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1 00:00:21,421 --> 00:00:22,222 >>> OKAY. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 2 00:00:22,222 --> 00:00:25,091 THE APRIL 1st LAND USE AND 3 00:00:25,091 --> 00:00:26,192 SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE WILL 4 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:27,560 COME TO ORDER. IT'S 9:37 A.M. 5 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,663 I'M EDDIE LIN, CHAIR OF THE 6 00:00:30,663 --> 00:00:31,598 LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY 7 00:00:31,598 --> 00:00:32,832 COMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE 8 00:00:32,832 --> 00:00:34,234 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 9 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:38,338 >> VICE CHAIR STRAUSS. 10 00:00:38,338 --> 00:00:39,039 >> HERE. 11 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:42,208 >> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. 12 00:00:42,208 --> 00:00:42,475 >> HERE. 13 00:00:42,475 --> 00:00:43,276 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 14 00:00:43,276 --> 00:00:43,643 HOLLINGSWORTH. 15 00:00:43,643 --> 00:00:44,477 >> PRESENT. 16 00:00:44,477 --> 00:00:48,148 >> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 17 00:00:48,148 --> 00:00:48,448 >> PRESENT. 18 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:49,482 >> CHAIR LIN. 19 00:00:49,482 --> 00:00:51,284 >> PRESENT. CHAIR, THERE ARE 20 00:00:51,284 --> 00:00:51,785 FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. 21 00:00:51,785 --> 00:00:55,555 >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 22 00:00:55,555 --> 00:00:58,057 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 23 00:00:58,057 --> 00:01:01,294 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 24 00:01:01,294 --> 00:01:01,961 ADOPTED. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 25 00:01:01,961 --> 00:01:04,330 THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO THIS 26 00:01:04,330 --> 00:01:05,832 WEDNESDAY MORNING MEETING TO 27 00:01:05,832 --> 00:01:10,136 DISCUSS LAND USE. THANK YOU TO 28 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:12,338 OUR CITY CLERK, CENTRAL COUNSEL 29 00:01:12,338 --> 00:01:13,640 STAFF AND DSI OFFICE TO PLEEP 30 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,041 FOR THIS MEETING. JUST TO GIVE 31 00:01:15,041 --> 00:01:17,177 YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOW 32 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:19,045 WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED THIS 33 00:01:19,045 --> 00:01:20,280 MORNING, WE'RE GOING TO START 34 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,182 WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE HAVE 35 00:01:22,182 --> 00:01:23,016 A NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTERS. 36 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:26,753 SO WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A 37 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:30,223 MOMENT. THEN WE WILL PROCEED 38 00:01:30,223 --> 00:01:30,990 WITH SOME APPOINTMENTS, AND THEN 39 00:01:30,990 --> 00:01:33,460 -- WHICH WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE A 40 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:34,260 VOTE ON FOR APPOINTMENTS. THEN 41 00:01:34,260 --> 00:01:38,765 WE WILL PROCEED TO A PUBLIC 42 00:01:38,765 --> 00:01:42,135 HEARING ON A DIFFERENT MATTER 43 00:01:42,135 --> 00:01:43,503 RELATED TO THE STADIUM REZONE, 44 00:01:43,503 --> 00:01:44,103 POTENTIAL REPEAL ORDINANCE. 45 00:01:44,103 --> 00:01:47,807 THERE WILL NOT BE A VOTE ON THAT 46 00:01:47,807 --> 00:01:49,008 TODAY. AND THEN FINALLY, WE WILL 47 00:01:49,008 --> 00:01:51,044 WRAP IT UP WITH THE PRESENTATION 48 00:01:51,044 --> 00:01:54,514 ON SHELTERS. SO JUST WANT TO 49 00:01:54,514 --> 00:01:56,449 GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE OF THE ORDER 50 00:01:56,449 --> 00:01:59,586 OF BUSINESS. AND SO WITH THAT, 51 00:01:59,586 --> 00:02:01,621 WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID 52 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:02,555 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 53 00:02:02,555 --> 00:02:03,423 COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 54 00:02:03,423 --> 00:02:05,425 ON THE AGENDA OR ITEMS WITHIN 55 00:02:05,425 --> 00:02:07,327 THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. 56 00:02:07,327 --> 00:02:08,261 PLEASE HOLD COMMENTS REGARDING 57 00:02:08,261 --> 00:02:13,433 ITEM 6 WHICH IS THE POTENTIAL 58 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:14,701 REPEAL LEGISLATION CB121171 59 00:02:14,701 --> 00:02:16,769 UNTIL THE PUBLIC HEARING WHICH 60 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:18,972 WILL BE HELD AFTER THE DESIGN 61 00:02:18,972 --> 00:02:19,873 COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. CLERK, 62 00:02:19,873 --> 00:02:22,575 HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP 63 00:02:22,575 --> 00:02:22,809 TODAY? 64 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:24,377 >> CURRENTLY WE HAVE 36 65 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:26,045 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, 66 00:02:26,045 --> 00:02:27,580 AND THERE ARE THREE REMOTE 67 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:27,847 SPEAKERS. 68 00:02:27,847 --> 00:02:28,515 >> WONDERFUL. VERY EXCITING TO 69 00:02:28,515 --> 00:02:32,218 HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COME HERE 70 00:02:32,218 --> 00:02:33,786 TODAY TO COME SPEAK WITH US. 71 00:02:33,786 --> 00:02:38,258 BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE THAN 30 72 00:02:38,258 --> 00:02:39,993 SPEAKERS, UNDER OUR STANDARD 73 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:41,261 PROCEDURES, THAT DOES MEAN THAT 74 00:02:41,261 --> 00:02:48,835 TIME WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE 75 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:49,802 MINUTE. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 76 00:02:49,802 --> 00:02:52,305 AND SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN 77 00:02:52,305 --> 00:02:54,307 THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY 78 00:02:54,307 --> 00:02:55,375 REGISTERED. CLERK, CAN YOU 79 00:02:55,375 --> 00:02:56,476 PLEASE PROCEED WITH THE 80 00:02:56,476 --> 00:02:56,809 INSTRUCTION? 81 00:02:56,809 --> 00:02:57,644 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 82 00:02:57,644 --> 00:02:58,912 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 83 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:01,014 FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC 84 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:02,715 COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 20 85 00:03:02,715 --> 00:03:03,516 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED 86 00:03:03,516 --> 00:03:07,086 IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE 87 00:03:07,086 --> 00:03:07,720 REGISTERED. IN-PERSON SPEAKERS 88 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:08,821 WILL BE CALLED FIRST, AFTER 89 00:03:08,821 --> 00:03:10,823 WHICH WE WILL MOVE TO REMOTE 90 00:03:10,823 --> 00:03:12,559 SPEAKERS UNTIL THE PUBLIC 91 00:03:12,559 --> 00:03:13,126 COMMENT PERIOD HAS ENDED. 92 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:15,194 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 93 00:03:15,194 --> 00:03:19,332 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT ON THEIR 94 00:03:19,332 --> 00:03:20,500 TIME. SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE 95 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:22,435 MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR 96 00:03:22,435 --> 00:03:23,036 COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED 97 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:24,938 TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE 98 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:26,372 NEXT SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 99 00:03:26,372 --> 00:03:28,708 PERIOD IS NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL 100 00:03:28,708 --> 00:03:31,945 BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 101 00:03:31,945 --> 00:03:32,679 OUR LIST. CORRECTION. THE PUBLIC 102 00:03:32,679 --> 00:03:35,415 COMMENT PERIOD IS GOING TO BE 103 00:03:35,415 --> 00:03:36,683 FOR 60 MINUTES. 6-0 MINUTES 104 00:03:36,683 --> 00:03:37,717 TODAY. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT 105 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:40,253 PERIOD IS OPEN. WE'RE GOING TO 106 00:03:40,253 --> 00:03:45,758 START WITH AMY KING, PLEASE, 107 00:03:45,758 --> 00:03:48,528 FOLLOWED BY DENNIS SILLS. 108 00:03:48,528 --> 00:03:51,064 >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS AMY 109 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:53,433 KING. IM THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF 110 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:57,203 PALLET. WE ARE A LOCAL COMPANY 111 00:03:57,203 --> 00:03:58,671 BASED IN EVERETT, WASHINGTON, 112 00:03:58,671 --> 00:03:59,839 THAT MAKES SHELTER COMMUNITIES. 113 00:03:59,839 --> 00:04:01,674 WOO HAVE OVER 150 SHELTER 114 00:04:01,674 --> 00:04:02,609 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 115 00:04:02,609 --> 00:04:04,811 CURRENTLY IN 133 U.S. CITIES AND 116 00:04:04,811 --> 00:04:05,612 29 STATES. WE'RE ALSO IN 117 00:04:05,612 --> 00:04:06,913 CANADA. I WANTED TO COME TODAY 118 00:04:06,913 --> 00:04:09,716 AND SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE LAST 119 00:04:09,716 --> 00:04:11,951 AGENDA ITEM, PUSHING FOR LARGER 120 00:04:11,951 --> 00:04:13,453 SITES. PALLET HAS SITES OVER 200 121 00:04:13,453 --> 00:04:15,054 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT 122 00:04:15,054 --> 00:04:15,688 ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL. YOU'RE 123 00:04:15,688 --> 00:04:18,524 GOING TO HEAR FROM ONE OF OUR 124 00:04:18,524 --> 00:04:20,126 MOST SUCCESSFUL SERVICE 125 00:04:20,126 --> 00:04:21,294 PROVIDERS LATER TODAY, MAGGIE, 126 00:04:21,294 --> 00:04:23,229 FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN 127 00:04:23,229 --> 00:04:24,864 FLORIDA. OUR SITES HAVE GREATER 128 00:04:24,864 --> 00:04:26,199 THAN 60% PLACEMENT RATE INTO 129 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:27,433 PERMANENT HOUSING ACROSS THE 130 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:29,168 COUNTRY. THIS IS A RAPID 131 00:04:29,168 --> 00:04:30,770 COST-EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO GET 132 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:31,771 SHELTER INCREASED IN THIS 133 00:04:31,771 --> 00:04:32,905 COMMUNITY AND GET PEOPLE 134 00:04:32,905 --> 00:04:34,207 CONNECTED WITH MEANINGFUL 135 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:36,342 SERVICES. THE KEY TO LARGE SITES 136 00:04:36,342 --> 00:04:37,543 IS REALLY GOOD SERVICE PROVISION 137 00:04:37,543 --> 00:04:38,911 WITH INTEGRATED CARE. I AM A 138 00:04:38,911 --> 00:04:40,046 SEATTLE RESIDENT. I HAVE LIVED 139 00:04:40,046 --> 00:04:41,981 HERE FOR DECADES. I KNOW THE 140 00:04:41,981 --> 00:04:43,016 SERVICE PROVIDERS HERE. I KNOW 141 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:44,417 THE CLINICAL CARE AVAILABLE, AND 142 00:04:44,417 --> 00:04:45,785 I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP AND 143 00:04:45,785 --> 00:04:47,887 WOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF THE 144 00:04:47,887 --> 00:04:51,357 SOLUTION HERE AS WELL. SO THANK 145 00:04:51,357 --> 00:04:52,058 YOU SO MUCH. 146 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:53,793 >> THANK YOU. 147 00:04:53,793 --> 00:04:56,596 >> NEXT UP DENNIS SILLS, 148 00:04:56,596 --> 00:04:57,964 FOLLOWED BY JULIA BOBO. 149 00:04:57,964 --> 00:04:58,898 >> CHAIRMAN LIN AND COUNCIL 150 00:04:58,898 --> 00:05:00,667 MEMBER. MY NAME IS DENNIS SILS, 151 00:05:00,667 --> 00:05:02,168 I WORK AT THE DSA. WE SUPPORT 152 00:05:02,168 --> 00:05:04,470 THE MAYOR'S EFFORT TO EXPAND 153 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:08,007 SHELTER CAPACITY. WE SUPPORT 154 00:05:08,007 --> 00:05:09,776 PROVEN MODELS AND PROVIDERS LIKE 155 00:05:09,776 --> 00:05:11,477 THE PDA REACH, AS WELL AS 156 00:05:11,477 --> 00:05:13,680 LEHIGH. THANK YOU TO THE 157 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:14,681 PRESENTERS TODAY FOR SHARING 158 00:05:14,681 --> 00:05:16,549 THIS VISION. THESE PARTNERS 159 00:05:16,549 --> 00:05:19,085 DELIVER RESULTS AND SHOULD BE 160 00:05:19,085 --> 00:05:21,487 EMPOWERED TO SCALE. THESE NEW 161 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:23,322 SHELTER UNITS ARE NOT ENOUGH. WE 162 00:05:23,322 --> 00:05:25,124 ALSO NEED OUTREACH SERVICES AND 163 00:05:25,124 --> 00:05:27,226 SUPPORTS THAT HELP PEOPLE MOVE 164 00:05:27,226 --> 00:05:28,628 INTO HOUSING AND STAY HOUSED. 165 00:05:28,628 --> 00:05:31,864 WITHOUT THESE INVESTMENTS, THE 166 00:05:31,864 --> 00:05:33,766 SYSTEM WILL NOT DELIVER LASTING 167 00:05:33,766 --> 00:05:39,072 OUTCOMES. WE URGE COUNCIL TO 168 00:05:39,072 --> 00:05:40,940 MAKE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT 169 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:42,008 ARE AVAILABLE LIKE THE $11.1 170 00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:42,608 MILLION FOR SHELTER EXPANSION 171 00:05:42,608 --> 00:05:44,010 THAT HAS BEEN PAUSED TO BRING 172 00:05:44,010 --> 00:05:48,047 THESE EFFORTS TO SCALE AND TO DO 173 00:05:48,047 --> 00:05:50,316 THEM WELL. WE'RE LEASING THESE 174 00:05:50,316 --> 00:05:52,018 FUNDS, THAT WILL HELP SCALE 175 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:53,052 OUTREACH, STRENGTHEN SERVICES 176 00:05:53,052 --> 00:05:54,620 AND ENHANCE SHELTER AND PROVIDE 177 00:05:54,620 --> 00:05:57,690 FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT HELPS 178 00:05:57,690 --> 00:05:59,025 PEOPLE STAY HOUSED. THANK YOU. 179 00:05:59,025 --> 00:05:59,392 >> THANK YOU. 180 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:05,765 >> NEXT UP JULIA, FOLLOWED BY 181 00:06:05,765 --> 00:06:05,965 RUDA. 182 00:06:05,965 --> 00:06:09,268 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS JULIA, I AM 183 00:06:09,268 --> 00:06:10,470 A DISTRICT 7 RESIDENT LIVING 184 00:06:10,470 --> 00:06:11,637 DOWNTOWN AT THIRD, PIKE AND 185 00:06:11,637 --> 00:06:14,540 PINE. AS WE ALL KNOW, MY 186 00:06:14,540 --> 00:06:15,641 NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONSIDERED ONE 187 00:06:15,641 --> 00:06:16,476 OF SEATTLE'S MOST INTRACTABLE 188 00:06:16,476 --> 00:06:18,544 HOT SPOTS. MY NEIGHBORS AND I 189 00:06:18,544 --> 00:06:19,979 WITNESSED THE SUFFERING OF 190 00:06:19,979 --> 00:06:21,948 HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DAILY. BUT 191 00:06:21,948 --> 00:06:24,517 BEHIND THE DRUG USING, DEALING 192 00:06:24,517 --> 00:06:26,619 AND FENCING ARE DESPERATE PEOPLE 193 00:06:26,619 --> 00:06:30,289 IN DIRE NEED. WHILE HOUSING IS 194 00:06:30,289 --> 00:06:31,758 AMONGST THESE NEEDS, THE MOST 195 00:06:31,758 --> 00:06:33,793 PREVALENT, URGENT AND CHRONIC 196 00:06:33,793 --> 00:06:34,794 NEEDS ARE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL 197 00:06:34,794 --> 00:06:36,696 HEALTH. I APPLAUD THE CURRENT 198 00:06:36,696 --> 00:06:39,866 SURGE TO STAND UP MORE TINY 199 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:40,800 HOMES AND SHELTER. THIS IS 200 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,535 ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. BUT WE NEED 201 00:06:42,535 --> 00:06:45,404 TO ENSURE THIS HOUSING IS 202 00:06:45,404 --> 00:06:46,906 COUPLED WITH ROBUST SUPPORTIVE 203 00:06:46,906 --> 00:06:47,840 SERVICES AND LOW BARRIERS TO 204 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:50,610 ENTRY FOR THE PEOPLE WE ARE 205 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:52,612 TRYING TO SERVE. LOCAL OUTREACH 206 00:06:52,612 --> 00:06:54,313 PROGRAMS SHOW THAT 95% OF PEOPLE 207 00:06:54,313 --> 00:06:57,350 WILL COME INSIDE WHEN OFFERED 208 00:06:57,350 --> 00:06:58,951 HELP THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THEIR 209 00:06:58,951 --> 00:07:01,654 CIRCUMSTANCES. I ASK YOU TO 210 00:07:01,654 --> 00:07:02,722 ENSURE TRULY WORKABLE SHELTER 211 00:07:02,722 --> 00:07:05,625 EXPANSION PLAN THAT NOT ONLY 212 00:07:05,625 --> 00:07:06,793 INCLUDES HOUSING BUT ROBUST 213 00:07:06,793 --> 00:07:08,427 BEHAVIORAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL 214 00:07:08,427 --> 00:07:10,797 HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES FOR OUR 215 00:07:10,797 --> 00:07:12,999 NEIGHBORS ON THE STREET IN NEED. 216 00:07:12,999 --> 00:07:14,467 >> THANK YOU. 217 00:07:14,467 --> 00:07:19,639 >> NEXT UP RUDA, FOLLOWED BY 218 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:19,872 STEVE. 219 00:07:19,872 --> 00:07:30,416 >> RUDA DWIGHT. THAT LOOKS LIKE 220 00:07:31,350 --> 00:07:40,893 IT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. 221 00:07:40,893 --> 00:07:46,232 >> SORRY. JUST GETTING MY 222 00:07:46,232 --> 00:07:46,833 GLASSES OUT. 223 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:47,800 >> TAKE YOUR TIME, RUDA. AND 224 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:53,072 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING 225 00:07:53,072 --> 00:07:53,272 HERE. 226 00:07:53,272 --> 00:07:55,308 >> OKAY. HOW MUCH UPZONING DO WE 227 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:58,678 NEED, AND WILL IT MAKE HOUSING 228 00:07:58,678 --> 00:07:59,745 MORE AFFORDABLE? THE THEORY 229 00:07:59,745 --> 00:08:02,348 BEHIND UPZONING ASSUMES IF MORE 230 00:08:02,348 --> 00:08:03,583 LOTS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY CAN 231 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:04,884 BARTER FOR BETTER PRICES, LAND 232 00:08:04,884 --> 00:08:06,752 BEING THE BIGGEST COST AND 233 00:08:06,752 --> 00:08:08,020 SAVINGS WILL BE PASSED ON. THE 234 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:10,790 PROBLEM WITH THE THEORY IS NO 235 00:08:10,790 --> 00:08:13,459 ONE CAN TELL YOU HOW UPZONING 236 00:08:13,459 --> 00:08:14,961 WILL RESULT IN LOWER LAND COSTS. 237 00:08:14,961 --> 00:08:16,429 THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT IT 238 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:19,332 LOWERS LAND COSTS OR MAKES 239 00:08:19,332 --> 00:08:21,367 HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE. IN 240 00:08:21,367 --> 00:08:23,369 VANCOUVER, B.C., THIRD MOST 241 00:08:23,369 --> 00:08:25,471 UNAFFORDABLE CITY, IT INCREASED 242 00:08:25,471 --> 00:08:26,606 LAND COSTS. NEW ECONOMIC STUDIES 243 00:08:26,606 --> 00:08:28,374 SAY REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS 244 00:08:28,374 --> 00:08:29,909 AREN'T WHAT MAKES HOUSING MORE 245 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:32,144 EXPENSIVE, IT'S LAND 246 00:08:32,144 --> 00:08:32,678 SPECULATION AND INCOME 247 00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:35,014 INEQUALITY. IF WE CAN'T PROVE 248 00:08:35,014 --> 00:08:36,682 UPZONING MAKES HOUSING MORE 249 00:08:36,682 --> 00:08:38,951 AFFORDABLE, WHY UPZONE SO MUCH? 250 00:08:38,951 --> 00:08:40,820 IN ADDITION TO THE 330,000 251 00:08:40,820 --> 00:08:44,490 HOMES, WE'RE ADDING MORE 252 00:08:44,490 --> 00:08:45,091 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, AND TO 253 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:46,826 COMPLY WITH HB491, [ INAUDIBLE ] 254 00:08:46,826 --> 00:08:48,628 MUST BE ADOPTED. DO WE 255 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:50,329 UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO 256 00:08:50,329 --> 00:08:52,598 OUR CITY? PLEASE PAUSE THE PLAN 257 00:08:52,598 --> 00:08:54,634 AND EVALUATE WHAT THE TOTALITY 258 00:08:54,634 --> 00:08:57,036 OF THESE UPZONES MEAN FOR 259 00:08:57,036 --> 00:09:00,606 SEATTLE, WIDEN THE DEBATE, 260 00:09:00,606 --> 00:09:02,441 CONSIDER NEW ECONOMIC 261 00:09:02,441 --> 00:09:03,075 INFORMATION UNDERMINING THE 262 00:09:03,075 --> 00:09:07,179 DEREGULATION THEORY AND SEEK [ 263 00:09:07,179 --> 00:09:07,513 INAUDIBLE ]. 264 00:09:07,513 --> 00:09:08,180 >> THANK YOU. 265 00:09:08,180 --> 00:09:12,451 >> NEXT UP STEVE FOLLOWED BY BEN 266 00:09:12,451 --> 00:09:12,718 MITCHELL. 267 00:09:12,718 --> 00:09:14,720 >> I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE 268 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,223 THAT APRIL 1st IS A MEETING DATE 269 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:23,462 FOR THIS COMMITTEE. BUT I AM A 270 00:09:23,462 --> 00:09:24,730 LITTLE SHOCKED AND SURPRISED. 271 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:27,366 YOU JUST HANDLED ALLOWING PEOPLE 272 00:09:27,366 --> 00:09:29,635 TO USE FEDERAL PROGRAMS WHICH IS 273 00:09:29,635 --> 00:09:31,270 A PERFECT RATIONAL THING TO DO, 274 00:09:31,270 --> 00:09:33,239 AND NOW YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT 275 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:34,373 THE WATERFRONT. BUT I CAN'T 276 00:09:34,373 --> 00:09:36,375 SPEAK ABOUT THAT AT THE MOMENT. 277 00:09:36,375 --> 00:09:40,680 SO LET'S GO TO SOMETHING ELSE. 278 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:41,914 LET'S TALK ABOUT DESIGN REVIEW. 279 00:09:41,914 --> 00:09:45,217 PEOPLE IN THIS CITY HAVE BEEN 280 00:09:45,217 --> 00:09:49,288 PULLED OUT OF THE PROCESS. PART 281 00:09:49,288 --> 00:09:51,691 OF THE COMPROMISES BROUGHT ABOUT 282 00:09:51,691 --> 00:09:52,425 MUCH MORE INTENSIVE ZONING WAS 283 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:53,359 DESIGN REVIEW, IN OTHER WORDS 284 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:54,660 THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE GOING TO 285 00:09:54,660 --> 00:09:57,763 BE BUILT SHOULD BE FITTING IN TO 286 00:09:57,763 --> 00:10:03,302 THE AREA THAT THEY GO. BUT NOW 287 00:10:03,302 --> 00:10:04,370 YOU HAVE TURNED THAT UPSIDE 288 00:10:04,370 --> 00:10:06,238 DOWN. NOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD MUST 289 00:10:06,238 --> 00:10:08,674 [ BELL RINGING ] BECAUSE QUITE 290 00:10:08,674 --> 00:10:09,809 FRANKLY WE DON'T HAVE DESIGN 291 00:10:09,809 --> 00:10:12,645 REVIEW IN THE SENSE OF LOOKING 292 00:10:12,645 --> 00:10:16,449 AT THE REAL ISSUES OF THE 293 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:18,417 BUILDING WILL PRESENT. 294 00:10:18,417 --> 00:10:18,918 >> THANK YOU, STEVE. 295 00:10:18,918 --> 00:10:22,922 >> NEXT UP BEN, FOLLOWED BY 296 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:23,556 OLIVER ROTHSCHILD. 297 00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:24,890 >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, 298 00:10:24,890 --> 00:10:26,826 CHAIR, LIN, MEMBERS OF THE 299 00:10:26,826 --> 00:10:27,927 COMMITTEE, I'M BEN MITCHELL, A 300 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:29,195 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2. I'M 301 00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:31,397 HERE THIS MORNING TO TESTIFY IN 302 00:10:31,397 --> 00:10:32,398 SUPPORT OF MAYOR WILSON'S 303 00:10:32,398 --> 00:10:34,100 PROPOSAL TO CREATE HUNDREDS OF 304 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:37,069 NEW SHELTER UNITS RAPIDLY AND 305 00:10:37,069 --> 00:10:38,104 EVENTUALLY THOUSANDS OVER THE 306 00:10:38,104 --> 00:10:39,538 NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. AND I URGE 307 00:10:39,538 --> 00:10:40,906 THE CITY COUNCIL TO WORK 308 00:10:40,906 --> 00:10:41,907 CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH THE MAYOR'S 309 00:10:41,907 --> 00:10:43,943 OFFICE TO MAKE HER PROPOSAL A 310 00:10:43,943 --> 00:10:46,012 REALITY. I ALSO ASK THAT THE 311 00:10:46,012 --> 00:10:49,215 CITY COUNCIL MAKE SURE THAT THE 312 00:10:49,215 --> 00:10:50,383 IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN 313 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:51,050 INCLUDES RIGOROUS ACCOUNTABILITY 314 00:10:51,050 --> 00:10:52,618 STANDARDS. WE SHOULD HAVE CLEAR 315 00:10:52,618 --> 00:10:54,820 GOALS FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF 316 00:10:54,820 --> 00:10:56,622 PEOPLE WHO EXIT SHELTER TO 317 00:10:56,622 --> 00:10:58,924 STABLE HOUSING OR TREATMENT, AND 318 00:10:58,924 --> 00:11:00,493 THE CITY SHOULD PUBLISH OUTCOME 319 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:01,260 DATA PUBLICLY. THIS ALSO MEANS 320 00:11:01,260 --> 00:11:03,729 THAT OUR INVESTMENT MUST MATCH 321 00:11:03,729 --> 00:11:04,663 THE SCALE OF THE GOALS. CHIEF 322 00:11:04,663 --> 00:11:05,798 UNDERSTAFFED SHELTER WILL NOT 323 00:11:05,798 --> 00:11:07,533 HELP THE PEOPLE WITH THE HIGHEST 324 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:11,003 NEEDS AND WILL NOT CLEAN UP 325 00:11:11,003 --> 00:11:11,671 NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT PRODUCE 326 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,072 LASTING RESULTS. SO, AGAIN, 327 00:11:13,072 --> 00:11:14,673 PLEASE SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S 328 00:11:14,673 --> 00:11:18,344 PROPOSAL BUT ALSO SET CLEAR 329 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:21,013 GOALS AND INVEST IN GOOD 330 00:11:21,013 --> 00:11:21,647 IMPLEMENTATION, MONITOR PROGRESS 331 00:11:21,647 --> 00:11:22,314 AND COURSE CORRECT WHEN 332 00:11:22,314 --> 00:11:22,882 NECESSARY. THANK YOU. 333 00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:23,382 >> THANK YOU. 334 00:11:23,382 --> 00:11:30,556 >> NEXT UP OLIVER, FOLLOWED BY 335 00:11:30,556 --> 00:11:31,223 ALEX LOFTON. 336 00:11:31,223 --> 00:11:33,993 >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 337 00:11:33,993 --> 00:11:35,995 OLIVER ROTHSCHILD. I'M A 338 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:37,630 DISTRICT 2 RESIDENT. COUNCILMAN 339 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:40,299 LIN, I LIVE IN MOUNT BAKER RIGHT 340 00:11:40,299 --> 00:11:41,333 OFF RANIER WITH THREE KIDDOS. 341 00:11:41,333 --> 00:11:42,902 WHEN WE WALK AROUND OUR 342 00:11:42,902 --> 00:11:43,636 NEIGHBORHOOD, WE SEE FOLKS IN 343 00:11:43,636 --> 00:11:45,438 CRISIS EVERYDAY, AND THEY ASK ME 344 00:11:45,438 --> 00:11:47,306 WHY. AND I USUALLY TELL THEM 345 00:11:47,306 --> 00:11:49,208 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BUILT 346 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:50,309 ENOUGH HOUSING AND SHELTER. SO 347 00:11:50,309 --> 00:11:51,477 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS 348 00:11:51,477 --> 00:11:54,280 PACKAGE. PLEASE PASS IT. BUT I 349 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,815 ALSO HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO EVERY 350 00:11:55,815 --> 00:11:57,550 YEAR, EVERY COMMUNITY MEETING WE 351 00:11:57,550 --> 00:11:58,617 HAVE IN MOUNT BAKER WHICH YOU 352 00:11:58,617 --> 00:12:00,186 COME TO SOMETIMES COME OUT 353 00:12:00,186 --> 00:12:00,853 AGAINST NEW HOUSING AND SHELTER. 354 00:12:00,853 --> 00:12:02,822 AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE BAD 355 00:12:02,822 --> 00:12:04,156 GUYS. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE 356 00:12:04,156 --> 00:12:06,425 EVIL. I THINK WE HAVEN'T YET 357 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:10,296 PROVEN THAT THE CITY CAN DELIVER 358 00:12:10,296 --> 00:12:12,364 FOR THEM. SO LIKE BEN WHO JUST 359 00:12:12,364 --> 00:12:15,301 SPOKE, I HOPE YOU DELIVER THIS 360 00:12:15,301 --> 00:12:18,671 PACKAGE WITH PROGRAMS THAT WORK, 361 00:12:18,671 --> 00:12:20,005 PROGRAMS LIKE PDA AND WITH 362 00:12:20,005 --> 00:12:20,873 ACCOUNTABILITY AND DATA MEASURE, 363 00:12:20,873 --> 00:12:22,942 AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THESE 364 00:12:22,942 --> 00:12:23,809 COMMUNITY IMPACTS WILL BE AND 365 00:12:23,809 --> 00:12:25,845 HOW WE'RE FIXING THEM BECAUSE I 366 00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:27,613 THINK THE COMBO OF RESULTS AND 367 00:12:27,613 --> 00:12:29,515 TRANSPARENCY IS WHAT'S GOING TO 368 00:12:29,515 --> 00:12:31,851 TURN MY NEIGHBORS INTO 369 00:12:31,851 --> 00:12:33,452 SUPPORTERS OF INITIATIVES LIKE 370 00:12:33,452 --> 00:12:33,652 THIS. 371 00:12:33,652 --> 00:12:34,053 >> THANK YOU. 372 00:12:34,053 --> 00:12:40,993 >> NEXT UP ALEX, FOLLOWED BY 373 00:12:40,993 --> 00:12:41,360 AIDEN CARROLL. 374 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:42,495 >> GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR 375 00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:44,764 HAVING ME. MY NAME IS ALEX 376 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:50,536 LOFTON. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE 377 00:12:50,536 --> 00:12:51,137 CENTRAL DISTRICT, 378 00:12:51,137 --> 00:12:51,804 HOLLINGSWORTH'S DISTRICT. I'M 379 00:12:51,804 --> 00:12:52,404 HERE TODAY REPRESENTING FOR 380 00:12:52,404 --> 00:12:55,107 SEATTLE PROJECT, A NEW GROUP 381 00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:57,777 HERE IN THE CITY THAT'S 382 00:12:57,777 --> 00:12:58,444 SUPPORTING THE SHELTER AND 383 00:12:58,444 --> 00:12:59,745 HOUSING COALITION LETTER THAT 384 00:12:59,745 --> 00:13:02,414 WAS SIGNED BY OVER 200 385 00:13:02,414 --> 00:13:03,415 ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY 386 00:13:03,415 --> 00:13:03,949 MEMBERS. THIS PARTICULAR 387 00:13:03,949 --> 00:13:05,251 LEGISLATION IS PERSONAL TO ME. 388 00:13:05,251 --> 00:13:07,186 MY GRANDMOTHER LEFT HER HOME TO 389 00:13:07,186 --> 00:13:09,822 MY PARENTS. THAT HOME ENDED UP 390 00:13:09,822 --> 00:13:11,357 BEING THE FIRST EXAMPLE ENTERED 391 00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:12,224 OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN MY 392 00:13:12,224 --> 00:13:14,093 FAMILY, AND THAT HOME SET THE 393 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:15,094 COURSE FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND 394 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:17,596 THIS IS WHY I SPENT MY CAREER IN 395 00:13:17,596 --> 00:13:18,764 HOUSING, ENDED UP BACK HERE IN 396 00:13:18,764 --> 00:13:21,367 SEATTLE, BOUGHT MY HOME IN THE 397 00:13:21,367 --> 00:13:23,802 CENTRAL DISTRICT, AND IT'S WHY 398 00:13:23,802 --> 00:13:25,704 I STARTED THIS GROUP CALLED 399 00:13:25,704 --> 00:13:29,041 SUPPORT SEATTLE. WE ASK FOR MORE 400 00:13:29,041 --> 00:13:32,077 HIGH SUPPORT SHELTER WITH MORE 401 00:13:32,077 --> 00:13:33,012 BEHAVIORAL SERVICES, THROUGH-PUT 402 00:13:33,012 --> 00:13:34,180 SHELTER TO PERMANENT HOUSING AND 403 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:35,214 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT MITIGATION. 404 00:13:35,214 --> 00:13:36,048 THESE ARE THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS. 405 00:13:36,048 --> 00:13:38,217 AS WE MENTIONED, WE NEED TO MAKE 406 00:13:38,217 --> 00:13:41,086 SURE WE'RE TRACKING WHAT'S 407 00:13:41,086 --> 00:13:43,189 WORKING AND KEEP INVESTING. SO I 408 00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:44,423 REALLY HOPE WE INVEST IN THIS. 409 00:13:44,423 --> 00:13:45,825 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 410 00:13:45,825 --> 00:13:46,559 >> THANK YOU. 411 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:53,966 >> NEXT UP AIDEN, FOLLOWED BY 412 00:13:53,966 --> 00:13:54,600 NICOLE ALEXANDER. 413 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:59,004 >> HI. I'M A D6 RESIDENT AND 414 00:13:59,004 --> 00:14:01,407 HERE WITH SERVICES NOT SWEEPS 415 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:02,575 COALITION, HERE TO SUPPORT THIS 416 00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:05,511 SHELTER PROPOSAL BUT ALSO TO SAY 417 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:13,185 THAT WE NEED TO END WEEKEND AND 418 00:14:13,185 --> 00:14:13,686 EXTREME WEATHER SWEEPS 419 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:14,386 IMMEDIATELY. AND SIMILAR SORTS 420 00:14:14,386 --> 00:14:16,155 OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY 421 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:18,724 WE GOT A CALL FROM SOMEONE ON 422 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:21,727 UCT SAYING, HEY, CAN YOU COME 423 00:14:21,727 --> 00:14:22,528 JUMP SOMEONE'S CAR? THE 424 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:23,796 LIABILITY FOR THE CITY'S 425 00:14:23,796 --> 00:14:26,098 INSURANCE WON'T ALLOW T. WE'RE 426 00:14:26,098 --> 00:14:27,132 ALWAYS BEING ASKED TO HELP 427 00:14:27,132 --> 00:14:29,168 PEOPLE. LIKE, THE CITY NEEDS TO 428 00:14:29,168 --> 00:14:31,804 LET ITS WORKERS DO THINGS LIKE 429 00:14:31,804 --> 00:14:33,105 GIVE PEOPLE RIDES AND TOW PEOPLE 430 00:14:33,105 --> 00:14:36,775 TO A PLACE THEY WANT TO GO IN AN 431 00:14:36,775 --> 00:14:40,546 EMERGENCY. WE DON'T THINK THAT 432 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:42,448 LEHIGH SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO 433 00:14:42,448 --> 00:14:43,349 OPERATE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES. 434 00:14:43,349 --> 00:14:44,884 THEY'RE GOOD AT CREATING THEM, 435 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:47,152 BUT THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS 436 00:14:47,152 --> 00:14:53,192 WHY [ BELL RINGING ] THANK YOU. 437 00:14:53,192 --> 00:14:53,893 >> THANK YOU. 438 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,328 >> NEXT UP NICOLE FOLLOWED BY 439 00:14:56,328 --> 00:14:56,595 LINDSEY. 440 00:14:56,595 --> 00:14:58,330 >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 441 00:14:58,330 --> 00:14:59,798 NICOLE ALEXANDER, THE DIRECTOR 442 00:14:59,798 --> 00:15:01,267 OF OUTREACH -- IS THAT BETTER? 443 00:15:01,267 --> 00:15:02,501 OKAY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 444 00:15:02,501 --> 00:15:04,603 NICOLE, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF 445 00:15:04,603 --> 00:15:06,572 OUTREACH AND SPECIAL INITIATIVES 446 00:15:06,572 --> 00:15:07,806 WITH COLEAD AND PDA. JUST A 447 00:15:07,806 --> 00:15:09,041 FANCY WAY OF SAYING I'M THE 448 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:10,309 BOOTS ON THE GROUND THROUGHOUT 449 00:15:10,309 --> 00:15:11,677 OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE BEEN FOR 450 00:15:11,677 --> 00:15:13,312 MANY, MANY YEARS. WHAT I WANT TO 451 00:15:13,312 --> 00:15:14,747 SAY IS THAT WORKING WITH OVER 452 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:15,481 THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS, WHAT 453 00:15:15,481 --> 00:15:21,020 WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT FOLKS WANT 454 00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:23,022 TO COME INSIDE. THERE ARE NOT 455 00:15:23,022 --> 00:15:23,656 SERVICE-RESISTANT INDIVIDUALS, 456 00:15:23,656 --> 00:15:24,556 THERE ARE RESISTANT SERVICES, 457 00:15:24,556 --> 00:15:27,960 AND IT'S VERY, VERY HARD FOR US 458 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,862 TO BREAK THAT NARRATIVE AROUND 459 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:30,496 THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SPECIFICALLY 460 00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:32,064 WITHIN THE SHELTERING SURGE 461 00:15:32,064 --> 00:15:34,900 PROGRAM, WE NEED TO INVEST IN 462 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:36,101 HIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER UNITS. 463 00:15:36,101 --> 00:15:38,037 SHELTERS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR 464 00:15:38,037 --> 00:15:39,505 COMPLEX PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL 465 00:15:39,505 --> 00:15:41,573 HEALTH NEEDS. THOSE FOLKS MAKE 466 00:15:41,573 --> 00:15:44,043 UP 63% OF OUR PEOPLE 467 00:15:44,043 --> 00:15:44,710 EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED 468 00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:46,812 HOMELESSNESS RIGHT NOW. SHELTER 469 00:15:46,812 --> 00:15:47,980 AND HOUSING INVESTMENTS CANNOT 470 00:15:47,980 --> 00:15:49,815 COME AT EACH OTHER [ BELL 471 00:15:49,815 --> 00:15:51,717 RINGING ] WE NEED TO INVEST IN 472 00:15:51,717 --> 00:15:52,951 BOTH OF THEM. BOTTOM LINE WE 473 00:15:52,951 --> 00:15:54,586 KNOW WHAT WORKS, AND WE KNOW 474 00:15:54,586 --> 00:15:55,387 THAT SHELTER SURGE CAN BE 475 00:15:55,387 --> 00:15:57,022 SUCCESSFUL AS LONG AS WE MEET 476 00:15:57,022 --> 00:15:59,458 THE NEEDS WITH HIGH CAPACITY. 477 00:15:59,458 --> 00:15:59,758 THANK YOU. 478 00:15:59,758 --> 00:16:01,026 >> THANK YOU. 479 00:16:01,026 --> 00:16:05,564 >> NEXT UP LINDSEY, FOLLOWED BY 480 00:16:05,564 --> 00:16:05,831 MANUELA. 481 00:16:05,831 --> 00:16:09,134 >> CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? CAN YOU 482 00:16:09,134 --> 00:16:10,669 HEAR ME NOW? GOOD MORNING, 483 00:16:10,669 --> 00:16:12,037 COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS 484 00:16:12,037 --> 00:16:14,006 LINDSEY, AND I'M PROUD TO BE 485 00:16:14,006 --> 00:16:14,940 STANDING WITH COLEAD TODAY. 486 00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:16,175 BEFORE THIS ROLE, I WORKED IN 487 00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:18,344 CASE IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN A 488 00:16:18,344 --> 00:16:19,044 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT 489 00:16:19,044 --> 00:16:20,446 HELPING BUILD PROGRAMS FROM THE 490 00:16:20,446 --> 00:16:23,048 GROUND UP. I ALSO BRING PERSONAL 491 00:16:23,048 --> 00:16:24,917 AND LIVED EXPERIENCE, SO I 492 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:25,818 UNDERSTAND THESE CHALLENGES FROM 493 00:16:25,818 --> 00:16:26,885 BOTH SIDES. I'VE SEEN WHAT 494 00:16:26,885 --> 00:16:29,421 WORKS, AND WE'VE ALL SEEN WHAT 495 00:16:29,421 --> 00:16:31,557 DOESN'T. WHEN WE ASK -- WHEN WE 496 00:16:31,557 --> 00:16:33,092 TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT REFUSING 497 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:35,527 SERVICES, WE NEED TO BE ASKING 498 00:16:35,527 --> 00:16:37,329 WHY. MANY ARE RESPONDING TO PAST 499 00:16:37,329 --> 00:16:39,064 EXPERIENCES THAT DIDN'T MEET 500 00:16:39,064 --> 00:16:41,200 THEIR NEEDS, CREATED MORE 501 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,301 BARRIERS, MORE TRAUMA AND 502 00:16:42,301 --> 00:16:44,069 INCREASED STRAIN ON STAFF AND 503 00:16:44,069 --> 00:16:44,737 SYSTEM RESOURCES. SHORT-TERM 504 00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:47,106 APPROACHES LEAD TO WORSE 505 00:16:47,106 --> 00:16:48,140 OUTCOMES AND COST MORE OVER 506 00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:50,809 TIME. WE NEED A START AT THE 507 00:16:50,809 --> 00:16:52,711 FOUNDATION BUILDING LIFE SKILLS 508 00:16:52,711 --> 00:16:57,850 THAT HELP PEOPLE KEEP THEIR 509 00:16:57,850 --> 00:16:59,651 HOUSING. THAT'S WHERE COLEAD 510 00:16:59,651 --> 00:17:00,285 STANDS APART. COPROVIDES CASE 511 00:17:00,285 --> 00:17:01,587 MANAGEMENT SUPPORT AND AFTER 512 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:02,221 SERVICES MEETING PEOPLE WHERE 513 00:17:02,221 --> 00:17:03,922 THEY ARE AND SUPPORTING THEM 514 00:17:03,922 --> 00:17:05,557 EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THAT 515 00:17:05,557 --> 00:17:06,692 CONSISTENCY IS WHAT MAKES A 516 00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:09,495 DIFFERENCE, AND IT'S WHAT WE 517 00:17:09,495 --> 00:17:10,763 NEED TO EXPAND. HOUSING SOMEONE 518 00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:11,563 ISN'T SUCCESS, STABILITY IS. 519 00:17:11,563 --> 00:17:16,235 AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE FUNDING 520 00:17:16,235 --> 00:17:22,408 MOVEMENT THROUGH A SYSTEM WHEN 521 00:17:22,408 --> 00:17:25,911 -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 522 00:17:25,911 --> 00:17:27,046 >> THANK YOU. 523 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:34,286 >> NEXT UP MANUELA, FOLLOWED BY 524 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:35,988 AT THATKEISHA KING. 525 00:17:35,988 --> 00:17:38,457 >> MY NAME IS MANUELA, I'M THE 526 00:17:38,457 --> 00:17:39,525 PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE VITAL 527 00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:40,359 FAMILIAR FACES PROGRAM AT REACH 528 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,728 AND ALSO A DISTRICT 2 RESIDENT. 529 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:44,496 OUR TEAM SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS 530 00:17:44,496 --> 00:17:45,898 WHO ARE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED 531 00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:47,633 BY THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND HAVE 532 00:17:47,633 --> 00:17:49,201 CHRONIC MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL 533 00:17:49,201 --> 00:17:50,702 HEALTH CONDITIONS. ONE OF THE 534 00:17:50,702 --> 00:17:51,637 BIGGEST BARRIERS OUR CLIENTS 535 00:17:51,637 --> 00:17:54,073 FACE IN MAINTAINING STABILITY IS 536 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:55,541 A LACK OF APPROPRIATE HOUSING 537 00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:56,308 AND SHELTER. I'VE SEEN CLIENTS 538 00:17:56,308 --> 00:17:57,743 EXITED FROM SHELTER TIME AND 539 00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:00,446 TIME AGAIN DUE TO BEHAVIORS THAT 540 00:18:00,446 --> 00:18:01,079 ARE NOT NECESSARILY HARMING 541 00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:03,215 OTHERS BUT ARE OFFPUTTING OR 542 00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:05,784 DIFFICULT TO MANAGE IN CLOSE 543 00:18:05,784 --> 00:18:06,852 QUARTERS. OVER TIME, THESE 544 00:18:06,852 --> 00:18:08,053 INDIVIDUALS DECLINE SHELTER BEDS 545 00:18:08,053 --> 00:18:08,954 BECAUSE THEIR PAST EXPERIENCES 546 00:18:08,954 --> 00:18:10,322 GIVE THEM INSIGHT THAT IT WON'T 547 00:18:10,322 --> 00:18:12,858 WORK FOR THEM BEYOND A PLACE TO 548 00:18:12,858 --> 00:18:14,927 SLEEP FOR THAT ONE NIGHT. YEARS 549 00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:17,062 OF WORK AND EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY 550 00:18:17,062 --> 00:18:18,063 AGENCIES SERVING THE UNHOUSED 551 00:18:18,063 --> 00:18:19,798 COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE GIVE US 552 00:18:19,798 --> 00:18:21,533 THAT SAME INSIGHT. SHELTER IS 553 00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:23,635 OFTEN THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS 554 00:18:23,635 --> 00:18:24,336 PERMANENT HOUSING, STABILITY, 555 00:18:24,336 --> 00:18:25,437 TREATMENT AND MORE. SHELTER ONLY 556 00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:27,005 WORKS WHEN IT IS DESIGNED TO 557 00:18:27,005 --> 00:18:29,274 MEET THE UNIQUE AND COMPLEX 558 00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:30,809 NEEDS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND 559 00:18:30,809 --> 00:18:32,177 HIGH-NEED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IN 560 00:18:32,177 --> 00:18:34,179 ORDER FOR SHELTER TO RESULT IN 561 00:18:34,179 --> 00:18:34,980 DESIRED LONG-LASTING OUTCOMES 562 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:37,749 IT, NEEDS TO HAVE THE RESOURCES 563 00:18:37,749 --> 00:18:38,817 AND FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE 564 00:18:38,817 --> 00:18:43,155 EFFECTIVE HIGH-LEVEL SUPPORT AND 565 00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:45,324 BE FUNDED REALISTICALLY. 566 00:18:45,324 --> 00:18:46,859 >> THANK YOU. 567 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:50,262 >> NEXT UP TAKE ISHA, FOLLOWED 568 00:18:50,262 --> 00:18:50,596 BY DANIELLE. 569 00:18:50,596 --> 00:18:52,664 >> I'M SORRY. OH, GREAT. GOOD 570 00:18:52,664 --> 00:18:54,366 MORNING, MY NAME IS KEISHA KING, 571 00:18:54,366 --> 00:18:58,337 HERE WITH COLEAD. AND I AM 572 00:18:58,337 --> 00:18:59,471 SPEAKING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 573 00:18:59,471 --> 00:19:00,105 SHELTER EXPANSION. OFTENTIMES WE 574 00:19:00,105 --> 00:19:03,408 THINK A HUGE PART OF IT IS 575 00:19:03,408 --> 00:19:04,143 GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. 576 00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,377 WHY THAT IS A PART OF IT, 577 00:19:05,377 --> 00:19:08,180 ANOTHER PART IS KEEPING THEM OFF 578 00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:09,314 THE STREETS AND KEEPING THEM 579 00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:10,749 HOUSED. COMING IN IS NOT A 580 00:19:10,749 --> 00:19:12,484 TWO-DAY PROCESS, NOR IS IT A 581 00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:13,852 MONTH FOR SOME PEOPLE. DURING 582 00:19:13,852 --> 00:19:15,187 THAT TIME, THEY ARE RELEARNING 583 00:19:15,187 --> 00:19:16,255 EVERYTHING, THINGS WE OFTEN TAKE 584 00:19:16,255 --> 00:19:17,322 FOR GRANTED, WHETHER IT'S 585 00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:18,590 GETTING A NEW I.D., KEEPING THAT 586 00:19:18,590 --> 00:19:20,659 I.D. AFTER BEING ON THE STREETS 587 00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:22,427 FOR 10 YEARS, ESTABLISHING CARE 588 00:19:22,427 --> 00:19:23,695 WITH A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, 589 00:19:23,695 --> 00:19:25,697 KEEPING A KEY, KEEPING A CELL 590 00:19:25,697 --> 00:19:27,299 PHONE FOR LONGER THAN GO WEEKS, 591 00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:28,500 THINGS THAT TO US MAY SEEM 592 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:32,471 NORMAL BUT TO PEOPLE COMING OFF 593 00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:34,339 THE STREET, THEY ARE RELEARNING 594 00:19:34,339 --> 00:19:35,674 THOSE THINGS. WITH OUR MODEL 595 00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:37,509 HERE AT COLEAD, OUR CLIENTS HAVE 596 00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:38,977 THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CARE 597 00:19:38,977 --> 00:19:40,112 TEAM THAT MEETS THEM WHERE 598 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:41,880 THEY'RE AT, WHETHER IT'S IN 599 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:43,949 THE STREETS WITH OUR OUTREACH 600 00:19:43,949 --> 00:19:44,783 TEAM OUTREACHING THEM, OUR 601 00:19:44,783 --> 00:19:45,551 LODGING TEAM, SHELTERING THEM OR 602 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:49,855 THE CARE TEAM WHERE I AM AT 603 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:50,789 HELPING THEM STABILIZE HOUSING. 604 00:19:50,789 --> 00:19:54,726 WE'RE ABLE TO GO TO MEDICAL 605 00:19:54,726 --> 00:19:55,394 APPOINTMENTS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 606 00:19:55,394 --> 00:19:57,763 APPOINTMENTS, LEGAL APPOINTMENTS 607 00:19:57,763 --> 00:19:58,530 AND APPOINTMENTS THAT TAKE 608 00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:04,469 HOURS. AND SO THAT IS WHY [ 609 00:20:04,469 --> 00:20:04,770 INAUDIBLE ] 610 00:20:04,770 --> 00:20:10,375 >> THANK YOU. 611 00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:11,009 >> TENILLE FOLLOWED BY GREGORY 612 00:20:11,009 --> 00:20:15,180 GREER. 613 00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:17,349 >> MY NAME IS DANIEL. I'M 34 614 00:20:17,349 --> 00:20:18,684 YEARS OLD. BEFORE I MET COLEAD, 615 00:20:18,684 --> 00:20:20,552 I WAS AT THE LOWEST POINT OF MY 616 00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:24,456 LIFE. I WAS HOMELESS FOR TWO 617 00:20:24,456 --> 00:20:26,858 YEARS. I MET COLEAD ON 45th AND 618 00:20:26,858 --> 00:20:27,826 SEVEN. THEY WERE WALKING AROUND 619 00:20:27,826 --> 00:20:28,694 OFFERING PEOPLE HOUSING. AND I 620 00:20:28,694 --> 00:20:30,095 THOUGHT IT WAS A MIRACLE FROM 621 00:20:30,095 --> 00:20:31,563 GOD AND A BLESSING THAT I'M 622 00:20:31,563 --> 00:20:33,398 FINALLY GOING TO HAVE A PLACE 623 00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:34,700 WHERE I COULD SLEEP AND NOT 624 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:37,502 WORRY ABOUT GETTING HIT BY A 625 00:20:37,502 --> 00:20:39,037 CAR. I FELT SAFE WITH COLEAD. 626 00:20:39,037 --> 00:20:39,805 THEY TREATED ME WITH RESPECT, 627 00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:41,506 AND THEY LOOKED AT ME AS A HUMAN 628 00:20:41,506 --> 00:20:43,041 BEING. AND I KNEW THAT IT WAS AN 629 00:20:43,041 --> 00:20:47,546 OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GET MY 630 00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:48,680 LIFE BACK TOGETHER. COLEAD WAS 631 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,649 WITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 632 00:20:50,649 --> 00:20:53,719 THEY SUPPORTED ME, GAVE ME 633 00:20:53,719 --> 00:20:54,820 ADVICE THAT I NEEDED TO SUCCEED. 634 00:20:54,820 --> 00:20:58,323 IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM BEING OUT 635 00:20:58,323 --> 00:21:00,892 THERE THAT DAY, I WOULDN'T BE 636 00:21:00,892 --> 00:21:03,061 HERE TODAY. I'D PROBABLY BE 637 00:21:03,061 --> 00:21:05,097 OVERDOSED SOMEWHERE UNDERNEATH 638 00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:07,232 THE BRIDGE. THANK YOU. 639 00:21:07,232 --> 00:21:13,038 >> THANK YOU. 640 00:21:13,038 --> 00:21:17,276 >> GREGORY FOLLOWED BY LISA 641 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:21,647 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS GREG GREER. 642 00:21:21,647 --> 00:21:26,084 MY NAME IS GREG GREER. I'M FROM 643 00:21:26,084 --> 00:21:29,154 A PARTICIPANT IN A SHARE WHEEL 644 00:21:29,154 --> 00:21:32,591 HOMELESS SHELTER, AND THE 645 00:21:32,591 --> 00:21:34,126 SHELTERS ARE THERE FOR PEOPLE 646 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:36,528 WHO NEED THEM, AND FOR ME 647 00:21:36,528 --> 00:21:37,629 PERSONALLY IN A TIME OF 648 00:21:37,629 --> 00:21:39,064 TRANSITION WHEN I DIDN'T THINK 649 00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:42,067 I HAD ANY OPTIONS, IT GAVE ME A 650 00:21:42,067 --> 00:21:46,371 WAY OUT OF A DIFFICULT 651 00:21:46,371 --> 00:21:51,009 SITUATION. AND I WILL ALSO SAY 652 00:21:51,009 --> 00:21:52,010 ABOUT HOMELESS SHELTER EXPANSION 653 00:21:52,010 --> 00:21:55,180 THAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT, 654 00:21:55,180 --> 00:21:58,383 AND WITHOUT SHELTER, PEOPLE DIE. 655 00:21:58,383 --> 00:21:58,684 THANK YOU. 656 00:21:58,684 --> 00:21:59,618 >> THANK YOU. 657 00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:04,089 >> NEXT UP LISA FOLLOWED BY 658 00:22:04,089 --> 00:22:04,423 JESSICA YANG. 659 00:22:04,423 --> 00:22:07,826 >> HI. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN 660 00:22:07,826 --> 00:22:10,128 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 661 00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:10,996 I'M LISA, PRINCIPAL AT KNITZA 662 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:12,631 STAGGEN, A REAL ESTATE COMPANY 663 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:13,999 ACTIVE IN SEATTLE FOR THE LAST 664 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:17,135 50 YEARS. I'M HERE AS CHAIR OF 665 00:22:17,135 --> 00:22:19,037 THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION 666 00:22:19,037 --> 00:22:20,539 STREETS TO HOUSING INITIATIVE. 667 00:22:20,539 --> 00:22:22,908 I'VE WORKED OVER 30 YEARS 668 00:22:22,908 --> 00:22:23,542 GLOBALLY ON SOCIAL SYSTEM CHANGE 669 00:22:23,542 --> 00:22:24,242 INITIATIVES, AND I KNOW WE CAN 670 00:22:24,242 --> 00:22:26,178 BE DOING BETTER IN SEATTLE TO 671 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:28,447 MEET THE HOUSING, MENTAL AND 672 00:22:28,447 --> 00:22:30,782 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION 673 00:22:30,782 --> 00:22:31,316 NEEDS OF OUR UNSHELTERED 674 00:22:31,316 --> 00:22:33,385 NEIGHBORS. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT 675 00:22:33,385 --> 00:22:34,519 FUNDING FOR THE MAYOR'S 676 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:35,587 PROPOSED SHELTER EXPANSION IN 677 00:22:35,587 --> 00:22:37,723 DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND BEYOND WITH 678 00:22:37,723 --> 00:22:39,391 TINY HOME VILLAGES. I'M ALSO 679 00:22:39,391 --> 00:22:42,227 HERE TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF PDA 680 00:22:42,227 --> 00:22:43,862 AND REACH WHOSE SYSTEM CHANGED 681 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,697 MODELS OF PRAIS ARE DESIGNED 682 00:22:45,697 --> 00:22:47,466 WITH INTENDED OUTCOMES IN MIND. 683 00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:48,467 I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LISA 684 00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:50,602 DUGARD AND HER TEAM FOR OVER 10 685 00:22:50,602 --> 00:22:51,470 YEARS IN SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS 686 00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:55,307 ON ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR 687 00:22:55,307 --> 00:22:56,708 UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS IN A 688 00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:57,476 SYSTEMS CHANGE WAY, AND, 689 00:22:57,476 --> 00:22:58,276 FRANKLY, THEY'RE HELPING TO 690 00:22:58,276 --> 00:23:00,145 HOLD THE SKY UP FOR SEATTLE BY 691 00:23:00,145 --> 00:23:02,681 TIRELESSLY AND OFTEN WITH LESS 692 00:23:02,681 --> 00:23:04,015 FUNDING THAN NEEDED WORKING TO 693 00:23:04,015 --> 00:23:04,649 DEPLOY HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS 694 00:23:04,649 --> 00:23:07,753 AND HELP PEOPLE GET OFF THE 695 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:10,622 STREETS AND FIND STABILITY. 696 00:23:10,622 --> 00:23:10,922 THANK YOU. 697 00:23:10,922 --> 00:23:11,790 >> THANK YOU. 698 00:23:11,790 --> 00:23:18,730 >> NEXT UP JESSICA FOLLOWED BY 699 00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:19,064 TAMMY GREEN. 700 00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:22,667 >> HI LAND USE COMMITTEE. I'M 701 00:23:22,667 --> 00:23:24,803 JESSICA, I'M SPEAKING FOR FOR 702 00:23:24,803 --> 00:23:26,872 SEATTLE WHICH IS SEATTLEITES FOR 703 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:30,108 A BETTER CITY. I CARE DEEPLY 704 00:23:30,108 --> 00:23:31,176 ABOUT OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS. I 705 00:23:31,176 --> 00:23:31,810 SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL 706 00:23:31,810 --> 00:23:33,979 FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE INSIDE AND 707 00:23:33,979 --> 00:23:38,250 ACCESS SERVICES. IN MY TIME 708 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:39,084 WORKING IN HOMELESS SERVICE, 709 00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:40,152 IT'S CLEAR SUPPORT AND -- I 710 00:23:40,152 --> 00:23:40,786 CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY OF MY 711 00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:42,788 CLIENTS WERE SENT OFF TO 712 00:23:42,788 --> 00:23:43,422 SHORT-TERM TREATMENT PROGRAMS, 713 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:44,723 ONLY TO COME BACK TO OUR 714 00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:46,158 TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM AFTER 90 715 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:47,659 DAYS BECAUSE THEY HAD NO 716 00:23:47,659 --> 00:23:49,594 FOLLOWUP. THEY DON'T CALL IT 717 00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:50,262 THE REVOLVING DOOR FOR NOTHING. 718 00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:54,266 WE NEED A SHELTER THAT TRULY 719 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,500 MEETS PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, 720 00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:56,401 THAT SUPPORTS THEIR LIFE 721 00:23:56,401 --> 00:23:58,236 CIRCUMSTANCES, WHETHER THEY HAVE 722 00:23:58,236 --> 00:24:00,505 A PET OR WORK NIGHTS. AND THEY 723 00:24:00,505 --> 00:24:03,175 NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED AND 724 00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:04,476 FUNDED SO THEY CAN CONTINUE WARM 725 00:24:04,476 --> 00:24:07,112 HANDOFFS AS PEOPLE MOVE TO THEIR 726 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:08,647 NEXT STEPS. WE NEED EFFICIENT 727 00:24:08,647 --> 00:24:09,314 MECHANISMS THAT ENSURE WE'RE 728 00:24:09,314 --> 00:24:10,348 ACTUALLY REACHING THE OUTCOMES 729 00:24:10,348 --> 00:24:11,583 WE WANT TO ACHIEVE. I URGE THE 730 00:24:11,583 --> 00:24:12,784 COMMITTEE NOT ONLY TO PASS THIS 731 00:24:12,784 --> 00:24:15,353 PROPOSAL WHEN IT COMES TO VOTE 732 00:24:15,353 --> 00:24:18,089 BUT TO ENSURES IT PROVIDES THE 733 00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:19,424 KIND OF CONTINUITY CARE BY 734 00:24:19,424 --> 00:24:20,225 ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE PROVEN 735 00:24:20,225 --> 00:24:21,426 TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU. 736 00:24:21,426 --> 00:24:22,093 >> THANK YOU. 737 00:24:22,093 --> 00:24:30,635 >> NEXT UP TAMMY FOLLOWED BY 738 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:31,002 HOLLY WILLIS. 739 00:24:31,002 --> 00:24:33,004 >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR 740 00:24:33,004 --> 00:24:35,841 THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS 741 00:24:35,841 --> 00:24:39,644 TAMMY GREEN. I WORK WITH REACH. 742 00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:41,613 I WORK IN DISTRICT 1, AND I 743 00:24:41,613 --> 00:24:43,481 TRULY BELIEVE THAT MY VOICE THIS 744 00:24:43,481 --> 00:24:45,150 MORNING REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE 745 00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:47,319 THAT I SEE EVERYDAY. I COULD 746 00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:49,588 PROBABLY TELL YOU MORE THAN A 747 00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:51,857 MILLION STORIES ABOUT THEIR 748 00:24:51,857 --> 00:24:52,457 LIVES, ABOUT THEIR 749 00:24:52,457 --> 00:24:53,258 CIRCUMSTANCES, HOW THEY GOT 750 00:24:53,258 --> 00:24:56,228 THERE AND YET THERE IS ONE 751 00:24:56,228 --> 00:24:56,962 COMMON DENOMINATOR, AND THAT I 752 00:24:56,962 --> 00:24:59,631 DON'T KNOW ONE OF THEM THAT 753 00:24:59,631 --> 00:25:00,565 WOULDN'T BE WILLING AND THINK 754 00:25:00,565 --> 00:25:04,502 IT A WONDERFUL THING TO BE ABLE 755 00:25:04,502 --> 00:25:08,940 TO GO INSIDE. TINY HOMES ARE A 756 00:25:08,940 --> 00:25:13,378 HOT COMMODITY. I LITERALLY HAVE 757 00:25:13,378 --> 00:25:13,979 A RUNNING LIST OF MANY, MANY, 758 00:25:13,979 --> 00:25:16,615 MANY. I LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE 759 00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:22,687 GOING TO -- THAT WE ARE 760 00:25:22,687 --> 00:25:23,722 PROPOSING TO HAVE. SUBSTANCE USE 761 00:25:23,722 --> 00:25:30,228 DISORDER, I SUPPORT THAT WITH 762 00:25:30,228 --> 00:25:31,997 TINY HOME VILLAGES, ALSO 763 00:25:31,997 --> 00:25:33,098 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT. THERE 764 00:25:33,098 --> 00:25:35,467 IS A GREAT NEED FOR IT, AND I 765 00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:37,068 APPRECIATE YOU ALL HEARING ME 766 00:25:37,068 --> 00:25:40,605 AND HEARING OUR CLIENTS. THANK 767 00:25:40,605 --> 00:25:40,805 YOU. 768 00:25:40,805 --> 00:25:41,606 >> THANK YOU. 769 00:25:41,606 --> 00:25:47,846 >> NEXT UP HAILEY FOLLOWED BY 770 00:25:47,846 --> 00:25:48,747 NOAH WILLIAMS. 771 00:25:48,747 --> 00:25:49,981 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 772 00:25:49,981 --> 00:25:50,515 MEMBERS. MY NAME IS HOLLY 773 00:25:50,515 --> 00:25:51,182 WILLIS. I'M THE POLICY MANAGE 774 00:25:51,182 --> 00:25:52,984 AT THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY 775 00:25:52,984 --> 00:25:54,152 COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS, AND I 776 00:25:54,152 --> 00:25:55,420 LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. I'M HERE 777 00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:59,057 TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR'S 778 00:25:59,057 --> 00:25:59,624 PROPOSED SHELTER EXPANSION. 779 00:25:59,624 --> 00:26:00,292 EVERYONE NEEDS A SAFE WARM AND 780 00:26:00,292 --> 00:26:03,495 DRY PLACE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT THAT 781 00:26:03,495 --> 00:26:04,963 MEETS THEIR NEEDS. WE JOIN OTHER 782 00:26:04,963 --> 00:26:06,531 DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS TO URGE 783 00:26:06,531 --> 00:26:08,099 YOU TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW 784 00:26:08,099 --> 00:26:10,835 PROPOSED SHELTER IS FUNDED IN A 785 00:26:10,835 --> 00:26:12,671 WAY THAT ENSURES HIGH-QUALITY 786 00:26:12,671 --> 00:26:14,906 SERVICES THAT HELP PEOPLE FIND 787 00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:15,540 STABILITY AND THAT IT CAN 788 00:26:15,540 --> 00:26:17,709 CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTED IN THE 789 00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:19,678 LONG TERM. WE CAN AND MUST WALK 790 00:26:19,678 --> 00:26:22,781 AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME. 791 00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:24,015 WHILE WE EXPAND HIGH-QUALITY 792 00:26:24,015 --> 00:26:25,550 SHELTER WITH ROBUST SERVICES, WE 793 00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:28,987 ALSO NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR 794 00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:29,788 EXISTING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE 795 00:26:29,788 --> 00:26:31,323 HOUSING CAN CONTINUE TO HOUSE 796 00:26:31,323 --> 00:26:32,691 PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE 797 00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:35,093 RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS. EVEN AS 798 00:26:35,093 --> 00:26:37,829 WE FACE MASSIVE SHIFTS AND 799 00:26:37,829 --> 00:26:40,065 LOSSES IN FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR 800 00:26:40,065 --> 00:26:42,000 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING 801 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:42,701 THROUGH THE [ BELL RINGING ] 802 00:26:42,701 --> 00:26:44,069 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 803 00:26:44,069 --> 00:26:46,104 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 804 00:26:46,104 --> 00:26:48,106 >> NEXT UP NOAH FOLLOWED BY 805 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:48,340 ASHLEY. 806 00:26:48,340 --> 00:26:49,741 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 807 00:26:49,741 --> 00:26:51,943 MY NAME IS NOAH WILLIAMS. I AM A 808 00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:54,112 WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT. I'M A 809 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:55,413 TECH WORKER WITH STABLE 810 00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:56,881 EMPLOYMENT, AND I'M HERE TODAY 811 00:26:56,881 --> 00:26:59,617 BECAUSE I'M SICK OF WATCHING MY 812 00:26:59,617 --> 00:27:00,251 NEIGHBORS SUFFER PREVENTABLY. 813 00:27:00,251 --> 00:27:05,757 EVERYDAY I RIDE MY BIKE PAST THE 814 00:27:05,757 --> 00:27:07,058 ENCAMPMENTS AND BREATHE THE 815 00:27:07,058 --> 00:27:08,960 FUELS OF THE PAPER AND PLASTIC 816 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,128 THAT FORCED TO STAY WARM. LATE 817 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:12,297 AT NIGHT I RIDE THE BUSES THAT 818 00:27:12,297 --> 00:27:15,166 MANY OF THEM ARE FORCED TO SLEEP 819 00:27:15,166 --> 00:27:17,469 ON AS THEIR TENTS ARE DESTROYED 820 00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:20,872 BY SLEEPS. WE NEED TO STOP THESE 821 00:27:20,872 --> 00:27:22,540 DISRUPTIONS AND GIVE THEM 822 00:27:22,540 --> 00:27:23,808 INTEGRATED SERVICES DOWN TO THE 823 00:27:23,808 --> 00:27:24,576 DETAILS LIKE REFRIGERATION FOR 824 00:27:24,576 --> 00:27:25,076 THEIR MEDICATIONS. THIS 825 00:27:25,076 --> 00:27:27,212 LEGISLATION IS A STEP IN THE 826 00:27:27,212 --> 00:27:29,714 RIGHT DIRECTION. PLEASE PASS IT 827 00:27:29,714 --> 00:27:30,482 AND CRITICALLY KEEP GOING. 828 00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:31,883 ENABLE CITY WORKERS, AS OTHER 829 00:27:31,883 --> 00:27:32,584 MEMBERS HAVE SUGGESTED, AND 830 00:27:32,584 --> 00:27:34,219 LITCH TO THE VOICES OF MY 831 00:27:34,219 --> 00:27:35,320 UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE 832 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,188 COME UP TODAY AND THE ONES THAT 833 00:27:37,188 --> 00:27:40,258 CAN'T BE HERE AS WELL. THANK 834 00:27:40,258 --> 00:27:40,458 YOU. 835 00:27:40,458 --> 00:27:44,829 >> NEXT UP ASHLEY FOLLOWED BY 836 00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:45,063 ELENA. 837 00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:45,730 >> HI. I'M ASHLEY. I'M HERE 838 00:27:45,730 --> 00:27:47,532 ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF MORE 839 00:27:47,532 --> 00:27:49,134 THAN 200 PLUS ORGANIZATIONS, 840 00:27:49,134 --> 00:27:51,469 UNIONS AND NEIGHBORS WHO SIGNED 841 00:27:51,469 --> 00:27:54,139 A LETTER URGING HEAVY INVESTMENT 842 00:27:54,139 --> 00:27:55,306 IN HIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER AND 843 00:27:55,306 --> 00:27:59,511 THROUGH-PUT HOUSING. OUR 844 00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:01,946 CONTINGENT INCLUDES UNIONS SUCH 845 00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:04,783 AS USCW 3,000, SEIU AND SWEEPS 846 00:28:04,783 --> 00:28:06,117 COALITION AND THE DOWNTOWN 847 00:28:06,117 --> 00:28:07,252 SEATTLE ASSOCIATION. THE 848 00:28:07,252 --> 00:28:08,086 POLITICAL BREADTH OF THIS GROUP 849 00:28:08,086 --> 00:28:09,087 SHOWS NOW THE ENERGY AND WILL 850 00:28:09,087 --> 00:28:11,122 EXISTS IN THIS CITY TO DO BIG 851 00:28:11,122 --> 00:28:13,024 THINGS AND TO DO THEM WELL. WHEN 852 00:28:13,024 --> 00:28:14,059 IT COMES TO PEOPLE LIVING 853 00:28:14,059 --> 00:28:16,127 OUTSIDE, WE KNOW THAT THE VAST 854 00:28:16,127 --> 00:28:17,762 MAJORITY AREN'T SERVICE 855 00:28:17,762 --> 00:28:18,930 RESISTANT AND WILL COME INSIDE 856 00:28:18,930 --> 00:28:22,267 IF THE OFFERED HELP WORKS FOR 857 00:28:22,267 --> 00:28:23,868 THEM. AND WHEN REACH SURVEYED 858 00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:25,070 5,000 PEOPLE LIVING ON THE 859 00:28:25,070 --> 00:28:27,539 STREETS LAST YEAR, 60% HAD 860 00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:28,440 BEHAVIORAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH 861 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:32,343 NEEDS. THOSE 3,000 PEOPLE SHOULD 862 00:28:32,343 --> 00:28:33,278 HAVE THE OPTION OF 863 00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:33,878 NON-CONGREGATE, HIGH-SUPPORT 864 00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:35,613 SHELTER. WE HAVE TO BUILD WHAT 865 00:28:35,613 --> 00:28:36,548 WE KNOW WORKS BECAUSE WE'VE 866 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,450 BEEN FALLING SHORT FOR A LONG 867 00:28:38,450 --> 00:28:39,984 TIME, AND IT DEMORALIZES THE 868 00:28:39,984 --> 00:28:41,820 WHOLE CITY. IT MAKES US BELIEVE 869 00:28:41,820 --> 00:28:44,656 THAT WE CAN'T DO BIG THINGS, 870 00:28:44,656 --> 00:28:47,459 AND WE CAN. SO PLEASE ENSURE 871 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:49,461 THAT THE SHELTER SURGE MEETS THE 872 00:28:49,461 --> 00:28:51,996 NEEDS OF OUR UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND 873 00:28:51,996 --> 00:28:53,131 SIGNIFICANTLY FUND HIGH-SUPPORT 874 00:28:53,131 --> 00:28:53,398 SHELTER. 875 00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:55,867 >> THANK YOU. 876 00:28:55,867 --> 00:29:00,205 >> NEXT UP ELENA FOLLOWED BY 877 00:29:00,205 --> 00:29:00,405 TAN. 878 00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:01,106 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 879 00:29:01,106 --> 00:29:03,408 MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ELENA, AND 880 00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:04,609 I'M HERE REPRESENTING FRIENDS 881 00:29:04,609 --> 00:29:05,443 OF LITTLE SAIGON IN DISTRICT 2. 882 00:29:05,443 --> 00:29:08,413 I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU FOR 883 00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:10,782 TWO THINGS. FIRST, TO INVEST IN 884 00:29:10,782 --> 00:29:12,617 HIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER PROGRAMS 885 00:29:12,617 --> 00:29:13,885 FOR SEATTLE'S MOST VULNERABLE 886 00:29:13,885 --> 00:29:14,752 RESIDENTS AND, SECOND, TO 887 00:29:14,752 --> 00:29:16,354 PRIORITIZE THE PEOPLE ON THE 888 00:29:16,354 --> 00:29:18,490 STREETS OF LITTLE SAIGON FOR 889 00:29:18,490 --> 00:29:19,390 GETTING INTO SHELTER EARLY. WE 890 00:29:19,390 --> 00:29:21,126 APPLAUD THE MAYOR AROUND HER 891 00:29:21,126 --> 00:29:22,260 HOUSING CRISIS AND SHELTER 892 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:24,462 EXPANSION PLAN. WE NEED DEEP 893 00:29:24,462 --> 00:29:25,296 INVESTMENT IN SHELTER UNITS 894 00:29:25,296 --> 00:29:27,999 CITYWIDE THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF 895 00:29:27,999 --> 00:29:28,733 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING COMPLEX 896 00:29:28,733 --> 00:29:29,567 MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 897 00:29:29,567 --> 00:29:33,004 CHALLENGES THE EFFECTS OF WHICH 898 00:29:33,004 --> 00:29:35,807 WE SEE EVERYDAY IN LITTLE 899 00:29:35,807 --> 00:29:37,242 SAIGON. SIMPLY PROVIDING SHELTER 900 00:29:37,242 --> 00:29:38,143 ISN'T ENOUGH. WE NEED SHELTER 901 00:29:38,143 --> 00:29:39,878 AND SERVICES THAT WILL HELP 902 00:29:39,878 --> 00:29:40,712 PEOPLE FIND LONG-TERM STABILITY, 903 00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:42,280 PAST THIS SUMMER AND THE WORLD 904 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,415 CUP. OUR SECOND PRIORITY IS TO 905 00:29:44,415 --> 00:29:47,552 HELP PEOPLE IN LITTLE SAIGON TO 906 00:29:47,552 --> 00:29:48,586 GET PLACED IN THESE UNITS. THIS 907 00:29:48,586 --> 00:29:50,989 IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A 908 00:29:50,989 --> 00:29:52,056 NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN A 909 00:29:52,056 --> 00:29:53,057 HIGH-NEED NEIGHBORHOOD. [ BELL 910 00:29:53,057 --> 00:29:53,458 RINGING ] 911 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:56,461 >> I URGE YOU TO GO WHERE THE 912 00:29:56,461 --> 00:29:58,530 NEEDS ARE GREATEST AND HELP THE 913 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:00,165 PEOPLE MOVE FROM LITTLE SAIGON 914 00:30:00,165 --> 00:30:01,466 INTO SAFE, SUPPORTIVE SHELTERS. 915 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:01,766 THANK YOU. 916 00:30:01,766 --> 00:30:02,567 >> THANK YOU. 917 00:30:02,567 --> 00:30:06,137 >> NEXT UP TAN FOLLOWED BY 918 00:30:06,137 --> 00:30:06,371 MAMAR. 919 00:30:06,371 --> 00:30:07,472 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 920 00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:09,474 MEMBERS. MY NAME IS AND I'M AN 921 00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:11,176 EMPLOYEE AT THE LOW INCOME 922 00:30:11,176 --> 00:30:11,676 HOUSING INSTITUTE. AS A 923 00:30:11,676 --> 00:30:12,644 VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, I HAVE 924 00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:14,612 CHATTED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE 925 00:30:14,612 --> 00:30:16,314 ACROSS THIS CITY FROM AMAZON 926 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:18,883 WORKERS TO ADVOCACY GROUPS TO 927 00:30:18,883 --> 00:30:19,784 STUDENTS ENGAGED IN SERVICE 928 00:30:19,784 --> 00:30:21,186 LEARNING. ACROSS THE BOARD OUR 929 00:30:21,186 --> 00:30:22,787 VOLUNTEERS SEE THE NEED FOR 930 00:30:22,787 --> 00:30:26,457 SHELTER AND KNOW HOW MUCH MORE 931 00:30:26,457 --> 00:30:27,792 EFFECTIVE ENHANCED SHELTERS ARE. 932 00:30:27,792 --> 00:30:29,160 I'M ADVOCATING FOR MAYOR 933 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,162 WILSON'S LEGISLATION FOR 934 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:32,430 SHELTER EXPANSION, NOT ONLY 935 00:30:32,430 --> 00:30:33,565 EXPANDING THE SHELTERS BUT 936 00:30:33,565 --> 00:30:35,066 INVESTING INTO DEEP SUPPORTIVE 937 00:30:35,066 --> 00:30:37,769 SERVICES MAKES THIS A HOLISTIC 938 00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:39,137 APPROACH. WHILE THERE ARE MANY 939 00:30:39,137 --> 00:30:41,773 HOUSING HEROS, THE TRUE HOUSING 940 00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:42,607 HEROS ARE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, 941 00:30:42,607 --> 00:30:43,975 OUR CASE MANAGERS. I SEE 942 00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:45,844 EVERYDAY HOW HARD OUR CASE 943 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:49,414 MANAGERS WORK TO CONNECT OUR 944 00:30:49,414 --> 00:30:51,382 CLIENTS TO NECESSARY SUPPORTS 945 00:30:51,382 --> 00:30:52,917 AND RESOURCES. AN INVESTMENT 946 00:30:52,917 --> 00:30:54,052 INTO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, ALONG 947 00:30:54,052 --> 00:30:55,153 WITH SHELTER EXPANSION, IS A 948 00:30:55,153 --> 00:30:57,522 TRUE WRAP AROUND SOLUTION TO OUR 949 00:30:57,522 --> 00:30:58,523 CRISIS. EVERYDAY I [ BELL 950 00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:01,059 RINGING ] BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT 951 00:31:01,059 --> 00:31:01,893 OUR CASE MANAGERS THROUGH 952 00:31:01,893 --> 00:31:02,627 DONATIONS IN PROGRAMMING. I HOPE 953 00:31:02,627 --> 00:31:03,962 YOU ALSO REVEL IN THIS 954 00:31:03,962 --> 00:31:06,764 OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE 955 00:31:06,764 --> 00:31:07,232 SOLUTION. THANK YOU. 956 00:31:07,232 --> 00:31:08,299 >> THANK YOU. 957 00:31:08,299 --> 00:31:14,305 >> NEXT UP MARMA FOLLOWED BY 958 00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:14,539 MOLLY. 959 00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:15,173 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS 960 00:31:15,173 --> 00:31:17,742 FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR FROM 961 00:31:17,742 --> 00:31:19,544 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THIS MORNING. 962 00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:21,546 MY NAME IS MARTA, AND I'M A 963 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:23,114 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AT 964 00:31:23,114 --> 00:31:25,083 LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE. WE 965 00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:25,817 BELIEVE THAT THE HOMELESSNESS 966 00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:27,185 CRISIS IN SEATTLE NEEDS TO BE 967 00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:28,119 ADDRESSED IN LINE WITH THE 968 00:31:28,119 --> 00:31:32,357 VASTNESS OF THE NEEDS OF OUR 969 00:31:32,357 --> 00:31:34,525 UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS. WE NEED 970 00:31:34,525 --> 00:31:35,159 HIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER THAT 971 00:31:35,159 --> 00:31:36,160 PROVIDES WRAP AROUND SERVICES. 972 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:37,829 WE ASK THAT THE LAND USE 973 00:31:37,829 --> 00:31:38,896 COMMITTEE APPROVE THE 974 00:31:38,896 --> 00:31:39,631 LEGISLATION BEING DISCUSSED 975 00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:42,033 TODAY THAT WILL ALLOW THE CENSUS 976 00:31:42,033 --> 00:31:43,801 LIMIT FOR ENHANCED SHELTER TO BE 977 00:31:43,801 --> 00:31:45,737 EXPANDED. WE HAVE ALSO ADVOCATED 978 00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:47,872 FOR THE FUNDING NEEDED TO ENSURE 979 00:31:47,872 --> 00:31:49,507 THESE LARGER SHELTER SITES WILL 980 00:31:49,507 --> 00:31:51,075 RECEIVE THE NECESSARY BEHAVIORAL 981 00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:52,343 HEALTH, CASE MANAGEMENT AND 982 00:31:52,343 --> 00:31:54,312 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES 983 00:31:54,312 --> 00:31:56,547 NEEDED TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY 984 00:31:56,547 --> 00:31:58,116 MEMBERS. WE BELIEVE HAVING 985 00:31:58,116 --> 00:31:59,517 DEEPLY SUPPORTED SHELTER WILL 986 00:31:59,517 --> 00:32:00,084 RESULT IN DEEPLY SUPPORTED 987 00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:02,220 PEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH ALL THE 988 00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:03,221 SERVICE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY 989 00:32:03,221 --> 00:32:05,089 MEMBERS HERE TODAY, SEE WHAT IS 990 00:32:05,089 --> 00:32:06,124 HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND 991 00:32:06,124 --> 00:32:10,295 NEED YOUR HELP TO SAVE LIVES. 992 00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:10,595 THANK YOU. 993 00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:11,663 >> THANK YOU. 994 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:14,932 >> NEXT UP MOLLY FOLLOWED BY 995 00:32:14,932 --> 00:32:15,199 MADIGAN. 996 00:32:15,199 --> 00:32:16,567 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 997 00:32:16,567 --> 00:32:17,969 MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MOLLY, I'M 998 00:32:17,969 --> 00:32:19,771 A DISTRICT 3 RESIDENT. I'M HERE 999 00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:21,072 TO ADVOCATE FOR SHELTER 1000 00:32:21,072 --> 00:32:23,374 EXPANSION BY INCREASING THE 1001 00:32:23,374 --> 00:32:24,642 CITYWIDE LIMIT FOR TRANSITIONAL 1002 00:32:24,642 --> 00:32:25,977 ENCAMPMENT FROM 100 TO 150 1003 00:32:25,977 --> 00:32:27,245 PEOPLE AND BY ALLOWING SELECT 1004 00:32:27,245 --> 00:32:30,248 SITES TO SERVE UP TO 250 PEOPLE. 1005 00:32:30,248 --> 00:32:31,182 EXPANDING CURRENT SHELTER SITES 1006 00:32:31,182 --> 00:32:32,483 WITH NECESSARY SUPPORTIVE 1007 00:32:32,483 --> 00:32:35,053 SERVICES IS THE FASTEST AND THE 1008 00:32:35,053 --> 00:32:36,254 MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO SAVE 1009 00:32:36,254 --> 00:32:37,455 LIVES. UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS 1010 00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:38,957 IS ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING 1011 00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:40,491 CHALLENGES FACING OUR CITY. 1012 00:32:40,491 --> 00:32:41,893 ALMOST 10,000 OF OUR NEIGHBORS 1013 00:32:41,893 --> 00:32:44,395 LIVE UNSHELTERED IN SEATTLE. IN 1014 00:32:44,395 --> 00:32:44,962 LINE WITH MAYOR WILSON'S 1015 00:32:44,962 --> 00:32:47,532 PROPOSAL TO ADD 1,000 UNITS OF 1016 00:32:47,532 --> 00:32:48,866 NEW SHELTER IN 2026, IT'S 1017 00:32:48,866 --> 00:32:50,301 IMPERATIVE THAT WE ACT QUICKLY. 1018 00:32:50,301 --> 00:32:52,303 NOT ONLY IS HOUSING A 1019 00:32:52,303 --> 00:32:54,238 FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT BUT A 1020 00:32:54,238 --> 00:32:55,373 CRITICAL SOCIAL DETERMINATE OF 1021 00:32:55,373 --> 00:32:58,476 HEALTH THAT TOUCHES EVERY ASPECT 1022 00:32:58,476 --> 00:32:59,243 OF A PERSON'S WELL-BEING. WHEN 1023 00:32:59,243 --> 00:33:01,412 PEOPLE LOCK IN SAFE STABLE 1024 00:33:01,412 --> 00:33:02,580 HOUSING, EVERYTHING FROM THEIR 1025 00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:03,047 HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, 1026 00:33:03,047 --> 00:33:04,015 RELATIONSHIPS AND SENSE OF 1027 00:33:04,015 --> 00:33:06,584 DIGNITY IS THREATENED. NOW MORE 1028 00:33:06,584 --> 00:33:08,119 THAN EVER WE NEED MORE 1029 00:33:08,119 --> 00:33:08,820 HIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER WITH 1030 00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:09,954 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND CASE 1031 00:33:09,954 --> 00:33:10,855 MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT ALLOW 1032 00:33:10,855 --> 00:33:13,291 OUR NEIGHBORS TO THRIVE. I URGE 1033 00:33:13,291 --> 00:33:14,325 YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 1034 00:33:14,325 --> 00:33:16,260 EMPATHY, URGENCY AND A STRONG 1035 00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:17,695 BELIEF THAT EVERYONE IN OUR CITY 1036 00:33:17,695 --> 00:33:19,564 DESERVES A PLACE TO CALL HOME. 1037 00:33:19,564 --> 00:33:19,998 THANK YOU. 1038 00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:20,798 >> THANK YOU. 1039 00:33:20,798 --> 00:33:25,036 >> NEXT UP MADIGAN FOLLOWED BY 1040 00:33:25,036 --> 00:33:25,303 MARGARET. 1041 00:33:25,303 --> 00:33:26,371 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 1042 00:33:26,371 --> 00:33:27,839 MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MADIGAN, AND 1043 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:29,907 I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. I'M HERE 1044 00:33:29,907 --> 00:33:30,875 TODAY TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED 1045 00:33:30,875 --> 00:33:33,745 LEGISLATION THAT WILL EXPAND THE 1046 00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:34,779 NUMBER OF SHELTER BEDS IN 1047 00:33:34,779 --> 00:33:35,813 SEATTLE. UNSHELTERED 1048 00:33:35,813 --> 00:33:36,481 HOMELESSNESS IS ONE OF THE 1049 00:33:36,481 --> 00:33:37,315 BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN SEATTLE, 1050 00:33:37,315 --> 00:33:39,817 AND THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE. THE 1051 00:33:39,817 --> 00:33:40,718 SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE IS CLEAR 1052 00:33:40,718 --> 00:33:42,854 IN EVERY PART OF THE CITY, AND 1053 00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:44,389 IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO WITNESS 1054 00:33:44,389 --> 00:33:45,390 THE UNSAFE CONDITIONS THAT MY 1055 00:33:45,390 --> 00:33:46,824 NEIGHBORS LIVE IN EVERYDAY DUE 1056 00:33:46,824 --> 00:33:49,093 TO A LACK OF SERVICES AND 1057 00:33:49,093 --> 00:33:49,727 SHELTER. THE LEGISLATION I'M 1058 00:33:49,727 --> 00:33:51,295 HERE TO SUPPORT WILL EXPAND THE 1059 00:33:51,295 --> 00:33:53,865 NUMBER OF SHELTER BEDS FROM 100 1060 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,200 TO 150 FOR ALL SHELTERS IN 1061 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:56,801 SEATTLE. ADDITIONALLY, THIS 1062 00:33:56,801 --> 00:33:57,802 COUNCIL BILL WOULD ALLOW FOR 1063 00:33:57,802 --> 00:34:00,304 SOME LARGER SHELTERS TO MEET THE 1064 00:34:00,304 --> 00:34:01,906 NEEDS OF 250 PEOPLE. WHILE IT IS 1065 00:34:01,906 --> 00:34:04,375 IMPORTANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER 1066 00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:05,410 OF BEDS, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF 1067 00:34:05,410 --> 00:34:07,545 THESE SHELTERS DEPEND ON THE 1068 00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:09,981 ADDITION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 1069 00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:10,748 AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. 1070 00:34:10,748 --> 00:34:11,783 HIGH-SUPPORT SHELTERS ARE 1071 00:34:11,783 --> 00:34:13,084 ESSENTIAL IN ENSURING THAT THE 1072 00:34:13,084 --> 00:34:14,385 UNHOUSED POPULATION RECEIVES THE 1073 00:34:14,385 --> 00:34:16,154 HEALTHCARE AND CASE MANAGEMENT 1074 00:34:16,154 --> 00:34:17,255 THAT THEY DESERVE, HELPING THEM 1075 00:34:17,255 --> 00:34:19,123 GET INTO [ BELL RINGING ] THANK 1076 00:34:19,123 --> 00:34:20,658 YOU FOR USING YOUR POWER TO 1077 00:34:20,658 --> 00:34:23,728 PROTECT HOUSING AS A RIGHT FOR 1078 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:25,663 EVERY RESIDENT OF SEATTLE. 1079 00:34:25,663 --> 00:34:26,364 >> THANK YOU. 1080 00:34:26,364 --> 00:34:30,234 >> NEXT UP MARGARET FOLLOWED BY 1081 00:34:30,234 --> 00:34:30,501 FRANCIS. 1082 00:34:30,501 --> 00:34:31,169 >> GOOD MORNING. I'M MARGARET 1083 00:34:31,169 --> 00:34:33,871 SHIELD, AND I LIVE IN LAKE CITY 1084 00:34:33,871 --> 00:34:35,840 IN D5. MY HOME IS ABOUT FOUR 1085 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,542 BLOCKS FROM THE NEW OLYMPIC 1086 00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:39,744 HILLS TINY HOUSE VILLAGE. I HAVE 1087 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:43,614 JUST ONE COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT 1088 00:34:43,614 --> 00:34:45,283 VILLAGE. IT IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH, 1089 00:34:45,283 --> 00:34:46,317 OTHERWISE COLEAD PROVIDES AN 1090 00:34:46,317 --> 00:34:47,351 AMAZING SERVICE MODEL THAT GIVES 1091 00:34:47,351 --> 00:34:50,421 ME HOPE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1092 00:34:50,421 --> 00:34:52,123 MANY YEARS ABOUT GETTING THE 1093 00:34:52,123 --> 00:34:54,859 SERVICES WE NEED IN LAKE CITY TO 1094 00:34:54,859 --> 00:34:55,827 HELP UNHOUSED PEOPLE STABILIZE 1095 00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:58,029 AND REBUILD. BUT THE 44 TINY 1096 00:34:58,029 --> 00:34:59,330 HOMES ARE ALREADY FULL BECAUSE 1097 00:34:59,330 --> 00:35:01,332 PEOPLE WANT TO COME IN OFF THE 1098 00:35:01,332 --> 00:35:03,468 STREET. WE NEED MORE TINY HOUSES 1099 00:35:03,468 --> 00:35:05,203 TO MEET THE SCALE NEEDED IN D5. 1100 00:35:05,203 --> 00:35:07,238 I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH MY 1101 00:35:07,238 --> 00:35:09,373 NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE NEW TINY 1102 00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:10,208 HOMES. PEOPLE WHO ARE INITIALLY 1103 00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:11,142 CONCERNED BECOME SUPPORTIVE WHEN 1104 00:35:11,142 --> 00:35:13,411 THEY LEARN ABOUT THE SECURITY 1105 00:35:13,411 --> 00:35:14,312 AND THE SERVICES AND THE 1106 00:35:14,312 --> 00:35:17,348 STAFFING. I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT IT 1107 00:35:17,348 --> 00:35:19,784 THAT I VOLUNTEERED TO THE 1108 00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:21,652 COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR 1109 00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:22,453 THE VILLAGE. I'M SURE YOU'LL 1110 00:35:22,453 --> 00:35:24,455 HEAR FROM OTHERS WHO DON'T WANT 1111 00:35:24,455 --> 00:35:25,523 SHELTER EXPANSION IN D5, BUT 1112 00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:29,160 THEY DO NOT REPRESENT ME OR MY 1113 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:30,061 NEIGHBORS WHO WANT SOLUTIONS. 1114 00:35:30,061 --> 00:35:33,164 PROVIDING LOW-BARRIER SHELTER 1115 00:35:33,164 --> 00:35:36,067 WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND 1116 00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:42,607 ACCOUNTABILITY WORKS. SWEEPS 1117 00:35:42,607 --> 00:35:45,042 DESTABILIZE AND [ INAUDIBLE ] 1118 00:35:45,042 --> 00:35:47,845 >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] 1119 00:35:47,845 --> 00:35:53,551 >> NEXT UP FRANCIS FOLLOWED BY 1120 00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:53,784 KELLY. 1121 00:35:53,784 --> 00:35:55,186 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 1122 00:35:55,186 --> 00:35:57,088 MEMBERS. MY NAME IS FRANCES 1123 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:59,223 DINGER, A DISTRICT 3 RESIDENT. 1124 00:35:59,223 --> 00:36:01,893 I'M ALSO WITH THE ORGANIZATION 1125 00:36:01,893 --> 00:36:03,060 WELD. WE PROVIDE RE-ENTRY 1126 00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:03,995 SERVICES TO PEOPLE EXITING 1127 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:05,563 INCARCERATION, AND I'M HERE TO 1128 00:36:05,563 --> 00:36:06,831 SUPPORT THE PROPOSED SHELTER 1129 00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:07,798 EXPANSION AND ENSURE THAT 1130 00:36:07,798 --> 00:36:09,901 SHELTER PLANNING INCLUDES PEOPLE 1131 00:36:09,901 --> 00:36:11,936 WHO ARE EXITING INCARCERATION OR 1132 00:36:11,936 --> 00:36:12,803 OTHERWISE LEGAL SYSTEM IMPACTED. 1133 00:36:12,803 --> 00:36:13,771 FOR MY NEIGHBORS WHO EXPRESS 1134 00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:14,672 CONCERN ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, I 1135 00:36:14,672 --> 00:36:18,342 WILL NOTE THAT THE DATA SHOWS 1136 00:36:18,342 --> 00:36:20,545 BEING UNHOUSED INCREASES RISK OF 1137 00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:21,312 RECIDIVISM BY NEARLY 50%. 1138 00:36:21,312 --> 00:36:22,046 PROVIDING HOUSING ISN'T JUST 1139 00:36:22,046 --> 00:36:24,115 THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR 1140 00:36:24,115 --> 00:36:26,083 NEIGHBORS, IT KEEPS PEOPLE OUT 1141 00:36:26,083 --> 00:36:27,752 OF JAILS AND PRISONS. 1142 00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:28,920 >> THANK YOU. 1143 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:35,059 >> NEXT UP KELLY FOLLOWED BY 1144 00:36:35,059 --> 00:36:35,259 TIA. 1145 00:36:35,259 --> 00:36:35,960 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS KELLY. I'M 1146 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,063 A SOCIAL WORKER, AND I HAVE BEEN 1147 00:36:39,063 --> 00:36:40,698 A CASE MANAGER, OUTREACH CASE 1148 00:36:40,698 --> 00:36:42,433 MANAGER, THERAPIST FOR MANY 1149 00:36:42,433 --> 00:36:44,068 YEARS AND A D.A.C. AT THE 1150 00:36:44,068 --> 00:36:45,202 BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, THAT 1151 00:36:45,202 --> 00:36:46,537 WAS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME, AND 1152 00:36:46,537 --> 00:36:48,306 THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS 1153 00:36:48,306 --> 00:36:49,774 BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND 1154 00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:51,509 HOW THE VARIETY OF SHELTERS DO 1155 00:36:51,509 --> 00:36:52,677 NOT MEET THE NEEDS, AND ONE OF 1156 00:36:52,677 --> 00:36:54,912 THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY IS THAT 1157 00:36:54,912 --> 00:36:57,014 IT IS NOT JUST HAVING MORE 1158 00:36:57,014 --> 00:36:58,516 SHELTER BUT ADEQUATE SHELTER 1159 00:36:58,516 --> 00:37:00,318 BECAUSE PEOPLE LIVE -- LIKE, 1160 00:37:00,318 --> 00:37:02,486 DESERVE TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY. 1161 00:37:02,486 --> 00:37:03,654 SO, YES, WE NEED CONGREGATE 1162 00:37:03,654 --> 00:37:06,157 SHELTERS, BUT I THINK AS PEOPLE 1163 00:37:06,157 --> 00:37:07,091 HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, LOW 1164 00:37:07,091 --> 00:37:08,025 BARRIER SHELTERS, PEOPLE COME IN 1165 00:37:08,025 --> 00:37:09,527 WITH PETS, WITH PARTNERS, I HAVE 1166 00:37:09,527 --> 00:37:11,862 SEEN THE BENEFIT OF HAVING YOUR, 1167 00:37:11,862 --> 00:37:14,865 LIKE, LOW ROOM OR VERY LOW, 1168 00:37:14,865 --> 00:37:15,766 LIKE, ONE ROOMMATE. IT MAKES A 1169 00:37:15,766 --> 00:37:17,835 HUGE DIFFERENCE TO BE ABLE TO 1170 00:37:17,835 --> 00:37:19,937 CLOSE A DOOR, HAVE PRIVACY, ALL 1171 00:37:19,937 --> 00:37:21,539 OF THAT PEOPLE DESERVE IN 1172 00:37:21,539 --> 00:37:22,807 SHERLT. LIKE, THE CONTINUUM OF 1173 00:37:22,807 --> 00:37:24,075 CARE THAT'S NEEDED, IT'S NOT 1174 00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:25,209 JUST ENDING IN SHELTER. IT NEEDS 1175 00:37:25,209 --> 00:37:26,143 TO BEGIN WITH PEOPLE ON THE 1176 00:37:26,143 --> 00:37:27,478 STREETS [ BELL RINGING ] 1177 00:37:27,478 --> 00:37:29,513 >> I HAVE DONE STUFF WITH STOP 1178 00:37:29,513 --> 00:37:31,048 THE SERVICES AND SERVICES NOT 1179 00:37:31,048 --> 00:37:32,450 SWEEPS BECAUSE WE NEED MONEY 1180 00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:34,852 FROM THE SWEEP TEAM TO PUT INTO 1181 00:37:34,852 --> 00:37:35,586 SHELTERS. WE SPEND MILLIONS OF 1182 00:37:35,586 --> 00:37:37,088 DOLLARS FOR THINGS THAT ARE 1183 00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:38,022 KILLING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, AND WE 1184 00:37:38,022 --> 00:37:42,727 HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT. THANK 1185 00:37:42,727 --> 00:37:42,927 YOU. 1186 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:43,394 >> THANK YOU. 1187 00:37:43,394 --> 00:37:45,262 >> NEXT UP TINA. 1188 00:37:45,262 --> 00:37:48,399 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. I'M 1189 00:37:48,399 --> 00:37:49,667 TINA. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7. AND 1190 00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:51,469 I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL THE 1191 00:37:51,469 --> 00:37:53,271 WONDERFUL STUFF THAT PEOPLE HAVE 1192 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:55,773 SAID. I'M GOING TO SAY TO YOU, 1193 00:37:55,773 --> 00:37:59,210 I THINK THE GOAL OUGHT TO BE 1194 00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:01,479 ELIMINATING THE NEED TO HAVE 1195 00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:02,413 THESE CONVERSATIONS AT ALL, AND 1196 00:38:02,413 --> 00:38:04,915 WHAT THE WOMAN TWO TIMES AGO 1197 00:38:04,915 --> 00:38:07,318 JUST SAID, SUPPORT IT, BUILD IT, 1198 00:38:07,318 --> 00:38:08,486 FUND IT, GET IT DONE. THANK YOU. 1199 00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:12,623 [ APPLAUSE ] 1200 00:38:12,623 --> 00:38:13,958 >> THANK YOU. 1201 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:19,397 >> NEXT UP CARA, FOLLOWED BY 1202 00:38:19,397 --> 00:38:20,197 ELLIS. 1203 00:38:20,197 --> 00:38:23,701 >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO 1204 00:38:23,701 --> 00:38:24,568 MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND I 1205 00:38:24,568 --> 00:38:27,038 JUST AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF 1206 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:28,339 THESE NEIGHBORS TO COME IN AND 1207 00:38:28,339 --> 00:38:30,474 EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT. I SERVE 1208 00:38:30,474 --> 00:38:31,976 AS A PASTOR IN DISTRICT 1 IN 1209 00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:35,713 WEST SEATTLE, AS WELL AS A 1210 00:38:35,713 --> 00:38:36,781 VOLUNTEER AT WESTSIDE NEIGHBOR 1211 00:38:36,781 --> 00:38:37,882 SHELTER, THE ONLY EMERGENCY 1212 00:38:37,882 --> 00:38:38,749 SHELTER IN WEST SEATTLE. AND 1213 00:38:38,749 --> 00:38:41,152 LAST NIGHT I SHARED A MEAL WITH 1214 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:42,320 NEIGHBORS WHO ARE SO FEARFUL 1215 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,689 BECAUSE LAST NIGHT WAS THE LAST 1216 00:38:44,689 --> 00:38:46,724 NIGHT OF OVERNIGHT SHELTER IN 1217 00:38:46,724 --> 00:38:49,126 WEST SEATTLE. AND ALSO WE LOST 1218 00:38:49,126 --> 00:38:50,661 TWO NEIGHBORS THIS WEEK. AND 1219 00:38:50,661 --> 00:38:52,863 YESTERDAY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF 1220 00:38:52,863 --> 00:38:55,566 VISITING TWO IN ICU, AND I HAVE 1221 00:38:55,566 --> 00:38:57,835 COME TO KNOW THESE NEIGHBORS AS 1222 00:38:57,835 --> 00:39:00,504 REAL NEIGHBORS AND AS FRIENDS 1223 00:39:00,504 --> 00:39:03,174 AND EVEN AS FAMILY MEMBERS. AND 1224 00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:06,444 SO I PLEAD ON THEIR BEHALF, 1225 00:39:06,444 --> 00:39:07,611 PLEASE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. 1226 00:39:07,611 --> 00:39:08,079 >> THANK YOU. 1227 00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:13,784 >> NEXT UP ELIAS, FOLLOWED BY 1228 00:39:13,784 --> 00:39:14,185 MICHAEL THORNTON. 1229 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:16,587 >> GOOD MORNING. I HELP OUT AT 1230 00:39:16,587 --> 00:39:19,990 THE WESTSIDE NEIGHBOR SHELTER, 1231 00:39:19,990 --> 00:39:23,027 AND THERE'S A SWEET GUY NAMED 1232 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:24,862 ALAN. HE WAS ON THE STREETS, AND 1233 00:39:24,862 --> 00:39:29,200 HE DIED A YEAR AGO. HE DID NOT 1234 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,635 DO DRUGS. HE DIED, HE WAS OUT 1235 00:39:31,635 --> 00:39:33,404 THERE FOR TOO LONG. AND THIS IS 1236 00:39:33,404 --> 00:39:35,573 JUST GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING. WE 1237 00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:39,977 NEED TO CHANGE IT. THANK YOU. 1238 00:39:39,977 --> 00:39:41,312 >> THANK YOU, ELIAS. 1239 00:39:41,312 --> 00:39:45,316 >> NEXT UP MICHAEL FOLLOWED BY 1240 00:39:45,316 --> 00:39:45,583 BRANDON. 1241 00:39:45,583 --> 00:39:46,717 >> HI. I'M MICHAEL THORNTON. 1242 00:39:46,717 --> 00:39:49,387 MOST OF YOU KNOW ME. I 1243 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:52,623 PERSONALLY SEEN ALEXIS MEET 1244 00:39:52,623 --> 00:39:54,325 PEOPLE AT EVENTS. THANK YOU. 1245 00:39:54,325 --> 00:39:56,560 SEATTLE HAS FAILED AND STIFLED 1246 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:57,094 THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING 1247 00:39:57,094 --> 00:39:59,096 PROGRAM. 30 YEARS IN, PROGRAMS 1248 00:39:59,096 --> 00:40:00,431 ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND 1249 00:40:00,431 --> 00:40:04,168 SITES. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF 1250 00:40:04,168 --> 00:40:07,705 LACK OF SPACE. SEATTLE HAS 83.9 1251 00:40:07,705 --> 00:40:09,039 SQUARE MILES. THAT'S OVER 1252 00:40:09,039 --> 00:40:09,673 40,000 FOOTBALL FIELDS. SAYING 1253 00:40:09,673 --> 00:40:11,342 THERE'S NO ACCEPTABLE SITES 1254 00:40:11,342 --> 00:40:12,243 ISN'T CREDIBLE. THE ISSUE IS 1255 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:14,078 BARRIERS. EVEN THOUGH THE CODE 1256 00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:16,647 ALLOWS FOR 4,000 UNITS, WE'RE 1257 00:40:16,647 --> 00:40:19,016 NOT USING IT. HERE'S THE ASK. 1258 00:40:19,016 --> 00:40:20,618 LOWER THE MINIMUM SITE SIZE, 1259 00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:22,686 ALLOW FOR PERMANENT PLACE 1260 00:40:22,686 --> 00:40:24,255 PROGRAMS FOR ENCAMPMENTS THAT 1261 00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:26,423 ARE ALREADY CLOSED TO COMPLIANT, 1262 00:40:26,423 --> 00:40:27,725 USE PRIVATE LAND THROUGH 1263 00:40:27,725 --> 00:40:29,226 INCENTIVES AND SHORT-TERM MASTER 1264 00:40:29,226 --> 00:40:30,127 LEASES FOR LANDLORDS WITH 1265 00:40:30,127 --> 00:40:31,695 BLIGHTED PROPERTIES, REOPEN THE 1266 00:40:31,695 --> 00:40:32,897 EMERGENCY SHELTER IN THIS 1267 00:40:32,897 --> 00:40:33,664 BUILDING, REMOVE THE BARRIERS 1268 00:40:33,664 --> 00:40:35,933 AND USE THE LAND WE ALREADY 1269 00:40:35,933 --> 00:40:37,868 HAVE, AS WELL AS EXPAND THE LAND 1270 00:40:37,868 --> 00:40:40,304 WE CAN USE FOR BUILD. 1271 00:40:40,304 --> 00:40:41,272 >> THANK YOU. 1272 00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:45,843 >> NEXT UP BRANDON FOLLOWED BY 1273 00:40:45,843 --> 00:40:46,510 JEFF PAUL. 1274 00:40:46,510 --> 00:40:48,412 >> MY NAME IS BRANDON MONESSEN. 1275 00:40:48,412 --> 00:40:50,815 I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR MAYOR 1276 00:40:50,815 --> 00:40:52,216 WILSON'S PLAN INCREASING 1277 00:40:52,216 --> 00:40:54,084 SHELTER IN EVERY COUNCIL 1278 00:40:54,084 --> 00:40:55,085 DISTRICT, INCLUDING MY DISTRICT, 1279 00:40:55,085 --> 00:40:55,986 DISTRICT 5. I EXPERIENCED 1280 00:40:55,986 --> 00:40:56,887 HOMELESSNESS AS A YOUNG ADULT 1281 00:40:56,887 --> 00:40:58,589 AND CURRENTLY SERVE AS A SEATTLE 1282 00:40:58,589 --> 00:40:59,423 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER, AND I 1283 00:40:59,423 --> 00:41:01,625 WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW IMPORTANT 1284 00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:03,727 ASPECTS OF SHELTER THAT I HOPE 1285 00:41:03,727 --> 00:41:05,029 ARE ADDRESSED IN THE SHELTER 1286 00:41:05,029 --> 00:41:07,465 EXPANSION PROCESS. WE NEED TO 1287 00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:08,532 REDUCE BARRIERS, DOGS, COUPLES, 1288 00:41:08,532 --> 00:41:09,700 AGE, GENDER, THE EASIEST WAY TO 1289 00:41:09,700 --> 00:41:12,469 GET FOLKS INSIDE IS TO MAKE IT 1290 00:41:12,469 --> 00:41:14,772 EASIER FOR THEM TO BE ALLOWED 1291 00:41:14,772 --> 00:41:16,407 IN. INCREASE OVERALL CAP AND 1292 00:41:16,407 --> 00:41:17,508 PROVIDE MORE SERVICES PER 1293 00:41:17,508 --> 00:41:18,776 PERSON, MORE CASE MANAGERS. WE 1294 00:41:18,776 --> 00:41:20,811 ALSO NEED TO CREATE MORE 1295 00:41:20,811 --> 00:41:22,179 PATHWAYS FROM EMERGENCY SHELTER 1296 00:41:22,179 --> 00:41:22,880 TO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. I'D 1297 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:24,748 LIKE TO SEE OUTREACH TO FOSTER 1298 00:41:24,748 --> 00:41:26,050 CARE SYSTEMS IN SCHOOLS TO 1299 00:41:26,050 --> 00:41:30,020 IDENTIFY YOUNG ADULTS IN NEED OF 1300 00:41:30,020 --> 00:41:31,021 HOUSING. 34% OF UDUB STUDENTS 1301 00:41:31,021 --> 00:41:32,423 STATED EXPERIENCING HOUSING 1302 00:41:32,423 --> 00:41:33,457 INSECURITY IN THE LAST 12 1303 00:41:33,457 --> 00:41:37,027 MONTHS. I KNOW ALL OF YOU SEE 1304 00:41:37,027 --> 00:41:38,128 OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AS HUMANS 1305 00:41:38,128 --> 00:41:40,898 IN NEED OF A PLACE TO STAY, SO 1306 00:41:40,898 --> 00:41:41,799 DON'T LET BUREAUCRACY, RED TAPE 1307 00:41:41,799 --> 00:41:43,000 OR A COUPLE OF LOUD NEIGHBORS 1308 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,069 GET IN THE WAY OF DOING THE 1309 00:41:45,069 --> 00:41:45,669 RIGHT THING. THANK YOU. 1310 00:41:45,669 --> 00:41:47,004 >> THANK YOU. 1311 00:41:47,004 --> 00:41:53,611 >> NEXT UP JEFF, FOLLOWED BY 1312 00:41:53,611 --> 00:41:53,978 GEORGE SCALES. 1313 00:41:53,978 --> 00:41:55,846 >> HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 1314 00:41:55,846 --> 00:41:58,449 JEFF. I'M A DISTRICT 3 RESIDENT 1315 00:41:58,449 --> 00:42:00,417 HERE AND MY PERSONAL CAPACITY OF 1316 00:42:00,417 --> 00:42:01,218 THE SEATTLE SWEEPS COALITION. 1317 00:42:01,218 --> 00:42:02,419 YOU'VE HEARD SO MANY WONDERFUL 1318 00:42:02,419 --> 00:42:04,588 COMMENTS THIS MORNING ABOUT THE 1319 00:42:04,588 --> 00:42:05,389 DESPERATE NEED FOR SUPPORTIVE 1320 00:42:05,389 --> 00:42:06,957 SHELTER SERVICES. THIS IS WHAT 1321 00:42:06,957 --> 00:42:08,259 THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE WANT. THIS 1322 00:42:08,259 --> 00:42:10,895 IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. WE 1323 00:42:10,895 --> 00:42:12,496 DON'T WANT CRUEL AND USELESS 1324 00:42:12,496 --> 00:42:14,431 SWEEPS THAT KILL PEOPLE, LIKE MY 1325 00:42:14,431 --> 00:42:15,833 FRIEND TOM AND JUST SHUFFLE 1326 00:42:15,833 --> 00:42:18,135 PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY. WE WANT 1327 00:42:18,135 --> 00:42:18,936 ACTUAL SOLUTIONS. THIS 1328 00:42:18,936 --> 00:42:21,005 LEGISLATION IS ONE STEP IN 1329 00:42:21,005 --> 00:42:22,840 MAKING THAT HAPPEN. IT ALLOWS 1330 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,942 SUCCESSFUL SHELTERS TO DO MORE 1331 00:42:24,942 --> 00:42:26,043 TO ACTUALLY BRING PEOPLE INSIDE. 1332 00:42:26,043 --> 00:42:27,511 LET'S FUND IT, BUILD IT, 1333 00:42:27,511 --> 00:42:32,016 SUPPORT IT AND GET IT DONE. 1334 00:42:32,016 --> 00:42:34,084 THANK YOU. 1335 00:42:34,084 --> 00:42:36,820 >> THANK YOU. 1336 00:42:36,820 --> 00:42:38,789 >> NEXT UP GEORGE. 1337 00:42:38,789 --> 00:42:40,090 >> HELLO, COUNCIL. 1338 00:42:40,090 --> 00:42:40,824 >> I'M GEORGE SCALES. 1339 00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:43,027 UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE BEEN A PART 1340 00:42:43,027 --> 00:42:45,362 OF THE PROBLEM, THE HOMELESS 1341 00:42:45,362 --> 00:42:46,597 TEAM, OR THE HOMELESS COMMITTEE, 1342 00:42:46,597 --> 00:42:47,965 BUT THANKS TO THE COLEAD TEAM, 1343 00:42:47,965 --> 00:42:51,035 I'M NOW PART OF THE SOLUTION. 1344 00:42:51,035 --> 00:42:55,339 THANK YOU FOR HEARING US. 1345 00:42:55,339 --> 00:42:57,041 >> THANK YOU. 1346 00:42:57,041 --> 00:43:01,045 >> WE'LL NOW TRANSITION TO 1347 00:43:01,045 --> 00:43:06,383 REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT. GOING TO 1348 00:43:06,383 --> 00:43:11,255 START WITH DANIELLE MONTROSE. 1349 00:43:11,255 --> 00:43:18,896 >> DANIELLE, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 1350 00:43:18,896 --> 00:43:19,797 WHEN YOU'RE READY. 1351 00:43:19,797 --> 00:43:21,765 >> OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1352 00:43:21,765 --> 00:43:25,369 >> YES, WE CAN. 1353 00:43:25,369 --> 00:43:26,103 >> HELLO? OH, OKAY. SORRY. HI. 1354 00:43:26,103 --> 00:43:29,506 MY NAME IS DANIELLE MOE L 1355 00:43:29,506 --> 00:43:30,274 MONTROSE A COLEAD SUPPORT 1356 00:43:30,274 --> 00:43:31,742 SPECIALIST SUPERVISOR. I'M HERE 1357 00:43:31,742 --> 00:43:34,678 TO SPEAK ABOUT THE NEED FOR A 1358 00:43:34,678 --> 00:43:35,579 DEEP INVESTMENT IN HIGH-SUPPORT 1359 00:43:35,579 --> 00:43:36,880 SHELTER UNITS. I FIRSTHAND SEE 1360 00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,716 WHAT OUR PROGRAM DOES, AND WHAT 1361 00:43:38,716 --> 00:43:40,084 IT DOES IS IT MEETS PEOPLE WHERE 1362 00:43:40,084 --> 00:43:44,054 THEY ARE. IT SUPPORTS THEM WITH 1363 00:43:44,054 --> 00:43:45,656 THEIR PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL 1364 00:43:45,656 --> 00:43:46,256 HEALTHCARE, ENROLLMENTS, RE[ 1365 00:43:46,256 --> 00:43:48,659 INAUDIBLE ] HOUSING BY GETTING 1366 00:43:48,659 --> 00:43:49,994 SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS, I.D.s, 1367 00:43:49,994 --> 00:43:51,695 QUASHING WARRANTS, ET CETERA. 1368 00:43:51,695 --> 00:43:53,864 AND BECAUSE OUR CASE MANAGERS 1369 00:43:53,864 --> 00:43:56,433 HAVE SMALLER CASELOADS, WE CAN 1370 00:43:56,433 --> 00:43:57,368 GIVE VERY INDIVIDUALIZED CARE, 1371 00:43:57,368 --> 00:43:58,635 AND WE ALSO REQUIRE THAT OUR 1372 00:43:58,635 --> 00:44:01,639 CLIENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE 1373 00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:03,707 PROCESS WHICH GIVES THEM 1374 00:44:03,707 --> 00:44:05,009 PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. AND 1375 00:44:05,009 --> 00:44:06,844 I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT WRAP 1376 00:44:06,844 --> 00:44:09,013 AROUND SUPPORT DOES, WE HAVE AN 1377 00:44:09,013 --> 00:44:10,247 AMAZING AFTER CARE TEAM, AN 1378 00:44:10,247 --> 00:44:11,615 OUTREACH TEAM. PEOPLE DO NOT 1379 00:44:11,615 --> 00:44:12,816 FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS, AND 1380 00:44:12,816 --> 00:44:14,084 THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN HOUSING 1381 00:44:14,084 --> 00:44:15,152 ONCE THEY GET INTO IT WHICH 1382 00:44:15,152 --> 00:44:16,220 MEANS WE'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY 1383 00:44:16,220 --> 00:44:17,888 IN THE LONG RUN, SO THE MONEY 1384 00:44:17,888 --> 00:44:19,523 YOU INVEST TODAY IS GOING TO BE 1385 00:44:19,523 --> 00:44:23,460 THE MONEY YOU SAVE TOMORROW. 1386 00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:23,761 THANK YOU. 1387 00:44:23,761 --> 00:44:24,294 >> THANK YOU. 1388 00:44:24,294 --> 00:44:34,738 >> NEXT UP WILL BE TONYA 1389 00:44:35,172 --> 00:44:43,247 FOLLOWED BY DAVID AND HILLARY. 1390 00:44:43,247 --> 00:44:48,018 TONYA, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 WHEN 1391 00:44:48,018 --> 00:44:48,419 YOU'RE READY. 1392 00:44:48,419 --> 00:44:52,022 >> OKAY. THIS IS TANYA. I LIVE 1393 00:44:52,022 --> 00:44:53,090 IN DISTRICT 2, TWO BLOCKS FROM 1394 00:44:53,090 --> 00:44:56,427 WHERE [ INAUDIBLE ] SHOT IN 1395 00:44:56,427 --> 00:44:57,861 RANIER BEACH. [ INAUDIBLE ] TWO 1396 00:44:57,861 --> 00:44:59,463 BLOCKS -- ACTUALLY, WITHIN ONE 1397 00:44:59,463 --> 00:45:01,699 BLOCK FROM WHERE TWO TEENS WERE 1398 00:45:01,699 --> 00:45:06,704 SHOT YESTERDAY, HAVING MUTUAL 1399 00:45:06,704 --> 00:45:11,475 AID GROUP [ INAUDIBLE ] SO WE 1400 00:45:11,475 --> 00:45:13,777 SUPPORT A FOCUSED INVESTMENT IN 1401 00:45:13,777 --> 00:45:15,012 HIGH-SUPPORT SHELTER PROGRAM 1402 00:45:15,012 --> 00:45:16,880 UTILIZING AND EXPANDING AND 1403 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:17,514 OPERATING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE 1404 00:45:17,514 --> 00:45:20,284 HOUSING. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW [ 1405 00:45:20,284 --> 00:45:22,586 INAUDIBLE ] CARRIED A 1406 00:45:22,586 --> 00:45:23,287 DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE 1407 00:45:23,287 --> 00:45:25,055 CHALLENGES, EVEN THOUGH THE 1408 00:45:25,055 --> 00:45:27,357 NAVIGATION CENTER IS NOW CLOSED, 1409 00:45:27,357 --> 00:45:28,225 INSTABILITY STILL REMAINS, AND 1410 00:45:28,225 --> 00:45:29,126 WHAT'S MISS SOMETHING A 1411 00:45:29,126 --> 00:45:29,793 CONSISTENT APPROACH THAT 1412 00:45:29,793 --> 00:45:31,495 ACTUALLY WORKS FOR BOTH PEOPLE 1413 00:45:31,495 --> 00:45:33,764 IN CRISIS AND THE SURROUNDING 1414 00:45:33,764 --> 00:45:35,132 COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M 1415 00:45:35,132 --> 00:45:38,068 REALLY STRESSED WE DON'T HAVE 1416 00:45:38,068 --> 00:45:39,970 SERVICES FOR PEOPLE. WE HAVE 1417 00:45:39,970 --> 00:45:40,704 PEOPLE-RESISTANT SERVICES, AND 1418 00:45:40,704 --> 00:45:41,405 THAT'S WHY SHELTER EXPANSION [ 1419 00:45:41,405 --> 00:45:45,676 BELL RINGING ] SO WE NEED MORE 1420 00:45:45,676 --> 00:45:47,344 SHELTER. WE NEED TO SUPPORT 1421 00:45:47,344 --> 00:45:48,612 NEIGHBORHOODS CARRYING THIS WORK 1422 00:45:48,612 --> 00:45:50,848 [ INAUDIBLE ] NOW WE NEED TO 1423 00:45:50,848 --> 00:45:53,016 FULLY COMMIT TO IT. THANK YOU. 1424 00:45:53,016 --> 00:45:53,383 >> THANK YOU. 1425 00:45:53,383 --> 00:46:02,059 >> NEXT UP DAVID HAYNES FOLLOWED 1426 00:46:02,059 --> 00:46:02,493 BY HILLARY SANTINI. 1427 00:46:02,493 --> 00:46:07,030 >> HI. THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES. 1428 00:46:07,030 --> 00:46:09,266 WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S 1429 00:46:09,266 --> 00:46:11,535 A WAY. SO TAKE THE ACTION AND 1430 00:46:11,535 --> 00:46:12,836 STOP THE DELAY. IT'S GOING TO 1431 00:46:12,836 --> 00:46:15,339 BE SUMMERTIME BEFORE YOU GET 1432 00:46:15,339 --> 00:46:16,607 AROUND TO FINALLY GETTING THE 1433 00:46:16,607 --> 00:46:18,008 SHELTERS. IF YOU REALLY CARE, 1434 00:46:18,008 --> 00:46:21,245 YOU COULD HAVE 1,000 UNITS OF 1435 00:46:21,245 --> 00:46:21,945 HOUSING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE 1436 00:46:21,945 --> 00:46:28,318 WEEKS, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE 1437 00:46:28,318 --> 00:46:29,319 WILLING TO UTILIZE NOBLY ALREADY 1438 00:46:29,319 --> 00:46:30,254 THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU 1439 00:46:30,254 --> 00:46:33,490 THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO PULL THE 1440 00:46:33,490 --> 00:46:34,124 LEVERS ON. AND WHILE YOU'RE 1441 00:46:34,124 --> 00:46:35,793 BUILDING THE TINY VILLAGES THAT 1442 00:46:35,793 --> 00:46:40,397 NEED TO HAVE AN IMPROVEMENT ON 1443 00:46:40,397 --> 00:46:41,098 THE PROPER INTERPRETATION OF 1444 00:46:41,098 --> 00:46:43,400 DRUG TREATMENT AND BEHAVIORAL 1445 00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:45,602 CRISIS INSTEAD OF ISSUING 1446 00:46:45,602 --> 00:46:47,104 ALTERNATIVE [ INAUDIBLE ] AND 1447 00:46:47,104 --> 00:46:50,240 NEVER DELVING INTO THEIR 1448 00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:53,043 PROBLEMS, YOU HAVE TO KNOW 1449 00:46:53,043 --> 00:46:55,345 THERE'S INNOCENTS USING [ 1450 00:46:55,345 --> 00:46:56,880 INAUDIBLE ] INSIDE THE 1451 00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:58,415 PORT-A-POTTIES SPREADING THEIR 1452 00:46:58,415 --> 00:47:00,517 DISEASE AND BLOOD AND MRSA. SO 1453 00:47:00,517 --> 00:47:04,621 ANYWAY, YOU COULD USE A NOBLE 1454 00:47:04,621 --> 00:47:06,456 NATIONAL GUARD TO STAND UP 1455 00:47:06,456 --> 00:47:07,724 AUTHORIZED ENCAMPMENTS, GRADUATE 1456 00:47:07,724 --> 00:47:09,760 THE DRUG ADDICTS INTO THE TINY 1457 00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:15,833 BUILDINGS [ INAUDIBLE ] 1458 00:47:15,833 --> 00:47:18,936 >> UP NEXT, HILLARY SANTINI. 1459 00:47:18,936 --> 00:47:21,338 >> HELLO. I LIVE AND WORK IN 1460 00:47:21,338 --> 00:47:24,575 DISTRICT 3. WE NEED DECENT 1461 00:47:24,575 --> 00:47:25,142 INVESTMENT IN HIGH-SUPPORT 1462 00:47:25,142 --> 00:47:26,476 SHELTER UNITS, SHELTERS DESIGNED 1463 00:47:26,476 --> 00:47:27,411 FOR THOSE WITH COMPLEX PHYSICAL 1464 00:47:27,411 --> 00:47:28,879 AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS WHO 1465 00:47:28,879 --> 00:47:32,783 MAKE UP AN ESTIMATED 53% OF THE 1466 00:47:32,783 --> 00:47:34,351 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED 1467 00:47:34,351 --> 00:47:34,918 HOMELESSNESS. WE NEED FULL 1468 00:47:34,918 --> 00:47:37,120 FUNDING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT 1469 00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:39,189 LEVEL STRATEGY [ INAUDIBLE ] 1470 00:47:39,189 --> 00:47:39,823 SAFETY AMBASSADORS, NON-VIOLENT 1471 00:47:39,823 --> 00:47:42,426 ESCALATION TEAM, DEDICATED STAFF 1472 00:47:42,426 --> 00:47:44,361 WHO CAN SUPPORT REALTIME 1473 00:47:44,361 --> 00:47:46,630 MONITORING AND ACCOUNTABILITY 1474 00:47:46,630 --> 00:47:48,599 FRAMEWORK. WE ALSO NEED PROPER 1475 00:47:48,599 --> 00:47:50,734 SITING, COMMUNITY IMPACT 1476 00:47:50,734 --> 00:47:52,202 ANALYSIS, DISBURSE PLACEMENT OF 1477 00:47:52,202 --> 00:47:52,936 SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGHOUT 1478 00:47:52,936 --> 00:47:53,871 NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUFFICIENT 1479 00:47:53,871 --> 00:47:55,038 FUNDING TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY 1480 00:47:55,038 --> 00:47:57,541 MEMBERS IN NEED OF SERVICES, AS 1481 00:47:57,541 --> 00:47:58,075 WELL AS COMMUNITY IMPACT. 1482 00:47:58,075 --> 00:48:00,477 FINALLY, THE CHALLENGE IS NOT 1483 00:48:00,477 --> 00:48:02,412 UNIQUE TO SEATTLE, YET SEATTLE 1484 00:48:02,412 --> 00:48:04,982 IS UNFAIRLY BEARING THE BURDEN 1485 00:48:04,982 --> 00:48:07,184 OF MANY OF THESE SUPPORT 1486 00:48:07,184 --> 00:48:08,318 SERVICES FINANCIALLY. MUCH 1487 00:48:08,318 --> 00:48:09,253 GREATER SUPPORT IS NEEDED FOR 1488 00:48:09,253 --> 00:48:10,520 KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON STATE 1489 00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:11,622 AND THE GOVERNMENT. PLEASE USE 1490 00:48:11,622 --> 00:48:12,689 YOUR POSITION TO ADDRESS THE 1491 00:48:12,689 --> 00:48:15,926 NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH AN 1492 00:48:15,926 --> 00:48:16,493 EYE TO LONGEVITY AND 1493 00:48:16,493 --> 00:48:18,528 SUSTAINABILITY. PLEASE WORK AND 1494 00:48:18,528 --> 00:48:21,498 DEMAND MORE OF YOUR PARTNERS AT 1495 00:48:21,498 --> 00:48:23,000 THE COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL 1496 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:23,433 LEVEL. THANK YOU. 1497 00:48:23,433 --> 00:48:32,276 >> WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 1498 00:48:32,276 --> 00:48:33,710 REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT SIGNUPS. 1499 00:48:33,710 --> 00:48:35,712 >> THANK YOU, ALL. THIS HAS BEEN 1500 00:48:35,712 --> 00:48:37,881 A VERY MOVING MORNING, AT LEAST 1501 00:48:37,881 --> 00:48:42,686 FOR ME, I SUSPECT FOR MY 1502 00:48:42,686 --> 00:48:43,720 COLLEAGUES AS WELL, REALLY 1503 00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:44,388 APPRECIATE EVERYBODY TAKING TIME 1504 00:48:44,388 --> 00:48:45,188 OUT OF YOUR DIFFERENT BUSY 1505 00:48:45,188 --> 00:48:49,359 SCHEDULES TO BE HERE AND TO 1506 00:48:49,359 --> 00:48:50,627 SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND 1507 00:48:50,627 --> 00:48:52,696 EXPERIENCES WITH US. AS THERE 1508 00:48:52,696 --> 00:48:54,164 ARE NO ADDITIONAL REGISTERED 1509 00:48:54,164 --> 00:49:00,537 SPEAKERS, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO 1510 00:49:00,537 --> 00:49:01,371 OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. AND WE'D 1511 00:49:01,371 --> 00:49:03,640 LIKE TO MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST 1512 00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:07,844 ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK 1513 00:49:07,844 --> 00:49:11,515 PLEASE READ ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1514 00:49:11,515 --> 00:49:11,682 45. 1515 00:49:11,682 --> 00:49:12,516 >> AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1516 00:49:12,516 --> 00:49:18,922 FIVE, AMENDS 33 -- EXCUSE ME, 1517 00:49:18,922 --> 00:49:22,626 APPOINTMENTS 3463 THROUGH 3467, 1518 00:49:22,626 --> 00:49:24,795 APPOINTMENTS OF PHOEBE ERIN 1519 00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:27,597 BOGERT TATUM LAU FOR SEATTLE 1520 00:49:27,597 --> 00:49:31,668 DESIGN COMMISSION TO TERMS 1521 00:49:31,668 --> 00:49:32,369 FEBRUARY 28, 2027, 1522 00:49:32,369 --> 00:49:33,136 REAPPOINTMENTS OF KATE CLARK. 1523 00:49:33,136 --> 00:49:34,938 SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION TO 1524 00:49:34,938 --> 00:49:38,775 TERMS OF FEBRUARY 29th, 2028 FOR 1525 00:49:38,775 --> 00:49:40,143 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION AND 1526 00:49:40,143 --> 00:49:40,644 POSSIBLE VOTE. 1527 00:49:40,644 --> 00:49:42,212 >> THANK YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE 1528 00:49:42,212 --> 00:49:45,515 INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE 1529 00:49:45,515 --> 00:49:45,749 RECORD? 1530 00:49:45,749 --> 00:49:48,685 >> SURE, THANK YOU, COUNCIL 1531 00:49:48,685 --> 00:49:53,423 MEMBER. MICHAEL JENKINS, I'M THE 1532 00:49:53,423 --> 00:49:57,127 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, . 1533 00:49:57,127 --> 00:49:58,695 >> I'M PHO 1534 00:49:58,695 --> 00:50:00,764 >> I'M TATUM LAU OPEN DESIGN 1535 00:50:00,764 --> 00:50:03,667 COMMISSIONER AND GETTING 1536 00:50:03,667 --> 00:50:04,067 CONFIRMED TODAY. 1537 00:50:04,067 --> 00:50:06,403 >> THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. IF YOU 1538 00:50:06,403 --> 00:50:07,571 HAVE ANY PRESENTATION OR 1539 00:50:07,571 --> 00:50:08,605 THOUGHTS, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE 1540 00:50:08,605 --> 00:50:09,072 TO SHARE WITH US. 1541 00:50:09,072 --> 00:50:11,375 >> SURE IE.'S ALWAYS HAPPY TO 1542 00:50:11,375 --> 00:50:13,810 TALK ABOUT THE SEATTLE DESIGN 1543 00:50:13,810 --> 00:50:14,745 COMMISSION. JUST A FEW OPENING 1544 00:50:14,745 --> 00:50:17,881 COMMENTS BEFORE I GIVE JUST A 1545 00:50:17,881 --> 00:50:19,983 FEW COMMENTS ABOUT OUR 1546 00:50:19,983 --> 00:50:21,251 APPOINTMENTEES, THE SEATTLE 1547 00:50:21,251 --> 00:50:21,952 DESIGN COMMISSION WAS 1548 00:50:21,952 --> 00:50:24,354 ESTABLISHED IN 1968. WE'RE THE 1549 00:50:24,354 --> 00:50:26,223 SECOND OLDEST IN THE UNITED 1550 00:50:26,223 --> 00:50:28,692 STATES THAT'S SPECIFICALLY 1551 00:50:28,692 --> 00:50:32,929 DEVOTED TO THE DESIGN OF PUBLIC 1552 00:50:32,929 --> 00:50:33,864 FACILITIES. ALL OF OUR 1553 00:50:33,864 --> 00:50:35,032 COMMISSIONERS ARE ACTUALLY 1554 00:50:35,032 --> 00:50:36,767 APPOINTED BASED UPON OUR 1555 00:50:36,767 --> 00:50:39,002 PROFESSION. WE'RE REQUIRED TO 1556 00:50:39,002 --> 00:50:39,569 HAVE ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, 1557 00:50:39,569 --> 00:50:43,140 PLANNERS AND PEOPLE WHO WORK IN 1558 00:50:43,140 --> 00:50:44,041 THE ACTECHTURE AND DESIGN 1559 00:50:44,041 --> 00:50:44,775 INDUSTRIES. ALL OF OUR PEOPLE 1560 00:50:44,775 --> 00:50:46,176 ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND 1561 00:50:46,176 --> 00:50:48,045 CONFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL. THE 1562 00:50:48,045 --> 00:50:51,448 FOCUS OF THE COMMISSION IS TO 1563 00:50:51,448 --> 00:50:53,350 LOOK AT THE DESIGN AND 1564 00:50:53,350 --> 00:50:53,984 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF 1565 00:50:53,984 --> 00:50:55,318 PUBLIC FACILITIES. CURRENTLY THE 1566 00:50:55,318 --> 00:51:00,390 BULK OF OUR WORK IS DEVOTED TO 1567 00:51:00,390 --> 00:51:01,958 THE DESIGN AND DESIGN 1568 00:51:01,958 --> 00:51:02,559 NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRATION OF 1569 00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:03,527 LIGHT RAIL FACILITIES. WE'RE 1570 00:51:03,527 --> 00:51:05,262 COMPLETING OUR 10th YEAR OF 1571 00:51:05,262 --> 00:51:07,564 LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE TO 1572 00:51:07,564 --> 00:51:09,766 REPLACE THE STATE ROUTE 520 1573 00:51:09,766 --> 00:51:11,334 BRIDGES AND THE RELATED 1574 00:51:11,334 --> 00:51:12,135 INVESTMENTS IN THE PUBLIC REALM. 1575 00:51:12,135 --> 00:51:15,539 AND WE WORK ON A VARIETY OF 1576 00:51:15,539 --> 00:51:16,873 OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS AS WELL. 1577 00:51:16,873 --> 00:51:20,610 JUST VERY BRIEFLY, BEFORE YOU 1578 00:51:20,610 --> 00:51:23,113 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR 1579 00:51:23,113 --> 00:51:28,652 APPOINTMENTEES, PHOEBE BOGERT IS 1580 00:51:28,652 --> 00:51:32,022 OUR NOMINEE FOR CHAIR. PHOEBE IS 1581 00:51:32,022 --> 00:51:33,156 AT ARCHITECTURE BASED HERE IN 1582 00:51:33,156 --> 00:51:34,825 PORTLAND. WE'RE HAPPY SHE'S 1583 00:51:34,825 --> 00:51:36,326 STOOD UP TO BE OUR CHAIR. TATE 1584 00:51:36,326 --> 00:51:40,897 UM LAU COMES TO US FROM HER WORK 1585 00:51:40,897 --> 00:51:43,800 AS A SENIOR ASSOCIATE AT 1586 00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:45,168 AECUSTOM, AN INTERNATIONAL 1587 00:51:45,168 --> 00:51:46,036 PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 1588 00:51:46,036 --> 00:51:47,737 FIRM. HER WORK IS FOCUSED ON 1589 00:51:47,737 --> 00:51:50,340 SOCIAL VALUE AND EQUITY IN THE 1590 00:51:50,340 --> 00:51:51,675 UNITED STATES AND THE WEST 1591 00:51:51,675 --> 00:51:53,777 COAST, ADVISING CLIENTS AND 1592 00:51:53,777 --> 00:51:56,947 TECHNICAL TEAMS ON METHODS TO 1593 00:51:56,947 --> 00:51:58,715 EMBED AND EVALUATE EQUITY AND 1594 00:51:58,715 --> 00:51:59,416 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. WE'RE 1595 00:51:59,416 --> 00:52:00,217 VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THEM 1596 00:52:00,217 --> 00:52:02,352 STANDING UP AND BEING A PART OF 1597 00:52:02,352 --> 00:52:04,955 THIS COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE 1598 00:52:04,955 --> 00:52:08,692 OTHER REAPPOINTMENTS THAT YOU 1599 00:52:08,692 --> 00:52:09,993 HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY. AND HAPPY 1600 00:52:09,993 --> 00:52:19,102 TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION OF ME OR 1601 00:52:19,102 --> 00:52:22,873 THE APPOINTEES. THANK YOU. 1602 00:52:22,873 --> 00:52:23,707 >> WONDERFUL. COLLEAGUES, ANY 1603 00:52:23,707 --> 00:52:24,307 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH. 1604 00:52:24,307 --> 00:52:26,209 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR 1605 00:52:26,209 --> 00:52:28,745 BEING HERE ON A DAY WHERE YOU'RE 1606 00:52:28,745 --> 00:52:30,280 HERE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO 1607 00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:30,947 HAVE YOUR APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED. 1608 00:52:30,947 --> 00:52:32,482 WE USUALLY GET INTO A LOT OF 1609 00:52:32,482 --> 00:52:34,551 QUESTIONS. I USUALLY HAVE A LOT 1610 00:52:34,551 --> 00:52:35,886 OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO EXPAND 1611 00:52:35,886 --> 00:52:37,787 UPON YOUR BACKGROUND AND HOW YOU 1612 00:52:37,787 --> 00:52:38,622 ARE GOING TO HELP OUR 1613 00:52:38,622 --> 00:52:40,123 COMMISSION. WE HAVE A LOT GOING 1614 00:52:40,123 --> 00:52:42,492 ON TODAY. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD 1615 00:52:42,492 --> 00:52:43,193 THE HEAVINESS IN THE 1616 00:52:43,193 --> 00:52:45,061 CONVERSATION, SO I'M JUST GOING 1617 00:52:45,061 --> 00:52:49,432 TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1618 00:52:49,432 --> 00:52:50,267 VOLUNTEER SERVICE ON OUR 1619 00:52:50,267 --> 00:52:51,067 COMMISSION. THANK YOU. 1620 00:52:51,067 --> 00:52:56,273 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 1621 00:52:56,273 --> 00:52:57,240 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 1622 00:52:57,240 --> 00:52:59,276 I DO JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP IF 1623 00:52:59,276 --> 00:53:00,911 ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY BRIEF 1624 00:53:00,911 --> 00:53:01,845 STATEMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE 1625 00:53:01,845 --> 00:53:06,082 TO MAKE, I'D JUST LIKE TO SORT 1626 00:53:06,082 --> 00:53:08,451 OF REENFORCE WHAT MY COLLEAGUE 1627 00:53:08,451 --> 00:53:09,452 SAID, REAPPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, 1628 00:53:09,452 --> 00:53:15,759 YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP AND 1629 00:53:15,759 --> 00:53:18,228 TO HELP OUR CITY. 1630 00:53:18,228 --> 00:53:18,995 >> NO COMMENTS, JUST 1631 00:53:18,995 --> 00:53:20,197 APPRECIATION AND LOOKING FORWARD 1632 00:53:20,197 --> 00:53:22,999 TO SERVING THE CITY. 1633 00:53:22,999 --> 00:53:23,333 >> THANK YOU. 1634 00:53:23,333 --> 00:53:24,701 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S BEEN A 1635 00:53:24,701 --> 00:53:26,336 PLEASURE AND EXCITED TO WRAP UP 1636 00:53:26,336 --> 00:53:29,573 THIS FINAL YEAR IN THIS 1637 00:53:29,573 --> 00:53:31,241 POSITION. SO THANK YOU. 1638 00:53:31,241 --> 00:53:33,076 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1639 00:53:33,076 --> 00:53:36,646 SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE 1640 00:53:36,646 --> 00:53:38,982 THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND 1641 00:53:38,982 --> 00:53:39,616 CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS 1642 00:53:39,616 --> 00:53:41,351 3463 THROUGH 3467. IS THERE A 1643 00:53:41,351 --> 00:53:41,585 SECOND? 1644 00:53:41,585 --> 00:53:42,052 >> SECOND. 1645 00:53:42,052 --> 00:53:46,189 >> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 1646 00:53:46,189 --> 00:53:47,190 RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE 1647 00:53:47,190 --> 00:53:48,291 APPOINTMENTS. IF THERE ARE NO 1648 00:53:48,291 --> 00:53:50,927 FINAL COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK 1649 00:53:50,927 --> 00:53:52,729 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 1650 00:53:52,729 --> 00:53:53,797 >> VICE CHAIR STRAUSS. 1651 00:53:53,797 --> 00:53:54,497 >> AYE. 1652 00:53:54,497 --> 00:53:56,833 >> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. 1653 00:53:56,833 --> 00:53:57,100 >> YES. 1654 00:53:57,100 --> 00:53:57,667 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1655 00:53:57,667 --> 00:53:58,034 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1656 00:53:58,034 --> 00:53:58,301 >> YES. 1657 00:53:58,301 --> 00:53:59,769 >> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 1658 00:53:59,769 --> 00:54:00,003 >> YES. 1659 00:54:00,003 --> 00:54:00,370 >> CHAIR LIN. 1660 00:54:00,370 --> 00:54:00,637 >> YES. 1661 00:54:00,637 --> 00:54:02,172 >> CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE VOTES 1662 00:54:02,172 --> 00:54:04,908 IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED. 1663 00:54:04,908 --> 00:54:07,110 >> OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES ON 1664 00:54:07,110 --> 00:54:07,944 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 1665 00:54:07,944 --> 00:54:12,282 THAT THE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS 1666 00:54:12,282 --> 00:54:14,251 WILL BE SENT TO THE APRIL 26th, 1667 00:54:14,251 --> 00:54:16,620 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE'LL 1668 00:54:16,620 --> 00:54:19,322 NOW MOVE ON TOT SIXTH ITEM OF 1669 00:54:19,322 --> 00:54:19,589 BUSINESS. 1670 00:54:19,589 --> 00:54:22,692 >> AGENDA ITEM 6, COUNCIL BILL 1671 00:54:22,692 --> 00:54:26,830 121171, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 1672 00:54:26,830 --> 00:54:29,532 LAND USE AND ZONING REPEALING 1673 00:54:29,532 --> 00:54:31,835 ORDINANCE 127191 WHICH ALLOWED 1674 00:54:31,835 --> 00:54:33,570 RESIDENTIAL USE WITHIN THE 1675 00:54:33,570 --> 00:54:35,705 TRANSITION AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT 1676 00:54:35,705 --> 00:54:38,675 UNDER CHAPTER 23.74 OF THE 1677 00:54:38,675 --> 00:54:44,547 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR A 1678 00:54:44,547 --> 00:54:45,015 PUBLIC HEARING. 1679 00:54:45,015 --> 00:54:45,815 >> THANK YOU. THE LEGISLATION 1680 00:54:45,815 --> 00:54:49,986 THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A 1681 00:54:49,986 --> 00:54:51,288 PUBLIC HEARING ON WOULD REPEAL 1682 00:54:51,288 --> 00:54:53,189 ORDINANCE 127191 WHICH ALLOWED 1683 00:54:53,189 --> 00:54:54,157 IN THE STADIUM TRANSITION 1684 00:54:54,157 --> 00:54:57,160 OVERLAY DISTRICT. THIS IS IN 1685 00:54:57,160 --> 00:54:59,429 RESPONSE TO A GROWTH MANAGEMENT 1686 00:54:59,429 --> 00:54:59,996 HEARING BOARD'S DECISION 1687 00:54:59,996 --> 00:55:01,698 FINDING THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS 1688 00:55:01,698 --> 00:55:02,766 INCORRECTLY PASSED AT COUNCIL 1689 00:55:02,766 --> 00:55:03,400 AND CONTAINED PROCEDURAL ERRORS. 1690 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:04,601 WE'RE GOING TO HOLD A PUBLIC 1691 00:55:04,601 --> 00:55:08,371 HEARING TODAY. WE ARE NOT GOING 1692 00:55:08,371 --> 00:55:09,939 TO BE TAKING A VOTE, BUT AS -- 1693 00:55:09,939 --> 00:55:12,175 SO AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I AM 1694 00:55:12,175 --> 00:55:16,112 NOW OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING 1695 00:55:16,112 --> 00:55:18,081 ON COUNCIL BILL 121171, 1696 00:55:18,081 --> 00:55:22,519 REPEALING ORDINANCE 127 -- 1697 00:55:22,519 --> 00:55:25,622 STORY, ON COUNCIL BILL 121171 1698 00:55:25,622 --> 00:55:26,389 REPEALING ORDINANCE 127191. HOW 1699 00:55:26,389 --> 00:55:27,724 MANY ARE SIGNED UP? 1700 00:55:27,724 --> 00:55:29,926 >> THERE ARE THREE IN-PERSON 1701 00:55:29,926 --> 00:55:30,694 SPEAKERS AND THREE REMOTE 1702 00:55:30,694 --> 00:55:30,960 SPEAKERS. 1703 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:32,662 >> EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PROVIDED 1704 00:55:32,662 --> 00:55:34,030 TWO MINUTES. CLERK, I WILL NOW 1705 00:55:34,030 --> 00:55:39,335 HAND THIS OVER TO YOU TO PRESENT 1706 00:55:39,335 --> 00:55:46,776 THE INSTRUCTIONS. THE SAME 1707 00:55:46,776 --> 00:55:48,178 PUBLIC COMMENT RULES APPLY TO 1708 00:55:48,178 --> 00:55:49,179 THIS HEARING. A 10-SECOND CHIME 1709 00:55:49,179 --> 00:55:50,413 WILL SOUND WHEN YOU NOTICE THAT 1710 00:55:50,413 --> 00:55:53,683 THE TIME STARTS TO WRAP UP FOR 1711 00:55:53,683 --> 00:55:54,351 COMMENTS. AS SPEAKERS' MICS 1712 00:55:54,351 --> 00:55:59,322 WILL BE MUTED AT THE END OF THE 1713 00:55:59,322 --> 00:56:00,490 ALLOTTED TIME. PUBLIC COMMENT 1714 00:56:00,490 --> 00:56:02,325 RELATING TO COUNCIL BILL 121171 1715 00:56:02,325 --> 00:56:04,561 IS ONLY BEING ACCEPTED AT THIS 1716 00:56:04,561 --> 00:56:05,562 PUBLIC HEARING. SPEAKERS ARE 1717 00:56:05,562 --> 00:56:08,398 ASKED TO START BY STATING THEIR 1718 00:56:08,398 --> 00:56:17,407 NAME. FIRST SPEAKER IS DAN 1719 00:56:17,407 --> 00:56:18,708 FOLLOWED BY BILLY 1720 00:56:18,708 --> 00:56:19,075 HEATHERRINGTON. 1721 00:56:19,075 --> 00:56:21,678 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN, 1722 00:56:21,678 --> 00:56:24,147 COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1723 00:56:24,147 --> 00:56:25,582 DAN, I'M WITH INTERNATIONAL 1724 00:56:25,582 --> 00:56:26,416 LONGSHORE WAREHOUSE UNION 119. 1725 00:56:26,416 --> 00:56:30,487 I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 1726 00:56:30,487 --> 00:56:32,088 6. SINCE COUNCIL BILL 121171 WAS 1727 00:56:32,088 --> 00:56:33,623 PASSED LAST YEAR, THE GROWTH 1728 00:56:33,623 --> 00:56:35,191 MANAGEMENT HEARING BOARD BROUGHT 1729 00:56:35,191 --> 00:56:37,093 NEW PERSPECTIVE INTO THE POLICY 1730 00:56:37,093 --> 00:56:39,162 CONVERSATION THAT COMPELS THE 1731 00:56:39,162 --> 00:56:40,764 CITY TO ACT. COUNCIL MEMBER 1732 00:56:40,764 --> 00:56:42,432 LIN'S BILL IS SIMPLY THE 1733 00:56:42,432 --> 00:56:46,636 NECESSARY STEP TO COMPLY WITH 1734 00:56:46,636 --> 00:56:47,170 GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARING 1735 00:56:47,170 --> 00:56:48,304 BOARD'S ORDER [ INAUDIBLE ] 1736 00:56:48,304 --> 00:56:49,639 ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS NECESSARY 1737 00:56:49,639 --> 00:56:52,208 PROCEDURAL STEP TO COMPLY WITH 1738 00:56:52,208 --> 00:56:53,476 STATE OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS. WE 1739 00:56:53,476 --> 00:56:54,144 KNOW THAT THE CHALLENGES 1740 00:56:54,144 --> 00:56:54,811 CONFRONTING WORKING FAMILIES 1741 00:56:54,811 --> 00:56:56,179 ACROSS THE CITY OF SEATTLE WILL 1742 00:56:56,179 --> 00:56:59,749 REQUIRE ALL OF US TO WORK 1743 00:56:59,749 --> 00:57:00,850 TOGETHER MOVING FORWARD. WE CAN 1744 00:57:00,850 --> 00:57:03,153 AND SHOULD FIND WAYS TO WORK 1745 00:57:03,153 --> 00:57:04,921 TOGETHER TO CONFRONT HISTORIC 1746 00:57:04,921 --> 00:57:09,526 CHALLENGES THIS CITY WILL FACE, 1747 00:57:09,526 --> 00:57:10,927 THAT NO SINGLE POLITICIAN, 1748 00:57:10,927 --> 00:57:11,561 STAKEHOLDER OR CAN CONFRONT 1749 00:57:11,561 --> 00:57:13,696 ALONE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE 1750 00:57:13,696 --> 00:57:16,332 COMPLETION OF A STUDY WORK BEING 1751 00:57:16,332 --> 00:57:19,702 CONDUCTED BY THE ES TAD AND 1752 00:57:19,702 --> 00:57:20,904 OPCD, AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL BILL 1753 00:57:20,904 --> 00:57:23,907 30297 TO HELP US BETTER 1754 00:57:23,907 --> 00:57:26,810 UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURES FACING 1755 00:57:26,810 --> 00:57:28,211 OUR MARITIME INDUSTRIAL LANDS AS 1756 00:57:28,211 --> 00:57:28,878 MAJOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION 1757 00:57:28,878 --> 00:57:29,779 AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, SUCH 1758 00:57:29,779 --> 00:57:30,914 AS SOUND TRANSIT MOVE FORWARD. 1759 00:57:30,914 --> 00:57:33,616 WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE 1760 00:57:33,616 --> 00:57:35,452 IMPACTS AND ANY CHANGES TO 1761 00:57:35,452 --> 00:57:37,720 OPERATIONS AT SOUTH HOLGATE 1762 00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:40,523 STREETS, ONE OF THE FEW 1763 00:57:40,523 --> 00:57:43,960 EAST/WEST CROSSINGS IN SOTO THAT 1764 00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:46,296 WILL CREATE FREIGHT SYSTEMS. 1765 00:57:46,296 --> 00:57:48,164 EXPECT INCREASED CARGO ACTIVITY 1766 00:57:48,164 --> 00:57:53,503 AT TERMINAL 46 BY A SIGNED 1767 00:57:53,503 --> 00:57:57,640 M.O.W. YOU HAVE TO BE FULLY 1768 00:57:57,640 --> 00:57:59,175 VETTED. ALL OF THESE CHANGES 1769 00:57:59,175 --> 00:58:03,446 NEED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN 1770 00:58:03,446 --> 00:58:04,581 TOTAL, NOT IN SILOS. AS POLICY 1771 00:58:04,581 --> 00:58:05,849 CONVERSATION CONTINUES. I URGE 1772 00:58:05,849 --> 00:58:10,420 SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1773 00:58:10,420 --> 00:58:11,354 PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121171. 1774 00:58:11,354 --> 00:58:12,822 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 1775 00:58:12,822 --> 00:58:17,360 >> THANK YOU. 1776 00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:18,595 >> NEXT UP BILLY HEATHERRINGTON. 1777 00:58:18,595 --> 00:58:20,730 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN AND 1778 00:58:20,730 --> 00:58:22,632 REST OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 1779 00:58:22,632 --> 00:58:24,701 I'M BILLY. I WORK FOR LINE 1780 00:58:24,701 --> 00:58:26,402 LOCAL 242. AND DIDN'T REALLY 1781 00:58:26,402 --> 00:58:27,637 HAVE ANY COMMENTS PREPARED THIS 1782 00:58:27,637 --> 00:58:29,539 MORNING, BUT I DID WANT TO 1783 00:58:29,539 --> 00:58:30,974 REMIND WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON 1784 00:58:30,974 --> 00:58:34,644 THIS ORDINANCE LAST YEAR, WE HAD 1785 00:58:34,644 --> 00:58:36,646 OVER 30 ORGANIZATIONS THAT 1786 00:58:36,646 --> 00:58:38,548 REPRESENTED OVER 150,000 UNION 1787 00:58:38,548 --> 00:58:39,716 MEMBERS, 300 SMALL BUSINESS 1788 00:58:39,716 --> 00:58:42,252 ORGANIZATIONS AND HAD A LARGE 1789 00:58:42,252 --> 00:58:43,620 COALITION THAT WORKED ON THIS 1790 00:58:43,620 --> 00:58:46,122 ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE HOUSING, 1791 00:58:46,122 --> 00:58:48,291 HALF OF WHICH WOULD BE 1792 00:58:48,291 --> 00:58:49,325 AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL 1793 00:58:49,325 --> 00:58:51,094 BUSINESSES AND TO ACTIVATE A 1794 00:58:51,094 --> 00:58:51,895 COMMUNITY THAT WELCOMES WELL 1795 00:58:51,895 --> 00:58:53,730 OVER 5 MILLION PEOPLE TO BOTH OF 1796 00:58:53,730 --> 00:58:57,267 OUR STADIUMS DOWN THERE EACH AND 1797 00:58:57,267 --> 00:58:58,902 EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO WHILE I AM 1798 00:58:58,902 --> 00:59:00,737 AGAINST THE NUMBER SIX ON THE 1799 00:59:00,737 --> 00:59:03,306 AGENDA HERE TODAY, I KNOW THAT 1800 00:59:03,306 --> 00:59:05,008 THERE ARE -- THERE'S WORKING ON 1801 00:59:05,008 --> 00:59:07,944 -- WE'RE WORKING ON EITHER A 1802 00:59:07,944 --> 00:59:08,511 RESOLUTION OR SOME PATHWAY 1803 00:59:08,511 --> 00:59:10,179 FORWARD WHICH WOULD ALLOW THIS 1804 00:59:10,179 --> 00:59:12,115 IN THE FUTURE DOWN THERE, AND AS 1805 00:59:12,115 --> 00:59:16,085 FAR AS THE ORDINANCE GOES, THE 1806 00:59:16,085 --> 00:59:17,020 SUBSTANCE OF THE ORDINANCE WAS 1807 00:59:17,020 --> 00:59:18,388 DEEMED VALID AND THE PROCEDURAL 1808 00:59:18,388 --> 00:59:20,089 STUFF CAN BE CHANGED IT, CAN BE 1809 00:59:20,089 --> 00:59:21,157 WORKED ON BY THE CITY IN THE 1810 00:59:21,157 --> 00:59:24,827 FUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1811 00:59:24,827 --> 00:59:25,128 TIME TODAY. 1812 00:59:25,128 --> 00:59:25,495 >> THANK YOU. 1813 00:59:25,495 --> 00:59:31,801 >> NEXT WE HAVE RACHEL SIGNED UP 1814 00:59:31,801 --> 00:59:32,368 FOR PUBLIC HEARING. RACHEL. 1815 00:59:32,368 --> 00:59:35,605 >> RACHEL, A MOMENT OF 1816 00:59:35,605 --> 00:59:38,174 CLARIFICATION. THIS IS A PUBLIC 1817 00:59:38,174 --> 00:59:39,042 HEARING RELATED TO SOTO HOUSING 1818 00:59:39,042 --> 00:59:40,376 REPEAL, NOT TO PREVIOUS ITEMS ON 1819 00:59:40,376 --> 00:59:44,847 THE LIST. IS YOUR COMMENT 1820 00:59:44,847 --> 00:59:45,581 RELATED TO THAT? 1821 00:59:45,581 --> 00:59:49,385 >> YES. IT IS RELATED TO THE 1822 00:59:49,385 --> 00:59:50,553 PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM. I CAN, 1823 00:59:50,553 --> 00:59:53,156 LIKE, FILL OUT A COMMENT PART IF 1824 00:59:53,156 --> 00:59:54,958 ANYBODY IS GOING TO READ IT. 1825 00:59:54,958 --> 00:59:56,359 >> THANK YOU, RACHEL. WE 1826 00:59:56,359 --> 00:59:57,160 ABSOLUTELY WILL READ IT, AND 1827 00:59:57,160 --> 01:00:00,763 ALSO WE HAVE STAFF WHO WOULD BE 1828 01:00:00,763 --> 01:00:05,168 HAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOU. 1829 01:00:05,168 --> 01:00:07,003 APOLOGIES FOR THAT. THANK YOU, 1830 01:00:07,003 --> 01:00:07,236 RACHEL. 1831 01:00:07,236 --> 01:00:08,972 >> THAT CONCLUDES IN-PERSON 1832 01:00:08,972 --> 01:00:16,846 SPEAKERS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO 1833 01:00:16,846 --> 01:00:17,447 REMOTE, STARTING WITH JESSA. 1834 01:00:17,447 --> 01:00:27,123 >> JESS, GO AHEAD AND HIT STAR 1835 01:00:27,123 --> 01:00:27,657 6, PLEASE. 1836 01:00:27,657 --> 01:00:31,094 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND 1837 01:00:31,094 --> 01:00:32,061 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. WE 1838 01:00:32,061 --> 01:00:33,563 UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY MUST 1839 01:00:33,563 --> 01:00:35,932 TAKE THIS ACTION TODAY TO COMPLY 1840 01:00:35,932 --> 01:00:37,133 WITH THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT HERE 1841 01:00:37,133 --> 01:00:41,471 [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THE PROCEDURAL 1842 01:00:41,471 --> 01:00:43,206 ISSUES IDENTIFIED WITH ORDINANCE 1843 01:00:43,206 --> 01:00:43,840 121171 FROM 2025. WHILE IT'S 1844 01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:44,874 DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE REPEAL 1845 01:00:44,874 --> 01:00:47,143 OF A POLICY THAT MANY IN OUR 1846 01:00:47,143 --> 01:00:48,578 NEIGHBORHOOD VIEWED [ INAUDIBLE 1847 01:00:48,578 --> 01:00:51,014 ] WE RECOGNIZE THE CITY'S 1848 01:00:51,014 --> 01:00:51,581 OBLIGATION TO ADDRESS THOSE 1849 01:00:51,581 --> 01:00:52,915 PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS. AT THE 1850 01:00:52,915 --> 01:00:55,151 SAME TIME, WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE 1851 01:00:55,151 --> 01:00:56,619 THAT THE UNDERLYING NEED THAT 1852 01:00:56,619 --> 01:00:58,855 MOTIVATED OUR SUPPORT OF THIS 1853 01:00:58,855 --> 01:01:00,690 ORDINANCE HAS NOT GONE AWAY. 1854 01:01:00,690 --> 01:01:01,290 PIONEER SQUARE AND THE 1855 01:01:01,290 --> 01:01:02,892 SURROUNDING DISTRICTS REMAIN 1856 01:01:02,892 --> 01:01:05,395 SOME OF THE MOST TRANSIT-RICH 1857 01:01:05,395 --> 01:01:06,195 AND INFRASTRUCTURE-READY PARTS 1858 01:01:06,195 --> 01:01:07,263 OF SEATTLE FOR RESIDENTIAL 1859 01:01:07,263 --> 01:01:11,300 DEVELOPMENT, YET WE CONTINUE TO 1860 01:01:11,300 --> 01:01:14,470 SEE FAR LESS RESIDENTIAL 1861 01:01:14,470 --> 01:01:15,004 PRESENCE THAN DESIRED. 1862 01:01:15,004 --> 01:01:15,638 INCREASING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY 1863 01:01:15,638 --> 01:01:16,839 IN AND AROUND PIONEER SQUARE IS 1864 01:01:16,839 --> 01:01:19,842 CRITICAL TO CREATING THE KIND OF 1865 01:01:19,842 --> 01:01:22,111 VIBRANT, SAFE AND ECONOMICALLY 1866 01:01:22,111 --> 01:01:23,112 RESILIENT NEIGHBORHOOD WE ARE 1867 01:01:23,112 --> 01:01:25,748 ALL WORKING TOWARD. MORE 1868 01:01:25,748 --> 01:01:26,482 RESIDENTS SUPPORT SMALL 1869 01:01:26,482 --> 01:01:27,150 BUSINESSES, ACTIVATE OUR STREETS 1870 01:01:27,150 --> 01:01:29,819 IN MORE HOURS OF THE DAY AND 1871 01:01:29,819 --> 01:01:30,787 HELP BALANCE THE DISTRICT'S 1872 01:01:30,787 --> 01:01:31,888 ECONOMY. SO WHILE TODAY'S 1873 01:01:31,888 --> 01:01:32,488 ACTION ADDRESSES A PROCEDURAL 1874 01:01:32,488 --> 01:01:35,324 REQUIREMENT, WE HOPE IT IS NOT 1875 01:01:35,324 --> 01:01:37,527 THE END OF THIS IMPORTANT 1876 01:01:37,527 --> 01:01:38,795 CONVERSATION. THE ALLIANCE FOR 1877 01:01:38,795 --> 01:01:39,429 PIONEER SQUARE LOOKS FORWARD TO 1878 01:01:39,429 --> 01:01:40,563 WORKING WITH THIS COMMITTEE, 1879 01:01:40,563 --> 01:01:44,934 CITY COUNCIL AND RELEVANT CITY 1880 01:01:44,934 --> 01:01:46,636 DEPARTMENTS TO EXPLORE PATHWAYS 1881 01:01:46,636 --> 01:01:48,004 THAT RESPONSIBLY ADD MORE 1882 01:01:48,004 --> 01:01:48,604 RESIDENTIAL PRESENCE IN THIS 1883 01:01:48,604 --> 01:01:51,274 AREA. OUR CITY DEFINITELY NEEDS 1884 01:01:51,274 --> 01:01:53,976 MORE [ INAUDIBLE ], AND WE 1885 01:01:53,976 --> 01:01:54,610 BELIEVE PIONEER SQUARE SHOULD BE 1886 01:01:54,610 --> 01:01:55,311 THAT SOLUTION. THANK YOU FOR 1887 01:01:55,311 --> 01:01:57,180 YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR WORK ON 1888 01:01:57,180 --> 01:01:57,780 THESE ISSUES. 1889 01:01:57,780 --> 01:01:58,147 >> THANK YOU. 1890 01:01:58,147 --> 01:02:06,522 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVID 1891 01:02:06,522 --> 01:02:07,056 FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES. 1892 01:02:07,056 --> 01:02:10,927 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY 1893 01:02:10,927 --> 01:02:14,163 NAME IS DAVE, I LIVE IN DISTRICT 1894 01:02:14,163 --> 01:02:17,900 5. IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING WORK 1895 01:02:17,900 --> 01:02:21,137 BY COUNCIL, I FIND IT IRONIC 1896 01:02:21,137 --> 01:02:23,106 THAT 121171 IS BEING CONSIDERED 1897 01:02:23,106 --> 01:02:24,941 IF NOT NECESSITATED. WE ARE 1898 01:02:24,941 --> 01:02:26,809 CONSISTENTLY INFORMED THAT WE 1899 01:02:26,809 --> 01:02:28,311 FACE A HOUSING CRISIS [ 1900 01:02:28,311 --> 01:02:29,412 INAUDIBLE ] CONSTRUCTION OF MORE 1901 01:02:29,412 --> 01:02:32,115 HOUSING. IN PHASE ONE OF THE 1902 01:02:32,115 --> 01:02:33,149 PLAN, WE WENT UPPRECEDENTED 1903 01:02:33,149 --> 01:02:35,051 UPZONING. HOWEVER, THE EXTENT TO 1904 01:02:35,051 --> 01:02:36,652 WHICH THIS HOUSING WILL BE 1905 01:02:36,652 --> 01:02:37,286 AFFORDABLE REMAINS UNCERTAIN. 1906 01:02:37,286 --> 01:02:40,089 AND IN PHASE TWO OF THE COMP 1907 01:02:40,089 --> 01:02:41,991 PLAN, THE REGIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD 1908 01:02:41,991 --> 01:02:43,459 CENTERS WILL UPZONE 1909 01:02:43,459 --> 01:02:44,093 NEIGHBORHOODS, POTENTIALLY 1910 01:02:44,093 --> 01:02:46,729 LEADING TO THEIR ELIMINATION. 1911 01:02:46,729 --> 01:02:50,066 DESPITE THESE EFFORTS, WE NOW 1912 01:02:50,066 --> 01:02:51,200 HAVE THIS LEGISLATION, COUNCIL 1913 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:52,535 BILL 121171 WHICH PROPOSES THE 1914 01:02:52,535 --> 01:02:54,003 REMOVAL OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING 1915 01:02:54,003 --> 01:02:56,339 FROM THE STADIUM DISTRICT. HOW 1916 01:02:56,339 --> 01:02:58,441 CAN WE MOVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, 1917 01:02:58,441 --> 01:02:59,108 AGAIN, YOU'VE NECESSITATED WHEN 1918 01:02:59,108 --> 01:03:02,512 THE COMP PLAN IS [ INAUDIBLE ] 1919 01:03:02,512 --> 01:03:03,412 WORKING TO INCREASE IT. WHETHER 1920 01:03:03,412 --> 01:03:04,780 WE ARE EXPERIENCING A HOUSING 1921 01:03:04,780 --> 01:03:07,450 CRISIS OR NOT. I URGE YOU TO 1922 01:03:07,450 --> 01:03:10,086 MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY [ INAUDIBLE 1923 01:03:10,086 --> 01:03:10,686 ] THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 1924 01:03:10,686 --> 01:03:12,488 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS 1925 01:03:12,488 --> 01:03:16,425 CONTRIBUTED TAXES JUST LIKE 1926 01:03:16,425 --> 01:03:17,160 LARGE BUSINESSES. THANK YOU. 1927 01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:20,763 >> THANK YOU. 1928 01:03:20,763 --> 01:03:23,533 >> NEXT UP DAVID HAYNES. 1929 01:03:23,533 --> 01:03:24,200 >> HI. THANK YOU. DAVID HAYNES. 1930 01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:26,736 THE FACT THAT THE PORT OF 1931 01:03:26,736 --> 01:03:31,440 SEATTLE WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO 1932 01:03:31,440 --> 01:03:33,676 CANCEL A BUNCH OF POTENTIAL 1933 01:03:33,676 --> 01:03:34,644 HOUSING DICTATES AND DEMANDS 1934 01:03:34,644 --> 01:03:36,345 THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REMIND THE 1935 01:03:36,345 --> 01:03:37,947 PORT OF SEATTLE THAT WHEN THEY 1936 01:03:37,947 --> 01:03:44,520 USE THE EXCUSE THAT THEY CAN'T 1937 01:03:44,520 --> 01:03:46,222 HAVE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN 1938 01:03:46,222 --> 01:03:48,691 THEIR PATHWAY TO THE HIGHWAY 1939 01:03:48,691 --> 01:03:50,693 THAT THE PORT HAS TO HONOR THE 1940 01:03:50,693 --> 01:03:53,029 RESPECT AND THE SLOW SPEED THAT 1941 01:03:53,029 --> 01:03:56,199 THEY SPEED THROUGH WHEN PEOPLE 1942 01:03:56,199 --> 01:03:58,134 ARE GOING TO THE BASEBALL GAME, 1943 01:03:58,134 --> 01:04:02,738 LIKE 81 TIMES PEOPLE HAVE TO GO 1944 01:04:02,738 --> 01:04:03,606 DOWNTOWN SEATTLE FOR A BASEBALL 1945 01:04:03,606 --> 01:04:07,076 GAME, AND AT THE ENTRANCE IS THE 1946 01:04:07,076 --> 01:04:10,713 ROAD RAGE, INCONSIDERATE AND 1947 01:04:10,713 --> 01:04:12,181 DISRESPECTFUL PORT OF SEATTLE'S 1948 01:04:12,181 --> 01:04:14,584 TRUCKS WHO TOXIFY AND ROAD RAGE 1949 01:04:14,584 --> 01:04:16,419 FLOWING IN THEIR DIESEL PEDAL 1950 01:04:16,419 --> 01:04:17,353 AND RUIN THE QUALITY THAT 1951 01:04:17,353 --> 01:04:18,988 DEMANDED THAT PEOPLE NOT HAVE TO 1952 01:04:18,988 --> 01:04:28,097 LIVE DOWN THERE AND SUFFER THE 1953 01:04:28,097 --> 01:04:28,698 SUFFOCATING CONSEQUENCES OF 1954 01:04:28,698 --> 01:04:32,468 TOXIC AIR. AND I'M HERE TO TELL 1955 01:04:32,468 --> 01:04:34,604 YOU THAT THE McERS WILL NEVER 1956 01:04:34,604 --> 01:04:36,339 WIN A WORLD SERIES, AND THE HOME 1957 01:04:36,339 --> 01:04:38,975 FIELD ADVANTAGE OF THE PORT OF 1958 01:04:38,975 --> 01:04:40,343 SEATTLE ABUSES THE HELL OUT OF 1959 01:04:40,343 --> 01:04:41,577 THE PEOPLE THAT COME DOWN THERE. 1960 01:04:41,577 --> 01:04:43,045 AND WE NEED AN ORDINANCE THAT 1961 01:04:43,045 --> 01:04:46,916 SAYS THE TRAIN IS NOT ALLOWED TO 1962 01:04:46,916 --> 01:04:48,551 HONK ITS HORN THAT RULES THE 1963 01:04:48,551 --> 01:04:49,919 BULLPEN, THAT MESSES UP THE 1964 01:04:49,919 --> 01:04:52,188 MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE IN 1965 01:04:52,188 --> 01:04:54,457 THE STADIUM, NOTHING LIKE A 12th 1966 01:04:54,457 --> 01:04:57,793 FAN IN A RAGE YELLING AS LOUD AS 1967 01:04:57,793 --> 01:05:01,631 POSSIBLE, BUT YET WHEN THE PORT 1968 01:05:01,631 --> 01:05:03,900 CAME SPEEDING THROUGH THAT SAME 1969 01:05:03,900 --> 01:05:05,701 INTERSECTION, HONKING THEIR 1970 01:05:05,701 --> 01:05:07,103 HORN, GOING FASTER THAN 1971 01:05:07,103 --> 01:05:09,338 NECESSARY, IT REINS THE QUALITY 1972 01:05:09,338 --> 01:05:10,673 OF LIVING DOWN THERE. AND IT 1973 01:05:10,673 --> 01:05:12,108 DRIVES PEOPLE NUTS. AND YET WE 1974 01:05:12,108 --> 01:05:14,844 GOT A HOTEL ON THE OTHER SIEVD 1975 01:05:14,844 --> 01:05:16,045 THE STADIUM, BUT YOU ALL DON'T 1976 01:05:16,045 --> 01:05:18,748 WANT TO REALIZE THAT THE PORT 1977 01:05:18,748 --> 01:05:20,950 HAS DICTATED A BUNCH OF ABUSIVE 1978 01:05:20,950 --> 01:05:23,119 POLICIES THAT HAVE CHEATED 1979 01:05:23,119 --> 01:05:24,520 PEOPLE OUT OF A BASKETBALL ARENA 1980 01:05:24,520 --> 01:05:26,756 DOWN THERE AND IT'S RUINING THE 1981 01:05:26,756 --> 01:05:27,390 QUALITY. WE NEED A SPEED LIMIT 1982 01:05:27,390 --> 01:05:32,194 ENFORCEMENT OF 25 OR [ INAUDIBLE 1983 01:05:32,194 --> 01:05:32,328 ] 1984 01:05:32,328 --> 01:05:32,695 >> THANK YOU. 1985 01:05:32,695 --> 01:05:35,564 >> HET E SMITH IS ALSO SIGNED UP 1986 01:05:35,564 --> 01:05:36,532 FOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT. 1987 01:05:36,532 --> 01:05:37,400 HEATHER, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO 1988 01:05:37,400 --> 01:05:39,502 PLEASE CALL IN, WE CAN RETURN TO 1989 01:05:39,502 --> 01:05:41,971 PUBLIC COMMENT IN A MOMENT. NEXT 1990 01:05:41,971 --> 01:05:49,912 UP WE'RE GOING TO RETURN NEXT 1991 01:05:49,912 --> 01:05:50,780 TO IN-PERSON. STEVE, YOU'RE UP 1992 01:05:50,780 --> 01:05:50,980 NEXT. 1993 01:05:50,980 --> 01:05:53,182 >> WELL, MY GRANDFATHER ON MY 1994 01:05:53,182 --> 01:05:53,883 MOTHER'S SIDE WOULD PROBABLY BE 1995 01:05:53,883 --> 01:05:59,021 HAPPY IF I DIDN'T SPEAK TO 1996 01:05:59,021 --> 01:06:03,092 THIS. HE WAS A LONGSHOREMAN. AND 1997 01:06:03,092 --> 01:06:04,427 A KIND, GENERALLE PERSON AS 1998 01:06:04,427 --> 01:06:06,929 WELL. OUR PROBLEM IN HOUSING IS 1999 01:06:06,929 --> 01:06:09,131 NOT NUMBER OF HOUSES, IT'S DO 2000 01:06:09,131 --> 01:06:11,233 THEY RELATE TO THE INCOME OF THE 2001 01:06:11,233 --> 01:06:16,305 PEOPLE, THAT'S WHY WE SEE 2002 01:06:16,305 --> 01:06:17,740 PEOPLE WITHOUT HOUSING IN THIS 2003 01:06:17,740 --> 01:06:23,446 CITY. THIS WAS NOT A VERY BRIGHT 2004 01:06:23,446 --> 01:06:25,815 IDEA IN THE FIRST PLACE TO PUT 2005 01:06:25,815 --> 01:06:30,586 HOUSING BY INDUSTRIAL. THAT HAS 2006 01:06:30,586 --> 01:06:33,389 NEVER WORKED OUT VERY WELLFULLY 2007 01:06:33,389 --> 01:06:34,390 WHERE. IT USUALLY MEANS 2008 01:06:34,390 --> 01:06:36,492 TRANSITION FROM INDUSTRIAL. NOW, 2009 01:06:36,492 --> 01:06:38,060 WE HAVE WORKING CLASS JOBS, AND 2010 01:06:38,060 --> 01:06:40,996 SOME OF THEM ARE JOBS THAT EVEN 2011 01:06:40,996 --> 01:06:42,198 LEAD TO MIDDLE CLASS INCOMES 2012 01:06:42,198 --> 01:06:47,603 WHICH WILL NOT BE THERE IF WE 2013 01:06:47,603 --> 01:06:48,637 DESTROY THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE. AND 2014 01:06:48,637 --> 01:06:53,776 IF WE ADD HOUSING TO IT, WE WILL 2015 01:06:53,776 --> 01:06:54,510 DESTROY THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE. 2016 01:06:54,510 --> 01:06:56,145 NOW, THAT LOGIC DID NOT WORK 2017 01:06:56,145 --> 01:06:58,180 WHEN THIS WAS PASSED BY THE 2018 01:06:58,180 --> 01:07:01,884 COUNCIL. THE ONLY THING THAT 2019 01:07:01,884 --> 01:07:03,986 SEEMS TO BE PROTECTING THE 2020 01:07:03,986 --> 01:07:05,654 INDUSTRIAL RIGHT NOW IS THE 2021 01:07:05,654 --> 01:07:07,857 WATER TABLE WHICH IT'S GOING TO 2022 01:07:07,857 --> 01:07:09,759 BE HARD FOR YOU FOLKS TO CHANGE. 2023 01:07:09,759 --> 01:07:14,630 SO YOU'RE REALLY NOT TAKING A 2024 01:07:14,630 --> 01:07:17,133 LOT FROM YOUR DEVELOPER FRIENDS 2025 01:07:17,133 --> 01:07:19,869 BY REMOVING HOUSING. THIS IS 2026 01:07:19,869 --> 01:07:21,737 SOMETHING WHICH IS VERY, VERY 2027 01:07:21,737 --> 01:07:23,906 LOGICAL. AND MY HOPE IS THAT 2028 01:07:23,906 --> 01:07:25,975 BECAUSE IT'S LOGICAL, AND THEY 2029 01:07:25,975 --> 01:07:27,877 PROBABLY ARE NOT GOING TO FULLY 2030 01:07:27,877 --> 01:07:29,278 BENEFIT FROM IT ANYWAY, YOUR 2031 01:07:29,278 --> 01:07:30,880 GODS, THE DEVELOPERS, THAT MAYBE 2032 01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:33,382 YOU CAN DO THE RIGHT THING 2033 01:07:33,382 --> 01:07:34,583 WITHOUT ANY REAL PROBLEM AND 2034 01:07:34,583 --> 01:07:35,484 MAYBE EVEN FEEL A LITTLE GOOD 2035 01:07:35,484 --> 01:07:41,157 ABOUT IT AT THE END OF THE DAY 2036 01:07:41,157 --> 01:07:42,324 BECAUSE SOME INDUSTRY IS VERY, 2037 01:07:42,324 --> 01:07:43,259 VERY IMPORTANT TO SEATTLE, AND 2038 01:07:43,259 --> 01:07:46,962 THE PORT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT 2039 01:07:46,962 --> 01:07:48,931 TO SEATTLE. AND I HOPE THAT 2040 01:07:48,931 --> 01:07:50,433 YOU'LL CONSIDER THAT. THANK 2041 01:07:50,433 --> 01:07:50,633 YOU. 2042 01:07:50,633 --> 01:07:55,471 >> THANK YOU, STEVE. 2043 01:07:55,471 --> 01:07:58,207 >> NEXT UP LINDSEY. 2044 01:07:58,207 --> 01:07:58,741 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 2045 01:07:58,741 --> 01:07:59,775 MEMBERS. I WAS NOT INITIALLY 2046 01:07:59,775 --> 01:08:00,910 PLANNING ON TESTIFYING BUT HEARD 2047 01:08:00,910 --> 01:08:03,079 SOME COMMENTS HERE AND THOUGHT 2048 01:08:03,079 --> 01:08:03,879 I'D SHARE SOME THOUGHTS. I'M 2049 01:08:03,879 --> 01:08:06,415 LINDSEY, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO 2050 01:08:06,415 --> 01:08:10,519 SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NORTHWEST 2051 01:08:10,519 --> 01:08:12,488 SEAPORT ALLIANCE, THE 2052 01:08:12,488 --> 01:08:14,356 SEATTLE-TACOMA PASSPORT 2053 01:08:14,356 --> 01:08:15,891 OVERSEEING MARINE CARGO IN BOTH 2054 01:08:15,891 --> 01:08:17,493 HARBORS. WE FULLY SUPPORT THE 2055 01:08:17,493 --> 01:08:19,128 ACTIONS OF BOTH COMMITTEES TO 2056 01:08:19,128 --> 01:08:20,095 REPEAL THE ORDINANCE. AS WE'VE 2057 01:08:20,095 --> 01:08:23,899 SHARED WITH THIS BODY MANY 2058 01:08:23,899 --> 01:08:25,267 TIMES, THE GLOBAL CARGO INDUSTRY 2059 01:08:25,267 --> 01:08:26,001 IS INCREDIBLY COMPETITIVE SPACE. 2060 01:08:26,001 --> 01:08:27,103 THAT'S WHY OUR ORGANIZATION WAS 2061 01:08:27,103 --> 01:08:28,237 FORMED 10 YEARS AGO, AND THAT'S 2062 01:08:28,237 --> 01:08:30,606 WHY WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE 2063 01:08:30,606 --> 01:08:32,074 CITY TO DETERMINE OUR COLLECTIVE 2064 01:08:32,074 --> 01:08:34,443 FUTURE AS A PORT CARGO CITY. 2065 01:08:34,443 --> 01:08:36,479 THIS IS NOT A PROCEDURAL ISSUE. 2066 01:08:36,479 --> 01:08:38,280 IT'S A SUBSTANTIVE ONE. THIS IS 2067 01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:41,784 NOT A HOUSING DEBATE. THIS IS 2068 01:08:41,784 --> 01:08:43,052 ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR MARINE 2069 01:08:43,052 --> 01:08:44,553 -- MARITIME WORK FORCE. WE LOOK 2070 01:08:44,553 --> 01:08:45,654 FORWARD TO CONTINUING THESE 2071 01:08:45,654 --> 01:08:49,391 DISCUSSIONS IN THE WEEKS TO 2072 01:08:49,391 --> 01:08:51,093 COME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 2073 01:08:51,093 --> 01:08:53,529 >> THANK YOU. 2074 01:08:53,529 --> 01:08:57,733 >> THAT CONCLUDES SIGNUPS FOR 2075 01:08:57,733 --> 01:08:58,267 PUBLIC COMMENT. 2076 01:08:58,267 --> 01:08:59,835 >> THANK YOU ALL. THAT WAS OUR 2077 01:08:59,835 --> 01:09:01,370 LAST REGISTERED SPEAKER PRESENT 2078 01:09:01,370 --> 01:09:03,706 TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 2079 01:09:03,706 --> 01:09:04,773 THE PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL 2080 01:09:04,773 --> 01:09:06,842 BILL IS NOW CLOSED. WE ARE GOING 2081 01:09:06,842 --> 01:09:08,644 TO CALL A SHORT JUST A COUPLE 2082 01:09:08,644 --> 01:09:12,081 MINUTE RECESS HERE TO ALLOW OUR 2083 01:09:12,081 --> 01:09:13,149 PRESENTERS TO GET SITUATED AND 2084 01:09:13,149 --> 01:09:16,285 TO ALLOW THE PRESENTATION TO GET 2085 01:09:16,285 --> 01:09:20,523 SET UP. SO WE ARE IN A SHORT 2086 01:09:20,523 --> 01:09:21,090 RECESS. THANK YOU. 2087 01:17:06,822 --> 01:17:10,592 >>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AIM 1st, 2088 01:17:10,592 --> 01:17:15,430 2026 LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY 2089 01:17:15,430 --> 01:17:16,431 COMMITTEE WILL RECONVENE. IT IS 2090 01:17:16,431 --> 01:17:17,933 10:54 A.M. I'M THE LAND USE 2091 01:17:17,933 --> 01:17:18,600 SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. WE'RE 2092 01:17:18,600 --> 01:17:20,602 GOING TO CALL THE ROLL ONE MORE 2093 01:17:20,602 --> 01:17:22,437 TIME. SO PLEASE GO AHEAD. 2094 01:17:22,437 --> 01:17:24,072 >> VICE CHAIR STRAUSS. 2095 01:17:24,072 --> 01:17:24,740 >> HERE. 2096 01:17:24,740 --> 01:17:27,209 >> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. 2097 01:17:27,209 --> 01:17:27,809 >> HERE. 2098 01:17:27,809 --> 01:17:28,577 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2099 01:17:28,577 --> 01:17:28,944 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2100 01:17:28,944 --> 01:17:29,211 >> HERE. 2101 01:17:29,211 --> 01:17:30,579 >> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 2102 01:17:30,579 --> 01:17:30,879 >> PRESENT. 2103 01:17:30,879 --> 01:17:31,246 >> CHAIR LIN. 2104 01:17:31,246 --> 01:17:31,546 >> PRESENT 2105 01:17:31,546 --> 01:17:35,417 >> CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS 2106 01:17:35,417 --> 01:17:35,684 PRESENT. 2107 01:17:35,684 --> 01:17:37,653 >> THANK YOU. AND WE'LL NOW 2108 01:17:37,653 --> 01:17:39,321 PROCEED TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF 2109 01:17:39,321 --> 01:17:41,356 BUSINESS, AND I SEE WE HAVE 2110 01:17:41,356 --> 01:17:44,960 FOLKS READY. BUT, CLERK, CAN YOU 2111 01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:46,461 PLEASE AGENDA ITEM 7. SCWREANT 2112 01:17:46,461 --> 01:17:47,329 ITEM 7, PRESENTATIONS AND 2113 01:17:47,329 --> 01:17:50,966 DISCUSSIONS WITH SHELTER AND 2114 01:17:50,966 --> 01:17:53,635 SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR BRIEFING 2115 01:17:53,635 --> 01:17:54,002 AND DISCUSSION. 2116 01:17:54,002 --> 01:17:56,238 >> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO 2117 01:17:56,238 --> 01:18:02,411 OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 2118 01:18:02,411 --> 01:18:03,045 MAYOR'S OFFICE TO OUR SHELTER 2119 01:18:03,045 --> 01:18:06,148 SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR JOINING US 2120 01:18:06,148 --> 01:18:07,549 TODAY. THANK YOU TO OUR MEMBERS 2121 01:18:07,549 --> 01:18:08,550 OF THE PUBLIC FOR PROVIDING 2122 01:18:08,550 --> 01:18:10,218 COMMENT. THAT WAS VERY, VERY 2123 01:18:10,218 --> 01:18:11,753 MOVING AND KIND OF INTERESTING 2124 01:18:11,753 --> 01:18:16,658 TO HEAR SORT OF A COALITION OR 2125 01:18:16,658 --> 01:18:19,127 SUCH A -- THERE'S SO MUCH 2126 01:18:19,127 --> 01:18:22,964 SUPPORT FOR BOTH SHELTER AND 2127 01:18:22,964 --> 01:18:24,633 SERVICES. AND SO VERY EXCITED TO 2128 01:18:24,633 --> 01:18:25,701 HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVES. TO MY 2129 01:18:25,701 --> 01:18:26,902 COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE'D LOVE 2130 01:18:26,902 --> 01:18:28,370 TO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 2131 01:18:28,370 --> 01:18:30,105 AND OUR PROVIDERS FIRST AND KIND 2132 01:18:30,105 --> 01:18:31,940 OF HOLD OUR COMMENTS AND 2133 01:18:31,940 --> 01:18:33,442 QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END IF 2134 01:18:33,442 --> 01:18:38,547 THAT'S OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I'D 2135 01:18:38,547 --> 01:18:39,247 LOVE TO PROCEED. THANK YOU. 2136 01:18:39,247 --> 01:18:42,918 >> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 2137 01:18:42,918 --> 01:18:45,420 CHAIR LIN. AND GOOD MORNING, 2138 01:18:45,420 --> 01:18:46,221 COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M GOING TO 2139 01:18:46,221 --> 01:18:47,989 LET MY COLLEAGUE JON REALLY GO 2140 01:18:47,989 --> 01:18:48,857 DOWN THROUGH THE FULL PROPOSAL. 2141 01:18:48,857 --> 01:18:50,125 BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE 2142 01:18:50,125 --> 01:18:58,200 TIME TO OFFER KIND OF SOME 2143 01:18:58,200 --> 01:18:58,967 INITIAL HIGH-LEVEL OPENING 2144 01:18:58,967 --> 01:18:59,568 STATEMENT. MAYOR WILSON'S 2145 01:18:59,568 --> 01:19:00,702 SHELTER ACCELERATION PLAN IS 2146 01:19:00,702 --> 01:19:03,238 GROUNDED IN A SIMPLE BUT URGENT 2147 01:19:03,238 --> 01:19:05,006 PREMISE THAT WE MUST 2148 01:19:05,006 --> 01:19:06,808 DRAMATICALLY INCREASE ACCESS TO 2149 01:19:06,808 --> 01:19:07,409 SAFE, DIGNIFIED AND EFFECTIVE 2150 01:19:07,409 --> 01:19:09,978 SHELTER, AND WE MUST DO IT NOW. 2151 01:19:09,978 --> 01:19:11,847 THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'LL BE 2152 01:19:11,847 --> 01:19:12,914 DISCUSSING TODAY FOCUSES ON 2153 01:19:12,914 --> 01:19:15,817 INCREASING CENSUS LIMITS FOR 2154 01:19:15,817 --> 01:19:18,086 EXISTING AND FUTURE TRANSITIONAL 2155 01:19:18,086 --> 01:19:18,753 ENCAMPMENTS, PARTICULARLY TINY 2156 01:19:18,753 --> 01:19:20,522 HOME VILLAGES SO WE CAN SERVE 2157 01:19:20,522 --> 01:19:22,457 MORE PEOPLE QUICKLY WITHIN 2158 01:19:22,457 --> 01:19:23,325 MODELS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING. 2159 01:19:23,325 --> 01:19:25,994 TODAY MANY OF THESE SITES ARE 2160 01:19:25,994 --> 01:19:28,163 OPENING BELOW THEIR POTENTIAL 2161 01:19:28,163 --> 01:19:31,333 DUE TO OUTDATED OR OVERLY 2162 01:19:31,333 --> 01:19:32,934 RESTRICTIVE CAPS. BY RESPONSIBLY 2163 01:19:32,934 --> 01:19:33,568 INCREASING ALLOWABLE CAPACITY, 2164 01:19:33,568 --> 01:19:36,438 WE CAN BRING TOGETHER MORE 2165 01:19:36,438 --> 01:19:38,340 PEOPLE INSIDE FASTER WITHOUT THE 2166 01:19:38,340 --> 01:19:40,108 DELAYS THAT COME WITH SITING 2167 01:19:40,108 --> 01:19:41,243 ENTIRELY NEW LOCATIONS. THIS IS 2168 01:19:41,243 --> 01:19:47,449 A POLICY CHOICE GROUNDED IN WHAT 2169 01:19:47,449 --> 01:19:50,218 WE KNOW WHAT WORKS. TRADITIONAL 2170 01:19:50,218 --> 01:19:53,722 ENCAMPMENTS IN SEATTLE HAS -- 2171 01:19:53,722 --> 01:19:56,158 EXCUSE ME, TRADITIONAL TINY HOME 2172 01:19:56,158 --> 01:19:57,526 VILLAGES HAVE DEMONSTRATED 2173 01:19:57,526 --> 01:19:59,928 HIGHER OUTCOMES, EFFECTIVE CASE 2174 01:19:59,928 --> 01:20:00,529 MANAGEMENT AND MEANINGFUL 2175 01:20:00,529 --> 01:20:01,062 TRANSITIONS TO PERMANENT 2176 01:20:01,062 --> 01:20:03,198 HOUSING. THE PROPOSAL THAT WE 2177 01:20:03,198 --> 01:20:06,168 WILL BE DISCUSSING TODAY BUILDS 2178 01:20:06,168 --> 01:20:07,903 ON THAT SUCCESS BY PAIRING 2179 01:20:07,903 --> 01:20:09,771 INCREASED CAPACITY WITH CLEAR 2180 01:20:09,771 --> 01:20:11,573 OPERATIONAL STANDARDS, ENSURING 2181 01:20:11,573 --> 01:20:13,041 THAT PROVIDERS ARE EQUIPPED TO 2182 01:20:13,041 --> 01:20:14,810 MAINTAIN SAFETY, QUALITY AND 2183 01:20:14,810 --> 01:20:16,111 PERFORMANCE AS SITES GROW. EACH 2184 01:20:16,111 --> 01:20:17,479 ADDITIONAL PLACEMENT WILL 2185 01:20:17,479 --> 01:20:21,750 CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTED BY 2186 01:20:21,750 --> 01:20:23,084 ROBUST CASE MANAGEMENT, 2187 01:20:23,084 --> 01:20:23,718 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONNECTIONS 2188 01:20:23,718 --> 01:20:25,820 AND HOUSING NAVIGATION. WE ARE 2189 01:20:25,820 --> 01:20:28,723 NOT SIMPLY EXPANDING NUMBERS, WE 2190 01:20:28,723 --> 01:20:30,659 ARE SCALING A PATHWAY TO 2191 01:20:30,659 --> 01:20:32,160 STABILITY. OUR OVERALL APPROACH 2192 01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:32,794 STRENGTHENS COORDINATION WITH 2193 01:20:32,794 --> 01:20:36,498 OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUTREACH 2194 01:20:36,498 --> 01:20:39,100 SYSTEMS BY INCREASING AVAILABLE 2195 01:20:39,100 --> 01:20:39,768 PLACEMENTS WITH ENTRUSTED, 2196 01:20:39,768 --> 01:20:41,770 ACCESSIBLE SITES, WE IMPROVE OUR 2197 01:20:41,770 --> 01:20:42,704 ABILITY TO IMMEDIATE 2198 01:20:42,704 --> 01:20:43,371 ALTERNATIVES TO UNSHELTERED 2199 01:20:43,371 --> 01:20:44,306 LIVING AND ADDRESS UNSAFE 2200 01:20:44,306 --> 01:20:46,908 CONDITIONS IN PUBLIC SPACES IN A 2201 01:20:46,908 --> 01:20:49,878 MORE CONSISTENT AND HUMANE WAY. 2202 01:20:49,878 --> 01:20:52,781 IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL MAXIMIZE 2203 01:20:52,781 --> 01:20:53,648 EXISTING INVESTMENTS, LEVERAGING 2204 01:20:53,648 --> 01:20:54,182 INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVIDER 2205 01:20:54,182 --> 01:20:54,683 EXPERTISE AND COMMUNITY 2206 01:20:54,683 --> 01:20:56,351 RELATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN 2207 01:20:56,351 --> 01:21:00,222 PLACE WHILE ADVANCING A MORE 2208 01:21:00,222 --> 01:21:00,822 EFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE 2209 01:21:00,822 --> 01:21:01,890 RESPONSE. WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT 2210 01:21:01,890 --> 01:21:03,325 THE STATUS QUO IS NOT MEETING 2211 01:21:03,325 --> 01:21:04,326 THE SCALE OF NEED. THE PROPOSAL 2212 01:21:04,326 --> 01:21:06,995 THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE 2213 01:21:06,995 --> 01:21:09,331 DISCUSSING TODAY ALLOWS US TO 2214 01:21:09,331 --> 01:21:10,265 ACT QUICKLY, RESPONSIBLY AND 2215 01:21:10,265 --> 01:21:12,100 WITH PROVEN TOOLS TO BRING MORE 2216 01:21:12,100 --> 01:21:14,569 PEOPLE INSIDE AND MOVE THEM 2217 01:21:14,569 --> 01:21:16,271 TOWARD PERMANENT HOUSING. I WANT 2218 01:21:16,271 --> 01:21:22,644 TO PASS IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUES, 2219 01:21:22,644 --> 01:21:23,912 JON, JON GRANT AND ALISON 2220 01:21:23,912 --> 01:21:25,480 HOLCOMB WHO WILL WALK YOU 2221 01:21:25,480 --> 01:21:26,948 THROUGH SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE 2222 01:21:26,948 --> 01:21:29,017 SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND 2223 01:21:29,017 --> 01:21:31,686 REALLY DIVE INTO THE WHY THE 2224 01:21:31,686 --> 01:21:33,722 NEED TO EXPAND CENSUS. SO THANK 2225 01:21:33,722 --> 01:21:35,290 YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME FOR 2226 01:21:35,290 --> 01:21:37,192 THE OPENING STATEMENT AND LOOK 2227 01:21:37,192 --> 01:21:37,792 FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. 2228 01:21:37,792 --> 01:21:39,728 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEPUTY 2229 01:21:39,728 --> 01:21:42,731 MAYOR. JUST GOING TO INTERRUPT 2230 01:21:42,731 --> 01:21:43,265 FOR ONE SECOND. JOINED BY 2231 01:21:43,265 --> 01:21:44,733 COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA. 2232 01:21:44,733 --> 01:21:46,134 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. ALSO 2233 01:21:46,134 --> 01:21:47,636 JUST -- I KIND OF FORGOT TO 2234 01:21:47,636 --> 01:21:51,172 PROVIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF 2235 01:21:51,172 --> 01:21:51,806 CONTEXT SETTING. THE MAYOR'S 2236 01:21:51,806 --> 01:21:52,941 OFFICE HAS TRANSMITTED TO 2237 01:21:52,941 --> 01:21:56,645 COUNCIL A BILL THAT WOULD MODIFY 2238 01:21:56,645 --> 01:21:58,446 ON AN INTERIM BASIS DEVELOPMENT 2239 01:21:58,446 --> 01:21:59,080 REGULATIONS FOR TRANSITIONAL 2240 01:21:59,080 --> 01:22:00,215 ENCAMPMENTS. JUST WANT TO 2241 01:22:00,215 --> 01:22:01,149 CLARIFY THAT THAT HASN'T BEEN 2242 01:22:01,149 --> 01:22:03,184 INTRODUCED YET, BUT WE ARE 2243 01:22:03,184 --> 01:22:04,352 HEARING ABOUT THESE PROPOSED 2244 01:22:04,352 --> 01:22:07,689 MODIFICATIONS. AND I DID JUST 2245 01:22:07,689 --> 01:22:09,557 WANT TO ALLOW OUR COUNCIL 2246 01:22:09,557 --> 01:22:10,325 CENTRAL STAFF KEETLE TO PROVIDE 2247 01:22:10,325 --> 01:22:12,060 JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION 2248 01:22:12,060 --> 01:22:14,129 ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS THAT THESE 2249 01:22:14,129 --> 01:22:15,964 ARE INTERIM REGULATIONS, JUST SO 2250 01:22:15,964 --> 01:22:20,635 THAT WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND 2251 01:22:20,635 --> 01:22:21,369 THE NATURE OF THE INTERIM 2252 01:22:21,369 --> 01:22:22,837 PROPOSAL. KEETLE, CAN YOU JUST 2253 01:22:22,837 --> 01:22:25,273 SPEAK TO THAT FOR A MOMENT? 2254 01:22:25,273 --> 01:22:29,644 >> SURE. YEAH. IN ADDITION, WHAT 2255 01:22:29,644 --> 01:22:30,912 I'LL SAY, OF COURSE, A MEMO 2256 01:22:30,912 --> 01:22:32,314 FROM BOTH [ INAUDIBLE ] PRODUCED 2257 01:22:32,314 --> 01:22:36,184 THAT YOU CAN ALSO USE FOR 2258 01:22:36,184 --> 01:22:36,751 REFERENCE HERE. BUT INTERIM 2259 01:22:36,751 --> 01:22:37,686 REGULATIONS SHOULD BE PRETTY 2260 01:22:37,686 --> 01:22:38,453 FAMILIAR TO THE COUNCIL BY NOW. 2261 01:22:38,453 --> 01:22:41,589 WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE IN RECENT 2262 01:22:41,589 --> 01:22:44,893 MONTHS, THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE 2263 01:22:44,893 --> 01:22:46,962 IS THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON 2264 01:22:46,962 --> 01:22:48,029 THE TENSION FACILITY SITING AND 2265 01:22:48,029 --> 01:22:51,466 EXPANSION IN THE CITY AND ALSO, 2266 01:22:51,466 --> 01:22:52,500 OF COURSE, THE EXTENSIONS OF 2267 01:22:52,500 --> 01:22:53,868 APPLICABLE REGULATIONS WHICH THE 2268 01:22:53,868 --> 01:22:56,638 CITY IS NO LONGER DOING, BUT 2269 01:22:56,638 --> 01:22:58,907 MOST RECENTLY THAT HAPPENED IN 2270 01:22:58,907 --> 01:23:02,877 DECEMBER OF 2025. SO WHAT IS AN 2271 01:23:02,877 --> 01:23:04,212 INTERIM REGULATION? IT IS A 2272 01:23:04,212 --> 01:23:11,519 PATHWAY THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO 2273 01:23:11,519 --> 01:23:12,020 PUT IN PLACE TEMPORARY 2274 01:23:12,020 --> 01:23:12,887 REGULATIONS AND DEFER A LOT OF 2275 01:23:12,887 --> 01:23:15,490 THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS THAT 2276 01:23:15,490 --> 01:23:16,191 WOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED FOR 2277 01:23:16,191 --> 01:23:18,760 A PIECE OF LAND USE LEGISLATION 2278 01:23:18,760 --> 01:23:20,595 AND THOSE PROCEDURAL 2279 01:23:20,595 --> 01:23:21,596 REQUIREMENTS CAN INCLUDE THINGS 2280 01:23:21,596 --> 01:23:23,131 LIKE CEPA AND A REQUIRED PUBLIC 2281 01:23:23,131 --> 01:23:27,202 HEARING. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT 2282 01:23:27,202 --> 01:23:29,304 THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO DO 2283 01:23:29,304 --> 01:23:29,904 THOSE THINGS, BUT THE PUBLIC 2284 01:23:29,904 --> 01:23:30,505 HEARING CAN BE HELD AFTER THE 2285 01:23:30,505 --> 01:23:34,409 FACT, AND CEPA REVIEW CAN BE 2286 01:23:34,409 --> 01:23:34,976 DONE ON WHAT ARE CONSIDERED 2287 01:23:34,976 --> 01:23:38,113 REPERMANENT REGULATIONS WHICH 2288 01:23:38,113 --> 01:23:38,747 TAKE OUT THE INTERIM REGULATIONS 2289 01:23:38,747 --> 01:23:39,447 AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, THE BILL 2290 01:23:39,447 --> 01:23:42,050 THAT WAS TRANSMITTED BY THE 2291 01:23:42,050 --> 01:23:42,584 MAYOR HAS A WORK PLAN FOR 2292 01:23:42,584 --> 01:23:43,618 PUTTING PERMANENT REGULATIONS IN 2293 01:23:43,618 --> 01:23:44,586 FRONT OF THE COUNCIL THAT 2294 01:23:44,586 --> 01:23:47,021 CONTEMPLATES THAT THE COUNCIL 2295 01:23:47,021 --> 01:23:48,023 WILL BE CONSIDERING THOSE 2296 01:23:48,023 --> 01:23:49,758 PERMANENT REGULATIONS ABOUT THIS 2297 01:23:49,758 --> 01:23:51,593 TIME NEXT YEAR. IN THE MEANTIME, 2298 01:23:51,593 --> 01:23:55,330 SDCI WOULD DO CEPA REVIEW ON 2299 01:23:55,330 --> 01:23:56,631 THOSE PERMITTED REGULATIONS, AND 2300 01:23:56,631 --> 01:23:58,299 THE COUNCIL WOULD AGAIN CONSIDER 2301 01:23:58,299 --> 01:24:02,570 THE MERITS OF -- ON A PERMANENT 2302 01:24:02,570 --> 01:24:04,939 BASIS OF INCREASING THE CENSUS 2303 01:24:04,939 --> 01:24:05,573 FOR TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS. 2304 01:24:05,573 --> 01:24:07,409 >> THANK YOU, KEETLE. I JUST 2305 01:24:07,409 --> 01:24:09,744 WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT 2306 01:24:09,744 --> 01:24:12,280 FOR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2307 01:24:12,280 --> 01:24:12,847 THAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE 2308 01:24:12,847 --> 01:24:14,449 INTERIM, THAT THERE WOULD BE 2309 01:24:14,449 --> 01:24:16,851 ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 2310 01:24:16,851 --> 01:24:18,686 PUBLIC, EVEN IF THESE WERE 2311 01:24:18,686 --> 01:24:20,055 PASSED, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 2312 01:24:20,055 --> 01:24:23,525 FEEDBACK, THAT THERE WOULD BE A 2313 01:24:23,525 --> 01:24:24,426 POSSIBILITY FOR THE MAYOR'S 2314 01:24:24,426 --> 01:24:28,863 OFFICE TO REVISE THE PROPOSAL 2315 01:24:28,863 --> 01:24:32,434 BASED ON ANY FEEDBACK OR ANY 2316 01:24:32,434 --> 01:24:34,269 LEARNINGS THAT YOU'RE ENGAGING 2317 01:24:34,269 --> 01:24:35,937 IN FROM AS WE CONDUCT ON THIS, 2318 01:24:35,937 --> 01:24:38,339 ENGAGE IN THIS NEW PROPOSAL. SO 2319 01:24:38,339 --> 01:24:40,241 THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND PLEASE 2320 01:24:40,241 --> 01:24:40,508 PROCEED. 2321 01:24:40,508 --> 01:24:41,409 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 2322 01:24:41,409 --> 01:24:43,578 MY NAME IS JON GRANT, I'M A 2323 01:24:43,578 --> 01:24:45,413 SENIOR POLICY ADVISER IN THE 2324 01:24:45,413 --> 01:24:47,248 MAYOR'S OFFICE. SO AS YOU KNOW, 2325 01:24:47,248 --> 01:24:48,716 THE MAYOR KATIE WILSON, HAS SET 2326 01:24:48,716 --> 01:24:50,785 A GOAL OF OPENING UP ONCE NEW 2327 01:24:50,785 --> 01:24:53,021 UNITS OF SHELTER AND EMERGENCY 2328 01:24:53,021 --> 01:24:55,890 HOUSING IN 2026. WE ARE GOING TO 2329 01:24:55,890 --> 01:24:57,058 HAVE A VERY ACTIVE YEAR WITH 2330 01:24:57,058 --> 01:24:59,561 FIFA JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND 2331 01:24:59,561 --> 01:25:02,664 WE JUST KNOW THAT TO ALLEVIATE 2332 01:25:02,664 --> 01:25:03,965 THE SUFFERING THAT IS CAUSED BY 2333 01:25:03,965 --> 01:25:05,400 HOMELESSNESS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY 2334 01:25:05,400 --> 01:25:06,334 HAVE TO ACCELERATE SHELTER 2335 01:25:06,334 --> 01:25:07,869 EXPANSION TO GET MORE PEOPLE 2336 01:25:07,869 --> 01:25:10,305 INSIDE. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES 2337 01:25:10,305 --> 01:25:11,439 INVOLVED WITH THIS LEGISLATION? 2338 01:25:11,439 --> 01:25:13,775 CURRENT LAND USE CODE LIMITS 100 2339 01:25:13,775 --> 01:25:16,144 PEOPLE PER SITE AT TRANSITIONAL 2340 01:25:16,144 --> 01:25:17,912 ENCAMPMENTS THAT CAN INCLUDE 2341 01:25:17,912 --> 01:25:18,813 TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, TENT CITIES 2342 01:25:18,813 --> 01:25:22,317 AND RV SAFE LOTS, BUT FOR THE 2343 01:25:22,317 --> 01:25:24,486 PURPOSES OF THE MAYOR'S INTENT 2344 01:25:24,486 --> 01:25:27,455 AND PROPOSAL, WE'RE REALLY 2345 01:25:27,455 --> 01:25:28,590 FOCUSING ON EXPANDING 2346 01:25:28,590 --> 01:25:30,625 MICROSHELTER SITES. THERE ARE 2347 01:25:30,625 --> 01:25:31,593 LIMITED PUBLICLY OWNED SITES 2348 01:25:31,593 --> 01:25:32,727 SUITABLE FOR MICROSHELTERS, AND 2349 01:25:32,727 --> 01:25:35,363 MOST ALREADY HAVE A MICROSHELTER 2350 01:25:35,363 --> 01:25:37,765 OR TINY HOUSE VILLAGE ON THEM. 2351 01:25:37,765 --> 01:25:38,867 MANY OF THESE SITES ACTUALLY 2352 01:25:38,867 --> 01:25:39,701 HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF 2353 01:25:39,701 --> 01:25:42,804 UNUSED LAND THAT'S OWNED BY THE 2354 01:25:42,804 --> 01:25:43,671 CITY OR ANOTHER PUBLIC PARTNER 2355 01:25:43,671 --> 01:25:45,673 THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE SITE. SO 2356 01:25:45,673 --> 01:25:48,476 AS A RESULT, PUBLIC LAND IS 2357 01:25:48,476 --> 01:25:52,680 SITTING UNUSED WHILE DEMAND FOR 2358 01:25:52,680 --> 01:25:56,484 SHELTER REMAINS HIGH. JUST AS 2359 01:25:56,484 --> 01:25:57,318 KEETLE WAS SUGGESTING 2360 01:25:57,318 --> 01:25:58,653 EXPLAINING, THIS IS INTERIM 2361 01:25:58,653 --> 01:26:00,021 LEGISLATION THAT WILL EXPIRE 2362 01:26:00,021 --> 01:26:02,857 AFTER 12 MONTHS. IT WILL 2363 01:26:02,857 --> 01:26:05,560 INCREASE THE CENSUS LIMIT FOR 2364 01:26:05,560 --> 01:26:06,294 TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS 2365 01:26:06,294 --> 01:26:07,929 CITYWIDE FROM 100 TO 150 PEOPLE 2366 01:26:07,929 --> 01:26:10,198 AND ALLOWS AT LEAST ONE SITE 2367 01:26:10,198 --> 01:26:13,334 LIMITED TO ONE COUNCIL -- IN 2368 01:26:13,334 --> 01:26:16,604 EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT UP TO 250 2369 01:26:16,604 --> 01:26:18,206 PEOPLE. THE INTENT OF THIS 2370 01:26:18,206 --> 01:26:19,974 INTERIM LEGISLATION IS TO NOT 2371 01:26:19,974 --> 01:26:22,610 ALLOW, YOU KNOW, PROCESS GET IN 2372 01:26:22,610 --> 01:26:24,312 THE WAY OF THE URGENCY AND 2373 01:26:24,312 --> 01:26:27,482 PREJUDICE THAT WE ARE FACING AS 2374 01:26:27,482 --> 01:26:29,751 A CITY IN DEALING WITH 2375 01:26:29,751 --> 01:26:32,520 HOMELESSNESS. SO THE EMERGENCY 2376 01:26:32,520 --> 01:26:33,188 PROVISION WITHIN THE LEGISLATION 2377 01:26:33,188 --> 01:26:36,858 ALLOWS SDCI TO START THE PROCESS 2378 01:26:36,858 --> 01:26:37,959 OF THE CEPA REVIEW CONCURRENTLY 2379 01:26:37,959 --> 01:26:39,928 AS THE COUNCIL POTENTIALLY PUT 2380 01:26:39,928 --> 01:26:40,628 THIS IS INTO EFFECT. IT ALLOWS 2381 01:26:40,628 --> 01:26:42,897 US TO ACT NOW AND DO THE PROCESS 2382 01:26:42,897 --> 01:26:45,867 AT THE SAME TIME, OTHERWISE THE 2383 01:26:45,867 --> 01:26:46,768 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HAS TO 2384 01:26:46,768 --> 01:26:49,337 HAPPEN FIRST, AND THEN, YOU 2385 01:26:49,337 --> 01:26:50,305 KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT 2386 01:26:50,305 --> 01:26:51,639 POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, IT 2387 01:26:51,639 --> 01:26:52,307 GETTING PUSHED OUT TO 2027 2388 01:26:52,307 --> 01:26:55,610 BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IF 2389 01:26:55,610 --> 01:26:59,180 THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO DO SO. SO 2390 01:26:59,180 --> 01:27:00,114 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 2391 01:27:00,114 --> 01:27:02,517 THIS IS NOT NEW, OR THIS IS 2392 01:27:02,517 --> 01:27:04,652 SOMETHING THAT IS DONE 2393 01:27:04,652 --> 01:27:06,187 NATIONWIDE. THERE ARE PROVEN 2394 01:27:06,187 --> 01:27:06,988 LARGE-SCALE MODELS, AND WE HAVE 2395 01:27:06,988 --> 01:27:08,423 SPOKEN TO MANY OF THESE 2396 01:27:08,423 --> 01:27:10,058 PROVIDERS TO LEARN FROM THEM, 2397 01:27:10,058 --> 01:27:12,160 AND YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ONE 2398 01:27:12,160 --> 01:27:14,929 TODAY. WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS 2399 01:27:14,929 --> 01:27:15,863 THE COUNTRY IS THAT MICROSHELTER 2400 01:27:15,863 --> 01:27:18,333 PROGRAMS CAN SCALE TO 100 TO 220 2401 01:27:18,333 --> 01:27:22,070 UNITS PER SITE. AND, AGAIN, YOU 2402 01:27:22,070 --> 01:27:24,472 MIGHT HAVE ONE OR 1 1/2 PEOPLE 2403 01:27:24,472 --> 01:27:25,673 LIVING IN EACH UNIT. SO AT THE 2404 01:27:25,673 --> 01:27:27,909 LARGEST SITE, MORE THAN 300 2405 01:27:27,909 --> 01:27:30,278 PEOPLE ARE SERVED IN A SINGLE 2406 01:27:30,278 --> 01:27:32,680 LOCATION. THAT SITE THAT WE'RE 2407 01:27:32,680 --> 01:27:36,317 TALKING ABOUT IS THE SECOND 2408 01:27:36,317 --> 01:27:39,454 EXAMPLE HERE, TAMPA HOPE IN 2409 01:27:39,454 --> 01:27:40,288 TAMPA, FLORIDA. IT HAS 215 2410 01:27:40,288 --> 01:27:41,990 MICROMODULAR UNITS THAT ARE 2411 01:27:41,990 --> 01:27:44,325 BUILT BY PALLET. AND THE SLIDE 2412 01:27:44,325 --> 01:27:46,194 HERE SAYS 75 TENTS, BUT WE SPOKE 2413 01:27:46,194 --> 01:27:49,530 TO THEM RECENTLY, AND THEY'VE 2414 01:27:49,530 --> 01:27:50,698 ACTUALLY EXPANDED TO 117 TENTS 2415 01:27:50,698 --> 01:27:56,704 -- OR, EXCUSE ME. I WANT TO MAKE 2416 01:27:56,704 --> 01:27:59,941 SURE I GET THAT RIGHT. 116 TENTS 2417 01:27:59,941 --> 01:28:02,610 LOCATED IT SITE SERVING OVER 340 2418 01:28:02,610 --> 01:28:05,346 PEOPLE NOW. THERE'S ALSO THE 2419 01:28:05,346 --> 01:28:08,349 JESUS CENTER WHICH IS LOCATED IN 2420 01:28:08,349 --> 01:28:09,017 CHICO, CALIFORNIA, WITH 177 2421 01:28:09,017 --> 01:28:11,586 SITES. WE SPOKE TO THEM, AND 2422 01:28:11,586 --> 01:28:13,588 THEY SAY THEY AVERAGE ABOUT 200 2423 01:28:13,588 --> 01:28:15,890 PEOPLE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, AND 2424 01:28:15,890 --> 01:28:23,498 THAT SITE IS CALLED THE GENESIS 2425 01:28:23,498 --> 01:28:23,998 PALLET SHELTER. WE ALSO 2426 01:28:23,998 --> 01:28:25,566 CONTACTED THEARO SACKO VILLAGE 2427 01:28:25,566 --> 01:28:27,702 IN LOS ANGELES. THIS IS ABOUT 2428 01:28:27,702 --> 01:28:30,471 117 UNITS. THEY GAVE US THE 2429 01:28:30,471 --> 01:28:31,939 UPDATED NUMBER THERE. AND THEY 2430 01:28:31,939 --> 01:28:33,007 SERVE CURRENTLY 168 PEOPLE, BUT 2431 01:28:33,007 --> 01:28:37,345 THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HOST 2432 01:28:37,345 --> 01:28:39,614 UP TO 224 FOLKS IN THEIR 2433 01:28:39,614 --> 01:28:41,282 MICROMODULAR SHELTERS. AND THEN 2434 01:28:41,282 --> 01:28:43,117 AT THE WEST L.A. VETERANS 2435 01:28:43,117 --> 01:28:45,319 ASSOCIATION, IT'S 155 UNITS 2436 01:28:45,319 --> 01:28:46,587 WITH AN ESTIMATED 200 PEOPLE 2437 01:28:46,587 --> 01:28:48,790 BEING SERVED. AND THE THINGS 2438 01:28:48,790 --> 01:28:50,191 THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM TALKING 2439 01:28:50,191 --> 01:28:51,492 TO THESE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE 2440 01:28:51,492 --> 01:28:53,161 COUNTRY IS THAT THERE ARE SOME 2441 01:28:53,161 --> 01:28:57,732 COMMON THREADS TO MAKE SURE THAT 2442 01:28:57,732 --> 01:29:00,401 THESE PROGRAMS OPERATE WELL AND 2443 01:29:00,401 --> 01:29:01,602 SUCCESSFULLY. THOSE COMMON 2444 01:29:01,602 --> 01:29:02,804 THREADS ARE 24/7 STAFFING, 2445 01:29:02,804 --> 01:29:03,971 HAVING ONSITE CASE MANAGEMENT 2446 01:29:03,971 --> 01:29:05,473 AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE 2447 01:29:05,473 --> 01:29:07,475 FOLKS THAT NEED THEM. YOU KNOW, 2448 01:29:07,475 --> 01:29:09,210 HAVING A STRONG WELLNESS CHECK 2449 01:29:09,210 --> 01:29:15,149 ON FOLKS WHO MAY BE AT RISK, 2450 01:29:15,149 --> 01:29:15,817 HAVING CONTROLLED ENTRY SO 2451 01:29:15,817 --> 01:29:17,852 THERE'S DEFINED PERIMETER AND 2452 01:29:17,852 --> 01:29:20,254 SECURITY AT THE SITE SO THAT, 2453 01:29:20,254 --> 01:29:24,826 YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ANYONE CAN 2454 01:29:24,826 --> 01:29:27,428 ENTER THE SITE. SO WE WANTED TO 2455 01:29:27,428 --> 01:29:28,096 GIVE A HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE, AND 2456 01:29:28,096 --> 01:29:29,097 I REALLY WANT TO STRESS TO THE 2457 01:29:29,097 --> 01:29:33,167 COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC WHO IS 2458 01:29:33,167 --> 01:29:35,069 LISTENING TODAY HYPOTHETICAL. WE 2459 01:29:35,069 --> 01:29:37,372 WANTED TO REALLY, LIKE, GIVE A 2460 01:29:37,372 --> 01:29:38,873 PICTURE ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK 2461 01:29:38,873 --> 01:29:41,075 LIKE IF POTENTIALLY THIS 2462 01:29:41,075 --> 01:29:44,479 LEGISLATION WERE TO GO INTO 2463 01:29:44,479 --> 01:29:45,546 EFFECT. THIS IS CAMP SECOND 2464 01:29:45,546 --> 01:29:47,949 CHANCE. THIS IS LAND OWNED BY 2465 01:29:47,949 --> 01:29:50,718 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, 2466 01:29:50,718 --> 01:29:52,220 SPECIFICALLY THE FINANCE 2467 01:29:52,220 --> 01:29:52,720 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 2468 01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:53,921 DEPARTMENT. THIS IS IN SOUTHWEST 2469 01:29:53,921 --> 01:29:55,256 SEATTLE ON MIRES WAY. THE COST 2470 01:29:55,256 --> 01:29:58,326 OF RENTING THE LAND TO THE CITY 2471 01:29:58,326 --> 01:30:00,928 IS ZERO DOLLARS. AND I JUST WANT 2472 01:30:00,928 --> 01:30:02,930 TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN THE LAND 2473 01:30:02,930 --> 01:30:05,566 IS ZERO DOLLARS, THE COST PER 2474 01:30:05,566 --> 01:30:06,267 UNIT, OF COURSE, GOES DOWN 2475 01:30:06,267 --> 01:30:10,371 CONSIDERABLY. AND SO THAT'S WHY 2476 01:30:10,371 --> 01:30:11,539 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MICROMODULAR 2477 01:30:11,539 --> 01:30:13,241 SHELTERS, THE COST PER UNIT IS 2478 01:30:13,241 --> 01:30:14,408 TYPICALLY MORE EFFICIENT BECAUSE 2479 01:30:14,408 --> 01:30:16,711 WHEN WE CAN SITE IT ON PUBLIC 2480 01:30:16,711 --> 01:30:20,915 LAND, WE GET THOSE TYPES OF 2481 01:30:20,915 --> 01:30:21,949 EFFICIENCIES. CURRENTLY THERE'S 2482 01:30:21,949 --> 01:30:22,717 ABOUT 69 UNITS. UNDER THE 2483 01:30:22,717 --> 01:30:23,951 LEGISLATION, AN ESTIMATED 120 2484 01:30:23,951 --> 01:30:31,192 UNITS COULD BE ADDED TO GET TO A 2485 01:30:31,192 --> 01:30:32,026 TOTAL POPULATION OF 250. AND, 2486 01:30:32,026 --> 01:30:34,562 AGAIN, ABOUT 1.3 PEOPLE PER UNIT 2487 01:30:34,562 --> 01:30:35,630 IS THE CALCULATION WE'RE USING 2488 01:30:35,630 --> 01:30:36,798 THERE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE 2489 01:30:36,798 --> 01:30:38,800 COULD BE TWO PEOPLE LIVING IN A 2490 01:30:38,800 --> 01:30:39,967 SINGLE TINY HOUSE. AND SO THAT 2491 01:30:39,967 --> 01:30:42,537 POPULATION CAN GO UP AND DOWN. 2492 01:30:42,537 --> 01:30:44,338 BUT THE CAP WOULD BE 250. THIS 2493 01:30:44,338 --> 01:30:45,773 LAND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE 2494 01:30:45,773 --> 01:30:50,044 MAP, THERE'S A LOT OF IT. IT 2495 01:30:50,044 --> 01:30:52,346 ACTUALLY SPANS A FEW PARCELS 2496 01:30:52,346 --> 01:30:54,215 HERE. IT'S 143,000 SQUARE FEET, 2497 01:30:54,215 --> 01:30:55,149 BUT ONLY ABOUT 40,000 TO 60,000 2498 01:30:55,149 --> 01:30:57,452 SQUARE FEET WHICH IS THAT YELLOW 2499 01:30:57,452 --> 01:30:59,620 CIRCLE JUST SOUTH OF THE 2500 01:30:59,620 --> 01:31:00,555 EXISTING VILLAGE IS WHAT WE 2501 01:31:00,555 --> 01:31:04,625 REQUIRE TO EXPAND IT TO GET TO 2502 01:31:04,625 --> 01:31:08,462 THAT ADDITIONAL 120 UNITS. 2503 01:31:08,462 --> 01:31:09,597 AGAIN, JUST A HYPOTHETICAL 2504 01:31:09,597 --> 01:31:11,499 EXAMPLE. SO WE KNOW THAT WITH 2505 01:31:11,499 --> 01:31:14,135 LARGE SITES WE WANT TO BE 2506 01:31:14,135 --> 01:31:14,802 RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS 2507 01:31:14,802 --> 01:31:17,004 AND INTERESTS AROUND PUBLIC 2508 01:31:17,004 --> 01:31:18,406 SAFETY AND THAT THIS IS A 2509 01:31:18,406 --> 01:31:20,842 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, THE 2510 01:31:20,842 --> 01:31:22,777 PROVIDER, THE SURROUNDING 2511 01:31:22,777 --> 01:31:24,145 NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE TALKING 2512 01:31:24,145 --> 01:31:25,546 ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT HAVE 2513 01:31:25,546 --> 01:31:27,882 OPERATIONAL SAFETY, THAT HAVE 2514 01:31:27,882 --> 01:31:31,385 THAT 24/7 STAFFING AND DEFINED 2515 01:31:31,385 --> 01:31:32,553 SITE BOUNDARIES AND SECURE 2516 01:31:32,553 --> 01:31:33,321 ENTRY. EVERY PROGRAM PARTICIPANT 2517 01:31:33,321 --> 01:31:36,858 IN THE PROGRAM WILL SIGN A CODE 2518 01:31:36,858 --> 01:31:38,025 OF CONDUCT THAT PROHIBITS THINGS 2519 01:31:38,025 --> 01:31:40,761 LIKE NO WEAPONS OR ANY KIND OF 2520 01:31:40,761 --> 01:31:41,529 ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, AND SOME OF 2521 01:31:41,529 --> 01:31:43,030 OUR PROVIDERS HERE WILL GIVE A 2522 01:31:43,030 --> 01:31:44,632 LITTLE BIT MORE TEXTURE TO WHAT 2523 01:31:44,632 --> 01:31:46,100 THAT CAN LOOK LIKE. AND UNDER 2524 01:31:46,100 --> 01:31:47,335 THE CITY CODE, THERE'S ALREADY 2525 01:31:47,335 --> 01:31:49,937 A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A 2526 01:31:49,937 --> 01:31:51,105 COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR 2527 01:31:51,105 --> 01:31:51,672 A TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENT 2528 01:31:51,672 --> 01:31:52,940 PROGRAM. THAT IS WHERE NEIGHBORS 2529 01:31:52,940 --> 01:31:55,276 CAN JOIN A MONTHLY MEETING, TALK 2530 01:31:55,276 --> 01:31:57,011 DIRECTLY WITH THE STAFF, PROVIDE 2531 01:31:57,011 --> 01:31:59,780 DIRECT INPUT, BOTH TO PROVIDE 2532 01:31:59,780 --> 01:32:00,414 NOT JUST ACCOUNTABILITY BUT ALSO 2533 01:32:00,414 --> 01:32:02,917 SUPPORT. THIS IS AN AVENUE FOR 2534 01:32:02,917 --> 01:32:04,452 FOLKS TO POTENTIALLY DO DONATION 2535 01:32:04,452 --> 01:32:06,821 DRIVES AND SUPPORT THE FOLKS 2536 01:32:06,821 --> 01:32:08,823 THAT ARE IN THESE VILLAGES, YOU 2537 01:32:08,823 --> 01:32:13,794 KNOW, PERHAPS WITH LIKE FOOD 2538 01:32:13,794 --> 01:32:14,896 DONATIONS AND CLOTHING DRIVES. 2539 01:32:14,896 --> 01:32:15,830 ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, EVERY 2540 01:32:15,830 --> 01:32:18,499 CONTRACT WILL HAVE A GOOD 2541 01:32:18,499 --> 01:32:20,534 NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT OR A 2542 01:32:20,534 --> 01:32:21,269 NEIGHBORHOOD MITIGATION PROGRAM 2543 01:32:21,269 --> 01:32:23,437 THAT MAKES SURE WE ARE -- THAT 2544 01:32:23,437 --> 01:32:25,806 THESE PROGRAMS ARE BEING GOOD 2545 01:32:25,806 --> 01:32:26,941 NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITIES 2546 01:32:26,941 --> 01:32:29,043 THAT THEY'RE LOCATED. AND 2547 01:32:29,043 --> 01:32:30,444 PARTNERING WITH THE SEATTLE 2548 01:32:30,444 --> 01:32:32,613 POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT, 2549 01:32:32,613 --> 01:32:35,850 YOU KNOW, WHAT'S CALLED SEP TED 2550 01:32:35,850 --> 01:32:36,951 OR CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH 2551 01:32:36,951 --> 01:32:38,252 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND MAKE 2552 01:32:38,252 --> 01:32:39,720 SURE THERE'S GOOD LIGHTING, 2553 01:32:39,720 --> 01:32:41,622 SAFE ACCESS POINTS AND GOOD 2554 01:32:41,622 --> 01:32:42,857 VISIBILITY FOR THESE LOCATIONS. 2555 01:32:42,857 --> 01:32:45,760 AND EVERY SITE IS GOING TO BE 2556 01:32:45,760 --> 01:32:47,128 REVIEWED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 2557 01:32:47,128 --> 01:32:47,795 AND APPROVED BEFORE IT'S OPENED 2558 01:32:47,795 --> 01:32:48,829 BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M 2559 01:32:48,829 --> 01:32:52,633 GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY 2560 01:32:52,633 --> 01:32:54,569 COLLEAGUE ALISON HOLCOMB TO TALK 2561 01:32:54,569 --> 01:32:56,337 ABOUT ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY 2562 01:32:56,337 --> 01:32:56,570 ISSUES. 2563 01:32:56,570 --> 01:32:58,072 >> THANK YOU, JON. I'M 2564 01:32:58,072 --> 01:32:59,674 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR 2565 01:32:59,674 --> 01:33:00,908 PUBLIC SAFETY IN MAYOR WILSON'S 2566 01:33:00,908 --> 01:33:01,842 ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU FOR 2567 01:33:01,842 --> 01:33:03,978 HAVING US HERE THIS AFTERNOON. 2568 01:33:03,978 --> 01:33:05,446 EXCUSE ME, THIS MORNING. AS JON 2569 01:33:05,446 --> 01:33:08,649 WAS JUST DESCRIBING TO YOU, 2570 01:33:08,649 --> 01:33:13,020 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SAFETY 2571 01:33:13,020 --> 01:33:14,355 STRATEGIES THAT OUR PUBLIC 2572 01:33:14,355 --> 01:33:14,922 SAFETY PARTNERS, INCLUDING 2573 01:33:14,922 --> 01:33:15,556 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND 2574 01:33:15,556 --> 01:33:17,191 I'M GOING TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY 2575 01:33:17,191 --> 01:33:20,294 ON SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN 2576 01:33:20,294 --> 01:33:23,798 ENGAGE IN TO SUPPORT SAFETY 2577 01:33:23,798 --> 01:33:25,600 AROUND NEW SHELTERS THAT ARE 2578 01:33:25,600 --> 01:33:26,233 OFFERED. STRONG SAFETY PLANNING, 2579 01:33:26,233 --> 01:33:30,204 JON'S TALKED ABOUT THIS A 2580 01:33:30,204 --> 01:33:31,572 LITTLE BIT. THIS IS ABOUT 2581 01:33:31,572 --> 01:33:32,440 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN REALLY, 2582 01:33:32,440 --> 01:33:34,809 MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE 2583 01:33:34,809 --> 01:33:35,676 DESIGN CHANGES THAT ARE 2584 01:33:35,676 --> 01:33:38,379 IMPLEMENTED WHEN WE'RE LOOKING 2585 01:33:38,379 --> 01:33:40,247 AT LOCATIONS THAT MAY NOT HAVE 2586 01:33:40,247 --> 01:33:42,183 LIGHTING, LINES OF SIGHT, ET 2587 01:33:42,183 --> 01:33:43,784 CETERA, THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO 2588 01:33:43,784 --> 01:33:45,720 MAKING SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE 2589 01:33:45,720 --> 01:33:49,924 STAFFING THE SHELTERS, AS WELL 2590 01:33:49,924 --> 01:33:51,425 AS PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDERS HAVE 2591 01:33:51,425 --> 01:33:54,161 THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SAFETY 2592 01:33:54,161 --> 01:33:56,497 QUICKLY IF THE NEED ARISES. YOU 2593 01:33:56,497 --> 01:33:59,500 SEE HERE REFERENCE TO DEEPER 2594 01:33:59,500 --> 01:34:00,134 COORDINATION BETWEEN UCT, OUR 2595 01:34:00,134 --> 01:34:04,672 UNIFIED CARE TEAM WHICH GOES AND 2596 01:34:04,672 --> 01:34:05,873 VISITS SITES ACROSS THE CITY, 2597 01:34:05,873 --> 01:34:08,409 ENCAMPMENTS THAT MAY BE ON 2598 01:34:08,409 --> 01:34:09,410 PUBLIC LANDS MAY BE CAUSING 2599 01:34:09,410 --> 01:34:11,445 OBSTRUCTION, SEATTLE POLICE 2600 01:34:11,445 --> 01:34:12,980 DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S 2601 01:34:12,980 --> 01:34:14,749 OFFICE, THAT TOO IS AROUND 2602 01:34:14,749 --> 01:34:16,417 MAINTAINING SAFETY IN A SPACE, 2603 01:34:16,417 --> 01:34:19,286 IN AN ENVIRONMENT, ENSURING THAT 2604 01:34:19,286 --> 01:34:22,189 THAT IS HAPPENING AT A VERY 2605 01:34:22,189 --> 01:34:23,157 COORDINATED AND NIMBLE LEVEL. 2606 01:34:23,157 --> 01:34:24,058 AND THEN STRONG COMMUNICATIONS 2607 01:34:24,058 --> 01:34:29,730 NEED TO BE ONGOING, NOT ONLY IN 2608 01:34:29,730 --> 01:34:30,965 PREPARATION FOR THE SHELTER, BUT 2609 01:34:30,965 --> 01:34:32,967 AS WE STAND THESE SHELTERS UP 2610 01:34:32,967 --> 01:34:34,835 AND BEGIN OPERATIONS, WE WANT TO 2611 01:34:34,835 --> 01:34:36,470 MAKE SURE WE'RE MAINTAINING THE 2612 01:34:36,470 --> 01:34:39,874 LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT JON 2613 01:34:39,874 --> 01:34:40,741 MENTIONED WITH NEIGHBORING 2614 01:34:40,741 --> 01:34:41,242 BUSINESSES, NEIGHBORING 2615 01:34:41,242 --> 01:34:42,176 RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY-BASED 2616 01:34:42,176 --> 01:34:42,843 ORGANIZATIONS, SERVICE PROVIDERS 2617 01:34:42,843 --> 01:34:45,279 IN THE AREA SO THAT THEY'RE 2618 01:34:45,279 --> 01:34:47,348 ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO SAFETY BY 2619 01:34:47,348 --> 01:34:49,116 PROVIDING INFORMATION TO SEATTLE 2620 01:34:49,116 --> 01:34:49,784 POLICE DEPARTMENT, OTHER 2621 01:34:49,784 --> 01:34:50,618 STAKEHOLDERS, LETTING THEM KNOW 2622 01:34:50,618 --> 01:34:52,219 HERE'S WHAT I SEE BECAUSE I'M 2623 01:34:52,219 --> 01:34:53,788 ON THE GROUND, I HAVE EYES ON, I 2624 01:34:53,788 --> 01:34:55,423 WANT TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT 2625 01:34:55,423 --> 01:34:59,226 WHAT I'M SEEING ON THE DAY TO 2626 01:34:59,226 --> 01:34:59,994 DAY. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. WHAT 2627 01:34:59,994 --> 01:35:04,065 I WANT TO FOCUS ON AS WELL IS 2628 01:35:04,065 --> 01:35:06,067 THE REALITY THAT THERE ARE 2629 01:35:06,067 --> 01:35:10,304 CERTAIN MEMBERS OF OUR 2630 01:35:10,304 --> 01:35:13,307 COMMUNITIES WHO ARE TARGETING 2631 01:35:13,307 --> 01:35:13,808 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, 2632 01:35:13,808 --> 01:35:14,542 SPECIFICALLY FOR ILLICIT 2633 01:35:14,542 --> 01:35:15,843 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THEY'RE 2634 01:35:15,843 --> 01:35:16,610 TARGETING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS 2635 01:35:16,610 --> 01:35:19,280 AS CUSTOMERS FOR ILLICIT DRUG 2636 01:35:19,280 --> 01:35:20,047 TRADE, FOR EXAMPLE. THEY'RE 2637 01:35:20,047 --> 01:35:21,215 ALSO TARGETING VULNERABLE 2638 01:35:21,215 --> 01:35:23,951 POPULATIONS AS LABOR FOR HUMAN 2639 01:35:23,951 --> 01:35:28,055 TRAFFICKING RINGS, FOR ORGANIZED 2640 01:35:28,055 --> 01:35:30,024 RETAIL CRIME, FOR METAL 2641 01:35:30,024 --> 01:35:31,759 SCRAPPING. AND SEATTLE POLICE 2642 01:35:31,759 --> 01:35:33,194 DEPARTMENT HAS PRIORITIZED 2643 01:35:33,194 --> 01:35:34,295 DEVELOPMENT FOR A STRATEGY FOR 2644 01:35:34,295 --> 01:35:34,995 INVESTIGATING SPECIFICALLY THOSE 2645 01:35:34,995 --> 01:35:39,033 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN 2646 01:35:39,033 --> 01:35:42,636 THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY AND 2647 01:35:42,636 --> 01:35:43,304 LEVERAGING TARGETED ENFORCEMENT 2648 01:35:43,304 --> 01:35:45,139 AGAINST SUCH INDIVIDUALS TO 2649 01:35:45,139 --> 01:35:48,008 ENSURE THAT THESE SHELTERS HAVE 2650 01:35:48,008 --> 01:35:49,543 PROTECTION IN THE ENVIRONS 2651 01:35:49,543 --> 01:35:50,945 AROUND THEM, THAT WE ARE 2652 01:35:50,945 --> 01:35:51,545 ACTUALLY TARGETING THOSE 2653 01:35:51,545 --> 01:35:52,146 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TAKING 2654 01:35:52,146 --> 01:35:53,881 ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT WE DO 2655 01:35:53,881 --> 01:35:59,120 HAVE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP, WHO 2656 01:35:59,120 --> 01:36:00,287 NEED SHELTER, WHO NEED SERVICES. 2657 01:36:00,287 --> 01:36:04,558 AND AS TWO OF OUR SEATTLE POLICE 2658 01:36:04,558 --> 01:36:05,893 DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, ASSISTANT 2659 01:36:05,893 --> 01:36:07,228 CHIEF ROD BROWN AND NORTH 2660 01:36:07,228 --> 01:36:08,729 PRECINCT CAPTAIN, GEORGE 2661 01:36:08,729 --> 01:36:10,765 DAVIDSON HAVE MET, FOR EXAMPLE, 2662 01:36:10,765 --> 01:36:14,235 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ TO 2663 01:36:14,235 --> 01:36:15,903 TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 2664 01:36:15,903 --> 01:36:16,504 ACTIVITIES OCCURRING IN HER 2665 01:36:16,504 --> 01:36:17,104 DISTRICT. AND SEATTLE POLICE 2666 01:36:17,104 --> 01:36:18,305 OFFICERS ARE AVAILABLE TO TALK 2667 01:36:18,305 --> 01:36:20,841 WITH ANY OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY 2668 01:36:20,841 --> 01:36:23,544 ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT 2669 01:36:23,544 --> 01:36:27,548 PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT LOOK 2670 01:36:27,548 --> 01:36:29,049 LIKE THAT KIND OF TARGETED 2671 01:36:29,049 --> 01:36:32,887 ACTIVITY AGAINST EITHER 2672 01:36:32,887 --> 01:36:37,324 ENCAMPMENTS OR SHELTERS IN YOUR 2673 01:36:37,324 --> 01:36:37,625 DISTRICTS. 2674 01:36:37,625 --> 01:36:39,560 >> THANK YOU. THE FINAL TWO 2675 01:36:39,560 --> 01:36:41,962 SLIDES IS IN REGARDS TO SITING 2676 01:36:41,962 --> 01:36:43,063 CRITERIA. WE HEARD SOME VERY 2677 01:36:43,063 --> 01:36:44,131 STRONG FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL 2678 01:36:44,131 --> 01:36:47,535 MEMBERS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A 2679 01:36:47,535 --> 01:36:48,502 PRIORITIZATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY 2680 01:36:48,502 --> 01:36:50,070 AND GOOD NEIGHBOR CRITERIA WHEN 2681 01:36:50,070 --> 01:36:51,472 WE ARE SELECTING THESE SITES. SO 2682 01:36:51,472 --> 01:36:55,676 WE WANTED TO SHARE AGAIN THE 2683 01:36:55,676 --> 01:36:56,777 SITING CRITERIA THAT WE'RE 2684 01:36:56,777 --> 01:36:59,213 USING WITH A PUBLIC SAFETY LENS 2685 01:36:59,213 --> 01:37:01,115 THAT WE WANT TO TAKE INTO 2686 01:37:01,115 --> 01:37:01,782 CONSIDERATION THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD 2687 01:37:01,782 --> 01:37:02,416 PUBLIC SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS, 2688 01:37:02,416 --> 01:37:05,853 LOOKING AT DATA LIKE PRIORITY 1 2689 01:37:05,853 --> 01:37:07,488 AND PRIORITY 2911 CALLS, EMT 2690 01:37:07,488 --> 01:37:10,124 CALLS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE 2691 01:37:10,124 --> 01:37:13,661 ADJACENCY TO PARKS, STADIUMS OR 2692 01:37:13,661 --> 01:37:15,796 RETAIL OR OTHER SENSITIVE AREAS, 2693 01:37:15,796 --> 01:37:17,531 THE SEPTED ANALYSIS THAT ALISON 2694 01:37:17,531 --> 01:37:18,933 WAS JUST DESCRIBING, FIRE AND 2695 01:37:18,933 --> 01:37:20,134 LIFE SAFETY AND THOSE OTHER GOOD 2696 01:37:20,134 --> 01:37:23,304 NEIGHBOR CONSIDERATIONS. SO WE 2697 01:37:23,304 --> 01:37:25,406 JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE 2698 01:37:25,406 --> 01:37:26,674 THIS CONSIDERATION AROUND PUBLIC 2699 01:37:26,674 --> 01:37:27,608 PRIORITIZATION, AND THAT TELLS 2700 01:37:27,608 --> 01:37:28,542 YOU HOW WE MITIGATE THOSE 2701 01:37:28,542 --> 01:37:30,444 STRATEGIES SO WE CAN HAVE SAFE 2702 01:37:30,444 --> 01:37:31,345 AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS. AND 2703 01:37:31,345 --> 01:37:32,780 THEN THE FINAL SLIDE HERE JUST 2704 01:37:32,780 --> 01:37:34,849 GOES OVER KIND OF JUST THE 2705 01:37:34,849 --> 01:37:37,051 SITING AND ZONING CRITERIA, YOU 2706 01:37:37,051 --> 01:37:38,686 KNOW, IS IT NEAR AN 2707 01:37:38,686 --> 01:37:39,954 ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA, 2708 01:37:39,954 --> 01:37:41,055 IS THERE ALREADY ELECTRICAL AND 2709 01:37:41,055 --> 01:37:41,989 SEWER SERVICE NEARBY, WHAT DO WE 2710 01:37:41,989 --> 01:37:45,025 NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT 2711 01:37:45,025 --> 01:37:45,926 THESE SITES ARE ADA ACCESSIBLE 2712 01:37:45,926 --> 01:37:49,496 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MANY FOLKS 2713 01:37:49,496 --> 01:37:52,032 WHO ARE UNSHELTERED MAY REQUIRE, 2714 01:37:52,032 --> 01:37:56,804 YOU KNOW, A WHEELCHAIR OR OTHER 2715 01:37:56,804 --> 01:37:58,539 ADA CHANGES TO THE SITE. AND 2716 01:37:58,539 --> 01:37:59,406 THEN WHAT ARE OTHER 2717 01:37:59,406 --> 01:38:03,143 CONSIDERATIONS LIKE THE SOIL 2718 01:38:03,143 --> 01:38:03,677 CONDITION AND OTHER 2719 01:38:03,677 --> 01:38:04,778 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. SO THAT 2720 01:38:04,778 --> 01:38:05,412 CONCLUDES THE MAYOR'S PORTION 2721 01:38:05,412 --> 01:38:06,080 OF THE PRESENTATION. I'M GOING 2722 01:38:06,080 --> 01:38:10,351 TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO THE NEXT 2723 01:38:10,351 --> 01:38:11,285 PRESENTER, AND WE'RE REALLY 2724 01:38:11,285 --> 01:38:12,920 EXCITED AND REALLY APPRECIATE 2725 01:38:12,920 --> 01:38:15,055 ALL THE PROVIDERS WHO SHOWED UP 2726 01:38:15,055 --> 01:38:16,657 TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THEIR 2727 01:38:16,657 --> 01:38:23,898 SERVICE MODEL. AND I JUST WANT 2728 01:38:23,898 --> 01:38:26,433 TO EMPHASIZE THAT NOT EVERY 2729 01:38:26,433 --> 01:38:27,601 OPERATOR WANTS TO OPERATE A 2730 01:38:27,601 --> 01:38:28,202 250-PERSON SITE, RIGHT? THERE 2731 01:38:28,202 --> 01:38:31,272 ARE GOING TO BE A FEW PROVIDERS 2732 01:38:31,272 --> 01:38:32,273 THAT HAVE THE INTEREST, SCOPE 2733 01:38:32,273 --> 01:38:33,841 AND CAPACITY TO OPERATE THE SITE 2734 01:38:33,841 --> 01:38:36,210 THAT WAY. SO SOME PROVIDERS MAY 2735 01:38:36,210 --> 01:38:37,945 NOT WANT TO DO THIS. SOME DO. 2736 01:38:37,945 --> 01:38:41,448 AND SO WE INVITED THE LOW INCOME 2737 01:38:41,448 --> 01:38:42,950 HOUSING INSTITUTE TO PRESENT AND 2738 01:38:42,950 --> 01:38:45,619 TALK ABOUT WAYS THAT THEY MIGHT 2739 01:38:45,619 --> 01:38:46,787 APPROACH OPERATING A SITE AT 2740 01:38:46,787 --> 01:38:48,555 THIS LEVEL TO PUT SOME TEXTURE 2741 01:38:48,555 --> 01:38:50,157 ABOUT WHAT THIS COULD 2742 01:38:50,157 --> 01:38:51,926 POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE. SO I'LL 2743 01:38:51,926 --> 01:38:53,927 GO AHEAD AND SHARE THIS 2744 01:38:53,927 --> 01:38:56,697 PRESENTATION AND TURN IT OVER TO 2745 01:38:56,697 --> 01:38:58,565 SHARON LEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2746 01:38:58,565 --> 01:38:58,866 OF LEHIGH. 2747 01:38:58,866 --> 01:39:02,736 >> GOOD MORNING. I'M SHARON 2748 01:39:02,736 --> 01:39:03,804 LEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND I 2749 01:39:03,804 --> 01:39:09,310 WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR FULL 2750 01:39:09,310 --> 01:39:10,778 SUPPORT FOR EXPANDING TINY 2751 01:39:10,778 --> 01:39:11,812 HOUSING VILLAGES TO 150 2752 01:39:11,812 --> 01:39:13,080 INDIVIDUALS. RIGHT NOW OUR 2753 01:39:13,080 --> 01:39:14,315 LARGEST VILLAGE IS 74 TINY 2754 01:39:14,315 --> 01:39:18,185 HOUSES WHICH MEANS THAT ONCE YOU 2755 01:39:18,185 --> 01:39:19,687 HAVE COUPLES, AND YOU -- YOU 2756 01:39:19,687 --> 01:39:21,088 KNOW, YOU'RE SORT OF TRYING NOT 2757 01:39:21,088 --> 01:39:22,790 TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF COUPLES, 2758 01:39:22,790 --> 01:39:24,158 YOU'RE EASILY BUMPING UP 2759 01:39:24,158 --> 01:39:26,560 AGAINST THE 100. SO WE THINK 150 2760 01:39:26,560 --> 01:39:27,661 MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. 2761 01:39:27,661 --> 01:39:31,332 CURRENTLY WE HAVE A TINY HOUSE 2762 01:39:31,332 --> 01:39:32,066 VILLAGE IN EVERY COUNCIL 2763 01:39:32,066 --> 01:39:35,836 DISTRICT. SO WE'VE BEEN THROUGH 2764 01:39:35,836 --> 01:39:37,671 THE WHOLE PROCESS OF WORKING 2765 01:39:37,671 --> 01:39:39,740 WITH MANY OF YOU IN THE 2766 01:39:39,740 --> 01:39:40,474 NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND COMMUNITY 2767 01:39:40,474 --> 01:39:42,710 NOTIFICATION. WE RIGHT NOW HAVE 2768 01:39:42,710 --> 01:39:44,611 11 TINY HOUSE VILLAGES IN 2769 01:39:44,611 --> 01:39:47,648 SEATTLE, FOUR IN KING COUNTY. WE 2770 01:39:47,648 --> 01:39:49,450 ARE REALLY PUSHING. WE WANT TO 2771 01:39:49,450 --> 01:39:51,852 THANK EXECUTIVE YESTERDAY FOR 2772 01:39:51,852 --> 01:39:53,387 HIS ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY TOO 2773 01:39:53,387 --> 01:39:56,056 FOR ADDING 500 SHELTER BEDS AND 2774 01:39:56,056 --> 01:39:57,458 HOUSING UNITS. SO RIGHT NOW FOUR 2775 01:39:57,458 --> 01:40:00,294 VILLAGES IN KING COUNTY, AND 2776 01:40:00,294 --> 01:40:05,899 THEN WE HAVE TWO LARGE ONES IN 2777 01:40:05,899 --> 01:40:07,868 TACOMA. AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY 2778 01:40:07,868 --> 01:40:09,870 INTERESTED IN EXPANDING THE USE 2779 01:40:09,870 --> 01:40:13,307 OF PUBLIC PROPERTY. SO FAR WE'VE 2780 01:40:13,307 --> 01:40:17,244 BEEN ON F.A.S. PROPERTY, SEATTLE 2781 01:40:17,244 --> 01:40:19,213 CITY LIGHT, SPU, ALSO SOUND 2782 01:40:19,213 --> 01:40:21,482 TRANSIT, PORT OF SEATTLE, AND 2783 01:40:21,482 --> 01:40:23,717 WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE 2784 01:40:23,717 --> 01:40:24,952 COUNTY FOR COUNTY, KING COUNTY 2785 01:40:24,952 --> 01:40:30,057 PROPERTY. SO THAT SHOULD HAPPEN 2786 01:40:30,057 --> 01:40:32,292 VERY SOON. AND THEN WE HAVE 2787 01:40:32,292 --> 01:40:33,160 THESE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY 2788 01:40:33,160 --> 01:40:33,894 FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE 2789 01:40:33,894 --> 01:40:36,063 CHURCHES THAT HAVE BEEN 2790 01:40:36,063 --> 01:40:37,297 SPONSORING TINY HOUSE VILLAGES. 2791 01:40:37,297 --> 01:40:40,834 SO WE FEEL THAT THE 150 IS 2792 01:40:40,834 --> 01:40:44,071 EASILY ACHIEVABLE, AND WE AGREE 2793 01:40:44,071 --> 01:40:45,172 WITH THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL THAT 2794 01:40:45,172 --> 01:40:48,509 MAYBE IN A RARE SITUATION, A 2795 01:40:48,509 --> 01:40:50,344 SPECIAL SITUATION THERE COULD BE 2796 01:40:50,344 --> 01:40:53,480 250. AND SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY 2797 01:40:53,480 --> 01:40:59,219 THAT THERE'S OTHER PRECEDENCE 2798 01:40:59,219 --> 01:41:00,187 AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE THIS 2799 01:41:00,187 --> 01:41:01,422 CAN WORK. AND THEN ALSO IF YOU 2800 01:41:01,422 --> 01:41:03,023 HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE HOPE 2801 01:41:03,023 --> 01:41:05,092 FACTORY TO BUILD A TINY HOUSE, 2802 01:41:05,092 --> 01:41:06,060 WE WELCOME YOU TO COME AND 2803 01:41:06,060 --> 01:41:07,461 ACTUALLY -- IF YOU DON'T WANT 2804 01:41:07,461 --> 01:41:10,898 TO BUILD IT, PAINT IT OR HELP 2805 01:41:10,898 --> 01:41:12,766 FURNISH IT. I THINK THAT WE 2806 01:41:12,766 --> 01:41:13,567 INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY AND 2807 01:41:13,567 --> 01:41:15,302 VOLUNTEERS AND NEIGHBORS, AND SO 2808 01:41:15,302 --> 01:41:18,372 IT'S BEEN -- WE'VE BEEN VERY 2809 01:41:18,372 --> 01:41:20,407 THRILLED WITH THE LEVEL OF 2810 01:41:20,407 --> 01:41:21,575 COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE WITH TINY 2811 01:41:21,575 --> 01:41:24,244 HOUSE VILLAGES BECAUSE PEOPLE 2812 01:41:24,244 --> 01:41:25,846 WOULD RATHER SUPPORT A TINY 2813 01:41:25,846 --> 01:41:27,881 HOUSE VILLAGE AND MAKE SURE 2814 01:41:27,881 --> 01:41:28,982 THEIR SIDEWALKS, DOORWAYS AND 2815 01:41:28,982 --> 01:41:30,117 ALLEYWAYS ARE NOT HAVING, YOU 2816 01:41:30,117 --> 01:41:31,552 KNOW, VULNERABLE PEOPLE HAVING 2817 01:41:31,552 --> 01:41:33,921 TO SLEEP OUTSIDE. SO I WANTED TO 2818 01:41:33,921 --> 01:41:37,758 SAY THAT ONE KEY THING ABOUT 2819 01:41:37,758 --> 01:41:41,261 LIHI IS WE ALSO OWN AND MANAGE 2820 01:41:41,261 --> 01:41:42,463 3,600 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE 2821 01:41:42,463 --> 01:41:43,230 HOUSING, INCLUDING PSH HOUSING. 2822 01:41:43,230 --> 01:41:46,900 SO WE PRIORITIZE THE PEOPLE FROM 2823 01:41:46,900 --> 01:41:48,135 TINY HOUSES INTO OUR HOUSING. 2824 01:41:48,135 --> 01:41:49,937 AND THEN THAT'S WHY IT'S SO 2825 01:41:49,937 --> 01:41:51,238 IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SERVICES, 2826 01:41:51,238 --> 01:41:52,339 AND WE HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND 2827 01:41:52,339 --> 01:41:56,310 BEHAVIOR HEALTH SO THAT WE CAN 2828 01:41:56,310 --> 01:41:57,744 MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S QUICKER 2829 01:41:57,744 --> 01:41:58,912 THROUGH-PUT. AND I KNOW THAT 2830 01:41:58,912 --> 01:42:01,315 IT'S, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BEEN 2831 01:42:01,315 --> 01:42:01,949 DEPRESSING ABOUT THE SITUATION 2832 01:42:01,949 --> 01:42:02,683 WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE 2833 01:42:02,683 --> 01:42:05,352 HOUSING, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN 2834 01:42:05,352 --> 01:42:06,186 INCREASE THROUGH-PUT, THEN WE 2835 01:42:06,186 --> 01:42:08,088 CAN FREE UP MORE SPACE, AND THEN 2836 01:42:08,088 --> 01:42:09,389 AS WE BUILD MORE TINY HOUSES, WE 2837 01:42:09,389 --> 01:42:12,025 CAN GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE OFF 2838 01:42:12,025 --> 01:42:16,864 THE STREETS. SO SO FAR LAST YEAR 2839 01:42:16,864 --> 01:42:20,534 WE HAD 1,600 MEN, WOMEN AND 2840 01:42:20,534 --> 01:42:23,036 CHILDREN LIVING IN -- SHELTERING 2841 01:42:23,036 --> 01:42:24,705 IN TINY HOUSES, SO IT'S A BIG 2842 01:42:24,705 --> 01:42:26,507 IMPACT. THAT MEANS 1,600 WOULD 2843 01:42:26,507 --> 01:42:29,109 NOT BE ON THE STREETS TODAY IF 2844 01:42:29,109 --> 01:42:30,511 IT WEREN'T FOR THE, YOU KNOW, 2845 01:42:30,511 --> 01:42:35,249 THE SUPPORT OF EVERYBODY TO GET 2846 01:42:35,249 --> 01:42:36,383 THEM HOUSED. I WANTED TO 2847 01:42:36,383 --> 01:42:37,050 INTRODUCE DONNA ANDERSON. SHE'S 2848 01:42:37,050 --> 01:42:38,385 THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER, 2849 01:42:38,385 --> 01:42:46,560 AND SHE'S IN CHARGE OF ALL THE 2850 01:42:46,560 --> 01:42:47,094 OPERATIONS AND SERVICES. 2851 01:42:47,094 --> 01:42:48,428 >> HI. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO 2852 01:42:48,428 --> 01:42:50,197 SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE 2853 01:42:50,197 --> 01:42:52,065 AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 2854 01:42:52,065 --> 01:42:54,101 THERE'S A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE 2855 01:42:54,101 --> 01:42:55,903 IN THIS ROOM TODAY, NOT ONLY US 2856 01:42:55,903 --> 01:42:57,471 FROM LIVED EXPERIENCES BUT ALL 2857 01:42:57,471 --> 01:42:58,705 THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE 2858 01:42:58,705 --> 01:43:00,541 HERE WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THIS 2859 01:43:00,541 --> 01:43:02,176 FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. SO I 2860 01:43:02,176 --> 01:43:03,143 JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR 2861 01:43:03,143 --> 01:43:04,945 LISTENING TO THOSE OF US WHO ARE 2862 01:43:04,945 --> 01:43:06,980 ON THE GROUND AND DO THIS WORK 2863 01:43:06,980 --> 01:43:08,649 EVERYDAY AND TAKING OUR OPINIONS 2864 01:43:08,649 --> 01:43:10,350 AND OUR KNOWLEDGE INTO 2865 01:43:10,350 --> 01:43:12,953 CONSIDERATION. SO WHAT IT WOULD 2866 01:43:12,953 --> 01:43:18,025 LOOK LIKE TO EXPAND INTO BIGGER 2867 01:43:18,025 --> 01:43:21,094 VILLAGES IS REALLY -- IT'S KEY 2868 01:43:21,094 --> 01:43:22,262 STAFFING. YOU'VE HEARD THE TERM 2869 01:43:22,262 --> 01:43:23,664 HIGH SUPPORT FUNDED ALL DAY, 2870 01:43:23,664 --> 01:43:24,998 RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. SO 2871 01:43:24,998 --> 01:43:27,901 A VILLAGE WITH 150 CLIENTS MAY 2872 01:43:27,901 --> 01:43:30,971 LOOK LIKE TWO SHELTER OPERATIONS 2873 01:43:30,971 --> 01:43:32,239 MANAGERS, RIGHT? SO THERE'S 2874 01:43:32,239 --> 01:43:33,674 SOMEONE THERE MORNING AND 2875 01:43:33,674 --> 01:43:36,043 EVENING, TWO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES 2876 01:43:36,043 --> 01:43:38,512 MANAGERS, ALONG WITH SIX CASE 2877 01:43:38,512 --> 01:43:39,413 MANAGERS, THREE BEHAVIORAL 2878 01:43:39,413 --> 01:43:41,415 HEALTH WORKERS, A TOTAL OF 25 2879 01:43:41,415 --> 01:43:43,884 SHELTER MONITORS WHICH MEANS 2880 01:43:43,884 --> 01:43:46,787 THERE WOULD BE FIVE SHELTER 2881 01:43:46,787 --> 01:43:48,889 MONITORS PER SHIFT. SO THAT'S 2882 01:43:48,889 --> 01:43:50,524 24/7 WHERE THERE'S FIVE 2883 01:43:50,524 --> 01:43:51,992 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO KEEP THE 2884 01:43:51,992 --> 01:43:54,061 GATE AND THE VILLAGE SAFE. AS 2885 01:43:54,061 --> 01:43:58,432 YOU GO UP TO THE 250, THE 2886 01:43:58,432 --> 01:44:00,934 STAFFING MODEL JUST INCREASES, 2887 01:44:00,934 --> 01:44:02,536 RIGHT? SO THREE SHELTER 2888 01:44:02,536 --> 01:44:04,771 OPERATIONS MANAGERS, 10 CASE 2889 01:44:04,771 --> 01:44:05,872 MANAGERS, FIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2890 01:44:05,872 --> 01:44:07,808 SPECIALISTS. THOSE BEHAVIORAL 2891 01:44:07,808 --> 01:44:10,210 HEALTH SPECIALISTS ARE NOT ONLY 2892 01:44:10,210 --> 01:44:11,845 ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH, BUT 2893 01:44:11,845 --> 01:44:12,980 THEY'RE ALSO ADDRESSING 2894 01:44:12,980 --> 01:44:14,181 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER FOR OUR 2895 01:44:14,181 --> 01:44:15,449 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE 2896 01:44:15,449 --> 01:44:18,919 STRUGGLING WITH THAT. AND THEN 2897 01:44:18,919 --> 01:44:21,688 YOU WOULD BUMP UP THAT 2898 01:44:21,688 --> 01:44:25,292 OPERATIONAL STAFF TO EIGHT PER 2899 01:44:25,292 --> 01:44:26,426 SHIFT, AND THAT'S KEEPING THE 2900 01:44:26,426 --> 01:44:27,527 VILLAGE SAFE INSIDE, RIGHT 2901 01:44:27,527 --> 01:44:30,597 AROUND THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER AND 2902 01:44:30,597 --> 01:44:31,732 THE GATE SAFE AS WELL. AND THEN 2903 01:44:31,732 --> 01:44:33,700 THIS IS KIND OF WHAT IT WOULD 2904 01:44:33,700 --> 01:44:36,770 LOOK LIKE IN A GRID. YOU CAN SEE 2905 01:44:36,770 --> 01:44:39,439 THE STAFFING. AND, AGAIN, THIS 2906 01:44:39,439 --> 01:44:40,240 IS JUST PRELIMINARY STAFFING. 2907 01:44:40,240 --> 01:44:43,543 THIS COULD CHANGE, RIGHT, AS WE 2908 01:44:43,543 --> 01:44:45,245 GET ON TO THOSE BIGGER SITES. 2909 01:44:45,245 --> 01:44:49,516 SAME THING, JUST KIND OF A 2910 01:44:49,516 --> 01:44:54,221 STAFFING PLAN IN A DIFFERENT WAY 2911 01:44:54,221 --> 01:44:56,490 WHAT THAT 24/7 SHIFT LOOKS LIKE. 2912 01:44:56,490 --> 01:44:59,526 AND THEN FOR THE SUPPORTIVE 2913 01:44:59,526 --> 01:45:00,360 SERVICES, SO OUR HOUSING CASE 2914 01:45:00,360 --> 01:45:03,530 MANAGERS, THEY DO A LOT OF 2915 01:45:03,530 --> 01:45:06,133 THINGS, RIGHT? YOU CAN SEE ON 2916 01:45:06,133 --> 01:45:09,102 THE SCREEN THEY'RE GETTING IDs, 2917 01:45:09,102 --> 01:45:10,537 THEY'RE GETTING BIRTH 2918 01:45:10,537 --> 01:45:11,805 CERTIFICATES, THEY'RE APPLYING 2919 01:45:11,805 --> 01:45:12,639 FOR S.N.A.P. BENEFITS, THEY'RE 2920 01:45:12,639 --> 01:45:16,009 WORKING MAYBE FAMILY 2921 01:45:16,009 --> 01:45:17,377 UNIFICATION, THEY'RE WORKING 2922 01:45:17,377 --> 01:45:19,279 WITH THE V.A., ABD, ORCA, ALL OF 2923 01:45:19,279 --> 01:45:22,015 THESE THINGS, SO IT'S NOT JUST 2924 01:45:22,015 --> 01:45:23,216 -- IT'S NOT JUST HOUSING. 2925 01:45:23,216 --> 01:45:25,686 THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS FOR 2926 01:45:25,686 --> 01:45:27,688 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS TO GET 2927 01:45:27,688 --> 01:45:28,755 HOUSED, AND MANY TIMES THAT 2928 01:45:28,755 --> 01:45:30,524 COMES WITH SIMPLY EVEN TRYING TO 2929 01:45:30,524 --> 01:45:32,526 FIND A BIRTH CERTIFICATE MAYBE 2930 01:45:32,526 --> 01:45:34,261 FROM ANOTHER STATE OR ANOTHER 2931 01:45:34,261 --> 01:45:36,430 COUNTRY TO GET ALL THOSE HOUSING 2932 01:45:36,430 --> 01:45:37,631 DOCUMENTS READY. AND THEN AS 2933 01:45:37,631 --> 01:45:38,832 WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT 2934 01:45:38,832 --> 01:45:40,100 HOUSING, WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO 2935 01:45:40,100 --> 01:45:41,735 THEM ABOUT TREATMENT AND HOW IT 2936 01:45:41,735 --> 01:45:43,670 LOOKS TO KEEP THEIR SPACE AND 2937 01:45:43,670 --> 01:45:45,405 HOW IT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, TO DO 2938 01:45:45,405 --> 01:45:48,308 ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO 2939 01:45:48,308 --> 01:45:49,509 DO, RIGHT, BECAUSE SOME FOLKS 2940 01:45:49,509 --> 01:45:51,144 HAVEN'T BEEN INSIDE FOUR WALLS 2941 01:45:51,144 --> 01:45:52,913 FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. SO 2942 01:45:52,913 --> 01:45:54,181 IT'S NOT JUST AS EASY AS 2943 01:45:54,181 --> 01:45:56,650 GETTING AN I.D. AND A SOCIAL 2944 01:45:56,650 --> 01:45:58,151 SECURITY CARD, THERE'S LOTS OF 2945 01:45:58,151 --> 01:46:00,554 THINGS THAT THOSE CASE MANAGERS 2946 01:46:00,554 --> 01:46:03,190 DO OUTSIDE OF THAT. AND THEN AS 2947 01:46:03,190 --> 01:46:06,960 FAR AS THE CODE OF CONDUCT, KIND 2948 01:46:06,960 --> 01:46:09,763 OF STANDARD IS CASE MANAGEMENT 2949 01:46:09,763 --> 01:46:10,530 PARTICIPATION IS REQUIRED. NO 2950 01:46:10,530 --> 01:46:12,132 ALCOHOL OR ILLEGAL DRUGS OR 2951 01:46:12,132 --> 01:46:14,234 MARIJUANA IN THE PUBLIC SPACES 2952 01:46:14,234 --> 01:46:16,169 OF THE VILLAGE. SO WANT TO BE 2953 01:46:16,169 --> 01:46:18,472 SURE YOU GUYS HEARD THAT, IN THE 2954 01:46:18,472 --> 01:46:20,407 PUBLIC SPACES OF THE VILLAGE. WE 2955 01:46:20,407 --> 01:46:23,677 ALSO DO NOT ALLOW LOITERING, 2956 01:46:23,677 --> 01:46:24,244 TRESPASSING OR DISTURBING 2957 01:46:24,244 --> 01:46:25,178 NEIGHBORS, RIGHT? WE ADDRESS 2958 01:46:25,178 --> 01:46:25,912 THOSE ISSUES HEAD ON WITH 2959 01:46:25,912 --> 01:46:28,248 NEIGHBORS THAT COME AND SAY THEY 2960 01:46:28,248 --> 01:46:31,918 MAY HAVE HAD A PROBLEM POSSIBLY 2961 01:46:31,918 --> 01:46:32,786 WITH ONE OF OUR SHELTER 2962 01:46:32,786 --> 01:46:33,920 PARTICIPANTS. AND THEN WE'LL 2963 01:46:33,920 --> 01:46:34,588 ADDRESS THAT WITH THE NEIGHBOR, 2964 01:46:34,588 --> 01:46:37,090 AND WE'LL ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH 2965 01:46:37,090 --> 01:46:40,293 THE PARTICIPANT. AND THEY MUST 2966 01:46:40,293 --> 01:46:42,295 COMPLY WITH ALL SHELTER 2967 01:46:42,295 --> 01:46:46,500 PROPERTY, CITY AND STATE 2968 01:46:46,500 --> 01:46:48,168 REGULATIONS AND POLICIES. THIS 2969 01:46:48,168 --> 01:46:49,369 SLIDE IS CURRENTLY CAN'T SECOND 2970 01:46:49,369 --> 01:46:49,970 CHANCE. JON MENTIONED IT 2971 01:46:49,970 --> 01:46:51,805 EARLIER. SO THIS IS WHAT IT 2972 01:46:51,805 --> 01:46:55,075 LOOKS LIKE NOW WITH ALL THE 2973 01:46:55,075 --> 01:46:56,610 ORANGE DOTS BEING SECURITY 2974 01:46:56,610 --> 01:46:58,145 CAMERAS. YOU CAN SEE GATES, 2975 01:46:58,145 --> 01:47:01,148 ENTRANCES, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE 2976 01:47:01,148 --> 01:47:03,083 FIRE ACCESS IS, SO THAT IS JUST 2977 01:47:03,083 --> 01:47:05,252 KIND OF -- THAT'S OUR SAFETY 2978 01:47:05,252 --> 01:47:07,053 PLAN, RIGHT? IT SHOWS WHERE OUR 2979 01:47:07,053 --> 01:47:10,123 CAMERAS ARE SO STAFF CAN SEE. 2980 01:47:10,123 --> 01:47:12,225 AND IT ALSO SHOWS YOU'LL 2981 01:47:12,225 --> 01:47:13,493 NOTICED OUTLINED IN BLUE 2982 01:47:13,493 --> 01:47:14,461 THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT STAFF 2983 01:47:14,461 --> 01:47:16,997 OFFICES, SO BOTH OF THOSE 2984 01:47:16,997 --> 01:47:17,597 OFFICES ARE STAFFED 24/7. SO 2985 01:47:17,597 --> 01:47:18,732 THERE'S NOT JUST STAFF IN THE 2986 01:47:18,732 --> 01:47:20,100 FRONT, THERE'S STAFF IN THE 2987 01:47:20,100 --> 01:47:24,671 BACK THAT CAN SEE THAT BACK HALF 2988 01:47:24,671 --> 01:47:25,172 AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. 2989 01:47:25,172 --> 01:47:28,241 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH 2990 01:47:28,241 --> 01:47:29,976 FOR THAT PRESENTATION. WE'RE 2991 01:47:29,976 --> 01:47:34,481 GOING TO MOVE OVER TO CHLOE GALE 2992 01:47:34,481 --> 01:47:35,515 WITH EVERGREEN TREATMENT 2993 01:47:35,515 --> 01:47:39,986 SERVICES. AND I'LL GET YOUR 2994 01:47:39,986 --> 01:47:40,620 PRESENTATION UP MOMENTARILY. 2995 01:47:40,620 --> 01:47:42,222 >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, 2996 01:47:42,222 --> 01:47:43,490 EVERYONE. AS WAY OF 2997 01:47:43,490 --> 01:47:44,558 INTRODUCTION, I'M CHLOE GALE, 2998 01:47:44,558 --> 01:47:48,829 CURRENTLY VP OF POLICY AND 2999 01:47:48,829 --> 01:47:49,563 ADVOCACY FOR EVERGREEN TREATMENT 3000 01:47:49,563 --> 01:47:52,766 SERVICES. WE ARE A LOCAL LEADER 3001 01:47:52,766 --> 01:47:55,235 IN OPIOID TREATMENT FOR OVER 50 3002 01:47:55,235 --> 01:47:58,705 YEARS, DAILY IN OUR CLINICS, AND 3003 01:47:58,705 --> 01:48:00,507 IN OUR TREATMENT EMOTION VAN, WE 3004 01:48:00,507 --> 01:48:01,041 SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1,200 3005 01:48:01,041 --> 01:48:04,511 PATIENTS A DAY. AND THEN OUR 3006 01:48:04,511 --> 01:48:06,947 REACH PROGRAM PROVIDES STREET 3007 01:48:06,947 --> 01:48:07,581 OUTREACH, INTENSIVE CASE 3008 01:48:07,581 --> 01:48:10,851 MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY JUSTICE, 3009 01:48:10,851 --> 01:48:12,285 DIVERSION WORK WITH OUR LAW 3010 01:48:12,285 --> 01:48:13,887 ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS THROUGH THE 3011 01:48:13,887 --> 01:48:14,855 LEAD PROGRAM. AND THEN ONGOING 3012 01:48:14,855 --> 01:48:15,655 HOUSING SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY 3013 01:48:15,655 --> 01:48:19,493 FOR THOSE WHO ARE USING 3014 01:48:19,493 --> 01:48:20,627 SUBSTANCES IN THE COMMUNITY. 3015 01:48:20,627 --> 01:48:21,761 NEXT SLIDE. I WANTED TO TALK A 3016 01:48:21,761 --> 01:48:24,164 LITTLE BIT ABOUT AS THIS PROJECT 3017 01:48:24,164 --> 01:48:25,332 WAS COMING FORWARD, THE MAYOR'S 3018 01:48:25,332 --> 01:48:26,633 OFFICE ASKED US A LITTLE BIT 3019 01:48:26,633 --> 01:48:28,835 ABOUT DATA, FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING 3020 01:48:28,835 --> 01:48:29,870 OUTSIDE THAT WE ENCOUNTER, WE 3021 01:48:29,870 --> 01:48:32,205 HAVE 150 REACH STAFF WHO ARE 3022 01:48:32,205 --> 01:48:33,974 DAILY DOING STREET OUTREACH, AND 3023 01:48:33,974 --> 01:48:36,476 WHEN WE LOOKED INTO OUR DATA, WE 3024 01:48:36,476 --> 01:48:38,245 FOUND THAT CLOSE TO 4,000 PEOPLE 3025 01:48:38,245 --> 01:48:39,479 WERE CONNECTED WITH OUR STAFF 3026 01:48:39,479 --> 01:48:42,616 LAST YEAR. AND WHEN WE ASKED 3027 01:48:42,616 --> 01:48:45,285 THEM FOR WHAT SERVICES THEY 3028 01:48:45,285 --> 01:48:46,853 WANTED, OVER 60% REQUESTED 3029 01:48:46,853 --> 01:48:50,090 SUPPORT WITH MENTAL HEALTH, 3030 01:48:50,090 --> 01:48:50,757 MEDICAL AND SUBSTANCE USE NEEDS. 3031 01:48:50,757 --> 01:48:52,659 SO THIS HAS TOLD US THAT THE 3032 01:48:52,659 --> 01:48:54,194 MAJORITY OF PEOPLE LIVING 3033 01:48:54,194 --> 01:48:56,162 OUTSIDE WANT SUPPORT FOR THEIR 3034 01:48:56,162 --> 01:48:56,830 PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. 3035 01:48:56,830 --> 01:49:02,002 I THINK -- YOU GOT TO HEAR TAMMY 3036 01:49:02,002 --> 01:49:03,169 GREEN EARLIER, ONE OF OUR 3037 01:49:03,169 --> 01:49:05,105 PROVIDERS AT SOTO WHO'S AN 3038 01:49:05,105 --> 01:49:06,539 EXPERT IN LIVED EXPERIENCE 3039 01:49:06,539 --> 01:49:08,542 AROUND WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH 3040 01:49:08,542 --> 01:49:09,175 SUBSTANCE USE. AND I THINK SHE 3041 01:49:09,175 --> 01:49:10,944 WOULD SAY THIS NUMBER COULD BE 3042 01:49:10,944 --> 01:49:12,612 POSSIBLY MUCH HIGHER IN TERMS OF 3043 01:49:12,612 --> 01:49:16,216 PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY ASKING 3044 01:49:16,216 --> 01:49:20,020 FOR SUPPORT. SO WHAT WE BELIEVE 3045 01:49:20,020 --> 01:49:22,055 IS THAT PEOPLE WANT HEALTH AND 3046 01:49:22,055 --> 01:49:25,058 RECOVERY CARE, BUT THEY CANNOT 3047 01:49:25,058 --> 01:49:26,059 MANAGE THOSE TREATMENT SYSTEMS 3048 01:49:26,059 --> 01:49:27,360 FROM THE STREET. AND OFTEN THEIR 3049 01:49:27,360 --> 01:49:30,797 UNMET NEEDS PREVENT THEM FROM 3050 01:49:30,797 --> 01:49:33,500 SUCCEEDING IN OUR SHELTER 3051 01:49:33,500 --> 01:49:35,735 SYSTEM. YOU'VE HEARD FROM MANY, 3052 01:49:35,735 --> 01:49:37,837 MANY PEOPLE, FOLKS ON THE 3053 01:49:37,837 --> 01:49:40,507 PROVIDERS, NEIGHBORS, PARTNERS, 3054 01:49:40,507 --> 01:49:41,374 BUSINESS LEADERS ALL ASKING FOR 3055 01:49:41,374 --> 01:49:42,008 SERVICE-RICH SHELTER PROGRAMS. 3056 01:49:42,008 --> 01:49:46,913 SO I'M GOING TO LEAD WITH A 3057 01:49:46,913 --> 01:49:47,814 COUPLE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR 3058 01:49:47,814 --> 01:49:49,349 ORGANIZATION. WE WANT TO BE A 3059 01:49:49,349 --> 01:49:50,283 CLOSE PARTNER IN BOTH DESIGNING 3060 01:49:50,283 --> 01:49:53,520 THE CARE AND SUPPORTING THE CARE 3061 01:49:53,520 --> 01:49:55,322 AS WE GO ALONG. SO THE FIRST IS 3062 01:49:55,322 --> 01:49:57,424 AROUND MATCHING EACH PERSON TO 3063 01:49:57,424 --> 01:49:58,959 THEIR SHELTER NEEDS. YOU GOT TO 3064 01:49:58,959 --> 01:50:01,361 MEET A COUPLE OF OUR FOLKS TODAY 3065 01:50:01,361 --> 01:50:07,434 AND ON MONDAY WHO ARE OUT ON THE 3066 01:50:07,434 --> 01:50:09,102 STREET EVERYDAY. THEY KEEP 3067 01:50:09,102 --> 01:50:10,403 HELPING PEOPLE BUILD TRUSTING 3068 01:50:10,403 --> 01:50:11,338 RELATIONSHIPS. GENERALLY WHAT WE 3069 01:50:11,338 --> 01:50:13,840 FIND WHEN WE WORK WITH PROJECTS 3070 01:50:13,840 --> 01:50:17,043 LIKE THE JUST CARE PROGRAM, THE 3071 01:50:17,043 --> 01:50:18,878 STATE RIGHT OF MODEL, THE LEERY 3072 01:50:18,878 --> 01:50:19,879 WAY IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH 3073 01:50:19,879 --> 01:50:20,880 COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS IS THAT 3074 01:50:20,880 --> 01:50:22,015 OVER 90% OF THE PEOPLE WE 3075 01:50:22,015 --> 01:50:22,882 ENCOUNTER ARE READY TO COME 3076 01:50:22,882 --> 01:50:25,118 INSIDE IF WE CAN GIVE THEM THE 3077 01:50:25,118 --> 01:50:28,321 RIGHT SPACE AND THE RIGHT ARRAY 3078 01:50:28,321 --> 01:50:30,590 OF SERVICES AND IF THEY HAVE THE 3079 01:50:30,590 --> 01:50:31,825 SENSE OF ONGOING, THIS 3080 01:50:31,825 --> 01:50:37,731 ENGAGEMENT IN SHELTER WILL MOVE 3081 01:50:37,731 --> 01:50:38,965 THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. SO 3082 01:50:38,965 --> 01:50:41,801 COUPLE WE SUPPORT CREATING A 3083 01:50:41,801 --> 01:50:43,570 LOCAL PRIORITY FOR SHELTER 3084 01:50:43,570 --> 01:50:46,706 OPTIONS. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW A 3085 01:50:46,706 --> 01:50:48,508 LOT OF SHELTER REFERRALS ARE ON 3086 01:50:48,508 --> 01:50:49,175 FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. 3087 01:50:49,175 --> 01:50:51,878 AND WE KNOW BECAUSE WE WORK 3088 01:50:51,878 --> 01:50:54,648 CLOSELY WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES 3089 01:50:54,648 --> 01:50:58,018 THAT THEY ALSO WANT THEIR 3090 01:50:58,018 --> 01:50:58,685 VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS INSIDE. I 3091 01:50:58,685 --> 01:51:00,920 THINK AS SHARON MENTIONED, 3092 01:51:00,920 --> 01:51:01,921 PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEIR 3093 01:51:01,921 --> 01:51:02,555 VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS IN THEIR 3094 01:51:02,555 --> 01:51:04,391 DOOWAYS, THEY WANT THEM INSIDE 3095 01:51:04,391 --> 01:51:05,692 WHERE THEY CAN GET SERVICES. WE 3096 01:51:05,692 --> 01:51:06,826 WOULD DO THAT IN PARTNERSHIP 3097 01:51:06,826 --> 01:51:07,994 WITH WHAT PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT, 3098 01:51:07,994 --> 01:51:09,829 WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE AND ALSO 3099 01:51:09,829 --> 01:51:11,698 SERVICES THAT MATCH THEIR NEED 3100 01:51:11,698 --> 01:51:16,803 ON SITE. WE ALSO RECOMMEND 3101 01:51:16,803 --> 01:51:18,605 BRINGING A TRANSFER OPTION FOR 3102 01:51:18,605 --> 01:51:19,205 PEOPLE. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW 3103 01:51:19,205 --> 01:51:19,939 SOMEONE GENERALLY HAS TO BECOME 3104 01:51:19,939 --> 01:51:22,942 HOMELESS AGAIN IN ORDER TO 3105 01:51:22,942 --> 01:51:25,845 ACCESS A DIFFERENT FACILITY AND 3106 01:51:25,845 --> 01:51:26,613 ALSO PEOPLE'S NEEDS CHANGE OVER 3107 01:51:26,613 --> 01:51:28,982 TIME. SO WE MAY FIND THEY'RE 3108 01:51:28,982 --> 01:51:30,417 GOING TO BE BETTER SERVED 3109 01:51:30,417 --> 01:51:31,017 SOMEWHERE. BECAUSE WE'RE 3110 01:51:31,017 --> 01:51:32,052 SUBSTANCE ABUSE EXPERTS, I JUST 3111 01:51:32,052 --> 01:51:35,121 WANT TO SAY THAT RECOVERY FOR 3112 01:51:35,121 --> 01:51:37,957 SUBSTANCE USE AND ADDICTION IN 3113 01:51:37,957 --> 01:51:39,392 PARTICULAR IS NOT A LINEAR 3114 01:51:39,392 --> 01:51:39,893 PROCESS. MOST EVERYONE 3115 01:51:39,893 --> 01:51:41,661 FREQUENTLY AS THIS GO ON THAT 3116 01:51:41,661 --> 01:51:42,695 PATHWAY HAVE TO HAVE SEVERAL 3117 01:51:42,695 --> 01:51:43,997 DIFFERENT TRIES AND TO FIGURE 3118 01:51:43,997 --> 01:51:45,999 OUT WHAT WORKS FOR THEM. SO WE 3119 01:51:45,999 --> 01:51:48,268 WANT TO HAVE AN OPT-IN MODEL IN 3120 01:51:48,268 --> 01:51:49,069 TERMS OF OUR SHELTER ARRAY THAT 3121 01:51:49,069 --> 01:51:51,438 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COME 3122 01:51:51,438 --> 01:51:52,572 INSIDE AND STAY INSIDE, AND OUR 3123 01:51:52,572 --> 01:51:57,911 PROVIDERS GET TO WORK WITH EACH 3124 01:51:57,911 --> 01:52:03,616 OTHER TO SUSTAIN THAT OVER TIME. 3125 01:52:03,616 --> 01:52:06,086 I LOST THIS SLIDE. OUR SECOND 3126 01:52:06,086 --> 01:52:11,558 RECOMMENDATION IS REALLY AROUND 3127 01:52:11,558 --> 01:52:12,192 MODELS OF OPIOID TREATMENT. SO 3128 01:52:12,192 --> 01:52:14,894 RIGHT NOW THE BEST MODEL FOR 3129 01:52:14,894 --> 01:52:16,096 OPIOID TREATMENT INCLUDES 3130 01:52:16,096 --> 01:52:18,998 MEDICATION. AND I WANTED TO NAME 3131 01:52:18,998 --> 01:52:19,599 TWO EXCELLENT BECAUSE THIS IS 3132 01:52:19,599 --> 01:52:22,335 WHAT WE DO, I WANTED TO NAME TWO 3133 01:52:22,335 --> 01:52:23,603 EXCELLENT MODELS THAT COULD WORK 3134 01:52:23,603 --> 01:52:26,673 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE NEW 3135 01:52:26,673 --> 01:52:30,643 SHELTER SITES. SO ONE IS OUR 3136 01:52:30,643 --> 01:52:31,478 OPIOID DISPENSARIES. THERE'S A 3137 01:52:31,478 --> 01:52:33,213 NEW STATEWIDE -- WE HAVE 3138 01:52:33,213 --> 01:52:37,016 TREATMENT IN MOTION VANS THAT 3139 01:52:37,016 --> 01:52:38,184 CAN DELIVER MEDICATION 3140 01:52:38,184 --> 01:52:38,852 DISPENSARIES RIGHT DOWNTOWN TO 3141 01:52:38,852 --> 01:52:41,421 PEOPLE IN ISOLATED AREAS, BUT WE 3142 01:52:41,421 --> 01:52:43,556 ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX 3143 01:52:43,556 --> 01:52:44,791 SITE DISPENSARIES WHERE WE COULD 3144 01:52:44,791 --> 01:52:46,426 BRING MEDICATION AND TREATMENT 3145 01:52:46,426 --> 01:52:47,460 PROVIDERS DAILY IF THAT DESIGN 3146 01:52:47,460 --> 01:52:49,729 IS BUILT INTO THESE NEW SHELTER 3147 01:52:49,729 --> 01:52:51,464 OPTIONS. SO THAT'S ONE OPTION 3148 01:52:51,464 --> 01:52:59,472 WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE. THE 3149 01:52:59,472 --> 01:52:59,973 SECOND IS A LONG-ACTING 3150 01:52:59,973 --> 01:53:03,576 INJECTABLE BUPHRENORPHINE MODEL. 3151 01:53:03,576 --> 01:53:06,179 IT'S DONE A BRILLIANT JOB OF 3152 01:53:06,179 --> 01:53:09,149 GETTING PEOPLE WITH CHAOTIC 3153 01:53:09,149 --> 01:53:10,650 LIVES ON TREATMENT AND 3154 01:53:10,650 --> 01:53:12,051 MEDICATION RIGHT AWAY. WHEN WE 3155 01:53:12,051 --> 01:53:13,186 SEE PEOPLE USING DRUGS OUTSIDE, 3156 01:53:13,186 --> 01:53:15,522 IT IS TYPICALLY NOT JUST ONE 3157 01:53:15,522 --> 01:53:16,456 DRUG. FENTANYL IS CERTAINLY THE 3158 01:53:16,456 --> 01:53:17,624 HIGHEST RISK FOR OVERDOSE DEATH 3159 01:53:17,624 --> 01:53:20,059 IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT MOST 3160 01:53:20,059 --> 01:53:21,661 PEOPLE ARE USING MULTIPLE 3161 01:53:21,661 --> 01:53:23,029 SUBSTANCES, AND YOU KNOW AS 3162 01:53:23,029 --> 01:53:24,164 SHELTER PROVIDERS THAT WE NEED 3163 01:53:24,164 --> 01:53:25,765 TO MANAGE ALL OF THOSE. WE 3164 01:53:25,765 --> 01:53:27,100 CAN'T JUST WORK WITH ONE, SO WE 3165 01:53:27,100 --> 01:53:28,501 ALSO HAVE TO WORK WITH THE 3166 01:53:28,501 --> 01:53:29,836 TRAUMA THAT THEY'RE COMING ON 3167 01:53:29,836 --> 01:53:33,740 BOARD WITH, MENTAL HEALTH 3168 01:53:33,740 --> 01:53:34,274 CONDITIONS AND MEDICAL 3169 01:53:34,274 --> 01:53:35,208 CONDITIONS. IT IS HEARTBREAKING 3170 01:53:35,208 --> 01:53:37,210 FOR US WHEN WE KNOW WE HAVE A 3171 01:53:37,210 --> 01:53:38,545 PERFECT ARRAY OF SERVICES IN ONE 3172 01:53:38,545 --> 01:53:39,712 LOCATION, BUT BECAUSE THERE ARE 3173 01:53:39,712 --> 01:53:41,014 MEDICAL NEEDS WE CAN'T MEET, 3174 01:53:41,014 --> 01:53:42,482 THIS PERSON IS NOW GOING TO HAVE 3175 01:53:42,482 --> 01:53:44,617 TO STAY ON THE STREET UNTIL WE 3176 01:53:44,617 --> 01:53:46,486 CAN FIND A BETTER SITUATION. 3177 01:53:46,486 --> 01:53:49,923 FINALLY I'M JUST GOING TO NAME 3178 01:53:49,923 --> 01:53:50,823 WHOLE PERSON CARE, INTEGRATING 3179 01:53:50,823 --> 01:53:53,426 MODELS, AS I'VE JUST SAID, 3180 01:53:53,426 --> 01:53:54,828 AROUND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE 3181 01:53:54,828 --> 01:53:56,796 THINGS ARE ACCESSIBLE AND THAT 3182 01:53:56,796 --> 01:53:59,432 PEOPLE WITH COMPLICATED NEEDS 3183 01:53:59,432 --> 01:54:00,867 CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO GET 3184 01:54:00,867 --> 01:54:02,468 SUPPORT. AND I WANTED TO CALL 3185 01:54:02,468 --> 01:54:05,138 OUT A FEW OF OURS BECAUSE WE 3186 01:54:05,138 --> 01:54:06,206 LOVE PARTNERING WITH OUR MANY 3187 01:54:06,206 --> 01:54:07,307 DIFFERENT DIVERSE SHELTER 3188 01:54:07,307 --> 01:54:09,108 MODELS, AND I DO THINK HAVING 3189 01:54:09,108 --> 01:54:09,742 MULTIPLE TYPES OF PARTNERS IS 3190 01:54:09,742 --> 01:54:11,077 CRITICAL TO SUCCESS. I'M GOING 3191 01:54:11,077 --> 01:54:13,379 TO CALL OUT A FEW THINGS, I'VE 3192 01:54:13,379 --> 01:54:14,747 GOTTEN TO SPEAK WITH SHARON LEE 3193 01:54:14,747 --> 01:54:15,682 RECENTLY ABOUT, ONE OF THE 3194 01:54:15,682 --> 01:54:18,017 SPACES THAT HAS A LOT OF 3195 01:54:18,017 --> 01:54:19,786 PREGNANT WOMEN IN IT, AND 3196 01:54:19,786 --> 01:54:21,421 THEY'VE ACTUALLY INVOLVED THE 3197 01:54:21,421 --> 01:54:23,890 SERVICES OF A DOULA BECAUSE THEY 3198 01:54:23,890 --> 01:54:24,724 HAVE SO MANY YOUNG PREGNANT 3199 01:54:24,724 --> 01:54:27,160 WOMEN THERE THAT THEY NEEDED TO 3200 01:54:27,160 --> 01:54:28,661 BRING IN EXTRA SUPPORT. THE 3201 01:54:28,661 --> 01:54:30,263 SECOND IS THE COLEAD MODEL WHERE 3202 01:54:30,263 --> 01:54:31,831 SOMEONE HAS HAD SOME KIND OF 3203 01:54:31,831 --> 01:54:33,366 CRIMINAL LAW VIOLATION AS PART 3204 01:54:33,366 --> 01:54:34,968 OF THEIR PROCESS, AND THEY BRING 3205 01:54:34,968 --> 01:54:38,037 LEGAL SYSTEM ADVOCATES SO THAT 3206 01:54:38,037 --> 01:54:39,138 THE LEGAL BARRIERS ARE NOT 3207 01:54:39,138 --> 01:54:40,707 PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM GETTING 3208 01:54:40,707 --> 01:54:41,808 HOUSING AND SERVICES. AND 3209 01:54:41,808 --> 01:54:42,909 FINALLY CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB IS 3210 01:54:42,909 --> 01:54:46,246 NOT HERE, BUT I REALLY WANT TO 3211 01:54:46,246 --> 01:54:47,447 NAME THAT THEY HAVE CREATED 3212 01:54:47,447 --> 01:54:48,615 BEAUTIFUL SPACES TO CONNECT 3213 01:54:48,615 --> 01:54:49,983 PEOPLE TO THEIR NATIVE CULTURES 3214 01:54:49,983 --> 01:54:52,652 SO THEY CAN HEAL IN 3215 01:54:52,652 --> 01:54:53,319 COLLABORATION WITH THEIR FAMILY 3216 01:54:53,319 --> 01:54:54,988 MEMBERS. WE CAN HELP DESCRIBE 3217 01:54:54,988 --> 01:54:56,322 WHAT IS NEEDED FOR FOLKS 3218 01:54:56,322 --> 01:54:59,559 OUTSIDE, AND WE WANT TO BRING 3219 01:54:59,559 --> 01:55:01,327 SERVICES TO CONTINUE THEIR PATH 3220 01:55:01,327 --> 01:55:02,528 TO RECOVERY. 3221 01:55:02,528 --> 01:55:04,931 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE 3222 01:55:04,931 --> 01:55:06,833 JOINING US FROM TAMPA, FLORIDA, 3223 01:55:06,833 --> 01:55:09,369 MAGGIE ROGERS WHO'S THE 3224 01:55:09,369 --> 01:55:10,770 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CATHOLIC 3225 01:55:10,770 --> 01:55:12,739 CHARITIES AND THE OPERATOR OF 3226 01:55:12,739 --> 01:55:14,607 TAMPA HOPE WHICH WAS IN OUR 3227 01:55:14,607 --> 01:55:15,875 PRESENTATION. MAGGIE, IF YOU 3228 01:55:15,875 --> 01:55:17,844 WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE 3229 01:55:17,844 --> 01:55:19,178 YOURSELF OFF MUTE, I WILL GO 3230 01:55:19,178 --> 01:55:20,947 AHEAD AND SHARE THE SLIDE, AND 3231 01:55:20,947 --> 01:55:23,416 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET 3232 01:55:23,416 --> 01:55:26,219 STARTED. THANK YOU FOR JOINING 3233 01:55:26,219 --> 01:55:26,586 US TODAY. 3234 01:55:26,586 --> 01:55:28,321 >> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 3235 01:55:28,321 --> 01:55:29,622 CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? 3236 01:55:29,622 --> 01:55:29,922 >> YES. 3237 01:55:29,922 --> 01:55:32,125 >> WONDERFUL. LIKE YOU SAID, 3238 01:55:32,125 --> 01:55:34,661 I'M MAGGIE ROJ, THE CEO FOR 3239 01:55:34,661 --> 01:55:35,495 CATHOLIC CHARITIES, DIOCESE OF 3240 01:55:35,495 --> 01:55:37,363 ST. PAUL'S. WE HAVE FIVE 3241 01:55:37,363 --> 01:55:39,299 COUNTIES OF ABOUT 265 STAFF. WE 3242 01:55:39,299 --> 01:55:41,467 HAVE A BROAD ARRAY OF SERVICES, 3243 01:55:41,467 --> 01:55:45,872 ABOUT 2,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE 3244 01:55:45,872 --> 01:55:47,140 HOUSING, FOUR PREGNANCY CENTERS, 3245 01:55:47,140 --> 01:55:48,508 FOUR MEDICAL CLINICS, RENT 3246 01:55:48,508 --> 01:55:50,376 PROGRAMS, NAME IT, WE'VE DONE 3247 01:55:50,376 --> 01:55:51,844 IT. WE HAVE SIX HOMELESS 3248 01:55:51,844 --> 01:55:52,779 SHELTERS DATING BACK TO JUST 3249 01:55:52,779 --> 01:55:55,548 OVER 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE OPENED 3250 01:55:55,548 --> 01:55:58,551 OUR FIRST ONE IN THE 1990s FOR 3251 01:55:58,551 --> 01:55:59,953 THOSE WITH HIV-AIDS. AND WHAT 3252 01:55:59,953 --> 01:56:01,954 WE'VE REALLY BUILT IS A MODEL 3253 01:56:01,954 --> 01:56:04,457 WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND TO 3254 01:56:04,457 --> 01:56:07,260 A CRISIS QUICKLY. AND SO 20 3255 01:56:07,260 --> 01:56:12,765 YEARS AGO, WE OPENED OUR FIRST 3256 01:56:12,765 --> 01:56:16,102 SHELTER, LARGE SHELTER, PINELLAS 3257 01:56:16,102 --> 01:56:18,271 HOPE IN RESPONSE TO TENT 3258 01:56:18,271 --> 01:56:19,739 SLASHING. THAT HAS 156 3259 01:56:19,739 --> 01:56:21,174 APARTMENTS IN THE BACK. AND THEN 3260 01:56:21,174 --> 01:56:23,843 WE LOOK TO REPRESENTLY CASE THAT 3261 01:56:23,843 --> 01:56:27,080 AND ENDED UP WITH TAMPA HOPE. WE 3262 01:56:27,080 --> 01:56:28,181 CLOSED ON THAT PROPERTY IN 3263 01:56:28,181 --> 01:56:29,482 NOVEMBER OF '21, AND IN 3264 01:56:29,482 --> 01:56:31,084 DECEMBER OF '21, LESS THAN A 3265 01:56:31,084 --> 01:56:33,920 MONTH LATER, WE OPENED UP WITH 3266 01:56:33,920 --> 01:56:36,789 100 TENTS UP ON PLATFORMS, AND 3267 01:56:36,789 --> 01:56:38,925 THEN MOVED TO ANOTHER 125 AND 3268 01:56:38,925 --> 01:56:41,127 THEN WENT TO 200 SOMETHING. WE 3269 01:56:41,127 --> 01:56:45,531 ARE NOW AT 215 COTTAGES MADE BY 3270 01:56:45,531 --> 01:56:46,532 THE PALLET COMPANY, 116 TENTS. 3271 01:56:46,532 --> 01:56:48,401 WE HAVE 345 PEOPLE ON THE CAMPUS 3272 01:56:48,401 --> 01:56:49,902 EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. AND THAT'S 3273 01:56:49,902 --> 01:56:51,104 BECAUSE SOME OF COTTAGES ARE 3274 01:56:51,104 --> 01:56:53,439 MADE FOR TWO PEOPLE, SOME ARE 3275 01:56:53,439 --> 01:56:56,309 NOT. AND I'LL PUSH THE CAMPUS 3276 01:56:56,309 --> 01:56:57,710 TO OVER 400 IN 2027, AND I'D 3277 01:56:57,710 --> 01:56:59,445 LIKE TO GET AS CLOSE TO 500 IF 3278 01:56:59,445 --> 01:57:00,813 POSSIBLE. AND THE ONLY REASON I 3279 01:57:00,813 --> 01:57:03,516 WOULD NOT DO THAT IS IF I RUN 3280 01:57:03,516 --> 01:57:06,519 OUT OF LAND. SINCE WE HAVE 3281 01:57:06,519 --> 01:57:08,020 OPENED, WE HAVE SERVED NEARLY 3282 01:57:08,020 --> 01:57:10,289 2,000 PEOPLE, AND 40% HAVE MOVED 3283 01:57:10,289 --> 01:57:10,857 TO PERMANENT HOUSING. AND, 3284 01:57:10,857 --> 01:57:12,258 REALLY, THE SUCCESS OF THE 3285 01:57:12,258 --> 01:57:13,326 PROGRAM IS THAT IT'S NOT 3286 01:57:13,326 --> 01:57:14,794 CATHOLIC CHARITIES DOING ALL OF 3287 01:57:14,794 --> 01:57:15,695 THE WORK. IT'S REALLY US 3288 01:57:15,695 --> 01:57:17,697 BRINGING IN ALL OF THE PARTNERS 3289 01:57:17,697 --> 01:57:19,699 THAT DO THEIR GREAT WORK, 3290 01:57:19,699 --> 01:57:20,733 ALLOWING THEM TO USE OUR 3291 01:57:20,733 --> 01:57:24,470 FACILITY AND DO WHAT THEY DO 3292 01:57:24,470 --> 01:57:25,705 BEST. AND SO INTAKE AT OUR 3293 01:57:25,705 --> 01:57:29,475 SHELTER IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR 3294 01:57:29,475 --> 01:57:30,076 BIGGEST PARTNERS, IT'S OUR 3295 01:57:30,076 --> 01:57:31,077 POLICE ENTITIES. AND SO POLICE, 3296 01:57:31,077 --> 01:57:33,246 AS WELL AS OTHER OUTREACH TEAMS 3297 01:57:33,246 --> 01:57:35,281 IN THE COMMUNITY HELP US BRING 3298 01:57:35,281 --> 01:57:37,917 THE FOLKS INTO TO TAMPA HOPE. WE 3299 01:57:37,917 --> 01:57:40,019 DO NOT DO ANY -- THERE'S NO 3300 01:57:40,019 --> 01:57:41,287 BACKGROUND TEST, YOU KNOW, 3301 01:57:41,287 --> 01:57:42,088 THERE'S NO BACKGROUND CHECKS 3302 01:57:42,088 --> 01:57:43,689 GIVEN. WE DON'T DO DRUG TESTING 3303 01:57:43,689 --> 01:57:44,824 AT INTAKE. WE REALLY WANTED TO 3304 01:57:44,824 --> 01:57:48,494 BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY 3305 01:57:48,494 --> 01:57:50,363 THAT NEEDED US MOST, THAT MOST 3306 01:57:50,363 --> 01:57:51,764 AGENCIES DON'T SERVE. WHEN WE 3307 01:57:51,764 --> 01:57:52,999 WERE LOOKING TO OPEN THE MAYOR 3308 01:57:52,999 --> 01:57:54,600 SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW BIG DO YOU 3309 01:57:54,600 --> 01:57:56,569 THINK YOU COULD GO, AND I SAID, 3310 01:57:56,569 --> 01:57:58,304 WELL, I COULD PROBABLY BUY A FEW 3311 01:57:58,304 --> 01:57:59,906 HOUSES, I CAN BUY SOME SMALL 3312 01:57:59,906 --> 01:58:00,940 LAND AND I CAN REHOUSE, YOU 3313 01:58:00,940 --> 01:58:02,608 KNOW, MAYBE 25 OR 50 PEOPLE A 3314 01:58:02,608 --> 01:58:04,110 YEAR, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 3315 01:58:04,110 --> 01:58:05,878 NOTICE THAT ON THE STREETS. I 3316 01:58:05,878 --> 01:58:08,181 WANTED IT TO BE IMPACTFUL, SO 3317 01:58:08,181 --> 01:58:09,549 YOU REALLY NOTICE 500 PEOPLE, 3318 01:58:09,549 --> 01:58:11,517 400 PEOPLE NOT BEING DOWNTOWN, 3319 01:58:11,517 --> 01:58:14,387 YOU KNOW, CITY OF TAMPA. AND SO 3320 01:58:14,387 --> 01:58:15,922 SINCE THEN, YOU KNOW, NEARLY 800 3321 01:58:15,922 --> 01:58:18,491 PEOPLE HAVE MOVED TO HOUSING 3322 01:58:18,491 --> 01:58:19,492 SINCE WE'VE OPENED. AND, 3323 01:58:19,492 --> 01:58:20,560 REALLY, THE SERVICES THAT GO ON 3324 01:58:20,560 --> 01:58:22,495 SITE, SO IT'S NOT JUST THE BED 3325 01:58:22,495 --> 01:58:24,397 NIGHT. YES, THEY GET THREE MEALS 3326 01:58:24,397 --> 01:58:26,732 A DAY, SHOWERS, LAUNDRY, YOU 3327 01:58:26,732 --> 01:58:27,733 KNOW, REST ROOMS. IT'S THE CASE 3328 01:58:27,733 --> 01:58:29,335 MANAGEMENT, THE MENTAL HEALTH 3329 01:58:29,335 --> 01:58:30,570 COUNSELORS THAT WE HAVE ON 3330 01:58:30,570 --> 01:58:33,339 STAFF, OUR PARTNERS THAT COME TO 3331 01:58:33,339 --> 01:58:34,407 THE FACILITY TO PROVIDE THEIR 3332 01:58:34,407 --> 01:58:37,143 SERVICES AS WELL. AND IF YOU 3333 01:58:37,143 --> 01:58:38,478 BREAK IT DOWN, THE LARGER 3334 01:58:38,478 --> 01:58:39,912 SHELTER GOES, THEN COST PER 3335 01:58:39,912 --> 01:58:42,315 PERSON COMES DOWN. SO, YOU KNOW, 3336 01:58:42,315 --> 01:58:43,983 TAMPA HOPE IS UNDER $30 A NIGHT, 3337 01:58:43,983 --> 01:58:52,458 AND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE 3338 01:58:52,458 --> 01:58:53,092 WRAP AROUND SERVICES. WHAT ELSE? 3339 01:58:53,092 --> 01:58:56,395 MY APOLOGIES. STAFF MEETINGS, 3340 01:58:56,395 --> 01:58:58,531 RUNNING BACK AND FORTH HERE. 3341 01:58:58,531 --> 01:59:01,601 CASE MANAGEMENT, IT FLUCTUATES 3342 01:59:01,601 --> 01:59:03,035 USUALLY BETWEEN 40 OR 50 PEOPLE 3343 01:59:03,035 --> 01:59:05,371 PER -- YOU KNOW, IS USUALLY 3344 01:59:05,371 --> 01:59:06,906 THEIR CASELOAD. I'M HOPING 3345 01:59:06,906 --> 01:59:08,174 THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE NEW 3346 01:59:08,174 --> 01:59:09,709 YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING 3347 01:59:09,709 --> 01:59:10,776 IN MORE ELECTRIC. THE PROPERTY 3348 01:59:10,776 --> 01:59:12,178 WE PURCHASED DID NOT HAVE ANY 3349 01:59:12,178 --> 01:59:13,679 INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE BACK, AND 3350 01:59:13,679 --> 01:59:16,849 SO WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND PUT THE 3351 01:59:16,849 --> 01:59:18,150 INFRASTRUCTURE IN AND MADE IT 3352 01:59:18,150 --> 01:59:19,318 ESSENTIALLY A SMALL TOWN. AND, 3353 01:59:19,318 --> 01:59:20,586 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PURCHASED THE 3354 01:59:20,586 --> 01:59:22,355 PROPERTY, I SENT NOTICES OUT TO 3355 01:59:22,355 --> 01:59:23,956 ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND SAID, 3356 01:59:23,956 --> 01:59:25,057 HEY, YOU KNOW, MAGGIE ROGERS IS 3357 01:59:25,057 --> 01:59:26,425 IN TOWN, I'M GOING TO BE 3358 01:59:26,425 --> 01:59:28,461 OPENING UP THIS SHELTER, I WANT 3359 01:59:28,461 --> 01:59:29,762 YOU TO KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. 3360 01:59:29,762 --> 01:59:31,264 HERE'S AN OPEN HOUSE. NONE OF 3361 01:59:31,264 --> 01:59:32,965 THE NEIGHBORHOODS CAME. AND THEN 3362 01:59:32,965 --> 01:59:34,600 I OPENED AND PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, 3363 01:59:34,600 --> 01:59:37,036 OH, SHE'S REALLY GOING TO DO 3364 01:59:37,036 --> 01:59:38,404 THIS EMERGENCY SHELTER. AND THE 3365 01:59:38,404 --> 01:59:39,805 NEIGHBORS WERE UPSET. SENT 3366 01:59:39,805 --> 01:59:42,508 LETTERS. AND IT WAS REALLY ABOUT 3367 01:59:42,508 --> 01:59:44,343 CONTINUOUS CONVERSATION AND 3368 01:59:44,343 --> 01:59:45,111 DIALOGUE, HAVING ONGOING 3369 01:59:45,111 --> 01:59:46,012 COMMUNICATION WITH THE 3370 01:59:46,012 --> 01:59:46,913 NEIGHBORS. NOW THOSE 3371 01:59:46,913 --> 01:59:48,180 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE 3372 01:59:48,180 --> 01:59:49,982 HAVING THEIR MEETINGS AT OUR 3373 01:59:49,982 --> 01:59:50,583 FACILITY, THEY'RE RAISING 3374 01:59:50,583 --> 01:59:52,251 DOLLARS FOR US, THEY'RE HAVING, 3375 01:59:52,251 --> 01:59:54,787 YOU KNOW, CLOTHING DRIVES OR, 3376 01:59:54,787 --> 01:59:56,822 YOU KNOW, BLANKET DRIVES, 3377 01:59:56,822 --> 01:59:58,991 TOILETRY DRIVES FOR US. BUT IT 3378 01:59:58,991 --> 02:00:00,259 WAS A CONSTANT COMMUNICATION AND 3379 02:00:00,259 --> 02:00:01,227 AWARENESS, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST 3380 02:00:01,227 --> 02:00:02,328 BECAUSE A PERSON IS WALKING ON 3381 02:00:02,328 --> 02:00:03,763 THE STREET DOES NOT MEAN THAT 3382 02:00:03,763 --> 02:00:05,131 THEY'RE HOMELESS, IT DOES NOT 3383 02:00:05,131 --> 02:00:06,732 MEAN THAT THEY'RE COMMITTING A 3384 02:00:06,732 --> 02:00:09,502 CRIME AND REALLY JUST HAVING 3385 02:00:09,502 --> 02:00:10,303 THOSE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH 3386 02:00:10,303 --> 02:00:11,470 PEOPLE. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT 3387 02:00:11,470 --> 02:00:13,673 IT. I WAS TRYING TO GET THAT ALL 3388 02:00:13,673 --> 02:00:14,006 OUT QUICKLY. 3389 02:00:14,006 --> 02:00:16,876 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAGGIE. 3390 02:00:16,876 --> 02:00:17,777 THAT'S INCREDIBLY HELPFUL, AND 3391 02:00:17,777 --> 02:00:19,946 IT'S REALLY AN INCREDIBLE 3392 02:00:19,946 --> 02:00:20,580 ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT YOU HAVE A 3393 02:00:20,580 --> 02:00:22,748 PROGRAM SERVING -- ON THE ROAD 3394 02:00:22,748 --> 02:00:24,483 TO SERVING UP TO 400 PEOPLE 3395 02:00:24,483 --> 02:00:24,684 SOON. 3396 02:00:24,684 --> 02:00:25,017 >> THANK YOU. 3397 02:00:25,017 --> 02:00:27,053 >> SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US 3398 02:00:27,053 --> 02:00:27,286 TODAY. 3399 02:00:27,286 --> 02:00:27,653 >> THANK YOU. 3400 02:00:27,653 --> 02:00:32,725 >> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND 3401 02:00:32,725 --> 02:00:34,827 TURN IT TO TARA MOSS WITH 3402 02:00:34,827 --> 02:00:36,028 PURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION, AND I'LL 3403 02:00:36,028 --> 02:00:38,898 GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN. 3404 02:00:38,898 --> 02:00:40,666 >> GOOD ALMOST AFTERNOON, WE'RE 3405 02:00:40,666 --> 02:00:43,402 ALMOST THERE. LUNCHTIME SOON FOR 3406 02:00:43,402 --> 02:00:46,606 ALL HOPEFULLY. MY NAME IS TARA 3407 02:00:46,606 --> 02:00:47,974 MOSS, CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT 3408 02:00:47,974 --> 02:00:49,709 PDA. I OVERSEE THE CO-LEAD 3409 02:00:49,709 --> 02:00:50,810 PROGRAM THAT CHLOE HAS ALREADY 3410 02:00:50,810 --> 02:00:53,346 REFERENCED. YOU TOOK SOME OF MY 3411 02:00:53,346 --> 02:00:54,280 TALKING POINTS. THANK YOU. 3412 02:00:54,280 --> 02:00:55,014 YOU'RE STILL GETTING THE SLIDES 3413 02:00:55,014 --> 02:00:56,849 UP. WE'RE GOING TO MOSTLY TALK 3414 02:00:56,849 --> 02:00:59,585 ABOUT THE COLEAD MODEL, BUT I 3415 02:00:59,585 --> 02:01:02,321 WANT TO GO TO OUR MISSION HERE, 3416 02:01:02,321 --> 02:01:04,724 AND I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED, 3417 02:01:04,724 --> 02:01:06,792 SO THANK YOU, BECAUSE IT REALLY 3418 02:01:06,792 --> 02:01:08,561 FOCUSES ON OUR GOAL TO FIND 3419 02:01:08,561 --> 02:01:09,996 INNOVATION AND TAKE PUBLIC 3420 02:01:09,996 --> 02:01:10,730 HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY 3421 02:01:10,730 --> 02:01:13,499 SERIOUSLY. AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE 3422 02:01:13,499 --> 02:01:17,169 BEEN TALKING ABOUT THINGS SUCH 3423 02:01:17,169 --> 02:01:18,104 AS NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT AND 3424 02:01:18,104 --> 02:01:19,405 COORDINATION. SO PLANT SEEDS FOR 3425 02:01:19,405 --> 02:01:22,375 A WORLD ROOTED IN CARE AND 3426 02:01:22,375 --> 02:01:23,175 COMMUNITY CARE INSTEAD OF 3427 02:01:23,175 --> 02:01:24,777 PUNISHMENT AND NEGLECT. WE 3428 02:01:24,777 --> 02:01:26,145 IMPACT PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY 3429 02:01:26,145 --> 02:01:28,481 STRATEGIES ROOTED IN SYSTEM 3430 02:01:28,481 --> 02:01:29,148 COORDINATION AND TRAUMA-INFORMED 3431 02:01:29,148 --> 02:01:29,782 EVIDENCE-BASED FRAMEWORK. AND 3432 02:01:29,782 --> 02:01:31,117 SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE 3433 02:01:31,117 --> 02:01:32,284 NAME HERE ARE JUST REALLY BAKED 3434 02:01:32,284 --> 02:01:34,754 INTO ALL THE WORK THAT WE TRY TO 3435 02:01:34,754 --> 02:01:37,023 DO, INCLUDING THE LEAD PROGRAM 3436 02:01:37,023 --> 02:01:38,457 AND THOSE LESSONS LEARNED HAVE 3437 02:01:38,457 --> 02:01:39,458 FED INTO THE COLEAD PROGRAM. ONE 3438 02:01:39,458 --> 02:01:41,293 THING THAT I JUST WANT TO POINT 3439 02:01:41,293 --> 02:01:43,663 OUT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY 3440 02:01:43,663 --> 02:01:44,563 AND COORDINATION IS THAT WE 3441 02:01:44,563 --> 02:01:45,798 ALWAYS TRY TO CHECK OUR WORK, 3442 02:01:45,798 --> 02:01:47,300 AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND 3443 02:01:47,300 --> 02:01:49,402 IS THAT WITH OUR COLEAD PROGRAM 3444 02:01:49,402 --> 02:01:51,671 THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT 911 CALLS 3445 02:01:51,671 --> 02:01:55,341 GO DOWN BASED ON UNIVERSITY OF 3446 02:01:55,341 --> 02:01:56,709 WASHINGTON STUDY, AND THAT'S 3447 02:01:56,709 --> 02:01:57,643 INTENTIONAL. OUR STAFFING TAKES 3448 02:01:57,643 --> 02:02:00,179 WHAT OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE DOING 3449 02:02:00,179 --> 02:02:01,580 INSIDE AND AROUND THE FACILITY 3450 02:02:01,580 --> 02:02:03,416 AND AREA VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT WE 3451 02:02:03,416 --> 02:02:06,719 ALSO HAVE A SAFETY TEAM TO HELP 3452 02:02:06,719 --> 02:02:07,319 DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS. THEN 3453 02:02:07,319 --> 02:02:09,088 WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO COORDINATE 3454 02:02:09,088 --> 02:02:11,724 WITH OUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT WHAT'S 3455 02:02:11,724 --> 02:02:12,525 WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT. REALLY 3456 02:02:12,525 --> 02:02:13,426 APPRECIATED MARGARET COMING IN 3457 02:02:13,426 --> 02:02:15,628 AND TALKING THAT. IT'S ALSO 3458 02:02:15,628 --> 02:02:19,598 PROOF THAT WE ARE DOING OUTREACH 3459 02:02:19,598 --> 02:02:20,666 AND ONGOING ENGAGEMENT AND 3460 02:02:20,666 --> 02:02:21,400 COORDINATING CONVERSATION FOR 3461 02:02:21,400 --> 02:02:22,568 ALL OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM 3462 02:02:22,568 --> 02:02:24,970 MAKING SURE THE PROGRAMS WORK 3463 02:02:24,970 --> 02:02:25,938 FOR OUR HOUSED AND UNHOUSED 3464 02:02:25,938 --> 02:02:28,708 COMMUNITY ANYWHERE THAT WE ARE 3465 02:02:28,708 --> 02:02:32,311 DOING OUR WORK. SO MOVING ON TO 3466 02:02:32,311 --> 02:02:33,079 THE COLEAD PROGRAM. COLEAD PAIRS 3467 02:02:33,079 --> 02:02:34,013 TEMPORARY LODGING AND INTENSIVE 3468 02:02:34,013 --> 02:02:37,416 CASE MANAGEMENT FOR A SUSTAINED 3469 02:02:37,416 --> 02:02:38,050 WHOLE PERSON CARE-BASED RESPONSE 3470 02:02:38,050 --> 02:02:39,118 TO CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. OUR 3471 02:02:39,118 --> 02:02:41,754 PROGRAM HAS THREE PHASES THAT I 3472 02:02:41,754 --> 02:02:46,292 WILL TALK ABOUT. YOU CAN GO TO 3473 02:02:46,292 --> 02:02:49,095 THE NEXT SLIDE. OUR THREE PHASES 3474 02:02:49,095 --> 02:02:50,196 ARE OUTREACH, LODGING AND AFTER 3475 02:02:50,196 --> 02:02:51,430 CARE. PLEASE FORGIVE ME AS I 3476 02:02:51,430 --> 02:02:52,565 ALSO SHOUT OUT AND APPRECIATE 3477 02:02:52,565 --> 02:02:54,567 ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS FROM ALL 3478 02:02:54,567 --> 02:02:56,669 THESE PHASES WHO CAME OUT TODAY 3479 02:02:56,669 --> 02:03:00,840 SO I MAY DROP SOME NAMES HERE. 3480 02:03:00,840 --> 02:03:02,408 SO FOR OUR OUTREACH PHASE WHICH 3481 02:03:02,408 --> 02:03:05,878 NICOLE CAME UP AND SPOKE ABOUT A 3482 02:03:05,878 --> 02:03:06,512 LITTLE BIT, BUT DANIEL ALSO 3483 02:03:06,512 --> 02:03:07,747 TALKED ABOUT -- AND HE KIND OF 3484 02:03:07,747 --> 02:03:10,149 TALKED ABOUT THE END POINT OF 3485 02:03:10,149 --> 02:03:12,218 THE OUTREACH GOAL WHICH IS, YOU 3486 02:03:12,218 --> 02:03:13,719 KNOW, NICOLE WOULD SAY PLEASE 3487 02:03:13,719 --> 02:03:15,454 DON'T SAY I'M COMING OUT 3488 02:03:15,454 --> 02:03:17,223 GIVING OUT HOUSING BECAUSE AS 3489 02:03:17,223 --> 02:03:18,190 WE'VE SEEN AND EVERYONE'S 3490 02:03:18,190 --> 02:03:19,258 TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S WAY MORE 3491 02:03:19,258 --> 02:03:21,827 DEMAND THAN WHAT WE HAVE AND ARE 3492 02:03:21,827 --> 02:03:23,229 ABLE TO PROVIDE. AND, CHLOE, YOU 3493 02:03:23,229 --> 02:03:25,931 ALREADY DID A GREAT JOB OF 3494 02:03:25,931 --> 02:03:26,432 TALKING WHO OUR COLEAD 3495 02:03:26,432 --> 02:03:27,333 POPULATION IS. WE'RE REALLY 3496 02:03:27,333 --> 02:03:29,935 TRYING TO WORK WITH THE FOLKS 3497 02:03:29,935 --> 02:03:30,970 WHO HONESTLY OTHER SERVICES HAVE 3498 02:03:30,970 --> 02:03:33,839 NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH AND 3499 02:03:33,839 --> 02:03:35,775 HAVE NOT BEEN A GOOD MATCH. SO 3500 02:03:35,775 --> 02:03:37,143 YOU'LL SEE SOME STRATEGIES THAT 3501 02:03:37,143 --> 02:03:38,511 WE USE, BUT I THINK THAT YOU 3502 02:03:38,511 --> 02:03:40,112 WOULD -- IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR 3503 02:03:40,112 --> 02:03:42,014 YOU TO REMEMBER IN EACH STRATEGY 3504 02:03:42,014 --> 02:03:43,883 THAT WE DO, WE'RE MORE 3505 02:03:43,883 --> 02:03:45,184 INTENSIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUND 3506 02:03:45,184 --> 02:03:47,453 THAT THAT'S WHAT'S SUCCESSFUL 3507 02:03:47,453 --> 02:03:49,355 FOR A POPULATION THAT HASN'T 3508 02:03:49,355 --> 02:03:51,056 BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MORE 3509 02:03:51,056 --> 02:03:52,491 LOW-BARRIER OR LESS STAFFED 3510 02:03:52,491 --> 02:03:53,926 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. SO IN OUR 3511 02:03:53,926 --> 02:03:56,061 OUTREACH, WE'RE REALLY TRYING 3512 02:03:56,061 --> 02:03:58,197 TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE, 3513 02:03:58,197 --> 02:03:59,298 UNDERSTANDING BEST MATCH FOR 3514 02:03:59,298 --> 02:04:00,900 THESE SERVICES. WE'RE LOOKING 3515 02:04:00,900 --> 02:04:01,901 FOR THINGS LIKE CRIMINAL 3516 02:04:01,901 --> 02:04:03,002 HISTORY, SUBSTANCE USE, MENTAL 3517 02:04:03,002 --> 02:04:04,470 HEALTH, WHAT ARE SOME SERVICES 3518 02:04:04,470 --> 02:04:05,938 THAT WE CAN COORDINATE AND 3519 02:04:05,938 --> 02:04:07,907 STABILIZE, BUT WE'RE ALSO 3520 02:04:07,907 --> 02:04:09,141 HAVING REALLY IMPORTANT 3521 02:04:09,141 --> 02:04:10,276 CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE 3522 02:04:10,276 --> 02:04:11,777 INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS DANIEL 3523 02:04:11,777 --> 02:04:14,013 AROUND EXPECT ALLEGATIONS AND 3524 02:04:14,013 --> 02:04:14,980 BEHAVIORS AND SAFETY MEASURES. 3525 02:04:14,980 --> 02:04:16,949 SO WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, THAT 3526 02:04:16,949 --> 02:04:18,484 THEY KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED OF 3527 02:04:18,484 --> 02:04:19,585 THEM. AND AS YOU'VE SAID, 3528 02:04:19,585 --> 02:04:21,220 CHLOE, WE FOUND THAT WE CAN HAVE 3529 02:04:21,220 --> 02:04:24,356 UP TO A 90% ACCEPTANCE RATE 3530 02:04:24,356 --> 02:04:25,124 BECAUSE WE'RE TRANSPARENT, 3531 02:04:25,124 --> 02:04:26,325 WE'RE BEST MATCHING, AND WE'RE 3532 02:04:26,325 --> 02:04:27,259 PROVIDING SERVICES THAT REALLY 3533 02:04:27,259 --> 02:04:29,028 WORK FOR THEM, AND THEY DON'T 3534 02:04:29,028 --> 02:04:30,062 -- THEY AREN'T NERVOUS THAT 3535 02:04:30,062 --> 02:04:31,597 THEY'RE GOING TO FAIL OUT OF 3536 02:04:31,597 --> 02:04:34,033 WITHIN THE FIRST ONE OR TWO 3537 02:04:34,033 --> 02:04:35,634 DAYS. AND THE OTHER PIECE 3538 02:04:35,634 --> 02:04:37,136 THAT'S ALREADY BEEN NAMED BUT 3539 02:04:37,136 --> 02:04:39,471 HAS REALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL, I 3540 02:04:39,471 --> 02:04:39,939 REALLY APPRECIATE THE 3541 02:04:39,939 --> 02:04:41,574 PARTNERSHIPS WITH LIHI AND LAKE 3542 02:04:41,574 --> 02:04:51,150 CITY IS THAT WE HAVE FOUND AND 3543 02:04:51,150 --> 02:04:51,750 LISTENED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS 3544 02:04:51,750 --> 02:04:52,384 AROUND THEIR ADVOCACY THAT THE 3545 02:04:52,384 --> 02:04:52,918 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE 3546 02:04:52,918 --> 02:04:53,519 GETTING SERVICES OUTSIDE ARE 3547 02:04:53,519 --> 02:04:54,119 GETTING SERVICES INSIDE THEIR 3548 02:04:54,119 --> 02:04:55,921 OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE HAVE 3549 02:04:55,921 --> 02:04:59,692 REALLY FOUND SUCCESS IN DOING AT 3550 02:04:59,692 --> 02:05:02,194 LEAST 1/3 OF THE UNITS BEING 3551 02:05:02,194 --> 02:05:03,829 PRIORITIZED OR THE VILLAGE HOMES 3552 02:05:03,829 --> 02:05:04,763 BEING PRIORITIZED FOR THOSE 3553 02:05:04,763 --> 02:05:05,664 WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. SO RIGHT 3554 02:05:05,664 --> 02:05:07,766 NOW WE ARE FULL WITH 1/3 OF 3555 02:05:07,766 --> 02:05:10,236 INDIVIDUALS FROM LAKE CITY 3556 02:05:10,236 --> 02:05:11,604 INSIDE LAKE CITY TINY HOMES. SO 3557 02:05:11,604 --> 02:05:13,606 I'M REALLY GOING TO FOCUS HERE 3558 02:05:13,606 --> 02:05:15,541 ON KIND OF THE SERVICE 3559 02:05:15,541 --> 02:05:17,042 PROVISION, AND AS I'VE TALKED 3560 02:05:17,042 --> 02:05:18,077 ABOUT, IT'S PRETTY INTENSIVE. 3561 02:05:18,077 --> 02:05:21,514 OUR GOAL IS TO BRING PEOPLE IN, 3562 02:05:21,514 --> 02:05:23,382 STABILIZE THEM, BUT IDEALLY AS I 3563 02:05:23,382 --> 02:05:25,651 THINK SHARON AND OTHERS WERE 3564 02:05:25,651 --> 02:05:28,153 TALKING ABOUT THROUGH-PUT, WE'RE 3565 02:05:28,153 --> 02:05:29,688 CONNECTING THEM TO ONGOING 3566 02:05:29,688 --> 02:05:31,156 LONG-TERM SERVICES, PERMANENT 3567 02:05:31,156 --> 02:05:32,291 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT ISN'T 3568 02:05:32,291 --> 02:05:34,927 DEPENDENT ON OUR SERVICE MODEL, 3569 02:05:34,927 --> 02:05:38,297 SO SUPER INTENSIVE. KESHA AND 3570 02:05:38,297 --> 02:05:39,899 LINDSEY -- YEAH, KEISHA AND 3571 02:05:39,899 --> 02:05:41,567 LINDSEY -- I GOTTA CALL MY STAFF 3572 02:05:41,567 --> 02:05:44,036 OUT OR I'M GOING TO GET IN 3573 02:05:44,036 --> 02:05:46,138 TROUBLE. KEY SHA IS NOT JUST 3574 02:05:46,138 --> 02:05:47,473 GETTING SOMEONE IDEA, AND NOT 3575 02:05:47,473 --> 02:05:48,807 JUST SETTING UP A MEDICAL 3576 02:05:48,807 --> 02:05:50,009 APPOINTMENT, THESE ARE 3577 02:05:50,009 --> 02:05:50,876 INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED SUPPORT, 3578 02:05:50,876 --> 02:05:52,311 SOMETIMES NEED ADVOCACY, NEED TO 3579 02:05:52,311 --> 02:05:57,082 BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY SO THAT 3580 02:05:57,082 --> 02:05:58,050 INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENTS 3581 02:05:58,050 --> 02:05:58,717 THERE. APPRECIATE CHLOE TALKING 3582 02:05:58,717 --> 02:05:59,351 THE LEGAL COORDINATION BECAUSE 3583 02:05:59,351 --> 02:06:01,921 THAT'S A KEY PIECE THAT WE'VE 3584 02:06:01,921 --> 02:06:03,188 LEARNED IS, YOU KNOW, RESOLVING 3585 02:06:03,188 --> 02:06:04,390 WARRANTS, WORKING WITH PEOPLE 3586 02:06:04,390 --> 02:06:06,258 THROUGH THEIR COURT CASES. WE 3587 02:06:06,258 --> 02:06:08,027 OFTEN FIND WHEN PEOPLE ARE 3588 02:06:08,027 --> 02:06:10,896 STABILIZED, AND WE CAN REALLY DO 3589 02:06:10,896 --> 02:06:11,697 THIS INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT 3590 02:06:11,697 --> 02:06:13,465 THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET 3591 02:06:13,465 --> 02:06:16,135 PEOPLE A LOT STABLE A LOT FASTER 3592 02:06:16,135 --> 02:06:17,336 THAN IF THEY'RE OUTSIDE. AND 3593 02:06:17,336 --> 02:06:22,074 THAT SETS THEM UP FOR SUCCESS 3594 02:06:22,074 --> 02:06:24,577 FOR THEIR NEXT POINT OF SERVICE. 3595 02:06:24,577 --> 02:06:25,844 I'M JUMPING AHEAD. NOT YET, 3596 02:06:25,844 --> 02:06:27,379 JON. GO BACK. THAT WAS MY FAULT. 3597 02:06:27,379 --> 02:06:29,982 I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT 3598 02:06:29,982 --> 02:06:32,184 PREVIEW AFTER KARA IN A SECOND. 3599 02:06:32,184 --> 02:06:34,620 BUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT LODGING. 3600 02:06:34,620 --> 02:06:37,156 BUT THAT INTENSIVE CASE MANAGER 3601 02:06:37,156 --> 02:06:38,757 DOES MAKE THEM VERY SUCCESSFUL 3602 02:06:38,757 --> 02:06:42,194 IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY'RE PLACED 3603 02:06:42,194 --> 02:06:43,896 INTO AFTER CARE, AND IDEALLY, 3604 02:06:43,896 --> 02:06:46,765 THIS IS JUST A SHORT-TERM SPOT 3605 02:06:46,765 --> 02:06:51,236 WITH A LOT OF SUCCESS. SO I JUST 3606 02:06:51,236 --> 02:06:52,237 REALLY WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE 3607 02:06:52,237 --> 02:06:53,739 BIT MORE ABOUT WE DO A LOT OF 3608 02:06:53,739 --> 02:06:56,475 CARE. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE 3609 02:06:56,475 --> 02:06:57,076 DIFFERENT SERVICES. WE'RE 3610 02:06:57,076 --> 02:06:57,977 CONNECTING THEM TO BENEFITS THAT 3611 02:06:57,977 --> 02:06:59,278 ARE LONG TERM. AGAIN, WE DON'T 3612 02:06:59,278 --> 02:07:01,213 WANT THEM TO BE DEPENDENT ON OUR 3613 02:07:01,213 --> 02:07:02,414 SERVICES, TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN 3614 02:07:02,414 --> 02:07:03,816 THEY MOVE ON. BUT I WILL ADD 3615 02:07:03,816 --> 02:07:05,718 THAT SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT 3616 02:07:05,718 --> 02:07:07,319 EVEN CHLOE NAMED, WE DO NEED TO 3617 02:07:07,319 --> 02:07:12,491 AUGMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF NEED 3618 02:07:12,491 --> 02:07:13,292 OUT THERE. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY 3619 02:07:13,292 --> 02:07:15,027 LOOK FORWARD TO ESPECIALLY 3620 02:07:15,027 --> 02:07:16,195 BEHAVIOR HEALTH AND OTHER 3621 02:07:16,195 --> 02:07:17,429 SERVICES THAT SOMETIMES CAN BE 3622 02:07:17,429 --> 02:07:18,697 AUGMENTED BY OTHER SERVICE 3623 02:07:18,697 --> 02:07:21,133 PROVIDERS OR THE CITY TO BRING 3624 02:07:21,133 --> 02:07:21,867 IN. BUT, AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING OUR 3625 02:07:21,867 --> 02:07:23,035 CASE MANAGERS TO DO AS MUCH AS 3626 02:07:23,035 --> 02:07:25,871 THEY CAN TO CONNECT TO THE 3627 02:07:25,871 --> 02:07:27,006 SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE HERE. 3628 02:07:27,006 --> 02:07:29,141 AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO 3629 02:07:29,141 --> 02:07:31,610 REITERATE THAT WE DO HOLD OUR 3630 02:07:31,610 --> 02:07:32,711 PARTICIPANTS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE 3631 02:07:32,711 --> 02:07:34,079 RULES. WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE 3632 02:07:34,079 --> 02:07:36,448 IN TERMS OF ENGAGING IN CASE 3633 02:07:36,448 --> 02:07:37,082 MANAGEMENT AT MINIMUM THREE 3634 02:07:37,082 --> 02:07:39,551 TIMES A WEEK ON THE GOALS THEY 3635 02:07:39,551 --> 02:07:41,587 SET FOR THEMSELVES TO HELP HAVE 3636 02:07:41,587 --> 02:07:42,688 THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE 3637 02:07:42,688 --> 02:07:45,357 PROGRAM AND FOR THEMSELVES AND 3638 02:07:45,357 --> 02:07:47,459 WHAT THEY WANT. AND THEN THE 3639 02:07:47,459 --> 02:07:49,094 LAST PIECE THAT I WILL NAME IN 3640 02:07:49,094 --> 02:07:51,497 TERMS OF -- NOW WE CAN MOVE TO 3641 02:07:51,497 --> 02:07:54,867 AFTER CARE -- IS THAT WE FOUND 3642 02:07:54,867 --> 02:07:56,135 THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PERMANENT 3643 02:07:56,135 --> 02:07:57,136 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHER 3644 02:07:57,136 --> 02:07:58,570 PROVIDERS ARE REALLY STRETCHED 3645 02:07:58,570 --> 02:08:00,272 THIN IN TERMS OF THEIR STAFFING. 3646 02:08:00,272 --> 02:08:02,875 AND WE WERE HAVING EXPERIENCES 3647 02:08:02,875 --> 02:08:04,176 OF OUR PARTICIPANTS COMING BACK 3648 02:08:04,176 --> 02:08:07,413 AND ASKING FOR HELP OR ASKED TO 3649 02:08:07,413 --> 02:08:09,415 COME BACK TO COLEAD. SO WE DID 3650 02:08:09,415 --> 02:08:11,417 -- AGAIN, NOT LONG TERM, BUT WE 3651 02:08:11,417 --> 02:08:12,618 REALIZED OUR FOLKS NEED TO BE 3652 02:08:12,618 --> 02:08:13,552 STABILIZED A LITTLE BIT LONGER, 3653 02:08:13,552 --> 02:08:16,355 AND ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE 3654 02:08:16,355 --> 02:08:18,690 PIECES THAT WE OFFER FOR OUR 3655 02:08:18,690 --> 02:08:19,858 FOLKS SUCH AS CRIMINAL LEGAL 3656 02:08:19,858 --> 02:08:20,959 COORDINATION, OTHER SERVICE 3657 02:08:20,959 --> 02:08:21,894 PROVIDERS JUST DON'T HAVE THE 3658 02:08:21,894 --> 02:08:24,630 RESOURCES OR ABILITY TO DO SO. 3659 02:08:24,630 --> 02:08:26,098 SO WE DO HAVE AFTER CARE 3660 02:08:26,098 --> 02:08:28,000 PROGRAM, AND WE TRY TO DO THAT 3661 02:08:28,000 --> 02:08:30,235 FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT, AND IT'S 3662 02:08:30,235 --> 02:08:33,772 ALL OPTIONAL FOR UP TO A YEAR 3663 02:08:33,772 --> 02:08:34,540 IDEALLY TO, AGAIN, REALLY 3664 02:08:34,540 --> 02:08:36,341 STABILIZE INDIVIDUALS. SO WE'RE 3665 02:08:36,341 --> 02:08:38,410 ONLY BRINGING THEM FROM OUTSIDE 3666 02:08:38,410 --> 02:08:40,245 ONCE, STABILIZING THEM ONE TIME 3667 02:08:40,245 --> 02:08:42,314 AND GETTING THEM TO BE AS 3668 02:08:42,314 --> 02:08:44,817 SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE IN THEIR 3669 02:08:44,817 --> 02:08:46,518 NEXT HOME LONG TERM. SO I THINK 3670 02:08:46,518 --> 02:08:49,121 I WILL END IT THERE. I GUESS I 3671 02:08:49,121 --> 02:08:50,989 WILL JUST ADD, ESPECIALLY FOR 3672 02:08:50,989 --> 02:08:52,691 OUR MODEL WITH THE AMOUNT OF 3673 02:08:52,691 --> 02:08:53,459 INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND 3674 02:08:53,459 --> 02:08:55,360 SUPPORT THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT 3675 02:08:55,360 --> 02:08:57,796 IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE WELL 3676 02:08:57,796 --> 02:09:00,466 RESOURCED AND WELL STAFFED. SO 3677 02:09:00,466 --> 02:09:01,800 WE DO HAVE 24/7 STAFFING HERE, 3678 02:09:01,800 --> 02:09:06,271 AND THAT IS -- THAT IS SOMETHING 3679 02:09:06,271 --> 02:09:09,308 THAT IS IMPORTANT, AND WE CAN'T 3680 02:09:09,308 --> 02:09:11,110 REALLY ADJUST WITHOUT IMPACTING 3681 02:09:11,110 --> 02:09:12,311 THE OUTCOMES OF INDIVIDUALS 3682 02:09:12,311 --> 02:09:14,213 BECAUSE WE'LL LOSE FOLKS, AND 3683 02:09:14,213 --> 02:09:15,314 WE'LL LOSE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO 3684 02:09:15,314 --> 02:09:17,783 REALLY HAVE A KEY MOMENT IN TIME 3685 02:09:17,783 --> 02:09:19,351 WHERE THEY CAN FEEL SAFE, 3686 02:09:19,351 --> 02:09:21,920 STABILIZED AND HAVE TRUST IN 3687 02:09:21,920 --> 02:09:26,425 THEIR JOURNEY OF RECOVERY AND BE 3688 02:09:26,425 --> 02:09:27,559 SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT. 3689 02:09:27,559 --> 02:09:31,530 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY 3690 02:09:31,530 --> 02:09:33,432 APPRECIATE THE IN-DEPTH 3691 02:09:33,432 --> 02:09:34,566 PRESENTATION, THE WEALTH OF 3692 02:09:34,566 --> 02:09:36,602 KNOWLEDGE, AS YOU MENTIONED. 3693 02:09:36,602 --> 02:09:37,436 COLLEAGUES, I KNOW IT'S ALREADY 3694 02:09:37,436 --> 02:09:43,642 11:46. I'M HOPING WE CAN GO A 3695 02:09:43,642 --> 02:09:44,877 BIT LONGER HERE. AND I ALSO 3696 02:09:44,877 --> 02:09:47,846 WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL 3697 02:09:47,846 --> 02:09:53,519 MEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR HARD WORK 3698 02:09:53,519 --> 02:09:55,020 IN HELPING TO PREPARE FOR THIS 3699 02:09:55,020 --> 02:09:56,688 MEETING, AND I BELIEVE AT LEAST 3700 02:09:56,688 --> 02:09:59,057 COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK YOU HAVE A 3701 02:09:59,057 --> 02:10:00,559 HARD CUTOFF AT NOON. SO, 3702 02:10:00,559 --> 02:10:01,827 COLLEAGUES, IF IT'S OKAY, I'D 3703 02:10:01,827 --> 02:10:04,196 LIKE TO ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBER 3704 02:10:04,196 --> 02:10:11,036 RINCK TO START THE QUESTIONING 3705 02:10:11,036 --> 02:10:12,371 AND COMMENTS. YOU HAVE THREE 3706 02:10:12,371 --> 02:10:13,305 MINUTES? OKAY. WHY DON'T YOU 3707 02:10:13,305 --> 02:10:14,640 GO, COUNCIL MEMBER VICE CHAIR 3708 02:10:14,640 --> 02:10:14,907 STRAUSS. 3709 02:10:14,907 --> 02:10:16,942 >> THANK YOU FOR THE VIEWING. 3710 02:10:16,942 --> 02:10:18,143 YOU MERIT HAVE CONNECTED THIS 3711 02:10:18,143 --> 02:10:19,478 MEETING TO YESTERDAY'S MEETING 3712 02:10:19,478 --> 02:10:22,881 WHERE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD THE 3713 02:10:22,881 --> 02:10:25,050 FUNDING THAT IS NEEDED TO BUILD 3714 02:10:25,050 --> 02:10:28,520 THESE PROGRAMS, BOTH THE SHELTER 3715 02:10:28,520 --> 02:10:29,788 AND THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. I 3716 02:10:29,788 --> 02:10:33,025 JUST WANT TO REMARK ABOUT HOW 3717 02:10:33,025 --> 02:10:37,563 FAR WE'VE COME BECAUSE THERE'S 3718 02:10:37,563 --> 02:10:39,398 ALWAYS MORE WORK TO DO, BUT THE 3719 02:10:39,398 --> 02:10:40,766 PLACE WHERE THIS CONVERSATION IS 3720 02:10:40,766 --> 02:10:41,567 TODAY IS REMARKABLY DIFFERENT 3721 02:10:41,567 --> 02:10:46,238 THAN IT WAS EVEN IN 2016 OR 3722 02:10:46,238 --> 02:10:47,606 2017. WHEN THE CONVERSATION OF 3723 02:10:47,606 --> 02:10:48,941 KCRHA WAS BEING SET UP OR THE 3724 02:10:48,941 --> 02:10:52,377 NAV TEAM OR ANY OF THE STATE OF 3725 02:10:52,377 --> 02:10:53,378 HOMELESSNESS, BUT I JUST RECALL 3726 02:10:53,378 --> 02:10:54,680 ON MY FIRST VOTES HERE AT 3727 02:10:54,680 --> 02:10:58,250 COUNCIL, IT WAS WHETHER WE DO 20 3728 02:10:58,250 --> 02:11:01,019 TINY HOME VILLAGE SITES OR 40 3729 02:11:01,019 --> 02:11:03,121 POSSIBLE, IF IT WAS POSSIBLE, 3730 02:11:03,121 --> 02:11:07,059 MAYBE ONE DAY. AND THERE WAS AN 3731 02:11:07,059 --> 02:11:14,499 ARGUMENT ABOUT DO WE DO FEWER 3732 02:11:14,499 --> 02:11:15,634 HIGH-INTENSITY SHELTER BEDS OR 3733 02:11:15,634 --> 02:11:17,502 MORE -- LIKE THE PLAN YOU SHARED 3734 02:11:17,502 --> 02:11:22,407 TODAY, THAT SAFETY PLAN IS 3735 02:11:22,407 --> 02:11:23,075 ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR SERVING 3736 02:11:23,075 --> 02:11:24,309 MOST PEOPLE'S NEEDS AND FOR THE 3737 02:11:24,309 --> 02:11:25,944 FOLKS WHO REMAIN ON OUR STREET A 3738 02:11:25,944 --> 02:11:29,248 HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE IS 3739 02:11:29,248 --> 02:11:31,083 NEEDED, RIGHT? SO IT'S THE YES 3740 02:11:31,083 --> 02:11:32,751 AND BOTH END APPROACH. BUT WHERE 3741 02:11:32,751 --> 02:11:33,685 WE'VE COME FROM MY SHORT TERM 3742 02:11:33,685 --> 02:11:35,854 HERE AT CITY COUNCIL IS THE 3743 02:11:35,854 --> 02:11:37,656 PLACE OF HAVING AN ARGUMENT OF 3744 02:11:37,656 --> 02:11:39,891 ARE WE DOING TINY HOMES OR NOT, 3745 02:11:39,891 --> 02:11:41,660 AN ARGUMENT OF SHOULD WE INVEST 3746 02:11:41,660 --> 02:11:42,961 MORE MONEY INTO A HIGHER LEVEL 3747 02:11:42,961 --> 02:11:47,966 OF SERVICE OR SHOULD WE JUST 3748 02:11:47,966 --> 02:11:49,001 CREATE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF 3749 02:11:49,001 --> 02:11:49,902 UNITS, WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY 3750 02:11:49,902 --> 02:11:51,270 SERVE A PERSON OR NOT. AND SO 3751 02:11:51,270 --> 02:11:53,105 THE PLACE THAT WE ARE TODAY, I 3752 02:11:53,105 --> 02:11:57,476 WANT TO THANK MAYOR WILSON AND 3753 02:11:57,476 --> 02:11:58,644 HER TEAM FOR BRINGING THIS 3754 02:11:58,644 --> 02:11:59,678 FORWARD WITH EXPAID YENS SI 3755 02:11:59,678 --> 02:12:01,446 BECAUSE THE PLACE THAT WE ARE IN 3756 02:12:01,446 --> 02:12:02,114 THIS CONVERSATION IS SO MUCH 3757 02:12:02,114 --> 02:12:04,917 BETTER THAN IT WAS EVEN JUST A 3758 02:12:04,917 --> 02:12:07,352 FEW YEARS AGO, AND THERE IS SO 3759 02:12:07,352 --> 02:12:09,021 MUCH MORE TO DO. AT MY TOWN HALL 3760 02:12:09,021 --> 02:12:11,189 LAST WEEK, I HEARD FROM A WOMAN 3761 02:12:11,189 --> 02:12:12,457 IN A WHEELCHAIR WHO'S UNABLE TO 3762 02:12:12,457 --> 02:12:14,760 ACCESS THE SERVICES THAT WE 3763 02:12:14,760 --> 02:12:15,694 PROVIDE BECAUSE OF HER 3764 02:12:15,694 --> 02:12:18,997 WHEELCHAIR. I'VE HEARD ABOUT 3765 02:12:18,997 --> 02:12:23,902 THIS WITH PETS, WITH PARTNERS, 3766 02:12:23,902 --> 02:12:25,237 WITH POSSESSIONS. AND I KNOW, 3767 02:12:25,237 --> 02:12:26,972 DIRECTOR HOLCOMB, I DO WALK 3768 02:12:26,972 --> 02:12:29,841 ABOUTS IN DISTRICT 6. I RAN INTO 3769 02:12:29,841 --> 02:12:32,277 DIRECTOR HOLCOMB ON ONE OF MY 3770 02:12:32,277 --> 02:12:34,646 WALK ABOUTS. I'M GRATEFUL FOR 3771 02:12:34,646 --> 02:12:35,714 THE WORDS YOU SHARE, IT 3772 02:12:35,714 --> 02:12:36,648 ACCURATELY DESCRIBES WHAT IS 3773 02:12:36,648 --> 02:12:37,516 OCCURRING IN DISTRICT 6 RIGHT 3774 02:12:37,516 --> 02:12:39,718 NOW. I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING 3775 02:12:39,718 --> 02:12:40,819 THAT SOUNDS TROUBLING, BUT IT'S 3776 02:12:40,819 --> 02:12:42,654 ACTUALLY A GOOD PLACE IN THE 3777 02:12:42,654 --> 02:12:46,558 LONG RUN. WE HAVE -- THE PEOPLE 3778 02:12:46,558 --> 02:12:47,759 WHO ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING 3779 02:12:47,759 --> 02:12:51,296 HOMELESSNESS IN BALLARD HAVE 3780 02:12:51,296 --> 02:12:53,432 BEEN KICKED OUT OF EXISTING 3781 02:12:53,432 --> 02:12:54,599 SERVICE PROVIDERS. THAT SOUNDS 3782 02:12:54,599 --> 02:12:56,234 REALLY BAD. AND IT IS. BUT IN 3783 02:12:56,234 --> 02:12:58,403 2019 WE COULDN'T EVEN GET THOSE 3784 02:12:58,403 --> 02:13:00,005 INDIVIDUALS IN TO SHELTER, MUCH 3785 02:13:00,005 --> 02:13:00,972 LESS TO BE KICKED OUT. WHAT THAT 3786 02:13:00,972 --> 02:13:03,342 SAYS TO ME IS WE HAVE DONE THE 3787 02:13:03,342 --> 02:13:06,712 GOOD AND IMPORTANT WORK FOR MANY 3788 02:13:06,712 --> 02:13:07,546 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE 3789 02:13:07,546 --> 02:13:09,214 NEED TO PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL 3790 02:13:09,214 --> 02:13:11,116 OF SERVICE FOR THOSE THAT ARE 3791 02:13:11,116 --> 02:13:12,217 REMAINING ON THE STREETS, THAT 3792 02:13:12,217 --> 02:13:12,884 PREDATORY FRAMEWORK THAT YOU 3793 02:13:12,884 --> 02:13:15,354 WERE TALKING ABOUT IS A BARRIER 3794 02:13:15,354 --> 02:13:16,855 TO GETTING SOMEBODY OFF THE 3795 02:13:16,855 --> 02:13:17,856 STREETS BECAUSE THEIR NEEDS ARE 3796 02:13:17,856 --> 02:13:24,663 CURRENTLY BEING MET BY SOMEBODY 3797 02:13:24,663 --> 02:13:26,064 THAT IS PREYING ON THEM. IT 3798 02:13:26,064 --> 02:13:30,902 REQUIRES A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF 3799 02:13:30,902 --> 02:13:32,404 SERVICE, A MUCH HIGHER COST BED. 3800 02:13:32,404 --> 02:13:35,607 I ALREADY TALKED MORE THAN I 3801 02:13:35,607 --> 02:13:36,441 EXPECTED TO. MY APOLOGIES. I 3802 02:13:36,441 --> 02:13:38,076 SAID MUCH MORE YESTERDAY. LEAVE 3803 02:13:38,076 --> 02:13:39,111 IT THERE. LOOKING FORWARD TO 3804 02:13:39,111 --> 02:13:39,911 CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION. 3805 02:13:39,911 --> 02:13:44,049 THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK 3806 02:13:44,049 --> 02:13:44,483 WITH EXPAID YENSY. 3807 02:13:44,483 --> 02:13:46,885 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE 3808 02:13:46,885 --> 02:13:47,552 CHAIR. COLLEAGUES, I DO JUST 3809 02:13:47,552 --> 02:13:49,054 WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING, 3810 02:13:49,054 --> 02:13:51,423 YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE 3811 02:13:51,423 --> 02:13:52,357 THAT WE INVITED SERVICE 3812 02:13:52,357 --> 02:13:55,427 PROVIDERS TO THE TABLE TO HEAR 3813 02:13:55,427 --> 02:13:56,028 THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEIR 3814 02:13:56,028 --> 02:13:58,463 KNOWLEDGE, AND SO I THINK WE'LL 3815 02:13:58,463 --> 02:13:59,331 PROBABLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 3816 02:13:59,331 --> 02:14:00,565 HOPEFULLY TO HEAR FROM THE 3817 02:14:00,565 --> 02:14:01,500 MAYOR'S OFFICE AGAIN. BUT I'M 3818 02:14:01,500 --> 02:14:03,201 HOPING WE CAN KIND OF FOCUS OR 3819 02:14:03,201 --> 02:14:10,842 QUESTIONS A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS 3820 02:14:10,842 --> 02:14:11,943 THE SERVICE PROVIDERS. 3821 02:14:11,943 --> 02:14:12,744 >> THAT DOVETAILS PERFECTLY 3822 02:14:12,744 --> 02:14:14,513 CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 3823 02:14:14,513 --> 02:14:16,348 AND EVERYONE WHO TURNED OUT TO 3824 02:14:16,348 --> 02:14:18,650 PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. I AM SO 3825 02:14:18,650 --> 02:14:19,885 REASSURED TO SEE HOW MANY FOLKS 3826 02:14:19,885 --> 02:14:22,421 HAVE COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THIS 3827 02:14:22,421 --> 02:14:23,555 PROPOSAL. I KNOW I'VE VOICED 3828 02:14:23,555 --> 02:14:25,157 THIS DURING OUR LAST BRIEFING ON 3829 02:14:25,157 --> 02:14:26,792 THIS BUT JUST WANT TO AGAIN 3830 02:14:26,792 --> 02:14:30,562 VOICE MY APPRECIATION TO THE 3831 02:14:30,562 --> 02:14:33,832 MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR MOVING WITH 3832 02:14:33,832 --> 02:14:34,933 URGENCY ON THIS ISSUE, OVERDUE 3833 02:14:34,933 --> 02:14:36,668 URGENCY. SO I WANT TO EXPRESSION 3834 02:14:36,668 --> 02:14:37,636 MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT. AND IN 3835 02:14:37,636 --> 02:14:39,037 THE SPIRIT OF URGENCY, WE HAVE A 3836 02:14:39,037 --> 02:14:41,540 LOT TO FIGURE OUT, AND I KNOW 3837 02:14:41,540 --> 02:14:42,841 WE'RE MOVING QUICKLY TO REALLY 3838 02:14:42,841 --> 02:14:44,443 TRY TO BRING FOLKS INSIDE AND TO 3839 02:14:44,443 --> 02:14:45,610 CRAFT A PLAN THAT'S REALLY 3840 02:14:45,610 --> 02:14:47,212 GOING TO WORK WELL. SO I WANT TO 3841 02:14:47,212 --> 02:14:48,280 START WITH THAT APPRECIATION AND 3842 02:14:48,280 --> 02:14:49,848 LIFT UP ONE KEY ISSUE WHICH I DO 3843 02:14:49,848 --> 02:14:52,384 WANT TO TURN TO OUR PROVIDERS AT 3844 02:14:52,384 --> 02:14:54,820 THE TABLE ON. JUST BRINGING IN 3845 02:14:54,820 --> 02:14:56,822 THE ELEMENT AND SPEAKING AS 3846 02:14:56,822 --> 02:14:58,056 CHAIR OVER OUR HUMAN SERVICES 3847 02:14:58,056 --> 02:14:59,791 COMMITTEE, WE HAD A DISCUSSION 3848 02:14:59,791 --> 02:15:00,792 JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, 3849 02:15:00,792 --> 02:15:04,229 ACTUALLY, A ROUNDTABLE WITH SOME 3850 02:15:04,229 --> 02:15:04,830 OTHER PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS 3851 02:15:04,830 --> 02:15:06,832 TALKING ABOUT WAGE EQUITY. WE 3852 02:15:06,832 --> 02:15:09,034 HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR TODAY FROM 3853 02:15:09,034 --> 02:15:10,836 PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE 3854 02:15:10,836 --> 02:15:11,603 ABSOLUTE NEED TO ENSURE THAT 3855 02:15:11,603 --> 02:15:15,807 THESE -- THAT ALL OF THE NEW 3856 02:15:15,807 --> 02:15:19,711 SITES THEY ARE BRINGING ONLINE 3857 02:15:19,711 --> 02:15:20,412 HAVE ROBUST SERVICES AND WHAT 3858 02:15:20,412 --> 02:15:22,314 HAS BEEN -- WHAT WE HAVEN'T 3859 02:15:22,314 --> 02:15:23,615 TALKED ABOUT IS THE AMAZING 3860 02:15:23,615 --> 02:15:25,784 PEOPLE CARRYING OUT THIS WORK 3861 02:15:25,784 --> 02:15:27,352 TAKING CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, 3862 02:15:27,352 --> 02:15:28,153 FRONT LINE STAFF, BEHAVIORAL 3863 02:15:28,153 --> 02:15:29,287 HEALTH STAFF AND SO ON. AND SO 3864 02:15:29,287 --> 02:15:31,289 THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW SOME OF 3865 02:15:31,289 --> 02:15:33,658 THE CHALLENGES FOR STAFFING AT 3866 02:15:33,658 --> 02:15:34,693 OUR EXISTING PROVIDER AGENCIES, 3867 02:15:34,693 --> 02:15:35,527 I'M WONDERING FROM YOUR 3868 02:15:35,527 --> 02:15:37,395 PERSPECTIVE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO 3869 02:15:37,395 --> 02:15:39,998 THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT'S 3870 02:15:39,998 --> 02:15:48,006 NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO STAFF FOR 3871 02:15:48,006 --> 02:15:48,707 THIS RAPID EXPANSION IN SCALING? 3872 02:15:48,707 --> 02:15:50,809 >> I MEAN, THIS IS MY FAVORITE 3873 02:15:50,809 --> 02:15:51,510 TOPIC. I'M LOOKING AT MY 3874 02:15:51,510 --> 02:15:52,511 COLLEAGUE TO MAKE SURE I DON'T 3875 02:15:52,511 --> 02:15:59,818 TALK OUT OF TURN A LITTLE BIT 3876 02:15:59,818 --> 02:16:08,226 HERE. SET ME UP. WAGE EQUITY IS 3877 02:16:08,226 --> 02:16:08,593 REALLY IMPORTANT 3878 02:16:16,735 --> 02:16:17,802 THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL STAFF 3879 02:16:17,802 --> 02:16:19,838 MEMBERS PROVIDING SERVICES 3880 02:16:19,838 --> 02:16:20,872 BEFORE VACCINE ALLEGATIONS WERE 3881 02:16:20,872 --> 02:16:24,409 EVEN AVAILABLE. WE'VE TRIED TO 3882 02:16:24,409 --> 02:16:24,976 KEEP VERY COMPETITIVE WAGES 3883 02:16:24,976 --> 02:16:25,944 SINCE THEN, AND IT HAS REALLY 3884 02:16:25,944 --> 02:16:28,146 PAID OFF IN TERMS OF THE 3885 02:16:28,146 --> 02:16:29,080 STABILIZATION OF MY STAFF. HI 3886 02:16:29,080 --> 02:16:32,584 ONE YEAR WHERE THERE WAS ZERO 3887 02:16:32,584 --> 02:16:34,920 STAFF WHO LEFT ON THEIR OWN 3888 02:16:34,920 --> 02:16:36,087 TERMS AND DIRECT SERVICES ROLES 3889 02:16:36,087 --> 02:16:37,355 ON THEIR OWN TERMS HAD TO LET 3890 02:16:37,355 --> 02:16:39,591 SOME PEOPLE GO, AS WE DO 3891 02:16:39,591 --> 02:16:42,594 SOMETIMES. BUT THAT REALLY SAYS 3892 02:16:42,594 --> 02:16:45,163 A LOT TO NOT ONLY STAFF MORALE 3893 02:16:45,163 --> 02:16:46,665 AND QUALITY OF SERVICES, BUT 3894 02:16:46,665 --> 02:16:47,799 THAT MEANS THAT OUR PARTICIPANTS 3895 02:16:47,799 --> 02:16:49,768 ARE TALKING TO THE SAME PEOPLE 3896 02:16:49,768 --> 02:16:52,637 AROUND THE SAME THINGS, AND THEY 3897 02:16:52,637 --> 02:16:54,272 KNOW THEIR JOURNEYS. SO IT 3898 02:16:54,272 --> 02:16:56,241 REALLY CREATES QUALITY CASE 3899 02:16:56,241 --> 02:16:57,342 MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT, AND ALSO 3900 02:16:57,342 --> 02:16:59,844 STABILIZES OUR STAFF AS WELL IF 3901 02:16:59,844 --> 02:17:01,112 THEY ARE NOT EQUALLY WORRYING 3902 02:17:01,112 --> 02:17:02,581 ABOUT THEIR GAS MONEY AND COMING 3903 02:17:02,581 --> 02:17:03,882 TO WORK EVERYDAY AND CHILD CARE 3904 02:17:03,882 --> 02:17:06,885 BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE 3905 02:17:06,885 --> 02:17:08,286 WHO HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE WHO 3906 02:17:08,286 --> 02:17:09,921 ARE THE PRIMARY INCOME EARNER IN 3907 02:17:09,921 --> 02:17:11,256 THEIR FAMILY, AND THAT CREATES 3908 02:17:11,256 --> 02:17:12,657 PEACE OF MIND, BUT IT'S NOT 3909 02:17:12,657 --> 02:17:16,828 JUST IN TERMS OF WAGES, WE HAVE 3910 02:17:16,828 --> 02:17:17,996 FOUND THAT IT'S ROBUST 3911 02:17:17,996 --> 02:17:20,999 BENEFITS, ALSO STAFF SUPPORT AND 3912 02:17:20,999 --> 02:17:22,534 TRAININGS AND OTHER THINGS THAT 3913 02:17:22,534 --> 02:17:25,270 REALLY LOOK AT THE STAFF MEMBER 3914 02:17:25,270 --> 02:17:27,472 AS ALMOST HOLISTICALLY AS THE 3915 02:17:27,472 --> 02:17:28,440 PARTICIPANTS BUT EXPECT THEM TO 3916 02:17:28,440 --> 02:17:29,808 DO HIGH-QUALITY IMPORTANT WORK 3917 02:17:29,808 --> 02:17:30,976 AS WELL WHICH THEY ARE DOING. 3918 02:17:30,976 --> 02:17:36,247 >> HI. I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO 3919 02:17:36,247 --> 02:17:37,482 THAT. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. 3920 02:17:37,482 --> 02:17:39,384 AT OUR STAFF, WE ACTUALLY ARE 3921 02:17:39,384 --> 02:17:44,089 UNIONIZED, AND SO OUR STAFF IS 3922 02:17:44,089 --> 02:17:46,391 REPRESENTED BY OPEIU LOCAL 8. SO 3923 02:17:46,391 --> 02:17:50,528 WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH 3924 02:17:50,528 --> 02:17:52,764 OUR STAFF AROUND SAFETY ISSUES. 3925 02:17:52,764 --> 02:17:54,633 I THINK THERE'S BEEN BACK AND 3926 02:17:54,633 --> 02:17:55,634 FORTH AROUND GUEST POLICIES. 3927 02:17:55,634 --> 02:17:57,335 BEFORE WE USED TO HAVE GUESTS, 3928 02:17:57,335 --> 02:18:02,440 AND THEN DURING COVID WE DID NOT 3929 02:18:02,440 --> 02:18:04,542 ALLOW GUESTS. AND WE FOUND OUT 3930 02:18:04,542 --> 02:18:05,877 THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY 3931 02:18:05,877 --> 02:18:07,178 FEELING SAFER WHEN THEY DON'T 3932 02:18:07,178 --> 02:18:08,713 SEE THEIR GUESTS OR OTHER 3933 02:18:08,713 --> 02:18:10,081 PEOPLE'S GUESTS BECAUSE YOU 3934 02:18:10,081 --> 02:18:11,716 REALLY DON'T WANT UNWANTED 3935 02:18:11,716 --> 02:18:13,652 GUESTS, AND SO THAT'S BEEN A 3936 02:18:13,652 --> 02:18:16,288 POLICY. AND I THINK THE KEY 3937 02:18:16,288 --> 02:18:17,455 THING WOULD BE RELATIONSHIP IN 3938 02:18:17,455 --> 02:18:20,692 TERMS OF PEOPLE FEELING -- THE 3939 02:18:20,692 --> 02:18:21,526 STAFF FEELING SAFE AND THE 3940 02:18:21,526 --> 02:18:23,662 PARTICIPANTS FEELING SAFE REALLY 3941 02:18:23,662 --> 02:18:27,532 HAS TO DO WITH THE RELATIONSHIP 3942 02:18:27,532 --> 02:18:29,467 WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OR 3943 02:18:29,467 --> 02:18:31,503 POLICE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE, 3944 02:18:31,503 --> 02:18:33,071 YOU KNOW, SAME THING WITH OUR 3945 02:18:33,071 --> 02:18:35,340 NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS 3946 02:18:35,340 --> 02:18:37,642 THAT IS THERE QUICK RESPONSE 3947 02:18:37,642 --> 02:18:40,245 WHEN THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, 3948 02:18:40,245 --> 02:18:44,416 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR PEOPLE 3949 02:18:44,416 --> 02:18:45,784 FEELING THREATENED BECAUSE THERE 3950 02:18:45,784 --> 02:18:48,953 ARE ISSUES AROUND, YOU KNOW, 3951 02:18:48,953 --> 02:18:50,255 VIOLENCE, THERE'S ISSUES AROUND 3952 02:18:50,255 --> 02:18:51,056 PEOPLE FEELING LIKE, WOW, THIS 3953 02:18:51,056 --> 02:18:52,324 JOB IS NOT SAFE BECAUSE, YOU 3954 02:18:52,324 --> 02:18:54,759 KNOW, WE HAVE TO WAIT TOO LONG 3955 02:18:54,759 --> 02:18:59,331 FOR THE POLICE OR IT CAN'T BE 3956 02:18:59,331 --> 02:19:01,132 RESOLVED OR THERE ISN'T ENOUGH 3957 02:19:01,132 --> 02:19:02,334 DE-ESCALATION, THERE'S NOT 3958 02:19:02,334 --> 02:19:05,804 ENOUGH STAFF ON SITE. SO THAT'S 3959 02:19:05,804 --> 02:19:07,038 WHY WE ENDED UP WITH -- 3960 02:19:07,038 --> 02:19:08,173 DEPENDING ON THE VILLAGE, WE 3961 02:19:08,173 --> 02:19:11,042 ENDED UP WITH TWO PEOPLE, YOU 3962 02:19:11,042 --> 02:19:12,877 KNOW, WHO ARE HANDLING THE 3963 02:19:12,877 --> 02:19:14,913 SECURITY ISSUES, AND SO THAT'S 3964 02:19:14,913 --> 02:19:16,081 BEEN VERY HELPFUL. AND THEN 3965 02:19:16,081 --> 02:19:17,415 SECURITY CAMERAS, I GUESS 3966 02:19:17,415 --> 02:19:18,416 THERE'S PROS AND CONS AROUND 3967 02:19:18,416 --> 02:19:24,255 THAT. BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT 3968 02:19:24,255 --> 02:19:24,889 SECURITY CAMERAS HAVE REALLY 3969 02:19:24,889 --> 02:19:26,491 HELPED WITH CRITICAL AREAS LIKE 3970 02:19:26,491 --> 02:19:27,992 SOME OF THE COMMON AREAS, SOME 3971 02:19:27,992 --> 02:19:29,094 OF THE BACK, DIFFERENT -- YOU 3972 02:19:29,094 --> 02:19:30,462 KNOW, WHERE YOU REALLY DON'T 3973 02:19:30,462 --> 02:19:31,996 HAVE THE SIGHT LINE, THAT HAS 3974 02:19:31,996 --> 02:19:38,336 HELPED. AND SO WE FEEL THAT IF 3975 02:19:38,336 --> 02:19:40,371 WE HAVE ENOUGH FINANCING FOR 3976 02:19:40,371 --> 02:19:42,273 THE, YOU KNOW, REALLY GOOD CASE 3977 02:19:42,273 --> 02:19:43,441 MANAGEMENT, REALLY GOOD COVERAGE 3978 02:19:43,441 --> 02:19:44,509 THAT THAT MAKES THE WHOLE 3979 02:19:44,509 --> 02:19:46,444 DIFFERENCE. AND WE ALSO HIRE A 3980 02:19:46,444 --> 02:19:48,713 LOT OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED 3981 02:19:48,713 --> 02:19:50,148 EXPERIENCE, AND THAT HAS ALSO 3982 02:19:50,148 --> 02:19:52,550 FACTORED IN TO HOW THE COMMUNITY 3983 02:19:52,550 --> 02:19:57,489 IS FEELING LIKE A COMMUNITY AND 3984 02:19:57,489 --> 02:19:59,157 LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER. 3985 02:19:59,157 --> 02:20:00,792 >> IF I COULD JUST ADD, I 3986 02:20:00,792 --> 02:20:02,660 ABSOLUTELY -- WORK FORCE COMES 3987 02:20:02,660 --> 02:20:04,329 DOWN TO WAGES AND BENEFITS, 3988 02:20:04,329 --> 02:20:05,096 NUMBER ONE, HAVING, YOU KNOW, 3989 02:20:05,096 --> 02:20:07,098 BEEN IN THIS SECTOR FOR A LONG 3990 02:20:07,098 --> 02:20:09,434 TIME. I JUST WANT TO NAME THAT 3991 02:20:09,434 --> 02:20:11,102 WE RELY ON ALL OF OUR PARTNERS 3992 02:20:11,102 --> 02:20:17,142 ACROSS THIS SECTOR, SO IT ALSO 3993 02:20:17,142 --> 02:20:19,010 IS CRITICAL THAT OUR ENTIRE 3994 02:20:19,010 --> 02:20:20,178 SECTOR FUNDS EACH OTHER 3995 02:20:20,178 --> 02:20:20,812 ADEQUATELY. WE'VE BENEFITED 3996 02:20:20,812 --> 02:20:21,646 SOMETIMES FROM HAVING BETTER 3997 02:20:21,646 --> 02:20:23,648 WAGES AND BENEFITS THAN OTHER 3998 02:20:23,648 --> 02:20:24,482 NEIGHBORS AND GOTTEN THEIR 3999 02:20:24,482 --> 02:20:26,885 EMPLOYEES, AND SOMETIMES OUR 4000 02:20:26,885 --> 02:20:28,953 EMPLOYEES MOVE ON ELSEWHERE. SO 4001 02:20:28,953 --> 02:20:31,089 WE NEED OUR COLLEAGUES TO ALSO 4002 02:20:31,089 --> 02:20:33,625 BE WELL FUNDED. AND SECONDLY, 4003 02:20:33,625 --> 02:20:35,360 I'LL SAY THAT IN TERMS OF -- 4004 02:20:35,360 --> 02:20:37,095 OUR STAFF IS MISSION DRIVEN, AND 4005 02:20:37,095 --> 02:20:39,798 SO THEY COME TO OUR WORK WITH A 4006 02:20:39,798 --> 02:20:41,633 PURPOSE. AND I'VE BEEN THERE 30 4007 02:20:41,633 --> 02:20:42,634 YEARS, AND I'M GUESSING TAMMY 4008 02:20:42,634 --> 02:20:44,169 IN THE AUDIENCE HAS BEEN THERE 4009 02:20:44,169 --> 02:20:49,407 CLOSE TO 10 YEARS AND THEN 4010 02:20:49,407 --> 02:20:50,542 DECADES OF WORK BEFORE THAT. IT 4011 02:20:50,542 --> 02:20:51,910 IS NOT PARTICULARLY OUR CLIENTS 4012 02:20:51,910 --> 02:20:53,411 I THINK THAT GET PEOPLE DOWN, I 4013 02:20:53,411 --> 02:20:54,846 THINK IT IS THE WORK 4014 02:20:54,846 --> 02:20:55,880 ENVIRONMENT, THE CONDITIONS OF 4015 02:20:55,880 --> 02:20:57,048 WORK, AND IT IS PRETTY HOPELESS 4016 02:20:57,048 --> 02:20:58,850 TO GO OUTSIDE AND NOT HAVE 4017 02:20:58,850 --> 02:20:59,951 SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN OFFER 4018 02:20:59,951 --> 02:21:01,419 SOMEBODY EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO 4019 02:21:01,419 --> 02:21:04,622 THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF 4020 02:21:04,622 --> 02:21:05,857 PROJECT THAT WILL INSPIRE AND 4021 02:21:05,857 --> 02:21:08,993 SUPPORT. AND I WILL SAY WE HAVE 4022 02:21:08,993 --> 02:21:09,627 EXCELLENT PARTNER WITH S.P.D., 4023 02:21:09,627 --> 02:21:11,396 CARE TEAM, SO I DO THINK PUBLIC 4024 02:21:11,396 --> 02:21:14,232 SAFETY IS CRITICAL, BUT WE DO 4025 02:21:14,232 --> 02:21:15,834 RELY ON OUR SYSTEM STRUCTURES. 4026 02:21:15,834 --> 02:21:17,569 OUR TEAM SHOULD NOT BE 4027 02:21:17,569 --> 02:21:18,636 RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 4028 02:21:18,636 --> 02:21:19,070 THANK YOU, ALISON. 4029 02:21:19,070 --> 02:21:21,272 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR 4030 02:21:21,272 --> 02:21:22,574 SPEAKING TO THAT. AND THIS IS 4031 02:21:22,574 --> 02:21:25,410 SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE WHEN WE 4032 02:21:25,410 --> 02:21:28,947 TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF HUMAN 4033 02:21:28,947 --> 02:21:31,216 SERVICES WE NEED THE INCREDIBLE 4034 02:21:31,216 --> 02:21:32,550 PEOPLE TO BE CARRYING OUT THE 4035 02:21:32,550 --> 02:21:34,552 WORK, AND IT RELIES ON THAT 4036 02:21:34,552 --> 02:21:36,054 CONNECTION IN SUPPORTING FOLKS 4037 02:21:36,054 --> 02:21:36,754 AT TIMES THEIR MOST VULNERABLE 4038 02:21:36,754 --> 02:21:39,557 MOMENTS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR 4039 02:21:39,557 --> 02:21:41,226 SPEAKING TO THAT ELEMENT. AND I 4040 02:21:41,226 --> 02:21:42,961 WOULD JUST BUILD ON THIS POINT 4041 02:21:42,961 --> 02:21:45,163 TO SAY I'M HOPEFUL, AND AS 4042 02:21:45,163 --> 02:21:45,830 WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, I'M 4043 02:21:45,830 --> 02:21:47,232 WONDERING -- THIS IS JUST A 4044 02:21:47,232 --> 02:21:48,333 QUESTION FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 4045 02:21:48,333 --> 02:21:49,734 DORKS WE HAVE A SENSE OF 4046 02:21:49,734 --> 02:21:50,935 APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY FOLKS WE 4047 02:21:50,935 --> 02:21:55,907 WILL NEED TO HIRE IN SUM TOTAL 4048 02:21:55,907 --> 02:21:57,075 TO SUPPORT THE PLANNED 4049 02:21:57,075 --> 02:21:57,375 EXPANSION? 4050 02:21:57,375 --> 02:21:57,976 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, 4051 02:21:57,976 --> 02:21:59,043 COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I THINK 4052 02:21:59,043 --> 02:22:00,979 IT'S GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON 4053 02:22:00,979 --> 02:22:02,447 THE NUMBER OF SITES THAT WE 4054 02:22:02,447 --> 02:22:04,816 OPEN. I THINK THE FEEDBACK THAT 4055 02:22:04,816 --> 02:22:06,117 WE ARE HEARING LOUDLY FROM THE 4056 02:22:06,117 --> 02:22:07,418 COMMUNITY, FROM PROVIDERS AND 4057 02:22:07,418 --> 02:22:09,454 FROM COUNCIL IS THAT A DEEPER, 4058 02:22:09,454 --> 02:22:10,188 MORE SERVICE-RICH ENVIRONMENT 4059 02:22:10,188 --> 02:22:11,923 AND THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS IS 4060 02:22:11,923 --> 02:22:15,860 WHAT WE ARE ASPIRING TO TO STAND 4061 02:22:15,860 --> 02:22:19,797 UP. SO WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME 4062 02:22:19,797 --> 02:22:20,431 ANALYSIS BACK FROM CBO AND TRY 4063 02:22:20,431 --> 02:22:22,500 TO GET YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT 4064 02:22:22,500 --> 02:22:23,968 QUESTION. BUT I THINK THAT MORE 4065 02:22:23,968 --> 02:22:25,103 SERVICE-RICH ENVIRONMENT WILL 4066 02:22:25,103 --> 02:22:25,670 REQUIRE HIGHER LEVELS OF 4067 02:22:25,670 --> 02:22:26,905 STAFFING, AND SO WE CAN FOLLOW 4068 02:22:26,905 --> 02:22:28,706 UP WITH YOU ON THAT. 4069 02:22:28,706 --> 02:22:30,842 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND IT 4070 02:22:30,842 --> 02:22:32,343 SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S ALSO SOME 4071 02:22:32,343 --> 02:22:33,344 GOOD LESSONS TO LEARN ABOUT 4072 02:22:33,344 --> 02:22:34,312 STAFF RETENTION AS WELL, BUT 4073 02:22:34,312 --> 02:22:37,115 I'M WONDERING AS WELL IF WE CAN 4074 02:22:37,115 --> 02:22:38,116 HAVE A CONTINUED CONVERSATION 4075 02:22:38,116 --> 02:22:41,452 AROUND HOW WE CAN DO A FOCUSED 4076 02:22:41,452 --> 02:22:44,589 RECRUITMENT EFFORT AS WELL GIVEN 4077 02:22:44,589 --> 02:22:46,691 THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED A WORK 4078 02:22:46,691 --> 02:22:48,393 FORCE. DO YOU SUPPORT THIS LEVEL 4079 02:22:48,393 --> 02:22:49,560 OF STAFFING AND SUPPORT AND MAKE 4080 02:22:49,560 --> 02:22:52,697 SURE WE CAN RETAIN FOLKS AND 4081 02:22:52,697 --> 02:22:53,865 COMPENSATE THEM FAIRLY FOR THIS 4082 02:22:53,865 --> 02:22:55,400 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WORK. THANK 4083 02:22:55,400 --> 02:22:56,701 YOU. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY 4084 02:22:56,701 --> 02:22:58,036 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 4085 02:22:58,036 --> 02:22:59,504 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 4086 02:22:59,504 --> 02:23:00,104 RINCK. COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. 4087 02:23:00,104 --> 02:23:01,306 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, 4088 02:23:01,306 --> 02:23:05,076 CHAIR, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF 4089 02:23:05,076 --> 02:23:06,511 OUR PRESENTERS AND PUBLIC 4090 02:23:06,511 --> 02:23:08,313 COMMENTERS. I WANT TO DIRECT A 4091 02:23:08,313 --> 02:23:09,914 QUESTION TO MS. ROGERS. IS SHE 4092 02:23:09,914 --> 02:23:11,783 STILL WITH US FROM TAMPA HOPE? 4093 02:23:11,783 --> 02:23:12,250 DID WE LOSE HER? 4094 02:23:12,250 --> 02:23:16,621 >> SHE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN 4095 02:23:16,621 --> 02:23:17,221 ALL-DAY STAFF RETREAT, SO SHE 4096 02:23:17,221 --> 02:23:19,057 LEFT THAT TO JOIN US AND HAD TO 4097 02:23:19,057 --> 02:23:19,657 GO BACK TO THAT MEETING, I 4098 02:23:19,657 --> 02:23:19,924 BELIEVE. 4099 02:23:19,924 --> 02:23:21,526 >> OKAY. I WILL EMAIL HER 4100 02:23:21,526 --> 02:23:22,860 QUESTION. LET ME MOVE DOWN MY 4101 02:23:22,860 --> 02:23:24,295 LIST. I WANTED -- THE REASON I 4102 02:23:24,295 --> 02:23:25,863 WANTED TO ASK HER QUESTIONS IS I 4103 02:23:25,863 --> 02:23:27,865 WANTED TO SORT OF ASK ABOUT WHAT 4104 02:23:27,865 --> 02:23:29,701 THE LESSONS LEARNED ARE FROM 4105 02:23:29,701 --> 02:23:31,469 OPERATING A FACILITY THAT'S A 4106 02:23:31,469 --> 02:23:32,870 LARGER FACILITY AND A LARGER 4107 02:23:32,870 --> 02:23:33,938 POPULATION. AS WE KNOW, THEY'VE 4108 02:23:33,938 --> 02:23:35,239 GOT 300 OR MORE FOLKS, AND 4109 02:23:35,239 --> 02:23:37,775 THAT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT 4110 02:23:37,775 --> 02:23:38,910 WE'RE CONSIDERING IS MOVING 4111 02:23:38,910 --> 02:23:42,146 FROM 100 TO 150 PEOPLE, AS WELL 4112 02:23:42,146 --> 02:23:43,748 AS ALLOWING UP TO 250 FOLKS. SO 4113 02:23:43,748 --> 02:23:48,052 MAYBE WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL 4114 02:23:48,052 --> 02:23:50,021 DIRECT MY QUESTION TO PDI AND TO 4115 02:23:50,021 --> 02:23:53,124 LIHI IN TERMS OF SHARING WITH US 4116 02:23:53,124 --> 02:23:54,959 WHAT YOU BELIEVE WOULD BE 4117 02:23:54,959 --> 02:23:56,127 CRITICAL FOR OPERATING A LARGER 4118 02:23:56,127 --> 02:23:57,195 LOCATION. AND I KNOW IN 4119 02:23:57,195 --> 02:23:59,564 PARTICULAR, AND I WANT TO 4120 02:23:59,564 --> 02:24:01,065 APPRECIATE WHAT PDA, WHAT YOU 4121 02:24:01,065 --> 02:24:02,100 SHARED IN TERMS OF UDUB STUDY 4122 02:24:02,100 --> 02:24:03,801 AND THE WORK YOU ALL HAVE DONE 4123 02:24:03,801 --> 02:24:05,303 TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE TAKING CARE 4124 02:24:05,303 --> 02:24:06,871 OF THE FOLKS AT YOUR FACILITY 4125 02:24:06,871 --> 02:24:08,106 AND REALLY ENGAGING DEEPLY WITH 4126 02:24:08,106 --> 02:24:09,607 THE NEIGHBORHOOD. CAN YOU SHARE 4127 02:24:09,607 --> 02:24:15,113 WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT A 4128 02:24:15,113 --> 02:24:15,446 LARGER SCALE? 4129 02:24:15,446 --> 02:24:17,448 >> I WOULD SAY IN SOME WAYS 4130 02:24:17,448 --> 02:24:18,616 IT'S MORE OF WHAT WE'RE 4131 02:24:18,616 --> 02:24:19,951 ALREADY DOING, IN SOME WAYS IT 4132 02:24:19,951 --> 02:24:21,052 STAYS THE SAME. I SAY THAT 4133 02:24:21,052 --> 02:24:22,020 BECAUSE IF WE'RE IN A LARGER 4134 02:24:22,020 --> 02:24:23,621 SCALE AREA, AND WE HAVE A SAFETY 4135 02:24:23,621 --> 02:24:25,723 TEAM, AND WE HAVE STAFF WHO ARE 4136 02:24:25,723 --> 02:24:26,924 KIND OF OVERSEEING WHAT'S 4137 02:24:26,924 --> 02:24:29,360 HAPPENING OUTSIDE IN THE 4138 02:24:29,360 --> 02:24:33,131 COMMUNITY, WE'RE JUST DOING 4139 02:24:33,131 --> 02:24:34,766 THAT IN A LARGER SPACE. IN TERMS 4140 02:24:34,766 --> 02:24:37,535 OF STAFF MEMBERS, WE DO NEED AN 4141 02:24:37,535 --> 02:24:38,536 INCREASE IN STAFF MEMBERS BUT 4142 02:24:38,536 --> 02:24:39,671 NOT HUGELY BECAUSE WE'RE STILL 4143 02:24:39,671 --> 02:24:41,806 GOING TO BE IN ONE LOCATION, BUT 4144 02:24:41,806 --> 02:24:43,674 WE WANT TO KEEP OUR CASELOADS 4145 02:24:43,674 --> 02:24:44,776 LOW ENOUGH THAT STAFF MEMBERS 4146 02:24:44,776 --> 02:24:48,913 CAN STILL GO OUT AND DO THE 4147 02:24:48,913 --> 02:24:51,282 INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND 4148 02:24:51,282 --> 02:24:53,518 ENGAGEMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS I 4149 02:24:53,518 --> 02:24:54,385 THINK IS IMPORTANT IN 4150 02:24:54,385 --> 02:24:56,320 MAINTAINING THIS SITE IS IT'S 4151 02:24:56,320 --> 02:24:57,455 REALLY MAKING SURE WE'RE 4152 02:24:57,455 --> 02:24:58,322 STABILIZING PEOPLE, WE'RE 4153 02:24:58,322 --> 02:24:58,990 CONNECTING THEM TO SERVICES, AND 4154 02:24:58,990 --> 02:25:00,124 WE'RE GETTING THEM TO THE NEXT 4155 02:25:00,124 --> 02:25:02,393 PLACE. IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE 4156 02:25:02,393 --> 02:25:03,728 IN A LARGE SITE, AND THEY'RE 4157 02:25:03,728 --> 02:25:13,838 JUST STUCK THERE, THAT IS A 4158 02:25:14,072 --> 02:25:15,940 >>> I KNOW THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT 4159 02:25:15,940 --> 02:25:18,676 WE ARE RAISING A LOT&I KNOW THAT 4160 02:25:18,676 --> 02:25:19,277 THERE IS A LOT OF BARRIERS TO 4161 02:25:19,277 --> 02:25:20,945 THAT, BUT THAT IS SUPER 4162 02:25:20,945 --> 02:25:23,114 IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF DOING THIS 4163 02:25:23,114 --> 02:25:24,949 WORK, BUT IT IS ALSO CONSTANT 4164 02:25:24,949 --> 02:25:25,717 COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION 4165 02:25:25,717 --> 02:25:26,350 FROM THE COMMUNITY AND 4166 02:25:26,350 --> 02:25:27,085 NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE IS ALWAYS 4167 02:25:27,085 --> 02:25:28,486 GOING TO BE THINGS THAT POP UP 4168 02:25:28,486 --> 02:25:32,356 AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEM 4169 02:25:32,356 --> 02:25:39,597 IMMEDIATELY. WE HAD FOUND THE 4170 02:25:39,597 --> 02:25:42,166 INDIVIDUALS AND SAID WE ALREADY 4171 02:25:42,166 --> 02:25:43,668 HAD THIS CONVERSATION, THIS 4172 02:25:43,668 --> 02:25:45,603 CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, THIS IS NEW 4173 02:25:45,603 --> 02:25:46,838 WAY OF LIVING, JUST A REMINDER. 4174 02:25:46,838 --> 02:25:48,072 IF THIS CONTINUES TO BE AN 4175 02:25:48,072 --> 02:25:50,274 ISSUE, WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN A 4176 02:25:50,274 --> 02:25:51,476 REMINDER IN TERMS OF THAT 4177 02:25:51,476 --> 02:25:52,610 CONVERSATION, QUICK ENGAGEMENT 4178 02:25:52,610 --> 02:25:53,544 AND AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY 4179 02:25:53,544 --> 02:25:56,347 IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE 4180 02:25:56,347 --> 02:26:01,986 SUPER IMPORTANT NO MATTER THE 4181 02:26:01,986 --> 02:26:05,089 SITE SIZE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 4182 02:26:05,223 --> 02:26:07,458 >> TO PIGGY BACK OFF WHAT TARA 4183 02:26:07,458 --> 02:26:10,928 SAID, SHE IS EXACTLY RIGHT T. IS 4184 02:26:10,928 --> 02:26:12,597 THE STAFFING BECAUSE WHAT WE 4185 02:26:12,597 --> 02:26:16,134 DON'T WANT IS TO NOT HAVE THE 4186 02:26:16,134 --> 02:26:17,602 FUNDING FOR THE APPROPRIATE 4187 02:26:17,602 --> 02:26:18,636 STAFFING, KIND OF WHAT TARA 4188 02:26:18,636 --> 02:26:20,605 TOUCHED ON, IS THEN HAVING 4189 02:26:20,605 --> 02:26:22,874 SOMEONE IN THE 150-PERSON SITE 4190 02:26:22,874 --> 02:26:24,408 WHO GETS FORGOTTEN, RIGHT? WE 4191 02:26:24,408 --> 02:26:27,645 WANT TO HAVE THIS STAFF THERE 4192 02:26:27,645 --> 02:26:28,312 THAT EVERYBODY IS STILL 4193 02:26:28,312 --> 02:26:29,947 ENGAGING, EVERYBODY IS TALKING 4194 02:26:29,947 --> 02:26:34,118 TO CLIENTS EVERY DAY AND 4195 02:26:34,118 --> 02:26:35,720 EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO IS THERE AND 4196 02:26:35,720 --> 02:26:37,555 NOT THERE. WE ARE DOING THE 4197 02:26:37,555 --> 02:26:38,456 WELLNESS CHECKS ON OUR CLIENTS. 4198 02:26:38,456 --> 02:26:39,423 THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WOULD BE 4199 02:26:39,423 --> 02:26:43,060 STAFFING. WE NEED A BE SURE WE 4200 02:26:43,060 --> 02:26:45,763 ARE STAFFED PROPERLY, AND DO ALL 4201 02:26:45,763 --> 02:26:47,565 THE THINGS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE 4202 02:26:47,565 --> 02:26:49,000 THE VILLAGE WHEN THINGS POP UP 4203 02:26:49,000 --> 02:26:53,504 OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE WE CAN TAKE 4204 02:26:53,504 --> 02:26:55,540 CARE OF THEM QUICKLY, IT COMES 4205 02:26:55,540 --> 02:26:57,742 DOWN TO FUNDING AND BEING ABLE 4206 02:26:57,742 --> 02:26:59,243 TO HAVE THE STAFFING. 4207 02:26:59,243 --> 02:27:00,311 >> I WANTED TO ADD ABOUT THE 4208 02:27:00,311 --> 02:27:02,280 PHYSICAL LAYOUT, I THINK IF YOU 4209 02:27:02,280 --> 02:27:04,649 HAD A LOT MORE, LETS SEE IF YOU 4210 02:27:04,649 --> 02:27:06,017 WERE DOING A COMMUNITY WITH 4211 02:27:06,017 --> 02:27:07,852 TOWNHOUSES, YOU WOULD TRY AND 4212 02:27:07,852 --> 02:27:11,189 MAYBE CLUSTER, YOU MAY HAVE A 4213 02:27:11,189 --> 02:27:12,323 LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE, LITTLE 4214 02:27:12,323 --> 02:27:14,525 NEIGHBORHOOD THERE, AND YOU 4215 02:27:14,525 --> 02:27:15,560 DON'T WANT EVERYBODY GOING TO 4216 02:27:15,560 --> 02:27:17,728 THE SAME KITCHEN AT THE SAME 4217 02:27:17,728 --> 02:27:18,996 TIME, RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANT 4218 02:27:18,996 --> 02:27:22,834 EVERYBODY KNOWING TO THE SAME 4219 02:27:22,834 --> 02:27:26,604 SMOKING AREA AT THE SAME TIME. 4220 02:27:26,604 --> 02:27:28,539 YOU MAY DECENTRALIZE SOME 4221 02:27:28,539 --> 02:27:29,974 SERVICES. HAVE A SECOND KITCHEN, 4222 02:27:29,974 --> 02:27:34,845 HAVE A SECOND LAUNDRY ROOM OR 4223 02:27:34,845 --> 02:27:36,447 THIRD LAUNDRY ROOM, SO PEOPLE 4224 02:27:36,447 --> 02:27:38,850 DON'T FEEL LIKE-- THEY DON'T 4225 02:27:38,850 --> 02:27:44,855 FEEL THEY HAVE TO INTERACT LIKE 4226 02:27:44,855 --> 02:27:46,490 ONE SPACE, RIGHT? THERE ARE 4227 02:27:46,490 --> 02:27:48,192 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VILLAGE 4228 02:27:48,192 --> 02:27:49,026 PEOPLE FEEL THEY CAN IDENTIFY 4229 02:27:49,026 --> 02:27:50,661 WITH, FEEL MORE CLOSE TO THIS 4230 02:27:50,661 --> 02:27:54,398 GROUP OF NEIGHBORS THAN ANOTHER 4231 02:27:54,398 --> 02:27:56,467 GROUP OF NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, 4232 02:27:56,467 --> 02:27:57,668 NOT TO BRING UP ANYTHING 4233 02:27:57,668 --> 02:27:59,971 CONTROVERSIAL BUT WHEN WE HAD 4234 02:27:59,971 --> 02:28:01,038 TRUE HOPE VILLAGE, WE BASICALLY, 4235 02:28:01,038 --> 02:28:02,907 THAT HAPPENS TO BE ONE THAT HAS 4236 02:28:02,907 --> 02:28:03,941 FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, WE 4237 02:28:03,941 --> 02:28:04,475 GROUPED THE FAMILIES WITH 4238 02:28:04,475 --> 02:28:05,977 CHILDREN IN ONE PART OF THE 4239 02:28:05,977 --> 02:28:07,945 VILLAGE, AND THE SINGLES AND 4240 02:28:07,945 --> 02:28:10,414 COUPLES IN THE OTHERS. IF YOU GO 4241 02:28:10,414 --> 02:28:13,651 TO TRUE HOPE VILLAGE, ALL THE 4242 02:28:13,651 --> 02:28:15,653 TOYS AND EVERYTHING, AND THE 4243 02:28:15,653 --> 02:28:17,588 NOISE WHERE THE FAMILIES ARE, 4244 02:28:17,588 --> 02:28:23,294 RIGHT? THEN THE SINGLES, IT IS A 4245 02:28:23,294 --> 02:28:23,895 DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE 4246 02:28:23,895 --> 02:28:27,965 TALKING IN TERMS OF EXPANSION, I 4247 02:28:27,965 --> 02:28:31,002 THINK WE CAN LAY OUT, MAKE SURE 4248 02:28:31,002 --> 02:28:32,637 THERE IS CONNECT RATIO OF 4249 02:28:32,637 --> 02:28:33,271 HYGIENE FACILITIES, LIKE HOW 4250 02:28:33,271 --> 02:28:35,573 MANY PEOPLE CAN COOK AT ONE 4251 02:28:35,573 --> 02:28:39,076 TIME, OR WHERE FOOD CAN BE 4252 02:28:39,076 --> 02:28:40,611 PREPARED, OR WHERE PEOPLE CAN 4253 02:28:40,611 --> 02:28:45,082 SORT OF DEVELOP A SENSE OF 4254 02:28:45,082 --> 02:28:45,383 COMMUNITY. 4255 02:28:45,383 --> 02:28:47,752 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. CHAIR, IF 4256 02:28:47,752 --> 02:28:49,687 I MAY ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, 4257 02:28:49,687 --> 02:28:52,590 I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO HEAR MORE, 4258 02:28:52,590 --> 02:28:53,958 LET ME SAY FIRST Y APPRECIATE 4259 02:28:53,958 --> 02:28:55,693 THE ATTENTION OF DETAIL ON THE 4260 02:28:55,693 --> 02:28:57,194 STAFFING AS WELL AS POTENTIAL 4261 02:28:57,194 --> 02:28:58,529 FOR HAVING NEIGHBORHOODS, I 4262 02:28:58,529 --> 02:29:00,398 WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SORT OF HEAR 4263 02:29:00,398 --> 02:29:02,033 MORE ABOUT WHETHER THERE IS A 4264 02:29:02,033 --> 02:29:04,235 BEST PRACTICE OR STANDARD IN 4265 02:29:04,235 --> 02:29:05,936 TERMS OF THE SIZE OF A LOCATION 4266 02:29:05,936 --> 02:29:13,210 IN ORDER TO INSURE WE COULD 4267 02:29:13,210 --> 02:29:14,278 PROVIDE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND 4268 02:29:14,278 --> 02:29:14,745 MULTIPLE FACILITIES. 4269 02:29:14,745 --> 02:29:17,515 >> YEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A 4270 02:29:17,515 --> 02:29:18,749 STANDARD IN TERMS OF HOW MANY 4271 02:29:18,749 --> 02:29:21,886 PEOPLE DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO 4272 02:29:21,886 --> 02:29:25,222 USE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE USING 4273 02:29:25,222 --> 02:29:27,458 TOILETS, SHOWERS, LAUNDRY, SO 4274 02:29:27,458 --> 02:29:30,394 THERE IS A RATIO. SO, INSTEAD OF 4275 02:29:30,394 --> 02:29:32,029 DOING ONE GIGANTIC LAUNDROMAT OR 4276 02:29:32,029 --> 02:29:33,631 YOU WANT TO SPREAD IT AROUND, 4277 02:29:33,631 --> 02:29:34,799 RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU ABSOLUTELY 4278 02:29:34,799 --> 02:29:39,904 WANT TO SPREAD THE RESTROOMS AND 4279 02:29:39,904 --> 02:29:43,007 HYGIENE FACILITIES AROUND THE 4280 02:29:43,007 --> 02:29:44,241 VILLAGE. SO EVERYBODY HAS 4281 02:29:44,241 --> 02:29:44,575 ACCESS, YEAH. 4282 02:29:44,575 --> 02:29:46,243 >> THANK YOU. I KNOW THERE IS 4283 02:29:46,243 --> 02:29:47,912 ANOTHER QUESTION FROM ANOTHER 4284 02:29:47,912 --> 02:29:49,480 COUNCIL MEMBER, SO I WILL WRAP 4285 02:29:49,480 --> 02:29:51,148 UP WITH ONE OVER TO THE FOLKS AT 4286 02:29:51,148 --> 02:29:53,384 REACH, SO, THANK YOU FOR THE 4287 02:29:53,384 --> 02:29:54,986 PRESENTATION, I REALLY 4288 02:29:54,986 --> 02:29:57,722 APPRECIATED WHAT YOU SHARED 4289 02:29:57,722 --> 02:29:59,790 AROUND THOSE THREE CRITICAL 4290 02:29:59,790 --> 02:30:01,826 ELEMENTS FOR INTEGRATION, AM I 4291 02:30:01,826 --> 02:30:03,461 CORRECT THAT THE ON SITE ACCESS 4292 02:30:03,461 --> 02:30:04,495 TO TREATMENT, THAT YOU 4293 02:30:04,495 --> 02:30:06,597 MENTIONED, IS THAT CURRENTLY 4294 02:30:06,597 --> 02:30:08,299 PART OF THE PLAN? OR IS THAT 4295 02:30:08,299 --> 02:30:10,401 SOMETHING YOU RECOMMENDING AS A 4296 02:30:10,401 --> 02:30:10,768 BEST PRACTICE? 4297 02:30:10,768 --> 02:30:14,004 >> UM, I BELIEVE IT IS PART OF 4298 02:30:14,004 --> 02:30:15,906 THE PLAN IS TO INTEGRATE 4299 02:30:15,906 --> 02:30:17,808 BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT Y. NAMED A 4300 02:30:17,808 --> 02:30:20,745 COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MODALITIES 4301 02:30:20,745 --> 02:30:22,046 AND WE HAVE A TREATMENT IN 4302 02:30:22,046 --> 02:30:22,980 MOTION VAN RIGHT NOW, WHICH 4303 02:30:22,980 --> 02:30:24,281 WOULD BE GREAT AS ONE EXAMPLE OF 4304 02:30:24,281 --> 02:30:26,117 BEING ABLE TO HAVE A VEHICLE ON 4305 02:30:26,117 --> 02:30:28,119 THE CITY HELPED FUND THAT THE 4306 02:30:28,119 --> 02:30:30,221 LAST FEW YEARS. WE WANT TO 4307 02:30:30,221 --> 02:30:32,456 EXPAND THAT. EVEN, THERE IS A 4308 02:30:32,456 --> 02:30:33,624 NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR FIXED SITE 4309 02:30:33,624 --> 02:30:34,792 DISPENSARY WHERE WE COULD HAVE, 4310 02:30:34,792 --> 02:30:36,127 AND WE HAVE HAD FOLKS OFFER 4311 02:30:36,127 --> 02:30:37,795 THAT, LIKE COULD HAVE A FACILITY 4312 02:30:37,795 --> 02:30:38,729 THERE, AND THEN PROVIDERS COULD 4313 02:30:38,729 --> 02:30:40,131 JUST GO SO WE DON'T HAVE TO 4314 02:30:40,131 --> 02:30:42,166 DRIVE AND SET UP A WHOLE VAN. 4315 02:30:42,166 --> 02:30:44,068 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE WILL 4316 02:30:44,068 --> 02:30:46,871 LOOK AT WHAT MODEL SERVES EACH 4317 02:30:46,871 --> 02:30:47,738 POPULATION AND EACH PARTNERSHIP. 4318 02:30:47,738 --> 02:30:49,707 >> I WANT TO ADD THAT WE 4319 02:30:49,707 --> 02:30:52,643 ACTUALLY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH 4320 02:30:52,643 --> 02:30:54,812 A NUMBER OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 4321 02:30:54,812 --> 02:30:58,916 PROVIDERS, AND, FOR INSTANCE, WE 4322 02:30:58,916 --> 02:30:59,450 HAVE THERAPEUTIC HEALTH 4323 02:30:59,450 --> 02:31:01,152 SERVICES, THEY WEREN'T HERE TO 4324 02:31:01,152 --> 02:31:02,153 TESTIFY BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY 4325 02:31:02,153 --> 02:31:04,688 PLANTED IN OUR-- THEY ARE IN A 4326 02:31:04,688 --> 02:31:07,324 TINY HOUSE AT OUR SITE, AND THEY 4327 02:31:07,324 --> 02:31:08,192 JUST PURCHASED AND COMPLETED A 4328 02:31:08,192 --> 02:31:12,229 VAN, AND THE VAN IS GOING TO BE 4329 02:31:12,229 --> 02:31:14,632 DEDICATED TO, ALSO, COMING TO 4330 02:31:14,632 --> 02:31:15,499 OUR TINY HOUSE VILLAGE SITES. 4331 02:31:15,499 --> 02:31:18,102 SO, AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO WORKED 4332 02:31:18,102 --> 02:31:19,570 WITH, YOU KNOW, EVERGREEN AS 4333 02:31:19,570 --> 02:31:23,607 WELL, AND WE ARE OPEN TO, AS WE 4334 02:31:23,607 --> 02:31:26,710 EXPAND MORE VILLAGES, WE EXPECT 4335 02:31:26,710 --> 02:31:29,180 THAT MORE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 4336 02:31:29,180 --> 02:31:30,548 SERVICES AND BUDGETING WILL BE 4337 02:31:30,548 --> 02:31:30,781 NEEDED. 4338 02:31:30,781 --> 02:31:32,483 >> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT IS 4339 02:31:32,483 --> 02:31:35,252 HELPFUL, AND I GUESS WHAT I WILL 4340 02:31:35,252 --> 02:31:36,921 SAY MORE IS COMMENT, YOU ALREADY 4341 02:31:36,921 --> 02:31:37,955 SPOKE TO THE TREATMENT MODALITY 4342 02:31:37,955 --> 02:31:42,393 AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE 4343 02:31:42,393 --> 02:31:43,127 HERE LOCALLY FOR THE 4344 02:31:43,127 --> 02:31:44,094 INJECTION-BASED TREATMENT AND I 4345 02:31:44,094 --> 02:31:46,163 THINK IT HAS BEEN REALLY 4346 02:31:46,163 --> 02:31:46,764 IMPORTANT AND INCREDIBLY 4347 02:31:46,764 --> 02:31:48,532 IMPACTFUL AND WE HAVE SEEN THE 4348 02:31:48,532 --> 02:31:50,434 REPORTS THAT HAVE COME OUT 4349 02:31:50,434 --> 02:31:52,770 AROUND HOW MUCH THAT HAS MADE 4350 02:31:52,770 --> 02:31:54,305 TREATMENT ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS. 4351 02:31:54,305 --> 02:31:55,973 SO AS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE 4352 02:31:55,973 --> 02:31:58,776 HIGH SUPPORT FACTOR, I WANT TO 4353 02:31:58,776 --> 02:32:01,412 MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP 4354 02:32:01,412 --> 02:32:02,613 AROUND THE INTEGRATION. I LOVED 4355 02:32:02,613 --> 02:32:03,347 HEARING ABOUT THE ON-SITE 4356 02:32:03,347 --> 02:32:05,449 AVAILABILITY AND THAT FEELS IT 4357 02:32:05,449 --> 02:32:09,420 COULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT, OF 4358 02:32:09,420 --> 02:32:11,255 COURSE WE KNOW EVERYBODY LIVING 4359 02:32:11,255 --> 02:32:13,724 OUTSIDE IS NOT WITH SUBSTANCE 4360 02:32:13,724 --> 02:32:15,993 USE DISORDER THOSE STATISTICS, 4361 02:32:15,993 --> 02:32:17,761 50% OF THE FOLKS SURVEYED 4362 02:32:17,761 --> 02:32:18,295 REPORTING SUBSTANCE USE 4363 02:32:18,295 --> 02:32:20,764 DISORDER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE 4364 02:32:20,764 --> 02:32:22,733 ARE A PARTNER IN INTEGRATING 4365 02:32:22,733 --> 02:32:26,770 THAT MODALITY INTO THIS 4366 02:32:26,770 --> 02:32:31,375 EXPANSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 4367 02:32:31,375 --> 02:32:31,609 CHAIR. 4368 02:32:31,609 --> 02:32:33,344 >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. 4369 02:32:33,344 --> 02:32:37,114 >> I WILL BE QUICK, I AM LUCKY I 4370 02:32:37,114 --> 02:32:40,217 GET TO SIT ON BOTH COMMIT EASE 4371 02:32:40,217 --> 02:32:41,352 IN WHICH SOME LEGISLATION IS IN 4372 02:32:41,352 --> 02:32:42,319 COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS'S 4373 02:32:42,319 --> 02:32:43,120 COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL MEMBER 4374 02:32:43,120 --> 02:32:46,590 LINN. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD 4375 02:32:46,590 --> 02:32:49,159 WAS THE BUDGETING PIECE, IT WAS 4376 02:32:49,159 --> 02:32:52,396 A ROUGH ESTIMATE BETWEEN-- IT 4377 02:32:52,396 --> 02:32:56,500 WILL COST BETWEEN $25,000 TO 4378 02:32:56,500 --> 02:33:00,638 $45,000 PER UNIT TO OPERATE FROM 4379 02:33:00,638 --> 02:33:02,339 THE PROVIDERS, WOULD THAT SEEM 4380 02:33:02,339 --> 02:33:03,908 ADEQUATE? I KNOW I HAVE TALKED 4381 02:33:03,908 --> 02:33:05,075 ADEQUATE FUNDING, MAKING SURE WE 4382 02:33:05,075 --> 02:33:10,214 ARE STAFFED WELL, WOULD THAT 4383 02:33:10,214 --> 02:33:12,650 SEEM LIKE A PRETTY DECENT 4384 02:33:12,650 --> 02:33:13,317 NUMBER? FOR YOUR PROGRAM MODEL. 4385 02:33:13,317 --> 02:33:15,352 >> I WILL SAY THAT THE RANGE, 4386 02:33:15,352 --> 02:33:18,422 THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF RANGE IN 4387 02:33:18,422 --> 02:33:20,658 TERMS OF THE VILLAGES. WE HAVE 4388 02:33:20,658 --> 02:33:23,060 ONE VILLAGE THAT IS FOR HOMELESS 4389 02:33:23,060 --> 02:33:28,032 WOMEN, ONLY, AND IT IS VERY 4390 02:33:28,032 --> 02:33:30,000 SMALL. BECAUSE IT IS VERY SMALL 4391 02:33:30,000 --> 02:33:32,937 IT HAS A LOT OF STAFFING BECAUSE 4392 02:33:32,937 --> 02:33:35,005 YOU NEED 24/7. THE RATIO, YOU 4393 02:33:35,005 --> 02:33:38,609 KNOW, MUCH ON THE HIGH SIDE. 4394 02:33:38,609 --> 02:33:39,376 OKAY? AND I THINK THE OTHER 4395 02:33:39,376 --> 02:33:41,579 FACTOR, WHICH IS WHY IT IS SO 4396 02:33:41,579 --> 02:33:46,550 IMPORTANT FOR THIS PACKAGE OF 4397 02:33:46,550 --> 02:33:47,718 LEGISLATION TO BE PASSED, IS 4398 02:33:47,718 --> 02:33:49,987 BECAUSE IF WE HAVE ACCESS TO 4399 02:33:49,987 --> 02:33:53,123 PUBLIC LAND, IT IS ZERO, RIGHT? 4400 02:33:53,123 --> 02:33:54,959 IF WE HAVE TO PAY MARKET RENT, 4401 02:33:54,959 --> 02:33:56,627 OR IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, WE 4402 02:33:56,627 --> 02:33:59,363 ARE NOT ABLE TO FIND SUFFICIENT 4403 02:33:59,363 --> 02:34:01,398 PUBLIC LAND, THEN THE RENTAL 4404 02:34:01,398 --> 02:34:07,805 COST OF THE LAND IS CONTRIBUTING 4405 02:34:07,805 --> 02:34:08,973 FACTOR TO THE OVERALL OPERATING 4406 02:34:08,973 --> 02:34:10,007 COST. THAT IS WHY I THINK WE 4407 02:34:10,007 --> 02:34:13,811 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR 4408 02:34:13,811 --> 02:34:15,579 PUBLIC PARTNERS ARE PROVIDING US 4409 02:34:15,579 --> 02:34:19,450 AS MUCH LOW COST, OR FREE LAND 4410 02:34:19,450 --> 02:34:20,651 AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN, OF 4411 02:34:20,651 --> 02:34:24,622 COURSE, THE SERVICE, I THINK IN 4412 02:34:24,622 --> 02:34:28,792 THE EARLY DAYS THE VILLAGES WERE 4413 02:34:28,792 --> 02:34:30,761 NOT, LETS SAY FOCUSED AS MUCH ON 4414 02:34:30,761 --> 02:34:32,930 SERVICES, SO IT HAS BEEN A 4415 02:34:32,930 --> 02:34:36,300 STRUGGLE TO ADD SERVICES TO SOME 4416 02:34:36,300 --> 02:34:38,002 OF THE OLDER VILLAGES. AS AN 4417 02:34:38,002 --> 02:34:39,436 EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE, SORRY TO 4418 02:34:39,436 --> 02:34:41,572 SAY THIS, BUT SOME OF THE 4419 02:34:41,572 --> 02:34:43,440 VILLAGES IN KING COUNTY ARE 4420 02:34:43,440 --> 02:34:44,642 STILL BEGGING FOR BEHAVIORAL 4421 02:34:44,642 --> 02:34:45,242 HEALTH SERVES. SO THAT IS 4422 02:34:45,242 --> 02:34:51,248 SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO BE 4423 02:34:51,248 --> 02:34:52,950 ADDRESSING WITH KING COUNTY. IT 4424 02:34:52,950 --> 02:34:55,152 IS UNEVEN IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF 4425 02:34:55,152 --> 02:34:56,020 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SERVES 4426 02:34:56,020 --> 02:34:59,356 THAT ARE REALLY NEEDED FOR THE 4427 02:34:59,356 --> 02:35:00,691 POPULATION. SO, I THINK IF WE 4428 02:35:00,691 --> 02:35:03,661 CAN BRING EVERYBODY UP TO A, YOU 4429 02:35:03,661 --> 02:35:05,029 KNOW, BASE LEVEL, WOULD BE 4430 02:35:05,029 --> 02:35:06,897 GREAT, AND THEN, ALSO, TALK 4431 02:35:06,897 --> 02:35:08,332 ABOUT WHICH ONES ARE THE ONES 4432 02:35:08,332 --> 02:35:12,002 THAT, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OR 4433 02:35:12,002 --> 02:35:13,904 THE NEED, NEED ADDITIONAL 4434 02:35:13,904 --> 02:35:14,171 SERVICES. 4435 02:35:14,171 --> 02:35:16,540 >> UNDER STOOD. SO IT RANGES 4436 02:35:16,540 --> 02:35:17,174 DIFFERENTLY BETWEEN WHAT TYPE OF 4437 02:35:17,174 --> 02:35:19,143 LEVEL OF SERVICE, SO IT WOULD BE 4438 02:35:19,143 --> 02:35:21,278 DIFFERENT FOR LEAD, AS WELL. 4439 02:35:21,278 --> 02:35:24,048 >> YEAH. KIND OF TYING INTO OUR 4440 02:35:24,048 --> 02:35:25,382 HIGH INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT 4441 02:35:25,382 --> 02:35:26,784 AND SERVICE MODEL THAT WE HAVE, 4442 02:35:26,784 --> 02:35:29,553 SO THAT RANGE THAT YOU ARE 4443 02:35:29,553 --> 02:35:31,488 SAYING IS CLOSE TO WHAT WE NEED, 4444 02:35:31,488 --> 02:35:33,490 OR CLOSE ENOUGH, BUT I WOULD SAY 4445 02:35:33,490 --> 02:35:34,191 THAT, ADDITIONALLY, THINGS LIKE 4446 02:35:34,191 --> 02:35:35,993 THE STAR CENTER ARE MUCH HIGHER 4447 02:35:35,993 --> 02:35:38,629 THAN THAT, AND WE NEED MORE STAR 4448 02:35:38,629 --> 02:35:41,131 CENTERS, WE NEED MORE RESOURCES, 4449 02:35:41,131 --> 02:35:42,132 BECAUSE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, 4450 02:35:42,132 --> 02:35:46,236 MENTAL HEALTH, WHAT NOT, THAT WE 4451 02:35:46,236 --> 02:35:47,705 REALLY NEED TO CONNECT FOLKS TO, 4452 02:35:47,705 --> 02:35:49,573 IT DOES COST SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT 4453 02:35:49,573 --> 02:35:51,875 IN TERMS OF THAT RANGE, YEAH. 4454 02:35:51,875 --> 02:35:53,110 >> UNDERSTOOD. AWESOME. IT COULD 4455 02:35:53,110 --> 02:35:54,244 COST MORE. THAT WOULD BE SUPER 4456 02:35:54,244 --> 02:35:57,981 HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND, TOO, FOR 4457 02:35:57,981 --> 02:35:59,817 ME, THE NUMBERS, JUST SO AS WE 4458 02:35:59,817 --> 02:36:00,718 ARE SCALING UP, WHEN MAKING 4459 02:36:00,718 --> 02:36:01,685 COMMITMENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE 4460 02:36:01,685 --> 02:36:03,620 SURE WE CAN FOLLOW THROUGH WITH 4461 02:36:03,620 --> 02:36:06,090 THEM AND KEEP GOING AND SCALE 4462 02:36:06,090 --> 02:36:07,358 THEM UP TO INSURE THAT SERVICES 4463 02:36:07,358 --> 02:36:09,093 AREN'T GOING TO STOP BECAUSE 4464 02:36:09,093 --> 02:36:10,627 THERE IS A BUDGET ISSUE OR 4465 02:36:10,627 --> 02:36:12,796 WHATEVER THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, 4466 02:36:12,796 --> 02:36:13,530 DOING IT RESPONSIBLY, BECAUSE I 4467 02:36:13,530 --> 02:36:17,835 KNOW THAT THE NEED IS HIGH AND 4468 02:36:17,835 --> 02:36:19,470 WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT YEAH, 4469 02:36:19,470 --> 02:36:20,637 LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I KNOW 4470 02:36:20,637 --> 02:36:21,371 THERE ARE DIFFERENT RANGES, YES. 4471 02:36:21,371 --> 02:36:23,974 >> I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT, WE 4472 02:36:23,974 --> 02:36:26,076 ARE NOT A PROVIDER, BUT WE GET 4473 02:36:26,076 --> 02:36:27,344 TO VISIT ALL OF THEM, HONESTLY, 4474 02:36:27,344 --> 02:36:29,947 AND I WANTED TO CALL OUT SOME 4475 02:36:29,947 --> 02:36:30,647 REAL OPPORTUNITIES AND 4476 02:36:30,647 --> 02:36:31,281 INTENTIONAL DESIGN. I AM GOING 4477 02:36:31,281 --> 02:36:33,951 TO NAME THE BRIDGE SHELTER THAT 4478 02:36:33,951 --> 02:36:35,519 WE WERE VERY CONNECTED WITH AND 4479 02:36:35,519 --> 02:36:37,020 COUNCIL MEMBER SPOKE ABOUT 4480 02:36:37,020 --> 02:36:38,355 RECENTLY IN TERMS OF LEERY 4481 02:36:38,355 --> 02:36:41,158 WAYWORK, IT HAD TO CLOSE DUE TO 4482 02:36:41,158 --> 02:36:42,326 FUNDING BUT INTENTIONAL DESIGN 4483 02:36:42,326 --> 02:36:44,828 WAS THEY COULD TAKE PEOPLE ON 4484 02:36:44,828 --> 02:36:45,896 STIMULANT A LOT BECAUSE THE 4485 02:36:45,896 --> 02:36:48,832 PUBLIC SPACE A LOT OF 4486 02:36:48,832 --> 02:36:53,404 OBSERVATION ABOUT IT. THEY HAD 4487 02:36:53,404 --> 02:36:54,872 OVERDOSE PREVENTION FACILITIES 4488 02:36:54,872 --> 02:36:58,308 IN THE REST ROOM, SO FRONT DESK 4489 02:36:58,308 --> 02:36:59,243 STAFF WOULD BE ALERTED. I THINK 4490 02:36:59,243 --> 02:37:00,577 AS SHARON MENTIONED, A LOT OF 4491 02:37:00,577 --> 02:37:01,412 PLACES HAVE BEEN STOOD UP, AS 4492 02:37:01,412 --> 02:37:02,780 BEST WE CAN, WITH THE FUNDING 4493 02:37:02,780 --> 02:37:05,616 THAT WE HAVE, BUT THERE IS REAL 4494 02:37:05,616 --> 02:37:06,583 OPPORTUNITY FOR INTENTIONAL 4495 02:37:06,583 --> 02:37:07,651 DESIGN, FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE 4496 02:37:07,651 --> 02:37:09,086 SERIOUS CHALLENGES IN THE 4497 02:37:09,086 --> 02:37:12,423 COMMUNITY, AND HOW DO WE THINK 4498 02:37:12,423 --> 02:37:14,391 ABOUT INSURING THAT THEY GET 4499 02:37:14,391 --> 02:37:14,691 SOMEWHERE? 4500 02:37:14,691 --> 02:37:15,359 >> AWESOME. SUPER HELPFUL. THANK 4501 02:37:15,359 --> 02:37:17,628 YOU. I HEAR THERE IS OPPORTUNITY 4502 02:37:17,628 --> 02:37:18,996 WITH BETTER COORDINATION, THAT, 4503 02:37:18,996 --> 02:37:21,031 YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE A GREATER 4504 02:37:21,031 --> 02:37:23,934 IMPACT IS WHAT I AM HEARING. 4505 02:37:23,934 --> 02:37:24,568 AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, 4506 02:37:24,568 --> 02:37:25,536 CHAIR. THOSE ARE ALL THE 4507 02:37:25,536 --> 02:37:27,538 QUESTIONS I HAD. 4508 02:37:27,538 --> 02:37:32,176 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS 4509 02:37:32,176 --> 02:37:33,510 GETTING LATE HERE, 12:14. SO I 4510 02:37:33,510 --> 02:37:34,845 DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS 4511 02:37:34,845 --> 02:37:38,549 THAT I AM GOING TO POSE AT THIS 4512 02:37:38,549 --> 02:37:39,917 TIME, BUT INCREDIBLY DEEP 4513 02:37:39,917 --> 02:37:41,552 APPRECIATION TO THE MAYOR'S 4514 02:37:41,552 --> 02:37:43,453 OFFICE, TO ALL OF OUR SERVICE 4515 02:37:43,453 --> 02:37:46,023 PROVIDERS, TO THOSE WHO SUPPORT 4516 02:37:46,023 --> 02:37:47,925 OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS. I WANT TO 4517 02:37:47,925 --> 02:37:49,059 GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO MAGGIE 4518 02:37:49,059 --> 02:37:54,264 RODGERS WHO JOINED US FROM A 4519 02:37:54,264 --> 02:37:58,402 VERY BUSY DAY IN HER WORK. JUST, 4520 02:37:58,402 --> 02:38:01,405 YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, 4521 02:38:01,405 --> 02:38:03,140 ONE, JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO SAY 4522 02:38:03,140 --> 02:38:04,942 THAT, DON'T WANT THE PERFECT TO 4523 02:38:04,942 --> 02:38:08,045 BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD HERE. 4524 02:38:08,045 --> 02:38:09,646 YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD TRYING 4525 02:38:09,646 --> 02:38:13,851 SOMETHING NEW, BUT I THINK THE 4526 02:38:13,851 --> 02:38:16,186 BIGGEST DANGER IS NOT DOING 4527 02:38:16,186 --> 02:38:18,589 ANYTHING. I THINK THE BIGGEST 4528 02:38:18,589 --> 02:38:19,623 DANGER IS TO CONTINUE, SORT 4529 02:38:19,623 --> 02:38:23,060 ORPHON THE SLOW PACE THAT WE 4530 02:38:23,060 --> 02:38:26,330 HAVE BEEN GOING ON. I ALSO THINK 4531 02:38:26,330 --> 02:38:29,099 THAT THE PROPOSAL FROM THE 4532 02:38:29,099 --> 02:38:30,868 MAYOR'S OFFICE IS INTERIM 4533 02:38:30,868 --> 02:38:33,537 LEGISLATION, AND I THINK IT IS 4534 02:38:33,537 --> 02:38:36,540 IMPORTANT THAT WE BE TRANSPARENT 4535 02:38:36,540 --> 02:38:39,510 WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT LESSONS 4536 02:38:39,510 --> 02:38:41,512 LEARNED, AND THAT WE, YOU KNOW, 4537 02:38:41,512 --> 02:38:44,014 IMPROVE AS WE GO, THAT WE HAVE 4538 02:38:44,014 --> 02:38:45,182 ITERATIVE PROCESS, WE HAVE BEEN 4539 02:38:45,182 --> 02:38:46,483 DOING THIS, THANK YOU TO OUR 4540 02:38:46,483 --> 02:38:49,653 PROVIDERS WHO HAVE BEEN DOING 4541 02:38:49,653 --> 02:38:55,425 THIS MANY, MANY YEARS, I THINK 4542 02:38:55,425 --> 02:38:57,094 WE ASK OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO 4543 02:38:57,094 --> 02:38:59,763 DO TOO MUCH WITH TOO LITTLE 4544 02:38:59,763 --> 02:39:03,333 RESOURCES. I THINK THAT IS ONE 4545 02:39:03,333 --> 02:39:05,235 THING THAT HAS BEEN CRYSTAL 4546 02:39:05,235 --> 02:39:09,172 CLEAR. I THINK IT IS ESSENTIAL 4547 02:39:09,172 --> 02:39:11,074 THAT WE RESOURCE THIS 4548 02:39:11,074 --> 02:39:14,011 APPROPRIATELY. BUT WE WILL GET 4549 02:39:14,011 --> 02:39:14,912 THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE 4550 02:39:14,912 --> 02:39:18,248 QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION TO BE 4551 02:39:18,248 --> 02:39:21,652 SHARE WOULD THE PUBLIC AT FUTURE 4552 02:39:21,652 --> 02:39:22,319 COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AGAIN, JUST 4553 02:39:22,319 --> 02:39:23,420 DEEP APPRECIATION FOR YOU ALL, 4554 02:39:23,420 --> 02:39:28,659 FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, 4555 02:39:28,659 --> 02:39:30,027 FOR MY COLLEAGUES, FOR ENGAGING. 4556 02:39:30,027 --> 02:39:34,865 LETS SEE. COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER, 4557 02:39:34,865 --> 02:39:36,633 I DO SEE A HAND. THANK YOU. 4558 02:39:36,633 --> 02:39:40,537 >> THANK YOU. DIDN'T MEAN TO 4559 02:39:40,537 --> 02:39:43,006 INTERRUPT YOU. I JUST HAD THAT 4560 02:39:43,006 --> 02:39:43,607 HAND AFTER COUNCIL PRESIDENT 4561 02:39:43,607 --> 02:39:44,241 PFTS COMMENT. I APPRECIATED THE 4562 02:39:44,241 --> 02:39:46,176 QUESTION AROUND THE BUDGET AND 4563 02:39:46,176 --> 02:39:48,245 WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING AS THE 4564 02:39:48,245 --> 02:39:49,713 CHAIR MENTIONED, SO, WANTED TO 4565 02:39:49,713 --> 02:39:50,747 SHARE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT 4566 02:39:50,747 --> 02:39:52,950 THE ANNUAL COST PER UNIT OF THE 4567 02:39:52,950 --> 02:39:54,051 HIGH SUPPORT SHELTER THAT IS 4568 02:39:54,051 --> 02:39:55,285 CURRENTLY RUN BY LEAD AND COLEAD 4569 02:39:55,285 --> 02:40:00,857 IS AT THE UPPER END OF THE RANGE 4570 02:40:00,857 --> 02:40:02,759 OF $45,919. SO THAT HAS THE 4571 02:40:02,759 --> 02:40:07,497 AFTER CARE MENTIONED AND THE 4572 02:40:07,497 --> 02:40:08,298 OTHER COMPONENTS. JUST WANTED TO 4573 02:40:08,298 --> 02:40:08,732 SHARE THAT. 4574 02:40:08,732 --> 02:40:11,902 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 4575 02:40:11,902 --> 02:40:14,604 FOSTER. AND JUST FINALLY, JUST 4576 02:40:14,604 --> 02:40:16,373 WANT TO, AGAIN, SHARE MY 4577 02:40:16,373 --> 02:40:19,576 APPRECIATION THAT THE WORK THAT 4578 02:40:19,576 --> 02:40:22,612 YOU ALL ARE DOING IS REALLY 4579 02:40:22,612 --> 02:40:26,717 SAVING LIVES, I MEAN, WE CANNOT 4580 02:40:26,717 --> 02:40:28,285 UNDERSTATE THE IMPORTANCE OF 4581 02:40:28,285 --> 02:40:32,823 THAT. AND IT IS, AGAIN, WHAT WE 4582 02:40:32,823 --> 02:40:33,957 ASK OF OUR PROVIDERS IS 4583 02:40:33,957 --> 02:40:35,993 INCREDIBLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE 4584 02:40:35,993 --> 02:40:37,160 ASK FOR PROVIDERS TO FIND SITES, 4585 02:40:37,160 --> 02:40:41,698 WHEN WE ASK THEM TO GO THROUGH 4586 02:40:41,698 --> 02:40:42,766 OUR RIGOROUS PERMITTING PROCESS, 4587 02:40:42,766 --> 02:40:43,967 AND/OR TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM 4588 02:40:43,967 --> 02:40:46,570 THE PUBLIC, AND YOU ALL ARE 4589 02:40:46,570 --> 02:40:48,905 PROVIDING THE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC 4590 02:40:48,905 --> 02:40:50,207 SERVICE, SO IT IS INCUMBENT UPON 4591 02:40:50,207 --> 02:40:52,376 US TO LEAN IN AND TAKE MORE OF A 4592 02:40:52,376 --> 02:40:54,911 PROACTIVE ROLE. THAT IS WHAT I 4593 02:40:54,911 --> 02:40:56,947 REALLY APPRECIATE FROM THE 4594 02:40:56,947 --> 02:40:58,048 MAYOR'S OFFICE, IN DOING THAT. 4595 02:40:58,048 --> 02:41:00,851 AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL, WE HAVE 4596 02:41:00,851 --> 02:41:02,052 REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S 4597 02:41:02,052 --> 02:41:02,919 AGENDA. IS THERE ANY FURTHER 4598 02:41:02,919 --> 02:41:06,390 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 4599 02:41:06,390 --> 02:41:07,391 COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? 4600 02:41:07,391 --> 02:41:09,026 OKAY, HEARING NO FURTHER 4601 02:41:09,026 --> 02:41:10,193 BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 4602 02:41:10,193 --> 02:41:10,727 12:18. THANK YOU.