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"tags": [ "org:seattle-city-council", "meeting:x185143", "committee:land-use-and-sustainability-committee", "year:2026", "month:2026-04", "date:2026-04-01" ], "text": "OKAY. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.\nTHE APRIL 1st LAND USE AND\nSUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE WILL\nCOME TO ORDER. IT'S 9:37 A.M.\nI'M EDDIE LIN, CHAIR OF THE\nLAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY\nCOMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE\nCLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?\nVICE CHAIR STRAUSS: VICE CHAIR STRAUSS.\nHERE: HERE.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER: COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER.\nHERE: HERE.\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT\nHOLLINGSWORTH.\nPRESENT.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER RINCK: COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.\nPRESENT.\nCHAIR LIN: CHAIR LIN.\nPRESENT. CHAIR, THERE ARE\nFIVE MEMBERS PRESENT.\nIF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE\nAGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING\nNO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS\nADOPTED. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.\nTHANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO THIS\nWEDNESDAY MORNING MEETING TO\nDISCUSS LAND USE. THANK YOU TO\nOUR CITY CLERK, CENTRAL COUNSEL\nSTAFF AND DSI OFFICE TO PLEEP\nFOR THIS MEETING. JUST TO GIVE\nYOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOW\nWE'RE GOING TO PROCEED THIS\nMORNING, WE'RE GOING TO START\nWITH PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE HAVE\nA NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTERS.\nSO WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A\nMOMENT. THEN WE WILL PROCEED\nWITH SOME APPOINTMENTS, AND THEN\n-- WHICH WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE A\nVOTE ON FOR APPOINTMENTS. THEN\nWE WILL PROCEED TO A PUBLIC\nHEARING ON A DIFFERENT MATTER\nRELATED TO THE STADIUM REZONE,\nPOTENTIAL REPEAL ORDINANCE.\nTHERE WILL NOT BE A VOTE ON THAT\nTODAY. AND THEN FINALLY, WE WILL\nWRAP IT UP WITH THE PRESENTATION\nON SHELTERS. SO JUST WANT TO\nGIVE PEOPLE A SENSE OF THE ORDER\nOF BUSINESS. AND SO WITH THAT,\nWE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID\nPUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC\nCOMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS\nON THE AGENDA OR ITEMS WITHIN\nTHE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE.\nPLEASE HOLD COMMENTS REGARDING\nITEM 6 WHICH IS THE POTENTIAL\nREPEAL LEGISLATION CB121171\nUNTIL THE PUBLIC HEARING WHICH\nWILL BE HELD AFTER THE DESIGN\nCOMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. CLERK,\nHOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP\nTODAY?\nCURRENTLY WE HAVE 36\nIN-PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP,\nAND THERE ARE THREE REMOTE\nSPEAKERS.\nWONDERFUL. VERY EXCITING TO\nHAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COME HERE\nTODAY TO COME SPEAK WITH US.\nBECAUSE THERE ARE MORE THAN 30\nSPEAKERS, UNDER OUR STANDARD\nPROCEDURES, THAT DOES MEAN THAT\nTIME WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE\nMINUTE. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.\nAND SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN\nTHE ORDER IN WHICH THEY\nREGISTERED. CLERK, CAN YOU\nPLEASE PROCEED WITH THE\nINSTRUCTION?\nTHE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD\nWILL BE MODERATED IN THE\nFOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC\nCOMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 20\nMINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED\nIN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE\nREGISTERED. IN-PERSON SPEAKERS\nWILL BE CALLED FIRST, AFTER\nWHICH WE WILL MOVE TO REMOTE\nSPEAKERS UNTIL THE PUBLIC\nCOMMENT PERIOD HAS ENDED.\nSPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN\n10 SECONDS ARE LEFT ON THEIR\nTIME. SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE\nMUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR\nCOMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED\nTIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE\nNEXT SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT\nPERIOD IS NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL\nBEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON\nOUR LIST. CORRECTION. THE PUBLIC\nCOMMENT PERIOD IS GOING TO BE\nFOR 60 MINUTES. 6-0 MINUTES\nTODAY. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT\nPERIOD IS OPEN. WE'RE GOING TO\nSTART WITH AMY KING, PLEASE,\nFOLLOWED BY DENNIS SILLS.\nGOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS AMY\nKING. IM THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF\nPALLET. WE ARE A LOCAL COMPANY\nBASED IN EVERETT, WASHINGTON,\nTHAT MAKES SHELTER COMMUNITIES.\nWOO HAVE OVER 150 SHELTER\nCOMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY\nCURRENTLY IN 133 U.S. CITIES AND\n29 STATES. WE'RE ALSO IN\nCANADA. I WANTED TO COME TODAY\nAND SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE LAST\nAGENDA ITEM, PUSHING FOR LARGER\nSITES. PALLET HAS SITES OVER 200\nPEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT\nARE VERY SUCCESSFUL. YOU'RE\nGOING TO HEAR FROM ONE OF OUR\nMOST SUCCESSFUL SERVICE\nPROVIDERS LATER TODAY, MAGGIE,\nFROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN\nFLORIDA. OUR SITES HAVE GREATER\nTHAN 60% PLACEMENT RATE INTO\nPERMANENT HOUSING ACROSS THE\nCOUNTRY. THIS IS A RAPID\nCOST-EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO GET\nSHELTER INCREASED IN THIS\nCOMMUNITY AND GET PEOPLE\nCONNECTED WITH MEANINGFUL\nSERVICES. THE KEY TO LARGE SITES\nIS REALLY GOOD SERVICE PROVISION\nWITH INTEGRATED CARE. I AM A\nSEATTLE RESIDENT. I HAVE LIVED\nHERE FOR DECADES. I KNOW THE\nSERVICE PROVIDERS HERE. I KNOW\nTHE CLINICAL CARE AVAILABLE, AND\nI'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP AND\nWOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF THE\nSOLUTION HERE AS WELL. SO THANK\nYOU SO MUCH.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP DENNIS SILLS,\nFOLLOWED BY JULIA BOBO.\nCHAIRMAN LIN AND COUNCIL: CHAIRMAN LIN AND COUNCIL\nMEMBER. MY NAME IS DENNIS SILS,\nI WORK AT THE DSA. WE SUPPORT\nTHE MAYOR'S EFFORT TO EXPAND\nSHELTER CAPACITY. WE SUPPORT\nPROVEN MODELS AND PROVIDERS LIKE\nTHE PDA REACH, AS WELL AS\nLEHIGH. THANK YOU TO THE\nPRESENTERS TODAY FOR SHARING\nTHIS VISION. THESE PARTNERS\nDELIVER RESULTS AND SHOULD BE\nEMPOWERED TO SCALE. THESE NEW\nSHELTER UNITS ARE NOT ENOUGH. WE\nALSO NEED OUTREACH SERVICES AND\nSUPPORTS THAT HELP PEOPLE MOVE\nINTO HOUSING AND STAY HOUSED.\nWITHOUT THESE INVESTMENTS, THE\nSYSTEM WILL NOT DELIVER LASTING\nOUTCOMES. WE URGE COUNCIL TO\nMAKE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT\nARE AVAILABLE LIKE THE $11.1\nMILLION FOR SHELTER EXPANSION\nTHAT HAS BEEN PAUSED TO BRING\nTHESE EFFORTS TO SCALE AND TO DO\nTHEM WELL. WE'RE LEASING THESE\nFUNDS, THAT WILL HELP SCALE\nOUTREACH, STRENGTHEN SERVICES\nAND ENHANCE SHELTER AND PROVIDE\nFINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT HELPS\nPEOPLE STAY HOUSED. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP JULIA, FOLLOWED BY\nRUDA.\nHELLO. MY NAME IS JULIA, I AM\nA DISTRICT 7 RESIDENT LIVING\nDOWNTOWN AT THIRD, PIKE AND\nPINE. AS WE ALL KNOW, MY\nNEIGHBORHOOD IS CONSIDERED ONE\nOF SEATTLE'S MOST INTRACTABLE\nHOT SPOTS. MY NEIGHBORS AND I\nWITNESSED THE SUFFERING OF\nHUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DAILY. BUT\nBEHIND THE DRUG USING, DEALING\nAND FENCING ARE DESPERATE PEOPLE\nIN DIRE NEED. WHILE HOUSING IS\nAMONGST THESE NEEDS, THE MOST\nPREVALENT, URGENT AND CHRONIC\nNEEDS ARE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL\nHEALTH. I APPLAUD THE CURRENT\nSURGE TO STAND UP MORE TINY\nHOMES AND SHELTER. THIS IS\nABSOLUTELY NEEDED. BUT WE NEED\nTO ENSURE THIS HOUSING IS\nCOUPLED WITH ROBUST SUPPORTIVE\nSERVICES AND LOW BARRIERS TO\nENTRY FOR THE PEOPLE WE ARE\nTRYING TO SERVE. LOCAL OUTREACH\nPROGRAMS SHOW THAT 95% OF PEOPLE\nWILL COME INSIDE WHEN OFFERED\nHELP THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THEIR\nCIRCUMSTANCES. I ASK YOU TO\nENSURE TRULY WORKABLE SHELTER\nEXPANSION PLAN THAT NOT ONLY\nINCLUDES HOUSING BUT ROBUST\nBEHAVIORAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL\nHEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES FOR OUR\nNEIGHBORS ON THE STREET IN NEED.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP RUDA, FOLLOWED BY\nSTEVE.\nRUDA DWIGHT. THAT LOOKS LIKE\nIT. SORRY ABOUT THAT.\nSORRY. JUST GETTING MY\nGLASSES OUT.\nTAKE YOUR TIME, RUDA. AND\nTHANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING\nHERE.\nOKAY. HOW MUCH UPZONING DO WE\nNEED, AND WILL IT MAKE HOUSING\nMORE AFFORDABLE? THE THEORY\nBEHIND UPZONING ASSUMES IF MORE\nLOTS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY CAN\nBARTER FOR BETTER PRICES, LAND\nBEING THE BIGGEST COST AND\nSAVINGS WILL BE PASSED ON. THE\nPROBLEM WITH THE THEORY IS NO\nONE CAN TELL YOU HOW UPZONING\nWILL RESULT IN LOWER LAND COSTS.\nTHERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT IT\nLOWERS LAND COSTS OR MAKES\nHOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE. IN\nVANCOUVER, B.C., THIRD MOST\nUNAFFORDABLE CITY, IT INCREASED\nLAND COSTS. NEW ECONOMIC STUDIES\nSAY REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS\nAREN'T WHAT MAKES HOUSING MORE\nEXPENSIVE, IT'S LAND\nSPECULATION AND INCOME\nINEQUALITY. IF WE CAN'T PROVE\nUPZONING MAKES HOUSING MORE\nAFFORDABLE, WHY UPZONE SO MUCH?\nIN ADDITION TO THE 330,000\nHOMES, WE'RE ADDING MORE\nNEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, AND TO\nCOMPLY WITH HB491, [ INAUDIBLE ]\nMUST BE ADOPTED. DO WE\nUNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO\nOUR CITY? PLEASE PAUSE THE PLAN\nAND EVALUATE WHAT THE TOTALITY\nOF THESE UPZONES MEAN FOR\nSEATTLE, WIDEN THE DEBATE,\nCONSIDER NEW ECONOMIC\nINFORMATION UNDERMINING THE\nDEREGULATION THEORY AND SEEK [\nINAUDIBLE ].\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP STEVE FOLLOWED BY BEN: NEXT UP STEVE FOLLOWED BY BEN\nMITCHELL.\nI THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE\nTHAT APRIL 1st IS A MEETING DATE\nFOR THIS COMMITTEE. BUT I AM A\nLITTLE SHOCKED AND SURPRISED.\nYOU JUST HANDLED ALLOWING PEOPLE\nTO USE FEDERAL PROGRAMS WHICH IS\nA PERFECT RATIONAL THING TO DO,\nAND NOW YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT\nTHE WATERFRONT. BUT I CAN'T\nSPEAK ABOUT THAT AT THE MOMENT.\nSO LET'S GO TO SOMETHING ELSE.\nLET'S TALK ABOUT DESIGN REVIEW.\nPEOPLE IN THIS CITY HAVE BEEN\nPULLED OUT OF THE PROCESS. PART\nOF THE COMPROMISES BROUGHT ABOUT\nMUCH MORE INTENSIVE ZONING WAS\nDESIGN REVIEW, IN OTHER WORDS\nTHE BUILDINGS THAT WERE GOING TO\nBE BUILT SHOULD BE FITTING IN TO\nTHE AREA THAT THEY GO. BUT NOW\nYOU HAVE TURNED THAT UPSIDE\nDOWN. NOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD MUST\n[ BELL RINGING ] BECAUSE QUITE\nFRANKLY WE DON'T HAVE DESIGN\nREVIEW IN THE SENSE OF LOOKING\nAT THE REAL ISSUES OF THE\nBUILDING WILL PRESENT.\nTHANK YOU, STEVE.\nNEXT UP BEN, FOLLOWED BY\nOLIVER ROTHSCHILD.\nTHANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,\nCHAIR, LIN, MEMBERS OF THE\nCOMMITTEE, I'M BEN MITCHELL, A\nRESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2. I'M\nHERE THIS MORNING TO TESTIFY IN\nSUPPORT OF MAYOR WILSON'S\nPROPOSAL TO CREATE HUNDREDS OF\nNEW SHELTER UNITS RAPIDLY AND\nEVENTUALLY THOUSANDS OVER THE\nNEXT SEVERAL YEARS. AND I URGE\nTHE CITY COUNCIL TO WORK\nCONSTRUCTIVELY WITH THE MAYOR'S\nOFFICE TO MAKE HER PROPOSAL A\nREALITY. I ALSO ASK THAT THE\nCITY COUNCIL MAKE SURE THAT THE\nIMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN\nINCLUDES RIGOROUS ACCOUNTABILITY\nSTANDARDS. WE SHOULD HAVE CLEAR\nGOALS FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF\nPEOPLE WHO EXIT SHELTER TO\nSTABLE HOUSING OR TREATMENT, AND\nTHE CITY SHOULD PUBLISH OUTCOME\nDATA PUBLICLY. THIS ALSO MEANS\nTHAT OUR INVESTMENT MUST MATCH\nTHE SCALE OF THE GOALS. CHIEF\nUNDERSTAFFED SHELTER WILL NOT\nHELP THE PEOPLE WITH THE HIGHEST\nNEEDS AND WILL NOT CLEAN UP\nNEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT PRODUCE\nLASTING RESULTS. SO, AGAIN,\nPLEASE SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S\nPROPOSAL BUT ALSO SET CLEAR\nGOALS AND INVEST IN GOOD\nIMPLEMENTATION, MONITOR PROGRESS\nAND COURSE CORRECT WHEN\nNECESSARY. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP OLIVER, FOLLOWED BY\nALEX LOFTON.\nGOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS\nOLIVER ROTHSCHILD. I'M A\nDISTRICT 2 RESIDENT. COUNCILMAN\nLIN, I LIVE IN MOUNT BAKER RIGHT\nOFF RANIER WITH THREE KIDDOS.\nWHEN WE WALK AROUND OUR\nNEIGHBORHOOD, WE SEE FOLKS IN\nCRISIS EVERYDAY, AND THEY ASK ME\nWHY. AND I USUALLY TELL THEM\nIT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BUILT\nENOUGH HOUSING AND SHELTER. SO\nI'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS\nPACKAGE. PLEASE PASS IT. BUT I\nALSO HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO EVERY\nYEAR, EVERY COMMUNITY MEETING WE\nHAVE IN MOUNT BAKER WHICH YOU\nCOME TO SOMETIMES COME OUT\nAGAINST NEW HOUSING AND SHELTER.\nAND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE BAD\nGUYS. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE\nEVIL. I THINK WE HAVEN'T YET\nPROVEN THAT THE CITY CAN DELIVER\nFOR THEM. SO LIKE BEN WHO JUST\nSPOKE, I HOPE YOU DELIVER THIS\nPACKAGE WITH PROGRAMS THAT WORK,\nPROGRAMS LIKE PDA AND WITH\nACCOUNTABILITY AND DATA MEASURE,\nAND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THESE\nCOMMUNITY IMPACTS WILL BE AND\nHOW WE'RE FIXING THEM BECAUSE I\nTHINK THE COMBO OF RESULTS AND\nTRANSPARENCY IS WHAT'S GOING TO\nTURN MY NEIGHBORS INTO\nSUPPORTERS OF INITIATIVES LIKE\nTHIS.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP ALEX, FOLLOWED BY\nAIDEN CARROLL.\nGOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR\nHAVING ME. MY NAME IS ALEX\nLOFTON. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE\nCENTRAL DISTRICT,\nHOLLINGSWORTH'S DISTRICT. I'M\nHERE TODAY REPRESENTING FOR\nSEATTLE PROJECT, A NEW GROUP\nHERE IN THE CITY THAT'S\nSUPPORTING THE SHELTER AND\nHOUSING COALITION LETTER THAT\nWAS SIGNED BY OVER 200\nORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY\nMEMBERS. THIS PARTICULAR\nLEGISLATION IS PERSONAL TO ME.\nMY GRANDMOTHER LEFT HER HOME TO\nMY PARENTS. THAT HOME ENDED UP\nBEING THE FIRST EXAMPLE ENTERED\nOF GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN MY\nFAMILY, AND THAT HOME SET THE\nCOURSE FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND\nTHIS IS WHY I SPENT MY CAREER IN\nHOUSING, ENDED UP BACK HERE IN\nSEATTLE, BOUGHT MY HOME IN THE\nCENTRAL DISTRICT, AND IT'S WHY\nI STARTED THIS GROUP CALLED\nSUPPORT SEATTLE. WE ASK FOR MORE\nHIGH SUPPORT SHELTER WITH MORE\nBEHAVIORAL SERVICES, THROUGH-PUT\nSHELTER TO PERMANENT HOUSING AND\nNEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT MITIGATION.\nTHESE ARE THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS.\nAS WE MENTIONED, WE NEED TO MAKE\nSURE WE'RE TRACKING WHAT'S\nWORKING AND KEEP INVESTING. SO I\nREALLY HOPE WE INVEST IN THIS.\nTHANK YOU VERY MUCH.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP AIDEN, FOLLOWED BY\nNICOLE ALEXANDER.\nHI. I'M A D6 RESIDENT AND\nHERE WITH SERVICES NOT SWEEPS\nCOALITION, HERE TO SUPPORT THIS\nSHELTER PROPOSAL BUT ALSO TO SAY\nTHAT WE NEED TO END WEEKEND AND\nEXTREME WEATHER SWEEPS\nIMMEDIATELY. AND SIMILAR SORTS\nOF THINGS, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY\nWE GOT A CALL FROM SOMEONE ON\nUCT SAYING, HEY, CAN YOU COME\nJUMP SOMEONE'S CAR? THE\nLIABILITY FOR THE CITY'S\nINSURANCE WON'T ALLOW T. WE'RE\nALWAYS BEING ASKED TO HELP\nPEOPLE. LIKE, THE CITY NEEDS TO\nLET ITS WORKERS DO THINGS LIKE\nGIVE PEOPLE RIDES AND TOW PEOPLE\nTO A PLACE THEY WANT TO GO IN AN\nEMERGENCY. WE DON'T THINK THAT\nLEHIGH SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO\nOPERATE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.\nTHEY'RE GOOD AT CREATING THEM,\nBUT THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS\nWHY [ BELL RINGING ] THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP NICOLE FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP NICOLE FOLLOWED BY\nLINDSEY.\nGOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS\nNICOLE ALEXANDER, THE DIRECTOR\nOF OUTREACH -- IS THAT BETTER?\nOKAY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS\nNICOLE, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF\nOUTREACH AND SPECIAL INITIATIVES\nWITH COLEAD AND PDA. JUST A\nFANCY WAY OF SAYING I'M THE\nBOOTS ON THE GROUND THROUGHOUT\nOUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE BEEN FOR\nMANY, MANY YEARS. WHAT I WANT TO\nSAY IS THAT WORKING WITH OVER\nTHOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS, WHAT\nWE HAVE FOUND IS THAT FOLKS WANT\nTO COME INSIDE. THERE ARE NOT\nSERVICE-RESISTANT INDIVIDUALS,\nTHERE ARE RESISTANT SERVICES,\nAND IT'S VERY, VERY HARD FOR US\nTO BREAK THAT NARRATIVE AROUND\nTHOSE INDIVIDUALS. SPECIFICALLY\nWITHIN THE SHELTERING SURGE\nPROGRAM, WE NEED TO INVEST IN\nHIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER UNITS.\nSHELTERS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR\nCOMPLEX PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL\nHEALTH NEEDS. THOSE FOLKS MAKE\nUP 63% OF OUR PEOPLE\nEXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED\nHOMELESSNESS RIGHT NOW. SHELTER\nAND HOUSING INVESTMENTS CANNOT\nCOME AT EACH OTHER [ BELL\nRINGING ] WE NEED TO INVEST IN\nBOTH OF THEM. BOTTOM LINE WE\nKNOW WHAT WORKS, AND WE KNOW\nTHAT SHELTER SURGE CAN BE\nSUCCESSFUL AS LONG AS WE MEET\nTHE NEEDS WITH HIGH CAPACITY.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP LINDSEY, FOLLOWED BY\nMANUELA.\nCAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? CAN YOU\nHEAR ME NOW? GOOD MORNING,\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS\nLINDSEY, AND I'M PROUD TO BE\nSTANDING WITH COLEAD TODAY.\nBEFORE THIS ROLE, I WORKED IN\nCASE IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN A\nSUPPORTIVE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT\nHELPING BUILD PROGRAMS FROM THE\nGROUND UP. I ALSO BRING PERSONAL\nAND LIVED EXPERIENCE, SO I\nUNDERSTAND THESE CHALLENGES FROM\nBOTH SIDES. I'VE SEEN WHAT\nWORKS, AND WE'VE ALL SEEN WHAT\nDOESN'T. WHEN WE ASK -- WHEN WE\nTALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT REFUSING\nSERVICES, WE NEED TO BE ASKING\nWHY. MANY ARE RESPONDING TO PAST\nEXPERIENCES THAT DIDN'T MEET\nTHEIR NEEDS, CREATED MORE\nBARRIERS, MORE TRAUMA AND\nINCREASED STRAIN ON STAFF AND\nSYSTEM RESOURCES. SHORT-TERM\nAPPROACHES LEAD TO WORSE\nOUTCOMES AND COST MORE OVER\nTIME. WE NEED A START AT THE\nFOUNDATION BUILDING LIFE SKILLS\nTHAT HELP PEOPLE KEEP THEIR\nHOUSING. THAT'S WHERE COLEAD\nSTANDS APART. COPROVIDES CASE\nMANAGEMENT SUPPORT AND AFTER\nSERVICES MEETING PEOPLE WHERE\nTHEY ARE AND SUPPORTING THEM\nEVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THAT\nCONSISTENCY IS WHAT MAKES A\nDIFFERENCE, AND IT'S WHAT WE\nNEED TO EXPAND. HOUSING SOMEONE\nISN'T SUCCESS, STABILITY IS.\nAND RIGHT NOW WE'RE FUNDING\nMOVEMENT THROUGH A SYSTEM WHEN\n-- [ INAUDIBLE ]\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP MANUELA, FOLLOWED BY\nAT THATKEISHA KING.\nMY NAME IS MANUELA, I'M THE\nPROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE VITAL\nFAMILIAR FACES PROGRAM AT REACH\nAND ALSO A DISTRICT 2 RESIDENT.\nOUR TEAM SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS\nWHO ARE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED\nBY THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND HAVE\nCHRONIC MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL\nHEALTH CONDITIONS. ONE OF THE\nBIGGEST BARRIERS OUR CLIENTS\nFACE IN MAINTAINING STABILITY IS\nA LACK OF APPROPRIATE HOUSING\nAND SHELTER. I'VE SEEN CLIENTS\nEXITED FROM SHELTER TIME AND\nTIME AGAIN DUE TO BEHAVIORS THAT\nARE NOT NECESSARILY HARMING\nOTHERS BUT ARE OFFPUTTING OR\nDIFFICULT TO MANAGE IN CLOSE\nQUARTERS. OVER TIME, THESE\nINDIVIDUALS DECLINE SHELTER BEDS\nBECAUSE THEIR PAST EXPERIENCES\nGIVE THEM INSIGHT THAT IT WON'T\nWORK FOR THEM BEYOND A PLACE TO\nSLEEP FOR THAT ONE NIGHT. YEARS\nOF WORK AND EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY\nAGENCIES SERVING THE UNHOUSED\nCOMMUNITY IN SEATTLE GIVE US\nTHAT SAME INSIGHT. SHELTER IS\nOFTEN THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS\nPERMANENT HOUSING, STABILITY,\nTREATMENT AND MORE. SHELTER ONLY\nWORKS WHEN IT IS DESIGNED TO\nMEET THE UNIQUE AND COMPLEX\nNEEDS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND\nHIGH-NEED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IN\nORDER FOR SHELTER TO RESULT IN\nDESIRED LONG-LASTING OUTCOMES\nIT, NEEDS TO HAVE THE RESOURCES\nAND FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE\nEFFECTIVE HIGH-LEVEL SUPPORT AND\nBE FUNDED REALISTICALLY.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP TAKE ISHA, FOLLOWED\nBY DANIELLE.\nI'M SORRY. OH, GREAT. GOOD\nMORNING, MY NAME IS KEISHA KING,\nHERE WITH COLEAD. AND I AM\nSPEAKING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF\nSHELTER EXPANSION. OFTENTIMES WE\nTHINK A HUGE PART OF IT IS\nGETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.\nWHY THAT IS A PART OF IT,\nANOTHER PART IS KEEPING THEM OFF\nTHE STREETS AND KEEPING THEM\nHOUSED. COMING IN IS NOT A\nTWO-DAY PROCESS, NOR IS IT A\nMONTH FOR SOME PEOPLE. DURING\nTHAT TIME, THEY ARE RELEARNING\nEVERYTHING, THINGS WE OFTEN TAKE\nFOR GRANTED, WHETHER IT'S\nGETTING A NEW I.D., KEEPING THAT\nI.D. AFTER BEING ON THE STREETS\nFOR 10 YEARS, ESTABLISHING CARE\nWITH A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN,\nKEEPING A KEY, KEEPING A CELL\nPHONE FOR LONGER THAN GO WEEKS,\nTHINGS THAT TO US MAY SEEM\nNORMAL BUT TO PEOPLE COMING OFF\nTHE STREET, THEY ARE RELEARNING\nTHOSE THINGS. WITH OUR MODEL\nHERE AT COLEAD, OUR CLIENTS HAVE\nTHE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CARE\nTEAM THAT MEETS THEM WHERE\nTHEY'RE AT, WHETHER IT'S IN\nTHE STREETS WITH OUR OUTREACH\nTEAM OUTREACHING THEM, OUR\nLODGING TEAM, SHELTERING THEM OR\nTHE CARE TEAM WHERE I AM AT\nHELPING THEM STABILIZE HOUSING.\nWE'RE ABLE TO GO TO MEDICAL\nAPPOINTMENTS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH\nAPPOINTMENTS, LEGAL APPOINTMENTS\nAND APPOINTMENTS THAT TAKE\nHOURS. AND SO THAT IS WHY [\nINAUDIBLE ]\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nTENILLE FOLLOWED BY GREGORY: TENILLE FOLLOWED BY GREGORY\nGREER.\nMY NAME IS DANIEL. I'M 34\nYEARS OLD. BEFORE I MET COLEAD,\nI WAS AT THE LOWEST POINT OF MY\nLIFE. I WAS HOMELESS FOR TWO\nYEARS. I MET COLEAD ON 45th AND\nSEVEN. THEY WERE WALKING AROUND\nOFFERING PEOPLE HOUSING. AND I\nTHOUGHT IT WAS A MIRACLE FROM\nGOD AND A BLESSING THAT I'M\nFINALLY GOING TO HAVE A PLACE\nWHERE I COULD SLEEP AND NOT\nWORRY ABOUT GETTING HIT BY A\nCAR. I FELT SAFE WITH COLEAD.\nTHEY TREATED ME WITH RESPECT,\nAND THEY LOOKED AT ME AS A HUMAN\nBEING. AND I KNEW THAT IT WAS AN\nOPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GET MY\nLIFE BACK TOGETHER. COLEAD WAS\nWITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.\nTHEY SUPPORTED ME, GAVE ME\nADVICE THAT I NEEDED TO SUCCEED.\nIF IT WASN'T FOR THEM BEING OUT\nTHERE THAT DAY, I WOULDN'T BE\nHERE TODAY. I'D PROBABLY BE\nOVERDOSED SOMEWHERE UNDERNEATH\nTHE BRIDGE. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nGREGORY FOLLOWED BY LISA: GREGORY FOLLOWED BY LISA\nHELLO. MY NAME IS GREG GREER.\nMY NAME IS GREG GREER. I'M FROM\nA PARTICIPANT IN A SHARE WHEEL\nHOMELESS SHELTER, AND THE\nSHELTERS ARE THERE FOR PEOPLE\nWHO NEED THEM, AND FOR ME\nPERSONALLY IN A TIME OF\nTRANSITION WHEN I DIDN'T THINK\nI HAD ANY OPTIONS, IT GAVE ME A\nWAY OUT OF A DIFFICULT\nSITUATION. AND I WILL ALSO SAY\nABOUT HOMELESS SHELTER EXPANSION\nTHAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT,\nAND WITHOUT SHELTER, PEOPLE DIE.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP LISA FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP LISA FOLLOWED BY\nJESSICA YANG.\nHI. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN\nAND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.\nI'M LISA, PRINCIPAL AT KNITZA\nSTAGGEN, A REAL ESTATE COMPANY\nACTIVE IN SEATTLE FOR THE LAST\n50 YEARS. I'M HERE AS CHAIR OF\nTHE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION\nSTREETS TO HOUSING INITIATIVE.\nI'VE WORKED OVER 30 YEARS\nGLOBALLY ON SOCIAL SYSTEM CHANGE\nINITIATIVES, AND I KNOW WE CAN\nBE DOING BETTER IN SEATTLE TO\nMEET THE HOUSING, MENTAL AND\nBEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION\nNEEDS OF OUR UNSHELTERED\nNEIGHBORS. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT\nFUNDING FOR THE MAYOR'S\nPROPOSED SHELTER EXPANSION IN\nDOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND BEYOND WITH\nTINY HOME VILLAGES. I'M ALSO\nHERE TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF PDA\nAND REACH WHOSE SYSTEM CHANGED\nMODELS OF PRAIS ARE DESIGNED\nWITH INTENDED OUTCOMES IN MIND.\nI'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LISA\nDUGARD AND HER TEAM FOR OVER 10\nYEARS IN SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS\nON ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR\nUNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS IN A\nSYSTEMS CHANGE WAY, AND,\nFRANKLY, THEY'RE HELPING TO\nHOLD THE SKY UP FOR SEATTLE BY\nTIRELESSLY AND OFTEN WITH LESS\nFUNDING THAN NEEDED WORKING TO\nDEPLOY HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS\nAND HELP PEOPLE GET OFF THE\nSTREETS AND FIND STABILITY.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP JESSICA FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP JESSICA FOLLOWED BY\nTAMMY GREEN.\nHI LAND USE COMMITTEE. I'M\nJESSICA, I'M SPEAKING FOR FOR\nSEATTLE WHICH IS SEATTLEITES FOR\nA BETTER CITY. I CARE DEEPLY\nABOUT OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS. I\nSUPPORT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL\nFOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE INSIDE AND\nACCESS SERVICES. IN MY TIME\nWORKING IN HOMELESS SERVICE,\nIT'S CLEAR SUPPORT AND -- I\nCAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY OF MY\nCLIENTS WERE SENT OFF TO\nSHORT-TERM TREATMENT PROGRAMS,\nONLY TO COME BACK TO OUR\nTRANSITIONAL PROGRAM AFTER 90\nDAYS BECAUSE THEY HAD NO\nFOLLOWUP. THEY DON'T CALL IT\nTHE REVOLVING DOOR FOR NOTHING.\nWE NEED A SHELTER THAT TRULY\nMEETS PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE,\nTHAT SUPPORTS THEIR LIFE\nCIRCUMSTANCES, WHETHER THEY HAVE\nA PET OR WORK NIGHTS. AND THEY\nNEED TO BE PRIORITIZED AND\nFUNDED SO THEY CAN CONTINUE WARM\nHANDOFFS AS PEOPLE MOVE TO THEIR\nNEXT STEPS. WE NEED EFFICIENT\nMECHANISMS THAT ENSURE WE'RE\nACTUALLY REACHING THE OUTCOMES\nWE WANT TO ACHIEVE. I URGE THE\nCOMMITTEE NOT ONLY TO PASS THIS\nPROPOSAL WHEN IT COMES TO VOTE\nBUT TO ENSURES IT PROVIDES THE\nKIND OF CONTINUITY CARE BY\nORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE PROVEN\nTO BE SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP TAMMY FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP TAMMY FOLLOWED BY\nHOLLY WILLIS.\nGOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR\nTHIS OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS\nTAMMY GREEN. I WORK WITH REACH.\nI WORK IN DISTRICT 1, AND I\nTRULY BELIEVE THAT MY VOICE THIS\nMORNING REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE\nTHAT I SEE EVERYDAY. I COULD\nPROBABLY TELL YOU MORE THAN A\nMILLION STORIES ABOUT THEIR\nLIVES, ABOUT THEIR\nCIRCUMSTANCES, HOW THEY GOT\nTHERE AND YET THERE IS ONE\nCOMMON DENOMINATOR, AND THAT I\nDON'T KNOW ONE OF THEM THAT\nWOULDN'T BE WILLING AND THINK\nIT A WONDERFUL THING TO BE ABLE\nTO GO INSIDE. TINY HOMES ARE A\nHOT COMMODITY. I LITERALLY HAVE\nA RUNNING LIST OF MANY, MANY,\nMANY. I LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE\nGOING TO -- THAT WE ARE\nPROPOSING TO HAVE. SUBSTANCE USE\nDISORDER, I SUPPORT THAT WITH\nTINY HOME VILLAGES, ALSO\nBEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT. THERE\nIS A GREAT NEED FOR IT, AND I\nAPPRECIATE YOU ALL HEARING ME\nAND HEARING OUR CLIENTS. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP HAILEY FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP HAILEY FOLLOWED BY\nNOAH WILLIAMS.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS. MY NAME IS HOLLY\nWILLIS. I'M THE POLICY MANAGE\nAT THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY\nCOALITION ON HOMELESSNESS, AND I\nLIVE IN DISTRICT 5. I'M HERE\nTODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR'S\nPROPOSED SHELTER EXPANSION.\nEVERYONE NEEDS A SAFE WARM AND\nDRY PLACE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT THAT\nMEETS THEIR NEEDS. WE JOIN OTHER\nDIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS TO URGE\nYOU TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW\nPROPOSED SHELTER IS FUNDED IN A\nWAY THAT ENSURES HIGH-QUALITY\nSERVICES THAT HELP PEOPLE FIND\nSTABILITY AND THAT IT CAN\nCONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTED IN THE\nLONG TERM. WE CAN AND MUST WALK\nAND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME.\nWHILE WE EXPAND HIGH-QUALITY\nSHELTER WITH ROBUST SERVICES, WE\nALSO NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR\nEXISTING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE\nHOUSING CAN CONTINUE TO HOUSE\nPEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE\nRETURN TO HOMELESSNESS. EVEN AS\nWE FACE MASSIVE SHIFTS AND\nLOSSES IN FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR\nPERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING\nTHROUGH THE [ BELL RINGING ]\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH.\nTHANK YOU VERY MUCH: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.\nNEXT UP NOAH FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP NOAH FOLLOWED BY\nASHLEY.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.\nMY NAME IS NOAH WILLIAMS. I AM A\nWEST SEATTLE RESIDENT. I'M A\nTECH WORKER WITH STABLE\nEMPLOYMENT, AND I'M HERE TODAY\nBECAUSE I'M SICK OF WATCHING MY\nNEIGHBORS SUFFER PREVENTABLY.\nEVERYDAY I RIDE MY BIKE PAST THE\nENCAMPMENTS AND BREATHE THE\nFUELS OF THE PAPER AND PLASTIC\nTHAT FORCED TO STAY WARM. LATE\nAT NIGHT I RIDE THE BUSES THAT\nMANY OF THEM ARE FORCED TO SLEEP\nON AS THEIR TENTS ARE DESTROYED\nBY SLEEPS. WE NEED TO STOP THESE\nDISRUPTIONS AND GIVE THEM\nINTEGRATED SERVICES DOWN TO THE\nDETAILS LIKE REFRIGERATION FOR\nTHEIR MEDICATIONS. THIS\nLEGISLATION IS A STEP IN THE\nRIGHT DIRECTION. PLEASE PASS IT\nAND CRITICALLY KEEP GOING.\nENABLE CITY WORKERS, AS OTHER\nMEMBERS HAVE SUGGESTED, AND\nLITCH TO THE VOICES OF MY\nUNHOUSED NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE\nCOME UP TODAY AND THE ONES THAT\nCAN'T BE HERE AS WELL. THANK\nYOU.\nNEXT UP ASHLEY FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP ASHLEY FOLLOWED BY\nELENA.\nHI. I'M ASHLEY. I'M HERE\nADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF MORE\nTHAN 200 PLUS ORGANIZATIONS,\nUNIONS AND NEIGHBORS WHO SIGNED\nA LETTER URGING HEAVY INVESTMENT\nIN HIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER AND\nTHROUGH-PUT HOUSING. OUR\nCONTINGENT INCLUDES UNIONS SUCH\nAS USCW 3,000, SEIU AND SWEEPS\nCOALITION AND THE DOWNTOWN\nSEATTLE ASSOCIATION. THE\nPOLITICAL BREADTH OF THIS GROUP\nSHOWS NOW THE ENERGY AND WILL\nEXISTS IN THIS CITY TO DO BIG\nTHINGS AND TO DO THEM WELL. WHEN\nIT COMES TO PEOPLE LIVING\nOUTSIDE, WE KNOW THAT THE VAST\nMAJORITY AREN'T SERVICE\nRESISTANT AND WILL COME INSIDE\nIF THE OFFERED HELP WORKS FOR\nTHEM. AND WHEN REACH SURVEYED\n5,000 PEOPLE LIVING ON THE\nSTREETS LAST YEAR, 60% HAD\nBEHAVIORAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH\nNEEDS. THOSE 3,000 PEOPLE SHOULD\nHAVE THE OPTION OF\nNON-CONGREGATE, HIGH-SUPPORT\nSHELTER. WE HAVE TO BUILD WHAT\nWE KNOW WORKS BECAUSE WE'VE\nBEEN FALLING SHORT FOR A LONG\nTIME, AND IT DEMORALIZES THE\nWHOLE CITY. IT MAKES US BELIEVE\nTHAT WE CAN'T DO BIG THINGS,\nAND WE CAN. SO PLEASE ENSURE\nTHAT THE SHELTER SURGE MEETS THE\nNEEDS OF OUR UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND\nSIGNIFICANTLY FUND HIGH-SUPPORT\nSHELTER.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP ELENA FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP ELENA FOLLOWED BY\nTAN.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS. MY NAME IS ELENA, AND\nI'M HERE REPRESENTING FRIENDS\nOF LITTLE SAIGON IN DISTRICT 2.\nI'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU FOR\nTWO THINGS. FIRST, TO INVEST IN\nHIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER PROGRAMS\nFOR SEATTLE'S MOST VULNERABLE\nRESIDENTS AND, SECOND, TO\nPRIORITIZE THE PEOPLE ON THE\nSTREETS OF LITTLE SAIGON FOR\nGETTING INTO SHELTER EARLY. WE\nAPPLAUD THE MAYOR AROUND HER\nHOUSING CRISIS AND SHELTER\nEXPANSION PLAN. WE NEED DEEP\nINVESTMENT IN SHELTER UNITS\nCITYWIDE THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF\nPEOPLE EXPERIENCING COMPLEX\nMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH\nCHALLENGES THE EFFECTS OF WHICH\nWE SEE EVERYDAY IN LITTLE\nSAIGON. SIMPLY PROVIDING SHELTER\nISN'T ENOUGH. WE NEED SHELTER\nAND SERVICES THAT WILL HELP\nPEOPLE FIND LONG-TERM STABILITY,\nPAST THIS SUMMER AND THE WORLD\nCUP. OUR SECOND PRIORITY IS TO\nHELP PEOPLE IN LITTLE SAIGON TO\nGET PLACED IN THESE UNITS. THIS\nIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A\nNOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN A\nHIGH-NEED NEIGHBORHOOD. [ BELL\nRINGING ]\nI URGE YOU TO GO WHERE THE: I URGE YOU TO GO WHERE THE\nNEEDS ARE GREATEST AND HELP THE\nPEOPLE MOVE FROM LITTLE SAIGON\nINTO SAFE, SUPPORTIVE SHELTERS.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP TAN FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP TAN FOLLOWED BY\nMAMAR.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS. MY NAME IS AND I'M AN\nEMPLOYEE AT THE LOW INCOME\nHOUSING INSTITUTE. AS A\nVOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, I HAVE\nCHATTED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE\nACROSS THIS CITY FROM AMAZON\nWORKERS TO ADVOCACY GROUPS TO\nSTUDENTS ENGAGED IN SERVICE\nLEARNING. ACROSS THE BOARD OUR\nVOLUNTEERS SEE THE NEED FOR\nSHELTER AND KNOW HOW MUCH MORE\nEFFECTIVE ENHANCED SHELTERS ARE.\nI'M ADVOCATING FOR MAYOR\nWILSON'S LEGISLATION FOR\nSHELTER EXPANSION, NOT ONLY\nEXPANDING THE SHELTERS BUT\nINVESTING INTO DEEP SUPPORTIVE\nSERVICES MAKES THIS A HOLISTIC\nAPPROACH. WHILE THERE ARE MANY\nHOUSING HEROS, THE TRUE HOUSING\nHEROS ARE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES,\nOUR CASE MANAGERS. I SEE\nEVERYDAY HOW HARD OUR CASE\nMANAGERS WORK TO CONNECT OUR\nCLIENTS TO NECESSARY SUPPORTS\nAND RESOURCES. AN INVESTMENT\nINTO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, ALONG\nWITH SHELTER EXPANSION, IS A\nTRUE WRAP AROUND SOLUTION TO OUR\nCRISIS. EVERYDAY I [ BELL\nRINGING ] BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT\nOUR CASE MANAGERS THROUGH\nDONATIONS IN PROGRAMMING. I HOPE\nYOU ALSO REVEL IN THIS\nOPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE\nSOLUTION. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP MARMA FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP MARMA FOLLOWED BY\nMOLLY.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS\nFOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR FROM\nCOMMUNITY MEMBERS THIS MORNING.\nMY NAME IS MARTA, AND I'M A\nCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AT\nLOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE. WE\nBELIEVE THAT THE HOMELESSNESS\nCRISIS IN SEATTLE NEEDS TO BE\nADDRESSED IN LINE WITH THE\nVASTNESS OF THE NEEDS OF OUR\nUNHOUSED NEIGHBORS. WE NEED\nHIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER THAT\nPROVIDES WRAP AROUND SERVICES.\nWE ASK THAT THE LAND USE\nCOMMITTEE APPROVE THE\nLEGISLATION BEING DISCUSSED\nTODAY THAT WILL ALLOW THE CENSUS\nLIMIT FOR ENHANCED SHELTER TO BE\nEXPANDED. WE HAVE ALSO ADVOCATED\nFOR THE FUNDING NEEDED TO ENSURE\nTHESE LARGER SHELTER SITES WILL\nRECEIVE THE NECESSARY BEHAVIORAL\nHEALTH, CASE MANAGEMENT AND\nSUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES\nNEEDED TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY\nMEMBERS. WE BELIEVE HAVING\nDEEPLY SUPPORTED SHELTER WILL\nRESULT IN DEEPLY SUPPORTED\nPEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH ALL THE\nSERVICE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY\nMEMBERS HERE TODAY, SEE WHAT IS\nHAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND\nNEED YOUR HELP TO SAVE LIVES.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP MOLLY FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP MOLLY FOLLOWED BY\nMADIGAN.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS. MY NAME IS MOLLY, I'M\nA DISTRICT 3 RESIDENT. I'M HERE\nTO ADVOCATE FOR SHELTER\nEXPANSION BY INCREASING THE\nCITYWIDE LIMIT FOR TRANSITIONAL\nENCAMPMENT FROM 100 TO 150\nPEOPLE AND BY ALLOWING SELECT\nSITES TO SERVE UP TO 250 PEOPLE.\nEXPANDING CURRENT SHELTER SITES\nWITH NECESSARY SUPPORTIVE\nSERVICES IS THE FASTEST AND THE\nMOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO SAVE\nLIVES. UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS\nIS ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING\nCHALLENGES FACING OUR CITY.\nALMOST 10,000 OF OUR NEIGHBORS\nLIVE UNSHELTERED IN SEATTLE. IN\nLINE WITH MAYOR WILSON'S\nPROPOSAL TO ADD 1,000 UNITS OF\nNEW SHELTER IN 2026, IT'S\nIMPERATIVE THAT WE ACT QUICKLY.\nNOT ONLY IS HOUSING A\nFUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT BUT A\nCRITICAL SOCIAL DETERMINATE OF\nHEALTH THAT TOUCHES EVERY ASPECT\nOF A PERSON'S WELL-BEING. WHEN\nPEOPLE LOCK IN SAFE STABLE\nHOUSING, EVERYTHING FROM THEIR\nHEALTH, EMPLOYMENT,\nRELATIONSHIPS AND SENSE OF\nDIGNITY IS THREATENED. NOW MORE\nTHAN EVER WE NEED MORE\nHIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER WITH\nBEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND CASE\nMANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT ALLOW\nOUR NEIGHBORS TO THRIVE. I URGE\nYOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH\nEMPATHY, URGENCY AND A STRONG\nBELIEF THAT EVERYONE IN OUR CITY\nDESERVES A PLACE TO CALL HOME.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP MADIGAN FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP MADIGAN FOLLOWED BY\nMARGARET.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS. MY NAME IS MADIGAN, AND\nI LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. I'M HERE\nTODAY TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED\nLEGISLATION THAT WILL EXPAND THE\nNUMBER OF SHELTER BEDS IN\nSEATTLE. UNSHELTERED\nHOMELESSNESS IS ONE OF THE\nBIGGEST CHALLENGES IN SEATTLE,\nAND THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE. THE\nSEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE IS CLEAR\nIN EVERY PART OF THE CITY, AND\nIT IS HEARTBREAKING TO WITNESS\nTHE UNSAFE CONDITIONS THAT MY\nNEIGHBORS LIVE IN EVERYDAY DUE\nTO A LACK OF SERVICES AND\nSHELTER. THE LEGISLATION I'M\nHERE TO SUPPORT WILL EXPAND THE\nNUMBER OF SHELTER BEDS FROM 100\nTO 150 FOR ALL SHELTERS IN\nSEATTLE. ADDITIONALLY, THIS\nCOUNCIL BILL WOULD ALLOW FOR\nSOME LARGER SHELTERS TO MEET THE\nNEEDS OF 250 PEOPLE. WHILE IT IS\nIMPORTANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER\nOF BEDS, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF\nTHESE SHELTERS DEPEND ON THE\nADDITION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH\nAND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.\nHIGH-SUPPORT SHELTERS ARE\nESSENTIAL IN ENSURING THAT THE\nUNHOUSED POPULATION RECEIVES THE\nHEALTHCARE AND CASE MANAGEMENT\nTHAT THEY DESERVE, HELPING THEM\nGET INTO [ BELL RINGING ] THANK\nYOU FOR USING YOUR POWER TO\nPROTECT HOUSING AS A RIGHT FOR\nEVERY RESIDENT OF SEATTLE.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP MARGARET FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP MARGARET FOLLOWED BY\nFRANCIS.\nGOOD MORNING. I'M MARGARET\nSHIELD, AND I LIVE IN LAKE CITY\nIN D5. MY HOME IS ABOUT FOUR\nBLOCKS FROM THE NEW OLYMPIC\nHILLS TINY HOUSE VILLAGE. I HAVE\nJUST ONE COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT\nVILLAGE. IT IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH,\nOTHERWISE COLEAD PROVIDES AN\nAMAZING SERVICE MODEL THAT GIVES\nME HOPE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN\nMANY YEARS ABOUT GETTING THE\nSERVICES WE NEED IN LAKE CITY TO\nHELP UNHOUSED PEOPLE STABILIZE\nAND REBUILD. BUT THE 44 TINY\nHOMES ARE ALREADY FULL BECAUSE\nPEOPLE WANT TO COME IN OFF THE\nSTREET. WE NEED MORE TINY HOUSES\nTO MEET THE SCALE NEEDED IN D5.\nI'VE BEEN TALKING WITH MY\nNEIGHBORS ABOUT THE NEW TINY\nHOMES. PEOPLE WHO ARE INITIALLY\nCONCERNED BECOME SUPPORTIVE WHEN\nTHEY LEARN ABOUT THE SECURITY\nAND THE SERVICES AND THE\nSTAFFING. I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT IT\nTHAT I VOLUNTEERED TO THE\nCOMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR\nTHE VILLAGE. I'M SURE YOU'LL\nHEAR FROM OTHERS WHO DON'T WANT\nSHELTER EXPANSION IN D5, BUT\nTHEY DO NOT REPRESENT ME OR MY\nNEIGHBORS WHO WANT SOLUTIONS.\nPROVIDING LOW-BARRIER SHELTER\nWITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND\nACCOUNTABILITY WORKS. SWEEPS\nDESTABILIZE AND [ INAUDIBLE ]\nTHANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]\nNEXT UP FRANCIS FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP FRANCIS FOLLOWED BY\nKELLY.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS. MY NAME IS FRANCES\nDINGER, A DISTRICT 3 RESIDENT.\nI'M ALSO WITH THE ORGANIZATION\nWELD. WE PROVIDE RE-ENTRY\nSERVICES TO PEOPLE EXITING\nINCARCERATION, AND I'M HERE TO\nSUPPORT THE PROPOSED SHELTER\nEXPANSION AND ENSURE THAT\nSHELTER PLANNING INCLUDES PEOPLE\nWHO ARE EXITING INCARCERATION OR\nOTHERWISE LEGAL SYSTEM IMPACTED.\nFOR MY NEIGHBORS WHO EXPRESS\nCONCERN ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, I\nWILL NOTE THAT THE DATA SHOWS\nBEING UNHOUSED INCREASES RISK OF\nRECIDIVISM BY NEARLY 50%.\nPROVIDING HOUSING ISN'T JUST\nTHE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR\nNEIGHBORS, IT KEEPS PEOPLE OUT\nOF JAILS AND PRISONS.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP KELLY FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP KELLY FOLLOWED BY\nTIA.\nHELLO. MY NAME IS KELLY. I'M\nA SOCIAL WORKER, AND I HAVE BEEN\nA CASE MANAGER, OUTREACH CASE\nMANAGER, THERAPIST FOR MANY\nYEARS AND A D.A.C. AT THE\nBEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, THAT\nWAS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME, AND\nTHE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS\nBECAUSE I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND\nHOW THE VARIETY OF SHELTERS DO\nNOT MEET THE NEEDS, AND ONE OF\nTHE THINGS I WANT TO SAY IS THAT\nIT IS NOT JUST HAVING MORE\nSHELTER BUT ADEQUATE SHELTER\nBECAUSE PEOPLE LIVE -- LIKE,\nDESERVE TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY.\nSO, YES, WE NEED CONGREGATE\nSHELTERS, BUT I THINK AS PEOPLE\nHAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, LOW\nBARRIER SHELTERS, PEOPLE COME IN\nWITH PETS, WITH PARTNERS, I HAVE\nSEEN THE BENEFIT OF HAVING YOUR,\nLIKE, LOW ROOM OR VERY LOW,\nLIKE, ONE ROOMMATE. IT MAKES A\nHUGE DIFFERENCE TO BE ABLE TO\nCLOSE A DOOR, HAVE PRIVACY, ALL\nOF THAT PEOPLE DESERVE IN\nSHERLT. LIKE, THE CONTINUUM OF\nCARE THAT'S NEEDED, IT'S NOT\nJUST ENDING IN SHELTER. IT NEEDS\nTO BEGIN WITH PEOPLE ON THE\nSTREETS [ BELL RINGING ]\nI HAVE DONE STUFF WITH STOP: I HAVE DONE STUFF WITH STOP\nTHE SERVICES AND SERVICES NOT\nSWEEPS BECAUSE WE NEED MONEY\nFROM THE SWEEP TEAM TO PUT INTO\nSHELTERS. WE SPEND MILLIONS OF\nDOLLARS FOR THINGS THAT ARE\nKILLING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, AND WE\nHAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP TINA: NEXT UP TINA.\nCAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. I'M\nTINA. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7. AND\nI'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL THE\nWONDERFUL STUFF THAT PEOPLE HAVE\nSAID. I'M GOING TO SAY TO YOU,\nI THINK THE GOAL OUGHT TO BE\nELIMINATING THE NEED TO HAVE\nTHESE CONVERSATIONS AT ALL, AND\nWHAT THE WOMAN TWO TIMES AGO\nJUST SAID, SUPPORT IT, BUILD IT,\nFUND IT, GET IT DONE. THANK YOU.\n[ APPLAUSE ]\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP CARA, FOLLOWED BY\nELLIS.\nGOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO\nMUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND I\nJUST AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF\nTHESE NEIGHBORS TO COME IN AND\nEXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT. I SERVE\nAS A PASTOR IN DISTRICT 1 IN\nWEST SEATTLE, AS WELL AS A\nVOLUNTEER AT WESTSIDE NEIGHBOR\nSHELTER, THE ONLY EMERGENCY\nSHELTER IN WEST SEATTLE. AND\nLAST NIGHT I SHARED A MEAL WITH\nNEIGHBORS WHO ARE SO FEARFUL\nBECAUSE LAST NIGHT WAS THE LAST\nNIGHT OF OVERNIGHT SHELTER IN\nWEST SEATTLE. AND ALSO WE LOST\nTWO NEIGHBORS THIS WEEK. AND\nYESTERDAY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF\nVISITING TWO IN ICU, AND I HAVE\nCOME TO KNOW THESE NEIGHBORS AS\nREAL NEIGHBORS AND AS FRIENDS\nAND EVEN AS FAMILY MEMBERS. AND\nSO I PLEAD ON THEIR BEHALF,\nPLEASE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP ELIAS, FOLLOWED BY\nMICHAEL THORNTON.\nGOOD MORNING. I HELP OUT AT\nTHE WESTSIDE NEIGHBOR SHELTER,\nAND THERE'S A SWEET GUY NAMED\nALAN. HE WAS ON THE STREETS, AND\nHE DIED A YEAR AGO. HE DID NOT\nDO DRUGS. HE DIED, HE WAS OUT\nTHERE FOR TOO LONG. AND THIS IS\nJUST GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING. WE\nNEED TO CHANGE IT. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, ELIAS.\nNEXT UP MICHAEL FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP MICHAEL FOLLOWED BY\nBRANDON.\nHI. I'M MICHAEL THORNTON.\nMOST OF YOU KNOW ME. I\nPERSONALLY SEEN ALEXIS MEET\nPEOPLE AT EVENTS. THANK YOU.\nSEATTLE HAS FAILED AND STIFLED\nTHE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING\nPROGRAM. 30 YEARS IN, PROGRAMS\nARE STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND\nSITES. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF\nLACK OF SPACE. SEATTLE HAS 83.9\nSQUARE MILES. THAT'S OVER\n40,000 FOOTBALL FIELDS. SAYING\nTHERE'S NO ACCEPTABLE SITES\nISN'T CREDIBLE. THE ISSUE IS\nBARRIERS. EVEN THOUGH THE CODE\nALLOWS FOR 4,000 UNITS, WE'RE\nNOT USING IT. HERE'S THE ASK.\nLOWER THE MINIMUM SITE SIZE,\nALLOW FOR PERMANENT PLACE\nPROGRAMS FOR ENCAMPMENTS THAT\nARE ALREADY CLOSED TO COMPLIANT,\nUSE PRIVATE LAND THROUGH\nINCENTIVES AND SHORT-TERM MASTER\nLEASES FOR LANDLORDS WITH\nBLIGHTED PROPERTIES, REOPEN THE\nEMERGENCY SHELTER IN THIS\nBUILDING, REMOVE THE BARRIERS\nAND USE THE LAND WE ALREADY\nHAVE, AS WELL AS EXPAND THE LAND\nWE CAN USE FOR BUILD.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP BRANDON FOLLOWED BY: NEXT UP BRANDON FOLLOWED BY\nJEFF PAUL.\nMY NAME IS BRANDON MONESSEN: MY NAME IS BRANDON MONESSEN.\nI'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR MAYOR\nWILSON'S PLAN INCREASING\nSHELTER IN EVERY COUNCIL\nDISTRICT, INCLUDING MY DISTRICT,\nDISTRICT 5. I EXPERIENCED\nHOMELESSNESS AS A YOUNG ADULT\nAND CURRENTLY SERVE AS A SEATTLE\nHUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER, AND I\nWANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW IMPORTANT\nASPECTS OF SHELTER THAT I HOPE\nARE ADDRESSED IN THE SHELTER\nEXPANSION PROCESS. WE NEED TO\nREDUCE BARRIERS, DOGS, COUPLES,\nAGE, GENDER, THE EASIEST WAY TO\nGET FOLKS INSIDE IS TO MAKE IT\nEASIER FOR THEM TO BE ALLOWED\nIN. INCREASE OVERALL CAP AND\nPROVIDE MORE SERVICES PER\nPERSON, MORE CASE MANAGERS. WE\nALSO NEED TO CREATE MORE\nPATHWAYS FROM EMERGENCY SHELTER\nTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. I'D\nLIKE TO SEE OUTREACH TO FOSTER\nCARE SYSTEMS IN SCHOOLS TO\nIDENTIFY YOUNG ADULTS IN NEED OF\nHOUSING. 34% OF UDUB STUDENTS\nSTATED EXPERIENCING HOUSING\nINSECURITY IN THE LAST 12\nMONTHS. I KNOW ALL OF YOU SEE\nOUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AS HUMANS\nIN NEED OF A PLACE TO STAY, SO\nDON'T LET BUREAUCRACY, RED TAPE\nOR A COUPLE OF LOUD NEIGHBORS\nGET IN THE WAY OF DOING THE\nRIGHT THING. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP JEFF, FOLLOWED BY\nGEORGE SCALES.\nHELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS\nJEFF. I'M A DISTRICT 3 RESIDENT\nHERE AND MY PERSONAL CAPACITY OF\nTHE SEATTLE SWEEPS COALITION.\nYOU'VE HEARD SO MANY WONDERFUL\nCOMMENTS THIS MORNING ABOUT THE\nDESPERATE NEED FOR SUPPORTIVE\nSHELTER SERVICES. THIS IS WHAT\nTHE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE WANT. THIS\nIS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. WE\nDON'T WANT CRUEL AND USELESS\nSWEEPS THAT KILL PEOPLE, LIKE MY\nFRIEND TOM AND JUST SHUFFLE\nPEOPLE AROUND THE CITY. WE WANT\nACTUAL SOLUTIONS. THIS\nLEGISLATION IS ONE STEP IN\nMAKING THAT HAPPEN. IT ALLOWS\nSUCCESSFUL SHELTERS TO DO MORE\nTO ACTUALLY BRING PEOPLE INSIDE.\nLET'S FUND IT, BUILD IT,\nSUPPORT IT AND GET IT DONE.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP GEORGE: NEXT UP GEORGE.\nHELLO, COUNCIL.\nI'M GEORGE SCALES.\nUNFORTUNATELY, I'VE BEEN A PART\nOF THE PROBLEM, THE HOMELESS\nTEAM, OR THE HOMELESS COMMITTEE,\nBUT THANKS TO THE COLEAD TEAM,\nI'M NOW PART OF THE SOLUTION.\nTHANK YOU FOR HEARING US.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nWE'LL NOW TRANSITION TO\nREMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT. GOING TO\nSTART WITH DANIELLE MONTROSE.\nDANIELLE, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6\nWHEN YOU'RE READY.\nOKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME?\nYES, WE CAN.\nHELLO? OH, OKAY. SORRY. HI.\nMY NAME IS DANIELLE MOE L\nMONTROSE A COLEAD SUPPORT\nSPECIALIST SUPERVISOR. I'M HERE\nTO SPEAK ABOUT THE NEED FOR A\nDEEP INVESTMENT IN HIGH-SUPPORT\nSHELTER UNITS. I FIRSTHAND SEE\nWHAT OUR PROGRAM DOES, AND WHAT\nIT DOES IS IT MEETS PEOPLE WHERE\nTHEY ARE. IT SUPPORTS THEM WITH\nTHEIR PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL\nHEALTHCARE, ENROLLMENTS, RE[\nINAUDIBLE ] HOUSING BY GETTING\nSOCIAL SECURITY CARDS, I.D.s,\nQUASHING WARRANTS, ET CETERA.\nAND BECAUSE OUR CASE MANAGERS\nHAVE SMALLER CASELOADS, WE CAN\nGIVE VERY INDIVIDUALIZED CARE,\nAND WE ALSO REQUIRE THAT OUR\nCLIENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE\nPROCESS WHICH GIVES THEM\nPERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. AND\nI'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT WRAP\nAROUND SUPPORT DOES, WE HAVE AN\nAMAZING AFTER CARE TEAM, AN\nOUTREACH TEAM. PEOPLE DO NOT\nFALL THROUGH THE CRACKS, AND\nTHEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN HOUSING\nONCE THEY GET INTO IT WHICH\nMEANS WE'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY\nIN THE LONG RUN, SO THE MONEY\nYOU INVEST TODAY IS GOING TO BE\nTHE MONEY YOU SAVE TOMORROW.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP WILL BE TONYA: NEXT UP WILL BE TONYA\nFOLLOWED BY DAVID AND HILLARY.\nTONYA, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 WHEN\nYOU'RE READY.\nOKAY. THIS IS TANYA. I LIVE\nIN DISTRICT 2, TWO BLOCKS FROM\nWHERE [ INAUDIBLE ] SHOT IN\nRANIER BEACH. [ INAUDIBLE ] TWO\nBLOCKS -- ACTUALLY, WITHIN ONE\nBLOCK FROM WHERE TWO TEENS WERE\nSHOT YESTERDAY, HAVING MUTUAL\nAID GROUP [ INAUDIBLE ] SO WE\nSUPPORT A FOCUSED INVESTMENT IN\nHIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER PROGRAM\nUTILIZING AND EXPANDING AND\nOPERATING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE\nHOUSING. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW [\nINAUDIBLE ] CARRIED A\nDISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE\nCHALLENGES, EVEN THOUGH THE\nNAVIGATION CENTER IS NOW CLOSED,\nINSTABILITY STILL REMAINS, AND\nWHAT'S MISS SOMETHING A\nCONSISTENT APPROACH THAT\nACTUALLY WORKS FOR BOTH PEOPLE\nIN CRISIS AND THE SURROUNDING\nCOMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M\nREALLY STRESSED WE DON'T HAVE\nSERVICES FOR PEOPLE. WE HAVE\nPEOPLE-RESISTANT SERVICES, AND\nTHAT'S WHY SHELTER EXPANSION [\nBELL RINGING ] SO WE NEED MORE\nSHELTER. WE NEED TO SUPPORT\nNEIGHBORHOODS CARRYING THIS WORK\n[ INAUDIBLE ] NOW WE NEED TO\nFULLY COMMIT TO IT. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP DAVID HAYNES FOLLOWED: NEXT UP DAVID HAYNES FOLLOWED\nBY HILLARY SANTINI.\nHI. THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES.\nWHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S\nA WAY. SO TAKE THE ACTION AND\nSTOP THE DELAY. IT'S GOING TO\nBE SUMMERTIME BEFORE YOU GET\nAROUND TO FINALLY GETTING THE\nSHELTERS. IF YOU REALLY CARE,\nYOU COULD HAVE 1,000 UNITS OF\nHOUSING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE\nWEEKS, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE\nWILLING TO UTILIZE NOBLY ALREADY\nTHE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU\nTHAT YOU JUST HAVE TO PULL THE\nLEVERS ON. AND WHILE YOU'RE\nBUILDING THE TINY VILLAGES THAT\nNEED TO HAVE AN IMPROVEMENT ON\nTHE PROPER INTERPRETATION OF\nDRUG TREATMENT AND BEHAVIORAL\nCRISIS INSTEAD OF ISSUING\nALTERNATIVE [ INAUDIBLE ] AND\nNEVER DELVING INTO THEIR\nPROBLEMS, YOU HAVE TO KNOW\nTHERE'S INNOCENTS USING [\nINAUDIBLE ] INSIDE THE\nPORT-A-POTTIES SPREADING THEIR\nDISEASE AND BLOOD AND MRSA. SO\nANYWAY, YOU COULD USE A NOBLE\nNATIONAL GUARD TO STAND UP\nAUTHORIZED ENCAMPMENTS, GRADUATE\nTHE DRUG ADDICTS INTO THE TINY\nBUILDINGS [ INAUDIBLE ]\nUP NEXT, HILLARY SANTINI.\nHELLO. I LIVE AND WORK IN\nDISTRICT 3. WE NEED DECENT\nINVESTMENT IN HIGH-SUPPORT\nSHELTER UNITS, SHELTERS DESIGNED\nFOR THOSE WITH COMPLEX PHYSICAL\nAND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS WHO\nMAKE UP AN ESTIMATED 53% OF THE\nPEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED\nHOMELESSNESS. WE NEED FULL\nFUNDING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT\nLEVEL STRATEGY [ INAUDIBLE ]\nSAFETY AMBASSADORS, NON-VIOLENT\nESCALATION TEAM, DEDICATED STAFF\nWHO CAN SUPPORT REALTIME\nMONITORING AND ACCOUNTABILITY\nFRAMEWORK. WE ALSO NEED PROPER\nSITING, COMMUNITY IMPACT\nANALYSIS, DISBURSE PLACEMENT OF\nSUPPORT SERVICES THROUGHOUT\nNEIGHBORHOODS AND SUFFICIENT\nFUNDING TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY\nMEMBERS IN NEED OF SERVICES, AS\nWELL AS COMMUNITY IMPACT.\nFINALLY, THE CHALLENGE IS NOT\nUNIQUE TO SEATTLE, YET SEATTLE\nIS UNFAIRLY BEARING THE BURDEN\nOF MANY OF THESE SUPPORT\nSERVICES FINANCIALLY. MUCH\nGREATER SUPPORT IS NEEDED FOR\nKING COUNTY, WASHINGTON STATE\nAND THE GOVERNMENT. PLEASE USE\nYOUR POSITION TO ADDRESS THE\nNEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH AN\nEYE TO LONGEVITY AND\nSUSTAINABILITY. PLEASE WORK AND\nDEMAND MORE OF YOUR PARTNERS AT\nTHE COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL\nLEVEL. THANK YOU.\nWE HAVE REACHED THE END OF: WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF\nREMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT SIGNUPS.\nTHANK YOU, ALL. THIS HAS BEEN\nA VERY MOVING MORNING, AT LEAST\nFOR ME, I SUSPECT FOR MY\nCOLLEAGUES AS WELL, REALLY\nAPPRECIATE EVERYBODY TAKING TIME\nOUT OF YOUR DIFFERENT BUSY\nSCHEDULES TO BE HERE AND TO\nSHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND\nEXPERIENCES WITH US. AS THERE\nARE NO ADDITIONAL REGISTERED\nSPEAKERS, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO\nOUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. AND WE'D\nLIKE TO MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST\nITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK\nPLEASE READ ITEMS ONE THROUGH\n45.\nAGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH: AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH\nFIVE, AMENDS 33 -- EXCUSE ME,\nAPPOINTMENTS 3463 THROUGH 3467,\nAPPOINTMENTS OF PHOEBE ERIN\nBOGERT TATUM LAU FOR SEATTLE\nDESIGN COMMISSION TO TERMS\nFEBRUARY 28, 2027,\nREAPPOINTMENTS OF KATE CLARK.\nSEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION TO\nTERMS OF FEBRUARY 29th, 2028 FOR\nBRIEFING AND DISCUSSION AND\nPOSSIBLE VOTE.\nTHANK YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE\nINTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE\nRECORD?\nSURE, THANK YOU, COUNCIL\nMEMBER. MICHAEL JENKINS, I'M THE\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, .\nI'M PHO\nI'M TATUM LAU OPEN DESIGN\nCOMMISSIONER AND GETTING\nCONFIRMED TODAY.\nTHANK YOU. GO AHEAD. IF YOU\nHAVE ANY PRESENTATION OR\nTHOUGHTS, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE\nTO SHARE WITH US.\nSURE IE.'S ALWAYS HAPPY TO\nTALK ABOUT THE SEATTLE DESIGN\nCOMMISSION. JUST A FEW OPENING\nCOMMENTS BEFORE I GIVE JUST A\nFEW COMMENTS ABOUT OUR\nAPPOINTMENTEES, THE SEATTLE\nDESIGN COMMISSION WAS\nESTABLISHED IN 1968. WE'RE THE\nSECOND OLDEST IN THE UNITED\nSTATES THAT'S SPECIFICALLY\nDEVOTED TO THE DESIGN OF PUBLIC\nFACILITIES. ALL OF OUR\nCOMMISSIONERS ARE ACTUALLY\nAPPOINTED BASED UPON OUR\nPROFESSION. WE'RE REQUIRED TO\nHAVE ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS,\nPLANNERS AND PEOPLE WHO WORK IN\nTHE ACTECHTURE AND DESIGN\nINDUSTRIES. ALL OF OUR PEOPLE\nARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND\nCONFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL. THE\nFOCUS OF THE COMMISSION IS TO\nLOOK AT THE DESIGN AND\nENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF\nPUBLIC FACILITIES. CURRENTLY THE\nBULK OF OUR WORK IS DEVOTED TO\nTHE DESIGN AND DESIGN\nNEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRATION OF\nLIGHT RAIL FACILITIES. WE'RE\nCOMPLETING OUR 10th YEAR OF\nLOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE TO\nREPLACE THE STATE ROUTE 520\nBRIDGES AND THE RELATED\nINVESTMENTS IN THE PUBLIC REALM.\nAND WE WORK ON A VARIETY OF\nOTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS AS WELL.\nJUST VERY BRIEFLY, BEFORE YOU\nHAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR\nAPPOINTMENTEES, PHOEBE BOGERT IS\nOUR NOMINEE FOR CHAIR. PHOEBE IS\nAT ARCHITECTURE BASED HERE IN\nPORTLAND. WE'RE HAPPY SHE'S\nSTOOD UP TO BE OUR CHAIR. TATE\nUM LAU COMES TO US FROM HER WORK\nAS A SENIOR ASSOCIATE AT\nAECUSTOM, AN INTERNATIONAL\nPLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE DESIGN\nFIRM. HER WORK IS FOCUSED ON\nSOCIAL VALUE AND EQUITY IN THE\nUNITED STATES AND THE WEST\nCOAST, ADVISING CLIENTS AND\nTECHNICAL TEAMS ON METHODS TO\nEMBED AND EVALUATE EQUITY AND\nINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. WE'RE\nVERY PLEASED TO HAVE THEM\nSTANDING UP AND BEING A PART OF\nTHIS COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE\nOTHER REAPPOINTMENTS THAT YOU\nHAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY. AND HAPPY\nTO ANSWER ANY QUESTION OF ME OR\nTHE APPOINTEES. THANK YOU.\nWONDERFUL. COLLEAGUES, ANY\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH.\nTHANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR\nBEING HERE ON A DAY WHERE YOU'RE\nHERE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO\nHAVE YOUR APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED.\nWE USUALLY GET INTO A LOT OF\nQUESTIONS. I USUALLY HAVE A LOT\nOF QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO EXPAND\nUPON YOUR BACKGROUND AND HOW YOU\nARE GOING TO HELP OUR\nCOMMISSION. WE HAVE A LOT GOING\nON TODAY. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD\nTHE HEAVINESS IN THE\nCONVERSATION, SO I'M JUST GOING\nTO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR\nVOLUNTEER SERVICE ON OUR\nCOMMISSION. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.\nANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?\nI DO JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP IF\nANY OF YOU HAVE ANY BRIEF\nSTATEMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE\nTO MAKE, I'D JUST LIKE TO SORT\nOF REENFORCE WHAT MY COLLEAGUE\nSAID, REAPPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE,\nYOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP AND\nTO HELP OUR CITY.\nNO COMMENTS, JUST\nAPPRECIATION AND LOOKING FORWARD\nTO SERVING THE CITY.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S BEEN A\nPLEASURE AND EXCITED TO WRAP UP\nTHIS FINAL YEAR IN THIS\nPOSITION. SO THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.\nSO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE\nTHAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND\nCONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS\n3463 THROUGH 3467. IS THERE A\nSECOND?\nSECOND: SECOND.\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO: IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nRECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE\nAPPOINTMENTS. IF THERE ARE NO\nFINAL COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK\nPLEASE CALL THE ROLL?\nVICE CHAIR STRAUSS: VICE CHAIR STRAUSS.\nAYE.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER: COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT\nHOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER RINCK: COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nCHAIR LIN: CHAIR LIN.\nYES.\nCHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE VOTES\nIN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED.\nOKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES ON\nTHE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION\nTHAT THE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS\nWILL BE SENT TO THE APRIL 26th,\n2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE'LL\nNOW MOVE ON TOT SIXTH ITEM OF\nBUSINESS.\nAGENDA ITEM 6, COUNCIL BILL\n121171, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO\nLAND USE AND ZONING REPEALING\nORDINANCE 127191 WHICH ALLOWED\nRESIDENTIAL USE WITHIN THE\nTRANSITION AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT\nUNDER CHAPTER 23.74 OF THE\nSEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR A\nPUBLIC HEARING.\nTHANK YOU. THE LEGISLATION\nTHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A\nPUBLIC HEARING ON WOULD REPEAL\nORDINANCE 127191 WHICH ALLOWED\nIN THE STADIUM TRANSITION\nOVERLAY DISTRICT. THIS IS IN\nRESPONSE TO A GROWTH MANAGEMENT\nHEARING BOARD'S DECISION\nFINDING THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS\nINCORRECTLY PASSED AT COUNCIL\nAND CONTAINED PROCEDURAL ERRORS.\nWE'RE GOING TO HOLD A PUBLIC\nHEARING TODAY. WE ARE NOT GOING\nTO BE TAKING A VOTE, BUT AS --\nSO AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I AM\nNOW OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING\nON COUNCIL BILL 121171,\nREPEALING ORDINANCE 127 --\nSTORY, ON COUNCIL BILL 121171\nREPEALING ORDINANCE 127191. HOW\nMANY ARE SIGNED UP?\nTHERE ARE THREE IN-PERSON\nSPEAKERS AND THREE REMOTE\nSPEAKERS.\nEACH SPEAKER WILL BE PROVIDED: EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PROVIDED\nTWO MINUTES. CLERK, I WILL NOW\nHAND THIS OVER TO YOU TO PRESENT\nTHE INSTRUCTIONS. THE SAME\nPUBLIC COMMENT RULES APPLY TO\nTHIS HEARING. A 10-SECOND CHIME\nWILL SOUND WHEN YOU NOTICE THAT\nTHE TIME STARTS TO WRAP UP FOR\nCOMMENTS. AS SPEAKERS' MICS\nWILL BE MUTED AT THE END OF THE\nALLOTTED TIME. PUBLIC COMMENT\nRELATING TO COUNCIL BILL 121171\nIS ONLY BEING ACCEPTED AT THIS\nPUBLIC HEARING. SPEAKERS ARE\nASKED TO START BY STATING THEIR\nNAME. FIRST SPEAKER IS DAN\nFOLLOWED BY BILLY\nHEATHERRINGTON.\nGOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN,\nCOMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS\nDAN, I'M WITH INTERNATIONAL\nLONGSHORE WAREHOUSE UNION 119.\nI'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEM\n6. SINCE COUNCIL BILL 121171 WAS\nPASSED LAST YEAR, THE GROWTH\nMANAGEMENT HEARING BOARD BROUGHT\nNEW PERSPECTIVE INTO THE POLICY\nCONVERSATION THAT COMPELS THE\nCITY TO ACT. COUNCIL MEMBER\nLIN'S BILL IS SIMPLY THE\nNECESSARY STEP TO COMPLY WITH\nGROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARING\nBOARD'S ORDER [ INAUDIBLE ]\nABOVE AND BEYOND THIS NECESSARY\nPROCEDURAL STEP TO COMPLY WITH\nSTATE OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS. WE\nKNOW THAT THE CHALLENGES\nCONFRONTING WORKING FAMILIES\nACROSS THE CITY OF SEATTLE WILL\nREQUIRE ALL OF US TO WORK\nTOGETHER MOVING FORWARD. WE CAN\nAND SHOULD FIND WAYS TO WORK\nTOGETHER TO CONFRONT HISTORIC\nCHALLENGES THIS CITY WILL FACE,\nTHAT NO SINGLE POLITICIAN,\nSTAKEHOLDER OR CAN CONFRONT\nALONE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE\nCOMPLETION OF A STUDY WORK BEING\nCONDUCTED BY THE ES TAD AND\nOPCD, AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL BILL\n30297 TO HELP US BETTER\nUNDERSTAND THE PRESSURES FACING\nOUR MARITIME INDUSTRIAL LANDS AS\nMAJOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION\nAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, SUCH\nAS SOUND TRANSIT MOVE FORWARD.\nWE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE\nIMPACTS AND ANY CHANGES TO\nOPERATIONS AT SOUTH HOLGATE\nSTREETS, ONE OF THE FEW\nEAST/WEST CROSSINGS IN SOTO THAT\nWILL CREATE FREIGHT SYSTEMS.\nEXPECT INCREASED CARGO ACTIVITY\nAT TERMINAL 46 BY A SIGNED\nM.O.W. YOU HAVE TO BE FULLY\nVETTED. ALL OF THESE CHANGES\nNEED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN\nTOTAL, NOT IN SILOS. AS POLICY\nCONVERSATION CONTINUES. I URGE\nSUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR\nPASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121171.\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP BILLY HEATHERRINGTON: NEXT UP BILLY HEATHERRINGTON.\nGOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN AND\nREST OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.\nI'M BILLY. I WORK FOR LINE\nLOCAL 242. AND DIDN'T REALLY\nHAVE ANY COMMENTS PREPARED THIS\nMORNING, BUT I DID WANT TO\nREMIND WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON\nTHIS ORDINANCE LAST YEAR, WE HAD\nOVER 30 ORGANIZATIONS THAT\nREPRESENTED OVER 150,000 UNION\nMEMBERS, 300 SMALL BUSINESS\nORGANIZATIONS AND HAD A LARGE\nCOALITION THAT WORKED ON THIS\nORDINANCE TO PROVIDE HOUSING,\nHALF OF WHICH WOULD BE\nAFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL\nBUSINESSES AND TO ACTIVATE A\nCOMMUNITY THAT WELCOMES WELL\nOVER 5 MILLION PEOPLE TO BOTH OF\nOUR STADIUMS DOWN THERE EACH AND\nEVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO WHILE I AM\nAGAINST THE NUMBER SIX ON THE\nAGENDA HERE TODAY, I KNOW THAT\nTHERE ARE -- THERE'S WORKING ON\n-- WE'RE WORKING ON EITHER A\nRESOLUTION OR SOME PATHWAY\nFORWARD WHICH WOULD ALLOW THIS\nIN THE FUTURE DOWN THERE, AND AS\nFAR AS THE ORDINANCE GOES, THE\nSUBSTANCE OF THE ORDINANCE WAS\nDEEMED VALID AND THE PROCEDURAL\nSTUFF CAN BE CHANGED IT, CAN BE\nWORKED ON BY THE CITY IN THE\nFUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR\nTIME TODAY.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT WE HAVE RACHEL SIGNED UP: NEXT WE HAVE RACHEL SIGNED UP\nFOR PUBLIC HEARING. RACHEL.\nRACHEL, A MOMENT OF\nCLARIFICATION. THIS IS A PUBLIC\nHEARING RELATED TO SOTO HOUSING\nREPEAL, NOT TO PREVIOUS ITEMS ON\nTHE LIST. IS YOUR COMMENT\nRELATED TO THAT?\nYES. IT IS RELATED TO THE\nPREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM. I CAN,\nLIKE, FILL OUT A COMMENT PART IF\nANYBODY IS GOING TO READ IT.\nTHANK YOU, RACHEL. WE\nABSOLUTELY WILL READ IT, AND\nALSO WE HAVE STAFF WHO WOULD BE\nHAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOU.\nAPOLOGIES FOR THAT. THANK YOU,\nRACHEL.\nTHAT CONCLUDES IN-PERSON\nSPEAKERS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO\nREMOTE, STARTING WITH JESSA.\nJESS, GO AHEAD AND HIT STAR\n6, PLEASE.\nGOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND\nMEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. WE\nUNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY MUST\nTAKE THIS ACTION TODAY TO COMPLY\nWITH THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT HERE\n[ INAUDIBLE ] AND THE PROCEDURAL\nISSUES IDENTIFIED WITH ORDINANCE\n121171 FROM 2025. WHILE IT'S\nDISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE REPEAL\nOF A POLICY THAT MANY IN OUR\nNEIGHBORHOOD VIEWED [ INAUDIBLE\n] WE RECOGNIZE THE CITY'S\nOBLIGATION TO ADDRESS THOSE\nPROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS. AT THE\nSAME TIME, WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE\nTHAT THE UNDERLYING NEED THAT\nMOTIVATED OUR SUPPORT OF THIS\nORDINANCE HAS NOT GONE AWAY.\nPIONEER SQUARE AND THE\nSURROUNDING DISTRICTS REMAIN\nSOME OF THE MOST TRANSIT-RICH\nAND INFRASTRUCTURE-READY PARTS\nOF SEATTLE FOR RESIDENTIAL\nDEVELOPMENT, YET WE CONTINUE TO\nSEE FAR LESS RESIDENTIAL\nPRESENCE THAN DESIRED.\nINCREASING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY\nIN AND AROUND PIONEER SQUARE IS\nCRITICAL TO CREATING THE KIND OF\nVIBRANT, SAFE AND ECONOMICALLY\nRESILIENT NEIGHBORHOOD WE ARE\nALL WORKING TOWARD. MORE\nRESIDENTS SUPPORT SMALL\nBUSINESSES, ACTIVATE OUR STREETS\nIN MORE HOURS OF THE DAY AND\nHELP BALANCE THE DISTRICT'S\nECONOMY. SO WHILE TODAY'S\nACTION ADDRESSES A PROCEDURAL\nREQUIREMENT, WE HOPE IT IS NOT\nTHE END OF THIS IMPORTANT\nCONVERSATION. THE ALLIANCE FOR\nPIONEER SQUARE LOOKS FORWARD TO\nWORKING WITH THIS COMMITTEE,\nCITY COUNCIL AND RELEVANT CITY\nDEPARTMENTS TO EXPLORE PATHWAYS\nTHAT RESPONSIBLY ADD MORE\nRESIDENTIAL PRESENCE IN THIS\nAREA. OUR CITY DEFINITELY NEEDS\nMORE [ INAUDIBLE ], AND WE\nBELIEVE PIONEER SQUARE SHOULD BE\nTHAT SOLUTION. THANK YOU FOR\nYOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR WORK ON\nTHESE ISSUES.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP WE HAVE DAVID: NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVID\nFOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY\nNAME IS DAVE, I LIVE IN DISTRICT\n5. IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING WORK\nBY COUNCIL, I FIND IT IRONIC\nTHAT 121171 IS BEING CONSIDERED\nIF NOT NECESSITATED. WE ARE\nCONSISTENTLY INFORMED THAT WE\nFACE A HOUSING CRISIS [\nINAUDIBLE ] CONSTRUCTION OF MORE\nHOUSING. IN PHASE ONE OF THE\nPLAN, WE WENT UPPRECEDENTED\nUPZONING. HOWEVER, THE EXTENT TO\nWHICH THIS HOUSING WILL BE\nAFFORDABLE REMAINS UNCERTAIN.\nAND IN PHASE TWO OF THE COMP\nPLAN, THE REGIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD\nCENTERS WILL UPZONE\nNEIGHBORHOODS, POTENTIALLY\nLEADING TO THEIR ELIMINATION.\nDESPITE THESE EFFORTS, WE NOW\nHAVE THIS LEGISLATION, COUNCIL\nBILL 121171 WHICH PROPOSES THE\nREMOVAL OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING\nFROM THE STADIUM DISTRICT. HOW\nCAN WE MOVE THIS OPPORTUNITY,\nAGAIN, YOU'VE NECESSITATED WHEN\nTHE COMP PLAN IS [ INAUDIBLE ]\nWORKING TO INCREASE IT. WHETHER\nWE ARE EXPERIENCING A HOUSING\nCRISIS OR NOT. I URGE YOU TO\nMAINTAIN CONSISTENCY [ INAUDIBLE\n] THROUGHOUT THE CITY.\nRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS\nCONTRIBUTED TAXES JUST LIKE\nLARGE BUSINESSES. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nNEXT UP DAVID HAYNES: NEXT UP DAVID HAYNES.\nHI. THANK YOU. DAVID HAYNES.\nTHE FACT THAT THE PORT OF\nSEATTLE WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO\nCANCEL A BUNCH OF POTENTIAL\nHOUSING DICTATES AND DEMANDS\nTHAT THE CITY COUNCIL REMIND THE\nPORT OF SEATTLE THAT WHEN THEY\nUSE THE EXCUSE THAT THEY CAN'T\nHAVE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN\nTHEIR PATHWAY TO THE HIGHWAY\nTHAT THE PORT HAS TO HONOR THE\nRESPECT AND THE SLOW SPEED THAT\nTHEY SPEED THROUGH WHEN PEOPLE\nARE GOING TO THE BASEBALL GAME,\nLIKE 81 TIMES PEOPLE HAVE TO GO\nDOWNTOWN SEATTLE FOR A BASEBALL\nGAME, AND AT THE ENTRANCE IS THE\nROAD RAGE, INCONSIDERATE AND\nDISRESPECTFUL PORT OF SEATTLE'S\nTRUCKS WHO TOXIFY AND ROAD RAGE\nFLOWING IN THEIR DIESEL PEDAL\nAND RUIN THE QUALITY THAT\nDEMANDED THAT PEOPLE NOT HAVE TO\nLIVE DOWN THERE AND SUFFER THE\nSUFFOCATING CONSEQUENCES OF\nTOXIC AIR. AND I'M HERE TO TELL\nYOU THAT THE McERS WILL NEVER\nWIN A WORLD SERIES, AND THE HOME\nFIELD ADVANTAGE OF THE PORT OF\nSEATTLE ABUSES THE HELL OUT OF\nTHE PEOPLE THAT COME DOWN THERE.\nAND WE NEED AN ORDINANCE THAT\nSAYS THE TRAIN IS NOT ALLOWED TO\nHONK ITS HORN THAT RULES THE\nBULLPEN, THAT MESSES UP THE\nMENTAL HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE IN\nTHE STADIUM, NOTHING LIKE A 12th\nFAN IN A RAGE YELLING AS LOUD AS\nPOSSIBLE, BUT YET WHEN THE PORT\nCAME SPEEDING THROUGH THAT SAME\nINTERSECTION, HONKING THEIR\nHORN, GOING FASTER THAN\nNECESSARY, IT REINS THE QUALITY\nOF LIVING DOWN THERE. AND IT\nDRIVES PEOPLE NUTS. AND YET WE\nGOT A HOTEL ON THE OTHER SIEVD\nTHE STADIUM, BUT YOU ALL DON'T\nWANT TO REALIZE THAT THE PORT\nHAS DICTATED A BUNCH OF ABUSIVE\nPOLICIES THAT HAVE CHEATED\nPEOPLE OUT OF A BASKETBALL ARENA\nDOWN THERE AND IT'S RUINING THE\nQUALITY. WE NEED A SPEED LIMIT\nENFORCEMENT OF 25 OR [ INAUDIBLE\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nHET E SMITH IS ALSO SIGNED UP: HET E SMITH IS ALSO SIGNED UP\nFOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT.\nHEATHER, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO\nPLEASE CALL IN, WE CAN RETURN TO\nPUBLIC COMMENT IN A MOMENT. NEXT\nUP WE'RE GOING TO RETURN NEXT\nTO IN-PERSON. STEVE, YOU'RE UP\nNEXT.\nWELL, MY GRANDFATHER ON MY\nMOTHER'S SIDE WOULD PROBABLY BE\nHAPPY IF I DIDN'T SPEAK TO\nTHIS. HE WAS A LONGSHOREMAN. AND\nA KIND, GENERALLE PERSON AS\nWELL. OUR PROBLEM IN HOUSING IS\nNOT NUMBER OF HOUSES, IT'S DO\nTHEY RELATE TO THE INCOME OF THE\nPEOPLE, THAT'S WHY WE SEE\nPEOPLE WITHOUT HOUSING IN THIS\nCITY. THIS WAS NOT A VERY BRIGHT\nIDEA IN THE FIRST PLACE TO PUT\nHOUSING BY INDUSTRIAL. THAT HAS\nNEVER WORKED OUT VERY WELLFULLY\nWHERE. IT USUALLY MEANS\nTRANSITION FROM INDUSTRIAL. NOW,\nWE HAVE WORKING CLASS JOBS, AND\nSOME OF THEM ARE JOBS THAT EVEN\nLEAD TO MIDDLE CLASS INCOMES\nWHICH WILL NOT BE THERE IF WE\nDESTROY THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE. AND\nIF WE ADD HOUSING TO IT, WE WILL\nDESTROY THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE.\nNOW, THAT LOGIC DID NOT WORK\nWHEN THIS WAS PASSED BY THE\nCOUNCIL. THE ONLY THING THAT\nSEEMS TO BE PROTECTING THE\nINDUSTRIAL RIGHT NOW IS THE\nWATER TABLE WHICH IT'S GOING TO\nBE HARD FOR YOU FOLKS TO CHANGE.\nSO YOU'RE REALLY NOT TAKING A\nLOT FROM YOUR DEVELOPER FRIENDS\nBY REMOVING HOUSING. THIS IS\nSOMETHING WHICH IS VERY, VERY\nLOGICAL. AND MY HOPE IS THAT\nBECAUSE IT'S LOGICAL, AND THEY\nPROBABLY ARE NOT GOING TO FULLY\nBENEFIT FROM IT ANYWAY, YOUR\nGODS, THE DEVELOPERS, THAT MAYBE\nYOU CAN DO THE RIGHT THING\nWITHOUT ANY REAL PROBLEM AND\nMAYBE EVEN FEEL A LITTLE GOOD\nABOUT IT AT THE END OF THE DAY\nBECAUSE SOME INDUSTRY IS VERY,\nVERY IMPORTANT TO SEATTLE, AND\nTHE PORT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT\nTO SEATTLE. AND I HOPE THAT\nYOU'LL CONSIDER THAT. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU, STEVE.\nNEXT UP LINDSEY: NEXT UP LINDSEY.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS. I WAS NOT INITIALLY\nPLANNING ON TESTIFYING BUT HEARD\nSOME COMMENTS HERE AND THOUGHT\nI'D SHARE SOME THOUGHTS. I'M\nLINDSEY, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO\nSPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NORTHWEST\nSEAPORT ALLIANCE, THE\nSEATTLE-TACOMA PASSPORT\nOVERSEEING MARINE CARGO IN BOTH\nHARBORS. WE FULLY SUPPORT THE\nACTIONS OF BOTH COMMITTEES TO\nREPEAL THE ORDINANCE. AS WE'VE\nSHARED WITH THIS BODY MANY\nTIMES, THE GLOBAL CARGO INDUSTRY\nIS INCREDIBLY COMPETITIVE SPACE.\nTHAT'S WHY OUR ORGANIZATION WAS\nFORMED 10 YEARS AGO, AND THAT'S\nWHY WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE\nCITY TO DETERMINE OUR COLLECTIVE\nFUTURE AS A PORT CARGO CITY.\nTHIS IS NOT A PROCEDURAL ISSUE.\nIT'S A SUBSTANTIVE ONE. THIS IS\nNOT A HOUSING DEBATE. THIS IS\nABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR MARINE\n-- MARITIME WORK FORCE. WE LOOK\nFORWARD TO CONTINUING THESE\nDISCUSSIONS IN THE WEEKS TO\nCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nTHAT CONCLUDES SIGNUPS FOR: THAT CONCLUDES SIGNUPS FOR\nPUBLIC COMMENT.\nTHANK YOU ALL. THAT WAS OUR\nLAST REGISTERED SPEAKER PRESENT\nTO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.\nTHE PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL\nBILL IS NOW CLOSED. WE ARE GOING\nTO CALL A SHORT JUST A COUPLE\nMINUTE RECESS HERE TO ALLOW OUR\nPRESENTERS TO GET SITUATED AND\nTO ALLOW THE PRESENTATION TO GET\nSET UP. SO WE ARE IN A SHORT\nRECESS. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH. AIM 1st,\n2026 LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY\nCOMMITTEE WILL RECONVENE. IT IS\n10:54 A.M. I'M THE LAND USE\nSUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. WE'RE\nGOING TO CALL THE ROLL ONE MORE\nTIME. SO PLEASE GO AHEAD.\nVICE CHAIR STRAUSS: VICE CHAIR STRAUSS.\nHERE: HERE.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER: COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER.\nHERE: HERE.\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT\nHOLLINGSWORTH.\nHERE: HERE.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER RINCK: COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.\nPRESENT.\nCHAIR LIN: CHAIR LIN.\nPRESENT\nCHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS\nPRESENT.\nTHANK YOU. AND WE'LL NOW\nPROCEED TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF\nBUSINESS, AND I SEE WE HAVE\nFOLKS READY. BUT, CLERK, CAN YOU\nPLEASE AGENDA ITEM 7. SCWREANT\nITEM 7, PRESENTATIONS AND\nDISCUSSIONS WITH SHELTER AND\nSERVICE PROVIDERS FOR BRIEFING\nAND DISCUSSION.\nTHANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO\nOUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE\nMAYOR'S OFFICE TO OUR SHELTER\nSERVICE PROVIDERS FOR JOINING US\nTODAY. THANK YOU TO OUR MEMBERS\nOF THE PUBLIC FOR PROVIDING\nCOMMENT. THAT WAS VERY, VERY\nMOVING AND KIND OF INTERESTING\nTO HEAR SORT OF A COALITION OR\nSUCH A -- THERE'S SO MUCH\nSUPPORT FOR BOTH SHELTER AND\nSERVICES. AND SO VERY EXCITED TO\nHEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVES. TO MY\nCOLLEAGUES, I THINK WE'D LOVE\nTO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE\nAND OUR PROVIDERS FIRST AND KIND\nOF HOLD OUR COMMENTS AND\nQUESTIONS UNTIL THE END IF\nTHAT'S OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I'D\nLOVE TO PROCEED. THANK YOU.\nGREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,\nCHAIR LIN. AND GOOD MORNING,\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M GOING TO\nLET MY COLLEAGUE JON REALLY GO\nDOWN THROUGH THE FULL PROPOSAL.\nBUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE\nTIME TO OFFER KIND OF SOME\nINITIAL HIGH-LEVEL OPENING\nSTATEMENT. MAYOR WILSON'S\nSHELTER ACCELERATION PLAN IS\nGROUNDED IN A SIMPLE BUT URGENT\nPREMISE THAT WE MUST\nDRAMATICALLY INCREASE ACCESS TO\nSAFE, DIGNIFIED AND EFFECTIVE\nSHELTER, AND WE MUST DO IT NOW.\nTHE PROPOSAL THAT WE'LL BE\nDISCUSSING TODAY FOCUSES ON\nINCREASING CENSUS LIMITS FOR\nEXISTING AND FUTURE TRANSITIONAL\nENCAMPMENTS, PARTICULARLY TINY\nHOME VILLAGES SO WE CAN SERVE\nMORE PEOPLE QUICKLY WITHIN\nMODELS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING.\nTODAY MANY OF THESE SITES ARE\nOPENING BELOW THEIR POTENTIAL\nDUE TO OUTDATED OR OVERLY\nRESTRICTIVE CAPS. BY RESPONSIBLY\nINCREASING ALLOWABLE CAPACITY,\nWE CAN BRING TOGETHER MORE\nPEOPLE INSIDE FASTER WITHOUT THE\nDELAYS THAT COME WITH SITING\nENTIRELY NEW LOCATIONS. THIS IS\nA POLICY CHOICE GROUNDED IN WHAT\nWE KNOW WHAT WORKS. TRADITIONAL\nENCAMPMENTS IN SEATTLE HAS --\nEXCUSE ME, TRADITIONAL TINY HOME\nVILLAGES HAVE DEMONSTRATED\nHIGHER OUTCOMES, EFFECTIVE CASE\nMANAGEMENT AND MEANINGFUL\nTRANSITIONS TO PERMANENT\nHOUSING. THE PROPOSAL THAT WE\nWILL BE DISCUSSING TODAY BUILDS\nON THAT SUCCESS BY PAIRING\nINCREASED CAPACITY WITH CLEAR\nOPERATIONAL STANDARDS, ENSURING\nTHAT PROVIDERS ARE EQUIPPED TO\nMAINTAIN SAFETY, QUALITY AND\nPERFORMANCE AS SITES GROW. EACH\nADDITIONAL PLACEMENT WILL\nCONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTED BY\nROBUST CASE MANAGEMENT,\nBEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONNECTIONS\nAND HOUSING NAVIGATION. WE ARE\nNOT SIMPLY EXPANDING NUMBERS, WE\nARE SCALING A PATHWAY TO\nSTABILITY. OUR OVERALL APPROACH\nSTRENGTHENS COORDINATION WITH\nOUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUTREACH\nSYSTEMS BY INCREASING AVAILABLE\nPLACEMENTS WITH ENTRUSTED,\nACCESSIBLE SITES, WE IMPROVE OUR\nABILITY TO IMMEDIATE\nALTERNATIVES TO UNSHELTERED\nLIVING AND ADDRESS UNSAFE\nCONDITIONS IN PUBLIC SPACES IN A\nMORE CONSISTENT AND HUMANE WAY.\nIMPORTANTLY, WE WILL MAXIMIZE\nEXISTING INVESTMENTS, LEVERAGING\nINFRASTRUCTURE, PROVIDER\nEXPERTISE AND COMMUNITY\nRELATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN\nPLACE WHILE ADVANCING A MORE\nEFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE\nRESPONSE. WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT\nTHE STATUS QUO IS NOT MEETING\nTHE SCALE OF NEED. THE PROPOSAL\nTHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE\nDISCUSSING TODAY ALLOWS US TO\nACT QUICKLY, RESPONSIBLY AND\nWITH PROVEN TOOLS TO BRING MORE\nPEOPLE INSIDE AND MOVE THEM\nTOWARD PERMANENT HOUSING. I WANT\nTO PASS IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUES,\nJON, JON GRANT AND ALISON\nHOLCOMB WHO WILL WALK YOU\nTHROUGH SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE\nSEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND\nREALLY DIVE INTO THE WHY THE\nNEED TO EXPAND CENSUS. SO THANK\nYOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME FOR\nTHE OPENING STATEMENT AND LOOK\nFORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH, DEPUTY\nMAYOR. JUST GOING TO INTERRUPT\nFOR ONE SECOND. JOINED BY\nCOLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA.\nTHANK YOU FOR JOINING US. ALSO\nJUST -- I KIND OF FORGOT TO\nPROVIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF\nCONTEXT SETTING. THE MAYOR'S\nOFFICE HAS TRANSMITTED TO\nCOUNCIL A BILL THAT WOULD MODIFY\nON AN INTERIM BASIS DEVELOPMENT\nREGULATIONS FOR TRANSITIONAL\nENCAMPMENTS. JUST WANT TO\nCLARIFY THAT THAT HASN'T BEEN\nINTRODUCED YET, BUT WE ARE\nHEARING ABOUT THESE PROPOSED\nMODIFICATIONS. AND I DID JUST\nWANT TO ALLOW OUR COUNCIL\nCENTRAL STAFF KEETLE TO PROVIDE\nJUST A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION\nABOUT WHAT IT MEANS THAT THESE\nARE INTERIM REGULATIONS, JUST SO\nTHAT WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND\nTHE NATURE OF THE INTERIM\nPROPOSAL. KEETLE, CAN YOU JUST\nSPEAK TO THAT FOR A MOMENT?\nSURE. YEAH. IN ADDITION, WHAT\nI'LL SAY, OF COURSE, A MEMO\nFROM BOTH [ INAUDIBLE ] PRODUCED\nTHAT YOU CAN ALSO USE FOR\nREFERENCE HERE. BUT INTERIM\nREGULATIONS SHOULD BE PRETTY\nFAMILIAR TO THE COUNCIL BY NOW.\nWE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE IN RECENT\nMONTHS, THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE\nIS THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON\nTHE TENSION FACILITY SITING AND\nEXPANSION IN THE CITY AND ALSO,\nOF COURSE, THE EXTENSIONS OF\nAPPLICABLE REGULATIONS WHICH THE\nCITY IS NO LONGER DOING, BUT\nMOST RECENTLY THAT HAPPENED IN\nDECEMBER OF 2025. SO WHAT IS AN\nINTERIM REGULATION? IT IS A\nPATHWAY THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO\nPUT IN PLACE TEMPORARY\nREGULATIONS AND DEFER A LOT OF\nTHE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS THAT\nWOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED FOR\nA PIECE OF LAND USE LEGISLATION\nAND THOSE PROCEDURAL\nREQUIREMENTS CAN INCLUDE THINGS\nLIKE CEPA AND A REQUIRED PUBLIC\nHEARING. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT\nTHE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO DO\nTHOSE THINGS, BUT THE PUBLIC\nHEARING CAN BE HELD AFTER THE\nFACT, AND CEPA REVIEW CAN BE\nDONE ON WHAT ARE CONSIDERED\nREPERMANENT REGULATIONS WHICH\nTAKE OUT THE INTERIM REGULATIONS\nAFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, THE BILL\nTHAT WAS TRANSMITTED BY THE\nMAYOR HAS A WORK PLAN FOR\nPUTTING PERMANENT REGULATIONS IN\nFRONT OF THE COUNCIL THAT\nCONTEMPLATES THAT THE COUNCIL\nWILL BE CONSIDERING THOSE\nPERMANENT REGULATIONS ABOUT THIS\nTIME NEXT YEAR. IN THE MEANTIME,\nSDCI WOULD DO CEPA REVIEW ON\nTHOSE PERMITTED REGULATIONS, AND\nTHE COUNCIL WOULD AGAIN CONSIDER\nTHE MERITS OF -- ON A PERMANENT\nBASIS OF INCREASING THE CENSUS\nFOR TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS.\nTHANK YOU, KEETLE. I JUST\nWANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT\nFOR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT\nTHAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE\nINTERIM, THAT THERE WOULD BE\nADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE\nPUBLIC, EVEN IF THESE WERE\nPASSED, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL\nFEEDBACK, THAT THERE WOULD BE A\nPOSSIBILITY FOR THE MAYOR'S\nOFFICE TO REVISE THE PROPOSAL\nBASED ON ANY FEEDBACK OR ANY\nLEARNINGS THAT YOU'RE ENGAGING\nIN FROM AS WE CONDUCT ON THIS,\nENGAGE IN THIS NEW PROPOSAL. SO\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH. AND PLEASE\nPROCEED.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.\nMY NAME IS JON GRANT, I'M A\nSENIOR POLICY ADVISER IN THE\nMAYOR'S OFFICE. SO AS YOU KNOW,\nTHE MAYOR KATIE WILSON, HAS SET\nA GOAL OF OPENING UP ONCE NEW\nUNITS OF SHELTER AND EMERGENCY\nHOUSING IN 2026. WE ARE GOING TO\nHAVE A VERY ACTIVE YEAR WITH\nFIFA JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND\nWE JUST KNOW THAT TO ALLEVIATE\nTHE SUFFERING THAT IS CAUSED BY\nHOMELESSNESS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY\nHAVE TO ACCELERATE SHELTER\nEXPANSION TO GET MORE PEOPLE\nINSIDE. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES\nINVOLVED WITH THIS LEGISLATION?\nCURRENT LAND USE CODE LIMITS 100\nPEOPLE PER SITE AT TRANSITIONAL\nENCAMPMENTS THAT CAN INCLUDE\nTINY HOUSE VILLAGES, TENT CITIES\nAND RV SAFE LOTS, BUT FOR THE\nPURPOSES OF THE MAYOR'S INTENT\nAND PROPOSAL, WE'RE REALLY\nFOCUSING ON EXPANDING\nMICROSHELTER SITES. THERE ARE\nLIMITED PUBLICLY OWNED SITES\nSUITABLE FOR MICROSHELTERS, AND\nMOST ALREADY HAVE A MICROSHELTER\nOR TINY HOUSE VILLAGE ON THEM.\nMANY OF THESE SITES ACTUALLY\nHAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF\nUNUSED LAND THAT'S OWNED BY THE\nCITY OR ANOTHER PUBLIC PARTNER\nTHAT IS ADJACENT TO THE SITE. SO\nAS A RESULT, PUBLIC LAND IS\nSITTING UNUSED WHILE DEMAND FOR\nSHELTER REMAINS HIGH. JUST AS\nKEETLE WAS SUGGESTING\nEXPLAINING, THIS IS INTERIM\nLEGISLATION THAT WILL EXPIRE\nAFTER 12 MONTHS. IT WILL\nINCREASE THE CENSUS LIMIT FOR\nTRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS\nCITYWIDE FROM 100 TO 150 PEOPLE\nAND ALLOWS AT LEAST ONE SITE\nLIMITED TO ONE COUNCIL -- IN\nEACH COUNCIL DISTRICT UP TO 250\nPEOPLE. THE INTENT OF THIS\nINTERIM LEGISLATION IS TO NOT\nALLOW, YOU KNOW, PROCESS GET IN\nTHE WAY OF THE URGENCY AND\nPREJUDICE THAT WE ARE FACING AS\nA CITY IN DEALING WITH\nHOMELESSNESS. SO THE EMERGENCY\nPROVISION WITHIN THE LEGISLATION\nALLOWS SDCI TO START THE PROCESS\nOF THE CEPA REVIEW CONCURRENTLY\nAS THE COUNCIL POTENTIALLY PUT\nTHIS IS INTO EFFECT. IT ALLOWS\nUS TO ACT NOW AND DO THE PROCESS\nAT THE SAME TIME, OTHERWISE THE\nENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HAS TO\nHAPPEN FIRST, AND THEN, YOU\nKNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT\nPOTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, IT\nGETTING PUSHED OUT TO 2027\nBEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IF\nTHE COUNCIL DECIDES TO DO SO. SO\nIT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT\nTHIS IS NOT NEW, OR THIS IS\nSOMETHING THAT IS DONE\nNATIONWIDE. THERE ARE PROVEN\nLARGE-SCALE MODELS, AND WE HAVE\nSPOKEN TO MANY OF THESE\nPROVIDERS TO LEARN FROM THEM,\nAND YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ONE\nTODAY. WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS\nTHE COUNTRY IS THAT MICROSHELTER\nPROGRAMS CAN SCALE TO 100 TO 220\nUNITS PER SITE. AND, AGAIN, YOU\nMIGHT HAVE ONE OR 1 1/2 PEOPLE\nLIVING IN EACH UNIT. SO AT THE\nLARGEST SITE, MORE THAN 300\nPEOPLE ARE SERVED IN A SINGLE\nLOCATION. THAT SITE THAT WE'RE\nTALKING ABOUT IS THE SECOND\nEXAMPLE HERE, TAMPA HOPE IN\nTAMPA, FLORIDA. IT HAS 215\nMICROMODULAR UNITS THAT ARE\nBUILT BY PALLET. AND THE SLIDE\nHERE SAYS 75 TENTS, BUT WE SPOKE\nTO THEM RECENTLY, AND THEY'VE\nACTUALLY EXPANDED TO 117 TENTS\n-- OR, EXCUSE ME. I WANT TO MAKE\nSURE I GET THAT RIGHT. 116 TENTS\nLOCATED IT SITE SERVING OVER 340\nPEOPLE NOW. THERE'S ALSO THE\nJESUS CENTER WHICH IS LOCATED IN\nCHICO, CALIFORNIA, WITH 177\nSITES. WE SPOKE TO THEM, AND\nTHEY SAY THEY AVERAGE ABOUT 200\nPEOPLE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, AND\nTHAT SITE IS CALLED THE GENESIS\nPALLET SHELTER. WE ALSO\nCONTACTED THEARO SACKO VILLAGE\nIN LOS ANGELES. THIS IS ABOUT\n117 UNITS. THEY GAVE US THE\nUPDATED NUMBER THERE. AND THEY\nSERVE CURRENTLY 168 PEOPLE, BUT\nTHEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HOST\nUP TO 224 FOLKS IN THEIR\nMICROMODULAR SHELTERS. AND THEN\nAT THE WEST L.A. VETERANS\nASSOCIATION, IT'S 155 UNITS\nWITH AN ESTIMATED 200 PEOPLE\nBEING SERVED. AND THE THINGS\nTHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM TALKING\nTO THESE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE\nCOUNTRY IS THAT THERE ARE SOME\nCOMMON THREADS TO MAKE SURE THAT\nTHESE PROGRAMS OPERATE WELL AND\nSUCCESSFULLY. THOSE COMMON\nTHREADS ARE 24/7 STAFFING,\nHAVING ONSITE CASE MANAGEMENT\nAND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE\nFOLKS THAT NEED THEM. YOU KNOW,\nHAVING A STRONG WELLNESS CHECK\nON FOLKS WHO MAY BE AT RISK,\nHAVING CONTROLLED ENTRY SO\nTHERE'S DEFINED PERIMETER AND\nSECURITY AT THE SITE SO THAT,\nYOU KNOW, NOT JUST ANYONE CAN\nENTER THE SITE. SO WE WANTED TO\nGIVE A HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE, AND\nI REALLY WANT TO STRESS TO THE\nCOUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC WHO IS\nLISTENING TODAY HYPOTHETICAL. WE\nWANTED TO REALLY, LIKE, GIVE A\nPICTURE ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK\nLIKE IF POTENTIALLY THIS\nLEGISLATION WERE TO GO INTO\nEFFECT. THIS IS CAMP SECOND\nCHANCE. THIS IS LAND OWNED BY\nTHE CITY OF SEATTLE,\nSPECIFICALLY THE FINANCE\nADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES\nDEPARTMENT. THIS IS IN SOUTHWEST\nSEATTLE ON MIRES WAY. THE COST\nOF RENTING THE LAND TO THE CITY\nIS ZERO DOLLARS. AND I JUST WANT\nTO POINT OUT THAT WHEN THE LAND\nIS ZERO DOLLARS, THE COST PER\nUNIT, OF COURSE, GOES DOWN\nCONSIDERABLY. AND SO THAT'S WHY\nWHEN WE TALK ABOUT MICROMODULAR\nSHELTERS, THE COST PER UNIT IS\nTYPICALLY MORE EFFICIENT BECAUSE\nWHEN WE CAN SITE IT ON PUBLIC\nLAND, WE GET THOSE TYPES OF\nEFFICIENCIES. CURRENTLY THERE'S\nABOUT 69 UNITS. UNDER THE\nLEGISLATION, AN ESTIMATED 120\nUNITS COULD BE ADDED TO GET TO A\nTOTAL POPULATION OF 250. AND,\nAGAIN, ABOUT 1.3 PEOPLE PER UNIT\nIS THE CALCULATION WE'RE USING\nTHERE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE\nCOULD BE TWO PEOPLE LIVING IN A\nSINGLE TINY HOUSE. AND SO THAT\nPOPULATION CAN GO UP AND DOWN.\nBUT THE CAP WOULD BE 250. THIS\nLAND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE\nMAP, THERE'S A LOT OF IT. IT\nACTUALLY SPANS A FEW PARCELS\nHERE. IT'S 143,000 SQUARE FEET,\nBUT ONLY ABOUT 40,000 TO 60,000\nSQUARE FEET WHICH IS THAT YELLOW\nCIRCLE JUST SOUTH OF THE\nEXISTING VILLAGE IS WHAT WE\nREQUIRE TO EXPAND IT TO GET TO\nTHAT ADDITIONAL 120 UNITS.\nAGAIN, JUST A HYPOTHETICAL\nEXAMPLE. SO WE KNOW THAT WITH\nLARGE SITES WE WANT TO BE\nRESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS\nAND INTERESTS AROUND PUBLIC\nSAFETY AND THAT THIS IS A\nPARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, THE\nPROVIDER, THE SURROUNDING\nNEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE TALKING\nABOUT PROGRAMS THAT HAVE\nOPERATIONAL SAFETY, THAT HAVE\nTHAT 24/7 STAFFING AND DEFINED\nSITE BOUNDARIES AND SECURE\nENTRY. EVERY PROGRAM PARTICIPANT\nIN THE PROGRAM WILL SIGN A CODE\nOF CONDUCT THAT PROHIBITS THINGS\nLIKE NO WEAPONS OR ANY KIND OF\nILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, AND SOME OF\nOUR PROVIDERS HERE WILL GIVE A\nLITTLE BIT MORE TEXTURE TO WHAT\nTHAT CAN LOOK LIKE. AND UNDER\nTHE CITY CODE, THERE'S ALREADY\nA REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A\nCOMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR\nA TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENT\nPROGRAM. THAT IS WHERE NEIGHBORS\nCAN JOIN A MONTHLY MEETING, TALK\nDIRECTLY WITH THE STAFF, PROVIDE\nDIRECT INPUT, BOTH TO PROVIDE\nNOT JUST ACCOUNTABILITY BUT ALSO\nSUPPORT. THIS IS AN AVENUE FOR\nFOLKS TO POTENTIALLY DO DONATION\nDRIVES AND SUPPORT THE FOLKS\nTHAT ARE IN THESE VILLAGES, YOU\nKNOW, PERHAPS WITH LIKE FOOD\nDONATIONS AND CLOTHING DRIVES.\nADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, EVERY\nCONTRACT WILL HAVE A GOOD\nNEIGHBOR AGREEMENT OR A\nNEIGHBORHOOD MITIGATION PROGRAM\nTHAT MAKES SURE WE ARE -- THAT\nTHESE PROGRAMS ARE BEING GOOD\nNEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITIES\nTHAT THEY'RE LOCATED. AND\nPARTNERING WITH THE SEATTLE\nPOLICE DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT,\nYOU KNOW, WHAT'S CALLED SEP TED\nOR CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH\nENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND MAKE\nSURE THERE'S GOOD LIGHTING,\nSAFE ACCESS POINTS AND GOOD\nVISIBILITY FOR THESE LOCATIONS.\nAND EVERY SITE IS GOING TO BE\nREVIEWED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT\nAND APPROVED BEFORE IT'S OPENED\nBY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M\nGOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY\nCOLLEAGUE ALISON HOLCOMB TO TALK\nABOUT ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY\nISSUES.\nTHANK YOU, JON. I'M\nEXECUTIVE OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR\nPUBLIC SAFETY IN MAYOR WILSON'S\nADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU FOR\nHAVING US HERE THIS AFTERNOON.\nEXCUSE ME, THIS MORNING. AS JON\nWAS JUST DESCRIBING TO YOU,\nTHERE ARE A NUMBER OF SAFETY\nSTRATEGIES THAT OUR PUBLIC\nSAFETY PARTNERS, INCLUDING\nSEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND\nI'M GOING TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY\nON SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN\nENGAGE IN TO SUPPORT SAFETY\nAROUND NEW SHELTERS THAT ARE\nOFFERED. STRONG SAFETY PLANNING,\nJON'S TALKED ABOUT THIS A\nLITTLE BIT. THIS IS ABOUT\nENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN REALLY,\nMAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE\nDESIGN CHANGES THAT ARE\nIMPLEMENTED WHEN WE'RE LOOKING\nAT LOCATIONS THAT MAY NOT HAVE\nLIGHTING, LINES OF SIGHT, ET\nCETERA, THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO\nMAKING SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE\nSTAFFING THE SHELTERS, AS WELL\nAS PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDERS HAVE\nTHE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SAFETY\nQUICKLY IF THE NEED ARISES. YOU\nSEE HERE REFERENCE TO DEEPER\nCOORDINATION BETWEEN UCT, OUR\nUNIFIED CARE TEAM WHICH GOES AND\nVISITS SITES ACROSS THE CITY,\nENCAMPMENTS THAT MAY BE ON\nPUBLIC LANDS MAY BE CAUSING\nOBSTRUCTION, SEATTLE POLICE\nDEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S\nOFFICE, THAT TOO IS AROUND\nMAINTAINING SAFETY IN A SPACE,\nIN AN ENVIRONMENT, ENSURING THAT\nTHAT IS HAPPENING AT A VERY\nCOORDINATED AND NIMBLE LEVEL.\nAND THEN STRONG COMMUNICATIONS\nNEED TO BE ONGOING, NOT ONLY IN\nPREPARATION FOR THE SHELTER, BUT\nAS WE STAND THESE SHELTERS UP\nAND BEGIN OPERATIONS, WE WANT TO\nMAKE SURE WE'RE MAINTAINING THE\nLINES OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT JON\nMENTIONED WITH NEIGHBORING\nBUSINESSES, NEIGHBORING\nRESIDENTS, COMMUNITY-BASED\nORGANIZATIONS, SERVICE PROVIDERS\nIN THE AREA SO THAT THEY'RE\nABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO SAFETY BY\nPROVIDING INFORMATION TO SEATTLE\nPOLICE DEPARTMENT, OTHER\nSTAKEHOLDERS, LETTING THEM KNOW\nHERE'S WHAT I SEE BECAUSE I'M\nON THE GROUND, I HAVE EYES ON, I\nWANT TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT\nWHAT I'M SEEING ON THE DAY TO\nDAY. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. WHAT\nI WANT TO FOCUS ON AS WELL IS\nTHE REALITY THAT THERE ARE\nCERTAIN MEMBERS OF OUR\nCOMMUNITIES WHO ARE TARGETING\nVULNERABLE POPULATIONS,\nSPECIFICALLY FOR ILLICIT\nECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THEY'RE\nTARGETING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS\nAS CUSTOMERS FOR ILLICIT DRUG\nTRADE, FOR EXAMPLE. THEY'RE\nALSO TARGETING VULNERABLE\nPOPULATIONS AS LABOR FOR HUMAN\nTRAFFICKING RINGS, FOR ORGANIZED\nRETAIL CRIME, FOR METAL\nSCRAPPING. AND SEATTLE POLICE\nDEPARTMENT HAS PRIORITIZED\nDEVELOPMENT FOR A STRATEGY FOR\nINVESTIGATING SPECIFICALLY THOSE\nINDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN\nTHAT KIND OF ACTIVITY AND\nLEVERAGING TARGETED ENFORCEMENT\nAGAINST SUCH INDIVIDUALS TO\nENSURE THAT THESE SHELTERS HAVE\nPROTECTION IN THE ENVIRONS\nAROUND THEM, THAT WE ARE\nACTUALLY TARGETING THOSE\nINDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TAKING\nADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT WE DO\nHAVE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP, WHO\nNEED SHELTER, WHO NEED SERVICES.\nAND AS TWO OF OUR SEATTLE POLICE\nDEPARTMENT MEMBERS, ASSISTANT\nCHIEF ROD BROWN AND NORTH\nPRECINCT CAPTAIN, GEORGE\nDAVIDSON HAVE MET, FOR EXAMPLE,\nWITH COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ TO\nTALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT\nACTIVITIES OCCURRING IN HER\nDISTRICT. AND SEATTLE POLICE\nOFFICERS ARE AVAILABLE TO TALK\nWITH ANY OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY\nABOUT WHAT YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT\nPARTICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT LOOK\nLIKE THAT KIND OF TARGETED\nACTIVITY AGAINST EITHER\nENCAMPMENTS OR SHELTERS IN YOUR\nDISTRICTS.\nTHANK YOU. THE FINAL TWO\nSLIDES IS IN REGARDS TO SITING\nCRITERIA. WE HEARD SOME VERY\nSTRONG FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL\nMEMBERS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A\nPRIORITIZATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY\nAND GOOD NEIGHBOR CRITERIA WHEN\nWE ARE SELECTING THESE SITES. SO\nWE WANTED TO SHARE AGAIN THE\nSITING CRITERIA THAT WE'RE\nUSING WITH A PUBLIC SAFETY LENS\nTHAT WE WANT TO TAKE INTO\nCONSIDERATION THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD\nPUBLIC SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS,\nLOOKING AT DATA LIKE PRIORITY 1\nAND PRIORITY 2911 CALLS, EMT\nCALLS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE\nADJACENCY TO PARKS, STADIUMS OR\nRETAIL OR OTHER SENSITIVE AREAS,\nTHE SEPTED ANALYSIS THAT ALISON\nWAS JUST DESCRIBING, FIRE AND\nLIFE SAFETY AND THOSE OTHER GOOD\nNEIGHBOR CONSIDERATIONS. SO WE\nJUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE\nTHIS CONSIDERATION AROUND PUBLIC\nPRIORITIZATION, AND THAT TELLS\nYOU HOW WE MITIGATE THOSE\nSTRATEGIES SO WE CAN HAVE SAFE\nAND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS. AND\nTHEN THE FINAL SLIDE HERE JUST\nGOES OVER KIND OF JUST THE\nSITING AND ZONING CRITERIA, YOU\nKNOW, IS IT NEAR AN\nENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA,\nIS THERE ALREADY ELECTRICAL AND\nSEWER SERVICE NEARBY, WHAT DO WE\nNEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT\nTHESE SITES ARE ADA ACCESSIBLE\nBECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MANY FOLKS\nWHO ARE UNSHELTERED MAY REQUIRE,\nYOU KNOW, A WHEELCHAIR OR OTHER\nADA CHANGES TO THE SITE. AND\nTHEN WHAT ARE OTHER\nCONSIDERATIONS LIKE THE SOIL\nCONDITION AND OTHER\nENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. SO THAT\nCONCLUDES THE MAYOR'S PORTION\nOF THE PRESENTATION. I'M GOING\nTO TURN IT OVER NOW TO THE NEXT\nPRESENTER, AND WE'RE REALLY\nEXCITED AND REALLY APPRECIATE\nALL THE PROVIDERS WHO SHOWED UP\nTODAY TO TALK ABOUT THEIR\nSERVICE MODEL. AND I JUST WANT\nTO EMPHASIZE THAT NOT EVERY\nOPERATOR WANTS TO OPERATE A\n250-PERSON SITE, RIGHT? THERE\nARE GOING TO BE A FEW PROVIDERS\nTHAT HAVE THE INTEREST, SCOPE\nAND CAPACITY TO OPERATE THE SITE\nTHAT WAY. SO SOME PROVIDERS MAY\nNOT WANT TO DO THIS. SOME DO.\nAND SO WE INVITED THE LOW INCOME\nHOUSING INSTITUTE TO PRESENT AND\nTALK ABOUT WAYS THAT THEY MIGHT\nAPPROACH OPERATING A SITE AT\nTHIS LEVEL TO PUT SOME TEXTURE\nABOUT WHAT THIS COULD\nPOTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE. SO I'LL\nGO AHEAD AND SHARE THIS\nPRESENTATION AND TURN IT OVER TO\nSHARON LEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\nOF LEHIGH.\nGOOD MORNING. I'M SHARON\nLEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND I\nWANTED TO EXPRESS OUR FULL\nSUPPORT FOR EXPANDING TINY\nHOUSING VILLAGES TO 150\nINDIVIDUALS. RIGHT NOW OUR\nLARGEST VILLAGE IS 74 TINY\nHOUSES WHICH MEANS THAT ONCE YOU\nHAVE COUPLES, AND YOU -- YOU\nKNOW, YOU'RE SORT OF TRYING NOT\nTO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF COUPLES,\nYOU'RE EASILY BUMPING UP\nAGAINST THE 100. SO WE THINK 150\nMAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.\nCURRENTLY WE HAVE A TINY HOUSE\nVILLAGE IN EVERY COUNCIL\nDISTRICT. SO WE'VE BEEN THROUGH\nTHE WHOLE PROCESS OF WORKING\nWITH MANY OF YOU IN THE\nNEIGHBORHOODS AROUND COMMUNITY\nNOTIFICATION. WE RIGHT NOW HAVE\n11 TINY HOUSE VILLAGES IN\nSEATTLE, FOUR IN KING COUNTY. WE\nARE REALLY PUSHING. WE WANT TO\nTHANK EXECUTIVE YESTERDAY FOR\nHIS ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY TOO\nFOR ADDING 500 SHELTER BEDS AND\nHOUSING UNITS. SO RIGHT NOW FOUR\nVILLAGES IN KING COUNTY, AND\nTHEN WE HAVE TWO LARGE ONES IN\nTACOMA. AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY\nINTERESTED IN EXPANDING THE USE\nOF PUBLIC PROPERTY. SO FAR WE'VE\nBEEN ON F.A.S. PROPERTY, SEATTLE\nCITY LIGHT, SPU, ALSO SOUND\nTRANSIT, PORT OF SEATTLE, AND\nWE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE\nCOUNTY FOR COUNTY, KING COUNTY\nPROPERTY. SO THAT SHOULD HAPPEN\nVERY SOON. AND THEN WE HAVE\nTHESE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY\nFAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE\nCHURCHES THAT HAVE BEEN\nSPONSORING TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.\nSO WE FEEL THAT THE 150 IS\nEASILY ACHIEVABLE, AND WE AGREE\nWITH THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL THAT\nMAYBE IN A RARE SITUATION, A\nSPECIAL SITUATION THERE COULD BE\n250. AND SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY\nTHAT THERE'S OTHER PRECEDENCE\nAROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE THIS\nCAN WORK. AND THEN ALSO IF YOU\nHAVE NOT BEEN TO THE HOPE\nFACTORY TO BUILD A TINY HOUSE,\nWE WELCOME YOU TO COME AND\nACTUALLY -- IF YOU DON'T WANT\nTO BUILD IT, PAINT IT OR HELP\nFURNISH IT. I THINK THAT WE\nINVOLVE THE COMMUNITY AND\nVOLUNTEERS AND NEIGHBORS, AND SO\nIT'S BEEN -- WE'VE BEEN VERY\nTHRILLED WITH THE LEVEL OF\nCOMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE WITH TINY\nHOUSE VILLAGES BECAUSE PEOPLE\nWOULD RATHER SUPPORT A TINY\nHOUSE VILLAGE AND MAKE SURE\nTHEIR SIDEWALKS, DOORWAYS AND\nALLEYWAYS ARE NOT HAVING, YOU\nKNOW, VULNERABLE PEOPLE HAVING\nTO SLEEP OUTSIDE. SO I WANTED TO\nSAY THAT ONE KEY THING ABOUT\nLIHI IS WE ALSO OWN AND MANAGE\n3,600 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE\nHOUSING, INCLUDING PSH HOUSING.\nSO WE PRIORITIZE THE PEOPLE FROM\nTINY HOUSES INTO OUR HOUSING.\nAND THEN THAT'S WHY IT'S SO\nIMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SERVICES,\nAND WE HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND\nBEHAVIOR HEALTH SO THAT WE CAN\nMAKE SURE THAT THERE'S QUICKER\nTHROUGH-PUT. AND I KNOW THAT\nIT'S, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BEEN\nDEPRESSING ABOUT THE SITUATION\nWITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE\nHOUSING, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN\nINCREASE THROUGH-PUT, THEN WE\nCAN FREE UP MORE SPACE, AND THEN\nAS WE BUILD MORE TINY HOUSES, WE\nCAN GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE OFF\nTHE STREETS. SO SO FAR LAST YEAR\nWE HAD 1,600 MEN, WOMEN AND\nCHILDREN LIVING IN -- SHELTERING\nIN TINY HOUSES, SO IT'S A BIG\nIMPACT. THAT MEANS 1,600 WOULD\nNOT BE ON THE STREETS TODAY IF\nIT WEREN'T FOR THE, YOU KNOW,\nTHE SUPPORT OF EVERYBODY TO GET\nTHEM HOUSED. I WANTED TO\nINTRODUCE DONNA ANDERSON. SHE'S\nTHE REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER,\nAND SHE'S IN CHARGE OF ALL THE\nOPERATIONS AND SERVICES.\nHI. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO\nSAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE\nAND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE\nTHERE'S A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE\nIN THIS ROOM TODAY, NOT ONLY US\nFROM LIVED EXPERIENCES BUT ALL\nTHE SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE\nHERE WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THIS\nFOR A REALLY LONG TIME. SO I\nJUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR\nLISTENING TO THOSE OF US WHO ARE\nON THE GROUND AND DO THIS WORK\nEVERYDAY AND TAKING OUR OPINIONS\nAND OUR KNOWLEDGE INTO\nCONSIDERATION. SO WHAT IT WOULD\nLOOK LIKE TO EXPAND INTO BIGGER\nVILLAGES IS REALLY -- IT'S KEY\nSTAFFING. YOU'VE HEARD THE TERM\nHIGH SUPPORT FUNDED ALL DAY,\nRIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. SO\nA VILLAGE WITH 150 CLIENTS MAY\nLOOK LIKE TWO SHELTER OPERATIONS\nMANAGERS, RIGHT? SO THERE'S\nSOMEONE THERE MORNING AND\nEVENING, TWO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES\nMANAGERS, ALONG WITH SIX CASE\nMANAGERS, THREE BEHAVIORAL\nHEALTH WORKERS, A TOTAL OF 25\nSHELTER MONITORS WHICH MEANS\nTHERE WOULD BE FIVE SHELTER\nMONITORS PER SHIFT. SO THAT'S\n24/7 WHERE THERE'S FIVE\nADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO KEEP THE\nGATE AND THE VILLAGE SAFE. AS\nYOU GO UP TO THE 250, THE\nSTAFFING MODEL JUST INCREASES,\nRIGHT? SO THREE SHELTER\nOPERATIONS MANAGERS, 10 CASE\nMANAGERS, FIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH\nSPECIALISTS. THOSE BEHAVIORAL\nHEALTH SPECIALISTS ARE NOT ONLY\nADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH, BUT\nTHEY'RE ALSO ADDRESSING\nSUBSTANCE USE DISORDER FOR OUR\nPROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE\nSTRUGGLING WITH THAT. AND THEN\nYOU WOULD BUMP UP THAT\nOPERATIONAL STAFF TO EIGHT PER\nSHIFT, AND THAT'S KEEPING THE\nVILLAGE SAFE INSIDE, RIGHT\nAROUND THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER AND\nTHE GATE SAFE AS WELL. AND THEN\nTHIS IS KIND OF WHAT IT WOULD\nLOOK LIKE IN A GRID. YOU CAN SEE\nTHE STAFFING. AND, AGAIN, THIS\nIS JUST PRELIMINARY STAFFING.\nTHIS COULD CHANGE, RIGHT, AS WE\nGET ON TO THOSE BIGGER SITES.\nSAME THING, JUST KIND OF A\nSTAFFING PLAN IN A DIFFERENT WAY\nWHAT THAT 24/7 SHIFT LOOKS LIKE.\nAND THEN FOR THE SUPPORTIVE\nSERVICES, SO OUR HOUSING CASE\nMANAGERS, THEY DO A LOT OF\nTHINGS, RIGHT? YOU CAN SEE ON\nTHE SCREEN THEY'RE GETTING IDs,\nTHEY'RE GETTING BIRTH\nCERTIFICATES, THEY'RE APPLYING\nFOR S.N.A.P. BENEFITS, THEY'RE\nWORKING MAYBE FAMILY\nUNIFICATION, THEY'RE WORKING\nWITH THE V.A., ABD, ORCA, ALL OF\nTHESE THINGS, SO IT'S NOT JUST\n-- IT'S NOT JUST HOUSING.\nTHERE'S A LOT OF STEPS FOR\nPROGRAM PARTICIPANTS TO GET\nHOUSED, AND MANY TIMES THAT\nCOMES WITH SIMPLY EVEN TRYING TO\nFIND A BIRTH CERTIFICATE MAYBE\nFROM ANOTHER STATE OR ANOTHER\nCOUNTRY TO GET ALL THOSE HOUSING\nDOCUMENTS READY. AND THEN AS\nWE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT\nHOUSING, WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO\nTHEM ABOUT TREATMENT AND HOW IT\nLOOKS TO KEEP THEIR SPACE AND\nHOW IT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, TO DO\nALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO\nDO, RIGHT, BECAUSE SOME FOLKS\nHAVEN'T BEEN INSIDE FOUR WALLS\nFOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. SO\nIT'S NOT JUST AS EASY AS\nGETTING AN I.D. AND A SOCIAL\nSECURITY CARD, THERE'S LOTS OF\nTHINGS THAT THOSE CASE MANAGERS\nDO OUTSIDE OF THAT. AND THEN AS\nFAR AS THE CODE OF CONDUCT, KIND\nOF STANDARD IS CASE MANAGEMENT\nPARTICIPATION IS REQUIRED. NO\nALCOHOL OR ILLEGAL DRUGS OR\nMARIJUANA IN THE PUBLIC SPACES\nOF THE VILLAGE. SO WANT TO BE\nSURE YOU GUYS HEARD THAT, IN THE\nPUBLIC SPACES OF THE VILLAGE. WE\nALSO DO NOT ALLOW LOITERING,\nTRESPASSING OR DISTURBING\nNEIGHBORS, RIGHT? WE ADDRESS\nTHOSE ISSUES HEAD ON WITH\nNEIGHBORS THAT COME AND SAY THEY\nMAY HAVE HAD A PROBLEM POSSIBLY\nWITH ONE OF OUR SHELTER\nPARTICIPANTS. AND THEN WE'LL\nADDRESS THAT WITH THE NEIGHBOR,\nAND WE'LL ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH\nTHE PARTICIPANT. AND THEY MUST\nCOMPLY WITH ALL SHELTER\nPROPERTY, CITY AND STATE\nREGULATIONS AND POLICIES. THIS\nSLIDE IS CURRENTLY CAN'T SECOND\nCHANCE. JON MENTIONED IT\nEARLIER. SO THIS IS WHAT IT\nLOOKS LIKE NOW WITH ALL THE\nORANGE DOTS BEING SECURITY\nCAMERAS. YOU CAN SEE GATES,\nENTRANCES, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE\nFIRE ACCESS IS, SO THAT IS JUST\nKIND OF -- THAT'S OUR SAFETY\nPLAN, RIGHT? IT SHOWS WHERE OUR\nCAMERAS ARE SO STAFF CAN SEE.\nAND IT ALSO SHOWS YOU'LL\nNOTICED OUTLINED IN BLUE\nTHERE'S TWO DIFFERENT STAFF\nOFFICES, SO BOTH OF THOSE\nOFFICES ARE STAFFED 24/7. SO\nTHERE'S NOT JUST STAFF IN THE\nFRONT, THERE'S STAFF IN THE\nBACK THAT CAN SEE THAT BACK HALF\nAS WELL. SO THANK YOU.\nALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH\nFOR THAT PRESENTATION. WE'RE\nGOING TO MOVE OVER TO CHLOE GALE\nWITH EVERGREEN TREATMENT\nSERVICES. AND I'LL GET YOUR\nPRESENTATION UP MOMENTARILY.\nALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING,\nEVERYONE. AS WAY OF\nINTRODUCTION, I'M CHLOE GALE,\nCURRENTLY VP OF POLICY AND\nADVOCACY FOR EVERGREEN TREATMENT\nSERVICES. WE ARE A LOCAL LEADER\nIN OPIOID TREATMENT FOR OVER 50\nYEARS, DAILY IN OUR CLINICS, AND\nIN OUR TREATMENT EMOTION VAN, WE\nSERVE APPROXIMATELY 1,200\nPATIENTS A DAY. AND THEN OUR\nREACH PROGRAM PROVIDES STREET\nOUTREACH, INTENSIVE CASE\nMANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY JUSTICE,\nDIVERSION WORK WITH OUR LAW\nENFORCEMENT PARTNERS THROUGH THE\nLEAD PROGRAM. AND THEN ONGOING\nHOUSING SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY\nFOR THOSE WHO ARE USING\nSUBSTANCES IN THE COMMUNITY.\nNEXT SLIDE. I WANTED TO TALK A\nLITTLE BIT ABOUT AS THIS PROJECT\nWAS COMING FORWARD, THE MAYOR'S\nOFFICE ASKED US A LITTLE BIT\nABOUT DATA, FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING\nOUTSIDE THAT WE ENCOUNTER, WE\nHAVE 150 REACH STAFF WHO ARE\nDAILY DOING STREET OUTREACH, AND\nWHEN WE LOOKED INTO OUR DATA, WE\nFOUND THAT CLOSE TO 4,000 PEOPLE\nWERE CONNECTED WITH OUR STAFF\nLAST YEAR. AND WHEN WE ASKED\nTHEM FOR WHAT SERVICES THEY\nWANTED, OVER 60% REQUESTED\nSUPPORT WITH MENTAL HEALTH,\nMEDICAL AND SUBSTANCE USE NEEDS.\nSO THIS HAS TOLD US THAT THE\nMAJORITY OF PEOPLE LIVING\nOUTSIDE WANT SUPPORT FOR THEIR\nPHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.\nI THINK -- YOU GOT TO HEAR TAMMY\nGREEN EARLIER, ONE OF OUR\nPROVIDERS AT SOTO WHO'S AN\nEXPERT IN LIVED EXPERIENCE\nAROUND WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH\nSUBSTANCE USE. AND I THINK SHE\nWOULD SAY THIS NUMBER COULD BE\nPOSSIBLY MUCH HIGHER IN TERMS OF\nPEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY ASKING\nFOR SUPPORT. SO WHAT WE BELIEVE\nIS THAT PEOPLE WANT HEALTH AND\nRECOVERY CARE, BUT THEY CANNOT\nMANAGE THOSE TREATMENT SYSTEMS\nFROM THE STREET. AND OFTEN THEIR\nUNMET NEEDS PREVENT THEM FROM\nSUCCEEDING IN OUR SHELTER\nSYSTEM. YOU'VE HEARD FROM MANY,\nMANY PEOPLE, FOLKS ON THE\nPROVIDERS, NEIGHBORS, PARTNERS,\nBUSINESS LEADERS ALL ASKING FOR\nSERVICE-RICH SHELTER PROGRAMS.\nSO I'M GOING TO LEAD WITH A\nCOUPLE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR\nORGANIZATION. WE WANT TO BE A\nCLOSE PARTNER IN BOTH DESIGNING\nTHE CARE AND SUPPORTING THE CARE\nAS WE GO ALONG. SO THE FIRST IS\nAROUND MATCHING EACH PERSON TO\nTHEIR SHELTER NEEDS. YOU GOT TO\nMEET A COUPLE OF OUR FOLKS TODAY\nAND ON MONDAY WHO ARE OUT ON THE\nSTREET EVERYDAY. THEY KEEP\nHELPING PEOPLE BUILD TRUSTING\nRELATIONSHIPS. GENERALLY WHAT WE\nFIND WHEN WE WORK WITH PROJECTS\nLIKE THE JUST CARE PROGRAM, THE\nSTATE RIGHT OF MODEL, THE LEERY\nWAY IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH\nCOUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS IS THAT\nOVER 90% OF THE PEOPLE WE\nENCOUNTER ARE READY TO COME\nINSIDE IF WE CAN GIVE THEM THE\nRIGHT SPACE AND THE RIGHT ARRAY\nOF SERVICES AND IF THEY HAVE THE\nSENSE OF ONGOING, THIS\nENGAGEMENT IN SHELTER WILL MOVE\nTHEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. SO\nCOUPLE WE SUPPORT CREATING A\nLOCAL PRIORITY FOR SHELTER\nOPTIONS. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW A\nLOT OF SHELTER REFERRALS ARE ON\nFIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS.\nAND WE KNOW BECAUSE WE WORK\nCLOSELY WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES\nTHAT THEY ALSO WANT THEIR\nVULNERABLE NEIGHBORS INSIDE. I\nTHINK AS SHARON MENTIONED,\nPEOPLE DON'T WANT THEIR\nVULNERABLE NEIGHBORS IN THEIR\nDOOWAYS, THEY WANT THEM INSIDE\nWHERE THEY CAN GET SERVICES. WE\nWOULD DO THAT IN PARTNERSHIP\nWITH WHAT PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT,\nWHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE AND ALSO\nSERVICES THAT MATCH THEIR NEED\nON SITE. WE ALSO RECOMMEND\nBRINGING A TRANSFER OPTION FOR\nPEOPLE. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW\nSOMEONE GENERALLY HAS TO BECOME\nHOMELESS AGAIN IN ORDER TO\nACCESS A DIFFERENT FACILITY AND\nALSO PEOPLE'S NEEDS CHANGE OVER\nTIME. SO WE MAY FIND THEY'RE\nGOING TO BE BETTER SERVED\nSOMEWHERE. BECAUSE WE'RE\nSUBSTANCE ABUSE EXPERTS, I JUST\nWANT TO SAY THAT RECOVERY FOR\nSUBSTANCE USE AND ADDICTION IN\nPARTICULAR IS NOT A LINEAR\nPROCESS. MOST EVERYONE\nFREQUENTLY AS THIS GO ON THAT\nPATHWAY HAVE TO HAVE SEVERAL\nDIFFERENT TRIES AND TO FIGURE\nOUT WHAT WORKS FOR THEM. SO WE\nWANT TO HAVE AN OPT-IN MODEL IN\nTERMS OF OUR SHELTER ARRAY THAT\nPEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COME\nINSIDE AND STAY INSIDE, AND OUR\nPROVIDERS GET TO WORK WITH EACH\nOTHER TO SUSTAIN THAT OVER TIME.\nI LOST THIS SLIDE. OUR SECOND\nRECOMMENDATION IS REALLY AROUND\nMODELS OF OPIOID TREATMENT. SO\nRIGHT NOW THE BEST MODEL FOR\nOPIOID TREATMENT INCLUDES\nMEDICATION. AND I WANTED TO NAME\nTWO EXCELLENT BECAUSE THIS IS\nWHAT WE DO, I WANTED TO NAME TWO\nEXCELLENT MODELS THAT COULD WORK\nIN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE NEW\nSHELTER SITES. SO ONE IS OUR\nOPIOID DISPENSARIES. THERE'S A\nNEW STATEWIDE -- WE HAVE\nTREATMENT IN MOTION VANS THAT\nCAN DELIVER MEDICATION\nDISPENSARIES RIGHT DOWNTOWN TO\nPEOPLE IN ISOLATED AREAS, BUT WE\nALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX\nSITE DISPENSARIES WHERE WE COULD\nBRING MEDICATION AND TREATMENT\nPROVIDERS DAILY IF THAT DESIGN\nIS BUILT INTO THESE NEW SHELTER\nOPTIONS. SO THAT'S ONE OPTION\nWE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE. THE\nSECOND IS A LONG-ACTING\nINJECTABLE BUPHRENORPHINE MODEL.\nIT'S DONE A BRILLIANT JOB OF\nGETTING PEOPLE WITH CHAOTIC\nLIVES ON TREATMENT AND\nMEDICATION RIGHT AWAY. WHEN WE\nSEE PEOPLE USING DRUGS OUTSIDE,\nIT IS TYPICALLY NOT JUST ONE\nDRUG. FENTANYL IS CERTAINLY THE\nHIGHEST RISK FOR OVERDOSE DEATH\nIN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT MOST\nPEOPLE ARE USING MULTIPLE\nSUBSTANCES, AND YOU KNOW AS\nSHELTER PROVIDERS THAT WE NEED\nTO MANAGE ALL OF THOSE. WE\nCAN'T JUST WORK WITH ONE, SO WE\nALSO HAVE TO WORK WITH THE\nTRAUMA THAT THEY'RE COMING ON\nBOARD WITH, MENTAL HEALTH\nCONDITIONS AND MEDICAL\nCONDITIONS. IT IS HEARTBREAKING\nFOR US WHEN WE KNOW WE HAVE A\nPERFECT ARRAY OF SERVICES IN ONE\nLOCATION, BUT BECAUSE THERE ARE\nMEDICAL NEEDS WE CAN'T MEET,\nTHIS PERSON IS NOW GOING TO HAVE\nTO STAY ON THE STREET UNTIL WE\nCAN FIND A BETTER SITUATION.\nFINALLY I'M JUST GOING TO NAME\nWHOLE PERSON CARE, INTEGRATING\nMODELS, AS I'VE JUST SAID,\nAROUND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE\nTHINGS ARE ACCESSIBLE AND THAT\nPEOPLE WITH COMPLICATED NEEDS\nCAN ALSO CONTINUE TO GET\nSUPPORT. AND I WANTED TO CALL\nOUT A FEW OF OURS BECAUSE WE\nLOVE PARTNERING WITH OUR MANY\nDIFFERENT DIVERSE SHELTER\nMODELS, AND I DO THINK HAVING\nMULTIPLE TYPES OF PARTNERS IS\nCRITICAL TO SUCCESS. I'M GOING\nTO CALL OUT A FEW THINGS, I'VE\nGOTTEN TO SPEAK WITH SHARON LEE\nRECENTLY ABOUT, ONE OF THE\nSPACES THAT HAS A LOT OF\nPREGNANT WOMEN IN IT, AND\nTHEY'VE ACTUALLY INVOLVED THE\nSERVICES OF A DOULA BECAUSE THEY\nHAVE SO MANY YOUNG PREGNANT\nWOMEN THERE THAT THEY NEEDED TO\nBRING IN EXTRA SUPPORT. THE\nSECOND IS THE COLEAD MODEL WHERE\nSOMEONE HAS HAD SOME KIND OF\nCRIMINAL LAW VIOLATION AS PART\nOF THEIR PROCESS, AND THEY BRING\nLEGAL SYSTEM ADVOCATES SO THAT\nTHE LEGAL BARRIERS ARE NOT\nPREVENTING PEOPLE FROM GETTING\nHOUSING AND SERVICES. AND\nFINALLY CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB IS\nNOT HERE, BUT I REALLY WANT TO\nNAME THAT THEY HAVE CREATED\nBEAUTIFUL SPACES TO CONNECT\nPEOPLE TO THEIR NATIVE CULTURES\nSO THEY CAN HEAL IN\nCOLLABORATION WITH THEIR FAMILY\nMEMBERS. WE CAN HELP DESCRIBE\nWHAT IS NEEDED FOR FOLKS\nOUTSIDE, AND WE WANT TO BRING\nSERVICES TO CONTINUE THEIR PATH\nTO RECOVERY.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE\nJOINING US FROM TAMPA, FLORIDA,\nMAGGIE ROGERS WHO'S THE\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CATHOLIC\nCHARITIES AND THE OPERATOR OF\nTAMPA HOPE WHICH WAS IN OUR\nPRESENTATION. MAGGIE, IF YOU\nWANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE\nYOURSELF OFF MUTE, I WILL GO\nAHEAD AND SHARE THE SLIDE, AND\nYOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET\nSTARTED. THANK YOU FOR JOINING\nUS TODAY.\nWELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.\nCAN EVERYONE HEAR ME?\nYES.\nWONDERFUL. LIKE YOU SAID,\nI'M MAGGIE ROJ, THE CEO FOR\nCATHOLIC CHARITIES, DIOCESE OF\nST. PAUL'S. WE HAVE FIVE\nCOUNTIES OF ABOUT 265 STAFF. WE\nHAVE A BROAD ARRAY OF SERVICES,\nABOUT 2,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE\nHOUSING, FOUR PREGNANCY CENTERS,\nFOUR MEDICAL CLINICS, RENT\nPROGRAMS, NAME IT, WE'VE DONE\nIT. WE HAVE SIX HOMELESS\nSHELTERS DATING BACK TO JUST\nOVER 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE OPENED\nOUR FIRST ONE IN THE 1990s FOR\nTHOSE WITH HIV-AIDS. AND WHAT\nWE'VE REALLY BUILT IS A MODEL\nWHERE WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND TO\nA CRISIS QUICKLY. AND SO 20\nYEARS AGO, WE OPENED OUR FIRST\nSHELTER, LARGE SHELTER, PINELLAS\nHOPE IN RESPONSE TO TENT\nSLASHING. THAT HAS 156\nAPARTMENTS IN THE BACK. AND THEN\nWE LOOK TO REPRESENTLY CASE THAT\nAND ENDED UP WITH TAMPA HOPE. WE\nCLOSED ON THAT PROPERTY IN\nNOVEMBER OF '21, AND IN\nDECEMBER OF '21, LESS THAN A\nMONTH LATER, WE OPENED UP WITH\n100 TENTS UP ON PLATFORMS, AND\nTHEN MOVED TO ANOTHER 125 AND\nTHEN WENT TO 200 SOMETHING. WE\nARE NOW AT 215 COTTAGES MADE BY\nTHE PALLET COMPANY, 116 TENTS.\nWE HAVE 345 PEOPLE ON THE CAMPUS\nEVERY SINGLE NIGHT. AND THAT'S\nBECAUSE SOME OF COTTAGES ARE\nMADE FOR TWO PEOPLE, SOME ARE\nNOT. AND I'LL PUSH THE CAMPUS\nTO OVER 400 IN 2027, AND I'D\nLIKE TO GET AS CLOSE TO 500 IF\nPOSSIBLE. AND THE ONLY REASON I\nWOULD NOT DO THAT IS IF I RUN\nOUT OF LAND. SINCE WE HAVE\nOPENED, WE HAVE SERVED NEARLY\n2,000 PEOPLE, AND 40% HAVE MOVED\nTO PERMANENT HOUSING. AND,\nREALLY, THE SUCCESS OF THE\nPROGRAM IS THAT IT'S NOT\nCATHOLIC CHARITIES DOING ALL OF\nTHE WORK. IT'S REALLY US\nBRINGING IN ALL OF THE PARTNERS\nTHAT DO THEIR GREAT WORK,\nALLOWING THEM TO USE OUR\nFACILITY AND DO WHAT THEY DO\nBEST. AND SO INTAKE AT OUR\nSHELTER IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR\nBIGGEST PARTNERS, IT'S OUR\nPOLICE ENTITIES. AND SO POLICE,\nAS WELL AS OTHER OUTREACH TEAMS\nIN THE COMMUNITY HELP US BRING\nTHE FOLKS INTO TO TAMPA HOPE. WE\nDO NOT DO ANY -- THERE'S NO\nBACKGROUND TEST, YOU KNOW,\nTHERE'S NO BACKGROUND CHECKS\nGIVEN. WE DON'T DO DRUG TESTING\nAT INTAKE. WE REALLY WANTED TO\nBE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY\nTHAT NEEDED US MOST, THAT MOST\nAGENCIES DON'T SERVE. WHEN WE\nWERE LOOKING TO OPEN THE MAYOR\nSAID, YOU KNOW, HOW BIG DO YOU\nTHINK YOU COULD GO, AND I SAID,\nWELL, I COULD PROBABLY BUY A FEW\nHOUSES, I CAN BUY SOME SMALL\nLAND AND I CAN REHOUSE, YOU\nKNOW, MAYBE 25 OR 50 PEOPLE A\nYEAR, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO\nNOTICE THAT ON THE STREETS. I\nWANTED IT TO BE IMPACTFUL, SO\nYOU REALLY NOTICE 500 PEOPLE,\n400 PEOPLE NOT BEING DOWNTOWN,\nYOU KNOW, CITY OF TAMPA. AND SO\nSINCE THEN, YOU KNOW, NEARLY 800\nPEOPLE HAVE MOVED TO HOUSING\nSINCE WE'VE OPENED. AND,\nREALLY, THE SERVICES THAT GO ON\nSITE, SO IT'S NOT JUST THE BED\nNIGHT. YES, THEY GET THREE MEALS\nA DAY, SHOWERS, LAUNDRY, YOU\nKNOW, REST ROOMS. IT'S THE CASE\nMANAGEMENT, THE MENTAL HEALTH\nCOUNSELORS THAT WE HAVE ON\nSTAFF, OUR PARTNERS THAT COME TO\nTHE FACILITY TO PROVIDE THEIR\nSERVICES AS WELL. AND IF YOU\nBREAK IT DOWN, THE LARGER\nSHELTER GOES, THEN COST PER\nPERSON COMES DOWN. SO, YOU KNOW,\nTAMPA HOPE IS UNDER $30 A NIGHT,\nAND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE\nWRAP AROUND SERVICES. WHAT ELSE?\nMY APOLOGIES. STAFF MEETINGS,\nRUNNING BACK AND FORTH HERE.\nCASE MANAGEMENT, IT FLUCTUATES\nUSUALLY BETWEEN 40 OR 50 PEOPLE\nPER -- YOU KNOW, IS USUALLY\nTHEIR CASELOAD. I'M HOPING\nTHAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE NEW\nYEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING\nIN MORE ELECTRIC. THE PROPERTY\nWE PURCHASED DID NOT HAVE ANY\nINFRASTRUCTURE IN THE BACK, AND\nSO WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND PUT THE\nINFRASTRUCTURE IN AND MADE IT\nESSENTIALLY A SMALL TOWN. AND,\nYOU KNOW, WHEN WE PURCHASED THE\nPROPERTY, I SENT NOTICES OUT TO\nALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND SAID,\nHEY, YOU KNOW, MAGGIE ROGERS IS\nIN TOWN, I'M GOING TO BE\nOPENING UP THIS SHELTER, I WANT\nYOU TO KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.\nHERE'S AN OPEN HOUSE. NONE OF\nTHE NEIGHBORHOODS CAME. AND THEN\nI OPENED AND PEOPLE ARE, LIKE,\nOH, SHE'S REALLY GOING TO DO\nTHIS EMERGENCY SHELTER. AND THE\nNEIGHBORS WERE UPSET. SENT\nLETTERS. AND IT WAS REALLY ABOUT\nCONTINUOUS CONVERSATION AND\nDIALOGUE, HAVING ONGOING\nCOMMUNICATION WITH THE\nNEIGHBORS. NOW THOSE\nNEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE\nHAVING THEIR MEETINGS AT OUR\nFACILITY, THEY'RE RAISING\nDOLLARS FOR US, THEY'RE HAVING,\nYOU KNOW, CLOTHING DRIVES OR,\nYOU KNOW, BLANKET DRIVES,\nTOILETRY DRIVES FOR US. BUT IT\nWAS A CONSTANT COMMUNICATION AND\nAWARENESS, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST\nBECAUSE A PERSON IS WALKING ON\nTHE STREET DOES NOT MEAN THAT\nTHEY'RE HOMELESS, IT DOES NOT\nMEAN THAT THEY'RE COMMITTING A\nCRIME AND REALLY JUST HAVING\nTHOSE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH\nPEOPLE. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT\nIT. I WAS TRYING TO GET THAT ALL\nOUT QUICKLY.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH, MAGGIE.\nTHAT'S INCREDIBLY HELPFUL, AND\nIT'S REALLY AN INCREDIBLE\nACCOMPLISHMENT THAT YOU HAVE A\nPROGRAM SERVING -- ON THE ROAD\nTO SERVING UP TO 400 PEOPLE\nSOON.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nSO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US: SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US\nTODAY.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nI'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND\nTURN IT TO TARA MOSS WITH\nPURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION, AND I'LL\nGO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN.\nGOOD ALMOST AFTERNOON, WE'RE\nALMOST THERE. LUNCHTIME SOON FOR\nALL HOPEFULLY. MY NAME IS TARA\nMOSS, CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT\nPDA. I OVERSEE THE CO-LEAD\nPROGRAM THAT CHLOE HAS ALREADY\nREFERENCED. YOU TOOK SOME OF MY\nTALKING POINTS. THANK YOU.\nYOU'RE STILL GETTING THE SLIDES\nUP. WE'RE GOING TO MOSTLY TALK\nABOUT THE COLEAD MODEL, BUT I\nWANT TO GO TO OUR MISSION HERE,\nAND I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED,\nSO THANK YOU, BECAUSE IT REALLY\nFOCUSES ON OUR GOAL TO FIND\nINNOVATION AND TAKE PUBLIC\nHEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY\nSERIOUSLY. AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE\nBEEN TALKING ABOUT THINGS SUCH\nAS NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT AND\nCOORDINATION. SO PLANT SEEDS FOR\nA WORLD ROOTED IN CARE AND\nCOMMUNITY CARE INSTEAD OF\nPUNISHMENT AND NEGLECT. WE\nIMPACT PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY\nSTRATEGIES ROOTED IN SYSTEM\nCOORDINATION AND TRAUMA-INFORMED\nEVIDENCE-BASED FRAMEWORK. AND\nSOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE\nNAME HERE ARE JUST REALLY BAKED\nINTO ALL THE WORK THAT WE TRY TO\nDO, INCLUDING THE LEAD PROGRAM\nAND THOSE LESSONS LEARNED HAVE\nFED INTO THE COLEAD PROGRAM. ONE\nTHING THAT I JUST WANT TO POINT\nOUT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY\nAND COORDINATION IS THAT WE\nALWAYS TRY TO CHECK OUR WORK,\nAND ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND\nIS THAT WITH OUR COLEAD PROGRAM\nTHAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT 911 CALLS\nGO DOWN BASED ON UNIVERSITY OF\nWASHINGTON STUDY, AND THAT'S\nINTENTIONAL. OUR STAFFING TAKES\nWHAT OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE DOING\nINSIDE AND AROUND THE FACILITY\nAND AREA VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT WE\nALSO HAVE A SAFETY TEAM TO HELP\nDE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS. THEN\nWE'RE ALSO TRYING TO COORDINATE\nWITH OUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT WHAT'S\nWORKING AND WHAT'S NOT. REALLY\nAPPRECIATED MARGARET COMING IN\nAND TALKING THAT. IT'S ALSO\nPROOF THAT WE ARE DOING OUTREACH\nAND ONGOING ENGAGEMENT AND\nCOORDINATING CONVERSATION FOR\nALL OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM\nMAKING SURE THE PROGRAMS WORK\nFOR OUR HOUSED AND UNHOUSED\nCOMMUNITY ANYWHERE THAT WE ARE\nDOING OUR WORK. SO MOVING ON TO\nTHE COLEAD PROGRAM. COLEAD PAIRS\nTEMPORARY LODGING AND INTENSIVE\nCASE MANAGEMENT FOR A SUSTAINED\nWHOLE PERSON CARE-BASED RESPONSE\nTO CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. OUR\nPROGRAM HAS THREE PHASES THAT I\nWILL TALK ABOUT. YOU CAN GO TO\nTHE NEXT SLIDE. OUR THREE PHASES\nARE OUTREACH, LODGING AND AFTER\nCARE. PLEASE FORGIVE ME AS I\nALSO SHOUT OUT AND APPRECIATE\nALL THE TEAM MEMBERS FROM ALL\nTHESE PHASES WHO CAME OUT TODAY\nSO I MAY DROP SOME NAMES HERE.\nSO FOR OUR OUTREACH PHASE WHICH\nNICOLE CAME UP AND SPOKE ABOUT A\nLITTLE BIT, BUT DANIEL ALSO\nTALKED ABOUT -- AND HE KIND OF\nTALKED ABOUT THE END POINT OF\nTHE OUTREACH GOAL WHICH IS, YOU\nKNOW, NICOLE WOULD SAY PLEASE\nDON'T SAY I'M COMING OUT\nGIVING OUT HOUSING BECAUSE AS\nWE'VE SEEN AND EVERYONE'S\nTALKED ABOUT, THERE'S WAY MORE\nDEMAND THAN WHAT WE HAVE AND ARE\nABLE TO PROVIDE. AND, CHLOE, YOU\nALREADY DID A GREAT JOB OF\nTALKING WHO OUR COLEAD\nPOPULATION IS. WE'RE REALLY\nTRYING TO WORK WITH THE FOLKS\nWHO HONESTLY OTHER SERVICES HAVE\nNOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH AND\nHAVE NOT BEEN A GOOD MATCH. SO\nYOU'LL SEE SOME STRATEGIES THAT\nWE USE, BUT I THINK THAT YOU\nWOULD -- IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR\nYOU TO REMEMBER IN EACH STRATEGY\nTHAT WE DO, WE'RE MORE\nINTENSIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUND\nTHAT THAT'S WHAT'S SUCCESSFUL\nFOR A POPULATION THAT HASN'T\nBEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MORE\nLOW-BARRIER OR LESS STAFFED\nPROGRAMS AND SERVICES. SO IN OUR\nOUTREACH, WE'RE REALLY TRYING\nTO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE,\nUNDERSTANDING BEST MATCH FOR\nTHESE SERVICES. WE'RE LOOKING\nFOR THINGS LIKE CRIMINAL\nHISTORY, SUBSTANCE USE, MENTAL\nHEALTH, WHAT ARE SOME SERVICES\nTHAT WE CAN COORDINATE AND\nSTABILIZE, BUT WE'RE ALSO\nHAVING REALLY IMPORTANT\nCONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE\nINDIVIDUALS SUCH AS DANIEL\nAROUND EXPECT ALLEGATIONS AND\nBEHAVIORS AND SAFETY MEASURES.\nSO WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, THAT\nTHEY KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED OF\nTHEM. AND AS YOU'VE SAID,\nCHLOE, WE FOUND THAT WE CAN HAVE\nUP TO A 90% ACCEPTANCE RATE\nBECAUSE WE'RE TRANSPARENT,\nWE'RE BEST MATCHING, AND WE'RE\nPROVIDING SERVICES THAT REALLY\nWORK FOR THEM, AND THEY DON'T\n-- THEY AREN'T NERVOUS THAT\nTHEY'RE GOING TO FAIL OUT OF\nWITHIN THE FIRST ONE OR TWO\nDAYS. AND THE OTHER PIECE\nTHAT'S ALREADY BEEN NAMED BUT\nHAS REALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL, I\nREALLY APPRECIATE THE\nPARTNERSHIPS WITH LIHI AND LAKE\nCITY IS THAT WE HAVE FOUND AND\nLISTENED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS\nAROUND THEIR ADVOCACY THAT THE\nCOMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE\nGETTING SERVICES OUTSIDE ARE\nGETTING SERVICES INSIDE THEIR\nOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE HAVE\nREALLY FOUND SUCCESS IN DOING AT\nLEAST 1/3 OF THE UNITS BEING\nPRIORITIZED OR THE VILLAGE HOMES\nBEING PRIORITIZED FOR THOSE\nWITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. SO RIGHT\nNOW WE ARE FULL WITH 1/3 OF\nINDIVIDUALS FROM LAKE CITY\nINSIDE LAKE CITY TINY HOMES. SO\nI'M REALLY GOING TO FOCUS HERE\nON KIND OF THE SERVICE\nPROVISION, AND AS I'VE TALKED\nABOUT, IT'S PRETTY INTENSIVE.\nOUR GOAL IS TO BRING PEOPLE IN,\nSTABILIZE THEM, BUT IDEALLY AS I\nTHINK SHARON AND OTHERS WERE\nTALKING ABOUT THROUGH-PUT, WE'RE\nCONNECTING THEM TO ONGOING\nLONG-TERM SERVICES, PERMANENT\nSUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT ISN'T\nDEPENDENT ON OUR SERVICE MODEL,\nSO SUPER INTENSIVE. KESHA AND\nLINDSEY -- YEAH, KEISHA AND\nLINDSEY -- I GOTTA CALL MY STAFF\nOUT OR I'M GOING TO GET IN\nTROUBLE. KEY SHA IS NOT JUST\nGETTING SOMEONE IDEA, AND NOT\nJUST SETTING UP A MEDICAL\nAPPOINTMENT, THESE ARE\nINDIVIDUALS WHO NEED SUPPORT,\nSOMETIMES NEED ADVOCACY, NEED TO\nBE TAKEN SERIOUSLY SO THAT\nINTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENTS\nTHERE. APPRECIATE CHLOE TALKING\nTHE LEGAL COORDINATION BECAUSE\nTHAT'S A KEY PIECE THAT WE'VE\nLEARNED IS, YOU KNOW, RESOLVING\nWARRANTS, WORKING WITH PEOPLE\nTHROUGH THEIR COURT CASES. WE\nOFTEN FIND WHEN PEOPLE ARE\nSTABILIZED, AND WE CAN REALLY DO\nTHIS INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT\nTHAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET\nPEOPLE A LOT STABLE A LOT FASTER\nTHAN IF THEY'RE OUTSIDE. AND\nTHAT SETS THEM UP FOR SUCCESS\nFOR THEIR NEXT POINT OF SERVICE.\nI'M JUMPING AHEAD. NOT YET,\nJON. GO BACK. THAT WAS MY FAULT.\nI'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT\nPREVIEW AFTER KARA IN A SECOND.\nBUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT LODGING.\nBUT THAT INTENSIVE CASE MANAGER\nDOES MAKE THEM VERY SUCCESSFUL\nIN TERMS OF WHEN THEY'RE PLACED\nINTO AFTER CARE, AND IDEALLY,\nTHIS IS JUST A SHORT-TERM SPOT\nWITH A LOT OF SUCCESS. SO I JUST\nREALLY WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE\nBIT MORE ABOUT WE DO A LOT OF\nCARE. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE\nDIFFERENT SERVICES. WE'RE\nCONNECTING THEM TO BENEFITS THAT\nARE LONG TERM. AGAIN, WE DON'T\nWANT THEM TO BE DEPENDENT ON OUR\nSERVICES, TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN\nTHEY MOVE ON. BUT I WILL ADD\nTHAT SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT\nEVEN CHLOE NAMED, WE DO NEED TO\nAUGMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF NEED\nOUT THERE. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY\nLOOK FORWARD TO ESPECIALLY\nBEHAVIOR HEALTH AND OTHER\nSERVICES THAT SOMETIMES CAN BE\nAUGMENTED BY OTHER SERVICE\nPROVIDERS OR THE CITY TO BRING\nIN. BUT, AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING OUR\nCASE MANAGERS TO DO AS MUCH AS\nTHEY CAN TO CONNECT TO THE\nSERVICES THAT THEY HAVE HERE.\nAND ALSO I JUST WANT TO\nREITERATE THAT WE DO HOLD OUR\nPARTICIPANTS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE\nRULES. WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE\nIN TERMS OF ENGAGING IN CASE\nMANAGEMENT AT MINIMUM THREE\nTIMES A WEEK ON THE GOALS THEY\nSET FOR THEMSELVES TO HELP HAVE\nTHEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE\nPROGRAM AND FOR THEMSELVES AND\nWHAT THEY WANT. AND THEN THE\nLAST PIECE THAT I WILL NAME IN\nTERMS OF -- NOW WE CAN MOVE TO\nAFTER CARE -- IS THAT WE FOUND\nTHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PERMANENT\nSUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHER\nPROVIDERS ARE REALLY STRETCHED\nTHIN IN TERMS OF THEIR STAFFING.\nAND WE WERE HAVING EXPERIENCES\nOF OUR PARTICIPANTS COMING BACK\nAND ASKING FOR HELP OR ASKED TO\nCOME BACK TO COLEAD. SO WE DID\n-- AGAIN, NOT LONG TERM, BUT WE\nREALIZED OUR FOLKS NEED TO BE\nSTABILIZED A LITTLE BIT LONGER,\nAND ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE\nPIECES THAT WE OFFER FOR OUR\nFOLKS SUCH AS CRIMINAL LEGAL\nCOORDINATION, OTHER SERVICE\nPROVIDERS JUST DON'T HAVE THE\nRESOURCES OR ABILITY TO DO SO.\nSO WE DO HAVE AFTER CARE\nPROGRAM, AND WE TRY TO DO THAT\nFOR THOSE WHO NEED IT, AND IT'S\nALL OPTIONAL FOR UP TO A YEAR\nIDEALLY TO, AGAIN, REALLY\nSTABILIZE INDIVIDUALS. SO WE'RE\nONLY BRINGING THEM FROM OUTSIDE\nONCE, STABILIZING THEM ONE TIME\nAND GETTING THEM TO BE AS\nSUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE IN THEIR\nNEXT HOME LONG TERM. SO I THINK\nI WILL END IT THERE. I GUESS I\nWILL JUST ADD, ESPECIALLY FOR\nOUR MODEL WITH THE AMOUNT OF\nINTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND\nSUPPORT THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT\nIT REALLY NEEDS TO BE WELL\nRESOURCED AND WELL STAFFED. SO\nWE DO HAVE 24/7 STAFFING HERE,\nAND THAT IS -- THAT IS SOMETHING\nTHAT IS IMPORTANT, AND WE CAN'T\nREALLY ADJUST WITHOUT IMPACTING\nTHE OUTCOMES OF INDIVIDUALS\nBECAUSE WE'LL LOSE FOLKS, AND\nWE'LL LOSE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO\nREALLY HAVE A KEY MOMENT IN TIME\nWHERE THEY CAN FEEL SAFE,\nSTABILIZED AND HAVE TRUST IN\nTHEIR JOURNEY OF RECOVERY AND BE\nSUCCESSFUL WITH THAT.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY\nAPPRECIATE THE IN-DEPTH\nPRESENTATION, THE WEALTH OF\nKNOWLEDGE, AS YOU MENTIONED.\nCOLLEAGUES, I KNOW IT'S ALREADY\n11:46. I'M HOPING WE CAN GO A\nBIT LONGER HERE. AND I ALSO\nWOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL\nMEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR HARD WORK\nIN HELPING TO PREPARE FOR THIS\nMEETING, AND I BELIEVE AT LEAST\nCOUNCIL MEMBER RINCK YOU HAVE A\nHARD CUTOFF AT NOON. SO,\nCOLLEAGUES, IF IT'S OKAY, I'D\nLIKE TO ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBER\nRINCK TO START THE QUESTIONING\nAND COMMENTS. YOU HAVE THREE\nMINUTES? OKAY. WHY DON'T YOU\nGO, COUNCIL MEMBER VICE CHAIR\nSTRAUSS.\nTHANK YOU FOR THE VIEWING: THANK YOU FOR THE VIEWING.\nYOU MERIT HAVE CONNECTED THIS\nMEETING TO YESTERDAY'S MEETING\nWHERE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD THE\nFUNDING THAT IS NEEDED TO BUILD\nTHESE PROGRAMS, BOTH THE SHELTER\nAND THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. I\nJUST WANT TO REMARK ABOUT HOW\nFAR WE'VE COME BECAUSE THERE'S\nALWAYS MORE WORK TO DO, BUT THE\nPLACE WHERE THIS CONVERSATION IS\nTODAY IS REMARKABLY DIFFERENT\nTHAN IT WAS EVEN IN 2016 OR\n2017. WHEN THE CONVERSATION OF\nKCRHA WAS BEING SET UP OR THE\nNAV TEAM OR ANY OF THE STATE OF\nHOMELESSNESS, BUT I JUST RECALL\nON MY FIRST VOTES HERE AT\nCOUNCIL, IT WAS WHETHER WE DO 20\nTINY HOME VILLAGE SITES OR 40\nPOSSIBLE, IF IT WAS POSSIBLE,\nMAYBE ONE DAY. AND THERE WAS AN\nARGUMENT ABOUT DO WE DO FEWER\nHIGH-INTENSITY SHELTER BEDS OR\nMORE -- LIKE THE PLAN YOU SHARED\nTODAY, THAT SAFETY PLAN IS\nABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR SERVING\nMOST PEOPLE'S NEEDS AND FOR THE\nFOLKS WHO REMAIN ON OUR STREET A\nHIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE IS\nNEEDED, RIGHT? SO IT'S THE YES\nAND BOTH END APPROACH. BUT WHERE\nWE'VE COME FROM MY SHORT TERM\nHERE AT CITY COUNCIL IS THE\nPLACE OF HAVING AN ARGUMENT OF\nARE WE DOING TINY HOMES OR NOT,\nAN ARGUMENT OF SHOULD WE INVEST\nMORE MONEY INTO A HIGHER LEVEL\nOF SERVICE OR SHOULD WE JUST\nCREATE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF\nUNITS, WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY\nSERVE A PERSON OR NOT. AND SO\nTHE PLACE THAT WE ARE TODAY, I\nWANT TO THANK MAYOR WILSON AND\nHER TEAM FOR BRINGING THIS\nFORWARD WITH EXPAID YENS SI\nBECAUSE THE PLACE THAT WE ARE IN\nTHIS CONVERSATION IS SO MUCH\nBETTER THAN IT WAS EVEN JUST A\nFEW YEARS AGO, AND THERE IS SO\nMUCH MORE TO DO. AT MY TOWN HALL\nLAST WEEK, I HEARD FROM A WOMAN\nIN A WHEELCHAIR WHO'S UNABLE TO\nACCESS THE SERVICES THAT WE\nPROVIDE BECAUSE OF HER\nWHEELCHAIR. I'VE HEARD ABOUT\nTHIS WITH PETS, WITH PARTNERS,\nWITH POSSESSIONS. AND I KNOW,\nDIRECTOR HOLCOMB, I DO WALK\nABOUTS IN DISTRICT 6. I RAN INTO\nDIRECTOR HOLCOMB ON ONE OF MY\nWALK ABOUTS. I'M GRATEFUL FOR\nTHE WORDS YOU SHARE, IT\nACCURATELY DESCRIBES WHAT IS\nOCCURRING IN DISTRICT 6 RIGHT\nNOW. I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING\nTHAT SOUNDS TROUBLING, BUT IT'S\nACTUALLY A GOOD PLACE IN THE\nLONG RUN. WE HAVE -- THE PEOPLE\nWHO ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING\nHOMELESSNESS IN BALLARD HAVE\nBEEN KICKED OUT OF EXISTING\nSERVICE PROVIDERS. THAT SOUNDS\nREALLY BAD. AND IT IS. BUT IN\n2019 WE COULDN'T EVEN GET THOSE\nINDIVIDUALS IN TO SHELTER, MUCH\nLESS TO BE KICKED OUT. WHAT THAT\nSAYS TO ME IS WE HAVE DONE THE\nGOOD AND IMPORTANT WORK FOR MANY\nPEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE\nNEED TO PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL\nOF SERVICE FOR THOSE THAT ARE\nREMAINING ON THE STREETS, THAT\nPREDATORY FRAMEWORK THAT YOU\nWERE TALKING ABOUT IS A BARRIER\nTO GETTING SOMEBODY OFF THE\nSTREETS BECAUSE THEIR NEEDS ARE\nCURRENTLY BEING MET BY SOMEBODY\nTHAT IS PREYING ON THEM. IT\nREQUIRES A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF\nSERVICE, A MUCH HIGHER COST BED.\nI ALREADY TALKED MORE THAN I\nEXPECTED TO. MY APOLOGIES. I\nSAID MUCH MORE YESTERDAY. LEAVE\nIT THERE. LOOKING FORWARD TO\nCONTINUING THE CONVERSATION.\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK\nWITH EXPAID YENSY.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE\nCHAIR. COLLEAGUES, I DO JUST\nWANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING,\nYOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE\nTHAT WE INVITED SERVICE\nPROVIDERS TO THE TABLE TO HEAR\nTHEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEIR\nKNOWLEDGE, AND SO I THINK WE'LL\nPROBABLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY\nHOPEFULLY TO HEAR FROM THE\nMAYOR'S OFFICE AGAIN. BUT I'M\nHOPING WE CAN KIND OF FOCUS OR\nQUESTIONS A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS\nTHE SERVICE PROVIDERS.\nTHAT DOVETAILS PERFECTLY: THAT DOVETAILS PERFECTLY\nCHAIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE\nAND EVERYONE WHO TURNED OUT TO\nPROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. I AM SO\nREASSURED TO SEE HOW MANY FOLKS\nHAVE COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THIS\nPROPOSAL. I KNOW I'VE VOICED\nTHIS DURING OUR LAST BRIEFING ON\nTHIS BUT JUST WANT TO AGAIN\nVOICE MY APPRECIATION TO THE\nMAYOR'S OFFICE FOR MOVING WITH\nURGENCY ON THIS ISSUE, OVERDUE\nURGENCY. SO I WANT TO EXPRESSION\nMY APPRECIATION FOR THAT. AND IN\nTHE SPIRIT OF URGENCY, WE HAVE A\nLOT TO FIGURE OUT, AND I KNOW\nWE'RE MOVING QUICKLY TO REALLY\nTRY TO BRING FOLKS INSIDE AND TO\nCRAFT A PLAN THAT'S REALLY\nGOING TO WORK WELL. SO I WANT TO\nSTART WITH THAT APPRECIATION AND\nLIFT UP ONE KEY ISSUE WHICH I DO\nWANT TO TURN TO OUR PROVIDERS AT\nTHE TABLE ON. JUST BRINGING IN\nTHE ELEMENT AND SPEAKING AS\nCHAIR OVER OUR HUMAN SERVICES\nCOMMITTEE, WE HAD A DISCUSSION\nJUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO,\nACTUALLY, A ROUNDTABLE WITH SOME\nOTHER PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS\nTALKING ABOUT WAGE EQUITY. WE\nHEARD LOUD AND CLEAR TODAY FROM\nPUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE\nABSOLUTE NEED TO ENSURE THAT\nTHESE -- THAT ALL OF THE NEW\nSITES THEY ARE BRINGING ONLINE\nHAVE ROBUST SERVICES AND WHAT\nHAS BEEN -- WHAT WE HAVEN'T\nTALKED ABOUT IS THE AMAZING\nPEOPLE CARRYING OUT THIS WORK\nTAKING CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS,\nFRONT LINE STAFF, BEHAVIORAL\nHEALTH STAFF AND SO ON. AND SO\nTHINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW SOME OF\nTHE CHALLENGES FOR STAFFING AT\nOUR EXISTING PROVIDER AGENCIES,\nI'M WONDERING FROM YOUR\nPERSPECTIVE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO\nTHE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT'S\nNEEDED TO BE ABLE TO STAFF FOR\nTHIS RAPID EXPANSION IN SCALING?\nI MEAN, THIS IS MY FAVORITE\nTOPIC. I'M LOOKING AT MY\nCOLLEAGUE TO MAKE SURE I DON'T\nTALK OUT OF TURN A LITTLE BIT\nHERE. SET ME UP. WAGE EQUITY IS\nREALLY IMPORTANT\nTHESE ARE INDIVIDUAL STAFF\nMEMBERS PROVIDING SERVICES\nBEFORE VACCINE ALLEGATIONS WERE\nEVEN AVAILABLE. WE'VE TRIED TO\nKEEP VERY COMPETITIVE WAGES\nSINCE THEN, AND IT HAS REALLY\nPAID OFF IN TERMS OF THE\nSTABILIZATION OF MY STAFF. HI\nONE YEAR WHERE THERE WAS ZERO\nSTAFF WHO LEFT ON THEIR OWN\nTERMS AND DIRECT SERVICES ROLES\nON THEIR OWN TERMS HAD TO LET\nSOME PEOPLE GO, AS WE DO\nSOMETIMES. BUT THAT REALLY SAYS\nA LOT TO NOT ONLY STAFF MORALE\nAND QUALITY OF SERVICES, BUT\nTHAT MEANS THAT OUR PARTICIPANTS\nARE TALKING TO THE SAME PEOPLE\nAROUND THE SAME THINGS, AND THEY\nKNOW THEIR JOURNEYS. SO IT\nREALLY CREATES QUALITY CASE\nMANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT, AND ALSO\nSTABILIZES OUR STAFF AS WELL IF\nTHEY ARE NOT EQUALLY WORRYING\nABOUT THEIR GAS MONEY AND COMING\nTO WORK EVERYDAY AND CHILD CARE\nBECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE\nWHO HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE WHO\nARE THE PRIMARY INCOME EARNER IN\nTHEIR FAMILY, AND THAT CREATES\nPEACE OF MIND, BUT IT'S NOT\nJUST IN TERMS OF WAGES, WE HAVE\nFOUND THAT IT'S ROBUST\nBENEFITS, ALSO STAFF SUPPORT AND\nTRAININGS AND OTHER THINGS THAT\nREALLY LOOK AT THE STAFF MEMBER\nAS ALMOST HOLISTICALLY AS THE\nPARTICIPANTS BUT EXPECT THEM TO\nDO HIGH-QUALITY IMPORTANT WORK\nAS WELL WHICH THEY ARE DOING.\nHI. I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO\nTHAT. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.\nAT OUR STAFF, WE ACTUALLY ARE\nUNIONIZED, AND SO OUR STAFF IS\nREPRESENTED BY OPEIU LOCAL 8. SO\nWE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH\nOUR STAFF AROUND SAFETY ISSUES.\nI THINK THERE'S BEEN BACK AND\nFORTH AROUND GUEST POLICIES.\nBEFORE WE USED TO HAVE GUESTS,\nAND THEN DURING COVID WE DID NOT\nALLOW GUESTS. AND WE FOUND OUT\nTHAT MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY\nFEELING SAFER WHEN THEY DON'T\nSEE THEIR GUESTS OR OTHER\nPEOPLE'S GUESTS BECAUSE YOU\nREALLY DON'T WANT UNWANTED\nGUESTS, AND SO THAT'S BEEN A\nPOLICY. AND I THINK THE KEY\nTHING WOULD BE RELATIONSHIP IN\nTERMS OF PEOPLE FEELING -- THE\nSTAFF FEELING SAFE AND THE\nPARTICIPANTS FEELING SAFE REALLY\nHAS TO DO WITH THE RELATIONSHIP\nWITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OR\nPOLICE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE,\nYOU KNOW, SAME THING WITH OUR\nNEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS\nTHAT IS THERE QUICK RESPONSE\nWHEN THERE'S A, YOU KNOW,\nCRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR PEOPLE\nFEELING THREATENED BECAUSE THERE\nARE ISSUES AROUND, YOU KNOW,\nVIOLENCE, THERE'S ISSUES AROUND\nPEOPLE FEELING LIKE, WOW, THIS\nJOB IS NOT SAFE BECAUSE, YOU\nKNOW, WE HAVE TO WAIT TOO LONG\nFOR THE POLICE OR IT CAN'T BE\nRESOLVED OR THERE ISN'T ENOUGH\nDE-ESCALATION, THERE'S NOT\nENOUGH STAFF ON SITE. SO THAT'S\nWHY WE ENDED UP WITH --\nDEPENDING ON THE VILLAGE, WE\nENDED UP WITH TWO PEOPLE, YOU\nKNOW, WHO ARE HANDLING THE\nSECURITY ISSUES, AND SO THAT'S\nBEEN VERY HELPFUL. AND THEN\nSECURITY CAMERAS, I GUESS\nTHERE'S PROS AND CONS AROUND\nTHAT. BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT\nSECURITY CAMERAS HAVE REALLY\nHELPED WITH CRITICAL AREAS LIKE\nSOME OF THE COMMON AREAS, SOME\nOF THE BACK, DIFFERENT -- YOU\nKNOW, WHERE YOU REALLY DON'T\nHAVE THE SIGHT LINE, THAT HAS\nHELPED. AND SO WE FEEL THAT IF\nWE HAVE ENOUGH FINANCING FOR\nTHE, YOU KNOW, REALLY GOOD CASE\nMANAGEMENT, REALLY GOOD COVERAGE\nTHAT THAT MAKES THE WHOLE\nDIFFERENCE. AND WE ALSO HIRE A\nLOT OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED\nEXPERIENCE, AND THAT HAS ALSO\nFACTORED IN TO HOW THE COMMUNITY\nIS FEELING LIKE A COMMUNITY AND\nLOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER.\nIF I COULD JUST ADD, I\nABSOLUTELY -- WORK FORCE COMES\nDOWN TO WAGES AND BENEFITS,\nNUMBER ONE, HAVING, YOU KNOW,\nBEEN IN THIS SECTOR FOR A LONG\nTIME. I JUST WANT TO NAME THAT\nWE RELY ON ALL OF OUR PARTNERS\nACROSS THIS SECTOR, SO IT ALSO\nIS CRITICAL THAT OUR ENTIRE\nSECTOR FUNDS EACH OTHER\nADEQUATELY. WE'VE BENEFITED\nSOMETIMES FROM HAVING BETTER\nWAGES AND BENEFITS THAN OTHER\nNEIGHBORS AND GOTTEN THEIR\nEMPLOYEES, AND SOMETIMES OUR\nEMPLOYEES MOVE ON ELSEWHERE. SO\nWE NEED OUR COLLEAGUES TO ALSO\nBE WELL FUNDED. AND SECONDLY,\nI'LL SAY THAT IN TERMS OF --\nOUR STAFF IS MISSION DRIVEN, AND\nSO THEY COME TO OUR WORK WITH A\nPURPOSE. AND I'VE BEEN THERE 30\nYEARS, AND I'M GUESSING TAMMY\nIN THE AUDIENCE HAS BEEN THERE\nCLOSE TO 10 YEARS AND THEN\nDECADES OF WORK BEFORE THAT. IT\nIS NOT PARTICULARLY OUR CLIENTS\nI THINK THAT GET PEOPLE DOWN, I\nTHINK IT IS THE WORK\nENVIRONMENT, THE CONDITIONS OF\nWORK, AND IT IS PRETTY HOPELESS\nTO GO OUTSIDE AND NOT HAVE\nSOMETHING THAT YOU CAN OFFER\nSOMEBODY EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO\nTHIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF\nPROJECT THAT WILL INSPIRE AND\nSUPPORT. AND I WILL SAY WE HAVE\nEXCELLENT PARTNER WITH S.P.D.,\nCARE TEAM, SO I DO THINK PUBLIC\nSAFETY IS CRITICAL, BUT WE DO\nRELY ON OUR SYSTEM STRUCTURES.\nOUR TEAM SHOULD NOT BE\nRESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.\nTHANK YOU, ALISON.\nALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR\nSPEAKING TO THAT. AND THIS IS\nSUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE WHEN WE\nTALK ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF HUMAN\nSERVICES WE NEED THE INCREDIBLE\nPEOPLE TO BE CARRYING OUT THE\nWORK, AND IT RELIES ON THAT\nCONNECTION IN SUPPORTING FOLKS\nAT TIMES THEIR MOST VULNERABLE\nMOMENTS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR\nSPEAKING TO THAT ELEMENT. AND I\nWOULD JUST BUILD ON THIS POINT\nTO SAY I'M HOPEFUL, AND AS\nWE'RE MOVING FORWARD, I'M\nWONDERING -- THIS IS JUST A\nQUESTION FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE\nDORKS WE HAVE A SENSE OF\nAPPROXIMATELY HOW MANY FOLKS WE\nWILL NEED TO HIRE IN SUM TOTAL\nTO SUPPORT THE PLANNED\nEXPANSION?\nTHAT'S A GREAT QUESTION,\nCOUNCIL MEMBER, AND I THINK\nIT'S GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON\nTHE NUMBER OF SITES THAT WE\nOPEN. I THINK THE FEEDBACK THAT\nWE ARE HEARING LOUDLY FROM THE\nCOMMUNITY, FROM PROVIDERS AND\nFROM COUNCIL IS THAT A DEEPER,\nMORE SERVICE-RICH ENVIRONMENT\nAND THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS IS\nWHAT WE ARE ASPIRING TO TO STAND\nUP. SO WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME\nANALYSIS BACK FROM CBO AND TRY\nTO GET YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT\nQUESTION. BUT I THINK THAT MORE\nSERVICE-RICH ENVIRONMENT WILL\nREQUIRE HIGHER LEVELS OF\nSTAFFING, AND SO WE CAN FOLLOW\nUP WITH YOU ON THAT.\nTHANK YOU FOR THAT. AND IT\nSOUNDS LIKE THERE'S ALSO SOME\nGOOD LESSONS TO LEARN ABOUT\nSTAFF RETENTION AS WELL, BUT\nI'M WONDERING AS WELL IF WE CAN\nHAVE A CONTINUED CONVERSATION\nAROUND HOW WE CAN DO A FOCUSED\nRECRUITMENT EFFORT AS WELL GIVEN\nTHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED A WORK\nFORCE. DO YOU SUPPORT THIS LEVEL\nOF STAFFING AND SUPPORT AND MAKE\nSURE WE CAN RETAIN FOLKS AND\nCOMPENSATE THEM FAIRLY FOR THIS\nINCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WORK. THANK\nYOU. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY\nQUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CHAIR.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER\nRINCK. COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU,\nCHAIR, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF\nOUR PRESENTERS AND PUBLIC\nCOMMENTERS. I WANT TO DIRECT A\nQUESTION TO MS. ROGERS. IS SHE\nSTILL WITH US FROM TAMPA HOPE?\nDID WE LOSE HER?\nSHE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN: SHE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN\nALL-DAY STAFF RETREAT, SO SHE\nLEFT THAT TO JOIN US AND HAD TO\nGO BACK TO THAT MEETING, I\nBELIEVE.\nOKAY. I WILL EMAIL HER\nQUESTION. LET ME MOVE DOWN MY\nLIST. I WANTED -- THE REASON I\nWANTED TO ASK HER QUESTIONS IS I\nWANTED TO SORT OF ASK ABOUT WHAT\nTHE LESSONS LEARNED ARE FROM\nOPERATING A FACILITY THAT'S A\nLARGER FACILITY AND A LARGER\nPOPULATION. AS WE KNOW, THEY'VE\nGOT 300 OR MORE FOLKS, AND\nTHAT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT\nWE'RE CONSIDERING IS MOVING\nFROM 100 TO 150 PEOPLE, AS WELL\nAS ALLOWING UP TO 250 FOLKS. SO\nMAYBE WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL\nDIRECT MY QUESTION TO PDI AND TO\nLIHI IN TERMS OF SHARING WITH US\nWHAT YOU BELIEVE WOULD BE\nCRITICAL FOR OPERATING A LARGER\nLOCATION. AND I KNOW IN\nPARTICULAR, AND I WANT TO\nAPPRECIATE WHAT PDA, WHAT YOU\nSHARED IN TERMS OF UDUB STUDY\nAND THE WORK YOU ALL HAVE DONE\nTO MAKE SURE YOU ARE TAKING CARE\nOF THE FOLKS AT YOUR FACILITY\nAND REALLY ENGAGING DEEPLY WITH\nTHE NEIGHBORHOOD. CAN YOU SHARE\nWHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT A\nLARGER SCALE?\nI WOULD SAY IN SOME WAYS: I WOULD SAY IN SOME WAYS\nIT'S MORE OF WHAT WE'RE\nALREADY DOING, IN SOME WAYS IT\nSTAYS THE SAME. I SAY THAT\nBECAUSE IF WE'RE IN A LARGER\nSCALE AREA, AND WE HAVE A SAFETY\nTEAM, AND WE HAVE STAFF WHO ARE\nKIND OF OVERSEEING WHAT'S\nHAPPENING OUTSIDE IN THE\nCOMMUNITY, WE'RE JUST DOING\nTHAT IN A LARGER SPACE. IN TERMS\nOF STAFF MEMBERS, WE DO NEED AN\nINCREASE IN STAFF MEMBERS BUT\nNOT HUGELY BECAUSE WE'RE STILL\nGOING TO BE IN ONE LOCATION, BUT\nWE WANT TO KEEP OUR CASELOADS\nLOW ENOUGH THAT STAFF MEMBERS\nCAN STILL GO OUT AND DO THE\nINTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND\nENGAGEMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS I\nTHINK IS IMPORTANT IN\nMAINTAINING THIS SITE IS IT'S\nREALLY MAKING SURE WE'RE\nSTABILIZING PEOPLE, WE'RE\nCONNECTING THEM TO SERVICES, AND\nWE'RE GETTING THEM TO THE NEXT\nPLACE. IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE\nIN A LARGE SITE, AND THEY'RE\nJUST STUCK THERE, THAT IS A\nI KNOW THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT\nWE ARE RAISING A LOT&I KNOW THAT\nTHERE IS A LOT OF BARRIERS TO\nTHAT, BUT THAT IS SUPER\nIMPORTANT IN TERMS OF DOING THIS\nWORK, BUT IT IS ALSO CONSTANT\nCOORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION\nFROM THE COMMUNITY AND\nNEIGHBORHOODS, THERE IS ALWAYS\nGOING TO BE THINGS THAT POP UP\nAND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEM\nIMMEDIATELY. WE HAD FOUND THE\nINDIVIDUALS AND SAID WE ALREADY\nHAD THIS CONVERSATION, THIS\nCAN'T HAPPEN HERE, THIS IS NEW\nWAY OF LIVING, JUST A REMINDER.\nIF THIS CONTINUES TO BE AN\nISSUE, WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN A\nREMINDER IN TERMS OF THAT\nCONVERSATION, QUICK ENGAGEMENT\nAND AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY\nIS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE\nSUPER IMPORTANT NO MATTER THE\nSITE SIZE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.\nTO PIGGY BACK OFF WHAT TARA: TO PIGGY BACK OFF WHAT TARA\nSAID, SHE IS EXACTLY RIGHT T. IS\nTHE STAFFING BECAUSE WHAT WE\nDON'T WANT IS TO NOT HAVE THE\nFUNDING FOR THE APPROPRIATE\nSTAFFING, KIND OF WHAT TARA\nTOUCHED ON, IS THEN HAVING\nSOMEONE IN THE 150-PERSON SITE\nWHO GETS FORGOTTEN, RIGHT? WE\nWANT TO HAVE THIS STAFF THERE\nTHAT EVERYBODY IS STILL\nENGAGING, EVERYBODY IS TALKING\nTO CLIENTS EVERY DAY AND\nEVERYBODY KNOWS WHO IS THERE AND\nNOT THERE. WE ARE DOING THE\nWELLNESS CHECKS ON OUR CLIENTS.\nTHE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WOULD BE\nSTAFFING. WE NEED A BE SURE WE\nARE STAFFED PROPERLY, AND DO ALL\nTHE THINGS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE\nTHE VILLAGE WHEN THINGS POP UP\nOUTSIDE THE VILLAGE WE CAN TAKE\nCARE OF THEM QUICKLY, IT COMES\nDOWN TO FUNDING AND BEING ABLE\nTO HAVE THE STAFFING.\nI WANTED TO ADD ABOUT THE: I WANTED TO ADD ABOUT THE\nPHYSICAL LAYOUT, I THINK IF YOU\nHAD A LOT MORE, LETS SEE IF YOU\nWERE DOING A COMMUNITY WITH\nTOWNHOUSES, YOU WOULD TRY AND\nMAYBE CLUSTER, YOU MAY HAVE A\nLITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE, LITTLE\nNEIGHBORHOOD THERE, AND YOU\nDON'T WANT EVERYBODY GOING TO\nTHE SAME KITCHEN AT THE SAME\nTIME, RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANT\nEVERYBODY KNOWING TO THE SAME\nSMOKING AREA AT THE SAME TIME.\nYOU MAY DECENTRALIZE SOME\nSERVICES. HAVE A SECOND KITCHEN,\nHAVE A SECOND LAUNDRY ROOM OR\nTHIRD LAUNDRY ROOM, SO PEOPLE\nDON'T FEEL LIKE-- THEY DON'T\nFEEL THEY HAVE TO INTERACT LIKE\nONE SPACE, RIGHT? THERE ARE\nDIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VILLAGE\nPEOPLE FEEL THEY CAN IDENTIFY\nWITH, FEEL MORE CLOSE TO THIS\nGROUP OF NEIGHBORS THAN ANOTHER\nGROUP OF NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW,\nNOT TO BRING UP ANYTHING\nCONTROVERSIAL BUT WHEN WE HAD\nTRUE HOPE VILLAGE, WE BASICALLY,\nTHAT HAPPENS TO BE ONE THAT HAS\nFAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, WE\nGROUPED THE FAMILIES WITH\nCHILDREN IN ONE PART OF THE\nVILLAGE, AND THE SINGLES AND\nCOUPLES IN THE OTHERS. IF YOU GO\nTO TRUE HOPE VILLAGE, ALL THE\nTOYS AND EVERYTHING, AND THE\nNOISE WHERE THE FAMILIES ARE,\nRIGHT? THEN THE SINGLES, IT IS A\nDIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE\nTALKING IN TERMS OF EXPANSION, I\nTHINK WE CAN LAY OUT, MAKE SURE\nTHERE IS CONNECT RATIO OF\nHYGIENE FACILITIES, LIKE HOW\nMANY PEOPLE CAN COOK AT ONE\nTIME, OR WHERE FOOD CAN BE\nPREPARED, OR WHERE PEOPLE CAN\nSORT OF DEVELOP A SENSE OF\nCOMMUNITY.\nTHANK YOU FOR THAT. CHAIR, IF\nI MAY ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION,\nI WOULD BE CURIOUS TO HEAR MORE,\nLET ME SAY FIRST Y APPRECIATE\nTHE ATTENTION OF DETAIL ON THE\nSTAFFING AS WELL AS POTENTIAL\nFOR HAVING NEIGHBORHOODS, I\nWOULD BE CURIOUS TO SORT OF HEAR\nMORE ABOUT WHETHER THERE IS A\nBEST PRACTICE OR STANDARD IN\nTERMS OF THE SIZE OF A LOCATION\nIN ORDER TO INSURE WE COULD\nPROVIDE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND\nMULTIPLE FACILITIES.\nYEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A\nSTANDARD IN TERMS OF HOW MANY\nPEOPLE DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO\nUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE USING\nTOILETS, SHOWERS, LAUNDRY, SO\nTHERE IS A RATIO. SO, INSTEAD OF\nDOING ONE GIGANTIC LAUNDROMAT OR\nYOU WANT TO SPREAD IT AROUND,\nRIGHT? BECAUSE YOU ABSOLUTELY\nWANT TO SPREAD THE RESTROOMS AND\nHYGIENE FACILITIES AROUND THE\nVILLAGE. SO EVERYBODY HAS\nACCESS, YEAH.\nTHANK YOU. I KNOW THERE IS\nANOTHER QUESTION FROM ANOTHER\nCOUNCIL MEMBER, SO I WILL WRAP\nUP WITH ONE OVER TO THE FOLKS AT\nREACH, SO, THANK YOU FOR THE\nPRESENTATION, I REALLY\nAPPRECIATED WHAT YOU SHARED\nAROUND THOSE THREE CRITICAL\nELEMENTS FOR INTEGRATION, AM I\nCORRECT THAT THE ON SITE ACCESS\nTO TREATMENT, THAT YOU\nMENTIONED, IS THAT CURRENTLY\nPART OF THE PLAN? OR IS THAT\nSOMETHING YOU RECOMMENDING AS A\nBEST PRACTICE?\nUM, I BELIEVE IT IS PART OF\nTHE PLAN IS TO INTEGRATE\nBEHAVIORAL TREATMENT Y. NAMED A\nCOUPLE OF DIFFERENT MODALITIES\nAND WE HAVE A TREATMENT IN\nMOTION VAN RIGHT NOW, WHICH\nWOULD BE GREAT AS ONE EXAMPLE OF\nBEING ABLE TO HAVE A VEHICLE ON\nTHE CITY HELPED FUND THAT THE\nLAST FEW YEARS. WE WANT TO\nEXPAND THAT. EVEN, THERE IS A\nNEW OPPORTUNITY FOR FIXED SITE\nDISPENSARY WHERE WE COULD HAVE,\nAND WE HAVE HAD FOLKS OFFER\nTHAT, LIKE COULD HAVE A FACILITY\nTHERE, AND THEN PROVIDERS COULD\nJUST GO SO WE DON'T HAVE TO\nDRIVE AND SET UP A WHOLE VAN.\nDOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE WILL\nLOOK AT WHAT MODEL SERVES EACH\nPOPULATION AND EACH PARTNERSHIP.\nI WANT TO ADD THAT WE: I WANT TO ADD THAT WE\nACTUALLY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH\nA NUMBER OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH\nPROVIDERS, AND, FOR INSTANCE, WE\nHAVE THERAPEUTIC HEALTH\nSERVICES, THEY WEREN'T HERE TO\nTESTIFY BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY\nPLANTED IN OUR-- THEY ARE IN A\nTINY HOUSE AT OUR SITE, AND THEY\nJUST PURCHASED AND COMPLETED A\nVAN, AND THE VAN IS GOING TO BE\nDEDICATED TO, ALSO, COMING TO\nOUR TINY HOUSE VILLAGE SITES.\nSO, AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO WORKED\nWITH, YOU KNOW, EVERGREEN AS\nWELL, AND WE ARE OPEN TO, AS WE\nEXPAND MORE VILLAGES, WE EXPECT\nTHAT MORE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH\nSERVICES AND BUDGETING WILL BE\nNEEDED.\nTHANK YOU. I THINK THAT IS\nHELPFUL, AND I GUESS WHAT I WILL\nSAY MORE IS COMMENT, YOU ALREADY\nSPOKE TO THE TREATMENT MODALITY\nAND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE\nHERE LOCALLY FOR THE\nINJECTION-BASED TREATMENT AND I\nTHINK IT HAS BEEN REALLY\nIMPORTANT AND INCREDIBLY\nIMPACTFUL AND WE HAVE SEEN THE\nREPORTS THAT HAVE COME OUT\nAROUND HOW MUCH THAT HAS MADE\nTREATMENT ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS.\nSO AS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE\nHIGH SUPPORT FACTOR, I WANT TO\nMAKE SURE WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP\nAROUND THE INTEGRATION. I LOVED\nHEARING ABOUT THE ON-SITE\nAVAILABILITY AND THAT FEELS IT\nCOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT, OF\nCOURSE WE KNOW EVERYBODY LIVING\nOUTSIDE IS NOT WITH SUBSTANCE\nUSE DISORDER THOSE STATISTICS,\n50% OF THE FOLKS SURVEYED\nREPORTING SUBSTANCE USE\nDISORDER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE\nARE A PARTNER IN INTEGRATING\nTHAT MODALITY INTO THIS\nEXPANSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,\nCHAIR.\nTHANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.\nI WILL BE QUICK, I AM LUCKY I\nGET TO SIT ON BOTH COMMIT EASE\nIN WHICH SOME LEGISLATION IS IN\nCOUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS'S\nCOMMUNITY AND COUNCIL MEMBER\nLINN. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD\nWAS THE BUDGETING PIECE, IT WAS\nA ROUGH ESTIMATE BETWEEN-- IT\nWILL COST BETWEEN $25,000 TO\n$45,000 PER UNIT TO OPERATE FROM\nTHE PROVIDERS, WOULD THAT SEEM\nADEQUATE? I KNOW I HAVE TALKED\nADEQUATE FUNDING, MAKING SURE WE\nARE STAFFED WELL, WOULD THAT\nSEEM LIKE A PRETTY DECENT\nNUMBER? FOR YOUR PROGRAM MODEL.\nI WILL SAY THAT THE RANGE,\nTHERE IS QUITE A BIT OF RANGE IN\nTERMS OF THE VILLAGES. WE HAVE\nONE VILLAGE THAT IS FOR HOMELESS\nWOMEN, ONLY, AND IT IS VERY\nSMALL. BECAUSE IT IS VERY SMALL\nIT HAS A LOT OF STAFFING BECAUSE\nYOU NEED 24/7. THE RATIO, YOU\nKNOW, MUCH ON THE HIGH SIDE.\nOKAY? AND I THINK THE OTHER\nFACTOR, WHICH IS WHY IT IS SO\nIMPORTANT FOR THIS PACKAGE OF\nLEGISLATION TO BE PASSED, IS\nBECAUSE IF WE HAVE ACCESS TO\nPUBLIC LAND, IT IS ZERO, RIGHT?\nIF WE HAVE TO PAY MARKET RENT,\nOR IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, WE\nARE NOT ABLE TO FIND SUFFICIENT\nPUBLIC LAND, THEN THE RENTAL\nCOST OF THE LAND IS CONTRIBUTING\nFACTOR TO THE OVERALL OPERATING\nCOST. THAT IS WHY I THINK WE\nWANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR\nPUBLIC PARTNERS ARE PROVIDING US\nAS MUCH LOW COST, OR FREE LAND\nAS POSSIBLE. AND THEN, OF\nCOURSE, THE SERVICE, I THINK IN\nTHE EARLY DAYS THE VILLAGES WERE\nNOT, LETS SAY FOCUSED AS MUCH ON\nSERVICES, SO IT HAS BEEN A\nSTRUGGLE TO ADD SERVICES TO SOME\nOF THE OLDER VILLAGES. AS AN\nEXAMPLE, SOME OF THE, SORRY TO\nSAY THIS, BUT SOME OF THE\nVILLAGES IN KING COUNTY ARE\nSTILL BEGGING FOR BEHAVIORAL\nHEALTH SERVES. SO THAT IS\nSOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO BE\nADDRESSING WITH KING COUNTY. IT\nIS UNEVEN IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF\nBEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SERVES\nTHAT ARE REALLY NEEDED FOR THE\nPOPULATION. SO, I THINK IF WE\nCAN BRING EVERYBODY UP TO A, YOU\nKNOW, BASE LEVEL, WOULD BE\nGREAT, AND THEN, ALSO, TALK\nABOUT WHICH ONES ARE THE ONES\nTHAT, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OR\nTHE NEED, NEED ADDITIONAL\nSERVICES.\nUNDER STOOD. SO IT RANGES\nDIFFERENTLY BETWEEN WHAT TYPE OF\nLEVEL OF SERVICE, SO IT WOULD BE\nDIFFERENT FOR LEAD, AS WELL.\nYEAH. KIND OF TYING INTO OUR\nHIGH INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT\nAND SERVICE MODEL THAT WE HAVE,\nSO THAT RANGE THAT YOU ARE\nSAYING IS CLOSE TO WHAT WE NEED,\nOR CLOSE ENOUGH, BUT I WOULD SAY\nTHAT, ADDITIONALLY, THINGS LIKE\nTHE STAR CENTER ARE MUCH HIGHER\nTHAN THAT, AND WE NEED MORE STAR\nCENTERS, WE NEED MORE RESOURCES,\nBECAUSE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH,\nMENTAL HEALTH, WHAT NOT, THAT WE\nREALLY NEED TO CONNECT FOLKS TO,\nIT DOES COST SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT\nIN TERMS OF THAT RANGE, YEAH.\nUNDERSTOOD. AWESOME. IT COULD\nCOST MORE. THAT WOULD BE SUPER\nHELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND, TOO, FOR\nME, THE NUMBERS, JUST SO AS WE\nARE SCALING UP, WHEN MAKING\nCOMMITMENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE\nSURE WE CAN FOLLOW THROUGH WITH\nTHEM AND KEEP GOING AND SCALE\nTHEM UP TO INSURE THAT SERVICES\nAREN'T GOING TO STOP BECAUSE\nTHERE IS A BUDGET ISSUE OR\nWHATEVER THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW,\nDOING IT RESPONSIBLY, BECAUSE I\nKNOW THAT THE NEED IS HIGH AND\nWE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT YEAH,\nLOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I KNOW\nTHERE ARE DIFFERENT RANGES, YES.\nI JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT, WE\nARE NOT A PROVIDER, BUT WE GET\nTO VISIT ALL OF THEM, HONESTLY,\nAND I WANTED TO CALL OUT SOME\nREAL OPPORTUNITIES AND\nINTENTIONAL DESIGN. I AM GOING\nTO NAME THE BRIDGE SHELTER THAT\nWE WERE VERY CONNECTED WITH AND\nCOUNCIL MEMBER SPOKE ABOUT\nRECENTLY IN TERMS OF LEERY\nWAYWORK, IT HAD TO CLOSE DUE TO\nFUNDING BUT INTENTIONAL DESIGN\nWAS THEY COULD TAKE PEOPLE ON\nSTIMULANT A LOT BECAUSE THE\nPUBLIC SPACE A LOT OF\nOBSERVATION ABOUT IT. THEY HAD\nOVERDOSE PREVENTION FACILITIES\nIN THE REST ROOM, SO FRONT DESK\nSTAFF WOULD BE ALERTED. I THINK\nAS SHARON MENTIONED, A LOT OF\nPLACES HAVE BEEN STOOD UP, AS\nBEST WE CAN, WITH THE FUNDING\nTHAT WE HAVE, BUT THERE IS REAL\nOPPORTUNITY FOR INTENTIONAL\nDESIGN, FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE\nSERIOUS CHALLENGES IN THE\nCOMMUNITY, AND HOW DO WE THINK\nABOUT INSURING THAT THEY GET\nSOMEWHERE?\nAWESOME. SUPER HELPFUL. THANK\nYOU. I HEAR THERE IS OPPORTUNITY\nWITH BETTER COORDINATION, THAT,\nYOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE A GREATER\nIMPACT IS WHAT I AM HEARING.\nAWESOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,\nCHAIR. THOSE ARE ALL THE\nQUESTIONS I HAD.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS\nGETTING LATE HERE, 12:14. SO I\nDON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS\nTHAT I AM GOING TO POSE AT THIS\nTIME, BUT INCREDIBLY DEEP\nAPPRECIATION TO THE MAYOR'S\nOFFICE, TO ALL OF OUR SERVICE\nPROVIDERS, TO THOSE WHO SUPPORT\nOUR SERVICE PROVIDERS. I WANT TO\nGIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO MAGGIE\nRODGERS WHO JOINED US FROM A\nVERY BUSY DAY IN HER WORK. JUST,\nYOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS,\nONE, JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO SAY\nTHAT, DON'T WANT THE PERFECT TO\nBE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD HERE.\nYOU KNOW, IT IS HARD TRYING\nSOMETHING NEW, BUT I THINK THE\nBIGGEST DANGER IS NOT DOING\nANYTHING. I THINK THE BIGGEST\nDANGER IS TO CONTINUE, SORT\nORPHON THE SLOW PACE THAT WE\nHAVE BEEN GOING ON. I ALSO THINK\nTHAT THE PROPOSAL FROM THE\nMAYOR'S OFFICE IS INTERIM\nLEGISLATION, AND I THINK IT IS\nIMPORTANT THAT WE BE TRANSPARENT\nWITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT LESSONS\nLEARNED, AND THAT WE, YOU KNOW,\nIMPROVE AS WE GO, THAT WE HAVE\nITERATIVE PROCESS, WE HAVE BEEN\nDOING THIS, THANK YOU TO OUR\nPROVIDERS WHO HAVE BEEN DOING\nTHIS MANY, MANY YEARS, I THINK\nWE ASK OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO\nDO TOO MUCH WITH TOO LITTLE\nRESOURCES. I THINK THAT IS ONE\nTHING THAT HAS BEEN CRYSTAL\nCLEAR. I THINK IT IS ESSENTIAL\nTHAT WE RESOURCE THIS\nAPPROPRIATELY. BUT WE WILL GET\nTHE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE\nQUESTIONS AND INFORMATION TO BE\nSHARE WOULD THE PUBLIC AT FUTURE\nCOMMITTEE MEETINGS. AGAIN, JUST\nDEEP APPRECIATION FOR YOU ALL,\nFOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC,\nFOR MY COLLEAGUES, FOR ENGAGING.\nLETS SEE. COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER,\nI DO SEE A HAND. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU. DIDN'T MEAN TO\nINTERRUPT YOU. I JUST HAD THAT\nHAND AFTER COUNCIL PRESIDENT\nPFTS COMMENT. I APPRECIATED THE\nQUESTION AROUND THE BUDGET AND\nWE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING AS THE\nCHAIR MENTIONED, SO, WANTED TO\nSHARE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT\nTHE ANNUAL COST PER UNIT OF THE\nHIGH SUPPORT SHELTER THAT IS\nCURRENTLY RUN BY LEAD AND COLEAD\nIS AT THE UPPER END OF THE RANGE\nOF $45,919. SO THAT HAS THE\nAFTER CARE MENTIONED AND THE\nOTHER COMPONENTS. JUST WANTED TO\nSHARE THAT.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER\nFOSTER. AND JUST FINALLY, JUST\nWANT TO, AGAIN, SHARE MY\nAPPRECIATION THAT THE WORK THAT\nYOU ALL ARE DOING IS REALLY\nSAVING LIVES, I MEAN, WE CANNOT\nUNDERSTATE THE IMPORTANCE OF\nTHAT. AND IT IS, AGAIN, WHAT WE\nASK OF OUR PROVIDERS IS\nINCREDIBLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE\nASK FOR PROVIDERS TO FIND SITES,\nWHEN WE ASK THEM TO GO THROUGH\nOUR RIGOROUS PERMITTING PROCESS,\nAND/OR TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM\nTHE PUBLIC, AND YOU ALL ARE\nPROVIDING THE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC\nSERVICE, SO IT IS INCUMBENT UPON\nUS TO LEAN IN AND TAKE MORE OF A\nPROACTIVE ROLE. THAT IS WHAT I\nREALLY APPRECIATE FROM THE\nMAYOR'S OFFICE, IN DOING THAT.\nAGAIN, THANK YOU ALL, WE HAVE\nREACHED THE END OF TODAY'S\nAGENDA. IS THERE ANY FURTHER\nBUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE\nCOMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN?\nOKAY, HEARING NO FURTHER\nBUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT\n12:18. THANK YOU." }, "summary": { "generatedAt": "2026-04-08T16:53:20.338Z", "model": "sonnet", "source": { "type": "meeting", "videoId": "x185143", "parsedPath": "/Users/thedjpetersen/code/seacc/data/parsed/meetings/x185143.json", "transcriptHash": "554b856d8b2601b2bca6a745941999077620fbd8ca96b4e9e70f503aee7cc4ed" }, "result": { "headline": "Seattle Land Use Committee Hears Shelter Expansion Plan, Holds Stadium Rezone Repeal Hearing", "summary": "The April 1, 2026 Land Use and Sustainability Committee meeting covered three main areas: unanimous approval of Seattle Design Commission appointments, a public hearing (no vote) on repealing stadium-area residential zoning due to procedural errors, and a detailed briefing on Mayor Katie Wilson's proposal to raise transitional encampment capacity limits from 100 to 150 people citywide and up to 250 at select sites. The shelter legislation has not yet been formally introduced. Public comment ran 60 minutes with roughly 39 speakers, overwhelmingly supporting shelter expansion paired with robust supportive services.", "keyPoints": [ "Design Commission appointments voted 5–0 to recommend confirmation; forwarded to April 26, 2026 full Council meeting.", "CB 121171 public hearing held on repealing stadium-area residential zoning (Ordinance 127191); repeal is required by Growth Management Hearing Board ruling on procedural errors; no vote taken.", "Mayor's shelter proposal would raise transitional encampment census limit from 100 to 150 citywide and allow one site per council district up to 250 people via interim regulations lasting 12 months.", "Mayor Katie Wilson's stated goal: 1,000 new shelter units in 2026; FIFA World Cup cited as urgency factor.", "Tampa Hope (Tampa, FL) presented as national case study: 345 people nightly, 40% exit to permanent housing, under $30/night including wrap-around services.", "High-support COLEAD/LEAD model costs approximately $45,919 per unit per year including after-care.", "Providers and public commenters uniformly emphasized that capacity increases must be paired with behavioral health, case management, and substance use disorder services to be effective.", "University of Washington study found 911 calls decline in areas served by COLEAD.", "$11.1 million in shelter expansion funds described by one speaker as currently paused; speakers urged release. This was not confirmed or addressed by council members.", "Mayor's Office to provide CBO staffing analysis; permanent shelter regulations expected approximately one year after any interim passage." ], "decisions": [ "Appointments 3463–3467 (Seattle Design Commission) recommended 5–0; sent to full Council April 26, 2026.", "Public hearing on CB 121171 (stadium rezone repeal) closed; no vote scheduled yet.", "Shelter interim legislation: briefing only; not yet formally introduced to Council." ], "followUps": [ "Full Council vote on Design Commission appointments — April 26, 2026.", "Mayor's Office to deliver CBO staffing analysis for shelter expansion workforce needs.", "Council working on resolution or alternative pathway to preserve housing goals in the stadium/SoTo area after repeal.", "ESTAD/OPCD study on maritime industrial land pressures (authorized by CB 30297) ongoing; findings expected to inform future stadium-area policy.", "Permanent shelter regulations to go through full SEPA review and Council consideration approximately one year after any interim ordinance passage.", "Further committee hearings on shelter legislation planned; public will have additional comment opportunities.", "Council Member Rinck requested continued discussion on focused recruitment and fair compensation for shelter workforce." ], "notablePeople": [ "Eddie Lin — Chair, Land Use and Sustainability Committee", "Vice Chair Strauss — committee member", "Council Member Foster — committee member; helped prepare meeting", "Council President Hollingsworth — committee member", "Council Member Rinck — committee member", "Council Member Rivera — joined mid-meeting", "Mayor Katie Wilson — sponsor of shelter acceleration plan (not present)", "Jon Grant — Senior Policy Adviser, Mayor's Office; presented shelter proposal", "Alison Holcomb — Executive Operations Manager for Public Safety, Mayor's Office", "Keetle — Council Central Staff; explained interim regulation process (name may be transcription artifact)", "Michael Jenkins — Executive Director, Seattle Design Commission", "Phoebe Erin Bogert — Design Commission appointee, nominated for Chair", "Tatum Lau — Design Commission appointee", "Sharon Lee — Executive Director, Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI)", "Donna Anderson — Regional Operations Manager, LIHI", "Chloe Gale — VP of Policy and Advocacy, Evergreen Treatment Services / REACH", "Tara Moss — Co-Executive Director, Purpose Dignity Action (PDA) / COLEAD", "Maggie Rogers — CEO, Catholic Charities Diocese of St. Petersburg; operator of Tampa Hope (appeared remotely)", "Rod Brown — SPD Assistant Chief (named, not present)", "George Davidson — SPD North Precinct Captain (named, not present)" ], "uncertainty": "Deputy Mayor's name is never stated in the transcript. The name 'Keetle' for the Council Central Staff presenter may be a captioning error. Remote speaker 'Tonya' had extensive audio dropouts; full remarks could not be reconstructed. David Haynes (remote) gave rambling testimony on both agenda items that was difficult to summarize as a coherent policy position. The $11.1 million in 'paused' shelter funds mentioned by Dennis Sills (Downtown Seattle Association) was not confirmed or addressed by any council member. Several public commenter last names are missing or garbled in the transcript captions. Exact terms for all five Design Commission appointments (3463–3467) are not fully enumerated in the transcript." } }, "hindsight": null, "urls": { "meeting": "/seattle/meeting/x185143", "raw": "/seattle/api/meeting/x185143/raw.json", "sourceMeeting": "/seattle/api/source/meeting/x185143.json" } }