>>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY WHEN YOU ASK
POLITELY, THAT HAPPENS TOO.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE ARE
VERY HAPPY YOU ARE HERE AND WE
ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO, IT LOOKS LIKE NINE COLIN 31
NINE COLIN 31.
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR
COMING AND I HAVE JUST SPOKEN
TO THE CROWD, THAT WITH YOUR
PERMISSION AND APPROVAL WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 30 MINUTES.
LET ME DO A QUICK INTRODUCTION.
I AM SALLY BAGSHAW AND CHAIR
THIS COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
WHEREAS AND ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS IS NOVEMBER 13.
IT IS ARE BUDGET COMMITTEE
EXTENDED MEETING TODAY.
WE WILL BE REVIEWING WHAT IS
CALLED FORM C'S.
THIS IS A BALANCING ADDITION TO
WHAT WE HAD ACTUALLY GONE
THROUGH LAST WEDNESDAY.
THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL MONIES
BEING BROUGHT IN TODAY.
BUT, AS YOU KNOW LAST WEEK I
AGAIN REITERATED OUR PRIORITIES
WHICH IS AROUND HOUSING, HUMAN
SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
LEAD.
THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MY
PRIORITIES THROUGH THE BUDGET.
TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT
THESE FURTHER REFINEMENTS.
THERE ARE 44 PROPOSED COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTIONS TO CONSIDER.
AND, THERE ARE 12 PROBE IS
THOSE, 20 STATEMENTS OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITHIN THAT
PACKAGE.
WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING
HERE.
COUNSEL, COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU.
I WILL TURN IT OVER, NO WE
AREN'T.
WE WILL JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH
PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS POINT.
I AM GOING TO ASK THAT THOSE
WHO HAVE SIGNED UP, IT IS NINE
COLIN 33 AND AT 10 COLIN 33 I
WILL CUT OFF PUBLIC COMMENT.
I BELIEVE, TONY YOU ARE THE
FIRST, SO I WILL READ THESE
OFF.
I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO ADHERE
TO THE ONE MINUTE RULE.>> THANK
YOU.
>> TONY, MARGARET, RASHAD,
KIERAN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE
CHARLIE AFTER THAT.
SO, TONY PLEASE PROCEED.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE I WANT
TO ASK AGAIN FOR THIS AMENDMENT
NUMBER 22 RESTORE FUNDING.
WE DO HOMEBUYING COUNSELING IN
THE CITY.
NUMBER 2, IT IS A CITYWIDE
PROCESS.
EVEN IF YOU BUILD YOUR
AFFORDABLE OR LOW INCOME HOME
IF YOU DON'T DO THE COUNSELING,
IT IS HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO BE
PREPARED AND QUALIFIED.
SO, THE COUNSELING PROGRAM IS
ALMOST LIKE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
FOR OTHER HOUSING PROJECTS.
AND THE THIRD THING IS THAT IT
NEEDS TO BE, WE CAN'T TURN IT
ON AND OFF, BECAUSE SOMETIMES
IT TAKES PEOPLE 30 TO 90 DAYS
AND THEY ARE READY, BUT OTHER
TIMES IT TAKES THEM YEARS.
WE WORK WITH THEM ALL OF THE
TIME, SO IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
I HOPE YOU CAN FIND A SOURCE
FOR THIS.
FRANKLY, IF WE COULD TAKE IT
OUT OF SOME MONIES SET FOR HOME
OWNERSHIP, IT IS NOT A LOT OF
MONEY.
IT IS REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL TO
PUT PEOPLE INTO UNITS THAT WE
BUILT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU TONY.
MARGUERITE, RASHAD, KIERAN,
THEN CHARLIE AND JOSH.
>> YES, GOOD DAY EVERYONE.
I AM MARGUERITE BECHARD.
I COME DOWN HERE QUITE A BIT.
RECENTLY, I SAW SOMEONE IN A
STORE TELLING ME TO KEEP DOING
WHAT I AM DOING, SO I AM DOING
WHAT I AM DOING.
AND I AM SPEAKING OUT.
I AM BLACK, AND I AM CONCERNED
ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
THIS CITY COUNCIL, THOSE GOING
OUT AND EVEN THOSE COMING IN.
I HAVE INFORMATION IN BUFFALO,
NEW YORK.
THEY DID A RAID OF CITY HALL.
I DON'T CARE FOR THEY COME
FROM, I WANT THEM TO GET HERE
AND DO THE SAME RAID THAT THEY
DID IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK
BECAUSE I AM SICK AND TIRED OF
PROVIDING EVIDENCE THAT THEY
ARE RACIST HERE.
THEY ARE DISCRIMINATORY AND
PREJUDICE.
THEY ARE NARCISSISTIC.
AND, I COULD GO ON DOWN THE
LINE WITH WHAT IS OCCURRING
HERE.
I AM FROM HERE.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE, SO
I CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING OR
ANY SUBJECT, WHATEVER YOU WANT
TO DISCUSS HERE IN THIS
CHAMBER.>> KIERAN, CHARLIE, AND
JOSH.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNSEL.
MY NAME IS KIERAN TOURING AND I
AM WITH UPGRADE SEATTLE AND A
FEW OTHER THINGS.
I AM WEARING MY UPGRADE SEATTLE
HAT.
IM HERE TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBALS STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT FOR
MUNICIPAL BROADBAND.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBERS O'BRIEN AND
OTHERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS
IDEA OF THE CITY CONTROLLING
OUR BROADBAND ACCESS.
I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT,
NOT ONLY FOR OUR CULTURE, BUT
FOR OUR SURVIVAL.
OUR ABILITY TO CONTROL OUR OWN
BROADBAND IS WITHIN OUR GRASP.
THE CITY ITSELF DID A STUDY
THAT SAID THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLEAND I AM
VERY HAPPY THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE TAKEN THIS
UP AND ARE NOT LETTING IT DIE.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU, KIERAN.
CHARLIE?
CHARLIE, JOSH, THEN DEBBIE.
>> I AM NOT SEEING CHARLIE,
JOSH SO GO AHEAD.
>> CHARLIE, HELENE AND DEBBIE
WERE PREPARED TO SPEAK AFTER.
THEY WILL BE BACK.
OKAY.
>> I AM JUST HERE ONCE AGAIN.
I AM ON BEHALF OF THE WORKING
CENTER.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
TERESA MOSQUEDA FOR PROPOSING
AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 FOR
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION FUNDS.
I WANT TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
THAT WORK AT A TIME OF RECORD
INEQUALITY IN THE CITY AND
AROUND THE COUNTRY ENFORCING
LABOR STANDARDS IS ONE SMALL
BUT CRITICAL WAY OF FIGHTING
BACK AND MAKING SURE THAT LOW
AGE WORKERS ARE GETTING PAID
EVERYTHING THEY ARE OWED AND
GETTING SCHEDULES ON TIME SO
THEY CAN MANAGE THEIR LIVES,
PARTICIPATE IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND GETTING THE
SICK LEAVE WE ALL FOUGHT FOR.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THAT
PROPOSAL.
WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT IT TODAY
AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FINAL
BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU JOSH.
AND, WE WILL SIGNAL CHARLIE,
DEBBIE, AND COLLEEN IF THEY ARE
NOT HERE WHEN THEY COME BACK IN
THE AFTERNOON OR AFTER WE ARE
DONE.
WE WILL PUT THEM RIGHT BACK IN
THE QUEUE.
ALEX GRINCH, KATRINA JOHNSON,
AND BENJAMIN THATCHER PLEASE.>>
GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ALEX FINCH I AM THE
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS COORDINATOR IN
NORTH LAKE.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, SOME
AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET
ALLOCATES MONEY TO PREVENT OUR
VILLAGE FROM CLOSING.
WELL, WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS
THAT IN OCTOBER WE WERE TOLD
THAT OUR CLOSURE DATE HAS BEEN
MOVED TO DECEMBER 31 FROM
MARCH.
THIS WOULD MEAN, I MEAN IT IS
SHADY.
IT IS SHAMEFUL AND SHADY.
IT IS BRUTAL AND INHUMANE TO
CLOSE US IN THE MIDDLE OF
WINTER.
WHY THEY ARE BEING ALLOWED TO
DO THIS IS BEYOND ANY REASON.
AND, IT NEEDS TO STOP AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE DECEMBER
JUST ISN'T ENOUGH TIME.
ALL WE ARE GETTING OFFERED FROM
OUR SUPPOSEDLY CASE MANAGEMENT
IS OTHER TINY HOUSE VILLAGES,
AND NOT PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE WANT PERMANENT HOUSING.
THAT IS IT.>> THANK YOU ALEX.
TRINA?>> KATRINA JOHNSON HERE?
OKAY.
KATRINA THEN BENJAMIN, THEN
ANITA FREEMAN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR PUSHING LEAD
FORWARD AND ALLOWING US TO BE
ABLE TO EXPAND IN THE SOUTHEAST
AND SOUTHWEST SEATTLE INTO THE
MOST RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY
DIVERSE PARTS OF THE CITY, AND
ALLOWING OFFICERS TO USE TOOLS
THAT THEY ARE READY AND WILLING
TO USE FOR INDIVIDUALS OUT IN
THAT AREA.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND YOUR HARD WORK
THAT YOU PUT IN TO PUSHING LEAD
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM WITH COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO WORK
WITH LEAD.
IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR
AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH US
AND SUPPORT US.
>> THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LEAD
AND COMMUNITY OF PASSAGEWAYS
WILL BE PIVOTAL IN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE AND SOUTHWEST.
WE THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT
YOU HAVE DONE TO PUSH LEAD
FORWARD AND TO BRING DOWN
CASELOAD FOR OUR CASEWORKERS
WHO ARE DOING RADICAL OUTREACH
OUT THERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, BENJAMIN THEN ANITA,
THEN ED MAST.
>> HELLO.
I AM FROM THE GRACE LUTHERAN
CHURCH.
I AM HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
NORTHLAKE, NICHOLS VILLE, TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS
MONEY BUDGETED FOR THE CLOSING
OF THAT VILLAGE.
I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF CLOSING
THE VILLAGE, THE VILLAGE SHOULD
REMAIN OPEN UNDER THE RELIGIOUS
ENCAMPMENT ORDINANCE.
AND, MY CONGREGATION IS REALLY
WANTING TO EXPLORE HOW WE CAN
SPONSOR AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO ALL
OF YOU, AND I HAVE IT IN MY
HAND.
I ALSO EMAILED IT TO YOU.
THE VILLAGE IS FUNCTIONING
QUITE WELL.
AND, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE
NARRATIVE THAT IS COMING OUT OF
HSD IN LEHIGH SIMPLY DOES NOT
SQUARE WITH THE FACTS THAT I
SEE WITH MY OWN EYES, HAVING
BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
COMMUNITY COUNCIL, ADVISORY
TEAM, AND ALSO MY INVOLVEMENT
WITH THE VILLAGE ITSELF.
SO, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE HOW
TO USE THE RELIGIOUS ENCAMPMENT
ACT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO INVITE YOU
TO CALL MY OFFICE.
I AM INTERESTED IN TALKING WITH
YOU.
OKAY, AND NATURE?>> GOOD
MORNING.
I AM ANITA FREEMAN WITH SHARE,
WHEEL, AND WOMEN IN BLACK.
THE WHEEL WOMEN IN BLACK STAND
VIGIL WHEN EVER ANYBODY
HOMELESS DIES IN KING COUNTY
OUTSIDE, OR IN A PUBLIC PLACE,
OR BY VIOLENCE.
TODAY, AT NOON WE ARE STANDING
FOR ANOTHER ONE.
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL THIS YEAR
THAT WE STOOD FOR 299.
IT IS A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE
TOAL.
WITHOUT SHELTER, PEOPLE DIE,
AND THE COROLLARY TO THAT IS
THAT WITH SHELTER PEOPLE LIVE
HERE WE NEED MORE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
WE NEED THEM TO SUPPORT THE
DEMOCRATIC, SELF GOVERNED
GROUPS THAT HAVE PROVED
ENCAMPMENTS AND TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES TO WORK.
WE NEED TO NOT CREATE A
MONOPOLY OF THEM.
WE NEED TO NOT CLOSE NICHOLS
VILLE NORTHGATE.
PLEASE JOIN US AT NOON FOR OUR
VIGIL.
THANK YOU.>> ED MAST?
>> I LIVE IN TRADITIONAL
WALLINGFORD LAN.
I AM ALSO ON YOUR COMMUNITY
ADVISOR COMMITTEE FOR
NORTHLAKE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
I AM DISMAYED, AS SEVERAL
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO
THAT YOU ARE ALLOWING YOUR
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO
CLOSE NORTHLAKE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE AT ALL.
AND, THREE MONTHS BEFORE IT IS
THE SCHEDULED TIME IN THE DEAD
OF WINTER.
AS NEAR AS I CAN TELL, THIS IS
BEING ALLOWED TO HAPPEN BECAUSE
A LOT OF YOU ARE ACCEPTING
FALSEHOODS FROM YOUR HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THEIR
CONTRACT OF THE LOW HOUSING
INCOME INSTITUTE.
YOU HAVE NOT BEEN LISTENING TO
THE VOICES OF RESIDENTS OF
NORTHLAKE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE,
MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE TODAY AND
ARE ALREADY BEING BETRAYED.
WE NEED MORE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
GENERALLY, PLEASE DON'T CLOSE
THIS ONE AND LISTEN TO THE
VOICES OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE
VILLAGE.
>> THANK YOU.>> OKAY, WHO IS B
SEATTLE?
OKAY.
THREE MINUTES.>> ALL RIGHT.
>> BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, IT
LOOKS LIKE I CAN'T READ THE
FIRST NAME.
LOKI AND CATHERINE AND SHIRLEY
HENDERSON.>> GOOD MORNING
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE ARE WITH B SEATTLE.
MY NAME IS DEVON AND THIS IS
RENEE, JONATHAN, SEAN, AND
CHARITY.
I AM HERE TODAY WITH TENANTS
THAT WE HELP ORGANIZE THEIR
BUILDINGS.
WE TAUGHT THEM THEIR RIGHTS.
WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
DOING THAT TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A 12
HOUR WORKDAY, SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING OUT
TONIGHT TO TEACH PEOPLE THEIR
RIGHTS AND HOW TO GET MORE AND
HOW TO NOT BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE
OF.
I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED
ACTUALLY.
I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED ON
WEDNESDAY WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT
IN THIS HUMAN SERVICES AND
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
BUDGET, THE CITY IS ONLY
BUDGETING $1.50 PER TENANT FOR
SERVICES.
THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
THAT IS REALLY, REALLY NOT
ENOUGH.
AND, I SAY THAT NOT JUST AS A
NONPROFIT PERSON, I SAY THAT AS
A TENANT AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, THAT PROGRAM WE ARE
DOING RIGHT NOW THE VERY
LIMITED FUNDS WE HAVE FROM THE
CITY, IF TENANTS AND SERVICES
ARE NOT EXPANDED, THE PROGRAM
WILL MOST LIKELY NOT EXIST
AFTER THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THAT MEANS, BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR WE WILL HAVE DONE 55
WORKSHOPS FOR TENANTS IN 23 ZIP
CODES.
WE HAVE REFERRED OR HELPED 99%
OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE
WORKED WITH.
WE HAVE HELPED FORM SEVEN
TENANT UNION AND HELPED PEOPLE
FIGHT BACK ECONOMIC EVICTION
AND GET REPAIRS MADE.
WE HAVE HELPED PEOPLE REPLACE
HARMFUL BUILDING MANAGERS.
NONE OF THAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER
DECEMBER 31 IF WE DON'T HAVE
EXTRA FUNDS IN THIS BUDGET.
SO, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE
THAT.
I THINK THAT CHARITY ALSO
WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
>> HELLO.
B SEATTLE HELPED ORGANIZE MY
BUILDING, AND I URGE THE CITY
TO FUND MORE TENANT ORGANIZING,
BECAUSE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WITH
SIGNIFICANT DISABILITY, KNOWING
THEIR RIGHTS IS CRUCIAL AND
OFTEN EVICTION WOULD MEAN DEATH
FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME.
SO, PLEASE FUND THESE SERVICES.
THANKS.
>> SHE JUST ALSO WANTED TO
MENTION, SORRY SHE HAD WRITTEN
THIS.
WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE MONEY
FOR EVICTION, LEGAL ASSISTANCE,
AGAIN BECAUSE EVICTION IS
TERRIBLE.
ONE ATTORNEY IS NOT ENOUGH.>>
AND IN CLOSING, I KNOW WE ARE
OVER TIME.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER
FUNDING THREE DOLLARS PER
TENANT, INSTEAD OF $1.50?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.>> IT LOOKS
LIKE LOKI, CATHERINE PARKER,
SHIRLEY HENDERSON AND ERIC
DAVIS.>> GOOD MORNING.
I HAVE BEEN PART OF SHARE
ROTATION FOR A WHILE NOW.
WE WILL KEEP IT SHORT.
A LOT MORE TINY HOUSES HAVE
BEEN RUN BY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
US.
WE INVITE YOU TO TALK WITH THE
SOMETIME THIS WEEK ABOUT THAT.
HOLD ON, I NEED MY NOTES.
THAT IS ABOUT IT.
SORRY.
WITHOUT SHELTER, PEOPLE DIE.
>> THANK YOU.
CATHERINE PARKER, SHIRLEY
HENDERSON, ERIC DAVIS AND
CASSANDRA.>> HOW MANY OF YOU
ARE TOGETHER?>> IT IS 11.>> HOW
MANY OF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP?
"TWO OF US ARE SPEAKING.
WE CAN STICK TO ONE IF YOU
PREFER.
>> GOOD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS CATHERINE PARKER.
IM SHANNON MAYO.
AND WE BOTH LIVE IN DISTRICT
THREE IN SEATTLE.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR
VOLUNTEERS.
WE ARE ALL WITH MOMS TO DEMAND
ACTION FOR SENSITIVE AMERICA.
A FEW OF US, INCLUDING MYSELF
TESTIFIED AT THE BUDGET HEARING
ON OCTOBER 22.
WE ARE HERE AGAIN TODAY TO
STRONGLY URGE YOU TO FUND
PROVEN COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE
GUN VIOLENCE AND OTHER SAFETY
ISSUES THAT SEATTLE FACES.>>
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND
PREVENTION PROGRAMS SUCH AS
CHOOSE 180 AND COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS EFFECTIVELY INVEST
IN THOSE MOST LIKELY TO BE
INVOLVED IN BOTH THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND GUN
VIOLENCE.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS HELP BY
INTERVENING IN AND DE-
ESCALATING POTENTIALLY VIOLENT
CONFLICTS, AND SUPPORTING YOUNG
PEOPLE IN HEALING AND BREAKING
THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE WITHOUT
RELYING SOLELY ON THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THEY ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THEIR
TRUST WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES
THROUGH ADVOCATING FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE IN A HOLISTIC WAY TO
EMPOWER THEM TO MAKE POSITIVE
CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES.
>> THESE PROGRAMS MEET ADEQUATE
AND STABLE FUNDING TO ENABLE
THEIR LIFE-SUSTAINING
WORK.HOWEVER, THE COUNCILS
BUDGET DRAFT RELEASED ON
NOVEMBER 6 FALLS SHORT.
WE ARE ASKING THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL TO APPROVE A TOTAL OF
$400,000 IN FUNDING $100,000
FOR CHOOSE 180 AND $300,000 FOR
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS.
WE KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR
CITY RICH, SORRY OUR CITY MUCH
SAFER FOR ALL AND AT THE SAME
TIME CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.>>
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
SO NEXT IS SHIRLEY HENDERSON,
MARIO AND ERIC DAVIS.>> MY NAME
IS SHIRLEY HENDERSON.
I OWN, I AM ONE OF THE OWNERS A
SQUIRREL CHOPS WHICH IS A SMALL
BUSINESS IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
I AM HERE BECAUSE SO MANY OF
US, SMALL BUSINESSES AND
RESIDENTS INCLUDED ARE SO SICK
AND TIRED OF BEING PUSHED DOWN
AND OUT BY BIG BUSINESS.
THE MAYORS BUDGET WAS A
BUSINESS AS USUAL BUDGET.
AND, THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP
OF COUNCILMEMBER WE HAVE WON
SOME REALLY IMPORTANT GAINS.
WE ARE HERE TO CONTINUE TO
FIGHT FOR A BUDGET THAT IS FOR
THE PEOPLE IN THAT IS HUMANE.
I SUPPORT ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS
THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE PUT
FORWARD.
AND, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
SPECIFICALLY A BOOST TO TRENDS
JOB SEARCH SERVICES, WHICH IS
REALLY CRITICAL FOR
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THAT
STRUGGLE WITH EMPLOYMENT TO
BEGIN WITH, BECAUSE OF
DISCRIMINATION.
I SUPPORT A CENTRAL DISTRICT
SMALL BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT
SURVEY.
I SUPPORT THE FUNDING FOR ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY WORK IN
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS
REALLY CRITICAL IN THE STOP TO
THE SWEEPS.>> THANK YOU.
MARIO, THEN ERIC DAVIS.
THEN CASSANDRA.
>> I AM REPRESENTED A
GRASSROOTS VOLUNTEER
ORGANIZATION FIGHTING AGAINST
DEPORTATION IN WASHINGTON
STATE.
WE HAVE FILED TO GET SANCTUARY
IN THIS STATE AND WE ARE REALLY
GLAD THAT SOME OF THAT HAS
HAPPENED IN SEATTLE.
YET, WE STILL SEE THE
INVESTMENT BEING PUSHED INTO
POLICING PROGRAMS, JAILS, AND
NOT FOR RESTORING JUSTICE.
W ALSO SEE A PUSH TO INCREASE
FUNDING FOR SURVEILLANCE AND
NOT FOR PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY
PROTECT YOUTH, ESPECIALLY BLACK
AND BROWN YOUTH.
WE SENT YOU A LETTER AND A
SUMMARY OF THAT LETTER IS, WE
SUPPORT THE FUNDING OF $300,000
FOR COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS, A
USE CONSORTIUM PROGRAM,
$162,000 FOR CREATIVE JUSTICE,
A COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM AND $100,000 FOR THE
YOUTH BEACH ACTION QUALITY
PROGRAM.
I MENTIONED EARLY IN THE
MORNING I WAS PART OF THAT IN
THE BEGINNING OF THE GREETERS.
THAT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED IF
THERE IS ACTUALLY SANCTUARY IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ERIC?>> GOOD MORNING CITY
COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS ERIC DAVIS AND I'M
THE COFOUNDER OF CAMP SECOND
CHANCE.
I SUPPORT THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, I WOULD LAST LIKE TO
ASK A MOMENT IF YOU WOULD ALLOW
US TO HAVE A GROUP OF
RESIDENTS.
IF I COULD SHARE SOME OF MY
TIME.
THEY ALL SIGNED UP AND WE WILL
STAY WITHIN THE TIME, IF THAT
IS OKAY.>> ERIC, WHO IS SIGNED
UP?
TELL ME YOUR NAMES AND I WILL
CHECK YOU OFF.
DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR NUMBER?>>
IN THE 50s, I THINK.>> OKAY, WE
HAVE BRANDON, AND CASSANDRA YOU
WERE NEXT UP.
WHAT IS YOUR LAST NAME DAVID?
OKAY, THANK YOU.
VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
LET'S GIVE THEM THREE MINUTES
LEE'S.
>> I JUST WANT TO SHARE REAL
QUICKLY, AND YOU UNDERSTAND HOW
MUCH THE IMPORTANCE OF TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES ARE.
YOU HAVE HEARD MY STORIES
BEFORE.
BUT, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO
HEAR FROM THE RESIDENCE WHO
CURRENTLY LIVE THERE.
I SUPPORT ALL TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES AND THE SHELTER THAT
KEEPS THE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET
AND WARM AND SAFE.
THANK YOU.>> MY NAME IS BRANDON
FISHER.
I AM A TINY HOUSE RESIDENT AT
CAMP SECOND CHANCE.
I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR JUST TWO
MONTHS NOW.
AND, IN THAT SHORT TIME I HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A PROFOUND
AND MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN MY
LIFE.
BECAUSE IT IS A CLEAN AND SOBER
CAMP, I HAVE QUIT DRINKING AND
IN TWO MONTHS I HAVE LOST 21
POUNDS.
I HAVE BECOME MORE ACTIVE
PHYSICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND
MENTALLY.
I HAVE PRIDE IN MYSELF AND MY
FELLOW RESIDENTS.
AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME I HAVE
HOPE IN MY FUTURE.
THANK YOU.>> COUNCIL MEMBERS,
MY NAME IS CASSANDRA GASPAR AND
I TOO AM A RESIDENT OF CAMP
SECOND CHANCE.
I SUPPORT MORE TINY VILLAGES,
AS I WAS EVICTED IN APRIL.
I HAD A GOOD PAYING JOB.
I WISHED I HAD HAD AN EVICTION
ATTORNEY AT THAT TIME AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO, I SUPPORT MANY OF THE NEEDS
OF THE COMMUNITY HERE, MYSELF.
IN JANUARY I WILL HAVE 13 YEARS
CLEAN AND SOBER FROM A FORMER
HEROIN ADDICTION.
WHEN I KNOCKED ON TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR
ME UNTIL I GOT TO CAMP SECOND
CHANCE.
I FEEL IT WAS A BLESSING AS
THAT IS RIGHT WHERE I NEEDED TO
BE.
I WOULD PRAY AND HOPE FOR THE
SAME FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO
BE DISPLACED.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE
THAT NEED WARMTH AND WILL NEED
A PLACE.
THEY WILL BE DISPLACED.
PLEASE EXPAND MORE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.>> HELLO COUNSEL.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US
TODAY.
FIRST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS,
HOMELESSNESS IS NEW TO ME.
I HAVE RAISED BOTH OF MY
CHILDREN.
THEY ARE 26 AND 28.
THEY ARE GOOD CITIZENS, HARD-
WORKING, PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF
SOCIETY.
I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS UNTIL JUST
RECENTLY.
I STARTED TO TAKE CARE OF MY
MOTHER, AND WHEN SHE FELT REAL
DEAL I LET GO OF TWO OF MY
BUSINESSES.
AFTER LETTING GO OF THOSE TWO
BUSINESSES AND TAKING CARE OF
MY MOM WHO IS NOW RECOVERED, I
STARTED TO LIVE WITH A FAMILY
MEMBER AND THINGS DIDN'T WORK
OUT.
I WAS FORCED OUT OF HER HOME.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS GOING
TO GO.
I HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB.
I HAVE NICE BELONGINGS.
I HAVE THINGS THAT I HAVE
WORKED HARD FOR IN MY LIFE AND
I WASN'T JUST GOING TO JUST NOT
LET THEM GO WITHOUT FIGHTING.
AND BEING ABLE TO COME TO CAMP
SECOND CHANCE AND HAVE A PLACE
TO LIVE VERSUS PAYING FOR A
HOTEL EVERY NIGHT, WHICH WAS
VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE AND HAVING
SOMEWHERE SAFE TO GO, NOT
KNOWING WHERE TO GO OR WHO TO
CALL.
BUT YOU GO TO A TINY VILLAGE
LIKE THIS AND SOMEONE SAYS, LET
US HELP YOU.
YOU STILL MAINTAIN YOUR JOB AND
START TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF
MONEY IN SAVINGS.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, I WON'T BE
THERE.
THIS ISN'T MY FOREVER HOME.
IT IS JUST HOME RIGHT NOW.
VERSUS BEING UNDER A BRIDGE OR
IN A COLD PARKING LOT.
WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE.
IF YOU LET US FAIL, THEN WE ARE
ONLY AS GOOD AS YOU LET US BE.
WE CANNOT FAIL.
YOU CANNOT FAIL YOUR PEOPLE.
$1.50 FOR THE BUDGET, I CAN
TELL YOU WHAT A DOLLAR AND $.50
BUYS AT SAFELY.
MAYBE A COUPLE CUP OF NOODLES.
MAYBE A SMALL ORANGE JUICE.
MAYBE.
SO, I KNOW THERE ARE 20 SECONDS
AND MORE TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT, IT IS DETRIMENTAL TO SOME
PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE
WHERE THEY CAN GO AND BE SAFE,
WARM, AND NOT WORRY ABOUT ALL
OF THE THINGS THEY WORRY ABOUT,
BESIDES WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO
REST THEIR HEAD.>> I WANT TO
SAY THAT TINY HOMES ARE WORTH
IT.
IF YOU GO AROUND AND LOOK, THEY
ARE WORTH IT.
YOU DON'T NEED TO CLOSE THEM
DOWN.
WE NEED MORE OF THEM.
WE DO.
LOOK AROUND, YOU WILL SEE.>>
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL OF YOU.
OKAY, THE WOMAN WHO SPOKE, WAS
YOUR NAME JENNA?
ALL RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM I DON'T
MISS ANYBODY HERE.
IS YOUR FIRST NAME JENNA?
YOU, WHO JUST SPOKE, IS IT
JENNA?
JENNIFER?
I DON'T SEE YOU ON THE LISTS.
SO, JENNA THEN LORI, THEN DONNA
ANDERSON.
AND, WE WILL CUT IT OFF AT
10:00 AND PICK IT UP AGAIN
AFTERWARDS.
SO, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS JENNA KINSEY AND
I AM A RESIDENT AT
NICKELSVILLE.
I FIND IT APPALLING THAT HSD IS
GOING TO TRY TO SHUT US DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BECAUSE WE
NEVER DID ANYTHING TO HSD.
ALL WE WANT TO DO IS LIVE
THERE.
I KNOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
TEMPORARY HOUSING, BUT WE ALL
FEEL SAFE THERE.
SO, WHY THE HECK WOULD YOU SHUT
DOWN A PERFECTLY WORKING TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE, WHY?
I DON'T GET IT, AND I HIGHLY
DOUBT ANY OF YOU WOULD BE ABLE
TO LAST ONE WEEK ON THE
STREETS.
SO, DON'T SHUT US DOWN PLEASE.
THANK YOU.>> LORI?
LORI?>> I AM LORI PERRY AND I
AM FROM NICKELSVILLE.
THE NORTHLAKE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES SHOULD NOT BE CLOSED
THIS YEAR.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
IS MISLEADING YOU ABOUT THIS.
AND, THEY HAVE BEEN ONCE THE
EVER STEPPED IN THE VILLAGE.
IF LEHIGH IS GETTING THEIR OWN
VILLAGE, WHY MESS WITH OURS?
WHY?
THE GREAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE AT
NORTHLAKE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL THEY HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE INTO
PERMANENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
HOWEVER, THIS WILL NOT BE DONE
WITH LEHIGH.
LEHIGH OFFERS TRANSITIONAL AND
OTHER TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
IF THEY ARE GETTING THEIR OWN
VILLAGE, THEN LEAVE US ALONE.
LET US STAY WHERE WE ARE AT AND
LET US BE A VILLAGE, OUR OWN
COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST SPEAKER FOR NOW IS
DONNA ANDERSON.>> SHE ISN'T
HERE.>> THEY WERE ON THE LIST
FOR LATER, A GROUP FROM
GEORGETOWN.
I WILL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES
AND THEN WE ARE DONE.
THAT IS IT AND WE ARE GETTING
BACK TO THE OTHER BUSINESS.>>
OKAY.
HELLO.
MY NAME IS CHRIS McDANIEL.
I LIVE IN GEORGIA TOWN TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE RIGHT
FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND, AFTER ONE YEAR THERE I WAS
THROWN OUT.
I SPENT WHEN YOU'RE GETTING
BACK IN.
ONLY TO HAVE THIS WHOLE BLOWUP
BETWEEN LEHIGH AND
NICKELSVILLE.
IT IS REALLY RIDICULOUS,
BECAUSE THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO.
THE SWEEPS ARE POINTLESS.
YOU ARE JUST WEEPING THEM BACK
AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH.
I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
SWEPT A DOZEN TIMES.
THEY DON'T OFFER THEM ANYTHING.
THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO.
DHC ON WELLER IS AN ANIMAL
HOUSE.
I WOULDN'T SEND AN ANIMAL
THERE.
YOU NEED TO FIND MORE VILLAGES.
THEY SAVE LIVES.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> WHAT IS YOUR NAME, PLEASE?
>> MY NAME IS HATTIE RHODES AND
I LIVE AT THE GEORGETOWN TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE.
I WANTED TO THANK THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING US.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE
GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD FOR
BEING SO SUPPORTIVE OF US.
AND, FOR SUPPORTING THE
CONTINUATION OF THE VILLAGE.
WE NEED MORE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES FOR THOSE WHO ARE
STILL ON THE STREETS.
THE COMMUNITY TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES PROVIDE AND OFFER THE
DISENFRANCHISED THE ABILITY TO
REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
THEY GO FROM HAVING A DAILY
STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE TO ACTUALLY
ENVISIONING A FUTURE, WHICH
INCLUDES THEM.
HELP OTHERS FIND THE FUTURE BY
SUPPORTING MORE VILLAGES.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU.
I WILL SAY SOMETHING.>> WHAT IS
YOUR NAME PLEASE?>> I AM ANDREW
CONSTANTINO.
I AM THE ON-SITE COORDINATOR AT
GEORGETOWN TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
ONE OF THE UNIQUE QUALITIES OF
THE GEORGETOWN VILLAGE IS THAT
IT IS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
OUTSIDE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM MAY CONDUCT
A SWEEP.
WE HAVE AN OPENING SO THEY
BRING SOMEONE TO OUR VILLAGE.
IT IS PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT
OTHERWISE FIND THE VILLAGE.
SO, I AM NOT COMPLETELY OPPOSED
TO THE EXISTENCE OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
THEY DO FIND PEOPLE THAT MIGHT
NOT OTHERWISE FIND US.
BUT, PEOPLE COME TO US AND HAVE
BEEN SLEEPING UNDER A BRIDGE
FOR 10 YEARS.
HAVING CALLED THEMSELVES BY
THEIR NAME IN FIVE YEARS.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN THEIR CAR FOR
A COUPLE YEARS.
AND, THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
ARE A GREAT STEP.
MOST OF THE NAP TEAM WE
INTERACT WITH, THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE IS AN OPTION THAT
PEOPLE OUTSIDE FOR A WHILE WILL
TAKE THAT IS SOMETHING THEY
WANT BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT IS A
GOOD PLACE TO BE.
IT IS A SAFE PLACE TO BE.
SO, CONDUCTING SUITES AS CHRIS
SAID IS POINTLESS, UNLESS YOU
HAVE ANOTHER OPTION TO OFFER
PEOPLE.
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES ARE A
GREAT OPTION FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.>> HELLO, I AM DON
AND LIVING GEORGETOWN.
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES ARE THE
ANSWER TO HOMELESSNESS.
THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE
HAVE BEEN GROWING PAINS FOR
EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE LEARNED THINGS AND DONE
STUFF WRONG AND STUFF RIGHT.
WE JUST NEED TO LEARN FROM ALL
OF THAT AND MOVE FORWARD.
ALSO, SINCE WE HAVE BEEN
PARTNERED WITH LEHIGH, THEY
HAVE ALLIED ALICE ALLOWED US
MORE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP PEOPLE
IN THE VILLAGE.
WE CAN'T EXPECT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN ON THE STREET BY
THEMSELVES TO COME INTO THE
VILLAGE AND STOP DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL AND LEARN TO TAKE CARE
OF THE HOME AND BE PART OF THE
COMMUNITY AND TO CONFORM TO
RULES.
THAT IS A SET UP FOR FAILURE
AND AT LEAST WE HAVE MORE
OPTIONS TO HELP THAT NOW, AND
NOT JUST AVOID THAT AND PUT
THEM BACK OUT ON THE STREET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR
COMING.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND SAY
THANKS O EVERYBODY FOR REELING
DIVING INTO THE ONE MINUTE
VISITATIONS.
WE HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH A NUMBER
I DIDN'T EXPECT WE WOULD THIS
MORNING.
MANY THANKS.
AND WE WILL PICK IT UP AT THE
END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
IF I COULD INVITE TOM AND
WHOEVER ELSE FROM CENTRAL STAFF
IS COMING UP.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO NOW IS
THAT CENTRAL STAFF WILL PROVIDE
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF
THE 44 PROPOSED ITEMS, IDENTIFY
THE SPONSOR.
THE SPONSOR WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE
PROPOSAL.
AND, AFTER THE DISCUSSION IF
ANYBODY WANTS TO BE ADDED AS A
COSPONSOR, I WILL ASK YOU TO
RAISE YOUR HAND.
I AM GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF
THIS, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO BE
ADDING MY NAME TO
COSPONSORSHIP, SO I CONTINUE TO
BE AS NEUTRAL AS POSSIBLE GOING
FORWARD FOR THE NEXT STEP.
AND AS A REMINDER, WE VOTE NEXT
TUESDAY ON OUR FINAL BUDGET.
ALL RIGHT, CANCEL CENTRAL STAFF
THANK YOU.
WHEN YOU START INTRODUCTIONS
PLEASE?
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND TOM, ARE YOU KICKING US
OFF?
>> YES MADAM CHAIR.
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
THIS MORNING WE HAVE 44 CANCEL
BUDGET ACTIONS SUBMITTED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THESE BUDGET ACTIONS ARE ALL
SELF BALANCED.
THOSE THAT HAVE FINANCIAL
TRANSACTIONS, THIS MEANS THAT
THERE IS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT TO
THE INITIAL BUDGET, BALANCING
PACKAGES PRESENTED.
THE NO NET FINANCIAL IMPACT
CRITERIA IS ACHIEVED THROUGH A
NUMBER OF WAYS.
IT CAN EITHER INTRODUCE NEW
REVENUES THAT WERE NOT
PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED, OR IT
COULD INCLUDE AN ADJUSTMENT TO
EITHER THE CHAIRS BUDGET
PACKAGE OR THE MAYORS ORIGINAL
PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE HAVE ORDERED THE DISCUSSION
OF THE 44 AGENDA ITEMS BY
ALPHABETICALLY AND DEPARTMENT.
I WILL BE JOINED AT THE TABLE
BY THE RELEVANT CENTRAL STAFF
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.
WITH ONE, OR I SHOULD SAY TWO
EXCEPTIONS.
THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ARE ITEMS
THAT BOTH RESULT IN THE NET
FINANCIAL IMPACT BY MAKING A
REDUCTION TO THE SAME ITEM IN
THE CHAIRS INITIAL BUDGETING
PACKAGE.
TAT IS THE $75,000 FOR THE
SMART WALLET PROGRAM.
SO, WE BROUGHT THOSE TWO TO THE
BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA TODAY,
SO THAT OVERLAP CAN BE
DISCUSSED AND THOSE DECISIONS
CAN BE MADE IN THE SAME
CONTEXT.
SO, WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO JEFF SIMS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TOM.
AS HE JUST EXPLAINED BOTH OF
THESE TAKE A SIMILAR CUT TO
CANCEL ACTION, IN ORDER TO FUND
THE ACTION.
WE SPEAK ABOUT BOTH OF THESE
TOGETHER AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE
A CHANCE TO GO OVER ANY NUANCES
OR QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
THE FIRST IS DEEL 12 A1 AND
THE OTHER IS 13 C1.
THE FIRST IS NOT CURRENTLY IN
THE INITIAL BUDGET BALANCING
PACKET.
THIS WOULD BE A NEW ADDITION OF
$75,000 ONE TIME FOR HUMAN
SERVICES CERTIFICTE NAVIGATOR.
IT WOULD BE A CONTRACTED
POSITION TO SUPPORT A
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AT SEATTLE
CENTRAL COLLEGE.
THIS IS THE SPONSOR
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD.
THIS IS OFFSET AS I MENTIONED,
BY CUTTING 12-A-1. AND 13-Z-1
IS A RENTAL ASSISTANT PILOT FOR
$775,000 FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT
RECEIVE FEDERAL DISABILITY
BENEFITS.
THE PRIMARY SPONSOR WAS
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
BOTH ACTIONS REDUCE THE FUNDING
PROVIDED FOR CANCEL BUDGET
ACTION HON 12 B 1 WHICH IS
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HER BOLD.
THAT IS FOR A SMART WALLET
PROGRAM SUCH AS SAMARITAN WHICH
IS A WAY INDIVIDUALS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS CAN
BE CONNECTED WITH POTENTIAL
DONORS AND RECEIVE FUNDS
THROUGH THAT MECHANISM.
>> THANK YOU JEFF.
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD WOULD
YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS YOUR FIRST
AND I WILL ASK COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ITEM NUMBER 2.
>> THE PROPOSED HUMAN
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED
TO EQUIP PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED
EXPERIENCES OF HOMELESSNESS AND
POVERTY WITH SKILLS NECESSARY
TO ADVANCE PROFESSIONALLY IN A
SOCIAL SERVICES FIELD.
ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES SECTOR ARE
OBTAINABLE WITHOUT POST HIGH
SCHOOL EDUCATION, HOWEVER
PEOPLE IN THESE POSITIONS FIND
THEMSELVES WITH LIMITED
OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT AND
CAREER GROWTH.
SO, COMMITTING TO A FULL-TIME
ASSOCIATES ARE BACHELORS DEGREE
CAN BE DIFFICULT GIVEN
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, WORK
SCHEDULES, AND A LACK OF
CONFIDENCE IN SCHOOL
PROFICIENCY.
THE HUMAN SERVICES CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM ENABLES FRONTLINE
WORKERS TO ACQUIRE PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS NECESSARY TO ADVANCE IN
THEIR CHOSEN FIELD AND BUILD
TOWARDS LIVING WAGE POSITIONS.
THE PROGRAM ITSELF WOULD BE
AVAILABLE TO COHORTS OF 24
STUDENTS SUPPORTED BY A
NAVIGATOR, VERY SIMILAR TO THE
PROMISE PROGRAMS USE OF A
NAVIGATOR.
IT IS ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS
WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED HIGH
SCHOOL DEGREE OR EQUIVALENT.
AND THE NEW CERTIFICATES WOULD
BE INTEGRATED INTO SEATTLE
CENTRAL COLLEGES EXISTING HUMAN
SERVICES PROGRAM, ALLOWING
STUDENTS TO STAT COMPLETED
DEGREES TOWARDS A TWO OR FOUR
YEAR DEGREE.
AS MENTIONED, THE NAVIGATOR WILL
WILL WORK WITH STUDENTS TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE SUPPORTED AS THEY
RETURN TO SCHOOL.
THE POSITION WILL PROVIDE
MENTORSHIP, HELP STUDENTS
ENROLL FOR CLASSES AND ENSURE
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO SUPPLY AND
OVERCOME BARRIERS TO ATTENDING
CLASSES.
THE NAVIGATOR WILL BUILD
COHESIVENESS AND TEAMWORK TO
SUPPORT A POSITIVE SHARED
JOURNEY.
AND, HELP THEM DO PROBLEM-
SOLVING AROUND BARRIERS AND
ISSUES NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY
ACTIONS AND RESOURCES CRITICAL
TO THEIR SUCCESS.
THE FUNDING PROPOSED FOR THIS
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM COMES FROM
THE CHAIRS PROPOSED BALANCE
PACKAGE, AND SPECIFICALLY A
FUNDING FOR THE SAMARITAN
BEACON PROGRAM OF $75,000.
AS PROPOSED, THIS FUNDING WOULD
PROVIDE 230 NEW BEACONS.
I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE GETTING
EMAILS SAYING THE NUMBER OF
BEACONS WOULD BE 750 BEACONS
UNDER TH CURRENT BUDGET.
IT IS ACTUALLY 230 BEACONS.
BUT, AS WE HAVE DELVED INTO
THIS ISSUE MORE DEEPLY, I HAVE
A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PROGRAM ITSELF AND HOW IT
OPERATES.
SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT THE
POSSIBLE UNFUNDED CASEWORK.
EVERY BEACON HOLDER IS REQUIRED
TO MEET WITH A SERVICE PROVIDER
EVERY 30 DAYS IN ORDER TO
WITHDRAW THEIR DONATIONS.
ONE SAMARITAN PRESENTATION WE
RECEIVED, WE FOUND THAT ONLY
54% OF BEACON HOLDERS ARE ABLE
TO MEET WITH COUNSELORS.
SO, NEARLY HALF OF THOSE FOLKS
ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET WITH THE
COUNSELOR AS NECESSARY TO
BASICALLY RECRUIT THE VALUE OF
RESOURCES ON THE BEACON
ITSELF.>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK
QUESTION?
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF THERE
IS AN ACCOUNT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL
AND THEY HAVEN'T MET WITH THE
CASE MANAGER?
DOES IT STAY IN PLACE UNTIL THE
INDIVIDUAL CAN MEET WITH THE
CASE MANAGER?>> THAT IS ONE OF
THE QUESTIONS WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE
DONATION IS AVAILABLE TO THE
BEACON HOLDER, IF THEY ARE
UNABLE TO WITHDRAW IT AND WE
DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY GOES
IF THE BEACON HOLDER IS UNABLE
TO DRAW IT.
SAMARITAN HAS GIVEN ESTIMATES
TO CENTRAL STAFF THAT IN ORDER
TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF
MEETING WITH CASE MANAGEMENT,
THE ESTIMATE THAT MEANS 15
MINUTES OF CASE MANAGEMENT ON
AVERAGE PER MONTH TO FULFILL
THAT OBLIGATION.
IT FEELS TO ME LIKE THAT IS A
REALLY SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME TO
SPEND WITH THE CASE MANAGER
EVERY MONTH, BUT EVEN USING
THAT MATH IT CREATES AND
UNFUNDED MANDATE OF ABOUT 690
HOURS PER YEAR, OR 13 HOURS A
WEEK OF CASE MANAGEMENT FOR
THIS NEW 230 COHORT OF PEOPLE.
SO, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT PUTS
AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE CASE
MANAGEMENT IN A POSITION OF
HAVING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT
THEY NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE
BEACON HOLDERS FOR CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES, BECAUSE
THEY HAVE SOMETHING OF VALUE TO
RECOUP FOR THEIR BEACON.
SO, I THINK FOR ME THAT CREATES
SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERN ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE PUTTING A
BURDEN ON OUR SOCIAL SERVICE
AGENCIES WITH THIS UNFUNDED
MANDATE.
AND, JUST A MANAGEMENT BURDEN
FOR HOW THEY MIGHT CHOOSE TO
PRIORITIZE LIMITED CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
SO, WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CASE
MANAGEMENT FUNDING, WE DON'T
KNOW AND CAN'T ENSURE THAT
BEACON HOLDERS ARE ACTUALLY
ABLE TO MEET WITH A CASEWORKER.
AND, AGAIN WE ARE PUTTING THIS
BURDEN ON THE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT.
THE CURRENT $75,000 BUDGET
ACTION THAT IS PROPOSED SEEMS
TO RECOGNIZE THAT CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES ARE NEEDED.
THERE IS AN EARMARK OF THE
$75,000 OF I BELIEVE $20,000
TOWARDS AN FTE TO COORDINATE
WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE
CASE MANAGEMENT.
AND, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THIS PROGRAM.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE OUTCOMES
FOR THIS PROGRAM ALIGN WITH THE
OUTCOMES OF HUMAN SERVICES.
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN
OUTCOMES OR EVALUATIVE
INFORMATION ATTACHED TO THE
FUNDING TO ENSURE THE CITY'S
MONDAY IS BEING WELL SPENT.
AND, BECAUSE I AM INTERESTED IN
KNOWING MORE ABOUT HOW THIS
PROGRAM COULD ALIGN WITH THE
CITIES INTERESTS IN SERVING
PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, AND
ADDRESSING THEIR NEEDS I THINK
THE COUNCIL WOULD BE BETTER
SERVED BY ASKING THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO WORK
WITH SAMARITAN TO ENSURE HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE ACTUALLY
CAPABLE OF MEETING THE DEMAND
CREATED FOR AN INCREASE IN
WORKLOAD.
AND ANSWERING SOME ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS WE WOULD COME
TOGETHER, ALONG WITH CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS?>> I GUESS I WILL
RESPOND TO IT.
I WAS FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD IF
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ WANTED
TO CUT IT AS WELL.
SHOULD I RESPOND TO IT NOW?>>
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT
>> I WILL JUST COMMENT. EE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
I DISAGREE RESPECTFULLY.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ALL OF THE
CHALLENGES OF THE PROGRAM ARE
NOT WORKED OUT.
IT IS A PILOT AND IT IS A
CONTINUATION OF A PILOT.
ALL OF THE AGENTS YOU
ARTICULATED CONCERN ABOUT
WHETHER THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES
TO DO THE CASE MANAGEMENT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES WANT THIS
FUNDED.
ALL OF THEM WANT IT.
THEY ARE NOT SAYING DON'T FUND,
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES.
THEY ARE SAYING FUND IT.
MARY'S PLACE, SALVATION ARMY,
LEHIGH, ALL OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GETTING
RESOURCES TO THESE FOLKS.
WE HEARD IT DURING A COMMITTEE
MEETING DURING THE YEAR.
I THINK THERE ARE SIX PEOPLE
THAT TESTIFIED WHO ARE SLEEPING
DOWNSTAIRS AND BASICALLY SAID,
THESE BEACONS HAVE SAVED THEIR
LIVES AND GOTTEN THEM INTO
HOUSING.
I HAVE ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO
EVALUATE REPEATEDLY.
THEY HAVE TRIED TWO.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD
FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IS, WHAT IS YOUR
PROCESS TO CONSIDER SOMETHING
NEW AND BOLD AND CHALLENGING
AND TRYING TO FIND THE
INTERSECTION BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY
AND GETTING ACTUAL RESOURCES TO
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS?
FORGET ALL OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS.
JUST COME RIGHT TO THE PEOPLE.
WHAT IS YOUR INTAKE PROCESS FOR
TECHNOLOGY?
I THINK THERE ARE SOME
CHALLENGES.
COMING FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR
WE HAVE A VERY STRINGENT
PROCESS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT NEW
IDEAS, PROJECTS, AND SERVICES
AND HOW TO PILOT THEM.
I THINK WE ARE DEFICIENT THERE.
THIS MODEST INVESTMENT OF
$75,000 IS WORKING.
YOU HAVE BEACON HOLDERS
ACTUALLY GETTING FOOD AND
SERVICES AND CLOTHING.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THEY
ARE TESTIFYING TO AND WE HEARD
A WOMAN IN TEARS YESTERDAY
SAYING THIS.
PEOPLE ARE KNOWING THEIR STORY.
SO, WHILE THE BEACON NOT ONLY
ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GET FOOD AND
CLOTHING, ACCESS TO SERVICES,
THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS.
AND, MANY OF THEM WERE NOT BORN
HOMELESS.
THEY HAD A MEDICAL CONDITION OR
A BAD FAMILY ARRANGEMENT, OR
SOMETHING THAT CAUSED THEM TO
BE.
AND, PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING
THEIR STORIES.
IT HUMANIZES THE PROCESS.
I WOULD SUGGEST, AND A PROVEN
TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY ARE ABLE
TO PRODUCE REAL OUTCOMES.
YOU DO NOT HAVE A DEFICIENT
AGENCY BASE THAT IS SAYING WE
CAN'T DO THE CASE MANAGEMENT.
AGAIN, FROM A PILOT STANDPOINT,
A MODEST INVESTMENT OF $75,000
MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN A WORLD.
THEY ARE ON A SHOESTRING
BUDGET.
THERE IS A NONPROFIT INVOLVED
CALLED SURVIVED THE STREETS AND
THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE
1995.
THEY ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT
WORKS CLOSELY WITH OTHER
NONPROFITS TO MAKE IT WORK I
JUST DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT YOUR
NAVIGATE OF TOWARDS HUMAN
SERVICES CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.
I WILL NOT DENIGRATE THAT,
BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE EXPERIENCED ILLNESS AND
ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE THEIR
LIVES.
THAT SEEMS LIKE NOBLE WORK.
BUT, IN A NUTSHELL IT SEEMS
LIKE WE WOULD BE INVESTING
$75,000 TOWARDS A PERSON, AND
NAVIGATOR, AND EMPLOYEE AS
OPPOSED TO $75,000 THAT IS
POTENTIALLY HELPING HUNDREDS
AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
FOR ME, IT IS A HIGHER RETURN
ON INVESTMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT AS
WELL?
"SURE, I WILL BE BRIEF.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
COVERED MOST OF THE ISSUES
RELATED TO THE REVENUE SOURCE.
MY FUNDING REQUEST IS DIFFERENT
THAN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S.
MINE WOULD CUT THE $75,000 AND
RE-LOCATE IT THAT IS IN THE
CHAIR'S BALANCED BUDGET PACKAGE
AND REDIRECT THOSE DOLLARS TO
THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PILOT
PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A RENTAL
SUBSIDY TO FAMILIES THAT ARE,
AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
DEPENDENT ON FEDERAL DISABILITY
BENEFITS.
I WANT TO START OFF BY FIRST
ACKNOWLEDGING AND THANKING
CHAIR BAGS OFFER YOUR SUPPORT
FOR THIS PROJECT AND ITS
POTENTIAL TO PREVENT AND/OR
RESOLVE THE HOUSING INSTABILITY
OF A VERY SPECIFIC AND
VULNERABLE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS
AND FAMILIES, WHO AS I
MENTIONED ARE DEPENDENT ON
FEDERAL DISABILITY BENEFITS.
THIS PROPOSAL ORIGINALLY WAS
CLOSE TO $700,000 AS PROPOSED.
AND, I REALLY AGAIN APPRECIATE
YOU CHAIR BACK SHOP FOR LARGELY
FUNDING THE PROGRAM.
THE ADDITIONAL $75,000 WOULD
SERVE THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING
FOR ROBUST EVALUATION FOR THAT
PILOT PROGRAM WHICH I THINK IS
REALLY CRITICAL FOR US TO GET
THAT EVALUATION IN ORDER FOR US
TO MAKE OUR CASE TO THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AS TO WHY WE
BELIEVE THEY NEED TO ESTABLISH
A BROADER, LONG-TERM SOLUTION
TO ADDRESS THE BENEFITS
ASSOCIATED WITH FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ABLE TO
ACCESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY FACE BENEFITS
THAT FORCES THEM OUT OF A
STABLE HOUSING SITUATION AND
BACK ONTO THE STREETS OF
SEATTLE TO ENFORCE ME, CONTINUE
TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS.
SO, MY REDIRECTION OF THE
$75,000 WOULD GO TOWARDS MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS
IN THE HOME FOR GOOD PILOT
PROJECT TO CONNECT HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WITH STABLE
HOUSING.
AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE
APPROPRIATE EVALUATION
MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO MAKE THE
CASE FOR EITHER ONGOING FUNDING
IN THE FUTURE DURING THE NEXT
BY ANNUAL BUDGET, AND ALSO TO
DO SOME ADVOCACY DOWN AT THE
STATE LEGISLATURE FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
LIKE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD I
SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
PROPOSED SAMARITAN BEACON
PROGRAM.
I THINK MY PERSPECTIVE IS,
PERHAPS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
FOR ME, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOT
GET INTO THE SPACE OF
CRITICIZING THE BEACON PROGRAM
AS A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, WHICH
IT CURRENTLY IS.
BUT, I THINK THE QUESTION FOR
ME AS A POLICYMAKER, MAKING
DECISIONS ABOUT LIMITED PUBLIC
FUNDS IS WHETHER OR NOT AT THIS
POINT, THIS PROGRAM THIS
SAMARITAN PROGRAM IS READY FOR
PRIME TIME IN TERMS OF
INVESTMENT OF PUBLIC DOLLARS TO
CONTINUE TO EXPAND ITS PROGRAM.
SO, FOR ME THAT REALLY IS THE
QUESTION, AND I THINK THERE IS
ENOUGH AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS
ABOUT HOW THE PROGRAMS MODEL IS
DESIGNED THAT LEADS ME TO
BELIEVE THAT AT THIS JUNCTURE,
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION TO FULLY FUND THIS
MEASURE AT $75,000 FOR NEXT
YEAR.
I DO THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT
TO HAVE A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT AS SUGGESTED
BY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TO
REALLY DIG IN TO SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED
IN MY MIND ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
AND, WHETHER OR NOT THE ANSWERS
WILL IN THE FUTURE, MERIT
PUBLIC INVESTMENT IS TO BE SEEN
BASED ON WHAT WE GET FROM THAT
EVALUATION.
SO, I THINK I AM CONSCIOUS
ABOUT CREATING ADDITIONAL
STRENGTH TO THE SYSTEM, I THINK
WE KNOW THAT CASE MANAGERS AND
SOCIAL WORKERS THAT DO THIS
REALLY DIFFICULT WORK IN OUR
CITY ARE, IN FACT CURRENTLY
OVERBURDENED.
AND WE SURELY DON'T WANT TO
CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE WE ARE
INCREASING THE BURDEN ON THOSE
CASE MANAGERS WITHOUT
RECOGNIZNG THEY NEED
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS WELL.
WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT SOME
NONPROFITS HAVE WRITTEN TO US
SAYING THAT THEY THINK THE
PROGRAM SHOULD CONTINUE, I ALSO
THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO INDEPENDENTLY REVIEW THAT
AND COME UP WITH A DECISION
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE THINK
THE SYSTEM, AS IT CURRENTLY
EXISTS CAN TOLERATE MORE OF A
BURDEN WITHOUT ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES.
SO, FOR THOSE REASONS I JUST
THINK THAT TAKING THE SLOWER
APPROACH TO EVALUATING THE
PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND
THEN DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT
IT MERITS PUBLIC INVESTMENT IS
AN IMPORTANT EXERCISE FOR US TO
TAKE.
I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY, I THINK
ACCORDING TO YOU CHAIR IS
LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY
INVESTING IN THIS PROGRAM AS
WELL.
I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THIS
PROGRAM HASN'T YET RECEIVED ANY
PUBLIC FINANCING AT THIS POINT.
IT HAS BEEN PRIMARILY AN
EXCLUSIVELY PRIVATE FUNDING.
SO, I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT
FOR US TO NOT DENIGRATE THE
PROGRAM, BUT BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT
IT IN AN ENDORSED BUDGET
PROCESS ALLOCATING FUNDS TO
THIS PROGRAM AT THIS JUNCTURE
UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM GOING TO ASK FOR TWO
SEPARATE -- GO AHEAD.
>> -- IS THE COUNT 2 AGAINST 1?
JUST KIDDING.
>> YOU ARE CREATING CONFLICT>>
I AM IN A HAPPY MOOD THIS
MORNING.
SO, THERE IS A LOT OF PRESS IN
THE CITY.
THIS IS NEW TECHNOLOGY.
THERE IS A LOT OF PRESS IN THE
CITY WHERE WE HAVE SAMPLED
TECHNOLOGY IN A PILOT PROGRAM.
BODY CAMERAS WOULD BE A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE STARTED A
SMALL PILOT TO SEE IF IT WOULD
BE A GOOD TOOL TO ADDRESS
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
POLICE ACTIONS WHEN NOBODY IS
AROUND.
THIS IS A MODEST INVESTMENT.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT IT SO
FAR?
WE KNOW THAT $100,000 OF CASH
FROM THE STREETS, FROM PEOPLE
WHO HAD SOME KIND OF EMPATHY OR
SYMPATHY FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAS
BEEN TRANSFERRED TO
PARTICIPANTS IN THE TRIAL.
WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN
HOMELESSNESS CAN GET FREE OF
CHARGE A PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY
THAT ALLOWS THEM TO RECEIVE
DIRECT FUNDING.
AGAIN, THE MONEY IS NOT GOING
TO A FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZAION.
IT IS GOING FOR THE SURVIVE THE
STREETS NONPROFIT.
BUT MOST TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO
COME OUT OF THE PROFIT SECTOR.
SO, I THINK AGAIN WE CAN GO
THROUGH SOME OF OUR WI-FI
SETUPS AND OTHER THINGS IN THE
CITY WE HAVE DONE AS A TRIAL
BASIS.
IT IS NOT UNPRECEDENTED THAT WE
HAVE A MODEST INVESTMENT TO SEE
IF TECHNOLOGY WORKS.
ALWAYS MAKING SURE IT IS
ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGY.
WHERE WE ARE I THINK DEFICIENT,
AND I AGREE WITH BOTH MY
COLLEAGUES ON THIS POINT IS
THAT WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT
IT.
THAT IS WHY I THINK THEY HAVE
BEEN DOING WORK AND BEEN ON A
SHOESTRING BUDGET.
I WANT THIS BUDGET TO REFLECT
SOMETHING NEW AND SOMETHING
BOLD TO GET DIRECT SERVICES
RIGHT TO THE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THAT IS WHY I THINK IT IS A
GOOD INVESTMENT.
I WILL REST.>> WE WILL HAVE TWO
SEPARATE RAISINGS OF THE HAND.
THE FIRST IS IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD AND SECONDLY
COUNCIL MEMBERS GONZALEZ.
FIRST, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR TO
ITEM ONE, RAZOR HAND.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
DO I SEE THREE?
I DO.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO
ANYTHING AGAIN AT THIS POINT.
SO, WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER
2. COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES IS.
IF YOU SUPPORT THAT, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALSO, DO YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR
NAME AS A COSPONSOR?>> I HAVE
THE COUNT.>> THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> CAN YOU SORT OF SAY THE
COUNT?
YOU HAVE A BETTER SHOT AND I
CAN'T SEE IT.
>> YES.
HE IS ASKING FOR YOU TO GIVE A
STATEMENT OF THE COUNT.
I SAW THREE FOR THE FIRST ONE
AND THREE FOR THE SECOND ONE.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I THINK WHAT WE SAW WERE THE
PRIMARY SPONSOR +2,
COUNCILMEMBER OH BRIAN AND
COUNCILMEMBER PHARES.
AND FOR THE SECOND ITEM, THE
PRIMARY SPONSOR IS A MEMBER
GONZALEZ AS WELL AS
COUNCILMEMBER OH BRIAN AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION.
I AM MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT I
HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUE,
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD AND
GONZALEZ AND THAT IS WHY I
VOTED TO SUPPORT THEM.
I AM HAPPY TO BE A PART OF
FUTURE CONVERSATIONS TO FIGURE
OUT THE BEST USE.
I THINK WE HAVE HEARD FROM A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT OF TESTIFIED
THAT THEY HAVE BENEFITED FROM
THE BEACON TECHNOLOGY.
I DON'T DOUBT THAT, THERE ARE A
LOT OF THINGS WE KNOW WE CAN DO
TO SAVE LIVES.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK TO
US TODAY ABOUT THINGS I CAN DO
THAT.
SO, FIGURING OUT THE BEST WAY
TO SPEND THE LIMITED RESOURCES
WE HAVE IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT.
I APPRECIATE THE COUNCILMEMBER
WANTING TO TRY NEW AND
INNOVATIVE THINGS.
I THINK THERE ARE PRIVATE
SECTOR FOLKS THAT MADE HIM
INVESTMENT THIS TECHNOLOGY.
I THINK THAT IS AN
INAPPROPRIATE AREA FOR THEM TO
GET THE INVESTMENT OF THE
PUBLIC CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND
HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY AND PROGRAM
STACKS UP WITH SOME OF THE
OTHER THINGS.
JUST MORE INFORMATION I WOULD
LIKE TO GET TO.
>> THANKS FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
3.>> ITEM NUMBER 3 IS STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
IT WOULD REQUEST THE CITY
AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A REVIEW OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT
PROBATION PROGRAM.
THIS IS UNCHANGED FROM THE
SUBMITTAL OF THE SLIDE TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL
BALANCING PACKAGE.
IT WOULD REQUEST A STUDY ON THE
IMPACTS OF SEPARATION OF PEOPLE
OF COLOR WHO ARE CURRENTLY OR
PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN THE
PROBATION PROGRAM.
WITH THE REPORT BACK SEPTEMBER
15, 2020 AND IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES.
"WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO
THIS?>> YES, SURE.
I WILL KEEP IT REALLY BRIEF.
THIS IS A RESURRECTION OF SORTS
FROM THE FIRST ROUND.
SO, THIS WOULD REQUEST THE CITY
AUDITOR CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT RATION
PROGRAM.
WE HAVE RUN THE LANGUAGE OF THE
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
OF THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE
AND HAVE HEARD FROM THEM THAT
THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE ABLE TO
DO THIS WORK AND THEY WOULD BE
ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE BODY OF
WORK AND HAVE A REPORT BACK TO
US BY SEPTEMBER 15, 2020.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO SHORTEN UP THAT
TIMELINE BASED ON WHAT WE SEE
IN THE REPORT FROM THE BUREAU
OF INSTITUTE.
WE HOPE THAT REPORT, WHICH IS
ALSO DOING SOME EVALUATION OF
THE COURTS PROBATION SYSTEM WILL
PERHAPS, GIVE US A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF AN INDICATION OF HOW
MUCH AND HOW DEEPLY THE AUDITOR
WILL HAVE TWO DIVE INTO THE
PROBATION DEPARTMENTS SYSTEM.
SO, I THINK WE DON'T WANT TO
DUPLICATE THE WORK, BUT WE
SIMPLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
REPORT IS GOING TO SAY AT THIS
JUNCTURE.
WE EXPECT THE REPORT WILL BE
DELIVERED AT THE END OF
NOVEMBER, SO WE WILL HAVE
UNFORTUNATELY, IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT
BETTER SENSE OF THE DEPTH AND
BREADTH OF WHAT THE AUDITORS
SCOPE OF WORK WILL BE AS IT
RELATES TO BE TAKING A FURTHER
LOOK AT THE PROBATION
DEPARTMENT.
BUT, THE GOAL HERE IS TO
CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM THE COURT
THAT THEY BELIEVE THEIR
PROBATION PROGRAM IS STATE OF
THE ART.
I CONTINUE TO HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT POSITION, AND ABOUT
PROBATION AS A CONCEPT.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A
NEUTRAL PARTY COME IN AND
REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT IS DOING,
AND WHAT IT IS NOT DOING SO
THAT WE AS A COUNCIL, IN THE
FUTURE ARE BEST EQUIPPED IN
MAKING BETTER INFORMED
DECISIONS ABOUT ONGOING
INVESTMENTS IN THE PROBATION
DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES ABOUT
THIS.
I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS
SLIDE, BUT I AM HOPEFUL WE CAN
HAVE THIS AS A PHASE 1 WITH THE
PHASE 2, SOMETHING WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT BRIEFLY IS TO HAVE
OUR AUDITOR LOOK AT SYSTEMS
REVIEW, PARTICULARLY AFTER WE
HAVE OUR NEW INVESTMENTS IN
LEAD.
WHAT I AM HEARING FROM THE
MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES IS THAT
THEY COULD HAVE ADDITIONAL
TOOLS WHERE THEY COULD SIGN
PEOPLE INTO HOUSING, AND IF
THAT IS AVAILABLE THEY HAVE
CASE MANAGERS AVAILABLE AND WE
KNOW THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY
HAVE BEEN CHARGED AND RELEASED.
IF WE CAN INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WE CAN CONTACT AND
EITHER INTRODUCE TO THE LEAD
PROGRAM OR MAKE SURE THEY ARE
GETTING THE SERVICES THEY NEED,
WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IN OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, JUST THE
ENTIRE PROCESS WE ARE KEEPING
MORE PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL AND
GETTING PEOPLE ONTO A HEALTHIER
LIFE STYLE.
I WOULD SUPPORT THIS AS A PHASE
1, LOOKING AT HER BASHAN AND
THEN NEXT FALL, OR WHENEVER IT
IS RELEASED TAKING A SECOND
LOOK AT THE SYSTEM REVIEW WE
COULD MAKE TO SEE IF THINGS ARE
WORKING AS WE ARE HOPING THEY
WILL.
GOOD.
DO WE NEED TO RAISE HANDS ON
THIS ONE?
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES'S ITEM
NUMBER 3, RAISE YOUR HAND?
I AM NOT.
SO, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE
SEVEN YESES ON THAT.>> AND TO
CLARIFY COUNCIL MEMBERS,
BECAUSE I THINK I MISSPOKE.
THESE ARE SIGNING UP AS
COSPONSORS, NOT TAKING A VOTE.
JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
WE WILL ADD YOU AS COSPONSORS.
>> THANK YOU.>> ITEM 4.
>> ITEM 4 IS AN ITEM TO IMPOSE
APPROACHES OH ON FINANCIAL
GENERAL RESERVES FOR LAWS
STAFFING OF THE CASE
CONFERENCING PILOT.
I KNOW THERE IS CURRENTLY A
PROVISO IN THE BALANCE PACKAGE
FOR THIS ITEM.
THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS SOME
ADDITION OF LANGUAGE INTO WHAT
THE REPORT BACK ON THE PROVISO
WOULD BE.
IT ADDS IN, IN ADDITION TO THE
ITEMS ALREADY IN THE PROVISO
HOW THE ATTORNEYS CITY'S OFFICE
WILL INTERACT WITH CASEWORKERS
OR OTHERS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE
CITY BUT WHO HOLD AUTHORIZED
RELEASES, AND HOW THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PERMITTED
TO SHARE HEALTH INFORMATION
WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE
CASE CONFERENCING PROCESS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> NOTHING TO ADD.
>> VERY GOOD.
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR RAISE
YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 5.>>
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5 IS COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION WHICH WOULD ADD
$522,600 FOR YOUTH DIVERSION
EDUCATION AND RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PROGRAMMING AND CUT
$522,600 FOR RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION INITIATIVES FROM SPD.
I BELIEVE THAT IS A $1.6
MILLION AND WOULD BE
APPROXIMATELY PART OF THE FUNDS
FOR THAT PURPOSE IN THE BUDGET.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THIS IS A BUDGET ACTION TO
FUND COMMUNITY-BASED
RESTRICTIVE ORGANIZATIONS WHO
HAVE BEEN DOING, ON A STREET
STRING BUDGET WORK FOR AND
REACHING ACTIVITIES LIKE THE
ARTS, POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT AND
EDUCATION.
THESE ARE DEVOTION PROGRAMS
THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR
PROTECTING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM
ENTERING THE SPIRAL OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
AND, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAVE TALKED TO THE
IMPRESSIVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN THESE
ORGANIZATIONS, ADVOCATING FOR
THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THIS YEAR THE USE CONSORTIUM
AND I MENTIONED THIS IN OUR
COMMITTEE BEFORE, THE YOUTH
CONSORTIUM IS ORGANIZED OF ONE
OF THE MOST DYNAMIC CANDIDATE
FORMS OF THE WHOLE ELECTION
YEAR.
AND SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT, OF
THE DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL
WORK OF YOUNG PEOPLE CAN AND
WILL DO IF THEY ARE GIVEN A
CHANCE AND RESOURCES TO DO IT.
VERY SPECIFICALLY, OF THESE
FUNDS, $300,000 WOULD BE
ALLOCATED TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO CONTRACT WITH THE
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION,
SUCH AS YOUTH CONSORTIUM WHICH
INCLUDES COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS
AND $122,600 WOULD BE ALLOCATED
TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO CONTRACT WITH THE
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE CREATIVE JUSTICE TO FIND
AND ALTERNATIVE BASED LOCATION
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN SEATTLE.
AND LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
CREATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM, IT
HAS A SESSION THAT IS PROJECT-
BASED.
YOUTH ARE ENROLLING IN 3-4
MONTH LONG SESSIONS THAT MEET
TWICE WEEKLY AND EACH SESSION
HAS A UNIQUE FOCUS THAT IS
COLLABORATIVELY DIRECTED BY THE
YOUTH AND THE MENTOR ARTIST WHO
WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
THE GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH A
CREATIVE COMMUNITY SPACE TO
SHARE STORIES, HEAL AND AMPLIFY
THE VOICES OF USE AND
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY
THE DESTRUCTIVE SCHOOL TO
PRISON TO DEPORTATION PIPELINE.
SO, THIS IS A WORTHY PROGRAM.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
$100,000 ALLOCATED TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO CONTRACT
WITH A COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION SUCH AS THE ACTION
COALITION CORNERS GREETERS AND
SOME SPEAKERS HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT
THIS TO FIND OUTREACH SERVICES
FOR YOUTH.
SINCE 2015 THE COALITION HAS
IMPLEMENTED A YOUTH GENERATED
COMMUNITY PROJECT CALLED CORNER
GREETERS WHICH IS A NON-ARREST
CRIME REDUCTION AUTONOMOUS
COMMUNITY SAFETY PROJECT WHICH
IS LED BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE RAIN
YOUR BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES IS
TRANSFORM SPACE THAT IS MOST
PREVALENT FOR YOUTH CRIME BY
EMPLOYING YOUTH FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO CREATE ENGAGING
EVENTS INCLUDING FOOD, MUSIC,
AND INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL
RESOURCES.
IN THE YEARS SINCE ITS
IMPLEMENTATION CRIME HAS
DECREASED IN THE RAIN YOUR
BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOUNG
PEOPLE HAVE ORGANIZED A NUMBER
OF ISSUES INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO RESTAURANTS OF
JUSTICE, NEIGHBORHOOD
BEAUTIFICATION, AND ARE
CURRENTLY ON A MISSION TO GIVE
OUT 200 TREES IN RAIN YOUR
BEACH.
THIS WOULD BE FUNDED BY
REDUCING MONEY THE MAYOR HAS
ALLOCATED TO THE CIVIC SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SO-
CALLED RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION INITIATIVES FOR THE
POLICE.
THE MAYOR HAS ALLOCATED $1.6
MILLION OUTREACH FOR PEOPLE TO
BECOME POLICE OFFICERS.
I DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS.
THIS BUDGET ACTION WOULD REDUCE
THAT PART OF THAT MONEY BY
$522,000, WHICH IS A VERY
MODEST, TO BE HONEST GIVEN THE
COMPLETE THIS PROPORTIONALITY
AND HOW MUCH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT GETS FUNDS IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE MASS
INCARCERATION SYSTEM.
TO DIVIDE THAT MUCH TO PAY FOR
THESE IMPORTANT COMMUNITY
PROGRAMS.
THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT THIS UP
IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, SOME
COUNCIL MEMBERS POINTED TO THE
MONEY THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS WAS TO MAKE AVAILABLE
FOR SOME COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY FOR
GRANTS LIKE THIS.
THE QUESTION WAS, WHY SHOULD WE
FUND THESE PROGRAMS SEPARATELY?
LET'S BE CLEAR, THESE PROGRAMS
ARE DEEPLY UNDERFUNDED.
WE ARE NOT IN ANY DANGER OF
OVER FUNDING THESE PROGRAMS AND
WASTING MONEY.
THERE IS NO DANGER OF THAT
HAPPENING.
BUT, MORE FUNDAMENTALLY I DON'T
AGREE WITH MAKING THESE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH
ARE REALLY SACRIFICING THEIR
OWN RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T GET CAUGHT
UP IN THE PRISON SYSTEM, WHICH
IS REALLY SUCH A TRANSFORMATIVE
THING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES.
WHY SHOULD WE FORCE THEM TO
JUMP THROUGH THESE HOOPS
APPLYING FOR GRANTS, WAITING
FOR MONTHS, AND WITH ONLY A
FRACTION OF THEM BEING FUNDED.
LET'S FUND THESE PROGRAMS
UPFRONT AND THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT APPLY FOR A GRANT
FOR THEIR RECRUITMENT
ADVERTISING, IF THEY WANT.
I MEAN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVING
ACCOUNTABILITY, THEY STILL HAVE
A LONG WAYS TOWARDS
ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU
NAME THE NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE HAD DON'S GROUP HERE
MULTIPLE TIMES.
WERE THEY INCLUDED?>> YES, I
MENTIONED USE CONSORTIUM, THAT
INCLUDES COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS.>> DO YOU WANT TO
SPEAK TO IT?
>> I DO, THANK YOU.
FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO STATE
THAT THE $1 MILLION THIS
COUNSEL ALLOCATED DURING LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS FOR
PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, AND THE
RELATED WAY OF DISPERSING THOSE
DOLLARS USING A COMMUNITY
DRIVEN GRANT PROCESS WAS IN
RESPONSE TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS
REQUEST, THAT WE USE THE SOCIAL
JUSTICE FUND MODEL FOR
DISPERSING THESE DOLLARS.
SO, THIS MODEL OF DISPERSING
THE FUNDS THAT IT BE A PROCESS
THAT IS DRIVEN BY BOTH THE
RECIPIENTS OF FUTURE FUNDING,
WORKING TOGETHER
COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD BENEFIT
FROM THAT FUNDING, AND
DESIGNING WITH THE PRIORITIES
ARE, WHAT THE PROCESS IS, AND
HOW TO SELECT AMONG A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT BIDDING
ORGANIZATIONS.
THAT MODEL OF FUNDING IS ONE
THAT WAS PROPOSED TO US.
IT WAS A BETTER WAY OF GETTING
THE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR,
RATHER THAN THE WAY THE CITY
TADITIONALLY DOES SO.
I ALSO WANT TO REFERENCE THE
FACT THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT
THESE PROGRAMS COULD BENEFIT
FROM MORE FUNDING, DEFINITELY.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE
RECRUITMENT CRISIS AND THE
STAFFING CRISIS IN OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
REAL.
IT IS NOT IMAGINED.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, THE SAD
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH
CONSTITUENTS IN SOUTHPARK LAST
NIGHT, AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS WHAT HAS
BEEN DONE SO FAR, AND WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN NOW.
AN INNOCENT INDIVIDUAL WAS SHOT
AND MURDERED IN HIS HOME, A
FATHER OF FIVE, AND A MEMBER OF
THE SOUTHPARK COMMUNITY.
HE AND HIS FAMILY LIVE IN A
HOUSE THAT IS NEXT DOOR TO A
HOUSE OF INTEREST.
HOUSE OF INTEREST FOR A LONG
TIME.
AND SPD HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT
TOGETHER WITH THE CITY'S LAW
DEPARTMENT IN TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO ABATE THE PROPERTY
IN THE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS PROPERTY.
AND, THERE WAS REALLY A LOT OF
FRUSTRATION FROM THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS IN THAT ROOM ABOUT THE
LACK OF POLICE RESOURCES FOR
THE SOUTHPARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, I BELIEVE THAT THE LACK OF
STAFFING, BOTH ON PATROL AND ON
THE INVESTIGATION SIDE, AND ON
PROACTIVE POLICING HAS A REALLY
HUGE IMPACT ON LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND, I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING
TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS STAFFING
CRISIS, THAT NOT ONLY SEATTLE
HAS COME BUT LARGE POLICE
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ARE NOT MEETING THEIR STAFFING
GOALS.
I THINK WE HAVE TWO DEVOTE
RESOURCES TO DOING IT.
I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER IN THE
CURRENT BUDGET IS THE RIGHT
NUMBER, I AM WILLING TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THAT.
BUT, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF
THESE TWO THINGS BEING PITTED
AGAINST EACH OTHER, BECAUSE
THEY ARE BOTH REALLY IN
CRITICAL NEED.
I WOULD BE DOING MY
CONSTITUENTS A DISSERVICE.
THE FOLKS IN LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST
HARMED BY VIOLENCE AND CRIME,
IF I WASN'T DOING EVERYTHING I
COULD TO HELP THE DEPARTMENT
ADDRESS THEIR STAFFING
CHALLENGES.
>> THANK YOU.
OTHER COMMENTS?>> FIRST OF ALL,
ON THE FIRST POINT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD MADE IS ACCURATE.
THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT IS
PUT THIS PROPOSAL TOGETHER, IS
NOT MY PROPOSAL BUT ONE FROM
THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER.
IT IS ACCURATE THAT THEY PUT
FORWARD THAT MODEL THAT THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS HAS USED
AND WILL BE USING.
HOWEVER, THIS ALSO HAS BEEN PUT
TOGETHER BY THEM, SO IT IS NOT
ABOUT PITTING THE MODEL THE
PROPOSED EARLIER AGAINST THEIR
NEW PROPOSAL.
IT IS NOT LIKE THAT.
IT IS SIMPLY PUTTING MORE MONEY
INTO THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
WORKING, AND THIS PROPOSAL
ITSELF IS NOT PITTING ONE
ORGANIZATION AGAINST THE OTHER.
THEY ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
I DIDN'T COME UP WITH THESE
NUMBERS RANDOMLY.
IT IS SOMETHING THEY ALL CAME
TOGETHER AND FIGURED OUT, AND
THEY SAID MAYBE WE SHOULD
ALLOCATE THIS MUCH TO THE USE
CONSORTIUM AND THIS MUST TO
CREATIVE JUSTICE, AND THIS MUCH
TO THE RANIER BEACH COALITION.
IT ISN'T ACCURATE.
IT IS NOT MY OPINION, IT IS A
FACT.
IT IS NOT ACCURATE TO PRESENT
THIS AS SOMETHING CONTRADICTORY
TO WHAT WAS IN THE PAST,
BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME
ORGANIZATIN MAKING BOTH
PROPOSALS.
FOR THE COUNCIL, THE QUESTION
IS DO YOU SUPPORT AND BELIEVE
THESE PROGRAMS CAN USE A LITTLE
MORE FUNDING OR NOT?
THAT IS THE QUESTION.
WE SHOULD NOT USE THESE
ORGANIZATIONS AS IF THIS
PROPOSAL IS SOMEHOW OPPOSED TO
WHAT THEY WISH.
THIS IS THEIR PROPOSAL.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT FOR THE
RECORD.
I AM ALSO QUITE STUNNED,
HABITUALLY THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST TIME HOW MUCH SCRUTINY
COUNCILMEMBER:2 SMALL, TINY,
TINY, TINY AMOUNT OF MONEY TO
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVEN
100% TO WORK AND IS A DIVERSION
AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL TO PRISON
TO DEPORTATION PIPELINE, WHICH
IS A DEEP CRISIS FACING OUR
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
LET'S PUT THIS INTO
PERSPECTIVE.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS BY FAR
THE LARGEST FUNDED DEPARTMENT
IN THE CITY.
THIS IS A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS
HAD LONGTIME PROBLEMS.
IT STILL FACES A MAJOR
ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE.
IT IS FUNDED AND WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT $522,000.
IT IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
AND, I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE
THAT THIS IS IN ANY WAY PITTING
ONE THING AGAINST THE OTHER.
IT IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
I ALSO FIND IT DISTURBING THAT
LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
ARE BEING USED AS A VOICE TO
FUND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS SPEAKING
FOR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
ARE MAINLY FACING POLICE
BRUTALITY.
IT IS SIMPLY, AND I FIND IT
QUITE JARRING THAT THIS IS
BEING PRESENTED AS IF IT IS
RESTED OF JUSTICE FUND THAT
WILL BE DAMAGING, BECAUSE WE
NEED TO RECRUIT AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENTS.
AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST YES,
THERE MAY BE FROM YOUR POINT OF
VIEW OF STAFFING CRISIS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A
STAFFING CRISIS IN THE SENSE IT
IS ALREADY OVERFUNDED.
IS A BIG POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT IF THERE IS A STAFFING
CRISIS, AND IF THE POLICE
OFFICERS ARE FACING
DEMORALIZATION, THAT IS BECAUSE
THEY HAVE LOST THE TRUST OF THE
COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS ENTIRELY THE FAULT
OF THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS IN
THE WAY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WORKS.
IF THEY WANT TO RE-OWN THEIR
TRUST THEN ACCOUNTABILITY NEEDS
TO BE RESTORED AND THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT ALSO
BEARS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THAT.
IT IS NOT JUST THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
IT IS ALSO CITY HALL THAT HAS
TO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THAT.
I DON'T THINK SPENDING MONEY ON
ADVERTISING TO ATTRACT POLICE
OFFICERS TO THE DEPARTMENT WILL
WORK.
ACCOUNTABILITY NEEDS TO BE
FIXED, THEN THE PROBLEMS WILL
BE SOLVED.>> FOR THE
COMMENTS?>> I HAVE A QUICK
QUESTION.
I AM NOT SURE IF COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT CAN ANSWER THIS OR IF
GREG NEEDS TO COME UP TO THE
TABLE.
BUT, IT IS UNCLEAR TO ME FROM
THIS FORM WHERE THE $522,000 IS
COMING FROM, BECAUSE THERE WAS
A $1.6 MILLION INCLUSION IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO, GREG COULD YOU GIVE US A
SENSE OF WHERE THE CUTS WOULD
COME?
WHAT ARE WE CUTTING OUT OF THE
1.6 MILLION?
I KNOW, GREG YOU AND I HAVE HAD
SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME
OF THE PROPOSED FUNDING BEING
SQUISHY IN TERMS OF WHAT IT IS
WE ARE ACTUALLY PURCHASING.
I JUST WANT TO GET A SENSE OF
WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
CAN YOU GIVE US A BETTER SENSE
OF WHERE THE 522 IS COMING
FROM?
>> TH POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE
2020 PROPOSED BUDGET FROM THE
MAYOR WOULD RECEIVE $1.6
BILLION FOR RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION INITIATIVES.
IT HITS BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
AND THE CHAIRS BUDGET TOOK OUT
OF THAT 1.6 MILLION, 385,000 BY
DOING TWO THINGS.
BY STRETCHING THE SERGEANT
TRAINING FROM ONE YEAR TO TWO
YEARS, AND ALSO CUTTING IN HALF
THE TRAINING COORDINATOR
POSITION.
AND ALSO REQUIRING THAT THE
TESTING FEES FOR SEATTLE POLICE
RECRUITS NOT BE FULLY
REIMBURSED BY THE DEPARTMENT,
BUT RATHER BE MEANS TESTED TO
MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS THAT COULD
NOT AFFORD THE FEES WOULD NOT
HAVE TO PAY THEM, BUT FOLKS
THAT COULD WOULD.
SO, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE $1.6
MILLION WAS REDUCED BY THE
CHAIRS BUDGET BY 385,000.
IF THIS CUT WAS ACCEPTED, IT
WOULD FURTHER REDUCE THE
REMAINING MONEY AND THE MAYOR
WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, AND
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HOW THEY
WANTED TO ALLOCATE THAT CUT
ACROSS THE 12 SOME INITIATIVES
THAT ARE PART OF THIS PACKAGE.
>> I GUESS, THAT IS HELPFUL.
MY QUESTION IS, ON THE
REMAINING CUTS THERE WERE A LOT
OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AND
PROPOSALS THAT CAME OUT OF THE
WORK GROUP THAT WAS LOOKING AT
THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
ISSUES.
MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT WE WERE
STRUGGLING MORE ON THE
RETNTION SIDE THAN THE
RECRUITMENT SIDE.
I STILL AM NOT HAVING A CLEAR
SENSE OF WHAT THE $522,000 AS
PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER 12
WOODCUT.
>> I THINK THE LARGEST, THERE
ARE 12 INITIATIVES AND I HAVE A
HANDOUT THAT SHOWS HOW EACH IS
FUNDED, BUT THE LARGEST ONE BY
FAR WAS 787,000, I BELIEVE THAT
WAS THE SERGEANT TRAINING.
SO, THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY
MADE A CUT TO THAT AND SPREAD
IT OUT OVER TWO YEARS.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE
$522,000 LEVEL WOULD DEFINITELY
IMPACT THE SERGEANT TRAINING.
HOW IT WOULD BE SPREAD AMONGST
THE OTHER INITIATIVES, I CAN'T
TELL YOU FOR SURE.
>> OKAY.
I WOULD APPRECIATE AS A FOLLOW-
UP, IF WE CAN GET SOME
ADDITIONAL GRANULAR DETAIL
AROUND THAT, SO WE CAN MAKE A
BETTER INFORMED DECISION.THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL.
OR, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MAY HAVE
AT NOW.>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, I
WOULD ADD THE WAY THE PROPOSAL
WAS REPAIRED, THE SPONSOR
DIDN'T SPECIFY EXACTLY WHICH
PROGRAM WOULD BE REDUCED.
SO, IF THIS MOVED FORWARD, WE
COULD ADD SPECIFICITY IF THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED TO SAY
THEY WANED SIX FULLY FUNDED IN
THE CUTS TO COME FROM ELSEWHERE.
>> IT IS PROPOSED AS A HAIR CUT
OFF THE TOP.
>> IT IS, EXACTLY.
AND IF THERE IS INTEREST, I AM
HAPPY FOR MY OFFICE TO LOOK
DEEPER INTO IT.
BUT I ALSO DON'T FEEL HESITANT
IN ANY WAY TO PROPOSE FUNDING
THESE PROGRAMS INSTEAD OF THAT
MONEY GOING TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT
SPECIFIC ASPECTS FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> I COULD WALK YOU THROUGH
THIS HANDOUT.
>> I AM NOT SURE THE CHAIR
WANTS YOU TO GO THROUGH THE
HANDOUT IN SPECIFICITY.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE
INFORMATION AND WILL LOOK AT
IT.
>> IF IT IS OKAY WITH YOU, I
WOULD LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME
WITH YOU.
I WILL GO BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT AND OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND WE WILL HAVE A
PROPOSAL ON THIS.
SO, THOSE WITH DESIRE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS COSPONSORS TO ITEM
NUMBER 5 RAISE YOUR HAND,
PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT.
>> I HAVE JUST A QUESTION.
IF THERE IS A LINE ON 2019 FOR
THESE 12 STRATEGIES, THAT JUST
MEAN THERE WAS NO MONEY IN THE
BUDGET, SO THE PROPOSED IS ALL
NEW MONEY FOR NEW IDEAS OR
EFFORTS?>> SOME OF THE
INITIATIVES STARTED EARLY,
COUNCILMEMBER.
SO, THIS WAS MONEY THEY PUT IN
THE BUDGET FOR AN EARLY START
ON SOME OF THEM.
THAT IS IN THE Q3 SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET.>> I AM NOT
UNDERSTANDING THE ANSWER.
THERE IS JUST A DASH WITH NO
MONEY FOR 2090S.>> I'M SORRY,
THEY DIDN'T NEED MONEY.
>> THEY DIDN'T NEED IT?
>> FOR THOSE PARTICULAR
INITIATIVES IN 2019.
>> SO, THEY ARE LIKELY ONGOING.
HOW COULD THEY DO THESE THINGS
WITHOUT MONEY AND THEY NEED
MONEY FOR 2019?>> IN THE 2020
PROPOSED COLUMN, YOU WILL SEE
THAT MANY OF THEM IS WHERE THE
MONEY FIRST APPEARS.
THAT IS WHEN THEY PLAN ON
STARTING IT.>> MOST OF THESE
ARE NEW ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE
NOT BEEN FUNDED?
>> THEY ALL ARE.
>> THEY ARE NEW STRATEGIES.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT ITEM WHICH WOULD BE
ITEM NUMBER 6.>> ITEM NUMBER 6
ON THE AGENDA IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNIN
ALSO KNOWN AS DEEL COORDINATE
WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE
OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP AND
INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A
PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING A
MUNICIPAL MATCHING PROGRAM IN
SEATTLE THAT COMPLEMENTS THE
CITIES SEATTLE PROMISE
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
W SOS PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO
LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME STUDENTS
PURSUING DEGREES CERTIFICATES
IN HIGH DEMAND TRADE,
HEALTHCARE, OR STEM FIELDS.
THIS REQUEST THEY SUMMARIZE THE
WORK AND IT IS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER JEKYLL.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> YOU SUMMED IT UP PRETTY
GOOD.
WE HAD UNANIMOUS SUPPORT.
I THINK IT IS A REALLY GOOD
IDEA FOR THE CITY TO LEVERAGE
ITS RESOURCES IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE STATE TO PROVIDE MORE
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR
KIDS.
WSOS IS A PROGRAM THAT WORKS
AND FOCUSES ON LOW INCOME
YOUTH.
I'M HOPING TO PROVIDE MORE
OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, THOSE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME AS A
COSPONSOR TO THIS ITEM NUMBER
6, RAISE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU.
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER 7. IS THIS
YOURS BRIAN?
>> YES.
ITEM NUMBER 7 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUEST THAT DEEL PROVIDE
REPORT TO COUNSEL BY MAY 1
DESCRIBING HIS DEMOCRATIC DATA
COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
AS PART OF THE CITY'S RECENT
LEVIES TO PROMOTE EQUITY IN THE
CITY'S EDUCATION INVESTMENTS.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE REPORT ON
HOW THE DATA IS COLLECTED AND
WHO THEY PARTNER WITH FOR DATA
COLLECTION, SHARING DATA
SOURCES AND OPPORTUNITY GAPS
CURRENTLY IN THE CITY'S
EDUCATION INVESTMENTS.>>
COUNCILMEMBER CHECK WHAT YOU
WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> I APPRECIATE THE GOOD
SUMMARY.
I JUST WANTED TO GET ADDITIONAL
DATA AND ELEVATE THE
CONVERSATION FOR THE COUNCIL SO
WE CAN PROVIDE ACCESS TO CITY
KIDS OF COLOR.
>> IF YOU WANT TO ADD YOUR HAND
AS A COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND.>> NUMBER 8'S REQUEST
THAT DON REPORT ON A STRATEGY
TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY LED
PLACE BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION
INITIATIVE IN WESTWOOD AND
SOUTHDALE RIDGE.
>> THIS IS A REQUEST I MADE
EARLIER IN THE BUDGET PROCESS
THAT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD.
THIS REPLACES THE REQUEST FOR
$250,000 WITH A REPORT TO APPLY
THE RAIN YOUR BEACH, BEAUTIFUL
SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH MODEL IN
WESTWOOD AND SOUTH TAO BRIDGE.
WE UNDERSTAND THROUGH PURSUING
THIS BUDGET REQUEST THAT THE
SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY
SUBCABINET OF THE MAYORS OFFICE
IS CONSIDERING THIS MODEL FOR
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, THEY ARE ALREADY
CONSIDERING EXPANDING THE
MODEL, I JUST WANT TO GET THIS
PARTICULAR LOCATION ON THEIR
LIST.>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
[ THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
]. VERY GOOD.
ITEM 9?
>> JUST SEEMS, ITEM NUMBER 9 IS
A PACKAGE WITH A PROPOSAL THAT
WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED BUT NOT
INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL
BUDGETING PACKAGE.
THE DIFFERENCES ARE REALLY
NUANCES AROUND HOW FUNDING
OCCURS HERE IN THE NUMBER OF
VILLAGES.
SO, THIS NEW PROPOSAL WOULD
DISCONTINUE THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
AND ALL OF THE FUNDING
ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AN ALSO $200,000 PROVIDED IN
THE MAYORS PROPOSED BUDGET TO
SHUTDOWN AND RELOCATE THE
NORTHLAKE TINY HOME VILLAGE.
THOSE TWO FUNDING STREAMS, THE
NAP TEAM AND THE MONEY TO
RELOCATE NORTHLAKE WOULD BE
USED INSTEAD TO OPEN AS MANY AS
14 NEW TINY HOME VILLAGES,
WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
THAN THE PREVIOUS ITERATION,
WHICH WOULD'VE USED ABOUT $10
MILLION IN UNSPECIFIED FUNDING
AND WOULD'VE USED FUNDING
ALREADY UTILIZED IN THE INITIAL
BALANCING PACKAGE FOR A
DIFFERENT TIME HOME VILLAGE.
>> SO, YOU ARE SAYING THIS IS
REVENUE NEUTRAL, WHERE IS IT
COMING FROM?
>> BY DISCONTINUING THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AND BY TAKING
$200,000 IN ONE-TIME FUNDING
THAT IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED TO
SHUTDOWN AND RELOCATE NORTHLAKE
TINY HOME VILLAGE.
>> GOT IT.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBERS SAWANT
PROPOSAL.
>> JUST TO REITERATE A POINT I
MADE IN OUR LAST DISCUSSION
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES BEFORE THE CHAIR
BROUGHT FORWARD THE BALANCED
PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO THE
BUDGET.
IF THE MAYORS OFFICE WERE TO
CARRY OUT A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF
THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND THE WAY
IT WORKS, RATHER THAN SWEEPING
PEOPLE.
IF IT WERE TO DO THE TASK OF
ACTUALLY TAKING HOMELESS, AND
SHELTERED HOMELESS NEIGHBORS
AND OFFERING THEM REAL OPTIONS
THAT WOULD WORK FOR THEM, THAT
WOULD TAKE THEM FROM BEING UN-
SHELTERED AND LIVING IN
DANGEROUS LOCATIONS, EXPOSED TO
CRIME AND SO ON INTO OPTIONS
LIKE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, I
WOULD STRONGLY SUPPORT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, THAT IS NOT THE REALITY OF
THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
THAT IS ONLY ON PAPER.
IN REALITY, THE NAVIGATION TEAM
IS A SWEEP STING.
OUR MOVEMENT HAS BEEN PUSHING
FOR YEARS TO STOP THE SWEEPS,
BECAUSE THEY ARE INHUMANE.
I WOULD ALSO SAY, TO SHARE
SOMETHING WE SAID IN THE PRESS
CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS
MORNING.
I THINK THE ELECTION RESULTS
ARE ALSO A REJECTION OF THE
SWEEPS, BECAUSE I SAID BEFORE,
THE SWEEPS CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN
SWEPT AND I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT COUNSEL TAKE A
SERIOUS LOOK AT THIS.
IF WE AGREED THAT THE
NAVIGATION TEAM IS NOT ACTUALLY
DOING WHAT WE WANT IT TO DO,
THEN WE NEED MONEY TO BE
ALLOCATED TO SOLUTIONS THAT DO
WORK.
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES BEING ONE
OF THEM.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE
HAVE ALREADY IN THE BALANCING
PACKAGE PUT FORWARD BY THE
CHAIR $1.8 MILLION TO EXPAND
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, WHICH I AM
HAPPY ABOUT AND WANTED TO THANK
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE
WORKED WITH US ON IT.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT, WE KNOW THAT ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE LEHI, SHARED WILL,
NICKELSVILLE, AND FAITH-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TOLD US THAT
THEY COULD OPERATE MANY MORE
VILLAGES OF THE CITY PROVIDED
THE FUNDING AND GRANTED THE
PERMIT, SO WE HAVE THE
LEGISLATION TO EXPAND THE
PERMITTING ABILITY, AND ALSO
THE LAND-USE CODE FLEXIBILITY
FOR THAT.
THIS BUDGET ACTION COULD FUND
AN ADDITIONAL 14 VILLAGES PAID
FOR BY STOPPING THE SWEEPS AND
BY NOT MOVING THE GEORGETOWN
AND NORTHLAKE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
ALSO IN THAT CONTEXT, I WANT TO
SAY I COMPLETELY OPPOSE THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL DISMANTLE THE
NORTHLAKE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IN
THE DEAD OF WINTER.
THIS IS JUST INHUMANE.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD GO
FORWARD.
AGAIN, WE HAVE MADE AND HAVE
HEARD BEFORE, ABOUT TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ALSO
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW, BUT I
THINK WE CAN DO EVEN BETTER AND
MAKE SURE WE DON'T DISMANTLE
EXISTING VILLAGES.
>> FOR THE COMMENTS?
[MEETING ADJOURNED]
-- [ THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
ADD YOUR NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
] . OKAY, AND ITEM NUMBER 10.
>> ITEM NUMBER 10 IS ALREADY IN
THE INITIAL BALANCING PACKAGE,
PROVIDING THE SAME AMOUNT OF
FUNDING.
THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS A NUANCED
ADDITION.
IT WOULD ADD A PROVISO
SPECIFYING THAT THE FUNDS
SHOULD BE USED TO CONTRACT FOR
ADDITIONAL OUTREACH SERVICES,
WHEREAS THE PROPOSAL CURRENTLY
IN THE BUDGET PACKAGE WOULD
ALLOW EITHER HST TWO DIRECTLY
HIGHER THE STAFF, OR TO
CONTRACT FOR ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH SERVICES.
THIS PROPOSAL IS PUT FORWARD BY
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES.>> YOU
WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> PROBABLY NOT.>> IT IS ITEM
NUMBER 10.
>> YES, I WILL ADD SOMETHING ON
THIS ONE.
THIS WOULD BE A PROVISO ON A
FUNDING REQUEST THAT WAS
ADVANCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
BORIS.
THIS IS REALLY JUST A
REFLECTION OF SOME ONGOING
CONCERNS THAT I THINK BOTH I
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
EXPRESSED DURING THESE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS AROUND HOMELESS
OUTREACH, AS IT IS CONNECTED OR
PURPORTED TO BE CONNECTED WITH
THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
I CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THE NAVIGATION TEAM
STRUCTURE, AND DON'T BELIEVE WE
SHOULD BE LOOKING AT EXPANDING
NAVIGATION TEAM AT THIS POINT.
I RECOGNIZE THAT CHAIR BAGSHAW,
YOU REVISE THE FORM B TO
REALLY FOCUS ON HOMELESS
OUTREACH SERVICES.
I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THERE ARE
APPROPRIATE MODELS FOR THAT
HOMELESS OUTREACH WORK, AND
FOURTHLY THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE
IN THE FORM B THAT TALKS ABOUT
HOW THESE RESOURCES WOULD BE
ALLOCATED TO OUTREACH WORKERS
THAT ARE EITHER WITHIN, AND
CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT HSD, OR
TO A THIRD-PARTY SERVICE
PROVIDER.
AND, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
ONLY OUTREACH WORKERS EMPLOYED
AT HSD ARE IN FACT, PART AND
PARCEL OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
SO, I THINK THERE IS AMBIGUITY
THAT WOULD LEAD US TO THE
ULTIMATE RESULTS OF CONTINUED
EXPANSION OF THE NAVIGATION
TEAM IN A PERIOD WHERE I THINK
THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL HAS
SIGNALED THEY ARE NOT
INTERESTED IN FURTHER EXPANSION
OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM AT THIS
POINT.
SO, I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
HAVING ADDITIONAL HOMELESS
OUTREACH SERVICES.
I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
COUNCILMEMBER WHEREAS HIS
INTENT THAT THEY FOCUS ON
NORTHERN SEATTLE.
SHE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF
MAKING THE CASE OF HOW NORTH
SEATTLE CONTINUES TO BE A
SERVICE DESERT, NOT JUST IN HER
DISTRICT BUT IN ALL OF NORTH
SEATTLE, AND I VERY MUCH
SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL $210,000
OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THOSE
HOMELESS OUTREACH SERVICES, I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
USING MODELS THAT ARE TRULY
ABOUT OUTREACH WORK.
AND, WE HAVE SEEN SOME
SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR MODELS
USED IN BALLARD, FIRST HILL,
CAPITOL HILL, AND THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT WHERE
NONPROFIT BASED OUTREACH
WORKERS ARE BETTER ABLE TO
CONNECT INDIVIDUALS TO SERVICES
AND SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS AND
NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE PUBLIC
SAFETY CONCERNS.
I THINK THAT IS A REALLY
APPROPRIATE AND SUCCESSFUL
MODEL.
SO, THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT I
DID LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE
LOOKING AT A $250,000
INVESTMENT FOR HOMELESS
OUTREACH SERVICES, SPECIFICALLY
FOR FIRST HILL, CAPITOL HILL,
AND CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICTS.
WE WORKED WITH EACH TO STAND UP
RP PROCESS AND ULTIMATELY
THOSE DOLLARS WENT TO REACH.
THERE WAS A REALLY GREAT
ARTICLE IN THE CAPITOL HILL
BLOG RECENTLY ABOUT THE
EFFICACY OF THAT WORK, NOW THAT
TE FUNDS HAVE BEEN
DISTRIBUTED.
I BELIEVE THAT THE SERVICE
PROVIDER THAT ULTIMATELY
RECEIVED THE CONTRACT IN A
COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS WAS
REACHED, AND THAT THEY ARE
DOING REALLY FANTASTIC WORK AS
A RESULT OF THOSE $250,000 THAT
WE INVESTED LAST YEAR.
SO, THIS WOULD COPY AND PASTE
FROM THE MODEL THAT WAS USED
LAST YEAR.
IT WAS A FAST RFP PROCESS.
IT WASN'T OVERLY BURDENSOME OR
TOO LONG AND ULTIMATELY, THE
DOLLARS WERE INFUSED INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE SURE
THOSE SERVICES WERE FUNDED, AND
THAT PEOPLE WERE BEING
MEANINGFULLY CONNECTED TO THE
SERVICES THAT THEY NEEDED,
WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING THE
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS
ASSOCIATED WITH UNSANCTIONED
ACTIONS.>> COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, DO YOU WANT TO ADD?
>> I DO.
THANK YOU FOR ADDING THIS INTO
THE BALANCING PACKAGE.
A LITTLE HISTORY HERE.
WE ORIGINALLY STARTED ASKING
FOR MUCH MORE.
WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTED, AND
WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO
THE CHAIRS CONCERN IN OUR FIRST
PACKET, WE WERE ASKING FOR
$254,000.
BY WORKING WITH THE CHAIR WE
REDUCED THAT AMOUNT TO 210 AND
SPENT TIME, INCLUDING A WEEKEND
, THANK YOU CHAIR TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THERE ARE WELL OVER
300,000 PEOPLE WHO JUST LIVE IN
THESE THREE DISTRICTS NORTH OF
THE SHIP CANAL, AND THAT IS NOT
COUNTING THE PEOPLE THAT WORK
THERE, GO TO SCHOOL THERE, AND
PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES.
I WANT TO GO BACK ON SOME
LANGUAGE HERE THAT WE HAVE
HEARD, WHICH IS A CONTINUAL
PERENNIAL ISSUE FOR THOSE OF US
REPRESENTING THE GOOD CITY OF
SEATTLE, BUT AS WELL AS
HONORING THE NEEDS OF OUR
DISTRICT.
TO CLARIFY, THE LANGUAGE
INCLUDED IN THE CHAIRS PROPOSAL
PRESENTED LAST WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 6 INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING LANGUAGE, THE
POSITIONS WILL BE EITHER HSD
EMPLOYEES, OR EMPLOYEES WITH
THE CONTRACTED AGENCY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE NORTH END, AND
PARTICULARLY WHICH I CAN SPEAK
TO HER DISTRICT 5, WE HAVE A
PHENOMENAL, VERY GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SOCIAL
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
CONTRACTED AGENCIES.
THE CHAIRS PROPOSAL PROVIDE AN
OPTION TO THE AGENCY TO ASSESS
WHETHER THE POSITIONS BE IN-
HOUSE OR CONTRACTED PEER
OBVIOUSLY, I WOULD AIR MORE ON
THE SIDE OF USING SOCIAL
SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
ON THE GROUND AND WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH FOR THE PAST FOUR
YEARS.
THIS BUDGET REMOVES THAT OPTION
AND MAKES THE OUTREACH WORKER
THE SAME AS THE MENTAL HEALTH
OUTREACH WORKERS IN BALLARD.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT IN THE U
DISTRICT AND IN BALLARD THE
WORKERS ARE SUPPORTED AND
PARTIALLY FUNDED BY A LOCAL
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION.
THIS POSITION DOES NOT HAVE THE
BACKING.
WHAT I MOST LIKE THAT WE HAVE
COME TO AGREEMENT ON, IS THAT
WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH
HSD AND COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE LEARNED FROM OUR
SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT THEY
DON'T JUST PROVIDE SERVICES OR
ARE RESTRICTED TO JUST ONE
PARTICULAR DISTRICT, BUT ARE
ACTUALLY WORKING CITYWIDE
BECAUSE WE HAVE IT, BELIEVE IT
OR NOT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE
FAMILY AND FRIENDS, NOT JUST IN
OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, BUT IN THE COUNTY AS
WELL.
I REMAIN CONCERNED THAT
OUTREACH BE DONE BY TRAINED
PROFESSIONAL WORKERS THAT ARE
TRAINED TO ADDRESS PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY NEEDS WITH
THE BACKING OF THE NAB TEAM AND
EVERY OTHER GROUP LISTED.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES FOR THE SHEET SHE
ADDED MORE LANGUAGE ABOUT WHO
THOSE PROVIDERS ARE.
I WILL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.
MY ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS TO
ENSURE THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN
OUTREACH TO ENCAMPMENT REACH
THE NORTH END.
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN
THAT THE NORTH END NEEDS MORE
TARGETED SUPPORT APPROPRIATE TO
THE SPECIFIC ISSUES FACING THE
NORTH END, PARTICULARLY PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUES AND SAFETY
ISSUES.
AGAIN, THE SERVICES ARE NOT
LIMITED NOR RESTRICTED TO ANY
PARTICULAR DISTRICT, BUT THESE
FOLKS WOULD WORK WITH THE
CITYWIDE SO WE COULD GET OUR
PEOPLE SHELTERED, GET THE
SERVICES THEY NEED, AND HELP
THEM FIND THEIR WAY HOME.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE LANGUAGE
IS THE KEYWORD COLLABORATION.
WE HAVE WITNESSED AND WORKED
WITH THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND
LEAD HIM AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE
SUPPORTED THE BUDGET INCREASE
FOR LEAD TO THE TUNE OF $3.5
MILLION.
WE WORK WITH LOCAL BUSINESS,
THE COMMUNITY POLICE TEAM, THE
BEAT PATROLS, FAITH-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESS
COALITIONS AND LOCAL BUSINESS
CHAMBERS, THE D5 COMMUNITY
NETWORK AND THE NORTH PRECINCT
AND CAPTAIN SONO.
WE WILL CONTINUE THIS
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT
STARTS FROM A PLACE OF HUMANITY
AND EMPATHY.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES FOR HIGHLIGHTING THESE
CONCERNS AND THANK THE CHAIR
FOR WORKING WITH OUR STAFFING
COMMUNITY AND THIS GROUP TO
ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
I ASKED TO SUPPORT THE LANGUAGE
INCLUDED IN THE CHAIRS ARE
POSTAL AND REJECT THE
SIGNIFICANT LIMITATION.
THANK YOU.
>> FURTHER COMMENTS?
>> I WANT TO CLARIFY THE ONLY
LIMITATION I HAVE INCLUDED IS
TO STRIKE THE EITHER HSD
EMPLOYEE LANGUAGE.
SO, IT DOESN'T RESTRICT AT ALL
ANY OTHER ABILITY FOR THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO FUND
EXPANDED OUTREACH TO HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN
UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENT IN
NORTH SEATTLE.
THE REASON I SUGGESTED STRIKING
THOSE THREE WORDS FROM CHAIR
BAGSHAW'S ORIGINAL INCLUSION
IN THE BALANCED PACKAGE IS
BECAUSE THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS
WITHIN HSD DOING OUTREACH WORK
ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
SO, I HAVE CONTINUED TO EXPRESS
OBJECTIONS ABOUT FURTHER
EXPANSION OF THE NAVIGATION
TEAM GIVEN PRIOR CONVERSATIONS
UP HERE ON THE DAIS DURING
THESE DELIBERATIVE PROCESSES
AND DURING COUNCILMEMBER
HERBALS COMMITTEE HEARINGS OVER
THE LAST YEAR, AND MAYBE TWO
YEARS.
I THINK THOSE ARE UNRESOLVED.
SO, FOR ME IT SEEMS LIKE A CUTE
WAY TO GET AROUND THE OBJECTION
OF EXPANDING THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
AND, I WOULD RATHER NOT DO
THAT.
I WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON GETTING
THE DOLLARS INTO THE COMMUNITY
TO PEOPLE ACTUALLY DOING
OUTREACH WORK TO THESE
INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN NORTH
SEATTLE.
I AM COMPLETELY ON BOARD WITH
THAT.
AGAIN, MY ONLY OBJECTION TO THE
CHAIRS ORIGINAL PROPOSAL IS THE
LANGUAGE, EITHER HSD EMPLOYEES,
BECAUSE THAT IS JUST CODE FOR
MORE PEOPLE WORKING ON THE NAB
TEAM.
AGAIN, THE $210,000 IS INTACT.
I HAVEN'T PROPOSED TO MODIFY
THAT INVESTMENT.
IT IS INCLUDED IN THE BALANCED
PACKAGE.
I BELIEVE THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH
SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO DO WORK
ACROSS THE CITY, REGARDLESS
WHETHER THAT BE A SYSTEM THAT
EXISTS OR NOT TO BE ABLE TO
ACTUALLY REACH THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO NEED THESE SERVICES, AND
WHO NEED THE OUTREACH TO BE
DONE AND TO MEANINGFULLY
CONNECT THEM WITH INDIVIDUALS.
I BELIEVE REACH AND OTHER OR
THE ORGANIZATION SIMILAR HAVE
REALLY STRONG CONNECTIONS AND
RLATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED TO
DOING THEIR WORK IN THE
CITYWIDE FASHION.
AGAIN, I REALLY AM SUPPORTIVE
OF THE INFUSION OF AN
ADDITIONAL $210,000 INTO NORTH
SEATTLE TO ADDRESS THESE
CONCERNS.
BUT, BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE
RELYING ON OUR NONPROFIT
SERVICE PROVIDERS TO DO THAT
WORK AS OPPOSED TO ADDING
ADDITIONAL BODIES TO THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK
THE STRENGTH OF THIS PROPOSAL
IS THAT OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE
CITY ARE NOW BEING DEPLOYED TO
FOCUS ON A GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
THAT IS A MUCH STRONGER MODEL
AND WE ARE HEARING GREAT THINGS
FROM RESIDENTS AND SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES.
THAT MODEL OF WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE
PRIORITIES ARE FOR OUTREACH
ALLOWS OUR CONTRACTED OUTREACH
WORKERS TO BE MUCH MORE
RESPONSIVE.
THE NAB TEAM ON THE OTHER HAND
IS NOT GEOGRAPHICALLY FOCUSED.
WHEREAS, THE CITY TAKES
COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOCATIONS THAT
INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY WANTS
THE NAVIGATION TEAM TO PAY
ATTENTION TO, AND THE WAY THE
CITY DECIDES WHERE TO DEPLOY
NAV TEAM RESOURCES IS BASED ON
A CITYWIDE REVIEW OF THE
COMPLAINTS . AND, THE PURPORTED
OBJECTIVE, EVALUATION OF THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY IMPACTS OF
THOSE OUTDOOR ENCAMPMENTS.
SO, THE IDEA IS THAT THE CITY
INTENDS TO USE THIS OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT, NOT FOR THE
COMPLAINTS ARE COMING FROM.
SO, I THINK THIS PROPOSAL TO
INCREASE FUNDING FOR OUTREACH
REALLY ALIGNS WITH WHAT WE ARE
ALREADY SAYING IS WORKING
REALLY WELL SINCE WE HAVE
CHANGED THE WAY WE ARE
DEPLOYING OUR REACH RESOURCES.
>> CHAIR?
>> YES, GO AHEAD AND THEN I
WILL CALL ON YOU COUNCILMEMBER
CHUCKLE.>>>> I WANT TO
RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH MY
COLLEAGUES.
THIS ISN'T A CUTE WAY TO GET
AROUND ANYTHING, QUITE FRANKLY.
THOSE OF US THAT OBVIOUSLY
REPRESENT ALL OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BUT HONOR THE NEEDS OF
OUR DISTRICT AND WHO HAVE BEEN
OUT THERE FOR THE LAST FOUR
YEARS AND RECOGNIZE THIS ISN'T
A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION OR
ARGUMENT ABOUT WHETHER AND NAV
TEAM IS GOOD, BAD, OR UGLY.
THOSE OF US PHYSICALLY ON THE
GROUND, AND I CAN COUNT AT
LEAST 12 INCIDENTS WHERE I HAVE
NOT JUST WORK WITH THE NAV
TEAM AND MENTAL HEALTH TEAM,
BUT GETTING PEOPLE IN HOUSE AND
SHELTERED.
THIS IS OUR RESPONSE TO
DISTRICT 5 IN THE NORTH END.
THAT WE LOOK AT HOW WE NOT ONLY
DEPLOY, BUT HOW WE ENRICH AND
HOW WE CONTINUE TO WORK
TOGETHER.
AND, THAT WE DON'T HAVE A
PHILOSOPHICAL POSITION.
AND, I DON'T.
I PHILOSOPHICALLY DON'T COME
WHETHER WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
NAV TEAM AND THE SUCCESS WE
HAVE SEEN, AND I WILL CONTINUE
TO PUSH FORWARD THAT
PROPOSITION.
I DON'T WANT TO FIND OURSELVES
IN A PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENT
ABOUT NAV TEAM IS GOOD OR BAD,
OR DON'T EXPAND IT OR PLEASE
EXPAND IT.
WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY
REPRESENTING THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND HONORING THE NEEDS
OF MY DISTRICT, IS THAT WE HAVE
HAD SOME SUCCESS AND A LOT OF
COMPLAINTS HAVE COME TO SUCCESS
OF SHELTERING THE AND SHELTERED
AND GETTING SERVICES AND PEOPLE
TO THE McDERMOTT HOUSE.
OF GETTING PEOPLE INTO
TREATMENT AND PEOPLE DO NORTH
HELPLINE TO SIGN UP FOR HOUSING
AND EVICTION PREVENTION.
SO, WITH THAT I WOULD HOPE
AGAIN, AND I'VE SAID THIS
BEFORE AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN,
I WOULD HOPE THAT SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES WOULD GIVE SOME OF
US DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES A
LITTLE DIFFERENT THAT WE
ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, DO
YOU WANTTO ADD SOMETHING?>>
GIVEN THAT I AM IN THIS
POSITION FOR THE INTERIM, NORTH
SEATTLE IS GOING TO HAVE TWO
NEW DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES.
SO, THE WAY I PERCEIVE THE
LANGUAGE THE CHAIR INCLUDED WAS
TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO NORTH
SEATTLE IN THE NORTH SEATTLE
CHAMPIONS, BOTH IN DISTRICT
FOUR AND FIVE.
AND DISTRICT SIX.
WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE
FLEXIBILITY FOR THE TWO NEW
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES,
I KNOW IT WILL CONTINUE IN THE
NEXT YEAR, SO.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, FOR
EVERYBODY WATCHING, THE PROVISO
IMPOSED IN ITEM NUMBER 10 SAYS,
OF THE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE
2020 BUDGET FOR ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS SECTION, $210,000
IS APPROPRIATED SOLELY TO ENTER
INTO A NEW CONTRACT WITH A
NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDER TO
CONDUCT OUTREACH FOR
INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
WHAT IT IS SAYING IS THAT THE
MONEY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR
SOMETHING LIKE A REACH PROGRAM,
SO THAT IS A GOOD THING.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
AND ALSO IN RESPONSE TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WAS SAYING
ABOUT THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK
THAT A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AS IT IS RIGHT
NOW, NOT ON PAPER OR WHAT IT
ACTUALLY DOES IN THE COMMUNITY.
WHETHER THAT IS HELPFUL OR
HARMFUL TO THE COMMUNITY IS NOT
A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION.
THIS IS ACTUALLY PEOPLE'S
LIVES.
THIS IS A VERY REAL DISCUSSION
FOR OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
I DON'T THINK IT IS A SPECIFIC
THING.
I DON'T AGREE WITH HIS CLAIM
THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE
COUNCILMEMBER FOR A GIVEN
DISTRICT THAT YOUR POSITION ON
THE NAVIGATION TEAM IN THAT
DISTRICT IS VERY SPECIFIC TO
THAT DISTRICT.
AND MAYBE THE NAVIGATION TEAM
IS WORKING DIFFERENTLY IN THAT
DISTRICT.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS
ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYORS
STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT, SO THE
NAVIGATION TEAM DOES THE SAME
THING EVERYWHERE, WHICH IS
MOSTLY SWEEPING PEOPLE, AND A
VERY LITTLE BENEFICIAL ASPECT.
I THINK THE PROVISO IS A GOOD
THING.
>> OKAY, [ THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE
TO ADD YOUR NAME AS A CO-
SPONSOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
].
>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
THIS WOULD BE ADDING YOUR NAME
AS A COSPONSOR TO COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES'S PROPOSAL TO ADD THIS
PROVISO.>> I DIDN'T THINK YOU
WANTED TO DO THAT.
>> I GOT THAT WRONG.
>> JEFF RUINED MY DIABOLICAL
PLAN TO TRICK YOU INTO
VOTING.>> I TAKE THAT BACK.
THANK YOU.>> COULD YOU RAISE
YOUR HANDS AGAIN, SO WE CAN
CONFIRM?>> LET'S TRY THE VOTE
AGAIN.>> 33 [ THOSE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME AS A CO-
SPONSOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
]. THANK YOU.
THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.
>> ITEM NUMBER 11 IS INCLUDED
IN THE INITIAL BALANCING
PACKAGE, BUT THIS NEW CANCEL
BUDGET ACTION WOULD ADD SOME
PIECES TO A PROVISO THAT WOULD
ALREADY BE IMPOSED ON
NAVIGATION TEAM FUNDING.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT HSD ONLY
JUST RECEIVED THIS ITEM, SO
THERE ARE SOME PLACES THEY
MIGHT NEED FURTHER
CLARIFICATION ON.
OR, THERE MAY BE DESCRIPTIONS
THAT SOME OF THE DATA POINTS
NEED TO BE CHANGED OR THE
NUANCE OF THE LANGUAGE COULD
MATCH UP TO DATE IT THAT IS
READILY AVAILABLE.
IN ESSENCE, THERE ARE ITEMS
THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED EVERY
QUARTER.
THAT WOULD BE ABOUT THE
MEETINGS THAT OCCUR BETWEEN THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AND OTHER
OUTREACH PROVIDERS ON HOW TO
DEPLOY AND WORK WITH CLIENTS.
TO THE FIRST QUARTER REPORT,
THE ONE WE DID ON JANUARY 31,
THERE IS AN ADDITION OF
CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION OF
OBSTRUCTION AND HOW THAT WOULD
BE CLARIFIED IS DETAILED OUT.
THAT IS A DEFINITION CURRENTLY
IN OUR MULTIDEPARTMENTAL
ADMINISTRATIVE RULE AND WOULD
CLARIFY A PLACE TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS NO MISINTERPRETATION.
ALSO, TO THE FIRST QUARTER
REPORT IT WOULD BE ADDED THAT A
TABLE BE TRANSMITTED IN THE
FIRST QUARTER DESCRIBING WHEN
AN OBSTRUCTION, OR WHAT AN
OBSTRUCTION WAS THAT JUSTIFIED
NOT PROVIDING A NOTICE, EITHER
72 HOURS OF NOTICE FOR OUTREACH
OR POSTING, SO THE COUNCIL
WOULD THEN RECEIVE CLARITY ON
WHAT THE OBSTRUCTION WAS THAT
CONSTITUTED A NEED NOT TO HAVE
ADVANCED NOTICE FOR THE
COMMANDMENT THAT WAS REMOVED.
IN THE REPORT PROVIDED TO THE
COUNCIL BY APRIL 30, 2020 THERE
ARE TWO ITEMS THAT WOULD BE
ADDED AS WELL.
THE FIRST IS ACTUALLY ADDING
DETAILS TO THE STAFFING
ASSESSMENTS THAT WOULD BE
REQUESTED OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
THE SECOND WOULD BE REQUESTING
A CHANGE FOR AN OBSTRUCTION OR
HAZARD REMOVAL RATHER THAN THE
CHANGE CURRENTLY PROVIDED THAT
FOCUSES ON PROVIDING 72 HOURS
OF NOTICE TO AN ENCAMPMENT
BASED ON PROVIDING NOTIFICATION
OF WHEN THE REMOVAL RECUR, AND
ALSO OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.
AND LOOKING AT TIMES THE
OBSTRUCTION OR HAZARD OCCUR.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT
AS A DIFFERENT MODEL AND
NEEDING TO UNDERSTAND THE
CHANGE BEHIND THOSE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THESE ADDITIONS HELP
ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS
THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM FOLKS
AS THE NAVIGATION TEAM HAS
SHIFTED ITS FOCUS AWAY FROM
DOING 72 HOUR PRIOR NOTICE
ENCAMPMENT REMOVALS, THAT ONLY
HAVE PRIOR NOTICE BUT ALSO HAVE
ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALS, TO
ALTERNATIVES TO THEIR CURRENT
OUTDOOR LIVING SITUATION.
THE SHIFT TO WHAT ARE CALLED,
OR REFERRED TO AS OBSTRUCTION
REMOVALS.
THE REQUEST FOR THE CHANGE TO
THOSE OBSTRUCTION REMOVALS IS
THAT WE AS POLICYMAKERS, AS WE
VOTE ON BUDGETS THAT INCLUDE
FUNDING FOR THE NAVIGATION
TEAM, FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE PURPOSE OF THOSE
OBSTRUCTION REMOVALS ARE.
ARE THEY SIMPLY ABOUT REMOVING
PEOPLE, OR ARE WE AS
POLICYMAKERS TO HAVE
EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW THOSE
REMOVALS IMPACT PEOPLE?
AS IT STANDS NOW, IT IS NOT
CLEAR THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE
DOING THE OBSTRUCTION
ENCAMPMENT REMOVALS ARE IN A
WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT
CONTACTING THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
AND LINKING PEOPLE TO SERVICES.
IF THAT IS NOT HAPPENING, WE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER
OR NOT THE INTENT IS TO CONNECT
THOSE FOLKS.
IF IT IS NOT, I THINK THIS
COUNSEL NEEDS TO DECIDE WHETHER
OR NOT THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR
VALUES AS REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE CITY TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE
AS WE ALSO MAKE PLACES SAFER.
SO, THAT IS THE INTENT OF THE
ADDITIONS IN THIS NEW VERSION
OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I
AM ASKING THE EXECUTIVE TO
RESPOND TO THE COUNCIL ON HOW
IT IS EXACTLY, THEY ARE
DEFINING OBSTRUCTIONS,
SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO
OBSTRUCTIONS IN PARKS.
IT IS UNCLEAR BY READING THE
DEFINITION WHETHER OR NOT AN
ENCAMPMENT IN A PARK IS
AUTOMATICALLY AN OBSTRUCTION.
AND, IN BEING CALLED AN
OBSTRUCTION THE PEOPLE LIVING
AT THAT LOCATION DO NOT GET 72
HOURS NOTICE.
DO NOT GET ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
OR, WHETHER OR NOT FOR IT TO BE
CALLED AN OBSTRUCTION IN A PARK
ACTUALLY HAS TO BE INTERFERING
WITH PARK USE, LIKE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PLAYGROUND?
ON ONE HAND, I CAN UNDERSTAND
THE DECISION TO REMOVE AN
ENCAMPMENT WITHIN A PARK
WITHOUT PROPER NOTICE IF IT IS
ACTUALLY INTERFERING WITH THE
LEGITIMATE USE OF A PART OF THE
PROPERTY THAT IS PROGRAMMED FOR
USE.
BUT, IF IT IS NOT HAVING THAT
SORT OF AN INTERFERENCE WITH
THE USE OF THE PARK, THEN I
THINK THOSE ENCAMPMENTS SHOULD
BE SUBJECT TO THE 72 HOUR PRIOR
NOTICE, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE
NAV TEAM, WHICH IS NOT CLEAR
THAT IS HAPPENING ON AN ONGOING
BASIS.
THAT IS THE OTHER PART WE ARE
TRYING TO GET AT HERE.
ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO OUR CENTRAL
STAFF'S REQUEST, AS WELL AS THE
CITY AUDITORS REQUEST TO ATTEND
MEETINGS THAT THE EXECUTIVE
COORDINATES.
I HAVE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN
PROMOTING A RECOMMENDATION OF
THE CITY AUDITOR, THAT THE
CITY'S APPROACH TOWARDS
ADDRESSING OUTDOOR ENCAMPMENTS
REPLICATE A MODEL USED BY OTHER
CITIES.
IT COULD BE AN INCIDENT COMMAND
SYSTEM.
IT IS A WAY OF COORDINATING THE
ACTIONS OF MANY DEPARTMENTS ON
AND GOING BASIS.
WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO GET HSD
IN THE EXECUTIVE TO ALLOW OUR
CENTRAL STAFF AND THE CITY
AUDITOR TO SIT IN ON THE
MEETINGS THEY DO HAVE, SO WE
CAN COMPARE THE ELEMENTS OF AN
ICS SYSTEM TO WHAT IT IS THE
CITY IS DOING.
AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT
CONFORMS WITH THAT KIND OF A
RESPONSE.
THE EXECUTIVE HAS BEEN
RESISTANT TO HAVING CENTRAL
STAFF AND THE AUDITOR
PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS.
INSTEAD, WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR
IS INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT
OCCURS IN THOSE MEETINGS.
AGENDAS, DATES, AND MEETINGS
AND MEETINGS WITH MINUTES.
THAT WILL GIVE US SOMETHING WE
CAN ANALYZE ABOUT HOW THOSE
MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD AND
WHETHER OR NOT THOSE MEETINGS
INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF THE SORT OF
BEST PRACTICES, INCIDENT
COMMAND SYSTEM APPROACH.
AND LASTLY, I WANT TO NOTE THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS MAY RECALL THAT
IN PREVIOUS YEARS, I THINK THE
PREVIOUS TWO YEARS NOW, WE HAVE
BEEN GETTING A WEEKLY REPORT
FROM HSD ABOUT ENCAMPMENT
REMOVALS THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR
THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRING THAT
INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED AS
PART OF THESE QUARTERLY
REPORTS, WE DO NOT HAVE A
PROVISO FOR 2020, FOR THE
WEEKLY REPORTS.
ON ONE HAND, WE MIGHT BE ADDING
SOME THINGS TO THESE QUARTERLY
REPORTS, BUT WE ARE REDUCING
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RED
EAKLY REPORTS.
>> OKAY.
FOR THE COMMENTS?
THOSE -->> [ THOSE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME AS A CO-
SPONSOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
]. THANK YOU.
LOOKING AT THE CLOCK, WE ARE ON
ITEM NUMBER 12 AND WE HAVE 44.
SO, WE ARE GOING TO PLAN TO GO
AS LONG AS YOU WANT AND TAKE A
BREAK.
>> I HAD A QUESTION ON 11.
REGARDING THE SPONSOR ISSUE.
THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS WORK
TOGETHER COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW THIS IS VERY GRANULAR.
I THINK INTENTIONALLY SO.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW YOU CAME UP WITH ALL OF
THIS INFORMATION?
IS IT FROM YOUR OFFICE ARE
WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE EXECUTIVE?>> SURE.
THIS IS BASICALLY A REPLICATION
OF A PROVISO THIS COUNSEL, WITH
THE ADDITION OF ADDITIONAL
ITEMS THAT I MENTIONED TODAY,
AND A FEW ADDITIONAL ITEMS JEFF
MENTIONED LAST TIME WE MET.
IT IS BASICALLY REPLICATION OF
THE PROVISO THAT THIS COUNSEL
PAST IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
PROCESS.
AND THE STRUCTURE COMES FROM
THE CITY AUDITORS QUARTERLY
REPORTS THAT RELATE TO THE
THEORY OF CHANGE FOR THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
SO, THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT HAS DEVELOPED A
THEORY OF CHANGE.
AND, WE HAVE REQUIRED THAT THE
EXECUTIVE MAKE REPORTS ON HOW
THEY ARE FULFILLING THE
COMPONENTS OF THE THEORY OF
CHANGE.
IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO REQUIRING
OUTCOMES FOR ANY OTHER HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOMELESSNESS
QUESTION.
>> A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.
I HEAR YOU SAY IT CAME FROM THE
AUDITOR'S REPORT AND IS
SIMILARLY DESCRIBED IN THE
FORMER PROVISO.
BUT, THEN YOU ADDED MORE.
AND THE PART YOU ADDED FOR THE
CLARIFICATION WHERE THE PARTS
COULD BE USED IN ACTIVE
AREAS.>> CORRECT.>> IF I COULD
ADD TO THAT, AS WELL.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE ITEMS
THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED EVERY
QUARTER, THERE IS A RATHER LONG
LIST.
AS YOU KNOW, THEY ARE RATHER
GRANULAR.
EACH ITEM WAS EITHER PREVIOUSLY
INCLUDED IN THE PROVISO, OR
THEY ARE ITEMS THAT HSD HAS
RECENTLY BEGUN TO PROVIDE TO
US, MOST PARTICULARLY LOOKING
AT THE RATES IN WHICH
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE REFERRED
TO A SHELTER ARRIVE AT THE
SHELTER.
AND THE FREQUENCY IN WHICH A
COMMUNITY POLICE TEAM OFFICER
ENGAGES WITH THE NAVIGATION
TEAM TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
THAT IS WHERE I SAID THAT SOME
OF THESE MIGHT NEED AND WANT
SING.
THESE GENERALLY SPEAKING, ARE
ITEMS WE HAVE ALREADY ADDED, WE
HAVE EITHER HAD OR WOULD BE
ITEMS WE ARE RECEIVING.
>> I DON'T MEAN TO BE BRUSHY,
BUT IT WAS JUST A SIMPLE
QUESTION.
YOU KEEP PUNCHING ON IT.
>> THE REASON IT DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE A SIMPLE QUESTION TO ME,
IS THAT IT IS TWO YEARS OF WORK
THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING ON AN
ONGOING BASIS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I RECOGNIZED A LOT OF IT FROM
PREVIOUS WORK.
I WAS TRYING TO DECIPHER WHAT
YOU WERE SPEAKING WHAT IS NEW,
BECAUSE OF THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS WE PUT IN PLACE.
WE ARE GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
SO, WE ALREADY VOTED ON THIS
ITEM.>> ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
REQUESTING A REPORT ON GOOD
NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS WITH HSD
CONTRACTORS.
IT WOULD FOCUS ON CONTRACTORS
LOCATED IN ENVIRONMENTALLY
SENSITIVE OR CRITICAL AREAS
UNDER THE CITY'S BROADER
WASTEWATER PROMISE.
AND LOOKING INTO THEIR
WILLINGNESS, POTENTIAL BARRIERS
AND POTENTIAL SAVINGS THAT
COULD BE ACHIEVED BY HAVING
THOSE AGENCIES ENTER INTO A
GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT, WHICH
IS WHERE THE AGENCY WOULD TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PICKING UP
TRASH AND WASTE WITHIN A
CERTAIN DISTANCE OF THEIR
FACILITY.
THIS IS PUT FORWARD BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
AS JEFF MENTIONED, THE GOOD
NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT WOULD
STIPULATE THE CONTRACTED
AGENCIES WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND THE CITY IN
IDENTIFYING A LOCATION IN NEED
FOR TRASH AND WASTE REMOVAL
WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF
THEIR FACILITY AND MAINTAIN
OVERALL CLEANLINESS.
THIS IS MODELED AFTER PROGRAMS
IN PORTLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, AND
VANCOUVER THAT HAVE THESE SORT
OF GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS
INCLUDED IN THE PROVIDER
SPECIFICALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT HSD AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES ARE FOCUSING ON AREAS
NEAR WATERWAYS CRITICAL TO
PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION AND
WATER QUALITY.
WE HAVE HEARD MORE, AND I THINK
WE WILL BE HEARING STILL MORE
SOON ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
OUTDOOR ENCAMPMENTS ON THE
QUALITY OF OUR WATERWAYS.
SO, WE NEED TO BE REALLY
CREATIVE IN HOW WE DEAL WITH
IT.
THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO ADD AN
ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON TO
CONTRACTED AGENCIES.
IT IS INTENDED TO USE A MODEL
THAT OTHER CITIES STRUGGLING
WITH THE SAME THINGS WE ARE
STRUGGLING WITH ARE USING.
BUT, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE THINK OF THIS AS A
PARTNERSHIP, WHEREAS WE ARE
LOOKING AT CONTRACTED AGENCIES
PERHAPS DOING ADOPT AN AREA
APPROACH IN THE COLLECTION OF
GARBAGE.
THAT WE LOOK AT SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES AS A PARTNER IN NOT
CHARGING THOSE AGENCIES FOR THE
REFUSE THEY COLLECT.
AND THAT SHOULD BE A COST, IF
WE FIND OUT THERE IS A COST
AFTER THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH GARBAGE
COLLECTION, THAT IT IS BORNE BY
SPU.
THAT IS WHERE THE CITY HAS TWO
WORK WITH THE CONTRACTED
AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
FOOTING THE BILL.>> OKAY.
FURTHER COMMENTS?
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RAISE YOUR HAND.
] ITEM NUMBER 13, AND THIS IS
ALSO A COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
RECOMMENDATION.
>> THIS REQUEST A REPORT
EXAMINING OR EXPLORING NEEDLE
COLLECTION BY AGENCIES THAT ARE
CONTRACTED CURRENTLY TO PROVIDE
HOMELESS OUTREACH SERVICES AND
TO HAVE A REPORT DUE BY JANUARY
31 TO THE COUNCIL IS PUT
FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> COMMENTS?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN EXPLORE
AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACTED
AGENCIES THAT DO HOMELESS
OUTREACH TO INCLUDE NEEDLE
COLLECTION.
WE KNOW WE HAVE AN UNMET NEED
TO COLLECT MORE NEEDLES.
SPU DOES A GREAT JOB AND
COLLECTS THEM WITHIN 24 HOURS.
WE NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE.
CITIES SUCH AS BOSTON AND SAN
FRANCISCO HAVE DEDICATED TEAMS
OF 10-15 EMPLOYEES THAT
PROACTIVELY COLLECT DISCARDED
NEEDLES.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE
ARE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE
ABOUT IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.
AND, WITH THIS STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT I AM TRYING
TO BE PROACTIVE IN ADVANCE OF
SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I AM
ANTICIPATING WILL BE RELATED TO
NEEDLE COLLECTION.>> FURTHER
COMMENTS?
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]
>> ITEM NUMBER 14'S PRIMARY
SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA .
>> THIS IS A COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION WHICH WOULD IMPOSE A
PROVISO ON HSD'S UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAM FUNDS.
AS YOU RECALL THE PROPOSED 2020
BUDGET INCLUDED $169,000 AND
TWO FTE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO
THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM.
THIS WOULD IMPOSE A PROVISO ON
HALF OF THE MONEY.
THE HALF THAT WOULD BE TOWARDS
THE END OF THE YEAR AND REQUIRE
THAT HSD SUBMIT A REPORT TO
COUNSEL DEMONSTRATING THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF DEDICATED
SERVICE PROVIDER LINE AND A
WARM HAND OFF PROCESS FOR
INCOMING CALLS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS ARE
RELEASED IN JULY 2020.
AGAIN, THAT IS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
>> THIS REALLY BUILDS OFF THE
INFORMATION WE HAVE ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE ARE WORKING
TO MAKE SURE THEIR CLIENTS ARE
ABLE TO ACCESS THE UPD CUSTOMER
SERVICE LINE.
DIVIDERS ARE REPORTING REALLY
LONG WAIT TIMES.
THE IDEA IS THAT A DEDICATED
LINE AND WARM HAND OFF WOULD
ASSIST IN THE ENROLLMENT OF NEW
UPD CUSTOMERS IN THE USE OF
SERVICE PROVIDERS TIMES.
THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS AVAILABLE
TO BOTH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT IN
SEATTLE UTILITY PUBLIC
CUSTOMERS.
THOUGH IT IS A GENEROUS, LOW
INCOME UTILITY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM, IT IS VERY, VERY
UNDERUTILIZED.
WE NOTE LARGE UTILITY BILLS ARE
A FACTOR FOR HOUSEL STRUGGLING
TO MAKE ENDS MEET AS SEATTLE
BECOMES INCREASINGLY
UNAFFORDABLE.
AND, WE NEED TO REALLY MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REMOVE
BARRIERS.
THAT SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
HAVE BEEN ASSISTING THEIR
CLIENTS, AS WELL AS REPAIRS
THEMSELVES IN ACCESSING THE
UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM.
SO, THIS WARM HAND OFF
APPROACH, I THINK WOULD BE
REALLY HELPFUL.
I AM EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THE
EXECUTIVE ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT
IT.
>> GOOD.
THANK YOU.
OTHER COMMENTS?
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YOUR NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
] OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
ITEM 15 IS LEGAL SUPPORT FOR
SEXUAL VIOLENCE SURVIVORS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
TRAN 12.
AMY?>> ITEM 15 IS COUNCIL
BUDGET ITEM THAT WOULD ADD
$186,300 FOR LEGAL SUPPORT FOR
SEXUAL VIOLENCE SURVIVOR.
TO FUND THIS IT WOULD CUT
$186,300 FROM SPD FOR
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
INITIATIVES.
IT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER TRAN 12.>> VERY
GOOD.
CANCEL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
BEEN ADVOCATED FOR BY THE
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
COALITION.
WE KNOW SEXUAL SURVIVORS GET
CAUGHT IN COMPLICATED LEGAL
SITUATIONS AS THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM INVESTIGATES
AND/OR PROSECUTE THE ASSAULTS.
WHICH MEANS THERE IS A NEED FOR
DEFENDING THE SURVIVORS PRIVACY
DURING INVESTIGATIONS.
AND FOR DEFENDING SURVIVORS
WORKPLACE IF IT HAPPENS AT
WORK.
AND SOMETIMES AT SCHOOL.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD
FUND LEGAL SUPPORT THAT IS
SINGLE-MINDEDLY FOCUSED ON
SUPPORTING THE NEEDS AND WISHES
OF THE SURVIVORS.
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS
CONTRACTED WITH THE YWCA FOR
SIMILAR WORK, BUT JUST TO
CLARIFY, THAT MONEY FUNDS
CASEWORKERS ON LEGAL MATTERS,
BUT NOT ACTUALLY A LAWYER.
THIS WOULD FUND AN ACTUAL
ATTORNEY.
AS FAR AS WHERE THE FUNDS WOULD
COME FROM, IT WOULD BE CUT FROM
THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
NOTHING NEW FROM BEFORE, AND I
DON'T NEED TO HAVE REPEAT THAT
DISCUSSION AND DEBATE, BECAUSE
IT IS THE SAME SOURCE OF
FUNDS.>> OKAY.
COMMENTS?
[ THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
] OKAY, ITEM 16.
>> THE AGENDA ITEM 16 IS A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO THAT WAS DISCUSSED
PREVIOUSLY.
IT IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT
REQUESTS THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ASSESS THE TYPES OF
STRATEGIES AND AMOUNT OF
FUNDING THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO
SUPPORT RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING
UNEMPLOYMENT AND
UNDEREMPLOYMENT IN THE EVENT OF
A RECESSION.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING?
SHE DID A GOOD JOB.>> I JUST
WANT TO PROVIDE QUICKLY AGAIN,
DIRECTOR BOBBY LEE WHEN HE CAME
HERE HE MENTIONED HOW DURING
RECESSIONS, WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR ARE MOST IMPACTED.
THAT IS THE TIME WHEN IT CAN BE
USED FOR PEOPLE TO START
BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS TO GO
BACK TO SCHOOL.
SO, I WANTED TO AVAILABLE
WITHIN OED OR WHAT THE CITY CAN
DO AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE
HEADLINES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL HERE
IN SEATTLE.
HOPE WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR NEXT YEAR TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT
MORE WE CAN DO.>> ANY OTHER
COMMENTS?
[ THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
] ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 17.>>
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS CANCELED
BUDGET SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THIS WAS A PROVISO THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AS WELL.
THIS WOULD IMPOSE A PROVISO ON
FUNDING FOR THE CREATIVE
INDUSTRY POLL POLICY ADVISOR
POSITION IN THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PROPOSAL IS SLIGHTLY
AMENDED BASED ON THE CHAIRS
INITIAL BALANCING PACKAGE,
WHICH CONTAINED CANCEL BUT JILL
ACTION WHICH CUT $65,000
RELATED TO THIS POSITION
EFFECTIVELY DELAYING THE HIGHER
OF THAT POSITION UNTIL ABOUT
JUNE 1. THAT IS THE KEY
AMENDMENT HERE.>> COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK THE PROPOSAL IN THE
CHAIRS BALANCING PACKAGE, AND
THIS PROPOSAL WORK REALLY WELL
TOGETHER.
MY INITIAL PROPOSAL WAS THE
FUNDING.
I THINK THE RECOGNITION THAT
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IS NOT GOING TO BE
HIRING FOR THIS POSITION ON
HIRING FIRST ALLOWS FOR
ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MEET
THE TERMS OF THE PROVISO AND
ENGAGE IN THE FILM AND MUSIC
INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS AS IT
DEVELOPS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
THE NEW EDITION.
>> GOOD.
FURTHER COMMENTS?
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RAISE YOUR HAND.
] ITEM 19?
>> ITEM NUMBER 18 IS OED AND IS
A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THIS WOULD REQUEST THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROVIDE
A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEDICATED
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY SUPPORT
PROGRAM TO BE FUNDED BY 12%
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.>>
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
THIS REQUESTS A PROGRESS REPORT
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
DEDICATED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
SUPPORT PROGRAM TO BE FUNDED BY
A 1% CONTRIBUTION FROM CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS.
THIS WOULD BE FOR THE LARGE
DEPARTMENT THAT BUILDS THINGS.
ELEMENTS OF OED'S INCLUSIVE
ECONOMY AGENDA INCLUDE A SMALL
BUSINESS STABILIZATION FUND AND
CONSTRUCTION MITIGATIONS FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE LARGE-SCALE
PROJECTS.
I HAVE MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH
BUSINESSES IN THE LITTLE PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD IN WEST SEATTLE
ABOUT THE AVALON ROADWAY
PROJECT AND IS AN EARLIER
EXAMPLE OF A LARGE CITY CAPITAL
PROJECT THAT HAD IMPACTS.
WE HAD ONE WHERE OED WAS ABLE
TO CREATE A STABILIZATION FUND.
SIMILARLY, WE ARE HAVING
SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
BUSINESS OWNERS AND HAVE BEEN
HAVING SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS
WITH BUSINESS OWNERS.
WHAT THIS ACTION DOES IS
RECOGNIZE THAT THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS
INTERESTED IN REPLICATING A
MITIGATION FUND THAT THEY HAVE
USED SUCCESSFULLY IN THE PAST
BEFORE.
AND, OED HAS IDENTIFIED THIS AS
AN IMPORTANT BIG IDEA ITEM THAT
THEY WANT TO PURSUE IN 2020.
IT JUST MAKES SURE THEY ARE
WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE
COUNCIL AS THEY WORK TO DEVELOP
THAT IMPORTANT BIG IDEA AND TO
HELP OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
>> GOOD.
OTHER COMMENTS?
[ THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
] ITEM NUMBER 19.
AND THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> ITEM NUMBER 19 IS A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THAT WOULD REQUEST THE OFFICER
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE CONVENE A SEARCH
COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HIRING
OED'S NEW CREATIVE INDUSTRY
DIRECTOR, WHICH IS A POSITION
THAT IS CURRENTLY VACANT.>>
THIS STATEMENT REQUESTS THAT
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY WORKS WITH
THE WORKERS AND UNIONS IN THE
FILM AND MUSIC INDUSTRY WHEN
SELECTING A DIRECTOR FOR THE
CITY DEPARTMENT THAT IS IN
CHARGE OF SUPPORTING THOSE
INDUSTRIES.
ORDINARILY, THIS SHOULD NOT BE
CONTROVERSIAL, UNFORTUNATELY
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
ATTEMPTING TO PUNISH THE
WORKERS AND UNIONS IN THE
INDUSTRY FOR DARING TO
CRITICIZE HER.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC, WHAT I SHARED WITH
MY COLLEAGUES IS A COPY OF THE
EDITORIAL PUBLISHED IN THE
STRANGER YESTERDAY.
THE FILM AND MUSIC COALITION
INCLUDES LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF
THE FOLLOWING UNIONS.
STUDIO MECHANICS OF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST, INTERNATIONAL
CINEMATOGRAPHERS GUILD,
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 174, MOTION
PICTURE AND THEATRICAL TRADE
DIVISIONS, THE DIRECTORS GUILD
OF AMERICA, AFM LOCAL 76 493
AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPHONY
GUILD.
IT IS A COALITION OF THE UNIONS
THAT REPRESENT THE ENTIRE
SPECTRUM OF THE FILM AND MUSIC
INDUSTRY WORKERS.
AND, IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS TAKEN THE
POSITION THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN
IN A LETTER THAT WAS SENT BY
FILM AND MUSIC. THE OFFICE OF
IT IS CLEAR THEY ARE EXTREMELY
ANGRY ABOUT THIS PUBLIC
EDITORIAL THAT THE COALITION OF
UNIONS HAS WRITTEN.
THEY SAY THAT THEY REALLY NO
LONGER WELCOME THE
PARTICIPATION OF THE FILM AND
MUSIC COALITION FOR DECISIONS
LIKE THIS ONE.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE
COUNCIL TO SAY THAT IT IS A
REASONABLE DEMAND FOR THE
UNIONS TO HAVE.
THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
DIRECTOR.
SO, IT IS SIMPLY A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND MAKES
THE REQUEST TO THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO WORK
WITH THESE UNIONS, BECAUSE
HIRING THIS DIRECTOR IS UNDER
THE MAYOR'S PURVIEW.
HOWEVER, IF THE EXECUTIVE
REFUSES TO ACCEPT THIS, THEN WE
WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO
ORGANIZE THEM.
>> WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRY DIRECTOR.
I NEED TO AT COLLEGE THE FACT
THAT THE EXECUTIVE IN RESPONSE
TO QUESTIONS THIS COUNCIL HAS
ASKED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE
OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC, THE
EXECUTIVE HAS RESPONDED THAT
THEY WILL LEAD THAT ENTITY AS A
DIVISION OF OED.
THEY WILL LEAD ON THE INCLUSIVE
PLAN.
IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT IS A
RESULT OF THE AD TO SEE THAT
FOLKS HAVE BEEN DOING AROUND
THIS ISSUE AND THE CONCERNS.
THERE MAY BE A MISUNDERSTANDING
AS TO WHAT THE EXECUTIVES
INTENT WAS.
NEVERTHELESS, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOTE THAT
THEY ARE NOT INTENDING TO
CHANGE THE NAME OF THE OFFICE
OF FILM AND MUSIC.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENT?
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YOUR NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
] VERY GOOD.
COLLEAGUES, CAN I GET YOUR
THOUGHTS FOR A FEW MINUTES.
I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE GO ON
TO 12 COAL AND 30 AND HOPE WE
CAN GET AT LEAST HALF WAY
BEFORE WE BRIDGE AND TAKE A
BREAK.
SO, IF YOU ARE GAME I WILL SAY
LET'S HOLD ON FOR ANOTHER HALF
HOUR AND SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY
GET THROUGH ITEM 27 AND THAT
GETS US WAY PAST HALFWAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I KNOW I WON'T HAVE SUPPORT ON
THIS, BUT I WOULD ALSO SUPPORT
POWERING THROUGH.>> IT DEPENDS.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO TAKE US
WAY LONGER.
I THOUGHT WE WOULD BE DONE BY
NOON TODAY.
DISSLY, I WAS WRONG ON THAT.
LET'S GO FOR ONE HALF HOUR AND
SEE WHERE WE ARE.
I KNOW CERTAIN PEOPLE NEED TO
GET LUNCH.
>> I JUST WAS WONDERING WHAT
YOU WERE HOPING.
>> REALLY.
LET'S SEE HOW FAR WE CAN GO.>>
ITEM NUMBER 20.>> THE NEXT ITEM
IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
THIS ACTION WOULD ADD $67,000
OF ONE-TIME FUND BALANCE FROM
THE OFFICE OF THE HOUSINGS
FUNDING FOR HOMEBUYER
COUNSELING FOR FUTURE
HOMEOWNERS.
THIS NUANCED IS DIFFERENT TO
THE PRIOR CBA THAT WAS PROPOSED
AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE COUNCIL
IN THAT IT IS PROPOSING TO USE
A FUND BALANCE IN THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING VERSUS A GENERAL FUND
APPROPRIATION.>> COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN?
>> I WILL BE SHORT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE POWER THIS
INVESTMENT HAS MADE.
WE FUNDED THIS POSITION FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS.
THE GRANT FUNDING IN PREVIOUS
YEARS LEAVES THE CURRENT
PROVIDER OF THESE SERVICES
WITHOUT THIS FUNDING.
THAT PUTS THEM IN A TIGHT BIND
WITH AFTER LAYOFF PEOPLE AT THE
SAME TIME THEY ARE TRYING TO DO
THE EXACT TYPE OF OUTREACH TO
FIND POTENTIAL HOMEOWNERS FOR
THEIR PROJECT.
SOMETHING THAT IS CONSISTENT
WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO HOME
OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
THIS ONE TIME WOULD ALLOW
BRIDGE TO GET THROUGH THAT
SELLING POINT AND ALLOW THEM TO
FIND OTHER SOURCES TO FUND THIS
IN AN ONGOING WAY.
>> DID YOU TALK TO THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING ABOUT IT?
>> I HAVE NOT.>> COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF HAVE WE CONNECTED
WITH THE OFFICE OF OF
HOUSING?>> THEY KNOW ABOUT
THIS.
>> DO THEY HAVE UNFILLED
POSITION AT OH RIGHT NOW?
>> THEY DO NOT.
BUT, THEY HAVE SOME RESOURCES
THAT COULD BE USED ON A ONE-
TIME BASIS FOR THIS EFFORT.>>
THANK YOU.
>> FOR THE COMMENTS?
OKAY.
[ THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
] MOVING ON TO ITEM 21.
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
. DOES ANYBODY HAVE SPEAKING
POINTS?
>> I DO.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT OPTION OF A
PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED BUDGET
ACTION.
IT WOULD ADD 202,000 DOLLARS
ONE TIME TO THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS COMMUNITY OUTREACH
AND EDUCATION FUND.
IT WOULD CUT 100,000 GENERAL
FUND ONE TIME FROM HIGH BARRIER
PILOT SUPPORT AND TRANSFER
$102,000 FINANCE GENERAL FUNDS
ONE-TIME FROM THE UNRESTRICTED
ACCUMULATIVE RESERVE FUND.
I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT
THERE IS MORE NUANCE TO THIS
BUDGET ACTION THAN IS REFLECTED
IN THE TITLE AND TEXT, WHICH
INDICATES THAT THE 100,000 CUT
FROM THE GENERAL FUND WOULD
COME FROM THE HIGH BARRIER
BASHAN PILOT SUPPORT, BUT THE
INTENT OF THE BUDGET ACTION IS
TO CUT IT FROM THE PROBATION
CASE CONFERENCES RAPID REENTRY
PILOTS, AND THAT WILL BE
CORRECTED MOVING FORWARD.>>
OKAY, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
ALMOST AD NAUSEA AT THIS POINT,
SO I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO X
CHRISTIE AIDING DETAILS HERE.
SO, THIS IS A BUDGET PRIORITY
ON BEHALF OF OUR OTHER
COUNCILMEMBER.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDED FIVE
NEW CITY LEVEL LABOR LAWS THAT
REQUIRE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
THE WORKERS THESE LAWS AND TO
REACH ARE PROPORTIONATELY HARD
TO REACH WOMEN AND USE OF COLOR
AND LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND
MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
SHE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED $1
MILLION IN INCREASED OUTREACH
FUNDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO
OUTREACH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS WITH
THE BULK OF FUNDING GOING TO
COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
THIS NEW BALANCED REQUESTED
$202,000 FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH
ONLY COMES FROM TWO STREAMS.
ONE THE UNRESTRICTED
ACCUMULATIVE RESERVE FUND AND
BALANCE AND TWO, SAVINGS FROM
PROVISOS ON NEW CRIMINAL
JUSTICE MEASURES.
I UNDERSTAND SHE SPOKE WITH THE
CITY BUDGETS OFFICE ABOUT THE
IMBALANCE.
AND APPARENTLY THEY EXPRESSED
THEY DON'T HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
THE USAGE OF THOSE FUNDS FOR
THIS PURPOSE.
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROVISO
ASKS FOR NEW AND MORE
INFORMATION BY THE END OF FIRST
QUARTER 2020.
THERE PROVISOS INCLUDE
INFORMATION IN THE BALANCED
PACKAGE.
THEY ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE
BUDGET PROPOSALS YET.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT KARINA IS
REFERRING TO.
AND SINCE THOSE ARE MY
PROVISOS, I WOULD LIKE TO
EDITORIALIZE AND SAY I WOULD
LIKE TO GET ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT BEFORE
NEXT WEEK.
AT ANY EVENT, I THINK THE
SPIRIT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
MOSQUEDA IS CLEAR HERE AND IT
HAS BEEN DOWNSIZED
SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL
$1,000,202.>> THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
[ THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
]
>> AGENDA ITEM WOULD CUT 2.3
MILLION ONE-TIME SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TACK FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
RELATED TO THE P PATCH PROGRAM
AND REDIRECTED TO PRIORITIES IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE SUITE AND
BEVERAGE TAX.
IN THE CHAIRS INITIALLY
BALANCING PACKAGE, THAT
ACTUALLY CUTS 2.5 MILLION SBT
FROM THE P PATCH PROGRAM.
SO, THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
SO, THIS PROPOSES AN
ALTERNATIVE TO THAT BUDGET
ACTION THAT IS ALREADY INCLUDED
IN THE INITIAL BALANCING
PACKAGE.
THE KEY NUANCE IS THAT WHEREAS
THE CURRENT OSC TO BE IS
INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL
BALANCING PACKAGE LEAVES
500,000 IN DEPARTMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS BUDGET FOR THE P
PATCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WOULD PROPOSE 700 AND $25,000
OTHERWISE, THE SPENDING
PRIORITIES OF THE SAME.
>> I NEED TO AMEND THIS ONE
MORE TIME.
THE ONE DIFFERENCE IS THAT IN
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
PROPOSAL, THERE WOULD BE
$225,000 ALLOCATED ONE-TIME FOR
THE FRESH BOX VOUCHERS.
SO, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
PROPOSAL WOULD TAKE THAT ONE-
TIME FUNDING AND SHIFT IT OVER
TO P PATCHES.>> THANK
>> IN FOLLOW-UP FROM OUR LAST
DISCUSSION, WHERE I EXPRESSED A
HOPE OF HOPE WHERE WE COULD
MAINTAIN SOME OF THE DOLLARS,
ASSOCIATED WITH THE P-PATCH
PROGRAM AND IN THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET.
AND I AGREEMENT FROM THE
ORIGINAL SPONSOR COMES FROM
O'BRIEN.
THAT IT SEEMED APPROPRIATE TO
FIND SOME MIDDLE GROUND WITH AN
UNDERSTANDING.
WITH LOW-INCOME TENANTS AND
PARTICULARLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE
IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS FOOD
VULNERABLE.
THERE IS A HIGH RETURN FOR
PEOPLE IN THAT DEMOGRAPHIC.
AND THE THOUGHT BEHIND THE
MONFROM REDIRECTING FRESH BOX
IS IMPORTANT THAT THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL, THE FUNDING FOR
THAT, THAT IS -- THEY'RE
ONE-TIME DOLLARS.
AND THE P-PATCH ALSO WOULD BE
ONE-TIME DOLLARS.
WHEREAS THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS
FOR FRESH BOX IS THAT IT MIGHT
CREATE AN EXPECTATION THAT THE
CITY CAN'T MEET EVERY YEAR.
FROM THE COUNCIL, AND I AGREE,
WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE PEA PATCH
FUNDING.
AREAS WHERE ALL THREE FACTORS,
LOW INCOME, LONGER TRY TIMES TO
HEALTHY FOOD RETAIL
OUTLETS.
HEALTHY FOOD AND UNHEALTHY FOOD
NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE HEALTHY
FOOD IS HERE.
>> UNHEALTHY FOOD.
>> UNHEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS
PERHAPS, ARE PRESENT.
>> AGAIN, THE BUDGET ACTION
DIRECTS THE DOLLARS FOR
P-PATCH FUNDING TO ONLY THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE P PATCHES
ARE SERVING FOLKS WHO NEED
FACTORS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, ARE
YOU DOWN THERE?
>> YES.
>> WOULD YOU SPEAK.
>> IT DOESN'T WORK.
I THINK I GOT HER ON THIS ONE.
SO I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD BECAUSE
-- HERBOLD BECAUSE THIS IS A
GREAT ADDITION TO THE MONEY IN
THE PROJECTS IN OUR CITY AREA
AS WELL.
NUMBER 5 ON HERE.
ONE OF THE PRIORITIES LISTED AS
$100,000 TO DEAL.
TO PROVIDE DIAPERS TO FAMILIES
WHO LACK ANG
ACCESS TO DIAPERS IS A AND WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
DIAPERS TO THOSE WHO NEED IT
IT.
AND I KNOW NOT ALL OF THEM.
BUT WE HAVE THE BABY CLOSET AND
THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE GONE
IMMEDIATELY ARE DIAPERS AND
FORMULA.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> I TENTATIVELY SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S WORK.
TO CREATE THIS THREAD IN THIS.
I'M WAITING TO HEAR THE
FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD.
BUT I THINK A FEW OF THEM HAVE
SEEN THE ADVISORY DISCUSSIONS.
I WANT
I WILL SHARE BACK IF I DON'T
HEAR FROM THEM DIRECTLY.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD SAID.
I BELIEVE IN THE PROVISO, THAT
SAYS IN THE DEPARTMENT.
BUDGET NEIGHBORHOODS.
725,000 OF IT WAS, OF THE
APPROPRIATION FOR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT FOR PEA PATCH
GARDENS.
AS PRESENTED IN THE HEALTHY
FOOD AVAILABILITY.
AND FOOD BANK NETWORK
PUBLISHED REPORT AND GOES ON.
THIS IS SOMETHING I DON'T
BELIEVE WE HAD DISCUSSED IN OUR
PREVIOUS MEETING.
BALANCING PACKAGE.
BUT I THINK THIS WAS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO THE FOLKS ON THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD OF THE
SWEET AND BEVERAGE TAX.
BECAUSE IT REALLY FOCUSED ON
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS MOST IN
NEED, WITHIN THE PEA PATCH
PROGRAM.
>> I DO WANT TO MENTION THE
FRESH BUCKS PROGRAM IS A NEW
PROGRAM.
I DON'T SHARE THE CONCERN ABOUT
THE MONEY.
IT GIVES PEOPLE VOUCHERS TO
PEOPLE SO THEY CAN GET ACCESS
TO HEALTHY FOOD.
TO SAY NAWE'RE NOT
THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE
THEM ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS
THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW
IF WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE NEXT
YEAR, I THINK IF WE HELP THEM
THIS YEAR AND WE CAN'T DO IT
NEXT YEAR, IT'S STILL A GOOD
THING.
THERE IS A TREATMENT IN THE
FRESH BUCKS PROGRAM IN THE
MAYOR'S OUTLINING BUDGET.
AND IF THE COMMUNITY SEES THIS
BALANCE BOARD OF INVESTMENTS, I
WILL CERTAINLY, TOO, THINK
HIGHLY OF IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
>> SO I THINK THERE ARE
GENERALLY SOME REALLY GOOD
THINGS IN HERE.
AND I'M OPEN TO GETTING MORE
MONEY IN THE PEA PATCH FUND.
HOWEVER, I HAVE CONCERNS FOR
TWO REASONS.
ONE, MY OFS
OFFICE HAS REACHED OUT TO
FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY
BOARD.
AND THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN.
THIS WOULD NOT BE IN THEIR BEST
-- THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THEY
WOULD DESIRE IN TERMS OF TRYING
TO INCREASE MONEY FOR PEA
PATCH.
MORE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF
AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME,
HERE'S THE HEADLINE FOR THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
UNVEILS MORE CUTS TO THE FOOD
STAMP PROGRAM.
THE FRESH BUCKS PROGRAM
PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS TO FOOD
RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK FAMILIES NEED THAT
ACCESS IMMEDIATELY.
SO WHILE I'M OPEN, I DON'T
THINK THAT THIS IS IT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> SO I WILL -- LET'S ALL SHARE
IN THE INFORMATION WE GET FROM
THE CAB.
AND SO THAT YOU CAN.
I'LL GET CLEAR IN THE NEXT DAY
OR TWO, IN WHAT MY FIRM
POSITION IN ON
IS -- IS ON THIS.
>> AND I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW
UP WITH YOU ABOUT AN
ORGANIZATION CALLED GREEN
SEPARATE SPECIAL, WHICH I JUST
HEARD ABOUT WHICH IS BOTH
EDUCATION AND FRESH FOOD.
I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE CAB
HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS HERE?
>> THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 22.
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR, RAISE
YOUR HAND.
>> I HAVE MY TENTATIVE ONE
HERE.
HOWEVER YOU GUYS THE TO MARK
THAT ONE.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
I LIKE IT.
>>> OKAY.
NEXT ITEM IS 23 FOR UPDATES TO
GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO.
>> CORRECT.
KETO FREEMAN: COUNCILMEMBER
STAFF WOULD PROVIDE A PROVISO.
TO PROPOSE DEVELOPING THE GREEN
STANDARDS.
IT WOULD INCLUDE A
RECOMMENDATION, RELATED TO
INCENTIVES FOR USING
CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER.
THERE IS A SLIGHT MODIFICATION
TO THE PROVISO IN THIS BUDGET
ACTION, COMPARED TO THE
PREVIOUS BUDGET ACTION
SPECIFICALLY.
IT WOULD PROVIDE A LIMITATION
ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT, AS
OPPOSED TO JUST ONE BSL AND
SDI, AND THAT'S IN RECOGNITION
OF THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD
HAVE TO PROVIDE MORE TO THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> DO YOU WANT TO ADD?
>> I'LL BE BRIEF.
OUR GREEN STANDARDS HAVE BEEN
IN NEED OF REVIEW AND UPDATE.
THIS AMENDMENT, PROVISESO, HALF
OF THIS, MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE
THEM.
ALSO REQUESTS THAT SPECIFIC
PIECE OF THAT REVIEW MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO
INCENTIVIZE THE PROGRAM, USING
TIMBER AND NEW CONSTRUCTION IN
THE AREA THAT THE UNITED STATES
HAS BEEN FAR BEHIND.
AGAIN, CHAMPIONED BY GOVERNOR
JAY INSLEE.
HILLARY FRANZ AS WELL.
>> GOOD.
GOOD, GOOD.
COMMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WARRANTS.
>> I THINK CROSS LAND TIMBER
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE
CARBON.
AND WITH TIMBER IN THE REGION,
ASSUMING IT'S HARVESTED
WISELY, HAS A POTENTIAL TO BE A
BOOST TO OUR ECONOMY AS
WELL.
THAT "WISELY" PART IS WHAT I'M
CONCERNED WITH.
WHAT IS THE SOURCE THAT WOULD
BE USED FOR CROSS-LANDED
TIMBER?
FIC IS THE ONE THAT A LOT OF
FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY
REPRESENT.
I REALIZE THAT THIS IS JUST
ANALYZING REBUILDING STANDARDS
AND I MAY BE INTERESTED IN
ADDING AILTD LANGUAGE THAT
TALKS ABOUT AT LEAST AN INTENT
AS THE CITY MOVE FORWARD WITH
THIS THAT THERE WOULD BE
STANDARDS FROM FSC TIM BUYER
LAND.
-- TIMBERLAND.
>> FURTHER COMMENTS?
>> WE CAN EXCHANGE NOTES.
>> THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR
NAME AS A COSPONSOR AND ITEM
NUMBER 23.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER 24.
THIS IS THE REQUEST FROM
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A SLY
SPONSOR BY COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN, WHICH REQUESTS THAT
THEY DEVELOP TO PROPOSE TO
COUNCIL THAT WOULD PROPOSE
POLICY CHANGES.
THOSE WOULD LIMIT PRODUCTION OF
NEW FOSSIL FUEL AND STORAGE
FACILITIES.
THE SLIDE IS CONSISTENT WITH
COUNCIL DIRECTION.
AND RESOLUTION 38196.
WHICH IS THE ANNUAL DOCKETING
RESOLUTIONS.
WHICH HAS PLAN CONSIDERATIONS
OF POLICIES.
THAT WOULD LIMIT NEW FOSSIL
FUEL PRODUCTIONS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> THIS IS, AS KETO MENTIONED,
THIS FOLLOWS ON THE ACTION WE
ALREADY TOOK IN THE DOCKETING
PROCESS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
AND REITERATES THAT WE WANT TO
SEE THIS HAPPEN THAT IS
CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE
COUNTY WORKS THAT IS ALSO
SITED IN THE PROTECTION AND
STORAGE FACILITIES.
SO I THINK THE INTENT I BELIEVE
FROM OUR PREVIOUS IS THAT WE
WILL REENFORCE THAT WE WANT TO
SEE THAT DONE.
>> FURTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME
TO ITEM NUMBER 24, RAISE YOUR
HAND.
>> GOOD.
>> ITEM 25 IS COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S.
>> ITEM 25 IS COUNCIL BUDGET
ITEM SDI6B1.
WOULD ADD FOR RENTER ORGANIZER
AND OUTREACH.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN BUDGET
ACTION THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY
CONSIDERED.
AND THAT IT WOULD FUND THAT
ORGANIZING AND OUTREACH THROUGH
A REDUCTION AND INCENTIVIZING
FOR SWORN OFFICER HIRING.
THAT'S A REDUCTION OF $814,000
APPROPRIATION TO BUY $618,000.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING I BROUGHT
EARLIER IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
SESSIONS.
THIS WOULD FUND CRUCIAL RENTAL
ORGANIZING AND OUTREACH.
AS WE KNOWLEDGE
-- KNOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE IS DEEP HOUSING CRISIS.
AS IT HAS DRIVEN UP
REPRESENTS.
AND LED TO MASSIVE STABILITY
FOR RENTERS.
AND THIS WOULD FUND THE WORK OF
-- THE VARIOUS AREAS OF WORK.
ONE AREA IS BUILDING RIGHTS FOR
RENTERS.
WHICH IS BEING DONE VERY
EFFECTIVELY BY B SEATTLE WHERE
THEY HAVE CARRIED OUT RENTERS
RIGHTS BOOT CAMPS.
AND MY OFFICE HAS COSPONSORED
SEVERAL OF THEM.
WE ALSO ARE SETTING ASIDE
$200,000 FOR OPERATING A CALL
LINE FOR RENTERS, WHICH PLAYS A
BIG ROLE IN RENTERS BEING ABLE
TO PUSH BACK AGAINST SOME OF
THE EXPLOIT TIVE LANDLORDS.
AND THIS WORK IS DONE REALLY
WELL BY THE TENANTS UNION OF
WASHINGTON STATE.
AND ALSO FUNDS FOR LGBTQ
ALLYSHIP, WHICH SPECIFICALLY
ORGANIZES LGBTQ SENIORS WHO ARE
RENTERS SO THEY CAN HAVE A
VOICE IN THEIR AFFORDABLE
RENTAL HOUSING COMMUNITIES OR
MARKETING COMMUNITIES.
AND ALSO FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK, WHICH
HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR
EVICTION REFORM.
AND A LOT OF THE WORK THEY HAVE
DONE IS ALSO
DOOR-KNOCKING ON RENTERS AND
HELPING THEM GET ORGANIZED,
WHICH HAS BEEN A BACKBONE OF
WASHINGTON'S WORK.
WE KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE THERE A GIANT POWER
IMBALANCE BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND
RENTERS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TAKE INTO
COULD A LOT OF THESE ARE OWNED
BY CORPORAE LANDLORDLESS.
WHEN THEY GET ORGANIZED, THEY
CAN HAVE INFLUENCE.
WE GENERATE THE FUNDS TO
SUPPORT THIS.
I'M PROPOSING THAT WE REDUCE
THE FUNDS OF THE MONEY THAT THE
MAYOR HAS ALLOCATED TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
-- I BELIEVE IT IS FOR -- I
BELIEVE IT IS LIARING BONUSES.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
A REDUCED APPROPRIATION OF
$814,000 FOR HIRING BONULLS FOR
NEW RECRUITS AND LATERAL.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR.
THESE ARE NOT WAGES FOR CURRENT
POLICE OFFICERS.
IT IS BONUSESES FOR NEW HIGH
HIRES.
AND I WOULD SAY THE REALITY IS
HOUSING SECURITY.
IF THAT IS ADDRESSED AND IF WE
INCREASE HOUSING SECURITY, THAT
WILL HAVE MORE
EFFECTIVENESS THAN THROWING
MORE MONEY AT POLICING.
>> COMMENTS?
>> THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD THAT
NAME AS COSPONSOR TO ITEM 25,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
MOVING ONTO ITEM 26.
>> THE INCREASE ACTION IS THE
FINAL NEW ACTION OF SDCI.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE LEGAL
DEFENSE AND FUND THAT BY
REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION FOR
CONGESTION OUTREACH.
THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO
THE $115,000 IN THE EVICTION
LEGAL DEFENSE, WHICH WOULD
BRING THE TOTAL APPROPRIATION
TO APPROXIMATELY $535,000.
WHICH IS SUFFICIENT TO FUND SIX
TENANT RIGHTS ATTORNEYS.
I WOULD ALSO REDUCE AN
APPROPRIATION.
FOR CONGESTION PRICING
OUTREACH, BY $425,000.
TO FUNNEL THE NEW AD.
>> OKAY.
>> PLEASE.
>> GO AHEAD.
ASK A QUESTION.
>> I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH IS
LEFT IN THE BUDGET FOR THE
CONGESTION PRICING OUTREACH.
>> $400,000 WOULD BE CARRIED
FORWARD TO DO THE OUTREACH SO
$50,000 WOULD BE LEFT.
>> I'M SORRY WHAT FIFTY?
>> 50.
>> THAT IS TO THE MILLION
DOLLARS FUNDING THAT THE
COUNCIL ALLOCATED IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET.
>> CALVIN CHILD CENTRAL STAFF.
YES, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> SO LAST YEAR TO THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET ORGANIZING, WE
ADVOCATED FOR THE CITIES TO
FUND SIX FULL-TIME ATTORNEYS.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HELPED
THESE.
THEY PREVENT THE EVICTIONS.
ATTORNEYS FOR THOSE HELPING TO
EVICT THOSE THROUGH THE HOUSING
RENT PROJECT.
THAT WOULD GO A HUGE WAY TO
GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO A
LAWYER.
CITY FUNDED LAWYER.
LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND
FOR ONE EVICTION
ATTORNEY.
BUT WHAT IS REMARKABLE IS EACH
WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES, THE
HOUSING WAS ABLE TO
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE --
DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN HOUSEHOLDS
WHO WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR
TENANCIES.
AND NOT HAVE AN EVICTION ON
THEIR RECORD.
TO BE FAIR, THE LEGAL SUPPORT
IS NOT THE ONLY FACTOR.
AND AGAIN, THANKS TO
ORGANIZING
BY A GRASS-ROOTS ORGANIZATION,
WHICH WERE REALLY IMPORTANT AND
WENT INTO EFFECT THIS SUMMER.
AND SINCE ALL OF THIS HAPPENED
AT THE SAME TIME, THE
FIRST-EVER CITY-FUNDED
EVICTION ATTORNEY AND CHANGES
IN THE LAWS, ALL OF THAT
HAPPENED IN THE SAME TIME.
THERE IS NO WAY OR AT LEAST WE
HAVEN'T DONE THAT STUDY TO
ACCURATELY DIVIDE OUT WHAT
PORTION OF RENTERS, WAS
EXCLUSIVELY A RESULT OF THE
LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
WE KNOW THAT HAVING OR NOT
HAVING LEGAL REPRESENTATION IS
A MAKE OR BREAK ON WHETHER YOU
CAN AVOID THE EVICTION OR NOT.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE SO MANY
EVICTION NOTICES BEING HANDED
OUT, IN A VERY, VERY UNFAIR
MANNER.
AND SO WHAT WE SAW FROM THE
HOUSING JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WAS
THAT THERE WAS A 400% INCREASE
IN PEOPLE AVOIDING EVICTIONS.
SO THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD
BE -- WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE
EXISTING BALANCING PACKAGE.
TO CONTINUE THE FUNDING FOR ONE
EVICTION ATTORNEY.
THIS WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF CITY-FUNDED EVICTION
ATTORNEYS FOR RENTERS FACING
EVICTION.
THERE ARE OTHER CITIES, WHICH
HAVE MADE ACCESS TO LAWYERS FOR
EVICTION AS A RIGHT.
MOST PROMINENTLY.
THIS IS TRUE IN NEW YORK
STATE.
AND SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE
VEY IMPORTANT.
AND WALS TEND TO ATTACH TO THIS
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ACT THE
SEATTLE MUNIC PAM COURT.
AND -- MUNICIPAL COURT.
AND MY OFFICE IS DEVELOPING
THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> TO FUND THIS.
WHAT WE ARE PROMOSE POSING --
PROPOSING IS THAT WE REDUCE THE
MONEY ALLOCATED IN THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET.
IT SAYS CONGESTION PRICING
OUTREACH.
BUT IN MY VIEW, THIS IS REALLY
GOING TO BE IN SOME SHAPE OR
FORM PROPAGANDA TO SUPPORT
PUTTING THE TWO IN THE DOWNTOWN
STREET.
THERE IS OVERWHELMING
OPPOSITION TO MORE TOLLING ON
OUR CITY STREET.
AND I'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES
BEFORE IN OTHER CONTEXT.
I WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT THE CITY
SHOULD SPEND ROORGTD HALF
MILLION TO PUSH THIS IDEA.
JUST FROM AN ECONOMIC
STANDPOINT, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY
CONGESTION MODEL ACTUALLY IN
EXISTENCE THAT IS
ACQUITABLE.
AND SO BY DEFINITION, THEY TEND
TO BE REAGGRESSIVE.
-- REGRESSIVE.
AND I BELIEVE THESE FUNDS WOULD
BE MUCH BETTER SPENDING
GUARANTEED RIGHT TO COUNSEL FOR
ANY RENTER FACING
EVICTION.
>> I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS
WORK ON THE CONGESTION PRICING
IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL IN
DESIGNING THAT VERY EQUITABLE
CONGESTION PRICING SYSTEM,
WHENEVER WE GET THERE.
I'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED AT THE
PACE OF WHICH THE CITY HAS BEEN
WORKING ON CONGESTION PRICING.
WE'VE PUT FUNDING IN THE LAST
TWO BUDGETS.
AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT
OF DELAYS AND GETTING REPORTS
HAVE ALSO BEEN SOMEWHAT
DISAPPOINTED IN THE
SUBSTANTIVE REPORTS.
BUT I THINK THE WORK BEING DONE
NEXT YEAR AND CONTINUING
OVERSIGHT HERE IS THE CRITICAL
PIECE OF WORK.
WHICH IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING
HOW LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES CAN
AND ARE BEING IMPACTED BY
TOLLING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT
IS KEY TO DESIGNING A CONE
-- CONGESTION PRICING SCHEME
THAT COULD BE EQUITABLE.
AND THERE ARE WAY ONE COULD DO
THAT, BUT WITH GOOD DATA AND
NOT JUST SURVEYS BEING DONE BUT
ACTUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH
COMMUNITIES, WHERE FOLKS WOULD
BE MOST IMPACTED BY IT.
THAT'S A CRITICAL STEP MOVING
FORWARD.
COULD ALSO BE INFORMATION THAT
COULD BE HELPFUL TO HELP US
UNDERSTAND HOW EXISTING TOLLS
ARE IMPACTING THOSE SAME
COMMUNITIES.
AND COULD BE A TOOL FOR US TO
BE ADVOCATING WITH THE STATE TO
-- IF WE SEE IMPACTS.
IT COULD BE MITIGATED TO BE
MORE EQUITABLE.
COULD BE A COOL TO HELP US
ADVOWITH THE STATE FOR PERHAPS
CHANGING THOSE POLICIES.
I DON'T WANT TO BE PREMATURE ON
THAT.
>> YEAH.
I WANT TO -- SO I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A
WAY THAT WE COULD CARRY OVER
INTO 2020 SOME NUMBER OF
DOLLARS.
OTHER THAN 50,000 DOLLARS, SOME
OTHER LARGER NUMBER THAT ALLOWS
THIS WORK TO CONTINUE.
BUT I DO SUPPORT THE ADD.
SO I'M GOING TO INDICATE MY
SUPPORT OF THE ADD AND ALSO
VERBALLY SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE
TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD
REDUCE IT OR FIND ADDITIONAL
FUNDS FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, IN
ORDER TO MEET THE NEED.
>> AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBERRA
SAWANT.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
OR AT LEAST TALKED WITH YOUR
STAFF.
AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING, ABOUT ADDED ATTORNEYS
ARE REALLY MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
AND WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT THIS
UP, YOU SAID, 1 IS BETTER THAN
NOTHING AND TWO IS BETTER THAN
1. WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF
THERE IS ANOTHER OURS --
SOURCE OF FUNDING TO ADD ONE.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ASK COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD THAT WE NEED
MORE LAWYERS BUT PARTICULARLY
ISN'T THE POT WE NEED TO TAKE
IT FROM?
>> I'M NOT PHILOSOPHICALLY
OPPOSED TO REDUCING THE
FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR THE
CONGESTION PRICING WORK.
I'M QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT
IT IS GOING TO COST THAT MUCH.
SO SOME SMALLER REDUCTION,
ALLOWING THE WORK TO CONTINUE
IS MY PREFERENCE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> JUST IN CONCLUSION,
APPRECIATE ALL THOSE COMMENTS.
JUST VERY QUICKLY IN RESPONSE
TO COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
COUNCILMAN O'BRIEN AND I HAVE
DISCUSS THIS NUMEROUS TIMES.
I STRONGLY BELIEVE THE BEST WAY
TO ADDRESS THE CARBON EMISSIONS
AND TRAFFIC SNARLS IS TO
MASSIVELY EXPAND.
AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS SEEN
THE RESULTS OF THE POLL DONE BY
UNIONS THAT WAS RELEASED
YESTERDAY.
AND THE STRANGER, WHICH SHOWS
THAT THERE IS OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT AMONG SEATTLE VOTERS TO
TAX BIG BUSINESS TO FUND OUR
VITAL SERVICES AND TRANSIT IS
INCLUDED IN THEM.
SO THAT'S THE WAY TO GO.
NOT TO TRY TO IMPOSE
CONGESTION PRICING WHICH I SAID
IS QUITE UNPOPULAR.
IF YOU TALK TO VOTERS AND
PEOPLE.
BUT JUST ON THE EVICTION
ATTORNEY STUFF.
I'M TOTALLY LOOKING INTO OTHER
SOURCES OF FUNDS.
AND ALSO, AS YOU SAID, AT LEAST
IF A FRACTION OF THIS COULD BE
FUNDED, I WOULD WANT TO PUSH
FOR THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> I'LL STATE TWO THINGS.
ONE, I DO SUPPORT THE ADD, IF
WE CAN FIND THE PATH TO IT.
AND I'M ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE
OF A MASSIVE EXPANSION OF
PUBLIC TRANSIT AND MAKING IT
AFFORDABLE, AS YOU KNOW.
THE THING WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK
AT CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY,
AROUND THE WORLD, NO MATTER HOW
MUCH TRANSIT YOU HAVE, WHAT YOU
FIND IS THE ROADS STILL REMAIN
CONGESTIONED AND RESULTS IN
POLLUTION.
WE NEED TO PRODUCE MASSIVE
AMOUNTS OF TRANSIT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE
CARBON EMISSIONS, WE NEED TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO REDUCE THOSE
EMISSIONS AND CONGESTION
PRICING IS A TOOL TO GET THOSE
MOVING.
AND WILL HELP OUR CARBON
GOALS, TOO.
>> I SUPPORT UNCONDITIONALLY AS
STATED.
AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE HAD TIN
YEARS PAST, ADEQUATE RESOURCES
TO DO SOME OF THE STUDIES ON
THE CONGESTION PRICING AND SOME
OF THE OUTREACH.
I JUST THINK IT'S A LOGICAL
ADD.
AND I THINK IT'S A MUCH-NEEDED
SERVICE.
SO MINE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I SUPPORT AS STATED IN THE FORM
C.
IS THAT CLEAR?
>> NO I HAVE NO IDEA --
>> I SUPPORT AS STATED.
HOW CAN I BE CLEARER THAN
THAT?
>> GOING TO RAISE HIS HAND IN A
SECOND.
>> ARE YOU SUPPORTING 5? OR THE
ADD TO 5?
>> I'M SUPPORTING AS STATED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> WE GOT THIS ITEM.
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE
CLEAREST STATEMENT MADE THIS
MORNING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR
NAME AS A COSPONSOR TO ITEM
NUMBER 26, RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO WE GOT ONE MORE ITEM.
IF WE CAN HANG IN HERE, TO
BRING US TO THE BOTTOM OF PAGE
6. SO IF WE COULD JUMP INTO
THIS ONE IS ALSO COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN'S.
>> ITEM 27 IS A SLIDE.
IT REQUESTS THAT THEY REQUEST
FOR BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT ADDS LANGUAGE TO IDENTIFY
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE BIKE
BOARD.
>> GREAT.
>>> ORIGINALLY PROPOSED A
MILLION DOLLAR PROVISO ON THE
ROUGHLY $38 MILLION MAINTENANCE
BUDGET FOR ASTON FOR
MAINTAINING ITS ROADS AND
DEDICATING A MILLION OF THAT
TOWARDS MAINTENANCE ON NEW
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE
BALANCING PACKAGE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SPEAKS TO
THE CHAIR OR THE MAYOR'S INTENT
NOT TO DO THAT WORK.
BUT THIS SLIDE WOULD SIMPLY
BUILD ON SOME WORK THAT IS
ALREADY HAPPENING WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT TO BE UNDERSTANDING
HOW THEY PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD
AND WHAT ARE THE PRIORITY
ROUTES FOR MAINTENANCE AND
REPORT TO THE SEATTLE ADVISORY
BOARD.
>> THANKS.
COMMENTS?
>> ALL RIGHT.
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME
AS A COSPONSOR WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MIKE O'BRIEN,
NUMBER 27, RAISE YOUR HAND.
EXCELLENT.
>> GOOD.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK.
WE GOT PEOPLE GETTING SILLY UP
HERE.
THEY NEED SOME FOOD.
WE WILL RECONVENE AT 2:00.
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK AT THE CONCLUSION OF
OUR 2:00 SESSION, I AM -- WE
STILL CENTER QUITE A NUMBER TO
GO, WHEN WE GET BACK.
BUT WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN MOVE AS
EXPEDIRKSLY AS -- EXPEDITIOUSLY
AS WE HAVE THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE AT RECESS UNTIL
2:00.