.
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE,
TODAY IS OCTOBER 2, 2020.
THE SECT BUDGE COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> GONZCEZ.
>> HERE.
>> JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
THANK YOU, COUNTERMEMBER
HER BOLT.
>> WE HAVE A FULL ATTENDANCE ON
THE THIRD AND FINAL DAY OF THE
PRESENTATIONS OF THE PROPOSED
2021 BUDGET.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM
AND OUR CENTRAL STAFF, I.T.,
COMMUNICATIONS FOLKS, THE
CLERK'S OFFICE AND YOUR OFFICES
FOR ENGAGING IN THE LONG DAYS
AND INFORMATIVE CONVERSATIONS.
NEXT WEEK, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A
PREVIEW.
WE WILL TURN TO HEAR FROM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HEARING
FROM IDEAS FROM THE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS.
MANY OF YOU HAVE TOWN HALLS.
I WILL BE OUT IN COMMUNITY DOING
RIDE ALONGS AND SHADOWING OF
VARIOUS VULNERABLE COMMUNITY
SFSZS OFFERED THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE.
WE'RE BRINGING THE ON THE FRONT
LINE INTO THE BUDGET
CONVERSATION.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEAS WE
HAVE HEARD THUS FAR.
I HAVE BEEN TAKING NOTES AND OUR
TEAM HAS AS WELL.
EVERY TIME YOU INDICATE AN
INTEREST IN AN IDEA OR A
QUESTION MARK ABOUT THE BUDGET
OR FUTURE INVESTMENTS OR
CHANGES, WE HAVE BEEN TAKENING
NOTES.
THANK YOU FOR SIGNALLING THE
INTEREST, AND WE WILL KOPT TO
BUILD UPON THAT THROUGHOUT NEXT
WEEK.
I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS NEXT
TUESDAY NIGHT AT 5:30 P.M., WE
WILL HAVE THE FIRST OF TWO
LONG-FORM PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THEY WILL BEGIN AT 5:30 P.M.
AND
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP
BEGINS AT 3:30.
WE'LL GO AS LONG AS WE NEED TO.
AND THIS WILL NOT BE THE ONLY
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE HAVE IT EVERY MORNING AND WE
HAVE A CHANCE TO DIAL IN THEN OR
AT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS NEXT
TUESDAY AND TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING
ON OCTOBER 27th AT 5:30.
AND NEXT WEEK IS OUR OPPORTUNITY
TO TURN IN WHAT WE CALL FORM
A'S.
THIS IS A, B, C, AND THIS IS THE
FIRST FORM.
THESE ARE COUNCILMEMBERS
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE EARLY
INDICATIONS OF QUESTIONS THEY
HAVE, DIRECTIONS THEY HAVE TO
HEAD IN, CONCERNS WITH THE
BUDGET AND IDEAS.
WE WILL SEND A MEMO ON MONDAY
MORNING WITH A SUMMARY OF WHAT
TO EXPECT AND HOW TO FILL OUT
THE A FORM IF IT'S THE FIRST
TIME, OR A REMINDER.
WE WILL ENDEFER TO GIVE YOU AN
UPDATE ON MONDAY.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF
THE ITEMS COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
>>> OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, WE
HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR FROM
MEMBERS WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE
CABINET AND TALK TO STAKE
HOLDERS AS WELL VIA CALLS AND
MESSAGES WE HAVE RECEIVED,
DIRECT CONVERSATIONS.
SOME OF YOUR TOWN HALLS HAVE
ALREADY STARTED.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY
ABOUT THE URGENT NEED.
WE HAVE HEARD ALSO FROM STEWARDS
OF PUBLIC SERVICE WITHIN OUR
DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE WAY THAT
THEY'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS THE
IMMEDIATE CRISES AND THE CRISES
PRESENTED THROUGH THE COVID
RESPONSE, THE ECONOMIC CRISIS,
THE CIVIL RIGHTS UPRISING, AND
THE NEED TO INVEST IN TRUE
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THIS MORNING, WE CONTINUE TO
CONVERSATIONS.
WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THE CRISIS
PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE
LAST FIVE YEARS.
AS A REMINDER, EFFICIENT HAD A
DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY OR
HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OVER FIVE YEARS NOW.
THIS AFTERNOON IN SESSION TWO,
WE WILL PIVOT AND TALK TO TWO
DEPARTMENTS ANT VERY IMPORTANT
PRIORITIES ON OTHER SAFETY
MEASURES RELATING TO
INFRASTRUCTURE.
SAFETY IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S
WORK AS THEY FOCUS ON TRANSIT,
TRANSPORTATION, AND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT IS
GOING ON CURRENTLY WITH THE
BRIDGE AND PIER 58.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A
CRITICAL NEED FOR PEOPLE TO DO
OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES AND TRULY
ENJOY GREEN SPACES.
VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT.
THEY WILL BE WITH US THIS
AFTERNOON AS WE LOOK DIRECTLY AT
HOW THE PARKS DEPARTMENTS ARE
RESPONDING TO THE NEED TO
PROVIDE SAFE PLACES FOR FOLKS,
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS
TO GET CLEAN AND SHOWERED.
AND THEY TOO HAVE BEEN DEALING
WITH THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE'S SAFE PLACES FOR PEOPLE
TO STAY SHELTERED.
>>> AND COLLEAGUES, WE
APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK WE HAVE
RECEIVED SO FAR.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND IDEAS
FOR THE PROCESS AS THE BUDGET
PROCESS IS STILL JUST BEGINNING,
PLEASE REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE.
THE CHIEF OF STAFF HAS BEEN
TREMENDOUS ABOUT TALKING TO THE
OFFICES AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK
FOR WAYS TO ENDEAVOR TO MAKE THE
PROCESS TRANSPARENT AND
INCLUSIVE FOR THE PUBLIC AND ALL
OF YOU.
>>> AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S NO
COMMENTS ON THE PREVIEW OF NEXT
WEEK, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
AT THIS MOMENT, IT LOOKS LIKE
THERE IS NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION
THAT NO ONE LAST MINUTE HAS
SIGNED UP.
>> CONFIRMED.
NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE YOU MONITORING
THAT.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
CONTINUES TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT
A POSSIBLE VENUE ON THESE ONLINE
FORUMS.
FOLKS, IF YOU DIDN'T GET A
CHANCE TO SIGN UP, WE'LL HEAR
FROM YOU TUESDAY, 5:30 P.M.
AT
THIS POINT, THE PUBLIC COMMENT
IS CLOSED.
PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM
NUMBER ONE.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, CITY-WIDE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY
MUCH.
WE HAVE A FULL TABLE OF VIRTUAL
TABLE WITH US.
I WILL READ OFF SOME OF THE
NAMES.
THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR
SIXKILLER.
AND TESS COLBY FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
AND JASON JOHNSON, JOE
KASPERSKI.
AND DIANA SALAZAR.
AND MAMI WHAT RA, JESUS AGUIRRE.
JULIE DINGLEY FROM THE BUDGET
OFFICE.
AND OF COURSE, OUR
STEWARD OF THIS CONVERSATION,
DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
COUNSELMEMBER HERBOLD.
AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE
THAT RELATES TO ADDRESSING THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, I WOULD
LOVE TO TURN IT TO YOU FOR
OPENING REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR.
AND IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE THIS
MORNING TO BEGIN THIS CRITICAL
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MOST
PRESSING ISSUE THE CITY IS
FACING.
I THINK THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING
IN THE YEAR LIKE 2020.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE YEAR THAT
HAS SEEN FOUR DECLARATIONS OF
STATES OF CIVIL EMERGENCY, THE
ONE THAT WE BEGAN WITH IN 2020
AND THAT WE WILL HAVE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF 2020 IS THE
MASSIVE CRISIS WE'RE FACING
AROUND HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
AND IT IS BY FAR THE ISSUE THAT
MY OFFICE AND I'M SURE I SPEAK
FOR A NUMBER OF US CONTINUE TO
HEAR THE MOST CONSTITUENT
CONCERN ABOUT.
IT IS THE THING THAT I THINK
REALLY IMPACTS AND AFFECTS ALL
OF THE OTHER POLICY DISCUSSIONS
WE'RE HAVING WHENEVER WE TALK
ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH.
IT IS A MASSIVE CONSIDERATION
THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE
LIVING UNSHELTERED IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MASSIVE
INFLUX OF SMOKE AND THE HAZARD
THAT THAT EXPOSES PEOPLE LIVING
UNSHELTERED TO, WE TALK ABOUT
CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND PEOPLE
HAVE A PLACE TO ISOLATE AND
SECURE IN PLACE FROM COVID-19,
IT PUTS HOMELESSNESS IN THE
FOREFRONT.
AND IT PUTS FRONT AND CENTER THE
AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM
THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THAT WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING ON
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO
HOMELESSNESS THAT FAILURE TO
SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT A HOUSING
FIRST STRATEGY AT SCALE WILL
HAVE LONG-TERM EMERGENCY TRIAGE
COSTS GOING FORWARD TO GET
PEOPLE TO SHELTER TEMPORARILY TO
AVOID THE EXPOSURE TO HAZARDS.
THAT IS AN EXPENSE THE
GOVERNMENTS ARE OCCURRING UNLESS
WE GET A HANDLE ON THIS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING READING
BETWEEN THE LINES OF THE
PRESENTATION WILL GET WORSE WITH
FUTURE PANDEMICS AND FUTURE
CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE
PRESENTATION FROM REVIEWING THE
MATERIALS, THERE WILL BE NEW
RESOURCES FOR LONGER-TERM
SHELTER, RAPID REHOUSING,
HOTELING, AND PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THERE IS ALSO GOING TO BE SOME
NEW PROPOSALS AND REFORMS IN HOW
THE CITY CAN ADJUST THE OUTREACH
STRATEGY TO RESPOND TO SOME OF
THE LONG-TIME COMMUNITY
CRITICISMS AND CONCERNS AROUND
THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND HOW THE
NAVIGATION TEAM HAS BEEN USED AS
AN OUTREACH STRATEGY.
AND THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE
PRESENTATION AS WELL.
WITH THAT, I HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO SEQUENCE THEM THROUGH
THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR THE
OPENING REMARKS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
THE EXECUTIVE PANEL AND FROM
EVERYBODY HERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
QUESTION AS LEAD AS THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE FOR THE
COUNCIL.
IT'S APPRECIATED.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING
MORE FROM YOUR QUESTIONS.
AS I WAS REMINDED THAT I
REMEMBERED THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS NONHOMELESSNESS
RELATED ISSUES.
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY
MAYOR SIXKILLER.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THANK YOU.
DEPUTY MAYOR, PLEASE TAKE IT
AWAY.
.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE'RE HEAR TO DISCUSS THE
MAYOR'S HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE
PROPOSAL FOR 2021.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO
SPEAK TODAY.
THE MAYOR'S 2021 BUDGET IS AN
INVESTMENT IN A FRAMEWORK TO
MOVE FROM HOMELESSNESS TO
HOUSING.
IT MAINTAINS DEINTENSIFIED
SHELTERS TO HELP SLOW THE SPREAD
OF COVID-19.
IT TAKES A NEXT STEP IN THE
CITY'S COVID RESPONSE BY
CREATING MORE SAFE SPACES,
INVESTING IN HOTEL ROOMS AND
SHELTERS CONNECTED TO INCREASE
RAPID REHOUSING DOLLARS AND PHU
UNITS.
IT HELPS PEOPLE LIVING
UNSHELTERED CONNECT TO SAFER
SHELTER AND MOVE TO HOUSING.
TODAY, WE'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF
SUMMARY OF THE CITY-WIDE
HOMELESSNESS SPENDING.
AND THEN DO A DEEPER DIVE ON THE
COMPONENTINGS OF THE 2021
HOMELESSNESS BUDGET.
FUND SOURCE, SEMIRI, BUDGET
PROGRAMS AND CHANGES TO THE
BUDGET IN COMPARISON TO THE 2020
ADOPTED BUDGET.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR ONGOING
COVID-19 RESPONSE, WHICH I THINK
IS IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR
FOLLOWING US ON WHAT WE'RE
PROPOSING FOR 2021.
AS WELL AS FOLLOWING UP AND
PROVIDING DETAIL OF THE
ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY ABOUT
2021 INVESTMENTS IN EMERGENCY
SHELTER AND PREVENTION
INVESTMENTS, OUR OUTREACH
STRATEGY FOR 2021.
AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY AND OUR
RACIAL EQUITY IMPACTS FOR 2021
INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE TRIED TO STREAMLINE THE
PRESENTATION TO GET THROUGH IT.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE
TO RESPOND TO THOSE.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, IF WE
COULD GET THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION AND TAKE QUESTIONS,
THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY.
BUT WE DEFER TO YOU IF YOU WANT
US TO STOP AND TAKE QUESTIONS.
WITH THAT, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE
HERE AND READY TO GET GOING.
>> THANK YOU.
AND COLLEAGUES, AS WE HAVE DONE
IN THE PAST, PLEASE DO SAVE SORT
OF YOUR LONGER COMMENTS FOR THE
END.
BUT HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN
CLARIFYING QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT.
IT HELPS INFORM OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF THE MATERIAL
AND THE DATA IN FRONT OF US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU
HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ASK.
LET'S CONTINUE.
>> GREAT.
THE FIRST SLIDE.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE WANTED TO START THE
CONVERSATION IN ANCHORING IN
WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE
WE'RE GOING WITH RESPONSE TO THE
INVESTMENTS.
YOU HAVE SEEN A VERSION OF THIS
CHART OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS.
MOST RECENTLY IN JUNE.
THESE AMOUNTS WITH THE CITY-WIDE
TOTAL SPENDING FOR HOMELESSNESS
AND INCLUDE INVESTMENTS FROM 11
CITY DEPARTMENTS.
FOR 2021, IT INVESTS $ $151.7
MILLION IN HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE.
$39.3 MILLION FOR COVID-19
RESPONSE.
AND OVERALL, THIS IS AN INCREASE
OF NEARLY $42.5 MILLION OVER
2020 ADOPTED.
IT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE
INVESTMENTS FROM 2017.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY'S
CONVERSATION, WE'LL FOCUS ON
WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN FUNDING OR
A CHANGE IN POLICY.
WE'RE NOT INTENDING TO HIGHLIGHT
ALL OF THE AREAS OF SPENDING.
SO NOT ALL 11 CITY DEPARTMENTS'
SPENDING.
IF POLICY OR FUNDING IS
UNCHANGED, WE'RE NOT INTENDING
TO TOUCH ON THAT.
BUT WE COULD GET BACK TO YOU IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
FIRST, THE CHANGES IN HSD'S
BUDGET.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS ZOOMING IN AS A PORTION
OF THAT OVERALL $151.7 SPENDING,
THE LION SHARE IS $135.2 MILLION
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
OF THAT AMOUNT, $39.3 IS
ONE-TIME COVID-19 SPENDING
RELIEF.
THIS IS THE SMALLER PIE TO THE
RIGHT.
THIS IS COMPRISED OF $23.5
MILLION FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES
GRANT.
THIS IS A FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT.
$3 MILLION OF THIS AWARD --
SORRY.
LET ME BACK UP.
OVERALL, THE AWARD WAS $26
MILLION.
$3 MILLION IN THE THIRD QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL FOR 2020 USE.
AND $23 MILLION IS REPRESENTED
HERE.
P.
>> JULIE, SORRY, PLEASE CONTINUE
ON THE SLIDE.
BUT I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS HAS A QUESTION.
I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> NO, IT IS ME.
>> OH, GOOD.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE
LAST SLIDE, PLEASE.
I WANT TO ASK CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS HERE.
I AM SURE THE MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL WOULD BE
INTERESTED.
THE EMERGENCY BRACKET HERE.
WHAT DOES THAT ENCOMPASS?
IS THAT LIKE 911 RESPONSE
SERVICES?
IS IT LIKE EMT AND POLICE, FIRE,
OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE?
AND THEN HOW BROAD, FOR MY
SECOND QUESTION, HOW BROAD IS
THE HOUSING AND PREVENTION?
ARE THOSE PERMANENT SUPPORT I
HOUSING INVESTMENTS?
OR DOES THAT INCLUDE SHELTER
SYSTEMS AND TINY HOUSES.
>> GREAT QUESTION.
I'M HAPPY TO CLARIFY.
THANK YOU.
WE STARTED DEFINING THE
HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENTS OUTSIDE
OF THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
OUR DEFINING CRITERIA WERE WOULD
THE SERVICE EXIST, BUT FOR THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
SO IS THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS
THE REASON WHY THE SERVICES ARE
HERE?
SO USING THAT LENS, WE DON'T
INCLUDE 911 CALLS.
THAT SERVICE WOULD EXIST WITH OR
WITHOUT A HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
IN THE EMERGENCY CATEGORY, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT UNSHELTERED
RESPONSE, OUTREACH CONTRACTS,
SHELTER HYGIENE AND DAY CENTERS,
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
AND IN THE HOUSING BUCKET, IN
PARTICULAR, WE HAVE THE
DIVERSION AND PREVENTION
DOLLARS, HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER
AT O.H., THE PERMANENT SUPPORT
OF HOUSING SERVICES DOLLARS.
WE DON'T COUNT THE HOUSING
INVESTMENTS.
AND WE HAVE THE SERVICES DOLLARS
THERE.
AND WE HAVE RAPID REHOUSING.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT
CLARIFICATION.
I THINK IT IS INTERESTING JUST
TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION THIS
EARLY THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE
2017, THE HOUSING INTERVENTIONS
APPEAR TO -- OR FUNDING REMAINED
MOSTLY CONSISTENT.
BUT THE EMERGENCY FUNDING HAS
GONE WAY UP.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING, I THINK,
COMMENT ON MORE BROADLY SOME OF
THE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE NEED
TO SEE IN HOUSING AND PREVENTION
MAYBE TO PREVENT THE NEED FOR
SOME OF THE EMERGENCY
INVESTMENTS.
I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION
THAT EMERGENCY INCLUDES
TRANSITIONAL SHELTER.
I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT.
SO THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, THE
24/7 SHELTERINGS, THOSE ARE
EMERGENCY INVESTMENTS UNDER THIS
CHART?
.
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> OF COURSE.
SO WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE
$23.5 MILLION FROM THE EMERGENCY
SERVICES GRANT.
THE ESG DOLLARS.
THERE'S ON THE PIE IN THE DARKER
BLUE THAT YOU SEE HERE $5.85
MILLION FROM THE THIRD AND FINAL
ALLOCATION FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FROM THE C.A.R.E.S.
ACT.
THIS IS THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DOLLARS.
THESE FUNDS WERE AWARDED LATE TO
THE CITY.
THEY ARE FACTORED IN TO THE
SPENDING PLAN THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT TODAY.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE
ACTUAL PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL
ON AN AMENDMENT TO GET THE
DOLLARS IN THERE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO COMPARE TO
BUDGET BOOK VERSUS TODAY,
THERE'S A $5.8 MILLION
DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S COMING FROM.
MY APOLOGIES, WE COULDN'T GET IT
IN THERE AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AND FINALLY,THERE'S $10 MILLION
HERE, AND THIS IS FROM THE JOINT
$45 MILLION COVID-19 RELIEF
SPENDING PLAN AGREED TO BETWEEN
THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE
MAYOR.
THAT'S $8 MILLION FOR RENTING
ASSISTANCE AND $2 MILLION FOR
THE SUPPORT.
AND WE'LL GET INTO THE SPECIFICS
OF HOW THE DOLLARS WILL BE
SPENT.
I WANT TO REITERATE A NOTE THAT
DIRECTOR NOBLE MADE ON WEDNESDAY
THAT THE 2021 BUDGET DOES NOT
RELY ON FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED REVISED
GUIDANCE FROM FEMA THAT WE DON'T
FEEL COMFORTABLE PROJECTING
REIMBURSEMENTS TO 2021, SO WE
HAVEN'T DONE SO.
WE ARE READING THEIR GUIDANCE,
WHICH IS STATING THAT THEY WANT
US TO SHIFT FUNDING ON TO OTHER
ELIGIBLE FEDERAL SPENDING
SOURCES.
SO THE BUDGET IS DOING JUST
THAT.
WE ARE SHIFTING TO ESG TO
SUPPORT THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE
OTHERWISE BE SUPPORTED WITH FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT IN 2020.
>> JULIE, DO YOU NOT FEEL
COMFORTABLE INCLUDES THE FEMA
DOLLARS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW
IF IT WILL COME, OR YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL BE?
>> THE GUIDANCE AT THIS POINT
FROM THE FEDS IS THEY HAVE
REMOVED AN END DATE FOR FEMA
FROM REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE
EMERGENCY WINDOW THAT THEY WILL
ENTERTAIN ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.
AND
INSTEAD, IT'S RELIANT UPON THE
PUBLIC HEALTH DATE, WHICH IS
ONLY EXTENDED IN 90-DAY
INCREMENTS.
AT THIS POINT, GIVEN ALL THAT WE
KNOW AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM
THE EXPERTS AND THE TEAM IN
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,
WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE
FORECASTING THAT FEMA IS
ENTERTAINING THE ELIGIBLE COSTS
PAST THE END OF 2020.
THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE NEXT
MONTH.
BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
>> WE WILL KEEP ADVOCATING FOR
THAT.
>> YEAH.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT
OVER TO JOE KASPERSKI, THE CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER OF HSD WORKING
THROUGH THE CHANGES IN THE
BUDGET STRUCTURE AND THE
SPECIFICS ON THE SPENDING.
THANK YOU.
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, JULIE.
AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE,
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HSD'S
PROPOSED HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENT
STRATEGY.
AS A BRIEF INTRODUCTION, I HAVE
HAD THE PRIVILEGE AS BEING
SELECTED FOR THE CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER IN FEBRUARY.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING YOU AND YOUR STAFF AS
WE OPEN UP THE NEXT CHAPTER IN
OUR CONTINUED EFFORTS IN
ENSURING ALL THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE ARE HOUSED.
THE FISCAL YEAR PROPOSED BUDGET
REFLECTS THE PASSION AND
PRIORITY OF THE CITY TO END
HOMELESSNESS.
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
CONTINUES THE MOMENTUM AND THE
FUNDING SOURCES WE HAVE GAINED
IN RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
WE WILL SEEK YOUR SUPPORT AND
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROPOSED
BUDGET, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF
$75.9 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM
THE GENERAL FUND AND $59.3
MILLION FROM EXTERNAL FUNDING
SOURCES.
THIS PROPOSAL ALSO REFLECTS
NAVIGATION OF THE NORMAL
ELIMINATION OF SEVEN POSITIONS
AND THE TRANSFER OF SIX POCKETS
TO THE PROPOSED SAFETY COMMUNITY
DIVISION THAT WAS INTRODUCED
YESTERDAY BY DIRECTOR JOHNSON
AND WILL BE DISCUSSED IN
SUBSEQUENT SLIDES.
PENDING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I
HAVE INTRODUCED AND WILL TURN
OVER THE PRESENTATION TO
DIRECTOR JOHNSON TO DISCUSS AND
GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE DETAILS OF
THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
AND TIME.
>> THANK YOU, JOE.
I DO WANT TO ASK A QUESTION THAT
I BELIEVE YOU ALREADY COVERED.
BUT CAN YOU TELL US IF THIS
BUDGET, HOW MUCH OF THE BUDGET
PARALLELS TO INVESTMENTS IN THE
OTHER AUTHORITY?
IS THERE A COMPLEMENT RI AMOUNT
RESERVED FOR REGIONAL AUTHORITY
INVESTMENTS?
>> YES.
AS THE TRANSITION OCCURS DURING
FISCAL YEAR 2021 FOR THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY, IF I
UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION
CORRECTLY, WE ARE COMMITTING OF
THIS $120.4 MILLION MANAGED BY
KING COUNTY REGIONAL HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
THE TRANSITION, OVERCOME, HAS
BEEN DELAYED DUE TO OUR EFFORTS
AND FOCUS BOTH BY THE CITY AND
KING COUNTY ON RESPONDING TO ALL
OF THE PANDEMICS AND CRISIS THAT
WE WITNESSED DURING THIS PAST
YEAR.
THAT TRANSFER IS ANTICIPATED TO
OCCUR DURING THE FIRST PERIOD OF
FISCAL YEAR 2021.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I
APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ASKING THIS IN
ADVANCE OF YOU, I HAVE NOT BEEN
BRIEFED.
AND DEPUTY MAYOR, IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO ADD.
$120.4 MILLION OF THE $151.7 AT
SOME POINT WOULD TRANSITION TO
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY WHEN THE
AUTHORITY IS STOOD UP.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS JASON JOHNSON WITH THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> AND JASON, JUST VERY QUICKLY
ON THAT.
I'M SORRY.
I GET THE DELAY.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN THROWN OUT
OF ANY SORT OF PLAN THAT WE HAD
PRIOR TO COVID.
I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT.
DO WE HAVE A GENERAL SENSE OF
WHAT THE NEW ESTIMATED DATE FOR
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY MAY BE IN
2021?
>> YEAH.
AS THE DEPUTY MAYOR MENTIONED,
WE'LL COVER A NUMBER OF TOPICS
IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND THE KINGS COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY IS ONE OF
THOSE TOPICS.
SO I PLAN TO REVIEW THE STANDUP
ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED TO
DATE, THE TIME LINE FOR HIRING A
CEO, THE DELAY OF BOTH THE
TRANSITION OF INVESTMENTS AND
STAFFING TO AN UNKNOWN DATE, AT
THIS POINT, WHICH -- BUT I PLAN
ON GOING INTO THOSE DETAILS
LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
.
>> THAT'S HELPFUL.
THANK YOU FOR PULLING THAT UP.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A SLIDE TOWARD
THE END.
I JUST WANTED TO ORIENT US AS TO
WHEN AND IF THAT MAY HAPPEN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'LL COVER IT
IN DETAIL.
THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT
AS A FRAMING PIECE.
COUNCILMEMBER
GONZCEZ, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
TO ADD?
>> JUST THAT JASON IS GOING TO
COVER IT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
THERE HAS BEEN AS A REMINDER TO
COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
AND I SERVE REPRESENTING THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL ON THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY GOVERNING COMMITTEE.
THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.
AND WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF
CONVERSATIONS IN PUBLIC MEETINGS
ABOUT SOME OF THESE DELAYS.
I WOULD SAY IT'S TWO-FOLD.
ONE IS CERTAINLY BECAUSE OF THE
NEED TO SHIFT RESOURCES OVER THE
COVID AND THE REGIONAL RESPONSE
TO THAT.
BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN SOME DELAY
RELATED TO FINDING THE SEARCH
FOR THE CEO.
AND THERE WERE ISSUES RELATED TO
THE LIVED EXPERIENCE FOLKS NOT
HAVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN
TERMS OF STAFFING AND RESOURCES
NEEDED IN ORDER FOR THEM TO
CONTINUE TO MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE
IN SOME OF THE IMPORTANT ISSUES
MOVING FORWARD.
ALL OF THAT TO MEAN THAT THERE
IS A MIXTURE OF FACTORS THAT
HAVE LED TO A LITTLE BIT OF
DELAY IN TERMS OF SETTING UP THE
RHA.
BUT I CONTINUE TO HAVE
CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE ON THE
RIGHT TRACK AND ON THE RIGHT
PATH TO BEING ABLE TO DO THAT
PRETTY CLOSE TO WHEN THE
ORIGINAL TIME LINE WAS SET.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT
SOMETIME WITHIN THE FIRST
QUARTER, IN FACT, OF 2021 WE'LL
BE ABLE TO HAVE A CLEARER SENSE
OF WHO THE LEADER WILL BE FOR
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, WHICH IS
THE NEXT STEP THAT WE NEED TO
TAKE IN ORDER TO REALLY STAND UP
THAT EFFORT.
IF I MISSTATED ANYTHING OR
OVERSTATED SOMETHING, DIRECTOR
JOHNSON WILL BE AT THE READY TO
PROVIDE UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND
THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US
ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
ON THE RHA AND FOR THAT FRAMING.
THAT'S HELPFUL CONTEXT.
APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY.
DIRECTOR JOHNSON, BACK TO YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND GOOD MORNING.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
FIRST, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S A
CHANGE TO HOW WE HAVE PACKAGED
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BY PROGRAM
AREA.
SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THIS SORT OF
PACKAGED DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU
HAVE IN 2020 OR YEARS PAST.
IN 2020 AND PREVIOUS YEARS, HSD
BUDGETED THE BUDGET FOR HOMELESS
INVESTMENT BUCKETED INTO THREE
PROGRAMS, SHELTER AND HOUSING,
HOMELESS PREVENTION AND SUPPORT,
AND THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
IN 2021, THE BUDGET WILL BE
REORGANIZED TO ADDRESS THE
TRANSITION OF HOMELESS SERVICES
TO THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY AND SHOW THE
BUDGET THAT WILL REMAIN.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE, THERE
ARE FOUR PROGRAM AREAS WITHIN
HSD'S ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS
LEVEL.
THREE WILL STAY WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND BE ADMINISTERED BY
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THOSE INCLUDE CITY-MANAGED
HOMELESS PROGRAMS SUCH AS HEALTH
CARE FOR THE HOMELESS, WHICH IS
FUNDED THROUGH OUR CONTRACT WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH.
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE
LIVING WITH AIDS.
THIS IS A FEDERAL GRANT THAT IS
MANAGED BY THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BE MANAGED BY THE
DEPARTMENT.
AND ALSO FUNDING TO SUPPORT
OPERATIONS OF THE HOUSING
CONNECTOR PROGRAM.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A SMALL
NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO BE MANAGED INSIDE
THE DEPARTMENT.
I WANTED TO CALL THOSE OUT HERE.
THERE WILL BE SOME CONTRACT
OVERSIGHT AND ADMINISTRATION
BUDGET.
HSD ADMINISTRATION, THAT'S
STAFFING AND INTERNAL
OPERATIONS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD THE
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS BUDGET
AND WILL -- WHEN THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY IS READY, ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT FOR MAJORITY OF OUR
CONTRACTS AND INVESTMENTS TO
HOMELESSNESS WITH THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
AND WE NEED A TEAM TO STAY IN
THE HUMAN SERVICES TO MANAGE
THOSE CONTRACTS, MANAGE THAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
AND TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP AND
PLANNING THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS
AND THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS WITH THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
AND THEN ALSO, UNSHELTERED
OUTREACH AND RESPONSE.
SO THIS IS A HOMELESS OUTREACH
TEAM THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN
A SLIDE TO COME.
AND THIS IS $1.3 MILLION TO
SUPPORT THAT OUTREACH TEAM.
AND THIS IS ALSO THE PDA'S
LEAD CONTRACT.
THAT CONTRACT TOTALLING $6.2
MILLION WILL CONTINUE TO BE
MANAGED BY THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY PROGRAM SHOWS
THE BUDGET THAT WILL BE
CONTRACTED TO THIS NEW ENTITY
WHEN IT BECOMES OPERATIONAL IN
2021.
SO AS I MENTIONED, HSD WILL
HOLD A CONTRACT WITH THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM
INVESTMENTS AND REGIONAL
AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATION,
STAFFING AND OPERATIONS.
THE FULL BUDGET, WHICH AGAIN,
INCLUDES ADMINISTRATION,
CONTRACTS, AND ONE-TIME COVID
FUNDS WILL ALL BE SENT TO THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY WHEN IT'S
READY VIA A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY AND THE CITY.
OF THE $120.4 MILLION
BUDGETED IN 2021, $39.3 MILLION
IS ONE-TIME COVID FUNDS.
$81.1 MILLION IS THE BASE
FUNDING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO CALL THIS OUT
BECAUSE THE $120 MILLION IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SUSTAINED
AT THIS POINT.
AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THE ROUGHLY $80 MILLION,
$81.1 MILLION, IS THE BASE FUND
AMOUNT THAT WE CAN EXPECT TO
CONTINUE AND BE CONTRACTED WITH
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY OVER A
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
SO TODAY WE'LL FOCUS ON, AS
JULIE MENTIONED, SOME OF THE
CHANGES OCCURRING, EITHER FROM
THE BUDGET OR POLICY
PERSPECTIVE.
AND THOSE FOCUS AREAS WILL
REALLY CENTER ON SHELTER,
OUTREACH, COVID-19 RESPONSE, AND
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY.
BECAUSE THESE PROGRAMS REALLY
HAVE A LARGE BUDGET AND PROGRAM
CHANGES WE WANT TO GO THROUGH
WITH YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY.
SO THIS SLIDE, THERE IS A $45.15
MILLION INCREASE TO THE
HOMELESSNESS BUDGET.
AS MENTIONED, $39.3 OF THIS IS
ONE-TIME EMERGENCY COVID-19
RESPONSE RESOURCES.
$10 MILLION OF THAT IS CITY
COVID RELIEF.
THAT INCLUDES $8 MILLION IN RENT
ASSISTANCE.
AND $2 MILLION FOR SHELTE
PROVIDER SUPPORT.
THERE IS $23.5 MILLION IN ESG.
AS JULIE MENTIONED, $3 MILLION
OF THIS $26 MILLION GRANT IS
GOING TO BE ALLOCATED IN 2020.
AND THEN $5.9 MILLION OF
THIS $39.3 MILLION IS COMING
FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK.
AND THIS BUDGET INCLUDES $2.75
IN ONGOING GENERAL FUND TO
SUPPORT SHELTER PROGRAMS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES $1.5 MILLION TO
CONTINUE ONE-TIME FUNDED
PROGRAMS THAT WERE FUNDED IN
2020 WITH ONE-TIME FUNDING.
WE'RE CONTINUING $1.5 MILLION
WORTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS.
AND THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE PROGRAMS SUCH AS
HOMELESS CENTER OPERATIONS,
HOMELESS SHELTER PROGRAMS, AS
WELL AS HOMELESS OUTREACH.
AND THEN FINALLY, THIS
INCLUDES $1.6 MILLION TO PROVIDE
THE 1.9% CONTRACT INFLATION
RATE.
I MENTIONED THIS YESTERDAY, BUT
IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT THIS
INFLATION AREA ADJUSTMENT WILL
TRANSFER TO THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY WHEN
WE TRANSITION THOSE CONTRACTS
OVER TO THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
SO IMPORTANT TO JUST
RESTATE THAT THE 1.9% CONTRACT
INFLATION RATE WILL BE ADDED TO
HSD CONTRACTS AND THOSE CONTRACT
AMOUNTS WILL BE TRANSITIONED
OVER TO THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
AUTHORITY, INCLUDING THE
CONTRACT INFLATION.
>> DR. JOHNSON, I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THIS,
BUT FOR HIGHLIGHTING IT.
I THINK YOUR CLARIFICATION TODAY
AND YESTERDAY SHOULD PUT AT EASE
MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE
HEARD.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY
CLEAR.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT
COMMENT PUBLIC AGAIN.
AND I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT WAY FOR US TO
HELP CREATE STABILITY IN THE
ORGANIZATIONS AND ADDRESS THE
COST OF LIVING IN OUR AREA FOR
SOME OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS
THAT WE KNOW ARE ON THE LOWER
END OF THE WAGE SCALE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND THE SKILLS ARE INCREDIBLY
VALUE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS ISSUE.
SO WE'RE ALSO TRANSFERRING
$976,000 OF BUDGET FROM THE
NAVIGATION TEAM TO THE SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITIES DIVISION,
ALONG WITH FOUR POSITIONS
REPURPOSED IN THE NEW DIVISION.
THERE WERE ALSO SOME
REDUCTIONS.
$1.3 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS TO
MEET CITY BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
THERE IS A REDUCTION TO THE
CONTINUUM OF CARE ADMINISTRATIVE
FUNDING.
THIS IS FUNDING THAT SUPPORTS
ALL HOME STAFFING, SUPPORTS OUR
HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
SYSTEM, AND COORDINATED ENTRY.
AND THERE WAS A REDUCTION TO THE
PARKING MITIGATION PROGRAM.
THERE WAS ONE-TIME FUNDING FOR
THE PROGRAM IN 2020 THAT WE ARE
NOT CONTINUING IN 2021.
IN 2021, THE PART-TIME
OUTREACH STAFF, CASE MANAGEMENT,
AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR
THIS PARKING MITIGATION PROGRAM
WILL BE MERGED INTO THE URBAN
LEAGUE GENERAL OUTREACH
CONTRACT.
AGAIN, NOT THE FUNDING, BUT THE
PROGRAMMING THAT IS IN PLACE
THROUGH OUR CONTRACT WITH THE
URBAN LEAGUE.
THIS SHOULD STREAMLINE
ACTIVITIES AND REDUCE
ADMINISTRATIVE COST AND SERVICE
DUPLICATION.
THERE HAVE BEEN OPERATIONAL
DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN PARTIES.
AND TO DATE, THE PROGRAM HAS NOT
CONTRIBUTED TO HOUSING OUTCOMES
OR REFERRALS INTO SAFE PARKING
PROGRAMS.
THE ACTIVITIES FUNDED THROUGH
THE $100,000 CONTRACT DO NOT
DIRECTLY ADD TO THOSE OUTCOMES.
AND THEREFORE, SHOULD NOT RESULT
IN A SERVICE REDUCTION.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE '21
BUDGET HAS SEVEN VACANT
POSITIONS.
THESE SEVEN VACANT POSITIONS IN
THE HOMELESS STRATEGY AND
INVESTMENT DIVISION ARE PART OF
THE OVERALL BUDGET REDUCTION IN
THE HOMELESSNESS BSL.
NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY.
SO THE $41.3 MILLION IN
REGIONAL INVESTMENTS TO MEET
PUBLIC HEALTH AND CDC GUIDELINES
AND REDUCE THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19.
WITH $38.3 MILLION IN ONE-TIME
FUNDING, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
REALLY FOCUS ON REDUCING THE
SPREAD OF COVID-19 AMONG OUR
HOMELESS NEIGHBORS AND THROUGH
THE SHELTER NETWORK.
WE WERE, AS YOU RECALL THIS
YEAR, ABLE TO OPEN 95 NEW
SHELTER UNITS IN THE SPRING.
AND WE RELOCATED OVER 350
BEDS TO DEINTENSIFY THE SHELTER
SPACES, CONGREGATE SHELTER
SPACES.
WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN SHELTER
SERVICES AND CONTRACT
FLEXIBILITY.
WE DID THIS THROUGH, I THINK,
THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE
PARTNERSHIP WE HAD WITH KING
COUNTY TO SHELTER PEOPLE IN
HOTELS.
HSD CHANGED OUR CONTRACTS TO
ALLOW CITY SERVICE DOLLARS TO
FOLLOW CLIENTS WHO WERE
SHELTERED IN HOTEL ROOMS, OFTEN
OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE.
THAT FLEXIBILITY THAT WE
WERE ABLE TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO
PROVIDERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
KING COUNTY REALLY ALLOWED THAT
HOTEL EFFORT, THAT REGIONAL
HOTEL EFFORT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
WE HELPED PROVIDERS CREATE SAFER
SPACES AND MAINTAIN CHANGES
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND
INCREASED PREVENTION AND RENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
COUNCIL HAS ALREADY VOTED ON OR
SEEN ALL OF THESE INVESTMENTS.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT THE EFFORTS THAT ARE IN THE
2021 BUDGET REALLY BUILD ON THE
WORK THAT WAS CONDUCTED THIS
YEAR DURING THE PANDEMIC.
I DO ALSO WANT TO JUST
HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE $3
MILLION TO STAND UP NEW CON
CONGREGATE SHELTER AND HOTEL
CAPACITY.
WE MENTIONED THAT $3
MILLION OF THE $26 MILLION ESG
GRANT IS GOING TO BE USED IN
2020.
AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NEW
INVESTMENT FOR -- THAT WILL
BEGIN IN 2020.
AND THIS SHOULD ADD NEW SHELTER
CAPACITY IN SOME HOTEL ROOMS
THAT WE EXPECT TO BE ONLINE BY
THE END OF 2020.
THE CITY IS LOOKING AT
PARTNERSHIPS TO HOST SHELTERS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEW SHELTER
CAPACITY JUST YESTERDAY.
IT'S CRITICAL TO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT AGENCIES IN SUSTAINING
THESE CHANGES IN 2021 SO THAT
OUR COMMUNITY CAN SAFELY SHELTER
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
AND WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE
BIT MORE DETAIL IN FUTURE SLIDES
ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING FROM THE MAYOR'S 2021
BUDGET AND WHAT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
WORKING ON AND WORKING ON IN
CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF
OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDERS IS THAT
WE HAVE CURRENTLY A SHELTER
SYSTEM THAT HAS JUST UNDER 1500
BEDS.
TO BE SPECIFIC, 1479 SHELTER
BEDS.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE JUST OVER 1700
BEDS AVAILABLE BY THE END OF
2020.
THESE ARE NOT ALL ONLINE AT THIS
POINT.
BUT WE DO EXPECT TO CREATE
ADDITIONAL SHELTER CAPACITY.
THE 2021 BUDGET --.
>> DIRECTOR --.
>> -- BUILDING ON THESE AMOUNTS
AND WILL ADD MORE HOTEL UNITS,
MORE RAPID REHOUSING VOUCHERS,
AND MORE DIVERSION INVESTMENTS.
OVERALL, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW
THAT THE '21 BUDGET CALLS OUT AN
INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO MAINTAIN
WHAT WE'RE DOING DURING THE
COVID PANDEMIC, BUILD ADDITIONAL
SHELTER CAPACITY SO THAT WE CAN
GET OUR UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS
INDOORS SAFELY, AND BUILD ON
OPPORTUNITIES TO UNCREASE OUT OF
SHELTER AND INTO HOUSING THROUGH
THE ADDITION OF RAPID REHOUSING
AND AN INTENTIONAL CONNECTION TO
THE PERMANENT SUPPORT OF HOUSING
UNITS.
>> DIRECTOR JOHNSON, THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO THE
SLIDES ON 2021, JUST WANTED TO
FOLLOW UP ON A QUESTION THAT I
ASKED DIRECTOR NOBLE ON
WEDNESDAY.
AND IT MIGHT BE A MORE
APPROPRIATE QUESTION FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION COME FROM
SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS ABOUT
THE $26.5 MILLION IN NEW
C.A.R.E.S.
ACT FUNDING AND A
CONCERN THAT THEY WANTED TO KNOW
HOW FRONT LINE PROVIDERS MIGHT
BE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT THOUSAND ALLOCATE THE
DOLLARS TO THE EXPANSE FOR
SHELTER.
IS THAT REFLECTED HERE?
>> IT IS REFLECTED HERE.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT
PROCESS HAS BEEN A CONTINUED
DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION
BETWEEN DIANA SALAZAR, WHO IS ON
WITH US TODAY.
SHE IS IS DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR
THE HOMELESS STRATEGY AND
INVESMENT DIVISION.
SHE AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN IN
CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE WITH OUR
CONTRACTED AGENCY PROVIDERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, STARTING IN
MARCH, IT HAS BEEN A VERY
INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO BE IN
DIALOGUE WITH OUR
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO -- SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, UNDERSTAND
AND SUPPORT CHANGES THAT THEY
NEEDED TO MAKE TO PROGRAMMING TO
MAKE SPACES SAFE.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD THE
PPE THAT THEY NEEDED TO ENSURE
THAT SERVICES SUCH AS FOOD
DELIVERY AND OTHERS ARE IN
PLACE.
AND SO THERE HAS BEEN A
CONTINUOUS ENGAGEMENT WITH
COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AS WE
HAVE -- THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
I WOULD SAY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
LOOKING FORWARD AND LOOKING INTO
2021, THAT CONVERSATION REALLY
STARTED THROUGH THE RFP THAT
TOOK PLACE IN ALLOCATING 2021
COVID EMERGENCY RESPONSE
DOLLARS.
AND THAT EFFORT WAS A VERY
INTENTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH
PROVIDERS.
AND IT WAS REALLY TRYING TO LOOK
AT PROGRAM BY PROGRAM, SHELTER
BY SHELTER, WHAT NEEDS DO YOU
HAVE CURRENTLY?
WHAT EXPENSES HAVE YOU ALREADY,
YOU KNOW, USED IN ORDER TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE GUESTS AT EACH
SHELTER ARE SAFE.
AND LOOKING AT THE FUTURE, WHAT
IS NEEDED TO CONTINUE OR
MAINTAIN AND SUSTAIN THOSE
EFFORTS?
LIKEWISE, WHAT ADDITIONAL IDEAS,
WHAT ADDITIONAL HELP WOULD BE
NEEDED TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESS
THAT WE HAVE HAD IN 2020?
AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF DIANA
AND HER TEAM.
THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB
TO STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH
THE CONTRACT PROVIDERS, TO STAY
IN DAILY COMMUNICATION WITH THE
FOLKS AT KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT
OF COMMUNITY AND HUMAN SERVICES.
AND TO STAY IN REGULAR
COMMUNICATION WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH.
SO I WOULD SAY THE ENGAGEMENT IS
DEEP.
IT IS CONTINUOUS.
IT IS DAILY, WEEKLY.
AND SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS
THE QUESTION.
BUT I SEE THE ENGAGEMENT THAT
HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE AS ONE
THAT IS EVER PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR JOHNSON.
I APPRECIATE THAT THERE HAS BEEN
REGULAR ENGAGEMENT.
I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING FROM
STAKE HOLDERS IS CONCERN THAT IT
HASN'T BEEN A COORDINATED BODY
TO IDENTIFY WHAT WAS NEEDED
EARLY, HOW DO WE INVEST IN HOLES
IN THE SYSTEM AND COORDINATE
AMONG ENTITIES.
I FLAGGED THAT AND PERHAPS IT'S
A CONVERSATION TO HAVE OFFLINE
WITH MS. SALAZAR AND YOURSELF.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY
AN AREA THAT I HAVE PURVIEW
OVER.
BUT WHEN IT RELATES TO THE
BUDGET, IF THERE'S A
COORDINATION EFFORT OR
INVESTMENT WE NEED TO MAKE FOR
THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS SO
THERE'S A TABLE GETTING THE
FEEDBACK TO YOU AND HAVING THE
FRONT LINE PROVIDERS GIVE
REALTIME AND REAL LIFE
EXPERIENCE ABOUT THE NEED,
ESPECIALLY AS COVID CONTINUES TO
SPIKE THIS FALL, I THINK HEARING
SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS MAKES ME
ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE
NEED TO DO IN THE BUDGET TO
SUPPORT THE COORDINATION AND THE
ENGAGEMENT.
IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE IT MORE
COORDINATED IS THE CONCERN THAT
I'M HEARING.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU.
AND I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS
MORE THAT WE CAN DO TO BE BETTER
COORDINATED WITH OUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND WITH KING COUNTY.
THE DIRECTOR OF DCHS AND I LAST
YEAR REALLY STOOD UP A FORUM
WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF
CONTRACTED AGENCIES IN THE CITY
AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS -- IN
SPRING, WE REALLY HAD TO PIVOT
FROM A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY TO CONTINUOUS
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR RESPONSE
TO COVID-19.
AND LEO AND I HAVE
RECONVENED THAT GROUP
SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
SPACE FOR THESE REGIONAL
CONVERSATIONS TO TAKE PLACE.
WE DID HOLD A MEETING LAST
MONTH.
WE TALKED AT A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL
ABOUT ESG SPECIFICALLY.
AND WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU IS
THE STRATEGIES FOR HOW WE ARE
GOING TO BE USING ESG AS
OUTLINED IN THE 2021 BUDGET THAT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS IN
ALIGNMENT WITH HOW THE COUNTY IS
GOING TO BE USING THEIR ESG
DOLLARS IN 2021.
SO REALLY FOCUSED ON
NONCONGREGATE SHELTERMENT.
AND FOCUSING ON THE RAPID
REHOUSING AND HOUSING THROUGHPUT
OUT OF SHELTERS.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD?
.
>> THANK YOU.
DIRECTOR JOHNSON, LAST TIME YOU
AND I SPOKE ABOUT ADDING
NONCONGREGATE SHELTER, HOTELING,
I RECALL YOU TELLING ME THAT THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE IN
THE CITY DOING MORE TO SUPPORT
THAT MODEL WAS STAFFING IN OUR
PROVIDER COMMUNITY.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT AND HOW YOU THINK WE'LL BE
ABLE TO ADDRESS IT?
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS SOMETHING I AM
ALWAYS, ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT.
I KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY THIS
YEAR DURING THIS COVID-19
PANDEMIC OUR COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS ARE STRETCHED.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOKED
AT OUR RESPONSE TO COVID, AS WE
LOOKED TO THE SHORT-TERM, BUT
IMPORTANT RESPONSE TO AIR
QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE,
AGAIN, AS WE CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGE
WITH OUR COMMUNITY-BASED
PARTNERS, WE'RE HEARING FROM
THEM THAT THEY ARE REALLY AT
CAPACITY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO IN RELATION TO THESE NEW
SHELTER EFFORTS AND I'LL GO INTO
A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT
EXACTLY WHAT THOSE EFFORTS WILL
LOOK LIKE, BUT THERE IS -- WE'RE
GOING TO ASK, SO, YOU KNOW,
TYPICALLY WE RUN AN RFP,
SOMETIMES RFPs CAN BE A LENGTHY
PROCESS.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT AN
EXPEDITED PROPOSAL GATHERING
PROCESS TO SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW,
WE WANT TO ADD CAPACITY TO
SHELTER.
WHO HAS THE AVAILABILITY AND
EXPERTISE TO BE THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS IN THOSE SPACES?
SO IT IS SOMETHING, AS I
DISCUSSED WITH YOU, YOU KNOW,
QUITE OPENLY AND TRANSPARENTLY,
THAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT.
AGAIN, THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY IS
STRETCHED.
AND WE HAVE ASKED A LOT OF THEM.
THEY HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP AND
CONTINUE TO DO AMAZING WORK.
BUT WE NEED TO, ONCE AGAIN, ASK
FOR THEIR HELP AND SEE WHO IS IN
A POSITION, WITH ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES, TO STEP IN AND BE IS
SERVICE PROVIDERS OF THESE NEW
SHELTERS.
.
>> THANK YOU.
DIRECTOR JOHNSON, THANK YOU.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
.
>> YEAH.
I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M
HANDING THINGS OVER TO DIRECTOR
HARA TO TALK ABOUT THE COVID-19
RESPONSE AS IT RELATES TO
HYGIENE SERVICES.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK ABOUT THE COVID-RELATED
HYGIENE RESPONSE.
DURING THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE,
THE CITY HAD TO CLOSE OR CURTAIL
HOURS AT SEVERAL FACILITIES THAT
OFFERED PUBLIC RESTROOMS.
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF
PUBLIC HEALTH DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND AN OUTBREAK OF
HEPATITIS A, WE PLACED STATIONS
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE OF A
RESTROOM, COMPLIANT RESTROOM,
AND HAND WASHING STATIONS.
WE WORK WITH THE PARK AND
VENDORS TO CLEAN THE FACILITIES
TWICE A DAY.
THE TYPES OF HAND WASHING
STATIONS.
ON THE HEELS OF THE WORK, WE
DESIGNED AND ORDERED 15 HAND
WASHING STATIONS WITH LARGER
STORAGE TANKS TO ALLOW US TO
SAVE ON COSTS.
EACH STATION COST $11,000 TO
RENT PER YEAR, FOR A TOTAL OF
$170,000 FOR ALL OF THE
STATIONS.
IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY
$120,000 TO PURCHASE ALL 15
STATIONS.
WE ESTIMATE THE BREAK EVEN POINT
AT EIGHT MONTHS.
THE LAST 13 STATIONS SHOULD BE
DELIVERED BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR.
AND WE WANT TO THANK PATIENCES
AND HSD FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND
PARTNERSHIP ON THE WORK.
THE MAYOR'S 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES $1.5 MILLION OF NEW
BUDGET FOR THIS PROGRAM.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SHOWER
TRAILERS SUPPLEMENT THE OPEN
SUPPLY OF SHOWERS.
WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES AT
KING STREET STATION AND TWO
OTHERS AND LOOKING TO
RE-ESTABLISH A SITE AT THE
UNIVERSITY STRICT.
WEEKLY SHOWER ACCOUNTS
INCREASING AT A RATE OF 6% PER
WEEK SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
JUNE.
AT THIS POINT, FROM SEPTEMBER
22nd THROUGH SEPTEMBER 28th, FOR
THAT MODEL WEEKS, WE AVERAGED
OVER 120 SHOWERS PER DAY.
AND THROUGH SEPTEMBER 28th, WE
HAVE PROVIDED MORE THAN 8,500
SHOWERS TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND ESTIMATE WE
WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 17,000
SHOWERS BY DECEMBER.
AND THIS EFFORT IS A
PARTNERSHIP THAT INCLUDES THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, HSD
PARKS, AND SPU.
AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE
PARTNERED WITH A GLOBAL AND
HISTORICALLY AFRICAN AMERICAN
FRATERNITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
THEY GATHERED CLEAN CLOTHES AND
GAVE THEM TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
WE HOPE FOR FURTHER PARTNERSHIP
AND DONATIONS IN THIS AREA OF
GREAT NEED.
OVER TIME, WE HAVE BROUGHT
THE COST OF RENTAL FOR SHOWERS
DOWN TO $50 A DAY PER STALL.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY
TRANSITIONING TO AN OWNERSHIP
MODEL THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A
BREAK EVEN POINT AFTER ABOUT
FIVE TO SIX MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP.
AS WITH THE SINKS, WE
COULDN'T FIND A MODEL RELIABLE
TO MEET THE VOLUME AND NEEDS OF
GUESTS.
THE PROTOTYPE IS CURRENTLY IN
PRODUCTION.
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
APPROXIMATELY $4.8 MILLION OF
NEW BUDGET FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND LASTLY, THE 2021 BUDGET
MAINTAINS $2 MILLION IN FUNDING
FOR CLEANUP WORK SUPPORTING THE
FOLKS REMAINING UNSHELTERED.
THEY ARE RV REMEDIATION PROGRAM
AND LITTER ABATEMENT AND NEEDLE
PICKUP PROGRAMS.
AND IT
TRANSFERS $1.3 MILLION FROM FAS
TO MANAGE A CLEANUP CONTRACT.
AS A TRANSFER, THE FUNDING IS
NOT INCLUDED IN OUR TALLY OF NEW
MONEY.
THE USE OF THE TRANSFERRED FUNDS
WILL INCLUDE SUPPORTING CLEANING
ON DIFFICULT TERRAIN AND
HAZARDOUS WASTE AND MATERIALS
COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR
HARA.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A FEW
QUESTIONS.
TWO THAT I HAVE, VERY
BRIEFLY.
YOU MENTIONED LOOKING TO EXPAND
IN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
I BELIEVE I HEARD THAT WAS
INCLUDED, CORRECT, IN THE 2021
BUDGET FOR A HYGIENE CENTER
THERE?
.
>> IT IS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO INCLUDE
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I KNOW THERE'S A FEW FOLKS WHO
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
AND COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLT.
HERBOLD.
>> WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
>> IS THAT BETTER?
>> YES.
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
HOW MANY ENCAMPMENTS DOES THE
PURPLE BAG PROGRAM SERVE?
AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHETHER
THERE IS A PATH FORWARD FOR
REGULAR TRASH PICKUP SIMILAR TO
WHAT REGULAR RESIDENTIAL
SERVICES ARE?
AND IF SO, HOW MUCH WOULD SUCH A
SERVICE COST?
>> SURE.
I'LL START THE ANSWER AND ASK
FOR FURTHER DETAIL.
OVERALL, WE HAVE SERVED 51
UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS WITH
THE PURPLE BAG PROGRAM.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A REGULAR
ROSTER OF 17 SITES THAT WE ARE
SERVING WITH THE PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE THAT THE COST OF
EXPANDING THE PROGRAM WOULD BE
APPROXIMATELY $15,000 PER SITE
PER YEAR FOR THE COLLECTION AND
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.
AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE
SERVICES FROM THE HEPATITIS
EDUCATION PROJECT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD DETAILS
úTHAT I MAY HAVE GOTTEN WRONG OR
MISSED?
>>> GOOD MORNING.
YOU CAPTURED THAT WELL IN
RELATION TO THE QUESTION OF THE
PATH MOVING FORWARD ABOUT
PROVIDING A MORE SABLIZED TYPE
OF TRASH MITIGATION SERVICE AS
RESIDENTIAL HOMES RECEIVE.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE
WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE
INTO COMPARED TO THE PURPLE
TRASH BAG PROGRAM.
WE HAVE CONTRACTORS GOING IN,
OUTREACH CONTRACTORS, TO PROVIDE
THOSE SERVICES.
SO SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD WE
CAN LOOK AT MORE IN DEPTH IF
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE
US TO DO.
.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
AND HAS THE CITY LOOKED
AT OPENING NEW PERMANENT SPACES
OR EXPANDING, FOR EXAMPLE, URBAN
REST STOP SERVICES?
AND WHY OR WHY NOT?
THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WOULD LIKE
TO JUMP INTO THIS ANSWER ABOUT
THE PERMANENT HYGIENE
FACILITIES.
WE HAVE DEFINITELY HAD A LOT OF
PLANNING DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE
USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES OR
THE EXPANSION OF PERMANENT
FACILITIES.
AND WE WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO
FURTHER ENGAGEMENT ON THE ISSUE.
>> GOOD MORNING, HI, IT'S JASON.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE
CURRENT SUPPORT FOR HYGIENE
SERVICES SUCH AS THOSE OFFERED
THROUGH THE URBAN REST STOP AND
HYGIENE SERVICES INSIDE OF
CENTERS, YOU KNOW, OUR SHELTERS
ARE INCLUDED IN THE $120 MILLION
THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY.
IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NOT
EXPANDED THOSE SERVICES.
BUT THROUGH THE 2021 BUDGET, WE
WERE ABLE TO HOLD HARMLESS ANY
REDUCTIONS OR CUTS TO THOSE
PROGRAMS.
.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, DIRECTOR HARA,
AND GOOD TO HEAR YOU ADDRESS.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU GUYS
HAVE BEEN DOING IN DEVELOPING
THIS REALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENT AS
PART OF SPU'S WORK.
VERY NONTRADITIONAL PAIRING, BUT
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU
STEPPED IN TO THIS AREA.
SO IMPORTANT STARTING WITH
THE PURPLE BAG PROGRAM AND RV
REMEDIATION.
AND NOW MOVING INTO THESE
PORTABLE HYGIENE INVESTMENTS.
JUST A QUESTION.
WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A
RENTAL OF MOBILE SHOWERS, AS
WELL AS HAND WASHING STATIONS
AND PORT-A-POTTIES.
WHAT IS THE PLAN AS ENVISIONED
BY THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME LAST
YEAR FOR THE PURCHASE OF MOBILE
PIT STOPS?
I KNOW THERE WAS OF COURSE AN
ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE PROVIDERS
NO LONGER CONSTRUCTING THEM.
THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY PROVIDER.
AND DO WE ENVISION A TIME AT
WHICH WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FROM
RENTING THESE FACILITIES TO
OWNING THESE FACILITIES?
AND IF SO, DOES THE 2021 BUDGET
INCLUDE FUNDING TO STAFF AND
OPERATE THEM?
THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.
AND MY OTHER QUESTION
RELATES TO PERMANENT HAND
WASHING STATIONS.
THE SLIDE NOTES THAT SPU IS IN
THE PROCESS OF BUYING THOSE.
ARE THEY -- IS THE IDEA TO
SUPPLEMENT THE CURRENT STATIONS
AND EXPAND THE NUMBER?
OR IS THIS A REPLACEMENT OF ONE
SET THAT HAS BEEN CURRENTLY
PURCHASED?
AND LASTLY, THE BUDGET INCLUDES
$2 MILLION FOR THE CLEANUP WORK
AND $1.3 MILLION TO MANAGE
CLEANUP CONTRACT.
CAN YOU COMPARE THAT LEVEL
OF NOT JUST FUNDING, BUT THE
LEVEL OF SERVICE TO 2020 FOR US?
THANK YOU.
>> SURE.
I MIGHT HAVE TO ASK YOU TO
REPEAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
TO START WITH THE FIRST ONE
ABOUT MOVING TO AN OWNERSHIP
MODEL, YES.
YOU USED THE TERM PIT STOP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS
SYNONYMOUS WITH SHOWERER
TRAILERS THAT ALSO INCLUDE A
BATHROOM UNIT OR IF YOU'RE
THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ON A
MORE EXPANDED LEVEL.
COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT FOR ME
BEFORE I GIVE YOU THE WRONG
ANSWER?
>> SURE.
THE MOBILE PIT STOP, A SHOWER
AND BATHROOM UNIT.
I THINK SOME OF THEM MIGHT
HAVE -- FROM MY UNDERSTANDING,
THE PROVIDER THAT WE WERE
EXPLORING LAST YEAR, THEY ARE
VERY MUCH BUILT TO ORDER.
SO THEY HAVE THE COMPONENTS THAT
THE FOLKS BUYING THEM WANT THEM
TO HAVE.
BUT AT MINIMUM, THEY TYPICALLY
HAVE SHOWERS AND BATHROOMS.
>> A CLARIFICATION I WANT TO
PROVIDE IS THE COUNCIL'S SPOKE
SPECIFICALLY TO BATHROOMS AND
NOT THE SHOWER COMPONENT.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
OPERATIONAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN
THE TWO.
JUST FOR FULL DISCLOSURE.
>> OKAY.
>> SO WE ARE MOVING TO AN
OWNERSHIP MODEL WITH THE SHOWER
TRAILERS.
AS I NOTED IN MY COMMENTS,
WE HAVE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF
DIFFICULTY FINDING A PROTOTYPE
THAT MEETS THE REALLY ROBUST
NEEDS THAT ARE GENERATED FROM,
YOU KNOW, THE HIGH VOLUME OF
FOLKS WHO ARE NOW USING THE
SHOWERS.
AND A LOT OF THE UNITS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET JUST
AREN'T BUILT FOR THAT KIND OF
USE.
SO OUR PLANNING AND PROJECT
DESIGN GROUP ACTUALLY PROTOTYPED
A NEW MODEL AND HAS BEEN WORKING
WITH A LOCAL MANUFACTURER TO,
YOU KNOW, DEVELOP AND TEST THAT
PROTOTYPE.
AND WE HAVE ORDERED TWO.
AND WE EXPECT THAT ONCE THEY ARE
DELIVERED THAT THE PAYBACK
PERIOD IF YOU COMPARE THE COST
OF THE NEW UNITS TO RENTAL, THEY
WILL BE PAID OFF WITHIN
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE TO SIX
MONTHS.
THEY SHOULD PROVIDE A VERY GOOD
VALUE AND PROVIDE MUCH BETTER
SERVICE TO THE FOLKS THAT WE ARE
HELPING.
>> THAT'S FANTASTIC NEWS.
THANK YOU.
THE OTHER TWO QUESTIONS
RELATE, ONE, ABOUT THE HAND
WASHING STATIONS.
ARE THE PURCHASE OF NEW HAND
WASHING STATIONS TO SUPPLEMENT
THE CURRENT ONES, OR ARE WE
NEEDING TO REPLACE OLD ONES?
AND THE THIRD QUESTION RELATES
TO THE $2 MILLION IN THE BUDGET
FOR CLEANUP WORK AND $1.3
MILLION TO MANAGE A CLEANUP
CONTRACT.
JUST THE LEVEL OF SERVICE
COMPARED TO 2020 ON THAT.
>> THE 15 SINKS THAT WE HAVE
PROTOTYPED AND HAVE ORDERED WILL
REPLACE THE EXISTING SINKS.
BUT THEY ARE MUCH BIGGER IN
TERMS OF THE VOLUME THAT THEY
HOLD.
AND THEY ARE DOUBLE -- HAVE
DOUBLE BASINS.
SO THEY CAN HAVE MORE USE.
BUT THEY ARE NOT IN ADDITION TO
THE ONES THAT WE ARE RENTING.
THEY ARE MUCH MORE ROBUST AS
WELL.
FOR THE ADDITIONAL MONEY, THE
$1.3 IN ADDITION TO THE BASE
FUNDING, THAT MONEY IS TO BE
SPENT IN PARTNERSHIP -- WELL,
TRANSFER MONEY, APOLOGIES.
TO BE DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH PARKS TO TRY TO PILOT
ADDITIONAL CLEANUP WITHIN
ENCAMPMENTS.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE ARE -- SPU
MANAGES ALL OF THE TRASH THAT IS
PLACED OUTSIDE OF ENCAMPMENTS.
AND WE DO THE PERIMETER FOR
DUMPING AND LITTER.
NOW THAT ENCAMPMENTS ARE ON
A LONGER BASIS, YOU KNOW, AND
ARE NOT BEING MOVED, THERE'S A
LOT MORE TRASH GENERATED INSIDE
THE ENCAMPMENTS.
SOME OF TO SITES ARE STEEP AND
HAVE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
ACCUMULATING ON THEM.
THIS WOULD BE AN EFFORT TO
REMOVE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FROM
SOME OF THE SITES AND TO ALSO
HELP TO CLEAN SOME OF THE REALLY
PROBLEMATIC TERRAIN THAT SOME OF
THE ENCAMPMENTS ARE ON.
AND THERE WOULD BE OTHER
OUTREACH HITS TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE WELL WITHIN ALL OF THE RULES
AND RESPECTING THE PROPERTY
RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
ENCAMPMENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
DIRECTOR.
LET'S MOVE ON, IF THAT SOUNDS
GOOD TO FOLKS.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
NEXT SLIDE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THE MAYOR'S 2021 BUDGET
PROPOSES $42.1 MILLION IN NEW
FUNDING TO MAINTAIN EXISTING
SHELTERS, KEEPING CURRENT
CAPACITY, AND KEEPING ALIGNMENT
TO CDC COVID GUIDELINES IN
PLACE.
IT ALSO CREATES NEW
SHELTERS, ADDS THE TEMPORARY USE
OF HOTEL BEDS, AND INCREASES
INVESTMENTS IN RAPID REHOUSING
AND DIVERSION.
NEARLY ALL OF THESE FUNDS ARE
ONE TIME.
AND EXCEPT FOR THE $2.75 MILLION
IN GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, I JUST
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE $2.75
MILLION IN GENERAL FUND ARE THE
ONLY ONGOING OPERATIONAL FUNDS
AVAILABLE IN THIS BUDGET.
ALL OTHER FUNDS ARE ONE TIME.
THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IN THE
PROGRAM AREAS, SO THIS IS BASE
FUNDING VERSUS EMERGENCY
FUNDING, IS $94.4 MILLION,
NEARLY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT IN THE
2020 ADOPTED BUDGET.
OUR STRATEGY IS TO MAINTAIN THE
CURRENT SYSTEM OF SERVICES,
CREATE MORE SAFE SPACES, AND
MOVE MORE PEOPLE FROM
HOMELESSNESS TO HOUSING.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THESE
ACTIVITIES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
MAINTAINING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
$13.9 MILLION TO MAINTAIN
CURRENT SHELTER CAPACITY AND
MEET PUBLIC HEALTH AND CDC
GUIDELINES FOR REDUCING THE
SPREAD OF COVID-19.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND EVICTION
PREVENTION INVESTMENTS.
NEW OR CREATING, THIS IS
$18.6 MILLION.
THIS WILL HELP US STAND UP THE
TEMPORARY USE OF 300 HOTEL
UNITS.
THIS WILL LAUNCH 125 UNITS OF
24/7 ENHANCED SHELTER.
AND I THINK I MENTIONED
THIS BEFORE, BUT JUST TO
RESTATE, THE SHELTER AND SOME OF
THE HOTEL UNITS WE EXPECT TO
HAVE OPEN BY THE END OF 2020.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS
MOVEMENT TO HOUSING, AND OFTEN I
TALK ABOUT WANTING TO INCREASE
THROUGHPUT TO HOUSING, THIS IS
REALLY WHERE THIS $9.6 MILLION
TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS IN RAPID
REHOUSING COME INTO PLAY.
WE BELIEVE WE CAN SERVE AROUND
231 MORE HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH
ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN RAPID
REHOUSING.
THIS IS ON TOP OF THE
HOUSEHOLDS CURRENTLY SERVED
THROUGH THE RAPID REHOUSING
PROGRAMS.
THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE
ATTACHED TO THE NEW SHELTER AND
HOTEL UNITS.
AND REALLY CREATE INTENTIONAL
THROUGHPUT TO THOSE NEW SAFE
SPACES.
I'M OFTEN ASKED WHAT RAPID
REHOUSING IS.
IT IS A RENTAL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
IT IS A SUCCESSFUL HOUSING
PROGRAM, HOUSING VOUCHER
PROGRAM, WHERE CASE MANAGERS AND
CLIENTS WORK TOGETHER TO
IDENTIFY AVAILABLE RENTAL
HOUSING.
CLIENTS RECEIVE UP TO A YEAR OF
RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
IT IS PROVEN TO BE A SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM MODEL HERE LOCALLY.
IN 2019, THE RAPID REHOUSING
PROGRAM AREA HAD AN 81% RATE OF
EXITS TO HOUSING.
THAT MEANS THAT FOLKS WERE ABLE
TO CONTINUE STAYING HOUSED PAST
THE POINT OF THEIR VOUCHER
ENDING.
WE OFTEN GET QUESTIONS
ABOUT RAPID REHOUSING AND
WHETHER IT IS -- CONTINUES TO BE
A SUCCESSFUL MODEL DURING THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THIS PROGRAM DOES CONTINUE
TO BE SUCCESSFUL DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
THOUGH IT IS REQUIRING LONGER
DURATIONS OF VOUCHER USE, AND AT
TIMES, REQUIRES THE AMOUNT OF
RENT OR RAPID REHOUSING VOUCHER
COVERS.
SO THE COST OF THE VOUCHER IS
GOING UP.
WE WOULD CONTINUE, YOU
KNOW, IN 2020 AND 2021, CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THIS AND COLLABORATE
WITH RAPID REHOUSING AGENCIES TO
PROBLEM SOLVE WITH THEM.
THIS NUMBER, THE 231 HOUSEHOLDS,
THAT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE COUNT
OR ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF
HOUSEHOLDS SERVED THROUGH THE
VOUCHER PROGRAM.
THIS IS MAKING AN UPFRONT
ASSUMPTION EACH HOUSEHOLD WOULD
NEED A LONGER ASSISTANCE OVER A
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
WITH THE FUNDS, WE WOULD BE
SERVING FEWER HOUSEHOLDS.
IF THAT CHANGES AND OUR
ASSUMPTIONS ARE INCORRECT AND
PEOPLE DO NOT NEED THE VOUCHER
FOR A LONGER DURATION OF TIME OR
IF THE AMOUNT OF AN INDIVIDUAL
HOUSEHOLD'S RENT DOES NOT NEED
TO BE FULLY COVERED BY THE
VOUCHER, WE EXPECT WE CAN.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE
INCREASING INVESTMENTS IN
DIVERSION.
WE BELIEVE THAT IN THE 2021
BUDGET WE CAN SERVE 130 MORE
HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH DIVERSION
SERVICES.
THESE DOLLARS WILL BE ATTACHED
TO OUTREACH.
AND LIKEWISE, I'M OFTEN ASKED
WHAT IS DIVERSION?
DIVERSION SERVICES HELP PEOPLE
BYPASS THE EMERGENCY OR CRISIS
SHELTER SYSTEM ALTOGETHER AND
END THEIR EXPERIENCE OF
HOMELESSNESS.
OUTREACH WORKERS, CASE MANAGERS,
AND CLIENTS WORK TOGETHER TO
IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS THAT MEET THE
CLIENT'S NEED.
WITH DIVERSION FUNDING, FOLKS
CAN HAVE FIRST, LAST, HOUSING
PAID.
THEY CAN BE OFFERED ONE-TIME
FLEXIBLE FUNDS TO PAY FOR A
VARIETY OF ITEMS, SMALL ITEMS
SUCH AS ITEMS NEEDED FOR A JOB.
OR IT CAN ALSO PAY FOR
TRANSPORTATION, BUS OR PLANE
TICKETS TO REUNITE WITH FAMILY
OR FRIENDS OR A JOB THAT WILL
OFFER A PLACE FOR THE CLIENT TO
STAY IN ANOTHER AREA.
AND THEN ALSO IMPORTANT
ELEMENT OF THROUGHPUT TO HOUSING
IN 2021, NOT HSD RELATED, BUT
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IS
STANDING UP 600 UNITS OF
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO
OPEN IN 2021.
THOUGH THESE AREN'T HSD
INVESTMENTS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT THE UNITS WILL
BENEFIT PEOPLE WHO RELY ON THE
HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM.
THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
UNITS ARE -- WILL BE DIRECTLY
ATTACHED TO NEW SHELTER AND
HOTEL CAPACITY, CREATING
THROUGHPUT TO SPECIALIZED
HOUSING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS,
THOSE HOUSEHOLDS STAYING IN THE
TEMPORARY SHELTERS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
WALKING US THROUGH THIS.
YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF DETAIL IN
SLIDES NINE AND TEN THAT WE WANT
TO GET TO.
SO I'LL LET FOLKS KNOW THE
ORDER.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, JUAREZ,
MORALES, AND HERBOLD.
OKAY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION
FROM THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
TODAY.
AGAIN, HARD STOP AT 1:00 P.M.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, GO AHEAD.
>> GIVEN THAT WE HAVE THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING LATER, I'LL ASK THIS
FIRST.
DIRECTOR JOHNSON, THE 600 UNITS
OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
DO YOU KNOW IF THAT IS HOUSING
LEVY MONEY OR IF THE SOURCE IS
SOMETHING ELSE?
IF THAT'S BETTER FOR LATER, I
CAN LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> YEAH.
I DO EXPECT THAT DIRECTOR
ALVARADO WILL DIVE INTO THOSE
DETAILS.
I THINK THAT QUESTION IS BEST
ASKED OF HER.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
ON THE HOTEL, SO THE 300
HOTEL UNITS, $15.8 MILLION, JUST
TO CLARIFY, WHAT IS THE
ANTICIPATED SUSTAINMENT OF THE
300 HOTEL UNITS?
LIKE SO HOW MUCH TIME ARE WE
GIVING FOLKS TO STAY HOTELED?
YOU KNOW, I KNOW HOTELING IS
EXPENSIVE.
BUT I WOULD IMAGINE WE'RE GOING
TO GET A FAIRLY LONG STAY FOR
THOSE 300 UNITS.
BUT JUST CURIOUS IF -- WHAT'S
BEING FACTORED IN IN THE PER
UNIT STAY.
>> JASON, DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE
THAT ONE?
>> GO AHEAD.
AND DIANE AND I ARE HERE TO
FILL IN GAPS.
>> THE IDEA WITH THE 300 UNITS
AND RECOGNIZING IT'S ONE-TIME
MONEY.
WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING IS
TRYING TO SECURE HOTELS FOR
10-MONTH PERIOD OF TIME.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, PARTLY
AS JASON EXPLAINED ON THE RAPID
REHOUSING AND THE DIVERSION
MONEY IS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT
OTHER JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING
KING COUNTY, BUT ALSO IN
CALIFORNIA AND ELSEWHERE IS
WHERE FOLKS CAME INTO A HOTEL,
THERE WAS NOT AN EXIT PLAN FOR
THEM.
AND THAT WAS A PROBLEM.
SO APPLYING THOSE LESSONS
LEARNED HERE, AS INDIVIDUALS
COME IN TO THE HOTEL UNITS, IT
IS NOT THE ANTICIPATION SOMEONE
WOULD BE IN A UNIT FOR THE FULL
TEN MONTHS.
WE ARE IMMEDIATELY WORKING ON
EXIT PLAN FOR THEM TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
THE IDEA BEING IT WOULDN'T JUST
BE THE SAME 300 INDIVIDUALS
OTHER THE TEN MONTHS.
WE WOULD BE CREATING -- BY
PAIRING THIS WITH ADDITIONAL
RESOURCE IS THROUGHPUT IN THE
ECOSYSTEM, IF YOU WILL.
.
>>> SO 300 UNITS SUSTAINED FOR
TEN MONTHS WITH THE IDEA THAT AS
PEOPLE CYCLE OUT, MORE PEOPLE
WOULD BE CYCLE IN TO THE UNITS.
>> CORRECT.
AND AS THE NEW 600 UNITS COME
ONLINE THAT WE HAVE ALSO GOT AS
SORT OF A DOVE TAIL TO THE WORK.
WE START THE PROCESS OF BRINGING
THE PEOPLE INSIDE OVER THE DARK,
COLD, WINTER MONTHS AND BEGIN
WORKING WIH THEM IMMEDIATELY TO
GET THEM PLACED IN THE NEW UNITS
OR UTILIZE OTHER RESOURCES.
.
>>> SO THE 231 RAPID REHOUSING,
THE FOLKS IN THE HOTELS WOULD BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE RESOURCES AS
WELL?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT
TO MAKE THAT ON DAY ONE, WE NEED
TO BE HAVING A HOUSING
CONVERSATION WITH EACH OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS.
AND THAT HOUSING
CONVERSATION WILL INCLUDE WE
HAVE A TEMPORARY PLACE FOR YOU
TO STAY.
IT'S THROUGH THE USE OF A HOTEL.
BUT ULTIMATELY, WE WANT TO USE
RAPID REHOUSING, OR IF
APPROPRIATE, PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS THE
LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR YOU.
AND IT MAY TAKE MANY MONTHS FOR
AN INDIVIDUAL TO TRANSITION FROM
A TEMPORARY LOCATION IN ONE OF
THE HOTELS TO THE MARKET WITH
THE RAPID REHOUSING VOUCHER OR
INTO A PERMANEN SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING UNIT AS THOSE COME
ONLINE.
BUT THIS IS A HOUSING
CONVERSATION THAT WE WANT TO
HAVE WITH INDIVIDUALS.
AND THERE'S REALLY SORT OF A
TWO-STEP PROCESS.
ONE THAT GETS THEM IMMEDIATELY
SHELTERED SAFELY.
AND TWO, THAT GETS THEM THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO ENTER
INTO HOUSING.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
I GUESS TO TALK ABOUT THE
LOGISTICS ANTICIPATED HERE,
WOULD THE IDEA BE TO CONTRACT
WITH OR LEASE A HOTEL SOMEWHERE?
OR WOULD THE IDEA BE TO DO
LONG-TERM RENTALS OF A BANK OF
ROOMS?
HOW ARE WE ENVISIONING SECURING
THE 300 UNITS?
AND HOW WOULD THAT BE DIVIDED
UP, PRESUMABLY AMONG MULTIPLE
LOCATIONS?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE
LEARNING FROM OTHER AREAS IS
SITE CONTROL IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
IT AS WITH THE STAFFING MODEL
THAT GOES WITH THIS, WHICH WAS
ASKED ABOUT EARLIER.
SO I THINK IN AN IDEAL WORLD, WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO LEASE WHOLE
HOTELS.
WHETHER WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN
DOING THAT,S THAT'S A DIFFERENT
QUESTION.
WE HAVEN'T BEGUN TO EXPLORE THAT
PROCESS ENTIRELY YET.
BUT IF NOT THAT, BLOCKS OF ROOMS
AS WELL.
THE IDEA BEING WE CAN
CONSOLIDATE THESE ROOMS.
THE MORE CONSOLIDATE RATHER THAN
PEANUT BUTTERED ACROSS THE CITY
IS FROM A STAFFING MODEL REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM
PROVIDERS FROM DAY ONE.
AND THEY ARE PROVING IN A WAY
THAT IT'S APPROACHED ITS WORK IN
RENTON.
>> THANK YOU.
KOUNGSMEMBERCOUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
A LOT OF WHAT THE DIRECTOR
JOHNSON SAID AND DEPUTY
SIXKILLER AND COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS ANSWERED A LOT OF MY
QUESTIONS.
THEY WERE TO THE DURATION, THE
EXIT PLAN, AND THE 600 UNITS.
SO MINE IS A LITTLE BIT
MORE IN GENERAL PROBABLY
DIRECTED MORE TO JASON.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT
HOTEL UNITS TO LEASE FOR TEN
MONTHS AND THIS IS ONE-TIME
FUNDS, CORRECT, WE'RE NOT
LOOKING AT HOTEL UNITS TO BUY?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS IS A SHORT-TERM OR A
TEMPORARY LEASE OF HOTEL SPACE
TO BE USED FOR 2021.
THE ESG DOLLARS DO NOT ALLOW FOR
ACQUISITION.
SO --.
>> YEAH.
THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.
THE LIMITATION ON THAT MONEY NOT
TO BUY HOTELS, BUT JUST TO LEASE
THE UNITS.
SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS ISN'T IT
FAIR TO SAY JUST FROM WHERE
WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW AND THE
WAY WE'RE LIVING THAT
NONCONGREGATE LIVING IS THE
SHAPE OF POLICY TO COME, NOT
ONLY IN THE PANDEMIC, BUT AFTER?
THAT WE CAN'T GO BACK TO BECAUSE
WE TRIED TO MOVE AWAY FROM
CONGREGATE LIVING.
AND THEN TINY
HOUSES.
THEN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
I JUST FEEL THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN
CHASES OUR TAIL AROUND.
I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD KNOWS MORE.
FEEL FREE TO STEP IN.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME, YES, IT'S
GREAT WE HAVE THE C.A.R.E.S.
ACT
MONEY COMING IN.
AND SOME OF IT IS ONE-TIME
FEDERAL MONEY.
MAYBE WE SHOULD START PLANNING
TO LOOK AT THE NEW POLICY OF HOW
WE HOUSE PEOPLE TO STABILIZE
THEM IS BUYING HOTELS, NOT JUST
LEASING THEM FOR TEN MONTHS.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS
úPANDEMIC -- I THINK IT'S GOING
TO BE A WHILE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PICKED TEN
MONTHS.
I'M GUESSING IT HAD TO DO WITH
MONEY.
AND THAT MAY BE MORE
PHILOSOPHICAL.
AND I DON'T WANT
TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THE
HOMELESSNESS AND UNSHELTERED.
IN MY DISTRICT ALONE, WE HAVE
TWO PARKS -- ACTUALLY, SIX
PARKS.
BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH WHAT
THAT'S DOING.
BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THESE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND PEOPLE
ARE SAYING, WELL, YES, WE CAN BE
WELCOMING TO A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE AND PERMANENT AND
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND THEN
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PROVIDERS
AND THE HOMELESS PROVIDERS WHO
SAY A BETTER WAY IS YES, THAT'S
GREAT TO LEASE THE UNITS AND I
THINK YOU MENTIONED OR I READ
YOU'RE CALLING IT A SHELTER
SURGE.
I'M OF THE POSITION THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE NEED TO DO IT GOING ON
A BUYING SURGE HERE.
AND LOOK AT THE LONG-TERM
BENEFITS AND EFFECTS OF GETTING
PEOPLE IN UNITS THAT WE ACTUALLY
OWN THE HOTEL, BUT WE TRANSFER
THOSE OVER TO SERVICE PROVIDERS
TO STABILIZE PEOPLE SO THEY HAVE
SOMEWHERE TO GO.
BUT WE ALSO ARE RESPONDING TO
THE PANDEMIC.
SO AGAIN, JASON, I DON'T
WANT TO JUST PUT YOU ON THE
SPOT.
I REALLY WANT TO HAVE HONEST
CONVERSATION AND EXCHANGE WITH
YOU.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DO A GOT YOU
THING.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T FEEL ON THE SPOT AT ALL.
I LOVE A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE
HIGHLIGHTING.
AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T FEEL LIKE
WE HAVE BEEN CHASING TAIL, BUT
CHASING BEST PRACTICE.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
HAS BEEN EXPANDING ENHANCED
SHELTER, 24/7 ENHANCED SHELTER,
SINCE 2017.
WE CAN NO LONGER ACCEPT JUST A
MAT ON FLOOR OVERNIGHT ONLY
SHELTER MODEL.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE
PROVIDE 24/7 SPACE, PROVIDE
DIGNITY IN THAT SPACE WHERE
PEOPLE HAVE SPACE TO STORE THEIR
BELONGINGS, HAVE ENOUGH ROOM,
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT NOW FOR
FOLKS TO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM.
AND SPACE THAT THEY CAN CALL
THEIR OWN AND KNOW THAT THEY CAN
RETURN TONIGHT AFTER NIGHT.
SO NO LONGER LINING UP AT 5:00,
6:00, 7:00 AT NIGHT AND BEING
KICKED OUT IN THE EARLY MORNING.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IS
HAVING SERVICES ATTACHED THAT
PEOPLE CAN ACCESS DURING DAYTIME
HOURS.
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THERE
IS A COST RELATED TO SHELTER
ENHANCEMENTS.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU DOUBLE THE COST OF
OPERATIONS.
YOU'RE ALSO ADDING A LEVEL OF
SERVICE EXPENSE TO THAT MODEL.
BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS FIVE
TIMES THE RATE OF EXITS TO
PERMANENT HOUSING WHEN WE
PROVIDE THE RIGHT SPACE AND THE
RIGHT LEVEL OF SERVICE TO
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS I
THINK SHOWN IN THE ACTIONS OF
THIS BUDGET, IN THE 2020 BUDGET,
IN THE 2019 BUDGET.
THERE'S BEEN STRONG ALIGNMET
BETWEEN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR ON
GETTING THE SHELTER ENHANCEMENTS
IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN BEST
SUPPORT PEOPLE IN SHELTER, BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY, GET FOLKS
EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING..
>> AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE,
THOUGH, THAT COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ'S POINT IS NOT MISSED.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY
IS HERE FOR STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION.
I WILL HIGHLIGHT, THOUGH, THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING AT THE COUNTY
LEVEL THROUGH SOME OF THE
COMMITTEES THAT I SERVE ON AT
THE COUNTY LEVEL, THIS IS A
WIN-WIN FOR OWNERS OF HOTELS AND
APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHERE THEY
ARE HAVING TROUBLE PAYING THE
MORTGAGE.
AND IT'S HELPFUL FOR US AS A
REGION NOT TO HAVE DERELICT
BUILDINGS AND HELP HOUSE PEOPLE.
WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE NEED FOR
ENHANCED SHELTER.
DEPUTY MAYOR, YOU WERE ABOUT TO
SAY SOMETHING.
I DO WANT US TO GET TO SLIDES
NINE AND TEN.
AND THERE'S TWO MORE PEOPLE TO
ASK QUESTIONS.
BUT THE QUESTION IS HAVE WE NOT
LEARNED THE LESSON THAT WE NEED
TO HAVE MORE INDIVIDUAL ROOMS?
AND ARE WE PUTTING MONEY IN FOR
THE LONG-TERM VERSUS THE
SHORT-TERM TEN-MONTH SECTION FOR
HOTELS?
AND DOES THIS BUDGET NOT INVEST
IN STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OF
APARTMENT COMPLEXES OR HOTELS
THAT MIGHT GO DELICT?
>> A FEW RESPONSES TO THAT.
ONE IS THAT THE SHORT ANSWER TO
YOUR QUESTION IS NO, WE ARE NOT
PROPOSING AMONG THIS $42.1
MILLION INCREASE FROM THE BASE
TO DO ANY ACQUISITION.
IN PART BECAUSE OF THE
RESTRICTIONS ON THE FUND SOURCE.
AND ALSO BECAUSE WE HAVE NO
MONEY TO CONTINUE THE
OPERATIONS.
OF THIS $42.1 MILLION, AN
IMPORTANT NUMBER FOR COUNCIL TO
ZERO IN ON, ONLY $2.75 MILLION
IS ONGOING MONEY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY
FORCES US TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS
HERE.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE IDEA
BEING HERE BECAUSE THIS IS MONEY
THAT IS ONE-TIME THAT WE HAVE
BEEN GIVEN ACCESS TO AS PART OF
THE COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGE AND
IN TERMS OF TRYING TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE IS PUTTING THAT TO
USE IMMEDIATELY.
AND BY UTILIZING THIS RESOURCE.
I WOULD SAY TO YOU AND TO
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ THAT I WANT
TO REMIND EVERYONE, SINCE 2017,
WE HAVE INCREASED THROUGH
CONVERSION OF BASIC AND ADDING
SHELTER, WE HAVE INCREASED BY
80% THE NUMBER OF ENHANCED
SHELTER BEDS IN THE CITY IN
CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCIL.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT THING.
THE CITY INVESTED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN MOVING AWAY FROM THE
MAT ON THE FLOOR AND YOU DON'T
HAVE A PLACE TO COME BACK TO
EVERY NIGHT.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S FROM A COVID
PERSPECTIVE.
AND A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE
ANNOUNCED OVER $11 MILLION ON
INVESTMENTS WITH SHELTER
PROVIDERS AND OPERATORS MAKING
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND OTHER
CHANGES TO THE PROGRAMS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE CONGREGATE SPACES
CAN REMAIN SAFE IN THE COVID
PERIOD.
THE LAST POINT IS, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING
SOURCE.
AND SO MOVING TO A HOTELING
MODEL, TO JASON'S POINT, FRANKLY
MEANS WITHOUT AN IDENTIFIED NEW
RESOURCE MEANS WE WILL SERVE
LESS PEOPLE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS
SOMETHING WE ARE HAPPY TO DIG IN
MORE WITH YOU AND OTHERS AS YOU
REVIEW THE 2021 BUDGET.
BUT I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT POINT.
>> I'LL ASK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
FOR FOLLOW-UP.
AND I'M HOPING TO SWITCH THE
ORDER.
AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
ANY FOLLOW-UP?
>> I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
QUESTION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ASKING
THAT.
AND COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> IT'S RELATED BECAUSE I THINK
IT IS RELATED TO THE SUSTAINMENT
OF THE DEINTENSITY INDICATION.
AND I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION
ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE ENHANCED SHELTER EXPANSIONS
AND THE HOTEL UNITS JUST BECAUSE
I KNOW THAT THROUGH THE EFFORTS
OVER THE SPRING AND SUMMER, YOU
KNOW, A LOT OF SHELTER THAT IS
MORE CONGREGATE HAS BEEN
IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY.
BUT THAT HAS ALSO RESULTED IN
SOME CASES IN REDUCTIONS OF
TOTAL SPACES.
AND THERE WAS GOOD REPORTING BY
SYDNEY BROWNSTONE AT THE
BEGINNING OF LAST MONTH WHERE
SHE SPECIFICALLY SITED FROM THE
REPORTING AN EXAMPLE OF A
COMPASS HOUSING SHELTER CREATING
NEW AND IMPROVED SPACES LOST 13
PLACEMENTS.
MY CONCERN IS AS WE CONTINUE TO
SUSTAIN THE DEINTENSE EFFORTS
AND THE FIRST SECTOR OF THE
SLIDE HERE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T
WANT US TO BE SORT OF REDUCING
UNITS IN SORT OF THE ONE SLIDE
AND THEN ADDING UNITS IN THE
OTHER WITH LESS OF A NET
INCREASE.
I WONDER IF THOSE CONCERNS WOULD
BE UNFOUNDED OR IF THERE IS A
CONCERN WHETHER WE MIGHT HAVE A
LOWER NET GAIN OF UNITS DUE TO
THE NATURE OF TRANSITIONING FROM
SORT OF A PREPANDEMIC TO A
POSTPANDEMIC KIND OF SYSTEM THAT
WILL NECESSARILY NEED TO BE
DEINTENSIFIED.
.
>>> THANKS.
AND JUST SCROLLING BACK UP
TO MY NOTES, I THINK I SHARED --
YEAH.
HERE WE GO.
SO WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT A
REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF
SHELTER BEDS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 1479 SHELTER
BEDS.
WE COMBPT TO HAVE JUST OVER
1700 BEDS BY THE END OF 2020.
AND THE 2021 BUDGET BUILDS ON
THAT 1700 BY ADDING ADDITIONAL
HOTEL UNITS AND REALLY FOCUSING
ON THE THROUGHPUT TO HOUSING FOR
FOLKS IN THESE TEMPORARY SPACES
THROUGH THE USE OF DIVERSION,
RAPID REHOUSING, AND PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AT THIS POINT, YOU RAISE A
CONCERN THAT I SHARE, THAT THE
TEAM SHARES.
WE DID NOT WANT TO REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF BEDS.
I THINK THE SHELTER FUNDING THAT
WE HAVE PROPOSED IN THE 2021
BUDGET BUILDS ON THE ACTIVITIES
IN 2020 TO SUSTAIN BED CAPACITY
AND BUILD ON IT.
.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
I'M NOT SEEING A FOLLOW-UP.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
HERE.
THE FIRST RELATES TO THE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO
BOTH THE MAINTAINING SHELTER AND
THE RENT ASSISTANCE AND EXTRA
PREVENTION COLUMNS HERE.
IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL,
AND MAYBE IT'S ON A DIFFERENT
SLIDE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
COMPARE THIS INVESTMENT TO THE
BUDGETED 2020 INVESTMENT NOT
INCLUDING THE COVID-19 RELIEF
INVESTMENTS WE HAVE MADE THIS
YEAR.
AND THE REASON I WANT TO BE ABLE
TO SEE THAT WE ARE NOT JUST
BUDGETING TO THE ORIGINAL 2020
LEVELS, BUT THAT WE'RE BUDGETING
TO THE 2020 LEVELS PLUS THE
COVID-19 ADDITIONS THAT WE HAVE
MADE.
AND THE REASON WHY THAT'S SO
IMPORTANT IS IT'S GETTING BACK
TO THE JUMP START SPENDING PLAN
úFOR 2021.
I WANT TO SEE THAT THE
INVESTMENTS THAT WE PLAN TO ADD
WITH JUMP START, ADD TO THE 2020
LEVELS, I WANT TO SEE THAT THOSE
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN RENT
ASSISTANCE AND EVICTION
PREVENTION AND INVESTING IN
SHELTER ARE INCLUDED HERE.
SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET
SOME SORT OF A BREAKOUT THAT
MAKES THOSE YEAR TO YEAR
COMPARISONS PLUS INCLUDES THE
ADDITIONS WE MADE NUMEROU TIMES
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN 2020.
AND THEN ALSO AS IT RELATES TO
THE 125 UNITS IN ENHANCED
SHELTER, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT THAT
IS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS,
WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE THINKING OF
A SINGLE LOCATION.
WHAT'S THE PLAN BEHIND THAT?
AND THE TIMING, DO WE HAVE ANY
IDEA ON THE TIMING?
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION
RELATES TO THE RAPID REHOUSING
AND DIVERSION FUNDING BEING MADE
AVAILABLE.
I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR JOHNSON
HEARING THAT DIVERSION FUNDS
WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AND
ATTACHED TO OUTREACH THAT THE
RESTORATION OF DIVERSION FUNDING
THAT OUTREACH PROVIDERS HAVE
ACCESS TO IS A HIGH PRIORITY OF
MINE.
I APPRECIATE THAT BEING
INCLUDED.
JUST WONDERING, WHEN YOU SAY
WOULD BE ATTACHED TO OUTREACH,
DOES THAT MEAN IT WILL BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO CONTRACTED OUTREACH
PROVIDERS TO ACCESS?
AND IS THAT ALSO THE SAME FOR
RAPID REHOUSING?
AND HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT
THIS WOULD WORK WITH COORDINATED
ENTRY?
AND MY LAST JUST THOUGHT GOING
BACK TO THE HOTELING DISCUSSION
IS WHETHER OR NOT HOUSING LEVY
LEVY -- CONSIDERATION FOR A
HOTEL PURCHASE IF THERE WAS SUCH
AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND MAYBE WE'LL HEAR FROM EMILY,
DIRECTOR ALVARADO, ABOUT THAT
LATER.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.
ON RENT ASSISTANCE, WE CAN
PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
WE'LL FOLLOW UP.
UNLESS JULIE, YOU WANT TO
PROVIDE NOW?
OR DO YOU THINK IT'S BEST TO
FOLLOW UP?
.
>> YEAH.
SURE.
I WOULD JUST, THAT VERY
FIRST CHART THAT WE SHOWED YOU
WITH THE STACKED BARS AT THE
BEGINNING, THAT REALLY IS THE
BEST VISUAL DEMONSTRATION OF HOW
WE HAVE FOUND ALTERNATE FUNDING
SOURCES IN 2021.
AND INCLUDING THE COMBINATION OF
FUNDS BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021 TO
ASKING THE COVID RESPONSE FROM
2020 AND INTO 2021.
WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE
DETAIL TO SHOW YOU THE
SPECIFICATIONS.
THAT'S THE BEST VISUAL
REPRESENTATION.
DOES THAT HELP?
>> I WILL GO BACK AND TAKE A
LOOK AT THAT PAGE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, JULIE.
THE 125-UNIT SHELTER, WE
SHOULD BE IN A POSITION SHORTLY
TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ABOUT
THAT SINGLE SITE.
AND NOT IN A POSITION TO
SHARE THAT NOW.
BUT JUST KNOW THAT AT THIS
POINT, THE PLANNING EFFORT
UNDERWAY TO STAND UP THAT
ENHANCED SHELTER IS AT A SINGLE.
RAPID REHOUSING AND DIVERSION.
SO THE -- YES, WE NEED THIS TIED
TO THE RIGHT ACCESS POINT.
AND SO FOR DIVERSION, THE RIGHT
ACCESS POINT IS OUTREACH.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE THE
DIVERSION FUND AVAILABLE TO THE
CONTINUUM OF OUTREACH PROVIDERS
AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW,
WHEN THEY ENGAGE WITH AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO LIVING
UNSHELTERED, THEY CAN TAP IN TO
THE FUND SOURCE AND WORK TOWARD
A SOLUTION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.
FOR RAPID REHOUSING, AGAIN, THIS
IS TIED TO THE NEW ENHANCED
SHELTER, AS WELL AS THE HOTEL
UNITS THAT ARE BEING STOOD UP ON
A TEMPORARY BASIS.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE RAPID
REHOUSING DOLLARS ARE, YOU KNOW,
IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE
SHELTER PROVIDERS, THE PROVIDERS
WORKING IN THE HOTELS, SO THAT
THEY CAN WORK WITH THOSE CLIENTS
TO GET THEM INTO HOUSING.
AND THEN COORDINATED ENTRY
OFFERS A GOOD CONNECTION POINT
TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT
STILL NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT IS
HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT SYSTEM
TO MAKE A DIRECT CONNECTION FOR
THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE SHELTERS,
IN THE HOTELS, TO THOSE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
UNITS.
LAST QUESTION, YES.
LET'S TALK TO EMILY ABOUT LEVY
AND ACQUISITION FUNDS.
>> THANK YOU.
I NOTED THAT AS WELL FOR THE
HOUSING PRESENTATION, WHICH WE
WILL START FOR THE FOLKS AT O.H.
AT 12:00 NOON SO YOU HAVE THE
LAST HOUR.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WELL, REALLY TWO.
BUT I FIRST WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR HER
QUESTIONS.
I THINK ALL OF US HAVE BEEN
HEARING PLENTY FROM OUR
CONSTITUENTS.
AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN IT COMES
TO HOMELESSNESS, PEOPLE ARE
ANGRY IN THE CITY.
AND WHETHER THEY'RE ANGRY
BECAUSE THERE ARE NEEDLES IN THE
PARK, OR THEY'RE ANGRY BECAUSE
THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE IN THE FIFTH
YEAR OF A DECLARED CRISIS,
THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION IN
OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT SEEMS
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE CHASING
OUR TAILS, SPINNING OUR WHEELS,
WHATEVER METAPHOR YOU WANT TO
USE.
IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN FOR THE
BUDGET, TO THINK ABOUT STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION, I SUGGEST WE GET
ONE AND START THINKING ABOUT HOW
TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
THE PANDEMIC IS NOT GOING AWAY
ANY TIME SOON AND THE
HOMELESSNESS NEEDS A NEW
STRATEGY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE
MOVING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.
THAT SAID, IT IS EXCITING TO SEE
300 HOTEL SPACES.
I THINK TO THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
JOHNSON, DEPUTY MAYOR, FOR
MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION.
THIS IS SOMETHING OUR OFFICER
AND OTHER OFFICES HAVE BEEN
ADVOCATING FOR.
MY QUESTION ABOUT THAT IS
WHETHER THIS IS A CONTINUATION
OF SERVICE THROUGH COLEAD OR IF
THIS WILL BE ADMINISTERED
THROUGH ANOTHER PROGRAM?
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT
REGARDLESS OF THE ANSWER, THIS
IS AN AREA WHERE THE COUNCIL AND
THE EXECUTIVES SHARE COMMON
GROUND.
SO OUR OFFICE WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE
EXECUTIVE TO SEE A CONTINUATION
OR EXPANSION OF COLEAD OR JUST
CARE AND ANY OF THE OTHER HOTEL
PROGRAMS THAT ARE OPERATING
RIGHT NOW.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
LET'S SEE.
WHERE TO START?
ONE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE
WE'RE EXCITED TO USE AVAILABLE
HOTEL SPACE TO TEMPORARILY OFFER
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY
LIVING UNSHELTERED, THIS IS ALSO
NOT OUR FIRST FORRAY INTO
HOTELING.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE THROUGH
HSD'S CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN
PARTNERING WITH KING COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND
HUMAN SERVICES TO GET HUNDREDS
OF INDIVIDUALS INTO HOTELS
DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE SHOWN GREAT FLEXIBILITY
IN OUR SERVICE CONTRACTS SO THAT
INDIVIDUALS CONTINUE TO BE
SERVED AND OPERATIONS CONTINUE
TO BE PAID FOR THROUGH CITY
CONTRACTS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
RELOCATED TO HOTELS, SOMETIMES
EVEN HOTELS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE TO BE SUPPORTED
DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC.
WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO HERE IS
ADDING TO THE GOOD WORK AND
MAKING A INVESTMENT TO CONTINUE
THAT IMPORTANT STRATEGY OF
GETTING INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY
THOSE HIGH RISK VULNERABLE
INDIVIDUALS INTO SINGLE ROOMS SO
THAT THEY CAN SAFELY SHELTER
WHILE WE FIND HOUSING FOR THEM.
I THINK YOUR -- YOU HAD A
SECOND QUESTION.
COULD YOU ASK IT AGAIN?
>> WELL, I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE
COLEAD OR OTHER --.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT WAS IT.
YEAH.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE RELEASING
A QUITE EXPEDITED RFP TO ASK WHO
IN THE HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDER
NETWORK WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND
ABLE TO BE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
FOR THE NEW ENHANCED SHELTER, AS
WELL AS THE SERVICE PROVIDER IN
THE HOTELS.
SO A SPECIFIC PROVIDER AT THIS
POINT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THAT PROCESS WILL BEGIN SHORTLY.
AND WE'LL IDENTIFY THE PARTNERS
THROUGH THE PROCESS.
>> OKAY.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION
IS ABOUT THE ENHANCED 125
SHELTER SPACES.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS MIGHT BE
SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT
NAVIGATION CENTER, WHICH I WILL
SAY, YOU KNOW, OUR UNHOUSED
NEIGHBORS EXPRESSED AN
APPRECIATION FOR THAT MODEL AND
WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS
A REFERRAL OPTION FOR FOLKS.
SO MY ONE CAUTION WITH THAT
IS THAT IF THAT IS THE PLAN TO
DO ANOTHER NAVIGATION
CENTER-TYPE FACILITY THAT WE BE
REALLY CLEAR WITH THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE
CONSIDERING SO THAT WE DON'T
DUPLICATE THE CRISIS THAT WE HAD
WHEN THE NAVIGATION CENTER, WHEN
THE DECISION WAS MADE TO PUT IT
IN THE CID, TO PUT IT IN THE
LITTLE SAIGON AREA WITHOUT
CONTACTING THE COMMUNITY FIRST.
AS YOU KNOW, IT WAS A HUGE
PROBLEM FOR COMMUNITY NOT TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATION.
SO I APPRECIATE THE MODEL.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.
BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR THE
SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY AND
BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE MAKE
SURE FOLKS ARE INCLUDED AT THE
BEGINNING IN THE CONVERSATIONS.
>> OF COURSE.
AND FIRST, I AGREE WITH
YOU.
I THINK THE NAVIGATION HAVE IS A
STRONG MODEL.
AND I THINK ANYTHING WE CAN DO
TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO PEOPLE
COMING INDOORS AND HAVING A ROOF
OVERHEAD AND ACCESS TO THE
SERVICES THEY NEED, WE SHOULD
ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THRIVE TO DO
THAT.
BUT THIS 125 SHELTER
PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE AN
ENHANCED SHELTER.
SO 24/7 NATURE.
THERE WILL BE SERVICES PROVIDED,
STORAGE.
BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A
NAVIGATION CENTER.
SO JUST TO -- YOU KNOW, WE
COULD GO INTO SORT OF THE
DETAILS OF WHAT IS DIFFERENT
ABOUT A NAVIGATION CENTER MODEL.
BUT THIS WILL BE AN ENHANCED
SHELTER LIKE SO MANY OF THE
HUNDREDS OF ENHANCED SHELTER
BEDS ACROSS THE CITY.
BUT WILL NOT BE A SECOND
NAVIGATION CENTER.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR JOHNSON.
TO CLOSE US OUT ON THE SLIDE,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
AND I'LL ASK US TO GET TO SLIDE
NINE, WHICH IS PROMPTING A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND MORALES
TEED UP.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, GO AHEAD.
>> SO I WAS GOING TO SAVE THE
QUESTION UNTIL THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION BECAUSE I THOUGHT
IT MAY BE A LONG DAY.
GIVEN THE DISCUSSION THE WAY
IT'S SHAPED, IT MAKES SENSE TO
ASK IT HERE.
OBVIOUSLY, MY OFFICE VERY
STRONGLY SUPPORTS ACQUIRING
HOTEL SPACE FOR SHELTER,
ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC.
I AGREE WITH MANY OF THE POINTS
MADE BY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY QUESTIONS WERE RELATED TO
TINY HOUSES.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE
MENTIONED THAT AT ALL IN THE
PRESENTATION.
IT'S POSSIBLE I MISSED IT.
UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD PERSONAL
THINGS TO ATTEND TO AND I MISSED
A FEW MINUTES HERE AND THERE.
MAYBE YOU MENTIONED IT AND I
DIDN'T CATCH IT.
BUT MY QUESTIONS ARE WHAT
PLANS DO YOU HAVE TO EXPAND TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES?
OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THE
CITY -- ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
APPROACHES THE CITY CAN USE TO
REDUCE THE HARM OF HOMELESSNESS,
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES HAVE BEEN BY
FAR, JUST BY FAR, THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE MEASURE WE CAN USE WHILE OUR
NEIGHBORS ARE HOMELESS, NOT AS A
COMPETITION FOR PERMANENT
HOUSING.
OF COURSE, WE WANT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND TO EXPAND SOCIAL
HOUSING.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHY
PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS.
IN THAT SITUATION, TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES HAVE BEEN THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL AT HELPING PEOPLE
TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
THEY ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF
PEOPLE GAINING CONTROL OVER
THEIR LIVES AND LETTING PEOPLE
LIVE IN DIGNITY.
AND THEY CAN ISOLATE TO AVOID
THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.
IT'S EFFECTIVE IN THAT RESPECT.
PEOPLE HAVE THE PRIVACY AND
SAFETY AND PEACE OF MIND OF
THEIR OWN SPACE AND COMMUNITY.
IN SOME VILLAGES, A SELF-MANAGED
COMMUNITY TO CUT ACROSS THE
ISOLATION OF LIVING ON THE
STREETS.
AND THEY ARE SO
SUCCESSFUL AND HUMANE AND WE
HAVE HAD HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS
PEOPLE, EASILY HUNDREDS OVER THE
YEARS COME TESTIFY IN PUBLIC
COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES TO TALK ABOUT HOW
HELPFUL THEY ARE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THAT ON ANY OTHER HOMELESS
SERVICE INVESTMENT.
WE HEAR DATA-DRIVEN,
EVIDENCE-BASED ALL THE TIME.
HERE'S THE DATA AND HERE'S THE
EVIDENCE.
HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE
SAID TO US AND TOLD US HOW
SUPPORTIVE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
WERE AND HOW HELPFUL THEY WERE.
WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THAT FROM ANY OTHER HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES INVESTMENT.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
MAYBE THERE ARE.
BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE HAS
NEVER BEEN A HOMELESS PERSON WHO
HAS COME AND TESTIFIED IN
SUPPORT OF ENHANCED SHELTERS.
THAT DOESN'T REALLY STICK IN MY
MEMORY.
SHELTER SPACE IS IMPORTANT.
ANY KIND OF SHELTER SPACE TO
MAKE AVAILABLE TO KEEP OUR
NEIGHBORS SAFE IN TERMS OF
HEALTH AND OTHER DANGERS.
WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR
POWER.
AND THE ADVOCACY FOR THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES, ALL OF THIS
ILLUSTRATES HOW EXCEPTIONAL TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES ARE.
THEY HAVE FIVE LOCATIONS
IDENTIFIED AND READY TO GO TO
BUILD THE NEW TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES WHICH WOULD HELP
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GET OUT OF
THE STREETS.
AND WE HAVE ONE FUND FOR TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES THROUGH THE
AMAZON TAX.
AND I KNOW YOU WERE SEEKING FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT.
SO MY QUESTION IS ISN'T THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE UNDER YOUR
LEADERSHIP, DIRECTOR JOHNSON,
WHY HAVE YOU NOT EXPANDED THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES YET?
AND WILL YOU DO SO BEFORE THE
END OF THIS YEAR?
IS IT INCLUDED IN THE FUNDING
FOR NONCONGREGATE SHELTER FOR
NEXT YEAR?
AND WHAT WILL BE INS TO MAKE THE
MAYOR FINALLY AGREE TO
SUBSTANTIALLY EXPAND TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES?
IF YOU COULD BE OPEN ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
I WILL BE VERY OPEN AND VERY
FRANK ABOUT IT.
UNDER MY LEADERSHIP AT THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE
HAVE GONE FROM, YOU KNOW, SOME
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES OR CAMP --
TENT ENCAMPMENTS SO NOW
SUPPORTING EIGHT TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
THOSE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES ARE
ONE EXAMPLE OF ENHANCED SHELTER.
WHEN ADVOCATES ARE GOING AND
SAYING THAT THEY APPRECIATE AND
HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED THROUGH TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES, WHAT THEY ARE
SAYING IS ENHANCED SHELTER IS
WORKING.
AND TINY HOUSE VILLAGES ARE ONE
EXAMPLE OF THOSE ENHANCEMENTS.
SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OVER 300
UNITS OF AT ANY HOUSE VILLAGE
ENHANCED SHELTER.
AND I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY
PROUD TO PARTNER WITH A NUMBER
OF NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESS
ORGANIZATIONS, IMPORTANTLY TO
CALL OUT LEHI AND THE IMPORTANT
WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING
TO STAND THOSE SHELTER RESOURCES
UP.
THIS BUDGET IN 2021
SUSTAINS THE CURRENT INVESTMENTS
IN TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
SO THE $120 MILLION LINE ITEM
UNDER THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY MAINTAINS THE
CURRENT LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING AT
THESE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE OPERATING
NOW.
JUST THIS YEAR IN 2020, WE WERE
ABLE TO STAND UP TWO ADDITIONAL
SITES.
AND SO THE WORK OF STANDING UP
TINY HOME VILLAGES AND ADDING TO
THAT PROGRAM CONTINUES.
AND THIS BUDGET SUSTAINS THAT
EFFORT.
THIS BUDGET, HOWEVER, DOES NOT
OFFER ANY NEW FUNDING FOR TINY
HOME VILLAGES TO BE STOOD UP IF
2021.
INSTEAD, WE ARE CREATING, AGAIN,
VERY SIMILAR MODEL, INDIVIDUAL
UNIT, ENHANCEMENT OF SERVICES,
24/7 SUPPORT THROUGH THE USE OF
HOTEL ROOMS.
AND GIVEN THAT WE HAVE A
LIMITED ONE-TIME FUNDING SOURCE,
WE FELT LIKE THE USE OF
TEMPORARY USE OF HOTELS WAS A
SMART WAY TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THE
GREAT RESULTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN
IN OTHER ENHANCED SHELTER
MODELS, INCLUDING TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I WANT TO MOVE
THIS ALONG.
I WILL NOTE YOUR INTEREST IN
THIS.
I'M ASSUMING YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD MORE FUNDING IN 2021.
>> YEAH.
I HAVEN'T SPOKEN MUCH.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
WE HAVE A NAVIGATION SLIDE NEXT.
I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT
OF COMMENTS ON THAT.
.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I'M ONLY SPEAKING WHEN
I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY CRUCIAL
POINT.
AND I DON'T THINK DIRECTOR
JOHNSON ACTUALLY ANSWERED MY
QUESTION.
THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT
EXPANDING.
AND THAT STILL REMAINS TO BE
RESOLVED.
AND YES, I ABSOLUTELY THINK IN
MY VIEW, THE CITY COUNCIL'S WORK
IN THE BUDGET, IT IS IMPORTANT
TO EXPAND.
AND I WOULD REALLY FEEL FOR
SUPPORT FROM ALL COUNCILMEMBERS
TO DO THAT.
BUT ON THE NUMBERS THAT
INTERIM DIRECTOR JOHNSON USED,
YOU SAID EIGHT VILLAGES.
IN MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WERE
NINE OR TEN VILLAGES LAST YEAR.
IS EIGHT A REDUCTION?
AND WHERE DOES THE MAYOR STAND
ON THE NORTH LAKE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES?
THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE AN
ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THAT DOWN,
WHICH OF COURSE WAS PUSHED BACK
SUCCESSFULLY BY THE ACTIVISTS IN
THE COMMUNITY EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST ANSWER
THAT QUICKLY.
.
>> YEAH.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A REDUCTION
IN THE NUMBER OF TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE PROGRAMS.
AGAIN, THE 2021 BUDGET SUSTAINS
ALL CURRENT PROGRAMMING THAT IS
UNDERWAY IN 2020.
THE NORTH LAKE RIGHT NOW,
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
DOES NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF FORMAL
RELATIONSHIP TO THE NORTH LAKE
VILLAGE.
YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE THINGS
REMAIN AS THEY HAVE BEEN
THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE YEAR.
BUT AT THIS POINT, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S NOT A BUDGET LINE
ITEM FOR THAT PROGRAM, NOR IS
THERE A FORMAL RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THAT PROGRAM AND THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
DOES THAT ANSWER?
>> I MEAN, IT'S NOT SURPRISING
TO ME WHAT DIRECTOR JOHNSON IS
SAYING.
BUT I'M OKAY STOPPING HERE AND
THEN FOLLOWING UP LATER.
>> I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR
LINE OF QUESTIONING ON THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO
FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU ON THE
ITEM.
OKAY.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE
QUESTIONS FOR THIS SLIDE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO SLIDE NINE,
PLEASE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
SO THIS IS THE 2021 OUTREACH
STRATEGY.
SO THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET BY
THE MAYOR INVESTS $10.7 MILLION
IN OUTREACH FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THE CITY WILL PLAY A CENTRAL
ROLE IN COORDINATING THE
AGENCIES THAT WORK DIRECTLY WITH
PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED, AND
PROVIDE DIRECT OUTREACH TO
PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED ON
PUBLIC PROPERTIES AND IN PUBLIC
RIGHT OF WAYS.
HISTORICALLY, WHEN HSD
REFERS TO THE NAV TEAM, WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE TEEM,
THE SYSTEM NAVIGATOR, FIELD
COORDINATORS, COMMUNICATION AND
DATA EXPERTS, AND THE SPECIALLY
TRAINED POLICE OFFICERS ON THE
TEAM.
WE REALIZE THAT MANY DON'T
HEAR IT THAT WAY WHEN THEIR WORK
HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH THE
PARTICIPATION OF POLICE
OFFICERS.
THIS NEW OUTREACH AND RESPONSE
MODEL IS VERY MUCH HUMAN SERVICE
CENTERED.
THIS TEAM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR COORDINATING ACROSS AGENCIES
AND CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THIS WILL BE AN HSD-CENTERED
TEAM.
COORDINATED AND LED BY THE
DEPARTMENT.
UNDER THIS MODEL, HSD WILL
COORDINATE EFFORTS ACROSS CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND FACILITATE THE
COMMUNITY-BASED CONTRACT
OUTREACH EFFORT.
THIS INCLUDES COORDINATION
WITH SPD.
AND WE WILL CONSIDER SPD'S
PARTICIPATION AND CONTINUED
PARTNERSHIP ULTIMATELY COMMAND
DECISIONS ARE MADE BY CHIEF DIAZ
CASE BY CASE.
BUT THIS MODEL LEVERAGES THE
EXPERTISE OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TEAM MEMBERS AND
AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
HAVE BEEN SERVING PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO
HELP CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE
SERVICES THEY NEED AND
ULTIMATELY TO HOUSING.
IN THE 2021 BUDGET, THE NEW
OUTREACH AND RESPONSE TEAM IS AN
EIGHT-PERSON TEAM.
THIS TEAM IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE A TEAM
LEAD OR A TEAM MANAGER.
THEY WOULD HAVE AN OUTREACH
MANAGER OR COORDINATOR.
THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE TWO
SYSTEM NAVIGATORS IN THE FIELDS
TO MAKE CONNECTIONS, IMPORTANT
CONNECTIONS TO SERVICES.
THEY WOULD HAVE A FIELD
COORDINATOR OR SITE ASSESSOR.
THE CITY DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR
WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE A DATA
ANALYST AND A COMMUNICATIONS
STAFF.
THIS IS A BUDGET REDUCTION
OF FIVE TFE FROM THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
AND THIS ALSO TRANSFERS THOSE --
FOUR OF THOSE POSITIONS AND
976,000 OF BUDGET FROM THE
NAVIGATION TEAM TO THE SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITIES DIVISION.
WE ARE REPURPOSING THESE
FOUR POCKETS FROM THE NAV TEAM
TO THE SAFETY DIVISION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EXTENSIVELY
YESTERDAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT
TRANSITION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT IN THE 2021 BUDGET, THE NAV
TEAM OR THIS NEW OUTREACH TEAM
GOING FROM 16FTE THROUGHOUT THE
DEPARTMENT TO 8 WILL REQUIRE ONE
ABROGATED POSITION AND FOUR
POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE
REPURPOSED.
THE CITY MUST PLAY A
CENTRAL ROLE IN COORDINATING THE
OUTREACH SERVICES AND RESPONDING
TO THE IMPACT OF UNMANAGED
ENCAMPMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
WE HOLD A CONTRACTUAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL AGENCIES
THAT PROVIDE OUTREACH TO PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE ARE A STEWARD OF THE PUBLIC
DOLLARS THAT SUPPORT BOTH THE
AGENCIES AND SHELTER RESOURCES.
WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT A
CENTRALIZED REFERRAL PROCESS TO
THE NEW SHELTERS AND HOTEL
RESOURCES.
OTHER CONTINUUMS OF CARE
HAVE CENTRALIZED PROCESSES FOR
INSURING THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS
EMERGENCY SHELTER.
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY DO NOT.
THIS TEAM WILL HELP THE CITY
REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
MDAR AND PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN
ENSURING THAT ALL AVAILABLE
SHELTER AND HOTEL RESOURCES ARE
FULL.
THE NEW DIVISION DOLLARS ARE
CONNECTED TO THIS EFFORT,
HELPING PEOPLE BYPASS OTHER
SHELTER SYSTEMS AND FIND HOUSING
STABILITY.
SO AS WE DISCUSSED, DIVERSION
WILL BE A CRITICAL PART THAT
THIS HSD OUTREACH TEAM AND THE
CONTRACTED OUTREACH TEAMS CAN
USE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS TO
STABLE HOUSING.
THIS EFFORT REQUIRES
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY
AND CITY-FUNDED AGENCIES.
SO HSD STAFF WILL WORK WITH THE
HOMELESS OUTREACH CONTRACTED
AGENCIES ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND
ARE IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION TO
CONTINUE TO BUILD THESE
RELATIONSHIPS AND COORDINATE
WHERE OUTREACH TAKES PLACE.
THE UNSHELTERED RESPONSE TEAM
TOTAL BUDGET IS $1.3 MILLION.
ALSO IN THIS BUDGET PROGRAM AREA
IS THE LEAD CONTRACT FROM THE
PSA, WHICH IS $6.2 MILLION.
AND THEN THE OTHER OUTREACH
CONTRACTS TOTALLING $3.2 MILLION
WILL BE IN THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY
BUDGET AREA.
THE OUTREACH CONTINUUM WILL, YOU
KNOW, BE ENHANCED BY THE
PARTNERSHIP.
THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A
LASER-FOCUSED OUTREACH EFFORT IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
BUT A TEAM INTERNALLY AT THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT
WOULD COORDINATE AND FACILITATE
ALL OF THOSE.
.
>> DIRECTOR JOHNSON, THANK YOU
FOR WALKING US THROUGH THIS.
THE FIRST PERSON UP IS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
HERE TO CLARIFY FIRST.
AND THEN I HAVE A FEW MORE
POLICY QUESTIONS.
FIRST, DIRECTOR JOHNSON, YOU
STATED THAT OF THAT $9.4 MILLION
CATEGORY THERE, $6.2 MILLION IS
THE CURRENT LEAD CONTRACT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER CONTRACTS
THERE THAT ARE EXISTING AND
WOULD CARRY OVER?
OR DO YOU ENVISION $3.2 MILLION
IN NEW CONTRACTING SERVICES?
>> SO THE CONTRACTS AND THE
CONTRACTED PROVIDERS THAT WE
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ARE ALL
LISTED ON THE SLIDE.
LEAD OR THE PDA HAS $6.2 MILLION
AWARDED IN THEIR CONTRACTS.
AND THE NEARLY $3.5 MILLION IS
SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF THESE OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THAT WOULD REMAIN --.
>>> BUT, SORRY, WOULD THAT BE
NEW?
OR IS THAT CARRYING OVER CURRENT
MONEY THAT WE SPEND ON
CONTRACTING FOR THOSE SERVICES?
>> IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
MOSTLY CARRYOVER.
MOSTLY MAINTAINING.
>> GREAT.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
AND LOOKING ON THE OTHER SIDE,
AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT
WE TOUCHED ON THIS A LOT
YESTERDAY IN THE CONVERSATION,
BUT CLEARLY FROM LOOKING AT
THIS, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THERE'S ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT
FTEs THAT ARE PART OF THIS TEAM.
WHAT WOULD BE THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THIS TEAM AND SPD?
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WOULD BE A
COMMUNITY CONCERN THAT WE ARE
GOING TO HEAR THROUGH THE THE
BUDGET PROCESS IS HOW THAT
RELATIONSHIP IS GOING TO BE
OPERATIONALIZED UNDER THIS NEW
STRUCTURE.
IT SEEMS THERE WILL BE SEPARATE
BUT COORDINATING TEAMS.
I WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF
THIS TEAM FLAGS THAT THEY MIGHT
NEED POLICE ASSISTANCE FOR
SOMETHING, HOW DO YOU ENVISION
THAT PROCESS WORKING
OPERATIONALLY?
>> YEAH.
AND I THINK DEPUTY MAYOR
SIXKILLER IS PROBABLY IN THE
BEST POSITION TO DISCUSS CURRENT
CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF DIAZ.
CASEY, DO YOU WANT TO START OFF
HERE, AND THEN I CAN ANSWER ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER, YOU'RE DIRECT.
THIS HSD-CENTERED TEAM DOES NOT
INCLUDE MEMBERS OF SPD.
YOU KNOW, IN TERM OF THE
FUTURE ROLE BETWEEN THIS TEAM
AND SPD, THAT'S AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF DIAZ.
I WOULD POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT
WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE AND AS I
HAVE ARTICULATED THIS WEEK,
HAVING OFFICERS WHO ARE TRAINED
AND AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT AS
NECESSARY WHEN THE NEED ARISES I
THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
HOW AND WHEN THAT OCCURS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS AN ONGOING
DISCUSSION WITH SPD RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU ARE CORRECT IN YOUR
ASSESSMENT HERE THAT THEY ARE
NOT PART OF THIS HSD-CENTERED
TEAM.
.
>> RIGHT.
I GUESS PART OF MY CONCERN IS
THAT SEEMS TO BE A RELEVANT
POLICY CONSIDERATION TO ADOPTING
THIS NEW OUTREACH STRATEGY.
IT SEEMS LIKE ADDRESSING THESE
IN SILOS WON'T ANSWER A LOT OF
THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT WE
HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE ROLE
THE POLICE PLAY IN THE OUTREACH
STRATEGY.
SO I GUESS THAT AS WE GO
THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, I
WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO
JOIN THOSE TWO CONVERSATIONS
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO HAVE THEM
SEPARATELY AND HAVING SITUATIONS
NEXT YEAR WHERE THE OVERLAP
BETWEEN THOSE CREATES NEW
PROBLEMS AND CONTROVERSIES IN
THE CITY'S OUTREACH STRATEGY.
SO THAT WOULD JUST BE THE FIRST
THING I WOULD WANT TO ADDRESS.
I THINK THE OTHER THING
THAT I WANT TO RAISE IN LOOKING
AT SORT OF THE UNIVERSE OF
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS IS
THE EXTENT TO WHICH THERE HAS
BEEN COLLABORATION AND
CONSULTATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THIS NEW OUTREACH STRATEGY.
HAS THIS PROPOSAL BEEN DISGUST
DISCUSSED.
ARE THIS IN A POSITION TO
PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE
NECESSARY FOR THIS?
JUST CURIOUS IN DEVELOPING THIS
HOW MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE WITH
THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY TO THIS
POINT.
.
>>> I WOULD SAY A REMINDER THEY
ARE CONTRACTORS TO THE CITY.
SO I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE HAD SOME INFORMAL
CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
BEFORE YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, IS
OUR GOOD FACT EFFORT TO CONTINUE
TO REFINE THE WAY WE ARE
CONDUCTING OUTREACH AND
COORDINATION OF THE CITY'S
RESOURCES.
I THINK BY SHRINKING WHAT
USED TO BE A 16-PERSON TEAM TO 8
AND FOCUSING IN REQUIRES US TO
HAVE MORE DIRECT CONVERSATION TO
BOTH UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR
CAPABILITIES ARE, CONCERNS ARE,
THEIR IDEAS OF HOW TO
POTENTIALLY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE
AND REFINE WHAT WE'RE DOING
HERE.
BUT THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE
STATUS QUO.
AND I REALIZE THAT SOME OF THE
TITLES MAY LOOK VERY SIMILAR,
BUT I THINK IT NECESSARILY
REQUIRES US TO DO EVEN MORE
COORDINATED WITH OUR CONTRACTED
OUTREACH PROVIDERS.
>> RIGHT.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS DOES
REPRESENT A CHANGE IN APPROACH
AND THAT THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WE HAVE HAD CONTRACTS WITH
IN THE PAST.
I GUESS, YOU KNOW, JUST EVEN
THOUGH WE HAVE HAD CONTRACTS
WITH THEM, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN
RELUCTANT TO PUBLICLY CRITICIZE
SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE
HAD WITH THE STATUS QUO OUTREACH
APPROACH.
AND SO I GUESS I'M WONDERING IF
THESE CHANGES TO THE STATUS QUO
ARE RESPONSIVE TO SOME OF THIS
CONCERNS, OR IF THAT'S AN
ONGOING CONVERSATION?
AND THAT'S SORT OF RELATED TO MY
COMMENTS ABOUT THE DIVORCING OF
THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE
POTENTIAL POLICING COMPONENT AND
THE OUTREACH STRATEGY.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT UNLESS
THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE
COMBINED, I JUST WONDER IF SOME
OF THOSE CONCERNS ARE STILL
GOING TO EXIST AS WE HAVE THIS
DISCUSSION IN THE FALL.
SO I JUST WANTED -- I'M JUST
ASKING ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE
CONVERSATION SO FAR JUST TO KNOW
THE FOUNDATION.
>> I GUESS THE SIMPLE RESPONSE
IS CERTAINLY SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF FEBRUARY, THE PRIMARY FOCUS
OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM WAS
OUTREACH AND COORDINATION WITH
THE CONTRACT PROVIDERS BOTH TO
PEOPLE IN THE SHELTER ACTION
WHICH THEY DID VERY, VERY WELL
WHEN NEW UNITS BECAME AVAILABLE
IN MARCH AND APRIL.
AND I THINK IMPORTANTLY, TO
PROVIDE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
AROUND COVID-19 SAFETY, SAFETY
KITS, AND A BUNCH OF OTHER
THINGS.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE
ANTICIPATING AS WE HAVE
DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING
HERE, THAT WE WILL BE IN A
CONTINUED STATE OF GLOBAL
PANDEMIC RESPONSE HERE AT THE
CITY.
AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE
ANTICIPATING THIS TEAM TO BE
FOCUSED ON IS HOW WE ARE GETTING
PEOPLE INSIDE, HOW WE ARE -- YOU
KNOW, IF WE'RE BRINGING ON 425
NEW UNITS OF HOUSING, WE NEED A
COORDINATED FASHION WITH THE
CITY AND THE CONTRACTOR
PROVIDERS.
YEAH, THIS IS A REALLY UNIQUE
MOMENT FOR THE CITY AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO SOME,
YOU KNOW, VERY INTENTIONAL
OUTREACH FOR INDIVIDUALS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON THE
STREETS IN SEATTLE.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR, I'M SORRY TO
INTERRUPT.
I WANT TO NOTE, THOUGH, YOU
MENTIONED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
THE TEAM.
AND THAT'S JUST NOT BORNE OUT BY
THE DATA THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
AND NOT ALL OF THE DATA WE HAVE
ASKED FOR HAS BEEN PRESENTED.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF
COUNCILMEMBERS ON THIS MEETING
RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE REPEATEDLY
ASKED FOR THAT TYPE OF DATA.
WHEN WE MADE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW
TO BEST DO THE OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE
DATA WE LOOKED AT.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> NO, THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.
I DO JUST HAVE JUST A
LITTLE BIT MORE HERE.
AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
THE OTHER MEMBER OF THE
COMMITTEE, WHO I'M SURE WILL
HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS.
IN LOOKING AT THIS SECOND BOX OF
THE OUTREACH, THE CITY DID --
AND I THINK THIS IS RELATED.
THIS WILL PRESUMABLY IF APPROVED
BY THE COUNCIL GO INTO EFFECT IN
JANUARY OF 2021.
I GUESS I WOULD ASK IN TERMS OF
OUR BRIDGE PERIOD THROUGHOUT THE
REST OF 2020, THE COUNCIL
APPROPRIATED, I CHECKED WITH
ALLIE ON THE CENTRAL STAFF
EARLIER THIS WEEK TO SEE, $2.9
MILLION, INCLUDING $1.4 MILLION
OF NEW INVESTMENT TO MAINTAIN
AND EXPAND HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT SERVICES,
INCLUDING FLEXIBLE ASSISTANCE,
CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING
NAVIGATION SERVICINGS, SIMILAR
THINGS TO THE SERVICES INDICATED
IN THE SLIDE.
I WONDER WHAT THE PLAN IS TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE
RESOURCES FOR HOMELESSNESS
OUTREAC FOR THE REST OF 2020 BY
CONTRACTING WITH THESE
PROVIDERS.
AND SINCE I HAVE THE PRINCIPLES
HERE, DIRECTOR JOHNSON AND
DEPUTY MAYOR SIXKILLER, HOW DO
YOU SEE THOSE INVESTMENTS DOVE
TAILING WITH THE NEW OUTREACH
STRATEGY IN 2021.
>> WELL, THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
THE $2.9 NUMBER IS FROM SEVERAL
MONTHS AGO.
TODAY, IT'S LESS.
THAT IS ENTIRELY COMING FROM THE
SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES.
THEY ARE STILL ON THE
CITY'S PAYROLL.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH
THE IMPACTED EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN WE'LL BE
DETERMINING WHAT WE CAN DO IN
TERMS OF AS COUNCIL HAS PUT IT
SAVINGS THAT WOULD COME FROM THE
LOSS OF THOSE POSITIONS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.
>> I WOULD OFFER A LITTLE BIT
MORE DETAIL.
YOU KNOW, COUNCIL'S RECENT
ACTIONS FORMALLY TAKE PLACE 30
DAYS AFTER THE VOTE, SO OCTOBER
22nd.
IRNG THERE IS A LOT FOR THE
CURRENT NAV TEAM TO BE
CONSIDERING AS THIS PROGRAM
RAMPS DOWN AND CHANGES.
SO ISSUES LIKE DETERMINING
WHAT TO DO WITH THE WAREHOUSE OF
PERSONAL BELONGINGS, HOW TO
MANAGE SHELTER REFERRALS,
COORDINATION OF ENCAMPMENT
OUTREACH.
THIS TEAM SPECIFICALLY HAS BEEN
STEEPED IN AND RELIED ON FOR
THEIR COVID-19 RESPONSE.
THERE IS -- THEY ARE LEAD FOR
COORDINATION OF OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT,
SPECIFICALLY HELPING SPU, PARKS,
FAS AND OTHERS.
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO GET
PEOPLE INSIDE.
THEY ARE THE ONES INSTRUMENTAL
IN STANDING UP RESOURCE FAIRS
AND RESOURCE CONNECTIONS FOR
FOLKS DURING THOSE CLIMATE
CRISIS.
WORKING THROUGH THE ISSUES
AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO TRANSFER
THIS EFFORT OR IDENTIFYING WHAT
RISKS EXIST IF WE CANNOT WILL
TAKE TIME.
>> THERE ARE NINE CITY EMPLOYEES
WHO WOULD FACE LAYOFF.
AND I OWE IT TO THEM TO PROVIDE
AT LEAST VERY MINIMUM 30 DAYS'
NOTICE ONCE THIS COUNCIL'S
ACTION TAKES PLACE.
THA PUTS INTO NOVEMBER.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS DEPUTY
MAYOR SIXKILLER HAS ALREADY
FLAGGED, I THINK THAT THE NUMBER
THAT YOU JUST USED WAS FROM SOME
TIME AGO.
AND THERE IS WORK TO DO TO
FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IS ACTUALLY
AVAILABLE IN 2020 TO ADD TO
COMMUNITY-BASED OUTREACH OF
CONTRACTS.
LIKE WISE, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT HSD WILL NEED TO DETERMINE
A EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF
FUNDING FOR OUTREACH PROVIDERS.
CURRENT, OUR LARGEST CONTRACT
HOLDERS WITH WHITE-LED.
AND WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO GET
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUTREACH
PROGRAMS SUCH AS URBAN AND
INDIAN LED.
AND THAT'S A BODY OF WORK AHEAD
OF US.
>> I NOTE THAT WE HAVE THE LEAD
BUDGET PERSON FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
IF I MIGHT ASK IF ALLIE HAS
CLARIFYING PIECES TO ADD FOR US.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON -- OR GOOD
MORNING.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A
COUPLE OF THINGS.
OF THE $2.9 MILLION SUBJECT
ABOUT JUST UNDER $1.5 MILLION
BASED ON STAFFING COST.
AND THEY ARE ACCURATE IN
DESCRIBES THAT WAS CALCULATED
BASED ON EARLIER.
AND $740,000 WAS BASED ON A CUT
FROM FAS AND EXPENDED FUPDS.
AND JUST NOTE THAT THE ASSUMED
SALARIES SAVINGS FROM THE
POSITIONS WAS BASED ON SIX
POSITIONS, NOT NINE POSITIONS
BASED ON THE WORK THAT CENTRAL
STAFF DID.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY THE NUMBERS.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
IT'S NOT THAT THE NUMBERS
WEREN'T ACCURATE, THEY WERE
DELAYED.
AND HERE WE ARE.
AND WE WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE NUMBERS ARE REFLECTED.
ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP?
>> I THINK I'M FINE FOR NOW.
I MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
AFTER HEARING FROM MY
COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THE QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I
HAVE YOU UP NEXT.
>> THANK YOU.
WELL, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I WILL TRY TO -- I WILL START ON
PGE 190 OF THE -- AND EARLIER
IN THE PRESENTATION, IT SAYS
THAT THE UNSHELTERED OUTREACH
AND RESPONSE PROGRAM WOULD BE
FUNDED BY ABOUT $7.5 MILLION.
HERE, IT SHOWS 1.3 FOR THE TEAM
AND 1.6 FOR THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
SO APOLOGIES IF YOU HAVE
EXPLAINED THIS.
BUT COULD YOU CLEAR UP THE
DISCREPANCY, PLEASE?
>> SURE.
AND YOU KNOW, THIS SLIDE
WAS AN INTENT TO PUT EVERYTHING
IN ONE PLACE.
AND WHAT YOU'RE CALLING OUT
IS AT THE LEAD CONTRACT, $6.2
MILLION, AND THE UNSHELTERED
OUTREACH RESPONSE TEAM, $1.3
MILLION, ARE IN ONE BUDGET AREA.
AND THE REMAINING FUNDS, WHICH
ARE ROUGHLY $3 MILLION, $3.5
MILLION FOR CONTRACTED OUTREACH,
THOSE ARE IN THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL AUTHORITY BSL.
AND SO THEY'RE IN THIS TOTAL
$2.7 MILLION IS IN TWO DIFFERENT
PLACES IN THE BUDGET BOOK.
HERE, WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO HAVE
ONE CONVERSATION ABOUT OUTREACH.
AND WE PUT EVERYTHING IN ONE
SPOT.
>> OKAY.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
CANDIDLY IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND
THE NEW TEAM.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE AS PART OF
THE PLAN, I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW
IF THE CITY WILL CONTINUE
ADVERTISING OBSTRUCTION
REMOVALS.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
SHELTER SPACE FOR FOLKS IMPACTED
BY THAT, WHAT HAPPENS?
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
SHELTER SPACE FOR THAT, HOW DOES
THAT RESPOND OR DRIVE WITH THE
DECISION FROM MARTIN V.BOISO.
>> ON THE LEGAL QUESTION, THAT
WOULD BE BEST ANSWERED AS I
SUGGESTED IN MY LETTER, AN
EXECIVE SESSION WITH C.O.
AND
OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF FEDERAL
LITIGATION.
SO JUST SAY THAT.
AND JASON, IF YOU WANT TAKE THE
OTHER PIECES THERE?
>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION,
SORRY.
YOU MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING THAT -- SORRY IN
RESPONSE TO MY COMMENT THAT THE
NAVIGATION TEAM WAS DIRECTED TO
DO OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT SINCE
FEBRUARY.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT THIS
IS A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK
BECAUSE IN RESPONSE TO OUR
CONCERNS THAT WE RAISED ABOUT
THE NAVIGATION TEAM THIS SPRING
IN THE MIDST OF COVID AND THE
CONCERN WE DID NOT HAVE THE
SHELTER SPACE, THE USE OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM WAS IN DIRECT
CONFLICT WITH WHAT THE CDCS
GUIDANCE WAS.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SHELTER TO
MOVE PEOPLE INTO, WE SHOULD NOT
MOVE PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY AND
SCATTERING PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT
STREETS.
SO I GUESS I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT
QUESTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES ASKED CANNOT BE
ADDRESSED NOW.
>> I'M ONLY RESPONDING TO HER
QUESTION OF HOW ANY OF THE
PROPOSING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
FEDERAL DECISION IN THE BOISE
CASE, NOT THE OTHER COMPONENTS
OF THE QUESTION.
I'M SORRY IF I WASN'T CLEAR ON
THAT.
>> SO PERHAPS I UNDERSTOOD THE
QUESTION SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
IF THERE IS NOT A PLACE TO PUT
PEOPLE INTO FOR APPROPRIATE
SHELTER, IF OUR CONGREGATE
SHELTERS WITH AT CAPACITY AND WE
HAVE NOT OPENED THE
NONCONGREGATE SHELTER THAT WE'RE
EXCITED ABOUT, BUT RECOGNIZE
IT'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE, WHAT WILL
THIS TEAM BE DOING?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, IS THAT A
FAIR QUESTION TO ADD?
>> WHAT WE'RE --.
>> SO THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO
MAKE SHELTER REFERRALS.
AND SO THE NAVIGATION TEAM
JUST IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF
2020 MADE OVER 400 REFERRALS TO
SHELTER.
THIS IS AN 81% INCREASE QUARTER
OVER QUARTER.
AND THE NAVIGATION TEAM, YOU
KNOW, IDENTIFIED 149
UNDUPLICATED ENROLLMENTS INTO
SHELTER, ALSO IN THE SECOND
QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
THAT'S DURING THIS COVID
RESPONSE.
THE NAV TEAM HAS BEEN OUT IN THE
FIELD CONNECTING PEOPLE TO SAFE
SPACES TO BE.
THAT IS THE WORK THAT WOULD
CONTINUE.
LIKEWISE, DURING THE PANDEMIC,
IT IS THE NAVIGATION TEAM OUT IN
THE FIELD MAKING SURE THAT
INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE EQUIPMENT,
HYGIENE SERVICES, FOOD ACCESS,
AND OTHER SERVICE ACCESS THAT
THEY NEED TO STAY SAFE FROM
COVID.
SO IT IS VERY MUCH AN OUTREACH
MODEL CENTERED IN HUMAN SERVICE
CONNECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS.
AND IT WOULD REALLY BUILD
ON THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN
DOING THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IN TOTAL THIS
YEAR, WE HAVE ONLY HAD SEVEN, I
WOULDN'T QUOTE ME ON THE EXACT
NUMBER, BUT LESS THAN TEN, YOU
KNOW, REMOVALS.
AND SO THIS IS A TEAM WHO
BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THIS
YEAR WHERE WE HAVE BEEN DEEPLY
ENGAGED WITH INDIVIDUALS THROUGH
AN OUTREACH STRATEGY, THAT IS
THE WORK THAT WOULD GO FORWARD.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE REAL
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, YOU
KNOW, NAV TEAM OF 2019 AND THE
NAV TEAM OF 2021.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE A
FOLLOW-UP.
AND COUNCIL JB MEMBER MORALES,
DO YOU AS WELL.
>> I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO INTERJECT QUICKLY.
I'M FRUSTRATED WITH THE TONE OF
THE EXCHANGE, FRANKLY.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE
ARE HERE IN EARNEST TO ASK
QUESTIONS, TO UNDERSTAND POLICY
MOTIVATIONS FOR THE PROPOSALS
BEFORE US.
I BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES ASKED AN APPROPRIATE
QUESTION ABOUT HOW THE -- SOME
OF THE FEDERAL LITIGATION IS
IMPACTING THE CHOICES CONSIDERED
HERE.
AND I DON'T APPRECIATE
PUNTING THIS TO AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION, DEPUTY MAYOR.
IN THE THREE-PAGE LETTER THAT
THE DURKAN ADMINISTRATION SENT
TO US ON SEPTEMBER 30th AT 1:40
P.M., OUT OF THE THREE PAGES,
ONE AND A HALF PAGES WAS
DEDICATED TO TALKING ABOUT THE
ADMINISTRATION'S PERSPECTIVE ON
THE VERY LAWS AND LEGAL
PRINCIPLES THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES IS ASKING YOU ABOUT NOW
IN OPEN SESSION.
SO I THINK THE PUBLIC AND WE AS
COUNCILMEMBERS DESERVE A
RESPONSE TO THAT PARTICULAR
QUESTION.
AND IT'S MY EXPECTATION THAT
THAT BE ANSWERED TO THE EXTENT
THAT YOU ARE NOW CLAIMING
ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S
APPROPRIATE, GIVEN THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION, AGAIN, SPENT TWO
OUT OF -- A PAGE AND A HALF OUT
OF THREE-PAGE LETTER RELYING ON
CITATIONS TO HOOPER VERSUS CITY
OF SEATTLE, TO THE INTERSECTION
WITH THE NDARS.
AND IT APPEARS THAT THE RELIANCE
ON YOUR INTERPRETATION OF
THAT -- THOSE LEGAL PRINCIPLES
IS INFLUENCING THE PROPOSAL WE
ARE SEEING BEFORE US.
I TAKE ISSUE WITH THE DEFLECTION
HERE OF NOT WANTING TO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION POINTEDLY.
AND I WANT TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES' QUESTION
IN THAT REGARD.
AND I WANT TO REQUEST THAT
DEPUTY MAYOR ANSWER THE QUESTION
ACCORDINGLY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
DEPUTY MAYOR.
>> WHAT I WOULD SAY, AGAIN, IS
NUMBER ONE, THE PRIORITY OF THE
THEN NAVIGATION TEAM IN 2020 HAS
BEEN TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS TO
SHELTER AND CONNECT THEM TO
COVID-19 RESOURCES.
AND AS BORNE OUT BY THE DATA
THAT DIRECTOR JOHNSON GAVE YOU,
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE SEVEN FROM
APRIL TO I THINK SEPTEMBER,
SEVEN, YOU KNOW, OBSTRUCTION
REMOVALS VERSUS 451 OVER THE
SAME TIME PERIOD A YEAR AGO.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND
WE THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR A
COUPLE OF REASONS IS TO CONTINUE
TO HAVE A CENTRALIZED MANNER BY
WHICH HSD AND THE CITY BY
EXTENSION CAN COORDINATE
OUTREACH TO INDIVIDUALS ENGAGING
AND EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
COORDINATE THROUGH AND WITH AND
IN PARTNERSHIP ARE CONTRACTED
OUTREACH PROVIDERS IN GETTING
PEOPLE INSIDE.
THAT IS THE PRIMARY FUNCTION.
AND PART TWO OF THAT, I GUESS,
WOULD BE TO ANSWER MAYBE YOUR
QUESTION.
AND MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR
QUESTION.
I APOLOGIZE IF I MISINTERPRETED
IT.
WE DO BELIEVE AS WAS SAID IN THE
LETTER THAT, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE
DECISION, YOU KNOW, THE JUDGE'S
DISMISSAL OF THE HOOPER CASE WAS
PREDICATED ON THE EXISTENCE OF
THE MDARS AND HAVING A
CENTRALIZED FUNCTION OF THE
CITY.
I WOULD SAY THAT WE BELIEVE THAT
THAT CONTINUES TO BE AN
IMPORTANT FUNCTION.
AS I WOULD SAY, AS I'M TRYING TO
STATE OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THE
PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE TEAM IS
THIS YEAR AND THE YEAR PROPOSING
TO HAVE IT BE THE PRIMARY
FUNCTION OF THE TEAM IS TO DO
THE OUTREACH AND CONNECTION TO
SHELTER.
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, TO
YOUR POINT, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING,
YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL -- THIS
BUDGET IS PREDICATED IN THE IDEA
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC THROUGH
2021.
AND THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, THE
ABILITY FOR US TO -- OUR PRIMARY
FUNCTION IS TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE
AND GET THEM INSIDE.
THAT COUPLED WITH THE
INVESTMENTS WE'RE PROPOSING FOR
THE USE OF HOTEL ROOMS AS AN
EXAMPLE, WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN A
PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL FOR
SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, I THINK IS
PART OF THE ENTIRE EFFORT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOUBLING THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE SPENDING
ON THIS FROM $40 MILLION TO $80
MILLION AS A STEWARD OF FEDERAL
FUNDS AND THE CONTRACTING AGENT
TO THE CONTRACT OUTREACH
PROVIDERS, WE THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT FROM AN OVERSIGHT
PERSPECTIVE TO HAVE THE
CENTRALIZED COORDINATION AT THE
CITY.
AGAIN, GO BACK TO 2017, THAT DID
NOT EXIST.
>> IF I COULD GET AN ANSWER TO
THE THREE QUESTIONS I POSED.
WILL WE CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF
PRIORIZING OBSTRUCTION REMOVALS?
WILL WE FUND ENOUGH SHELTER
SPACE TO RELOCATE PEOPLE
IMPACTED BY THAT?
AND IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, HOW ARE
WE CONSISTENT WITH MARTIN VERSUS
THE CITY?
THOSE ARE MY THREE QUESTIONS.
>> I'M NOT TRYING TO BE
DEFENSIVE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FIRST
QUESTION.
>> SO WE HAVE -- THE REFERRALS
THAT WE HAVE MADE, IT'S STILL
NOT CLEAR HOW MANY FOLKS WENT
INTO SHELTER.
PEOPLE WERE 97%, I BELIEVE OF
THE REMOVALS WERE DECLARED
OBSTRUCTION.
TO ME, WE ARE PRIORITIZING THAT
CATEGORY AS REASONS TO MOVE
PEOPLE.
WILL WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT?
WILL THIS TEAM, WHATEVER IT IS,
NAVIGATION OR OUTREACH, IS THAT
A PRIORITY IN HOW THEY MAKE THE
DECISIONS?
>> I THOUGHT I ANSWERED THE
QUESTION BY STATING THAT THIS
YEAR IN 2020, WE HAVE ONLY MADE
SEVEN REMOVALS WHILE -- DURING
THE COVID PANDEMIC.
THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE
CONTINUED WORK THAT THIS TEAM
WOULD DO IN 2021 WHERE THEY
WOULD NOT BE CONDUCTING FORCIBL
REMOVALS.
THEY WOULD BE TRYING TO BUILD
CONNECTIONS TO NEEDED SERVICES.
AND SO THE PRIORITY WILL REMAIN
THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC
SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS IN
ENCAMPMENTS AND THE PUBLIC.
BUT IT WILL BE THROUGH A
DIFFERENT STRATEGY OF SERVICE
CONNECTION AND SERVICE SUPPORT
THAT WE WILL TRY AND FIND
SOLUTIONS.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER -- CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
IF IT'S OKAY, I'LL MOVE ON TO
THE LAST COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO ONE IS ABOUT STAFFING.
WHY DOES THIS TEAM NEED A
DEDICATED COMMUNICATIONS
MANAGER?
AND WHY DO WE NEED TWO SYSTEMS
NAVIGATORS WHEN WE HAVE
CONTRACTED WITH ORGANIZATIONS
THAT DO OUTREACH WITH OUR
UNHOUSED COMMUNITY AND BRING A
LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN DOING THIS?
SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE QUESTION.
.
>> YEAH.
>> AND THEN LET ME FINISH UP AND
THEN I'LL BE DONE.
ONE CRITICISM OF THE NAV TEAM
WAS THAT WE HEARD FROM SERVICE
PROVIDERS THAT THERE WAS A
BOTTLENECK AT THE REFERRAL
POINT.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE
CAN'T JUST TRAIN PROVIDERS ON
THE CITY'S REFERRAL PROCESS AND
THE NAV APP AND OTHER TOOLS WE
HAVE AND ALLOW THEM TO DO DIRECT
SHELTER REFERRAL TO CLEAR UP THE
BOTTLENECK.
>> GREAT.
SO THE COMMUNICATIONS PERSON IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS
TEAM.
I HAVE TO ASSUME THAT EACH
OF YOUR OFFICES GET THE SAME
NUMBER OF INQUIRES ABOUT
UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS AND THE
IMPACTS OF ENCAMPMENTS, AS DO
WE.
THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTITUENT
COMMUNICATION THAT NEEDS TO BE
MANAGED.
LIKEWISE, THIS COUNCIL ASKS FOR
A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT OUR
OUTREACH EFFORTS AND ABOUT OUR
EFFORTS TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS.
WE NEED TO HAVE A LEVEL OF
STAFFING THAT CAN MAKE SURE THAT
INFORMATION IS FLOWING BACK AND
FORTH.
WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC AND A
MEDIA WHO IS ALWAYS ASKING
QUESTIONS ABOUT EFFORTS AND
ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT CERTAIN
ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE PEPPERED
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE NEED TO HAVE A SINGLE POINT
OF CONTACT FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE
ABLE TO GET INFORMATION TO, ONE,
HEAR FROM THEM, BUT TWO, TO GET
INFORMATION BACK OUT.
SO THAT COMMUNICATIONS ROLE
PAIRED WITH THE DATA ANALYSTS
ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR US
TO CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO ALL OF
THE INQUIRES THAT COME FROM A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
POPULATIONS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS
YEAR, WE HAVE RECEIVED WELL OVER
500 INQUIRES.
THAT IS NOT INCLUDING THE NUMBER
OF INQUIRES THAT COME IN
REPORTING THE IMPACT OF
HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THE
CUSTOMER SERVICE BUREAU.
AND SO THERE'S A FLOOD OF
INQUIRE THAT WE NEED DATA
ANALYSTS AND THE COMMUNICATION
MANAGER.
THESE ARE VERY
WELL-TRAINED INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE A CAREER OUT IN IF THE
FIELD DOING OUTREACH TO HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS.
THANKS.
I STILL WANT TO GO TO ONE OF
THE QUESTIONS THAT IS NOT BEING
ANSWERED SO I WILL ASK IT A
DIFFERENT WAY AND HOPE THAT
THERE WILL BE AN ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION AND I AM ALSO GOING TO
ASK THAT YOU DON'T INTERRUPT ME
AS I AM ASKING THE QUESTION.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL
OCCASIONS WHERE DIRECTOR
JOHNSON YOU AND DEPUTY MAYOR
KITZWELLLER HAVE INTERRUPTED SO
I WANT YOU TO TAKE A PAUSE.
THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE NOT
GOT AN ANSWER TO IN TERMS OF
THE 2021 OUTREACH STRATEGY ON
SLIDE NUMBER 9, I WOULD LIKE TO
GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER
OR NOT ANY DOLLARS WILL BE USED
FOR PURPOSES OF CLEARING
OBSTRUCTIONS OR ANY OTHER TYPE
OF UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENT AS
DEFINED?
>> IF I CAN ASK THE QUESTION
BACK TO YOU.
YOU ARE ASKING IF ANY OF THE
DOLLARS CAN BE USED TOWARDS
ENCAMPMENT OR OBSTRUCTION
REMOVAL IN ITS SIMPLE FORM.
>> THE ANSWER IS YES.
>> CONSISTENT WITH THE M DARES.
>> SO I SUPPOSE I WASN'T ASKING
IF IT COULD BE.
I AM ASKING IF THEY WILL BE.
SO IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE
$10.7 MILLIONS AS PROPOSED ON
SLIDE NINE AND MAKES NO
CHANGES.
WILL THE DOLLARS BE UTILIZED
FOR PURPOSES OF CLEARING
UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS
CONSISTENT WITH THE N DARNESS.
>> IF YOU ARE ASKING ME TO MAKE
A COMMITMENT WE WON'T CONDUCT
ANY TYPE OF ENCAMPMENT OR
CONSTRUCTION RENEWAL, THE
ANSWER IS NO.
>> I AM NOT ASKING FOR A
COMMITMENT.
I AM ASKING WHETHER OR NOT THE
2021 STRATEGY AS PROPOSED ON
SLIDE NINE, WILL ANY OF THOSE
DOLLARS BE UTILIZED FOR
PURPOSES OF CLEARING
UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS
CONSISTENT WITH THE M DAR?
>> YES.
OKAY.
HOW MANY OF THE $10.7 MILLIONS
WILL BE UTILIZED FOR PURPOSES
OF CLEARING UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE
N DARES?
>> I HAVE NO WAY OF ANSWER THAT
QUESTION.
>> WHY ARE YOU UNABLE TO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION?
>> I THINK THE QUESTION
PRESUMES WE HAVE IN OUR HEAD A
BACK OF THE NAPKIN NUMBER OF
ENCAMPMENTS TO BE REMOVED OR
OBSTRUCTIONS TO BE REMOVED AND
I JUST DON'T -- I DON'T HAVE
THAT.
I WOULD SAY ALSO, YOU KNOW,
PART OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING
TO DO HERE IS REALLY START TO
RETHINK AND REENGAGED IN A NEW
WAY WITH OUR CONTRACTED
OUTREACH PROVIDERS.
AND I THINK AGAIN OUR OPERATING
POSTURE BECAUSE OF COVID AND WE
ARE LEARNING FROM THIS IS HOW
WE CAN LEAD WITH ENGAGEMENT IN
A DIFFERENT WAY AND WHAT WE
HAVE PROPOSED HERE AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PDA AND
OTHERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
REALLY RETHINK HOW AND WHERE WE
DO THAT AND HOW WE UTILIZE EACH
RESOURCES.
AND THAT MAY BE NOT A DEFINED
ANSWER BUT I AM REALLY
COMMITTED TO HAVING THAT
DISCUSSION AND SEEING HOW WE
CAN REALLY WORK TO MOVE TO --
NOT JUST ENGAGE PEOPLE BUT GET
PEOPLE INSIDE AND THAT IS NOT
JUST DONE BY STRUCTURED REMOVAL
BECAUSE WE NEED TO OFFER
SHELTER FOR PEOPLE IT IS
ENGAGING SOME OF OUR MORE
CHALLENGING AREAS AROUND THE
CITY.
BUT I THINK WE ARE PROPOSING IN
'21 TO UTILIZE RESOURCES AND DO
AND WORK IN COORDINATION WITH
WHETHER IT IS OUR CITY TEAM OR
IF PERHAPS BEST LED BY A
PARTNER ORGANIZATION TO DO THAT
KIND OF ENGAGEMENT AND THAT IS
-- I AM FULLY ADMITTING THAT IS
A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN WE
HAVE TAKEN HISTORICALLY.
IN RESPONDING TO WHAT I THINK
COUNCIL HAS CLEARLY
ARTICULATED, NOT JUST RECENTLY
BUT CERTAINLY OVER THE PAST
YEAR PLUS, WHAT WE ARE HEARING
FROM OUR OWN CONTRACTING --
CONTRACTED AGENCIES AND WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN SEEING FIRST HAND
THESE SEVERAL MONTHS IN THIS
COVID ENVIRONMENT, IS
OPPORTUNITY AND THE NEED FOR US
TO RETHINK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS
YOUR QUESTION BUT I REALLY MEAN
THAT IN FULL TRANSPARENCY AND
HONESTY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
EMBRACE CHANGE AND AGAIN A TEAM
THAT IS LESS THAN IT WAS
BEFORE, THAT DOESN'T HAVE -- IS
NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU KNOW
SPD IS A FULL TIME MEMBER OF IT
AND REQUIRING US TO TAKE A
DIFFERENT APPROACH AND THAT IS
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO TRY
TO ATTEMPT THAT AND BEGINNING
IN 2021.
A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT
NEEDS TO OCCUR THIS FALL SO IF
COUNCIL TO YOUR POINT DOES
ACCEPT THIS PROPOSAL THAT WE
ARE READY TO EXECUTE THAT AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT I
APPRECIATE YOUR LINE OF
QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE ANY
FOLLOW-UP?
>> NOT AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND GONZELEZ ON THEIR
LEADERSHIP ON THE HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY LOOKING FORWARD AS
THAT IS STOOD UP AND STAFFED
AND WE SEE THE REINVESTMENT
RESOURCES GOING THERE AND
DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS
REGIONALLY.
I WANT TO THANK DEPUTY
KITZWELLLER AND JOHN SIMMONS,
OVERALL THIS WHOLE STRATEGY OF
THE SURGE IN ASSISTANCE FOR
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, I
THINK IS STILL DIGGING INTO THE
DETAILS AND QUESTIONS COMING UP
HERE BUT TO ME PERSONALLY IT IS
STRATEGIC AND SENSIBLE.
I GET A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS
FOR INCREASE IN UNAUTHORIZED
ENCAMPMENTS.
I WANT TO THANK THE HARD
WORKING DEDICATED TEAM OF CITY
EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN
ENGAGED AND TRYING TO OFFER
SHELTER AND SERVICES AND ABOUT
THE IMPROVED RESULTS.
IN LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE, THIS
STREAMLINED OUTREACH AND
RESPONSE TEAM, I'M GLAD TO SEE
THAT FOR THE 9.4 MILLION WE DO
HAVE A TEAM OF CITY GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES THAT WILL BE THE IDEA
IS TO COORDINATE AND OVERSEE
THESE OPERATIONS AND TO ANALYZE
THE DATA AND TO RESPOND TO
COMMUNICATION REQUESTS AND SO I
APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS ALSO
FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
IN ADDITION TO OBSTRUCTIONS, I
KNOW THAT YOU KNOW I HAVE HEARD
A WILL THE ABOUT FIRE HAZARDS
AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, I STRONGLY SUPPORT
HAVING CITY GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE
HERE WITH THE CITY TAX DOLLARS
GOING OUT TO HIGHLY SKILLED
OUTREACH NONPROFITS SO I JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS
PRESENTATION AND I MAY HAVE
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS LATER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON.
NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS, I DO HAVE A FEW
CONCLUDING COMMENTS HERE.
I WANT TO REITERATE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE LANGUAGE THAT
WE DID PASS IN THIS SUMMER AND
EARLY FALL ACTION CONFIRMED
WITH CENTRAL STAFF AND OUR
LEGAL TEAM THAT THERE IS
NOTHING THAT PROHIBITS THE CITY
FROM CONTINUING TO PROTECT
PUBLIC AFETY, ADDRESS FIRE
HAZARDS, AND MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS NO CRIME HAPPENING
THAT IS ONE THING THAT I THINK
HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE AND WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THAT
ISSUE TO REST ABSOLUTELY.
THERE IS STILL THE ABILITY FOR
OUR CITY PERSONNEL TO ADDRESS
CRIMES AND THOSE TYPES OF
HAZARDS, I WANT TO REITERATE MY
APPRECIATION FOR THE
PRESENTATION TODAY.
OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE FOLLOW-
UP QUESTIONS.
YOU HEARD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
TODAY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US AND
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
THE CHANCE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU ON THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND, YES, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
JOHNSON, IF WE COULD SEE THAT
NEXT SLIDE THAT WOULD BE GOOD
FOR THE PUBLIC AND AS WE TRANSI
WANT TO LET THE KNOW THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING WE STILL
HAVE 35 MINUTES TO YOUR
PRESENTATION AND IF WE NEED TO
CARRY OVER HAPPY TO DO.
DIRECTOR JOHNSON IS THERE
ANYTHING ON THIS SLIDE?
>> NO, WE HAVE COVERED MUCH OF
IT IN EARLIER QUESTIONING.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT
WE ARE PREPARING TO TRANSITION
BOTH THE CONTRACTS OVER TO THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY WHEN THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY IS READY.
AND AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZELEZ MENTIONED.
THE CEO HIRING IS EXPECTED TO
RESULT IN A NEW LEADER IN
JANUARY.
THAT LEADER HAS 60 DAYS TO
SUBMIT A STAFFING PLAN.
THAT STAFFING PLAN WILL GUIDE
WHEN WE WILL CONDUCT
TRANSITIONS.
SO I THINK MUCH OF THAT WAS
DISCUSSED EARLIER.
>> APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT
UP SO WE CAN HAVE THAT IN OUR
MIND AS WE CAN GO OUT TO 2021
BUDGET.
AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT A
NUMBER OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
WERE RAISED ABOUT THIS NEWLY
PROPOSED NAVIGATION OR OUTREACH
TEAM, FOR ME IT IS GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW AND IF
THIS IS SEPARATE OR DOVETAILS
WITH THAT NEW ENTITY SO WE WILL
FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT THERE IS BUDGETARY ITEMS
THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, I'M SORRY,
IN 2021'S BUDGET TO ADDRESS THE
COORDINATION AMONG SERVICE
PROVIDERS GIVEN THE CHANGING
NATURE OF COVID AND I THINK OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASED
NEED GIVEN MANY PEOPLE ARE
UNEMPLOYED AND RENT IS GOING TO
AT SOME POINT BECOME DUE EVEN
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO HAVE THE PROTECTIONS FROM
THE EVICTION PREVENTIONS
STRATEGY.
WE KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE
RACKING UP BILLS AND THEY DO
NOT HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF
EMPLOYMENT.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF A SURGE IN
HOMELESSNESS AND INCREASING
HOUSING INSTABILITY.
WE DO NEED TO HAVE GREATER
COORDINATION AMONG SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE
FROM YOU AND AGAIN THIS IS NOT
ABOUT YOU OR ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL
AMONGST YOUR TEAM BUT IF THERE
IS A STRATEGY THAT WE NEED TO
FUND OR ENSURE THAT THERE IS
FUNDING TO SUPPORT I'D BE VERY
INTERESTED BY WAY OF REFERENCE
SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I
RECEIVED ABOUT THE LACK OF
COORDINATION AMONG SERVICE
PROVIDERS, NO ONE HAS REACHED
OUT AND DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE
TO CONNECT.
NOT AWARE OF SUSTAINED
COMMUNICATION WITH SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT
ENGAGEMENT IS HAPPENING ONE-ON-
ONE AND WHAT WE NEED IS
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN THE
SYSTEMS, A TRUE SYSTEMS
RESPONSE.
FOLKS ARE FRUSTRATED ABOUT HACK
OF MEANINGFUL COMMUNICATION
ENGAGEMENT THAT REQUIRES US TO
WORK TOGETHER AND IMPLEMENT
STRATEGIES WITH ONE INDIVIDUAL
ONE-ON-ONE AND THE FLU SEASON
IS ON TOP OF THAT AND I WILL
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU.
WITH THAT, ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, PLEASE TAKE
US HOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE TEN, I
DO THINK THAT IT IS WORTH
SPENDING MORE TIME ON THIS.
UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE OUT OF
TIME TODAY.
BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A
SIZEABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND
THERE ARE A LOT OF
INTERSECTIONS HERE BETWEEN
COUNCIL'S BUDGET APPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY AND THE CONTEXT OF
THE LOCAL AGREEMENT AND THE
BYLAWS THAT ARE HOPEFULLY GOING
TO GET APPROVED IN THE NEXT
GOVERNING COMMITTEE MEETING OF
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG FOR YOU
CHAIR MOSKITA AND DIRECTOR JOHN
SOMEFIT THAT IT MAY MERIT MORE
ATTENTION IN TERMS OF DIGGING
INTO THE DETAILS AND
UNFORTUNATELY I RECOGNIZE WE
JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO
THAT TODAY BUT DON'T WANT TO
LOSE THE THREAD OF THE NEED TO
HAVE A DEEPER CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES TO SOME OF THE ISSUES
THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE
PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAVE EXPRESSED
RELATED TO HOW BUDGET DECISIONS
ARE PROCESSED AND MADE IN THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
AND BUDGET APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITY IS REALLY THE ONLY
POWER THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE AND AT THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL LEVEL IN TERMS OF
INFLUENCING ADOPTION DATA
DRIVEN APPROACHES THROUGHOUT
THE REGIONAL SYSTEM THAT WE ARE
SEEKING TO CREATE.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
DUALLY NOTED AND WE WILL FOLLOW
UP WITH YOU.
COUNCILMEMBERS APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME AND QUESTIONS.
DIRECTOR, JULIE AND TEAM, THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US FOR THE
MAJORITY OF THIS MORNING, WE
ARE GOING TO TRANSITION OVER TO
OFFICE OF HOUSING BUT WE WILL
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THE
COUNCIL OF PRESIDENT'S REQUEST
FOR MAYBE MORE DETAILS BEHIND
THAT SLIDE.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING.
AND YOU TAKE CARE.
>> THANK YOU, JOE AS WELL.
>> THANKS, EVERYBODY.
>>> MADAM CLERK CAN YOU READ
INTO THE RECORD ITEM NUMBER
TWO.
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO.
OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND ARADO I
SAW YOU LATE ON THE INTERVIEW
THAT FOLKS WERE HAVING IN THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE ONGOING
CIVIL RIGHTS UPRISING AND
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS
ON CONVERGE MEDIA AND I THOUGHT
ABOUT YOU LATE AND COMING BACK
ONLINE.
WHY DON FOLKS INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES AND WE JUMP INTO
THIS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU AND COUNCILMEMBERS
THANKS FOR HAVING US TODAY.
I'M EMILY ALVARADO THE DIRECTOR
OF HOUSING AND BECKY GARRA THE
FINANCE MANAGER OF OFFICE OF
HOUSING AND PLEASED TO PRESENT
TO YOU THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
2021, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS PRETTY
LIMITED IN THAT THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING ESSENTIALLY HAS
FUNCTIONALLY ZERO GENERAL FUND
DOLLARS INCLUDED IN OUR 2021
BUDGET AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE
ARE GOING TO TALK A LOT ABOUT
HOW MUCH OF OUR BUDGET ACTION
ARE TECHNICAL CHANGES AND BECKY
WILL WALK YOU ALL THROUGH THOSE
AND I WILL TAKE A SLIGHTLY
HIGHER LEVEL DESCRIPTION
TALKING MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR
CORE REVENUE ARE AND WHAT OUR
CORE EXPENDITURES ARE ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS, COVER RSJI AND
OUR COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY
AND I KNOW HAVE YOU ASKED
QUESTIONS IN THE LAST
PRESENTATION RELATED TO
ACQUISITION AND I WOULD BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AND ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE THEN.
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT, THANK YOU
AND ON THE ORIGINAL CALENDAR WE
HAD YOU SLATED FOR 15 MINUTES.
WE NEED A FULL HOUR BUT WE ARE
GOING TO TRY TO DO 15 MINUTES
AND 15 MINUTES OF QUESTIONS.
APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY
WITH US.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND I'M SORRY TO DO THIS BUT AM
I SUPPOSED TO SHARE THE
PRESENTATION?
>> CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA I AM
TRYING TO FIND THE NAME OF THE
PERSON TO SHARE AND IT WAS ON
THE EXECUTIVE SIDE.
I CAN SHARE IT IF YOU WANT BUT
IT WILL TAKE ME A SECOND TO
PULL UP THE PRESENTATION?
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME ALI.
I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT PART.
SORRY ABOUT THE CONFUSION.
IT WAS THAT BECKY WOULD RUN THE
PRESENTATION.
>> I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
>> THIS IS LIFE IN THE TIME OF
COVID SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY FINE
AND PATTY, THANK YOU
IDENTIFYING THE FOLKS TO DO
THAT.
BECKY, WILL YOU DO THAT OR IS
ALI GOING TO?
>> I CAN DO MY BEST HERE.
ALI, IF YOU HAVE IT HANDY,
LET'S SEE.
I WILL DO MY BEST.
>> IT, CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT
BOTH BECKY AND I HAVE THE
ABILITY TO SHARE SO THAT
WHICHEVER ONE OF US CAN DO IT
QUICKLY.
>> BECKY HAS BEEN GIVEN
PERMISSION.
>> OKAY.
I WILL STAND BY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, BECKY AND DIRECTOR
ALVARADO IF YOU WANT TO
INITIATE YOUR COMMENTS IF THAT
WILL BE PULLED UP, THAT WILL BE
GREAT.
>> SURE.
ABSOLUTELY.
BECKY WAS GOING TO DO THE FIRST
SLIDE.
>> I'M SORRY ABOUT THIS.
>> WHICH REALLY DEMONSTRATES
THAT OUR PRIMARY ISSUES THAT
ARE COMING BEFORE YOU IN 2021
ARE TECHNICAL IN NATURE.
BECKY, DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE
OVER.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BUT I AM
HAVING TROUBLE PULLING IT UP TO
SHARE THE SCREEN.
>> OKAY.
GUYS, I WILL PULL IT UP.
I GOT IT.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD BECKY AND WE
WILL GET THIS PULLED UP.
>> APOLOGIES ABOUT THAT.
SO OUR PRIMARY ACTION THAT YOU
WILL SEE OF OUR TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENT IS THE REMOVAL OF
ONE TIME 2020 ADS.
WE HAD THE LOCAL SALES TAX ON
THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT SIDE AND
THOSE WITH OTHER THINGS, WHEN
YOU REMOVE THOSE OUT FROM THE
2021 BASELINE, THAT IS THE
REDUCTION OF 49 MILLION-
DOLLARS.
SHOULD I WAIT OR --
>> KEEP GOING.
>> OKAY.
THE SECOND TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT
IS STANDARD FOR COST CHANGES
AND $233,000 AND THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS ALL OF
THE DEPARTMENTS AND INFLATION
AND CENTRAL COST CHANGES.
THE THIRD ONE IS SOMETHING THAT
WILL NOT SHOW AS DISCRETE
BUDGET CHANGE BECAUSE IT IS NET
ZERO BUT THAT IS THE SWAP OF
ALL OF OUR GENERAL FUND FOR O H
RESOURCES.
WE HAVE ALL GENERAL FUND OUT OF
THE BASELINE BUDGET.
AND WE ARE INSTEAD USING
BALANCES FROM MHA PRIMARILY AND
A LITTLE BIT OF LEVY.
THE ADMIN PORTION OF THOSE
REVENUES.
THE 4th THING IS THE ADJUSTMENT
OF OUR AUTHORITY MAINTENANCE
SUBSIDES.
WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO OUR
HOMELESS HOUSE THAT WE HAVE
INVESTED INTO PROVIDE OMN
SUBSIDIES AND THE TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS IS A TWEAK OF THAT
DOLLAR AMOUNT REPRESENTING NEW
PROJECTS FOR 2020 AND 2021.
AND IF WE CAN TWO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, SO WHAT I JUST TALKED
ABOUT IS SUMMARIZED HERE.
YOU WILL SEE I TALK ABOUT HOW
ALL GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN
REMOVED FROM OUR BASE.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE JUMP
START FOR THE COVID RELATED
MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.
SO THE BASE GENERAL FUND IS
STILL ZERO AND WE HAVE THIS 350
AT JUMP START.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE OTHER
APPROPRIATION, THIS IS REALLY
OUR BUDGET AND HERE IS WHERE
YOU SEE THE CHANGE FROM THE
2020 ADOPT TO THE 2021
PROPOSED.
YOU SEE THE ONE TIME ADS COMING
OUT.
THAT IS WHERE THE CHANGE IS.
YOU WILL SEE THE CHANGE FROM
THE 2020 REVISED AS THAT IS
EVEN LARGER.
THAT IS THE CHANGES WE JUST
TALKED ABOUT FROM THE ADOPTED
AS WELL AS ONE TIME THINGS THAT
WERE ADDED IN THE 2nd QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL LIKE THE 25
MILLION-DOLLARS OF REIT
AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE
INVESTIGATED 2020 AND THE FOUR
MILLION DOLLARS OF RENT
ASSISTANCE AND THE FIES ARE THE
SAME, NO CHANGE THERE.
SO WITH THAT I CAN TURN IT OVER
TO EMILY TO TALK ABOUT THE MORE
INTERESTING THINGS.
>> AND AGAIN, I'M SORRY ABOUT
THE TECHNICAL GLITCHES.
SO AS BECKY EXPLAINED I THINK
THE PRIMARY STORY AS IT RELATED
TO REVENUES FOR THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING ARE MORE RELATED TO OUR
NONGENERAL FUND RESOURCES.
AND I WANTED TO OVERVIEW THOSE
BRIEFLY ON ANALYZED BASIS.
THE HOUSING LEVY PASSED IN 2016
PASSED AND WILL EXPIRE IN 2023
AND WE HAVE FOUR MILLION
DOLLARS TO INVEST IN FOR MULTI
CAPITOL PRESERVATION.
THERE IS SOME FOR OUR
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
SUBSIDES FOR UNITS THAT HAVE
ALREADY BEEN INVESTED IN ON THE
CAPITOL SIDE AND ARE ALREADY
OPEN AND OPERATING.
1.6 MILLION GOES TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND OUR
HOME OWNERSHIP CAPITOL FUNDS,
ADMINISTRATION ALL COMING FROM
THE HOUSING LEVY.
OUR OTHER SIGNIFICANT REVENUES
INCLUDE MANDATORY HOUSING
PROGRAM PAYMENTS.
WE BUDGET THIS ANNUALLY AT 28
MILLION-DOLLARS.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO EXPRESS
THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT
FLUCTUATIONS IN THIS SOURCE AS
YOU KNOW THIS IS BASED ON THE
DEVELOPMENT CYCLE ALL
INDICATIONS CURRENTLY HAVE US
CONTINUING TO SECURE MHA
HOWEVER IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT
DOES NOT COME IN AT THE AMOUNT
THAT IS BUDGETED.
WE ALSO RECEIVE WEATHERIZATION
GRANTS.
THE BULK OF THAT, THE
APPROXIMATELY 50% FOR OUR
CRITICAL WEATHERIZATION WORK IS
FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, THE
REMAINDER IS PASS THROUGH FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AT
THE STATE THAT INCLUDES FEDERAL
RESOURCES.
OUR FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE GET
DIRECTLY INCLUDE HOME AND CBG.
THE MAJORITY OF THOSE RESOURCES
GET INVESTED IN MULTI CAPITOL
AND SOME ARE IN INTEREST
EARNINGS AND FEES IN 2.65
MILLION.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL SEE
HOW ANNUALLY WE INVEST THAT AND
I THINK THAT THE PRIMARY TAKE
AWAY ON THIS SLIDE THAT YOU
WILL SEE IS THAT WE DO NOT SIT
ON RESOURCE.
FOR THE ANNUAL RESOURCES THAT
COME IN, THEY ARE EXTENDED.
IN THIS YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WE
HAVE PUT OUT TWO NOVAS.
A SPRING AND FALL NOVA
UTILIZING THE MHA RESOURCES AND
WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE
THE MHA PAYMENT CAME IN HIGHER
THAN EXPECTED.
WE ALSO INVESTED I SHOULD SAY,
YOU MIGHT SAY WHERE IS THE
OUTCOME OF THAT SPRING NOVA AND
WE WILL BE MAKING OUR ANNUAL
INVESTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE
END OF THE YEAR.
WE ALSO HAD A PERMANENT SUPPORT
OF HOUSING NOVA AS I KNOW
MILLION AND IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE
THAT HIGHER THAN ANNUAL AMOUNT
OF LEVY FUNDS FOR THAT
INVESTMENT.
WE TOOK TWO YEARS OF LEVY,
ESSENTIL FORWARD COMMITTING A
LEVY YEAR TO MAKE IT BE
RESPONSIVE TO COVID.
WE WILL NOTE THAT MEANS THAT A
FUTURE LEVY YEAR WILL NOT BE
AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS IN THAT
YEAR SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
MAKE THIS SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT IN PERMANENT SUPPORT
OF HOUSING.
WE HAVE BEEN MAKING MORE
INVESTMENTS IN HOMEOWNERSHIP
THAT WE DID PREVIOUSLY.
WE DID A SPRING AND HAVE OPENED
A FALL NOVA FOR CAPITOL
INVESTMENTS AS WE SCALE UP THE
WORK ON CREATING PERMANENTLY
CREATED HOME OWNERSHIP.
I WANT TO NOTE THE HOME
WEATHERIZATION AND HOME REPAIR
GRANT TEAM.
IT IS OUR FOCUS AND BELIEF THAT
WE MUST KEEP OUR WORKERS AND
LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS AND
RENTERS SAFE DURING THE TIME OF
COVID, THE TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE
TO ADAPT SAFETY MEASURES
INCLUDING VIRTUAL HOME AUDITS
TO PROVIDE CONTINUED SERVICE
DURING COVID SO WE ARE EX
PENDING ON PAR WITH WHAT WE
EXPECTED THAT WE WOULD HAVE
ABOUT THIS SPACE.
ESPECIALLY NOW IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT AS PEOPLE ARE
HOME THEY ARE LIVING IN COMFORT
AND SAFETY AND I'M PROUD OF THE
WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN
ABLE TO DO TO CONTINUE THAT
SERVICE.
WE ARE CONTINUING INVESTMENT IN
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
SUBSIDIES AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE
A SIGNIFICANT PIPELINE AND MORE
UNITS OPENING THAT ARE
PROVIDING SUPPORT OF HOUSING
AND SO THAT O AND M SUBSIDY
GETS EXPENDED AND THE LAST LINE
IS STAFFING AND ADMINISTRATION
JUST BEING CLEAR THAT THEY ARE
FULL DEPARTMENT WIDE COSTS FOR
ALL THAT WE DO OUTSIDE OF
DIRECT CAPITOL INVESTMENTS.
>> I MENTIONED A FEW THINGS ON
THE LAST SLIDE THAT WE DID
UN2020 THAT WE WILL DO IN 2021
THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT WE INTEND
TO PUT RACIAL EQUITY AT THE
FOCUS AND CENTER OF ALL WE DO.
THE PHS PILOT IS IN PART IN
TENDED TO RESPOND TO THE FACT
THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT
DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNTS OF
HOMELESSNESS AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE IT IS STRATEGYICALLY
ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND ON
HOME OWNERSHIP EXPENDITURE THAT
IS THROUGH THE LEVY RESOURCES
ABOUT 10 MILLION-DOLLARS FROM
OUR $295 MILLION LEVY THAT WE
WERE ADDITIONALLY AWARDED 10
MILLION FROM THE MERCY SALE
THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN HOME
OWNERSHIP.
A REAL FOCUS TO WORK TO CLOSE
THE RACIAL GAP THAT EXIST
OUR WORK WILL CONTINUE
SUSTAINABLE OF HOME OWNERSHIP,
A REAL PIECE OF THE RACE THE
EQUITY WORK MAKING SURE THAT WE
DON'T LOSE GROUND ON THE HOUSE
HOLDS THAT ARE ABLE TO OWN
THEIR HOME AT THIS TIME.
FINALLY COVID RESPONSE.
THIS IS SUMMARIZING THE LONGER
PRESENTATION I THINK LAST WEEK
TO COUNCIL.
I HOPE I WAS ABLE TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS THEN AND HAPPY TO DO
MORE HERE.
THE PRIMARY COVID RESPONSE THAT
WE ARE INVOLVED IN, IS AS IT
RELATES TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE
AND SUPPORTS FOR LOW INCOME
HOMEOWNERS.
ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ALTHOUGH
WE DID PRESENT A MORE COMPLETE
PACKAGE THAT IS A LARGER SUM OF
RENTAL ASSISTANCE DOLLARS THAT
ARE DEPLOYED OVER THREE
STRATEGIES, WHAT YOU SEE HERE
IS THE DIRECT ASSISTANCE THAT
GETS ROUTED THROUGH THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING WHICH WAS A COMBINED
1.4 MILLION AND VIRTUALLY FROM
CDBG AND SCEN 4 MILLION-
DOLLARS OF CRF FUNDS.
THAT IS THE AM THAT WE ARE
ADMINISTERING DIRECTLY TO
TENANTS THAT RESIDE IN OFFICE
OF HOUSING FUNDED APARTMENTS,
RENT AND INCOME RESTRICTED
APARTMENTS AND THAT'S THE
PROGRAM.
THE OTHER FUNDS DO ROUTE
THROUGH THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE CONTRACTS
TO OUR HOMELESSNESS PROVIDERS
AND THE UNITED WAY AND THAT IS
NOT REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGET.
WHAT IS REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGET
AND BECKY TALKED ABOUT THE
$700,000 OR THE $300,000 THAT
YOU SAW IS THE HOMEOWNER
STABILIZATION PROGRAMS THAT WE
ARE DOING TWO THINGS, ONE WE
ARE DOING MORE SUPPORT FOR THE
WASHINGTON HOMEOWNERSHIP
RESOURCE CENTER TO PROVIDE
COUNSELING AND PROVIDE AND TO
MORE CLOSURE PREVENTION SUPPORT
THROUGH HOMESITE.
AND I THINK THAT IS THE
CONCLUSION OF OUR PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, LIGHT ON SPECIFIC BUDGET
DETAILS BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY BROADER QUESTIONS.
I CAN JUMP INTO TALK ABOUT
ACQUISITION UNLESS YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION ANY
PARTICULAR WAY COUNCIL CHAIR.
>> I WILL GO OVER TO THE
SUMMARY SHEET JUST TO KEEP IT
THERE FOR A REFERENCE.
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
WALKING THROUGH THAT, BECKY,
ABOUT THE POWER POINT
PRESENTATION, THAT WAS HELPFUL
TO HAVE YOU WALK THROUGH THAT.
HELLO.
>> HERE FOR THE HARD QUESTIONS.
>> GOOD.
Q AND A TIME.
SO, YES, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS DIRECTOR ALVARADO IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS
THOSE.
IS THERE FUNDING FROM THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING SPECIFIC TO
THE LEVY SO WE COULD PURCHASE
HOTELS AND OTHER ACQUISITION
FUNDS TO BE USED FOR VACANT
HOTELS AND MOTEL AND
APARTMENTS.
THE SECOND QUESTION I HEARD WAS
WELL I WILL THROW THIS IN,
RAPID REHOUSING IN THAT
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION FROM
DIRECTOR JOHNSON, THERE WAS A
SLIDE ON THE RAPID REHOUSING
INVESTMENTS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE
HAD IS WHO IS MANAGING THAT AND
HOW DO THOSE DOLLARS GET OUT
AND HOW FAST CAN THAT HAPPEN IN
TERMS OF THE RSP PROCESS I
THINK ARE THE TWO QUESTIONS I
HEARD SO FAR.
>> I CAN START ON THE FIRST ONE
IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
WE DO NOT HAVE A DISCRETE POT
OF MONEY FOR ACQUISITION BUT WE
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE FUNDS
THAT ARE NOT NEEDED IN THE
SHORT-TERM FOR A SHORT TERM
PURPOSES LIKE ACQUISITION.
SO WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE
30 MILLION-DOLLARS OF OUR O AND
M TRUST FUND.
OUR MAINTENANCE FUNDS THAT ARE
NEEDED IN FUTURE YEARS BUT NOT
NEEDED IN THE SHORT-TERM.
OF THAT AUTHORITY WE ARE
CURRENTLY -- WE CURRENTLY HAVE
SOME OUTSTANDING LOANS AND SO
WE HAVE 16-AND-A-HALF MILLION
AVAILABLE.
BUT WE ARE FINALIZING TWO LOANS
RIGHT NOW THAT WILL USE ANOTHER
9.5.
SO OUR AVAILABLE BALANCE WILL
BE ABOUT 7 MILLION RIGHT NOW
FROM THAT 30 MILLION-DOLLAR
POT.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT
WHEN THESE LOANS ARE REPAID,
I'M GOING TO DO AIR QUOTES,
THEY ARE NOT REALLY REPAID,
THEY ARE TYPICALLY CONVERTED
INTO PERMANENT LONGER-TERM
FINANCING.
AND EMILY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
WANT TO SPEAK MORE TO THAT.
>> SURE.
SO I THINK YOU ALL HAVE HEARD
ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS.
SOMETIMES THEY CARRY THE NAME.
WE HAVE A BRIDGE LOAN PRODUCT
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN
ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION
PROGRAM.
AND BOTH OF THESE AS BECKY
MENTIONED ARE SHORT-TERM
LENDING OF OUR MONEY THAT IS
NEEDED IN THE FUTURE.
SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT ARE A FEW
THINGS, ONE, WE LOOK AT HAVING
THE AVAILABLE CASH ON HAND TO
BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE
INVESTMENTS AND AS BECKY SAID,
WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE CASH TO
MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS.
BUT WHAT WE ALSO LOOK AT IS TO
THE EXTENT THAT THE THINGS THAT
OUR PARTNERS ACQUIRE WE WILL BE
BE THE PREDICTED TAKE OUT
FINANCING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
MAKING LOANS WHERE THE LONG-
TERM FINANCING IS KNOWABLE AND
BECAUSE WE ARE NEAR THE LATTER
HALF OF THE HOUSING LEVY THERE
IS SOME POINT THAT WE MORE
ASSESSMENT OF RISK TO MAKE
THOSE LOANS OF WHICH WE BELIEVE
THAT HE WE'RE THE PERMANENT
FINANCING.
ALL OF THAT SAID THE CLEAR
ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS,
YES, OUR FUNDING CAN BE USED TO
ACQUIRE HOTELS SO LONG AS THE
LONG TERM USE OF THAT PROPERTY
IS FOR PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND I KNOW IN SOME CASES HE
TELLS WOULD EITHER NEED REHAB
OR OTHER KINDS OF MODIFICATIONS
TO BAKE IT A PERMANENT HOUSING
TYPE.
OUR ACQUISITION LOANS DEPENDING
IF IT IS A BRIDGE LOAN OR A AND
P LOAN IS A 20 OR 50 YEAR
REGULATORY AGREEMENT THAT
REQUIRES THAT THE CONVERTED
ULTIMATE USE BE PERMANENT
HOUSING.
SO LONG AS THAT IS THE SETUP,
THEN THERE IS, WE DO A ROLLING
BASIS FOR ACQUISITION LOANS AND
ACCEPT THOSE LOANS SO LONG AS
WE HAVE THE AVAILABLE CASH AND
THE AVAILABLE AUTHORITY AND
HAVE THE LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE
ABOUT WHAT THE PERMANENT
FUNDING IS.
>> I KNOW THAT WILL BE WELCOME
NEWS TO MANY OF OUR
COUNCILMEMBERS AND COUNCIL
JUAREZ THAT WILL HELP TO ANSWER
THE SECOND QUESTION EARLIER.
>> DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE
SECOND QUESTION AND I WILL TURN
TO COUPLE PETERSON?
>> SURE.
RAPID REHOUSING WHILE I CAN'T
SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO HOW THAT
RAPID REHOUSING WILL BE
INVESTED, WHAT I CAN SAY THAT
IN TERMS OF THE AVAILABLE UNITS
AND AVAILABLE PARTNERS, WE KNOW
THAT THE CITY HAS MADE AN
INVESTMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS
NOW IN HOUSING CONNECTOR.
AND HOUSING CONNECTOR HAS
HELPED DEVELOP SYSTEMS TO
SUPPORT THE UTILIZATION OF
RAPID REHOUSING IN AN EFFECTIVE
WAY AND IT REQUIRES SEVERAL
THINGS.
IT REQUIRES AVAILABLE UNITS AND
WILLING LANDLORDS AND THE
APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY
TO BE SURE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT
THE TENANTS AND HOUSING
CONNECTOR HAS MADE AGREEMENTS
WITH A RANGE OF HOUSING
PROVIDERS, SOME OF WHO ARE IN
THE HOUSING PORTFOLIO INCLUDING
COMMUNITY HOUSING AND MERCY
HOUSING NORTHWEST FOR EXAMPLE,
AND WHERE THEY CAN PROVIDE
ACCESS TO UNITS FOR CLIENTS
THAT ARE USING A RAPID HOUSING
RESOURCE AND HOUSING CONNECTORS
MADE IT TO PRIVATE MARKET
LANDLORDS AND WE CONTINUE TO
EXPLORE WAYS TO USE ANY
POTENTIAL VACANCIES IN MFTE TO
SUPPORT THAT AND HAVE THE
CONVERSATIONS GOING.
>> I THINK THE IMPETUS OF THE
QUESTION IS WANTING TO KNOW IF
WE HAD EXISTING ORGANIZATION
THAT WILL BE WORKING ON THE
RAPID REHOUSING INVESTMENTS
THAT WE SAW ON THE SLIDE AND
HOW FAST THE DOLLARS CAN GET
OUT, WAS IT GOING TO INVOLVE
RESTY RFP PROCESS AND WHEN CAN
WE ANTICIPATE THE FUNDS GETTING
OUT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS
TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND WANT TO
WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
AGENCY AND GET BACK TO US THAT
IS FINE AS WELL BUT LOVE
HOUSING CONNECTOR.
FIT IS THAT ENTITY THAT IS
GREAT AND THE QUESTION WAS THE
TIMING.
>> GOT IT.
I AM SORRY I DON'T HAVE EXACTLY
THAT INFORMATION AND I WILL
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND FULL
COUNCIL WITH THAT INFORMATION.
>> WE APPRECIATE THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA
AND DIRECTOR ALVARADO.
I WAS INTERESTED IN THE 20
MILLION-DOLLAR ESTIMATE FOR THE
MHA FUNDS.
IS THAT BASED ON HISTORICAL
DATA?
I GUESS WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN,
IS IT BASED ON THE OLD COUNCIL
OF THE 50% BUILDING ON-SITE AND
50% PAYING IN L I EU OR A
HISTORICAL NUMBER THAT MAY SHOW
IN L I EU 50%.
>> IT HAS FLUCTUATED WILDLY AND
IMPERFECT ESTIMATE BUT BASED ON
HISTORICAL NUMBERS.
>> IF I MAY FOLLOW UP, SO IS
THAT -- I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING
WE CAN WORK THROUGH CENTRAL
STAFF TO MAYBE DO A DEEPER DIVE
ON.
I AM JUST CURIOUS, A TRADE OFF
BETWEEN THE POLICY WANTING TO
INTEGRATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS
AND SOME REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS
CHOOSING TO PAY IN LIEU THAT
HAS A DIFFERENT BENEFIT TO
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IF WE DO ENCOURAGE MORE ON-SITE
DOES THAT MEAN THE $28 MILLIONS
WILL GO DOWN OR WHICH WOULD NOT
NECESSARILY BE A BAD THING IF
WE ARE GETTING A DIFFERENT
POLICY GOAL AND BUILDING ON-
SITE.
I THINK WE WILL JUST SUBMIT
THAT.
I WILL SUBMIT THAT QUESTION FOR
LATER.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR
THAT QUESTION.
THAT IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING
THAT WE CONTINUE TO TRACK.
I ACTUALLY DO BELIEVE THAT WE
OWE A REPORT TO COUNCIL AT THE
END OF THE YEAR OR EARLY NEXT
YEAR THAT BEGINS TO SUMMARIZE
QUESTIONS OF WHAT THE EXISTING
BALANCE IS LOOKING LIKE AS IT
RELATES TO PAYMENT AND
PERFORMANCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN
SAY MORE ANECDOTALLY IS SEEING
AN INCREASED NUMBER OF PROJECTS
OBVIOUSLY AS WE MOVE TOWARDS
AND HAVE IMPLEMENTED A
MANDATORY PROGRAM.
GIVEN THE ECONOMICS IN THE
MARKET RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING
AN INCREASING NUMBER OF
PROJECTS CHOOSING OR INDICATING
THAT THEY INTEND TO USE
PERFORMANCE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT
HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON
THIS ESTIMATED AMOUNT THAT WE
HAVE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF
BUDGETING.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT CAN BE
ONE LARGE PROJECT FOR EXAMPLE,
WITH A LARGER PAYMENT THAT CAN
MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE ON HOW
MANY WE ARE ABLE TO INVEST AS
PART OF OUR NOVA.
GREAT QUESTION.
WE WILL TRACK THAT AND INCLUDE
THAT INFORMATION IN OUR NEXT
REPORT TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU ELLIE, DID YOU
HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO ADD THAT DIRECTOR
ALVARADO SAID.
THERE IS A REGULAR REPORT AND
WE ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THAT.
I WILL LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND
LOOKING AT THE HISTORIC NUMBERS
AND BECAUSE THE WAY MHA WAS
IMPLEMENTED AT DIFFERENT TIMES
IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE THE 50-
50 BALANCE AND WHETHER OR NOT
WE ARE GETTING THEIR BECAUSE
THAT -- THE GOAL WAS ABOUT A 50-
50 JOAN IN OTHER HIGH RISE
ZONES AND MHA WAS IMPLEMENTED
IN THOSE AREAS FIRST, WE SAW
MONEY COMING IN THE DOOR FROM
THOSE AREAS FIRST.
I WILL THINK WE ARE STILL
LEARNING WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
ACHIEVING THAT GOAL AND I CAN
FOLLOW UP MORE WITH YOU OFFLINE
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
>> ANY FOLLOW-UP?
THAT IS A GREAT AND AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
TWO QUICK QUESTIONS DIRECTOR
ALVARADO.
HOW MUCH NOVA FUNDS DO YOU
ANTICIPATE RELEASING IN 2021?
>> OUR BEST GUESS AT THIS POINT
IS THE 28 MILLION THAT WE
BUDGET FOR MHA AND I Z.
AND THEN THE BIG DECISION IS
LIKELY WE WILL ALSO INVEST
ANOTHER YEAR OF HOUSING LEVY
THAT IS 29 MILLION-DOLLARS BUT
RECOGNIZING THAT BY VIRTUE OF
TAKING TWO YEARS OF HOUSING
LEVY FOR THIS YEAR'S PSH PILOT
WE CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE BY
ONE YEAR AND EACH YEAR OF THOSE
EXPENDITURES AND WILL RUN OUT
ONE YEAR EARLY ON THE HOUSING
LEVY AS A FUNCTION OF RESOURCE
AND MEETING GOALS.
I DO WANT TO SAY FOR EVERYONE
FOR A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE ON AN
ANNUALIZED BASIS WE ARE
EXCEEDING OUR OVERALL GOALS.
TAKEN TOGETHER 29 MILLION PLUS
28 MILLION IS THE BEST
PROJECTED NOVA FOR 2021.
>> OKAY.
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
THANK YOU FOR POPPING IN.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
DIDN'T MISS YOU.
MY LAST QUESTION IS I DID NOT
SEE THE JUMP STAR FUNDING
REFLECTED ON THE SLIDES AND WE
KNOW THE JUMP START FUNDING
COMES IN TO PLAY IN 2022 AND
THIS YEAR WE ARE DEALING WITH
THE 2021 BUDGET BUT IN
ANTICIPATION OF THE FACT THAT
62% OF THE OVERALL REVENUE AND
THE OVERALL REVENUE IS 214
MILLION THAT MEANS 133 MILLION
JUST FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
EFFORTS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THAT
COULD POTENTIALLY PLAY IN PIPE
LINE FOR FUNDING THAT YOU HELD
FOR TOE 22 AND BEYOND AND
PULLING THOSE FORWARD TO SEE
MORE PROJECTS IN THE PIPE LINE
FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
ARE YOU ABLE TO JUMP START
CALCULATIONS FOR 2022 TO FREE
UP DOLLARS FOR 2021?
>> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION
COUNCILMEMBER.
OBVIOUSLY I WILL TAKE LEAD FROM
MAYOR DURKAN ON THE APPROACH TO
FUTURE YEARS OF EXPANDING THE
2022 JUMP START THAT YOU
MENTIONED WAS THE YEAR IN WHICH
THE SIGNIFICANT FOCUS IS ON
HOUSING.
I WILL SAY THAT FROM A PRE2022
PLANNING PERSPECTIVE ONE OF THE
PLACES THAT I HAVE ALREADY
DISCUSSED ACTUALLY WHERE
KNOWING THE FUTURE RESOURCES
COME MOST INTO PLAY IS AROUND
ACQUISITION.
AND IT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE MAKE
ACQUISITION LOANS NOW, WE WILL
HAVE A REASON TO THROTTLE THOSE
LOANS WHEN THERE IS LESS NOABLE
FUTURE TAKE OUT FINANCING.
IT IS IN THAT LENDING PIECE
THAT I CAN IMAGINE THAT
PLANNING FOR ADDITIONAL 2022
RESOURCES COMES INTO PLAY THE
MOST.
BUT BEYOND THAT, TYPICALLY OUR
APPROACH TO A NOVA IS RELEASING
AN ANNUAL NOVA SO WE WILL BE
PREPARED AT ANY POINT TO EITHER
TURN UP OR DOWN THAT DIAL AS WE
DO IN TYPICAL YEARS AND WE WILL
ALWAYS WORK WITH OUR INCREDIBLE
PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO
PROVIDE CAPACITY AND PRE-
DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SO THAT
PROJECTS ARE READY WHEN
PERMANENT FINANCING IS.
>> OKAY.
SO WE WILL POTENTIALLY STAY
FLEX AND AS THE SITUATION
EVOLVES THROUGHOUT THE NEXT
YEAR PLUS.
APPRECIATE THAT.
NOT JUST FOR UNITS BUT FOR
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE THAT
IS CRITICAL AND PROBABLY WITH
THIS PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US
UNDERINVESTED WITH 6 MILLION.
OKAY.
I DON'T SEE ADDITIONAL HANDS.
REMARKABLE.
FINISHING UP ON TIME AND
GENEROUS TO SPEED THROUGH THAT
PRESENTATION AND VERY
INFORMATIVE.
I GOT ALL OF MY QUESTIONS
ANSWERED, IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS WE WILL SHARE THOSE
THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE
CHANNELS AND WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE
DOING ABOUT HOUSING.
THIS RECOVERY IS PREDICATED FOR
PEOPLE HAVING A SAFE PLACE TO
STAY HOUSED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK FOR
BRINGING MORE HOUSING ONLINE
AND TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
SUPPORT SO FEWER PEOPLE FALL IN
TO HOMELESSNESS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND IF
YOU COULD PASS THAT ON TO YOUR
TEAM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER.
I HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM OF
MISSION-DRIVEN FOLKS THAT ARE
PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY WORK AND
A LOT OF IT RIGHT NOW AND WE
THANK VERY MUCH FOR COUNCIL
SUPPORT IN ENSURING THAT PEOPLE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO A SAFE
AFFORDABLE HOME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU,
BECKY FOR WALKING US THROUGH
AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOON
AND LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON
WHAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED HERE.
>> THIS CONCLUDES SESSION ONE
OF THE LAST DAY OF OUR BUDGET
WALK-THROUGH FOR THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
COMMITTEE WILL RECESS UNTIL
2:00 P.M.
>> THANK YOU.
THE COMMITTEE IS IN RECESS.
SEE YOU IN AN HOUR.
THANKS EVERYBODY.