>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, THANK
YOU FOR JOINING THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING. TODAY
IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2022.
THE TIME IS 9:32 P.M. I AM CHAIN
AM CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT. AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IS IN THE WAITING ROOMF
WE COULD ADIT HER REALLY QUICK.
QUICK. WONDERFUL. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR
JOINING US. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN HAS BEEN ASKED TO BE
EXCUSED FROM TODAY, IF THERE IS
NO OBJECTION, HEARING NO
OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S EXCUSE. THIS IS DAY
4 OF WEEK 3, THE DEEP DIVE INTO
THE DEPARTMENT DISCUSSIONS. WE
HAVE IN FRONT OF US THE OPPORTUY
HEAR FROM HUMAN SERVICES DEPART,
WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE SOME
PROGRAMS THAT INVEST IN HOMELESS
IN HOMELESSNESS AS WELL. WE WILL
WILL THEN TRANSITION TO ITEM
NUMBER TWO, CONVERSATION AROUND
ENCAMPMENTS AND CLEANUPS UNDER
THE PROPOSED TEAM AND SEATTLE P.
SEATTLE PROPOSALS. WE WILL HAVE
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND REMAING
AND REMAINING MISCELLANEOUS
ITEMS. THE ITEMS CARRIED OVER
FROM WEDNESDAY'S DISCUSSION INCE
DISCUSSION INCLUDE LAW
DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT, INSPECTOR GENERAL, E
GENERAL, STATE ABILITY AND ENVI,
AND ENVIRONMENT, AND SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, PRETTY SURE
SURE WE WILL NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A
A REPRESENTATIVE. JUST HAVE THE
CENTRAL STAFF JUST REALLY
HIGHLIGHTING THOSE. REALLY TODAY
TODAY IS THE ENCAMPMENT,
PEANUTS, PARK AND MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS. IF THERE IS NO AA
NO AGENDA -- IF THERE IS NO OBJN
IN TODAY'S AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION. LET ME PAE
FOR A SECOND TO HAVE THE ENTIRE
TEAM BREATHED A COLLECTIVE SIGH
OF RELIEF. OUR CENTRAL STAFF
TEAM HAS INDICATED THEY CAN EXTD
THE DEADLINE FOR AMENDMENTS
WITHIN EACH OF THE CITY COUNCILS
COUNCIL OFFICES UNTIL NOON ON T.
SO WE HAVE ANOTHER [ LAUGHTER ]
ANOTHER 22 HOURS TO CONSIDER
POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS. SO I SAW AS
AND A HOORAY, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH TO CENTRAL STAFF OR THE PO.
THE POSSIBILITY. I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT YOU, BUT I AM TAKING NOTES
NOTES ABOUT WAYS WE CAN ALWAYS E
ALWAYS BE IMPROVING OUR PROCESSD
HAVE DONE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. AND
AND SOME STRATEGY CHANGES,
DISCUSSION CHANGES, THIS TIME A.
TIME AROUND. BUT WE WILL BE LOOG
FOR WAYS OR I WILL LOOK FOR WAYS
TO TRY TO GET US A LITTLE BIT
MORE READING TIME BETWEEN THE
MEETINGS. AS IT IS IMPORTANT
MATERIALS THAT CENTRAL STAFF IS
PROVIDING FOR US. I WANT TO MAKE
TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE A
CHANCE TO READ THROUGH IT, AS WL
AS BE PRESENT FOR YOUR FAMILY, ,
AND COMMUNITY DURING THESE TOUG.
TOUGH WEEKS. SO WE WILL TAKE THY
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM ALL
ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS TODAY. IF
IF IT HELPS YOU TO SORT OF SIT N
THE INFORMATION AND THINK ABOUT
THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE
BIT MORE OVER THE WEEKEND, THEN
YOU WILL HAVE MONDAY TO WORK
WITH YOUR TEAMS TO GET THE FINAL
FINAL AMENDMENTS REPAIRED AND
AGAIN THAT IS NOON ON TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 18th. THANK YOU SO VERY
MUCH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALY
PENNUCCI, DID YOU WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING TO THAT? NO? OKAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE, AND I WANT TO JUST
GET US RIGHT INTO OUR
DELIBERATIONS TODAY. IC MEMBERS
FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMT
ON THE LINE HERE. CLERK, COULD
YOU PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD,
RECORD, ITEM NUMBER ONE?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1. HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND HOMELESSNESS
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM C.
MADAM CLERK. ALL RIGHT
COLLEAGUES, I WILL HAVE MORE
ORIENTATION AND UPDATES FOR US
ABOUT AMENDMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO
TO BREAK AND AGAIN BEFORE THE
END OF THE DAY, JUST AS REMINDE.
AS REMINDERS. I THINK WE SHOULD
JUMP INTO THE DEPARTMENT
DELIBERATIONS, WE ARE RIGHT ON E
AT 9:35. WELCOME TO OUR PANEL
HERE, THE FIRST PANEL WILL BE
THE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT IN
FRONT OF US, IT INCLUDES HERMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THAT IS ACG
IS ACTING DIRECTOR TANYA KIM,
WELCOME. AS WELL AS MICHAEL
BAILEY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FROM
HSD, AND DEE DHLAMINI, AND AMY
HOLLAND, FROM HSD. WE ARE AGAIN
JOINED BY OUR PARTNER AND THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE, DIRECTOR
JULIE DINGLEY WHO IS HERE WITH S
TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS AS WELL. COLLEAGUES
AGAIN, YOU GET THE CHANCE TO AS,
ASK QUESTIONS, THROUGHOUT THE P.
THE PRESENTATION. SO PLEASE DO
RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET US KNOW
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AS WE GO
THROUGH THIS. AS A REMINDER,
CENTRAL STAFF ARE ENCOURAGED, IF
ENCOURAGED, IF YOU WANT TO ADD
SOMETHING FOR CONTEXT OR FLAG SG
COMING UP LATER, IT IS A GOOD
TIME TO JUMP IN AND LET COUNCIL
MEMBERS KNOW. AFTER WE HAVE THE
PRESENTATION WE WILL FLOW TO THE
THE CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATION
THAT WILL INCLUDE AMY GORE, ANNE
GORE, ANNE GORMAN, AND ALY
PENNUCCI, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
OF CENTRAL STAFF. WELCOME BACK.
AND COLLEAGUES, YOU WILL BE
ASKED AS WELL FOR COMMENTS AND
ADDITIONAL IDENTIFICATION. IF
YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT
YOUR THOUGHTS AFTER THE
PRESENTATION AND HEAR FROM
CENTRAL STAFF ON EACH ISSUE, WEL
POSIT EACH SLIDE SO THAT FOLKS
WANT TO SHARE ITEMS THAT THEY
ARE CONSIDERING, THEY ARE WELCOE
TO BUT OF COURSE YOU DO NOT HAVE
HAVE TO. AS ALWAYS, DEPARTMENT
FOLKS ARE WELCOME TO JUMP OFF
THE ZOOM HERE. I KNOW EVERYONE S
EVERYONE IS BUSY AND IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON, WE
WELCOME THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU
FOR BEING THERE, DIRECTOR JULIE
DINGLEY, FOR ANY TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION THAT
MAY BE NEEDED DURING CENTRAL
STAFF PRESENTATION. EXCELLENT. .
EXCELLENT. OKAY. I SEE WE HAVE
THE WHOLE CREW WITH US. BEFORE N
IT OVER TO DIRECTOR DINGLEY, I
WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. I KNOW WD
A NUMBER OF YOUR ITEMS FEATUREDN
YESTERDAY'S DELIBERATION BUT YOU
BUT YOU DO SHARE PUBLIC SAFETYD
HUMAN SERVICES, THAT INCLUDES
HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT
DIRECTLY. I TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY, I
LOOK FORWARD TO DIGGING INTO THS
INTO THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR
THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE AS YOU
MENTIONED, MY COMMITTEE HAS
OVERSIGHT OUTSIDE OF
HOMELESSNESS AND I WILL FOCUS MG
MY OPENING REMARKS ON THAT WORK.
WORK. I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE
REALLY CRITICAL EFFORTS THAT HSD
HAS BEEN DOING UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF INTERIM DIRECTOR .
DIRECTOR KIM. THAT WORK IS OFTEN
UNDER THE RADAR, SPECIFICALLY T
TO CALL OUT THE FINANCIAL
STRENGTH MEASURE, IT IS VERY
MUCH INTERNAL WORK, ESSENTIAL TO
TO ENSURE THAT THE COUNCIL IS
ABLE TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE OVET
AND THE CITY IS A GOOD PARTNER
FOR MANY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
WE CONTRACT WITH THAT DO THIS
INCREDIBLY ESSENTIAL WORK. HSD
BEGAN THE FINANCIAL
STRENGTHENING WORK YEARS AGO AND
AND HAS REPORTED ON IT TO MY
COMMITTEE. THE PROPOSED BUDGET,
INCREASE THE CAPACITY, PROVIDE
EFFECTIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
OF THE GROWING BUDGET. HSD HAS
ALMOST ALSO MOVED RAPIDLY FOR A
NEW SAFE COMMUNITY DIVISION
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF B BROWN.
A PARTNER FOR MANY PRIORITIES
TO BUILD SAFETY IN COMMUNITY
FROM THE GROUND UP. AND REALLY
SHAPE THE ABILITY TO COMBAT SAFY
COMBAT SAFELY THE URGENT NEED TO
TO PROVIDE A CENTER FOR COMMUNIY
FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY, AN
ALTERNATIVE TO THE TERMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM. WE HAVE SEEMED CRL
CENTRAL WORK IS BEING DONE EVERY
EVERY SINGLE DAY. HSD HAS ALSO
BEEN A CENTRAL RELIEFS FOR SO
MANY RESIDENTS WHOSE LIVES WERE
TURNED UPSIDE DOWN DURING THE
PANDEMIC. AND THE RESULTING
ECONOMIC -- IS FEDERAL RELIEF DS
RELIEF DOLLARS HAVE NOT BEEN RE.
BEEN REPLENISHED. THERE ARE
BUSINESSES HERE AROUND WHOSE
NEEDS ARE MOST URGENT. AND
PRIORITIZING FUNDING. FINALLY WE
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLY ESSENTIAL
QUESTION THIS MORNING. HOW WE
SHOULD VALUE AND COMPENSATE,
EXCUSE ME, THE WORK OF THE HSD
CONTRACTED PROVIDERS. AND THE
WORKERS THEY EMPLOY. HSD'S
LARGELY ACCOMPLICES IT'S MISSION
ACCOMPLISHES ITS MISSION, --
THEY ACCOMPLISH THIS, NOT BY --
SERVICES, BUT BY INVESTING IN
THOSE THAT DO PROVIDE THE SERVI.
IN ORDER FOR
>> AYE. TO MEET THAT MISSION, T
REQUIRES INCREDIBLY STRONG PART,
STRONG PARTNERSHIPS, WITH THOSE
THAT ARE READY, -- MOST CHALLENG
MOST CHALLENGING PROBLEMS. AND
HELPING PEOPLE FIND LIVING IN
SHELTERS FIND HOMES. JUST A
COUPLE EXAMPLES OF ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL JOBS. AND I CAN POINT ,
AS I MENTIONED IN THE PAST,
MULTIPLE INSTANCES IN THE PAST
YEAR WHERE THE COUNCIL HAS PROVD
FUNDING FOR THIS WORK, THESE
FINDINGS WENT UNSPENT BECAUSE
PROVIDERS WERE UNABLE TO HIRE
ENOUGH PEOPLE TO TAKE ON THE WO.
THE WORK. THE WAGES THAT THEY
ARE ABLE TO OFFER UNDER THE
CITY'S CONTRACTS. SO IN 2019,
UNDER FANTASTIC LEADERSHIP OF --
-- MOSQUEDA, THE COUNCIL HAD
LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRED HSD T-
TO -- CONTRACTS ANNUALLY, TO A
RATE OF INFLATION. THE LAW WAS
INTENDED TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE
THE NONPROFIT PROVIDERS AND
THEIR EMPLOYEES DO NOT FALL
FURTHER BEHIND WHEN INFLATION
SOARS, AS IT IS DOING NOW.
COUNCIL ALSO INVESTED LAST YEAR
YEAR IN ADDITIONAL MEASURES. WE
PROVIDED ONE TIME APPRECIATION Y
OF 5.3 MILLION FOR PROVIDERS TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EXTRAORDINARY
WORKING CONDITIONS DURING THE
PANDEMIC. AGAIN SPONSORED BY
BUDGET CHAIR MOSQUEDA. AND I
SPONSORED A FUNDING FOR A STUDY,
STUDY, NOW UNDERWAY BY
RESEARCHERS AT UNIVERSITY OF WA.
OF WASHINGTON. TO DETERMINE THE
TRUE VALUE OF PROVIDERS' WORK,
AND RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE WAGE
LEVELS. THE RECOMMENDATION ARE D
ARE EXPECTED IN SPRING OF 2023.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY CLEAR IR
INTENT ON THE COUNCIL TO INVEST
IN OUR PROVIDER WORKFORCE, YET E
BUDGET AS PROPOSED, IT FAILS TO
FOLLOW THE LAW AND ONLY PROVIDEA
4% INCREASE. FAR FROM THE
REQUIREMENT BY LAW. WORSE, IT
SAYS THAT 4% IS THE FUTURE
OBLIGATION CEILING MOVING
FORWARD, THIS LEADS COUNCIL
SETTLED WITH A HUGE GAP, AND
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT SITUATION.
THE BUDGET IS SHORT MORE THAN 12
12 MILLION AND THE DIFFERENCE IS
IS TAKEN OUT OF THE POCKETS OF E
WORKERS WHO ARE LEAST ABLE TO
AFFORD IT. CLOSING THIS GAP IS
MY HIGHEST PRIORITY AND ALSO THE
THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF THE
SEATTLE COALITION, ITS MEMBERS.Y
MEMBERS. MANY ALREADY SHOWN UP
AND ASKED COUNCIL DURING
TESTIMONY AND I THANK YOU TO
THEM, FOR THEIR CONSISTENCY RIGT
FROM THE START. AXING THIS IS A
PRIORITY FOR MANY OF YOU ON THE
COUNCIL AS WELL. THAT IS IT FOR
MY OPENING REMARKS. BACK TO MADE
TO MADAME CHAIR MOSQUEDA. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. RIGHTLY SO GETTIND
UP ON THIS TOPIC. MANY PEOPLE
HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
TESTIFYING ON THIS ISSUE AND
EXPLAINING THAT THEY THEMSELVES
ARE QUALIFYING FOR THE SERVICES
THAT THEY TRY TO GET THERE THEY
ARE CLIENTS QUALIFIED FOR.
STAYING IN THEIR CARS BECAUSE WS
ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE COST
THE COST OF LIVING IN THE CITY.
I APPRECIATE THE OVERVIEW THAT
YOU PROVIDED AND APPRECIATE
UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF
THAT ITEM, AS WELL AS MANY OTHES
THAT HSD HAS CURRENT OVERSIGHT
ON. AND I WILL LIFT FROM THE
VICE CHAIR'S COMMENTS ON EARLY
IN THE PANDEMIC. WE KNOW THAT
HSD REALLY PROVIDES CARE AND
SERVICES TO THOSE THAT ARE
EXPENSING THE EFFECTS OF THE SHW
PANDEMIC. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT
THAT YOU HAVE DONE DURING THIS
TIME. THANK YOU FOR THE COLLABON
THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANC,
TO MAKE SURE THAT MORE PEOPLE
HAVE ACCESS TO CARE. AND FOLKS
LIKE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS GOT ADL
SUPPORT TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN
OPEN AND PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES. SO
SO EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT SOME OF
OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO LIFT UP IN THE BUDGET.
AGAIN, WE SEE HSD ON THE FRONT
LINE OF RESPONDING TO THE SHADOW
SHADOW PANDEMIC THAT IS CREATING
CREATING STRESS AND TRAUMA IN
OUR COMMUNITY. GOOD MORNING DR.
DINGLEY, OUR FINAL DAY. YOU HAVE
HAVE BEEN WITH US EVERY DAY, WE
APPRECIATE IT. PLEASE, GO AHEAD
GO AHEAD AND WELCOME THE PANEL.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE
THE MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS
IS JULIE DINGLEY, CITY BUDGET
DIRECTOR, AS YOU HEARD FROM CHAR
MOSQUEDA. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMT
TO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE
COMMENTS FROM HUMAN SERVICES CHR
SERVICES CHAIR HERBOLD AROUND
THE HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDER WORK
WORK AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
BUDGET ENVIRONMENT THAT WE IN
THE CITY CONTINUE TO FACE. YOU
KNOW THE PARTICULAR COMBINATION
OF INFLATION AND COVID AND A
LOOMING POTENTIAL NATIONAL OR GL
OR GLOBAL RECESSION AND THE
PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDS, HAS LEFT
US IN THIS INCREDIBLE BIND. AND
AS I MENTIONED IN THE BUDGET
OVERVIEW A COUPLE WEEKS BACK, WE
BACK, WE STARTED TO CLOSE THIS
BUDGET, WE STARTED TO BUILD THE
BUDGET FACING A $149 MILLION
DEFICIT. THE BUDGET IS THE VERY
DEFINITION OF DIFFICULT CHOICES.
CHOICES. AND THOSE CHOICES, IN G
THOSE CHOICES WE AIM TO MAXIMIZE
MAXIMIZE THE RESOURCES WE HAD
AVAILABLE TO US WITHIN THE
BOUNDS OF WHAT WAS ALLOWED. AND
IN SOME PLACES HAD TO CHANGE
THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR
CHOICES MORE SUSTAINABLE. WE
WILL GET INTO ALL OF THOSE
DETAILS AND CAN TAKE MANY MORE
QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
BUT WHAT I AM COMFORTED IN
KNOWING IS THAT EVEN IN THE
MIDST OF ALL OF THOSE INCREDIBLG
INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING
CIRCUMSTANCES, WE HAVE THE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT LEADER IN
MEETING THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT WHO ARE READY FOR TH.
THE CHALLENGE. I AM HONORED TO
BE JOINED HERE TODAY BY ACTING
DIRECTOR TANYA KIM, IN ADDITION
TO BEING AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN ISY
BRILLIANT, THOUGHTFUL, AND AS I
MENTIONED AN ABSOLUTE BRIGHT LER
BRIGHT LEADER TO BE IN THE
SPACE. I AM HERE FOR TECHNICAL
DETAILS AND ESSENTIALLY IF YOU
WANT TO TALK ABOUT MACRO
CONTEXT. I AM A GREAT RESOURCE
FOR THAT, THE DEPARTMENT WILL
TAKE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT
POLICY AND PROGRAMS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT AND SPECIFIC THINGS
ABOUT THEIR BUDGET. SO I LOOK
FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATION TODY
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS
WEEK. ALSO A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO
TO THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE TEAM
WHO HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE, LISTENING THROUGHOUT
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, TAKING
COPIOUS NOTES, MAKING SURE WE CN
GET YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YO.
YOU NEED. AND PARTICULARLY TODAO
THE HUMAN SERVICES TEAM. THEY
ARE INCREDIBLE PUBLIC SERVANTS
FOR WHICH THIS WORK WOULD NOT BE
BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT. SO I WANT
TO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY AGAIN.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ACTING
DIRECTOR KIM TO GET ON WITH THE
DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. THANK YOU DIRECTOR
DINGLEY, GOOD MORNING, SPECIAL
THANK YOU TO OUR CHAIR MOSQUEDA
MOSQUEDA AND COMMITTEE CHAIR
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND THE
COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS A
WHOLE, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT ON THE HUMAN SERVICES DS
SERVICES DEPARTMENTS 2023 AND
2024 PROPOSED BUDGET. HERE YOU
SEE, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD GAVE
GAVE A LOVELY, PASSIONATE
OPENING. SO FOR BREVITY'S SAKE,
I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW
OF WHAT IS TO COME. SO HERE IS
AGAIN A VISUAL OF OUR MISSION AD
OUR IMPACT AREAS WE INVEST IN.
NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE CEO GIVE
YOU THE CHANGES IN MICHAEL AND I
I WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME INDIVIDUAL
INDIVIDUAL CHANGES AND GET INTO.
INTO Q&A. I DID HEAR THAT WE MAY
WE MAY ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS THROT
THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. WE ARE
ARE FLEXIBLE IN HERE FOR YOU.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IT IS A CHG
A CHALLENGING TIME AND NO MATTER
MATTER WHAT THE REVENUE FORECAST
IS, WE DO OUR WORK THROUGH THE
LENS OF RACIAL EQUITY AS
MENTIONED. AND SO IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT
WE LEAD WITH RACE, WE USE DATA
TO INFORM OUR RESULTS BASED
INVESTMENTS AND OUR PROPOSED BUT
PROPOSED BUDGET PRIORITIZES
SERVICES WHERE DISPARITIES
EXIST. YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH
OVER 170 COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND HAVE CONTRACTS
CONTRACTS AS WELL AS PROVIDE
DIRECT SERVICES. THIS IS
FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR APPROACH AND
OUR COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING
RACIAL EQUITY. WITH THAT WE WILL
WILL JUMP INTO IT AND I WILL
INTRODUCE DEE DHLAMINI, THE
INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
OFFICER WHO HAS BEEN HERE A
MONTH. SO PLEASE WELCOME DEE
DHLAMINI.
>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR KIM, FOR
THE INTRODUCTION. I AM GOING TO
JUMP RIGHT IN. THE 2023-24
OPPOSED BUDGET FOR THE HUMAN SES
DEPARTMENT IS 305.5 MILLION, AND
307.5 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
EXCLUDING THE END OF A ONE TIME
FUNDING FOR COVID RESPONSE,
HSD'S 2023 PROPOSED BUDGET IS
INCREASED BY 10% OVER THE 2022
ADOPTED BUDGET. THIS INCREASE IS
REALLY DRIVEN BY INCREASED
STAFFING CAPACITY FOR COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE, WHICH YOU WILL HEAR
MORE ABOUT LATER IN THIS PRESEN.
THIS PRESENTATION. IT ALSO
INCLUDES 20 POSITIONS FOR AGINGY
AGING DISABILITY CASE MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT SERVICES, THAT ARE
FUNDED BY 10 MILLION INCREASE IN
IN STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS
ACQUIRED THIS YEAR. BEFORE WE
DISCUSS REDUCTIONS, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE I THINK, THATE
PROPOSED BUDGET REFLECTS CHANGES
IN APPROPRIATION DUE TO END OF
ONE TIME FUNDING FOR THE COVID
RESPONSE, NOT ONLY FOR COVID RE,
WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT, BUT ALSOD
ALSO CARRYFORWARD FOR COMMUNITY
SAFETY CAPACITY BUILDING AND LA,
AND LAUNCHED, I.E. THE EQUITABLY
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE.
AS WELL AS GRANTS THAT WERE
APPROPRIATED IN PRIOR YEARS BUT
WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE FUTURE SP.
FUTURE SPENDING. THERE IS
APPROXIMATELY $6.6 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUND REJECTIONS
REDUCTIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED
TO MITIGATE FOR THE 2023-24
REVENUE SHORTFALLS. NO REDUCTION
REDUCTION IS EASY, AND THE ITEMS
ITEMS THAT WERE SELECT DID WERE
SELECTED WITH THE INTENT TO
MITIGATE DESTRUCTION TO DIRECT
SERVICES, AND ALSO THEY ALSO
ELIMINATE A SMALL NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS AND DELAY SPENDING ONE
ON SOME ONGOING PROJECTS. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. HSD'S 2022
ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDED NEARLY
$50 MILLION IN ONE TIME FUNDINGE
FUNDING. THE 2023-24 PROPOSED
BUDGET CONTINUES FUNDING FOR A
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE
PROGRAMS, INCLUDING AGAIN,
COMMUNITY SAFETY, AND HOMELESSN.
AND HOMELESSNESS. I JUST WANT TO
TO NOTE THAT 31 MILLION OF THE E
TIME FUNDING IS FOR COVID
RESPONSE, AND OFF OF THAT 31 M,
31 MILLION, 10.4 MILLION WAS COD
WAS CONTRACTED TO THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY AND THAT WAS IN 2022
FOR SHELTER PROGRAMS. THAT WILL
BE SPENT IN 2023 AND 2024. DUE
TO THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE CON,
REVENUE CONSTRAINTS, THE
PROPOSED BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE
INCLUDE CONTINUED FUNDING FOR
ALL PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH ONEE
FUNDS IN THE 2022 ADOPTED BUDGE.
ADOPTED BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. SO THIS GRAPH PROVIDES
THE VISUALIZATION OF THE
DIFFERENT COLORS OF MONEY. NO
PUN INTENDED. THEY FUND SOME OF
OUR CITY'S MOST ESSENTIAL SERVI.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES. ON THE LEFT,
LEFT, THE PIE REPRESENTS A
BREAKDOWN FOR A FULL DEPARTMENTT
DEPARTMENT BUDGET OF THE 305
MILLION, IN 2023. THE SMALLER
GRAPH ON THE RIGHT PROVIDES A
BREAKDOWN OF OUR HUMAN SERVICES
FUND, THAT IS MADE UP OF FEDERAL
FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS AND
OTHER LOCAL FUNDING. AS TOUCHED
ON EARLIER, OVER 40% OF OUR
GENERAL FUND DOLLARS ARE BEING
TRANSFERRED TO -- TO SUPPORT
THEIR HOMELESS PROGRAMMING. NOW
I WILL TURN IT BACK TO DIRECTOR
KIM, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. THANK YOU, NOT BAD FOR
ONE MONTH ON THE JOB. [ LAUGHTE]
LAUGHTER ] IN THE NEXT SET OF
SLIDES, MICHAEL AND I WILL
HIGHLIGHT ADS AND REDUCTIONS IN
PART OF THE HSD PROPOSED BUDGE.
PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS 4%
INFLATIONARY INCREASE WILL ADD 7
ADD 7 MILLION IN 2023, AND OVER
14 MILLION IN 2024. THE PROPOSET
PROPOSED BUDGET ANTICIPATES THE
PASSAGE OF A COMPANION COUNCIL
BILL THAT WILL LIMIT INFLATIONS
TO 4% OR CPI W, WHICH IS EVER L.
EVER LOWER. TECHNICALLY SPEAKING
SPEAKING IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW
KNOW THE 4% LOWER LEVEL IS THE T
THE LIMIT THAT THE CITY IS
LEGALLY REQUIRED TO PAY, NOT A T
A LIMIT TO WHAT COULD BE PAID IF
PAID IF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE
ARE AVAILABLE. NOW,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, AND
OTHER, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS
MEMBERS AND FOLKS IN THE
COMMUNITY HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR
SENTIMENT AROUND THIS. I WILL JT
WILL JUST ADD THAT I THINK WE AL
AGREE, WE ALL AGREE, WE ALL
AGREE THAT PROVIDERS DO
ESSENTIAL WORK DAY IN AND DAY
OUT. AS DIRECTOR DINGLEY STATED
EARLIER, THIS INITIAL BUDGET
PRESENTATION, FROM HER INITIAL
BUDGET PRESENTATION, THAT THIS
WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION DUE TO
THE CHALLENGING FINANCIAL ENVIR.
FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT. I GUESS I
I JUST DON'T WANT TO PASS THIS P
THIS UP. YOU KNOW? WE ARE ALL IN
ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. SO THANK
YOU FOR EXPRESSING AN ADDITIONA.
ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. AND WITH
THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO
MICHAEL --
>> WE SHOULD STOP ON THIS SLIDE
FOR A SECOND, IF YOU --
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THE VICE CHAIR NOTED HERE T,
HERE TODAY, I WANT TO REITERATE
SOME POINTS WE HAVE BEEN MAKINGT
THE ENTIRE WEEK. THE COUNCIL
WILL EXPRESS FOUNDATION ABOUT,
FRUSTRATION ABOUT POLICY AND
PROPOSALS, NOT ANY ONE PERSON
AND DEFINITELY I AM NOT TRYING
TO MAKE THIS INTO THE PERSONAL
DISCUSSION. THIS IS ALL ABOUT
POLICIES AND PRIORITIES. IT IS
IMPORTANT THOUGH THAT WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT A BUDGET BEING A
DOCUMENT, WE REMIND OURSELVES
OW TO USE THOSE SCARCE
RESOURCES, THAT IS WHAT THIS COL
IS REALLY LIFTING UP THROUGHOUTE
LAST WEEK OR SO. IT HAS BEEN A
VERY CHALLENGING TIME FOR THE
FOLKS ON THE FRONTLINE, AS YOU L
KNOW VERY WELL. AND I THINK THAT
THAT THE CRISIS THAT PEOPLE SEE
ON A DAILY BASIS, IN TERMS OF
HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
PEOPLE CAN STAY HOUSED, INTO HO,
OFF THE STREET, NECESSARY FOOD,
THE CRISIS THEY ARE SEEING IS
SOMETHING THEY EXPERIENCE. THEY
EXPERIENCE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE
HISTORICALLY UNDER INVESTED IN
OUR CONTRACTORS THAT DO THIS
WORK AND WE HAVE KNOWN THIS FOR
DECADES. I WANT TO ADD TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID, AND
AND ALSO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, AND DEVON ON HER TEAM,
TEAM, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
AND CHRISTINA ON HER TEAM,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, AND HERK
IN THE PAST YEARS. THE PRESIDENS
PRESIDENT HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN
ABOUT THIS YEAR ROUND AS WELL. I
I DO NOT WANT TO SOUND LIKE A BN
RECORD BUT ALSO WANT TO ENSURE
WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS ISSUE, NT
OUT OF CONTEXT WITH THE TOUGH
BUDGET DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAK.
TO MAKE. BUT AGAIN FOR CONTEXT,
IN 2018, ALONE, JUST THE TIME I
HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL, NOT TO
MENTION THE WORK THAT HAPPENED
BEFORE I WAS THERE, IN 2018 I SD
THE ONE-TIME BUDGET AMENDMENT TO
MEET THE CURRENT INFLATION AT
THAT TIME. WHICH WAS 5.8
MILLION. IN 2019, THE SPONSOR
LEGISLATURE, BROUGHT SUPPORT
FROM THE COUNCIL, MANY MEMBERS
CURRENTLY HERE, TO PROVIDE THOSE
PROVIDER CONTRACTS AND KEEP UPH
THE CPI W, WHICH IS THE COST OF
LIVING INFLATION, AND WE STILL
HAVE SCARS FROM THAT BATTLE WITN
BATTLE WITHIN MAYOR JENNY
DURKAN. I WANT TO THANK THE THEN
THEN PRESIDENT FOR HIS SUPPORT
ON THAT AS WELL. AND IN 2021, IN
IN PREPARATION FOR THE CALENDAR
YEAR FOR 2022, THE COUNCIL, AS
YOU HEARD FROM COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, NOT ONLY WORKED TO ADDS
THE UNDERLYING BASE WAGE
ISSUES, TO LOOK AT THE BASE
WAGES, WE INCLUDED 5.3 MILLION
TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT FUNDING FOR ONE TIME
INCREASE PROVIDER CONTRACTS. WEE
WE PROVIDE AND DESCRIBE THE
METHODOLOGY SPECIFICALLY IN
ORDINANCES, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOS
FOR TIMES JUST LIKE THIS, WHEN
TIMES ARE TOUGH, FOR THE
INFLATION WAGE TO BE CAUGHT UP
WITH. THE METHODOLOGY PRESCRIBED
IS ORGANIZING THE CHANGE OVER
TWO YEARS. TO EXPRESSLY ADJUST
AND ADDRESS THE SHARP INCREASES,
INCREASES, IT IS SMOOTH AND HASA
LAGAN INCREASE, FOR PROVIDER SE.
PROVIDER SERVICES. IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT
THAT THIS IS A BASIC ASSUMPTION
OF HOW WE CAN KEEP UP WITH THE
COST OF LIVING. AND QUITE
FRANKLY IS NOT ENOUGH. WE HAVE
HEARD THAT FROM THE PROVIDERS AS
AS WELL. SO AT THE VERY LEAST I
THINK THAT WE ARE IN A PLACE TO
WANT TO PROTECT WHAT IS IN THE .
I DO NOT THINK THIS IS A
SURPRISE TO ANYONE BUT I WANT TE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, PROTECT
WHAT IS IN STATUTE. DO MORE AS
WE LOOK AT THE REPORT THAT COUNR
HERBOLD NOTED COMING IN THE
SPRING. SO WE ARE NOT TIME AND
TIME AGAIN IN THIS SITUATION
WHERE WE CREATE PATCHWORK
SOLUTIONS TO HELP OUR HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM FALLINGS
FURTHER BEHIND. FOR THOSE TO
CARE FOR OTHERS THEY NEED TO BE
CARED FOR. I THINK THAT IS WHAT
WE WILL TRY TO WRITE IN OUR
AMENDMENTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I
FORWARD. I DON'T THINK IT IS A E
THAT AS YOU HAVE HEARD, I AM
DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN PUTTING
IN PUTTING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT. I KNOW THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS TOO,
EXPRESSED THAT. AND I THINK
TOGETHER WE WILL TRY TO CLOSE
THIS GAP. I ALSO WANT TO
UNDERSCORE AS WELL THOUGH, YOU ,
YOU KNOW, -- OFFERING SOME
FLEXIBILITY FOR THE HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED FUNDING COMING IN
FROM JUMPSTART. AGAIN WAS
INTENDED TO CLOSE BUDGET GAPS,
PREVENT AUSTERITY AND BUDGET
CUTS. AS I SAID ON TUESDAY THIS
IS A CUT TO HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDER. I THINK SOME
GOOD-FAITH CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE
WE HAVE HAD WITH, BETWEEN BOTH
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT WOULD REE
WE ARE COEQUAL BRANCHES OF
GOVERNMENT AND NOW IS OUR CHANCE
OUR CHANCE TO HAVE THE PEN AND
DO SOME WRITING ON THIS. BUT WIH
THE LIMITED RESOURCES AND HIGHER
HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUE
FROM JUMPSTART, WE WANT TO BE
TRUE TO WHAT THE COALITION HAS
SAID, PREVENT AUSTERITY. AND IF
WE CAN LOOK AT USING SOME OF
THOSE HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED
REVENUES FOR PROTECTION AGAINST
THIS CUT, INSTEAD OF COMPLETELY
NEW PROGRAMS, I THINK THAT IS AN
AN AREA THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO
LOOK INTO. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, WOULD LIKE TO ADD
ANYTHING?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE I
ASK IT, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
YOU AGAIN PUBLICLY,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. I HAVE
THINK YOU PRIVATELY FOR YOUR
CONNECTING THE DOTS, BETWEEN TE
BETWEEN THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE
DISCUSSED IN AUGUST, AS IT
RELATES TO JUMPSTART. AND OUR
INTENTIONS ABOUT HOW THAT
FLEXIBILITY WAS SUPPOSED TO SERE
TO SERVE THE GOALS OF JUMPSTART
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO TS
TO THIS PARTICULAR BODY OF WORK.
AND ENSURING THAT WE DON'T HAVE
HAVE CUTS. NOT ONLY TO OUR OWN,
TO WORKERS THAT WORK FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, BUT ALSO SO THT
WE DON'T HAVE CUT TO WORKERS
THAT ARE CONTRACTED TO DO THE
WORK OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. SO,
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LINKING
REVENUE ISSUES WITH THE FUNDING.
FUNDING MEAN. A QUESTION I HAVES
HAVE WAS JUST A CLARIFYING QUES.
CLARIFYING QUESTION. THE INFLATY
THE INFLATIONARY INCREASE TO
HSD'S SERVICE PROVIDER
CONTRACTS, DOES THAT INCLUDE COS
WE ARE FUNDING KING COUNTY ARE J
ARE AJ R HA, TO EXECUTE?
>> IT DOES.
>> AND THANK YOU AGAIN DIRECTOR
KIM AND DIRECTOR DINGLEY. I WANT
WANT TO UNDERSCORE OUR
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR WORK
COLLECTIVELY. THE WORK OF THE
CITY AND THE BUDGET OFFICE TO
TRY TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. BUT
BUT REALLY FOR THE RECORD WANTED
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO
ALSO EXPLAINED WHERE I THINK
SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
COMMENTS ARE COMING FROM, GIVEN
THE HISTORY OF THIS. I WANTED TO
TO DRAW THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT M.
AGAIN, NOT INTENDED TO BE A
DEBATE WITH FOLKS THAT ARE HERE.
ARE HERE. WE KNOW IT IS A
BROADER CONVERSATION. SO WANTED
TO JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR
THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION OF
COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WE CONTINUE.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. LET'S
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU FOR T.
HSD IS STANDING BY. OKAY, NOW
WE ARE WITH MICHAEL BAILEY TO
WALK US THROUGH ANOTHER SET OF .
OF SLIDES.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR KIM. AND MEMBERS OF THE
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE,
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TO JOIN YOU TODAY. LIKEWISE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUT
TO ADVANCING THE MISSION, WHICHE
NOTED A FEW TIMES TODAY. I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. AND ALSO
HAPPY FRIDAY. ALL RIGHT, THE
CITY RECOGNIZES THE GROWING NEED
NEED TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS
LIVING IN VEHICLES. AS SUCH THE
BUDGET SUPPORTS SAFE LOTS, ALSO
REFERRED TO AS SAFE PARKING
PROGRAMS. I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE
THE GENERAL PUBLIC LISTENING,
FOR CLARITY SAFE LOTS ARE
INTENDED TO PROVIDE THOSE LIVING
LIVING IN RVS AND VEHICLES, A
PRIVATE PLACE TO RECEIVE
SERVICES, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
MAY INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT OR
PERHAPS HOUSING ASSISTANCE,
AIMED AT HELPING THOSE INDIVIDUS
THOSE INDIVIDUALS SUCCESSFULLY
TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
THE INVESTMENTS ARE ALSO
INTENDED TO HELP REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND RVS
CURRENTLY RESIDING ON THE STREES
OF SEATTLE AND OTHER PUBLIC
SPACES. THE FIRST ITEM LISTED
HERE IS 3.4 MILLION, TO SUPPORTG
AND OPERATIONS FOR A SAFELITE
CONTRACT, AWARDED EARLY THIS YER
THIS YEAR BY KING COUNTY, HERE R
HERE AFTER REFERRED TO AS THE
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY.
ALSO ADDITIONAL SAFE LOT SPACES
IN THE FUTURE. THE SECOND ITEM U
SEE HERE, THE $2.6 MILLION INVET
MILLION INVESTMENT WITH SUPPORT
THE STARTUP AND DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERAL NEW SAFE LOT SITES. IT
IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BOTH
INVESTMENTS WILL BE A TRANSITION
TRANSITION TO THE REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY, ONCE IN
POSSESSION OF THE FUNDS, THE HOS
AUTHORITY WILL BE IDENTIFIED TOD
TO FIND LAND, PARKING LOTS, AND
ALSO A SITE OPERATOR. ESTIMATING
ESTIMATING THEY WILL SERVE
APPROXIMATELY 195 VEHICLES PER .
PER YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> LET'S PAUSE THERE FOR A QUIC.
QUICK SECOND. OBVIOUSLY, I WILL
SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I KNOW THAT
THERE IS A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS
THAT ARE HERE, THAT HAVE BEEN
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF SAFE LOTS IN
THE PAST. WE WERE FRUSTRATED, IS
I WAS FRUSTRATED IN THE DELAY OF
DELAY OF GETTING THE FUNDING OUT
OUT THE DOOR INITIALLY. BUT JUST
JUST TO UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE
LITTLE BIT MORE, ARE WE THE
STANDUP FUNDING FOR NEW SAFE
LOTS IS ONLY 2023? IS THIS
BECAUSE IT IS JUST FOR STANDUP G
AND NOT NEEDED FOR OPERATIONS?
IT IS ONE-TIME IN NATURE AND WE
ARE NOT GOING TO BE CLOSING DOWN
DOWN ANY SAFE LOTS AFTER 2023 IN
IN THIS PROPOSAL. RIGHT?
>> WRECKED. THE FIRST ITEM IS TO
TO SUSTAIN FUNDING FOR THE
CURRENT CONTRACT AWARDED. THERE
ARE ALSO FUNDS FOR CONTINUATION.
THE SECOND ITEM YOU REFERENCE
IS FOR STANDUP, THAT WILL BE FOL
SAFE LOT SPACES IN THE FUTURE.
>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION
BUT IT MAY BE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS
ASKING.
>> I HAVE THE SUSTAINING 35
SPACES. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUTT
ABOUT WHAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING
IS. OF THAT INITIAL PROJECT. I
WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT TE
THAT THE RSP WAS DEVELOPED TO ST
TO SUPPORT BOTH THE SAFE LOT FOR
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN
THEIR RVS, BUT ALSO A PLACE FOR
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE READY TO
TAKE A CHANCE ON HOUSING, BUT
DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR RV.
A PLACE TO STORE UNOCCUPIED RVS.
I AM PRETTY SURE I RECEIVED AN
UPDATE FROM KING COUNTY RHA, THE
SAFE LOT PROGRAM THEY FUNDED
WITH THE DOLLARS PROVIDED BY TH,
THE CITY, DOES NOT, DOES NOT DO
EITHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS. AND
IT IS MORE PLACE, SUPPORTS MORE
OF A PLACE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO
BRING THEIR VEHICLES THAT MAY
NOT BE OPERABLE FOR REPAIR. SO I
I AM JUST CONCERNED THAT THE
ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE SOURCE OF
OF THE MONEY THAT THE CITY PROVD
CITY PROVIDED THAT DID END UP
GOING TO KING COUNTY RHA, THAT
THEY DID THE RFP FOR, IS NOT
BEING USED FOR THE PURPOSES INT.
PURPOSES INTENDED.
>> CERTAINLY. OUTSTANDING
QUESTION, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WK
WITH THE RHA TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL DETAILS. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS RFP IS INTENDED
INTENDED TO REACH BOTH
PERIMETERS, BOTH THE STORAGE AND
AND THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ON
THE SAFE LOT. HOWEVER THE FUNDS
HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO RHA, AS
AS YOU MENTIONED. THEY WOULD BE
THE BEST INDIVIDUALS TO SPEAK ON
ON THAT. HOWEVER WE ARE
COMMITTED TO PROVIDING YOU WITHT
INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
>> CERTAINLY.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. THAT WAS PART
PART OF THE QUESTION I HAD TOO,
AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE ADVG
FUNDING FOR THE THE STORAGE PLOS
THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
SUPPORTED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
TWO YEARS. AND ALSO THE CONCEPT
OF THE RV NEST MODEL. RIGHT?
ALLOWING FOLKS THAT LIVE IN RVS
TO HAVE A SAFER PLACE TO PARK
WHILE THEY SECURE EITHER A PLACE
TO LIVE INDOORS, OR A SAFE LOT.
LOT SPOT. IS THE -- MODEL
ANYTHING THAT WE ARE
CONTEMPLATING IN THIS PROPOSAL?
HELLO AMY. SORRY MICHAEL, I SAW
AMY POPPING BUT IF YOU HAVE AN R
WE WILL TAKE YOURS AND THEN GO
TO ANY.
>> CERTAINLY. FOR THIS PROPOSAL,
PROPOSAL, THE FUNDING YOU HAVE E
IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SAFE LO.
SAFE LOTS. AMY, HAPPY TO HEAR
YOUR RESPONSE AS WELL. AMY, YOU
ARE CURRENTLY ON MEAT.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. I HAD NOT
PRESENTED A WHILE. I DO KNOW THT
PER UNIT CAME IN HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED AS A RESULT OF RFP.
THAT MIGHT HAVE IMPACTED THE
AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR THE OTHER,
OTHER COMPONENTS, INCLUDING,
LIKE YOU SAY THE STORAGE AND
NEST MODEL. I WILL REACH OUT
WITH MICHAEL TO UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY HOW THAT FUNDING IS
DIVIDED UP AT THIS POINT.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. LET'S
CONTINUE.
>> ALL RIGHT. AND NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS SLIDE
SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE CITY
INVESTMENTS IN TINY HOME
VILLAGES WHICH ALSO SERVES AS A
RESOURCE FOR SUPPORTING
INDIVIDUALS LIVING ON HOUSED.
THE FIRST IS ONE TIME HOUSING FR
HOUSING FOR 50 UNITS, AND
ONGOING FUNDING FOR SERVICES FOR
FOR THAN NEW UNITS. THE FUNDS
WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE AUTY
THE AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER AND
CONTRACT. AS SUCH THE AUTHORITYL
AUTHORITY WILL DETERMINE HOW
MANY VILLAGES WOULD BE NEEDED TO
TO HOUSE THE 50 UNITS AND ALSO S
FOR THE VILLAGE OR VILLAGES. TO
CLARIFY, THE INVESTMENT IS
SEPARATE FROM THE CO-LEAD TINY E
TINY HOME VILLAGE INVESTMENT
THAT WE WILL DISCUSS IN AN
UPCOMING SIDE. JUST WANT TO CALL
CALL THAT OUT. THE SECOND ITEM
YOU SEE REPLACES ONE-TIME
FEDERAL FUNDING WITH ONGOING
FUNDS FOR THE SOUTH END TINY
HOME VILLAGE. IT IS CURRENTLY
SUPPORTED BY ONE TIME FEDERAL
COVID RELIEF FUNDING. THE
INVESTMENT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY
TO MAINTAIN THE 40 UNITS
CURRENTLY AT THE VILLAGE. FOR
THE PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET THAT
COMES TO $753,000. THE THIRD
ITEM, ONGOING FUNDS TO OPERATE
THE 60 UNITS AT THE CAMP SECOND
CHANCE TINY HOME VILLAGE. THIS
WAS IN PART FUNDED WITH ONE-TIME
ONE-TIME FUNDING OF THE 2022
ADOPTED BUDGET AND WE WOULD LIKE
WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
AUTHORITY ESTIMATED THE TOTAL
COST TO SUSTAIN THE VILLAGE TO
BE APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILLION.
AND ALSO THEY HAVE APPROXIMATEL0
APPROXIMATELY 702,000 IN ONGOING
ONGOING FUNDS TO SUPPORT CAMP
SECOND CHANCE. THE REMAINING
AMOUNT NEEDED BASED ON THE REGIL
THE REGIONAL ESTIMATE IS 498,00.
IS 498,000. AS A RESULT, OUR
PROPOSED INVESTMENT FOR THIS
COMES OUT TO 498,000.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ALSO
WANT TO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS WHO SHARES HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES AND PUBLIC ASSETS. I
KNOW THAT WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU
FOR THE OPENING COMMENTS AND I T
I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO FLAG E
CROSSOVER FOR HOMELESS SERVICES,
SERVICES, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
FOR RAISING YOUR HAND. OF
COURSE FEEL FREE TO RAISE YOUR D
YOUR HAND, TO ASK YOUR QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU. MICHAEL, GOOD TO
SEE YOU AND HEAR YOU, HERE IN
THE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE
ALL YOUR WORK THIS YEAR ON
STANDING UP A LOT OF THE INITIA.
INCLUDING THE INITIAL EFFORT TO
GET THE NEW SOUTH END VILLAGE
STOOD UP. SO I HAVE A COUPLE
QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS. IT IS
IS BEING FUNDED HERE FOR $750,0.
FOR $750,000. I JUST WANT TO CL,
TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE THE $750,000
FOR 2022, FOUR SOUTH END
VILLAGE, WAS BASED ON OPERATING
THAT VILLAGE FOR ABOUT HALF OF
THE YEAR. SO, THE ANNUALIZED OPG
ANNUALIZED OPERATING NUMBER I
IMAGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE HIGHER.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS NOT
BEING FACTOREDE. SO, CAN
YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF THE
DEPARTMENT'S THINKING ON HOW
THIS WILL BE A SUSTAINABLE
AMOUNT OF MONEY TO OPERATE THES?
THESE UNITS?
>> CERTAINLY. AND I WOULD LIKE
TO COLLABORATE WITH THE REGIONAS
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY,
AUTHORITY, JUST TO CONFIRM
ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES, I
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ALSO PROVIDE
YOU WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION
AND BE TIMELY IN MY RESPONSE.
>>
>> IS THERE A REASON THAT THE
CASE ISN'T HERE TO TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THIS? I HADN'T THOUGHT
ABOUT THAT UNTIL NOW BUT THEY SM
THEY SEEM CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT
FROM THE PANEL. IT SEEMS LIKE A
LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS ARE
PIVOTING TO A LACK OF
INFORMATION FROM -- ON THE IMP.
THE IMPLEMENTATION. THAT IS LESS
LESS OF A QUESTION FOR YOU,
MICHAEL, THEN JUST GENERALLY.
WAS THAT AN OVERSIGHT ON OUR
PART? DID WE NOT INVITE THEM TO
BE ON THE PANEL?
>> I WILL TAKE THAT AS
RHETORICAL, BUT WE WILL GO AHEAD
SAY THAT HSD LEADERSHIP IS
PRESENTING THE OVERALL BUDGET,
AND ALTHOUGH RHA IS AN IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT PARTNER OF OURS WITH
THIS TOPIC, WE DID NOT INCLUDE
THEM ON THE PRESENTATION. HOWEV,
PRESENTATION. HOWEVER, IT IS A T
A GREAT QUESTION FOR THE FUTURE.
>> THIS IS NOW I THINK THE THIRN
ABOUT HOW THE CIRCLE GETS
SQUARED ON SOME HOMELESSNESS
INVESTMENTS AND EVERYTHING SEEMS
SEEMS TO BE A PIVOT TO RHA. I
WAS NOT ASKING IT RHETORICALLY
BUT VERY LITERALLY. I WILL JUSTY
THAT. AND I DO HOPE FOR
TURNAROUND ON THOSE ANSWERS SO
WE CAN CRAFT A BUDGET RESPONSIVE
RESPONSIVE OF THE SITUATION WE
ARE FACING. TAKE THAT FOR WHAT
IT IS. BUT I GUESS FLAGGING AS E
ARE ANNUALIZED TO OPERATE THE
VILLAGE, FROM MY FIRST GLANCE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A
TRANSPOSITION OF THE 2022 AMOUNT
AMOUNT OF FUNDING. WHICH WAS ON
A UNIQUE TIMELINE BECAUSE THE
VILLAGE DID NOT OPEN UNTIL MAY R
JUNE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE
NEED TO FIGURE OUT. I DO ALSO JT
WANT TO ASK SOME GENERAL, I DO
NOT KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE THE T,
MADAM CHAIR, TO ASK SOME GENERAL
TINY HOUSE QUESTIONS, IT LOOKSE
THE TINY HOUSE SLIDE.
>> I THINK THAT THAT IS FINE,
THAT IS FINE, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS. AND WE DID HAVE A
DISCUSSION WITH RHA THAT WE
WOULD JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION H
CONVERSATION WITH HUMAN SERVICES
SERVICES JUST BECAUSE OF THE
BREADTH OF TODAY. I LET THEM
KNOW THAT I WOULD BE DOING THATD
THAT AND THAT WE COULD GET TO
THE DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC ITEMS
FOR TODAY. SO I THINK THEY ARE T
THE READY TO HELP TO ANSWER
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS BUT I WANTEDO
KEEP IT TO JUST THE CITY FAMILY
FOR TODAY. GO AHEAD,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. JUST AS AN ASIDE, IT
MIGHT BE USEFUL TO HAVE, ARE WE
INTENDING TO HAVE THE RHA
PRESENTATION IS ONE OF THE PANE?
THE PANELS?
>> NO, THERE IS, I THINK THERE
IS CROSSOVER WITH THIS PANEL AND
AND THE NEXT PANEL FOR THE
PROPOSED UNIFIED CARE TEAM. BUT
REALLY BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE
AND I THINK THE RELIANCE ON
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND YOU
AS MEMBERS, WE ARE JUST KEEPING
TO THE LIEN OF CITY DEPARTMENTS
HERE. BUT I SEE AMY GORE HAS
HER HAND RAISED AS WELL. I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE HAD
HAD SOMETHING TO ADD BEFORE WE
GET TO YOUR QUESTIONS. OH, SAY E
SAY ME AMY, YOU ARE UNMUTE
STILL.
>> EVERY TIME I TRY TO TAKE MY D
AND I FORGET I AM ON MUTE. I WAD
TO ADD THAT, AS YOU PROBABLY
KNOW COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, BUT
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT LIHI HAS
IDENTIFIED THE GAP OF 280,000
ROUGHLY FOUR PARTICULARLY FOR
THE SOUTH END VILLAGE. AGAIN
BECAUSE OF THIS ANNUALIZED ISSU.
ANNUALIZED ISSUE. WE WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH RHA TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT MISSING ANY
ANY POTENTIAL FUNDING MAY HAVE
TO SUPPORT THAT. FOR THE ONGOIN.
ONGOING FUNDING.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL I HOPE THAT
THEY ARE LISTENING AND AT THE
READY TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATIONS.
OUR AMENDMENT DEADLINE IS TUESY
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS
MASSIVE KNOWLEDGE GAPS ABOUT HOW
HOW WE MIGHT SQUARE SOME OF
THESE THINGS. IT DOES NOT SOUND
LIKE THEY HAVE ADEQUATELY
INFORMED THE DEPARTMENT OF WHAT
THE POTENTIAL GAPS ARE. WE ARE Y
HURTING FROM PROVIDERS, NOT JUST
JUST ON THIS SLIDE BUT OTHER SLS
OTHER SLIDES ABOUT CONCERNS
ABOUT WHETHER THE INVESTMENTS
FROM THE CITY ARE FULLY PACKAGED
TO SOLVE THE ISSUE THEY ARE
SOLVING. I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE HOW THAT INFORMATION WILL
BE SQUARED, GIVEN THAT THIS IS
BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE
WE HEAR FROM, FROM CONSTITUENTS.
SO I WILL MOVE ON TO A FEW
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. BUT I
GUESS THE ANSWER WILL PROBABLY
BE THE SAME, WE HAVE TO WAIT TO
GET ANSWERS. BUT WE HAVE HEARD
THAT THERE HAS BEEN ABOUT
$270,000 IDENTIFIED IN ONE-TIMES
ONE-TIME COSTS FOR MAINTENANCE
AND REPLACEMENTS OF INFRASTRUCTE
OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE OVERALL
OVERALL TINY HOUSE SYSTEM. IS
THAT AD REFLECTIVE IN WHAT LOOKS
WHAT LOOKS MOSTLY LIKE EXPANSION
EXPANSION AND A FOCUS OF THE
SOUTH END VILLAGE ON THIS SLIDE.
SLIDE. BUT IS SORT OF GENERAL
MAINTENANCE, AND TAKING CARE OF
SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND SOME OF
OF OUR EXISTING VILLAGES COVERED
COVERED HERE. OR WOULD THAT BE
SCOPE FOR AMENDMENT?
>> I SEE -- GO AHEAD. SORRY
ABOUT THAT, MICHAEL. GO AHEAD.
>> CERTAINLY. I APPRECIATE THE .
THE QUESTION. THE FUNDING THAT
YOU SEE HERE IS TO SUSTAIN. I
UNDERSTAND THAT LIHI HAS HAD
THE CONVERSATION WITH THE
AUTHORITY AND ADVOCATING FOR
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. TO ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION, THAT MAY BE
SCOPED FOR THE AMENDMENT,
HOWEVER THIS IS INTENDED TO
SUSTAIN THE VILLAGES.
>> OKAY. AND SORT OF RELATED TO,
TO THAT, ONE OF THE REALLY
IMPORTANT ADS THE COUNCIL PUT FD
IN 2021 WAS $600,000, 450,000 OF
OF WHICH WAS ONE TIME, OF
ONGOING FUNDS TO EXPAND
BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES. A LOT OF OUR TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES, A CRITICAL ASSE,
CRITICAL ASSET, GIVEN THE POPULN
THE POPULATION WE SEEK TO SERVE
WITH THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES. IS
IS THAT MONEY REFLECTED AS AN
ONGOING COMMITMENT IN THIS BUDG?
THIS BUDGET? AND IF SO, FOR HOW
MANY SITES? THAT MONEY AS I UNDD
IT CURRENTLY SUPPORTS ABOUT 6.5
FTE FOR BEHAVIORAL SPECIALISTS,
ARE WE CUTTING THAT SERVICE OR
CONTINUING IT?
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER, I MAY
NEED TO FOLLOW-UP ON YOU WITH
THAT, I RECOGNIZE THE BEHAVIORAH
INDIVIDUALS ARE CURRENTLY SUPPOG
TINY HOME VILLAGES. I AM NOT
PREPARED TO SPEAK TO AN AD HERE,
HERE, BUT CAN BE TIMELY IN MY R.
MY RESPONSE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, LET ME K
AMY IF SHE HAD SOMETHING TO ADD
TO THAT? I SAW HER HAND.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I
DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ONGOING
FUNDING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AS
AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM. IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> SAID THE PROPOSED BUDGET SEES
BUDGET SEEKS TO COMBAT THE 2021
BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH, AS THL
MADE, TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH
MENTAL HEALTH. CONDITIONS, TINY
HOUSES, THAT IS BEING CUT THIS
YEAR IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL.
>> DIRECTOR DINGLEY, DO YOU
HAVE A RESPONSE?
>> THERE IS NEITHER A CUT NOR A.
AN AD. IT IS JUST IN THE BASELI,
IT IS NOT BEING CUT.
>> SO, DIRECTOR DINGLEY, YOU ARE
ARE SAYING IT IS INCLUDED IN
THE BASELINE, THE AD FROM 2021.
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. WE WL
SEEK TO CONFIRM THAT. VERY
IMPORTANT INVESTMENT FROM 2021.
SO THOSE ARE MY TINY HOUSE
QUESTIONS FOR NOW. SOUNDS LIKE A
A LOT OF THESE WE NEED TO WAIT R
CLARIFICATION FROM RHA. AND I
DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ON THIS SLIDE AT THIS TIME.
>> OKAY, THANKS SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER. AND I AM NOT SEG
NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS
AT THIS POINT. LET'S GO AHEAD
AND GO ON.
>> ALL RIGHT, AS WE TRANSITION O
THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM BUDGET
ITEMS, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT THE
THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IS A MEMBER OF THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM OR YOU CT FOR
SHORT. ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER
CITY DEPARTMENTS. THEY ARE NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING THE
UCT ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A ROLE
IN SUPPORTING THE WORK. WE HAVE
HAVE ADDITIONAL SIX FTE TO
ASSIST WITH UN-SHELTERED PEOPLE
IN SPACES. THIS IS TO SUPPORT
THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM. YESTERDAY
TEAM. YESTERDAY MORNING THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE HELD A PRESS
CONFERENCE AND SPOKE TO A FEW GG
PRINCIPLES. THE MAIN OFFICE ALSO
SPOKE TO OUR DESIRE AND NEED TE
A SET OF -- THAT GO BEYOND THE .
THE PROPOSALS. MORE SPECIFICALLY
SPECIFICALLY THE CITY WILL BE SD
BE SUPPORTED THROUGH
COORDINATION AND CONDUCTION'S OF
OF NEED ASSESSMENTS FOR SITES
WITHIN THE ASSIGNED GEOGRAPHICA,
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, REGARDLESS OF
UNSCHEDULED REMOVAL. THIS ALSO
INCLUDES CAPTURING ANY UNIQUE
NEEDS RELATED TO EXPRESS MINERAL
MINERAL CONDITIONS OR OTHER
INFORMATION THAT WOULD
ESSENTIALLY SUPPORT THE INDIVIDS
THE INDIVIDUALS BEING SUCCESSFUL
SUCCESSFUL ONCE CONNECTED TO
SHELTER. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
RHA, THE FTE WILL ULTIMATELY
HELP THE INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONG
INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONING
INSIDE, REGARDLESS OF THE
SCHEDULED EIGHT. THE FT WILL COE
TO MAKE REFERRALS AS THEY SUPPOT
THE FACILITATION OF GEOGRAPHICA,
GEOGRAPHICAL HUDDLES, IN
ADDITION TO MAKING REFERRALS THE
REFERRALS THE FTE WILL ALSO
COLLECT AND MONITOR SHELTER AVA,
FOR SET-ASIDE BEDS, SO THEY CAN
CONTINUE TO MAKE MEANINGFUL AND
AUTHENTIC OFFERS OF SHELTER. IT
IS A LOT OF WORK BUT MEANINGFUL
WORK AND AS THE ACTIVITIES TAKE,
THE FTE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE
INFORMATION AND UPDATES AND
ADDITIONALLY THE PROPOSED BUDGET
BUDGET ADDS FUNDING FOR TWO FTE
TO SUPPORT MINISTRATION AND DATN
DATA COORDINATION WITHIN THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM. MORE DETAILS
ABOUT THESE POSITIONS AND HOW
THEY FIT IN THE ECOSYSTEM WILL
BE PROVIDED DURING THE UNIFIED E
TEAM PRESENTATION LATER TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. SORRY.
LET'S PAUSE THERE FOR A SECOND.
IF THAT IS OKAY. I JUST WANTED
TO LET FOLKS KNOW, AS MICHAEL
EXPRESSED, AND EASY ON THE AGEN,
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO ENTERTAIN A
A SERIES OF QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS RELATED TO THE UNIFIED
CARE TEAM IN THE NEXT
PRESENTATION HERE. BUT WANT TO E
SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE THE CHANCE
TO ASK THE HSD TEAM ON THE
BROADSCALE HERE, IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THESE INV.
I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
THAT IS AN OLD HAND. THANKS SO,
SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> MY COMMENT IS ABOUT ITEM
NUMBER FIVE SO I WILL WAIT.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO TAKE TH,
I AM UNLIKELY TO BE PRESENT FOR
THE NEXT PRESENTATION, I HAVE A
LONG SCHEDULED TOOTH EXTRACTION
THIS MORNING. SO I JUST WANT TOT
ON THE TABLE MY CONCERN ABOUT
THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM. THE EXPA.
THE EXPANSION. I AND OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN
BEEN ASKING THIS ADMINISTRATION
SINCE APRIL FOR THE MATRIX THEY
ARE USING TO PRIORITIZE LOCATIOS
PRIORITIZE LOCATIONS ONCE ASSES.
ONCE ASSESSED. BOTH LOCATIONS
THAT ARE TENT ENCAMPMENTS IN
PUBLIC SPACES, AS WELL AS RVS. I
RVS. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A
DRAFT MATRIX THAT A MEMBER OF
THE PRESS SHARED AND IT IS
USEFUL. BUT I UNDERSTAND FROM
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON, IT IS
NOT THE MATRIX THAT IS BEING USD
TO PRIORITIZE LOCATIONS. AGAIN
IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO US AS PEOE
AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE DAILY
COMMUNICATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC, TO BE ABLE TO
EXPLAIN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
PUBLIC HOW THE CITY IS USING AN
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF A NUMBEF
NUMBER OF CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE LOCATIONS, EVERYTHING
EVERYTHING FROM THE NUMBER OF
TENTS, RVS, TO THE NUMBER OF PE,
OF PEOPLE, TO THE CRIME STATIST.
CRIME STATISTICS. AND WHAT I
HAVE SEEN AS A DRAFT, WAS THE SG
THE SCORING MATRIX, LOCATIONS
THAT SCORED HIGHLY WERE LIKELY O
BE PRIORITIZED. THAT IS VERY,
VERY USEFUL INFORMATION TO
SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC.
PARTICULARLY IF THE PUBLIC IS
CONTACTING US ABOUT A LOCATION
THAT IS NOT BEEN PRIORITIZED. SO
SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY.
WE HAVE BEEN, AGAIN, ASKING FOR
THIS INFORMATION SINCE APRIL. E
HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT. AND I JUST
THINK IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
ADDING RESOURCES FOR THIS
FUNCTION, THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TD
HOW THESE RESOURCES ARE BEING
PRIORITIZED. I VERY MUCH WOULD E
TO SEE THAT PRIORITIZATION MATRX
PRIORITIZATION MATRIX BEFORE WEN
WE BEGIN VOTING ON THE BUDGET
ITEMS. THANK YOU.
>> HAPPY TO TAKE A RESPONSE TO
THAT IF ANYBODY FROM THE
DEPARTMENT HAS INITIAL RESPONSE
OR IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO WAIT
FOR THE TEAM WHO HAS THE PRESENN
NEXT. YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO THA.
THAT TOO. DR. DINGLEY, GO AHEAD,
AHEAD, MICHAEL.
>> JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS TAKE THAT
THAT INFORMATION BACK. AND I
SUSPECT YOU WILL LIKELY GET
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LATER T.
LATER TODAY.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I BELIEVE
BELIEVE YOUR NEXT.
>> THANK YOU. SO THE SIX FTE,
ARE THEY CITY EMPLOYEES? AND IF
IF THEY ARE, HOW DO THEY WORK
WITH OUR PROVIDERS THAT ARE DOIG
OUTREACH AS WELL? I GUESS REACH,
REACH, CO-LEAD, ET CETERA. AND
WHAT IS THE BASE NUMBER. IF IT
ADDS SIX, WHAT IS THE BASE NOW.
>> CURRENTLY WE ARE FUNDING THRE
FUNDING THREE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS,
NAVIGATORS, WE WILL ADD SIX
ADDITIONAL, THE COLLABORATION IS
COLLABORATION IS TRULY
HAND-IN-HAND, THE INDIVIDUALS
ARE PARTICIPATING IN IN REGIONAL
REGIONAL HUDDLES, IN PARTNERSHIP
PARTNERSHIP WITH RHA. THAT TAKES
TAKES PLACE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
WEEK. THERE IS ALSO A GENERAL
OUTREACH CALL EVERY WEEK, EVERY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS SITES ARE
IDENTIFIED THE INDIVIDUALS ARE
HELPING TO PROJECT MANAGE THE SE
THE SITE TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY GETS THE LEGITIMATE
OFFER SHELTER. IT TRULY IS IN
SUPPORT, COLLABORATIVE, AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER FOLKS
DOING THIS WORK.
>> THANKS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. YES, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY, [ LAUGHTER ] NOW I
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM.
I THINK MAYBE COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON AND I ARE TRYING TO GET
TO THE SAME QUESTION, BUT CAN U
TELL US HOW MANY FTEs ARE PART
OF THE OVERALL TEAM ACROSS THE 3
CITY DEPARTMENTS?
>> THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL
QUESTION FOR THE UPCOMING PRESE.
UPCOMING PRESENTATION. THE UCT,
AS LARGER ECOSYSTEM, THE
FOLLOWING PRESENTATION WILL
LIKELY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE IS A
IS A GOAL BEYOND REFERRAL OR WHT
HAPPENED AFTER REFERRAL?
>> SO ONCE THE INDIVIDUAL IS RED
TO SHELTER, WE ARE LOOKING TO
RHA TO HELP MOVE THE INDIVIDUAL.
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION FOR THE
RHA, THEY WILL TELL US WITH THE
WITH THE WORK THEY ARE DOING RIT
NOW IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE, OUR
RELATIONSHIP IS WITH SUPPORTING
INDIVIDUALS GETTING TO THEM
SOONER, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE
WHAT IS NECESSARY TO TRANSITION
INTO SHELTER. BEING MET THAT IS
OUR ISOLATED ROLE, WE LOOK TO
RHA TO SUPPORT THE INDIVIDUALS
TO SHELTER SO THEY HAVE THOSE
CONTRACTS CURRENTLY.
>> DOES THE TEAM ENSURE THAT
PEOPLE RECEIVE SHELTER AND SERV?
AND SERVICES?
>> YES, SO THE TEAM IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING
INDIVIDUALS LOCATED AT PRIORITY
SITES ARE CONNECTED WITH A
SERVICE PROVIDER. YOU MENTIONED
SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS EARLIER,
THEIR GOAL IS TO WORK HAND-IN-HD
WORK HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE
ORGANIZATION SO THAT THEY CAN
OFFER SHELTER AND THEN ESSENTIAY
REFER INTO THE SHELTER SYSTEM.
>> I GUESS I AM NOT ASKING IF
THEY ARE OFFERED SHELTER, I AM
ASKING IF THIS TEAM ENSURES THAT
THAT THEY RECEIVED SHELTER AND .
AND SERVICES.
>> I BELIEVE, TO CLARIFY, SO, TS
SO, THIS TEAM WOULD ENGAGE A
PRIORITY SITE, A SITE WITHIN A
GEOGRAPHICAL REGION. THEY WOULD
ESSENTIALLY CONDUCT A NEEDS
ASSESSMENT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT
SHELTER IS BEST SUITED FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL, WORK WITH THE SERVIE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER, THEN
THROUGH THE COLLABORATION, IT IS
IS BOTH OFFERING SHELTER AND
THEN ONCE THE SHELTER IS
ACCEPTED, ENSURING THAT PERSON
HAS THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH
TRANSPORTATION OR OTHER MEANS TE
INTO SHELTER. SO IT IS NOT JUST
THE OFFER, IF THERE IS ANY FOR
TRANSPORTATION, WE ARE ASSISTING
ASSISTING ON THAT PIECE AS WELL.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> I THINK SO. SO, THEN, IS THIM
THIS TEAM ENSURING THAT ONCE
PEOPLE RECEIVE THE SERVICES,
WHAT IS THE, WHOSE
RESPONSIBILITY IS IT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS BEING,
, WHO ARE RECEIVING SERVICES,
ALSO RECEIVE ONGOING CARE.
>> SO THE, ANY ACTIVITY ONCE AN
INDIVIDUAL IS TRANSITIONED INTO
SHELTER, WOULD BE ON BEHALF OF
THE SHELTER. WITH RHA CURRENTLY
HOLDING THAT FOR THE SHELTER, I
WOULD LOOK TO THEM TO HOLD THE
RESPONSE THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I SEE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA. I
WILL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE GEOGRAPHICAL TEAMS, EVEN
THOUGH I KNOW THAT IS COMING UP
IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION. I CANY
ONLY SPEAK TO MY EXPERIENCE WITH
WITH THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM DURIG
TEAM DURING THE WOODLAND PARK ET
PARK ENCAMPMENT DRIVE DOWN. THIS
TEAM WAS NOT SET UP WHILE WE
WERE DOING THE DRIVE DOWN AT COS
PARK. I CAN ALSO SPEAK TO MY PAS
WITH YOU CT WITH REQUESTING SERS
WITH CLEAN CITIES, FOR TRASH
MITIGATION, HANDWASHING
STATIONS, AND OUTREACH. DURING
THE WOODLAND PARK ENCAMPMENT
DRIVE DOWN, I WORKED WITH THE
OUTREACH WORKERS TO DETERMINE
THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND
PLACEMENT, THIS RESULTED IN 89
PEOPLE ENTERING SHELTER DURING
THE PERIOD. 49 PEOPLE IN ONE
WEEK AND THIS WAS COORDINATED BY
BY THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM. SINCE
THEN I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
BALLARD STAKEHOLDERS OUTREACH
TEAMS, AND THE INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT HAS TAKEN MORE TIME TO
SET UP BECAUSE OF THE LARGE GEOC
LARGE GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND HAVING
HAVING MORE PARTNERS. I SHARED
THIS BACKGROUND ONLY WITH YOU AS
YOU AS A REFERENCE POINT FOR
THESE COMMENTS REGARDING
GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED TEAMS. TO Y
THE OVERALL UNIFIED CARE TEAM
HAS DONE THE BEST WITH MY REQUE,
MY REQUESTS, THE BEST THEY CAN
WITH MY REQUESTS. THE ISSUE AT
HAND CENTERS AT THE FACT THAT WY
HAVE ONE TEAM FOR ONE CITY. WHEN
WE WERE WORKING IN WOODLAND
PARK, I WAS MONOPOLIZING
CITYWIDE RESOURCES. THE CITY WAS
CITY WAS STILL ADDRESSING OTHER
PLACES, BUT WOODLAND PARK WAS
STILL MONOPOLIZING TIME, FOCUS,
AND RESOURCES CITYWIDE. IF WE HD
GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED TEAMS, WE
COULD ONLY HAVE MONOPOLIZED
NORTHWEST SEATTLE TIME AND
RESOURCES, ALLOWING OTHER TIME
AND FOCUS ALONG THE CITY TO
CONTINUE. SINCE WOODLAND PARK
AND DURING THAT TIME THERE HAVEN
GREAT LEADS IN MY DISTRICT FOR
TRASH MITIGATION AND HYGIENE ST.
HYGIENE STATIONS. AGAIN, UCT IS
DOING THEIR BEST TO ADDRESS
CLEAN CITIES AND BECAUSE THE
TEAM IS CITYWIDE, IT IS HARD ATS
TO GET ATTENTION. BECAUSE WE
ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
RUNNING THE CLEAN CITIES ROUTE
EACH TIME. DIVIDING CONNECTIVITY
CONNECTIVITY OF OUR CITY FAMILY
TO THE WORK WE ARE DOING, AND
THE WAY THIS FORMALLY WORKS IS I
DRIVE, WALK, BIKE MY ROUTES ARD
MY DISTRICT TO SEE THE CURRENT
ENCAMPMENTS AND WHERE THE NEEDS
ARE GREATEST. I SEE FIRSTHAND
WHEN THE CITY'S CLEAN, THE CITY
TEAM IS COMPLETED, AND WHEN THEY
THEY ARE OVERLOOKED. WE HAVE A M
A TEAM FOR CITYWIDE RESPONSE
RATHER THAN GEOGRAPHIC RESPONSE.
GEOGRAPHIC RESPONSE.
ADDITIONALLY WHEN I HAVE HAD
REQUESTS I HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO
THE EXECUTIVE TEAM BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE GEOGRAPHIC TEAMS. IF
WE HAD THE GEOGRAPHIC TEAMS WE
WOULD HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE DOING
PEOPLE DOING THE CLEAN CITY
ROUTE AND ABLE TO SEE HOW PEOPLE
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE
DOING WEEK AFTER WEEK. HAVING
THE SAME PEOPLE INTERACT WITH
THOSE FOLKS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS BUILDS TRUST,
KNOWING A PEOPLE, DIZZY OF
SOMEBODY ON THE STREET IS
DECLINING OR IMPROVING.
GEOGRAPHIC TEAMS MEANS I WOULD
HAVE A PRINCIPAL THAT I COULD
WORK WITH THAT IS NOT ON THE
EXECUTIVE TEAM IN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE. AND I GUESS I WILL ASK
THIS QUESTION, WHICH IS, SHOULD
THE MAYOR'S TEAM SHOULD BE
ADMINISTERING THE CLEAN CITIES
ROUTE? OR SHOULD WE WE BUILD
WHERE THEY MANAGE THE PROGRAMS?
MY ANSWER IS YES, THE TEAM
NEEDED TO ADMINISTER THE WORK
OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR BEE
THE SYSTEMS NEEDED TO BE CHANGE.
POLICIES NEEDED TO BE CREATED, D
THE PROGRAM NEEDED TO BE BUILT.
IN THE MAYOR'S INAUGURATION SPE,
INAUGURATION SPEECH, IT WAS THAT
THAT HE INHERITED A MESS, WE ARE
WE ARE ONE OF THOSE. IT WOULD
STILL BE A MESS AND NOW WE ARE
IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN DELEGATE
CAN DELEGATE FROM THE TEAM AND Y
BASED TEAMS IS HOW WE DO THAT.
THE GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED TEAMS
MODEL IS LITERALLY IN LINE WITH
THE REQUEST OF MY FIRST YEAR INE
WHEN I ADDED OUTREACH WORKER
SPECIFICALLY THE DISTRICT 6. I
KNOW OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE ADDED
ADDED SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR
DISTRICTS BECAUSE GEOGRAPHICALLY
BECAUSE GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED
OUTREACH WORKERS THROUGH THE
ALLIANCE, THE ONES THAT I HAVE
BROUGHT THROUGH MY AMENDMENT, IW
I AM ABLE TO EFFECTUATE CHANGE
IN MY DISTRICT. LEADING WITH
HUMAN CENTERED APPROACHES.
BECAUSE I WORK WITH THE SAME
OUTREACH WORKERS EVERY WEEK. THE
WEEK. THE OUTREACH WORKERS WORK
WITH THE SAME PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS EVERYK
EVERY WEEK. THIS MODEL BUILDS
TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING IN WORKT
IS CHALLENGING AND COMPLICATED.
THE CHALLENGE THAT I AM
EXPECTING TODAY NEEDS MORE
ATTENTION BY THE CARE TEAM FOR
TRASH MITIGATION. ANYTIME I MAKE
A REQUEST I PULL ANOTHER FROM
ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY. TO BE
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS WITH THT
WITH THAT RESPONSE, WE NEED
GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED TEAMS. AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THE
QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT HOW DO
WE ENSURE THAT THERE IS A WARM
HAND OFF FROM OUTREACH WORKERS
AND GETTING THOSE FOLKS INTO
SHELTER, THIS IS THE WORK THAT I
I WITNESSED AND I WAS A PART OFN
COORDINATING THE WOODLAND PARK
DRIVE DOWN. WE THROUGH THE CARE
TEAM, WE WERE ENSURING THAT
THEIR WORD BANDS THERE TO DRIVE
PEOPLE FROM THE PARK TO THE
SHELTER. THAT THERE WERE CITY
WORKERS THERE WATCHING OVER THE
BELONGINGS OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
WAS GOING TO GO CHECK IN AT A
SHELTER AND HAD TO COME BACK TOT
THEIR STUFF AND THEN GO BACK. TE
ISSUE AT HAND IS THAT WE NEED
MORE ATTENTION RATHER THAN A
CITYWIDE RESPONSE, WE NEEDED
DISTRICT RESPONSE. CHAIR, THAT
WAS A VERY LONG WAY OF SAYING I
SUPPORT THE GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED
GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED TEAMS,
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT
MOMENT TO SPEAK JUST NOW. AND
COLLEAGUES, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYS
ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES ON OR OFF
THE RECORD.
>> OKAY. WE WILL TAKE A PAUSE
HERE FOLKS. BECAUSE IT IS CLEAR
THAT THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM PROPL
TEAM PROPOSAL IS GOING TO HAVE A
HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND
QUESTIONS COMING UP. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS GET A
CHANCE TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS
CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS LIKE YOU JUST HEARD
FROM COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ANDN
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND THEN
THEN QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. BUT AS
IT RELATES TO SPECIFIC ACTIONS
WITHIN HSD, ARE THERE SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS FOR HSD? OKAY,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I THINK
YOUR HAND IS STILL UP FOR ITEM
NUMBER FIVE. I AM HAPPY TO CALL
CALL ON YOU NEXT, THANK YOU FOR
TEEING UP THAT CONVERSATION, CO.
AND GETTING YOUR THOUGHTS AND
IDEAS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. MY
LAST QUESTION FOR THE TEAM HERE,
HERE, FROM A ETCHED HSD SPECIFI,
HSD SPECIFIC, IS, IS WHETHER OR
NOT THIS TEAM IS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR WHEN THE KC A RHA TEAM DOES
NOT GET ADVANCE NOTICE. THE
FOLKS AT THEY WORK WITH, MAKING
SURE THAT THEY HAVE A REFERRAL,T
JUST THE REFERRAL BUT THAT THEY
GET INTO HOUSING OR SHELTER. IF
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT SUFFICIENT
TIME, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS
IS NOT AN INTEREST IN A RUSHED
PROCESS, AND THEY WANT SUFFICIET
TIME TO GET PEOPLE IN. IS THIS M
THE BACKUP TEAM WHEN THE
ENCAMPMENT REMOVAL WANTS TO BE
IS THAT WHAT THEY ARE DOING?
DOES THE TEAM NOT FEEL THAT THEY
THEY CAN GET THEM IN?
>> A GREAT QUESTION, I WOULD
ARGUE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THAT
TOUCH POINT. RECOGNIZES THE
REQUEST FOR LEADTIME IS TO
DEVELOP THE REQUEST FOR RELATIO.
FOR RELATIONSHIPS. THINGS ARE
CHANGING, SITES ARE DYNAMIC,
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE NEED TO
ADDRESS SITES SOONER THAN
ORIGINALLY INTENDED. WE ARE
STILL COMMITTED TO RECOGNIZING
THAT A LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS
HAVE ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS
AND EVEN THOUGH WE MOVE UP THE
TIMELINE, IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY
DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED. SO TE
IS NO COOKIE-CUTTER ANSWER TO T.
TO THAT. I WOULD SAY THAT THE SM
NAVIGATORS ARE THERE TO HELP
PROJECT NAVIGATE THE SITES. THE
ADDITIONAL FTEs HERE WOULD
ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT
ADDITIONAL NOTICE AND IN FACT WE
WE ARE HOPING INDIVIDUALS CAN
COLLECT INFORMATION TO BRING
BACK TO THE PROVIDERS SO THAT WN
FURTHER IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHI.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MICHAELR
FIELDING THOSE QUESTIONS AND REG
THAT THEY DO GO INTO OUR NEXT P.
THANKS FOR HELPING US GET
CENTERED ON WHAT THE HS D TEAM
WOULD BE DOING HERE. LET'S MOVE
ON. ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO THE LAST AD ON
THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE
INVESTMENT THROUGH SUSTAINED
FUNDING THROUGH THE LIGHTHOUSE
SODO SHELTER FOR 2024. THEY
HAVE MADE AN INVESTMENT TO FUND
240 BEDS AT THE LIGHTHOUSE SODO
SHELTER, OVERSIGHT OF THE CONTT
LIES WITH THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY. THE CITY
CITY HAS ONE TIME CORONAVIRUS
LOCAL FUNDS DEDICATED TO THE
SHELTER IN 2023. THEREFORE THE
PROPOSED INVESTMENT YOU SEE HERS
HERE PROVIDES 4.7 MILLION OF
ONGOING FUNDING STARTING IN 202,
IN 2024, TO CONTINUE THE CITY'SN
CITY'S PORTION FOR FUNDING OF
OPERATION AND SERVICES AT THE S.
THE SHELTER.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU
MICHAEL. SO, WE HAVE CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO THAT REMINDS US THE 2
THE 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDED
12.1 MILLION FOR FUNDING THE
SHELTER FOR THIS YEAR. EXCUSE M.
EXCUSE ME. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YL
BUT THE SMOKE IS REALLY GETTING
TO ME TODAY. SO, THIS MONEY WAS
APPROPRIATED IN THE LAST BUDGETO
CONTINUE FUNDING THIS CONGREGANT
CONGREGANT SHELTER THROUGH 2024.
COLLEAGUES MAY REMEMBER THAT LT
YEAR I SUGGESTED A PORTION OF
THE FUNDING BE DIVERTED TO FUNDE
ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OFT
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. IN
PARTNERSHIP, THE INTENT WAS TO
PARTNER WITH CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB
FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FACING HO.
FACING HOMELESSNESS. SIMILAR TO
LAST YEAR, I AM QUESTIONING THEE
OF CITY FUNDS FOR THIS
PARTICULAR SHELTER FOR SEVERAL .
SEVERAL REASONS. FIRST IS THE OH
THE OUTREACH AMONG THE PROJECT
HAS NOT REACHED EXPECTATIONS
AMONG THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE ALL
ALL HEARD DIRECTLY THE FRUSTRATN
FROM MANY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
ARE ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY FROM
FROM THE COUNTY ON THIS PROJECT.
AND THE POTENTIAL MITIGATION
STRATEGIES. SECOND, IF WE HAVE D
ANYTHING FROM THE PANDEMIC,
CONGREGANT SHELTER ALONE IS NOT
SATISFACTORY. WHILE CONGREGANT
SHELTER CAN OFFER MORE SUPPORT
FOR HIGH NEEDS CLIENTS, WE HEAR
FROM OUTREACH WORKERS ALL THE T,
THE TIME, FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE
GROUND, THAT THE MOST DESIRED
FORM OF SHELTER IS
NON-CONGREGANT SHELTER. THAT
BEING SAID, WE ALSO KNOW WE ARE
IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY STILL.
AND THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
SHELTER TO HOUSE EVERYONE LIVING
EVERYONE LIVING ON THE STREETS.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST
YEAR OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING
WORKING WITH FRIENDS OF LITTLE
SAIGON, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSE,
AND BUSINESSES, IN THE CHINATOWN
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT, TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO
ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES AND IMPACTS
OF DISPLACEMENT. HOMELESSNESS.
MENTAL HEALTH CRISES, SANITATIO.
CRISES, SANITATION. THIS ALL RED
ALL RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY MODEL.
FOR THE CID THAT HAS THE
SUCCESSFUL MODEL FROM REACH. AND
AND LIKE LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE
THAT PART OF THIS MONEY COULD BE
BE SPENT ON OPTIONS SUCH AS MORE
MORE DEDICATED STREET OUTREACH
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. HARM
REDUCTION SERVICES. ALSO NEED TO
TO BE PAID A LIVING WAGE. AND
THAT IS THE SUPPORT THAT
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN ASKING FO.
ASKING FOR. THEY HAVE BEEN PROVN
TO WORK AND FOLLOW A HOUSING
FIRST APPROACH, SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING, NONPROFIT HOUSING,
PUBLIC WE OWNED MUNICIPAL
HOUSING, THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE
COULD BE DOING THIS THAT SERVE
OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BETTER.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING
DISCUSSING SOME OF THE OPTIONS
WITH COLLEAGUES. OVER THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU. JUST A POINT OF C,
DOES THE SUSTAINED FUNDING FOR
THE LIGHTHOUSE SHELTER, DOES
THIS INCLUDE IN THE 240 BEDS,
THE PALLET SHELTER CONCEPT THAT
IS BEING CONSIDERED AT THAT LOC?
THAT LOCATION? BECAUSE THAT
WOULD BE A NON-CONGREGANT FORM
OF SHELTER. I JUST WANT TO CLAR.
TO CLARIFY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
THE FUNDING WOULD SUSTAIN THE
CURRENT OPERATIONS, IT DOES NOT
INCLUDE ANY FUTURE OR ANTICIPATD
OR ANTICIPATED EXPANSION EFFORT.
EXPANSION EFFORTS.
>> OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS. I THINK THAT WE CAN MOVE
ON.
>> OKAY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OKAY, THIS SLIDE THAT YOU SEE H,
THIS SPEAKS TO THE COMMITMENT TO
COMMIT TO LEAD/CO-LEAD, CURRENT
VILLAGES FOR CURRENTS TO
TRANSITION INTO. LEAD, WHICH IS
OPERATED BY THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS
DEFENDERS OPERATION, HAD A MODEL
TO LAUNCH NEW WRAPAROUND SERVIS
FOR CLIENTS EXPENSING HOMELESSN.
THE MODEL BECAME KNOWN AS
CO-LEAD. THE BUDGET IS 10.3
MILLION IN BASE FUNDING,
INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OR INCREASS
THE AMOUNT, EXCUSE ME, TO 10.72T
10.72 REFLECT INFLATION. ALSO
PROPOSES A ONE-TIME INVESTMENT F
1.3 MILLION TO OPERATE TINY HOMS
FOR THE 72 CO-LEAD CLIENTS. AND
ALSO PROVIDES ONGOING FUNDING TN
TO MAINTAIN CURRENT HOTEL
LODGING FOR CLIENTS SERVED BY TE
BY THE COMBINED MODEL UNTIL TINY
TINY HOME SPACES ARE OPERATIONAL
OPERATIONAL IN 2023. THE
ALLOTMENT ALSO IS INTENDED TO
PAY FOR THE ONGOING COST OF
PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES
AND MAINTAINING THE TINY HOME
VILLAGE SPACE IS MOVING FORWARD.
AND I SEE WE HAVE A QUESTION. ?
QUESTION. YES?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE HAD
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FIRST UP IE
QUEUE, BUT HE ACCIDENTALLY JUST
GOT KICKED OUT OF THE MEETING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE HE GETS ADMD
WHEN YOU SEE HIM POP BACK IN.
ALSO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR E
RECORD THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ HAS BEEN WITH US THE WHE
TIME BUT DID NOT GET HER MUTE
BUTTON OFF AND WE DID NOT HEAR
HER. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
SURE. HELLO! GOOD TO SEE YOU COL
PRESIDENT. FOR THE RECORD THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS BEEN HERE.
HERE. AND THEN AFTER
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, IF HE IS
NOT BACK, IT WILL BE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. AND I DT
SEE HIM YET. SO, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR
QUESTION FIRST.
>> THANK YOU. SO I AM LOOKING
FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATIN
OF CLARIFICATION, CERTAINTY, HO.
CERTAINTY, HOPEFULLY. CAN YOU
TELL US IF THE PROPOSED BUDGET S
BUDGET FUNDS CO-LEAD AND LEAD SS
LEAD SERVICES SEPARATELY? MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY ARE O
ARE TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS THAT
REQUIRE SEPARATE FUNDING. AND I
AM A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THEY
SOMEHOW GOT CONFLATED AND ARE
THEREFORE NOT FULLY FUNDED.
>> CERTAINLY. SO THE PROPOSED
BUDGET THAT YOU SEE HERE, WHICH
INCLUDES THE AD, THE SUSTAINED G
THAT CONTINUES THE FUNDING FOR
THIS YEAR, WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR LEAD AND
DELETE.
>> CAN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN A
LITTLE? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
THAT THERE IS A $7 MILLION GAP
SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO THAT, FOR TH.
THE CO-LEAD.
>> CERTAINLY. I INVITE MY
COLLEAGUES FROM THE FINANCIAL
WORLD TO ASSIST ME WITH THAT.
BUT IF I COULD ADDRESS THE
SHORTFALL, EARLIER THIS YEAR,
AND I INDICATED THIS IN MY
REMARKS HERE, THERE WAS A DESIRE
DESIRE TO MODEL A NEW PROJECT,
ESSENTIALLY THE CO-LEAD PRODUCT.
IN DOING SO THERE WAS A
RESTRUCTURING OF THE CURRENT FU.
CURRENT FUNDING. THE BUDGET THAT
THAT YOU SEE HERE WOULD CONTINUE
WOULD CONTINUE THE FUNDING. I DO
DO RECOGNIZE AND KNOWLEDGE THAT
THE SERVICE PROVIDER MAY INTENDO
INTEND TO RESTORE THE REGIONAL
FUNDING LEVELS TO SUSTAIN THE
LEAD PROGRAM AS ORIGINALLY INTE.
ORIGINALLY INTENDED. HOWEVER THE
THE FUNDING OFFERED HERE, BOTH
IN THE BASE PACKAGE AND THE AD,
REPRESENTS WHAT WE CURRENTLY
HAVE AS OF 2022. SO I WILL
INVITE ANYONE FROM CBO OR FINANE
OR FINANCE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR CLARITY.
>> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. MICHAEL.
SO BASED ON THE CURRENT FUNDING
FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR THE
LEAD AND CO-LEAD PROGRAMS, AND
THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT WE HAVE
WITH THEM THE 2023 BUDGET, WITH
THE ONGOING FUNDING WILL LEAVE T
LEAVE ABOUT 6 MILLION OF ONGOING
OF ONGOING FOR THE LEAD.
>> IS AT AN ORIGINAL REQUEST? IS
IS THAT THE SAME THAT WAS WHAT
WAS BEING PROVIDED BEFORE?
ú>> THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITIONA5
MILLION ADDED IN THE PROPOSED B.
OF ONGOING DOLLARS.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> I DO NOT SEE ADDITIONAL HAND.
ADDITIONAL HANDS. THERE WE GO.
HELLO HANDS. LET'S HAVE DIRECTOY
DIRECTOR DEPUTY PENNUCCI ADD
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS AND THEN WE
WILL MOVE TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THINK WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET
GET CLARITY ABOUT WHAT IS IN THD
BUDGET. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS
WAS THE CITY, RATHER THAN DISTIG
THAN DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE
FUNDING FOR LEAD AND FUNDING FOR
FUNDING FOR CO-LEAD, THAT THERES
A FUNDING, IT WAS FUNDING TO
CONTRACT FOR SERVICES WITH THE
PDA IN A LEAD/CO-LEAD COMBINED .
COMBINED MODEL. SO THAT IT IS
NOT FUNDED SEPARATELY, BUT HSD
AND CBO CAN RECONFIRM THAT.
THERE IS ABOUT $12 MILLION
ONGOING FUNDING IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET FOR THE LEAD/CO-LEAD
MODEL, AND THEN ONE TIME FUNDING
OF 1.25 MILLION TO STAND UP THE
THE TINY HOME VILLAGE WITH SOME
FUNDS, AT LEAST IN 2023 GOING TO
TO BE USED TO TRANSITION FROM
THE CURRENT CO-LEAD MODEL THAT
IS USED IN HOTELS, INTO THE TINY
TINY HOME VILLAGES. I THINK IT S
THAT THE QUESTION, OR ONE OF THS
THE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL, THIS WILL MEAN THAT OVL
THE PROGRAM WILL BE ABLE TO SERE
TO SERVE FEWER PEOPLE. CO-LEAD
PROVIDES MORE SERVICES THAN THE,
THE, LET'S CALL IT THE
TRADITIONAL LEAD. AND SO THERE
IS A QUESTION IF THE INTENT IS
TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO FIND
LEADS SEPARATELY AROUND THE 10
1/2 MILLION ADOPTED BY THE
BUDGET LAST YEAR, AND CO-LEAD,
THIS IS NOT FULLY FUNDING THAT
AND WOULD REQUIRE A LOT MORE.
BUT GIVEN THE GENERAL FUND ISSU,
EVERYBODY WAS DISCUSSING AND
MOVING TO THE COMBINED MODEL,
AND ENHANCING IT A BIT IN 2023.
>> DIRECTOR DINGLEY, DO YOU HAVE
YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO
THAT?
>> I DO. THANKS. SOME OF THIS
WILL BE REPETITIVE OF WHAT YOU
HEARD FROM DEPUTY DIRECTOR
PENNUCCI. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SE
I AM CRYSTAL-CLEAR ON DETAILS. E
2023-24 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES
INCLUDES 12 MILLION TO SUPPORT S
SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT COME FROM
THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS ASSOCIATIOR
THE PDA. THE PDA DEVELOPED AND S
AND CONTINUES TO LET EVERYBODY
ADVANCE WITH DIGNITY OR LEAD
PROGRAM, WITH COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS TO REFER
INDIVIDUALS TO COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES INSTEAD OF JAIL. AND P.
AND PROSECUTION. THOSE ENGAGED
IN LOW LEVEL PROSECUTIONS, WITH
HEALTH CHALLENGES OR INCOME
STABILITY, DURING THE PANDEMIC
THEY HAD A NEW SERVICE MODELED
TO HAVE LODGING FOR THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THISS
THIS WAS CO-LEAD BUT NOW A PART
OF LEAD. THE COUNCIL ADDED 3.9 ,
IN ONGOING GENERAL FUND IN THE 2
ADOPTED BUDGET FOR A PROGRAM. TO
TO USE THE FUNDS LATER EXPANDING
EXPANDING IN SCOPE, TO SUPPORT
THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF LEAD AN.
AND CO-LEAD. INCLUDING THE
INCREMENT IN TOTAL, THE 22 BUDGT
22 BUDGET ADDING ONGOING FUNDIN.
ONGOING FUNDING. SO THE 2023-24
INCLUDES 10.3 MILLION IN BASIC
FUNDING, INCREASED TO 10.7
MILLION FOR THE 4% INFLATIONARY.
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT. A ONE
TIME 2023 FUNDING OF ABOUT 1.3
MILLION FOR THE PDA TO ESTABLISH
ESTABLISH AND OPERATE TINY HOME
VILLAGE SPACES FOR 17, 70
CO-LEAD CLIENTS. ONGOING 1.3
MILLION FOR ONGOING CLIENT
SERVED BY THE CURRENT MODEL.
UNTIL THE CURRENT SPACES ARE
OPERATIONAL IN 2023. AND IN
2024, TO PAY THE COST OF THOSE
CLIENTS WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICED
MAINTAINING THE TINY HOME VILLAE
HOME VILLAGE SPACES. I KNOW THAT
THAT WAS LONG AND DETAILED BUT T
TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT THE
EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS. K
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE
WAY CO-LEAD OPERATES IS DIFFERE.
IS DIFFERENT. AND WITH THIS, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTENT WAS O
COMBINE SERVICES, BUT THIS BUDGT
THIS BUDGET WILL NOT ALLOW
CO-LEAD TO SERVE CLIENTS UNLESS
THE PLAN IS NOT TO SERVE CLIENTS
CLIENTS THROUGH THE LEAD PROGRA.
I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE A
LITTLE BIT MORE UNPACKING TO DOE
TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET IS PROPOSING.
COMPARED TO WHAT THE ACTUAL
PROVIDERS BELIEVE THEY NEEDED IN
IN ORDER TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO WE CAN
CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH ALL OF
THAT BUT I WANT TO JUST EXPRESS
DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THIS BUDGET
ITEM.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. IT
LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
THOUGHTS. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, I AM SORRY, I DID HAVE
HAVE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS IN THE
THE QUEUE FIRST AND THEN HE GOT
DROPPED. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL HOPEFULLY E
ABLE TO GET BACK ON VIDEO IN
JUST A MOMENT. I AM HAVING AN IT
CHALLENGE ON MY END, JOINING BY
PHONE TEMPORARILY. APOLOGIES. I
MAY NOT KNOW THE ENTIRE CONTEXT
OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID BECAUSE
FOR THE LAST FIVE MINUTES I HAVE
HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE MEETING, U.
MEETING, UNFORTUNATELY. IT
SOUNDS LIKE JULIE WAS RESPONDING
WAS RESPONDING TO A LINE OF QUEG
OF QUESTIONING VERY SIMILAR TO
WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK, BUT I
THINK WAS ASKED BY COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. SO I
GUESS I WOULD REITERATE THAT
MOVING FORWARD WHAT I WOULD LIKE
LIKE TO SEE IS A MEETING OF
MINDS BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PDA. JUST
TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS ON THE
SAME PAGE. THE INFORMATION THAT
WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION INDICATEST
INDICATES THAT THE ASSUMPTIONS
BEING MADE BY THE EXECUTIVE ARE
NOT GOING TO TRANSLATE
MATERIALLY TO THE IMPACT. THE
EXECUTIVE IS TRYING TO PRODUCE S
PRODUCE THIS BUDGET, AND THAT I,
I MEAN THAT IS JUST THE REALITY.
REALITY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MORE
EXPLANATION TO THE PROVIDER
ABOUT HOW THE BUDGET GETS TO
WHERE THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAMMATIY
EXECUTIVE PROGRAMMATICALLY
INTENDS THIS TO GO. OR IF WE
NEED TO COME IN AND DO SOME
TWEAKING OR IF THERE ARE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE EXECUTIVE
EXECUTIVE IS NOT AWARE OF THAT
LED TO A MISCOMMUNICATION. SO I
WOULD JUST SAY THAT IF THE HOPES
HOPE IS TO HAVE THE TRANSITION
TO TINY HOMES, AND OTHER
PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES THAT IS
ENVISIONED IN THIS, THAT WE HAVE
HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE
RELEVANT PROVIDER THAT THAT IS
NOT THE CASE AND THIS DOES NOT
DO IT, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE
SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCE
INCLUDED, IN ORDER TO READ WHAT
THIS ITEM IS TRYING TO DO. THE
NUMBER QUOTED TO ME BY THE
PROVIDER IS $7 MILLION, THAT IS
THE DELTA BETWEEN WHAT THIS IS
PURPORTING TO DO AND WHAT IT
ACTUALLY DOES. SO I JUST THINK D
LIKE TO CONVENE A MEETING TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME
SAME PAGE WITH THIS AND THAT WEN
MOVE FORWARD ACCORDINGLY, EITHER
EITHER BY, UNFORTUNATELY SCALING
DOWN OUR AMBITION ON THIS. ARE
MAKING THE INVESTMENT TO REALIZ.
REALIZE IT. SO I JUST WANT TO FG
THAT. SORRY IF MY REMARKS ARE
REDUNDANT BASED ON THE CONVERSAN
I MISSED. [ LAUGHTER ] I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO YOU, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK
BOTH YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES ARE CITING THE SAME NUMR
AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAME POL
GAP. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANKS. I THINK I AM JUST
WANTING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE
CONTEXT. I THINK THE CONSISTENCN
CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE BUDGET
AS PROPOSED, AND THE AGREEMENT
THAT WAS REACHED THIS SUMMER, AS
AS IT RELATES TO THE CONCEPTS,
NOT AS IT RELATES TO THE DOLLAR.
DOLLAR AMOUNT. SO AGREE WITH
EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID BY
BY THE EXECUTIVE TEAM THAT THE
KING COUNTY RHA AGREED TO FUND
JUST CARE, THE ENCAMPMENTS TO
THE RIGHT AWAY, AND THE CITY TO
THE COMBINED MODEL, FOCUSING ON
COMMUNITY SAFETY WHILE MAINTAING
THE ABILITY TO HELP FOLKS WITH
LOW LEVEL CRIMINAL BEHAVIORS, BY
BY THE LACK OF HOUSING, THE
REFERENCE TO THE COMBINED
LEAD/CO-LEAD MODEL. WHERE IT
SEEMS TO BE AT ODDS THOUGH IS
THE EXPECTATION THAT WAS DRIVEN
BY THE MEETING THAT HAPPENED
THIS SUMMER. TO ME, I WAS NOT
PRESENT, I KNOW SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES WERE. BUT AS I
UNDERSTAND THE DESCRIPTION,
COMMITMENTS, AS IT RELATED TO TE
FUNDING. THEY ARE NOT REFLECTED
IN THIS BUDGET. SO I AM REALLY G
REALLY HOPING HERE THE EXECUTIVE
DESCRIBE THEIR UNDERSTANDINGS
AS IT RELATES TO THE AMOUNTS,
YOU DESCRIBED IT TO THE BUDGET,T
BUDGET, BUT, NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT
IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND REVIEW
THE RECORD CREATED AFTER THIS
SUMMERTIME MEETING. AND LET US
KNOW ACCORDING TO HOW THAT MEETG
THAT MEETING WAS DOCUMENTED, WHT
DOCUMENTED, WHAT FUNDING
COMMITMENTS WERE. AS IT RELATES
TO THE PROGRAMS AND THE ONGOING.
ONGOING NEEDS. I JUST WANT TO
ALSO FLAG THE OBLIGATION THAT
THE COUNCIL EMBRACED UNDER
RESOLUTION 31916, BACK IN 2019E
WE DECLARED OUR COMMITMENT TO
ENSURING LAW ENFORCEMENT
PROGRAMS, LIKE BLEED, RECEIVE FG
RECEIVE FUNDING. ALL PRIORITY,
CITYWIDE. THANKS.
>> MAYBE BEFORE MICHAEL OR
DIRECTOR DINGLEY RESPOND, I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M
I'M TRYING TO RECALL FROM THE
MIDSUMMER DISCUSSIONS WAS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLOSING THE
GAP FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2022
CALENDAR YEAR, AND I THINK A
REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION BETWEEN
BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE P,
TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NOT
A DELAY OR GAP IN EFFORTS TO MET
TO MEET PEOPLES' NEEDS. THERE IS
IS AN OFFER TO BLEND FUNDING ST,
FUNDING STREAMS, OR BUDGETS TO
ENSURE THAT WE COULD GET THROUGH
THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT
BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE MY RN
OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS NOT
THAT THAT WOULD BE THE PATH
GOING FORWARD BUT REALLY A TEMPY
A TEMPORARY EFFORT TO GET
THROUGH THAT IN THE END OF THE .
THE YEAR. SO I DON'T WANT THE
OFFER OF FLEXIBILITY FROM EARLIR
THIS YEAR, THE REMAINDER OF 202,
TO BE USED AS REFERENCE FOR MAY
BE JUSTIFICATION FOR A BLENDED D
BLENDED FUNDED MODEL GOING
FORWARD. AS IT SEEMS THAT THIS
WOULD RESULT IN DECREASE OF SER.
OF SERVICES. WE ARE HEARING YOU
CAN EITHER HAVE CO-LEAD OR LEAD,
OR LEAD, BUT NOT BOTH WITH THIS
PROPOSED BUDGET. SO I THINK MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED WELL
IN INTEREST OF LEARNING MORE
WITH ASSUMPTIONS BASED HERE, AND
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE JOINT
CONVERSATION THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBER NOTED ABOUT
BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE THE CLEAR
MEANING OF THE MINDS. THIS IS AN
AN AREA WE ARE DEFINITELY
GETTING LOST IN ALPHABET SOUP
SOMETIMES. I WILL ADMIT THAT I K
FORWARD TO GETTING ADDITIONAL
CLARITY ON THIS AS WELL.
DIRECTOR DINGLEY AND MICHAEL AS
WELL.
>> I INVITE MICHAEL TO GO FIRST,
FIRST, I BELIEVE HE WAS READY
BEFORE ME. GO AHEAD, MICHAEL.
>> I
WILL DEFER TO SENIORITY. SO FEEL
FEEL FREE, THAT I WILL TRY TO
CLOSE THIS OUT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I JUST WANTED
TO LET YOU KNOW FOR SPEAKING FOR
SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I LEARNED
THAT THE PROVIDER HAD CONCERNED
ABOUT THIS LEVEL, JUST TWO DAYS
AGO. SO IT IS VERY NEW
INFORMATION, AND THE NUMBERS,
EVEN I HEARD IN THIS CONVERSATI,
ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I
HEARD FROM THEM. INDEED I DO THK
IT IS RIGHT FOR US TO TAKE THIS
OFF-LINE AND HAVE ADDITIONAL
COVER STATIONS AND APPRECIATE ES
TIME ON THIS.
>> THAT IS A GREAT OFFER, THANKS
OFFER, THANKS SO MUCH AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION.
MICHAEL, ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKO
ADD?
>> NO, I WOULD LIKE TO ECKER
DIRECTOR DINGLEY'S COMMENTS AND
THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS HERE R
ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE. WE ARE
COMMITTED TO PROVIDING QUALITY
SERVICE AND WE WOULD LOVE TO TAE
THAT CONVERSATION OFF-LINE.
>> WONDERFUL, WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION IN
A RELATIVELY QUICK TIMEFRAME.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> OKAY, I WILL NOW HANDED OVER,
OVER, I THINK IF WE COULD GO
BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, I
WILL HANDED OVER TO DIRECTOR KIM
KIM TO DO THE LAST ITEM AND THEE
WILL TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SLI.
>> ON NUMBER SIX WE HAVE BUNDLED
BUNDLED TOGETHER THE SECOND
ITEM. FOR THE SECOND ITEM ON
THIS SLIDE, WE ARE PROPOSING TO
ADD A STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO PROJT
MANAGE NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SAFEY
CASE CONFERENCING CURRENTLY
HAPPENING BETWEEN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, SEATTLE POLICE, LEAD
REACH, AND COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDERS. THE APPROACHES CUY
PILOTED IN TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, UY
NEIGHBORHOODS, UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT AND BALLARD. THE POSITN
THE POSITION SUPPORTS THE
POSITION ACROSS OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS. I DO WANT TO NOTT
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, IT STATS
IT STATES THREE NEIGHBORHOODS. .
THAT IS AN ERROR, IT IS
CURRENTLY PILOTED IN THE TWO THT
I NAMED. THE ADVISOR WILL CREATE
A LIST OF HIGH-IMPACT INDIVIDUS
BY NEIGHBORHOOD AND DEVELOP CARE
CARE PLANS THAT CONNECT PEOPLE
TO APPROPRIATE SERVICES. THE
GOAL IS TO DIVERT HARM OR
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, DR. KIM. I THINK
WHAT I WILL ASK YOU TO DO, SINCE
DO, SINCE WE HAD A LOT OF
QUESTIONS SO FAR, IF YOU HAVE
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR SLIDES, S
SLIDES, LET'S SAVE SOME THOUGHTS
THOUGHTS ABOUT PROPOSAL UNTIL WE
UNTIL WE GET INTO ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION, SO WE CAN GET
THROUGH THIS AND GET TO THE
CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATION AS W.
AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, DR. KIM,
THANK YOU.
>> THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE, LED BY PASSAGEWAYS
AND THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
PEACEKEEPERS, LED BY PUBLIC
HEALTH, BOTH LAUNCHED WITH
ONE-TIME FUNDS IN RESPONSE TO
DISPROPORTION VIOLENCE AGAINST
OUR YOUTH. THESE INVESTMENTS
ALLOW COMMUNITY LED ORGANIZATIOS
LED ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP AND
AND LEAD ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
PREVENTION INITIATIVES. NUMBER
EIGHT IS FOR ONGOING FUNDS FOR Y
PROGRAMS, THAT STARTED WITH ONEE
FUNDS. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY WITH
WITH THE 2021 EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE. THE
PROPOSED FUNDS IS JUMPSTART PAYL
JUMPSTART PAYROLL TAX, ALLOWING
NINE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIS
TO CONTINUE THEIR REENTRY PROGR.
REENTRY PROGRAMMING. FOR BLACK
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN COLOR
COMMUNITIES, THAT ARE DISPROPORY
IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM. NEXT SLIDE.
>> WHAT PORTION OF JUMPSTART DOS
THAT COME FROM?
>> OH, GOOD QUESTION, I SEE JULE
SEE JULIE LEANING IN.
>> ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OKAY. THE FIRST
PART OF NUMBER NINE IS FOR NEW M
NEW VICTIM ADVOCACY STAFF. THIS
IS THE AD OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
SPECIALIST, AND TWO CRIME VICTIM
CRIME VICTIM ADVOCATES TO
INCREASE OUR INTAKE AND CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICE FOR SURVIVORS
SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY 2.5 FTE
DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY A SEXUAT
SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCATES. AND
WITH CASELOADS, I AM SAD TO
REPORT, IT IS AVERAGING ABOVE
200 PER ONE FTE AT THIS TIME.
FOR BEST PRACTICES, CASELOADS
SHOULD BE ABOUT 80. THE SECOND
ITEM, IN NUMBER NINE, ADDING THN
THE POSITION TO IDENTIFY AND
FILL GAPS FOR SURVIVORS AND
FAMILIES OF MULTIPLE CRIME TYPE.
CRIME TYPES. THE STAFF WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA ANALYSIS, G
ANALYSIS, CONTINUING PROCESS
IMPROVEMENT, QUALITY ASSURANCE,G
GAPS IN RESOURCES. AND OTHER PRS
OTHER PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH
SERVICE DELIVERY ACCESS. NUMBER,
NUMBER 10, THIS IS THE EQUITY
ACTION PLAN, THIS FUNDS
EXTERNALLY FOCUSED RACIALLY
INEQUALITY IN SAFETY, HEALTH,
ECONOMIC JUSTICE, AND EDUCATIONR
SEATTLE'S HISTORICALLY UNDERSERD
COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY COUNC.
THE PROGRAMS WILL EMPHASIZE
TANGIBLE DIRECT SERVICE
ACTIVITIES LIKE MENTORING AND
JOB TRAINING INITIATIVES, WITH
THE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS AND
DEMONSTRATABLY LONG-TERM BENEFI.
LONG-TERM BENEFITS. NEXT SLIDE.
THE FIRST ITEM IS FOR ONGOING
úFUNDS FOR MEAL DELIVERY PROGRAS
PROGRAMS THAT SERVE SENIORS WHO
MAY NOT BE SERVED BY IN PERSON
COMMUNITY DINING PROGRAMS. THE
CURRENT FUNDING IS SUNSETTING I.
IN 2022. JUST A SIDE NOTE THAT
THE ITEM IS SUPPORTED BY THE
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES COALITIO.
SERVICES COALITION. NUMBER 12
ADDS ONE-TIME FUNDING FOR 2023
AND 2024 FOR THE HEALTHY SEATTLE
SEATTLE INITIATIVE PILOT PROGRAM
PROGRAM TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO
QUALITY CARE FOR UNINSURED,
ESPECIALLY IN BIPOC, IMMIGRANT,
AND HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES. AN IMPORTANT NOTE
IS THAT IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT
THE PILOT WILL SERVE 1000
INSURED AND UNINSURED RESIDENTS
PER YEAR. NEXT SLIDE.
>> CAN I ASK A QUICK WESTERN?
SORRY. I SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW
THIS BUT IS THIS A BRAND-NEW
INITIATIVE? OR IS THIS
CONTINUING A PILOT?
>> OH. GOOD QUESTION. AMY
HOLLAND, DO YOU HAVE THAT
INFORMATION?
>> WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? ON
THE HEALTHY SEATTLE INITIATIVE?
>> NEW OR ONGOING ON THE PILOT.
>> IT IS A BRAND-NEW PILOT.
>> I DO KNOW ALSO, WE ARE DOING
THE ONE TIME AT BECAUSE WE ANTIE
WE ANTICIPATE FUTURE RESOURCES
COMING ONLINE. THANKS JULIE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> OKAY, WE HAVE SEVERAL HERE,
THE NEXT IS FOR A ONE-TIME
INVESTMENT FOR THE SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD DETOX
FACILITY, THIS WILL EXPAND AND E
THE FACILITY AND SUPPORT A NEW
DETOX CENTER EXPECTED TO OPEN I.
IN 2024. THE NEXT ITEM ADDS TWO
NORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUNDS,
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH. AND THE THIRD IS FOR THE
THE ONE TIME FUNDING FOR THE
RISE ABOVE ORGANIZATION FOR THE
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORK WITH
INDIGENOUS YOUTH. AND THEN THE
LAST ITEM ON THE SLIDE AT 5 MILN
5 MILLION OF A ONE-TIME FUNDINGD
BY THE PAYROLL TAX TO SUPPORT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSIY
OF WASHINGTON'S RAINIER VALLEY
EARLY LEARNING CAMPUS. THE
PROJECT IS A JOINT INVESTMENT
WITH THE STATE OF WASHINGTON,
KING COUNTY, IN WHICH WE
LEARNED THEY DID INCLUDE THE $5
MILLION MATCH TO THE CITY'S. SO
THAT IS GOOD NEWS. THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND PHILANTHROPY, I W
THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR
PROJECT. ONCE COMPLETED THE
ANTICIPATED PROGRAMS AT THE
CAMPUS WILL INCLUDE CHILDCARE FR
CHILDCARE FOR INFANTS AND
TODDLERS. SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROM
CLASSROOMS. FAMILY SUPPORT SERV.
SUPPORT SERVICES. YOU DUB
UNDERGRAD AND MASTER DEGREE
PROGRAMS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS. AND
MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE.
SLIDE. OKAY, IF YOU MISSED
MICHAEL BAILEY, HE IS BACK.
>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR KIM. ON
THIS SLIDE WE PLAN TO HIGHLIGHTA
FEW OF THE REDUCTIONS AS PART OF
OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. AS MANY
OF YOU KNOW THE CITY HAS BEEN WG
DILIGENTLY TO COMBAT THE
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE COVID
PANDEMIC. AND BUDGET CHAIR
MOSQUEDA SPOKE TO THAT EARLIER T
ABOUT THE NEED TO STRATEGICALLY
RESOURCE, RIGHTFULLY SO. AS
SUCH THE DEPARTMENT MADE THE
DIFFICULT DECISION OF
IDENTIFYING INITIATIVES THAT THE
THE CITY COULD REDUCE FUNDING FR
WITHOUT CREATING
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS ON THE
POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES WE
SERVE. BECAUSE THE MOBILE CRISIS
CRISIS TEAM IS CURRENTLY IN OPE,
IN OPERATION, THE DEPARTMENT
IDENTIFIED THE EXPANSION EFFORT
THAT COULD BE PHASED IN. TAKING
THIS APPROACH WOULD AID THE CITY
THE CITY AND ITS FINANCIAL
RECOVERY, ULTIMATELY ALLOWING UO
BE BETTER POSITIONED IN THE
FUTURE TO FIND SIMILAR INITIATI.
THIS ITEM PHASES FOR THE MOBILE
CRISIS TEAMS, AND CT, WITH FULLG
FULL FUNDING LEVELS IN 2025.
AGAIN I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE THE L
PUBLIC LISTENING SO FOR CLEARLY
THE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM OR McT IS
IS PROFESSIONALS AND THE TEAM S
TEAM TAKES REFERRALS FROM FIRST
RESPONDERS, CRISIS CONNECTIONS,
DESIGNATED CRISIS RESPONDERS.
THE TEAMS ARE CURRENTLY IN
OPERATION AND IN THE PROCESS OF
EXPANDING DUE TO THE INFLUX THAT
THAT THEY RECEIVED EARLIER THIS.
THE DEPARTMENT STILL PLANS TO
HONOR THE INTENT OF THE AD BY
INVESTIGATING THE, BY INVESTING
THE REMAINING FUNDS FROM 2022.
AND DIRECTOR KIM, I WILL HAND IT
IT BACK TO YOU FOR THE LAST ITE.
LAST ITEM.
>> DO YOU MIND, DIRECTOR KIM,
JUST ONE SECOND. I SEE A HAND
FROM COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I HEARD CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY R
SOMETHING IN THERE. SO I CAN SAE
MY QUESTION TILL THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION. FOR THAT
PARTICULAR SLIDE. THANKS.
>> RATE.
>> RATE. LEASE CONTINUED
DIRECTOR KIM.
>> THANK YOU. IN THE LAST ITEM
ON THIS SLIDE, THE REDUCTION OFG
OF FUNDING FOR THE PREPARING
YOUTH FOR YOUNG ADULTS FOR SUCCS
FOR SUCCESS RFP. SO IT SOUNDS
LIKE A LOT OF JARGON, SO I WILLN
IN 2021 THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERED A
REQUEST FOR POZO TO SUPPORT
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. PEAK
ABOUT USE PREEMPLOYMENT SERVICE.
PREEMPLOYMENT SERVICES. THE
TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT WAS ABOUT 3.N
3.7 MILLION. IN 2022 HSD
RECEIVED AN AD OF 750,000 TO
REWARD MORE APPLICANTS. WHEN WE
HAVE THE RFP YOU CAN REWARD ONLY
REWARD ONLY UP TO 3.7 MILLION
AND THEN REGARDLESS OF THE SCORS
THE SCORES, THE REST OF THE
PROPOSALS WE ARE UNABLE TO FUND
DUE TO THE LACK OF MORE
AVAILABLE DOLLARS. SO THAT AD
WAS TO INCLUDE MORE OF THE
APPLICANTS. OF THIS AD, WE ARE
PROPOSING TO REDUCE 177,000
BECAUSE AT THIS TIME THAT IS
CURRENTLY NOT ENCUMBERED OR
BEING CONTRACTED. AND SO IT IS
NOT A DIRECT IMPACT TO A
SPECIFIC PROVIDER. UNDER THE BUT
THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, JUST
ANOTHER AREA THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO SUPPORT THE OVERALL EFFORT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR BUDGET ADS,
REDUCTIONS, AND SAVINGS.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. TO I VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET
BUDGET ITEM WHICH IS PROMOTING
PUBLIC HEALTH. IT SAYS THE
PURPOSE OF PROMOTING PUBLIC
HEALTH IS TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS TO
TO GIVE ACCESS TO CHEMICAL
DEPENDENCY SERVICES AND REDUCE
THE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AMONG
SEATTLE POPULATIONS. AND I THINK
THINK IT IS ABOUT 15 MILLION. BT
MILLION. BUT THE PROGRAM
EXPENDITURES ONLY HAVE HIV
MANAGEMENT AND PHYSICAL HEALTHC.
PHYSICAL HEALTHCARE. SO I AM
WONDERING WHERE I CAN FIND
INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHEMICAL/
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY/SUBSTANCE UE
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES
PROVIDED IN OUR CONTRACT. AND WT
AND WHAT ARE THE REFERRAL
AGENCIES THAT DO PROVIDE THE CA?
THE CARE?
>> I SEE MICHAEL BAILEY IS OFF
MUTE. DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS?
THIS?
>> IF YOU WANT TO START I WOULD
OFFER TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION. BUT IF YOU HAVE
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS AT THE
MOMENT.
>> I RECALL SEEING THIS QUESTION
THIS QUESTION IN OUR COUNCIL
NOTES.
>> YES. NUMBER 89. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> GOOD. YOU HAVE IT UP. AMY
HOLLAND, DID YOU WANT TO CHIME
IN AND GIVE THE OVERVIEW? OF OU.
OUR RESPONSE.
>> SURE. SO I CAN GIVE KIND OF A
A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE
PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE SUBSTANCE
ABUSE SERVICES AND OF COURSE YOU
COURSE YOU WILL GET THE FORMAL
IN WRITING. SO WE HAVE A PORTIOF
OUR PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGETS, IT IS
IS ACTUALLY IN THE ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS BUDGET SUMMARY LEVL
SUMMARY LEVEL FOR THE HEALTHCARE
HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS
PROGRAM, AND THAT INCLUDES A
COMPONENT FOR ADDRESSING
SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS QUITE A
NUMBER OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
CONTRACTS THAT IS IN THE PUBLIC
HEALTH BUDGET CATEGORY THAT
PROVIDE RELATED SERVICES FOR
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. AND IN
ADDITION WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
CONTRACTS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS FOR YOU.
FOR YOUTH. AND I THINK THAT THAT
THAT IS IT AT A HIGH LEVEL, WE
WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE
DETAILS AND MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE AMOUNTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. I AM NOT
SEEING ADDITIONAL HANDS RIGHT N.
RIGHT NOW. I DO WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU ON THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY PEACEKEEPERS REENTRY ITE.
REENTRY ITEM. WE ARE PLEASED TO
SEE THE REENTRY FUNDING AND HAVE
HAVE HEARD FROM SEVERAL
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE
SEATTLE CLUB, THAT IT HAS BEEN
CORE FOR THE ORGANIZATIONAL WORK
WORK TO TRY TO CREATE
ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY. AND I'M ENCOURAGED CITY
TO SEE THE PROGRAMS AND THAT
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE E
OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE CONTINUEO
HOPE TO SEE SCALED UP. IN LIEU
OF JUST RELYING ON GENERAL POLI.
GENERAL POLICING. THANK YOU FOR
THE OVERVIEW HERE, I KNOW HSD
ONLY HAS A PORTION OF SOME
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE SYSTEMS THT
WE HAVE RESPONDED ON IN THE PAS.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT WITH
WORKING AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN. I
I KNOW YOU HAVE HAD A NUMBER OFL
TEAM COUNCILMEMBERS WHO TURNED
OVER AND SO WE ADDED STAFFING
TO HSE IN THE PAST TO HELP
PROCESS GRANDSON GET THOSE IN TE
IN THE DOOR FASTER. TO GO TO THE
THE COMMUNITIES FASTER.
ESPECIALLY FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO
ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN LEDY
BIPOC INDIVIDUALS. TO BUY FOR
THAT WORK. I THINK WE WILL TRY
TO CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO
SCALE UP STRATEGIES LIKE THAT
AND HAVE IT LIKE A CORNERSTONE
OF HOW WE ADDRESS THE SHADOW
PANDEMIC AND THE STRESS AND
TRAUMA IN COMMUNITIES. ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS HERE? YES
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> SORRY, I HAVE AN OVERARCHING
QUESTION BECAUSE I AM JUST
UNDERSTANDING THERE IS THE HUMAN
THE HUMAN SERVICES FUND AND THEL
THE REST. BUT ARE THERE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT ARE
APPLIED ACROSS THE BOARD? I
IMAGINE THAT THE ONES THAT, THES
THE ONES, THE WORK THAT IS
FUNDED BY THE HUMAN SERVICES
FUND HAVE TO COMPLY WITH HUD OR
WHATEVER BECAUSE THEY HAVE STATE
STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS. BUT
IN GENERAL, IN TERMS, FOR THE
OTHER AGENCIES OR THE
INITIATIVES THAT ARE FUNDED IN E
HSD BUDGET.
>> YES, WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF CONTRACTS THAT HSD. A GOOD
PORTION OF THEM ARE OUTCOME
CONTRACTS. YOU ARE RIGHT, THE
GENERAL FUND CONTRACTS, I THINK
THAT YOU ARE ELUDING TO, WHERE
THERE IS NOT PRESCRIBED OUTCOME,
PRESCRIBED OUTCOMES, OR
INDICATORS, WE OFTEN TIMES WORK
WITH COMMUNITY PROVIDERS TO
IDENTIFY THE PERFORMANCE
METRICS. AND WITHOUT GOING INTO
TOO MUCH DETAIL, IT TYPICALLY HS
THE QUANTITY, QUALITY, AND
IMPACT TYPE OF INCOMES. AND
THERE IS A PERCENTAGE THAT IS
TIED TO THE IMPACT. YOU KNOW? SO
THAT IS ONE WAY IN WHICH WE DOR
CONTRACTING IN THIS SPACE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS TO THE WHOLE TEAM
HERE. DIRECTOR KIM, AMY, DE,
NICE TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU FOR
THE OVERVIEW. MICHAEL, WE KNOW
IN SOME CASES THEY HAVE BEEN TH,
THE CONTRACTOR, SO IT IS HARD TR
ALL THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. AND
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A LOT OF
NEXUS WITH THE DEPARTMENT WITH
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY. SO WE
DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS THATU
THAT YOU MAY WANT TODAY. BUT I T
FOR SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE
ASKED, ESPECIALLY THE KING COUNY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY,
AUTHORITY, THAT WE CAN GET THOSE
ANSWERS BECAUSE THERE IS THE
CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP. WE
WILL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM YOU.
YOU. AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAU
DO, AND PLEASE EXPRESS OUR APPRN
TO THE ENTIRE TEAM AT HSD. ALL,
LET'S CONTINUE ON. WE ARE NOW ON
ON THE CENTRAL STAFF PORTION OF
THE PRESENTATION HERE. AGAIN,
CENTRAL STAFF IS GOING TO WALK
THROUGH THE ISSUE IDENTIFICATIO,
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION, AND FOR
ANY QUESTIONS AS WE GO, PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO RAISE YOUR HANDS,
COUNCILMEMBERS. THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ASK
QUESTIONS OF CENTRAL STAFF AND
IF NEEDED, WE WILL HAVE COMMENTS
ANSWERED AS WELL. THIS IS THE
CHANCE FOR US TO LOOK AT THE OPS
AS OUTLINED BY THE NONPARTISAN
CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS HERE.
WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE HERE,
AMY GORE AND ANNE GORMAN, APPREE
YOU BEING WITH US. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO THE WALKER. I SHOULD
SHOULD NOTE, THERE IS TWO
SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL STAFF
PRESENTATION HERE. ONE WILL FOCS
ON THE TRADITIONAL BUDGET ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION, THE BUDGET LEGIN
THAT HAS BEEN PASSED, THAT
CORRESPONDS WITH THE BUDGET,
THAT WILL BE DESCRIBED LATER.
ANY POLICY CHANGE THAT HAS TO AY
TO ACCOMPANY THE BUDGET AS
PROPOSED IS ALSO GOING TO BE
DISCUSSED AFTER WE WALKED THROUH
THE BUDGET DETAILS, WE WILL THEN
WILL THEN DISCUSS THE TEXT OF
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD COMPANY
IT IF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL WAS
ACCEPTED AS TRANSMITTED. I WANT
TO REMIND FOLKS, TWO SECTIONS OE
UPCOMING PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. I
JUST HAVE, AGAIN MY NAME IS AMY
GORE WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
I HAVE A FEW ITEMS FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION TODAY. WE CAN GO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I
WILL NOT GO INTO THE FULL DETAIL
OF THE BUDGET. I THINK THAT WE
HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE
CHANGES THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN
THAT. AND WE WILL GET INTO MORE
DETAIL OF SOME SPECIFICS AS WE
CONTINUE ON. SO, NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. SO THE FIRST ISSUE THAT
THAT I WANTED TO RAISE IS THE
RACIAL EQUITY IMPACTS OF FUNDING
FUNDING REDUCTIONS IN THE BUDGE.
AS COUNCIL HAS DISCUSSED MANY
TIMES THIS WEEK, IN FACT IT WAS
HIGHLIGHTED BY RECTOR DINGLEY
THIS MORNING, THIS IS A BUDGET
THAT INCLUDES MANY DIFFICULT
CHOICES. THE HSD BUDGET WAS A
RECIPIENT OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
AMOUNTS OF ONE TIME FUNDING
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC. IN 2022
2022 ALMOST $50 MILLION OF ONE-E
FUNDING IN THE HSD BUDGET. MUCH
MUCH OF THE FUNDING HAS GONE TOD
TO CONTRACTED PARTNERS TO
SUPPORT THE COUNCILS HIGHEST
PRIORITIES, INCLUDING
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, PUBLIC HH
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, AND
NUTRITION AND FOOD PROGRAMS. AND
AND A ONE-TIME PAYMENT FOR WORK.
FOR WORKERS. THE FUNDS ARE NOT
AVAILABLE IN THE 2023 PROPOSED .
PROPOSED BUDGET. AS YOU KNOW INE
BUDGET HSD HAS RECEIVED ONE OF
THE LARGEST INCREASING IN
GENERAL FUNDING, INDICATING THIS
THIS IS A PRIORITY. HOWEVER THE
NET CHANGE STILL WILL BE
PARTICULARLY IMPACTFUL IN THE
AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE MOST
FUNDING IN 2022. THIS RESULTS IE
REDUCTION OF FUNDING FOR SOME OF
OF OUR PARTNERS, AND WILL RESULT
RESULT IN SERVICE REDUCTIONS IN
THE CITY. I WILL GO INTO MORE DL
ABOUT SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS AND
AND ISSUES, BUT WANTED TO RAISE
OVERALL THE RACIAL EQUITY
IMPACTS AND FUNDING IN THESE
AREAS. AS YOU KNOW SYSTEMIC
RACISM RESULTS IN UNEQUAL
POVERTY BY RACE. IN SEATTLE, FOR
SEATTLE, FOR EXAMPLE, BLACK
PEOPLE ARE OVER THREE TIMES MORE
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO LIVE BELOWE
POVERTY LINE THAN WHITE PEOPLE.
WHEN WE CUT PROGRAMS THAT ARE
INTENDED TO SUPPORT LOW INCOME
INDIVIDUALS, THE IMPACTS ARE
DISPROPORTIONALLY FELT BY THESE.
THESE GROUPS. I KNOW ONE THE
WAYS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE IMS
THE IMPACTS IS BY FOCUSING ON EY
ON EQUITY AND THE PROGRAM DEVELT
AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING. I
KNOW HSD ABSOLUTELY PRIORITIZET
PRIORITIZES THAT IN THE WORK
THAT THEY DO. THAT COUNCIL COULD
COULD ALSO INCREASE FUNDING FORE
AREAS TO AMELIORATE THE IMPACTF
IMPACT OF REDUCTIONS, OR MAKE A.
A CHANGE. NEXT SLIDE , PLEASE P.
PLEASE PATTY. SO THE NEXT ITEM O
ITEM TO DISCUSS IS THE HSD
CONTRACT INFLATION. WE DISCUSSED
WE DISCUSSED THIS QUITE A BIT
WITH THE EXECUTIVE PREVIOUSLY.
AS YOU KNOW COUNCIL PAST
LEGISLATION IN 2019, REQUIRING
THAT CONTRACTS BE INFLATED
ANNUALLY BASED ON THE CPI W.
THIS RATE THIS YEAR IS 7.6%, THE
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC FORECAST
ESTIMATES THAT IT WILL BE 6.7%.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN A CONTRACTN
CONTRACT INFLATION IN 2023, 13.1
13.1 MILLION IN 2024. THE 4%
INCREASE PROVIDED IN THE BUDGET
IS 7.9 MILLION IN 2023, AND 7.6
MILLION IN 2024. TO FULLY FUND
THE CONTRACT INFLATION BASED ON
CPI-W, COUNCIL NEEDS TO ADD 7.1
7.1 MILLION IN 2023, AN
ADDITIONAL 5.6 MILLION IN 2024.D
THAT ADDS UP TO 12.7 MILLION, I.
IN 2024. THE COUNCILS OPTIONS
ARE TO INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS O
FUND THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COLD
REQUIRED INFLATION, OR NO CHANG.
NO CHANGE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THIS QUITE A BIT. I KNOW THERE
IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN OPTION A
OPTION A WITH ONE COLLEAGUE. I
DO NOT SEE ADDITIONAL HANDS, I
THINK WE CAN CONTINUE.
>> OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES FUNDING.
BEFORE WE JUMP AND I WANT TO
CLARIFY ONE THING. AS I REVIEWED
REVIEWED THE HSD PAPER I
REALIZED THAT I USED THREE
DIFFERENT WAYS OF SPEAKING ABOUT
ABOUT KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY IN THEIR
FUNDING. THE FIRST IS THE BUDGET
BUDGET PROGRAM, THE CITY'S
BUCKET OF FUNDING. IT INCLUDES
THE CONTRACT AND ALSO INCLUDES
THINGS LIKE STAFF THAT ARE
ADMINISTERING THE CONTRACT.
SECOND IS THE CONTRACT ITSELF.
THAT IS THE ACTUAL MONEY THAT
THE CITY IS PAYING TO THE
AUTHORITY. FOR OUR CONTRACTED SS
CONTRACTED SERVICES AND THEIR O.
THEIR OPERATIONS. THESE NUMBERSE
SIMILAR BUT NOT EXACTLY THE SAM.
AND FINALLY THERE IS THE BUDGET
WHICH INCLUDES SEATTLE FUNDING,
AS WELL AS COUNTY AND OTHER SOU.
OTHER SOURCES. I WILL TRY TO BE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT TRYING TO USE
THOSE TERMS INTENTIONALLY SO WE
DON'T GET OFF TRACK. FIRST I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET
PROGRAM. AGAIN THIS IS IN THE
CITY'S BUDGET AND INCLUDES WHAT
IS SPENT ON CITY ADMINISTRATION
AND SUPPORT. THE BUDGET PROGRAMS
109.4 MILLION IN 2022, PROPOSED
TO BE 87.7 MILLION IN 2023. THAT
THAT IS AN OVERALL DECREASE OF
21 POINT 7 MILLION. HOWEVER .7
MILLION OF THAT IS FUNDING FOR
PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT ACTUALLY
TRANSFERRED TO THE AUTHORITY IN.
IN 2022. SO THAT FUNDING IS
BEING TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE
CITY RUN BUDGET PROGRAM BUT DOET
DOES NOT REPRESENT A REAL
REDUCTION TO AUTHORITY FUNDING
COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. NOW I
WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE
CITY'S CONTRACT WITH THE
AUTHORITY. IT WAS HIGHER THAN
109 MILLION, THAT WAS IN THE
BUDGET PROGRAM, DUE TO
CARRYFORWARD FROM 2021. SO THE
TOTAL AMOUNT WAS 118.3 MILLION.
THAT INCLUDES 45 MILLION IN ONEE
IN ONE-TIME FUNDING CARRYFORWARM
CARRYFORWARD FROM 2021, AND 73.3
73.3 MILLION IN ONGOING FUNDING.
IN THE PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET,
THERE IS NEW FUNDING, INCLUDING1
MILLION OF ONE-TIME FUNDING,
WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER,
SAFE LOTS, TINY HOME VILLAGES,
AND ALSO INCLUDES A LITTLE BIT F
CONTRACT INFLATION. ALSO ONGOING
ONGOING FUNDING OF 10 POINT THRE
POINT THREE FIRST SAFE LOTS IN
TINY VILLAGES. AND EXCLUDING IN
2022, THIS REPRESENTS AN 11.2 MN
INCREASE IN THE CITY'S ONGOING
INCREASE FOR KCRHA. HOWEVER,
THERE IS STILL THE REMAINING
REDUCTIONS DUE TO THE EXPIRATIOF
ONE-TIME FUNDING. THE AUTHORITY
IDENTIFIED $9.4 MILLION IN
REDUCTIONS, DUE TO THE
EXPIRATION OF ONE-TIME FUNDING.
THAT WILL BE THE MOST IMPACTFULN
INCLUDES ONE TIME FUNDING FOR
DIVERSION, OUTREACH, RAPID HOUS,
AN EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND COVID
DEDICATION AND SHELTER. THESE
ARE THE BUDGET AREAS THAT ARE
NOT SEEING INCREASING IN ONGOING
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. THE
COUNCILS OPTIONS ARE TO INCREASG
INCREASE FUNDING TO AVOID
REDUCTIONS IN HOMELESSNESS
PROGRAMS AND SERVICE DELIVERY, R
NO CHANGE.
>> AMY, ON THIS ONE I THINK WE
WERE TRYING TO DO AN APPLES TO S
COMPARISON, TO UNDERSTAND MORE
OF THE BASE FUNDING FROM THE CI.
THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, THE ONE
ONE TIME WITH THE RESCUE ACT
DOLLARS, THE ONE-TIME CORUNNA BY
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF EFFORTS. WE
KNEW THAT WE WERE HEADING THAT R
IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, TO GETE
GET THE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR ASN
AS POSSIBLE TO HELP ADDRESS IN T
IN PART THE IMPACTS OF COVID ANO
MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS HAD A
STABLE PLACE TO STAY HOUSE. ANO
AVOID CONGREGANT SHELTERS. SO I
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DONE THE
ANALYSIS AND SHARED IN YOUR MEMO
MEMO BUT CAN WE REPEAT ONE MORE
TIME THE GENERAL FUND AMOUNT IN
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET FROM THE
CITY. WAS THAT CLOSER TO 66 MIL?
66 MILLION?
>> I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND
DOUBLE CHECK. I WILL SAY THE,
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL
FUND, THERE IS ALSO SOME HUMAN
SERVICES FUND DOLLARS THAT ARE
GOING TOWARDS KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
SO I WILL NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK
THE BREAKDOWN FOR YOU. BUT YES,
THE BASE FUNDING FOR KCRHA, IN
2022.
>> 69 MILLION. I JUST CHECKED MY
MY NOTES. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> I THINK THAT IS CORRECT. SAY
ONGOING FUNDING, WHICH AGAIN I
THINK IS MOSTLY GENERAL FUND BUT
BUT ALSO INCLUDE SOME HUMAN
SERVICES FUNDS, WHICH AGAIN ARE
THESE FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS.
DOLLARS.
>> OKAY.
>> CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT, I
AM SORRY, CHAIR, 69 TOTAL. WE
DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THE SPLIT.
SPLIT WAS.
>> I CAN GET THAT, I WILL GET
THAT SPLIT AND IT LOOKS LIKE
MICHAEL MIGHT BE ABLE TO JUMP IN
IN AS WELL.
>> MICHAEL, OR A DIRECTOR, I
THINK THAT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT
POINTS THAT I AM TRYING TO UNDED
TO UNDERSTAND IS IT WAS AROUND
115, 100 19 $119 MILLION THAT WS
A CITY HAVE PASSED THROUGH TO
KING COUNTY. AND OF THAT IT
SOUNDS LIKE 69 MILLION WAS THE
CORONAVIRUS, THE FUNDS THAT WE
PASS THROUGH, THAT WAS OVER $40
MILLION, SO ABOUT $69 MILLION
FOR ONGOING BASE FUNDING THAT
INCLUDED MOSTLY GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN A PORTION OF THE
FEDERAL DOLLARS FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICE PORTION THAT AMY JUST
MENTIONED. IS 69 THE ROUGH
FIGURE WE ARE TALKING? AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WAS ASKING
ASKING FOR THE BREAKDOWN OF THE
69, SO WE HAVE A BETTER
ASSESSMENT. MICHAEL OR DIRECTOR
DINGLEY?
>> MICHAEL D WANT TO TAKE IT OR
DO YOU WANT ME TO?
>> YOU MIGHT BE HAVING TROUBLE
HEARING YOU.
>> I NEED A MUTE SWEAR JAR. I A.
AM SORRY. I'M HOPING TO PROVIDEA
LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION HERE.
OF THE CITYWIDE TOTAL, 108
MILLION ALLOCATED TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN 2023 FOR
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, SHELTER,
SHELTER, AND ADMINISTRATION,
87.7 MILLION, APPROXIMATELY 80%
OF THAT, EXCLUDING THE ONE-TIME
FEDERAL FUNDING THAT DISTRICT
SAYS REPRESENTS THE INCREASE INE
IN THE DISTRIBUTION TO RHA, THE2
REVISED AMOUNT OF 77.5 MILLION.
BUT DIRECTOR JULIE, I PROVIDE
YOU TO ADAGE NO CONTEXT IF
THERE'S ANYTHING MISSING THERE.
>> INTEGRATE. I THINK THAT THAT
IS THE REVISED NUMBER. THERE ARE
ARE GENERAL FUND ONGOING DOLLARS
DOLLARS ECHO TO KCRHA, AND
NON-GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT GO
KCRHA. SO IT IS NOT EXACTLY A
ONE-FOR-ONE OF GENERAL FUND TO
CONTRACT IT. BECAUSE THERE ARE
OTHER COLORS OF MONEY THAT ARE
ALSO CONTRACTED WITH THEM THAT
ARE ALSO ONGOING. SO WHAT WE CAN
WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN
BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS.
YEARS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE
EASIEST. RATHER THAN SORT OF THE
THE NUMBER SOUP TO TRY TO WALK O
THE DIFFERENT THINGS AT THIS
MOMENT. BUT A SIMPLE CHART THAT
WE PROBABLY HAVE AND SITTING
AROUND, NOT A PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU. I WAS DOING THAT
OVER HERE AND REALIZED 87.7 MINS
87.7 MINUS 10.3, IS THE MAP THAT
THAT WE WERE BEING ASKED TO DO
TO LOOK AT THE FUNDING GOING IN.
IN 2022. BUT YOU ARE ALMOST
SUGGESTING THAT THERE IS A
BREAKDOWN THAT IS DIFFERENT
BETWEEN ONGOING FUNDING FOR
PROGRAMMING, VERSUS FUNDING FOR
THE OPERATIONS OF KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY. SO
YOU WILL GIVE US A BREAKDOWN OF
WHAT IT WAS IN 2022 FOR THE
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, VERSUS
2023 AND 2024.
>> WE WILL GET YOU THE COLORS OG
THAT WERE CONTRIBUTED AND WHAT
IS GOING ON IN WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> AMY, THANK YOU AND SORRY
ABOUT THAT. I KNOW YOU WERE
DIGGING INTO THAT QUESTION AND
IF YOU MADE IT IT IT
>> I ABSOLUTELY PRESENT THAT,
THERE IS SO MANY WAYS TO SLICE
THIS DATA. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO
TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SLICED
UPDATER THAT HELPS YOU ANSWER
THE QUESTIONS YOU NEED ANSWERED.
ANSWERED. SO WE WERE WALK WE
WILL WORK ON GETTING THAT YOU.
>> OKAY. I THINK WE CAN KEEP GO.
KEEP GOING.
>> THE NEXT ISSUE, FOR ISSUE ID,
FOOD AND NUTRITION FUNDING.
SIMILAR TO HOMELESSNESS, THE
PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ONE OF
COUNCIL'S HIGHEST PRIORITIES AND
PRIORITIES AND THEREFORE COUNCIL
COUNCIL HAS FUNDED SIGNIFICANT
INCREASES TO THE PROGRAMS WITH E
TIME FUNDING AVAILABLE. MUCH OF
THE FUNDING WAS INTENDED TO
BRIDGE A GAP BETWEEN THE INCREAD
COVID RESOURCES IN 2020, AND 2.
AND 2021. AND POTENTIAL NEW
FUNDING AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL
FEDERAL LEVEL. SIGNIFICANT NEW
RESOURCES HAVE NOT BECOME
AVAILABLE YET. IN COMBINATION
WITH PRODUCTION FROM THE EXPIRAN
OF THE ONE-TIME APPRECIATION PA,
APPRECIATION PAY, THIS WILL
RESULT IN REDUCTION OF FUNDING
FOR MOST CONTRACTED SERVICE
PROVIDERS IN THIS PROGRAM AREA.
OVERALL THERE IS $8.8 MILLION RN
MILLION REDUCTION FOR FOOD AND
NUTRITION BUDGET PROGRAM BETWEEN
BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023. AGAIN
THAT INCLUDES 7.5 MILLION AND
OVERALL SUPPORT FOR FOOD
PROGRAMS. 350,000 OF ONE TIME
FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.
SUCH AS FARM TO TABLE, CLEAN
GREENS, IT ALSO INCLUDES
$450,000 REDUCTION IN SWEETENEDE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX FUNDING
THAT WAS GOING TOWARDS PUBLIC
AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, PROGRAM
EVALUATIONS. BUT WE ARE NOT
ACTUALLY DIRECT SERVICES TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC NECESSARILY.
THERE IS, AS MENTIONED EARLIER ,
EARLIER TODAY, $100,000 ADDITION
ADDITION FOR HYBRID MEAL
DELIVERY FOR SENIORS. WHICH
REPRESENTS ONGOING FUNDING, AT
LEAST A PORTION OF WHAT IS
INCLUDED IN 2022. I WILL NOTE
THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY
QUANTIFY THE IMPACTS OF THIS RE.
THIS REDUCTION. IT IS, YOU KNOW,
KNOW, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW
THE ORGANIZATION USED ONE TIME .
YOU IMAGINE A FOOD BANK, IF THEY
THEY SPENT ONE TIME FUNDING ON A
A NEW REFRIGERATOR, AND NOT
HAVING THAT FUNDING GOING FORWA,
GOING FORWARD, PROBABLY IN A
REDUCED SERVICE REDUCTION,
HOWEVER, IF THE FOOD BANK WAS UG
THAT FUNDING TO PURCHASE
ADDITIONAL FOOD, THAT WOULD BE A
BE A RESULT IN SERVICES. SO AGA,
SO AGAIN, IT IS DIFFICULT TO
QUANTIFY THAT. BUT THE COUNCILS
OPTIONS TO TRY TO CLOSE THE GAP
BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023, OR NO CH.
NO CHANGE. NEXT SLIDE, PATTY.
>>
>> ON THAT, AMY, IS THERE ADDITL
INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET
ABOUT WHEN THE STATE AND
FEDERAL FUNDS MAY BE
ANTICIPATED? I THOUGHT PART OF
THE RATIONALE WITH INCREASE IN G
IN FUNDING OF 2021 AND 2022 WAS
BECAUSE WE SAW HISTORIC INVESTMS
FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE,
SPECIFICALLY IN FOOD PROGRAMS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MAY BE A
DELAY WITH GETTING SOME OF THOSE
THOSE DOLLARS DIRECTLY TO THE
OPERATORS OF THE FOOD ASSISTANCE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IS THERE ANY
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT
THAT YOU HAVE NOW OR CAN FOLLOW
UP WITH WHEN THE DOLLARS MAY
FLOW TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS,
AND/OR IF IT IS THE LEVEL OF
HISTORIC INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAD
HAD HEARD ABOUT. AND DIRECTOR
KIM, I SEE YOU ONLINE TOO.
>> I WILL DEFER TO DIRECTOR KIM
ON THAT QUESTION.
>> WE CAN SEND FOLLOW-UP
INFORMATION TO AMY DIRECTLY.
BUT MY STAFF HAVE BEEN
MONITORING THIS AND WE DO UNDERD
THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT
FUNDING STATE WIDE. BUT THE
PORTION OF FUNDS REWARDED TWO AS
TWO AGENCIES SERVING KING COUNTY
COUNTY AND SEATTLE RESIDENTS WEE
RESIDENTS WERE OFTEN FOR
PURPOSES OTHER THAN THE CITY OFE
OF SEATTLE COVID RELIEF. FOR
EXAMPLE, WITH WASHINGTON STATE
AGRICULTURE INVESTMENTS IN FOOD
BOXES AND SPECIAL PROJECTS, THEE
DIFFERING FROM THE CITY
INVESTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY FOD
DISCRETIONARY FOOD PURCHASES OR
OPERATING EXPENSES. SO THERE IS
AN INFUSION BUT IT DID NOT NECEY
NOT NECESSARILY ADD TO WHAT THE
PROVIDERS WERE ASKING FOR OR
SEEKING IN ORDER TO MEET THE
COMMUNITY NEEDS. THERE WAS A
SMALL PERCENTAGE OF AWARDED FUNS
AWARDED FUNDS THAT SUPPORT STAFF
STAFF AND FOOD PURCHASES FROM
THOSE STATE DOLLARS. AND I THINT
IS WHAT WE ARE HEARING PROVIDERS
PROVIDERS REALLY CONCERNED ABOU.
CONCERNED ABOUT. AND SO WE HAVE
GOT SOME DETAILED INFORMATION,
THERE WERE SOME MORE AWARDS,
AMY, WE ARE HAPPY TO GET YOU THT
INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY, NEXT SLIDE , PLEASE, P.
THANK YOU. THE FINAL ISSUE THAT
I WANTED TO DISCUSS IS
ESTABLISHING NEW PROGRAMS AND
EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS. AS NOTED
BY THE DEPARTMENT, THE PROPOSED
BUDGET INCLUDES A FEW NEW PROGR,
INCLUDING THE EQUITY ACTION
PLAN, WHICH HAVE INVESTMENTS
WHICH ARE YET TO BE DETERMINED,
THE HEALTHY SEATTLE PILOT, WHICH
WHICH WOULD FUND TWO YEARS OF
COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE WORKERS TO
TO HELP INDIVIDUALS FIND
AFFORDABLE, QUALITY CARE. AND
THE EXPANSION OF THE CASE
CONFERENCING PILOT PROGRAM, TO
EXPAND THAT GEOGRAPHICALLY. ALL
THE PROGRAMS WOULD CERTAINLY BE
BENEFICIAL PROGRAMS BUT MAY NOT
BE AS HIGH OF A PRIORITY FOR
COUNCIL AS ADDRESSING FUNDING RS
WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT THIS
THIS MORNING. COUNCIL OPTIONS
ARE TO REDUCE THE
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PROGRAMS
IN 2023, AND USE FUNDING ON
EXISTING SERVICES, OR NO CHANGE.
AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVERO
BRIAN GOODNIGHT, WHO WILL DISCUS
THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES.
>> SORRY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION,
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING
DISCUSSING HOW WE PROVIDE HEALTE
TO FOLKS WHO ARE NOT QUALIFIED
FOR FEDERALLY, FOR FEDERAL PROG.
FEDERAL PROGRAMS. AND/OR OUR STS
OUR STATE'S HEALTH PROGRAM. AND
I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING
THE MAYOR HAD INTEREST IN AS WE.
IS THE PROPOSED, THE PROPOSAL
HERE ON THE HEALTHY SEATTLE
INITIATIVE MORE OF AN NAVIGATOR,
NAVIGATOR CONCEPT, VERSUS
COVERAGE. RIGHT? WE ARE NOT ABLE
ABLE TO DO COVERAGE WITH 330 K.
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. IT
IS ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE THAT DO
NOT HAVE INSURANCE OR OTHER
HEALTH COVERAGE FIND QUALITY
AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE. WHICH IS
A VERY ADMIRABLE INTENTION.
>> IS THE CONCEPT HERE THOUGH
TOO NEAR EXISTING -- PROGRAMS?
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY NEER?
>> NEARER?
>> NEARER? SORRY. I MUMBLE SOME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NO, I HAVE LIMITED
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THAT PROGRAT
I THINK SO. IF.
>>.IT. THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING
THEIRS AND AS NOTED, AS WE
TALKED ABOUT WITH OTHER PROGRAMS
PROGRAMS TOO, VERY IMPORTANT
POLICIES. AND I THINK THE
REVENUE CHOICES ARE IMPORTANT TO
TO UNDERSCORE. DIRECTOR DINGLEY.
DINGLEY.
>> I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE
CLARIFICATION IF HELPFUL.
OTHERWISE WE CAN PROVIDE IT VIA
EMAIL. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
HEAR IT I COULD TRY.
>> LET'S DO IT BY EMAIL IF YOU
DO NOT MIND, DIRECTOR. THANKS.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> OKAY, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR THE RECORD,
RECORD, BRIAN GOODNIGHT, APOLOGS
GOODNIGHT, APOLOGIES TO YOUR
REGULARLY SCHEDULED HSD
PROGRAMMING. WE WERE TRYING TO E
OUT A LOGICAL PLACE FOR THE
ISSUE THAT REVOLVES AROUND HYGIE
SERVICES TO BE INCLUDED. THERE
ARE TWO SIDES THAT ARE RELATED
TO SPU, AND THE ISSUE THAT WAS
IDENTIFIED. THE FIRST SIDE IS
INTENDED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A
QUICK ORIENTATION TO AN AREA OF
SPU THAT IS ALMOST EXPLICITLY FD
BY THE GENERAL FUND AND
GENERALLY IS KNOWN HISTORICALLY
AS CLEAN CITY PROGRAMS. YOU
MIGHT NOTICE ON THE FLY THAT I
FORGOT TO REMOVE THE OESTREICH
NEXT TO THE RV WASTEWATER LINE,T
LINE, THAT INDICATES THAT IS THE
THE ONLY ITEM ON THIS LIST THATS
PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE GENERAL
WASTEWATER FUN. BUT THERE IS
WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO, HIGHLIGHTED IN
GREEN AND THE RUSTY ORANGE
COLOR. THE ITEMS IN GREEN ARE
CONTROL AND LITTER PICKUP. THOSO
THOSE TWO ARE INCREASED IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. THE INCREASES
FOR THE ITEMS ARE PART OF THE MS
UNIFIED CARE TEAM PROPOSAL. THAT
THAT YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT NEXT. I
I WILL NOT SPEND MUCH TIME OTHEN
TO SAY THAT THE GRAFFITI CONTROL
INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MN
1.2 MILLION DOLLARS AND THREE
FTE. THE LITTER PICKUP IS
INCREASING BY 1.7 MILLION AND
THE ISSUE I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT
THIS MORNING HOWEVER RELATES TO
THE TWO ROWS IN THE ORANGE COLO.
ORANGE COLOR. DECREASING THE
PUBLIC HYGIENE PROGRAM BY
APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION IN
2023 AND ELIMINATE THE PUBLIC TS
PUBLIC THINKS PILOT PROGRAM WITH
WITH A BUDGET OF $100,000, IN
2022. PATTY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
PLEASE. IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC
REDUCTIONS TO THE PROGRAMS, THEY
THEY CAN BE THOUGHT OF IN THREE.
FIRST, THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HYGIENE
STATIONS, FROM 21, DOWN TO 15.
AS A REMINDER THE HYGIENE
STATIONS ARE TYPICALLY TWO PORTE
TWO PORTABLE RESTROOMS, ONE OF
WHICH IS A.D.A. ACCESSIBLE IN A
HANDWASHING STATION. THE 2022
ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDED FUNDING
TO DEPLOY 21 STATIONS, 18 OF
WHICH WERE PART OF THE BASE
PROGRAM AND THE BUDGET FUNDED
THREE ADDITIONAL STATIONS WITH
INTENTION OF PROVIDING SEROUS
NEAR THE ENCAMPMENTS. ONLY 12 TO
TO 14 HYDRO STATIONS HAVE BEEN
DONE AT ONE TIME DUE TO
CHALLENGES AND THE DEPARTMENT
STATES THERE'S ONLY 10 THAT ARE
CURRENTLY DEPLOYED. THEY WOULD
REMOVE THE MOBILE PROVISION OF
HYGIENE TRAILER SERVICE IN FAVOR
IN FAVOR OF PROVIDING STATIONARY
STATIONARY SERVICE. THE HYGIENE
TRAILERS PROVIDE A COMBO OF
STANDARD AND A.D.A. ACCESSIBLE
SHOWERS ALONG WITH BATHROOM
FACILITIES. THE CITY CURRENTLY
OWNS TWO AND RENTS A THIRD AND
THE 2022 BUDGET PROVIDED TWO
TRAILERS TO BE MOBILE AND PROVIE
SERVICES TO MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
IN PRACTICE, SPU REPORTED THAT
SIGHTING AND MOVING THE TRAILERS
TRAILERS HAS BEEN CHALLENGING SO
SO ONLY ONE HAS BEEN MOVED
AMONGST THREE LOCATIONS. THE
PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD CONVERT
THE ONE TRAILER INTO A
STATIONARY TRAILER, LIKELY TO BE
TO BE LOCATED AT THE UNIVERSITY
HEIGHTS PLAZA. THE OTHER TWO TRS
WOULD BE AT CAMP SECOND CHANCE
IN WEST SEATTLE AND ROY STREET
NEAR SEATTLE CENTER. THE
LOCATIONS THAT WOULD NEVER
RECEIVE THE SERVICES WOULD BE
EQUINOX IN GEORGETOWN AND THE RR
VALLEY FOOD BANK. AND AS OF
SEPTEMBER 18th THE TWO SITES
COMBINED TO PROVIDE
APPROXIMATELY 933 SHOWERS DURIN.
DURING 2022. AND THEN THE THIRD,
THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD
ELIMINATE THE PUBLIC THINKS
PILOT PROGRAM. THE 2021 ADOPTED
BUDGET INCLUDED $100,000 FOR SPU
SPU TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE
THE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE THINK
PROGRAM. IN MAY OF THAT YEAR TWO
TWO PROGRAMS DEPLOYED THINGS IN
THE COMMUNITY. THE 2022 ADOPTED
BUDGET CONTAINED THE SAME LEVEL
OF FUNDING AND NONE OF THAT HAS
BEEN SPENT TO DATE BECAUSE OF FS
FROM 2021 WERE CARRIED OVER AND
STILL BEING SPENT. AS OF JUNE OS
YEAR, SPU REPORTS THAT THREE
THINGS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED BY ONF
THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE OTHER
ORGANIZATION WAS STILL IN THE
PROCESS OF OBTAINING SITE
PERMITS AND DEPLOYMENT AGREEMEN.
DEPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS. LAST FALL
FALL DURING THE DISCUSSION OF
THE 2022 BUDGET, SPU INDICATED
THEY WERE INTENDING TO PERFORM
AN INTERNAL EVALUATION OF THE
SINK PILOT IN 2022. THE
EVALUATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED
AND FOUND THAT ALTHOUGH THE SINK
SINK HOST AND USERS FOUND VALUEN
THE SINKS, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT
SIGNIFICANT REGULATORY AND
LOGISTICAL BARRIERS WHICH MEANT
THE PROGRAM DID NOT MEET THE
ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE OF QUICKLY
DEPLOYING THE ACCESSIBLE
HANDWASHING STATIONS DURING
HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.
ADDITIONALLY ACCORDING TO SPU
NEITHER OF THE TWO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS EXPRESSED
CONTINUATION AND WORK OF THE PR.
THE PROGRAM. AS YOU SEE THE
OPTIONS IDENTIFIED ARE FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD, IF THE COUNCILD
COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO RESTORE
SOME OR ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR
HYGIENE SERVICES, POSSIBLY BY
SCALING BACK OTHER GENERAL FUND
INVESTMENTS. OR EXCEPT THE
BUDGET PROPOSAL WITHOUT CHANGES.
I AM HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND THEN
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE
SUMMARY, BRIAN. IT HAS BEEN
INTERESTING THIS WEEK, YOU KNOW
WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT DIFFERENT
WAYS THAT THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION EITHER SLOW
WALKED OR FAILED ALTOGETHER TO
IMPLEMENT COUNCIL PRIORITIES OVR
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE
HANDWASHING SINK PILOT IS
ANOTHER EXAMPLE. THE PILOT WAS A
A RAPID RESPONSE TO KEEP OUR
UN-HOUSED NEIGHBORS SAFE DURING
COVID. AND AT THE TIME DURING
THE HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK
OCCURRING SIMULTANEOUSLY. SO THE
THE IDEA HERE WAS A LOW-COST
EASILY CONSTRUCTED WAY TO
PROVIDE SINKS EASILY CONNECTED
TO A NEARBY WATER SOURCE THAT WE
SOURCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE HANDG
PROVIDE HANDWASHING AND, YOU
KNOW ACCESS TO WATER. POTABLE W.
POTABLE WATER. TO FOLKS WHO
NEEDED IT DURING THE CRISIS, THE
THE INITIAL STAGES OF THE
PANDEMIC ESPECIALLY. RATHER THAN
THAN BUILD THE SINKS AND GET
THEM ON THE STREETS QUICKLY, THT
THE DEPARTMENT CREATED THE RFP ,
RFP PROCESS, HELD, YOU KNOW THE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO VERY HIGHY
HIGH REGULATORY STANDARDS THAT
MADE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR
FOR FOLKS TO COMPLY WITH. SO IT
IS IRONIC NOW TO HEAR THAT
BECAUSE OF THE REGULATORY BARRI,
THE PROJECT IS A FAILURE. WE
DEFER TO WHAT WAS INTENDED TO BA
CITY SERVICE, TO CONTRACT
ORGANIZATIONS WHO STOOD UP AND
OPERATED THE SINKS IN AREAS
AROUND THE CITY. BUT WHO DID NOL
ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED BY THE
CITY. SO THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDED
PROVIDED AS AN EMERGENCY RESPONE
TO PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEEDED IT.
NEEDED IT. AND INSTEAD THE
SEATTLE PROCESS GOT IN THE WAY.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, AS I HEAR
MORE AND MORE THROUGHOUT THIS WK
THIS WEEK, HAVE HEARD THROUGHOUT
HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK, WAYS
WAYS OF WHICH OUR PRIORITIES
WERE REALLY SORT OF DISMISSED,
MY HOPE IS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWD
WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, THE
THE THINGS THAT WEIDENTIFY, AND
AND FUND, AND MAKE DECISIONS TO
SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, IN ORDER TO
TO SERVE OUR CHARTER
OBLIGATIONS, AROUND HEALTH AND
GENERAL WELFARE, WILL BE IN
LAMENTED THE WAY THAT WE INTEND.
INTEND. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
AGREED. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> JUST TO ADD MY FRUSTRATION TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'
COMMENTS, IF WE CANNOT FIGURE
OUT HOW TO INSTALL A COUPLE OF
THINGS AROUND THE CITY, I CANNOM
HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO TACKLEU
KNOW, RESTORING SOCKEYE SALMON ,
SALMON RUNS, SOLVING
HOMELESSNESS, STANDING UP
ALTERNATIVES TO 911 RESPONSE. IT
IT IS JUST A STUNNING FAILURE OF
, BEING IMPRACTICAL, THAT THEY
VERY SIMPLE PROGRAM WAS NOT ABLE
ABLE TO BE IMPLEMENTED. ACTUALLY
QUESTION, BRIAN, IS, THE REPORT
THAT WAS PROPAGATED FROM THE
EXECUTIVE ON THE REGULATORY
BARRIERS, THE HURDLES, DID IT
INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW
TO REMOVE THE HURDLES IN THE
FUTURE, SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE
PUBLIC HEALTH OUTBREAKS, WE
DON'T HAVE TO NOT STAND UP SINK,
UP SINKS, BECAUSE OF SOME REGUL?
SOME REGULATION? [ LAUGHTER ] DD
THEY INDICATE A WAY TO FIX THE
PROBLEMS? OR WAS IT JUST, OH,
THERE ARE REGULATIONS THAT WE
WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. BECAUSE IT
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE
A POLICY PATH FORWARD TO FIX THE
THE ISSUES. SO WE DON'T FACE
THIS PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE. AND
IF NOT, I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY A BUDGET QUESTION,
BUT MAYBE SOMETHING FOR CENTRAL
STAFF TO FOCUS ON, QUEUING UP
SOME OPTIONS NEXT YEAR FOR US TO
TO CLOSE SOME LOOPHOLES THAT TIE
TIE OUR HANDS WHEN WE ARE TRYING
TRYING TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY RES.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE. AND WE GET
REALLY, REALLY PEDANTIC ABOUT TS
ABOUT THINGS WHILE WE HAVE
OUTBREAKS OF HEPATITIS A, OR OTR
OR OTHER EXIGENT PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCIES THAT WE NEED TO
RESPOND TO BUT WE INSIST ON
BEING PEDANTIC ON THE FINE
LETTERS OF THE LAW INSTEAD. IS
THERE ANYTHING IN THE REPORT
THAT HAS AN APPROACH LIKE THAT?
>> THANK YOU. NOT TO MY RECOLLE.
MY RECOLLECTION. I THINK IT DOES
DOES IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC
HURDLES BUT IT DOES NOT GO, NOT
LENGTHY ENOUGH, DOES NOT EXPLORE
EXPLORE THE, HOW THE HURDLES
WOULD BE EXPLORED. IT LOOKS LIKE
LOOKS LIKE DIRECTOR DINGLEY MAE
A RESPONSE AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. I DO NOT HAVE A
DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE
COUNCILMEMBER LINE OF INQUIRY
ON THIS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE
NOTE THAT WE HAVE THE HSD TEAM
ON THE LINE AND THIS IS THE SPU
ISSUE, AND I LIKE THAT THAT WAS
HIGHLIGHTED AT THE BEGINNING. JT
BEGINNING. JUST EVEN THE TONE OF
OF THE CONVERSATION, I WOULD LIE
TO REITERATE THAT WE WOULD LOVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK
WITH THE SPU TEAM TO COME BACK
AND TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM, THE
WORK THAT WAS DONE. THEY DID WOK
REALLY HARD TO TRY TO MAKE THIS
WORK. SO I DO WANT TO RESPECT
THE WORK OF THAT INCREDIBLE
ORGANIZATION, PEOPLE THERE. AND
ALSO OFFER THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS
ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE
HOW WE DO OUR WORK. SO WE LOOK
INWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, TO N
UP SOME OF THOSE LAWS AND REGUL,
AND REGULATIONS, AS YOU KNOW,
FLEXIBILITY IS DEFINITELY
SOMETHING THAT HELPS US BE ABLE
TO IMPLEMENT WHAT YOU ARE
LOOKING TO DO AS A POLICY
MATTER. SO AGAIN, WE ARE ABSOLUY
WILLING TO COME BACK WITH THE
SPU TEAM TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIT
THIS BUT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR TO
CLEAR TO EVERYBODY LISTENING
THAT WE HAVE THE HSD TEAM HERE
AND THAT IS WHY YOU WILL NOT
HEAR FROM THE EXECUTIVE SIDE WIH
THE POLICY RESPONSE ON THIS.
>> THAT WE, BUT WE DO HAVE AS A
CITY, A RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW
THROUGH ON THE LAWS THAT ARE P.
ARE PASSED. AND THE BUDGET IS A,
IT IS SIGNED INTO STATUTE. THIS
IS AGAIN NOT A QUESTION ABOUT
IMPUGNING ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL
PUBLIC SERVANT'S EFFORTS. IT IS
ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOLLOWING UPWARDS TO THEN END T.
END THERE. AND I THINK IN PREVIS
CONVERSATIONS, THAT BOTH RECEIVD
AT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND IN
THE LAST TWO YEARS, IN COMMITTE,
COMMITTEE MEETINGS, IT WAS CLEAR
CLEAR THAT THIS WAS BEING
DEE-PRIORITIZED BY THAT
ADMINISTRATION. I THINK COUNCIL
COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE CLEY
ARTICULATED CONCERNS WITHOUT
BEING ABLE TO FIND A CREATIVE H
CREATIVE PATH FORWARD, FOR
SIMPLY BEING ABLE TO WASH ONE'SS
AND BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE BAT.
THE BATHROOM. SO I DO THINK THIS
NOT ABOUT ANY ONE SPECIFIC
DEPARTMENT OR ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO
INDIVIDUAL WHO WORKS WITHIN OUR,
OR A TEAM. THERE IS NO IMPUGNING
IMPUGNING OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS
BUT REALLY THE FAILURE OF THE
ADMINISTRATION, PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION, TO IMPLEMENT
SIMPLE THINGS LIKE HANDWASHING.
I THINK IT IS FAIR TO CLEAN THIS
CLEAN THIS UP NOW, TO BRING THIP
IN THE UPCOMING CONVERSATION ABT
CLEAN CITY, HAPPY TO HAVE SUCH
STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE
COMMITTEE AND THE PRESIDENT OF
THE BOARD, THE PARKS BOARD, SOR,
ABOUT WHO ALSO WITH THE EXECUTI,
THE EXECUTIVE, PRIORITIZED
OPENING MORE BATHROOMS ACROSS
THE CITY. BUT WE KNOW ACCORDING
TO THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION, EVEN IF EVERYTHING
EVERYTHING ONE OF THOSE
BATHROOMS WERE OPEN, WE WOULD
NOT HAVE ENOUGH RESTROOMS TO
MEET OUR CURRENT POPULATION
NEEDS, LET ALONE THOSE ARE
COMING HERE AS A TOURIST OR LIVG
ON SHELTERED. WHO ARE UNABLE TO
GO TO THE BATHROOM, TAKE A
SHOWER IN THEIR OWN HOME.
IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE TONE OF N
IS WARRANTED. IN THE TONE THAT
THE COUNCIL IS RAISING ABOUT HOW
HOW WE ADD THIS BACK INTO OUR DS
FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET, IS, I
THINK SHARED, APPRECIATED,
CONCERNED. SO WE CAN REALLY UNDE
REALLY UNDERSCORE, LIKE THE HSD
HSD PROVIDER, A LONG HISTORY
THAT THIS HAS HAD WITH THE COUNL
REALLY TRYING TO PRIORITIZE THIS
THIS AND IT NOT COMING TO FRUIT.
TO FRUITION. I APPRECIATE THE
HARD WORK OF EVERYONE IN THE
CITY, THE WORKERS ON THE FRONT E
DURING THE PANDEMIC. IT HAS BEEN
HAS BEEN CHALLENGING BUT IT DOES
IT DOES FALL UPWARDS TO THE
FAILURE OF THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION TO PRIORITIZE US.
US. I WILL TAKE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AS A FOLLOW-UP AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR
DINGLEY'S RESPONSE AND DO NOT
WANT TO IMPUGN HOW GOING FORWARD
GOING FORWARD IT WILL BE RELATIE
TO HOW THE LAST TWO YEARS WERE
LIKE. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON
ON THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN
WHEN I HAVE CONSTITUENT OFFICE
HOURS, JUST ABOUT THINGS THAT
ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY, AND E
TO EXPLAIN THE STUFF THAT WE
FUNDED AND THAT IT NEVER
HAPPENS, IT IS INCREDIBLY
FRUSTRATING BECAUSE, I MEAN, I
CANNOT SPEAK TO THE EXPERIENCES
OF OTHER OFFICES, BUT ON THIS
PARTICULAR ITEM MY OFFICE SENT
LOTS OF REQUESTS TO COLLABORATE
WITH THE EXECUTIVE ON, LIKE
OKAY, WHAT ARE THE HURDLES? WHAN
WE DO? ARE THERE THINGS THE
COUNCIL CAN DO TO REMOVE
HURDLES? IS THERE THE EMERGENCYR
WE CAN PASS TO TEMPORARILY DO
THIS? CAN WE USE THE COVID
EMERGENCY ORDERS? WE WERE JUST
FRANKLY BLOWN OFF FOR THE MOST
PART. I WILL JUST SAY THAT. AND
LIKE THAT HAS NOT BEEN HOW THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS ACTED. LIKE
IT HAS BEEN MUCH MORE COLLABORA.
BUT GOING FORWARD, AND THIS IS
JUST A BROADER POINT, IT IS NOTT
NOT JUST THE SINKS. I AM
FOCUSING ON THE SINKS BECAUSE
WHEN YOU TALK TO THE AVERAGE
PERSON IN THE CITY, THIS IS
RIDICULOUS. RIGHT? I THINK THATE
IS A TEST, WE SHOULD APPLY MORE
ON HOW WE DO THINGS AS A
GOVERNMENT. WHEN IT TAKES 12
MONTHS TO STAND UP LIKE 40 TINY,
TINY HOUSES, THE AVERAGE PERSON
LOOKS AT THAT AND SAYS, THAT IS.
THE AVERAGE CONTRACTOR IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR SAYS THAT IS INS.
IS INSANE. HOW CAN IT POSSIBLY E
THAT LONG TO DO SOMETHING LIKE ?
LIKE THAT? AND WE SHOULD TAKE
THAT FEEDBACK TO HEART IN
FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN DO
THINGS THAT REFLECT THE EMERGENY
WE ARE FACING. BECAUSE A LOT OFE
OF THESE SHELTER ASSETS, HYGIEN,
HYGIENE ASSETS, IT TAKES US
FOREVER TO SET UP SOMETHING
SIMPLE. SOMETIMES THERE IS REAL
ISSUES LIKE LABOR AVAILABILITY
TO HOLD IT UP. BUT WHEN IT IS TS
LIKE PERMITTING, OR A CERTAIN
KIND OF REVIEW PROCESS THAT WE E
THE ABILITY TO WAIVE, OR TO WORH
OUR STATE OR FEDERAL PARTNERS T,
TO WAIVE, WE NEED TO FOCUS A LOT
A LOT MORE ON THOSE KINDS OF TH.
OF THINGS. I HAVE OFTEN
REFLECTED, LIKE, MAYBE TO PUT A
FOCUS ON THIS, I SHOULD BRING
FORWARD SOME KIND OF LAW TO
REPEAL THE HOMELESSNESS STATE OF
EMERGENCY. WHAT IS THE GOOD OF
THE HOMELESSNESS STATE OF
EMERGENCY IF IT DOESN'T HELP US
WITH THINGS LIKE THIS? WHY DO WE
WE HAVE IT? I AM VENTING SOME OF
OF MY FRUSTRATION ON THIS. HOW
CAN WE REALLY COME TOGETHER AND,
AND FOCUS, I KNOW THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
EMERGENCY THAT WE HAVE AS A COU.
A COUNCIL. HOW CAN WE BE REALLYY
REALLY, REALLY NIMBLE, AND AGGRE
AND AGGRESSIVE IN THE FACES OF
THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.
LIKE YES, THAT IS THE PROCESS
AND HOW LONG IT TAKES. WE ARE
DOING THINGS FOR THE BUREAUCRAC.
THE BUREAUCRACY. THAT IS JUST
EPITOMIZED BY THE ENTIRE SINK D.
SINK DISCUSSION. I WILL JUST SAY
SAY IT IS. IF WE CANNOT DO THE
SMALL STUFF LIKE THIS, THE
BIGGER STUFF LIKE THE SHELTERS
AND TINY HOMES, WHILE WE
BASICALLY HAVE A SYSTEM WITH
SHELTER VIA TENT, WHICH IS NOT
GOOD FOR ANYBODY AND CREATES MAE
CREATES MASSIVE FRUSTRATION,
JUST CONTINUES TO GET INGRAINED.
GET INGRAINED. THEN WE GET INTO
A GAME OF BLAME FOR NOT SOLVING
IT FAST ENOUGH. INSTEAD OF, HOW
CAN WE COME TOGETHER AND FIX THE
THE PROBLEM TOGETHER? SO OFF OFY
SOAPBOX ON THIS. BUT, YOU KNOW,
I HOPE THAT WE CAN CRAFT THE
BUDGET THAT IS NOT JUST LOOKINGT
WHAT THE FUNDING PRIORITIES ARET
LOOKING UP WAYS TO SPEED UP REAG
THESE ASSETS, SO WE CAN
AMELIORATE THE PRESSURE THAT
THEY ARE FACING. I WILL TURN IT
BACK OVER TO COUNCIL CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. PLEASE G.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
SOME OF THE THING I WANT TO SAY
IS OBVIOUSLY AROUND WHAT
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ALREADY
SAID, IN TERMS OF HOW
MIND-BOGGLING IT IS THAT SIMPLE
THINGS CANNOT BE DONE. BUT I AL,
I ALSO, I DON'T, IT IS HARD FOR
ME TO ACCEPT THAT, YOU KNOW THE
RESPONSE THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN. AN
IT IS NOT ABOUT INDIVIDUALS HERE
HERE BUT THE OVERALL APPROACH
THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN. BY THE CIT.
THE CITY.
>> UNFORTUNATELY. THE CHANGE OF
THE ADMINISTRATION, HAD A VERY
-- APPROACH. BUT THE PROPOSED
BUDGET IS FROM THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION. IT IS FROM MAYOR
MAYOR HAROLD. I DO NOT UNDERSTA,
I DO NOT AGREE ACTUALLY WITH THE
THE STATEMENT, THAT WE AGREE
WITH THE SAME ORDINANCE HE. WHAT
WHAT IT DOESN'T TELL THE SENSE
OF URGENCY WITH THE PROPOSED BUT
PROPOSED BUDGET PROPOSES, IT IS
YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET, YOUR
PROPOSED THIS, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE PROPOSED REDUCING MONEY
FOR HYGIENE. AND THEN THEY TALKT
GRAFFITI REMOVAL, ONE OF THEIR
FAVORITE TOPICS. SO I THINK
THOSE PRIORITIES ARE SHOWING UP
HERE. IT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. I
I DO NOT THINK IS IS LOGISTICAL.
LOGISTICAL HURDLES. I THINK IT
IS WHAT THEY ARE INTENDING TO
DO. SO I WOULD ASK THE MAYOR
HARRELL, AND THE
ADMINISTRATION, YOU KNOW, TO
TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. AND I
ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
GRAFFITI REMOVAL ITSELF. LIKE WT
LIKE WHAT GRAFFITI IS PROPOSED
TO BE REMOVED? LIKE OBVIOUSLY I
CAN BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE GENUE
ARE GENUINE CASES WHERE IT NEEDS
NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT I ALSO SEE
SEE JUST WALKING AROUND THE NEI,
THE NEIGHBORHOODS, A LOT OF
GRAFFITI THAT MIGHT JUST BE, I
MEAN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED THEMSELVE.
EXPRESSED THEMSELVES. SO MAYBE Y
MAYBE THEY DIDN'T GET PERMISSION
PERMISSION AND THAT WAS NOT, NOT
NOT LEGALLY SUPPOSED TO BE THER.
BUT I ALSO DON'T SEE WHERE IT IG
ANY HARM WHATSOEVER. INFECTED IG
THAT IS ACTUALLY PART OF WHAT
CAME OUT OF MANY SOCIAL MOVEMEN.
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. SO MAYBE SOME
CLARITY ON THAT WOULD BE USEFUL
AS WELL. ALTHOUGH BOTTOM LINE I,
LINE IS, WHEN THE CITY ADMINISTN
CITY ADMINISTRATION IS SAYING WE
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY,
THE PRIORITIZING OF THE DOLLARS
DOES MATTER. AND HOUSING HOMELES
NEIGHBORS, MAKING SURE BATHROOMS
ARE AVAILABLE, THAT IS THE MOST
MOST IMPORTANT THING. THIS IS
NOT THE PRIORITY. ONE LAST THIN,
LAST THING, I MEAN I AM SURE THE
THE INDIVIDUALS HERE, I MEAN
OBVIOUSLY YOU WILL CLARIFY THAT
THIS IS WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY,
BELONGS IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE WHOLE TOPIC OF
SINKS, PORTABLE BATHROOMS, IN
THE PARKS, ACTUALLY THE
RESTROOMS THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE
THE PARKS, THEY ARE OFTEN, THEY
OFTEN REMAIN CLOSED. MY STAFF
AND I HAVE PERSONALLY OBSERVED
THIS OVER THE LAST MONTH IN THE
SUMMER. I'VE HAD CONSTITUENTS WO
HAVE STOPPED ME WHEN I'M WALKING
I'M WALKING OUTSIDE AND SAY, WHY
WHY AREN'T THE BATHROOMS OPEN?
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS
RELATED TO THE CITY
UNDERSTAFFING AND UNDERPAYING OR
OF OUR WORKERS, THAT IS CAUSING
THOSE HOURS TO BE CONSOLIDATED.
SO MAYBE IF NOT HERE, MAYBE
CENTRAL STAFF CAN GET THE
CLARIFICATION OF THAT. THAT WAS
JUST A QUESTION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT. AND I WILL ADD TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S COMMENTS
COMMENTS AS WELL. ONE, I KNOW
THAT THE PARKS BILL WE JUST
PASSED PUT FUNDING FORWARD AND
ADDING FUNDING IS A COUNCIL TO
TRY TO OPEN ALL THE 120
SOMETHING BATHROOMS, CURRENTLY
HALF ARE CLOSED AS REPORTED BY
ERICA BARNETT AT ANY ONE TIME AD
TIME AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS
KNOW IS THERE ANYTHING THAT IS
ADDITIONAL HERE? MAYBE BRIAN
THAT IS A QUESTION FOR YOU TO AT
SOME FUNDING THAT IS COMING FROM
FROM THE PARKS LEVY FUNDING THAT
FUNDING THAT WE JUST PASSED.
SECOND, TO THE COUNCIL
COUNCILMEMBERS, THE LINE OF
QUESTIONING ABOUT THE GRAFFITI
REMOVAL, LAST YEAR WE PUT IN THE
BUDGET FUNDING, THAT INSTEAD OF
OF PUTTING MILLIONS TOWARDS GRAY
GRAY PAINT ONLY, WE WOULD
REDIRECT SOME OF THAT TO FREE
WALL SPACE AND TRYING TO
INCORPORATE MORE ARTISTS INTO CG
INTO CREATING LEGAL AND SAFE AND
PERMANENT PLACES FOR PEOPLE TOE
OUR TO CROSS THE CITY. SO I WOUD
BE INTERESTED TO KNOW IF THAT IS
IS CONTINUING IN THIS BUDGET AND
AND IF THAT PREVIOUS FUNDING
WENT FORWARD AS WELL. BUT HAPPY
TO HAVE EITHER BRIAN OR DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR DINGLEY, IF YOU HAVE AN
HAVE AN ANSWER TO THOSE COMMENTS
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. HAPPY TO
TAKE THIS.
>> HAPPY TO LET BRIAN RESPOND. I
I HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT I WANT TO
WANT TO MAKE BUT HE HAS THE
ANSWERS HANDY. THAT IS FINE.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL HAVE TO
GET BACK TO YOU. SORRY. I DON'T
HAVE THAT INFORMATION. WE DO
HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT NOW WITH
SPU ABOUT WHAT YOU REFERRED TO S
THE SPACE FOR LOCAL ARTISTS TO
PAINT WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THA.
LIKE THAT. BUT AS FAR AS I KNOWE
HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE BACK
YET THIS MORNING. I BELIEVE IT
IS STILL INCLUDED AS PART OF TH.
THE PLAN.
>> GREAT. AND DIRECTOR DINGLEY.G
ELSE?
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR CLARIFYING
FOR ME. I HAD HEARD, I HEARD THE
THE COMMENTS IN ONE WAY, AND I
APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE
DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN
FRUSTRATION WITH THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION AND INACTION THE.
INACTION THERE. AND WITH THE
WORKERS THEMSELVES. AND THE WORK
WORK THAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY
AND DAY OUT. I REALLY SINCERELY
APPRECIATE THAT. AND THAT IS
WHAT MY COMMENTS WERE AIMING TOY
AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, WE LOOK
FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO
RETHINK HOW WE DO SO MUCH, NOT T
LIMITED TO THIS ISSUE WITH THE
NEW ADMINISTRATION. AND OUR
ONGOING PARTNERSHIP ON MANY ISS.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. S
MOVE ON THEN TO THE BUDGET LEGI.
BUDGET LEGISLATION. ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION, ON SLIDE 19.
EXCUSE ME. SLIDE NINE.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, JUST WANT
TO CONFIRM, IS THAT A HOLD HAN?
HOLD HAND? HERE WE GO, TALKING
LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN
TRANSMITTED TO A COMPANY BUDGET.
THE CHANGE THAT HAS BEEN CODIF,
BEEN CODIFIED, TO THEN ENSURE TT
THE BUDGET CONFORMS, FROM SOME
COUNCILMEMBERS, FROM PREVIOUS
CENTRAL STEP PRESENTATIONS,
THERE WERE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF
THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT DOES
NOT CONFORM WITH THE EXISTING
STATUTE. THIS IS LEGISLATION
THAT WOULD CHANGE STATUTE TO
MAKE THE PROPOSAL LEGAL. IS THAT
THAT CORRECT, AMY?
>> YES. SO THE FIRST PIECE OF
BUZZ IT ADULATION I WANTED TO DS
IS THE HSD CONTRACT INFLATION
CAP. WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE
ISSUE IN DETAIL, YOU KNOW THE LN
WITH KATHY LEGALLY REQUIRED
INFLATION AT 4.0%, INCLUDED IN E
IN THE 2023 AND 2024 BUDGETS. IT
IT WOULD ALLOW COUNCIL TO FUND
ADDITIONAL CONTRACT INFLATION F
THEY SO CHOOSE, CHOSE DURING THE
THE BUDGET PROCESS. COUNCIL
COULD PASS THE LEGISLATION, THEY
THEY COULD AMEND THE LEGISLATI,
IN A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS, SUCH AS
AS CAPPING THE REQUIRED
INFLATIONARY RATE, HIGHER OR
LOWER RATE, CAPPING THE RATE
WITH GROWTH INTERNAL FUND, OR OR
MEASURE OF ECONOMIC CHANGE. OR
AMEND THE CODE TO CREATE MORE FY
MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE RATE, SO
SO THE COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE THE
INFLATIONARY RATE EACH YEAR
DURING BUDGET. AND FINALLY THE
COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE NOT TO PASS
TO PASS THE LEGISLATION.
>> OKAY, I THINK FOLKS HAVE
ALREADY CHIMED IN ON THIS ONE AD
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE I CAN SKIPR
THE NEXT THREE, IF YOU WOULD
PREFER TO SAVE MORE TIME FOR THE
THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM PROPOSAL.
THE NEXT THREE SLIDES GO OVER
THE YEAR END GRANT ACCEPTANCE, Y
ACCEPTANCE, THEY YEAR END
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, AND THE
ANNUAL GRANT ACCEPTANCE, 420 23.
23. THERE ARE NOT CHANGES
AVAILABLE, JUST HSD HAS A
DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF
FUNDING THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE
THE PARTICULAR PIECES OF
LEGISLATION. I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR FOLKS. YOU AE
YOU ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT IN
THE HSD PAPER AS WELL.
>> LET ME PAUSE AND SEE IF
ANYONE HAS A SPECIFIC QUESTION
ON THE SLIDES. ALL RIGHT, WE
WILL DEFER TO THE ANALYSIS IN
THE MEMOS AND THEN COME BACK TOU
IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
>> SO THAT IS ALL THAT I HAD FO.
AND WE HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
UP ON AND GET THAT OUT TO THE CL
COUNCILMEMBERS IS QUICK AS WE .
WE CAN.
>> OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. JUST AS WE WRAP
UP HERE, I DO APPRECIATE THAT I
THINK THE FIRST NIGHT THAT WE
SAW FROM HSD WAS THE PRIORITY,
TO LEAD WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY
LENS. AND I FEEL THAT THE CUTS
IN THIS BUDGET DON'T REFLECT A
PROCESS THAT LED WITH RACIAL
JUSTICE. AMY LET OUT VERY WELL
IN HER MEMO, THE IMPACT THAT THE
REDUCTIONS WILL HAVE ON OUR BLK
AND BROWN NEIGHBORS, PROVIDERS
OF SOCIAL SERVICES WHO ARE OFTEE
OF COLOR. SO, I RECOGNIZE THAT A
A LOT OF THE REDUCTION IS DUE TO
TO A LOSS OF ONE-TIME FUNDING, I
I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND WE ALSO
HAVE OPTIONS FOR HOW TO ADDRESS
AT LEAST SOME OF THE NEED THAT E
KNOW EXIST BACK. SO I JUST WANT
TO SAY IS WE ARE MAKING DECISIOS
ABOUT HOW TO ALLOCATE OUR SCARCC
DOLLARS, I WANT TO ECHO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD 'S SENSE
OF URGENCY FOR CLOSING THIS GAP.
AND AS I SAID YESTERDAY THE
CITY CHARTER REQUIRED OBLIGATIOO
OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE HEALTH
HEALTH AND GENERAL WELFARE OF OR
NEIGHBORS. I KNOW WE WILL HAVE A
A LOT OF WORK TO DO OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, BUT THIS IS
THE PRIORITY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. I WANT TO THANK
EVERYBODY. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG
MORNING AND WE ARE NOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. AND I THINK THAT THIS
THIS IS A CONVERSATION IN WEEK
THREE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
EVOLVE, OR OVER THE NEXT FIVE
WEEKS AS WE DELIBERATE OUR
BUDGETS. MUCH OF THE CITY'S MOST
VULNERABLE RELY ON HS D AND HSD
HSD CONTRACTORS. I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK, AND IF
WE HAVE DIRECTOR KIM ON THE
LINE, AND MICHAEL, DEE, AND THE
THE CREW HERE, WE WANT TO THANKU
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
BECAUSE THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME
THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT
ONLY SUPPORT THE FOLKS THAT RELY
RELY ON THE PROGRAMS BUT ALSO ST
THE WORKERS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT THAT HELP WITH THOSE
SERVICES. WE REALLY THANK YOU
FOR WALKING US THROUGH THIS. I
WANT TO THANK BRIAN AND AMY, IT
SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF
WORK TO BE DONE STILL. MEMBER
STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS,
SO WE APPRECIATE THE FOLLOW-UP
THAT WILL COME AS WELL. THANK
YOU ALL. I THINK WE WILL GO AHED
AND MOVE INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO THE RECORD?
THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, ENCAMPMENT
AND CLEANUP, PROPOSED UNIFIED
CARE TEAM, AND CLEAN SEATTLE FOR
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WELL THIS IS A TOPIC THAT HAS
THAT HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO BE
DISCUSSED IN THE MORNING
SESSION, I WANT TO THANK
PARTICIPANTS JOINING US HERE
TODAY. TO TALK ABOUT THE
PROPOSAL UNDER THE BANNER OF
UNIFIED CARE TEAM, AND THE CLEAN
CLEAN SEATTLE INITIATIVE, THE
CONTENTS OF THE TWO PROPOSALS
ARE AROUND, ADDRESSING
ENCAMPMENTS AND CLEAN UP AROUND
THE CITY. SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTY
TO HEAR ABOUT VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS THAT INTERCEPT WITHE
WITH THE PROPOSALS, I WILL NOTE
THAT YOU HURT SOME COMPONENTS
FROM HSD EARLIER. AS YOU
PROBABLY HAVE SEEN IN THE
MATERIALS, THERE IS PROBABLY A T
THAT RELATES TO PARKS. AND WE
ARE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE WITH US
DEPUTY MAYOR TIFFANY WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON FROM THE MAYOR'S OFF,
ALONG WITH LINDSEY GARRITY FROME
MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND SARA JO
READY, AS WELL. AS OUR FEARLESS
LEADER. DEPUTY WHO HAS JUST ANR
JUST ANOTHER FEW HOURS TO BE
WITH US, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT TO THIS DISCUSSION. I
I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE
RECORD, WHEN WE HAVE THE CENTRAF
CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATION, WE
WILL HAVE CALVIN CHOW, BRIAN GO,
BRIAN GOODNIGHT, ALY PENNUCCI,
ALL FROM CENTRAL STAFF. AS YOU
CAN TELL, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS
HAVING MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS ON
THE PROPOSAL OF THE BUDGET. I
ALSO WANT TO MAKE A SUGGESTION
AND ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
I HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'
LEWIS' CHAIR PARKS, MY
SUGGESTION WOULD BE INSTEAD OF
HAVING A SEPARATE PRESENTATION
ON PARKS, YOU HAVE THE CENTRAL
STAFF SUMMARY AND THE DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT SUMMARY AS WELL.
THERE ARE NO ISSUES THAT HAVE BN
IDENTIFIED FOR ISSUE EDIFICATION
EDIFICATION PURPOSES. AGAIN INDT
AGAIN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS FROM
NONPARTISAN STAFF TRYING TO
IDENTIFY AREAS OF ACTION FOR THE
COUNCIL, IF WE SO CHOOSE. NONE
OF THOSE ISSUES HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED WITHIN PARKS. SINCE
WE WILL HAVE TRACI RATZLIFF WITH
WITH US TO TALK ABOUT THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM HERE AS PART
OF THE PARKS PRESENTATION, MY
SUGGESTION, AND COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF
THIS IS ACCEPTABLE, THAT WE
WOULD START OUR CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM
RIGHT NOW. AND THEN WE FREE UP
MORE OF THE AFTERNOON TIME TO
TALK ABOUT THE UNIFIED CARE
TEAM. I WOULD ASSUME WE WOULD
NEED MORE TIME AFTER THE LUNCH .
LUNCH BREAK. IF IT IS OKAY WITH,
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE GO AHEAD
AHEAD AND DIVE IN TO THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM, PROBABLY
SKIP ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE A.
WHICH THEN WOULD ALLOW US TO
ROUND OUT THE DAY AFTER THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM, WITH A
SUMMARY ON MISCELLANEOUS
DEPARTMENTS. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE
TO FOLKS? AND I WILL TAKE NO
COMMENT. YES, I SEE YOU
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS OFF OF
MUTE. AHEAD.
>> NO OBJECTION.
>> HEARING NO OBJECTION. I THINK
THINK WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
SEQUENCING. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIOS
HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY TO
PARKS OR THE MEMO AND THE
PRESENTATION THAT HAS BEEN
PREPARED, THE MATERIALS ARE IN
YOUR PACKETS. THEY ARE PUBLISHED
PUBLISHED ONLINE AND DO LET ME
KNOW BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY
IF YOU WANT TO SQUEEZE IN A FEW
QUESTIONS, WE CAN OF COURSE DO .
YOU CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO
CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL. HEY
PATTY.
>> HELLO. CAN WE LET THE, CAN
WE LET SAROJA REDDY IN. PLEASE.
PLEASE. CAN BE ITD TEAM LET
SAROJA REDDY IN.
>> THANK YOU. AND AS WE DO THAT,
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR E
ROBUST DISCUSSION, AS DEPUTY
MAYOR, AS YOU MAY HAVE BEEN
LISTENING IN, IT HAS BEEN A
LIVELY CONVERSATION TODAY AND
THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW DAYS. WE
WE HAVE A NEW HYBRID MODEL HERE
WHERE WE INVITE THE DEPARTMENTS
TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW FROM THE
DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTATION. THEN
WE TRANSITION OVER TO THE
CENTRAL STAFF MEMO. HAVING
EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM HAS LED TO
TO A LITTLE BIT MORE BACK AND
FORTH AND DIALOGUE. WHICH WE ARE
ARE LIFTING UP AS A POSITIVE
THING IN THE TRANSPARENT
CONVERSATIONS AS WE SEEK TO DIVO
THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET. BUT
WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE OPY
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS
BACK AND FORTH AND TO HAVE
CENTRAL STAFF'S ANALYSIS, AS
WELL AS COUNCILMEMBERS '
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIME. SO
BEFORE I HANDED OVER TO DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON, I WILL ASK
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, AS CHAIR,
ANY OPENING COMMENTS YOU WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE FOR THIS SECTION?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. YOU KNOW
KNOW I HAVE BEEN SAVING MY REMA.
I KNOW THAT WE TOUCHED ON THIS
EARLIER THIS MORNING. BUT IT IS
IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM. AN%
AND REALLY CUE UP A LOT OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW WERE DELI,
WERE DELIGHTED, PARTICULARLY BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, BASED ON
ON THE EXPERIENCES WE HAVE HAD
INTERACTING WITH THIS TEAM. I
THINK ALL OF US ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THAT IT IS REALLY CRITICAL THAT
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INTERFACE
AND RESOLVE SITUATIONS THAT EME
THAT EMERGE FROM UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENT LOCATIONS. WE KNOW
THE BEST WAY TO REMEDIATE THOSE
KINDS OF SITUATIONS IS THROUGH
THE APPROACH MODELED BY JUST CA,
AND EXEMPLIFIED IN SEVERAL DIFFT
SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENCAMPMENT
REMEDIATION'S OVER THE LAST YEA.
LAST YEAR. RANGING FROM WOODLAND
WOODLAND PARK, WHICH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SPOKE TO,
THE RECENT OUTREACH OF THE
DEARBORN LOCATION, THAT WAS
JOINTLY DONE BY THE CITY, AND
KCRHA. REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT WE AS DISTRICT COUNCIL
COUNCILMEMBERS, RECEIVE A
SIGNIFICANT VOLUME OF CONCERNS
RELATED TO UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS, AND THE DESIRE OF E
LEVEL OF OUTREACH AND
REMEDIATION, OR AT LEAST
MITIGATION OF THE SITUATION
POSED BY THOSE ENCAMPMENT
LOCATIONS. I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO HAVING A CONVERSATION HERE AT
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIFIED
CARE TEAM. I WILL REALLY BE
INTERESTED IN HEARING HOW THIS
SERVICE IS GOING TO BE
INTEGRATED WITH THE EFFORTS OF
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS NOT REDUNDANCIES N
THE SYSTEM. I REALLY WANT TO HER
MORE ALONG THE LINE OF QUESTIONG
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD PUT
FORWARD AROUND A MORE PUBLIC
GUIDANCE AND OVERSIGHT ABOUT PR.
ABOUT PRIORITIZATION.
PRIORITIZATION OF OUTREACH TO
LOCATIONS AND TRANSPARENCY
AROUND HOW THAT IS CONDUCTED.
AND WE REALLY WANT HAVE A FOCUS
OF LOOKING AT OUTCOMES. AND WE
HAVE TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE UP
FRONT THAT THIS, IN SOME OF
THESE CASES, WHERE THERE IS
OUTREACH AND REMEDIATION IN
ENCAMPMENT SITES, THERE IS
DISPLACEMENT. AND PEOPLE DO GET
DISPLACED FROM SOME OF THE SITES
SITES AND FIGURE OUT A BETTER WY
TO TRACK AND RESPOND TO THAT DI,
THAT DISPLACEMENT, JUST PRACTICY
JUST PRACTICALLY AT THE FRONT E,
FRONT END, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE GETTING PEOPLE INSIDE AND
NOT JUST RELOCATING ENCAMPMENTS
FROM ONE PART OF THE CITY TO
ANOTHER, BUT ACTUALLY RESOLVING
THE SITUATION AND WHEN WE FALL
SHORT OF THAT, COLLECTNG THE
NECESSARY DATA TO TRACK AND UNDD
AND UNDERSTAND WHETHER THIS IS
LEADING PEOPLE INSIDE OR JUST
MOVING PEOPLE A COUPLE BLOCKS O.
BLOCKS OVER. SO THOSE ARE SOME
OF THE QUESTIONS I AM GOING TO
HAVE. I APPRECIATE THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE TEAM HERE. IN
BEING COLLABORATIVE THIS YEAR.
IN WORKING ON TRYING TO RECONCIE
TO RECONCILE OUTREACH POLICY
THAT HAS SPREAD ACROSS LOTS OF
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOTS
OF DIFFERENT REGIONAL GOVERNMEN.
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. IT IS NOT
AN EASY TASK, I APPRECIATE THE
RESPONSIVENESS OF DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON, MICHAEL BAILEY, AND
OTHERS IN REALLY BEING GOOD
PARTNERS IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
OUT HOW TO GET THE WORK DONE AND
DONE AND GET IT DONE THE RIGHT
WAY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
BUILDING A BUDGET THAT CAN MOVE
TOWARDS THE CHANGE THAT ALL OF
US WANT TO SEE, PEOPLE LIVING IN
IN HOUSING AND IF THAT CANNOT BE
BE ATTAINED, SHELTER INSTEAD OF
LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS. SO WITH
THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL REMARKS AT THIS TIME
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENT.
THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK
THAT WE WILL WELCOME DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON PERHAPS TO OPEN
OPEN THIS PORTION OF THE PRESEN.
GOOD TO SEE YOU. EXPECT FOR
BEING HERE TODAY. WE HANDED OVER
OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. JUST
JUST A HEADS UP, I AM FILLING TE
FILLING THE, I AM FEELING THE IS
OF THE AIR AS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES SAID. SO I MAY BE
COUGHING BUT I AM HERE AND READY
HERE AND READY TO ANSWER YOUR Q.
YOUR QUESTIONS. SO, THANK YOU FR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY T
THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM AND
PROPOSED 2023 FUNDING AND
STRUCTURE OUTLINED IN MAYOR HARS
PROPOSED BUDGET. AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THE MAYORD
ME TO LEAD THE WORK ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING, ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY. WE SET OUT
TO IMPROVE THE WAY THE CITY
RESPONSE TO THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS. AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
LEARNED IS THAT PEOPLE EXPENSINS
EXPENSING HOMELESSNESS NEED
INCREASED CONNECTIONS TO
SERVICES AND HOUSING OPPORTUNIT,
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, WE ALSO
KNOW THE COMMUNITY HAS A DESIRE
TO HELP WITH THIS PROCESS AND
ENSURE THAT THERE STREETS,
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PARKS ARE
OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE. THIS IS WHY
WHY WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THE
GEOGRAPHIC MODEL IS THE RIGHT
NEXTEP. BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT,
IMPLEMENT WHAT WORKS. THROUGH
THE APPROACH WE WILL HAVE THE OY
TO STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, AND
OTHERS, TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCES FACED IN EACH NEI.
EACH NEIGHBORHOOD. NEXT SLIDE.
SO OVER TIME WE LEARNED SOME TH.
SOME THINGS. THREE MAIN THINGS
THAT BECAME APPARENT TO US, FIR,
US, FIRST, THE WORK TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS IS EVERYONE'S JOB.
AS THE CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS
AFFECTS ALL ASPECTS OF OUR CITY,
CITY, FROM TRANSPORTATION, TO
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PERMITTING
PERMITTING PARKS, HUMAN SERVICE.
HUMAN SERVICES. WE SAW AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AN
OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT
COORDINATES THE EFFORTS OF ALL ,
SO THEY NO LONGER WORK IN SILOS.
SILOS. SECONDLY, WE HAD TO
REALIZE THAT OUR ROLE IN
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS CHANGED.
WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW REL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY. THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO SHELTER AND
HOUSE PEOPLE, WHICH USED TO BE
OWNED BY THE CITY IS NOW OWNED Y
KCRHA. SO THE OPPORTUNITY WE
HAD IS TO FOCUS OUR TEAM AND OUR
OUR CITY ON THE DELIVERY OF
CORMAN'S SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.
PUBLIC SAFETY, HYGIENE, TRASH R,
TRASH REMOVAL, AND PARTNER WITH
KCRHA TO HELP BRING PEOPLE
INSIDE. THIRD, WHAT WE LEARNED
IS THERE REALLY IS NOT A LINE
BETWEEN WHAT IS HOMELESSNESS, AD
HOMELESSNESS, AND
NON-HOMELESSNESS RELATED CHALLE.
RELATED CHALLENGE. THE
OPPORTUNITY WAS TO BE INNOVATIVE
INNOVATIVE AND BUILD A SYSTEM TT
IS RESPONSIVE TO THE REALITY OF
WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUNDE
THREE REALIZATIONS ARE THE FOUNS
FOR THE APPROACH, AND WHAT WE
BUILT IS NOT PERFECT. THERE IS
STILL MANY QUESTIONS LEFT TO AN.
TO ANSWER. JUST WANT YOU ALL TOW
THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION THT
PRESENTATION THAT THE TEAM IS
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN A PLANNING
PROCESS, EVEN NOW. NEXT SLIDE.
THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYORL
HARRELL, WE SET UP TO
ACCOMPLISH THREE THINGS THIS
YEAR. ONE, DEVELOP A STRUCTURE,
SO THE CITY CAN RESPOND AS ONE .
ONE SEATTLE. IMPROVE OUR
CUSTOMER SERVICE PORTAL. AND
CREATE A ONE SEATTLE INFORMATION
INFORMATION SYSTEM. WE ARE STILL
ARE STILL BUILDING ON THESE
AREAS, USING ONGOING LEARNING
AND HOW THE CITY RESPONSE TO THE
TO THE TOP CONCERNS OF OUR
COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE. SO, I
WANT TO STOP HERE. BECAUSE THIS
QUOTE THAT I RECEIVED FROM A
COMMUNITY MEMBER EARLIER THIS
YEAR, REPRESENTS THE REASON WHY
WE BUILT THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM.
AND IT SAYS, IT SEEMS EVERYONE E
COMMUNICATED WITH IN CITY
LEADERSHIP THIS PAST WEEK JUST
PASSES THE BUCK TO OTHERS. IT IS
IS NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY, IT IS
NOT OUR DEPARTMENT, SOME OF YOU
MUST KNOW WHO CAN BEST DEAL WITH
WITH THE SITUATION. I WOULD
REALLY LIKE TO STOP SENDING
THESE EMAILS AND GETTING UPSET
EVERY TIME I DRIVE TO AND FROM
MY HOME. THIS PROBLEM WILL NOT
GO AWAY ON ITS OWN. IT WILL JUST
JUST GET WORSE. IN JANUARY, ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND MORE
FOUND MORE THAT CONSTITUENTS
WERE GETTING BOUNCED AROUND
BETWEEN TEAMS AND DEPARTMENTS
AND EVEN COUNCILMEMBERS, TO GET
THERE NEEDS MET. OFTEN THE
LOUDEST PERSON WAS ASSISTED FIR.
ASSISTED FIRST. THIS APPROACH
WAS NOT PREFERABLE. THE YOU CT
WAS DESIGNED TO LEAN INTO THE
ONE SEATTLE APPROACH, A BUILT-IN
BUILT-IN SYSTEM WHERE THEY
COORDINATE BEHIND THE SCENES TO
ADDRESS CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE
A MULTIDEPARTMENTAL RESPONSE, RR
THAN PUTTING THE ONUS ON THE
CONSTITUENT TO FIGURE IT OUT.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THE VISION USE
THE ON THE SLIDE, DESCRIBES THEM
THE TEAM TO ENSURE THAT OUR
PARKS, SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER PUBC
OTHER PUBLIC SPACES ARE CLEAN, ,
AND ABLE TO BE USED BY ALL FOR D
PURPOSE. THROUGH THIS APPROACH
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING ON
THE GROUND, INTENTIONALLY
RESPOND, AND DEPLOY LIMITED
RESOURCES IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE.
EFFECTIVE WAY. WE HAVE ALREADY
HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS IN THE
THE CITY, HOW THE WORK OF THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM HAS IMPROVED
THEIR COMMUNITIES. NEXT SLIDE.
THE SECOND THING WAS TO IMPROVE
THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PORTAL.
REMEMBER, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED,
STARTED, SEATTLE RESIDENTS WERET
RECEIVING A RESPONSE. WHEN THEY
SUBMITTED A CONCERN OR A
REQUEST. THROUGH THE YOU CT, WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SET AND MEET L
OF RESPONDING TO A CUSTOMER
WITHIN THREE WORKING DAYS, AND
ENSURING A CREWMEMBER INSPECTS
THE LOCATION WITHIN 10 WORKING
DAYS. THIS ENSURES THAT WE HAVE
AN ACCURATE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND.
GROUND. NEXT. AND I THINK THAT
THIS GOES TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD WAS TRYING TO GET AT.
THE THIRD THING THAT WE DID WAS
WE HAD TO CREATE A ONE SEATTLE
INFORMATION SYSTEM. AND THE
SLIDE OUTLINES THE DATA POINTS T
POINTS THAT WE TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION WHEN PRIORITIZING
A SITE FOR RESPONSE. SIMILARLY
TO THE LACK OF CONSISTENT
CUSTOMER SERVICE RESPONSE, WHEN
I BEGIN OVERSEEING THE RESPONSE
TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, WE
DID NOT HAVE AN EQUITABLE SYSTEM
FOR DETERMINING WHICH
ENCAMPMENT TO ADDRESS. TWO --
TOO OFTEN IT WAS ADDRESSED BY
THOSE WITH THE LOUDEST VOICE ORE
OR THOSE IN A POSITION OF POWERT
WAS NOT PRIORITIZING OUR LIMITEY
RESOURCES AND WE CONTINUE TO REE
THE PROCESS. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE
IS, ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE
TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. THERE
WILL NOT BE SHARED ANY KIND OF
SCORE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ONE
PIECE OF WHAT WE TAKE INTO CONS.
INTO CONSIDERATION. WE ALSO TAKE
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT WE
HEAR FROM OUTREACH WORKERS, WE E
WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT
WE HEAR FROM COMMUNITIES ON THE.
THE GROUND. BUT THERE IS NOT ANY
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO
GIVE, THEN WHAT IS ON THIS FORM.
FORM. AND SO WE LOOK AT SITE AND
AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS,
NEIGHBORHOOD ATTRIBUTES, PUBLIC
AND ENCAMPMENT SAFETY HISTORY,
AND RECENT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SA.
ENGAGEMENT SAFETY. AND SO, FOR
EXAMPLE, NEIGHBORHOOD
ATTRIBUTES, WE PRIORITIZED
SCHOOL ZONES. OVER THE LAST,
SINCE SEPTEMBER STARTED, BECAUSE
STARTED, BECAUSE WE WERE GETTINS
FROM PARENTS, SCHOOL BOARD,
TEACHERS, TELLING US THAT KIDS
COULD NOT WALK SAFELY TO THEIR .
THEIR DESTINATION. FROM HOME TO
SCHOOL, OR OFF THE BUS TO SCHOO.
TO SCHOOL. AND SO WE HAD TO
PIVOT AND ESCALATE THAT UP
BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE
HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF
CHILDREN TRYING TO GET SCHOOL.
SO I WISH I COULD GIVE EVERYBODY
EVERYBODY THIS MAGIC BULLET OF T
OF WHAT IS NUMBER ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX. IT DOES
NOT WORK THAT WAY. AGAIN WHEN I
FINISH, HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS,
QUESTIONS, I THINK THIS WILL BEA
VERY LIVELY SLIDE, COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. [
LAUGHTER ] NEXT SLIDE. SO,
BUILDING FROM WHAT WE LEARNED.
THE 2023 PROPOSED MODEL IS TRULY
TRULY BASED ON THE THINGS THAT E
HAVE LEARNED SINCE JANUARY. AND
BUILDS ON FOUR, FIVE KEY
OBSERVATIONS. NEXT SLIDE. THESE
THESE ARE NOT A SURPRISE TO ANY.
TO ANYONE. BUT WE DID TAKE THE
TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS, RIGHT
THEM DOWN, AND USE THEM TO BUILD
TO BUILD ON THE 2023 PROPOSED M.
PROPOSED MODEL. THE FIRST, THERE
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH PLACES FOR
PEOPLE TO GO. THIS IS NOT ONLY
SHELTER, BUT APPROPRIATE,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SECONDLY,
THERE ARE UNIQUE SETS OF
CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THOSE LIVING N
RVs AND VEHICLES. AND WE NEED A
COORDINATED EFFORT THAT IS
RESPONSIVE TO THOSE NEEDS. AND I
AND I WILL ADD TO THAT ONE WE
HAVE MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN RVs
AND VEHICLES THAN IN ANY RECENT
SEATTLE HISTORY. AND SO IT IS AD
ISSUE THAT HAS TO HAVE A
SPECIALIZED RESPONSE. WE HAVE
ALSO LEARNED, AND COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS TALKED ABOUT THIS, THAT
THAT I WAREHOUSED NEIGHBORS WANT
WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
HAPPENING, HELP WITH THE
SOLUTION. WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE
WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND BRG
EVERYONE TOGETHER, EVERYBODY
UNDERSTANDS THE COMPLEXITIES,
CHALLENGES, AND SUCCESS. A ONE
SEATTLE APPROACH IS MORE THAN JT
THAN JUST CITY GOVERNMENT, IT IE
ACROSS SEATTLE COMING TOGETHER R
A SOLUTION. WHEN WE DO THIS WE
FIND THE COMMUNITY, HOUSED
NEIGHBORS, THEY HAVE THE
PATIENCE TO WAIT WHILE WE HELP
OUR ON HOUSED NEIGHBORS INSIDE.
WE UNDERSTOOD THAT KCRHA NEEDS
TIME TO WORK. BUILDING WITH THE
CITY, COUNTY, AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, THAT WAS COVERED IN
THE PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER
THIS WEEK. SO, WHEN WE SOMETIME
SOUND VAGUE, WHEN WE GET QUESTIS
LIKE, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THIS AND KCRHA AND THIS
AND HSD, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE JT
STARTED IN JANUARY. MANY OF THE
PEOPLE SITTING IN THE SEATS IN
HSD WERE NOT HERE FOR THE
BUILDING UP KCRHA. THE
IMPLEMENTING OF KCRHA. AND SO
DIRECTOR BAILEY AND DIRECTOR KIM
KIM ARE, THEY JUST STARTED
WORKING ON THIS THIS YEAR. SO
SOME OF THESE DETAILED QUESTION,
DETAILED QUESTIONS, I JUST WANT
US, AND I'VE HAD TO TELL MYSELF
THIS AS WELL, THEY NEED TIME TO
DEVELOP A SYSTEM THAT WORKS.
THEY STARTED IN JANUARY, THEY AE
A STARTUP ORGANIZATION. AND THEN
THEN IN THE INTERIM, BECAUSE WE
DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PLACES FOR
PEOPLE TO GO IN BECAUSE WE HAVE
MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN VEHICLES,
THEN IN RECENT HISTORY, WE NEED
TO INCORPORATE A SET OF
SOLUTIONS THAT GO BEYOND THE
REMOVALS OF SITES. ONE THAT
RECOGNIZES THAT WE NEED MULTIPLE
NEED MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO
RESOLUTION AND REDUCING HARM.
BECAUSE IF THE SOLUTION TO MAKE
PEOPLE HAPPY IS THE RESOLUTION
OF SITES, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF
SITES WE HAVE, NO ONE WOULD BE
HAPPY FOR A REALLY, REALLY LONG
TIME. SO THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM
HAS INCORPORATED A SET OF
STRATEGIES TO WORK ON HARM DED,
HARM DEDICATION, SELF RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION OF SITES, ALL SORTS F
SORTS OF THINGS THAT GO BEYOND
JUST CLOSING DOWN A SITE. NEXT
SLIDE. BUILDING ON THOSE FIVE
OBSERVATIONS, THE GUIDING PRINCS
GUIDING PRINCIPLES WE APPROACHEH
APPROACHED WITH OUR, WHEN A
COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED, UPDATED,
THEY WILL BE PATIENT IN THE
PROCESS OVER TIME. THIS IS
BLOCKING ME. HOLD ON. SORRY. I M
I AM LOCKING MYSELF. FOCUSING OG
APPROPRIATE RESOURCES, DEPLOYINS
THAT REDUCE HARM, THIS EQUALS AN
AN APPROACH THAT TAKES TIME, AND
AND LEADS TO MEANINGFUL IMPACT.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS AT SITES LIKE
WOODLAND PARK, AND CITY COMMONS.
COMMONS. WE SAW PEOPLE VERY
FRUSTRATED, SPENDING MONTHS
MEETING TWICE A WEEK WITH OUR
HOUSED NEIGHBORS, OUTREACH WORK,
BIA, COMMUNITY COUNCILMEMBERS,
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND ONCE
THEY GOT ON THE PHONE AND
REALIZED THE COMPLEXITY, THEY
REALLY GAINED A SENSE OF
COMPASSION AND THE RUSH TO GET
THINGS RESOLVED KIND OF WENT AW.
WENT AWAY. AND AT THE END THEY
FELT REALLY, REALLY PROUD IT HAD
IT HAD THE SITE WAS RESOLVED AND
AND HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP E
HELP PEOPLE TRANSITION FROM
LIVING OUTDOORS, INDOORS. NEXT
SLIDE. SO, THE 2023 PROPOSED BT
WILL SHIFT AWAY THE WADE THE TEM
THE TEAM WORKS, TOUGH 4 TO 6
GEOGRAPHIC TEAMS TO FOCUS ON
AREAS OF THE CITY. THIS WILL ALW
THE TEAMS TO TRACK PROGRESS,
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORS BOTH HOUSED
BOTH HOUSED AND UNANNOUNCED,
OUTREACH TEAMS AND BUSINESSES
AND THE FINAL NUMBER WILL BE DED
BE DETERMINED BASED ON STAFFING
LEVELS AND ANALYSIS OF THE NEEDS
NEEDS IN EACH OF THE REGIONS.
AGAIN, TEAMS WILL BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY, N,
COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORS, OUTREACH
TEAMS, AND BUSINESSES WITHIN THR
REGION. AND COORDINATE
DEPLOYMENT OF CITY AND PARTNER S
SUCH AS OUTREACH, TRASH
MITIGATION, RV REMEDIATION, GEO
CLEANING, AND SITE RESOLUTIONS.
THIS WILL MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLEW
WHO TO CALL. LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS SAID, PEOPLE WILL HAVE
SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN GO TO AND
TALK TO AND ENGAGE IN THE
PROCESS WITH. NEXT. THIS IS JUST
JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I WAS
JUST DESCRIBING. ONE MORE THING
TO ADD, WE WILL NEED TO FINALIZE
THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
GEOGRAPHIC ZONES. WE WILL CONSIR
WILL CONSIDER WHAT IS OCCURRING
ON THE GROUND. THE FINAL THING
THAT I WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE SWH
TO SAROJA REDDY, WHICH ALSO
WILL BE ABOUT BUDGET NUMBERS AND
AND WE ALSO HAD SOME QUESTIONS,
BEFORE WE LAUNCH IN A REGION, WE
WE WILL PLAN THAT WORK. THE
PLANNING WILL HAPPEN IN THE
REGION WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH
THE COUNCILMEMBER, WITH THE
BIA, WITH THE SCHOOLTEACHERS,
WHOEVER WANTS TO COME. SO LET'S
SAY WE LAUNCH, AGAIN, THIS IS
JUST AN EXAMPLE, I REPEAT JUST N
EXAMPLE. [ LAUGHTER ] LET'S SAY
WE LAUNCH SOUTHWEST GEORGETOWN
IN QUARTER ONE OF NEXT YEAR. THE
THE FIRST TWO MONTHS WE WILL HAE
WILL HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TH.
MEETINGS THERE. FOLKS WILL COME
TOGETHER AND HELP INFORM HOW THE
THE LAUNCH LOOKS. AND WHAT
ACTIVITIES OCCUR IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT WON'T JUST
BE THE CITY COMING UP WITH IDEAS
IDEAS AND DROPPING INTO A COMMU.
A COMMUNITY. AND SO I JUST WANTD
TO BE CLEAR TO COUNCILMEMBERS,
IF YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN
THE LAUNCH OF A REGION WITHIN YR
DISTRICT, YOU WILL BE INVITED
AND WELCOMED. NEXT SLIDE. SO,
SAROJA, WERE YOU ABLE TO GET ON?
ON?
>> I AM HERE. YES. CAN YOU HEAR?
>> YES.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS. THIS SLIDE, I
WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND N
THE NEXT. THIS IS ABOUT ADDED
CAPACITY TO THE REGIONS. AND I
JUST WANT TO AGAIN, REITERATE WT
REITERATE WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON WENT THROUGH IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE HESITATION. WHICH
WHICH IS, OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURET
ENSURE THAT PUBLIC SPACES ARE
CLEAN, SAFE, AND ACCEPTABLE. AND
AND THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED A MO,
AND AN APPROACH, THAT IS, THAT
WOULD BE IMPLEMENT IT UNDER THEL
STRUCTURE, DESIGNED TO CREATE
ACROSS THE GEOGRAPHIC-BASED
MODEL. THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO
APPROACH THIS ARE SIGNIFICANT AD
I WILL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THESE T.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TOTAL YOU
CT STAFFING, AND DOES SO BY TYPE
TYPE OF ACTIVITY. AND THERE ARE
A TOTAL OF 61 FTE, THAT ARE BEIG
ADDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
BUT THIS IS ONLY A 20.5 FTE
INCREASE OVER THE 2022 BASE PLUE
PLUS SURGE NUMBERS. OF THESE,
AND THAT NEW THREE ARE RHA
OPERATIONS. I WILL HIGHLIGHT
THEM AND QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE.
TWO ARE UCT, NEW UCT OPERATIONS.
OPERATIONS. SIX NEW SYSTEM NAVS
WHICH YOU HEARD ABOUT EARLIER. 9
9 1/2 NEW STAFF FOR CLEAN TEAMS.
TEAMS. AND TWO NEW FOR ENHANCED
CLEANING AND GRAFFITI ON TOP OF
THE BASE. THE TWO CUSTOMER
SERVICE REPS ARE PROVIDING
CONTINUED SUPPORT, AND
IMPROVEMENT OF THE REQUEST
PROCESS THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING
IN 2023. THERE ARE 50 FTE CLEAN
TEAM RESOURCES, THEY ARE SPREAD
AMONG MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS,
INCLUDING PARKS, S.D.O.T., SPUD
SPU AND SPD. AND THAT IS 15.4
MILLION. THEY WILL EXPAND THEIR
EFFORTS IN EACH REGION, TO CLEAN
CLEAN UP TRASH, LITTER, DEBRIS,
FROM PARK SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER
SPACES. WE ARE GETTING ONE FTE
PROGRAM COORDINATOR, TO TRACK TM
TRACK TEAM PERFORMANCE, TRIAGE
EMERGENT OPERATIONAL ISSUES, AND
ISSUES, AND LEAD CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS. WE ARE
ADDING ONE MORE FTE DATA
ANALYST, HSD, IMPROVING AND
REFINING THE INFORMATION SYSTEM,
SYSTEM, ALLOWING US TO KEEP AND
AND GET INFORMATION TO HELP USE
US MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS FOR
RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT AND
ORDINATION WITH KEY PARTNERS.
AND LAST, AS WE MENTIONED, THE
SIX NEW SYSTEM NAVIGATORS. YOU
SEE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THERE.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE?
THIS SLIDE IS, SORRY, THERE AREO
MANY NUMBERS. [ LAUGHTER ] THIS,
THIS, WHAT WE TRY TO DO HERE IS
SHOW BY DEPARTMENT THE
ACTIVITIES, SHOW THE 2022
FUNDING, THE ONE TIME, THE BASE
IN THE ONE-TIME SEARCH, FUNDING
AND STAFFING, AND THE 2023 ADS
AND ADDITIONS FOR TOTAL OF 2023
BUDGET, ONGOING AND NEW, AND
2023 PROPOSED STAFFING. SO YOU
CAN SEE THAT WE STARTED WITH
2022 FUNDING, 23.5 MILLION. AND
THEN WE HAD THE ONE-TIME SEARCHG
OF 9.6. THEN WE HAD THE
BASELEVEL STAFFING OF 61.5. WE D
WE HAD SURGE OF 40.5. OUR ADS IN
IN THE PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET ARE3
MILLION, YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY
ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST THESE AS
AND DEPARTMENTS. SO THE TOTAL
FUNDING FOR 2023 INCLUDING THE
BASE, IS 38.17. WHAT WE ARE
DOING IS BACKFILLING THE SURGE
AMOUNT AND ADDING THE ADDITIONAL
ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION TO COVER
THE DELTA. WHERE DID WE COME UP
WITH THIS NUMBER? WE ASKED DEPA,
WE WORKED WITH DEPARTMENTS OVER
MANY MONTHS AND ASKED
DEPARTMENTS. IF WE CONTINUE TO O
THE CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE,
HOWEVER YOU MIGHT ORGANIZE,
HOWEVER SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY, WT
DIFFERENTLY, WHAT RESOURCES
WOULD YOU NEED TO DO THAT IN
THIS GEOGRAPHIC MODEL? THAT IS
WHAT UNDERLIES THE NUMBERS. SO
WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE
DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE LEARNED
FROM WHAT WE ARE DOING THIS YEAN
THE SEARCH. AND THEN WE APPLIED
THAT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
TO WHAT WE DEVELOPED IN THIS
RAPOSO. THE 2023 STAFFING WE ARG
ARE ADDING THE NEW 20.5, YOU CAN
CAN SEE THAT THERE IN THE LAST
COLUMN TO THE RIGHT, THE TOTAL
STAFFING IS 61.
>> I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE
SLIDE AND THEN WE ARE DONE,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. DID YOU
YOU WANT ME TO FINISH AND THEN O
TO QUESTIONS?
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
>> OKAY. SO NEXT STEPS. WE ARE
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING PROCESS.
WHICH WILL BE COLLABORATIVE
ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PAR.
AND PARTNERS. WE CAN'T DO THIS
ALL AT ONCE. WE WILL NEED THE
SEQUENCE, TO DO THIS THROUGH A
LEARNING-BASED APPROACH. AND WEL
CONTINUE TO DELIVER CITYWIDE SES
AS WE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT THE
GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS. AND THAT
CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. HAPPY
HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE GO .
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. AND ALSO I JUST WANT
TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE
COLLABORATION THIS YEAR BETWEEN
THE COUNCIL AND THE CARE TEAM,
HAS, I THINK, THEN REALLY
PRODUCTIVE. IN TERMS OF BEING
ABLE TO HAVE A RESPONSIVE
PARTNER IN THE EXECUTIVE TO
PROBLEM SOLVE ON BIG PROBLEMS
LIKE WOODLAND PARK. YOU KNOW,
OTHER EXAMPLES THROUGH RECENT,
DEARBORN, JOINT OUTREACH WITH
KCRHA. SO, FIGURING OUT WAYS TO
WAYS TO FORMALIZE THAT PARTNERS,
AND WORK ON SOME OF THE ONGOING
CHALLENGES, I APPRECIATE THAT
THIS PRESENTATION ADMITS TO THIS
THIS BEING AN INTERIM PROCESS. I
I DO THINK PART OF WHAT
DISTINGUISHES THIS PROCESS WE
ARE BEING PRESENTED WITH FROM
THE FORMER NAVIGATION TEAM IS
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS IS ITER,
IS ITERATIVE, AND THAT THERE IS
MORE OPENNESS TO FEEDBACK THAT I
I THINK HAS, THEN HAS PREVIOUSLY
PREVIOUSLY BEEN PRESENTED IN
THIS WORK. SO A HUGE
APPRECIATION FOR THAT. AND IT IS
IS BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE COMM.
THE COMMUNITY. I DO WANT TO GO
BACK TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WAS ACKNOWLEDGED ON A PREVIOUS
SLIDE. THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH
NOT ENOUGH PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO
GO. AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THIS
BUDGET ER WE ARE STANDING UP OR
REINFORCING RESOURCES THAT CAN R
CAN OFFER PEOPLE A PLACE TO GO
AND MAKING A RECORD INVESTMENT
IN HOUSING THAT WILL ULTIMATELY
HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT. BUT I DO
WANT TO OPEN UP A CONVERSATIONE
CONVERSATION HERE BECAUSE THERE
WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT
MITIGATION OR PROBLEM-SOLVING,
SHORT OF REMEDIATING ENCAMPMENT
SITES. IF WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE
LITTLE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT E
I DO THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.
AND FIGURING OUT SOME WAY THAT
WE CAN REDUCE SOME OF THE
PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN
CERTAIN UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS. THAT IN SOME CASES
MAY BE SHORT OF REMOVAL. AND THN
TRIAGE FOR REMOVAL OF
ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE PRESENTED
WITH EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC IMPA.
PROBLEMATIC IMPACTS. I THINK
THIS KIND OF GOES TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WAS
TALKING TO THIS MORNING. IF WED
TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY ANDW
YOU ENVISION, DEPUTY WASHINGTON,
THAT GOING. I THINK THAT IS THE
CORE OF IT. AND WAYS TO
MINIMIZE WHEN THERE ARE
ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTIONS, DISPLACT
RESOLUTIONS, DISPLACEMENT THAT E
THAT CREATE ADDITIONAL
ENCAMPMENTS. I AM GETTING ALL MY
MY QUESTIONS OUT EARLY.
>> I AM WRITING THEM DOWN
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU.
>> GREAT QUESTIONS. I WILL CALL
ON MY RIGHT HAND GAL, LINDSEY,
LINDSEY GARRITY, IN A MINUTE, O
ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. AT
AT THE FIRST ONE, IN TERMS OF
MITIGATION EFFORTS, I WILL GIVE
YOU AN EXAMPLE. FROM WOODLAND P.
WOODLAND PARK. I WILL HIT THE
DISPLACEMENT BUT THEN I REALLY
WANT LINDSEY TO GET INTO KIND
OF YOUR CORE QUESTION AROUND
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN
CAN DO OTHER THAN A REMOVAL?
BECAUSE YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGH,
WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES UNTIL
THE SYSTEM CATCHES UP WITH ANY.
WHICH MEANS UNTIL THE SAFE LOCKS
SAFE LOCKS ARE OPENING UP. SO WE
WE HAVE TO RESERVE THE BEDS THAT
THAT WE STILL HAVE THAT ARE
CAUSING GREAT CONCERNS FOR PEOPE
FOR PEOPLE, THAT LIVE IN THE SI,
OR SURROUNDING COMMUNITY
ENVIRONMENT. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BT
WOODLAND PARK, WHEN WE MET WITH
THE COMMUNITY, THEY WOULD COME
TO THE MEETINGS TWICE A WEEK AND
AND ONE TIME THEY CAME IN THE
FENCE HAD BEEN DRIVEN THROUGH.
SO PEOPLE CAN WASH THEIR HANDS
AND DRINK. THE FOLKS THAT ARE
LIVING AT THE PARK. THE OTHER
ONE WAS, CAN OUTREACH, CAN OUTRH
CAN OUTREACH GO TALK TO FOLKS
AND SAY, WE ARE TRYING TO SLOW
WALK THIS PROCESS, TO GIVE FOLKS
ENOUGH TIME TO GET INTO HOUSIN.
WHOEVER IS DRIVING VEHICLES
THROUGH THE FENCE, HELP US HELP
YOU. PLEASE STOP. AND THEY DID.
AND THEN THE FIRES, I DO NOT
REMEMBER WHAT THE RESOLUTION WAS
WAS ABOUT ONE OF THE FIRES BUT E
AREA HAD COMPLETELY BURNED DOWN.
DOWN. BUT THESE WERE THINGS
BROUGHT UP BY THE COMMUNITY. AND
AND WHAT MADE THEM HAVE
PATIENCE, AND COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, YOU KNOW THIS, BECAUSE
THEY BROUGHT THEM AND THEY WERE
FIXED. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO SEND
AN EMAIL, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO
SEND 50 EMAILS. [ LAUGHTER ]
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO FILL OUT A .
THE FORM HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL
AND AT SOME POINT I'M SURE IT
HAS BEEN VERY STRESSFUL TO FILL
OUT A FORM FOR EVERY SINGLE INC.
SINGLE INCIDENT. THEY JUST
BROUGHT THEM TO THE MEETING,
THEN THEY WERE RESOLVED, THEN
PARKS COULD SAY, WE CAN DO THAT.
THAT. I THINK A RESOLUTION FOR
THE WATER WAS THAT ONE OF THE
OUTREACH TEAMS GOT A KEY, TO
UNLOCK WHERE THE WATER WAS WHEN
THE RESIDENTS NEEDED IT. IT
WORKED BEAUTIFULLY. SO THAT IS
AN EXAMPLE OF HARM REDUCTION OR
MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT CAN .
CAN HAPPEN. THAT WILL GIVE OUR
HOUSED NEIGHBORS THE PATIENCE TT
UNTIL THERE ARE ENOUGH BEDS TO
BRING PEOPLE INSIDE. LET ME HAVE
HAVE LINDSEY JUMP IN NOW BECAUSE
BECAUSE OF THE DISPLACEMENT
CONVERSATION. IT WILL TAKE A MI.
A MINUTE. LINDSEY, DID YOU WANT
TO ADD ANYTHING AROUND HARM
MITIGATION STRATEGIES OR SELF
RESOLUTION, OR ANYTHING?
>> YES, I THINK THE STRATEGIES
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON TALKED
ABOUT ARE GOOD ONES. THEY ARE
NOT THINGS WE WOULD KNOW BY WHAT
WHAT WE SAID. BY ENGAGING WITH ,
WITH COMMUNITY, BY SAYING WHAT
IS GOING ON, BY SOLVING IT, MANY
MANY OF THOSE CHALLENGES, WE CAN
CAN SAY, THAT IS EASY. WE WILL
JUST GIVE THEM A KEY. SOME
OTHERS AROUND TRASH MITIGATION,
WHAT CAN WE DO TO CLEAN UP
AROUND THE SITE. REMOVING
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, IF THERE IS
IS ANOTHER ONE. A SERIES OF
PROPANE TANKS. TO HOUSE PEOPLE
DIRECTLY FROM THE STREETS. REALY
STREETS. REALLY LEANING INTO THE
THE HOUSING FIRST. REALLY
STANDING UP, FOCUSING ON NEIGHB,
BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE
CITY SIDE, THE SERVICES SIDE,
AND THE REGIONAL HOMELESS SOCIE.
HOMELESS SOCIETY. TO BE ABLE TO
MOVE PEOPLE DIRECTLY INSIDE, TO
HOUSING, WHO CAN. AND THEN HAVE
SHELTER FOR THOSE THAT NEED
ADDITIONAL TIME.
>> I WILL GET TO THE
DISPLACEMENT, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS. MAYBE WE CAN RIDE THIS
ONE OUT AND THEN MOVED TO
DISPLACEMENT WHEN THERE ARE NO
LONGER QUESTIONS.
>> DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP? GO.
GO AHEAD.
>> WHY NOT JUST TALK ABOUT THE
DISPLACEMENT NOW?
>> HAPPY TO. I SAW COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ' HAND U.
HAND UP. IS IT ABOUT THIS?
>> I THINK DEPUTY MAYOR, BECAUSE
BECAUSE WE WILL TRY TO TAKE A
BREAK AT 1:00, I THINK IT IS GOD
TO GET THE ANSWER OUT TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, AND THEN
GET TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AS
WELL.
>> GREAT, SO DISPLACEMENT HAS
BEEN A QUESTION ASKED IN THE
WHOLE 10 YEARS, LIKE ALL OF MY E
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WHEN I
NEED TO REMIND PEOPLE OF IS, ITT
BE FIXED. ONE OF TWO THINGS NEED
NEED TO HAPPEN, WORKING ON A
SYSTEM TO BETTER TRACK WHERE
PEOPLE ARE GOING. SO WHEN THEY
CAME TO THE MAYOR'S TEAM TO GIVE
TO GIVE AN UPDATE, ONE OF THE
EXCITING THINGS THAT THE CEO
SAID WAS THEIR SYSTEM ADVOCATES,
ADVOCATES, I THINK THAT IS WHAT
THEY ARE CALLED, THEY ARE
WALKING WITH SOMEONE FOR NO
SHORTER THAN A YEAR. THEY SAY
THAT ON PURPOSE. NO LESS THAN A
YEAR. WHAT THAT OFFERS, WHAT
HAPPENS NOW, [ LAUGHTER ] AS YOY
WELL KNOW BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE
BEEN FRUSTRATED, OUTREACH WORKE,
WORKER REFERS, CASE MANAGER
TAKES THE BATON. IF YOU WERE TO
GO TO THE OUTREACH WORKER AND
SAY, DID THAT PERSON ACTUALLY
LIKE NO INTO THE SHELTER? THEY
WILL SAY, I DON'T KNOW. YOU HAVE
HAVE TO ASK THE CASE MANAGER. R?
MANAGER. RIGHT? NOW HERE IS
WHERE THE SYSTEM BREAKDOWN
HAPPENS. WE ARE IN AN OFTEN STA.
OFTEN STATE. MEANING, AND I
AGREE WITH THIS, NO ONE HAS TO
GIVE THEIR IDENTITY IN ORDER TOT
TO GET SERVICE. THAT IS A GOOD
THING. MEANING I DO NOT HAVE TO
GIVE YOU MY FULL FIRST AND LAST
NAME, MY BIRTH DATE, MY SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER, TO GET INSIDE
THE SHELTER. I THINK W ALL
SHARE THAT VALUE. [ LAUGHTER ]
BUT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO DO TH.
DO THAT. FOR THAT PURPOSE,
TRYING TO CONNECT WHO WAS AT A
SITE, THAT GOT AN OFFER OF
SHELTER, AND WHETHER THAT PERSON
PERSON WENT INTO SHELTER, FIRST
STEP. AND STAYED IN THAT
SHELTER, SECOND STEP. AND MOVE
TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
HOUSING, THIRD STEP. IS ONLY
POSSIBLE IF THERE IS A
CONNECTING LINK AND THE SAME
STATED IDENTIFICATION. TIFFANY N
TIFFANY WASHINGTON ACCEPTED SHE.
ACCEPTED SHELTER. I HANDED
TIFFANY WASHINGTON TO THE CASE
MANAGER. THE CASE MANAGER ACCEPD
TIFFANY WASHINGTON AND IF IT IS
NOT THAT CLEAN, IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE. SO THE CEOS IDEA OF
GETTING RID OF THE PASS OFF,
WILL HELP US GET CLOSER THAN
EVER BEFORE. MEANING, THE SYSTEE
SYSTEM ADVOCATE REFERS THE
PERSON TO THE SHELTER, TAKES
THEM TO THE SHELTER, AND CHECKS
IN WITH THEM. SHELTER OR
PERMANENT HOUSING. I WANT TO SA.
SAY THAT. SO, CEO IS ALSO
REMINDING US THAT NOT EVERYONE S
TO GO INTO SHELTER TO GO TO PERT
HOUSING. SOME KINKO FROM THE SHR
TO THE PERMANENT HOUSING. BUT HG
ONE PERSON SERVE THAT
INDIVIDUAL, FOR NO LESS THAN A ,
A YEAR, MAY GET US CLOSER TO
UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAPPENS FROM
ON HOUSED TO HOUSE. DOES THAT
MAKE SENSE, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
LEWIS? DO YOU HAVE CLARIFYING ?
CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? THAT
SOUNDS LIKE GREAT FOR THOSE THAT
THAT CAN GET SHELTER REFERRALS.
>> SO WE CAN CONFIRM AND VERIFY
THAT THE OFFER TRANSLATED INTO
SOMEBODY GETTING INTO A PLACE. I
I THINK THE OTHER COMPONENT OF
DISPLACEMENT IS PEOPLE WHO NEVEE
AN OFFER IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND
AND GET DISPLACED FROM THE
ENCAMPMENT LOCATION. SOME OF
THAT IS GOING TO BE UNAVOIDABLE.
BE UNAVOIDABLE. BUT I THINK IT S
THE METRIC THAT WE NEED TO TRAC.
TO TRACK. WE WANT TO WORK
TOWARDS GETTING THE NUMBER AS
SMALL AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO DO THAT UNLESS WE TRACK .
TRACK IT.
>> YOU ARE A COMMERCIAL FOR THE
GEOGRAPHIC TEENS IN THAT STATEM.
THAT STATEMENT. SO THAT'S ONE OF
OF THE THINGS WE ARE HOPING TO ,
TO FIX, WE HAVE THE SAME STAFF
IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
THEN WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH
IDENTIFYING PEOPLE, NAMING THEM.
IT HAS TO BE RELATIONSHIP
DRIVEN. LIKE I KNOW YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. THEN IF I D
I RESOLVED THIS, HE'S GOING TO
SEE ME. I THOUGHT YOU SAID
YOU'RE GOING TO THE SHELTER?
VERSUS NOW, SO MANY DIFFERENT PE
DIFFERENT PEOPLE GO TO SO MANY
DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE UNIFIED
CARE TEAM TO RESOLVE ISSUES,
THEY DON'T GET THE CHANCE TO
KNOW PEOPLE. AND LASTLY, I
WOULDN'T BE THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING IF I
DID NOT SAY I DON'T BELIEVE
PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING OFFICE OF
SHELTER. MY STAFF ARE REQUIRED
TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELTER.
ADEQUATE SHELTER OFFERED TO EVE.
TO EVERYONE. I THINK WE HAD A CN
A CELEBRATION, THEY ARE MOSTLY
HARD-WORKING PEOPLE, LOTS OF
THEM WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. I
BELIEVE THEM WHEN THEY TELL ME,
BECAUSE I SEE THEM AND I SEE
THEM WORK HARD ON BEHALF OF
PEOPLE LIVING ON SHELTERED. I
BELIEVE THEY OFFERED SOMEONE SH.
SOMEONE SHELTER.
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. I
HAVE TO KEEP US TO AN HOUR BREA.
HOUR BREAK. BUT I WANT TO NOTE T
NOTE THAT I SEE THESE HANDS. I
ASSUME YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS.
AND MYSELF I LIKE TO ADD TO THE
THE QUEUE. AS I UNDERSTAND IT,
WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
YOU AND YOUR TEAM BACK AT 2 P.M.
, THE WHOLE TEAM. WE WILL KEEP
THE LINE UP GOING, WE WILL JUST
PUSH PAUL'S ON THIS DISCUSSION
AND WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH THE
THE CONVERSATION THIS AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO
YOU ALL, THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR.
WE ARE GOING TO HOLD OFF ON
PUBLIC ASSETS AND PARKS UNTIL
THIS AFTERNOON AND KEEP THE
CONVERSATION GOING ON UNIFIED C.
UNIFIED CARE. WITH SO WE FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT
FRONT OF US. JUST TO CIRCLE BAC,
CIRCLE BACK, THE QUESTIONS WILL
CONTINUE AROUND THIS THING
WISHING BETWEEN A GENUINE OFFERS
OFFER VERSUS ACTUALLY TRACKING
THE PLACEMENT IN GETTING THE
DATA. FOR CENTRAL STAFF, YOU CAN
CAN SEND ME MORE INFORMATION IF
THERE IS MORE INFORMATION WE CAN
CAN SEE FOR 2024. EVERYTHING
I'VE SEEN SO FAR IS 2023. YOU
WILL GET TO THAT THIS AFTERNOON
AS WELL. LET'S SAY 2:05. JUST TO
TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS A
FULL HOUR. 2:05, WE WILL RECONV.
WILL RECONVENE. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION. THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEEG
COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW IN
RECESS UNTIL 2:05 P.M. ON
OCTOBER 14th. THANKS FOR HANGING
HANGING OUT WITH US THIS
AFTERNOON, SEE YOU IN AN HOUR.