>>> THE MARCH 16, 2022 MEETING
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL'S
PUBLIC ASSETS AND HOMELESSNESS
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 2:01 P.M.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ HAS
INFORMED MY OFFICE SHE IS
UNABLE TO JOIN.
WHICH IS NOT TRUE, I BELIEVE.
>> I HAVE TO LEAVE IN AN HOUR.
>> OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
I'M GLAD WE GOT THAT OUT OF THE
WAY EARLY.
MY APOLOGIES.
>> THAT'S FINE.
>> THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR
MEMBERS PRESENT.
>> I'M ALSO PRESENT, MR. CLERK.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS, I'LL
MAKE A NOTE OF IT.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
EXCELLENT.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD DID TELL
ME JUST BEFORE THE MEETING THAT
SHE WILL BE JOINING SHORTLY.
SO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA,
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FAIRLY
CROWDED AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON,
JUST TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW.
WE'LL BE CONSIDERING THE
RECOMMENDATION OF A FEW BOARD
OF PARKS COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON
THE LATEST REPORTS FROM THE
HOPE TEAM AND THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE ARE ALSO GOING TO GET AN
UPDATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
AGENDA ON PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO.
THE NEW INITIATIVE OF THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY, FOR PEER NAVIGATION
AND OUTREACH IN THE DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'LL GET A PRESENTATION FROM
THE CLEAN CITIES INITIATIVE.
AND THAT SHOULD CLOSE THINGS
OUT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH
ALL OF THOSE ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
BEFORE THOSE ITEMS OF BUSINESS,
WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
PENCILED IN FOR 20 MINUTES.
BUT I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAVE TWO
PUBLIC COMMENTERS?
IS THAT TRUE, MR. CLERK?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
SO IT WILL PROBABLY GO FASTER
THAN THAT.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WHEN YOU
HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED, FOR
THOSE WHO ARE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU WILL HEAR A
PROMPT IF YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED, THAT WILL BE YOUR CUE
TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE AND
BEGIN WITH YOUR PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
RECOGNIZE EACH SPEAKER FOR TWO
MINUTES.
AND MR. CLERK, IF YOU WOULD
PLEASE MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AND CALL THOSE
SPEAKERS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND THEN WE WILL PROCEED WITH
THE REST OF OUR AGENDA THIS
AFTERNOON.
SO GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> THE FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY IS
DAVID HAINES.
DAVID, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.
>> THANK YOU.
DAVID HAINES, DISTRICT 7. THE
INNOCENT HOMELESS ARE STILL
SUFFERING IN CRISIS.
AND YET RACIST SKIN PRIORITY,
REGARDLESS OF CHARACTER ISSUES
OR CRIMINALITY ARE BEING
PRIORITIZED IN SHELTER, EITHER
RACE WAR EMPLOYEES WITH THE
HOME SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
HUMAN SERVICES, FOLLOWING CITY
COUNCIL'S RACIST, ANTI-SOCIAL
JUSTICE AGENDA.
LET'S LISTEN TO THE UPCOMING
DATA ABOUT TO BE OFFERED THAT
POINTS OUT HOW THEY ONLY HELP
BLACK AND BROWN HOMES
LESS, EVEN IF THEY ARE BREAKING
LAWS.
WHILE OTHERS ARE DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST BECAUSE THEY'RE WHITE.
IS IT TRUE THAT MOST OF THE
HOMELESS EFFORTS HAVE GONE
EXCLUSIVELY TO 66% OF THE BLACK
AND BROWN HOMELESS, REGARDLESS
OF CRIMES, DRUGS OR MENTAL
PROBLEMS?
IT'S MORE PROOF SEATTLE IS THE
MOST HYPOCRITICAL RACISTS IN
AMERICA.
WHILE SKIN COLORING MISJUDGING
INNOCENT PEOPLE.
IT'S FRUSTRATING HOW PASSIVE
TWO FACED RACIST THESE COUNCIL
IS, PROVING THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IS THE REAL RACIST PARTY
IN AMERICA, JUDGING SKIN COLOR
INSTEAD OF CHARACTER.
A SACRILEGE TO THE NAMESAKE OF
THIS MARTIN LUTHER KING.
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT FREE
HOCKEY JERSEYS THAN ENFORCING
THE ORIGINAL MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BY OBG, WHO CO-
OPTED, WHO VIOLATED M.L.U.
WHEN THEY WENT FROM 15-FEET TO
40-FEET DEEP IN BUILDING THE
MOST MODERN THIRD WORLD ARENA,
WITH FANCY COUCHES TO TRICK THE
YET THE HOMELESS ARE BEING
TREATED BY THE LEADERS IN THIS
CORRUPT CITY.
YOU THINK IT'S OKAY TO LIMIT
THE HOMELESS SERVICES.
WHY CAN'T KING COUNTY CLINIC GO
TO LUMAS FIELD OR OTHER INSTEAD
OF BEING DENIED --
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER IS
DAMON PANEL.
DAMON, WE'LL BEGIN WHENEVER
YOU'RE READY.
DAMON, YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS
STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> OKAY.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, LOOKS LIKE
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET THAT
SECOND SPEAKER ONLINE.
SO I THINK WE'LL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND MOVE
ON.
WITH OUR AGENDA TODAY.
OKAY.
LET'S PROCEED TO THE FIRST ITEM
OF BUSINESS.
MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 1, KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> EXCELLENT.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS MARK
DUDS NEEDS TO LEAVE THE
COMMITTEE BY 3:00 P.M.
I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO EASILY
ACCOMMODATE THAT, SINCE WE'RE
REACHING ITEM 1 EARLIER THAN
ANTICIPATED.
EXCELLENT.
SO MARK, THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US THIS AFTERNOON.
WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD,
INTRODUCE YOURSELF, INTRODUCE
YOUR FELLOW PANELISTS AND GO
AHEAD AND DIVE RIGHT INTO IT.
I'D ASK COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO
HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL THE
CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION.
BUT GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER.
MARK DONEES, THEY, THEM
PRONOUNS.
I'M WITH THE HOMELESS COUNCIL
FOR THERECORD.
AND I AM JOINED BY MY
COLLEAGUES, SHEA MARTINEZ,
HEIDI.
IF I COULD ALL BRIEFLY
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES FOR THE
RECORD AS WELL.
AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED.
>> DR. SHEA MARTINEZ, SENIOR
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH INITIATIVES.
I USE SHE AND THEY PRONOUNS.
>> MY NAME IS HEIDI WEARS MA.
I USE SHE/THEY PRONOUNS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M FELICIA SALCEDO.
I USE SHE AND HER PRONOUNS.
AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF WE ARE IN.
>> WONDERFUL.
AND I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN.
AND I'M SORRY.
ONE BRIEF NOTE.
FELICIA, YOU HAVE SLIDES,
RIGHT?
>> NOT FOR THIS ONE, ACTUALLY.
>> NOT FOR THIS ONE.
>> OKAY.
SORRY.
FELICIA AND I HAVE BEEN
TOGETHER FOR TWO DIFFERENT
COUNCILS TOGETHER.
AND THE LAST COUNCIL BRIEFING,
I RAN FELICIA'S SLIDES.
SO I'M JUST MAKING SURE I HAVE
EVERYTHING I NEED.
>> YOU DO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> IS EVERYONE ABLE TO SEE
THAT?
GREAT.
SO HERE TODAY AS THE CHAIR
MENTIONED, TO PROVIDE A
BRIEFING ON PARTNERSHIP FOR
ZERO.
WHICH IS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE
TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
I'M GOING TO CHAT THROUGH
THINGS A LITTLE BRISKLY AND A
LITTLE HIGH LEVEL TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE TIME FOR
CONVERSATION.
AND YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES
FEEL FREE TO TAG IN.
SO FIRST UP, I'M ALSO SEEING --
SORRY.
JACOB.
I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE
PANELIST WHO IS WAITING TO BE
PROMOTED.
>> MARK, IS THAT DON SHEPHERD?
>> THAT IS DON.
>> I WILL TRY TO PROMOTE DON TO
PANELIST.
I'M HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY TO
DO IT.
SO IT MIGHT BE EASIER IF YOU
CAN DO IT.
>> DON HAS BEEN PROMOTED.
>> THANK YOU.
DON, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF FOR THE WEEKEND.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS DAWN SHEPHERD.
I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS.
I AM JUST STEPPING INTO ONE OF
THE CODIRECTORS FOR THE PIER
NAVIGATION KCRA.
>> THANKS, DAWN.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO IS AN
INITIATIVE THAT IS FOCUSED ON
TREATING AN EMERGENCY LIKE AN
EMERGENCY.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WHEN WE SAY THE WORD
CRISIS, WE ARE RESPONDING WITH
CRISIS PROTOCOLS, AND THAT IS
WHAT PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO IS
DESIGNED TO DO.
THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A
FUNCTIONAL ZERO SUBSYSTEM IN
THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
AND HOW THAT WORK WILL BE DONE
IS THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT APPROACH
TO DRIVE A COORDINATED CRISIS
RESPONSE FOR THE UNSHELTERED
POPULATION LIVING DOWNTOWN.
AND TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN
MAINTAIN THAT IN A DEFINED
SPACE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN
CORE, THIS IS THE ROUGH MAP
THAT WE USE.
SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TALKING
BELLTOWN TO THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
I ALSO.
TO NOTE, RIGHT, THAT LIKE THESE
BOUNDARIES MIGHT MOVE.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY OKAY.
RIGHT?
THE PURPOSE OF THE BOUNDARIES
IS TO DENOTE, WHERE THERE WILL
BE A FOCUS OF THE DEPLOYMENT.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WE WILL DO
IS RESPOND TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE.
AND SO IF WE IDENTIFY, RIGHT,
THAT THERE ARE FOLKS
EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS, THAT ARE SLIGHTLY
ABOVE OR BELOW, RIGHT?
THE NORTHERN OR SOUTHERN
BOUNDARIES.
WE'LL LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ENGAGE THEM.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
PURPOSE -- OR SORRY.
THE REASON WHY WE ARE FOCUSED
ON THE DOWNTOWN CORE IS BECAUSE
BASED ON THEBASIS THAT THE
AUTHORITY CAN SEE, IS WHERE THE
LARGEST POPULATION OF
UNSHELTERED HOMELESS IN THE
COUNTY.
I WANT TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD
ABOUT THAT.
IN A NUMBER OF SPACES, JUST
TRYING TO BE VERY CLEAR, THAT
THIS INITIATIVE IS NOT DRIVEN
BY BUSINESS NEEDS.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, DRINK
BECAUSE WE THINK DOWNTOWN IS
SPECIAL.
IT IS DRIVEN BECAUSE THIS IS
THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION.
AND WE NEED TO GO TO WHERE OUR
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CALLS US TO
BE.
THE FUNDING PARTNERS FOR THIS
WORK ARE PHILANTHROPY,
BUSINESS, THE AUTHORITY, THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, AND KING
COUNTY.
AND WE HAVE A FIVE-PHASE
APPROACH.
SO WE ARE IN PHASE 1 NOW.
WE ARE RAMPING UP AND
DEVELOPING OUR UNIFIED COMMAND
CENTER.
DAWN AND HER THREE CODIRECTORS
HAVE BEENHIRED.
WE NEXT WILL FOCUS ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A DOWNTOWN LIST.
IN THE THIRD PHASE, WE WILL
FOCUS ON CASE PLANNING AND
RESOURCE MATCHING.
SO THAT WILL HELP US
UNDERSTAND, WITH GRANULARITY,
WHO NEEDS WHAT.
AND THEN SUPPORT THEM IN
ACCESSING THE RIGHT SERVICES.
THE FOURTH PHASE WILL REALLY
FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE EXECUTING ON -- WE'LL BE
PLACING PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY.
BUT THE FOURTH PHASE IS
REALLYCONCENTRATED DRAW DOWN.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE REALLY
GETTING PEOPLE INTO LONG-TERM
HOUSING AND EXITS.
AND THE FIFTH IS HOLD STEADY.
THAT'S WHERE WE ESTABLISH AND
MAINTAIN THAT FUNCTIONAL ZERO.
HOW WE'LL DO THIS IS THROUGH A
UNIFIED COMMAND CENTER.
A BEST PRACTICE COMING ON THE
OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
SPACE.
UNIFIED COMMAND CENTERS ARE
DESIGNED ESPECIALLY TO SUPPORT
MULTIJURISDICTIONAL WORK.
THAT UNIFIED COMMAND TABLE WILL
HAVE AT IT, THE CITY, THE
COUNTY, THE AUTHORITY, AS WELL
AS FOLKS WITH SUBJECT
EXPERIENCE.
AND THOSE FOUR PERSPECTIVES
WILL INFORM THE DAILY
DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES,
INCLUSIVE OF PEER NAVIGATION
SUPPORTS, FIRE, HEALTH ONE, ET
CETERA.
LIKE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT
ALL THE RESOURCES OF THE
JURISDICTIONS ARE BEING MADE
AVAILABLE TO THIS WORK.
THE BENEFIT OF A UNIFIED
COMMAND RESPONSE IS ITS
REPLICABILITY AND SCALABILITY
AS PRIMARY.
RIGHT?
IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS
THAT WE SET UP ARE THINGS WE
CAN SCALE UP OR DOWN OR MOVE AS
NEEDED.
THIS IS ONE OF THE CORE REASONS
WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS A
TRUE CRISIS RESPONSE MODEL.
BECAUSE IT WILL ALLOW US TO
EXPAND THIS, BOTH TO OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS AND SEATTLE
METRO.
BUT YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE, IT ALLOWS US TO
ALSO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE TO SCALE TO OTHER
SUBREGIONS.
AND ACROSS THE COUNTY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO BENEFIT
FROM THOSE CLEAR AND SHARED
OBJECTIVES.
STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR
GATHERING, ANALYZING
INFORMATION TO INFORM DECISION-
MAKING.
CLEAR CHAINS OF COMMAND THAT
INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND
COORDINATION.
AND THAT IT COORDINATED
INTENTIONAL RESOURCE
DEPLOYMENT.
AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
MAINTAINING FUNCTIONAL ZERO,
ONE OF THE CORE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN WHAT WE PROPOSED DOING
IN PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO AND
OTHER INITIATIVES IS WE'RE
GOING TO PARK THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DID THE
WORK.
RIGHT?
SO IN A LOT OF INSTANCES WHERE
WE RESOLVED COMPLEX ENCAMPMENTS
ORSUCCESSFULLY HOUSE A NUMBER
OF FOLKS.
WE THEN MOVED THE RESOURCES
THAT DID THAT.
RIGHT?
IN THIS INITIATIVE, WHAT WE'RE
PROPOSING IS TO LEAVE THAT IN
PLACE, SO THAT AS NEW FOLKS
ENTER THE DOWNTOWN CORE AND ARE
EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS, THEY CAN BE MET
BY PEOPLE, RIGHT?
WHO ARE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY
BEGIN WORKING WITH THEM.
ON HOW THEY CAN EXIT.
AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
NOT JUST EXIT DOWNTOWN, RIGHT?
EXIT HOMELESSNESS.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD
LIFT UP IS THAT THE NAVIGATOR
COST THEMSELVES, WE ARE DEEPLY
APPRECIATIVE OF THE CATALYTIC
INVESTMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO
LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM.
BUT THE SUSTAINABILITY PATH IS
THROUGH ACCREDITATION OF OUR
NAVIGATORS, AND SUPPORTING
THEIR POSITIONS LONG TERM, VIA
MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT.
WHICH WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
STANDING UP THE INTERNAL
SYSTEMS NECESSARY TO DO THAT
NOW.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR
PARTNERS AT KING COUNTY TO
IDENTIFY THE NEEDS AND THEN
ONGOING FUNDING SOURCES FOR
HIGH-ACUITY SHELTER WORK.
AND OUR WEEKLY CONVERSATION,
WITH DCHS, AND IN PARTICULAR,
SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY
DIVISION.
I WANT TO BRIEFLY PASS IT OVER
TO MY COLLEAGUES, IN
PARTICULAR, DR. MARTINEZ AND
DAWN, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE REALITY OF SOME OF
THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WORK,
WHEN IT COMES TO BEING A
NAVIGATOR OR PROVIDING SERVICE.
AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO CLICK
TO THIS SLIDE.
AND I WONDER, SHEA, IF YOU
MIGHT KICK US OFF?
YOU'RE MUTED.
>> SORRY.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS US KIND OF
WHAT A WEEK MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN
THE LIVES OF ONE OF OUR
CLIENTS/PATIENTS.
FOR ME, IT'S PATIENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE
USING.
IT IS FRAGMENTED.
AND IT REQUIRES A LOT OF
DIFFERENT TRAVEL BETWEEN
DIFFERENT MEETING SITES.
WHETHER THAT'S MEETING THE
NEEDS OF HEALTHCARE
APPOINTMENTS, FOOD, HYGIENE
NEEDS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT TAKES A LOT
OF WORK ON A DAILY BASIS.
ONE WAY WE CAN HELP PEOPLE KIND
OF NAVIGATE THEIR DAILY LIVES
IS THROUGH OUTREACH.
AND I THINK OUTREACH AND PEER
NAVIGATIONS ARE VERY OFTEN USED
AS THE SAME TERMINOLOGY, WHEN
THEY'RE ACTUALLY QUITE
DIFFERENT.
OUTREACH WORKERS AND GETTING
CRISIS.
OFTENTIMES, IT WILL BE HELPING
SOMEONE NAVIGATE FROM AN
ENCAMPMENT FOR DAY SERVICES.
WHETHER CASE MANAGER OR JOB
TRAINING.
BUT ONCE THEY GET TO THAT DOOR.
THE OUTREACH TO DO THE SAME.
PEER NAVIGATION IS ACTUALLY
MUCH MORE INTENSIVE.
AND THEY REALLY HELP CLIENTS OR
PATIENTS WORK THROUGH THE
ENTIRE SYSTEM.
SO BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND IT HELPS THEM, EXACTLY WHAT
IT SAYS, NAVIGATE A VERY
FRAGMENTED SYSTEM.
SO THEY CAN MEET ALL THE NEEDS
THEY HAVE USED THE RESOURCES
THEY NEED TO GET THROUGH THEIR
RECOVERY OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.
>> THANKS, SHEA.
DAWN, YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS
WORK JUST LIKE SHEA, ACTUALLY,
FOR, YOU KNOW, OUT IN
COMMUNITY.
AND I'M CURIOUS IF THERE IS
ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD TO THAT?
AND IN PARTICULAR, WHAT YOU
KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING
ABLE TO EXECUTE, YOU KNOW, AS
ONE OF THE LEADS NOW OF THIS
NEW WORK?
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU.
I WOULD JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I
FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE MOST TIME-
INTENSIVE PARTS OF DOING OUR
JOB AS OUTREACH CASE MANAGERS
IS DEVELOPING A RELATIONSHIP
THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER
FOR OUR CLIENTS TO BOTH TRUST
US AND EVEN TURN TO US AND ASK
FOR THE HELP THAT THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN.
AND A LOT OF TIMES, THE
DISJOINTED SORT OF CHAOTIC OR
WHAT WAS JUST BEING DESCRIBED,
IS MORE ABOUT SHOWING PEOPLE
WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, INSTEAD
OF NECESSARILY WALKING THROUGH
ALL OF IT WITH THEM.
AND SO BY HAVING ONE PERSON
WITH A SMALL CASE LOAD THAT IS
ABLE TO LITERALLY GO THROUGH
EACH PROCESS WITH THEM I FEEL
LIKE WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE
THE TIME AND LEVEL OF TRUST
THAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE WITH US.
AND JUST BY BEING A PEER
NAVIGATOR, I THINK
INTRINSICALLY IMPLIES THAT, I
KNOW FOR MYSELF, I HAVE A LOT
OF LIVED EXPERIENCE.
AND THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT
APPROACHING EACH ONE OF OUR
LIKE GOVERNMENT OR CITY OR
OTHER TYPE OF RESOURCE THAT
MOST PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY
THINK OF WHEN IT COMES TO HOW
WE ENGAGE.
AND THERE ARE BARRIERS FOR A
LOT OF OUR CLIENTS THAT ARE
LIVING IN SHELTERS, THAT PEOPLE
ARE NOT NECESSARILY COMFORTABLE
TALKING ABOUT.
SO I THINK THAT BEING ABLE TO
HAVE A CLOSER, MORE CONTINUOUS
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FOLKS
THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH THAT
ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY STEP
THROUGH THOSE THINGS, HELP THEM
NAVIGATE INSIDE OF, LIKE LET'S
SAY IF I'M CALLING DHS WITH A
CLIENT OF MINE, WHO HAS NO IDEA
WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES THEY'RE
BEING ABLE TO ACCESS, LIKE
BEING ABLE TO SIT WITH THEM AND
TALK THROUGH WHAT OPTIONS THERE
ARE.
SO THEY CAN MAKE INFORMED
CHOICES ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE
LOOKING TO DO.
I THINK WE'RE SEEING THAT
INCREASE.
AND WE'LL SEE THE LEVEL OF
DISTRUST WITH AGENCIES
DECREASE.
NOT REALLY SURE IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, MARK.
>> YEAH.
YOU ALWAYS KNOCK IT OUT OF THE
PARK.
THAT WAS BRILLIANT.
THANK YOU.
I JUST BRIEFLY WOULD, IN
CLOSING, WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW,
SOME OF WHAT FOLKS WERE TALKING
ABOUT, RIGHT, IS THAT THE
CURRENT SYSTEM EXPERIENCE IS
JUST A LOT OF FRAGMENTATION, IN
TERMS OF WHO YOU ARE WORKING
WITH, RIGHT?
AND ONE OF THE CORE THINGS THAT
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING
ABLE TO PROVIDE THROUGH OUR
PEER NAVIGATION WORK IS THAT
CONTINUITY OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
THAT DAWN AND SHEA WERE TALKING
ABOUT.
THE LAST THING I'LL JUST ADD,
BEFORE TURNS IT OVER TO
FELICIA.
THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS
THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SORT OF
LIKE HOW NAVIGATION SUPPORTS
PEOPLE, I WAS REFLECTING ON MY
OWN STORY THE NEXT DAY.
AND THE FACT THAT I NEVER HAD
TO SLEEP IN SHELTER.
AND YOU KNOW, PART OF HOW WE
APPROACH PEOPLE NEEDS TO HAVE
INSIDE.
IT, A CORE RECOGNITION THAT
MANY PEOPLE, RIGHT?
EXIT HOMELESSNESS, THROUGH THE
STRENGTH OF COMMUNITY AND
RELATIONSHIP.
AND NOT NECESSARILY, RIGHT, BY
ACCESSING SHELTER OR GOING TO
PERMANENT SUPPORT OF HOUSING.
AND WE NEED TO REALLY KEEP THAT
IN MIND, BECAUSE I THINK THAT
IT WILL HELP US BROADEN OUR
NOTION OF WHAT THE RECOVERY
PATHWAYS ARE FOR FOLKS TO EXIT
THE TRAUMA OF HOMELESSNESS AND
REINTEGRATE INTO COMMUNITY.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO THIS WORK.
AND THE EXPERTISE THAT OUR TEAM
CAN BRING TO IT, HELPING TO
SHAPE THAT REAL EMPOWERMENT-
BASED STRATEGY FOR FOLKS.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT.
AND I'LL PASS IT TO FELICIA.
>> THANKS, MARK.
I'M JUST HERE TO AGAIN,
REITERATE OUR SUPPORT, AS WE
ARE IN WITH THE PRIVATE
DOLLARS, COMING FROM
PHILANTHROPY IN BUSINESS.
FOR THIS MODEL.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
HIRING OF PEER NAVIGATORS,
SPECIFICALLY KNOWING THAT THAT
COMES OUT OF COMMUNITY, THE
FOLKS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE,
AND THE LIVED EXPERIENCE
COALITION, HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONS
OF THAT APPROACH FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS.
AND AS MARK HAS SHARED ON
NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, WE'D KNOW
HOW EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES
LIKE PEER NAVIGATION WORKS IN
THE HEALTH SPACE, SO IT'S TIME
FOR US TO REALLY BRING THAT TO
THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
AGAIN, JUST HERE TO REITERATE
OUR SUPPORT FOR THE OVERALL
APPROACH.
WE WANT TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE REGIONAL HOMELESS
COMMUNITY AND OTHER CITIES
ACROSS THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
TAKE THIS TO SCALE AS WE LEARN
FROM THIS INITIAL PILOT
PROJECT.
>> EXCELLENT.
AND IS THAT THE ENTIRE
PRESENTATION?
>> I BELIEVE SO.
>> EXCELLENT.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING BY AND GIVING US THAT
OVERVIEW.
IT'S REALLY NICE ALWAYS TO GET
AN UPDATE ON HOW THIS EFFORT IS
COMING TOGETHER AND ALL THE
PARTNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN
MAKING IT HAPPEN.
I'M SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE AS WELL.
I MEAN, I THINK I WANT TO START
WITH, SOMETHING DR. MARTINEZ
SAID THAT I THINK IS SO
IMPORTANT IN REFERRING TO FOLKS
WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE CLIENTS
OF THE PEER NAVIGATION, AS
PATIENTS.
BECAUSE I THINK INCREASINGLY IS
SOMETHING WE LOSE TRACK OF.
AND I'M TRYING TO TRAIN MYSELF
TO SAY MORE ACCESS TO HEALTH
CARE, INSTEAD OF SERVICES.
LIKE WE TALK ABOUT PARENTING.
YOU KNOW, LIKE HOUSING WITH
SERVICES.
WHAT I THINK WE REALLY MEAN IN
A LOT OF CASES IS HEALTHCARE.
IN ESSENCE OF THE, YOU KNOW,
THE COOCCURRENCE OF CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS, AND LOTS OF
PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS.
AND I WONDER IF WE MIGHT JUST
TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT
THAT COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM
NAVIGATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT HERE.
AND MAKING THE BEST USE OF
ACCESS T PUBLIC HEALTH
RESOURCES.
ACCESS TO YOU KNOW, HELPING
BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS OF
GIVING FOLKS ACCESS TO CARE,
AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE.
AND HOW THAT COULD BE A
COMPONENT OF THIS WORK.
I DON'T KNOW WHO BEST TO DIRECT
THAT QUESTION TO ON THE PANEL.
BUT JUST PUTTING THAT OUT
THERE, GENERALLY.
>> WELL -- SO YES.
PEER NAVIGATORS CAN ASSIST
PEOPLE IN GETTING TO
APPOINTMENTS.
THEY CAN ALSO ASSIST THEM WITH
GETTING SIGNED UP FOR BENEFITS.
I MEAN, ONE WAY I LIKE TO THINK
ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROGRAM, IT'S
ALMOST LIKE A TRANSLATOR
SERVICE, AS WELL AS A SUPPORT
SERVICE.
IT'S HARD ENOUGH FOR ME AS A
PHYSICIAN TO NAVIGATE MY OWN
HEALTH INSURANCE.
MEANWHILE, SOMEONE WHO HAS
LIMITED
SKILLS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
SIGN UP AND USE THE SERVICES
THAT THEY'RE ABLE FOR AND MAY
NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IN THE
PAST.
HEALTH SERVICE BUSINESS IS
IMPORTANT.
BUT I THINK PEER NAVIGATORS,
IT'S NOT JUST HELP SERVICES.
I THINK THAT'S ONE THING WE
THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF GETTING
INTO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO OFTEN, THERE ARE HELP
SERVICES WITHIN HOUSING
BUILDINGS WITHIN OUR HOUSING
AND OUTREACH TEAMS.
AND FOR THE HOMELESS PROVIDERS
THAT WORK FROM HOUSING
BUILDINGS.
BUT IT'S JOB NAVIGATION.
IT'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
NAVIGATION.
IT REALLY IS WHOLE PERSON CARE
THAT WE ENGAGE WITH.
AND PEER NAVIGATORS HELP
CONNECT PEOPLE AND HELP
TRANSLATE THE LANGUAGE OF THE
SYSTEMS TO THEIR CLIENTS, TO
EMPOWER THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS ON THEIR OWN.
SO YES.
HEALTHCARE IS A HUGE PART OF
THAT.
AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY MY REAL
HELP.
THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO BE
SUPPORTIVE OF.
I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE IT TO
SAY IT IS ONLY ONE SERVICE.
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT GOES
INTO IT.
AND INTO RECOVERY FROM
HOMELESSNESS THAN JUST
RECEIVING HEALTHCARE.
ALTHOUGH AGAIN, A HUGE PART OF
IT.
>> YEAH.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO IMPLY THAT THE
PEER NAVIGATORS WERE ONLY GOING
TO BE PROVIDING, YOU KNOW,
HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION.
SO I DID JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
THAT.
BUT DID WANT TO DRILL INTO THAT
PARTICULAR COMPONENT.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE
PLACES WHERE WE'VE SEEN YOU
KNOW, A LACK OF COORDINATION IN
THE PAST.
WHERE HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL SEE
SOME IMPROVEMENT THERE.
SO APPRECIATE THAT.
>> DAWN.
I APOLOGIZE.
I JUST WONDERED IF YOU HAD
ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD FOR
THE CHAIRMAN'S QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
I THINK ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE WORK
THAT I HAVE DONE WITH CLIENTS
IS KNOWING WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO
FOLKS.
IF YOU CALL DHSS AND
SPECIFICALLY SAY, I'D LIKE TO
SIGN UP FOR YOUR ABD PROGRAM,
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO OFFER IT
TO YOU.
THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES I TALK
TO CLIENTS AND THEY DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO BEING ABLE TO HELP THEM
IDENTIFY AND EVEN ARTICULATE
WHAT IT IS THEY'RE TRYING TO
DO, OR WHAT THEIR PERSONAL
GOALS ARE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES, IF YOU ARE
NOT SOMEBODY WHO IS COMFORTABLE
ENGAGING IN CONVERSATION WITH A
PERFECT STRANGER, YOU'RE NEVER
GOING TO FIND OUT THAT CERTAIN
SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
AND IF YOU CAN'T ARTICULATE
WHAT YOUR OWN NEEDS ARE.
YOU CERTAINLY AREN'T GOING TO
BE ABLE TO GO OUT LOOKING FOR
THEM, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T
ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELF.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ENJOYED
WITH MY CLIENTS IS I'VE BEEN
THROUGH PRETTY MUCH EVERY ONE
OF THE REENTRY, MENTAL HEALTH,
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
ALL OF THE THINGS FOLKS I WORK
WITH HAVE COME INTO CONTACT
WITH.
I'VE HAD TO DO THAT.
BOTH IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
AND IN MY PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE A WIDER RANGE.
A MUCH WIDER RANGE, OF
INFORMATION I CAN SHARE WITH MY
CLIENTS, IF THEY DON'T EVEN
KNOW IT'S AVAILABLE.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE
MOST KEY OR CRITICAL PIECE TO
THIS WORK, IS IF YOU CAN
IDENTIFY WITH WHAT SOMEBODY
MIGHT BE FACING, THAT NAY MIGHT
NOT NECESSARILY BE AWARE OF AS
A BARRIER, AND BEING ABLE TO
TALK ABOUT WAYS TO OVERCOME
THAT.
FOR INSTANCE, IF I HAVE A
CLIENT WHO WANTS TO GO TO
SHELTER, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN
TURNED DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
PELT, ANIMAL OR CAT.
AND I KNOW THE SHELTERS USUALLY
DON'T TAKE ANIMALS.
I CAN SET YOUR PET TO BE SET UP
WITH THE PET REGISTRY AND GET
AN I.D.
FOR THAT ANIMAL.
AND WHEN YOU MOVE TOWARD
SHELTER ORHOUSING THAT BARRIER
HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF FOR YOU.
JUST KNOWING SOMEONE WHO KNOWS
WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE THAT ARE
AVAILABLE, AND CAN HELP FLUSH
OUT AND DRAW OUT THINGS OUT OF
THE CLIENT THAT ARE ACTUALLY
MEANINGFUL AND AFFECT THE
DECISION-MAKING ON THEIR PART.
>> YEAH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU KNOW,
THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN
ACTION, THE VALUE OF PAIRING
FOLKS THAT HAVE THAT LIVED
EXPERIENCE.
LIKE IN DOING THIS WORK TO HELP
OTHER FOLKS FOLLOW THROUGH SORT
OF A SIMILAR JOURNEY.
I WONDER, TOO, DAWN.
BECAUSE YOU'RE ON BOARD AS A
COLEAD.
YOU SAID THAT EARLIER FOR THE
PROGRAM.
>> OH.
THERE'S THREE OTHERS.
>> GREAT.
SO HOW -- AND MAYBE THIS IS A
BETTER QUESTION FOR MARK,
ACTUALLY.
BUT HOW IS THAT PROCESS COMING
ALONG, IN TERMS OF STAFFING THE
PROGRAM UP AND GETTING READY TO
GET IN ON THE GROUND AND
DEPLOY?
>> WE'RE -- I FEEL GREAT,
ACTUALLY.
I MEAN, LIKE WE'VE HIRED, YOU
KNOW, SHACOME ON BOARD,
ACTUALLY, AT THE TAIL END OF
JANUARY.
AND THEN WE'VE HIRED, AS DAWN
MENTIONED, FOUR CODIRECTORS FOR
THE PEER NAV TEAM.
WE WILL BE DOING AN ALL-DAY,
ACTUALLY, A DAY AND A HALF,
LIKE, ORIENTATION.
WORK PLAN STRATEGIES NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN THEY WILL, IN TURN,
BEGIN TO BUILD OUT THE TEAMS
THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED.
AND I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT OUR
ABILITY TO RAPIDLY HIRE, ONCE
FOLKS ARE SITUATED AND OUR
STRATEGY IS LOCKED IN.
>> EXCELLENT.
SO OPENING IT UP TO COLLEAGUES
NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD HAS HER
HAND RAISED.
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO START THERE.
I WANT TO START WITH QUICK
COMMENT.
I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING ABOUT
THE HIGH-ACUITY SHELTER AS A
LITTLE BACKGROUND.
THE COUNCIL PROVIDED $5 MILLION
TOWARDS THE OPENING OF A HIGH-
ACUITY SHELTER.
AND I UNDERSTAND -- WE HAVE
BEEN TRACKING ITS PROGRESS, THE
LEGISLATION'S PROGRESS OVER AT
KING COUNTY.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO BE
REFERRED LATER THIS WEEK.
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE HEARD
SOON AFTER THAT.
AND MY QUESTION IS ACTUALLY
FOUR QUESTIONS.
BUT IN ORDER FIRST.
AS IT RELATES TO THE
PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, I
UNDERSTAND THAT RHA IS
INTRODUCING LONG-OVERDUE
CHANGES FROM THE PRIOR TOOL.
BUT DIFFERENTLY FROM THAT, JUST
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR
NOT PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED,
WHO ARE SERVED BY PARTNERSHIP
FOR ZERO WILL BE PRIORITIZE
WITHIN COORDINATED ENTRY, AMONG
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY IN THE
SYSTEM, WAITING FOR HOUSING,
BUT NOT, NOT LIVING A SHELTER
DOWNTOWN.
IF SO, HOW IS THAT GOING TO
WORK?
THAT'S THE PRIORITIZATION TO
GET TO ANOTHER LOCATION, AS IT
RELATES TO THE SHELTER TURNOVER
ASSUMPTIONS, WANTING TO -- I'M
SORRY.
NEXT IS THE SHELTER BED
AVAILABILITY.
WONDERING HOW MANY BEDS DO YOU
ANTICIPATE WILL STILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR THE HOPE TEAM OR
OTHER PROVIDERS TO OFFER TO
OTHER ENCAMPMENTS ON AN AVERAGE
DAY, OUTSIDE OF THE PARTNERSHIP
FOR ZERO?
IF, IN FACT, LARGE BLOCKS OF
VACANCIES ARE GOING TO BE
REQUIRED ON A DAILY BASIS TO
SERVE THE PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO
CLIENTS.
ON THE SHELTER TURNOVER
ASSUMPTIONS, JUST WONDERING
WHAT YOUR ASSUMPTIONS ARE,
ABOUT SHELTER, PURPOSE OF
HOUSING CAPACITY.
ARE YOU -- DO YOU HAVE A SORT
OF A BALLPARK ON THE NUMBER OF
NEW BEDS OR UNITS THAT WILL
BECOME AVAILABLE DURING THAT 10-
MONTH PERIOD OF TIME.
IF YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW
LONG FOLKS WILL STAY IN THAT
LOCATION BEFORE MOVING ON?
AND THEN LASTLY, I GUESS IT'S
MORE OF A COMMENT.
WELL, THERE'S A QUESTION IN
HERE.
WHAT?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE
DEFINING FUNCTIONAL ZERO.
I'VE -- BEFORE THIS WAS
ANNOUNCED, I HAD EXPRESSED SOME
CONCERNS ABOUT NAMING THE
PARTNERSHIP.
PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO.
BECAUSE I THINK IT RESULTS IN
POTENTIALLY PEOPLE EXPECTING TO
SEE ZERO TENTS WITHIN THE
GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND ZERO PEOPLE
LIVING UNSHELTERED DOWNTOWN.
SO JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND,
WHAT EXACTLY DO WE MEAN WHEN WE
SAY "FUNCTIONAL ZERO"?
THANKS.
>> I CAN START.
AND TEAM, JUMP IN ANYWHERE I'M
OFF.
SO ON PRIORITIZATION, AS OF
RIGHT NOW, AND I'M TALKING
CLOSELY WITH THE COORDINATED
ENTRY TEAM HERE ABOUT THE
SPREAD.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK
WE'LL NEED TO DO ANY ADDITIONAL
PRIORITIZATION BECAUSE OF THE
NATURE OF THE PEOPLE SHELTERED
DOWN
DOWNTOWN.
THE PEOPLE UNSHELTERED DOWNTOWN
ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
HAVE SIGNIFICANT NEED, RIGHT?
SO ONCE THEY ARE IN THE
COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, OUR
PRIORITIZED IN THAT WAY.
TO THAT END, I WILL THANK YOU.
IN TERMS OF RECOGNIZING THAT WE
ARE CHANGING HOW PRIORITIZATION
WORKS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE HAVE FORMALLY LET GO,
THERE THE LIKELY BE MORE
CHANGES TO COME.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE COVID
PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK THAT
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH,
WHILE BETTER, IS STILL NOT
PERFECT.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH COMMUNITY TO CREATE
SOMETHING THAT IS ITERATIVELY
BETTER STILL.
ON SHELTER BED AVAILABILITY.
MULTIPART ANSWER.
SO ONE, MY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF
BASELINE ANALYSIS THAT I'M
WORKING OFF OF, FROM OUR TEAM,
IS THAT SHELTER BED TURNOVER IS
ROUGHLY 12 TO 18 PER MONTH.
AND I DON'T EXPECT THAT WE
WILL, YOU KNOW, SUDDENLY SEE
SOME SORT OF INCREASED TURNOVER
IN THE CURRENT BEDS.
RIGHT?
I DO THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE
PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO CLIENTS,
IF THEY GO INTO SHELTER.
I THINK THEY MIGHT MOVE THROUGH
FASTER, TO BE HONEST.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
SAYING IS POSSIBLE WITH
NAVIGATOR SUPPORT.
IS THAT LIKE, YOU'RE ABLE TO
MOVE THROUGH THIS SYSTEM
FASTER, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT
GOING THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF
TRANSITIONS, IN TERMS OF, YOU
KNOW, WHO IS YOUR PERSON, AND
HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT
YOU.
THE HOPE TEAM WILL STILL HAVE
ACCESS TO THE BEDS THAT ARE
DESIGNATED THROUGH THE SET-
ASIDES.
THERE IS NO CHANGE THERE.
I WILL ALSO ADD, WE DO EXPECT
NEW SHELTER TO COME ONLINE.
RIGHT?
SO I THINK TODAY, I CHECKED IN
WITH PETER.
WE'RE MAKING AWARD PHONE CALLS
TODAY.
I HOPE I'M NOT SPEAKING OUT OF
TURN.
BECAUSE IF I DID, I JUST SAID
THAT PUBLICLY.
BUT I DID ASK HIM BEFORE I CAME
HERE.
SO I SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SAY
THAT.
SO BETWEEN AWARDS THAT WE WILL
MAKE, EXPECTED ONLINE OF THINGS
IN TERMS OF SOTO AND OTHER
SHELTER INVESTMENTS, WE EXPECT
TO BE ABLE TO MAKE, THROUGH
UNALLOCATED RESOURCES THAT WE
ARE BUILDING OUR PIECE FOR
RIGHT NOW, WE WILL HAVE MORE
SHELTER THIS YEAR.
THAT IS JUST TRUE.
AND CERTAINLY AS WE GET TO
BUDGET, MY GOVERNING COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, WE WILL ALSO BE
CONTINUING TO RECOMMEND
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN BOTH,
YOU KNOW, SHELTER SUBTUBES,
LIKE THAT HIGH ACCUITY WORK.
BUT ALSO JUST, WE HAVE 45,000
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSTABLY HOUSED,
AND WE NEED A SHELTER SYSTEM
THAT IS COMMENSURATE WITH THAT
NEED.
AND THE LAST QUESTION, I THINK
I WROTE THEM DOWN.
SO HOPEFULLY I AM GETTING ALL
OF THEM.
IS ON THE FUNCTIONAL ZERO.
AND I WILL CONFESS MY OWN, YOU
KNOW.
I LIKE THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE
BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD.
FUNCTIONAL ZERO IS THE
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED THING.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING WITH.
SO COMMUNITIES CAN BE CERTIFIED
BY THE FEDS AS HAVING ATTAINED
FUNCTIONAL ZERO.
SO THAT IS PART OF THE REASON
WHY THAT IS THE BENCHMARK
ACROSS THE FIELD.
WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT YOU KNOW,
ON -- YOU -- YOU DRIVE TOWARDS
HOPEFULLY, RIGHT?
AS LOW A NUMBER AS YOU CAN GET,
ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS.
FOR US IN THAT DOWNTOWN CORE
WORK.
THAT THAT IS A SUB50 NUMBER.
RIGHT?
AND THEN YOU HOLD IT.
AND HOLDING IT MEANS AS NEW
PEOPLE SHOW UP.
THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
SHOW UP HAS TO BE LIKE THE SAME
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXITED.
IN WHATEVER TIME FRAME YOU'RE
USING TO DENOTE, RIGHT?
SOME OF THE MORE FINELY TUNED
AND GRANULAR DATA SYSTEMS,
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ARE ABLE TO
DO SORT OF WEEKLY SAMPLINGS,
RIGHT?
I THINK BY HAVING A DOWNTOWN A
LIST, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO
THE SAME THING.
AND SAY, HEY, IF FOLKS ARE
COMING, LET'S SAY FIVE FOLKS
COME IN, RIGHT?
WE NEED TO BE MAKING SURE THAT
FIVE FOLKS ARE BEING EXITED
INTO, YOU KNOW, STABLE
PLACEMENTS FOR A WEEK AS WELL.
AND THAT IF, RIGHT?
LIKE THAT NUMBER THAT WE HIT
AND OUR HOLDING IS OKAY.
AT ANY GIVEN DAY, THERE ARE
ROUGHLY 30 PEOPLE, EXPERIENCING
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN THE
DOWNTOWN CORE.
THAT IS DOWN FROM ABOUT 850,
RIGHT?
AND THE REALITY THAT WE ARE IN,
AND I ACTUALLY THANK YOU FOR
ASKING THIS QUESTION.
BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ME TO SAY
THIS.
AGAIN.
THE REALITY THAT WE ARE IN, IS
THAT THE STEMMATIC DRIVERS THAT
LEAD TO PEOPLE BEING IN THE
DOWNTOWN SHELTERS, ARE NOT
GOING ANYWHERE, RIGHT?
I WAS WALKING BACK FROM
SOMETHING JUST LAST NIGHT.
AND I SAW A YOUNG MAN WHO
CLEARLY HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED
FROM THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY,
AND DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE HAD
ANYWHERE TO GO.
AND THAT IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
RIGHT?
AND SO THE VISION, IN
PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO IS THAT I
WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
LITERALLY TAKE OUT MY PHONE AND
SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO LIKE
GRAB A MINUTE TO TALK TO THIS
PERSON.
CAN SOMEONE MEET ME AT THIS
INTERSECTION, SO THAT WE ARE
CONNECTING HIM WITH SOMEPLACE
TO SLEEP TONIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> HERBOLD.
>> IF YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT
THE NUMBERS MAY NOT BE
AVAILABLE AT THIS MOMENT.
BUT I CAN'T -- WE KNOW, WE HAVE
AN ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF
UNSHELTERED HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO
ARE LIVING DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE A TARGET OF 10 MONTHS.
SO THERE ARE SOME NUMERICAL
ASSUMPTIONS HERE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW,
AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF NEW
SHELTER BEDS THAT WE EXPECT TO
BECOME AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME -- I
APPRECIATE THAT WE EXPECT IT TO
BE LESS THAN CURRENTLY.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME, NUMBER
OF DAYS THEY'LL STAY IN SHELTER
BEFORE MOVING.
AND THEN ALSO, HOW MANY BEDS
ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR
BOTH, YOU'RE SAYING NO
DIFFERENCE FOR THE HOPE TEAM OR
OTHER PROVIDERS.
BUT WHAT IS THE NUMBER ON THE
AVERAGE -- I GUESS.
NUMBER OF BEDS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE A DAY?
AND I'M JUST HAVING A LITTLE
BIT OF A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING THE ANSWER THAT
IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME
NUMBER FOR NONPARTNERSHIP FOR
ZERO CLIENTS, IF THE
PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO CLIENTS
ARE ALSO DRYING FROM THAT
NUMBER.
COATS SO LET'S TRY TO CLEAR
THAT UP OFFLINE.
AND THEN I DO WANT TO JUST FLAG
THAT IN THE ANSWER TO MY
PRIORITIZATION QUESTION, THE
FOLKS THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING
AS BEING HIGHLY PRIORITIZED,
WHO LIVE DOWNTOWN.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
THEY WILL BE HIGHLY
PRIORITIZED.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE LIKE
THEM WHO DON'T LIVE DOWNTOWN,
THEY ARE ALSO HIGHLY
PRIORITIZED ALREADY IN THE
SYSTEM.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS, ARE THE
PEOPLE DOWNTOWN THROUGH
PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO.
WHEN THEY ARE EQUALLY HIGHLY
PRIORITIZED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO TREAT THAT?
>> AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP, LOOKING
AT TIME, WE CAN SET UP TIME
WITH YOUR OFFICE.
DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER?
>> IT DEFINITELY DOES.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> O, ONE THING I WOULD ADD IS
ON THE -- I JUST WANT TO
DELINEATE ONE THING.
BECAUSE PART OF THAT QUESTION
SHOULD GO TO MY COUNTERPARTS AT
H SD.
SO THE BED TURNOVER THAT I'M
REFERRING TO IS OUTSIDE OF THE
SET ASIDE BEDS.
I DO NOT KNOW THE TURNOVER OF
THE SET ASIDE BEDS THAT I'M
AWARE OF.
IT'S SOMETHING I CAN BE AWARE
OF, BUT IT IS NOT THE THING
THAT I MONITOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
LINE OF QUESTIONING,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS HER
HAND UP.
I DO WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON ONE
THING THAT CAME UP, IN
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S LINE OF
QUESTIONING.
AND I THINK A GOOD LINE OF
QUESTIONS WAS RAISED, WHERE CEO
DONE MENTIONED SOMEBODY SEEING
SOMEONE RELEASED WITHOUT
ANYTHING AT ALL.
I WONDER, NOT JUST WITH THIS
INITIATIVE, BUT THE EXTENT OF
CONVERSATION AROUND REENTRY
WORK.
AND WHETHER THAT IS A NICHE
THAT HRCA IS POTENTIALLY
INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN.
SINCE THAT IS THE ASYMMETRY OF
DOWNTOWN.
THAT WE DO NO REENTRY WORK
WHATSOEVER, FROM THE KING
COUNTY JAIL TO THE STREET.
AND IF, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT
BOTH OF THESE AUTHORITIES ARE
SOMEWHAT HOUSED IN THE COUNTY,
RIGHT?
LIKE IF THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OF
THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND?
STRATEGIC THINKING AROUND THAT,
BECAUSE THAT COULD BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR, YOU KNOW, AT
LEAST A WARM HANDOFF OF AN
OFFER, OF SOME KIND OF
ASSISTANCE.
OBVIOUSLY, ONCE PEOPLE ARE FREE
FROM THE KING COUNTY JAIL,
THEY'RE FREE TO DO AS THEY
CHOOSE.
BUT IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF
OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, NOT
HAVE TO WAIT TO FIND THAT
PERSON, A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER,
AFTER BEING IN SQUALOR DOWNTOWN
FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
IT MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS ARE.
YOU'RE MUTED, MARK.
>> ONCE A QUARTER.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO I WILL SAY.
AND YOU KNOW, WE, INTERNALLY,
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT GAP,
AND THEN THE GAP FROM THE
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND SOME OF
OUR HOSPITALS SITUATED AROUND
THE DOWNTOWN PORT.
RIGHT?
AS CORE, LIKE SYSTEMIC DRIVERS
THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A LEVEL OF
PLANNING AROUND.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR
HOPE IS THAT WE WILL GET TO A
PLACE WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, THINK
ABOUT THE DISCHARGE, OR REENTRY
PLANNING SPACE, AS AGAIN BEING
CONNECTED TO AN ECOSYSTEM OF
PEERS, WHERE LIKE, THOSE FOLKS
ARE SAYING, THIS PERSON IS
ABOUT TO BE RELEASED, CAN
SOMEONE MEET THEM?
OR CAN YOU HELP TO ARCHITECT
THAT PATH, RIGHT?
I WILL SAY, LIKE YOU KNOW, OUR
ORIENTATION HERE IS LIKE, WE
JUST WANT TO SEE PEOPLE HOUSED.
AND NO ONE SLEEPING OUTSIDE.
SO IF THOSE INSTITUTIONS WANT
TO LEAN IN TO US, AS LIKE
HELPING TO DO THAT PLANNING, WE
ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND WE ARE NOT YET AT A PLACE
-- BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
WE ARE NOT YET AT A PLACE OF
CONVERSATION.
WE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY
CONVERSATION.
BUT VERY PRELIMINARY.
AND SPURRED ON BY COVID,
FRANKLY.
AND YOU KNOW, SHEA IS ONE OF
THE FOLKS YOU WILL LEAD ON
TIGHTENING THAT INTEGRATION, AS
A BODY OF WORK THAT THEY WILL
SHEPHERD.
AND THEN I THINK THAT ON THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM SIDE, YOU
KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A
LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUS WORK
THERE.
AND CERTAINLY I THINK, YOU
KNOW, OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE PDA
AND LEAD AND SOME OF THE OTHER
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THAT
SPACE FOR QUITE SOMETIME, WE
LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING
REALLY DEEPLY WITH ON CRAFTING
WHATEVER THAT STRATEGY IS.
>> GREAT.
YES.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU GUYS ON INTEGRATING AS
MUCH THAT WAS WORK AS POSSIBLE.
SO IT'S WORKING TOGETHER,
RATHER THAN AT CROSS POINTS.
SO THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOUR
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I FEEL LIKE I JUST NEED TO, AT
THE BEGINNING OF ALL OF THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH
THE COMMUNITY ABOUT REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, FOLKS
MIGHT HEAR THE TITLE, KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY.
BUT I WANT TO TAKE THIS AGAIN
AS A CHANCE TO SAY THAT SEATTLE
HAS NOT ONLY SUPPORTED THE KING
COUNTY HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
THIS IS TRULY A SEPARATE ENTITY
FROM KING COUNTY.
AND SEATTLE IS CONTRIBUTING 68%
OF THE BUDGET CURRENTLY.
SO I WANTED JUST TO UNDERSCORE
THE IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP THAT
WE HAVE HERE, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WE GET
TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SHOWCASE
TO THE COMMUNITY THE WORK THAT
YOU ALL ARE DOING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL, US, AND
HOPEFULLY SOON MORE OF THE
REGIONAL CITIES WHO CAN
BECONTRIBUTING TO THIS.
BUT JUST IN CASE THERE IS ANY
CONFUSION WHETHER OR NOT
SEATTLE IS STEPPING UP.
STEPPING UP AT 68% TO MAKE SURE
OUR RHA IS SUPPORTED.
AND ALSO, MARK, I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW YOU MUST BE TIRED.
I HEARD THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION
ON K.O.W.
I KNOW YOU SPENT SOMETIME
TALKING TO FOLKS ON THESE
SYSTEMS ALREADY.
AND APPRECIATE THAT ONE OF THE
CALLERS OR ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
ASKED OF YOU WAS ABOUT, WHAT DO
WE DO FOR FOLKS WHO SHOULDN'T
BE ALLOWED DOWNTOWN.
AND YOU HAD A VERY CLEAR
ANSWER, THAT FROM A VALUES
PERSPECTIVE, IT'S NOT RHA'S
PERSPECTIVE OR YOUR
PERSPECTIVE, THAT WE SHOULD NOT
ALLOW ANY HUMAN IN ANY PLACE,
NO MATTER WHERE THAT PARCEL IS,
AND THAT WE OUGHT TO BE WORKING
IN COORDINATION TO BE GETTING
THOSE PEOPLE INSIDE.
AND I SHARE THAT VALUE TO MAKE
SURE FOLKS ARE NOT LIVING IN
THE ELEMENTS.
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN ALLOWING
THEM SOMEWHERE.
BUT INSTEAD GETTING THEM INTO
HEALTHY SHELTERS AND THEN
HOUSING.
BUT IT BROUGHT UP A QUESTION
FOR ME, ABOUT WHAT IS CURRENTLY
HAPPENING.
AND IF WHAT IS CURRENTLY
HAPPENING, AS REPORTED OUT
THERE, IS THAT THERE ARE SWEEPS
HAPPENING DOWNTOWN.
AND SOME LIKE THE ONE ON FOURTH
AVENUE, WHAT WAS REPORTED WAS
THAT THERE WAS AN HOUR OR TWO
NOTICE.
THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE PEOPLE
TO MOVE.
AND AS YOU NOLTED IN YOUR
INTERVIEW, IN K.O.W.
SOMETIMES THIS RELATIONSHIP
THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD,
WITH EXISTING OUTREACH
PARTNERS, OR WITH THE PEER
NAVIGATORS THAT YOU'RE PLANNING
ON BRINGING ON, IT TAKES NOT
MONTHS, BUT A MATTER OF WEEKS.
BUT YOU STILL NEED AT LEAST A
FEW WEEKS OR A WEEK, NOT TWO
HOURS, TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH FOLKS.
I'M REALLY WORRIED THAT THE
MODEL THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
ISN'T GOING TO WORK, IF YOU
DON'T HAVE THAT TIME TO DO
OUTREACH.
SO IS THERE A COORDINATED
EFFORT TO WORK WITH THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY, TO DO OUTREACH, OVER
A SET PERIOD OF TIME LIKE I
THINK WAS DONE SUCCESSFULLY TO
A LARGE DEGREE IN BALLARD
COMMONS.
SO THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE TIME
TO DO THAT OUTREACH.
BECAUSE THE CONSEQUENCE IS
THEY'RE EITHER GOING TO MOVE
MAKE MAYBE INTO OTHER PLACES OF
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE OR MOVE INTO
AREAS OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE.
AND I'VE ALREADY SEEN MORE AND
MORE TENTS AROUND WHAT HAD BEEN
CAR AND RV SPACES.
MAYBE PEOPLE FEEL A SENSE OF
SAFETY COMING INTO THAT STREET
BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY PEOPLE
THERE.
BUT THAT JUST MEANS THAT THE
HOMELESS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO
BE BROADER THAN DOWNTOWN.
SO WHAT IS THE STRATEGY TO MAKE
SURE FOLKS ARE NOT MOVING TO
OTHER PLACES DOWNTOWN OR OTHER
AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, SO YOU
ALL CAN SUCCESSFULLY GET FOLKS
INSIDE.
>> I APPRECIATE THIS QUESTION.
SO YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
ONE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
IN GOOD, ONGOING CONVERSATION,
LIKE YESTERDAY, TODAY.
I'M SURE TOMORROW, WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES, BOTH AT H SD AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT -- WE DON'T
NECESSARILY ALWAYS AGREE ON,
LIKE EVERY SPECIFIC WAY
FORWARD.
BUT WE DO AGREE ON THE END
GOALS.
AND WE ARE VERY CLEAR THAT THE
SHARED ALIGNMENT.
RIGHT?
WE ARE GOING TO FIND THE PATH
THAT BEST SUPPORTS EVERYONE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT OUR
GOAL.
AND I WILL JUST SPEAK FOR THE
AUTHORITY.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO WHAT YOU
DESCRIBED.
IN HAVING THAT LEAD TIME,
RIGHT?
I DO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR,
THOUGH.
THAT, LIKE, WHERE THAT LEAD
TIME IS NOT OUR CALL.
AND MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE, IS
WHERE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT
ISSUES OF SAFETY.
AND FRANKLY, IN MANY OF THOSE
INSTANCES, OUR STAFF ARE THE
FOLKS WHO FLAG IT, RIGHT?
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT CONCERN
HERE AROUND SAFETY.
BUT BEYOND THAT.
I WILL JUST SAY, RIGHT, THAT
LIKE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO GET TO IS AN ECOSYSTEM,
WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW,
HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS, RIGHT?
I THINK TO YOUR POINT, OF LEAD
TIME AROUND.
ENGAGING PEOPLE.
DEVELOPING A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR
NEEDS ARE AND SUPPORTING THEIR
PLACEMENTS.
AND I THINK THAT I REALLY DO.
AND I SEE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
BAILEY HAS COME ON CAMERA.
PERHAPS HE WANTS TO ADD TO
THIS.
BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE ARE
DAYS AWAY FROM THAT.
AND IT'S ABOUT -- I JUST FROZE.
>> I CAN STILL SEE.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
I WAS LIKE, OH, NO.
I DON'T KNOW.
I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP TALKING.
SO I THINK WE ARE DAYS AWAY
FROM HAVING CLARITY AROUND WHAT
THAT COORDINATION LOOKS LIKE.
I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, HEIDI
COULD SPEAK TO HOW WE ARE
STANDING UP, THE UNIFIED
COMMAND CENTER, AND YOU KNOW,
BEGINNING TO ROOT THOSE
EXCHANGES AND INFORMATION, ET
CETERA.
BUT I THINK WE ARE HEADED IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION IS THE SUM
ANSWER.
>> OKAY.
AND IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
DEPUTY MAYOR, I DON'T THINK
WE'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET
YET.
BUT I THINK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
POTENTIALLY WOULD SAY THAT THEY
DID GIVE TWO WEEKS' NOTICE,
RIGHT?
THAT THERE WAS A POST BEING TWO
WEEKS BEFORE THE MOVE, THE
SWEEP.
SO I GUESS I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE
CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING.
BUT WILL IT BE SOMETHING LIKE
IF A POST GOES UP IMMEDIATELY
OR IN ADVANCE, THERE'S ALREADY
CONVERSATION WITH RHA.
SO THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO
CHASE WHERE A POST IS.
BUT THAT YOU ARE OPERATE BEING
THROUGH THIS COMMAND AND
DISPATCH SYSTEM.
I'M SURE I'M USING THE WRONG
TERMS.
THE EMERGENCY DISPATCH CONTROL
SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
WILL THAT BE THE PLACE WHERE
YOU'RE SHARING INFORMATION, SO
THAT A POST NEVER GOES UP
WITHOUT RHA, N KNOWING ABOUT IT
AND ALREADY HAVING OUTREACH ON
THE FLOOR, ON THE GROUND?
>> YEAH.
THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S THE GOAL.
IS THAT LIKE WHEN A POSTING
HAPPENS.
THAT WE KNOW, RIGHT, THAT THAT
IS A PRIORITY SPACE FOR
WHATEVER REASON THAT THE CITY
HAS FLAGGED AS A PRIORITY
SPACE.
AND TO BE HONEST, LIKE I DON'T
NECESSARILY NEED TO KNOW WHY.
JUST TELL ME THAT YOU NEED OUR
SUPPORT, RIGHT?
AND WE'LL BE THERE.
SO THAT IS THE VISION.
I BELIEVE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
BAILEY AND INTERIM DIRECTOR KIM
AND DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON A
LOT OF TIMES, ALL SHARE THAT
VISION OF BEING ABLE TO BE IN
SYNC, WHERE WE KNOW THAT A
THING IS COMING.
AND ARE ACTIVELY IN THE PROCESS
OF SUPPORTING PEOPLE SO THAT
YOU KNOW, WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE
PLACED.
AS YOU KNOW, HOW WE RESOLVE AN
ENCAMPMENT.
AND THAT THE DISPLACEMENT
STRATEGIES ARE NOT THE ONES
THAT WE ARE LEADING INTO.
>> AND I THINK JUST TO CLOSE
THE LOOP ON THIS, I HAVE TO
CORRECT MYSELF.
BECAUSE I JUST SAID, YOU KNOW,
YOU WILL BE THERE WHEN A
POSTING HAPPENS.
BUT GOING BACK, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, WHAT WE WERE REALLY
CONCERNED WITH WAS WHEN THE
POSTING GOES UP.
THAT CAUSES FOLKS TO MOVE.
SO IDEALLY, THERE WOULD NEVER
BE A POST.
IT WOULD BE THE OUTREACH AND
ORGANIZATION TO GET FOLKS TO A
SAFER, HEALTHIER, SHELTER OR
HOUSE.
AND THEN A POSTING DOESN'T
HAPPEN THAT CREATES --
>> RIGHT.
AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE WORKING
ON, NOT TO, YOU KNOW, TIP THE
HAT, BUT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON,
FRANKLY, BAILED ON A LETTER
THAT YOU SENT, COUNCILMEMBER,
NOT -- FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO, ACTUALLY.
IS A WAY OF LIKE CREATING A
CLEAR PRIORITIZATION SCHEMA.
THAT WE ALL AGREE ON.
AND ARE CONTINUOUSLY
EVALUATING, SO THAT WE'RE
SAYING OH, THIS ENCAMPMENT IS A
PRIORITY ONE, BECAUSEE HAVE
HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES.
RIGHT?
SO WE NEED TO RAPIDLY GET TO
KNOW THOSE FOLKS AND SUPPORT
THEM, YOU KNOW, MOVING INSIDE.
OR THIS ERNCAMPMENT IS A
PRIORITY, TOO, ET CETERA,
RIGHT?
BECAUSE IT FALLS INTO THESE
PRIORITIZATION FACTORS.
SO I THINK -- AND I THINK
AGAIN, WE ARE DAYS AWAY FROM
BEING ABLE TO REALLY MOVE
FORWARD ON THAT.
AND I THINK THAT IT IS THE GOAL
OF H SD, THE AUTHORITY AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, TO BE IN SYNC
AROUND WHAT THAT IS, HOW IT IS
CREATED, TO GET OUTREACH TO
WEIGH IN ON IT, TO GET THE
L.A.C.
TO WEIGH IN ON IT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW IS
GETTING THE COMMUNITY INPUT TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVEN'T MISSED
ANYTHING, THAT WE'RE HEADED IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD
WITH HAVING A CLEAR WAY OF
BEING ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS HOW
PRIORITIZATION WORKS AND WHAT
WE ARE DOING.
AND THEN THE AUTHORITY WILL
SIMPLY BE MOVING THROUGH THE
PRIORITIZATION SCHEMA, TOO.
RIGHT?
SO WE WON'T EVER BE YOU KNOW, I
THINK, SURPRISED, LIKE THE CITY
RAISES, LIKE WE'RE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE FOLKS HERE, BECAUSE
OF X, Y, OR Z'ER ISSUES,
BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE WORKING
TOWARDS RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PANEL.
I UNDERSTAND MARK, YOU HAVE A
KIND OF HARD STOP HERE AT 3:00.
AND I THINK WE CAN ACCOMMODATE
THAT.
I THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN ALL
THROUGH RIGHT ON TIME.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE PANEL
TODAY.
APPRECIATE THIS UPDATE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY
HAVING YOU GUYS BACK MAYBE
SOMETIME IN THE NEXT QUARTER TO
GIVE THE NEXT UPDATE ON WHERE
WE ARE WITH THIS WORK.
BUT SUPER EXCITED.
AND APPRECIATE GETTING THE
DETAILED BRIEFING.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT, CHAIR.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE HARD
STOP.
I HAVE TO GO SPEAK WITH ANOTHER
ELECTED COLLEAGUE.
SO I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL.
BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF YOU AGAIN.
AND OF COURSE, TO KEEP YOU
UPDATED.
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, WE
WILL REACH OUT TO YOUR OFFICE
TO SCHEDULE
SOMETHING.
>> GREAT.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD
TRANSITION.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S LINE
OF QUESTIONING TO OUR NEXT
AGENDA ITEM.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
PRESENTATION AS WELL.
AND MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
EAD INTO THE RECORD, AGENDA
ITEM 2?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2.
HOPE TEAM 2021, QUARTERLY
REPORTS.
>> EXCELLENT.
AND WE ARE JOINED HERE BY
MICHAEL BAILEY, FROM HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE ALSO GOT JEFF SIMS FROM
OUR COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
AND MR. BAILEY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
JUST KIND OF GO FIRST TO SORT
OF CUE UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE BEING
JOINED BY OTHER COLLEAGUES OR
NOT.
BUT TO SORT OF CUE UP THE
PRESENT AGED.
AND JEFF, IF YOU COULD MAYBE
GIVE SOME CENTRAL COMMENTS OF
THAT CONCLUSION BEFORE COUNCIL
PRESENTS.
THAT'S THE WAY I WANT TO
STRUCTURE THIS.
SO MR. BAILEY, WHY DON'T YOU GO
AHEAD AND KICK THINGS OFF?
AND WE WILL HOLD OUR QUESTIONS
UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR
PRESENTATION?
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, HOPEFULLY FOLKS CAN SEE
THE SCREEN.
I'M LOOKING FOR A HEAD NOD FROM
ANYBODY.
PERFECT.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL BAILEY, FOR
THE RECORD.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE AND
PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR HERE AT THE
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
OR HSD.
THE PORTFOLIO THAT I MANAGE
HERE AT THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDES
THE CITY'S HOMELESSNESS
INVESTMENTS, THUS MY PRESENCE
HERE TODAY.
I AM A NEWBIE, MY FIRST TIME
APPROACHING THE COMMITTEE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU HAVE
MY FULL PERMISSION TO TAKE IT
EASY ON ME TODAY.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT
DISCUSSION.
AND I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THE
COMMUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK COMMUNITY
CHAIR LEWIS, AND VICE CHAIR
MOSQUEDA AND THE COMMITTEE AS A
WHOLE.
AND AS PART OF MY TIME TODAY, I
PLAN TO PRESENT ON THE 2021
OUTCOMES FOR H SD'S HOPE TEAM.
ALL RIGHT.
SO OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY'S
PRESENTATION LOOKS A LITTLE BIT
LIKE THIS.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF
INTRODUCTION.
WE'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF
THE HOPE TEAM AND HOW IT
FUNCTIONS TO PROVIDING THE
CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE
HOMELESS.
WE'LL COVER THE REPORT.
AND LASTLY, I'LL PROVIDE A
GENERAL UPDATE TO LET THE TEAM
KNOW HOW WE ARE CURRENTLY AND
HOW WE'RE ENTERING A HUMAN
SERVICES RELATIONAL APPROACH
AND THE CITY'S FUTURE HOPE TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
>> HERE AT THE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE HERE TO CONNECT PEOPLE
AND RESOURCES DURING THEIR TIME
OF NEED.
WHEN WE'RE SUCCESSFULLY
EXECUTING THAT MISSION, THE
CITY HAS THE BENEFIT OF
WATCHING SEATTLE RESIDENTS
LIVE, LEARN AND WORK IN A
STRONG AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY.
WE ENCOURAGE OUR TEAMS TO SEE
THEIR WORK THROUGH THIS HUMAN
SERVICES CENTER LENS.
AND OFTEN ENCOURAGE OUR PEERS
AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO DO THE
SAME.
BECAUSE HONESTLY, THIS REALLY
JUST ALLOWS US TO
COLLABORATIVELY WORK TOGETHER.
AND ALSO JUST SERVE BOTH THE
CURRENT AND EMERGING NEEDS.
AND WHILE IT'S TRUE THAT MOST
OF THE OUTREACH AND SERVICE
CONTRACTS HAVE RECENTLY MOVED
FROM HSD, OVER TO THE NEW KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY, ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS REMAINS ONE OF THE
DEPARTMENT'S SIX IMPACT AREAS.
THE HOPE TEAM IS A REFLECTION
OF THAT BODY OF WORK.
AND THROUGH THEIR WORK,
CONNECTING PEOPLE, EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, TO SHELTER IN
SERVICES, THIS REMAINS A CITY
ENTITY.
AND THE REASON BEING, IT ALLOWS
THE CITY TO MEET ITS LEGAL
OBLIGATION TO COMPLY WITH THE
MDARS OR SPECIFICALLY, THE NEED
TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE
ALTERNATIVE SHELTER, BEFORE
REMOVING NONSTRUCTURED
ENCAMPMENTS.
AND ALSO OUTREACH ENCAMPMENT
REMOVABLES.
THE CITY IS ABLE TO SHIFT HAS
LIABILITIES, DESPITE THE
CONTRACTS MOVING TTORHA.
AND HAS RESOURCE I.E., HOPE
TEAM, NECESSARY TO DO THIS BODY
WORK.
EITHER RHA OR SERVICE PROVIDERS
DECLINE TO ASSIST.
AND WHILE HSD IS NOT
RESPONSIBLE FORE MOVING
ENCAMPMENTS, IT IS OUR DESIRE
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE LIVING IN
SHELTERS CAN BE CONNECTED TO
SOLUTIONS AS OUTLINED IN OUR
MISSION.
SO.
THE HOPE TEAM WAS INTRODUCED AS
PART OF THE 2021 BUDGET.
THEY COORDINATE OUTREACH AND
REFERRALS TO SHELTER PRIOR TO
REMOVAL.
AND ALSO DOCUMENT OFFICES OF
SHELTER.
AGAIN, THIS IS DONE TO MAKE
SURE THE CITY IS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH ENDARS.
THE TEAM ALSO SUPPORTS THE
MAINTENANCE OF ENCAMPMENTS ON
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
FOR EXAMPLE.
IN SECOND HALF OF 2021, THE
TEAM SUPPORTED 61 PROJECTS SUCH
AS SP.U., S.P.R.
KING COUNTY AND OTHER HOLDERS.
I WILL SAY THAT 93% RESULTED
WITHOUT THE NEED OF REMOVAL.
THE HOPE IS TO PREVENT THE
CITY'S FRONT LINE SEVERE
WEATHER RESPONSE.
IN OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATION,
THEY TALKED ABOUT TREATING AN
EMERGENCY LIKE AN EMERGENCY.
AND I LOVE THAT PHILOSOPHY.
IN 2021, THE TEAM RESPONDED TO
THREE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
EVENTS.
THE SNOW EVENT IN FEBRUARY.
THE HEAT EVENT IN JUNE, AND
ALSO THE COLD AND SNOW EVENT IN
DECEMBER.
WE'LL SAY THAT EACH OF THESE
EVENTS DISPLAYED EXTREMES, IN
TERMS OF WEATHER.
BUT EACH EVENT HAD THE
ASSISTANCE OF THIS TEAM.
SOME FOLKS PARTICIPATED IN THE
FIELD, BY CONDUCTING WELFARE
CHECKS AND SUPPORTING BASIC
NEEDS, WHILE WE HAD A FEW
OTHERS, ASSISTING WHO WERE JUST
SHARING INFORMATION.
AND THAT COULD BE AS IT
RELATIVES TO EMERGENCY SHELTER
OR A DAY CENTER.
THEY ALSO ASSISTED WITH
TRANSPORTATION AND ALSO WITH
THE DISTRIBUTION OF WINTER
WEATHER SUPPLIES.
THE LAST BULLET IS REALLY JUST
A REMINDER, BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN,
I BELIEVE MOST FOLKS ALREADY
KNOW THIS.
BUT THE HOPE TEAM COORDINATES
AT SHELTER AT ENCAMPMENTS THAT
PRIORITIZE THE CITY.
WE DO NOT PRIORITIZE THE SITES
OR REMOVE THE ENCAMPMENTS.
OUR GOAL IS REALLY JUST TO
ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE A HUMAN
SERVICES ELEMENT.
AND THAT FOLKS THERE AT THE
SITES ARE CONNECTED WITH
RESOURCES AND SOLUTIONS, AGAIN,
AS OUTLINED BY OUR MISSION.
ALL RIGHTY.
SO THIS SLIDE IS INTENDED TO
TALK ABOUT THE WORK OF OUR
SYSTEM NAVIGATORS.
SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY SMALL BUT
MIGHTY.
BUT I PREFER THE ORDER OF
MIGHTY BUT SMALL.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THESE
THREE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS ARE.
IN ADDITION TO THEIR OUTREACH
COORDINATION AT SITES.
THEY REFERRAL THROUGH THE HOPE
TEAM.
AND THROUGH PROVIDER AND
SHELTERS CITY WIDE.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE A GREAT DEAL
OF TIME.
REALLY JUST MANUALLY TRACKING
AND COORDINATING BED
AVAILABILITY ACROSS THE
SHELTERS THAT WE HAVE THE SET-
ASIDES FOR.
AND THIS IS REALLY JUST TO
ENSURE THAT THE SHELTERS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR THOSE AT A POSTED
SITE.
I BELIEVE THE FUTURE IDEAL
STATE WOULD BE TO HAVE THIS
INFORMATION IN REALTIME.
AND MARK'S TEAM SPOKE TO THAT.
SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
AS PRESENTED CURRENTLY, THERE
ARE A FEW ISSUES AND THAT COULD
STEM FROM JUST CAPACITY, STAFF
TURNOVER, I.T.
RESTRAINTS.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS
THAT PREVENT US FROM GETTING
REALTIME DATA.
BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH
PARTNERS TO ADDRESS THAT AND TO
IMPROVE THE PROCESS.
AND JUST FOR CONTEXT, THE HOPE
TEAM SET ASIDE BEDS, REPRESENT
ABOUT 30% OF THE CITY'S FUNDED
SHELTER SPACES.
THE PROCESS THAT YOU SEE IN
FRONT OF YOU IS REALLY MEANT TO
REPRESENTATIVE THE ENGAGEMENT
THAT TAKES PLACE AT A PRIORITY
SITE.
AND I'LL JUST KIND OF WALK
THROUGH THESE FOR EVERYBODY WHO
IS LISTENING.
THE PROCESS BEGINS WHEN AN
ENCAMPMENT SITE IS IDENTIFIED
BY THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM,
úINDUSTRY SIDE INSPECTION.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE
FOLKS LISTENING.
JUST FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS, THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM IS
ESSENTIALLY THE CITY'S
MULTIDEPARTMENTAL APPROACH, TO
ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF
HOMELESSNESS, THROUGHOUT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
MOVING ALONG.
ONCE A SITE IS PRIORITIZED BY
THE CITY, THE HOPE TEAM BEGINS
TO PROCESS A COORDINATING
OUTREACH TO THE ENCAMPMENT.
FOR PROCESS TYPICALLY STARTS,
ONE OF OUR NAVIGATORS IS DOING
A SPECIFIC SITE ASSESSMENT.
THAT ASSESSMENT IS USED TO
DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF
JUST ALL PERSONS ENCAMPED AT
THAT PARTICULAR SITE.
INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE PERSONS
ARE ALSO COLLECTED, IF SHARED
BY THE INDIVIDUAL.
AND WE TYPICALLY CALL THAT LIST
A BY NAMES LIST.
THIS IS OFTEN DONE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUTREACH
PROVIDERS.
BUT IF AN OUTREACH PROVIDER
DECLINES TO ASSIST, THEN IT'S
TYPICALLY, THE SYSTEM NAVIGATOR
DOING THIS WORK INDEPENDENTLY.
AND THAT COULD BE THROUGH
ROUTINE CONVERSATIONLESS.
OR THROUGH ROUTINE SITE VISITS.
AS WE MOVE ALONG, THE OUTREACH
PROVIDERS AND/OR THE HOPE TEAM,
BEGIN THE PROCESS OF MAKING
REFERRALS, TO SHELTER, AS
AAILABILITY ALLOWS.
IF A SITE IS LATER POSTED FOR
REMOVAL, THE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS
PROVIDE OFFERS FOR SHELTER,
LEADING UP TO AND ON THE DAY OF
REMOVAL.
AGAIN, WE DO NOT REMOVE THE
ENCAMPMENT EFFORTS.
WE ARE LITERALLY THERE TO
ENSURE THAT OFFERS ARE DONE
WITH THE HUMAN SERVICE CENTERED
APPROACH.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
REPRESENTS BALLARD.
THAT'S REALLY HOW THIS WORKS,
IS INTENDED TO PLAY OUT.
THERE, THE HOPE TEAM PARTNERED
WITH REACH.
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES.
I OBJECT SCOFF LAW MITIGATION
TEAM.
OVER A NUMBER OF MONTHS.
AND THAT WAS REALLY A
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT EFFORT,
WE WERE ABLE TO REFER 70
INDIVIDUALS TO SHELTER, PRIOR
TO THE ENCAMPMENT REMOVAL.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE WORTH
MENTIONING COULD POTENTIAL LEAP
BE WHAT TOOK PLACE AT DEXTER.
THIS COULD TAKE PLACE WITH THE
URBAN LEAD LEAGUE.
THEY USED THIS APPROACH AND
WERE ABLE TO FACILITATE
APPROXIMATELY 25 REFERRALLALS,
AGAIN BEFORE THE REMOVAL OF
THAT ENCAMPMENT.
>> MICHAEL, CAN I JUST JUMP IN
FOR A SECOND.
I KNOW I SAID I WOULD HOLD
QUESTIONS.
I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
SLIDE JUST TO CLARIFY.
FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS YOU JUST
MADE ABOUT KIND OF WHERE ON
THIS CHART SOMETHING LIKE
BALLARD COMMONS, WHICH IS HOW
YOU'RE SAYING THIS PROCESS
SHOULD WORK.
BUT I THINK, CONSIDERING HOW
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT SEEMS SORT OF EXCEPTIONAL IN
SOME RESPECTS.
AND KIND OF HOW THINGS
HISTORICALLY HAVE GONE, AT
LEAST.
BUT WOULD THAT KIND OF BE
RESOLVING THINGS IN SLIDE 4?
AND THEN WE NEVER EVEN GET TO
5? OR ON STEP 4. AND THEN WE
NEVER GET TO 5 AND 6? WOULD
THAT BE A WAY TO THINK ABOUT
IT?
>> I THINK MARK REFERENCES IN
HIS PREVIOUS CONVERSATION.
THE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE
RESOURCES.
AND TO CERTAINLY TEAM UP WITH
RHA, AHEAD OF A POTENTIAL
REMOVAL, TO ENSURE THAT
RESOURCES ARE DEPLOYED.
AND COULD BE AS SOON AS THE
SITE IS PRIORITIZED AND DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE AT THE TIME OF
POSTING.
AND I THINK THE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBER WAS ASKING THAT
QUESTION.
IT COULD BE OPPORTUNITY HERE.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE SITES
ARE ESCALATED IN TERMS OF
PRIORITY.
AND THAT COULD OFF-TRACK THE
TIME LINE.
AND IDEALLY.
WHEN WE HAVE THE ABLE TO DO SO,
WE ARE STARTING THE OUTREACH
PROACTIVELY, TO ENSURE THAT WE
ARE ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS
AND ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS AT
THAT ENAMPMENT.
>> RIGHT.
BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS
WITH BALLARD COMMONS.
I THINK THE WAY THAT WE
STRUCTURED THAT IS WE WERE ABLE
TO SOLVE FOR EVERYBODY FIRST.
THEN WE DID A POSTING.
BUT THE POSTING WAS TO REMOVE
DEBRIS AT THAT POINT.
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAD ALL KIND
OF LEFT THE SITE.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IN THIS
ARRANGEMENT OF STEPS, LIKE I
SORT OF SEE THAT AS LIKE OUR
WORK KIND OF FINISHES A STEP 4.
THE REMOVAL POSTING DOESN'T
REALLY KIND OF MATTER AT THAT
POINT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
INVOLVE THE DISPLACEMENT OF ANY
POTENTIAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
AT THE SITE ANYMORE.
AND I GUESS I'M JUST ASKING A
CLARIFYING QUESTION.
LIKE WOULD WE CONSIDER BALLARD
COMMONS AND BITTER LAKE TO HAVE
RESOLVED IN THIS NUMBERED
PROCESS AT 4 AND NOT REALLY
MOVED BEYOND THAT?
OR ARE YOU ARGUING OR STATING
THAT BALLARD COMMONS IS OUT OF
THIS PROCESS ENTIRELY BECAUSE
IT WAS SORT OF ADDRESSED
DIFFERENTLY?
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A
CLARIFICATION.
>> RIGHT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE
CLARIFICATION THERE.
OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO GET FOLKS
INSIDE.
AND THERE MAY BE A FEW
INDIVIDUALS LEFT ON SITE.
AND THAT MAY HAPPEN AT THE TIME
OF THE POSTING.
BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER
SHELTER UP TO THE ACTUAL DAY OF
REMOVAL.
THERE ARE CASES WHERE THAT WORK
IS PROACTIVE.
AND THERE'S LESS OF A NEED TO
PROVIDE OFFERS OR
TRANSPORTATIONS OR CONNECTIONS
AT THE TIME OF THE REMOVAL.
BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE CASE.
AND I HOPE THAT I'M ANSWERING
YOUR QUESTION THERE.
>> YEAH.
I THINK I HAVE SOME OTHER
QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL SAVE THEM
TO THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
CHAIR MOSQUEDA, DO YOU HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT THIS SLIDE SOME
OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE
SHOULD BOOKMARK UNTIL THE END
OF THE PRESENTATION?
>> I'LL HOLD.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
MR. BAILEY, YOU CAN CONTINUE.
>> CERTAINLY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO AS IT RELATES TO CALENDAR
YEAR 2021.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF
THE INFORMATION THAT WAS
PROVIDED IN OUR LAST OUTCOMES
REPORT.
THE HOPE TEAM CONDUCTED 1203
SHELTER REFERRALS.
THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT 30%
INCREASE FROM THE 2020 YEAR-END
TOTAL.
IN 2021, THE HOPE TEAM
FACILITATED REFERRALS FROM
APPROXIMATELY 32 DIFFERENT
OUTREACH PROVIDERS AND SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND FROM 119 ENCAMPMENT
LOCATIONS.
793 OF THOSE REFERRALS WERE
BIPOC, AND WHILE I'M HERE, I
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT THE
HOPE TEAM'S REFERRAL PROCESS
PRIORITIZES PEOPLE WITH THE
HIGHEST VULNERABILITIES, FROM
ACTIVE HIGH-PRIORITY SITES AND
INDIVIDUALS WITMULTIPLE
VULNERABILITY, REGARDLESS OF
ENCAMPMENT, RACE OR ABILITY.
WE DO CAPTURE THIS, BUT THAT IS
TO ENSURE THAT EQUITY IS NOT AN
AFTERTHOUGHT.
JUST TO MAKE A CLARIFYING
STATEMENT THERE.
92% WERE TO ENHANCE SHELTERS
AND THIS INCLUDES TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
I BELIEVE WE ENDED 2020 WITH
80% OR 81%.
SO THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE
THERE.
OF THAT 1203 FIGURE, WE HAD 576
CONFIRMED ENROLLMENTS.
AND WHILE THIS NUMBER IMPROVED
QUITE A BIT FROM 2020, OUR GOAL
IS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN
THIS AREA.
AS YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T OVERRULE
SOMEONE'S DECISION TO DECLINE
SHELTER.
BUT WE CAN WORK WITH THE
INDIVIDUAL TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS AND THE
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT
DECISION.
>> THE CHART YOU SEE HERE
DISPLACED SOME OF THE PREVIOUS
INFORMATION.
BUT IT PROVIDES SOME ADDITIONAL
CONTEXT, REALLY BY COMPARING IT
TO PREVIOUS YEARS.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2021, THE
CITY EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN
REFERRALS, SHELTER AND
ENROLLMENTS.
OUR 2021 FIGURES ARE PARTLY DUE
TO THE ENHANCED SHELTER
INVESTMENTS THAT CAME ONLINE,
AND THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITION
OF 200-PLUS TEMPORARY ROOMS AT
HOTEL-BASED SHELTERS THAT
INCLUDES KINGS INN AND ALSO
HOTEL, OR EXECUTIVE HOTEL
PACIFIC.
AND ALSO 100 PLUS NEW TINY
HOMES THAT CAME ONLINE, AROUND
FALL OF LAST YEAR.
IN PRESENTING THIS DATA, I WANT
TO BE TRANSPARENT IN THE
STRUGGLES THAT WE FACED, THE
IMPACTS FROM THE COVID-19
EVENT.
IT CHALLENGED STAFFING
CAPABILITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
AND OFTEN RESULTED IN A NUMBER
OF SHELTERS COMING OFF LINE FOR
WEEKS AT A TIME.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
ENROLLMENT DATA.
AND WHILE THE INCREASE IS
PROMISING, THERE IS A
PERCENTAGE OF THOSE THAT WE'RE
UNABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR.
THE H.I.N.S.
DATA WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE
FEDERAL HOMELESSNESS MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM.
IT AUTOMYSELFS 25% OF THE DATA,
WHICH CREATES COMPLICATIONS FOR
US, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MATCH
THAT WITH THE DATA.
THAT FIGURE COULD BE A LITTLE
BIT HIGHER, BUT WE'REUP WE'RE
UNABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THAT IS DUE TO THE RULES
REQUIRING THE OPT-IN FEATURE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT
OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE HOPE
TEAM HAS SUPPORTED EFFORTS FOR
INDIVIDUALS.
AND THAT HAS REALLY REDUCED
BARRIERS.
WE'RE DOING THINGS SUCH AS
PROVIDING DIRECT TRANSPORTATION
TO SHELTER AND HELPING TO
FACILITATE THE INTAKE PROCESS
AT THE SHELTER.
>> RIGHT.
AND SO IN 2022, THIS YEAR, WE
LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE
RHA, AS THEY TAKE LEAD, IN THIS
REGIONAL COORDINATION OF
OUTREACH EFFORTS.
WE'LL SAY THAT EFFORTS ARE
UNDER WAY TO STREAMLINE
INFORMATION SHARING AND DATA
COLLECTION.
AND THAT'S AGAIN, PART OF THAT
UNIFIED CARE TEAM.
BUT ALSO TAKING DIRECTION FROM
RHA.
WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THIS INNOVATION.
AND ALSO, JUST IDENTIFYING
OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THEY
CONTINUE TO OPERATE.
BOTH A HUMAN-CENTERED APPROACH.
AND I BELIEVE THEY ALSO TALKED
ABOUT THE RHA SCHEME.
AND ALSO THE POINT AROUND
COLLABORATING THE NECESSARY
INFORMATION.
TO BETTER PERFORM THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THAT TOOL.
AND SEE WHERE IT CAN BE
IMPLEMENTED.
AND I ALSO WANT TO END WITH
JUST SOME RECOGNITION.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MARCH IS
SOCIAL WORK MONTH.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TEAM
MEMBERS THAT STEP UP EVERY DAY
TO ADVANCE THIS WORK.
THEY SHOW THEIR DEDICATION,
THEIR SKILL.
IN FACT, IT WAS OUR OUTREACH
PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS
BUT ALSO OUR PROVIDERS IN THE
COUNTY.
AND MOST CERTAINLY HERE ON THE
HOPE TEAM.
I WANT TO FORMALLY AND PUBLICLY
THANK THEM FOR THEIR
COMMITMENT.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT
ACTUALLY CONCLUDES OUR
PRESENTATION.
COMMITTEE CHAIR LEWIS, I WILL
HAND IT BACK TO YOU, AND I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU
MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR
BAILEY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
I KNOW I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS
AND I KNOW SEVERAL COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES DO AS WELL.
I WANTED TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR JEFF SIMS FROM OUR COUNCIL
STAFF TO ALSO PROVIDE A BIT OF
ANALYSIS.
COMMITTEE VIEWERS WILL
RECOGNIZE JEFF FOR HIS ONGOING
ROLE IN TRACKING FOR THE
COUNCIL, THE HOPE TEAM
PROCEEDING NAVIGATION TEAMS.
THE POLICY SURROUNDING THOSE
ENTITIES FOR THE COUNCIL.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE AN
OPPORTUNITY, TOO, FOR JEFF TO
PRESENT ON A COUPLE OF METRICS
AND THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
BEEN TRACKING THROUGHOUT THE
HISTORY OF OUR ENGAGEMENT IN
THIS AREA.
BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO BROADER
QUESTIONS.
SO JEFF, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT
AWAY?
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WILL TAKE OVER SCREEN
SHARING FOR ME AND MICHAEL IN
JUST A MINUTE.
>> OKAY.
MR. CHAIR, CAN YOU LET ME KNOW
THAT YOU CAN SEE.
AND THAT IT'S CLEARING UP ON MY
SCREEN?
>> I CAN SEE IT.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
SO I WANT TO FIRST THANK DEPUTY
DIRECTOR BAILEY FOR BEING HERE
AND PRESENTING TO US.
I'LL NOTE THAT A LOT OF THE
DATA THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE IS
FROM H.S.D., INCLUDING THE
REPORT THAT DEPUTY DIRECTOR
JUST PRESENTED ON.
I WILL ADD A FEW MORE DATA
POINTS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
TRACKING THIS FOR ABOUT 2 1/2
YEARS.
AND ALSO, WE'LL ADD SOME IN
SOME OTHER DATA SOURCES THAT I
THINK HELP US TO GO, IN SOME
WAYS, EVEN BEYOND WHAT THE HOPE
TEAM IS DOING TO GET A BETTER
PICTURE OF WHAT THE HOPE TEAM
IS DOING.
BUT GETTING BETTER PIECES OF
CONTACT INFORMATION.
ALL OF THIS WAS PROVIDED TO THE
COMMITTEE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, I BELIEVE,
AS A WRITEUP THAT I PROVIDED.
THEN YOU ALSO NOTICED THE
SLIDES THAT I'M PRESENTING TO
YOU ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC.
YOU CAN LOOK TO HAVE A
MAJORITY.
FIRST, I WANT TO GO TO THIS
FIRST CHART.
AND TO EVERYONE TO SEE THAT
THERE IS A SECTION THAT HAS
BLUE AND ORANGE LINES AT THE
TOP.
THAT'S THE ENTIRE PERIOD
COVERED BY THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE PINK LINE
STARTS.
THAT BREAK IS WHEN THE
NAVIGATION TEAMSTOPPED
FUNCTIONING.
AND WHEN THE HOPE TEAM WOULD
BEGIN FUNCTIONING.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN
INTERRUPTION THERE.
SO YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT DATA REPORTS.
THE BLUE LINE IS DEW POINTED
AND UNDUPLICATED CONTEXT.
THE UNDUPLICATED IS THE ORANGE.
THAT THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS
REPORTING.
AT THAT POINT, A SYSTEM
NAVIGATOR.
THEY WERE REALLY BEING HELD TO
A HIGH DATA STANDARD.
ANY TIME THEY TALKED TO SOMEONE
TO RECORD THE CONVERSATION.
AND WHAT IS BEING RECORDED AS
AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION,
WHICH IS WHAT THE HOPE TEAM
ASKS.
IT'S WHEN THERE ARE MORE
ENGAGEMENTS.
AND AN INDIVIDUAL HAS EXPRESSED
INTEREST IN SHELTER.
HAS IDENTIFIED A GOOD MATCH FOR
BEDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE
TIME.
THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK THAT
GOES BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE
SCREEN AS THE PINK LINE.
AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A
MOMENT.
THAT'S THE INITIAL ORIENTATION
THAT YOU SEE.
CONTEXT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY
RECOMMENDATIONS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT THE PURPLE
AND GREEN LINES HAVE CONTINUED
FOR QUITE SOMETIME.
THE PURPLE LINES ARE THE NUMBER
OF REFERRALS THAT THE
NAVIGATION OR HOPE TEAM MADE TO
THE SHELTER EVENT.
AND THE GREEN LINE IS THE
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT
ACTUALLY ARRIVED WITHIN 48
HOURS AT THE LOCATION THAT THEY
WERE SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO,
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALREADY
NOTED THAT THIS IS, THAT GREEN
LINE IS NOT PERFECT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE
NOT TO PROVIDE THEIR DATA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT PROVIDE.
THERE'S A LOT OF NONENTRY, OR
CHOOSING TO OPT OUT OF SHOWING
UP.
THERE'S ALSO OTHER ISSUES THAT
COULD ARISE THERE, THAT WE
COULD GO INTO MORE IF THE
COMMITTEE HAS QUESTIONS.
THERE'S FOUR MAIN THINGS THEN.
THE DEMO COVERS.
FIRST, IT'S NOTICEABLE THAT THE
PINK LINE THERE IS ABOUT FOUR
TIMES AS HIGH AS THE PINK ONE.
ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE ARE BEING
RECOMMENDED FOR THE SHELTER
BEDS THAT WERE REPORTED AS
AVAILABLE.
COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY GOT TO GO
TO THEM.
SO PUT ANOTHER WAY, THERE IS
ABOUT FOUR TIMES AS MUCH
DEMAND, JUST THROUGH THIS
PROCESS, AS THERE IS FOR THE
ACTUAL NUMBER OF BEDS THAT WE
HAVE.
I THINK THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT
IN JUST A MINUTE.
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALREADY
NOTED, THE GREEN LINE IS ABOUT
HALF OF THE PURPLE LINE.
SO ABOUT 50% DO MAKE IT THERE.
THAT IS IMPROVEMENT.
IT USED TO BE ABOUT A QUARTER.
SO LET'S GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S
DUE.
THAT'S IMPROVED.
HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY WHY.
IT COULD BE THE BETTER
MATCHING.
IT COULD BE THAT WE'RE OFFERING
BETTER SHELTERS AS THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR NIGHT
NOTED THAT WE ARE MAKING BETTER
OFFERS, NONCONGREGATE ENHANCED
SHELTERS.
BUT LET'S JUST NOTE THAT IS
HAPPENING AT A HIGHER RATE.
AND THE NEXT ITEM I WANT TO
KNOW IS WHAT IS GOING ON WITH
THE REFERRAL.
THE PURPLE LINE.
FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
AS DIRECTOR BAILEY NOTED.
2021 DID DO SUBSTANTIALLY MORE.
WE HAD A LOT MORE REFERRALS
MADE TO SHELTER.
BUT THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO
BRING IN SOME OTHER DATA
SOURCES AND TAKE US A LITTLE
PAST JUST WHAT THE HOPE TEAM IS
DOING.
WITH A LOOK AT OUR SHELTER BED.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT
SLIDE IN A MOMENT.
BUT MAINLY WHAT I WANT TO POINT
OUT HERE IS JUST IN THE CITY
FUNDED CAPACITY.
YOU'LL SEE IN JULY 2021.
AND SEPTEMBER 2021.
OUR CAPACITY HAD NOTABLY GONE
UP.
AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, WE HAD
HAD, IN JULY 2020, THAT NUMBER
LOOKS JST SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN
THE PRIOR SIX MONTHS.
IT'S ACTUALLY NOTABLY HIGHER.
WE OPENED 120 TINY HOME VILLAGE
THERE.
BUT BECAUSE OF COVID, WE HAD
OTHERS THAT HAD TO CUT
CAPACITY.
ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE PLANS
THAT THE SHELTER EXPANDED.
NOW, WHEN I GO BACK TO THAT
LINE GRAPH, YOU'LL SEE VERTICAL
RED LINES.
SHOWING SHELTER CAPACITY AS A
CITY.
AND ALL OF THOSE CORRELATE TO A
TIME WHEN THE HOPE TEAM WAS
ABLE TO REFER MORE TO A
SHELTER.
AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY, THIS
ISN'T PERFECT RESEARCH.
I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THAT IS
A CORRELATION.
BUT IT AFFIRMS WHAT -- FRANKLY,
WHAT OUR SYSTEM NAVIGATORS TELL
US.
BUT WHAT IS A COMMON
UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN WE MAKE
A QUALITY REFERRAL, TO
SOMETHING THAT MATCHES PEOPLE'S
NEEDS.
IT GETS TAKEN.
AND IT'S SOUGHT AFTER.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A STORY
WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT,
UNDERLINING THE DATA THAT
DEPUTY DIRECTOR BAILEY
UNDERLINED.
THAT AS WE INCREASE THAT, THAT
PLAYS INTO OUR SUCCESS IN
CONNECTING PEOPLE TO SHELTER.
THIS IS THE PRIMARY THING I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, RELATED TO
REFERRALS AND THE IMPROVEMENT
THAT THE HOPE THAT YOU HAD OVER
WEEK 1, COMPARED TO ITS
PREDECESSOR.
IT WILL BE INTRIGUING TO SEE
THE VARIATIONS, CORRELATE WHEN
WE HAVE THAT THAT WAS NEW.
THE LAST ITEM THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBERS RECEIVED
MATERIAL ON.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT OF H.S.D.'S
WRITTEN SUBMISSION, BUT NOT AS
MUCH TODAY, WAS MAKING
REFERRALS TO PEOPLE WHO
IDENTIFY AS BLACK INDIGENOUS,
OR OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT
2021, UNDER THE HOPE TEAM, THE
RESULTS WERE SUBSTANTIAL, MUCH
BETTER THAN HAD BEEN
PREVIOUSLY.
AND THAT DID TAIL OFF TOWARDS
THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THIS IS AN AREA, WHERE
PERHAPS DEPUTY DIRECTOR BAILEY
AND HIS TEAM CAN PROVIDE
INSIGHT.
BUT I THINK IT WILL BE WORTH
OBSERVING THIS TO SEE IF THE
PROGRESS THAT WAS INITIALLY
MADE CAN BE SUSTAINED AND
RESTORED.
THAT ENCOMPASSES THE
DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED FROM ME.
SO I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO
YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> JEFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FOR PROVIDING THAT OVERVIEW.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE
YOU ON CENTRAL STAFF TO KIND OF
TRACK THESE METRICS OVER THE
YEARS.
AND THROUGH SEVERAL PERIODS OF
REFORM AND RECONSTITUTION OF
HOW WE DO THIS WORK.
IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO SEE IT,
THE HISTORY ALL LAID OUT THERE.
SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I
THINK ARE GOING TO OVERLAP WITH
MY COLLEAGUES.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
SINCE COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
GOT IN LINE EARLIER HERE.
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO HER.
AND I SEE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
HAS HER AROUND UP.
SO I'LL CLEAN UP THINGS THAT
ARE STILL ON THE TABLE HERE AT
THE END.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I'M
SORRY, MOSQUEDA, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
AND DEPUTY BAILEY, THANKS FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION AND PLEASE DO
EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION TO THE
FOLKS AT H.S.D.
AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THE TEAM
THERE HAS BEEN WORKING UNDER A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRESS,
WITH HIGH TURNOVER IN THAT
AREA.
IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF
UNCERTAINTY THAT WAS NOT
CLARIFIED, GIVEN THE TRANSITION
THAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF
LAST YEAR AT THE R.H.A.
SO I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN
DOING A LOT.
AND THERE'S ALSO STRESSORS,
INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR OWN LIFE,
DURING THESE TIMES, SO WE
APPRECIATE THE ROLE THAT
THEY'VE HAD.
I THINK MY QUESTIONS ARE, AND
PERHAPS, JEFF, IF YOU HAVE
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND, YOU CAN
PROVIDE IT.
I JUST DON'T WANT DIRECTOR
BAILEY, FOR YOU TO FEEL THAT
THESE ARE DIRECTED AT YOU, OR
CRITICISM OF YOU AND THE TEAM.
IT'S REALLY A PICTURE OF THE
LONGER PICTURE THAT I'M AIMING
TO LOOK AT HERE.
SO JEFF, YOU MENTIONED THAT
THERE IS FOUR PEOPLE REFERRED
FOR EVERY ONE BED AVAILABLE,
ONLY THROUGH THIS HOPE TEAM
ALONE.
AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING YOU
AND I HAVE WORKED ON OVER THE
YEARS, IS TO TRY TO GET A
BETTER SENSE OF THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF PEOPLE REFERRED PER
BED, OR THE NUMBER OF AVERAGE
BEDS AVAILABLE ON A GIVEN NIGHT
IN A MONTH.
AND IN TERMS OF ASKING FOR
DATA, WE HAD ASKED FOR THAT
DATA REPEATEDLY IN 2018 AND
2019.
I THINK IT'S MAYBE A QUESTION
FOR R.H.A., IF NOT FOR H.S.D.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION?
I BELIEVE YOU MADE THIS REQUEST
OVER A MONTH AGO, TO HAVE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF BEDS AVAILABLE ON AN
AVERAGE NIGHT EACH MONTH.
ANY UPDATE ON THAT?
>> I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON
THAT.
I DID ASK A WHILE AGO FROM
KCRHA, FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OR
AVERAGE NUMBER OF VACANCIES
THAT OCCUR IN SHELTER.
WE COULD PROBABLY GUESS, IF YOU
JUST TOOK THE QUARTER, AND
ASSUMED THAT ALL OF THOSE ARE
SHELTER VACANCIES, THAT'S
AROUND MAYBE 60 PER MONTH
TOTAL.
THAT'S FROM THE BEDS RESERVED
AS WELL AS ALL OTHERS.
BUT REALLY, THAT'S THE PLACE
THE KCRHA SHOULD CONFIRM.
MARK JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS
AGO, INDICATED 12 TO 18 PER
MONTH.
I THINK SORTING THAT OUT WOULD
BE USEFUL.
>> AT ONE POINT, IT WAS THREE
OR FOUR BEDS AVAILABLE ON AN
AVERAGE NIGHT IN 2019, I THINK.
SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE
IF THAT NUMBER HAS CHANGED.
AND THEN I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN
KNOWING PERHAPS THIS IS ANOTHER
QUESTION FOR KCRHA.
WHAT WOULD THAT NUMBER HAVE
BEEN IF WE OPENED THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES AND THELOTS THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL HAD AUTHORIZED
IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO IF THAT WOULD HAVE OPENED IF
THOSE NUMBER OF SPACES FOR BEDS
HAD OPENED.
AND I GUESS I WILL FOLLOW UP AS
WELL WITH RHA TO SEE IF THEY
HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
SEEMS LIKE THE MORE APPROPRIATE
PLACE.
>> PROBABLY SO.
I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD YOU
WITH ONE STATEMENT I MADE.
THE PINK LINE I JUST
SHOWED A MOMENT AGO, SHOWING
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHELTER
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT'S WHERE FOR EACH QUARTER
LATELY HAS BEEN FOUR TIMES AS
HIGH AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE ACTUALLY SENT TO A
SHELTER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE
FAIR TO PAINT THAT ON A NIGHTLY
BASIS.
THERE'S -- I IMAGINE NOT.
I IMAGINE THERE'S SOME DAYS WE
HAVE 12 BEDS OPEN, AND ONLY 12
REFERRALS AND ARE THE DAYS YOU
HAVE NO BEDS OPEN AND 20
REFERRALS.
I'M SURE IT VARIES.
DEPUTY BAILEY, IF YOU WANT TO
PROVIDE YOUR EXPERTISE ON THAT.
BUT DEFINITELY.
>> YEAH, JEFF.
I'D LOVE TO CLACTD WITH YOU AND
GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM
RHA.
AND TYPICALLY, IT'S ONE
REFERRAL FOR ONE VACANCY.
THERE MAY BE THREE OR
FOURRECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT THERE'S ONLY REFERRAL
THAT'S MADE.
HERE AGAIN, THAT'S DATA
CRUNCHING IN THE BACKGROUND.
I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU TO
GET A MORE SUFFICIENT AND CLEAR
ANSWER BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
>> GREAT.
THANKS.
AND MR. CHAIR, I THINK -- I AM
JUST STILL STRUGGLING WITH
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SORT OF
WHY WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE
SYSTEMS STILL.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN
TOTALLY UNDERSTAND JUST HEARING
THE BACK-TO-BACK PRESENTATIONS
ABOUT WHERE THE COORDINATION
IS, VERSUS WHERE WE COULD HAVE
INTEGRATION.
AND I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO
THAT.
BUT IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT
IS TOP OF MIND TO ME, AS WE
THINK ABOUT THE WAY TO CREATE
EFFICIENCIES AND ENSURE
COORDINATION OF SERVICES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, DIRECTOR,
HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT,
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I AM
STILL STRUGGLING WITH.
>> CERTAINLY.
AND HERE AGAIN.
THIS IS AN ANSWER THAT WE CAN
PROBABLY WORK WITH RHA JUST TO
BETTER CLARIFY.
IT'S ONE THING FOR ME TO SAY
SOMETHING.
BUT I THINK IT'S MORE POWERFUL
FOR US TO COME IN.
BUT JUST REFERENCING THE CITY'S
PREVIOUS COMMENT LIABILITY.
IN THE EVENT THAT RHA DECLINES
TO ASSIST, THE CITY IS STILL
LIABLE FOR PROVIDING THAT TYPE
OF OUTREACH.
THAT'S WHAT THE HOPE TEAM DOES.
BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS
OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVED
COORDINATION AND IMPROVED
COLLABORATION.
JUST THAT WE'RE WORKING
TOGETHER.
RHA HAS A REGIONAL APPROACH.
I LIKE TO THINK OF THE UNIFIED
CARE TEAM AND THE HOPE TEAM AS
THAT LOCAL EXTENSION.
SO THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO
CLABTS.
HERE AGAIN, WE'LL COME BACK AND
VIEW THIS IN WITH A MORE
APPROPRIATE ANSWER.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR BAILEY, THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
SORRY THAT THIS IS SUCH A
THORNY PROJECT FOR YOUR FIRST
PRESENTATION.
BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
PRESENTATION, AND REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR CLEAR ANSWERS.
REALLY, I THINK WHAT THIS
COUNCIL WANTS MOST, YOU'LL
FIND, IS CLEARER ANSWERS, THAT
WE CAN -- EVEN WHEN THE
RESPONSES ARE UNSATISFACTORY,
WE CAN AT LEAST SHARE WHAT
WE'VE LEARNED WITH MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC, SO WE HAVE SORT OF
A LEVEL SETTING OF
EXPECTATIONS.
THAT'S, I THINK, WHAT WE HOPE
TO RECEIVE IN THESE
ENGAGEMENTS.
AND APPRECIATE HOW YOU STEPPED
IN THAT DIRECTION RIGHT OFF THE
BAT.
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I DO HAVE.
SO DIRECTOR DOANS IN THEIR
PRESENTATION EARLIER, MADE
REFERENCE TO SOME SEPARATE SORT
OF BUCKETS OF SET-ASIDES.
AND SO I JUST REALLY WOULD LIKE
TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THOSE SET-ASIDES AND ON
SLIDE 5, THE BULLET REFERENCED
MANUALLY TRACKING BED
AVAILABILITY ACROSS ALL SET-
ASIDE SHELTERS TO ENSURE
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE
AT A POSTED SITE.
SO JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF SET ASIDE
BEDS?
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ALL CITY-
SUPPORTED SHELTER BEDS ARE SET-
ASIDES?
AND IS THE HOPE TEAM THE ONLY
ENTITY THAT CAN REFER PEOPLE TO
THE SET-ASIDES?
AND HOW MANY SET-ASIDE BEDS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR REFERRAL ON AN
AVERAGE DAY?
THAT'S ONE SET OF QUESTIONS.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTIONS
RELATE TO -- MY OTHER QUESTION
RELATES TO THE WAY THE CITY
HANDLES OBSTRUCTION REMOVALS
VERSUS NONOBSTRUCTION REMOVALS.
AND I THINK MOST OF US KNOW,
ACCORDING TO THE MDARS
OBSTRUCTION REMOVALS AS THE
POLICY IS WRITTEN ON PAPER.
THEY DO NOT REQUIRE 72 HOURS
ADVANCED POSTING.
DO NOT REQUIRE SHELTERS TO
INDIVIDUALS.
AND I THINK FOR ALL THE REASONS
THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS
PRESENTATION, AND IN THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD
WITH RHA, TAKING THAT KIND OF A
-- A EXPEDITIOUS APPROACH, CAN
ACTUALLY CREATE HARM.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE NEED TO
HAVE PASSIBLE SIDEWALKS, FOR
INSTANCE.
HAVE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO
GET INTO THE DOOR, IN THE DOORS
OF THEIR BUSINESSES AND
RESIDENCE.
AND ALSO BALANCING THE NEEDS OF
ACCESS TO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY,
WITH THE HARM THAT COULD BE
DONE FROM REALLY FOLLOWING THE
MDARS TO THE LITTER AND JUST
WANT TO KNOW, UNDERSTAND, WHAT
IS THE CITY'S APPROACH GOING TO
BE, MOVING FORWARD?
WE SAW, OF COURSE, THE
ENCAMPMENT REMOVAL HERE ACROSS
THE STREET FROM CITY HALL.
I THINK IT WAS, FROM MY
OBSERVATION, IT SEEMED LIKE WE
WERE STARTING WITH AN
OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL.
AND TREATING IT AS SOMETHING
THAT DIDN'T NEED A LOT OF
ADVANCED NOTICE.
AND A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT.
BUT THEN WE, I THINK, HAD A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, AND
SLOWED THINGS DOWN TO ALLOW FOR
THAT ENGAGEMENT.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME CLARITY
OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
EXPECTATIONS ARE, MOVING
FORWARD.
I DO WANT TO ALSO FLAG THAT THE
WHOLE CONCEPT OF OBSTRUCTION
REMOVALS MAKES THE PARTNERSHIP
FOR ZERO, A VERY CONFUSING
CONCEPT TO ME.
BECAUSE I THINK MOST
ENCAMPMENTS DOWNTOWN, PROBABLY
80% OF THEM, WOULD QUALIFY AS
OBSTRUCTIONS.
AND SO WHAT IS THE PARTNERSHIP
FOR ZERO ACCOMPLISHING?
AS FAR AS MEETING THAT
FUNCTIONAL ZERO, IF ALL WE'VE
DONE IS REMOVE PEOPLE FROM
DOWNTOWN, BY DEEMING THEM
OBSTRUCTION REMOVALS, WHEN
THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT OR NEED
FOR ENGAGEMENT TO GIVE PEOPLE
OTHER ALTERNATIVES?
>> PERFECT.
I AM TRACKING YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME
CLARITY HERE.
TOTAL NUMBER OF HOPE SET ASIDES
WOULD BE 816.
THIS IS ABOUT 30% OF THE TOTAL
CITY-FUNDED BEDS.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CITY-FUNDED
BEDS WOULD BE 2,837.
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF BEDS
AVAILABLE, HISTORICALLY HAS
BEEN SEVEN TO 10.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THAT IS
THE STATISTIC THAT I ASKED TO
TAKE BACK WITH JEFF AND RHA.
SO WE WILL CLARIFY THAT AND
PROVIDE THAT BACK TO COMMITTEE.
THE HOPE TEAM COORDINATES
REFERRALS.
BUT WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUTREACH
PROVIDERS.
AND THAT'S REALLY TO ENSURE
THAT INDIVIDUALS MEET THE
INDIVIDUAL NEEDS REMEMBER THE
PURPOSE BEHIND THE BEDS.
WE NEED TO HAVE AN AVAILABLE
BED, IN ORDER TO MAKE A
LEGITIMATE OFFER.
WE DON'T WANT TO LEAD PEOPLE
ASTRAY.
AND THAT RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
IS SO CRITICAL.
SO OUR FOLKS ARE OFTEN CALLING
THE SHELTERS IN REALTIME, JUST
TO SAY, HEY, DO YOU HAVE THIS
AVAILABILITY?
TYPICALLY THROUGH OUR CHAT BOX
FEATURE, WE ARE GETTING THAT
DAT ATYPICALLY, THE MORNING OF.
BUT THINGS MAY CHANGE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SHOWER WE'RE
MAKING REFERRALS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS IN REALTIME TO
SPACES THAT ARE ACTUALLY
AVAILABLE.
AS IT RELATES TO THE
PARTNERSHIP FOR ZERO, I WOULD
DEFER TO OUR PARTNERS AT RHA.
IT IS THEIR PROJECT.
WE ARE VERY MUCH SUPPORTIVE OF
THAT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SUPPORT THEM
IN THAT WORK.
BUT I FEEL AS IF RHA, AND/OR
MARK, WOULD BE BETTER SUITED TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
>> SO --
>> SO IT WASN'T A QUESTION.
I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
ANYTHING RHA WAS DOING.
IT WAS SORT OF REFLECTION.
>> GOT YOU.
>> MY QUESTION WAS MORE ABOUT
HOW THE CITY IS HANDLING
REMOVALS.
AND IF MY REFLECTION WAS, IF
THE CITY IS TRULY HANDING
OBSTRUCTION REMOVALS THE WAY
THE MDARS SAY YOU CAN, WHICH I
HOPE YOU ARE NOT, WHICH IS
THERE IS NOREQUIREMENT FOR
ADVANCED NOTICE OR ENGAGEMENT.
AND 80% OF THE ENCAMPMENTS
DOWNTOWNER OBSTRUCTION
ENCAMPMENTS, DOESN'T LEAVE A
WHOLE LOT FOR PARTNERSHIP ZERO
TO DO.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT -- MOST OF
THE LOCATIONS ARE NOT LOCATIONS
WHERE WE'RE ENGAGING AND TRYING
TO FIND PEOPLE HOUSING FOR.
UNLESS WHAT YOU TELL ME IS THAT
WE ARE NOT HANDLING OBSTRUCTION
ENCAMPMENTS IN THE WAY THE
MDARS SAY WE ARE.
THAT WE ARE NOT DOING REMOVALS
WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION LOCATIONS,
WITHOUT NOTICE, AND WITHOUT
ENGAGEMENT.
AGAIN, THE MDARS ALLOW THAT.
>> AND MY APOLOGIES THERE.
SO THE MDARS DO NOT REQUIRE THE
CITY TO PROVIDE OFFERS OF
SHELTER AT AN OBSTRUCTION.
HOWEVER, THE HILL TEAM HAS AND
WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
SHELTER OFFERS TO INDIVIDUALS
DURING THESE REMOVALS AS
CAPACITY ALLOWS US TO DO SO.
SO THE THREE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS
ARE REALLY STRUCTURED TO
SUPPORT THE MDAR REQUIREMENTS.
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE
THOSE OFFERS AS CAPACITY
ALLOWS.
>> SO OBSTRUCTION REMOVALS WILL
OCCUR WITHOUT NOTICE, AND
WITHOUT ENGAGEMENT.
IN THOSE CASES, WHERE THERE'S
NO CAPACITY?
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING?
>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION
ONE MORE TIME?
JUST SO I CLEARLY HAVE IT?
>> WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD.
AND I MAY HAVE HEARD WRONG.
BUT WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD IS,
OBSTRUCTION REMOVALS, WHICH
ACCORDING TO THE MDARS, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO DO ADVANCEMENT
AND DON'T HAVE TO DO
ENGAGEMENT.
THOSE REMOVALS WILL CONTINUE,
WITHOUT ENGAGEMENT, AND WITHOUT
ADVANCED NOTICE, IN THOSE
INSTANCES, POINTS IN TIME, WHEN
THERE'S NO SHELTER CAPACITY?
>> THAT IS A QUESTION I WOULD
LIKE TO TAKE BACK TO THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM.
JUST SO I CAN PROVIDE AN
ACCURATE RESPONSE ON THE
DIRECTION AHEAD.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> OKAY.
SO JUST JUMPING IN, I HAVE A
FEW QUESTIONS GO OVER HERE.
THAT I THINK ARE KIND OF
GENERALLY RELATED.
BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, CUTTING THROUGH THE
CRUX OF THE GENERAL ISSUE.
I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE GOOD
TO HAVE SOME LEVEL SETTING
GOING FORWARD OF JUST HAVING
THE SAME V INTEREST, AND
HOPEFULLY CAN CENTER THE WORK
OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH
OUR SHARED INTEREST, AS ACTING
CITY GOVERNMENT WORKERS WHO
CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUTREACH,
SHELTERING AND OUTREACH FOR
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN SEATTLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN THE
SUBTEXT FROM SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS FROM SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES.
THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS DATA,
I THINK WHERE WE GET BOGGED
DOWN IS ALL OF US CAN AGREE
THAT WE HAVEN'T HAVE OBSTRUCTED
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE WANT TO BE COMPLIANT WITH
THE ADA.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
CAN WALK AND ROLL THROUGH THE
CITY IN A WAY THAT IS SAFE AND
NOT OBSTRUCTED BY HUMAN-CREATED
STRUCTURES.
WE ALSO ALL AGREE THAT PEOPLE
SHOULD NOT BE LIVING WITH
NOTHING BUT LIKE THE THIN LAYER
OF A TENT, BETWEEN THEM AND THE
ELEMENTS.
THAT THAT'S NOT A HUMANE WAY
FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE.
THAT WE SHOULD ASPIRE IN A CITY
THAT IS AS WEALTHY AS WE ARE,
TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF
SHELTER, EVEN INTERMEDIATE
SHELTER TO FOLKS.
BARRING THAT.
WE SHOULD ALSO BE AT THE VERY
LEAST,PRAGMATIC AND CLEAR-EYED,
THAT IF PEOPLE DO MOVE FROM A
PLACE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME
KIND OF PLAN OR STRATEGY, FOR
PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVED IN THE
EVENT THAT THERE IS AN EXIGENT
REMOVAL AND WE DON'T HAVE A
PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO INSIDE.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE IMPACT
OF DISPLACEMENT.
AND I THINK ANEC DOTTLELY, AND
-- ANECDOTALLY.
THAT GOES AROUND IN THE MEDIA
EXTENSIVELY, LIKE THE FOURTH
AVENUE ACTION THAT HAPPENED
RECENTLY.
AND THEY THEN SEE, SHORTLY
THEREAFTER, NEW CONCENTRATIONS
OF TENTS AJACENT TO THEIR
BUILDING OR IN FRONT OF THEIR
BUILDING, IN THE SAME
NEIGHBORHOOD THERE'S
IMMEDIATELY A CONNECTION FROM
THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT IT'S SORT
OF THEIR TURN TO BE IN THE
POSITION TO HAVE AN ENCAMPMENT
FROM FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING.
AND THAT THAT'S NOT FAIR TO
THEM.
AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT TEAR
FAIR TO THE PEOPLE LIVING IN
THE TENTS, WHO ARE MOVING
AROUND, WITHOUT SOME KIND OF
ACCOMMODATION FOR THE
DISPLACEMENT.
SO I GUESS ONE QUESTION I WOULD
ASK IN THE OPERATIONS OF HOW
WE'RE DOING THIS, AND HOW WE
ARE DOING THE NAVIGATION.
WHEN IT BECOMES FAIRLY EVIDENT,
THERE IS GOING TO BE A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF DISPLACEMENT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN AN
ENCAMPMENT, AND THOSE FOLKS
WILL NOT THAT EVENLYING BE
GOING TO A SHELTER.
BECAUSE THERE NOT ENOUGH SPACE
TO MOVE THEM TO.
WHAT ARE THE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS IN TERMS OF
DISPLACEMENT, IN TERMS OF WHERE
THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO GO,
WHERE THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO
CAMP NEXT, AND HOW ARE WE NOT,
YOU KNOW, LOSING TOUCH AND
BUILDING MISTRUST, WITH THAT
POPULATION OF FOLKS WHO ARE
DISPLACED?
I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST
QUESTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
AND WHEN A SITE IS PRIORITIZED
BY THE CITY, FOR REMOVAL.
OUR HOPE TEAM IS PROVIDING
ASSISTANCE, UP TO AND ON THE
DAY OF THE REMOVAL.
THAT ASSISTANCE IS A GENUINE
OFFER OF SHELTER.
HERE AGAIN, WE CAN'T FORCE
SOMEONE TO ACCEPT THE OFFER,
BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN
OUR POWER TO BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS UP UNTIL THAT
POINT.
SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE
OF GETTING THEM TO SAY YES.
AND THAT COULD BE GETTING A
BETTER UNDERSTNDING OF THEIR
NEEDS AND ALIGNING THEIR
PREFERENCE, WITH SPACE THAT IS
AVAILABLE.
SO TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY,
WE ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT
INDIVIDUALS AT AN ENCAMPMENT
THAT HAVE OPTION PRIOR TO THAT
ENCAMPMENT REMOVAL TAKING
PLACE.
I WILL SAY THAT AS WE MOVE
FORWARD AND AS THE RHA PROVIDES
THIS REGIONAL STRATEGY, WE ARE
EXCITED TO SUPPORT THAT WORK.
AND HALLS THAT PRIORITIZATIONS
WILL, WHICH MAY ALLOW US TO BE
EVEN MORE PROACTIVE IN THAT
OUTREACH.
DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> I MEAN, SOME OF IT.
>> OKAY.
>> MAYBE JUST TO BE MORE CLEAR,
RIGHT?
WHAT I'M REALLY JUST TALKING
ABOUT.
AND I THINK WHAT FRUSTRATES A
LOT OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS
ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, FRUSTRATES
PEOPLE WHO ARE ADVOCATE FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE UNHOUSED.
BECAUSE THEY SEE A CERTAIN
LEVEL OF -- WELL, I MEAN,
THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF
DISRUPTION TO SOMEBODY.
IF THEY'RE GETTING DISPLACED
FROM CAMPING IN ONE PLACE TO
CAMP SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THERE'S ALSO FRUSTRATION FROM,
YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU KNOW,
WILL -- WHERE AN ENCAMPMENT
WILL KIND OF COME IN TO THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD AND SET UP.
BECAUSE IT WAS DISPLACED FROM
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND I GUESS WHAT I'M JUST
GETTING AT IS, TO WHAT EXTENT
ARE WE PLANNING TO MITIGATE THE
IMPACT OF DISPLACEMENT, BOTH
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING
DISPLACED FROM THE ENCAMPMENT.
LIKE I WOULD JUST LIKE US TO
KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS
HAPPENS.
I GUESS IT'S ALSO PART OF WHAT
I'M SAYING.
I'D JUST LIKE US TO
PRAGMATICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
NOT EVERYONE GOES TO SHELTER
WHEN WE DO THESE REMOVALS.
DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS AND
BEST INTENTIONS, WE KNOW NO ONE
WANTS TODISPLACE ANYBODY.
BUT THE REALITY IS, PEOPLE DO
GET DISPLACED.
SO MY QUESTION IS, TO WHAT
EXTENT INTO WE SPEND TIME
PLANNING AND THINKING ABOUT
MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF THAT?
BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS THAT I
DON'T KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY,
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING
THAT.
IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO
WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON, AT
LEAST IN THE MEANTIME, BETWEEN,
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ALL THE
MAGICAL SCALE PSH ON A HILL
SOMEDAY, WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF
IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE -- AND I JUST
FEEL LIKE HISTORICALLY, WE'VE
SORT OF TACITLY, KIND OF DENIED
THAT IT HAPPENS.
OR WE HAVEN'T ACKNOWLEDGED IT.
AND IT IRRITATES MY
CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE
SPECTRUM.
I GET THESE COMPLAINTS FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE PROGRESSIVE OR
CONSERVATIVE THAT FOR A VARIETY
OF REASONS EXPRESS FRUSTRATION
WITH THAT IMPACT.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING LIKE
HOW WE MIGHT WORK TOGETHER TO
ADDRESS IT, WHAT SOME OF THE
SOME OF THE CURRENT STRATEGIES
ARE TO ADDRESS IT.
BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE A
LOOPHOLE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE
GREAT ANSWERS TO NOW.
AND KIND OF WANT TO HEAR FROM
THE DEPARTMENT ON THOUGHTS.
>> CERTAINLY.
SO A LOT OF THIS WORK IS TAKING
PLACE WITH THE UNIFIED CARE
TEAM.
AND WE EVER LOOKING AT
PROBLEMSHOLICALLY.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT
YOU SHARED.
THE DESIRE IS NOT TO SHIFT,
WHERE THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE
GOING.
BUT THE INTENT IS TO HOUSE
THESE INDIVIDUALS AND TO
PROVIDE THEM WITH SHELTER.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS
NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
WE ARE WORKING AS A UNIFIED
TEAM ACROSS THE CITY TO
IDENTIFY STRATEGIES FOR THIS.
BUT THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR RHA TO TAKE THE LEAD AND
PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR WHAT THEY
SEE AS BEST.
AND FOR US TO SUPPORT OUR
COUNTIES AND THE REGIONAL
PARTNERS FOR THIS WORK.
I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
PURE NAVIGATORS, OUTREACH AND
CASE MANAGEMENT, ACTUALLY
FOLLOW THESE INDIVIDUALS,
INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD, THAT
THEY'LL ACTUALLY RECEIVE
SHELTER.
BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THEY
DECLINE.
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED.
SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO REENGAGE
AND THEN TRY AGAIN TO TRY TO
HELP HOUSE THESE OTHER
INDIVIDUALS.
SO I'M UNABLE TO SPEAK TO AN
OVERRANCHING STRATEGY TODAY.
BUT I BELIEVE AS WE MOVE
FORWARD, BOTH WITH OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH RHA, BUT ALSO
WITH OUR UNIFIED WORK CARE TEAM
THAT WE WILL HAVE COMPREHENSIVE
STRATEGY THAT WE CAN BRING BACK
TO THE TEAM.
>> CAN WE IDENTIFY.
AND I SEE COUNSELIM MEMBER
MORALES HAS HER HAND UP.
AND I'LL PIVOT TO HER IN A
MOMENT.
BUT DO WE DO THESE POSTINGS,
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
DISPLACED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF
MITIGATION OR EXIT STRATEGY
FROM THE ENCAMPMENT?
THAT HONESTLY MIGHT BE
SOMEWHERE AT LEAST TO START, TO
SORT OF MONITOR AND
ACKNOWLEDGE.
BECAUSE LOOK.
I THINK AT THE BASE OF IT, YOU
KNOW, I GET THE UNDERLYING
PREMISE, THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN
LOCATIONS WHERE THERE ARE
ENCAMPMENTS.
AND THEY CAN'T JUST STAY THERE,
BECAUSE IT IS POSING AN
OBSTRUCTION.
WE CAN DEBATE THE EXTENT TO
WHICH ENCAMPMENTS ARE AN
OBSTRUCTION.
THERE'S BEEN DEBATE ABOUT THAT,
WHERE PEOPLE HAVE ALLEGED THE
POSTING AS VIEWED.
BUT I'M SAYING FOR THE SAKE OF
AIRPORT, WE KNOW OF PLACES
WHERE THERE ARE CLEAR
OBSTRUCTIONS AND NEEDS TO BE
REMOVED.
AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
DISPLACEMENT MIGHT HAVE TO BE
ACCOMMODATED BECAUSE OF THE
RISK THAT THAT OBSTRUCTION
CHOSE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE US TO AT
LEAST DO IS MONITOR AND TRACK
THE AMOUNT OF THAT DISPLACEMENT
AS A METRIC THAT WE ARE WORKING
TO MINIMIZE AND EVENTUALLY
ELIMINATE.
AND AT LEAST TO KNOW.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW,
IF THERE IS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF
PEOPLE IN AN ENCAMPMENT
SEATTLE, THAT WE AREN'T ABLE TO
SOLVE FOR, BECAUSE OF OUR
RESOURCE DEFICIENCIES.
WE ARE NOT REALLY TRACKING THAT
INFORMATION AS DECIDUOUSLY AS
WE COULD BE.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DEFINE IT
FROM SOME OF THE OTHER METRICS
WE HAVE.
LIKE MAYBE THE GAP BETWEEN
ACTUAL REFERRALS AND SHELTER.
BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE US TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AS A METRIC, THAT
THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF
DISPLACEMENT, AND TRACK IT AND
WORK TOGETHER TO GET IT DOWN.
AND THAT PIVOTS TO A DISCUSSION
THAT IS A LITTLE OUTSIDE OF THE
SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
WITH THE DATA.
BUT I MEAN, I GUESS IT'S
RELATED.
I MEAN, AS JEFF, YOU KNOW,
JEFF'S CHARTS SHOW, RIGHT?
WHENEVER WE HAVE MORE PLACES TO
SEND PEOPLE THAT ARE DESIRABLE.
WE DO ALMOST ENTIRELY ELIMINATE
THAT IMPACT OF THE
DISPLACEMENT.
IF BALLARD COMMONS PARK IS
SUPPOSED TO BE THE EXAMPLE OF
HOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
WE SHOULD BE COMING TOGETHER TO
GET THE THOUSAND NEW TINY HOMES
BY JUNE THAT MAYOR HAROLD
CAMPAIGNED ON BUILDING AND THE
2,000 NEW ONES BY DECEMBER.
BECAUSE WE COULD, THEN, DO
BALLARD COMMONS PARK.
CONSTANTLY, AND ALL THE TIME,
TO THE GREAT SATISFACTION OF
ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, I THINK.
SO I DO WANT TO FLAG THAT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW,
BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN IN THE
ANTICIPATED, YOU KNOW, LAUNCH
OF A THOUSAND UNITS IN JUNE,
THAT THE HARMED ADMINISTRATION
INDICATED, THEY WANT TO PURSUE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE
DISPLACEMENT, AND WE NEED TO
FIGURE OUT A STRATEGY FOR IT.
I JUST -- I DON'T NEED AN
ANSWER TO THAT, I THINK WE HAVE
BEEN OVER IT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET THOSE
THOUGHTS OUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT
AND FOR JEFF, IN TERMS OF HOW
WE MIGHT WORK TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE MORE DATA SETS, FRANKLY
LIKE THE END OF LAST YEAR,
WHERE WE DID, WE HAD PRETTY
GOOD RESULTS FOR HOW THE HOPE
TEAM WAS PERFORMING, AT LEAST
RELATIVE TO HISTORY.
AND BUILDING ON THAT SEEMS TO
CORRELATE WITH THE AVAILABILITY
OF DESIRABLE SHELTER SPACE.
SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR A
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
MR. CHAIR.
AND MR. BAILEY, I REALIZE THIS
IS -- I THINK YOUR FIRST
MEETING WITH US.
YOU'RE NEW IN THIS ROLE.
AND SO AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
SAID, YOU'VE -- YOU'RE IN A
STICKY WICKET.
AND IT'S -- WELL, WELCOME.
YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT
THERE IS THE NEW REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
I APPRECIATE THAT THINGS ARE
SHIFTING AND HOPEFULLY FOR THE
BETTER.
AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
INTENT IS TO HOUSE, THAT THERE
IS NOT A DESIRE TO MERELY SHIFT
PEOPLE FROM ONE SIDE OF THE
STREET TO THE OTHER.
AND YET THAT IS THE IMPACT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO
FOCUS ON.
NOT THE INTENT OF THE THINGS
THAT OUR CITY WORKERS ARE
DOING, BUT THE IMPACT THAT THEY
ARE HAVING, WHICH IS TO
DISPLACE PEOPLE.
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
SUFFICIENT RESOURCES.
WE DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT
SHELTER BEDS AVAILABLE.
SO I APPRECIATE WHAT THE CHAIR
IS ASKING, WHICH IS THAT WE
ACTUALLY CREATE AND TRACK WHAT
THAT KIND OF DISPLACEMENT IS,
HOW IT'S HAPPENING, WHAT WE'RE
DOING ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO MEASURE IS HOW THAT
NUMBER STARTS TO DECREASE.
AND IF WE'RE NOT PAYING
ATTENTION TO IT, IF WE ARE, YOU
KNOW, TACITLY IGNORING IT,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT
THE CHAIR IS ASKING FOR, SO
THAT WE KNOW IF WE'RE ACTUALL
SOLVING THIS PROBLEM.
AND YOU KNOW, MOVING IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE KIND OF
OUTREACH, THE KIND OF
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, THE LEAD
TIME AS MARK DOARNS CALLED IT,
TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH
PEOPLE.
SO THAT THAT NUMBER DOES START
TO DECREASE IS GOING TO BE
REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THIS IS A CRITICAL
TIME RIGHT NOW FOR US TO FIGURE
OUT HOW THESE TEAMS AND
ENTITIES ARE GOING TO WORK
TOGETHER TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
BUT SOLVING THE PROBLEM
REQUIRES THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE
THIS VERY KEY PIECE.
BECAUSE EVERY CITY
COUNCILMEMBER HAS HEARD FROM
THEIR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE
DISPLACEMENT THAT HAPPENS, THE
IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON
NEIGHBORS, THE IMPACT THAT IT
HAS ON FOLKS WHO ARE DISPLACED,
AND THE FRUSTRATION WITH, THEIR
CLEARLY NOT BEING AN ANSWER TO
THAT PROBLEM.
And councilmember I want to
publically acknowledge this is
an issue.
I will personally take this
back to the unified care team
to have further discussion and
bring in our partners at RHA.
>> Are there any other
questions from committee
members?
Okay.
I really appreciate the
opportunity to dive into this.
Deputy director Bailey, I think
a very good first committee
debut we thank you for being
with us today.
We look forward to working with
you.
I want to give a fine point as
we dive into this really hard
work, I want to close by
acknowledging that in many
respects, and this was
identified in Jeff's graph, we
have seen improvements in this
work over the course of the
last year from the team at HSD.
I know that sometimes as a
council we can be -- we can
have tough questions in this
area.
But I just want to acknowledge
that despite aover the past
year we have seen metrics
improve and coordination
improve.
Have brought new partnerships
online and new shelter and will
don't do that and continue do
that in good faith and just
appreciate you being here today
to go through this information.
THANK YOU FOR COMING BY TODAY.
OKAY.
MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM THREE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE, CLEAN
CITIES INITIATIVE PRESENCE
ENSTATION.
>> OKAY.
WELL, WE ARE JOINED HERE TODAY
BY THE VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT
MAKE UP OUR CLEAN CITY
INITIATIVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO
START.
OKAY.
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS WANTS
TO START.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HIM AND
ALLOW HIM TO INTRODUCE THE
ADDITIONAL PANELIST AND SAVE
THE QUESTIONS FOR THE
CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO SUPERINTENDENT, YOU TAKE IT
AWAY, PLEASE.
>> YOU ARE MUTED,
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS.
>> CHRISTOPHER, IT MIGHT BE ON
YOUR SCREEN AT THE BOTTOM.
THIS IS MICHELLE AGAIN, HI
EVERYBODY.
ALSO FROM PARKS AND REC.
ARE YOU STILL ON CHRISTOPHER?
>> STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE OFF MUTE
BUT WHEN YOU TALK, MAYBE IT IS
YOUR HEAD SET, I DON'T KNOW.
>> GOING FROM TEAMS TO ZOOM.
>> I STILL CAN'T.
DO YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE MIC.
IS THERE ONE ON THE DEVICE,
LIKE ON YOUR COMPUTER?
I CAN'T HEAR YOU STILL.
>> HE'S PROBABLY POINTING AT
ME.
WHY DON'T I TRY TO FILL IN.
THESE ARE LARGE SHOES.
I'M MICHELLE AND WE ARE HERE
TODAY WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM
SPU.
WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
>> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
US.
IDRIS BEAUREGARD DEPUTY
DIRECTOR AT SPU.
>> HELLO, I'M LEE MONTH MOND,
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> WE SENT OVER OUR
PRESENTATION.
IS THAT GOING BE LOADED OR ARE
WE TO SHARE TO IT OURSELVES?
>> YES, MICHELLE, I HAVE IT
HERE AND CAN SHARE IT WHEN YOU
ARE READY.
>> WE ARE READY.
THANKS JACOB.
>> JUST ONE MOMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS FROM THE PARK
SIDE YOU WILL GETTING THE C
TEAM BECAUSE DONNA WATERS WAS
GOING TO JOIN CHRISTOPHER AND
SHE IS OUT OF THE OFFICE.
NOW WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER WITHOUT
HIS MIC.
SO, FORGIVE ME IF I'M NOT QUITE
AS WELL INFORMED AS OUR
TEAMMATES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A
GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH SPU AND
I APPRECIATE THEM JOINING US
TODAY.
IN FACT I THINK IDRIS IS GOING
KICK IT OFF WITH THE NEXT
SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBERS, I
APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THAT
SPU'S CLEAN CITY PROGRAM DOES.
MORE RECENTLY THE INITIATIVE
HAS BEEN CREATING A LITTLE
CONFUSION.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
COME TO DAY AND PROVIDE A LINE
OF BACKGROUND ABOUT HOW CLEAN
CITY'S PROGRAM AND SPU
ORIGINATED.
ROUGHLY ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, WE
SEEN A NEED TO PROVIDE A CLEAN
AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO THE
COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS
WE SERVE.
PART OF THAT OBJECTIVE WAS TO
TAKE THE TONNAGE TAX AND
REINVEST THAT IN COMMUNITIES.
NOW A SUITE OF THESE PROGRAMS
WERE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
SERVICES RELATED TO LEGAL
DUMPING, GRAFFITI, COMMUNITY
CLEANUP, VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.
MORE RECENTLY OVER THE PAST SIX
YEARS, THAT TONNAGE TAX BECAME
A COMPONENT OF THE GENERAL WIDE
BUDGET.
OVER THE PAST SIX OR SEVEN
YEARS YOU ARE ALL QUITE
FAMILIAR WITH THE INCREASE IN
SERVICES THAT SPU NOW DELIVERS
INCLUDING MEDIATION PROGRAMS,
SHARPS COLLECTION AND OUR --
SINCE 2020, WE ACTUALLY SEEN A
HUGE INCREASE IN ILLEGAL
DUMPING, GRAFFITI IN PUBLIC
PARKS.
WE SEEN A LOT OF LITTER AND WE
CAN RELATE THAT COUPLED WITH
THE CITY STAFF AND SHORTAGE AND
THE HALES OF COVID.
REDUCING OUR VOLUNTEER BASE.
WE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
TRASH AND LITTER THAT WAS JUST
ACCUMULATING ALONG WITH
GRAFFITI ALONG THE CITY.
IN RESPONSE IN THE LATE 2020,
THE CITY TEMPORARILY BONDED THE
CLEAN CITIES INITIATIVE AND
THIS WAS TO ADDRESS THE TRASH
THAT WAS ACCUMULATING BASED ON
THE REDUCTION OF SERVICES THAT
OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS WERE NOT
ABLE TO ADDRESS ALONG WITH US.
FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE
WILL FOCUS ON THE SERVICES,
WHICH RELATE TO A LOT OF THE
WORK THAT WAS DEFERRED TO PARKS
AND S-DOT FOR SPU.
WE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF GRO
CLEANS.
WE PROVIDED PRIVATE PROPERTY
GRAFFITI ABAITMENT SERVICES AND
LASTLY THE COMMUNITY LITERATES.
SO NOW I AM GOING TO HOPEFULLY
-- HOPEFULLY CHRISTOPHER'S MIC
IS WORKING.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
AS PART OF THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN, THE SERVICES WERE FUNDED
TO END IN 2021.
THE MAYOR PROPOSED BUD YET
INCLUDED EIGHT MONTHS OF
FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE
SERVICES AND THE COUNCIL
ADOPTED BUDGET EXTENDED THAT TO
THE FULL YEAR.
THE SERVICES ARE ALL ONE TIME
FUNDING FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUND OF 2022.
NEXT SLIDE.
MORE SPECIFICALLY THIS SLIDE
HERE SUMMARIZES THE 2022 BUDGET
FOR THE CLEAN CITIES SURGE.
THE 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET
INCLUDES --
>> CHRISTOPHER, I THINK WE ARE
ONE SIDE OFF.
CAN YOU MOVE IT FORWARD,
THANKS.
>> I'M SORRY.
OKAY.
SO THIS IS A BREAK DOWN OF THAT
FUNDING.
THE 2022 BUDGET INCLUDES $3.9
THE BULK OF THE FUNDS ARE A
COLLABORATION OF SALE OF PARKS
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO STAND UP FOR
CLEAN TEAMS.
THIS WORK IS TO PROVIDE FOCUS
CLEANING OF PARKS AND
NEIGHBORHOOD SPACES INCLUDING
THOSE IN IS TENNER CITY.
WE WILL DISCUSS THESE TEAMS IN
MORE DETAIL IN A FEW MINUTES.
THE TOTAL OF $8.4 MILLION IN
2022 TO SUPPORT THIS WORK IS
ROUGHLY $4.2 MILLION.
THEN THERE'S ROUGHLY JUST UNDER
A MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO
SPU FOR LITERATES.
NEXT SLIDE.
SURGE ENHANCEMENTS.
MOST OF FUNDING IN 2022
SUPPORTS THE WORK OF TEMPORARY
CLEAN TEAMS TO SUPPORT SAFE AND
ACCESSIBLE RIGHTS OF WAY.
HERE WE GOT SOME METRICS ON HOW
MUCH LITTER AND GARBAGE WAS
COLLECTED IN 2021, HOW MANY
HYPODERMIC NEEDLES WERE
COLLECTED.
THIS PROGRAM IS MAKING
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS.
NEXT SLIDE.
MORE EXAMPLES, BEFORE AND AFTER
PICTURES ARE VERY COMPELLING.
THESE ARE PICTURES OF STREET
RIGHTS OF WAY AND SIDEWALKS.
THERE'S BEFORE AND AFTER WORK
IN PARKS.
THE GOAL, JUST TO HELP THE
ENTIRE CITY LOOK CLEANER OVER
THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE.
HERE ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL WORK.
I BELIEVE THIS PHOTO IS THE
MASSACHUSETTS SITE I THINK THAT
SHOWS THE BEFORE, DURING AND
AFTER.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS
WHERE I THINK THE MAX PAYER IS
GOODELL GETTING A -- THE
TAXPAYER IS GETTING A GOOD BANG
FOR THE BUCK.
THE CITY'S CONTRACTORS COLLECT
MATERIALS OUTSIDE OF
ENCAMPMENT.
CLEAN CITY SURGE FUNDING
SUPPORTS SPECIALLY TRAINED CITY
STAFF, FIELD COORDINATORS AND
THEIR TEAM WORKING WITH
ENCAMPMENT TO WORK WITH CAMPERS
TO ADDRESS TRASH REMOVAL AND
UNWANTED MATERIALS.
THINK ABOUT THE CLEAN CITY'S
INITIATIVE AS A CON SEE EDGE
WHERE WE DROP BY ENCAMPMENT AND
NOT NECESSARILY DISTURB THE
ENCAMPMENT BUT CLEAN THE LITTER
AND DEBRIS EACH DAY.
WE MAKE SURE THIS WORK IS BEING
DOESN'T ON THIS SLIDE, THIS
REFLECTS THE INCREASED LITTER
COLLECTION ROUTES THAT ARE PART
OF THE CLEAN CITY PROGRAM.
WE ARE SERVING 18 NEIGHBORHOODS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE ARE CLEANING MORE THAN 3500
BLOCK FACES AND THESE SERVICES
ARE PROVIDED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
NEXT SLIDE.
I KIND OF WANTED TO SAY
SOMETHING WHEN MY AUDIO WAS NOT
WORKING.
I WANTED TO INITIALLY INTRODUCE
THIS PROGRAM AS PART OF AN
EFFORT TO SORT OF NORMALIZE THE
LANGUAGE AROUND UNIFIED CARE
TEAM AND THE GOAL OF THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM, ONCE AGAIN,
TO DOUBLE DOWN ON SORT OF
OPENING REMARKS BY MY
COLLEAGUE, MICHAEL BAILEY, THIS
IS THE ADMINISTRATION'S
APPROACH TO A SUITE OF SERVICES
AND PROGRAMS RELATED TO
SOLUTIONS FOR OUR UNHOUSED
NEIGHBORS.
THE INTENT IS TO CREATE
HOLISTIC UNIFIED APPROACHES.
EXAMPLES OF SERVICES INCLUDE
THE HOPE TEAM WHICH YOU JUST
PREVIOUSLY HEARD ABOUT.
THE RV REMOVALS, HOUSING AND
SHELTER AND OF COURSE CLEAN
CITIES WHICH WE ARE HERE
TALKING TO YOU ABOUT TODAY.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PRESENTATION.
THEN WE WILL ASK ON THE LAST
SLIDE, OF COURSE BIG HATS OFF
TO THE STAFF WHO ARE ACTUALLY
OUT THERE DOING THE WORK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IS THERE ANYMORE PRESENTATION
FROM THE PANEL HERE?
OR ARE WE ALL SET FOR COUNCIL
QUESTIONS?
>> I THINK WE ARE ALL SET.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
OVERVIEW.
BEFORE I JUMP INTO IT,
COLLEAGUES ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
I WILL GET STARTED HERE.
I CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
ALONG WITH AND APPRECIATE THE
INCREASED WORK THAT CLEAN CITY
INITIATIVE HAS BEEN DOING OVER
THE COURSE OF THE PREVIOUS
COUPLE MONTHS, GIVEN THE ADDED
DEMAND DUE TO THE SITUATION
AROUND THE COVID CRISIS AND THE
AMOUNT OF PUBLIC TRASH THAT WE
HAVE SEEN IN A LOT OF PART
OFFENSE THE CITY.
WE APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENCE
THIS TEAM HAS MADE AND
APPRECIATE THE INNER DEPARTMENT
COORDINATION TO MAKE THIS AN
EFFECTIVE RESPONSE.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW SITES ARE
IDENTIFIED AND PRIORITIZED AND
WHAT PROCESS THAT GOES THROUGH
AND WHAT WAYS COUNCILMEMBERS
AND CONSTITUENTS MIGHT ENGAGE
WITH THE INITIATIVE IF THERE
ARE POTENTIAL SITES WE WANT TO
FLAG AND HOW THAT IN-- AS A
THRESHOLD QUESTION.
>> I MIGHT TURN IT OVER TO
IDRIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
I ASSUME THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING
TO -- WE GOT TWO OPTIONS FOR
THE RV'S WHERE WE HAVE
SOMETHING CALLED A SITE
ASSESSMENT.
NOW THROUGHOUT THE CITY THE
FORM MEASURES A NUMBER OF AREAS
AND CATEGORIES INCLUDING SAFETY
, HAZARDOUS WASTE.
WE WOULD IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS
THROUGH THE CITY WHERE WE
DEPLOY AN RV REMEDIATION CLEAN
ACT.
WE USE A SITE ASSESSMENT FORM
AGAIN THAT TALLIES UP THE
NUMBER OF RV'S AND A FEW OTHER
FACTORS.
FOR OUR COMMUNITY LITTER ROUTES
THAT WE DEPLOYED, THAT
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS SPOKE
OF, WE LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL
AT THAT TIME THAT.
DATA THAT IS DELIVERED AND WE
USE CROWD SOURCING FOR
INSTANCE.
AND BASED ON THE HISTORICAL
WE THEN CREATE HEAT MAP WHICH
WE TARGET AND DRILL DOWN TO
PROACTIVE LITERATES WHERE WE
KNOW HISTORICALLY THESE AREAS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAVE BEEN
IMPACKETTED BY LITTER AND
ILLEGAL DUMPING.
THAT'S HOW WE IDENTIFIED THE 18
ROUTES FOR THAT ASPECT OF THE
PROACTIVE CLEANS.
HOWEVER, UTILIZING AN EQUITY
LENSES, THE AREAS THAT ARE NOT
REPORTS THAT WE DO KNOW HAVE
CHALLENGES WITH ILLEGAL
DUMPING, TRASH AND DEBRIS, WE
ARE PROACTIVE BASED ON THE
EQUITY LENS.
>> AND, COUNCILMEMBER --
>> GO AHEAD, SORRY,
SUPERINTENDENT, PLEASE.
>> I WAS ALSO GOING TO SAY THAT
PEOPLE CAN USE THE CITY'S FIND
IT, FIX IT APP OR THE CUSTOMER
SERVICE BUREAU CONTACT TO MAKE
REPORTS.
>> EXCELLENT.
GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT IDRIS LAID OUT, HOW
OFTEN ARE THE 18 ROUTES
MODIFIED BASED ON THE EQUITY
AND THE ANALYSIS AND THE
ASSESSMENT OF THE HEAT MAPS?
>> THAT DEPENDS.
THAT DEPENDS.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT
CONTACT WITH WHETHER IT IS
COMMUNITY.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS AND
OTHER GROUPS.
IF WE SEE A REDUCTION IN THE
AMOUNT OF LITTER THAT IS BEING
COLLECTED, WE WOULD THEN PIVOT.
WE WOULD REDEPLOY OR WE WOULD
REPURPOSE THE ROUTES IN ORDER
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BEING MOST
OFFICIAL AND TARGETING THE
PLACES.
WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE
FLEXIBILITY AND BE NIMBLE.
WE KNOW THERE WAS AN INCREASE
IN LITTER AND DEBRIS ALONG THAT
STRETCH, A COUPLE MILES THERE,
SO RATHER THAN CREATE A WHOLE
NEW ROUTE OR TAKE AWAY FROM A
ROUTE, WE JUST MADE THE
DECISION TO SAY LET'S CLEAN
ALONG THAT STRETCH.
SO, IT IS ONGOING.
WE ARE IN CONSTANT ASSESSMENT
AND UTILIZED COMMUNITY AND DATA
TO TELL US WHERE TO PIVOT.
>> WHAT IS THE CAPACITY TO DO
THIS ON DEMAND CLEANS, HOW MANY
CAN BE DONE IN A GIVEN MONTH OR
QUARTER?
>> IT JUST DEPENDS.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT FOR THE
ON-DEMAND ONE WE HAVE DONE WITH
THE NORTH LAKE WAY, I'M
ASSUMING -- LEE CAN CHIME IN --
WE PROBABLY DEPLOYED FIVE OR
EIGHT BASED ON THE SURGE, THE
AVAILABLE FUNDING.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE 18
COMMUNITY LITERATES, WE CAN
DEPLOY THEM FIVE OR EIGHT.
ADDITIONAL FUNDINGS WERE ADDED
FOR THE GO CLEANS.
SO THE -- MEANING THAT WE
TARGET AREAS THAT ARE
IMPACKETTED BY RV'S THAT MIGHT
NOT BE MORE THAN FIVE OR SEVEN
LONG STANDING ISSUES AND WE
DEPLOY -- HOW MANY DO WE DEPLOY
A MONTH FOR THE GEO CLEANS?
>> AROUND 30.
>> YEAH.
>> 30 A MONTH RIGHT NOW.
>> SO THAT'S GEOGRAPHICAL
TARGETED CLEANS, COUNCILMEMBER,
LEWIS.
>> GOING BACK TO -- WELL THE ON-
DEMAND CLEAN CAN SAY, AT WHAT
POINT IS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF
GARBAGE SO LARGE IT CAN'T BE
MITIGATED THROUGH CLEAN CITIES?
TO GIVE A PARTICULAR EXAMPLE OF
SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS STILL
MOSTLY UNADDRESSED OR PARTIALLY
ADDRESSED, THERE'S A SITE IN MY
DISTRICT LIKE WHERE A BOAT WAS
JUST DUMPED IN A COMPLETELY
DESTROYED STATE, LIKE, TORN
APART, GRAFFITI, YOU KNOW, ALL
THE WINDOWS BROKEN OUT OF IT.
LIKE A MOTOR BOAT.
ABANDONED.
AT WHAT POINT IS SOMETHING SO
LARGE THAT THE TEAM CAN'T
ADDRESS IT OR IF THERE'S, YOU
KNOW, A DEBRIS OR OBSTRUCTION
OF ANY KIND, IS THE TEAM
EQUIPPED TO MITIGATE IT?
>> BASED ON OUR INNER
DEPARTMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS YOU
SPOKE OF, WE HAVE A LOT OF
RESOURCES AND PARTNERS THAT
STEP IN.
FOR INSTANCE, FOR THE BOAT THAT
WAS ABANDONED, WHICH WE DO COME
ACROSS THEM RECEIVER TILES A
YEAR, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH S-
DOT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING
WAS IN PLACE AND SHUT DOWN THE
ROAD.
S-DOT COMS OUT AND DISPOSES OF
IT.
I PERSONALLY, SINCE I HAVE BEEN
DOING THIS WORK, HAVE NOT SEEN
AN ISSUE WE COULD NOT RESOLVE.
>> NICE.
WELL, I THINK THAT BOAT IS
STILL OUT THERE ON 15th.
SO LET'S BE IN TOUCH, YOU KNOW.
I SET YOU UP WITH THE QUESTION
AND --
>> YEAH, LET ME KNOW.
>> OKAY.
BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT
QUESTION BECAUSE IT WAS
UNCLEAR.
I WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT
IS NOT A CAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS
APPEARING -- SO,.
>> SEND US AN EMAIL.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
ABOUT THAT AS A TREASURE HOLD
MATTER.
WE RUN INTO CONSTITUENT REQUEST
FOR LARGE PIECES OF DEBRIS.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
THE RIGHT SIZE FLAT BEDS TO
PULL A BOAT OUT OF AN AREA.
>> YEAH.
UNDERSTOOD.
APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS?
>> I WAS GOING SAY THAT THE
PARK DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO
SUPPLEMENT CLEANING THROUGH A
PROGRAM WE CALL JAMBOREES.
THAT IS WHERE WE BRING
TOGETHER, SORT OF THE
COMPLIMENT OF OUR GROUNDS AND
MAINTENANCE CREWS FROM ALL OVER
THE DEPARTMENT TO ASCEND ON A
PARK.
WE DON'T DO JAMBOREES ON
PUBLICALLY OWNED RIGHT-OF-WAYS.
SO THAT IS AN ONGOING APPROACH
TO -- KIND OF AN INTERNAL
COMPANION PIECE TO CLEAN
CITIES.
>> IS THERE AN OPENING
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS FOR
VOLUNTEERS WHO MIGHT WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES?
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
THRESHOLD OF WORK THAT IS
SUITABLE FOR VOLUNTEERS.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE ON THE
EDUCATION SIDE, ON THE LITTER
PICKUP SIDE.
A LOT OF THE WORK WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT IS PROAL NOT
SUITABLE FOR VOLUNTEERS.
BLOOD BORN PATHOGENS FROM
HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND THERE'S
FREQUENTLY A LOT OF DEBRIS
THAT, YOU KNOW, PAID AND STAFF
TRAINED ARE TO DO.
>> YEAH.
BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE ON
LITTER PICK AND REMEDIATE,
THERE'S A POSSIBLE --
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE
INITIATIVE TO MAYBE WORK WITH
US HERE AT THE COUNCIL IN THE
SCOPE OF THE CATEGORIES YOU
IDENTIFIED AROUND LITTER PICKS
AND REMEDIATION, TO SCOPE OUT
OPPORTUNITIES TO GET PEOPLE
INVOLVED.
WE ON THE COUNCIL GET LARGE
VOLUMES OF PEOPLE WHO SEE THE
STATE OF THE CITY WANT TO STEP
UP AND WAYS TO ENGAGE.
THIS MIGHT BE A WAY TO
ACCOMMODATE IT TO ROPE FOLKS IN
TO BE A PART OF MAKING THE CITY
BETTER AND ENCOURAGE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW
WE MIGHT DO THAT.
I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A
CITY-WIDE DAY OF SERVICE
POTENTIALLY LATER IN THE
SPRING.
I THINK THAT IS BORN OUT OF
WHAT MAYOR HARRELL HEARD ON THE
CAMPAIGN, PEOPLE WANTING TO
HELP.
THIS COULD BE A WAY WE CAN PLUG
PEOPLE IN AND GIVE THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN SOME OF
OUR EFFORTS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WAS NOT GOING INTO THIS AREA
BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE
GOING TALK ABOUT RV'S, BUT WE
DID.
MY EARS PERKED UP WHEN I HEARD
REFERENCE TO THE RV REMEDIATION
PROGRAM.
THE GO CLEANS I THINK YOU CALL
THEM.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE LOCATIONS
WHERE THERE ARE RV'S, PEOPLE
ARE LEAVING THEM ALL OVER THE
CITY.
WE HAVE -- THE COUNCIL HAS
FUNDED A SAFE LOT PROGRAM.
THE DOLLARS HAVE GONE TO KING
COUNTY.
THEY ARE -- WE EXPECT TO SEE
GREAT STUFF COMING OUT OF THE
RP.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT I HAVE
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
NEIGHBOR HAVE A VERY LARGE RV
ENCAMPMENT IN THE ANDOVER
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR THREE
YEARS.
IT PREDATES THE COVID-19
EMERGENCY.
IT IS IN A RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS NOT IN AN INDUSTRIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AS I THINK BOTH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND I
HAVE EXPRESSED MANY TIMES, THE
COMMUNITY, THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS THAT WORK IN THAT
AREA, THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS ARE REALLY AT
THEIR WIT'S END AND WOULD LIKE
SOME RELIEF.
AND, WE HAVE DONE A LOT I THINK
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION WAS AWARE OF
THIS LOCATION.
I UNDERSTOOD WHY WE WERE -- WHY
IT WAS THAT WE WERE SUSPENDED
ENFORCEMENT OF THE 72-HOUR
NOTICE.
WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH
MEMBERS OF THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION.
WE HAD A MEETING IN EARLY
FEBRUARY TO FOLLOW UP AND
SHARING WITH THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION A COMMUNITY
LETTER FROM NEW CORE ABOUT THE
IMPACKETS.
FOLLOWED UP WITH THE MEETING IN
FEBRUARY.
REQUESTED THAT FOLKS -- I KNOW
SPU, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN OUT
THERE AND YOU RESPOND TO MY
CALLS WHEN I ASK YOU TO GO OUT
THERE AND DO A BAG PICKUP OR
ASK YOU TO DO ANOTHER ROUND
WITH THE GEO CLEANS WITH PEOPLE
IN PLACE, NOT REQUIRING THEM TO
MOVE THEIR VEHICLES.
BUT THE RV SITUATION, I REALLY
HINK PEOPLE NEED A BREA
DON'T -- I'M FRUSTRATED HAVING
HAD -- UNDER THE PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION IT WAS IN APRIL
OF 2021.
THERE WAS THE CONVERSATION --
WELL, THERE WAS A STATEMENT
THAT THEY HA LIFTED THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE 72-HOUR
ORDINANCE BUT THEN THAT WAS
NEVER IMPLEMENTED.
WE HAVE -- I DON'T THINK WE
HAVE ANYBODY FROM S-DOT HERE,
MAYBE WE DO.
WE HAVE DONE ENFORCEMENT OF THE
72-HOUR ORDINANCE AS IT RELATES
TO CLEARLY ABANDONED VEHICLES.
I KNOW THAT WE -- THE RV
MEDIATION PROGRAM HAS
EXPERIENCED VERY GOOD
COMPLIANCE IN THE PAST.
OFTEN THAT WAS AFTER I KNOW --
I KNOW IT WAS AFTER A LOT OF
ENGAGEMENT, BUT THE PEOPLE
VOLUNTARILY, WHEN THEY HAVE
OPERABLE VEHICLES WHEN THEY
KNOW THERE IS IS THREAT OF
ENFORCEMENT.
I HAVE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A --
PROBABLY HEARING ME SAY I HAVE
A LITTLE DIFFERENT APPROACH
TOWARDS SHARING PUBLIC SPACE
WHEN PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN
VEHICLES.
I ASKED FOR MORE OF A -- AN
APPROACH THAT IS PATIENT AND
WORKS WITH PEOPLE WHERE THEY
ARE AT AND THE TAKES TIME FOR
ENGAGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEIR
-- IN TENTS OUTSIDE.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THEIR
VEHICLES, I THINK FOLKS SHOULD
BE ASKED TO MOVE PERIODICALLY.
I JUST REALLY DO.
THIS IS JUST A PLEA.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S
ANYBODY ON THIS PANEL THAT CAN
SPEAK TO THE FUTURE OF
ENFORCEMENT OF THE 72-HOUR
NOTICE OR 72-HOUR PARKING LAW.
AGAIN, WE HAD A MEETING IN
EARLY FEBRUARY ABOUT PRECISELY
THIS ISSUE.
I HAVE NOT HAD FOLLOW-UP.
PEOPLE ARE PLEADING WITH ME TO
DO SOMETHING IN THIS AREA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD -- GO
AHEAD.
>> YOU PROBABLY HAVE A MORE
PRECISE ANSWER.
I WAS GOING TO SAY FROM THE
PARKS PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD
ABSOLUTELY TAKE THIS BACK TO
THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM FOR
DISCUSSION.
>> YEAH.
AND ALONG THE SAME LINES,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I
APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
DILIGENTLY.
AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE ARE
POSTING WITH THE RV MEDIATION
PROGRAM.
WE ARE DOING POSTING AND DOING
COMPASSION AND COMPLIANCE
REALLY TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM
TO VOLUNTARILY MOVE.
AT THIS JUNCTURE WE KNOW THAT S-
DOT IS WORKING ON THE 72-HOUR
ENFORCEMENT AND THERE SHOULD BE
SOMETHING SOON COMING OUT TO
PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE IN THAT
AREA.
TO SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS
POINT, WE DEFINITELY WILL BRING
IT BACK TO THE UNIFIED CARE
TEAM.
>> AND IF I MAY JUST FOR A
SECOND, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE ADOPT A STREET PROGRAM.
IF WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS, THE
ADOPT A STREET PROGRAM IS
THRIVING.
IT STOPPED AND STARTED BACK UP
IN APRIL.
WE WILL GETTING LOTS OF FOLKS.
IT HELP'S WITH PEOPLE THAT WANT
TO PAINT OVER GRAFFITI.
YOU NEED TO GET THE BUSINESS
OWNER A WAIVER IF IT IS PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
WE CAN GET YOU THE PAINT AND
THE ROLLERS, SAME AS THE ADOPT
A STREET, WE GET YOU A BAG AND
UTENSILS TO CLEAN UP.
WE WILL COME PICK THOSE THINGS
UP.
YOU CAN FIND THE FIX IT APP.
THERE'S LOTS OF WAY TO
VOLUNTEER.
OUR PROGRAM MANAGER IS GREAT
AND HAS A PASSION FOR IT.
WHEN I DRIVE AFTERNOON THE IF I
RECOLLECT I SEE HER OUT THERE
PICKING UP GARBAGE ALL THE
TIME.
LET US KNOW AND WE WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE HELP VOLUNTEER FOR THAT
PROGRAM.
>> ANYMORE QUESTIONS FROM
COLLEAGUES?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MONTH CATEGORY
3 #á COUNCILMEMBER MOSS KAY DID
A, I APPRECIATE TRYING TO HAVE
MANY DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED AND
IN A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
I AM GUESSING AND THESE ARE
OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE CITY AS
WELL.
>> I TRIED TO MAKE A COMMENT
ABOUT THIS EARLIER TO MARK AND
THE RH CREW BUT I WILL TRY TO
REITERATE THE POINT.
I AM CONCERNED THAT AS PEOPLE
WILL GETTING MOVED OUT OF
DOWNTOWN POTENTIALLY OR IF
THERE ARE SWEEPS IN OTHER AREAS
OF THE CITY, INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE FEARFUL OF THE POSTINGS,
FOR WHATEVER REASON OR ARE NOT
ABLE TO GET INTO SHELTER OR
MOVE BECAUSE OF A POSTING, THAT
THEY ARE COMING TO OTHER AREAS
WHERE THEY SEE FOLKS UNHOUSED
ESTABLISHED AND I THINK THAT IS
OCCURRING IN THE AREAS THAT
WERE TRADITIONALLY MORE
VEHICLES AND RVs.
I AM SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
TENTS AND SLEEPING BAGS.
THIS IS TO PUT IT ON THE RADAR,
THIS COMPLIMENT IT IS WORK OF
YOUR MEMBERS.
IF YOU ARE DOING CLEANUP FOR
ITEMS THAT WERE TRASH AND WERE
IDENTIFIED BY FOLKS AS PART OF
THE PURPLE BAG PROGRAM AND
CLEARLY BEING PLACED IN AN AREA
FOR PICKUP.
IF THERE'S MORE FOLKS IN THAT
AREA, THAT COMPLICATES YOUR
WORK.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
SUGGESTION BECAUSE EVER BACK
BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A CITY-
WIDE STU.
AS YOU SEE MORE FOLKS BEING
AFFECTED GOING PLACES WHERE
RV'S AND CARS ARE PARKED, IT IS
GOING TO COMPLICATE THE WORK OF
TRYING TO CREATE CLEANER AREAS.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT
BACK TO THE COORDINATED TEAM.
THIS WILL MAYBE BE A GOOD
EXAMPLE HERE OF HOW WE CAN TRY
TO GET THE FOLKS INTO HOUSING.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND I
ALSO WORKED ON SAFE PARKING
LOTS.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
ELEMENT THAT HAS NOT STOOD UP.
THE RV SAFE PARKING LOTS SAY
THERE'S NOT WASTE OUTSIDE.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WOULD VERY
MUCH LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH HOW
IT IS GOING TO FIND MORE PLACES
FO US TO OPEN UP RESTROOMS AND
FACILITIES.
WE HAD FUNDED SOME EFFORTS
AROUND, PORT-A-POTTIES.
IF YOU HAVE IDEAS FOR ALL OF
US, FOLKS OUT FOR A RIDE OR
TOURIST IN THE AREA OR WHAT
HAVE YOU, WE WANT PEOPLE TO
HAVE A PLACE TO USE THE
RESTROOM.
THAT'S AN AREA OF DEEP CONCERN
THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN
ATREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HYGIENE
FACILITIES OPEN UP.
THAT'S SOMETHING COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES WORKED ON.
IF NO TIME TODAY, MAYBE A
FOLLOW-UP AT SOME POINT.
>> THANK YOU.
DEFINITELY WOULD APPRECIATE IF
WE CAN FOLLOW UP OFF LINE WITH
THE HYGIENE.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK
AND EFFORTS BEING PUT IN AND
REASSESSING WHAT THAT OBJECTIVE
MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM COUNCIL COLLEAGUES?
IT DOES NOT APPEAR WE DO.
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DROPPING
BY AND GIVING THIS
PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO
JUST GET AN OCCASIONAL UPDATE,
MAYBE QUARTERLY UPDATE FROM
CLEAN CITIES.
I APPRECIATE HAVING THE
INFORMATION TO SHARE AT COUNCIL
BRIEFING EVERY WEEK FROM THIS
TEAM.
BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE'S
GOING TO BE CONTINUED DEMAND IN
THE NEAR TERM FOR THE WORK YOU
GUYS ARE DOING.
IF THERE'S EVER A BIG CHANGE IN
CIRCUMSTANCES OR SOME BIG
DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO
REPORT ON, ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE
YOU COME TO COMMITTEE AND THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING
YOURSELVES AVAILABLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
INVITATION.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> TAKE CARE.
BYE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
OUR LAST ITEM OF BUSINESS INTO
THE RECORD WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY
GO QUITE SOON SO WE CAN GET
PEOPLE OUT BEFORE 5:00.
PLEASE READ IT.
>> ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE,
APPOINTMENTS 0212S THE
APPOINTMENTS OF AMY BROCKHAUS
AND PASQUAL CONTRERAS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE JOINED HERE TODAY, I
BELIEVE, BY BOTH OF THE
NOMINEES THAT HAVE BEEN SENT
FORWARD.
I I BELIEVE WE HAVE
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS.
GOOD THING WE WORKED ALL THE
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OUT FROM
THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.
SUPERINTENDENT, I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO YOU TO INTRODUCE OUR
GREAT APPOINTMENT CANDIDATES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK THEM FOR HANGING IN ON
THE CALL FOR SO LONG.
I WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF
INTRODUCTION AND GIVE EACH NEW
MEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND
OF TALK ABOUT WHY THEY WANT TO
SERVE.
THE FIRST IS AMY BROCKHAUS WHO
IS GOING REPRESENT D6.
SHE'S A DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE
GREENWOOD TRUST.
SHE VALUES THE IMPORTANCE OF
COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS FOR
STEWARDSHIP OF THE PARKS.
THEN FOLLOWING AMY, WE GOT
PASQUAL CONTRERAS, HE'S AN AT-
LARGE MEMBER.
HE GREW UP MEXICAN AMERICAN IN
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WHERE HE
FOUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUFFERED
FROM LACK OF INVESTMENT AND
OPEN SPACES AND TREES.
HE AND HIS FAMILY WOULD TRAVEL
GREAT DISTANCES TO FIND OUTDOOR
SPACES.
HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AS A
PROJECT MANAGER.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO AMY
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM
PASQUAL.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT
WILLIAMS.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL.
IT IS AN HONOR BE HERE TODAY.
AS MENTIONED I'M A GREENWOOD
RESIDENT, DISTRICT SIX.
I HAVE DEVOTED MY PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL LIFE TO
STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC LANDS.
I'M HONORED BY THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SERVE ON THE SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION COMMISSION.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE
INSTRUCTIVE AND ENLIGHTNING FOR
ME AND AN INTERESTING PROCESS
TO OBSERVE AND TO LEARN.
AS MENTIONED I'M DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF THE GREENWAY TRUST,
THE COORDINATING ORGANIZATION
WORKING ON A COLLABORATIVE FOR
THE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA
WHICH ENCOMPASSES SEATTLE AND
TO UP ELLENSBURG.
WE HAVE ALWAYS WORKED IN A
COLLABORATIVE MODEL OR
CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION.
I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
DEEPENING MY OWN WORK IN
SEATTLE AS A VOLUNTEER.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MEETING
WITH US TODAY.
>> AND SORRY, SUPERINTENDENT
WILLIAMS, DID YOU WANT TO ASK
QUESTIONS OF AMY BEFORE WE MOVE
ON TO --
>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALREADY
HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO AMY AND
ARE REALLY HAPPY SHE IS
VOLUNTEERING TO UNDER TAKE THIS
EFFORT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WHAT I WOULD RATHER DO, I
WANT TO ALSO HEAR FROM PASQUAL
AND ASK QUESTIONS TO THE PANEL.
SO, PASQUAL, PLEASE, TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL AND ALL
MEMBERS REMAINING ON THIS CALL.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH
TIME.
I AM GRATEFUL THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TO YOU.
I AM CURRENTLY A RESIDENT OF
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
AS MANY OF YOU HAVE, I SPENT
THE PANDEMIC UTILIZING THE -- I
RECOGNIZE THESE WERE IMPORTANT
PLACES FOR NOT JUST LOCAL FOLKS
BUT ALSO REGIONALLY.
I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SUPPORT THEM IN ANY WAY
POSSIBLE.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE PUT MYSELF
FORWARD FOR THIS APPOINTMENT.
I CURRENTLY I WILL WORK FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
WE ARE TASKED WITH MAINTAINING
AND IMPROVING FACILITIES FOR
THE UNIVERSITY.
I'M ALSO A SMALL TIME, VERY
SMALL TIME DEVELOPER AND
INVESTOR IN REAL ESTATE IN
SEATTLE.
AND I THINK THAT THE POSITION
IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I WORK AND
LIVE IN.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HEARING FROM ME AND I WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU
MORE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS ALWAYS GREAT FOR THIS
PART OF OUR WORK ON THE COUNCIL
TO CONSIDER NOMINEES FOR BOARDS
AND COMMISSIONS.
YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
AND I BOTH SERVED AS MEMBERS OF
THE CITY COMMISSION BEFORE OUR
SERVICE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR STEPPING
FORWARD AND THANK YOU
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS FOR
BEING HERE TO SPEAK TO THE
NOMINATIONS.
OUR COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR EITHER OF OUR
NOMINEES TODAY?
HEARING NO QUESTIONS.
THAT'S GOOD.
THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE
SATISFIED.
WE PREVIEWED THE MATERIALS AND
HEARD THE PRESENTATION AND GAVE
YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT TO
THE COMMITTEE AND LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU AND HOPE TO
SEE MORE OF YOU AS HOPEFUL
COMMISSIONERS IF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
COMMITTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE
FULL COUNCIL.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE MOVE
THAT WE RECOMMEND APPOINTMENTS
01200 AND 02121 TO THE FULL
COUNCIL FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS OF AMY BROCKHAUS
AND PASQUAL CONTRERAS.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IT IS SECONDS BY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> CHAIR LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE COMMITTEE
MEETING, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
HAD TO LEAVE.
DON'T TAKE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
NOT BEING PRESENT FOR THE ROLL
CALL AS A LACK OF SUPPORT.
SO, HEARING THAT, THE
APPOINTMENTS 02120 AND 02121
WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE NEXT
FULL COUNCIL AGENDA, PROBABLY
NEXT WEEK.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ON THAT.
AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE
FORWARD TO THE ADJOURNMENT OF
THE MEETING.
I WANT TO THANK AMY AND PASQUAL
FOR COMING BY.
REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FULL
COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CONSIDERED.
YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO
COME IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
BUT YOUR ATTENDANCE WILL NOT BE
REQUIRED.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
BY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
IS THERE ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD
OF THE ORDER?
HEARING NOTHING FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER, THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
WE WILL NOT HAVE ANOTHER
COMMITTEE MEETING UNTIL APRIL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF
YOU THEN.