ALL RIGHT FOLKS THE JULY 28th
2020 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE
ON HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIES AND
INVESTMENTS WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 2:02:00 P.M.
I'M CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS
STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MESQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SEA WANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR THERE ARE EIGHT
MEMBERS PRESENT.
>> VERY GOOD.
OKAY.
WELL NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
CHAIR'S REPORT.
WE HAVE A -- ONLY A COUPLE OF
AGENDA ITEMS.
BUT ONE VERY MEATY ONE TODAY
THAT I ANTICIPATE WILL TAKE UP
A LOT OF THE COMMITTEE'S TIME
AND BUSINESS AND OF COURSE THAT
BEING THE REPORT FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY BRIEFING
ON SHELTER INVESTMENTS AND
RAPID REHOUSING.
CERTAINLY THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST ON
THE CITY POLICY AGENDA.
AND SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS A
LARGE COMMITMENT IN TERMS OF
THE BUDGET PRIORITIES,
DESIGNATED BY THIS COUNCIL IN
THE 2021 BUDGET AS WELL AS IN
THE SUPPLEMENTAL AMERICAN
RECOVERY PLAN THAT EARLIER THIS
SUMMER THE COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR PUT FORWARD TO INCREASE
THESE VICTIMS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD
UPDATE AS WE ARE A LITTLE OVER
HALF WAY THROUGH THE YEAR TO
DISCUSS HOW THINGS ARE GOING SO
FAR.
WHERE SOME TWEAKS WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE AND HOW BOTTLENECKS
CAN BE SURMOUNTED BY WORKING
TOGETHER TO TACKLE THEM HEAD
ON.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
DISCUSSION.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA
WILL BE A DISCUSSION REGARDING
A NEW FUND TO BE CREATED TO
ACCEPT PRIVATE DONATIONS AS A
COMPONENT OF OUR STRATEGY AND
SETTING UP ADDITIONAL HOMELESS
SHELTER ASSETS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING
ACTION ON THAT BILL TODAY.
WE DID HAVE A HEARING ON THE
GENERAL CONCEPT OF THE INITIAL
DRAFT OF THAT BILL IN THE
HEARING.
IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING IN
JUNE.
SO WITH THAT.
AISLE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON
THE AGENDA TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS
MEETING IS GOING TO BE 20
MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'LL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED TO
SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO.
SIGN UP BY GOING TO
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL THE SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE.
AND AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT IF YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED WILL BE THE
SPEAKER'S CUE IT'S THEIR TURN
TO SPEAK.
AND THE SPEAKER MUST PRESS STAR
SIX TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
PEREZ BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM YOU'RE
ADDRESSING.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO
AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR WITHIN
THE COMMITTEE'S PER VIEW.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME, THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO
ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE
LINE, IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, DO SO
VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE
LISTENING OPTIONS ON THE
AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAK ORDINARY REASON THE LIST.
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
SORRY, DID YOU JUST TRY TO JUMP
IN THERE FOR A SECOND?
>> NO, SIR.
>> OH, SORRY, I THOUGHT I HEARD
SOMEONE TRYING TO GET IN THERE.
BUT IN ANY EVENT THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST IS JUST
LISTED BY THEIR FIRST NAME,
BJ, SO BJ IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO
MINUTES.
PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE IF YOU
ARE MUTED.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS BJ LAST.
I'M A RESIDENT AND SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER I'M ASKING
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION TO
OPEN THE SHOWER FACILITIES
IMMEDIATELY.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TO
INCREASE ACCESS TO RUNNING
WATER FOR HYGIENE.
WHICH IS GREAT.
WE NEED MORE PUBLIC HYGIENE
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION
SUPERINTENDENT HAS KEPT MANY
EXISTING BATH AND SHOWER
FACILITIES CLOSED.
DECREASING ACCESS TO RUNNING
WATER, SOAP, AND BATHROOMS, A
REALLY EASY WAY TO INCREASE
ACCESS TO SOAP AND RUNNING
WATER IS TO REOPEN THE EXISTING
FACILITIES.
IN THE MONTHS SINCE WASHINGTON
STATE HAS REOPENED, SEATTLE
PARKS HAS DECIDED TO SPEND ITS
BUDGET AND PERSONNEL ON SWEEPS
INSTEAD OF REOPENING BATHROOMS
AND SHOWERS.
THEY'RE DENYING PEOPLE ACCESS
TO PUBLIC SPACES OVER PROVIDING
BASIC ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR
ANYBODY.
SEATTLE PARKS HAS OPENED SOME
FACILITY DEMONSTRATING THERE'S
NO PUBLIC HEALTH REASON FOR NOT
REOPENING ALL OF THEM.
SOME OF THE BATHROOM FACILITIES
HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR MONTHS AT
THIS POINT.
KEEPING THESE FACILITIES CLOSED
DENIES THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE
BOTH SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED
ACCESS TO BASIC ESSENTIAL
SERVICES.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PATTY
RHODES.
AND YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR TWO
MINUTES.
>> HELLO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
I'M HADDY RHODE ISLAND.
GEORGETOWN TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
I WANTED TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT
MY JOB.
I HAVE ONE OF THE MOST
REWARDING JOBS IN THIS CITY.
PEOPLE THAT OFTEN FEEL IGNORED
OR FORGOTTEN, DISMISSED AND
SHAMED COMING TO THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
AND MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE SAFE.
BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN
THAT.
I GET TO WATCH PEOPLE GO FROM
STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE EVERYDAY
TO STARTING TO CARE ABOUT
THEMSELVES AND THEIR FELLOW
VILLAGERS.
FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE I WORK
WITH, THE TINY HOUSE IS THE
BEST ACCOMMODATION THEY'VE HAD
IN YEARS.
I GET TO WATCH PEOPLE BLOSSOM
AS THEY REALIZE THEY TOO MATTER
AND THEY CAN DREAM OF A FUTURE.
I GET TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM AS
THEY WORK WITH THE CASE
MANAGEMENT ON SITE TO GET THEM
PERMANENT HOUSING.
I GET TO SPEAK WITH NEIGHBORS
AND BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT THE
VILLAGE.
WORKING WITH THE GEORGETOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN
EXCEPTIONALLY REWARDING.
AS THEY'VE BEEN SO WELCOMING TO
THEIR NEIGHBORS IN THE VILLAGE.
BUT THERE'S MORE WORK THAT DOES
NEED TO BE DONE.
EVERYDAY I SEE THE NEED FOR
MORE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
I RECEIVE CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO
ARE IN DISTRESS ASKING HOW THEY
TOO CAN GET INTO A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE.
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN COME IN.
PLEASE HELP ME GIVE HOPE TO
THOSE WHO ARE STILL STRUGGLING
BY OPENING MORE OF THE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES.
IN HOT DAYS OF SUMMER, IT'S
HARD TO REMEMBER WINTER IS
AROUND THE CORNER.
BUT THE GOAL SHOULD BE TO NOT
HAVE PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THE
STREETS WHEN IT BECOMES COLD
AND WET AGAIN.
HSD NEEDS TO RELEASE RSP AND WE
CAN GET TO WORK ON THREE TO SIX
MORE VILLAGES.
ANDREW LEWIS HAS HAD EXCELLENT
LEADERSHIP ON IT TAKES A
VILLAGE.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HIS
WORK ON THAT.
I HOPE THAT EVERYONE CAN
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU, HADDY.
NEXT SPEAKER IS THERESA BARKER.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS THERESA BARKER.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
DO MY PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M PART OF A COMMUNITY OF
NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH THE CITY ON HOMELESSNESS
FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD A CAMPER
IN RAVINA PARK WHO TRIED TO GET
HELP FROM NEIGHBORS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
HE WAS BEING ASSAULTED BY
MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS WITH CLUBS
AND HAIR SPRAY.
THE NEIGHBORS EMAILED ME
BECAUSE THEY AT NO TIME KNOW
WHO HE WAS AND TEN AFTER WORDS
THEY JUST WANTED TO FOE HOW TO
GET HIM INTO SHELTER.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE
NEED FOR PERSONAL SAFETY AND
ASSISTANCE THAT IS EVERYWHERE
IN THE CITY.
AND IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF
NEIGHBORS DESIRE TO HELP AND SO
WE'RE REALLY SUPPORTIVE, OUR
COMMUNITY OF FUNDING THE
SOLUTIONS.
BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A
STRUGGLE WITH DELAY AND SCALE
IN THE SCOPE OF IT.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT
IT DOES SEEM THAT JUST CARE IS
A PROGRAM THAT WOULD SOLVE THE
PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS
SUSTAINABLY WITH VOLUNTARY
RELOCATION.
THAT'S CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AND
IMPLEMENTED DIRECTLY BY
OUTREACH SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER'S OFFICE.
I WANTED TO SAY TODAY SPEAKING
TO ITEM TWO.
WE FEEL BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW
THAT JUST CARE IS A PROGRAM
THAT COULD BENEFIT EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD, SIDEWALK, AND
PARK.
AND I WANTED TO ECHO THE NEED
FOR MORE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES,
MORE SHELTER, AND MORE HOUSING,
HONESTLY, AND MORE OUTREACH
WITH COMPASSION AND RESPECT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH
LEEHIGH.
WORKING WITH SPEAKING WITH OUR
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT REACH
PERSON AND TRYING TO BE PART OF
THE SOLUTION.
AND I'LL YIELD THE REST OF MY
TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS THERESA
HOHMANN.
FOR
THERESA HOHMANN?
>> OH SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME
NOW?
>> YES, PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MY APOLOGIES.
MY NAME IS THERESA HOHMANN.
AND I'M THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
PROGRAM MANAGER WITH LEEHIGH.
I'VE WORKED WITH OUR POPULATION
FOR OVER TWELVE YEARS WITH
DIFFERENT SEATTLE HOUSING
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT
CLIENTS WHO COME THROUGH TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES ARE SET UP FOR
SUCCESS IN PERMANENT HOUSING.
BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD A CHANCE
NOW TO ADJUST ONCE AGAIN TO
LIVING WITHIN WALLS, WITHIN A
STRUCTURE OF RULES, AND WITHIN
COMMUNITY.
I THINK THE MODEL IS BRILLIANT
AS VILLAGERS OFTEN REPORT
SLEEPING SOUNDLY FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN A LONG TIME WITHOUT THE
THREAT OF RAPE.
WITHOUT THE THREAT OF ROBBERY.
OR ASSAULT OR RATS GETTING
INSIDE THEIR TENT.
THEY'RE COST EFFECTIVE.
THEY'RE IMMEDIATE.
AND PEOPLE IN ENCAMP .S WANT TO
MOVE INTO THEM AS THEY WAIT FOR
PERMANENT HOUSING.
WHEN TESTIFYING, I OFTEN WONDER
IF I SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE
CLIENT WHO AGED OUT OF THE
FOSTER SYSTEM WHO STILL HAS THE
CIGARETTE BURN MARKS ON HIS
ARMS, FOR THE CLIENT WHO FIGHTS
WITH PEOPLE WE CAN'T SEE OR
MAYBE THE CLIENT WHOSE ALWAYS
ANGRY AT US AND EVERYONE, AT
THE WORLD.
WE WORK HARD TO CREATE HEALING
ENVIRONMENTS.
WHERE OUR VILLAGERS ARE LOVED
AND SUPPORTED AND ENCOURAGED TO
LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE.
WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO DREAM UP
THEIR FUTURE.
WHAT THEIR HOUSING LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT THEIR RELATIONSHIPS LOOK
LIKE.
AND WHAT THEY WANT TO BE DOING
WITH THEIR TIME.
WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE
THINGS THEY LOVE TO DO.
AND THEN WE BRAINSTORM ABOUT
HOW THAT MIGHT TRANSLATE INTO
MEANINGFUL WORK.
AND WHEN A CLIENT HAS MOVED ON,
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO WELCOME THAT
NEXT PERSON SO THEY CAN START
THEIR HEALING JOURNEY.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO
FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES.
STAY TRULY CHANGE LIVES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS
LAMONTE GREEN.
LAMONTE -- GO AHEAD LAMONTE.
>> YES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO BE HERE.
I'M LAMONTE GREEN.
I'M WITH THE LIVED EXPERIENCE
COALITION.
REALLY WHAT WE CANT TO TALK
ABOUT IS RAPID REHOUSING
POLICY.
IN MANY COMMUNITIES, THERE'S A
LACK OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
WE KNOW THAT.
WE EXPERIENCED THAT HERE.
THAT LEAVES MANY HIGHLY
VULNERABLE CLIENTS LANGUISHING
IN HOMELESSNESS FOR A LONG
TIME.
REHOUSE SOMETHING MORE WIDELY
AVAILABLE AND THESE CLIENTS
INCLUDING CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
CLIENTS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING
FOR THIS INTERVENTION, HAVE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
AND OTHER LONG-TERM HOUSING
OPTIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT
THIS TIME.
BUT CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEFS
IN OUR HOMELESS SYSTEM AND WITH
PROVIDER RAPID REHOUSE
SOMETHING NOT SEEN AS AN
ADEQUATE INTERVENTION FOR FOLKS
EXPERIENCING CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS.
BUT IT'S AN EFFECTIVE
INTERVENTION.
AND MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN
USING RAPID REHOUSING TO HOUSE
OUR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
POPULATION.
BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND IT'S UNFAIR TO HAVE OUR
MOST VULNERABLE LANGUISHING ON
THE STREETS.
RAPID HOUSING WORKS FOR PEOPLE
WITH NO INCOME, WITH
DISABILITIES, CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS AND POOR RENTAL
HISTORY.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS
PARTICIPANTS CAN RECEIVE
SUBSIDIES FOR TWO YEARS PER
HUT.
AND IT'S A GREAT OPTION, BRIDGE
HOUSING FOR VULNERABLE
UNSHELTERED CLIENTS.
THE GOAL WOULD BE TO GET OUR
VULNERABLE CLIENTS RAPIDLY
REHOUSED AND OFF THE STREETS
AND IN A RAPID REHOUSING
PROGRAM AND PROACTIVELY WORK TO
GET THEM PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
AND THIS IS TRUE.
THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR HOUSING
FIRST AND HARM REDUCTION
APPROACH.
AND PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR FOLKS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WOULD
HOMELESSNESS STATUS WHILE IN
RAPID REHOUSING AND
PARTICIPANTS CAN BE TRANSFERRED
FROM A RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM
TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
OR ANOTHER PERMANENT OPTION.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT TODAY ON BEHALF OF
LIVED EXPERIENCE COALITION, OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THAT WE
NEED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY-WIDE
PLAY BOOK.
AND WE NEED TO SHIFT THE
NARRATIVE THAT RAPID REHOUSING
IS A VIABLE INTERVENTION FOR
FOLKS THAT ARE VULNERABLE AND
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
>> HEY LAMONTE, I'M SORRY, YOUR
TIME HAS EXPIRED.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> IT APPEARS WE'RE NOT
AUTOMATICALLY CUTTING PEOPLE
OFF WHEN TIME EXPIRES, WHICH IS
GOOD.
BUT SORRY I WANTED TO POLITELY
MENTION THAT BUT I APPRECIATE
WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP AND
THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE
COMMITTEE TODAY SO THANK YOU
FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT SPEAKER IS HERALD ODOM.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER LISA HERBOLD FOR
BRINGING THIS UP TO THE
COALITION.
MY NAME IS HERALD ODOM FROM THE
LUCAS BRIDGE COALITION WE WERE
ASKED ABOUT RAPID REHOUSING.
RAPID REHOUSING WE NEED TO TAKE
A DEEP DIVE INTO.
LAMONTE IS TALKING ABOUT A FEW
THINGS THAT RAPID REHOUSING HAS
GOOD AND BAD WITH IT.
BUT WE NEED TO STAY ON THE
TRACK THAT HUD HAS PUT US ON.
AND STAY ON THE TRACK THAT'S
BEEN MOST SUCCESSFUL FOR
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THAT IS WRAP AROUND SERVICES
THROUGHOUT HOUSING.
NOT JUST RAPID REHOUSING BUT
ANYTHING TO DO WITH HOUSING.
WE HAVE A ROBUST TEAM.
WE BELIEVE WHAT MARK JONES IS
GOING TO PRESENT LATER, A PEER
NAVIGATOR.
SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN THROUGH THE
SYSTEM.
FOUGHT THE SYSTEM, AND HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL.
NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES
THEY'VE GONE UP AND DOWN,
THEY'RE NOW SUCCESSFUL.
AND THEY MIGHT WANT A CAREER IN
SOCIAL SERVICES.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY WANT TO
START OFF ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
BECAUSE I KNOW MORE PEOPLE WHO
WRITE CONTRACTS FOR PEOPLE IN
SERVICES TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE
STREET THAT HAVE NEVER DONE
OUTREACH.
MORE PEOPLE WHO CONTRACT WRITES
AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE TO GET
INTO HOUSING BUT HAVE NEVER
DONE ANYTHING TO GET ANYBODY
INTO HOUSING.
PEER NAVIGATORS ARE THE WAY TO
GO AND WE BELIEVE IN THEM.
WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE MANY
OF THEM.
NOT UNDER AGENCIES BUT UNDER
GOVERNMENT.
BECAUSE GOVERNMENT CAN CONTROL
THE TRAINING AND CONTROL NON-
PARTISAN WAYS OF DOING THINGS.
WE KNOW WHO WE'RE ON THE
STREET.
THAT GREAT GAP IN AGE, RACE,
HAS TO BE STOPPED.
MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE STREETS
HURTING AND DYING.
YOU HAVE THE WILL.
AND YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE
IT STOP.
IS THAT MY TIME?
>> NO.
HERALD --
>> THANK YOU.
>> SORRY, HERALD, THAT DING WAS
THE TEN-MINUTE WARN.
OR TEN SECOND WARNING RATHER.
NEXT SPEAKER IS LEILA B.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
I'M LEILA IN DISTRICT FOUR.
I'M CONDEMNING THE VIOLENCE
SWEEPS AND DISPLACEMENT OF
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN SEATTLE.
AS COVID CASES ARE RISING, THE
CDC WARNS ABILITY SWEEPS
WITHOUT ADEQUATE OPTIONS.
INCREASING SHELTER SPACE
DOESN'T HELP PEOPLE FACING
DISPLACEMENT IN THE NEXT TWO
MONTHS OR PEOPLE AT RISK TO
HAZARDOUS AIR FROM WILDFIRE
SMOKE, FUTURE HEAT WAVES AND
FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
IN ADDITION TO THE SWEEP THAT
DON'T POST NOTICES.
THE CITY HAS MANY SWEEPS
PLANNED THAT YOU SHOULD NOT
ONLY BE HYPER AWARE OF BUT BE
DOING EVERYTHING IN YOUR
POSITIONAL AND PERSONAL POWER
TO STOP.
BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 2nd,
THERE ARE AT LEAST 18 SWEEPS,
INCLUDING TWO THIS WEEK, ONE OF
WHICH IS TODAY, SEVEN NEXT
WEEK.
THREE THE WEEK AFTER THAT.
AND TWO A WEEK FOR NEXT THREE
WEEKS AFTER THAT.
AS WELL AS THE SWEEPS THAT
HAPPEN WITHOUT NOTICE ON TOP OF
THESE.
THE SCHEDULE REPRESENTS
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT THE
CITY IS ABOUT TO DISPLACE AS WE
ENTER A FOURTH WAVE OF THE
PANDEMIC AND DURING THE TIME OF
YEAR WE REGULARLY HAVE
HAZARDOUS AIR QUALITY DUE TO
WILDFIRE SMOKE.
THE MAYOR HAD EXTENDED THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM EARLY THIS
YEAR BU APPARENTLY THE CITY IS
FREE TO EVICT WHOMEVER IT WANTS
HOWEVER MUCH MORE IT COSTS THAN
ACTUALLY SUPPORTING PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE EACH OF YOU DOING TO
PROTECT IF PEOPLE WHOSE HOMES
YOU'RE ABOUT TO DESTROY?
THESE SWEEPS RISK PEOPLE'S
LIVES AND YOU'RE COMPLICIT OR
ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN
RISKING THEIR LIVES BY LETTING
THE SWEEPS HAPPEN.
PLEASE STOP THE SWEEPS, THANK
YOU.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS JONATHAN
HEMPHILL.
JONATHAN, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HIT
STAR SIX.
>> HELLO.
>> HEY JONATHAN, WE CAN HEAR
YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> AWESOME.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JONATHAN
HEMPHILL.
I'M WITH THE LIBERAL EXPERIENCE
COALITION.
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE AND GIVING
PUBLIC COMMENT AND TESTIMONY.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK AND FOLLOW UP
MY COLLEAGUES ON THE RAPID
REHOUSING.
AND REALLY DELVE INTO THE
COMPONENTS OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO
SEE.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT ALL COMES
DOWN TO IS WE NEED A RAPID
REHOUSING MODEL THAT
ENCOMPASSES EXTENSIVE WRAP
AROUND SERVICES.
THAT INCLUDES HEALTH CARE, AND
OBTAINING PAPER WORK, JOB
TRAINING, AND ASSISTANCE WITH
COURT.
AND ALSO CHILD CARE, AND ALSO
COMMUNITY.
ENSURING THAT FOLKS ARE
REGROUNDED IN THEIR COMMUNITY,
IN THEIR SPACE, WHATEVER THAT
LOOKS LIKE.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS
ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.
BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN
YOU'RE DOWN SO DEEP HAVING
ABSOLUTE POVERTY SUCH AS
HOMELESSNESS, IT'S AN UPHILL
BATTLE TO GET UP OFF YOUR FEET
AGAIN AND MAKE A WAY.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO PUT PEOPLE
IN HOUSING.
THEY DON'T HAVE A SUPPORT
NETWORK OR EVEN ANY MONEY TO GO
FOR TRANSPORTATION.
THEY CONDITION GO AND TAKE CARE
OF HEALTH CARE.
THEY CAN'T MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO
GET NECESSARY VITAL DOCUMENTS
TO OBTAIN A JOB LIKE ID, ET
CETERA.
THAT COMPOUNDS UPON ITSELF AND
EXACERBATES THE ISSUE.
SO PRETTY MUCH WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE WHEN WE DO THESE SERVICES
THAT WE'RE SETTING FOLKS UP FOR
SUCCESS.
AND ALSO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE
FACT THAT THIS MUST BE MORE
THAN 90 DAYS.
A LOT OF COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT TO THIS TYPE
OF WORK, FROM WHAT WE
UNDERSTAND, IT CAN'T BE DONE IN
A 60 TO 90 DAY MODEL.
IT MUST BE SOMETHING THAT'S
CONTINUOUS.
THAT ALLOWS FOR PROPER
RELATIONSHIP.
I GUESS I'M OUT OF TIME.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE NEED TO
HAVE AT LEAST 12 TO 24 MONTHS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE
ANDERSON.
STEPHANIE, YOU MAY HAVE TO HIT
STAR SIX.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE'RE
HEARING FROM STEPHANIE RIGHT
NOW.
SO WE'LL BOOKMARK HER AND COME
BACK.
SO WE'LL GO ON TO AIDEN --
>> I'M HERE.
>> GO AHEAD, STEPHANIE.
>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
TWO MINUTES.
>> I'M FROM BALLARD.
AND I'M CALLING SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT THE BALLARD COMMONS.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW
WHEN YOU GUYS -- WHEN IT'S
GOING TO BE CLEANED UP.
BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S
NOT.
AND I'M KIND OF OUT OF IDEAS.
I'M NOT A POLITICIAN.
I'M JUST A PERSON.
BUT I FEEL LIKE I DON'T WANT
FINGER POINTING.
I DON'T WANT OH IT'S THE
MAYOR'S FAULT OR THE CITY
COUNCIL'S FAULT.
I WANT TO FOE WHAT THE PLAN IS
TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO AWFUL DOWN
THERE.
AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE WHO IS
HOMELESS TO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO
GO.
BUT I FEEL LIKE I KIND OF FEEL
LIKE BECAUSE BALLARD IS BEING
PASSIVE ABOUT IT THAT NOTHING'S
HAPPENING.
BECAUSE I WALK A LOT.
AND I TALK TO THE BUSINESS
OWNERS.
AND EVERY TIME I ASK THEM, WHAT
DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
FACT THAT WE CAN'T USE THE
SPRAY PARK?
AND THIS PLAY PLACE IS OVER RUN
AND FULL OF TRASH, THEY ALL
SHRUG THEIR SHOULDERS AND SAY
OH WELL, I DON'T REALLY THINK
ABOUT IT OR OH WELL IT'S NOT MY
PROBLEM AND I WONDER IF THAT
ISN'T WHY IT ISN'T BEING
CLEANED UP.
I WONDER IF WE NEED A FIELD
TRIP.
MAYBE WE NEED THE MAYOR AND THE
CITY COUNCIL AND CITY LEADERS
TO COME SEE IT EVERYDAY AND
UNDERSTAND THAT IT HASN'T
GOTTEN BETTER.
IT'S NOT CHANGING.
AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S
GOING TO TAKE.
I TALKED TO A POLICE OFFICER
WHO WAS ASSIGNED THERE
YESTERDAY.
AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO
SAD.
AND IT'S SO WRONG.
AND THERE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S ALSO DRUG DEALS GOING
ON.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE MENTALLY
ILL.
AND I'M VERY SYMPATHETIC TO
THAT.
BUT THIS IS SO WRONG.
AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON SO LONG.
AND I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE
UNTIL MAYBE SOMEONE GETS KILLED
OR RAPED OR SOMETHING HAPPENS
TO EFFECT CHANGE.
AND I JUST -- I DON'T KNOW IF
IT'S JUST BECAUSE SEATTLE'S
PASSIVE.
BUT I'M SO FRUSTRATED BY THE
INACTION OF THE CITY LEADERS.
AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO ANY MORE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS AIDEN CAROL.
>> HI, THIS IS AIDEN IN GREEN
LAKE.
I ONE ABLE TO CALL IN THIS
MORNING WHEN A NUMBER OF MY
NEIGHBORS WERE ASKING TO PUT --
BECAUSE I WAS AT THE HN PIKE
ENCAMPMENT SWEEP.
JUST WALKING THROUGH TRAGEDY
AND TRYING TO CARRY BOXES
AROUND.
BUT I WOULD SAY AGAIN, WE NEED
MORE CAR-FREE ZONES NOT LESS.
BUT IF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN,
PLEASE DO NOT DISPLACE THE
VEHICLE RESIDENTS AT GREEN LAKE
WAY IN AURORA.
I WANT TO AGREE WITH ALL OF THE
PREVIOUS COMMENTERS, EXCEPT
POSSIBLY THE LAST ONE, THE
PROBLEM IS REAL.
BUT THE SOLUTIONS ARE ABOUT
HOUSING THE CITY IS NOT BEING
PASSIVE.
IT'S BEING AGGRESSIVE IN THE
WRONG WAYS.
THERE ARE AN E AN ENORMOUS
NUMBER OF SWEEPS COMING UP.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE DISPLACED WITH
NO PLAN.
AND I WANT TO REALLY ECHO THE
CALL TO REOPEN THE BATHROOMS
AND SHOWERS.
BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE -- THIS
COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR
MONTHS THE ROLL OUT THE NEW
STREET SINKS.
AND TO ACCESS WATER AND SO
FORTH.
WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
BUT SEATTLE PARKS AND REC
SUPERINTENDENT JESUS HAS KEPT
MANY SHOWER FACILITIES CLOSED.
AND THAT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT
HOME LEST PEOPLE.
IT AFFECTS THOSE OF WHITE HOUSE
BIKE AROUND AND SOMETIMES NEED
TO GO TO THE BATHROOM IN PUBLIC
AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS ARE AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF A CITY.
WE NEED TO REOPEN THE EXISTING
BUILDINGS THAT WE ALL READY
HAVE BUILT.
PARKS IS SPENDING MONEY ON
SWEEPS INSTEAD OF ON BATHROOMS
AND SHOWERS.
AND IT'S DENYING ACCESS TO
PUBLIC SPACE TO THOSE WHO DON'T
HAVE HOMES NEARBY.
SOME OF THE FACILITIES ARE
OPEN.
THERE'S NO REASON FOR NOT
REOPENING ALL OF THEM.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE TO DENY
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE BOTH
UNSHELTERED AND SHELTERED
ACCESS TO BASIC ESSENTIAL
SERVICES.
AND PLEASE FUND HOUSING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS
KIRK MCCLAIN WHO IS CURRENTLY
LITED AS NOT PRESENT.
KIRK, WE'LL HOLD YOUR PLACE,
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU LATER.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO NOTE,
CURRENTLY LISTED AS NOT
PRESENT.
SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAGE
SPICER FOLLOWED BY JOHN GRANT,
PAIGE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCIL, MY NAME IS PAIGE, I'M
A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF KING
COUNTY CALLING IN TO CONDEMN
THE SWEEPS.
INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN
RESOURCES, THE CITY POURED TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO
SWEEPING ENCAMP .S.
EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS OUR
TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE WASTED ON
RUINING LIVES INSTEAD OF
REPAIRING THE HARM THE CITY
CAUSED.
EXPERTS HAVE CONDEMNED THE
SWEEPS AND CLEARLY STATED THAT
THEY DO NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE
COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED WITH NO
SUPPORT AND NOWHERE TO GO.
AND EXPERTS HAVE STATED THAT
THESE SWEEPS SET YOUR UNHOUSED
CONSTITUENTS BACK YORES.
THEY ARE VIOLENT, INHUMANE, AND
A TRAGIC EXAMPLE OF THE HEART
LESTNESS OF THE SO-CALLED
LEADERS IN THE CITY.
WHEN POLICE SHOW UP FOR THE
SWEEPS THEY CLAIM TO STORE
BELONGINGS BUT BRUTALIZE
UNHOUSED PEOPLE WHILE THROWING
AWAY THE BELONGINGS.
THEY'VE THROWN AWAY ASHES, A
WHEELCHAIR, AN OXYGEN TANK.
THEY HAVE NO REGARD FOR HUMAN
LIFE OR DECENCY, DURING THE
HEAT WAVE THE CITY SWEPT
ENCAMPMENTS WHILE OFFERING NO
SUPPORT FOR HEAT EXHAUSTION,
WHEN THE SMOKE HIT T CITY DID
NOTHING TO REPROVIDE RELIEF FOR
UNHOUSED CONSTITUENTS.
THEY'VE DONE NO PLANNING FOR
THE SEASON.
AND SEEM POISED TO LET PEOPLE
DIE INSTEAD OF INVESTIN IN THE
SUCCESS OF EVERY CONSTITUENT.
THIS TASK HAS FALLEN TO A
HANDFUL OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO AREN'T WILLING TO SIT BY
AND WATCH OUR NEIGHBORS SUFFER
AND PARISH.
HOUSE IS A HUMAN RIGHT, AND THE
ONLY ACTION THE CITY SHOULD
TAKE IS STOPPING SWEEPS AND
PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR
UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, WE NEED
HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO
FOOD AND WATER, EDUCATION,
JOBS, RESOURCES THAT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
UNTIL PERMANENT HOUSING IS
SECURE FOR ALL CONSTITUENT,
Y'ALL SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
SLEEP AT NIGHT.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN GRANT
FOLLOWED BY MARLEY SUMMERS.
>> FORM, COMMITTEE CHAIR LEWIS
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JOHN GRANT.
I'M WITH THE LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS AND THIS COMMITTEE FOR
ITS DILIGENT WORK TO DEVELOP
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO OUR
CITY'S HOME LESTNESS CRISIS.
OUR ORGANIZATION OPERATES A
DOZEN TINY HOUSE VILLAGES IN
THE GREATER PUGET SOUND REGION.
MOST OF WHICH ARE HERE IN
SEATTLE.
OUR PROGRAM HAS A MUCH HIGHER
SUCCESS RATE OF PLACING HOME
LEST FOLKS INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING COMPARED TO STANDARD
CONGREGATE SETTINGS.
THEY CAN SOCIALLY DISTANCE
THEMSELVES UNLIKE REGULAR
SHELTER.
WHICH IS A CRITICAL FEATURE.
TINY HOUSES ARE NOT PERMANENT
SOLUTIONS.
THEY ARE AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE
THAT'S SCALABLE.
THAT SAVES PEOPLE'S LIVES.
EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE IS THE
AMOUNT OF GOOD WILL THE PROGRAM
BRINGS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE APPROACH
OUR ORGANIZATION ASKING FOR A
VILLAGE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEN WE LAUNCH A VILLAGE, THE
PUBLIC CAN SEE WITH THEIR OWN
EYES AND GET A TANGIBLE SENSE
THAT THE CITY IS BEING
RESPONSIVE TO THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT AS THE PUBLIC
CONTINUES TO GROW IN PATIENCE
AS HOMELESSNESS GETS WORSE.
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS
AT THE READY.
DOZENS OF TINY HOUSES READY TO
GO.
AND WE'VE LAID THE GROUND WORK
IN THE COMMUNITY BY FORMING
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES
COMPOSED OF LOCAL BUSINESSES,
FAITH LEADERS, AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
WE HAVE THREE SITES THAT WE ARE
READY TO IMMEDIATELY LAUNCH IN
SEATTLE.
AS WELL AS THREE MORE VILLAGES
BY WINTER, WE HAVE BEEN
PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE
THE TINY HOUSES RFP SO WE CAN
BEGIN THE WORK.
THERE ARE NO DELAYS ON THE
PROVIDER'S SIDE.
WE MUST ACT QUICKLY TO GET
THESE VILLAGES ONLINE.
IT CAN TAKE SIX WEEKS TO
COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
VILLAGE, AND WINTER IS JUST
AROUND THE CORNER.
WE ARE ASKING THIS COMMITTEE TO
ENCOURAGE THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE THE RFP
SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND
LAUNCH THESE NEW VILLAGES THAT
HAVE BEEN BUDGETED AND PLANNED
FOR SOME TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS MARLEY
SUMMERS.
FOLLOWED BY LAUREN SIMMONS.
MARLEY?
>> HELLO?
>> HEY, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO?
YAY.
THANK YOU, HI.
HI CITY COUNCIL, GOOD
AFTERNOON, I'M MARLEY, I LIVE
IN GREEN WOOD.
I'M AN EDUCATOR AND A FREQUENT
PARK USER IN MY PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
I DO WANT TO GO ON PUBLIC
COMMENT AND SAY THAT AS SOMEONE
WHO GREW UP DREAMING OF WORKING
IN PARKS AND REC AND REALLY
WORKING IN PUBLIC SPACES, I'VE
BEEN INCREDIBLY DISHEARTENED
AND REALLY DISTRAUGHT AT THE
WAY PARKS IS USING THEIR BUDGET
TO PERFORM SWEEPS WHICH
DEHUMANIZE OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND GET RID OF A LOT OF
THE WAY THEY HAVE LIVES AND
LIVE.
AND THERE'S NO PERMANENT
SOLUTION TO HELP WITH THE
HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM AND THE
UHOUSING OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN
SEATTLE.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY PLEASE
INVEST MORE RESOURCES IN THAT.
AND ALSO AS A FREQUENT PARK
USER, I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN
REOPEN ALL OUR BATHROOMS AND
SHOWER FACILITIES IMMEDIATELY.
I THINK THIS IS A QUICK
SOLUTION.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THE NEW STREET SINK
PROGRAM WHICH IS REALLY GREAT
BUT FOR SOME REASON PARKS AND
REC SUPERINTENDENT KEPT A LOT
OF EXISTING FACILITIES CLOSED.
AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN SOME OF
THEM OPEN.
SO IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE
SPENDING OUR BUDGET ON SWEEPS
INSTEAD OF REOPENING BATHROOMS
AND SHOWERS, IT'S A BASIC
SERVICE.
IT'S NOT LIMITED TO OUR
UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS.
IT'S REALLY FOR EVERYONE.
AND I DON'T KNOW -- I REALLY
JUST URGE YOU TO OPEN ALL OF
THEM IMMEDIATELY.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS LAUREN
SIMMONS.
FOLLOWED BY CHRIS LOPEZ.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> MY NAME IS LAUREN SIMMONS.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF MENTAL
ILLNESS IN WASHINGTON STATE.
WE'RE THE CHAPTER OF THE
LARGEST GRASS ROOTS MENTAL
HEALTH ORGANIZATION IN THE
COUNTRY.
WE ALL KNOW THE ASTROSERS SUCH
AS THE IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC
INSTABILITY, INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM, AND A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
WE'RE LIVING IN ARE DEEPLY
IMPACTING PEOPLE ACROSS OUR
COMMUNITIES AND MANIFESTING IN
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES
AND CRISIS.
AND WE KNOW THAT COVID-19 HAS
INCREASED -- HARM PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE
HURTING.
ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS HAVE A SERIOUS
MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION AND THE
BASIC NEED OF OF HOUSING
ISN'T HELPING.
AS WE LOOK AT SYSTEMATICALLY
ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, WE NEED
TO REMEMBER EACH PERSON
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAS
THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL
EXPERIENCES, OFTEN INCLUDING
TRAUMA.
SO EACH PERSON HAS DIFFERENT
NEEDS AND SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN
DETERMINING THEIR DIRECTION
FORWARD.
WE CANNOT EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT ALSO
ADDRESSING PEOPLE'S BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH NEEDS AND DOING SO IN A
TRAUMA INFORMED WAY.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
IMPLEMENT PROVEN PRACTICES THAT
SUPPORT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WITH BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CONDITIONS.
CITY COUNCIL HAS ACCESS TO
FUNDING THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED
ACROSS DIFFERENT HOUSING
OPTIONS WITH DIFFERENT PATHWAY
TOSSER SERVICES AND STABILITY.
OFFERING CHOICE AND MULTIPLE
PATHS TO HOUSING, SUPPORT, TO
ACCESS HOUSING AND SUPPORT IS A
PROVEN PRACTICE THAT WILL BE
MORE EFFECTIVE FOR EACH PERSON
FOR A CITY RATHER THAN A
BLANKETED APPROACH THAT'S NOT
SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, LARGE SCALE
EXPANSION OF TINY HOUSES
WITHOUT AN EVALUATION OF
OUTCOMES DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
TINY HOUSES MAY WORK FOR SOME,
THEY'RE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL
APPROACH.
WE BELIEVE THE COUNCIL SHOULD
CAREFULLY CONSIDER OUTCOMES FOR
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND EXPLORE OTHER
OPTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS
EXPIRED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL SUBMIT IT IN WRITING.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS
CHRIS LOPEZ FOLLOWED BY JARVIS.
CHRIS?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS CHRIS LOPEZ.
I'M WITH THE LIVED EXPERIENCE
COALITION.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
ON SPEAKING ON THE ASPECT OF
RAPID REHOUSING.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK
ABOUT.
BUT MY FOCUS WILL BE MORE ON
PROPER TRAINING OF SERVICE
PROVIDERS WHICH IS I THINK IS
VERY IMPORTANT.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK SINCE
2006.
AND I WOULD SAY THE BEST
TRAINING IN MOST EDUCATION
AROUND IS THAT I SEE NOT ONLY
JUST FROM MY OWN LIVED
EXPERIENCE BUT FROM SHADOWING
AND HAVING MORE OF LIKE
MENTORS.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE
FIELD DOING RAP WRAP AROUND
SERVICES, THERE'S NO MANY
DIFFERENT VARIABLES.
SOME OF THESE THINGS YOU CAN'T
LEARN IN A TEXTBOOK.
SOME OF THESE THINGS COLLEGE
CAN'T TEACH YOU.
SOME OF THESE THINGS COME FROM
LIVED EXPERIENCES THAT WE CAN'T
TEACH.
SO PART OF WHAT I SEE
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE AND THE
COUNTY IS YOU KNOW, RETENTION
IS HARD FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE PAY IS VERY LOW.
IT'S NOT EQUITABLE FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
IT'S VERY CHALLENGING WORK.
AND SECOND-HAND TRAUMA IS SUCH
A REAL THING.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE
CLIENTS THAT MAY PASS AWAY.
SOMETIMES YOU'RE THEIR LAST
NEXT OF KIN.
THOSE ARE THINGS YOU CAN'T
TRAIN.
THOSE ARE THINGS YOU HAVE TO
LEARN ON THE JOB.
AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A MENTOR
TO HELP PROCESS THAT.
AND LASTLY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE
TO SAY IS SAY IS AS A CITIZEN
OF SEATTLE THAT'S BEEN IN THE
COMMUNITY FOR FOUR GENERATIONS,
I'VE SEEN SO MANY DIFFERENCE
PROJECTS AND BUZZ WORDS AND
PROJECTS COME THROUGH THE CITY
AND THEN THEY GO.
I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT YOU
GUYS REALLY DIG IN DEEP AND DO
THE RIGHT THING WITH INTEGRITY.
AND LOOK AT REALLY WHAT IS THE
CAUSE OF -- THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THAT IS NOT PROPER ACCESS TO
MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
NOT PROPER ACCESS TO EVEN
PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE.
BUT I'M FINISHED WITH MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS JARVIS,
FOLLOWED BY ELANA.
JARVIS?
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL, MY
NAME IS JARVIS.
AND I LIVE HERE AT THE
NICKELSVILLE CENTER DISTRICT.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
YOU, CHAIRMAN LEWIS FOR
VISITING US AND MEETING WITH US
HERE AT OUR NICKELVILLE SITE.
YOU'RE THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER
TO VISIT US SINCE WE MOVED TO
THIS LOCATION.
AND HOPEFULLY ONE OF MANY.
AND IT'S THE FIRST IN-PERSON
MEETING I'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME
WITH ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO
VISIT.
IT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR YOUR
SUPPORT FOR OUR DEMOCRATICALLY
RUN TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
WHAT'S LESS ENCOURAGING HOWEVER
IS IT'S MORE THAN HALF WAY
THROUGH THE YEAR AND WE STILL
ARE YET TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL
COMMITMENT OR COMMUNICATION
FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
ALTHOUGH THEY CON TO PAY FOR
THE UTILITIES, THE RESIDENTS
HERE CONTINUE TO PAY FOR
UTILITIES EVEN THOUGH THE
FUNDING HAS ALL READY BEEN
APPROPRIATED.
AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, THAT'S
DETRIMENTAL TO PEOPLE MOVING
FORWARD WITH THEIR LIVES.
WE'RE DOING GREAT WITH VERY
LITTLE AND WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE
TO DO MORE.
AND WE'RE EAGER TO GET STARTED
ON A NEW VILLAGE, WE KNOW MONEY
HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED.
AND WE KNOW WE'D LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO DO MORE.
AND WE WOULD LIKE YOUR HELP
WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO GET THAT FUNDING
RELEASED SO WE CAN DO WHAT WE
KNOW HOW TO DO.
AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBERS, AND I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS ELANA.
JUST ELANA, NO LAST NAME.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ELANA I'M
CALLING IN TO REMIND YOU ALL
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW
ISN'T THAT MUCH.
WE'RE IN A CRISIS, AN
EMERGENCY.
PEOPLE ARE LIVING OUTSIDE AND
PEOPLE ARE DYING BECAUSE
THEY'RE LIVING OUTSIDE.
AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS THAT
YOU DON'T SWEEP PEOPLE WHO HAVE
GOTTEN A TENT TOGETHER.
YOU DON'T KICK PEOPLE WHEN
THEY'RE DOWN.
YOU GIVE THEM ACCESS TO
BATHROOMS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING HERE.
THIS ISN'T RADICAL.
THIS IS VERY BARE MINIMUM.
THE FACT THAT IS BAR IS SET SO
LOW IN THIS CITY IS INCREDIBLY
UPSETTING.
THAT'S ALL.
IT'S NOT RADICAL.
JUST GIVE -- JUST -- IF YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO HELP PEOPLE, JUST
LET PEOPLE LIVE, THANK YOU.
>> AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE
PUBLIC SPEAKERS PRESENT.
SO KIRK MCCLAIN, ANDREW CON
CONSTANTINO.
TREVON FIELDS, SEND YOUR
WRITTEN COMMENTS TO US AT THE
COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
I'M SORRY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO
GET TO YOUR COMMENT WHEN YOU
WERE PRESENT.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE OUT
THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE AGENDA.
ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
ITEM ONE, MR. CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE
RECORD 120109 AN ORDINANCE
RELATED TO CITY FINANCES
CREATING A FUND FOR DONATIONS,
GIFTS, GRANTS RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS AND PROVISION FOR
HUMAN SERVICES, BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>>> THANK YOU MR. CLERK, WE
HEARD THIS BILL LAST MONTH
DURING COMMITTEE.
AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE.
I'M BRINGING FORWARD A
SUBSTITUTE BILL THAT
INCORPORATE AS SMALL NUMBER OF
TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT DO NOT
IMPACT THE OVER ALL POLICY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT
SUBSTITUTE TO GET IT IN FRONT
OF US AND THEN WE CAN PARSE
THAT OUT.
SO I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120109.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BEING HEARD, I'LL
CALL THE QUESTION ON THE VOTE.
MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ THE ROLE
ON SUBSTITUTING VERSION TWO FOR
VERSION ONE COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALES.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> SORRY, I'M HERE.
AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MESQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE EIGHT IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> VERY GOOD.
SO THAT SUBSTITUTE BILL BEING
IN FRONT OF US, I WILL BRIEFLY
SPEAK TO THE SUBSTITUTE AND
THEN OPEN IT UP FOR ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS FROM
WHERE WE CAN MATCH GENEROUS
DONATIONS.
AND PROVIDING A WAY TO
ACCOMMODATE THAT IS AN
IMPORTANT POLICY GOAL WITH THE
STIPULATIONS THAT THIS IS NOT
GOING TO BE ULTIMATELY A
SUBSTITUTE FOR EFFORTS TO SCALE
THROUGH PROGRESSIVE REVENUE AND
BIG COMMITMENTS ON SOCIAL
HOUSING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE
ULTIMATELY NEED TO DO.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I THINK THAT
THIS SUBSTITUTE BEFORE US GIVES
US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A
FUND THAT CAN GIVE ASSURANCES
TO POTENTIAL PARTNERS THAT
MONEYS PUT INTO THAT FUND WILL
GO TOWARD THESE KINDS OF PUBLIC
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE
GOING TO RESULT IN THE CREATION
OF TINY HOUSE VILLAGES OR OTHER
KINDS OF RESPONSE RESOURCES.
IT GIVES US AN ABILITY TO MAKE
SURE FUNDS ARE IN A LOCKED BOX
AND NO COMINGLED WITH OTHER
POTENTIAL ASSETS.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK I'LL
LEAVE MY COMMENTS AT THAT FOR
NOW.
I HAVE APPRECIATED ENGAGEMENT
OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST
MONTH WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES' OFFICE TO DISCUSS SOME
POTENTIAL WAYS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE SAFE
FORWARDED AND DON'T LEAD TO A
-- ANY UP DUE INFLUENCE IN CITY
DECISION MAKING.
I THINK WHISTLEBLOWER IN A GOOD
PLACE ON THOSE CONCERNS GIVEN
THE DISCOURSE OVER THE LAST
MONTH AND REALLY TALKING ABOUT
HOW THIS WOULD WORK IN
PRACTICE.
AND REALLY AS ALWAYS I WANT TO
APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES' LEADERSHIP AND THE
CONCERNS SHE RAISED IN THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WERE
IMPORTANT THINGS WE HAD TO
DISCUSS BETWEEN THE LAST
MEETING AND THIS ONE.
WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FOR THIS.
AND I'LL OPEN IT UP IF ANYONE
WANTS TO MAKE A COUPLE
COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS.
I WAS JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE
TRACK CHANGES OF THE
SUBSTITUTE.
AND IT'S CHANGING THE
HOMELESSNESS AND HUMAN SERVICES
FUND TO IT TAKES A VILLAGE
FUND.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT
THE INTENT IS NOT TO FUND -- TO
ENABLE THESE DOLLARS TO FUND
JUST TINY HOME VILLAGES BUT
OTHER INTERVENTIONS THAT THE
COUNCIL MIGHT CONSIDER
APPROPRIATE.
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION,
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
SORRY, THAT WAS A CDO CHANGE
RECOMMENDED BECAUSE THE NAME
ORIGINALLY CONSTITUTED WAS VERY
SIMILAR TO ANOTHER FUND THAT'S
IN CBO.
AND THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT
THERE COULD BE ACCOUNTING
ERRORS WHERE MONEY WOULD BE
ACCIDENTALLY DEPOSITED IN THE
OTHER HOMELESSNESS FUND AND TO
AVOID THAT, THEY WANTED A VERY
DISTINCT NAME.
BUT THE BILL DOES STATE THAT
THE FUNDING CAN BE ACCEPTED FOR
JUST ABOUT ANY OF OUR DIFFERENT
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE PROJECTS,
INCLUDING HOTELING AND ENHANCED
SHELTER AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF
OTHER THINGS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, THANKS FOR RAISING
THAT.
I HAD ACTUALLY FORGOTTEN THAT.
THAT WE HAD TO DO THAT NAME
CHANGE.
SO THANK YOU.
SORRY, AND JEFF, DID YOU HAVE
SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT TOO.
>> YES, I WANTED TO CLARIFY
SECTION TWO NOT ONLY
ENCOMPASSES HOMELESSNESS
PROGRAMS BUT THE ABILITY TO USE
THESE FUNDS FOR A RANGE OF O
OTHER PROGRAM FOR THINGS THAT
SERVE YOUTH OR THE ELDERLY AND
THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.
>> GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MEKQUEDA.
>> TWO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AS
WELL.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY WE ARE
CHANGING THE LEGISLATION FROM
FAS TO HSD IN ITEM NUMBER FOUR
THAT WAS SUMMARIZED IN THE
EMAIL THAT YOUR TEAM SENT
AROUND.
CHANGES THE DEPARTMENT LISTED
IN SECTION FOUR FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO THE
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT?
>> YEAH, I'LL LET JEFF COVER
THAT FIRST AND THEN I'M HAPPY
TO JUMP IN AFTER JEFF.
>> SURE, I SHOULD TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AS A
DRAFTING ERROR.
THIS WAS MODELED AFTER A BILL
CREATED IN THE COVID DONATION
FUND AND THAT SECTION, YOU'LL
NOTE IT REFERS TO THE DIRECTOR
OF FINANCE.
IT WAS CLARIFIED FOR ME THAT
SOME OF THOSE PIECES SHOULD BE
DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT
WILL ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE
PROGRAMS AND HAVE OVER SIGHT
OVER THE SPENDING WHERE AS
OTHER PIECES SHOULD GO TO THE
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
THOSE TWEAKS WERE MADE TO MAKE
SURE ALL THE FUNCTIONS ARE SENT
TO THE CORRECT FINANCE OR
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT.
>> AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD TO THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, YOUR NEXT
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
JUST CLARIFICATION ON HOW THE
FUNDS GET SPENT.
IT LISTS THE POSSIBLE USE OF
FUNDS IN THE LEGISLATION BUT
DOES THE COUNCIL NEED TO
APPROVE HOW THE FUNDS GET
DISTRIBUTED OR FOR WHAT PURPOSE
OR DOES THAT DIRECTION GO
DIRECTLY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
ROLES AND DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY
MORE ROLE THAT WE HAVE TO
PROVIDE IN DETERMINING WHERE
THOSE DOLLARS GO.
>> I'LL GO TO JEFF FIRST ON
THAT AND JUMP IN AFTER JEFF.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
YES, BOTH RECEIVING FUNDS ARE
ACCEPTING DONATIONS DONATED TO
THIS FUND WOULD HAVE TO BE --
THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE ACCEPTED
THROUGH APPROPRIATION.
IN THE SAME WAY THE COUNCIL HAS
TO DO A GRANT ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE.
IN ADDITION, TO EXTEND FUNDS
WHEN APPROPRIATIONS NEED TO BE
MADE.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY FOR SOME OF
THE CHANGES IN SECTION FIVE,
SOME OF THE PIECES THAT
INITIALLY WERE CONSIDERED HERE.
WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATELY
PLACED WITH AN APPROPRIATIONS
BILL.
WHAT'S THE PLANNING BEYOND
THIS?
THAT'S THE YOU SHALL EWE BEHIND
CHANGES IN SECTION FIVE AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF, I WOULD ADD
TO THAT TOO, COUNCIL MEMBER,
THAT WAS A REALLY CRITICAL
CONSIDERATION IN TALKING ABOUT
THIS OVER THE COURSE OF THE
LAST MONTH THAT THE COUNCIL
RETAINING THAT ULTIMATE POWER
IS A BIG QUALITY CONTROL
COMPONENT OF THIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD STILL
HAVE OUR POWER WITH THE POWER
OF THE PURSE TO GATE KEEP
WHETHER WE WOULD WANT TO ACCEPT
MONEY AND WHETHER WE WOULD BE
APPROVING WHATEVER THE PLAN IS
TO USE THE MONEY.
SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS GOING
TO BE THE CASE WITH THIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DO WANT TO TAKE A BRIEF
MOMENT AS COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD BEEN ABLE TO REJOIN US
YET?
I KNOW SHE'S EXPERIENCING
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH HER
COMPUTER.
>> NOT YET.
STILL WORKING ON THAT, COUNCIL
MEMBER.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
HERE ON THIS BILL?
I DON'T THINK COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD WOULD MIND US MOVING ON
THE BILL WITHOUT HER PRESENT.
SO I THINK THAT IN THE INTEREST
OF TIME TO GET TO THE NEXT
PRESENTATION, I THINK I AM
GOING TO JUST MOVE THE BILL
WITH THAT UNFORTUNATE CAVEAT
THAT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES --
SO JUST FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD'S VOTE WOULD
HAVE BEEN ON THIS.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE THE COMMENT
SHE'S NOT PRESENT DUE TO
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
SO DON'T READ ANYTHING INTO IT
WHEN SHE DOESN'T RESPOND TO THE
ROLE CALL.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN
A MOTION TO MOVE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
OR ACTUALLY -- I WILL MOVE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
AND I WOULD ASK FOR A SECOND
RATHER.
SORRY.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120109.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MESQU ,DA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
CHAIR, THERE ARE SEVEN IN
FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
WE WILL MOVE NOW TO OUR SECOND
ITEM OF BUSINESS.
MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM TWO INTO THE RECORD.
>> HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AND KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY BRIEFING
ON SHELTER INVESTMENTS AND
RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
AT THE TABLE, WE HAVE COLBY
FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND MARK DONES, THE
NEW -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN
STILL CALL YOU NEW.
LET'S TRY THIS OUT FOR SIZE.
THE CEO OF THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL SERVICES AUTHORITY.
WHO IS WELL ESTABLISHED IN THAT
POSITION.
THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR
US.
BUT FIRST I'VE ASKED JEFF SIMS
OF COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF TO
PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO
GET US UP TO SPEED LAYING OUT
THE INVESTMENTS IN SHELTER IN
THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET AS WELL
AS THE SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGES
THAT HAVE COME DOWN DUE TO
FEDERAL AID THAT WAS NOT
AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF
DRAFTING.
BUT I THINK THIS WILL BE AN
IMPORTANT PRESENTATION.
SINCE WE HAVE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT WHAT ALL THE COUNCIL HAS
PUT IN THERE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR
THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL TO
BRIEFLY TAKE STOCK OF WHAT HAS
ALL BEEN FUNDED BEFORE WE PAN
IT INTO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
HOW WE SOLVE FOR REALIZING ALL
OF THOSE INVESTMENTS TANGIBLY
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHY DON'T WE START WITH
THAT, JEFF.
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE
PRESENTATION FROM OUR REGIONAL
PARTNERS IN HSD AND HAVE A
DISCUSSION ON HOW WE CAN ALL
MOVE FORWARD HERE IN THIS
SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.
SO JEFF, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, FOR THE
RECORD, JEFF SIMS, CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF, MR. CLERK, ARE
YOU GOING TO BE SHARING THE
SCREEN?
THANK YOU.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS THE CHAIR COVERED, WE'RE
REMINDING COUNCIL MEMBERS
BECAUSE IN SOME CASES IT'S BEEN
MANY MONTHS SINCE THESE
INVESTMENTS WERE BROUGHT BEFORE
YOU.
ALL OF THESE ITEMS WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE $9 MILLION FOR
SHELTER THAT'S THIRD FROM THE
BOTTOM WERE PART OF THE ADOPTED
BUDGET THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED
LAST NOVEMBER.
THE FIRST THREE, THE SOURCE
IT'S A LISTED.
IT'S PART OF THE ADOPTED
BUDGET.
BUT THERE'S A SPECIFIC POINTING
TO THE ADDITION THAT COUNCIL
MEMBERS SPONSORED AND MADE TO
THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO ADD
THOSE FUNDS.
ALL THREE OF THE FIRST ONES ARE
RELATED TO TINY HOME VILLAGES
AND ALL THREE OF THEM PROVIDED
ONGOING FUNDING FOR THOSE
INVESTMENTS.
THE NEXT FEW LINES, ALMOST ALL
DEAL WITH THE ITEMS THAT WERE
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THEY ARE NOTED AS BEING
PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND ALL OF THOSE ARE FUNDED
WITH EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT
COVID FUNDS.
THAT WAS PART OF THE STIMULUS
PACKAGE THAT WAS PASSED UNDER
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LAST
SPRING.
SO MARCH THROUGH JUNE OF 2020.
AND EVENTUALLY THOSE FUNDS CAME
TO THE CITY.
THEY'RE AVAILABLE UNTIL
SEPTEMBER 30th OF 2022.
ASK YOU CAN SEE IN THE LAST
COLUMN WHERE INVESTMENTS HAVE
BEEN STOOD UP.
I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ON
THOSE.
THE ENHANCED SHELTER.
ONE OF THE EXISTING SHELTERS
HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO BEING A
24 HOUR OPERATIONS.
SO IT'S 60 BEDS BEING DISCUSSED
THERE.
AND YOU'LL SEE RAPID REHOUSING.
IN THE NEXT TO LAST LINE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A SURGE AGAIN
WITH ESG MONEY.
ESG COVID MONEY.
THAT'S BEEN AWARDED AND FULLY
ENCUMBERED BY NATURE THAT
PROGRAM WOULDN'T HAVE EXPENDED
ALL OF ITS FUNDS BUT IT'S
OPERATIONAL.
AND IT WILL BE COVERED BY THE
EXECUTIVE SHORTLY.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU CAN SEE
THAT THERE WERE TWO ORDINANCES.
ONE THAT INITIALLY PROVIDED
FUNDS THIS LAST MARCH.
AND IT WAS AMENDED BY THE
COUNCIL RECENTLY IN JUNE TO
PROVIDE $12 MILLION IN
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SHELTER.
3MILLION WAS DIRECTED TO THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED
DIVERSION PROGRAM.
WHICH OVER THE LAST YEAR HAS IN
MANY WAYS OPERATED AS COVEED
WHICH UTILIZED ACCESS TO HOTELS
TO SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT REQUIRE
DIVERSION SERVICES.
THAT'S WHY THAT'S NOTED THERE
IN THE NOTES BUT ONLY LISTED AS
$9 MILLION.
IF THERE'S NOT ANY QUESTIONS
ABILITY THE TOTALS OR THE ITEMS
LISTED HERE I'LL MOVE TO NEXT
SLIDE BUT PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS.
>> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS JUST
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAR
BOTTOM LINE HERE.
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, HOLDING
THE FLOOR TO ANNOUNCE THE
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD HAS
REJOINED THE MEETING.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE.
SO JUST A CLARIFICATION, CAN
YOU -- AND MAYBE WE CAN ASK HSD
THIS LATER.
BUT I'LL ASK YOU FIRST, WHAT'S
THE NATURE OF THE 230 RAPID
REHOUSING UNITS IN TERMS OF
COUNTING IT AS A BETTER UNIT
ADDED?
ARE THOSE LIKE SEPARATE ROOMS,
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES HAS
HUNG ON TO.
OR ARE THEY -- ARE THOSE 230
UNITS THAT ARE OUT IN THE
MARKET SOMEWHERE THAT WE HAVE
LIKE A SUBSIDY THAT'S
SUPPORTING FOLKS FOR THE TWELVE
MONTHS OF SUPPORT IN THAT
PROGRAM.
>> IT WOULD BE THE LATTER OF
WHAT YOU SAID.
RAPID REHOUSING IS TYPICALLY A
MODEL WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL -- OR
A HOUSEHOLD HAS ASSISTED IN
LOCATING A RENTAL UNIT
APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR PLACEMENT
IN KING COUNTY, WE UTILIZE THE
HOUSING CONNECTOR FOR I BELIEVE
NEARLY ALL IF NOT ALL OF
IDENTIFYING LANDLORDS AND UNITS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB THAT HAVE
THE CRACKS TO PROVIDE RENTAL
SUPPORT DURING THE PERIOD THE
HOUSEHOLD IS ENROLLED.
AS WELL AS SERVICES THAT
CORRELATE WITH BEING ENROLLED
IN THE PROGRAM.
SO A HOUSEHOLD WOULD MOVE OUT
OF ONE OF THE HOTELS LISTED
ABOVE INTO A RENTAL UNIT THAT'S
A MARKET BASED RENTAL UNIT BUT
THE RENT WOULD BE COVERED FOR
SOME PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THAT ACTUALLY T 230 THAT
YOU SEE LISTED THERE IS BASED
OFF THE FORMULATION APPROACH TO
MAKE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH
MONEY TO PUT IN THERE.
SO IF YOU ASSUMED 230
HOUSEHOLDS.
YOU ASSUME A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
TIME.
MORE THAN 123 MONTHS OF SUPPORT
USED HERE.
AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RENT.
ALMOST 9 MILLION IN THE
PROGRAM.
EVEN IF EVERY HOUSEHOLD SERVED
HAD BEEN PUT IN TODAY ALL OF
THOSE FUNDS WOULDN'T BE
EXPENDED BECAUSE OF RENTAL
SUPPORT FOR SOME NUMBER OF
MONTHS.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS.
>> IT DOES.
AS A QUICK FOLLOW UP.
THOSE ARE BEING COUNTED HERE AS
A BETTER UNIT ADDED IN THE
SENSE THAT THEORETICALLY, IF
ALL 230 RAPID REHOUSING SLOTS
ARE BEING UTILIZED, THAT WOULD
ALLOW GIVING FOLKS WHO CAME
FROM THAT INITIAL HOTEL THOSE
HOTEL SLOTS.
SO YOU COULD HAVE A SCENARIO
FOR EXAMPLE WHERE YOU COULD
HAVE 230 PEOPLE WITH THE RAPID
REHOUSING VOUCHER SUPPORT.
BUT THEN YOU COULD ALSO HAVE
ALL 220 HOTEL ROOMS FULL.
BECAUSE AS PEOPLE GO TO RAPID
REHOUSING, A NEW PERSON COME
INTO THE HOTEL.
IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW IT'S WORKING.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
BECAUSE THE HOTEL SHELTERING
PROGRAMS ARE TIME LIMITED.
THEY'RE ALL ONE-TIME FUNDING.
I DON'T KNOW THE DEGREE AND THE
EXECUTIVE CAN SPEAK TO THIS.
TO HOW MUCH THERE WILL BE BACK
FILLING.
LIKE AT WHAT POINT IN TIME.
I WOULD ASSUME IF A HOUSEHOLD
WAS PLACED IN A HOTEL.
AND MOVED INTO A LONGER TERM
APARTMENT UNIT AND ONLY A MONTH
OR TWO ELAPSED, OBVIOUSLY BACK
FILLING THAT ROOM AND PROVIDING
SHELTER WOULD MAKE SENSE.
BUT IF IT'S MONTH 11.5 OF THAT
INTERVENTION.
I DOUBT THERE WOULD BE A BACK
FILLING OF THE SHELTER BED IN
THE HOTEL.
RAPID REHOUSING IS SOMETHING
THE CITY SUPPORTED FOR QUITE
SOME TIME NOW.
AND TYPICALLY YOU WOULD HAVE
PEOPLE UNSHELTERED MOVING OUT
OF THOSE PLACES.
BECAUSE IN THE CASE OF THE
SHELTER BEDS, THAT SHELTER BED
WAS PERMANENTLY FUNDED SO TO
SPEAK.
YOU WOULD OBVIOUSLY BACK FILL
FOR THAT HOUSEHOLD THAT HAD
BEEN PLACED.
>> I'M TRYING TO NAIL DOWN THE
EXTENT TO WHICH WE'RE DOUBLE
COUNTING IF WE COUNT RAPID
REHOUSING AND THE HOTELS IN OUR
TOTAL UNITS ADDED, RIGHT?
BECAUSE IF WE'RE SERVING A
UNIVERSE OF 905 FOLKS, YOU
KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW IF IT
MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE TO LIKE
SUBTRACT THOSE 230 RAPID
REHOUSING SPOTS FROM THE REST.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET
AT JUST FOR UNDERSTANDING THE
CHART.
>> I DON'T HAVE PERFECT
INFORMATION THERE.
WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE
RAPID REHOUSING SURGE HAS
PURPOSEFULLY BEEN ESTABLISHED
AS AN EXIT STRATEGY FROM THE
HOTEL ROOMS.
SO LOOKING AT THE FOURTH LINE
WHERE 300 PEOPLE WOULD BE
PLACED INTO A HOTEL SHELTERING
SITUATION, SOME NUMBER OF THOSE
UNITS WILL EMPTY OUT OR VACATE
THROUGH THE USE OF A RAPID
REHOUSING SUBSIDY.
SO YOU'LL HAVE DOUBLE COUNTING
AT THAT POINT.
THERE'S INDIVIDUALS OR
HOUSEHOLDS WHO WOULDN'T BE AN
APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT FOR RAPID
REHOUSING.
AS THE CITY IS REOPENING, MAYBE
PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNIT.
OR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
UNIT.
YOU MIGHT SEE A SITUATION
THEY'RE MOVED INTO THAT RATHER
THAN GOING THROUGH RAPID
REHOUSING.
SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO PLACES THAT
I DON'T HAVE DATA ON ON WHERE
INDIVIDUALS HAVE GONE TO.
AND I CAN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT
THE LEVEL OF OVERLAP IS.
IT'S NOT ZERO.
I DOUBT THAT IT'S 300.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION TO
CLARIFY ON THE TBD AND THE
NONCONGREGATE SHELTER CATEGORY.
YOU KNOW.
BASED ON SOME OF THESE OTHER
CATEGORIES, IF IT'S A MIX OF
LIKE HOTELING AND, YOU KNOW,
TINY HOUSES OR HOWEVER THAT
INVESTMENT DECIDES TO GET PUT
INTO PRACTICE, WHAT DO YOU
THINK, YOU KNOW, IF I'M
PRESSING YOU RIGHT NOW ON THE
COMMITTEE WHAT DO YOU THINK A
REASON ABLEST MAT RANGE IS IN
TERMS OF UNITS IN THAT
CATEGORY.
IN YOUR TOTAL, YOU'RE NOT
COUNTING ANYTHING FROM THAT
LINE.
BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD
BE, WHAT COULD WE POTENTIALLY
EXPECT WHEN THAT'S IMPLEMENTED
JUST SO WE CAN ADD IT TO THE
BASELINE AT LEAST FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS COMMITTEE
TODAY.
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO ANSWER.
I UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF THE
PRESENTATION THAT HSD IS GOING
TO MAKE IN A MOMENT IS TO SHARE
THAT SOME OF THAT $9 MILLION IS
GOING TO BE USED TO, IF YOU
LOOK AT FOURTH LINE, WE ASSUMED
300 UNITS.
ONLY 220 HAVE BEEN STOOD UP FOR
HOTEL SHELTERING.
A THIRD HOTEL SO TO SPEAK WAS
GOING TO BE ACQUIRED AND THE
NONCONGREGATE LINE YOU WERE
LOOKING AT.
THE SIXTH LINE.
THE WORDS TBD.
THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING UTILIZED
TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
IF THAT'S THE CASE.
HOTEL SHELTERING CAN RANGE ANY
WHERE FROM THE -- I THINK WE
CAN GET DOWN TO LIKE $60,000 IF
YOU COUNTED BOTH OF THEM, THE
ACTUAL UNITS FROM THE HOTEL AND
SERVICES AND MADE THAT AN
ANNUAL NUMBER TO SOMETHING LIKE
104,000.
THAT VARIES BASED ON THE MODEL.
WHO'S OPERATING IT.
THE TYPE OF PEOPLE BEING
SERVED.
THAT WOULD BE A RELATIVELY
INEXPENSIVE INTERVENTION.
THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT
COULD BE USED FOR OTHER KINDS
OF -- IT'S NONCONGREGATE
SHELTER.
THEY HAVE A LOWER CAPITAL COST
SO TO SPEAK.
WE ASSUME $600,000 TO CREATE A
40 UNIT VILLAGE.
I THINK THAT'S AROUND 20,000.
I'M NOT THAT GOOD AT MENTAL
MATH.
I THINK THAT'S 20,000.
MAYBE SOMEBODY HAS A CALCULATOR
HANDY.
THAT WOULD BE A LOWER COST TO
GET IT STARTED UP.
AND WE DO ASSUME BETWEEN 20 AND
MAYBE 23,000 ON THE HIGH END.
BUT USUALLY WE ASSUME $20,000
PER UNIT TO OPERATE IT FOR A
YEAR.
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE MIX WOULD
BE.
YOU COULD HAVE A PRETTY WIDE
VARIANCE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY
UNITS CAN GET SUPPORTED WITH
THAT $9 MILLION.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES
ON THIS SLIDE FOR JEFF BEFORE
WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE OF
OUR SUBSEQUENT INVESTMENTS.
ANYTHING FROM -- OKAY.
GREAT.
JEFF, NEXT SLIDE.
THANKS FOR INDULGING THOSE
INITIAL QUESTIONS.
>> SURE, THIS NEXT SLIDE IS
DELINEATING PRIMARILY BECAUSE
ALL OF THESE FUNDS ARE FROM THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FROM
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THIS
LAST LATE WINTER SPRING.
THE FUNDS WERE EVENTUALLY CAME
TO AND WERE ADOPTED BY THE
COUNCIL.
AND AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTED ON
JUNE 21st.
IT WOULD BE UNREALISTIC TO
EXPECT ALL OF THESE TO BE IN
OPERATION AT THIS POINT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS
IMPORTANT TO DELINEATE THE TWO
LUMPS OF FUNDING WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
ALL OF THESE FUNDS, $45 MILLION
WORTH ARE ONE-TIME FUNDS AS
WELL.
AND BECAUSE THE COUNCIL IS ALL
READY -- COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST
RECENTLY SAW THIS BREAK DOWN.
I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT
EACH UNIT HERE.
I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS.
BUT WE'D BE REMISS TO NOT
HIGHLIGHT THAT THESE
INVESTMENTS ARE ALSO
FORTHCOMING TO SERVE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS CHART?
OKAY.
GREAT.
THIS ONE CERTAINLY LOOKS MORE
FAMILIAR GIVEN THAT WE JUST DID
THIS.
SO OKAY.
WITH THAT, NOW THAT WE'RE ALL
KIND OF UP TO SPEED ON
EVERYTHING SHELTER THAT THE
COUNCIL HAS FUNDED, WHICH IS
GREAT, I THINK IN TOTAL, WHAT'S
THE TOTAL, JEFF?
DOES IT ADD UP TO LIKE 1600
SOMETHING?
LIKE IF YOU ADD BOTH OF THOSE
TOGETHER.
YOU'RE MUTED, JEFF.
>> APOLOGIES, YEAH, THE TOTAL,
AS YOU SAW, AND NOTED, THERE
WERE MULTIPLE LINES THAT WERE
TO BE DETERMINED.
AND THERE'S SOME LEVEL FOR
OVERLAP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU'RE A LITTLE OVER 1600
UNITS.
1665.
AND IT'S ABOUT -- THAT'S NEARLY
$90 MILLION.
>> THAT'S ALMOST 2000.
THAT'S INTERESTING.
GOOD THING WE MIGHT HAVE A MAP
DATE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE APPARENTLY.
ANY WAY, THERESA, YOUR
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
CHAIR, I JUST LOST THE SLIDE.
I'M SORRY.
ON MY END OVER HERE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE
CHECK, JEFF.
THANKS FOR THE WALK THROUGH ON
THIS, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR
THE -- I ASSUME REQUEST TO
MAYBE SEE ALL OF THIS
INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE.
WE HAVE REALLY BEEN TRYING TO
WORK SINCE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
AND EARLIER BUDGET ACTIONS THIS
YEAR, INCLUDING DEPLOYMENT OF
FEDERAL DOLLARS TO ADDRESS THIS
MOST PRESSING CRISIS IN OUR
CITY, I APPRECIATE SEEING THIS
ALL IN ONE PLACE.
CAN YOU REMIND US, DOES THIS
INCLUDE THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
DOLLARS THAT WE ALSO ALLOCATED
BECAUSE I TOG THAT MIGHT BE
ADDITIVE.
>> SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS,
I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING
TO THE ARPA PACKAGE.
THAT'S WHAT THE SECOND SLIDE --
IN RETRSPECT, I SHOULD HAVE
LABELED IT AS SUCH.
I LABELED IT AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN ACT.
THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT CAME TO
THE COUNCIL.
AS IT WAS PRESENTED I BELIEVE
IN A THE COLLOQUIAL NAME WAS TO
CALL IT THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN.
>> YOU ARE CORRECT, SORRY, I
WAS STUCK ON THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE.
SO WE'RE GOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE
WE MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION
FROM HSD IN OUR REGIONAL
PARTNERS.
OKAY.
GET.
WELL, MOVING ON.
OKAY.
SO WE HAVE INTERIM DEPUTY
DIRECTOR TES COLBY.
AND WE HAVE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
CEO MARK DONES.
WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU.
OKAY.
THERE THEY ARE.
OKAY, GREAT, EXCELLENT.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU
GUYS TO MAKE INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS AND THEN GET INTO THE
NUTS AND BOLTS HERE OF HOW
WE'RE STANDING UP THESE SHELTER
INVESTMENTS AND THE TRANSITION
OF COURSE TO EVENTUALLY MARK,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAND ALL
OF THIS STUFF OVER TO YOU.
LET'S HOP ON INTO IT.
>> GREAT.
I THINK THERE'S A SLIDE.
THERE WE GO.
THANK YOU, KEVIN.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU, AND GOOD
AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS, AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HAVING US
HERE TODAY, AS MENTIONED, I AM
TES, INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR
AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF
WORKING WITH HSD'S HOME
LESTNESS PROGRAMS AND I'M SO
GLAD THAT MARK IS ABLE TO JOIN
US TODAY AS WELL.
I WILL GIVE A FEW SLIDES WORTH
OF PRESENTATION AND THEN WILL
TURN IT OVER TO MARK FOR THEIR
PRESENTATION AND UPDATES.
ALL RIGHT.
TODAY WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
THE HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND
INVESTMENT DIVISION.
AS YOU KNOW, HSD -- HSI, AS A
DIVISION, IS GOING TO SENSE
THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THE INVESTMENT IN HOMELESS
SERVICES WE MANAGE WILL BE
UNDER THE PER VIEW OF THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY IN 2022.
IN THIS PRESENTATION I'LL COVER
SOME OF THE DIVISION'S
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND
UPDATES ON CORNER STONE
PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE HOTEL
BASED, ENHANCED SHELTER, AND
THE OPENING OF NEW SAFE SPACES.
MARK, AS I NOTICED, IS JOINING
US IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW
THE COLLABORATION WITH THE
AUTHORITY -- ABOUT HOW WE ARE
COLLABORATING WITH THE
AUTHORITY IN PREPARATION FOR
THE SUNSETTING OF OUR DIVISION.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE 2021
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
TODAY'S RESENNATION IS MOSTLY
FORWARD FACING.
PRESENTATION IS MOSTLY FORWARD
FACING BUT I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT
MY COLLEAGUES IN HSI HAVE BEEN
DOING OVER THE LAST SEVEN
MONTHS.
IN 2021 HSI HAS OPENED AND
REACTIVATED 350 NEW SAFE SPACES
FOR PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED.
WE HAVE COORDINATED CRISIS
RESPONSE SERVICES FOR BOTH
WINTER WEATHER AND SEVERE HEAT.
AND ARE IN THE THROWS OF
PLANNING OUR RESPONSE FOR THE
POTENTIAL OF SMOKE DANGERS IN
THE CITY A WELL.
WE'VE HELPED TRAIPSINGS PEOPLE
FROM COVID-19 DE
INTENSIFICATION SHELTERS TO
HOUSING AND OTHER SHELTER.
AND WE'VE COORDINATED WITH THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO EXPAND THE CENTER --
THE COMMUNITY CENTER OPERATIONS
AND DAY CENTER OPERATIONS IN
LAKE CITY.
SO I WANT TO START AS WE MOVE
INTO TALKING ABOUT THE DIVISION
PRIORITIES THROUGH THE END OF
THE YEAR, I REALLY WANT TO
START BY ACKNOWLEDGING AND
THANKING THE HSI STAFF.
THEY ARE AS YOU KNOW A HIGHLY
SKILLED, DEDICATED AND
COMMITTED GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AND TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THEIR
COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENTING
PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE MOVE
OFF THE STREET AND INTO STABLE
HOUSING.
EVEN AS THE DIVISION IS
SUNSETTING, THEY REMAIN LASER
FOCUSED ON THE WORK AHEAD AND
SUPPORTING THE AUTHORITY AS
THEY START TO TAKE ON THIS
CRATE CALL
CRITICAL WORK.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR
SERVICE AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE
DONE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC TO
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND ALL
THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DO THROUGH
THE END OF THE YEAR.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE.
HSI PRIORITIES ARE TO COMPLETE
CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE IN
PROCESS.
TO COLLABORATE WITHCRHA.
AND TRANSITION TO KCRHA THE
BUDGET FOR PROJECTS THAT CAN'T
BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
HSI WORK IN PROGRESS INCLUDES
THE MANAGEMENT ENCLOSURE OF OUR
CURRENT 2021 CONTRACTS.
THE STAND UP OF NEW SAFE
SPACES.
AND ONGOING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND PROJECT
MANAGEMENT OF HOTEL BASED
ENHANCED SHELTER.
WE ARE ALSO CONCENTRATE ON
IMPLEMENTING $2 MILLION IN
DIVERSION FUNDED THROUGH THE
2021 ESG AND ARPA.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH BUILDING
CHANGES AND UNITED WAY WHO ARE
LEADERS IN DIVERSION
PROGRAMMING TO PLAN FOR THIS
INVESTMENT.
AND WE'RE COLLABORATING ON KING
COUNTY ON IMPLEMENTING THEIR
CONTRACT WITH JUST CARE FOR
HOTEL SHELTERING AND ENHANCED
OUTREACH.
THIS CONTRACT WILL FUND 150
HOTEL SPACES OF WHICH 130 ARE
PRESENTLY SERVING JUST CARE
CLIENTS.
AND WE WILL MATCH THE COUNTY'S
INVESTMENT OF $7.5 MILLIONWITH
OUR OWN INVESTMENT OF $7.5
MILLION FROM CITY ARPA FUNDS.
SO NOW I'LL PROVIDE A DETAILED
UPDATE ON TWO OF THOSE
PROJECTS.
THE HOTEL BASED ENHANCED
SHELTER AT KINGS INN AND
EXECUTIVE HOTEL PACIFIC AND THE
STAND UP OF AN ESTIMATED 400
NEW SAFE SPACES WHICH ARE IN
THE PIPELINE FOR 2021.
THE CITY CURRENTLY SUPPORTS TWO
TEMPORARY HOTEL BASED ENHANCED
SHELTER PROGRAMS.
BOTH OF WHICH OPENED IN MARCH.
THE KINGS INN IS OPERATED BY
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB AND SERVES
68 CLINTS.
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB IS THE RAPID
REHOUSING PROVIDER AND WE'RE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TO
HELP THEM RAMP UP THAT PROGRAM.
HSI IS SUPPORTING THE CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB WITH TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND CSC HAS HIRED
MORE STAFF IN ORDER TO INCREASE
THEIR PROGRAM CAPACITY.
PRESENTLY THERE ARE NO RAPID
REHOUSING ENROLL LOWS OR ANY
MOVES TO HOUSING THROUGH RAPID
REHOUSING.
ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE OPINION TWO
EXITS TO HOUSING FROM THE
PROGRAM SO FAR.
THE EXECUTIVE HOTEL PACIFIC IS
OPERATED BY LEEHIGH AND SERVES
160 CLIENTS.
AND IN THAT PROGRAM, CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY SERVICES IS THE RAPID
REHOUSING PROVIDER.
AND THERE ARE 82 RAPID
REHOUSING ENROLL LEES, AND 16
HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE MOVED TO
HOUSING THROUGH RAPID REHOUSING
PROGRAM.
THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 400 NEW
SAFE SPACES IN THE PIPELINE TO
OPEN IN THE REMAINDER OF 2021.
WE ARE EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF
AVAILABLE ENHANCED SHELTER BEDS
ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
SO WE'LL START WITH CAIRO.
THE CITY IS PARTNERING WITH
AFRICA TOWN COMMUNITY LAND
TRUST TO OPEN A NEW ENHANCED
SHELTER IN THE CAIRO BUILDING
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
IT WILL PROVIDE 125
NONCONGREGATE BEDS.
SO THIS PARTNERSHIP OF AFRICA
TOWN AS A SERVICE PROVIDER IS
NEW FOR THEM AND FOR US.
AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
IT.
WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THE
FACT THAT PROVIDER CAPACITY HAS
SPREAD QUITE THIN SO THIS IS
REALLY A GET OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPAND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH A
NEW PROVIDER AND A STRONG
úEXAMPLE OF OUR COMMITMENT TO
THINK OUT OF THE BOX IN TERMS
OF REALLY MAKING SURE WE CAN
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE
SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
ARE NEEDED.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, WE'RE
WORKING TOWARDS AN OCTOBER
OPENING FOR THIS SHELTER.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO REOPEN THE
QUEEN ANNE SHELTER IN UPTOWN.
HSD IS WORKING WITH SEATTLE
INDIAN CENTER TO REACTIVATE 40
SHELTER BEDS AT THE QUEEN ANNE
SHELTER.
THE SHELTER WAS PREVIOUSLY USED
BY DESD DURING THE COVID
RESPONSE WE USED IT FOR A RANGE
OF TEMPORARY PROJECT.
INCLUDING SUPPORTING ROOTS
DURING THEIR CONSTRUCTION
PHASE.
SLEEPING SPACES WILL BE
RECONFIGURED IN THE SHELTER TO
MEET CDC SOCIAL
DISTANCINGSWITHPRIVACYSCREENSAN
SIXFEETOFSPACINGBETWEENBEDS,WE'
ETARGETTINGAUGUSTFORTHATOPENING
BUTTHEREAREREPAIRSTOTHESPACETHA
MANESSTATEASEPTEMBEROPENING.
JANUARYANDPETER'SPLACEIS IS A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COME PASS
HOUSING ALLOWANCE TO EXPAND
THEIR SHELTER WITH A ANOTHER 30
BEDS.
IT'S LOCATED IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
FOR THAT PROJECT, WE'RE
ESTIMATING AN OCTOBER OPENING.
HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL IN THE
PLANNING PHASE AND WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH
THE AGENCY.
BE THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AND
FIRE TO ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION
AND FINAL PROGRAM PLAN AND
SCOPE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO VERY
ACTIVELY WORKING ON OPENING
THREE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES WHICH
WILL SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY 120
UNITS AND SERVE UP TO 145
INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOME
LESTNESS.
ALL OF THESE VILLAGES WILL BE
OPERATED BY THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE.
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS IS LOCATED
IN DISTRICT FIVE IN NORTH
SEATTLE.
THAT VILLAGE WILL HAVE 50 UNITS
AND WILL BE OPENING IN MID
OCTOBER AFTER THE DEMOLITION OF
THE EXISTING STRUCTURE ON THE
PROPERTY.
LEEHIGH HAS ALL READY
IDENTIFIED AND ENTER INTO A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTAND WITH A
RELIGIOUS SPONSOR FOR THAT
COMMUNITY.
ROSIE'S VILLAGE LOCATED IN
DISTRICT FOUR IN THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT.
THERE ARE PLANNED TO BE 36
UNITS IN THAT VILLAGE.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A NEW
PARTNERSHIP FOR US.
THIS IS A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH
SOUND TRANSIT.
AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE
NEGOTIATED A LEASE WITH THEM TO
SITE AND OPERATE A TINY HOME
VILLAGE.
IT'S A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR
ALL OF US.
BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE LAST
SET OF EDITS FROM SOUND TRANSIT
TONIGHT LEASE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN THE
HOME STRETCH WITH THAT CRITICAL
PIECE IN PLACE.
WE ARE EXPECTING A MID THE LATE
SEPTEMBER OPENING.
AND THAT ALLOWS FOR
APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS OF
STAND UP OF THE VILLAGE ITSELF.
DEPENDING UPON HOW THAT GOES,
IT MIGHT EVENING OVER INTO
EARLY OCTOBER.
ONE THING TO NOTE HERE, AND
YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY THIS AGAIN,
IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE SITE
SIZE, WHICH IS ABOVE 18,000
SQUARE FEET, WE DO HAVE TO SEEK
LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL TO SIGN
THE LEASE.
SO WE'LL BE TRANSMITTING THAT
LEGISLATION TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.
AND THEN THE EXISTING VILLAGE
IN DISTRICT SEVEN IS EXPANDING
TO ADD 34 UNITS.
THIS IS A CONTINUING
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT OF
CEMENT WHICH HAS HOSTED THIS
VILLAGE SINCE NOVEMBER 2017.
BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE PORT FOR
THEIR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP IN
EXPANDING THIS PROGRAM.
WE EXPECT THAT VILLAGE ALSO TO
OPEN IN OCTOBER.
THEN AGAIN, LIKE ROSIE'S
VILLAGE, THE SITE IS WELL OVER
18,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND SO THAT WILL ALSO TAKE
LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL TO ALLOW
US TO -- ALLOW THE CITY TO
ENTER INTO THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY WITH ALL OF
THIS WORK GOING FORWARD THROUGH
2021, THE CITY IS PARTNERING
WITH KING COUNTY ON A JUST CARE
SCATTERED SITE HOTEL PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE INVESTING $5.5
MILLION INTO JUST CARE.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH KING
COUNTY THAT WILL HELP US TO
EXPAND SERVICES OF THEIR
EXISTING PROGRAM THAT CURRENTLY
FOCUSES ON TOWN EXPANDED EVEN
FURTHER INTO DOWNTOWN.
THE PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT 89
BEDS.
IN A PDA, PUBLIC DEFENDER
ASSOCIATION LEASED HOTEL ROOMS
AND WILL OPERATE BETWEEN AUGUST
AND JUNE 22nd.
>> JUST TO GET SOME
CLARIFICATIONS ON THAT SLIDE
REAL QUICK.
JUST CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
SO FIRST OFF, THE 89 JUST CARE
UNITS THOSE ARE UNITS THAT ARE
UNCONNECTED TO THE JOINT
PROCUREMENT WITH KING COUNTY
THAT WE FUNDED IN THE SEATTLE
RECOVERY PLAN, CORRECT.
>> YES.
FROM THE $7.5 MILLION, THEY'RE
DISCONNECTED FROM THAT, YES.
>> GREAT.
THAT'S 89 MORE CITY FUNDED
UNITS.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT.
AND THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE
UNITS RELATED TO WHATEVER WE
CAN DO JOINTLY WITH KING COUNTY
THAT WILL BE ADDITIVE TO THAT.
THAT'S GREAT.
>> GOING BACK TO THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
TWO OF THOSE THAT WILL REQUIRE
SOME LEVEL OF COUNCIL ACTION.
I DO JUST WANT TO FLAG HERE, OR
MAYBE SEE IF WE CAN GET AN
UPDATE.
POTENTIALLY TO GET THE INNER
BAY LEGISLATION READY FOR
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION TODAY.
I KNOW IT'S TAKING LONGER THAN
THAT.
I JUST WANT TO PUT MY CARDS ON
THE TABLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
APPROVE LEGISLATION RELATED TO
BOTH OF THOSE VILLAGES BEFORE
THE COUNCIL LEAVES FOR RECBS.
AND I WANTED TO ASK IF THAT
TIMELINE MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT TO MOVE IT THROUGH
FULL COUNCIL.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ACT ON IT.
MOVE IT.
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL, PASSED,
JUST REFERRING TO FULL COUNCIL,
THOSE LEASE APPROVALS BEFORE WE
DEPART AT THE END OF AUGUST.
I JUST WANTED TO FLAG IF YOU
THINK THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
AND IF WE COULD MAYBE TRY TO
WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOUR
OFFICE TO DETERMINE THE
APPROPRIATE TIMELINE.
>> AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT
COUNCIL PRESIDENT TONIGHT SPOT.
BUT WE'LL COORDINATE ON THAT.
I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF,
YOU KNOW -- IT'S BEEN A LONG
TIME COMING ON THESE VILLAGES
AND JUST ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO
SPEED IT ALONG, WE ARE HAPPY TO
ASSIST.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU
HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT?
>> I JUST WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING, CHAIR LEWIS, THE
ROSIE'S VILLAGE, THE OCTOBER
OPENING DATE IS WAY TOO FAR IN
THE FUTURE I'D LIKE TO
ENCOURAGE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS
POSSIBLE WHEN REVIEWING THESE
ISSUES.
I KNOW THIS IS A NEW LEASE WITH
SOUND TRANSIT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE SOUND
TRANSIT MAKING THAT SPACE
AVAILABLE.
I THINK WE ALL NEED TO TREAT IT
WITH THE URGENCY THAT THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS WARRANTS.
ND I JUST HOPE THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL BE AS
FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE WHEN
THEY'RE NEGOTIATING THESE
THINGS AND NOT JUST TREAT IT
LIKELY IN OLD PROJECT BUT WE
ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS.
AND WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY AND
ALSO I APPRECIATE THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT WORKING ON
THIS.
AND I KNOW THIS WILL REQUIRE A
SUBLEASE, WHERE YOU'RE TURNING
AROUND AND LEASING IT TO
LEEHIGH.
I'M HOPING WE'RE NOT JUST DOING
AN ASSEMBLY LINE APPROACH.
BUT YOU'RE DUAL TRACKING THINGS
AND THAT SUBLEASE IS READY TO
GO SOON.
SO AS SOON AS -- IF WE DO HAVE
TO TAKE THAT THROUGH COUNCIL,
TO APPROVE THE LEASE BETWEEN
THE CITY AND SOUND TRANSIT THAT
HSD IS READY TO FLIP A SWITCH
AND GO STRAIGHT TO LEEHIGH AND
LEASE IT.
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THOSE TINY
HOMES ARE BUILT SITTING IN A
FACTORY WAITING TO BE PUT OUT
ON THE SITE RIGHT NOW.
SO I AM EAGER TO HAVE THIS DONE
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO THANK YOU CHAIR LEWIS FOR
YOUR EFFORTS TO PUSH THIS ALONG
AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND BRIEFLY
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
I WANTED THIS TO BE TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO MY
STATEMENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN'S BEFORE WE MOVE TO
NEXT SLIDE.
>> SURE, A ABSOLUTELY.
AGAIN, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
WORK WITH BOTH OF YOUR OFFICES
ON TIMELINE, THE OCTOBER FOR
ROSIE'S VILLAGE IS AN OUTSIDE
DATE.
AND IT HAS MUCH LESS TO DO AT
THIS STAGE, MUCH LESS TO DO
WITH THE LEASE WITH SOUND
TRANSIT AND MUCH MORE TO DO
WITH JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S
PLENTY OF TIME TO APPROPRIATELY
STAND UP.
THERE'S QUITE A BIT THAT GOES
INTO SITE DEVELOPMENT FOR THESE
VILLAGES.
AND WE KNOW THAT THEY AVERAGE
AROUND SIX WEEKS TO GO FROM
BEGINNING TO OPENING.
AND SO WE WILL ALSO BE
COLLABORATING WITH LEEHIGH TO
MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS
FACILITATED IN WHATEVER WAYS
THE CITY CAN HELP TO DO THAT.
I WILL JUST NOTE ANDS THERE A
TECHNICALITY, BUT I'LL JUST
NOTE THAT WE HAVE A SERVICE --
HOW WE INTERACT WITH LEEHIGH IN
ALL OF THESE VILLAGES IS
THROUGH A SERVICE AGREEMENT NOT
A SUBLEASE.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN,
THAT SHOULDN'T BE -- THAT
SHOULD NOT POSE ANY KIND OF
DELAY.
BECAUSE OUR SERVICE AGREEMENTS
ARE ALL HANDLED IN HOUSE.
>> GREAT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE
CLARIFICATIONS.
AND ALSO FOR CENTRAL STAFF AND
FAS AND ALL THE FOLKS WORKING
ON THAT LEGISLATION.
LET'S KEEP PUSHING AHEAD ON
THAT TO TRY TO GET THAT
BOTTLENECK DONE SOONER RATHER
THAN LATER.
ALL RIGHT.
TES, BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> SO AS I MENTIONED A COUPLE
TIMES DURING THE PRESENTATION.
HSD IS ACTIVELY COLLABORATING
WITH THE AUTHORITY ON PROGRAMS
AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE
CRITICAL COMPONENT TO THEIR
STRATEGIES.
BUT THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT THE
AUTHORITY AND HSI STAFF ARE
WORKING VERY CLOSELY ON A
NUMBER OF OTHER REALLY CRITICAL
PIECES TO THE AUTHORITY BEING
ABLE TO STAND UP FULLY ITS
OPERATIONS.
INCLUDING PROVIDING SUPPORT
AROUND OUR CONTRACTS, AND
TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT OTHER
CRITICAL SERVICES THAT THE CITY
PROVIDES AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO
LOOK LIKE FOR THE AUTHORITY TO
PARTNER WITH THE CITY ON THAT
WORK.
BUT LET'S -- I'M GOING TO KEEP
US FOCUSED ON THE TOPIC AT HAND
WHICH IS TO TALK ABOUT THE
PROJECTS AND THE ARPA FUNDED
PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR THAT
WERE WORKING WITH THEM ON.
SO ARPA -- THE COUNCIL
COMMITTED $6.7 MILLION IN ARPA
FUNDS TOWARD RAPID REHOUSING
SERVICES.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH KCRHA
AND THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY TO USE A PORTION OF
THOSE RAPID REHOUSING FUNDS IN
A NEW WAY.
SO YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE CITY
AND THE COUNTY BOTH HAVE BEEN
ALLOCATED NEW FEDERAL EMERGENCY
HOUSING VOUCHERS.
WE CALL THEM EHBs.
BUT I'LL TRY NOT TO USE THAT.
AND THOSE ARE TENANT BASED
VOUCHERS THAT HUD MADE
AVAILABLE SPECIFICALLY IN
RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC CRISIS
AND THE FALL OUT FROM THAT.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
AUTHORITY TO USE A PORTION OF
THOSE RAPID REHOUSING FUNDS AS
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THOSE
VOUCHERS.
THE HOUSING VOUCHERS AREN'T
TYPICALLY ACCOMPANIED BY
SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH MAKES
THEM A DIFFICULT FIT FOR
PERSONS WHO NEED SUPPORT,
STABILIZING AND HOUSING,
PARTICULARLY THOSE FOLKS WHO
HAVE HIGH ACUITY OF SERVICE
NEED.
HUD HAS PRIORITIZED THE USE OF
THESE VOUCHERS FOR PERSONS
EXPERIENCING HOME LESTNESS.
SO WE COLLECTIVELY NEED TO BE
CREATIVE FOR THAT TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
IN THEIR ROLE AS THE CONTINUUM
OF CARE, THE AUTHORITY HAS
ENTERED INTO A MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT WITH THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY TO ALLOW THEM THE
KCRHA TO MANAGE AND DISTRIBUTE
THE VOUCHERS ALLOCATED TO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
AND KCRHA ALSO IN THEIR ROLE AS
THE CONTINUUM OF CARE WILL ALSO
ESTABLISH AND MANAGE THE
COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM,
PROCESS FOR THOSE VOUCHERS AS
THAT IS REQUIRED BY HUD FOR THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE VOUCHERS.
REALLY INLOCKING AT HOW TO
MAKE THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL,
WE SHARE AND SUPPORT WHOLE
HEARTEDLY THE AUTHORITY'S
PRIORITY TO USE THE VOUCHERS TO
HELP PEOPLE MOVE FROM STREET TO
HOUSING AND TO HELP SHELTERS,
INCLUDING VILLAGES IMPROVE
THEIR EXITS TO PERMANENT
HOUSING BY MAKING VOUCHERS
AVAILABLE TO LONGER TERM
STEYERS IN PARTICULAR.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SUCCESSFUL
PAIRING OF SERVICES WITH THE
VOUCHERS WILL HELP THROUGH PUT
IN OUR MOST VALUABLE HOUSING
RESOURCE, WHICH IS OF COURSE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
FOLLOWING A MOVE ON MODEL.
THE SOUPERS WILL CREATE A
PATHWAY FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
MOVE ON FROM PSH WITH AGAIN
CRITICAL RESOURCE TO HELP THEM
STABILIZE AND SUCCEED IN THAT
NEW HOUSING.
>>> THE SECOND APPROACH WITH
THE RAPID REHOUSING FUNDS IS TO
TAKE THE TRADITIONAL RAPID
REHOUSING PROGRAM AND BROADEN
THE SCOPE OF OUR CURRENT PILOT
AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THOSE
RESOURCES HAVE HISTORICALLY
BEEN USED.
SO THROUGH OUR PILOT, AND THE
PILOT IS THE RAPID REHOUSING
PILOT THAT I'M REFERRING TO IS
THE CONNECTION OF RAPID
REHOUSING FUNDS TO OUR HOTEL
BASED ENHANCED SHELTERS.
THAT USE OF RAPID REHOUSING IS
DESIGNED TO PROVIDE GREATER
FLEXIBILITY TO REALLY EXTEND
SERVICES AND RENTAL SUPPORT TO
HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN
THE PROGRAM AND ALLOW FOR
SERVICES AND SUPPORT MUCH
LONGER THAN THE STANDARD SIX TO
TWELVE MONTHS.
THE ADDITIONAL ARPA RESOURCES
WILL HELP US IDENTIFY OTHER
VENUES TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE
RESOURCES.
SO AT THE MOMENT, WE'RE VERY
FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT THE
HOTEL BASED ENHANCED SHELTERS
HAVE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS FOR
PERMANENT HOUSING EXITS,
INCLUDING RAPID REHOUSING.
AND REALLY AS WE COME TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THE RAPID
REHOUSING FUNDS ARE BEING USED
IN SHELTER AND HAVE AN
ASSURANCE THAT ALL OF THE
GUESTS IN THOSE SHELTERS WILL
BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A
APPROPRIATE EXIT TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
WE WILL START TO REALLY LOOK AT
OTHER VENUES WHERE RAPID
REHOUSING COULD BE USED.
SUCH AS ENHANCED SHELTERS AND
VILLAGES.
WHERE AGAIN THE GOAL WOULD BE
TO CREATE THROUGH PUT IN THOSE
TEMPORARY -- IN THOSE TEMPORARY
SPACES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE
SAFE SPACE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE
SLEEPING OUTSIDE TO ACCESS.
SO WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO
HAND THE PRESENTATION OVER TO
MARK FOR THEIR PORTION.
>> SO, TES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WERE WE PIVOT TO MARK.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS HAS A
QUESTION REGARDING SLIDE SEVEN.
I MISSED COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
EARLIER.
I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT.
BEFORE WE DO THE PIVOT TO MARK.
I'LL LET COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
ASK HIS QUESTIONS HERE AND THEN
WE'LL MOVE ON TO MARK'S
PORTION.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS,
THANK YOU, TES FOR BEING WITH
US TODAY, I KNOW HOW HARD
YOU'RE WORKING TO SEE THESE
PROJECTS STOOD UP.
AND I KNOW IN WORKING WITH YOU,
YOUR WORK IS WHAT LED TO CEO
JONES AND THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY ON HOME LESTNESS
BEING STOOD UP.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
I DO HAVE QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO
WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN
WAS ASKING IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDS FOR ALL
OF THESE SHELTER UNITS WERE
PASSED IN LAST FALL'S 2021
BUDGET.
I'M SEEING YOU NODDING YES.
SO WHAT I'M HAVING FRUSTRATION
WITH, NOT AT YOU PERSONALLY.
FRUSTRATION WITH OUR PROCESS
HERE.
IS THAT WE ARE MERELY A YEAR
LATER AND THESE UNITS ARE NOT
STOOD UP.
WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD BE
FUNDING THESE UNITS IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE FOUND THE SITES.
WE NEED MORE THAN 400 UNITS.
WE NEED 4000 UNITS.
AND GRANTED YOU HAVE 350 UNITS
SET UP TO -- UP INTO TODAY, FOR
2021.
750 FOR THE YEAR.
THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK IF THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PAIR IT
WITH DALLAS HELP FOR HOUSING
AND THE WORK OF CEO JONES.
CAN YOU SHARE -- BECAUSE I
NEEDED THESE 400 UNITS SET UP
IN JANUARY.
CAN YOU HELP ME AND THE GENERAL
PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT'S TAKING
-- WHY THE LONG TIMELINE.
>> YEAH.
IT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
SO IT IS QUITE COMPLICATED TO
ESTIMATE THE TIME THAT IT'S
GOING TO TAKE TO STAND UP ANY
SHELTER.
IT CAN BE EFFECTED BY ANY
NUMBER OF ISSUES.
ANY NUMBER OF STEPS FROM
IDENTIFYING THE APPROPRATE
SITE TO FIGURING OUT WHO THERE
IS THE NEED FOR SIPA GOING
THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
THERE ARE SOMETIMES DEMOLITIONS
ON THE PROPERTY THAT NEED TO
TAKE -- TO OCCUR.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SEEING
FROM OUR EXPERIENCE WITH
ROSIE'S PLACE, SOMETIMES LEASE
NEGOTIATIONS CAN TAKE TIME.
SO IT IS -- IT ISN'T A -- HOW
DO I WANT TO SAY -- THERE'S NO
ONE WAY TEASE PROJECTS GET
STOOD UP.
WHETHER IT'S A VILLAGE OR AN
ENHANCED SHELTER.
THERE'S JUST -- THERE'S NO
RELIABLE, SINGLE BLUEPRINT THAT
MAKES EVERYTHING EXACTLY THE
SAME.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE
FRUSTRATION.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN
APPRECIATE AS WELL THAT WE ARE
100% FOCUSED ON GETTING ALL OF
THESE UNITS STOOD UP.
IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE.
BUT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY
BEFORE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH
A SKELETON CREW.
AND OUR PROVIDERS ARE ALSO VERY
STRETCHED.
AND SO AGAIN, THE TIMING ON
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT AND ARE
100% COMMITTED TO GETTING THESE
STOOD UP AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, DO YOU HAVE
A QUESTION AT THIS TIME AS WELL
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, THE
COMMENTS WERE MADE ABOUT
PROVIDERS BEING STRETCHED THIN.
SUBSEQUENT TO THAT MEETING I
HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A
HANDLE OF PROVIDERS.
AND IT WAS REITERATED THAT THE
CAPACITY ISSUE CAN BE ADDRESSED
IF WE CAN THE PLOY DOLLARS THAT
COUNCIL ALL READY AUTHORIZED.
IT'S A MATTER O OF GETTING
DOLLARS INTO THE COMMUNITY
PARTNER'S HANDS TO SCALE UP
THEIR TEAM.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S A
JUSTIFIABLE REASON TO HAVE A
DELAY IN THE TIMELINE AS
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS HAS BEEN
ASKING ABOUT.
TO POINT AT OR REFER BACK TO
CAPACITY ISSUES OF OUR
PROVIDERS WHEN THEY'RE BEGGING
FOR DOLLARS THAT WE ALL READY
AUTHORIZED.
SO I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF
GETTING THESE DOLLARS OUT THE
DOOR SO THEY CAN SCALE UP.
>> I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
AND I'M GOING TO LEAN A LITTLE
BIT INTO MARK.
WHO I KNOW IS GOING TO ADDRESS
THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL.
>> YEAH, MARK, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PATIENCE.
WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU NOW.
AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE
QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A LINE OF QUESTIONING
ALONG WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
JUST SAID.
I THINK THAT WAS GOOD
FORESHADOWING ON HER PART.
BUT WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO
YOU, FIRST, I WANT TO SAY,
BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATION, I'VE
REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH
YOU, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE YOU
IN THIS POSITION.
AND THAT'S WHY IN THE
INTRODUCTION TODAY I DIDN'T
WANT TO SAY OUR NEW REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY CEO.
I THINK YOU'RE NOW THE
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY CEO AND
IT'S WELL ESTABLISHED AND BEING
WELL RECEIVED AND IT'S BEEN
GOOD TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS.
AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE
FOR YOUR FIRST TIME I THINK IN
THIS COMMITTEE.
AND WE'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE
THAT.
I WILL UNFORTUNATELY CLING TOO
NEW AS LONG AS I CAN.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE ROLE FOR
THREE MONTHS AND A COUPLE
WEEKS.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT
FOR EVERYONE TO REALLY KEEP
THAT IN MIND WHEN ASKING ME
ABOUT TIMELINES.
BUT I WILL, FOR THE RECORD,
MARK JONES, AND COUNCIL MEMBER,
I WILL TOUCH BRIEFLY ON
WORKFORCE ISSUES THAT YOU ASKED
INTERIM TREK TORE COLBY ABOUT.
I HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
VANTAGE POINT.
WE'RE BEGINNING TO LOCK AT IT
REGIONALLY.
AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT
I THINK WE ARE CONFLATING IN
OUR CONVERSATION NOW.
PROVIDERS HAVE KEYED ME IN ON
PULLING APART AND HAVING A MORE
NUANCED DISCUSSION ON.
I'LL BRING THOSE FORWARD IN A
MOMENT.
SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A
SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE.
AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC
AND PROVIDERS ALL HAVE A CLEAR
SENSE OF SORT OF WHAT THE
AUTHORITY IS UP TO.
WHERE WE ARE IN RAMP UP.
AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS THAT
I HAVE AND THAT OUR TEAM HAS
ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HEAD
IN THE NEAR TERM.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING, AND I THINK THAT
EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR VERY
QUICK CLEARLY THAT I'VE SAID IN
EVERY MEETING THAT I'LL
REITERATE HERE IS THAT WE WILL
ASSUME CONTROL OF THE CONTRACTS
IN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, THAT
INCLUDES CURRENT CITY CONTRACTS
AND CURRENT COUNTY CONTRACTS.
BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF 22.
BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS IN MY
STARTING, CEO PROCESS.
IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A
PANDEMIC.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY
THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THAT
WAS NOT PEOPLE NOT DOING THEIR
JOBS.
THAT WAS PEOPLE PIVOTING THEIR
WORK INTO KEEPING PEOPLE ALIVE.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THE
CITY AND COUNTY TEAMS FOR THE
WORK THEY DID IN THAT TIME.
WE WILL NOT HAVE THE TIME ORCA
PASSTY TO ISSUE AN RFP FOR
THOSE 22 CONTRACTS.
AND SO OUR INTERNAL ASSUMPTION
AND WHAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED IS
THAT WE'LL LEVEL FUND AND MAKE
VERY FEW CHANGES TO CONTRACT
TERMS.
OTHER THAN WHO REPORTS GO TO,
WHO PROVIDES TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.
WHO DOES THE POLICY
TROUBLESHOOTING.
THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY
CHANGES WE ANTICIPATE IN 22.
IN 22.
ONCE WE'RE STAFFED.
I EXPECT WE CAN DO THIS MID
JANUARY WITH THE APPROPRIATE
PIPELINES.
WE'LL BEGIN A COLLABORATIVE RFP
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH THE
WHOLE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS REGIONALLY.
IN ALL OF OUR SUB REGIONS.
OF WHICH SEATTLE METRO IS ONE.
WORKING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE
THE GAPS ? WHAT ARE THE
OPPORTUNITIES?
AND WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT
OUR ENERGY IN TERMS OF BEING
TRANSFORMATIONAL WITH OUR WORK
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT RP RFP
WILL DROP IN MAY OR JUNE FOR
TURN AROUND FOR SEPTEMBER-
OCTOBER AWARDS MOVING INTO THE
23 SYSTEM.
I BELIEVE THAT THE 23 SYSTEM
WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE
22 SYSTEM AND FROM THE CURRENT
SYSTEM.
HOWEVER, BY THE TIME THAT WE
GET TO THAT RFP, I ALSO EXPECT
THAT THERE WILL NOT BE
SURPRISES BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE
GONE THROUGH A REALLY ROBUST
PROCESS TO ARRIVE AT WHAT WE'RE
BIDDING AND WHY WE'RE BIDDING
IT.
HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE
SUCCESS, ET CETERA.
THAT WILL BE PARALLEL TO WORK
THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO
AROUND PROMULGATING METRICS,
PUTTING TOGETHER OUR BUDGET AND
ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'LL BE
DEEPLY INVOLVED IN AS COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDERS AND SOME OF YOU AS
GOVERNING COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I SUSPECT THAT INSIDE THAT
CONVERSATION, WE WILL HAVE AN
TUNE TO REALLY WORK CLOSELY.
AND THIS IS IN OUR LEGISLATION,
WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT TO REALLY WORK CLOSELY WITH
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND FRONT LOIN
STAFF TO REALLY DIG INTO LIKE
WHAT ISN'T WORKING?
WHAT DO WE DO THAT ISN'T
WORKING?
WHERE ARE THE REAL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESOURCES
THAT WILL ACCELERATE PEOPLE'S
MOVEMENT INTO PERMANENCY.
CERTAINLY FOR FOLKS WITH MORE
COMPLEX NEEDS.
BUT IT'S THINGS LIKE THE THAT
WE EXPECT TO BUBBLE UP AND SEEK
PATHWAYS TO IMPLEMENTATION
AROUND DURING THAT RFP
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN EARLY
22.
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT WE ARE
REFERRING TO AS OUR CATALYTIC
PORTFOLIO.
AND THESE ARE THREE THINGS THAT
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS BEING
IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO PURSUE
SEPARATE AND A PARTLY FROM OUR
BUDGET CYCLE.
AND SEPARATE AND APART FROM A
22 RFP.
AND IN THIS SPACE WE'RE REALLY
PURSUING PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP AND LOOKING TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE THESE BUCKETS
FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND I WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY TO
THEM AND THEN SPEAK BRIEFLY TO
COUNCIL MEMBER MESQUEDA OSE
POINT AND THEN I'M DONE BUT THE
THREE THINGS WE'RE FOCUSED ON
WERE PEER NAVIGATION.
I BELIEVE YOU HEARD US SPEAK TO
THAT.
WE'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN
FROM PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND THE DAY IS
CLEAR.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS
ALSO ABOUT 30 PLUS YEARS OF
DATA ACROSS MULTIPLE SYSTEMS
THAT PEER SUPPORT MAKES A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE
COURSE AND OUTCOME OF COMPLEX
SYSTEM NAVIGATION PARTICULARLY
WHEN THAT INVOLVES ANY KIND OF
SUBSTANCE OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
DIFFICULTY.
RIGHT?
AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO LEAN
INTO THAT.
AND WE WANT TO LEAN INTO IT
QUICKLY.
WE BELIEVE THERE'S ALSO
WORKFORCE TO DO THAT.
BOTH WITH LEC AND OTHER FOLKS
FRANKLY WHO ARE IN PROBABLY
OUTREACH JOBS RIGHT NOW.
BUT ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO USE
THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE AS PART
OF THEIR WORK, RIGHT?
AND WE REALLY THINK THERE'S A
REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE TO
ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE AND
OUTCOMES OF THE SYSTEM,
FRANKLY, EVEN BEFORE WE MANAGED
TO DO THE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
WORK THAT'S ULTIMATELY
NECESSARY, RIGHT?
BUT THAT SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
WORK IS FOUR TO FIVE YEARS OUT
FROM COMPLETION.
AND PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL THE
DIFFERENCE IN OUR SYSTEM AND TO
EXPERIENCE BETTER OUTCOMES
RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE REALLY THINK THAT
PEER NAVIGATION IS A PATHWAY TO
DOING THAT.
AND WE ALSO FEEL LIKE IT'S A
WAY TO ENGAGE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK AGAIN YOU HEARD
THIS FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE
MEMBERS WHO MAY BE LOOKING FOR
AN OPPORTUNITY, MAY HAVE
STABILIZED INSIDE A HOUSING
STUDENT AND ARE LOOKING FOR AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REENGAGE AND BE
PART OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES OR
HUMAN SERVICES RESPONSE SYSTEM
BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERIENCE
WITH IT.
THE NEXT THING THAT WE'RE
REALLY FOCUSED ON IS DATA
QUALITY AND A BINDING LIST.
SO I BELIEVE IF I HARKEN BACK
TO MY TIME WITH SOME OF YOU IN
2018, DATA IS A THING THAT WE
TALK ABOUT A LOT.
AND THE ABILITY TO GET ANSWERS.
THE ABILITY TO BELIEVE THOSE
ANSWERS AND BE REALLY ABLE TO
HANG A HAT ON SAYING THAT A
THING IS HAPPENING OR NOT.
AND PART OF THE DIFFICULTY IN
GETTING SOME OF THAT
INFORMATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN
FRAGMENTATION.
AND PART OF IT HAS ALSO BEEN
THE ABILITY OF THIS SYSTEM TO
FRANKLY COLLECT GRANULAR HIGH
QUALITY DATA.
SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON
BRINGING THAT CAPACITY UP AND
SCALING IT ACROSS THE REGION.
I ALSO WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR
THAT WHEN I SAY BINDING LIST, I
DON'T JUST MEAN A LIST OF
NAMES.
THAT'S -- THAT'S NOT THE
INFORMATION WE NEED.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
WHERE YOU ARE.
WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE.
AND IF WE'RE DOING ANYTHING
ABOUT THEM.
AND IF WHISTLEBLOWER NOT,
RIGHT?
WE NEED TO BEGIN TO IDENTIFY
THE GAPS -- AND IF WE'RE NOT,
WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THE GAPS.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE DATA QUALITY
AND THIS BINDING LIST BUCKET
THAT WILL REALLY HELP US WRAP
OUR ARMS AROUND WHAT IS THE
DELTA IN RESOURCING IN THE
SYSTEM VERSES WHAT WE WOULD
NEED IN ORDER TO TRULY END
HOMELESSNESS IN THE REGION.
AND I THINK THAT WE ALL WANT TO
KNOW THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT
AND BE ABLE TO AGAIN HANG A HAT
ON WHY IT IS THE RIGHT NUMBER.
AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THE
LISTENING AGAIN TO PUBLIC
COMMENT, I THINK THAT THE FOLKS
WANT US TO HAVE THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND I THINK DATA CAN GET US
THERE.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THERE'S
A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEER
NAVIGATION AND DATA QUALITY IN
TERMS OF OUR THINKING, WHICH IS
TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE
DIFFICULTIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD
FROM FOLKS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS OVER AND OVER AND
OVER AGAIN WITH REGARD TO HOW
WE DO OUR DATA COLLECTION S
THAT IT'S LARGELY SITUATED
INSIDE INTAKE PROTOCOLS.
AND THAT IT'S OFTEN VERY
INVASIVE, VERY REPETITIVE.
AND THAT IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
SOMEONE.
SO YOU WALK IN A DOOR, AND
SOMEONE IMMEDIATELY STARTS
ASKING YOU A WHOLE HOST OF
REALLY, REALLY INTENSE AND
INVASIVE QUESTIONS, AND YOU
DON'T KNOW THEM, RIGHT?
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD
OVER THE COURSE OF THE SYSTEM
AUDIT IN 2018 AND THROUGHOUT
ALL OF 2019 AND ARE NOW HEARING
AGAIN IS THAT THERE'S A NEED
FOR US TO THINK ABOUT PHASE
INTAKE.
MEANING, RIGHT?
THAT YOU ASK A QUESTION IN
DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO WHEN YOU
NEED THAT INFORMATION IN ORDER
TO ACTIVATE A SPECIFIC SUPPORT
AND THAT THAT INFORMATION
GATHERING BE SITUATED INSIDE A
RELATIONSHIP.
SO RATHER THAN GOING FROM
OUTREACH WORKER TO OUTREACH
WORKER TO CASE MANAGER AND CASE
MANAGER.
AND HOUSING STABILIZATION
COORDINATOR ET CETERA.
THAT YOU HAVE A SINGLE PERSON
WHO YOU WORK WITH FOR THE
COURSE OF YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH
OUR SYSTEM.
WHO IS REALLY HELPING YOU TO
UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WELL NOW IS
THE TIME FOR THIS INFORMATION,
RIGHT?
AND CAN HELP BE A HUB FOR IT.
I ALSO THINK AND I NEGLECTED TO
MENTION THIS WHEN TALKING ABOUT
PEER NAVIGATION AND I WANT TO
BE CLEAR, IN THE MODEL THAT
WE'RE IMAGINING IS REALLY THAT
YOU WOULD HAVE A PERSON.
THROUGH FROM WHEREVER YOU ENTER
THE SYSTEM THROUGH PERMANENCY.
THAT IT'S ABOUT THAT
RELATIONSHIP AND IT'S ABOUT
PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH THAT
SINGULAR TOUCH POINT.
AND THE LAST THING THAT WE'RE
REALLY FOCUSED ON IS SOMETHING
THAT WE'RE CALLING BRIDGE
HOUSING.
WHICH IS WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT
IN THE SYSTEM, I THINK, WE
EXPERIENCE THIS DAILY IN OUR
CONVERSATIONS IN HOW WE CAN'T
GET THE SYSTEM TO PERFORM THE
WAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE IS THAT
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT GAP
BETWEEN OUR LITERAL GAP BETWEEN
OUR SHELTER RESOURCES AND OUR
PERMANENCY RESOURCES.
SO THE PERM MAN PSI RESOURCES,
RIGHT?
MAY BE VOUCHERS, MAYBE RAPID,
30% AFFORDABLE, PERMANENT
HOUSING.
AND THEN WE HAVE SHELTER.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE
LOT OF STUFF IN BETWEEN.
OTHER THAN FOR A COUPLE OF
REALLY ESSENTIALLY LE SPECIAL
SUB POPULATIONS.
WHAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IS THAT
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT AT AN
ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, EVEN IF
WE DID NOT INTEND OR EVEN IF WE
NEVER SAID IT ALLOWED WE'RE
SAYING WHILE YOU'RE ON THE
WAITING LIST FOR THIS THING.
YOUR OPTIONS OF WHERE YOU CAN
WAIT ARE SHELTER OR OUTSIDE.
AND THAT CAN'T WORK.
AND SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS
EXPAND OUR CAPACITY IN THAT --
IN THE MIDDLE.
IN THE BRIDGE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY
LOOKING AT IS WHAT DOSES THAT
LOOK LIKE?
WE'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH
LIVED EXPERIENCE AND WITH
PROVIDERS TO ARTICULATE A
PROGRAM MODEL THERE.
TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IT MIGHT
COST.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PULL
FROM OTHER SYSTEMS THAT HAVE
ACTUALLY ALL READY BEGUN TO
OPERATE THIS AND IN SOME CASE
HAVES OPERATED THESE MODELS FOR
30 TO 40 YEARS SOME WE'VE BEEN
LOOKING AT DISABILITY HOUSING.
AT RECOVERY HOUSING.
MEDICAL RESPITE.
ADULT FAMILY HOME MODELS.
ALL OF WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW,
HOUSING MODELS, AND I WANT TO
BE CLEAR, THEY'RE HOUSING
MODELS THAT ARE NOT TIME
LIMITED IN MOST INSTANCES WHERE
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO STAY.
WHILE THEY ARE NAVIGATING AN
EXIT OF A CRISIS OR A LIFE
SITUATION.
RIGHT?
BUT THERE'S A DOOR THAT'S
THEIRS.
THERE'S A SPACE THAT'S THEIRS
AND THEIR STABILITY IS THE
PRIMARY FOCUS.
WE ALSO KNOW THESE PROGRAMS CAN
BE TITRATED WITH REGARD TO
THEIR SERVICE CONNECTION AROUND
THE ACUITY OF WHO LIVES THERE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF
FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARD TO
HAVING MODELS WITH FOLKS WHO
DON'T NEED A LOT OF SUPPORT TO
MODELS WITH FOLKS WHO NEED
QUITE A BIT.
BUT IN A THE SUCCESS, RIGHT?
IS POSSIBLE LEVERAGING THOSE
KINDS OF MODEL TYPES.
SO THAT'S OUR CATALYTIC
PORTFOLIO.
SPEAKING BRIEFLY TO WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER MESQUEDA RAISED
WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT,
WE'VE STARTED TO HEAR FROM
PROVIDERS THAT THERE ARE
SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGES BUT WE
WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THOSE
SHORTAGES ARE IN THREE MAIN
BUCKETS.
AND THIS IS WHAT PROVIDERS HAVE
SAID TO ME, RIGHT ? THAT IT'S
WORKFORCE STABILIZATION,
MEANING, THERE ARE PEOPLE,
RIGHT?
THEY'RE INCREDIBLY HIGH OVER
THE RATES AS PEOPLE BURN OUT
AND LEAVE.
AND THAT THE COMPENSATION THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO GENERATE INSIDE
THE SYSTEM IS NOT ENOUGH IN
ORDER FOR FOLKS TO STAY.
AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY,
REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING
TO WORK WITH PROVIDERS ON OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS TO
IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE TRUE COST
OF A PROGRAM IF FOLKS ARE BEING
PAID A LIVING WAGE OR EVEN
BETTER CLOSER TO AREA MEDIAN
INCOME OR AMI.
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS WITH JUST
THREE PROVIDERS INDICATED THAT
WE WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL --
ABOUT $20 MILLION A YEAR IN
ORDER FOR US, JUST FOR THOSE
THREE.
TO BOOST THE ENTIRETY OF THEIR
STAFFS INTO THE -- THAT EARNING
RANGE.
THE SECOND THING THAT WE'RE
HEARING THAT S THAT THERE IS A
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ISSUE,
RIGHT?
THE PIPELINE IS GONE.
AND SO WE'RE HEARING FROM
PROVIDERS, AGAIN, AROUND THE
REGION THAT EVEN WHERE THEY
HAVE BUDGET, TO HIRE FOLKS,
RIGHT?
THAT NO ONE IS APPLYING.
AND SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
AGAIN, WORKING WITH FOLKS, HOW
DO WE DEVELOP THOSE KINDS OF
PIPELINES ? AND ENSURE THAT WE
ARE, YOU KNOW, SKILLING PEOPLE
INTO THOSE POSITIONS.
AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS
TECHNICAL CAPACITY.
SO FOLKS HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT
THEY ARE IN NEED OF, YOU KNOW,
ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT
AROUND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE.
AROUND HOW TO CREATE SUPPORTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS ET CETERA.
THAT FOR THEM AGAIN IN OUR
CONVERSATIONS, THEY IDENTIFIED
AS BEING RELATED TO SOME OF THE
STAFF TURN OVER AND WERE
HOPEFUL THAT THE AUTHORITY
COULD HELP PROVIDE SOME OF
THOSE TRAINING'S, FRANKLY, AS A
WAY OF REDUCING THE IMPACT ON
THEIR BUDGETS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW,
NONE OF THAT IS DEFINITIVE.
IT'S ALL IN OUR PRELIMINARY
ANALYSIS.
I THINK THAT IT'S -- I WILL
JUST SAY BY WAY OF CLOSING, FOR
ME, THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL.
BECAUSE AS I THINK, YOU KNOW,
WE KNOW FROM THE STATISTICS A
LOT OF THE FRONT LINE STAFF AND
STAFF THAT SUPPORT THE SYSTEM
ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND ALSO
MAJORITY WOMEN.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THAT
THEY ARE COMPENSATED
APPROPRIATELY, IT'S BOTH A
LABOR ISSUE AND A RACIAL
JUSTICE ISSUE.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO WORK
WITH PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THAT'S
POSSIBLE.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY OF THE
PARTICULARS WITH REGARD
>> I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
PARTNERING WITH THOSE I WORKED
WITH PREVIOUSLY AND PARTNERING
WITH THOSE WHO I AM JUST
GETTING TO KNOW.
I HOPE THAT WHAT YOU FOUND IN
OUR TEAM IS WE ARE PASSIONATE
AND WE ARE DEDICATED. AND WE
ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO COLLABORATE
TOWARD THE BEST SOLUTION AND
WANTING TO HAVE THE BEST
CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
I THINK THAT IS HELPFUL FOR
QUEUING UP THIS DISCUSSION.
ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS FROM
EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION AND
GETTING A GOOD IDEA OF YOUR
LONG-TERM STRATEGIC VISION.
AND HOW IT FITS INTO THE 2022
CALENDAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SHARING ALL OF THAT WITH US
TODAY.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS I WANT TO
GO THROUGH.
BUT I WANT TO START BY OFFERING
AN OPPORTUNITY TO OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE TO ASK
QUESTIONS.
THE INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND
THE CEO.
I WILL OPEN UP FIRST.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> I AM HAPPY TO GO FIRST
UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER
COLLEAGUES.
MY QUESTION, THE CITY OF SEATTLE
, WE RECEIVED ONE TIME FEDERAL
DOLLARS TO OUR CITY, WITH THE
MORE IN THE WORKS.
MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU WERE TO
RECEIVE LONG-TERM FUNDING, HOW
WOULD YOU USE IT AND WHAT WOULD
YOU SPEND THAT ON?
>> I LOVE THIS QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
WHEN I SEE ONE TIME FUNDING I
THINK OF SYSTEM FLOW THROUGH.
I THINK ABOUT MOVE ON MONEY.
EVERY TIME I SEE ONE TIME
FUNDING I THINK ABOUT TWO OR
THREE THINGS.
CAN I BUILD WITH IT, CAN I
ACQUIRE WITH IT OR CAN I GET
PEOPLE OUT OF STUFF WITH IT?
THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS TO
FOCUS ON WITH ONE TIME DOLLARS.
I THINK THERE ARE POINTS IN OUR
SYSTEM CURRENTLY -- I DON'T
WANT TO USE VIOLENT LANGUAGE.
THEY ARE THROTTLES.
PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET OUT
OF THEM, WITH SPEED.
AND SOME OF THAT IS A SIMPLE
AND THINKING ABOUT FOLKS I
INTERACT WITH, PARTICULARLY IN
FAMILY SHELTERS, WHO ARE
EMPLOYED, AND READY TO GO.
BUT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE
THINGS THAT THEY WILL NEED.
IN ORDER TO GET INTO HOUSING.
LIKE A DEPOSIT.
LIKE MAYBE THE FIRST THREE
MONTHS.
SOME OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THE LARGE INFUSIONS OF ONE-TIME
MONEY CAN SUPPORT MOVE ON
STRATEGIES. IN THOSE SPACES IN
ADDITION TO THE TRADITIONAL
MOVE ON STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE
ALWAYS ATTACHED TO THINGS LIKE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THIS IS THE SAME THING.
THOSE PEOPLE DON'T NEED THE
DEPTH OF SERVICE BUT DO NOT
HAVE ACCESS TO THE ECONOMICS IN
ORDER TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
THING.
THAT IS ONE THING I THINK ONE
TIME DOLLARS CAN BE USED FOR.
AND BUILD AND ACQUIRE.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REALLY CLEAR
THAT HOUSING, IT WOULD BE GREAT
TO HAVE HOUSING.
WHAT CAN WE BUILD?
WHAT CAN WE BUY?
THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST MOVE INTO.
WE CAN DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THOSE
THINGS BE PERMANENT.
SO THE HOTEL MOTEL STRATEGIES
HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT AND
SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY
REACHING AN ECONOMIC CLIFF ON
THOSE KINDS OF STRATEGIES.
I THINK WHEN OUR TEAM TALKS
ABOUT BRIDGE HOUSING, ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY WE ARE PULLING
FROM THE RECOVERY HOUSING SPACE
IS WE THINK THERE IS A MORE
VIABLE PATHWAY TO ACQUISITION
INSIDE THE SINGLE AND MULTI
FAMILY HOME SECTOR.
OR SPACE.
ALSO A TIGHT MARKET.
I THINK IT IS A PATH.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THAT IMPORTANT QUESTION ON
BRIDGING THE SYSTEMS AND WHAT
TO DO WITH ONE-TIME MONEY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE?
YES, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL TRY TO LIMIT MY TO THREE
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, IT IS GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
I AM GLAD YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND
ABOUT NOT COMING OVER HERE.
WE KNEW THAT YOU HAD THE CHOPS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU AND
I CHATTED ABOUT IS MY CONCERN
ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HIT THE
GROUND RUNNING WITH A TEAM OF
EXPERTS AND STAFF THAT
UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW THE
RELATIONSHIPS AND ARE EQUIPPED
TO GET MONEY OUT THE DOOR ASAP.
I THINK PART OF THE
CONVERSATION WE HAD WAS ABOUT
THE SKILLED TEAM WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO ENSURE
FOLKS HAVE THE ABILITY TO HIT
THE GROUND RUNNING AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE.
WERE YOU ABLE TO, CAN YOU TELL
ME ABOUT THE POSTING. WAS THE
POSTING AVAILABLE TO THOSE
FOLKS WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN
THESE POSITIONS?
I BELIEVE IT WENT UP YESTERDAY.
CAN YOU TELL ME IF WE WERE ABLE
TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE
CURRENTLY WITHIN THE CITY
FAMILY TO APPLY AND MOVE OVER
TO THE NEW DEPARTMENT?
>> YET.
MY UNDERSTANDING AND THE CITY
SHOULD SPEAK TO THIS. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MOST OF
THE FOLKS WHO ARE CURRENTLY
WITHIN HS I HAVE ALREADY
ACCEPTED OTHER POSITIONS THAT
DOES NOT MEAN I WOULD NOT LIKE
TO HAVE THEM.
WHENEVER WE POST, WE SEND IT TO
EVERYBODY.
INCLUDING MEMBERS AT LEADERSHIP
TO DISTRIBUTE.
I THINK FOR US AS ACTIVE
RECRUITMENT WE WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE ANY MEMBER JOIN OUR TEAM.
THEY ARE DEEPLY QUALIFIED TO DO
THIS WORK.
AS WE KNOW.
WE WOULD WELCOME THAT.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NO.
I THINK YOU SAID THAT WELL.
YES.
I THINK YOU DESCRIBED IT
PERFECTLY.
WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF STAFF
WHO HAVE ACCEPTED TRANSFERS
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STAFF WHO
ARE OUT OF CLASS FROM OTHER
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ABLE TO GO
BACK TO THEIR ORIGINATING
DEPARTMENTS.
TERE HAVE BEEN MEETINGS WITH
MARK AND THEIR TEAM, I THINK
HSI STAFF ARE VERY AWARE OF THE
WORK THAT THE AUTHORITY IS
GOING TO BE DOING.
THEIR VISION.
AND KNOW THE POSITIONS HAVE
BEEN POSTED.
AS MARK DESCRIBED, IT IS ALWAYS
AN INDIVIDUAL DECISION ABOUT
WHAT ONE'S CAREER TRAJECTORY
WILL BE.
I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF SOME OF
HSI STAFF DON'T APPLY.
BUT I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE
TEXTURE TO THIS PARTICULAR
CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE WE
HAVE THE CONTEXT THAT I THINK
IS IMPORTANT AS WE HAD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT STAFF
TRANSITION.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT
WITH MARK AND WITH DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON AND OTHER FOLKS IN
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND STAFF
RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE
. AS A MEMBER OF THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL ALMOST AUTHORITY
GOVERNING COUNCIL, AS A REMINDER
FOR YOU COLLEAGUES, I KNOW SOME
OF YOU ARE NEW TO THE COUNCIL
AND WERE NOT HERE WHEN WE
AUTHORIZE THE ORDINANCE THAT
ALLOWED THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO
THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
CREATING THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY.
THAT ORDINANCE IS 126021.
IN THAT ORDINANCE, THE COUNCIL
IN LARGE PART IN RESPONSE TO
CONCERNS FROM HSI STAFF ABOUT
TRANSITION AND A LACK OF
CERTAINTY IN THAT TRANSITION OF
THEIR WORK AND THEIR JOBS, THE
COUNCIL INSERTED SECTION 4.
WHICH REQUIRED THAT THE HUMAN
SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES PROVIDE A REPORT FOR
COUNCIL APPROVAL ON A PLAN FOR
TRANSITIONING STAFF POSITIONS
FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY
BEFORE THAT TRANSITION WAS
EFFECTUATED.
THAT REPORT HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
IT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED.
ON MONDAY I REQUESTED THAT THAT
REPORT BE COMPLETED. AND I AM
WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON AND
ADRIAN FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AROUND WHEN WE CAN EXPECT TO
RECEIVE A RESPONSE TO THAT
PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE
ORDINANCE AND IN PARTICULAR THE
SECTION WAS INTENDED TO ELICIT
INFORMATION RELATED TO
POSITIONS RELATED TO THE
DESCRIPTION OF THOSE POSITIONS
THAT WERE GOING TO BE CREATED
AT THE AUTHORITY, AN
EXPLANATION OF EFFECTS OF
TRANSITIONING FOR EMPLOYEES
SUCH AS PENSION PLAN
ELIGIBILITY AND SALARY AND
OTHER BENEFITS BUT ALSO A
DESCRIPTION OF ANY INCENTIVE
PACKAGES, REEMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS
OR HIRING PREFERENCE THAT WILL
BE OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES TO
INCENTIVIZE ACCEPTING A
POSITION AT THE AUTHORITY OR
TRANSFERRING TO A DIFFERENT
WORK UNIT OR IN SOME INSTANCES
RETIRING.
I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED THAT
REPORT AND THAT WORK WAS NOT
DONE IN ADVANCE AND NOW WE ARE
SEEING THERE ARE JOB POSTINGS
BEING POSTED ON THE AUTHORITY
SIDE BEFORE WE HAVE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE COMPLIANCE
ON THE CITY SIDE, WITH THE
ORDINANCE THAT AUTHORIZED OUR
ENTRY INTO THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE FOLKS A
HEADS UP.
THAT I AM DIGGING INTO THIS
BODY OF WORK AND I AM WORKING
WITH BOOKMARK AND OTHERS IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE HOW TO GET US IN
A PLACE WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE
ARE COMPLYING WITH OUR OWN GOALS
AS IT RELATES TO TRANSITION OF
THESE BODIES OF WORK.
>> IF I COULD POP IN.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, THE
FAULT LIES COMPLETELY WITH ME.
I APOLOGIZE VERY MUCH QUITE
FRANKLY.
THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED QUITE
SOME TIME AGO.
AND I DID NOT PREPARE THAT.
MY APOLOGIES.
WE ARE ABSOLUTELY WORKING ON
THAT REPORT. WE SHOULD HAVE IT
BACK TO THE DEPUTY MAYOR
HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS
WEEK, IF NOT EARLY NEXT WEEK.
I WILL SAY THAT ALL OF OUR
STAFF, ALL OF THE HSI STAFF WHO
WERE ASSISTED BY HUMAN
RESOURCES, THERE IS A PROGRAM
WITHIN THE CITY CALLED PROJECT
HIGHER THAT HELPS EMPLOYEES TO
DO RESUME WORK AROUND
INTERVIEWING SKILLS.
ALL OF THOSE SOFT SKILLS THAT
ARE NEEDED TO BE COMPETITIVE
AND SUCCESSFUL IN FUTURE
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
WE 100% AGREE THAT THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STAFF TO
APPLY FOR POSITIONS WITH THE
AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE GREAT TALENT AND
COMMITMENTS.
AND I PERSONALLY THINK THE
AUTHORITY WOULD BE LUCKY TO BE
ABLE TO EMPLOY SOME OF THE HSI
STAFF.
ALTHOUGH I AM SHOOTING MYSELF
IN THE FOOT BECAUSE I WOULD
LOVE FOR FOLKS TO STAY ON AS
WELL.
AS I NOTED, THE MAJORITY OF THE
HSI STAFF DO HAVE OTHER
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN
THE CITY.
WE FEEL AS THOUGH THERE IS A
LOT OF AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR
FOLKS TO CONSIDER THE AUTHORITY.
ONE NUANCE OR TECHNICAL
CORRECTION THAT I MIGHT MAKE,
IF YOU WILL INDULGE ME, THERE
IS NO TRANSITION OF STAFF OR
STAFF POSITIONS. THE ONLY THING
THE CITY IS PROVIDING THE
AUTHORITY IS BUDGET AUTHORITY.
IN THAT BUDGET AUTHORITY, THE
VAST MAJORITY OF IT IS THE
BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECTS
BUT ALSO THERE IS ADMIN BUDGET
THAT IS THE FUNDING THAT THE
AUTHORITY WILL BE USING TO
DEVELOP ITS STAFFING MODEL.
AND TO STEP THE AUTHORITY.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT WE WILL
PUT THIS IN THE REPORT.
DESPITE MY SHORTFALL, MARK WAS
PROACTIVE IN MAKING SURE THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE HAD THEIR
STAFFING PLAN.
AGAIN, I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE
FOR THE DELAY.
COMPLETELY ON ME AND YOU WILL
GET THAT REPORT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW
OF MY QUESTIONS.
I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE FAIRLY
BRIEF.
JUST TO GET SOME CAREFUL
LOCATION ON A FEW THINGS FROM
PUBLIC COMMENT AND A FEW OTHER
PENDING INVESTMENTS WE DID NOT
COVER HERE BUT ARE UNDER THE
AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN THAT I
THINK WOULD BE GOOD TO ADDRESS
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ENDS.
FIRST, JUST TO DIVE DOWN A
LITTLE INTO THE RAPID REHOUSING
COMPONENT OF THE CURRENT ARE
TELLING SEARCH PROGRAM.
FIRST OFF, I THINK THIS WAS
COVERED IN THE PRESENTATION.
HOW MANY TOTAL FOLKS ARE
CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE RAPID
REHOUSING SLOTS?
AND DOES THE DEPARTMENT
ANTICIPATE MAXIMIZING THAT
RAPID REHOUSING RESOURCE
BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE
YEAR?
THIS IS THE FIRST QUESTION ON
RAPID REHOUSING.
>> THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FOLKS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IS
82.
THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE HOTEL
PACIFIC.
AS I NOTICED OR AS I MENTIONED,
THE RAPID HOUSING PROVIDER FOR
THE KINGS IN AND WE ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THEM AROUND THE
PROGRAM AND HELPING THEM WORK
WITH CLIENTS TO IDENTIFY
OPPORTUNITIES.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS I HAVE
COMPLETELY BLANKED ON THE
SECOND HALF OF YOUR RUSSIAN.
I AM EMBARRASSED.
>> WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE THE
DEMAND BEING FOR THE REST OF
THE YEAR?
IF THERE ARE 82 CURRENTLY, MY
UNDERSTANDING FROM THE
PRESENTATION EARLIER IS THERE
SPACE FOR 230 SPOTS.
DO YOU EXPECT TO MAX OUT THE
RAPID REHOUSING SPOTS, AT THE
HALFWAY MARK OF THE YEAR?
>> YES.
APOLOGIES.
YES, WE DO.
YOU MAY KNOW THAT FUNDING FOR
RAPID REHOUSING GOES INTO 2022.
WE HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF
MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE
SPOTS ARE UTILIZED.
WITH THE HOTELS, IN PARTICULAR,
úWE ARE WORKING NOT JUST WITH
THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB ON RAPID
REHOUSING BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY
HAVE A NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECT COMING ONLINE.
AND THAT WILL SERVE AS A
RESOURCE AS WELL FOR CLIENTS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN KINGS IN.
AND WITH 82 ENROLLED IN RAPID
REHOUSING, THAT IS ABOUT HALF
OF THE CLIENTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE
WITH THE EXECUTIVE HOTEL
PACIFIC.
THAT BODES WELL FOR THE
PROGRESS THEY ARE MAKING.
AS WE GET A BETTER FEEL FOR HOW
THE RAPID REHOUSING SLOTS WILL
BE UTILIZED THROUGH THE HOTEL-
BASED SHELTERS, WE ARE ALSO
LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RESOURCES
ARE AVAILABLE TO SHELTERS AND
TWO VILLAGES.
AGAIN TO TRY TO INCREASE THAT
CONCEPT OF THROUGHPUT.
SO THAT WE ARE CREATING SPACES
IN HIGHLY DESIRABLE SHELTERS BY
USING RAPID REHOUSING TO HELP
FOLKS THAT ARE LONG STAYERS GET
INTO HOUSING.
>> THIS MIGHT BE MORE OF A
QUESTION FOR MARK, GIVEN WHEN
WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING AN
INVESTMENT LIKE THIS.
IN TERMS OF THE FEEDBACK FROM
OUR FRIENDS OVER AT THE LIVED
EXPERIENCED COALITION WHO HAVE
BEEN DOING A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT
WITH RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM,
GAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK AROUND
THE LANES AND THE AMOUNT OF
TIME OF THE SUBSIDY AND WANTING
TO EXPLORE EXPANDING THAT TO A
TWO-YEAR SUBSIDY.
I GUESS I WANTED TO ASK WHETHER
IN THE WRAP UP OF THE HSD
PROGRAM THIS YEAR IF THERE MAY
BE SOME ASSESSMENT LOOKING AT
WHETHER THAT EXTENDED AMOUNT OF
COVERAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN
BENEFICIAL. FULLY ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT WILL BE AN EXPENSIVE AD,
IF WE DETERMINE THAT WE WANT TO
GO THAT WAY.
I WOULD SORT OF LIKE TO SEE
MAYBE AN ASSESSMENT AS TO WHAT
THE IMPACT, THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF THE RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM
WOULD BE IF WE EXTENDED THE
COVERAGE PERIOD.
AND TO THROW IN THIS QUESTION,
POTENTIALLY, EXTENDING THE
RAPID REHOUSING ENROLLMENT NOW
THAT JUST CARE WILL BE ONE OF
THE HOTEL AND PARTNERS TO THE
JUST CARE FULL OF FOLKS AS WELL.
IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
OPERATIONALLY BEING PLANNED BY
HISD.
MARK LOWE GO FIRST.
>> THANK YOU.
I CAN SAY WITHOUT AN
ASSESSMENT, IT WOULD BE NICE TO
HOUSE PEOPLE FOR LONGER.
THAT DATA IS IN.
I THINK THAT WE CONCUR WITH OUR
LIVED EXPERIENCED COLLEAGUES.
I WILL SAY THERE IS WORK
ALREADY UNDERWAY TO EXTEND THE
RAPID REHOUSING SUBSIDY THAT WE
ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HSI
AROUND, USING DOLLARS TO EXTEND
THAT TO BE A YEAR AND INSTEAD
OF THE TRADITIONAL RAPID
TIMEFRAME.
I WILL SAY FOR THE GOOD OF THE
ORDER, THE CITY HAS LONG HAD A
DIFFERENT RAPID PROTOCOL.
THAN THE NATION.
AND HAS ALWAYS TRIED TO EXTEND
THAT.
THE LATEST WORK TO PULL IT OUT
ALL THE WAY TO A YEAR, I THINK
IS QUITE SUBSTANTIAL.
WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM OUR
MILITARY COLLEAGUES, 18-24
MONTHS WOULD BE IDEAL.
AND SUBSEQUENT BUDGET
CONVERSATIONS, IF WE CAN AIM
FOR THAT NUMBER, I THINK THAT
WOULD BE GREAT. WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT IS WHAT IS THE
OPTIMAL SUPPORT PACKAGE THAT
WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TIME TO
STABILIZE AND REATTACH TO
NATURAL SUPPORTS AND THE OTHER
THINGS THEY NEED, POTENTIALLY
INCLUDING WORKFORCE. I WILL
ALSO SAY THERE IS THE
OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE
EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS TO
BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHICH
RESOURCE, WHICH FOLKS GET
ATTACHED TO IT.
THE EHV TIMELINE IS 10 YEARS OF
SUPPORT.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE
CONVERSATION.
WE RECEIVED A LOT OF EHV
VOUCHERS BECAUSE OF THE
CALCULATION AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL.
AS WE LOOK TO DEPLOY THAT
RESOURCE, WE WILL BE TRYING TO
MATCH PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT THING
ALWAYS.
IF THERE IS ANY CONCERN THAT A
YEAR OF SUBSIDY IS NOT ENOUGH,
WE WOULD LOOK TO ROUTE THAT
PERSON TOWARD AN EMERGENCY
HOUSING VOUCHER INSTEAD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
TESTS, FOR THE HSD SIDE, OF
CLARIFYING, I GUESS TWO
REVOCATIONS.
THE FIRST IS, SINCE TESS JUST
CARE WILL BE THE THIRD HOTEL
FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THAT
BEING ANNOUNCED TODAY WHICH IS
GREAT.
WILL THAT MEAN THAT JUST CARE
WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE RAPID
REHOUSING PROGRAM LIKE THE
EXECUTIVE PACIFIC?
AND THE NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE,
IS HSD GOING TO THEN BE
EXTENDING NEW SHELTER OFFERS AS
PEOPLE MOVE OUT OF THE
EXECUTIVE PACIFIC AND THE JUST
CARE HOTELS TO ALLOW NEW PEOPLE
TO COME IN TO THE SHELTERS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING
TO OFFER FOLKS ON THE STREET A
PLACE TO GO?
>> TO THE JUST CARE QUESTION,
YES.
WE TALKED TO PDA AND HSI WERE
ORIGINALLY TALKING ABOUT THE
TADITIONAL THIRD HOTEL WHERE
THE CITY WOULD LEASE THE
PROPERTY.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO
ANYTHING THAT WOULD WORK FOR
THE JUST CARE PROGRAM.
WE ARE HAPPY WE ARE ABLE TO
INVEST IN THAT MODEL IN A
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY.
BUT DURING THE INITIAL
CONVERSATION, THE FOLKS AT JUST
CARE AND FOLKS AT PDA INDICATED
THAT DEFINITELY AN INTEREST IN
RAPID REHOUSING.
YES. WE WILL WORK WITH THEM. WE
KNOW THAT IS A TIME-LIMITED
PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE FUNDING
WILL GO THROUGH JUNE 2022.
AND WE WANT TO HELP THEM AVOID
A CLIFF AT THE END OF THAT.
IN TERMS OF THE TURNOVER IN THE
HOTELS AND CREATING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO MOVE
INTO THE HOTELS, YES.
AND WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF
THE ABILITY THAT THE PROVIDERS,
LEHIGH AND SEATTLE CLUB WILL
HAVE TO MAKE SURE FOLKS HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL EXIT TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
THE CHALLENGE WITH ONE-TIME
FUNDING AND THE CHALLENGE WITH
STANDING UP NEW PROGRAMS WITH
JUST ONE TIME FUNDING IS THAT
WE RECOGNIZE THAT CREATES A
CLIFF. AND WE NEED TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WORK WITH
PROVIDERS AND PROVIDE THEM THE
RESOURCES TO HELP TO AVOID THAT
CLIFF.
THIS IS A CONVERSATION WITH THE
PROVIDERS TO HIT THAT SWEET
SPOT IN TERMS OF FILLING
TURNOVER OF UNITS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, DO
YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> I DO.
THANK YOU.
I AM SORRY IF THIS HAS BEEN
ADDRESSED ALREADY.
I HAD SOME ADDITIONAL
DIFFICULTIES.
I KNOW WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS
QUESTION OF THROUGHPUT IN A LOT
OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND I THOUGHT I HEARD PART OF
THE IDEA OF CREATING MORE
CAPACITY IN PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS TO PAIR
RAPID REHOUSING WITH HARD
VOUCHERS.
THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE WOULD MOVE
OUT OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING USING THE HARD VOUCHERS.
AND THE RAPID REHOUSING PAIRING.
AND CREATING MORE SPACES AND
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THAT I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
IT IS CALLED A MOVEON STRATEGY
WHICH IS A PRACTICE DEVELOPED BY
CORPORATION FOR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING AND OTHER PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, DEVELOPERS,
PROVIDERS AND T A PROVIDERS.
WHERE OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME,
PEOPLE STABILIZE AND NEED FEWER
SUPPORTS AND MAY TRANSITION
INTO MORE COMMUNITY-BASED
SETTINGS ET CETERA, THAT DO NOT
HAVE THE ECONOMIC WHEREWITHAL
TO DO SO.
BY ATTACHING ANOTHER LONG-TERM
SUBSIDY, BUT ONE THAT DOES NOT
HAVE THE SERVICE COMPONENT
WIRED INTO IT, WE CREATE
CAPACITY IN THE PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING STOCK FOR
PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE VERY COMPLEX
NEEDS.
>> DO WE HAVE DATA THAT
DEMONSTRATES THAT EVEN AFTER
SEVERAL YEARS THAT PEOPLE CAN
AND DO MOVE OUT OF PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING?
ONE OF MY FAVORITE STAFF I USE
ALL THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHY
WE NEED TO DOUBLE OUR
INVESTMENT IN PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS 97% OF
PEOPLE WHO GET INTO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING STAY IN IT.
I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT ARE WE
BASING THIS THEORY THAT PEOPLE
WILL MOVE OUT OF PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
POPULATION AND THE NEEDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE FOLKS IS
NOT JUST ABOUT STABILIZATION.
IT IS ABOUT MEANS THAT MANY OF
THESE PEOPLE WILL HAVE FOR THE
LONG-TERM.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I CANNOT SPEAK TO THE LOCAL
DATA BECAUSE I DO NOT DIRECTLY
OVERSEE IT BUT I WILL SOON AND
I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN
MORE DETAIL.
THE NATIONAL DATA IS CLEAR THAT
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF
TURNOVER IN THE PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SPACE.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT 50%.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SUBSET
OF PEOPLE WHO STABILIZE AND
ACTIVATE NATURAL OR COMMUNITY
SUPPORT.
WHERE THEY COULD LEAVE
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
BUT THEY ARE STILL IN NEED FOR
ECONOMIC SUPPORT.
AND THAT IS WHAT IS MISSING FROM
THEIR ABILITY TO EXIT.
>> I ASSUME THIS NEW RAPID
REHOUSING WOULD NOT BE TIME-
LIMITED, THE WAY THE CURRENT
PROGRAM IS.
THEY ARE SAYING NOT ONLY CAN
THESE FOLKS MOVE OUT OF
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
BUT THEY CAN ONCE THEY HAVE A
HUD VOUCHER THAT SUBSIDIZES
HOUSING AND THEY WILL ALSO GET
THE RAPID REHOUSING VOUCHER ON
TOP, ONE DAY THEY WILL NOT NEED
THE RAPID REHOUSING VOUCHER
EITHER.
IF IT'S TIME-LIMITED.
IF NOT, IT IS NOT A PROBLEM.
>> WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT
APPLYING THE RAPID REHOUSING
VOUCHER OR THE DOLLARS TO
FOLKS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT USING
EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS
WHICH ARE 10 YEARS.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY
WILL BECOME PERMANENT.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE
RECEIVED AND TELEGRAPHED FROM
HUD.
WE SHOULD LOOK AT THIS AS A
RESOURCE THAT IS LIKELY TO
BECOME STABLE IN OUR RESOURCE
POOL.
BUT I WILL BE SUPER CLEAR, WE
WOULD NOT SUPPORT USING
ANYTHING LESS THAN 18 YOUR
VOUCHER.
AT THIS POINT, FOR ANYONE WHO
IS EXITING A PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SPACE.
>> THANK YOU.
VERY HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I WANT TO GO THROUGH MY
CHECKLIST MORE BECAUSE I KNOW
IT IS ALREADY 4:30 AND THAT IS
LONGER THAN I ANTICIPATED
GOING.
THERE ARE A FEW MORE THINGS I
WANT CLARIFICATION ON BEFORE WE
PART WAYS THIS AFTERNOON.
FIRST, AS WAS STATED IN THE
PUBLIC COMMENT, JACOB THORPE ON
MY STAFF AND I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE NEW
NICHOLASVILLE VILLAGE IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
IT WAS GOOD TO MEET WITH THOSE
FOLKS AND HEAR ABOUT HOW THEY
TRANSITION TO A NEW LOCATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS
SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT, WHERE
I THINK WE CAN ASSIST AS A CITY
FAMILY FAIRLY EXPEDITIOUSLY,
THAT ENCAMPMENT IS BEING
CHARGED FOR UTILITIES
CURRENTLY.
AND THAT IS APPARENTLY A BIG
HARDSHIP ON THE CAMPERS AT THAT
LOCATION OR THE VILLAGERS AT
THAT LOCATION.
I DID WANT TO FLAG BECAUSE THE
COUNCIL HAS APPROPRIATED THAT
$800,000 BUDGET ITEM FOR SUPPORT
FOR RESIDENT MANAGED BUSINESSES.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD
HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO BUILD A
CONSENSUS DURING THE TIME OF
COVID GIVING RELIEF ON THE
UTILITIES FOR THAT LOCATION.
I JUST WONDER IF WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER ON FIGURING OUT A WAY
TO SOLVE THAT AND POTENTIALLY
LOOKING AT THAT $800,000 AS A
WAY TO SOLVE FOR AT LEAST THIS
UTILITY ISSUE DOING FORWARD.
I WANTED TO POSE THAT TO TESS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
HSD HAS ABSOLUTELY MET WITH
NICHOLASVILLE TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THE SELF MANAGED ENCAMPMENTS.
THE CITY ASKS FOR A MASTER
SERVICE AGREEMENT OR A SPONSOR
TO INVEST OUR FUNDS.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH BOTH OF
THOSE GROUPS AND TALKED WITH
THEM ABOUT GETTING PREPARED TO
TAKE ON A MSA.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
WAYS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
OVER THE YEARS TO SUBCONTRACT,
TO WORK WITH US.
THEY HAVE A SUBCONTRACT WITH
CAPITAL COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR
THEIR FISCAL AGENT AND THAT
CERTAINLY COULD BE EXPANDED IF
CCS WERE INTERESTED IN THAT.
WE HAVE SHARED MSA, MASTER
SERVICE AGREEMENT, INFORMATION
WITH SHARE AND NICHOLASVILLE
AND ARE ENCOURAGING THEM TO
CONSIDER PURSUING THAT OPTION.
HSD HAS BEEN PAYING DIRECTLY
FOR SOME OF THE NORTHLAKE
OPERATING UTILITIES, WASTE
REMOVAL.
WHILE THAT IS NOT IDEAL, THIS
DEFINITELY HAS KEPT PEOPLE ON
THAT SITE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>> LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK ON
THAT GOING FORWARD.
AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SOLVE
FOR SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
WITH NICHOLASVILLE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER AND
ALSO GOING INTO A LITTLE OF THE
HISTORY AND USING THE FISCAL
AGENT AND HOW WE MANAGE THAT
RELATIONSHIP IN THE PAST.
BEFORE WE GET OFF, TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE IS MY LAST QUESTION
TODAY AND THAT I WILL TURN IT
OVER.
THERE MAY BE SOME FINAL
QUESTIONS.
AND THOSE WILL BE THE FINAL
QUESTIONS.
THIS IS MY LAST ONE.
THERE ARE THREE ADDITIONAL
VILLAGES THE COUNCIL FUNDED
THROUGH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY
PLAN.
AND FULLY FUNDED FOR 2021.
WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON THE THREE
GENERAL FUND 2021 VILLAGES THAT
LOOK TO BE OPENING IN OCTOBER.
I WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE FROM HSD
ON IMPLEMENTING THE ADDITIONAL
THREE VILLAGES. WE DID HEAR
FROM ONE PROVIDER TODAY.
LEHIGH IS NOT THE ONLY PROVIDER
WHO TO DO THIS WORK.
WE DID HEAR FROM LEHIGH SAYING,
THEY HAVE CAPACITY, IF THERE
WERE AN RFP THEY COULD APPLY
SET UP VILLAGES.
IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE IT WILL
BE PROVIDER CAPACITY THAT WOULD
BE A DELAY ON BEING ABLE TO
HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BID. I JUST
WANTED TO THROW IT OUT.
AS COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN SAID
EARLIER, THE TINY HOUSES TO
SUPPORT SEVERAL ADDITIONAL
VILLAGES ARE COMPLETED ARE JUST
A MATTER OF SECURING THE SITE
AND SECURING THE PROVIDER AND
GETTING A CONTRACTED AND
GETTING IT ON THE GROUND.
I DID JUST WANT TO ASK FOR
THOSE ADDITIONAL THREE VILLAGES
, WHAT CAN THE COUNCIL EXPECT
IN TERMS OF ACTION FROM HSD OR
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY TO
FOLLOW UP ON THAT FUNDING?
AND THE FUNDING FROM OUR STATE
PARTNERS TO PUT $2 MILLION IN.>>
I WILL BE HAPPY TO KICK THAT
OFF AND MARK YOU COULD GIVE
YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
THERE IS FUNDING.
IT IS ONE TIME FUNDING.
WHICH MEANS THOSE ARE DOLLARS
THAT WE CAN USE TO STAND UP
VILLAGES.
WHAT WE DO NOT HAVE AT THIS
TIME IS A COMMITMENT OF THE
OPERATING FUNDS. FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO PUT OUT PROPOSALS, WE
REALLY NEED TO HAVE A FULL
COMMITMENT OF FUNDING.
WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT A MINIMUM
OF THREE YEARS OF OPERATING
FUNDS.
BEFORE WE ACTUALLY WILL PUT AN
RFP OUT.
THAT IS NOT JUST GOOD
STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC DOLLARS,
BUT IT IS ALSO AN ASSURANCE FOR
THOSE PROVIDERS THAT ARE GOING
TO PUT THEIR ENERGY INTO
REPLYING TO THE RFP THAT IN
FACT THERE IS A PROJECT.
AND THEY CAN PUT THEIR ENERGY
INTO PLANNING FOR THE LONG HAUL
WITH THOSE PROJECTS.
THAT IS CRITICAL TO THE KIND OF
PROPOSAL THEY PUT FORWARD AND
TO OUR ABILITY TO EVALUATE THAT
AS WELL.
ON THE STATES $2 MILLION, THOSE
FUNDS DEFINITELY EXIST.
THEY ALSO HAVE A FULL FUNDING
REQUIREMENT BEFORE WE CAN PULL
THOSE DOLLARS DOWN.
THEY ARE A REIMBURSEMENT
GRANTS.
AND THE STATES REQUIREMENTS ARE
THAT THERE BE SITE CONTROL OF
PROPERTY, EITHER THROUGH A LONG-
TERM LEASE OR THREE PURCHASE.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, PROJECT
FUNDING IS IDENTIFIED AND
COMMITTED.
THOSE ARE ME TO LEAVE FOR US
AND SOME OF THE CONSTRAINING
FACTORS.
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO ADD THE
AUTHORITIES PERSPECTIVE AS
THESE FUNDS THEN PROJECTS WILL
COME UNDER YOUR PURVIEW SEEM.
>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BUT I
WANT TO HEAR FROM MARK.
I DISAGREE WITH THE CONTENTION
THAT THESE VILLAGES ARE FULLY
FUNDED.
I CAN CERTAINLY BRING IN THE
BUDGET CHAIR TO CLARIFY ON THAT.
I THINK WE DID FUND FOR CAPITAL
AND OPERATIONS FOR DEPENDENCY
OF 2021.
SINCE WE HAVE NOT WRITTEN THE
2022 BUDGET YET, WE DON'T HAVE
THE OPERATING MONEY TO GO INTO
THE FUTURE.
BUT WE WOULD NOT HAVE FUNDED
THE OPERATIONS IF WE DID NOT
INTEND TO ALSO OPERATE THOSE
VILLAGES FOR 2022.
I DO JUST WANT TO SAY, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW THESE NEXT THREE
VILLAGES ARE DIFFERENTLY
SITUATED FROM THE OTHER THREE
IN TERMS OF BEING CONSIDERED
FULLY FUNDED.
I CONSIDER THEM FULLY FUNDED. I
DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO
SEE FROM THE COUNCIL FOR US TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE WILLING
TO SUSTAIN THOSE ADDITIONAL
THREE VILLAGES IN FUTURE YEARS,
BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO DO A
PROCESS TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ALL
MY COLLEAGUES.
BUT I THINK WE WOULD HAVE FIVE
VOTES.
I WOULD HATE FOR THAT TO BE A
REASON WE DON'T BUILD THOSE
THREE VILLAGES.
I JUST WANT TO ASK FOR THE
ACCREDITATION.
>> THE COUNCIL ABSOLUTELY
ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR THREE
VILLAGES.
THOSE ARE THE THREE VILLAGES WE
ARE WORKING ON.
AND GREAT FORESIGHT IN MAKING
SURE THERE WAS ONGOING
OPERATING FUNDS.
AT THIS POINT, I UNDERSTAND THE
COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO
VILLAGES AT THIS POINT, WE DO
NOT HAVE BUDGET AUTHORITY IN
2021 OR 2022 FUNNY VILLAGES,
ONGOING FUNDING, FOR NEW
VILLAGES.
I WILL CONFESS THAT I MAY NOT
FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THE
NUANCES OF THE BUDGETING
PROCESS, BUT THOSE ONGOING
DOLLARS I AM ASSUMING WOULD BE
POTENTIALLY PART OF THE 2022
BUDGET.
AND LIKELY TO BE APPROVED IN
NOVEMBER.
AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD
CONSIDER THOSE VILLAGES OR THE
RFP TO SEEK NEW VILLAGES OR
ALTERNATIVE NON-CONGREGATE
SHELTER FULLY FUNDED.
>> LET'S PIVOT TO MARK BUT I
WANTED TO CALL OUT IF JEFF SIMS
OR ALLIE ARE LISTENING, IF YOU
COULD GET IN HERE TO CLARIFY
THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS
ACTUALLY THE CASE, TESS. THEY
ARE FULLY FUNDED BUT IF THEY
WERE OPERATIONAL THEY WOULD
ONLY BE OPERATIONAL FOR A MONTH
. SO THEY ARE FUNDED FOR TWO
MONTHS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IS
REMINDING ME.
THEY ARE FULLY FUNDED BUT WITH
THE ASSUMPTION THEY WOULD ONLY
BE OPEN FOR TWO MONTHS AND THE
2022 WE WOULD FULLY FUND THEM
FOR THE WHOLE YEAR OF 2022.
I WILL WAY FOR JEFF OR ALLIE TO
APPEAR.
IN THE MEANTIME, I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO MARK.
>> I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
THIS.
PERHAPS IT IS A MEETING TO COME
BACK AND CLARIFY FOR THE
PUBLIC.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA IS REFERENCING IN TWO
MONTHS AND WHAT YOU ARE
THINKING WITH REGARD TO THE
BUDGET CYCLE.
IN OUR TEAM'S ANALYSIS, WE ALSO
CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THIS WAS
ONE TIME FUNDING.
AND IN THE PREPARAION, I WILL
BE CANDID.
IN THE PREPARATION OF MY
INAUGURAL BUDGET MY BOARD WILL
NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING
THAT IS ONE TIME FUNDING AS A
PROGRAM STAND UP.
IN ORDER FOR MY BUDGET TO BE
ACTIVATED, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH
FIRST MY BOARD AND THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE FOR
APPROVAL.
IN CANDOR I BELIEVE THIS WOULD
BE A NONSTARTER AS IT IS
CURRENTLY STRUCTURED.
WE WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
I ALSO WILL SAY THAT, IN
CANDOR, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK
ABOUT TWO THINGS.
IF THEY ARE USING ONE TIME
DOLLARS, CAN WE USE THEM TO
GENERATE FLOW-THROUGH?
ONE OF MY BOARD CHAIRS LIVES IN
A TINY HOME.
HE SPOKE EARLIER.
I THINK WE COULD DO SOME REALLY
INCREDIBLE THINGS WITH ONE TIME
MONEY TO ATTACH IT TO THE
VILLAGES, TO GET PEOPLE INTO
OTHER HOUSING.
AND I THINK THE OTHER THING
THAT I WOULD RAISE IS THAT THE
KIND OF PROGRAMMING EXPANSION
WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY, I
WOULD WANT TO UNDERSTAND MUCH
MORE DEEPLY WITH REGARD TO
OUTCOMES AND EXPECTATIONS,
BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT THE
SCALING THAT IS UNDER
DISCUSSION.
THAT IS IN CANDOR WHERE I AM AT
AS A SYSTEM AND THE STRAIGHTER.
I DO NOT THINK THAT I UNDERSTAND
AT THE LEVEL THAT I NEED TO OR
MY CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER NEEDS
TO WHAT THE OUTCOMES WE ARE
AFTER OUR.
INTERNS OF EXIT AND PERMANENCY.
THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS AT THIS
POINT.
WITH REGARD TO THIS
CONVERSATION.
IN TERMS OF ITS TRANSITION TO US
IN 2022.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, MARK.
WE ARE JOINED BY CENTRAL STAFF
TO CLARIFY. WE HAVE JEFF.
I THINK ALLIE WILL JOIN
POTENTIALLY.
JEFF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE
FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION.
WE ARE DISCUSSING WHETHER OR
NOT THE THREE AMERICAN RECOVERY
ACT VILLAGES ARE FULLY FUNDED
IN CAPITAL AND OPERATIONS FOR
2021. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A
DISPUTE.
AT LEAST THE CAPITAL IS ONE
TIME MONEY.
BUT OUR UNDERSTANDING AS A
COUNSEL IS THAT THERE IS
OPERATIONS MONEY, ASSUMING THAT
UNDER THE MOST GENEROUS OF
TIMELINES THEY COULD BE
OPERATIONAL FOR TWO MONTHS THIS
YEAR.
THERE IS A DISPUTE ON WHETHER
THAT CONSTITUTES FULL FUNDING.
I WANTED TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
SINCE YOU ARE THE BUDGET
RIDERS.>> THE WAY YOU DESCRIBE
IS CORRECT.
WE PROVIDED $400,000 OF
AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT FUNDS.
IN THE PACKAGE THAT WAS ADOPTED
BY THE COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY
THE MAYOR.
THAT COULD PROVIDE, YOU COULD
MIX-AND-MATCH, YOU COULD OPEN A
VILLAGE IN OCTOBER OR DECEMBER.
YOU COULD MIX-AND-MATCH ALONG
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR
THOSE UNITS.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO FOLLOW
EVERYTHING.
BUT WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE,
LOOKING FOR FULLY FUNDING FOR
FUTURE YEARS AS WELL.
THREE YEARS OF FUNDING.
AT THIS POINT THE COUNCIL HAS
NOT PROVIDED ONGOING FUNDING
FOR THE VILLAGES.
I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
STATE FUNDS.
I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT.
IF THAT IS THE LEVEL OF
REQUIREMENT, I WOULD SAY WE
HAVE NOT PROVIDED A FULL YEAR
OF FUNDING IN 2022 OR FUNDING
THAT WE HAVE DENOTED AS BEING
ONGOING FUNDS IN A BUDGET
ACTION.
THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MET.
BUT WE WOULD HAVE PROVIDED
FUNDS FOR THREE VILLAGES, IF IT
WAS FEASIBLE TO OPEN THEM, TO
OPERATE FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME
IN 2021.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY THOUGH ON
THAT, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE
HAVE PROVIDED THREE YEARS WORTH
OF OPERATIONAL FUNDING FOR THE
OTHER THREE VILLAGES FROM THE
2021 BUDGET? I DID NOT REALIZE
THAT WE HAD TO FIND THAT DEEPLY
INTO THE FUTURE TO SUSTAIN ANY
OF THESE SHELTER INVESTMENTS.
>> I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT.
THE BUDGET THAT MOST ARE FUNDED
AT A BUY IN HIM BASIS.
WE NEVER HAD A THREE-YEAR
BUDGET TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE INACCURATE
TO SAY WE HAVE SECURED FUNDING,
THAT WOULD BE COMMITTING FUTURE
COUNCILS TO FUNDING DECISIONS.
THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN WEIGH IN.
IT WOULD BE INACCURATE TO SAY
WE HAVE SECURED IN ADVANCE
THREE YEARS OF FUNDING FOR ANY
VILLAGE TO OPEN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU
HAVE BEEN SO PATIENT.
I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
MAYBE INITIALLY TO WEIGH IN ON
THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE SO WE CAN
RESOLVE IT BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO BOGGED
DOWN BUT SINCE YOU ARE THE
BUDGET CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU
BEING ON THE LINE.
I WOULD APPRECIATE ADDITIONAL
TECHNICAL RESPONSE FROM STAFF.
WE HAVE NEVER PROVIDED MORE
THAN ONE YEAR'S WORTH OF
FUNDING.
WE OPERATE IN A ONE-YEAR
CALENDAR YOUR BUDGET.
I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO MOVE
TO A BUY ANNUAL BUDGET BUT WE
DON'T HAVE A TRUE BY ANNUAL
BUDGET THAT THE COUNCIL PASSES.
WE NEVER ALLOCATED FUNDING IN
FUTURE YEARS AND WE CANNOT
COMMIT FUTURE COUNSEL TO
FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE TO
AUTHORIZE.
THIS IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE.
THIS IS NOT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
THE COUNCIL PASSED A BUDGET
BILL AND IT WAS SIGNED BY THE
MAYOR.
THE DIRECTION FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WITH THE
SIGNATURE FROM THE EXECUTIVE
WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO STAND
UP NOT JUST THE THREE TINY
HOUSES WE SUPPORTED IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET PLUS OTHERS, BUT
THE CREATION OF OVER THREE,
WITH THE $2 MILLION WE HAVE
PULLED FROM THE STATES OF
PREPARATION TO SUPPORT TINY
HOMES DURING THIS CRISIS. WE
PROVIDED THE SUFFICIENT FUNDING
BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WE HAD
WITH THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
ABOUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO
OPERATE AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN
YOU AVERAGE IT OUT WE EXPECTED
TO BE AROUND TWO MONTHS OF
OPERATIONAL TINY HOMES AND
THREE NEW VILLAGES THIS YEAR.
THIS LEVERAGES THE $2 MILLION
FROM THE STATE.
AND IT PUTS FORWARD THE FUNDING
THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY
AUTHORIZED AND I WANT TO
UNDERSCORE THIS IS A BILL THAT
WAS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR.
THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR DEBATING
OR DISCUSSING WHAT ADDITIONAL
POLICIES WE SHOULD BE LAYERING
ON, WHICH I AM ALL IN FOUR.
YOU HAVE SEEN THIS COUNCIL
PROVIDE $45 MILLION TO ADDRESS
THIS HOMELESS CRISIS.
WE WILL ADD FUNNY TO THIS.
THIS IS TRULY A QUESTION OF,
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THE
TINY HOMES THAT THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH HAS AUTHORIZED AND THE
EXECUTIVE HAS SIGNED?
THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION POINT.
I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER FOR WHEN
THAT WILL BE STOOD UP.
>> I WILL NEED TO DEFER TO A
CONVERSATION I MUST HAVE WITH
CBO.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE THREE
VILLAGES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST
WERE ALLOCATED WITH ONE TIME
FUNDING FOR STAND UP AND
ONGOING FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE A SIMILAR
SORT OF ONGOING OPERATING
FUNDING SOURCE FOR ANY NEW
VILLAGES.
BUT I AM GOING TO FULLY DIFFER
TO MY COLLEAGUES AT CBO TO MAKE
SURE THAT I AM NOT OVERSTEPPING
AND WHAT I AM STATING.
>> JEFF, DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW
UP ON THAT?
I WANTED TO A FEW REMARKS AND
CLOSE THIS OUT.
I DON'T WANT TO STAY WELL INTO
HAPPY HOUR TIME.
>> WE DON'T HAVE TO GET CBO ON
THE LINE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR I WILL
DEFER TO THE VILLAGES.
THOSE REFUNDED IN THE 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET.
WE PROVIDED $600,000 IN ONE
TIME FUNDING TO STAND UP THOSE
VILLAGES AND $800,000 TO
OPERATE AS VILLAGES FOR 12
MONTHS, PRESUMING IN JANUARY 1
OPEN DAY.
THAT IS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED.
THE ADDITIONAL THREE VILLAGES
THAT COULD BE SUPPORTED WITH
CAPITAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE,
WE PROVIDED ONE TIME DOLLARS
THAT WERE IN THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN TO OPERATE THE VILLAGES
THROUGH THE END OF 2021.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NUANCE AND
CONVERSATION THAT MIGHT BE
GETTING CONFLATED OR CONFUSED
IS THAT IF I UNDERSTAND
CORRECTLY, THEY WOULD ONLY LOOK
FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE
AGREEMENT FROM THE STATE IS
THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE
SOMETHING THAT IS CONSIDERED
ONGOING FUNDING.
PLEASE CLARIFY THAT IS CORRECT?
IT WOULD BE TRUE THAT WE HAVE
NOT MET THE REQUIREMENT.
BUT THE COUNCIL HAS NOT YET HAD
THE 2022 BUDGET ADOPTED.
AND HAS NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO
PROVIDE ONGOING FUNDING.
TO ENSURE THAT WOULD BE THE
CASE.
>> I THINK WHERE WE ARE AT WITH
THIS, JUST TO PAUSE. JEFF,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
CLARIFICATION.
I THINK WE HAVE TO DO A LITTLE
BIT OF WORK TO FINESSE WHAT THE
EXACT ISSUES ARE.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE
COUNCIL DID FULLY FUND THOSE
VILLAGES, IN EVERY RESPECT OF
FUNDING THEM.
THAT SHOWS WE HAVE EVERY INTENT
OF DOING ONGOING FUNDING.
IT WOULD BE ABSURD TO CONCLUDE
THAT WE WANT TO SPEND MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS TO STAND UP THREE
VILLAGES AND ONLY OPERATE THEM
FOR TWO MONTHS AND THEN STAND
THEM DOWN.
WHICH I GUESS WOULD BE THE
ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION.
IF WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO
SIGNAL TO THE STATE THAT IS NOT
THE INTENTION, THAT IS FINE.
I THINK WE SHOULD RESOLVE THIS
OFF-LINE.
I DON'T THINK WE WILL GET ANY
FARTHER WITH THIS HERE.
I WILL SAY AND I THINK I SPEAK
FOR THE COMMITTEE, THAT WE WANT
TO SEE AN ACTION ORIENTED PLAN
FROM OUR PARTNERS ON STANDING
UP THOSE THREE VILLAGES.
I THINK MARK, WE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION.
YOUR POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN
ABOUT WHERE THIS ALL FITS.
INTO THE OVERALL STRATEGY THAT
YOU ARE FORMING GOING FORWARD.
IN COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF US
. BUT ALL THIS HAS TO BE
TEMPERED AND I WOULD BE REMISS
IF I DID NOT MENTION IT, WITH
THE HORRIFYING REALITY OF WHAT
IS GOING ON IN THE STREETS OF
THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE NOWHERE THAT THEY CAN
GO. THEY ARE BEING SUBJECTED TO
FIRE STARTING IN ENCAMPMENTS
THAT HAVE KILLED FOLKS THAT ARE
LIVING UNSHELTERED.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY GUN
VIOLENCE IN SOME OF THE IN
CAMERAS AROUND THE CITY.
THESE THINGS NEVER HAPPEN IN
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
I AM STATING IN TERMS OF THE
URGENCY OF THE MOMENT, EVEN IF
IT IS ONLY GOING TO BE FOR A
YEAR OR TWO AND THEN WE PHASE
DOWN THE VILLAGE SYSTEM AS SOME
GREAT THINGS WE PLAN TOGETHER
GET STORED UP, I THINK SPEAKING
FOR THE COUNCIL, WHEN WE PUT
THESE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
EXPANSION PRIORITIES IN PLACE,
WE ARE THINKING OF HAVING A
SHORT TERM PLAN BUT WE ALSO
BUILD TOWARD THE MORE LONG-TERM
PLANNING ASPECTS.
I REALIZE THAT FALLS WITHIN THE
CITY FAMILY AND HSD BEFORE THE
TRANSITION. I WANT TO TURN IT
BACK OVER TO MARK TO GIVE A FEW
MORE COMMENTS ON THAT.
I WANT THAT TO CLOSE OUT AFTER
WE HEAR FROM MARK THIS
DISCUSSION ON THE THREE
AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT VILLAGES.
I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
WORK TO DO TO CLARIFY SOME
THINGS, IN THE RUN-UP TO OUR
NEXT HEARING TO GET SOME ACTION
ON THAT BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR.
MARK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I WOULD ASK TO BE INCLUDED IN
THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
I UNDERSTAND BEFORE I WAS
WORKING HERE, I WILL NOT SPEAK
TO HISTORY, I AM LOOKING
FORWARD.
HOW DOES THIS INTEGRATE WITH
THE ARCHITECTURE THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO STAND UP REGIONALLY
AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY
WITH ONE-TIME FUNDS TO RAPIDLY
ACCELERATE PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT
INTO HOUSING.
INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO ARE
CURRENTLY LIVING IN TINY HOME
VILLAGES.
IF WE LOOK AT IT FROM AN
OPERATING PERSPECTIVE OF FLOW
THROUGH YOU CAN ACHIEVE SOME OF
THE SAME NUMBERS YOU ARE
LOOKING TO HIT.
BY EXECUTING A THOUGHTFUL MOVE
ON STRATEGY USING THAT MONEY.
WHICH WE COULD.
IF I AM CORRECT, BECAUSE IF WE
TURNED IT INTO VOUCHERS AND
ATTACHED IT, WE CAN ANNUALIZE
OUT TO 24 OR 25. THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY. TO
PUSH US TO CONSIDER. AS THE
UTILIZATION OF ONE TIME
FUNDING.
I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
INCORPORATION OF THE VILLAGES
INTO MY BUDGET, FOR MY BOARD
APPROVAL, WITHOUT CLARITY AROUND
WITH THE ONGOING OPERATING AND
WHERE IT WILL COME FROM.
I HEAR CLEARLY WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IS
SAYING AROUND THE EXPECTATION,
THE LAW THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED,
AND THE WAY THE COUNCIL HAS
DONE ITS APPROPRIATING
HISTORICALLY.
I'M JUST ASKING TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN
BEST SUPPORT THE FOLKS.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME
POTENTIAL STRATEGIES THAT MIGHT
GET US THERE.
WITH A FOCUS ON THE TINY HOME
VILLAGES.
>> WHEN YOU SAY BOARD, ARE YOU
REFERRING TO THE GOVERNMENT
BOARD OR IMPLEMENTATION BOARD?>>
MY BUDGET GOES THROUGH A TWO-
STEP PROCESS.
IMPLEMENTATION BOARD HAS TO
APPROVE AND THEN IT GOES TO THE
GOVERNING COMMITTEE.
THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE HAS
APPROVAL OR VETO POWER OVER THE
BUDGET.
BUT PER THE LEGISLATION, CAN
ONLY SEND IT BACK DOWN OR
APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD FOR
CONSIDERATION BY THE RELEVANT
PERFORATING BODIES.
IN ORDER FOR THE BUDGET TO EVEN
GET TO YOU, MY BOARD HAS TO SAY
YES.
AND I DO NOT SEE IT.
I DO NOT SEE THE LIKELIHOOD
THEY WILL ALLOW A BUDGET TO
MOVE FORWARD IN OUR INOPERABLE
BUDGET THAT HAS ANY VOIDS
AROUND HOW WE WILL PAY FOR
THINGS OVER THE LONG HAUL.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT IS AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC
BETWEEN THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE
AND THE IMPLEMENTATION BOARD.
IT IS LIKE A HOME HOUSE OF
COMMONS AND HOUSE OF LORDS VETO
SYSTEM.
TO CLOSE IT OUT, THIS COUNCIL
HAS TWO SEATS ON THE GOVERNING
COMMITTEE.
WE ARE SORT OF TALKING A LITTLE
BIT HERE ABOUT HOW COUNSEL
PRIORITIES MIGHT GET PUT IN. I
JUST WANT TO SAY, WE ARE ONE OF
THE VOICES IN THE PROCESS. WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU
ANTICIPATE GETTING FROM YOUR
BOARDS, THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE
RELEVANT FOR THAT.
I THINK THERE IS SUPPORT
FRANKLY ON THE BOARDS FOR TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES.
THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE. I APPRECIATE
YOUR POINTS AROUND INVESTING IN
THROUGHPUT FROM THOSE SYSTEMS.
I THINK MY QUESTION HAS BEEN
INSUFFICIENTLY ANSWERED.
WE WILL BOOKMARK THAT.
>> I HAVE A BRIEF FOLLOW-UP.>>
THAT IS ALL MY QUESTIONS.
I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER FOR A
FEW LAST ONES FROM COLLEAGUES
AND WE WILL CALL THIS COMMITTEE
OVER.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT AND IT IS
5:00.
ON THIS, I AM TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND IF THIS IS A STATE
REQUIREMENT, IF SOMETHING AS
SIMPLE AS A LETTER OF INTEREST
IN CONTINUING FUNDING FROM THE
EXISTING COUNSEL WOULD BE
SUFFICIENT SO WE CAN START
STANDING THESE UP THIS YEAR?>>
I CHECKED IN WITH THE STATE ON
WHAT THE DRAWDOWN REQUIREMENTS
ARE AND THEY WERE PRETTY CLEAR
THAT WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
IS AN EXECUTED LEASE FOR THE
SITE WHERE THE PROJECTS AND
DOLLARS WILL GO TO AS WELL AS
EVIDENCE OF FULL FUNDING.
I DID NOT ASK WHETHER OR NOT A
STATEMENT OR LETTER OF INTENT
ON THE FUNDING WOULD WORK.
I WILL SAY A PRETTY BIG
STICKING POINT ON THIS IS
HAVING A SITE IDENTIFIED.
>> I DO WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE
IMPORTANCE OF MOVING AS FAST AS
WE CAN GIVEN THE COVID VARIANTS
AND AS THE CHAIR SAID, THE
COUNCIL HAS FULLY COMMITTED TO
THE FUNDING TO STAND THIS UP
THIS YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS IN
2022 IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO GET
THE $2 MILLION FROM THE STATE,
WOULD BE GREAT.
I WILL LEAVE MY LAST QUESTIONS
FOR ANOTHER DAY.
WE HAVE A LETTER THAT HAS COME
IN, STATEMENTS THAT HAVE COME
IN FROM BUSINESS AND FROM FOLKS
AT REAL CHANGE AND FOLKS THAT
HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING.
KING COUNTY ALLOCATED MONEY AS
WELL.
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF GETTING
SAFE LOTS STOOD UP AND ARE WE
DOING THAT IN PARTNERSHIP FOR
KING COUNTY?
>> QUICKLY THAT QUESTION ABOUT
RVS, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
AUTHORITY ON DEVELOPING A PLAN
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ON THE RADAR
OF THE AUTHORITY. WE KNOW KING
COUNTY IS DOING THIS. THEY ARE
ALSO LOOKING AT THE ABILITY TO
STAND UP SAFE LOT.
THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO THE
BENEFIT OF FOLKS WHO ARE
RESIDING IN RVS.
MARK, IF YOU BRIEFLY WANT TO
GIVE A QUICK PITCHER OF YOUR
VISION, THAT WILL BE GRAND.
>> THE AUTHORITY HAS A PRIORITY
ON GILLETT RESIDENCY BROADLY.
WE UNDERSTAND IT IS A
POPULATION WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH
ABOUT.
TRULY LAST WEEK I STARTED
HAVING LUNCH WITH PEOPLE WHO
WERE LIVING IN VEHICLES AND
ASKING WHAT YOU NEED AND WHAT
ARE WE NOT DOING.
THE SAFE PARKING WORK THAT KING
COUNTY IS DOING I APPLAUD.
THERE IS A NEED FOR PROGRAM
DESIGN AND PROGRAM STAND UP.
WE WILL BE LOOKING TO DO SOME
OF THE PRELIMINARY WORK AROUND
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
TO BRING THOSE GOVERNING BODIES
AND ULTIMATELY TO YOU ALL A SET
OF THINGS WE THINK YOU COULD
FIND TO SUPPORT PEOPLE.
I WILL SAY I THINK I WOULD
APPRECIATE A LITTLE BIT OF
GRACE WITH REGARD TO, I JUST
DON'T THINK WE KNOW ENOUGH FOR
ME TO STAND HERE AND TELL YOU
THE FULLNESS OF WHAT WE NEED.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY IS JUST
GETTING SET UP.
WHEN THINGS WILL BE OPERATIONAL
IN 2022 OR 2023 IS WHAT YOU ARE
WORKING ON.
THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL WHO
WAS BURIED IN WORKING WITH THE
MAYOR ON CRAFTING THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN THAT WAS PASSED IN
JULY.
THE 20 THE 2021 THE 20 $21 FROM
THE FEDS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME
FUTURE PROGRAM THAT WILL BE
DEVELOPED EVEN BETTER AND MORE
EFFICIENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND COUNTY PARTNERS.
HOW ARE WE DOING WITH GETTING
THESE DOLLARS THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED AND
SIGNED BY THE MAYOR INTO
CREATING A SAFE LOT, RIGHT NOW,
SO PEOPLE CAN MOVE IN 2021 TO A
SAFER PLACE?
THAT IS NOT A QUESTION FOR THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
THE REASON THAT MARK STEPPED
IN, NOT JUST BECAUSE I ASKED
HIM TO, THAT IS BECAUSE THIS IS
A PARTNERSHIP IN TERMS OF USING
THESE DOLLARS. PRECISELY WHAT
MARK IS SAYING, THE ISSUE WE
HAVE FACED WITH RVS FROM THE
GET-GO WHEN WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT SOME SORT OF APPROPRIATE
AND SUCCESSFUL PROJECT.
I RECOGNIZE THAT STANDING UP A
SAFE LOT IS THE INTENT OF THOSE
DOLLARS.
TO USE THOSE DOLLARS, WE FEEL
VERY MUCH AS MARK FEELS THAT WE
WOULD NEED TO HAVE A PLAN. WE
HAVE DONE A LANDSCAPE SURVEY
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE VERY FEW, IF ANY
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE ANY SORT OF
LONG-STANDING TRACK RECORD
AROUND SERVING FOLKS IN RVS. IT
IS A UNIQUE POPULATION.
AND WE SHARE THE AUTHORITIES
CONCERN ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
WE ARE DOING THIS CORRECTLY AND
WE ARE DOING THIS WITH INPUT
FROM THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE
OCCUPING RVS.
AND FOR THAT REASON, WE FEEL IT
IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
AUTHORITY ON THIS WORK.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
THAT IS A GOOD THING TO LEAVE
IT ON AND CLOSE OUT THIS
DISCUSSION.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF WORK TO DO TO CLARIFY SOME
THINGS.
GOING INTO WRAPPING UP COUNSEL
BUSINESS BEFORE RECESS.
I AM MAKING SURE WE ARE MAKING
PROGRESS ON ALL THESE
INVESTMENTS.
BUT I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE
REALLY BIG TANGIBLE NEWS WE GOT
HERE TODAY AROUND THE SECURING
OF THE JUST CARE HOTELS, THE
TANGIBLE TIMELINES AROUND A LOT
OF NEW ENHANCED SHELTER
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE COMING UP
REALLY SOON.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THE COUNCIL
HAD BEEN AWARE OF UNTIL TODAY
ON THE CONCRETE PLAN.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
ALL OF THAT GET OUT INTO THE
COMMUNITY IN THE COMING WEEKS.
TESS THANK YOU FOR COMING TO
THE COMMITTEE AND MARK IT IS
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WE WILL BE IN TOUCH AS WE
CONTINUE TO WORK OUT THE
TRANSITION AND APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP DURING THIS PERIOD
AND MOVING TO THIS NEW REGIONAL
WAY OF TACKLING THIS HUGE
PROBLEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ON TO
GOOD OF THE ORDER.
PRESUMABLY, EVERYONE IS GOOD
WITH JUST ADJOURNING.
IT LOOKS TO BE THE CASE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A GOOD
COMMITTEE MEETING.
EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD EVENING.