>> THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF
THE YEAR.
THE SEATTLE'S PUBLIC ASSETS AND
HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE.
IT IS TO: 01 P.M.
I AM ANDREW LEWIS, CHAIR OF
THIS COMMITTEE.
CAN WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBAL?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WAR IS?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALE?
>> YEAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR
COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
I WILL ADD THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA DID CONTACT MY OFFICE
THIS AFTERNOON LETTING US KNOW
THAT SHE WOULD BE ABOUT AN HOUR
LATE DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY
SCHEDULED CONFLICT.
I ALSO WANT TO ANNOUNCE FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC THAT COUNCILMAN
PETERSON IS ATTENDING THE
COMMITTEE AS A GUEST TODAY.
HE WILL BE HERE AS WELL.
MOVING FORWARD NOW TO APPROVAL
OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AMENDMENT WILL BE ADOPTED.
I'M HEARING NO OBJECTION.
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK OVERVIEW
HERE OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE
DOING TODAY.
WE ARE GOING TO BE HEARING A
PRESENTATION, AS WAS ALLUDED TO
IN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGTHIS
MORNING FROM THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, THE
REGIONAL SERVICE APARTMENT, AND
THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
REGARDING THE CURRENT APPROACH
TO THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
I KNOW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE
THROUGH THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS HISTORIC BOARD.
WHICH COUNCILMEMBER HERBAL AND
I SERVE ON.
AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE, WITH SIMILAR
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
IN RECENT WEEKS.
LAST WEEK, IN PARTICULAR.
I WILL ADD THAT LAST WEEK THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY, ALONG WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBAL AND I,
VOTED FURTHER REGIONAL
AUTHORITY AND APPROVED THE 2022
BUDGET SO THAT THE CEO
AUTHORITY, MARK DUNN'S AND THE
LEADERSHIP TEAM --
>> IT WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE HIM
AT THE VIRTUAL TABLE IN THIS
COMMITTEE.
THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST
HEARING ON SOME LEGISLATION
BEING REQUESTED FROM THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ONE OF THE PUBLIC ENTITIES THAT
FALLS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF
THIS COMMITTEE.
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST
HEARING ON COUNSEL BILL 102258,
WHICH IS GOING TO BE
LEGISLATION ACCEPTING SOME
SITES IN THE GEORGETOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD AT 933 SOUTH DORIS
STREET.
IT WILL BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN
THE PRESENTATION THEY PREPARED
FOR THE COMMITTEE.
WITH THAT I WILL MOVE ON TO THE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL MODERATE THIS PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE NEXT
20 MINUTES.
I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAVE TWO
FOLKS SIGNED UP.
IS THAT STILL THE CASE, MR.
CLERK?
>> THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT
REGISTERS.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
FOR THE TWO FOLKS THAT ARE
SIGNED UP, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR
WITH OUR MEETINGS PROCEDURE I
WILL CALL ON EACH OF YOU BY
NAME AND IN THE ORDER OF WHICH
YOU REGISTERED.
FOR FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING, IF
YOU WOULD STILL LIKE TO
REGISTER IN THE NEXT FEW
MINUTES TO SPEAK, YOU CAN DO SO
AT SEATTLE.GOV/COUNSEL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT A LINK IS
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME THE STAFF
WILL UNMUTE YOU AND YOU WILL
GET A PROMPT IF YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTE IT.
THAT WILL BEGIN YOUR Q TO
SPEAK.
THE SPEAKING TIME IS GOING TO
BE FOR ONE MINUTE TODAY.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT
SHOULD RELATE TO TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME WE ASK
THAT YOU WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ASK YOU TO
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE
LINE.
IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THE MEETING, PLEASE
DO SO VIA THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
OR THE LISTING OPTIONS LISTING
ON THE TO DO.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS, STAR
SIX.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY IS
GEORGE'S COROLLA.
GEORGE, TAKE IT AWAY.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
>> I'M GEORGE WITH LEHIGH.
WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL
TO HEAR A FRONTLINE REPORT FROM
ONE AGENCY.
LEHIGH'S CONTRACT WITH THE
EXECUTIVE HOTEL PACIFIC ENDS ON
JANUARY 31st.
THIS MORNING THERE WERE 82
GUESTS STILL AT THE HOTEL.
STAFF MEMBERS MEET WITH THE
HOTEL GUESTS DAILY WITH THE
HOPE OF MOVING PEOPLE TO LOW
INCOME HOUSING OR A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE.
WE HAVE PURCHASED ONE OF THE
APARTMENTS THAT'S OPEN WITH 57
UNITS.
AND 34 UNITS AT STUDIOS.
OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE
HARVARD LOFTS.
THOSE ARE NOT OPEN.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME
TEMPORARY HOTEL ROOMS FOR THOSE
FOLKS.
NO SURPRISE.
THE DEMAND FOR TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE IS FARLEY OUTSTRIPS THE
SUPPLY.
WE WANT THE COUNCIL TO KNOW
THAT LEHIGH WILL STAND UP MORE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE
DO NOT SEE THE SPREAD OF
OMICRON IN OUR 10 TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
WE ARE READY TO DO MORE.
PLEASE CALL ON US.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GEORGE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE DAVID
HAYNES.
MR. HAYNES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR ONE MINUTE.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS DAVID HAYNES.
I LIVE IN THE WORST
NEIGHBORHOOD IN ALL OF KING
COUNTY.
I'M CALLING BECAUSE THERE IS A
NEED FOR AN INDEPENDENT
OVERSIGHT OF THE HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE.
KING COUNTY REGIONAL AUTHORITY
AND THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
ARE NOT BEING INFORMED ABOUT
THE ONGOING CRISIS WITHIN THE
HOMELESS SUFFERING FROM SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A LACK OF
RUNNING WATER AT ONE OF THE
TINY VILLAGE IS RUN BY LEHIGH,
IN OR NEAR BALLARD.
AND THE FACT THE SERVICE
PROVIDER, LEHIGH, FORCED EVERY
HOMELESS PERSON TO SIGN A
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT,
GUARANTEEING THEY NEVER SPEAK
OUT ABOUT THE HORRIBLE
CONDITIONS.
SUCH AS CRAP COMING OUT OF THE
WATER PIPES.
IF YOU SPEAK OUT AT LEHIGH, YOU
GET KICKED OUT.
ALL WHILE TREATED LIKE A
SUBHUMAN.
FORCED TO SHARE TOILET PAPER
WITH DIRTY HANDED PEOPLE WHO
LEAVE ENTIRE ROLLS OF TOILET
PAPER ON THE DIRTY, NEVER
PROPERLY CLEANED FLOOR.
ENTIRE ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER
CAUSING UNNECESSARY STRESS AND
HARDSHIP.
THEY KEEP THEM HONEST AND
EFFORTS.
LIKE IT'S ANOTHER STATUS QUO
DECADE FOR SHARING THIS LEHIGH
SMORGASBORD OF INAPT DISSERVICE.
>> OKAY.
MR. CLERK WE WILL NOW MOVE ON
TO ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US WITH
ITEM 1 IN THE RECORD?
WILL OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE
UNMUTE AND TURN ON THEIR VIDEO?
>> ITEM 1. MAYOR'S OFFICE
HOMELESSNESS PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR.
CLERK.
WE ARE JOINED NOW BY A PANEL.
WE WILL TURN IT OVER FOR
INTRODUCTIONS.
I'M VERY EXCITED WE ARE BEING
JOINED THIS AFTERNOON BY MAYOR
HAROLD.
I WANT TO SAY TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY EMMA MAYOR
HARRELL USED TO BE A MEMBER OF
THIS COUNSEL.
HIS PRESENCE IS WELCOME.
MR. MAYOR, I HANDED OVER TO YOU
FOR INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A
DISCUSSION HERE AT THE PANEL
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING
THE TIME TO VISIT WITH US
TODAY.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I HAVE BEEN DYING TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE SIDE
OF THE TESTIMONY AFTER 12 YEARS
OF BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO
YOUR FORUM.
I WANT TO BEGIN MY REMARKS BY
TALKING ABOUT THIS COUNSEL.
THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
ASSETS AND HOMELESSNESS
COMMITTEE.
ALL NINE OF YOU.
I THINK THIS IS EXTRAORDINARILY
DIFFICULT.
I HAVE A GREAT APPRECIATION FOR
THAT.
WE HAVE TWO FORMER
COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE
ADMINISTRATION.
TIM BURGESS AND MYSELF.
WE KNOW ALL TOO WELL HOW
COUNCILMEMBERS, WHO ARE
PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR
POLICY, LAWMAKING AND THE
BUDGET.
THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY
FUNCTIONS.
IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, WE
SEE THE WORK YOU DO.
BUT HOW OFTEN MANY OF YOU ARE
BLAMED FOR THE ACTION OR
INACTION OF THE EXECUTIVES AND
THE DEPARTMENTS.
WHAT I AM PLEDGING TO ALL OF
YOU, AND I HOPE I AM PRESS THIS
UPON YOU TO MY WE WILL MODEL
TRANSPARENCY AND COLLABORATION.
YOU WILL HAVE INFORMATION ON A
REAL-TIME BASIS.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS
WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SEE.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENCES IN THE
APPROACHES BUT THEY WANT TO SEE
OUR MACHINE FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, ATTACK THESE PROBLEMS.
QUITE CANDIDLY, THIS COMMITTEE
AND THE WORK YOU DO AND
HOMELESSNESS IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUES OF THE
HOUR.
ONE OF MY APPROACHES, IF YOU
LOOK AT THE STATE BUDGET THIS
YEAR, A $62 BILLION
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
AS PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNOR WE
HAVE ABOUT 334 MILLION IN
CAPITAL HOUSING.
THERE'S ABOUT 100 MILLION IN
ABOUT ANOTHER 50 MILLION IN
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
ABOUT ANOTHER 50 MILLION IN THE
OUTREACH REMEDIATION.
OUR GOAL, WHAT I'M PROMOTING
RESOURCES INTO, IS THE LARGEST
ECONOMIC DRIVER OF THE STATE.
WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND.
THE LEGISLATURES NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED THOSE
RESOURCES.
WE ARE PUTTING IN TIME THERE.
I WAS IN D.C. A FEW WEEKS AGO
AND I MET WITH RESIDENT BIDEN
AND THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING,
MARCIA FUDGE.
I TRIED TO IMPRESS UPON THEM,
WITH EVERYTHING I HAD, AMONGST
A HANDFUL OF MAYORS, THAT EVEN
IF THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN
IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED, ABOUT
1.75 TRILLION.
IT'S GETTING BOUNCED AROUND A
LOT.
THERE IS CLOSE TO 23 OR 24
BILLION IN HOUSING CHOICE
VOUCHERS.
THERE IS 15 BILLION FOR THE
NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.
I AM DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER COMES OUT
OF D.C., AGAIN, THEY RECOGNIZE
THE STRUGGLES.
I PITCHED IT TO THE SECRETARY.
MARCIA FUDGE, WHO I HAD GOTTEN
TO KNOW FAIRLY WELL DURING MY
LAST TRIP.
I ASKED THEM ABOUT THEIR IMAGES
OF SEATTLE.
THEY KNOW THE LARGE, HIGH TECH
COMPANIES AND THEY KNOW
STARBUCKS AND COMPANIES LIKE
THAT.
I'M TRYING TO IMPRESS UPON THEM
THAT WE HAVE OUR ISSUES OF
EXTREME POVERTY AND EXTREME
WEALTH IN THE CITY.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
CAN FIGHT GENTRIFICATION AND
FIGHT IT THROUGH ANTI-POVERTY
STRATEGIES.
IF WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT IN
SEATTLE THEN WE CAN TAKE THIS
MESSAGE TO THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY.
QUITE CANDIDLY, BASED ON OUR
FEDERAL LOBBYISTS AND A BUNCH
OF OTHER FOLKS, IT'S RESONATES.
THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
SEATTLE IS.
WHATEVER IMAGE THEY HAVE, I WAS
REALLY TRYING TO EXTRACT THAT
INFORMATION.
I'M VERY, VERY OPTIMISTIC, BOTH
FROM A STATE AND FEDERAL
STANDPOINT.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO GARNER A LOT
OF RESOURCES HERE THAT WILL
HELP US DO OUR JOBS.
I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR DOING THE
WORK.
I WAS DOWN ON THE SECOND FLOOR
LAST WEEK.
I WILL CONTINUE TO COME DOWN
THERE.
I WANT TO MEET WITH ALL OF YOU,
TALK TO ALL OF YOU.
I WANT YOU ALL TO BE SUPERSTARS
IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
WHETHER YOU ARE AT LARGE OR
NOT, JUST DO YOUR JOB.
I BELIEVE IN YOU.
WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE THE SAME
PROBLEMS.
I WENT OVER MY TWO MINUTES.
YOU DIDN'T SAY I JUST HAD TO
MINUTES, CHAIR LEWIS.
I LOOKED AT THE LINEUP OF THE
COUNCIL.
NEARLY ALL OF YOU I HAVE WORKED
WITH IN SOME CAPACITY BEFORE.
MANY OF YOU MAY RECALL THAT I
USED TO SAY, WHEN THE COUNCIL
TAKES THEIR HITS, I WILL DEFEND
THE CITY COUNCIL.
BOTH ITS IQ, ITS COMMITMENT,
ITS ABILITY TO WORK, IT'S
WHEREWITHAL.
I SAID IT TO ANY CITY, TO ANY
COUNSEL IN THIS COUNTRY, I
BELIEVE THAT THE CITY DOES ITS
BEST TO ELECT A GOOD, STRONG
LEADERS.
WE MAY DISAGREE ON CERTAIN
THINGS BUT I DO NOT ATTACK YOUR
INTEGRITY OR YOUR IN TIMES.
I LOOK AT PAST ADMINISTRATIONS.
MOVING FORWARD, I WANT TO BE
HER PARTNER.
I WANT MY DEPARTMENTS TO SEE
YOU AS A PARTNER AND NOT AS AN
IMPEDIMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
JOY TOGETHER TO SOLVE THESE
CRITICAL ISSUES.
WE HAVE TO DO IT IN A
SUSTAINABLE WAY.
I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF TABLE
SET THIS, GOING INTO 2022.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THOSE REMARKS.
IT'S SUCH A GREAT WAY TO START
THE MEETING AND START THIS
DISCUSSION, BASED ON THIS WORK
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
DURING COVID THIS HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING.
JUST TO ECHO AND ACKNOWLEDGE
ONE OF THE INITIAL THINGS THAT
YOU SAID, AND I THINK IT
CENTERS THE FRUSTRATION THAT A
LOT OF US, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF
US REPRESENTING DISTRICT AND
ALL THAT ARE CURRENTLY PRESENT
IN THIS COMMITTEE, AND YOU YOUR
SELF AS A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER.
ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE
HURTING ON THIS TOPIC THAT WE
ARE DISCUSSING AROUND
HOMELESSNESS AND THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE.
EVEN MORE SO DURING COVID.
A LOT OF US TO HAVE THE SCARS
OF TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE
PROBLEMS AND BEING IN A
POSITION WHERE, AS YOU
ACKNOWLEDGED EARLIER, THE
COUNCIL HAS BEEN BLAMED,
VILIFIED, ATTACKED.
IN MANY CASES, UNJUSTLY, FOR
THINGS THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF OUR
PURVIEW.
YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THAT
TODAY IS EXTREMELY POWERFUL AND
VALIDATING TOWARD BUILDING THE
TRUST FOR THE INSTITUTIONS TO
COME TOGETHER AND DO THIS WORK
AS ONE TEAM.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT
AND MY HEARTFELT APPRECIATION
FOR THAT.
I KNOW THAT ALL OF US ON HERE
HAVE BEEN DOING REALLY HARD
WORK TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THESE
ISSUES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND HAVING A PARTNER THAT'S
REALLY GOING TO CENTER AND WORK
WITH US ON THAT AND POOL AS ONE
TEAM.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE
INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORDS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON
THIS TOPIC AND OTHERS WITH YOU
AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION
THROUGHOUT THIS HEARING AND
BEYOND.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I'M GOING TO LET DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON LEAD THE DISCUSSION
AND I WILL BOW OUT FOR A LITTLE
WHILE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
>> THANK YOU.
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON, TAKE
IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR HARRELL.
THANK YOU CHAIRMAN LEWIS.
I WANT TO ANSWER SOME THINGS
THAT YOU HAVE ALL SUBMITTED.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
PULLED FOLKS IN AND SENT IT TO
MYSELF.
DIRECTOR CAME IS HERE.
I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR JONES WILL
BE HERE SHORTLY.
MY APOLOGIES FOR LOOKING AT
THIS SHORTLY.
THE ANSWERS ARE HERE AND MY
SCREEN IS HERE.
I WILL TRY TO GO BACK AND
FORTH.
BEFORE I START I WANT TO JUST
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE REGION IS
FISCALLY OPERATIONAL AND HAS
ASSUMED OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY'S
HOMELESSNESS CONTRACTS.
THEY ARE ALSO THE LEAD ON
STRATEGIC PLANNING, PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS WITHIN OUR REGION.
ALLOWING A TRUE REGIONAL
RESPONSE TO TAKE PLACE THAT
CENTERS EQUITY AND THE VOICES
OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE
REQUIRES US ALL TO SHIFT POWER
THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY HELD,
OVER TO THE REGIONAL HOUSING
AUTHORITY, WERE GUIDED BY AND
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COALITION,
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD AND
GOVERNING COMMITTEE.
WHAT THIS DOES NOT MEAN IS THAT
WE LEAVE BEHIND OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY TO TAXPAYERS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF SEATTLE,
AS WE ARE CHARGED WITH ENSURING
THAT WE ARE EFFECTIVELY
DEPLOYING PUBLIC RESOURCES.
I THINK A FEW OF YOU HAVE HAD
AN INCIDENT WHERE YOU HAVE
ASKED THE QUESTION AND IT MAY
FEEL LIKE WE ARE PUNTING TO
MARK'S ORGANIZATION.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS WE WILL
WORK WITH YOU TO GET YOU WHAT
YOU NEED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE DIRECTOR.
THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I
RECEIVED WAS, WHAT LESSONS WERE
LEARNED FROM WINTER RESPONSE?
WE WILL SPEND A COUPLE MINUTES
TALKING ABOUT LESSONS LEARNED.
I WILL PASS IT TO DIRECTOR CAME
IN A MINUTE.
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND IT WILL NOT
COVER THE EXTENT OF THE NOTABLE
EFFORTS THAT WERE LED BY OTHER
CITY DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THE
WINTER STORM.
RESPONSE ACTIVATION BEGAN IN
DECEMBER AND STRETCHED INTO
JANUARY.
IT TOOK AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
STAFF TIME AND MOBILIZATION AT
A TIME WHEN WE ARE BEING HIT BY
OMICRON AND PEOPLE WERE CALLING
OUT SICK AND WE WERE SHORT
STAFFED, BOTH IN THE CITY AND
AT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
BEFORE PASSING IT OFF TO
DIRECTOR KIM I REALLY WANT TO
THANK THE STAFF AND THE
HOMELESS STRATEGY AND
INVESTMENTS TEAM WHO WORKED
REALLY HARD TO RESPOND TO
DURING THE WINTER STORM AT THE
SAME TIME THEY WERE TRYING TO
TRANSITION ALL OF THE WORK OVER
TO THE REGIONAL HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
FOR THAT I WILL PASS IT OVER TO
DIRECTOR KIM.
AND THEN MARK WILL ANSWER THE
SAME QUESTION LATER IN THE
MEETING.
DIRECTOR KIM?
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
FOR THE RECORD I AM THE ACTING
DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR HSD.
FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE, HSD
PROVIDES SERVICES AND
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT
SERVE COMMUNITIES BY CONNECTING
PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES AND
SOLUTIONS DURING TIMES OF NEED.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF WASHINGTON
AND OF COURSE THE COUNCIL CHAIR
FOR ALLOWING HSD TO SPEAK AND
BEING ABLE TO RECAP SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED JUST WEEKS AGO DURING
MOBILIZATION.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE
OF KEY ITEMS.
ONE IS THE TREMENDOUS
COLLABORATION THAT OCCURRED
ACROSS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITH
STRONG LEADERSHIP FROM OUR
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICES
PROVIDED DURING THE PAST
WEATHER EVENT, IT WAS POSSIBLE
BECAUSE OF COLLABORATION.
SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PARTNERS
SUPPORTED THE CITIES NEED.
SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPLEMENT THE
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS ACROSS THE
SHELTER SYSTEM, RELATED TO
COVID-19.
AND ALSO FOR THE CONSTRAINTS BY
WINTER HOLIDAY STAFFING
ABSENCES.
IN LAME TERMS, YOU HAVE HEARD
THIS, THIS IS NOT NEW.
OUR PROVIDERS, AS WELL AS SOME
OF OUR OWN STAFF, PROVIDED
DIRECT SERVICES.
THEY WERE STRETCHED FOR ALL OF
THOSE REASONS.
COVID, A COUPLE OF YEARS.
PEOPLE WERE OUT SICK.
PEOPLE WERE OFF WHEN THE
SITUATION AROSE.
WE REALLY HAD TO RALLY.
WE DID THINGS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENTLY THIS PAST WINTER
AND LEARNED SOME VALUABLE
LESSONS.
SOME KEY HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE, AS
I HAVE MENTIONED, THE
COLLABORATION.
THAT COLLABORATION, IN
PARTICULAR, ALSO DURING THIS
TRANSITION, INCLUDED OR WORKED
WITH THE COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
AND BOTH MAYOR ADMINISTRATIONS.
I REALLY HAVE TO HAND IT TO THE
OUTGOING MAYOR AS WELL AS THE
INCOMING MAYOR FOR THAT CROSS
COLLABORATION TO MAKE SURE THIS
WAS SEAMLESS DURING THAT PERIOD
OF TIME.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE
ACTIVATION SIX SHELTERS WERE
OPENED.
SPECIFICALLY IN RESPONSE.
THAT REPRESENTS 379 BEDS OF
NIGHTLY CAPACITY.
THAT WAS AT THE PEAK.
WE DIDN'T START WITH ALL SIX.
AT OUR PEAK, WHEN ALL SIX ARE
ACTIVATED, WE HAD 379 BEDS.
THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF OUR
PROVIDER PARTNERS, WHO REALLY
ARE THE STARS.
INCREDIBLE PROVIDERS.
SOME WERE PREPARED AND OTHERS
WERE CONTRACTORS THAT STEPPED
UP.
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE 2116
TOTAL OVERNIGHT STAYS. AGAIN,
THAT WAS 2116 TOTAL OVERNIGHT
STAYS.
THAT WAS IN THE PERIOD OF
DECEMBER 25th THROUGH JANUARY
2nd.
THE LESSONS LEARNED.
THERE WERE MANY.
ONE IS OUR ABILITY TO OFFER
SURGE STAFFING.
WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT
REALLY INCENTIVIZED, NOT ONLY
OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO
OUR PROVIDER EMPLOYEES TO
PROVIDE EQUITY.
THROUGH THAT OFFERING THERE
WERE 171 CITY STAFF WHO OPTED
IN TO BE REDEPLOYED AS NEEDED.
WE DIDN'T REDEPLOY ALL 171.
BUT IT DOES GO TO SHOW THAT IN
THE CASE WE NEEDED TO, THAT
THERE WERE FOLKS WHO HAD OPTED
IN AND WE WERE CLOSE WITH THE
DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY WHO HAD
BEEN APPROVED AND WHERE PEOPLE
CAN GO AND WHAT THEY WERE ABLE
TO DO, INCLUDING DRIVING AND
STAFFING THE WINTER WARMING
SHELTER CENTER.
THERE WAS THE ADDITIONAL
INCENTIVE PAY, AS I HAD
MENTIONED, FOR EMPLOYEES AS
WELL AS PROVIDERS.
WE ALSO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE
NEED TO CONTINUE PLANS TO
PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY.
ACCESSIBILITY WAS KEPT IN MIND
FOR THE WINTER SHELTERS.
THAT DOES INCLUDE EVERYTHING
FROM TRANSPORTATION, GEOGRAPHIC
DIVERSITY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT
TO ALL OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS.
AND WE REDUCED THE BARRIERS FOR
SOMEONE TO UTILIZE A SHELTER OR
WARMING CENTER.
THINGS LIKE WE HAVE HEARD.
SOME OFFERED FOOD.
THERE WAS LIGHT HOSPITALITY.
OR THE WARMING CENTERS, FOR
EXAMPLE, THERE WAS SOME ASK FOR
THE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE
ADDITIONAL PETS.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE CONTINUE TO
WORK OUT.
AND CHALLENGES AROUND BEING
ABLE TO OFFER STORAGE WAS
SIGNIFICANT.
I SAW THAT FIRSTHAND WITH
SOMEBODY WHO DIDN'T WANT TO
LEAVE THEIR BELONGINGS BEHIND.
THAT MADE SENSE IN MANY WAYS.
STORAGE WAS A BIG DEAL TOO.
ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED TOO,
WE HAVE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THE 24/7
ACCESS.
IN SOME CASES THAT WAS NOT
READILY AVAILABLE.
LOOKING AT THOSE WARMING
CENTERS AND SEEING HOW WE CAN
POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE USAGE
RATES IF THE WARMING CENTERS
ARE THE OPTION.
AS OPPOSED TO MULTIPLE 24/7
LOCATIONS BEING AVAILABLE.
TRANSPORTATION WAS ANOTHER
MAJOR ITEM.
WE DID THE BEST THAT WE COULD
BY PLANNING IT IN ADVANCE OVER
TRANSPORTATION TO GET FOLKS TO
WHERE THEY NEED.
NOT ONLY FROM THE WARMING
CENTERS, IN SOME CASES TO THE
SHELTERS.
BUT ALSO FROM THE SHELTERS TO
ADDITIONAL SHELTER OPTIONS
AFTER THE SEVERE WEATHER
OCCURRENCE.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY A GAP THAT
WE ARE TRYING TO FILL.
FOR THOSE WHO CAN ALSO BE
APPROPRIATE FOR WHEELCHAIR
ACCESS AND OTHER NEEDS.
THERE ARE MANY LESSONS LEARNED.
WE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE.
WE ARE HAVING PLANNING
SESSIONS.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS
COMING OUT OF THE STORM.
HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER
ONE COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS.
BUT WE ARE READY.
THANK YOU.
>> INTERIM DIRECTOR KIM, ANY
QUESTIONS FOR THE
COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT WINTER
WEATHER?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBAL?
>> YES.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OVERVIEW, DR. KIM, ON THE
LESSONS LEARNED.
I WOULD LIKE A BIT OF
CLARIFICATION AS IT RELATES TO
THE WEST SEATTLE WINTER WEATHER
RESPONSE SHELTER.
I HEARD YOU SAY THERE WASN'T A
NEED TO REDEPLOY EVERYBODY THAT
HAS SIGNED UP IN THE CITY
FAMILY TO BE REDEPLOYED.
THAT SURPRISED ME BECAUSE WHEN
WE WERE STRUGGLING TO CLARIFY
WHETHER OR NOT THE WEST SEATTLE
SHELTER WAS GOING TO BE OPEN OR
NOT WE WERE TOLD OF THE ISSUE
WAS NOT A STAFFING ISSUE AND
THEY WERE GOING TO ADVERTISE
BEING OPEN UNTIL THEY SECURED
STAFF.
WE WENT, NOT TO OUR CITY FAMILY
THAT VOLUNTEERED TO BE
REDEPLOYED, BUT TO THE FAITH
COMMUNITIES AND THE CHURCH
COUNCIL AND THE WESTSIDE
INTERFAITH NETWORK ARE THE ONES
WHO GOT THE VOLUNTEERS NECESSARY
FOR THE WINTER RESPONSE SHELTER
IN WEST SEATTLE.
I'M WONDERING WHY THAT IS IF WE
HAD BODIES OF CITY WORKERS WHO
ARE READY TO GO.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
IT REALLY WAS A MATTER OF
TIMING.
BY THE TIME I HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH THAT
ORGANIZATION, THERE ASK OF ME
WAS TO SUPPORT THEIR UTILITIES.
AT THAT TIME THEY HAD SECURED
THE VOLUNTEERS.
THEN WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER THE
REDEPLOYMENT OPTION.
THAT WASN'T SOMETHING WE
PLANNED IN ADVANCE.
WE DEVELOPED THAT BECAUSE WE
HAD HEARD FROM VARIOUS
PROVIDERS.
WE ARE AT RISK OF NOT EVEN
BEING ABLE TO OFFER THE BASIC
SERVICES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
CALLING OUT SICK.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF.
SO WE STOOD UP WITH THE OPT IN
OPTION.
WE DID NOT PREPLAN THAT.
WHEN I HAD THE CONVERSATION
AGAIN WITH THE WEST SEATTLE
ORGANIZATION, THERE ASK WAS TO
OFFSET THE COST OF UTILITIES.
WE WERE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.
>> I DO REMEMBER THE ISSUE OF
YOUR GOOD WORK ON THE OFFSET OF
UTILITIES.
IN REAL TIME, WHEN I WAS
DEALING WITH INQUIRIES FROM
CONSTITUENTS FOR WHY THE
SHELTER WASN'T BEING PUBLICLY
NOTICED AS BEING OPEN, OVER AT
THE REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
WAS REPORTED TO HST THAT THEY
WERE RECOMMENDING THAT IT NOT
BE LISTED AS AVAILABLE UNTIL
THEY KNEW FOR SURE THAT THEY
HAD THE STAFF RESOURCES.
AND THEY WENT AND GOT
VOLUNTEERS FROM WESTSIDE
INTERFAITH NETWORK.
AND THE CHURCH COUNCIL.
HSD, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WAS
AWARE OF THE STAFFING NEEDS.
RATHER THAN REDEPLOY OUR OWN
STAFF, THERE WAS THIS LAG WHERE
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY WAS
WORKING WITH THE FAITH NETWORK
TO GET VOLUNTEERS.
A LESSON LEARNED I GUESS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE RAISED,
JUST IN GENERAL, IS OUR ABILITY
TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS.
AND MORE BROADLY STEP INTO
THESE VOLUNTEER SPACES.
ALSO YOUR CALLING OUT SOMETHING
VERY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS ALSO
THE HANDOFF AND OUR
COLLABORATION WITH RHA.
WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY ALL GET
ON THE SAME PAGE AND MAKE SURE
WE WERE OFFERING WHAT THEY
NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE
AS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION
THAT WE REALLY SUPPORT.
WHEN WE HAVE THAT DIRECT
CONVERSATION, BY THE TIME HST
MADE THAT PHONE CALL, I MADE
THAT PHONE CALL.
IT WAS REALLY ABOUT WE CAN DO
THIS.
WE'VE GOT THE PEOPLE.
WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED WAS HELP
WITH THE UTILITIES.
AGAIN, I THINK IT'S TIMING.
BUT IT GOES TO SHOW HOW WE WORK
WITH OUR PARTNERS.
I KNOW MARK AND I WERE TALKING
ABOUT THIS A LOT IN ADVANCE.
THE SEVERE WEATHER RESPONSE.
WE OFFERED THAT TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND REALLY HAVING A
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE
CAPACITY AND WHAT THAT EVEN
ENTAILS AROUND COMMUNICATIONS
AND MAPPING AND ALL OF THAT.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE DOING
EXCELLENT WORK BUT WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE FULLY
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS TO DO
THEIR BEST AND NOT BE
OVERWHELMED.
THAT IS A LESSON LEARNED FOR
ALL OF US.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS?
OKAY.
I WANT TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION
ABOUT THE WEATHER RESPONSE,
RELATING TO THE STAFFING.
A SORT OF SIMILAR PIGGYBACKING
OFF OF COUNCILMEMBER HERBAL'S
REMARKS.
I UNDERSTAND.
DIRECTOR KIM, THIS MAY HAVE
APPLIED TO YOU AS WELL.
A MEASURE.
THE STAFFING HAD GOTTEN TO SUCH
A POINT WHERE I KNOW THE
DIRECTOR AT ONE POINT TOOK A
SHIFT THEMSELVES AT A SHELTER
TO MAKE SURE IT COULD BE
OPERATIONAL.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE DIRECTOR
DONES STEPPING IN LIKE THAT TO
GUARANTEE THE EFFICACY OF THE
RESPONSE AND ADDRESS WHERE THE
GAP IS NEEDED.
I WONDER IF PREPARING FOR THE
FUTURE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT
OF CITY EMPLOYEES THAT I KNOW
WOULD PROBABLY BE INTERESTED IN
POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO
SERVE.
I KNOW, IN OTHER RESPECTS, SNOW
REMOVAL AND OTHER THINGS, FOLKS
HAVE BEEN GIVEN OVERTIME FROM
OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO PITCH IN.
I BELIEVE I SAW THAT SOMEWHERE.
IF MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME
KIND OF TRAINING WHERE CITY
EMPLOYEES AND OTHER KINDS OF
WORKERS MIGHT BE QUALIFIED TO
TAKE A STAFFING SHIFT AT A
SHELTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
FOR SOME KIND OF PREAPPROVED
OVERTIME OPPORTUNITY.
AND IF THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING
WE COULD EXPLORE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
SHELTERING ASSETS, IF SOMETHING
STOOD OUT TEMPORARILY FOR A
WEEK, IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE
EXPECTING ANYBODY TO BE A CASE
MANAGER OR A MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELOR OR A SUBSTANCE
ADDICTION COUNSELOR.
BUT WE DO NEED PEOPLE TO KIND
OF BE PRESENT, TO HAVE EYES ON
THE SHELTER AND HELP RUN THE
SHELTER TO MAYBE DISTRIBUTE
SOME BASIC SERVICES.
SUPPLIES LIKE TOWELS.
WE COULD POTENTIALLY COVER THAT
THROUGH SOME KIND OF TRAINING
AND SOME AUXILIARY WORKFORCE
THAT COULD BE COVERED.
SOME OF THESE ASSETS, JUST
THROWING OUT THERE AS A
POTENTIAL IDEA.
I WONDER WHAT YOUR RESPONSES TO
THAT MIGHT BE.
>> I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.
HE SUMMARIZED IT REALLY WELL.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
HERE ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED.
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR MARK TO HAVE
AIRTIME.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALSO TALKING
ABOUT HOW WE REALLY EMPOWER THE
COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY-
BASED PROVIDERS TO FILL THE
SPACE.
THAT WAY THE CITY EMPLOYEES,
IT'S KIND OF A LAST RESORT.
HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THEY ARE
TRAINED AND FULLY STAFFED IN
GETTING THOSE WAGES THAT THEY
ARE ASKING FOR?
IF THE CITYSEARCH IS NEEDED IN
THE FUTURE, TRAINING AND ALL
THOSE OTHER THINGS, ABSOLUTELY
WE CAN PREPARE FOR IT.
JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE
GROUP, I DON'T WANT TO
OVERSIMPLIFY THE SITUATION.
THERE CAN BE MULTIPLE THINGS
HAPPENING WHERE WE HAD PLANNED
FOR THE SHELTER CLOSURE BECAUSE
THE EMERGENCY ORDER WAS ENDING,
IT WAS GETTING WARMER.
WHAT WE HAD WAS AN OUTBREAK.
IN THAT UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE, IT
REQUIRED UNIQUE CARE FOR THE
CUSTOMERS.
THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
NOT FOR THEM TO JUST LEAVE BUT
TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE WELL AND
THEY WERE BEING TAKEN CARE OF
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO
QUARANTINE APPROPRIATELY.
THAT'S WHERE I SAW MARK STEP
INTO THAT ROLE AND BECOME THAT
PROVIDER.
WE MADE THAT PHONE CALL THE
NIGHT BEFORE.
WE NEED TO STEP INTO THAT.
THAT'S WHERE I SAID I WOULD
JOIN IN THE EFFORT.
IT'S NOT FOR THE LACK OF STAFF
WHO COULD HAVE REPORTED IN SOME
WAY.
IT WAS THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES
AND THE REALIZATION THAT WE HAD
AN OUTBREAK.
I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A PHONE
CALL THAT NIGHT, OR AT 6:00 IN
THE MORNING, TO HAVE ONE OF MY
STAFF DEPLOYED. I CAN GO OUT
AND TAKE CARE OF IT MYSELF IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH MARK AND THE
HOPE TEAM AND THE PROVIDER THAT
WAS THERE.
SO WE WERE NOT FULFILLING THAT
ROLE AT ALL THE SHELTERS.
WE ALWAYS HAD A CULTURALLY
RESPONSIVE, VERY SKILLED
PROVIDER, WHO CAN OFFER THOSE
SHELTER NEEDS.
WE WERE FILLING IN THE SPECIFIC
GAP ABOUT ADDRESSING THE COVID
TRANSITION OF WHERE FOLKS WOULD
GO AFTER THE SHELTER WAS
CLOSING.
IT'S A UNIQUE CONFLUENCE OF
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.
IT DOES JUST SEEM LIKE, GOING
FORWARD, I DON'T KNOW HOW
UNIQUE SOME OF THESE FACT
PATTERNS ARE GOING TO BE.
LIKE EVERY TIME THERE IS A
RESPONSE.
WE ARE BEGINNING YEAR THREE OF
THIS PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE THIS
NEW, VERY PROBLEMATIC VARIANT
RIGHT NOW THAT COINCIDED WITH
THE SNOWSTORM.
WE COULD GET ANOTHER SNOWSTORM
IN FEBRUARY.
I KNOW THAT WE DON'T WANT TO
OBVIOUSLY.
UNFORTUNATELY IT'S ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY
SAY IN IT WHEN A SNOWSTORM
COMES ALONG.
I DON'T KNOW, AT LEAST FOR THIS
SEASON AND LOOKING FORWARD, WE
WILL HAVE TO BE PLANNING AROUND
THE POTENTIAL OF A HEAT DOME OR
EXTREME WEATHER.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, IN THE
SUMMER.
WHICH INVOLVES SIMILAR
MOBILIZATION.
THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE
SIMILAR VULNERABILITY IF IT
COINCIDES WITH AN OUTBREAK.
I GUESS IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE
THIS. WE NOW HAVE THIS DATA OF
THAT CONFLUENCE AND THE PROBLEM
IT SOLVES SO THAT WE CAN
PREPARE FOR SOMETHING
POTENTIALLY HAPPENING LIKE THAT
AGAIN THIS WINTER OR PERHAPS IN
THE SUMMER WHEN WE ARE IN A
POSITION FOR SMOKE OR EXTREME
HEAT RELATED THINGS.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD
TO THAT?
>> I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
ONE OF THE COMMENTS,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WHEN WE
LOOKED AT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL
PAY TO CITY STAFF IT ACTUALLY
WAS A MEMBER OF HSD'S CHANGE
TEAM IN ELDER IN THE WORK WHO
SAID TO US, WE CAN DO THAT
WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING OUR
COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AND
OFFERING THEM THE SAME PAY AS
WE ARE OFFERING CITY STAFF.
AT THAT MOMENT IT HIGHLIGHTED
SOMETHING THAT I THINK DIRECTOR
KIM WAS TRYING TO STATE.
THE COMMUNITY IS WILLING TO
STEP IN. THERE ARE THINGS THAT
OUR NEIGHBORS AND SHELTER NO.
I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO HST
FOR THIS.
WE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT OFFERING
INCENTIVE PAY FOR FOLKS TO STEP
UP TO THE PLATE.
I SAW BOTH.
I SAW A GREAT COMMUNITY RESPONSE
AND A STAFFING RESPONSE.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I THINK
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS LET'S
HAVE THOSE FOLKS IN OUR STAFF
READY IN THE RARE CASE WE NEED
TO UTILIZE THEM IF THERE AREN'T
ENOUGH COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
CAN STAFF IT.
I THINK DIRECTOR KIM AND I
TOTALLY AGREE.
LET'S NOT WAIT UNTIL THE STORM
COMES TO PREPARE.
LET'S GET READY FOR IT NOW.
>> ALSO TO BUILD ON THAT,
TOTALLY.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
ADDING IN THE FACT WE DO HAVE A
ROBUST TRAINING PORTAL.
WE HAVE A CITY FAMILY OF WELL
OVER 10,000 CITY EMPLOYEES WHO
HAVE SOME RELATED TRAININGS AND
THE GAPS COULD BE FILLED IN
WITH SOME KIND OF TRAINING.
STRUCTURED AROUND THE EXTREME
WEATHER MITIGATION SHELTERS.
MAYBE THAT'S AN ASSET TO LOOK
AT.
THEY CAN BE ACTIVATED AS THE
LAST LINE OF DEFENSE TO AVOID
THE WORST OF THE WORST
OCCURRING.
I DO HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBAL MAY HAVE
COVERED THIS.
THIS IS SORT OF MY THIRD
CONVERSATION AROUND THE WINTER
WEATHER RESPONSE.
WE SORT OF DISCUSSED IT AT TO
THE REGIONAL GOVERNING BOARD.
TRANSPORTATION OF FOLKS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE
ABLE TO GET TO SOME OF THE
SHELTERS.
ALSO IN SOME CASES A BARRIER
THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WERE
REPORTING ON IS FOLKS ARE PUT
INTO THIS WHAT THEY SEE AS A
HOPSON CHOICE OF WANTING TO GET
INSIDE BECAUSE IT WAS
INCREDIBLY COLD AND SNOWY, BUT
WORRY THAT IF THEY LEFT WITHOUT
ALL OF THE STUFF IN THEIR
CAMPSITE IT WOULDN'T BE THERE
IF THEY EVER ULTIMATELY GOT
BACK.
OR THAT SOMEONE MIGHT STILL
SOMETHING WHEN THEY WERE GONE.
WAYS TO MAYBE CO-PLAN AROUND
STORAGE OF PEOPLE'S STUFF, AS
WELL AS TRANSPORTATION AND
LOGISTICS INVOLVED IN THAT.
I WONDER IF THERE ARE PLANS
BETWEEN THE AUTHORITY AND HST
TO ASSESS THOSE HURDLES WHERE
THERE WAS SOME RESISTANCE FOR
FEAR OF LOSING ALL OF YOUR
STUFF.
AND HOW WE MIGHT ADDRESS THAT.
>> THAT IS DEFINITELY IN THE
PLANNING.
IT'S ON THE TO DO LIST.
ABSOLUTELY.
I BELIEVE THAT STORAGE HAS BEEN
AN ONGOING MATTER THAT WE HAVE
BEEN EXPLORING.
ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE DID HAVE FOLKS AND PROVIDERS
OFFERING SOME TOOLS FOR FOLKS
WHO DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBAL.
>> I WANT TO RETURN TO THE
THEME OF MEMBERS OF OUR
WONDERFUL CITY FAMILY WHO HAVE
SIGNED UP TO BE REDEPLOYED.
USING THOSE WITHIN THE CONTEXT
OF OUR EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE THE
LIBRARY TO OPEN THEIR
FACILITIES FOR A WARMING CENTER
DURING THE DAY.
MY RECOLLECTION IS WE DID HAVE
LIBRARIES OPEN UP AS COOLING
CENTERS IN THE SUMMERTIME.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE SAME
PROBLEM.
MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE, IN THAT
INSTANCE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A
STAFFING CRISIS.
THEY DIDN'T OPEN UP AS COOLING
CENTERS WITH THE EXISTING
STAFF.
I DID FIND IT TROUBLING TO
LEARN THAT THE LIBRARY, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, WAS UNWILLING TO
HAVE OUR CITY STAFF COME IN AND
JOIN THEM, TO STAFF THE
LIBRARIES SO THAT THEY COULD BE
OPEN AS WARMING CENTERS DURING
TE DAY.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.
THANKS.
>> DIRECTOR KIM, I AM NOT IN
THE KNOW ON WHETHER OR NOT THE
LIBRARIES DECLINED A REQUEST.
WHAT I CAN SAY, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD , IS THANK YOU TO MAYOR
HAROLD WHO REALLY FOCUSED MY
PORTFOLIO.
I CAN ACTUALLY ASK THAT
QUESTION DIRECTLY AND FIND OUT
WHY THAT HAPPENED AND CONNECT
WITH DIRECTOR KIM AND MARK TO
SEE IF WE CAN HAVE THAT SETTLED
BEFORE ANY OTHER ISSUE COMES
UP.
I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALL WEEK.
LIBRARIES HAVE COME UP MULTIPLE
TIMES AS A MYSTERY SOURCE IN
MULTIPLE CASES.
I WILL FIND THAT OUT.
>> I'M SORRY.
I HEARD THAT MARK IS GOING TO
BE ON AT THREE.
THEY HAVE A HARD STOP AT 3:30.
MY QUESTION TO YOU, CHAIR
LEWIS, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS
LEFT THAT YOU ALL HAD FOR ME.
ONE WAS ABOUT EXECUTIVE PACIFIC
AND ONE WAS ABOUT STORAGE
CAPACITY INCREASE.
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO
START WITH IN THE EVENT THAT WE
RUN OUT OF TIME?
>> LET'S DO EXECUTIVE PACIFIC.
>> I WILL STAY ON DURING
DIRECTOR DONES ' TIME.
>> THANKS.
>> THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO PEOPLE CURRENTLY
SHELTERED AT EXECUTIVE PACIFIC
AND HOW WILL FUNDS THAT SHOULD
HAVE SUPPORTED THE EXTENSION BE
USED?
OUT OF THE GATE, I WANT YOU TO
KNOW THAT WE STAND IN LINE WITH
YOU AND NOT ONE PERSON IN THE
HOTEL WILL BE BACK TO THE
STREET.
WE CANNOT HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
AS GEORGE SCURRILOUS SAID,
THERE ARE MANY IN THE HOTEL.
IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF RAMPING
DOWN AND WILL CLOSE ON JANUARY
31st.
THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE
ANTICIPATED TIMELINE FOR THIS
PROGRAM TO END.
THERE RECENTLY WAS A REQUEST
MADE TO CASEY RHA TO EXTEND THE
LEASE AT THE HOTEL.
WHICH WAS EXPLORED.
THEY DID NOT APPROVE THE
EXTENSION DUE TO THE
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN COST
AND REQUIREMENT TO EXTEND UNTIL
SEPTEMBER.
EXECUTIVE SPECIFIC, IT REQUIRED
A NINE MONTH COMMITMENT AND
NEARLY A 30% INCREASE IN COST
IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE LEASE.
THAT WOULD GO UP TO 550,000 A
MONTH FROM 435,000 A MONTH.
ALSO IF THE EXTENSION WERE TO
HAVE BEEN GRANTED, THE
EXCEPTION SAID THAT LEHIGH
WOULD HAVE TO SERVE A NEW
COHORT OF PEOPLE AND NOT THE
EXISTING COHORT FOR A LONGER
PERIOD OF TIME.
SO TO ADDRESS THIS IN MID-
OCTOBER, STAFF FROM HST AND
KCRHA AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
SERVICES BEGAN CONFERENCING
WITH THE LEHIGH TEAM TO
IDENTIFY HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR
ALL OF THE CLIENTS IN THE
EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM.
THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
REMAINS.
I'M HAPPY TO KEEP YOU UPDATED
AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO THE IN
DATE.
FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD,
MOST OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT
ARE PART OF THE REMAINING 82
HAVE A HOUSING PLAN IN PLACE.
AS WAS SAID, IF SOMEONE HAS A
HOUSING PLAN THAT IS 20 DAYS
AWAY FROM JANUARY 31st WE ARE
JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A
TEMPORARY SOLUTION FOR THEM.
WHETHER IT BE ANOTHER HOTEL OR
MOTEL TO HOUSE THEM UNTIL THEY
HAVE A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
THAT IS THE UPDATE ON THE
EXECUTIVE PACIFIC.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
>> QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE
ON EXECUTIVE PACIFIC?
ONE THING I DO WANT TO FLAG AT
THE BEGINNING HERE IS I AM
INTERESTED IN HAVING A
COMMITTEE HEARING TO DIVE IN,
GENERALLY, TO THE WORK THAT WE
DID ON THIS RAPID REHOUSING
CONCEPT, OVER THE COURSE OF
2021.
AND TO KIND OF HAVE, AT THAT
TIME, A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIVE
EVALUATION.
I APPRECIATE HAVING THIS UPDATE
AT THIS TIME.
I WOULD RATHER RESERVE BIGGER
QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT GO TO THE
OVERALL OUTCOMES OF THE PROGRAM
AND KIND OF ULTIMATELY HOW THIS
PLAN TO WIND DOWN WOULD WORK OUT
IN MORE OF AN AFTER ACTION
REPORT KIND OF HEARING,
SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY.
WITH THAT CONTEXT I WILL DO ONE
MORE CALL FOR SOME POTENTIAL
QUESTIONS.
DEPUTY MAYOR, IT LOOKS LIKE WE
MAY GET THROUGH YOUR STORAGE
UPDATE TOO.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE DO
HAVE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES
ON HERE THAT HAS A PRESENTATION.
YOU SAID MARK IS GOING TO JOIN
US AT 3:00?
>> YES.
>> I THINK IT'S BEST THAT WE
JUST JUMP INTO THE STORAGE
UPDATE AND THEN MAYBE BY THEN
MARK WILL BE AROUND.
>> APOLOGIES, COUNCILMEMBER.
THERE IS A CAMP SECTION THAT I
CAN HIT REALLY QUICK.
>> OKAY.
>> THE QUESTION AROUND CAMP
SECOND CHANCE WAS ABOUT HOW
QUICKLY WE CAN GET IT STOOD UP.
I'M GOING TO RESERVE THE
QUESTION FOR THE CONTRACT
AMENDMENT AND PROGRAM SIDE FOR
MARK TO ANSWER AND THEY ARE
PREPARED TO DO SO.
I DID CHECK IN WITH SPU.
THEY LET ME KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
TWO HYGIENE SHOWER TRAILERS
THAT THEY OWN, BECAUSE THEY
PURCHASED THEM EARLIER IN THE
PANDEMIC.
THEY ARE READY TO DEPLOY THEM.
THEY ALSO HAVE CONTRACTS IN
PLACE FOR AFFORDABLE TOILETS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE, TO ME, THAT AS
SOON AS THE UNITS ARE STOOD UP
THEY CAN HAVE THESE INSTALLED
FAIRLY QUICKLY.
>> THAT'S REALLY GREAT NEWS ON
CAMP SECOND CHANCE.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION RELATED
TO THAT.
THESE ARE HYGIENE ASSETS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE PLUGGED IN WITH
RUNNING WATER, JUST TO CONFIRM.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT TRAILER
PRODUCT.
SO THAT'S GREAT.
MAYBE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD CAN
SPEAK TO THIS AS SOMEONE WHO
HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH CAMP
SECOND CHANCE A LOT LONGER
THAN I HAVE.
THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH THE
SITE IN TERMS OF WHERE TO RUN,
LIKE THE WATER HOOKUPS.
HAS THAT BEEN -- IT SOUNDS LIKE
SBU IS CONFIDENT THEY CAN
INSTALL THOSE ASSETS, WHICH IS
GREAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION ON
WHETHER THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED?
>> I WILL ASK.
THEY DID NOT MENTION THAT,
WHICH IS LEADING ME TO BELIEVE
THAT IT IS RESOLVED.
I WILL MAKE A FORMAL ASK AND
LET YOU KNOW.
>> GREAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO YOU STILL HAVE ONE LAST
THING ON YOUR LIST.
THE STORAGE.
UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS
ABOUT CAMP SECOND CHANCE BEFORE
WE MOVE ON FROM THERE.
JUST AS A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT
FOR THE PUBLIC ON CAMP SECOND
CHANCE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE
HAVE APPROVED IN THE BUDGET AT
THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE LAST
THURSDAY.
THAT KIND OF TRIGGERS SOME WORK
ON THE CITY SIDE, AS WE JUST
DISCUSSED WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
THERE WILL BE SOME RELATED
UPDATES WHEN KCRHA COMES FOR
THE REPORT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU HAD
A QUESTION OR COMMENT?
>> I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE, I
THINK THIS IS THE POINT YOU
WERE TRYING TO MAKE , CHAIR
LEWIS.
THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE
INVESTMENTS IN CAMP SECOND
CHANCE.
ONE IS RELATED TO THE PROVISION
OF HYGIENE SERVICES AS WELL AS
SOME FUNDING PROVIDED TO LEHIGH
BECAUSE THEY HAD A PLAN,
PROVIDED THEY HAD THE
RESOURCES, TO RUN THE LINE.
SECONDLY, THERE WAS THE
INVESTMENT TO EXPAND THE SIZE
OF CAMP SECOND CHANCE TO ALLOW
FOR ABOUT 20 ADDITIONAL TINY
HOUSES.
>> CORRECT.
>> I APPRECIATE THE BIFURCATION
AND EXPECTATIONS ASSOCIATED
WITH THOSE SEPARATE
INVESTMENTS.
>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I HAVE 20 NEW UNITS AND HAVE
EXPANDED AND ENHANCED
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AS WELL.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE 20 NEW
UNITS.
CHAIR LEWIS, THERE ARE TWO
MORE.
WOODLAND PARK AND INCREASE
SHELTER.
WE CAN BUMP THE CAPACITY TO
WHEN MARK COMES ON BECAUSE A
LOT OF IT SITS IN THEIR CAMP.
BUT THE QUESTION WAS, WHY IS
WOODLAND PARK OUR HIGHEST
PRIORITY?
I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT THE
MAYOR HAS EXPRESSED THAT
WOODLAND PARK IS A TOP
PRIORITY.
WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN
SAYING IT IS THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, DURING COVID,
THE CDC INSTRUCTED ALL
JURISDICTIONS TO REFRAIN FROM
MOVING ENCAMPMENTS TO REDUCE
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
AS A RESULT WE SAW SOME OF THE
LARGEST ENCAMPMENTS IN CITY
HISTORY, WHICH STAFF AND
PROVIDERS SPENT THE LAST SIX
MONTHS OF 2020, SOME IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCILMEMBERS
WHO ARE ON THIS CALL, WORKING
TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE MANY
CAMPERS AS POSSIBLE WERE
BROUGHT INTO THE SPACE AND
THINGS RESTORED.
BECAUSE THIS COLLABORATIVE
METHOD HAS PROVED TO BE HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL, WE ARE BRINGING IT
INTO THIS YEAR.
WOODLAND PARK IS A TOP PRIORITY
FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
ONE IS WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF
COMMUNITY BUY-IN AND SUPPORT.
THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY
STANDING UP TO SAY, WE WANT TO
HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN IN A
SUPPORTIVE WAY.
OUTREACH EFFORTS WILL ALREADY
BE UNDERWAY, LED BY REACH AND
THE SCOFFLAW MITIGATION FOR THE
RV PARK.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE KNOW TO
ADDRESS THE CAMP OF THIS SIZE,
IT WILL TAKE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF OUTREACH EFFORT, CASE
MANAGEMENT AND SHELTER
RESOURCES.
THIS IS NOT A SITE THAT CAN BE
ADDRESSED IN 30 DAYS.
THEREFORE WE WANT TO START AS
EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE
QUESTION OF WHY IT IS A TOP
PRIORITY FOR US.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
MAYOR WASHINGTON ON THE
WOODLAND PARK SITUATION?
OKAY.
I'M SEEING NONE.
I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
OR RATHER THE NEXT BULLET OF
THIS AGENDA.
GO AHEAD, DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON.
>> THAT'S ALL I HAD.
THE OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT
INCREASING SHELTER CAPACITY.
IT IS ON MARK'S LIST AS WELL.
I WILL WAIT UNTIL MARK ANSWERS
THAT AND WE WILL JOIN THEM IN A
RESPONSE.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE BOTH OF US.
WE ARE THE FUNDER.
KCRHA HAS THE FUNDING TO GIVE
TO THE PROVIDER TO STAND UP FOR
THE SHELTER.
WHAT I WILL SAY BEFORE MARK
GETS ON THE PHONE, WHAT I SEE
ARE THE SHELTER RESOURCES
INCLUDING THE 2022 BUDGET.
$2.4 MILLION IN ONGOING FUNDING
TO SUPPORT SHELTERS.
150,000 IN ONGOING FUNDING TO
EXPAND CAMP SECOND CHANCE BY 20
UNITS.
AND ONE .175 MILLION AND ONE-
TIME FUNDING, $225,000 TO
CREATE AND OPERATE SAFE PARKING
LOTS.
ALL OF THE FUNDING HAS BEEN
TRANSITIONED TO THE REGIONAL
HOUSING AUTHORITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
DIRECTOR DONES ON THE TIMELINE
TO STAND UP THE SHELTER THAT
WAS ADDED IN THE 2022 BUDGET.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON, A
THING THAT WE DO NOT YET HAVE.
I DO NOT WANT TO WASTE THE
COMMITTEES TIME.
WE DO HAVE TOM FAY FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARIES ON HERE.
MR. FAY, ARE YOU ON THE LINE OR
AWAY FROM YOUR COMPUTER
CURRENTLY?
HE'S NOT COMING OFF OF ME SO I
GUESS HE IS.
HERE'S WHAT WE DO.
I HOPE MARK IS HERE AT 3:00, AS
INDICATED.
THERE IS TOM.
GREAT.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH
THE COMMITTEES INDULGENCE IS
MAYBE WE COULD MOVE FORWARD AND
START THE PRESENTATION ON THE
SECOND AGENDA ITEM.
IF EVERYONE ON AGENDA ITEM ONE
COULD STAY HANDY AND MAYBE GO
ON MUTE, GET A CUP OF COFFEE,
WE CAN RECONVENE THIS
CONVERSATION WHEN MARK GETS
HERE.
MR. CLARK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
READ AGENDA ITEM 2 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> ITEM 2, COUNSEL BUILT 20258.
ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE NEED TO
ASSERT REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT
5910 CORSON AVENUE.
AND 933 SOUTH DORIS STREET,
SEATTLE, FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL
PURPOSES.
>> THANK YOU MR. CLARK.
WE ARE JOINED HERE AT VIRTUAL
TABLE BY FOLKS FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO
THEM.
CAN YOU ALL PLEASE START BY
INTRODUCING YOURSELVES AND
STATING YOUR NAME AND TITLE
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS.
MY NAME IS TOM FAY.
IN THE INTERIM CHIEF LIBRARIAN
FOR THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARIES.
>> HELLO.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS ALEX IN JUNE.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AT THE
LIBRARY.
>> HELLO.
I'M JAY DONAHUE.
ON THE CAPITAL FINANCE MANAGER
AT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
>> OF COURSE, JUST WHEN WE
QUEUED THIS UP AND YOU
INTRODUCED YOURSELF, DONES
ARRIVED.
DO YOU NEED A MOMENT TO GET
SITUATED BEFORE YOU START OR
ARE YOU READY TO JUMP INTO IT?
>> I'M HAPPY TO BEGIN WHENEVER
YOU'RE READY, CHAIR.
IF I COULD GET JOEL PROMOTED SO
THAT HE CAN RUN SLIDES, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
>> GREAT.
SORRY TO THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY TEAM FOR QUEUING YOU
UP.
THANKS FOR BEING READY TO JUMP
IN SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A LAG IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE WILL NOTIFY YOU WHEN THIS
PRESENTATION IS OVER AND GET
YOU BACK INTO THE QUEUE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
APOLOGIES.
GOING BACK TO ITEM 1, WE ARE
NOW JOINED BY THE REGIONAL
OFFICES AUTHORITY TEAM.
MARC, WHY DON'T YOU KICK IT OFF
AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM AND
THEN WE CAN JUMP INTO THE
PRESENTATION.
>> SURE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US
IN.
IN QUEUE FOR BEING FLEXIBLE
WITH MY SCHEDULE AND ALSO I'M A
LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND
PRESENT.
I JUST ALSO REMEMBERED THAT
JACOB IS RUNNING THE SLIDES.
SO THANK YOU, JACOB.
I THINK THAT IS IT.
I CAN GET GOING.
SORRY.
MARC DONES, REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY , FOR THE RECORD.
>> MARC, I'M SORRY.
THE CLERK JUST REMINDED ME THAT
YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY YOUR OWN
SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM.
WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM 3. I JUST
ASK THAT THE CLERK READ THAT
INTO THE RECORD AND WE WILL GO
FORWARD WITH IT HERE.
>> ITEM 3. KING COUNTY --
REGIONAL AUTHORITY UPDATE ON
HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENTS AND
THE RESPONSE.
>> GREAT.
WE ARE READY FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
IF WE COULD GO BACK.
THANK YOU.
JUST TO START OFF.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T
BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG IN THE
PUBLIC, I KNOW MOST OF THE
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE BEEN DEEPLY
INVOLVED AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR
THAT.
JUST A LITTLE RECAP.
I WAS HIRED IN MARCH OF LAST
YEAR.
WE BEGAN IN APRIL.
OUR FIRST YEAR WAS MORE LIKE
NINE MONTHS.
WE WERE VERY FOCUSED ON
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
RAMP-UP DURING THAT TIME.
WE HAVE EXPANDED TO 32, AND ARE
STILL GROWING.
I HEARD FROM THE CHIEF
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER THIS
MORNING THAT WE HAD FIVE PEOPLE
STARTING THIS WEEK.
WE ARE CONSISTENTLY FOCUSED ON
RAMPING UP THE CAPACITY
NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER THE
FUNDS THAT YOU ALL HAVE
TRANSFERRED OVER TO US AND TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM AND
THE PROVIDERS HAVE THE SUPPORT
THEY NEED IN ORDER TO DO THE
GOOD WORK THEY DO.
I KNOW DIRECTOR KIM AND DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON WERE SPEAKING
TO A JUST NOW, IN RESPONSE TO
SEVERE WEATHER.
OUR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS UP AND
RUNNING AS OF JANUARY 1st.
WE ARE THE ORGANIZATION AGENCY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE
BILLING.
I WILL SAY, AS ONE QUICK NOTE,
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
ON THIS.
WE HAVE EXTENDED THE TIMELINE
FOR PROVIDERS TO SIGN THEIR
CONTRACTS WITH US IN RESPONSE
TO THE COVID SEARCH.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BILL FOR
JANUARY AND INVOICE AGAINST THE
WORK THEY ARE DOING.
AFTER SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH
THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THEY ARE
QUITE TAPPED.
WE ARE TRYING TO RELIEVE AS
MUCH ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN AS
POSSIBLE.
OUR FIRST BUDGET CYCLE, 60% OF
OUR FUNDING CAME FROM THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
34% FROM KING COUNTY FOR ABOUT
A $162.4 MILLION BUDGET.
THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL
FEDERAL DOLLARS.
I HOPE TO SEE SOME OTHER SORTS
OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT FLOW INTO
THAT POT OVER THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR TO RAMP UP SOME OF THE
WORK WE DO.
FOR OUR SUB REGIONAL PLANNING
ACTIVITIES WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH THE COUNTY.
EVERY CITY IN KING COUNTY.
AND ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS TO
MAP OUT THE SERVICES GAPS AND
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT
FIT FOR EACH OF OUR SEVEN
UNIQUE SUBREGIONS, OF WHICH
SEATTLE METRO IS ONE.
I WANT TO LIFT UP THE WORK,
MERCEDES, WHO LEADS A TEAM.
AND CARLSON, ACTUALLY THE
SEATTLE REGIONAL MANAGER.
BOTH OF WHOM WHO HAVE DONE
EXCEPTIONAL WORK TO STRONGLY
UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
AND ALSO TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
EVERY DAY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO WHAT IS NEXT?
I THINK YOU ALL KNOW I'M A
LITTLE OBSESSED WITH HAVING THE
RIGHT INFORMATION TO MAKE THE
RIGHT DECISIONS.
WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON
UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO NEED OUR HELP AND
VERY FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING
THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE.
AS I BELIEVE YOU ARE ALL AWARE,
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KING COUNTY
D.C. HS, THERE WERE 4500 PEOPLE
THAT EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS
IN THE COUNTY IN 2016.
IN 2020 THAT NUMBER DROPPED TO
AROUND 40,000.
WE, AS A POLICY PRIORITY, WILL
BE INDEXING AGAINST THE 45,000
NUMBER, IN PART BECAUSE WE
BELIEVE THE DECLINE WAS MORE
ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING FEWER
PLACES TO SHOW UP TO BE SEEN AS
A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE.
I'M SORRY, MY DOG IS BEING VERY
NOISY RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THAT
NUMBER AS THE BASELINE FOR WHAT
WE THINK WE NEED AS RESOURCES
TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
AND THEN WHERE TO GO FROM HERE.
DO YOU WANT TO LIFT UP?
THAT IS MORE THAN THREE TIMES
THE LAST POINT COUNT NUMBER.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO HOLD THAT.
OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO STRIVE
TOWARDS BETTER DATA COLLECTION.
WE WILL BE EXECUTING, IF THE
SURGE HOPEFULLY PETERS OUT AS
THE MODELS PREDICT, WE WILL BE
EXECUTING RELATIVE RESEARCH AND
A ROUGH UNSHELVED ACCOUNT IN
MARCH.
THE QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
COMPONENT IS SOMETHING I'M ALL
ABOUT IN RESPONSE TO THE
COALITION AND OTHERS.
WE REALLY WANT TO LEARN WHAT
OUR UNSHELVED HER NEIGHBORS,
WHO DO NOT UTILIZE OUR
SERVICES, ARE NOT SEEING.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO BETTER
SUPPORT THEM?
WE WILL ALSO BE DRIVING TOWARD
A LIST.
THOSE 45,000 FOLKS WHO HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED, TURN THEM INTO
REAL PEOPLE.
WHERE THE SYSTEM CAN ACTUALLY
UNDERSTAND NOT JUST THAT THERE
IS A NUMBER BUT THAT EACH OF
THOSE FOLKS HAS A NAME, A LIFE,
AND NEEDS.
WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
THOSE.
WE ARE GOING TO COMPLETE OUR
SYSTEM REDESIGN AND REBATE FOR
2023 OVER THE COURSE OF THE
FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF THIS
YEAR.
AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE
ROOM THERE IN TERMS OF
RELATIONSHIP TO THE SURGE AND
JUST OUR ABILITY TO SAFELY AND
SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGE THE
COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SPEAKING TO THE COMMITTEE'S
REQUEST ON AN UPDATE ON THE
SEVERE WEATHER.
I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR AND
DEPUTY MAYOR HAVE SPOKEN TO
THIS.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE I WILL
JUST SAY IT WAS FRANKLY MORE
SUCCESSFUL THAN I HAD HOPED,
GIVEN THAT WE WERE
TRANSITIONING IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE SEVERE WEATHER INCIDENT.
I WANT TO GIVE A PARTICULAR
SHOUT OUT TO DIRECTOR KIM, WHO
IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE ALLY.
AND A VERY SUPPORTIVE AND
COLLABORATIVE PERSON THROUGHOUT
THE INCIDENT.
JUST A TREMENDOUS LEADER.
WE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH THE
SEATTLE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ALSO SHUT OUT THERE.
THE DIRECTOR OVER THERE IS A
SUPER SHARP AND REALLY
EFFECTIVE AT MAKING SURE WE ALL
CAME TOGETHER AND THAT WE HAD
OUR COORDINATING CALLS.
WE MADE SURE THE AUTHORITY WAS
WIRED INTO THOSE COORDINATOR
CALLS AND HAD ALL OF THE
INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED IN
ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
PROVIDERS WHO ARE RUNNING THE
SEVERE WEATHER SHELTERS HAD THE
SUPPLIES AND SUPPORT THAT THEY
NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THE REGIONAL RESPONSE WAS
MANAGED BY THE AUTHORITY, IN
COLLABORATION WITH CITIES AND
PROVIDERS.
WE HAD DAILY CORONATION CALLS
FOR OUR NORTH, SOUTH, AND HE'S
COUNTY SUBREGIONS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS SHOWS SORT OF WHERE THINGS
WERE OVER THE COURSE OF THE
INCIDENT.
THE RED DOTS REPRESENT SEVERE
WEATHER SHELTERS.
THE DARK BLUE REPRESENT PLACES
AT EXPANDED CAPACITY IN
RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT.
THE DARK GREEN REPRESENTS KING
COUNTY LIBRARIES THAT WERE OPEN
FOR MOST DAYS DURING THE
INCIDENT AND SERVED AS A DE
FACTO WARMING CENTERS FOR
FOLKS.
AND THEN THE ORANGE ARE KNOWN
WARMING CENTERS THAT FOLKS WERE
ABLE TO ACCESS OVER THE COURSE
OF THE INCIDENT.
NEXT SLIDE.
IT WAS A 12 DAY EVENT.
LASTING FROM DECEMBER 23rd TO
JANUARY 23rd.
IN SEATTLE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD
SIX OVERNIGHT SHELTERS.
THE CAPACITY WAS ABOUT 374.
THE UTILIZATION RANGED BETWEEN
APPROXIMATELY 65 AND 77%.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE
THEORIES AROUND THAT
UTILIZATION, AS I'M SURE THE
DEPUTY MAYOR CAN AS WELL.
WE HAD A CAPACITY OF AROUND
260.
USAGE OF AROUND 80%.
IN SOUTH KING WE HAD 12
OVERNIGHT SHELTERS, EAST KING,
SEVEN.
OVERNIGHT, TWO SAFES ARE
PARKING PROGRAMS USING HOTELS
AND TO CITIES OFFERING HOTEL
VOUCHERS.
IN NORTH KING WE HAD THREE
OVERNIGHT SHELTERS.
ONE CITY WAS OFFERING HOTEL
VOUCHERS.
I WILL ALSO ADD THAT SOME OF
THE LIMITATIONS ON THIS DATA
ARE THAT WE DO NOT KNOW HOW
MANY PEOPLE, REGIONALLY, WERE
VOUCHERS INTO HOTELS.
THERE IS SOME NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO WERE ASSISTED OVER THE
COURSE OF THE INCIDENT THAT WE
CANNOT SEE IN THIS DATA.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS A QUICK GRAPH,
REGIONALLY, OF SEVERE WEATHER.
SHELTER BY AVAILABILITY
OVERTIME AGAINST UNIT OCCUPANCY.
YOU CAN SEE, FROM A TRENDLINE,
THE OCCUPANCY TRENDED ABOUT 20
POINTS BELOW THE AVAILABLE UNITS
, UNTIL THE TAIL AND WHERE WE
BEGIN TO RAMP DOWN SOME SEVERE
WEATHER SHELTERS.
NEXT SLIDE.
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, WHICH I
BELIEVE THE COMMITTEE HAS
DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE
DIRECTOR KIM AND DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON.
FOR TRANSPORTATION, AS WE KNOW,
IT WAS MORE THAN THE COLD.
RIGHT?
IT WAS THE SNOW.
AND THE ICE.
IT MADE IT INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
FOR TRANSIT OPERATORS TO
FUNCTION, WHICH MADE IT VERY
DIFFICULT FOR FOLKS
EXPERIENCING UNSHELVED
HOMELESSNESS TO GET TO SOME OF
THE FACILITIES THAT WERE OPEN.
THERE IS A LESSON LEARNED
THERE.
I MENTIONED TO BOTH THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD AND THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE AND THE
REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE, IN A
SIMILAR UPDATE, THAT WE HAD
DONE SOME WORK VIA KING COUNTY
OF OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
THEY WERE CAPPED AT ABOUT $30 A
RIDE.
DURING THE INCIDENT THE SURGE
PRICING KICKED IN ON THE LIST
AND THE RIDES WERE $130.
RIGHT?
THE WAY THE VOUCHERS ARE
STRUCTURED BY THE COMPANY, YOU
CAN ONLY USE ONE VOUCHER PER
PERSON.
WE COULDN'T EVEN STACK THEM,
KNOWING THAT THE RIDE WAS GOING
TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE.
CERTAINLY THERE'S JUST A LOT TO
BE DONE AROUND ANTICIPATING THE
TRANSIT NEEDS OF FOLKS, AND
REALLY LEANING IN THERE.
ANYBODY WHO HAS HEARD ME TALK
IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS KNOWS
THAT OUR SYSTEM IS EXPERIENCING
A STAFFING CRISIS.
THAT WAS TRUE OVER THE
INCIDENT, THE SAME WAY IT IS
TODAY.
THE SOLUTION IS WE NEED TO
REBUILD THE WORKFORCE PIPELINE.
WE NEED TO PAY PEOPLE MORE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THIS COMMITTEE AND
APPROPRIATORS ACROSS THE
REGION, AT THE STATE AND
FEDERAL LEVEL, IN ORDER TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.
FOOD AND MEAL ACCESS ALSO CAME
UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK I
HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF FOLKS
WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IS THAT WHEN THE
FOOD WASN'T GREAT, PARTICULARLY
DURING THE DAY HOURS OF THE
WARMING CENTERS, IT'S A
DISINCENTIVE TO STAY THERE.
YOU ARE GOING TO FIND FOOD THAT
MAKE SENSE FOR YOU.
WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE PROVIDING GOOD MEALS FOR
FOLKS, AND COVID MEDICATION.
I BELIEVE, AGAIN, THIS WAS PART
OF THE CONVERSATION YOU HAD
WITH DIRECTOR KIM.
IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE
AND REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT
CHALLENGE FOR SYSTEMWIDE.
ULTIMATELY, FROM A PUBLIC
HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, I NEED TO
BE VERY CLEAR FOR THE SAKE OF
THE PUBLIC.
THE CORRECT DECISION WAS TO
OPEN THE SEVERE WEATHER
SHELTERS, KNOWING THE COVID
MITIGATION WAS GOING TO BE
DIFFICULT.
THE COLD WAS LETHAL.
IT ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE, AND I
BELIEVE IN SOME CASES DID,
CAUSE DEATH.
COVID WAS MORE OF A TOSSUP.
THAT WAS THE UNFORTUNATE MATH.
I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR.
RUNNING THAT MATH IS AND OF
ITSELF A FORM OF FAILURE.
WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE IS A
SYSTEM THAT HAS THE NON-
CONGREGATE CAPACITY EVERY DAY
TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS.
AND SOME OVERCAPACITY FOR
INCIDENCES LIKE THESE.
NEXT SLIDE.
OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO DEBRIEF
WITH OUR SUBREGIONS.
THOSE PROCESSES HAVE BEGUN.
HERE, IN SEATTLE, THAT PROCESS
IS REALLY LED BY THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AGAIN, GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK
THAT THEY DO TO IDENTIFY
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THOSE
CHALLENGES, LIKE STAFFING AND
TRANSPORTATION, AND TO DEVELOP
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS
AND FUNDS FOR SEVERE WEATHER
EVENTS.
I DID LIFTED UP FOR THE
GOVERNING COMMUNITY AT OUR
MEETING LAST WEEK.
IN THE FUTURE, I BELIEVE IT
WILL BE NECESSARY TO SEEK THE
CREATION OF SOME FORM OF
EMERGENCY FUND THAT I COULD
SEEK PERMISSION TO ACCESS, AND
BE GRANTED THE ACCESS BY THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD AND THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE TO RESPOND
WHEN AN INCIDENT HITS A CERTAIN
SCOPE OR SCALE.
I CERTAINLY BELIEVE A SEVERE
WEATHER INCIDENT DURING AN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAK
EASILY MEANS IT MEETS THE
STANDARDS AROUND FUNDS THAT WE
WOULD NEED ACCESS TO FOR THINGS
LIKE THAT.
NEXT SLIDE.
THAT IS IT.
JUST ONE MORE THING.
IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME, MR.
CHAIR, I WANT TO NOTE THAT SOME
OF OUR SEVERE WEATHER RESPONSE
WAS MODIFIED IN FLIGHT BY OUR
PARTNERSHIPS WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCES.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING
TO LIFT UP.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE
COALITION.
AND WITH SOME OF OUR FOLKS WHO
ARE LIVING IN VEHICLES TO
IDENTIFY HARM REDUCTION
STRATEGIES TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE
AND FED AND WARM FOR WHEN THEY
NEEDED TO SHELTER IN PLACE FOR
WHATEVER REASON AND NOT
TRANSITION INTO ONE OF THE
SEVERE WEATHER SHELTERS.
I'M GRATEFUL TO THE FOLKS FROM
THE LIVED EXPERIENCE COALITION.
AND OTHER FOLKS IN THE
RESIDENCY SPACE WHO LIFTED UP
THOSE NEEDS.
IT'S A VERY BRIGHT AND CLEAR IN
A WAY THAT ALLOWED US TO
QUICKLY RESPOND.
I WANT TO BUILD ON THAT WORK,
MOVING FORWARD.
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE
OCCUPANCY RATES WE SEE IN THE
SEVERE WEATHER SHELTERS TELL US
SOMETHING ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO USE THEM, AGAINST
HOW MANY PEOPLE WE NEED TO
SUPPORT OVER THE COURSE OF AN
INCIDENT.
WE WILL BE WORKING INTERNALLY
WITH MY TEAM AND ALSO WITH OUR
LIVED EXPERIENCE COLLEAGUES AND
OTHERS TO DEVELOP MORE ROBUST
STRATEGIES FOR THE NEXT
INCIDENT AND THE INCIDENT AFTER
THAT AND BEYOND.
THANK YOU.
>> THINK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
WHEN WE TAKE A PAUSE HERE FOR
QUESTIONS DIRECTLY RELATED TO
THE SNOW RESPONSE PRESENTATION?
ARE THERE ANY COLLEAGUES THAT
WOULD LIKE TO ASK SOME
QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC?
OKAY.
I'M SEEING NONE.
DIRECTOR DONES, ARE THERE OTHER
TOPICS YOU WANT TO RECOVER IN
YOUR REMARKS BEFORE WE OPEN IT
UP TO QUESTIONS REGARDING THE
AUTHORITY AND MOVING FORWARD
TOGETHER ON THE BUDGET THAT WE
APPROVED LAST THURSDAY?
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND A LITTLE
BIT FIRST.
THEN I'M HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP.
I WANT TO STATE, FOR THE
RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
HAS JOINED THE MEETING AND IS
HERE AS WELL.
MARC, I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER
TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU , CHAIR.
OUR TEAM IS REALLY EXCITED TO
GET TO WORK.
WE'VE BEEN PLANNING AND
PLANNING.
IT'S A DAY 19 OF US ACTUALLY
BEING THE ORGANIZATION.
OF ACTUALLY BEING THE AUTHORITY
VESTED WITH THE BUDGET AND THE
ACTUAL POLICY AND TOOLS.
THERE IS A HUM IN THE AIR
AROUND THE VIRTUAL OFFICE AS
PEOPLE REALLY GET TO LEAN IN TO
THE WORK THEY SIGNED UP TO DO.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE BUDGET
SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT
WORK.
I WANTED TO LIFT UP SOMETHING
THAT ACTUALLY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA SAID WHEN SHE CAME IN
AND SPOKE TO OUR IMPLEMENTATION
BOARD.
THE BUDGET CYCLE IS NOT HOW
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO HEAR
THAT.
I KNOW THAT THE COUNCILMEMBERS
AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
THIS CONVERSATION.
BUT THE WAY THAT BUDGET CYCLE
WORKED WAS VERY LIKE, I CAME ON
BOARD AND DID A BUNCH OF RAPID
ASSESSMENTS AND THEN TRIED TO
SAY, WE NEED THESE THINGS.
RIGHT?
I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE
PARTNERSHIP THAT GOT US TO
WHERE WE ARE AND I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING THE
CONVERSATION OVER THE COURSE OF
THE SPRING AND SUMMER SO THAT
WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET IT'S
NOT A HAIL MARY PASS AT THE
END, BUT A THOUGHTFUL,
COMMUNITYWIDE CONVERSATION
ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
THAT'S ALL.
>> THERE WILL BE PLENTY MORE
BUDGET PROCESSES IN THE FUTURE.
WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DO IT ALL AGAIN IN SHORT ORDER,
I'M SURE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK
QUESTIONS TO START AND THEN I
WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO
COLLEAGUES AND THEN WE CAN MOVE
ON TO OUR PATIENT FRIENDS AT
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOR
THE LAST AGENDA ITEM.
THE FIRST THING, AS WE COVERED
A LITTLE IN THE EARLIER
PRESENTATION WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT WAS REGARDING THE
APPROVED BUDGET FOR CITY
INVESTMENTS.
A TIMELINE FOR US TO DEPLOY
THOSE ASSETS.
I KNOW WE HAVE A SHARED
INTEREST IN DOING THAT WITH
SPEED AND EFFICACY.
FOR THE FIRST QUESTION, WE HAVE
HEARD SOME IN THE PROVIDER
COMMUNITY AMONG COUNCILMEMBERS
AND MYSELF, THE TIMELINE OF THE
5.8% COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT
THAT THE COUNCIL PASSED FOR THE
FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A SHARED
COMMITMENT.
MARC, I APPRECIATE THAT
EVERYWHERE YOU GO YOU LIFT UP
HOW WE NEED TO TREAT , CENTER,
PAVE THIS WORK FOR HOW WE CAN.
I WILL START TALKING ABOUT THAT
5.8% AND PLANS TO GET THAT
DEPLOYED INTO THE HANDS OF THE
FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING
THIS.
THEN THE SECOND QUESTION WOULD
BE AROUND THE PROGRAMMATIC
EXPANSION OF SHELTER AND
HOUSING CAPACITY THAT WE FUNDED
IN THE BUDGET, AND THE PROGRESS
IN STANDING THAT UP, SO WE CAN
CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF
OFFERING FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING
IN AND KIMMONS IN THE CITY,
PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO THIS
COMMUNITY, CITY PARKS.
AN ALTERNATIVE PLACE TO LIVE
THAT IS NOT A CITY PARK BUT A
PLACE THAT PEOPLE CAN BE SAFE
AND SUSTAINED.
I WILL THROW THOSE TWO
QUESTIONS OUT FIRST AND THEN
OPEN IT UP TO OTHER FOLKS.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT BACK
OVER TO YOU.
>> SURE.
ON THE PROVIDER PAY, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT INCREASE
WAS BEING REVIEWED BY CBO AND
HAS BEEN APPROVED AND CAN BE
IMPLEMENTED.
AS SOON AS IT SHOWS UP, I NEED
A CONTRACTUAL VEHICLE THAT SAYS
I HAVE MONEY AND THEN I CAN
SPEND IT.
I BELIEVE THAT DIRECTOR KIM,
WHO IS STILL HERE AND CAN SPEAK
TO THIS IF I'M WRONG, I BELIEVE
THAT DIRECTOR KIM HAS APPROVED
THAT ON HER END.
WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES TO
BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AND BE
ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT TO
PROVIDERS.
IT SHOULD NOT TAKE MUCH TIME.
AGAIN, I WILL LIFT UP THAT WE
HAVE OFFERED PROVIDERS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
BUT WE HAVE OFFERED THEM GRACE
WITH THE EXECUTION OF THEIR
CONTRACTS.
RIGHT?
IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT,
INCLUDING THE INCREASE IN PAY.
I'M APPRECIATIVE OF ALL EFFORTS
BY THIS COUNCIL TO ENSURE OUR
PROVIDERS MAKE SOME MONEY.
I WILL SEE IF DIRECTOR KIM
WANTS TO JOIN ME.
>> I'M ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE
HUMAN SERVICES, DR. KIM.
AS MARC HAD MENTIONED , WE HAVE
MSA, A MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT
COMING THEIR WAY BECAUSE OF
ADDITIONAL ADS AND OTHER
CONSOLIDATION OF SOME FUNDS.
THAT IS HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK.
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT
NOW.
IT'S COMING IN AND WE WILL GET
IT OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> JUST SO PEOPLE HAVE CLEAR
OPTICS INTO THE COLLABORATION
HERE.
AT THIS POINT I THINK DIRECTOR
KIM AND I TALK MAYBE EVERY DAY.
WE ARE MOVING ON THE ASSUMPTION
THAT IT IS COMING.
NOT JUST WAITING FOR SOMETHING
TO MATERIALIZE.
WE JUST CAN'T EXECUTE A
DOCUMENT THAT SAYS, HERE IS NEW
MONEY, UNTIL WE EXECUTE A
DOCUMENT SAYING THAT WE HAVE
IT.
THAT'S THE LAW.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
ON THE PAY INCREASE BEFORE WE
PIVOT TO SHELTER CAPACITY?
I APPRECIATE THAT SUMMARY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WILL HAVE AN
UPDATE ON SOME PROGRESS IN THE
NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ON THAT?
ALL RIGHT.
I'M SEEING NONE.
WHY DON'T WE PIVOT TO THE
SHELTER CAPACITY?
WE HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER
ABOUT CAMP SECOND CHANCE
EXPANSION AND THE SEATTLE CITY
IS READY ON ITS AND TO DO LONG-
OVERDUE WORK TO GET UTILITIES
INTO CAMP SECOND CHANCE.
THE FIRST PART HERE MAY BE AN
UPDATE ON KIND OF HOW WE ARE
LOOKING TO DO COMPONENTS OF THE
CAMP SECOND CHANCE EXPANSION
WHERE WE CAN LIVE WITH THE
AUTHORITY.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE
OTHER SHELTER ADS AROUND
SHELTERING ASSETS AND OTHER
THINGS THAT WE PUT INTO THE
BUDGET IN THE FALL.
ANY UPDATE THERE IN TERMS OF
TIMELINE OR HOW THAT WORK IS
BEING PUT TOGETHER TO TAKE
THOSE THINGS FROM PAPER TO
REALITY?
>> ON CAMP SECOND CHANCE,
SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE IT IS AN
EXISTING SITE, IT IS FUNDED
ALREADY IN OUR FY 2020 TO WORK.
AS DISCUSSED, THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD AND THE
GOVERNMENT AND EVERYTHING WAS
APPROVED.
CAMP SECOND CHANCE WAS IN LINE
WITH ANYTHING THAT WAS
OPERATIONALLY SOUND.
WE WILL GET OUT THE DOOR WITH
ALL DUE HASTE.
I BELIEVE, AND I CAN CONFIRM
THIS AND BE READY FOR THE
COMMITTEE AFTERWARDS, BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING FOR THE PROGRAM
OFFICER IS THAT ALL OF THE
LEVEL FUNDING AGREEMENTS HAVE
LEFT THE AUTHORITY ALREADY.
FOR THIS EXPANSION MONEY WE MAY
NEED TO CIRCLE BACK AND ADD IT.
THAT SHOULDN'T TAKE ANY TIME.
JANUARY 19th.
THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE NEXT
TIME WE TALK TO EACH OTHER.
THERE'S NO BID OR NO THING THAT
WE HAVE TO DO.
>> GREAT.
IS THERE FOLLOW-UP,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> I THINK I'M WRONG.
THERE MAY BE A THING THAT NEEDS
DOING, WHICH IS A LOOK AT THE
FOOTPRINT THAT CAMP SECOND
CHANCES ON RIGHT NOW, VERSUS
THE SURROUNDING LAND THEY ARE
NOT ON.
FAS.
ACHING SURE WE HAVE AN
AGREEMENT ON THE EXPANSION
FOOTPRINT.
MAYBE THAT'S ALREADY DONE.
>> THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I
THINK DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON
AND DIRECTOR KIM CAN SPEAK TO
MORE FLUENTLY.
>> I DIDN'T MEAN YOU.
I MEANT ANYTHING TO BE DONE.
NOT NECESSARILY YOU.
>> THAT WAS A GREAT CALLOUT,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
I WILL PUT THAT ON MY TO DO
LIST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE
TO DO THE THING.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE HAD SOME VERY INITIAL
CONVERSATIONS WITH FIRE CHIEF
SCOGGINS ABOUT MY INTEREST IN
THIS AREA.
HE HAS A WILLINGNESS TO TALK
BECAUSE THE JOINT TRAINING
FACILITY IS ON THAT LAND.
I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES THAT
THERE IS PLENTY OF SPACE.
I DO THINK THAT A CONVERSATION
NEEDS TO BE HAD.
THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS,
AGAIN, WITH DIRECTOR KIM'S
SKILLFUL LEADERSHIP TO EXECUTE
WHAT WOULD BE THE ARRANGEMENT
BY WHICH THE AUTHORITY INTERACT
ON LAND.
PART OF IT IS, I LARGELY STAY
AWAY FROM IT UNTIL I AM ABLE TO
SAY SOMETHING HONEST.
I'M HAPPY TO BE WHATEVER PART
OF THE CAN CONVERSATION IT CAN
BE.
WE HAVE A CONTRACT MECHANISM AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THERE'S ALWAYS ONE MORE DETAIL
THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
NOTICES.
THAT THE STAPLE OF THE
COMMITTEE.
THAT'S GREAT.
WHY DON'T WE GO FORWARD TO SOME
OF THE OTHER THINGS LIKE THE
JOINT CONCEPT THAT KING COUNTY
AND THE CITY ARE INVESTING IN
AND HOW THAT PLANNING IS
LOOKING AT THIS STAGE.
AT THAT POINT I DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND I'M
HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP TO MORE
FOLKS AND CLOSE OUT THE
PRESENTATION.
I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO
YOU, MARC.
>> SURE.
DR. FLOREZ, ANOTHER PERSON THAT
I TALKED TO DAILY.
FOR THE RECTOR, THE DIRECTOR OF
D.C. HS.
I APOLOGIZE.
I KEEP DOING THIS BECAUSE
THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY EYE AND
I'M TRYING NOT TO RUB MY EYE
WHILE I PRESENT TO YOU ALL.
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT SCOPING THE
SITE AND MAKING SURE WE ARE
BEING REALLY CLEAR ABOUT,
FRANKLY, MAKING SURE WE ARE
MAKING IT A SUPPORTIVE CAMPUS
AND NOT JUST A DUMPING A BUNCH
OF STUFF.
THAT IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE
PHYSICAL ASSETS AND ALL OF THE
WORK THE COUNTY HAS INDICATED
THEY WILL TAKE ON IN ORDER TO
BUILD UP THE THOMAS SORRY, I'M
BAKING THE OTHER OPERATIONAL
NEEDS IN ORDER TO TURN STUFF
ON.
WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON
THIS SERVICE PROVISION SIDE IN
RELATIONSHIP TO THE SPACE
THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND THEN
LOOKING AT WHICH BUILDING WE
THINK HAS SOME SORT OF
PERFORMANCE FOR FOLKS TO GO IN.
AND THE PLANNING LEVEL THAT WE
ARE IN NOW IS ACTUALLY QUITE
PROGRAMMATIC.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT IS
THE LINK TO STAY?
WHAT IS THE STAFFING MODEL?
WE ARE IN THAT SPACE.
MY UNDERSTANDING, PROCESS WISE,
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MY
COLLEAGUES AT THE COUNTY.
I BELIEVE THE VEHICLE BY WHICH
THE SITE SECUREMENT AND
EXPANSION HAPPENS NEEDS TO BE
PROCESSED BY THEIR COUNSEL.
I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT HAVING
HAPPENED YET.
WE WILL GET INTO CITING THINGS
AND RAMPING UP ON THINGS ONCE
THAT HAS BEEN LEGISLATIVELY
APPROVED ACROSS THE STREET, SO
TO SPEAK.
BUT AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL WE
ARE IN THE PROGRAM PLANNING
PHASE.
>> OKAY.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
THAT?
>> THANK YOU.
I HOPE YOU ARE FEELING BETTER.
DIRECTOR DONES, IT'S GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION
HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. CHAIR.
I THINK YOU FOR THE NOTES ON
THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS
PROVIDED TO THE INFLAMMATION
COMMITTEE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PASSING
IN THE IMPLEMENTATION BOARD AND
THE GOVERNING BOARD AND I
APPRECIATE YOU NOTING THE
ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH KING
COUNTY.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD, AND THEN
THIS MORNING WE HAPPENED TO
DISCUSS IN RELATION TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN, THE WAYS IN WHICH
SEATTLE IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE BEING BOTH GOOD PARTNERS
WITH THE REGIONAL HOME ASSIST
IN THE LONG-TERM, BUT
ESPECIALLY IN THE INITIAL
CREATION OF THE RHA. WE ARE
TAKING OUR ROLE VERY SERIOUSLY.
I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY
AGAIN TO DISPEL ANY
MISUNDERSTANDINGS THAT ARE OUT
THERE ABOUT SEATTLE NOT DOING
ITS PART, OR TREATING THIS AS
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
I WILL USE THE PERCENTAGE OF
68%.
I THINK OUR PERCENTAGE IS 68%
OF THE $170 MILLION BUDGET THAT
WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.
AND ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
BOARD.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO BRAG BUT
I'M SAYING IT TO REALLY NOTE
THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING TO
TAKE THIS ROLE VERY SERIOUSLY.
BOTH IN THE BUDGET AND POLICY
COMMITMENTS.
I HOPE THAT FUNDING DIVERSIFIES
IN THE FUTURE.
WE WILL SEE ADDITIONAL BUY-IN
OR PAY INTO SUPPORTING THE
SYSTEM.
WE VERY MUCH HAVE TAKEN THIS
SERIOUSLY.
AND I THINK THE COMMENTS
SPECIFIC TO THE SHELTER AND THE
ONGOING DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'RE
HAVING THERE AGAIN TO DISPEL
ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR
MISINFORMATION THAT'S OUT
THERE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
DIRECTORS ROLES IN COORDINATING
TO MAKE SURE THIS IS EVOLVING
INTO A SITE THAT CAN HAVE
MULTIPLE SERVICES ON ONE
LOCATION.
AND WHEN WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF
THE BUDGET AND WE ASKED KELLY
HOW QUICKLY WE CAN WORK TO MEET
THE INTENT FOR THE VISION THAT
WAS OUTLINED INITIALLY, THE
HAIL MARY KIND OF A VISION OF
WHAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH
FOR THE SHELTER.
WE, AS A CITY, ASKED TO
CONTRIBUTE $5 MILLION TO MATCH
THEIR $5 MILLION.
WE DID EXACTLY THAT.
WE HAVE NOT SHORTCHANGED THE
EFFORT.
I THINK THAT THE HIGH AREA OF
INTEREST FOR ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO SEE THAT SHELTER
COME TO FRUITION AND ALL OF THE
OTHER AMENITIES THAT YOU ARE
ABLE TO PUT ON SITE.
JUST USING THIS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, THANK YOU
FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.
THE WAY IN WHICH SEATTLE AND
ESPECIALLY OUR BUDGET IS HOPING
TO SUPPORT RHA.
I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR DONES AND
I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS AS THE BUDGET
CHAIR ABOUT PROVIDING ELEMENTS
ADDED TO THE BUDGET, AS WE DID
IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO EVERY WORD, SPECIFICALLY
THAT I CAN REMEMBER, THAT WE
ADDED IN THE BUDGET FOR 2022,
WERE WORKED SHOPPED TOGETHER.
THAT IS THE PARTNERSHIP ROLE AS
WELL.
DIRECTOR DONES, I KNOW YOU ARE
CEO DONES.
I JUST SAY DIRECTOR DONES
BECAUSE IT HAS A NICE RING TO
IT.
IF YOU COULD ALSO SHARE FOR US,
I'M SORRY MR. CHAIR, I BELIEVE
I'M JUMPING IN INAPPROPRIATELY
BECAUSE I'M DOVETAILING ON THE
LAST QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT
THE SHELTER.
>> IT'S FINE.
GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU.
>> VERY BRIEFLY.
AT SOME POINT COULD YOU TELL US
MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK THE
PROCESS WILL BE FOR THIS YEAR,
GIVEN THAT YOU ARE GOING TO
START YOUR BUDGET CONVERSATIONS
IN APRIL, AND THE WAYS IN WHICH
WE, AS A COUNSEL, CAN GET
REGULAR UPDATES AND BE PART OF
THE CONVERSATION AND HAVE
RECIPROCAL FEEDBACK BEFORE WE
GET TO THOSE BUDGET PROCESSES
SO THAT WE CAN STAY IN TUNE AND
UP-TO-DATE ON HOW THIS
CONVERSATION IS GOING AND WHAT
THAT ROLE FOR THE COUNCIL LOOKS
LIKE.
>> SURE.
THANK YOU FOR THE WELL WISHES
ON MY HEALTH.
FOR THE RECORD, I CAME DOWN
WITH COVID.
I MOSTLY FINE.
I SEEM TO HAVE A HEADACHE THAT
WON'T GO AWAY.
MAYBE I'M JUST A PERSON WHO HAS
A HEADACHE NOW.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.
I AM LEANING ON OUR HISTORY
COUNCILMEMBER.
YOU KNOW THAT MY PREFERENCE IS
FOR THE BROAD COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND HOW ANYTHING IS
DONE.
RIGHT?
THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRACY IS
SUPPOSED TO BE.
OUR BUDGET PROCESS, WE ARE LIKE
LOOKING AT BEING CONNECTED TO
THE SYSTEM VERY DEEPLY.
WHEN WE ARE ASKING THE PROVIDER
COMMUNITY AND THE LIVED
EXPERIENCE COMMUNITY AND THE
WHOLE COMMUNITY TO BE PART OF
THIS WORK THAT IS ENDING
HOMELESSNESS, THAT SHOULD BE A
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT
WHAT THE WORK IS SHOULD THEN
YIELD THE BUDGET.
THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE,
FINGERS CROSSED, ALL THINGS
COVID SORT OF WORKING IN OUR
FAVOR, LOOKING TO BEGIN REALLY
IN EARNEST IN FEBRUARY.
HOPEFULLY NOT TOO FAR INTO
FEBRUARY.
THAT WOULD, IN MANY WAYS, INTEL
VERY SIMILAR METHODOLOGY TO HOW
WE DESIGN THE AUTHORITY.
BUT FRANKLY, MORE ROBUST.
A LOT OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.
A LOT OF COMMUNITY LISTENING.
A LOT OF CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE
WHO ARE ON SHELTERED AND
SAYING, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER
HERE?
IN KEEPING WITH OUR COMMITMENT
TO BE REGIONAL, THE PART THAT I
REALLY WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT
DOING BETTER IS GOING MORE
PLACES.
RIGHT?
REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
HEARING FROM EVERYBODY.
AND THE UPDATES THAT YOU ALL
WOULD RECEIVE ON THAT PROCESS
ALONG THE WAY WOULD BE, THIS IS
WHAT WE ARE HEARING.
THIS IS WHAT WE THINK THE
REQUEST MIGHT TURN INTO IF WHAT
WE HEAR STAYS CONSISTENT.
SIMILARLY, AGAIN, AS WE WORK TO
DESIGN THE AUTHORITY, I
UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE REGIONAL
LECTIVES AS STAKEHOLDERS. WE
HAVE ENGAGED AND ASKED, WHAT IS
THE WORK?
WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE?
HOW DO WE KNOW IT'S HAPPENING?
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING SOME OF THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU IN THE
COMMITTEE, AND OTHER VENUES,
COME TO ONE OF THE COMMUNITY
FORMS THAT WE ARE HOPEFULLY
ABLE TO SET UP IN A COVID
SAFEWAY.
THAT, I THINK, IS HOW OUR TEAM
IS IMAGINING THAT PROCESS
UNFOLD OVER THE SPRING.
AND THEN YIELDING A BUDGET ASK
THAT IS IN RELATIONSHIP, SORT
OF CONCEPT TO DOLLAR.
THE WAY FORWARD.
I ALSO THINK IT IS THE ONLY WAY
THAT A TRUE TRANSFORMATION
HAPPENS.
WE ALL SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE
ARE GOING AND THIS IS WHY WE
ARE HEADED THERE AND THIS IS
WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE WHEN WE
SUCCEED OR FAIL.
TO ME AND OUR TEAM IT IS JUST
REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE LIVE
INTO THE HIGHEST VALUE PLACED,
OR HIGHEST HOPE I SHOULD SAY,
PLACED IN HIS AGENCY.
THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME A PLACE
FOR FIATS.
THIS IS WHAT WE DECIDED.
BUT ACTUALLY BECOMES THE NEXUS
POINT FOR THE CONVERSATION WE
NEED TO HAVE TO END
HOMELESSNESS.
THAT'S MY HOPE FOR THAT
PROCESS.
I'M VERY OPEN, OF COURSE, AND
GOING BACK TO HOW WE SET UP THE
AUTHORITY.
WE MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE ON HOMELESSNESS,
THEN, MONTHLY OR EVERY OTHER
WEEK AT SOME POINT.
WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT TO MAKE
SURE YOU ARE ALL GETTING THE
INSIGHT INTO HOW THOSE
CONVERSATIONS ARE UNFOLDING.
AGAIN, NO HAIL MARY PASS AT THE
END.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
ASKED A QUESTION.
THEN I WILL OPEN IT UP IF THERE
IS ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO
GET INTO THE QUEUE AND DO THE
LITTLE HAND RACING.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, TO YOU.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I
THINK WE COULD MAYBE USE SOME
TAGTEAM PARTNERSHIP IN
ANSWERING.
BOTH FROM THE CITY AND FROM CEO
DONES.
IT'S A FOLLOW-UP ON A QUESTION
THAT I ASKED IN A GOVERNING
COMMITTEE MEETING AROUND MY
INTEREST IN PRESERVING THE
OUTREACH CONTRACT' GEOGRAPHIC
FOCUS.
WHEN THEY TRANSFERRED OVER FROM
THE CITY OVER TO THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY, THERE WAS SOME
INTENTIONALITY AROUND HAVING A
GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE CITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME
THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
YOU, AT THAT TIME, CEO DONES ,
EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS AND
TOLD ME I COULD EXPECT THAT
GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS WOULD BE
PRESERVED.
I WANT TO JUST CHECK IN ON THE
OUTREACH CONTRACT SIDE WITH
YOU, AND THEN ON THE SIDE WITH
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON ABOUT
HOW BEST I CAN ACCESS THOSE
SERVICES AND HELP MY
CONSTITUENTS ACCESS THOSE
SERVICES.
RIGHT NOW, FOR THE OUTREACH
CONTRACT, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT
I HAVE BEEN DOING AND YOU LET
ME KNOW, CEO DONES, IF THAT'S
THE WAY TO KEEP DOING IT.
WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR
DESIGNATED REACH WORKERS IN
DISTRICT 1. WE REACH OUT TO
THEM WHEN WE ARE NOTIFIED BY A
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OR WE
OBSERVE OURSELVES FOCUSED ON
LIVING ON SHELTERED. A PERSON
WILL GO OUT AND DO AN
ASSESSMENT AND TRY TO CONNECT
PEOPLE WITH SERVICES.
IT FEELS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A
FUNNY WAY TO DEAL WITH IT
BECAUSE I'M NOT IN A POSITION
WHERE I CAN MANAGE THE AMOUNT
OF WORK THAT I AM SENDING ONE
OF THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, WHO
ARE DEDICATED TO DISTRICT 1. ON
THE HOPE TEAM SIDE, DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON, PEOPLE
CONTACT THE CITY ABOUT A
LOCATION THAT THEY ARE
WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT IT
SHOULD BE ASSESSED FOR OUR HOPE
TEAM ENGAGEMENT.
AND ASSESSED AS TO WHETHER OR
NOT IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A
HIGH PRIORITY LOCATION OR NOT.
I TRY TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO
MANAGE PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS
AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
THE SHEER NUMBER OF LOCATIONS
OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING
OUTSIDE TOGETHER IN A COMMUNITY
TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF SAFETY
AND COMMUNITY.
AND EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY HAS
A PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING WHAT
THE HIGH-PRIORITY LOCATIONS ARE
WITHIN AN ASSESSMENT OF THE
RISKS TO THE PEOPLE LIVING ON
SHELTERED, AS WELL AS IMPACTS
TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT ASSESSMENT,
ALSO WITH AN ASSESSMENT OF
WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE
LOCATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN I SHARE
THAT INFORMATION WITH PEOPLE
AND GIVE THEM THE ONLY METHOD
THAT I HAVE FOR THEM TO NOTIFY
THE CITY, WHICH IS THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE BUREAU
INFORMATION.
PEOPLE DON'T EVER HEAR BACK
FROM ANYBODY ABOUT, YES, WE
HAVE GONE OUT AND DONE THIS
ASSESSMENT.
SORRY, YOU ARE 167 ON A LIST OF
200 PLACES.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO
MANAGE PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS IN
A WAY THAT IS HELPFUL FOR ALL
OF US.
AND ALSO GIVES PEOPLE REALLY
GOOD SENSES OF THE SHEER
LARGENESS AND DEMAND ON OUR
SYSTEM.
>> WHAT A TIMELY QUESTION.
ISN'T IT REALLY TIMELY?
>> IT'S SO GOOD.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD
SAY, BECAUSE I JUST HAD A
MOMENT, THE TWO TIMES THAT I
WORKED AND HAVE BEEN ASKED TO
WORK ON HOMELESSNESS, BOTH OF
THOSE TIMES I WAS BROUGHT INTO
A PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE OR
TOWARDS THE END WHERE HABITS
HAVE BEEN FORMED, STRUCTURES
HAVE BEEN BUILT, OPINIONS WERE
SOLIDIFIED.
I WAS MAINTAINING MOST OF THE
TIME.
NEVER, UNTIL MAYOR HARRELL CAME
INTO OFFICE, WAS A THERE AT THE
BEGINNING WITH A FOCUSED
MANDATE ON HOMELESSNESS HOUSING
AND THE FREEDOM TO BE
TRANSPARENT AND IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH BOTH COUNSEL AND COMMUNITY
AT THE LEVEL THAT THE MAYOR IS
COMMITTED TO.
WHEN I GET DONE, I HAVE BEEN
ASKING MYSELF THOSE SAME
QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN CHARGE OF
ANY ONE THING.
SO STARTING AT THE BEGINNING OF
AN ADMINISTRATION WITH A GROUP
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO CURIOUS
AND OPEN TO SOLUTIONS MAKES A
WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.
I BROUGHT TOGETHER ALL THE CITY
DEPARTMENTS, THE DIRECTORS AND
THEIR NUMBER TWOS, TO MEETINGS
THAT WERE VERY LONG.
MARC DONES WAS PRESENT.
HOW DOES YOUR DEPARTMENT KNOW
THERE IS A PROBLEM?
WHETHER IT IS A CAR, RV, TENT,
OR SOMETHING.
AND THEN HOW DO YOU LOOPBACK?
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHICH ONE
YOU DO FIRST?
LIKE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
YOU JUST ASKED.
YOU WILL NOT BE SURPRISED TO
HEAR, EACH DEPARTMENT DOES IT
DIFFERENTLY.
EACH DEPARTMENT HAS A DIFFERENT
SPREADSHEET.
THE INCOME GENERATING
DEPARTMENTS HAVE A VERY
SOPHISTICATED DATABASES AND
OFTEN TIMES ARE MORE ABLE TO
CLOSE THE LOOP WITH
CONSTITUENTS AND THE HUMAN
SERVICING SIDE OF THE HOUSE
DOES NOT.
THEY JUST HAD HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF EMAILS, WHICH AS
YOU KNOW, MUTTERING THIS LEVEL
OF ISSUES DOES NOT YIELD HIGH
CUSTOMER SERVICE.
THAT IS ONE.
WE ARE REALLY CLEAR.
TWO, A MANDATE FROM THE MAYOR
TO BUILD A SYSTEM.
A SYSTEM THAT REALLY
DEMONSTRATES OUR MODELS OF
SEATTLE.
WE CAN RESPOND TO PEOPLE.
IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO ME.
I HAVE HUNDREDS OF EMAILS A
DAY.
IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART.
THERE SHOULD BE ONE PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE GO.
THEY GO A PLACE OR SEND AN
EMAIL TO A PLACE.
PREFERABLY BOTH.
THEY CAN HEAR A CLEAR ANSWER AS
TO BEING HEARD.
SOMEONE HAS TO PRIORITIZE IT.
THAT'S WHERE MARC AND DIRECTOR
KIM AND A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR TWO
MONTHS.
THEY HAVE A PLANNING MEETING
TOMORROW BECAUSE MARC AND
DONNA AND THE WHOLE TEAM ARE
WORKING COLLECTIVELY, WITH
OUTREACH, TO SAY, HOW DO WE
PRIORITIZE WITH ONE, TWO, AND
THREE?
AND WHERE DO WE FOCUS ON OUR
RSOURCES?
I'M SUPER EXCITED.
I ACTUALLY THINK, AND A LONG
TIME, I CAN SEE THAT WE CAN GET
OUR HANDS AROUND THIS BECAUSE
THERE ARE WILLING PARTICIPANTS
IN CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WITH MARC, THE OUTREACH
PROVIDERS ARE EXCITED TO BE
BROUGHT IN AT THE FRONT END
AND ASKED FOR THEIR OPINION.
IT FEELS VERY HOPEFUL.
I WILL SAY THAT.
WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FAST.
WE DON'T HAVE SIX MONTHS. WHEN
I SAY CUSTOMER SERVICE, I
CONSIDER OUR ON SHELTERED
NEIGHBORS CUSTOMERS AS WELL.
THAT GETS US ACCESS TO THE
THINGS THEY NEED.
I'M JUST VERY HOPEFUL.
I WILL PASS IT OVER TO CEO
DONES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
AND DIRECTOR DONES AS WELL.
>> I DON'T CARE IF YOU CALL ME
MARC , EVEN IN THIS FORMAL
SETTING I THINK THAT IS FINE.
I WILL SAY THAT I'M ALSO REALLY
EXCITED.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON IS IN THE
POSITION SHE IS IN, SHE HAS
DONE THE WORK THAT SHE HAS
DONE.
SHE HAS BEEN AN OUTREACH
WORKER.
SHE HAS WORKED WITH GETTING
INVOLVED WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
SHE HAS DONE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
WORK AT JSD AND IS NOW DEPUTY
MAYOR.
AND THE SAME WAY DIRECTOR KIM
HAS BEEN A PROVIDER FOR MANY
YEARS.
THIS IS GAME CHANGING FOR THE
REALITY CHECK THAT IS OFTEN
NECESSARY IN THE CONVERSATION.
I AM FREQUENTLY THE ONE THAT
HAS TO BRING THAT UP.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP.
THE THING THAT LEAPT OUT TO ME,
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAVE TO
BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE WHERE ON
THE Q THIS IS IN RELATIONSHIP
TO THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
TO DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON'S
POINT, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS IN
OCTOBER THAT WE BEGIN TO CONVENE
A GROUP THAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR
IS DESCRIBING.
WE HAVE TO GET THIS RIGHT AND
WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT FAST.
WHEN WE GET THE KEYS WE HAVE TO
BE ABLE TO THEN BEGIN TO
IMPLEMENT SOMETHING THAT MAKES
SENSE.
I HAVE REALLY HIGH FAITH THAT
OUR COMMUNITY IS SMART ENOUGH
AND PASSIONATE ENOUGH AND CARES
ENOUGH ABOUT OUR ON SHELTERED
NEIGHBORS THAT IF WE, AS
ADMINISTRATORS, ARE ABLE TO SAY
TO THEM THAT THIS IS WHY THIS
IS, THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET THAT
AND BE OKAY WITH IT.
RIGHT?
IT IS THE FACT THAT IT FEELS
LIKE KAFKA THAT IS NOT OKAY.
IT IS THIS ABYSMAL EXPERIENCE
FOR BOTH OUR ON SHELTERED
NEIGHBORS AND OUR HOUSE
NEIGHBORS TO TRY TO INTERACT
WITH THE SERVICE STREAMS WE
DEPLOY HERE.
THAT IS THE THING THAT I THINK
THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND I ARE
SUPER ALIGNED ON FIXING, AND
FIXING FAST.
YOU HAVE MY PERSONAL COMMITMENT
THAT ON OUR SIDE OF THE
AUTHORITY, THAT IS ONE OF MY
PROJECTS.
SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW IT'S
GOING, FEEL FREE TO CALL ME,
TEXT ME, BRING ME BACK HERE.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEAK
ABOUT IT.
THE OTHER THING, IN TERMS OF
ACCESSING THE EXISTING RESOURCE
POOL AS IT STANDS, IS OUR
APPROACH TO THAT WHILE WE ARE
IN THIS FLUX MOMENT HAS BEEN TO
LEAN WAY IN.
RATHER THAN THE RESPONSE OF
SAYING, THANKS FOR YOUR CALL
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD, PLEASE
DIRECT THAT TO COME LATER.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A
CONVERSATION THAT ANOTHER
COUNCILMEMBER CALLED ABOUT IN
AN ENCAMPMENT.
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON AND I
WENT.
WE ARE LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON?
TELL US WHAT IS HAPPENING.
THE STAFF WERE THERE.
I'M MEETING WITH THEM AGAIN ON
FRIDAY TO TALK ABOUT THE
STRATEGIES FOR THE ENCAMPMENT
AND HOW THE AUTHORITY RESOURCES
CAN BE POSITIONED TO SUPPORT
WHAT STRATEGY THEY WANT TO USE.
WE ARE IN THE INTERIM SPACE
USING OUR CAPACITY TO BE
PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE
CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE THE
RESOURCING THAT THE PROVIDERS
ARE RECEIVING IS IN ALIGNMENT
WITH WHAT THEY FEEL IS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE CAN ALSO SERVE AS THE PEOPLE
CLOSING LOOP.
WHO CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU OR
REPORT TO THE CONSTITUENTS?
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS I HAVE
BEEN SUPER CLEAR.
I WILL GO WHATEVER.
I HAVE DONE SOME ROTARY CLIP
CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I THINK
IT'S A GREAT IDEA WHEN WE HAVE
THIS LEVEL OF KAFKA NONSENSE.
IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING OR
HEARING FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS
THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW WHY A
THING IS THE WAY IT IS, I'M
MORE THAN HAPPY AND MY TEAM IS
MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO AND TALK
TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THE
CURRENT STATE IS, WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO, LISTEN TO THE
CONCERNS THEY HAVE.
IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS
THAT THEY WANT TO SAY, LIKE
THIS ENCAMPMENT THAT WE DON'T
WANT TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL
CONVERSATION ABOUT BUT A
TACTICAL CONVERSATION, WE CAN
SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.
>> WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT
REQUEST, MARC.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT
FORWARD.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I JUST WANT TO GET REAL,
REAL NITTY-GRITTY HERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THE
INDIVIDUAL.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE A PERSON WHO
DOES WORK IN DISTRICT 1. WHEN
WE GET A CONSTITUENT CONTACTING
US ABOUT A LOCATION WHERE THERE
IS ANYTHING FROM ONE TENT TO A
DOZEN TENTS, WE CONTACT THIS
PERSON.
GIVE THEM THE LOCATION AND ARE
TOLD THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND
ENGAGE WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE
LIVING ON SHELTERED AT THAT
LOCATION.
WOULD IT BE USEFUL TO START
COPYING?
THE REASON WHY I AM
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS IS I
FEEL LIKE I'M REFERRING A LOT
OF STUFF AROUND DISTRICT 1 TO
THIS ONE PERSON.
GIVEN THAT YOU ARE MANAGING THE
CONTRACTS I THINK IT MIGHT BE
USEFUL FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE
DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER
OR NOT WE ARE SADDLING THIS ONE
WORKER WITH TOO MUCH WORK.
>> I'M POSITIVE WE ARE.
FEEL FREE TO CC ME.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> NO WORRIES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MY QUESTION IS SIMILAR TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S.
WHAT DO WE DO WHEN FOLKS CALL
US OR WE ALSO SEE AN AREA IN
NEED OF ASSISTANCE?
I'M NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PROCESS SHOULD BE.
PERHAPS THIS SHOULD ALSO BE
CLEAR FOR FOLKS TO PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
REMIND ME IF THERE IS A FOLLOW-
UP EMAIL THAT SAYS THESE ARE
THE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE YOU
NEED TO CONTACT.
OR IF THERE IS A PLACE WE
SHOULD BE REFERRING PEOPLE, I'M
HAPPY TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION
SHARED IF THAT IS A PUBLIC
RESOURCE AS WELL.
>> I WILL SEND A FOLLOW-UP
EMAIL.
I WOULD SAY WE ARE IN PROCESS
OF MOVING FROM WHAT IS NOW,
WHICH IS THERE IS NO ONE PLACE.
PEOPLE ARE JUST EMAILING
EVERYBODY.
YOU, ME, MARC.
THEY JUST WANT HELP.
THEY ARE JUST EMAILING FOLKS.
WE ARE TRYING TO STAND UP VERY
QUICKLY.
ONE PLACE, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, I CAN SAY TO ALL OF
YOU AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, THE FIND
IT, FIX IT APP WAS DESIGNED FOR
SOME OF IT.
IT'S NOT WORKING BECAUSE FAS
STAFF WORKED REALLY HARD.
THEY GET AN EMAIL AND THEY JUST
EMAIL THE REQUEST TO THE
APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT AND THAT
IT FALLS INTO THAT DEPARTMENT'S
PROCESS BUT THERE IS NO
LOOPBACK TO CLOSE.
WE ARE WORKING FAST TO CREATE
ONE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WILL GET
NOTICED IN FOR AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THEIR EMAIL.
THEN THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF
LOOP CLOSED.
BASIC CUSTOMER SERVICE.
I THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
BASIC CUSTOMER SERVICE.
IN THE INTERIM I WILL SEND YOU
WITH MARC.
WE WILL WORK TOGETHER ON WHERE
TO SEND THE THINGS IN THE
INTERIM.
KNOWING THAT IT IS CLUNKY BUT
WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR A
VERY ORGANIZED WAY TO DEAL WITH
THESE REQUESTS.
>> RIGHT.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIFT UP
HIS TO REALLY DRILL DOWN ON
THAT LEG.
WE ARE TRANSITIONING.
WE ARE ACTIVELY IN THAT PROCESS
OF TRANSITION.
WHAT WE ARE, AND DEPUTY MAYOR
YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I AM
WRONG.
I SEE THIS IN ALL OF THE
MEETINGS.
WE ARE JUST DOING IT OURSELVES.
AGAIN, WE ARE JUST GOING TO THE
THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS
US TO BE AT SO THAT THEY CAN
SEE THAT THEY ARE THERE AND
THAT THERE IS SOME FOLLOW-UP
AND WE TAKE PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT THAT
FOLLOW-UP IS.
I THINK I HEARD SOMETHING IN
YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN
MOSQUEDA.
IT'S A VERY MUCH CONNECTED TO
WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON
HAS CONNECTED.
THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE REACH
OUT ABOUT ARE NOT ALL AUTHORITY
THINGS.
THEY ARE NOT ALL LIKE, THERE'S
THIS QUESTION, IS IT FOR DONNA
AT PARKS?
THE QUESTION IS ABOUT TRASH
MITIGATION.
IS IT FOR THE RV REMEDIATION
TEAM?
WHO IS IT FOR?
THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY BARRIERS
TO SUCCESS RIGHT NOW.
AND THE TRIAGING MECHANISM IS
NOT THERE IF WE ARE BEING
TOTALLY CANDID.
IT'S NOT THERE THE WAY IT
SHOULD BE.
I THINK I'M OUT ON A LIMB.
YOU JUST SAID THAT I THINK,
DEPUTY MAYOR.
WE ARE IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
THAT PROBLEM AND CLEAR ABOUT IT
NEEDING TO BE FIXED, NOT IN A
YEAR BUT IN THIS QUARTER.
>> MAYOR HARRELL ASKED ME TO
CONVENE ALL OF THE DIRECTORS
YESTERDAY.
HE BASICALLY SAID TO THEM, THIS
IS ONE SEATTLE.
WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE AS A TEAM.
I HAVE ASKED MY STAFF TO
STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS SO THAT
WE CAN PROVIDE THE HIGHEST
CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE FOLKS
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT WAS ALSO HELPFUL TO HAVE
THAT DIRECTION FROM THE MAYOR.
DISCUSSION AND THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THIS SERVICE DELIVERY DISCUSSION
WE JUST HAD IS THE NUMBER ONE
FRUSTRATION THAT OUR OFFICE
RECEIVES.
I WOULD SAY MY OFFICE AND MY
STAFF AND ME PERSONALLY SPEND
TWO-THIRDS OF OUR WORK TIME
TRYING TO COORDINATE TACTICAL
INTERVENTIONS FOR ENCAMPMENT
RELATED ISSUES. YOU KNOW, BEING
IN A POSITION IT IS EASIER TO
NAVIGATE AND TO CUE UP, I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE A BIG
PARTNER IN HELPING TO GET THIS
WORK ACCOMPLISHED.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SHARED
PRIORITY THERE.
MAYOR WASHINGTON, WE ARE
EXTREMELY EXCITED FOR YOU TO
BUILD SOMETHING FROM THE GROUND
UP THAT WORKS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, ONE
MORE QUESTION ON THIS AND I
WANT TO CLOSE OFF THIS
CONVERSATION AND GO TO OUR
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S
PRESENTATION.
I WILL LET YOU CLOSE IT OUT,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
I FEEL WE SHOULD SAY AGAIN AND
REITERATE TO FOLKS WATCHING
THIS WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
A PLACE TO CALL BOTH FROM THE
RHA, EXECUTIVE, AND LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
SERVICES.
IT COULD BE HYGIENE SERVICES,
CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING
CONNECTION HERE IT COULD BE
HELPING TO MAKE SURE FOLKS HAVE
HEALTH AND SAFETY NEEDS MET.
THE FULL ARRAY. I AM SEEING
NODS FROM FOLKS IN ZOOM HERE.
FOLKS, UNDERSTAND WHY THAT
NUMBER IS IMPORTANT AND IT IS
NOT FOR ONE TYPE OF SERVICE
ONLY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
IS GETTING THEIR NEEDS MET.
I HAVE TO ASK BECAUSE WE TALKED
ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING AND I
KNOW THIS IS AN AREA THAT COMES
AS A CARRYOVER FROM
CONVERSATIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS
MEETING AS WELL, WE ARE
THANKFUL THAT THE DOLLARS ARE
BEING HANDED OVER TO RHA
WITHOUT AN UPDATE FROM JULIE
DALY THIS MORNING IN THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE ABOUT THAT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
DETAILS YOU CAN SHARE WITH US
ON THE CREATION OF THE RBC
SERVICES THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS ADDED TO?
IN ADDITION TO THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE DOLLARS PASSED FROM THE
STATE LEGISLATOR.
>> YES.
TWO PART ANSWER.
ONE, MORE TED NOAH TO YOUR
COMMENT WHICH IS JUST TO BE
CLEAR FOR EVERYONE WATCHING, I
TOOK THIS JOB BECAUSE I BELIEVE
WE CAN HOUSE PEOPLE. I DON'T
BELIEVE WE CAN SHOVE PEOPLE
AROUND AIMLESSLY.
THAT IS NOT A SOLUTION.
THE CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING
IS NOT ABOUT YOU CAN'T BE HERE.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, FROM THE
AGENCY'S PERSPECTIVE.
THAT IS THE WORK WE SIGNED UP
TO DO AND WE INTENDED TO DO IN
COLLABORATION WITH MAYOR
WASHINGTON.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE
MISCONSTRUED AS THE AUTHORITY
WANTS A HOTLINE.
NOT WHAT WE AIM TO DO.
ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT PLAN
DOLLARS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
ACT DOLLARS, THE STATE
LEGISLATURE MONEY I CAN SPEAK TO
FIRST AND THAT IS THE EASIEST
TO DISPENSE WITH.
IT WON'T BE ACTIVATED UNTIL A
SITE IS SECURED.
WE ANTICIPATE UTILIZING IT.
YOU KNOW, ONCE THE APPROPRIATE
SITE IS SECURED. THEN IT
BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSFER.
THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING PER
INTERIM DIRECTOR TINGLEY AND
OUR MUTUAL BUDGET TEAMS. THE
TIMELINE TO THAT TRANSFER IS IN
RELATIONSHIP TO THE SUCCESSFUL
CLOSING THAT THE AUTHORITY IS
RUNNING RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THERE
SHOULD BE ANY SIGNIFICANT
ISSUES THERE.
I AM RACKING MY MEMORY RIGHT
NOW.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES.
I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PETER
LYNN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL
LANGUAGE THAT WAS NOT CLEAR AND
MAKING SURE THAT A POTENTIAL
BIDDER NEW WHAT WAS TRUE AND
WHAT WAS NOT TRUE. MY HOPE IS
THAT DOESN'T RADICALLY SHIFT
THE TIMELINE AS WITH ANY NOFA
HAS TO BE POSTED IN EVERY ONE
HAS TO SEE WHAT THE CHANGE WAS.
WE ARE -- OR I SHOULD SAY I AM
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK
FOR PETER, BUT I AM CONFIDENT
IN PETER'S ABILITY TO MAKE SURE
THAT MOVES WITH ALL DUE HASTE.
AND THEN THE PARKING STUFF,
SORRY, IT IS ENOUGH MONEY TO
SAFE PARKING, SO THANK YOU.
HONESTLY PARKING STUFF, I THINK
, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THINKING
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SOME OF
THE INVESTMENTS CAN BE A
POTENTIAL HOME FOR SOME OF THAT
WORK.
I AM ALSO TRYING TO LOOK AT
SOME OF OUR INVESTMENTS
COUNTYWIDE AND HOW WE MIGHT
MARRY SOME THINGS THAT ARE
OPERANT AND COULD PROVIDE A
COMBINATION OF SAFE PARKING AND
OTHER SERVICE SUPPORTS AND
WHICH SITES HAVE A FRANKLY THE
PARKING CAPACITY TO DO THAT. MY
HOPE IS THAT -- AND OF COURSE
WE HAVE OUR VEHICLE RESIDENCY
WORKING GROUP AND THAT HAS, YOU
KNOW, BEEN A CORE COMPONENT OF
OUR LAUNCH WORK.
MY HOPE IS WE SHOULD BE IN A
PLACE TO GET THAT NOFA AND OUR
BROAD NEW NOFA OUT THE DOOR I
HOPE BY THE SECOND WEEK OF
FEBRUARY.
THAT MIGHT BE A TIGHT
TURNAROUND TIME WITH WHERE WE
ARE WITH STAFFING.
IN CANDOR, WE ALL KNOW OUR
SYSTEM IS FACING CONTRACTIONS
AND SPACES AS WE PIVOTED AWAY
FROM CONGREGANT MODELS AND WORK
TO BETTER SERVE. THE NEED TO
MOVE QUICKLY IS NOT LOST ON OUR
TEAM.
IT IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARDLY
WHERE WE ARE IN THE STAFFING
RAMP-UP.
WE ARE MOVING AS QUICK AS WE
CAN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK THAT IS A GOOD PLACE TO
END AT THIS POINT.
I WOULD SAY GOING FORWARD, THIS
COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED TO MEET
TWICE A MONTH AND WE MAY NOT
ALWAYS HAVE A HOMELESSNESS
UPDATE, BUT WE WOULD ALWAYS
LIKE TO GET UPDATES FROM THE
AUTHORITY AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON KIND OF THOSE HIGH-
LEVEL ITEMS, RIGHT?
CHECK IN EVERY MEETING.
GOING FORWARD, JUST EXPECTATION
SETTING HERE AND SPEAKING
MOSTLY FOR MYSELF, BUT I THINK
I AM PARTIALLY SPEAKING FOR MY
COLLEAGUES THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST
LAYING IT OUT IN TERMS OF WHAT
THE NEXT STEP IS.
AS LONG AS WE ARE MOVING
FORWARD AND WE ARE MEETING OUR
GOALS, AND AS LONG AS WE CAN
COMMUNICATE THAT AS PART OF
THIS PHILOSOPHY OF HAVING A
UNIFIED CITY GOVERNMENT WORKING
ON THIS TOGETHER, AND UNIFIED
REGION UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP,
MARK, WE ARE FINE COMMUNICATING
THAT AS LONG AS PROGRESS IS
BEING MADE.
PART OF THE FRUSTRATION IS
HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE
THE COUNCIL IS APPROPRIATING
MONEY FOR THINGS AND IT WASN'T
ALWAYS CLEAR HOW WE WERE MOVING
ALONG AND WHAT THE NEXT GOAL
WAS.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE ROUTINE
PUBLIC CHECK INS, THIS COUNCIL
WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS WORK AND
LOOK FORWARD TO DOING WHAT WE
CAN TO ASSIST MOVING FORWARD
AND KNOCK HURDLES DOWN IF IT IS
WITHIN OUR POWER.
ALSO CONTINUING TO THINK OF US
AS A RESOURCE TO COMPLETE THIS
WORK BE AT SIGNALING PROBLEM
SPOTS THE CONSTITUENTS ARE
SENDING US OR SHORING UP
REGULATION WAIVERS OR FUNDING
THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVED AROUND
TO SUPPORT CERTAIN PRIORITIES.
YOU KNOW, WE SHARE THE URGENCY
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND
APPRECIATE EARLIER IN THIS
MEETING MAYOR HARRELL AND
HEARING HIS SENSE OF URGENCY.
THIS WAS A VERY GOOD BEGINNING
SESSION TO THIS.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF WEEK
THREE OF THE HARRELL
ADMINISTRATION. A LOT OF STUFF
IS COMING TOGETHER AND
HOPEFULLY IN TWO WEEKS, WE CAN
TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
SOME MORE OF THIS WORK. I DO
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT HAS
BEEN GREAT TO START OFF.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ROLE AS
PART OF THE AUTHORITY. I
APPRECIATE YOU COMING BY.
WITH THAT, I THINK WE CAN MOVE
ON, MR. CLARK, TO THE PATIENT
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S TEAM.
I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR KIM,
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON, MAYOR
HARRELL FOR THEIR PRESENTATION
AND WE CAN PIVOT TO AGENDA ITEM
2. WE DID INTRODUCE THAT PANEL
EARLIER. LOOK, THERE WE GO.
THEY ARE COMING BACK ON.
TOM, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY
AND JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER,
THIS IS THE INITIAL
PRESENTATION ON COUNCIL BILL
120258, ACCEPTANCE OF SITES IN
GEORGETOWN FOR THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARIES . TOM, I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF
AS THE PANEL AGAIN TO MAKE UP
FOR THE FALSE START AN HOUR AGO
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS.
I AM INTERIM OF THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
>> AND I AM JAY DONAHUE WITH
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE BEFORE YOU AN ITEM THAT
WE HOPE IS FAIRLY BRIEF AFTER I
KNOW A LONGER MEETING ON A VERY
IMPORTANT TOPIC.
WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A
PROPERTY SWAP TRANSACTION THAT
OCCURRED BACK IN MARCH OF 2021.
OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEWED
AND APPROVED THIS SWAP AT THAT
TIME. ALEX WILL WALK THROUGH A
QUICK PRESENTATION OF WHAT THIS
MEANT FOR THE LIBRARY.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, TOM. I HOPE EVERYONE
CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION.
JUST QUICK TO GIVE YOU THE
PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE ACQUIRED,
IT IS CALLED OUR MAINTENANCE
AND OPERATIONS CENTER.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK
LOOK AT HOW WE USE THE
FACILITY.
IT IS THE WAREHOUSE AND STORAGE
SPACE FOR ALL OF OUR
MAINTENANCE RELATED WORK FOR
OUR 26 BRANCH LIBRARIES. THE
FACILITY IS USED TO HOUSE OUR
BUILDING MAINTENANCE WORKSHOPS.
THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE FIXES
AND REPAIRS AND BUILD UPS
RELATED TO OUR FACILITY ARE
BEING DONE. WE STORE OUR
GROUNDS WORK, LANDSCAPE,
CUSTODIAL, AND THE BUILDING
MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENTS AND
SUPPLIES THERE.
AS WELL AS HOUSING OUR FLEET
SERVICES FOR OUR DELIVERY VANS
AS WELL AS MOBILE SERVICE VANS.
WE ALSO HOUSE OUR LIBRARY
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES THERE AS
WELL.
SO JUST A QUICK HISTORY, BACK
IN 2019, WE ACTUALLY HAD SMALL
STORAGE UNIT AT A COUPLE OF
RENTAL PLACES WHERE WE WOULD BE
HOUSING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AND WE
FINALLY LANDED A SPACE, WHICH
IS A PROPERTY AT 5510 FOURTH
AVENUE AS OUR NEW MAINTENANCE
AND OPERATIONS CENTER.
WE ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY BACK
IN 2019.
IN LATE 2020, WE WERE
APPROACHED BY GEORGETOWN
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP
REALLY WITH A PROPOSAL TO DO A
PROPERTY SWAP.
THEY BROUGHT TO US THE PROPERTY
AT 5910 CORSON AVENUE.
LOOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THEY COULD HELP WITH OUR LEGAL
TEAM AND WE WERE ABLE TO
COMPLETE THE PROPERTY SWAP ON
MARCH 31st.
YOU KNOW, ONE OTHER THING WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THE
REVENUE AND PROPERTY EXCHANGE
THAT THIS WAS PURELY NET ZERO
PROPERTY EXCHANGE ON OUR END.
SO, WITH THAT, JUST A QUICK
COMPARISON IN TERMS OF WHY WE
HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD ON
THE PROPERTY SWAP.
THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY AT 5510
4th AVENUE HAS A SQUARE
FOOTAGE OF THOUSAND.
10,000 WAS REALLY THE SQUARE
FOOTAGE THAT WE CAN USE FOR OUR
WAREHOUSE. REALLY THE STORING
OF THE EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES AND
REALLY A LOT OF WAREHOUSE NEEDS
AND A QUICK PURCHASE WAS ABOUT
5.83 AND WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT
600,000 -- ACTUALLY, ABOUT
$800,000 FOR THE IMPROVEMENT.
ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS
ATTRACTIVE FOR THE GEORGETOWN
COMMUNITY GROUP WAS THE FACT
THAT THIS PROPERTY IS A
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY
APPROACHED US IN THE HOPES THAT
THEY COULD BUILD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
COMPARED TO THE NEW PROPERTY
THAT THEY HAD PROPOSED TO US,
IT DOES HAVE A BIGGER SQUARE
FOOTAGE SPACE. IT HAS ALMOST
20,000 SQUARE FEET.
OF THAT, 8000 SQUARE FEET WERE
PURE WAREHOUSE SPACE.
DEFINITELY WE HAD MUCH BETTER
USE OF THAT WAREHOUSE SPACE FOR
OUR SPECIFIC NEEDS.
THE PROPERTY WAS ON SALE FOR
$6.9 MILLION. SORRY, $6.8
MILLION. THIS DOES INCLUDE A
PARCEL ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY
THAT HAS ABOUT 5000 SQUARE FEET
OF PARKING LOT.
WHAT WE FELT WAS THIS PROPERTY
WAS MUCH MORE VERSATILE IN
TERMS OF OUR NEED AND
PARTICULARLY THE USE OF THE
WAREHOUSE.
THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT
INCURRING ANY ADDITIONAL COST
REALLY LED US TO COMPLETE THE
PROPERTY SWAP.
THIS IS REALLY THE MAP OF THE
CURRENT PLACE WE ARE ASKING THE
COUNCIL TO ACCEPT IN TERMS OF
THE DEED.
THIS PROPERTY IS RIGHT HERE.
THE WHOLE AREA AS WELL AS THE
ADJACENT ON DORIS STREET. SO,
ANY QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF OUR
PROPERTY SWAP AND EVIDENCE OF
OUR DEED?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
PRESENTATION, ALEX.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS? I KNOW THIS
FALLS UNDER COUNCILMEMBER MORRIS
-- MORALES' DISTRICT.
OKAY, SEEING NONE, THIS IS
APPROVED BY THE LIBRARY BOARD.
CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THAT
LITTLE BIT FOR THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, THE LIBRARY BOARD IN
THESE ACQUISITION DECISIONS AND
THE ROLE HERE TODAY AS A
COUNCIL TO RATIFY THAT ? I
THINK IT IS GOOD TO KNOW WHAT
CONSIDERATIONS WERE IN FRONT OF
THE LIBRARY BOARD TO INFORM OUR
DECISION AS WELL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS
POLICY-SETTING AUTHORITY FOR
THE LIBRARY AND BACK IN
PROBABLY LATE JANUARY OR
FEBRUARY, THE BOARD WAS
INFORMED OF THAT.
THEY REVIEWED THIS POSSIBILITY.
OBVIOUSLY THE CHIEF LIBRARIAN
AT THE TIME HAD PRESENTED IT TO
THEM ALONG WITH ALEX, THAT THIS
OPPORTUNITY COULD PROVIDE US
MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR OUR
MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS CENTER.
WITH THAT, THEY AUTHORIZED THE
CHIEF LIBRARIAN TO PURSUE THIS
OPTION.
WE FURTHER THEN WORKED WITH SAS
TO BROKER THIS DEAL TO MAKE
SURE IT WAS A CLEAN ZERO-SUM
PROPERTY SWAP.
AT THIS POINT, ONCE ALL
CONDITIONS WERE MET, THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES IN A FULL PUBLIC
MEETING ACCEPTED THAT PURCHASE.
EXCUSE ME, NOT A PURCHASE, BUT
A SWAP.
THEY RATIFIED THAT SWAP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
IS --
>> HELLO?
>> YES, THERE WAS A TECHNICAL
ISSUE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> SORRY, I AM HAVING REAL
ISSUES TODAY.
I CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU ARE
POSTING.
CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHETHER THERE ARE ANY
ISSUES AROUND ZONING FOR THE
SWAP AND USES? WELL, MAYBE I
WILL START THERE AND I MAY HAVE
ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> PARDON ME.
THERE WERE NO ZONING ISSUES FOR
THE LIBRARY IN THE SWAP. THAT
WAS ADVANTAGEOUS TO US IN THAT
SENSE. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT
HURT US IN THAT.
AS FAR AS THE GEORGETOWN
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP,
YOU KNOW, THEIR INTEREST I
BELIEVE WAS IN THE FACT THAT
THE BUILDING WE PREVIOUSLY HAD
WAS ZONED FOR MULTIFAMILY OR
RESIDENTIAL AND THAT IS WHERE
THEIR INTEREST WAS AT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS FOR OUR SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY PANEL? OKAY,
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, I DO WANT
TO BRING THIS MATTER TO A VOTE
TODAY, GIVEN THE URGENCY OF THE
LIBRARY IN RATIFYING THIS SWAP.
SO, NOT HEARING KIND OF ANY
CONCERNS AND IN CONSIDERATION
OF THE THROUGH PRESENTATION, I
THINK I WILL MOVE FORWARD TO
THAT AND MOVE THE BILL AT THIS
POINT.
I MOVE COUNCIL BILL 120258 TO
BRING IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT?
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY.
SO, THE BILL IS NOW BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS ON THE LEGISLATION IN
FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE?
OKAY, SEEING NONE, I WILL CALL
FOR A VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE.
MR. CLARK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
THE ROLE ON RECOMMENDING TO THE
FULL COUNCIL PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120258 ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CLARK.
THE BILL WILL BE ON THE NEXT
COUNCIL AGENDA THAT THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT DECIDES TO INCLUDE IT
ON.
GIVEN THAT, THERE IS NO FURTHER
BUSINESS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
THAT WAS AGENDA ITEM 2 HEARD
OUT OF ORDER.
AT THAT POINT, WE ARE ON TO IF
THERE IS ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD
OF THE ORDER, ADJOURNMENT.
IF THAT IS THE CASE, THIS
COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED. THANK
YOU, EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU.