>>> ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
THE FEBRUARY 24, 2021 MEETING
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOMELESS
STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS WILL
COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 2:00 P.M., I'M ANDREW
LEWIS, CHAIR OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON HOMELESS
STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS.
WILL THE COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE?
>> GONZALEZ?
>> HERE.
>> HERBOLD?
JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT?
STRAUSS?
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE SEVEN
MEMBERS PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
OFFICE DID REACH OUT THIS
AFTERNOON TO INFORM ME THAT SHE
LIKELY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
ATTEND DUE TO A POWER OUTAGE
THAT HAS TAKEN OUT HER
INTERNET.
SO IT IS NOT A WILLFUL ABSENCE.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT
BEFORE PROCEEDING.
SO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
SO BEFORE WE GO INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT, TODAY WE HAVE TWO
AGENDA ITEMS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING
FINAL COMMITTEE VOTES ON THE
SUPPORT OF HOUSING LEGISLATION
INCLUDING AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN PROPOSED BY SOME COUNCIL
MEMBERS, AND THAT WILL BE CUED
UP, READY TO GO.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A
FAIRLY DETAILED UPDATE THAT WAS
CIRCULATED EARLIER FROM THE
EXECUTIVE AND THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT REGARDING
THE SHELTER INVESTMENT THIS
COUNCIL FUNDED IN NOVEMBER OF
LAST YEAR AND THE PLAN TO
OPERATIONALLIZE THOSE
INVESTMENTS.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE
PRESENTATIONS AND THOSE ACTION
MATTERS.
SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY,
WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE
ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DO WANT TO NOTE COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD HAS ARRIVED.
WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
SO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
THIS MEETING WILL BE 20
MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME.
AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE, IF YOU HAVE NOT YET
REGISTERED TO SPEAK, BUT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN SIGN UP
BEFORE THE END OF PUBLIC
COMMENT BY GOING TO THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE AT
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND AN
AUTOMATIC PROMPT YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED WILL BE THE SPEAKER'S
CUE THAT IT IS THEIR TURN TO
SPEAK AND THEN THE SPEAKER MUST
PRESS STAR 6 TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
AS A REMINDER PUBLIC COMMENT
SHOULD RELATE TO AN ITEM ON
TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE
COMMITTEE'S PER VIEW.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME, WE ASK
THAT YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END
THEIR COMMENTS AT THE END OF
THE ALLOTTED TIM PROVIDED, THE
SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE
LINE.
IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, PLEASE
DO SO VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL FOR
THE LISTENING OPTIONS LISTED ON
THE AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL BEGIN
WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE
LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR
SIX AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT
OF YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER THAT IS
PRESENT I BELIEVE IS JARVIS
KAPUCION.
IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE SPEAKERS
--
>>
EXCUSE ME, YOU NEED TO START AT
THE TOP OF THE LIST.
>> OKAY, I JUST SAW IT UPDATED
AND A FEW MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW
PRESENT.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS BRADY
NORDSTROM.
BRADY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR LEWIS
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS BRADY NORDSTROM.
I'M WITH SEATTLE FOR EVERYONE.
WE'RE ABOUT HOUSING COALITION
UNITES UNDER THE BELIEF
EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF INCOME
OR BACKGROUND DESERVES ACCESS
TO A SAFE, STABLE, AND
AFFORDABLE HOME.
THIS, OF COURSE, INCLUDES
PERMANENT SUPPORT OF HOUSING.
I CALLED IN TO TESTIFY THE
FIRST HEARING FOR COUNCIL BILL
1 IS 19975, AND WE ARE CALLING
AGAIN TO SHOW OUR STRONG
SUPPORT.
WE BELIEVE THIS BILL COULD HELP
LIMIT OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS GO
FURTHER AND FASTER.
WE DON'T HAVE STRONG
RESERVATIONS ON ANY OF THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
THE IMPORTANT PART WE FEEL IS
TO GET THE LEGISLATION PASSED.
I'LL QUICKLY REEMPHASIZE SOME
POINTS FROM BEFORE.
WE SEE HOMELESSNESS IN MANY
CASES AS AN EXTREME AFFECT OF
LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS CORRELATION AS WELL AS HAS
BEEN DOCUMENTED.
IT'S AN EVIDENCE BASED
INTERVENTION.
AND SO SEATTLE'S PIPELINE FOR
PERMANENT SUPPORT HOUSING UNITS
CURRENTLY NOT SUFFICIENT TO
MEET THE LEVEL OF NEED THIS
POPULATION IS EXPERIENCING BY
MOST ESTIMATIONS.
SO WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO
RESPOND FASTER IN A GREATER
DEGREE, WHICH THIS BILL DOES.
BY CREATING NEW ZONING
DESIGNATION, ALLOWED BY HOUSE
BILL 1923, THE CITY CAN AVOID
COMMON BARRIERS TO ALL HOUSING
TYPES.
SOME INCLUDE THE ZONING
RESTRICTION, AND LIMIT SITES.
DRAWN OUT DESIGNER VIEW
PROCESSES THAT SOME ESTIMATE
COULD ADD UP TO 18 OR MORE
MONTHS ON AVERAGE TO PROJECT
TIMES.
AND THEN BROAD REQUIREMENTS
THAT DON'T MATCH THE USE CASE
OF FUTURE RESIDENTS.
AND THESE REQUIREMENTS CAN
LIMIT VALUABLE CAPACITY FOR
HOUSING UNITS AND ADD PER UNIT
COSTS.
SO IN GENERAL WE JUST FEEL THIS
IS A SMALL BILL TO INCREASE THE
IMPACT OF LIMITED PUBLIC
DOLLARS.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE IT
FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CORBAIN
CANE.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR TWO
MINUTES.
YOU MAY HAVE TO HIT STAR SIX.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>> HELLO?
>> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY, MY NAME IS CORBAIN
CANE, I'M WITH THE SHEAR WILL
ORGANIZATION FOR THE LAST NINE
MONTHS.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE AGENDA
ITEM, THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT UPDATE ON 2021,
HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENTS AND ON
THE 2021 BUDGET $80,000 WAS
ALLOCATED TO OUR ORGANIZATION,
WHICH WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED.
WE ARE IN THE NEED OF THESE
RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
ON FEBRUARY 1, 202
21 WE SENT A LETTER TO THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR, WHICH WE HAVE
NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE.
WE ALSO SENT ONE OUT ON
FEBRUARY 22 REGARDING THIS
MATTER TO YOU.
AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ASK HELEN
HOWELL WHEN SHE IS PRESENTING
HER UPDATE TO PLEASE MEET WITH
US.
WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR ANY
HELP AND AGAIN, WE ARE IN
DESPERATE NEED OF RESOURCES
SUCH AS BLANKETS, TENTS,
INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS LIKE
THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT HAS JOINED THE
MEETING AND NOTIFIED ME, SO SHE
IS NOW PRESENT.
NEXT SPEAKER IS ORLANDO
LATTIMORE.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR TWO
MINUTES.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ORLANDO
LATTIMORE.
I'M FROM TENT CITY THREE.
COUNCIL PERSON ANDREW LEWIS, I
HAVE A SERIOUS QUESTION ABOUT
2021 HOMELESS INVESTMENT
UPDATE.
SHARE TENT CITY HAS SENT A
LETTER TO HELEN HOWELL ON
FEBRUARY 1 ASKING FOR A
MEETING.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO ASK HER TO
MEET.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
HOMELESS BUDGET THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL PASSED THAT SHOULD BE
SUPPORTED.
WE HAVE NOT HAD HEARD ANYTHING
ABOUT AN UPDATE.
WE ARE ASKING HELEN HOWELL WHEN
SHE IS PRESENTING HER UPDATE TO
YOU, WHEN WILL SHE MEET WITH US
CONCERNING TENT CITY THREE'S
BUDGET.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME COUNCIL
PERSON LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EDDIE
PAIGE.
EDDIE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
REMEMBER YOU NEED TO PRESS STAR
SIX.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
YES, HI, MY NAME IS ED PAIGE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW LEWIS,
WOULD YOU ASK MS
HOWELL TO SPEAK FOR THE CITY'S
2021 BUDGET.
SOME OF THE MONEY, OUR OWN TENT
CITY THREE, BOTH OPERATING
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEXIS
LACATE.
I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I
MISPRONOUNCE FOLKS NAMES.
BUT THEY'RE CURRENTLY NOT
PRESENT.
SO MOVING ON JARVIS KAPUSHIAN
IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER WHO IS
PRESENT.
AND YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS AND
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
YES, SIR.
>> OH, GREAT, THANKS.
I CURRENTLY LIVE AT CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
SO FAR WE ARE DOING WELL IN
HAVING MOVED HERE JUST LAST
SEPTEMBER.
AND WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED
THE REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED TO US
BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EVEN
THOUGH WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO
UNDER RELIGIOUS LAND USE
ORDINANCES.
AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY, WE WILL OPERATE UNDER
A RELIGIOUS SPONSOR.
AND WE WILL INVITE ALL OF YOU
TO COME VISIT US AT ANY TIME.
AT THE MOMENT REST AND CARE ARE
PAYING FOR THE UTILITIES, EVEN
THOUGH COUNCIL HAS ALREADY
APPROPRIATED FUNDING FOR THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET FOR OUR OPERATING
EXPENSES AND DIRECTED TO WORK
WITH US ON HOW THIS IS
IMPLEMENTED.
RIGHT NOW I DON'T GET, PLEASE
HELP ME UNDERSTAND.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO ACTUALLY
MAKE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO
US.
IN JANUARY NICHOLAS WROTE A
LETTER TO DIRECTOR HOWELL AND
REQUESTED HER TO MEET WITH US.
TO THIS DAY WE STILL HAVE NOT
HEARD FROM HER, BUT AT LEAST
SOMEONE FROM HER OFFICE
RECOGNIZING JUST -- NOT EVEN
THE SIMPLE RECOGNITION THAT
THEY HAVE RECEIVED OUR REQUEST.
YOU AS ELECTED LEADERS FOR CITY
COUNCIL.
I EXPECT YOU TO HOLD
ACCOUNTABILITY.
úI IMPLORE YOU TO FOLLOW THROUG
ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AND
DIRECT THE DIRECTOR TO DO THE
SAME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOEY
MCCALLISTER, THOUGH THEY ARE
CURRENTLY NOT PRESENT.
AND OUR NEXT PRESENT SPEAKER IS
RENEE JEWELL.
RENEE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> GOOD DAY.
MY NAME IS RENEE JEWELL.
I'M HERE TO COMMENT UPON
HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIES AND
INVESTMENTS.
ON THIS DATE THERE ARE HOMELESS
PEOPLE WITH PART-TIME JOBS AND
ABLE TO FIND HOUSING AFFORDABLE
ENOUGH FOR THEM.
THEY'RE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIBLE
RENT PAYING TENANTS.
THIS TRANSFORMATION IS OUR
GOAL.
BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE WHAT
ABOUT THE STRAIN ON OUR
RESOURCES?
THE MULTI-FAMILY STRAIN COULD
BE FOUND EVERYWHERE FROM
INDUSTRIAL ZONE RESOURCES AND
HOTELS, ABANDONED, READY FOR
CARE.
IF THE GOVERNMENT COULD JUST
GET TO THE KITCHEN, REARRANGE
THAT ZONING AND RESOURCES, AND
WE COULD HAVE HOUSING FOR ALL.
I IMPLORE THE COUNCIL TO ACCEPT
THE PERMANENT HOUSING BILL.
MIGHT I ADD IT DOES NOT SAY
R.S.V.P.
ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, RENEE.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC
COMMENT LIST, SO I WILL DO A
LAST CALL AT THIS POINT FOR THE
FOLKS WHO WERE NOT PRESENT.
SO ALEXIS LACATES AND BRUCE
KOGUL.
NOT SEEING THEM PRESENT.
SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE THEN
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
ALEXIS AND BRUCE IF YOU'RE OUT
THERE, FEEL FREE TO SEND YOUR
WRITTEN COMMENTS.
YOUR COMMENTS ARE IMPORTANT TO
US, I'M SORRY WE COULDN'T GET
TO YOU TODAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR
SIGNING UP.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO OUR
ITEMS OF BUSINESS ITEM 1. SO
MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD AND WILL
OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE TURN ON
THEIR CAMERAS AND UNMUTE.
>> HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
UPDATE ON 2021 HOMELESSNESS
INVESTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
SO FIRST I'M GOING TO ASK EACH
OF OUR PRESENTERS TO INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES.
WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND DO
THAT.
I SEE DEPUTY MAYOR HERE.
WHY DON'T YOU KICK IT OFF MR.
DEPUTY MAYOR.
>> SURE, GOOD AFTERNOON.
DEPUTY MAYOR.
>> I'M HELEN HOWELL INTERIM
DIRECTOR HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
>> GREAT.
SO COLLEAGUES MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS
GOING TO TOUCH ON A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS THAT THIS
COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE BUDGET
LAST NOVEMBER FOR 2021.
THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL TO
GET THROUGH.
THAT MATERIAL WAS CIRCULATED IN
ADVANCE IN TERMS OF THE SLIDE
DECK.
THE PRESENTERS WILL BE
REFERRING TO.
I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE HOLD
QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION.
AND WITH THAT LET'S DIG INTO
IT.
SO WHO WANTS TO START KICKING
THINGS OFF HERE?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND KICK THINGS
OFF.
BUT BEFORE I DO SO, I JUST WANT
TO MENTION THAT CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY SERVICES, THE
ORGANIZATION AND THE STAFF ARE
VERY MUCH IN OUR THOUGHTS.
THE SHOOTING YESTERDAY VERY
SCARY, AND LUCKY THAT NO ONE,
NO STAFF OR OTHER CLIENTS WERE
INJURED OTHER THAN THE
INDIVIDUAL WHO SHOT HIMSELF.
AND THE MAYOR WAS ABLE TO SPEAK
WITH BILL.
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THE
SAME.
RANDALL CARTERSON CENTER IS
CLOSED TODAY, BUT ALL THE OTHER
BUILDINGS ARE OPEN AND I JUST
WANT TO MENTION THEY'RE IN OUR
THOUGHTS.
AND WITH THAT I WILL LAUNCH IN.
DEPUTY MAYOR SIXKILLER AND I
ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE WINTER
STORM RESPONSE, THE STREETS TO
HOUSING INITIATIVE, AS WELL AS
THE HOPE TEAM UPDATE AND TO
HAVE A Q&A SESSION WITH YOU.
IN TERMS OF THE WINTER STORM,
BASICALLY EARLIER THIS MONTH
HSD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION
IMPLEMENTED OUR SEVERE WINTER
RESPONSE PLAN.
THE CITY OPENED FOR SEVERE
WEATHER SHELTERS OVER THE
COURSE OF SIX DAYS THAT COULD
ACCOMMODATE 239 GUESTS.
THE LOCATIONS WERE PAVILION,
GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER,
BITTER LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER
AND CITY HALL.
THE CITY ALSO OPENED A NEW
SHELTER MANAGED BY CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY SERVICES AND OPERATED
BY FIRST CHURCH.
LISTING 216 OUT OF 239 BEDS.
ALL FOUR OF THE SEVERE WEATHER
SITES BECAME 24 HOURS.
THREE MEALS A DAY WERE PROVIDED
BY OSL FORMALLY OPERATIONS SACK
LUNCH.
SHOWERS WERE AVAILABLE TO
GUESTS AT FISCHER PAVILION
ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER
SHELTERS WERE ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE PETS AND SERVICE
ANIMALS.
THE TEMPORARY SHELTER SPACE IS
ALL MEETING COVID-19'S SAFETY
PROTOCOLS RECOMMENDED BY PUBLIC
HEALTH.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
AND THOSE INCLUDE SCREENING FOR
COVID-19, EXPANDED SPACE TO
ALLOW PHYSICAL DISTANCING,
HYGIENE ACCESS, AND INCREASE
SANITATION GUIDELINES.
VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS EFFORT
WERE OUR PARTNERS.
OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER PROVIDER
IS THE SALVATION ARMY, AND THEY
WERE ABLE TO STAND UP AND
OPERATE FISCHER PAVILION
SHELTER VERY QUICKLY.
HOWEVER IT'S AN ONGOING
CAPACITY ISSUE FOR PROVIDERS
ALL ACROSS THE SYSTEM
ESPECIALLY WITH THE PANDEMIC
AND THE LOGISTICAL COMPLEXITY
OF SETTING UP COVID-19
COMPLIANT SHELTER LOCATIONS
QUICKLY IN RESPONSE TO WEATHER.
FOR EXAMPLE IT IS DIFFICULT FOR
PROVIDERS TO DEDICATE EMPLOYEES
SOLELY TO UNWITH TIME WEATHER
EVENTS OR TO QUICKLY MOVE
RESOURCES FROM A CRITICAL
PROGRAM TO STAFFING AND AN
EMERGENCY SHELTER.
AND ALSO COVID-19 COMPLIANCE
REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
AND NOT TO MENTION TRAVEL
IMPACTS FROM THE SNOW.
HSD WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TO
SET UP THESE RESOURCES AND THE
ENTIRE EFFORT WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR MANY
PARTNERS, SOME OF WHOM WILL
INCLUDE PARKS, THE SEATTLE
CENTER, FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION
SERVICES, THE OPPOSITE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, KING
COUNTY, THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICERS, A NUMBER OF THEM
VOLUNTEERED WITH US.
AND OUR INCREDIBLE PARTNERS,
THE SALVATION ARMY COMPASS
HOUSING ALLIANCE AND THE LOW
INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE LIHI.
AND ALSO AS HAS BEEN THE CASE
FOR WINTER RESPONSES AS THE
WEATHER IMPROVES AND OPERATIONS
RAMP DOWN, THE CITY BROUGHT IN
ADDITIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO
HELP PEOPLE TRANSITION TO
LONGER-TERM SHELTER RESOURCES
INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO THE
STREETS.
MORE THAN 80 PEOPLE FROM THE
TEMPORARY SEVERE WEATHER
SHELTERS WERE REFERRED EITHER
TO SHELTERS OR HOTELS INCLUDING
20 OF THEM WENT TO THE NEW
SHELTER AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.
A NUMBER OF PARTNERS WHO HELPED
COORDINATE REFERRALS INCLUDING
COMPASS HOUSING ALLIANCE, URBAN
LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE,
SALVATION ARMY, WHEEL, CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND OTHER
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
IN ADDITION THE HOPE TEAM MADE
13 REFERRALS FROM THE COMMUNITY
SHELTERS TO THE NAVIGATION
CENTERS AUTO PLACE AND
EXHIBITION HALL.
ALSO THE HOPE TEAM IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH HEALTH ONE AND
CITY LIGHT AND PARKS PERFORMED
WELFARE CHECKS, PROVIDED
WEATHER AND BASIC NEED SUPPLIES
AND COORDINATED RIDES TO SEVERE
WEATHER SHELTERS.
PARKS LOANED VEHICLES TO THE
HOPE TEAM AND SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT EMPLOYEES WHO PROVIDED
ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION FOR
INDIVIDUALS TO SEVERE WEATHER
SHELTERS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THE NUMBERS
ARE PROVIDED FOR YOU IN TERMS
OF OTHER SERVICES AND RESOURCES
THAT WERE PROVIDED.
THESE EFFORTS SPAN ACROSS
SEATTLE FROM LAKE CITY TO
GEORGETOWN.
WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT OVER
TO DEPUTY MAYOR SIXKILLER.
>> OKAY, THANKS, HELEN.
WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN
SEE ME.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR, COULD WE
ACTUALLY -- WHILE WE'RE KIND OF
FRESH ON THE SNOW RESPONSE,
MAYBE ASK -- I THINK THERE'S A
QUESTION ON THAT PORTION OF THE
PRESENTATION BEFORE WE SWITCH
TOPICS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, DO YOU
HAVE A QUESTION THAT PERTAINS
TO THE SNOW RESPONSE?
>> THANK YOU, YOU'RE SO KIND
AND ATTENTIVE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SOME
QUESTIONS FROM CONSTITUENTS.
I MAY HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED
THIS TO YOU, DIRECTOR HOWELL,
SO I APOLOGIZE IF I'M BEING
REPETITIVE.
BUT I HAVE RECEIVED CONCERNS
ABOUT THE LACK OF WINTER
RESPONSE SHELTER IN DISTRICT
ONE PARTICULARLY CONSIDERING
THE MOBILITY CHALLENGES THAT
PEOPLE WHO RESIDE AND VISIT
WEST SEATTLE ARE FACING GREATLY
REDUCED METRO CAPACITY AND THE
CLOSURE OF THE BRIDGE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS, SO JUST
WONDERING HOW, GIVEN WE'VE
SPONSORED DIFFERENT TYPES OF
SHELTERS IN COMMUNITY CENTERS
IN THE PAST MOST RECENTLY OUR
YOUTH SHELTER FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
AND I THINK IT WAS WITH YOUTH
CARE LL AT THE SOUTHWEST
COMMUNITY CENTER.
JUST WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT
THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO
REPLICATE THAT DURING WINTER
RESPONSE, AND WHETHER OR NOT
GIVEN THAT THERE WAS NO WINTER
RESPONSE SHELTER IN DISTRICT
ONE, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE
EFFORTS MADE BY THE HOPE TEAM
TO OUTREACH PEOPLE LIVING
UNSHELTERED IN DISTRICT ONE.
>> WITH REGARDS TO YOUR LAST
POINT I BELIEVE THAT HOPE TEAM
OUTREACH EFFORTS WERE CITY
WIDE.
I COULDN'T TELL YOU PRECISELY
HOW MUCH WAS DONE IN DISTRICT
ONE.
AND ALSO WITH REGARD TO THE
OPENING OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING
DEBRIEFING AND LESSONS LEARNED
AND THAT SORT OF THING AND
UPDATING PLANNING FOR THE NEXT
GO AHEAD.
SO I CERTAINLY CAN PUT IT ON
THE LIST TO TALK WITH PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT ABOUT --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> GREAT, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW
UP TO THAT?
OKAY, EXCELLENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, DO YOU
HAVE A QUESTION PERTAINING TO
THE SNOWSTORM?
>> YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOWELL.
HOW MUCH WORK WENT INTO GETTING
THESE WINTER SHELTERS UP AND
RUNNING?
AND A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, HOW
DO WE CREATE SYSTEMS THAT WE
WILL BE ABLE TO USE IN THE
FUTURE OR WINTER OR WE KNOW WE
WILL HAVE A HOT SUMMER WHERE WE
KNOW WE WILL HAVE CLIMATE FIRES
THIS SUMMER.
WE KNOW NEXT WINTER, WE WILL
HAVE COLD WEATHER DAYS AS WELL.
HOW DO YOU BAKE IN ALL THIS
BACK INTO WORK FOR OUR
INSTITUTIONAL MEMORIES, SO WE
DON'T NEED TO CREATE IT NEXT
TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
BACKHAND WORK, THERE WAS
CERTAINLY A LOT.
AS I MENTIONED IT IS VERY
DIFFICULT FOR PROVIDERS TO HAVE
STAFF ON CALL FOR WEATHER
DEPENDENT EMERGENCY SHELTER
STANDUP.
BUT THIS ARE A FEW THINGS THAT
I THINK WE COULD DO.
RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE ONE
PROVIDER IN THE SALVATION ARMY
WITH WHOM WE ACTUALLY HAVE A
CONTRACT FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK.
MORE RESOURCES COULD BE PUT TO
WORK, SEVERE WEATHER SHELTER
NEEDS, AND SO THAT MIGHT BE ONE
POSSIBILITY WHERE WE HAVE MORE
THAN ONE PROVIDER.
ALSO, I THINK THAT'S THE
BIGGEST ONE.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE, JUST
PLANNING TO TRY TO SCALE IT A
LITTLE BIT MORE AND HAVE THE
FLEXIBILITY TO INCREASE THE
NUMBERS.
AS COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
SUGGESTED BY HER QUESTION, DO
OUR BEST TO ENSURE, TO GET AS
MUCH CITY WIDE COVERAGE AS
POSSIBLE.
>> ALL RIGHT, DO YOU HAVE A
FOLLOW UP THERE COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
YOU TOUCHED A BIT ON THIS
DIRECTOR HOWELL, WHICH IS HOW
DO WE UTILIZE THE TEAM YOU HAVE
IN PLACE TO SET THIS UP AND SET
UP THE HOTEL AND MOTELS THAT
WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR ABOUT.
HOW DO WE UTILIZE YOUR TEAM TO
GET THE ECONOMY, TO USE THE
ECONOMY OF SCALE TO GET US THE
SHELTER CAPACITY THAT WE NEED
AND THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED
ALREADY, BUT MAYBE NOT YET
FUNDED.
MAYBE I'LL FOCUS MY QUESTION A
LITTLE BIT MORE TIGHTLY THERE.
THIS WINTER SHELTER, BRINGING
THIS ONLINE IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE LARGEST LISTS WITHIN YOUR
FIRST MONTH AND A HALF, TWO
MONTHS ON THE JOB.
>> YES.
>> DO YOU HAVE AREAS OF
IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU NOTICED,
AREAS OF SUCCESS THAT YOU WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT?
>> AS I'VE MENTIONED I WOULD
LIKE FOR IT NOT TO BE AS MUCH
OF A FIRE DRILL AS IT IS AND
WAS.
TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAD, A
NUMBER OF STAFF WHO WORKED DAY
AND NIGHT TO HELP WITH THIS.
AS YOU'RE AWARE OF THE
ANTICIPATION OF THE NEW
REGIONAL AUTHORITY, HSI STAFF
IS A FRACTION OF WHAT IT USED
TO BE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CORE STAFF
WHO ARE WORKING EVERY ONE OF
THE ISSUES AND IT IS INCREDIBLY
TAXING ON THEM, A HEAVY BURDEN
TO CARRY, AND I DON'T WANT TO
LOSE THEM, THEY'RE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK SOME THOUGHT WILL
HAVE TO BE THOUGHT WITH REGARDS
TO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
SHELTER.
AND WHAT ROLE THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY WILL HAVE AND HOW
THIS FITS.
SO I DO THINK IT WILL BE ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO
EXPLORE GOING FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW WE'LL HAVE THE
SAME STAFFING CAPACITY THAT WE
DO NOW, BUT IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS
WE PLAN FOR THE TRANSITION TO
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY?
>> IF I COULD ADD ON TO THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER, I WOULD SAY,
YOU KNOW, ALSO THEY WILL
CONTINUE WITH OUR FIRST WINTER
WEATHER EVENT WITH SNOW.
IN THE COVID ERA.
AND YOU KNOW THE SNOWSTORM, WE
GOT LAST YEAR, ON MY FIRST DAY
ON THE JOB, THANK YOU, MOTHER
NATURE.
IT WAS BEFORE WE WOULD HAVE
COVID PROTOCOLS AND ALL THE
OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE
AMONG OUR SHELTER NETWORK, OUR
OPERATORS, ETC.
EVERYONE IS JUST WORKING SO
HARD.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR
QUESTION AND WE WILL BE DOING
OUR ACTIONS, YOU KNOW, COVID
WILL BE WITH US FOR QUITE SOME
TIME AND HOW WE DON'T HAVE TO
RECREATE THE WHEEL EVERY TIME
TO BAKE THAT IN.
IT'S A GREAT FLAG FOR US TOO AS
WE WILL HEAD TOWARDS THE SUMMER
MONTHS, LAST SUMMER PRESENTED
SOME SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO US
AND OUR ABILITY TO OPEN UP
AREAS FOR FOLKS TO COME IN AND
OUT OF THE SMOKE.
SO GREAT FLAG.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU AND COUNCIL ON THAT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE ASKED THEIR
QUESTIONS IF YOU COULD LOWER
THE RAISE HAND FEATURE AFTER
YOU'RE DONE, JUST SO I DON'T
GET TRIPPED UP BY THAT.
BUT NOW WE WILL MOVE INTO THE
STREET TO HOUSING PRESENTATION
AS WE JUST DID WITH THE
SNOWSTORM FOLKS.
PLEASE HOLD THEIR COMMENTS
UNTIL THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE WILL
OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
DEPUTY MAYOR SIXKILLER, TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBERS, GREAT TO BE WITH YOU
AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND THE
CONTINUED SUPPORT.
YESTERDAY WE MADE A NUMBER OF
ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT OUR
ENHANCED SHELTER PROGRAM
INCLUDING NAMING OUR FIRST TWO
HOTELS.
TINY HOME VILLAGE SITES, THE
FIRST TINY VILLAGE SITE AND
THEN SECOND TINY HOME VILLAGE
SITE WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
MORE SPECIFICITY ABOUT SOON.
OUR NEW WOMEN'S SHELTER, ALL OF
WHICH COME TOGETHER AMOUNTS TO
ABOUT 350 NEW UNITS OF SHELTER
SPACES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO
OUR PERMANENT HOUSING
RESOURCES.
ALSO RAPID REHOUSING AND
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE IN
THIS POSITION FINALLY TO BRING
THESE NEW SHELTER ASSETS
ONLINE.
JUST AS A REMINDER THE GOAL OF
THIS PROGRAM IS TO CREATE NEW
SHELTER CAPACITY.
NEW SHELTER CAPACITY, TO HELP
PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED, BOTH
UTILIZE THE SHELTER ASPECTS TO
COME INSIDE, BUT ALSO TO GET
CONNECTED TO HOUSING RESOURCES.
SO A MODEL THAT WE SETTLE ALONG
WAS OUR ENHANCED SHELTER MODEL
WITH THE KEY FOCUS ON HOUSING
NAVIGATION TO ASSIST CLIENTS
INTO THE PERMANENT HOUSING, IN
THE PERMANENT HOUSING, WHETHER
THAT WILL BE THROUGH THE RAPID
REHOUSING PROGRAM OR THE UNITS
THAT WE ARE BRINGING ONLINE
HERE LATER THIS YEAR OR
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT MANY
OF WHICH WILL BE ONLINE LATER
THIS YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A
LONG, IT HAS BEEN A LONG
EFFORT, AND I REALLY WANT TO
THANK OUR TEAM AT HSD AND OUR
TEAM AT FAS FOR ALL OF THEIR
HARD WORK.
YOU KNOW, WE STARTED WITH A
LIST OF ALMOST 100 HOTELS AND A
SHORT LIST OF NINE.
AND THEN MOVED IN TO CONTRACT
ASSOCIATIONS WITH TWO OF THEM
THAT WE FELT BEST FIT OUR L
PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE IN
THIS MOMENT TODAY.
AGAIN, WE WILL BE USING COVID
SPECIFIC ESG FUNDING FOR THESE
INVESTMENTS INCLUDING THE RAPID
REHOUSING COMPONENT.
ON THE SCREEN THE KINGS INN
WILL BE OPERATED BY THE CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB, INCLUDING 66 NON-
CONGREGATE HOTEL ROOMS.
PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND
HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE
TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR OUR
CLIENTS.
THEY WILL BE FOCUSED
EXCLUSIVELY ON SERVING THE
NATIVE POPULATION HERE IN
SEATTLE, WHICH EVERYONE KNOWS
DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPERIENCES.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT
PARTNERSHIP AND CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB'S ABILITY TO STEP IN TO
THIS SPACE AND HELP US CONTINUE
TO GET MORE FOLKS INSIDE.
THE EXECUTIVE PACIFIC HOTEL
WILL BE OPERATED BY LIHI.
EVEN IS FAMILIAR WITH LIHI, THE
GREAT WORK SHARON AND HER TEAM
DO.
I WANT TO GIVE HER A THANK YOU
AS HELEN MENTIONED THEY WERE A
CRITICAL PARTNER FOR US A
COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO AS WE STOOD
UP OUR WINTER WEATHER SHELTERS
AT TWO OF OUR COMMUNITY
CENTERS.
SO LIHI WILL BE OPERATING THE
EXECUTIVE HOTEL PACIFIC WITH
155 NON-CONGREGATE HOTEL ROOMS.
AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES
WHO IS OUR RAPID REHOUSING
SERVICE PROVIDER WILL BE PAIRED
WITH LIHI AT THE EXECUTIVE
PACIFIC TO HELP MOVE FOLKS,
CONNECT FOLKS TO HOUSING
RESOURCES AND OUT OF THOSE
TEMPORARY HOTEL SHELTER UNITS.
A COUPLE OTHER SPECIFICS.
WE LEASE THESE HOTELS FOR 12
MONTHS.
THAT INCLUDES ONE MONTH FOR
RAMP UP AND ONE MONTH FOR RAMP
DOWN.
SO YOU KNOW THE MAXIMUM STAY
FOR SOMEONE IN A HOTEL UNIT I
SUPPOSE WOULD BE 10 MONTHS.
AGAIN OUR GOAL THOUGH IS TO
CREATE THROUGHPUT IN THIS WORK,
WHICH IS WHY THAT RAPID
REHOUSING PIECE AND THOSE
HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES
WERE SO IMPORTANT WE THINK FOR
THIS PROGRAM.
LIHI AND CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB
WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THE
FACILITIES IN MARCH WITH
CLIENTS BEGINNING TO MOVE IN
OVER THE FOLLOWING WEEKS.
REFERRALS INTO THESE SHELTER
FACILITIES WILL BE MADE AND
COORDINATED BY THE HOPE TEAM.
WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS
ABOUT THIS WORK.
CERTAINLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT
OUR TWO PARTNERS THAT WE ARE
WORKING WITH.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING
THOSE SITES UP AND RUNNING HERE
IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
ON OUR STREET SORT OF THE
SECOND PART OF OUR STREET TO
HOUSING PROGRAM IS OUR NEW TINY
HOME VILLAGE UNITS.
WE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY TWO OF
THOSE.
LIHI WILL BE OPERATING BOTH OF
THOSE SITES ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY.
WE EXPECT THE VILLAGES TO
CREATE UP TO 80 NEW TINY
HOMESITES, UNITS.
AND AGAIN THOSE REFERRALS WE
MADE BY THE HOPE TEAM INTO
THOSE UNITS.
THE FIRST SITE, WHICH I BELIEVE
WE ELUDED TO LAST TIME WAS FOR
COUNCIL AND THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING OUR WORK
TO FINALIZE THAT LEASE
AGREEMENT WITH SOUND TRANSIT.
BUT AGAIN LIHI WILL BE THE
OPERATOR THERE AS WELL.
SO NEXT STEPS THERE TO FINALIZE
THE LEASE WITH SOUND TRANSIT,
AND THEN FINALIZE OUR AGREEMENT
WITH LIHI AS WELL.
BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE
FINAL STEPS NOW.
OUR HOPE, OUR HOPE IS TO HAVE
THAT OPEN IN APRIL PENDING ALL
OF THE THINGS THAT GO ALONG
WITH THAT WORK.
AND RESOLUTION FOR SOME OF THE
SECRET REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE
WORKING THROUGH THERE AND
ELSEWHERE.
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS WORK AND
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT
THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT WHO
HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AND
SUPPORTIVE OF OUR EFFORTS SCAN
OUT THIS NEW RESOURCE UP IN THE
INDUSTRY.
WE ALSO ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY A
NEW TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IN NORTH
SEATTLE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ FOR HER SUPPORT IN
ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH US
ABOUT SITING THAT SECOND
VILLAGE.
THAT'LL BE FOR 40 NEW TINY
HOMES.
AND HONESTLY WITH BOTH OF
THESE, YOU KNOW, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO DO COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT BOTH WITH DAWN AND
OTHERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
TO MAKE SURE FOLKS UNDERSTAND
WHAT WE'RE DOING, PROGRAM
DESIGN, SERVICE AGREEMENTS, AND
ALL THE OTHER PIECES THAT MAKE
SURE THAT THESE OPERATIONS,
FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE
AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH
LOCAL COMMUNITY, WHERE FOLKS
COULD GO IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH
ALL OF THAT NOW AND WE'LL
CONTINUE TO DO THAT BOTH IN
LIHI AND HOPING AS WELL AS
DURING THEIR OPERATIONS.
WE ALSO ARE EXCITED YESTERDAY
TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW SHELTER FOR
WOMEN, OPERATED FOR THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
THIS IS A NEW SHELTER AS PART
OF OUR STREET TO HOUSING
PROGRAM.
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH
WHEELS TO GET THAT HOPE, AND A
PART OF OUR WINTER WEATHER
RESPONSE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND I WANT TO THANK WHEEL FOR
HAULING EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND
WORKING WITH US TO DO THAT AND
OBVIOUSLY WITH DIRECTOR
HOWELL'S PRESENTATION WE WERE
ABLE TO NAVIGATE FOLKS TO THAT
SHELTER RESOURCE.
SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR
THAT SUPPORT AND CERTAINLY FOR
WHEEL AND OUR HOPE TEAM AND
OTHERS.
THAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW AGAIN
WILL ADD 60 24/7 SHELTER BEDS
FOR WOMEN.
IT WAS CURRENTLY OVERNIGHT AND
24/7 DURING THE SNOWSTORM.
AND IT WILL TRANSITION TO A
24/7 FACILITY HERE OVER THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS AS WHEEL RAMPS
UP THEIR OPERATIONS THERE AS
WELL AND INCLUDE SHOWERS,
DINING AREAS, CASE MANAGERS
OFFICE AND STORAGE, AND IT
REALLY HAS BEEN A GREAT
LOCATION BOTH FOR THE OPERATOR
AND FOR THE FOLKS THAT WILL
UTILIZE THAT SHELTER SYSTEM AS
WELL.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE A TON OF
QUESTIONS ALREADY.
I'LL TRY TO WORK THROUGH A
COUPLE SLIDES HERE AND OPEN IT
UP TO QUESTIONS FOR FOLKS.
I DO WANT TO PROVIDE A QUICK
UPDATE ON THE HOPE TEAM.
SO THE HOPE TEAM OBVIOUSLY IS
CONTINUING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY
WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
CLEANING PROVIDING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO MATCH UNSHELTERED
PERSONS HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT
CAN BEST MEET THAT INDIVIDUAL'S
NEEDS.
AND WE ARE WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH REACH ON OUR
OTHER CONTRACTED OUTREACH
PROVIDERS, THAT TEAM MEETS
TWICE A WEEK WITH FOLKS MONDAYS
AND WEDNESDAYS TO PROBLEM
SOLVE, TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF
NEED AND SUPPORT.
AND ALSO AS WE WORK TOWARDS
SORT OF LANDING NOT JUST
PRIORITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT THE
CRITERIA OF WHICH WE WILL
DEPLOY LIMITED RESOURCES.
BUT THAT WORK IS WORKING.
I THINK THAT WORK IS ONGOING IN
THIS NEW PARADIGM.
BUT AGAIN I WANT TO THANK THE
HOPE TEAM AND OTHERS FOR THE
WORK THAT THEY DID DURING OUR
WINTER WEATHER RESPONSE.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS,
IF YOU WERE OUT AND ABOUT THAT
DAY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
PROBABLY CAME ACROSS SOME OF
OUR HOPE TEAM MEMBERS AS THEY
WERE ENGAGING ON CAMPUS.
OBVIOUSLY THE HOPE TEAM'S WORK
WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD WITH
OUTREACH AND CONTINUE WITH
OUTREACH TO TRY TO AVOID INDOOR
REMOVAL AS BEST AS WE CAN TO
GET FOLKS TO COME INSIDE AND
VOLUNTARILY RELOCATE FROM SORT
OF WHAT WE CALL A HIGH-PRIORITY
LOCATION.
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF A HAZARD
AROUND CITY INFRASTRUCTURE,
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, OR WE'VE
GOT 100% 88 BLOCKAGES ALONG
SIDEWALKS.
WE ARE, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH
FOLKS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO OUR OUTREACH
PROVIDERS TO BE COLLECTING A
VARIETY OF DATA.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING
-- WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
WORKING WITH OUR OUTREACH
PROVIDERS ON THROUGH THIS YEAR
AND THROUGH THEIR CONTRACTS, SO
WE HAVE INFORMATION COMING IN
FROM THEM, FROM THE FIELD.
FRANKLY THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO
THE DATA THAT THE NAVIGATION
TEAM REQUIRES TO COLLECT.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
PERFORMANCE, INDIVIDUAL SERVICE
PROVIDER PERFORMANCE, AND
FRANKLY JUST TO HAVE A BETTER
SENSE OF WHO IS BEING ENGAGED,
WHAT SERVICES THEY'RE BEING
OFFERED, WHO ACCEPTED, AND SO
ON AND SO FORTH.
I THINK THAT'S A SHARED GOAL IN
MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT DATA.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE ONGOING
WORK AND ENGAGEMENT THE HOPE
TEAM IS HAVING WITH OUR
CONTRACTED OUTREACH PROVIDERS.
WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'LL
BE QUIET, AND DIRECTOR HOWELL
AND I ARE HERE TO TAKE
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
THOROUGH OVERVIEW.
I CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AND I KNOW MY
COLLEAGUES DO.
SO WHY DON'T WE START WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES WHO HAS
RAISED HER HAND.
AND TAKE IT FROM THERE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR AND
DIRECTOR HOWELL FOR BEING HERE
WITH US.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
IF IT'S OKAY MAYBE I WILL PUT
THEM ALL OUT THERE AND THEN WE
CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
THE FIRST THING IS KNOW THAT
ONE OF HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER,
SAYING THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED
ANY UPDATES FOR FUNDING FOR THE
NEW SELF-GOVERNED TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE.
CURRENTLY LIHI IS GETTING STOOD
UP.
I'M WONDERING WHY IT IS TAKING
LONGER FOR THE NICKELSVILLE
VILLAGES AND IF YOU COULD JUST
TALK A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'VE HAD
SIMILAR EXPERIENCES RECEIVING
OR NOT RECEIVING UPDATES.
SO IS THE PROCESS DIFFERENT FOR
SMALLER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
AND IF SO, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE
THEY UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WILL
BE COMMUNICATED WITH?
THAT IS KIND OF ONE QUESTION.
AND THEN REGARDING THE HOPE
TEAM.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF
COMMUNICATION RECENTLY IN MY
OFFICE.
FOLKS WHO ARE UNHOUSED, FOLKS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY IN
WHICH PARKS OR THE COMMUNITY
CLEAN TEAMS ARE CONDUCTING
CLEANUPS AROUND ENCAMPMENTS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SORT OF LOSING
PROPERTY THAT WAS BELIEVED TO
BE WASTE OR IT'S A, BUT IT WAS
STILL CONSIDERED BY THE
INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES TO BE
THEIR PROPERTY.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT IF
HOPE IS KNOW FEWED, HOW CAN
THEY NIT GAIT THOSE CONCERNS.
THEN FINALLY I WANT TO L ASK
EVERYONE, JUST SORT OF THE
BASIC OPERATIONS ABOUT HOPE.
THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE
DEPUTY MAYOR ABOUT HOW HOPE IS
OPERATING DIFFERENTLY FROM WHAT
THE NAVIGATION TEAM HAD BEEN
DOING OR WHAT WAYS ARE THEY
SIMILAR AND HOW CAN WE ENSURE
THAT IT WAS BEHIND THE BUDGET
AMENDMENT THAT WAS
ACCOMPLISHED.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MY MAIN
QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
I WILL MUTE AND WAIT FOR YOUR
ANSWER.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I MIGHT ASK YOU TO RESTATE A
COUPLE OF THOSE AS WE GO HERE.
BUT ON THE FIRST, NICKELSVILLE,
YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES
THERE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY
TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WORK WITH
THEM.
WHICH IS THE WAY BETWEEN THE
CONTRACTS AND THE DOLLARS, THE
SITES, THAT'S SOMETHING WE
DON'T KNOW.
AS YOU KNOW NICKELSVILLE IS
UNCONNECTED TO THE REST OF OUR
SYSTEM.
WE'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING THOSE
DATAS.
BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH
THAT.
I WILL SIMPLY SAY FROM A STAFF
PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE THE SAME
FOLKS TRYING TO PROBLEM SOLVE
THAT.
I HAVE SEEN FOLKS WORKING ON
SETTING UP THESE NEW SHELTER
ASSETS.
SO WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT
IT.
AND WE WILL, LET ME GET A
BETTER, MORE COMPLETE UPDATE
FOR YOU AND COUNCIL ON WHERE WE
ARE IN THAT PROCESS.
>> THIS IS HELEN HOWELL.
I WOULD ASK ADD THAT WE KNOW
THAT WE NEED TO BE EXPLORING
NON-TRADITIONAL WAYS OF
ENGAGING.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THEY DO NOT
HAVE THE MSA, BUT HOW ELSE THIS
MIGHT WORK AND DO THEY NEED A
PHYSICAL AGENT OF SOME SORT.
WE NEED TO BE EXPLORING THIS.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU.
>> AND AGAIN ON THE SECOND
QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE CLEAN,
SORT OF THE INTERSECTION, THE
CLEANING STATES WORK, AND
ENCAMPMENTS.
WE DO, WE ARE, THE HOPE TEAM IS
AWARE OF WHERE OUR CLEAN CITY'S
TEAMS ARE GOING.
WE HAVE FOUR TEAMS ACROSS ALL
FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE CITY.
THOSE SCHEDULES ARE BEING
SHARED IN THOSE MONDAYS,
WEDNESDAYS MEETINGS, THE ENTIRE
CONTRACT OUTREACH CONTINUUM IS
INVITED TO COME.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE
SHARING WHERE FOLKS ARE GOING.
BUT HOPE HAS BEEN WORKING.
SORT OF A CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENT HERE TO
TRY TO GET NEW INFORMATION FROM
FOLKS AGAIN, CONTINUING ABOUT
OTHER WAYS TO HELP COORDINATE
TRASH AND RESCUES REMOVAL FROM
THE ENCAMPMENTS.
AND WHETHER THAT'S ABANDONED
TENTS OR OTHER THINGS OR OTHER
BANK PROGRAMS.
WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS
TRANSPARENT AND
COMMUNICATIVE.
AND SO THAT IS A GREAT FLAG.
WE WILL WORK TO PROBLEM SOLVE
THAT A LITTLE BIT.
I WOULDN'T SAY THE TEAM DOES
HAVE FIELD COORDINATORS
ASSIGNED TO IT.
SO NONE OF OUR CLEAN CITY TEAMS
ARE HELPED THERE.
EVERYONE -- NO ONE IS OUT THERE
ENGAGING OR BUMPING UP AGAINST
THE ENCAMPMENT WITHOUT
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE STORAGE
REQUIREMENTS ARE AND HOW THE
RULES ARE AROUND PROPERTY,
INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE
ENCAMPMENTS.
BUT I WILL, HELEN AND I BOTH GO
BACK AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
COMMUNICATING WITH NOT JUST THE
HOPE TEAM, BUT THE CLEAN CITY
TEAM AS WELL, THAT YOU'RE
HEARING FROM OTHERS ON THOSE
CONCERNS THERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE THIRD PIECE IS MORE GENERAL
TO THE HOPE TEAM.
I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW THEY'RE
VERY FOCUSED AGAIN ON SORT OF
NUMBER ONE IS MAKING SURE WE'RE
SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE, MAKING
SURE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON
SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE
ISSUES ARE.
WE PROCESSED TO GET MONEY OUT
THAT THE COUNCIL INCLUDED AS A
PART OF THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET
TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE
CAPACITY IN OUR OUTREACH
CONTINUUM.
I KNOW TERRY BECK, THE HOPE
TEAM DIRECTOR AND THE OTHER
OUTREACH PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THAT IN TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND BEYOND THE RESOURCES
THAT YOU'RE HAVING AND WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR OUTREACH
COVERAGE ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF
THE CITY.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR
THEIR SUPPORT OF THAT AND THAT
IS GOING TO BE A REAL BENEFIT
TO ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING
ON.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
SORT OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS UNDERWAY NOW IN TERMS
OF HOW DATA WILL COME IN AND
HOW SHELTER PLACEMENTS ARE MADE
IN IMPROVING THAT TECHNOLOGY.
WHICH WE LAUNCHED.
I WANT TO SAY ABOUT A MONTH AND
A HALF AGO, WORKING WITH
OUTREACH AND OTHERS ABOUT HOW
TO IMPROVE THAT OVERALL
EXPERIENCE AND THE EFFICIENCY
OF THAT TECHNOLOGY, OF THAT
TECHNOLOGY GOING FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIND IF
THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU
WANTED TO ADD TO THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, DID
YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO YOUR
LINE OF QUESTIONING?
>> I'M GOOD RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, YOU'RE
NEXT.
>> THANK YOU. I
HAVE BOTH DIFFERENT AREAS I
WOULD LIKE TO ASK SOME
QUESTIONS IN.
I THINK ONE GROUP OF QUESTIONS
IS RELATED TO THE HOTELING
STRATEGY AND THE OTHER GROUP OF
QUESTIONS RELATES TO THE HOPE
TEAM'S ASSESSMENTS OF LOCATIONS
AND CONNECTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS
TO SPACES.
SO AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY
TO THE SELECTION OF HOTELS, I
APPRECIATE DEPUTY MAYOR
SIXKILLER, YOU DESCRIBED IN THE
BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION
THE PROCESS THAT WAS USED TO
NARROW IT DOWN TO TWO HOTELS.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
DECISIONS AROUND USING THE
EXECUTIVE HOTEL.
I'M CURIOUS GIVEN OUR PREVIOUS
CONTRACT WITH THE EXECUTIVE
HOTEL FOR $3.9 MILLION FOR 150
ROOMS.
ONCE UPON A TIME WHEN DURING
THE THREE MONTHS WHERE WE WERE
USING THAT HOTEL, I WAS
MONITORING THE USE OF THE
ROOMS.
I THINK WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER
TO EXPAND IT FROM FIRST
RESPONDERS TO SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
BUT ANY GIVEN TIME THERE WAS
NEVER A WEEK WHERE THERE WAS
ANY MORE THAN 20 ROOMS OF 150
ROOMS IN USE.
I'M WONDERING THE INITIAL
CONTRACT PERIOD ENDED IN JUNE.
I'M WONDERING DID WE GET ANY
SORT OF A CREDIT OF THAT $3.9
MILLION THAT WE'RE APPLYING NOW
TO THIS NEW ARRANGEMENT WITH
THE EXECUTIVE PACIFIC HOTEL.
I ALSO KNOW THIS IS THE OLD
FUNDING FOR THE EXECUTIVE
PACIFIC WAS UNDER FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE WERE
ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED OF THAT
$3.9 MILLION.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A
PRE-CLEARANCE FOR THE SELECTION
OF HOTELS UNDER THE FEMA
PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF A SIMILAR
REQUIREMENT IS NECESSARY UNDER
THE CRF PROGRAM
BUT GIVEN THE PACIFIC HOTEL HAD
PRECLEARANCE, I'M JUST
WONDERING IF THAT ALSO
POTENTIALLY MADE THIS A HIGHER
PRIORITY LOCATION.
SO THAT'S UNWITH SET OF
QUESTIONS THAT I WILL HAVE
ABOUT THE SELECTIONS OF THE
HOTELS.
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHETHER
OR NOT THERE IS AN INTENTION TO
SEEK A THIRD HOTEL GIVEN THE
FACT THAT I THINK OUR GOAL FOR
HOTELING WAS A SIGNIFICANTLY
LARGER NUMBER OF ROOMS THAN
APPARENTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW.
WHETHER OR NOT THAT MIGHT BE IN
EFFECT.
WE WILL HAVE A CONTRACT WITH
THE EXECUTIVE PACIFIC FOR 151
ROOMS.
MAYBE WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT THAT WE
WILL HAVE FOR THAT PARTICULAR
LOCATION, SO WE COULD ACTUALLY
MEET THE ORIGINAL INTENT FOR
HOTELING.
I THINK IT WAS MORE LIKE 300,
350 ROOMS.
AND THEN AS IT RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO THE HOPE
STRATEGY.
WHEN YOU WERE WITH US LAST
TIME, I SAID I HAD A LOT OF
INTEREST IN BEING ABLE TO SHARE
WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT
CONTACTED ME ABOUT ENCAMPMENTS.
WE HAVE ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO
CRAFT A RESPONSE THAT HSD
WORKED WITH OUR OFFICE THAT
DESCRIBES WHAT THE WHOLE TEAM
DOES AND HOW IT REPLACES THE
NAVIGATION TEAM, AND WE ARE
FOCUSED ON REMOVING
ENCAMPMENTS, BUT IS FOCUSED ON
ENGAGEMENT AND IDENTIFYING WAYS
TO MEET PEOPLES FEEDS AND
IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES.
BUT THE PIECE THAT IS STILL
MISSING THAT I'M HOPING TO HEAR
MORE FROM YOU ABOUT TODAY IS
WHAT SHOULD WE SEE ABOUT A
LOCATION?
HOW DOES THE HOPE TEAM MAKE AN
ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER OR NOT
THAT IS A PRIORITY LOCATION TO
DO ENGAGEMENT ON?
THAT IS STILL A MISSING PIECE
FOR ME.
I THINK IT IS SOMETHING I WANT
TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
CONTACT ME, SO WE CAN LEVEL
THOSE EXPECTATIONS ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU
MADE A COMPLAINT DOESN'T MEAN
YOU'RE NECESSARILY GOING TO GET
A VISIT.
WE HAVE THIS INTERVENTION, AND
THIS IS HOW WE PRIOR THING
ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH A
BUSINESS OWNER IN DISTRICT ONE
ABOUT WHAT AN OUTDOOR
ENCAMPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
MINDING HIS BUSINESS.
AND I HAVE BEEN REALLY
STRUGGLING EVEN THOUGH I KNOW
THERE'S BEEN A COMPLAINT THAT
HAS GONE IN.
I'M STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S REASONABLE
FOR HIM TO EXPECT TO RECEIVE A
VISIT FROM THE HOPE TEAM.
AND THEN LASTLY RELATED TO THE
HOPE TEAM THERE WERE SOME
PRINCIPLES WE CREATED WHEN WE
FUNDED THE HOPE TEAM.
WHAT THE HIGH PRIORITY
POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE ARE THAT
WE WANT THIS HOPE TEAM TO BE
INTERACTING WITH.
AND THEN IDENTIFYING THOSE
INDIVIDUALS, I JUST WANT THE
ASSURANCE THAT IF YOU ARE THAT
HIGH RISK, THAT IT IS EXACTLY
WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THOSE ARE
THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE
RECEIVING SHELTER IN THE HOTEL
ROOMS.
>> OKAY, LET ME START WITH
HOTELS AND THEN COME BACK TO
HOPE IF THAT'S OKAY COUNCIL
MEMBER.
ON THE EXECUTIVE PACIFIC YOU'RE
RIGHT.
THAT WAS PROCURED.
THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FEMA
PROCUREMENT AND OTHERS.
I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
I WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN TERMS
OF THE CREDIT QUESTION.
I CAN TELL YOU WE -- IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING WE JUST SUBMITTED
IN OCTOBER TO FEMA OUR ROUND OF
REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS.
WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN PAYMENT,
RECEIVED PAYMENTS I SHOULD SAY
FROM FEMA YET.
I JUST CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW MUCH
THEY COVERED ON THAT OR DIDN'T
COVER AND THE CREDIT VISA.
SO IF IT IS OKAY, I WOULD LIKE
TO GIVE YOU MORE OF A DETAILED
ANSWER.
NOW LET ME FIND OUT FIRST WHAT
SORT OF THE TIME FRAME IS FOR
THAT AND SO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF
WHEN WE COULD GET YOU AN ACTUAL
ANSWER.
AND OUR HOPE IS THE CHECK FOR
FEMA IS IN THE MAIL, RIGHT?
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE
EXECUTIVE, WHY THE EXECUTIVE
PACIFIC MADE IT ON THIS LIST,
AGAIN, IT WAS THROUGH A PROCESS
LED ON FAS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S WHITTLING DOWN.
WE DID HAVE A LITTLE LONGER
SHORT LIST AND ONE OF THOSE WAS
THE HOTEL, WHICH THE COUNTY
LEASED.
AND SO I THINK THE FACT IS IN
TERMS OF THE WHOLE HOTELS THAT
WE ARE WILLING TO LEASE TO US
THE ENTIRE SITE, YOU KNOW, WAS
A PRETTY SMALL LIST, ONCE WE
WOULD GET INTO THE NITTY-GRITTY
OF WHAT MADE SENSE AND WHETHER
IT WAS THE SIZE OF THE ROOM AND
ALL THE THINGS ON.
I'M EXCITED TO FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU MORE SPECIFICALLY.
AND IN OUR LAST COUNCIL
BRIEFING, THE EXECUTIVE
PACIFIC, IT IS ALSO A PART OF
SAN FRANCISCO'S HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE PLAN, AND SO THAT ALSO
IS INTRIGUING TO US, SORT OF
LIKE A SIDE, AN INTERESTING
COMPONENT BECAUSE THEY COULD
TALK TO US ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND
I WILL TELL YOU IN SAN
FRANCISCO, THEY WERE DEALING
WITH THE VERY HIGH ACCUMULATION
POPULATION.
AND THAT CREATED SOME CONCERNS
FOR THAT GIVEN THEIR EXPERIENCE
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SO WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM ON
THOSE ISSUES.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO
FAR, BUT I DID THINK THAT WAS
AN INTERESTING COMPLIMENT TO
THEM TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE IN A
SIMILAR, BUT DIFFERENT PROGRAM
APPROACH.
ON THE HOPE TEAM, WELL LET ME
STOP AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY
FOLLOW UPS TO EITHER OF THOSE.
>> YES.
QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
GIVEN THE PLAN WAS 300 ROOMS.
LOOKING AT 320 ROOMS.
ARE THESE CAPACITIES TO EXPAND?
>> YES, THANK YOU, I LOST THAT.
BUT YES, I THINK WE ARE NOT
APPROACHING OUR WORK NOW AS
THESE ARE THE TWO HOTELS, YOU
KNOW, THAT WILL BE WITH US
FOREVER AND EVER, AND I THINK
OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO GET
THESE TWO HOTELS UP AND
RUNNING.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
EVALUATING ADDITIONAL HOTEL
POSSIBILITIES.
AND SO THE ANSWER IS YES.
WE ARE OPEN TO AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ADDING
POTENTIALLY A THIRD.
BUT TO YOUR, YOU MADE A
STATEMENT ABOUT HOW WE
ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR OUR
PROGRAM TO HIT 300 HOTELS.
WE HAVE ROOMS THAT WERE ABOUT
80 OR SHORT OF THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
WORK TOWARDS THAT.
I DO THINK GETTING THESE TWO UP
AND RUNNING NOW AS WE'RE
UNDERSTANDING WHAT FINE TUNING
WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF
PROGRAMMING, HOW THAT INFORMS,
YOU KNOW, FUTURE SITE
SELECTIONS.
I THINK THEY'RE ALL THINGS THAT
WILL BENEFIT THE PROGRAM GOING
FORWARD.
>> MY THINKING ABOUT THE
EXPANSION THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO
THE EXECUTIVE PACIFIC.
GIVEN WE PREVIOUSLY RENTED 150
ROOMS.
IS THERE AN ABILITY TO EXPAND
FROM THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, I
BELIEVE IT'S 60 ROOMS?
>> I NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> I'M HAPPY TO GET BACK TO
THAT.
AND THEN YOU ASKED ABOUT THE
HOPE TEAM.
I WILL SAY AS A GENERAL MANNER,
WOULD AGREE WITH ME ON THIS. E
THERE CONTINUES TO BE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE HOPE
TEAM DOES, YOU KNOW, TODAY
VERSES WHAT THE NAVIGATION TEAM
USED TO DO.
AND YOU KNOW I EXPERIENCED THAT
EVEN EARLIER THIS WEEK.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS WAS ON THE
PHONE, WE MET WITH FOLKS IN
PIONEER SQUARE ASKING SOME OF
THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TALKED
INTERNALLY ABOUT NEEDING TO DO
A LITTLE BIT OF A ROAD SHOW AND
SORT OF A STANDARD HERE IS WHAT
WE DO, HERE IS WHAT THEY DO,
HERE IS WHAT THEY DON'T DO.
AND SO FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT WITH
THE DIRECTORS, A WEEK OR SO
AGO.
NUMBER ONE THERE IS MORE THAT
WE CAN AND SHOULD BE DOING TO
EXPLAIN THAT.
AND TWO AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU
KNOW, THEY ARE THE HOPE TEAM
AND THEY ARE WORKING BEHIND THE
SCEES TO REALLY START TO
NARROW IN ON WHAT THOSE
CRITERIAS ARE AND HOW THEY
INFORM PRIORITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT
THAT.
FOLKS KNOW WHEN THEY CALL IN,
THIS IS THE FILTER THAT IT WILL
GO THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, YOU AND I HAVE HAD A
LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
THAT.
I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT LEVEL
OF TRANSPARENCY IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
SO I WAS JUST BRIEFED ON SOME
EARLY IDEAS ABOUT THAT A WEEK
OR SO AGO.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
WAS GOING TO OFFICER TODAY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED, BUT WHETHER YOU
WOULD WANT PERHAPS THE NEXT
MONTH'S BRIEFING TO DO A DEEPER
DIVE INTO HOPE AND SOME OF
THESE OTHER COMPONENTS RELATED
TO IT.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE ARE
SIMPLE THINGS.
I HEARD FROM THE DIRECTORS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL.
AND SO WE NEED -- THOSE THINGS
A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAKE SURE
THERE'S A CLARITY, NOT JUST FOR
THE BIAs, BUT FOR RESIDENTS.
>> AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE
BUREAU STILL ON ITS FORM HAS A
PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO PUT IN
ENCAMPMENT REFERRALS.
SO IF THOSE ARE NOT GOING
ANYWHERE, WE NEED TO BE
STRAIGHT WITH PEOPLE.
>> AND THEY ARE.
WE ARE TRACKING ALL OF THAT
INFORMATION.
WE ARE TRACKING WHERE WE SEE
TRENDS.
WE ARE SHARING THAT INFORMATION
WITH OUTREACH, WE'RE PROBLEM
SOLVING AS BEST AS WE CAN.
WE PROBLEM SOLVED DOWN IN THIRD
AVENUE EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE
HOPE TEAM FOLKS HAVE BEEN OUT
THERE IN COORDINATION WITH THE
REACH.
I THINK THEY THOUGHT MAYBE I
WAS A NIT FOLK.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE
THINGS.
>> THIS IS HELEN HOWELL.
I JUST WANTED TO IN BROAD
TERMS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
HOPE TEAM PRIORITIZES SAFETY
AND INDIVIDUAL WELL BEINGS
FIRST THAT THE PHYSICAL
DISSTRESS OF THE ASK HAZARDS,
CRITICAL FIRE CONCERNS,
SCHOOLS, DAYCARES.
THEN KIND OF THE NEXT CATEGORY
WOULD BE SITES IMPACTING
CONSTRUCTION OR CITY
MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.
AND THEN THE NEXT CATEGORY
WOULD BE GENERAL IMPACTS TO
NEIGHBORHOODS OR BUSINESS.
BUT AS DEPUTY MAYOR SIXKILLER
SUGGESTED, WE CAN CERTAINLY
BRING IN THE EXPERTS TO TALK IN
MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW IT'S
WORKING CURRENTLY.
>> DIRECTOR HOWELL, THAT IS
VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> GREAT.
>> OKAY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
I ANSWERED ALL OF THOSE
QUESTIONS.
>> AND THAT IS VERY GOOD.
PERFECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT LINE OF
QUESTIONING.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, IF YOU
HAVE A QUESTION GO AHEAD.
>> YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A
PILE ON TO THE LAST INQUIRY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD MADE.
SO I THINK DIRECTOR HOWELL, I
HADN'T HEARD IT SO CLEARLY LAID
OUT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
I DO THINK THAT BECAUSE THIS IS
A SHIFT IN A WAY WE'RE DOING
ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH IN THIS
SPACE IT WOULD BE WELCOMED, A
DEEPER DIVE INTO HOW IT IS
WORKING WOULD BE WELCOMED
CERTAINLY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE
AS A POLICYMAKER, BUT ALSO
BENEFICIAL TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC TO AGAIN UNDERSTAND WHAT
THIS IS AND WHAT THIS ISN'T.
SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD JUST SAID.
I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH
FOLKS EXPRESSING CONCERNS
ABOUT, ABOUT SOME UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS THAT APPEAR TO BE
HAVING NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS ON
THE INCORPORATED SIDE OF WHITE
CENTER.
I THINK WHAT I HEARD THEM SAY
IS THAT HOPE HAD DONE OUTREACH
AND THEN TWO WEEKS WENT BY AND
NOBODY HEARD ANYTHING.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE
CONNECTIVITY AND COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE WORK THAT IS BEING
DONE BY HOPE TEAM MEMBERS AND
IMPACTED BUSINESSES.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY WHAT I'M
HEARING COMMUNITY FOLKS
EXPRESSING IS JUST SORT OF A
LACK OF COMMUNICATION IN
GENERAL AND A DESIRE TO WANT TO
BE KEPT INFORMED ABOUT WHAT
THEY CAN EXPECT TO HAVE HAPPEN
NEXT, RIGHT?
SO WHEN WE ARE MOVING THROUGH A
MODEL OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM
AND ENFORCEMENT FOCUS OF
ENCAMPMENT REMOVALS TO AN
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT MODEL,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS IN
TERMS OF HOW WE WILL BE
INTERACTING WITH BOTH THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
ALSO THE CERTAIN IMPACT IN
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
I'M NERVOUS ABOUT THAT PIECE
AND IF IT IS REALLY MISSING
RIGHT NOW.
SO I HOPE THAT WE COULD HAVE A
MORE STRATEGIC EFFORT IN MAKING
SURE THE COMMUNICATION IS
THERE.
IF PEOPLE ARE NOT LEFT WITH THE
IMPRESSION JUST BY VIRTUE OF
ENGAGING WITH FOLKS THAT IT
MEANS THERE IS GOING TO BE A
REMOVAL OR OTHER KIND OF
ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW
UP WITH YOU OFFLINE TO SORT OF
HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
WHAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT WAS
BEING DONE FOR THAT PARTICULAR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND I ARE REFERRING TO.
I MADE A COMMITMENT TO GET BACK
TO FOLKS WITH A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS GOING
ON THERE.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE
OFFLINE CONVERSATIONS.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR OFFER TO
COME BACK AND GIVE US A DEEPER
DIVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
VIEWING PUBLIC.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PRESIDENT.
AND HAPPY TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND
CERTAINLY TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT
SPECIFIC EXAMPLE YOU GAVE.
TWO THINGS JUST TO ADD.
ONE JUST A CLARIFICATION.
THE HOPE TEAM AS CURRENTLY
STRUCTURED IS NOT ITSELF DOING
THAT OUTREACH.
THAT IS BEING CONDUCTED THROUGH
-- MAYBE HELPING TO COORDINATE
AND SHARING INFORMATION WITH
OUTREACH PROVIDERS.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES KNOWS
THAT THE HOPE TEAM IS NOT OUT
DOING THAT DIRECT PERSON
ENGAGEMENT.
THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE HOPE
TEAM'S BUDGET LANGUAGE.
BUT WE ARE VERY MUCH WORKING
WITH OUR CONTRACTORS.
I THINK ONE OF THE PROCESS OF
THE IMPROVEMENT AREAS WE ARE
WORKING WITH FOLKS ON, HOW TO
GET THAT FEEDBACK AND CLOSE
THAT LOOP.
AND BOTH IN MAKING SURE IF WE
ASK CONTRACT OUTREACH TO GO OUT
AND DO SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT FOR
THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT A
THEY'RE DOING IT AND THEY WILL
GET THAT FEEDBACK IF THAT ISSUE
IS BEING RESOLVED OR ANY OTHER
SERVICES THAT THEY MIGHT NEED
THAT THE CITY COULD PROVIDE.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH
THAT.
BUT VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMENTS AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE
THAT OFFLINE FOLLOW UP.
>> YES, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE
TO SAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, THEY DON'T KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOPE TEAM OR
A CONTRACTED SERVICE PROVIDER.
THEY JUST KNOW THAT SOMEBODY IS
OUT THERE RELATED TO THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE LABEL OF
THE FOLKS ARE, THERE IS CLEARLY
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
CONNECTING IN TERMS OF PEOPLE
FEELING LIKE SOMETHING
MEANINGFUL AND TIMELY IS
OCCURRING, RIGHT?
AND SO OUR JOB AS THE ONES WHO
WILL OWN THE BUREAUCRACY IS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMATION
SHARING AND INFORMATION
GATHERING, AND REALLY STRONG
COMMUNICATION WITH FOLKS WHO
ARE IN THE IMPACTED
NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO FOLKS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER, YOU
KNOW, IT'S UNDER THE MONIKER OF
THIS OR THAT AND SO WHAT I'M
COMMUNICATING TO YOU IS PEOPLE
WERE TELLING ME IT WAS THE HOPE
TEAM THAT WAS OUT THERE.
SO I THINK THAT THERE INLIES A
LITTLE BIT OF THE DISCONNECT
AND ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO
THIS WORK IN A WAY THAT THIS
SORT OF ADDRESSES THE UNDERLINE
ISSUES AND THE NEED TO CONNECT
PEOPLE TO SAFE WARM PLACE TO BE
WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT
IMPACTED NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA
UNDERSTANDS THE CITY TAKES
THEIR CONCERNS SERIOUSLY AND WE
HAVE A SHARED GOAL OF
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE WITH
COMPASSION AND CARE.
THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I HOPE WE
CULD WORK TOWARDS TOGETHER
HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WE'RE
ALSO ADJUSTING TO RELIANCE ON
OUTREACH PROVIDERS.
THERE IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS, REAL-TIME
INFORMATION IS MORE DIFFICULT
FOR THE HOPE TEAM THAN IT WAS
FOR THE NAVIGATION TEAM BECAUSE
THEY LITERALLY EMPLOYED -- IT
WAS A TEAM THAT ALL WORKED
DIRECTLY TOGETHER.
SO WE ARE ADJUSTING TO THE
REACTIONS OF BEING THE GUY AND
HOW TO GET THE COMMUNICATIONS
AND THE INFORMATION IN MORE
REAL TIME.
SO IT ONLY ADDS TO AND NON-
SUBTRACT FROM THAT.
I WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY.
MY ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS HAS
THE HOTEL SHELTER UNIT COUNT
INCREASED, DECREASED, OR STAYED
THE SAME FROM OUR BUDGET
CONVERSATION IN THE FALL?
IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM THE EARLIER
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, THAT THAT
NUMBER HAS DECREASED.
SO MY QUESTION THEN WHAT IS
BEING DONE TO MEET THE ORIGINAL
GOAL.
DO YOU NEED MORE FUNDS, OR A
MATTER OF USING THE DOLLARS
THAT ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED.
>> I THINK IT IS A FEW THINGS
COUNCIL MEMBER.
I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL
WITH THOSE FUNDS.
BUT REALLY IT'S GETTING THIS
PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER
DONE BEFORE.
I DO THINK WE ARE EXPERIENCING
THE GROWTH PAINS A LITTLE BIT,
BUT I THINK ONCE WE GET THESE
THINGS UP AND RUNNING AND WE'RE
ABLE TO WORK WITH LIHI AND THE
CLUB TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR
NEEDS ARE AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT
OTHER RESOURCES THEY MAY NEED
OR THE PROGRAM OVERALL NEEDS.
WE WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE
BASHFUL ABOUT IDENTIFYING THOSE
FOR THE COUNCIL.
BUT AS I SAID ESPECIALLY TO
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
WE ARE FOCUSED ON DELIVERING
WHAT THE COUNCIL FUNDED AND WE
WILL MOVE THAT PROGRAM FORWARD
BEGINNING WITH THESE TWO AND
THESE TWO HOTELS.
>> THANK YOU, YES, NEVER
HESITATE TO LET US KNOW HOW TO
HELP WITH LAST YEAR'S BUDGETING
PROCESS.
REALLY IN MY OPINION IT IS THE
DOWN PAYMENT THAT WE NEED TO BE
MAKING IN SETTING UP THE
PROGRAMS TO BE SCALABLE TO
ADDRESS THE CRISIS ON THE SCALE
WE'RE EXPERIENCING IT.
ONE QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE
ABOUT THE HOTELS THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY UTILIZING IS CASE
MANAGEMENT PRESENT TO HOUSE THE
HARDEST TO HOUSE FOLKS THAT
HAVE CHEMICAL DEPENDENCIES OR
ARE WE FOCUSING ON FOLKS THE
EASIEST TO HOUSE?
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY
STABILIZED?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
ACTUALLY ASKED A VERSION OF
THAT QUESTION, AND I DIDN'T
ANSWER THAT.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT AS
WELL.
THE SHELTER UNITS, ALL OF OUR
SHELTER UNITS, WE ARE TRYING TO
PAIR INDIVIDUALS WITH THE BEST,
WITH THE HOUSING THAT BEST
MEETS THEIR NEEDS AND THE
SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING THAT
TRANSITION FROM BEING OUTSIDE
IN HOUSING AND HOPEFULLY ON,
YOU KNOW, THE JOURNEY AND TO A
PERMANENT HOUSING.
SO OUR GOAL HERE IS SORT OF FOR
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND SO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
HIGH ACUITY NEEDS AS WELL AS
OTHERS, AND OUR SERVICE
PROVIDERS HAVE AN EXPERIENCE
WITH THAT AND CASE MANAGEMENT
WILL BE HINDSIGHT TO HELP
SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.
DIRECTOR HOWELL, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING IN THERE?
BUT I THINK THAT IS THE SHORT,
SIMPLE ANSWER.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
NOW MAY I EDITORIALIZE IT.
I THINK THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT COULD BE MOST RELIEVED BY
HAVING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE
THE HARDEST TO HOUSE.
ENSURING THE PROGRAMS THAT
WE'RE BRINGING ONLINE ARE ABLE
TO HOUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND
THEY WILL BE CRITICAL TO OUR
SUCCESS.
I GUESS I DID HAVE ANOTHER
QUESTION, WHICH IS MORE ON THE
TINY HOME VILLAGES, YOU KNOW,
THANKS TO THE COLLEAGUES.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WILL HAVE
TINY HOME VILLAGES IN ALL THE
DISTRICTS WITH SEATTLE TO
DISTRICT FOUR, ONE IN DISTRICT
FIVE, AND ONE IN DISTRICT SIX.
NOW DO WE HAVE TINY HOME
VILLAGES IN ALL DISTRICTS?
DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT
THIRD TINY HOME VILLAGE?
>> I BELIEVE WITH THE ADDITION
OF THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT TINY
HOME VILLAGE, WE NOW HAVE TINY
HOME VILLAGES IN EACH OF THE
COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT ARE
ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO THE CITY
PROGRAM.
AND SO THAT IS A GREAT THING.
AND IN TERMS OF THIS THIRD
SITE, WE DO HAVE SITES THAT
WE'RE REVIEWING NOW AND COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS HAS SUPPLIED US TO
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT MAY WORK AS
WE SORT OF TRY TO MOVE ON IT
TOGETHER.
AND SO I THINK THAT WILL BE
IMPORTANT.
AND ACTUALLY THE TINY HOME IN D-
5 IS MAYBE OUR LAST DISTRICT WE
HAVE COVERED.
SO YEAH WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED
THE THIRD SITE YET COUNCIL
MEMBER.
BUT OUR HOPE IS TO DO THAT AS
SOON AS WE CAN.
AND I WILL TELL YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS, WE'LL CALL THIS
WEEK, MENTIONING WITH THE
PIONEER SQUARE FOLKS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GARNER
SUPPORT FOR A BILL DOWN IN
OLYMPIA THAT WOULD ALLOW US FOR
THOSE EXACT TINY HOME VILLAGES
FROM THE PROGRAM FROM THOSE
REQUIREMENTS.
AND THAT IS, THAT CAN BE A
SIGNIFICANT BARRIER FOR THE
TIMELINE FOR DELIVERING THESE
PROJECTS.
I'LL SAY THOUGH WITH THE
SELECTION OF OUR SECOND SITE,
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CHOSE
THAT, IT WOULD BE VERY QUICK TO
STAND UP.
AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO EMBRACE
EVERYTHING OVER MAYBE THE
PERFECT.
AND WE WILL CERTAINLY BE
APPLYING THAT HERE AS WE WOULD
LOOK AT SIGNING THE THIRD
VILLAGE AND OBVIOUSLY THROUGH
THE WORK OF YOU ALL, YOU KNOW,
IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
FUNDINGS THAT WILL COME ONLINE
AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THE REASON I PAUSED JUST
BEFORE THAT LAST QUESTION IS I
HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I
HAD NOT WRITTEN DOWN YET.
CAME BACK TO MY MIND.
IN TERMS OF THE HOTELING AND US
BRINGING ON A HIGH NUMBER OF
UNITS ALL AT ONE TIME.
ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
COHORTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
CAMPING TOGETHER OUTSIDE
TOGETHER OUT OF PUBLIC SPACE
AND INTO SHELTERS OR ARE WE
GOING TO BE DOING MORE OF AN
APPROACH?
>> AGAIN I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE
COHORT THING.
I'M NOT BEING EVASIVE.
THAT IS A LAYER OF DETAIL THAT
I DON'T HAVE.
BUT JUST AS A GENERAL MATTER,
THOSE ARE REFERRALS WE GOT IN
COORDINATION WITH CONTRACTED
OUTREACH DUE TO THE HOPE TEAM.
WHETHER THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE
NAVIGATED TO TINY HOME VILLAGE
OR THE HOTEL UNIT OR ANY OTHER
KIND OF SHELTER THAT WE'LL HAVE
IN THIS SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, YOU
KNOW, AGAIN, WE WILL TRY TO DO
THAT BASED ON THE INDIVIDUALS.
WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO
THEM AND LONGER TERMS.
SO I'M NOT SAYING NO OR YES,
BUT I DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE COULD FIND OUT SOMETHING
THAT I THINK AS A FOLLOW UP
EITHER BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT
MEETING OR IF WE DO HAVE A
DEEPER DIVE WITH THE HOPE TEAM
NEXT MONTH, WE COULD TALK.
I'LL MAKE SURE TO TALK ABOUT
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW LAST QUESTION HERE AND
THEN MAYBE THIS IS SETTING US
UP FOR THE NEXT TIME BEFORE US.
IT IS A BIT TO YOUR LAST
ANSWER, WHICH IS TO HAVE
SOLUTIONS ON THIS SCALE AND
THIS CRISIS, THE PROGRAMS THAT
WE ARE INVESTING IN RIGHT NOW,
THE DOWN PAYMENTS TO ADDRESS
THE CRISIS OF THIS SCALE THAT
WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN.
MEANING IF WE KNOW WE HAVE
4,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR
PUBLIC SPACE THAT WE NEED TO
HAVE 4,000 PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO
GO.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME WHAT YOU
BELIEVE BARRIERS ARE TO
PROVIDING THE LEVEL OF SHELTER
AND HOUSING THAT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING THE NEED FOR?
FUNDING, CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME
WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE?
>> IT IS A COMBINATION OF
THINGS AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
WE WILL HAVE PLACES FOR PEOPLE
TO GO TO.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I AGREE THAT
WE NEED TO HAVE 5U NO UNITS OF
SHELTER SPACE FOR 5,000
INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
BUT WHAT WE NEED IS A PLACE FOR
PEOPLE.
WE NEED MORE PERMANENT HOUSING
FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO TO
CREATE THROUGHPUT IN THE
SHELTER SYSTEM, AND GET PEOPLE
CONNECTED TO THOSE SERVICES
WHETHER IT IS PSH OR OTHER
SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL OUTSIDE OF THE
SHELTER SYSTEM, RIGHT?
THE SHELTER SYSTEM WAS NEVER
DESIGNED OR SHOULD IT BE.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING
THAT, BUT I DO THINK, YOU KNOW,
WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO
ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH WITH OUR CURRENT
HOTELING PROGRAM IS CREATE A
PATHWAY FOR FOLKS TO COME
INSIDE, HAVE AN EXIT PLAN FOR
INSIDE, BEST RAPID REHOUSING,
IT IS MOVING INTO PERMANENT
SUPPORT HOUSING AS THOSE UNITS
WILL START TO BECOME AVAILABLE
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR AND/OR OTHER UNITS BECOME
AVAILABLE.
REMEMBER WE'RE BRING 600 PSH
UNITS ONLINE THIS YEAR.
THAT DOES NOT COUNT THE UNITS
THAT WE'RE WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVES OFFICE ABOUT IN
TERMS OF CITING ADDITIONAL PSH
UNITS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND SO AGAIN THE COMBINATION OF
CREATING CAPACITY IN THE
SHELTER SYSTEM.
AND THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE AS
MUCH THROUGHPUT WITH EXITS FROM
THE REHOUSING OR THE OTHER
SHELTERS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE OUR GOALS WITH A VARIETY
OF SPEED BUMPS ALONG THE WAY.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I
THINK IT WILL BE ABOUT CREATING
MORE PERMANENT HOMES FOR FOLKS
TO END UP IN.
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT WE
NEED TO KEEP OUR DOLLARS
FOCUSED ON BUILDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN TERMS OF THE
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNIT.
IN MY MIND FROM THAT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING UNIT THAT WILL COME
ONLINE SHOULD START BY
PROVIDING PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO
GO.
ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT ALLOWING
PEOPLE TO SUFFER AS WE ARE
DOING TODAY COULD NOT LAST FOR
MUCH LONGER BECAUSE IT IS NOT A
SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR ANYONE
AND SO I APPRECIATE ON YOUR
WORK.
AND AS I CONTINUE TO THINK OF
IT AS OUR DOWN PAYMENT TOWARDS
BEING ABLE TO BRING SOLUTIONS
TO THE SEATTLE CRISIS.
THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR AND
DIRECTOR HOWELL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
NOW DEPUTY SIXKILLER.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
HAS ANOTHER QUESTION.
I WANT TO JUMP IN AND ASK A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS QUICKLY AND
THEN HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD CLOSE US OUT, SO WE CAN
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC HERE.
BUT I WANT TO DELVE IN A LITTLE
BIT TO THE RAPID REHOUSING.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW,
INITIALLY WE WANTED 300 HOTEL
ROOMS AND WE SORT OF TALKED A
LOT ABOUT THAT IN THIS HEARING
TODAY AND THE IMPACT COULD BE
MUCH GREATER IF THE RAPID
REHOUSING IS FIRING ON ALL
CYLINDERS.
WE'RE GETTING THE CASE WORK TO
NAVIGATE THROUGH.
BUT I WONDER IF YOU COULD MAYBE
TALK A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW,
LIKE IF WE'RE LOOKING BACK, ANY
ESTIMATES IN THE DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE I'VE SEEN SOME
REPORTING ON THIS AND HOW MANY
PEOPLE TOTAL COULD BE SURGED
AND RAPIDLY REHOUSED OVER THE
COURSE OF THE PROGRAM.
AND HOW ARE YOU COMING AT THOSE
NUMBERS?
>> AND SO OUR RAPID REHOUSING
AS I WANT TO MAKE SURE I USE
THE RIGHT NUMBER.
I BELIEVE IT'S 220, I'M SORRY.
SO MANY NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME
HERE.
230 UNITS FOR RAPID REHOUSING.
AGAIN OUR SERVICE PROVIDER
THERE IS CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
SERVICES.
YOU KNOW UNLIKE OUR SORT OF
TRADITIONAL RAPID REHOUSING
PROGRAM, I THINK WE HAVE
EXPANDED THAT, THE TIMELINE FOR
THAT PROGRAM TO TRY TO HELP
MAKE IT MORE OR OTHERWISE STAY
MORE SUCCESSFUL TO RECOGNIZE
THE UNIQUE PERIOD OF TIME THAT
WE ARE IN AND PAIRING IT AGAIN
WITH FOLKS WHO ARE COMING IN TO
OUR HOTELS, OUR SHELTER ASSET.
IT IS A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR
EXIT PLAN FOR INDIVIDUALS AS
THEY WILL COME IN TO THE
HOTELS.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO DO A DEEPER
DIVE WITH YOU ON RAPID
REHOUSING AND OTHER WAYS WE
COULD DEPLOY RAPID REHOUSING TO
OTHER STRATEGIES.
AND I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.
BUT OUR PROGRAM IS UP TO 12
MONTHS.
AND SO IT WILL INCREASE.
>> RIGHT, TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WILL WORK.
WHEN YOU SAY THE 230 UNITS,
DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE COULD
CONCEIVABLY BE IN A POSITION
WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ABLE TO
MOVE 230 PEOPLE THROUGH THESE
HOTELS.
SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME THE
CAPACITY OF THE HOTEL SYSTEM
COULD BE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE WHO
ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED IN A
HOTEL.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM
OF 230 UNITS THE WAY THIS HAS
BEEN LAID OUT RIGHT NOW.
AND IT WILL BE LIKE A PERMANENT
ACCOMMODATION.
I GUESS I'M GETTING A LITTLE
CONFUSED WITH IT.
LIKE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE
IS THE 230 UNITS INCLUSIVE OF
THE HOTELS OR ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT LIKE A SEPARATE CHUNK OF
UNITS?
THAT ARE IN ADDITION TO HELPING
THE PEOPLE THEY'RE PASSING
THROUGH.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M
TRYING TO CONVEY?
>> YES, IT IS BOTH, RIGHT?
AND SO WE WILL BE DOING RAPID
REHOUSING FOR FOLKS IN THE
HOTEL SYSTEM, FOR THE HOTEL
SHELTER UNITS WHERE THAT WILL
MAKE SENSE FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS, BUT ALSO WORKING,
AGAIN, AS A PART OF YOUR SURGE.
AND IT IS ALSO UTILIZING RAPID
REHOUSING AND IF WE DO
ENCOUNTER FOLKS AS WE ARE
NAVIGATING THEM TO DO SHELTER
UNITS THAT WILL MAKE SENSE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE WILL DO THAT
AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN THE IDEA HERE, IT IS
TO KEEP, WE MAY HAVE 230 OR 220
ROOMS IN OUR HOTEL PROGRAM AS
WE GET STARTED.
THE GOAL IS NOT TO SERVE ROOMS
OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM,
BUT USING RAPID REHOUSING AND
OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER SUPPORTS
TO GET FOLKS OUT TO KEEP MOVING
PEOPLE.
SO WE EVEN SAW OUR WINTER
WEATHER SHELTERS JUST A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET JUST SHY OF
220 FOLKS OR SO INSIDE AND THEN
ACTUALLY CONNECT THEM TO LONGER-
TERM SHELTER.
SO WE DID HAVE EVEN TURNOVERS
JUST WITHIN THE PAST FEW DAYS
OR OUR THROUGHPUT JUST A FEW
DAYS OF THAT OPERATION.
SO WE ARE HOPEFUL FOR HOW THE
HOTEL UNITS WILL WORK THEN IN
SIMILAR FASHION.
>> GREAT.
I WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW OTHER
THINGS REAL QUICK.
WE KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE
KICKING IN IT LOOKS LIKE IN MID
MARCH.
IT'S A LITTLE LATER THAN
INITIALLY ANTICIPATED, BUT
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF
LOGISTICAL THINGS THAT HAD TO
BE NAILED DOWN.
DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY SAVINGS
FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION DELAY
FROM WHAT THE COUNCIL
APPROPRIATED GIVEN THAT IT IS
STARTING A LITTLE LATER IN THE
CALENDAR THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE?
>> NO.
YOU KNOW, WE STILL ANTICIPATED
IT TO BE A 12-MONTH PROGRAM.
AND WE WILL BE, WE'RE NOT GOING
TO CUT IT OFF FOR THE END OF
THE YEAR AND OUR ANTICIPATION
IN WORKING WITH WHO WE WILL BE
ABLE TO WORK WITH INTO 2022 AT
THIS POINT.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO LIKE IT WILL
JUST KIND OF GO A LITTLE LONGER
ON THE OTHER END IS WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING?
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY.
AND THEN FINALLY I KNOW IT'S
BEEN REPORTED A LITTLE BIT.
I WANT TO TRY TO NAIL DOWN THE
COST HERE.
THAT THE INITIAL COST OF
$17,000 PER PERSON IS NOT
ULTIMATELY THE COST THAT'S
BEING USED.
WHAT ULTIMATELY WAS KIND OF
SETTLED ON BY THE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE LEVEL OF SERVICE TO
TAKE ON THE PROGRAM HERE?
>> WE ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS
WITH ONE OF OUR PROVIDERS,
COUNCIL MEMBER.
I PREFER NOT TO GET INTO THAT
LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY RIGHT NOW
AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE
FINAL NUMBERS.
I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU
ONE THOSE HAVE CONCLUDED.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
>> AND SO ALSO WELL MAYBE YOU
COULD ANSWER THIS JUST
GENERALLY.
DOES THAT NUMBER REFLECT THE
SERVICES AND THE HOTEL OR JUST
THE SERVICE NUMBER?
>> IT IS JUST THE SERVICE
NUMBER.
>> OKAY, SO WE HAVE THE HOTEL
NUMBER NOW OR WE COULD?
>> CORRECT, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME FOR
THAT NUMBER, BUT I DON'T KNOW
THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD.
I'M SORRY.
>> COULD YOU E-MAIL THAT TO
MYSELF AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE, PLEASE?
JUST CURIOUS TO SEE.
OKAY, I THINK AT THIS POINT
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
I THINK I COULD DO THE REST OF
THESE QUESTIONS OFFLINE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE STILL IN
THE MIDST OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH
THE OPERATOR OF AT LEAST ONE OF
THE HOTELS.
I HOPE THEY'RE LISTENING, AND
WE HAVE YOU HERE TO LISTEN TOO
BECAUSE YOU'RE A PART OF THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS.
I JUST WANT TO AGAIN GO BACK TO
THE PRINCIPLES IN THE COUNCIL'S
BUDGET ACTION FOR NOT JUST THE
WORK OF THE HOPE TEAM, BUT HOW
THAT WORK WILL BE LINKED TO OUR
LODGING STRATEGY.
ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES IS TO
FOCUS LODGING OFFERS TOWARDS
UNSHELTERED PEOPLE WHO LACK A
VARIETY OF BARRIERS TO
ACCESSING HOUSING AND PERMANENT
HOUSING.
A GROUP THAT IS
DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK,
INDIGENOUS, AND DISABLED,
SITUATIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
UNSHELTERED, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACTS, IMPACTS
ON STRUGGLING BUSINESSES,
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS,
INDIVIDUAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
INCLUDING COVID-19
VULNERABILITY, AND PUBLIC
DISORDER.
I'M EMPHASIZING THIS BECAUSE
THERE WAS REPORTING THAT ONE OF
THE POTENTIAL OPERATORS WAS
QUOTED SAYING REFERRALS TO THE
SHELTER WILL GO THROUGH THE
HOPE TEAM, WHICH COORDINATES
SHELTER REFERRALS AT THE CITY
LEVEL, BUT WILL ORIGINATE FROM
LIHI.
AND SO I'M CONCERNED THIS
IMPLIES LIHI WILL GET TO MAKE
THEIR OWN CHOICES ABOUT WHO IS
REFERRED INTO THE PACIFIC
EXECUTIVE PACIFIC WITHOUT
MAKING SURE THESE PRINCIPLES
ARE FRONT AND CENTER.
THAT'S JUST A STATEMENT AND AN
EXPRESSION OF EXPECTATION.
AND THEN MY LAST TWO QUESTIONS
RELATE ONE TO THE NEW ENHANCED
SHELTER AND TWO TO THE MAYOR'S
HOUSING SURGE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST
YEAR THAT REFERRED TO DIVERSION
TO SUPPORT 130 MORE HOUSE HOLDS
FINDING SAFER PLACES.
I WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION
LAST.
LAST YEAR THERE WAS A HOUSING
SURGE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT MADE
$687,000 COMMITMENT FOR
INCREASED DIVERSION SERVICES.
THAT'S A PRIORITY THAT I HAVE
SPOKEN TO A LOT AS IT RELATES
TO MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS WHO
ARE DOING STREET OUTREACH
ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO
DIVERSION SERVICES.
LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE
THAT THE DIVERSION FUND WAS
DEPLETED.
AND SO I'VE BEEN AN ACTIVE
ADVOCATE.
THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THE CITY
AUDITOR HAS RAISED AS AN ISSUE
THAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING
STREET OUTREACH SHOULD ALSO
HAVE ACCESS TO DIVERSION FUNDS.
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHETHER
OR NOT THERE'S BEEN ANY
PROGRESS MADE ON THAT
PARTICULAR INVESTMENT.
AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO THE
NEW ENHANCED SHELTER, WE'VE GOT
A LOT OF DIFFERENT POTS OF
DOLLARS AND IT'S HARD TO
DETERMINE WHAT FUNDING HAS GONE
INTO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
SO COUNCIL FUNDED $655,000 TO
SUPPORT 24-HOUR OPERATIONS AT
BASIC SHELTERS.
THEN THERE'S ALSO THE $2.7
MILLION APPROVED FOR THE
MAYOR'S 125-BED ENHANCED
SHELTER SURGE.
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHICH
SOURCE OF FUNDS WENT INTO THE
NEW ENHANCED SHELTERS WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT NOW FOR THESE 60
BEDS AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
STILL LOOKING TO FULLY FUND THE
125 BEDS THAT WERE ANNOUNCED IN
THE MAYOR'S HOUSING SURGE.
THANKS.
>> OKAY.
SO ONE SOME OF THAT I WOULD
NEED TO DO SOME FOLLOW-UP WORK.
THOSE ARE ALL VERY GOOD
QUESTIONS.
LET ME SEE IF DIRECTOR HOWELL
AND I CAN GET THROUGH A FEW OF
THEM.
NUMBER ONE JUST ON YOUR
STATEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR FINDING THAT.
ABSOLUTELY.
THESE SHELTER REFERRALS ALL
KINDS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE
CITY AND OPERATED BY CITY
CONTRACT WILL GO THROUGH THE
HOPE TEAM.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
A PART OF OUR CONTRACT.
AND IT HAS BEEN AN AREA OF
FRUSTRATION HERE IN RECENT
HISTORY.
SO THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT.
I APPRECIATE IT AND YOUR
SUPPORT.
IN TERMS OF THE DIVERSION
MONEY, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU
ARE REFERRING TO.
TO BE HONEST I DID NOT GET
BRIEFED UP ON THAT BEFORE I
CAME HERE, SO I NEED TO FOLLOW
UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH OUTREACH CONTINUUM IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR
ABOUT MAKING SURE THEY HAVE
FLEX FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR
THEM.
AND TO UTILIZE IN THEIR
ENGAGEMENT, INDIVIDUALS, BUT I
WILL BE HONEST, I KIND OF LOST
THE THREAD ON THAT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT
OCCURRING, SO I WILL NEED TO
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
IN TERMS OF THE COLORS OF
MONEY.
I WILL NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU
ON THAT AS WELL.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THE
WRONG ANSWER.
AND SO I JUST NEED TO GET BACK
TO YOU ON THAT.
I CANNOT REMEMBER IF IT WAS ESG
MONEY OR GENERAL FUND MONEY
THAT WAS UTILIZED FOR THE NEW
SHARE SHELTER, BUT I'M HAPPY TO
GET BACK TO YOU.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION,
AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW
THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I'M HAPPY -- YOU CAN
PROBABLY TELL I'M DOING SOME
READING ON MY SCREEN.
I'M HAPPY TO SEND THOSE
QUESTIONS IN WRITING IF IT IS
EASIER, THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE
TO GO BACK AND READ OR REWATCH
OR TRY TO FIGURE OUT FROM YOUR
NOTES.
BUT REALLY THE MAIN REASON THAT
I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IS THAT
THE ONE KIND OF MONEY WAS
SUPPOSE TO, WAS INTENDED TO
CREATE 24-HOUR ACCESS AT
EXISTING SHELTERS AND THEN THE
OTHER POT OF MONEY AS WE
UNDERSTOOD IT WAS INTENDED TO
ADD 120 NEW SHELTER UNITS.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE WOULD
HAVE IS 60 NEW SHELTER UNITS.
IT'S NOT JUST AN ACADEMIC
EXERCISE OF WHAT POT OF MONEY
IT IS, BUT IT'S WHAT THE
INTENT, WHAT THE INTENT WAS,
AND WHAT THE CAPACITY IMPACT
WAS HOPED FOR.
>> GOT IT, OKAY, YES, WE'LL
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU THE NEW WOMEN'S
SHELTER IS UTILIZING GENERAL
FUND DOLLARS.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPAND
THOSE NON-CONGREGATE SHELTER
OPTIONS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT
THE COUNCIL APPROPRIATED IN THE
21 ADOPTED BUDGET.
>> GREAT.
AND I REALIZE COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES WAS PRESENT WHEN I GAVE
MY PREVIOUS ADMIN.
I'LL RECOGNIZE HER FOR THE NEXT
QUESTION AND THEN COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS BEEN VERY
PATIENT AND THEN WE ARE GOING
TO CLOSE IT OUT AND MOVE TO THE
NEXT THING.
AND GIVEN THE HOUR.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
I APOLOGIZE.
I'VE BEEN FLIPPING BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN A COUPLE OF
MEETINGS.
AND SO RELATED TO THE QUESTIONS
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCIL MEMBER PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ, I THINK FOLKS ARE
UNDERSTANDABLY HAVING TRAUMA
RELATED TO THE NAVIGATION TEAM
AND MAYBE WILLING TO ENGAGE IF
THEY LEARN MORE ABOUT HOPE.
SIMILAR TO HOUSE NEIGHBORS AND
BUSINESSES WHO ARE STARTING TO
LEARN OR THEY COULD START TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THIS IS
AND HOW IT WORKS.
I BELIEVE FOLKS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS COULD
ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS SORT OF
ENGAGEMENT.
SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHETHER
OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS COULD BE
PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION ABOUT
HOPE AND HOW IT WORKS AND HOW
IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
NAVIGATION TEAM THAT EXISTED
BEFORE?
>> AGAIN I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I THINK IT MIGHT MAKE MORE
SENSE FOR US TO TALK ABOUT HOW
WE'RE DOING THAT WITH
CONTRACTED OUTREACH AT OUR NEXT
MEETING OR BETWEEN NOW AND
THEN.
AGAIN THE HOPE TEAM IS NOT OUT
IN THE FIELD DOING THAT DIRECT
ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIVIDUALS.
SO TO THE EXTENT, YOU KNOW, IF
THERE WAS TRAUMA FROM THAT
EXPERIENCE, INDIVIDUALS, THE
DAILY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE
CITY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
IS WITH OUR CONTRACTED OUTREACH
PROVIDERS WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S
REACHED TO THE SEATTLE CLUB,
URBAN LEAGUE, WHATEVER THAT IS.
AND SO -- BUT I HEAR YOU.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INFORM
INDIVIDUALS OF THAT AS WELL AS
NOT JUST THOSE WHO WERE A PART
OF OUR OUTREACH CONTINUUM, BUT
OTHER ADVOCATES AND INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS JUST NOW.
SO I DO HEAR YOU AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO TALKING MORE ABOUT
THAT AND ANY IDEAS THAT YOU
HAVE OF WAYS IN WHICH WE NEED
TO DO THAT.
WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU
ON IT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU DEPUTY
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
CLOSE US OUT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR.
CHAIR.
DEPUTY MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
I THINK THAT NUMBER UNWITH I'M
VERY CONCERNED.
I THINK MY CONCERN IS THESE
RESOURCES ARE NOT ACTUALLY
GOING TO HELP THE ADDITIONAL
FOLKS WE SEE OUT IN
ENCAMPMENTS.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE
ANSWERED HAVE BEEN HELPFUL
TODAY, BUT THERE IS STILL A
LEVEL OF VAGUENESS IN WHO IS
GOING TO BE HELPED AND WHO IS
ACTUALLY ENGAGING WITH FOLKS IN
ENCAMPMENTS.
I FEEL LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD'S QUESTIONS AS SHE
ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
FUND SOURCES THAT ARE GOING TO
BE USED IS CRITICAL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO
GETTING BACK TO HER ON THOSE
QUESTIONS AND ALL OF US.
AND I KNOW SHE HAS THAT
REFERENCE RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER
AND WILL BE SENDING THAT.
SO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK
FORWARD TO IN TERMS OF GETTING
ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT I THINK IT IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT WITH
A SENSE OF URGENCY ESPECIALLY
SINCE WE JUST LEARNED LAST
FRIDAY THERE'S $28 MILLION IN
UNDERSPENT IN TERMS OF THE
COVID RELIEF FUND MONEY AND WE
KNOW $10 MILLION IS TO BE SPENT
PRETTY QUICKLY.
WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS AN
EARMARK FOR $10 MILLION, BUT
WITH $17 MILLION UNDERSPENT.
IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S A HUGE
OPPORTUNITY.
AND THE LEVEL OF NEED WE HAVE
NEEDS TO MATCH OUR OUTREACH
EFFORTS.
I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKED TO HAVE
HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS
POWER POINT IN ADVANCE, SO WE
COULD HAVE A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS.
AND I KNOW EVERYONE IS WORKING
AS FAST AS THEY CAN.
BUT WITH THE CHAIR'S
PERMISSION, I WOULD VERY MUCH
LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH A
HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS AS WELL.
I THINK OUR OUTREACH HAS TO
HAVE APPROPRIATE SHELTER TO
MITIGATE CONCERNS AND
ENCAMPMENTS AND THAT THESE
RESOURCES THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT TODAY SEEM TO MOSTLY
RESPOND TO PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE
INDEPENDENT AND HAVE FEWER
NEEDS.
I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THIS IN THE LAST MEETING
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE HIGH-
NEEDS FOLKS WHO REQUIRE HUMAN
SERVICE MEMBERS AND TRAINED
PERSONNEL TO BE WITH THEM.
BUT IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT FOR
US IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A
MARKET IMPACT, A NOTICEABLE
IMPACT FOR COMMUNITIES WHO SEE
PEOPLE LIVING OUTDOORS, WHO
DON'T JUST NEED A ROOM OR A
ROOF, BUT THEY NEED SERVICES TO
GO WITH IT.
I AM VERY FEARFUL THAT THE TYPE
OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT RIGHT NOW ARE NOT
NECESSARILY GOING TO YIELD THE
TYPE OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO
KEEP FOLKS SHELTERED AND
HOUSED.
THOSE ARE OUR SERIOUS CONCERNS.
ALSO A NOTE OF APPRECIATION FOR
FOLLOW UP SPECIFICALLY ON THE
FUND SOURCE QUESTION COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD TEED UP.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
OUR HOTELING PROGRAMS, WE WILL
GET BACK TO YOU ON THE COLORS
OF MONEY.
THOSE COLORS OF MONEY COME WITH
EXPECTATIONS AS WELL FROM THE
FELLOW GOVERNMENT.
AGAIN THE HOTELING PROGRAM IS
BEING FUNDED BY THOSE FEDERAL
ESG MONEYS OF WHICH THERE ARE
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ABOUT
EXITS WITH THAT.
BUT NEVERTHELESS WE WILL BE
SERVING INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH
ACUITY NEEDS AS A PART OF THIS
PROGRAM, ABSOLUTELY.
AND WORKING TO EXIT THEM AND
EVERYONE INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR
FEEDBACK COUNCIL MEMBER AND %
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM
YOUR COMMITTEE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH
DEPUTY MAYOR FOR BEING GENEROUS
OF YOUR TIME.
I KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO HAVE A
HARD STOP AT 3:30.
I KNOW THAT ALSO NEVER HAPPENS
WHEN YOU COME DOWN HERE TO THE
COMMITTEE.
APPRECIATE YOU STAYING EXTRA
FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND
LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATE NEXT
MONTH, WHERE WE WILL HAVE
STARTED TO SEE SOME FOLKS MOVE
IN TO THESE ASSETS AT THAT
POINT POTENTIALLY BASED ON THE
TIMELINE HERE.
SO APPRECIATE IT.
WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE
ON THEN TO THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
SO ITEM 2, MR. CLERK, CAN YOU
PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 119975, APP
ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE
AND ZONING, ESTABLISHING
REGULATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
ADDING A NEW SECTION IN
AMENDING THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU
EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE FOR THE
THIRD DISCUSSION OF THIS BILL
IN THIS COMMITTEE.
THIS WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY
NOW THAT ALL THE DISCUSSION,
ALL THE FORMALITIES HAVE BEEN
RESOLVED, AND WE CAN FINALLY
MOVE FORWARD AND START VOTING
ON SOME OF THE UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION.
FREEMAN IS HERE FROM CITY
CENTRAL STAFF.
IF THERE ARE ANY LAST-MINUTE
QUESTIONS.
BEFORE WE MOVE THE BILL I'M
JUST GOING TO ASK HIM TO
PROVIDE A BRIEF REFRESHER,
SINCE IT HAS BEEN A MONTH AND
AN OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENTS
IN PARTICULAR.
AND THEN AFTER THE PRESENTATION
WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR SOME
QUESTIONS.
SO TAKE IT AWAY, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
CENTRAL CITY STAFF.
THE COMMITTEE WILL RECALL, THE
SELECT COMMITTEE HELD A PUBLIC
HEARING ON THIS BILL LAST
MONTH, A MONTH AGO ON THE 27th
OF JANUARY.
WORKING ON SOME OF THE
MATERIALS IN THE MEMO PROVIDED
STATED ON JANUARY 25, 2021.
JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORIES
HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BILL 119975
WOULD ADD A DEFINITION TO THE
LAND USE CODE, ESTABLISH NEW
REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR
DEVELOPING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING AND MODIFYING EXISTING
REGULATIONS TO REMOVE BARRIERS
TO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
IT DOES A VARIETY OF THINGS
AMONG OTHER THINGS.
IT EXEMPTS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
FROM DESIGNER VIEW, PROVIDES
RATIOS FOR EXEMPTIONS,
AUTHORIZES THE DIRECTOR ON THE
INSPECTIONS ON HOW THEY WILL
MODIFY AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE
DECISION, SPECIFY THE
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND IT
WILL RESOLVE WITH THOSE WAIVERS
AND RESULT IN MORE PSH UNITS.
IT WOULD EXEMPT HOUSING FROM
PROVIDING BOTH VEHICLE AND
BICYCLE MARKING AND ALLOW
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
I CAN SHARE MAYBE PERHAPS WITH
THE INTEREST OF CLARITY, I CAN
SHARE THE MEMO FROM THE 25th
THAT HAS THE AMENDMENTS.
IN ADDITION TO FOUR AMENDMENTS,
ONE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
AND THREE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE BILL,
WHICH IS AN ATTACHMENT TO THAT
MEMO.
AND THAT SUBSTITUTE MAKES
CLARIFYING AND TECHNICAL
ACTIONS TO PAGES THREE AND FOUR
OF THE SUBSTITUTE.
THERE ARE NO SUBSTANTIVE
CHANGES THERE.
AND SO PRIOR TO MOVING ANY OF
THE OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT THE
COUNCIL SHOULD FIRST CONSIDER
MOVING THE SUBSTITUTE BILL.
I'LL MOVE ON HERE TO THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SHARE MY
SCREEN HERE.
AND SO THIS IS THE MEMO FROM
THE 25th.
AND SO YOU WILL SEE THAT.
AND THERE ARE FOUR PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS FOR THE FIRST
AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS WOULD MODIFY THE
DEFINITION OF PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BASED ON
SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE HOUSING
AS PROPOSED AT LEAST 90% OF THE
DWELLING UNITS WILL HAVE TO BE
OCCUPIED BY HOUSEHOLDS.
HARD TO FIND VERY LOW INCOME
HOUSE HOLDS IN THE CODE AND THE
AMENDMENT THAT THEY WOULD
MODIFY THAT TO AT LEAST 50% OF
MODIFIED OCCUPIED HOUSEHOLDS
WITH INCOMES NOT EXCEEDING 30%
OF AMI, JUST A MATTER TO
REFLECT THE POPULATION THAT
WILL BE SERVED BY PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN HAS
THREE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
ONE OF THEM WOULD ADD A RECITAL
ESTABLISHING THE COUNCIL'S
INTENT TO CONSIDER FUTURE
AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S
HOUSING FUNDING POLICY TO
REQUIRE A BROAD BAND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN HAS AN
AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ADD TO THE
COMMUNITY RELATIONS PLAN
REQUIREMENT THAT IS IN THE
PROPOSED BILL.
THIS WOULD ESTABLISH A MINIMUM
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MINIMUM
COMPONENT TO THE PUBLIC
RELATIONS TO THE OUTREACH THAT
WOULD GO ALONG WITH PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THAT
COMPONENT WOULD BE AT LEAST ONE
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WITH
ADVERTISING TO NEW NEIGHBORINGS
OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND
LEARN ABOUT THE PROJECT.
AND FINALLY COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN HAS AN AMENDMENT THAT
WOULD MODIFY, ALSO MODIFY THE
DEFINITION OF THE SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING TO REQUIRE THAT THE
HOUSING BE PAIRED WITH THE ON
OR OFF SITE WITH SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES.
AND THAT IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION
OF THE AMENDMENTS, A REMINDER
OF WHAT THE BILL WILL DO.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS BEFORE THOSE
AMENDMENTS.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE WILL GET INTO THIS?
SEEING NONE, KETIL, I THINK
YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK FOR NOW.
BUT WHY DON'T YOU HANG AROUND
JUST IN CASE.
WITH THAT PRESENTATION
COMPLETED, I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
MEMBER BILL 119975.
AND IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
HAVING BEEN SECONDED, IT'S BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED DIRECT
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS
POINT?
OKAY, AND NOTE WE'RE ABOUT TO
MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE.
IF YOU HOLD OFF THERE WILL BE
PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT
THE SUBSTITUTE.
I MOVE 119975 AS PRESENTED ON
THE SUBSTITUTE OF THE CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> A SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED
ON THE SUBSTITUTE AND THE
CENTRAL STAFF MEMO.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO OPEN THE
FLOOR FOR GENERAL COMMENTS.
AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE, YOU
KNOW, I THINK WE'VE HAD AN
EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS BILL.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT
IN 2021 WE'RE GOING TO SEE 600
UNITS OF MOVED UP PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FROM THE
HOUSING LEVY THAT THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING IS PRIORITIZING THAT IT
WILL BE A CONSIDERABLE
COMPONENT FOR THE OUTREACH AND
SHELTER STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE
DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE FIRST
AGENDA ITEM TODAY AND FIGURING
OUT STRATEGIES TO DO MORE OF
THIS, FIGURING OUT WAYS TO
REALIZE SOME OF THE REGIONAL
PLANNING.
IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE
THIRD COALITION AND OTHERS OVER
THE LAST YEAR TO REALLY SCALE
REGIONALLY PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
THIS BILL IS GOING TO HELP US
GET THERE.
AND IT WILL BE UP WITH
RESOURCES AND REVENUE AND BY
BUILDING COALITIONS THROUGH THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
BUT YOU KNOW WE CAN TRULY SAY
HAVING PASSED THIS THAT WE'RE
DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN
FROM A REGULATORY AND FORM
STANDPOINT TO STRETCH THE VALUE
OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO REMOVE RED
TAPE FOR OUR FRIENDS AND THE
PROVIDER AND THE HOUSING
COMMUNITY TO GET MORE OF THIS
STOOD UP AND TO REALLY BE
PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR
MOUTHS IS WHEN WE ARE SAYING
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY AND WE
SHOULD BE RESPONDING TO AN
EMERGENCY AND SO AT THIS POINT
I'LL OPEN IT UP TO FOLKS WHO
WANT TO MAKE MORE COMMENTS ON
THE SUBSTITUTE.
ANY COMMENT AT THIS TIME?
OKAY, SEEING NONE WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
THE ADOPTION OF THE SUBSTITUTE?
>> GONZALEZ?
GONZALEZ?
HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> MR. CHAIR THERE ARE EIGHT IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, JACOB.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES, THE
SUBSTITUTE IS ADOPTED AND THE
BILL AS AMENDED IS FOR THE
COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE AMENDED BILL BEFORE WE
CONSIDER AMENDMENTS?
SEEING NONE, WE WILL PROCEED TO
THE AMENDMENTS.
I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL MEMBER
119975 AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT 1 IN THE CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED, SECONDED TO
AMENDMENT BILL AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT 1 ON THE CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO.
SO WE DISCUSSED THIS AMENDMENT
A LITTLE BIT BEFORE IN PREVIOUS
CONVERSATIONS.
AND IT WILL REFLECT AREA AND
IMMEDIATE INCOME LEVELS IN THIS
CODE SECTION MORE ACCURATELY
REFLECTS THE TRUE NATURE OF THE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN
TERMS OF NEAR THE PEOPLE WHO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ABILITY
TO GET INTO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
I THINK THOSE RESPONSE TO SOME
CRITICISMS FROM COLLEAGUES WHO
HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY THAT DIFFERENT
TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT OR
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS
COULD FALL UNDER THIS.
AND IT WILL BE TRULY LIMITED TO
HELPING THE UNIVERSITY FOLKS
THAT WE WILL SEE EVERY DAY THAT
WE REALLY NEED TO BE PROVIDING
MORE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR.
I THINK THIS AMENDMENT WILL
HELP ADDRESS THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT ONE?
SEEING NO COMMENT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> GONZALEZ?
>> YEA.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YEA.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YEA.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> MR. CHAIR THERE ARE NINE IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES, THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED AND THE
BILL AS AMENDED IS FOR THE
COMMITTEE.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SERIES OF
AMENDMENTS ALL BEING OFFERED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
I'LL ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN TO MOVE HIS AMENDMENTS
AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS
LEGISLATION TO EXPEDITE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
AND ALSO FOR YOUR WORK ON THE
TINY HOME VILLAGES, AND FOR
BRINGING THE DURKIN
ADMINISTRATION EARLIER TO TALK
ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS TO REDUCE
HOMELESSNESS, SO WE HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE.
WITH THAT I'VE HAD THREE
AMENDMENTS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE WHEREAS
CLAUSE.
I MOVE TO AMENDMENT COUNCIL
BILL 119975 AS PRESENTED ON
ANDED ON NUMBER TWO.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT 2. COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO
ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS.
SO COUNCIL MEMBERS AS YOU KNOW
WE ALL ADOPTED RESOLUTION
31956, ESTABLISHING THE
COUNCIL'S GOAL TO IMPLEMENT
INTERNET FOR ALL.
SO AS WE CONSIDER HOUSING
LEGISLATION, THIS WHEREAS
CLAUSE TALKS ABOUT BEING
MINDFUL OF TRYING TO GET MORE
INTERNET CONNECTIONS IN HOUSING
THAT WE ARE SUBSIDIZING.
AND SO THE WAY THAT IT WILL BE
DONE IN THE MOST PRACTICAL
FASHION TALKING TO CENTRAL
STAFF IS TO EVENTUALLY AMEND
THE HOUSING LEVIES
ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCE PLAN.
THIS WHEREAS CLAUSE IS NON-
BINDING.
SIGNALING THAT WE WANT TO SHOW
HOW TO EXPAND THE ADOPTION.
AND HERE WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT
HOUSING BILL IN FRONT OF US.
WE JUST WANT TO REMIND
EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE STILL
COMMITTED TO THAT RESOLUTION
AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT WAYS TO
INCREASE ACCESS AND ADOPTION OF
THE INTERNET.
AND SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN'S AMENDMENT 2? OKAY, I
DON'T SEE ANY.
I CAN JUST FLAG COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN THAT I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.
I HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF THE
STAKEHOLDERS WHO WE HAVE WORKED
ON WITH THIS LEGISLATION AND SO
I DO CONSIDER IT TO BE FRIENDLY
AND IN KEEPING WITH THE
UNDERLYING SPIRIT AND PURPOSE
OF THE BILL.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, MR. CLERK WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TWO?
>> GONZALEZ?
>> YEA.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YEA.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YEA.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> MR. CHAIR THERE ARE NINE IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES, THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED AND THE
BILL IS AMENDED BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER AMENDMENTS
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN,
SO COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS.
I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
119975 AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT THREE IN THE CENTRAL
STAFF MEMOS.
>> I SECOND.
>> GREAT.
[ LAUGHTER ] IT'S BEEN
SECONDED.
SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND.
THE BILL IS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS THE
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WE DISCUSSED
AT THE LAST MEETING, THIS IS TO
PUT A BASELINE REQUIREMENT IN
THERE THAT THERE WILL BE AT
LEAST ONE COMMUNITY MEETING, SO
THAT THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS
ARE CONNECTING WITH THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY,
EXPLAINING THE PROJECT TO THEM
BECAUSE THIS WILL BE -- SINCE
THIS WILL NOT BE HAVING DESIGN
REVIEW IT WILL BE A PROCESS
REMOVED WHERE THEY WILL GET TO
GET INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT.
THIS WILL PUT A BASELINE, LIKE
YES, LET'S SPEED IT UP AND THAT
PLAN SHOULD HAVE A PUBLIC
MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO
DISCUSS THE PROJECTS, SO
THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN'S
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE?
OKAY, SEEING NO COMMENTS.
MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE ON AMENDMENT NUMBER
THREE?
>> GONZALEZ?
>> YEA.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> NO.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> MR. CHAIR THERE ARE EIGHT IN
FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE AMENDMENT IS
ADOPTED AND THE BILL IS AMENDED
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR FOURTH
AMENDMENT?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS.
YOU KNOW ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR
VOTE EARLIER.
I MEAN IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE
AN ISSUE LATER, HAPPY TO
REVISIT THAT WITH YOU AND
HOPING IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
SMOOTHLY.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO
AMENDMENT COUNCIL BILL 119975
AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT FOUR.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> THERE WE GO.
>> SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED ON AMENDMENT FOUR.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS THE
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS AS WE
TALKED ABOUT IT, WE'LL EXPLAIN
THE WAY IT IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN
IS THAT THIS IS ABOUT PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, GETTING THE
EXEMPTION FROM DESIGN REVIEW.
AND SO THIS IS JUST CLARIFYING
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
BECAUSE THE EXISTING DRAFT SAYS
MAY AND SO THIS IS JUST SAYING
IT MEANS MULTI-RESIDENTIAL USE,
WHICH IS PAIRED WITH ON OR OFF
SITE VOLUNTARIES AND SO IT IS
REALLY TRYING TO SPECIFY WHAT
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHEN WE
WILL TALK ABOUT PERMANENT
HOUSING TO GET THAT EXEMPTION.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
OKAY, SEEING NONE, MR. CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> OH, I'M SORRY COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> IT'S OKAY, MR. CHAIR.
JUST A COMMENT.
I THINK THE LAST TIME WE TALKED
ABOUT THE WORD VOLUNTARY IN
THIS CONTEXT THERE WAS A
QUESTION JUST FROM THE WORKERS
RIGHTS PERSPECTIVES ON WHETHER
OR NOT THE SERVICES WERE BEING
PROVIDED VOLUNTARILY AND THE
CLARIFICATION WAS THE RECIPIENT
THAT THE RECIPIENT IS
VOLUNTARILY RECEIVING THOSE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO
HIGHLIGHT, SO NO ONE THOUGHT WE
WERE ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS AND
NOT PAYING FOLKS AND SO WE DO
NOT SUPPORT WAGE THEFT.
I THOUGHT THAT CLARIFICATION
WAS HELPFUL.
ON THE RECIPIENT WHO IS
VOLUNTARILY RECEIVING THOSE
SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
I'LL BRIEFLY SAY WE DID TALK TO
A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS AND NO
MAJOR ISSUES WERE RAISED, SO I
WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
OKAY, SEEING NONE, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YEA.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> MR. CHAIR, THERE ARE NINE IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED AND
THE BILL IS AMENDED BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL AS IT HAS
BEEN AMENDED BEFORE WE VOTE ON
FINAL PASSAGE?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
SHEPHERDING THESE THROUGH.
THESE CHANGES ARE IMPORTANT AND
MEANINGFUL AND A COMPONENT OF A
LARGER PUZZLE THAT WE'RE ALL
CONTINUING TO WORK ON FOR MORE
AFFORDABLE, ACCEPTABLE, AND
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES
ACROSS OUR CITIES.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON PULLING THIS
TOGETHER, IT IS A CRITICAL
PIECE OF THE LARGER PUZZLE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE
VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE OF BILL?
SEEING NONE.
MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE ON THE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE BILL PASS AS AMENDED?
>> GONZALEZ?
>> YEA.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> YEA.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YEA.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> MR. CHAIR, THERE ARE NINE IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
THIS WILL BE SENT TO THE MARCH
1 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR
FINAL CONSIDERATION.
AND WITH THAT COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
AND NOTHING BEFORE THE ORDER,
THEN WE'RE ADJOURNED.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
SOMETHING FOR THE ORDER.
>> PROBABLY NOT SURPRISED.
ALWAYS COMING IN THE LAST
MINUTE WITH A COMMENT.
BUT QUESTION, I REALLY
APPRECIATE GIVEN THESE MEETINGS
ARE SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
OF THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHEN WE
ARE GOING TO MEET AGAIN TO
FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THESE
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT MANY
HAVE PUT OUT INCLUDING
OURSELVES RELATED TO HOMELESS
SERVICES?
GIVEN THE URGENCY OF THESE
ISSUES.
>> MR. CLERK, WHEN IS OUR MARCH
MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR?
>> IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE
FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH
AND THAT WILL BE ON MARCH 24.
>> GREAT.
I WILL SAY COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA, MY INTENT IS TO HAVE
ANOTHER UPDATE FROM THE
EXECUTIVE ON THE TOPICS THAT WE
HAVE COVERED EARLIER.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE AS
DETAILED, BUT I DO REMAIN
COMMITTED TO HAVING THAT
STANDING UPDATE FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HUMAN
SERVICES ON THE STATUS OF THE
SHELTER SURGE INVESTMENT AND AN
ONGOING FINE TUNING AND WORK
AROUND THE HOPE TEAM THAT WE
DISCUSS TODAY.
AND I WILL SAY THAT WE WILL
CIRCULATE, WE WILL CIRCULATE
THE RESPONSES THAT WE WILL GET
FROM THE EXECUTIVES TO SOME OF
THE QUESTIONS WHERE THE
ANSWERS, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE
BEEN CLEAR OR THEY HAD TO GO
BACK AND FIND SOMETHING THAT
WASN'T AVAILABLE AND IF THEY
DISTRIBUTED ONLY TO OUR OFFICE,
WE WILL DISTRIBUTE IT TO
EVERYBODY ELSE.
I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT.
WITH THAT IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE
ORDER, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
>> ARE YOU SURE COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
ANYTHING ELSE?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I KNOW YOU GOT ONE MORE.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE.
HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> BYE.