>>> GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE.
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
THIS IS THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY.
IT IS MARCH 22ND, 9:30 A.M.
WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU ON THIS
SUNNY FRIDAY.
AND THANK YOU TO MY BUDDY
MR. JOHNSON FOR JOINING US.
APPRECIATE THAT.
TWO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
FIRST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT, OF COURSE.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM
JASON JOHNSON AND ALLEN LEE ON
THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS.
I'VE ASKED THEM TO BE PREPARED
TO TALK TO US ABOUT A
RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE AND NEXT
STEPS.
SECOND, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE
SERVICES TODAY.
WE'LL HAVE THE MAYOR'S NOMINEE
JOHNSON AND DEPUTY MAYOR MOSELEY
AT THE TABLE.
I WELCOME YOU HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ WELCOME
BACK FROM SAN DIEGO.
AND WE WILL HAVE, JUST FOR THE
RECORD, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
ANOTHER IN TWO WEEKS ON APRIL
12TH.
SO LET'S DIVE IN TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE DO LINE
UP AT THE TWO DIFFERENT
MICROPHONES.
SINCE WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 14
PEOPLE SIGNED UP TODAY I'M GOING
TO ASK FOR A TWO MINUTE CLOCK TO
BE PLACED ON EACH PERSON.
SO JANE KLEIN AND MY FRIEND
MR. ABDULA.
AND THEN JANE POPE IN THAT
ORDER.
WAIT A SECOND.
BEFORE YOU GET GOING, IS YOUR
MICROPHONE ON?
DO YOU SEE THE LITTLE BETWEEN
DOT?
JANE, YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK
RIGHT, THAT RAISES.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN
SUPPORT OF JASON JOHNSON.
I'VE BEEN A CITY EMPLOYEE FOR
FOUR YEARS.
I'M HIS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT SO I
KNOW HIM AND HIS WORK WELL.
FIRST, HAVING JASON SERVE AS
DIRECTOR PROVIDES STABILITY FOR
OUR STAFF AND THE REGION'S
SERVICES SECTOR AS A WHOLE.
SECOND, GIVEN THE IMPORTANT WORK
THIS YEAR TO CREATE A NEW
CONSOLIDATED ENTITY FOR
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE, JASON IS
THE RIGHT PERSON TO LEAD IN THIS
PERIOD WHERE HE HAS
UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY AND
THE STAFF WORK.
THIRD, JASON IS AN OPEN AND
INCLUSIVE LEADER.
AS HIS SCHEDULER, I CAN ATTEST
HOW HE ACOME DIETS IMPROMPTU
MEETINGS WITH STAFF.
HE TRULY HAS AN OPEN DOOR
POLICY.
LASTLY, THERE ARE MANY MANY
OTHER HSG EMPLOYEES AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT
THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION OF JASON.
PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT IN
MEETINGS THE PRESS HAS DESCRIBED
AS CIRCUS-LIKE ISN'T THERE
STYLE.
YOU'VE RECEIVED MESSAGES OF
SUPPORT FOR JASON AND HOPE YOU
VALUE THOSE SINCERELY.
>> JANE, THANK YOU.
HUH DSHGE, WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS HUMDE ABDUL.
I'M REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY I
SERVE WHICH IS MAINLY REFUGEES
AND ALSO I SUPPORT EQUITY AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE IN KING COUNTY
AND THROUGHOUT THE SEATTLE AREA.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
REFLECT ON MAYOR JENNY DURKAN'S
DECISION.
MANY OF MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS
WELL AS FRIENDS HAVE DISCUSSED
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
APPOINTMENT WE BELIEVE JASON
JOHNSON IS A STRONG LEADER WHO
CAN BRING PROGRESS, INNOVATION,
AND HAVE A LITTLE TO UPLIFT THE
MORALE AND THE WORK OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, ESPECIALLY IN THE
AREA OF HOMELESSNESS.
I WORK WITH MR. JASON AT ALL
HOME BOARD AND HAD A DISCUSSION
WITH HIM IN DIFFERENT MEETINGS,
INCLUDING ONE TABLE.
AND ALSO INCLUDING THE TASK
FORCE.
I WAS ALSO PART OF A GROUP THAT
TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
WITH MR. JASON TO ADVOCATE FOR
MORE SUPPORT FOR OUR HOMELESS
FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS.
I FOUND MR. JASON JOHNSON
SOMEONE WHO IS ABLE TO CONNECT
PEOPLE ACROSS DIFFERENT SECTORS
AND CULTURES TO BRING MEANINGFUL
DISCUSSIONS AND SOLUTIONS IN OUR
GROWING COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE.
FURTHER MORE, OUR COMM
VALUES HIS APPOINTMENT BECAUSE
OF HIS PASSION IN CARING ABOUT
HUMAN DIGNITY.
AND ALSO CARING ABOUT EQUITY AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PROSPERITY
FOR -- THANK YOU HUMDE, I'M
GOING TO ASK YOU TO WRAP IT UP.
>> I BELIEVE THAT JASON IS
QUALIFIED TO LEAD THIS WORK AND
HE HAS THE FULL SUPPORT OF MY
COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
CHANGE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING.
WE HAVE JANET POPE AND GORDON
McHENRY.
AND AFTER THAT DENISE, SCOTT
SCHUBERT, AND BUS.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JANET POPE.
CEO OF COMPASS HOUSING ALLIANCE.
WE FLUCTUATE BETWEEN THE SECOND
AND THIRD LARGEST HOLDER OF
CONTRACTS WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY.
WE OFFER 800 AFFORDABLE UNITS
WITHIN THE COUNTY.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM.
I STARTED MY POSITION NEARLY SIX
YEARS AGO JUST AS THE FORMER
AMAZINGLY TALENTED LEADER
KATHERINE WAS GOING FROM
PERMANENT TO INTERIM AND BACK TO
PERMANENT.
IT WAS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING FOR
PROVIDERS AS THE DEPARTMENT WAS
PARALYZED JUST AS SO MANY
CRITICAL PROCESSES AND
IMPROVEMENTS WERE HAPPENING THAT
WENT UNRESOLVED.
SINCE THEN JASON AS THE DIRECTOR
FOR HOMELESSNESS, THE DEPARTMENT
HAS DONE AMAZING WORK, INCLUDING
WORKING WITH MANY CONSULTANTS
THAT IN MY OPINION HAVE FINALLY
MOVED THE SYSTEM FORWARD.
JASON HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL AND
HUGELY SUPPORTED FOR COMPASS,
HELPING COMPASS EXPAND
OUR 24/7 MODEL.
AND HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM THAT IS HAVING
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THE
SYSTEM.
WE HAVE IMPROVED OUR DATA-DRIVEN
DECISIONS, AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO
SHARE SOME OF THE DAY AND THINGS
WITH THE SYSTEM AND THE EVIDENCE
THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH
FUTURE LABS AND SOME OF THE
OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE
CONSULTANTS WE'VE HAD WITH THE
CITIES, IT IS TIME FOR ACTION
AND FAST ACTION.
IT IS NOT TIME TO FIND A LEADER
WHEN WE HAVE SOMEONE WITH THE
RIGHT SKILLS AND THE KNOWLEDGE
ALREADY IN PLACE.
>> THANK YOU, JANET.
JORDAN McHENRY.
>> GOOD MIRANDA WARNING.
I'M JORDAN McHENRY JR. I'M
PRESIDENT OF SOLID GROUND.
I SUPPORT THE COUNCIL MOVING
FORWARD WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY
APPOINTING A DIRECTOR OF THE
HOMELESSNESS DEPARTMENT.
UNCERTAINTY AND DELAY IS HARMFUL
TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
DEPARTMENT AND CAN WEAKEN
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP.
IT ECHOES A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR
BY THE CITY FOR THOSE WHO LEAD
HSD.
IT IS AN ESPECIALLY DISTURBING
PATTERN.
I SUPPORT MAYOR DURKAN'S
NOMINATION OF JASON TO BE
CONFIRMED AS DIRECTOR OF THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SOLID GROUND IS A PARTNER OF THE
CITY PROVIDING SERVICES IN THE
AREAS OF HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING, FOOT AND HUNGER.
IN THIS WORLD WE WORK ON A DAILY
BASIS WITH THE STAFF AND
LEADERSHIP OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE WORKED FOR YEARS WITH
JASON AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND
AFTER KATHERINE'S DEPARTURE,
INTERIM DIRECTOR.
WE'RE BOTH PART OF THE BOARD.
HE IS A STRONG PARTNER IN THE
HARD WORK TO REDESIGN OUR
HOMELESS SYSTEM SO IT WILL
STRENGTHEN OUR WORK TO MAKE
HOMELESSNESS RARE, BRIEF, AND
ONE TIME.
HE'S COMMITTED TO SOCIAL JUSTICE
VALUES AND COMPONENT THAT IS ARE
KEY TO SEATTLE BEING A CITY
THAT'S FAIR, JUST, AND
EQUITABLE.
HE IS LEADING AND LEADING WELL.
I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO
AFFIRM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GORDON, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING
ON SOLID GROUND.
WE HAVE DENISE, SCOTT, AND THEN
BRUCE.
>> MY NAME IS DENISE CROWNBELL.
I'M CO-CHAIR OF SEATTLE SILENCE
BREAKERS.
I'M HERE TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE
NOMINATION OF JASON JOHNSON.
THIS NOMINATION DIDN'T FOLLOW
THE PROCESS THAT HSD EMPLOYEES
WERE PROMISED BY THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, NOR WHAT, ISSB WAS TOLD
BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WOULD
HAPPEN.
AN OPEN, INCLUSIVE, AND
TRANSPARENT SEARCH PROCESS.
MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE TESTIFIED TO
THE FACT THAT THE PROCESS DID
NOT INCLUDE A RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE LENS.
MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ALSO
TESTIFIED TO THAT FACT.
THE REASON SURVEYS SHOW DEEP
CONCERN WITH LEADERSHIP,
INCLUDING THE SPAN OF TIME
MR. JOHNSON WAS THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR.
WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN
OUT ABOUT THE NOMINATION, HOW
CAN COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD.
>> IF CONFIRMED, HOW DOES HZ
MOVE FORWARD?
THIS ONES COUNTER TO THE CITY'S
VALUES.
IT WAS NOT AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS.
WORDS AND ACTIONS MATTER.
AND THEN FINALLY, PUTTING ASIDE
MY OTHER HATS, LIKE MY SILENCE
BREAKER HAT AND MY UNION HAT,
AND SPEAKING AT DENISE, CITY
EMPLOYEE.
IN MY NEARLY 19 YEAR OF THE CITY
I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY
EMPLOYEES COME OUT AND TESTIFY,
AND THIS ABOUT THEIR OWN BOSS.
THEY DO THAT AT GREAT RISK TO
THEIR FUTURES AT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AND YET THEY STILL TESTIFIED
BECAUSE THEY CARED.
ASK AS A CITIZEN OF SEATTLE
PULLING THE NOMINATION FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
COMMITTE I FEEL IS AN END RUN
AROUND COUNCIL'S DUTY AS A
LEGISLATIVE BODY.
I KNOW THINGS GET POLITICAL, BUT
IT FEELS REALLY POLITICAL.
AND IT ALSO FEELS UNDEMOCRATIC
AND DISRESPECTFUL.
PLEASE RETURN THIS NOMINATION TO
COUNCIL AND REDO THE SEARCH
PROCESS OR TO THE MAYOR AND REDO
THE SEARCH PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE SCOTT.
SCOTT, BRUCE, AND THEN PEGGY.
>> MY NAME IS SCOTT SCHUBERT AND
I'M THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE
HOMELESS HOUSING FOR YMCA.
I'M HERE TO READ A LETTER OF
SUPPORT.
HE SAYS I'M WRITING AGAIN TO
EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR MAYOR
DURKAN'S NOMINATION OF JASON
JOHNSON.
HE'S COMPASSIONATE, INTUITIVE,
AND HARDWORKING LEADER.
HE PURSUES IDEAS AND CREATES
TEAMS TO EXECUTE ON THEM.
JASON'S OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE
PROVIDES A PERSPECTIVE
SUPPORTS HAVING HSD PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS IN ALL SOLUTIONS.
I'VE WORKED WITH JASON FOR TEN
YEARS AND HAVE ALWAYS RESPECTED
HIS PROFESSIONALISM AND EARNED
LEADERSHIP.
HE HAS EARNED RESPECT FROM HIS
COLLEAGUES IN GOVERNMENT,
NONPROFIT, PHILANTHROPY, AND
BUSINESS IN EACH OF HIS ROLES,
INCLUDING HIS STINT AT INTERIM
DIRECTOR OF HSD.
THE STEADY LEADERSHIP JASON HAS
PROVIDED HAS LED TO CIG CAN
RESULTS FOR SOME OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE CITIZENS OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
STABILITY OF LEADERSHIP DURING
THE PLANNING AND TRANSITION
PHASE OF CREATING A JOINT
OVERSIGHT STRUCTURE TO GUIDE THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE IS
ESSENTIAL.
NONPROFIT PART NERS SUCH AS THE
YMCA RELY ON HSD FUNDING AND
OPERATIONAL COMPETENCY.
CONFIRMING JASON PROVIDES
CERTAINTY DURING THIS TIME OF
IMPORTANT TRANSITION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING SCOT.
BRUCE, PEGGY, AND I THINK IT'S
GINA.
>> MY NAME IS BRUCE.
LAST NIGHT RESIDENTS VOTE
TO ALLOW JOHNSON'S BULLY LEE
HIGH.
LEHIGH SUPPORTED THAT DECISION.
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.
PUT A LEASH ON YOUR DOG LEE
HIGH.
DON'T BE A HYPOCRITE.
THIS IS SELF-MANAGEMENT VERSUS
MISMANAGEMENT.
I'M ONE-THIRD OF THE LEADERSHIP
THAT LEADS BY EXAMPLE.
SELF-MANAGEMENT TAKES PRACTICE,
HUMILITY, AND FORGIVENESS.
HUMBLE YOURSELF, JASON JOHNSON.
VIVA THE NICKELSON FELLOW
VILLAGE.
>> THANK YOU, BRUCE.
PEGGY?
>> MY NAME IS PEGGY HOTES.
NICKELS VIL IS SELF-GOVR ED
GOVERNED.
SELF-MANAGEMENT ISN'T FOR
EVERYONE, BUT MOST PEOPLE AGREE
IT'S A VALUABLE TYPE OF
ORGANIZING THAT SHOULD BE PART
OF A BROAD RANGE OF SHELTER
OPTIONS.
JASON JOHNSON DOESN'T AGREE.
HE'S DONE HIS LEVEL BEST TO TRY
AND ELIMINATE THEM.
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP RA
POWERFUL NONPROFIT HAS BEEN
ENCOURAGED TO SWALLOW
NICKELSVILLE.
HOMELESS PEOPLE THEMSELVES PUT
IN WORK TO BUILD NICKELSVILLE.
IN 2018 TENT CITY FIVE VOTED TO
SWITCH ITS OPERATIONS TO THE
LOW-INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE.
AND JASON JOHNSON SAID THAT WAS
JUST FINE.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AGAINST THE
ORDINANCE.
LAST NIGHT AT OTHELLO VILLAGE
THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO
REJECT LEHIGH AND STICK WITH
NICKELSVILLE.
HERE'S A TEST OF INTELTY.
WILL JASON JOHNSON REJECT
DEMOCRACY WHEN IT DOESN'T SUIT
HIS PURPOSES?
>> GINA.
WE HAVE GINA, SEAN, AND THEN
BENJAMIN COX.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS GINA.
I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF SEATTLE
SILENCE BREAKERS AND ORGANIZER
FOR RADICAL WOMEN.
I'M HERE TO URGE YOU NOT TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE NOMINATION OF
THE HSD DIRECTOR.
I WANT TO THANK THOSE DIREC R
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE VOTED
TO SEND THIS BACK.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU
ARE STANDING FOR A TRANSPARENT
AND INCLUSIVE PROCESS.
IF YOU MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD
WITHOUT THAT, THAT IS A MESSAGE
THAT YOU ARE SENDING.
SOME OF YOU HAVE STARTED THE
DESIRE TO CHANGE THE PROCESS
LATER.
MY QUESTION IS WHY NOT NOW?
THIS MOMENT IS BEFORE YOU.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO AND YOU TO
TAKE A STAND AND SHOW SUPPORT OF
THOSE HSD EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
SPEAKING UP.
THESE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
RECIPIENTS WHO HAVE ALSO MAD
THEIR POSITION CLEAR AND BEEN
ORGANIZING.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO SHOW THEIR
ROYCES AND ORGANIZING MATTERS IN
THIS CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
SEAN AND THEN BENJAMIN COX.
>> HI MY NAME'S SEAN BAKELY.
I WORK FOR KING COUNTY FOR AN
ORGANIZATION WITH PEOPLE WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
WE HAVE A GRANT FROM THE COUNTY
BEST STARTS FOR KIDS.
DISABILITY IS THE SINGLE LARGEST
DISPROPORTION NALTY IN THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS WHERE 6.4 OF
THE POP ULATION AND 53%.
I WANT TO FOCUS ON TWO.
EXTREMELY LOWENING IN IS
CALCULATED 30% OF A MS.
SPEAKERI.
ON SOCIAL SECURITY YOU'RE MAKING
WELL BELOW AND THAT'S THEFR
GOING TO CHANGE.
THERE'S A LARGE PORTION OF
PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD HOUSING
BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE ENOUGH
MONEY.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THE
VULNERABILITY INDEX DOES NOT
WEIGH DISABILITY.
IT DOESN'T WEIGH LANGUAGE ACCESS
EITHER.
PEOPLE CAN BE VULNERABLE IN REAL
LIFE BUT NOT RATE AS NEEDING
INTERVENTION.
I HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE.
I CAN THINK OF AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO'S DEATH, AUTISTIC, MEDICALLY
FRAGILE, AND TRANSGENDER AND DID
NOT SCORE AS VULNERABLE ENOUGH.
I LEAVE YOU WITH THESE AND I
HOPE THAT YOU WILL LOOK AT THE
REASONS WHY DISABLED PEOPLE
AREN'T BEING SERVED.
>> THANK YOU.
BENJAMIN COX?
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE,
MATTHEW LANE.
BENJAMIN HERE?
NO?
OKAY, MATTHEW?
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO READ A LETTER FROM
THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION.
DEAR, LOW-INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
MAYOR DURKAN, AND SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'VE HAD A
LONG AND PRODUCTIVE ASSOCIATION
WITH NICKELSVILLE.
OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE SEEN
NICKELSVILLE SUCCEED IN
PROVIDING NEEDED SHELTER,
SAFETY, AND COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE SEEN THE DEDICATION AND
RESILIENCE OF RESIDENTS,
LEADERS, AND STAFF AS THEY HAVE
HANGED LIVES AND BUILT LASTING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORS AND
THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE DISMAYED TO LEARN THAT
LEHIGH HAS TOLD THEM TO WITHDRAW
IN A MATTER OF DAYS.
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS
ENCOURAGING THIS MOVE.
WE UNDERSTAND THERE
DISAGREEMENTS.
AND THE SELF-MANAGEMENT MODEL
THAT IS CENTRAL TO NICKELSVILLE.
WE ARE NOT EXPERTS, BUT BELIEVE
THERE MUST BE A SOLUTION TO
THESE DISAGREEMENT THAT IS
DOESN'T END IN THIS DAMAGING WAY
AND PRESERVES NICKELSVILLE'S
INTEGRITY.
THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION CALLS
ON THE BOARD, MAYOR, AND CITY
COUNCIL TO DIRECT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ENCOURAGE
THE SELF-MANAGEMENT NICKELSVILLE
HAS SUCCEEDED WITH.
WE ASK THEY ON REALITY THEIR
CAMPS IN A COOLING DOWN PERIOD
OF A MONTH.
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT
WITHOUT MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED
WORK AND ESPECIALLY THE ACTIVISM
OF NICKELSVILLE IT'S UNLIKELY
SEATTLE WOULD BE A NATIONAL
LEADER IN PIONEERING TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMIT NMENT
TO RESOLVING THIS FAIRLY.
SINCERELY, THE TRANSIT RIDERS.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE?
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY
THIS MORNING.
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO OUR NEXT
SECTION WHICH IS WITH MARK
DONES.
I THINK TESS COLBY IS HERE.
COME UP TO THE TABLE AND ANYBODY
ELSE YOU'RE BRINGING WITH YOU.
I BELIEVE JASON JOHNSON YOU'RE
GOING TO BE PART OF THIS AS
WELL.
JEFF, TRACY, ARE YOU PART OF
THIS?
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
IF YOU WILL, AS YOU'RE SETTLING
IN, ALLEN IF YOU'LL START WITH
INTRODUCTIONED.
YOU HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT'S
READY TO GO?
>> I'M ALLEN LEE WITH CO
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THANK YOU, TESS, DO YOU WANT
TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> I DO.
GOOD MORNING I'M TESS COLBY WITH
THE MAYOR OFFICE.
>> HI I'M MARK WITH THE SERVICE.
>> ALLEN, ARE YOU KICKING THIS
OFF?
>> I'M HAPPY TO.
>> PLEASE DOCH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO TODAY WE ARE HEARING FROM, AS
YOU NOTED MAD DAM CHAIR, FROM
MARK DONEES.
I ASK AS WELL AS MEMBER OF THE
-- THAT
MARK DONEES AND NIS PREVIOUSLY
UNDER FUTURE LABORATORIES THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THEY MAD
PROCESS THAT'S BEEN ABREED TO BY
THE MAYOR AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE
LAST MAY TO COMBINING THE
INVESTMENTS INTO ONE COMBINED
COUNTY CITY AUTHORITY.
SO THE LAST TIME THAT -- EXCUSE
ME, TWO MEETINGS AGO FOR THE
SELECT COMMITTEE
>> I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT WE CLARIFY WHAT CLIENT
GROUP MEANS.
I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE FOLKS
WHO HAD EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS
ON THIS GROUP IN THIS CASE IT
MEANS COUNCIL MEMBERS PLUS
MAYORAL STAFF WHICH IS THE
SIMILAR MAKEUP, I UNDERSTAND,
TRA THE COUNTY COUNCIL IS USING
TO MAKE SURE THE ELECTIVES GET
FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS USING A NEW
MODEL.
I DON'T WANT FOLKS TO THINK
THERE'S A CLIENT GROUP PEOPLE
HAVEN'T YET HEARD OF.
I THINK IT NEEDS A NEW NAME
BECAUSE IT'S A FOCUSED INTERNAL
CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S
CLEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHO'S ON THE CLIENT GROUP?
WHO ARE THEY?
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS BAGSHAW, MOS
CADDO, AND O'BRIEN.
>> I'M SORRY?
>> THERE'S MORE THAN THAT?
>> THE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS
PLUS STAFF FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND THEN CENTRAL STAFF IS
ALSO IN THE ROOM AS WELL AS
COUNCIL STAFF.
AND MARK REPRESENTING IN HIS
ROLE AS PROJECT MANAGER HAS BEEN
PARTICIPATING.
>> TEN PEOPLE?
SIX PEOPLE?
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE, AND WHAT
IS THEIR GIRL?
>> SO THERE'S THREE COUNCIL
MEMBERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING
ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL,
MAYOR'S STAFF, HSD STAFF.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
VARIOUS DEPENDING ON WHICH STAFF
SHOW UP.
IT'S BEEN ANYWHERE FROM --
>> I'M SORRY, I'M PROBABLY NOT
ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS.
>> SORRY.
>> WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES AND WHAT
IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CLIENT
GROUP?
WHO ARE THEY?
OH GREAT.
>> I'M NOT CLEAR.
I GOT THE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I GOT THAT PART.
>> PRESIDENT HAROLD, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HAROLD, THIS WAS
ESTABLISHED BY LEGISLATIVE
INTENT DURING THE LAST BUDGET
SESSION AND THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT CALLED FOR
THE CREATION OF A JOINT
EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL LED QUOTE
UNQUOTE CLIENT GROUP THAT WOULD
EXPLORE HOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS
AT THAT TIME FORTHCOMING
RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE
IMPLEMENTED TO COMPLETION DURING
THE YEAR 2019.
AND CURRENTLY
THAT GROUP COMPRISES THE
AFOREMENTIONED THREE COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I'M ALSO PRESENT AT THIS CLIENT
GROUP HAS BEEN JASON JOHNSON,
MARK DONES HAS RECENTLY JOINED.
TESS COLBY.
AND CENTRAL STAFF.
AM I MISSING ANYONE?
OH, AND EXCUSE ME, STEVE WALKER
FROM THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
AS WELL AS THE OFFICE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE.
>> SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS GROUP
IS TO INFORM RECOMMENDATIONS
WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
>> YOU MENTIONED STEVE WALKER
FROM OH.
SWAUB FROM OHR, AND THE THREE
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
JASON JOHNSON WAS THERE, AND
TESS COLBY FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
I REMEMBER WE SET UP DURING THE
BUDGET PROCESS.
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS IN A
VERY COMPRESSED TIME PERIOD
DURING THE BUDGET PERIOD.
WE PUT PLACE HOLDERS IN THERE
AND FWIF IT SOME THOUGHT.
I DON'T A DEEP DIVE IN THINKING
ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND WHO
SHOULD HELP DEVELOP IT.
MY CONCERN IS WHETHER IT'S TOP
HEAVY AND WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE CLIENT
GROUP.
I THINK THE LAST THING WE WANT
TO DO IS COME OUT WITH A
STRUCTURE THAT'S TOP HEAVY
WITHOUT THE INPUT OF
STAKEHOLDERS, PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
EMPLOYEES, JUST A LITTLE MORE OF
A COMPREHENSIVE GROUP BECAUSE IT
SOUNDED A LITTLE TOP HEAVY WHEN
YOU SAID CLIENT GROUP.
IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A CLIENT
GROUP.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S JUST ONE OF MY
CONCERNS.
>> AND WE APPRECIATE THAT
CONCERN.
AND I WILL CONFESS, I'M
RELATIVELY NEW TO THE CITY.
WHEN I HEARD THE TERM I WAS ALSO
CONFUSED.
I HAD TO LOOK AT THE SLIDE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE WAS.
PART OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY
THAT MARK IS GOING TO GIVE
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THAT
ISSUE AND WELL DO A PRESENTATION
ABOUT WHAT THE VARIOUS COMMITTEE
STRUCTURE AND GROUPS ARE TO HAVE
BROAD REPRESENTATION, INCLUDING
PROVIDERS AND LABOR
REPRESENTATION, INCLUDING STAFF.
THAT WILL ENSURE WE'VE GOT THE
VOICES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO
TAKE THIS WORK FORWARD, BUT ALSO
THAT THERE'S RESPECTVE
ACCOUNTABILITY TO THOSE GROUPS.
SO THAT ANY DECISION THEN THAT
COMES FORWARD TO THE PLAY YOUR
AND TO THE COUNCIL AND ITS
LEGISLATIVE CAPACITY WILL BE
INFORMED BY THAT PROCESS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDO.
>> I WANT TO INFORM THE
FRUSTRATION AND CONCERN I'VE HAD
AS EL.
ONE OF THE THINGS I ASKED FOR
WAS A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS
SERVING ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES
AND VARIOUS GROUPS AS WE KNOW
THERE'S INTERNAL GROUPS POLICE
SOME EXTERNAL GROUPS.
IT'S CONFUSING, EVEN FOR ME.
WHAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS
ASKING FOR IS SIMILAR TO WA
WE'VE ASKED FOR.
WE NEED THE NAMES OF WHO'S
SERVING AND AS YOU CONTINUE TO
FILL OUT WHICH ORGANIZATIONS ARE
GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING
ENSURING THAT THE VOICE OF THOSE
WHO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS,
THAT WE HAVE A PETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
M. PRESIDENT I WANT TO
UNDERSCORE YOUR CONCERNS AND
MINE AS WELL.
I'M SHOW YOU THE DOCUMENTS I GOT
IN RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION
THOUGH I UNDERSTAND SOME OF
THOSE GROUPS ARE CHANGING.
SO WE ARE ALL ASKING FOR THE
SAME INFORMATION.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
>> SHALL WE MOVE ON?
JUST TO PUT A FOOTNOTE ON, THIS
I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS
THE GROUP COMING TOGETHER WAS A
LEADERSHIP GROUP THAT IDENTIFY
WHAD THE NEXT STEPS ARE GOING TO
BE.
MARK, YOU HAVE SPENT A YEAR AND
A HALF I BELIEVE NOW, OR MORE,
CREATING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
HEAR ABOUT IN YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT I'M
EXCITED ABOUT IS HOW WILL THE
COMMUNITY BE ENGAGED.
I KNOW YOU ALREADY HAVE DONE
MUCH OF THAT.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST, AS YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH, EXPLAIN WHO'S
INVOLVED AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS
ARE GOING TO BE.
>> I WILL ALSO NOTE JUST BY WAY
OF GENERAL, NOT CAVEAT, BUT
FRAMING AT THE OUTSET, MUCH OF
THIS WORK OF COMMUNITY ENGAGE.
RIGHT?
IF DONE WELL IS ALWAYS ONGOING.
THERE'S NOT A POINT WHERE IT'S
OVER.
AND SO PART OF, I THINK.
>>> THE DESIRE HAS BEEN TO
ACKNOWLEDGE OPENLY.
WHEN WE JUST HAVEN'T TALKED TO
SOMEONE YET.
AND IT'S NOT AN UNWILLINGNESS TO
TALK TO SOMEBODY OR ANYBODY.
JUST HAVEN'T TALKED TO THOSE
FOLKS YET.
SOY HOPE THAT, LIKE, AS WE HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION IT'S CLEAR
THERE IS NO UNWILLINGNESS TO
ENGAGE WITH ANYONE AND WE'RE
VERY VERY FLEXIBLE IN THAT
REGARD.
SO BRIEFLY TODAY'S GOALS ARE TO
FAMILIARIZE FOLKS WITH THE
CURRENT GOALS, TO DISCUSS HOW IT
WILL BE MANAGED.
SO BRIEFLY, BY WAY OF
REINTRODUBS IN THE PAST I WAS
WITH A TEAM CALLED FUTURE
LABORATORIES.
I'M NOW WITH A TEAM CALLED THE
NATIONAL INNOVATION SERVICE.
THERE'S NOT A DIFFERENCE THERE.
MY TEAM HAS SPUN OUT OF OUR
PARENT COMPANY.
WE'RE RELATED ORGANIZATIONALLY.
JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR.
I WANT TO BE BE CLEAR ABOUT THE
ROLE WE HAVE NOW.
IN THE FALL WE WERE CONCERNED
WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ENGAGEMENT.
OUR ROLE NOW IS TO ASSIST IN
MANAGING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THAT WORK.
AND SO OUR JOB HAS SHIFTED TO
SOME DEGREE AROUND IDENTIFYING
MINORITIES AND HELPING RESOLVE
ISSUES.
PART OF THAT DOES INCLUDE, LIKE,
WORKING WITH BOTH COUNCILS AND
BOTH EXECUTIVES TO IDENTIFY LIKE
WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS.
AND SO I KNOW THAT I'VE SAID
THIS TO SOME OF YOU, BE I WANT
TOO BE VERY CLEAR DMA OUR
CONTRACT REMAINS JOINTLY FUNDED
BY THE CITY AND COUNTY.
I'M HERE NOT AS ANYONE'S
PARTICULAR AGENT BUT ASSISTING
APPROPRIATELY.
SO ROLES AND WORK STREAMS.
OF THE CONSULTANT GROUPS, I WANT
FOLKS TO HAVE CLARITY.
WE'RE FOCUSSING ON THE FOLLOWING
ACTIONS FROM THE FALL REPORT.
THAT IS ONE, A SYSTEMWIDE THEORY
OF CHANGE, TWO, CONSOLIDATING
INTO A REGIONAL AUTHORITY,
THREE, BECOMING ACCOUNTABLE TO
CUSTOMERS ON ALL LEVELS, AND
HAVING PARTNERSHIP THROUGH A
COLLABORATIVE MODEL.
THE OUTPUTS ARE REALLY
ORGANIZATIONAL.
THAT IS OUR
HIGHEST TASK TO MAKE SURE THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY IS STOOD UP
TO THE POINT THAT ONE OF OUR
COLLEAGUES AT THE COUNTY OFTEN
MAKES THAT IT WORKS.
THAT IT ISN'T JUST LIKE, WE
BUILT A THING BECAUSE WE SAID WE
WERE GOING TO BUILD A THING.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE, RIGHT?
THE WAY WE FUNCTION OR HOW WE
MOVE TO ENGAGE FOLKS.
THE NEXT FWLOUP, CHS, OR
CORPORATION FOR SUPPORT OF
HOUSING IS ON FORWARD DEVELOP
SOMETHING THAT IS BEING REFER TO
AS THE REGIONAL ACTION PLAN OR
RAP.
IF I SAY RAP I MEAN REGIONAL
ACTION PLAN IN THIS CONTEXT.
AND SUPPORT CHANGE MANAGEMENT
AROUND THAT.
CHS WAS ALSO NEAR THE FALL
WORKING CLOSELY WITH MY
PARTICULARLY AROUND
GOVERNANCE.
OUR TEAMS WORK VERY WELL
TOGETHER, COLLABORATE CLOSELY,
AND THEY'RE LED BY A WOMAN NAMED
ANNA LEVA WHO OVERSAW ALL OF
HOMELESSNESS ASSESSMENTS FOR
NATION.
SHE'S VERY VERY APRIL GRANT.
OUR REPORT FROM THE -- THE
OUTPUTS ARE REALLY A FOR
REGIONAL PLANS AND POLICIES.
I WANT TO DI LINEATE HERE
BECAUSE I THINK ANNE WOULD WANT
ME TO THAT THE DESIRE IS NOT TO
DIRECT PEOPLE.
THE DESIRE IS TO HEAR, AGAIN,
REALLY LISTEN ABOUT WHAT TO DO
PEOPLE WANT TO DO AND THEN TO
USE OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AS
BEST WE CAN TO IDENTIFY WHAT
POTENTIAL PATHWAYS ARE THAT WILL
GET YOU TO THOSE GOALS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT,
ACTUALLY, THAT THAT BE STATE
ASKED RESTATED.
WE ARE CLEAR INTERNALLY ON A
CONSULTANT TEAM THAT OUR JOB IS
NOT TO DICTATE THE PATH FORWARD.
IT IS TO, LIKE, HEAR WHERE FOLKS
WANT TO GO AND HELP CRAFT AN
EXECUTABLE STRATEGY.
>> AND JUST A QUICK REMINDER,
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH YOUR STUDY
MULTIPLE TIMES AT THIS TABLE AND
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SEE IT
ONLINE WHERE DO THEY FIND IT?
>> IT IS THIS A LOT OF NOTES AND
IT HAS A BLIJ THAT'S LETTERS.
IT IS HRS.KC.FUTURE.COM.
THAT IS WHERE THE REPORT LIVES
IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY.
AND SOMEONE WILL NOD AT ME IF --
>> WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S VISIBLE
AND CIRCULATED AGAIN TO MY
COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR.
WE ALSO, FOR THOSE OF US WHO
WANT TO FLIP A PAGE, HAVE A PDF
VERSION OF THIS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO LINK
THAT AS WELL SO PEOPLE CAN FIND
IT READILY.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE SURE
THAT HAPPENS..
>> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT
ALSO I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW
MUCH WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST IMPRESSION
THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
FOR MANY MANY MONTHS WITH LOTS
OF INPUT FROM COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THE LAST TEAM F
STRATEGIES HAS A GOAL OF
ANALYZING INVESTMENTS OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, KING COUNTY,
AND ANALYZING THE CITY
PERFORMANCE AS IT IS CURRENTLY.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE
DELINEATION OF OUR TEAMS.
OUR TEAM AT NAS, WE ARE POLICY
FOLK, QUALITATIVE RESEARCHERS.
THIS WAS A QUANTITATIVE JOB.
ALMOST A FORENSIC LEVEL GIVEN
HOW MANY FUNDING STREAMS WERE AT
PLAY.
THE INPUTS FOR THAT WERE BUDGETS
AND INVESTMENTS.
IT WAS PART OF THAT PROCESS
WHERE THEY HAD TEMPLATES TO THE
SUBURBAN CITIES, TO
PHILANTHROPY.
HOMELESS MANAGEMENT DATA.
HOUSING INVENTORY COUNT DATA OR
HIC DATA.
THE OUTPUTS ARE SORT OF A CLEAN
DATA ANALYSIS FOR CSA TO
INCORPORATE INTO THE REGIONAL
ACCESS PLAN.
I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF YOU AND
I THINK GENERALLY FOLKS IN
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THIS
REGION HAVE OFTEN SAID, LIKE,
BUT CAN WE GET THE ACTUAL DATA
ON THE THING, RIGHT?
AND FOCUS STRATEGIES BECAUSE OF
THEIR QUANTITATIVE TISE WAS
BROUGHT IN TO PRODUCE THAT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY HOW MUCH MONEY
IT IS.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S BEING
SPENT ON.
AND THESE ARE THE BEST WITH CAN
DO.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON
THAT BEFORE I MOVE INTO A ROLL
UP OF THAT WORK?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON?
>> MARK, I WONDER, LATER ON
YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME
OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE WILL
IMPLEMENT THESE VARIOUS SETS OF
STRATEGIES.
TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW THE WORK OF
FOCUS STRATEGIES MIGHT CHANGE
SOME OF THE WAYS WE THINK ABOUT
FUNDING OF A NEW REGIONAL
AUTHORITY OR HOW IT MIGHT
ACTUALLY CHANGE THE PROCESS BY
WHICH ALL OF OUR VARIOUS
GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE
PHILANTHROPISTS GIVE FUNDING TO
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DOING WORK
TO END HOMELESSNESS OR
ORGANIZATIONS?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT ONE OF THE
BENEFITS TO THE AMOUNT OF
COLLABORATION THAT'S BEEN
HAPPENING BETWEEN THESE TWO
TEAMS IS THAT WE WERE -- OUR
WORK HAS BEEN REINFORCING.
SO NONE OF THE WORK THAT HAS
BEEN PRODUCED BY FOCUS
STRATEGIES HAS INDICATED THAT
THE WORK PRODUCED IN THE FALL
WAS ACTUALLY LIKE NOT INFORMED
BY THE RIGHT THINS OR HEADED IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION.
I WOULD ALSO THAT THIS GIVES
SPECIFIC CAPACITY AROUND.
I WOULDN'T SAY THE ABILITY TO --
OR THE NEED I SHOULD SAY TO
SHIFT INVESTMENTS YET.
IT GIVES YOU AN WHERE HAD OF
WHO'S SPENDING WHAT WHERE.
WE CAN SEE THAT PHILANTHROPY IS
PUTTING ALL THE MONEY INTO THIS
THING, DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO
FUND AT THE LEVELS WE'RE
FUNDING?
I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S A BODY OF
WORK THAT IS INTENDED TO BE USED
IN THAT WAY.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MORE
INFORMATIVE FOR YOU ALL.
>> CAN I ASK A FOLLOW-UP?
IS IT FAIR TO ASSUME THE CLIENT
GROUP IS DIGGING INTO THE LEVEL
OF DETAIL AROUND THOSE TYPES OF
INVESTMENTS YOU HIGHLIGHTED?
>> I THINK SOME OF THAT IS ON
TEST.
>> I WAS LOOKING AT TEST MOSTLY
FOR THAT QUESTION, MARK.
THANKS.
>> AGAIN, GREAT QUESTION.
WHAT OUR EXPECTATION IS IS THAT
THE DATA SET AND THE GENERAL
ANALYSIS, THE ANALYSIS THAT
FOCUS STRATEGIES IS DOING
CURRENTLY IS REALLY LOOKING AT
THE PROGRESS THAT'S MADE AND THE
ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THE CITY AND
COUNTY HAVE HAD TO RESPOND TO
THE 2016 REPORT AND PRODUCING A
DATA SET THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS
CITY, COUNTY PHILANTHROPIC
INVESTMENTS TOGETHER TO FEED
INTO THE REGIONAL ACTION PLAN.
MARK HAS A COUPLE SLIDES COMING
UP HERE THAT WILL SHOW THAT
FLOW.
AND IT IS THE REGIONAL ACTION
PLAN THAT IS THEN GOING TO
PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
RATIONALS BEHIND EXACTLY WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SORT OF
THE DIRECTION FUNDING SHOULD GO
OR IF IT GOES TOWARDS PARTICULAR
COMBINATIONS, WHAT THE
ANTICIPATED OUTCOME WILL BE, BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT THE
PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES WILL BE AND
THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ACHIEVING
THOSE PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.
SO IF WE CAN THINK ABOUT THE
FOCUS STRATEGIES AS SORT OF A
FOUNDATION FOR THE WORK REALLY
THAT MORE PREDICTIVE WORK THAT
YOU'RE DESCRIBING WHICH WILL
COME OUT OF THE REGIONAL ACTION
PLAN.
>> OKAY.
I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING
THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
SCAFFOLDING THAT YOU GUYS ARE
USING RIGHT NOW.
I'M THE LAND USE GUY, SO I HAVE
TO USE BUILDING ANALOGIES,
RIGHT?
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT
SCAFFOLDING AND THE PROCESS IN
ORDER TO BE INFORMED ABOUT
FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHAT I'M
INTERESTED IN IS LEARNING MORE
OF HOW OUR DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS
AND PHILANTHROPY HAVES WORKED
TOGETHER WELL, WHERE WE MIGHT BE
FUNDING THINS AT CROSS PURPOSES
FROM EACH OTHER.
WHERE WE MIGHT BE OVERLY
REDUNDANT, AND THE KINDS OF
RECOMMENDATIONS STRUCTURALLY AND
FINANCIALLY THAT NEED TO BE MADE
IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT
MAXIMUM RESOURCES ARE GOING OUT
TO PROVIDERS TO SUPPORT
INDIVIDUALS AND GETTING THEM OFF
THE STREETS AND INTO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
I'M NOT FRUSTRATED BY THIS
PRENG, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT
OF ANXIETY.
MAYBE THIS IS BECAUSE I'M A
SHORT TIMER, BUT A LOT OF
ANXIETY TO FET TO OUTCOMES SO WE
CAN SEE WETTER RESULTS.
SO I'M EXCITED TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT SOME OF WHAT THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
I HOPE THAT THE CLIENT GROUP IS
WORKING ON THOSE SPECIFIC
ELEMENTS S BECAUSE I THINK FROM
READING THROUGH, THERE SEEMS TO
BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
IMPROVEMENT.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE YET, AND I
THINK EVERYBODY IS ANXIOUS.
>> I CAN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
AND IT WON'T BE SURPRISING THAT
THE MAYOR WANTS TO SEE STHOEZ
LEVEL OF OUTCOMES.
THE CLIENT GROUP WILL BE PART OF
THE REVIEW OF THE REGIONAL
ACTION PLAN, AGAIN, REALLY THE
DOCUMENT THAT'S GOING TO GET AT
THE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS AND
ISSUES THEY'RE RAISING.
IT'S AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS WITH
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE, THE
CLIENT'S GROUP AS WELL AS THE
CONSUL DAYTIVE PROCESS THAT MARK
IS GOING TO GO THROUGH.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR.
THE FIRST QUESTION COUNCIL
MEMBER JOHNSON ASKED, AND HE
DIDN'T GET A DIRECT ANSWER, I
THINK THE ANSWER IS NO.
I STILL THINK THAT AND I THINK
WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS THE
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN THROUGH
THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU PLAN TO
CONVENE IN THE FUTURE WILL LOOK
AT THE METRICS AND THE STRATEGY
THAT IS HE WAS ASKING ABOUT AND
THE FUNDING.
I THINK IT STILL BEARS THE
QUESTION WHICH IS ONE I POSED
EARLIER WHICH IS HELP US DEFINE
HA THE WLIENT GROUP IS DOING.
I THINK OUR COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS TABLE
IS DOING VERSUS WA THE OTHER
CIRCLES OF STAKEHOLDER WILLS BE
DOING.
SO I DON'T THINK WE STILL HAVE A
DEFINITION OF WHAT THE CLIENT
GROUP IS CHARTED WITH DOING,
THOUGH I THINK IT BECAME A
LITTLE BIT CLEARER IN THAT LAST
MEETING.
IN SOME WAYS YOU'RE BUILDING THE
PLANE AS YOU FLY IT.
AND APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUING TO
TRY TO GET US INFORMATION IN
WRITING WITH CLEAR DEFINITIONS
AND NAMES THAT THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HAS REQUESTED SO WE
CAN BE CLEAR IN OUR RESPONSES.
BUT I THIS THE DIRECT ANSWER TO
THE FIRST QUESTION WAS NO, THE
CLIENT GROUP WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
>> SO I AM WANTING US TO MOVE
FORWARD HERE.
AND I KNOW THAT ON SLIDE 12,
YOU'RE GOING TO START TALKING
ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION MANAGEMENT.
>> YES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
I LIKE TIMELINES, THEY HELP ME
THINK.
THIS IS THE OVERLAPPING WORK AND
THE PARTICULAR PRODUCTS, RIGHT,
THAT ARE -- FISCAL ANALYSIS IN
THE REGIONAL ACTION PLAN.
I THINK WHAT IS THIS IS A
SCHEMATIC OF THOUSAND PRODUCTS
WORK AND HOW THEY FLOW INTO EACH
OTHER.
SO THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTATION
MANAGEMENT, AGAIN, IS TO
ESTABLISH ACCOUNTABILITY I THINK
AS WE HAVE TRIED TO, AGAIN,
EMBODY AS IMPERFECTLY AS WE HAVE
BUT TRIED TO IN THE FALL.
WE WANT THIS TO BE A DIFFERENT
PROCESS.
THE DESIRE IS NOT TO DO THINGS
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
WE ARE BUILDING THE PLANE AS WE
ARE FLYING IT.
AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
YOU ARE ASKING ARE THE QUESTION
THAT IS WE ARE ASKING.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
TO THE POINT ABOUT NAMES IS NOT
OVERASSERT WHO SHOULD SIT AROUND
TABLES BUT TO ASK COMMUNITY
MEMBERS HOW DO YOU WANT TO BE
INVOLVED?
AND WE'VE JUST BEGUN THAT
PROCESS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE THUS FAR IS A
STAFFING STRUCTURE THAT NOT BEEN
TURNED ON.
I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR.
RIGHT?
SO LIKE, WE HAVE SETTLED ON THIS
AS A PLAN FOR A PATH FORWARD.
BUT WE HAVE NOT BEGUN TO FULLY
TURN THIS ENGINE ON SO TO SPEAK
AND GET IT HUMMING.
I THINK THAT'S THE WORK OF THE
NEXT WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF.
SO A STEERING COMMITTEE WHICH
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESS
MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY WILL BE
COMPOSED OF SORT OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION LEAD.
THAT'S FROM BOTH OFFICES AND ALL
THE RELEVANT AGENCIES.
ALL HOME, DCHS, HSD, OUR TEAM,
AND OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT ROLE.
HSI SPECIFICALLY, PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT, ALL HOME, THE U.S.
COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS,
PHILANTHROPY, LABOR UNIONS,
PROVIDERS, AND STAFF FROM BOTH
COUNCILS.
THAT'S A STEERING BODY FOR ALL
THE DIFFERENT WORK THAT HAS TO
GET DOWN.
THERE WILL BE FOU
GROUPS THAT DO A LOT OF THE DEEP
DIVES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
THOSE ARE ORGANIZATIONAL
STAND-UP, POLICY AND PLANNING,
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, SOME
OF THE QUESTIONS YOU WERE
RAISING AROUND HOW AND WHERE
WILL WE UNDERSTND WHERE
POLICIES ARE AT CROSS PURPOSES,
THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE
POLICY AND PLANNING WORKING
GROUP WHERE STAFF, AGAIN, FROM
ALL OF THE AGENCIES WILL BEGIN
TO RUN AN AUDIT OF HOW ARE WE
FUNDING, WHAT ARE WE FUNDING
FOR, ET CETERA, SO WE CAN BEGIN
TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
WHAT YOU'VE NOTE IS THAT, FOR
EXAMPLE, USING THAT WE'RE TRYING
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY
WHO'S INVOLVED IN FUNDING STUFF
IS THERE.
RAY RAKE'S FOUNDATION IS THERE
TO REMIT PHILANTHROPY AND THE --
WE'RE INVITING THE SUBURBAN
CITY'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE
INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE TRIED FOR THESE TO BE AS
INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE WITH
REGARD TO WHO IS THERE.
AND WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT THAT
EQUITY AND HOMELESSNESS
ADVOCATES WILL BE INVITED TO
THOSE TABLES.
PART OF THE REASON YOU DON'T SEE
NAMES IS BECAUSE ON THE STAFF
SIDE WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR
PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY WHO ARE THE
APPROPRIATE STAFF, RIGHT?
AND THEN WITH THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, WE HAVE TO GO ASK IS,
RIGHT?
SO LIKE NOT WANTING TO ASSERT
YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FROM
COMMUNITY TO REPRESENT BUT TO
SAY, LOOK, WE NEED TO REACH OUT
TO THE EXPERIENCE COALITION AND
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW
THEY WANT TO ENGAGE.
I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY NOTE THAT
BECAUSE WE HAD A MEETING WITH
THE UNDOING COALITION.
ONE OF THE SPECIFIC CONFERSES
WAS ABOUT, DOES IT, IS IT
REASONABLE TO EXPECT PEOPLE TO
ATTEND A MEETING HOW THEIR INPUT
IS TAKEN UP.
THOSE OF US WHO ARE PAID AS
FULL-TIME STAFF TO GO TO
MEETINGS AND DO THAT WORK PUT
THAT IMPOSITION ON PEOPLE WHO
ARE NOT BEING PAID TO PERFORM
THAT LABOR IN THE SAME WAY.
IT IS ACTUALLY DEEPLY
INEQUITABLE.
WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
WITH THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ABOUT HOW THEIR INVOLVEMENT WILL
BE FA LISTOUS AND NOT A BURDEN,
ACTUALLY CREATE FURTHER TENSION.
AND WE'RE JUST NOW STARTING
THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT,
BUT I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
ANSWERS.
>> ONE THING YOU MENTIONED IS
THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN
GOING AND WILL CONTINUE TO GO
INTO THE COMMUNITY TO FIND THE
LEADERS, THE NATURAL LEADERS,
AND TO ASK FOR INVOLVEMENT.
IT'S NOT PEOPLE HAVE TO COME TO
CITY HALL AT 2:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO JUST VISUALS SCHEMATIC.
THIS IS THE DECISION MAKING
STRUCTURE AS IT IS CURRENTLY
HELD LEGALLY WHICH IS THAT THERE
WILL BE WORKING GROUPS AS I JUST
MENTIONED, RIGHT, THAT ARE
GENERATING ALL OF THE THINGS.
>> EXCUSE ME FOR INTERRUPTING.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE ACR?
>> I STOLE MY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
POLICY FROM THEM.
THEY HAVE HELPED GUIDE THE
FEDERAL STRATEGIES THAT IN TURN
FORM HUD AND HSS AND A NUMBER OF
DEPARTMENTS.
DCHS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
FOR THE CITY.
HSI, HOMELESS SERVICES
INVESTMENTS.
>> HOMELESS STRATEGY AND
INVESTMENT.
>> THAT IS THE CITY DEPARTMENT
RESPONSIBLE FOR HOMELESSNESS
WORK.
AM I MISSING ANY?
I DID HSD.
YEAH, OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
OH, I'M SORRY.
SCA, SOUND CITIES ASSOCIATION.
THAT IS THE MEMBERSHIP BODY THAT
REPRESENTS THE SUBURBAN CITIES
THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
POLICYMAKING BODIES.
THE WORKING GROUP WILLS BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR WORK.
THERE'S A LOT OF IT TO DO.
REALLY EXCITED TO PROVIDE
SPECIFIC ANSWERS AS THAT WORK
HAPPENS.
THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS THERE
TO DO PROCESS MANAGEMENT
COORDINATION.
THAT'S MADE UP OF THE SENIOR
STAFF WHO ARE THEN GOING TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT
THE RESPECTIVE COUNCILS AND
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP ARE, LIKE,
GETTING THE INFORMATION THEY
NEED IN THE WAY THAS NEED TO
MAKE IT TO UPHOLD THEIR LEGAL
AND CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.
SO THAT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION
STRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN
OUTLINED.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING
THAT ON NOW.
LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A
THINGS TO SAY.
>> ON YOUR PREVIOUS SLIDE WHERE
YOU HAVE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER,
DECEMBER THAT WAS LAST YEAR
2018.
AND YOU'RE NOW AT THE SYSTEM'S
STAND-UP POINT.
WHAT JUNCTURE DO
YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TALK
TO US ABOUT WHO'S INVOLVED AND
WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL SUCCEED
THIS HAVING SOMETHING IN 2019?
>> ON THE FIRST QUESTION, THE
TERMS OF WHO IS INVOLVED IN A
WEEK OR.
SO REALLY, WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS, AGAIN, ON THE AGENCY
SIDE FOLKS ARE IDENTIFYING THE
RIGHT STAFF.
ON THE COMMUNITY SIDE WE HAVE
ALREADY STARTED THAT OUTREACH TO
BE LIKE WHO AND HOW AND WHAT?
SO SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
SPECIFICS ABOUT THAT IN THE FEAR
TERM.
ON THE SECOND QUESTION L WE DO
SOMETHING IN 2019 ?
I CAN'T TELL YOU.
YOU CAN TELL YOU THAT.
OUR TEAM HAS ALWAYS SHARED YOUR
SENSE OF URGENCY AND HAS
ADVOCATED WHEREVER POSSIBLE FOR
SHORT TIMELINE THAT IS DRIVE
TOWARDS ACTION AND ARE NOT
PROCESS HEAVY.
IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THAT
CONTINUES TO BE THE ATTITUDE ON
BOTH THE CITY AND COUNTY'S SIDE.
BELIEVE THAT CURRENTLY THAT IS
THE CASE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I
MOVE FORWARD INTO THE SPECIFIC
LEGAL DECISION THAT IS WILL COME
BEFORE COUNCIL?
>> NO, I THINK, CONTINUE.
>> OKAY.
SO FOR COUNCIL DECISIONS I
BELIEVE WE'VE IDENTIFIED SEVEN
DECISIONS.
SOME OF LIT REQUIRE A FORMAL
VOTE, SOME MAY NEED A VOTE.
SOME OF IT IS Y'ALL WILL HAVE TO
SIGN OFF ON IT.
THEY ARE APPROVING THE LEGAL
STRUCTURE.
LIKE IS IT A PDA?
THOSE ARE DECISION THAT IS YOU
WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR.
THERE IS ADOPTING A RESOLUTION,
FORMING REGIONAL GOVERNANCE.
A CHARTER FOR A NEW ENTITY,
AGAIN, THAT MADE A FORMAL VOTE.
ADOPTING AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT.
APPROVING THE REGIONAL ACTION
PLAN WHICH, AGAIN, WILL HAVE A
LOT OF THE DETAIL AROUND PROGRAM
LEVEL METRICS AND STRATEGIES.
APPROVING NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND
RAY ADOPTING A BUDGETIEST.
WHAT YOU'LL NOTE IS THAT FOR
EACH DECISION THERE ARE PARTIES
CONSULTED OR INVOLVED.
THE CLIENT GROUP IS ALWAYS THERE
WHERE ON ALMOST EVERYTHING THERE
IS ALSO THE LIVE EXPERIENCE
COALITION.
AND WE ARE, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT
LIKE A CLOSED LIST.
THESE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WE
WILL TALK TO.
THIS IS WHO WE KNOW WE NEED TO
BE TALKING TO.
AND IF SOMEONE ELSE RAISES THEIR
HAND AND SAYS I WOULD LIKE TO BE
PART OF THIS OR IF SOMEONE TELLS
US TO CHECK IN WITH SO AND SO,
THAT'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
JUST BEEN DOING THAT.
THE TIMELINE IS IN SEASONS RIGHT
NOW.
I THINK THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY
INDEXED THIS AGAINST COMMUNITY
MEETINGS.
ITHINK ON THE ADVICE OF CENTRAL
STAFF WE'VE GONE WITH A MORE
GENERAL IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE
IN THIS TIME FRAIM.
AND THEN THE REL HAVEN'T WORK
STREAM.
SO THESE ARE THE THING THAT IS
ARE GOING TO COOL TO COUNCIL FOR
SURE.
THERE WILL BE MANY OTHER THINGS.
I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR
ABOUT THAT.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
KNOW ARE THE BIG DECISIONS.
ALONG WITH WAY WE'LL HAVE TO
MAKE MANY MANY MANY MANY
DECISIONS TOGETHER.
AND I BELIEVE THAT, AGAIN, WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE OF THE CLIENT GROUP, AT
LEAST HOW I AM HOPING IT WILL BE
USED, IS TO TROUBLESHOOT MORE
DAY TO DAY, WHO SHOULD WE WITH
TALKING TO?
WHO DO WE CALL?
THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY.
GOOD.
>> THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> MADAME CHAIR?
>> YIELD THE REMAIN DOER
QUESTIONS.
>> MARK, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF
YOU WENT BACK ONE SLIDE.
ARE THERE EXISTING ENTITIES THAT
WE ARE BASING POSSIBLE
STRUCTURES OFF OF?
I MEAN CAN YOU POINT ME TO SOME
EXAMPLES ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT BE
TRYING TO DRAW FROM IN ORDER TO
HELP NOT RECREATE THE WHEEL.
>> LESS FRANKENSTEIN, MORE
SPHINX.
YOU WANT ELEGANCE, NOT HAPHAZARD
STITCHING.
BUT YES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
MODELS THAT WE ARE BORROWING
FROM LIBERALLY.
THE TWO MOST, I GUESS, THE ONES
THAT WILL HAVE THE MOST IN
COMMON WITH THE FINAL STRUCTURE
BUT IT WILL BE DIFFERENT ARE
L.A.
AND PORTLAND.
SO L.A.
CITY AND L.A.
COUNTY
HAVE A JOINT AUTHORITY THAT THEY
DISTRIBUTE A BULK OF THEIR
FUNDING THROUGH CALLED LASA.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE INVESTMENTS
THAT FLOW THROUGH THE COUNTY AND
CITY AND STRATEGIES, THEY HAVE
COUNTY STRATEGIES, REGIONAL
STRATEGIES, AND THEN L.A.
CITY
STRATEGIES.
A LOT OF THE REPORT THIS OUR
WORK IN THE FALL AROUND
SUBREGIONAL GOVERNANCE AND THE
WAYS WE RECOMMENDED DEALING WITH
THE SIZE OF THE COUNTY.
WE ARE THE 13TH LARGEST COUNTY
IN ALL OF AMERICA.
I SAY THAT ALL THE TIME.
PORTLAND HAS A JOINT ENTITY WITH
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, THE COUNTY IT
SITS INSIDE.
THEIR DIRECTOR IS A PERSON THAT
I TALK TO QUITE FREQUENTLY ABOUT
HOW HIS BOARD STRUCTURE WORKS,
ACTUALLY.
THEIR GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE IS
VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND HOW IT WORKS IN TERMS OF WHO
SITS ON IT AND HOW THEY SELECT
WHO SITS ON IT IS SOMETHING I
DEFINITELY CHATTED WITH MARK
ABOUT QUITE A BIT.
WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF OTHER
MODELS THAT ARE CLOSE BUT NOT
QUITE THERECH ONE IS COLUMBUS
WHICH HAS ONE ENTITY THE
OVERSEES ALL OF INVESTMENT.
IT IS SORT OF THE SINGLE FUNDER
FOR EVERYTHING.
IT'S NOT MERGED WITH THE COUNTY
IN THE SAME WAY, BUT THE CONTROL
THEY HAVE OVER SERVICES ARE WHAT
WE WERE VECTORING TOWARDS.
I CAN
DO THIS LIST FOR QUITE SOME TIME
AND I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT TO
YOUR OFFICE.
>> NO, THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION,
MARK.
I ENJOYED IT AND ENJOYED YOU A
FEW TIMES NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I MIGHT HAVE MISSED SOME OF
THIS OR MAYBE IT WAS IN WRITING,
BUT I HAD A FEW VERY BASIC
QUESTIONS.
>> OF COURSE.
>> THIS NEW ENTITY, IF YOU WILL,
I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THE
DECISION MAKING STRUCTURE
DECISION SORT OF FLOW IN THE
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
BUT THIS NEW STRUCTURE IF YOU
WILL, WHEN IS OUR GOAL TO HAVE
THAT IN PLACE?
WHAT ARE WE SHOOTING FOR?
>> THE GOAL I WOULD LOVE, I
CAN'T MAKE THIS DECISION FOR
YOU, I WOULD LOVE IF EVERYONE
WOULD AGREE TO BY THE FALL.
TO HAVE SOMETHING BY SEPTEMBER
WOULD BE GREAT GIVEN THE OTHER
THING THAT IS YOU ARE THEN
OBLIGATED TO TAKE UP.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD YOU TO
THAT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL.
I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS IN
OTHER CONVERSATIONS.
I KNOW HOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS
WE HAVE.
THERE'S NINE HERE AND NINE
THERE.
AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT CITY
COUNCILS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
GOT A LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE.
IDEALLY WHAT DOES THAT FINAL
ENTITY LOOK LIKE.
A FIVE MEMBER?
25 MEMBER?
WHAT'S THE RANGE OF GOALS IN
THAT NEW STRUCTURE.
>> DO YOU WANT TO?
>> YEAH, BOY.
SO VERY GOOD QUESTION THERE.
WE'VE BEGUN TO TALK WITH THE
CITY'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO THE ACTUAL QUESTION OF WHAT
THE LEGAL FORM WILL LOOK LIKE,
AGAIN, MARK JUST DESCRIBED
SEVERAL OTHER -- SEVERAL
EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF LEGAL
FORMATIONS.
SO WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT LEGAL
FORMATION, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY IN
CONVERSATION WITH THE CLIENT
GROUP ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE FIRST
STEP IN THIS TO DECIDE LEGALLY
WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN WE
BRING THE CITY AND COUNTY
TOGETHER AND LEAVE ROOM FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF SOME OF THE SOUND
CITIES TO INVEST AND BE A PART
OF THAT.
THAT WILL BE THE FIRST STEP TO
MAKING A DECISION ABOUT THE
NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS OR BOARD
MEMBERS DEPENDING ON WHERE WE
FALL AND WHAT THE ALLOCATION OF
THOSE WILL BE BETWEEN THE
DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS.
THE ONE THING WE KNOW FOR SURE
IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE
AN ENT THEY CAN BE NIMBLE, THAT
CAN BE INNOVATIVE SDPSHGS ALSO
DEEPLY RESPONSIVE TO THE
OUTCOMES AND GOALS THAT BOTH THE
CITY AND COUNTY HAVE ENDOWED IT
WITH.
SO SORRY IT'S A LITTLE BIT STILL
OF BUILDING PLANE WHILE FLYING,
BUT WE WILL HAVE, AGAIN, MORE
ROBUST CONFERS WITH THE CLIENT
GROUP LEADING TO MORE ROBUST
CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL.
>> TESS, THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO BET
THAT KIND OF ANSWER.
SOY GET IT.
BUT WE GOT THE EXPERTS HERE.
IS IT BETWEEN FIVE AND 20 OR
GIVE ME SOMETHING?
SEPTEMBER'S RIGHT THERE.
I'M TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR WRA
OUR GOAL IS.
IT'S OKAY IN A LOT OF THE WORK I
DO IN THIS JOB OR OUTSIDE OF
THIS JOB.
I WORK BACKWARDS.
I WANT A FEEL TO WITH
TRANSPARENT.
THIS SHOULD BE HUGE AND GENERATE
OUTCOME.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE
SHOOTING FOR.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, I
DON'T WANT TO FORCE AN ANSWER.
I HAD A THE MORE JUST BASIC
QUESTIONS LIKE THAT THAT I WANT
TO ASK.
BUT ANYTHING?
>> SO I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE
SAID IN THE FALL WHICH I THINK
IS, I WILL SAY IS JUST OUR TAKE.
WHICH IS THAT GOVERNING BODY
SHOULD BE SMALL AND TECHNI
EXPERT.
MEANING THAT IF YOU HAVE A
OF 25 PEOPLE IT'S DIFFICULT TO
GET SOMETHING DONE.
AND TECHNICALLY EXPERT, I MEAN
ACTUALLY DEEPLY FLUENT IN THE
THINGS YOU NEED IN ORDER TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
WHOEVER TAKES THIS ON AS ED IS
GOING TO HAVE A REAL JOB ON
THEIR HANDS.
THEY NEED TO GO TO A BOARD THEY
CAN GET ADVICE FROM THAT ISN'T
JUST FOLKS WHO ARE LIKE I'M HERE
BECAUSE I HAVE THIS POWER.
>> I'M HEARING A LITTLE SMALLER
THAN 25.
THEY'LL BE STAFFED SEPARATELY OR
DO WE ENVISION THESE EMPLOYEES
BEING EMPLOYED BY THIS ENTITY?
GL DO WE KNOW ANY OF THESE
QUESTIONS?
>> YOU ARE DEAD ON IN EVERY
SINGLE QUESTION YOU ARE ASKING.
BECAUSE WE ARE STILL EARLY IN
THE PROCESS AND HAVEN'T DECIDE
WHAD THE LEGAL FORMATION OF THE
ENTITY IS, WE DON'T YET HAVE ALL
THE ANSWERS TO THAT.
LY SAY THAT THE CONVERSATION IS
THAT DCHS STAFF AND HSI STAFF,
THE HOMELESS --
>> HOMELESS STRATEGIES.
>> THE STRATEGIES ARE THAT FOR
THE MOMENT THE THEORY IS THAT
THOSE ENTITIES THOSE POSITIONS
WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW ENTITY.
THE TYPES OF POSITION THAT IS
WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEW
ENTITY IS PART OF THE WORK THAT
WE'VE ENGAGED MARK AND THEIR
TEAM TO HELP US WITH.
WE'RE ALSO TALKING WITH HR.
WE'RE ALSO TALKING WITH THE
UNION.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUBCONTRACTING WITH A SEPARATE
HR ENTITY THAT HAS EXPERTISE IN
MERGING AND IN CREATING JOB
CLASSIFICATIONS, SALARY BANS,
THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO THE GENERAL ANSWER IS RIGHT
NOW THE VIEW IS, AND I KEEP
DOING THIS WITH MY HAND BECAUSE
I'M TRYING TO SAY THAT WE'RE
FLOWING FOLKS INTO THIS NEW
ENTITY.
BUT QUITE FRANKLY, WE HAVE THE
SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT NOT JUST
THE STATUS OF EXISTING STAFF
MOVING INTO IT BUT HOW DO NEW
STAFF MOVE INTO IT.
THERE WILL BE OPENINGS.
WHAT DO WE DO IN HIRING NEW
STAFF?
THAT'S A CONVERSATION BETWEEN
THE COUNCIL AND OUR CITY
ATTORNEYS AND H RX.
>> THAT'S VERY HELP.
THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION, I
PROMISE.
THE SMALLER CITIES LIKE RENTON
WITHIN THE COUNTY AND THEIR --
ARE THEY AT ALL ENGAGED IN THESE
PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS OR ARE
THEY MORE REPRESENTED JUST
THROUGH THE COUNTY LEADERSHIP IN
THESE DISCUSSIONS.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGE TLUD
SOUND CITIES.
THROUGH THAT BODY THEY HAVE BEEN
THERE.
THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN MOST
ENGAGED ARE MAYOR BACCUS, MAYOR
PALMANAK.
>> IF WE WERE JUST DEALING WITH
THEM THROUGH THE COUNTY.
I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON AS
WE CONSIDER THIS AND WE'RE AT A
VERY HIGH LEVEL IT CREATES, I
THINK, A LOT OF ANGST AND
ANXIOUSNESS IN A LOT OF PEOPLE
WITH RESPECT TO THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR
VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS OR
EMPLOYEES VENL AND DURING THIS
PROCESS OF HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION
I ANY WE NEED TO GET ON WITH
THIS A LITTLE MORE CLEAR.
IT COULD BE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES
AND HOPEFULLY BETTER OUTCOMES,
BETTER RESULTS.
TRUST LEVEL MAY NOT BE HIGH.
I THINK WE HAVE TO SORT OF GET
STUFF OUT THERE.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN OUT OF
LINE IF YOU SAID THIS NEW ENTITY
WE'RE LOOKING AT EIGHT TO 15.
THAT'S IDEAL.
AND IDEALLY MAYBE 25 OR 30
EMPLOYEES, MAYBE 200.
I ARE NO IDEA.
BUT WE COULD START PUTTING SOME
MEAT AROUND THE BONE AS LITTLE
BIT.
IT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE CAN CHANGE
IT DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU GOT TO START SOMEWHERE.
I DID ENJOY THE PRESENTATION.
I'M TRYING TO GET MORE CLARITY
ON WHAT THE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER
ROLLOUT MAY LOOK LIKE.
JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT
FEEDBACK.
>> RECEIVED A SIMILAR REQUEST
FROM COUNTY COUNCIL YESTERDAY.
THAT IS HELPFUL.
I WILL SAY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE
YOU REQUESTING THAT MEAN THAT
IS, LIKE, WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.
WE CAN GO FORPART TO PRODUCE THE
NEXT BODY OF WORK.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT THIS
QUESTION TO TESS.
I HAVE BEEN REALLY GRATEFUL THAT
YOU WERE BROUGHT ON BY THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE YOUR BACKGROUND
UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO.
IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT YOUR
RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE MAYOR'S
REPRESENTATIVE.
AND THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AROUND
SYSTEMS, THAT'S A REAL WINNER.
>> MY BODY OF WORK WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IS TWOFOLD.
IT IS DEFINITELY BEING THE
MAYOR'S REPRESENT TEF
CONDUIT AS NI SOUTHBOUND IS
DOING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT,
BEING THE CONDUIT WITH THE
COUNCIL AROUND REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE.
WHICH CAN TAKE MANY DIFFERENT
FORMS FROM ATTENDING AN ENTIRE
SLEW OF MEETINGS AROUND THIS
ISSUE TO, AGAIN, ENGAGING WITH
CENTRAL STAFF IN MORE THONNY
QUESTIONS ABOUT SORT OF LEGAL
ENTITY AND ENGAGING SWERNLLY
WITH OUR PARTNERS IN OIR AND
CITY COUNCIL.
SCUM, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
AND ALSO MAKING SURE INTERNALLY
I'M -- TO A CERTAIN DEGREE AS
MARK IS PLAYING THE PROJECT
MANAGER ROLE, IF YOU WILL, FOR
THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION OF
THIS.
I THINK OF MYSELF AS THE MAYOR'S
PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS.
AND DEN, ATTEMPTING TO BALANCE
THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MAYOR AND
COUNCIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
CENTRAL STAFF AND COUNCIL STAFF.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES?
SO WHAT I --
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY YOU AND I HAD
THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT HOW
SOME OF THE FOLKS I TRUST IN THE
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING WORLD
HAVE WORKED WITH YOU IN THE
PAST.
I THINK YOU CAME HIGHLY
RECOMMEND SOD THAT GAVE ME A LOT
OF HOPE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO
SITTING DOWN AND INCLUDING THE
VOICES OF FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FOR A
DAY OR DECADE AND MAKING SURE
THEIR VOICE IS CENTERED.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO
ELEVATE FROM THE REPORT YOU
INCLUDED WAS THE NEED TO MAKE
SURE OUR FRONT LINE STAFF, OUR
HSD CONTRACTED ORGANIZATIONS
RECEIVE A LIVING WAGE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE
COUNCIL'S BEEN TAKING ON FAR
VERY LONG TIME.
WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A SMALL
DEPOSIT IN THE BUCKET LAST YEAR
.
THANK TO MY COLLEAGUES.
ONE PIECE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF IS YOUR
REPORT HAD TEN RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THE CONCEPT OF HAVING A
JOINT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IS
ONE OF THOSE TEN.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT
RESHUFFLING THE DECK CARES ON
THE TITANIC IF WE'RE NOT SEEING
THE ROOT CAUSE CHANGES.
EVERYTHING YOU HEARD FROM THE
DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE TO
MAKE SURE IT'S INCLUDING FOLKS
AND LOOKING AT THEIR LIVED
SPECIOUSES AND MAKING SURE
THEY'RE GETTING A LIVING WAGE.
AND TRACKING MEASURABLE
OUTCOMES.
THAT INCLUDE OUR OWN DEPARTMENT.
NOT JUST APPLYING TO OUR
CONTRACTED ORGANIZATIONS, BUT
FIGURING OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO
HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO
CREATING A NEW SHARED GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, I WANT TO CALL ON COUNCIL
MEMBER JOHNSON AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HAROLD.
WE'RE ULTIMATELY GOING BE
RESPONSIBLE, AS WE SHOULD BE, AS
THE ELECTEDS TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVEN'T SHIFTED RESPONSEN'T.
WITHOUT KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE
WAYS IN WHICH THE COUNCIL WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE A ROLE IN
ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR
INTERNAL WORKINGS FOR CHANGING
THE METRICS, WE ARE ALL GOING TO
MULTIMATLY BE THE ONES WHO ARE
GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
CHANGE THAT IS DO OR DON'T
MATERIALIZE.
THE BIG QUESTION FOR ME
CONTINUES TO REMAIN WHAT REEL
DOES COUNCIL HAVE IN HELPING TO
ESTABLISH AND MONITOR AND WHAT
LEVERAGE POINTS DO WE HAVE TO
CHANGE COURSE?
THOSE ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS
YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE.
ONE AREA I THINK WOULD BE
HELPFUL, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER
WHO SAID IT, LET'S NOT REINVENT
THE WHEEL.
YOU SHOWED HOW THIS MIGHT BE
DIFFERENT FROM LOS ANG RE.
AND
WHAT IS THE OTHER STATE YOU
MENTIONED?
>> PORTLAND.
>> OHIO.
>> COLUMBUS AND PORTLAND WOULD
BE GREAT TO HAVE MAYBE THE THREE
CITY PRESENTATION AND EVEN MAIN
SOME COLLEAGUES FROM THOSE
CITIES TO PRESENT ABOUT WHAT'S
WORKED, WHAT WERE THE PITFALLS?
HOW DID THEY INCLUDE THE VOIGSS
OF THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES AND
HOW DID THEY INCLUDE THOSE WHO
ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED.
AND REALLY WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME.
HOW DID THEY SEE THE CHANGE.
MANY OF OUR CITIES ACROSS THE
NATION HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
CELEBRATE ENDING CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS WHICH TO ME WOULD
BE A HUGE MARKER OF US ACTUALLY
SUCCEEDING AND CHANGING OUR
PATTERNS.
SOME CITIES HAVE EXPERIE
DECREASED OVERALL NUMBERS IN
TERMS OF PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE
LIKE LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK.
THAT IS AN INDICATOR I'D LOVE TO
SEE AS WELL.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER
CITIES DOING AND HOW ARE THEY
INCLUDING THAT VOICE?
AND AS THE POLICYMAKER WHO IS
GOT ELECTED TO BARE THAT
RESPONSIBILITY, WHAT WAS THE
RESPONSIBILITY THEY HAD.
>> QUICK SIDE BAR WITH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HARRELL FOR YOU WENT
OUT THE DOOR.
TECHNICALLY WE ONLY HAVE SIX
MEETINGS OF THIS COMMITTEE
BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER.
AND ALL OF US ARE ARE WANTING TO
SUPPORT THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THESE
ISSUES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WHAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO US I
THINK IS OUR BEST WAY FORWARD.
YOU BUILT ON POPPY'S STUDY.
YOU BUILT ON THE GOOD WORK THAT
WAS DONE BY FOCUS STRATEGIES.
YOU'VE HAD THEM LOOK AT IT JUST
AGAIN.
WHAT I'D LOVE TO BE THINKING
ABOUT, WE'VE GOT OUR CLIENT
GROUP.
WHAT YOU NEED FROM THIS COUNCIL
úIN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET THE
SUPPORT, WHATEVER YOU NEED FOR
US TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
>> ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS FOR THIS PANEL NOW?
ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANY OF YOU
WANT TO ADD?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I MEAN THAT QUITE GENUINELY.
I'VE WORKED ON THIS FOR A LONG
TIME AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE
IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS THIS
MUCH THOUGHT AND CARE.
>> IT'S KIND OF YOU TO SAY, AND
I'VE FOUND YOUR EMERGENCY
REFRESHING.
AND I LIKE IT THAT YOU'LL TELL
US WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK OR
NO, WE AREN'T.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE THAT
CANDOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE?
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
MR. JOHNSON, WE'LL GIVE YOU A
MINUTE.
SO THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE ON OUR
AGENDA IS THE FIRST DISCUSSION
úTHAT WE WILL HAVE FOR AN
APPOINTMENT WITH JASON JOHNSON.
I THINK HE'S JUST TAKING A QUICK
MOMENT.
SO MR. MOSLEY, WHY DON'T YOU
COME UP AND JOIN US?
JEFF SIMS FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND RATHER THAN HAVING DEAD
SILENCE HERE FOR A MOMENT, WHY
DON'T, JEFF, IF YOU WANT TO
INTRODUCE THIS, AND DAVID YOU
CAN.
JASON WILL BE RIGHT BEHIND.
>> ON MONDAY THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR WAS AMEND SOD
THAT THE CONFIRMATION OF JASON
JOHNSON WAS MOVED TO THIS
COMMITTEE.
ON WEDNESDAY SOME QUESTIONS WERE
PROVIDED TO RECEIVE A WRITTEN
RESPONSE.
WE'VE RECEIVED TWO-THIRDS BACK.
WE APPRECIATE THE WORK HSD IN
GETTING THOSE BACK ON A SHORT
TIMELINE.
MORE WRITTEN ANSWERS WILL BE
ARRIVING SHORTLY.
SHORTLY AND WELL IN ADVANCE OF
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL
12TH.
MR. JOHNSON IS PREPARED TO
RESPOND TO ANY OF THOSE
QUESTIONS AS WELL AS OTHERS YOU
MIGHT HAVE TODAY.
THIS COMMITTE WILL HAVE ANOTHER
HEARING ON THIS NOMINATION ON
APRIL 12TH AS A SPECIAL ME
THIS SELECT COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
MR. MOSELEY?
>> THANK YOU.
>> I THINK IT'S OFF.
>> IT'S ON.
THANK YOU COUNSEL MEMBER
BAGSHAW, MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
PLEASED TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT
THE NOMINATION OF JASON JOHNSON.
JASON HAS BEEN IN LEADERSHIP
ROLES IN HSD FOR ALMOST SIX
YEARS NOW AND HAS SERVED AS THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR THE LAST
TEN MONTHS.
HE OVERSAW THE LARGEST EXPANSION
OF SHELTER SPACE IN THE CITY'S
HISTORY, WHICH INCLUDED
EXPANSION OF SERVICES TO LGBTQ
HOUSEHOLDS.
HE HAS HELPED MAKE OUR
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE MORE
EFFECTIVE TO SERVE THOSE
COMMUNITIES MORE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
THIS CRISIS.
HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR
-- IN COMPLETING OUR CENTRAL
WORK TOWARD A REGIONAL STRUCTURE
WHICH YOU HEARD ABOUT RECENTLY.
HE HAS WITHIN A KEY PARTICIPANT
IN THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO OUR
UNSHELTERED CITIZENS DURING THE
SNOWSTORM WHICH BROUGHT MORE
THAN 500 PEOPLE INTO SAFE, WARM
PLACES AND LITERALLY SAVED
LIVES.
OF COURSE, HOMELESSNESS IS NOT
THE ONLY PORTION OF THE SERVICES
THAT HSD PROVIDES.
JASON IS ALSO ENSURING THAT
WE'RE SERVING OUR SENIORS, OUR
YOUTH, VICTIMS OF GENDER BASED
VIOLENCE, AND OUR MOST
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
HE'S BEEN EFFECTIVE DURING THIS
PERIOD OF TRANSITION AND
UNCERTAINTY AS POINTED OUT BY
THE COUNCIL IN THE PREVIOUS
PRESENTATION.
THIS IS A PERIOD OF TRANSITION
AND UNCERTAINTY AND JASON HAS
DONE A REMARKABLE JOB OF KEEPING
THAT AGENCY AND THE IMPORTANT
WORK IT DOES FUNCTIONING AT A
HIGH LEVEL.
SO I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TO
HAVE THIS MORNING WITH JASON AS
THE COUNCIL BEGINS YOUR
CONFIRMATION PROCESS.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR
MOSELEY.
MR. JOHNSON WELCOME TO THE
TABLE.
>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.
>> I THINK YOU MAY HAVE A FEW
PRELIMINARY COMMENTS, AND THEN
WE HAVE ASKED YOU MANY
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY PAGES OF
RESPONSE.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS COMING YOUR WAY AND
THOSE WILL BE COMING BACK TO US
PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING
SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 12TH.
SOUTH CALIFORNIA YOU WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE ANY PRELIMINARY
QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH
MANY OF THE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED OR
AT LEAST ASK THE QUESTIONS AGAIN
TO ALLOW YOU IN YOUR OWN VOICE
AND FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING TO
DISCUSSION YOUR ANSWERS.
SO PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW, AND THE REST OF
COUNCIL.
I AM REALLY HONORED TO HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU
TODAY.
ALSO HONORED TO BE NOMINATED FOR
THE DIRECTOR POSITION AT HSD.
BEFORE I START I KWAPT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHILE THIS
HEARING IS ABOUT ME, I AM
PRIVILEGED TO DO THIS WORK WITH
NEARLY 400 OF THE MOST DEDICATED
PEOPLE I CAN IMAGINE.
HSD STAFF ARE ON THE FRONT LINES
OF ADDRESSING SOME OF THE
GREATEST INEQUITIES IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
I AM AWARE I DO NOT SIT UP HERE
ALONE.
THEY ARE IN EVERY STATEMENT I
MAKE.
WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE ABOUT ME
AND THEN I WANT TO SHARE A FEW
OF THE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM
2018.
FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE
THOUGHTINGS ABOUT 2019 AND MY
VISION FOR HSD GOING FORWARD.
LET ME BEGIN WITH A LITTLE STORY
THAT HAS HELPED SHAPE WHO I AM
TODAY.
>> I AM THE ELDEST SON OF A
LOVING MOTHER WHO BECAME A
PARENT AS A TEENAGER.
SHE RAISED MY BROTHER AND I ON
HER OWN IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
AND SHE RELIED AND MY FAMILY
RELIED ON MANY OF THE SUPPORT
SERVICES H SXD IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR PROVIDING TODAY.
SOCIAL WORKERS AND COACHES WERE
MY HEROES.
THEY WERE THE ONES I WANTED TO
EMULATE.
I SHARE THIS OUT THE GATE NOT
BECAUSE IT'S UNIQUE.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAME
ADVERSITY.
TO SHARE THIS IS MY STARTING
PLACE.
IT IS THE LENS THROUGH WHICH I
SEE THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK.
IT IS ALSO TOMORROWTIVE AS I
CONTINUE MY JOURNEY IN
UNDERSTANDING RACISM AND EQUITY.
THE SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS WORKED
XAKLY AS DESIGNED FOR MY FAMILY.
BUT IT WAS DIFFERENT FOR MY
NEIGHBORS OF COLOR, MANY OF WHOM
ARE STILL LIVING IN THAT HOUSING
PROJECT TODAY.
MY FRIEND JOSE AND HIS FAMILY,
HARDWORKING MEXICAN-AMERICAN
IMMIGRANTS, ARE RAISING A NEW
GENERATION IN THE SAME ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS THEY WERE RAISED IN.
IT IS THROUGH THIS LIVED
EXPERIENCE I UNDERSTAND MY
PRIVILEGE, MY FAMILY'S
PRIVILEGE, AND SOCIAL RACISM.
I BEGAN A CAREER IN SEATTLE AT
THE FREMONT PUBLIC ASSOCIATION,
NOW KNOWN AS SOLID GROUND.
I MANAGED IN-HOME CARE PROGRAMS
FOR OLDER ADULTS AND ADULTS
PERMANENT DISABILITIES.
I WORKED UNDER A TEAM.
THESE PROGRESSIVE LEADERS HELPED
SHAPE MY PERSPECTIVE OF THE
HUMAN SERVICES SECTOR AND GAVE
ME A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING
HOW TO COMBAT THE NEGATIVE
IMPACTS OF RACISM AND POVERTY.
I CREDIT THESE LEADERS FOR
GROUNDING ME IN OUR SHARED
VALUES OF EQUITY, JUSTICE, AND
RESPONSIBLE.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO ME
OPTIMISM.
THEY SHOWED HE MOW TO BE MORE
EMPATHETIC.
THIS IS WHEN I FIRST BEGAN A
PARTNERSHIP WITH HSD AND SAW THE
EXPERTISE, CARE, AND VALUES THAT
WERE ALIGNED WITH MY OWN.
WHEN I WORKED AS THE LIFELONG
AIDS ALLIANCE I WORKED WITH -- I
LEARNED WHAT POWERFUL MEDICINE A
SAFE, STABLE HOME CAN BE.
AND AGAIN, HSD STAFF WERE EVER
PRESENT IN THAT WORLD AS A
FUNDER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY AS
ADVOCATE.
I SAW THE NEED FOR ADVOCACY,
JUSTICE, AND NEED FOR
COLLABORATION FIRSTHAND.
PEOPLE LIVERING IN POVERTY ASK
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
WERE IN NEED.
AND WITH FACTIONS ADVOCATING FOR
DIFFERENT GOALS IT WAS ONLY IN
RELATIONSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
ACROSS GOVERNMENT SECTORS, AND
WITH PEOPLE USING SECTOR THAT IS
OUR WORK SUCCEEDED.
HSD WAS A PARTNER AS WE WORKED
ON A MULTIYEAR, UNSHELTERED TASK
FORCE TO END HOMELESSNESS IN
KING COUNTY.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE BEST AND
BRIGHTEST WORKED AT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND I WANTED
TO JOIN THEM.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO
IN 2013.
AIM PROUD OF OUR WORK
HERE AT HSD.
TO BE PART OF A TEAM THAT HAS
GROUNDED THE WORK OF THE
DEPARTMENT EQUITY, RESULTS, AND
ACCOUNTABLEABILITY.
ABILITY.
I'M PROUD OF THE WORK WE DID IN
2018.
MY NEW ROLE AS INTERIM DIRECTOR,
AND AN MOU WITH KING COUNTY
AROUND GOVERNANCE OVER OUR
HOMELESS RESPONSE.
EVEN IN THOSE CONDITIONS, WE PUT
OUT $136 PB 5 MILLION IN
CONTRACTS TO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
OUR CASE MANAGERS SUPPORTED OVER
11,000 ADULTS.
OUR STAFF PROVIDED 360 YOUNG
PEOPLE WITH INTERNSHIP TUNS.
THROUGH OUR FUNDING OF
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THERE WERE 1.3 MILLION MEALS
PROVIDED.
WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF EXITS
TO PERMANENT HOUSING BY 30%.
AND 4,900 SUPPORT SERVICES WERE
PROVIDED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SURVIVORS.
OVER HALF OUR STAFF ATTENDED
TRAINING.
ADDITIONALLY, WE EXECUTED THREE
TIMES AS MANY CONTRACTS ON TIME
AS WE HAD THE YEAR BEFORE.
IN 2018 WE HAD ZERO AUDIT
FINDINGS.
WE CONSOLIDATED THE NAVIGATION
TEAM AND CONTINUED TO ADDRESS
THE CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS WITH
REGIONAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
BUT WE HAVE MUCH TO DO IN THE
YEAR AHEAD.
YOU HEARD IN GREAT DETAIL THE
PLAN TO STAND UP A NEW REGIONAL
ENTITY TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS OF
HOMELESSNESS.
I'M NOT SEEKING ANY FORMAL ROLE
WITH THAT NEW ENTITY.
I AM, HOWEVER, COMMITTED TO
ENSURING THAT THE FOUNDATION IS
SOUND AND DEVELOPED WITH
CUSTOMER VOICE.
IF I SHOULD BE CONFIRMED TO DO
SO, HSD IS WHERE I'M INTERESTED
IN CONTINUING MY WORK.
WORK AND PARTNERSHIP WITH
EMPLOYEES, MAYOR DURKAN, HER
CABINET, ALL IN PARTNERSHIP THAT
WILL MAKE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN
LIVES IN SEATTLE.
I BELIEVE IN THE PEOPLE WORKING
HERE AND I'M HAPPY TO BE PART OF
THAT TEAM.
AS I LOOK AHEAD, I SEE SEVERAL
AREAS WHICH WE CAN FOCUS ON
SHOULD I RECEIVE YOUR SUPPORT.
MY VISION INCLUDES, ONE,
RESULTS.
HSD'S INVESTMENT POSITIVELY
IMPACTS SEATTLE'S POPULATION,
MEANING OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES
SHOW IMACT.
TWO, STEWARDSHIP.
HSD SPENDS RESPONSIBLY, MEANING
WE ON IN OUR BUDGET AND WITHOUT
AUDIT FINDINGS.
THREE, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE.
HSD IS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK FOR
OUR EMPLOYEES, MEANING THAT
STAFF REPORT THEIR SATISFACTION
THROUGH A VARIETY OF CHANNELS
INCLUDING THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY,
CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR
SUPERVISORS, DIRECT FEEDBACK TO
THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE, AND OUR
HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM.
WE CAN AND MUST IMPROVE IN THIS
AREA.
FOUR, HSD HAS A MODERN
INFRASTRUCTURE MEANING
STAKEHOLDERS CAN ACCESS THE DATA
THEY NEED.
AND FIVE, EQUITY.
WORK TO ENSURE RACIAL, SOCIAL,
GENDER, AND GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY IN
OUR FUNDING, SERVICES, STAFFING,
AND CONVENINGS.
HOWEVER, AS MY JOURNEY HAS
SHOWN, I'VE NEVER DONE THIS
ALONE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING
WITH YOU, THE EMPLOYEES AND
OTHERS TO ADDRESS SUPPORT AND
COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE.
THANKS AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE WITH YOU AND I'M PREPARED
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, JASON.
I'LL ASK THE FIRST TWO AND THEN
I'LL ALLOW MY COLLEAGUES TO
WEIGH I.
ONE OF THE RESPONSES THIS
QUESTION NUMBER SIX, HOW WILL
YOU SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENT
IMPLEMENTATION
OF --
>> I MENTIONED IT WAS WITH GREAT
INTENTION THAT I CAME TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO
BE HERE IS THAT THIS CITY AND
THAT DEPARTMENT EMBODY AS VERY
CLEAR RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE AND STRATEGIES WITHIN
IT.
THAT HAD NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE
CASE IN OTHER PLACES I HAD
WORKED.
IT WAS THAT FRAMEWORK, THAT
INITIATIVE, THE DEEP COMMITMENT
TO ADDRESSING RACISM AND SOCIAL
INJUSTICE THAT MADE IT VERY
DESIRABLE FOR ME TOO TO WORK
WITH
THIS CITY AND THE SPECIFICALLY
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I FELT THERE WAS GREAT ALIGNMENT
IN VALUES BETWEEN THE RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE AND
THE VALUES I HOLD BOTH AS A
PERSON AND AS A TRAINED SOCIAL
WORKER.
I HAVE A 25-YEAR CAREER IN THIS
WORK.
I HAVE ALWAYS WORKED IN THE
HUMAN SERVICE SECTOR.
IT IS MY PASSION TO ENSURE I AM
PART OF A MOVEMENT THAT HELPS
PEOPLE AND BRINGS EQUITY INTO
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND SO I SEE VERY CLOSE
ALIGNMENT BETWEEN MY PER
VALUES, MY PROFESSIONAL VALUES,
AND THE WORK OF THE SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, A LEADER
MUST ALLOW SPACE FOR
DISCUSSIONS, DIALOGUE, AND
DEBATE ABOUT RACISM TO OCCUR
INSIDE OF AN ORGANIZATION.
I DO THAT.
THERE ARE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR PEOPLE TO ENTER INTO
DIALOGUE AND TO CALL TO TASK
WHEN THEY BELIEVE RACISM OR THE
IMPACTS OF A SOCIAL INJUSTICE
ARE PRESENT IN ANY OF OUR
POLICIES OR PRACTICES.
I ALSO HAVE ENSURED THA
STAFF ARE TRAINED AND HAVE
LANGUAGE AND THE ABILITY TO
SPEAK TO AND UNDERSTAND
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.
I SHARED IN MY OPENING REMARK
THAT IS WE HAD OVER 200 PEOPLE
GO THROUGH RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE TRAINING.
WE -- I HAVE A DEEP COMMITMENT
AND HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO
PARTICIPATE IN OUR RSJI CHANGE
TEAM.
I MEET WITH THE CHANGE TEAM
COLEADS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
THAT MEETING IS -- TAKES PLACE
SO WE CAN BOTH SHARE INFORMATION
BUT ALSO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP
ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE
RSJI INSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO
DO.
THERE IS WORK FOR ME TO DO
PERSONALLY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE I
STUDIED AND TRAINING
UNDERSTANDING, I ALSO UNDERSTAND
AS A YEAR MAN WHAT OPPRESSION
CAN FEEL LIKE.
IT IS MY ONGOING ABILITY TO MAKE
SURE I'M ENGAGED AND AT TABLES
AND INVITING OTHER PEOPLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN TABLES I HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT.
DIFFERENT IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES
CONDITION OFFERED AND ALWAYS
PART OF MY DECISION MAKING.
SXO THAT'S HOW I IMPLEMENT IT.
I TRY TO BE AN INCLUSIVE LEADER.
I TRY TO ENSURE I AM WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY.
AND THERE IS A DIVERSITY OF
PERSPECTIVE AND EXPERIENCE WHEN
I MAKE DECISIONS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT
ANSWER.
I'M GOING TO ASK.
AND I KNOW THIS IS A TOUGH ONE
BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL HEARD OVER
THE LAST FEW MONTHS CONCERNS
ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE
PROCESS.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE NOT BEEN
INSULATED FROM SOME OF THE
CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS THAT WE
HAVE HEARD.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT IF
YOU CHOOSE THAT WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS?
AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE HAVE
BEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT
OUT INTENTIONALLY OR OTHERWISE,
WHETHER THERE IS INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM THAT YOU POINT TO TO SAY
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
MOSTLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO
HERE, JASON, IS ACKNOWLEDGE THIS
HAS NOT BEEN EASY AND GIVE YOU
THE CHANCE TO SAY HOW WOULD YOU
MOVE FORWARD.
HOW DO YOU TAKE YOUR DEPARTMENT
FORWARD?
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
YEAH, THIS -- WHEN I THINK ABOUT
THIS PROCESS, I THINK BACK TO
WHEN KATHERINE LESTER ASKED ME
TO BE HER DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
IN THAT MOMENT AND AFTER
CONSIDERING THAT OFFER AND
SAYING YES TO HER, I KNEW THAT I
WAS MAKING A COMMITMENT TO STEP
INTO A SORT OF DIFFERENT LET
LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP.
THAT I WAS COMMITTED TO BACKING
HER UP IN A DAY TO DAY WAY,
SOMETIMES STEPPING IN HER PLACE
IN FULL AND COMPLICATED
SCHEDULES IN THAT ROLE.
I ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT IF SHE
WAS TO LEAVE THAT POSITION THAT
I WOULD EITHER FOR AN INTERIM
PERIOD OR ON A PERMANENT BASIS
BE STEPPING INTO THAT ROLE.
AND I WAS ALWAYS PREPARING AND,
AGAIN, KNEW, UNDERSTOOD THAT
WHEN THE ASK TO BE HER DEPUTY
WAS MADE THAT I WAS SAYING YES
TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
LEADERSHIP INSIDE OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
WHEN KATHERINE DID DEPART AND
MAYOR DURKAN ASKED FOR ME TO
SERVE AS INTERIM.
FIRST, THAT WAS A GREAT HONOR.
AND I TOOK THAT REQUEST VERY
SERIOUSLY.
AND WAS EXCITED TO STEP INTO
THAT ROLE.
ALSO FELT CONFIDENT THAT I HAD
THE TOOLS AND EXPERIENCES AND
THE SUPPORT I NEEDED TO SERVE IN
THAT ROLE.
MAYOR D USHGRKAN, YOU KNOW, A
NEW MAYOR COMING IN AND I AS A
NEW LEADER IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, WE NEEDED A PERIOD
OF -- TO GET TO KNOW ONE
ANOTHER.
TO UNDERSTAND OUR WORK STYLES,
TO UNDERSTAND THE BODIES OF
WORK.
AND TO MAKE SURE PRIORITIES WERE
ALIGNED.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE THAT
DURING THE TEN-MONTH PERIOD THAT
I SERVED AS INTERIM.
AND THERE WAS A POINT IN OUR
WORKING RELATIONSHIP WHEN SHE
ASKED IF I WOULD CONTINUE ON IN
A PERMANENT MANNER
I ENTHUSIASTICALLY SAID YES.
AGAIN, THIS IS -- THIS WORK,
WORKING IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
SECTOR, WORKING IN THE HUMAN
SERVICES FIELD IS MY CAREER.
THIS IS MY PROFESSION.
THIS IS A POSITION THAT I FEEL
LIKE I HAVE WORKED MY ENTIRE
CAREER TOWARD.
AND SO I AGAIN OFFERED AN
ENTHUSIASTIC AFFIRMATION OF MY
COMMITMENT TO THIS DEPARTMENT
AND TO HER IN THIS ROLE AS A
MEMBER OF HER CABINET.
I CAN SAY THAT I ALSO FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT
THE PROCESS AND THE CALL FOR
PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, MANY OF US WHO ARE
JUST AT THE TABLE BEFORE TALK
ABOUT THE SEATTLE PROCESS.
AND SOMETIMES WE TALK ABOUT THAT
AND LAUGH OUR SHAKE OUR HEADS
WHEN REALLY WHAT WE MEAN IS DOES
IT HAVE TO TAKE THIS LONG?
BUT I AM SOMEONE WHO DOES VALUE
PROCESS AND LIKES TO WORK
COLLABORATIVELY AND UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE ARE VOICES AT THE
TABLE AND THAT THOSE VOICES ARE
HEARD AND CONSIDERED.
SO THERE IS A LEVEL OF
UNDERSTANDING.
I DID NOT WATCH OR HEAR ABOUT
ANY OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT
EITHER TOOK PLACE IN THIS CAME
BER OR OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND
SHAKE MY HEAD AS SOMETHING THAT
WAS RIDICULOUS OR UNWARRANTED.
I HEARD THE VOICES FROM THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND
UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY AT THE
CORE, THEY WERE FEELING UNHEARD.
THEY WERE FEELING LIKE THEY WERE
-- THAT THEY HAD SOMETHING THEY
WANTED TO SAY.
THEY WANTED SOME LEVEL OF INPUT
INTO WHO WAS LEADING THE
ORGANIZATION THEY WERE PART OF.
THAT IS NOW MY WORK TO DO.
AGAIN, IF I AM SO HONORED TO BE
CONFIRMED BY THIS BODY, I WILL
IMMEDIATELY STEP INTO THAT WORK.
I WILL WANT TO MEET WITH THESE
GROUPS WHO HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE
YOU AND UNDERSTAND, MAKE SURE
THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR
PERSPECTIVE.
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FIND
COMMON GROUND AND A MEANS TO
MOVE FORWARD.
I RARELY WORK AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
I REALLY ENJOY AND VALUING WITH
PART OF A TEAM.
I WANT THAT TEAM TO BE COHESIVE
VPT I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS
ARE PART OF ANY TEAM I'M PART OF
ARE SAFE AND SUPPORTED.
THAT IS THE WORK AHEAD OF ME TO
MAKE SURE THAT LEVEL OF
UNDERSTANDING AND THAT
COMMITMENT TO WORK TOGETHER ON
THE MANY CHALLENGES WE HAVE FROM
FRONT OF US HAPPENS.
>> JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE IN YOUR 11
MONTHS HOW YOU HAVE BEEN MEETING
WITH OR IF YOU'VE BEEN MEETING
WITH PEOPLE OVER THAN -- WITHIN
YOUR DEPARTMENT AND OUTSIDE THE
COMMUNITY OTHER THAN YOUR
IMMEDIATE PEOPLE THAT ARE
REPORTING TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
SO HAVE A STRUCTURE, WITH MEET
EVERY TUESDAY MORNING FOR TWO
HOURS.
OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT I OR REALLY ANY
LEADER IN THIS POSITION BE
ENGAGED WITH THE WORK FORCE MORE
BROADLY.
I CAN'T TAKE ALL OF MY
DIRECTION, ALL OF MY
CONSIDERATION.
CANNOT JUST BE FILTERED THROUGH
A SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
SO I HAVE CONTINUED MANY OF THE
PRACTICES THAT HAVE BEEN THIS
PLACE IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT FOR YEARS.
THOSE INCLUDE FLOOR CHECK-INS.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AND THE 400 EMPLOYEE THAT IS
WORK THERE WORK ON THREE FLOORS
INSIDE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL TOWER.
WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN THE CENTRAL
BUILDING ON 3RD AVENUE IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND AN OFFICE
IN RENTON.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE IS
TIME HELD AND I TRY TO KEEP THAT
TIME FAIRLY UNSTRUCTURED SO THAT
I CAN INVITE FOLKS FROM EACH OF
THE FLOORS, EACH OF THE
SATELLITE OFFICES TO JOIN ME IN
DIALOGUE.
I WANT TO MAJOR LEAGUE SURE I'M
KEEPING THEM UPDATED ON THE WORK
I'M INVOLVED IN, AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE I'M HEARING FROM THEM
ABOUT HOW POLICIES AND PRACTICES
I'M TRYING TO IMPLEMENT ARE
IMPACTING THEM.
I ALSO WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW
THEY FEEL THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE
AN IMPACT THIS THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT GAPS
OR HARDSHIPS THEY'RE HAVING AS
THEY IMPLEMENT THEIR WORK.
LIKEWISE, DURING THIS INTERIM
PERIOD I SET UP AN INTERNAL
STAFF ADVISORY GROUP.
I WANTED A GROUP THAT INCLUDED A
VARIETY OF CLASSIFICATIONS THAT
HAD AN EYE TO DIVERSITY AND THAT
WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I
COULD TURN TO AND HONESTLY WORK
VERY CANDIDLY WITH TO HELP GUIDE
MY LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY DURING
THIS INTERIM PERIOD.
THERE ARE ALSO OTHER WAYS WE
INVITE EMPLOYEES TO BE IN
COMMUNICATION WITH ME.
I HAVE LITERALLY AN OPEN DOOR
POLICY.
I DO MY WORK IN MY OFFICE WITH
MY DOOR WIDE OPEN AND PEOPLE
TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
JUST YESTERDAY I HAD -- DAY
BEFORE YESTERDAY AND YESTERDAY I
HAD SEVEN TO TEN PEOPLE WALK IN
WITHOUT A SCHEDULED MEETING TO
TALK TO ME ABOUT THINGS THAT
THEY WERE DEALING WITH INSIDE OF
THE DEPARTMENT.
I ENCOURAGE THAT KIND OF OPEN
DIALOGUE.
AND I AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT
I AM ENGAGED WITH EMPLOYEES AT
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, I
INVITE THEM TO GIVE ME THEIR
FEEDBACK.
I CONSIDER MYSELF SOMEONE THAT
LISTENS.
AND I ENCOURAGE FEEDBACK FROM
EVERYONE AND ANYONE I WORK WITH.
TO THAT END JUST LAST YEAR I
CONDUCTED A 360 EVALUATION
WHERE, YOU KNOW, 50 FOLKS FROM
INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT AND
OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT GAVE ME
FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW I WAS DOING
AS INTERIM DIRECTOR.
THAT WAS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
INFORMATION FOR ME.
WE ALSO CONDUCTED AND CONTINUED
TO CONDUCT AN EMPLOYEE SURVEY.
W DO THIS EVERY OTHER YEAR.
AND ONE TOOK PLACE IN SEPTEMBER
OF 2018.
THAT IS ANOTHER TOOL THAT GIVES
ME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE
EMPLOYEES INSIDE OF THE
DEPARTMENT NEED AND HOW THEY'RE
EXPERIENCING THE WORK, HOW
THEY'RE EXPERIENCING MY
LEADERSHIP AND THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS,
A VARIETY OF WAYS I TRY TO STAY
GAGED.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO A VARIETY OF
TOOLS I USE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON?
>> I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO
JUMP INTO THE CUE.
THIS IS INFLUENCED BY THE FACT I
HAVE TO SNEAK OUT OF HERE TO GO
TO A LUNCH DATE, YOUTH CARES
ANNUAL LUNCHEON.
I APOLOGIZE.
I'M GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO
LISTEN TO AS MUCH OF YOUR ANSWER
AS I CAN, AND THEN I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO DISAPPEAR.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK
THE DEPARTMENT DOES WITH YOUTH
AND FAMILIES.
IN PARTICULAR, THE COLLABORATION
WITH THE DEP OF THE EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING.
WE WERE ABLE TO PUT OUT TO
VOTERS AN EDUCATION LEVY RENEWAL
PROGRAM THAT A LOT OF THE BOTH
INSIDE SCHOOL TIME AND OUTSIDE
THE SCHOOL TIME IS SUPPORTED BY
NONPROFITS WHO ARINGS CLIENT OF
THE HUMAN IT WASES DEPARTMENT.
WEFR, I THINK, VERY INTERESTED
THIS HOW WE CAN SEE
COLLABORATION BETWEEN HSD AND
DEAL.
AND I WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROVIDERS TO
THINK OF THE PROCESSES THEY MAY
GO THROUGH SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO AVOID HAVING A CONSTANT
PROCESS WHERE SERVICE PROVIDERS
ARE APPLYING TO ONE DEPARTMENT
TO FND FUND THE SAME KID AND
PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU.
VERY GOOD QUESTION.
>>> YOU KNOW, IN THE -- SO I
HAVE TWO THOUGHTS.
FIRST, WE JUST HEARD A PRETTY
DETAILED DISCUSSION ABOUT AN
IMPORTANT REORGANIZATION THAT'S
GOING TO OCCUR AROUND ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS.
THAT IS -- THE CREATION OF THIS
NEW ENTITY IS GOING TO HAVE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND I AM WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH
DEP TE DIRECTOR BURIEN TO REALLY
START TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE
IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE AND
START TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY
AND WHAT INVESTMENTS ARE LIVING
INSIDE OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
AND SOME OF THOSE ARE IN THE
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT SPACE.
AND SO THERE ARE FUNDS THAT WE
HOLD LIKE THE CHILD CARE BONUS
FUNDS.
THERE ARE BODIES OF WORK THAT WE
STILL DO TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE
EITHER IN EARLY EDUCATION OR WHO
ARE SCHOOL AGE.
AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS
PROCESS OF CONSIDERING THE
FUTURE OF HSD ONCE THIS NEW
ENTITY IS STOOD UP, I WILL HAVE
TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH DWAYNE
TO UNDERSTAND AND ANSWER THE
QUESTION IS THIS PROGRAM
SOMETHING THIS THAT THE
SERVICES SHOULD HOLD OR SHOULD
THAT BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING.
SO THOSE DIALOGUES WILL HAVE TO
HAPPEN.
INSIDE OF THE WORK WHEN I THINK
ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO
SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE
FAMILIES CONNECTED TO THOSE
YOUNG PEOPLE, IT REALLY CENTERS
AROUND EMPLOYMENT.
IT CENTERS AROUND AFFORDABILITY.
AND IT ALSO CENTERS AROUND
SAFETY.
AND SO AS I DO THAT WORK OF
TRYING TO PARTNER WITH DEAL AND
UNDERSTAND WHY AN INVESTMENT OR
A PROGRAM AREA SITS INSIDE OF
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
NOT INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, EARLY LEARNING.
THAT IS THE FRAME BY WHICH I'M
GOING TO BE USING.
ONE, IS IT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE MOVING
INTO THE WORK FORCE?
WE HAVE, ISYP, WE'RE EXPANDING
THAT WORK, MAKING IT YEAR ROUND
MAKING SURE WE SUPPORT YOUNG
PEOPLE AS THEY MOVE INTO THE
WORK FORCE.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING IS ROBUST.
WE DO THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A
NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A KEY
PARTNER, BUT DEAL IS ALSO AN
IMPORTANT PARTNER IN THAT WORK.
AFFORDABILITY BECOMES CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
AFFORDABILITY MECHANISMS WE
CONTROL ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT
FAMILIES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAM IS THERE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER
BENEFIT THAT IS CITY OF SEATTLE
FAMILIES CAN ACCESS ARE
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
FOOD SECURITY FOR THE YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SERVING.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE IS A STRONG
ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY AND WORK
HAPPENING INSIDE OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT WILL ALWAYS RELY ON US
WORKING WITH DEAL, WITH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT'S IN
PLACE.
AND THEN FINALLY I THINK THIS IS
THE AREA WHERE THERE'S THE MOST
INTERSECTION WITH DEAL IS AROUND
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS
WHERE WE SERVE A LOT OF THE SAME
úINDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES IN
MAKING SURE THAT CHILDREN AND
YOUTH ARE MOVING THROUGH LIFE
HERE IN SEATTLE FREE FROM
VIOLENCE AND IN STABLE, SAFE,
SUPPORTIVE COMUPS.
AND WE HAVE INVESTMENTS IN THAT
SPACE.
DEAL DOES AS WELL.
AND IT REQUIRES STRONG, TIGHT
PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN OUR TWO
DEPARTMENTS.
>> ANY FOLLOW-UP?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, I KNOW
YOU'VE SAID YOU'VE GOT POSSIBLY
THE YOUTH CARE LUNCH AS WELL.
>> I'M SORRY, CHAIR BAGSHAW.
YEAH, I HAD SOMETHING SCHEDULED
LONG BEFORE THIS MEETING WAS
SCHEDULED TOO.
SO BEFORE I HAVE
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MAYBE FOR
MR. JOHNSON.
I'LL GET TO THEM IN A SECOND.
I WANTED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS
OF FIRST OF ALL TO THANK
EVERYBODY BOTH HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING
HOMELESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THEMSELVES.
HUNDREDS OF WHOM HAVE SPOKEN
PERSONALLY IN COMMITTEE MEETINGS
IN MY COMMITTEE MORE THAN ONCE.
SOME PEOPLE SOKE TWICE SXCHLT .
AND ALSO THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
THAT CALLED MY OFFICE AND I'M
SURE OTHER OFFICES ABOUT THEIR
CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE MAYOR WAS
APPROACHING THIS QUESTION OF THE
LEADERSHIP OF A VERY IMPORTANT
DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK UNDERLYING ALL OF
THIS IS NOT JUST A QUESTION OF
THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE
INDIVIDUAL BUT THE ISSUES THAT
PEOPLE CARE ABOUT WHICH IS THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, THE
EXPLODING HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
THE CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING OF
THESE SERVICES.
ONE SERVICE PROVIDER AGAINST
ANOTHER SERVICE PROVIDER.
ULTIMATELY EVERYBODY IS
SUFFERING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING A
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SERVICES
EITHER.
AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE,
I THINK ULTIMATE THE BUCK STOPS
WITH ELEK ODD FIRMS BECAUSE
ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY.
IT'S NOT ONLY ONE EXECUTIVE
MEMBER ALTHOUGH EXECUTIVES ALSO
HAVE RESPONSIBILITY.
AND ULTIMATELY YOU HAVE TO
DECIDE TO FOLLOW YOUR
CONSCIENCE.
YOU REPORT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
WHICH IS CLEAR.
I MEAN, YOU UNDERSTAND THE CHAIN
OF COMMAND.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME I THINK
WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE
SAID, THE SENTIMENT THAT'S BEING
REFLECTED IS THAT THEY WANT THE
LEADER SHIP TO DO THE RIGHT
THING IN THE FACE OF THIS
DEEPENING QUALITY IN THIS DEEP
CRISIS.
AND I REALLY REALLY WANTED TO
GIVE MY THANK, GRATITUDE, AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO HOMELESS
COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO IS SPOKE UP
COURAGEOUSLY, PEOPLE OF COLOR
WHO SPOKE.
BUT I SHOULD MAKE A SPECIAL NOTE
OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO SPOKE.
WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH
COURAGE IT TAKES FOR WORKERS TO
SPEAK AGAINST THEIR LEADERSHIP.
IT MAY NOT BE AGAINST AN
INDIVIDUAL, BUT DIRECTION OF THE
LEADERSHIP.
THERE'S ALWAYS A FEAR OF
RETALIATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE OTHER
ELECTED OFFICIALS STAND, BUT I
WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR TO ALL OF
YOU, SOME OF YOU WHO ARE HERE IN
THIS CHAMBERS, BUT MANY OF YOU
WHO SPOKE EARLIER.
CONVEY MY THANKS TO THEM.
I WANT TO THANK THE SILENCE
BREAKER WHO IS SPOKE TODAY
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS IS
NOT THE KIND OF PUBLIC MEETING
THAT FOSTER THAT KIND OF --
IT'S INTIMIDATING TO SPEAK IN A
SETTING LIKE THIS.
AND I ALSO HAVE TO SAY IT IS
REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT THE
MAYOR IN HER PRESS CONFERENCE
CHOSE TO CHARACTERIZE THE
MEETINGS WHERE HUNDREDS OF
EMPLOYEES TOOK THE COURAGE IN
THEIR HANDS AND SPOKE OPENLY,
THAT SHE CHARACTERIZED THOSE
MEETINGS AS CIRCUS-LIKE.
THAT IS DEEPLY UNFORTUNATE, I
THINK.
THAT DOES NOT REFLECT ANY KIND
OF REAL LEADERSHIP.
I THINK L. JOHNSON YOU DID A
GOOD THING TODAY BY, I MEAN,
JUST TO PAR PHRASE WHAT YOU
SAID, IS THAT YOU WATCHED THOSE
MEETINGS BUT DIDN'T DISMISS
THEM.
THANK YOU FOR ARTICULATING THAT.
THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T
DISMISS, ALSO SHOWS UP IN YOUR
ACTIONS.
SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS ON THE
EMPLOYEE SURVEYS, AND I'M GOING
TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THE WAY I
HAD SENT THEM, BUT YOU KNOW, NOT
THE WAY THEY HAD REACHED YOU.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S NOT
GOING TO BE THE EXACT WORDING
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS
REACHED YOU IN.
EMPLOYEE SURVEY RESULTS AND I
HOPE AT LEAST EMPLOYEES,
OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THE RESULTS
OF THE SURVEY THAT YOU ALL
PARTICIPATED IN.
AND HOPEFULLY MEMBER OF THE
PUBLIC HAVE ALSO SEEN IT.
IF NOT, GO TO MY COUNSEL WEBSITE
AND LOOK AT THEM.
EMPLOYEE SURVEY RESULTS HAVE
SHOWN A PRECIPITOUS COLLAPSE IN
HUMAN SERVICES EMPLOYEES
CONFIDENCE IN MANAGEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW STATISTICALLY
WHETHER IT'S ACCURATE TO HOLD
YOU PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT
LEAVING THAT ASIDE AND NOT
IMPLYING ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY OR NOT, MY
QUESTION IS WHAT ROLE DO YOU
THINK HUMAN SERVICE EMPLOYEES
SHOULD HAVE IN DETERMINING THE
DIRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT?
AND ALSO, JUST GENUINELY
SPEAKING.
ECHOING WHAT DENISE CROWNBELL
SAID, HOW DO YOU SEE THE
DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD GIVEN
THE RESULTS OF THIS SUSH VA?
THESE ARE NOT MINOR.
YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
SURVEY RESULTS ARE REALLY
STUNNING.
AND SO IT'S A SERIOUS QUESTION I
ASK TO YOU AS SOMEBODY WHO'S
PROBABLY NOW GOING TO ADOPT
PERMANENT LEADERSHIP.
HOW DO YOU SEE THE DEPARTMENT
MOVING FORE WARD ON THIS?
AND HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO ADDRESS
WHAT'S CLEARLY A CRISIS.
AND I WON'T GO INTO THE CRISIS.
IT'S REFLECTED IN THE SURVEY.
LET ME GO AHEAD AND ALSO SAY
ANOTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY
LATER.
IT'S PART OF THIS QUESTION.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN
ADDITION TO THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY
RECENTLY REVEALED, DURING THE
PART-TIME WHEN THE NOMINATION
PROCESS CAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL
AND CAME TO MY COMMITTEE, 130 OF
YOUR EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEES IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 130
MEMBERS OF PROTECT 17, THE UNION
LOCAL THAT REPRESENTS HALF OF
THE EMPLOYEES IN THE DEPARTMENT.
130 OF THOSE MS OBJECTED TO
YOUR NOMINATION BY THE MAYOR
WITHOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO I THINK THOSE RESULTS REFLECT
THE DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS IN.
AND HOW DO YOU SEE IN TERMS OF
THE LEADERSHIP'S ROLE MOVING
FORWARD?
>> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
THE SURVEY IS A TOOL, I BELIEVE
AN IMPORTANT TOOL, THAT HELPS TO
CONVEY INFORMATION TO LEADERSHIP
AND TO THE REST OF THE
DEPARTMENT, TO OTHER EMPLOYEES,
ABOUT WHAT THE EXPERIENCE OF
WORKING IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IS LIKE.
WE SAW IN THIS SURVEY THAT THERE
ARE ISSUES AROUND COMMUNICATION,
RECOGNITION OF WORK AS WELL AS
RSJ THAT CAME TO THE TOP.
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
THE 2018 SURVEY, YOU KNOW, IT
REFLECKS ALL OF THIS.
AND IT PROVIDES US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR
CHALLENGES AND START WORKING ON
SOLUTIONS.
AND THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I
INTENDED TO USE THIS SURVEY NO
MATTER THE RESULTS.
I BELIEVE THAT SIMILAR TO
2014 WHEN THIS SURVEY WAS
CONDUCTED THAT THE IMMENSE
CHANGE THAT HAS OCCURRED INSIDE
OF THIS DEPARTMENT HAS AN IMPACT
ON HOW SATISFIED EMPLOYEES ARE
WITH THEIR WORK.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CHANGES
I'M LOOKING AT FROM THE
2016 SCORE AND THE 2018 SCORE,
THAT ALSO TO ME IS AN INDICATOR
THAT THERE'S A SERIOUS
SITUATION.
>> WHAT I'M TRYING TO POINT OUT
IS IN 2014 THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL
CHANGE OCCURRING.
THERE WAS A BRAND NEW MAYOR.
THERE WAS A BRAND NEW DIPTD
HEAD.
DEPARTMENT
HEAD.
AND THERE WAS REORGANIZING.
IN 2016 THAT WAS A PERIOD OF
GREAT STABILITY.
THAT WAS A PERIOD WHERE BOTH THE
ADMINISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT,
AND THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF HAD
A LEVEL OF STABILITY IN TACT.
AND AGAIN IN 2018 THERE WAS
ANOTHER LEVEL OF GREAT
INSTABILITY.
A CHANGE IN THE MAYOR, A CHANGE
IN THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, AND
THE SIGNAL OF REORGANIZATION
THAT WAS GOING TO OCCUR INSIDE
OF THE DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THOSE ARE
EXCUSES, BUT THEY ARE PART OF
THE REALITY WHEN I LOOK AT THIS
DATA, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS SURVEY
THAT I HAVE TO TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION.
IT BEGS THE QUESTION OF ME OF
HOW CAN I BEST SUPPORT A TEAM OF
PROFESSIONALS THROUGH GREAT
CHANGE.
THE CHANGE IS GOING TO OCCUR.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE ANXIETIES.
HOW CAN I AS A LEADER HELP
SUPPORT THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY?
BUT IT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES
ME, ESPECIALLY AS I HOPE TO BE
MADE PERMANENT DIRECTOR IN THIS
SPACE AND LEAD THIS TEAM FOR
MANY YEARS, IT GIVES ME BASELINE
DATA, BASELINE UNDERSTANDING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT I NEED TO WORK
ON.
I NEED TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION.
I NEED TO MAKE SURE
COMMUNICATION IS HAPPENING MORE
THAN WHAT'S OCCURRING NOW.
I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK
THAT I SEND TOO MUCH EMAIL AND
PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR MY VOICE,
HEAR FROM ME PERSONALLY.
I NEED TO CREATE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
I HAVE HEARD THAT THE PRACTICE
OF FLOOR CHECK-INS AND OF HAVING
REGULAR HUDDLES THAT OCCUR
INSIDE OF THE DIVISIONS ARE
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ENJOY.
I NEED TO MAKE MORE TIME FOR
THAT.
SO I'VE COMMITTED TO HOLDING
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FORUMS.
WE HAVE USED BROWN BAGS OR
LUNCHEON LEARNS AS A WAY TO
ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN MORE OF
THOSE.
BUT I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY,
I'VE HEARD VERY CLEARLY FROM THE
EMPLOYEES THAT THERE IS GOING TO
NEED TO BE SOME REAL INTENTIONAL
HEALING THAT WILL NEED TO TAKE
PLACE.
THERE WILL NEED TO BE SOME
PROBABLY FACILITATED MECHANISM
THAT HAPPENS.
SOME EVENT THAT WHERE WE CAN
COME TOGETHER AND HAVE COMMON
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE DESIRE.
YOU ASKED HOW DO -- WHAT ROLE DO
I SEE EMPLOYEES PLAYING IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
I SEE THEM PLAYING A SIGNIFICANT
ROLE.
I WANT THEIR INPUT.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY
WANT ME TO LEAD THEM.
AND WE CAN
ONLY DO THAT WITH BETTER
COMMUNICATION.
THE OTHER ELEMENT ON THE SURVEY
WAS RECOGNITION.
WE HAVE WAYS OF FORMALLY
RECOGNIZING STAFF.
WE DO TRY TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN
STAFF ARE PART OF SUCCESSFUL
EFFORTS.
DEPUTY MAYOR MOSELEY IS JOINING
ME IN THAT EFFORT WHEN HE SEES
WORK HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH OUR
WEEKLY REPORT.
HE GETS PEOPLE A PERSONAL EMAIL.
I WRITE PERSONAL CARDS TO
EMPLOYEES ALL THE TIME THANKING
THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS, THANKING
THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
BUT THAT WAS GOT TO BE MORE.
AND I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND THAT
I HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I NEED TO ENGAGE WITH STAFF AND
FIND OUT FROM THEM HOW DO YOU
WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED?
HOW DO
YOU WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED IN
THIS REALLY DIFFICULT WORK?
WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
WORKING TO UNDO GREAT
INJUSTICES.
WE'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO
ARE SUFFERING.
AND SO IT MAY NOT BE A LUNCH, A
PARTY, AN AWARD, A CERTIFICATE.
IT MAY BE SOME OTHER KIND OF
RECOGNITION NEEDED BY EMPLOYEES.
I NEED TO LEAN IN AND DETERMINE
WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE.
>> NICE, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, I THINK
YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL SAID
WAIT.
>> I APPRECIATE THE
UNDERSTANDING.
MY QUESTION IS UN IN DECEMBER
THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SENT
SHARE WHEEL A ONE YEAR CRACK FOR
.
LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER HOMELESS
PEOPLE TESTIFIED AGAINST THE
MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THEIR CONTRACT WAS CUT BY SIX
MONTHS WITH WHAT I THINK AND
MANY OTHERS FEEL NO NEW RFB
ISSUED.
I JUST WONNER HOW YOU THINK THIS
WILL IMPACT TRUST IN NOT JUST
YOU BUT IN THE DEPARTMENT AND
THE DIRECTIVES COME FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT ALSO EVEN IF IT WAS, MANY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SAID IT
FELT LIKE RETALIATION.
BUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS
OR NOT, IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY THESE
SERVICE THAT IS ARE CLEARLY
PROVIDING A LIFELINE FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE
HAVE LITTLE TO NOTHING, WHY IS
IT THAT WE CONTINUE NICKEL AND
DIMING THOSE SERVICES?
AND DO YOU ENVISION UNDER YOUR
LEADERSHIP HUMAN SERVICE
DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE A
DIFFERENT APPROACH?
>> SO WE CONTRACT WITH CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY SERVICES ON BEHALF OF
THE SHELTER PROGRAMS OPERATED BY
SHARE WHEEL.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SHARE
WHEEL DID MAKE PROGRESS IN
2018 IN REGARD TO THEIR EXITS TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
BUT AT A POINT IN TIME WHEN WE
DID HAVE THE RFP AND THEY
APPLIED AT THE END OF 2017 TO P
AWARDED FUNDING, THEY WERE NOT
SELECTED FOR FUNDING.
THOSE FUNDING DECISIONS, THOSE
REALLY DIFFICULT, COMPLICATED
FUNDING DECISIONS ARE NOT MADE
BY ME ALONE.
THEY ARE NOT MADE BY THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT ALONE.
IN THIS PATHWAYS HOME OR
HOMELESS INVESTMENT RFP WE
ENGAGED DOZENS OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO HELP US MAKE DIFFICULT
DECISIONS.
AND THE SHARE WHEEL CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY SERVICES AT THE SHARE
WHEEL SHELTER WERE NOT SELECTED
FOR FUNDING THROUGH THAT
PROCESS.
I IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IDENTIFIED SIX
MONTHS OF BRIDGE FUNDING.
IT SEEMED IRRESPONSIBLE TO
IMMEDIATELY ON JANUARY 1 CUT
TIES WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT
WAS PROVIDING A ROOF OVERHEAD
FOR HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
JUST A MONTH OR THREE MONTHS.
THAT IT WAS A HALF YEAR BRIDGE
TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SOME
TRANSITION FOR THE INDIVIDUALS
STAYING IN THE SHELTERS.
THIS BODY CONNED TO FUND THAT
FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR AND
CONTINUED TO PUT MONEY INTO
BUDGET TO KEEP THOSE SHELTER
PROGRAMS WHOLE.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE OF
RETALIATION DIRECTLY.
THIS IS IN NO WAY RETALIATION
FOR ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID
INSIDE OF THIS CHAMBER.
I HAVE COMMENTED MANY TIMES
TODAY AND IN OTHER SPACES THAT I
WELCOME FEEDBACK.
AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT
OUR DEPARTMENT OR I PERSONALLY
AM DOING THAT INTERRUPT SERVICES
FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, I
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND SO AGAIN, I -- THIS WAS NOT
A RETALIATORY EFFORT.
LIKEWISE, IT WASN'T AN ISOLATED
EFFORT.
BECAUSE SHARE WHEEL, THROUGH
THIS RFP WAS NOT SELECTED WE ARE
GOING TO PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION
TO HOW THIS PROGRAM IS
PERFORMING.
WE'RE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
THIS PROGRAM AND CONTINUE TO
IMPROVE.
BUT THERE ARE STILL ISSUES,
ESPECIALLY ISSUES OF DATA
QUALITY.
WE MET WITH THE SHARE WHEEL
ORGANIZATION JUST THIS WEEK.
WE WENT THROUGH A VERY CLEAR
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WE ENTER INTO THESE PERFORMANCE
IMPROVEMENT PLANS WITH MANY
ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS, AGAIN, IS NOT AN ISOLATED
ISSUE.
WE HAVE PERFORMANCE PLANS IN
PLACE FOR MANY ORGANIZATIONS.
BILL FROM CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
SERVICES WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE
IMPROVEMENT PERFORMANCE PLAN AND
THE ELEMENTS WE PUT INTO THAT
PLAN THAT WE CONVEYED TO SHARE
WHEEL.
AND WE ARE GOING TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO
ENT INTERTHAT SECOND SIX-MONTH
CONTRACT.
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO USE THIS AS
A TOOL TO DEFUND THEM.
AND WE ARE, IN FAC, TRYING TO
USE IT AS A TOOL AND A WAY TO
ENGAGE WITH THEM TO HELP THEM
DON'T TO IMPROVE AND CON TP
PROVIDE SAFETY.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW-UP ON
THAT.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MOQUDA
HAS A QUESTION AS WELL.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH SHARE WHEEL
HAS BECOME GOOD.
AND IT'S BEEN GOOD FOR CLOSE TO
15 YEARS.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY
THAT IS THAT I HAVE VISITED THE
SHELTERS.
I VISITED WHEN THEY ARE PUTTING
UP ENCAMPMENTS ON FAITH
INSTITUTIONS.
AND I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED
WITH THEIR SELF-MANAGEMENT.
AGAIN, I'M SAYING FROM MY
EXPERIECE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE A
DIGNIFIED PLACE TO LIVE.
I'M HEARING FROM OTHERS THAT
THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
I'M HEARING THAT THEY, PEOPLE IN
THE SHELTERS, FEEL OPPRESSED OR
REQUIRED TO DO SOMETHING THEY
DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TRUTH
LIES.
MAYBE YOU CAN TELL US WHAT YOU
KNOW ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE MOVE
FORWARD.
WHEY DO BELIEVE IS SHARE WHEEL
IS OFFERING SOMETHING THAT
OTHERS DON'T IN TERMS OF PLACES
FOR PEOPLE TO GO OVERNIGHT WHERE
WE CAN GET PEOPLE INTO SOMETHING
WARM AND STABLE AS CONTRASTED TO
LEAVING THEM ON THE STREETS.
>> YEAH, I DIDN'T HEAR A
SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE
A RESPONSE.
FIRST, I WANT TO STATE CLEARLY
THAT I DON'T HAVE A BIAS FOR OR
AGAINST SHARE WHEEL.
WHAT I DO HAVE A BIAS FOR IS
PERFORMANCE AND STEWARDSHIP.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IN MY ROLE
AS HEAD OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT THAT WE ARE MAKING
SURE THAT THE TAXPAYER
INVESTMENTS ARE BEING MADE INTO
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING.
AND IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS,
WHETHER IT'S THE CITY, THE
COUNTY, ALL HOME WE ARE ALL
TRYING TO PUT OARS IN THE WATER
POINTED THE SAME DIRECTION AND
MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE EXIT
HOMELESSNESS AND ENTER INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND SO RIGHT NOW THAT IS THE
MEASURE BY WHICH I AM GAUGING
PERFORMANCE.
AND IN MY STEWARDSHIP ROLE ABLE
TO ANALYZE WHETHER OR NOT THE
INVESTMENT IS SUCCESSFUL.
SO I DO HAVE A BIAS THERE.
AND I THINK, LIKE I SAID, THE
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
ORGANIZATION IS SHOWING
IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA.
I HOPE IT CONTINUES.
I ALSO WANT TO STATE THAT WE
KNOW BY STANDING UP MORE
ENHANCED SHELTER LAST YEAR THAT
ENHANCED SHELTERS, MEANING
SHELTERS THAT HAVE SERVICES
ATTACHED TO THEM, SERVICES
HELP DIRECT PEOPLE TOWARD HOUSER
ARE FIVE TIMES MORE SUCCESSFUL
IN PROVIDING PERMANENT HOUSING,
PROVIDING A PERMANENT HOUSING
PLACEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS THAN
BASIC OVERNIGHT SHELTER.
THAT IS NOT A JUDGEMENT
STATEMENT AGAINST OVERNIGHT
SHELTER THAT.
SERVES AN IMPORTANT ROLE AND
PROVIDES LIFE-SAVING ROOF
OVERHEAD OVERNIGHT TO HUNDREDS
OF INDIVIDUALS IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
BUT IT IS, IN MY OPINION,
THROUGH CASE MANAGEMENT THAT THE
SUCCESSES ARE HAPPENING.
IT HAPPENS WITH CASE MANAGERS
WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT IS HELPING
US SEE THAT THROUGHPUT.
OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT CASE
MANAGEMENT IS PRESENT IN OUR
SHELTER PROGRAMS AND THAT IT IS,
WE BELIEVE, AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
MAKING SURE ISSUES AND NEEDS OF
INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ARE MET.
>> SO IT'S WHAT'S BEEN VERY
CLEAR, NOT JUST THROUGH THIS
PROCESS, MOST RECENTLY WORKING
WITH A NUMBER OF OUR COURT
JUDGES IS THAT EVERYBODY SAYS WE
NEED MORE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO
GO.
THAT REALLY TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS THE OOFB THING TO
DO IS HAVE MORE HOUSING
AVAILABLE FOR ALL ECONOMIC
LEVELS.
SO THE WORRY THAT I HAVE AROUND
SHARE WHEEL IS THAT IF THEY
DON'T CONTINUE THAT WE DON'T
HAVE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
SO HOW DO WE BOARDNATE WITH OUR
OFFICE OF HOUSING, WITH EVERY
OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT IS DOING
THIS TO EXPAND FAST THE NUMBER
OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO.
THIS IS THE PIPELINE QUESTION.
LEERZ CAN I MAKE A COMMENT
BEFORE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THIS IS A CONFIRMATION
PROCEXCUSE ME.
THAT IS THE AGENDA OF THE DAY.
NOW, WE CAN ASK THE DIRECTOR'S
VIEWS ON THIS.
I HAVE SORT OF A POLICY VIEW ON
WHO'S MAKING DECISIONS WHETHER
IT'S COMING FROM YOU AND YOUR
STAFF OR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
WHICH I THINK WOULD BE, OF
COURSE, THE MAYOR IS THE
EXECUTIVE.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DAYLIGHT
THAT PROCESS SO BECAUSE I'M
HEARING YOU SAY THAT YOU DON'T
MAKE THE DECISIONS IT'S A LOT OF
STAFF WITH EVALTIVE WORK.
I'M HEARING DURING SOME OF MY
DISCUSSIONS THAT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE SOMETIMES MAKES DECISION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE TRUTH IS
SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT SHARE
WHEEL IS COMMITTEE WORK.
IN RESPECT TO THE CHAIR, I'M NOT
SURE WHY WE'RE DOING A DEEP DIVE
ON THAT.
I HAVE CONFIRMATION QUESTIONS.
ANYWAY.
>> I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING.
I THINK THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL
QUESTION THAT IS GOING TO
CONTINUE TO COME UP.
>> LET ME ASK IN THE FORM OF A
QUESTION.
WHO'S MAKING THE DECISIONS ON
SHARE WHEEL?
IS IT STAFF?
IT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE?
IS IT YOU?
>> IT'S ALL OF THE ABOVE.
SO THERE IS A TEAM INSIDE OF
HOMELESS STRATEGY DIVISION THAT
WORKS ON CONTRACTING FOR
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CONTRACTS
TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
THEY CONTRACT WITH CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE SHARE
WHEEL SHELTERS IS ONE SUCH
CONTRACT.
THAT IS CLOSELY MONITORED AND
CLOSELY WATCHED.
LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE
PERFORMANCES PLANS THIS PLACE.
THAT LEVEL OF DIALOGUE ABOUT HOW
A CONTRACT IS PERFORMING AND
WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS WE CAN
OFFER IS A DISCUSSION THAT
HAPPENS BETWEEN THE STAFF AS
PART OF THE CONTRACTS UNIT AND
THEIR DIRECTOR, IN THIS CASE,
TIFFANY WASHINGTON.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOMELESSNESS
INSIDE OF HSD.
NOW, THOSE DISCUSSIONS DO NOT
HAPPEN IN ISOLATION.
WE WORK, I WORK FOR THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
WE ALL DO.
THAT ROLE IS VERY CLEAR.
AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF
ENGAGEMENT ABOUT WHAT IS
OCCURRING, WHAT IS OCCURRING
WITH OUR INVESTMENTS, WHAT'S
OCCURRING WITH OUR PROVIDERS.
WHAT DO THEY NEED?
WHAT IS THE ACTION OR NEXT STEPS
THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
AND WE DO THAT IN CLOSE
PARTNERSHIP AND DIALOGUE WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
BUT THOSE KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
PERFORMANCE CONTRACTUAL
DECISIONS HAPPEN AT THE STAFF
LEVEL.
OF COURSE, THEY'RE RUN UP
THROUGH ME AND I FLAG THEM FOR
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE IS AWARE OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
BUT CONTRACTUAL DISCUSSIONS, HOW
AND WHEN A CONTRACTOR IS PUT ON
A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN
HAPPENS AT THE DIVISION LEVEL,
HAPPENS AT THE STAFF LEVEL.
>> OKAY.
GOOD, THANK YOU.
I THINK WE HAVE FOLLOW-UPS DOWN
HERE.
>> I HAVE A DIFFERENT LI
QUESTIONING.
I'M GOING TO DEFER TO GONZALEZ.
I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT
OF HERE BY NOON.
SPEAK QUICKLY.
>> SORRY.
I KNOW THIS IS OUR INITIAL
CONFIRMATION HEARING ON THIS AND
THERE WILL BE MORE CONFIRMATION
HEARINGS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE
THINGS.
ONE IS I KNOW THAT CHAIR BAGSHAW
YOU'VE PUT OUT A SCHEDULE TO
CONSIDER THIS CONFIRMATION.
I WANT TO FLAG THAT THERE, IN MY
VIEW, MAY BE A NEED TO AMEND IN
THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T GET ALL
OF THE INFORMATION WE'VE
REQUESTED FROM THE NOMINEE IN
TIME AND THE NTHE EVENT WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH SPACE IN THESE
HEARINGS TO FOLLOW UP ON WRITTEN
RESPONSES AND ASK FOLLOW UP
QUESTIONS.
IT'S ALREADY CLOSE TO NOON.
WE STARTED AT 9:30, AND I DO
FEEL THAT ALREADY WE HAVEN'T HAD
ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE THIS
DISCUSSION WITH THE NOMINEE.
JUST WANTED TO FLY A PROCESS
CONCERN BEFORE WE ADJOURN TODAY.
MY FOLLOW-UP SPECIFICALLY TO THE
LINE OF QUESTIONING THAT WAS
BEING PURSUED BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HARRELL IS REALLY
AROUND A CONCEPT OF
INDEPENDENCE.
AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU,
MR. JOHNSON, WHAT YOUR VIEWS ARE
FROM A PRINCIPLE PERSPECTIVE IN
TERMS OF YOUR ROLE AS THE
POTENTIAL PERMANENT DIRECTOR OF
HSD.
AND HOW YOU VIEW INDEPENDENCE IN
YOUR DECISIONS AS A SUB JEK
MATTER EXPERT AND AS --
INVESTMENTS WE MAKE IN GENDER
BASED VIOLENCE WHICH WE HAVE NOT
SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING
ABOUT.
MAKING SURE WE ARE MEETING THE
NEEDS OF AGEING AND FOLKS WHO
HAVE DISABILITIES IN OUR CITY.
AND OF COURSE, THE OTHER THING
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, REDUCING
YOUTH AND FAMILY VIOLENCE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
SIT UP HERE ON THIS DAIS, MANY
OF US ARE NOT SUBJECT MAERT
EXPERT IN ANY OF THOSE AREAS OF
BUSINESS THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
LIKEWISE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ARE ALSO NOT
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THOSE
PARTICULAR LINES OF WORK.
NO OFFENSE, DEPUTY MAYOR
MOSELEY, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU
HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER DEGREE NOR
DO I.
AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE
SOMEBODY LEADING THIS DEPARTMENT
WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT BY NATURE
AND BY STRUCTURE, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND THE KOUNS ARE
POLITICAL CREATURES.
AND AS A RESULT, WE NEED TO HAVE
A LEADER WHO IS WILLING TO STAND
THEIR GROUND AND DEPLOY
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES NOT
SUBJECT TO POLITICAL UNDUE
INFLUENCE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS
ABOUT MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN
THRIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I AM LESS INTERESTED IN WHO
GETS CREDIT FOR THAT AND MORE
INTERESTED IN ACTUALLY GETTING
THE WORK DONE SO THAT WE CAN END
HUMAN SUFFERING ON OUR STREETS.
I WANT TO HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVE
AS IT RELATES TO THIS BIG DAYA
TRIBE I GAVE YOU.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE
INDEPENDENT AND BE THE LEADER OF
AN AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR
DEPLOYING SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE IN MANNER THAT ALLOWS
EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO
THRIVE.
>> THANK YOU.
REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK THAT SO WE JUST RECENTLY
HAD A LEADERS RETREAT WHERE WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT VALUES.
AND WE WERE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
HOW OUR PERSONAL VALUES ALIGN TO
THE WORK WE'RE DOING.
AND A VALUE THAT CAME UP FOR ME
WAS ONE AROUND AUTONOMY.
AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE
AUTONOMY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
I RARELY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO
FULLY AND IN ISOLATION MYSELF,
JASON, MAKE A DECISION.
THAT IS -- THERE IS A DECISION
MAKING PROCESS THAT TYPICALLY
INVOLVE AS LOT OF PEOPLE AND A
LOT OF PERSPECTIVES.
BUT I BRING PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
I AM A SEASONED HUMAN SERVICE
PROFESSIONAL.
I'M A SOCIAL WORKER.
I CARE VERY DEEPLY ABOUT THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVED BY OUR
INVESTMENTS AND OUR DIRECT
SERVICES.
AND I BRING THAT EXPERTISE INTO
ROOMS WITH ME EVERY DAY.
SO WHETHER IT IS HAVING A DEBATE
INTERNALLY WITH THE SENIOR
LEADERSHIP TEAM, WHETHER IT IS
IN MY ONE ON ONES WITH DEPUTY
MAYOR MOSELEY AND BRINGING
PERSPECTIVE ASKING
QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICIES, I TRY
TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS I
CAN, MEANING THAT I WRING MY
EXPERTISE WITH ME EVERYWHERE.
I AM, YOU KNOW, MARK DONES WAS
AT THE TABLE EARLIER.
AND IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE
KNOWN MARK, I'VE LEARNED A GREAT
DEAL FROM HIM BUT I'VE ALSO
LEARNED THAT THERE IS A LOT THAT
WE HAVE IN COMMON.
AND ONE CORE VALUE THERE IS
AROUND BEING PERSON CENTERED.
I WANT TO KNOW THE THINGS WE'RE
DOING ARE WORKING FOR PEOPLE
THAT NEED THE SERVICES THAT WE
PROVIDE.
I STATED THAT I HAD A BIAS
TOWARD PERFORMANCE.
I NEED TO KNOW THE THINGS WE ARE
DOING, EVERY BIT OF ENERGY WE
ARE PLACING INTO OUR WORK IS
GOING TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT
ON THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE
SERVING.
SO I SEE MY ROLE AS AN
INDEPENDENT, MEANING I BRING MY
EXPERTISE INTO ROOMS.
I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT
TABLES, TO BE PART OF MAKING
IMPORTANT DECISIONS AND I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT MY EXPERTISE,
MY TRAINING AND MY LONG MANY
LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH A 25
PLUS YEAR CAREER ARE EVER
PRESENT.
>> DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP TO
THAT?
>> I THINK REALLY WHAT I'M
TRYING TO GET AT IS, YOU KNOW,
I'D LIKE TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING
OF WHO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
WHEN YOU'RE BEING PRESSURED TO
DO SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T
THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING.
HOW DO YOU STAND UP TO THAT
LEVEL OF POWER?
WHETHER IT'S COMING FROM A CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER OR WHETHER IT'S
COMING FROM SOMEBODY ON THE
LEADERSHIP TEAM OR WHETHER IT'S
COMING FROM THE MAYOR DIRECTLY.
>> YEAH.
WHAT I TRY TO DO IN MY WORK ON
AN ONGOING BASIS IS PROVIDE
OPTIONS.
I'M NOT ALWAYS PROVIDING OPGS TO
LAY OUT OPTIONS, BUT TO SHOW IF
YOU DO THIS THIS IS THE IMPACT.
I ALWAYS GIVE A RECOMMENDATION.
I ALSO HAVE A POINT OF VIEW, A
PLACE I WANT TO GO.
BUT IF
YOU'RE ASKING IF I HAVE TO HAVE
IT MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY I DON'T
KNOW THAT THAT IS A REALITY THAT
WOULD WORK VERY WELL INSIDE OF A
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND SOY HAVE LEARNED HOW TO
PRESS, AGAIN, MY SEASONED
OPINION AND LEARNED HOW TO MAKE
SURE THAT MY OPINION AND THE
BEST PATH FORWARD FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE IS EVER PRESENT.
BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU
LOSE THE BATTLE.
THERE ARE TIMES THE POLITICS
WIN.
AND I WILL NEED TO BE REALLY
CLEAR AS A LEADER OF THIS
ORGANIZATION WHAT I THINK THE
IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE AND THEN
START PLANNING FOR THAT END
RESULT.
BUT IT IS, I BELIEVE, MY
RESPONSIBILITY AND MY DUTY TO
BRING INTO THE ROOM, BRING TO
THE TABLE WHEY BELIEVE TO BE
RIGHT FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE
SERVING AND TO THE EXTENT I CAN
HOLD TO THAT OPINION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ACTUALLY, I'LL NOW SORT OF BEGIN
WITH A FOLLOW-UP ON-ANY
EXECUTIVE, NOT JUST THIS CURRENT
EXECUTIVE.
WE LOOK FOR SOMEONE THAT WILL
SAY, LOOK, YOU ALL ARE LAWYERS,
I'M A SOCIAL WORKER.
I KNOW THIS STUFF, I LIVE THIS
STUFF.
AND I HAVE TO LISTEN TO ALL
THESE FOLKS, AND SO ONE OF THE
CRITICISMS LAUNCHED THUS FOR FAR
IN THIS PROCESS THAT'S JUST
BEGUN, IS THAT YOU WEREN'T AS
FORCEFUL OR AS AGGRESSIVE
TERMS OF YOUR VISION.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS
BASED IN REALITY OR NOT.
YOU'RE SAYING YOUR LEADERSHIP
STYLE.
AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE
PROCESS.
LET ME THEN ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.
YOU TALKED ABOUT RECOGNIZING
YOUR PRIVILEGE AND RECOGNIZING
YOUR PERSONAL STORY WHICH, BY
THE WAY, IS VERY TOUCHING.
YOU ARE CLEARLY SUCCEEDING TWO
WOMEN AND TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN
WOMEN WHO WERE IN THAT POSITION
PRIOR TO YOU.
WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT YOUR
DEPARTMENT PROBABLY SERVES MORE
THAN ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT,
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECLY
IMPACTED NEGATIVELY BY
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM,
DISCRIMINATION, YOU DEAL WITH
PEOPLE THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON
DESPERATELY NEED OUR SERVICES
AND OUR SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT IN
TRYING TO HELP THEM.
DID IT EVER COME UP IN THE
PROCESS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT
PERHAPS YOU ARE PRIVILEGED IN
YOUR POSITION AND YOU WOULD SAY,
AND PERHAPS THE DEPUTY MAYOR
COULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION AS
WELL, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT SEARCH PERHAPS
WE SHOULD OPEN IT UP.
PERHAPS I WAN TO DEMONSTRATE I
AM THE BEST PERSON FOR THIS JOB
BASED ON WHO I AM.
I WILL PROVE TO EVERYONE THAT I
AM MOST QUALIFIED.
DID THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION
COME ABOUT?
I'M NOT SAYING IT SHOULD OR
SHOULD NOT HAVE.
I WANT A FEEL FOR THE ELEPHANT
IN THE ROOM.
AND THAT IS HOW IT SHOULD COME
ABOUT.
AND I THINK YOU RECOGNIZE THE
PRIVILEGES YOU DID HAVE.
I'LL LET YOU ADDRESS THAT.
>> SO WHAT'S THE QUESTION YOU
WANT HIM TO ANSWER?
>> DID YOU UNDERSTAND THE
QUESTION?
>> I THINK SO.
>> IF YOU DIDN'T, I'LL SAY IT
SHORTER.
GO AHEAD.
>> YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY ASKING
WHAT PRIVILEGE I UNDERSTAND AND
THE IMPACT OF THAT PRIVILEGE IN
THIS CURRENT PROCESS.
>> WELL, OKAY, THAT'S SORT OF
IT.
DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT
YOU COULD HAVE RECEIVED
PRIVILEGES BY VIRTUE OF WHO YOU
ARE.
YOU TOLD YOUR STORY IN THIS
EXACT MOMENT IN TIME, AND DID IT
OCCUR TO YOU TO SAY LET'S TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS.
THIS DEPARTMENT IS SO IMPORTANT,
THIS WORK WE'RE SHOWING THE
DEPARTMENT, I'D BE WILLING TO
COMPETE AGAIN OTHER FOLKS.
THAT'S PART OF THE CONCERN.
I WASN'T PART OF ANY OF THAT.
AND NOW I'M BEING UNFAIRLY, I
THINK, NOT ME, BUT THE COUNCIL
IS PART OF.
DID THAT TAKE PLACE IN HOW YOU
PROCESS THIS?
>> OKAY.
YEAH, THANKS FOR CLARIFYING.
SO FIRST, I FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THE PRIVILEGE THAT I WALK THRU
LIFE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY WITH.
I, YOU KNOW, KATHERINE LESTER
BROUGHT ME TO THIS ORGANIZATION.
SHE AND I WORKED CLOSELY
TOGETHER FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS.
AND SHE AND I HAD A GOOD
PARTNERSHIP, A TRUSTING
PARTNERSHIP, AND A RALLY SOLID,
SOUND WORK RELATIONSHIP.
I WAS REALLY SADDENED WHEN SHE
RESIGNED.
I FELT LIKE THERE WAS A SIM PAT
KOE THAT EXISTED BETWEEN US THAT
I TRUSTED HER.
SHE TRUSTED ME.
AND I FELT LIKE WE WERE A GOOD
PARTNERSHIP.
WHEN SHE RESIGNED AND WAS
TALKING ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND,
YOU KNOW, OFFERING HER FULL
CONFIDENCE IN MY ABILITIES TO
MAYOR DURKAN, SHE AND I HAD A
REALLY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION.
AND ONE THAT SADDENED ME TO THE
CORE BECAUSE SHE FELT THAT
LOOKING BACK AT HER EXPERIENCE
IN THIS NOGS THIS VERY CHAMBER
THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE A MUCH
EASIER TIME THAN SHE DID.
SHE KNEW THAT.
SHE KNEW THAT I, AS A WHITE MAN,
WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
THROUGH THIS WORK IN A WAY THAT
WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR HER.
WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WAS LIKELY
TRUE AND THERE ARE, THERE HAVE
BEEN MEETINGS WHERE I HAVE
EFLECTED ON THAT AND THOUGHT,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY
DIFFICULT FOR KATHERINE TO
PERSUADE THIS GROUP IN THE WAY
THAT I JUST DID.
AND SO I ACKNOWLEDGE FULLY THAT
THERE ARE PRIVILEGES THAT COME
WITH MY SKIN COLOR.
I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S
PRIVILEGE THAT COMES FROM BEING
MALE.
EVEN BEING MALE IN A FEMALE
DOMINATED SECTOR LIKE HUMAN
SERVICES.
AND SO I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
I HAVE TO CHECK THAT ALL THE
TIME.
AND MAKE SURE THAT I AM WORKING
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLE AND
WORKING ARM IN ARM WITH OTHERS.
AND SO I RELY ON MY SENIOR
LEADERSHIP TEAM.
THAT IS 100% FEMALE TEAM,
MAJORITY PEOPLE OF COLOR TEAM,
AND THEY KNOW AND HAVE AN
EXPECTATION THAT I WILL KEEP MY
WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE IN CHECK.
>> I'M GOING TO TRY TO TIE IT
UP.
THIS IS THE INITIAL MEETING.
I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO SOLVE
CANCER.
HERE'S THE CHALLENGE I HAVE.
I HEAR YOU IN ACKNOWLEDGING THE
PRIVILEGES.
I HAVE PRIVILEGES TOO.
WE ALL HAVE -- I WON'T GET INTO
THAT PHILOSOPHY THAT I SOMETIMES
LOSE ON THIS DEBATE.
I HEAR YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THAT.
BUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND
SOMETIMES SAYING I WANT TO DO
SOMETHING ELSE.
>> I WAS VERY CLEAR I WAS
WILLING TO GO THROUGH ANY
PROCESS, ABSOLUTELY ANY PROCESS,
TO CONTINUE IN THIS POSITION.
>> I -- LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR.
I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR THAT.
I WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND
HOW YOU RESPOND.
IT'S A CONFIRMATION PROCESS.
I'M TRYING TO GET TO WHO YOU ARE
AND BASICALLY WHAT YOUR VALUES
ARE.
SO I'M GOING TO SORT OF -- I'M
GOING TO GET SOME QUESTIONS OUT
AND THEN I JUST WANT YOU TO
THINK ABOUT THEM IN THE NEXT
CONFIRMATION PROCESS YOU CAN
RESPOND.
BETWEEN THEN AND NOW I PLAN TO
MEET WITH THE GROUPS AND
EMPLOYEES AND THOSE THAT WANT TO
CHAT ABOUT IT SO I CAN GET A
RICH INFORMATION.
AND I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW WHAT
THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH TALL
TVs RUNNING.
THAT'S NOT HOW I WANT TO GET
THIS DONE IN TERMS OF GETTING
FEED BASHG.
I WANT TO GET TO A GOOD PLACE
AND THE PLACE IS HAVING A GOOD
DIRECTOR.
SO MY QUESTIONS I WANT YOU THINK
ABOUT ARE WHEN WE HAD TWO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN IN CHARGE
OF THE ORGANIZATION, SMITH AND
MISS LESTER, IT WASN'T AN EASY
ROAD FOR THEM AT ALL TIMES.
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS WHEN
THEY WERE IN THAT DIFFICULT ROAD
WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DID YOU DO,
IF ANYTHING, TO SUPPORT THEM.
ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THE
STAFF ADVISORY GROUP.
WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK DID THEY
GIVE YOU.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR AND
WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT IT?
THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS, I READ
YOUR ANSWERS ON YOU MEETING WITH
THE RSGI CHANGE TEAM AND MEETING
WITH THEM.
I ASSUME THAT WAS YOU AND NOT A
DESIGNATE.
I ASSUME YOU'RE PHYSICALLY
MEETING WITH THEM.
>> CORRECT.
>> THE PEOPLE DOING THAT WORK IN
YOUR DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE
FULL-TIME JOBS.
LIKE OUR DEPARTMENT, THIS IS
SOMETHING THEY CHOSE TO DO, I
DON'T WANT TO SAY ON THE SIDE
BUT SORT OF ON THE SIDE.
THIS IS NOT THEIR FULL-TIME JOB,
CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO SEE,
GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE RSGI
ISSUES ARE SO IMPORTANT IN YOUR
ORGANIZATION IS THERE ANY
CREATIVITY WE SHOULD CONSIDER?
I WAS THINKING LIKE AN INEQUITY
OFFICER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
GIVEN THE ISSUE THAT IS HAVE
SURFACED DURING THE EMPLOYEE
SURVEY AND DURING THIS
CONFIRMATION PROCESS, RATHER
THAN JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL,
MIGHT WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW
WE DOUBLE DOWN ON THIS ISSUE
SINCE IT HAS COME UP IN YOUR
CONFIRMATION.
MORE TO TALK ABOUT ON THAT.
AND AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS THE
LAST THING YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
FROM ME TODAY BECAUSE I'M
GETTING A LITTLE HUNGRY.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
SUBJECTING YOURSELF TO THIS KIND
OF CONFIRMATION PROCESS.
IT MEAN AS LOT.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK,
YOUR STORY IS IMPRESSIVE.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM FOLKS WHO
HAVE CONCERNS.
THIS IS OUR SHOT, ONLY THREE OF
US LEFT NOW, TO WEIGH IN ON
DEPARTMENT HEADS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU, CHAIR INDULL
DULL JING ME.
>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS I HAD HAVE
BEEN ASKED.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION IN
TIS MEETING AND IN FUTURE
MEETINGS AS WE CONSIDER NOT JUST
PARTIALLY SOME OF THE RESPONSES
I HOPE YOU'LL GO HOME AND THINK
ON AND MAYBE GET BACK TO US ON.
THERE'S TWO DOCUMENTS I WOULD
LOVE TO HAVE.
ONE IS THE 360 EVALUATION AND
THE SECOND IS THE EMPLOYEE
SURVEY.
AND WHAT I'M HOPING NOT ONLY TO
SEE IN THOSE DOCUMENTS BUT IN
RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN ASKED TODAY IS SOME
TRUE, CONCRETE UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE CHANGE.
SO I HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE
SYSTEMS THAT YOU'VE ENGAGED IN,
THE OPEN DOOR POLICY THAT YOU
HAVE, THE WILLINGNESS TO SIT
DOWN WITH FOLKS AND BE OPEN TO
FEEDBACK.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE ASKING
FOR IS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW THAT INFORMATION, HOW THE
RESPONSE FROM THOSE TWO SURVEYS,
HOW THE PROCESS THAT YOU IS GONE
THROUGH IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS
WITH THIS CONFIRMATION PROCESS
HAS ACTUALLY INFLUENCED YOUR
THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT POLICIES
NEED CHANGE.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY A RELATIONSHIP
THAT NEEDS TO BUILD TRUST.
YOU SAID THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE
SOME, I THINK, RECONCILIATION
THAT YOU WOULD DESIRE IF YOU
WERE TO GET THIS ROLE.
BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO FULLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT POLICIES YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PUT INTO PLACE, I
NEED TO HEAR MORE THAN YOU'RE
BOING TO SEND LESS EMAILS, THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO DO ADDITIONAL
BROWN BAGS, THAT YOU ARE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE NEEDS
TO BE INTERNAL HEARING.
I HEAR YOU ON THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD FIRST
START.
BUT IN TERMS OF POLICY CHANGES,
HOW TO MAKE SURE FOLKS GET
RECOGNIZED, HOW TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE SYSTEMS OR THE
PERCEPTION OF CHRONIC
INTIMIDATION AND HARASSMENT THAT
THEY FEEL NOT ONLY HEARD BUT
THERE'S TRUE POLICY CHANGES.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I'D
LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT SINCE WE DO
GET TO DO THIS AGAIN, HAVING YOU
REFLECT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOW
NOT JUST YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL
AND I APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING
THE PRIVILEGE THAT COMES WITH
BEING WHITE AND BEING MALE, BUT
IT'S THE POWER DYNAMIC THAT I
THINK A LOT OF US ARE INTERESTED
IN HEARING MORE ABOUT YOU
RECOGNIZING.
AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION AS
YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHANGE IN
INTERNAL SYSTEMS AND POLICIES.
BECAUSE THAT POSITION YOU'RE
HOLDING TAKES COURAGE FOR FOLKS
TO COME INTO THAT OPEN DOOR OR
THOSE BROWN BAGS.
WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THE COURAGE
IT TAKES TO SPEAK UP HERE, BUT I
THINK THEY'RE NOT DOING SO TO BE
SPITEFUL, RIGHT?
IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO
COME FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT WHAT
THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
SO RECOGNIZING NOT JUST YOU THE
INDIVIDUAL AND THE PRIVILEGE
THAT YOU MAY HAVE COMPARED TO
OTHER POPULATIONS, AND ALSO
RECOGNIZING THE DISCRIMINATION
YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL HAVE FACED,
BUT THE POWER YOU NOW HAVE AND
THE POWER DYNAMICS WE'RE HOPING
TO BREAK DOWN IN THE SYSTEM THAT
HAS UNDERSCORED THAT WORKERS
FEEL INTIMIDATED OR HARASSED OR
AT LEAST NOT HEARD OR RESPECTED.
THOSE ARE THE SYSTEM'S CHANGES
I'M HOPING TO HEAR FROM A
DIRECTOR IN TERMS OF WHAT YOUR
VISION IS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
AND MADAME CHAIR, I THINK I'LL
HOLD MY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO
METRICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND
THE WAYS IN WHICH I WOULD LIKE
TO SEE OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENT
BEING HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS
AS THE EXTERNAL PARTNERS IN
WHICH WE PARTNER WITH.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT APPLYING
METRICS TO OUR NAVIGATION TEAM
AND MAKING SURE DOLLARS ARE
BEING TRACKED DOWN SO WE CAN
REPORT APPROPRIATELY.
SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS I THINK
ARE MORE IN THE WEEDS THAN WHERE
WE'RE AT TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON,
RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE 20
MINUTES OVER.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, HOW DO YOU
WANT TO PROCEED WITH THAT?
YOU HAD MANY QUESTIONS IN THAT
CONVERSATION.
DO YOU WANT TO ISSUE A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS?
>> I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I DO RECOGNIZE YOU'VE ANSWERED A
LOT OF THE QUESTION THAT IS
WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED.
I THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS ON THE TABLE TODAY.
MADAME CHAIR, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE
WITH YOU THE EIGHT QUESTIONS WE
DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ASK
DIRECTLY BUT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
THOSE QUESTIONS ASKED DIRECLY AT
A FUTURE MEETING.
>> OKAY.
I THINK WHAT WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE, LET'S DO THOSE IN
ADVANCE SO THAT JASON HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.
SO I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL,
THANK YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME
SITTING AT THE TABLE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE
FOR ME WORKING WITH YOU.
AND WHEN I WAS CHAIRING THE
COMMITTEE YOU AND KATHERINE
WOULD BE IN AS A TAG TEAM.
AND I WAS ALWAYS VERY IMPRESSED
AS HOW YOU SUPPORTED HER AND
WORKED AS A TEAM.
SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, IF
THERE'S BEEN ANY DOUBT, IT'S
BEEN A REAL PLEASURE FOR ME TO
HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WORKING
YOU.
AND I'M GLAD SHE SUPPORTED YOU
AS HER RECOMMENDATION FOR HER
SUCCESSOR BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE
EARNED THAT.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS,
OBVIOUSLY, UP HERE BEFORE A
FINAL DECISION IS MADE, BUT I DO
WANT TO JUST EXPRESS MY THANKS
TO YOU.
SO SINCE IT IS 12:21 AND MANY OF
US HAVE OTHER MEETINGS WE GET TO
I'M GOING TO SUGGEST WE ADJOURN
THIS MEETING AND IF YOU HAVE
OTHER QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES,
THAT WE GET THEM TO JASON BEFORE
OUR APRIL 12TH MEETING.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
DEPUTY MAYOR MOSELEY, THANKS.
JEFF SIMS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
HARD WORK.
AND I APPRECIATE ALLISON, WHAT
YOU'VE DONE HERE AT THE TABLE.
ALL OF YOU HEAR TODAY MANY
THANKS.
THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED.