>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
TODAY IS MARCH 2, 2021.
THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
I'M TERESA MOSQUEDA CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> THAT IS FOUR PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE DO HAVE A NOTE FROM THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT THAT SHE IS
EXCUSED TODAY.
APPRECIATE THAT EARLY HEADS UP
AND GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
I SEE YOU ON THE LINE AS WELL.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE FIVE PRESENT.
I WANT TO WELCOME COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS AN
ALTERNATE TO THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE,
FOLKS.
TODAY WE HAVE A PRETTY FULL
AGENDA.
WE HAVE THE FIRST ITEM IS
COUNCIL BILL 12006 WHICH IS THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND
SUGGESTED AMENDMENT THAT WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE AMENDING 2021
MULTIPURPOSE LIMITED TAX
OBLIGATION ORDINANCE.
WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION AND
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THOSE
AMENDMENTS AS WELL.
WE HAVE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS
WATCH LIST AND AMENDMENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED BY AT LEAST
TWO COUNCILMEMBERS.
YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS WAS A
CARRY OVER ITEM FROM TWO WEEKS
AGO.
I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING TIME TO
SIT WITH THE PROPOSAL AND OFFER
SOME SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS FOR
OUR DISCUSSION TODAY.
THE THIRD ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
A PRESENTATION ON ON GOING
DELIBERATIONS REGARDING FEDERAL
FUNDING TO RESPOND TO THE COVID
CRISIS.
THERE IS GREAT NEWS COMING OUT
OF THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION
REGARDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES,
WORKERS, MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE PREPARED TO HAVE
A ROBUST PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE
MOVING FORWARD AND REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THE SUPPORT WE'VE
SEEN FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING SUPPORT
FOR OUR FOOD ASSISTANCE AND
CHILD CARE.
SO WE'LL GET INTO THOSE DETAILS
AND HEAR MORE FROM CENTRAL
STAFF ON A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
THAT OUR OFFICE IS PUTTING
FORWARD WITH ALL COUNCIL MEMBER
INPUT TO HELP PROVIDE SOME
GUIDING PRINCIPLES AROUND
RECEIVING THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS
AND ALLOCATION.
AND LAST ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE
AN UPDATE ON THE HOTELING
STRATEGY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON
IN OUR CITY AND IN KING COUNTY.
WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT HOW THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS
ARE BEING USED OR CAN BE USED
MADE AVAILABLE TO HELP HOTEL
THOSE WHO ARE LIVING
UNSHELTERED IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING ON ACROSS THE REGION AND
IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE DO HAVE 12 PEOPLE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO GIVE FOLKS TWO
MINUTES THIS MORNING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
YOU.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF WHEN YOU HEAR THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT IS YOUR CUE TO HIT STAR 6
ON YOUR END.
PLEASE HIT STAR 6, BEGIN BY
SPEAKING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
WHEN YOU HAVE ABOUT 10 SECONDS
REMAINING IN THE REST OF YOUR A
LOTTED TIME YOU WILL HEAR A
CHIME.
THAT'S YOUR INDICATION TO GO
AHEAD AND WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS
SO YOU DO NOT GET CUT OFF.
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
YOU'D LIKE TO SEND, SEND THEM
TO COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV AND ALL
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE
THAT INFORMATION.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET
THROUGH EVERYBODY THIS MORNING.
TWO MINUTES.
WHEN YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING DO
HANG UP ON THE LINE AND DIAL IN
ON THE LISTEN IN LINE PUBLISHED
ON THE AGENDA.
GOOD MORNING, CHRIS.
ARE YOU WITH US?
HI THERE.
JUST STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM THE BUSINESS DIRECTOR WITH
THE ALLIANCE FOR PIONEER
SQUARE.
I'M HERE TODAY VIRTUALLY TO
VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE JUST CARE
PROGRAM.
TAKING A STEP BACK THE ALLIANCE
FOR PIONEER SQUARE IS A
NONPROFIT TO SERVES THE PIONEER
SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR STAKE HOLDERS INCLUDE ALL
WHO WORK, LIVE AND DO BUSINESS
IN PIONEER SQUARE.
THE PANDEMIC CAUSED SOME
SHELTERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO
CLOSE LEAVING MANY INDIVIDUALS
WHO WOULD SEEK SERVICES IN
THESE SHELTERS TO SURVIVE ON
OUR STREETS.
BEFORE PAUSING INTAKE OF NEW
CLIENTS THE PROGRAM WAS
IMPACTFUL ON THIS ISSUE AND
DIRECTLY ADDRESSED THE
NEIGHBOR'S NEEDS THROUGH A
TARGETED OUTREACH EFFORT.
PIONEER SQUARE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS HAVE REPEATEDLY
EXPRESSED THAT THE JUST CARE
PROGRAM IMPACTS CLEAR AND
VISIBLE.
NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS INCLUDING
BUSINESS OWNERS, PROPERTY
OWNERS, RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS
THE ALLIANCE FOR PIONEER SQUARE
WANT ACTION AND IMPACT.
WE SUPPORT THAT IMPACT BUT THE
JUST CARE MODEL AND OFFER OF
LODGING AND SUPPORT RATHER THAN
ENFORCEMENT IN ALL OCCASIONS
WHERE THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVE.
JUST CARE THROUGH A FUNCTIONAL
FRAMEWORK.
THE ALLIANCE OF PIONEER SQUARE
AND OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
ASKING FOR REASONABLE MEASURES
TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE ASK YOU OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS
TO DETERMINE HOW TO SUPPORT THE
JUST CARE PROGRAM THROUGH A
FUNDING SOLUTION.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING TO GET
THE JUST CARE PROGRAM BACK IN
OPERATION.
HAVE A GREAT TUESDAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
CALLING IN.
WE REALLY APPRECIATED THE
LETTER SIMILAR TO THIS FROM
MANY IN THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION AS WELL.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD MORNING, NICOLE.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I AM THE JUST CARES PROJECT
COORDINATOR.
JUST CARES HAS BEEN CHANGING
LIVES AND BREAKING A PERPETUAL
CYCLE OF ADDICTION.
EACH DAY YOU WILL FIND ME IN
ENCAMPMENTS WHERE SOCIETY IS
MUCH RATHER IGNORING OUR
PROBLEM.
I'M GOING IN BUILDING TRUST,
I'VE LIVED EXPERIENCE AND I'VE
GOT THE RESOURCES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
ALMOST NEVER OFFERED.
WITH MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE
JUSTICE SYSTEM, ADDICTION AND
CRIME I OUTREACH SOMEONE'S
DAUGHTERS, FATHERS AND LOVED
ONES.
THEY HAVE SURVIVED OUTSIDE
THROUGH TRAUMA AND LOSS ONLY TO
BECOME PART OF A NEVER ENDING
CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS.
AS I BUILD TRUST WITH MY
CLIENTS I RESPOND TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES AND
CONCERNS.
AS OUR CLIENTS MOVE INSIDE WE
WRAP SERVICES AROUND THEM WITH
NEIGHBORHOOD CARE AND OUTREACH.
I WORK WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE
MENTALLY ILL AND CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THROWING BACK ON TO THE
STREETS ON MARCH 15th.
I HAVE A CLIENT WHO MANY OF YOU
KNOW FROM PIONEER SQUARE.
MANY SAY THE ONLY THING THAT
WAS LEFT FOR HER WAS JAIL,
INSTITUTIONS AND DEATH.
SHE WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE CALLS A
WEEK FROM THE COMMUNITY TO SPD
AND 911 FOR MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS, NOT WEARING CLOTHING
AND UNSAFE BEHAVIOR.
WE BROUGHT HER INTO OUR PROGRAM
AND ARE TREATING MENTAL HEALTH
AND EXTENSIVE TRAUMA FROM YEARS
OF HOMELESSNESS.
IF WE PUT HER BACK ON THE
STREETS SHE WILL MOST LIKELY
RETURN TO PIONEER SQUARE WHERE
SHE WILL RETURN TO HER ABUSERS
UNTIL SHE IS USED TO THE POINT
WHERE SHE MENTALLY BREAKS AGAIN
AND IS SCREAMING IN THE STREETS
NAKED WHERE 911 WILL BE CALLED
AND THE RESPONSE CYCLE WILL
CONTINUE.
JAILED, INSTITUTIONS AND
EVENTUALLY DEATH.
THERE ARE 125 OF THESE STORIES
EACH DIFFERENT AND EACH AS
POWERFUL THAT WILL BE FORCED
BACK OUT ON TO OUR STREET.
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE
ABILITY TO BREAK SEATTLE'S
HISTORICAL HOMELESS CYCLE.
WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT JUST
CARES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT
HEART BREAKING STORY BUT ALSO A
STORY WITH HOPE IF WE CAN
CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
ANN JOHNSON WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
DOROTHY AND LILY.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK AGAIN TODAY.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
JUST CARE PROGRAM WITH PDA.
I REPRESENT A SMALL HOTEL IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE THAT AS MANY
OF YOU KNOW HAS FACED
TREMENDOUS CHALLENGES DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
OUR HOTEL HAS CLOSED FOR 65
DAYS LAST YEAR AND OUR
RESTAURANT HAS NOW CLOSED THREE
TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR.
DURING THIS PANDEMIC WE HAVE
FURLOUGHED AND LAID OFF OVER 50
EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE NOT ONLY
BEEN LONG TIME COLLEAGUES BUT
MANY ARE FRIENDS.
AS A LEADER IN HOSPITALITY FOR
OVER 17 YEARS I HAVE NEVER
EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE WHAT
THE PANDEMIC HAS DONE TO OUR
FIELD.
WHEN PDA FIRST APPROACHED US
WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY THERE WAS
HESITANCY ON OUR PART AS THIS
WAS TRULY A PIVOT FROM THE DAY-
TO-DAY HOSPITALITY BUSINESS WE
WERE USED TO DOING.
AS WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE
PROGRAM AND THE SUPPORT THAT
PDA AND APRS WOULD PROVIDE WE
KNEW WE HAD TO ANSWER THE
CALLING TO HELP SUPPORT THE
CRISIS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR
CITY.
WE'VE BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP FOR
ALMOST FIVE MONTHS AND WE
ABSOLUTELY WOULD MAKE THE SAME
DECISION AGAIN IF PRESENTED
WITH IT.
THERE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN
CHALLENGES BUT WITH PDA AND
ACHS' SUPPORT WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO WORK THROUGH THEM.
WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING BACK 20 ADDITIONAL STAFF
MEMBERS TO HELP SUPPORT THE DAY-
TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
AS OF TODAY MY TEAM PROVIDES
HOUSING, SECURITY, MEALS,
MAINTENANCE, HOUSEKEEPING AND
SO MUCH MORE.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS
STORIES AT THE HOTEL TOO.
ONE COUPLE WAS ABLE TO SECURE
HOUSING AND WILL BE MOVING OUT
NEXT WEEK.
ANOTHER PARTICIPANT HAS BONDED
WITH OUR SECURITY TEAM MEMBERS
AND IS NOW TAKING MEDICATION TO
HELP WITH HIS MENTAL HEALTH.
WINS LIKE THIS HAPPEN EVERY DAY
WITHIN OUR HOTEL.
BIG OR SMALL IT BRINGS VALUE
AND PURPOSE TO THE WORK WE ARE
DOING WITH ACRS.
IF THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT
CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED ALL OF
THE GROUND WE HAVE MADE WILL BE
LOST.
I COME INTO DOWNTOWN EVERY
SINGLE DAY AND THE UNHOUSED
POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW
AND TAKE OVER OUR STREETS.
THE CRISIS WITHIN OUR CITY
CONTINUES TO IMPACT TOURISM AND
IF NOT FIXED IT WILL CONTINUE
TO IMPACT OUR POTENTIAL.
THE MARKET IS SEEING AN AVERAGE
OF 6% OCCUPANCY AND CANNOT
SUSTAIN OUR STAFFING LEVELS.
THE LIKELIHOOD OF OUR HOTEL
CLOSING IS VERY HIGH IF THIS
PROGRAM IS NOT FUNDED.
WE HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER
FUNDING THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE
END OF THE YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT EFFORT.
GOOD MORNING AND PLEASE DO
CORRECT MY PRONUNCIATION OF
YOUR NAME.
LET'S MAKE SURE I CAN SEE MY
FULL SCREEN HERE.
I SEE YOU PRESENT AND ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS HIT STAR 6 ONE
MORE TIME FOR ME AND THEN I
THINK YOU'LL BE UNMUTED.
JUST STAR 6 ONE MORE TIME.
IF YOU CAN HIT THAT ON YOUR
PHONE THEN I THINK YOU'LL BE
UNMUTED.
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT
PERSON.
DIORAT H ESQUIVEL IF YOU HIT
STAR 6 ONE MORE TIME.
OH, GOOD MORNING.
ONE SECOND.
HELLO, GOOD MORNING.
>> HI.
I WAS HAVING ISSUE.
>> HEY, I'M SORRY FOR THE
PRONUNCIATION OF YOUR NAME.
IT WAS ON ME FOR NOT SAYING
THAT RIGHT.
YOU HAVE YOUR FULL GO MINUTES.
LET'S START YOU AGAIN.
THERE WE GO.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
I WORK FOR G SEATTLE CLUB.
I'M THE SHIFT LEAD HERE AT THE
JUST CARE PROGRAM.
OUR PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY HOUSES
NATIVES RESIDENTS PARTICIPANTS
THAT THEY FIND IN THE
ENCAMPMENT.
SINCE NOVEMBER WE HAVE HOUSED
20 NATIVE CLIENTS AND WE HAVE
ONLY HAD TWO POSITIVE CASES OF
COVID DURING OUR TIME HERE.
BOTH HAD RECOVERED.
A GOOD THING TO REMEMBER IS
THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT GETTING
FOLKS OUT OF THE ENCAMPMENTS
AND ISOLATING THEM IN
NONCONGRESS REGATTA SHELTER SO
THEY CAN BE SAFE FROM THE
PANDEMIC.
MANY CLIENTS HAVE STARTED
WORKING ON THEIR PERSONAL
GOALS.
A FEW ARE STARTING TO GET JOB
INTERVIEWS.
ONE ACCEPTED TO SEATTLE FILM
INSTITUTE.
WE HAD ONE CLIENT GIVE BIRTH
AND SHE'S NOW IN THE SHELTER.
SOME OF OUR OTHER CLIENTS HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON THEIR MENTAL
HEALTH AND GETTING TREATMENT
THROUGH EVERGREEN.
THIS PROGRAM HAS REALLY HELPED
OUR CLIENTS IN A WAY THAT MOST
OF THE SHELTERS CAN'T.
JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE FUNDING OR
THE DEDICATED STAFF TO DO THE
THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE FOR
OUR CLIENTS.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO
APPROVE MORE SHELTER.
SHELTER SURGE FUND AND LET THIS
CURRENT SHELTER WITH THESE 125
PEOPLE LET THAT GO AND LET THEM
RETURN BACK TO THE STREET
WITHOUT ANY PLAN.
I JUST EVERYONE PLEASE SUPPORT
THIS EFFORT.
THAT'S MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY
TODAY.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THE NEXT PERSON IS LILY
FOLLOWED BY VICTOR.
GOOD MORNING, LILY.
>> I WORK FOR ASIAN COUNSELING
AND REFERRAL SERVICE.
I AM THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR
FOR ONE OF THE HOTELS WHERE I
WORK WITH UNSHELTERED FOLKS.
SINCE NOVEMBER WE'VE ENROLLED
CLIENTS INTO THE HOTEL AND I
GOT TO MEET AND BUILD A STRONG
RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OF THEM.
I SEE THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY AND
I'VE WITNESSED THE ENGAGEMENT
LEVEL INCREASE DRASTICALLY.
I SEE MOTIVATION FOR SUBSTANCE
USE TREATMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
FOR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL.
CLIENTS ARE JOB SEARCHING AND
GETTING BACK INTO THE WORK
FORCE.
THEY'RE APPLYING FOR ID
REPLACEMENTS WITH SO MUCH
BARRIERS.
SOME ARE RECONNECTING WITH
FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN LOST IN
THIS CONTACT FOR YEARS.
WE ARE SEEING THE CHANGE AND
IMPACT BECAUSE OF THE
ENVIRONMENT THEY'RE IN NOW.
WHICH IS A TEMPORARY HOUSING
SETTING IN HOTELS.
AN ENVIRONMENT THEY CAN FEEL
SAFE AND STABILIZE AND GROW AS
THEY WORK TOWARDS THEIR GOALS.
HOW CAN ANYONE EXPECT CHANGE IN
AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE'S
ALWAYS SPD INVOLVED.
SOMEONE GETTING INTO AN
AMBULANCE.
JUST WORRYING ABOUT GETTING
SURVIVAL NEEDS MET DAY BY DAY.
WITH JUST CARE PEOPLE ARE
MOVING BEYOND SURVIVAL AND
CONTRIBUTING BACK TO SOCIETY.
AND MANY CLIENTS HAVE TOLD ME
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN
ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO
DO WITHOUT JUST CARE.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO FUND JUST
CARE.
WE CAN'T TURN OUR BACKS ON OUR
OWN PEOPLE OF SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> WELL SAID.
THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
TO THOSE IN MOST NEED RIGHT
NOW.
APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN THIS
MORNING.
VICTOR, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HI.
DIRECTOR FROM ACRS.
ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I
OVERSEE FOR JUST CARE PROGRAM.
I JUST WANT TO -- NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS WE HAVE ASSISTED.
WE HAVE ASSISTED 66 INDIVIDUAL
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN
PARTNERSHIP.
WHICH SERVICES ASSISTING
CLIENTS IN CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND
PIONEER SQUARE.
WITH OUR INTERVENTION AND
COORDINATION WITH OUR PARTNER
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BECOME
SAFER.
THE UNIQUE THING IS WE ARE THE
ONLY LICENSED BEHAVIOR HEALTH
PROVIDER DOING THIS BODY OF
CARE.
PROVIDER WE SET THE HIGHEST
ACUITY, CLIENTS, SERIOUS MENTAL
ILLNESS, CHRONIC SUBSTANCE USE.
100% OF THE CLIENTS WE SERVE
HAVE CHRONIC SUBSTANCE USE
ISSUE.
THE CLIENTS THAT WE.
>> VICTOR, YOU JUST WENT ON
MUTE ACCIDENTALLY.
WE'LL GIVE YOU BACK ANOTHER
MINUTE.
WE LOST YOU AT THE CLIENTS THAT
YOU SERVE.
>> YEAH, SO THE CLIENTS WE
SERVE 100% OF CHRONIC SUBSTANCE
USE DISORDER AND AMONG ALL THE
CLIENTS WE SERVE THEY ARE FROM
THE BIPOC COMMUNITY.
MULTIDISCIPLINE ROUTINE
BEHAVIOR OR CLINICIANS.
CAN ASSIST THE CLIENTS TO DO
THE WORK.
OUR STAFF ARE ALSO FROM THE
BIPOC COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO SHARE ABOUT A BABY
BEING BORN.
WE ALSO HAD A NEWBORN THAT HAD
BEEN DURING THE STAY.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
WHEN SOMEONE WAS UNHOUSED
UNSHELTERED HAVING TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING AND THEN HAVING NEW
LIFE I JUST THINK IT'S AMAZING.
ANOTHER CLOSE 80-YEAR-OLD BLACK
INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN UNSHELTERED
AND HOMELESS FOR YEARS AND NOW
SHE HAS A TEMPORARY TRANSITION
AIR HOUSING AND MOST RECENTLY
OUR STAFF WAS ABLE TO HELP HIM
TO GET WASHINGTON STATE ID FOR
THE FIRST TIME RECENTLY.
AND THAT IS JUST AMAZING.
SO I REALLY URGE THE COUNCIL
WILL CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN THIS
PROGRAM TO PROTECT A SAFETY NET
AND NOT LET THESE INDIVIDUALS
BE EXITED ON MARCH 15.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN.
THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS PRESENT
ARE LISA, DOMINIQUE AND LLOYD.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT GIGI AND
NAVANY ARE LISTED TO SPEAK BUT
NOT PRESENT.
IF YOU DO DIAL IN, WE'LL BE
HAPPY TO GET TO YOU BEFORE WE
CLOSE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
LET'S GO BACK TO LISA.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
I'M LISA.
A FIRM THAT HAS A LONG HISTORY
IN PIONEER SQUARE AND HAS MADE
A LARGE INVESTMENT IN ITS
FUTURE.
WE HAVE AN APARTMENT BUILDING
GOING UP NOW AT SECOND AVENUE
EXTENSION AND SOUTH WASHINGTON.
THE LEVEL OF TENT ENCAMPMENTS
ON SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN
ATTACKS, GARBAGE ON THE
STREETS, UNSHELTERED PEOPLE
WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR
ADDICTION PATHOLOGIES HAS
ESCALATED ENORMOUSLY DUE TO
COVID AND DURING THE COVID
PERIOD IN PIONEER SQUARE.
AND BEEN REALLY DEVASTATING FOR
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE
RESIDENTS, THE EMPLOYEES AND
THE SMALL BUSINESSES.
AN JUST CARE HAS HAD A
TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT SINCE IT
STARTED ITS WORK THERE.
IT'S WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
GROUP STARTED IN THE AREA TO
RESTORE SAFETY AND SECURITY ON
THE SIDEWALKS AND TO MOVE
UNSHELTERED PEOPLE INTO
SHELTERS.
AND MANY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
MOVED INTO SHELTERS, HOTEL
ROOMS WITH SUPPORT SERVICES,
THE SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN CLEANED
UP.
CENTERS OF ILLICIT ACTIVITY
HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
PEDESTRIANS ARE COMING BACK AND
SMALL BUSINESSES CAN OPEN THEIR
DOORS UNIMPEDED NOW FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN A NUMBER OF
MONTHS.
JUST CARE IS OPERATING WITH A
STRATEGIC IMPACT FRAMEWORK.
ACCOUNTABILITY METRICS.
IT'S COLLABORATING WELL WITH
THE OTHER STAKE HOLDERS IN THE
COMMUNITY SO THAT EVERYBODY'S
EFFORTS ARE LEVERAGED.
WE MUST BUILD ON THIS POSITIVE
PROGRESS.
I'M JUST PLEASED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK YOU TO
PLEASE NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO
SLIDE BACK BUT TO KEEP MOVING
FORWARD BY FUNDING JUST CARE.
>> APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN
TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA.
LET'S HAVE DOMINIQUE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM COFOUNDER OF ORGANIZATION
CALLED WGC.
WE PROVIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY FOR
THESE, FOR JUST CARES.
COMMUNITY SAFETY THE MODEL THAT
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD WITH
COLLABORATING WITH THESE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IS TO
BUILD, COMMUNICATE, DO
DEESCALATION, BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS AND SUPPORT STAFF
AT THE HOTEL, STAFF FOR THE
JUST CARES PROGRAMS AND
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTICIPANTS
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE.
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
DEESCALATE ANY ISSUE THAT'S
BEEN ABLE TO COME UP.
THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO CALL THE
POLICE SINCE WE'VE BEEN AROUND.
911 HAS NOT BEEN CALLED.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE IN THAT
POSITION TO STOP THEM FROM EVEN
NEEDING TO CALL 911 BECAUSE
WE'RE PROACTIVE IN PREVENTIVE
BY BUILDING THESE
RELATIONSHIPS.
WE'RE DEVELOPING A MODEL OF HOW
COMMUNITY SAFETY CAN LOOK.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M
FRUSTRATED ABOUT IS WE'RE
HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT
WHETHER MONEY AND FUNDING
SHOULD GO INTO THE DIRECTION OF
KEEPING 125 PEOPLE HOUSED.
125 PEOPLE GETTING SERVICES.
125 PEOPLE GETTING THEIR ISSUES
DEALT WITH IN A VERY STRATEGIC
WAY AND COLLABORATIVE WAY
THROUGH COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY HAS THE ANSWER TO
THESE ISSUES.
WE NEED TO BUILD OFF OF IT.
WE NEED, I MEAN, FIGHTING FOR
FUNDING IS RIDICULOUS.
WE'RE SITTING HERE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION LIKE THIS SHOULD
EVEN BE A CONVERSATION.
IT'S A NO BRAINER.
LET'S INVEST THIS MONEY INTO
THESE PEOPLE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THIS FUNDING
DOESN'T COME AND WE HAVE 125
PEOPLE BEING DISPLACED?
PUT BACK OUT ON THE STREETS?
SETTING UP TENTS.
GETTING SLEEPING BAGS AND NOT
GETTING SERVICES THE WAY THEY
DESERVE TO BE SERVED.
THAT WOULD LOOK RIDICULOUS.
POLITICALLY THAT WOULD BE
REALLY BAD FOR ANYBODY THAT
DOESN'T AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE
FUNDING THIS.
PERIOD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE
DOING IN PARTNERSHIP RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS TOPIC
ON ITEM NUMBER 4. LLOYD, GOOD
MORNING.
I THINK YOU ARE OUR LAST
SPEAKER.
THANKS FOR WAITING.
>> SURE.
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF JUST
CARE.
BEEN A LANDLORD FOR ABOUT 19
YEARS AND CURRENTLY HAVE 20
UNITS.
20 KEYS TURNED OVER TO JUST
CARE PROGRAM.
WE WERE DOING FINE WHEN WE GOT
THE PROPOSAL.
IN FACT WE WERE NO VACANCY
FOUR, FIVE TIME AS WEEK.
WE ACTUALLY WANT TO DO THIS
WORK.
SO WE HAVE SHUT DOWN OUR HOTEL
OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE
MORE SPACE TO CREATE THIS
CAPACITY.
IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR US AND I'M
AN UNCOMMON TYPE OF INVESTOR.
I TOUCH PROPERTIES, COME FROM
THE PRIVATE SIDE.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF COMMUNITY
WORK BUT FROM THE PRIVATE SIDE
IN REAL ESTATE.
BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING PER
ROOM, PER TENANT WE CAN DO THIS
AGAIN.
WE CANNOT ONLY SERVE WITH THE
CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE BUT WE
CAN CREATE MORE CAPACITY.
I'D BE WILLING TO COMMIT
ANOTHER 100 KEYS TO THE PROGRAM
IF YOU CAN COME WITH SOMETHING
SUSTAINABLE.
YOU KNOW, JUMPING BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN MAYBE THIS WILL
HAPPEN, MAYBE THIS WON'T, WE'RE
JUST OPERATING LIKE IT IS.
IN FACT, FOUR OF OUR STAFF
MEMBERS LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY
AMONGST THE PEOPLE.
I'VE SPENT 100 NIGHTS THERE
MYSELF.
TO SEE 20 PEOPLE HAVE TO MOVE
STUFF IN BAGS, PLASTIC BAGS,
OUT OF THEIR UNITS ON THE 15th,
THAT'S PRETTY HEART BREAKING.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE PEOPLE.
THEY ARE OUR FAMILY NOW.
THE ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS
THERE.
WE BONDED.
THEY'RE PART OF OUR TEAM.
WE'RE PART OF THEIR TEAM.
I KNOW WE CAN EVEN DO BETTER
THAN WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IF
WE HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE THAT
THIS IS GOING TO BE
SUSTAINABLE.
LOVE TO SEE THIS CONTINUE AND
I'M IN IT FULL SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
CALLING IN TODAY AND FOR YOUR
ON GOING PARTNERSHIP.
GIGI, I SAW THAT YOU DID JOIN
US.
GOOD MORNING.
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND WE WILL
HAVE YOU WRAP US UP, ACTUALLY.
GO AHEAD.
JUST STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
GREAT.
HELLO.
>> I'M GOING TO WRITE ABOUT
THIS.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE MEMORY SAID
BY ONE OF MY CLIENTS WHEN I
ASKED HIM TO JOURNAL HIS
FAVORITE MEMORY AS WE WORK ON
HIS SYMPTOMS TO.
HE SAID JUST CARE IS HIS
FAVORITE MEMORY.
I'M A COUNSELOR AT THE JUST
CARE PROGRAM.
AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT THIS
POINT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY
OR WHAT TO PROVE THAT CAN SHOW
EVERYONE THE CHANGES WE SEE
EVERY DAY.
I CAN SPEAK ON A FACTUAL LEVEL
THAT IF WE LET THESE PEOPLE
LEAVE, FOR SO MANY IT WILL BE
WORSE THAN DEATH.
RAPE, ASSAULTED AND SO MUCH
MORE COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE
VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA.
JUST CARE IS NOT ONLY SHORT
TERM ASSISTANCE, WE ARE
CHANGING PEOPLES LIFE ON THE
PERMANENT LEVEL IN WAYS THAT
TRULY NEVER SEE IN THIS FIELD.
JUST CARE IS THE BEST PROGRAM
I'VE EVER SEEN IN SEATTLE CAN
BE A PIONEER FOR IT.
I URGE THE CITY TO MAINTAIN
FUNDING AS WE KNOW.
IT IS NOT ONLY SAFER FOR OUR
NEIGHBOR BUT ALSO SAFER FOR
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE
CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> GIGI, THANK YOU FOR CALLING
IN AND SHARING THAT STORY
TODAY.
FOLKS, THAT DOES WRAP UP OUR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR
YOUR COMMENTS.
I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THOSE COMMENTS WAS RELATED TO
ITEM NUMBER FOUR WHICH WE WILL
HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE.
JUST A NOTE THAT HOW MUCH WE
APPRECIATE OUR COUNTY PARTNERS
AS WELL.
WHO HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY LEADING
THE EFFORT FOR JUST CARES AND
FUNDING THE PROGRAM AND WE KNOW
THAT THIS IS NOT A COUNTY ONLY
ISSUE AS WE TALK ABOUT THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU ALL HAVE
JUST REFERENCED, ESPECIALLY IN
PIONEER SQUARE, THE CID, WE
KNOW THAT THESE ARE IN THE
HEART OF SEATTLE AND I'M REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL
INFORMATION THAT WILL BE SHARED
LATER TODAY ABOUT HOW THE CITY
AND COUNTY ARE GOING TO WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP TO CONTINUE SOME OF
THESE EFFORTS WITH SOME NEW
CAVEATS AND NEXT STEPS THAT
WILL BE OUTLINED IN ITEM NUMBER
4. JUST A QUICK PREVIEW THERE
IS MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON
THIS.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH EVERY
PERSON WHO CALLED IN AND WHILE
THE COUNTY HAS BEEN FUNDING THE
PROGRAM TO DATE, I AM EXCITED
ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT IS
POTENTIALLY GOING TO HAPPEN
HERE WITH OUR CITY STEPPING IN
AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY
AS WE KNOW THAT THE EXAMPLES OF
INDIVIDUALS LINING UP AND
LEAVING SHELTER IS THE EXACT
OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE
ACCOMPLISHING, ESPECIALLY IN
THE MIDDLE OF A DEADLY
PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR
CALLING IN TODAY.
I DO HOPE YOU STAY TUNED TO
THAT LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO
ITEM 1. THAT CLOSES OUT PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IF YOU COULD READ ITEM ONE INTO
THE RECORD.
>> ITEM ONE, COUNCIL BILL
120006, AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO CONTRACTING INDEBTEDNESS,
AMENDING ORDINANCE 126219 AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE WITH US BRIAN GOODNIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
HE SENT OUT A MEMO ON THIS
TOPIC SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT
IN YOUR INBOX.
WE ALSO HAVE WITH US ROBERT
NELLAMS.
EXCUTIVE DIRECTOR AND TOM
ISRAEL, FINANCIAL DIRECTOR OF
THE SEATTLE CENTER.
AND I MENTIONED BRIAN
GOODNIGHT.
I SEE THAT BEN NOBLE IS WITH US
IF WE NEED HIM.
GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US
TODAY.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION
AS WELL.
WHY DON'T I TURN IT OVER TO
BRIAN TO GET IT KICKED OFF
HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
BRIAN GOODNIGHT, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
BILL 120006 WOULD AMENDING THE
LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION
OR LTGO BOND ORDINANCE TO
INCLUDE FINANCING FOR A SEATTLE
CENTER SIGN PROJECT.
ORDINANCE 126219 LAST NOVEMBER
AS PARTOF THE PACKAGE OF
BUDGET LEGISLATION.
AS APPROVED, AUTHORIZES THE
SALE OF UP TO 212.7 MILLION IN
BONDS TO SUPPORT 13 PROJECTS
ALONG WITH THE COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH ISSUING THAT DEBT.
THE BILL WOULD AMEND THAT
LEGISLATION TO INCLUDE $8
MILLION FOR THE SEATTLE CENTER
SIGNAGE PROJECT, AS WELL AS
$240,000 IN ASSOCIATED ISSUE
ANSWER COSTS.
IF APPROVED THE LIMIT WOULD BE
$221 MILLION.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING
A COMPLETE LIST OF PROJECTS
SUPPORTED BY THE BOND,
INCLUDING THE SEATTLE CENTER
PROJECT YOU CAN FIND THAT IN
EXHIBIT A TO TODAY'S BILL.
LASTLY BEFORE TURNING IT OVER
TO STAFF, I'D JUST LIKE TO
REMIND YOU THERE IS ONE
POTENTIAL AMENDMENT FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION THAT IS NOT
RELATED TO THE SEATTLE CENTER
PROJECT BUT IS RELATED TO THE
REPAYMENT OF INTERFUND LOANS
FOR THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE.
I'M HAPPY TO DESCRIBE THAT NOW
OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL AFTER
SEATTLE CENTER'S PRESENTATION.
>> LET'S HOLD IT AND WE'LL GET
THROUGH THE HEART OF TODAY'S
INITIAL PRESENTATION THEN THE
GREAT CATCH THAT YOU AND OTHERS
IDENTIFIED AS APP OPPORTUNITY
FOR A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT.
GOOD MORNING, ROBERT AND TOM.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE WITH US.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU,
ROBERT.
LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE READY TO GO.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING
US TO BE HERE.
LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN AND I'LL
BRING OUR PRESENTATION UP.
OKAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU
TODAY.
WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS A
PROPOSAL TO INVEST IN THE
CENTER SIGNAGE STRUCTURE WHICH
WOULD BENEFIT THE PUBLIC.
THE RESIDENT ARTS GROUPS AND
OUR EVENT CLIENTELE.
THIS PROPOSAL WILL CONVERT
APPROXIMATELY 150 SIGNS INTO
LESS THAN 50.
IT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO
INTEGRATE THE NEW CLIMATE
PLEDGE ARENA MORE FULLY AND TO
OUR CAMPUS AND IT'S HARD TO
UNDERSTATE THE IMPACT THAT THE
PRIVATELY OPERATED ARENA IS
HAVING AT THE CENTER.
WE BELIEVE THIS WILL HELP TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THAT TRANSITION TO
IMPROVE OUR OPERATIONS,
INCREASE REVENUES AND PROVIDE
BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE TO
CENTER VISITORS.
I WANT TO NOTE THREE CONDITIONS
WHICH INFORM OUR PROPOSAL.
OUR CURRENT SIGNAGE IS
INCONSISTENT, OUTDATED AND IN
NEED OF REPLACEMENT.
CURRENT SIGNAGE IS A MIXED BAG
OF OLDER READER SIGNS, SIGN
POLE BANNERS, STATIC MAP
KIOSKS, POSTER DISPLAY CASES
AND SANDWICH BOARDS.
THIS RESULTS IN A CLUTTERED
VISUAL LANDSCAPE THAT LACKS
COHESION OR CONSISTENT CLEAR
MESSAGING.
OUR VISITORS ARE POORLY SERVED.
EXISTING DIGITAL READER BOARDS
ARE AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL
LIFE AND IN NEED OF
REPLACEMENT.
THE NEW SIGNAGE PLAN WILL
INSTALL A COMPREHENSIVE
UPGRADE.
THE PLAN WOULD CONSIST OF A NEW
WAY FINDING, ENTRY SIGNS,
CAMPUS AND FACILITY READER
BOARDS ACCOUNT ART, INFORMATION
AND DIGITAL POSTERS.
IT WILL RAISE THE LEVEL OF
INTERACTION WITH OUR VISITORS
AND ALLOW US TO COMMUNICATE
DIRECTLY TO THEM IN REALTIME.
THE PROPOSAL IS EXPECTED TO
HAVE WIDE REACHING IMPACTS FOR
SEATTLE CENTER AND THE COUNCIL
APPROVED REDEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENTS INCLUDING LANGUAGE
COMPREHENSIVE SIGNAGE PROGRAM
TO INTEGRATE THE NEW ARENA AND
TO THE SEATTLE CENTER CAMPUS.
THREE, THE NEW SIGNAGE PLAN
WILL PROVIDE A NEW APPROACH TO
AN OLD SYSTEM AT SEATTLE
CENTER.
IT WILL IMPROVE VISITOR
EXPERIENCE, DECLUTTER THE
CAMPUS, PROMOTE CAMPUS ARTS AND
CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, PROVIDE
A SUSTAINABLE REVENUE STREAM TO
SUPPORT PUBLIC PROGRAMS, ALIGN
CAMPUS SIGNAGE AND ARENA
SIGNAGE FOR A CONSISTENT LOOK
AND FEEL.
ELIMINATE WASTE ASSOCIATED WITH
TEMPORARY SIGNAGE.
ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY TO
COMMUNICATE IN MULTIPLE
LANGUAGES.
ALLOW COORDINATED COMMUNICATION
DURING EMERGENCIES.
MAINTAIN THE CENTER'S
COMPETITIVE EDGE AS A PUBLIC
GATHERING PLACE.
UPGRADE EXISTING READER BOARDS
WHICH ARE AT THE END OF THEIR
USEFUL LIFE.
PROVIDE GOODWILL, COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK HAS BEEN
OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE TO
THESE SIGNS.
BOND FINANCED SIGNS WILL BE
OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY
AND IT WILL PROVIDE AN
INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR SPECIFIC
CAMPUS-WIDE MESSAGES TO CREATE
A CONSISTENT LOOK AND FEEL TO
VISITORS.
OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO USE
INCREMENTAL SPONSORSHIP
REVENUES TO PAY FOR
IMPROVEMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY THE FINANCIAL
IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC FORCED
US TO REPRIORITIZE OUR
REVENUES.
SO OUR PROPOSAL TODAY IS FOR
FINANCING.
THE COST IS APPROXIMATELY $8
MILLION.
FUNDING PROPOSED AS TAXABLE
LTGO BONDS.
REPAYABLE OVER A TEN YEAR TERM
WITH DEBT SHARED BETWEEN
ARENACO 75% AND THE CITY 25%.
ARENACO HAVE GUARANTEED THE
DEBT PAYMENTS.
THEY ALREADY HAVE ABOUT $3.2
MILLION ASSOCIATED WITH
SPONSORSHIP PROPOSALS GOING
TOWARDS A GOAL OF $8 MILLION
THIS YEAR.
AND MORE IN FUTURE YEARS.
DEBT REPAYMENT WILL COMMENCE IN
2022.
SPONSORSHIP REVENUE TIED TO THE
SIGNAGE WILL PRODUCE
APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION
ANNUALLY.
AND THE REVENUE IS SPLIT FOR
THE FIRST TEN YEARS 75% TO
ARENACO, 25% TO SEATTLE CENTER.
THAT'S AN ESTIMATED $630,000
ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO SEATTLE
CENTER ABOVE THE REQUIRED BASE
LEVEL PAYMENTS.
STARTING IN YEAR 11 THAT
FUNDING PROPOSAL GOES FROM
75/25 TO 50/50.
THE FUNDING WILL INCLUDE ANNUAL
MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT
FUNDING.
AND THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE
CITY OWNS AND WILL OPERATE THE
CAMPUS SIGNS, SEATTLE CENTER
WILL APPROVE ALL THE CONTENT ON
THE SIGN AND THE BIDDING AND
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIGNS WILL
BE DONE BY THE TIME THE ARENA
OPENS, WE ALL HAVE OUR FINGERS
CROSSED.
AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO
TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WE'VE
BEEN DOING SPONSORSHIP SIGNAGE
FOR DECADES.
IT'S JUST WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING
HAS BEEN PRETTY UGLY.
SEATTLE CENTER IS A DECISION
MAKER ON ALL THESE ISSUES AND
SEATTLE CENTER AND SDCI ARE A
DECISION MAKER ON THE EXTERIOR
ARE WITHIN 20 FEET OF THE RIGHT
OF WAY.
THIS IS SPONSORSHIP, NOT
ADVERTISING.
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DONE FOR
DECADES AND THIS IS A CITY
ASSET THAT WE THE CITY WILL
CONTROL.
AND WITH THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO
TURN THIS OVER TO ANY QUESTIONS
ANYONE HAS.
>> EXCELLENT.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO ALSO
REITERATE THAT YOU SEE THE
POINT IN THE PRESENTATION THAT
ARENACO WILL BE PAYING 75% OF
THE PROJECT'S DEBT SERVICE
WHILE THE SEATTLE CENTER WILL
BE PAYING THE OTHER 25%.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE DUE
DILIGENCE THAT WENT INTO THIS
PROPOSAL TODAY AND THE RESEARCH
BY MY OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT WE
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO EXECUTE
THESE BONDS THANKS TO ANDREW
HUSTON FROM MY OFFICE FOR DOING
A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ARE THERE
QUESTIONS?
>> I SEE ACCORDING TO THE
SLIDES THAT THE ADDITIONAL
ANNUAL REVENUE THAT THE CITY
ANTICIPATES I BELIEVE THE
NUMBER WAS ABOUT $800,000?
WAS THAT RIGHT?
A YEAR?
>> THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE IS
AROUND $630,000.
>> 630.
OKAY.
WHAT I DON'T SEE IS WHAT THE
ADDITIONAL ANNUAL PAYMENT THAT
THE CITY OR SEATTLE CENTER WILL
PAY.
I'M ASSUMING IT'S A COMPARABLE
ANNUAL NUMBER?
>> YEAH.
THE TOTAL PAYMENT THAT IS
AROUND $930,000 OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AND THE CITY'S
PORTION OF THAT IS $200 SOME
THOUSAND WHICH COMES OUT OF THE
600,000 WE'D BE GETTING.
>> ABOUT 200,000 EXTRA A YEAR?
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
AND THEN ON THE SPONSORSHIP
QUESTION YOU MENTIONED THAT THE
DECISION MAKING IS EXCLUSIVELY
IN THE HANDS OF SEATTLE CENTER
AND THAT SPONSORSHIP IS NOT
ADVERTISEMENT.
CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ADVERTISEMENT AND SPONSORSHIP?
SPECIFICALLY TO THE EXTENT THAT
YOU DESCRIBE THAT THE DECISION
MAKING AROUND SPONSORSHIP IS IN
THE HANDS OF THE SEATTLE CENTER
HOW YOU GO ABOUT MAKING THOSE
DECISIONS?
>> ADVERTISEMENT IS TRYING TO
GET YOU TO PURCHASE SOMETHING.
SPONSORSHIP IS TRYING TO ALIGN
WITH THE SYSTEM OR THAT DRIVES.
EXCUSE ME.
SPONSORSHIP IS TRYING TO ALIGN
WITH PRODUCTS THAT THE HOST
ENTITY HAS.
IF WE HAVE PROGRAMMING OR AN
EVENT OR WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT
SPONSORSHIP IS DESIGNED TO BE
SOMETHING IN SUPPORT OF WHAT
WE'RE ALREADY DOING OR IN
SUPPORT OF WHAT COMES ON TO
MAKE HAPPEN, ET CETERA.
ADVERTISING IS NOT WHAT I DO.
WE DON'T DO ADVERTISING.
WE DO SPONSORSHIP.
WE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE
WINTER FRESH OR WE WILL DO
SOMETHING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGER
DIFFERENCES I SEE IN THAT.
THE SPONSORSHIP IS WE DON'T DO
TOBACCO.
WE DON'T DO DRUGS.
WE DON'T DO THINGS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE NEGATIVE FOR OUR
SOCIETAL VIEWS.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AS WE'RE
GOING THROUGH OUR DECISION
MAKING PROCESS.
WE DON'T DO THINGS THAT WOULD
ALLOW US TO PUT A BAD FOOT
FORWARD.
EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS
GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S
GOING TO BE FAMILY ORIENTED OR
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ALIGNED
WITH THE CITY'S VALUES, THE
CENTER'S VALUES, ET CETERA.
THAT'S HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING
THAT.
I'M SORRY FOR THE MISSPEAK
EARLIER.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S HELPFUL.
WHO DOES THE DECISION MAKING
THOUGH?
IS THAT SORT OF WITHIN THE
SEATTLE CENTER FAMILY OR DO YOU
GET ADVICE FROM THE SEATTLE
CENTER ADVISORY BOARD OR JUST
WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE TEXTURE
ON THAT PROCESS.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
THE FINAL DECISION IS MADE BY
THE DIRECTOR.
THE WAY WE STRUCTURED THIS IS
THAT ALL OF THESE DECISIONS
WILL GO TO THE SEATTLE CENTER
ADVISORY COMMISSION.
SEATTLE CENTER ADVISORY
COMMISSION IS LEADING AN EFFORT
TO IDENTIFY AND LAY OUT OUR
CORPORATE GUIDELINES FOR OUR
SPONSORSHIP.
AND WE TAKE ALL DECISIONS LIKE
THIS TO THEM.
THEY APPROVE THEM AND THEN COME
BACK TO US.
WE GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
>> MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> GREAT QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
SEATTLE CENTER OR BRIAN
GOODNIGHT OR CENTRAL STAFF.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR NELLAMS AND
YOUR TEAM.
I WANT TO START WITH JUST A
MOMENT OF GRATITUDE.
THIS SIGN AMENDMENT OR THIS
PRESENTATION THAT YOU BRING
BEFORE US TODAY IS QUITE
COMPLEX.
THERE ARE A LOT OF INTRICATE
AND IMPORTANT DETAILS.
IT PAILS IN COMPARISON TO THE
DEALS YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE
PUT TOGETHER AROUND CLIMATE
PLEDGE ARENA.
AROUND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BOTH
MEMORIAL STADIUM AND WITH THE
CENTER SCHOOL.
JUST LOOKING AT THIS CAMPUS MAP
I START AT THE 11:00 HOUR AND
GO CLOCK WISE I SEE WE HAVE
KEXP, WE HAVE THE REPERTORY
THEATER, WE HAVE THE BALLET.
WE HAVE THE OPERA.
WE HAVE MEMORIAL STADIUM WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
THINGS GOING ON THERE.
WE HAVE THE SPACE NEEDLE.
IT'S NOT ICONIC AT ALL.
I SWEAR.
WE HAVE THE CLASS MUSEUM.
WE HAVE THE CHILDREN'S THEATER.
SEATTLE.
THE SCIENCE CENTER.
THEN, YEAH, AND IF I MISSED
ANY, JUST LET ME KNOW.
I WANT TO GROUND US IN THAT
CONTEXT.
IT IS COMPLEX AND IT PEAL PALES
IN COMPARISON.
I WANT TO START WITH THANKS.
I WAS MAYBE FLIPPANT ABOUT THE
SPACE NEEDLE.
IT IS ICONIC.
IT IS WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF
YOUR CAMPUS.
SO I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT I KNOW THE
ANSWERS TO THEM BUT I JUST WANT
TO PUT A FINE POINT ON THEM.
SO THIS CHANGE WOULD ALLOW THE
CITY TO ISSUE AN ADDITIONAL $8
MILLION IN BONDS TO FUND THE
SCIENCE PROJECT BUT IT WOULD
NOT STIPULATE THE COST SHARING
BETWEEN THE CITY AND ARENACO.
THE COST SHARING WOULD BE
SPELLED OUT IN A SEPARATE
AGREEMENT?
>> I BELIEVE SO BUT I DON'T
KNOW THAT TO BE TRUE.
>> OKAY.
BRIAN, DO YOU HAVE THAT
UNDERSTANDING?
>> YES.
IT LOOKS LIKE TOM MIGHT WANT TO
STEP IN AS WELL.
SEATTLE CENTER AND THE LAW
DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING WITH
ARENACO TO FINALIZE AN
AGREEMENT THAT WILL FORMALIZE
THE COST SHARING SPLIT.
>> IF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
CANNOT BE FINALIZED IS THE CITY
OBLIGATED TO SELL THESE BONDS
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL
TODAY?
>> I'LL HAVE BRIAN ANSWER THAT.
>> SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
GIVEN THE TIMELINE AND SEATTLE
CENTER CAN SPECIFY THE TIMELINE
THEY'RE WORKING ON.
THAT THE BONDS LIKELY WOULD
STILL BE SOLD.
CURRENTLY PLAN TO BE SOLD AT
THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS THAT
HAPPEN WITH FAS LEADING UP TO
THAT PLAN.
LIKELY THE BONDS WOULD BE SOLD
REGARDLESS.
THE CITY DOES HAVE WAYS OF IF
THE PROJECT DOESN'T COME TO
FRUITION BOND PROCEEDS ARE NOT
VERY FUDGABLE.
THEY CAN'T BE APPLIED TO OTHER
PROJECTS.
THERE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS TO HOLD THE
FUNDING TO REPAY THEM WHEN IT'S
APPROPRIATE.
>> I MIGHT JUST STEP IN.
I THINK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE
WOULDN'T GO AHEAD WITH THE
PROJECT AND THEN THE BOND FUNDS
TO BE AVAILABLE.
THAT'S MOST LIKELY WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN.
>> SO IF I WAS, WHICH I AM A
RISK AVERSE PERSON THIS WOULD
BE A SAFE MEASURE TO PASS
TODAY.
I'M SEEING NODDING HEADS ACROSS
THE ZOOM ROOM.
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE
REVENUE SPLIT.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THIS
BEFORE.
JUST TO PUT A FINAL POINT ON
IT.
THE REVENUE SPLIT BETWEEN
ARENACO AND THE SEATTLE CENTER
FOR SPONSORSHIP REVENUE AND HOW
DOES IT RELATE TO THE 75/25
SPLIT.
>> IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME.
75% IN THE FIRST TEN YEARS TO
ARENACO.
25% TO THE CITY.
AFTER THE FIRST TEN YEARS IT'S
50/50.
THE BEAUTY OF THIS FROM OUR
STANDPOINT IS NOT ONLY DO WE
GET THE SIGNS WE NEED BUT THAT
THE SIGNS WILL MOST LIKELY LAST
LONGER THAN THOSE TEN YEARS AND
THEN WHEN WE'RE GETTING INTO A
50/50 SPLIT OUR REVENUES WILL
GO UP.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU ANSWERED THE
FOLLOWUP QUESTION FOR COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD ABOUT THE
SPONSORSHIP.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
SPONSORSHIP AND ADVERTISING AND
I GUESS I'LL ASK SOME MORE
CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT
WAS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO GET TO
WORK WITH YOU TO PUT FORWARD
THE ORIGINAL SIGN CODE
AMENDMENT THE.
ONE THING YOU SHARED WITH ME AT
THAT TIME WAS ONE OF THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADVERTISING
AND SPONSORSHIP.
LET'S SAY ALASKA AIRLINES WANTS
TO BE OUR SPONSOR.
THEY CAN PUT UP A SIGN THAT
SAYS SPONSORED BY ALASKA
AIRLINES.
WHAT THEY COULD NOT PUT UP IS A
SIGN THAT SAYS FOR THIS WEEKEND
ONLY YOU CAN GET A $25 FLIGHT
TO LOS ANGELES.
>> RIGHT.
>> CAN YOU KIND OF EXPAND ON
THAT CONCEPT SO THAT WE HAVE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPONSORSHIP
AND ADVERTISING?
>> WELL YEAH.
IN ADVERTISING THE GOAL IS TO
TRY TO GET YOU TO DO SOMETHING.
AND SPONSORSHIP THE GOAL IS TO
TRY TO GET YOU TO FEEL
SOMETHING.
AND SPONSORSHIP YOU'RE TRYING
TO FEEL THAT THE PRODUCT OR THE
SPONSOR IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
THING THAT YOU LOVE OR THE
THING YOU'RE DOING OR THE THING
YOU'RE GOING WITH.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ATTRACTIVE
FOR PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED IN
THIS PROCESS WITH ARENACO AND
ABOUT SEATTLE CENTER BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
HAPPENING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE
TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH.
ET CETERA.
AND THAT ALLOWS US AN ABILITY
TO DRIVE SOME REVENUE TO US
THAT ALLOWS US TO DO OTHER
THINGS BESIDES SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
WINTER FEST OR ANY OTHER
PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T COST
ANYBODY IN THE CITY ANY MONEY
TO ATTEND.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR NELLAMS.
WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS
THESE, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PUT
THEIR NAME ON A SIGN IS SAYING
THEY SUPPORT YOUR WORK.
NOT HERE COME GET THE LATEST
GREATEST DEAL FROM US ON X, Y
OR Z. I THINK THAT'S JUST SUCH
AN IMPORTANT NUANCE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD, THE SIGN CODE
THAT IS AROUND THE SEATTLE
CENTER HAS EXCEPTIONS FOR WHAT
THE SIGN CODE IS IN THE REST OF
THE CITY AND THIS IS ONE OF
THOSE REALLY IMPORTANT DETAILS
THAT MAKES ME SUPPORT WHAT
YOU'RE DOING.
I ALSO, COULD YOU SPEAK
BRIEFLY.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THE SIGN CODE, BUT JUST
FOR REFERENCE SEATTLE CENTER
HAS CHANGES OR EXCEPTIONS TO
THE CITY SIGN CODE REGARDING
BACK LIT SIGNS AND CAN YOU JUST
REMIND ME THIS DOES NOT ALLOW
FOR FLASHING SIGNS.
WE HAVE TO KEEP A CONSISTENT
PANEL.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN OUT
LIKE LAS VEGAS OR NEW YORK.
>> NO, OVER MY DEAD BODY.
W WILL NOT DO ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
WE WILL HAVE SOME DIGITAL
SIGNS.
THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGING
IMAGES THAT WILL HAPPEN.
BUT IT WILL NOT BE THINGS THAT
WILL BE DISTURBING OR
DISTRACTING TO DRIVERS, ET
CETERA.
WE WILL HAVE SOME SIGNS THAT
WILL CHANGE PERIODICALLY, ET
CETERA.
AND THEY WILL TELL THE STORY OF
ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING AT SEATTLE CENTER.
THEY WILL TELL THE STORY OF ALL
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROMOTING
SEATTLE CENTER AS PART OF THEIR
WAY OF SAYING YEAH, WE'RE WITH
THEM TOO.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
ONE THING THAT YOU MENTIONED IS
THAT THESE NEW SIGNS WILL ALLOW
US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IN
MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AGAIN.
MY LAST QUESTION HERE IS, AND
MAYBE IT'S MORE AFTER STATEMENT
ABOUT WHEN I STARTED MY
COMMENTS MAYBE TEN MINUTES AGO
NOW WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT ARE ON
OUR PUBLIC LAND IN THE SEATTLE
CENTER.
SEATTLE CENTER AND YOUR WORK
UNIFIES ALL OF THESE VERY, I
MEAN, THERE IS.
GLASS MUSEUM AND KEXP.
VERY DIFFERENT.
THE BALLET AND SCIENCE CENTER.
VERY DIFFERENT.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY IT IS SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE OR I GUESS ON
ONE HAND HAVING SO MANY
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNS
CREATES DISJOINTED FEELING.
AND HAVING A CONSISTENT TYPE OF
SIGN IS ABLE TO UNIFY ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
ENTITIES.
I GUESS MAYBE I ANSWERED MY OWN
QUESTION THERE.
ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ON THAT?
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT
THE ABILITY TO HAVE A ONE TYPE
OF SIGN THAT GOES ACROSS THE
CAMPUS THAT IS UNIFORM THAT IS
CONSISTENT AND THAT DOESN'T
BEAT YOU OVER THE HEAD BECAUSE
IT'S AROUND EVERY BIN OR
WHATEVER IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING
TO DO HERE.
SO BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO
PEOPLE, BEING ABLE TO SHARE
WHAT'S ALL HAPPENING BECAUSE
YOU MENTION ALL THE ENTITIES
THAT ARE AT SEATTLE CENTER IF
YOU COME HERE IT'S ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW WHAT'S ALL
HAPPENING.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO
COMMUNICATE A LOT OF THAT TO
PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER SO MUCH
MORE THAN MAYBE WHAT THEY CAME
TO SEE.
>> I CAN'T WAIT.
I REALLY CAN'T WAIT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LITERALLY CHANGING THE FACE OF
SEATTLE.
ONE LAST COMMENT AND NOT FOR
YOU TO RESPOND TO.
THIS IS JUST AN OPINION.
PERSONAL IMPORTANCE AND
SIGNIFICANCE TO ME IS THAT I
DOUBLY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
USE OUR BONDING AUTHORITY TO
MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
I ALSO FIND IT VERY TROUBLING
THAT WE ARE NOT USING OUR
BONDING AUTHORITY TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE TO
ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS.
AS WE HEARD THIS MORNING WITH
ALL THE CALLERS CALLING IN WE
HAVE URGENT NEEDS.
WE HAVE THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE
KNOW THAT WORK.
WE HAVE EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS WE
JUST DON'T HAVE THEM TO THE
SCALE OF THE CRISIS.
WE NEED TO GET THESE SOLUTIONS
UP AND RUNNING.
DIRECTOR NELLAMS, DN'T RESPOND
TO THAT.
WE NEED TO KEEP YOUR PROJECT
MOVING AND ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS.
GOVERNMENT CAN DO MORE THAN ONE
THING AT ONCE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> DOES THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
I THINK THAT HELPS LEAD INTO
CONVERSATIONS I'VE BEEN HAVING
WITH CENTRAL STAFF ABOUT THEM
BOTH.
GIVEN THE ON GOING
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WILL SOON
HEAR ABOUT REGARDING SOME OTHER
POTENTIAL BONDS WE MAY NOT HAVE
TO DO, I THINK THERE IS A LOT
OF POTENTIAL FOR US TO USE
BONDING GOING FORWARD TO
ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES LIKE
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE
BOTH AND APPROACH HERE.
ON THIS TOPIC I DON'T SEE ANY
OTHER HANDS RAISED.
I DO WANT TO TEE UP BRIAN
GOODNIGHT TO TALK ABOUT AN
AMENDMENT.
COLLEAGUES, YOU SAW IN AN E-
MAIL FROM ME AND I SPOKE TO IT
YESTERDAY DURING COUNCIL
BRIEFING I SENT AROUND
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO HELP
CORRECT AN ISSUE THAT CENTRAL
STAFF HAVE HELPED IDENTIFY.
UP TO 70 MILLION BONDS ISSUED
TO REPAY THE INTERFUND LOAN FOR
THE REPAIR OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE APPROVED LAST SEPTEMBER
úMAY BE ISSUED AS TAX EXEMPT
BONDS.
FAS ANTICIPATES THAT THE
ISSUANCE WOULD. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT
TO THE AMENDMENT WE CIRCULATED
YESTERDAY?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK
AND CATCHING THIS TO FIX THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
I'VE JUST PUT THE AMENDMENT UP
ON THE SCREEN.
I THINK YOU HAVE PRETTY MUCH
SAID ALL OF IT.
I WILL JUST ADD THAT THE
SECTION THAT IT ADDS IS A
SECTION 4 TO THE BILL AND IT
RENUMBERS THE FOLLOWING
SECTIONS APPROPRIATELY.
IT CORRECTS AN OVERSIGHT.
SO THIS MAKES CLEAR THE
COUNCIL'S INTENT THAT THE INNER
FUND LOANS MAY BE REIMBURSED
WITH TAX EXEMPT BONDS.
>> IMPORTANT CATCH TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE
THAT BACK AND POTENTIALLY USE
IT FOR THINGS LIKE WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS JUST
SPOKE TO.
I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS ON
THIS.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE
CONSIDER A VOTE?
OKAY.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE RIGHT ON TIME.
I WANT TO THANK THE PRESENTERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I REALLY DO ANTICIPATE THERE
WILL BE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS
BEFORE FULL COUNCIL.
IF YOU DO HEAR FROM OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS WE ARE HAPPY TO
TRY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS
BUT ALSO HAPPY TO PASS THEM ON
TO YOU.
COLLEAGUES I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120006 TO PUT THIS BILL IN
FRONT OF US.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
THE BILL IS NOW IN FRONT OF US.
I DO HAVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 1.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS FOLKS
WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE I
MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 1? SEEING
NONE I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 120006.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BESIDES
WHAT WE JUST HEARD FROM?
INTERIM DIRECTOR EDER DID YOU
HAVE A COMMENT?
>> NO.
>> GREAT.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO COUNCIL
BILL 120006.
>> AYE.
>> YES.
>> NONE OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THAT FIVE IN FAVOR?
>> FIVE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UNANIMOUS NONETHELESS AND THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.
THE BILL IS NOW IN FRONT OF US
AS AMENDED.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
SEEING NONE, COLLEAGUES I'D
LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PASS THE
FINAL BILL AS AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL CHAIR THAT IS 6 IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> OKAY.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
I AM SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
UNANIMOUS PASSAGE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES ON THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PAZ AS AMENDED WILL BE
SENT TO THE MARCH 8th SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY.
LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS GOING
INTO PLAY.
WONDERFUL.
COULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER 2 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2.
RESOLUTION 31991.
THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A
WATCH LIST OF LARGE, COMPLEX,
DISCREET CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT
WILL REQUIRE ENHANCED QUARTERLY
MONITORING REPORTS FOR THE 2021
CALENDAR YEAR.
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
INTERIM DIRECTOR EDER FROM
CENTRAL STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH
US TODAY.
YOU WERE ALSO HERE TWO WEEKS
AGO WHEN WE DELAYED THIS TOPIC.
APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
WE DO HAVE A MEMO DATED
FEBRUARY 18th AS YOU WERE
SLATED TO PRESENT AT OUR LAST
MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS
WE GOT TO THIS ITEM.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US
AND FOR OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
WHO HAVE CLEARLY READ YOUR MEMO
IN DETAIL AND OFFERED SUGGESTED
ENHANCEMENT TO THE BILL IN
FRONT OF US OR THE LIST IN
FRONT OF US TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO
GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE
ITEM IN FRONT OF US.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD DAN
EDER WITH CENTRAL STAFF AND AS
YOU MENTIONED THERE IS A MEMO
ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA ABOUT
THE 2021 PROPOSED WATCH LIST
THAT WOULD BE ADOPTED THROUGH
RESOLUTION 31991.
I'LL SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES
PROVIDING CONTEXT FROM THAT
MEMO TO SET THE DISCUSSION
TODAY.
AS YOU WITH AWARE THE CITY'S
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
INCLUDES SEVERAL HUNDRED
CAPITAL PROJECTS RANGING IN
SIZE AND COMPLEXITY FROM MAJOR
STREET PROJECTS TO PARKS,
INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITIES,
INVESTMENTS AND MANY OTHER
TYPES.
IN 2018 THE COUNCIL AND THE
EXECUTIVE WORKED COOPERATIVELY
ON A SEPARATE RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION 31853.
THAT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHED A
PROACTIVE APPROACH FOR
INCREASING COUNCIL'S OVERSIGHT
OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.
PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH A RANGE
OF QUOTE, PERCEIVED SIGNIFICANT
QUESTIONS ABOUT SCOPE, SCHEDULE
AND BUDGET.
AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT 2018
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHED A
REPORTING FRAMEWORK AND
ANTICIPATED THAT EACH YEAR THAT
COUNCIL WOULD ADOPT AN ANNUAL
WATCH LIST OF QUOTE, LARGE,
COMPLEX, DISCREET CAPITAL
PROJECTS, END QUOTE.
THE IDEA WAS TO PROVIDE BOTH
THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC WITH
REGULAR UPDATES ABOUT THE WATCH
LIST PROJECTS SO AS TO PROVIDE
NOT ONLY A SENSE OF EMERGING
CHALLENGES ON THOSE PROJECTS
BUT ALSO A PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF
THE POTENTIAL STRATEGIES THAT
THE CITY MAY BE CONSIDERING
EMPLOYING.
DURING 2019 THE COUNCIL ADOPTED
A WATCH LIST OF ABOUT A DOZEN
TO 15 PROJECTS AND THE
EXECUTIVE PROVIDED QUARTERLY
REPORTS ON EACH OF THOSE
PROJECTS.
DURING 2020 THE COUNCIL ALSO
ADOPTED A SIMILARLY SIZED WATCH
LIST, HOWEVER DUE TO STAFFING
CONSTRAINTS RELATED TO THE
PANDEMIC THE EXECUTIVE WAS ONLY
ABLE TO PROVIDE HIGH LEVEL
SUMMARY INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE
PROJECTS DURING 2020.
RATHER THAN PROVIDING
INFORMATION IN THE ENHANCED
QUARTERLY REPORTING FORMAT.
TODAY'S ACTION RESOLUTION 31991
WOULD REQUEST ENHANCED
QUARTERLY REPORTS ON A SELECT
LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.
CONSISTENT WITH PROVISION IN
THE 2018 RESOLUTION, THE
EXECUTIVE HAS DUALLY PROPOSED A
LIST.
THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE
RESOLUTION ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
I UNDERSTAND FROM ARE A COUPLE
OF AMENDMENTS.
THE EXECUTIVE EXPECTS TO BE
ABLE TO RESUME QUARTERLY
REPORTS.
FOR EACH PROJECT THE REPORTS
ARE EXPECTED TO ADDRESS COSTS
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OVERALL
PROJECTS LIFETIME BUDGET.
SCHEDULE VERSUS THE ESTABLISHED
BASELINE MILESTONES FOR THE
PROJECT AND ALSO AND I THINK
MOST IMPORTANTLY AN ANALYSIS OF
THE POTENTIAL RISKS THAT EACH
PROJECT FACES.
THAT'S ACCOMPANIED WITH A
DISCUSSION OF THE STRATEGIES
THAT THE EXECUTIVE ANTICIPATES
EMPLOYING TO MANAGE THOSE
RISKS.
RESOLUTION 31991 CONSISTENT
WITH PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF THE
ANNUAL WATCH LIST ANTICIPATES
THAT THE COUNCIL'S FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE WILL BE THE
FORUM FOR REVIEWING THOSE, THE
ENHANCED QUARTERLY REPORTS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF
REPORT.
AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR
OPENING REMARKS THERE ARE I
BELIEVE TWO POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS
MAY BE INTERESTED IN MOVING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BEFORE WE MOVE TO AMENDMENTS
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
DAN?
ANY GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE
PROCESS OR REPORT BACK AS YOU
READ IN THE STAFF MEMO?
OKAY.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY GENERAL
COMMENTS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE
AMENDMENTS.
WE MAY HAVE MORE DISCUSSION
THERE.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
I SEE YOU ARE LISTED AS THE
FIRST AMENDMENT.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO MOVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
>> MOVE AMENDMENT ONE SMITHCO
PARK.
>> IT'S BEEN SECONDED.
SPEAK TO YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
CHAIR FOR YOUR INDULGENCE ON
THIS ITEM.
MY AMENDMENT WOULD ADD SMITHCO
BACK TO THE CAPITAL WATCH LIST.
WAS ADDED TO THE 2020 WATCH
LIST AND IT WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE
REMOVED FROM THE 2020 WATCH
LIST.
IT WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE REMOVED
FROM THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED WATCH
LIST.
IN PART BECAUSE THE EXECUTIVE
JUSTIFICATION FOR MOVING THE
PROJECT IS THAT IT'S CURRENTLY
ON HOLD.
OTHER PROJECTS ON THIS LIST ARE
ON HOLD SUCH AS THE CENTER CITY
STREETCAR -- CENTER CITY
CONNECTOR STREETCAR REMAIN ON
THIS LIST.
SMITH CO PARK IS IMPORTANT TO
ME TO REMAIN ON THIS LIST
BECAUSE IT IS HAS EXPERIENCED
SO MANY DELAYS OVER THE YEARS
AND IT'S IMPORTANT WE KEEP THIS
PROJECT ON THE WATCH LIST TO
HIGHLIGHT THE DELAYS AND KEEP
ATTENTION TO MOVING IT FORWARD.
WITH THE PROJECT ON HOLD IT
SHOULD NOT COST DEPARTMENTS
SIGNIFICANT TIME OR RESOURCES
TO INCLUDE SMITHCO PARK ON
THEIR WATCH LIST REPORTS.
AND IT WILL KEEP IT AT TOP OF
THEIR MINDS.
I AM VERY COMMITTED WITH I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS TAKEN
OVER THE LEAD ON THIS.
I'M VERY COMMITTED TO SEEING
SMITHCO PARK COMPLETED.
THIS IS A AS COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS WILL PROBABLY SPEAK TO,
THIS WAS AN INTER, MANY
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
WORKING TOGETHER.
THE COUNTY, THE PORT, THE CITY.
WE NEED TO DO OUR PART TO GET
IT FINISHED.
SHOULD BE ON TO PHASE TWO.
WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
WITH THE CHAIR'S INDULGENCE I'D
LOVE TO ADD THIS AMENDMENT
BACK.
I AM VERY COMMITTED TO SEEING
SMITH CO PARK FINISHED.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
NOT A QUESTION JUST WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND THANK
HIM FOR HIS WORK AND HIS
PREVIOUS ROLE WORKING DIRECTLY
FOR THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 7 AS
A LEGISLATIVE AIDE TO MY
PREDECESSOR.
I STILL REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN
WE HAD THIS EXACT SAME
DISCUSSION AT APPROXIMATELY THE
SAME TIME COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
ENTERING INTO THE RECORD A
PICTURE WITH SORT OF THE GROUND
BREAKING WITH THEN MAYOR McGINN
JUST TO GIVE AN INDICATION AND
TO DATE HOW LONG THIS IMPORTANT
PROJECT HAS BEEN PENDING.
I WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY LIFT UP
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO I
KNOW HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING AND
WORKING HARD FOR THIS.
BRUCE HARPER ON THE MAGNOLIA
COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH THE PORT WITH THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT, WITH THE CITY TO
GET THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE
AND I DO THINK THAT THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT MEASURE TODAY TO JUST
REMIND THAT COMMUNITY THAT WE
ARE STILL HERE WITH YOU PUSHING
ON THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT.
WE WANT TO SEE IT COMPLETED.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO
KEEP THIS AS PART OF YOUR
PORTFOLIO DESPITE NOW
REPRESENTING DISTRICT 6.
APPRECIATE IT AND LOOK FORWARD
TO VOTING FOR THIS TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TORCH AND RUNNING WITH IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS HAS
TAKEN THE LEAD ON THIS.
THANKFUL TO GET TO WORK.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BOTH OF
YOU.
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL ON
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER
ONE?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> THAT IS FIVE IN FAVOR NONE
OPPOSED.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD I SEE YOU
HAVE AMENDMENT TWO.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION
31991 BY ADDING A NEW SECTION
FIVE AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO.
>> EXCELLENT.
I WILL SECOND THAT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.
>> IN ADDITION TO BACKGROUND
AROUND HOW WE GOT TO THE
PROCESS FOR CREATING A WATCH
LIST, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS
DISCUSSIONS OVER THE YEARS
SINCE 2018 WHERE WE TALKED
ABOUT INCLUDING SORT OF PROGRAM
ATTIC ELEMENTS AS PART OF THE
WATCH LIST.
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
IS NOT JUST DISTINCT FOR
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.
IT INCLUDES MULTIYEAR PROJECTS.
SO THE LEGISLATION REQUESTED
BACK IN 2018 IN THIS SECTION
NINE THAT THE EXECUTIVE WORK
WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF TO
DEVELOP AIMED FOR ENHANCED
REPORTING FOR SELECTED ON GOING
PROGRAMS OR COMPONENTS OF ON
GOING PROGRAMS FOR POTENTIAL
INCLUSION IN THE WATCH LIST.
THE BUDGET DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR
NOBLE HAS COMMITTED TO WORKING
WITH CENTRAL STAFF TO DEVELOP
AN APPROACH TO IMPLEMENT
SECTIONNINE WHILE NOTING WOULD
REQUIRE A DIFFERENT APPROACH
THAN FOR INDIVIDUAL CAPITAL
PROJECTS.
THIS AMENDMENT IS DESIGNED TO
TRY AND PILOT A NEW REPORTING
FORMAT FOR ON GOING PROJECTS.
THERE ARE 300 OR SO ON GOING
PROGRAMS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS.
AN EXAMPLE THAT I THINK WE'VE
ALL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH OVER
THE LAST YEAR IS BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE.
BUT THE DEPARTMENTS THAT
INCLUDE ON GOING PROGRAMMATIC
PROJECTS IS NOT UNIQUE TO SDOT,
CITY LIGHT, PARKS DEPARTMENT,
FAS, SEATTLE CENTER AND IT ALL
HAVE ON GOING CIP PROJECTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT BACKGROUND
ON THE WATCH LIST TO BEGIN
WITH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
SEEING NONE.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM
YOU?
GREAT.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 2.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> THAT IS FIVE IN FAVOR AND
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
FOLKS IN FRONT OF US WE NOW
HAVE THE YOU BILL AS AMENDED
WITH AMENDMENTS ONE AND TWO
INCLUDED.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
RESOLUTION 31991 AS AMENDED.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE
MENTIONED IN THE PAST WHEN
WE'VE HEARD THE ANNUAL WATCH
LIST RESOLUTION IS EXPRESSING
MY HOPE THAT WE HOPE INTERNALLY
AS A COUNCIL COMMIT TO SORT OF
DAYLIGHTING THE PROJECTS THAT
FALL IN OUR COMMITTEE WHEN THE
WATCH LIST REPORTS COME BACK TO
US.
THEY COME BACK I THINK TO YOU
AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
WITH OVERSIGHT ACTIVITY BUDGET
OFFICE.
YOU CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO HEAR
THE UPDATES ON PROJECTS FROM
DEPARTMENTS ALL OVER THE CITY
SO MY HOPE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT
COMMITTEES THAT HAVE FOR
INSTANCE PARKS IN IT OR OR SDOT
OR THE UTILITIES.
THAT WE COLLECTIVELY AGREE TO
HAVE THAT SORT OF HIGHER LEVEL
OF SCRUTINY WHEN WE GET THE
WATCH LIST REPORTS BACK TO US
IN OUR OWN COMMITTEES.
THAT'S SORT OF A PIECE OF IT I
THINK SOME COMMITTEE CHAIRS DO
INFORMALLY.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS I
THINK WOULD BE GREAT IF WE
FIGURED OUT A WAY IN THE FUTURE
TO FORMALIZE THAT EXPECTATION
AMONGST OURSELVES.
IN HIGHLIGHTING THAT DESIRE.
THANK YOU.
>> TO ENSURE THERE'S MORE
TRANSPARENT CALENDAR OF WHEN WE
COULD EXPECT THAT TO BE SHARED
IN VARIOUS COMMITTEES?
SHOULD WE BRAINSTORM ON THAT
SUGGESTION?
>> I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT IS A DISCUSSION THAT I CAN
CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH COUNCIL
MEMBERS ON THIS COMMITTEE AND
CHAIRS OF THE COMMITTEES WITH
JURISDICTION OVER THE CAPITAL
HEAVY DEPARTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DO REMEMBER YOU BRINGING THAT
UP BEFORE.
LAST YEAR WAS OBVIOUSLY A
HECTIC YEAR FOR ALL BUT WE NEED
TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS SOMEWHAT
OF A NEW NORMAL IN TERMS OF
WORK FLOW COMING AT US.
MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T GET LOST
AS WELL.
LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP
WITH YOU ON THAT.
WONDERFUL.
SO WE NOW HAVE THE RESOLUTION
AS AMENDED IN FRONT OF US.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE.
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION
31991 AS AMENDED.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> THAT IS FIVE IN FAVOR AND
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES ON THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE RESOLUTION PASS AS AMENDED
WILL BE SENT TO THE MARCH 8th
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FOR A FINAL VOTE.
WE ARE ON TIME FOR OUR NEXT TWO
ITEMS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE
DISCUSSION THIS MORNING SO FAR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US AND FOR YOUR WORK ON
THAT CENTRAL STAFF MEMO.
COLLEAGUES, LET'S MOVE INTO THE
THIRD ITEM OF THIS.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM THREE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
FEDERAL FUNDING AND COUNCIL
PRIORITIES.
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE TEAM
OF CENTRAL STAFF MEMBERS WHO
ARE WITH US TODAY.
YOU DID SEE A VERY HELPFUL
DOCUMENT THAT WAS SENT AROUND
BY YOLANDA LEADERSHIP FROM ALY
PENNUCCI, TOM MIKESELL.
I THINK ALL SIX NEBRASKAS OF
THE TEAM WHO HAD BEEN WORKING
ON THIS ITEM FOR US.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A
CONVERSATION REALLY APPRECIATE
THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS
GONE INTO THIS INITIAL
DOCUMENT.
AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE
PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF US
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO REALLY HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING A MORE
TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION WITH
THE PUBLIC, WITH MEMBERS OF
COUNCIL AND OUR REGIONAL
PARTNERS ABOUT HOW FEDERAL
DOLLARS COULD POTENTIALLY BE
USED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
VITAL SERVICES THIS COUNCIL HAS
PRIORITIZED AS SYSTEMS FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES, WORKER
SUPPORT, CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.
MAKING SURE OUR CORE GOVERNMENT
SERVICES ARE READY TO OPEN
AGAIN TO INFUSE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR RESILIENCY, EQUITY AND MORE
EQUITABLE RECOVERY AS WE THINK
ABOUT REOPENING OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY HERE.
THERE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION TO BE HAD NOT JUST
ABOUT THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED
TODAY, BUT ALSO ABOUT WHAT
COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO.
AS YOU WILL SEE IN ONE OF THE
SLIDES THAT WE'LL BEGIN THE
PRESENTATION, THIS IS ONE OF
FOUR ITEMS THE COUNCIL WILL
HAVE A CHANCE TO ENGAGE ON.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
POTENTIAL RESOLUTION OUTLINING
COUNCIL'S PRINCIPLES AND
SPENDING PRIORITIES FOR USE
WITH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN
ACT.
AND HOW THAT DIRECT AID THE
ANTICIPATED $221 MILLION TO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE CAN BE
DISPERSED.
THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR US
TO COME BACK AS SOON AS AND IN
OPTION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
ACTION TO PASS THE $1.9
TRILLION THAT CONGRESS IS
CURRENTLY DEBATING RIGHT NOW.
AND WE WILL BEGIN PREPARING A
SECOND ITEM FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
WE ARE GOING TO PREPARE AND
BEGIN DELIBERATIONS ON
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ACCEPT
AN AUTHORIZED SPENDING OF
DIRECT AID AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE
TO MAKE SURE THAT FUNDING GETS
DIRECTLY INTO THE HANDS OF
THOSE WHO MOST NEED IT,
ANTICIPATING THE FINAL PASSAGE
IN DC AND WANTING TO BE
PREPARED FOR THAT.
THE OTHER TWO ITEMS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR
THIS COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO
DELIBERATE ON AND PROVIDE
DIRECTION IS ACCEPTING AND
THORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF
THE $22.7 MILLION OF EMERGENCY
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY
THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS
ACT.
THAT PASSED IN DECEMBER.
WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE THAT
SPENDING DIRECTIVE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE COUNCIL
WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO AMEND AND
PROVIDE DIRECTION ON.
THE FOURTH ITEM WE AS A COUNCIL
ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE
DELIBERATIONS ON AND POTENTIAL
ACTION IS THE ON GOING
CONVERSATION THAT WILL CONTINUE
ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4 ON TODAY'S
AGENDA WHICH IS CONSIDERING ANY
POTENTIAL LEGISLATION OR
DIRECTION AUTHORIZING
EXPENDITURES TO SUPPORT
PROGRAMS LIKE JUST CARES
PROGRAM OR A ROBUST HOTELING
STRATEGY SUCH AS THAT.
THIS IS REALLY I THINK AN
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
CONTINUE THE HARD WORK THAT
COUNCIL ENGAGED IN A YEAR AGO.
ALMOST A YEAR AGO TO DATE.
WE HAVE ALL BEEN ENGAGED IN
VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW
WE AS A COUNCIL CAN ACT LOCALLY
AND WITH URGENCY TO RESPOND TO
THE CRISES WE ARE SEEING UNFOLD
AS IT RELATES TO COVID.
YOU ALL AS COUNCIL ACTED
QUICKLY WHEN WE PASSED OUR
INITIAL COVID RELIEF BILL.
$86MILLION WAS WHAT WE HAD
ANTICIPATED TO TRY TO GET OUT
THE DOOR FOR THINGS LIKE CASH
ASSISTANCE, FOOD ASSISTANCE,
CHILD CARE, HOUSING SUPPORT
SERVICES.
AND IT IS WITH THAT IN MIND
THAT WE ASKED OUR INCREDIBLE
TEAM FROM CENTRAL STAFF TO WORK
RELATIVELY QUICKLY TO COME UP
WITH A RESOLUTION FOR US TODAY.
YOLANDA'S E-MAIL SHE SENT
YESTERDAY ABOUT 3:20 IN THE
AFTERNOON REALLY OUTLINES THE
PRINCIPLES THAT WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING TODAY AS WE THINK
ABOUT RECEIVING FEDERAL DOLLARS
AND THE WAY IN WHICH COUNCIL
WOULD LIKE TO LOOK BACK AT THIS
ONE YEAR HISTORY OF US TRYING
TO BE PREEMPTIVE AND PROACTIVE
ABOUT HOW WE UTILIZE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE TO US BOTH IN
RESERVES AND IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE STATE AND NOW WITH
ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIP FROM THE
FEDERAL LEVEL, REALLY ACTING
WITH URGENCY.
SO I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSCORE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK
BUILDING ON THE PAST SUPPORT
THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY
AUTHORIZED AND THE IMPORTANCE
OF US ACTING QUICKLY TO PROVIDE
DIRECTION.
SOME ASSURANCE TO COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AT LARGE THAT WE'LL BE
WORKING WITH URGENCY TO GET
THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS OUT THE
DOOR.
AS YOLANDA NOTED IN HER E-MAIL,
THE PRIORITY INVESTMENTS DRAFT
RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US
HELPED, WAS HELPED BY THE
PREVIOUS PRIORITIES THAT THE
COUNCIL IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE
2020 BUDGET REVISIONS.
THE JUMP START COVID RELIEF
PLAN AND THE 2021 ADOPTED
BUDGET.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
PAST WORK ON THIS COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES AND CENTRAL STAFF.
THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE WE
KNOW IS ALREADY MAKING A
TREMENDOUS IMPACT AND YET THERE
IS SO MUCH UNMET NEED OUT THERE
IN THE COMMUNITY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF,
APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP HERE
AND THE WAY IN WHICH YOLANDA
OUTLINED THE FOLLOWING
CONSIDERATIONS WERE KEPT IN
MIND.
THE NEED TO BEGIN PIVOTING THE
CITY'S EFFORT FROM ACUTE
EMERGENCY RELIEF TO REALLY THE
LONGER TERM STRATEGY AND THE
LONGER TERM COMMUNITY RECOVERY
SO WE HAVE THAT RESILIENT,
EQUITABLE RECOVERY ON THE RYE
STOP.
THE POTENTIAL TO LEVERAGE OTHER
LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MULTIPLYING
OUR LOCAL DOLLARS TO THE
GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE THAT
WE CAPITALIZE ON THE MULTIPLIER
EFFECT.
FINALLY THAT THERE IS A
RECOGNITION THAT THE CITY'S
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS WOULD BE
LIMITED -- WOULD LIMIT OUR
ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER
SERVICES.
WE ARE VERY AWARE THAT THE
NATIONAL DATA SHOWS THAT IF WE
ENGAGE IN AUSTERITY BUDGETS
PICTURE WE CUT CITY SERVICES
THE PROJECTED LONGEVITY OF THE
DEPRESSION TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY
WILL ONLY BE WORSE AND MORE
HARMFUL, ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER
BUSINESSES.
WE SAW ALL THOSE CHARTS WHEN WE
WERE I CANNING THE COVID RELIEF
BILL.
IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO MAKE
SURE WE'RE BEING PREPARED TO
REOPEN OUR COMMUNITY WE WANT TO
INVEST IN CONTINUED CITY
SERVICES AND DELIVER OUR
SERVICES, ESPECIALLY TO THE
MOST VULNERABLE.
I WILL NOT STEAL YOUR THUNDER
ABOUT THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES YOU
HAVE BUILT THE RESOLUTION
AROUND.
I DID WANT TO LIFT UP SOME OF
THOSE PIECES IN THE E-MAIL YOU
SENT TO OUR COUNCIL YESTERDAY.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALLY OR
YOLANDA.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALY.
IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF THAT WOULD BE
FANTASTIC.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M ALY PENNUCCI.
AS CHAIR MOSQUEDA DESCRIBED,
TODAY WE WILL PRESENT
INFORMATION THAT BUILDS ON THE
DISCUSSION THAT'S BEEN ON GOING
IN THIS COMMITTEE AND WHAT WAS
PRESENTED TWO WEEKS AGO BY THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND OFFICE
OF INTERGOVERNMENTMENTAL
RELATIONS WHERE THEY PROVIDED
AN UPDATE ON KNOWN AND
POTENTIAL FEDERAL FUNDING.
THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THESE
DISCUSSIONS INFORM DECISIONS
COUNCIL WILL BE CONSIDERING ON
HOW BEST TO USE THE ANTICIPATED
ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS THAT
ARE INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE ON
GOING PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS IN
THE SHORT AND LONG TERM IMPACT
AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF THE COVID-
19 PANDEMIC.
IN THIS PRESENTATION TODAY WE
WILL UPDATE THE COMMITTEE ON
THE USE OF THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUNDS RECEIVED IN 2020.
CRF, MOVING FORWARD.
AND REQUESTS MADE TO DATE FOR
FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS.
THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED
LAST WEEK BY THE BUDGET OFFICE
AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
THIS IS PRESENTING THE CHANGES
FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED LAST
SUMMER TO WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.
WE HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF
WHY CERTAIN CHANGES WERE MADE.
BUT IN CASES CBO AND OTHERS ARE
LIKELY BETTER POSITIONED TO
RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
WHY.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT
RELATED TO THE INFORMATION
ABOUT EXPENDITURES THAT THE
CITY HAS OR IS PLANNING TO
SUBMIT FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT
THE NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATED
BAITED ON INCURRED COSTS TO
DATE.
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
IS REVIEWING SPENDING AND OTHER
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FROM
DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO
DETERMINE HOW MUCH WILL
EVENTUALLY BE SUBMITTED FOR
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST
ESTIMATES ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW
TODAY.
FOLLOWING THAT UPDATE WE WILL
PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF
THE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET THAT SUPPORT
COVID RESPONSE EFFORTS.
DESCRIBE KNOWN AND POTENTIAL
FUTURE FUNDING AND WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT THE POSSIBLE USE OF THOSE
FUNDS.
PRESENT SOME ANALYSIS OF THE
CITY'S FISCAL RESERVES AND
FUTURE USE OF PAYROLL EXPENSE
TAX TO INFORM YOUR FUTURE
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW BEST TO USE
THE ANTICIPATED FEDERAL FUNDS
AND WE WILL BRIEF THE COMMITTEE
AS COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
DESCRIBED.
PRINCIPLES AND PRIORITIES FOR
THAT FUNDING.
FOLLOWING THAT I'LL BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE SOME NEXT STEPS FOR
THIS ON GOING DISCUSSION AND
I'LL JUST NOTE HERE THAT
FOLLOWING COMMITTEE LATER THIS
WEEK WE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING A
MEMO WITH MORE DETAILS THAT
FILL OUT SOME OF WHAT WE'RE
PRESENTING TODAY BUT AS CHAIR
MOSQUEDA NOTED WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING IN REALTIME SORT OF
BUILDING THE BICYCLE AS WE TRY
TO RIDE IT.
THAT WILL BE FOLLOWING IN A FEW
DAYS.
WITH THAT I WILL
.
>> I BELIEVE ALY DID A GOOD JOB
OF TALKING ABOUT THE OVER VIEW
OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE'LL DIVE IN WITH THE NEXT
SLIDE.
THIS SLIDE HERE COVERS JUST THE
GENERAL TERMINOLOGY THAT I'LL BE
USING, TALKING ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDING THAT
HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE COVID
RESPONSE SO FAR.
IT JUST HELPS TO UNDERSTAND
LARGELY WITH REGARD TO THE
TIMING AND AVAILABILITY OF THE
FUNDS.
FIRST WE HAVE GRANTS.
GRANTS ARE DIRECT AID DOLLARS
GIVEN TO THE CITY TO USE ON THE
EXPENDITURES DEFINEED BY THE
DONOR.
THEY'RE CHARACTERIZED ON
PROVIDING IMMEDIATE INFUSION TO
MEET THE NEEDS AND IT INFLUENCES
THE RESOURCES THE CITY HAS TO
DEPLOY TOWARDS THE NEEDS.
TO RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF AID, AS
YOU WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH, THE
COUNCIL PASSES ONE OR MORE
ORDINANCES TO ACCEPT THE MONEYS
INDICATING WHICH DEPARTMENT
DIRECTORS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
SPEND, WHICH FUNDS RECEIVE THE
MONEYS AND THOSE TYPES OF
THINGS.
IT IS A VERY SPECIFIC PROCESS
THAT CAN COORDINATE AND CONTROLS
THE MONEY AND WHERE IT IS
ALLOCATED FOR IMMEDIATE USE IN
THE BUDGET.
ANOTHER CATEGORY IS REIMBURSABLE
EXPENDITURES.
THESE ARE MONEYS THAT
THE CITY PAYS OUT OF EXISTING
BUDGET LINES TO ALSO MEET
EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEED.
THOSE ARE DIFFERENT FROM GRANTS
IN THAT THEY, IN ORDER TO BE
REIMBURSED, THE CITY ENGAGES IN
A PROCESS THAT IS STIPULATED BY
THE GRANTING AGENCY, WHICH IN
MANY CASES IS THE FEDERAL
EMERGENCY AGENCY.
THEY COLLECT THE EXPENDITURES
AND KEEP THE RECEIPTS AND FILL
OUT THE APPLICATIONS AND TRY TO
MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO MEET
THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE
STIPULATED IN THAT AVAILABLE
AID.
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS
A REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS, THIS
DOESN'T, UNLIKE GRANTS AND
DIRECT AID, THIS DOESN'T GIVE
THE CITY ANY ENHANCEMENT TO THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO
DEPLOY TO THE EMERGENCY.
IT ALSO OFTEN TIMES, IS NOT A
ONE-ON-ONE MATCH.
SOMETIMES THE CITY HAS TO COME
UP WITH A PORTION OF THE EXPENSE
AND THEN THE GRANTOR AGENCY OR
FEMA WOULD APPLY THE SHARE, JUST
TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY.
THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE
MATCHING PROVISION, FOR EXAMPLE,
AND I'LL COVER THIS A BIT LATER
WITH THE FEMA RESPONSE, THERE
WAS A 25% MATCHING REQUIREMENT.
THE CITY WOULD INCUR EXPENSE,
25% OF WHICH WAS ON THE CITY'S
DIME AND THE REMAINING 75% WOULD
COME FROM POTENTIAL
REIMBURSEMENT IN THE FUTURE.
WHEN I SAY REIMBURSEMENT IN THE
FUTURE, IT CAN TAKE A NUMBER OF
YEARS.
EVERY EMERGENCY IS DIFFERENT.
SOME LESS COMPLEX CIVIL
EMERGENCIES THAN THE ONE WE'RE
IN NOW HAVE TAKEN UP TO THREE
YEARS.
>> THANK YOU, TOM.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD HAS A
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
AS IT RELATES TO THE TYPES OF
REIMBURSABLE EXPENDITURES THAT
THE CITY SEEKS, I HAVE HEARD
REFERENCE TO A PREAPPROVAL
PROCESS, SORT OF ON THE FRONT
END, THAT IF THE CITY IS
ANTICIPATING, IN THE FUTURE,
SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT UNDER, FOR
INSTANCE, FEMA, THAT THERE IS A
PROCESS ON THE FRONT END TO GET
PREAPPROVAL OF A PROJECT.
CAN YOU, AM I REMEMBERING
CORRECTLY THAT THAT RELATES TO
FEMA OR IS THAT ONLY RELATED TO
THE CRF FUNDING OR POTENTIALLY
BOTH OR NEITHER?
AND IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT, IF MY RECOLLECTION IS
CORRECT THAT THERE IS A
PREAPPROVAL PROCESS, IF YOU CAN
TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
>> SURE, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
THANK YOU.
THE CRF MONEY IS DIRECT AID
WHERE IT SPECIFIES IN THE
FEDERAL LEGISLATION WHAT IT CAN
BE SPENT ON.
IT IS REALLY, THAT MONEY,
COUNCIL PASSES TO ACCEPT IT AND
AS LONG AS WE SPEND IT ACCORDING
TO THE DIRECTIVES AND THE CARES
ACT, THE CORONAVIRUS ASSISTANT
OR RECOVERY ACT, I THINK IS WHAT
THAT ACRONYM STANDS FOR, BUT AS
LONG AS WE SPEND THE MONEY
ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS,
WE'RE GOOD.
AS FAR AS FEMA, I AM NOT
SPECIFICALLY AWARE THAT THERE
WAS A PREAPPROVAL FOR THOSE, BUT
THAT WOULD BE THE TYPE OF
PROGRAM WHERE IF THERE WAS
PREAPPROVAL PROCESS, YOU COULD
STIPULATE IT AND SET IT UP.
HOWEVER, EVEN IF THAT WERE THE
CASE, THAT WOULD NOT TAKE AWAY
OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO COME UP
WITH THE MONEY ON THE FRONT END
AND THEN SUBMIT REIMBURSEMENT
FOR IT LATER.
THEN IT WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT
THE REIMBURSEMENT APPLICATION
WOULD FIT WITHIN THE PREAPPROVAL
GUIDELINES.
I'M NOT SPECIFICALLY AWARE, AND
THERE PROBABLY IS A GREATER
LEVEL SP EFKECIFICITY.
>> I WAS DOING SOME OF MY
RESEARCH, WHICH I DID, WE DID
ASK JEFF A SIMILAR QUESTION AND
JEFF, I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A
LITTLE INTEL INTO THAT TO
COMPLIMENT WHAT TOM HAS SAID AND
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AS
WELL.
>> SO THE PREAPPROVAL PROCESS
FOR FEMA IS LIMITED TO, AT LEAST
TO MY KNOWLEDGE IT IS LIMITED TO
TWO NONCONGREGATE OPTIONS.
THEY PICTURE THERE IS A DISASTER
LIKE A HURRICANE.
YOU NEED TO HOUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE LIKE HOMES ARE DESTROYED,
MOVING THEM INTO A CONGREGATE
FACILITY, CHEAPEST AND MOST
EFFICIENT IS THE PATHWAY THEY
WOULD LOOK FOR A MUNICIPALITY TO
USE, FOR EXAMPLE.
OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE NATURE
OF COVID-19, NOT THE IDEAL
RESPONSE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS NOW THAT
FEMA IS NOT REIMBURSING FOR
CONGREGATE SHELTER PROGRAMS.
THEY'RE ONLY REIMBURSING FOR
NONCONGREGATE.
NONCONGREGATE FOR ANY FEMA
REIMBURSEMENTS, THE EMERGENCY
DECLARATION OR OTHERS,
PREAPPROVAL IS NEEDED.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE CERTAIN
INFORMATION AND WE WOULD RECEIVE
BACK APPROVAL FOR DOING THAT
PROJECT BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE TO
RECEIVE ANY REIMBURSEMENT.
WE COULDN'T BEGIN THE PROJECT,
ASK FOR PREAPPROVAL AND THEN TRY
TO BACKTRACK.
IT DOES HAVE TO BE RECEIVED
FIRST.
LAST YEAR, ACTUALLY, I DON'T
KNOW THE DATE OF THE
PREAPPROVAL.
I DO KNOW WE SOUGHT PREAPPROVAL
FOR THE EXPANSION OF UNION
VILLAGE, RECREATION AT TC
CRAWFORDSVILLEAGE, LAKEFRONT
HOUSE, NEAR BITTER LAKE.
THEY'RE ALL THREE NONCONGREGATE
SHELTER PROGRAMS AND THEY WERE
INTENDED TO RESPOND TO THE
PANDEMIC AND THEN ALSO, THE
HOTEL THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR
FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVENTUALLY
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
THE APPROVAL WAS LIMITED AT THE
TIME TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO
WOULD NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO
RETURN HOME IMMEDIATELY.
A FAMILY MEMBER, ESPECIALLY
HIGH-RISK, IF THEY RETURN, THEY
WOULD EXPOSE THEIR FAMILY AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DID RECEIVE APPROVAL FOR IT
AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER
APPROVALS AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, DID YOU
HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, AND MY FIRST QUESTION
IS ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM,
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SORT
OF BLEEDING A LITTLE BIT INTO
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WILL WE BE
JOINED BY FOLKS FROM THE
EXECUTIVE --
>> YES, WE WILL.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE TO HOLD SOME
OF THE QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN HERE TO
CLARIFY MAYBE FROM OUR CENTRAL
STAFF FOLKS, WHOEVER WANTS TO
TAKE THIS, THERE HAS OBVIOUSLY
BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THE
MEDIA BASED ON REPORTING ABOUT
SORT OF WHAT IS AND ISN'T
ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT
AROUND THE SERVICES THAT ARE
ATTACHED TO SOME OF THESE
NONCONGREGATE SHELTER OPTIONS.
I WONDER IF WE COULD GET AN
ASSESSMENT FROM CENTRAL STAFF ON
REALLY WHAT THE DIVIDING LINES
ON THAT ARE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS
AND ISN'T REIMBURSABLE TO SET
THAT STRAIGHT FOR THE COUNCIL
AND FOR THE PUBLIC BASED ON THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE LOOKING INTO
THIS.
>> IS IT OKAY IF I TAKE THAT
ONE?
>> SURE.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO I'M GOING TO GIVE AN
INADEQUATE ANSWER TO YOUR
QUESTION BECAUSE THERE ARE AREAS
THAT WE DON'T HAVE STRONG
INSIGHT.
FOR EXAMPLE, FEMA HAS BEEN
CLEAR, EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT, FOR
EXAMPLE, WHAT WAS APPROVED FOR
LOS ANGELES.
THE PROJECT ROOM KEY, THAT
SUPPORT SERVICES AND CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
THAT GOES BACK AGAIN TO HOW FEMA
WAS ENVISIONED.
THEY WERE LOOKING AT A SITUATION
WHERE SOMEONE'S HOME IS
DESTROYED BY A HURRICANE.
YOU PUT THEM SOMEWHERE
TEMPORARILY SO THEY CAN SORT OUT
THEIR THINGS AND RETURN TO THEIR
SPOT.
IT WAS NOT ENVISIONED AS A WAY
TO RESPOND TO, IN OUR CASE, NOT
ONLY THE NEEDS OF ALLOWING
SOCIAL ISOLATION FOR THOSE AT
HEIGHTENED RISK OF COVID-19 BUT
ALSO THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
THOSE ARE NOT ADMISSIBLE.
REQUIRED STAFFING MAY BE
CATEGORIZED AS CASE MANAGEMENT
OR SOME SORT OF SERVICE RATHER
THAN THE ESSENTIAL ACTIONS THAT
ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT
NONCONGREGATE APPROACH POSSIBLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE THINKING
ABOUT PUTTING A LARGE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS INTO A HOTEL, JUST
LEAVING THEM THERE WITHOUT ANY
INTERACTIONS AND DROPPING A MEAL
OFF EVERY NOW AND THEN MAY OR
MAY NOT BE THE MOST EFFICIENT OR
SAFE OR CONSIDERATE OR EFFICIENT
WAY OF OPERATING.
IT MAY BE USEFUL TO HAVE SOME
PEOPLE COORDINATING SOME OF THE
INTERACTIONS THAT YOU MAY NEED
PEOPLE ON SITE MANAGING WHEN
THINGS ARE PROVIDED TO ENSURE
THAT SOCIAL ISOLATION IS
HAPPENING, AND THINGS LIKE.
THAT IT IS JUST NOT CLEAR TO MY
KNOWLEDGE AT THIS POINT THAT WE
HAVE GOTTEN CLEAR GUIDANCE FROM
FEMA ON WHAT WOULD BE
CATEGORIZED.
TALKING WITH CVO, THERE IS A
GENERAL PERCEPTION THAT WE NEED
TO ASSUME THAT WE'RE NOT -- THAT
WE SHOULD PROCEED ASSUMING THAT
FEMA WILL BE RESTRICTIVE IN WHAT
WE WILL APPROVE.
THAT IS A NONISSUE.
WITH ALL OF THE COSTS, WE'RE
DOING THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEN
AS THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT
THEY'RE NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT
POSSIBLE.
HOPEFULLY THAT IS SOME INSIGHT
INTO YOUR QUESTION.
I CAN'T FULLY ANSWER IT.
>> CAN I JUST DO A QUICK FOLLOW
UP, MADAME CHAIR?
>> YES, AND I WILL NOTE, WE HAVE
THE NEXT HOUR FOR THE TWO ITEMS.
AS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
MENTIONED, THIS IS A GOOD, SORT
OF TOUCH POINT FOR THE
CONVERSATION WE WILL HAVE BUT DO
A FOLLOW UP AND WE'LL MOVE ON.
I THINK THIS IS ALL ENCOMPASSED
IN THE TWO ITEMS LEFT ON OUR
AGENDA.
WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK MORE
ABOUT NONCONGREGATE SHELTERS
SPECIFICALLY COMING UP ON AGENDA
NUMBER 4.
>> HOW ABOUT THIS, THEN, MADAME
CHAIR?
I THINK IT IS KIND OF RELATED TO
THE FOURTH ITEM.
JEFF, WHY DON'T I JUST ASK THE
QUESTION AND YOU BOOK MARK IT
AND THEN SAVE IT FOR YOUR
REMARKS WHEN WE GO TO THE ITEM
FOUR.
IF WE CAN JUST GET AN IDEA.
I'M JUST CURING WHEN, LIKE, THE
HANDFUL OF SAND BECOMES A PILE
OF SAND ON, LIKE, WHEN A SERVICE
TRANSITIONS TO BEING, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING TO JUST OPERATE A
CONGREGATE SHELTER, TO BEING AN
ESSENTIAL SERVICE.
FOR EXAPLE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE
MANNING THE FRONT DESK AND
HANDING OUT TOWELS I GUESS;
ESSENTIAL TO MANAGING THE
SHELTER.
IF PEOPLE ARE DOING REFERRALS
TO, LIKE, OPIOID INHIBITORS,
THAT IS CLEARLY CASE MANAGEMENT.
I THINK MAYBE JUST AN
EXPLANATION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT REQUIRES
MORE FEMA GUIDANCE BUT MAYBE,
LIKE, TO THE BEST EXTENT THAT WE
CAN, DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHEN
DOES IT BLEED OVER TO SOMETHING
THAT IS MORE IS AN ESSENTIAL
QUESTION FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR
OUR DISCUSSION BETWEEN COUNCIL
AND THE EXECUTIVE ON THE FOURTH
ITEM.
I WANT TO BOOK MARK THAT FOR
WHEN WE MOVE ON.
SO THANKS, MADAME CHAIR, FOR
LETTING ME GET OUT THERE WHEN IT
IS FRESH IN MY MIND.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
AND IT IS CHALLENGING TO DISSECT
THE CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO MOVE ON
AND THANK YOU FOR THE
DISTINCTION ON GRANTS VERSUS
EXPENDITURES.
>> ARE WE ON MUTE HERE?
OKAY.
SO JUST, I GUESS, TO WRAP UP,
THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS, COVID EMERGENCY,
INCLUDES A MIX OF DIRECT AID
THAT WE'LL COVER IN THE NEXT FEW
SLIDES, FEE REIMBURSABLE
EXPENSE, WHICH WILL BE PART OF
THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN USE
OF EXISTING CITY RESOURCES TO
FILL IN GAPS AND TO ADJUST FOR
THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE
EMERGENCY.
PIVOTING TO THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUNDS, WHICH I'LL CALL
CRF FROM NOW ON, THE JULY 2020
MEETING OF THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE, EXECUTIVE PROVIDED AN
OVER VIEW OF THE CITY'S COVID
RESPONSE SO FAR.
THE PROPOSED USE OF THE MONEYS
FROM CRF MONEYS, TOTALING
$131 MILLION THAT WERE MADE
AVAILABLE IN THE FEDERAL
CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND
ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT OR THE
CARES ACT, THESE ARE SO FAR, THE
LARGEST SOURCE OF DIRECT AID
THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED TO
RESPOND TO THIS EMERGENCY SO
FAR.
THIS TABLE HERE TAKES A LOT OF
DETAIL PROVIDED BY THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE AND CATEGORIZES IT
DOWN BY BROAD SPENDING CATEGORY.
IT SHOWS THE 2020 ORIGINAL PLAN
THAT WAS SHOWN TO THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE IN JULY OF LAST
YEAR.
SOME REVISED ESTIMATES THAT THE
EXECUTIVE DERIVED IN THE FALL,
RESTRATEGIZING SOME OF THE FUNDS
AND I'LL COVER THAT WHERE THE
LARGEST CHANGES ARE.
THE 2020 ACTUAL SPENDING AND THE
2020 REMAINING AMOUNT.
THIS WILL BE A FAMILIAR AMOUNT,
THE BOTTOM LINE TOTAL IN THE
RIGHT HAND CORNER, THE
$28 MILLION.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE CRF
DOLLARS FROM 2020 THAT WERE NOT
SPENT THAT WILL ROLL INTO 2021.
THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF THIS IS
RESERVES.
IT IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE
$17.2 MILLION FIGURE THAT WAS
SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE TWO
WEEKS AGO AND THIS IS LARGELY
DUE TO THE RECONCILIATION
PROCESS FROM CITY-WIDE
ACCOUNTING, ESSENTIALLY FIGURING
OUT WHAT REMAINED UNSPENT AND
WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
CATEGORIZED AND THAT WAS A
BENEFICIAL ADJUSTMENT TO THE
RESERVES.
THE OTHER PIECES IN ALL OF THE
VARIOUS ROWS ABOVE THE
$18 MILLION IN THE CRF RESERVES
GROW.
THEY INDICATED THAT THOUGH THEY
HAVE ROLLED INTO 20121, THEY
WILL BE SPENT BY FEBRUARY.
THIS IS THE PLAN AND WHERE THE
AID WAS DEPLOYED.
SO IF WE JUST LOOK AT THE --
>> OH, SO SORRY, TOM.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW THIS TOOK A LOT OF WORK
TO REALLY DISSECT THE
INFORMATION AND PROVIDE IT IN
THE TYPE OF GRAPH THAT IS EASY
TO READ.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK
THAT YOU DID TO PULL THIS
TOGETHER FOR THE COUNCIL'S
BENEFIT AND DO THE SIDE BY SIDE
COMPARISONS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT TIME AND
ENERGY THAT IT TOOK.
>> HAPPY TO DO SO.
AS ALY MENTIONED THERE, WILL BE
A MEMO FROM STAFF LATER IN THE
WEEK THAT ACTUALLY HAS GREATER
DETAIL THAN THIS.
THIS IS PART OF THE TABLE THAT
WILL BE FORTH COMING.
IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, ALY, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE
MAJOR PLACES WHERE THE PLAN
CHANGED, JUST FOR VISIBILITY FOR
THE FINES AND HOUSING COMMITTEE.
IN THE MAINTAIN CITY SERVICES
AND SUPPORT EMPLOYEES CATEGORY,
THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY A 4
MILLION, $4.5 MILLION SHIFT, SO
THIS IS A FUNCTION OF A COUPLE
OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE, THERE WAS AN ORIGINALLY
$10 MILLION ALLOCATION TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR
REOPENING COSTS.
SO THOSE REOPENING,
UNFORTUNATELY, DID NOT OCCUR
LAST YEAR, COULD NOT OCCUR.
THE EMERGENCY IS STILL PRESENT,
SO THERE WAS A DECISION MADE TO
SHIFT THOSE MONEYS TO OTHER
PLACES, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THAT
AT THE TIME THERE WAS A SENSE,
NOT A SENSE, THERE WAS, THE FIRM
KNOWLEDGE THAT THE CRF MONEYS
WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR
SPENDING AFTER THE END OF THE
YEAR.
THAT SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED LATE
IN DECEMBER BUT THESE PLAN
SHIFTS WERE MADE WITH THAT
PENDING DEADLINE IN SIGHT.
THE $10 MILLION FOR REOPENING
WAS DECREASED TO THE $633,000
THEY HAD SPENT AND THEN THERE
WERE INCREASED ALLOCATIONS MADE
FOR EMERGENCY, LABOR AND
TELEWORKING SUPPORT.
A LOT OF CITY STAFF HAD SHIFTED
TO TELEWORK, SO THAT BASICALLY
FUNDS A PORTION OF THAT AND THEN
ALSO, THE EMERGENCY LABOR IS
LOGISTICS THAT OPERATE THE COVID
SUPPLY WAREHOUSE.
THAT EXPLAINS THAT SHIFT IN THAT
BROAD CATEGORY OF MAINTAINING
CITY SERVICES.
NEXT, RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY
COVID-19 IMPACTS, SO THE
ORIGINAL PLAN HAD A $3.1 MILLION
FOR THAT LINE.
SUBSEQUENT TO THE PLAN IN THE
SUMMER, CRF, OR THE FEMA
GUIDANCE INDICATED THAT FIRST
RESPONDER, HOTELS AND FIRST
RESPONDERS WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE
FOR FUTURE REIMBURSEMENTS.
THERE WAS A SHIFT IN THE PLAN,
IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS
A REIMBURSABLE EXPENSE, WOULD
BRING THE COST DOWN AND THE
TOTAL COST SPENT ON THE CATEGORY
OF SPENDING IN THE ENTIRE CITY
RESPONSE PLAN WAS LOWER.
MOVING DOWN, SUPPORTING
ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD COMMUNITY
NEEDS PRIORITY AREA.
THE EXTERNAL HELP FOR THE
COMMUNITY, THERE WAS A SHIFT IN
THE FOOD SECURITY ALLOCATION
FROM $3 MILLION TO 1.9 MILLION.
AGAIN, THIS WAS A STRATEGY TO
ENSURE THAT THE, AT THE TIME,
NCRF MONEYS WERE SPENT BY THE
YEAR END DEADLINE AND THE
EXECUTIVE ALLOCATED A MILLION
DOLLARS TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS
A USE OF CRF MONEYS IN THE PLAN.
THEY WERE SPENT FOR THAT PURPOSE
BASED ON INFORMATION SENT.
THAT WAS THE SHIFT IN THE PLAN
FOR THAT CATEGORY.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE LARGEST
AMOUNT IS, AGAIN, THE RESERVES.
AT THE TIME THERE WAS, I
BELIEVE, IT WAS COMMUNICATED A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AN AMOUNT
HELD FOR MEET EXPENSES
POTENTIALLY NOT FEMA
REIMBURSABLE AND ULTIMATELY IT
WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MONEY
HAD BEEN NEEDED IN 2020 FOR THAT
AMOUNT.
IT IS RETAINED NOW IN CITY
ACCOUNTS, THOUGH I BELIEVE IT
DOES NEED TO BE SPENT BY THE
YEAR END.
IT IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF
REMAINING CRF MONEYS.
I THINK THAT IS THE EXTENT OF
THE CRF MONEY.
WE CAN PAUSE IF THERE ARE
QUESTIONS.
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
I THINK THERE ARE A FEW
QUESTIONS.
JUST VERY BRIEFLY TO ORIENT
MYSELF AND COLLEAGUES, WHEN DID
WE LEARN ABOUT THE CHANGES IN
THE ALLOCATED AMOUNT VERSUS WHAT
WAS ACTUALLY SPENT?
IT IS QUITE A BIG SHIFT,
OBVIOUSLY IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
FOR ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE FOR
CITY SERVICE AND SUPPORT FOR
HOUSING FOR FOLKS.
WHEN DID THE CHANGE IN THE
DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR ALLOCATION GET
NOTIFIED TO THE COUNCIL?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA, SO ON FRIDAY
WE RECEIVED THE UPDATED
INFORMATION IN THE CONTEXT OF
THE ENTIRE PLAN.
THAT WAS WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT
WHERE ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL
SHIFTS WERE MADE.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME PORTION
OF THIS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE
THIRD QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL BUT
NOT THE ENTIRETY OF IT.
IT WAS A MIXTURE BETWEEN THE
TWO.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THE FULL
PRESENTATION, SIMILAR TO THE ONE
THAT ACCOMPANIED JULY COVID
SPENDING PROPOSAL TO THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
>> LAST FRIDAY.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, VICE
CHAIR, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THE
SECOND BULLET RELATED TO THE
HOTEL FIRST RESPONDERS
ALLOCATION.
MY RECOLLECTION WAS THAT THE
CITY HAS SPENT ABOUT 3.9 MILLION
ON ROOMS FOR QUARANTINE AND
ISOLATION FIRST RESPONDERS AT
THE EXECUTIVE PACIFIC.
MY RECOLLECTION WAS THAT THE
DOLLARS WE WERE SPENDING, WE
EXPECTED FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
DID WE PAY FOR IT OUT OF NON-CRF
FUNDS?
AND IF SO, WHAT IS THE FUNDING
SOURCE, IF THAT IS WHAT WE ENDED
UP DOING?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
SO WHEN WE MOVED, ACTUALLY, TO
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES FOR THE
REIMBURSEMENT, THERE WAS AN
ELEMENT OF THIS DEMONSTRATING
THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A HIGHER
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST MADE
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
IT IS NOT THE $3.1 MILLION.
IT IS A LOWER NUMBER THAN THAT.
I WOULD HAVE TO DO MORE RESEARCH
TO TIE THOSE TWO NUMBERS OUT.
AS FAR AS THE ORIGINAL CITY FUND
THAT IS SUPPORTING THE COSTS IN
THE INTERIM, I HAVE TO CHECK
BACK WITH THE EXECUTIVE TO GET
THE SPECIFIC DETAILS.
JUST TO SAY FUTURE SLIDES WILL
SHOW SOME ELEMENT OF THAT AND
HOW THE EXPLANATION OF SHIFTING
FROM RELYING LARGELY ON CRF
TOWARD RELYING ON FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT DOES BEAR ITSELF
OUT THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF THE
DATA THAT WE RECEIVED.
>> I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE
FOR COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
I KNOW THAT, I HAVE TO DOUBLE
CHECK THE EXPENDITURES BUT I DO
KNOW THAT, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO
HAVE PREAPPROVAL FOR THE
PROJECT.
IT WAS ONE OF THE ONES WE
RECEIVED PREAPPROVAL FOR.
IT WAS PREAPPROVED FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS.
THE EXPANSION TO SERVING
ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL WAS NOT
CONSIDERED SOMETHING -- IT WAS
ASSUMED TO BE SOMETHING WE WOULD
NOT BE PREAPPROVED FOR AND
THEREFORE, NOT SENDING IN A
REQUEST FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT
FOR THOSE COSTS AND THEY BE
INCURRED BY THE STATE.
>> I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH
THAT, YOU KNOW, AS I HAVE
MENTIONED BEFORE, I SORT OF,
BECAUSE WE WERE RECEIVING THIS
INFORMATION FROM CBO, I SORT OF
MONITORED THE USE OF THE HOTEL
ROOMS.
THERE WASN'T A DAY WHEN THERE
WAS MORE THAN 20 OF THOSE ROOMS
BEING USED.
WE PAID FOR MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN
WE USED UNDER THE ASSUMPTION WE
WOULD BE USING THEM FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS.
IT MAY BE TRUE THAT A FEW ROOMS
HERE OR THERE WOULD BE USED FOR
SOMEONE OTHER THAN FIRST
RESPONDERS, BUT WE PAID FOR
MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN WE ACTUALLY
USED.
I THINK THE CAPACITY WAS
SOMETHING LIKE 251 ROOMS AND
LIKE I SAID, ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT,
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS MORE
THAN 20 ROOMS BEING USED.
I'M STILL VERY CONFUSED ABOUT
HOW WE DETERMINE THAT -- AND
PERHAPS WE SIMPLY ARE ONLY BEING
REIMBURSED FOR THE ROOMS THAT WE
ACTUALLY ARE ABLE TO USE, AND SO
THE REST OF THE COST ASSOCIATED
WITH THE UNUSED ROOMS, WE DON'T
GET TO BE REIMBURSED.
THAT IS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I
HAVE THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
GET AN ANSWER TO.
DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE INFORMATION
ON WHAT REIMBURSEMENT WE'RE
SEEKING FOR THESE ROOMS, THE
NUMBER OF DOLLARS?
?
>> I THINK THAT A LARGE PART OF
YOUR QUESTIONS, I'LL HAVE TO GET
BACK TO YOU ON.
MY RECOLLECTION FROM THE FALL IS
SEATTLE IS NOT THE ONLY
MUNICIPALITY THAT FACED THE
SITUATION WHERE OBTAINING A
HOTEL AT THE TIME REQUIRED
LEASING THE ENTIRE BLOCK RATHER
THAN JUST GETTING A PER ROOM
RATE.
I AM NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH
THE SUBSEQUENT GUIDANCE FROM
FEMA ON HOW TO HANDLE THAT ON
GETTING A ON YAY OR NAY WE'RE
ABLE TO GET A STATEMENT.
THAT WOULD HAVE SOME BEARING ON
THE RESPONSE AND THERE IS THE
SEPARATE PIECE THAT IF SOME
ROOMS WERE THEN USED FOR SOME
PURPOSE THAT WAS NOT PREAPPROVED
TH WOULD AFFECT WHAT IS THE
PRECTED FEMA REQUEST FOR
REIMBURSEMENTS AND SO I'LL HAVE
TO, AS I SAID, I'LL LOOK AT THE
SPREAD SHEETS BUT PROBABLY WILL
HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON IT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER, IF I COULD JUST
ADD, MAYBE TOM SAID THIS BUT I
WANT TO RESTATE.
I THINK WHAT WE UNDERSTAND FROM
CBO IS THAT FEMA ELIGIBILITY
GUIDANCE CHANGED SO WE'RE
REDUCING RELIANCE ON THE CRF
FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE SERVICES
BUT AS JEFF AND TOM BOTH ELUDED
TO, WE'LL NEED TIME SORT OUT
EXACTLY WHERE ON THE CHART THAT
I HAVE UP ON THE SCREEN, ALL OF
THE DIFFERENT COSTS ARE FALLING.
THEN, IF I COULD JUST ADD TO
CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S QUESTION ABOUT
WHEN WE KNEW ABOUT THE SHIFTS,
AS TOM SAID, SOME CAME THROUGH
IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
SOME OF IT IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
TO BE REALLY FRANK ABOUT IT, BY
THE TIME YOU GET TO THE FOURTH
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL IT WAS A
VERY QUICK TURN AROUND IN TERMS
OF THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION
OF THE LEGISLATION AND THE
CENTRAL STAFF DIDN'T HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY COMPILE ALL
OF THAT INFORMATION TO PRESENT
IT IN THIS WAY TO COMPARE
AGAINST THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
I THINK WE HAVE NOW PROVIDED
THIS UPDATE AND CAN WORK WITH
CBO ON BETTER METHODS FOR
PROVIDING MORE TIMELY
INFORMATION TO COUNCIL IN A
FORMAT THAT IS MORE CONSISTENT
WITH HOW WE'RE PRESENTING THE
DATA TODAY SO THAT WE'RE ALL
SORT OF ON THE SAME PAGE, SO
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE MAY HAVE
NOT SUMMARIZED IN IN THIS WAY AT
THE END OF NOVEMBER, BEGINNING
OF DECEMBER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALY.
NO APOLOGIES NECESSARY.
I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO
GET THIS.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALSO
MENTIONED AND HAPPY TO JOIN
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A
FORMAT OR TEMPLATE THAT CAN HELP
MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION IS
EASILY DIGESTIBLE AND HELPS
EVERYONE MAKE SURE WE'RE
COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES.
THAT WILL BE A HELPFUL FORMAT
GOING FORWARD.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT YOU
INCLUDED THE TOTAL FOR THE 2020s
ACTUALS IN THE CHART SO WE CAN
DO THE 2020 PLAN COMPARED TO
2020 ACTUALS TOTAL.
THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT IN.
WE HAVE QUITE A BIT TO GO
THROUGH, FOLKS AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE GET THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION AND GET A CHANCE TO
HAVE EYES ON THE RESOLUTION
BEFORE WE WRAP UP.
PLEASE GO AHEAD, TOM.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
JUST AGAIN, CITE THERE WILL BE A
MEMO FORTH COMING THAT THERE
HAVE DETAILS ON THE ITEMS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S QUESTION
ABOUT THE HOTEL IS COVERED IN
THE FIRST LINE OF THIS
PARTICULAR TABLE, SO WHAT THIS
REPRESENTS IS A LOOK AT THE
ORIGINAL FEMA REIMBURSEMENT PLAN
WITH LEVERAGING CRF FUNDS AS A
MATCH AND THE FEMA REQUEST AND
TOTAL AMOUNT AND THEN COMPARING
THAT WITH THE ACTUALS THAT WE
KNOW SO FAR.
THEN IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND
FIRST RESPONDERS HERE AT THE
TOP, THE FEMA REQUEST LINE
GENERALLY MATCHES BOTH THE
REQUEST AND PLAN.
THAT IS ACTUALLY A FUNCTION OF A
COUPLE OF THINGS.
THERE WAS A REDUCTION OR
ACTUALLY, MAYBE I'M MIXING
THINGS UP.
LARGELY WHAT THIS DOES IS SHIFTS
MONEY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY GOING
TO BE REQUESTED FOR PPE TOWARDS
HOTEL AND EXPENSES INSTEAD AND
SO THERE WAS LOWER EXPENDITURE
FOR PPE BUT BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT
IN FEMA ELIGIBILITY OF FUNDS,
THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS WAS $244,000.
NOW THE CITY IS REQUESTING
REIMBURSEMENT OF $1.9 MILLION.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY THAT -- THAT
BEARS OUT THE SHIFT FROM JUST
RELYING ON THE CRF FUNDS TOWARD
USING CITY FUNDS AND REQUESTING
FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
IT IS A FAIRLY DETAILED TABLE
THAT WILL BE IN THE MEMO THAT
WE'LL DRAW SOME OF THIS STUFF
OUT GIVEN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE
ON THE COMMITTEE TODAY, THIS IS
JUST A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW.
ALSO, IF WE CAN STAY ON THIS
SLIDE A BIT, JUST LOOKING AT THE
SHIFTS FOR PROTECTING OUR MOST
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS, THE
ORIGINAL FEMA REQUEST WAS
ININTENDED TO BE AROUND
$7 MILLION AND IT TURNED OUT TO
BE $3.5 MILLION BECAUSE OF A
NUMBER OF TWO THINGS.
ONE, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR
CONGREGATE SHELTER WAS TO BE
$3.2 MILLION.
INSTEAD IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO
BE 1.7 MILLION.
THIS IS BECAUSE FEMA CHANGED THE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
CONGREGATE SHELTER IS NO LONGER
FEMA ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
FOR NONCONGREGATE SHELTER, THE
ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO REQUEST
REIMBURSEMENT FOR $1.9 MILLION
úAND THE ACTUAL REQUEST WAS
200,000.
CBO WAS AWARE OF ADDITIONAL
COSTS, THAT MAY SERVE TO BRING
THE TOTAL HIGHER, THIS IS JUST
THE AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN
REQUESTED THUS FAR.
RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY COVID-19
IMPACTS, THERE IS THE ORIGINAL
FEMA REQUEST IN THE PLAN OF
6.6 MILLION.
ACTUAL REQUEST IS MORE IN THE
ORDER OF 2.1.
THIS IS LARGELY A FUNCTION OF
TIMING.
THEY INDICATED THAT THE STATE
ADVISED THE CITY TO BREAK UP THE
PROJECTS WITHIN CERTAIN
TIMEFRAMES AND SO THE AMOUNT
THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED SO FAR
REPRESENTS WHAT HAS OCCURRED
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23RD OF 2020.
THE INDICATION THERE IS THERE
WILL BE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE THAT
WILL BEEF UP THE ACTUAL REQUEST
THAT GETS MADE OF FEMA.
FINALLY, SUPPORTING HOUSEHOLDS
AND COMMUNITY NEEDS.
THE ORIGINAL PLAN HAD AROUND
7.4 MILLION AND AS YOU'LL SEE,
THE ACTUAL REQUEST IS ONLY ON
THE ORDER OF $564,000.
THE LARGEST VARIANTS HERE,
ACCORDING TO CBO, IS A
SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF THE REQUEST
WAS FOR FOOD BANKS AND FOOD
ASSISTANCE AND THEIR INDICATION,
AGAIN, IS THAT THE STATE ENDED
UP PICKING UP THE COSTS AND SO
IT IS NOT A MATTER OF THAT THE
CITY IS EVEN INCURRING THE
EXPENSE.
IT IS BEING BORN BY THE STATE.
AGAIN, I WON'T SAY IT ANY
FURTHER BUT THERE WILL BE A MORE
DETAILED TABLE FOR THE
CATEGORIES WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL
LINES THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE
MEMO THAT IS FORTH COMING.
>> APPRECIATE.
THAT VICE CHAIR HERBOLD, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, AS
YOU DESCRIBE THE SITUATION FOR
FOOD ASSISTANCE, TOM, FOR 2020,
THAT THAT IS THE CASE THAT THE
FUNDING WAS PICKED UP BY THE
STATE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT
CREATED A FUNDING CLIFF AND SO
THE AGENCIES RECEIVING FUNDING
THAT ARE PROVIDING FOOD
ASSISTANCE ARE PRESPENDING ON
THEIR 2021 GRANTS, WHICH IS
GOING TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, AN
EVENTUAL DEFICIT IN 2021 FOR
THEIR SERVICES.
SO I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW
WHETHER OR NOT A FUTURE FEMA
REQUEST MIGHT BE USED TO ADDRESS
THAT BECAUSE, AGAIN, YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE CREATED A SHORT-TERM
SOLUTION THAT CREATES I THINK, A
LONG-TERM PROBLEM FOR THE
AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE THESE LIFE
SAVING FOOD SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICITY OF
THE FINANCIALS BEHIND THAT.
LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE AID THAT IS
ACTUALLY IN THE 2021 ADOPTED
BUDGET, THOUGH I'M AWARE THAT
THE RESOLUTION DOES INCLUDE THIS
COMPONENT OF AID AS WELL AS ONE
OF THE TOPICS TO CONSIDER,
PARTICULARLY WITH REGARDS TO THE
$221 MILLION THAT I'LL TALK
ABOUT HERE IN A BIT ABOUT IN THE
PENDING FEDERAL AID.
OTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD HAVE TO
FOLLOW UP WITH THE EXECUTIVE AND
CENTRAL STAFF TO FIND OUT THE
SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL FUNDING CLIFF.
>> GO AHEAD, ALY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I THINK
THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED THIS IN
THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEETING
BUT TO SOME EXTENT, THAT THE
FUNDING CLIFF, THE PRE-SPENDING
ON THE 2021 CONTRACTS WITH THE
CITY IS SOME WHAT OF A RISK
ASSUMING THAT WE WILL RECEIVE
ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS.
I THINK THE EXPECTATION IS THAT
SOME OF THE ANTICIPATED FEDERAL
MONEY THAT THE CITY WILL RECEIVE
WILL BE USED TO ENSURE THAT THE
FUNDING EXTENDS THROUGH THE END
OF THE YEAR.
I BELIEVE CBO IS CONTINUES TO
LOOK AT EXPENDITURES AND THOSE
KINDS OF THINGS AND CONTINUING
TO FOLLOW FEMA GUIDANCE AS IT
CHANGES.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT CERTAIN
EXPENDITURES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR
FEMA.
I THINK THE PLAN IS ADDITIONAL
FUNDING WILL COME ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER TO ENSURE THE SERVICES
DON'T FALL OFF THE CLIFF IN
JUNE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ANY QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE
CONTINUE?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO ZERO IN A LITTLE
BIT HERE ON THE REIMBURSEMENT
FOR THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES,
WHICH MIGHT BE INSTRUCTIVE TO
SOME OTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT
WE'RE HAVING.
IS REIMBURSEMENT BEING SOUGHT
FOR SERVICES AND IF SO, WHAT ARE
THE NATURE OF THE SERVICES
PREAPPROVED AND SOUGHT FOR THE
TINY HOUSES?
>> I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THAT.
I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU
ON WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS ARE OR
NOT BEING REQUESTED FOR
REIMBURSEMENT.
WE DIDN'T GET THE NUMBERS FAR
ENOUGH IN ADVANCE THAT WE COULD
DELVE INTO THE AMOUNTS.
I HAVE THAT NOTED AS A GOOD
EXAMPLE THAT MAY GIVE US INSIGHT
FOR POTENTIAL EXPENDITURES.
>> THANKS, JEFF.
>> IS THAT A MASTER LIST OF
QUESTIONS YOU'RE COMPILING THAT
WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT BEFORE WE
GET SENT OFF?
GREAT.
I SAW SOME NODS.
I KNOW WE ALREADY NOTED THAT THE
MEETING WOULD GO A LITTLE BIT
OVER TODAY.
I'M HOPING THERE MAY BE
FLEXIBILITY SO WE'LL KEEP
PLOWING THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND
VERY TIMELY CONSIDERING THAT
CONGRESS IS POISED TO
POTENTIALLY PASS THIS ON THE
14th TBD ON THE ACTUAL DATE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET A
CHANCE TO GET THROUGH THIS
TODAY.
THANK YOU, KEEP GOING.
>> NEXT SLIDE WE'LL WRAP UP THE
HIGH LEVEL OF FEMA REIMBURSEMENT
THIS IS REITERATING THE HIGH
LEVEL ANALYSIS PROVIDED A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO, SO FAR PENDING AN
ACTUAL REQUEST, OUR TOTAL OF
$13.5 MILLION.
THE CITY CONTINUES TO WORK TO
INCREASE THAT NUMBER, BUT THAT
IS WHAT WE ARE AWARE OF SO FAR.
OF THAT AMOUNT, 4.3 MILLION HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN SUBMITTED AND 9.2
IS BEING PREPARED.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
WE'LL MOVE TO WHAT -- WHAT IS IN
THE 2021 BUDGET SO FAR FOR
CONTINUING COVID RELIEF.
THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE
EXISTING BUDGET LINES AS PASSED
BY CRITICAL.
THERE ARE $23.5 MILLION FOR
SHELTER AND PROVIDING HOUSING
FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
$2 MILLION FOR EXPANSION OF
NONCONGREGATE SHELTER,
PARTICULARLY IN HOTELS,
$8 MILLION FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE
AND EVICTION PROTECTION.
5.8 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY
SHELTER PROVIDERS.
2.7 MILLION FOR 125 NEW SHELTER
BEDS.
NEXT SLIDE.
350 MORE MORTGAGE COUNSELING
SERVICES.
$6.3 MILLION FOR THE PUBLIC
HYGIENE PROGRAM.
3 MILLION FOR SMALL BUSINESS
STABILIZATION.
3.4 FOR EMERGENCY GROCERY
VOUCHERS AND THEN 5 MILLION FOR
COVID TESTS AND COSTS AT CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
THIS TOTALS $60 MILLION IN
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET
RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WOULD NOTE THAT IT
DOESN'T INCLUDE, IT DOESN'T
INCLUDE COSTS THAT THE CITY HAS
WILL THAT WILL INCUR ON THE PART
OF FIRST RESPONDERS.
THESE ARE ALREADY BUDGETED IN
THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE LINES OF
ANOTHER ORGANIZATIONAL MEASURES
THAT MAY BE NECESSARY AS THE
CITY RESPONDS TO THE EMERGENCY.
>> SO SLIDE 7 AND 8, YOU SAID,
TOTALLED $60 MILLION ALREADY IN
THE BUDGET.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> CORRECT.
>> AND IS IT ACCURATE THEN TO
SAY IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST
PORTION OF THIS PRESENTATION,
SLIDE 7, 2.3 MILLION FOR SHELTER
AND PROVIDING SHELTER TO THOSE
PROVIDING HOMELESSNESS, 2
MILLION TO EXPAND CONGREGATE
SHELTERS WE HAVE PRIORITIZED FOR
HOTELS AND 5.8 TO PROVIDE
EMERGENCY SUPPORT PROVIDERS AS
THEY INCREASE COSTS.
HALF OF THAT IS FOR THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
TRYING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
SHELTERING OPTIONS.
>> AT BEST.
THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
AND IN FACT, IT IS PROBABLY MORE
THAN HALF, YEAH.
>> I THINK IT IS PART OF THE
FOLLOW UP TO THE QUESTIONS THAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING.
THIS MAY BE RELATED TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS' QUESTIONS
HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
THE LINE ITEMS THAT GO WITHIN
THE PORTION OF THE HALF OF THE
60 MILLION WILL BE HELPFUL AS WE
RESPOND TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS
WE PERCEIVED.
DON'T EXPECT YOU ALL TO KNOW
THAT RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
WE'LL CONTINUE TO GLEAN FROM OUR
DISCUSSIONS.
>> NOW WE'LL TALK BRIEFLY --
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I HAVE WITHHELD MY QUESTIONS ON
THE INTEREST OF TIME.
I KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON TIME.
YOU HAVE ASKED MANY OF THE
QUESTIONS I HAVE BEEN SO
INTERESTED TO KNOW THE ANSWERS
TO, WHETHER IT IS ABOUT WHAT IS
THE DELAY IN HOTEL AND WHAT OUR
SERVICES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AS,
YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THE BASIC
SHELTER OR IF IT IS DEFINED AS
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AT
LARGE.
I JUST HAVE KIND OF TWO
QUESTIONS AMONGST THIS ENTIRE
PRESENTATION.
I HAVE WANTED TO GET IT IN
BEFORE THE BUZZER.
I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, CAN I,
AS A COUNCILMEMBER, EXPEND
DOLLARS?
I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS NO BUT I
WANTED TO HAVE THAT ON THE
RECORD.
>> NO.
YOU CAN AUTHORIZE SPENDING.
>> GREAT.
THAT MAY BE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION
THAT I HAVE LATER.
YOU KNOW, I ASKED THAT QUESTION
JUST TO DEMONSTRATE THAT EVEN IF
I, AS A COUNCILMEMBER, WANTED TO
HOUSE EVERYONE THAT IS HOMELESS
IN MY DISTRICT, I COULD NOT DO
SO.
I COULD AUTHORIZE IT, BUT I
COULD NOT DO IT.
THEN I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE
RISK IS THAT, THE RISK THAT WE
INCUR WITH THE FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT IS THE RISK OF
TIMELINE WITH REIMBURSEMENT.
NOT THE RISK OF WHETHER OR NOT
WE WILL BE REIMBURSED.
IS THAT A CORRECT UNDERSTANDING?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THANK
YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
THE TIMELINE ISN'T SO MUCH A
RISK AS A FUNCTION OF THE BAND
WI IT DTH OF THE PROGRAM TO GIVE
OUT THE FUNDS.
THE RISK WITH ELIGIBILITY IS
WHETHER OR NOT THE RECORD
KEEPING OF THE CITY AND THE WAY
THE APPLICATION IS PROCESSED
MEETS THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT.
IF RECORDS WERE NOT KEPT
APPROPRIATELY, THERE WOULD BE A
RISK THAT WE WOULDN'T GET
REIMBURSED.
WE MAKE AN APPLICATION BUT THERE
IS NO GUARANTEE THAT WE WOULD
RECEIVE THE MONEYS, BUT IF WE
ARE SPENDING WITHIN THE
GUIDELINES THAT ARE GIVEN TO US
AT THE TIME FOR THE
REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, THAT
HELPS.
IT IS NOT THAT WE'RE MEETING
THOSE ARE CROSSING OUR OUR T'S
AND DOTTING OUR I'S, THAT
MITIGATES THE RISK TO SOME
EXTENT.
I HOPE THAT PROVIDES MORE DETAIL
ABOUT KIND OF THE WAYS THAT, I
GUESS, THE RISK FOR THE FILING
OF FEMA MONEYS PLAYS OUT.
>> IT DOES, TOM, I WAS TRYING TO
PUT MYSELF IN THE DIRECTOR'S
SHOES IN REGARDS WITH RISK.
WHAT IS THE AVAILABLE CASH ON
HAND AND I TRUST DIRECTOR NOBLE
SO MUCH, WHICH IS WHY I ASK THAT
QUESTION ABOUT THE RISK AND
TIMELINE.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE HE
HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING
OUR CITY BUDGET IN MIND AND I
TRUST HIM WELL ENOUGH TO KEEP
THE APPROPRIATE RECORDS TO
RECEIVE THE REIMBURSEMENT.
I WILL PROBABLY ASK HIM TO
CLARIFY IF IT IS HIS OFFICE OR
ANOTHER OFFICE THAT IS REQUIRED
TO KEEP THE DETAILED RECORD
KEPING.
THE LAST POINT IS TO HIGHLIGHT
WHAT CHAIR MOSQUEDA MENTIONED
ABOUT BUDGETING.
WE KNOW THAT IN TIMES LIKE THIS,
WE, AS THE GOVERNMENT, NEED TO
BE SPENDING MONEY TO KEEP THE
ECONOMY ROLLING.
IT IS A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING
THAN TYPICAL FOR PROFIT BUSINESS
WHICH HAS A VERY CLEAR BUDGETING
RESOURCE, PROFITS AND LOSSES
NEED TO BE MANAGED IN A
DIFFERENT WAY FOR A FOR PROFIT
COMPANY THAN FOR A PUBLIC ENTITY
SUCH AS THE GOVERNMENT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
HAVE DOLLARS IN THEIR POCKETS SO
THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BUY THE
PRODUCTS FROM PRIVATE BUSINESSES
TO KEEP ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
MOVING.
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
AND THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
.
>> I WANTED TO PUT A FINER POINT
ON SOMETHING THAT WAS INCLUDED
IN TOM'S RESPONSE IS THAT I
THINK WHAT IS CLEAR WITH THE
ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW
THE CITY IS FINANCING THE COVID
RESPONSE AND WHAT IS AND NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA IS THAT THE
GUIDANCE FROM FEMA HAS CHANGED
OR ITERATED OVER THE COURSE OF
THE YEAR AND THERE ARE SOME
THINGS IN TERMS OF THE RISK THAT
WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE HAVE
SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND
FEMA ISSUES A DECISION OR ISSUES
A CHECK THAT IS SOME OR ALL OF
WHAT WE REIMBURSE FOR.
IT IS ALWAYS A CHOICE, IN
RESPONSE TO THE EMERGENCY, GOING
FORWARD, AND EXPENDING EXISTING
RESOURCES WITH THE RISK OF NOT
HAVING THEM AVAILABLE FOR OTHER
SERVICES IN THE FUTURE, SO IT
IS, I THINK, JUST WANT TO PUT A
FINAL POINT, THERE IS RISK
INVOLVED.
WE WON'T REALLY KNOW UNTIL WE
GET CHECKS FROM FEMA IF THE
EXPENDITURES MET ALL OF THE
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
REGARDLESS OF DOCUMENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> A RISK OTHER CITIES ARE
CONSIDERING.
YOU THANK YOU, TOM, PLEASE
CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR.
THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF THE
MOST RECENT FEDERAL AID THAT THE
CITY RECEIVED FROM THE
CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT
OF 2021.
THAT IS WHAT PASSED OR SIGNED
INTO LAW IN LATE DECEMBER.
$22.7 MILLION FOR RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT IS
DIRECTLY AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY.
I BELIEVE IT WAS MENTIONED
EARLIER THAT THERE IS PENDING
LEGISLATION TO SPEND THE DIRECT
AID TO THE CITY, SO THAT IS
FORTH COMING.
THE NEXT PIECE IS THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN OF 2021.
ARPA FOR THIS.
THIS IS CURRENTLY UNDER
DELIBERATION IN CONGRESS.
IT PASSED THE HOUSE.
I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE SENATE
NOW.
THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES
$1.9 TRILLION FOR COVID RELIEF
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
THAT RELIEF TAKES MANY DIFFERENT
FORMS.
SOME OF IT IS DIRECT, TARGETED
PROGRAMS WHERE IT MAY NOT,
PERHAPS, GO DIRECTLY TO THE
CITY.
IT WILL BE AT A LEVEL OF
GOVERNMENT.
THERE IS MONEY IN THERE FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE, HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES, INVESTMENTS, FUNDING
FOR VACCINES AND $25 BILLION AND
RESTAURANT GRANTS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
SPECIFICITY ON WHAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE'S SHARE, WHAT ANY OF THE
MONEYS WOULD BE, BUT THAT IS
SIGNIFICANT AID IN THAT BILL.
MORE ESTIMATABLE FOR LACK OF A
BETTER WORD IS DIRECT AID FOR
CITIES AND COUNTIES, SIMILAR TO
THE CRF BILL, WHERE IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE RECEIVED
$131 MILLION.
THERE IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT
APPROXIMATELY $221 MILLION OF
AID THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
WILL BE ABLE TO USE TOWARDS
COVID RESPONSE.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL TALK ABOUT UNIQUE
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AID.
SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH A DRAFT
OF THE BILL AS IT WAS IN THE
HOUSE.
THESE ARE THE USES OF THE
$221 MILLION.
MONEY CAN BE USED TO RESPOND,
MITIGATE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
COSTS, COVER COSTS BECAUSE OF
THE EMERGENCY.
THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE CRF.
THIS THIRD BULLET IS ONE I WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE CRF MONEYS
WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO OFFSET ANY
REVENUE LOSSES.
THIS MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO
REPLACE MONEY THAT WAS LOST AND
THEY SET THAT BENCHMARK OF
MAKING THE DETERMINATION OF WHEN
REVENUE LOSSES CAN BE ASSESSED
AS OF JANUARY 27TH, 2020.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS YOU
WILL RECALL, THE CITY DID
EXPERIENCE A SIGNIFICANT HIT TO
THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES
BECAUSE OF THE COVID EMERGENCY
AND THE SOCIAL DISTANCING
IMPACTS AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE.
SO THAT IS A UNIQUE
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE AID.
IT PROVIDES GREATER FLEXIBILITY
FOR THE USE OF THE FUNDS.
I THINK THAT IS A GOOD PIVOT
POINT TO THE FINAL TWO POINTS
THAT I'LL MAKE BEFORE RETURNING
TO YOLANDA ABOUT HOW THIS AID
MAY TAKE SOME PLACE IN ADJUSTING
FOR SOME OF THE FISCAL MEASURES
THAT THE CITY TOOK TO RESPOND TO
THE EMERGENCY.
BY WAY OF A HIGH LEVEL OF
REVIEW, THE CITY HAS TWO GENERAL
PURPOSE FISCAL RESERVES.
IT HAS AN EMERGENCY FUND, OUR
RESOURCES THAT THE CITY HOLDS TO
RESPOND TO UNANTICIPATED
EMERGENCIES, SO EARTHQUAKES,
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES,
THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY
$61 MILLION IN THE EMERGENCY
FUND AT THE START OF 2020.
NEXT IS THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION FUND WHICH IS ALSO
A POOL OF RESOURCES THAT THE
CITY HOLDS TO RESPOND TO
UNANTICIPATED SHORT FALLS IN
GENERAL FUND REVENUES THAT
BASICALL WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN
DECREASING THE SCOPE OF
GOVERNMENT SERVICES THAT CAN BE
PROVIDED.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS ABOUT
$66 MILLION IN THAT REVENUE
STABILIZATION FUND PRIOR TO THE
EMERGENCY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE COVID
EMERGENCY HAS A DUEL
CHARACTERISTIC OF BOTH NEEDING
TO ACCELERATE SPENDING TO HELP
THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE SERVICES IN RESPONSE TO
THE EMERGENCY.
ALSO, IT HAS THE IMPACT ON THE
CITY REVENUE STREAMS.
WE DID, IN FACT, AS YOU WILL
RECALL, TAP BOTH OF THE RESERVES
FAIRLY ESSENTIALLY.
THESE ARE FISCAL RESERVE FRIENDS
THAT SUPPORT THE LEVEL OF
SUPPORTIVE BALANCES, GOING BACK
TO 2006, SO 15 YEARS AGO WE HAD
OVER $40 MILLION AND WE HAVE
BUILT THAT RESERVE, EVEN THROUGH
THE GREAT RECESSION, NEVER
DRAWING IT BELOW THAT AMOUNT UP
UNTIL LAST YEAR AND THEN THE
2021 BUDGET WHERE IN TOTAL WE
DREW ABOUT $90 MILLION OF THOSE
RESERVES.
IN FACT, COUNCIL ACTION IN THE
2021 BUDGET BROUGHT THOSE
RESERVES ABOUT TO THE LEVEL THAT
THEY WERE.
IT WAS APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION
AND I HAVE GIVEN FAVORABLE
INFORMATION ON THE REVENUE
FORECAST IN NOVEMBER.
COUNCIL POSITIONED SOME OF THOSE
MONEYS TO REDEPOSIT BACK.
IT IS WORTH SEEING THIS TREND,
BECAUSE WITH REGARD TO THE
$221 MILLION, BECAUSE JUST TO
ENSURE THAT THIS IS CAPTURED IN
THE STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING ON
HOW THE MONEYS ARE USED GIVEN
THAT THEY CAN HELP WITH RESPONSE
TO FISCAL MEASURES THAT WE HAD
TO TAKE TO RESPOND TO THE
EMERGENCY.
I'LL PAUSE QUICKLY.
I THINK THIS IS A FAMILIAR
CHART, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT
ONE.
>> IT IS AN IMPORTANT ONE AND I
THINK IF THERE WAS A BAR BETWEEN
THE 2020 AND 2021, IT WOULD BE
THE PROPOSED MAYORS SEND DOWN TO
NEAR ZERO, $3 MILLION IN TOTAL
RESERVES AND YOU'LL SEE IT GO
BACK UP LIKE THE COUNCIL DID IN
THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
>> I DO.
CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE NINE, A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
YOU MENTIONED HERE THE
22.7 MILLION.
IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE 8
MILLION THAT YOU MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY?
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> SO THAT IS 31, ROUGHLY.
AND THEN FOR THIS MONEY FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE, YOU KNOW IF
THAT WILL GO THROUGH THE CITY OR
IS THAT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE
UNITED WAY FOR EXAMPLE, HAD A
PROGRAM WHERE THAT MONEY WENT.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE
THAT STRUCTURE IS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE?
>> TRACY IS ON THE CALL.
SHE MAY BE ABLE TO ADD MORE.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE FULL 22.7
DOES FLOW THROUGH THE CITY AND
WILL BE SPENT THROUGH A PENDING
ORDINANCE IN THE WORKS RIGHT
NOW.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
AND ONE MORE QUESTION, GOING
BACK TO THE ISSUE, DO YOU HAVE
ANY SENSE OF THE KIND OF EQUITY
IN THE DISTRIBUTION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALLER FOOD
BANKS, FOOD PANTRIES THAT
PARTICULARLY SUPPORT IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE POPULATIONS AND SO
WHEN OUR FOOD DOLLARS JUST GO TO
THE VERY LARGE FOOD BANKS, THERE
IS A LARGE PART OF THE COMMUNITY
THAT IS LEFT OUT OF THAT
ALLOCATION, SO DO YOU KNOW IF
THERE IS ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT
ADDRESSING THAT GAP?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I DO
NOT HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
WE WILL ADD THIS, YOUR QUESTION
TO OUR LIST OF FOLLOW UPS.
>> THANK YOU.
.
>> SO, IF THERE AREN'T ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
FISCAL RESERVES, I'LL NEXT MOVE
TO THE OTHER PIECE.
THIS IS JUST ROUNDING OUT THE
KIND OF FISCAL ANALYSIS OF THE
COVID RESPONSE.
SO THIS IS A TABLE I LIKE TO
SHOW MY WORK AND SO THAT IS WHAT
THIS IS.
THIS IS GENERALLY SHOWING YOU
HOW THE PAY ROLL EXPENSE TAX
THAT WAS RECENTLY PASSED BY
COUNCIL LAST SUMMER WITH FIRST
REVENUES BEING AVAILABLE IN 2021
AND CONTINUING IN THE FUTURE.
IT IS BASICALLY SHOWING HOW
THOSE REVENUES ARE DEPLOYED IN
THE FUTURE.
JUST AS A HIGH LEVEL CAVEAT,
CALCULATIONS BEING MADE IN THE
TABLE ARE BASED OFF OF A SIX
YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN THAT IS
INCLUDED WITH ADOPTED BUDGET.
WHAT IT DOES, WHAT THE FINANCIAL
PLAN DOES IS IT TAKES AT ADOPTED
BUDGET AND THEN APPLIES A SET OF
ASSUMPTIONS TO THOSE LINES AND
PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE WHAT THE
FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE FUND, IN
THIS CASE, THE GENERAL FUND,
WILL BE.
IT IS NOT A POLICY STATEMENT OR
MAKING FUTURE POLICY DECISIONS.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO
NOTE.
IT IS NOT A STATEMENT OF POLICY.
IT IS MORE A, GIVEN WHAT
DECISIONS WERE MADE IN THE
ADOPTED BUDGET AND THEN VARIOUS
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW REVENUES
WILL GROW AND WAGES AND SALARIES
WILL GROW, WHAT DOES THE STATUS
OF THE FUND LOOK LIKE?
AT THE BOTTOM LINE OR I GUESS,
ROW C AND ROW F ON THIS TABLE,
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE FINANCIAL
PLAN, THE GENERAL FUND IS
ESSENTIALLY BALANCED AT
$1.6 MILLION IN 2020 SO THIS IS
PROJECTED.
NOT THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR AND
THE TWO YEARS THERE AFTER,
GROWING FROM $1.6 BILLION TO
$1.7 BILLION.
AND WITHIN THOSE LINES, YOU CAN
SEE BASE GENERAL FUND REVENUES
AND GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.
BASE GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE
$1.36 BILLION.
BASE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES
ARE 1.495 BILLION.
SO WHAT I HAVE DONE HERE IS I
HAVE INCLUDED THE NEW PAY ROLL
TAX REVENUE PROJECTS FOR 2022
THROUGH 2024 TO SHOW HOW THAT
BALANCES THAT OUT AND THEN IN
THE END, THERE IS AN ALLOCATED
PIECE AND SOME ASSUMPTION THAT
THE PAYROLL TAX WOULD SUPPORT
BASE SERVICES IN 2022 AND
BEYOND.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE,
YOU CAN SEE SOME EXTRACTED
PIECES FROM THAT TABLE.
THE PAYROLL TAX BRINGS IN ABOUT
233 MILLION.
THIS IS THE PROJECTED NUMBER AND
IT GROWS TO 255 MILLION BY 2024.
THERE IS A LINE IN THE FINANCIAL
PLAN THAT IS AN UNALLOCATED
PIECE.
THIS IS JUST IN RESERVES WITHOUT
A SPECIFIC DECISION BEING MADE
ABOUT HOW THAT IS SPENT.
YOU WILL RECALL THAT DURING THE
JUMP START SEATTLE DISCUSSION,
SO THE PROPOSED PAYROLL EXPENSE
TAX THERE, WAS A RESOLUTION
31957 THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL THAT CHARACTERIZED
SOME BROAD, ACTUALLY, FAIRLY
SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR HOW
THOSE NEW PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
MONEYS WOULD BE SPENT.
IN 2021, GIVEN THAT WE WERE IN
THE MIDST OF THE OR EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO BE IN THE MIDST OF
THE COVID EMERGENCY THERE, WAS
AN ALLOWANCE THAT THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX WILL
>>> 2022 AND BEYOND, THAT IS NOT
WHAT THIS INDICATES. THE MONIES
ARE TO BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, GREEN YOU DEAL, SMALL
BUSINESS ASSISTANCE IN THOSE
TYPES OF EXPENSES.
THIS TABLE SHOWS THAT RIGHT NOW
BASED ON A SET OF ASSUMPTIONS
AND ADOPTED BUDGET, THERE IS AN
UNALLOCATED PIECE OF $100
MILLION.
THAT IS AVAILABLE TO DEDICATE
TOWARDS THOSE JUMPSTART SEATTLE
SPENDING PROVISIONS IN THE 2022
BUDGET PROCESS.
BUT, BASED ON EVERYTHING SO
FAR, THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
WOULD BE SUPPORTING ON THE
ORDER OF $133 MILLION OF BASIC
GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES.
OF COURSE, THIS IS A POINT IN
TIME ANALYSIS.
NEW INFORMATION THAT WILL BE
AVAILABLE FROM THE REVENUE
FORECAST THAT COUNSEL WILL
RECEIVE IN THE SUMMER.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE FAVORABLE
AND WE WILL -- IT COULD GO THE
OTHER DIRECTION, AS WELL.
THAT IS THE POINT OF THE
EXERCISE IS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE
AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
AND FURTHER ACTUAL FUNDING
DECISIONS WILL BE MADE IN THE
FALL AND THERE WILL BE AN
ADDITIONAL FORECAST UPDATE.
THIS IS TO SHOW THAT PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX NOW AS EVERYTHING
STANDS IS SUPPORTING SERVICES.
GIVEN THAT THE IDENTIFICATION
OF THE NEW MONIES FROM THE $221
MILLION AND HOW IT CAN BE USED
TO OFFSET REVENUE LOSSES, THERE
MAY BE AN ELEMENT OF FOR
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION BUILDING
INTO THE RESOLUTION DISCUSSED
EARLIER.
A WAY TO DELEVERAGE THESE
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX REVENUES
OUT OF SUPPORTING BASED
SERVICES IN THE FUTURE.
AND MOVING MORE TOWARDS
SUPPORTING PURPOSES IN THE
JUMPSTART SPENDING PLAN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE ORIENTATION
TO SLIDES 13 AND 14.
A FEW IMPORTANT POINTS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SIX-YEAR
GENERAL FUND FINANCIAL PLAN,
THIS IS THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL.
THIS IS NOT COMING FROM
COUNCIL.
>> IF I COULD -- I WOULDN'T EVEN
CHARACTERIZE THAT AS THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL.
IT IS REALLY JUST APPLYING
TECHNICAL ASSUMPTIONS TO THE
2022 -- 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET.
IT DOES COME FROM THE EXECUTIVE.
IT IS BUILT BY CITY BUDGET
OFFICE STAFF BUT THERE IS NOT A
SPECIFIC DECISION ABOUT ANY
POLICY MEASURES IN THE FUTURE
AND BEING MADE SPECIFICALLY IN
THIS PLAN.
IT IS REALLY JUST THAT'S THE
CALCULATIONS I HAVE DONE TO
IDENTIFY FOR FULL VISIBILITY
FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT IS
EVERYTHING STANDS NOW, GIVEN THE
-- PROJECTED REVENUE IN THE
FUTURE, AND ANTICIPATED
PROJECTED EXPENSE WE WOULD HAVE
BEEN FUTURE, THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX WILL BE SUPPORTING
BASED GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES AT
A LARGER PORTION THAN WAS
CONTEMPLATED IN THE JUMPSTART
BLNDING -- RESOLUTION.
>> I WANTED TO ADD. I DON'T
DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING TOM SAID.
IT IS NOT A STATEMENT OF POLICY
OR NOT NECESSARILY -- ANALYSIS
OF A POINT IN TIME.
IT'S NOT ADOPTED POLICY BUT IT
IS WORTH NOTING.
I MOVE BACK TO THE SLIDE.
THERE IS A FOOTNOTE THAT
INDICATES WHAT THESE
UNALLOCATED FUNDS MAY BE USED
FOR AND IT'S NOT EVEN
NECESSARILY BEING ASSUMED FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JUMPSTART
SPENDING PLAN.
THAT IS NOTED IN FOOTNOTE 2. WE
ARE FLAGGING THIS FOR THE
COMMITTEES UNDERSTANDING AS YOU
HAVE CHOICES AHEAD ON HOW TO
CONTINUE TO FUND BAY CITY
SERVICES, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENT
THE COMMITMENTS MADE IN THE
JUMPSTART SPENDING PLAN.
IT IS GOING TO BE A BALANCING
ACT.
WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO FLAG
THIS ISSUE NOW SO YOU CAN
CONSIDER STRATEGIES ON HOW TO
BALANCE THOSE DECISIONS.
>> THE 2021 TECHNICAL
ASSUMPTIONS.
THAT HE USED TO EXTRAPOLATE
THOSE OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 4
YEARS.
IT'S HELPFUL TO PROVIDE SOME
INDICATION OF HOW THOSE FUNDS
ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE
PROPOSED TO BE USED.
IF THAT IS THE WAY TO
UNDERSTAND IT.
IT IS A RED FLAG THAT THE VERY
THOUGHTFUL AND DETAILED SPAN
PLAN THAT WE PUT TOGETHER IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH BUSINESS AND
LABOR AND HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND
ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND TRANSIT
FOLKS, THAT PLAN IS NOT
POTENTIALLY BEING ADHERED TO IF
THE TECHNICAL ASSUMPTIONS ARE
TO GO FORWARD.
WHEN WE LOOK AT LINE I. THE
ASSUMPTION WAS THAT IN 2020
WHEN -- 2022, THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF EXPENSES WERE GOING TO BE
AROUND 233 -- NORTH OF 215
MILLION.
AND THEIR PLAN WE KNEW WE
WANTED 65% OF THE FUNDING TO GO
TO HOUSING AND HOMELESS
SERVICES.
AND THAT 65% OF THAT WAS TO BE
ABLE TO INVEST IN HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS WE HAVE IN
THE CITY.
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 65% OF
230+.
NOT 65% OF 133.
COLLEAGUES, I APPRECIATE -- I
UNDERSTAND AND THANK YOU THAT
THIS IS NOT A PROPOSAL AND NOT
A DIRECTIVE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS
GOING TO BE NECESSARILY
REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET.
BUT I THINK IT IS A FLAG FOR US
THAT IT IS A CHANCE TO CONSIDER
STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ESTABLISH SOME PARAMETERS
AROUND MAKING SURE THE
JUMPSTART SPENDING PLAN IS IT
HERETO AS DISCUSSED WITH
COMMUNITY AND THE TRUST WE
BUILT WITH THE BROADER
COMMUNITY WHO HELPED CREATE THE
SPAN PLAN PACKAGE AND SUPPORTED
JUMPSTART'S PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL
THAT WE HAVE SIDEBOARDS THAT GO
WITH THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS INDICATED
THAT WE AS COUNCIL ITSELF AS
THE LEGISLATIVE BODY DOES NOT
HAVE SPENDING AUTHORITY.
WHAT WE DO HAVE IS THE ABILITY
TO PASS LEGISLATION AND PUT
DIRECTIVES ON HOW WE THINK THE
SPENDING SHOULD BE USED.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN
THE BUDGET, AND FRANKLY WHAT WE
HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO IN THE
RESOLUTION REGARDING SPAN PLAN.
IT COMES TO DOCUMENTS, THERE
ARE CONCERNS I WILL CONTINUE TO
RAISE AND WOULD LIKE TO WORK
WITH YOU ALL ON IN THE BUDGET
DIRECTOR AND OTHERS ON CENTRAL
TAFF TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN
COUNCIL PUT DIRECTIVES TO SPEND
, THAT WE KNOW IF THOSE DOLLARS
HAVE BEEN SPENT AT HOW MUCH AND
WHAT REMAINS.
THAT IS THE CRUX OF THE
QUESTIONS I'VE HEARD TODAY.
TO ME THIS GETS TO THE HEART OF
AS A COUNCIL AND LEGISLATIVE
BODY, WE CAN RESPOND TO THE
CALL TO INVEST IN CERTAIN
THINGS BUT IT HAS TO BE
FOLLOWED THROUGH THE BUDGET
DOCUMENT NEEDS TO BE ADHERED TO.
I'M INTERESTED IN WORKINGWITH
YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER
SETTING UP A JUMPSTART PAYROLL
TAX FUND AND FINANCIAL POLICIES
TO ENSURE THE COUNCIL'S INTENT
WAS CLEAR TO PROVIDE
TRANSPARENCY AND TRACKING
SOURCES INCLUDING FINANCIAL
POLICIES THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO
USE THE PAYROLL REVENUES TO
SUPPORT SUNDAY SERVICES DUE TO
THE PANDEMIC, AND INDUCED
REVENUE LOSSES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
CLEAR ADHERENCE TO THE SPAN
PLAN AS INITIALLY DISCUSSED
WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING
JUMPSTART'S PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL
TAX.
IN THE ITEMS WE COMMITTED TO
OUR PRIORITIZED.
WE INTENTIONALLY IN 2021 HAVE
ALLOCATED A CERTAIN PORTION OF
ANTICIPATED FUTURE REVENUE TO
DOING THINGS LIKE SUPPORTING
CORE SERVICES.
IT'S IMPORTANT WE PUT
SIDEBOARDS AROUND THAT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR FLAG IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE $221 MILLION WE
ANTICIPATE FROM THE AMERICAN
RECOVERY PLAN BILL CONSIDERED
IN CONGRESS. AND THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY THAT THIS REVENUE
CAN BE USED AS A REVENUE
REPLACEMENT TOOL TO REDUCE
RELIANCE ON OTHER AREAS OF
FUNDS IN OUR CITY.
IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT A GRAB
OF PAYROLL TAX DOLLARS AND PUT
THEM INTO GENERAL FUND.
THERE IS POTENTIAL TO BACKFILL
THAT WITH THE 221 MILLION
RECOGNIZING MANY OF THESE CORE
SERVICES ARE PART OF WHAT --
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT MAKE A OUR
CORE GOVERNMENT SERVICES COULD
BE INVESTED IN AND AUSTERITY
BUDGET WAS NOT ENGAGED IN OR
NOT ADVANCED.
THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT.
TO ADDRESS BULLET NUMBER TWO ON
THE SLIDE.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
OKAY.
LET'S GET TO THE RESOLUTION.
THE RESOLUTION IS NOT INCLUDED
ON THE AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE IT INCLUDED IN THE
NOTES THAT GET SENT OUT.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE VIEWING
PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THIS, THAT WILL GET POSTED
RIGHT AWAY.
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS INTERESTED
, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO GET THAT
TO YOUR.
LET MY OFFICE KNOW AND WE WILL
SEND THAT OUT.
THIS IS A DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR
CONSIDERATION TODAY AND
APPRECIATE THE ONGOING
DISCUSSION.
>> YOLANDA -- COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
BUILDING ON THE CHAIR'S OPENING
. IN TERMS OF THE CONTEXT
SETTING.
ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT THE
FIRST TWO BULLETS WERE COVERED
THOROUGHLY AND THAT WE ALSO
WANT TO NOTE THAT CITY IS NOT
TRYING TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS
AND THAT THE RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZES A NEED TO LEVERAGE
OTHER FUNDING AND PROGRAMS WERE
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE
NEED TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE
WORKFORCE TO ALLOW FOR DELIVERY
OF CRITICAL SERVICES TO
SEATTLE'S RESIDENTS, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY
DOES HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY AND
ABILITY TO EXPAND SERVICES AND
DISTRIBUTE FUNDING TO THE
COMMUNITY. IN SOME CASES IT MAY
BE ADMINISTRATIVELY UNFEASIBLE
TO DELIVER GREAT AMOUNT OF
SERVICES OR FUNDING IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME EVEN IF
SUFFICIENT FUNDING IS MADE
AVAILABLE.
>> IN TERMS OF THE DRAFT
RESOLUTION, WE DID NOT INCLUDE
SPECIFIC FUNDING ALLOCATIONS OR
PERCENTAGES BECAUSE AS TOM
MENTIONED, THE LEGISLATION FOR
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT IS
STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION. WE
WANTED TO WAIT ON ANY
CONFIRMATION ON THE FINAL
AMOUNT AND WHETHER THERE WOULD
BE ANY STRINGS ATTACHED. ALSO
KNOWING HOW MUCH MONEY THE CITY
MIGHT ANTICIPATE FROM THE
TARGETED FEDERAL AID AS WELL.
ALSO NOTING THAT STAFF NEED TO
WORK WITH EXECUTIVE IN TERMS
WITH UNDERSTANDING THE COST OF
EXTENDING AND EXPANDING THE
CITIES COVID-19 WILLIE PROGRAMS
UNTIL THE END OF YEAR AND TO
IDENTIFY WHERE THERE MAY BE
GAPS IN SERVICES.
THE DRAFT RESOLUTION IS
ORGANIZED AROUND THESE FOUR
GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
EQUITY BEING FIRST AND
FOREMOST.
WE KNOW THAT OUR LATINX AND --
COMMUNITIES, BLACK COMMUNITIES,
HAVE BEEN HARDEST HIT BY THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THESE POPULATIONS ARE ALSO
REPRESENTED IN OUR FRONT-LINE
WORKFORCE AND MORE LIKELY TO BE
EXPOSED TO COVID-19.
THIS PRINCIPLE IS ABOUT
ENSURING THAT INVESTMENTS IN
THESE COMMUNITIES IS A TOP
PRIORITY AS WE RECEIVE THIS
FEDERAL FUNDING.
NEXT IS THE COORDINATION PIECE
IN TERMS OF CONTEXT SETTING.
THIS PRINCIPLE ACKNOWLEDGES THE
CITY IS ONE OF MANY ENTITIES
ADDRESSING THIS PUBLIC HEALTH
AND ECONOMIC CRISIS AND SHOULD
USE AS FEDERAL DOLLARS TO FILL
IN GAPS.
FLEXIBILITY.
THE CITY SHOULD BE NIMBLE AND
PREPARED TO ADJUST STRATEGY TO
MAXIMIZE RESPONSE TO EMERGENT
NEEDS.
AND RESILIENCE FEDERAL FUNDS
USED IF POSSIBLE TO GUARD
AGAINST FUTURE UNCERTAINTY AND
POSITION THE CITY TO MAKE NEW
INVESTMENTS AS DESCRIBED IN THE
JUMPSTART SPENDING PLAN.
>> IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I
WILL NOT GO THROUGH ALL
SPECIFIC SPENDING PRIORITIES
INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT, BUT WE
WILL NOTE THEY ARE PROVED UNDER
THE SEVEN CATEGORI THAT YOU
SEE ON THE SLIDE.
MANY OF THE PRIORITIES INCLUDED
WOULD CONTINUE EXISTING CITY
RELIEF EFFORTS, SOME OF WHICH
WILL END IN A FEW MONTHS LIKE
EMERGENCY VOUCHER PROGRAM AND
THAT THE FOOD ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.
OR OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN
EXHAUSTED OR WILL SOON BE
EXHAUSTING THEIR FINDINGS SUCH
AS THE SMALL BUSINESS
STABILIZATION FUND, CHILDCARE
STABILIZATION AND COVID-19
DISASTER RELIEF FUND FOR
IMMIGRANTS.
NOTABLE OUR PRIORITIES TO
INVEST IN CHILDCARE AND LONGER-
TERM, SPEAKING BACK TO THE
PIVOTING TO LONGER-TERM
ECONOMIC RECOVERY WITH THE GOAL
OF ENCOURAGING ESTABLISHMENT OF
CHILDCARE OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES
AND PRIORITIZING THE
REPLENISHMENT OF THE CITY'S
GENERAL-PURPOSE FISCAL RESERVES.
THAT WAS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF
THE DRAFT RESOLUTION BUT I WANT
TO GIVE YOU TIME TO DISCUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU LINE ONTO -- YOLANDA
FOR SENDING THE EMAIL AND THE
TEAM THAT WORKED ON IT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
READ THROUGH THE DRAFT
RESOLUTION, IT IS AN EASY
DOCUMENT TO FOLLOW AND FOLLOWS
THE SAME EIGHT OR SO PILLARS,
THE ISSUE CATEGORIES THAT
YOLANDA MENTIONED AND LEADS
WITH EQUITY PRINCIPLES AT
BEGINNING.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND THANK
YOU.
OUR CLERK FOR TRYING TO GET AS
MANY DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO THIS
AGENDA AS POSSIBLE.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE
THAT IN THE NOTES THAT GET SENT
OUT.
APPRECIATE THE WORK. I WOULD BE
HAPPY TO WELCOME QUESTIONS AND
WE WANT TO WRAP UP IN THE NEXT
15 MINUTES.
WE OFFER THERE IS REALLY
IMPORTANT NOT GETS IN THIS
RESOLUTION AND EVENT HAVEN'T
HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT, PLEASE
DO.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET FEEDBACK ON
EDITS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BY
NOON ON THURSDAY.
48 HOURS FROM NOW.
THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION WAS
INTRODUCED INCLUDING SOME OF
YOUR IDEAS.
>> I WAS GOING TO HOLD MY
FEEDBACK BECAUSE YOU ARE
LETTING US KNOW WE CAN PROVIDE
IT UP UNTIL WEDNESDAY AT NOON.
I WANT TO SAVE TIME.
>> THURSDAY NOON, EVEN MORE
TIME.
TWO DAYS FROM NOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOLANDA
OR CENTRAL STAFF TEAM?
AGAIN, THANK YOU CENTRAL STAFF
AND COLLEAGUES.
THIS BUILDS ON THE CORE
PRINCIPLES YOU WORKED ON IN THE
2020 COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORTS
IN THE BUDGET AND THE WORK YOU
DID.
>> I DID COVER THAT LAST SLIDE
IN MY OPENING COMMENTS.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ADDITIONAL
REMARKS ABOUT THAT?
NEXT STEPS?
>> I THINK YOU COVERED IT WELL
AND WE WENT THROUGH IT.
NEXT STEPS WILL BE CONSIDERING
LEGISLATION FOR THE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE FUNDS, STRATEGIES TO
SUPPORT CARE, AND ADOPTED A
RESOLUTION AND STARTING WORK ON
APPROPRIATION BILL.
IF THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS OR SERVICE,
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE INTERESTED
IN, CONSIDERING FUNDING WITH
THE ANTICIPATED ADDITIONAL
FEDERAL FUDS, IS GOING TO TAKE
TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE
ARE AND WORK WITH THE
EXECUTIVES.
FEEL FREE TO REACH UTTERLY AND
OFTEN TO LET US KNOW WHERE WE
SHOULD DIG INTO.
>> HUGE ROUND OF APPRECIATION
FOR THE PRESENTATION IN THIS
CATEGORY.
THANK YOU, TOM, AND YOLANDA,
AND CENTRAL STAFF WHO PROVIDED
INFORMATION.
WE HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS
TO FOLLOW UP ON IN ADDITION TO
THE REQUEST TO GET AMENDMENTS
OR ADDITIONS TO THE DRAFT
BEFORE IT'S INTRODUCED BY NOON
ON THURSDAY.
MADAME CLERK, I THINK WE ARE
READY TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
FOUR.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR NOBLE.
>> ID.
HOTEL ASSISTANCE UPDATE FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WE HAVE DIRECTOR NOBLE AD
JEFF SIMS FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
JEFF WILL PROVIDE COMMENTS TO
ORIENT US TO THIS TOPIC BECAUSE
IF FOLKS HAVEN'T FOLLOWED ALONG
WITH THE CONVERSATIONS AND
COMMITTEES, A GROUND SETTING
HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I WILL ASK
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD.
MOSTLY WE ARE HERE FOR OUR
GUEST SPEAKER TO HELP GIVE US A
QUICK UPDATE AS TO THE EXTENT
POSSIBLE ON CONVERSATIONS THAT
WILL BE WELCOME NEWS.
>> A WEEK AGO WERE TWO WEEKS AGO
ON THE MEETING ON HOMELESSNESS,
UPDATE PROVIDED ON A LARGE
HOTEL SHELTERING SURGE STRATEGY
PROVIDED BY COUNCIL WITH ESD
MONEY FOR 2021.
I WANT GO INTO THAT
INTERVENTION.
THE STATUS WAS PROVIDED
RECENTLY.
I WILL GO INTO THE JUST CARE
PROGRAM PRESENTED TO COUNCIL
COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER.
TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A TOP
OF MIND.
THE CONSORTIUM OF PROVIDERS --
OVERALL IT IS A STRATEGY THAT
UTILIZES HOTELS TO HOUSE PEOPLE
THAT WERE ON SHELTERED AND
SQUARE IN THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT. A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS
ARE NOT ONLY EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS BUT ALSO HAVE HIGH
BARRIERS TO HOUSING, ESPECIALLY
HIGH RATES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE PROGRAM WAS STARTED BY THE
COUNTY WHEN A $4 MILLION
APPROPRIATION WAS MADE TO THE
PROGRAM IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR
USING C.A.R.E.S.
ACT FUNDING.
$3 MILLION OF THAT $4 MILLION
WAS USED.
THE COUNTY PROVIDED ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND
TWO PROGRAMS TO OPERATE UNTIL
MID-MARCH.
SOMETIME IN DECEMBER THE
PROGRAM HAS BEEN MAINTAINING
ITS CAPACITY.
128 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN
SHELTERED IN THESE HOTEL ROOMS.
IT HAS NOT BEEN ACCEPTING NEW
ENTRANTS.
THE EXTENSION THE COUNTY HAS
PROVIDED WOULD NOT MAKE THAT
POSSIBLE AND MAINTAINING 128
BEDS.
THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD
TAKE TO MAINTAIN THIS PROGRAM
AND EXPANDING IT TO BE 310 BEDS
WERE SPACES FOR INDIVIDUALS
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, THE END UP
OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
RELATED TO COVID-19.
THAT WOULD BE AROUND 10 1/2
MILLION DOLLARS TO NOT ONLY
MAINTAIN BUT EXPAND THE COSTS
FOR THE REMAINDER OF SEPTEMBER
30.
THAT IS A HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY OF
THAT PROGRAM. IT IS A SEPARATE
THING FROM OTHER STRATEGIES,
ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND -- PROVIDED
UPDATES ON RECENTLY.
ALSO BECAUSE I WAS PROMPTED TO,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ASKED ME
ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHAT IS -- WHEN SERVICES MOVE
FROM BEING ON ONE SIDE FOR A
FEMALE REIMBURSABLE TO NOT.
-- FEMALE REIMBURSABLE TO NOT.
TO A LARGE DEGREE THAT IS AN
UNKNOWABLE ANSWER.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE US RECEIVING
A REIMBURSEMENT BEFORE WE HAVE
A STRONG SENSE OF WHAT IS THE
TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
THERE IS A LOT OF PIECES THAT
GO ALONG WITH SUBMITTING AN
EXPENSE FOR REIMBURSEMENT THAT
WILL COME INTO PLAY THERE.
A BROAD RULE OF THUMB WHICH IS
GOING TO -- SATISFACTORY.
IF YOU HAD BEEN HIT BY
HURRICANE AND WE DID AN
INTERVENTION THAT PROVIDED
SHELTER TO PEOPLE WHERE OF THE
CITY HAD BEEN, WOULD FEMA HAVE
COVERED THAT EXPENSE.
THAT IS HOW THE COVERAGE FOR
THE SHELTER INTERVENTION WAS
INTENDED IN ADDITION WHEN THE
PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED.
MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR THE CITY,
THE DECISION POINT IS NOT BASED
ON WHETHER OR NOT FEMA WHAT ARE
WERE NOT PROVIDE -- BUT RATHER
LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE
ESSENTIAL THING THAT HAS TO BE
DONE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
SERVICES NECESSARY SO
INDIVIDUALS EXPENSING
HOMELESSNESS ARE AT HEIGHTENED
RISK FOR SEVERE OR CONTRACTING
A SEVERE OUTCOME OR CONTRACTING
COVID-19 DUE TO CONDITIONS.
WHAT IS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO
BE DOING TO ALLOW THEM TO
SOCIALLY ISOLATE AND AVOID
SEVERE REACTIONS.
THAT IS DECISION.
MORE SO THEN THE NUANCES OF
WHAT IS PRECISELY AVAILABLE FOR
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
QUESTIONS.
ANOTHER QUESTION HERE.
THAT WILL BE -- THAT IS IT FOR
A BROAD OVERVIEW.
DIRECTOR NOBLE HAS OTHER
UPDATES.
>> JUST WANTED TO CHECK.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, DID YOU
HAVE FOLLOW-UP ON THAT OR
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR CONTEXT
SETTING?
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US TAKE
SOME TIME AND YOU ARE COMMITTEE
TO KEEP THE DISCUSSION GOING ON
THIS ISSUE.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT IN THE
NEWS ABOUT IT RECENTLY SO IT'S
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR CENTRAL
STAFF AT THE BUDGET OFFICE AND
COUNCILMEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO
CHECK IN AND GET SOME OF THESE
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
I WANT TO -- AS A TABLE SETTING
SAY I WAS VERY MOVED AGAIN BY
THE BROAD AND EXPANSIVE PUBLIC
COMMENT THAT WE HEARD RELATED
TO THAT JUST CARE PROGRAM IN
COALITION THAT INCLUDES SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND LEADERS IN THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION, PASSAGEWAYS
. IT'S OUR OBLIGATION AS LEADERS
TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY
TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN
USE WHATEVER RESOURCE
REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS,
WHETHER FEMA REIMBURSEMENT OR
WHETHER IT IS ONE-TIME FEDERAL
MONEY. ANY KIND OF CREATIVE
OPTION TO COME UP WITH SOME
KIND OF SOLUTION.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA , YOU
HAVE BEEN TALKING CLOSELY WITH
THE COUNTY, AS I HAVE.
THERE ARE POTENTIALLY
LEGISLATIVE PASSAGEWAYS WE CAN
PURSUE AS A COUNCIL IN
COLLABORATION TO HAVE
CAUTIONARY ARRANGEMENT.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
UNDERLYING MOTIVATION HERE TO
EXPLORE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
COMPONENTS OF HOW TO DO IT AND
NAIL DOWN ANSWERS ON FEMA
FUNDING.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO GETTING ANSWERS ON TODAY.
KNOWING THAT SOME OF THIS IS
NOT KNOWABLE BUT THERE ARE WAYS
WE CAN PLAN TO MITIGATE RISKS.
WE ARE SEEING THAT THERE IS A
SCHEDULED REMOVAL OF THE
HOMELESS ACCOUNTANTS AT DEMME
PARK FOR WEDNESDAY.
I KNOW FROM BEING OUT THERE
WITH OUTREACH WORKERS ON A
REGULAR BASIS, PROBABLY ON
AVERAGE TWICE A MONTH, THAT THE
MOST SOUGHT AFTER PLACEMENT OF
PEOPLE LIVING THERE ARE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES BASED ON WHAT I
HEAR DIRECTLY FROM PEOPLE
LIVING IN THAT PARK.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE EXPLORING EVERY AVENUE SO
THAT WHEN A REMOVAL HAPPENS, WE
ARE NOT JUST SENDING FOLKS TO
GO CAMP IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY
ELSE'S BUSINESS.
WE NEED TO REMOVE THEM TO A
PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET THEIR
NEEDS MET AND I HOPE WE GET
MORE ANSWERS ON THAT AND HOW WE
CAN PLAN PROACTIVELY AS A
COUNCIL AND MAYOR TO MEET THOSE
GOALS.
THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR NOBLE.
IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION
AND AGGRESSIVE COLLABORATION
SOMETIMES, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE TO TELL US MORE.
>> COULD YOU START OVER?
WE LOSS YOUR AUDIO.
>> I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL
ANNOUNCEMENT WITH RESPECT TO --
BUT I WANT TO EXPRESS
INFORMATION.
ONE IS EXECUTIVE SHARES CONCERN
ABOUT INDIVIDUALS FOR
ENROLLMENT IN THE POPULATION.
RECOGNIZE THE NEED THERE.
I HAVE NO DESIRE TO NOT PROVIDE
SOME LEVEL OF SERVICES TO THOSE
INDIVIDUALS.
WE ARE IN ACTIVE CONVERSATION
WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT A SOLUTION
NEAR-TERM AND LONGER-TERM FOR
THE POPULATION.
I HAVE A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.
WE HAVEN'T SETTLED ANY PRECISE
PLAN FORWARD.
THOSE TALKS ARE ONGOING AND I'M
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT A SOLUTION.
WE HAVE A SHARED INTEREST IN
SERVING THE POPULATION AND
ADDRESSING THE OVERALL ISSUES.
ONE OF THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE
-- AS NOW CONFIGURED AND
PROCURED THE CARE PROGRAM IS NOT
-- NOT FUNDED THAT WAY.
IT IS AN EXTENSION AND COULDN'T
BE FUNDED WITH FEMA DOLLARS AS
THEY ARE NOW BEING ALLOCATED BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AS WE
LOOK FORWARD, THERE ARE
DIFFERENT WAYS TO PROCURE A
COMPARABLE SERVICE. THE
GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT COULD BE CHANGING ON
THIS FRONT.
YOU FOR A LOT ABOUT THAT TODAY.
WE HAVE A GENERAL SENSE THAT
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IS
TAKING A MORE HELPFUL APPROACH
IF YOU WILL BUT THERE HAS BEEN
NO ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC GUIDANCE
THAT HAS BEEN HANDED OUT ON
THIS FRONT.
WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THAT.
AS INDICATED, WE WILL RECEIVE
FEDERAL FUNDING IN VARIOUS FORMS
. WE EXPECT A SMALL BLOCK GRANT
, LARGER LOCATION FOR FLEXIBLE
PURPOSES.
THERE IS ALSO AS OUTLINED FOR
YOU TODAY SOME DIRECT
HOMELESSNESS FUNDING IDENTIFIED
IN THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE
FEDERAL BILL. ANY INTERACTIONS
BETWEEN THOSE DIRECT DOLLARS
EITHER FOR HOMELESSNESS OR THE
DIRECT DOLLARS TO THE CITY AND
FEMA ELIGIBILITY IS AMONG THE
THINGS WE WILL NEED GUIDANCE
ON.
WE ARE NOT WAITING ON ALL OF
THAT AND THOSE OPTIONS.
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE
COUNTY FOR NEAR-TERM AND LONGER-
TERM, RECOGNIZING WE HAVE BEEN
COLLABORATING TO DATE ON THIS
FRONT AND OTHERS IN WILL NEED
TO GOING FORWARD.
THE COUNTY WILL PROCEED AS WE
EXPECT IN WILL RECEIVE A
SIGNIFICANT ALLOCATION OF
FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR FLEXIBILITY.
WILL WANT TO EXPLORE RESOURCES.
WITHIN THE CITY AND THE
DEMOCRATS THE COUNTY.
WORKING HARD ON THIS.
I AM OPTIMISTIC.
I DON'T HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU
TODAY BUT WANTED TO PROVIDE AN
UPDATE.
>> QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR NOBLE FOR
YOUR UPDATE.
I WILL HIGHLIGHT. I KNOW IN MY
CONVERSATIONS LAST YEAR AHEAD
OF THE REMOVAL, MY REQUEST WAS
TO USE A JUST CARE STYLE
PROGRAM IN THIS.
THE RESPONSE I RECEIVED, WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE NO LONGER
RECEIVING FEDERAL DOLLARS.
IN PIONEER SQUARE, NOT MY
DISTRICT, COUNCILMAN LEWIS IS
DISTRICT, WE KNOW JUST CARE IS
DEPLOYED AND HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE
IN HERE WE ARE.
WHERE WE NEED TO CONTINUE
FUNDING THESE UNITS OF HOUSING
OR SHELTER.
MY CONCERN AT THIS TIME IS THAT
THERE WILL BE A GREATER COST TO
OUR CITY IF WE CANNOT CONTINUE
TO FUND THIS PROGRAM.
WHEN FOLKS ARE RETURNED TO THE
STREETS, RETURNED TO THE
ALLEYWAYS IN THE DOORWAYS, WE
HEARD DIRECTLY THIS MORNING
FROM PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT HOW
INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN
STABILIZED TO WHERE UNSTABLE IN
FINANCIAL AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE
IMPACTS.
AND BUDGETING WE OFTEN HAVE TO
LOOK AT THE COST BENEFIT. THERE
IS ALSO THE NEED FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT PRIVATE COSTS
ARE BEING ASSOCIATED WHEN WE AS
A GOVERNMENT ARE NOT PROVIDING
THE SOLUTIONS WE KNOW WE NEED.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR
YOU, DIRECTOR NOBLE.
I TRUST YOUR WORK I'D
APPRECIATE YOU.
WHEN WE DO NOT PROVIDE FUNDING
FOR PROGRAMS LIKE JUST CARE,
THERE IS A GREATER COST TO OUR
CITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.
I WAS LISTENING AND MY EARS
WERE BURNING.
MUCH APPRECIATED.
YOUR COMMENTS HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER
DIMENSION. THE BALANCE BETWEEN
SERVICE WE PROVIDE AND IMPACTS
THAT ARE FELT IF WE DON'T IS A
CONSTANT TRADE-OFF.
ONE OF THE KEY DIMENSIONS OF
THE NEW FEDERAL DOLLARS WE ARE
WAITING TO SEE MORE ABOUT IS
THE TIMELINE OVER WHICH THEY
NEED TO BE EXPENDED.
CURRENTLY AS WE UNDERSTAND IT
NO CUTOFF DATE THAT MIGHT CHANGE
AS THE BILL MOVES FORWARD.
COMMENTS MADE AND PRESENTATIONS
EARLIER.
THAT IS A BIG DYNAMIC.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HIT US
THE THIRD WEEK OF DECEMBER LAST
YEAR WAS A CHANGE WITH REGARD
TO CRF DOLLARS REGARDING THEIR
USE OF THE 2021 AND NOT JUST
2020 WHICH LED TO ALLOCATION
SHIFTING THAT YOU SAW IN SOME
SLIDES TODAY TO TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW
FLEXIBILITY.
THE TIMELINE WILL BE CRITICAL.
WE WILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE
PRIVATE RESOURCE WE HAVE IN
ALLOCATING IF WE'RE GOING TO BE
EXPANDING SERVICES.
THE PATH TO SUSTAINING THOSE AT
HIGHER LEVEL WITH ALTERNATIVE
FUNDING SOURCE, OR AHEAD OF
TIME HOW THEY MAY BE PHASED
OUT.
IF SO, OVER WHAT TIME FRAME.
THAT IS ONE OF THE -- THE SIZE
OF THE ALLOCATION WHICH HAS NOT
BEEN DECIDED, AND THE TIMEFRAME
FOR WHICH IT IS AVAILABLE WILL
BE ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE
WILL BE WATCHING.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING
THIS NEWS, DIRECTOR NOBLE,
ABOUT YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH
KENT COUNTY ABOUT THE EXTENSION
OF THE PROGRAM.
IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THERE IS A
NEED FOR A NEAR-TERM FUNDING
STRATEGY IN A LONG-TERM FUNDING
STRATEGY.
AS IT RELATES TO THE NEAR-TERM,
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY --
BELIEVES THAT WE WILL HAVE
ACCESS TO FEDERAL FUNDS BY
FEDERAL -- MARCH 15 -- IT SEEMS
LIKE WE NEED A VERY NEAR-TERM
FUNDING STRATEGY.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AS DISCUSSED
POTENTIALLY PROPOSING
LEGISLATION USING SOME OF THE
2020 RESERVES IN ORDER TO TESH
IN THE NEAR TERM, HELP FIND IT
JUST CARES.
AM I HEARING YOU THAT THAT
WOULD BE CONSIDERED USEFUL BY
THE EXECUTIVE?
>> AT THIS STAGE, THIS PROGRAM
WAS ESTABLISHED AS A COUNTY
PROGRAM AND WE THINK NEAR-TERM
IT MAKES SENSE THAT THEY
PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT
NEAR-TERM.
BUT AGAIN AS WE MOVE FORWARD,
WE HAVE BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP
OVERALL WITH REGARD TO SERVING
THE HOMELESS POPULATION AS IT
HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY COVID-19.
I THINK THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT
THE NEAR-TERM AND LONG-TERM AND
WHAT THE PARTNERSHIP LOOKS
LIKE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND I
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT
LEGISLATION.
WE HAVE THAT TEED UP AND THEN
HEARING THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS
ONGOING PARTNERSHIP EXTENSION,
POSSIBLE EXTENSION FOR THE NEAR-
TERM, AND POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP
FOR THE LONGER-TERM.
WE WANTED TO KEEP THIS ITEM ON
THE AGENDA TO MAKE SURE WE
HEARD UPDATES.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE
SURE THE NEAR-TERM EXTENSION OR
FUNDING IS FILLED. COUNCILMAN
LEWIS?
>> I THINK -- RIFFING OFF OF
LISA HERBOLD'S QUESTION AND
TALK MORE ABOUT STRUCTURING
SOMETHING FOR THE LONG HAUL
HERE LIKE A LONG-TERM PLANNING.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
NOBLE, FOR YOUR DETAILED MEMO
THAT WAS SENT OR EMAIL I SHOULD
SAY BASED ON INQUIRIES FROM THE
COUNCIL.
I REALLY SAW THAT IS SOMETHING
-- MY REACTION WAS OKAY, WE
KNOW WHAT THE HOOPS ARE SO
LET'S START SETTING UP
SOMETHING TO JUMP THROUGH THEM.
BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK, WE ARE
CURRENTLY IN THESE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THE EXTENSION OF THE
COUNTY PROGRAM AND FIGURING OUT
WAYS WE CAN BE A HELPFUL
PARTNER.
IN GUIDING THAT DISCUSSION.
BUT I THINK THE BIGGER ROLE I'M
SEEING FOR THE CITY IS GOING TO
BE THAT LONG-TERM SUPPORT.
MY QUESTION WOULD BE, AM I
READING IT CORRECTLY THAT IF
THIS COUNCIL WERE TO WORK WITH
YOUR OFFICE TO TO CAREFULLY --
TO CAREFULLY PUT TOGETHER A
PROCESS THAT INCLUDES OPEN
PROCUREMENT, AND THAT IS
TAILORED TO WHAT WE KNOW THEME
IS REIMBURSABLE FOR AND IF WE
ARE FOLLOWING THE MODEL WE HAVE
SEEN BE SUCCESSFUL IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES IN
PURSUING THE FEMA REIMBURSABLE
COMPONENT.
THAT THAT WOULD BE A PATH
FORWARD THINKING MORE LONG-TERM
, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT AVAILABLE
IN THE SHORT TERM BECAUSE AS
YOU STATED EARLIER, DID NOT GO
THROUGH A LOT OF THE
FORMALITIES ON THE FRONT END.
THINKING FOR THE LONG-TERM
KNOWING THIS IS A PROBLEM WE
WILL BE STARING AT FOR A LONG
TIME, REALLY TAKING YOUR MEMO
AND THEN WORKING INTENTIONALLY
TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT WE NEED TO
DO. TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I WANTED TO GET YOUR INSIGHT
INTO THAT.
THAT I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER
QUICK FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
>> IN BROAD STROKES [
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ].
THE EMAIL IN THIS CONVERSATION
ABOUT FEMA IS NOT INTENDED TO
SAY THEREFORE WE CANNOT.
NOR IS IT A PANACEA.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ENDLESSOURCE
OF FUNDING WITHOUT RESTRICTION.
CLEARLY WE NEED A LONG-TERM
STRATEGY AND WHEN I WAS
DESCRIBING THAT ACKNOWLEDGES
TIME FRAMES OVER WHICH WE WILL
HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING, WHETHER
IT BE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT. THAT
IS ANOTHER CHANGE, ONLY IN THE
PAST MONTH WE HAVE GOTTEN
DIRECTION FROM FEMA THAT
RESOURCES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO
THE END OF DECEMBER AND
PREVIOUSLY WE WERE WORKING
THREE MONTHS AT A TIME.
LONG-TERM STRATEGY TAKES INTO
ACCOUNT THE FEDERAL RESOURCES
AND OUR OWN RESOURCES AND HOW
THOSE CAN BE WOVEN TOGETHER.
ONE OF THE REASONS I'M ANXIOUS
TO HEAR FROM DC ABOUT WHAT THE
TIMEFRAME WHICH THE RESOURCES
ARE AVAILABLE AND WHAT
RESTRICTIONS THEY HAVE.
>> I GUESS MY QUESTION.
IF THIS COUNCIL -- LET'S LET
ASIDE JUST CARE AND TALK ON A
BROADER LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION.
IF THIS COUNCIL SENT
LEGISLATION LIKE TO GET SPECIFIC
-- THE RISING AND INTERFUND
LOAN FOR A DEMENTED MONEY
BACKED UP WITH MONEY IN
RESERVE, SETTING UP A
PROCUREMENT PROCESS TAILORED TO
THOSE REQUIREMENTS OF OVER 65
OR VULNERABLE DUE TO UNIQUE
EXPOSURE, AND SAYING WE WOULD
LIKE THE EXECUTIVE TO GO OUT
AND SEEK A HOTEL SPECIFICALLY
FOR THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE.
WE ARE AUTHORIZING A LOAN TO DO
IT?
AND WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THE
ENTIRE BELLS AND WHISTLES
PRESCRIBED NEEDED TO GO THROUGH
FOR THE FEMA PROCESS.
WITH THE EXECUTIVE IMPLEMENT
THAT LEGISLATION TO SEEK THAT
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
I'M SAYING THAT COULD BE IN
ADDITION TO OTHER ESD MONEY AND
PUT THAT INTO JUST CARE OR
WHATEVER.
THERE IS SO MUCH NEED OUT
THERE.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT
FALL INTO THE FEMA REIMBURSABLE
CATEGORY.
WE COULD CRAFT SOME POLICY HERE
TO GET THEM INSIDE AND SEEK
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
MAYBE ASK MORE POINTEDLY.
>> YOU WILL GET A NONANSWER FOR
ME BECAUSE I'M NOT THE POLICY
EXPERT.
I'M NOT THE ONE TO SPEAK TO. WE
NEED AN OVERALL STRATEGY.
I CARE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SIDE
OF IT.
IN ANTICIPATION OF FEDERAL
MONEY.
MY GUESS IS WE WILL GET IT
RESOLVED BY THE END OF THE
MONTH.
WE GOT A CHECK FOR $131 MILLION
LAST YEAR NOT LONG AFTER THE
ORIGINAL STIMULUS BILL PASSED.
CASH MANAGEMENT IS NOT THE
ISSUE.
IT IS THE UNDERLYING POLICY.
THOSE POLICIES -- I AM NOT THE
EXPERT.
THEY ARE ABOUT IMMEDIATE NEED
AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
I KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE READY AND
WILLING TO ENGAGE IN THAT
CONVERSATION AND TO IDENTIFY
POLICIES AND PATH FORWARD.
>> LET ME ASK WHERE IT IS MORE
COMFORTABLY IN YOUR FIELD.
WHAT I JUST SAID IS TECHNICALLY
FEASIBLE, CORRECT?
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MAYBE THERE
IS A POLICY DISCUSSION THAT
WOULD BETTER BE ANSWERED BY A
DEPUTY MAYOR.
IN TIME -- IN TERMS OF --
>> THERE ARE FEMA RESTRICTIONS
AROUND NON-CONGREGATE SHELTER
AND THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE.
WE DESIGNED A PROGRAM -- WE ARE
NOT THE LEAD AGENCY IN HOUSING
SO WE WERE TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND
PARTNERSHIP.
TECHNICALLY THAT IS FEASIBLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE MEMO THAT YOU SENT ON
THURSDAY HAS BEEN REFERENCED
AND I APPRECIATE THE OPTIMISTIC
INTERPRETATION.
IT IS HELPFUL TO HAVE
CLARIFICATION TODAY THAT THERE
IS ONGOING CONVERSATION.
THE TWO PART STRATEGY HELPS FOR
ME TO SEE THAT THE RISKS THAT
WERE OUTLINED IN THAT MEMO.
THEY ARE NOT INSURMOUNTABLE.
IT WAS MY CONCERN -- THE
TECHNICALITY OF SOME OF THESE
UNKNOWNS WAS BEING PERCEIVED AS
A BARRIER TO OVERALL DESIRE TO
CREATE EITHER JUST CARE OR
ADJUST CARE PROGRAM LIKE A
HOTEL WILLING STRATEGY.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO
HEAR THAT THOSE RISKS WELL REAL
ARE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO STOP
THE CITY FROM ENGAGING WITH A
PARTNERSHIP WITH KENT COUNTY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE KENT COUNTY IS
COMMITTED TO FINDING A DATE TO
BE DETERMINED.
BUT A DATE TO EXTEND JUST
CARES.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CITY IN GOOD
PARTNERSHIP ABSENT LEGISLATION
THAT LEWIS HAS DISCUSSED, IS
INTERESTED IN TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT A JOINT EFFORT TO CONTINUE
TO FUND HOTEL AND STRATEGY THAT
MEETS THE OBJECTIVE AND GOALS
THAT WE ALL SHARE.
GETTING MORE FOLKS OUT OF PARKS
IN TENTS AND INTO HOTELS.
WE'VE HEARD FROM HOTELIERS.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THEY LIKE
TO HEAR.
I THOUGHT THAT PART OF THE GOOD
NEWS WE WERE HEARING IS THIS
ONE-TO STRATEGY, INTERPRETATION
AT RISK WHILE MAYBE STILL REAL
IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE
A BARRIER TO PURSUE THIS
PARTNERSHIP.
IF THERE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS
THAT WE CAN RECOUP AS A WAY TO
REIMBURSE THE CITY AND COUNTY
FOR THESE EFFORTS THAT ARE
THROUGH A JUST CARE MODEL OR --
JUST CARES ARE HAPPY TO ENGAGE
IN A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET FEDERAL
REIMBURSEMENT, THAT WOULD BE
THE CHERRY ON TOP.
RIGHT NOW MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE
PROGRESSED FROM WHAT YOU ARE
SHARING IS THAT THIS STRATEGY
MAKES IT SO THAT WE ARE NOT
LOOKING AT THE BARRIERS OR THE
CONCERNS OR UNKNOWNS IN THE
FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS
AS A CONSERVATIVE OR RISK
ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS AND INSTEAD
WE ARE SAYING LET'S GO FORTH
AND STRIGGOW -- FIGURE OUT A
STRATEGY.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS PROGRAM
TO CONTINUE IN SOME FORM.
>>> THAT WE THINK ARE CRITICAL
AND EFFECTIVE.
MORE BROADLY, YOU ARE WORKING
WITH THE COUNTY IN AN OVERALL
STRATEGY BY -- NOT THE ONLY ONE.
CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING BUT
THE OVERALL STRATEGY LOOKS LIKE
WILL BE THE DETAILS FORTHCOMING
ON THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIRECTLY
TO WHAT IS IN THE BILL AND IN
TERMS OF GUIDANCE FROM FEMA AND
IDEALLY IT BECOMES MORE
FLEXIBLE.
PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY ON
AN OVERALL STRATEGY KNOWING
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY COMPONENT.
AND THE KEY TO GETTING THAT
ALIGNED AND SETTLED HIS
UNDERSTANDING RESOURCES. THAT
IS THE RELEVANT CONSTRAINT AND
NOT JUST RISK.
THE CONSTRAINTS ARE LIMITING
BUT NOT BARRIERS NECESSARILY.
WE HAVE OUR OWN RESOURCES WITH
FLEXIBLE DOLLARS FROM THE
GOVERNMENT.
>> I THINK THERE IS GENERAL
UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS THE
CASE THAT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
-- THAT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
OFFERED IN MOST PROGRAMS --
FEMA GUIDANCE STATES THOSE
WON'T BE REIMBURSED.
I THINK JUST LOOKING AT THAT
TECHNICAL AND DIRECT EXCLUSION
AND APPLYING THAT TO THE
OVERALL FUNDING OR ASSUMING
THAT THAT TYPE OF RESTRICTION
WOULD APPLY TO THE OVERALL
ASSISTANCE THAT WE WANT TO
OFFER TO THOSE WHO ARE IN
SHELTERED IS TO SOME DEGREE A
INTERPRETATION OF WHAT FEMA
WANTS TO REIMBURSE.
WHAT I AM HEARING IS THERE IS
THE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE COUNTY ABOUT EXTENDING THE
STATES. THERE IS NOT A HARD
DATE WHERE FOLKS WILL LINE UP
AND POTENTIALLY HAVE TO LEAVE
ON MARCH 15 WHICH IS GREAT NEWS.
THAT IS THE GLASS HALF-FULL.
THE REST OUR CONVERSATIONS
ONGOING. THE ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS ARE WHAT
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS WILL
WE HAVE TO DO TOGETHER TO MAKE
SURE THIS PREAPPROVAL PROCESS
FOR NON-CONGREGATE APPROACH IS
DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE FEDS.
THAT WE HAVE A COMPETITIVE
PROCESS.
EVEN FOLKS AND JUST CARES SAID
THEY WANT TO DO THIS.
WE RECOGNIZE A SUCCESSFUL MODEL
INCLUDES SUPPORT SERVICES THAT
PROBABLY WON'T GET REIMBURSED
BY THE FEDS BUT THAT WE HAVE
FUNDING AND OTHER SOURCES AND A
COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
SERVICES. FOR THOSE THAT NEED A
PLACE TO SLEEP AND NEED CARE.
PROVIDING SERVICES ABSENT
FEDERAL DOLLARS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
REACHING OUT TO THAT POPULATION
THAT FEMA HAS IDENTIFIED AS
NEEDING TO HAVE ACCESS TO
SHELTER, THE ELIGIBLE. THAT IS
THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE CURRENTLY SLEEPING OUTSIDE
FITTING INTO THOSE CATEGORIES.
THIS IS WHERE I'M FEELING AND
YOU SHOULD TELL ME COLLEAGUES
IF I AM READING THE TEA LEAVES
WRONG.
IT FEELS LIKE THIS ONE, TWO
APPROACH MEANS PEOPLE WANT TO
HAVE AN END DATE CERTAIN AND WE
HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF
EXTENDING THAT AND THAT THERE
IS OPENNESS TO ADDRESS THOSE
CONDITIONALITY'S THAT FEMA HAS
OUTLINED AND SEE A MORE
OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
IS THAT FAIR?
>> I THINK SO.
FEMA [ INDISCERNIBLE ] WE WILL
HAVE TO LOOK TO OTHER RESOURCES
TO DO SO AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE
CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE ABOUT
DEPLOYING THOSE RESOURCES
SMARTLY.
WE WANT FEEL DEFEATED IF THAT
IS WHERE WE END UP BUT THE
RESOURCES WE HAVE THAT HAVE
BEEN PLACED.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR DR. NOBLE --
DIRECTOR NOBLE?
REMARKABLY THERE IS NOT.
JEFF, ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOUR
END?
>> NOT AT THIS TIME.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS AND
THAT IT'S HARD TO GIVE FINITE
DATES OR CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNTS
OR EVEN 100% ASSURANCE ON THESE
THINGS.
I'M TRYING TO PULL OUT THE GOOD
NEWS. WITH THAT, WE APPRECIATE
YOUR LONG TIME TODAY ON TODAY'S
COUNCIL AND WE WILL LET YOU
KNOW. GOOD LUCK WITH THOSE
CONVERSATIONS AND PLEASE PASS
ON OUR APPRECIATION TO THE
COUNTY PARTNERS.
>> WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
THE AGENDA.
WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IF THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR THE GOOD
OF THE ORDER.
HEARING ON, JEFF, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION.
SEEING ALL COUNCILMEMBERS,
NOBODY HAS ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
SO WE ARE AT THE END OF TODAY'S
PRESENTATION.
THE NEXT FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE ON MARCH 16 AT 9:30
AM.
LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING
FEEDBACK ON THAT RESOLUTION BY
THURSDAY AT NOON.
YOU HAVE BEEN GENEROUS WITH
YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GREAT REST
OF YOUR AFTERNOON.
>> GOODBYE.