SALLY, ONE OF THE CO CHAIRS OF
THIS
SELECT COMMITTEE.
IT'S FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE AND JOINING US.
I'M ALSO PUTTING AN ALL CALL
OUT NOW TO SOME OF MY
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND INVITING
THEM TO JOIN ME.
WE HAVE AN AGENDA.
WE'RE PICKING UP AND FOLLOWING
FROM WHERE WE WERE AT
OUR LAST MEETING.
THANK YOU PRESIDENT HARRELL FOR
JOINING.
I'M GOING TO START PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE'RE EXPECTING COUNCIL MEMBER
MESQEDA.
I'LL PASS THE CHAIR BACK TO
HER.
COME SIT DOWN HERE.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, MOVE THE
NAME TAGS.
SO I WANT TO START OFF.
WE ARE GOING TO JUMP INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
BEFORE WE GET THERE, I WANT TOP
SAY THANK YOU TO ALL
OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
PARTICIPATING AND GIVING US
INPUT.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL MEETING AS A
BOARD OF HEALTH
YESTERDAY.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LEO FROM
KING COUNTY AND PATTY
HAYES, OUR DIRECTOR OF HOUSING,
MELINDA THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH
THIS.
I'M THANKFUL TO MY COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES AND KING
COUNTY.
OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH US.
WE WILL HAVE A SCHEDULE OUT
FAIRLY SOON.
>> WE'RE NOT ON THE CAMERA.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST I AM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ALSO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
JASON JOHNSON FROM THE
GOOD WORK WITH HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
TESS THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT WE'RE
WORKING TOWARDS A TIME,
SCHEDULE, SOLUTION.
MANY OF US KNOW AND HAVE BEEN
WORKING OUR REGIONAL
GOVERN ANSWER PROGRAM IS GOING
TO FOCUS ON
COORDINATING THE ENTITIES THAT
PROVIDE SERVICES TO
PEOPLE NEEDING THEM THE MOST.
MELINDA YOU CAME UP YESTERDAY
BY NAME AT OUR KING
COUNTY MEETING ON PUBLIC
HEALTH.
CATHY LAMBERT SAID WE HAVE TO
FOCUS ON YOUTH AND
MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD
AND THOSE OF OTHERS
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE.
I WANT TO SAY PERSONAL THANKS
TO YOU AND GOOD WORK
THERE.
TRACEY, JEFF YOU'RE BOTH HERE.
YOU'RE DOING MARVELOUS WORK FOR
US.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON OUR
AGENDA.
I THINK BOBBY FROM OUR HUMAN
RESOURCE DEPARTMENT
WILL BE HERE, DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES.
HE'S GOING TO PICK UP WHERE WE
LEFT OFF VERY GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY.
WE CAN TALK HOW THAT'S GOING TO
WORK AS WE'RE
SIGNING THE CHARTER AND ORG
CHART, HOW THIS IS GOING
TO IMPACT EMPLOYEES WORKING
NOW, WHAT IT'S GOING TO
LOOK LIKE TRANSFERRING OVER TO
JURISDICTION FOR NEW
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IF
THAT'S WHAT WE END
UP DOING.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
>> NO OBJECTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO
SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
THERE'S ONLY FOUR THAT SIGNED
UP.
IF YOU'RE READY, LET'S MOVE
FORWARD.
WE'VE GOT KELLY, LORI, RICK,
PEGGY.
>> KELLY WOULD YOU APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE.
LORI, WOULD YOU PICK UP OVER
HERE SO WHEN KELLY IS
DONE, YOU CAN BE READY TO GO.
PLEASE, THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WANT TO MAKE A CLEAN BREAK.
AS STATED IN THE LETTER ON
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019, GRACE
LUTHERAN CHURCH LOCATED 10
BLOCKS WEST OF THE
VILLAGE.
OUR EFFORTS ARE MADE.
WE HOPE WE CAN SPONSOR THE
CURRENT LOCATION UNDER
RELIGIOUS AND ORDNANCE.
OUR INTENTION IS RIGGERROUSLY
RIGOROUSLY.
SINCERELY PASTOR FLETCHER AND
CONGREGATION
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE
MICROPHONE.
I DO WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT YESTERDAY THERE
WAS A RECEPTION AT THE TINY
HOME VILLAGE RIGHT AT
THE BASE OF MAGNOLIA BRIDGE.
I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE FORWARD AND ADD
MORE TINY HOMES.
I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE
LIVING THERE AND
THANK THEM FOR HOSPITALITY
YESTERDAY.
IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT ALL OF
YOU RECOGNIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF TINY HOME
VILLAGE.
THANK YOU.
LORI YOU'RE UP.
THEN RICK AND THEN PEGGY.
>> YES, GOOD MORNING.
HSD AND SEATTLE CITIZEN SERVICE
BUREAU AND WHOEVER
IT MAY CONCERN.
THIS IS IN THE RESPONSE 20 YOUR
LETTER WEDNESDAY
EMAIL TO US VIA STAFF.
THIS RESPONSE IS ALSO A
GRIEVANCE AGAINST THE
SEATTLE HUMAN SOCIETY BEING
UNPROFESSIONAL AND
UNWILLINGFUL ACTIONS OF HSD
MANAGERS, CONTRACT
SPECIALISTS, PLANNERS THAT HAVE
DAMAGED US
INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A GROUP.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, WE ARE
ASKING THAT THIS
GRIEVANCE RESOLVE IN YOUR BEING
REQUIRED TO WORK
WITH NICKELS, NORTH LAKE
COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP.
IT IS ONLY WAY FOR US TO
COMMUNICATE EFFICIENTLY IN
THE FACE OF HSD AND LEE HIGH
STUBBORNNESS.
WE ARE A VALID AND RECOGNIZED
SELF-MANAGED
ASSOCIATION.
IN THE PAST, THE CITY OF
SEATTLE HAS NOT BEEN A
UNION BUSTER AND HAS RESPECTED
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING.
HSD SUPPORTS PROGRAMS TO HELP
TENANTS COMMUNICATE
AS ASSOCIATES.
WHY IS IT DIFFERENT WHEN IT
COMES TO US?
THERE ARE MANY JUST REASONS FOR
THIS GRIEVANCE.
HSD IS AWARE OF ENORMOUS
ALLEGATIONS OF DAMAGING
ACTIONS BY LEE HIGH AGAINST US
INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A
GROUP.
YOU AND YOUR COWORKERS HAVE
UNWILLINGLY AVOIDED
TAKING THE SLIGHTEST DUE
DILIGENCE TO INVESTIGATE
THESE ALLEGATIONS.
ONE SHOCKING EXAMPLE IS THE
STATEMENT OF THE HSD
CONTRACT SPECIALIST THAT THE
GRIEVANCE WAS FILLED
WITH LEHI ABOUT NORTH LAKE CASE
MANAGEMENT AND BEEN
RESOLVED.
THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT TALKING
TO US.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU LORI.
RICK AND THEN PEGGY.
DID WE LOSE RICK?
>> RICK HAD TO LEAVE OR ISN'T
HERE.
>> OKAY.
THEN PEGGY IF YOU'LL CONTINUE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS PEGGY HOLT.
I'M A VOLUNTEER AND FOUNDER
AFTER FIVE MONTHS
WORKING WITH SUPPORTERS TO TRY
TO GET HSD AND LEHI
TO MEDIATE, LAST WEEK, THEY
FILED FOR DIVORCE.
NICKELSVILLE NORTH LAKE WANTS
TO STAY ON THE SAME
SMALL PIECE OF CITY PROPERTY
AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE
WITH A RELIGIOUS SPONSOR MINUS
HSD AND LEHI.
THE VILLAGE WANTS TO USE A
PIECE OF PUBLIC LAND TWO
YEARS, ALSO WITH THE RELIGIOUS
SPONSOR WHICH WE CAN
FIND.
IT ISN'T BEST PRACTICE TO ALLOW
ONE AGENCY LEHI TO
HOLD A MONOPOLY OVER ALL TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES IN
SEATTLE JUST AS IT WOULDN'T BE
BEST PRACTICE TO
ALLOW ONE ORGANIZATION TO
PROVIDE ALL INDOOR
SHELTERS.
THERE MUST BE A RANGE OF
SHELTER OPTIONS TO SUIT
INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND STRENGTHS.
THE FACT THAT NICKELODEONS HAVE
BEEN COMING TO
COUNCIL MEDIANS FOR FIVE MONTHS
IS EVIDENCE THAT
THERE'S A PLACE FOR
DEMOCRATICALLY ORGANIZED
VILLAGES LIKE OURS.
PLEASE DON'T PRETEND TO BELIEVE
THAT LEHI'S VILLAGES
ARE SELF-MANAGED.
HAVING PAID STAFF THAT CAN
OVERRIDE ANY DECISION IS
NOT DEMOCRATIC.
IN FACT, IT'S DISSPIRITTING.
IT'S TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO DO
ITS PART TO FIX THIS
PROBLEM BEFORE FUNDING IT.
HOLD CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE
TINY HOUSE FUNDING OR
DON'T ALLOW THE MONEY TO BE
DISPERSED UNTIL THE
DIVORCE HAS BEEN FINALIZED.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU PEGGY.
WE'VE HAD OTHERS WALK IN THE
DOOR.
ANYBODY ELSE WANTED TO SPEAK
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR
CONVERSATION AND AGENDA.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M GOING TO
ASK TO SUSPEND THE
RULES.
NORMALLY WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE
FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
SUBSTANCE.
SINCE WE'RE NOT VOTING TODAY,
I'M GOING TO ASK TO
SUSPEND THE RULES.
>> NO OBJECTION.
I THINK RULES ALLOW US TO
CONVENE AND LISTEN.
WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY VOTING
ACTION SO WE'RE FINE.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I ASK ALL OF YOU TO COME TO THE
TABLE.
ARE WE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING
SEATS OR HAVE MUSICAL
CHAIRS GOING ON HERE?
NICE.
WELCOME EVERYBODY.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
MELINDA, COME ON UP.
TRACEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START
WITH INTRODUCTION?
>> EXCUSE ME.
WE'RE DOING INTRODUCTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES.
>> JASON JOHNSON WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICES OFFICE.
>> THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
WHO'S KICKING THIS OFF?
ARE WE DIVING BACK INTO JASON?
>> I WILL.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE BACK WITH YOU AND
CONTINUE A CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE IMPORTANT AND
REGIONAL SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION
WORK THAT'S UNDERWAY.
YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, I TESTED A
REMARKABLE JOB
TAKING YOU THROUGH WITH
SUBSTANTIAL BACKGROUND AND
CONTEXT ABOUT THE WORK TO DATE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TIME
DOING THAT AGAIN TODAY.
>> CAN I EXCUSE MYSELF ONE
MOMENT.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE READ
INTO THE RECORD.
WILL YOU PLEASE DO.
THAT MY MISTAKE.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1.
ORDNANCE RELATING TO
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
EXECUTE INTERLOCALE
AGREEMENT FOR JOINT
ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY WITH
KING COUNTY AND
ADDITIONAL PARTIES ELIGIBLE
PURSUANT OF TERMS OF THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, AGREE
APPROVING FORMATION OF
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY BY KING COUNTY
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JASON, PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
WHAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THOUGH IS AND REMIND
EVERYONE IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING
TO SOLVE FOR.
WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR
FRAGMENTATION AND ALSO
FOR INEQUALITY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING IN A
SYSTEM THAT IS
FRAGMENTED NOT JUST FROM A
SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE,
FUNDING PERSPECTIVE BUT
EVERYDAY FROM A SERVICE
DELIVERY PERSPECTIVE.
IT IS A SYSTEM THAT IS
DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AND
AT TIMES CAN BE DIFFICULT TO
ACCESS.
WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR THAT
THROUGH
CONSOLIDATION.
>> WE ALSO -- WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH.
PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AT A
HIGHER RATE THAN WHITE COUNTER
PARTS.
WE ARE TRYING TO BRING EQUITY,
BRING CUSTOMER
CENTERED SERVICES INTO THIS NEW
STRUCTURE AT ALL
LEVELS INCLUDING THE BOARD
STRUCTURE AND DECISION
MAKING LEVEL.
AGAIN, NOT GOING TO GO DEEPLY
INTO THE WORK THAT'S
BEEN DONE, GOOD WORK OF NISP
CITY AND COUNTY
PARTNERSHIP HAVE DONE TO DATE.
DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHY WE'RE
GOING THROUGH THE
PROCESS, CONTINUING IN THIS BIG
LIFT.
THIS WORK IS COMPLEX AND IMPACTS
MANY PEOPLE.
>> I KNOW WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM
BOBBY ABOUT THIS.
MARK, THE I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
YOU AND THE GOOD
WORK THAT NIH HAS DONE.
YUR COUNTER PARTS.
WE CAN SEE THAT THE SYSTEM
REFORM SOMETHING THAT WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE
BARB POPPY'S STUDY
FOUR TO FIVE YEARS AGO NOW.
YOU'VE BEEN BUILDING ON THAT.
THE GOAL IS MAKE SURE PEOPLE
GET SERVICES THEY NEED,
THE PROVIDERS ARE NOT HAVING TO
SIGN MULTIPLE
CONTRACT
CONTRACTS AND THEN I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE WHY WE'RE
DOING ANOTHER LAYER OF
GOVERNMENT.
THE INTENTION IS TO STREAMLINE,
MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE
GETTING THE SERVICES THEY NEED
AND OUR WHOLE SYSTEM
IS WORKING BETTER WHETHER WITH
HARBOR VIEW HOSPITAL
AS AN EXAMPLE.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND SAY
THANK YOU TO THE CHIEF
SKOGGINS.
WE'RE GOING TO SAVE SYSTEM WIDE
MONEY ON ELEMENTS OF
THIS.
I HOPE PEOPLE FEEL STRONGLY
DOING WHAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING OVER AND OVER ISN'T
SOLVING THE PROBLEM.
WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING NEW
RESPONDING TO REQUESTS.
I'M GOING TO PASS BACK TO YOU
AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE
GOOD WORK YOU'RE DOING.
>> SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A FOUR PART
DISCUSSION.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BUDGET AND
WALK YOU THROUGH SOME
OF THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE
CONSIDERED FOR
CONSOLIDATION.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
CONTRACTING.
MOST IMPORTANTLY WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE BEGINNINGS OF
DISCUSSION ABOUT SERVICE
AGREEMENT AND WHAT KIND OF
RELATIONSHIP CITY AND COUNTY
ARE GOING TO HAVE WITH
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
WE WANT TO TALK STAFFING.
THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT IMPACTS
CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE
ARE WORKING WITH THE
WORK FORCE AT THE CITY AND
COUNTY TO INSURE THAT
TODAY'S WORK IS BEING DONE.
WE ALSO ARE BEING INFORMED BY
THE EXPERTISE THAT
THEY BRING AND HOW WE
TRANSITION TO THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
FINALLY, WE WANT TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND SOME
OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT
EXIST INSIDE THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
>> I SHARED THIS LAST WEEK.
THE COUNCIL WILL RETAIN FUNDING
AUTHORITY THROUGH
REGULAR BUDGET PROCESS. THE
CITY AND COUNTY WILL HAVE
CONTRACTS AND SERVICE
AGREEMENTS WITH THE ESTABLISHED
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
THAT CONTRACT OR SERVICE
AGREEMENT WILL BE HOW WE
WILL BOTH EXPRESS EXPECTATIONS
AND DETAIL HOW THE
AUTHORITY WILL REPORT BACK AND
BE IN DISCUSS ABOUT
THE WORK THEY'RE DOING . I WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT AS WE LOOK AT
NUMBERS, WE'RE
USING 2019 THOSE NUMBERS TO
REPRESENT 2020 BUDGET.
SO JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO
EACH SPECIFIC PENNY
BUT A LOT OF TIMES THESE ARE
ESTIMATES OR NUMBERS
THAT ARE BASED ON THE CURRENT
BUDGET.
I THINK ALSO I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE
SUBSTANTIAL TIME TOGETHER ON
OCTOBER 2. WE WILL BE DIVING
DEEPLY INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT
BUDGET AND BUDGET ACROSS
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AIMED
AT ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
THIS IS MEANT TO BE A BUDGET
OVERVIEW.
I'M GOING TO KEEP THINGS AT A
HIGH LEVEL.
WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THIS
DEEPLY WHEN WE'RE
TOGETHER OCTOBER 2nd.
>> THANK YOU.
>> A SLIDE I SHARED LAST WEEK
AS AN OVERVIEW, I WANT
TO SHARE AGAIN.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET IN
THREE GROUPINGS.
WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE
INVESTMENTS THAT THE
CITY AND COUNTY INVEST IN
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO
GO TO THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY AT THIS POINT IS $117
MILLION IN PROGRAM
INVESTMENTS.
THE SECOND IS ADMINISTRATIVE
VALUE.
SO THIS IS THE COST ASSOCIATED
WITH ADMINISTERING
CONTRACTS, PLANNING, STRATEGIC
THINKING, DESIGNING
AS WELL AS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
THAT HAPPENED AT THE
COUNTY AND CITY.
YOU'LL SEE THE ANNUAL
ADMINISTRATIVE VALUE OF THOSE
DOLLARS IS TOTALED AT $11
MILLION.
THEN THERE'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THAT THE STAND UP AT
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY WILL
HAVE COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH IT.
SO I'LL BE WALKING THROUGH
DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THOSE
START UP COSTS ARE.
WE TALK ABOUT CONSOLIDATING
EFFORTS.
I THINK THAT IS IT OFTEN EASY
TO TOMB THAT WE ARE
SIMPLY JUST MERGING TWO
ORGANIZATIONS INTO ONE.
REALLY WE'RE STANDING UP A NEW
ORGANIZATION.
IT'S REGIONAL AUTHORITY THAT
WILL BE A NEW PDA, NEW
AGENCY TO TAKE ON THE ROLE THAT
CURRENTLY SERVED.
THAT IS GOING TO NEED NEW
LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE PREDICTING A PERIOD OF
TIME WE NEED TO BRING
LEADERSHIP ON BOARD WHILE WE
ALSO HAVE OPERATIONS
EXISTING INSIDE HSD.
BEGINNING IN 2020 AND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE NEED TO HIRE
AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THAT
THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR PRETTY QUICKLY WILL
NEED A TEAM.
SOME OF WHAT'S DETAILED HERE IS
OUR CURRENT BEST
THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT TEAM
NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE.
THAT WILL BE INFORMED BY THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND
BY THE BOARD WHEN THEY ARE
NOMINATED, CONFIRMED,
CONCEITED.
THIS IS ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE NEED
TO HOLD BUDGET
BEGINNING IN 2020 SO THAT WE
CAN START DEVELOPING
THE NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM OF THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
>> DO YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE OR
EVEN A PRELIMINARY IDEA
ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GO
ABOUT HIRING THAT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND WHAT THE
ATTRIBUTES ARE OF
THAT INDIVIDUAL?
>> YEAH, SO MOVING TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
YOU'LL SEE THERE'S ONE TIME
COST ASSOCIATED WITH AN
EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM.
SO IT IS RIGHT NOW OUR THINKING
THAT WE WOULD SORT
OF OUTSOURCE TO AN EXECUTIVE
SEARCH FIRM THE ROLE OF
FINDING THE NEW EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR.
ULTIMATELY, IT IS THE BOARD WHO
WILL HIRE THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL
AND ALIGN THE EXECUTIVE
SEARCH WITH THE SEATING OF THAT
BOARD.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL THE BOARD IS
SEATED TO BEGIN THE SEARCH.
WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THOSE
SCHEDULES ARE
ALIGNED SO THAT THERE'S A BOARD
IN PLACE WHO CAN
LOOK AT CANDIDATES, REVIEW
RESUMES, TALK TO
CANDIDATES, ULTIMATELY HIRE
THAT PERSON.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LOCAL BERT
HAS A QUESTION.
>> I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH
THE CITY'S COST AND
PIVOT OVER TO THE COUNTY.
>> SO FIRST OF ALL I EXPECT THE
START UP WOULD BE A
TOTAL COST OF THESE FUNCTIONS.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
TOTAL START UP COST OF $3
MILLION.
THERE'S A MILLION DOLLARS
CONTRIBUTION BY THE COUNTY %
AND 2 UNTIL DOLLARS ESTIMATED
CONTRIBUTION BY THE
CITY.
>> START UP ESTIMATES ARE COST
TO THE CITY FOR OUR
PORTION?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THE FIRST SLIDE I STARTED
WITH SHOWED AT A HIGH
LEVEL WHAT THOSE ESTIMATED
COSTS ARE BY THE CITY AND
COUNTY.
MORE DETAILED SLIDES I'M
STARTING WITH THE CITIES
CONTRIBUTIONS.
I'M TRYING TO DETAIL THE
ESTIMATED $2 MILLION WHAT
IT WOULD PAY FOR.
I'M GOING TO PIVOT INTO WHAT
THE COUNTY'S
CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE.
>> WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS IT
DOESN'T APPEAR THE
COUNTY IS COST SHARING IN THE
SALARY COST ASSOCIATED
WITH THE DIRECTOR OR CHIEF OF
STAFF, THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR ET CETERA.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT IS CORRECT FOR 2020.
THE 2021 ESTIMATED ONGOING IS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE HAVE
TO FIND AND CREATE BUDGET TO
PAY FOR THESE.
WE GO THROUGH THE 2021 BUDGET
IN THE COUNTY AND
CITY.
WE NEED TO DEVELOP ASSOCIATED
WITH POSITIONS.
BACK OF THE NFL CITY PAYING
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
STAFFING, THE NEW ORGANIZATION
IN THE FIRST YEAR.
IT IS GOING TO CREATE AN
EXPECTATION FOR A MORE
SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION THAN
MAYBE WE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IN FUTURE YEARS.
>> THE COUNTY IS IN THE MIDDLE
OF A TWO-YEAR BUDGET
CYCLE.
SO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO
IS FIND A SPACE.
THEY HAVE A FULL FLOOR.
THEY'RE OING ALL OF THE TENANT
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE
BUILDING.
THEY WILL ALSO BE CONTRIBUTING
THE FULL COSTS OF
RENT AT THAT SPACE.
WHEN I SAY RENT, IT IS FAIRLY
INCLUSIVE.
THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT NOT
ONLY INCLUDES FLOORING
AND PAINT AND OFFICE FURNITURE
AND THOSE KINDS OF
MATERIALS BUT ALSO THE IT
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL
BE NEEDED INSIDE THE SPACE.
SO THIS $1.3 MILLION ONE TIME
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS OF THE
SPACE IS WHAT THEY'RE
GOING TO CONTRIBUTE THIS YEAR.
IN AN ONGOING BASIS, THEY HAVE
$455,000 IN RENTAL
INVESTMENT THEY'LL CONTINUE TO
PAY.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
CITY AND COUNTY WHERE
THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY
AND FUND THE SPACE
NEEDED FOR COLOCATION OF TEAMS.
IT'S ALSO A SPACE THAT RIGHT
NOW LOOKS LIKE CAN BE
USED SEVERAL YEARS.
IT'S A SPACE WHERE THIS
REGIONAL AUTHORITY CAN NOT
BE SEATED BUT REALLY GROW AND
GIVE THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, THE BOARD AND THE
TEAMS TIME.
TO BECOME ESTABLISHED AND FIND
A FUTURE HOME IF THAT
SPACE IS NOT AVAILABLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I HAVE JUST ANOTHER QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT I
APPRECIATE YOUR
MAKING DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN
2020 COSTS, 2021 COSTS
AND OPERATING AND ONE TIME
COSTS.
I AM CONCERNED THE
IDENTIFICATION OF ONGOING COSTS
FROM KING COUNTY IS A LITTLE
UNDER $500,000.
THE IDENTIFICATION OF ONGOING
COST FOR THE CITY IS
$1.2 MILLION.
YOU SAY THERE'S EXPECTATION
THERE'S GOING TO BE
FUTURE COST SHARING AROUND THE
COSTS OF PERSONNEL.
>> I HAVE TO SAY I WOULD RATHER
HAVE SOMEBODY LOCAL
IN FACT, FRANKLY RATHER HAVE A
TEAM THAT KNOWS THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING
IN OUR CITY, CITY,
REGION ON HOMELESSNESS AND KIND
OF WORK YOU'RE
DOING.
I HAVE A TON OF FAITH IN THE
PROVIDERS AND IN THE
LEADERS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US
FOR YEARS.
ONE THING I WOULD FEEL SAD
ABOUT IS THAT IF WE ENDED
UP HIRING SOMEBODY FROM OUTSIDE
OUR REGION BECAUSE
WE KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO
GET TABLE XIZED TO KNOW
THE PEOPLE, HISTORY, I HAD OWE
SECRECIES.
IT'S SOMEONE THAT CAN LOOK
LOCAL.
THE DIRECTOR IS SOMEONE WE CAN
POINT TO.
THAT WOULD BE MY GOAL AND HOPE
WE'D TAKE THAT
SERIOUSLY.
I'M GOING TO PASS OFF TO
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
THAT'S GOING TO COCHAIR THE
REMAINDER OF THE
MEETING.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING IN THE
FIRST HALF HOUR.
I HAD A PREVIOUS OBLIGATION.
I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.
ARE YOU WRAPPING UP A CERTAIN
SECTION OR IN THE
MIDDLE OF PRESENTING?
CATCH ME UP ON WHERE WE'RE AT.
>> JUST BEGINNING.
>> GREAT.
>> I'LL CONTINUE.
>> PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANTED TO MAKE ONE POINT.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS.
I GUESS I PUT THE CAVEAT IN
IT.
THERE'S LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED
WITH TREATING OUT OF
STATE OR OUT OF NONRESIDENT
PERSON IN THE NON --
SHOWING A PREFERENCE TO THEIR
DETRIMENT FOR
NONRESIDENT.
I UNDESTAND YOUR PREFERENCE.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE
START MAKING
PREFERENCES BASED ON RESIDENCE.
>> I RESPECT WHAT YOUR SAYING
FROM A LEGAL
STANDPOINT.
>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
>> FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT,
WE NEED PEOPLE THAT
KNOW -- .
>> THE STORY OF OUR LIFE NOW.
>> EXACTLY.
THANK YOU.
I WILL FOLLOW UP.
I HAVE AN AIRPLANE TO CATCH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
BRAGSHAW.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING HERE AT
THE EXACT START TIME
OF 9:30.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THERE
ARE ONE TIME AND ONGOING COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH
STANDING UP A NEW ORGANIZATION.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE
EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE TECHNICAL
NEEDS, BUDGET AND
FINANCE SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT, HR
AND PAYROLL SYSTEMS.
THERE'S EQUIPMENT THAT PEOPLE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO
THEIR WORK.
THERE ARE MOVING COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING
EMPLOYEES CITY AND COUNTY
CAMPUSES TO THE YESLER
BUILDING.
THERE'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
LEGAL SUPPORT ARE ONGOING NEEDS
BY THE EXECUTIV
TEAM AND THE ORGANIZATION AS A
WHOLE.
SO THESE ARE ESTIMATES AND
PLACE HOLDERS.
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THESE TYPE
OF START UP COSTS AND ONGOING
COSTS ARE GOING TO BE
NEEDS THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY
WILL HAVE.
THE COUNTY IS CONTRIBUTING THE
FULL COST OF SPACE AT
THE YESLER BUILDING FOR THE TWO
TEAMS, CITY AND
COUNTY TEAM TO CO LOCATE AS
WELL AS ONGOING RENT
ASSOCIATED WITH KEEPING THE
SPACE AS A SPACE FOR THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY TO GET
STARTED AND CONTINUE TO
GROW.
>> IT GOES TOP COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS IS THE BULK OF HSD AND
DCHS WORK.
THIS IMAGE IS AN ATTEMPT TO
SHOW YOU WHAT PROGRAM
AREAS, WHAT PROGRAM INVESTMENTS
WOULD BE UNDER THE
CONTROL AND BE ADMINISTERED BY
THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY AND WHICH INVESTMENTS
WOULD NOT OR WOULD
CONTINUE TO BE UNDER THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF
THE CITY AND COUNTY.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT EACH OF THE
PROGRAM AREAS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE MOVING TO THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF OUTREACH
PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS THAT EXIST
INSIDE THE CITY AND
OUR COUNTY WIDE.
THESE ARE PREVENTION PROGRAMS
FOR PEOPLE AT IMMINENT
RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS AND
WITHOUT SUCH AN INNER
INVENTION THAT KEEP PEOPLE FROM
ACCESSING THE
SYSTEM.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT FAR
UPSTREAM PREVENTION
EFFORTS MOVING TO THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
THERE ARE EFFORTS INSIDE OF HSD
AND DCHS THAT HELP
SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE AND
FAMILIES THAT HELP PEOPLE
AGE IN PLACE, HELP SUPPORT
PEOPLE.
>> WHEN I TALK ABOUT PREVENTION
HERE, I'M TALKING
ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT ARE SOURCE
OF SUPPORT.
>> QUICK QUESTION HERE.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION A FEW
MEETINGS AGO, MIGHT HAVE
BEEN TWO MEETINGS AGO.
AND THE TYPE OF SERVICES FROM
THE NAVIGATION TEAM AS
CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED.
WHERE WOULD THOSE NAVIGATION
TEAMS BE?
>> THE NAVIGATION TEAM ITSELF
IS NOT GOING TO MOVE
AND BE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE
CONTROL OF THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY BUT WILL GO
TO THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY ARE OUR CONTRACTS
THAT SUPPORT OUTREACH
TEAMS LIKE YOUTH CARE AND SO
MANY OTHERS.
SO THIS IS THE PROGRAMS THAT WE
CONTRACT TO PROVIDE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY
BY COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM ITSELF,
PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE SCHEDULING AND
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, DATA
COLLECTION AS WELL AS THE FOLKS
OUT IN THE FIELDS
DOING COORDINATION AND THE
SYSTEM AND SERVICE
NAVIGATION WOULD NOT BE MOVING
TO REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
THEY'D REMAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE
CITY.
>> REMIND ME THE TOTAL COST FOR
THE NAVIGATION TEAM
THAT WILL REMAIN AT THE CITY
MINUS THE CONTRACTS
THAT SUPPORT THE OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT FUNCTIONS
OF THE NAVIGATION REFERRAL.
>> I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU
WITH THE EXACT TOTAL
AMOUNT OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
IT'S ROUGHLY $4 MILLION THAT
SUPPORTS THAT TEAM.
THEN YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT IT'S
ABOUT $3.5 MILLION
THAT GOES TO COMMUNITY BASED
OUTREACH AND PEN
GAUGEMENT THROUGH CITY
CONTRACTS.
>> IF I MAY, I THINK IF YOU
INCLUDED NOT JUST HSD
COST BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS
WELL CONTRIBUTING
RESOURCES, AT LEAST BY THE END
OF 18.
THAT WOULD BE 6.5 TO $7 MILLION
IF YOU INCLUDE ALL.
>> SO IS THE ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION -- I'LL WAIT A
QUICK SECOND.
IS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION
HOW MUCH DOES THE CITY
CURRENTLY APPORTION TO
FUNCTIONS THAT REMAIN AT THE
CITY?
IS THAT $4 MILLION ANNUALLY?
THIS IS IF YOU INCLUDED CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND NOT
COMMUNITY CONTRACTS.
JUST CITY DEPARTMENTS?
>> CORRECT, YES.
$7 MILLION WOULD BE INCLUSIVE
OF $4 MILLION HE
REFERRED TO AS WELL AS OTHER
DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARK AND
RECREATION, GROUPS LIKE.
THAT.
>> I'LL COME BACK TO MY FINAL
THOUGHT.
$7 MILLION TOTAL FOR ALL CITY
DEPARTMENTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS AT
THIS POINT PLANNED TO
STAY AT THE CITY.
I DON'T EXPECT US TO KNOW ALL
ANSWERS JUST SOME.
THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED.
WE'RE SORT OF DRAWING UP THE
GAME PLAN NOW.
I THINK WHAT THE CHAIR'S
QUESTION IS TO MAKE ME WANT
TO START THINK ABOUT IS TAKE
THE NAV TEAM AS AN
EXAMPLE.
THIS ISSUE GOES BEYOND THE
CITY.
WITH REGIONAL GOVERNANCE PIECE,
THERE'S SOME OUTSIDE
THE CITY.
DO WE HAVE THE NAV TEAM GO
BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES TO
DO WHAT THEY DO?
HOW DO WE COORDINATE THE NAV
TEAM TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
OUTSIDE THE CITY.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH GREAT
LENGTHS AND MAKE SURE WHEN
WE REMOVE WE DO IT HUMANELY.
WE TRY TO DO THE BEST WE COULD.
IF WE LOSE OUR ABILITY TO MAKE
SURE IT'S DONE IN THE
WAY WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT DONE.
>> SO WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT
THAT.
NO THEY WOULD NOT.
EVERY JURISDICTION WHETHER CITY
OF SEATTLE HOW TO
HANDLE OBSTRUCTIONS AND HOW TO
HANDLE ENCAMPMENTS.
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WE'VE
BEEN CAREFUL TO DETAIL
THAT OUT AND WE USE THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AS A
RESOURCE TO US.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE'RE
NOT GOING TO CHANGE
THAT PRACTICE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE THE
NAVIGATION TEAM TO THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY WHERE THE
NAVIGATION TEAM WORKS.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT TO
CONTINUE TO MANAGE LIKE
WE DO CURRENTLY.
>> APPRECIATE THAT AND LIKE
THAT.
WE'LL CONCERN OURSELVES WITH
HOW THESE ACTIVITIES
ARE DUNHAM DONE AND HOW WE'RE
FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY MAY DO THAT IN A MANNER
INCONSISTENT.
WE'RE FUNDING SOME OF THESE
ACTIVITIES.
>> THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS
EIGHT CONTRACTS FOR
OUTREACH SERVICES AND THE
NAVIGATION TEAM IS ALWAYS
PARTNERING WITH AND
COLLABORATING WITH THOSE
OUTREACH PARTNERS.
THAT PRACTICE WILL CONTINUE.
IN FACT, JUST AS THE NAVIGATION
TEAM IS
MULTIDEPARTMENTAL.
ONE OF ITS IMPORTANT PARTNERS
WILL BE THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
GIVEN THEY ARE THE AUTHORITY TO
HAVE MOST THE CRISIS
RESPONSE INVESTMENTS AND
CONTRACTS WITH THOSE
PROVIDERS.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM WILL HAVE
TO HAVE A CLEAR
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY OUR GOAL IS
TREAT HOMELESSNESS, TREAT
POLICIES OF ENCAMPMENTS,
UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS,
POLICIES OF REMOVAL IN
THIS ORGANIZATION THAT'S ONE OF
THE OVERARCHING
GOALS.
WHY ELSE ARE WE CONSOLIDATING?
I ALWAYS ASSUME WE'RE TRYING TO
MODEL CONSISTENCY.
AM I WRONG ON THAT?
TESS?
>> I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT.
PRESIDENT HARRELL, YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
A BIG PORTION OF MOVING TO
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE IS
ENGAGE REGIONS IN KING COUNTY
IN CONVERSATION ABOUT
HOW BEST TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
PROVIDED FOR IN THE
CHARTER IS THIS CONCEPT OF SUB
REGIONAL PLANNING.
THIS IS A PIECE OF WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING, A WAY FOR
REGIONAL AUTHORITY ACROSS THE
REGION AND BEGIN
DIALOGUE ABOUT WHAT
HOMELESSNESS LOOKS LIKE IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE REGION,
HOW IT'S BEING
ADDRESSED.
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BEST
PRACTICES.
WE KNOW THAT ADDRESSING THE
NEED FOR SHELTERS IS
DIFFERENT ACROSS THE COUNTY.
WE WANT THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE A
BETTER PICTURE OF
THAT AND TO HAVE A BETTER
CONVERSATION.
>> I'M GOING TO DO A QUICK TIME
CHECK.
I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WEIGHING IN ON
THE NAV TEAM AND STRUCTURE.
IN EVERY ASPECT CURRENTLY, WE
HAVE FUNDING THE CITY
PUTS OUT THROUGH OUR OWN
EFFORTS THROUGH HSD OR
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.
CURRENTLY CONTRACTS GO TO SERVE
FOLKS IN SEATTLE.
WHAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING HERE
IS GREATER COORDINATED
EFFORT FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE
SYSTEM TO
HOMELESSNESS.
THERE'S A DIFFERENT APPLICATION
APPLIED TO
$7 MILLION THE NAVIGATION TEAM
HAS VERSUS THE
$72.9 MILLION THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY CONTEMPLATING
ALLOCATING TO THE REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE.
I DON'T THINK OUR OFFICIALS
WOULD GO PATROL OUTSIDE
THE BORDER.
WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS WE
CAN DO A BETTER JOB BY
LOOKING AT THE BETTER RESOURCES
AND COMPLY IN
COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY TO
BETTER SERVE FOLKS.
WE KNOW THAT HOMELESSNES HAS
NO BOUNDARIES AND
BORDERS.
WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS A
REGIONAL ISSUE.
TO ME THE QUESTION REMAINS WHY
WOULD WE HOLD BACK
$7 MILLION THE CITY CURRENTLY
USES FOR THE NAV TEAM
AND NOT CONSIDERING HOW THE 7
MILLION COULD BE
APPROPRIATELY USED IN
COORDINATION WITH KING COUNTY
PARTNERS.
SECOND THING I'LL NOTE, WE
HEARD REPORT THIS IS WEEK
OF POLICE OFFICIALS BEING
DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES
TYPE 2 BECAUSE OF EXTREME
EXPOSURE TO TOXINS AFTER
GOING IN AND HAVING TO REMOVE
ENCAMPMENTS.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AT
THIS JUNCTURE AS WE
CONSIDER HOW WE COORDINATE AND
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
TO THINK OF WAYS WE'RE ASKING
PERSONNEL TO DO CLEAN
UPS AND BE EXPOSED TO HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS.
WE DON'T WANT ANYONE LIVING IN
A HAZARDOUS SIGHT.
THEY AREN'T INTERESTED IN DOING
THAT.
THIS ISN'T WHY THEY SIGNED UP.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK
ABOUT HOW WE USE ALL
RESOURCES.
I AM NOT YET COMFORTABLE WITH
HOLDING BACK
$7 MILLION AND HAVING IT
COMPLETELY DISTINCT EFFORT
THE NAVIGATION TEAM CONTINUES
TO DO OUTSIDE THE MORE
COORDINATED APPROACH WITH KING
COUNTY AND SEATTLE
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE BODY.
THIS IS NOT HOW WE WANT IT TO
BE.
I'M TALKING EMERGENCY RESPONSE
SYSTEM THAT SEEMS
SOMETHING THE NAVIGATION TEAM
DOES AT ITS CORE.
WE NEED TO BETTER COORDINATE
AND BETTER REFER FOLKS.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS SUPPOSED
TO BE NAVIGATING
SOMEWHERE, NOT JUST CLEANING UP
AND DOING AS YOU
SAID, PUBLIC RIGHT AWAYS,
CLEARINGS, MOVING
OBSTRUCTIONS N. AN EFFORT TO
THE BE TRUE.
I'M INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THE 7
MILLION CAN BE
FOLDED INTO THE $72.9 MILLION
WE'RE CONSIDERING
COORDINATING WITH KING COUNTY.
I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU MORE ON THAT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL?
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE
SUGGESTION I'M HEAR AS
GOOD A REGIONAL NAVIGATION
TEAM.
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT I'M
SUGGESTING -- .
>> THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.
>> THAT WE COORDINATE BETTER
AND NAVIGATE TO HOUSING
VERSUS THE EXISTING MODEL WE
HAVE WHICH I'M NOT
CONDONING AS A GOOD WAY TO USE
THAT $7 MILLION.
I DO THINK WE HAVE A BETTER
OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER
SERVE IN A HOLISTIC WAY.
THAT $7 MILLION COULD BE USED
IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
>> I'M NOT CRITICIZING OR
COMPLIMENTING THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
I KNOW THE CITY HAS PUT A LOT
OF TIME TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE A BEST PRACTICE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
IF WE HAVE A BEST PRACTICE TEAM
AND CONTINUE TO
PROVE IT, I'M SUGGESTING WE
NEED TO LOOK AT A
REGIONAL NAVIGATION TEAM SUCH
THAT A BEST PRACTICE
POLICY IS IMPLEMENTED REGION
WIDE NOT JUST WITHIN
OUR BORDERS.
THE ONLY WAY TO ESTABLISH THAT
CONSISTENCY.
MARK IN YOUR MODEL AS YOU DRAW
THIS UP.
YOU'RE THE ARTIST DRAWING THIS
UP.
MAYBE WE'LL TAKE THAT UNDER
ADVISEMENT.
>> GREAT.
LET'S CONTINUE.
>> I'M GOING TO MOVE, TRY TO
MOVE MORE QUICKLY
THROUGH THE BUDGET
PRESENTATIONS AS I STATED MY
OPENING REMARKS. TO DIVE DEEPLY
INTO THE BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS.
WE WILL START TO HIGHLIGHT AND
INTRODUCE THE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR
PROGRAM INVESTMENTS THAT
WILL GO TO THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
THERE WAS A FULL AGREEMENT BY
THE CITY AND COUNTY
THAT IN ORDER TO END
FRAGMENTATION, WE NEEDED TO PUT
AS MUCH OF THE INVESTMENT INTO
THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY AS POSSIBLE.
REALLY THESE ARE THE TOTAL
AMOUNTS OF EMERGENCY
SHELTER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
DIVERSION DAY CITY
INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY AND
COUNTY MAKE.
IT DID NOT MATCH OUR THEORY OF
CHANGE.
IT DID NOT MATCH THE STRUCTURE
OF CONSOLIDATING
SERVICES TO KEEP INVESTMENTS
SEPARATE FROM THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
WE WERE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE
REALLY TRYING TO BE
INCLUSIVE OF OUR HOMELESS
INVESTMENTS.
THERE ARE SOME PROGRAM
INVESTMENTS CURRENTLY MANAGED
OUT OF HSI AND DHS CONSIDERED
HOMELESS INVESTMENTS.
AT THIS POINT WE'RE NOT
CONSIDERING.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING MOVING
HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE WITH AIDS, A FUND SOURCE
FROM THE GOVERNMENT
TO HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE LIVING
WITH AIDS AND HIV.
IT IS -- THERE IS ALREADY A
COLLABORATION THAT
EXISTS AND A SYSTEM AT PLAY
THAT WE DON'T WANT TO
DISRUPT AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE ALSO NOT CONSIDERING THE
LEAD PROGRAM.
RIGHT NOW THE PDA LEAD PROGRAM
IS MANAGED BY THE HSI
ADDITION A LARGE NUMBER
DIVERTED THROUGH LEAD ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S NOT A HOMELESS PROGRAM.
IT IS NOT A PROGRAM THAT IS
STRICTLY AND RESTRICTED
FOR POPULATION LIVING IN A
SHELTER.
WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING RIGHT
NOW THE LEAD PROGRAM
MOVING TO THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
THOSE CONTRACTS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE HELD BY THE CITY
AND COUNTY.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS
REALLY IS A
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE
HOMELESS INVESTMENTS MADE BY
THE CITY AND COUNTY.
THERE ARE VERY SMALL NUMBER OF
EXCEPTIONS.
WE'VE DONE I THINK SOME REALLY
CAREFUL WORK TOGETHER
AS A REGION TO HIGHLIGHT
PROGRAM AREAS THAT WE WOULD
NOT MOVE TO THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
I SHARED AT A HIGH LEVEL
THERE'S EXPENSES ASSOCIATED
WITH ADMINISTERING CONTRACTS AT
THE CITY.
YOU'LL SEE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE
TOTAL IS
$4.3 MILLION.
AT THE COUNTY, YOU'LL SEE THAT
ADMINISTRATIVE TOTAL
IS REFLY $6.7 MILLION.
THOSE ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
INVESTMENTS THAT WOULD
GO TO THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY TO
HELP PAY FOR
CONTINUED ADMINISTRATION OF
THOSE CONTRACTS.
SPEAKING OF CONTRACTS, LOOKING
AHEAD AT 2020.
WE ARE NOT PROPOSING THAT THE
CONTRACTING PROSECT OR
EXPECTATIONS CHANGE IN 2020.
WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS IN THE
BEST TO OUR CUSTOMERS
IN THIS CASE, SERVICE PROVIDERS
THAT DCHS FOLLOW
CONTRACT PRACTICES WITH SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
ALL OUR 2020 CONTRACTS WILL
INCLUDE SOME LANGUAGE
ABOUT THE SHIFT TO A REGIONAL
AUTHORITY IN THE
FUTURE.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY AND HUMAN SERVICES AT
THE COUNTY ARE
CONTINUING OR BEGINNING IT'S
2020 CONTRACTING
PROCESS.
NOW WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE
SHIFTING THAT ROLE AND
RESPONSIBILITY OF CONTRACTING
SERVICE PROVIDERS TO
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY IN 2020.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THE
HOMELESS BUDGET WILL GO
THROUGH THE USUAL MAYOR AND
CITY COUNTY
APPROPRIATION AND APPROVAL
PROCESS.
THAT'S GOING TO BEGIN ON
MONDAY.
.
>>> I SPOKE LAST WEEK AND THEN
AGAIN IN MY OPENING
COMMENTS ABOUT SERVICE
AGREEMENT THAT WILL HAVE WITH
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
BEGINNING IN 2020, THE CITY AND
COUNTY ARE GOING TO
NEED TO DEVELOP A CONTRACT WITH
THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY THAT OUTLINES OUR
EXPECTATIONS,
PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS, CREATES
AND IS CLEAR WITH A
SCOPE OF WORK.
IT WILL OUTLINE THE PROGRAM AND
ADMINISTRATIVE
BUDGETS THAT I JUST WENT
THROUGH.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW
THAT ESPECIALLY GIVEN
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING
OVER SUCH A
SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT TO A NEW
ORGANIZATION, IT IS
THIS SERVICE AGREEMENT WE HAVE
WITH THE ORGANIZATION
THAT IS GOING TO DETAIL OUR
EXPECTATIONS AND WILL BE
WHERE WE STATE WHAT
ACCOUNTABILITY LOOKS LIKE
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY AND THE
COUNTY AND REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
THAT IS A BODY OF WORK THAT IS
ALREADY UNDERWAY.
THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HAS A
VERY GOOD SERVICE
AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH LASA.
THEIR REGIONAL AUTHORITY THAT
SERVES THE CITY AND
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
WE'RE USING THAT AS A MODEL.
WE'RE USING THAT AS A STRUCTURE
BY WHICH OR DOCUMENT
THAT OUTLINES THE SAME KIND OF
THINGS THAT WE
ANTICIPATE WE'LL WANT IN OUR
SERVICE AGREEMENT HERE
IN SEATTLE. I'LL HAVE BOBBY
MOVE INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT
STAFFING.
>> BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I AM
INCREASINGLY SEEING
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT THE
LASA GOVERNING BODY
DOES IN CALIFORNIA VERSUS WHAT
WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
I HAVE REPEATEDLY HELD UP THAT
DOCUMENT AND SHOWN
FOLK WHAT IS I THINK IS A GREAT
MODEL FROM LOS
ANGELES.
I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD FOLKS
THAT WHAT IS INCLUDED
IN THE LOSS OF PROPOSAL OR
JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN LOS
ANGELES COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES
CITY IS WHAT WE ARE
DOING HERE.
I THINK IT WAS LOOKED AT AS A
REFERENCE.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I DON'T RECALL IF WE'VE DONE
THIS ALREADY.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AT THIS
JUNCTURE TO SEE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY SCOPE,
APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND THE
BUDGET OF WHAT LOS
ANGELES HAS VERSUS WHAT WE'RE
PROPOSING HERE.
AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THIS, IT'S CLEAR WHAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF
A EMERGENCY RESPONSE
SYSTEM AND REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
IS A SLICE OF WHAT
LOS ANGELES DOES.
IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE DON'T THINK AFTER
THE CONVERSATION IS DONE WE CAN
PAT OURSELVES ON THE
BACK, WALK AWAY AND FEEL WE'VE
ADDRESSED HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THE
DISTINCTION.
WE TALK MORE ABOUT STAFFING AND
WHAT THE GOVERNANCE
MODEL LOOKED LIKE, INCLUDED IN
THE CHART WOULD BE
HOW INDIVIDUALS ARE POINTED TO
THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY IN LOS ANGELES VERSUS
WHAT'S PROPOSED
HERE.
I SAY THAT TO EXTRAPOLATE SOME
OF THE CONVERSATION
AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE
PEOPLE WERE ASKING
QUESTIONS AROUND REPRESENTATION
OF THE BOARD.
IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE TALK ABOUT
THIS FIVE YEAR TERM
WE PUT INTO THE CURRENT
PROPOSAL THAT HAVE THE BODY
APPOINTING INDIVIDUALS TO
ITSELF VERSUS ELECTED
OFFICIALS DOING THAT.
YOUR CHART SUMMARIZING WHAT LOS
ANGELES HAS DONE
VERSUS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING THE
SCOPE AND
APPOINTMENT PROCESS ET CETERA
WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I'VE BEEN THE ONE MOST FOCUSED
TALKING ABOUT LOS
ANGELES AND LASA.
IT IS A GREAT MODEL.
I STILL APPLAUD IT.
I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD FOLKS.
LET'S CLARIFY WHAT THEY'RE
DOING.
>> LAST WEEK I BEGAN THE
CONVERSATION FIRST OF ALL.
GOOD MORNING COMMUNITY CHAIR
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ABOUT THE THREE PHASED APPROACH
TO THE EMPLOYEE
IMPACTS OF CONSOLIDATION.
JUST WANT TO SAY WE'RE
COMMITTED TO GIVING EMPLOYEES
AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TO
CONSIDER THEIR
EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS PENDING THIS
CHANGE.
WE VALUE EMPLOYEES BEING PART
OF THE SUCK SIS OF
THIS ENTITY OR FINDING
EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE IN THE
CITY.
WHEN THIS FIRST CO LOCATION
PHASE WHERE CONSIDERING
EMPLOYEES DO IN THE SAME WORK,
REPORTING STRUCTURE,
SAME OUTCOMES IN A DIFFERENT
LOCATION.
OUR FOCUS HERE IS IN
STRENGTHENING HUMAN RESOURCE
THAT EXISTS AROUND THIS WORK.
THERE WAS A SITE VISIT
CONDUCTED THIS WEEK.
THERE WAS A VISIT TO VISIT THE
COMPLETE REBUILD OF
THE YES FLOOR OF THE YESLER
BUILDING THE TEAM WOULD
WORK TOGETHER.
25 FLOWS, REPRESENTATIVE FROM
HDSR LABOR, LEADERSHIP
ATTENDED THAT WALK THROUGH.
THEY NOTED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE ON SITE
IN PLACE.
WI-FI, NEW PAINT, CONFERENCE
ROOM, IMPROVED
AMENITIES TO WHAT EMPLOYEES SEE
NOW IN THE LARGER
KITCHEN, AMPLE RESTROOM
ENVIRONMENT.
THERE'S COMMITMENT ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY AND COUNTY
AS WE START TO INHABIT THE WORK
PLACE.
THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO IN THE
COUNTY THAT OWNS THE
DESIGN OF THE SPACE, HAS
COMMITTED TO ENGAGING OUR
EMPLOYEES ON THE ES STETTICS OF
THAT WORK PLACE.
THAT'S MY UPDATE ON CO
LOCATION.
ON THE LOAN PHASE, THIS IS
BASED ON WORK.
IT IS BASED ON VISION AND
DIRECTOR SELECTED BY THE
BOARD.
IT'S A SIMILAR CONTRACT TO
LOCATIONS.
FINALLY, IN THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY PHASE, THIS IS
THE EMPLOYMENT PHASE.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND
THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM
WILL OWN THE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE
OF PDA.
THEY'VE BEEN IMPACTED OR GAINED
EMPLOYMENT
ELSEWHERE.
DURING THE LOAN PHASE, WE'LL
BEGIN PROJECT HIRE
SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES.
THAT SAID, THE FEEDING OF
EMPLOYEES AROUND THIS
CHANGE IS HAPPENING NOW.
HSDHR ARE COMMITTED TO
SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES WITH
NAVIGATING THEIR CURRENT PATH
AS NEEDED.
>> QUESTIONS?
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO PIVOTING AWAY FROM CURRENT
STAFF AND REALLY WANT
TO SPEND SOME TIME ENVISIONING
WHAT THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY STRUCTURE MIGHT LOOK
LIKE AND HIGHLIGHT
KEY FUNCTIONS.
FOR THAT, I'LL TURN OVER TO
MARK.
>> I APOLOGIZE.
I DID HAVE QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF THE
TIME LINE ON THE CO
LOCATION PIECE?
I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
WHAT THE COUNTY THINKS IS
POSSIBLE WHAT EMPLOYEES
HAVE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT ABOUT
THE RELOCATION.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET A
SENSE OF TIMING FOR THAT.
WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM KING
COUNTY, THE SPACE WILL
BE AVAILABLE DECEMBER THIS
YEAR.
DECEMBER IS A HEAVY MONTH FOR
MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
THEY ARE IN THE MIDST OF
CLOSING OUT ONE YEAR AND
BEGINNING WORK ON AND
DEVELOPING CONTRACTS FOR THE
NEXT YEAR.
DECEMBER AND REALLY JANUARY
BOTH ARE A TRICKY TIME
TO MOVE EMPLOYEES.
THAT SAID, THE Q 1 OF 2020 IS
WHEN CO LOCATION WILL
OCCUR.
WE MAY HAVE TO DO SOME OF THOSE
MOVES IN PHASES.
NOT TO INTERRUPT THE BUSINESS
NEEDS, BUT WE'RE
WORKING IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP
WITH KING COUNTY TO
DEVELOP A TIME LINE ABOUT WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IN FACT, WE HAVE STOOD UP A
WEEKLY WORK GROUP THAT
WILL WORK ON ALL FACILITIES,
IT, MOVING NEEDS.
EMPLOYEES WILL BE PART OF THAT
GROUP.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE
IN AND HELP GUIDE
WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
ULTIMATELY LANDING ON A DATE
WHN THE CO LOCATION
WILL OCCUR.
>> THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I HAD
HEARD.
I HAD HEARD THE CITY WAS
PUSHING TOWARDS A DECEMBER
DATE.
STAFF WAS EXPRESSING SERIOUS
CONCERNS ABILITY A
DECEMBER DATE AND KING COUNTY
HAD COME BACK AND SAID
THERE'S NO WAY THE SPACE WOULD
BE AVAILABLE IN
DECEMBER.
I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
SOME TIME IN FIRST QUARTER.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET SOME
GRANULARITY AROUND THAT
WHEN YOU KNOW IT.
I SEE THIS STAFFING PIECE
SEQUENCED KNOWING THE QUO
LOCATION OCCURS.
I THINK IT WILL GIVE US MORE.
OUT MORE ABOUT WHEN OTHER
POSSIBLE CHANGES MIGHT
OCCUR AS IT RELATES TO KNOWING
MORE ABOUT THE
NUMBERS OF STAFF THAT THIS NEW
REGIONAL AUTHORITY
WILL NEED, KNOWING HOW MANY
STAFF WILL BE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THE NEW
REGIONAL AUTHORITY,
HOW MANY STAFF IT WOULD BE
REALLY GOOD TO GET SOME
MORE CERTAINTY AROUND THAT.
THE FIRST STEP IS TO GET MORE
CERTAINLY ABOUT THE CO
LOCATION.
COMPLETELY AGREE.
THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE ASKING A LOT OF
EMPLOYEES AT THIS TIME.
THERE'S A LOT OF ANXIETIES.
THOSE ANXIETIES BECOME HIGHER
WHEN WE DON'T HAVE
ANSWERS.
AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE BEGUN TO
SKETCH OUT AT A HIGH
LEVEL WHAT WE BELIEVE THIS WILL
LOOK LIKE.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
INSIDE CO LOCATION.
AGAIN, IT IS GOING TO TAKE A
WEEKLY EFFORT INCLUSIVE
OF STAFF PARTNERING WITH
LEADERS, PARTNERING WITH
FACILITIES AND IT PROFESSIONALS
TO FIGURE OUT THE
RIGHT TIMING FOR THIS.
>> OKAY.
SO THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE?
WE HAVE GONE OVER TIME HERE.
MARK, I KNOW YOU'VE FLOWN IN.
I FEEL EVERY TIME YOU'RE HERE,
YOU GET SHORTCHANGED.
TESS, YOU HAVE ANOTHER
PRESENTATION.
WAS THAT 20 MINUTES OR SO?
>> YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE Q 2
PRESENTATION?
>> YEAH WE THINK IT'S ABOUT 20
MINUTES.
>> MARK WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD
AND WE'LL GIVE YOU
-- .
>> IF I MAY, THE Q 2
PRESENTATION WE CAN DO IN 20
MINUTES.
WE CAN ALSO DO THAT AT ANOTHER
TIME OR IN ANOTHER
-- .
>> LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE AT
THEN.
WE DO HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS
THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED
TO COME PROVIDE RESPONSE AS
WELL TO ITEMS.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
GET A CHANCE TO CHAT AT
11:00.
SO WHY DON'T WE SEE HOW LONG
THIS TAKES.
IF WE NEED TO DELAY THE Q 2
PRESENTATION, WE CAN DO
SO.
I THINK WE CAN TRY TO FIT IT
ALL IN IF IT'S A 20
MINUTE PRESENTATION.
WE MAY DO IT AT THE VERY END
THOUGH.
OKAY.
MARK, WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> NO WORRIES.
I CAN ALSO BE BRIEF.
SO THE DESIGN OF THE AUTHORITY
AS CURRENTLY BEFORE,
I'M NOT GOING TO TALK A GREAT
DEAL ABOUT, WE'LL TALK
MORE ABOUT FUNCTION AND HOW OUR
TEAM WORK ED FROM
THE COMMUNITY TO SORT OF
IMAGINE WHAT WAS NECESSARY,
RIGHT.
SO THE CHART YOU HAVE IN FRONT
OF YOU REALLY SHOWS
FUNCTIONAL DIVISIONS OF LABOR.
SOME OF THE INITIAL DIAGNOSES
YOU'LL RECALL WE
TALKED ABOUT IN THE FALL IS THE
INABILITY FOR FOLKS
NEEDING TO DO WORK OUT OF THE
OFFICE TO BALANCE THAT
WITH WORK THAT WAS LIKE THIS IS
JUST DESK WORK.
I NEED TO STAY AT MY DESK AND
MACHINE THROUGH
CONTRACTS.
I NEED TO BE RESPONSIVE.
SHE'S LIKE I NEED THIS
AMENDMENT.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE
REALLY DID WAS SAY OKAY,
THERE NEEDS TO BE DIVISION.
VERSUS MY JOB SUPPORTING
PROVIDERS AND PARTNERS OUT
IN THE WORLD EVERYDAY.
ONE OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT MY
TEAM HAD WAS LIKE IF
YOU'RE GOING TO AUBURN FOR THE
DAY AND I-5 IS BAD,
THAT'S ALL YOU'RE DOING.
THERE'S NO I'LL GET BACK TO MY
OFFICE AND THEN
PROCESS PAPERWORK OR RESPOND TO
E-MAILS.
IF YOU'RE GOING OUT, ESPECIALLY
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO
GO TO CARNATION, AUBURN,
WHEREVER.
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.
SO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES
DIVISION IS DRAFTED TO
PROVIDE SPECIFIC SUPPORT AROUND
PROGRAMS.
SO THE SERVICESLISTED UNDER
THERE, THE IDEA IS THAT
THERE WOULD BE TEAMS THAT WOULD
BE MADE UP OF
DIVERSE SET OF SKILLS.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT A
LATER DATE.
FOLKS WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY
TASKED WITH PROVIDING
SUPPORT TO SHELTERS FOR
EXAMPLE.
IF A SHELTER CALLS AND SAYS
HEY, WE'RE REALLY
STRUGGLING.
IT'S GOTTEN QUITE WET AND
GETTING INFLUX OF FOLKS
WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES.
WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
MANAGE THIS INFLOW,
THERE'S A TEAM THAT CAN DEPLOY
TO SAY OKAY, WE'RE
GOING TO WORK TO THINK THIS
THROUGH WITH YOU WHICH
IS THE FUNDAMENTAL ORIENTATION.
IT SHIFTS OUT OF THE MODE
TOWARDS A MODE OF SLAB
RATION.
IT IS NOT THAT PROVIDERS DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO.
IT'S THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS
PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE
TO TRIAGE AND SOLVE TOGETHER.
THE IDEA BEHIND TEAMS IS THEY'D
BE ABLE TO DO TRIAGE
AND THINKING IN CONJUNCTION.
IF THE ANSWER WAS OKAY, WE'RE
GOING TO PROVIDE
SUPPORT TO THIS MANY PEOPLE
WITH PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES, WE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO GET A BUNCH OF
WHEELCHAIRS IN PLACE.
TO THINK ABOUT OUR FACILITIES
DIFFERENTLY.
THAT TEAM WOULD HAVE THE
CAPACITY THEN TO SAY OKAY,
THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
WE'LL RECOMMEND, WELL NOT
RECOMMEND BUT DIRECT THE
TEAM TO RELEASE ADDITIONAL
FUNDS TO BUY A BUNCH OF
ADDITIONAL WHEELCHAIRS.
IT CREATES A FLOW OF WORK.
THEY'LL HAPPENED STEADILY,
RAPIDLY.
THE WAY THE HOUSING IS SET UP
IS ESSENTIALLY THE
SAME.
THERE ARE NEEDS THAT ARE
SEPARATE THAT NEED TO BE
ATTENDED TO INSIDE PROVIDING
SUPPORT TO FOLKS WHO
ARE DOING HOUSING WORK,
TRANSITION OR RAPID.
IT HAS IT HAS SAME ORIENTATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL NOTE
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE IT
ON THE SLIDE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
GO INTO THE DEPTH,
WE HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM
COMMUNITY THERE NEEDS TO BE
A WAY TO THINK ABOUT EQUITY OF
ALL LEVELS.
THAT HAS TO BE DEDICATED.
WHEN YOU GET INTO STAFFING
STRUCTURE, WHAT OUR TEAM
PUT FORWARD IS INSIDE EACH OF
THESE DIVISIONS ON
EACH TEAM, THERE ARE DEDICATED
EQUITY SPECIALISTS
THAT CAN THINK ABOUT THINGS.
WHAT IS DISPROPORTION ALTY.
IS THERE REASON WE'RE SEEING
INFLUX FOR EXAMPLE?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF
HOW WE'RE PROVIDING
SUPPORT TO PROVIDERS BUT
ULTIMATELY HOW WE'RE
PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE
COMING FROM SOME PLACE.
THERE'S DISRUPTION THAT NEEDS
TO BE MANAGED.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SYSTEM
PERFORMANCE -- I WAS
CHATTING WITH HSD PERSON COUPLE
WEEKS AGO WHO WAS
SAYING THAT MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO
BE RENAMED THE WHICH
COULD BE TRUE.
THE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE DIVISION
IS ESSENTIALLY PULL
AGO SIDE EVERYTHING THAT IS
DESK WORK.
IT'S SAYING THIS IS THE
DIVISION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
GOING TO NEED TO STAY AT A
COMPUTER AND MANAGE A
PROCESS.
WE THINK ABOUT DATA, CONTRACT
MANAGEMENT,
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, POLICY,
CRAFTING RIGHT.
THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE
CURRICULUM, RESEARCH
PLANNING.
THERE ARE NEW FUNCTIONS IN
THERE THAT WE IDENTIFIED
A NEED FOR BASED ON COMMUNITY
CONVERSATION AROUND
CERTIFICATION AND WILLING.
THOSE FUNCTIONS, ALL OF THOSE,
EMERGENCY SERVICES,
HOUSING AND PERFORMANCE, WE SEE
SLOWING UP.
THAT PERSON WOULD REALLY HAVE
THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
KNOWING WHAT IS HAPPENING
OUTSIDE AND BEING
RESPONSIVE TO IT AND BEING ABLE
TO MOVE RAPIDLY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
IS I HOPE SUCCESSFUL
ABOUT THIS DESIGN IS THAT IT
MOVES THE THINGS THAT
NEED TO HAPPEN QUITE QUICKLY
UNDERNEATH WHAT IS A
MORE TRADITIONAL COMMAND
CONTROL STRUCTURE YOU USE
WHEN YOU NEED TO FEEL RAPID
RESPONSE.
AGAIN, THINKING OF PROVIDERS
WHO SAY I HAVE THIS
NEED TODAY.
YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT
NEED TODAY.
NOT NEXT WEEK, NOT TWO WEEKS
FROM NOW.
THAT'S WHAT THIS DESIGN IS
AIMING FOR.
I'LL PAUSE BRIEFLY IF THERE ARE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT
DIVISION.
I COULD MOVE TO OTHERS.
>> PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THE NEXT MAIN DIVISION IS
ENGAGEMENT.
THAT HOLDS NEW FUNCTIONS OF
COMMUNITY IMPACT.
THESE WERE AREAS WHEN WE SPOKE
TO STAFF AND
COMMUNITY WERE VOIDS, RIGHT?
IT'S NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T
HAPPENING.
I DON'T WANT TO THE HAVE THE
IMPRESSION PEOPLE WERE
LIKE I DON'T THINK THIS IS
IMPORTANT, I'M NOT DOING
IT.
WHAT FOLKS SAID REPEATEDLY WERE
THESE ARE VITAL
FUNCTIONS.
I DO THEM IN LIKE 2% OF THE
TIME I HAVE, RIGHT, LIKE
ON MY WAY OUT THE DOOR BETWEEN
TWO THINGS.
IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACT
VERTICAL, THINKING ABOUT
PREVENTION.
IT'SLYIT'S HOW DO THEY INTERACT
WITH OTHERS.
THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS NOT
NECESSARILY
RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORITY
ITSELF.
THINKING OF ADVOCACY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR
THAT.
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
THERE'S A LOT THAT COULD BE
IMPROVED BY HAVING
DEDICATED RELATIONSHIP
MANAGEMENT BETWEEN THE
AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR
OVERSEEING THE REGION'S
RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS AND
BUSINESS LEADERS OF THE
REGION.
THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY THAT
FRANKLY THERE HAS BEEN
SOME CAMPING I THINK THAT'S
HAPPENED IN TERMS OF
PEOPLE MOVING INTO
POLARIZATION.
I THINK PART OF THAT IS ABOUT
RELATIONSHIPS AND
ABILITY TO SAY WHEN I PICK UP
THE PHONE AND CALL
SOMEONE, I'M LIKE OKAY, I TRUST
THIS PERSON AND
UNDERSTAND THE ANSWERS I'M
GOING TO GET.
ECONOMIC MOBILITY INITIATIVES
TETHERED TO
PREVENTION.
THAT EXCEEDS RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
AGAIN, IT IS ACTUALLY ABOUT
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
BETWEEN WHAT WILL BE LEFT IN
HSD AND LEFT. WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO BE MOBILE?
WHAT HAS TO BE PRESENT TO BE ET
CETERA.
SOME OF THAT IS EARLY
EDUCATION, NOT THE
RESPONSIBILITY.
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT NEED TO
FIND OUT WHAT NEEDS
TO HAPPEN IN OTHER LARGE
PORTIONS OF THE REGION.
WE SIMPLY DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW.
IF SOMEONE SAID TO ME, MARK,
YOU NEED TO DEVISE A
PLAN FOR WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN
EAST KING COUNTY.
I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER TO
THAT.
THIS IS STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES,
FUNDING AND WHAT IT
NEEDS TO FUND.
THIS NEED TO ACTUALLY CREATE A
TEAM THAT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR OWNING THE PLAN
FOR NORTH KING
COUNTY AND SOUTH KING COUNTY,
EAST KING COUNTY ET
CETERA, IS ESSENTIAL.
FINALLY GOVERNANCE, FEDERAL
CRITICAL.
IT ALLOWS IT TO BE ROBUSTLY
STAFFED SO IT ISN'T JUST
LIKE THE WAY IT HANGS UP RIGHT
NOW WHICH IS STAFFED
BUT LIKE SEPARATE, RIGHT?
OUR DESIRE IS INTEGRATE IT SO
WHEN COC BOARD
CONVENES, THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIKE
TALKING TO PEOPLE
THAT ARE FULLY CONNECTED TO THE
REST OF THE SYSTEM.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT WHAT
IS OR IS NOT INSIDE.
LAST THING I'LL SAY IS JUST I
THINK ONE OF THE
THINGS SPEAKING TO LA THAT WAS
QUITE SUCCESS NFL IS
AS THEY MOVED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THE COMMUNITY
NEEDED TO BE ENGAGED, THEY
LOOKED AT SOME OF THESE
SAME FUNCTIONS.
ACTUAL ORGANIZERS WORKED WITH
PEOPLE JUST LIKE WENT
OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND
WORKED WITH FOLKS.
HOUSED AND UNHOUSED ALIKE TO
SAY WE ALL AS A
COMMUNITY HAVE TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THE CURRENT REALITY
IS UNACCEPTABLE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE COMMITMENTS ON
HOW WE'LL MAKE
CHANGES.
OUR HOPE IS THAT IT DOES IN
FACT BECOME DEEPLY IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THE UNBUZZ FUNCTION IS NEW
AND CAME OUT OF
CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
THAT SAID THERE ISN'T ANYONE I
CAN CALL WHEN I'M
HAVING A PROBLEM WHICH IS KIND
OF LIKE A LITTLE BIT
STAGGERING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE ENGAGING WITH A SYSTEM
AS ROBUSTLY FUNDED
AS THIS ONE HAS BECOME WHO
ACTUALLY HAD NO RECOURSE
WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
WHAT FOLKS SAID AND WE SPENT
TIME OVER THE COURSE OF
THE SPRING AND SUMMER WORKING
WITH FOLKS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO IT
RATE ON THIS, WHAT
THEY SAID WAS THE OFFICE NEEDED
TO PROVIDE A
NAVIGATION SERVICE.
IF I TURNED IT TO THE POINT
WHERE AM I GOING?
IF SOMEONE IS LIKE I NEED
ACCESS TO SOMETHING AND
DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE TO
GO, THE UNBUZZ OFFICE
SHOULD BE A PLACE TO CALL OR
GET IN TOUCH WITH VIA
TEXT OR WHATEVER TO SAY WHERE
SHOULD I GO TONIGHT?
ALSO THIS DESIRE TO HAVE IT.
IF THERE ARE REPEATED CONCERNS
ABOUT SAFETY FOR
EXAMPLE, OR REPEATED CONCERNS
ABOUT OTHER FORMS OF
VIOLENCE THAT THE UNBUDS OFFICE
WOULD HAVE THE
ABILITY TO SAY WE CAN ACTUALLY
GO LOOK AT WHAT'S
HAPPENING AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO
SUPPORT THE
PROVIDERS IN MAKING WHATEVER
ADJUSTMENTS ARE
NECESSARY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE
SAFE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
IS FRANKLY JUST TRUE
IS THAT THOSE THAT FEEL SAFER
OUTSIDE THAN INSIDE
RIGHT NOW AND FOR THE REGION
WITH THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS AS BAD AS IT HAS BECOME.
PEOPLE NEED TO ACTUALLY GO
INSIDE AND BE ABLE TO
KNOW THEY'RE SAFETY IS NOT
GOING TO BE COMPROMISED
IF THEY GO TO A SHELTER.
SO THAT'S THE UNBUDS OFFICE.
>> VERY QUICKLY, COUNCIL MEMBER
HAS A QUESTION.
>> I'LL BE BRIEF.
THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR.
ON THE INVESTIGATION PIECE,
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
>> RIGHT NOW DEPENDING ON --
JASON IF YOU WANT TO
SPEAK TO THIS.
DEPENDING ON WHERE THE
COMPLAINT COMES IN ON THE HSD
SIDE, IT MAY -- IT DEPENDS IF
ITING MANIES TO MAKE
IT TO AN ACTUAL CONTRACT
MANAGER AT HSD.
THERE'S NO ACTUAL LIKE --
THERE'S A LINE BETWEEN
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND CONTRACT
MANAGERS.
WHAT FOLKS CAN DO RIGHT IS
REPORT A PROBLEM TO A
PROVIDER.
THEY CAN SAY I'M HAVING A
PROBLEM IN THIS AGENCY.
DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION,
FOLKS ARE NOT INSENTY INSENT
VISED TO DO THAT.
THERE ISN'T A DIRECT LINE
BETWEEN CONTRACT MANAGER,
JASON'S SHOP AND THAT PERSON.
IT DOESN'T EXIST.
>> WE DOFF REQUIRE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CONTRACT
WITH HAVE A GRIEVANCE PROCESS,
A WAY THAT IS VERY
CLEARLY ARTICULATED FOR PEOPLE
USING THEIR SERVICES
TO FILE A COMPLAINT OR WORK
THROUGH AN ISSUE WITH AN
ORGANIZATION.
IT HAS A SECOND LAYER OF
GRIEVANCE PROCESS INSIDE
THE CITY.
WE USUALLY WORK DIRECTLY WITH
THE PROVIDER WHO WE
HAVE A CONTRACT WITH WHEN A
GRIEVANCE EITHER REACHES
A CERTAIN LEVEL OR CAN'T BE
IRONED OUT IN HOUSE BY
THAT PROVIDER.
THIS OFFICE OF THE UNBUDS IS
SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED TO SEE IN THIS
COMMUNITY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
THERE IS NOT THAT DIRECT ROUTE
FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO
FILE A COMPLAINT DIRECTLY WITH
AN AUTHORITY.
IN THIS CASE, A REGIONAL
AUTHORITY.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THE
IDEA OF A COMPLAINT
OR AGREEMENT NEED NOT END IN
PUNISHMENT.
WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
PROVIDERS LIKE HOW SHOULD
THIS OFFICE FUNCTION?
FOLKS SAID IF YOU FINE US,
RIGHT, FOR NOT DOING
SOMETHING RIGHT, WE LOSE
CAPACITY TO HELP PEOPLE.
THAT DOESN'T WORK, RIGHT?
SO THE WAY WE HAVE
PRELIMINARILY CONSTRUCTED THIS,
THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING RIGHT
DON'T END IN
PUNISHMENT.
THEY END IN COLLABORATION,
RIGHT, SO THAT THE ENTIRE
ORIENTATION IS NOT TOWARDS LIKE
HOW CAN WE BE
ADVERSARIAL, BUT HOW CAN WE
PROBLEM SOLVE TOGETHER?
NO ONE IS DOING WORK IF THEY'RE
NOT ACTUALLY TRYING
TO HELP PEOPLE.
THEN FINALLY -- SO SORRY.
WE SEE THAT SITTING UNDER THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
ENGAGEMENT.
AGAIN THINKING ABOUT
STREAMLINING FUNCTION MAKING
SURE THAT THERE IS NOT
OVERBURDENING OF THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
LIKE I HAVE 17,000 REPORTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL CALL
OUT THAT I THINK MAY
SHIFT IS THAT THE UNBUDS MAY
ACTUALLY REPORT
DIRECTLY TO THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR.
THAT WAS FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM
FOLKS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS THAT SAID WE DON'T
WANT THAT OFFICE
BURIED AND DON'T WANT CAPACITY
FOR FOLKS TO EDIT.
IF UNBUDS IS COMMITTING A
REPORT, PEOPLE DON'T WANT
THAT TO BE EDITED BY A SET OF
EYES BEFORE THE ED OR
BOARD.
THAT MAY BE A STRUCTURAL SHIFT.
FINALLY OPERATIONS IS VERY
IMPORTANT IN TERMS.
YOU NEED ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THIS IS WHERE TO
JASON'S BUDGET
CONVERSATION, SOME OF THE START
UP COSTS REALLY
ARISES BECAUSE CORE FIXES THAT
YOU NEED IN ORDER TO
RUN AN AGENCY OF THIS SCOPE AND
SCALE ARE NOT GOING
TO BE TRANSFERRED.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
NATIVE TO THE NEW
AUTHORITY.
THE NEED FOR HUMAN RESOURCES
FINANCE OPERATIONS,
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, IT
LEGAL FACILITIES AND ET
CETERA.
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
BRIEFLY.
ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE FALL
WHICH FEELS LIKE A
MILLION YEARS AGO NOW, WE HEARD
CONSISTENTLY FROM
STAFF SOMETIMES IT'S UNCLEAR
LIKE WHAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW TO ADVANCE AND LIKE WHAT
DOES IT MEAN TO BE A
STAFF, CONTRACT MANAGER?
HOW DO YOU MOVE BETWEEN THINGS
WITH SOMETHING FOLKS
ARE LIKE THAT COULD USE
CLARITY.
HAVING A CLEAR ORIENTATION
TOWARDS LEARNING AND
DEVELOPMENT SO THAT AS PEOPLE
ARE IN THE WORK PLACE
AND SAY I'D LIKE TO ADVANCE.
SOMEONE IN THE WORK PLACE CAN
SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND
SAY THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.
MAKING SURE THAT'S CLEAR.
AT THE SENIOR LEVEL I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE TEAMS
THAT WILL LIKELY NOT COME TO
FULL BEING IN Q
WHATEVER OF WHEN THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY ACTUALLY
STANDS UP.
THE NEED FOR THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR TO HAVE ACCESS
TO SENIOR LEVEL FOLKS WHO ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR
OVERSEEING EQUITY, RIGHT, IS
NECESSARY FOR AN
ORGANIZATION ASSURING EQUITYY
IN POLICY AND
PERFORMANCE.
IT'S NOT WE THOUGHT OF
SOMETHING NEW.
IT'S A PARTICULAR SET OF
METHODOLOGIES THAT THE CITY
CURRENTLY HAS.
USE ALL THE TIME ABOUT WHEN
SOMEONE SERVES A PROBLEM
TO YOU, YOU RUN A PROJECT BASED
RESEARCH
METHODOLOGIES TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IS THE WAY TO
RESPOND TO THIS.
SO THE IDEA THAT EMERGENCY
SERVICES TEAM OR HOUSING
TEAM COULD SAY HEY, WE HAVE RUN
INTO THE SAME
PROBLEM AT SIX DIFFERENT
SHELTERS.
IT'S NOT ANYBODY'S FAULT.
THERE'S JUST A PROBLEM HERE WE
CAN'T SOLVE FOR.
TO SERVICE THAT TO AN I TEAM
THAT CAN DO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AND GENERATE
SOMETHING KNEW TO FIX THAT
PROBLEM IS IMPORTANT.
THAT'S AUTHORITY AS PLANNED TO
DATE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
QUESTIONS?
NO QUESTIONS.
OKAY.
SO WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GET FEEDBACK ON THE
ENTIRE STRUCTURE, MAYBE LET'S
GO BACK TO THE
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART YOU
PROVIDED SO THAT THAT CAN
BE USED AS CONTEXT.
IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC SLIDES
THAT OUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS WOULD LIKE TO
REFERENCE IN COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, CONCERNS THEY
RAISED, WE CAN TOGGLE
BETWEEN THERE.
WE'LL ALSO NOTE WE DID HEAR
FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS
THAT WORK AT PRO TEXT 17.
THEY APPRECIATED THE WALK
THROUGH OF THE SPACE.
THAT'S NOT GERMANE TO THE
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
AS A WHOLE AS IT GOES FORWARD
OR THE ROLES AND
RESPONSIBLES OF A GOVERNING
BODY, BUT I THINK THEY
APPRECIATED THERE WAS AN
OPENNESS FROM KING COUNTY
AND OUR TEAM HERE AT THE CITY
TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
THE STRUCTURAL NEEDS THEY WOULD
NEED TO FUNCTION IN
THE NEW PHYSICAL LOCATIONS.
WANTED TO NOTE THAT FOR FOLKS
THAT HEARD THE
CONCERNS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
HEARD.
THERE'S BEEN INITIAL POSITIVE
FEEDBACK FROM THAT
INITIAL WALK THROUGH.
>> OUR PARTNERSHIP IS RESPECTED
AS WE MOVE THROUGH
THE TRANSITION PROCESS.
>> APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT
ON THE RECORD AND
REITERATING THAT REPEATEDLY.
WE'LL CONSTANTLY ASK HOW
THEY'RE FEELING ABOUT THIS
PROCESS.
SPEAKING OF LABOR AND FOLKS
THAT DO THE WORK ON THE
GROUND AND DIRECTLY INVOLVED
WITH FOLKS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, PEOPLE WHO ARE
DELIVERING THE SERVICES
NOW AND THE AVAILABLES WHO I
BELIEVE WILL BE
DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE BODY, WE
ASKED FRIENDS FROM THE
COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE
FEEDBACK.
WE HAVE AT THE TABLE YOUTH CARE
AND SEA 11U 99 AND
ASKED FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION AND THE SEATTLE
KING COUNTY COALITION ON
HOMELESSNESS.
THOSE TWO HAVE PROVIDED US
FEEDBACK THAT COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE HERE.
IT'S PASSED OUT AT THE TABLE.
THAT COMES FROM ALLISON AT THE
SEATTLE KING COUNTY
COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS THAT
HAS A 4 POINT MEMO
AND LISA DUE GUARD FROM THE
PUBLIC DEFENDER'S
ASSOCIATION HAS A TWO PAGE
MEMO.
APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT THOSE
AS WE HEAR FROM
PARTNERS AT TABLE.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON
BEHALF OF YOUTH CARE.
LET'S START WITH LINDSEY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I'M CEO OF YOUTH CARE.
I WANT TO JUST PUT PARAMETERS
AROUND MY COMMENTS.
THE KING COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE
COLLABORATION FOR
HOMELESSNESS MEETS REGULARLY
EVERY MONTH.
WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE
DOCUMENTS AND PROCESS
MOVING FORWARD.
WHILE THESE COMMENTS HAVE NOT
BEEN FORMALLY
ENFORCED.
WE'LL SUBMIT NORMAL
RECOMMENDATIONS AND
ENDORSEMENTS
FROM THE COLLABORATION PROBABLY
NEXT WEEK TO THE
COMMITTEE.
IN OUR PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS,
WE HAVE FOUND THAT
THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT
WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST
SEE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.
YOUTH CARE AND OUR YOUTH
PROVIDERS REVIEWED AND
BELIEVE IT'S A POSITIVE FIRST
STEP IN IMPROVING OUR
SYSTEM RESPONSE AND GROUNDING
IN EQUITY.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE SEVERAL
ISSUES WE IDENTIFIED AND
OFFER SUGGESTIONS.
FIRST, WE NOTICED THAT THE
PROPOSED GOPING BOARD
DOES NOT INCLUDE A
REPRESENTATIVE.
WE KNOW AND NEURO SCIENCE
CONFIRMS YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
UNIQUE NEEDS.
THEY'RE ADDITIONALLY
INTERACTING WITH DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS THAN ADULTS.
WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE
GOVERNING BOARD
INCLUDE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT
HOLDS EXPERTISE
WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH YOUTH
AND YOUNG ADULTS AND
MAKE SURE WE'RE RESPONSIVE TO
THE NEEDS OF THIS
POPULATION.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I WANT
TO NOTE THAT
RECOMMENDATION IS WELL TAKEN.
WE HAVE EXPRESS HAD THE DESIRE
FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
BODY.
YESTERDAY KING COUNTY COUNCIL
MEMBERS WERE ALSO
EXPRESSING A SIMILAR DESIRE
WHEN THEY HEARD ABOUT IT
AT THE BOARD OF HEALTH
PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY FROM
FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH
PERSPECTIVE.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS
TO GET YOUTH AND YOUNG
ADULTS.
SPECIFICALLY YOUTH TO HAVE A
VOICE ON THIS BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR UNDERSCOING AND
BRINGING THAT BACK
UP.
>> SECOND, THE PROPOSED BOARD
INCLUDES ONE ADVISOR
IN GENERAL.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE CON
FRITH OF INTEREST
CONCERNS.
WE BELIEVE PROFESSIONALS IN THE
FIELD OFFER CRITICAL
INSIGHT ON WHAT IS AND ISN'T
WORKING ON THE GROUND
AND WORKING WELL.
IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO BE
WELL INFORMED BY ON THE
GROUND EXPERIENCE, WE PROPOSE
IT INCLUDE CONTRACTED
PROVIDERS THAT CAN AND WILL
RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM
VOTES WHERE THERE WILL BE A
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
>> DO YOU MIND IF I PAUSE?
IS THAT THE END OF YOUR INTRO
INTO ITEM 2? ON THE PROVIDER
REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD, WE
HAVE
CONSTANTLY BROUGHT THAT ISSUE
UP.
THE FEEDBACK WAS NUMBER ONE
THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL WHICH IS A
SUB COMPONENT TO THE
ACTUAL BOARD.
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR
FEEDBACK ON THAT.
NUMBER TWO, IF NOT IN A CURRENT
CONTRACT PROVIDE
THEIR WILL RECUSE THEMSELVES,
THE SUGGESTION IS A
COALITION TYPE PERSON COULD
REPRESENT.
THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN
SOMEONE WHO WAS
CURRENTLY DOING THE WORK ON THE
GROUND AND GETTING
IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK AND SOMEONE
WHO'S REPRESENTATIVE
OF A LARGER BODY.
LOVE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON
BOTH, WHERE THAT
PERSON SHOULD SIT AND WHETHER
OR NOT THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL IS THE RIGHT PLACE.
NUMBER TWO, WHETHER OR NOT A
REPRESENTATIVE OF
PROVIDERS IS APPROPRIATE OR
REALLY UNDERSCORING THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE IMMEDIATE ON
THE GROUND FEEDBACK
THAT A CURRENT PROVIDER WOULD
HAVE.
>> I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT FOR THE
PROVIDER COALITION TO HAVE A
SAY IN WHAT IS THE
REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTING THE
COLLABORATION WHICH
WE DO ALL THE TIME TAKE OFF OUR
AGENCY HATS AND
REPRESENT THE FIELD.
OR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN DEEPLY
IMMERSED IN THE WORK
PREVIOUSLY AND HAS THE
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING AND HOW CONTRACTS AND
HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE
AFFECTING THE POPULATION.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO HAVE A
NOMINATION OR A SUGGESTION FROM
THE COLLABORATION ON
WHO THAT PERSON WOULD BE.
YES, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES
WOULD BELIEVE ON THE
GOVERNING BOARD WE NEED SOMEONE
WITH EXPERTISE.
>> THIRD, WE RECOGNIZE THAT
BEING A MEMBER OF THE
GOVERNING BOARD IS A MAJOR
UNDERTAKING AND REQUIRES
TIME.
WHILE THE CHARTER STRUTS THE
BOARD TO MEET SIX TIMES
A YEAR, THE INITIAL PHASE
REQUIRES MUCH MORE
ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT CAPACITY,
RETENTION,
ACCOUNTABILITY, EQUITY IF IT IS
OUTSIDE
VOLUNTEERING.
WE WOULD LIKE MEETINGS TO BE
SCHEDULED IN ADVANCE,
MADE ACCESSIBLE TO PUBLIC AND
INCREASE
ACCESSIBILITY.
ESPECIALLY IF PEOPLE ARE NOT
BEING REIMBURSED AS
PART OF THEIR DAY JOBS TO SIT
ON THIS GOVERNING
BOARD.
IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO KEEP
ENGAGEMENT OVER THE
LONG TERM WITHOUT FOLKS BEING
COMPENSATED IN SOME
WAY.
AND FINALLY, HOWEVER, BECAUSE
OUR SYSTEM ONLY --
FOURTH, OUR CURRENT RESPONSE IS
LARGELY DRIVEN BY
HUD.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE
PROVIDERS SEE ANY DIFFERENCE
IN THIS STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF
INCORPORATING THE
MULTIPLE CITY SERVICES AND
SYSTEMS INVOLVED IN YOUTH
AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE CURRENT
MODEL WHICH IS NOT
-- THE HUD MODEL IS NOT
HOLISTIC OR REFLECTIVE OF
BEST PRACTICES.
MOST 18 TO 24-YEAR-OLDS ARE
LIVING IN TRANSITIONLE
HOUSING, COLLEGE DORM, THEIR
PARENT'S HOUSE,
MILITARY, SERVICE CORE.
IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO YOUTH
EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S NORMAL FOR MOST YOUNG
PEOPLE AT THIS STAGE OF
THEIR LIVES.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OUR SYSTEM
ONLY CONSIDERS ACCESS TO
HOUSE A PERMANENT OUTCOME, THIS
APPROACH IS NOT
CONSIDERED SUCCESSFUL.
IT TAKES YOUNG PEOPLE LONGER TO
BUILD THE LIVING
SKILLS AND SUCCESSFUL
TRANSITION INTO INDEPENDENCE.
I MIGHT ADD MY SON WHO IS VERY
SUCCESSFUL HAD 23
MOVES IN TEN YEARS.
23.
I KNOW BECAUSE I HAUL HAD ED
THAT CRAP UP AND DOWN THE
STAIRS.
WE NEED TO ADEQUATELY PREPARE
THEM FOR SUCCESS
RATHER THAN THROW THEM INTO
RAPID REHOUSING AND
SADDLE THEM WITH RECORD OF
EVICTION WHEN THEY'RE NOT
READY TO LIVE ON THEIR OWN, NOT
TO PENSION MEMBERS
OF THE JURY THE LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO ALLOW
YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL
AND MOVE INTO
UNIVERSITIES AND BE SELF-
SUSTAINING.
WE THINK ABOUT OUR HOMELESS
RESPONSE SYSTEM AS WE
THINK ABOUT OUR SYSTEM.
WE NEED TO BUILD UP THE SOCIAL,
EMOTIONAL SKILLS,
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT,
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THAT
ALLOW THEM TO LIVE HEALTHY AND
INDEPENDENT LIVES.
IN CONCLUSION, OUR FINAL
SUGGESTION FROM THE
PROVIDER GROUP IS MIRROR THE
CREATION OF AN OFFICE
OF HOMELESS YOUTH OR DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELESS YOUTH
WITHIN THE NEW AUTHORITY
MIRRORING WHAT IS DONE AT
THE STATE WIDE LEVEL AT THE
OFFICE OF YOUTH WHICH IS
POSITIONED IN OUR STATE AS A
LEADER IN OUR NATION IN
THE ISSUE.
THE OFFICE HAS YOUTH SPECIFIC
SERVICES, STRATEGIES,
METRICS, OUTCOMES THAT LOOK AT
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
LOOK AT YOUNG PEOPLE
HOLISTICALLY RATHER THROUGH
NARROW PRISM OF HOUSING AND
HUD.
WE ASK YOU TO CONSIDER
MIRRORING OUR STATE SYSTEM
WHO SERVES YOUNG PEOPLE SO THAT
SERVICES AND
STRATEGIES ARE TAYLORED TO
UNIQUE DEVELOPMENTAL
NEEDS OF THOSE SERVED INCLUDING
YOUNG ADULTS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS IS
THIS AUTHORITY IS
BASED ON AN ADULT MODEL.
HAVING A SEPARATE ENTITY LIVING
WITHIN IT WOULD
ALLOW US TO BRING FUNDING
TOGETHER.
HUD IS MAYBE 10% OF MY $16
MILLION BUDGET.
I GET MONEY FROM THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT, JUVENILE
JUSTICE, STATE, COUNTY WORKING
ON THE VARIOUS
SYSTEMS THAT IMPACT THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO
BE SUCCESSFUL.
THOSE SYSTEMS HAVE TO BE TAKEN
INTO CONSIDERATION
WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING A SYSTEM
THAT'S SUCCESSFUL IN
HELPING TRANSITION OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE FROM
HOMELESSNESS.
I WON'T GO INTO THE FACT WE
HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT
UNDER 18 MINORS LIVING ON THE
STREETS AND HAVE ZERO
OPPORTUNITIES FOR LONG TERM
HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY
EXITING SHELTERS EXCEPT FOR
EIGHT BED AT OUR
PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S GO TO HEALTH CARE
NORTHWEST AND TAKE QUESTIONS
FOR LINDSEY AND MELINDA.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL JUST SAY AS AN OPENING
COMMENT, IF ANY OF MY
REMARKS ARE BLUNT OR POINTED,
THEY'RE NOT AT ANYONE.
THEY'RE ABOUT AN INHERITED
SYSTEM BUILD UP OVER
TIME.
SO JUST AS A MATTER OF OPENING,
WE WERE SUPPORTIVE
OF THIS.
THE PROPOSAL MARK WALKED
THROUGH REFLECTS A LOT
OFFER AND LISTENING.
IT HOLDS A GREAT DEAL OF
PROMISE MOVING OUR REGION
FOWARD.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
ACTUALLY SEE THIS INTO
FRUITION WITH THE APPROPRIATE
CHANGES RECOMMENDED.
THIS ALONE IS NOT GOING TO
SOLVE HOMELESSNESS.
BY HELPING TO REDUCE
FRAGMENTATION, THAT'S GOING TO
BE HELPFUL FOR GOVERNANCE,
PROVIDERS AND PUBLIC.
THIS EFFORT HAS I THINK BEEN
UNIQUE TO PAST EFFORTS. I'LL
CENTERED LIVED EXPERIENCE.
IT'S TRIED TO PROMOTE MORE RACE
AND EQUITY IN THE
CONVERSATION AND CONTINUING
THAT I THINK HAS THE
ABILITY TO LIVE UP TO THAT.
ONE THING THAT I HAVE BEEN
HEARING A LOT, NOT JUST
OUR MEMBERS IN THE BOTTOM LEFT
TWO COLUMNS BUT
PROVIDERS, ADVOCATES IS THAT
THERE'S ONE ESSENTIAL
THING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IN
EVERY CONVERSATION
HERE WHICH IS WE PRIORITIZE AND
CORRECT FOR A
STRUCTURAL INEQUALITY AROUND
WORK FORCE.
WE SUPPORT OUR SISTERS AND
BROTHERS AT PRO TECH AND
YUAN XIZED WORK FORCE WORKING
FOR THIS SYSTEM AND
SURROUNDING IT ON THE PUBLIC
SECTOR SIDE.
FOLKS ARE CONTRACTED OUT AND
PROVIDING SERVICES
DIRECTLY, WE LIVE UNDER AN
INHERENTLY UNEQUAL SYSTEM
BUILT PONTE THE FACT PEOPLE ARE
PAID TRULY LOW WAGES
AND BENEFITS.
PROVIDING THE HARDEST MOST
CHALLENGING SET OF JOB
SKILLS WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY
HIGH LEVEL INTEGRATION
OF CASING INMENT, HEALTH CARE
TREATMENT, OUTREACH.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS INTEGRATING
WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
SYSTEM.
SEVERAL DIFFERENT LAYERS OF
GOVERNMENTAL
INTERVENTIONS AROUND HOUSING
AND IN SOME CASES
AROUND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SYSTEMS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A
TREMENDOUS DEGREE OF
EXPERTISE, COMMITMENT.
IN NO WAY DO THEIR WAGES
REFLECT THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE KNOW AND
WHAT YOU COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE WORKED ON
DILIGENTLY IS WHEN WAGES
DON'T REFLECT, THAT IT CREATES
A TREMENDOUS
RECRUITMENT RETENTION PROBLEM
WHICH MEANS THAT THESE
SKILLS THAT WE INVEST IN
EVAPORATE AND AREN'T THERE
FOR CLIENTS WHO NEED THEM.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN
WE WORK ON GROWING A
WORK FORCE AND CENTERING RACE
INEQUITY.
WE KNOW THEY'RE BAD JOBS IN A
LOT OF WAYS.
IT'S IMPORTANT WE PAIR THIS
FOCUS ON WORK FORCE IN
EVERYTHING THAT THIS NEW
REGIONAL AUTHORITY DOES.
THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE OUTCOMES.
THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD BY
EVERYBODY THAT PLAYS
A ROLE IN THE SYSTEM.
IT NEEDS TO BE CENTRAL TO THE
ACTION PLAN THAT'S
BEING DEVELOPED.
THE ONE LAST THING I WOULD WANT
TO SAY IS WE CANNOT
KEEP LOOKING TO EXPAND THE
SYSTEM WITHOUT MAKING THE
CURRENT SYSTEM WHAT IT SHOULD
BE.
IT'S I ESSENTIAL TENANT OF
LABOR WE DON'T ADD MORE
WORK AND PROGRAMS WITHOUT
MAKING SURE THAT THE ONES
THAT EXIST TODAY ARE AT THE
STANDARDS THAT THEY
SHOULD BE.
OUR MEMBERS, I'LL SPECK
PARTICULARLY ABOUT DESC.
OUR MEMBERS HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
EMPLOYER.
BOTH OUR MEMBERS AND THE DESC
HAVE SAID YES TO A ROT
OF TIMES THE CITY OR COUNTY
SAID ADD ON A NEW
PROGRAM, WE NEED A NEW SHELTER.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY CARE AND
ARE PROUD OF WORK THEY
DO.
THEY WANT THE SYSTEM TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
CONTINUING TO EXPAND WHILE WE
KNOW PEOPLE ARE OUT
THERE MAKING IT ON MINIMUM WAGE
IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
PEOPLE CANNOT COME CLOSE TO
MAKING IT IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WITH THE JOB THIS IS
SYSTEM IS CREATING
TODAY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NEVER
GETS LOST IN THIS
CONVERSATION.
I THINK IF WE HOLD IT CENTRAL,
WE WILL BE ABLE TO
BUILD THE SYSTEM THAT IS MORE
RESPONSIVE.
WE'VE HAD A PARTNERSHIP IN THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
WHICH HAS SIMILAR PROBLEMS TO
HOMELESSNESS ON THIS
FRONT.
WITH THAT, I HAPPILY ANSWER
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND
HOPE WE CAN SEE THE PROMISE AND
BRING THIS TO
FRUITION.
MAKE SURE WE'RE TRUE LAY
DRESSING THE CONTRACTED OUT
WORK FORCE UNDER IT.
>> THANK YOU BOTH.
THANKS TO YOUTH CARE AND NICU
1199.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> I HAVE A FEW.
THEN I'D LOVE TO HEAR FEEDBACK
YOU ALL V. IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE THEMES
THAT HAVE BEEN REPEATED
IN THE DOCUMENTS YOU RECEIVED.
FOR EXAMPLE, AS MELINDA SAID
FROM YOUTH CARE, SHE
BELIEVES IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE
PROVIDERS AT BOARD,
WHICH IS THE FIRST POINT OF
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
SEATTLE KING COUNTY COALITION
ON HOMELESSNESS.
IN THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
ASSOCIATION LETTER, YOU'LL
SEE A STRONG EMPHASIS WHICH
UNDERSCORES WHAT THEY
HAVE SAID, IF WE DON'T ALSO
FOLD IN THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON
THOSE EXPERIENCING
INJUSTICES FROM THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND HAVE
NEEDS AND APPROPRIATELY STAFFED
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS
AND FUND THOSE ORGANIZATION,
THEN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ELEMENT AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SYSTEM
CURRENTLY SERVED BY OUR
COMMUNITY CONTRACTORS WILL
NOT BE AFFECTED.
I BELIEVE WHAT LISA SAID IS
THAT THERE WILL BE --
THE CURRENT PROPOSAL WILL FAIR
POORLY AND HAVE
LITTLE IMPACT WITH THE
BEHAVIORAL SYSTEM.
MANY OF OUR ON GROUND LEVEL
HAVE EXPERIENCE.
THERE'S A WILL THE OF
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WHAT'S
BEEN SHARED AT TABLE FROM
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND
WHAT YOU SEE IN LETTERS AND
REFLECTIVE OF FEEDBACK
WE'VE HEARD ALONG THE WAY.
MARK, I'M SURE YOU HEARD MUCH
OF THIS IN COMMUNITY
OUTREACH AND CONVERSATIONS
LEADING TO YOUR TEN POINT
PLAN.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR SHARING THAT
PERSPECTIVE.
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM
FOLKS AS YOU THINK
ABOUT HOW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS
APP LINE OR CAN BE
CONSIDERED AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
.
>>> THE HOPE AND ANTICIPATION
FOR THIS NEW
STRUCTURE, WE ABSOLUTELY AGREE
THERE NEEDS TO BE
VERY CAREFUL AND VERY TARGETED
ATTENTION PAID TO
SPECIFIC POPULATIONS.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT YOUTH AND
YOUNG ADULTS HAVE
PARTICULAR NEEDS THAT ARE VERY
DIFFERENT FROM
ADULTS.
SO THAT IS A CONSIDERATION IN
THE STRUCTURE NOT ONLY
THE STRUCTURE OF THE AUTHORITY
ITSELF AND THE CHART
YOU'VE SEEN ABOVE, BUT ALSO IN
MAKING SURE THAT THE
-- AS YOU DESCRIBED THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS
APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATION
ACROSS AND THOSE FOLKS
IMPACTED.
IN TERMS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD
ITSELF, WE SEE THAT
BOARD AS BEING CRITICAL FOR THE
OVERALL SUCCESS OF
THE AUTHORITY.
SO DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE
IT HAS EXPERTISE
ACROSS THE BOARD IN A VARIETY
OF SECTORS.
THERE HAVE BEEN COMMENTS ABOUT
MAKING SURE WE'RE
CONNECTING TO BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, HEALTH CARE,
CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
WE'LL ABSOLUTELY BE DOING THAT.
THERE'S A ROLE ON THE GOVERNING
BOARD FOR WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND LABOR.
MELINDA MENTIONED THE NEED FOR
SOMEBODY WHO
PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN IMMERSED IN
SERVICES AND SERVICE
DELIVERY AND UNDERSTANDING
NEEDS OF FOLKS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
I APPRECIATE MULTIPLE
RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH
COALITIONS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN
DEFINITELY CONSIDER.
WE
KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE
RECOMMENDED FOR THE
GOVERNING BOARD.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
WE EXPECT THOSE FOLKS
RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD TO
HAVE A SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM
THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
THAT'S THE TOTALITY OF MY
COMMENTS.
APPRECIATE HEARING DIRECTLY
FROM YOU IN PARTICULAR.
>> ONE THING IS NOT REFLECTED
HERE IS WE DID TRY TO
ACCOUNT FOR NEEDS OF YOUNG
PEOPLE AT THE TEAMING
LEVEL.
SO IN THE TEAMS, THERE ARE
ACTUALLY SPECIFIC
POSITIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUTREACH AND
SHELTER, THERE'S
SPECIFIC YOUTH POSITIONS.
IN EACH ONE OF THOSE TEAMS, AS
THEY WERE TRYING TO
SUPPORT PROVIDERS AND SUPPORT
THE COMMUNITY, THERE
WAS A RECOGNITION IN OUR
STAFFING MODEL WHICH YOU
HAVEN'T SEEN.
THERE WAS A RECOGNITION IN OUR
STAFFING MODEL THERE
NEEDED TO BE SPECIFIC
CONSIDERATION ABOUT YOUNG
ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE BROADLY
NEEDING DIFFERENT
STUFF AND BEING A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT SET OF SKILLS.
I THINK THE THOUGHT AROUND --
THIS IS -- WE
SHOULD HAVE THIS CONVERSATION
AT SOME POINT.
I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT HOW TO
MAINTAIN -- THIS IS
JUST ATTENTION I'LL LAY OUT FOR
PEOPLE.
YOU'LL ALL NEED TO SOLVE FOR
THIS.
THERE'S TENSION MAINTAINING
SEPARATENESS BETWEEN
WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE NEED AND NOT
BEING INTEGRATED INTO
THE REST OF THE MONEY RESOURCES
BASICALLY THAT YOUNG
EOPLE WIND UP NOT GETTING AS
MUCH RESOURCE
ALLOCATION AS THEY NEED.
THE SYSTEM AROUND YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS DEVELOPED LATER
THAN THE ADULT SYSTEM.
THEN HAS EXISTED HISTORICALLY
INSIDE VERY SILOED
SPACES THAT OPERATE UNDER
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RULE
SETS THAN THE RULE SETS THAT
GOVERN THE ADULT SPACE.
I THINK WHAT WE WERE ATTEMPTING
TO DO WAS NOT
REPLICATE THAT BY INTEGRATING
AT THE TEAM LEVEL BUT
OPEN TO CONTINUING THAT
CONVERSATION JUST BROADLY
AND THEORETICALLY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE
BEST ANSWER.
>> MARK, JUST TO POINT OF
CLARIFICATION.
I THINK WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT AS PROVIDERS.
I WOULD SAY YOUNG PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE IS THIS KIND OF
INCONGRUENCE BETWEEN THE NEEDS
OF ADULTS AND
FAMILIES WHICH I THINK ARE
SEPARATE AS WELL AND HOW
WE DESIGN A SYSTEM THAT IS
RESPONSIVE TO YOUNG
PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT WHILE I APPRECIATE
HAVING PEOPLE
EMBEDDED IN THE DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS, I THINK THAT
WE ACTUALLY NEED TO HAVE A
THOUGHT PROCESS THAT
DESIGNS A YOUTH SYSTEM THAT IS
RESPONSE HIV AND
EFFECTIVE AND MEETS AND IS THE
NEEDS OF THE YOUNG
PEOPLE.
I HATE TO USE MY OWN SON BUT HE
HAD ROOMMATES.
NOW HE HAS A LEASE.
THOSE ARE SKILLS.
WE DON'T ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN
THE METRICS NOR THE
PROCESSES OF REFERRAL OR
COORDINATED ENTRY.
EVEN HOW WE DESIGN VULNERABILITY
IS DIFFERENT.
>> Y'ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DO COOL STUFF
AROUND IT HAVING THAT
CONVERSATION.
THE LAST THING I WOULD JUST SAY
IS AND WE
HIGHLIGHTED THIS IN THE FALL
REPORT, AGREE.
WE CAN'T RUN A SYSTEM THAT IS
PREDATORY WHILE WE SAY
WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE
INSURING THAT THE
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BROWN
WOMEN SERVING PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE
PAID APPROPRIATELY.
IT HAS TO BE A PRIORITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO
RAISE THAT.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU LINDSEY
AS WELL FOR BRINGING
THAT UP.
IT'S REALLY CRITICAL IF WE'RE
GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB
OVER THE LONG TERM.
THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES
PEOPLE IS RELATIONSHIPS.
IF WE CAN'T MAINTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS, WE CAN'T PAY
MINIMUM WAGE TO BE ON THE
STREETS.
>> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN.
YES, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> MAY I?
>> YES.
>> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
UNDERSTAND JUST WE LOOKED
AIF THE EXISTING REGIONS THAT
DO GOVERNANCE PORTLAND
AND LA.
WE LOOKED AT WHAT IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS IS COC
GOVERNANCE.
>> AS A FOLLOW UP, WE KNOW IT'S
POSSIBLE.
THERE MAY BE PROS AND CONS OF
DOING THAT.
WE KNOW IT'S POSSIBL.
>> THERE'S A PLACE AT THE TABLE
FOR A LOT OF
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT
REPRESENT DIFFERENT
DEMOGRAPHICS OF FOLKS WITH VERY
UNIQUE NEEDS.
THE CONCERN I HEAR IS WE'RE
GOING TO BE DESIGNING A
SYSTEM THAT IS SORT OF -- HAS
A HOMOGENEOUS
APPROACH TOWARDS INTERVENTIONS.
MANY OF OUR SUB POPULATIONS
HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS AND
HAVE A NEED FOR A UNIQUE
APPROACH TOWARDS AN
INTERVENTION TO ADDRESS THOSE
NEEDS.
MELINDA TALKED ABOUT UNIQUE
NEEDS OF YOUTH.
ONE OF THE POINTS IN THE LETTER
THAT WE RECEIVED
FROM THE PUBLIC DEFENDER IS
THERE'S NO PLACE TO HAVE
A CONVERSATION IN THE GOVERNANCE
PIECE.
WE PRIORITIZE LOW FOR ACCESS TO
HOUSING.
YET WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
CONCERN IN THIS COMMUNITY
ABOUT ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF
THIS COMMUNITY
RECOGNIZING THAT THE RESOLVING
DOOR SYSTEM ISN'T
SERVING NOBODY.
THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A
PLACE FOR THAT
CONVERSATION IN THE DESIGN PART
OF THIS.
FINALLY I WANT TO REMIND
EVERYBODY THAT THE BARB
POPPY REPORT IDENTIFIED THE
FOLKS DO HAVE THE
HIGHEST BARRIERS THE AND MAY
ALSO NOT HAVE THE LEAST
ACCESS TO HOUSING UNDER OUR
CURRENT SYSTEM TO BE A
PRIORITY WE SHOULD BE PAYING
ATTENTION IN ALL OF
THIS REDESIGN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT DOING.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
SO I WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE
OF COMMENTS YOU MADE
IN TERMS OF THE ENGAGEMENT WITH
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
I WANT TO REMIND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE IS A POSITION, A
SEAT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT.
WE CALLED OUT FOR EXACTLY THE
REASONS YOUR TALKING
ABOUT.
WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF FACTORS
PREDOMINANTLY THE INSUFFICIENT
SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT
INTERSECTION BETWEEN
HOMELESSNESS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE
PRESENT ON THE GOPING
BOARD AND ALSO AS MARK
DESCRIBED THE CONTINUING OF
CARE COMMITTEE THAT WILL
ACTUALLY HAVE ON IT THOSE
FOLKS THAT HAVE DIRECT SERVICE
AND ARE IN THE FIELD
THAT ARE ENGAGED IN CRISIS
RESPONSE, THAT MAKING
SURE THOSE FOLKS ARE PRESENT.
WE SEE VOICES AS CRITICAL AS
ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO
DESIGN AND BUILD OUT THE
AUTHORITY USING THE
FUNCTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL
CHART THAT NIS HAS
PROVIDED FOR US AS A GOOD
TEMPLATE AND STARTING
POINT.
FULLY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF FOLK WHO
IS ARE ENGAGED IN THAT WORK
WHAT WE NEED WITHIN
THAT.
ON THE SECOND QUESTION OF FOLKS
WHO ARE CONTRACTED
PROVIDERS, I'LL POINT OUT THE
TWO TYPES OF REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE WE LOOKED AT, LOS
ANGELES AS WELL AS
PORTLAND DO NOT IN FACT HAVE
FOLKS THAT ARE
CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE ERES.
IT'S AN ANSWER TO YOUR YES
THOSE FOLKS TYPICALLY SIT ON
WHAT IS CONTINUUM OF
CARE BOARD.
>> I SIT ON THE BOARD
CURRENTLY.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
DESIGNING THE NEW COC
BOARD.
AS STRUCTURED, THERE ARE 16
SEATS.
WE'RE VOTING TO EXPAND THAT.
I WOULD SAY 16 SEATS ON A COC
BOARD THAT'S GOING TO
ACT AS ADVISORY BOARD IS
WOEFULLY INADEQUATE.
I'LL USE AN EXAMPLE, DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, WE USE TO BE
AT THE TABLE.
WE LEARNED ABOUT DIVERSION THAT
WAS EASY TO DO FROM
A MODEL DONE IN DV HERE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
I'M CONCERNED THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE BE ROBUST
ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES
FROM MULTIPLE SYSTEMS AND
PROVIDERS AND POPULATIONS
IN ORDER TO REALLY ADEQUATELY
ADVISE THE GOVERNING
BOARD REGARDLESS OF HOW WE END
UP ON THE CONTRACTORS
SITTING THERE.
>> WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT
WRAPPING UP SOON.
>> JUST A FOLLOW UP.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IN THE
GOVERNING BOARD
STRUCTURE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
POSITION WAS SOMEBODY
REPRESENTING THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
SO WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS
THAT WE NEED SOMEBODY
SOMEWHERE IN THIS DESIGNING OF
THE SYSTEM, SOMEBODY
WHO'S FOCUSED ON SERVING THAT
POPULATION OF FOLKS AS
IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
ACCESSING HOUSING.
OTHER NEEDS THAT DISRUPT THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SORT
OF REVOLVING DOOR.
>> AT THIS POINT, THERE HASN'T
BEEN CHARTER OR ILA,
HASN'T BEEN SPECIFIC DEFINITION
BEYOND THE LARGE
CATEGORIES.
SO WE EXPECT THAT TO BE
SOMETHING THAT GETS OUT
DURING THE NOMINATION PROCESS
AND WORK THAT THE
COMMITTEE DOES TO APPOINT THE
BOARD.
>> THEN ONE OTHER JUST FLAGGING
THIS.
THERE'S BEEN EXPRESSED CONCERN
ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF
DECOUPLING THE SERVICE DOLLARS
FROM PERMANENT
SUPPORT OF HOUSING.
MOSQUEDA EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION
ABOUT FOR LACK OF
COORDINATION WITH THE BUILDING
OF PERMANENT SUPPORT
OF HOUSING GENERALLY.
THE SPECIFIC CONCERN THAT HAS
BEEN FLAGGED MOST
RECENTLY RELATES TO THE FACT
THAT IN COMING UP WITH
PROPOSALS FOR FUNDING IT'S BEEN
NECESSARY TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING PROPOSALS
FUNDING, THE
ASSURANCES THAT PROVIDERS HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO FUND. THERE'S A
CONCERN IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO
COORDINATE
THE SERVICES AND THE CAPITAL
SIDE OF THINGS THAT OUR
APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING WILL
BECOME LESS ATTRACTIVE
ATTRACTIVE.
QUITE FRANKLY TO PROTECT IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS
THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO
OPERATE PROJECTS HAVE USUALLY A
VERY ASSET
MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, TOTALLY
APPROPRIATE.
WE WANT THE PROJECTS TO
ABSOLUTELY BE IN THE
HIERARCHY OF WHAT MIGHT GET CUT
OR ELIMINATED IN
ORDER TO PRESERVE THE UNIT,
SERVICES TYPICALLY COME
UP.
SERVICES ARE TYPICALLY ON THE
CHOPPING BLOCK FOR.
THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM AN
AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE,
THE SERVICES ARE PROTECTED,
ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE AT
THE IMPORTANT KEY TO FOLKS
MAINTAINING HOUSING.
THAT'S WHAT SUSTAINABLE HOUSING
IS BUILT ON.
SO I BELIEVE SERVICES WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A KEY
PRIORITY AND PARTICULARLY AS WE
MOVE THROUGH THE
CONTINUUM OF CARE.
FUNDING ROUNDS WHERE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING
DOLLARS COME FROM MAKING SURE
APPLICATIONS ARE
REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED.
>> OKAY.
BEFORE I OFFER SOME CLOSING
COMMENTS, LINDSEY,
MELINDA, DO YOU HAVE FINAL
THOUGHTS BEFORE WE WRAP
UP HERE.
>> WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF REGIONAL
AUTHORITY MAKING LIFE SIMPLE
FOR EVERYONE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL
THE RIGHT PIECES IN
PLACE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> LOOKING AT UNSTABLE HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS AS A
SYMPTOM OF OTHER BROKEN SYSTEMS
INCLUDING NOT ENOUGH
FUNDING IN OUR BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SYSTEM,
COORDINATION AND HOLISTIC
APPROACH IN OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION CALLED OUT IS THE
DISCONNECT BETWEEN
WHAT WE'RE PROMISING TO DO THE
STRATEGIES OUTLINED
AT CITY THROUGH THIS PROLIFIC
OFFENDER POLICY THAT
HAS BEEN RECENTLY RULED OUT.
WITHOUT COORDINATING WHAT THE
CITY WILL CONTINUE TO
DO ON THE RIGHT OR LEFT HAND
TRYING TO WORK FROM A
HOLISTICALLY FROM FOLKS MORE
LIKELY TO BECOME
HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S AN OVERARCHING CONCERN WE
SHOULD COME BACK TO.
NUMBER TWO, I WANT TO REMIND
FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES
THE PROPOSAL IS JUST THAT.
WE ADD INDIVIDUALS TO THE
GOVERNING BOARD TO THINK
MORE ABOUT THE COORDINATION
BETWEEN SPECIFIC
POPULATIONS WE KNOW ARE MORE
LIKELY TO END UP IN
HOMELESSNESS WHETHER THAT'S
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN
IF IT'S YOUNG ADULT CATEGORY OR
INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR
PROVIDER COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK
ABOUT WHERE THAT
REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE BEST
SEATED.
NUMBER THREE, MARK, I WISH YOU
WERE HERE LAST YEAR
WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION
AROUND INCLUDING A MORE
EQUITABLE CONTRACTING STRATEGY
AT OUR HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS, WE WERE
SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR
GETTING AT LEAST 2% ACROSS THE
BOARD.
HOW WE FUND SPECIFICALLY THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE
MANY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
ACTING AS DIRECT
SERVICE PROVIDERS AS CASE
MANAGERS FOR EXAMPLE, WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
I THINK THE BIGGER QUESTION FOR
US CONTINUES TO BE
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE
STABILIZE THIS WORK FORCE AS
LINDSEY OUTLINED.
THAT MUST BE DONE WHETHER OR
NOT WE ARE CONTRACTING
INDIVIDUALS DIRECTLY FROM THE
CITY OF SEATTLE OR THE
NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE.
LASTLY, WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE
TO GET TO THE METRICS
PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE DATA SHARED THIS WEEK.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO INCLUDING
THAT ON THE NEXT
AGENDA.
IT DOES SPEAK TO SOMETHING THAT
FOR EXAMPLE, I
TALKED TO PROVIDER
ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT INCLUDING
FOLKS THAT.
>> SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT THE
NEED TO MAKE SURE
YOUTH AND YOUTH SERVICES ARE
NOT GETTING LUMPED INTO
HUD RELATED METRICS AND HUD
TRAGEDIES TO TRACK
SUCCESS.
HAVING DIFFERENT FROM THE ADULT
POPULATION.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL I THINK.
I'LL LOOK AT FOLKS FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US.
THIS IS SOMETHING I ASKED FOR
THE LAST YEAR AND A
HALF TO HAVE A DASH BOARD TO
SHOW US HOW WELL WE'RE
DOING.
I'M TOLD A DASH BOARD IN 2019
ISN'T POSSIBLE BECAUSE
OF CONSOLIDATION BETWEEN KING
COUNTY AND CITY.
IF WE'RE GOING TO CREATE NEW
REPORTING METRICS THAT
ARE MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTING
THE EXPERIENCES OF
INDIVIDUALS AND TRACKING THINGS
LIKE WAS SOMEBODY
ABLE TO STAY WITH THE CASE
MANAGER MONTH TO MONTH?
WERE KIDS ABLE TO STAY IN THE
SAME SCHOOL?
WERE PEOPLE ABLE TO STAY ON
THEIR MEDICATION?
MAYBE NOT JUST TRACKING
INDIVIDUALS GETTING INTO
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR
EXAMPLE BUT ACTUALLY TO
STABLE ENVIRONMENTS.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT I THINK WOULD MAKE
A MORE REFLECT AND ACCURATE
PICTURE OF WHETHER OR
NOT WE'RE DOING WELL WITH THE
NEW GOVERN ANSWER
STRUCTURE.
I WANT TO WAIT UNTIL 2021 TO
SEE A DASH BOARD OF
METRICS PRESENTED.
WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON
THAT AS WELL AS WHAT ARE
WE DOING AS A REGION.
IF WE HAVE THE UNIVERSE OF
FUNDS AS YOU OUTLINED
BEFORE, THAT IS MOVING OVER TO
KING COUNTY
72.9 MILLION JUST OF CITY
DOLLARS.
WHAT WAS IT, 40-49 OF KING
COUNTY DOLLARS.
HOW ARE WE USING SOME OF THAT
FUNDING IF WE'RE
PUTTING IT ALL IN ONE BUCKET TO
PRIORITIZE THE
DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS
RECOGNIZING EFFICIENT SAY
ON THE FRONT END.
WE'LL SEE FEWER CYCLING BACK
OUT TO HOMELESSNESS AND
PEOPLE WILL BE STABLE,
ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE STABLE
IF WE FRONT LOAD THAT FUNDING
TO WORKERS THEMSELVES.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET
INTO THAT QUESTION
WITH THE SLIDES YOU PRESENTED.
MAYBE WE CAN THINK OF THAT IN
LIGHT OF THE
PRESENTATION PROVIDED TODAY
ABOUT HOW WE'D
RECONFIGURE CURRENT DOLLARSS
AND CURRENT LINE ITEMS
TO PUT FUNDING MORE INTO THE
BUCKET TO STABILIZE THE
WORK FORCE.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU ON THE BUDGET
ALLOCATION QUESTION AND THE
METRICS QUESTIONS AT THE
NEXT GO AROUND.
WE WON'T FORGET THE
CONVERSATION AND RECOMMENDATION
ABOUT WHERE FOLKS WHO LIVED
EXPERIENCES AND
POPULATION NEEDS SIT ON THE
GOPING BOARD AND
STRUCTURE.
OVERALL, APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMENTS.
FOR BEING HONEST.
YOU BOTH STARTED WITH
REFLECTIONS ABOUT THIS BEING
AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS AND BEING
OPTIMISTIC.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING
FORWARD ON THAT GOOD FIRST
STEP COMMENT AND MAKING SURE
IT'S A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
WITH THAT, TODAY'S MEETING IS
COMING TO A CLOSE.
DO I NEED TO ANNOUNCE THE NEXT
MEETING?
OKAY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE NEXT MEETING
SCHEDULED FOR THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOUSING
HOMELESSNESS.
WE HAVE TAKEN PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'LL STICK AROUND IF YOU WANT
TO SHARE COMMENTS SIR.
WITH THAT, TODAY'S MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.