>>> , THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE..
TODAY IS THE FIRST MEETING OF
2022..
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER ON
JANUARY 19th, 2022..
THE TIME IS 9:31 A.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
[ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>>
>> THAT IS FIVE PRESENT, NONE
ABSENT EXPECT THAT IS A
BULLETIN IT'S FOR OUR FIRST
MEETING OF 2022..
I WANT TO WELCOME NEW COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
AND COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD
WITH US HERE TODAY BECAUSE
FOLKS KNOW, WE HAVE A MIX OF
HOUSING RELATED ITEMS, FINANCE,
WE TRANSITION TO BUDGET ITEMS
INCLUDED IN THIS MEETING, OUR
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL AS WELL.
EVERY NOW AND AGAIN WE HAVE
ITEMS THAT RELATE TO OUR CITY
BUDGET AND WORKPLACE SAFETY.
LOTS OF THOSE WORKPLACE SAFETY
ISSUES. THOSE WILL BE HANDLED
IN THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
COMMITTEE, AS SHE HAS
GOVERNANCE.
TODAY WE WILL BEGIN WITH SORT
OF A GROUND SETTING.
WHERE WE ARE OUT WITH SPENDING
THE FUNDING FROM THE SEATTLE
RESCUE TREND FIFTH --.
WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE WITH THE
SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR WITH US..
WILL ALSO HAVE THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE, JULIE DAILY, ALONG WITH
OUR VERY OWN CENTRAL STAFF TEAM
MEMBERS, ESTHER AND ALLIE AND
OTHERS ON THE LINE WITH US
TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF
YOUR PRESENTATION AS WE DO SOME
GROUND SETTING IN TERMS OF
WHERE WE ARE AT IN SPENDING
THAT FUNDING THAT WAS PASSED IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH
>> Reporter: THE PREVIOUS MAYOR
AND PREVIOUS COUNSEL IN 2022.
IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, BUT THIS
IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS BEEN
DONE AND ALSO, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, WHAT IS TO BE DONE
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE WILL THEN HAVE A PANEL
PRESENTATION, WHICH WE HAVE
TITLED EQUITY HEALTH FOR
IMMIGRANTS.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
CONVERSATION THANKS TO THE
INCOMING ADMINISTRATION.
MAHER HELD TALKED ABOUT HOW WE
EXPEND HEALTHCARE TO THOSE
CURRENTLY PRICED OUT OR KEPT
OUT OF HEALTHCARE FOR BOTH
STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND
WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO GET
EMPLOYER-SPONSORED INSURANCE.
WE ALL WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN
EXPAND HEALTH COVERAGE TO
EVERYONE IN OUR REGION AND MAKE
SURE EVERYONE IS COVERED AND
EVERYONE IS HEALTHY.
THESE TWO ITEMS, WE DO NOT HAVE
THE APPOINTMENT TO THE SUGARY
SWEET AND BEVERAGE ADVISORY
BOARD AS THOSE ARE STILL
GETTING FINALIZED.
WE HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT THAT
WILL BE FORTHCOMING FROM THE
COUNCIL.
AND I BELIEVE TWO MORE THAT
WILL SOON BE COMING FROM THAT
ADMINISTRATION.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION ON
THESE ITEMS FOR TODAY'S AGENDA
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
LET'S BEGIN WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE DO NOT
HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE I MOVE
OFF OF PUBLIC COMMENT I WANT TO
CONFIRM WITH OUR CLERKS AND OUR
I.T GROUP. IS THAT CORRECT,
THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THERE'S NO ONE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT AT THE MOMENT.
>> THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
REGISTRANTS.
>> THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.
AT THIS POINT WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. AS
ALWAYS, WE WILL KEEP PUBLIC
COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF HER
MEETINGS AT LEAST ONE MEDIC
MADAME CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE,
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR
BRIEFING ON DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE
PANEL THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF
US.
WE HAVE SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR
LISA HAROLD. WELCOME.
WE HAVE JULIE DAILY, ACTING
DIRECTOR FROM THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE AS WELL AS WILLIAM CHEN.
GOOD MORNING.
WE ALSO HAVE WITH US ALLIE
FONOTI FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
ALLIE IS OUR BUDGET FROM
CENTRAL STAFF.
AND WE ALWAYS WELCOME ESTHER AS
WELL, DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL STAFF
WHO MAY COME IN AT VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE DAY.
WE WANTED TO NOTE ALLIE IS HERE
WITH US TODAY.
ALLIE, I UNDERSTAND WE WILL NOT
HAVE A FORMAL ROLE IN THE
PRESENTATION, BUT COUNSEL HAS A
NUMBER QUESTIONS AND BEING IN
CENTRAL STAFF.
I'M SURE YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME
GOOD ANSWERS ON HAND AS WELL.
JUST TO GET US STARTED.
I WANT TO SEE HOW EXCITED I AM
TO HAVE THIS ITEM 1st ON OUR
AGENDA. AT THE TOP OF THE YEAR
. AGAIN, I'M VERY THRILLED TO
BE ABLE TO BE YOUR BUDGET
CHAIR, TO BE YOUR CHAIR OF
FINANCE AND HOUSING.
I THINK COLLEAGUES IN THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO
SERVE IN THIS ROLE..
FINANCE AND HOUSING, WE
CONTINUE TO TRY TO BRIDGE
BETWEEN WHAT MAKES OUR
COMMUNITY HEALTHY, INVESTING IN
CORE GOVERNMENT SERVICES..
THINGS THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY
STRONGER AND, HOPEFULLY, MORE
RESILIENT AGAINST THIS VARIANT
OF COVID..
ALSO, STRONGER AGAINST THE
INEQUITIES THAT WE SEE
CONTINUING TO GROW IN SEATTLE.
THAT'S WHAT I REALLY SEE WHAT
CLUES ARE COMMITTED TOGETHER AS
WE CREATE A BUDGET AND CARE FOR
THOSE CURRENTLY LIVING IN
SHELTER AND MAKING SURE OUR
COMMUNITY IS CONNECTED BOTH
WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE
BRICK-AND-MORTAR SENSE, AND
ALSO IN HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE..
IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE OF MY
TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ALL OF
YOU I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO SERVE YOU IN THIS
ROLE..
BOTH FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR
OUR COUNCILMEMBERS, BUT MANY OF
YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT 2020 AND
2021 WERE VERY BUSY YEARS FOR
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
WE BEGAN 2020 WITH COVID NEWS
STARTING IN LATE JANUARY AND
FEBRUARY.
AND IMMEDIATELY UPON HEARING
ABOUT THE HARDSHIP THAT WAS
GOING TO BECOMING, NOT JUST IN
TERMS OF THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF
OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THE
ECONOMIC HEALTH OF OUR
COMMUNITY, WORKED QUICKLY WITH
A LARGE COALITION AND
COUNCILMEMBERS ON OUR COUNSELOR
AT THE TIME TO PASS THE
JUMPSTART SEATTLE PROPOSED
BUDGET.
EXCUSE ME, THE JUMPSTART
SEATTLE PROPOSED PAYROLL TAX.
BECAUSE IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO INVEST IN LONGTIME
NEEDS IN HOUSING, BUT ALSO TO
RECOGNIZE THERE WILL BE AN
INFLUX OF NEED IN MAKING SURE
OUR COMMUNITY HAD INVESTMENTS
IN EQUITABLE DEVELOPED AND
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE, GREEN NEW
DEAL INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING.
WE STARTED IN 2022, WITH
JUMPSTART.
KNOW WE HAVE COVID RELIEF FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE HAD VARIOUS AUNT ITERATIONS
WE WANTED TO GET QUICKLY OUT
THE DOOR IN 2022..
THERE WAS THE SUMMER CALL FOR
ACTION. A MOMENT THAT CONTINUES
FOR A CALL FOR RACIAL RECKONING
THAT WE ALSO RESPONDED TO IN
THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 2020
BUDGET..
WE THEN CONTINUE THE WORK TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THE
DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR LAST YEAR
AND THE YEAR BEFORE.
BY MAKING SURE THERE WAS
APPROXIMATELY $232 MILLION
DIRECTLY ALLOCATED INTO
COMMUNITY FROM SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN.
EXCUSE ME, THE AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN, WHICH WE TITLED SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN.
THAT $232 MILLION THAT WAS
ALLOCATED TO SEATTLE WAS
DIVIDED INTO TWO TRANCHES.
WE REFER TO THIS AS THE
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL RELIEF FUND.
LAST SUMMER AND SPRING MY
OFFICE ALONGSIDE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT DULLES AND MAYOR
DURKAN AT THE TIME WORKED
TOGETHER TO BUILD A JOINT
PROPOSAL TO PASS THIS FIRST
TRANCHE OF FUNDING TO MAKE SURE
THAT $160 MILLION OF THAT
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT COULD
GET OUT THE DRESSING AS POSSIBLE
.. WE COMBINED THIS WITH $12
MILLION FROM THE HOME FUND.
THIS IS FUNDING FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THERE WAS
$129 INVESTED THROUGH THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN.
MUCH OF THAT FUNDING WE ARE
GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON
TODAY.
THERE'S A FEW PIECES I KNOW WE
ARE ALL VERY EXCITED TO CALL
OUT THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
I HAVE TO START WITH THE THING
THAT HAS BEEN GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION LATELY.
THAT IS FUNDING THAT WENT TO
THE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS ABOUT
THE $135 MILLION TO CHILDCARE
ENTITIES TO THEN DISTRIBUTE TO
THEIR WORKERS..
I KNOW A LOT OF CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS WERE USING IT FOR
REALLY CREATIVE THINGS LIKE
MAKING SURE THAT THOSE WHO
COULDN'T PAY TUITION FOR CHILD
CARE, HAD ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIES
TO SUPPORT THE CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS.
FROM MY OWN CHILD CARE
PROVIDER.
I KNOW YOU THEY USED THOSE
DOLLARS AND DIVIDED IT UP AND
PROVIDED MATCHING DOLLARS AS
WELL, SO CHILDCARE PROVIDERS
RECEIVED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.
THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT NOT ONLY
HELP INDIVIDUALS, BUT OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY.
INCLUDED IN THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN AND IN COORDINATION WITH
KING COUNTY AND OUR STATE
EFFORTS WE WERE MAKING SURE WE
WERE MAXIMIZING EVERY DOLLAR
THAT WAS SENT TO US. WE
CELEBRATED ABOUT $50 MILLION
GOING INTO HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS IN THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN.
$23 MILLION GOING INTO SMALL
BUSINESS RECOVERY AND COMMUNITY
ASSISTANCE $41 MILLION GOING
INTO COMMUNITY WELL-BEING.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WHO IS OUR VICE CHAIR HAS
REALLY REMINDED US THAT THIS IS
NOT JUST ABOUT THE PANDEMIC IN
TERMS OF THE VIRUS, BUT THERE'S
A SHADOW PANDEMIC IN TERMS OF
THE STRESS, POVERTY, FEAR,
ISOLATION, AND IN SOME CASES
INCREASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR
PHYSICAL ABUSE. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT FUNDING IS BEING SPENT
AND BEING SPENT QUICKLY.
THERE WAS SEVEN MY DOLLARS THAT
WENT TO COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS AND $7.6 MILLION AND
WENT TO REOPENING CITY PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES THAT I AM VERY
EXCITED ABOUT OUR CITY
LIBRARIES THAT ARE NOW OPERATING
AT FULL CAPACITY.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
IMPORTANT ASPECTS THAT WE HAVE
SPENT AND SOME OF THE AREAS
WHERE WE ARE REALLY THRILLED TO
HAVE ANOTHER ADMINISTRATION
TAKING THE REINS AND WORKING
WITH URGENCY AND A LOT OF
INTEGRITY AROUND HOW WE CAN GET
THOSE DOLLARS OUT AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE.. I
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT
YOU HAVE DONE ON SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN AND CENTRAL STAFF, JULIE,
YOU ARE WITH US AT THE TIME.
THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN
INITIATING THAT AS WELL.
I WANT TO THANK SENIOR MARY,
SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR CAROLYN FOR
ALL THE WORK WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT ALREADY AND THE URGENCY
YOU HAVE EXPRESSED ABOUT A NEED
TO GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT AND
THOSE YET TO BE SPENT..
WITH THAT I WILL PAUSE AND ASK
SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR HAROLD IF
YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ANY
COMMENTS, AND THEN WE WILL TURN
IT OVER TO JULIE AND ASK
COLLEAGUES TO GO AHEAD AND
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENTATION.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DEAL WITH
THOSE AS WE GO.
NOTE, SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS
MIGHT BE ANSWERED BY THE END OF
THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
WILL MAKE SURE TO PAUSE BEFORE
WE COMPLETE THIS PRESENTATION
FOR ANY INITIAL QUESTIONS FOR
SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR, IT'S
WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON OUR
FIRST 2022 MEETING.
IT IS MY HONOR TO TURN IT OVER
TO YOU TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE
PRIORITY ITEMS AS YOU LOOK AT
THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN AND
WHAT IS TO BE OUT THERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE
TODAY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME
TO BE IN YOUR SPACE.
. FIRST OF ALL, THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN, THAT MONEY IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. WE ARE IN
A TIME PERIOD THAT HAS LASTED
SIGNIFICANT LONGER THAN ANY OF
US COULD HAVE PREDICTED.
AND IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
THAT IS IMPACTING ABSOLUTELY
EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF OUR
LIVES.
I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD
TO IMAGINE WHERE WE WOULD BE
RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THOSE FUNDS.
WITH HOMELESSNESS, WITHOUT THE
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
WITHOUT THE CHILDCARE OPTIONS
THAT YOU MENTIONED,
COUNCILMEMBER.
AND WE ARE HONESTLY IN GOOD
HANDS.
WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED IN MY
FIRST 2 1/2 WEEKS ON THE JOB IS
THAT WE HAVE A REMARKABLE CITY
STAFF THAT WORKS VERY HARD AND
DOESN'T GET A TON OF CREDIT FOR
ALL THAT THEY DO TO KEEP THIS
CITY RUNNING.
EVEN DURING CRISES AND POINTS
WHERE WE REALLY NEED THEIR
SUPPORT AND THEIR GUIDANCE. WE
ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM ONE OF
THEM TODAY. INTERIM CITY BUDGET
DIRECTOR JULIE DALY.
SOMEBODY WHO REALLY HAS A
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR
CITY AT HEART AND IS GOING TO
BE A PHENOMENAL DIRECTOR ONCE
WE GET HER THROUGH THE
APPOINTMENT, THROUGH THE
CONFIRMATION PROCESS. I WANT TO
BE ABLE TO HAND IT OVER TO
JULIE, BUT I WANT TO ALSO SAY
THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK, MAYOR HAROLD, IS
WORKING WITH COUNSEL AROUND THE
NEXT STAGES OF WHAT OCCURS AS
WE ARE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO
LIFT OUR WAY OUT OF THIS TIME
PERIOD. WE NEED THE MONEY IN
THE DOOR AND WE NEED THE MONEY
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS
EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE..
WE WANT THE SAME THINGS THAT
YOU ALL WANT IN TERMS OF MAKING
SURE IS THE FUNDS AND THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING USED
EFFECTIVELY.
AND THAT WE ARE NOT HOLDING
THEM.
WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE
IN COMMITTEE WHERE THEY CAN DO
THE MOST GOOD AND THAT WE ARE
AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING OTHER
RESOURCE AVENUES AS THEY COME
TO US, BOTH THE STATE FUNDING
AS WELL AS FEDERAL FUNDING.
IT DOES US NO GOOD TO SIT ON IT
. WE WANT TO GET IT OUT THE
DOOR AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR
CONSTITUENTS ESTATE AS COOL AS
POSSIBLE THROUGH POSSIBLY SOME
OF THE TOUGHEST TIMES IN THE
CITY.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT BACK
OVER TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY
WITH US..
ALSO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENTS AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO
GETTING THOSE DOLLARS OUT THE
DOOR SO QUICKLY.
I KNOW WE WILL HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE STAND
ON SOME THINGS.
JUST STARTING TO HEAR HOW
URGENT THIS NEED IS AND HOW
COMMITTED YOU ALL ARE TO
GETTING THOSE DOLLARS OUT. THAT
MAKES ME VERY OPTIMISTIC.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
JULIE, WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
SERVICE TO OUR CITY. I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO GET US
AN OVERVIEW.
THANKS FOR TAKING OF THE
PRESENTATION.
WAIT TO SEE YOU AS WELL,
WILLIAM.
WE WILL LOOK FOR HANDS FOR POST
TO LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FIRST
MEETING OF THE YEAR, BUT I'M
EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU
IN THIS NEW CAPACITY.
TODAY, YOU GUYS ASKED FOR AN
UPDATE ON HOW WE ARE DOING ON
SEATTLE'S SPENDING OVERALL..
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK
OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE GOING
TO GO IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT
OBVIOUSLY, AS A CHAIR
MENTIONED, PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS
AS WE GO.
I MIGHT NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS TO
THOSE QUESTIONS TODAY, BUT WE
WILL TAKE THEM DOWN AND GET YOU
RESPONSES AS SOON AS THEY ARE
AVAILABLE.
. FIRST, WE ARE GOING TO WALK
TO SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS.
I HOPE WITH THE END OF THIS
CONVERSATION, YOU WALK AWAY WITH
AN UNDERSTANDING.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
LAYOUT OF FEDERAL FUNDING LAND.
WHAT HAVE WE ALREADY ALLOCATED?
WHAT IS TO COME?
WHERE ARE WE HEADED WITH THIS
WORK?
WE WILL SEE SOME IMPLEMENTATION
UPDATES. WE WILL TALK YOU
THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED SINCE
LAST TIME WE MET LAST SUMMER ON
THIS WORK, AND WORK THROUGH THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN SUMMARY AND
SOME SPENDING HIGHLIGHTS TO
SHOW YOU PROGRAMMATICALLY IN
CERTAIN AREAS, CERTAINLY NOT
ALL AREAS, THAT WOULD TAKE
MANY, MANY MEETINGS, BUT HOW WE
ARE DOING.
WE WILL BE UP FRONT.
YOU WILL SEE GREEN INDICATORS
ON WHERE FUNDS HAVE BEEN FULLY
XPENDED.
ORANGE WHERE THEY ARE IN
PROGRESS. YOU WILL SEE THAT
THROUGHOUT.
LET'S JUST DIVE IN.
FIRST, LAY OF THE FEDERAL
FUNDING LAND.
ON KEY TAKEAWAYS.
SEATTLE CONTINUOUS TO LEAD THE
NATION IN OUR COMMITMENT TO
THESE INVESTMENTS AND
SUPPORTING THOSE MOST IMPACTED
BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, WE HAVE
INVESTIGATED IN EVERYTHING FROM
CHILDCARE TO HOMELESSNESS TO
EMPLOYMENT AND NEARLY EVERY
CITY DEPARTMENT IS ENGAGED IN
THIS WORK.
WE HAVE OVER THE COURSE OF
MULTIPLE GRANTS, WE ARE
INVESTING ABOUT $300 MILLION TO
DATE. WE ANTICIPATE MORE TO
COME..
WE ARE FOCUSED ON HELPING THOSE
MOST HARMED BY THE PANDEMIC WE
ARE LOOKING TO TARGET AGE GROUPS
AND GEOGRAPHIES
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
COVID, SO THAT THESE INVESTMENTS
-- AND IN DOING SO, THESE ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY -- TO THE
RIGHT YOU'LL SEE AREAS OF
SPENDING..
I WON'T GO INTO THOSE IN
PARTICULAR.
NEXT SLIDE.
WHERE HAPPY WHEN AND WHERE ARE
WE GOING?
AS ALREADY MENTIONED, THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN LAID THE
GROUNDWORK FOR THE MOST RECENT
TRANCHES OF FUNDING. BY AND
LARGE THE BIGGEST GRANT THAT WE
RECEIVED WAS THE CORONAVIRUS
RECOVERY FUND DOLLARS, TWO
TRANCHES.
$160 MILLION EACH FOR $232
MILLION TOTAL.
WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF
TARGETED GRANTS THAT CAME
THROUGH, INCLUDING FOR HOME,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSISTANCE,
SENIOR SERVICES, AND SOUND
TRANSPORTATION GRANTS AS WELL.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH
OUR PARTNERS IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE ON
FEMA AND AREAS WHERE THOSE
EXPENDITURES ARE ELIGIBLE,
PRIMARILY, WORKING ON VACCINES
AND TESTING WORK. AND THEN
THERE IS ALSO ADDITIONAL ARPA
DOLLARS OUT THERE THAT HAVE
NOT YET BEEN ALLOCATED THROUGH
THE STATE WERE THROUGH THE
COUNTY.
THE FENCE WITH THIS HUGE AMOUNT
OF MONEY HAVE TO CREATE SOME
PROGRAMS FROM SCRATCH, BUT THEY
HAD TO DEVELOP A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT SETS OF GUIDANCE AND
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. THAT IS
WHAT HAS CAUSED A LOT OF DELAY
IN WORKING THROUGH SOME OF
THOSE DOLLARS.
>> GO AHEAD AND THEN I WILL
CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
SECT FINAL NOTE, ON ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES TO COME.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING WORK
COMING THROUGH ON THE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND
JOBS ACT THREE A LOT OF OUR
BIGGEST EVER STRUCTURE
DEPARTMENTS.
THINK SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES,
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIGHT, SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE DEPARTMENT REVIEW IS
UNDERWAY AND WE ARE ADDITIONAL
WEDDING ON ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE
ON HOW THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE
USED.
I CAN PAUSE THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TINGLY.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE IN
THIS CAPACITY.
THINGS FOR JOINING US FOR THE
FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE
YEAR.
I WANT TO JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT
TO THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
AND THE EVER EXTENDING DEADLINE
AND FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT ON
NON-CONGREGANT SHELTER.
WE HAVE ROUTINELY SEEN THAT
DEADLINE EXTENDING.. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS CURRENTLY IT
EXTENDS TO APRIL, THOUGH I
MIGHT NOT BE COMPLETELY UP-TO-
DATE.
I WOULD PRESUME, GIVEN THE NEW
VARIANT AND EVERYTHING ELSE,
THAT FEMA WILL PROBABLY EXTEND
THE DEADLINE YET AGAIN.
I JUST RAISE IT TO ASK, YOU
KNOW, AS WE ENTER IT. A NEW
ADMINISTRATION AND THERE IS
SOME POSSIBILITIES TO SEEK SOME
ONGOING REIMBURSEMENT FOR NON-
CONGREGANT SHELTER AND THERE IS
OBVIOUSLY A MASS NEED AND MAYOR
HARRELL CAMPAIGNED AGGRESSIVELY
ON STANDING ON 2000 NON-
CONGREGANT UNITS WHAT SOME OF
OUR STRATEGIES MIGHT BE TO
PURSUE THIS.
ARTICLE FROM DISCUSSIONS LAST
SPRING THAT, REALLY, WHAT IT
CAME DOWN TO WAS A RISK
DECISION BASED ON OUR LIQUIDITY
AND BASED ON OUR ASSUMPTIONS
AND HOW LONG THE REIMBURSEMENT
WOULD PROCEED AND WHAT IT WIND
DOWN MIGHT LOOK LIKE..
ALSO, THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME
SERVICES THAT WOULD NOT BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE ULTIMATE FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT WHERE WE WOULD
HAVE TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO PAY
FOR THOSE SERVICES AS A
COMPONENT. BUT, I DO THINK
GIVEN THAT DEADLINE CONTINUES
TO EXTEND, YOU KNOW, I REMAIN
OF THE OPINION THAT I THINK WE
SHOULD LEAN INTO THAT IN A
BIGGER WAY.
AS A CITY.
AS PART OF OUR STRATEGY HERE.
I GUESS I JUST WONDER WHAT THE
CURRENT DISCUSSION IS AROUND
THAT?
WHAT THE CURRENT TIMELINE IS?
AND IF MY INFORMATION IS OUT OF
DATE AND HOW WE MIGHT WORK
TOGETHER TO LEAN INTO THAT A
LITTLE BIT MORE AS POLICYMAKERS
HERE AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
THE COUNCIL AS WE LOOK AT ALL
OF OUR OPTIONS TO CONFRONT
HOMELESSNESS AND LEAN INTO NON-
CONGREGANT SOLUTIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION,
COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS..
IT'S A GREAT ONE..
YOUR MEMORY IS EXCELLENT. THAT
IS PRECISELY WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL
. AS A CURRENT TIMELINE FOR FEMA
. I WILL TELL YOU THAT AT A
HIGH-LEVEL WE ARE NOT LEAVING
ANY DOLLARS ON THE TABLE. OUR
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
IS ROUTINE MEETING WITHOUT A
PROMISE TO REVIEW COVID
EXPENDITURES, TO ENSURE THAT WE
ARE CAPTURING ANY FEMA ELIGIBLE
COSTS AND SUBMITTING THEM FOR
REIMBURSEMENT. THIS IS A NEW
ADMINISTRATION, SO YOU CAN
IMAGINE ALL SORT OF RESOURCES
AND IDEAS ARE ON THE TABLE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN TACKLE
THIS MOVING FORWARD I DON'T
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I CAN PROVIDE YOU AT THIS
MOMENT, BUT CAN CERTAINLY
FOLLOW-UP ONCE WE HAVE A CHANCE
TO DIG IN AND EXPLORE THOSE
OPTIONS MORE THOROUGHLY.
>> I PRESENT THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION
TO BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, MAYBE THIS
IS FOR YOU OR JULIE.
WHEN YOU SAY LEAN IN, WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN?
>> WAS I THE ONE THAT USED THE
WORD LINICK?
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
QUESTION -- >> I THINK YOU DID
USE IT A FEW TIMES.
>> WELL, OKAY, I GUESS I CAN
EXPLAIN WHAT I MEANT BY THAT.
MAYBE THIS WOULD BE A FOLLOW-UP
FOR THE DIRECTOR. I DON'T WANT
TO BELABOR THIS AT THIS POINT,
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT
THAT CONVERSATION LAST SPRING
REALLY CAME DOWN TO WAS WE WERE
HAVING A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT IN
PUBLIC, BUT IT WAS ABOUT THE
SEMANTICS OF, SORT OF, THE SAME
SANDBOX.
WE WERE ALL PLAYING IT IN TERMS
OF THESE FACTS, RIGHT?
IT KIND OF CAME DOWN TO, YOU
KNOW, HOW MUCH WOULD WE BE
WILLING TO SPEND FORWARD AND
WAIT FOR THE FEDS TO EVENTUALLY
GIVE IT BACK?
IT'S KIND OF MY MEMORY, RIGHT?
I WAS PERSONALLY JUST GIVEN,
YOU KNOW, HOW FUNDAMENTAL TO
OUR RECOVERY DEALING WITH THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IS WHAT WAS
WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF,
SPEND MORE MONEY AND WAIT FOR
THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT IF IT
MEANT MAKING A MATERIAL IMPACT
ON HOMELESSNESS, BUT I GUESS
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY LEAN IN,
MADAM CHAIR.
IT WOULD BE, ESSENTIALLY, SOME
SCHEME WHERE WE WOULD DO SOME
KIND OF INTERFUND LOAN AND
BUILD MORE CONGREGANT SHELTER
AND THEN WAIT FOR THE FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT, EVEN IF IT MIGHT
TAKE TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS,
BUT IT WAS CONTINGENT ON HOW
LIQUID ARE WE?
ARE WE LOOK AT ENOUGH WE COULD
DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE IT
WOULD APPEAR ON OTHER THINGS
BALANCED WITH THE UNCERTAINTY
OF OTHER BORROWING SCHEMES.
WE ARE DOING AROUND JUMPSTART
AND EVERYTHING ELSE, FOR
EXAMPLE, RIGHT?
SO, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN LOOKING INTO IS,
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN STRETCH
RELIANCE ON FEMA REIMBURSEMENT
A LITTLE BIT MORE GIVEN THE
ELIGIBILITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT
KEEPS EXTENDING FURTHER AND
FURTHER OUT? BASED ON WHAT WE
HAVE HEARD FROM CENTRAL STAFF
SOMETHING, I DON'T WANT TO
SPEAK FOR CENTRAL STAFF, BUT A
MAJORITY OF THE COST ASSOCIATED
WITH CONGREGANT SHELTER COULD
BE RECOUPED.
SECURITY CAN BE RECOUPED,
BUILDING OR BASIC STAFFING OF
THE SHELTER CAN BE RECOUPED A
LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE ARE
DOING AND FOR OUR CURRENT
CAPACITY ARE APPLYING FOR
REIMBURSEMENT FOR BUT WHAT WE
ARE CURRENTLY DOING IS NOT
MEETING THE SCALE OF THE
PROBLEM, SO IF THERE IS A WAY
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT FURTHER TO
RESPOND TO THE CRISIS, AND AS
WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED IN THE
REPORT THAT MY OFFICE PUT
FORWARD IN OCTOBER, THAT THERE
IS A DIRECT CORRELATION TO COVID
AND THE REDUCTION OF SUPPLY OF
SHELTER.
I THINK WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT
BEFORE COVID WE WOULD NOT BE
INVESTING IN MORE CONGREGANT
SHELTER, WHICH WOULD BE A
CONTINGENT TO GET THE
REIMBURSEMENT.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY
LEAN IN MORE, YOU KNOW, IF WE
HAVE A CLEAR ARTICULABLE
PARTNERSHIP AND STRATEGY WITH
THE GRANTED ADMINISTRATION,
WHICH WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
IN MY MEETING THIS AFTERNOON,
ASSUMING A LITTLE MORE RISK TO
DRIVE A RECOVERY AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP
IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE
TO PURSUE NC.
AND I APPRECIATE BUDGET OFFICE,
GEAR, AND EXPLAINING THE
CONTOURS OF HOW THAT WOULD WORK
AND QUEUING IT OUT FOR US AS
POLICYMAKERS IN TERMS OF THE
RISK REWARD OF POTENTIAL PLANS.
THAT IS WHAT I MEANT, MADAM
CHAIR PROBABLY A LOT MORE THAN
YOU WERE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS
OF CONTEXT FROM ME.
>> I THINK THAT IS EXCELLENT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO BE EXPLICIT.
I DO REMEMBER THESE
CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU FOR
THAT REMINDER I AGREE WITH OUR
CHAIR OF PUBLIC ASSETS AND
HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE I THINK
WE NEED TO BE DOING EXACTLY THAT
, AND I UNDERSCORE HIS INTEREST
IN THAT SPIRIT I SEE ALLIE IS
OFF MUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD EXPECT
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD IN JUST A
CONFIRMATION THAT I WILL WORK
WITH THE CBO TO FOLLOW UP ON
THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND
PROCEEDING.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME TIME WAS
SPENT ABOUT 2020 AND 2021 JUST
GETTING ALIGNMENT WITH THE
PRIOR EXECUTIVE ON WHERE TO
FOCUS OUR INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
AND DIFFERENT POLICY PRIORITIES
IN TERMS OF THE HOTELING AND
THAT SORT OF THING. A LOT OF
THAT HAS GOT TO THE GROUND. I
THINK THERE ARE SOME
OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT WHAT
WAS AUTHORIZED AND ADOPTED IN
THE BUDGET AND WHETHER OR NOT
THERE ARE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE
ALREADY BEEN AUTHORIZED, THAT
WE MIGHT SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR
THAT WOULD THEN POTENTIALLY
FREE UP THOSE RESOURCES FOR YET
ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND OR THE
OTHER PIECE WE NEED TO KEEP IN
MIND THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT
THIS NOVEMBER IS WITH THE
EXTENSION, EXTENSION IS NOT THE
RIGHT WORD, BUT THE CONTINUED
PANDEMIC CRISIS. I THINK WE
WILL ALL BE WATCHING CAREFULLY
OUR REVENUES AND LOOK AT THE
APRIL FORECAST AND WHETHER OR
NOT THE CONTINUED PANDEMIC IS
IMPACTING THAT THERE IS A LOT
OF PIECES HERE. I WOULD ADVISE
CAUTION IN MAKING INVESTMENT
IDEAS UNTIL WE HAVE A BETTER
SENSE OF THE LAY OF THE LAND ON
OUR CURRENT REVENUES AND OUR
ALREADY AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS.
WE WILL NOTE THAT MOST OF THIS
PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON THE
DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO CITIES AND
THE TARGETED AID FROM THE
FEDERAL FUNDS.
WE WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH
ADDITIONAL FEMA INFORMATION
AFTER THE COMMITTEE
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
REPRESENTATIVE DINGLEY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO CATCH UP ON
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
SO, ON OUR IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE
. I WANTED TO TALK TO A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE
HAD TO UNDERGO FROM THE LAST
TIME WE SPOKE UNTIL TODAY A LOT
OF THAT IMPACTS THE RATE AT
WHICH WE ARE SPENDING SOME OF
THESE DOLLARS IF YOU WERE
CALLED BACK TO LAST SUMMER WHEN
WE WERE PASSING THAT JOINT PLAN
FOR SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN ONE.
WE HAD JUST, THE DAY BEFORE,
RECEIVED WHAT WE CALLED THE
INTERIM FINAL RULE THAT WAS THE
TERM OF ART FROM THE FEDS,
THEIR INITIAL GUIDANCE ON HOW
TO USE THOSE FUNDS, THAT $232
MILLION.
AS CBO WAS CHARGED WITH BEING
PROPER STEWARDS OF PUBLIC
MONEY, IT WAS INCUMBENT UPON US
TO ENSURE THAT OUR PLANNED
SPENDING WAS DONE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THOSE GUIDELINES.. SO, WE
HAD TO CREATE FROM NOTHING.
A REVIEW PROCESS, BECAUSE THE
FEDS DIDN'T HAVE ONE...
NO OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAD ONE
AND WE WERE THE FIRST IN THE
NATION TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF
THIS WE CREATED A WHOLE PROCESS
TO EVALUATE ELIGIBILITY, TO SET
UP TRACKING AND REPORTING,
ANALYZE ARE AT JFX, SENT A
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ON THE
FRONT END, SO THAT WE COULD
REALLY MAKE SURE WE WERE
TRACKING THESE INVESTMENTS AS
WE WERE GOING AND THAT ALL SET
US UP TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE
COULD THEN IMPLEMENT THE
SPENDING.
SO WE KNOW THAT, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS NOW, AND
OTHERS FROM THE FEDS COME
CALLING.
WE HAD THIS ALL WELL-DOCUMENTED
AND DIDN'T END UP HAVING TO PAY
THIS BACK, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
USE IT PROPERLY.
THANK YOU FOR INDULGING THAT.
WE WILL KEEP GOING.
>> I WANT TO COMPLEMENT YOU ON
YOUR STAFF. THERE WAS, I THINK,
NATIONAL TASK FORCE.
YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO SIT ON
TO ADVISE OTHER CITIES ABOUT
THE PROCESS FOR TRACKING THOSE
DOLLARS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY
I THINK COUNSEL ALSO ALLOCATED
ADDITIONAL STAFF, I'M GOING TO
LOOK AT ALLIE TO REMIND ME,
ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR TRACKING
REPORTS AND WE DID HIGHLIGHT
FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION THE WORK THAT WE
INCLUDED, SO THERE WOULD BE A
STRONG ADHERENCE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY TO HOW THOSE
DOLLARS ARE USED, WHICH I KNOW
SENATOR MURRAY, FOR EXAMPLE,
WHO WE WERE TALKING WITH REALLY
APPRECIATED THAT INCLUSION.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU
HAVE DONE. I WANTED TO PASS
ALONG OUR THANKS FROM THE
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WILL
ALSO ECHOED THEIR APPRECIATION
FOR THAT WORK. WHEN WE ARE ON
THE NATIONAL STAGE, AS WE OFTEN
ARE FOR GOOD REASONS, THIS IS
ONE EXAMPLE OF THE TRACKING AND
ACCOUNTABILITY PIECES WE HAVE
IMPLEMENTED THAT GOD IS
NATIONAL RECOGNITION
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH..
THE TEAM IS ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE.
I WILL PASS ALONG YOUR THANKS
>> A QUICK NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WITH THE
FEDS ON BOTH OUR EXPENDITURES
AND OUR PERFORMANCE WE ARE
COMING UP ON OUR FIRST
EXPENDITURE REPORT DUE JANUARY
31st WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT HAS
TO BE PUBLISHED, I BELIEVE IT
HAS TO BE PUBLISHED. WILLIAM IS
ON THE LINE, SO HE CAN JUMP IN
IF THAT IS NOT ACCURATE AT
LEAST OUR PERFORMANCE PLAN DOES
HAVE TO BE PUBLISHED.
OUR NEXT PERFORMANCE PLAN TO
DATE IS MAY JULY.
WILL HAVE THOSE COMING AS
WELL..
IN ADDITION, COUNSEL, YOU ARE
ALL CURRENTLY RECEIVING A
MONTHLY UPDATE ON SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN SPENDING WE ARE
WORKING WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT
INFORMATION IS USABLE AND
USEFUL FOR YOU. THE FIRST
COUPLE OF THINK USE FOR WORKING
WITH US AND RAISING ISSUES
WHERE THEY ARE AND WE ARE
WORKING TO MAKE THOSE A LITTLE
BIT MORE HELPFUL. I THINK THAT
CHAIR MOSQUEDA WENT OVER THIS
AT THE TOP, BUT WE SPLIT THIS
UP INTO THREE OVERALL
LEGISLATIVE VEHICLES.
THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN ONE,
TWO, AND 3. IN EACH OF THESE
RECTANGLES WE HAVE THE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS AS WELL AS THE FUNDING
SOURCES FROM EACH OF THOSE
GRANTS. IT IS JUST A QUICK NOTE
TO SAY THAT PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE
HEARD A LOT OF CONSERVATION
FROM THE PUBLIC, RIGHTLY SO,
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO
TRACK HOW WE SPEND OUR FEDERAL
DOLLARS IN 2020 WE HAVE THE
C.A.R.E.S ACT FROM THE FEDS
THAT ISSUED 18 DIFFERENT UNIQUE
GRANTS TO THE CITY. IT'S REALLY
HARD IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE
PUBLIC TO TRACK HOW DID WE
SPEND ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS?
FOR US TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENT
ACCOUNTABILITY WITH SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN WE ENDEAVORED TO
PUT ONE UMBRELLA OVER ALL OF
THAT SPENDING, SO IF YOU
REMEMBER NOTHING ELSE, REMEMBER
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN AND WHEN
YOU GO ONLINE YOU CAN SEE HOW
WE ARE DOING ON ALL OF THAT
SPENDING WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO
COME ON PUBLIC FACING WEBSITES
AND HOW WE ARE DOING ON THAT
SPENDING AND PERFORMANCE. IT'S
NOT QUITE READY YET, BUT OUR
CURRENT PLANS ARE UP ON BOTH
THE COUNCIL SITE. THERE IS A
COUPLE OF VERSIONS, BUT ALL
THERE.
>> I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
THAT REMINDED ME THAT ONE.LAST
YEAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON, WHO SAID
THERE WAS A WEBSITE UNDERWAY TO
HAVE ONE PORTAL FOR APPLYING
FOR VARIOUS GRANTS.
IS THAT STILL WORKS OR IS THAT
NOW LIVE?>> IT IS LIVE.
I HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT LATER IN
THE PRESENTATION, SO I WILL GO
INTO THOSE DETAILS WHEN WE GET
THERE, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, ALL
RIGHT. WE WERE GOING TO THE
NEXT..
THIS IS A HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY OF
HOW WE HAVE INVESTED ALL OF
THOSE DOLLARS..
THESE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS, SO
I'M NOT GOING TO READ EACH ONE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL
SENSE OF HOW THESE DOLLARS WERE
ALLOCATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF
TODAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
LIMITATION UPDATES ON SEATTLE
RESCUE PLANS 1 AND 2. I'M NOT
GOING TO ENDEAVOR TO DO THAT
FOR SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN THREE,
BECAUSE IF YOU WILL REMEMBER,
THOSE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED WITH
THE 2022 BUDGETS, WHICH JUST
HAPPENED AT THE END OF NOVEMBER
WITH HOLIDAYS AND WHATNOT WE
DON'T HAVE SUBSTANCES UPDATES
TO PROVIDE YOU ON THOSE TODAY
THAT WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF
FUTURE MEETINGS.
THIS IS AN OVERALL SPENDING
UPDATE USING THOSE SAME
CATEGORIES OF SPENDING, I WILL
WALK YOU THROUGH FROM LEFT TO
RIGHT ON WHAT ALL THESE COLUMNS
MEAN. FIRST, WE HAVE THE
ALLOCATED AMOUNT. HOW MUCH DID
WE GET TO THIS EFFORT, WHETHER
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING,
COMMITTEE WELL-BEING, OR
RECOVERY. HOW MUCH DO THEY GET
FROM EACH OF THOSE
APPROPRIATIONS BILLS LAST YEAR?
HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT OVERALL
FROM THE DEPARTMENTS?
HOW MUCH HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED OR
IN PROCESS OR CONTRACTED?
THOSE ARE TERMS ON OUR END, BUT
THEY SHOW UP IN OUR FINANCIAL
SYSTEMS, THEREBY THE NEXT STEP
WOULD BE REPORTING TO YOU ALL
AND TO THE PUBLIC DIFFERENTLY.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE
THAT EVEN THOUGH THE SPENT
AMOUNT IS $42 MILLION OF $123
MILLION.
WE ALSO HAVE $30 MILLION IN THE
PROCESS IT'S WORKING WITH
PROVIDERS, THOSE ARE ALMOST
UNDER CONTRACT OR ARE CURRENTLY
CONTRACTED, BUT THE PROVIDER
HAS NOT YET SPENT THE MONEY ON
THEIR END THAT TOTAL SPENT IN
THE CUPBOARD PROCESS IS A
BETTER LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE
DONE TO GET THESE DOLLARS OUT
THE DOOR. YOU WILL SEE THOSE
PERCENTAGES ARE ACTUALLY QUITE
HIGH.
A LOT OF THESE DOLLARS WERE
SUPPOSED TO SPEND MULTIPLE
YEARS AS WELL. IT WOULDN'T BE
THE CASE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, I
WOULD EXPECT TO SEE 70% ACROSS
THE BOARD.
I WOULD EXPECT THERE SOMEWHAT
IN LINE WITH THE USE THESE
DON'T WORRY ME AT THIS POINT.
WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON
THESE WE WILL GO THROUGH SOME
SPECIFIC UPDATES UNLESS ANYBODY
HAS QUESTIONS HERE
>> NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS
RIGHT NOW
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
GETTING INTO OUR FIRST SPENDING
HIGHLIGHTS VERY EXCITING THAT
OUR CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WE
ARE SPENDING IS NEAR-COMPLETE.
THIS WAS A $25 MILLION PROGRAM.
OVERALL, WHERE WE HAD $22
MILLION AWARDED TO 12,690 LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. EACH OF
THOSE AWARDS WAS BETWEEN $1000
AND $3000, BASED ON THE
HOUSEHOLD SIZE OVERALL. IF YOU
REMEMBER WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT
PHASES FOR DISTRIBUTING THIS
MONEY.
ONE WAS TO RECERTIFY PRIOR
RECIPIENTS OF THE SEATTLE
DISASTER RELIEF CASH ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM, WHICH WE RAN
PREVIOUSLY UNDER COVID. THOSE
WERE HOUSEHOLDS THAT WOULDN'T
TRADITIONALLY OR COULDN'T
BENEFIT FROM FEDERAL CASH
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AND GENERAL
PHASE 2 OF THE PROGRAM WAS A
BROAD REPLICATION THAT WAS OPEN
FOR FOLKS THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED
TO 9392 HOUSEHOLDS WE HAVE
CONSIDERABLE DEMAND FOR THAT
PROGRAM, SO WE HAD ALMOST
64,000 APPLICATIONS THAT WERE
SUBMITTED. IMPORTANTLY, WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT THE DATA ON THE
APPLICANTS THAT WE RECEIVED
82.7% OF APPLICANTS HAVE LOST A
JOB OR INCOME AS A RESULT OF
COVID, 44% AT THE TIME HAVE
CONTRACTED COVID THEMSELVES 51%
HAD EXPERIENCED MENTAL OR
SUBSTANCE ABUSE CRISIS THAT
REQUIRED MEDICATION OR
COUNSELING 92% HAD EXPERIENCED
UNSTABLE HOUSING SITUATIONS 54%
HAD NO HEALTH INSURANCE AND 41%
WERE SURVIVORS OF HARMFUL
VIOLENCE, 49% RECEIVED NO
STIMULUS ASSISTANCE 31% HAD A
FAMILY MEMBER WITH A DISABILITY
. THIS SPEAKS TO TRUTHS WE
ALREADY KNOW ABOUT OUR
COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE
THESE NEEDS ARE SHOWING UP AND
HOW CLOSELY THEY ACTUALLY ALIGN
WITH WHERE WE HAVE CHOSEN TO
PROVIDE THE RESOURCE AT THE END
OF THE DAY. OBVIOUSLY, THE
GREAT IS NEED A THAT WE WILL
EVER BE ABLE TO MEET..
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE
SNIPPETS WE GOT ON THOSE
APPLICATIONS
>> THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT
DATA THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE
HEARD THAT I APPRECIATE YOU
SHARING THAT DATA. I ALSO WANT
TO NOTE THIS IS AN AREA IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR PEERS
CITIES THAT HAVE LOOKED TO
SEATTLE AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF
HOW TO ALLOCATE THESE FEDERAL
DOLLARS. I ALSO WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT CASH ASSISTANCE WHEN WE
PASS THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
AND WE NEGOTIATED THIS, THIS
WAS OUR ANTIDOTE TO THE TRIPLE
DOWN MENTALITY. THAT IF WE
INVEST AT THE TOP WE FLIPPED IT
ON ITS HEAD AND WE SAID WE
WOULD REJECT THAT TRIPLE DOWN
APPROACH AND DIRECTLY INVEST,
ESPECIALLY IN THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN LEFT OUT OF ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE. I'M REALLY THANKFU
FOR YOU SHARING THOSE
STATISTICS AND FOR THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE TO GET THESE DOLLARS
OUT THE DOOR SO QUICKLY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THIS HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY
OUTSTANDING WORK FROM OUR HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT WORKED
IN PARTNERSHIP A BIG SHOUT OUT
TO THOSE TEAMS ON THAT AND
COMMITTEE PARTNERS.
I SHOULD GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT
AS WELL.
THEY DID INCREDIBLE WORK TO
SHAPE HOW THESE DOLLARS AND
SHOULD GO OUT THE DOOR IN THE
MOST EQUITABLE WAY.
COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT
THEM.
>>, ON THAT LAST POINT IN TERMS
OF DOLLARS TO GET OUT THE DOOR.
THE MOST EQUITABLE WAY, CAN YOU
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE, WERE
ALL THE 63,000 DETERMINED TO BE
ELIGIBLE AND IF SO WHAT WAS A
PRIORITY, OR HOW DID YOU DECIDE
WHICH HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED
ASSISTANCE?
>> I DON'T HAVE DETAIL ON THAT
AT MY FINGERTIPS, BUT WE CAN
GET THAT BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I KNOW WE WOULD ALL BE
INTERESTED IN THAT
>> GREAT ONTO THE NEXT
HIGHLIGHT ON HOUSING.
THESE ARE THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE
ALREADYLEARNED AND CELEBRATED.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO PICK UP A
LITTLE BIT OF TIME, EVEN THOUGH
ITS OWN CREDIBLE WE WERE ABLE
TO SECURE FOUR BUILDINGS FOR A
TOTAL OF 198 UNITS WE HAVE NOT
YET CLOSED ON ALL FOUR WE HAVE
NOT YET CLOSED ON ALL 42 ARE
STILL PENDING OR CLOSED. I WILL
HOLD BACK NAMES AS THINGS ARE
WORKING TOWARD CLOSE AND
CONTINUING TO, WE HAVE AN OPEN
DOOR FOR, AND WE ARE WORKING
WITH THE STATE ON SECURING
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR
OPERATION AND SERVICES DOLLARS,
PARTICULARLY AS A NEW SESSION
IS OPENING UP EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE DOLLARS CONTINUED TO
BE INCREDIBLE. THEY ARE GETTING
DOLLARS OF THE STORE SO
QUICKLY.
AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE TWO
ALLOCATIONS OF EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE E.R.A.
ONE, FIRST, SO WE HAVE 100%
OBLIGATED, SO IT IS NOW
CURRENTLY SITTING WITH OUR
COMMITTEE PARTNERS AND THEY ARE
WORKING TO SPEND OF THOSE AS
THEY ARE WORKING WITH THEIR
CLIENTS AND THEN ON E.R.A.
TWO.
WE HAVE 59% OBLIGATED AND WE
ARE WORKING ON THAT RENEWED
CONTRACT WITH UNITED WAY OF
KING COUNTY TO GET THOSE
DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR ON
HOMELESSNESS, SO AS WELL.
NOW CASEY HR IS NOW FULLY
OPERATIONAL AND HAS ASSUMED
OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY
HOMELESSNESS, SERVICE CONTRACTS
, AS WE HEAR FROM DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON, THEY
ARE GOING TO BE WHERE THEY ARE
THE LEAD IN STRATEGIC PLANNING,
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT,
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN OUR
REGION FOR HOMELESSNESS
>> I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON, DID
YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE?
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE
YOU.
DO YOU MIND IF WE GO BACK TO
HOUSING HERE?
>> NOT AT ALL..
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT
THAT 37% SPENT AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE SLIDE DO WE KNOW WHY THAT
PERCENTAGE IS LOWER THAN THE
OTHERS?
>>.
SO, IN THAT CASE I CAN
SPECULATE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE
FIRM ANSWERS THESE DOLLARS HAVE
BEEN PROVIDED TO THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS AND THEN THE
PROVIDERS ARE WORKING TO
ALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS.
FURTHER, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
HOW MUCH HAVE WE OBLIGATED OR
COMMITTED VERSUS HOW MUCH HAS
BEEN SPENT, THAT IS A DIFFERENT
PIECE WE CAN CERTAINLY GET AN
UPDATE FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING ON MORE
>> WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO GET
THAT OUT THERE AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE..
IT DOES SEEM LIKE A LOW
PERCENTAGE, SO THAT FOLLOW-UP
WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU
>>.
OF COURSE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR E.R.A.
ONE VERSUS E.R.A.
TWO E.R.A.
ONE. THE CITY RECEIVES A YEAR
BEFORE E.R.A.
TWO.
WE WORK THROUGH E.R.A.
ONE FIRST BEFORE WE GET TO
E.R.A.
TWO
>> ICU.
SO, THE EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE DOLLARS FOR THE
SECOND GO AROUND IS A 32%
>> THAT'S RIGHT
>> YOU ALREADY SPENT ALL OF THE
FIRST GO-ROUND OKAY. I DID HAVE
A QUICK ADDITION BEFORE I TURN
TO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR A
COMMENT OR QUESTION. I BELIEVE
IN THIS SECTION AS WELL, IF I
REMEMBER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING CORRECTLY,
THE DOLLARS FOR EMERGENCY
HOUSING ASSISTANCE THAT WENT IN
THREE DIFFERENT BUCKETS, RIGHT?
OFFICE OF POLICY, OUR FRIENDS AT
--
>> UNITED WAY KING COUNTY
>> -- UNITED WAY KING COUNTY.
AND THEN ANOTHER BUCKET THAT
WENT TO COMMUNITY ROOTED
ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON
HOUSING AND OTHER SOCIAL
ASSISTANCE. MY UNDERSTANDING,
THE FIRST TWO BUCKETS. THE
FUNDING HAS PRETTY QUICKLY BEEN
SPENT.
THE THIRD BUDGET BECAUSE OF
COVID AND ENGAGING WITH
COMMUNITY AND SOME PEOPLE
STAYING HOME AND LESS WILLING
TO COME INTO VARIOUS SOCIAL
SERVICES. AND, I GUESS, SOME OF
THE CHALLENGES THE COMMITTEE
PARTNERS ARE HAVING WHAT WE DID
IN LAST YEARS BUDGET WAS WE
TRIED TO PUT SOME FUNDING IN,
SO THAT THOSE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WERE ACTUAL
PARTING WITH FOOD BANKS. WE HAD
HER THERE WAS A SEVERE NEED FOR
PEOPLE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH
FOOD BANK LINES FOR THERE TO BE
THAT RENTAL ASSISTANCE WE TRY
TO FACILITATE PEERING COMMITTEE
ORGANIZATION SO THE SELLERS
COULD GET OUT THE DOOR MORE
QUICKLY AND IT WAS A GOOD
REMINDER FOR ME, COUNCIL MEMBER
PETERSON, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH
HOUSING AND SEE HOW THE
PARTNERSHIP IS GOING. THAT IS
WHAT WE HEARD, ANECDOTALLY, SO
WE TRIED TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THAT IN LAST YEARS BUDGET FOR
THE COMMUNITY PARTNER SPENDING
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ON THAT?
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, I AM
FOLLOWING ON COUNCIL MEMBER
PETERSONS COMMENTS.
I AM VERY FOCUSED ON GETTING
THE MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF
HOUSING PROVIDERS AND/OR RENTERS
TO ENABLE THEM TO STAY IN THEIR
HOMES AND MAINTAIN THEIR
PROPERTIES. HOW DO THESE
BUCKETS, E.R.A.
1 AND 2, RELATE TO THE COUNTIES
PROGRAM OF TRYING TO DO THE SAME
, PARTICULARLY OF 37% OR THE
MONEY THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO
HOUSING PROVIDERS?
AND WE CAN TAKE THE ANSWER OFF-
LINE, BUT I'M JUST TRY TO GET
MY MIND OFF OF HOW DOES THE
COUNTY PROGRAM INTERSECT WITH
THIS PROGRAM I WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW MANY
HOUSEHOLDS WERE BENEFITED BY
THE $22.7 MILLION THAT WAS
ALLOCATED OR 82% OF IT, THAT
WAS SPENT?
HOW MANY RENTERS AND PROVIDERS
WRE ACTUALLY GIVEN RELIEF?
TO BE CONTINUED
>> GREAT QUESTIONS WELCOME
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON EXCITED TO
MEET YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME
HERE.
I WILL SAY, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN
GREAT PARTNERS IN THIS WORK, A
LOT OF THIS WORK IS BEING DONE
IN TANDEM THE AWARDS THAT
BECOME GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED AGE
IS CURRENTLY DRAFTING A
COMPREHENSIVE FOURTH-QUARTER
REPORT FOR SUMMATION TO THE
U.S. TREASURY AND IT WILL
INCLUDE SEVERAL OF THESE DATA
POINTS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
WITH THE MOST RECENT DATA. WHAT
WE CAN DO IS COMMIT TO GETTING
A COPY OF THAT, SO YOU CAN SEE
HOW WE ARE DOING ACROSS ALL
THOSE AREAS>> THANK YOU VERY
MUCH>>.
OF COURSE.
>> LET'S MOVE INTO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
NOW.
I THINK WE ARE JUST TALKING BUT
HOMELESSNESS>> GREAT ON
HOMELESSNESS FRONT, CASEY HRA
AND THE CITY HAVE RECENTLY
EXECUTED THEIR MASTER SERVICE
AGREEMENT FOR MSA, WHICH YOU
ALL KNOW THOSE TERMS IS OUR
CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE AUTHORITY A LOT OF THESE
DOLLARS ARE ON THEIR WAY. PLANS
ARE BEING DRAWN UP AND THEY ARE
WORKING WITH PROVIDERS TO
NEGOTIATE THOSE CONTRACTS. I
WILL SAY, THE $7.5 MILLION OF
THE SHELTERING SERVICES LINE IS
BEEN MANAGED BY KING COUNTY
SEPARATELY FROM KC RHA AND
THOSE DOLLARS ARE ALREADY UNDER
CONTRACT A LOT MORE TO COME ON
THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH I KNOW WE
HAVE OUR TWO REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOUSING AUTHORITY ON THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
TELLS MEMBER LEWIS AND COUNCIL
MEMBER HARRELL I ALSO HAVE
BEEN IN THE IMPLEMENTATION
MEETING WHILE THEY WERE
CONSIDERING THEIR 2022 BUDGET
AND ACCEPTING THE MONEY THAT
COUNCILMAN OFFERED.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW FOR FOLKS A
HUGE NOTE OF APPRECIATION TO
JEFF STEMS FROM OUR CENTRAL
STAFF WHO HAS BEEN CRUNCHING
NUMBERS AS WELL. I WAS ABLE TO
GO TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
COMMITTEE AND HOW TALK ABOUT
HOW SEATTLE HAS, THROUGH OUR
LAST BUDGET, NOW PROVIDED 60%
OF THE TOTAL REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY BUDGET
$115 MILLION OF THE $179 BUDGET
THAT REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY HAS COME FROM SEATTLE
AND OVER TWO THIRDS OF THAT
MONEY HAS COME FROM SEATTLE TO
REALLY TRY TO ELIMINATE THE
IMPORTANCE THAT I THINK WE AS A
COUNCIL AND CITY ARE PLACING ON
STANDING UP, THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
HOPEFULLY, BEATS BACK SOME OF
THE MISCONCEPTIONS THAT SOMEHOW
WE ARE DOING OUR PART OR THIS
IS JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL.
IT IS VERY MUCH NOT THAT I CAN
BY EXECUTING THE CONTRACT YOU
JUST TALKED ABOUT, JULIE, I'M
VERY HOPEFUL THESE DOLLARS WILL
SEE ZEROS BY THEM AND ARE
QUICKLY IMPLEMENTED.
SPECIFICALLY, I'M REALLY
INTERESTED IN THE PLACEMENT AND
CREATION OF THE SAFE LOTS FOR
THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY LIVING
IN VEHICLES. WE DID A LOT OF
WORK IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGET, I
THINK 2020, TO TRY TO DO
OUTREACH AND ADDITIONAL
SERVICES AS WELL.
FOR THOSE LIVING IN THEIR CARS
AS A REMINDER, HALF OF THE
HOMELESS POPULATION, HALF OF
THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, LIVE IN THEIR
VEHICLES. THAT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT POINT, AND WITH THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, HOUSE
MEMBER LISTED A LOT OF WORK WITH
OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION LAST
YEAR TO GET FUNDING DIRECTLY
ALLOCATED TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, SO WE CAN CREATE
ADDITIONAL TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
THOSE ARE IMPORTANT NEAR-TERM
REMEDIES SO FOLKS CAN HAVE A
SAFER PLACE TO LIVE INDOORS,
WHETHER IT'S DURING EXTREME
SNOWFALL OR EXTREME HEAT
OUTDOORS TRYING TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GO
INSIDE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I
SAID HEAT, I MEANT TO SMOKE A
SAFE PLACE TO GO INSIDE AND
AVOID THAT KIND OF EXPOSURE.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THESE
ARE POINT IN TIME, SO AS WE
WERE TRANSITIONING TO THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
MOVING OVER THERE, AS A
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
MEETING DISCUSS, A LOT OF THOSE
EARMARKS ARE GOING TO FAITH-
BASED ENTITIES, AS THE CHURCH
OF GREATER SEATTLE NOTED IN
THEIR PRESENTATION. THESE ARE
MEANT TO BE CONTINUITY OF
SERVICES, CONTINUITY OF SERVICE
ASSURANCES AS A REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY STANDS UP
AS I EXPRESSED TO THE
LIMITATION BOARD WE ARE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER AND AS BOLDER,
BIGGER, MORE INTEGRATED IDEAS
COME FROM THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY AND
IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE AND
THE MORE WE KNOW THERE WILL BE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO STREAMLINE
SERVICES WITH KING COUNTY AND I
KNOW THAT I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE
WILL SEE GREATER DIVERSITY OF
THE REVENUE GOING INTO REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY. I DON'T
WANT TO BRAG ABOUT HAVING
NEARLY 70% OF THE FUNDING
COMING FROM SEATTLE, BECAUSE I
THINK IT SHOULD BE A
DIVERSIFIED FUNDING RESORT
GOING INTO DIVERSIFIED HOMELESS
AUTHORITY, THUS THE NAME..
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
ROLE ON WHICH SEATTLE HAS
PLAYED IN A STANDING AT THE RHA
AND HOW SERIOUSLY WE TAKE THAT
CREATION AND SUCCESS OF THE RHA
THAT PRESENTATION WAS WELL
RECEIVED. THEY PASSED THEM
LIMITATION BUDGET AND MY
UNDERSTANDING, FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES ON THE GOVERNING
BOARD, THEY ALSO PASSED THE
BUDGET. I JUST WANTED TO
PROVIDE A CONTEXT FOR YOU IF
YOU'RE GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT
OUR CONTRIBUTION, OUR PORTION.
IT IS 60%.
AT THIS POINT.
AS WE LOOK AT THESE LINE ITEMS
FROM THE REPORT ON PAGE 10, FOR
EXAMPLE, I KNOW WE WILL SEE
FASTER SPENDING IN THOSE AREAS.
ONCE THE CONTRACT IS EXECUTED.
THANK YOU, JULIE, FOR THE NOTES
THAT ACCOMPANIED THE SLIDES, SO
WE CAN REALLY SEE HOW QUICKLY
THOSE DOLLARS COME TO FRUITION.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE VERY MUCH IN
NEED COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I KNOW
YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS
MORN.
YOUR COMMITTEE THIS AFTERNOON.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
ADD.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO I JUST
WANTED TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL
CONTEXT
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
ADD TO YOUR OVERVIEW. I JUST
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S REALLY
NICE SEEING ALL OF THESE
INVESTMENTS ITEMIZED ON THIS
SLIDE AND LAYING OUT WHAT WE
CURRENTLY HAVE ON PAPER, AS HE
JUST INDICATED, MADAM CHAIR IS
GOING TO BE GOING INTO PRACTICE
. GIVEN THE APPROVAL OF THIS
PLAN AT THE GOVERNANCE
COMMITTEE LAST THURSDAY.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS MORE
THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE RHA
COMES TO THE PUBLIC AS IS AND
HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE.
THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PRIMER ON
THIS END OF IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THERE WAS ONE ITEM I DO HAVE
A QUESTION FOR CENTRAL STAFF ON
ALLIE PROVIDED A QUICK ANSWER
AND DIRECTOR DINGLEY, FEEL
FREE TO CHIME IN THE 8 FOR
NONPROFIT, I HAD ASKED FOR A
REMINDER OF WHAT THAT WAS
PRETTY MUCH PROVIDE TO FOLKS OF
THE COMMITTEE.
WHAT THAT IS?
WE TALK ABOUT THE STABILITY OF
THE HUMAN PROVIDER NETWORK.
ALLIE IS LOOKING FOR THE MUTE
BUTTON.
>> SORRY I COULDN'T FIND THE
MUTE BUTTON WHEN I WAS SHARING
MY SCREEN AWAY SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THERE WAS, I THINK IN THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN, THERE IS
SOME MONEY ALLOCATED TO BOTH
AGENCY AND THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING TO SUPPORT NONPROFIT
SERVICE PROVIDERS. THIS IS
REALLY HELP ENSURE STABILITY,
SO THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF
INCREASED COSTS IN COVID, BOTH
STAFFING SERVICES, MAINTENANCE,
AND THAT SORT OF THING AND THAT
IS WHAT THAT ALLOCATION WAS OR
IS.
>> THANK YOU.
AS WE HEAR MORE FROM THE RHA
ABOUT THE SPENDING STRATEGY
THAT IS GOING TO BE HUGE AREA
OF INTEREST, STABILITY WE LOOK
FORWARD TO THOSE DOLLARS BEING
SPENT FAST AS WELL AS TINY
HOUSES, ET CETERA OKAY LET'S GO
AHEAD.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR
FAVORITE SLIDE ON CHILDCARE
SUPPORT FOR CHILD CARE WORKERS,
WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED $3 MILLION
TO OVER 3500 WORKERS. THE
SPENDING IS YOUR COMPLETE THESE
WERE ONE-TIME PAYMENTS
RECOGNIZING THEIR ESSENTIAL
SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDED TO
FAMILIES, INCLUDING MINE,
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC JUST A
BIT ABOUT WHO GOT THIS MONEY 69%
OF RECIPIENTS WHICH INCLUDE
BOTH CENTRAL BASED AND FAMILY-
BASED PROVIDERS IDENTIFIED AS
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR.
59% OF PROGRAMS WERE LOCATED IN
HISTORICALLY UNDER RESOURCED
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE SOUTHEAST
AND SOUTHWEST SEATTLE, AN AREA
OF OPPORTUNITY IS ON BUILDING
OR EXPANDING CHILDCARE
FACILITIES. WE HAVE
APPROXIMATELY 15 SINNERS IN
EARLY TO MID PLANNING STAGES
WHERE THEY ARE SEEKING FUNDING
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM.
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR
THE USE ENTTIES ON TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE
TO TAKE ON THOSE BIG CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. HST IS
CURRENTLY WORKING TO ONBOARD,
HIRE AN ONBOARD, NEW PEOPLE
THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT NEED
FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO GET
THESE PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND
BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE WORKING
WITH AND WE ARE TARGETING.
WHO NEEDS AT THE MOST.
THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS CORRELATE
WITH WHO HAS THAT IN-HOUSE
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO
DO IT. HOLDING THOSE TWO
VALUES.
AT THE SAME TIME SOMETIMES
SLOWS DOWN THE SPENDING.
THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE WE ARE
REALLY WORKING TO TRY TO BRING
UP CAPACITY ON OUR END TO TRY
TO GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT THE
DOOR
>> A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE
CHILDCARE FACILITIES AND THEN I
WANT TO ADD A FEW MORE POINTS
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
CHILDCARE WORKER APPRECIATION
AS IS, DISSENTERS RECEIVED THE
FUNDING FOR THE CHILDCARE
APPRECIATION ALLOTMENTS
IMMEDIATELY.
THEY ALSO ASKED, WE WANT TO
EXPAND AND OPEN THIS NEW
FACILITY. THERE IS CHILDCARE
UNMARKED DOLLARS.
THAT JUST NEED UPGRADES. IS
THERE AN RFP PROCESS STILL OUT
THERE?
DID YOU SELECT CERTAIN AREAS
OR, PEOPLE STILL APPLY FOR
THESE DOLLARS FOR THE CAPITAL
ASSISTANCE TO GREAT NEW
CHILDCARE FACILITIES?
>> I'M GOING TO TAG WILLIAM, IN
CASE YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL
DETAILS ON THIS ONE.
>> IT IS STILL IN EARLY STAGE
RIGHT NOW.
AS DULY NOTED, THE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE PEACE MEANS THAT THE
FACILITIES ARE HAVING TROUBLE
DEVELOPING THEIR PLANS. THEY
WOULD USE TO APPLY FOR THESE
FUNDS. WE HAVE WORK ON OUR INTO
DO TO HELP THEM BE ABLE TO
SUCCEED TOO.
>> OKAY.
THAT'S GREAT.
HAPPY TO PUSH OUT INFORMATION,
JUST LIKE WE DID FOR THE
APPRECIATION ALLOTMENT GRANTS
IN MY UNDERSTANDING 15 ISN'T
THE FINAL NUMBER?
THAT'S CURRENTLY THE NUMBER YOU
ARE WORKING WITH US SOME OF THE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IT'S NOT
LIKE THE FIVE MY DOLLARS BEING
DIVIDED OVER THESE 15 CENTERS?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, MY PLANS ARE
STILL INVOLVED, SO WE DON'T
HAVE NUMBERS ON HOW MUCH AND
WHAT IS NEEDED WHERE.
>> ALLIE, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD ADD, THE FUNDING THAT
WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE, COUNSEL
WAS ADDED TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ALONGSIDE THEIR
PROGRAM THAT SPENDS DOLLARS
THAT ARE GENERATED FROM THE
CITIES AND ZONING PROGRAM THAT
SUPPORTS INVESTMENTS IN
CHILDCARE FACILITIES. GENERALLY
SPEAKING, THAT IS SORT OF AN
OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.
THERE IS A CONTACT I CAN SHARE
WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS THE
INFORMATION HST HAS AVAILABLE.
IF THERE ARE FACILITIES,
CENTERS, ET CETERA SEEKING
FUNDING OUR FIRST STEP IS TO
REACH OUT TO THE TEAM AND THEY
COULD CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT
THAT MY BE ELIGIBLE FOR USE OF
INCENTIVE ZONING DOLLARS, WHICH
COME WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS AND
REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SLIGHTLY
POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL
FUNDING. IN GENERAL, IN THE PAST
IT HASN'T BEEN AN RFP, IT HAS
BEEN AN OPEN PROGRAM AND HST
STAFF WORKED WITH THE
APPLICANTS AND DEVELOPERS ALONG
THE WAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER
AND THE RATIONALE FOR WHY THE
FUNDING WAS PLACED UNDER HSD
VERSUS DEAL.
I THINK ALL OF US WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN RECEIVING THAT
INFORMATION.
IF YOU LIKE TO SHARE THAT TO US
AND WE CAN GET THAT TO SOME OF
OUR CONSTITUENTS COUNCIL MEMBER
PETERSON, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT WAS, I'M VERY INTERESTED
IN GETTING AN ANSWER TO THAT TOO
. I KNOW WHEN WE CREATED THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING ALL THE
CHILDCARE STAFF WAS GOING TO BE
OVER A DEAL.
THERE WAS A PARTIAL FTE, I
THINK, LEFT OVER AT HSD FOR
CAPITAL PLANNING AND IT SOUNDS
LIKE THEY STILL TIGHTLY
COORDINATE EFFORTS WITH DEAL,
BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO BE
ADDING POSITIONS IT MAKES ME
QUESTION WHY WOULD THEY NOT BE
ADDED THAT DEAL AND TO BRING
EVERYTHING UNDER THAT DEPARTMENT
. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE ABOUT WHY THEY WOULD DO
AND HSD
>> THANK YOU I AM SEEING SOME
NODS. I PERCEIVE THAT REMINDER.
BEFORE WE GET OFF THIS LETTER
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GET TO
OUR CONGRESSIONAL PARTNERS WHO
MADE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
POSSIBLE. I HAVE BY THE CHANCE
TO STAND ALONG BESIDE
CONGRESSWOMAN LAST MONTH WE
WERE AT A CHILD CARE, IN-HOME
PROVIDER CENTER AND SHE HAD THE
CHANCE TO SPEAK AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE WITH ME TO TALK
ABOUT THESE CHILDCARE
ALLOTMENTS THAT THEY RECEIVED.
I WANT TO THANK SENATOR MURRAY,
WHO IS ALSO MEETING WITH A
HANDFUL OF CHILDCARE PROVIDERS
IN SEATTLE SOON WHO HAVE
RECEIVED THE CHILDCARE ALLOTMENT
. I'M SURE IT'S VERY REWARDING
AS WELL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO
SEE HOW THESE AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN DOLLARS HAVE BEEN PASSED
THROUGH SEATTLE, THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN, AND HAVE MADE IT
INTO THE PLANS OF THEIR
CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. A LOT OF
WORK WENT INTO THAT. I THINK
IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE
THIS FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE TRULY
MAKING A DIFFERENCE, NOT ONLY
THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF
INDIVIDUALS, BUT OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY AS WELL. I CAN'T GET
AWAY WITHOUT SAYING THANK YOU TO
DIRECTOR CHAPELLE AND MONICA A
GARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
FOR THE QUICK WORK THEY DID TO
PULL TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS THEY
HAD A NUMBER OF ROBUST
STAKEHOLDER CONVERSATIONS. I
THINK THIS WAS REALLY INFORMED
BY THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES,
BUT CHILDCARE PROVIDERS AND
WORKERS THEMSELVES MEMBERS OF
NCI UNITED 25 AND CHILDCARE
ADVOCATES WHO PULLED TOGETHER
AN EFFICIENT AND COLLABORATIVE
PROCESS TO GET THOSE DOLLARS
OUT THE DOOR AGAIN, OVER 3500
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS WERE ABLE
TO RECEIVE THOSE DOLLARS. VERY
EXCITING NEWS FOR EVERYONE AND
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY
ASSETS THAT YOU NOTED ARE TRUE
OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SEATTLE
RESCUE, BUT VERY PROMINENT HERE
IN THE ROLE THAT CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS PLAY.
OKAY.
LET'S KEEP GOING.>> THANK YOU
SO MUCH ON THE NEXT LINE WE
WILL GET INTO COMMUNITY WELL-
BEING ITEMS I WANT TO ACTUALLY
TURN IT OVER TO WILLIAM TO GIVE
YOU AN UPDATE ON THE OLDER
AMERICANS ACT GRANT.
>> YES WE ARE AWARE THAT THIS
HAS BEEN AN ITEM OF INTEREST
FOR A WHILE NOW. IT WAS
ACCEPTED AS PART OF SRP TWO
LAST SUMMER.
IT IS ROLLING, HST HAS PREPARED
A PLAN FOR SPENDING THOSE FUNDS
. THIS IS PART OF A LARGER
SPREADER WITH THREE YEARS AND
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST YEAR OF.
OVER $9000 OF THE FUNDS, THOSE
ARE ON THEIR WAY. OTHERWISE,
YOU GOT A FLAVOR OF THE
INVESTMENT THAT WERE INVOLVED
IN A PRESENTATION LAST YEAR
THAT LARGELY REMAINS THE SAME.
WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH
CENTRAL STAFF YOU HAVE THAT
INFORMATION AS NOTED IN THIS
SLIDE, THE SERVICES ARE STILL
BETWEEN OTHER YOUTH CASE
MANAGEMENT AND SUBSIDIES, SOME
PIECES FOR ALLEVIATING NEGATIVE
EFFECTS OF ISOLATION, SUCH AS
VISUAL SKILLS, COACHING YEAH.
WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH
THE REST OF IT AS WELL AS
FUTURE ALLOCATIONS OF THAT
REMAINING TWO YEARS I WILL KNOW
ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT
BECAUSE WE PACKAGED THESE
THINGS TOGETHER INTO THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN BRANDING
THE DEPARTMENT WAS STILL
WORKING AND WAITING TO GET
APPROVAL FROM THE STATE ON OUR
PLANS, BUT ALSO TO GET A MORE
DETAILED GUIDANCE ON HOW WE
WERE ALLOWED TO SPEND THESE
FUNDS AT A TIME.
THIS GRANT WAS ACCEPTED THAT
ACCOUNTS FOR SOME OF THE DELAY
IN TERMS OF GETTING THINGS
MOVING WITH CONTRACTS.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON
THIS SLIDE?
I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER HARRELL
DROP IN AND THEN IT
DISAPPEARED., PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU I AM INTERESTED TO
HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE DELAY YOU MENTIONED. THAT
WAS MY, I HAVE BEEN MONITORING
THESE REPORTS THAT COME OUT
MONTHLY. WE KNOW THAT ADS IS A
PRETTY ROBUST DIVISION OF HSD.
TYPICALLY, IS ON THE READY TO
ALLOCATE FUNDS WHEN FUNDS ARE
AVAILABLE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO
HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE BASIS FOR THIS DELAY AND
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AS A RESULT
.
>> SURE.
. IN FAIRNESS, THIS GRANT
PROBABLY COULD HAVE WAITED FOR
Q4 INSTEAD OF GOING THIS SUMMER
ALONG WITH THE REST OF SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN, BUT WE WANTED TO
KEEP THINGS TOGETHER SO IT'S
MORE VISIBLE AND TRANSPARENT
WERE THESE DOLLARS ARE COMING
IN AS OPPOSED TO HAVING MANY
OTHER ITEMS..
>> THAT IS TO SAY, LOT OF THAT
PLANNING WOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND
THE SCENES AND WE WOULD HAVE,
MORE READY TO TALK ABOUT THE
EXACT PLAN FOR HOW THE SELLERS
WERE GOING TO BE SPENT, BUT
REALLY WANTED TO TRY TO
DAYLIGHT THAT THE ZEALOTS WERE
COMING TO US, BUT THEY WERE
STILL MIDSTREAM IN THAT
PLANNING PROCESS.
THE PROCESS ITSELF PLAYED OUT
AS IT ALWAYS HAS, IT WAS JUST A
DELAY FROM WHEN WE FIRST TOLD
YOU TO WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO
PRESENT A PLAN RELATIVE TO
PRIOR YEARS. TYPICALLY, IT
WOULD HAVE WAITED LONGER AND
BROUGHT THAT FORWARD TO YOU
LATER IN THE YEAR, IF THAT
MAKES SENSE.
>>. MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT THE
FUNDING IN THIS AREA WAS NOT A
RESULT OF A COUNSEL AMENDMENT,
BUT WAS PART OF AN ALREADY
DEVELOPED PLAN IN MY NOT
RECOLLECTING THAT CORRECTLY?
>> YES.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PLAN WAS
ALREADY MOSTLY IN PLACE AND
WILLIAM MENTIONED NEEDING TO
GET SOME CLARITY ON SPENDING,
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING TO
UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT.
>> I'M NOT SURE I'M TRACKING
THIS WASN'T PART OF COUNSEL
AMENDMENT.
WE SENT OUT A PACKAGE OF GRANTS
, SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN TWO, IN
LATE SUMMER THAT INCLUDED THE
OLDER AMERICANS ACT GRANT WITH
THE OPERATORS GRANTS AND
TRANSPORTATION GRANTS. SO, THAT
ACCEPTED THE GRANT, BUT THE
ACTUAL RULES AND APPROVALS FROM
THE STATE WERE STILL IN
PROGRESS.
AT THAT TIME WHEREAS, FOR THE
OTHER GRANTS, FOR EXAMPLE,
THOSE WERE FURTHER ALONG OR
THEY KIND OF RAN ALONG THE SAME
TRACTS AS PREVIOUS. THOSE WERE
ABLE TO MOVE FASTER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, WILLIAM.
>> GREAT. JUST UPDATES ON
SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF --.
ALSO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES,
BUT THOSE ARE PARTIALLY
UNDERWAY AND INDICATED HERE AT
ONCE.
THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO THERE.
WE HAVE SPENT OR RECOVERED A
SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF THE
SUPPORTING FILES OF GENDER-
BASED VIOLENCE AND WE HAVE
EXECUTED A CONTRACT FOR MENTAL
HEALTH INVESTMENTS WERE CLOSING
IN ON HALF OF THE AMOUNT
PROVIDED.
>> ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ON THIS
ITEM?
I KNOW IT CAN BE JARRING FOR
FOLKS TO LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS
REPORTS IN DECEMBER AND CA ZERO
BEHIND THAT AND WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE NOTES, FOR ME, THEY WERE
IN THE MOMENT IN THE PIPELINE
TO BE ENCUMBERED.
IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME PROGRESS
ON THE JANUARY 2022 REPORTS WE
HAVE JUST RECEIVED IN THIS PART
OF MATERIAL FOR TODAY.
YOU SEE THAT SPENDING THAT
DIRECTOR DAILEY JUST MENTIONED.
ANYTHING ELSE?
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ECONOMIC RECOVERY, THERE IS
A LOT ON HERE I DON'T THINK I
CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE
THINGS, BUT I JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT AT A HIGH LEVEL THAT
WE HAD $900,000 FOR DOWNTOWN
ACTIVATION AND HAVE HAD OVER
$700,000 SPENT IN THE NUMBER
$83,000 ENCUMBERED. AND THEN
GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES,
MACRO BUSINESSES, AND
ORGANIZATIONS.
THOSE TOOK THE FORM OF VARIOUS
NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC RECOVERY
GRANTS, STABILIZATION FUND, AND
DOWNTOWN RECOVERY GRANTS ARE
TRYING TO MEET ORGANIZATIONS
AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY
WERE TO TRY TO CUT THE DOLLARS
IN THEIR HANDS TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEMS AS THEY WERE DEFINING
THEM. WE HAVE ALSO GONE
SIGNIFICANT MONEY OUT THE DOOR
FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL
ORGANIZATIONS $3 MILLION FOR
THAT DIRECT FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FOR COVID RELATED
RELIEF AND FACILITY SUPPORT,
WHICH TOOK THE FORM OF CULTURAL
ORGANIZATION GRANTS REOPENING
GRANTS AS WELL AS CULTURAL
DISTRICTS RECOVERY GRANTS AND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.. FINALLY,
INVESTMENTS IN JOB-TRAINING.
WE HAVE USED INTERNSHIPS AND
THAT RFP IS UNDERDEVELOPMENT,
CURRENTLY.
$450,000 FOR WRAPAROUND
SERVICES AND RETENTION FOR
SEATTLE'S HIGHER PRIORITY
PROGRAM
>> THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE HAS
HAD MORE DETAILS ON THE
SPECIFIC CONTRACTS UNDER EACH
OF THOSE. SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU
HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND I'M
HAPPY TO GO INTO THOSE DETAILS
..
>> I RECOGNIZE I SHOULD HAVE
ASKED THIS QUESTION WHEN WE
WERE ON THE PAGE AROUND DIRECT
ASSISTANCE, BUT MY MEMORY IS
JGGED WITH THE HEADING OF ARTS
AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS ONE
OF THE PRIORITY POPULATIONS
UNDER DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE, IN
ADDITION TO FOLKS WHO HAVE
LANGUAGE BARRIERS WERE RISK OF
DEPORTATION, WHICH WE HAD
EARLIER LAST YEAR HAD SOME
EXPERIENCE IN A DIRECT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE
POPULATION, BUT WE THEN ADDED
THE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
THE CRISIS, INCLUDING ARTISTS
AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN
THE CREATIVE SECTOR.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE CAN
DETERMINE HOW WELL WE SERVED
THAT NEW COMMUNITY OF WORKERS?
>>, I APOLOGIZE. I EVEN HAD A
MY NOTES TO MENTION WE TARGET
THE CREATIVE ECONOMY WITH THOSE
DOLLARS AND I FAILED TO DO SO.
I APOLOGIZE KNEW THAT WAS GOING
TO BE AN AREA OF INTEREST.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET BACK WITH
YOU ON THAT AND WORK A LITTLE
BIT FURTHER ON WHAT THEY MIGHT
HAVE AVAILABLE. I DON'T WANT TO
OVER PROMISE ON WHAT WE CAN.
SO IN TERMS OF RESULTS, OR HOW
THAT WORKED.
I WILL WORK WITH THEM AND WE
CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT
ANSWER
>> OKAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT GETTING MONEY OUT
THE DOOR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
TO ME THAT MEANS JOBS AND
PREVENTING OR REDUCING THE
DISPLACEMENT OF MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESSES. I AM FOCUSED ON
ECONOMIC RECOVERY. ON PAGE 6.
PREVIOUSLY, I NOTICED THAT 24%
OUT OF THE 24 ALLOCATED HAS
BEEN SPENT ON RECOVERY OR SMALL
BUSINESS SUPPORT THAT IS
CONSIDERING AND I DO NOTICE.
OED IS DOWN ABOUT 60% OF THEIR
WORKFORCE, SO THEY ARE STAFFING
UP. I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS
PART OF THE ISSUE HERE? ALSO,
JUST GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE
LINE ITEMS ON THE REPORTS. I'M
JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND. FOR EXAMPLE, I'M
REFERRING TO THE REPORTS ON
PAGE 14, FOR EXAMPLE, SMALL
BUSINESS, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
$7.5 MILLION WERE APPROPRIATED
IN 2021, BUT NONE HAS BEEN SPENT
SMALL BUSINESS TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE $2 MILLION WAS
APPROPRIATED, BUT NONE HAS BEEN
SPENT. THE TOTAL FOR ALL
SPENDING AND ENCUMBRANCES, I
BELIEVE, IS ABOUT $5.1 MILLION
AND IT MIGHT BE CONFLATING LINE
ITEMS, BUT AGAIN, MORE
INFORMATION OFF-LINE IF
NECESSARY..
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THOSE
LINES IN THAT TABLE ARE HEADERS
FOR THE LINES BELOW THEM.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IS PROGRESS
ON SOME OF THOSE LINES TO YOUR
POINT ON THE FIRST ONE, IT IS
THE CASE THAT DOLLARS, LITERALLY
-- THE PROGRESS WE ARE SHOWING
ON THAT IS ENCUMBERING
CONTRACTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS
WHO DO THE ACTUAL WORK OF
LINING UP APPLICANTS WITH
RESPONSE.
>> GOT IT ON THIS PAGE OF THE
$20 MILLION. IT LOOKS LIKE A
LOT OF THAT IS OUT THERE ALREADY
. MORE INFORMATION ON THAT
>> THANKS FOR FLAGGING THAT I
TOO READ THE CHART ON PAGE 14.
THAT WAY, THANK YOU, WILLIAM,
FOR NOTING THAT IS ALMOST A
SUBHEADER IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL
TO HAVE A SUBTOTAL THAT ALIGNS
WITH THOSE BOLDED HEADERS, SO
WE CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
$7.5 MILLION HOW MUCH HAS BEEN
SPENT OR OF THE $2 MILLION HOW
MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT JUST A
NOTE, IF SOMETHING IS MISSING.
THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
IT MIGHT NOT HAVE LOOKED LIKE A
SUBTOTAL IN THAT FINAL COLUMN,
BUT I THINK THE POINT IS WELL
TAKEN THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DOLLARS
ARE GETTING OUT THE DOOR AS WE
HEAR OF SMALL BUSINESSES
CLOSING, ESPECIALLY I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT
THE REST OF DOLLARS TO BE SPENT
IN THAT CATEGORY AND THAT YOU
CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THE WHOLE
COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BE GREAT
>> I WANT TO NOTE THAT I AM NEW
TO REVIEWING THESE DOCUMENTS,
SO A LOT OF THIS IS BRINGING ME
UP TO SPEED. I'M NOT MAKING
ACCUSATIONS HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
WHATEVER CLARIFICATION CAN BE
PROVIDED. THAT I READ IT THE
SAME WAY.
NO PROBLEM.
>> THANKS FOR THAT FEEDBACK,
CERTAINLY..
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE, AS YOU
MENTIONED, CAPACITY IS DOWN AND
THAT IS A BIG FACTOR HERE.>> I
WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, FOR THAT
FEEDBACK. WE ARE LOOKING TO
REFINE THERE'S REPORTS THEY ARE
FOR YOU. THEY ARE GENERATED FOR
AWARENESS AND WHAT WILL BE
USEFUL FOR YOU AND THAT'S
REALLY HELPFUL.
OVERALL I DO WANT TO EXPAND
JUST BRIEFLY THAT THE CAPACITY
CONCERN ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, NOT
JUST IN OED THE EFFECTS OF THE
GREAT RESIGNATION HAS ALSO
IMPACTED THIS CITY, SO A LOT OF
THE PERMITS ARE STRUGGLING TO
RETAIN OR RECRUIT STAFF. IT'S
AN AREA WHERE WE ARE, OBVIOUSLY
, IT'S A HUGE PRIORITY FOR ALL
THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS ACROSS
THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
ABLE TO RETAIN WERE STAFF UP
WHERE NEEDED. THAT IS A PAYMENT
BEING FELT UNIVERSALLY ACROSS
THE CITY.
>> AND I ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT YOU
SAID AT THE TOP OF THIS
PRESENTATION, THAT YOU HAD TO
CREATE FROM NOTHING SYSTEMS TO
GET THIS MONEY OUT THE DOOR AS
WELL.
I UNDERSTAND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON TO
THE NEXT ONE A LOT OF GREEN ON
THIS SLIDE, OUTDOOR RECREATION.
WE HAVE GOTTEN MONEY OUT THE
DOOR AND COMPLETED SPENDING ON
PARKS, MAINTENANCE, OPENING,
WADING POOLS, STREETS, WORKING
TO GET THE PARKS ACTIVATION
DOLLARS OUT THERE DEVELOPING A
PROGRAM PLAN TO FULLY IMPLEMENT
NEXT SUMMER. THE STATE HEALTHY
STREETS 2.5 ESTA IS WORKING ON
WHAT ARE THE ELIGIBLE
COMPONENTS OF THAT PROGRAM TO
APPLY THOSE COSTS TO.
AND WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT.
THIS IS WHAT YOU HAD RAISED AT
THE TOP, WE HAVE A UNIFIED
APPLICATION PORTAL. THIS IS,
ARGUABLY, THE VERY DEEP NERDY
PERSPECTIVE THAT I HOLD MOST
EXCITING THING THAT WE HAVE HERE
A BIG THING THAT WE HEAR ABOUT
IN THIS CITY IS THAT IF YOU ARE
A RESIDENT YOU HAVE TO GO TO 6
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO GET
THE SUPPORT THAT YOU MIGHT NEED
OR BE ELIGIBLE FOR FOR ALL OF
THE DIFFERENT AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAMS. WHAT CITY FORM IS
DESIGNED TO DO IS CREATE ONE
UNIFIED APPLICATION PORTAL TO
STREAMLINE THE EXPERIENCE FOR
THE RESIDENTS IN APPLYING FOR
SITTING PROGRAMS. THEY APPLY
ONCE IN THE CITY REMEMBERS THAT
INFORMATION AND COMPLY AND
SUGGEST THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ONE SYSTEM
SINCE INFORMATION OUT TO THE
DEPARTMENTS, SO THAT INDIVIDUAL
DOESN'T HAVE TO GO OR THAT
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION
DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO
NEIGHBORHOOD WEBSITES, HSD,
CITY LIGHT, ALL THESE DIFFERENT
AREAS TO APPLY. WE HAVE HAD
INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIPS FROM
GOOGLE.ORG, VOLUNTEERS WHO
DEVELOPED THIS PILOT PROGRAM WE
CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR SUBSIDY
PROGRAMS ONLINE AND WORKING
THROUGH THIS PORTAL THAT IS
ORCA YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES,
UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAMS,
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS THE
CHILDCARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED.
WE ARE WORKING TO INCORPORATE
ALL THE OTHER CITY
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS. WE WILL
BE LETTING YOU KNOW AT THOSE
NEW PROGRAMS WHEN THEY ARE IN
BOWLING. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC
DATA ALREADY FOR STREAMLINED
USER EXPERIENCE RESIDENTS THAT
PREVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE TAKEN 15,
20, 30 MINUTES TO COMPLETE AN
APPLICATION ARE NOW DOING IT IN
AN AVERAGE OF 3 TO 4 MINUTES
WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT
OF TIME TO SAVE FOR THAT
INDIVIDUAL AND THAT COMMITTEE-
BASED ORGANIZATION TRYING TO
HELP MULTIPLE RESIDENTS GET
ENROLLED IN THOSE PROGRAMS
>> THANK YOU CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THE TIMELINE WHEN YOU CAN
EXPECT THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS AND
PERMITS TO BE INTEGRATED?>> WE
ARE ENROLLING NOW. I SEE YOU
JUST CAME OFF MUTE YOU MIGHT
HAVE SOME INFORMATION. STUCK
INNOVATION PERFORMANCES IS
HELPING US ON LOADING MORE
PROGRAMS. CURRENTLY THERE
LOOKING AT DOING ONE PER MONTH,
BECAUSE IT'S PARTIALLY INVOLVED
A LOT OF TESTING AND MAKING
SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING WHEN
IT GOES LIVE ON, SO WE DON'T
HAVE ANY SNAFU LIKE WHAT
HAPPENED WITH HEALTHCARE.GOV
>>.
KEEP US UPDATED. WE ARE HAPPY,
DON'T USE THE WORD GLITCHES, WE
DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO JINX IT.
THAT KEEP US UPDATED AND WE
WILL SEND OUT THE INFORMATION
THROUGH OUR SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL CHANNELS AS WELL. STUCK
ONE QUICK NOTE, THE CITY HAS
BEEN AWARDED A GRANT FROM
GOOGLE.ORG. IT IS ADD CREDITS
TO BE USED TO AMPLIFY THIS
PROGRAM. WE ARE NOT QUITE READY
TO LAUNCH THAT YET, BUT THAT
WILL COME TO YOU ALL FOR
APPROVAL IN, I BELIEVE,
FEBRUARY.
LOOK FOR MORE ON THIS MOVING
FORWARD.
>> OKAY.
THANKS WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO
THE END OF OUR TIME HERE.
WE ARE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OVER.
JULIE, I WILL TURN IT TO YOU TO
WRAP UP THE LAST FEW SLIDES AND
WE WILL SEE IF THERE'S ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
>> THE TIMING IS PERFECT.
THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE WE HAVE
A LINK HERE THAT WILL BE IN THE
AGENDA POSTED ONLINE TO OUR
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN SITE.
OVERALL, SO YOU CAN ACCESS
SLIDES, INFORMATION, THE
ELIGIBILITY, ALL OF THOSE KINDS
OF THINGS. THERE'S A LINK TO
CITY FORM THERE..
ALSO, JUST HIGHLIGHTING TWO
AREAS WHERE WE HAVE GOTTEN
KUDOS NATIONALLY AND JUST TO
CONTINUE TO RAISE THAT POINT
THAT WE ARE A NATIONAL LEADER
IN THIS WORK. WE ARE A NATIONAL
MENTOR IN THIS WORK AS WELL. I
CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE WORK
THE TEAM IS DOING WITHIN CITY
BUDGET OFFICE, BUT ACROSS THE
CITY. I SENT A THANK YOU NOTE
TO THE GROUP THAT INCLUDED OVER
120 INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE CITY
TO WORK ON 90 PROGRAMS, AND IN
18 OR 19 DEPARTMENTS THE WORK
THAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS
ENORMOUS AND TOUCHING EVERY
ELEMENT OF THE CITY FAMILY AND
IT IS BEING RECOGNIZED A HUGE
SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM OF HOW
INCREDIBLE THEY ARE THAT'S IT
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE PREPARED FOR
YOU. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE ON ANYTHING IN THE
PRESENTATION.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
I THINK THIS HAS BEEN VERY
HELPFUL.
I KNOW THAT WHEN I SAW SOME OF
THE EARLIER REPORTS, FOR
EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR I TOO WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF
THOSE LINE ITEMS THAT APPEAR TO
HAVE A ZERO NEXT TO THEM.
I KNOW WE ALL STILL FEEL A
SENSE OF URGENCY. KNOWING THAT,
HOPEFULLY, THING ARE STILL IN
PROCESS AND GETTING OUT THE DOOR
. I FEEL LIKE THE CONTEXT HERE
TODAY HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO
KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING IN
TERMS OF HOW FAST THOSE HOURS
CAN BE SPENT SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR
HARRELL, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE YOU LIKE TO ADD BEFORE WE
OPEN IT UP TO LAST QUESTIONS?
I SEE SOME OF OUR PANELISTS ARE
ONLINE HERE FOR THE NEXT
PRESENTATION AS WELL.
>> NO.
I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR
DINGLEY FOR ALL OF HER WORK .
SHE LEADS A FANTASTIC TEAM.
I KNOW HOW MUCH THEY CARE, NOT
JUST ABOUT THE NUMBERS, BUT
ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE NUMBERS
. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
PRESENTATION REALLY INFORMATIVE
.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.>> THANK YOU I HAD A
QUESTION THAT I WANTED TO ASK
BACK ON PAGE 8. I COULD NOT GET
ON CAMERA BUT THE QUESTION
RELATED TO THE HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS. ENDING LINE WHERE
IT SHOWS 72% OF FUNDS HAVE BEEN
APPROPRIATED, THAT WERE
APPROPRIATED FOR HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS HAVE BEEN SPENT OR
ENCUMBERED. I'M WONDERING ABOUT
THE REMAINING FUNDS ARE THOSE
FUNDS THAT WILL BE SENT TO OUR
HA AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT
THE RESTRICTION ON THOSE FUNDS?
IF THERE ARE ANY?
>>, ACTUALLY, THE FUNDS THAT
WILL GO TO THE OUR HA ARE
INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT THAT
HAS BEEN SIGNED..
THE DIFFERENCE IS THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRANTS THAT
IS IN PROCESS. IT IS ONE OF
THOSE FOUR BUILDINGS THAT WE
HAVE LINED UP FOR ACQUISITION.
THERE ARE DETAILS AROUND THAT
PROCESS THAT CAN'T BE REALLY
CLEARLY DISCUSS RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE OF RESTRICTIONS OF
FEDERAL AGENCIES, PROCESSES,
AND REQUIREMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION..
I APPRECIATE THERE ARE SOME
CAVEATS THERE.
HEALTH MEMBER HARRELL, DID YOU
HAVE ANY OTHER FOLLOW-UP?
OKAY.
WELL, I WILL ALSO SAY THANK YOU
TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR TEAMS.
PLEASE PASS ON OUR PROCEEDS
INTO THE CITY FAMILIES FOR WHAT
YOU ARE DOING.
I THINK THERE'S A SHARED SENSE
OF URGENCY TO GET THE REMAINING
DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR.
THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT MAYBE
THERE IS A FOLLOW-UP TO BE DONE
AS TO FINALIZE THE ALLOCATION
OF THE REMAINING PORTION THAT
REMAINS IN THE CITY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND HIS
COMMITTEE AND THEIR CONNECTION
TO THE REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY VIA COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WHO SIT ON THE COUNCIL. HST
BUDGET IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT
CONTINUES TO DRAW MY ATTENTION
TO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
SEE A QUICK DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE
DOLLARS.
HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE
AGREEMENT IS BEING FINALIZED
AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING
TRANSITIONED OVER AND, WHAT IS
THE RIGHT WORD -- CONFIRMATION
THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THOSE
DOLLARS MOVE OVER SOON.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
ABOUT THOSE LINE ITEMS DEPUTY
MAYOR HARRELL, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE TODAY AND THE CDO
TEAM FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO
DEPLOYING THE REST OF THESE WE
ARE VERY HOPEFUL OUR
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IS
ABLE TO PASS THE BUILD BACK
BETTER ACT AND ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE MAY BE COMING. WE
ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND
ALLOWING SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS
TO COME DIRECTLY TO SEATTLE BE
OTHER STATES AND OUR PARTNERS
IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND
THEIR UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE
SESSION. WE ARE ALSO VERY
HOPEFUL WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR BOTH
THE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS OF COVID
AND THE SHADOW PANDEMIC, AS WE
DISCUSSED IN THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL HERBOLD'S
COMMITTEE AS WELL. THANK YOU
ALL.
THAT CONTINUES OUR THEME AROUND
HEALTHY COMMITTEES AND HEALTHY
ECONOMIES WILL LET OUR CVO
FRIENDS GO AND WE WILL, I
BELIEVE, HAVE DEPUTY MEMBER
HARRELL STAY WITH US FOR A FEW
MORE MOMENTS.
PLEASE READ ITEM 2 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS TOPIC.
AS FOLKS MIGHT KNOW, COMING
FROM A BACKGROUND OF PUBLIC
HEALTH.
WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED IN 2017
, FOR 2018 AND 2019. I HAD HELP
IN MY COMMITTEE. I NO LONGER
HAVE HEALTH IN MY COMMITTEE
THAT IS NOW IN VICE CHAIR
HERBOLD'S COMMITTEE.
WITH HER WILLINGNESS WE ARE
SHARING THIS ITEM JUST FOR
TODAY TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE
ON HOW WE ARE DOING AND WHERE
WE HAVE BEEN IN TERMS OF TRYING
TO PROVIDE HEALTH COVERAGE TO
THOSE ARE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE
HEALTH INSURANCE, PRESENT OR NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR THE VARIOUS
ELEMENTS SPONSORED HEALTH
PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE PANEL
HERE TODAY.
LET FOLKS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES
AND I HAVE SOME OPENING
REMARKS.
IF THE POKES WERE HERE WITH US
TODAY COULD JUST PROVIDE YOUR
NAME AND ORGANIZATION. I'LL
MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND TURN IT
OVER TO THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND
THEN TURN IT BACK OVER TO KICK
OFF.
.
>>> MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MY NAME
IS MICHAEL AND I'M THE DIRECTOR
FOR ASIAN COUNSELING AND
REFERRAL SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO GOOD MORNING, I
CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE CHIEF
MEDICAL OFFICER FOR
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH
SERVICES AND REALLY GLAD TO BE
PART OF THE PANEL AND BRING MY
PATIENT KNOWLEDGE TO YOU.
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I'M BRENDA RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, I'M
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
WASHINGTON EMIGRANT SOLIDARITY
NETWORK, THE LARGEST EMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE IN OUR STATE IN
ORDER TO PROTECT THE IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES.
>> EXCELLENT AND DR. BODEL.
>> HI, I AM KIDNEY DOCTOR AT
CONFERENCE HEALTH AND I'M THE
CO-CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL EQUITY
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COUNCIL.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE WITH US HERE TODAY?
>> OKAY, WELL AGAIN I WANT TO
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLT TO
SHARE THIS TOPIC.
AS FOLKS MIGHT KNOW WITH OUR
INTEREST IN PROVIDING HEALTH
COVERAGE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT'S NEW RIGHT.
IN THE PAST WE HAVE DONE WORK TO
EXPAND HEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL
KIDS WITH APPLE HEALTH AND HAVE
CONTINUED TO WORK AND EXTEND
HEALTH KO RAJ TO THOSE WITHOUT
INSURANCE.
WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF OUT
HERE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
WITH A BASIC HEALTH PLAN THAT A
NUMBER ON THIS LINE HELPED TO
LAUNCH YEARS AGO AND WE HAVE
BEEN A NATIONAL LEADER IN
PROVIDING HEALTH COVERAGE TO
THOSE UNABLE TO GET IT THROUGH
THEIR EMPLOYER AND PREVIOUS WORK
I DID WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE
LABOR COUNCIL, I TRIED TO MAKE
THE CASE AND PROVE THE POINT
YOUR HEALTHCARE SHOULD NOT BE
TIED TO YOUR EMPLOYER AND
THERE'S NEVER BEEN MORE OF A
PRESSING MOMENT TO REALLY CALL
OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING
HEALTH INSURANCE TO EVERYONE SO
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR JOB IS WHEN
WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE ABLE TO
KEEP YOUR JOB OR SUSTAIN KEEPING
YOUR EMPLOYMENT DURING THESE
TIMES OF THE PANDEMIC.
WEE HAVE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE
LOSE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE AND
THEN ABLE TO GO OVER TO THE
PUBLIC PROGRAMS TO PICK UP
HEALTH COVERAGE.
IN FACT, WE SAW THE RESEARCH
CENTER THEY REPORTED LAST MONTH
THAT NEARLY 9 P 6 MILLION
WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES
LOST THEIR JOBS AND ALSO ALONG
WITH THAT, THEIR EMPLOYER
SPONSORED HEALTH INSURANCE BUT
THE GAP IN TERMS OF HEALTH
INSURANCE WAS MOSTLY FILLED BY
PUBLIC HEALTH COVERAGE.
THAT REALLY SETS UP AN IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN
CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT
HEALTH COVERAGE IS AVAILABLE FOR
FOLKS REGARDLESS OF THEIR
EMPLOYMENT STATUS OR THEIR
EMPLOYER.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT DISPORTION
úNATALIE THOSE THAT LOST THEIR
JOBS WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
NOTABLY, WOMEN OF COLOR AND
DISPORTION NATALIE THOSE WHO HAD
TO KEEP THEIR JOB AND GO IN AS
ESSENTIAL WORKERS, MANY OF THEM
DIDN'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE AND
THOSE CONTINUE TO GO INTO WORK
AND RISK EXPOSURE TO THEMSELVES
AND FAMILIES AS ESSENTIAL
WORKERS MORE LIKELY TO BE PEOPLE
OF COLOR AND WOMEN.
WE KNOW THIS IS SPECIFICALLY
TRUE FOR THOSE GOING IN AS
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN LONG
TERM CARE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
OR IN THE HEALTHCARE SETTING SO
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE
CAN CONTINUE TO EXPAND HEALTH KO
RAJ TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN KEPT
OUT OF PUBLIC INSURANCE BECAUSE
OF FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AROUND
PUBLIC SUBSIDIZED HEALTH
INSURANCE.
IN 2017 THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HE
RECALLED APPROVED THE CONSULTANT
BUDGET THAT I AND OTHERS BROUGHT
FORWARD REQUESTING $34 MILLION
ON HOW TO SECURE COMMUNITY BASED
HEALTH INSURANCE FOR IMMIGRANTS.
NOLA NORTHWEST HEALTH LAW HAS
BEEN ADVOCATING FOR HEALTH
COVERAGE FOR EVERYONE AND IN
2018 THEY RECEIVED THE ABILITY
TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE -- EXCUSE ME, IN
JANUARY 2018 NORTHWEST HEALTH
ADVOCATES CAME AND PRESENTED
ABOUT HOW THEY IDENTIFIED WAYS
IN WHICH HEALTH COVERAGE COULD
BE EXPANDED.
THEY PASSED A RESOLUTION TO
SUPPORT FULL ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE PARTICULARLY FOR
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE AND
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND WE
WORK CLOSELY TO LEARN FROM
HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO AND MY
HEALTH LA ABOUT THEIR SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAMS AND IN JULY 2018 WE HAD
A PRESENTATION AT THE BOARD OF
HEALTH ABOUT THE OTHER
JURISDICTIONS PROVIDING HEALTH
COVERAGE TO FOLKS IN THE REGION.
COUNCIL MEMBER FROM KING COUNTY
INCLUDED IN THEIR 2018 BUDGET
WAYS FOR THE COUNTY TO PARTNER
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND DO AN
ANALYSIS OF A REGION HEALTH PLAN
THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PR VIADUCT
HEALTH COVERAGE TO LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY WHICH IS
REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE THINK
ABOUT FOLKS WHO DON'T LIVE IN
THE CITY BUT MAY WORK IN THE
CITY AND CARE FOR FOLKS HERE.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY FOR US IN THE MOMENT
OF COVID TO TALK ABOUT THE WAYS
IN WHICH WE CAN MAINTAIN,
STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND HEALTH
COVERAGE FOR ALL.
I KNOW THERE'S CONVERSATIONS
HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WE ARE VERY THRILLED TO HAVE
WITH US SENIOR DEPUTY HE
RECALLED WITH US.
MAYOR HE RECALLED MADE IT A
CORNER STONE OF HIS INAUGURAL
SPEECH TO TALK ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH COVERAGE
FOR EVERYONE IN THE REGION.
WANTED TO KICK IT OVER TO YOU
AND TALK ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH
YOU SEE THIS ITEM FOLDING INTO
THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION'S
PRIORITIES AND THEN WE'LL TURN
IT OVER TO JANET FOR LEADING US
OFF WITH THE PANEL.
THANK YOU AGAIN SENIOR DEPUTY
MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER MASQUEDA.
AS YOU MENTIONED IT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU AND THE MAYOR
SPEAK SO EAGERLY ABOUT AND
THAT'S HEALTHCARE AND HEALTHCARE
ACCESS.
IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MAYOR HE
RECALLED'S HEART.
PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO DON'T
HAVE ACCESS TO EXISTING COVERAGE
AS COUNCIL MEMBER MASKADA
MENTIONED, EMPLOYER SPONSORED
INSURANCE IS DIFFICULT WHEN IT
ONLY COVERS A PORTION OF THE
COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY AS
WE'RE LOOKING AT GROWING
PARTICIPANTS IN THE ECONOMY AND
THE ADDITIONAL BURDENS ON SMALL
AND MICRO BUSINESSES AS THEY'RE
LOOKING TO GET OFF THE GROUND
AND GROW.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN
YOU CHANGE EMPLOYMENT STATUS
THAT YOU DON'T LOSE ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE AND THAT EVERYBODY
HAS ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION
STATUS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T
DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE CARE OF
OUR COMMUNITY'S ELDERLY, THEY
WILL END UP IN EMERGENCY ROOMS
AND COST US MORE IN TERMS OF
FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND IMPACTS
ON THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS SO THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT WORK.
I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH
ORGANIZATIONS FOR BEING HERE AND
SHARING YOUR WORK.
WE'RE LOOKING TO SUPPORT HOW WE
CAN FIND WAYS TO GROW YOUR
FOOTPRINT WITHIN YOUR
COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE WE HAVE
MORE HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND
COVERAGE FOR ALL SEATTLE SO
YOU'RE DOING AMAZING WORK AND WE
ARE THRILLED TO HEAR FROM YOU
TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'LL
TURN IT OVER TO JANET.
THAT WAS A YEAR OFF IN MY
ANALYSIS, YOU GOT THE CONTRACT
IN 2018 AND WE WERE WORKING WITH
KING COUNTY IN 2019 SO JUST
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC CAME.
SO EXCELLENT WORK YOU HAVE DONE
AND THANK YOU FOR THE IMPORTANT
WORK IN KING COUNTY.
NOW IS THE TIME AS
SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR NOTED THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT THE MAYORS AND
MAYOR'S OFFICE IS EXCITED ABOUT
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW WE CAN
CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
.
>>> THANK YOU.
I HOPE EVERYONE CAN SEE THIS
SCREEN.
.
>> THIS SHOULD BE HERE.
.
>> GREAT.
OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BOTH
OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND
YOUR GREAT EXPLANATION.
I THINK I CAN GO THROUGH SLIDES
VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE YOU MADE A
LOT OF POINTS THAT WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT.
SO I'LL DISCUSS THE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE DONE
IN 2018 AND 2019 RELATED TO
HEALTH EQUITY FOR IMMIGRANTS AND
MY FELLOW PANEL MEMBERS WILL
TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY NEEDS,
PATIENT EXPERIENCES AND THE
CURRENT EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE
EQUITY AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SORRY ABOUT THIS.
NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.
GOT IT NOW.
>> WE DO.
>> OKAY ALL RIGHT.
>>> WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A CHART
OF OPTIONS FOR IMMIGRANTS IN
WASHINGTON AND THE BASIC POINT
IS THERE ARE VERY LIMITED SMALL
PUBLIC PROGRAMS FOR THE CLINICS
WHICH PROVIDE GREAT PRIMARY
CARE.
BUT ARE NOT FULL HEALTH
COVERAGE.
THE ONLY FOLKS WHO GET FULL
HEALTH COVERAGE ARE IN THIS GRAY
COLUMN OVER HERE.
PROGRAMS THAT ARE RESTRICTED
BASED ON CITIZENSHIP AND
IMMIGRATION STATUS AND THE TWO
KEY ONES IN OUR STATE ARE APPLE
HEALTH FOR ADULTS WELL KIDS OF
COURSE BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
ADULTS IN THIS PRESENTATION.
APPLE HEALTH FOR ADULTS AND
HEALTH PLANS WITH FINANCIAL HELP
WHICH ARE THESE QUALIFIED HEALTH
PLANS TO HELP BENEFIT EXCHANGE.
THE GAPS IN COVERAGE ARE REALLY
CENTERED AROUND THE FACT THAT
IMMIGRANTS DO NOT QUALIFY FOR
THOSE TWO ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS.
SO THEY'RE EXCLUDED BY FEDERAL
LAW.
WE DON'T HAVE A STATE PLAN TO
FILL IN THE GAP.
WE DON'T HAVE COUNTY OR CITY
COVERAGE TO FILL IN THE GAP SO
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED AND
OTHERS WHO DON'T HAVE QUALIFYING
IMMIGRATION STATUS ARE EXCLUDED
FROM THE PROGRAMS AND WITHOUT
THEM, HEALTH INSURANCE IS JUST
UNAFFORDABLE FOR MOST PEOPLE.
IT'S CLEAR THAT WE
NEED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE
REMAINING UNINSURED FOLKS AND
NOTE, HERE'S SOME STATISTICS.
NOT GOING THROUGH EVERY ONE BUT
NOTE THAT THE INSURANCE RATE IS
MORE THAN DOUBLE THE RATE FOR
KING COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
OVER 30,000 KING COUNTY
RESIDENTS ARE LIVING WITHOUT
COVERAGE.
AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME LIMITED
IMMIGRATION CATEGORIES THAT
QUALIFY FOR COVERAGE THROUGH THE
HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE BUT
THOSE ARE STILL REQUIRING
PREMIUM PAYMENTS IN COST SHARING
WHICH CAN BE HARD FOR
ENROLLMENT.
IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS THE BOARD
OF HEALTH, CITY AND COUNTY
RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO ADDRESS
THE PROGRAM AND AS COUNTY MEMBER
MASKEDA MENTIONED THERE'S BEEN A
RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF
HEALTH TO EXPAND KO RAJ AND
LOWER BARRIERS FOR IMMIGRANTS.
WE STUDIED THE ISSUE OF HOW TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND NOW WITH THE PANDEMIC
THERE'S AN INCREASING FOCUS ON
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
WE'RE PLEASED THAT MAYOR HE
RECALLED RECOGNIZED THE URGENCY
OF THE MORNING IN HIS INAUGURAL
ADDRESS AND SHARED HIS VISION
THAT IN SEATTLE WE ALL HAVE
HEALTHCARE.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THE WORK
WE DID WE TO EXPLORE COVERAGE
OPTIONS THANKS TO CITY COUNCIL
FUNDING.
WE LOOKED AT PROGRAMS THAT
ALREADY EXIST IN OTHER COUNTIES
AND WE EVALUATED THE DESIGN OF
THESE PROGRAMS TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR KING COUNTY
AND YAKIMA.
THE PROGRAMS VARY IN TERMS OF
BENEFITS OFFERED AND INCOME
ELIGIBILITY.
ONE OF THE MOST REBUST HEALTHY
SAN FRANCISCO IS AVAILABLE FOR
RESIDENTS WITH INCOME UNDER 500%
OF POVERTY WHO CANNOT QUALIFY
FOR PUBLIC INSURANCE PROGRAMS.
THE BENEFITS INCLUDE OUTPATIENT
CARE, LAB PHARMACY AND MORE.
FOR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, FOR
KING AND YAKIMA COUNTIES WE
LEARNED ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE IN
THE EXISTING COUNTY BASED
PROGRAMS AND WE ALSO INTERVIEWED
MANY LOCAL SAFETY NET PROVIDERS.
THEY ALL CONFIRMED THAT EVEN
MINIMAL OUT OF POCKET COSTS CAN
BE VARIED WITH CARE.
WE IDENTIFIED RESOURCES AND GAPS
FINDING THAT PEOPLE NEED ACCESS
TO SPECIALTY CARE, RAIDOLOGY,
LAB SERVICES AND THERAPIES,
DENTAL TRANSPORTATION IN RURAL
AREAS, ESPECIALLY AND
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
PEOPLE WE INTERVIEWED HERE IN
AND IN OTHER STATES RECOGNIZE
THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A
PRIMARY CARE HOME THAT CAN
COORDINATE THROUGH A NETWORK OF
PROVIDERS UNDER CONTRACT.
THEY EMPHASIZE THAT APPLICATION
PROCESSES SHOULD BE CONVENIENT
EASY TO USE AND SHOULD NOT BE
INTIMIDATING.
WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT FROM
ONE OF OUR PROVIDERS.
WE RECOMMENDED THE PUBLIC HEALTH
SEATTLE KING COUNTY RUN THE
PROGRAM.
THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL
EXPRESSED INTEREST AS COUNCIL
MEMBER MENTIONED THEY FUNDED A
REPORT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO
LOOK AT OPTIONS.
AND THAT REPORT CAME UP WITH
OCHGSS AND COST ESTIMATES FOR
PARTIAL COVERAGE BUT ULTIMATELY
THEY RECOMMENDED INSTEAD TO
ENCOURAGE A STATEWIDE SOLUTION
AS WELL AS ENHANCING COUNTY XAS
TOY TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO
SERVICES THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY
ELIGIBLE FOR.
AND STATEWIDE COVERAGE IS THE
DIRECTION WE HAVE BEEN GOING
WITH OUR ADVOCACY.
WE HAVE BEEN PURSUING
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE ON A
STATEWIDE BASIS THROUGHOUT THE
HEALTH EQUITY FOR IMMIGRANTS
CAMPAIGN.
THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION THERE'S
RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE
AND THERE'S MOMENTUM TO CONSIDER
THAT APPROACH WITH INTERESTS
FROM A NUMBER OF LEGISLATURES.
WE HAVE MORE NOW.
SO LET'S SEE, I AM TRYING TO
KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON
HERE.
TURNING IT OVER TO BENDA BUT I
WANTED TO MENTION IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN ANY MORE
INFORMATION THERE'S A SLIDE WITH
LINKS TO ADDITIONAL INFO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'LL
TURN IT OVER TO BRENDA.
.
>> I HAVE THE FIRST FEW SLIDES
FOR BRENDA SO IF YOU SEE MY
SCREEN UNTIL I STOP SHARING
AFTER SHE'S DONE TALKING ABOUT
THE SLIDES.
YOU WILL SEE ME INSTEAD OF
BRENDA, TOO BAD BECAUSE SHE'S
THE PRESENTER.
>> THE SCREEN WILL TOGGLE TO
WHOEVER IS SPEAKING.
SO YOUR BOX WILL NOT BE ON THE
SCREEN.
>> THANK YOU AND I CAN ACTUALLY
SHARE MY SCREEN AND I THINK IT'S
UP.
I'LL JUST KEEP MY CRAM OFF SO I
DON'T FREEZE HALFWAY THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY I'M
BRENDA RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ AND THANK
YOU SO MUCH JOHN FOR PROVIDING
US THAT CONTEXT AND THE AMAZING
WORK OVER THE YEARS.
FOR ALL OUR PARTNERS IN THE
HEALTH EQUITY FOR IMMIGRANTS
CAMPAIGN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
FOR OUR WORK TO BE GUIDED AND
DIRECTED BY THOSE DIRECTLY
IMPACTED BY THE INEQUITIES IN
HEALTHCARE AND WHICH IS WHY THIS
CAMPAIGN REALLY FOCUSED A LOT OF
EFFORTS IN 2020 IN LAUNCHING A
HEALTHCARE SURVEY THAT WILL
REALLY HELP US ASSESS THE
HEALTHCARE BARRIERS FOR ADULT
IMMIGRANTS IN WASHINGTON
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
WE LAUNCHED THIS CAMPAIGN IN
2020 A FEW MONTHS AFTER WISEN
HAD PIVOTED ITS DEPORTATION
DEFENSE HOTLINE TO CONNECT
PEOPLE TO RESOURCES LIKE FOOD
BANKS AND BREAD FNDZ AND ANY
MUTUAL AID EFFORTS BECAUSE WE
WERE RECEIVING AN AVERAGE OF
10,000 CALLS A DAY FROM PEOPLE
ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING KUNG
COUNTY IN CRISIS WHO HAVE JUST
LOST EMPLOYMENT WHO HAD BEEN
EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS AND DIDN'T
HAVE ENOUGH SPACE IN THEIR
APARTMENT TO QUARANTINE FROM
PEOPLE THAT HAD THEIR LOVED ONES
IN HOSPITALS AND THEY HAD NO
IDEA HOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO AFFORD THE MEDICAL BILL.
THE MEDICATION, AND STILL
PROVIDE FOR BASIC NECESSITIES.
SO THIS WAS VERY MUCH A REALITY
OF OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
STATE.
AND FOR SOME, PARENTS WERE LAID
OFF SO THAT CUT INCOME AND LEFT
THEM WITH NO ACCESS TO SAFETY
NET TO PROVIDE BASIC NECESSITIES
AND FOR OTHERS, OUR PARENTS WERE
DEEMED ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
MY PARENTS ARE UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS SO THEY WERE HAVING
ACCESS TO INCOME BUT THE
WORKPLACE WAS NOT ENFORCING
COVID-19 SAFETY GUIDELINES SO
THEY WERE BEING EXPOSED TO THIS
DEADLY VIRUS AND INCLUDING THEIR
LIVLY HOOD EVERY SINGLE DAY SO
WE ORGANIZE COALITION HEALTH
EQUITY FOR IMMIGRANTS CAMPAIGN
ALONG WITH A REPORT IN SEPTEMBER
OF 2020 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SO
MANY OF YOU HERE.
NOLA, ACLU, ACRS, AND WE HAVE
MUCH PROMISE THO THIS SURVEY AND
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE MINIMIZE
THE BARRIER OF ACCESSING ONLINE
SURVEY SO WE WORKED WITH 46
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHILE
THEY WERE ALREADY ON THE GROUND
DOING APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR
THE STATE WIDE RELIEF FUND.
LA TINA HOSTED LISTENING
SESSIONS AND WE ALSO WERE
HELPING PEOPLE COMPLETE THE
SURVEY THROUGH THE WISEN HOTLINE
AND WE WANTD TO BE INTENTIONAL
TO HAVE BOTH ETHNIC AND
GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION.
SO WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH
IMMIGRANTS COMING IN THE
ORGANIZATION, PUBLIC HEALTH
POLICY EXPERTS AND RECEIVED OVER
6,000 RESPONSES FROM ADULT
IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE STATE.
SO FOLKS LIKE MY PARENTS FELT
COMFORTABLE COMPLETING IT AND IT
WAS AVAILABLE INTENDED FOR
LANGUAGES AND AGAIN, THE GOAL
WAS TO ASSESS THE HEALTHCARE
ACCESS BARRIERS FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES AND STATE.
AND THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTED MANY
OF US ALREADY KNEW AND WHAT THE
CHAIRMAN WAS MENTIONING IN HER
INTRODUCTION.
87% OF RESPONDANTS LACKED
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE DUE TO
IMMIGRATION STATUS AND THE HIGH
COST, THEY WERE TWO BARRIERS WE
KNEW IN THE COMMUNITY AND
GROWING UP VERY MUCH THE REASON
WHY MY PARENTS DIDN'T TAKE US TO
THE DOCTOR OR DIDN'T GO TO THE
DOCTOR THEMSELVES.
AND THIS REPORT WAS VERY
INSTRUMENTAL IN DESIGNING THE
CAMPAIGN STRUCTURE THAT WAS
DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY NEEDS AND
WHY WE HAVE BEEN SO FIERCELY
ORGANIZING TO CROW YAT A LONG
TERM PERMANENT SOLUTION.
SO THE VISION OF THE CAMPAIGN IS
FOR ALL PEOPLE LIVING IN
WASHINGTON STATE TO HAVE ACCESS
TO HEALTHCARE REGARDLESS OF
IMMIGRATION STATUS AND
SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE ORGANIZED
AND ADVOCATING FOR THREE MAJOR
GOALS.
ONE IS ACCESS TO FINANCIAL
HEALTH FOR HEALTHCARE COVERAGE.
WE DON'T JUST WANT TO DESIGN
PROGRAMS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
REPLICATE THE BARRIERS OUR
COMMUNITY TOLD US THROUGH THE
SURVEYS AND WE HAVE KNOWN OVER
THE YEARS SO WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THOSE THAT CANNOT AFFORD
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE DON'T PAY
INTO THIS PROGRAM.
AND PEOPLE WITH HIGHER INCOME
STILL HAVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO
ACCESS THE EXCHANGE QUALIFIED
HEALTH PLANS SO WE ARE VERY
INTENTIONAL OF ADDRESSING THE
TWO MAIN BARRIERS THAT CAME OUT
OF THE REPORT AT EVERY POINT IN
THE CAMPAIGN.
AND FOR ME, THE PERSON WAS
POLITICAL AND I'M VERY INVESTED
IN THIS WORK AND COMMITTED TO
THIS CAMPAIGN.
AS MY MOTHER IS ONE OF THE
THOUSANDS OF UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN OUR STATE
WITHOUT HEALTHCARE COVERAGE EVEN
AS SHE'S BATTLING CANCER AND SHE
HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THIS
COUNTRY FOR OVER 20 YEARS WITH
SOMETIMES NOT EVEN HAVING ENOUGH
FOOD TO FEED HERSELF.
GO TO DOCTOR OR AFFORD
TREATMENTS SO IN KING COUNTY,
SPL SPECIFICALLY, THE THIRD CITY
WHERE IMMIGRANTS CALLED THE
WISEN HOTLINE SEEKING HELP WITH
MEDICAL BILLS OR NEEDING FUNDS
TO PAY MEDICATIONS.
THEY ALSO CALL US ASKING FOR
SUPPORT IN ADVOCATING THE
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY
ARE AFRAID IT WILL LEAD TO BEING
DETAINED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICERS
SO AGAIN, THIS IS VERY MUCH IN
ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE
HEALTHCARE REPORT HIGHLIGHTED
AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS
SHOWN HOW INTERCONNECTED OUR
HEALTH IS TO ONE ANOTHER SO
MEETING THE BASIC NEEDS OF ALL
WASHINGTONENS REGARDLESS OF
IMMIGRATION STATUS IS THE
CORRECT APPROACH TO IMPROVE
PUBLIC HEALTH FOR ALL OF US AND
OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME TODAY.
.
>> THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
NOW OVER TO THE REST OF THE CREW
HERE.
>>> SO THAT'S A CUE FOR ME TO
START SPEAKING, GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE AGAIN I'M A PRIMARY
CARE DOCTOR AND SERVE AS CHIEF
MEDICAL OFFICER AND OUR GOAL IS
TO PROVIDE QUALITY HEALTHCARE TO
EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY
FORTUNATELY WE ARE PART OF THE
COMMUNITY IMMIGRANT ALLIANCE.
TODAY I'M BRICKING TO YOU THE
STORY OF A PATIENT OF OURS.
SO EVERY DAY HE IS A DISHWASHER
FOR A RESTAURANT IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND GOES
OVER TO HIS SMALL TERRIBLE
APARTMENT WHICH HE SHARES WITH
HIS WIFE AND TWO KIDS.
HEALTH AND MONEY WEIGH HEAVILY
ON THEM.
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT HE HEARS A
NEW VARIANT OMICRON IS ON THE
RAMPAGE AND HIS OWNER MIGHT HAVE
TO CLOSE THE RESTAURANT AGAIN.
SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED, WORK
HAS CARRIED AN UNIMAGINABLE
BURDEN FOR HIM.
BEING THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME
FOR HIS FAMILY, HE MUST CONTINUE
TO WORK IN THE SMALL CONFINES OF
WORK THAT BEAR HIS VULNERABLE
EXPOSURE TO COVID-19.
IT'S NOT JUST THE PANDEMIC THAT
SCARES HIM.
AS AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT
IT'S UNCERTAINTY OF HIS HEALTH
AS THIS PANDEMIC UNFOLDS.
HE OFTEN WONDERS IF HE NEEDED
EMERGENCY CARE, WHAT WOULD HE
DO?
DUE TO HIS UNINSURED STATUS HE
SEEKS HEALTHCARE FOR A LONG
TIME.
THE UNFAMILIAR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
AND ALL ITS COMPLICATIONS AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE COST
ALWAYS SCARES HIM.
HE'S ABLE TO UTILIZE THE SCALE
BUT STILL NEEDS TO PAY FOR THE
CARE.
AND ACCORDING TO A 2019 RESEARCH
CENTERED REPORT ON OVERALL
HEALTHCARE ACCESS, IMMIGRANTS
ARE LESS LIKELY TO ACCESS, USE
AND SPEND ON HEALTHCARE THAN THE
U.S. POPULATION.
WHILE THIS CAN BE EXPLAINED BY
THE SOCIOECONOMIC AND GEOGRAPHY
DIFFERENCES IT'S ALSO RELATED TO
ILLEGAL STATUS AND SUBSEQUENTLY
AFFECT THE ABILITY TO UPDATE
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE.
SEVERAL UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT
PATIENTS IN LARGE PARTS BECAUSE
THEY ARE COVERED WITH THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MEDICARE AND
MANY PROGRAMS ACROSS THE NATION
AND JANET POINTED OUT TO ISSUES
THAT CANNOT HAPPEN IN OUR OWN
STATE.
KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION REPORT
THAT CAME OUT IN 2019 NOTED THAT
MORE THAN FOUR INTENT
UNDOCUMENTED NONELDERLY
IMMIGRANTS 47% LIFE INSURANCE
AND AS BRENDA POINTED OUT
RECENTLY, THAT NUMBER IS HIGHER
HERE.
EVEN THOSE WITHOUT IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT ARE SOMETIMES
RELUCTANT TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE
DUE TO THE POLICIES.
SO ASIDE FROM ALL THIS, LAWFULLY
PRESENT IMMIGRANTS MUST ALSO
HAVE A QUALIFIED IMMIGRATION
STATUS.
THE GREEN CARD
HOLDERS.
HE STATES HE'S EXTREMELY LUCKY
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PROPER
PRIMARY CARE AND ENABLING
SERVICES NEAR HIS HOME.
THEY WERE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
HIS BELIEFS IN AN APPROPRIATE
MANNER.
BUT SOME OF THIS AT LARGER
INSTITUTIONS IS STILL VERY NERVE
WRACKING FOR HIM.
HE WOULD APPRECIATE HEALTHCARE
COVERAGE WHICH CAN COVER THE
COST OF SUCH CARE AND PROVIDE
HIS APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING
INTERPRETATION AND MANEUVERING
THE MAZE OF THESE INSTITUTIONS.
HE UNDERSTANDS THE HELPFULNESS
OF APPROPRIATE OUTREACH FROM HIS
SAFETY NET INSTITUTION BUT
ACKNOWLEDGED HIS CONCERNS ARE ON
ACCESSING CARE IN A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT OF SAFETY AND TRUST.
THE PUBLIC CHARGE RULE HAS
CREATED CONFUSION AND DISTRUST
AND ISOLATED HIM AND HIS FRIENDS
FROM SEEKING HEALTHCARE AND
SOCIAL SERVICES.
HE HOPES THE FEELING OF THE
SAFETY AND TRUST CAN BE EXPENDED
TO ANY NEW POLICY THAT COULD
COME AROUND.
HE HAS HOPES UP ON US TO MAKE
THIS A REALITY AND SHARE THEIR
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO HEALTH.
SO I HOPE WORDS OF THE ACTST
RINGS TRUE AND HIS HOPES FOR
HAVING A MORE UNIVERSALLY
ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE COME TRUE
AND I REALLY CAN APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING HIS STORY
TO YOU ALL.
>>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
SHARING THAT.
>>> I'M DR. MODEL I'M A
NEPHROLOGIST A KIDNEY DOCTOR AT
CONFERENCE HEALTH.
I'M TESTIFYING TODAY AS A
CONCERNED PHYSICIAN ABOUT THE
HEALTH COMMUNITY.
I'M LA TINA, ONE OF THE 30% OF
LA TINAS WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTY.
OUR BEAUTIFUL VALLEY IS KNOWN AS
THE UPPER CAPITOL OF THE WORLD
THESE APPLE NEEDS THE HANDS OF
WORKERS TO GET TO YOUR TABLE.
THE HANDS OF THESE MIGRANTS AND
IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE ESSENTIAL
DOING OUR HARVEST.
HYPERPRESSURE, HYPERTENSION AND
DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD SUGAR ARE
THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF KIDNEY
FAILURE.
DIALYSIS, A MACHINE TO REPLACE A
KID GNU IS A LIFE SAVING
PROCEDURE NEEDED WHEN THE
KIDNEYS FAIL.
IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE OVER
AND OVER MEMBERS OF MY LATINA
COMMUNITY LANDING ON MY
DOORSTEPS IN KIDNEY FAILURE
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE
PROPER MEDICAL CARE.
YEARS OF UNTREATED HYPERTENSION
AND DIABETES WHICH ARE MORE
PREVALENT IN MY COMMUNITY, WHY?
BECAUSE MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY
ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED.
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AND FOR
TREATMENT.
WE CAN DELAY AND EVEN AVOID
DIALYSIS.
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE WITHOUT
DISCRIMINATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
THE TIME IS NOW.
WE MUST PROVIDE HEALTHCARE TO
IMMIGRANTS THE COST OF ECONOMIC
IMPACT.
WHAT IT HAS ON THE REGION IS
HUGE.
THE HOSPITALIZATION AND
UNNECESSARY AND KEEP OUR
COMMUNITY HEALTHY.
THIS IS VERY MUCH CHEAPER.
SO INACTION IS NOT AN OPTION
ANYMORE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK
YOU DO.
MICHAEL?
>> HEY THERE THANK YOU AGAIN
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I'M HERE SPECIFICALLY TO TALK
ABOUT AND REFERENCE WHAT
DR. DEPA YURMAN MENTIONED AS IT
RELATED TO THE ACCESS IN
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE WITHIN THE
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
COMMUNITY.
BRENDA AND DR. MODEL TALKED
ABOUT THE LATIN COMMUNITY
IMPACTED.
HERE IN THE GREATER SEATTLE
METRO POLL TAN AREA WE HAVE
39,000 PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS
PATIENTS.
THE TOP IMDWRANTS BORN IN THE
SEATTLE AREA INCLUDE CHINESE,
FILIPINO, VIETNAMESE TOP THREE.
IN ADDITION WE HAVE OVER 50% OF
THE TOP TEN IDENTIFIED
POPULATIONS IN THE COMMUNITIES
THAT REPRESENT THE ASIAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER.
SO IT'S RELEVANT AND AN IMPACT
TO THE COMMUNITIES.
THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW IS THAT
THE HEALTHCARE FOR HEALTH EQUITY
FOR MOVING COALITION CAMPAIGN IS
WORKING REALLY HARD OVER THE
PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO
ADVOCATE AS IT RELATES TO
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND COVERAGE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT
MORE WORK TO DO DURING THE SHORT
LEGISLATIVE SESSION AT THE STATE
LEVEL AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON A
VERY SPECIFIC STRATEGIC BUDGET
STRATEGY AS WE CONTINUE TO ON
THE
CAMPAIGN.
THE GOVERNOR STATED IN HIS
BUDGET HE WILL MOVE RESOURCES TO
ADMINISTER ANY FUNDS THAT THE
STATE WOULDN'T BE DISTRIBUTING
OUT FOR HEALTHCARE COVERAGE AND
THEN I THINK IT'S REALLY
CRITICAL AS WE MO FORWARD TO
THINK THROUGH AT THE STATE LEVEL
IN 2024 TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S
SEED FUNDING TO SUPPORT THIS
PROGRAM.
SO AS IT RELATES TO SPECIFICALLY
THE CITY LEVEL I THINK THAT THE
STATE EFFORTS ARE IMPORTANT BUT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS BEEN A
REAL IMPORTANT LEADER IN TERMS
OF ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND AN
IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR
COUNCIL TO LEAD HERE AS WELL ON
THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE TO JUMP
START BASICALLY BROUGHT A
CONVERSATION DOWN THAT WOULD
IMPACT THE COMMUNITY SO I'M
LOOKING TO YOU IN YOUR
LEADERSHIP TO STRONGLY CONSIDER
EFFORTS AT THE CITY LEVEL TO
AUGMENTED SUPPORT OR TO
ACCELERATE WHAT'S GOING ON AT
THE STATE LEVEL AS IT RELATES TO
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE FOR
UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY.
>>> COMMENT, THANK YOU ALL SO
VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION
AND FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU
DO IN YOUR DAY JOB AND FOR
SETTING ASIDE TIME FOR THIS WORK
SESSION HERE TODAY.
I WANT TO ASK HOW WE CAN BE
HELPFUL AS YOU HAVE HEARD, THE
DEPUTY MAYOR HE RECALLED NOTE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE FOR
THE MAYORS ADMINISTRATION.
THAT GIVES ME EXCITEMENT AND I
THINK AS YOU SAW FROM JANET'S
SLIDE EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION,
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ABOUT A
$53 MILLION PRICE TAG FOR OUR
COUNTY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AT
THE STATE LEVEL REALLY TO HELP
GOVERNOR INCLUDING A DOWN
PAYMENT ON THIS IN HIS PROPOSED
BUDGET AS WELL.
WE KNOW THIS STILL NEEDS TO BE
WORKED THROUGH THE STATE
PRESENTATION.
SO CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT
HOW WE CAN HELP?
AND YOU HAVE BOTH THE EXECUTIVE
AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH HERE FOR
SEATTLE GOVERNMENT ON THE LINE
HERE TODAY.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN PLUG IN TO
THE STATE LEVEL EFFORTS AND
OTHER THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING
AT THE CITY LEVEL IN THE
MEANTIME?
>>.
>> I CAN TRY AT THAT ONE.
WE HAVE HEALTH EQUITY FOR
IMMIGRANTS CAMPAIGN AND WE OF
COURSE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY
SUPPORT THAT THIS CITY CAN BRING
TO THAT AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION
WITH OTHER LOCAL AND COUNTY
FOLKS.
THEY COME OUT IN
SUPPORT OF THE CAMPAIGN AND IT
WOULD BE FANTASTIC TO HAVE
OTHERS AND PUBLIC FOLKS POLICY
MAKERS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO
PROCESS THIS CAMPAIGN AND
ARTICULATE HOW IT WOULD HELP AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL.
AND PARTICUARLY, I THINK WITH
THIS EXPERIENCE OF THE COUNTY
HAVING TRIED AND PURSUED
RESEARCH AND PURSUED REPORTING
AND LOOKING AT OPTIONS JUST NOT
QUITE BEING ABLE TO GET THERE
YET.
ARTICULATING THE VALUE OF THAT
WOULD BE REALLY INCREDIBLE.
AND OF COURSE WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE
STATE LEVEL.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN AND HOW MUCH
SO IT REALLY WOULD PAY OFF FOR
THIS ADMINISTRATION TO JUMP
START EFFORTS TO THINK ABOUT HOW
TO CREATE A LOCAL LEVEL SOLUTION
LIKE THE ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO OR
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY OR MARYLAND.
SO WE ARE CERTAINLY WILLING AND
OPEN TO SUPPORT ANY
INVESTIGATION AND EXPLORATION OF
WHAT COULD HAPPEN AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL AS WELL.
BUT YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AS THE
SHORT SESSION CONTINUES, WE
WOULD LOVE TO SEE ANY SUPPORT
THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR THE
TEAM.
>> WELL, IF YOU SEND US THE LINK
TO THE CAMPAIGN, WE WILL BE SURE
TO SHARE IT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA
WITH MEMBERS WHO ARE IN THE
VIEWING PUBLIC AND WE'LL TAKE A
LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING
WE CAN DO FROM THE CITY SIDE AS
WELL AND YOU NOTED THAT THERE'S
A LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY TIED TO
THE BUDGET ORIGINALLY.
I WAS THINKING THIS WAS A PIECE
OF LEGISLATION ALREADY DRAFTED
OR PREFILED BUT IT'S PART OF THE
BUDGET STRATEGY SO THE ASK IS
REALLY TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE
FILE BUDGET.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING?
>> YES.
YES THAT'S THE CURRENT STRATEGY.
THERE'S NO PREFILED LEGISLATION.
THERE WAS A BILL LAST YEAR THAT
WAS KIND OF A STARTING POINT
WHICH IS STILL BECAUSE OF THE
BIANNUAL SYSTEM THAT BILL IS
STILL PRESENT.
HELP ME WITH THE NUMBER.
IT MIGHT BE 11981.
WE'LL KNOW MORE IN THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS ABOUT HOW LEGISLATION
ENTERS THE PICTURE.
I SEE BRENDA PUT IN THE LINK TO
THE CAMPAIGN SO YOU CAN HAVE
THAT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
IT'S ALSO AT THE END OF THE
POWERPOINT.
>>> GREAT, IF IT'S IN THE
POWERPOINT FOLKS IN THE VIEWING
PUBLIC CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE
IT.
THE CHAT DOESN'T REALLY APPEAR
FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC WE'LL
PUT IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR ANYTHING
ELSE FROM YOU BEFORE WE WRAP UP
HERE?
>> NO, JUST THRILLED TO HAVE YOU
JOIN US TODAY.
ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THIS IS A
HUGE STATEWIDE PRIORITY, A
PRIORITY FOR SEATTLE AND WE KNOW
THAT OUR BORDERS DON'T JUST END
AT 145TH STREET.
UP NORTH AND OTHERWISE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORK.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
THIS WORK, WE REALLY DO.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYBODY
HAVING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE.
>>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
GO AHEAD JANET
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
ALL OF YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PRESENT HERE AND YOUR
EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM.
>> WONDERFUL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WORK YOU
DO AND YOUR GENEROUS TIME THIS
MORNING AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, WE WILL BE POSTING THE
LINK.
IT'S WISEN.ORG WAISN.ORG SLASH
HEALTH.
WE'LL KEEP YOU AS THE SESSION
PROGRESSES THANKS TO OUR
LEGISLATIVE CHAMPIONS WORKING ON
THIS IN ADDITION TO GOVERNOR
INSLEE FOR INCLUDING THE DOWN
PAYMENT AND THANK YOU DEPUTY
MAYOR HE RECALLED FOR BEING WITH
US ALL MORNING THIS MORNING.
THAT'S VERY GENEROUS OF YOU AND
YOUR TIME AND REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THESE JOINT PRIORITIES
THAT WE'RE SHARING TODAY AND THE
FUTURE WORK WE WILL DO TOGETHER
WITH YOU.
TAKE CARE, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
PARTNERS.IATE YOU AND COMMUNITY
THANK YOU EVERYONE.
OUR NEXT MEETING I
HAVE TO OFFICIAL END IT -- I WAS
ABOUT TO LOG OFF.
BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE YOU'RE
WELCOME TO LOG OFF.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
WE ARE GOING TO MEET ON
FEBRUARY 2ND AT 9:30 A.M.
STILL
FINALIZING OUR AGENDA, IF
THERE'S ANY ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
MEMBERS, LET US KNOW.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
OKAY TODAY'S MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A
WONDERFUL REST OF YOUR DAY AND
SEE YOU IN THE NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING AT 2:00 P.M.
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