I WANT TO WELCOME OUR
COLLEAGUES BACK TO SESSION TWO
OF THE SEATTLE CITY BUDGET
SELECT MEETING.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS THE
2nd PART OF DAY TWO.
SESSION TWO STARTING HERE AT
2:01 P.M.
THIS IS OUR -- WE ARE COMING
BACK AFTER BEING RECESSED AND
AGAIN JUST FOR THE RECORD TODAY
IS OCTOBER 13th, 2021 AND
SELECT BUDGET MEETING WILL COME
BACK TO ORDER.
2:01 P.M.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL?
[ ROLL CALLED ]
>>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO.
I THINK I MISSED ROLL CALL SO
I'M HERE.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WHEN OUR LAST MEMBER SHOWS
UP WE WILL MAKE SURE TO NOTE
THEIR PRESENCE AS WELL.
COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR
CONVERSATION HERE TO GET TO
TODAY ON HOMELESSNESS I WANT TO
SEND A QUICK NOTE OF
APPRECIATION AND TAKE A QUICK
SECOND TO SAY THANK YOU TO
SENATOR MURRAY.
I HAD A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE
IN A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH HER
AND MEMBERS OF TWO SEATTLE
CLUBS AND SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
CALLING FOR THE BUILD BACK
BETTER ACT TO BE PASSED IN
CONGRESS CALLING FOR THAT TO
HAVE DEEP INVESTMENT IN HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
SERVICES TO CREATE A STABLE
HOUSE AND ADDRESS AND THE
PRICES OF A HOUSING ON
AFFORDABILITY AND HOMELESSNESS
THAT PLACE SEATTLE IN A REGION
ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHER
CITIES.
I WANT TO THANK SENATOR MURRAY
FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND OUR
SEATTLE DELEGATION FOR THE WORK
THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN CONGRESS
TO PASS A FEW PIECES OF
LEGISLATION EARLY IN THE COVID
CRISIS AND THE EMERGENCY RELIEF
FUN AND THE AIR AND RESCUE PLAN
ACT QUICKER DOLLARS HERE
LOCALLY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY
DOLLAR ALLOCATED TO THE CITY
AND APPROPRIATED BY THE COUNSEL
AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE
MAYOR IS GETTING OUT THE DOOR
SWIFTLY.
THANK YOU TO SENATOR MURRAY FOR
UP 16 0-DOLLARS AND THE
EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND THEY
PASSED IN PROGRESS.
SO MUCH HAS BEEN MADE IN D.C.
ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS IN
INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTING
OUR COMMUNITIES AND ROADS AND
BRIDGES AND CAST HAPPEN IF THEY
CAN'T LIVE IN COMMUNITIES THAT
THEY WORK AND LIVE.
SO I WANT TO SAY A QUICK MOMENT
OF THANK YOU AND APPRECIATION
TO SENATOR MURRAY FOR THE WORK
THAT SHE AND OUR CONGRESSIONAL
PARTNERS ARE DOING TO PASS THAT
ACT.
I ALSO IN THE SAME TOKEN
FOLLOWING UP FROM OUR
CONVERSATION THIS MORNING SEE A
DEEP SENSE OF URGENCY TO GET
CLARIFICATION ON THE ALLOCATION
THAT WE HAD EXPECTED TO GO OUT
THE DOOR IN THE SUMMER OF THIS
YEAR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
AMERICAN RESCUE ACT DOLLARS
THROUGH OUR LOCAL RELIEF
PACKAGE KNOWN AS THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN TO SEE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS SITTING AND NOT YET
ALLOCATED AND NOT ENCUMBERED
MAKES ME GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT
THE DOOR AND FOR OUR SPENDING
FOR NEXT YEAR.
I KNOW CENTRAL STAFF MENTIONED
THAT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING
THROUGH THE LIST.
WE HAVE STRONG FEDERAL PARTNERS
FIGHTING FOR FUNDING SPECIFIC
TO CITIES LIKE SEATTLE THAT
HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF
EXPERIENCING POPULATION GROWTH
AND RISING INCOME INEQUALITY
AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND
THIS IS PART OF THE SOLUTION
THAT OUR CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS
HAVE BEEN MAKING AVAILABLE FOR
US.
LET'S ACT WITH GOOD PARTNERSHIP
AND SPEED TO GET THOSE DOLLARS
OUT THE DOOR AND MORE
INFORMATION COMING SOON ON
ENSURING A FOLLOW THROUGH AND
IMPLEMENTATION ON THOSE SEATTLE
DOLLARS.
MADAM CLERK CAN YOU READ INTO
THE RECORD I FEM 3.
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE.
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WALK THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION
WITH YOU, JEFF AND WE WILL GO
TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AS YOU
WALK THROUGH YOUR INITIAL SLIDE
AND SPEAKING OF INCOME INEQUAL
AND THE GROWTH AND INCOME
INEQUAL IN OUR CITY JUST COMING
INTO CITY HALL, I SAW AN
INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS WASHING
THEIR CLOTHES IN OUR FOUNTAIN
AND THAT IS A CALL FOR URGENCY
AND A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE
SAFE AND SECURED AND IT WAS A
REMINDER TODAY OF HOW MUCH YET
WE HAVE TO DO TO ADDRESS THAT
INCOME AND INEQUALITY AND
DEPLOY THE RESOURCES.
LOOKING TO THIS PRESENTATION
AND I SAW YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS GETTING CLARITY AND
DIRECTION HOW THE MOVING PARTS
AS WE CONSIDER OUR PROPOSED
BUDGET.
JEFF, LET'S TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
JEFF SIMMS COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF AND I DON'T SEE THEM ON
SCREEN BUT I WILL BE JOINED BY
TRACI RATCLIFFE AND BRIAN GOOD
KNIGHT.
I WILL TALK ABOUT CHANGES AND
THE INCREASES ARE PRIMARILY IN
UTILITIES AND THE HOUSING
DEPARTMENT.
AND ALL OF THOSE ARE
ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED YOU CAN
NAVIGATE THIS TABLE THERE'S A
LINE NOTING THE CLEAN CITY
INITIATIVE AND SPU PARKS AND S
DOT AND THOSE AMOUNTS DO NOT
ADD INTO THE TOTALS.
IF THERE IS ANY CONFUSION I
HOPE THAT CLARIFIES IT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
REFLECTING THE CLEAR OVERLAP OF
HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE ARE NOT
ALWAYS NECESSARILY PROGRAMS
THAT ARE TARGETED ON
HOMELESSNESS.
BRIAN WILL ADDRESS THAT.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS A CHANGE AND I KNOW
THAT EXECUTIVE TOUCHED ON THAT
WHEN THEY PRESENTED THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSES
DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, IT LOOKS
LIKE A $34 MILLION CHANGE.
AND IN FACT 25 MILLION OF THAT
IS ACTUALLY JUST TRANSFERS SO
THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF
THE REDUCTION YOU SEE RIGHT
AWAY.
PRIMARILY A PASS THROUGH TO THE
CITY TO MANAGE THE PROGRAMS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT PASS
THROUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE
IT AND THE TRANSFER OF THE LEAD
PROGRAM TO A DIFFERENT DIVISION
SO IT IS NOT COUNTED IN
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES WHERE IT
WAS ALWAYS KIND OF AN AWKWARD
POSITIONING ANY WAY AND YOU
WILL REMEMBER THAT LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET HAS HAD FUNDING
ESPECIALLY EMERGENCY GRANT
COVID FUNDING WHICH WAS 26
MILLIONs AND OTHER FUNDS
RELATED TO EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THAT IS WHY YOU SEE A BIG
DECREASE AND I REALIZE THAT IN
PREPARING FOR THIS PRESENTATION
THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PUT
THIS INTO A TABLE AND AND THERE
IS A VARIETY OF INCREASES
SHARED WITH YOU AND HAVE BEEN
TOUCHED ON IN OTHER
PRESENTATIONS.
BUT GIVEN AND I KNOW IT HAS
BEEN BROUGHT UP I WANT TO MAKE
SURE I HIGHLIGHT THE FUNDING
SOURCES FOR THE VARIOUS
INCREASES IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS.
THERE'S THREE THAT ARE ALL
COMING FROM CLIPPER DOLLARS
THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATED WITH
THIS PACKAGE OF THE BUDGET
LEGISLATION.
SO MONEY FOR THREE YEARS OF
OPERATIONS AND THE CARES
SHELTER AND MONEY FOR TWO YEARS
OF OPERATIONS IN SOME CAPITAL
COSTS FOR THE SALVATION ARMY
SHELTER AND $3.7 MILLION TO
CONTINUE THE MODIFICATION IN
OUR VARIOUS HOMELESSNESS
PROGRAMS AND SHELTERS DUE TO
COVID-19 AND LAST YEAR WE ADDED
ONE TIME FUNDING AND AGAIN THIS
YEAR, ULTIMATELY SOME OF THESE
COSTS MAY BECOME PART OF BASE
OPERATIONS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
THEM AND TREATING THEM AS
EMERGENCY ADJUSTMENTS AT THIS
TIME.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THESE
FUNDING SOURCES CALLED JUMP
START.
FIRST IS $6 MILLION FOR
SERVICES THAT AND THIS IS AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER AND I BELIEVE
YESTERDAY DURING COMMITTEE,
SERVICES FOR EMERGENCY --
SORRY.
EMERGENCY HOUSING THAT IS
PROVIDED TO THE SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
$2.4 MILLION TO OPERATE THE
TINY HOME VIL LAMBEAU FIELDS
THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SET UP
OR START UP USING $2 MILLION
PROVIDED WITH STATE CAPITOL
FUNDS.
CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA ASKED ABOUT
THIS EARLIER AND WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WAS APPARENT AND
$811,000 FOR ADD ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS AT THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY
STAFFING AND OVERHEAD AND THEN
LASTLY $100,000 ON AND THIS IS
TO PROVIDE ONGOING FUNDING FOR
THE LEASE FACILITY TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING PROGRAM THAT UTILIZING
SEATTLE AUTHORITY UNITS.
THEY ARE WHAT IS GOING ON IN
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS A LARGE
DROP.
A DROP OF $9 MILLION WHEN YOU
TAKE OUT ALL OF THE ONE TIME
MONEY YOU PUT IN THAT SMALLER
ONE TIME FUNDS AND WE ARE NOT
SEEING DRAMATIC ONGOING
CHANGES.
AND I THINK THAT BRIAN WILL GO
INTO SPU AND I KNOW TR ACI WILL
GO INTO OTHER AREAS AS WELL.
WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY IF YOU
WERE PART OF THE HOMELESSNESS
OR SORRY IF YOU REMEMBER THE
HOMELESSNESS PRESENTATION AND
THE SELECT HOMELESSNESS
PRESENTATION.
AS REQUESTED BY COUNSEL I HAVE
ADDED TWO MORE COLUMNS AND IT
SHOWS THE PROJECTED CITY FUNDED
SHELTER CAPACITY WILL BE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE ONE TIME
FUNDING, A LOT OF WHICH COMES
OFF LINE AND IN JANUARY AND
REPLACED BY OTHER FUNDS AND
SHELTERS ARE OFF LINE BY THE
TIME WE GET TO THIS SUMMER.
OVERALL THE SHELTER CAPACITY
WOULD HAVE INCREASED.
I CAN SEE THERE IS BASE UNITS
AND A LARGE NUMBER OF TINY
VILLAGES SHOWN IN A GRAY COLLAR
THAT WILL TAKE OUR CAPACITY
POSSESS WHERE IT WAS
PREPANDEMIC.
MADAM CHAIR, DO YOU WANT ME TO
BE PAUSING FOR COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS OR SHOULD I KEEP
MOVING?
>> THIS IS OUR -- OUR ONLY ITEM
THIS AFTERNOON.
I WILL ASK THAT YOU GET THROUGH
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES.
>> WE WILL GETGO GET TO THE
NEXT SLIDE THEN.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, I DISCUSSED A
POTENTIAL OR THERE WAS A POINT
IN TIME PROPOSAL FROM THE KING
COUNTY HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
FOR TAKING AN APPROACH TO
ADDRESSING DOWNTOWN AND SHELTER
HOMELESSNESS AND PRESENTED AT
THE TIME IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND
ACTUALLY KEY ASPECTS WOULD HAVE
TO CHANGE.
IN ORDER FOR IT TO SOMEHOW BE
PUT TOGETHER IN A CURRENT BASE
STRATEGY AS VARIOUS COMMITMENTS
FOR SOME OF THESE RESOURCES
HAVE BEEN NAMED SO UTILIZING
FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE VACANT
SHELTERS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ARE
NOW BEING PRIORITIZED FOR OTHER
PURPOSES OR OTHER LOCATIONS I
SHOULD SAY.
THINGS LIKE THAT AND SO THERE
IS A LOT OF MOVING PIECES THAT
HAVE OUTDATED THIS TO SOME
DEGREE BUT I FELT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS FOR
A FEW DIFFERENT REASONS.
FIRST OF ALL BECAUSE IT IS
BECOMING AN IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION PIECE AND PART OF
THE PUBLIC DIALOGUE SINCE THE
AUTHORITY IS DISCUSSING TAKING
A PLACE BASE APPROACH AND
FOCUSING ON DOWNTOWN INITIALLY
AS A FIRST STEP.
ALSO BECAUSE OF THE UTILIZATION
OF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I'M
GOING TO NOTE LATER AND ISSUE
IN ID AND ACCOMPLISHING THIS
STRATEGY.
AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE HAVE THE OVERALL
PICTURE SO THAT WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT THE HIGH ACUITY SHELTER
AND PURE NAVIGATOR NETWORK YOU
WILL HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
HOW THIS WILL FIT INTO THE
INITIAL PROPOSALS FROM THE
AUTHORITY.
I WILL RUN THROUGH WHAT ALL
FIVE LINES ARE AND I WILL MOVE
TO BRIAN TO DISCUSS SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES BACKGROUND.
THERE IS AN EXISTING SHELTER
PROGRAM AND WE HAVE TURNOVER
AND SHELTERS DO A GOOD JOB OF
MOVING PEOPLE TO ANOTHER STAGE
OF HOUSING AND REUNITE FAMILIES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
VACANCIES OCCUR UTILIZING AT
THAT POINT THE ANTICIPATED
TURNOVER AND PRIORITIZING THAT
IS 120 UNITS AND ONE OF THE
MOST KEY AREAS THAT THIS PLAN
IS OUTDATED AND WOULD HAVE TO
BE REVISED.
THE NEXT LINE, YOU CAN SEE IS
FUNDING FROM KING COUNTY AND
RESOURCES.
úAND WE LOOK HERE AND THIS IS
KING COUNTY COVID
APPROPRIATIONS 7 I BELIEVE IT
WAS.
PASSED OVER THE SUMMER AND
SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED FUNDS
AND MOVING PEOPLE INSIDE AND IT
IDENTIFIED A PRIORITY FOR
DOWNTOWN AND FOR UNINCORPORATED
KING COUNTY.
IN THOSE FIVE HUNDRED UNITS YOU
WILL SEE THE IDEA THAT 275
WOULD BE UTILIZED AND
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS STATED
AS PRIORITY TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM
THE DOWNTOWN AREA INTO SHELTERS
OF SOME KIND OR OTHER
RESOURCES.
AND THEN THE NEXT LINE, THE NEW
SHELTER.
I WILL GO INTO THAT A LOT.
THAT'S A REQUEST OF ALL OF YOU
FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
AND I WON'T GO INTO THAT AT
THIS TIME.
NEXT LINE LOOKING AT EMERGENCY
HOUSING.
THIS IS THE SALES TAX OR WHAT
AND THE -- TO THIS POINT, THE
COUNTY HAS ACQUIRED NINE
DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND 859
UNITS APPROXIMATELY AND IN
TOTAL THAT HAVE BEEN REQUIRED
AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE USED
FOR PERMANENT AND SUPPORTED
HOUSING AND EMERGENCY HOUSING.
THOSE ARE SYNONYMOUS IN TERMS
OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE
PROVIDED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE
OCCUPYING THOSE UNITS AND
HOUSING.
AND NEWLY DIFFERENT EMERGENCY
HOUSING DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN
KITCHEN AND IT IS A CHALLENGE
UNIT AND SOMETHING ALONG THOSE
LINES.
OF THE 9 BUILDINGS, FOUR OF
THOSE UNIT IS IN SEATTLE AND
THIS PROPOSAL WILL HAVE AN
INITIATIVE 290 OF THOSE 400 ARE
IDENTIFIED FOR -- FOR
ADDRESSING THE LONG TERM
PLACEMENT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
ALREADY IN SHELTERS THAT
INTENSIFIED.
IF YOU THINK OF THE MAIN
SHELTER ON 3rd AND JAMES.
AND HOW THOSE RESIDENTS MOVE
DURING COVID TO THE RED LINE
INN AND THAT LOCATION IS NOT
GOING TO STAY IN OPERATION.
AND SO SOME OF THESE UNITS THAT
ARE GOING ON WITH HOUSING WILL
SHALL USED TO PROVIDE PERMANENT
HOUSING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS
AND THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS WITH
THE SAME EXPERIENCE.
AND OVERALL, LOOKING AT THE 400
UNIT IS IN SEATTLE AND 110
LEFT.
AND TARGETED TOWARDS THIS TYPE
OF APPROACH AND IF THAT WAS THE
REVISED PLAN TO GET DEVELOPED.
AND THAT MEANS 200 BEDS WOULD
BE NEEDED FROM THE INVESTMENTS
AND THE ACQUISITIONS OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE.
THAT ONE KEY CONSIDERATION IS
NOT EVERYONE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IS FROM SEATTLE.
THAT WAS THEIR LAST PLACE OF
RESIDENCE.
YOU MIGHT ALLOW THEM TO RETURN
TO COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY CAME
FROM AND HAVE STRONGER SOCIAL
BONDS IN A LONG-TERM WAY.
AND THEN THE 5th AND FINAL LINE
IN THAT PLAN IS PERMANENT
HOUSING.
THIS IS USING INVESTMENTS AND
AT THIS TIME THE LATEST NUMBERS
THAT TRACY WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN
IS 291 UNITS WILL BE OPENED
THIS YEAR AND SO WE WILL BE
USING A SMALL PORTION OF THOSE
TO -- AS PART OF THE STRATEGY
IF THIS WAS A COMPONENT OF
WHATEVER BECAME A FINAL PLAN.
THIS WAS JUST A VISION
INITIALLY PRESENTED AND ALREADY
HAD TO BE OUTDATED AND WILL
HAVE TO HAVE CHANGES.
SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO BRIAN TO RUN TO THE
NEXT BACKGROUND SLIDE.
>> BRIAN GOOD KNIGHT.
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF.
PAGE 5 SHOWS THE PROGRAMS WITH
SPU THAT ARE RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS, HYGIENE AND CLEAN
CITY INITIATIVE AND THE
REMAINING CLEAN-UP PROGRAMS
THAT SPU HAS THAT ARE KNOWN AS
CLEAN CITY PROGRAMS.
AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE TABLE
OVERALL THE 2022 PROPOSED
BUDGET INCREASES INVESTMENTS
SIN THE ENTIRE SUITE OF
PROGRAMS BY 2-POINT # MILLION
AND 12.
RELATIVE TO 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET
AND STAFFING DEDICATED TO THE
PROGRAMS WILL INCREASE BY THREE
FTE THAT PLAYS THE STAFFING
NEXT YEAR TO ALMOST 23FTE.
THE TABLE ALSO CARVINGS OUT
SPACE FOR TWO SUBTOTAL ROWS AND
THOSE ARE THE ONES SHADED IN
THIS LIGHT GRAY COLOR WITH I
TAL LICKS TO PROVIDE GROUPINGS
FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE
HOMELESSNESS RELATED AND FOR
PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO
RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING
RELATED TO CLEAN CITY
INITIATIVE.
AND THAT FUND WILL BE DISCUSSED
IN MORE DETAIL IN THE ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION OF THE
PRESENTATION.
THERE IS ANOTHER CAVEAT THAT I
WANT TO NOTE FOR THE TABLE AND
DUE TO THE IMPRECISE WAY THAT
SPU ALLOCATES LABOR IT APPEARS
THAT A COUPLE OF THE PROGRAMS
THE ENCAMPMENT TREMOR PROGRAM
IS DECEASING BUT THAT IS NOT
THE CASE.
LABOR IS NOT INDICATED IN AS
FINE OF DETAIL AS THIS TABLE
PRESENTS.
STAFF TIME IS INCREASING
OVERALL WITH ADDITION OF NEW
PROGRESSES AND MAYBE ATTRIBUTED
TO INWRECK CLEAN CITY PROGRAMS.
SP HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT DOES NOT
DECREASE SERVICES FOR ANY OF
THESE PROGRAMS.
IN TERMS OF NOTABLE CHANGES
THERE ARE THREE THAT I'D LIKE
TO BRIEFLY MENTION THAT RELATE
TO RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.
THE FIRST IS ADDITIONAL
$275,000 OF ONGOING FUNDING FOR
THREE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HYGIENE
STATIONS.
INCREASING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
FUNDED STATIONS FROM 18 TO 21.
SPU STATED THEIR INTENTION
THESE NEW HYGIENE STATIONS
SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED NEAR
RVEN CAMMENTS.
THE SECOND ITEM IS PROPOSED
560,000ED FOR THE REMEDIATION
PROGRAM.
IN 2022SPU WILL RETURN THE
PROGRAM BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL
FRAMEWORK AND PROVIDES 6 TO 8
FULL CLEAN SCREENS A MONTH.
THIS IS IN CONTRAST TO HOW THE
PROGRAM HAS BEEN OPERATING
DURING THE ENCAMPMENT AND
PANDEMIC.
THIS WILL SUPPORT THREE
EFFORTS.
A NEW FIELD COORDINATOR
POSITION PROPOSED IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AND THE
FIELD CORATOR WILL PROVIDE SITE
EVALUATIONS AND CONNECT
INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN RVS TO
RESOURCES AND FACILITATE TRASH
RESOURCES AND MANAGE THE
STORAGE OF BELONGINGS IF
NECESSARY.
THE SECOND EFFORT IS THE
DISTRIBUTION OF PURPLE BEDS TO
7 TO 10RV BAGS AND THIRD WHAT
THE DEPARTMENT IS CALLING GEO
SCREENS AND TRASH PICKUP IN
DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY.
SPU ESTIMATES ABOUT 16 GEO
CLEANS WILL HAPPEN EACH
HOSPITAL.
AND THE THIRD NOTABLE INCREASE
THAT I WILL MENTION FOR THE
BUDGET IS $175,000 FOR THE RV
WASTE WATER PROGRAM.
ACCORDING TO DATA PROVIDED BY
SPU, BETWEEN JAN AND SEPTEMBER
THE PROGRAM SERVICED 133RVS PER
MONTH.
DURING THESE SIX MONTHS THE
PROGRAM WAS OPERATING ON A FOUR
WEEK INTERVAL.
DURING SIX OF THESE MINUTES THE
PROGRAM WAS OPERATING ON FOUR
WEEK SERVICE INTERVAL AND THEN
SIX WEEK INTERVAL.
SPU SAYS THE FUNDING REQUEST
ARE TO ADDRESS HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED SERVICING COSTS
INCLUDING WASTE WATER VOLUMES
BEING GREATER THAN EXPECTED.
SPU SAYS THAT THE PROGRAM WILL
BE ABLE TO SERVICE FOR 120RVS
PER MONTH ON A FOUR WEEK
SERVICING INTERVAL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS
FOR THIS SLIDE AND THIS IS THE
LAST SLIDE OF THE BACKGROUND
SECTION AND WE CAN PAUSE FOR
QUESTIONS.
>> WONDERFUL.
I WILL HAND IT TO COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS TO SEE IF YOU HAVE
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
CHAIR AND I APPRECIATE WE HAVE
A WHOLE AFTERNOON TO DIVE JUST
INTO THIS GIVEN THAT WITHOUT A
DOUBT IN MY OFFICE AND I WOULD
IMAGINE FOR MANY OF YOUR FELLOW
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT
HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY'S
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE IS A
PRETTY COMMON CONSTITUENT
INQUIRY.
SO APPRECIATE THE CARVE OUT OF
TIME TO DIVE DEEP INTO THIS AND
MADAM CHAIR BEFORE I GO FURTHER
THIS IS TO ASK QUESTIONS TO
BRIAN AND TO THE ENTIRE PITCH
HERE, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO THE
ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE
IDENTIFIED IN THE NEXT SEVEN OR
EIGHT SLIDES AND THE MACRO MEMO
OR THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO
PULL OUT FOR OUR REFERENCE.
>> PERFECT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JUST TO MAKE GENERAL COMMENTS
THE TALK EARLIER THIS WEEK IS
FOLKS ARE AWARE MY OFFICE
RELEASED A REPORT OF SOME OF
THE DATA AND TRENDS REGARDING
HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE DURING THE COVID
EMERGENCY.
BROADLY AND MOSTLY SPEAKING FOR
MYSELF AND HOW I TOOK THINGS
AWAY FROM THE DATA.
IT INDICATED THAT COVID CAME
ALONG AND FORCED US TO REDUCE
THE QUANTITY OF SHELTER AND
IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND THE
RESULT OF THAT WAS A DRAMATIC
INCREASE OF PEOPLE CAMPING IN
PUBLIC SPACES THAT UNDER
ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD
HAVE HAD A PLACE IN A
CONGREGANT OR SEMI CONGREGANT
SHELTER IN PRECOVID TIMES.
AS YOU HAVE SEEN FROM THE
PRESENTATION AND AS YOU HAVE
SEEN FROM MY COMMENTS WE ARE
ABOUT TO HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF
RESOURCES THAT WILL COME ONLINE
TO HELP EQUALIZE THAT
DISPARITY.
WE KNOW BEFORE COVID,
HOMELESSNESS WAS A HUGE CRISIS
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
REQUIRING MUCH MORE IMMEDIATE
AND SUSTAINED RESPONSE ON A
SYSTEMIC LEVEL AND WHAT I
REALLY -- AS WE GO THROUGH THIS
BUDGET PROCESS THIS FALL I WANT
TO FOCUS ON NOT ONLY SHELTER
CAPACITY THAT I THINK IS STILL
VERY IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE THAT
SHORT-TERM RELIEF FOR SOME
PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY
OTHER OPTION LIKE AT THIS
MOMENT AND NEED SOMEPLACE TO GO
AND TO FOCUS ON STRATEGIES AT
THE NEW REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY AND A PASS THROUGH
FROM THE SHELTER ASSETS FOR
HOUSING AND THEN WORK ON THE
SCALING UP AND RESOURCING ARE
THOSE HOUSING ASSETS THAT WE
HAVE SEEN CONSIDERABLE RESOURCE
FOR OVER THE COURSE OF THE
COVID ERA DUE TO UNPRECEDENTED
FEDERAL SPORT OR ACQUISITION OF
HOUSING.
WITH THAT WE ALSO NEED TO LEAN
INTO A POLICY DISCUSSION ABOUT
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE
OUTREACH FUNCTION THAT
HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN CONDUCTED
BY THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND THE
HOPE TEAM IN THE FUTURE WILL BE
CONDUCTED BY SOME OTHER
OUTREACH CONCEPT THAT REGIONAL
AUTHORITY WILL PUT FORWARD AND
WE KNOW THERE ARE ASSETS AS
HAVE BEEN FORWARD HERE AND WE
HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE
RELEVANT DEPARTMENT TWO WEEKS
AGO OR THE RELEVANT LEADERSHIP
IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TWO WEEKS
AGO.
THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT
ENVISION SOME KIND OF CITY ROLE
IN THAT PROCESS OF DOING OR
PROVIDING SERVICES AND
PROVIDING OUTREACH TO
ENCAMPMENTS TO STAY IN THE CITY
FAMILY AND REALLY MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE A POLICY
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE EDGE
OF THE CITY INVOLVEMENT IS AND
WHAT CONSTITUTES OUTREACH AND
WHAT CONSTITUTES SOME KIND OF
SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICE THAT IS
NOT RELATED TO THAT INITIAL
OUTREACH MISSION.
THAT IS AT THE HIGH LEVEL FOR
THIS EARLY CONVERSATION AND I
THINK FOR QUESTIONS TO START
WITH JEFF, I WANT TO ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHART,
JEFF, THE SHELTER ONE.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH SLIDE
THAT WAS ON BUT THE SLIDE THAT
WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL VARIATIONS
OF OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS
DETAILING THE SUPPLY OF SHELTER
HOUSES WITH THE COVID
EMERGENCY.
>> THAT IS SLIDE THREE THERE
YOU GO.
>> GREAT.
>> A FEW QUESTIONS WITH THIS
CHART.
THIS CHART AT THIS POINT IN
VISION THE RESULT OF THE RFQ
THAT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE DONE
FOR THE AUTHORITY FOR 120 MORE
TINY HOUSES AND 25 SAFE HOUSE
SPACES?
>> IT DOES.
>> OKAY.
>> BUT IT DOESN'T ANTICIPATE TO
BE CONSERVATIVE ON PROJECTIONS
THAT WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE
FINAL COLUMN FOR JULY OF 2022
WHERE THERE IS 325 UNITS.
THAT IS A COUNCIL FUNDED
EXPANSION AND THE COUNCIL HAD
GIVEN MONEY TO OPEN THOSE.
NOT TO IN THAT PRESENTATION I
AM NOT TRYING TO INDICATE THAT
UNITS ARE OPENED UNTIL JULY BUT
I THINK THERE IS STILL AN OPEN
QUESTION ON HOW LONG IT WILL
TAKE FOR THOSE TO OCCUR.
AT THIS POINT I FEEL LIKE WE
COULD SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THERE
IS NO OPERATIONS IN 2021 BUT
UNCLEAR HOW EARLY IN 2022 THOSE
UNITS WILL BE ONLINE SO THEY
WERE NOT ONLINE IN MARCH.
HOPEFULLY THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT CAN HAPPEN MUCH FASTER.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO SEE IF THAT ASSET
INCORPORATED INTO THIS CHART
AND IT IS FAIR TO PUT IT IN
GIVEN THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
THERE WILL BE AN RFQ AND AN
EFFORT TO GET THEM GOING AND
HOPEFULLY WE CAN LAPPED THAT
MORE IN THAT MARCH OF 2022.
FOR LANDING THE BUDGETING GOOD
TO KNOW IT IS ANTICIPATED IN
HERE AND I GUESS TO A CERTAIN
EXTENT I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE
IT WOULDN'T BE SO THAT COLUMN
MIGHT GO UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT THAT IS ANSWERING MY
QUESTION.
SO IN THE BUDGET THAT CAME DOWN
FROM THE EXECUTIVE BECAUSE
THERE IS LOTS OF PROPOSALS THAT
WE HAVE DISCUSSED TO INCREASE
THE AMOUNT OF SHELTER RESOURCES
IN 2022.
DOES THE TRANSMITTED BUDGET
REQUEST FROM THE MAYOR AND
REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY HAVE
MORE CAPACITY OR DOES IT
SUSTAIN THE CAPACITY FROM 2021?
>> LET ME GO IN DETAIL ABOUT
WHAT IS IN THERE.
I'M NOT SURE OF HOW YOU LOOK AT
THE INVESTMENTS THERE.
SO THERE IS THOROUGH DOLLARS.
THE SECOND TRUNCH ARE CLIPPER
DOLLARS AND THAT'S FOR THE
CARES SHELTER AND PROVIDES
THREE YEARS OF OPERATIONS FOR
THE CARES SHELTER AND THAT IS I
BELIEVE IT IS 75.
I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THAT IN
FRONT OF ME BUT I CAN DOUBLE-
CHECK THAT AND THEN THERE IS
THE SOTO SHELTER THAT IS
CURRENTLY IN OPERATION ON
CUNTY LEASED PROPERTY AND
PROVIDES TWO YEARS OF
OPERATIONS THERE.
THAT IS MAINTAINING THAT
PROGRAM ESSENTIALLY AND THOSE
ARE THE ONLY ONES.
I AM FOR GETTING SOMETHING
ELSE.
THE FUNDS FOR THE ONGOING
BASIS.
THE THREE TINY HOME VILLAGES
YOU REFERRED TO AND THOSE ARE
THE ONLY THINGS THAT I AM ABLE
TO RECALL THAT IS EMERGENCY
SHELTER PROPOSALS.
SO KARA IS NOT IN OPERATION.
THIS CHART DOES PROJECT BY
DECEMBER OF 2021 THAT 110 OF
THOSE UNITS WILL BE IN
OPERATION AND PART OF THE BLUE
BASE.
I CAN -- I COULD GO INTO DETAIL
ABOUT THAT IF NEEDED.
THAT PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO BE
150 UNITS.
SO ANOTHER 40 AND THAT IS WHAT
YOU SEE AS A REFLECTION BY
MARCH OF 2022.
THAT IS SOME OF WHAT THAT
NUMBER AND ALL OF THAT BAR IS
HIGHER.
>> YEAH.
THAT IS RELATED TO MY NEXT
QUESTION THAT IS TO WHAT EXTENT
IS THIS AN EXERCISE TURNING
THIS CHART INTO BLUE FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF 2022?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
NOTHING THAT IS SHOWN ON THIS
CHART AS PEG SOMETHING IN
YELLOW.
THERE IS ANOTHER COLOR OR
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE BAR.
THEY ARE ALMOST ENTIRELY
HOTELS, SHELTERING THAT ARE
VARIOUS PROGRAM OPERATE AND
SOME GO ONLINE AND SOME GO
OFFLINE AND THEY DON'T GO TO
EXPANSION AND NONEENVISIONED
TO BE IN OPERATION OF JULY OF
2022.
>> SO I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHART.
CAN WE GO TO THE DOWNTOWN PLAN
CHART?
>> SURE, IF YOU COULD MOVE
FORWARD TWO SLIDES PLEASE.
>> THERE IS JUST ONE SLIDE
PLEASE, THERE WE GO.
SO ON THIS CHART, OKAY, THERE
IS -- THERE AREN'T ANY, YOU
KNOW COSTS THAT ARE ATTRIBUTED
TO THESE LINE ITEMS HERE.
AT LEAST ON THE CHART.
BUT AM I CORRECT READ THAT ALL
OF THIS IS BASICALLY PAID FOR
SOMEHOW EITHER THROUGH THE
MARES TRANSMITTED PROPOSAL OR
THROUGH OTHER SOURCES OF
REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP LIKE KING
COUNTY SOURCES EXCEPT FOR THE
NEW HIGH END ACUTITY SHELTER.
IS THAT AN ACCURATE READ OF
THIS?
>> THAT WOULD BE AND THAT'S A
REASON THAT THIS SHOULD BE
LOOKED UPON AS OUTDATED AND
POINT IN TIME PROPOSAL BECAUSE
THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES IN HOW
SOME OF THESE RESOURCES ARE
BEING COMMITTED.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD AND I GIVE
THE EXAMPLE WITH OUR EXISTING
VACANCY THAT NOW WE ARE GOING
TO BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT
POINT IN TIME THE AVAILABLE
UNIT TO BE AVAILABLE AND A
DIFFERENT LOCATION AND
DIFFERENT AM AND THINGS ALONG
THOSE LINES.
>> RIGHT.
SO IT IS NOT NECESSARILY AND
THIS IS SORT OF MOSTLY ME
ASKING THE DISTRICT MEMBER
RATHER THAN THE HOMELESSNESS
CHAIR RIGHT NOW.
WOULD THE 933 UNITS AT THIS
POINT, THAT'S THE NUMBER YOU
ARE SAYING IS NOT NECESSARILY
UP-TO-DATE BECAUSE IN SOME OF
THESE CATEGORIES SOME OF THAT
CAPACITY HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY BY
SOME OTHER PRIORITIES, IS THAT
WHAT YOU ARE INDICATING?
>> YEAH.
THE WORK DONE BY THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY SO FAR ESTIMATES AND
THEY WORK WITH SOME EXISTING
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE
DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND THEY ESTIMATE THAT THERE IS
ABOUT 800 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND
THAT IS THE TARGET OF THIS
APPROACH AND AT THAT POINT IN
EARLY SEPTEMBER SO SIX WEEKS
AGO HAD IDENTIFIED THIS AS THE
NUMBER OF BEDS THAT WOULD BE
UTILIZED TO MOVE THOSE PEOPLE
IN SOME WAY.
>> OKAY.
CAN WE NOW GO FORWARD TO MORE
OF THE SORT OF PARKS AND SPU
ASSETS?
THERE WAS ANOTHER -- I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT SORT OF
POWER POINT BACKGROUND WOULD BE
FOR THAT.
I GUESS THIS IS GOOD.
SO I CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT EXACTLY HOW WE
ARE GOING TO COORDINATOR WHAT
THE IN TER PLAY INTERPLAY IS
GOING TO BE BETWEEN THE
COMMUNITY WORK AND SHARPS
COLLECTION AND HOW THAT WILL
INTERACT AND IN THE END CAMMENT
CLEAN-UP CONTRACT.
HOW THAT WORK WILL INTERACT
WITH THE NEW AUTHORITY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE
IS NOT GOING TO BE A EXPLICITLY
OUTREACH COMPONENT ANYMORE TO
THE WORK THAT GOES TO THE
AUTHORITY AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE PITCH HAS BEEN FROM THE
EXECUTIVE.
BUT I DO WONDER ABOUT WHAT THE
INTERPLAY IS GOING TO BE WHEN
OUTREACH IS DONE AND A SITE HAS
BEEN FLAGGED BY THE AUTHORITY
AS EVERYONE HAVING SOLVED FOR
PLACED IN THE SHELTER HOUSING
AND NOW WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE HAVE LEFT STUFF TO BE
REMOVED AND PEOPLE CAN COME IN.
THAT'S THE WAY I HOPE
EVERYTHING WOULD BE CONDUCTED
THAT EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING IN
THIS SLIDE IS EITHER SOME KIND
OF ROUTINE SERVICE FOR
ENCAMPMENT SITE AND THERE IS A
REMOVAL OF SERVICE LEFT BEHIND
AFTER EVERYBODY IS REMOVED OUT
OF SIGHT AND INTERACTION WITH
THE PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN LIVING
THERE AND THE CITY CREW TO DO
IT AND THERE IS A NEW WAY OF
DOING THIS THAT WE DON'T MERGE
ENFORCEMENT AND OUTREACH IN ONE
TEAM AS WE SORT OF HISTORICALLY
HAVE DONE.
SO I WONDER IF YOU COULD GO
INTO A BIT OF YOUR
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE
ASSETS INTERPLAY WITH THAT AND
WHAT THE VISION IS AS WE CRAFT
THIS BUDGET OF HOW THIS IS
GOING TO WORK WITH THE NEW
AUTHORITY SINCE THIS IS ALL
STAYING WITH US AND NOT GOING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WILL START AND THEN TURN IT
TO TRACI TO GO INTO THE
ADDITION OF PARKS WHERE THE NEW
ADDITIONS ARE.
SO FIRST WHILE YOU ARE CORRECT
THE HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH
SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE
WITH THE TEN AGENCIES THAT
THOSE CONTRACTS WILL BE MOVED
TO THE REGIONAL AUTHORITIES.
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY WILL
OVERSEE THOSE.
IN ADDITION WILL YOU SEE ALL OF
THE SHELTER CONTRACTS THAT WE
HAVE MOVED TO THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
HOWEVER STILL OUTREACH AND
SERVICE CONNECTION FEATURES
RETAINED IN THE CITY BECAUSE
THE HOPE TEAM IS MAINTAINED IN
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND
HSD AND THAT AGENCY MEMBER TEAM
HAS THREE INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY
THEIR DUTY OR THEIR JOB
DESCRIPTION AS A NAVIGATOR AND
COUNCILMEMBER.
ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AND THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT DO CONNECTION
AND TO SHELTER RESOURCES.
UNDER THE NEW HOPE TEAM
COMPARED TO HOW THE NAVIGATION
TEAM WORKS.
SYSTEM NAVIGATION DETERMINED BY
THE PARKS OR S DOT AND
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND A
NOTIFICATION OF POSTING THAT
REMOVAL IS MADE.
THE WAY THAT HOPE TEAM
COORDINATES IN ADDITION TO
HAVING BEEN COORDINATING AMONG
PROVIDERS AND THINKING ABOUT
WHERE TO DEPLOY OR WHERE MIGHT
NEED EXTRA ATTENTION IS TO
IDENTIFY WHO IS THERE.
AND THE INDIVIDUAL GOING THERE.
IT IS NOT UNCOMMON.
THERE ARE TARGETED FOCUSES.
YOU MAY HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
INVOLVEMENT, ONE OUTREACH
PROVIDER THAT IS GOING TO THEM
AND PEOPLE ON NATIVE AMERICAN
MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT PROVIDER
AND WORKING WITH THEM AND THE
WORK AT THAT POINT AND THERE'S
THREE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS AND AN
OUTREACH COORDINATOR THAT HELPS
WITH THIS TOO.
THEY IDENTIFY WHO IS THERE AND
WHAT THE NEEDS OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS AND WHAT AGENCIES
WORKING THERE TO IDENTIFY
SHELTER VACANCIES AND WHAT THEY
ARE LOOKING FOR AND THEIR
ONGOING NEEDS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OF
OUR SHELTERS THERE IS A CARVE
OUT FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF
BEDS THAT CAN BE ACCESSED
THROUGH THE TEAM.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
PART OF THE NEGOTIATION OF THE
MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY AND AN
AGREEMENT THAT IS NOT FINAL AT
THIS POINT.
BUT IT IS PART OF THE
CONVERSATION THAT CARVE OUT OF
THE UNITS WILL CONTINUE AND THE
TEAM DOING ITS WORK AND IN AN
ENCAMPMENT IDENTIFIED FOR
REMOVAL IN WORKING WITH THE
INFORMATION GAINED FROM OUR
CONTRACTED PROVIDERS WILL BE
ABLE TO FACILITATE SERVICE
CONNECTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN
THAT ENCAMPMENT WILL GO TO
PRIORITIES FOR THOSE CARVED OUT
BEDS AND THEN THEY CAN HELP
WITH ANY OTHER KIND OF SERVICE
CONNECTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED AT
THAT POINT.
AND IDEALLY EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN
THAT ENCAMPMENT WILL RECEIVE A
SHELTER BASED OFF OF THE NEEDS
PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED.
REALISTICALLY WE WON'T HAVE THE
PERFECT MATCH IN A SHELTER BED
BECAUSE THERE IS VARIATIONS IN
WHAT TYPES OF BEDS ARE
AVAILABLE.
THERE IS A BED AVAILABLE.
THAT'S THE CITY POLICY IN WHAT
WE CALL THE MULTI DISCIPLINARY
ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE AND THAT IS
AN OFFER OF SHELTER AND IT MAY
NOT BE PERFECTLY SUITED.
I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE FACTORS
BUT SOMETHING THAT ACIDYL FOR
THAT INDIVIDUAL IS POSSIBLE TO
BE OFFERED.
SO I HOPE THAT IS HELPFUL.
AND THAT IS WORK THAT THE HOPE
TEAM HAS TAKEN ON.
AND TALKING WITH THE TEAM THEY
MADE IT CLEAR THAT ONCE A
LOCATION AND ENCAMPMENT IS
POSTED FOR REMOVAL OUR
CONTRACTED PROVIDERS HAVE
REQUESTED NOT TO BE THERE AND
IT UNDERMINES THEIR BROADER
WORK AND REMEMBERING THAT THESE
PROVIDERS ARE WORKING ACROSS
THE CITY AND PULLING FROM THEIR
OTHER WORK FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE
GCL ARE -- SORRY, WORKING WITH
OUR -- ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON
OUR NATIVE AMERICANS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
WORKING WITH LOCATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY IF THEY
HAVE SOMEONE TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE COMING TO WORK WITH AND
THEY HAVE TO PULL AWAY FROM
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO OVERALL THERE IS WORK THAT
IS GOING ON TO GET PEOPLE
CONNECTED AND TO MAKE SURE THAT
BY THE DATE THAT REMOVAL OCCURS
THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE PLACED AND
FOR THE MOST PART BETWEEN THE
REMOVAL DATE AND POSTING DATE
THE HOPE TEAM IS TAKING THE
PRIMARY ROLL AND SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS ARE DOING THE
CONNECTIONS AND TRACY, DO YOU
WANT TO PICK UP FROM THERE OR
DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY ANYTHING
MORE?
>> I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THERE
AREN'T QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT
PIECE AND I CAN TALK ABOUT THE
SPECIAL MAINTENANCE TEAM.
>> I SEE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
DO YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS?
>> IT IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO I CAN WAIT.
>> WHY DON'T WE DO THE NEXT
ITEM THAT TRACI WAS GOING TO
RESPOND TO.
>> I WANT TO ASK REAL QUICK
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO TRACI HOW
MUCH OF THE SHELTER GOING OVER
THE AUTHORITY IS GOING TO BE
CARVED OUT TO TAKE THE REFERRAL
THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
REMOVAL POSTS.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT NUMBER
IS DETERMINED FOR 2022.
IT IS SOMETHING BEING DISCUSSED
AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND REGIONAL
AUTHORITY ON HOW THE AUTHORITY
WILL OPERATE PROGRAMS.
AND CAN GO BACK AND HAVE THE
INFORMATION OR THE LAST YEAR.
I DON'T RECALL OFF OF THE TOP
OF MY HEAD.
I CAN GET IT TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BUT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, DID YOU
ASK THE QUESTION SPECIFIC ON
THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CASE THAT
YOU CAN REMIND US OF AS WE
HAPPENED TO IT TRACY.
>> MY QUESTION WAS MOSTLY
RELATED TO THE INTERACTION
BETWEEN OUTREACH AND
ENFORCEMENT.
SO THAT WAS DRILLED DOWN INTO
THE HYGIENE ASSETS.
>> GREAT. PPY TO DEFER TO YOU.
LET'S TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS AND
OVERVIEW AND TRACI IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD AND WE
WILL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND ASK THE SET OF
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO ON.
>> VERY BRIEFLY IN 2018 WE
AUTHORIZED THE FUNDING OF THE
SPECIAL MAINTENANCE TEAM AND
PARKS AND S DOT AND THIS TEAM
WHICH IS ABOUT 15 MEMBER TEAM
FROM SPR AND I'M NOT SURE HOW
MANY PEOPLE I THINK IT IS
MOSTLY SPR ON THE STAFF ARE OUT
DOING NOT ONLY CLEANINGS
RELATED TO ENCLOSURES AND ALSO
CLEANINGS AROUND ENCAMPMENTS
AND PARKS AND CITY AND STATE
RIGHT-OF-WAYS AND THIS TEAM HAS
BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2018
AND WE HAVE CREDITED THROUGH
THE LAST FEW YEARS AND WHAT YOU
WILL SEE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT IS THE
EVOLUTION AND TO TAKE ON THE
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT
USED TO BE DONE BY A NAVIGATION
TEAM AND THIS TODAY AND DOES
BOTH THAT COORDINATES WITH
CLOSURES AND HAPPENING ON THE
SANCTION ENCAMPMENT ON PARKS
AND RIGHT OF WAYS.
SOME OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUES AROUND THAT NEEDLE
COLLECTION AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
>> GREAT.
>> AND I WAS REMINDED THAT
THESE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING
HOPE AND REFERRALS AND CLEANING
AND SPU'S ROLE RELATE TO THE
FIRST ITEM IDENTIFICATION.
SO PERHAPS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES IF YOUR QUESTION IS
ABOUT ANY OF THE CONTEXT IN THE
EARLIER PART OF THE MEMO I AM
HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE NOW AND DO
A QUICK OVERVIEW ON
IDENTIFICATION ONE TO GET INTO
MORE DETAILS.
I DON'T WANT TO PREEMPT YOUR
QUESTION BUT DRILL DOWN TO
ISSUE ID NUMBER ONE INSTEAD.
>> WELL, NO.
WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN WHETHER
THE PUBLIC PROJECT IN 2022 IS A
CARRY OVER OR ADDITIONAL
FUNDING AND LOVE TO GET A
STATUS UPDATE THERE.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES I CAN
ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
NEW MONEY AND THE ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLAR IN 2021 WAS A
GRANT RELEASED IN TWO DIFFERENT
ENTITIES AND RECEIVED THE
FUNDING AND SPU WILL WORK WITH
THOSE ENTITIES TO CARRY FORWARD
THAT 2021 MONEY FIT IS STILL
OUTSTANDING THAT I BELIEVE
THERE WILL BE SISTER-IN-LAW.
THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
2022 AND SO THIS IS IN ADDITION
FOR $200,000 OVER THE TWO YEARS
AND SPU IS PLANNING TO COMPLETE
INTERNAL EVALUATION OF THE
PROGRAM AND HAVE IT COMPLETED
BY THE SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT
YEAR.
IN TERMS OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN
NEXT WITH THE MONEY, IT WILL BE
DEPENDENT UPON WHAT THEY COME
BACK WITH, WITH THAT EVALUATION
BUT IT IS A NEW ALLOCATION OF
MONEY.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
IF I COULD MAKE ONE COMMENT
ABOUT THE HOPE TEAM.
WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THIS, I
WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS PROGRAM
FUNCTION THE WAY IT WAS SPELLED
OUT IN THE SPA LAST YEAR WHICH
WAS FOR THE HOPE PROGRAM AND
THE FOLKS PART OF THAT TO SERVE
IN A SUPPORT ROLE FOR A
PROVIDER LED SYSTEM THAT IS NOT
WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW.
THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT ENDED UP
GETTING IMPLEMENTED AND I THINK
THAT SEVERAL COUPLE MEMBER AND
SERVICE PROVIDERS CAME TOP
AGREEMENT ABOUT HOW THIS TEAM
WOULD FUNCTION WITHIN HSD AND
NOT WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND I
WANT TO BE CLEAR WHAT WE
INTENDED AND WHAT HAPPENED ARE
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD REMINDER.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE
FIRST SIX PAGES OF THE MEMO?
>> YES.
THANK YOU AND THIS QUESTION WAS
ALREADY ASKED AND ANSWERED I
APOLOGIZED.
I HAD TO STEP AWAY FOR A
SECOND.
ABOUT THE HYGIENE TRAILERS.
OFTEN THESE ARE MOBILE
VEHICLES.
THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE
MOBILE THEY ARE NOT DESIGNED TO
ROTATE AMONG MUM LOCATIONS.
THEY GO TO A PLACE AND THEY
PLUG INTO THE WATER SYSTEM AND
THEY PRETTY MUCH STAY IN ONE
LOCATION.
THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF
HYGIENE TRAILERS THAT ARE
ENGINEERED AND DESIGNED TO BE
ABLE TO ROTATE ON A SCHEDULE.
THE REASON WHY I ASK IS CAMP
SECOND CHANCE HAS BEEN
OPERATING FOR NEARLY SIX YEARS.
WITHOUT RELIABLE HYGIENE
SERVICES AND I DON'T NEED A
HYGIENE TRAILER DEDICATED FOR
CAMP SECOND CHANCE BUT I NEED
TO KNOW THAT HYGIENE SERVICES
ARE GOING THERE AND SO I REALLY
NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SPD'S
IDEA IS FOR THIS PARTICULAR
FACILITY?
WHEN WE FUNDED THE HYGIENE
TRAILERS A FEW YEARS AGO AS
PART OF THE EVERYBODY POOS
CAMPAIGN LED BY REAL CHANGE AND
PEARL JAM AND WE HAD THOSE
WONDERFUL -- WHAT WE THOUGHT WE
WERE FUNDING WAS A HYGIENE
TRAILER THAT WOULD BE MOBILE
AND MOVE AROUND.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ENDED UP
GETTING AND I THINK THERE IS
SOME REAL UTILITY OF PUTTING A
VEHICLE LIKE THIS ON A SCHEDULE
AND BEING ABLE TO GO TO
MULTIPLE PLACES OVER THE COURSE
OF A WEEK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I CAN RESPOND BACK.
THE TWO TRAILERS THAT THEY
PURCHASED AND ACQUIRED THEM
THIS MONTH.
THEY ARE MOBILE TRAILERS FROM
MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY CA BE
MOVED AROUND TO LOCATIONS AND
THEY ARE PEARL CAPABLE AND
CUSTOM DESIGNED FOR SPU.
ONE OF THE TRAILERS IS
OPERATING AT KING STREET
STATION AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME
THEY STILL INTEND FOR ONE TO
OPERATE STATIC CALLY WHETHER AT
KING TREE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE
THEY HAVE MENTIONED A LOCATION
ON ROY STREET SO THEIR
INTENTION IS TO HAVE ONE THAT
OPERATES EFFECTIVELY IN STATIC.
THE OTHER ONE HAS BEEN
OPERATING SEVEN DAYS OF THE
WEEK AT UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.
THEIR INTENTION, THEY ARE
OPERATING ADDITIONAL SITES
RIGHT NOW SO THEY HOPE TO HAVE
ONE TO TWO MORE SIDES THAT IT
WILL ROTATE WITH.
A TOTAL OF THREE SITES THAT
SECOND TRAILER WOULD BE MOVING
AROUND TO.
THEY SAID THAT THE EVALUATIONS
ARE BEING DONE RIGHT NOW WITH
THE CITY'S IN TER DEPARTMENTAL
TEAM AND THAT'S THE INFORMATION
I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
>> SO I WANTED TO PROPOSE A
BUDGET ACTION THAT WOULD ENSURE
ENSURE THAT SECOND CHANCE CAMP
WOULD BE ONE OF THE SITES WHAT
WOULD I DO?
>> TALK TO SPU ABOUT THEIR
PLANS AND SEE IF IT IS ON THE
LOCATION LIST.
THE COUNCIL COULD PROVIDE FUNDS
AND SPU'S BUDGET TO ENSURE THAT
IT IS DELIVERING THE SERVICES
THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO IT
DELIVER.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I AM NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
I WILL JUMP IN WITH A FEW
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET TO
ISSUE ID.
AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT IF
WE LOOK AT THE INFORMATION.
YOUR BAR CHART SHOWS, JEFF,
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR MEMO.
WE HAVE MUCH APPRECIATION FOR
THE CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
DETAILED MEMOS.
CHART ONE HERE IS REALLY THE
OUTCOME OF THE INFORMATION
PROVIDED TO THE BOTTOM OF PAGE
2 IN THE MEMO.
I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT
WE CALL ATTENTION TO THE FACT
THAT REDACTIONS IN BED OVER THE
TIME OF THE SCALING DOWN OF
COVID AND COVID INDUCED
REDUCTION IN BEDS AVAILABLE
DOES NOT EQUAL THE SAME TYPE OF
BED THAT IS POTENTIALLY BEING
OPENED UP AND YOUR MEMO CALLS
IT WELL BY SAYING A WE ARE NOT
GOING TO SEE THE SAME LEVEL OF
PERMANENT SHELTER CAPACITY
RETURNING TO WHAT IT WAS AT
PREPANDEMIC LEVELS.
IT SAYS THAT CLEARLY BUT I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
SAME TYPE OF SERVICES OFFERED
TO THESE BEDS.
IF I AM WRONG PLEASE CORRECT
ME.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE SAW FROM DSC
OVER FIVE HUNDRED BEDS FOR HIGH
ACUTE BEHAVIORAL MEANS AND WE
SAW THE CITY SCALE THEM DOWN TO
98 BEDS AND SOME OFFERED AROUND
150 OFFERED IN BED LOCATIONS
OUTSIDE OF THE CITY IN KING
COUNTY.
BUT WE ARE NOT SEEING THE SAME
NUMBER OF HIGH ACUTE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH BEDS
OPENING UP IN THE POST PANDEMIC
WORLD.
THE NUMBERS MAY BE SCALING
BACK.
UPWARDS.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SCALE TO
PREPANDEMIC LEVELS AND I THINK
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ASK TO GET
CLARIFICATION THAT THEY ARE NOT
THE SAME TYPE OF SERVICES.
ARE THEY?
>> YOU ARE CORRECT
COUNCILMEMBER.
THEY WOULDN'T EXACTLY BE THE
TYPE OF SERVICES THAT THE
EXAMPLE YOU GAVE WAS THE
SHELTERS AND FOCUSING ON PEOPLE
WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SO SOME
OF THESE PROGRAMS FOR EXAMPLE,
LIKE THE PARTS SHOWN IN GRAY
ARE NOT EQUIPPED -- THEY ARE
TINY HOME VILLAGES AND WE HAVE
NOT FUNDED THOSE WITH A HIGH
LEVEL OF SERVICE LIKE IN A
NAVIGATION CENTER.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THE
THREE VILLAGES THAT ARE COMING
ONLINE RIGHT NOW, SO JUST
BECAUSE WE KEEP TALKING IN
THREES I WILL BE CLEAR ABOUT
WHICH ONES.
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS AND THE
EXPANSION OF INNER BAY VILLAGE,
WITH ONE AND LIKELY WITH POLICE
REPORT THAN ONE HSD IS FUNDING
A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICES THAN
WHAT WOULD HAVE HISTORICALLY
BEEN THE NORM FOR A TINY HOME
VILLAGE SO THAT THERE IS A
GREATER LEVEL OF EXPERTISE TO
SUPPORT THOSE RESIDENTS.
MANY OF THE SYSTEM HAS AND
PARTLY WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE COVID, THE
INTENSIFICATION AND
MODIFICATION FUNDS THAT STARTED
PART OF THAT AND OVERALL THE
CHANGES THAT ULTIMATED IN SOME
DEGREES TO LOSS OF BEDS ARE
INCREASING THE QUALITY OF OUR
PROGRAMS FROM A CONGREGANT
SHELTER TO MORE NONCONGREGANT
APPROACH AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN
ONE PERSON IN ONE ROOM AND A
LOT OF TIMES IT MAY IN TAIL THE
DIVIDERS THAT ARE HIGH OR
SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES IN
ORDER TO BREAK THE SPACE UP AND
GIVE IT MORE SENSE OF PRIVACY.
WE HAVE MOVED TOWARDS IN SOME
WAYS AS A SYSTEM, A HIGHER
NUMBER OF BEDS THAT ARE BETTER
QUALITY BECAUSE OF THOSE TYPES
OF CHANGES AND THE SPECIFIC
EXAMPLE YOU GAVE ARE WE ALWAYS
ADDING A BED FOR HIGH NEED
INDIVIDUALS WITH THAT SAME
LEVEL OF SERVICES, PROBABLY
NOT.
>> THAT IS WHERE I THINK I AM
GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE
MODEL FOR THE IDENTIFICATION
BECAUSE A BED DOES NOT EQUAL A
BED, RIGHT?
ESPECIALLY FOR THE BEDS THAT
FOLKS WERE OFFERED THAT WERE
LOW BARRIER, HIGH SERVICE
NEEDS.
THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES, I
DON'T THINK WE BROUGHT BACK TO
SCALE AND THAT IS WHAT I WILL
BE LOOKING FOR IN THE
IDENTIFICATION.
THAT HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT
ON THE FLOOR SHELTER OPTIONS SO
THAT FOLKS LINE UP AT NIGHT AND
IN THE MORNING TO LEAVE.
WE HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A LONG
TIME THAT MODEL DID NOT WORK
AND IN SOME WAY TO ACCELERATE
MORE NONCONGREGANT SHELTERS
BECAUSE OF COVID AND MAKING
SURE THAT THERE IS 24/7 OPTIONS
SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T HAVING TO
LEAVE THEIR POSITIONS OR FAMILY
MEMBERS AS THEY SEEK SHELTERS
WILL BE IMPORTANT TO LOOK TO AS
WELL.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS TO COME.
ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION HERE
REGARDING THE RV REMEDIATION, I
JUST WANT TO GET QUICK
CLARIFICATION.
I SEE RV REMEDIATION AND HOW WE
ARE HELPING TO REME AEUT WASTE
OR GARBAGE IN THE AREA AND RV
REMEDIATION TO INCLUDE ANY OF
THE FUND THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED
AND ASKING THE EXECUTIVE TO
IMPLEMENT FOR SAFE LOTS AND THE
RV STORAGE.
I SEE FROM THE MATERIALS SENT
DOWN FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE
THIS MORNING THAT ZERO OF THE
500,000 ALLOCATED TO PRESENT
THE SAFE RVS AND TO SEE
PROGRESS ON THAT.
AND I DON'T SEE ON THIS THE RV
STORAGE FROM COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
IS THAT PART OF THE
REMEDIATION?
>> THEY ARE NOT EXPENDED AT
THIS TIME.
AND AT LEAST CURRENTLY
OBVIOUSLY SUBJECT -- I
MENTIONED HOW THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY FOR THE TINY HOME
VILLAGES AND GETTING THAT.
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY HAS
AGREED TO TAKE THE $500,000 TO
PROVIDED IN THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN AND BEGIN ISSUING THOSE
FUNDS AND TAKING ON SOME KIND
OF SERVICES FOR PEOPLE RESIDING
IN RVS AND THAT IS WHOLLY
DIFFERENT FROM THE TYPE OF
ACTIVITIES THAT BRIAN WAS
DESCRIBING AS RV REMEDIATION
THAT IS MUCH MORE FOCUSED ON
THE IMPACTS.
I HAVE FOCUSED MORE ON WASTE
WATER SOURCES.
WHERE AS THE COUNCIL, YOU HAVE
READ THIS SO FOCUSED ON
PROVIDING PLACES FOR PEOPLE IN
RVS TO PARK PERMANENTLY AND NOT
MOVE AND SEE THE DISCUSSION OF
PROVIDING STORAGE AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
>> WONDERFUL.
I THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER
ABOUT THE RV SAFE LOT AND THE
COMMITMENT OF THE HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
I AM NOT SURE WHERE THAT
LANDED.
THE THREE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
USING STATE'S $2 MILLION THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND THE
400,000 THAT COUNCIL PASSED
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING AND
THAT THERE IS AN RV OR RFP THAT
WILL GO OUT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AS IT RELATES NOT TO THE RV
SAFE LOTS, BUT TO THE IDEA OF A
STORAGE LOT, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
NO LONGER LIVING IN THE RV
EITHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE
ACCEPTED HOUSING BUT NOT READY
TO GIVE UP THE RV YET AND WANT
THE SECURITY THAT IS BEING HELD
SOMEWHERE AND THERE'S ALSO SOME
QUESTION OF RVS THAT MAY BE
IMPOUNDED UNDER THE RESUMPTION
OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE 72
HOUR RULE ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, I SHOULD SAY
WE KNOW.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY S DOT THAT
DID NOT INTEND TO USE IT TO
IMPOUND THE RVS OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE LIVING IN THE RVS UNLESS
THOSE RVS HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH
ORDER ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AND
IT IS NOT CLEAR WITH ME HOW
THEY DEFINE THAT.
IN THOSE CASES THAT IS ANOTHER
EXAMPLE WHERE AN RV MIGHT BE
IMPOUNDED AND NEED TO HAVE A
PLACE TO GO INSTEAD OF BEING
TAKEN TO LINCOLN TOWN.
GOING TO A DIFFERENT -- THE
POTENTIAL PURPOSE FOR STORAGE
LOT.
AND WE -- SEVERAL OF US
RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM DEPUTY
DIRECTOR COLBY YESTERDAY WHERE
SHE WRITES IN REGARDS TO
QUESTION ABOUT THE RESUMPTION
OF THE 72 HOUR PARKING RULE SHE
WRITES CONTRACT STAFF WILL BE
LOOKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY
HEIGHTS CONTRACTOR TO IDENTIFY
FLEXIBLE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR
PROPERTY STORAGE.
THAT IS CONTRACTED BY THE
COUNCIL BUDGET AND THE STORAGE
WILL BE TIME LIMITED.
WHAT ARE THEY REFERRING TO WILL
THEY SAY PROPERTY STORAGE.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME
THING OR IS THIS DIFFERENT?
>> I CAN'T SAY WITH CERTAINTY
THAT I KNOW.
I COULD READ A BOOK THAT THE RV
COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE TERM
PROPERTY.
OR WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT
THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAD
STORED IN THE RV SO I WOULD
HAVE TO CLARIFY WITH HSD ON
THAT.
>> I WANT TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IS
NECESSARILY A BUDGET ISSUE BUT
I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO FLAG MY CONCERN THAT WITH
THE RESUMPTION OF THE 72 HOUR
ENFORCEMENT OF THE 72 HOUR IN
THIS EVEN WITH VERY NARROW USE
OF THE ENFORCEMENT POWER ON
VEHICLES OPERATING BY RESIDENTS
IF THE END OF THE ENFORCEMENT
RESULT IN A VEHICLE GOING OR RV
GOING TO BE AUCTIONED I REMAIN
CONCERNED THAT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO TRIGGER THE HOMESTEAD ACT
PROTECTIONS AND FOR THAT REASON
WE MIGHT WANT TO EXPEDITE OUR
EFFORTS TO HAVE RVS THAT ARE
IMPOUNDED AND GO TO A DIFFERENT
PLACE OTHER THAN LINCOLN TOWING
TO BE AUCTIONED.
THAT IS THE THING THAT TRIGGERS
THE POTENTIAL FOR THE HOMESTEAD
ACT PROTECTIONS.
WHICH WAS JUST PUTTING THE CITY
BACK IN COURT AGAIN.
I THINK HAVING ANOTHER PLACE TO
STORE PEOPLE'S R VS COULD
ADDRESS THAT POTENTIAL LEGAL
VULNERABILITY AS WELL AS
PROVIDE A REALLY IMPORTANT
BARRIER FOR PEOPLE ACCESSING
HOUSING WHO ARE CURRENTLY --
LIVING IN THEIR RVS.
I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A
NEW I THINK TWIST THAN WHAT I
HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE
BECAUSE I AM ADDING THE
COMPLEXITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE
RESUMPTION OF THE ENFORCEMENT
OF THE 72 HOUR NOTICE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
WELL SAID AS WE TRY TO CREATE
TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS FOR
FOLKS TO BRING THEM INSIDE WHEN
WE HAVE SHELTER OPTIONS
AVAILABLE.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS OF COURSE
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU
AND ALL OF YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZELEZ.
I KNOW YOU BOTH SIT ON THE RHA.
A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND
INTERESTING CONCEPTS AND I'M
READING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
THIS MEMBER AND LOOK FORWARD TO
UNPACKING THIS WITH YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
LET'S GO AHEAD.
JEFF.
THAT WILL BE ME TRA CI
RATCLIFFE.
THIS ARE FOR END COMPLEMENTS.
2022 PROPOSED BUDGET TO KEEP
THE FUNDING FOR THE HOPE TEAM
AT $1.2 MILLION AND WOULD ADD
$900,000 OF NEW GENERAL FUNDS
AND 6.5FTES IN SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION FOR WORK THAT
HAD BEEN PERFORMED BY THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AND AS IT
RELATES TO FACILITATING THE
CITY'S PROCESS FOR ASSESSING
AND PRIORITIZING UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENT SITES FOR OTHER SITE
CONDITIONS AND FOR CARRYING OUT
ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND CAMPS
ON S DOT RIGHT-OF-WAYS.
YOUR OPTIONS ARE TO REMOVE
FUNDING FROM THE 2022 PROPOSED
BUDGET FOR SPR AND TO MOVE PART
OR ALL OF THE TEAM TO ANOTHER
CITY DEPARTMENT OR TO THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOUSING
AUTHORITY OR NO ACTION.
THERE IS A TABLE ON PAGE 9 OF
THE MEMO.
AND THAT JEFF AND I PUT
TOGETHER TO SHOW YOU THE
STAFFING FROM 2020 TO THE
PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET TO GIVE
YOU A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN TERMS OF THE
MOVEMENTS OF POSITIONS AND THE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
THIS BODY OF WORK.
>> ACTUALLY.
WE CAN GO AND THIS IS FINE.
IT IS IN THE POWER POINT BROKEN
UP.
IS THIS LEGIBLE ENOUGH FOR
EVERYBODY?
>> YES.
THAT LOOKS GREAT.
>> AND WE WILL JUST STICK WITH
THIS HERE AND IN THE POWER
POINT PRESENTATION AND WE HAD
TO MAKE SURE IT WAS READABLE
AND PUT IT ON TWO SLIDES.
AND JUST SO THAT WE ALL HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING HERE AND IF YOU
ARE LOOKING AT THE POWER POINT
PRESENTATION THAT WAS ATTACHED
TO THE MEMO THINGS ARE OUT OF
ORDER AND TOOK THE LINES WHERE
LOGISTICS AND OPERATIONS CLEAN
UP AND DATA ANALYSIS AND PUT
THAT FIRST SINCE THE POSITIONS
WOULD BE ADDED AND MOVED
EVERYTHING ELSE TO THE BOTTOM
ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE ESSENTIALLY
SO COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD HAVE
THE NEW POSITIONS ON ONE PAGE.
WHAT YOU SEE THE FIRST LEVEL
IDENTIFIES FRAUD CATEGORIES
THAT WE WOULD PLACE THESE
POSITIONS INTO.
AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT
THIS IS NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE
AND A LOT OF THE WORK THAT
POSITIONS COULD FALL IN
DIFFERENT WAYS AND TO SOME
DEGREE A FEEL COORDINATOR AND I
WAS THINKING AND SAYING THIS
EARLIER IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE
GOING TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
AND YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT
WOULD BE THE CITY TEAMS AND NOT
INTERACTING WITH ANYONE AND
UNLIKELY THAT FIELD
COORDINATORS ARE WALKING
THROUGH AND THEY HAVE SOMEONE
INTERESTED IN A SHELTER AND
KEEP WALKING AND THEY ARE GOING
TO ENGAGE THAT PERSON OFTEN
BECAUSE THEY MAY KNOW OF SOME
RESOURCES AND HOW TO CONTACT
THE SYSTEM NAVIGATOR TO GET
THEM CONNECTED WITH SERVICES.
THIS WAS ALL TO SAY THAT
CATEGORIZATION YOU SEE WITH THE
FIRST COLUMN HERE MIGHT NOT BE
PERFECT.
AND SOME OF THESE JOBS CAN BE
IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND WE
COULDN'T SPLIT THEM WITHOUT
BEING CONFUSING.
THE 2020 BUDGET, THE NAVIGATION
TEAM ON ITS LARGEST SIZE.
WE HISTORICALLY WOULD NOT HAVE
SHOWN THE SPECIAL MAINTENANCE
TEAM AS A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF
FTES.
WE USED TO TREAT THAT AS A
DOLLAR SIGN AND IT IS PERFORM
TO NOTE HOW THE STAFF CHANGED
AND TRACI CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET IF YOU
WILL REMEMBER IN THE MID YEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL LAST YEAR THE
COUNCIL DEFUNDED THE STAFF THAT
WERE IN HSD AS PART OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AND THEN THE
2021 ADOPTED BUDGET REPLACED
WHAT HAD BEEN THE TEAM WITH THE
HOPE TEAM.
AND HOMELESSNESS ECOSYSTEM.
IT IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU CAN
SEE HERE AND TRACI WILL GO INTO
THE PARK POSITION.
WHAT IS PROPOSED IN 2022
BUDGET.
IT DOESN'T STAND OUT HERE BUT
WE HAVE PUT IN I ITALICS THE
NEWLY PROPOSED POSITIONS.
>> AS I INDICATED EARLIER THE
SPECIAL MAINTENANCE TEAM IS
EXISTENCE SINCE 2018 AND THAT
CONTINUES.
THE ONE CHANGE THAT TOOK PLACE
IN -- IT DOESN'T SHOW HERE.
SHOULD HAVE SHOWN IN 2020.
THEY TOOK A COUPLE OF
MAINTENANCE FOLKS AND MADE THEM
COORDINATORS BECAUSE OF THEIR
UDERSTANDING FOR EXAMPLE, THE
ISSUES AROUND STORAGE AND
PERSONAL BELONGING AND WHAT HAS
TO HAPPEN SO THEY CREATED OUT
OF 15 MEMBER TEAM TWO FEEL
COORDINATOR POSITIONS AND WOULD
CONTINUE TO 2022.
2022 WOULD ADD TWO ADDITIONAL
FIELD COORDINATORS AND
STRATEGIC ADVISER AND SPR TO
SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE FIELD
COORDINATORS AND THE WORK
HAPPENING OUT ON THE SITES.
AGAIN ONE OF THOSE ARE SITES
THAT ARE IN FACT IN LINE FOR A
CLOSURE OR WHETHER THERE IS
ONGOING ASSESSMENT ON
ENCAMPMENT SIDES WHETHER THEY
ARE ON A CLOSURE LIST TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE ARE PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES BEING ADDRESSED
AND NO ISSUES ERUPTING THAT
NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
THERE'S THE ADDITION OF A
PERSON TO HELP WITH STORAGE AND
TO MAKE SURE STORAGE IS DONE
PROPERLY AND HELPING WITH THE
ACTUAL FACILITATION WHEN PEOPLE
SAY THEY WANT TO GET THEIR
GOODS AND STORAGE AND HELPING
WITH THE DELIVERY OF THAT.
AND THEN THE FINAL TWO
POSITIONS, ONE IS A
COMMUNICATION ADVISER AND THIS
IS SOMEBODY THAT IS HELPING TO
DEAL WITH APPARENTLY THE MYRIAD
OF EMAILS AND CALLS THAT COME
TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT
ENCAMPMENTS WITH THEM TAKING ON
SOME OF THE ROLE ON AN INTERIM
BASIS IN 2021 AND THAT CAN BE
FROM CITIZENS FROM THE PRESS
AND FROM COUNCILMEMBERS AND
OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE
SEMIFINAL POSITION IN 2022 IS
FULL TIME DATA ANALYST AND THIS
RELATES TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT
WAS EXIST FOR NEEDING TO KEEP A
TRACK OF WHEN WE HAVE MET THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR POSTINGS.
AGAIN REQUIREMENTS AROUND
STORAGE AND KEEPING TRACK OF
STORAGE AND HOW THAT HAPPENS
FOR CLIENTS.
AND RESIDENTS OF THE
ENCAMPMENTS.
OKAY.
WONDERFUL.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
MORALES HAS QUESTIONS ON THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
GOING BACK TO THE THEMES THAT I
WAS DISCUSSING EARLIER AND I
THINK THIS CHART IS A GOOD
GROUND EXERCISE TO TALK ABOUT
THIS.
I AGAIN YOU KNOW -- THIS IS
FLAGGING ISSUES.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS TO A
CERTAIN EXTENT RED FLAGGING
ISSUES OPINION LIKE I WANT US
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO
TO A REGIME IN 2022 THAT IT IS
UNCLEAR WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
DOING WHAT.
AND LIKE JUST GOING THROUGH
THIS LIST, YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT
SO JUST CARES FOR EXAMPLE, AND
MARK AT THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY
IS A BIG FAN OF THE MODEL FOR
OUTREACH THAT JUST CARE FOLKS
USE.
THAT INCORPORATES SOME LEVEL OF
PLANNING AND STRATEGY AROUND
STORAGE OR POSSESSIONS FOR
EXAMPLE.
AND YOU KNOW LIKE REALLY HAVING
INDIVIDUALIZED PLANS FOR PEOPLE
ON HOW THEY CAN SPORE THEIR
POSSESSIONS AND MITIGATE MOVING
INSIDE IN TERMS OF BALANCING
STUFF THEY HAVE IN THEIR
ENCAMPMENT AND MOVING IT TO A
HOTEL ROOM AND ENGAGING IN SOME
SORT OF STORAGE SYSTEM.
AND I SENSE THAT IS KIND OF THE
OUTREACH DIRECTION THAT
AUTHORITY WANTS TO GO IN.
AND SO I JUST WONDER AS WE GO
FORWARD THE EXTENT TO WHICH
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE
HISTORICALLY.
IF SOMETHING GETS REMOVED AND
SOMEONE IS NOT IN THE
ENCAMPMENT SITE AND WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT STUFF IS
PROPERLY STORED AND NOT THROWN
AWAY.
I AM ENVISIONING I WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE BUILDING CITY
ASSETS AND THE DIVISION OF
LABORER AS WHAT WE AS A CITY
ARE DOING AND WHAT THE
AUTHORITIES ARE GOING TO BE
DOING.
AND THE BUILD OUT THAT WE HAVE
BEEN PRESENTED FOR 2022 SEEMS
TO ENVISION SIMILAR APPROACH IN
THE WORLD WHERE THE AUTHORITY
EXISTS.
THE DATA ANALYST POSITION I
THINK IS PROBABLY THAT
SOMETHING IS NOT AS NECESSARY
BECAUSE THE AUTHORITY WILL HAVE
A DATA ANALYST POSITION AND WE
ARE NOT CREATING REDUNDANCIES
BETWEEN THE HOPE OUTREACH AND
THE AUTHORITY OUTREACH AND I
DEFINITELY DON'T WANT A REGIME
TO HAVE COMPETING OUTREACH
TEAMS THAT HAVE COMPETING
PROPRIETARY SHELTER SYSTEMS AND
AS WE LEAN INTO THIS
RECONCILING CLEARLY DELINEATED
ROLES WILL BE CRITICAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE
SUFFICIENT ANSWERS RIGHT NOW
FROM THE AUTHORITY ON EXACTLY
HOW THEIR OUTREACH SYSTEM WILL
BE DEVELOPED AND IF WE GO BACK
TO THE ISSUE OF IDENTIFICATION
AND I WANT TO KEEP THIS UP HERE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES MAY HAVE
QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO THIS AND
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK THERE.
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COME
BACK TO ME -- I WILL JUST DO IT
NOW IF WE ARE GOING BACK AND
CUEING IT UP.
I DON'T FEEL THAT I CAN ANSWER
THIS.
DEFINITELY NOT SEE BUT I DON'T
REALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
COMBINATION OF A AND B WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME
BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
OUTREACH REGIME WILL LOOK LIKE
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE DESIGNING A WHOLE TEAM
THAT COMPLIMENTS OR WHATEVER SA
SUCCESSOR FUNCTION THAT
COMPLIMENTS THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
OUTREACH PROGRAM AND NOT MAKING
THIS AN ISOLATION IN A WAY TO
CHAFF UP TO THOSE
RESPONSIBILITIES.
THAT CAN BE WASTEFUL REDUNDANCE
AND PROBLEMATIC.
>> I CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THIS.
I THINK HIGHLIGHTING A
COUNCILMEMBER THAT IS KIND OF A
POLICY DECISION.
BUT WHAT IS MOVING CURRENTLY TO
THE AUTHORITY OBVIOUSLY NOTHING
IS DONE UNTIL THE COUNCIL
ENACTS THE BUDGET IS THAT ONLY
THE CONTRACTS WOULD BE MOVING
THAT ARE TO THE CONTRACT
AGENCIES WOULD BE MOVING TO THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY AND AS I WAS
SAYING EARLIER MAYBE THERE IS A
CITYWIDE CERTAIN TYPE OF
POPULATION AS IS OFTEN THE CASE
AND THEY HAD A SIMILAR ROLE AND
THE -- WAS THE WORK DONE BY THE
SYSTEM NAVIGATORS INITIALLY
THROUGH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
AND HSD DID PROPOSE HAVING THAT
DAY OF REMOVAL KIND OF WORK TO
MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE IS STILL
THERE ON THE DAY THAT CLEAN-UP
ARRIVES AND SOMEONE WOULD BE
THERE FROM AN OUTREACH AGENCY.
AND THE AGENCY WAS CLEAR THEY
WERE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT
WORK AND THEY INDICATED THAT
WOULD UNDERMINE THEIR AUTHORITY
TO ENGAGE WITH THE ENCAMPMENTS
THAT WERE PRIORITIZED FOR
REMOVAL AND, THEREFORE, WE
WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE SYSTEM
NAVIGATORS SERVING AS THE
PRIMARY GROUP THERE THAT IS ON
THE DAY OF THE REMOVAL OR TO
THE DEGREE THAT YOU HAVE A FEW
DAYS LIKE THREE DAYS TO TWO
WEEKS IN THIS OF A POSTING
NEARBY AND TO THE INDIVIDUALS
DOING THE COORDINATION TO LEARN
WHO HAS BEEN TALKED TO IN THE
ENCAMPMENTS AND A PERSON LIVING
THERE AND THE NEEDS AND THE
TYPE OF SHELTERS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT AND WITH THAT PART OF
THE CITY AND WHERE IT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE AT AND THE BEST
LOCATION WITH PARKS AND WITH
HSD AND THE AUTHORITY AND SOME
COMPONENTS.
I DON'T KNOW I CAN PRESENT ETCH
ANSWER FOR THAT BUT THERE IS A
CLEAR ROLE THAT IS DELINEATED
FROM WHAT OUR GENERAL CONTRACT
AGENCIES ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND I HOPE THAT IS HELPFUL TO
UNDERSTAND THAT.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> I GUESS WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE -- I DO UNDERSTAND THE
IDEA HERE THAT UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES WILL KCHRA WILL
BE IN THE REMOVAL BUSINESS OR
THE CONTRACTS PARTICIPATE IN
THE REMOVAL BUSINESS.
THAT ACE COMPLETELY.
MY CONCERN IS SITUATIONS WHERE
LIKE A FACT PATTERN THAT COULD
COME UP WHERE -- THAT I THINK
IS PRETTY EASY TO ENVISION.
I DON'T THINK IT IS FAR-FETCHED
WHERE THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
CONTACTED PROVIDERS AT THE SITE
AND THERE IS A LOT OF DEMAND
FOR THE SITE TO BE REMOVED AND
CREATING A LOT OF POLITICAL
PRESSURE AND IT GETS TO A POINT
THAT THE AUTHORITY THAT
CONTROLS THE HOPE TEAM,
WHATEVER IT IS, PARKS, S DOT,
WHATEVER IT IS, KIND OF LOSES
PATIENCE FOR THE OUTREACH AND
DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE THEM TIME
AND DECIDES TO POST AND DO A
REMOVAL, RIGHT?
AND AT THAT POINT IT SOUNDS
LIKE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS CASEY
RHAS OUTREACH CONTRACTORS WOULD
NO LONGER BE INVOLVED BECAUSE
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED
IN SWEEPS AND NO LONGER
REQUIRED TO BE CONTRACTUALLY
BECAUSE OF THE NEW ADDITION OF
LABOR BUT THE SYSTEM NAVIGATOR
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS
SUCCESSOR HOPE TEAM AND THEY
WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING THAT
IS KIND OF LIKE OUTREACH AND
THE POSTING FOR LACK OF A
BETTER TERM ENVIRONMENT OF THE
SITE.
MY CONCERN IS A WORLD WHERE
WHATEVER THE SUCCESSOR HOPE
TEAM IS JUST GOES AROUND AND
POSTS ON A PRETTY MUCH FREQUENT
BASIS AND TURFS OUT THE KHR
PEOPLE SO THE OUTREACH STOPS
AND WE ARE BACK TO BEING IN THE
SAME ASSOCIATE OF SWEEPING
DRIVEN REGIME.
I AM CONJURING UP WHERE I AM
SEEING THE SYSTEMS HAVING
TROUBLE INTERACTING
POTENTIALLY.
MAYBE THAT WORLD WOULDN'T
HAPPEN.
MAYBE IN THE IDEAL WORLD WHAT I
THINK WOULD BE BEST WOULD BE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY GIVEN
THE TIME AND THE SPACE AND THE
SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO DO
COMPREHENSIVE OUTREACH AND A
PERSON CENTERED PLAN FOR
EVERYBODY IN SIGHT.
YOU KNOW DO LIKE A JUST CARE
STYLE MOVING DAY WHERE
EVERYBODY MOVES AT ONCE TO GO
INTO SHELTERING OR HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN IT GETS
FLAGGED FOR A POSTING TO REMOVE
DEBRIS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE
GONE.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT IS LEFT
IS THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE
DETERMINED THAT WERE CAMPING
THERE ARE DEBRIS TO BE REMOVED
FROM THE CITY.
THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A WHOLE
TEAM THAT IS DESIGNED FOR THAT
KIND OF FUNCTION.
THAT IS THE ISSUE I'M TRYING TO
GET THROUGH.
AND THE PLACE WHERE I'M SEEING
THE DIAGRAM OVERLAPPING WITH
THE AUTHORITY POTENTIALLY
BECOMING PROBLEMATIC AND
CREATING REDUNDANCIES.
DOES THAT PROVIDE MORE
CLARIFICATION ON LIKE IS IT
JUSTIFIED AND ARE THERE THINGS
TO DO TO LEGISLATE AROUND THAT?
>> I THINK YOUR PRECISELY
DESCRIBING HOW THE PROCESS
WORKS RIGHT NOW.
THE HOPE TEAM DOESN'T DO THE
POSTING ITSELF RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS HANDLED BY PARKS,
REALLY PARK STAFF.
THEY DO THAT ON BEHALF OF S
DOT.
THAT IS WHAT THE FEEL
COORDINATOR, IT HAS BEEN MONTHS
SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BUT
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FIELD
COORDINATOR DOES AND ASSESS THE
SITE AND DETERMINE A PRIORITY
FOR REMOVAL AND PUT THAT NOTICE
OF REMOVAL UP AND TAKE A PHOTO
AND MAKE SURE IT GETS
DOCUMENTED AND SO ALL OF THOSE
FUNCTIONS ARE NOT HAPPENING
EVEN WITH THE EXISTING TEAM AND
ARE NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING
THAT THE FUTURE HOPE TEAM WOULD
TAKE ON.
AND INSTEAD THE EXISTING HOPE
TEAM IN THE FUTURE WOULD
LARGELY SERVE THE SAME ROLL
THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW THAT I
DESCRIBED AND HOPEFULLY TO SOME
DEGREE WITH CLARITY AND PRETTY
CONVOLUTED BODY OF WORK.
THAT THERE IS A LOT OF OVERLAP
AND IT IS CONFUSING AT TIMES.
THE APPROACH RIGHT NOW IS THAT
PARKS ARE S DOT OR WHOEVER
IDENTIFIED IT.
THERE IS THE PRIORITY FOR
REMOVAL.
THAT POSTING IS PUT UP AND
THINGS CHANGED AND THE MODEL
YOU ARE DESCRIBING THAT A PLACE
IS IDENTIFIED AS REMOVAL AND
INTENTION NOT TO POST THAT
REMOVAL NOTICE AND TO HAVE A
FOCUS ALL COLLAPSE UPON THAT
LOCATION AND MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE MOVED OUT OF THAT
LOCATION AND THAT WORK AND
SIGNAL IS COMPLETE BY CONTRACT
PROVIDERS AND THEN THE TEAM
COMES IN AND DOES THE CLEAN
THAT, WOULD CERTAINLY BE A
CHANGE IN THE STAGING OF HOW WE
DO OUR PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE DEGREE TO
WHICH THE LEGISLATION COULD
ACCOMPLISH THIS AND I THINK IT
WOULD BE STAND ALONE
LEGISLATION TO DO THAT APPROACH
AND SOMETHING THAT EXISTS
CURRENTLY AS ADMINISTRATIVE
ROLE.
THERE'S NO REASON THAT CAN'T BE
ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL TO HAVE
STAGING AND PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT FOR ME, JEFF.
I WANT A SIGNAL ALMOST LIKE AN
OPTION D. I THINK WE NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH
PLANS AND I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD
THE RESIDUAL CITY RESPONSE IS
AROUND HOW KING COUNTY REGIONAL
AUTHORITY WILL OPERATIONIZE
THEIR OUTREACH AND DESIGN IT IN
SUCH A WAY THAT WE INCENTIVIZE
COLLABORATIVE AND RESULTS AR
ORIENTED COLLABORATION THAT
MINIMIZES DISPLACE MANY AND
ELIMINATES DISPLACE MANY AND I
DON'T WANT A SYSTEM WHERE WE
ARE CONTINUING TO GO TO ONE
CAMPING LOCATION AND DISPLACES
PEOPLE IN ANOTHER PLACE AND
CREATES NEW PROBLEMS FOR ONE
COMMUNITY AND WHILE AT THE SAME
TIME NOT DOING THINGS FOR
PEOPLE UNHOUSED.
I THINK WE HAVE A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WITH THE
RESOURCES COMING ONLINE AND THE
NEW ENERGY FROM THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
I WANT TO FLAG THAT WE DON'T
TALK ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY BUT
ONE OF THE ISSUES WHY IT IS
HARDER TO STAY IN SHELTERS
THERE ARE PROVIDERS THAT WON
SET UP A RESOURCE IF THE
REFERRALS ARE COMING FROM
SOMETHING THAT THEY DEEM TO BE
A SWEEP.
I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF SHELTER
PROVIDER CAPACITY ISSUES AND
PART OF THIS IS I HAVE HAD THE
CONVERSATIONS AND I WON'T SAY
WHO THEY ARE PUBLICLY WITH
PROVIDERS WHERE WE TAKE SWEEP
REFERRALS AND RESPOND TO RFUS.
THIS STRUCK AT ME AS STRUCTURAL
ISSUE THAT MAKES IT HARDER TO
STAND UP TO CAPACITY AND HAVE A
POLICY THAT MINIMIZES DISPLACE
MANY AND I DON'T WANT TO, WHEN
WE ARE DECIDING WHERE TO
ALLOCATE LIMITED RESOURCES AND
ABOUT TO DISCUSS OTHER RESOURCE
ADS.
I WANT TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING
THAT IS NOT CREATING
REDUNDANCIES AND WE ARE
CREATING THINGS TO GET PEOPLE
OFF OF THE STREETS AND INSIDE
AND IN SO DOING REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF ENCAMPMENTS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
WELL SIDE AND DID I HEAR
SOMEBODY ELSE?
TRACI DID I INTERRUPT YOU?
>> NO.
>> WELL SAID.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ANYTHING
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN TERMS
OF QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE
POINT AND MAYBE PUT A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT COMMENT ON WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS MADE.
IT WAS TRUE THAT PROVIDERS
DON'T WANT TO TAKE REFERRALS
FROM THE CITY AND NAVIGATION
AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE A
NAVIGATION TEAM AND THE CITY'S
CLEANING CREWS MAKING REFERRALS
TO SERVICES IS A COMPLETELY
INAPPROPRIATE ROLL.
THE REASON WE SET UP THE HOPE
TEAM IS THAT THERE WOULD BE A
RELATIONSHIP THERE WITH
PROVIDERS AND THAT PROVIDERS
WOULD BE MAKING REFERRALS FOR
FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND I THINK THIS
IDEA OF REPLACING THE WORK THAT
NAVIGATION TEAM HAD BEEN DOING
IS JUST FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED
AND SAY RIGHT NOW WE SHOULD BE
ADVOCATING FOR OPTION AAND WE
DON'T FUND THOSE POSITIONS
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK
TO DO TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE
THIS A MORE COMPASSIONATE
SYSTEM THAN WHAT EXISTS RIGHT
NOW.
AND I DO AGREE THAT WE PROBABLY
NEED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT WHAT THE OUTREACH PLAN IS
FROM THE AUTHORITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW THAT ON THE SLIDE IT
SAYS ISSUE IDENTIFICATION AND
WE HAVE FOUR ISSUES TO IDENTIFY
HERE.
SLIDES.
CARRIED OUT TO SHOW THE ISSUE
AND THE POSSIBLE OPTIONS.
WE HAVE THREE MORE ISSUES TO GO
THROUGH AND I DID WANT TO ASK A
QUICK QUESTION RELATED TO THE
ROLE OF THE OUTREACH PROVIDERS
SPECIFICALLY THAT WE HAVE
CULTIVATED WITH READ AND REACH.
I DIDN'T GET TO ASK THIS AT THE
BEGINNING.
THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET.
6.1 MILLION FOR LEAD FOR
EXAMPLE, AND YOU DON'T SEE THAT
IN THE 2022 BUDGET.
IT SHOWS NOTHING.
REMIND ME BECAUSE IT IS DOLLARS
GOING TO KING COUNTY AS WE HAD
HOPED THAT JUST CARE PROGRAM
AND WHERE IS THAT PARTNERSHIP
AND INVESTMENTS WITH LEAD AND
REACH?
AND THE 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET AS
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR?
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ] IT IS
BEING TRANSFERRED TO -- THERE
MAY BE LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN
ACRONYM.
THAT IS BEING MOVED TO THE SAFE
AND STABLE COMMUNITIES DIVISION
IN HSD.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE
TRANSFERS FOR THE PRESENTATION
AND THAT YOU DON'T SEE IT
LISTED HERE IN HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES AND THAT HAPPENS TO BE
A DIVISION PLACED PREVIOUSLY
AND IN TERMS OF AS YOU PROBABLY
NOTE THE JUST CARE APPROACH IS
DIFFERENT AND IN A LOT OF WAYS
FROM WHAT LEAD IS.
AND IT HAPPENS TO BE SPARE
HIDED BY THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
ASSOCIATION THAT IS RENAMING
AND I CAN'T THINK WHAT PDA IS
BRANDED AS.
AND THAT -- SO THE COUNCIL HAS
PROVIDED FUNDS IN TWO DIFFERENT
WAYS FOR THAT PROGRAM AND ONE
OF WHICH IS TO START SERVICES
AND IT HAS COME ONLINE FOR 89
BEDS AND WHOLLY CITY FUNDED AND
THOSE BEDS WILL COME OFF LINES
AND I BELIEVE IN JUNE OF 20 AND
22 AND THEN SEPARATELY THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN PROVIDES 7-
AND-A-HALF MILLION TO COMBINE
WITH THE COUNTY FOR JUST CARE
AND THIS WAS 150 BED ALLOTMENT.
THE COUNTY WAS FUND THAT
CONTRACT AND SEEKING OUR
COLLABORATION AND THAT AWARD
HAD BEEN MADE AND MADE THAT
AWARD TO PDA AND PARTNERS AND
COLLABORATION WITH IN COMING
REFERRAL SERVICES AND SO JUST
CARE RECEIVES THE FUND AND
CONTINUED TO OPERATE AND
EXPECTED TO HALT SERVICES IN
JUNE OF 2022 AS WELL I BELIEVE.
AND ON JUNE 30th AND WHAT HAS
HAPPENED SO FAR YOU WON'T SEE
ANY DRAW DOWN ON THE FUNDS AND
THE REPORT THAT YOU REFER TO
THAT YOU RECEIVED THIS MORNING
ON SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN FUNDS.
THOSE FUNDS ARE ENCUMBERED.
THERE IS A CONTRACT IN PLACE
AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THE
COUNTY FUNDS ARE WHAT WE WERE
DRAWING DOWN FIRST FOR THE
FIRST SIX MONTHS AND FROM
JANUARY 1st TO JUNE 30th NEXT
YEAR IS WHEN WE ARE GOING TO
DRAW DOWN THE HSD FUND.
>> THANKS.
I DID SEE A REFERENCE TO THE
SHELTER PROGRAM THAT THE HOTEL
WAS EXPECTED TO SEIZE
EXPECTATIONS FIRST AND REDUCING
TEMPORARY CAPACITY FOR 197
UNITS AND THE CITY WILL SUPPORT
THE 150 BEDS THROUGH JUST
CARES.
>> EXACTLY, YES.
AND THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
NUANCE BECAUSE WHAT THAT CHART
IS SHOWING SHELTER CAPACITY AND
NOT SHOWING COUNTY FUNDED
CAPACITY.
AND SO SINCE OUR DOLLARS ARE
NOT TAKING EFFECT FOR THE JUST
CARE 150 BEDS THAT KING COUNTY
HAD BEEN OPERATING.
THAT IS HOW THAT DISPLAY IS
COMING ON AND BEING ADDED TO
THE ACTUAL CHARGE OF MARCH 2022
AND JANUARY 1st AND POINTS IN
TIMES WHAT IS ONLINE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
ISSUE -- EXCUSE ME
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION?
THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA AND
JEFF SIMS AND FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS AND JUST WANTED TO SUPPORT
THE REMARKS OF THE HOMELESSNESS
CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS IN
TERMS OF GETTING MORE
INFORMATION.
I THINK IF WE GO BACK TO THE
SLIDE SHOWING THE CHART WITH
THE POSITIONS I THINK WHAT IS
INTERESTING IS THAT AT THE
BOTTOM WHERE IT TOTAL TOTALS
THE POSITIONS THERE WERE 46
POSITIONS THAT DROPS DOWN TO 23
AND IT SEEMS THAT WHAT THE
MAYOR IS -- MAYOR'S BUDGET IS
PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN THE HOPE
TYPE STRUCTURE BUT TO ADD A FEW
POSITIONS AND I THINK WE DO
NEED MORE INFORMATION ON HOW IT
WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
I SUPPORTED THE NAVIGATION TEAM
AND DID NOT WANT IT TO BE
DISBANDED AND I WANTED THE HOPE
TEAM TO WORK AND THEY ARE JUST
ASKING FOR A FEW MORE POSITIONS
HERE.
AND TO MAKE IT WORK AND THERE
MAY BE A TIMING ISSUE AND AS WE
KNOW THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY ARE STAFFING UP AND
PUTTING FORTH PLANS AND TIMING
WHEN THE CONTRACTS TRANSFERRED
OVER AND LET NEW CONTRACTS AND
SO MAYBE THIS -- WHAT -- MIGHT
MAKE SENSE IN 2022.
I WILL RESERVE JUDGMENT ON THIS
UNTIL WE GET MORE INFORMATION
AND JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A
LITTLE BIT OF MORE PERSPECTIVE
ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I KNOW --
I AM SEEING A LOT OF
UNAUTHORIZED ENCAMPMENTS AND A
DESIRE TO ENGAGE AND TO GET
PEOPLE INSIDE COVERING A LINE
FROM COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'
SUPPORT TO INVENTORYING THOSE
UNITS AND TO SEE THE CITY
HOUSING TO GET PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
SO WE ARE RUNNING ON ALL
CLINDERS HERE AND JUST MIGHT
BE A TRANSITION PERIOD.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> I JUST WANT TO -- I WAS
GOING TO RAISE THIS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
BUT JUST DIDN'T -- WASN'T SURE
IT WAS APPROPRIATE.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY DID NOT DO
ANYTHING ABOUT THE CONTRACTS
THAT WILL BE INHERITED FROM HFY
IN 2022.
SO AS THINGS OPERATE NOW WITH
OUTREACH IS HOW IT WILL OPERATE
FOR THE DURATION OF 2022 AND
HOW THEY WILL CHANGE THE
OUTREACH SERVICES THE CURRENT
PLAN THAT IS ARTICULATED IN THE
SPRING OF 2022 TO ISSUE A NEW
RFP THAT WOULD REDESIGN SOME
PROGRAMS AND LET'S ASSUME THE
HOMELESSNESS OUT REACH WOULD
HAVE SERVICES THAT WE COULDN'T
GUESS AT THIS POINT AND IF
THERE IS ANY DEGREE OF SERVICES
AND GO THROUGH A CONTRACTING
PROCESS ON JANUARY 1st OF 2023
IS WHEN YOU WOULD SEE A CHANGE
IN HOW THE AUTHORITIES ARE
OPERATING OUTREACH SERVICES.
IN THE INTERIM.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I MADE IT
CLEAR ENOUGH BECAUSE I WAS
OFTEN -- IN THE INTERIM OTHER
THAN THE AGENCY THAT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTRACTS
THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY CHANGE
TO HOW THOSE PROVIDERS ARE
EXPECTED TO OPERATE AND ALSO
THERE IS NOT AN EXPANSION OF
THE HOPE TEAM.
NONE OF THESE POSITIONS WOULD
BE DEFINED AS PART OF THE HOPE
TEAM.
úI KNOW THAT DURING A MEETING
LAST WEEK THAT MAYOR WASHINGTON
TALK ABOUT SPREADING OUT THE
HOPE TEAM AND GOT CLARIFICATION
THAT INTENTION, YOU COULD CALL
IT LENDING, I THINK THAT SHE
USED THAT WORD.
LOANING STAFF AND GOT INTO --
IT GETS TECHNICAL IN TERMS OF
THAT AND ULTIMATELY THAT WOULD
BE CONTINUE TO BE HSD EMPLOYEES
WORKING IN SOME KIND OF A
MANAGEMENT AND MULTIPLE LIKE
LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND
DECISION MAKING TO WIT THE PARK
STAFF AS WELL AND THE ACTUAL
HOPE HOPE TEAM WOULD NOT BE
CHANGED TO OR ADDED AND ONLY
ADDITIONS IN PARKS THAT BE
WOULD BE OCCURRING.
>> THE FOLLOWING QUESTION.
OKAY.
GREAT CLARIFICATION.
THANKS FOR SHARING THAT, JEFF
WITH EVERYONE.
AND NOT ONLY IS IT THAT THEY
WOULD -- THEY BEING THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
WOULD HONOR THE 2022 CONTRACTS,
I BELIEVE I SAW THAT THERE WAS
ALSO INTEREST IN A COMMITMENT
FOR THE 2022 CONTRACTS AND ANY
STIPULATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL
HAS AROUND THOSE CONTRACTS THAT
WE CAN ENSURE CONTINUITIES OF
SERVICE IN 2022 AND NOT AS IN
THE -- I THOUGHT MANY OF YOU
ARE AND THAT WAS A GOOD SIGNAL
OF TRYING TO ENSURE TRANSITION
AND STABILITY FOR THOSE
CONTRACTS AND AS COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS STARTED WITH, WE RECEIVE
CALLS ABOUT THIS EVERY DAY AND
WE SEE THE TRAUMA THAT SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING
OURSELVES ON A DAILY BASIS AND
WE WANT THERE TO BE CONTINUITY
FOR THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND
SOLUTIONS AND I APPRECIATE
THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO
CONTRACTS IN 2022 AND ANY
ADDITIONAL STIPULATIONS THAT
COUNCIL MAY HAVE RELATED TO
SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS AND/OR
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AS WELL.
AND A GOOD THING FOR US IN 2022
AS WE THINK ABOUT STABILITY.
SO THAT WAS A GOOD NOTE TO
RECEIVE.
OKAY.
LET'S MOVE TO ISSUE NUMBER TWO
OF FOUR.
NEED TO KEEP GOING.
ONE MORE SLIDE PLEASE.
HERE WE GO.
YES.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER
OF PAGES AND THAT WASN'T THE
WAY TO HANDLE IT.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> THIS NEXT ISSUE COMBINES
ULTIMATELY A REQUEST FROM THE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY TO ADD
SOME FUND TO THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET AND I WILL TALK
ABOUT TWO PROGRAMMATIC OR
SERVICE ADS AND THE NEXT ONE I
WILL GO INTO MORE
ADMINISTRATIVE ONES.
THE LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS
AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
AND GOVERNS THE AUTHORITY AND
ENVISIONS A SCENARIO WHERE
PROCESS WHERE THE AUTHORITY
WILL DEVELOP IN THE SPRINGTIME
AND A BUDGET SUBMISSION AND GO
TO THE TWO BOARDS AND UNBIASED
EFFORTS AND FOR ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND BOTH OF WHOM
GIVING APPROVAL TO THAT
SUBMISSION AND THEN IT GETS
TRANSMIT TO THE CITY AND COUNTY
FOR INCORPORATION TO THE BUDGET
PROCESSES THAT WE NORMALLY GO
THROUGH.
SO THAT IDEALLY IT GETS DOWN TO
WHAT THE MAYOR PROPOSES AND THE
COUNCIL AND SEES IT AS BEING
WELL PREPARED AND GETS PASTED
THIS PART OF THE LARGER BUDGET
PASSAGE.
AS I BELIEVE EVERYONE IS AWARE
THAT WASN'T REALISTIC FOR 2021.
THERE WERE NOT STAFF AT THE
ORIGINAL AUTHORITY EXCEPT FOR
SOME THAT DID NOT COME ON BOARD
UNTIL THAT BUDGET WOULD HAVE
HAD TO BE SUBMITTED.
FOR THAT REASON THAT IS WHY THE
COUNCIL IS SUBMITTED TO THEM
NOW AS POTENTIAL NEW SERVICES
AND NEW ASKS FOR ADDITIONS.
THE FIRST OF THOSE, IT IS A
ACUITY SHELTER.
THE SUM EXISTING SPACE WOULD BE
LEASED SIMILAR TO HOW THE SOTO
SHELTER THAT IS BEING OPERATED
BY SALVATION ARMY WORKED AND
IMAGINE PEOPLE HAVE DONE SIMPLE
MATH AND NOTED FOR 150 BEDS
THIS WOULD BE EXPENSIVE
INNOVATION AND THE REASON WHEN
WE CALL THIS A HIGH ACUITY
SHELTER IT IS TRULY THAT.
IT WOULD EXCEED GREATLY NOT
ONLY THE SERVICES THAT WE
TYPICALLY OFFER IN OUR SHELTERS
BUT IN SOME WAYS WHAT WE OFFER
FOR HOUSING.
AND YOU WOULD HAVE FOR EXAMPLE,
PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS
AND A DOCTOR AND MULTIPLE
NURSES AND IT IS INTENDED TO BE
PEOPLE THAT ARE TRULY IN
CRISIS.
AND THE PARALLEL THAT I WOULD
SAY THAT THIS SHOULD MORE BE
COMPARED TO WHAT WE TYPICALLY
OPERATE IS THE CRISIS SOLUTION
CENTER AND WHICH IS A PROGRAM
THAT WHERE IT CAN BE A 72 HOUR
STABILIZATION PERIOD FOR PEOPLE
IN CRISIS AND THEY CAN
STABILIZE AND UP TO THAT UP TO
A 14-DAY ADDITIONAL STAY FOR
PEOPLE THAT WOULD HAVE HAD TO
EXIT THE HOMELESSNESS AND VERY
TIME PERMITTED AND INTENSE IN
SERVICES.
IT IS FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE
TRULY IN CRISIS AND THAT IS THE
FIRST ONE AND THE SECOND STREET
REQUEST IS FOR A NAVIGATOR
NETWORK.
SEVEN-AND-A-HALF MILLION
DOLLARS FOR A 69 PERSON
NETWORK.
THE DIFFERENCE FROM A PURE
NAVIGATOR AND WHEN WE ARE
CORRESPONDLY USED TO DEALING TO
A CASE MANAGEMENT IS THAT A
CASE MANAGE WORKS WITH YOU IN A
PROGRAM.
AT THE SHELTER THE CASE MANAGER
WORKS WITH YOU.
WHEN YOU LEAVE THE SHELTER YOU
GET A NEW CASE MANAGER AND SO
ON AND SO FORTH.
THE VISION WITH THE PURE
NAVIGATOR NETWORK WHEN YOU
ENTER THE SHELTER POTENTIALLY
DEPENDING ON WHO IS ASSIGNED
YOU WOULD BE ASSIGNED THIS PURE
NAVIGATOR AND THEY ARE YOUR
MENTOR AND YOUR ADVOCATE AND
YOUR SOUNDINGBOARD AND SOMEONE
THAT HAS WALKED THROUGH THIS
BEFORE AND STAY WITH THAT
INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY ARE
ASSIGNED TO ALL THE WAY THEY
ARE PLACED INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING OR IDENTIFIED FROM THAT
HOUSE OG THEIR OWN AND AT THAT
POINT IN TIME YOU WOULDN'T
NECESSARILY REMOVE THE PERSON
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO
BUT AS WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED
IN OTHER TIMES YOUR NEED FOR
SERVICES DROPS OFF FOR THE MOST
PART AND REPLACE AND FIND A NEW
SOMETHING FOR THAT.
THERE IS A MENTOR TO MEANTEE
ADVOCATE TO CLIENTS AND PAIRING
AND INITIALLY THE 69 PERSON
TEAM IS -- THIS IS ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT I NOTED THE
DOWNTOWN PLAN.
THIS WOULD BE A KEY ASPECT AND
SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS MOVE INTO THOSE
OFFERINGS TO BE UPDATED AND THE
LAST THING I WILL SAY ABOUT
THIS THE $7.6 MILLION IS
PRESENTED AS A ONE-TIME FUNDING
REQUEST AND THERE WAS THE
INTENTION TO PURSUE THE
DEVELOPMENT AND THE BILLING
STRUCTURES AND SETUPS SO THAT
CAN BE A MEDICAID BILL SERVICE
AND THERE IS SOME MONEY THAT
WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN AND THAT'S
THE REASON THE AUTHORITY WANT
TO TO DIRECTLY MANAGE THIS
PROGRAM AND SO THAT PROCESS
NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED AND
MEDICAID REVERSIBLE.
AND I THINK I FAILED TO MENTION
THAT HIGH ACUITY SHELTER THAT
APPEARED IN THE PLAN THAT I
PRESENTED EARLIER.
WITH THAT I WILL STOP IF ANYONE
HAS QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD GO AHEAD.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
HIGH ACUITY SHELTER BEING
QUESTIONED BY THE REGIONAL
HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND THERE WAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SUMMIT AND THE NUMBER OF US
PARTICIPATED IN BOTH FROM CITY
OF SEATTLE GOVERNMENT AS WELL
AS KING COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND A
COUPLE DOZEN RIDERS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT
OF THAT SUMMIT IS TO EXPAND AND
REGIONAL CRISIS STABILIZATION
CENTER CAPACITY BY OPENING
VOLUNTARILY CRISIS DIVERSION
AND STABILIZATION CENTERS AND
AVAILABLE AT FACILITIES AND PRO
POTIONED AS JOINT CITY COUNTY
INVESTMENT.
AND THIS PROPOSAL REFERS TO THE
FACT UNDER TRUE BLOOD THE STATE
AND COUNTY ARE ALREADY WORKING
TO BUILD TWO INVOLLEN STAIR
STABILIZATION CENTERS AND THIS
WOULD BE A VOLUNTARY FACILITY
AND RECEIVE REFERRALS FROM
FOLKS THAT ARE FIRST RESPONDERS
AND POLICE, FIRE AND EMTS AND
HOSPITALS AND TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT -- IT HAS BEEN COMPARED TO
THE CRISIS SOLUTION CENTER.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME
PROPOSAL HERE?
>> YOUR EXACTLY ON TO PINPOINT
THE OVERLAP AND NOT QUITE
EXACTLY AND RISING
CONVERSATIONS WITH WHAT YOU
JUST DISCUSSED ARISING OUT OF
THE SUMMIT AS RECOMMENDATION
AND THE HIGH ACUITY SHELTER AND
THE MEMO THAT THE EXIT PLAN IS
NOT FIRMLY DETERMINED AT THIS
POINT WHERE AS THE -- THERE IS
A CAP AS LONG YOU CAN BE THERE
AND MY UNDERSTANDING THERE
WOULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR AND
THE TERMINOLOGY THAT I RECEIVED
THE MATERIAL ON DESCRIBES IT AS
RESPID AND NOT SOMETHING THAT
YOU WOULD STAYING IN FOR A YEAR
OR SIX MONTHS.
AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE WHERE
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
AND IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES I
THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
SAME THING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
YOU KNOW I THINK THAT THIS
REALLY CUES UP WHAT WE
FREQUENTLY HEAR FROM A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN
GENERAL TERMS.
ABOUT WHAT THEIR VISION IS FOR
OUR RESPONSE TO PEOPLE WITH
VERY SEVERE CRISIS THAT CLEARLY
NEED SOME KIND OF REALLY
RESOURCED ASSISTANCE AND WE
CAN'T PROVIDE IT.
AND THIS OFFERS A REALLY STARK
REMINDER OF HOW MUCH THAT COST.
AND I THINK IT OFFERS A REALLY
STARK REMINDER THAT INTENSIVE
CARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SUBSTANCE
ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND
THIS IS AN ASSET THAT IS
ENVISIONED BY THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL AUTHORITY THAT THEY
ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT
IMPLEMENTING AND THAT THEY HAVE
A PLAN THAT IS DESIGNED TO MEET
THE NEED AND ACROSS THE
POLITICAL SPECTRUM THERE IS
WHAT WE NEED.
WE ARE SORT OF ON THE RECORD IN
PUBLIC.
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH
STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT WANTING
TO SEE BIGGER INVESTMENT IN THE
UNDERLYING PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES
ARE FEEDING INTO OUR
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
THIS IS WORKING WITH THE
AUTHORITY ON REALIZING WHAT
THAT IS AND THIS IS A HORRIBLE
REMINDER THAT IT IS NOT GOING
TO BE AN EASY LIFT NOR IS IT
CHEAP.
BUT IT IS NECESSARY.
AND I REALLY DO THINK THAT
REALIZE THE KIND OF -- THE KIND
OF REALITY ON THE STREET THAT
ALL OF US WANT TO SEE.
IT WILL REQUIRE AN INVESTMENT
OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND LIKELY
CONSIDERABLY MORE.
THIS IS A WAY TO DEMONSTRATE
THE EFFICACY OF THE STRATEGY
AND THE WAY TO GET THIS
RESOURCE GOING SO THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY HAS WHAT
THEY NEED TO DEMONSTRATE AND
SHOW THAT THIS NEW REGIONAL
APPROACH CAN REALLY DELIVER ON
WHAT WE NEED TO SEE.
SO YOU KNOW I DO THINK THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT
TO PURSUE THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET
PROCESS AND IT IS DEFINITELY A
BIG ASK FROM THE NEW REGIONAL
AUTHORITY IS SOMETHING THAT
THEY REALLY, REALLY THINK THAT
THEY COULD IMPLEMENT AND SHOW
STRONG VISIBLE RESULTS FROM.
SO YOU KNOW MY PRIORITY WOULD
BE TO GO FOR THE OPTION A AND
VISIT OPTION B AS NECESSITATED
AND I WANT TO WORK ON THE PEER
NAVIGATOR NETWORK TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE PUTTING IN STRONG
FEEDBACK FROM THE COALITION AND
I KNOW THEY HAVE EXPRESSED
EARLY FEEDBACK ON THE PURE
NAVIGATOR MODEL AND REALLY WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE
TO LEND THEIR EXPERTISE TO
SHAPE HOW THAT IS GOING TO
WORK.
AND SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO AS
WE GO FORWARD IN FUND THAT
REQUEST AND CONSULT CLOSELY
WITH THE COALITION AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE DESIGNING A
PROGRAM FIRMLY IN ALIGNMENT
WITH THEM.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO ADD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
OTHER COLLEAGUES.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZELEZ.
>> I WANT TO ECHO MY SUPPORT OF
THE SORT OF THE WAY TO PURSUE
THIS AT THIS JUNCTURE IN OUR
PROCESS.
AND A FULLY FUNDED PLAN WOULD
PROVIDE IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES TO KCHA TO ADDRESS
THE NEEDS OF CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS FOLKS LIVING OUTSIDE
AND SURVIVING OUTSIDE.
I DO WANT TO JUST FLAG THAT ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WILL NEED
MORE ANALYSIS IN THE COUNCIL'S
ONGOING EVALUATION OF HOW MUCH
WE FIND THESE PARTICULAR
PROPOSALS IN ADDITION TO
NEEDING TO CONSULT WITH THE
COALITION AROUND THE PURE
NAVIGATOR NETWORK AS PROPOSED
HERE IS THAT WE ARE STILL IN
NEED OF ADDRESSING A PLAN AND
SO IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
HIGH ACUITY SHELTER IT WOULD BE
I THINK HELPFUL AND WISE FOR US
TO GET UNDERSTANDING FROM OUR H
ASTAFF ON WHAT THEIR STRATEGY
IS GOING TO BE TO TRANSITION
PEOPLE OUT OF THAT HIGH ACUITY
SHELTER TO HOUSING AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE AS
JEFF MENTIONED IN HIS COMMENTS,
FOR THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY WE
COULD BE STANDING UP A NEW
PERMANENT SUPPORT HOUSING
PROJECT AND THOSE ARE THE I
THINK THE -- THOSE ARE POLICY
CHOICES THAT ARE BEFORE US AS
WE CONTINUE TO WRESTLE WITH THE
SCALE OF INVESTMENTS THAT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE IS WILLING TO
COMMIT TO FOR NEXT YEAR'S RHA
EFFORTS.
>> I HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS
THAT I AM HOPING THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO
UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT SPECIFIC
PEER NAVIGATOR PROGRAM.
I AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT WHAT
IT TAKES TO BECOME A CERTIFIED
PEER COUNSELOR AND THE PROCESS
TO THEN BE LICENSED WITH THAT
OFFICIAL TITLE TO ACTUALLY GET
REIMBURSED FOR MEDICAID.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF
CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HAD
ABOUT THIS AND ON THE ACUITY
SHELTER I AM INTERESTING TO
HEAR ABOUT OPERATORS IN THE
CITY AND THE FOLKS FROM THE
MODELS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD NOTED.
OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE BEEN THE
ONES THAT I HAVE BEEN MOST
CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THE
SCALING DOWN OF THEIR BEDS FROM
OVER FIVE HUNDRED TO NEAR ONE
HUNDRED NOW AND HOPEFULLY
SCALING UP TO 350 BEDS IN THE
CITY BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND
A DEFICIT OF 150 BEDS FROM DFC
AND INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM
COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE THAT
AND FOLKS AROUND THE DFC CRISIS
SOLUTION CENTER.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH
KING COUNTY.
AND I THINK THAT THERE WAS A
BIG EMPHASIS ON CREATING
ECONOMY TO SCALE AS WE
PARTNERED WITH KING COUNTY AND
HEARING MORE ABOUT HOW KING
COUNTY AND SEATTLE ARE
PARTNERING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THESE LATE ADS AND I
SAY LATE BECAUSE YOUR OUTLINE
INITIALLY IF EVERYTHING WERE ON
TIME AND IN TERMS OF THE
CREATION OF THE HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY AND WE DIDN'T HAVE
THE COVID AND ALL OF THE OTHER
HICCUPS WE WOULD HAVE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SPRING
TO INFLUENCE THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET AND INTERESTED
IN HEARING ABOUT THE COMMITTEE
AND THE IMPLEMENTATION
COMMITTEE AND THE LID
EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE HAS
COALESCE ABOUT THIS AS WELL AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR ABOUT
THOSE ELEMENTS AS WE GO TO THIS
PROPOSAL AND WHAT OTHERS HAVE
SAID WE NEED URGENT ACTION AND
AS WE HEAD TO WINTER TO SHOW
THERE IS A PLACE TO MOVE INTO
AND THAT IS THE GOAL HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THE LEASING AND THE
MODIFICATIONS OF THE FACILITY
RIGHT NOW AND NOTED THAT WE DO
NOT HAVE THE ACQUISITION OF THE
LOCATION FOR THE SERVICES YET.
IN THE MEMO.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO MAKE
SURE WE CAN HIT THE GROUND
RUNNING WITH THIS MAGNITUDE OF
EXISTING PARTNERS AND LIKE TO
SEE HOW WE DO THAT.
JEFF, LET ME KNOW IF WE NEED
CLARIFICATION ON SOME OF THOSE
QUESTIONS THAT I RATTLED OFF.
>> NO.
DID YOU WANT TO
.
>> THIS NEXT ITEM, I NOTED
ALREADY THE PROGRAM MATTIC OR
SERVICE REQUEST FROM THE
AUTHORITY.
THERE ALSO IS REQUEST FOR AN
ADDITIONAL $600,000 TO COVER A
SHORTFALL IN WHAT THEY
ANTICIPATE TO BE THE SHORTFALL
IN THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS,
AND THERE'S KIND OF TWO
DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT ARE AT
PLAY HERE.
SO ULTIMATELY THE QUESTION TO
THE COUNCIL WOULD BE TO FULLY
OR PARTIALLY ADDRESS SOME OF
THAT GAP, BUT ALSO BECAUSE SOME
OF THE FUNDING THAT IS PROPOSED
FOR THE AUTHORITY'S OWN
ADMINISTRATION IS A JUMP START
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX.
AS CURRENTLY FUNDED I DON'T
BELIEVE THAT WOULD FALL INTO THE
FUND, SO EITHER CARVE OUT THESE
JUMP START FUNDS AND FILL IT
WITH SOMETHING ELSE OR NOT
PROVIDE THE FUNDS, SOMETHING
ALONG THOSE LINES.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
ON THE LEFT, WHAT YOU SEE IS
JUST A CHART DETAILING THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS
PROPOSED IN THE 2022 BUDGET FOR
THE KCHRA FUNDING.
2.7 ACROSS OUR MORE TYPICAL
SOURCES, ESPECIALLY GENERAL
FUND.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS $1.1
MILLION IN ARPA.
I'LL GET TO IN THAT A MOMENT.
THEN THE 811,000 I MENTIONED
IN THE PAYROLL TAX FUNDS, FOR
$4.6 MILLION.
$4.6 MILLION IS ACTUALLY ABOUT
1.6 MORE THAN WHAT WAS
DISCUSSED AS THE AUTHORITY
PRESENTED TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION
BOARD AND ITS GOVERNING
COMMITTEE OVER THE SPRING AND
SUMMER.
HOW MUCH WAS ANTICIPATED WAS
COME TO FROM SEATTLE.
AT THAT POINT IT WAS NOTABLY
LESS MONEY COMING TO THEM.
SO THIS IS A HIGHER AMOUNT IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
AND ONE TBHOATABLE REASON FOR
THAT ADDITION IS THE ARPA
FUNDS, OR THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN FUNDS.
THAT $1.1 MILLION, THAT'S THE
PERMISSIBLE CARVE-OUT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS FROM
OVERALL WHAT ARPA HAS.
AT THE TIME WHEN THE STAFFING
PLAN WAS PREPARED OVER THE
SUMMER THE AUTHORITY WAS NOT
AWARE OF A VARIETY OF THINGS.
ONE OF THE MAJOR ONES BEING
THAT IT WOULD BE RECEIVING TENS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THESE
ARPA FUNDS TO ADMINISTER AN PUT
OUT CONTRACTS.
AND SO LOOKING AT THE STAFF,
WHICH I'M GOING TO GET TO IN A
MOMENT, AND OTHER EXPENSES, A
FAIR AMOUNT OF THOSE WOULD BE
RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION
OF SERVICES, AND THERE WOULD BE
MORE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE OF
MORE MONEY BEING GIVEN TO THEM,
AND, THEREFORE, CARVING THAT
OUT.
THE REQUEST FOR $600,000 WOULD
TAKE THE CITY'S TOTAL
CONTRIBUTION TO OVERALL STAFF
AND OVERHEAD AT THE AUTHORITY
TO $5.2 MILLION, AS YOU CAN SEE
ON THE CHART.
AND AFTER WORKING WITH HSD,
THAT BASICALLY CORRELATES WITH
THE AMOUNT THAT WAS SPEND IN
HSD TO MANAGE HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES IN HSD IN 2019 BEFORE
WE HAD THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY
OR THE PATH.
SO THERE IS SOME PARALLEL IN
THAT TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING
THAT'S BEING REQUESTED THERE.
SO NOW WE MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, OR, SORRY, THE NEXT
CHART ON THE RIGHT.
NOT THE NEXT SLIDE.
SORRY, PATTY.
THE CHART ON THE RIGHT THERE IS
SHOWING YOU THE TOTAL
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING.
SO NOT ONLY IS THE OVERALL
AMOUNT THAT SEATTLE IS
CONTRIBUTING GOING UP, FAIRLY
SUBSTANTIALLY, BY MORE THAN A
MILLION DOLLARS, THE OVERALL
AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE
AUTHORITY IS GETTING IS ALMOST
TWICE AS MUCH IN TERMS OF WHAT
IS BUDGETED FOR ADMINISTRATION
AND OVERHEAD.
AND A LARGE CHUNK OF THAT
EITHER COMES FROM SEATTLE
PUTTING IN MORE MONEY OR
CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING THAT
COMES THROUGH THE COUNTY, AND
THAT WOULD ALSO BE GOING TO ADD
TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF A LITTLE
BIT MORE THAN $10 MILLION IN
RESOURCES FOR THE AUTHORITY.
I'M BREAKING DOWN FOR YOU IN
THIS CHART, YOU CAN SEE OVER
THE SUMMER WHEN THE PLAN WAS
DEVELOPED, WITH A LOT OF THINGS
NOT KNOWN, NOT KNOWING THE
NUMBER OF CONTRACTS, NOT
KNOWING ABOUT ONE-TIME FEDERAL
DOLLARS, NOT KNOWING FINAL
AMOUNTS TO BE SENT FROM THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY, THE $5.1
MILLION WAS THE ANTICIPATED
TOTAL ADMINISTER AND OVERHEAD
AT THAT TIME.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF
$10.8 MILLION, AND YOU CAN SEE
THE BREAKDOWN THERE.
SOME KEY PIECES ACTUALLY REALLY
SUBSTANTIALLY OVERLAP WITH
THOSE CONTINUUM OF CARE
ADMINISTRATION DOLLARS, THE
LAST TWO ITEMS, SOFTWARE
CONTRACTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THE BASE STAFFING
IS ALMOST THE SAME.
THERE'S JUST ABOUT $1.1 MILLION
IN NEW STAFFING, SOME OF WHOM
ARE ANTICIPATED WHEN THE
STAFFING PLAN WAS SHOWN OVER
THE SUMMER WE WERE EXPLICITLY
TOLD TO ANTICIPATE THAT MORE
STAFF WELCOME BACK ADDED FOR AN
OMBUDS TO MAKE SURE THE VOICES
OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOKELESSNESS, THAT THAT WELCOME
BACK ADDED TO IF ANY ADDITIONAL
FUNDING WAS FOUND, AND ALSO IT
INCREASES STAFF FOR SUB
REGIONAL PLANNING, WHICH IS
ANOTHER -- BOTH THE OMBUDS AND
THE SUB REGIONAL PLANNING, TWO
NEW FUNCTIONS THAT THE
AUTHORITY IS LAUNCHING INTO
THAT HADN'T BEEN PREVIOUSLY
PERFORMED, NOT TO MENTION
ADMINISTERING ARPA FUNDS.
OVERALL THE DECISION BEFORE THE
COUNCIL IS NOT ONLY IS THE
AUTHORITY ASKING FOR $600,000
MORE TO CLOSE THE ESTIMATED GAP
BETWEEN WHAT IS GOING TO BE
THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND
WHAT THEY HAVE AS COMMITTED
RESOURCES FOR THAT, BUT ALSO
SOME OF THE FUNDING RIGHT NOW
IS COMING FROM JUMP STARTS,
ANOTHER $800,000, AND I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO FLAG THAT
ALTHOUGH THE ARPA MONEY HE IS
TO SOME DEGREE TO ADMINISTER
ARPA FUNDS, WE WOULD BE HIRING
STAFF WITH ONE-TIME FUNDS.
THOSE ARE IMPORTANT
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL.
AND WITH THAT I ALLEY TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEFF.
COLLEAGUES.
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THANK YOU.
>> HEY, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST
GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS,
JEFF, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF
THESE UNANTICIPATED THINGS THAT
HAVE COME UP AND THE WORLD HAS
JUST CHANGED SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY HAS BEEN A VERY BIG
INSTITUTIONAL VICTIM OF THE
COVID ERA IN TERMS OF KIND OF
COMING UP IN BEING IN AN ERA OF
TRANSITION AND ALSO AN ERA OF
CRISIS.
SO LIKE I GET IT.
I THINK MY ONGOING PRINCIPLE
HERE IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME
LEVEL OF EQUITY AND PARITY WITH
KING COUNTY IN HOW WE FUND A
LOT OF THE OPERATIONS AND
OVERHEAD OF THE AUTHORITY AND
MAYBE YOU CAN COMMENT ON THAT
ON KIND OF HOW THAT'S LOOKING
WITH THESE REQUESTS.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST
FLAG IS, I DO THINK CERTAIN
FUNCTIONS, LIKE HAVING AN
OMBUD, ARE INCREDIBLY CRITICAL,
I THINK ESPECIALLY AS A CITY
COUNCIL WHERE A BIG PART OF OUR
JOB IS OVERSIGHT AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EXECUTIVE
AGENCIES, MAKING SURE THAT
THERE IS AN OM BUD FUNCTION I
THINK IS JUST A GENERAL GOOD
GOVERNMENT PRINCIPLE,
ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA LIKE THIS
WHERE THERE HAS HISTORICALLY
BEEN SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS THAT
WANT TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF
MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK IN MAKING
SURE THAT THAT IS GOING TO A
PLACE AND SOMETHING IS
STRUCTURALLY HAPPENING TO
CREATE A LOOP TO DRIVE CHANGES.
I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT
FOR THAT OMBUD FUNCTION.
MAYBE YOU COULD COMMENT MORE
BROADLY ON THE EQUITY OF
FUNDING THESE OPERATIONS.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO I THINK THAT IT WAS CLEAR
FROM MY REMARKS, AND YOU CAN
SEE ON THE TABLE HOW SEATTLE'S
CONTRIBUTION IS ABOUT $1.6
MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE
THOUGHT LAST SUMMER.
THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION, AND
TO BE FAIR, THEY'RE NOT IN A
BUDGET CYCLE RIGHT NOW, BUT
THROUGH THE COC, ADMINISTRATIVE
DOLLARS ARE PUTTING ABOUT $1.8
MILLION MORE IN.
THAT'S WHY I WAS CAREFUL TO
NOTE THAT THE HMIS CONTRACT
ALONE, THAT'S THE MANAGEMENT
INFO SYSTEM WE USE FOR ALL OUR
SERVICES AND THE OTHER
OVERHEAD.
THERE'S A CLEAR PARALLEL THERE.
SEEMS TO ME IT ADDS MORE ABOUT
WHAT WOULD MOVE OVER AND WHAT
HAVE EMERGED.
OH, HERE'S MORE MONEY AND
HERE'S WHAT THAT GOES TOWARDS.
SO THERE'S NOT A SEPARATE ASK
FOR JUST GENERAL DOLLARS, AND
YOU ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE
INFORMATION AT THIS POINT -- I
SHOULD SAY I DON'T HAVE FINAL
INFORMATION ON KING COUNTY ARPA
FUNDS THAT WOULD BE GIVEN TO
THE AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS AT THIS
TIME, IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT THE
UNIT THAT THEY'RE ACQUIRING,
FOR EXAMPLE, WILL BE
IMMEDIATELY MOVED OVER TO THE
AUTHORITY.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EARLIER
WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
DOWNTOWN PLAN, I TALKED ABOUT
500 NEW UNITS, OR 500 NEW BEDS
THROUGH THEIR COVID MONEY, THEN
ALSO NINE NEW BUILDINGS WITH
THE HOUSING DOLLARS.
I DON'T BELIEVE AT THIS TIME
THAT ANY OF THOSE, THE
OPERATIONS FOR THOSE ARE MOVING
OVER.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S FINAL.
I COULD HAVE OUTDATED
INFORMATION AT THIS POINT.
BUT SOME OF WHAT IS BEING
PROVIDED BY THE CITY WOULD BE
ARPA MONEY CORRESPONDING WITH
ONE-TIME FUNDS.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THE
COUNTY IS NECESSARILY PUTTING
IN ONE-TIME FUNDS AND
ADMINISTERING STAFF.
I THINK THAT GENERALLY ANSWERS
YOUR QUESTION.
THE ONE LAST POINT I WOULD
MAYBE MAKE, THE AUTHORITY IS
GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO
WHAT IT WANTS TO WITH DOLLARS,
AND IN THEORY ONE COULD CLOSE
THIS ADMINISTRATION GAP BY
TAKING MONEY OUT OF SERVICES
SOMEWHERE.
IT'S $600,000, OVER $104
MILLION JUST FROM US.
BUT ANY REDUCTION THAT YOU MAKE
-- IF I AMOUNT OF REDUCTION YOU
MAKE TO THE FUNDING GIVEN TO
CONTRACTED PROVIDERS RIGHT NOW
IN ORDER TO COVER THIS MEANS
THAT YOU HAVE CUT SERVICES.
THERE WOULD BE A DIRECT TRADE-
OFF WITH THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THERE'S FLEXIBLE, BUT
THERE'S A CLEAR COST, TOO.
THE PROCESS DOESN'T HAVE THIS
SAME COST DOES.
THAT -- IS THERE ANY FURTHER
DETAIL, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THAT'S GOOD ON MY END.
THANK YOU, JEFF.
>> CAN I ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT?
BECAUSE I SAW THAT REFLECT IN
THE MEMO AS WELL.
WE HAVE ASKED OUR DEPARTMENTS
TO DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
SCALING BACK AND REPRIORITIZING
IN THE WAKE OF COVID.
AND WE'VE ALSO ASKED THE SAME
OF HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER
CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAVE
CONTINUED TO TELL US THAT WHEN
WE HAVEN'T FUNDED THEM AT THE
APPROPRIATE LEVELS, THE
CONSEQUENCE IS NOT IN TERMS OF
SERVICES, RIGHT, THEY'VE BEEN
VERY CLEAR THAT THE WAY THAT
THAT'S ACTUALLY FILTERED OUT IS
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, WHICH WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS TO ADDRESS AT
THE ROOT CAUSE OF THAT ISSUE,
AND THAT'S UNDERPAYMENT FOR
THOSE PROVIDERS.
AND OUR COMMUNITY CONTRACTS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD INDICATED
THAT IN WORK SHE'S DONE.
IT DOES SEEM LIKE WITH A NOW
DOUBTFUL ADMINISTRATIVE COST
FOR THE RHA, A SIMILAR SORT OF
REQUEST OR ASK OF THE RHA TO
PRIORITIZE SERVICES IS NOT OUT
OF ALIGN WITH WHAT WE'VE ASKED
OUR COMMUNITY CONTRACTS FOR OUR
DEPARTMENTS HERE.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
THAT'S A FOREGONE CONCLUSION K.
AND ISN'T IT TRUE THAT THERE'S
ALSO THINGS ABOUT THE BUDGETING
STRATEGIES THAT WE COULD USE TO
PRIORITIZE CERTAIN INVESTMENTS
FOR SERVICES?
>> I BELIEVE I FOLLOW THE
QUESTION, BUT IF I DON'T GET
THIS EXACTLY RIGHT, PLEASE HELP
ME TO REDIRECT.
I THINK THAT THE POINT I WAS
TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT THE
INTENTION RIGHT NOW OF THE
AUTHORITY IS TO TAKE ALL
CONTRACTS THAT HSD HAS BEEN
MANAGING AT A CERTAIN DOLLAR
AMOUNT AND CONTINUE THOSE AT
THAT SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT WITHOUT
CHANGING THE TERMS AND
STIPULATIONS.
I MEAN, THERE'S MORE OR LESS
THAT'S HOW THE INTENTION IS
SUPPOSED TO WORK.
SO THAT FINDING $600,000
SOMEWHERE IN A RATHER -- MORE
THAN $100 WORTH OF FUNDS, IT
CERTAINLY MIGHT BE POSSIBLE,
BUT JUST THAT WOULD LIKELY MEAN
THAT IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR
FORM, LESS MONEY WAS GIVEN TO A
CONTRACT SOMEWHERE, AND I THINK
THAT YOUR POINT ON THAT IS THAT
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING
ABOUT THAT A SHELTER IS GOING
TO HAVE FEWER BEDS.
WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT THAT
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY STAFF
THE SAME LEVEL, WHICH WE ARE
SEEING HAVE IMPACTS ON
TURNOVER, RETENTION, EVEN THE
ABILITY TO HIRE THEM IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
SO I THINK THAT WAS THE
DIRECTION THAT YOU WERE ASKING
ABOUT, COUNCILMEMBER, BUT
PLEASE CORRECT ME.
>> WELL, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
IF THE OVERHEAD COST, IF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COST THAT THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
IS, I THINK YOU SAID TWICE AS
MUCH AS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED,
BUT THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE
ARE CRITICAL A YEAR OVER YEAR
TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDERS KNOW HOW MUCH
THEY ARE RECEIVING, IT FEELS
LIKE WE'RE SAYING THE PRIORITY
IS GOING TO BE THIS NOW DOUBLE
ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF THE R H
A VERSUS PRIORITIZING THE
FUNDING THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED
WOULD BE GOING OUT THE DOOR IN
2022.
THAT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A FAIR
STATEMENT TO MAKE PREEMPTIVE TO
OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
WHERE WE THINK ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO
AS A CITY WILL GO.
IT IS ALREADY PROVIDING A TRADE-
OFF BETWEEN THE HUMAN SERVICE
CONTRACTS AND THE SERVICES THEY
DELIVER VERSUS THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IT
DOESN'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE
IT'S A PREDETERMINED ANSWER
THAT THE CUTS OR ANY REDUCTIONS
NECESSARY WOOL COME OUT OF
SERVICES WHEN THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COST WAS DOUBLE
WHAT THE BOARD AND THE COUNCIL
AND THE COMMUNITY WAS BRIEFED
ON EARLY THIS YEAR.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THE AUTHORITY HAS PUT FORWARD A
$10.8 MILLION OPERATIONAL PLAN
FOR ITSELF, AND THE COUNCIL, AS
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT,
COULD SAY, OH, WE'RE NOT
FUNDING THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEEN
PROPOSED, OR THEY REQUEST AN
INCREASE, OR SOMETHING ALONG
THOSE LINES, AND THE AUTHORITY
WOULD HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO
OPERATE WITHIN THAT DIFFERENT
FUNDING LEVEL.
AND THERE'S -- I HOPE I DID A
DECENT JOB OF OUTLINE WRING
SOME OF THE PROPOSED ADDITIONS
HAVE GONE, ESPECIALLY THE STAFF
PIECE HAVE.
THERE'S SOME THINGS LIKE H IMS,
YOU'RE KIND OF STUCK OBJECT
THAT, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY
PLACES THAT THEY WOULD THEN TO
HAVE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT
WOULD NEED TO BE CUT OR WHERE
WORK LOAD OR DUTIES WOULD HAVE
TO BE CHANGED, THINGS LIKE
THAT.
>> OKAY, THANKS.
SO SIMILARLY I'D BE INTERESTED
IN SOME FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION
ON WHAT THE APPROVAL PROCESS IS
FOR THE RHA FOR THE
RECOMMENDATIONS COMING TO CITY
COUNCIL AT THIS POINT.
I KNOW THAT WE WOULDN'T SORT OF
EVEN HAVE SUCH A SCARCITY
APPROACH IF WE HAD MORE
ENTITIES, MORE JURISDICTIONS IN
OUR REGION CONTRIBUTING TO THIS
CRITICAL ASSET, THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY IS DOING
JUST THAT, PROVIDING CARE
ACROSS THE REGION, AND WE HOPE,
AS THE ENTITY CONTINUES TO GET
SCALED UP, THAT WE'LL HAVE
ADDITIONAL PARTNERS
CONTRIBUTING IN AND LOOK
FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE DOLLAR
AMOUNT THAT YOU MENTION YOU ARE
GOING TO BE SEEKING ON THE KING
COUNTY INVESTMENT SIDE TO SEE
WHEN THE UNIVERSE OF FUNDING IS
AVAILABLE AND WOULD THE FINAL
ASK WOULD BE OF CITY COUNCIL AT
THIS POINT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE LAST ITEM.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOVING TO
THE FINAL ISSUE, ISSUE NUMBER
4, RELATED TO CLEAN CITY
INITIATIVE FUNDING.
JUST REMIND COUNCIL YOU CARVED
OUT FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE
CLEAN CITY INITIATIVE THAT
PROVIDED A TEMPORARY SURGE TO
ADDRESS ILLEGAL DUMPING AND
TRASH IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-
WAYS, PARKS, OPEN SPACE, AND
AROUND ENCAMPMENTS.
THESE EFFORTS ARE PRIMARILY
STAFFED BY TEAMS OF EMPLOYEES
FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
TABLE 6 ON PAGE 13 OF YOUR MEMO
SHOWS THE FUNDING INCLUDED IN
THE 2021 BUILT IN AS WELL AS
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION THAT
THE COUNCIL MADE IN APRIL 2021
TO CONTINUE THIS INITIATIVE
THROUGH THE END OF 202 1. AND
IN THE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR
2022.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE EXECUTIVE
WOULD PROPOSE $6.2 MILLION OF
ONE-TIME CORONAVIRUS LOCAL
FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS BE USED
TO SUPPORT THE CLEAN CITY
INITIATIVE THROUGH AUGUST 2022.
THE INITIATIVE WOULD END IN
AUGUST WITHOUT ADDITIONAL
FUNDING.
SO YOUR OPTIONS ARE TO EXTEND
THE SURGE ACTIVITIES FOR FOUR
ADDITIONAL MONTHS TO PROVIDE
SERVICE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF
2022 AT A COST OF JUST OVER $3
MILLION, OR TO ADOPT THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET AS PROPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I'M GOING TO -- I BELIEVE
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON, WITH
APOLOGIES TO COUNSEL KRILL
MEMBER JUAREZ.
JOINT INTEREST IN CLEAN CITY
INITIATIVE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I THINK THAT -- I KNOW THAT
THERE'S LIKELY GONE TO BE
SUPPORT FOR OPTION A TO EXTEND
THESE ACTIVITIES FOR -- JUST TO
MAKE IT FOR THE FULL YEAR.
CURRENTLY IT WOULD BE TURNED
PROPOSAL ENDING IN AUGUST, AND
SO JUST EXTENDING IT FOR THE
FULL YEAR MAY MAKE MORE SENSE,
AND THAT CAN ALWAYS BE ADJUSTED
IN A MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCUSSION.
BUT SETTING ASIDE THOSE FUNDS
TO EXTEND IT FOR THE FULL YEAR
IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HOPE
WOULD HAVE SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I THINK THE $3.1 MILLION, I
JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT
THAT, I BELIEVE THAT'S
SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT EXISTING
SERVICES.
DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT
HOW MUCH IT MAY COST TO SCALE
UP THE FREQUENCY OF WHICH WE
CAN EXPECT THE PURPLE BAG
PROGRAM TO VISIT UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS ALONG WITH RV?
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
HAS BEEN DOING SOME WORK ON.
THIS WE ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE THE
RV PURPLE BAG PROGRAM BEGIN TO
RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN
QUARTER FOUR.
I'M WONDERING THIS $3.1
PROVIDES THE FULL AMOUNT
NECESSARY TO SCALE UP THE
SERVICES FOR RV TRASH REMOVAL.
>> I'M GOING TO HOPE THAT MY
COLLEAGUE BRIAN GOODNIGHT CAN
ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK THE PURPLE BAG --
I THINK THAT IS SEPARATE.
I'M HOPING HE IS ON THE LINE
AND CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND TRACI.
PURPLE BAGS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN
THE FUNDING.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SURGE
SUPPORT FOR THE PARKS AND THE
CLEAN TEAMS.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE FOR GRAFFITI
CONTROL, LITTER ABATEMENT AND
SHARPS COLLECTION.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR PROGRAMS IN
SPD THAT ARE FUNDED.
>> COMPLIMENTARY PROGRAM.
THEN THE PURPLE BAG PROGRAM I
DID SEE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON
WHETHER OR NOT THAT INCLUDES
THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT
WE'RE HOPING TO SEE FOR RVs?
>> I GUESS I'M NOT SURE ABOUT
-- IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET, PART OF THAT SAID
556,000 FOR RV REMEDIATION IS
TO SERVE SEVEN TO 10 RV SITES
WITH THE PURPLE BAG PROGRAM.
THAT IS IN THE PROPOSED
PROGRAM.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
INDICATING.
THE PURPLE BAG PROGRAM
GENERALLY IS ALSO EXPECTED TO
INCREASE ITS SERVICE IN 2022
FROM ABOUT 32 SITES A MONTH TO
42 SITES A MONTH.
SO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE
INCLUDED IN THE '22 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> OKAY.
WULFF.
SO IN ADDITION TO SUPPORT FOR
THE CLEAN CITIES INITIATIVE
THAT YOU JUST HEARD, I MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN HEARING A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT HOW TO SCALE UP
THE PURPLE BAG PROGRAM AND IF
THERE'S CAPACITY TO DO THAT
WITH OUR TEAMS AT PARKS AND
REC.
ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE?
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THIS
WONDERFUL.
WELL, I WILL PASS ON ONE
COMMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT
AS WELL.
I THINK YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELL
RECEIVED, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, AND COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ NOTED WE'RE PAST THE
POINT OF A SUMMER.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE ABOUT THOSE PROPOSALS ON
THE CLEAN CITY INITIATIVE.
WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I THINK
WE'RE AT THE END OF THE FOUR
ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE
ORDER TODAY?
I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY POP TIN
SCREEN HERE.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND JUST
LET YOU GO WITH A FEW EXTRA
MINUTES IN TODAY'S AGENDA.
WE WILL RECONVENE TOMORROW
MORNING AT 9:30 A.M.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO
FOLLOW UP ON THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVES AND SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE
AFTERNOON, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE
TO GET YOU THE FULL HOUR RECESS
AS WELL, AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE
OUR THREE DAYS OF ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
WITH US TONIGHT.
HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT, AND
HOPE YOU GET A LOT OF REST SO
WE CAN END WITH A BANG.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
>> THANK YOU.
BYE-BYE.