HANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.
I'M TERESA MOSQUEDA CHAIR OF
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
TODAY IS OCTOBER 1st, 2021 AND
THE TIME IS 2:02 P.M.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
START WITH SESSION TWO OF OUR
AGENDA TODAY.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL FOR THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
[ ROLL CALLED ]
.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CLERK.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
TIME YOU HAVE TAKEN IN THE LAST
TWO-AND-A-HALF DAYS AND WE ARE
NEAR THE FINISH LINE.
WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US IS
A PRESENT TAKING FROM A
DIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND OFFICE OF
HOUSING AND THE CITY BUDGET'S
OFFICE AS IT RELATES TO COVID
RESPONSE AND THEN WE WILL ROUND
OUT THE DAY WITH A PRESENTATION
FROM HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT RELATED
TO HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.
I WANT TO THANK TONYA KIM,
KAREEM MAYOR AND EMILY ALVARADO
AND BEN NOBLE ALONG WITH JULIA.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING
A LARGE PANEL TODAY AS WE SEEK
TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT HOW
THE 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET THAT
THE MAYOR TRANSMITTED ON MONDAY
HAS A MORE EQUITABLE RECOVERY.
WE ARE FOCUSED ON RESPONSE AND
RECOVERY AND HOPEFUL THAT WE
WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR TIME FOR
QUESTIONS AT THE END AS WELL.
MUCH LIKE THE CONVERSATION AT
THE NATIONAL LEVEL, RECOVERY IS
NOT JUST ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE
AND MAKING SURE THAT BUILDINGS
AND THE BRICK AND MORTAR OF OUR
CITY HAS WHAT THEY NEED AND
RECOVERY IS CENTERED ON WHETHER
HUMANS HAVE INVESTMENTS IN OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS US
TO GO TO WORK LIKE CHILD CARE
AND SUPPORT SERVICES LIKE
TRANSPORTATION THAT RUNS ON
TIME AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR
ELDERS HAVE FOOD AND OUR KIDS
HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO, TO
LEARN.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
YOU FROM THE WORK THAT CITY
COUNCIL HAS DONE WITH OUR JOINT
EFFORT WITH THE MAYOR AROUND
THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN ACT FOR
THE FIRST FUNDS THAT WE HAVE,
JUST START SEATTLE THAT WAS IN
THE FIRST TWO YEARS DEDICATED
TO COVID RESPONSE.
AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG TWO
YEARS BUT I THINK THAT THE NEWS
CONFERENCE AS OF LATE HAS
REFLECTED BACK ON THE JUMP
START AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAD
EARLY INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY
AND SMALL BUSINESSES INTO OUR
MOST VULNERABLE AND CITY
DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE
WEATHER THE STORM THAT IS COVID
BY ACTIVELY USING OUR JUMP
START PROJECTED FUNDS AS WE
SPENT SOME OF THE RAINY DAY
INVESTMENTS.
AND THAT HELPED US TO COME OUT
STRONGER THAN MANY CITIES AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
I WILL GO TO DIRECTOR NOBLE.
WE ARE ALMOST AT THE END HERE.
TWO MORE PRESENTATIONS TO GO
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
THE LAST THREE DAYS.
>> TOTALLY MY PLEASURE AND
MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AS I PROMISED ON WEDNESDAY THE
PRESENTATION ON FEDERAL FUNDING
AND TO MAKE IT UNLIKE SOME OF
THE PRESENTATIONS THIS IS NOT
ENTIRELY FORWARD LOOKING, SOME
IS TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON
THE RESOURCES THAT HAS BEEN
ALLOCATED THIS YEAR.
IN PARTICULAR SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN ONE AND TWO ARE THE
SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE DOLLARS IN
THE FIRST CORONAVIRUS RELIEF.
AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE MORE
TARGETED DOLLARS THAT WENT TO
SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.
WE WILL UPDATE YOU AND GIVE YOU
AN UPDATE ON FEMA AND THE
EXPENDITURES AND THE WORK THAT
WE HAVE BEEN DOING TO GET
REPAID BY FEMA AND THE
PROCESSES THERE AND THE
TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE BEEN
SEEING.
AND THE MORE DETAIL PART OF THE
PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE
PROPOSAL TO SPEND FEDERAL MONEY
AND THE REMAINDER PART OF THE
CLIPPER DOLLARS AND POTENTIALLY
$116 MILLION OF THE TRENCH.
THAT IS INCORPORATED INTO THE
2022 BUDGET AND WE WANT TO GIVE
YOU A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK HOW IT
FITS TOGETHER.
AND WE WILL WRAP UP GIVING YOU
A LAY OF THE LAND OF WHAT IS TO
COME.
I WAS JUST CHECKING CNN AND THE
NEW YORK TIMES BEFORE I LOGGED
IN TO SEE WHAT THE LATEST FROM
D.C. WHERE SOME OF THE ISSUES
ARE BEING DEBATED.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
HOW WE ARE POSITIONING.
THAT'S THE AGENDA AND FIRST UP
IS SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN ONE SO
IF WE ADVANCE THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON I AM CURRY
MAYER THE DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HAPPY
TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR
INVITING ME AND HAPPY TO SHARE
WITH YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING AND
THE REIMBURSEMENT WE HAVE
RECEIVED FROM FEMA.
IT HAS BEEN $4.8 MILLION IN
FUNDING APPROVAL FROM THE
PUBLIC ASSISTANT'S OFFICE WITH
2.1 MILLION IN REVIEW WITH OUR
STATE PARTNERS THAT WILL BE
FORWARDED ON TO FEMA.
13.2 MILLION IN PREPARATION FOR
SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY
DEPARTMENT THAT COMES FIRST
THROUGH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND I HAVE
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE
DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE NEXT
SLIDE.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA SOME OF THE
PROJECTS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS
ARE THINGS LIKE ALL OF THE PPE
THAT FAS PURCHASED AT THE
BEGINNING AND QUARANTINE AND
ISOLATION FACILITIES AND THEN
WE HAVE A SECOND FUNDING
PROJECT FOR OUR VACCINATION
EFFORTS AND IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT THERE ARE THOSE TWO
FUNDING STRAINS FOR DEPARTMNT
PROJECTS AND THEN VACCINE AND
SEPARATE.
WE NOTED HERE THAT ELIGIBILITY
IS EXTENDED TO DECEMBER BECAUSE
WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT END IN
SEPTEMBER AND THAT ALLOWS US TO
APPLY FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO
BE REIMBURSED THROUGH FEMA.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
THIS IS UNUSUAL EVENT FOR FEMA
AND IT IS A DISASTER IT IS A
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY THAT
THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE WITH.
THEY ARE USED TO DISASTERS THAT
HAVE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
SHORT AREA OF IMPACT AND LONG
TERM MANAGEMENT AND THIS IS
DIFFERENT AS WE ARE STILL IN IT
AND MAKING CHANGES AS WE GO
ALONG IN TERMS OF WHAT IT IS TO
HELP PEOPLE.
IT MEANS THAT FEMA IS TAKING
TIME ON THEIR GUIDANCE AND THE
GUIDANCE ON WHAT IS ELIGIBLE
AND WAYS NOT AND THEY HAVE
ADDED TO THE SAFE REOPENING
COSTS AND WILL BE LOOKING AT
THAT FOR POSSIBLE ELIGIBLE
ITEMS.
AND JUST TO UNDERSCORE THAT
BECAUSE IT IS UNUSUAL, FEMA IS
STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT TO
CATCH UP WITH THE COVID WORK
AND THE OTHER DISASTER WORK.
HURRICANES AND WILDFIRES AND
THOSE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE A
LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH ARE
STILL HAPPENING AND ALSO
REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT AND IT
CAN MAKE OUR REIMBURSEMENT
TIMELINES FOR THIS DRAFT MORE
DYNAMIC, THE REACH FOR COVID IS
ACROSS THE NATION.
THERE'S NO PLACE IN THE NATION
THAT THIS DISASTER HAS NOT
TOUCHED.
AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE IT IS A
BODY GIANT OF WORK ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WHAT ARE THE THINGS TO
BE REIMBURSED.
WE HAVE FEMA FEDERAL FUNDING
FOR ADDITIONAL VACCINE WORK
THAT LAST BULLET THROUGH AN
EXTENSION OF OUR CONTRACT WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE KING
COUNTY FOR THE NEW VACCINATION
WORK THAT WILL BE HAPPENING.
FOR THE BOOSTERS AND THE OTHER
THINGS WE DO TO NEGOTIATE THAT
CONTRACT AND WE ARE EXTENDING
IT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT AND
MORE DETAILS ON WHAT HAS BEEN
OCCURRING AND WHAT WE ARE
SUBMITTING TO FEMA FOR POSSIBLE
REIMBURSEMENT, YOU CAN SEE ON
THIS SIDE ON THE FAR LEFT-HAND
SIDE ARE THE DEPARTMENTS NA
HAVE SUBMITTED PROJECTS TO THE
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
THAT WE THEN REVIEW AND WE SEND
TO OUR STATE PARTNERS AND TO
FEMA.
WE SEND THEM TO OUR STATE
PARTNERS BECAUSE THEY DO A MORE
EXTENSIVE REVIEW BEFORE SENDING
TO FEMA THAT IS GOOD.
IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT
REIMBURSEMENTS WILL BE IN GOOD
SHAPE AND NOT NEED ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTATION PRIOR TO GOING TO
FEMA SO THAT SAVES US TIME AND
THAT'S A GOOD THING.
THEY ALSO EXPECT -- WE EXPECT
THE REIMBURSEMENT TO BE
REFLECTED IN THE 2022 BUDGET
AND THAT COMES FROM POTENTIAL
ELIGIBILITYITY TO SPEND THE
FUNDS.
THE PROJECTS FURTHER IN REVIEW
ARE FOR MORE REIMBURSEMENT AND
RECEIPT.
IF FEMA APPROVES THE
POSSIBILITY OF ELIGIBILITY UP
FRONT THEN THOSE ITEMS SHOULD
NOT TAKE AS LONG AS NEW ITEMS
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY
REVIEWED.
PROJECTIONS FOR THE GENERAL
FUND ARE WAITED FOR 2023 FOR
THE F SA FUND ARE SPREAD ACROSS
FOR 2021, 22, 23 AND THERE ARE
20 PROJECTS TOTAL FOR THE
DEPARTMENT, S DOT AND TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT AT TESTING SITES AND
ALSO PPE AND LIBRARY AND
PERSONNEL FOR THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION TO
CLARIFY ON THE SLIDE.
I GUESS I WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE
THE COLUMNS ADDED IF THERE WAS
A FINAL COLUMN TOTHE RIGHT
WOULD YOU SEE A TOTAL IN WHAT
HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO EACH OF
THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS?
>> THIS IS TRACKING THE WORK
THAT WE WILL DO TO SEEK
REIMBURSEMENT, WE HAVE
SUBMITTED CLAIMS FOR 21.4 AND
WHAT WE HOPE OVER TIME THAT THE
FAR RIGHT-HAND COLUMN ADDS UP
21.
EVENTUALLY THE SUBMITTALS ARE
APPROVED AND TRACKING THE
TIMING OF THE LIKELY REPAYMENT
TO US.
JULIE HAS BETTER CLARIFICATION
THAN I HAVE OFFERED.
>> THAT IS RIGHT WITH ONE
SLIGHT NUANCE IS AN INDEPENDENT
TOTAL.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
TO HAVE A COLUMN TO THE RIGHT
FOR THE TOTALS AND A GRAND
TOTAL ON THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN
TOO.
>> RIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE
VISUALLY.
>> THE CITY HAS FRONTED THIS
MONEY AND WE ARE SEEKING
REIMBURSEMENT AND DEVELOPING A
MODEL AND SEEING A SUMMARY OF
OUR EXPECTATIONS OF WHEN THE
PAYMENTS WILL COME.
>> AND VERY TELLING, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
SO JUST THE LAST THING TO
EMPHASIZE IS THE DURATION OF
THE PANDEMIC MAKES IT MORE
COMPLICATED IN TERMS OF WHEN
THE FUNDING WILL BE RETURNED TO
US.
THEY COULD EXTEND THE INCIDENT
DATE AND CHANGE IN OUR FAVOR
AND JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS TWO
CHANNELS OF WORK.
THE INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENTS AND
THE PROJECT DEPARTMENTS.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THE
SUMMARY UNLESS THERE IS OTHER
QUESTIONS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
CURRY.
>> YOU BET.
>> FROM HERE WE WILL HEAD INTO
THE QUESTIONS AS WE GO LIKE WE
DID IN THE FIRST PRESENTATION
SO THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL OF
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS SO IT IS
OKAY FOR US TO DO THAT BUT I
WILL ASK TO BE SHORT WITH
COMMENTARY.
COUNCILWOMAN HERBOLD.
>> THANKS.
ON-SITE TWO IT LIMITED FEMALE
ELIGIBILITY EXTEND TO DECEMBER
31st, 2021.
AND WONDERING WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT FEMA ELIGIBILITY BEING
EXTENDED TO 2022.
AND AS IT RELATES TO THE
CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD ABOUT
THE DETAILS OF REIMBURSABLE
EXPENSES AND REALLY APPRECIATE
THIS INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED
AND STILL NOT QUITE SURE
BECAUSE WE BUILT A BUDGET BASED
ON SOME SORT OF ASSUMPTIONS
ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT.
I SEE WHAT WE HAVE -- WHAT WE
ARE APPLYING FOR BUT WHAT OUR
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WILL
GET FOR THE CATEGORIES.
THANKS.
>> I CAN SPEAK TO THE INCIDENT
ELIGIBILITY ABOUT WHAT THAT
DATE IS ABOUT.
SO FEMA USUALLY LOOKS AT A
DISASTER, SAY, THE NORTH RIDGE
EARTHQUAKE AND SAYS THE
ELIGIBILITY FOR PROJECTS IS
THIS AMOUNT OF TIME AND
ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE
THAT ELIGIBILITY OR INCIDENT
PERIOD.
WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR
REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS EVENT
BECAUSE IT KEEPS RAPIDLY
CHANGING AND THEY HAVE WAITED
UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE SO FIRST
OF ALL IT WAS SEPTEMBER AND I
THINK WE FOUND OUT MAYBE A
COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE
BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER IT WOULD
EXTEND THE INCIDENT DATE TO
DECEMBER 31st AND THAT COULD
CHANGE BUT MOST LIKELY THEY
WILL WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE
AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THAT THEY ARE BALANCING OTHER
WORK.
THE HURRICANES AND WHAT HAPPENS
WITH WILDFIRES AND WHAT NOT
WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DEPLOY
STUFF TO HELP SO THAT IS A
BIGGER BURDEN WHERE RIGHT NOW
THEY ARE NOT DEPLOYING STUFF
FOR COVID.
AND THE OTHER PORTION AND I
WILL HAPPENED IT TO JULIE, FOR
THE OTHER QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, BECAUSE
IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT ACTIVITY
RATHER THAN WE KNOW WE WILL GET
THIS AMOUNT, IT IS A LITTLE
MORE VAGUE IN TERMS OF THE
TOTAL AMOUNTS UNLESS IT IS WHAT
WE HAVE SPENT IN TERMS OF
EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE MEASURES
AND THE LARGEST CATEGORY OF
FEMA ASSISTANCE AND WHAT HAVE
YOU DONE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
HOPEFULLY THAT IS HELPFUL.
JULIE.
>> YES.
ACTUALLY, IF WE COULD GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THE FINAL
THREE BULLETS MAY PROVIDE
CLARITY FOR WHAT YOU ARE
ASKING.
THIS IS OUR AN SPENDING AS WE
ARE ESTIMATING AT THIS POINT
THAT IT IS LIKELY ELIGIBLE AND
AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE PROCESS
IT GETS MORE REFINED.
AS IT GOES THROUGH, WE EXPECT
THAT 21.4 FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE TO GET MORE TO
THE STATE AND FEMA.
IN THE BUDGET WE ARE ASSUMING
SOME REVENUES COMING IN AND WE
ARE BALANCED TO THOSE.
THOSE REVENUES, THE THIRD
BULLET IS EXPLAINING THEY ARE
HEAVILY WEIGHTED TOWARDS 2023.
THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF TIME ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND
WHEN FEMA CHANGES THEIR MINDS
ON THINGS THEN THAT ADDS TO
THAT UNCERTAINTY AS WELL.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE GENERAL FUND
WE HAVE 1.4 MILLION ASSUMED FOR
2022 AND THEN CLOSER TO 20
MILLION, 17-AND-A-HALF FOR
2023.
AND SO WE WILL SORT OF SEE
THOSE AS THEY ROLL IN THE
FUTURE AND BE ABLE TO REFINE
THOSE ESTIMATES OVER TIME.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD
TO THAT, BEN?
>> NO A CONSTRUCTIVE MODEL HERE
AND WE KNOW WHAT STAGE WE ARE
AT WITH EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS
AND WITH THAT, WE WOULD MAKE AN
ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH WE EXPECT
TO RECEIVE IN OUR FORECAST
BASED ON THAT AND WHAT WE
UNDERSTAND HAS BEEN THE TIMING
ON FEMA.
AND IT IS STILL THIS WAY.
VERY CONSTRUCTIVELY NOT AS
LOOSE.
OF THE 21.4 MILLION THAT WE ARE
PLANNING TO SUBMIT, IN SOME
CASES HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED,
HOW MANY DOLLARS ARE PROPOSED
TO BE SPENT IN THE 2022 BUDGET?
>> OF THE 21.4 MILLION THOSE
ARE COSTS INCURRED BY THE CITY.
SO WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT THOSE
DOLLARS.
AND IN 2022 BUDGET WE HAVE NO
EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST TO YOUR
GOING TO EXTEND INTO 2022 AND
SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ASSUMED.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND I
THINK WE SHOULD MOVE ON BUT I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THOUGH THAT I
DID UNDERSTAND AND I WILL LOOK
AT YOU, JULIE, SORRY.
I DID UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE
STAND ALONE POINT IN TIME BUT
21 IS NOT THE TOTAL UNIVERSE IT
IS ACTUALLY 21 PLUS 13 PLUS TWO
PLUS FOUR?
>> YES.
AND IT CONTINUES.
FOR OUR CONTRACT FOR VACCINES
WAS EXTENDED SO IT WILL GROW.
>> WE WILL LOOK FOR AN UPDATED
CHART THAT INCLUDES THAT TOTAL
COLUMN AND YOU EXPLAINED IT
WELL.
WE HAVE OVER 30 SLIDES, I WILL
-- 35 AND I WILL ASK YOU TO
KEEP MOVING AND IF THERE IS
POINTS OF CLARIFICATION RAISE
YOUR HAND AND JUMP IN.
IF THERE IS COMMENTS OR BROADER
CONCERNS HOLD THAT TO THE END.
BUT FEEL PLEASE PLAN TO
INTERRUPT.
>>
>> THIS WAS THE MOST
COMPLICATED PART AND I
APPRECIATE AS WE GET THROUGH
THIS.
NEXT WE WILL TURN TO THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN SUMMARY AND
I WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE
BIT OF OVERALL CONTACT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
A GREAT SUMMARY.
THE CITY IS RECEIVING 300
MILLION OF THE $1.9 TRILLION
FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
ACT.
THIS IS JUST OUR CURRENT
ESTIMATE.
AND THIS INCLUDES 232 MILLION
IN LOCAL DIRECT AID THAT IS
CALLED THE CORONAVIRUS LOCAL
FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
WILL YOU HEAR US REFER TO THAT
AS CLIPPER IN THE PRESENTATION.
I WANT TODY CODE THAT ALPHABET.
WE HAVE RECEIVED AID GRANTS
OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND
ANTICIPATE MORE IN THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A
BIG BILL AND THIS FUNDING
COUGHS SO MUCH GROUND.
WE WANTED TO CUT THROUGH THAT
CONFUSION FOR THE PUBLIC AND
NEST THIS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF
THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN SO THAT
IF FOLKS ARE CURIOUS HOW WE ARE
SPENDING FEDERAL FUNDING THEY
CAN GOOGLE ONE THING AND THEY
DON'T HAVE TO WORK FOR RENTALS
AND OTHER THINGS INDEPENDENTLY.
IN THE FIRST SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN THAT WE PASSED EARLIER
THIS YEAR, $128 MILLION,
CLIPPER, 116, CLIPPER FUNDS AND
12.2 AND SEATTLE PLANS WITH $52
MILLION AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE
AND SHUTTLE SUPPORT.
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING TODAY AND
THIS CONVERSATION LARGELY IS
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN THREE.
THE SECOND BRANCH OF CLIPPER
THAT IS ANOTHER $160 MILLION
ALLOCATIONS THAT IS PART OF THE
AMERICA'S 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE HAVE UPDATES FOR SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN ONE AND TWO AND GET
TO ITEMIZED PLANS OF WHAT IT
IS.
>> THANK.
I WANT TO CHECK THE LEFTOVER
HAND AND NOT A CLARIFICATION.
GREAT.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH
WONDERFUL RECOGNITION FOR THE
WORK WE HAVE DONE IN SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN ONE AND I WANT TO
TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO
CELEBRATE THE PROGRESS OF WHERE
WE ARE.
WE HAVE SHARED THAT WE ARE
LEAPS AND BOUND IN TERMS OF
PLANNING AHEAD OF MOST CITIES
IN THE COUNTRY.
AND AS A RESULT GETTING
RECOGNITION.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE FIRST OUT OF
GATES TO BRING COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS WITH PROJECT LEVEL
DETAILS FROM THE BROOKINGS
INSTITUTION.
A THINK TANK THAT IS HIGHLY
RESPECTED OUT OF D.C. AND THEY
DO GREAT WORK.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS QUICK
MOMENT TO CELEBRATE AND THANK
YOU FOR INDULGING.
MOVE ON, PLEASE.
A LITTLE BIT ON PROCESS WITH
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN ONE.
WITH UNPRECEDENTING COMING TO
US THE TREASURY HAS A COMPLEX
SET OF GUIDELINES FOR THE USE
OF CLIPPER DOLLARS IS THIS A
FINAL ROOM AND THAT MEANS THAT
IF A REGULATION THAT THE
TREASURY USES TO TELL EVERYONE
HOW TO SPEND THE FUND OR NOT
SPEND THE FUNDS BUT TO ADDRESS
THE COMPLEXITY OF HOW INTENSE
THE FINAL RULE WAS.
THERE IS A REVIEW PROCESS THAT
SPANNED OVER 51 DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS.
SO THROUGH THAT WE HAVE
REVIEWED ELIGIBILITY TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE SPENDING THAT WE
HAD AGREED TO IN SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN ONE WAS ELIGIBLE AND WE
COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT
DOCUMENTATION TAKING TO RETAIN
THE FUNDS LONG TERM AND THERE
WAS RASHAL EQUITY IMPACT AND WE
DEVELOPED A RACIAL QUESTION
PROCESS THAT WE RAN DEPARTMENTS
THROUGH FOR EACH OF THE
PROGRAMS.
WE DID GO PROGRAM BY PROGRAM ON
THAT.
LOOKING FOR RACIAL EQUITY
OUTCOMES AND WHETHER THE
PROGRAM WAS ADVANCING
OPPORTUNITIES AND MINIMIZING
HARM.
LASTLY, AS PART OF THIS
PROCESS, WE SET UP PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO DO A
COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION PLAN
AND AS WELL AS PROGRAMS TO LOOK
TOGETHER TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL
BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEIR UNIQUE SET OF NEEDS.
WE WILL INCLUDE QUALITY AND
QUANTITATIVE DATA AND AGGREGATE
IMPACTS BY RACE THAT IS A
QUALITY OF THE COUNCIL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS
TREASURY HAS IMPLEMENTED IS
THAT THEY ARE REQUIRING
MULTIPLE REPORTING FOR US.
FIRST WE HAVE A QUARTERLY
PROJECT AND EX PEP BA SURE
REPORT AND TECHNICAL REPORT
BASED ON WHAT THE TREASURY
PROVIDES AND THE FIRST OF THESE
REPORTS I DO HAVE HAVE TO
AMEND THIS SLIDE IN REALTIME
BECAUSE THIS IS DUE IN A LITTLE
MORE TIME THAT IS NICE AND WE
HAVE AN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN
AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE FIRST
ONE.
YOU CAN GET TO IT ON EITHER CPO
OR SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN SITE AND
LINKED HERE.
THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS THAT
DOCUMENT.
AND LASTLY WANT TO NOTE THAT
CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE
UPDATES ON SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
IS OCTOBER.
YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF
VISIBILITY MOVING FORWARD.
OKAY.
GREAT.
ON THIS NEXT SLIDE --
>> I WANT TO TAKE A QUICK
SECOND NOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF
THESE EVALUATIONS AND REPORT
BACK THANKS TO THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
JULIE AND BEN HAS DONE AND OUR
OFFICE.
WE DO THAT INTENTIONALLY SO THE
PUBLIC HAD A TRANSPARENT WAY TO
ENSURE THAT THERE WAS
ACCOUNTABLE USE FOR THE
DOLLARS.
I THINK IT IS AN ALMOST ALMOST
THAT WE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S
WORK ON COVID RELIEF.
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY,
APPRECIATE THE WILLINGNESS TO
DO THIS TRANSPARENCY WORK.
I KNOW THE AUDITOR IS LOOKING
TO CRAFT AN AUDIT TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE CONTINUING TO BE
ACCOUNTABLE IN TERMS OF HOW
THESE ARE USED AND I KNOW THAT
A FEW OF US HAVE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH
SENATOR PATTY MURRAY AND
DESCRIBE TO HER THE APPROACH WE
ARE TALKING AROUND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
OF THE USE OF THESE DOLLARS AND
SHE WAS APPRECIATIVE OF THAT
AND REQUESTED THAT IF THERE IS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE
WITH HER THE OUTCOMES AND THAT
IS HELPFUL TO HER IN ONGOING
ADVOCACY TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW
FOR DIRECTIONAL LOCATIONS TO
CITIES AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO
RELY ON OTHER AGENCIES.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
HAVE SYNERGY THERE AND
COORDINATE WITH OUR OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> WE FOLLOW UP TO MAKE THAT
CONNECTION.
THANK YOU.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE SELECT
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN ONE.
AS THE CHAIR NOTED WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET THROUGH
WHAT WE HAVE PU ESPECIALLY NOT
ALL WE HAVE DONE SO FAR, GOING
TO EMILY ALVARADO.
>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA
AND COUNCILMEMBERS AND JULIE
AND EMILY ALVARADO WITH THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
AS PART OF SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
ONE THERE WAS $28.5 MILLION
ALLOCATION FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING CAPITAL AND THAT WAS
$12.2 MILLION IN HOME FUNDS AND
THEN THE OTHER MORE BROADER
FUNDS AND WE USED THOSE
RESOURCES TO HAVE AFFORDABLE
OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH AN
ACQUISITION UNDER NOFA.
WE HAD AWARDS FOR THREE INITIAL
APPLICATIONS FOR THREE BRAND
NEW UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BUILDINGS TOTALLY IS 65 UNITS
AND THOSE UNITS WILL BE OPENED
BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO
PROVIDE HOMES FOR PEOPLE THAT
ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE HAVE NEAR FINALIZED WORD TO
ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT WILL
SECURE A SHORT TERM USE FOR A
SHELTER FACILITY AND LONG TERM
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
REDEVELOPMENT AND THIS NOFA
WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL AND THAT
MEANS WE ARE ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS AND WE EXPECT THAT
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
APPLICATIONS THAT WE WILL
RECEIVE THAT CAN BRING ONLINE
HOUSING QUICKLY AND TO MAKE THE
CONNECTION HERE THAT YOU WILL
SEE LATER TO RESOURCE IT IS
DEPENDENT IN PART OF THE NEXT
ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL FUNDS TO
SUPPORT THIS STRATEGY.
WE HAVE IMMEDIATE HOUSING THAT
HAS BEEN BROUGHT ONLINE.
ON THE CASH ASSISTANCE FRONT.
WE HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK
GETTING THE DOLLARS OUT THE
DOOR.
THERE IS TWO PHASES AND THE
FIRST IS RECERTIFICATION OF
APPLICATIONS THAT WERE
SUBMITTED.
THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT MILLION
OF THE 25 ALLOCATED AND STARTED
ON AUGUST 30th AND THEY HAVE
REACHED APPROXIMATELY 80% OF
APPLICANTS THAT HAVE BEEN
RECERTIFIED.
SCHOLARSHIP JUNKIES IS WHO THEY
HAVE CONTRACTED WITH AND MAKING
PHONE CALLS FOR THE REMAINING
20%.
AWARDS ON AVERAGE IS ABOUT 1 TO
$3000.
THEY HAVE DISBURSED NEARLY $5
MILLION SO FAR.
AND PHASE TWO IS TO LAUNCH AT
SEAT RESCUE FUND APPLICATION
ASSISTANCE THAT WILL GO LIVE
FOR OCTOBER 25th AND $15
MILLION AVAILABLE.
AND THERE IS SEVERAL COMMUNITY
SESSIONS THAT WILL RECEIVE THIS
ON DIFFERENT PRIORITY AREAS
WITH OVER 42 AN COMMUNITY PACED
ORGANIZATIONS TO DIRECT THIS
INAPPLICATION LANGUAGE
ASSISTANCE.
HERE LOOKING AT A SIMILAR AWARD
SIZE, THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDS
THAT WILL BE GEARED TOWARDS
CONTRACT OUTREACH AND THEN JUST
TO MAKE ALL OF THAT WORK THE
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS WILL GO
TOWARDS PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.
EMILY WILL TALK ABOUT SR2
HIGHLIGHTS.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
THE DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR
INNOVATIVE WORK ON THE CASH
ASSISTANCE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CITIES AS
YOU NOTED THAT ARE LOOKING AT
SEATTLE HOW TO DO THE CASH
ASSISTANCE TO AVOID TRICKLE
DOWNPLAY.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
CASH AT HAND AND STARTED WITH
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AND WE
BUILT UPON THE INFRASTRUCTURE
CREATED THERE TO GET THE CASH
ASSISTANCE OUT TO PHASE TWO AND
THIS IS EXCITING WORK AND THEN
WE WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT
MENTION THE CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS THAT WILL BE
APPRECIATION ALLOTMENTS FOR
THOSE PROVIDERS THAT APPLY ON
BEHALF OF THEIR EMPLOYEES SO
THAT WE CAN IMPASSE THAT
THROUGH THEM.
I THINK HUGE AMOUNT OF PRIDE IN
THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE HERE
TO GET THE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR
AND JUST NOTES LOTS OF THESE
CONTINUE TO CALL UPON US IN
SEATTLE TO SEE HOW THAT WAS
DONE AND SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
PROUD OF.
QUESTIONS.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE DIRECT
ASSISTANCE WE ADDED CULTURE
WORK AND ARTISTS AND WONDERING
HOW THAT IS BEING ENSURED THAT
ARTISTS ARE BEING DONE.
>> THEY WORKED A LOT WITH THE
ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK TOWARDS
THAT.
I DON'T HAVE SPECIFICS BUT WE
CAN GET MORE IF YOU WOULD LIKE
THAT.
>> THANKS.
>> I COULD OFFER A QUICK
RESPONSE.
>> IT INCLUDED ARTS AND CULTURE
AND WHEN WE HAD THOSE
SUGGESTIONS WE INCLUDED OUR
COLLEAGUES AND ORGANIZATIONS
THAT THEY CONTRACTED WITH SO
JUST TO KIND OF STREAM LINE THE
PROCESS, HSD HAS TAKEN ON THOSE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
APPLICATION ASSISTANCE AND SO
WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH
THOSE CREATIVE FOLKS TOO.
SO WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> SO WITH THE EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AS YOU RECALL WE
RECEIVED TWO ALLOCATIONS SO
FAR.
THE FIRST IS ERA ONE AND THE
SECOND IS ERA TWO.
FOR BOTH OF THESE INVESTMENTS
AS YOU RECALL, WE CREATED THREE
STRATEGIES TO DEPLOYING
RESOURCES.
THE FIRST THROUGH UNITED WAY OF
KING COUNTY THAT WAS FOCUSED ON
SUPPORTING TENANTS IN
PROPERTIES RUN BY SMALL
LANDLORDS AND THE SECOND WAS TO
SUPPORT PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED
HOUSES WHERE TENANTS HAVE THE
LOWEST INCOME IN THE CITY AND
THE THIRD TO BE INVESTED IN 16
COMMUNITY BASE OS LOOKING AT
THOSE WITH EXPERTISE SERVING
FOLKS THAT HAVE HIGHER RATES OF
COVID AND HIGHER RATES OF
HOUSING INSTABILITY.
AT THIS POINT AND I AM DOING
WHAT JULIE IS READ NUMBERS NOT
ON THE SLIDE BECAUSE THE
NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GO UP.
WE HAVE OBLIGATED 97% OF FUNDS.
71% ARE SENT WHICH IS $16.1
MILLION.
AND WE HAVE STARTED ROLLING
ONTO THE NEXT ROUND OF ER
AFUNDING TO ENSURE CONTINUOUS
SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY MECKS THAT
ARE SEEKING RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO FOR THE 28 MILLION IN ERA2
WE HAVE NOW OBLIGATED 38% OF
THE FUNDS.
AND 13% HAS BEEN SENT OUT.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
UPDATES BUT I CAN SAY I
COMMITTED TO DATA INTEGRITY AS
PART OF MY PRESENTATION
YESTERDAY SO I WILL GET INTO
THAT FOR ONE SECOND WHILE WE
CONTINUE TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS
WE CAN SEE THAT AT LEAST HALF
OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS THAT REPORTED
RACIAL DATA IN ALL PROGRAMS ARE
BYPOCK AND WE SEE 39% OF
HOUSEHOLDS AND ROUGHLY 40% OF
HOUSEHOLDS WITH UNITED WAY OF
KING COUNTY ARE FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN.
I KNOW THOSE ARE PARTICULAR
INTEREST AREAS OF BOTH SO WE
WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THAT.
>> EMILY LET ME SEE IF I CAN
BREAK THAT DOWN.
WHEN WE LOOK AT ERA2, THE
RECOVERY ACT.
THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
ACT.
SO WE DID THIS AT THE BEGINNING
OF COVID AND EARLIER THIS
SPRING/GETTING IN TO SUMMER AND
FOLKS REMEMBER THAT WE HAD
SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO
HOUSING AND UNITED WAY OFKI
COUNTY AND WHAT WE DID IN THIS
LAST ROUND OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE
WE MADE SURE THAT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT REALLY HAVE
ROOTS IN COMMUNITIES WITH
HIGHER RISK OF DISPLACE MANY
AND HIGHEST RISK OF ECONOMIC
INSTABILITY AND POSSIBLY LOSING
THEIR HOME WITHOUT ASSISTANT WE
INCLUDED FUNDING EQUITABLY FOR
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
13% HAVE BEEN SENT BY UNITED
WAY AND THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, THAT MEANS
PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED AND THEY
HAVE GOTTEN CHECKED OUT TO
THOSE LANDLORDS DIRECTLY SO
PEOPLE HAVE ASSURANCES THAT
THEIR RENT IS BEING PAID.
IS THAT A WAY TO EXPLAIN IT?
>> YES.
LET ME, I SHOULD DEFINE SOME OF
THESE TERMS.
I APOLOGIZE.
IF WE LOOK AT ER A1 IN WHICH WE
ARE COMPLETING EXPENSE BA SURE
OBLIGATED MEANS IT IS EITHER
CONTRACT OR IT IS SPENT.
SO WE HAD THE THREE STRATEGIES,
UNITED WAY HAS SPENT THEIR
DESIRE $8 MILLION ALLOCATING.
PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS HAVE SPENT $7
MILLION ALLOCATION.
AND THEN THE 6-POINT SOMETHING
MILLION ALLOCATION THAT WENT TO
CPOS IS ALL UNDER CONTRACT WITH
THE AGENCIES.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH
TENANTS IN COMMUNITIES AND THEY
BUILD UP ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 67%
LARGELY AND THE 93 PERCENT YOU
SEE UP THERE, IS US AWAITING
INVOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BECAUSE UNITED WAY AND THE
PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS HAVE SENT
DOWN THEIR FIRST BATCH OF MONEY
THEY ARE MOVING TO THE SECOND
TRUNCH OR ARE UNDER CONTRACT.
>> THE PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT, IF YOU ARE A
RENTER OR IF YOU ARE A SMALL
LANDLORD AND YOU NEED
ASSISTANCE WITH PAYMENT, RENT
OR RECEIVING THE RENT THAT YOU
ARE OWED, THERE ARE DOLLARS
AVAILABLE AND WE HAVE THAT
INFORMATION ON THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING WEBSITE AND WE HAVE PUT
IT OUT IN OUR NEW LETTERS TOO
AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
RENTERS KNOW THAT MONEY IS
AVAILABLE AND THERE'S MONEY TO
BE HAD.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> I WAS EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT
CASH ASSISTANCE I AM TONYA KIM
ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ALL
REFERENCE, THE NEXT PORTION ON
THIS SAME SLIDE FOR THE OLDER
AMERICANS ACT AND SO WE ARE
BUDGETING FOR 2.8 MILLION IN
THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT FUNDS
IN 2021 FOR A TOTAL OF 7.7
MILLION.
WE ARE STILL WAITING FROM THE
STATE FOR A FINAL PLAN.
THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE OLDER
AMERICANS ACT FUND IS TO
PROVIDE RELIEF TO OUR CURRENT
FUNDED CONTRACTORS AND THAT IS
TO MEET THE SERVICE DEMANDS AS
WELL AS MAINTAIN AND SCALE
EXISTING COVID RELIEF EFFORTS
THAT INCLUDES ALLEVIATING
NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS OF
SOCIAL ISOLATION.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES
FOR SPENDING THAT WILL INCLUDE
OLDER ABUSE CASE MANAGEMENT AND
TRANSIT FARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM
AND CARE COUNSELING AND
NUTRITION AS WELL AS ADS
CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THE OVERALL
EFFORTS AND TO HAVE SERVICE
CAPACITY FOR OUR PROVIDERS AS
WELL.
THE AGING DISABILITY THAT
SERVES AS OUR AREA AGENCY ON
AGING IS FOCUSING ON THE NEW
ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURES AIMED
ATALLEVIATING NEGATIVE HEALTH
EFFECTS BECAUSE OF LONG TERM
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY ARE FOCUSED ON COGNITIVE
HEALTH AND THE INTER DISCIPLINE
PROGRAM CALLED CAPABLE DESIGNED
FOR OLDER ADULTS TO AGE IN
PLACE.
I BELIEVE NEXT IS BEN.
>> WE HAVE A QUESTION.
>> SURE.
WE, THE COUNCIL PASSED 120150
THAT APPROPRIATED SOME OF THOSE
FUNDS FROM THE OLDER AMERICANS
ACT.
IT INCLUDED A PROVISO THAT
REQUIRED 200,000 TO BE SPENT ON
SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL
HEALTH IMPACTS OF SENIOR
ISOLATION.
I DON'T RECALL RECEIVING A
SPENDING PLAN PER THE REQUEST
TO DO SO.
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS SOME
INFORMATION FOR CENTRAL STAFF
IN THE LAST FEW DAYS VIA THE
BUDGET Q AND A. IF I'M READING
IT CORRECTLY IT SHOWS THAT
THERE WERE TWO INVESTMENTS
TOTALING $94,000 AND THAT WAS
LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT WAS
REQUIRED BY THE PROVISO AND
UNLESS THERE'S SOME INFORMATION
I DON'T HAVE, I AM DISAPPOINTED
IN ACTING ON THE COUNCIL'S
DIRECTION VIA LEGISLATIVE
INTENT TO SUPPORT SENIORS
THROUGH THE MENTAL HEALTH
IMPACTS OF SENIOR ISOLATION
THAT I UNDERSTAND IS ALLOWABLE
USE OF OOO FUNDS.
>> I AM MONITORING MY
COLLEAGUES THAT ARE TYPING A
RESPONSE.
WE WILL NEED TO GET BACK TO
YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT I
REACHED OUT MANY TIMES ABOUT
THE INTENTION HOW WE PLANNED TO
SPEND THE FUNDS AND PARTNER
WITH HSD ON ENGAGEMENT
ACTIVITIES WITH SOME OF THE
PROVIDERS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE
HIGHEST PRIORITY NEEDS WERE AND
I UNDERSTAND THE DEPARTMENT MAY
NOT HAVE HAD TIME TO PARTNER
BUT I EXPECTED THE 200,000 FOR
THE PURPOSE WOULD BE SPENT FOR
THIS PURPOSE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THAT COMMENTS
FROM YOUR OFFICE AND HAVE HAD
THAT TOP OF MIND MUCH OF THE
SPENDING OUT OF THIS PLANT IS
OUT OF THE CITY'S CONTROL AS IT
IS DIRECTED BY THE STATE SO WE
HAVE BEEN HOLDING THAT IN THE
FOREFRONT AND WILL GET BACK
WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE SECOND TRUNCH OF THE
CLIPPER DOLLARS, I WILL GIVE A
QUICK OVERVIEW AND TURN IT OVER
TO JULIE WITH MORE DETAILS.
AS WE MOVE TO THE SECOND TRUNCH
I THINK YOU WILL SEE IT WAS OUR
PERSPECTIVE THAT WE ARE
STRIKING A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEED FOR
IMMEDIATE AID AND SHIFTING
TOWARDS RECOVERY AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO USE SUBSTANTIAL
SUM OF MONEY OF ONE TIME MONEY
TO MAKE LONG TERM INVESTMENTS
AS WELL.
IT INCLUDES THE LONGER TERM AND
THE MOST OBVIOUS ALMOST OF THAT
WAS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
$50 MILLION OF THE 116
AVAILABLE IN THE SECOND TRUNCH
DEDICATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AS I SCRUBBED WHERE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IS IN DESPERATELY SHORT
FLY CLEARLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO
INVEST AND HELP ADDRESS
IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND TO MAKE
CHANGE AS WELL.
AND ALSO ECONOMIC STIMULUS, IT
WILL TAKE WORKERS TO BUILD THE
HOUSERS AND THE CONTEXT OF
BEING ONE TIME FUNDING IT IS
NOT CREATING A BYWAY WITH A NEW
PROGRAM.
THAT IS CERTAINLY A NEW FOCUS
FOR OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS AND YOU
CAN MAKE SENSE IN THAT CURRENT
CONTEXT.
A FOCUS ON SUSTAINING SOME OF
THE WORK AND HELPING THOSE MORE
VULNERABLE THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
RECOGNIZING THE CURRENT CRISIS
AND THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT
OFFERING RELIEF WON'T BE
AVAILABLE OR WILL NOT LAST
INDEFINITELY AND THE FEDERAL
FUNDING WON'T BE AVAILABLE.
BEGINNING TO LOOK HOW TO
TRANSITION AWAY FROM THE
FEDERAL FUNDING AND TO LEARN
SOME OF THE LESSONS AND MAKE
THE CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM
PERMANENT AND ALSO REVERTING TO
SOME PREVIOUS APPROACHES AS
WELL.
AND THEN LAST ON THE ECONOMIC
SIDE THE FOCUS ON INCLUSION
UNDER THE TARGETING OF THOSE
WITH MOST AFFECTED AND ALSO
LOOKING TO THE LONGER RUN WHERE
YOU WILL SEE AN INCREASED
DEFICIT ON WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND CASH RELIEF FOR
BUSINESSES ALTHOUGH THERE IS
SOME OF THAT AS WELL.
THAT WAS THE OVERALL
PERSPECTIVE AND JULIE WILL HAVE
MORE DETAILS AND MORE ABOUT THE
PROCESS.
>> THANKS, BEN.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN A SUMMARY
OF THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
THREE PACKAGE AND LOOKING AT
INVESTMENTS NEARLY 73 MILLION
IN HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND
18.3 IN RECOVERY AND 18.6
MILLION IN SUPPORTING CITY
WORKERS AND REOPENING.
AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD NOTED
IN SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN ONE HAS
THREE ITEMS THAT YOU OUTLINED
YOUR IN TENT TO WHAT YOU WOULD
HOPE TO SEE.
THIS WAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CAPITAL GOAL OF $60 MILLION
THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED IN THIS
PACKAGE.
THE SECOND WAS TO SPEND FUTURE
FUNDING, NOT NECESSARILY IN
THIS SPACE BUT IN ANY SPACE ON
TRYING TO KEEP MOVING STREETS
PERMANENT.
AND WE HAVE BEEN KNOWN ON THE
TOP AND ON THE FEDERAL
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WILL
HAVE FUNDING DEDICATED TO THAT
ONCE IT PASSES.
AND THEN THE THIRD ITEM WAS THE
ONE THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
SPOKE TO ON OLDER AMERICANS.
AND WITH THAT TALKING ABOUT
RACIAL EQUITY AND HOW THAT IS
INCORPORATED IN OUR PACKAGE.
SO WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN THREE
FOLLOWS THE PATH WE HAVE LAID
DOWN WITH THE COUNCIL AND
EXECUTIVE AND THE EXTERNAL
PROCESSES IN DEVELOPING SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN ONE AND THE
ANALYSIS THAT THE PROGRAM DID
ON A PROGRAM BY PROGRAM
EVALUATION THAT THEY SUBMITTED
TO US AS PART OF THE PROCESS
THAT WE SET UP AND ALSO THE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
UNRELY OG THAT ANALYSIS THAT
WAS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THROUGH
THE PROCESS AS WELL.
THE CORE TENANT OF THESE FUNDS
IS ALL OF THE GUIDANCE IS
HELPING THOSE MOST HARMED BY
THE PANDEMIC SO THAT IS AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL IN EVERY
DOCUMENT.
HERE CONTINUING THAT, AND WE
ARE TARGETING GROUPS THAT
AFFECTED BY COVID-19 AND TO
GROUPS.
AND THOSE GROUPS UNFORTUNATELY
ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY BYPOCKS
BECAUSE IT HAS EXACERBATED
HISTORICAL INEQUITIES.
I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERYTHING
HERE BECAUSE WE WILL TWO IN
MORE DETAIL COMING UP.
SO YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT A LOT
OF THESE PROGRAMS IN THE COURSE
OF THE WORK IN THE
PRESENTATIONS AND WE WILL COVER
THEM HERE.
WE WON'T GO IN AS MUCH DETAIL
THAT YOU HEARD BE IN THE
PRESENTATIONS BUT WE WILL SHOW
YOU SO YOU CAN SEE THE FULL
PACKAGE.
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AT
72.8 MILLION AND EMILY YOU WILL
TAKE IT FROM HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO $50 MILLION HERE ARE
ALLOCATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CAPITAL AND AS I DESCRIBED
YESTERDAY THE CAPITAL CAN BE
IMAGINED AS BEING DELIVERED
THROUGH EXISTING PROFITS TO
MEET A GROWING NEED AND DEMAND
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION AND
PRESERVATION.
WE IMAGINE THAT FUNDS CAN BE
EXTENDED EITHER THROUGH THE
ANNUAL NOTICE OF FUNDS
AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED MILLION
REQUEST FOR OUR NOVA AND THAT
SERVES A RANGE OF POPULATION
AND WITH A RANGE OF PRIORITY
INCLUDING ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS AND ADVANCING
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT.
WE COULD IMAGINE THAT SOME OF
THE RESOURCES AS I SAID EARLIER
GOES TO SUPPLEMENT THE NOVA TO
ENSURE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
TO SECURE BUILDINGS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO DO SO.
SO THIS WILL BE AN GENERAL
CAPITAL SOURCE TO US THAT HELPS
TO ALLOW US TO FUND MORE
PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW ARE
WAITING FOR RESOURCES IN THE
PIPELINE AND NEW BUILDINGS THAT
WE KNOW WE CAN BRING ON TO
ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS.
>> OKAY.
SO BACK TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
TEST COLBY GAVE A BRILLIANT
PRESENTATION WITH OTHERS FOR
THE CITY HOMELESSNESS WISE
PRESENTATION ANOTHER DAY.
BUT AS A REMINDER SPECIFIC TO
THESE FUNDS THERE IS FUNDS FOR
EMERGENCY SHELTERS TO BE
IMPLEMENTED BY THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
THAT HS D WILL BE CONTRACTING
WITH.
THIS INCLUDES ONE YEAR RAMP
DOWN FUNDING FOR COVID
MITIGATION IN SHELTERS.
AT ABOUT 3.7 MILLION.
SO THE CHANGES MADE DURING THE
THE EXPANSION OF BEDS AND
ENHANCE DISIN INFECTION
PROTOCOLS AND ALLOWS SHELTERS
TO KEEP CLIENTS SAFE AND
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THE SECOND IS MAINTAINING
SALVATION ARMY SOTO ENHANCED
SHELTER UNITS, 23 UNITS AT 12
MILLION.
THERE WAS CITY HALL AND KING
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
AND 4th AND JACKSON WERE
COMBINED AND CONVERTED TO A
SINGLE NONCONGREGANT ENHANCED
SHELTER IN SOTO.
THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE 241
SHELTER UNITS AND THE CURRENT
FORMAT AT THE NEW LOCATION WHEN
THE SOTO SITE CLOSES IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2022.
THERE ARE TWO MILLION FOR START-
UP FUNDING APPROXIMATELY.
AND THAT IS OPERATIONS,
MAINTENANCE, SERVICES, ET
CETERA.
SO THE LAST IS TO MAINTAIN THE
KRO END MANED SHELTER UNITS 125
AT 6.6 MILLION AND THAT IS AN
ESTIMATE THAT INCLUDES
APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS OF
OPERATIONS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE DESCRIPTION
HERE OF THE ADDITIONAL PRIOR
COVID, $19 HERE THAT WAS IN THE
FIRST ALLOCATION OF 18.7
MILLION DIVERSION CAPACITY
BUILDING AND OUTREACH SHELTER
AND RAPID REHOUSING AND SAFE
LIVES AND SAFE STORAGE AND TINY
HOMES AND VILLAGES.
RECOVERY 18.3 MILLION HERE.
AND WE WILL GO TO THE DETAILS.
THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP
FUND THAT WILL GO TO THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 7.6
MILLION.
THIS FUNDING WOULD GO THROUGH
2023.
AND THIS IS TARGETED AT THE
RATION OF A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERSHIP FUND TO FINANCE SMALL
BUSINESSES TO ACQUIRE GROUND
FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE AND
PROVIDE A PUBLIC BENEFIT.
IN CONGRESS TO RENTING THAT.
>> WE HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
CDI NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL
FOR A GRANT TO FUND SMALL
BUSINESSES AND PLANNING TO
PRIORITIZE ASSISTANCE TO
VILLAGES AND HIGH DISPLACE MANY
AREAS.
WE HAVE THAT ON OUR INDEX AND
SEATTLE 2035 GROWTH ANALYSIS
AND IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT WE
DO HAVE TO, AS WE DID I IN THE
FIRST PACKAGE, THIS IS ONE OF
THOSE PROGRAMS THAT IS NOT
DIRECTLY ELIGIBLE FOR CLIPPER
SO WE DO HAVE TO DO A FUNDING
SITE TO
F0
NEXT A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
PACKAGE AND THIS ACTUALLY
REPRESENTS INVESTMENTS ACROSS A
NUMBER OF CITY DEPARTMENTS.
OH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE LEFT OFF
THE DURATION.
SORRY.
I WILL GET THAT YOU DURATION,
SORRY.
IT'S NOT ON THE SLIDE.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO ON THE
PACKAGE IS CREATE STRONG
PATHWAYS TO MIDDLE WAGE JOBS
AND OUR DATA WILL SHOW US WILL
THRIVE IN THE FUTURE, AND THESE
INVESTMENTS AND ECONOMIC
INCLUSION WILL HELP US TO
RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC AND
CONTINUE EQUITABLE GROWTH.
THESE ITEMS WILL BE FUNDED ALSO
IN THE SAME WAY WITH REVENUE
REPLACEMENT.
HERE, THE GUIDANCE DOESN'T
SPECIFICALLY ALLOW FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ALTHOUGH WE KNOW
THAT IS KEY AS BEN NOBLE
MENTIONED, AND THE RECOVERY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
THE INDIVIDUAL WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ITEMS ARE INDIVIDUAL
ARTIST RELIEF AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT ARTS FOR $1.5
MILLION, PRIORITY HIRE FAS FOR
$500,000, AND MARITIME
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR
$500,000.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESS
SERVICE PROVIDERS WORKFORCE
THAT YOU HEARD DIRECTOR
ALVARADO SPEAK ABOUT FOR
$750,000, AND RE-EMPLOYMENT
PATHWAYS FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
OR REV JUICE, RATHER, FOR
$250,000 AND CLEAN ENERGY PRE-
APPRENTICESHIP SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
$1 MILLION.
NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.
AND I THINK BEN WILL PICK UP
THIS ONE.
>>> SORRY.
I WAS ON MUTE.
ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS IN A
COUPLE OF FORUMS.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
CLEAN CITY INITIATIVE FUNDING
THAT WE HAD, AND YOU CAN SEE
THE LAST POINT THERE, IT WAS
ALMOST SIX MILLION IN THE CRF
APPROPRIATION THAT WILL CARRY
US TO DECEMBER FOR THIS WORK.
AS HAS BEEN NOTED, THIS IS
SUFFICIENT FUNDING, AND THE
FULL DESCRIPTION HERE OF THE
ITEMS, AGAIN, I THINK THE
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE FAMILIAR
WITH AND YOU CAN READ.
AND THIS TAKES US THROUGH
AUGUST WHEN WE ARE OBVIOUSLY
WITH A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
WHETHER THAT WILL BE SUFFICIENT
OR NOT, AND I THINK THAT IS A
FAIR QUESTION.
AGAIN, AS WE ARE PUTTING THE
BUDGET TOGETHER WE HAD RELATIVE
MORE CONFIDENCE THAN WE DO NOW
ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR THE
PANDEMIC ITSELF, PERHAPS, AND
THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS THAT
WE KNOW THE UNCERTAINTY HAS
BEEN THE NAME OF THE GAME HERE.
SO THE THOUGHT WAS THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE COULD RE-
EVALUATE MID YEAR NEXT YEAR AND
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT
ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD BE
NEEDED.
I WOULD NOT BE DISPUTING THE
CONCLUSION THAT YOU CAN ALREADY
MAKE THAT JUDGMENT.
BUT THAT IS NOW IN YOUR HANDS.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE STORY HERE
AGAIN.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALREADY SO
I THINK WITHOUT, YOU KNOW --
NEXT SLIDE.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER O█F
INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE
GROUPED IN THE CATEGORY CALLED
COMMUNITY WELL BEING, AND IT'S
PROBABLY MORE USEFUL TO SEE THE
INDIVIDUAL ITEMS.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO ONE OF THOSE IS CHILD CARE
STABILIZATION.
THIS IS ONE I THINK WE NEED TO
THINK ABOUT ON THE ECONOMIC
RECOVERY SIDE AS WELL.
AS I SAID THE OTHER DAY, WE ARE
NOT GOING TO GET FOLKS BACK ON
WORK UNLESS THE CHILD CARE
SYSTEM IS UP AND RUNNING.
AND IT CONTINUES TO FACE
CHALLENGES.
I KNOW FIRSTHAND CHALLENGES BUT
NOT SHARING TEACHERS ACROSS
CLASSROOMS B SHUTDOWNS
ASSOCIATED WITH POSITIVE TESTS
AND THE LIKE.
SO $2.4 MILLION TO PROVIDE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO LICENSED
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND THEN
TO FAMILY SPENDING NEIGHBORHOOD
PROVIDERS.
SO THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH
FUNDING.
YOU CAN SEE THE LAST BELOW,
CONSISTENT WITH THE CHILD
FUNDING WE PROVIDED BEFORE.
GIVEN THAT MANY CHILD CARE
FACILITIES ARE NOW OPEN AND
RUNNING AND OVERALL FINANCIAL
CONSTRAINTS BUT THE OVERALL
LEVEL OF FUNDING IS LOWER THAN
IN THE PAST, AND THIS IS NOT AN
AREA THAT WE CAN NEGLECT AND
WILL REQUIRE ONGOING SUPPORT.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> A QUICK QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
>> ON THE FAMILY, FRIEND, AND
NEIGHBOR INVESTMENTS FOR
PROVIDERS THERE, AS YOU KNOW,
WE DID THIS -- INVEST THIS
INCENTIVE PROGRAM WE PUT IN
AFTER A LOT OF CONVERSATION
WITH CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND
ADCO ADVOCATES.
BUT CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THE
SPECIFICS TO FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENTS, HOW
WE ARE GETTING TO THE GOAL OF
MAKING IT SO THE FOLKS ARE
ACTUALLY RECEIVING THE FUNDS?
>> I AM GOING TO TURN THAT
IMPLEMENTATION AND I DON'T KNOW
IF ANYONE ON THE LINE HAS THE
DETAIL.
IF NOT WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU
ON WHERE WE STAND.
>> YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME.
I THINK THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS
HOW DOES THE INVESTMENT FOR
NUMBER TWO TIER COMPARE TO
NUMBER ONE?
>> AND BASICALLY JUST TO
CONTINUE THE SUPPORT THAT WE
HEARD FOR THE CHILD CARE
FACILITIES THEMSELVES AND A
SIMILAR PROCESS WITH THE FOLKS
WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED DOLLARS
TODAY BUT AGAIN WE'LL GET BACK
TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> SO THIS SLIDE IS THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S FOCUSING
ON FOOD.
AND SO FOR THE DID DURATION IS
2022 AND RAMP DOWN THE COVID 19-
RELATED FOOD SUPPORT PROGRAMS
BACK TO THE PREVIOUS LEVEL AND
BASELINE NUMBERS, AND HSD
INTENDS TO UTILIZE THE FUNDING
FROM GROCERY BAGS AND MEALS FOR
HOUSING AND EMERGENCY SHELTERS
AND FOOD BANKS THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE THE PREVIOUS AMOUNT
WAS 8.8 WOULD HAVE THE BASE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE NEXT ITEM IS AFFORDABLE
SEATTLE UNIFIED PORTAL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
NEW TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED.
>> I AM SO SORRY.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT, BUT
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> AND YOU WERE PAUSING FOR ME
AND EVERYTHING.
THE SLIDE SAYS TRANSITION BUT
I'M INTERPRETING THIS AS
POTENTIALLY RAMPING DOWN AND
ENDING FROM PANDEMIC FOOD
SUPPORT.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> IT IS.
>> SO IS THIS CHOICE DRIVEN BY
AND OBSERVED PIE BY A DROP IN
NEED OR DEMAND OR REPRESENT A
NET DECREASE IN SUPPORT?
>> I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT
OTHER FUNDS VERSUS COMING
ONLINE AND LOOKING AT THE STATE
AND THE COUNTY AND SEEING THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THAT THROUGHOUT
THE STATE.
>> SO IT WAS SUPER HELPFUL FOR
MORE DETAIL ABOUT THOSE
ASSUMPTIONS AND THE NUMBERS OF
PEOPLE THAT WE ARE PROJECTING
WILL BE SERVED BY THOSE NEW
PROGRAMS THROUGH THE STATE AND,
YOU KNOW, FOR COMPARING THAT TO
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN
SERVING THROUGH OUR PROGRAM.
>> NOTED.
>> OH, I'M SO SORRY.
I MISSED A HAND.
SO ON THE UNIFIED PORTAL, SO
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS
CREATE A SINGLE PORTAL WHERE
RESIDENTS CAN LEARN ABOUT CITY
PROGRAMS.
THIS WOULD MAKE THE ECONOMIC
IMPACT BECAUSE IT WOULD REMOVE
THE BARRIER TO FOCUS THE ACCESS
TO THE PROGRAMS.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE -- I
COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY
PROGRAMS THAT FOLKS HAVE TO
ACCESS THROUGH DIFFERENT
VENUES.
SOMEONE WANTED TO ACCESS
FUNDING IN PARKS AND IN DOM,
THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT
THOSE DEPARTMENTS SEPARATELY.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS
HAVE ONE PLACE WHERE FOLKS CAN
GO AND ENTER THE INFORMATION
ONE TIME, AND IT WILL TELL
THEM WHAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
AND BENEFIT FROM THE CITY AND
SHARE THEIR INFORMATION WITH
THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
IT WOULD ACCESS THE EDUCATION
FEES AND APPLICATION ALL IN
ONE.
SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE
COMPONENTS WITH THIS ITEM IN IC
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE BACK END
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PUT UP,
AND THE QA/QC IS QUALITY
INSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL,
SORRY I DID NOT SPELL THAT OUT
AND INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE
TO LOOK ACROSS THE PROGRAMS AND
FIND A WAY TO STREAM LINE.
NEXT.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SEATTLE
PROMISE.
IN THE FIRST BILL, WE INCLUDED
$4 MILLION FOR SEATTLE'S
PROMISE, AND 6.7 TO ADDITIONAL
PROGRAMS THROUGH 2023.
AS COUNCILMEMBERS KNOW AND YOU
HEARD FROM DIRECTOR CHAPPELL
EARLIER THAT THEY ARE MORE
LIKELY TO GET SEPARATED IN
EDUCATION AND LESS LIKELY TO
COME BACK, AND THESE RESOURCES
ARE TO HELP ENGAGE IN EDUCATION
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ENHANCED
PROGRAMMING SUPPORT FOR THE
PROGRAMS ADDED IN 2021 TO GET
TO A TOTAL OF 10.7 OVER
ALLOCATION.
AND THE SPECIFIC EFFORTS WOULD
BE BELOW.
SO ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS ON
STUDENTS DURING COVID AND TO
SUPPORT NEW PARTNERSHIPS FOR
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
WITH EXTENDED TUITION AND
PROGRAMS AND OFFERING
ADDITIONAL COLLEGE PREPARATION
AND PERSISTENCES SUPPORT FOR
RECENT PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES AND PARTICULARLY FOR
STUDENTS OF RECALL AS I
MENTIONED, AND BOLSTER PROMISE
SCHOLAR PROGRAMS THROUGH THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
ADDRESSING EDUCATIONAL EQUITIES
WITH THREE OUT COMES, STUDENT
PREPARATION FOR COLLEGE-LEVEL
COURSEWORK AND RETENTION IN
COLLEGE AND COMPLETION OF
CERTIFICATE CREDENTIAL OR
DEGREE TO TRANSFER TO A FOUR-
YEAR INSTITUTION.
>> IT'S A STEP-DOWN OF THE
FUNDING, A SUSTAIN FUNDING IN
2022, AT THE CURRENT LEVELS AND
LESS FUNDING IN '23 AND
RECOGNIZING THAT THE HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
DEALING WITH REMOTE LEARNING,
SOME OF THE IMPACT WOULD HAVE
FADED BY THEN, AND THEN THE
CONVERSATION INDICATED THAT
SOME DISCUSSION COULD BE HAD IN
'23 AND WHAT ELEMENTS WOULD BE
SUSTAINED AND BEAR TO DO SO.
IT'S A COUPLE OF YEARS OF
FUNDING BUT IT ANTICIPATES A
RAMP DOWN OF SOME LEVEL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BEN.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO IN OUR LAST CATEGORY, AND
THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN WITH
US.
I KNOW THIS IS LONG.
THE LAST CATEGORY IS SUPPORTING
CITY WORKERS AND REOPENING.
AS WE KNOW TO MAKE THE PROGRAMS
WORK WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PEOPLE
IN THE CITY TO RUN THEM.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL
FUNDS EVALUATION.
WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS AT THE TOP
AND IT'S A CONTINUATION
PROGRAM.
AND WE ARE PROVIDING THREE
YEARS OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE
MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION
EFFORT TO LOOK AT THE IMPACTS
OF THE CITY'S RECOVERY
INVESTMENT.
WE'RE PRIORITIZING RACIAL
EQUITY IN OUR STRATEGY AND
WE'RE IDENTIFYING BEST
PRACTICES FOR THE IMPACT OF OUR
INVESTMENT.
WE ARE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH
CITYWIDE BEST PRACTICES FOR
AGGREGATING DATA.
SO WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM ME
IS NOT JUST TRYING TO LEARN
ABOUT THE PROGRAM S BUT HOW DO
WE REALLY EXTEND THE LINES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND EMBED
THE BODY OF WORK THROUGHOUT?
THE INDIVIDUALS HIRED WITH
THESE PLANS ALSO ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THE
REPORTING TO THE FEDS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT
OF OVERALL FUNDING REQUEST IS
FOR STAFFING TO HELP TRACK THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FEDERAL
MONEY AND REPORTING BACK TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ITSELF.
I NOTE THAT THE FUNDING IS TO
COVER AS MANY AS THREE YEARS'
WORTH OF FUNDING IN '22, '23,
AND '24 BECAUSE THAT'S THE
PERIOD IN WHICH THE FEDERAL
DOLLARS ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE
SPENT AND NEED TO BE REPORTED
THROUGHOUT.
IT MAY SEEM LIKE A LARGE DOLLAR
AMOUNT AND IT COVERS FUNDING
FOR THREE YEARS.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR STAFF IN THE
BUDGET OFFICE.
WE ARE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
FOR HOLDING THE MONEY, TO BE
BELIEVABLE FOR THE MONEY AND AT
FAS, WE ARE PRODUCING THE
REPORTS TO PROVIDE TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND A BIT AT
OEM AS WELL.
THEY HAVE A BIT OF A ROLE IN
THIS.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING
KUDOS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL FOR
HAVING MOVED QUICKLY ON
IMPLEMENTING THIS.
WE KNOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS IS ONE
OF THE THINGS THEY EXPECTED THE
MONEY TO BE USED FOR.
THEY RECOGNIZED THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS ARE SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE AND NOT
A BIT OF A BACKGROUND BUT MORE
ON THE GROUND IMPACT.
WE CAN'T GET THE ON THE GROUND
IMPACT IF WE ARE NOT FOLLOWING
THROUGH WITH THIS REPORTING
THAT IS REQUIRED AND ENSURING
THIS IMPLEMENTATION IS
HAPPENING.
NEXT SLIDE.
RELATED PIECE SUPPORTING THE
CITY STAFF AND OUR CURRENT
HYBRID ENVIRONMENT.
SO THIS -- THE CURRENT
ARRANGEMENT PUTS STRESS ON THE
KEY DEPARTMENT AND I.T.
SYSTEM AND STAFF TO RESPOND TO
TECHNICAL ISSUES.
THE TEAM SLOWS DOWN AND YOU
CAN'T LOG DOWN WITH THE
COMPUTERS, ALL THOSE KIND OF
THINGS.
AND LESS CUSTOMER FOCUS BUT
ESSENTIAL WORK AROUND
CYBERSECURITY AND ALL OF US
TAPPING INTO THE CITY SYSTEM
REMOTELY TO INHERENTLY
HEIGHTENS THE RISKS.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS RELATED.
THE SOFTWARE AND THE HUMAN
TOUCHED ON ON I.T.
ON THE HARDWARE SIDE WITH A
FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT ON THE
APPROACH ABOUT COMPUTERS ON THE
PARTICULAR.
SO, IN GENERAL WE HAD A WHOLE
SYSTEM OF DESKTOP COMPUTER
REPLACEMENT, RECYCLED FIVE
YEARS ON THOSE.
SO WHAT WE'VE REALIZED IT
PROBABLY MAKES MORE SENSE TO
REPLACE THE COMPUTERS AND
PROMOTE AND FACILITATE HYBRID
WORK.
THEY'RE MORE COSTLY.
THE FUNDING SYSTEMS WEREN'T
ANTICIPATING THIS SHIFT.
SO IT'S A BIT OF AN INCREMENT
TO HELP US TO PAY THE
ADDITIONAL COSTS TO MOVE
TOWARDS EVER MORE LAPTOPS
ACROSS THE CITY.
THAT'S ANOTHER CRITICAL PIECE
OF KEEPING THIS WORK GOING AND
EVERY EXPECTATION OF THE HYBRID
WORK ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL BE
THE FUTURE OF SOME SHARE,
SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF THE CITY'S
WORKFORCE.
NEXT SLIDE.
OH, SO WITH THE VACCINE MANDATE
NOW IN PLACE, THERE IS SOME
EXTENT TO IMPLEMENTING THAT AND
ENSURING THAT EVERYONE IS, IN
FACT, PROPERLY VACCINATED, AND
THERE IS ONGOING WORK ON THAT
AS WELL, AND SMALL FUNDING FOR
THAT AND THINGS WE NEED TO KEEP
THE CITY OPERATING.
THE NEXT SLIDE.
I THINK -- OH, THANK YOU.
>> I'LL TAKE THIS ONE.
THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY
MOVING FORWARD, AND WE ARE
LOOKING TO ESTABLISH $2 MILLION
AND IF YOU REMEMBER THE
DISCUSSIONS, WE DISCUSSED A
MUCH LARGER RESERVE, A FUND.
NOW THAT WE KNOW MORE THAT WE
ARE DOING QUITE WELL WITH THE
REIMBURSEMENTS, WE THINK WE CAN
MORE RESPONSIBLY LOWER THE
TOTAL TO $2 MILLION FOR ITEMS
THAT ARE NOT FEMA ELIGIBLE.
WE HAVE THE SPENDING AND
ASSOCIATED REVENUE INTO THE
FOREFRONT BUT THERE WILL BE
THINGS THAT AREN'T ELIGIBLE,
AND WE HAVE ALREADY INCURRED
THE COSTS AS A NECESSARY
EXPENSE FOR THE PANDEMIC BUT
FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY WERE
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE HAVE
REACHED ONE MORE SLIDE AFTER
THIS.
SO JUST HIGH LEVEL.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE ARE ALL THESE
CHECK MARKS.
SO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT
WE HAVE RECEIVED THE CLIPPER
DOLLARS.
AND THIS IS THE FINAL --
PROPOSED FINAL ALLOCATION FOR
THOSE, AND THE OTHER GRANTS WE
HAVE ALLOCATED ELSEWHERE.
WE FULLY ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES JUST COMING IN
THROUGH THE STATE OR COUNTY
PASS THROUGHS.
THE AMOUNT AND TIMING FOR THOSE
WILL BE DETERMINED.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WILL BE
UNDER DETERMINATION AT THE
FEDS.
THE BUILD BECOME BART ACT, WE
ARE LOOKING AT HUGE SUMS OF
MONEY COVERING A WIDE ARRAY OF
POSSIBLE INVESTMENTS.
AND WE WILL HAVE MORE AS WE
LEARN MORE.
WHAT QUESTIONS CAN WE ANSWER
FOR YOU?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION TODAY.
I WILL JUMP IN BECAUSE I DON'T
SEE ANY HANDS UP HERE.
THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IN
LOOKING AT THE INVESTMENTS IN
I.T.
AND THE PRECIOUS RESOURCES FOR
THE RECOVERY ACT AND
CONGRESSIONAL PARTNERS TRYING
TO PRIORITIZE THE FUNDING FOR
SYSTEM SERVICES, CHICAGO THAT
YOU ARE HOPEFUL IN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WOULD
HELP WITH THE CITY
INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE HARDWARE,
UPGRADES?
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME
THING.
I HEARD IT'S A FOCUS ON
INTERNET ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC.
BUT I THINK THE FOCUS, THE
ASSISTANCE FOR THE CITY'S
OPERATIONS WE HAVE TO ASSUME IS
IN THESE DOLLARS.
>> THANK YOU, AND I AM TRYING
TO FIND THE SLIDE -- HERE WE
GO.
SLIDE NUMBER 17 RELATED TO
EMERGENCY SERVICES.
SO PART OF OUR CONVERSATION
YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
THAT I DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO
ASK OF THE PRETTY LARGE PANEL
THERE WAS RELATED TO THE TYPE
OF SHELTER AND I AM NOT SURE IF
THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE,
DIRECTOR BUT YOU ARE PROBABLY
THE MOST CONNECTED TO THIS
QUESTION.
PART OF THE REASON THAT I THINK
WE HAVE SO MUCH VISIBLE TRAUMA
IN THE STREETS AND ESPECIALLY
DOWNTOWN IS RELATED TO THE
NMBER OF HIGH NEED, PEOPLE WHO
LOST HOUSING AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE PANDEMIC, HOUSING,
SHELTER OPTIONS, PROVIDING 500
BEDS AND PROVIDE CARE TO HIGH
NEED PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH
AND ADDITION, AND SOME OF THE
PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE GO TO
RENTON.
A LOT OF THE REASON THAT WE
CONTINUE TO SEE PEOPLE LIVING
OUTSIDE THE ENCAMPMENTS WITH
VERY HIGH NEEDS WITH BEHAVIORAL
AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IS
BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF THOSE,
OVER 400 BEDS WERE SHUT DOWN.
I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE ON TRACK
TO POTENTIALLY OPEN UP 350 OR
SO BEDS IN SEATTLE FOR THE HIGH
NEEDS PATIENTS FROM DEFC,
PATIENTS?
EXCUSE ME, PEOPLE FROM DEFC
MANS, AND THAT'S GREAT.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR WE'RE GOING
FROM 93 BEDS TO 350 BUT THAT'S
STILL A NET LOSS OF 150 HIGH
ACUTE BEDS AND UNITS FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT DEFC SERVED.
YOU CAN TELL ME, A, WHEN WE
TALKED YESTERDAY, CAN YOU TELL
ME ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BEDS
THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING
ABOUT OPENING AND WHY ON THE
FIRST BULLET ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT RAMPING DOWN FUNDING FOR
HOTEL SERVICES AND PERHAPS THIS
BULLET AND CORRESPOND.
BUT WE DID AT SOME POINT TALK
OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS ABOUT
THE HOTEL SERVICES SHUTTERING.
AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT
IS NOT THE SAME STRATEGY THAT I
AM HEARING FROM OUR KING COUNTY
PARTNERS WHO ARE TRYING TO OPEN
MORE HOTEL SERVICES.
I AM WE ARE ALL GROWING IN THE
SAME DIRECTION HERE.
WE ARE ALL COMMITTED TO THE
REGIONAL GROWTH AND WE HAVE A
LONG WAY TO EXPAND THIS OUT BUT
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE BEDS
THAT ARE OPEN AND WHY WE ARE
SHUT ANYTHING HOTEL SERVICES
BEFORE WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE
SAFE PLACE TO GO.
>> IT'S OKAY, DIRECTOR, I --
>> I AM --
>> IS THAT YOU?
DO YOU NEED INTEL FROM JULIE?
BUT THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
THESE ARE HIGH-ACUTE NEEDS
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WELL SERVED
IN JUST A ROOF OR A DOOR.
SO THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW
WHO NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
AND WE HAVEN'T OPENED THE DOORS
FOR.
AND THEN THERE IS ADDITIONAL
PEOPLE WE SHELTER IN HOTELS
WHICH I AM THANKFUL FOR BUT I
DON'T WANT TO SEE US SHUTTER
ANY OF THE HOTELS IN THE MOMENT
THAT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO
RECOVER.
THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT
POPULATIONS OF THOSE LIVING
UNSHELTERED.
I AM WORRIED ABOUT BOTH OF
THOSE ISSUES.
YOU CAN FOLLOW UP AS NEEDED.
>> I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN THE
SUBJECT MATTER AND I WON'T
WEIGH IN.
AND JULIA, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE
HAS THE ANSWERS OR SHE CAN GET
YOU MORE DETAILS.
>> AND WE WILL HAVE MARK WITH
US IN THE DISCUSSION.
>> AND DIRECTOR, I APPRECIATE
THIS IS NOT AN EASY ANSWER BUT
PART OF OUR FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
AS WELL.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE ONE-
YEAR RAMP DOWN FUNDING FOR
COVID MITIGATION SHELTERS?
WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS.
JULIE DO, YOU HAVE THE
INFORMATION?
>> YEAH.
AS A RESULT OF THE MEASURES,
YOU KNOW, IF WE SPREAD OUT A
PROGRAM ON MULTIPLE SITES TO
úPROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACING FOR
FOLKS STAYING THERE, YOU HAVE
SUDDENLY TWICE THE COST TO RUN
THE SHELTER.
YOU HAD TO HAVE TWICE THE
NUMBER THERE TO SUPPORT THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE STAYING THERE,
AND SO THESE PROGRAMS, WE ARE
TRYING TO EXTEND THIS ANOTHER
YEAR, AND THESE INCREMENTS OF
THE HOUSING -- I'M SORRY, THE
INDIVIDUAL DURATIONS OF THE
ITEMS IS INTENDED TO BE A STEP
DOWN TO TRANSITION OUT OF OUR
ONE-TIME FUNDING AND ON TO
POTENTIALLY NEW OR DIFFERENT
FUNDING IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT
IT ALL HITTING THE GENERAL FUND
ALL AT ONCE.
COMPUTERS SHOULD BE IN ONE YEAR
PRETTY SIGNIFICANCE.
WE ARE DOING A RAMP DOWN IN ONE
YEAR FROM THE FIRST ONE AND THE
SALVATION ARMY AND SODO, TWO
YEARS OF FUNDING, AND FOR
KEIRO, THAT IS THREE YEARS OF
FUNDING.
SO WE CAN DISCUSS A SMALLER
IMPLEMENT AND SAY ARE THESE
STILL NEEDED IN THE FUTURE?
AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AT
THAT TIME.
>> REAL QUICK, TO EMPHASIZE THE
POINT.
THESE ARE ONE-TIME FEDERAL
RESOURCES.
AS JULIE DESCRIBED, THE TIME
FRAME IS NOT THE SAME FOR ALL
THE ELEMENTS.
THIS IS ONE YEAR AND EXTEND THE
FULL 3.7 NEXT YEAR.
IT WILL HAVE TO BE FROM ANOTHER
SOURCE GOING FORWARD, A 2023
SITUATION, AND THE SALVATION
ARMY, IT'S A ONE-TIME FUNDING
BUT EXTEND IT OVER TWO YEARS,
SIX MILLION A YEAR BUT WE
EXPECT TO BE MAINTAINING THAT
SHELTER INTO 2023.
AND THAT WILL RAISE THE SAME
FUNDING QUESTION COME 2024.
THESE ARE NOT ALL WITH 2023
EVEN THOUGH THE CLIFF COMES AT
THE END OF 2024, AND THE
RESPONSE TO COVID,
SPECIFICALLY, WE'LL KNOW MORE
ABOUT THE PANDEMIC AND EPIDEMIC
ARE IN THE NEXT YEAR AND THE
YEAR FOLLOWING.
THE STRATEGY ABOUT?, IF YOU
WILL, METING OUT THE MONEY, AND
THE UNCERTAINTY, IT REMAINS THE
NAME OF THE GAME.
>> I'M SORRY IF I WENT QUICKLY.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
SPECIFICALLY WHAT WOULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE MITIGATION OR
SHELTER?
SO IT WOULD BE THINGS LIKE THE
EX EXPANSION OF THE OPEN HOURS,
INCREASE OF THE DAILY BEDS,
INCREASED SERVICES, PPE.
>> THAT IT IS WHAT I WAS
IMAGINING IN THE MITIGATION
STRATEGY BUT WHEN ITS RAMPED
DOWN, IS THIS SEVEN MILLION?
>> THE RAMP DOWN IS FUNDING FOR
ONE YEAR AND AFTER ONE YEAR,
THE FEDERAL MONEY WILL BE GONE.
SO IF THERE WE CONTINUE INTO
2023, THERE WILL BE AN
ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCE.
SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S TWO YEARS
OF FUNDING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
I THINK THAT'S THE HIGH-LEVEL
OVERVIEW.
I THANK YOU ALL.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOME FACES WE
DON'T OFTEN SEE.
OUR THANKS TO THE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT TEAM AND OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, OF
HOUSING, AND TRUSTEE AND LET'S
GO INTO THE LAST PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MADAM CHAIR?
OR MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER FIVE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM FIVE, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR BRIEF
AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO JOIN US AT 3:30
ON A FRIDAY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER HOUR.
I AM SURE IT WON'T TAKE THAT
LONG BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE AMPLE TIME FOR THE
MATERIAL THAT YOU RECEIVED FOR
OUR THURSDAY PRESENTATION, ITEM
NUMBER THREE ON FROM
YESTERDAY'S AGENDA AND CARRYING
IT TO TODAY.
THIS IS HSD, HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ITEMS THAT DO NOT
RELATE TO HOMELESSNESS, AND
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR STAFF
FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND
FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE.
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WILL
GO FIRST.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
WE DON'T NEED TO RECORD OUR
NAMES FOR THE RECORD WE WILL GO
INTO THE NEXT SLIDE AND AGAIN,
TANYA KIM, ACTING DIRECTOR OF
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
NEWLY MINTED.
AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE ROLE FOR
ABOUT A MONTH AND WITH THE
DEPARTMENT ABOUT 11 YEARS.
WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
BUT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD OF
US THREE TIMES ON HOMELESSNESS
úCITYWIDE AND SAFETY CITY WIDE
AND NOW THE CORONAVIRUS
RESPONSE AND HERE IS AN
OVERVIEW OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND
FOCUSING ON THE OTHER AREAS
THAT WE DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND SO FOR THE HSD 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET, NEXT YEAR
WE'LL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH
COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AROUND SAFETY
INVESTMENTS, STRENGTHEN THE
FOUNDATIONS OF OUR DEPARTMENTS
TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY
AND GROW IN THE KEY INVESTMENT
AREAS AND STRENGTHEN OUR DATA.
IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE'LL
LOOK AHEAD AT 2022 AND DISCUSS
OUR RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT AND
OUR CAPACITY AS A DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL ALSO REVIEW SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES BY THE BUDGET AT THE
BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL, AND LIKE
HSD HAS HAD NUMEROUS
PRESENTATIONS, IT WILL BE HIGH
LEVEL, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE
EXPERTS SO WE ARE HAPPY TO
FOLLOW UP OFFLINE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN 2022, LOOKING AHEAD, WE, OF
COURSE, ARE LAUNCHING OUR
RELATIONSHIP FORMERLY WITH THE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY AND
CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND VIOLENCE REDUCTION
ASSESSMENT.
I KNOW THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
OTHERS, AND OTHER INVESTMENTS
IN OUR BLACK AND INDIGENOUS AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITIES,
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY TASK FORCE, AND THE
RELIEF FROM THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN AND STRENGTHENING OUR
OVERALL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND RACIAL EQUITY FOR
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES.
NEXT SLIDE.
RACIAL EQUITY IS AND HAS BEEN
AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE WAY
THAT HSD HAS BEEN DOING OUR
BUSINESS, AND IT'S BEEN
PRONOUNCED IN RECENT YEARS FOR
A DEMAND, REALLY, FOR HOW WE
ARE DOING OUR BUSINESS AND NEED
TO IMPROVE.
OUR BUDGET PRIORITIZES
RESOURCES WHERE DISPARITIES
EXIST, AND WHERE TO FOCUS OUR
FUNDING, AND HSD IS DEVELOPING
THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH THE
CHANGE TEAM LEADERSHIP, OUR
OFFICIAL JUSTICE TEAM AND
COMMUNITY INPUT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS INPUT
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IT'S NOT JUST TIED TO A
PROPOSAL BUT ENGAGING THE
COMMUNITY MORE AND MORE, AND A
COUPLE OF EXAMPLES HOW HSD HAS
PARTNERED FOR THE INVESTMENTS
AND YOU WILL SEE THE CHANGES IN
THE UPCOMING SLIDE BUT ONE IS
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON SEXUAL
VIOLENCE AND ASSAULT, AND
GENDER VIOLENCE,
AND WE COMPLETED SESSIONS WITH
PROVIDERS AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS
TO UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR INVESTMENTS AND
PARTNERSHIPS.
THESE INVESTMENTS ARE INFORMING
THE WAY WE ARE SPENDING OUR
FUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE ENGAGING
THE COMMUNITY IS OUR COLLEGES
IN THE AGING AND DISABILITIES
SERVICES.
THEY HAVE A VISITING NURSE
PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN AND ELDERS PROGRAM AND
ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING BETTER
CARE FOR OUR AGING COMMUNITIES
BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH
DISPARITIES.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE OTHER
INVESTMENT AREAS THOUGH THEY
MIGHT NOT SHARE THE SAME AMOUNT
OF AIR TIME.
NEXT.
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
AND ONE WHICH IS I BELIEVE THAT
WE ALL AGREE IS IMPORTANT, A
2.4 PERCENT INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL CONTRACTORS
WHICH IS A 6.4 ADJUSTMENT FOR
THE DEPARTMENT.
AND WITH THE LAUNCH OF OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY, THE BILLION
THEREFORE THEN REFLECTS THE 20
REMAINING POSITIONS THAT WERE
PART OF THE POSITION.
AND IN EFFORTS OF CONSOLIDATING
THIS YEAR WE WERE WORKING TO
REFINE OUR OWN CAPACITY AND OUR
FINANCE AND LEADERSHIP
DIVISION.
THIS MIGHT NOT BE VERY
EXCITING, BUT MAKING SURE THAT
OUR OWN CAPACITY AND OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE BEING STRONG IS
IMPORTANT TO THE WORK THAT
WE'RE DOING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE COMMUNITY, AND HSD WILL
COMMUNITY TO STRENGTHEN OUR
POLICY AND PROCEDURES AROUND
FINANCE.
AND FINALLY WE ARE RETURNING TO
A TRUE STRUCTURE AND WHY THAT'S
IMPORTANT IS WE NEED THE
APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT AND
CAPACITY.
ONE DEPUTY WILL OVERSEE THE
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
WHICH FOR CONTEXT IS ABOUT HALF
DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE AS
WELL AS OVERSEEING OUR HOMELESS
RESPONSE WHICH REMAINS IN THE
DEPARTMENT, AND THE SECOND
DEPUTY WILL OVERSEE THE YOUTH
AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT POSITION
AS WELL AS OUR NEW FACE OF THE
DRIVING COMMUNITY DIVISION.
NEXT SLIDE.
I DID TALK ABOUT OUR CAPACITY
IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, AND I'LL
CONTINUE TO TALK MORE ABOUT
SOME MEASURE.
WE HAVE A STIPEND FOR STAFF
USING LANGUAGES IN THEIR WORK,
AND THAT'S FROM THE CITY LIGHT
INITIATIVE.
THERE ARE NEW ADDITIONS.
WE ARE GETTING MORE STAFF TO
ENHANCE THE POSITION BECAUSE
IT'S A GREATER NEED.
THESE ARE SUPPORTING ON
SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING
FUNDING FOR THE FINANCE
CAPACITY BECAUSE THE BUDGET HAS
GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY AND MORE
COMPLEX THAN IN THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS, AND NEXT, OUR
CFO WILL COVER THE DETAILS OF
THE PROPOSED BUDGET CHANGES.
>>> THANK YOU, ACTING DIRECTOR
KIM AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM
CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
THE 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET FROM A
NUMBERS STANDPOINT REPRESENTS
AN IMPACT OF $22 MILLION, AND
ONE AREA IS IN THE SHELTER
PROGRAM SLATED TO CLOSE IN
MARCH 2022 AND OUR FOOD
PROGRAM WHICH STILL REMAINS
GREATER THAN THE PRE-COVID
FUNDING LEVEL IN 2019.
I HAVE NOTED THERE ARE SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS AND CONCERNED BY
COUNCIL THAT WE NOTED EARLIER
AND WORK WITH THE STAFF TO GET
THE ANSWERS THAT WERE
PREVIOUSLY ASKED.
THE FOLLOWING SLIDE WILL
HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
BY HSD AT THE BUDGET SUMMARY
LEVEL.
LET'S START OFF WITH THE AREAS
SUPPORTING HEALTHY AGING.
THE FISCAL YEAR '22 BUDGET
INITIALLY PROPOSED $150,000 FOR
FUNDING A VISITING NURSE
PROGRAM IDENTIFIED BY THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELDERS PROGRAM
AS AN IMMEDIATE ADDITION TO
IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND QUALITY
OF LIFE THEY SERVE, AND THIS
WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO HIRE A
REGISTERED NURSE TO PROVIDE
NURSING CARE TO APPROXIMATELY
200 AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELDERS IN
THE CITY.
WE WILL BE LEVERAGING A FUNDING
OPPORTUNITY WITH THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF CASE MANAGERS
SERVING CLIENTS WITHIN THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THIS FUNDING WILL PROVIDE
EXACTLY 30 ADDITIONAL CASE
MANAGEMENT HOURS TO HIGH-RISK
RESIDENTS OF THE SEATTLE
HOUSING COMMUNITY WITH A FOCUS
ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, MEDICAL,
AND LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES.
AND THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL
$4 MILLION FROM THE STATE FROM
WHICH IS ALREADY COMPRISED OF
TITLE 19 AS A RESULT OF
ADDITIONAL CLIENTS SERVED IN
KING COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL
FUNDING WE'LL BE RECEIVING TO
ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF CARE TO
OUR CLIENTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
FOR PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH,
THE TWO SIGNIFICANT INCREASES
WILL BE A $1.5 MILLION INCREASE
IN DIRECT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
THAT OFFER CULTURALLY
RESPONSIVE CARE TO COMMUNITY
MEMBER AND TO COMPLEMENT THE
SERVICE, $1 MILLION IN IMPROVED
ACCESS TO THE CULTURALL
RESPONSIVE CARE, SO IT'S GET
OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND
PROVIDE THE RESPONSE TO THE
COMMUNITY NEED.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE NEXT INDICATES THE CHANGES
WITH AFFORDABILITY AND
LIVEABILITY.
$200,000 TO CONTINUE FUNDING
FOR LOCAL FARMERS TO PROVIDE
SCHOOL TO PRESCHOOL AND AFTER-
SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND FOCUS ON
SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITH A
$2.5 MILLION ALLOCATION TO
SUPPORT FOOD PROGRAMS AS THEY
RAMP DOWN THE COVID RESPONSE
PROGRAMMING LEVELS WHICH AS I
MENTIONED BEFORE STILL REMAIN
HIGHER THAN THE 2019 PRE-
PANDEMIC LEVEL BUT LOWER THAN
THE CURRENT LEVELS THAT BEING
FUNDED.
NEXT SLIDE.
THERE'S AN EXTENSIVE DISCUSS
ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
TO SAFE COMMUNITIES BY OUR
DIRECTOR.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
THINGS WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE
TO FUND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES
FUNDED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY CAPACITY IN FISCAL YEAR
'21 AND FUNDING AND PROVIDING
FOR POSITIONS TO SUPPORT GENDER-
BASED VIOLENCE PROGRAMS AND
FUNDING TO ADDRESS ANTI-ASIAN
HATE CRIMES.
AND THE LAST SLIDE.
JUDGMENTALLY JUST WANT TO GIVE
YOU A PREVIEW OF THE CURRENT
FUNDING LEVELS THAT WE ARE
ANTICIPATING TO CARRY FORWARD
INTO FISCAL YEAR '21 -- '22,
EXCUSE ME, WHICH WILL BE THE
BASIS IN THE WAY THAT WE
CONTINUE THE CURRENT LEVEL OF
SERVICES.
I WON'T READ THROUGH THE SLIDE.
MOST OF THE AREAS HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY IN GREATER
DETAIL, AND WITH THAT, I WILL
RETURN THE MIC OVER TO DIRECTOR
-- ACTING DIRECTOR
KIM.
>> WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE
FOR US?
>> WELL, THAT WAS A RECORD
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW YOU HAD AN EXTRA DAY
WITH THE INFORMATION AND WE
HAVE AS WELL, AND THERE ARE
QUESTIONS.
I DO SEE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
THE CHAIR WILL GO FIRST AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO START OFF WITH
REMARKS OF APPRECIATION.
IT'S TRUE THERE IS A LOT TO DIG
IN HERE.
BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT
THIS PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON
HSD'S WORK THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS
GRAB THE HEADLINES.
A BIG STRUCTURAL CHANGE COMING
TO HSD IN THE YEAR AHEAD.
THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST YEAR
THAT HSD HAS BEEN MANAGING.
NOT ONLY HAS THE DEPARTMENT
START OFF A NEW DIVISION,
RESPONDS TO NEED FOR
COMMUNITIES AND APPROACHES TO
BUILD COMMUNITY SAFETY FROM THE
GROUND UP.
THEY DID THIS WHILE MANAGING A
WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES IN THEIR
LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE.
LOOKING FORWARD, HSD HAS THIS
TRANSITION OF THE HOMELESSNESS
STRATEGY, THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY AND THE
LONG PLAN EXPECTED BUT IT'S A
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, AND I
MENTIONED HERE JUST TO
RECOGNIZE THAT IT CREATED A LOT
OF, I THINK -- I'M TRYING TO
USE A WORD THAT'S A POSITIVE
WORD BECAUSE I KNOW HSD FOLKS
ARE DOING SO MUCH WORK AND
DOING IT WELL.
BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT.
AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
FACT THAT HSD EMPLOYEES ALSO
LEFT THEIR DESKS TO GO INTO THE
FIELD TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD.
STAFF WORKED ON THE GROUND TO
MAN SHELTERS, AND THERE IS ALL
THE WORK, OBVIOUSLY, TO HELP
PEOPLE STRUGGLE AND SURVIVE
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
AND THAT WORK HAS NOT LET UP AT
ALL.
I WANT TO GIVE MY HEART FELT
THANKS TO YOU, THE LEADERSHIP
OF HSD AND EVERY HSD EMPLOYEE
WHO HAS PERSEVERED IN THE PAST
YEAR AND A HALF AND IS SOMEHOW
READY TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGES
OF THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S REALLY, AGAIN -- I
WANT TO LIFT THAT UP.
AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST MENTION
THAT I FOCUS A LOT ON THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENTS
THAT ARE HELPING THROUGH THE
SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES
DIVISION.
I AM HOPING IN THE BUDGET
PROCESS WE CAN THINK MORE
BROADLY ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN
CALLED THE SHADOW PANDEMIC, THE
SECONDARY IMPACT OF FEAR AND
ISOLATION EXPRESSED BY SO 19
MANY IN OUR CITY IN THE LAST
YEAR AND A HALF.
I THINK WE ARE STARTING TO SEE
THE IMPACT BETWEEN HEALTH AND
SAFETY WITH INCREASED DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, GUN VIOLENCE, MENTAL
HEALTH CRISES, AND LOW-LEVEL
CRIME, AND MOVING PAST THE
INITIAL CRISES WE HAVE BEEN
STRUGGLING WHEN WE NEED TO
THINK HOW TO BUILD-BACK BETTER
WITH THE HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE,
AND IN THE BUDGET I WILL BE
LOOKING TO HELP ADDRESS THE
SECONDARY IMPACTS BY INVESTING
IN THE MENTAL HEALTH TO SECURE
OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
AND HOPING THAT WE CAN TALK
ABOUT PILOTING A MENTAL HEALTH
INITIATIVE FOR SEATTLE.
I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES ARE
GRAPPLING WITH THESE CHANGES
AND I WANT TO SEE HOW OTHER
JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING WITH
THAT.
MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS?
>> YES, YOU MAY.
THAT MUCH.
AND COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU, AND THE SLIDE
INCLUDES THE AGENCY AND
PLACEMENT FACTOR OF 2.4.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS
ITEM INCREASES THE CONTRACTED
AGENCIES TO ACCOUNT FOR
INCREASES IN THEIR REAL COSTS
DUE TO INFLATION OR TO IMPROVE
EMPLOYEE WAGES.
THIS COST INCREASE WAS PASSED
BY COUNCIL IN 2019 UNDER MADAM
CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S LEADERSHIP.
WE KNOW THERE IS MORE NEEDED TO
MEET THE REAL COSTS OF
EFFECTIVE ROBUST SERVICES THAT
WE NEED, AND I WANT TO ALSO
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS'S ROUNDTABLE OF
HOMELESSNESS PROVIDERS TO LEAD
TO HIGHER WAGES AND BETTER
BENEFITS SO NON-PROFITS CAN
EFFECTIVELY DO ALL THAT WE NEED
THEM TO DO.
I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN -- MY
INTEREST IS IN A PROPOSAL FOR
THE HUMAN COALITION FOR THIS
PARTICULAR SECTOR, AND I AM
WONDERING IF IT'S SOMETHING
ALREADY FUNDED IN THE BUDGET OR
I SHOULD BE LOOKING WITH MY
COLLEAGUES TO FIND FUNDING FOR.
>> HOPEFULLY WE HAVE FUNDING
FOR SUCH A STUDY IN THE BUDGET.
BUT I CAN CONFIRM.
>> I CAN CONFIRM.
NO.
CURRENTLY, THE BUDGET
SUBMISSION DOES NOT INCLUDE OR
EXTEND FUNDING FOR THAT
CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, THIS IS
INTENDED TO BE FOR
REORGANIZATION OF THE CITY.
>> THE 2.4 PERCENT.
>> YEAH.
>> AND THE OTHER IS A BUDGET
REQUEST FOR THE WAGE INCREASE.
DOWN TO THE -- I AM SKIPPING
OVER TO THE PAGE THAT
IDENTIFIES THE UNDER SPEND AND
IT LOOKS LIKE 52.5 MILLION,
AND MUCH SEEMS TO BE PLANNED TO
CARRY FORWARD IN 2022 AS IT WAS
APPROPRIATED IN 2021 BUT THERE
APPEARS TO BE 5.6 MILLION IN
UNDER SPEND THAT WAS NOT
PROPOSED TO BE CARRIED FORWARD.
I WONDER IF THERE IS A PLAN FOR
THE UNDER SPEND IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> I'M SORRY.
I AM TRYING TO PULL UP MY LAST
SLIDE.
>> SORRY.
I'M SKIPPING AROUND.
>> THE PURPOSE OF THIS SLIDE
WAS TO SHOW THE FUNDING THAT WE
RECEIVED THIS YEAR, THE CURRENT
AUTHORITY THAT WE PLAN ON
CARRYING FORWARD THROUGH A
REQUEST TO COUNCIL INTO FISCAL
YEAR '22.
5 MILLION -- I'M NOT -- I'M NOT
SEEING -- I DON'T QUITE
UNDERSTAND THE BACKGROUND WITH
THE $5 MILLION DELTA.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU OBSERVED
THERE WAS $5 MILLION MISSING.
>> SO LET'S SEE.
THE HSD BUDGET, THE UNDER SPEND
AND THE FUNDS HERE DO NOT
ACCOUNT FOR THE 2.5 MILLION.
I THINK THERE IS 5.6 MILLION
THAT IS NOT PROPOSED AS A CARRY
FORWARD LISTED ON THIS PAGE.
>> LET'S GET BACK WITH THE
DETAILS ON THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET IT
RIGHT RATHER THAN SPECULATE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
AND ON THE GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE SERVICES THERE IS
$875,000 FOR GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE SERVICES WITH A NOTE
EFFECTIVE WITH THE '22 FUNDING
GAP.
IS THE FUNDING GAP FOR A LOSS
OF FUNDING?
>> NO.
THAT ADDRESSES THE LOSS OF
FUNDING WITH THE FUNDING THAT
WAS PREVIOUSLY THROUGH THE -- I
BELIEVE DEFENSE THE INDUSTRY'S
VICTIMS' FUND.
>> I USED AN ACRONYM.
>> OH, I'M SORRY.
BUT THAT FUNDING STREAM WAS
REDUCED.
HOWEVER, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
PROGRAM AND THE NEED FOR THE
PROGRAM CONTINUES.
>> THIS IS A GENERAL FUNDING, A
SIGNIFICANT ONE, OBVIOUSLY.
AND THE PREVIOUS APPROACH TO
FUNDING IS TO FIND -- WASN'T
GEERATING THE REVENUE NEEDED
TO SUSTAIN THE PROGRAM AND
OBVIOUSLY OR MAYBE NOT
OBVIOUSLY, THE PROGRAM IS TRULY
OF VALUE.
>> THANKS, AND THEN I THINK WE
HAVE THE ANSWER BUT I WANT TO
CONFIRM IT.
THE SERVICES THAT THE COUNCIL
PROVIDED FUNDING FOR LAST YEAR,
THE FUNDS WERE HIGH PRIORITY,
AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE
DOLLARS ARE PROTECTED FOR 2022
AND ASK IF THERE IS ANY COUNCIL
ACTION TO CARRY THEM FORWARD?
I BELIEVE WE HAVE INCUMBERED
THEM THIS YEAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I WILL FOLLOW
UP ON THE SPECIFIC STATUS OF
THE CONTRACT AND WHAT IS
OBLIGATED TO DATE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>>> THANK YOU AND
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE
EVERYONE.
SORRY.
LET ME GET TO MY NOTES HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
I'VE GOT JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST IS ABOUT THE
LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION.
GIVEN THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL
HSD PORTFOLIO MOVING TO THE
HOMELESS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE
INCREASE THAT WAS ADDED?
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE
ROLES ARE?
.
>> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT
OFFLINE, OR ARE YOU PREPARED TO
ADDRESS THAT?
>> I'LL GET THE SPECIFIC TITLES
AND POSITIONS.
GENERALLY, THE INDIRECT BUDGET
HAS INCREASED, AND AS FAR AS
USING THE GRANT REVENUE, 75 OR
25 PERCENT, EXCUSE ME, OF THE
COSTS ARE TYPICALLY SUPPORTED
BY GRANT REVENUE, THE INDIRECT
PORTION OF GRANT REVENUE.
>> OKAY.
SO, YEAH.
IF YOU COULD CLARIFY WHAT THE
ROLES ARE AND THE GRANTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, IT WOULD
BE HELPFUL.
OKAY.
THERE IS A MILLION AND A HALF
FOR RE-ENTRY PROGRAM FUNDING.
IS THAT GOING TO BE IN THE
PROCESS OF CURRENTLY CONTRACTED
PROGRAMS?
>> IT'S AN RFD PROCESS.
IT'S AN EXPEDITED RFP PROCESS
THIS MONTH AND INCUMBERED THIS
YEAR AND GO THROUGH NEXT YEAR
AND THAT'S THROUGH THE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES
INITIATIVE.
>> REGARDING THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE, HEALTH
CHARACTERS INCLUSIVE ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE AND INCLUSIVE DIRECT
HEALTHCARE.
WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO DIRECT, I
DON'T THINK.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS YOU ARE
ENVISIONING HERE AND I'M
ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN WHICH
DIRECTION THE CITY WILL MOVE AS
IT RELATES TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
LEVERAGE FUND FOR MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT.
>> AGAIN, YEAH, ECI EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE, I THINK
PART OF COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
OPENING REMARKS TOUCHED ON
THAT, THE NEED FOR CULTURALLY
RESPONSIVE DIFFERENT CARE AND
INCLUDING BY
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND THAT'S
WHAT WE WILL VEST VEST IN.
AND WE DON'T DO THAT DIRECTLY,
SO WE WILL BE MOVING THE
DOLLARS, AND ANOTHER
INITIATIVE I CAN'T HAVE OFF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD, AND WE WILL
ISSUE WORKING WITH PROVIDERS TO
STAY ON THE FOCUS OUTREACH AND
MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAVE ACCESS AND STRENGTHENING
AND CULTURALLALLY RESPONSIVE
AND IT'S BROAD REACHING,
INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
>> SO I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN
THE IDEA OF CULTURALLY
APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES.
GIVEN THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS
ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WHO ARE
STRUGGLING WITH ALL KINDS OF
THINGS, AND SO I'M REALLY
INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING
BETTER HOW AS A CITY WE MIGHT
BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT
EVEN IF WE'RE NOT DOING IT
DIRECTLY, SUPPORTING PUBLIC
HEALTH AND OTHER ENTITIES AND
VERY SPECIFICALLY IN CULTURALLY
APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES BECAUSE THAT'S A WHOLE
OTHER FOLLOW UP.
I LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP
WITH YOU ON THAT.
>> AND THE OTHER ORGANIZATION,
I APOLOGIZE, IS HEALTHIER HERE.
WE WILL WORK WITH THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND HEALTHIER HERE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
OH, PLEASE GO AHEAD COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> NOT A QUESTION.
JUST A -- I WANT TO SUPPORT THE
LAST COMMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND IN ADDITION TO
THERE BEING A FOCUS IN BEING
SURE THAT THERE IS CULTURAL
RELEVANCE TO THE PROGRAMMING.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE TO INCLUDE
LANGUAGE.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF
GREAT HEALTH CLINICS IN THE
AREA WHO WOULD BE GOOD PARTNERS
IN THAT.
I AM SURE YOU ALREADY KNEW
ABOUT IT BUT I SAY IT OUT LOUD
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
IT ON THE RECORD.
>> WELL SAID.
APPRECIATE THAT.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION THAT DOES
DEAL WITH HOMELESS SERVICES.
SO I PROMISE IT'S NOT ABOUT
IMPLEMENTATION OR PROGRAMS.
IT'S ABOUT PROCESS, AND
DIRECTOR KIM, I WAS WONDERING
IF YOU CAN HELP ME TO
UNDERSTAND MORE HOW WE WILL BE
TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC AND
HOW WE CAN CREATE SOME SENSE OF
THE COUNCIL IN AN EXECUTIVE
ROLE IN IDENTIFYING HOW THIS
$104.2 MILLION THAT IS GOING
FROM HSD'S HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES INVESTMENTS AND INTO
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, WHAT IS
THE PLAN FOR HOW THE CITY STILL
HAS A CHANCE TO REVIEW SOME OF
THOSE STRATEGIES AND WHAT ROLE
IS HSD BEING ASKED TO PLAY WITH
EVALUATING HOW THAT TRANSITION
OCCURS?
I APOLOGIZE FOR MY COLLEAGUES
WHO MAY BE MORE IN THE WEAVE ON
THOSE ESPECIALLY THOSE ON THE
BOARD, BUT IF WE ARE RECEIVING
A BUDGET FOR 91 PERCENT OF THE
FUNDS FROM HOMELESS SERVICES
INVESTMENTS ARE GOING INTO KING
COUNTY REGIONAL AUTHORITY, AND
THAT IS OVER $9 MILLION, WHAT
ROLE DO WE HAVE IN THE
TRANSITION TO SEE HOW THE
DOLLARS ARE BEING INVESTED AND
BETTER EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC
WHAT PROGRAMS ARE BEING CARRIED
FORWARD OR WHAT IS GOING TO BE
NEW.
>> WELL, MY -- MY -- OKAY.
SO ONE MONTH, AND MY
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON
OTHER AREAS BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS REALLY, THE
IDEA IS -- WELL, FIRST, WE'RE
WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH KING
COUNTY AND THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY ON THE
AGREEMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE ALIGNED.
THE OTHER IS THAT IN 2022 WE
ARE NOT EXPECTING TOO MANY
CHANGES, AND THIS IS ABOUT
CREATING STABILITY FOR
PROVIDERS AND ALLOWING THE
AUTHORITIES TO HAVE THE
CAPACITY THAT THEY NEED IN
ORDER TO OPERATE ANY FUTURE R
FDs, AND THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY
WILL HAVE OWNERSHIP OVER THE
BODY OF WORK, AND MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT
AND INFLUENCE AS WELL.
BUT I WILL NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON
ADDITIONAL WAYS IN WHICH THE
CITY CAN HELP INFLUENCE THAT
AND MAYBE BEN OR OTHERS HERE
WHO DO SERVE ON THE BOARDS
MIGHT BE MORE INSIGHTFUL.
BUT WE ARE SETTING THE STAGE
RIGHT NOW AND MAKING SURE THERE
IS A PROCESS FOR THE CITY
INPUT.
BUT THERE SHOULDN'T BE
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES RIGHT AWAY,
AND WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH
OUR PROVIDERS, AND I HAVE
HEARD MARK SAY THAT THOSE
CONTRACTS THAT WE DO HAVE FOR
THE MOST PART WERE MAINTAINING
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ALL OF
THE
A CONTRACT IF YOU WILL TO
GOVERN THE WAY THAT THE CITY'S
MONEY FLOWS.
THAT THE GOVERNANCE SIDE WILL
BE DETERMINED THROUGH THE
POLICY LEVEL DIRECTION.
OUR DOLLARS GOING TO THEM.
WE WILL NEED AMONG OTHER THINGS
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO
BE DEALT WITH, SOME OF THE
MONEY THAT WILL BE. THAT IS
ANOTHER PLACE WHERE A
OPPORTUNITY TO SET OUT THE
TERMS WHICH THE CITY AND THE
AGENCY ARE INTERACTING.
PARTICULARLY AROUND THE
FINANCIAL SIDE AND THE
CONTRACTING SIDE.
>> DO I HAVE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT
CORRECT?
$104.2MILLION GOING OVER TO THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY?
>> I WOULD CALL THE NUMBER, BUT
I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
>> MAYBE THAT WAS A BETTER
QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> IT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
WHATEVER THE SUM.
IT IS USUALLY SIGNIFICANT.
>> I THINK THAT IS, I WANT TO
AGAIN UNDERSCORE WHAT I THINK
EVERY COUNCILMEMBER HAS SAID
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT HOMELESS
SERVICES AS IT RELATES TO THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSITION.
WE ARE ALL COMMITTED TO THIS
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
AND A MORE COORDINATED RESPONSE
SO WE CAN WEAVE TOGETHER NOT
JUST THE SHELTER AND HOUSING
TYPE OPTIONS FOR EMERGENCY
HOUSING OPTIONS.
BUT ALSO THE HEALTH SERVICES
LARGELY LED BY KING COUNTY.
THERE IS A SCALE AND
COORDINATION THAT BENEFIT THOSE
LIVING IN SHELTERS AND HELPING
THEM TO GET CONNECTED TO
HOUSING.
WE WILL STAY LASER FOCUSED ON
THE HOUSING AND IN OUR BUDGETS
IN THE PAST.
I GUESS, WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK
IS, CONTINUING TO SHOW MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC FRUSTRATED BY
WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS A GROWING
CRISIS THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE
ACTION AND A LOT OF US GOING
INTO THE SIXTH YEAR OF A
DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY WE
ARE THE ONES THEY WILL CALL.
I DOUBT THERE ARE MANY
CONSTITUENTS CALLING THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
OR EMAILING THE CEO OF THE RHA.
THEY ARE EMAILING US.
WE ARE THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO I DO WANT TO HAVE A BETTER
SENSE AS WE IDENTIFY POLICY.
I WANT TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE
OF HOW WE UNDERSTAND THE FLOW
OF MONEY AND THE FLOW OF THOSE
CONTRACTS AND HOW WE ARE ABLE
TO THEN REPORT OUT TO
CONSTITUENTS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>> WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING ARE
ULTIMATELY, THE UNDERLYING
GOVERNANCE QUESTION ABOUT THE
REGIONAL ENTITY AND ITS
RELATIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE WAY
RESOURCES ARE DIRECTED VERSUS
THE CITY'S.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN LARGE
PART, WE ARE TAKING CONTRACTS
LET AND TURNING THEM OVER TO
THE AGENCY FIRST YEAR.
BEYOND THAT, THE AGENCY WILL
HAVE A MORE DIRECT ROLE.
AND, THOSE WHO SERVE ON THE
BOARD AND CAN PROVIDE SOME OF
THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK THIS QUESTION IS ONE
THAT WILL EVOLVE THE NEXT YEAR
AND BEYOND AS THE AGENCY STANDS
UP AND IF YOU WILL, WHAT HAD
BEEN THE THEORETICAL GOVERNING
STRUCTURES BECOME REAL AND
START MAKING REAL POLICY
DECISIONS AND DIRECTION.
SO I DON'T MEAN TO DODGE A
QUESTION.
BUT, THIS IS A PIVOTING MOMENT
WHERE THE CITY'S ROLE WILL BE
DIFFERENT THAN IT HAS IN THE
PAST.
IT IS IN PART TO BE DETERMINED.
>> AND LASTLY BECAUSE I THINK
THIS IS AN HSD QUESTION STILL.
THIS IS PART OF THE
CONVERSATION THAT YOU ARE NOT
PREPARED TO HAVE TODAY.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THE
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN
HELPING TO NOTIFY EXISTING
STAFF OF OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY
FOR JOBS AT THE NEW AUTHORITY
AND WHAT THAT PROCESS
INTERNALLY HAS LOOKED LIKE SO
WE CAN MAINTAIN SOME CONTINUITY
FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL
HELPING PROVIDE KEY CONTRACT
WITHS OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OUR,
KEEPING OUR EMPLOYEES WHOLE
QUITE SOME TIME.
AND THE TIME LINES HAVE BEEN
DELAYED.
AND SO, WE HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE
COMMUNICATION WITH RHA.
I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN HIRING
THROUGH COMPETITIVE PROCESSES.
SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF ARE
WORKING THERE NOW.
AND, SO, WE ARE VERY MUCH
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONGOING
RELATIONSHIP.
THE OTHER IN TERMS OF KEEPING
OUR TEAM WHOLE, WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED POSITIONS FOR OUR
FOLKS TO MOVE INTO AFTER OUR
POSITIONS ARE AGGRAVAED.
FOR OUR PERMANENT STAFF, WE
HAVE SECURED POSITIONS
ELSEWHERE IN THE DEPARTMENT.
AND, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR SOME TIME, THERE
ARE OF COURSE OTHER STAFF WHO
COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY
TRANSITIONED.
>> OKAY.
WELL, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO
LEARNING MORE.
JUST PAUSEING TO SEE IF THERE
ARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS.
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY ON YOUR
POINT RELATED TO THAT RHA AND
THE ONGOING CONNECTIVITY.
AND I THINK FUNDAMENTALLY, WHAT
YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT, HOW
DO WE, EFFECTIVELY ONE OF TWO
FUNDING AGENCIES OF RHA
MAINTAIN OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND
DUTY TO TAXPAYERS TO UNDERSTAND
THAT BODY OF WORK AND WHAT OUR
TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR.
THERE IS POTENTIALLY AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ANOTHER
LOOK AT THE ILA.
THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO SEE
WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THAT.
AND THE REALITY IS THAT WE AS A
CITY COUNCIL AND A CITY WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE
REPRESENTATIVES AT THE
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE.
AND THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THERE TO BE A BACK AND
FORTH FLOW OF ONGOING
INFORMATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE RHA AS A NEW
STRUCTURE.
BUT IT IS NEW.
AND, WE ARE ALL LEARNING AND
ADAPTING AS IT CONTINUES TO GET
STOOD UP.
SO, THERE WILL BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SORT OF
MODIFY OUR PRACTICES AND ROLL
WITH IT AS IT CONTINUES TO
BECOME MORE SOLIDIFIED AND
OPERATIONALLIZED.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO
SAY, AS THE CITY, OUR BIGGEST
ACCOUNTABILITY METRIC IS
THROUGH THE BUDGET.
WE RETAIN OUR COMPLETE BUDGET
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT THE RESULTS ARE
BEING PRODUCED BY THE RHA THAT
WE EXPECT OR THAT OUR
CONSTITUENTS RESPECT, WE HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT THAT
PERSPECTIVE VIA OUR UPCOMING
BUDGET APPROPRIATION POSITIONS.
>> I'LL ADD THAT OF COURSE WITH
THE AGREEMENT, THERE WILL BE
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THE
OUTCOMES AND BE PREPARE TODAY
PROVIDE DATA AND INFORMATION TO
COUNCIL TOO.
>> GREAT, WELL THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
AND THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
FOR THAT SUMMARY.
AS WELL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
WE GET EMAILED ABOUT HUNDREDS
OF TIMES A DAY.
IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE REACHED
OUT TO BUSINESS OWNERS AND
FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING WITH
THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND IT IS ONE OF
THE MOST PRESSING CRISES IN OUR
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEING
MANIFESTED IN THE STREETS OF
SEATTLE AND WE HAVE A
POPULATION THAT HAS GROWN BY
20% BEFORE COVID.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING
BEFORE THAT.
THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE TO
ADDRESS IN THE BUDGET AND
BEYOND.
IN TERMS OF HOW WE CREATE A
HOUSED, HEALTHY, AND SAFE
SEATTLE.
THAT IS I THINK THE END OF MY
QUESTIONS AND I DON'T SEE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
OR QUESTIONS.
DIECTOR KIM AND JOSEPH, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE
AND BEING WILLING TO COME BACK
AND JOIN US TODAY.
YOU HAVE THE GRAND FINALE
PRESENTATION SO WE REALLY
APPRECIATED IT.
WE APPRECIATE DIRECTOR NOBLE
AND YOUR TEAM, JULIE, IF YOU
ARE STILL ON AS WELL.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU
DID.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THE
LAST THREE DAYS, WE KNOW YOU
WILL DO TONS OF WORK WITH
CENTRAL STAFF.
IF THERE IS ANY ALERT FROM
CENTRAL STAFF, PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO JUMP IN.
>> THANK YOU.
REALLY QUICKLY, A REMINDER TO
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WANT TO
SEND QUESTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UPS
FROM THE LAST THREE DAYS YOU
DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ASK, PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME.
AND PATTY.
AND WE WILL COMPILE AND WORK
WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE TO GET
THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED IN
COMMITTEE AND UNANSWERED, WE
ARE ALREADY TRACKING AND WE
WILL GET THOSE HOSTED AND GET
RESPONSES BACK TO YOU.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING
ONTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS WITH ALL
OF YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS
WHEN WE ARE BACK FOR ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION DISCUSSIONS.
>> THANKS.
A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR
YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
THANKS TO PATTY FOR MANAGING
ALL THE MATERIALS AND TO
CENTRAL STAFF AS A TEAM.
AND TO OUR IT AND
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND THE
CLERK'S OFFICE AS WELL.
FOLKSIN MY OFFICE I WANT TO
THANK WHO HAVE HELPED TO GET US
READY FOR THE BUDGET SEASON IN
FRONT OF US.
AND ALL OF OUR TEAMS,
ESPECIALLY YOUR BUDGET LEADS.
THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING THE
BUDGET LEADS.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR
AGENDA AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS
A PUBLIC HEARING.
THOSE STILL WITH US.
4:10 ON A FRIDAY.
AFTER THREE FULL DAYS OF PUBLIC
DISCUSSION ON WHAT IS IN THE
DRAFT BUDGET, WE WILL HAVE A
PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 12 AT 5:30 P.M.
YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT TWO
HOURS IN ADVANCE AT THE
OPPORTUNITIES LISTED ON THE
AGENDA AS PER USUAL.
THE REGISTRATION WILL BE
AVAILABLE AT 3:30 P.M.
THAT DAY.
AND YOU CAN FIND US ALL AT
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
IF YOU NEED IMMEDIATE
ASSISTANCE, YOU CAN CALL OUR
OFFICE.
684-8808 OR THE CUSTOMER
SUPPORT LINE.
684-8888.
WE WILL BE THERE TO HELP YOU
AND HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS.
AND TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT
PRIORITIES AS WE FINALIZE OUR
COUNCIL BUDGET PROPOSAL THE
NEXT TWO MONTHS FOR FINAL
ACTION.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK
WITH ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LAST
THREE DAYS AND WE WILL SEE YOU
AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
OCTOBER 12.
THANK YOU EVERYONE.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND
CELEBRATE UP IN NORTHGATE.
>> GO MARINERS!
>> WITH THE LIGHT RAIL.
AND I WILL SEE SOME FOLKS AT U
DISTRICT AS WELL.