIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT
GENERALLY FROM THOSE MEETINGS.
THEY ARE ON THE SLIDE.
THEY ARE STRATEGIC AND
ACCOUNTABLE BOARD THAT INCLUDES
PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE
AND WITH PRIOR WORK IN DIRECT
SERVICE.
THERE AGAIN MAKING SURE THE
CUSTOMER VOICE AND EXPERIENCE
IS CENTERED WITHIN THE
GOVERNING BOARD ITSELF.
THE BOARD SHOULD AVOID
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BY NOT
INCLUDING ELECTED OFFICIALS OR
CURRENT CONTRACT HOLDERS AND
PRETTY MUCH UNIVERSALLY THEY
AGEED IT SHOULD BE SMALL.
THE AVERAGE NUMBER THAT CAME
OUT OF THOSE WORKSHOPS WAS
10.8.
BASICALLY AROUND 11 MEMBERS.
THAT BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE,
BE SELECTED BASED ON SKILL,
EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.
AS COUNTY, CITY AND ALL HOME
STAFF REPRESENTING THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICES WORK TOGETHER
TO PULL TOGETHER THE INTER
LOCAL AGREEMENT AND THE CHARTER
AND TO DEVELOP A STRUCTURE FOR
GOVERNANCE WE KEPT THOSE
TENANTS IN MINDS.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO GO MORE
DEEPLY IN THE POWER POINT WHAT
THE STEERING COMMITTEE DOES,
THAT'S PEOPLE WITH MEMBERS AND
THE PEOPLE WITH LIVING
EXPERIENCE AND THE GOVERNING
BOARD.
WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE WE HAD LEADING TO
THIS, WE WANT THE GOVERNING
BOARD TO BE PEOPLE WITH
EXPERIENCE AND NIMBLE IN MAKING
EXPERIENCE.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO WAIT
FOR A FULL QUARTER TO GET
ELECTED OFFICIALS TOGETHER.
THIS GOVERNING BOARD WILL
RECEIVE THE INFORMATION FROM
THE VARIOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES
AND THE PLANNING COMMITTEES AND
TO BE ABLE TO MAKE REAL
DECISIONS IN REAL TIME.
>> SO ALSO GREAT SEGWAY, THANK
YOU.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS AN INCREDIBLY
SIMPLE DEPICTION OF THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY WILL LOOK
LIKE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN FACT THERE
IS A STEERING COMMITTEE, THERE
IS A GOVERNING BOARD, THERE IS
AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT I
WILL TALK ABOUT THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE NOW BECAUSE I DON'T
GO INTO GREAT DETAIL ON IT
LATER ON.
I WILL BE GOING INTO FAIRLY
PAINSTAKING DEAL ON THE
STEERING COMMITTEE AND
GOVERNING BOARD.
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS
REALLY INTENDED TO BE THE PLACE
WHERE AGAIN, FOLKS WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE AND FOLKS DIRECT
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CONTRACT
HOLDERS, FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING
IN ADJACENT SYSTEMS, CRIMINAL
JUSTICE, CHILD WELFARE, HOUSING
AUTHORITIES, POTENTIALLY
ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM OTHER,
SOME OF THE SOUND CITIES, WILL
SIT ON THIS BOARD.
AS LONG AS WE IN COMPLIANCE
WITH FEDERAL HUD RULES , THE
GOAL IS TO BECOME THE CONTINUUM
OF CARE COMMITTEE.
WHICH RIGHT NOW SITS WITH ALL
HOME.
SO THAT WILL ALL HOME IS PART
OF THE UNIFICATION OF FUNDING
AND SERVICES ALL HOME WILL
SUNSET, BUT THE WORK OF ALL
HOME THROUGH THE CONTINUUM OF
CARE DOES NOT SUNSET.
YOU WILL NOTE THERE IS ALSO BOX
THERE AROUND SUB REGIONAL
PLANNING.
I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
THAT THAT'S INTENDED TO PRESENT
FOR US YOU WILL THIS IS A
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
SIT, IN FACT, SERVING THE
ENTIRETY OF KING COUNTY.
WE KNOW THAT AS A RESULT, WE
NEED THE AUTHORITY TO BE PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE UNIQUE NATURE
OF THE DIFFERENT REGIONS WITHIN
THE COUNTY, THE DIFFERENT
CITIES AND THEIR DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCES WITH HOMELESSNESS,
RESOURCES AND SO A BIG, I LIKE
THE FACT THAT BOTH OF THESE ARE
UNDER THE GOVERNING BOARD --
AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
LEVEL OF DETAIL, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT AS YOU ARE
CONSIDERING THE DOCUMENTS.
I'M GOING THE GO FOR IT.
THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
AS COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW NOTED
THE STEERING COMMITTEE THE
PLACE WHERE ELECTED OFFICIALS
WILL SIT.
IT IS CONTEMPLATED TO HAVE 7
MEMBERS FROM THE ONSET AND UP
TO 8 MEMBERS.
I WILL EXPLAIN THAT IN A
SECOND.
THE FIVE MEMBERS, ONE EACH WILL
COME FROM THE EXECUTIVE, MAYOR,
KING COUNTY COUNCIL, SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL.
AS WELL AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL
FROM A CITY OTHER THAN SEATTLE.
THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM
SOUND CITY, WOULD BE EITHER A
JURISDICTION THAT SIGNED ONTO
THE I LA, WHO HAS BECOME A
PARTY TO IT OR IF IF THERE IS
NO CITY THAT'S A PARTY, IT
WOULD BE A MEMBER OF THE SOUND
CITY ASSOCIATIONS BOARD OF
DIRECTORS.
IT WILL BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
THERE IS FIVE ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WILL
BE TWO MEMBERS WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE.
THESE LIVED EXPERIENCE MEMBERS
WILL BE APPOINTED BY A BODY
THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE
CONTINUUM OF CARE.
THERE IS A CONSUMER ADVISORY
COUNCIL, COUNCIL RELATED TO THE
COCS IT MAYBE THAT.
IT MAYBE ANOTHER RECOGNIZED
ORGANIZATION.
THE WAY THAT THE STEERING
COMMITTEE GETS TO 8 MEMBERS IS
AT THE POINT WHERE AT LEAST 20
CITIES OTHER THAN SEATTLE HAVE
SIGNED THE I LA, ONE ADDITIONAL
ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM THOSE NON
SEATTLE CITIES WOULD BE MADE A
MEMBER OF THE STEERING
COMMITTEE.
>> TAKE A BREATH.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE BEEN INTO SPILLING
GLASSES OF WATER AROUND MY AREA
LATELY.
THAT WAS NEARLY AVOIDED.
ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE
GOVERNING STRUCTURE, I THINK
THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
DOES A GOOD JOB OF OUTLYING THE
HIGH LEVEL THE COMPOSITION OF
THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE
SORT OF GENERAL ROLE THAT THE
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL
PLAY.
THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL
GRANULAR DETAIL IN SPITE OF
TESTS YOU SAYING, THERE IS A
LOT OF DETAIL HERE.
THERE IS MORE DETAIL IN THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AS
PROPOSED IN ATTACHMENT 8 THE
DOCUMENTS WE HAVE BEFORE US.
ONE THING THAT IS INTERESTING
-- IS HOW VOTING IS GOING TO
WORK AND WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON.
PERHAPS YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT SORT OF THE
DETAILS AROUND THE MORE
MEANINGFUL POWER STRUCTURE
WHICH IS AROUND VOTING AND WHO
GETS TO VOTE AND WHETHER THOSE
VOTES ARE WEIGHTED, FOR
EXAMPLE, AND HOW THAT IS GOING
TO FUNCTION AND ON WHAT THEMES
THE STEERING COMMITTEE GETS TO
VOTE ONCH ON.
>> THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU SHOWS
THE ROLES OF THE STEERING
COMMITTEE THAT YOU WERE JUST
REFERENCING.
I WILL START WITH THE BASIC
ROLES.
THE FIRST IS TO CONFIRM THE
BOARD APPOINTEES.
IN THE NEXT SLIDES I WILL WALK
THROUGH HOW THOSE APPOINTMENT
PROCESSES OCCUR.
THAT IS, WE THINK, THAT IS ONE
OF THE FIRST AND PERHAPS MOST
IMPORTANT ROLES THAT THE
STEERING COMMITTEE HAS.
THIS ADDITION TO CONFIRMING THE
BOARD APPOINT TEES, THE
STEERING COMMITTEE WILL ALSO
CONFIRM OR REJECT WITH COMMENT
THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
THAT THE GOVERNING BOARD THAT
THE AUTHORITY WILL HAVE
CREATED, THE GOVERNING BOARD
WILL HAVE APPROVED THAT WILL
GET TRANSMITTED TO THE
RESPECTED FUNDERS, SO TO THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY.
WE EXPECT THAT TO BE, WE
EXPECT, I SHOULD SAY THIS IN
GENERAL WITH THE STEERING
COMMITTEE, WE EDUCATION PET
THIS TO BE A COLLABORATIVE
RELATIONSHIP THAT IT IS THE
MEMBERS OF THE STEERING
COMMITTEE WHO ARE BOTH WORKING
WITH THE GOVERNING BOARD BUT
ALSO WORKING UPWARDS WITH THEIR
RESPECTIVE LEGISLATIVE BODIES
TO MAKE SURE IN FACT THE
AUTHORITY IS AS SUCCESSFUL AS
IT POSSIBLY CAN BE.
THAT CONFIRMING WITH OR
REJECTING -- THROUGH THE I LA,
THE RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE THAT
DIALOGUE.
THERE IS ALSO THE FIVE-YEAR
PLAN, WHICH THE STEERING
COMMITTEE WILL CONFIRM OR
REJECT WITH EXPLANATION.
THEN THE STEERING COMMITTEE
WILL GET REGULAR ANNUAL
PERFORMANCE REPORTS.
WE HAVE NOT COUNCIL MEMBER,
GONZALEZ, ACTUALLIED A THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT WEIGHTED
VOTING.
THE BODY ITSELF IS INTENDED TO
BE REFLECTIVE OF THE REGION AS
A WHOLECH WHOLE WHOLE.
THE GOAL WAS, I GUESS MAYBE THE
ASPIRATION IS, THAT THE
STEERING COMMITTEE BEING
RELATIVELY SMALL AND LEAN, WILL
WORK TOGETHER CO-OP RAIVELY TO
COME UP WITH BASICALLY JOINT
RECOMMENDATIONS, THE STEERING
COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE NEEDS TO
DO THOSE ACTIONS CONFIRMATION
AND OR REJECTION.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
RESPECTIVE ROLES OF THE
STEERING COMMITTEE.
WHAT I'M SEEING IN I LA IS
INCONSENT WITH WHAT YOU SAID
THE TERMS OF THE MECHANISM BY
WHICH MEMBERS OF THE STEERING
COMMITTEE WILL -- ON THE ROLES
SLIDE.
IF WE LOOK AT PAGE 9 AND THAT'S
UNDER ORGANIZATION OF AUTHORITY
SECTION 1 -- IT TALKS ABOUT
VOTING AND SPECIFICALLY, IT
APPEARS THIS WAS A DISCUSSION
ABOUT HOW TO VOTE WHETHER
WEIGHTED OR NOT BECAUSE THIS
INDICATES THAT ALL ACTIONS OF
THE STEERING COMMITTEE SHALL
REQUIRE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE
MAJORITY -- EACH INDIVIDUAL
MEMBER SHALL BE A VOTING MEMBER
AND SHALL HAVE ONE VOTE.
A STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER MAY
NOT SPLIT ON AN ISSUE, THIS
VOTING BY PROXY OR MAIL IN
BALLOTS ARE ALLOWED.
THE COP CONCLUSION AROUND THE
WEIGHTED VOTE, THAT DECISION
HAS BEEN MADE.
>> SORRY, THAT'S MY MISTAKE.
>> I'M NOT TRYING TO DO A GOT
YOU.
THE REPUBLICAN I'M BRINGING
THIS UP IS BECAUSE IN PRIOR
STRUCTURES AROUND THE VOTING
ISSUE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT.
IN A COUPLE OF REGARDS.
ONE WITH REGARD TO THE ISSUE OF
A WEIGHTED VOTE.
THERE ARE OFTEN TIMES
PARTICULARLY WHEN MONEY IS ON
THE TABLE, WHERE THERE IS A
ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
ISSUE OF NEEDING A WEIGHTED
VOTE BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY THAT A PARTICULAR
JURISDICTION IS PUTTING INTO A
RESPECTIVE BUDGET TO ADDRESS
SPECIFIC ISSUES.
WHATEVER THE ISSUE MIGHT BE.
THIS IS NOT, THIS IS A GENERAL
CONCEPT I HAVE SEEN AND I HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AS
A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND OTHER REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
ENTITIES BECAUSE REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE OR PHILOSOPHY IS NOT
A NEW THING.
THE SECOND THING IS THAT, IT
DOES BECOME THAT WEIGHTED ISSUE
CONCEPT BECOMES A SIGNIFICANT
CONCERN THE SOME OF THE
SUBURBAN CITIES WHO MIGHT BE
DISINCENTIVIZED TO PARTICIPATE
IN THIS TYPE OF A REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IF THERE
IS A WEIGHTED MECHANISM EVEN
THOUGH THEY MAYBE PUTTING IN
CONSIDERABLY LESS RESOURCES
INTO THE OVERALL EFFORT.
I GUESS I'M REALLY USING THIS
VOTING PIECE, NOT JUST TO BE A
COMPLETE WONG IN GETTING INTO
THE DETAILS OF THE WEEDS OF THE
I LA, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT
DECISION CAME TO BE AND I WOULD
LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU OR ANYONE
ELSE AT THE TABLE IN TERMS OF
INCLUDING COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
IN TERMS OF MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE WILL
BE PUTTING IN A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF REVENUE IN COMPARISON
TO OTHER MEMBERS WHO ARE
SIGNING ONTO THE I LA, SHOULD
THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO.
EVEN IN THE INSTANCE IN WHICH
WE ARE CONTRIBUTING
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RESOURCES,
MEANING MONEY, TOWARDS THIS
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE,
OUR VOTE ON THESE ISSUES THAT
ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THIS TERMS
OF THE DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD
IS EQUAL TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT
CONTRIBUTING AS MUCH AS WE ARE.
>> DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT I
CAN TALK TO DISCUSSIONS WE HAD.
>> I CAN REFER TO YOU.
>> CON SILL MEMBER GONZALEZ --
OF COURSE THE WEIGHTED VOTING
HAS COME UP FOR THE REASONS
THAT YOU DESCRIBED.
BY KING COUNTY, THERE IS REAL
CONCERN, IT'S FLIP SIDE OF THE
SAME COIN THAT SUBURBAN CITIES
VOICES WILL BE INCLUDED BECAUSE
OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES REFLECT
38 OF THE 39 CITIES IN OUR
COUNTY.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEIR
VOICES WERE HEARD AT THE SAME
TIME, ALL OF US ARE SAYING, IF
WE ARE PUTTING THE MONEY, WE
WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
VOICES ARE HEARD AND THAT WE
ARE BEING AS INCLUSIVE AS
POSSIBLE.
THE FINAL CONCLUSION WITH
HAVING 7 MEMBERS OR THE FINAL
RECOMMENDATION OF HAVING 7
MEMBERS INCLUDES KING COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVE THAT KING COUNTY
INDIVIDUAL WILL BE ONE VOTE,
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS A VOTE,
THE MAYOR HAS A VOTE, KING
COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS A VOTE.
WE START OFF WITH FOUR AND THEN
PEOPLE WHO LIVED EXPERIENCE
WILL HOPE TO HAVE SOMEBODY ROM
THE NORTH AND SOUTH END.
IT WON'T JUST NECESSARILY MEAN
FROM DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AS AN
EXAMPLE AND THAT THE SUBURBAN
CITIES WILL HAVE A VOICE AS
WELL, RECOGNIZING WE HOPE THAT
ALL OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES WILL
SIGN ON, WE HOPE AND ARE GOING
TO BE ASPIRING TO THE GOAL THAT
EVERY CITY WILL PROVIDE
SOMETHING.
MAYBE IT'S LAND.
MAYBE IT'S A PLACE FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO BUILD.
SINCE WE KNOW THAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE NEEDS OUR PARTNERS, WE
CAN'T DO IT ALL, WE ARE REALLY
TRYING TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE
AND SAY WE WANT YOU TO BE PART
OF THE ACTUAL VOTING EXPERIENCE
AND BELIEVE THAT FOR SUBURBAN
CITIES THEY HAVE REAL VOICE IN
THIS AND THEY ARE NOT JUST
GOING TO BE LEFT OUT.
THAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE.
I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL VOTE,
THERE ARE TWO THERE.
SAME THING WITH THE EXECUTIVE
AND HAVING COUNTY COUNCIL,
THERE IS TWO MORE, MAYBE THE
CITIES THE INDIVIDUAL WHETHER
IT'S JOE Mc DERMOTT OR JEANNY
COALWELL OR -- THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT DO
REPRESENT AND COVER THE CITY'S
POPULATION.
THIS IS A GOOD START.
I THINK IF WE FIND THAT WE NEED
TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
THERE IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO CHANGE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLL, I
SAW YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP, TOO.
>> SIMILAR QUESTION.
LESS ABOUT VOTING, MORE ABOUT
THE REPRESENTATION PIECE.
HOW DO WE END UP ON ADDING
ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE FROM A
CITY OTHER THAN SEATTLE ONCE WE
GET TO 20 OTHER CITIES.
WHY NOT SOME OTHER NUMBER?
>> 20 IS ROUGHLY HALF.
>> IS THERE A REASON, I THINK
OF ALLOWING FOR REPRESENTATION
ON THIS BODY AS A GREAT
HOPEFULLY, INCENTIVE TO
PARTICIPATE AND SIGN THE ILA.
WHY NOT ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL
MEMBER FOR EVERY 10 CITIES FOR
INSTANCE.
I' JUST THROWING OUT NUMBERS.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND
GETS BACK TO THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT WEIGHTING AND I MY
APOLOGIES FOR NOT REMEMBERING
THAT PORTION OF THE CHARTER.
IT GETS BACK TO THAT QUESTION
OF WEIGHTING.
THE GOAL HERE IS IN FACT TO
CREATE AN INCENTIVE FOR THE
CITIES TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE
I LA AND ALIGN THEIR OWN
SERVICE PROVISION AND OWN
PRACTICES WITH THE GOALS OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE AUTHORITY.
IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THERE IS, IN
FACT, A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF
THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT
ARE BEING PUT INTO THE
AUTHORITY.
THIS IS THE STARTING POINT
WHERE WE THOUGHT THAT GOOD
FAITH REPRESENTATION THAT HAVE
OF THE REMAINING CITIES OUTSIDE
OF SEATTLE ARE COMMITTED TO A
REGIONAL APPROACH, WOULD GIVE
THEM ESSENTIALLY THE SAME SORT
OF WEIGHT, IF YOU WILL, ON THE
STEERING COMMITTEE AS SEATTLE
HAS AND KING COUNTY HAS.
>> JUST AS A FOLLOW UP.
WAS THERE A CONSIDERATION OF
ALLOWING FOR MORE
PARTICIPATION, FOR INSTANCE,
ADDING ONE NON SEATTLE REP FOR
EVERY, THROWING OUT A NUMBER,
10 CITYS THAT SIGN, COMBINED
WITH A WEIGHTING VOTE, A
WEIGHTED VOTE PROCESS?
THAT WAY USING THE CARROT OF
BEING A MEMBER, TO PARTICIPATE,
BUT ADDRESSING COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ'S CONCERNS ABOUT WHO
IS CONTRIBUTING THE BULK OF THE
FUNDING AND USING THE VOTING
PROCESS TO CORRECT FOR THAT.
>> SO THE CHARTER AS IT IS
WRITTEN NOW -- WHICH IS THE
DISTRIBUTION OF MEMBERSHIP
ACROSS THE REGION AND THE
VOTING STRUCTURE ITSELF.
THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE
CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT.
THERE IS NO REASON NOT TO.
AS IT STANDS NOW, THE COUNTY
AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
SUBURBAN CITIES AND THE MAYOR
AND HE RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE
OTHER MAYORS, CONCUR THAT THE
INCLUSION OF THE SOUND CITY
MEMBER FROM THE GET GO IS VERY
IMPORTANT BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY
CREATE INCENTIVES FOR OTHERS TO
COME BUT HELP WITH THE MOLDING
AND SHAPING OF THE AUTHORITY
BUT AGAIN, CONSIDERING THE
DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES, WE
WOULD LICK TO SEE A MUCH
STRONGER COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE FOR ADDITION OF
OTHER STEERING MEMBERS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS IS SOMETHING I RAISED IN
OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH KING
COUNTY AND SOUND CITY PARTNERS
AS WELL.
I THINK THE RESOURCES IS ONE
QUESTION, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE
ARE GOING TO BE CONTRIBUTING
THE LION'S SHARE AND 7% OF THE
HOMELESS POPULATION IN KING
COUNTY LIVING WITHIN SEATTLE'S
BORDERS.
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESOURCES
IS VERY WELL TAKEN.
AT THE SAME TIME I THINK WE
ALSO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A LOT OF
FOLKS WHO ARE SEEKING SERVICES
BECAUSE MANY OF OUR REGIONAL
CITIES AREN'T EVEN PLACING
SHELTERS WITHIN THEIR OWN CITY
BOARDERS AND TOLD FOLKS TO GO
TO SEATTLE.
SOME CASES THE MAYOR COMMENTED
ON THAT TO THE MEDIA IN TERMS
OF PEOPLE COMING HERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S BACKED
UP BY DATA OR NOT.
IF THAT'S THE PERCEPTION, WHAT
QUESTION KNOW IS WE WANT SOME
OF OUR PARTNER CITIES TO PLAY A
ROLE AND FOR FOLKS TO FEEL
RESPECTED IN THE PROCESS.
I GET THAT.
I THINK THERE IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT QUESTION RAISEED
ABOUT THE LOCATION OF
INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE TRYING
TO SERVE AND MAKING SURE THE
COLOR DOLLARS TRULY DO GO TO
WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NEEDS
AND OVER TIME, WE HAVE SOME WAY
OF CHECKING IN TO MAKE SURE THE
ROLE THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN OFFED
ON THE BODY ISN'T SORT OF
BEING, THAT THE PARTICIPATION
IS TRULY, IS HAPPENING BECAUSE
OF THEIR SEAT THERE.
YOU MENTIONED LAND, THAT'S A
REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OR
POTENTIAL SITING OR MAYBE
FUTURE SHELTERS THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY BE OPENED.
GREATER HARMONY, I'M ABSOLUTELY
SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING SURE THAT
OTHER FOLKS THIS THE REGION ARE
ALSO HELPING TO ADDRESS THE
CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS AND AT
THE SAME TIME SENSITIVE TO THE
FACT WE HAVE THE LARGEST NEEDS
HERE AND ALSO ARE THE LARGEST
CONTRIBUTOR.
COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT WHERE PORTLAND AND
LOS ANGELES ENDED UP IN THIS
CONVERSATION WITH THEIR
REGIONAL BODIES?
THEY BOTH HAVE COUNTY ENTITIES
AND CITY ENTIES THAT COMBINED.
DO THEY HAVE A SIMILAR
STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF VOTING OR
IDENTIFYING RESOURCES OR PULLED
ALL RESOURCES AS IS BEING
PROPOSED HERE?
>> SO LOS ANGELES FOR EXAMPLE
HAS A STRUCTURE OF COMMISSION
IF YOU WILL, WHERE HALF OF THE
COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE
APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE AND THE OTHER HALF BY
THE LOS ANGELES MAYOR.
THOSE DON'T INCLUDE ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
IT'S A 50/50 SPLIT.
I CONFESS I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
DISTRIBUTION IS OF DOLLARS
BETWEEN THE TWO JURISDICTIONS.
I AM NOT SURE THAT WAS DONE TO
MAKE SURE THERE WAS EQUAL
REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE
REGION OR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
INVESTMENTS.
>> CAN I CHIME IN ON THAT?
>> LA CONTRIBUTES APPROXIMATELY
70%.
>> IN THEIR STRUCTURE?
>> THE STRUCTURE IS 5 AND 5.
THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES ARE
DIRECTLY APPOINTED BY I BELIEVE
THEY CALL THEM COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
I DON'T REMEMBER.
IT SEEMS THAT'S THE TITLE.
EACH COMMISSIONER IS APPOINTING
SOMEONE DIRECTLY.
ON THE CITY SIDE, NOMINATIONS
FOR ALL FIVE POSITIONS --
CONFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL.
>> JUST, JEFF AS A FOLLOW UP,
AS I REMEMBER, THE COUNTY OF
LOS ANGELES PASSED TRIPLE H,
AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
PASSED H AND CAN YOU REMIND ME
WHAT THE -- I KNOW IT'S IN THE
BILLIONS.
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE
DISTRIBUTION IS BETWEEN TRIPLE
H AND H, I BELIEVE IT ALL GOES
INTO THE REGIONAL ENTITY.
LIKE 1.5 BILLION, 300 MILLION.
>> ONE LAST POINT.
I THINK, I THINK THE REASON I
WENT DOWN THIS LINE OF
QUESTIONING, AGAIN, WAS NOT FOR
THE EXERCISE OF GOING OVER THE
SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE
CHARTER.
ALTHOUGH THAT'S IMPORTANT BUT I
AM, BECAUSE ALL OF US UP HERE
AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY AND ARE REQUIRED
TO, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO
PARTICIPATE IN MANY REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE EFFORTS, AND
REGIONAL STRUCTURES, I SORT OF
COME TO THIS CONVERSATION WITH
A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
DYNAMICS THAT EXIST AMONGST
SUBURBAN CITIES AND THEIR URBAN
CORE, THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
I'M SENSITIVE TO THAT AND I
HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME
DEVELOPING MY OWN RELATIONSHIPS
WITH ELECTED LEADERS OUTSIDE OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO
FRANKLY DEVELOP A STRONGER
RELATIONSHIP AND LINE OF
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US AS
ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENTING
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
WHATEVER THEIR RESPECTIVE
JURISDICTIONS MIGHT BE.
THE LINE OF QUESTIONING WAS
DESIGNED TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER OR NOT
THIS ISSUE WHICH I KNOW IS
IMPORTANT TO MANY SUBURBAN
CITIES HAS BEEN ADEQUATELY
ADDRESSED TO CREATE THE
NECESSARY CARROT AS YOU HAVE
DESCRIBED IT TO CREATE THE
MAXIMUM LEVEL OF INCENTIVE FOR
PARTICIPATION BECAUSE I DO
FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE IF THIS
IS TRULY GOING TO BE A REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE EFFORT IT CANNOT
JUST BE KING COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
I THINK THAT'S FRANKLY WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN DOING.
I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
LANGUAGE OF THE CHARTER AND THE
STEERING COMMITTEE STRUCTURE IS
GOING TO BE ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH
FOR OUR SUBURBAN PARTNERS AND
CITIES TO BE WILLING TO GET
INTO THE FRAY AND PARTICIPATE.
REALLY AT THE END OF DAY, MY
QUESTION WAS DESIGNED TO GET AT
IS THIS ENOUGH.
HAVE WE GONE FAR ENOUGH IN
TERMS OF ADDRESSING THAT
UNDERLYING SENTIMENT AND
DYNAMIC THAT EXISTS BETWEEN US
AND SOME OF THE SMALLER
SUBURBAN CITYS THAT DON'T HAVE
AS MANY RESOURCES BUT CERTAINLY
HAVE NEED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES,
HAVE WE DONE ENOUGH TO
INCENTIVIZE PARTICIPATION IN
THIS BIGGER MORE COLLABORATIVE
COLLECTIVE EFFORT AND I WANT TO
FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE HAVE
DONE, WE HAVE GONE OS FAR AS WE
CAN TO CREATE THAT LEVEL OF
INCENTIVE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE
QUESTION.
I APPRECIATE YOUR REAL CLEAR
INQUIRY, WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH
THAT.
>> AS IT RELATES TO THE --
STEERING COMMITTEE COMPOSITION,
AS WELL AS THE VOTING STRUCTURE
WOULD LOVE TO JUST KNOW, WE ARE
NOT, I'M NOT PART OF THE
CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING OAF AT
KING COUNTY COUNCIL.
I READ THE COVERAGE IN THE
PRESS.
TO THE EXTENT THEY HAVE PUT ON
THE TABLE CHANGES PROPOSED
CHANGES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE.
WHAT SORT OF THINGS THEY WOULD
LIKE TO SEE OVER THERE.
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU.
WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED ANY
PROPOSED CHANGES FROM KING
COUNTY COUNCIL.
WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH JEFF AROUND
QUESTIONS AND ISSUES RELATED TO
BOTH OF THE DOCUMENTS BUT I
NOOR THE CLIENT GROUP IS ALSO
CONSIDERING POTENTIAL CHANGES
AS WELL, RECOMMENDATIONS AS
WELL.
AS SOON AS WE KNOW WE WILL
DEFINITELY HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION JOINTLY, WE HAVE
BEEN THE CITY STAFF AND COUNTY
STAFF, WORKING ON THIS, HAVE
BEEN ATTEMPTING TO MODEL OUR
REGIONAL RELATIONSHIP AND
COLLABORATION WITH EACH OTHER
AND SO THERE SHOULD BE NO,
SHOULD BE NO SURPRISES IN TERMS
OF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED ON
EITHER SIDE OF THE
JURISDICTION.
>> I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
ADD A LITTLE BIT OF THE PRIOR
CONVERSATION THAT'S OCCURRED.
IT'S CORRECT WE HAVEN'T
RECEIVED A NEW PROPOSAL PROM
THE COUNTY BUT INITIALLY THE
MEMBERS OF OUR CLIENT GROUP --
HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS
WITH MEMBERS OF THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL AND ONE OF THE EARLIEST
PROPOSALS OR IDEAS WOULD HAVE
HAD THREE CITY OF SEATTLE
MEMBERS ON THE STEERING
COMMITTEE, THREE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE
COMMITTEE, WITH AN EYE TO WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ RAISED
WITH THE AMOUNTS BEING PUT IN.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, HAD, THAT
WAS WHERE THE INCHOOSE OF A
SOUND CITIES ASSOCIATION OR --
BECAUSE WHILE KING COUNTY COULD
REPRESENT THE REGIONAL
APPROACH, THEY WERE TRYING TO
BE RESPONSIVE TO THE VOICE THAT
SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES WANTED TO
HAVE A VERY CLEAR AND PRESENT
VOICE ON THAT GROUP AND AS THAT
PROPOSAL WAS DISCUSSED, YOU SEE
THE RECOMMENDATION THAT EMERGED
FROM THAT, FROM THE TWO
EXECUTIVES AND ALSO A LATER
CHANGE IN WHICH A SECOND,
OPTION TO FURTHER INCREASE THE
SOUND CITIES REPRESENTATION,
THAT WAS A FURTHER, I WOULD
SAY,.
TO REACH OUT TO CONDITIONS THAT
WERE BEING HEARD.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF.
I WILL SAY THAT THE COUNTY IS
GOING THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE AND
COUNCIL HEARINGS AS WELL AS
MEETING WITH THE REGIONAL
POLICY COMMITTEE.
WHEN I SAY WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN
FORMAL RECOMMENDED CHANGES, AS
FAR AS I HEAD FROM MY COUNTY
COUPER PARTS, WE DON'T HAVE
FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
CHANCE AS WE ALSO EXPECT TO GET
FORMALLY PROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> WHAT IS THE TIMELINE?
DO WE KNOW YET?
I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO BE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY
AND NOT ONE OF US GETTING AHEAD
OF THE OTHER.
DO YOU HAVE ANIES I KNOW JEANNY
COALWELL, THIS IS IN HER
COMMITTEE.
DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE?
FROM THE TIMELINE THE COUNTY
HAS, THEY WILL BE HOLDING
COMMITTEE HEARINGS BOTH COUNTY
COUNCIL COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND
MEETINGS WITH THE R PC, THROUGH
THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
THEN THE GOAL IS TO BRING BACK
TO BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND
THE COUNTY COUNCIL THE FINAL
ORDINANCE AND FINAL DOCUMENTS
FOR ACTION IN NOVEMBER.
>> THANK YOU, PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU, SORRY.
BEFORE WE STEP AWAY FROM THIS
DISCUSSION AND THANK YOU FOR
RAISING THE ISSUE OF SORT OF
GETTING DOWN TO THE REAL
MECHANICS OF HOW THE VOTING
WILL WORK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SO
EXCITING ABOUT THIS IHA AND THE
STANDING UP OF THIS REGIONAL
AUTHORITY, IS IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY WE ARE TRYING TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO SHARE
POWER IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
REGIONALISM AND RESOURCES, BUT
I WANT TO REMIND US ALL THAT
THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE
STEERING COMMITTEE WITH LIMITED
EXPERIENCE AND AS WE HAVE
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT VOTES,
WEIGHTING VOTE, WHOSE
PERSPECTIVE WE KNEAD TO PAY
ATTENTION TO OR NOT, INVITE US
TO THINK MORE ABOUT HOW TO IP
CORPORATE THE VOICES OF THOSE
WHO HAVE HAD LIVED EXPERIENCES.
CURRENT STRUCTURE ON THE
STEERING CHI, THEY ARE JOINING
OFFICIALS AS EQUALS.
WE WANTED TO REALLY MAKE SURE
TO CENTER THE CUSTOMER VOICE AT
THE VERY FIRST TABLE IN THIS
NOMINATION.
NOMINATING PROCESS.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE
POWER DYNAMICS AND CHANGE THE
WAY THAT WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY
DONE AND HISTORICALLY DONE
BUSINESS BY INCLUDING PEOPLE
WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE IN HOW WE
DECIDE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AND
WHAT STRUCTURES AND POWER, WHAT
DECISION MAKING POWER WILL BE
GIVEN TO THE GOVERNING BOARD.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WASN'T MISSED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT IS THE GOVERNING
BOARD.
THE GOVERNING BOARD IS IN THE
CHARTER, HAS 11 MEMBERS.
THE INITIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS
FOR THE GOVERNING BOARD WOULD
BE TWO APPOINTMENTS EACH FROM
THE KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THE
SEATTLE MAYOR, FROM KING COUNTY
COUNCIL, FROM THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL.
THOSE APPOINTMENTS WOULD BE
GOING TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE
FOR CONFIRMATION.
THAT'S 8 OF THE 11.
THE REMAINING THREE
APPOINTMENTS WILL COME FROM THE
TWO LIVED EXPERIENCE MEMBERS OF
THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
ALSO ALL OF THIS GOING BACK TO
THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR
CONFIRMATION.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE
FILLING THIS BOARD AND MEETING
THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF
EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE WILL
TAKE A LOT OF NEGOTIATION AMONG
THE MEMBERS MAKING THE
APPOINTMENTS, THE
RECOMMENDATION IS THAT EACH OF
THE APPOINTING ENTITIES BRING
MORE THAN JUST TWO TO THE TABLE
FOR CONSIDERATION.
THAT WILL ALL GO THROUGH A
VETTING PROCESS OF THE STEERING
COMMITTEE.
TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE
STAGGERED TERMS, THE INITIAL
BOARD WILL HAVE THREE MEMBER
CLASSES.
AFTERNOON FIVE YEARS, AFTER THE
COMPLETION OF THE THIRD CLASS,
APPOINTMENTS TO THE GOVERNING
BOARD WILL COME FROM THE
GOVERNING BOARD ITSELF AND
STILL GO TO THE STEERING
COMMITTEE FOR CONFIRMATION.
SO SIT A FORM OF SELF
PERPETUATION OF THE GOVERNING
BOARD.
THE THEORY BEHIND THAT IS THAT
IN FIVE YEARS, THE GOVERNING
BOARD WILL HAVE A BETTER SENSE
OF WHAT THE NEEDS , THE
SPECIFIC NEEDS ARE WITHIN THE
GOVERNANCE OF THE AUTHORITY AND
BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND FOLKS THAT
MAYBE FILL GAPS, THAT THEY FEEL
ARE IN EXISTENC OR AUGMENT
STRENGTH THAT ARE ALREADY
THERE.
SO AS NOTED, EARLIER, ONE OF
THE KEY GOALS OF THE CREATION
OF THIS REGIONAL AUTHORITY IS
TO ADDRESS DISPROPORTIONNALITY
OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS TO.
THAT END, THE CHARTER PROVIDES
THAT A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD
MEMBERS WILL REPRESENT WHETHER
BY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OR
PROFESSIONAL CONNECTION,
POPULATIONS THAT ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED.
THIS AS COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW
NOTED IS INTENDED TO GET THAT
RACIAL MARGINALIZATION AND
DISPARITY, IT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT LGBTQ YOUTH ARE FOR
EXAMPLE, DISPROPORTIONATELY
REPRESENTED AMONG YOUTH
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THAT DISABLED FOLKS TENDS TO
HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE
REPRESENTATION COMPARED TO
THEIR PERCENTAGE IN IN THE
TOTAL POPULATION.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
POPULATIONS THAT UNFORTUNATELY
DUE TO HISTORIC MARGINALIZATION
ARE OVERREPRESENTED.
>> CAN I STOP YOU THERE FOR A
MINUTE?
>> THANK YOU.
AS IT RELATES TO THE POWERS OF
THE GOVERNING BOARD, THEIR
ROLES, THEIR APPOINTMENT
PROCESS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
GOAL IS TO PUT THAT BODY IN A
SIGNIFICANT DECISION MAKING
ROLE AND HAVE THAT BODY BE ONE
THAT IS ISOLATED FROM POLITICAL
INFLUENCE BASICALLY.
SO THAT, THEIR POWERS, COUPLED
WITH THE FACT THAT THE STEERING
COMMITTEE, THEIR VOTING POWERS
ONLY, YAY OR NAY, NO
AMENDMENTS, IT SEEMS TO BE THAT
THE ONLY WAY TO HOLD THE
GOVERNING BOARD ACCOUNTABLE IN
SOME WAY IS TO RETAIN
APPOINTMENT POWERS OVER THEM.
IF THEY, IF WE COMPLETELY
ELIMINATE THE APPOINTMENT
POWERS OVER THEM AFTER FIVE
YEARS, I DON'T -- WHAT IS THE
MECHANISM FOR HOLDING THEM
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DECISIONS
THEY MADE WHEN WE CREATED THIS
SYSTEM THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLY,
ISOLATED FROM POLITICAL
INFLUENCE?
>> EXCELLENT QUESTION.
THE PRIMARY WAY THAT THE BOTH
THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND ANY
OTHER PARTY TO THE I LA, THAT
IS PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE
AUTHORITY, THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE
OF POW ERIN INFLUENCE IS
THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
IT ISN'T JUST THROUGH THE
MIRROR ALLOCATION OF DOLLARS,
BUT THE VEHICLE BY WHICH THOSE
DOLLARS WILL TRANSFER TO THE
AUTHORITY WILL BE THROUGH A
SERVICE AGREEMENT.
THE COUNTY AND THE CITY BOTH
WILL HAVE THESE SERVICE
AGREEMENTS.
THOSE AGREEMENTS WILL NOT ONLY
CONVEY THE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT THE BUDGET PROGRESS SAYS
LOOKS LIKE, OR THE PARTICULARS
ASSOCIATED WITH EACH THE COUNTY
AND THE CITIES INDIVIDUAL
METHODS FOR DOING THE BUDGETING
BUT ALSO CONVEY ESSENTIALLY THE
REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY AND
THE COUNTY INDIVIDUALLY AND
COLLECTIVELY HAVE OF THE
AUTHORITY IN TERMS OF
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND
PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES, IMPACT.
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME WAY THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL NOW PROVIDES
DOLLARS FOR EXAMPLE AROUND
HOMELESSNESS TO HSD, AND
REQUIRES HSD TO PROVIDE CERTAIN
OUTCOMES FOR THOSE DOLLARS.
THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THAT SAME
REQUIREMENT OF THE AUTHORITY.
>> I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME
CONVERSATIONS ALONG THE NOTION,
THIS IS FIVE YEARS DOWN THE
ROAD, THAT THE GOVERNING BOARD
WOULD IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUALS
THEY THOUGHT SHOULD BE JOINED
BUT IT STILL WOULD HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR OR MAKE
THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE
STEERING COMMITTEE.
>> THE STEERING COMMITTEE WILL
STILL BE THE CONFIRMING BODY.
>> I THINK MAYBE WE LOST THAT.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING
THAT ONE OF THE POPULATIONS
THAT IS DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECTED BY EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IS THE YOUTH
POPULATION.
YOUTH AND THE YOUNG ADULTS.
IN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH
FOLKS WHO SERVE YOUTH, ONE
THING THAT STRUCK ME AS A MAJOR
CONCERN WITH OUR CURRENT SYSTEM
IS WE DON'T HAVE METRICS THAT
IDENTIFY HOW WE ARE SERVING
YOUTH, DIFFERENT FROM HOW WE
ARE SERVING MAYBE ADULTS,
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ADULTS AND
THE METRICS ARE VERY DIFFERENT
OR AT LEAST THEY SHOULD BE FOR
HOW WE SERVE THE YOUTH
POPULATION.
IDEALLY, THIS IS SOMETHING
REFLECTED IN A GOVERNING BOARD
APPOINTMENT WHERE WE HAVE
ACTUAL YOUTH PROVIDERS OR YOUTH
THEMSELVES, ON SUCH A BOARD SO
THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE SURE WE CALL OUT AS AN
IMPORTANT ROLE FOR US TO HELP
MITIGATE AND PREVENT MORE FOLKS
FROM FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS
AND HAVING THAT LIVED
EXPERIENCE ON THE BOARD.
GIVEN THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT HIRING, I BELIEVE A
HOMELESS SERVICES DIRECTOR
POSITION, AND THE RESPONSE FROM
THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED
BY THE PRESS, AROUND WHY WOULD
WE BE HIRING SOMEONE IF WE ARE
MAKING THIS FRANCIS.
PART OF THE RESPONSE WAS WE
DON'T PLAN TO TRANSITION UNTIL
THE YEAR 2021, COMPLETELY.
MY REQUEST, WE TAKE THE
CONSIDERATIONS SPECIFIC TO HOW
WE SERVE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
AND MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THIS
UPCOMING YEAR SO WE ARE BETTER
TRACKING HOW WE ARE SERVING
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.
IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE
FOR US TO HOLD THESE
ORGANIZATIONS ACCOUNTABLE FOR
TRANSITIONING FOLKS INTO
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND HAVING
THAT BE DINGED AGAINST THEM
WHEN IT'S CLEARLY POTENTIALLY A
MORE REASONABLE PLACE TO HOUSE
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS VERSUS
THE TYPE OF TRACKING WE ARE
DOING FOR TRUE ADULTS AND
ADULTS THAT ARE CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS.
I WANT TO CALL THAT OUT, IT'S A
SECOND OR THIRD TIME I HEARD IT
MENTION AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT
OF WHO HAS SPECIFIC LIVED
EXPERIENCE IN THE AREA OF
HOMELESSNESS AND HOMELESS
DELIVERY SERVICES THAT I DON'T
HINKS THAT BEEN REFLECT
THE BOARD YET AND I'M SORRY WE
HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK
DIRECTLY ABOUT IT.
MAYBE MORE IMMEDIATELY FOR
WHERE WE HAVE CONTROL IN OUR
CURRENT SYSTEM HOW WE CAN
CHANGE THOSE METRICS AND
DELIVERY SYSTEMS SO THOSE WHO
ARE SERVING OUR YOUNG FOLKS AND
YOUNG ADULTS HAVE A BETTER
CHANCE TO SHOW THEY ARE
ACTUALLY BEING SUCCESSFUL IN
úSTEAD OF BEING PENALIZED UNDER
THE CURRENT PERFORMANCE METRICS
SYSTEM.
IS THERE A SPECIFIC ROLE FOR
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT SERVICE
PROVIDERS OR THAT PERSPECTIVE
TO BE ON THE BOARD AS PROPOSED?
>> YES.
CERTAINLY IN THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE, THERE IS ROOM AND
NEED, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
HUD DOES THROUGH THE CONTINUE
YUM OF CARE, IS IT ESTABLISHES
MINIMUM EXPECTATIONS ABOUT
REPRESENTATION ON THE CONTINUUM
OF CARE BOARD AND
REPRESENTATION OF YOUTH OF
PEOPLE OF COLOR, EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, IS DEFINITELY
GOING TO APPEAR ON THAT
COMMITTEE.
I WOULD SAY THE OTHER THING
THAT WE SHOULD KEEP THIS MIND
IS THAT THREE OF THE BOARD
MEMBERS WILL BE FOLKS WITH
LIVED EXPERIENCE AND THERE NO
REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE
NOMINATING, THE TWO INDIVIDUALS
NOMINATING THOSE BOARD MEMBERS
WOULDN'T TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION THE BENEATH FOR
YOUTH PARTICULARLY BECAUSE AS
YOU POINT OUT, LGBTQ YOUTH IN
PARTICULAR, ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED
-- SO WE THINK THAT IN FACT
WHAT YOU'RE IDENTIFYING IS
ADDRESSED THROUGH THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD.
ONE OF THE THING THAT'S
EXPECTATION OF THE AUTHORITY IS
THAT IT BE OPERATING UNDER BEST
PRACTICES.
WE KNOW FROM ALL OF THE
RESEARCH ABOUT YOUTH
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THE
BEST PRACTICES ARE EVOLVING.
WHAT ARE BEST PRACTICE IS FOR
SINGLE, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
ADULTS MAY NOT BE THE BEST
PRACTICE FOR A 19 YEAR OLD OR A
24 YEAR OLD.
OR MAYBE A 27 YEAR OLD.
SO THE AUTHORITY PART OF ALSO
GETTING PACK TO THE QUESTION OF
ACCOUNTABILITY BACK TO THE CITY
AND THE COUNTY, WE WILL BE
ASKING OF THE AUTHORITY THAT IT
IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS WITH BEST
PRACTICES AND THAT IT TELL US
-- THAT FEEDBACK LOOP NOT JUST
TO US BUT ALSO TO THE CUSTOMERS
THAT THEY ARE SERVING TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS A CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT LOOP.
I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY
WAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE REAL
TIME INFLUENCE OVER THE
PROGRAMS AND HOW THE PROGRAMS
ARE PERFORMING AND THE TWEAKS
OR COMPLETE CHANGES THAT
IMMEDIATE TO BE MADE IN THOSE
PROGRAMS.
THAT WORK WILL BE DONE ON A
POPULATION BY POPULATION BASIS.
IT WILL BE DONE ON A PROGRAM
INTERVENTION TYPE BASIS.
IT WILL BE DONE AT THE CONTRACT
BASIS AND DONE AS THE SYSTEM AS
A WHOLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU TALKED A
LOT ABOUT DATA.
I WANT TO TELL YOU I SHARE YOUR
PASSION FOR DATA.
AS IS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE MOST
EXCITED ABOUT THE MAKING, IS
NOW HAVING FOR LACK OF A BETTER
WAY OF SAYING THIS, A THIRD
PARTY ENTITY THAT IS GATHERING
ALL OF THAT DATA AND WILL HAVE
THE STAFF CAPACITY TO ANALYZE
IT AND EVALUATE IT AND SLICE
AND DICE IT IN WAYS THAT WORK
ACROSS THE REGION.
SO NOT ONLY COULD THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW
PROGRAMS ARE PERFORMING AND FOR
THE CITY, BUT AWE BUN WILL HAVE
A BETTER UNDERSTANDING,
SHORELINE WILL HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING.
THAT LEVEL OF ANALYTICAL
EXPERTISE, WE EXPECT AND WILL
REQUIRE THAT IT EXISTS NOT JUST
IN THE AUTHORITY BUT WE ALSO
ARE, THE CHATTER ALSO
ANTICIPATES THEY WILL BE A
MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BOARD,
WE WILL HAVE THAT LEVEL OF
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M LOOKING AT THE CLOCK.
OF COURSE, WE WERE GOING TO TRY
END TO THIS PRESENTATION AT
NOON SO WE HAD TIME FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
I KNOW -- FE DEFINITELY WANT TO
HEAR FROM OTHERS AT THE TABLE.
I DON'T WANT TO REDUCE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR MY COLLEAGUES
TO ASK QUESTIONS.
MAKE SHOWER YOU SIGNAL ME IF
YOU GOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT
TO RAISE BUT PLEASE PROCEED.
>> JASON IS REMINDING ME, WE
HAVE ANOTHER SELECT COMMITTEE
NEXT WEEK.
THERE IS AMPLE TUNE FOR
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE
DEEPER CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY
ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF THE
GOVERNING BOARD.
AS THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS
REQUESTED, THE MEMBERSHIP ON
THE BOARD WILL BE FOLKS WITH
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SO THEY
WILL BE NIMBLE AND ABLE TO
OPERATE AND OVERSEE THEIR
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBLE AND
GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE
AUTHORITY.
I WOULD SAY ALSO THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS A
REGIONAL BODY THAT THERE BE
GOOD GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
AND REPRESENTATION, THAT IS
ALSO CALLED OUT IN THE CHARTER.
WE TALKED ALREADY A BIT ABOUT
WHAT THE GOVERNING BOARD IS
GOING TO DO.
WHAT IT'S GENERAL RULES ARE.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE YOU
WILL SEE THEY ARE NOT DISTINCT
FROM ANY OTHER EXECUTIVE BOARD
OVERSEEING AND ASSUMING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
OPERATIONS OF A LARGE
AUTHORITY.
I WON'T LINGER ON THIS.
THE AUTHORITY ITSELF WILL BE
THE ENTITY THAT PLANS AND
CONTRACTS FOR THE DELIVERY OF
SERVICES.
JASON CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT
IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN TERMS
OF THE TIMING OF TRANSFERRING
CONTRACTS BUT COUNCIL MEMBER
NOTED THE FULL TRAPS FERNS OF
THE CONTRACTS IS NOT
ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR UNTIL
JANUARY OF 2021.
THE AUTHORITY WILL PREPARE A
FIVE YEAR IMP LENATION PLANKS
THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WILL
DETAIL, NOT JUST HOW LIT DO ITS
WORK AND WHAT PRODUCTS IT WILL
DELIVER BUT AGAIN, TO THE POINT
OF DATA AND EVALUATION, IT'S
REALLY GETTING, TO WHAT END
QUESTION.
WE EXPECT THAT THERE BE A LOT
OF DATA DRIVEN EVALUATION AND
CONSULTATION, CUSTOMERS,
PROVIDERS, FUNDERS,
MUNICIPALITIES, BASICALLY
EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
IS INTERESTED IN THAT.
>> QUICKLY, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT
HOW THE FIVE YEAR
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WILL ALIGN
WITH THE REGIONAL ACTION PLAN
THROUGHOUT, THAT WE ARE
EXPECTING IN THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS?
WOULD LOVE TO.
THE ACTION PLAN IS BEING
PREPARED BY CONSULTANT, THE
CSH.
THEY ARE CONSIDERING IT AND
WORK ON IT IN A WAY --
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--
>> THERE HAS BEEN CONFUSION AND
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
BRANDING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
FACT WE ARE PROPOSING A
REGIONAL AUTHORITY AND SIT A
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN.
THEY ARE NOT THE SAME DOCUMENT.
HOWEVER, THE REGIONAL ACTION
PLAN WILL AS COUNCIL MEMBER HAS
POINTED OUT PROVIDE, BLUE PRINT
IF YOU WILL, FOR WHAT THE
COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE NEEDS TO
DO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS.
BOTH ON THE SERVICES SIDE AND
ALSO ON THE SIDE THAT IS NOT
UNDER THE PER VIEW OF THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY ON THE
CAPITAL SIDE.
THE FIVE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN WILL BE INFORMED BY AND
ALIGN WITH THE REGIONAL ACTION
PLAN BUT IT WILL BE SPECIFIC TO
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BY THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT
ITS WORK PLAN.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> IT WOULDN'T BE A SELECT
COMMITTEE ON HOMELESSNESS
WITHOUT ME HOLDING UP LA'S
BOOK.
THIS VERSION AGAIN IS JUST FROM
THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
I HAVE BEEN USING THIS AS AN
EXAMPLE OF WHAT A REGIONAL
ACTION PLAN POTENTIALLY IS.
AGAIN, THIS HAS 14 STRATEGIES
THEY IDENTIFIED POLICY CHANGES,
AND ONLY ONE CHAPTER IS
ACTUALLY THEIR GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE.
IF I WERE TO COMPARE WHAT THE
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN IS
CONTEMPLATING AND IDEALLY THE
BACKBONE, THE BLUE PRINT TO
WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE, HOW
DOES THIS PROPOSAL THAT THE
COUNTY PASSED AND THE CITY
PASSED, COMPARE TO WHAT IS
BEING CRAFTED BY THE COMMUNITY
FOR REGIONAL ACTION PLAN.
WILL WE BE ABLE TO SEE THIS
DOCUMENT THAT COMES AS A
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN TO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, VOTE ON IT AS
SOME SORT OF BLUE PRINT FOR
WHAT WE WANT TO SEE CHANGED IN
OUR REGION?
>> AT THIS TIME, CSH AND THE
CITY AND THE COUNTY, EXECUTIVE
STAFFS, DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT
THE REGIONAL ACTION PLAN WILL
COME TO EITHER OF THE COUNCILS
úFOR A VOTE BECAUSE SIT A
COMMUNITY PLAN.
AGAIN, THE GOAL IS THAT IT HAS
OWNERSHIP, NOT JUST BY THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL
BUT THERE IS OWNERSHIP BY ALL
COMMUNITIES AND BY PROVIDERS,
INVESTORS AND FUNDERS ACROSS
THE REGION.
WHAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED IS THAT
THE REGIONAL PLAN BE PRESENTED
TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE
COUNTY COUNCIL IN ADVANCE OF
YOUR MAKING A DECISION ON THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THEM AS
DISTINCT DOCUMENTS BECAUSE
FRANKLY IT IS THE REGIONAL
ACTION PLAN, AGAIN, DESPITE THE
NAME THAT IT IS REGIONAL ACTION
PLANKS WE CAN BEGIN TO THINK OF
IT AS A COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN
AND IT BELONGS BROADLY,
PHILOSOPHICALLY TO THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
>> I'M CONFUSED.
I'M CONFUSED BY THAT ANSWER.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STAKE WE PUT
INTO THIS REGIONAL ACTION PLAN,
BEING THE BLUE PRINT FOR WHAT
IS ACTUALLY GOING TO CHANGE,
WHAT SYSTEMATICALLY GOING TO
CHANGE AND BE THE PUBLY POLICY
APPROACHES THAT ARE GOING TO BE
EMBEDDED AND I PUT A LOT OF
EMPHASIS ON -- CRAFT THE
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN SO THAT
COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE TRULY
INFORMING WHAT PUBLIC POLICY
CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE IN
PLACE.
WHEN I I HEAR THAT IT'S A
COMMUNITY PLAN AND NOT EXACTLY
THE DIRECTIVE TO CHANGE POLICY
AT THE CITY COUNTY OR WITHIN
OUR CITY PARTNERS REGIONALLY,
AND IT'S NOT THE CORRECTIVE
THAT WOULD GUIDE FUTURE ACTIONS
FOR A GOVERNING BOARD, AGAIN,
RECOGNIZING THIS IS SPECIFIC TO
HOMELESS SERVICES AND THE
HOMELESS SERVICE DELIVERY
SYSTEM AND NOT HOUSING IN
GENERAL WHICH WE SHOULD TALK
ABOUT AT SOME POINT, EVEN IF WE
THINK OF THIS AS A COMMUNITY
PLAN, WHAT IS THE LEVERAGE,
WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE
MANDATE THAT WE ARE GIVING THE
GOVERNING BOARD, BODY TO FOLLOW
THE REGIONAL ACTION PLAN?
I DON'T WANT THAT PLAN SITTING
ON A SHELF AND NOT BEING LOOKED
AT AS THE GUIDING DOCUMENT.
THIS IS IN THEORY, WHAT I
BELIEVE TO BE OUR --
POLICY.
TRULY CHANGE DELIVERY SERVICES
ON THE GROUND LEVEL.
AT WHAT POINT WILL THE CITY OR
THE COUNTY OR SOUND CITY
PARTNERS BE TAKING THAT
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN AND
IMPLEMENTING IT OR AT LEAST
GIVING THE DIRECTIVE TO THE
GOVERNING BOARD THAT THIS IS
THE BASELINE, WE WANT TO SEE
HOW THEY ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT
THOSE POLICIES.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> SURE IT DOES.
WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT,
SUPPORTING THIS THROUGH A --
[TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES]
--
ANSWER IN YOUR QUESTION, WHERE
DOES THAT LIE.
IT LIES IN THE DOCUMENTS.
IT LIES IN THE CHARTER AND LIES
IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
WHERE IT'S CLEAR THE FIVE YEAR
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS INFORMED
BY THE REGIONAL ACTION PLAN.
WE IN TERMS OF THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER, SORRY, IN TERMS OF THE
QUESTION OF HOW OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BEGIN TO TAKE THE
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN AND BEGIN
TO IMPLEMENT IT AND USE IT,
PART OF THE REQUIREMENT, IF YOU
WILL, OF BECOMING A MEMBER OF
THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS
THEY'RE WILLINGNESS TO ABIDE BY
THE POLICIES AND PERSPECTIVE OF
THE FIVE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN AND THE IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN AND THE REGIONAL PLAN,
THERE WILL NOT BE A DISCONNECT,
BECAUSE ONE IS INFORMING THE
OTHER.
>> THIS IS A NUANCE, I
APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION
THAT EXISTS.
IT'S NOT CONFUSION IN THIS
ROOM, IT'S CONFUSION THAT I'M
FINDING EXISTS SORT OF BROADLY.
I THINK SOME OF THIS IS
PROBABLY DUE TO NOMAN -- IT IS
BASICALLY A AN INFORMATION
GATHERING AS WELL AS A DATA
GATHERING AS WELL AS A BEST
PRACTICES GATHERING OF
INFORMATION BUT A COMMUNITY BUT
AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL MAKING
SURE THERE IS BROAD
PARTICIPATION IN THE
DEVELOPMENT IN LARGE PART
BECAUSE THEY WANT IT TO STAND,
THEY WANT IT ESSENTIALLY TO
STANDS APART FROM THE SOLE
JURISDICTION OF ONE AUTHORITY.
AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY WILL REALLY
HAVE A JURISDICTION OVER THE
CRISIS RESOLUTION SYSTEM, THE
HOMELESS CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM
BUT NOT FOR EXAMPLE OVER
CAPITAL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE JURISDICTION
OVER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR
JURISDICTION OVER CRIMINAL
JUSTICE THIS, PLAN WILL HAVE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT GO MORE,
THAT ARE BROADER THAN THE
SPECIFICALLY THE ACTIONS THAT
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY WILL
TAKE.
>> BIFURCATION IS A GOOD THING
OR NOT.
ONE COULD ARGUE THAT OUR
ATTEMPT TO TRY TO CREATE A
REGIONAL BODY WAS TO BREAKDOWN
THOSE EXACT SILOS THAT YOU ARE
TAKING ABOUT AND SPECIFICALLY
BETWEEN THE DISCONNECT THAT
CONTINUES TO EXIST BETWEEN
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.
THE REASON WE SEE CONTINUED
INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS IS
BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE
HOUSING STOCK WE NEED TO HOUSE
FOLKS.
IN ORDER FOR US TO --
PREVENTING MORE FOLKS FROM
FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS AND
CREATING AN EXIT STRATEGY OUT
OF SHELTERS AND OUT OF
TEMPORARY HOUSING, AND INTO
AFFORDABLE HOMES WE MUST INVEST
IN THE 0 TO 30% OF THE AREA,
INCOME FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN THIS PLAN
THAT COMES FROM LOS ANGELES
WHERE THEY HAVE PULLED TOGETHER
OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE RESOURCES
BUT PULLED TOGETHER HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS.
I'M GOING TO FLAG THAT I THINK
IT IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP
WE ARE TAKING HERE TO HARMONIZE
OUR DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR
HOMELESS SERVICES.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US
TO LOOK AT THIS THROUGH THE
EMERGENCY LENS WHICH SHOULD
HAVE BEEN APPLIED 3.5 YEARS AGO
WHEN WE DECLARED A STATE OF
EMRGENCY AND I FEEL LIKE THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT BUT
UNLESS WE TRULY THINK ABOUT
WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL
PLAN LOOKS LIKE, RELATED TO
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS AND
HEALTH SERVICES, I WORRY THAT
THAT BIFURCATION WILL CONTINUE
AND THAT WE WILL NOT BE
SUCCESSFUL IN OUR EFFORTS TO
BOTH LOOK UPSTREAM AND CREATE
THE HOUSING THAT WE NEED.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY I DON'T THINK
WE NEED TO THUNDERSTORMNIZ OUR
SERVICES FOR HOMELESS DELIVERY
ACROSS OUR REGION.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT EFFORT.
I HELD A LOT OF HOPE THAT THE
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN WOULD HAVE
CREATED A DOCUMENT MORE LIKE
THIS THAT IS GOING TO GIVE US
THE MENU OF ITEMS WE NEED TO
TACKLE.
HOMELESS DELIVERY SERVICE AND
COORDINATION AND SPECIFIC TO
HOUSING.
SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE
A PRODUCT.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THAT CHS
IS CREATEING THAT PRODUCT FOR
US.
NOW WHERE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF DOUBT IS HOW DO WE MAKE THAT
PLAN ACTIONABLE.
WHERE DO WE AS A BODY GET THE
CHANCE TO SAY, YES, THAT PLAN
LOOKS GREAT, YES IT HAD A DOZEN
OF THE PEOPLE THAT I THOUGH ARE
ON THE GROUND EVERYDAY AND
WORKING WITH FOLKS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND SEEING THE
CRISIS OF LACK OF HOMELESSNESS.
I WANT TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD.
I'M PUTTING ASIDE THE
GOVERNANCE QUESTION SPECIFIC TO
HOMELESS SERVICES WHICH I KNOW
IS THE CRUX OF YOUR PREPPATION
BUT I'M INCREASING --
PRESENTATION BUT I'M
INCREASINGLY -- [TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES]
THE MORE BROAD SCOPE ISSUES
AROUND HOUSING AND HEALTH AND
HOMELESS SERVICES, POTENTIALLY
IS NOT GOING TO BE ACTIONABLE
AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
MAYBE NOT NOW, BUT IDENTIFYING
WHERE WE CAN HELP MAKE SURE
THAT THAT PLAN IS TRULY GIVEN
THE AUTHORITY THAT IT NEEDS TO
BE IMPLEMENTED AND SAYING IT
WILL INFLUENCE OR WHAT DID I
WRITE DOWN, THAT THE FIVE-YEAR
PLAN WILL BE QUOTE INFORMED BY
THE REGIONAL ACTION PLAN
DOESN'T GIVE ME ENOUGH
AINSURANCE YET THAT THAT
DOCUMENT PEOPLE ARE SPENDING
SALESPEOPLE INVESTED IN, WILL
BECOME THE ACTION PLAN.
LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AND
THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BREAK
DOWN THAT SILO A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
>> SCOPE OF WORK, ABOUT THREE
BULLET POINTS DOWN.
>> ACTUALLY, SO THE REST OF THE
AUTHORITY OF THE SCOPE, THE
REST OF THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR
THE AUTHORITY REALLY DOES HAVE
TO DO WITH THE PRACTICAL -- OF
THE PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES,
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR
CONTRACTS, WHAT THEIR DATA
COLLECTION WILL LOOK LIKE AND
AGAIN, ENSURING THAT THERE IS
THIS CONTINUOUS PROCESS
IMPROVEMENT THROUGH REGULAR
UPDATES AND CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE FUNDERS AND THEIR
CUSTOMERS.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH
THIS LAST SLIDE IN DETAIL.
THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH ON IT TO
GO THROUGH BECAUSE I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME FOR
JASON AND BOBBY.
I WILL SAY IT HIGHLIGHTS THOSE
MAIN PORTIONS OF THE CHARTER
AND THE I LA, YOU KNOW THE
CHARTER IS THE VEHICLE THAT
ACTUALLY CREATES THE AUTHORITY
AND THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY TO, IN
FACT, ENACT THAT CHARTER.
I WILL SAY THAT ONE THING THAT
IS UNIQUE AND PONT TO HIGHLIGHT
IS THAT THE CHARTER ITSELF
REQUIRES THAT THERE BE AN
OFFICE OF THE -- THAT OFFICE IS
THE VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH
CUSTOMERS AND ALSO EMPLOYEES
úWILL BE ABLE TO HOLD THE
AUTHORITY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE
KINDS OF SERVICES THE QUALITY
OF SERVICES, THE ACCESS TO
SERVICES EFFECTIVENESS OF
SERVICES.
THIS IS A REALLY UNIQUE AND
IMPORTANT, I THINK, ADVANCEMENT
IN THE WAY WE THINK OF HOW WE
INTERACT WITH OUR CUSTOMERS.
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO DELVE
INTO THIS TODAY.
WE CAN COME BACK AT THE NEXT
MEETING NEXT WEEK AND TAKE A
LOOK AT IT.
IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT YOU
SEE THAT YOU WANT US TO
HIGHLIGHT, MAKE SURE WE KNOW
ABOUT THAT AND WE WILL GET THAT
WORD TO YOU.
>> NOM GOING THE HAPPENED IT
OFF TO JASON.
NOW I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO
JASON.
>> TEASES MENTIONED A COUPLE OF
THESE THINGS.
DETAILED AROUND BUDGET.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WITH WHAT
I SEE IS MAYBE ONLY FIVE
MINUTES LEFT THIS DISCUSSION,
WE CAN DIVE MORE DEEPLY INTO
THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AS WELL
AS STAFFING OR STRUCTURE, WORK
DESIGN AT OUR NEXT MEETING NEXT
WEEK.
I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, WE
TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HERE.
ONE THING THAT DOES NOT CHANGE
IS THAT COUNCILS WILL STILL
RETAIN FUNDING AUTHORITY
THROUGH REGULAR BUDGET
PROCESSES.
WE ARE NOT SUGGEST ISING BY
STANDING UP THIS REGIONAL
AUTHORITY THAT WE CHANGE THE
PROCESS BY WHICH YOU DEVELOP
AND PASS BUDGET.
THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WILL
ALSO HAVE SEPARATE SERVICE
AGREEMENTS WITH THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
THIS IS OUR CONTRACT WITH THE
REGIONAL NOT.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST MOVE
MONEY FROM OUR JURISDICTION TO
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY BUT
WHERE WE SET OUR EXPECTATIONS.
THIS IS WHERE WE WILL SAY, IT
IS OUR EXPECTATION THAT, THAT
YOU KNOW, CONTRACT WILL BE VERY
DETAILED AND WILL BE VERY
EXPLICIT IN WHAT THE CITY
EXPECTS TO GET FOR THE REVENUES
THAT ARE BEING MANAGED BY THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
THISES YOU COULD CONSIDER IS
VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE PARTNER
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH
CONTRACT AS CUSDOES KING COUNTY
AND THAT PARTNERSHIP -- IN
REGARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
GIVES PATTY IS HE TEAM --
PATTY AND HER TEAM --
>> I WANT TO UNDER SCORE WHAT
YOU SAID, JASON, MAKE SURE THAT
THE COMMUNITY HEARS THIS AS
WELL, THIS COUNCIL STILL
RETAINS THE FUNDING AUTHORITY.
I KNOW THIS WAS INITIAL CONCERN
FROM SOME OF OUR PROVIDERS TO
SAY WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME
TO YOU.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
OUR OPINION ABOUT WHAT SHOULD
GO INTO THE BUDGET, THAT DOES
NOT CHANGE.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I ALSO JUST AS I MOVE INTO THIS
SLIDE, STATE, THE BASE BUDGET
FOR 2020 IS REALLY BUILT OFF OF
WHAT CONTINUALLY EXISTS IN
2019.
THESE ARE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS
BASED ON EXISTING 19 BUDGET,
THIS IS NOT A REAL REFLECTION
OF THE ACTUAL 2020 NUMBERS.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS WE HAVE
BROKEN DOWN THE BUDGET INTO
THREE GROUPS.
FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IS
THE PROGRAM VALUE.
THESE ARE AGAIN, THE PROGRAM
AND SERVICES DOLLARS YOU WILL
SEE TOTALING ROUGHLY $117
MILLION, $39 MILLION OF WHICH
WOULD BE A CONTRIBUTION PROGRAM
AND SERVICE CONTRIBUTION BY THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE HAVE ALSO SEPARATED OUT --
ANALYZED ADMINISTRATIVE VALUE.
YOU WILL SEE THAT IS A TOTAL OF
$11 MILLION, ADMINISTRATIVE
COST, THAT'S THE STAFFING FOR
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY THAT IS
PAYING FOR THINGS LIKE RENT AND
VEHICLES AND TRANSPORTATION,
BENEFITS, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS
THAT GO INTO SUPPORTING THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY AND THE
PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE.
YOU WILL SEE THAT'S A TOTAL OF
$1 MILLION, 4 MILLION WOULD BE
A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
WE GROUPED IN AND TRIED TO BE
REALLY CHEER ABOUT WHAT THE
START UP COSTS WOULD BE FOR
OPENING A REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
THESE ARE CURRENTLY PROJECTED
AT $3 MILLION, $2 MILLION OF
WHICH WOULD BE A CONTRIBUTION
FROM THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
START UP COSTS ARE ITEMS, THESE
ARE ONE-TIME COSTS BUT ITEMS
LIKE GETTING SPACE, RENOVATEING
THAT SPACE, DEVELOPING THE IT
AND INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE IS A
MOVE THAT WILL NEED TO OCCUR.
LAKEWISE WE ARE PROJECTING THAT
WE ARE GOING TO IN 2020, NEEDS
TO START HIRING STAFF THAT WILL
BE THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS NEW
ORGANIZATION.
WE NEED TO HIRE AN EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, THAT EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR WILL LIKELY NEED TO
BRING ON A CHIEF OF STAFF.
HR DIRECTOR.
A TEAM OF PEOPLE THEY CAN RELY
ON TO START BUILDING THE
ORGANIZATION AND HIRING THE
REST OF THE EMPLOYEES.
INCLUDED THE BRINGING ON A
LEADERSHIP FOR THE NEW
ORGANIZATION.
>> JASON, THAT I THINK SO FOR
GOING OVER THIS.
THIS IS A VERY EASY SLIDE, IT'S
VERY HELPFUL.
THE ROUGHLY $70 MILLION THAT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE CONTRIBUTED
S THAT ALL GENERAL SUB FUND
MONEY OR IS THAT INCLUDES
GRANTS, FEDERAL MONEY, STATE
MONEYS, THE SOURCES THAT'S
IRRESPECTIVE OF THIS AMOUNT OR
JUST GENERAL SUB FUNDS MUCH?
>> IT'S NOT JUST ALL GENERAL
FUNDS, IT'S A NUMBER OF GRANTS.
WE HAVE INVESTMENTS OUT OF THE
GENERAL FUNDS AND COMMUNITY %
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, OUT
OF ESG AND THE HOUSING LEVEE.
THIS IS A TOTAL --
>> FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE MOST
PART.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE -- WHERE I'M
HEADING WITH THIS, WILL THE
GOVERNING BOARD OF THE STEERING
COMMITTEE OR REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE GROUP, WILL THEY BE
ALLOWED TO PURSUE FEDERAL
FUNDING ON ITS OWN OR STILL GO
THROUGH THE COUNTY AND CITY AND
END ONE THE GOVERNING STRUCTURE
WE THOUGHT THROUGH THAT ISSUE.
>> THE RELATIONSHIP WITH HUD
WILL STILL BE THE CITIES AND
COUNTIES TO HOLD.
WE WILL STILL HAVE THAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH HUD.
WE WILL BE THE RECIPIENT OF
COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT DOLLARS.
WE WILL PASS THROUGH THE
DOLLARS , THE SERVICE DOLLARS
TO THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY TO
DEPLOY INTO SERVICE CONTRACTS.
WE STILL WILL HAVE FEDERAL
EXPECTATIONSPY THE GOVERNMENT
AND -- MAINTAIN THE GRANTEE,
GRANT MAKER RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WILL
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANNUAL COMP
PLANS.
WE WILL HAVE TO BE DEFINED
INSIDE THE SERVICE AGREEMENT SO
THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE
EXPECTED OF THEM AS WELL.
>> YOU ASKED ABOUT THE FEDERAL
FUNDS WE RECEIVE, THE LARGEST
IN THIS DOMAIN -- RECEIVED
THROUGH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE
THROUGH HUD --
I BELIEVE THE VISION IS THAT AS
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY COMES
INTO EXISTENCE AND ALSO ASSUMES
THE DUET DUTY, REGIONAL
AUTHORITY WILL BE THE
APPLICANTS FOR THAT PROGRAM,
NOT GOING THROUGH THE CITY AND
THE COUNTY.
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
DIFFERENCE, THEY WOULD BE
RECEIVING THAT GRANT THAT'S
BECAUSE OF FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS
ON HOW YOU CAN APPLY FOR THAT.
THE CHARTER WRITTEN SO THE
NUMBERS YOU ' THERE, SEATTLE IS
$69 MILLION, IF $18 MILLION OF
THAT CONTINUALLY FROM COC
MONEY, THAT WOULD GO DOWN --
KNOW YOU HAVE SHEETS FOR US TO
LOOK AT THAT.
ONE QUESTION THAT'S COME UP IS
OVER TIME, WILL THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COST INCREASE OR
WILL WE ANTICIPATE SEEING IT
THEREAT OR DECREASE OVER THE
YEARS, THAT'S TOTAL BETWEEN
CITY AND COUNTY ON THIS
PROJECT.
>> IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY AT
THIS TIME.
THAT SAID, NIS OFFERED -- HAS A
NUMBER OF NEW ROLES THAT DON'T
EXIST AT THE CITY OR THE
COUNTY.
THERE IS BOTH GOING TO BE SOME
EFFICIENCYS THAT TAKE PLACE BY
CONSOLIDATING CITY AND COUNTY
EFFORTS TO SAY CONTRACTING THAT
MIGHT OCCUR AND THERE COULD BE
EFFICIENCIES AT THE LEADERSHIP
LEVEL, GIVEN THAT AGAIN TO
ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING
CONSOLIDATE TO BECOME ONE.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE
RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND NEW
STAFFING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
OFFICE OF THE OM BUDS, THERE IS
ALSO DEEP DESIRE TO HAVE EQUITY
BUILT INTO ALL TEAMS AND THERE
ARE STAFF POSITIONS,
SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT TO
ENSURE EQUITY IS IN MACE ACROSS
THE ORGANIZATION.
THERE PLACE ACROSS THE
ORGANIZATION.
BOOKS OF BUSINESS THAT ARE
DIFFERENT AND NEW THAT DON'T
OCCUR -- AND MAY ALSO BE SOME
EFFICIENCIES THAT ARE FOUND BY
CONSOLIDATION.
AGAIN, IT'S A LONG WAY TO SAY,
WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS
BUILD AN ORGANIZATION
ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT ALIGNS AS
BEST AS POSSIBLE WITH THE GOOD
THINKING OF THIS COMMUNITY IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH NIS BUT WITH
EXISTING RESOURCES.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
BOBBY, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS
YOUR SLIDES HERE?
.
>> SURE.
BRIEFLY, FOR A SECOND TIME, THE
STAFFING OF THIS MODEL THAT'S
IMPACTING OUR CURRENT CITY
PLEAS IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN
THREE PHASES THIS PARTNERSHIP
WITH KING COUNTY.
THOSE THREE PHASES WE CAN GO
INTO MORE DETAIL NEXT WEEK.
THEY ARE COAL LOCATION, THAT'S
BASICALLY OUR EMPLOYEES DOING
THE WORK THEY ARE DOING EVERY
SINGLE DAY, THE VALUE THEY ARE
ADDING TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT
THEY SERVE THIS A DIFFERENT
LOCATION WITH COUNTER PARTS
FROM ALL HOME AND KING COUNTY.
AT SOME POINT WHEN WE HAVE AN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE LEADER
IN CRAFTING THE ORGANIZATIONAL
VISION AND CULTURE FOR THE PDA,
WE WILL GO SO A LOANED OR MATE
RICKS REPORTING STRUCTURE WHERE
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
ORGANIZATION, GETS A CHANCE TO
LOOK AT THE FRAME WORK OF
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
AND THE OUTCOMES OF THE
ORGANIZATION AND CRAFTING A
VISION FOR HOW WORK NEEDS TO
SHIFT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LONG-
TERM VALUE TO THE COMMUNITIES
THAT THE PDA SERVES.
FINALLY IN THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY, ONCE EVERYTHING IS
BUILT, EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE AN
úOPPORTUNITY IN THE LOAN PERIOD
TO APPLY FOR COMPETE FOR,
OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
>> OKAY.
VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT, YOU WILL BE
TALKING MORE ABOUT THE WORK
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING WITH
OUR LABOR UNIONS, WITH THE
REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING ALL ALONG UP FRONT
TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY
LABOR ISSUES.
>> THAT WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN,
THIS IS A WEEKLY ENGAGE WITH
EMPLOYEES.
ENGAGEMENT WITH EMPLOYEES.
THERE ARE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AS WELL AS WITH SDHR AND LABOR
RELATIONS WITH PRO TECH 17, PRO
TECH 17 IS INVITED TO ALL STAFF
CONVENINGS, BE THEM CITY
SPECIFIC STAFF CONVENES OR
JOINT CITY COUNTSEY STAFF
CONVENES SO THAT DEEP AND VERY
INTENTIONAL ENGAGEMENT HAS
ALREADY BEGUN AND WILL CONTINUE
AS WE DEVELOP THIS PROCESS.
>> DID ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE?
WE ARE GOING TO TURN TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE GOT 113, 14
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP -- 13
OR 14 PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP.
I'M GOING TO PASS THIS TO
COUNCIL PRESIDENT THAT AGREED
TO TAKE THIS ON.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO SOME, A
NUMBER OF US HAD OTHER
COMMITMENTS RIGHT AT NOON BUT
WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THE TAPE ON THIS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> LET'S GET GOING.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, RUDY,
YOU ARE FIRST AND WILLIAM YOU
ARE SECOND AND LORI IS THIRD.
>> I'M RUDY.
COUNCILWOMAN BAGSHAW, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE TODAY
AND PRESIDENT HAIROLE, YOU ARE
THE BEST.
I AM THE NEW COUNCIL PEN, I
NEVER MET YOU.
I'M HERE ABOUT THE MISDEMEANOR
WARRANTS THAT ARE BEING SERVED
THROUGH SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT
PASSED ONTO MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT HAD
A MISDEMEANOR WARRANT SINCE
MARCH WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED
WITH SUB NEGATIVE ACTIVITY THAT
HAS IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY
WHERE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
HURT.
SEATTLE POLICE SAYS CALL THE
COUNCIL, THEY TOLD US THAT
THOSE WARRANTS ARE NON
ARRETABLE.
I CALLED THE COUNCIL, THE
COUNCIL SAYS CALL THE POLICE,
THAT'S A POLICE MATTER.
IN THE PROCESS, WE HAVE GOT
OTHER JURISDICTIONS THROUGH
KING COUNTY, FAMILY COURT,
OTHER COURT JURISDICTIONS THAT
WANT THIS PERSON TO STAY CLEAN,
AND SEATTLE POLICE HAVE GIVEN
THE PERSON A FREE PASS TO
CONTINUE TO USE AND NOT BRING
THIS PERSON ACCOUNTABLE.
WE HAVE GOT SEVERAL KIDS IN
FOSTER CARE WHO ARE BEING TAKEN
CARE OF BY OTHER PEOPLE.
THE PERSON IS GOING TO END UP
LOSING THEIR RIGHTS IF THINGS
DON'T CHANGE.
THE MISDEMEANOR WARRANTS HAD A
NUMBER OF VICTIMS THAT HAVE
BEEN IMPACTED BECAUSE OF THIS
PERSON WITH THE MISDEMEANOR
WARRANT, POLICE OFFICERS --
INJURED, COMMUNITY PUT AT RISK,
I CAN GO ON AND ON, I REACHED
OUT TO YOUR OFFICE AND TO
COUNCILWOMAN BAGSHAW AND SAYING
THE PERSON NEEDS TO BE
ARRESTED.
TAKEN OFF OF THE STREETS, LET
THE JUDGE DECIDE BEFORE
SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS.
THAT'S CALLED PREVENTION.
MY TIME IS UP.
>> I CAN'T SEE ANY OF THE
CLOCKS.
WILLIAM YOU ARE NEXT, FOLLOWED
BY LORI AND AMY.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, THERE.
MY NAME WILLIAM.
I LIVE NICKELSVILLE NORTH LAKE.
THIS IS TO THE MAYOR, THE CITY
COUNCIL AND ANY OTHER
INTERESTED PARTY WHO MAYBE
LISTENING.
NICHOLASVILLE NEEDS AND
DESERVES ITS INDEPENDENCE BACK
FOR WELL OVER A YEAR WE TRIED
TO SIT TOWN AND MEDIATE A
SOLUTION TO CONFLICTS WITH THE
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND LOW INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE.
IN SPITE OF REQUESTS FROM THE
CITY COUNCIL, MANY COMMUNITY
GROUPS, CHURCHES LEADERS AND
CITIZENS, HSD AND LEE HIGH
WON'T TALK TO US, THEY PRETEND
NICKELSVILLE DOESN'T EXIST AND
HOPE IF WE ARE IGNORED LONG
ENOUGH WE WILL DISAPPEAR OR
SOMETHING.
LORI, AMY AND SEAN SMITH.
>> MY NAME IS LORI, I'M WITH
NICKELSVILLE, TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE.
LEE HIGH AND HSD HAVE NOT DONE
THEIR BEST TO RUIN OUR
COMMUNITY AND BLAME IT ON US.
HSD HAS GONE TOO FAR.
THEY TOLD LEE HIGH THAT IF LEE
HIGH DOES NOT GET THINGS UNDER
CONTROL, LEE HIGH CONTRACT TO
OPERATE NORTH LAKE WILL BE
CANCELED AND WILL BE CLOSED.
OF COURSE, HSD BLAMES US.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO FIND THE
LEE HIGH, HAS VIOLATED THEIR
SERVICE AGREEMENTS AT NORTH
LAKE.
INSTEAD OF MAKING US HOMELESS
BY CLOSING THESE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES DOWN, AND ADDING TO
THE CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS, WE
ARE ASKING THE CITY OF SEATTLE
TO DO SOMETHING CREATIVE AND
GROWN UP.
AT NORTH LAKE WE ARE ASKING
THAT THE CITY TO ALLOW A
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION TO WORK
WITH NICKELSVILLE TO KEEP THE
VILLAGE OPEN.
ASKING THAT THE CITY LET A
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTE TO USE
10,000 -- FEET, MOVING OUR TINY
HOUSES TO THIS NEW PIECE OF
LAND, WILL END -- LEE HIGH CAN
KEEP THEIR PRESENCE SIDE AND
HSD MONEY.
THEY CONTINUE ON THEIR PATH TO
A LOW BARRIER CAMP REQUIRING
PAID SECURITY GUARDS AND
CAMERAS.
LOW BARRIER CAMPS, LIKE A
FELLOWED OCCUPIED AS DEVELOPING
INTO ARE NEEDED.
IT IS NOT WHAT WE NEED, AGREED
TO OR WANT TO LIVE IN.
WE WANT TO BE SELF MANAGED,
STAY TOGETHER AND SAFE AND LIVE
AS A SOBER, DRUG-FREE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> I'M AMY.
I'M ON THE FACULTY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL
OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
I HAVE BEEN DOING PROJECTS WITH
SHARE SINCE THE 90S AND WITH
NICKELSVILLE SINCE ITS FOUNDING
AND I REMAIN BAFFLED WHY THE
CITY AND ITS HUMAN SERVICES
DEVELOPMENT REMAINS
UNSUPPORTIVE OF THESE IMPORTANT
COMMUNITIES.
IT SEEMS AS IF THERE IS ALMOST
A WAR AGAINST THEM.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THIS MORNING'S
HEADLINE, ABOUT HOMELESS
COMMUNITIES AND THE CITY, AND
DIFFICULTIES AND STRUGGLES,
THESE ARE NATIONAL MODELS OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ORGANIZE
HOMELESS PEOPLE TO BUILD
AGENCIES, SKILLS, COMPETENCYS,
POWER, AND WHY HSD AND LEE HIGH
CONTINUE TO ON THESE
ORGANIZATIONS IS JUST SUCH A
MYSTERY TO ME.
THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS DONE
NOTHING, THERE HAVE BEEN
REQUESTS TO MEDIATE BETWEEN
NICKELSVILLE AND LEE HIGH THAT
HAVE GONE NOWHERE.
NOW THAT NICKELSVILLE IS
REQUESTING A DIVORCE FROM LEE
HIGH AND HSD, I THINK YOU
SHOULD AT LEAST SUPPORT THE
MECHANISMS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
THE SEPTEMBER 10th LETTER FROM
NICKELSVILLE OFFER AS WAY
FORWARD THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD
ADOPT.
HSD STAFF SHOULD BE SANCTIONED
FOR THE BEHAVIOR THEY EXHIBITED
TOWARDS THESE MODEL
ORGANIZATIONS.
FOLLOWING SEAN WILL BE ALVIN
WILSON AND PEGGY HOLTS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SEAN SMITH, I'M HERE
WITH MY FELLOW -- A VILLAGE
THAT'S RAN BY LEE HIGH POORLY
75544 MARTIN LUTHER KING WAY
SOUTH.
ES ARE DEPOSITION OF THE FORMER
NICKELSVILLE VILLAGE HAVE BEEN
LITTERING, 24/7 FOR THE LAST
FIVE MONTHS.
WE HAVE WATCHED AS OUR CAMP HAS
GONE FROM A VILLAGE THAT WE
BUILT TO A LOW BARRIER SHELTER.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
HSD AND LEE HIGH ANNOUNCED TO
IMPOSE A PLAN OF SANCTIONED --
OPERATOR, POP US.
A MEMBER OF LEE HIGH, OUR CAMP
REJECTED DUE TOO CONFLICT OF
INTEREST.
WE DON'T SEE HOW A BOARD MEMBER
SHOULD BE RECEIVING MONEY FOR
AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS RUN BY
THE CITY.
RESIDENTS, -- FILLING OUT
GRIEVANCES.
HSD CONTRACT SPECIALIST SAYS
LEE HIGH THE PRESIDENT SHOW HIM
THE GRIEVANCE.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BARES
RESPONSIBILITY FOR US.
THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD FOR YEARS
THAT LEE HIGH -- BOARD MEMBER
-- IT'S CRAZY.
WE NEED INDEPENDENCE FROM LOW
BARRIER VILLAGE THAT LEE HIGH
OCCUPIED THE VILLAGE TONED SO.
GIVE US A PIECE OF HAPPENED FOR
TWO YEARS, THE CITY HAS MENTY
OF PROPERTY THEY CAN SHARE.
WE WILL FIND OUR OWN RELIGIOUS
CAMP OPERATOR AND MOVE OUR TINY
HOUSE THERE IS.
WE ARE TIRED OF -- WE HAVE
SEEMINGLY HIGH RUIN.
HSD WANTS TO PRETEND IT'S A
WOOD WAY TO ARE UP THINGS --
SPENDING TAX DOLLARS, LET THEM.
LET US MOVE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE
CAN LIVE IN A SOBER
ENVIRONMENT.
FAMILIES SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE
AND PEOPLE WHO ACT OUT.
>> ALVIN.
>> FAMILIES SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE
AND PEOPLE THAT AT OUT.
GIVE US A RELIGIOUS CAMP, FOR
TWO YEARS.
WE WILL BE MUCH BETTER
INVESTMENT.
>> PEGGY IS NEXT.
THEN KELLY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I'M A NIBBLESVILLE VOLUNTEER
AND FOUNDER.
NICKELSVILLE WILL CELEBRATE
IT'S 11th ANNIVERSARY, MOST OF
THAT TIME WITHOUT A CITY SOURCE
OF FINANCING OR A PERMIT.
THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE
WORKED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE SAFE
SHELTER THIS A SELF MANAGED
SETTING.
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO
CONTINUING TO OPERATE VILLAGES
AND ENCAMPMENTS WHERE SOBRIETY
AND SAFETY ARE PARAMOUNT AND
EVERYONE PARTICIPATES IN A
COMMITTEE.
EVERYONE WILL BE NEED TO WORK
WITH US.
WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY.
WE HAVE WOULD BED TO PROMOTE
MEDIATION BETWEEN NICKELSVILLES
LEE HIGH AND HSD.
BULLIES DON'T NEGOTIATE UNLESS
SOMEONE MORE POWERFUL EXISTS.
THOSE WHO COULD HAVE HELPED
STOOD BY.
THE HOMELESSNESS WERE -- BY LEE
HIGH STAFF AND HSD.
OCCUPIED FELLOW VILLAGE, THE
SITE MANAGER ABRUPTLYS TOED THE
TOYS OF THE CHILDREN LIVING
THERE, INCLUDING TRICYCLES,
WAGONS AND PEDDLE CARS INTO A
DUMPSTER.
NICKELSVILLE NORTH LAKE,
RECENTLY, LEE HIGH STAFF
EMAILED A REFUSAL TO PROVIDE
SUPPLIES THEY AGREED TO SEND 20
DAYS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDING
WOMENS HYGIENE PRODUCTS FOR
HALF A DOZEN RESIDENTS.
LEE HIGH CHAIRMANS IT CAN'T
AFFORD THEM.
THEY DISCUSSED THEIR OPTIONS
AND DIRECTED A FAIR IS
REASONABLE SOLUTION.
WISHING TO REMAIN ON THE SAME
SMALL PIECE OF UNUSED LAND AND
FIND A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION
AS A SPONSOR.
ASK TO MOVE TO UNUSED PIECE OF
PUBLIC LAND AND A RELIGIOUS
SPONSOR.
THE HUMAN SERS HAVES DEPARTMENT
HAS ADMITTED THAT LEE HIGH HAS
VIOLATED THE SERVICE AGREEMENT
AND THE SITES IS SAID THEY ARE
OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
THE COUNCIL CONTROLS THE PURSE,
YOU SHOULD DEFUND OR REFUSE TO
FUND THE ORGANIZATIONS.
ALSO I WOULD LICK TO SAY MOVING
PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE END OF
THIS MEETING DOES NOT GIVE
AGENCY TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE
WHO HAVE SHOWN UP HERE.
THE VERY PEOPLE YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT ARE SPEAKING TO AN EMPTY
ROOM AND THAT'S JUST WRONG.
I WILL ADDRESS THAT. POINT AND
>> KELLY AND RICK.
>> HSD AND CITIZENS SERVICES
BUREAU.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MEETING
AT NORTH LAKE, TOWNHOUSE -- OR
TINY TOWNHOUSE VILLAGE.
THIS ISN'T NORMAL BUSINESS
OPERATIONS FOR US.
YOU ARE WILLFULLY IGNORING --
NORTH LAKE SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE
TO BE HEARD WITHOUT
INTERRUPTIONS.
FAIRLY WITHOUT INTIMIDATION,
THIS RESPONSE IS A GRIEVANCE
AGAINST THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, UNPROFESSIONAL AND
WILLFUL ACTIONS OF HSD
MANAGERS, CONTRACTS, SERVICES
AND PLANNERS THAT HAVE DAMAGED
US INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A GROUP.
WE ARE ASKING THAT THE
GRIEVANCES, BEING REQUIRED TO
WORK WITH NICKELSVILLE, KNOT
NORTH LAKE AND COLLECTIVELY AS
A GROUP.
WE ARE A VALID AND SELF MANAGED
ORGANIZATION.
HSD SUPPORTS PROGRAMS THAT HELP
TENANTS COMMUNICATE AND
ASSOCIATIONS, WHY IS IT
DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> RICK.
FOLLOWING YOU WILL BE EMILY
MEYER.
>> I'M THE DEMOCRATICALLY
ELECTED BOOKKEEPER FROM
NICKELSVILLE NORTH LAKE
VILLAGE.
CONTINUING IN THE LETTER THAT
WE SENT TO ADRIAN AND HSD, WE
ARE VALID RECOGNIZED SELF
MANAGED ASSOCIATION.
THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN A UNION,
RESPECTIVE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING.
HSD HELPS -- WHY IS IT
DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO US.
THERE ARE MANY JUST REASONS FOR
THIS GRIEVANCE.
HSD IS AWARE OF ALLEGATIONS OF
DAMAGING ACTIONS BY LEE HIGH
AGAINST US INDIVIDUALLY AND AS
A GROUP.
ONE SHOCKING CATCH SOME A
STATEMENT OF HSD CONTRACT
SPECIALIST THAT THE GRIEVANCE
WE FOLLOWED WITH HE LIE HAS
BEEN RESOLVED.
THAT WAS DONE WITHOUT TALKING
WITH ANY OF US.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A LEE HIGH CASE
MANAGER FOR A MONTH AND A HALF.
THAT'S THE SECOND TIME THIS
YEAR LEE HIGH HAS NOT PROVIDED
FULL TIME CASE MANAGEMENT
REQUIRED BY THE CONTRACT.
BLAMING US FOR THIS WITHOUT
TALKING TO US IS NOT DUE
DILIGENCE.
IT'S NOT A RESOLUTION WE WANTS
CASE MANAGEMENT.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS PLANNER
TELLING PEOPLE IN THE SPRING
THAT NORTH LAKE WOULDN'T CLOSE.
IN THE SUMMER, THE SAME PERSON
TOLD PEOPLE THAT NORTH LAKE
WOULD CLOSE IN SEPTEMBER AND WE
SHOULD FIRE OUR STAFFERS.
PEOPLE, INCLUDES MEMBERS AND US
ARE ALARMED AND NO
CLARIFICATION FROM HSD.
WE ARE GIVING THIS GRIEVANCE
TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICES
BUREAU.
IF HE WAS WRONG, THERE WAS
ANOTHER PLACE TO FILE
GRIEVANCES WE EXPECT YOU TO
TELL US.
CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH
KNOT LAKE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
THROUGH OUR STAFF PERSON.
SCHEDULES A MEETING FOR OUTSIDE
NORTH LAKE.
>> THANK YOU, RICHARD.
>> EMILY MEYERS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF THE
KING COUNTY YOUTH PROVIDERS
COLLABORATIVE, REPRESENTING THE
8 PRIMARY AGENCIES SERVING
YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
WE REVIEWED THE PROPOSED
CHARTER AND BELIEVE SIT A
POSITIVE FIRST STEP.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SEVERAL
QUESTIONS WE HOPE YOU CAN
CONSIDER ADDRESSING.
THE GOVERNING BOARD DOES NOT
INCLUDES ANYONE WITH EXPERTISE
WITH YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE UNIQUE
DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS AND OFTEN
INTERACTING WITH DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS SUCH AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
CHILD WELFARE AND JUVENILE
JUSTICE.
WE LIKE TO KNOW HOW OUR SYSTEM
WILL ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS
OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHETHER
THAT EXPERTISE CAN BE REFLECTED
ON THE BOARD.
SIMILARLY, THE PROPOSED BOARD
INCLUDES ONLY ONE PROVIDER
REPRESENTATIVE AND PRECLUDES
ANYONE WHO IS A CURRENT
CONTRACT HOLDER.
WE APPRECIATE CONCERNS
REGARDING A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST WAS BUT BELIEVE
PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD
OFFER CRITICAL INSIGHT INTO
WHAT IS AND ISN'T WORKING WELL.
WE ARE WONDERING HOW THE BOARD
WILL BE INFORMED BY ON THE
GROUNDS EXPERIENCE WHEN THERE
IS NO ONE REPRESENTED WHO IS
CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE
GROUNDS.
WE RECOGNIZE BEING A MEMBER OF
THE BOARD WILL REQUIRE -- WE
WOULD LICK TO KNOW HOW ISSUES
OF CAPACITY RETENTION,
ACCOUNTABILITY AND EQUITY WILL
BE ADDRESSED IF THE POSITIONS
REMAIN VOLUNTARY AND ON TOP OF
MEMBERS DAILY JOBS.
IN 2015, WASHINGTON CREATED A
STATEWIDE OFFICE OF HOMELESS
YOUTH, RECOGNIZING YOUNG PEOPLE
NEED STABLE HOUSING AND
CONNECTIONS TO EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT AND COMMUNITY
SUPPORT.
OUR SYSTEM RESPONSE IS LARGELY
DRIVEN BY HUD AND NOT ALIGNED
TO MEET THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS
OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
AS WEAPON MOVE FORWARD WE ASK
YOU TO CONSIDER MIRRORING OUR
STATE SYSTEM SO THE SERVICES
STRATEGIES AND OUTCOMES ARE
TAILORED TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL
NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE SERVED
INCLUDING YOUTH AND YOUNG
ADULTS.
THANK YOU.
>> TERESA AND OUR LAST SPEAKER
IS ASA.
>> HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE.
WE HAVE A GROUP OF NEIGHBORS,
FOR TWO YEARS WORKING WITH THE
CITY TO GET ASSISTANCE TO THE
HOMELESS AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM
TO ASK THE CITY AND HOLD THE
CITY ACCOUNTABLE TO HOLD THE
CITY ACCOUNTABLE OF
HOMELESSNESS.
CONCERNED ABOUT THE SCALE OF
PROBLEM NEEDING MORE RESOURCES.
THERE MAYBE COST REDUCTIONS BY
POOLING RESOURCES BETWEEN THE
CITY AND THE COUNTY AS WAS
MENTIONED TODAY THE PROBLEM WE
ARE FACING IS SUCH A LARGE
SCOPE WE WANT TO STAY VIGILANT
ABOUT MAKING SURE WE ARE DOING
ENOUGH TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS.
I THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM OUR
CITY CAN SOLVE, WE ARE A CITY
OF VISION AND WHEN I STARTED I
DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS THE CASE
WHICH IS AWESOME.
WE ARE HOPEFUL ABOUT SHARED
GOVERNANCE, WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THE CITY'S RESPONSE
CONTINUES TO ADDRESS THE
PROBLEM AND NOT EXPECT THE
SHARED GOVERNANCE GROUP WILL DO
IT.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON
THIS ISSUE AND MAKE IT A
SUCCESS, THANK YOU.
>> ASA HERE?
SHE HAD TO LEAVE.
WE WANT TO ADDRESS PEGGY.
I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT
IT'S NOT IDEAL, LISTENING TO
COMMENCE WITH JUST THE TWO OF
US HERE.
THAT'S NOT IDEAL.
THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON, YOUR
STAFF FOR BEING HERE.
YOUR POINTS, WELL INFORMED IN
THE DISCUSS AS WELL.
WE GOT PIECES OF IT, OF COURSE.
THAT'S NOT IDEAL.
THE THOUGHT I THINK, EACH CHAIR
HAS THEIR OWN STYLE AND THE
THOUGHT BEING WE WANTED YOU TO
SEE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE ARE
CONSIDERING WITH THIS REGIONAL
MODEL WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS FOR A WHILE AND MAYBE
COMMENT ON.
THAT I WILL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS
BACK.
I HEAR YOU LOUDLY AND CLEARLY,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND
WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY AND
SERVING THOSE.
WITH THAT, WE WILL STAND
ADJOURNED AND EVERYONE HAVE A
GREAT REST OF THE DAY, THANK
YOU, ALLISON.