1 00:02:23,309 --> 00:02:33,520 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:02:39,559 --> 00:02:42,595 -- GOOD MORNING. THE SEPTEMBER 3 00:02:42,595 --> 00:02:44,330 28th, 2026 SELECT BUDGET 4 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:45,298 COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COME TO 5 00:02:45,298 --> 00:02:46,533 ORDER. I'M DAN STRAUSS, CHAIR 6 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:48,368 OF THE COMMITTEE. IT IS 9:30 7 00:02:48,368 --> 00:02:49,536 A.M.. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 8 00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:53,239 THE ROLL? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 9 00:02:53,239 --> 00:02:55,642 PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 10 00:02:55,642 --> 00:02:55,909 PRESENT. 11 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:57,810 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. HERE. 12 00:02:57,810 --> 00:03:01,314 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. HERE. 13 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:01,748 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 14 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:06,085 HOLLINGSWORTH. PRESENT. 15 00:03:06,085 --> 00:03:06,553 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 16 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:07,420 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. HERE. 17 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:09,822 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. HERE. CHAIR 18 00:03:09,822 --> 00:03:11,191 STRAUSS NINE. PRESENT. 19 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:13,092 -- THANK YOU. WE HAVE THREE 20 00:03:13,092 --> 00:03:14,761 ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. C A 21 00:03:14,761 --> 00:03:16,696 HUMAN SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 22 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:19,232 TRANSPORTATION AND OFFICE OF 23 00:03:19,232 --> 00:03:21,000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IF THERE. 24 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,335 BEFORE WE BEGIN. IF THERE'S NO 25 00:03:22,335 --> 00:03:24,804 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 26 00:03:24,804 --> 00:03:26,873 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 27 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:29,075 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WELCOME 28 00:03:29,075 --> 00:03:30,376 BACK FOLKS. IT IS 9:31 A.M.. 29 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:33,112 I'M GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE 30 00:03:33,112 --> 00:03:33,546 BEFORE WE START THE 31 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:34,514 PRESENTATION. SO LITTLE 32 00:03:34,514 --> 00:03:36,049 DEPARTURE FROM WHAT I SAID ON 33 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:36,950 FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUST TO DO A 34 00:03:36,950 --> 00:03:38,651 LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING. LAST 35 00:03:38,651 --> 00:03:41,221 WEEK, THE EES DID NOT REALLY 36 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:43,623 WORK VERY WELL, SO WE MIGHT JUST 37 00:03:43,623 --> 00:03:44,624 TAKE A 5 TO 15 MINUTE BREAK. OR 38 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:47,760 IF FOLKS NEED TO LEAVE THE DIET, 39 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,596 THE ROSTRUM AT ANY TIME TO TAKE 40 00:03:49,596 --> 00:03:50,697 CARE OF THEMSELVES. WE'RE HERE 41 00:03:50,697 --> 00:03:51,864 FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. SO 42 00:03:51,864 --> 00:03:53,132 PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES 43 00:03:53,132 --> 00:03:56,035 AND THAT ORDER. WE ALSO HAVE 44 00:03:56,035 --> 00:03:57,537 SNACKS, SO DIRECTOR PANUCCI AND 45 00:03:57,537 --> 00:03:58,438 PRESENTERS, IF YOU NEED A LITTLE 46 00:03:58,438 --> 00:03:59,639 BIT OF SNACKS, THERE'S SOME IN 47 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:01,674 THE GREEN ROOM THERE AND WE WILL 48 00:04:01,674 --> 00:04:04,978 TRY TO TAKE AN HOUR BREAK TODAY 49 00:04:04,978 --> 00:04:06,246 FOR LUNCH. BUT WE'RE JUST GOING 50 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:08,348 TO KIND OF TAKE A VIBE CHECK AS 51 00:04:08,348 --> 00:04:09,816 WE'RE GOING. SO IF YOU NEED 52 00:04:09,816 --> 00:04:11,451 MORE TIME OR LESS TIME, PLEASE 53 00:04:11,451 --> 00:04:13,820 DO. SO I'M NOT GOING TO BRING UP 54 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:15,221 HOW MUCH I'M TIMING MYSELF. I 55 00:04:15,221 --> 00:04:16,689 AM GOING TO CONTINUE TIMING 56 00:04:16,689 --> 00:04:17,490 MYSELF. DON'T NEED TO MAKE IT A 57 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:19,692 THING. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE 58 00:04:19,692 --> 00:04:21,628 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE 59 00:04:21,628 --> 00:04:22,662 THE TIME AND THAT YOU SHOULD 60 00:04:22,662 --> 00:04:23,863 FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING AS MUCH 61 00:04:23,863 --> 00:04:24,964 TIME, ASKING THE QUESTIONS THAT 62 00:04:24,964 --> 00:04:26,399 YOU NEED ANSWERS TO. AND IF 63 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:28,134 IT'S STARTING TO TAKE A LITTLE 64 00:04:28,134 --> 00:04:29,902 WHILE, LET'S FOLLOW UP ON 65 00:04:29,902 --> 00:04:31,037 SHAREPOINT WITH THAT. ANY 66 00:04:31,037 --> 00:04:34,007 QUESTIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE 67 00:04:34,007 --> 00:04:36,876 ORDER? SEEING NONE. PHIL, IF 68 00:04:36,876 --> 00:04:37,844 YOU'D LIKE TO READ THE FIRST 69 00:04:37,844 --> 00:04:38,978 ITEM INTO THE RECORD AND THEN 70 00:04:38,978 --> 00:04:40,480 WE'LL JUST TAKE IT RIGHT AWAY. 71 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,015 -- THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM ONE. 72 00:04:42,015 --> 00:04:43,583 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR 73 00:04:43,583 --> 00:04:49,789 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 74 00:04:49,789 --> 00:04:51,190 -- RIGHT OVER TO YOU. SORRY. 75 00:04:51,190 --> 00:04:51,924 THERE IS NOTHING MORE THERE. 76 00:04:51,924 --> 00:04:53,593 I'M GOING TO FACILITATE. SORRY. 77 00:04:53,593 --> 00:04:55,862 LAST PIECE OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS 78 00:04:55,862 --> 00:04:58,831 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE. 79 00:04:58,831 --> 00:05:00,633 WE'RE ABLE TO JUST HAVE 80 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:01,267 CONVERSATIONS. AND SOMETIMES I 81 00:05:01,267 --> 00:05:03,336 NEED TO STEP IN TO FACILITATE. 82 00:05:03,336 --> 00:05:04,337 SO OFTENTIMES I'M DOING THAT 83 00:05:04,337 --> 00:05:06,806 WITH MY EYES AND BODY LANGUAGE 84 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:07,840 AND NOT JUST MY WORDS. SO WITH 85 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:08,608 THAT DIRECTOR KIM, I'M GOING TO 86 00:05:08,608 --> 00:05:10,209 TURN IT OVER TO THE COMMITTEE 87 00:05:10,209 --> 00:05:11,778 TABLE, RUN THROUGH THE 88 00:05:11,778 --> 00:05:12,779 PRESENTATION UNTIL THERE'S A 89 00:05:12,779 --> 00:05:14,380 GOOD STOPPING POINT. WE ALSO 90 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:15,748 HAVE DEPUTY DIRECTOR CALVIN CHOW 91 00:05:15,748 --> 00:05:18,017 WITH US AND DIRECTOR LISH 92 00:05:18,017 --> 00:05:19,118 WHITSON'S STEAD. SO THAT'S JUST 93 00:05:19,118 --> 00:05:20,486 A LITTLE BIT THE LAST THEY GO TO 94 00:05:20,486 --> 00:05:21,120 THE ORDER. SO WITH THAT I'M 95 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,189 GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU, 96 00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:25,825 DIRECTOR KIM, IF YOU WANT TO 97 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:27,326 INTRODUCE CHRIS AND AMY, PLEASE 98 00:05:27,326 --> 00:05:28,294 DO SO. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE 99 00:05:28,294 --> 00:05:29,729 YOUR PRESENTATION BEFORE US 100 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:30,363 TODAY. 101 00:05:30,363 --> 00:05:31,397 -- GREAT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. 102 00:05:31,397 --> 00:05:33,399 GOOD MORNING. WE'LL BEGIN WITH 103 00:05:33,399 --> 00:05:33,599 AMY. 104 00:05:33,599 --> 00:05:34,901 -- GOOD MORNING, AMY HOLLAND, 105 00:05:34,901 --> 00:05:37,470 BUDGET MANAGER, HUMAN SERVICES 106 00:05:37,470 --> 00:05:37,770 DEPARTMENT. 107 00:05:37,770 --> 00:05:39,238 -- TANYA KIM. HUMAN SERVICES 108 00:05:39,238 --> 00:05:40,907 DEPARTMENT. DIRECTOR. 109 00:05:40,907 --> 00:05:41,441 -- CHRIS CLAYSON, DEPUTY 110 00:05:41,441 --> 00:05:43,242 DIRECTOR, HUMAN SERVICES 111 00:05:43,242 --> 00:05:43,543 DEPARTMENT. 112 00:05:43,543 --> 00:05:45,378 -- OKAY. AND I THINK YOU 113 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:47,780 INTRODUCED OUR DIRECTORS WHO ARE 114 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:49,882 PERMANENT RESIDENTS AT THE 115 00:05:49,882 --> 00:05:52,218 TABLE. OKAY. SO GOOD MORNING, 116 00:05:52,218 --> 00:05:53,553 CHAIR STRAUSS AND COMMITTEE 117 00:05:53,553 --> 00:05:56,155 MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR INVITING 118 00:05:56,155 --> 00:05:59,125 US TO PRESENT MAYOR WILSON'S 119 00:05:59,125 --> 00:06:00,727 PROPOSED 2027 AND 2028 BUDGET 120 00:06:00,727 --> 00:06:03,930 FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES 121 00:06:03,930 --> 00:06:06,566 DEPARTMENT. THE HUMAN SERVICES 122 00:06:06,566 --> 00:06:08,501 DEPARTMENT'S MISSION IS TO 123 00:06:08,501 --> 00:06:09,102 CONNECT PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES 124 00:06:09,102 --> 00:06:11,170 AND SOLUTIONS DURING TIMES OF 125 00:06:11,170 --> 00:06:14,540 NEED. SO ALL COMMUNITY, ALL 126 00:06:14,540 --> 00:06:16,409 SEATTLE RESIDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY 127 00:06:16,409 --> 00:06:17,744 CAN LIVE, LEARN, WORK, AND TAKE 128 00:06:17,744 --> 00:06:19,712 PART IN STRONG AND HEALTHY 129 00:06:19,712 --> 00:06:22,782 COMMUNITIES. TO ACHIEVE THIS, 130 00:06:22,782 --> 00:06:26,552 HSD IS A FUNDER AND A DIRECT 131 00:06:26,552 --> 00:06:27,053 SERVICES PROVIDER. OUR 132 00:06:27,053 --> 00:06:30,123 DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON SIX IMPACT 133 00:06:30,123 --> 00:06:32,525 AREAS THAT'S PREPARING YOUTH FOR 134 00:06:32,525 --> 00:06:34,527 SUCCESS, SUPPORTING 135 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:37,797 AFFORDABILITY AND LIVABILITY, 136 00:06:37,797 --> 00:06:38,331 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, 137 00:06:38,331 --> 00:06:40,800 PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH, 138 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,737 SUPPORTING SAFE COMMUNITIES, AND 139 00:06:44,737 --> 00:06:46,806 PROMOTING HEALTHY AGING HSD 140 00:06:46,806 --> 00:06:47,440 WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS 141 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,377 ARE OUR GREATEST ASSETS. WE HAVE 142 00:06:51,377 --> 00:06:54,347 FOUR PROGRAM DIVISIONS THAT ARE 143 00:06:54,347 --> 00:06:54,914 RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRACTS, 144 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:56,616 SERVICES AND OUR STAFFING 145 00:06:56,616 --> 00:07:00,219 GROUPS. ALSO SUPPORT OTHER 146 00:07:00,219 --> 00:07:02,722 ADVISORY COUNCILS AND 147 00:07:02,722 --> 00:07:05,358 CONVENINGS. OUR FOUR PROGRAM 148 00:07:05,358 --> 00:07:07,160 DIVISIONS INCLUDE OUR AGING AND 149 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,594 DISABILITY SERVICES DIVISION, 150 00:07:08,594 --> 00:07:13,399 LED BY MARY PEARSON, FORMERLY 151 00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:15,501 MARY MITCHELL. OUR YOUTH AND 152 00:07:15,501 --> 00:07:16,135 FAMILY EMPOWERMENT DIVISION IS 153 00:07:16,135 --> 00:07:19,639 LED BY DR. SHUKRI OLO. OUR SAFE 154 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:20,173 AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES 155 00:07:20,173 --> 00:07:22,942 DIVISION IS LED BY INTERIM 156 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:25,011 DIRECTOR EDWIN AMBROSE, WHO IS 157 00:07:25,011 --> 00:07:27,747 TAKING THE PLACE OF ERICA PUEBLO 158 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:31,417 WHILE SHE IS ON LEAVE AND OUR 159 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:33,553 FOURTH PROGRAM DIVISION IS OUR 160 00:07:33,553 --> 00:07:35,454 HOMELESSNESS DIVISION AS WELL AS 161 00:07:35,454 --> 00:07:37,657 UNIFIED CARE TEAM AND THOSE FOR 162 00:07:37,657 --> 00:07:39,258 THE DIVISION DIRECTOR. WE'RE 163 00:07:39,258 --> 00:07:41,260 CURRENTLY HIRING AND CHRISTINA 164 00:07:41,260 --> 00:07:44,030 KAUPPI IS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR 165 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:46,098 FOR UCT. TOGETHER WITH OUR 166 00:07:46,098 --> 00:07:48,367 PARTNERS, HSD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 167 00:07:48,367 --> 00:07:48,968 PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE SEATTLE 168 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:50,369 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM THAT 169 00:07:50,369 --> 00:07:52,805 OFFERS HUNDREDS OF INTERNSHIPS 170 00:07:52,805 --> 00:07:54,807 THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. OUR FOOD 171 00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:57,243 AND MEALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY 172 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:57,710 YEAR ROUND, EXTENSIVE 173 00:07:57,710 --> 00:07:59,645 HOMELESSNESS SERVICES AND 174 00:07:59,645 --> 00:08:01,514 PREVENTION, AS WELL AS GENDER 175 00:08:01,514 --> 00:08:03,516 BASED VIOLENCE, INCLUDING OUR 176 00:08:03,516 --> 00:08:05,418 COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION 177 00:08:05,418 --> 00:08:06,219 EFFORTS. CASE MANAGEMENT FOR 178 00:08:06,219 --> 00:08:10,256 AGING AS WELL AS ADULTS WITH 179 00:08:10,256 --> 00:08:11,991 DISABILITIES. AS YOU'VE HEARD 180 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:13,826 THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET BRIEFINGS, 181 00:08:13,826 --> 00:08:14,460 DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER 182 00:08:14,460 --> 00:08:16,762 TO DELIVER IMPORTANT SERVICES 183 00:08:16,762 --> 00:08:20,466 FOR OUR COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, 184 00:08:20,466 --> 00:08:21,367 HSD PARTNERS WITH SEATTLE CITY 185 00:08:21,367 --> 00:08:23,569 LIGHT AND SEATTLE PUBLIC 186 00:08:23,569 --> 00:08:25,972 UTILITIES TO ADMINISTER UDP, THE 187 00:08:25,972 --> 00:08:27,139 UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM WE WORK 188 00:08:27,139 --> 00:08:30,343 WITH SPD, WHO REFERS SURVIVORS 189 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:31,611 OF VARYING CRIMES TO HSD FOR 190 00:08:31,611 --> 00:08:34,780 VICTIM ADVOCACY. AND AS CHIEF 191 00:08:34,780 --> 00:08:36,849 SCOGGINS TALKED ABOUT ON FRIDAY, 192 00:08:36,849 --> 00:08:41,587 HSD SOCIAL WORKERS JOINT JOIN 193 00:08:41,587 --> 00:08:43,356 FIRE TO OFFER THE MOBILE 194 00:08:43,356 --> 00:08:44,357 INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM, WHICH 195 00:08:44,357 --> 00:08:46,492 IS KNOWN AS HEALTH ONE AND 196 00:08:46,492 --> 00:08:49,262 HEALTH 99. I SHARE ALL THIS 197 00:08:49,262 --> 00:08:52,498 BECAUSE HSD INVESTMENTS COVERS A 198 00:08:52,498 --> 00:08:55,101 LOT. THEY'RE COMPLEX BECAUSE WE 199 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:56,535 CONTINUE TO MEET THE EMERGING 200 00:08:56,535 --> 00:09:05,144 NEEDS OF OUR DYNAMIC COMMUNITY. 201 00:09:05,144 --> 00:09:07,980 GUIDING OUR BUDGET FOR 2027 AND 202 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:10,983 2028 ARE FOUR KEY PRIORITIES. 203 00:09:10,983 --> 00:09:13,619 THE FIRST BEING DELIVERING 204 00:09:13,619 --> 00:09:16,422 EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT. THE SECOND 205 00:09:16,422 --> 00:09:18,691 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. THIRD, 206 00:09:18,691 --> 00:09:21,127 AFFORDABILITY AND FOURTH, 207 00:09:21,127 --> 00:09:22,461 COMMUNITY SAFETY. THIS SLIDE IS 208 00:09:22,461 --> 00:09:24,030 A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE TO TALK 209 00:09:24,030 --> 00:09:25,431 ABOUT IN THE DECK AHEAD, AND IS 210 00:09:25,431 --> 00:09:26,966 FOR YOUR REFERENCE. SO WE'LL GO 211 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:30,603 INTO THEM IN MORE DETAIL. COMING 212 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:34,407 UP. IN LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET, 213 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:35,007 WE'LL START REVIEWING THE 214 00:09:35,007 --> 00:09:38,110 OVERALL NUMBERS. HSD PROPOSED 215 00:09:38,110 --> 00:09:42,515 2027 BUDGET IS 445.4 MILLION, OF 216 00:09:42,515 --> 00:09:45,051 WHICH YOU CAN SEE OUR GENERAL 217 00:09:45,051 --> 00:09:47,920 FUND DECREASED WHILE THE 218 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,423 CATEGORY OTHER FUNDS INCREASED 219 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:53,426 SIGNIFICANTLY. THE TOTAL 2027 220 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:54,026 BUDGET. A PROPOSED BUDGET IS 221 00:09:54,026 --> 00:09:59,532 NEARLY 6% HIGHER THAN THE 2026 222 00:09:59,532 --> 00:10:00,166 ADOPTED BUDGET, AND THERE'S A 223 00:10:00,166 --> 00:10:01,934 SLIGHT INCREASE IN 2028, MOSTLY 224 00:10:01,934 --> 00:10:04,437 DUE TO CONTRACT INFLATION THERE 225 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:06,872 IS ON THE BOTTOM ROW, AN FTE 226 00:10:06,872 --> 00:10:09,742 INCREASE. YOU COULD SEE FOR OUR 227 00:10:09,742 --> 00:10:12,044 DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS MOSTLY 228 00:10:12,044 --> 00:10:15,181 ATTRIBUTED TO THE EXPANDED 229 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:19,218 HOMELESSNESS WORK. THIS SLIDE 230 00:10:19,218 --> 00:10:21,520 SHOWS OUR 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET. 231 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,422 BY THOSE SIX IMPACT AREAS THAT I 232 00:10:23,422 --> 00:10:26,359 READ OFF EARLIER. WITH OUR 233 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:28,227 MISSION. ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL 234 00:10:28,227 --> 00:10:31,364 SEE A WHEEL, A DONUT, ADDITIONAL 235 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:33,966 CATEGORY TITLED LEADERSHIP AND 236 00:10:33,966 --> 00:10:36,702 AN ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION 237 00:10:36,702 --> 00:10:39,138 THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF CRITICAL 238 00:10:39,138 --> 00:10:41,140 FUNCTIONS SUCH AS FINANCE AND 239 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:42,808 AUDITING, DATA ANALYSIS AND 240 00:10:42,808 --> 00:10:45,277 EVALUATION, HR COMMS, EMERGENCY 241 00:10:45,277 --> 00:10:46,946 RESPONSE POLICY, AND MORE. AND 242 00:10:46,946 --> 00:10:50,149 SO THAT 5% IS INCLUSIVE OF THOSE 243 00:10:50,149 --> 00:10:50,649 DEPARTMENT WIDE KIND OF 244 00:10:50,649 --> 00:10:52,551 OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS. AND THEN 245 00:10:52,551 --> 00:10:56,756 YOU COULD SEE IT DIVIDED UP 246 00:10:56,756 --> 00:10:58,858 AMONGST THE OTHER SIX IMPACT 247 00:10:58,858 --> 00:11:01,427 AREAS, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES STAFF 248 00:11:01,427 --> 00:11:03,796 AND CONTRACTS, PROVIDING THOSE 249 00:11:03,796 --> 00:11:04,296 INVESTMENTS. ADDRESSING 250 00:11:04,296 --> 00:11:06,265 HOMELESSNESS IS CLEARLY THE 251 00:11:06,265 --> 00:11:09,802 LARGEST AT 41%. AND OUR AGING 252 00:11:09,802 --> 00:11:12,438 AND DISABILITY SERVICES SUPPORTS 253 00:11:12,438 --> 00:11:15,174 THE PROMOTING HEALTHY AGING AT 254 00:11:15,174 --> 00:11:16,075 22%. I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE 255 00:11:16,075 --> 00:11:19,311 BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR 256 00:11:19,311 --> 00:11:19,945 PROMOTING HEALTHY AGING IMPACT 257 00:11:19,945 --> 00:11:21,614 AREA, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A 258 00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:22,882 GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE 259 00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:26,519 FOLKS, BUT ALSO THERE IT'S A 260 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:28,921 LITTLE UNIQUE TO THE CITY OF 261 00:11:28,921 --> 00:11:30,656 SEATTLE. WE HAVE A BUDGET WISE, 262 00:11:30,656 --> 00:11:34,093 THIS AREA HAS GROWN WITH ONE 263 00:11:34,093 --> 00:11:36,295 TIME STATE GRANTS BEING MADE 264 00:11:36,295 --> 00:11:37,863 ONGOING. AND WE ALSO SAW AN 265 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:39,632 INCREASE TO OUR MEDICAID FUNDED 266 00:11:39,632 --> 00:11:40,332 CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH 267 00:11:40,332 --> 00:11:45,805 NOW SERVES 13,000 CLIENTS ACROSS 268 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:48,140 KING COUNTY. FOR BACKGROUND, OUR 269 00:11:48,140 --> 00:11:48,741 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES 270 00:11:48,741 --> 00:11:50,943 DIVISION IS OUR REGION'S AREA 271 00:11:50,943 --> 00:11:52,545 AGENCY ON AGING. THAT IS A 272 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:55,247 FEDERAL DESIGNATION. EDDIE IS 273 00:11:55,247 --> 00:11:59,351 OUR BIGGEST DIVISION STAFF WISE, 274 00:11:59,351 --> 00:12:03,989 WITH OVER 200 EMPLOYEES. MOST 275 00:12:03,989 --> 00:12:06,459 PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES, WHILE 276 00:12:06,459 --> 00:12:08,360 50% OVER 50% OF OUR STAFF ACROSS 277 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,163 THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES DIRECT 278 00:12:11,163 --> 00:12:12,998 SERVICES. NEARLY 80% OF HSD 279 00:12:12,998 --> 00:12:15,568 BUDGET WILL BE ALLOCATED TO 280 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:19,472 COMMUNITY THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 281 00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:21,407 600 CONTRACTS. THIS SLIDE ALSO 282 00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:23,542 LISTS HSD NUMEROUS FUND SOURCES 283 00:12:23,542 --> 00:12:25,377 ON THE LEFT. I'D LIKE TO 284 00:12:25,377 --> 00:12:26,779 CLARIFY THAT THE CATEGORY CALLED 285 00:12:26,779 --> 00:12:33,586 HUMAN SERVICES FUND AT 29%, 286 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:34,120 INCLUDES FEDERAL, STATE, 287 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:35,688 INTERLOCAL, AND HOUSING LEVY 288 00:12:35,688 --> 00:12:39,391 FUNDS, AND SO THAT ONE CAN BE 289 00:12:39,391 --> 00:12:41,127 BROKEN OUT MORE. THIS IS MY LAST 290 00:12:41,127 --> 00:12:43,229 OVERVIEW SLIDE. IN THE FOLLOWING 291 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:45,664 SLIDES, WE'LL DISCUSS EACH OF 292 00:12:45,664 --> 00:12:46,298 THE PROPOSED BUDGET PRIORITIES 293 00:12:46,298 --> 00:12:48,267 AND THE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET 294 00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:50,569 CHANGES WITHIN EACH PRIORITY. 295 00:12:50,569 --> 00:12:51,670 I'LL GET US STARTED. AND THEN 296 00:12:51,670 --> 00:12:52,838 CHRIS WILL COVER HOMELESSNESS. 297 00:12:52,838 --> 00:12:55,741 AND THEN YOU WILL HEAR AMY CHIME 298 00:12:55,741 --> 00:13:03,649 IN WITH THE TECHNICAL CHANGES 299 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:07,253 OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS DELIVERING 300 00:13:07,253 --> 00:13:08,854 EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT. IN SHORT, 301 00:13:08,854 --> 00:13:10,956 THE PROPOSED BUDGET LEVERAGES 302 00:13:10,956 --> 00:13:13,926 MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES AND 303 00:13:13,926 --> 00:13:14,593 REDUCES OUR GENERAL FUND. I KNOW 304 00:13:14,593 --> 00:13:17,663 THAT DIRECTOR PANUCCI WENT 305 00:13:17,663 --> 00:13:20,533 THROUGH SOME OF THE FUN SWAPS 306 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:24,703 AND AND TALKED A LOT ABOUT 307 00:13:24,703 --> 00:13:25,237 LEVERAGING EXISTING FUND 308 00:13:25,237 --> 00:13:26,539 SOURCES. THESE ARE THE 309 00:13:26,539 --> 00:13:29,041 SIGNIFICANT ONES AFFECTING HSD, 310 00:13:29,041 --> 00:13:31,944 AND I'LL JUST READ OFF THE 311 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:35,214 FIRST FOUR BULLETS. SO WE HAVE 312 00:13:35,214 --> 00:13:37,550 46.6 MILLION FUND SWAP OF 313 00:13:37,550 --> 00:13:39,585 JUMPSTART WITH GENERAL FUNDS TO 314 00:13:39,585 --> 00:13:43,889 ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. WE HAVE 315 00:13:43,889 --> 00:13:46,959 161,000 TRANSFER OF THE FEDERAL 316 00:13:46,959 --> 00:13:47,593 HUD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK 317 00:13:47,593 --> 00:13:49,161 GRANT ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS THAT 318 00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:51,664 WERE ONCE IN O H MOVING BACK TO 319 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:54,700 HSD. THEY DO NOT NEED THAT. WE 320 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:56,969 HAVE 329,000 FUND SWAP OF 321 00:13:56,969 --> 00:14:00,239 GENERAL FUNDS WITH GRANT FUNDING 322 00:14:00,239 --> 00:14:03,842 FOR ONE OF OUR AGING AND 323 00:14:03,842 --> 00:14:04,410 DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAM 324 00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:06,846 CALLED COMMUNITY LIVING 325 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:10,716 CONNECTIONS. AND THE LAST 326 00:14:10,716 --> 00:14:12,484 NOTABLE FUND SWAP IS 393,000 OF 327 00:14:12,484 --> 00:14:16,088 GENERAL FUND WITH OUR UTILITIES 328 00:14:16,088 --> 00:14:18,557 FOR THEIR REVENUES. THAT'S SPU 329 00:14:18,557 --> 00:14:20,893 AND SEATTLEITE PAYING FOR 330 00:14:20,893 --> 00:14:22,962 UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM. WE PAY 331 00:14:22,962 --> 00:14:24,129 FOR UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM, 332 00:14:24,129 --> 00:14:26,065 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. AND WE HAD 333 00:14:26,065 --> 00:14:27,299 SOME DOLLARS THAT WERE PAID FOR 334 00:14:27,299 --> 00:14:30,603 BY GENERAL FUND. WE CAN UTILIZE 335 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:34,874 SPU AND SEATTLEITE FOR THAT. AND 336 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:36,275 THEN IN TERMS OF EFFECTIVE 337 00:14:36,275 --> 00:14:37,776 GOVERNMENT, ONE OF THE OTHER 338 00:14:37,776 --> 00:14:39,879 IMPORTANT BODIES OF WORK THAT 339 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:42,481 YOU HAVE DISCUSSED ALREADY IS 340 00:14:42,481 --> 00:14:43,115 TRANSFERRING IMPORTANT BOOKS OF 341 00:14:43,115 --> 00:14:45,184 BUSINESS. AND THAT'S 342 00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:46,151 TRANSFERRING SOME WORK IN, AND 343 00:14:46,151 --> 00:14:48,053 THAT'S ALSO TRANSFERRING SOME 344 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:50,122 WORK OUT. AND THAT'S REALLY FOR 345 00:14:50,122 --> 00:14:52,057 STRONGER COORDINATION AND 346 00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:53,893 OVERSIGHT. AND WE'RE GOING TO 347 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:55,894 DISCUSS THOSE AT GREAT LENGTH IN 348 00:14:55,894 --> 00:14:58,764 THE UPCOMING SLIDES. AND SO NEXT 349 00:14:58,764 --> 00:15:01,567 I'M GOING TO TOSS IT OVER TO MY 350 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:06,171 COLLEAGUE CHRIS CLASEN, WHO WILL 351 00:15:06,171 --> 00:15:06,672 INTRODUCE OUR PRIORITY 352 00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:07,206 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. 353 00:15:07,206 --> 00:15:08,874 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KIM. THE 354 00:15:08,874 --> 00:15:12,678 MAYOR MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET 355 00:15:12,678 --> 00:15:14,280 INCLUDES $184 MILLION TO ADDRESS 356 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,016 HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS A 6% 357 00:15:17,016 --> 00:15:18,884 INCREASE FROM THE 2026 ADOPTED 358 00:15:18,884 --> 00:15:20,386 BUDGET. AS SHARED EARLIER IN THE 359 00:15:20,386 --> 00:15:23,255 PRESENTATION, HOMELESSNESS 360 00:15:23,255 --> 00:15:25,624 REMAINS HSD LARGEST INVESTMENT 361 00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:27,493 AREA. THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET 362 00:15:27,493 --> 00:15:28,994 INCLUDES A NUMBER OF CHANGES 363 00:15:28,994 --> 00:15:30,396 THAT I'LL SHARE MORE DETAILS ON 364 00:15:30,396 --> 00:15:32,898 IN THE COMING SLIDES, WHICH 365 00:15:32,898 --> 00:15:37,102 INCLUDE A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION 366 00:15:37,102 --> 00:15:37,703 IN SHELTER CAPACITY WITH $18 367 00:15:37,703 --> 00:15:39,872 MILLION IN ONGOING FUNDING 368 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:43,075 PROPOSED FOR THE MAYOR'S 369 00:15:43,075 --> 00:15:43,709 SHELTER ACCELERATOR INITIATIVE. 370 00:15:43,709 --> 00:15:45,010 THIS WILL BUILD UP TO 1000 NEW 371 00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:48,447 UNITS OF SHELTER BY THE END OF 372 00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:51,984 2027, SERVING AN ESTIMATED 1750 373 00:15:51,984 --> 00:15:54,853 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. THERE'S ALSO 374 00:15:54,853 --> 00:15:56,455 $6.5 MILLION INCREASE FROM THE 375 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:58,691 HOUSING LEVY FOR HOMELESSNESS 376 00:15:58,691 --> 00:15:59,291 PREVENTION SERVICES THAT KEEP 377 00:15:59,291 --> 00:16:00,793 HOUSEHOLDS FROM LOSING THEIR 378 00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:02,661 HOUSING BY PROVIDING FLEXIBLE 379 00:16:02,661 --> 00:16:05,030 RENTAL ASSISTANCE, EVICTION 380 00:16:05,030 --> 00:16:08,067 PREVENTION, LEGAL SERVICES AND 381 00:16:08,067 --> 00:16:09,868 CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT. MOST 382 00:16:09,868 --> 00:16:11,670 SIGNIFICANTLY, THIS BUDGET ALSO 383 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:13,872 ADDRESSES THE RETURN OF NEARLY 384 00:16:13,872 --> 00:16:15,674 $113 MILLION IN CITY FUNDED 385 00:16:15,674 --> 00:16:16,308 HOMELESSNESS CONTRACTS FROM THE 386 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:17,976 KING COUNTY REGIONAL 387 00:16:17,976 --> 00:16:19,578 HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, OR KCRW, 388 00:16:19,578 --> 00:16:23,082 AYE BACK TO HSD IN 2027. THE 389 00:16:23,082 --> 00:16:26,051 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES AN 390 00:16:26,051 --> 00:16:28,053 ADDITIONAL 29 FTE TO SUPPORT THE 391 00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:29,955 ONGOING ADMINISTRATION OF THESE 392 00:16:29,955 --> 00:16:32,491 RETURNING CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS 393 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:33,158 THE MAYOR'S ACCELERATE SHELTER 394 00:16:33,158 --> 00:16:36,862 ACCELERATOR INITIATIVE. FIRST 395 00:16:36,862 --> 00:16:39,565 SLIDE HERE IS GOING TO FOCUS IN 396 00:16:39,565 --> 00:16:41,066 ON EXPANDING SHELTER. AS THE 397 00:16:41,066 --> 00:16:42,668 MAYOR STATED, THE GOAL ISN'T 398 00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:44,837 SIMPLY TO OPEN MORE SHELTER BEDS 399 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:46,372 ALONE, DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF 400 00:16:46,372 --> 00:16:47,706 THE PEOPLE BEING SERVED. NEW 401 00:16:47,706 --> 00:16:49,908 SHELTER INVESTMENTS WILL INCLUDE 402 00:16:49,908 --> 00:16:51,410 CASE MANAGEMENT AND HOUSING 403 00:16:51,410 --> 00:16:53,512 NAVIGATION, AS WELL AS SEVERAL 404 00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:55,214 PROGRAMS WITH SPECIALIZED 405 00:16:55,214 --> 00:16:57,082 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, MEDICAL CARE, 406 00:16:57,082 --> 00:16:57,649 SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT AND 407 00:16:57,649 --> 00:17:00,686 LEGAL SERVICES. THIS WILL ALLOW 408 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:01,987 THE CITY TO PROVIDE SHELTER 409 00:17:01,987 --> 00:17:03,822 SERVICES THAT MEET THE FULL 410 00:17:03,822 --> 00:17:06,025 SPECTRUM OF CLIENT NEEDS TO 411 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:06,625 SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS IN MOVING 412 00:17:06,625 --> 00:17:08,694 TOWARDS GREATER HOUSING AND 413 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:10,596 PERSONAL STABILITY. AS YOU ALL 414 00:17:10,596 --> 00:17:12,464 KNOW, THIS WORK IS ALREADY 415 00:17:12,464 --> 00:17:14,733 UNDERWAY. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE 416 00:17:14,733 --> 00:17:19,138 BAYSIDE ENHANCED SHELTER, 417 00:17:19,138 --> 00:17:19,738 BRIGHTON VILLAGE AND BELMONT 418 00:17:19,738 --> 00:17:20,806 VILLAGE OPENED AN. ADDITIONAL 419 00:17:20,806 --> 00:17:21,907 PROGRAMS ARE COMING ONLINE LATER 420 00:17:21,907 --> 00:17:23,976 THIS YEAR, SUCH AS CLOVERLEAF 421 00:17:23,976 --> 00:17:25,544 VILLAGE, GLASS YARD COMMONS, A 422 00:17:25,544 --> 00:17:28,680 PURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION OPERATED 423 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,316 SHELTER AND EXPANSIONS AT THREE 424 00:17:31,316 --> 00:17:32,251 EXISTING SHELTERS. LOOKING 425 00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:33,385 AHEAD, THIS BUDGET WILL ALLOW US 426 00:17:33,385 --> 00:17:34,920 TO OPEN ADDITIONAL EIGHT 427 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,622 SHELTERS THAT ARE PLANNED IN 428 00:17:36,622 --> 00:17:37,823 2027. AND FOR MORE ON THAT 429 00:17:37,823 --> 00:17:38,524 FUNDING, I'M GOING TO TURN IT 430 00:17:38,524 --> 00:17:40,893 OVER TO AMY. 431 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:43,962 -- THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES 432 00:17:43,962 --> 00:17:46,365 AN $18.3 MILLION INCREASE TO 433 00:17:46,365 --> 00:17:46,899 MAYOR WILSON'S SHELTER 434 00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:49,601 ACCELERATOR INITIATIVE, FOR A 435 00:17:49,601 --> 00:17:51,370 TOTAL OF 37,000,000 IN 2027. 436 00:17:51,370 --> 00:17:52,838 OVERALL, THIS WILL SUPPORT THE 437 00:17:52,838 --> 00:17:55,140 ADDITION OF 960 NEW BEDS SINCE 438 00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:57,509 2026. THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO 439 00:17:57,509 --> 00:18:00,412 ADDS SIX FTES TO ADMINISTER 440 00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:01,713 THESE CONTRACTS, COLLECT AND 441 00:18:01,713 --> 00:18:05,417 REPORT ON DATA AND FOR 442 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:06,552 ACCOUNTING PURPOSES. 443 00:18:06,552 --> 00:18:08,287 -- NEXT, I'M GOING TO TURN TO 444 00:18:08,287 --> 00:18:10,255 HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. AGAIN, 445 00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:11,690 THIS IS A CRITICAL PROGRAM IN 446 00:18:11,690 --> 00:18:13,525 OUR HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM. 447 00:18:13,525 --> 00:18:16,061 WHEREAS PROGRAMS LIKE EMERGENCY 448 00:18:16,061 --> 00:18:18,497 SHELTER OUTREACH AND RAPID 449 00:18:18,497 --> 00:18:19,097 REHOUSING SUPPORT UNSHELTERED 450 00:18:19,097 --> 00:18:20,499 INDIVIDUALS WITH COMING INDOORS, 451 00:18:20,499 --> 00:18:22,301 PREVENTION HELPS RESIDENTS STAY 452 00:18:22,301 --> 00:18:23,102 HOUSED BEFORE THEY FALL INTO 453 00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:24,269 HOMELESSNESS. IN THE FIRST 454 00:18:24,269 --> 00:18:26,705 PLACE. AGAIN, TO ACCOMPLISH 455 00:18:26,705 --> 00:18:29,341 THIS, PREVENTION PROVIDES 456 00:18:29,341 --> 00:18:31,009 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, 457 00:18:31,009 --> 00:18:31,577 EVICTION PREVENTION, LEGAL 458 00:18:31,577 --> 00:18:32,845 SERVICES, AND CASE MANAGEMENT TO 459 00:18:32,845 --> 00:18:34,446 THOSE FACING SUCH HOUSING 460 00:18:34,446 --> 00:18:36,181 INSTABILITY. ON TOP OF OUR 461 00:18:36,181 --> 00:18:38,350 CURRENT INVESTMENTS, WE 462 00:18:38,350 --> 00:18:40,185 ANTICIPATE THIS NEW FUNDING WILL 463 00:18:40,185 --> 00:18:43,055 SUPPORT AN ESTIMATED 1800 464 00:18:43,055 --> 00:18:45,124 ADDITIONAL RENTERS IN REMAINING 465 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:47,125 STABLY HOUSED THROUGH 2030. 466 00:18:47,125 --> 00:18:49,661 -- AS PART OF MAYOR WILSON'S 467 00:18:49,661 --> 00:18:51,163 AFFORDABILITY AGENDA, HSD WILL 468 00:18:51,163 --> 00:18:53,665 PROVIDE RECORD LEVEL LOCAL 469 00:18:53,665 --> 00:18:54,199 FUNDING INTO HOMELESSNESS 470 00:18:54,199 --> 00:18:57,536 PREVENTION TOTALING 16.4 MILLION 471 00:18:57,536 --> 00:19:01,273 IN 2026, 2027 AND 16.6 MILLION 472 00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:04,443 IN 2028. THE PROPOSED BUDGET 473 00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:06,545 PROVIDES A ONE TIME $6.5 MILLION 474 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:11,049 AD IN BOTH 2027 AND 2028 FROM 475 00:19:11,049 --> 00:19:12,017 THE HOUSING LEVY. INVESTMENT 476 00:19:12,017 --> 00:19:13,952 EARNINGS FROM THE OFFICE OF 477 00:19:13,952 --> 00:19:17,523 HOUSING, LOW INCOME HOUSING 478 00:19:17,523 --> 00:19:17,723 FUND. 479 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:19,224 -- OF COURSE, THE MOST 480 00:19:19,224 --> 00:19:21,260 SIGNIFICANT WORK REGARDING OUR 481 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:23,595 HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENTS 482 00:19:23,595 --> 00:19:24,196 PERTAINS TO HSD RESUMING THE 483 00:19:24,196 --> 00:19:27,232 OVERSIGHT OF CITY FUNDED 484 00:19:27,232 --> 00:19:29,535 HOMELESSNESS CONTRACTS THAT WERE 485 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:31,637 AT KCRW A SINCE MAYOR WILSON AND 486 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:33,338 KING COUNTY EXECUTIVES ANNOUNCED 487 00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:35,274 THIS IN THE SUMMER, HSD HAS BEEN 488 00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:36,975 WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE KING 489 00:19:36,975 --> 00:19:38,777 COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY 490 00:19:38,777 --> 00:19:39,411 AND HUMAN SERVICES TO ENSURE 491 00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:41,880 THIS TRANSITION OCCURS WITH 492 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,917 MINIMAL DISRUPTION, MAINTAINS 493 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:46,685 REGIONAL COORDINATION, AND 494 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:47,319 ENSURES PROVIDERS. UNDERSTANDS 495 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:49,354 WHAT CHANGING WHAT IS STAYING 496 00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:50,756 THE SAME AND WHAT THEY CAN 497 00:19:50,756 --> 00:19:54,493 EXPECT NEXT. THE ADDED FEES WILL 498 00:19:54,493 --> 00:19:56,261 SUPPORT THE EFFECTIVE RETURN OF 499 00:19:56,261 --> 00:19:58,697 CONTRACTS BY COVERING SEVERAL 500 00:19:58,697 --> 00:19:59,264 FUNCTIONS SUCH AS CONTRACT 501 00:19:59,264 --> 00:20:00,699 DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION, 502 00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:03,869 PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF 503 00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:04,403 HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVES, 504 00:20:04,403 --> 00:20:06,071 ONGOING CONTRACT AND FISCAL 505 00:20:06,071 --> 00:20:07,573 MONITORING, AND PROVIDING 506 00:20:07,573 --> 00:20:10,075 LEADERSHIP CAPACITY AND MORE. 507 00:20:10,075 --> 00:20:11,410 WHAT IS NOT YET IDENTIFIED IN 508 00:20:11,410 --> 00:20:14,379 THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS 509 00:20:14,379 --> 00:20:14,947 ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING FOR 510 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:15,914 KCRA'S OPERATIONAL NEEDS. THE 511 00:20:15,914 --> 00:20:17,783 AUTHORITY IS IN A PERIOD OF 512 00:20:17,783 --> 00:20:18,951 TRANSITION AND WILL SCALE DOWN 513 00:20:18,951 --> 00:20:20,452 TO FOCUS ON SERVING AS THE 514 00:20:20,452 --> 00:20:22,087 REGION'S CONTINUUM OF CARE 515 00:20:22,087 --> 00:20:24,323 LEAD, COORDINATING SEVERE 516 00:20:24,323 --> 00:20:25,123 WEATHER EFFORTS AND SERVICES 517 00:20:25,123 --> 00:20:27,526 OFFERED BY ITS OMBUDS OFFICE, 518 00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:29,661 THE CITY AND COUNTY HAVE 519 00:20:29,661 --> 00:20:32,364 CONTRACTED WITH TURNING POINT 520 00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:32,998 STRATEGIC ADVISORS TO PRODUCE A 521 00:20:32,998 --> 00:20:34,166 RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 522 00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:36,068 ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET. THAT IS 523 00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:37,069 RIGHT SIZED TO CREATE A NEW 524 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:38,870 SCOPE OF WORK. THIS IS NOT THE 525 00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:40,138 ONLY WORK BEING ASKED OF THE 526 00:20:40,138 --> 00:20:42,341 FIRM, BUT WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE A 527 00:20:42,341 --> 00:20:45,110 RECOMMENDATION IN THE COMING 528 00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:48,146 WEEKS. I CAN SHARE THAT. WE DO 529 00:20:48,146 --> 00:20:48,680 ANTICIPATE A STAFFING AND 530 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:49,548 OPERATING NEEDS WILL BE COVERED 531 00:20:49,548 --> 00:20:51,717 BY ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING 532 00:20:51,717 --> 00:20:53,652 INCLUDED IN THEIR FEDERAL 533 00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:55,787 CONTINUUM OF CARE AWARD, WITH 534 00:20:55,787 --> 00:20:56,388 ANY ADDITIONAL NEEDS COVERED 535 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:59,424 JOINTLY BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE 536 00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:02,294 AND KING COUNTY. ANY POTENTIAL 537 00:21:02,294 --> 00:21:04,029 CITY CONTRIBUTION FOR EACH. FOR 538 00:21:04,029 --> 00:21:05,931 KCRW, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, WHEN 539 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:07,032 KNOWN, WILL BE COMING OUT OF THE 540 00:21:07,032 --> 00:21:09,835 PROPOSED BUDGETS. $183.5 541 00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:11,269 MILLION. ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS 542 00:21:11,269 --> 00:21:14,473 PSL IN 2027. AND WE WILL AND 543 00:21:14,473 --> 00:21:15,907 WILL NOT BE AN ADDITIONAL 544 00:21:15,907 --> 00:21:17,342 REQUEST TO THE COUNCIL TO 545 00:21:17,342 --> 00:21:18,944 INCORPORATE IN THEIR BALANCING. 546 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:20,112 WE WILL SHARE THIS INFORMATION 547 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:21,613 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND 548 00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:23,248 FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK OUR 549 00:21:23,248 --> 00:21:24,716 COMMITTEE CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR, 550 00:21:24,716 --> 00:21:25,684 COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK AND FOSTER 551 00:21:25,684 --> 00:21:28,920 FOR THEIR DILIGENT OVERSIGHT OF 552 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,722 KCRW AS GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS. 553 00:21:30,722 --> 00:21:31,657 THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MOVING 554 00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:33,425 PIECES IN THAT OVERSIGHT, AND 555 00:21:33,425 --> 00:21:34,893 WITH THE TRANSITION OF 556 00:21:34,893 --> 00:21:38,530 CONTRACTS, YOUR PARTNERSHIP HAS 557 00:21:38,530 --> 00:21:38,930 BEEN INVALUABLE. 558 00:21:38,930 --> 00:21:42,934 -- IN 2027, 113 MILLION IN 559 00:21:42,934 --> 00:21:43,568 FUNDING PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED TO 560 00:21:43,568 --> 00:21:46,571 KCRW FOR SERVICES WILL BE HELD 561 00:21:46,571 --> 00:21:48,640 BY HSD TO CONTRACT WITH 40 562 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,542 SERVICE PROVIDERS. WITH THESE 563 00:21:50,542 --> 00:21:52,244 CONTRACTS RETURNING TO HSD, THE 564 00:21:52,244 --> 00:21:54,446 BUDGET FOR HOMELESS SERVICE IS 565 00:21:54,446 --> 00:21:56,148 CONSOLIDATED UNDER A NEW BUDGET 566 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:57,649 PROGRAM TITLED HOMELESSNESS 567 00:21:57,649 --> 00:21:59,251 PROGRAMS. YOU WILL SEE THIS 568 00:21:59,251 --> 00:22:00,619 TECHNICAL CHANGE REFLECTED IN 569 00:22:00,619 --> 00:22:03,221 THE CITY'S BUDGET BOOK. THE 23 570 00:22:03,221 --> 00:22:04,756 FTES ADDED AS EMERGENCY POCKETS 571 00:22:04,756 --> 00:22:07,225 THIS YEAR TO SUPPORT THIS 572 00:22:07,225 --> 00:22:09,161 TRANSITION ARE PERMANENTLY ADDED 573 00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:11,763 TO HSD AND INCLUDED WITHIN THIS 574 00:22:11,763 --> 00:22:18,570 BUDGET STARTING IN 2027. 575 00:22:18,570 --> 00:22:19,237 -- THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET 576 00:22:19,237 --> 00:22:21,440 ADDRESSES AFFORDABILITY ACROSS 577 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,709 MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND HSD 578 00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:25,510 IS READY TO SERVE EVEN MORE 579 00:22:25,510 --> 00:22:29,381 RESIDENTS. I WANT TO THANK CHAIR 580 00:22:29,381 --> 00:22:29,981 STRAUSS AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT 581 00:22:29,981 --> 00:22:31,283 HOLLINGSWORTH FOR YOUR 582 00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:33,952 LEADERSHIP ON THE UTILITY 583 00:22:33,952 --> 00:22:34,586 DISCOUNT PROGRAM EXPANSION. AS 584 00:22:34,586 --> 00:22:39,424 YOU HAVE STATED THROUGHOUT THE 585 00:22:39,424 --> 00:22:40,058 LEGISLATION AND THROUGHOUT THE 586 00:22:40,058 --> 00:22:43,462 YEARS, THIS TOOK A LONG TIME AND 587 00:22:43,462 --> 00:22:44,696 YOUR RELENTLESS EFFORTS IN 588 00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:46,231 PARTNERSHIP WITH SO MANY CITY 589 00:22:46,231 --> 00:22:48,700 DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING CBO, IS 590 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:51,636 MAKING UDP EVEN MORE ACCESSIBLE. 591 00:22:51,636 --> 00:22:53,004 ALONG WITH THE UDP EXPANSION. I 592 00:22:53,004 --> 00:22:55,107 AM PLEASED TO HIGHLIGHT MAYOR 593 00:22:55,107 --> 00:22:56,775 WILSON'S COMMITMENT TO 594 00:22:56,775 --> 00:22:57,375 PROTECTING CRITICAL FOOD AND 595 00:22:57,375 --> 00:23:00,212 MEAL INVESTMENTS BY ADDING 596 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:01,780 SIGNIFICANT ONGOING FUNDING THAT 597 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:04,916 WAS OTHERWISE SCHEDULED TO 598 00:23:04,916 --> 00:23:09,554 EXPIRE. FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, 599 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:10,155 THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM 600 00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:13,225 OFFERS QUALIFYING RESIDENTS 60 601 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:14,860 TO 50% DISCOUNTS ON THEIR 602 00:23:14,860 --> 00:23:16,728 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND SEATTLE 603 00:23:16,728 --> 00:23:19,498 PUBLIC UTILITY BILLS. THIS 604 00:23:19,498 --> 00:23:23,235 TRANSLATES TO AN AVERAGE SAVINGS 605 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:25,637 OF 120 TO $205 PER MONTH. THIS 606 00:23:25,637 --> 00:23:27,973 IS REAL MONEY GOING BACK INTO 607 00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:29,941 THE POCKETS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 608 00:23:29,941 --> 00:23:32,978 STRUGGLING TO BALANCE THEIR 609 00:23:32,978 --> 00:23:34,179 HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS, AS OUTLINED 610 00:23:34,179 --> 00:23:36,281 IN THIS YEAR'S BILL, SPONSORED 611 00:23:36,281 --> 00:23:38,817 BY CHAIR STRAUSS AND COUNCIL, 612 00:23:38,817 --> 00:23:41,753 UDP WILL EXPAND TO SERVE 613 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:43,688 APPROXIMATELY 31,000 ADDITIONAL 614 00:23:43,688 --> 00:23:47,759 HOUSEHOLDS STARTING THIS 615 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:49,327 JANUARY. 3,032% OF ALL 616 00:23:49,327 --> 00:23:51,430 RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WILL BE 617 00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:54,366 ELIGIBLE, AND THIS COVERS OVER 618 00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:58,637 8000 NEWLY ELIGIBLE SENIOR 619 00:23:58,637 --> 00:23:58,937 HOUSEHOLDS. 620 00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:00,505 -- A $596,000 BUDGET INCREASE 621 00:24:00,505 --> 00:24:01,606 BACKED BY REVENUES FROM OUR 622 00:24:01,606 --> 00:24:03,108 PARTNERS AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 623 00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:04,943 AND SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, 624 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:07,045 AND ADDITION OF FOUR FTES, 625 00:24:07,045 --> 00:24:09,181 SUPPORTS THE UDP EXPANSION 626 00:24:09,181 --> 00:24:10,882 COUNCIL PASSED THIS SUMMER. THIS 627 00:24:10,882 --> 00:24:13,652 IS IN ADDITION TO THE $369,000 628 00:24:13,652 --> 00:24:15,720 OF GENERAL FUND SAVINGS ACHIEVED 629 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,556 BY SHIFTING PROGRAM COSTS TO THE 630 00:24:17,556 --> 00:24:23,695 UTILITY REVENUES 631 00:24:23,695 --> 00:24:25,330 -- FOOD ACCESS IS A KEY 632 00:24:25,330 --> 00:24:27,365 COMPONENT OF OUR MISSION TO 633 00:24:27,365 --> 00:24:27,933 SUPPORT STRONG AND HEALTHY 634 00:24:27,933 --> 00:24:29,835 COMMUNITIES. WE PROUDLY PARTNER 635 00:24:29,835 --> 00:24:30,469 WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE 636 00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:32,771 OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND 637 00:24:32,771 --> 00:24:33,839 ENVIRONMENT ON FOOD ACCESS. THEY 638 00:24:33,839 --> 00:24:37,843 HAVE THEIR FOOD ACTION PLAN. IN 639 00:24:37,843 --> 00:24:40,111 OUR ROLE AS FUNDER, HSD PROVIDES 640 00:24:40,111 --> 00:24:42,848 ROUGHLY 16 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY 641 00:24:42,848 --> 00:24:46,318 FOOD AND MEAL CONTRACTS, FOOD 642 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:47,986 BANKS OFFER AN ARRAY OF 643 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:49,654 SERVICES, INCLUDING MOBILE FOOD 644 00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:51,957 PANTRIES, HOME DELIVERIES FOR 645 00:24:51,957 --> 00:24:52,591 HOMEBOUND RESIDENTS, GROCERIES 646 00:24:52,591 --> 00:24:54,860 ON SITE RESOURCE NAVIGATION AND 647 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:57,562 MORE. MEAL PROVIDERS OFFER 648 00:24:57,562 --> 00:24:58,997 NUTRITIOUS MEALS FOR YOUTH, 649 00:24:58,997 --> 00:25:02,100 SENIORS AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING 650 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:05,337 HOMELESSNESS. LAST YEAR, OUR 651 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:07,772 PARTNERS DISTRIBUTED 2.6 MILLION 652 00:25:07,772 --> 00:25:09,708 MEALS AND DELIVERED 150 THOUSAND 653 00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:12,544 GROCERIES TO THOSE SEEKING FOOD 654 00:25:12,544 --> 00:25:15,347 ASSISTANCE. OUR INVESTMENTS ARE 655 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:15,747 MAKING AN IMPACT. 656 00:25:15,747 --> 00:25:17,949 -- THE PROPOSED BUDGET RETAINS 4 657 00:25:17,949 --> 00:25:19,584 MILLION OF OTHERWISE EXPIRING 658 00:25:19,584 --> 00:25:21,753 ONE TIME FUNDING AND ADDS IT TO 659 00:25:21,753 --> 00:25:24,356 THE BASE BUDGET AS AN ONGOING 660 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:26,625 INVESTMENT. MORE SPECIFICALLY, 661 00:25:26,625 --> 00:25:27,259 THE ALLOCATION WILL BE 3 MILLION 662 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:31,529 FOR FOOD BANKS AND 1 MILLION FOR 663 00:25:31,529 --> 00:25:35,133 MEAL PROVIDERS. 664 00:25:35,133 --> 00:25:35,634 -- THE NEXT PRIORITY IS 665 00:25:35,634 --> 00:25:37,068 COMMUNITY SAFETY. SAFETY HAS 666 00:25:37,068 --> 00:25:39,738 BEEN DISCUSSED IN SEVERAL BUDGET 667 00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:41,539 PRESENTATIONS, AND I APPRECIATE 668 00:25:41,539 --> 00:25:44,376 THE FRANK CONVERSATIONS. HSD 669 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:45,877 CONTINUES TO INVEST IN A DIVERSE 670 00:25:45,877 --> 00:25:48,113 SET OF CORE SERVICES RELATED TO 671 00:25:48,113 --> 00:25:50,515 GENDER BASED VIOLENCE. SURVIVORS 672 00:25:50,515 --> 00:25:52,050 OF CRIME, SCHOOL SAFETY, AND 673 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:54,886 OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. AS 674 00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:56,054 DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, THE 675 00:25:56,054 --> 00:25:58,690 PROPOSED BUDGET TRANSFERS, 676 00:25:58,690 --> 00:26:00,392 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION 677 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:02,928 CONTRACTS FROM HSD TO CARE, 678 00:26:02,928 --> 00:26:03,561 ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT 679 00:26:03,561 --> 00:26:04,829 NEEDS HIGHLIGHTING IS A 680 00:26:04,829 --> 00:26:06,398 PROPOSED. IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET 681 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:12,237 IS AN ONGOING AD FOR THE QUEER 682 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:16,975 AND TRANS STABILIZATION FUND. 683 00:26:16,975 --> 00:26:17,609 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WAS RIGHT 684 00:26:17,609 --> 00:26:20,912 TO HIGHLIGHT THE OPPORTUNITY 685 00:26:20,912 --> 00:26:21,546 BEYOND ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFER 686 00:26:21,546 --> 00:26:23,214 OF CONTRACTS. THE PURPOSE FOR 687 00:26:23,214 --> 00:26:24,716 CONSOLIDATING THESE CONTRACTS 688 00:26:24,716 --> 00:26:27,218 WITHIN CARE IS TO ALIGN THE CVI. 689 00:26:27,218 --> 00:26:29,287 THAT'S THE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE 690 00:26:29,287 --> 00:26:31,056 INTERVENTION WORK TO ALIGN THE 691 00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:32,624 CVI WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S 692 00:26:32,624 --> 00:26:33,491 BROADER PUBLIC SAFETY 693 00:26:33,491 --> 00:26:36,528 RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING ITS 694 00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:38,029 NOW OVERSIGHT OF PDA, LEAD AND 695 00:26:38,029 --> 00:26:40,899 COLEAD CONTRACTS AND THEIR WDC 696 00:26:40,899 --> 00:26:44,302 CONTRACTS. HSD IS TRANSFERRING 697 00:26:44,302 --> 00:26:45,937 ADDITIONAL BUDGETS ALONG WITH 698 00:26:45,937 --> 00:26:47,939 THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE MOVING 699 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:48,606 OVER OR TRANSITIONING ADDITIONAL 700 00:26:48,606 --> 00:26:51,376 BUDGET TO SUPPORT CARE'S 701 00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:52,611 LEADERSHIP ROLE AND THE NEW 702 00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:53,878 EFFORTS, AS OUTLINED IN THE 703 00:26:53,878 --> 00:26:55,747 MAYOR'S GUN VIOLENCE PLAN. YOU 704 00:26:55,747 --> 00:26:58,883 HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH 705 00:26:58,883 --> 00:26:59,651 CHIEF BARDEN AND DIRECTOR 706 00:26:59,651 --> 00:27:00,485 PANNUCCI ON THIS TOPIC LAST 707 00:27:00,485 --> 00:27:01,753 WEEK, AND IN A COUPLE OF 708 00:27:01,753 --> 00:27:04,022 DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS. AND SO 709 00:27:04,022 --> 00:27:07,926 FOR THIS SLIDE, I'LL OFFER SOME 710 00:27:07,926 --> 00:27:10,295 CLARIFYING DETAILS THAT I HOPE 711 00:27:10,295 --> 00:27:12,797 WILL HELP MOVE THE CONVERSATION 712 00:27:12,797 --> 00:27:13,431 FORWARD. COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S 713 00:27:13,431 --> 00:27:14,699 FRAMING OF PREVENTION, 714 00:27:14,699 --> 00:27:17,168 INTERVENTION, AND ENFORCEMENT 715 00:27:17,168 --> 00:27:19,471 CERTAINLY SPARKED CLARITY AND 716 00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:22,841 CONVERSATION. SO I DO WANT TO 717 00:27:22,841 --> 00:27:24,909 NOTE THAT THE CVI CONTRACTS 718 00:27:24,909 --> 00:27:27,979 MOVING TO CARE FOCUSES ON 719 00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:30,582 INTERVENTION. THEY INCLUDE 720 00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:33,251 SERVICES THAT ARE DIRECTLY TIED 721 00:27:33,251 --> 00:27:33,885 TO HOSPITAL BASED INTERVENTIONS, 722 00:27:33,885 --> 00:27:35,687 AND THEY ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO 723 00:27:35,687 --> 00:27:38,890 THE WORK THAT HARBORVIEW DOES 724 00:27:38,890 --> 00:27:41,092 WHEN RECEIVING PATIENTS WHO HAVE 725 00:27:41,092 --> 00:27:43,361 GUNSHOT WOUNDS. AND THERE ARE 726 00:27:43,361 --> 00:27:45,864 ALSO CONTRACTS DIRECTLY TIED TO 727 00:27:45,864 --> 00:27:48,500 COMMUNITY. WHEN THERE ARE GROUPS 728 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:50,001 OF FOLKS THAT THEY HAVE 729 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:51,569 IDENTIFIED OR KNOW OF INVOLVED 730 00:27:51,569 --> 00:27:55,206 IN GUN VIOLENCE, OR RIGHT AT 731 00:27:55,206 --> 00:27:56,775 THAT CUSP OF OFFERING CASE 732 00:27:56,775 --> 00:27:59,878 MANAGEMENT AND OUTREACH AND HOT 733 00:27:59,878 --> 00:28:01,613 SPOT REMEDIATION, REACTING WHEN 734 00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:05,016 THERE'S AN INCIDENT OF GUN 735 00:28:05,016 --> 00:28:05,650 VIOLENCE TO MITIGATE PREVENTION 736 00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:09,854 OF FUTURE RETALIATION. SO THERE 737 00:28:09,854 --> 00:28:13,224 IS THAT NEXUS TO THAT IMMEDIATE 738 00:28:13,224 --> 00:28:14,959 WORK INTERVENTION. HSD WILL 739 00:28:14,959 --> 00:28:16,895 CONTINUE TO HOLD THE PREVENTION 740 00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:18,329 CONTRACTS. THAT INCLUDES SCHOOL 741 00:28:18,329 --> 00:28:19,597 SAFETY, WHICH WE DO PARTNER WITH 742 00:28:19,597 --> 00:28:20,999 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND 743 00:28:20,999 --> 00:28:22,600 EARLY LEARNING AND SEATTLE 744 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,402 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS 745 00:28:24,402 --> 00:28:25,937 BROADER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. SO 746 00:28:25,937 --> 00:28:28,173 I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 747 00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:28,773 RIVERA FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE 748 00:28:28,773 --> 00:28:30,008 IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY DRIVEN 749 00:28:30,008 --> 00:28:32,444 PREVENTION WHILE PURSUING NEW 750 00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:33,978 APPROACHES AT THE SCENE FOR 751 00:28:33,978 --> 00:28:36,648 INTERVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT. 752 00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:38,783 SPEAKING OF PREVENTION, HSD IS 753 00:28:38,783 --> 00:28:41,052 ALREADY THINKING MORE BROADLY 754 00:28:41,052 --> 00:28:42,387 ABOUT OUR OTHER PROGRAMS, LIKE 755 00:28:42,387 --> 00:28:44,923 THE SEATTLE YOUTH AND EMPLOYMENT 756 00:28:44,923 --> 00:28:47,759 PROGRAM AND HOW THAT CAN BE 757 00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:50,061 CONNECTED, HSD IS COMMITTED TO 758 00:28:50,061 --> 00:28:52,130 PARTNERING WITH CARE BEYOND JUST 759 00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:53,965 THIS TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, 760 00:28:53,965 --> 00:28:58,002 BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE 761 00:28:58,002 --> 00:28:58,570 STATED SERVICE COORDINATION 762 00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:00,038 ACROSS THE ECOSYSTEM IS 763 00:29:00,038 --> 00:29:01,940 CRITICAL. WHEN AYE. THANK 764 00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:04,042 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR YOUR 765 00:29:04,042 --> 00:29:04,676 COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING PUBLIC 766 00:29:04,676 --> 00:29:06,077 SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH, HOUSING 767 00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:09,781 AND HUMAN SERVICES LASTLY, I DO 768 00:29:09,781 --> 00:29:11,750 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR 769 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:12,951 COMMUNITY BASED PARTNERS, THE 770 00:29:12,951 --> 00:29:14,853 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS 771 00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:17,388 DOING THIS WORK. THE CITY'S 772 00:29:17,388 --> 00:29:19,724 CURRENT CVI WORK WAS INITIATED 773 00:29:19,724 --> 00:29:22,360 BY COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AND 774 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,295 COUNCIL, ADDED AS ONE TIME FUNDS 775 00:29:24,295 --> 00:29:29,167 IN 2020, WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME 776 00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:30,568 ONGOING. AND JUST A COUPLE YEARS 777 00:29:30,568 --> 00:29:34,539 AGO, WE ADDRESSED A CRISIS IN 778 00:29:34,539 --> 00:29:36,541 THAT CVI BODY OF WORK WHEN THE 779 00:29:36,541 --> 00:29:38,009 SOUTHEAST NETWORK MADE A TOUGH 780 00:29:38,009 --> 00:29:40,712 DECISION TO END THEIR COMMUNITY 781 00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:43,715 SAFETY INVOLVEMENT. WHILE THAT 782 00:29:43,715 --> 00:29:44,782 AFFECTS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT 783 00:29:44,782 --> 00:29:46,718 SHIFT IN ONE OF A MAJOR PROVIDER 784 00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:50,522 DECIDING TO PULL OUT IS STILL 785 00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:51,890 BEING IMPACTED TODAY. WE WE ARE 786 00:29:51,890 --> 00:29:53,158 STILL TRYING TO PROVIDE A 787 00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:54,859 CERTAIN LEVEL OF STABILITY. I 788 00:29:54,859 --> 00:29:56,394 WILL SAY THAT I BELIEVE THE 789 00:29:56,394 --> 00:29:58,663 COMMUNITY IS RESILIENT AND 790 00:29:58,663 --> 00:30:00,598 CONTINUES TO BE ADAPTIVE AND 791 00:30:00,598 --> 00:30:02,934 ACCOUNTABLE. THIS WORK IS NOT 792 00:30:02,934 --> 00:30:04,235 EASY, AND IT DOES TAKE A 793 00:30:04,235 --> 00:30:07,071 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. 794 00:30:07,071 --> 00:30:10,341 -- STEVE WILL TRANSFER TO CARE 795 00:30:10,341 --> 00:30:12,477 5.1 MILLION OF GENERAL FUNDS FOR 796 00:30:12,477 --> 00:30:15,113 11 EXISTING CVI CONTRACTS AND 797 00:30:15,113 --> 00:30:16,881 1.2 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND FOR 798 00:30:16,881 --> 00:30:18,616 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND 799 00:30:18,616 --> 00:30:19,250 ADDITIONAL NEEDS OUTLINED IN THE 800 00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:23,354 MAYOR'S GUN VIOLENCE PLAN. 801 00:30:23,354 --> 00:30:25,623 -- THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET 802 00:30:25,623 --> 00:30:26,825 INCLUDES AN IMPORTANT AD FOR THE 803 00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:29,527 QUEER AND TRANS STABILIZATION 804 00:30:29,527 --> 00:30:31,162 FUND. THIS AD BUILDS UPON 805 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:33,398 CURRENT EFFORTS. CURRENT 2026 806 00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:35,867 EFFORTS TO PROVIDE RAPID RELIEF 807 00:30:35,867 --> 00:30:37,769 FUNDS TO INCREASE ACCESS OF 808 00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:40,038 EXISTING AND TO INCREASE ACCESS 809 00:30:40,038 --> 00:30:41,906 TO EXISTING RESOURCES. IN FACT, 810 00:30:41,906 --> 00:30:43,908 I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT THERE IS 811 00:30:43,908 --> 00:30:49,380 AN UPCOMING LGBTQ PLUS EVENT AT 812 00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:51,449 EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA ON NOVEMBER 813 00:30:51,449 --> 00:30:53,184 7th, AND THAT IS REALLY BEING 814 00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:56,588 LED BY THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMISSION 815 00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:57,555 AND THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL 816 00:30:57,555 --> 00:30:59,624 RIGHTS AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 817 00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:01,559 AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS REALLY 818 00:31:01,559 --> 00:31:03,494 TO TALK ABOUT RESOURCE AND 819 00:31:03,494 --> 00:31:05,997 ACCESS AND CONNECTING COMMUNITY 820 00:31:05,997 --> 00:31:07,699 WE HAVE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 821 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:08,499 RINCK FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE 822 00:31:08,499 --> 00:31:09,701 LEADERSHIP IN THIS EFFORT. YOU 823 00:31:09,701 --> 00:31:14,205 AND YOUR TEAM. I'M GRATEFUL THAT 824 00:31:14,205 --> 00:31:16,040 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND AND THE 825 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,709 CITY, SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS, 826 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:21,546 INCLUDING S OCR COUNCIL AND THE 827 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:24,782 LGBTQ PLUS COMMISSION, HAVE 828 00:31:24,782 --> 00:31:27,418 GIVEN SO MUCH AND PARTICULARLY 829 00:31:27,418 --> 00:31:30,154 WANT TO UPLIFT OUR 830 00:31:30,154 --> 00:31:30,588 COMMISSIONERS. THIS 831 00:31:30,588 --> 00:31:32,223 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM HAS 832 00:31:32,223 --> 00:31:33,958 WORKED TIRELESSLY. THIS IS 833 00:31:33,958 --> 00:31:35,760 AGAIN, JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S 834 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,962 EXHAUSTING WORK, I THINK, FOR 835 00:31:37,962 --> 00:31:40,031 PEOPLE. BUT THEY ARE MOTIVATED 836 00:31:40,031 --> 00:31:43,201 TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND THESE 837 00:31:43,201 --> 00:31:45,069 RECOMMENDATIONS ARE REALLY 838 00:31:45,069 --> 00:31:46,771 FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT SEATTLE 839 00:31:46,771 --> 00:31:49,474 IS A SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE, 840 00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:50,975 ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME OF 841 00:31:50,975 --> 00:31:53,578 GREAT UNCERTAINTY. AND I AM 842 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:54,178 PROUD THAT HSD IS SUPPORTING 843 00:31:54,178 --> 00:31:57,282 THIS WORK AND THAT IT IS VERY 844 00:31:57,282 --> 00:31:59,951 CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH OUR 845 00:31:59,951 --> 00:32:01,686 MISSION. 846 00:32:01,686 --> 00:32:02,687 -- 500,000 OF ONGOING BUDGET IS 847 00:32:02,687 --> 00:32:04,489 ADDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 848 00:32:04,489 --> 00:32:05,023 CONTRACTS SUPPORTING THE 849 00:32:05,023 --> 00:32:09,394 EMERGENT NEEDS OF THE TWO S 850 00:32:09,394 --> 00:32:10,862 LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. HSD. S INTENT 851 00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:12,730 IS TO ADMINISTER AN EXPEDITED 852 00:32:12,730 --> 00:32:15,400 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS IN 853 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,836 EARLY 2027 TO ALLOCATE THE 854 00:32:18,836 --> 00:32:21,572 FUNDS. 855 00:32:21,572 --> 00:32:24,542 -- FINALLY, THE PROPOSED BUDGET 856 00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:25,143 CONTINUES CONTRACT INFLATION 857 00:32:25,143 --> 00:32:29,013 ADJUSTMENTS WITH 3.8% IN 20 858 00:32:29,013 --> 00:32:32,050 2720, TOTALING 10.2 MILLION, 859 00:32:32,050 --> 00:32:34,152 INFLATIONARY INCREASE FROM THE 860 00:32:34,152 --> 00:32:36,888 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET AND 861 00:32:36,888 --> 00:32:39,123 ADDITIONAL 3.5%, OR 11.1 MILLION 862 00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:43,928 INCREASE IN 2028. THAT'S A TOTAL 863 00:32:43,928 --> 00:32:47,198 OF 21.3 MILLION INFLATIONARY 864 00:32:47,198 --> 00:32:49,367 INCREASE IN 2028 COMPARED TO 865 00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:50,702 2026. WHILE THIS ANNUAL 866 00:32:50,702 --> 00:32:52,670 ADJUSTMENT IS IN OUR SEATTLE 867 00:32:52,670 --> 00:32:55,073 MUNICIPAL CODE, MANY FUNDERS DO 868 00:32:55,073 --> 00:32:55,606 NOT PROVIDE INFLATIONARY 869 00:32:55,606 --> 00:32:56,341 ADJUSTMENTS AT THIS LEVEL. SO 870 00:32:56,341 --> 00:32:59,510 IT'S IMPORTANT OR AT ALL. SO 871 00:32:59,510 --> 00:33:00,178 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE 872 00:33:00,178 --> 00:33:04,115 TO AMPLIFY THIS PRIORITY. ALL 873 00:33:04,115 --> 00:33:05,116 FUNDERS, ALL FUNDERS NEED TO DO 874 00:33:05,116 --> 00:33:07,218 THEIR PART. MOST AGENCIES HAVE 875 00:33:07,218 --> 00:33:09,654 MULTIPLE FUND SOURCES AND SO 876 00:33:09,654 --> 00:33:11,189 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE 877 00:33:11,189 --> 00:33:16,761 TO LIFT THIS UP. AND WE'RE THE 878 00:33:16,761 --> 00:33:18,196 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS. WE 879 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:20,098 HAVE TO END WITH HUMANS AND IF 880 00:33:20,098 --> 00:33:20,965 YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU MIGHT 881 00:33:20,965 --> 00:33:23,534 SEE A COUNCILMEMBER IN THERE. AT 882 00:33:23,534 --> 00:33:26,871 THE END OF THE DAY, HSD CONNECTS 883 00:33:26,871 --> 00:33:28,606 PEOPLE AND RESOURCES WITH 884 00:33:28,606 --> 00:33:31,109 SOLUTIONS DURING TIMES OF NEED. 885 00:33:31,109 --> 00:33:33,578 THIS IS DONE AGAIN BY DEDICATED 886 00:33:33,578 --> 00:33:35,380 TEAM OF STAFF AND COMMUNITY 887 00:33:35,380 --> 00:33:37,849 PARTNERS AND PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS 888 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:40,385 THE CITY, ALONG WITH THE 889 00:33:40,385 --> 00:33:42,120 MAYOR'S OFFICE AND SEATTLE CITY 890 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:43,755 COUNCIL. ON BEHALF OF HSD, WE 891 00:33:43,755 --> 00:33:46,257 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 892 00:33:46,257 --> 00:33:47,458 DESCRIBE WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, 893 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:49,494 AND THE SIGNIFICANT PROPOSED 894 00:33:49,494 --> 00:33:51,129 CHANGES IN OUR BUDGET. AND WITH 895 00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:52,597 THAT, I THANK YOU AND TURN IT 896 00:33:52,597 --> 00:33:53,564 OVER TO YOU, CHAIR. 897 00:33:53,564 --> 00:33:56,034 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KIM. I'LL 898 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:57,035 NOW TURN IT OVER TO 899 00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:58,169 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AS CHAIR OF 900 00:33:58,169 --> 00:33:59,070 THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THIS 901 00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:00,438 DEPARTMENT, FOR YOU TO HAVE 902 00:34:00,438 --> 00:34:01,639 FIRST AND LAST WORD, AND THEN 903 00:34:01,639 --> 00:34:02,306 I'LL FACILITATE DISCUSSION. OVER 904 00:34:02,306 --> 00:34:03,808 TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 905 00:34:03,808 --> 00:34:05,710 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS, AND 906 00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:07,979 THANK YOU. DIRECTOR KIM. DEPUTY 907 00:34:07,979 --> 00:34:09,847 DIRECTOR CLAYSON AND BUDGET 908 00:34:09,847 --> 00:34:11,315 MANAGER HOLLAND FOR BEING HERE 909 00:34:11,315 --> 00:34:12,650 THIS MORNING, AND HUGE GRATITUDE 910 00:34:12,650 --> 00:34:13,885 TO THE ENTIRE TEAM AT THE HUMAN 911 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:15,086 SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK 912 00:34:15,086 --> 00:34:17,221 THEY DO EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE 913 00:34:17,221 --> 00:34:18,623 OUR COMMUNITIES ARE TAKEN CARE 914 00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:23,594 OF. APPRECIATE YOU ALL. I WILL 915 00:34:23,594 --> 00:34:26,297 SAY, GIVEN THE DIFFICULT FISCAL 916 00:34:26,297 --> 00:34:27,698 SITUATION THAT OUR CITY IS IN, I 917 00:34:27,698 --> 00:34:30,601 FOUND MYSELF RELIEVED IN SOME 918 00:34:30,601 --> 00:34:33,471 WAYS TO SEE THE BUDGET THAT WAS 919 00:34:33,471 --> 00:34:35,907 TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR, 920 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:36,541 PARTICULARLY MAINTAINING MANY OF 921 00:34:36,541 --> 00:34:39,577 THE HUMAN SERVICES INVESTMENTS 922 00:34:39,577 --> 00:34:41,312 THAT WE'VE MADE AS A CITY OVER 923 00:34:41,312 --> 00:34:44,482 THE YEARS. TOO OFTEN IN AN 924 00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:45,817 ENVIRONMENT WHERE CUTS ARE 925 00:34:45,817 --> 00:34:47,318 NEEDED TO BE MADE, HUMAN 926 00:34:47,318 --> 00:34:48,619 SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT 927 00:34:48,619 --> 00:34:50,221 PEOPLE DEPEND ON ARE THE THINGS 928 00:34:50,221 --> 00:34:51,789 THAT GO FIRST. AND THAT WAS NOT 929 00:34:51,789 --> 00:34:53,858 THE CASE WITH THE BUDGET THAT 930 00:34:53,858 --> 00:34:55,560 WAS TRANSMITTED. I UNDERSTAND 931 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,495 WE'VE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT 932 00:34:57,495 --> 00:34:58,096 CHALLENGING CHOICES THAT THE 933 00:34:58,096 --> 00:34:59,363 EXECUTIVE HAD TO TO MAKE, AND I 934 00:34:59,363 --> 00:35:00,498 KNOW WE'RE DIVING INTO A LOT OF 935 00:35:00,498 --> 00:35:01,132 THESE PIECES, BUT I JUST WANT TO 936 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:03,534 SAY THAT AS CHAIR OF HUMAN 937 00:35:03,534 --> 00:35:04,469 SERVICES, I WAS EXCITED TO SEE, 938 00:35:04,469 --> 00:35:06,304 AGAIN, MANY OF THESE INVESTMENTS 939 00:35:06,304 --> 00:35:08,005 THAT WE'VE MADE INTO OUR 940 00:35:08,005 --> 00:35:10,174 COMMUNITY BE MAINTAINED IN THE 941 00:35:10,174 --> 00:35:11,742 PROPOSED BUDGET. IT'S EXCELLENT 942 00:35:11,742 --> 00:35:13,344 TO SEE THE EXPANSION OF THE 943 00:35:13,344 --> 00:35:14,745 UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM, AND I 944 00:35:14,745 --> 00:35:16,681 WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE 945 00:35:16,681 --> 00:35:17,615 LEADERSHIP OF CHAIR STRAUSS ON 946 00:35:17,615 --> 00:35:19,750 THIS MATTER, AS WELL AS COUNCIL 947 00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:20,351 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR 948 00:35:20,351 --> 00:35:23,488 YOUR WORK AND YOUR FIGHT IN THAT 949 00:35:23,488 --> 00:35:25,756 INVESTMENT, AND HEARTENED TO SEE 950 00:35:25,756 --> 00:35:27,325 THE EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR QUEER 951 00:35:27,325 --> 00:35:28,893 AND TRANS COMMUNITY MADE 952 00:35:28,893 --> 00:35:29,360 POSSIBLE THROUGH THE 953 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,028 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET MADE 954 00:35:31,028 --> 00:35:31,629 ONGOING. I UNDERSTAND THE 955 00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:34,031 EXECUTIVE IS CURRENTLY 956 00:35:34,031 --> 00:35:34,632 UNDERGOING THE IMPLEMENTATION 957 00:35:34,632 --> 00:35:35,333 PROCESS. LOOKING FORWARD TO 958 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:36,701 SEEING THOSE FINAL DECISIONS AND 959 00:35:36,701 --> 00:35:37,835 FUNDS GOING OUT THE DOOR. BUT I 960 00:35:37,835 --> 00:35:40,004 WANT TO THANK AGAIN, CHAIR 961 00:35:40,004 --> 00:35:41,839 STRAUSS, THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP 962 00:35:41,839 --> 00:35:43,141 AND SUPPORT ON THAT BUDGET 963 00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:44,442 AMENDMENT AND COLLEAGUES, FOR 964 00:35:44,442 --> 00:35:44,942 YOUR SUPPORT DURING THE 965 00:35:44,942 --> 00:35:46,711 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PROCESS TO 966 00:35:46,711 --> 00:35:48,212 GET THAT FUNDING THROUGH. 967 00:35:48,212 --> 00:35:50,648 ADDITIONALLY, I WANT TO NOTE MY 968 00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:53,117 APPRECIATION FOR THE EXPANSIONS 969 00:35:53,117 --> 00:35:57,054 THAT WE MADE INTO FOOD ACCESS 970 00:35:57,054 --> 00:35:59,223 MADE THOSE, PARTICULARLY THOSE 971 00:35:59,223 --> 00:35:59,757 INVESTMENTS MADE POSSIBLE 972 00:35:59,757 --> 00:36:00,858 THROUGH THE SEATTLE SHIELD 973 00:36:00,858 --> 00:36:02,927 INITIATIVE. AND IN THIS BUDGET, 974 00:36:02,927 --> 00:36:05,596 THOSE BEING MADE ONGOING. I WANT 975 00:36:05,596 --> 00:36:06,230 TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ALL 976 00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:06,898 OF THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE STILL 977 00:36:06,898 --> 00:36:08,933 AT THE BEGINNING OF DIGESTING 978 00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:10,801 THIS BUDGET AND IN ITS ENTIRETY. 979 00:36:10,801 --> 00:36:12,403 AND SO I DO WANT TO TAKE A 980 00:36:12,403 --> 00:36:14,872 MOMENT TO DIVE DEEPER INTO 981 00:36:14,872 --> 00:36:16,040 SEVERAL TOPICS THAT MY OFFICE 982 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,241 AND BROADLY, THE HUMAN SERVICES, 983 00:36:17,241 --> 00:36:18,643 LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 984 00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:21,412 COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN TRACKING 985 00:36:21,412 --> 00:36:22,713 THROUGHOUT 2026. I WANT TO ALSO 986 00:36:22,713 --> 00:36:26,817 NOTE, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THAT 987 00:36:26,817 --> 00:36:27,952 THE CRA CONTRACT TRANSITION IS A 988 00:36:27,952 --> 00:36:29,687 HUGE UNDERTAKING FOR THE 989 00:36:29,687 --> 00:36:31,556 DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A STRUCTURAL 990 00:36:31,556 --> 00:36:33,057 CHANGE AND ONE THAT WE. I LOOK 991 00:36:33,057 --> 00:36:34,825 FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO ENGAGE 992 00:36:34,825 --> 00:36:36,360 ON IN COMMITTEE MOVING FORWARD 993 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,195 TO SUPPORT A HEALTHY TRANSITION 994 00:36:38,195 --> 00:36:40,798 FOR THAT BODY OF WORK. AND SO 995 00:36:40,798 --> 00:36:42,833 ALL THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING 996 00:36:42,833 --> 00:36:44,435 TO JUMP INTO A COUPLE OF 997 00:36:44,435 --> 00:36:45,903 QUESTIONS TO UNPACK SOME OF THE 998 00:36:45,903 --> 00:36:47,805 PIECES ABOUT THE PROPOSED 999 00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:51,008 BUDGET, TAKING US FIRST TO SLIDE 1000 00:36:51,008 --> 00:36:53,210 SIX, I SEE SEVERAL DIFFERENT 1001 00:36:53,210 --> 00:36:54,478 FUNDS SWAP AREAS, AND I'M 1002 00:36:54,478 --> 00:36:56,581 WONDERING, CAN THE EXECUTIVES 1003 00:36:56,581 --> 00:37:02,119 SPEAK TO THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND 1004 00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:05,957 THESE FUND SWAPS? 1005 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:09,260 -- MORNING. COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 1006 00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:10,828 THE RECORD BUDGET DIRECTOR, I 1007 00:37:10,828 --> 00:37:12,830 THINK THAT THE DEPARTMENT CAN 1008 00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:13,464 SPEAK PROBABLY BEST SPECIFICALLY 1009 00:37:13,464 --> 00:37:15,833 TO THESE ITEMS, BUT THROUGHOUT 1010 00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:17,602 THIS PROCESS, ONE OF THE 1011 00:37:17,602 --> 00:37:19,403 STRATEGIES WAS REALLY LOOKING AT 1012 00:37:19,403 --> 00:37:21,539 USING OUR MOST RESTRICTIVE FUND 1013 00:37:21,539 --> 00:37:23,374 SOURCES FIRST. SO WHERE THERE 1014 00:37:23,374 --> 00:37:25,176 WAS A DIFFERENT FUND SOURCE THAN 1015 00:37:25,176 --> 00:37:26,677 THE MOST FLEXIBLE GENERAL FUND, 1016 00:37:26,677 --> 00:37:27,278 THE DEPARTMENT WORKED REALLY 1017 00:37:27,278 --> 00:37:29,447 HARD TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO RETAIN 1018 00:37:29,447 --> 00:37:32,516 AND PRESERVE INVESTMENTS BY 1019 00:37:32,516 --> 00:37:33,884 LEVERAGING OTHER, MORE 1020 00:37:33,884 --> 00:37:34,752 RESTRICTIVE FUND SOURCES. AND SO 1021 00:37:34,752 --> 00:37:37,922 THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE REFLECTED 1022 00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:39,490 HERE TO SOME EXTENT. AND THEN IN 1023 00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:42,093 TERMS OF THE THE SWAP WITH THE 1024 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:44,228 JUMPSTART FUND TO HELP SUPPORT 1025 00:37:44,228 --> 00:37:46,130 HOMELESS SERVICES THAT WAS MADE 1026 00:37:46,130 --> 00:37:47,565 POSSIBLE BY A NUMBER OF 1027 00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:50,034 STRATEGIES, PRIMARILY BY AN 1028 00:37:50,034 --> 00:37:51,602 IMPROVED REVENUE FORECAST THAT 1029 00:37:51,602 --> 00:37:53,704 ALLOWED THIS BUDGET TO MAINTAIN 1030 00:37:53,704 --> 00:37:55,806 THE INVESTMENTS IN THE ORIGINAL 1031 00:37:55,806 --> 00:37:56,340 SPENDING PLAN CATEGORIES 1032 00:37:56,340 --> 00:37:58,042 CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS YEAR 1033 00:37:58,042 --> 00:38:00,411 LEVELS. IN TERMS OF THEIR 1034 00:38:00,411 --> 00:38:01,979 ONGOING INVESTMENTS, WHILE ALSO 1035 00:38:01,979 --> 00:38:04,115 ENSURING THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN 1036 00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:04,682 SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN 1037 00:38:04,682 --> 00:38:06,550 HOMELESS SERVICES. 1038 00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:10,121 -- AND I CAN ALSO ADD, REGARDING 1039 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:11,956 THE 329,000 FUND SWAP OF GENERAL 1040 00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:13,324 FUND FOR THE COMMUNITY LIVING 1041 00:38:13,324 --> 00:38:14,725 CONNECTIONS PROGRAM, WE WERE 1042 00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:16,661 ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME GRANT 1043 00:38:16,661 --> 00:38:19,130 FUNDING THAT WAS WITHIN OUR BASE 1044 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:20,965 BUDGET THAT COULD ABSORB THOSE 1045 00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:22,833 PROGRAM COSTS TO FREE UP GENERAL 1046 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:24,302 FUND AND HELP ADDRESS THE 1047 00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:26,404 CITY'S BUDGET GAP. SIMILARLY, 1048 00:38:26,404 --> 00:38:30,775 WITH THE FUND SWAP OF 393,000 OF 1049 00:38:30,775 --> 00:38:33,577 MOVING UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM 1050 00:38:33,577 --> 00:38:35,279 GENERAL FUND COSTS OVER TO OUR 1051 00:38:35,279 --> 00:38:37,982 UTILITY PARTNERS, WE WERE ABLE 1052 00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:40,618 TO PUT THAT FORWARD AS A GENERAL 1053 00:38:40,618 --> 00:38:43,120 FUND SAVINGS AS WELL. 1054 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,756 -- THANK YOU FOR UNPACKING THAT. 1055 00:38:45,756 --> 00:38:47,458 I WANT TO SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE 1056 00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:48,492 BIT TO TALK ABOUT JUST THE 1057 00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:50,528 SEATTLE SHIELD INITIATIVE, AND 1058 00:38:50,528 --> 00:38:51,896 THANK COLLEAGUES AGAIN FOR 1059 00:38:51,896 --> 00:38:52,563 GETTING THAT MEASURE THROUGH, 1060 00:38:52,563 --> 00:38:53,597 SENDING IT TO VOTERS. AND THANK 1061 00:38:53,597 --> 00:38:56,667 YOU TO THE VOTERS FOR 1062 00:38:56,667 --> 00:38:57,268 OVERWHELMINGLY PASSING THIS. 1063 00:38:57,268 --> 00:38:59,036 AGAIN, THIS WAS OUR MEASURE TO 1064 00:38:59,036 --> 00:39:00,571 STABILIZE CORE HUMAN SERVICES 1065 00:39:00,571 --> 00:39:02,440 WHILE ALSO CREATING A PATHWAY TO 1066 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:03,941 BE ABLE TO BACKFILL SOME OF THE 1067 00:39:03,941 --> 00:39:05,910 MOST EGREGIOUS FEDERAL CUTS TO 1068 00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:07,845 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. AND SO I'M 1069 00:39:07,845 --> 00:39:09,980 WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO 1070 00:39:09,980 --> 00:39:14,218 WHERE THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE 1071 00:39:14,218 --> 00:39:14,785 WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 1072 00:39:14,785 --> 00:39:15,519 -- THANKS FOR THE THANKS FOR THE 1073 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:17,321 QUESTION. I WOULD SAY THE 1074 00:39:17,321 --> 00:39:20,257 SEATTLE SHIELD THAT WAS PUT ON 1075 00:39:20,257 --> 00:39:21,459 THE BALLOT LAST YEAR BY THE 1076 00:39:21,459 --> 00:39:23,794 COUNCIL AND PASSED BY THE VOTERS 1077 00:39:23,794 --> 00:39:25,863 IS REALLY CRITICAL TO HELPING 1078 00:39:25,863 --> 00:39:26,497 PRESERVE MANY OF THE INVESTMENTS 1079 00:39:26,497 --> 00:39:29,266 YOU SEE IN THIS BUDGET, 1080 00:39:29,266 --> 00:39:29,800 PARTICULARLY IN THE HUMAN 1081 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:31,702 SERVICES SPACE. SO BY THE 1082 00:39:31,702 --> 00:39:33,137 ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED BY 1083 00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:34,839 THE COUNCIL THAT HELPS PRESERVE 1084 00:39:34,839 --> 00:39:35,973 THESE INVESTMENTS IN FOOD 1085 00:39:35,973 --> 00:39:38,342 ACCESS, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, 1086 00:39:38,342 --> 00:39:39,376 EMERGENCY SHELTER, HOMELESS 1087 00:39:39,376 --> 00:39:40,845 PREVENTION, WORKERS RIGHTS, AND 1088 00:39:40,845 --> 00:39:42,713 THE LIST GOES ON. SO PRIMARILY, 1089 00:39:42,713 --> 00:39:45,850 IT WAS USED TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN 1090 00:39:45,850 --> 00:39:47,718 AND PRESERVE THOSE INVESTMENTS 1091 00:39:47,718 --> 00:39:49,587 IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU SEE SOME 1092 00:39:49,587 --> 00:39:52,389 SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS, IT WAS 1093 00:39:52,389 --> 00:39:55,559 ABLE TO MAKE ONGOING ABOUT $10.2 1094 00:39:55,559 --> 00:39:57,995 MILLION IN INCREASED FOOD ACCESS 1095 00:39:57,995 --> 00:39:58,863 PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE $6.3 1096 00:39:58,863 --> 00:40:02,166 MILLION THAT WAS ADDED ONE TIME 1097 00:40:02,166 --> 00:40:02,800 IN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY 1098 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:03,901 AND ENVIRONMENT FOR THE FRESH 1099 00:40:03,901 --> 00:40:06,070 BUCKS PROGRAM LAST YEAR THAT IS 1100 00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:08,005 MADE ONGOING IN THE BUDGET. THE 1101 00:40:08,005 --> 00:40:08,973 $3 MILLION FOR FOOD BANKS AND 1102 00:40:08,973 --> 00:40:10,808 MILLION DOLLARS FOR MEAL 1103 00:40:10,808 --> 00:40:13,010 DELIVERY THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND 1104 00:40:13,010 --> 00:40:15,146 HSD JUST PRESENTED TO YOU. AND 1105 00:40:15,146 --> 00:40:18,349 IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO MAKE A ONE 1106 00:40:18,349 --> 00:40:19,416 TIME PRESERVATION OF A PORTION 1107 00:40:19,416 --> 00:40:20,618 OF THE FOOD EQUITY FUND IN THE 1108 00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:22,987 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN 1109 00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:25,823 2028, WHILE WE WORK TO ADDRESS 1110 00:40:25,823 --> 00:40:26,323 THE CHALLENGES WITH THE 1111 00:40:26,323 --> 00:40:27,992 SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX REVENUES 1112 00:40:27,992 --> 00:40:30,494 THAT IN THE AUGUST FORECAST 1113 00:40:30,494 --> 00:40:33,497 SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE. IT 1114 00:40:33,497 --> 00:40:35,232 ALSO PRESERVED $4,000,004 1115 00:40:35,232 --> 00:40:36,901 MILLION OF FUNDING IN THE HUMAN 1116 00:40:36,901 --> 00:40:38,569 SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR 1117 00:40:38,569 --> 00:40:39,203 HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION THAT WAS 1118 00:40:39,203 --> 00:40:40,571 ADDED ONGOING LAST YEAR USING 1119 00:40:40,571 --> 00:40:43,207 THOSE FUNDS, AS WELL AS $7.8 1120 00:40:43,207 --> 00:40:45,543 MILLION OF ONGOING FUNDING FOR 1121 00:40:45,543 --> 00:40:47,645 EMERGENCY SHELTER. THAT WAS 1122 00:40:47,645 --> 00:40:49,814 ADDED LAST YEAR THROUGH THE THE 1123 00:40:49,814 --> 00:40:52,283 SEATTLE SHIELD INVESTMENT. 1124 00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:54,885 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR PANUCCI. 1125 00:40:54,885 --> 00:40:55,786 AND BUILDING ON THAT POINT, IN 1126 00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:57,421 ADDITION TO SEATTLE SHIELD 1127 00:40:57,421 --> 00:40:58,556 INVESTMENTS, THIS COUNCIL MADE A 1128 00:40:58,556 --> 00:41:00,491 NUMBER OF ONE TIME INVESTMENTS 1129 00:41:00,491 --> 00:41:01,358 LAST YEAR BROADLY TO HUMAN 1130 00:41:01,358 --> 00:41:05,796 SERVICES. OUTSIDE OF THAT ONE IN 1131 00:41:05,796 --> 00:41:08,098 PARTICULAR BEING A $500,000 ONE 1132 00:41:08,098 --> 00:41:08,699 TIME AD FOR INCREASING GENDER 1133 00:41:08,699 --> 00:41:13,003 BASED VIOLENCE SERVICES. AND I 1134 00:41:13,003 --> 00:41:15,940 SEE THAT THAT INVESTMENT IS NOT 1135 00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:17,074 INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET. SO I'M 1136 00:41:17,074 --> 00:41:18,943 WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO 1137 00:41:18,943 --> 00:41:20,811 HOW THIS REDUCTION WILL IMPACT 1138 00:41:20,811 --> 00:41:23,214 SURVIVOR SERVICES FOR 2027 AND 1139 00:41:23,214 --> 00:41:26,250 2028. 1140 00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:26,917 -- I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION 1141 00:41:26,917 --> 00:41:29,753 BY THE NUMBERS, BUT I DO KNOW 1142 00:41:29,753 --> 00:41:33,824 THAT IT WILL BE A DECREASE TO 1143 00:41:33,824 --> 00:41:34,391 SERVICES SINCE THOSE FUNDS 1144 00:41:34,391 --> 00:41:37,828 EXPIRED AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS 1145 00:41:37,828 --> 00:41:40,731 NOT WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE 1146 00:41:40,731 --> 00:41:41,832 -- UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. WOULD 1147 00:41:41,832 --> 00:41:43,667 APPRECIATE A FOLLOW UP. JUST TO 1148 00:41:43,667 --> 00:41:44,301 UNDERSTAND PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT 1149 00:41:44,301 --> 00:41:45,803 TO YOU AND HOW MANY LESS FOLKS 1150 00:41:45,803 --> 00:41:48,873 WILL BE SERVED BECAUSE OF THAT 1151 00:41:48,873 --> 00:41:50,474 DECREASED INVESTMENT AND SEEING 1152 00:41:50,474 --> 00:41:52,610 THERE'S AN INCREASE MADE TO 1153 00:41:52,610 --> 00:41:54,011 HEALTHY AGING PROGRAMS. CAN YOU 1154 00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:55,613 SPEAK TO HOW OUR LOCAL SENIOR 1155 00:41:55,613 --> 00:41:56,981 CENTERS ARE BEING SERVED BY 1156 00:41:56,981 --> 00:41:57,715 THESE PROGRAMS? AND WILL ANY OF 1157 00:41:57,715 --> 00:42:01,352 THOSE FUNDS FLOW DIRECTLY TO 1158 00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:01,719 THOSE PROGRAMS? 1159 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:04,622 -- I CAN GIVE A KIND OF OVERVIEW 1160 00:42:04,622 --> 00:42:05,723 OF WHAT THE INCREASE THAT YOU'RE 1161 00:42:05,723 --> 00:42:07,024 SEEING IN THE BUDGET IS RELATED 1162 00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:08,759 TO. WE MAY HAVE TO GET BACK TO 1163 00:42:08,759 --> 00:42:10,261 YOU ON WHETHER ANY OF THOSE 1164 00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:12,496 DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE TOUCHING 1165 00:42:12,496 --> 00:42:14,665 SENIOR CENTERS SPECIFICALLY, BUT 1166 00:42:14,665 --> 00:42:17,902 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STATE GRANTS 1167 00:42:17,902 --> 00:42:19,403 THAT WE HAD RECEIVED IN THE 1168 00:42:19,403 --> 00:42:20,838 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IN IN THE 1169 00:42:20,838 --> 00:42:23,674 LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT ARE 1170 00:42:23,674 --> 00:42:24,842 ADDED TO THE 27 BUDGET TO MAKE 1171 00:42:24,842 --> 00:42:27,711 THEM ONGOING IN OUR BASE. SO ONE 1172 00:42:27,711 --> 00:42:29,747 OF THOSE IS THE HEALTH RELATED 1173 00:42:29,747 --> 00:42:30,981 SOCIAL NEEDS GRANT. ANOTHER IS A 1174 00:42:30,981 --> 00:42:33,217 GRANT FOR SENIOR NUTRITION. 1175 00:42:33,217 --> 00:42:37,655 THAT'S ONE WHERE IT MAY SOME OF 1176 00:42:37,655 --> 00:42:39,156 THOSE DOLLARS MAY BE SUPPORTING 1177 00:42:39,156 --> 00:42:39,723 CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAMS AT 1178 00:42:39,723 --> 00:42:40,858 SENIOR CENTERS. SO WE CAN GET 1179 00:42:40,858 --> 00:42:43,160 BACK TO YOU ON ON THAT PIECE. 1180 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,563 AND THEN ALSO, WE HAVE A REALLY 1181 00:42:46,563 --> 00:42:47,131 SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR 1182 00:42:47,131 --> 00:42:48,999 TITLE 19 MEDICAID CASE 1183 00:42:48,999 --> 00:42:51,435 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. AND SO THOSE 1184 00:42:51,435 --> 00:42:53,704 ARE THE PRIMARY INCREASES THAT 1185 00:42:53,704 --> 00:42:54,605 WE'RE SEEING IN THE IN THE 1186 00:42:54,605 --> 00:42:57,107 HEALTHY AGING AREA. 1187 00:42:57,107 --> 00:42:59,510 -- THANK YOU FOR UNPACKING THAT. 1188 00:42:59,510 --> 00:43:02,012 SHIFTING GEARS TO THE SHELTER 1189 00:43:02,012 --> 00:43:04,648 ACCELERATOR INITIATIVE, THE 1190 00:43:04,648 --> 00:43:05,249 MAYOR'S SHELTER ACCELERATOR 1191 00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:06,850 INITIATIVE PROPOSAL ADDRESSES 1192 00:43:06,850 --> 00:43:08,619 FUNDING FOR SHELTER EXPANSION IN 1193 00:43:08,619 --> 00:43:10,321 2027. HOWEVER, I'M WONDERING HOW 1194 00:43:10,321 --> 00:43:11,956 THIS BUDGET BUILDS A ROADMAP 1195 00:43:11,956 --> 00:43:13,457 INTO 2028 AND BEYOND. AND 1196 00:43:13,457 --> 00:43:14,525 BUILDING ON THAT POINT, WHAT IS 1197 00:43:14,525 --> 00:43:16,026 THE ROLE OF THE UNIFIED CARE 1198 00:43:16,026 --> 00:43:17,928 TEAM? ALSO, WITHIN THIS 1199 00:43:17,928 --> 00:43:20,164 ACCELERATOR INITIATIVE? YEAH, 1200 00:43:20,164 --> 00:43:21,332 YEAH. 1201 00:43:21,332 --> 00:43:22,299 -- EXCELLENT. YOU KNOW, ALL THE 1202 00:43:22,299 --> 00:43:22,967 SHELTERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING, I 1203 00:43:22,967 --> 00:43:24,401 THINK, TO OPEN UP BOTH THIS YEAR 1204 00:43:24,401 --> 00:43:28,472 AND IN 2027, WE DO OBVIOUSLY 1205 00:43:28,472 --> 00:43:29,106 RECOGNIZE OUR ONGOING OPERATING 1206 00:43:29,106 --> 00:43:29,773 COSTS WITH ALL OF THOSE 1207 00:43:29,773 --> 00:43:31,575 PROGRAMS. SO DEFINITELY, I THINK 1208 00:43:31,575 --> 00:43:34,712 LOOKING TO SUPPORT THEM IN 2028 1209 00:43:34,712 --> 00:43:36,013 AND BEYOND THAT AS WELL TO TO 1210 00:43:36,013 --> 00:43:38,849 MEET THE NEED IN SEATTLE. AGAIN, 1211 00:43:38,849 --> 00:43:41,819 WE'RE LOOKING TO SERVE UP TO 1212 00:43:41,819 --> 00:43:43,587 1750 PEOPLE ANNUALLY AND 1213 00:43:43,587 --> 00:43:44,221 HOPEFULLY TAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS 1214 00:43:44,221 --> 00:43:46,190 NEXT YEAR TO, TO GET THAT NUMBER 1215 00:43:46,190 --> 00:43:48,826 UP EVEN HIGHER. AND I THINK ALSO 1216 00:43:48,826 --> 00:43:49,927 IN TERMS OF IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE 1217 00:43:49,927 --> 00:43:51,595 LOOKING AT, YOU MENTIONED THE 1218 00:43:51,595 --> 00:43:52,963 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. I THINK IN 1219 00:43:52,963 --> 00:43:55,632 THE SHELTER PLAN THAT WE, THE 1220 00:43:55,632 --> 00:43:58,435 MAYOR AND HSD JUST SUBMITTED, IT 1221 00:43:58,435 --> 00:44:00,437 DOES TALK ABOUT LOOKING AT UCT 1222 00:44:00,437 --> 00:44:02,072 OPERATIONS AS WELL, AND SOME OF 1223 00:44:02,072 --> 00:44:04,375 THE SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVES THAT 1224 00:44:04,375 --> 00:44:05,909 HAVE TAKEN PLACE THIS YEAR, SUCH 1225 00:44:05,909 --> 00:44:07,544 AS STREETS TO HOUSING AND 1226 00:44:07,544 --> 00:44:09,313 PIONEER SQUARE. I THINK LOOKING 1227 00:44:09,313 --> 00:44:10,948 AT HOW TO EXPAND SOME OF THAT 1228 00:44:10,948 --> 00:44:13,150 NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUSED WORK, 1229 00:44:13,150 --> 00:44:14,885 IMPROVE KIND OF BY NAME LIST 1230 00:44:14,885 --> 00:44:16,020 COORDINATION AND MATCH FOLKS 1231 00:44:16,020 --> 00:44:18,756 INTO THE RIGHT SERVICE SERVICES 1232 00:44:18,756 --> 00:44:19,390 AT THESE SHELTERS AS THEY'RE 1233 00:44:19,390 --> 00:44:20,591 STOOD UP. SO I THINK THAT'S 1234 00:44:20,591 --> 00:44:22,459 GOING TO BE A KEY POINT OF 1235 00:44:22,459 --> 00:44:24,495 EMPHASIS MOVING FORWARD. 1236 00:44:24,495 --> 00:44:26,397 -- THANK YOU. DEPUTY DIRECTOR 1237 00:44:26,397 --> 00:44:27,831 AND MY LAST QUESTION FOR NOW 1238 00:44:27,831 --> 00:44:29,299 BEFORE I I'M SURE I PICK IT UP 1239 00:44:29,299 --> 00:44:31,235 IN THE END WITH ANY ADDITIONAL 1240 00:44:31,235 --> 00:44:33,971 QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO TOUCH 1241 00:44:33,971 --> 00:44:35,305 ON THE KCJ CONTRACTS TRANSITION 1242 00:44:35,305 --> 00:44:37,875 AND TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 1243 00:44:37,875 --> 00:44:38,842 THANK VICE CHAIR FOSTER FOR HER 1244 00:44:38,842 --> 00:44:40,344 WORK ON THE HUMAN SERVICES, 1245 00:44:40,344 --> 00:44:41,345 LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1246 00:44:41,345 --> 00:44:42,880 COMMITTEE, AND SERVING ON THE 1247 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:44,415 KCJ GOVERNING BOARD. YOUR 1248 00:44:44,415 --> 00:44:45,182 PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. 1249 00:44:45,182 --> 00:44:46,450 THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO 1250 00:44:46,450 --> 00:44:48,318 THANK COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR 1251 00:44:48,318 --> 00:44:50,054 HIS SERVICE AS AN ALTERNATE TO 1252 00:44:50,054 --> 00:44:53,090 THE KCJ GOVERNING BOARD. TRULY, 1253 00:44:53,090 --> 00:44:53,857 HE'S BEEN AN INTENDED FOR SO 1254 00:44:53,857 --> 00:44:54,625 MANY OF THE MEETINGS, TRACKING 1255 00:44:54,625 --> 00:44:56,126 THE WORK. AND I JUST TRULY 1256 00:44:56,126 --> 00:44:59,263 APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP 1257 00:44:59,263 --> 00:44:59,797 NAVIGATING A CHALLENGING 1258 00:44:59,797 --> 00:45:01,065 SITUATION FOR ALL OF US AS WE'RE 1259 00:45:01,065 --> 00:45:02,866 RESTRUCTURING OUR HOMELESSNESS 1260 00:45:02,866 --> 00:45:04,902 SERVICES. SO THANK YOU BOTH. AND 1261 00:45:04,902 --> 00:45:06,503 TO THAT END, I WANTED TO JUST 1262 00:45:06,503 --> 00:45:07,905 UNPACK A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING 1263 00:45:07,905 --> 00:45:09,473 THAT YOU SHARED JUST IN TERMS OF 1264 00:45:09,473 --> 00:45:11,275 AS WE'RE UNDERGOING THIS 1265 00:45:11,275 --> 00:45:13,310 TRANSITION, ANY ADDITIONAL 1266 00:45:13,310 --> 00:45:14,344 REQUESTS OR PIECES AROUND ADMIN 1267 00:45:14,344 --> 00:45:16,113 DOLLARS? I JUST AM WONDERING, 1268 00:45:16,113 --> 00:45:17,915 DIRECTOR CLAUSSEN DEPUTY 1269 00:45:17,915 --> 00:45:19,316 DIRECTOR CLAUSSEN PARDON ME IF 1270 00:45:19,316 --> 00:45:20,451 YOU CAN UNPACK A LITTLE BIT 1271 00:45:20,451 --> 00:45:24,455 MORE. ARE WE EXPECTING TO SEE 1272 00:45:24,455 --> 00:45:25,022 ANY FURTHER FISCAL REQUESTS 1273 00:45:25,022 --> 00:45:27,991 COMING FROM KCRA, AYE OR HSD AS 1274 00:45:27,991 --> 00:45:29,393 IT RELATES TO ANY INCREASED 1275 00:45:29,393 --> 00:45:31,628 COSTS THAT MAY COME WITH 1276 00:45:31,628 --> 00:45:32,596 ADMINISTRATION OF NEW CONTRACTS? 1277 00:45:32,596 --> 00:45:33,363 CAN YOU JUST UNPACK A LITTLE BIT 1278 00:45:33,363 --> 00:45:35,365 MORE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT 1279 00:45:35,365 --> 00:45:35,632 EARLIER? 1280 00:45:35,632 --> 00:45:36,900 -- YEAH, DEFINITELY. I THINK IN 1281 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:38,702 TERMS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF 1282 00:45:38,702 --> 00:45:41,505 CONTRACTS, BOTH AT HSD AND ANY 1283 00:45:41,505 --> 00:45:43,407 2027 KCJ ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS, I 1284 00:45:43,407 --> 00:45:45,042 THINK, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING TO 1285 00:45:45,042 --> 00:45:46,477 JUST OPERATE WITHIN THE BUDGET 1286 00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:48,245 THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE 1287 00:45:48,245 --> 00:45:50,180 PROPOSED BUDGET AND LOOK TO OUR 1288 00:45:50,180 --> 00:45:52,783 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS BSL TO 1289 00:45:52,783 --> 00:45:55,619 SUPPORT THOSE. REALLY APPRECIATE 1290 00:45:55,619 --> 00:45:57,387 CITY COUNCIL HELPING US BRING ON 1291 00:45:57,387 --> 00:46:00,791 THE 29 FTE FOR BOTH THE SHELTER 1292 00:46:00,791 --> 00:46:02,226 WORK AND PRIMARILY THE KCJ 1293 00:46:02,226 --> 00:46:03,994 CONTRACT WORK AS WELL. WE'RE 1294 00:46:03,994 --> 00:46:05,662 WE'RE KIND OF UNDERWAY IN 1295 00:46:05,662 --> 00:46:07,164 HIRING FOR THAT. AND THEN 1296 00:46:07,164 --> 00:46:08,799 TURNING POINT AGAIN, TAKING ON A 1297 00:46:08,799 --> 00:46:10,734 NUMBER OF RESPONSIBILITIES. ONE 1298 00:46:10,734 --> 00:46:12,436 OF THOSE BEING, WHAT DOES 1299 00:46:12,436 --> 00:46:15,172 KCRA'S ADMIN LOOK LIKE NEXT 1300 00:46:15,172 --> 00:46:16,340 YEAR? BUT YEAH, LOOKING TO KIND 1301 00:46:16,340 --> 00:46:18,675 OF WORK WITHIN THE BUDGET. WE 1302 00:46:18,675 --> 00:46:18,876 HAVE. 1303 00:46:18,876 --> 00:46:20,277 -- THANK YOU. DEPUTY DIRECTOR 1304 00:46:20,277 --> 00:46:21,879 AND CHAIR, IF I MAY, I JUST WANT 1305 00:46:21,879 --> 00:46:23,313 TO CLOSE WITH A COMMENT ON 1306 00:46:23,313 --> 00:46:25,182 CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDS. AS THIS 1307 00:46:25,182 --> 00:46:27,718 BODY LAST YEAR TOOK A BOLD STEP 1308 00:46:27,718 --> 00:46:30,420 TO ACTUALLY SET ASIDE FUNDING, 1309 00:46:30,420 --> 00:46:31,855 GIVEN THE UNCLEAR PICTURE WE 1310 00:46:31,855 --> 00:46:33,290 WERE SEEING WITH CONTINUUM OF 1311 00:46:33,290 --> 00:46:34,791 CARE FUNDING MADE AVAILABLE 1312 00:46:34,791 --> 00:46:38,629 THROUGH HUD, THAT FUNDING HOUSES 1313 00:46:38,629 --> 00:46:41,298 4500 HOUSEHOLDS COUNTYWIDE, 1314 00:46:41,298 --> 00:46:43,100 IT'S BEEN CRITICAL FUNDING FOR 1315 00:46:43,100 --> 00:46:45,569 OUR PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING 1316 00:46:45,569 --> 00:46:47,137 PORTFOLIO IN THE REGION, AND 1317 00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:48,572 THERE'S BEEN A VERY UNCLEAR 1318 00:46:48,572 --> 00:46:50,040 PICTURE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THAT 1319 00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:51,708 FUNDING COMING TO THIS REGION. 1320 00:46:51,708 --> 00:46:52,943 AND THIS COUNCIL TOOK AN 1321 00:46:52,943 --> 00:46:54,111 IMPORTANT STEP, AND, I BELIEVE, 1322 00:46:54,111 --> 00:46:55,746 A NECESSARY STEP TO HOLD ASIDE 1323 00:46:55,746 --> 00:46:58,549 FUNDING UNTIL THE OUTCOME OF THE 1324 00:46:58,549 --> 00:47:01,151 NOFO PROCESS TO SEE THE OUTCOME 1325 00:47:01,151 --> 00:47:03,453 OF THOSE FUNDS. WE HAVE AMAZING 1326 00:47:03,453 --> 00:47:05,956 ATTORNEYS, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE 1327 00:47:05,956 --> 00:47:07,191 COUNTY, BUT ALSO ACROSS THE 1328 00:47:07,191 --> 00:47:09,693 COUNTRY, WHO HAVE BEEN TAKING 1329 00:47:09,693 --> 00:47:10,861 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO 1330 00:47:10,861 --> 00:47:13,931 COURT OVER THESE FUNDS. IT HAS 1331 00:47:13,931 --> 00:47:15,666 DELAYED THE OUTCOME FOR THAT, 1332 00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:17,401 THAT NOFO PROCESS. BUT I DO WANT 1333 00:47:17,401 --> 00:47:21,405 TO NOTE, FOR THE RECORD THAT 1334 00:47:21,405 --> 00:47:26,276 THAT A RECENT DECISION IN COURT 1335 00:47:26,276 --> 00:47:28,078 ALLOWED ESSENTIALLY THE 30% 1336 00:47:28,078 --> 00:47:28,645 PERMISSIVE CAP ON PERMANENT 1337 00:47:28,645 --> 00:47:29,880 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMPONENT OF 1338 00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:31,181 THE NOFO TO MOVE FORWARD, 1339 00:47:31,181 --> 00:47:32,950 MEANING THAT LAST WEEK, KCJ 1340 00:47:32,950 --> 00:47:34,685 SUBMITTED THE HUD CONTINUUM OF 1341 00:47:34,685 --> 00:47:38,922 CARE FINAL PRIORITY LIST FOR 1342 00:47:38,922 --> 00:47:41,158 FISCAL YEAR 2026. THERE WERE 1343 00:47:41,158 --> 00:47:41,792 ALLOCATIONS, REALLOCATIONS AND 1344 00:47:41,792 --> 00:47:44,027 REDUCTIONS ON SEVERAL PROJECTS. 1345 00:47:44,027 --> 00:47:46,363 THIS MIGHT BE A BETTER QUESTION 1346 00:47:46,363 --> 00:47:47,965 FOR THE KCRA TEAM ABOUT 1347 00:47:47,965 --> 00:47:48,932 UNDERSTANDING IMPACTS FOR 1348 00:47:48,932 --> 00:47:50,801 SEATTLE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING 1349 00:47:50,801 --> 00:47:52,269 WE'LL NEED TO NAVIGATE TOGETHER 1350 00:47:52,269 --> 00:47:53,804 WHEN IT COMES TO PRESERVING 1351 00:47:53,804 --> 00:47:55,539 HOUSING FOR THOSE HOUSEHOLDS. SO 1352 00:47:55,539 --> 00:47:56,940 I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY 1353 00:47:56,940 --> 00:47:58,909 TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AGAIN FOR 1354 00:47:58,909 --> 00:48:00,177 TAKING THAT STEP IN LAST YEAR'S 1355 00:48:00,177 --> 00:48:03,513 BUDGET, AND NOTE THAT IT'S NOT 1356 00:48:03,513 --> 00:48:05,249 OVER. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO 1357 00:48:05,249 --> 00:48:06,783 CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSIONS ON 1358 00:48:06,783 --> 00:48:08,252 WHAT THE LOSS IN THESE FEDERAL 1359 00:48:08,252 --> 00:48:09,286 FUNDING DOLLARS MEAN FOR OUR 1360 00:48:09,286 --> 00:48:10,487 REGION. SO THANK YOU FOR THE 1361 00:48:10,487 --> 00:48:11,788 OPPORTUNITY, CHAIR. THANK YOU 1362 00:48:11,788 --> 00:48:12,322 AGAIN TO THE DEPARTMENT. 1363 00:48:12,322 --> 00:48:13,123 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1364 00:48:13,123 --> 00:48:14,958 RINCK I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER 1365 00:48:14,958 --> 00:48:16,193 KETTLE, FOLLOWED BY 1366 00:48:16,193 --> 00:48:16,793 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. OVER TO 1367 00:48:16,793 --> 00:48:18,195 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1368 00:48:18,195 --> 00:48:19,162 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANT 1369 00:48:19,162 --> 00:48:23,333 TO WELCOME DIRECTOR KIM. DEPUTY 1370 00:48:23,333 --> 00:48:24,534 DIRECTOR CLAUSSEN, OUR NOTES 1371 00:48:24,534 --> 00:48:25,836 HERE DON'T HIGHLIGHT THE DEPUTY 1372 00:48:25,836 --> 00:48:26,436 DIRECTOR. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE 1373 00:48:26,436 --> 00:48:29,506 SURE WE HAVE THAT MISS HOLLAND. 1374 00:48:29,506 --> 00:48:32,142 AND OF COURSE, DIRECTOR PANUCCI 1375 00:48:32,142 --> 00:48:33,210 AND OUR OWN FORMERLY WAS THERE, 1376 00:48:33,210 --> 00:48:34,711 MR. CHOW FROM CENTRAL STAFF, 1377 00:48:34,711 --> 00:48:39,816 WHO'S NOW ESCAPED. MAYBE BY ON 1378 00:48:39,816 --> 00:48:41,318 PURPOSE. THANK YOU FOR THE 1379 00:48:41,318 --> 00:48:43,387 BRIEFING. AS I'VE GONE THROUGH 1380 00:48:43,387 --> 00:48:46,556 IT. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 1381 00:48:46,556 --> 00:48:49,459 DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE ARE OF 1382 00:48:49,459 --> 00:48:51,561 INTEREST, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT 1383 00:48:51,561 --> 00:48:53,964 LIKE SLIDE SIX, DELIVERING 1384 00:48:53,964 --> 00:48:54,898 EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT. I DO 1385 00:48:54,898 --> 00:48:57,934 BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE 1386 00:48:57,934 --> 00:48:58,502 INTERVENTION SWAP IS REALLY 1387 00:48:58,502 --> 00:48:59,403 IMPORTANT. AND THIS WAS 1388 00:48:59,403 --> 00:49:01,271 SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY ON 1389 00:49:01,271 --> 00:49:02,572 OUR AGENDA IN TERMS OF THE 1390 00:49:02,572 --> 00:49:03,874 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND 1391 00:49:03,874 --> 00:49:06,176 IT'S NOT LISTED IN THE IN THE 1392 00:49:06,176 --> 00:49:07,411 SLIDE OR MENTIONED, BUT IT 1393 00:49:07,411 --> 00:49:10,080 BUILDS ON WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR 1394 00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:11,949 IN TERMS OF THE DIVERSION PIECE. 1395 00:49:11,949 --> 00:49:13,550 AND AS I SAID PUBLICLY, THE ONE 1396 00:49:13,550 --> 00:49:15,085 PIECE OF THE MAYOR'S GUN 1397 00:49:15,085 --> 00:49:16,687 VIOLENCE PLAN THAT REALLY 1398 00:49:16,687 --> 00:49:19,056 CATCHES MY ATTENTION IS 1399 00:49:19,056 --> 00:49:19,589 DEVELOPING A RELATIONSHIP 1400 00:49:19,589 --> 00:49:21,758 BETWEEN CARE AND THE COMMUNITY 1401 00:49:21,758 --> 00:49:23,994 SAFETY FOLKS, SIMILARLY TO THEIR 1402 00:49:23,994 --> 00:49:25,395 RELATIONSHIP WITH PDA PURPOSE, 1403 00:49:25,395 --> 00:49:26,530 DIGNITY IN ACTION AS IT RELATES 1404 00:49:26,530 --> 00:49:28,899 TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED 1405 00:49:28,899 --> 00:49:30,400 DIVERSION AND DIVERSION 1406 00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:31,835 GENERALLY. I THINK THAT'S REALLY 1407 00:49:31,835 --> 00:49:32,769 IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT IS A 1408 00:49:32,769 --> 00:49:34,638 STEP FORWARD. I THINK THAT IS 1409 00:49:34,638 --> 00:49:37,240 DELIVERING EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT, 1410 00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:39,710 AND IT'S ABOUT COULD IT BE 1411 00:49:39,710 --> 00:49:43,046 WHERE IT WAS? YES. BUT IN TERMS 1412 00:49:43,046 --> 00:49:44,981 OF THE MISSION AND THE 1413 00:49:44,981 --> 00:49:46,483 RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE AND THE 1414 00:49:46,483 --> 00:49:48,752 PROXIMITY OF THE WORK WITH LAW 1415 00:49:48,752 --> 00:49:50,387 ENFORCEMENT CARE WAS JUST A 1416 00:49:50,387 --> 00:49:53,123 BETTER PLACE FOR THAT. AND SO, 1417 00:49:53,123 --> 00:49:56,293 AS I TOLD THE PUBLIC SAFETY 1418 00:49:56,293 --> 00:49:59,396 DIRECTOR HOLCOMB THAT, YES, NEED 1419 00:49:59,396 --> 00:50:01,264 TO WORK TOGETHER OVER THE COURSE 1420 00:50:01,264 --> 00:50:04,101 OF THE FALL, MAYBE POTENTIALLY 1421 00:50:04,101 --> 00:50:06,236 LEGISLATION PIECES NEXT YEAR AS 1422 00:50:06,236 --> 00:50:09,139 IT RELATES TO COMMUNITY VIOLENCE 1423 00:50:09,139 --> 00:50:10,941 INTERVENTION AND GUN VIOLENCE 1424 00:50:10,941 --> 00:50:12,976 INTERVENTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 1425 00:50:12,976 --> 00:50:17,447 SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY 1426 00:50:17,447 --> 00:50:18,949 IMPORTANT. ALSO, IN TERMS OF 1427 00:50:18,949 --> 00:50:20,050 DELIVERING EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT. 1428 00:50:20,050 --> 00:50:22,753 NOW, THIS IS A QUESTION BECAUSE 1429 00:50:22,753 --> 00:50:23,854 UNIFIED CARE TEAM IS NOT 1430 00:50:23,854 --> 00:50:25,255 MENTIONED IN THE BRIEFING, WHICH 1431 00:50:25,255 --> 00:50:26,123 IS IN ITSELF KIND OF AN 1432 00:50:26,123 --> 00:50:28,892 INTERESTING THING TO NOTE. AND 1433 00:50:28,892 --> 00:50:29,860 BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A BIG 1434 00:50:29,860 --> 00:50:33,397 CHANGE, I MEAN, IT WAS A 1435 00:50:33,397 --> 00:50:34,498 MAYOR'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, 1436 00:50:34,498 --> 00:50:37,334 OPERATION, IF YOU WILL, AND NOW 1437 00:50:37,334 --> 00:50:38,301 IT'S BEEN SHIFTED TO HSD. AND 1438 00:50:38,301 --> 00:50:40,103 THAT'S A BIG CHANGE, 1439 00:50:40,103 --> 00:50:40,771 PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE THE IT'S 1440 00:50:40,771 --> 00:50:43,473 A MULTI DEPARTMENTAL ASPECT TO 1441 00:50:43,473 --> 00:50:46,510 IT. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT 1442 00:50:46,510 --> 00:50:47,978 CHANGE? AND WHAT'S THE HOPE IN 1443 00:50:47,978 --> 00:50:49,679 TERMS OF MAKING THAT CHANGE? AND 1444 00:50:49,679 --> 00:50:50,881 HOW WILL THAT IMPACT MOVING 1445 00:50:50,881 --> 00:50:52,015 FORWARD WITH THE WORK OF THE 1446 00:50:52,015 --> 00:50:55,519 UNIFIED CARE TEAM? 1447 00:50:55,519 --> 00:50:57,054 -- THANK YOU. WE THAT'S A 1448 00:50:57,054 --> 00:50:59,189 THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT WITH 1449 00:50:59,189 --> 00:51:00,424 REGARDS TO UC T THE REASON WHY 1450 00:51:00,424 --> 00:51:02,325 IT DOESN'T SHOW UP AS A 1451 00:51:02,325 --> 00:51:03,760 SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IS THAT IT 1452 00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:06,296 HAS BEEN IN OUR BUDGET. AND SO 1453 00:51:06,296 --> 00:51:07,264 THEREFORE, IT WASN'T SHOWN AS AN 1454 00:51:07,264 --> 00:51:10,600 AD OR REDUCTION. BUT YOU'RE 1455 00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:12,803 RIGHT, FUNCTIONALLY IT WAS 1456 00:51:12,803 --> 00:51:14,237 REPORTING TO THE MAYOR'S 1457 00:51:14,237 --> 00:51:16,740 OFFICE, THE CORE TEAM, THE 1458 00:51:16,740 --> 00:51:17,274 ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM THAT 1459 00:51:17,274 --> 00:51:18,375 SUPPORTED THE MULTIPLE 1460 00:51:18,375 --> 00:51:19,109 DEPARTMENTS. AND SO YOU'RE RIGHT 1461 00:51:19,109 --> 00:51:20,210 IN THAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE 1462 00:51:20,210 --> 00:51:24,781 DIDN'T DISCUSS IT. BUT WE DID 1463 00:51:24,781 --> 00:51:25,816 WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE'S 1464 00:51:25,816 --> 00:51:27,350 CONTINUOUS WORK IN THAT SPACE. 1465 00:51:27,350 --> 00:51:28,151 AND SO JUST MENTIONED IT AS PART 1466 00:51:28,151 --> 00:51:30,120 OF OUR CORE WORK IN THE 1467 00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:31,321 INTRODUCTIONS. AND THEN AS IT 1468 00:51:31,321 --> 00:51:33,323 RELATES TO OUR SHELTER EXPANSION 1469 00:51:33,323 --> 00:51:35,158 WORK. BUT YOUR QUESTION IS A 1470 00:51:35,158 --> 00:51:38,695 GOOD ONE OF MOVING FORWARD. AND 1471 00:51:38,695 --> 00:51:40,597 IT IS FULLY EMBRACED IN HSD NOW. 1472 00:51:40,597 --> 00:51:44,134 AND SO CHRIS CAN TALK ABOUT THAT 1473 00:51:44,134 --> 00:51:45,335 INTEGRATION AND THE WORK AHEAD. 1474 00:51:45,335 --> 00:51:46,770 -- YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY IT'S 1475 00:51:46,770 --> 00:51:47,637 IT'S BEEN GREAT THIS YEAR, I 1476 00:51:47,637 --> 00:51:50,073 THINK TO BRING IN THE CORE TEAM, 1477 00:51:50,073 --> 00:51:52,075 WE'VE BEEN REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE 1478 00:51:52,075 --> 00:51:53,276 LI MOMEN AT THE START OF THIS 1479 00:51:53,276 --> 00:51:56,079 YEAR, STEP IN AS INTERIM 1480 00:51:56,079 --> 00:51:57,380 DIRECTOR WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED 1481 00:51:57,380 --> 00:51:59,282 WITH THE UC T DATING BACK TO ITS 1482 00:51:59,282 --> 00:52:02,586 BEGINNING, I THINK AS WELL. LI 1483 00:52:02,586 --> 00:52:03,720 HAS RETURNED TO SPU AND WE'VE, 1484 00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:04,888 AS DIRECTOR KIM MENTIONED, WE'VE 1485 00:52:04,888 --> 00:52:07,190 BEEN ABLE TO PUT THE INTERIM 1486 00:52:07,190 --> 00:52:08,825 DIRECTOR IN THE HANDS OF 1487 00:52:08,825 --> 00:52:10,427 CHRISTINA KORPI AS WELL, WHO HAS 1488 00:52:10,427 --> 00:52:14,130 BEEN WITH THE UC T SINCE 2022 1489 00:52:14,130 --> 00:52:15,932 AND SERVED WITH CITY OUTREACH. 1490 00:52:15,932 --> 00:52:17,834 BEYOND THAT, EVEN SO, THAT'S 1491 00:52:17,834 --> 00:52:19,503 BEEN A WONDERFUL PIECE OF IT, I 1492 00:52:19,503 --> 00:52:21,071 THINK. AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE 1493 00:52:21,071 --> 00:52:22,772 REALLY LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN 1494 00:52:22,772 --> 00:52:24,641 PAIR THE U. C T WITH THESE NEW 1495 00:52:24,641 --> 00:52:25,275 SHELTERS THAT ARE OPENING TO 1496 00:52:25,275 --> 00:52:28,445 MEET THE NEED THAT'S OUT THERE 1497 00:52:28,445 --> 00:52:29,679 WITHIN THE EXISTING UC T 1498 00:52:29,679 --> 00:52:31,281 OPERATIONS, AND HOPEFULLY EXPAND 1499 00:52:31,281 --> 00:52:32,516 THAT IMPACT AS WELL TO BRING 1500 00:52:32,516 --> 00:52:34,885 MORE FOLKS INDOORS 1501 00:52:34,885 --> 00:52:36,186 -- THANK YOU. ARE YOU THE LEAD 1502 00:52:36,186 --> 00:52:37,687 AS DEPUTY IN TERMS OF HSD 1503 00:52:37,687 --> 00:52:38,922 LEADERSHIP? DEPUTY DIRECTOR? ARE 1504 00:52:38,922 --> 00:52:42,225 YOU THE LEAD OF THE KIND OF THE 1505 00:52:42,225 --> 00:52:43,560 FOR UCT? YES. PAT ON THE BACK 1506 00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:44,928 SUGGESTS YOU ARE. 1507 00:52:44,928 --> 00:52:47,464 -- HE HE OVERSEES THE 1508 00:52:47,464 --> 00:52:48,431 HOMELESSNESS DIVISION, THE 1509 00:52:48,431 --> 00:52:50,800 CONTRACTS, ALL THE WORK IN THAT 1510 00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,136 SPACE, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING 1511 00:52:53,136 --> 00:52:54,604 UCT. AND THEY WILL RESPECTIVELY 1512 00:52:54,604 --> 00:52:55,972 HAVE THEIR OWN DIVISIONS IN 1513 00:52:55,972 --> 00:52:58,475 ORDER TO HELP WITH THE 1514 00:52:58,475 --> 00:52:59,409 OPERATIONS FOR BOTH MAGGIE, WHO 1515 00:52:59,409 --> 00:53:01,177 IS IN THE AUDIENCE, SHE IS 1516 00:53:01,177 --> 00:53:04,014 OVERSEEING THE OTHER THREE 1517 00:53:04,014 --> 00:53:04,614 PROGRAM AREAS WITH OUR AGING, 1518 00:53:04,614 --> 00:53:06,550 OUR SAFE AND THRIVING, AND OUR 1519 00:53:06,550 --> 00:53:07,450 YOUTH AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT, 1520 00:53:07,450 --> 00:53:09,586 IT'S A BIG BODY OF WORK, AND SO 1521 00:53:09,586 --> 00:53:10,954 WE NEED THE BRAIN AND THE 1522 00:53:10,954 --> 00:53:13,924 BANDWIDTH IN ORDER TO SUPPORT 1523 00:53:13,924 --> 00:53:16,159 OUR CONTINUUM OF SERVICES. 1524 00:53:16,159 --> 00:53:16,626 -- AT SOME POINT WHEN 1525 00:53:16,626 --> 00:53:18,028 APPROPRIATE. I KNOW WE'RE IN 1526 00:53:18,028 --> 00:53:20,330 BUDGET. THERE'S RULES, BUT I 1527 00:53:20,330 --> 00:53:22,699 WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING 1528 00:53:22,699 --> 00:53:24,768 WITH THE NEW KIND OF LEADERSHIP 1529 00:53:24,768 --> 00:53:27,037 SET AND TO UNDERSTAND AND MAYBE 1530 00:53:27,037 --> 00:53:27,971 DO ANOTHER. RIGHT. I'VE ALREADY 1531 00:53:27,971 --> 00:53:29,439 DONE ONE, BUT DO ANOTHER RIDE 1532 00:53:29,439 --> 00:53:31,441 ALONG OR ALONG THOSE LINES JUST 1533 00:53:31,441 --> 00:53:33,643 TO ENSURE, BECAUSE IT'S SO 1534 00:53:33,643 --> 00:53:34,277 IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY 1535 00:53:34,277 --> 00:53:37,314 AND THEREFORE PUBLIC SAFETY 1536 00:53:37,314 --> 00:53:40,717 DIRECTOR, I'M ASKING ON BEHALF 1537 00:53:40,717 --> 00:53:42,085 OF CHAIR STRAUSS. ACTUALLY, FOR 1538 00:53:42,085 --> 00:53:44,821 ME AND ACTUALLY FOR THE CITY OF 1539 00:53:44,821 --> 00:53:46,623 SEATTLE A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, 1540 00:53:46,623 --> 00:53:48,692 WHEN I HAD MY PRE-BRIEF ON THE 1541 00:53:48,692 --> 00:53:54,631 BUDGET THERE WAS A BIG POINT 1542 00:53:54,631 --> 00:53:56,132 ABOUT FUND SWAPS AND, AND IT WAS 1543 00:53:56,132 --> 00:53:58,568 SO KEY TO WHAT WE WERE DOING. 1544 00:53:58,568 --> 00:53:59,402 AND THERE'S THE CAN YOU EXPLAIN 1545 00:53:59,402 --> 00:54:01,237 FOR THE PUBLIC, THERE'S THE 1546 00:54:01,237 --> 00:54:03,139 INTEREST, LIKE WHEN DIFFERENT 1547 00:54:03,139 --> 00:54:05,141 DEPARTMENTS PAY FOR SERVICES 1548 00:54:05,141 --> 00:54:07,544 LIKE FAS OR HR, IT AND ALL THAT. 1549 00:54:07,544 --> 00:54:08,211 THERE'S THAT PIECE. BUT CAN YOU 1550 00:54:08,211 --> 00:54:09,913 SPEAK TO THE STRATEGY OF FUND 1551 00:54:09,913 --> 00:54:11,781 SWAPS? BECAUSE IT WAS VERY CLEAR 1552 00:54:11,781 --> 00:54:12,949 THAT IT WAS A MAJOR PIECE OF 1553 00:54:12,949 --> 00:54:14,284 WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THAT 1554 00:54:14,284 --> 00:54:16,019 PRE-BRIEF I RECEIVED, AND I 1555 00:54:16,019 --> 00:54:18,021 DON'T THINK MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES 1556 00:54:18,021 --> 00:54:20,357 AS WELL DON'T NECESSARILY 1557 00:54:20,357 --> 00:54:21,157 UNDERSTAND, LIKE THE CONCEPT OF 1558 00:54:21,157 --> 00:54:22,058 THE STRATEGY OF IT. CAN YOU 1559 00:54:22,058 --> 00:54:24,861 SPEAK TO THE FUND SWAP IDEA? 1560 00:54:24,861 --> 00:54:27,364 -- I'LL DO MY BEST, BUT LET ME 1561 00:54:27,364 --> 00:54:29,599 KNOW IF I COULD EXPLAIN MORE 1562 00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:31,901 CLEARLY. THE CITY MANAGES OVER 1563 00:54:31,901 --> 00:54:32,869 60 FUNDS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE 1564 00:54:32,869 --> 00:54:34,104 BUDGET BOOK TOWARDS THE BACK, 1565 00:54:34,104 --> 00:54:35,872 YOU CAN SEE FINANCIAL PLANS FOR 1566 00:54:35,872 --> 00:54:37,841 OVER 60 FUNDS THAT ARE MANAGED 1567 00:54:37,841 --> 00:54:40,744 BY THE CITY. SOME HAVE LIKE 1568 00:54:40,744 --> 00:54:43,346 STATE OR FEDERAL OR LOCAL 1569 00:54:43,346 --> 00:54:45,315 RESTRICTIONS ON HOW THE FUNDS 1570 00:54:45,315 --> 00:54:47,450 CAN BE USED. WHEN WE ARE LOOKING 1571 00:54:47,450 --> 00:54:49,819 AT HOW TO MAINTAIN EXISTING 1572 00:54:49,819 --> 00:54:51,388 SERVICES, WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL 1573 00:54:51,388 --> 00:54:53,890 AVAILABLE RESOURCES THAT CAN 1574 00:54:53,890 --> 00:54:55,191 SUPPORT A CERTAIN ACTIVITY. SO 1575 00:54:55,191 --> 00:54:59,195 WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES 1576 00:54:59,195 --> 00:55:00,196 FOR ANY. EXCUSE ME, LET ME TAKE 1577 00:55:00,196 --> 00:55:01,331 ONE STEP BACK. THE GENERAL FUND 1578 00:55:01,331 --> 00:55:03,400 IS THE MOST FLEXIBLE FUND 1579 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:06,436 SOURCE. AND SO FOR THINGS WHERE 1580 00:55:06,436 --> 00:55:08,505 THERE ISN'T A DEDICATED FUND 1581 00:55:08,505 --> 00:55:09,539 SOURCE FOR IT, IT TENDS TO BE 1582 00:55:09,539 --> 00:55:10,840 FUNDED THROUGH THAT. SO MOST OF 1583 00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:12,509 THE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY 1584 00:55:12,509 --> 00:55:13,343 INVESTMENTS, THAT SORT OF THING 1585 00:55:13,343 --> 00:55:14,611 ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL 1586 00:55:14,611 --> 00:55:15,979 FUND. SO WHEN THERE ARE 1587 00:55:15,979 --> 00:55:17,781 OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE EXPENSES 1588 00:55:17,781 --> 00:55:20,250 THAT ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED BY THE 1589 00:55:20,250 --> 00:55:22,686 GENERAL FUND AND MOVE THOSE 1590 00:55:22,686 --> 00:55:23,753 EXPENSES TO A DIFFERENT FUND IF 1591 00:55:23,753 --> 00:55:25,055 IT IS ELIGIBLE TO BE USED FOR 1592 00:55:25,055 --> 00:55:26,589 THAT, THAT IS A STRATEGY TO TRY 1593 00:55:26,589 --> 00:55:29,059 TO PRESERVE SERVICES, 1594 00:55:29,059 --> 00:55:30,427 PARTICULARLY IF OTHER FUND 1595 00:55:30,427 --> 00:55:32,629 SOURCES ARE GROWING OR HAVE 1596 00:55:32,629 --> 00:55:33,596 UNALLOCATED PORTIONS OF IT. SO 1597 00:55:33,596 --> 00:55:36,333 WHAT THIS BUDGET DOES IS, IN AN 1598 00:55:36,333 --> 00:55:39,502 EFFORT TO TRY TO PRIORITIZE 1599 00:55:39,502 --> 00:55:40,036 INVESTMENTS IN SAFETY AND 1600 00:55:40,036 --> 00:55:42,539 AFFORDABILITY, INCLUDING 1601 00:55:42,539 --> 00:55:43,106 PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS IN 1602 00:55:43,106 --> 00:55:43,873 SHELTER. AND AS IT RELATES TO 1603 00:55:43,873 --> 00:55:47,610 THIS BUDGET, WE LOOK FOR ALL 1604 00:55:47,610 --> 00:55:48,611 AVAILABLE FUNDS THAT COULD 1605 00:55:48,611 --> 00:55:49,646 SUPPORT THOSE INVESTMENTS. AND 1606 00:55:49,646 --> 00:55:52,282 WHERE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY, 1607 00:55:52,282 --> 00:55:53,349 TOOK EXPENSES OFF OF THE GENERAL 1608 00:55:53,349 --> 00:55:55,385 FUND TO HELP ADDRESS THE DEFICIT 1609 00:55:55,385 --> 00:55:57,087 AND SHIFTED THEM TO ANOTHER 1610 00:55:57,087 --> 00:56:00,056 FUND. SO THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS 1611 00:56:00,056 --> 00:56:02,692 SOME OF THE WAYS THAT THAT SHOWS 1612 00:56:02,692 --> 00:56:04,728 UP IN THE BUDGET. FOR EXAMPLE, 1613 00:56:04,728 --> 00:56:08,832 BY MOVING $46.6 MILLION OF THE 1614 00:56:08,832 --> 00:56:11,468 COST OF OUR ONGOING INVESTMENTS 1615 00:56:11,468 --> 00:56:13,036 IN HOMELESS SERVICES TO THE 1616 00:56:13,036 --> 00:56:14,637 JUMPSTART FUND. AND SO NOW IT'S 1617 00:56:14,637 --> 00:56:16,172 PAID FOR OUT DIRECTLY OUT OF THE 1618 00:56:16,172 --> 00:56:17,941 JUMPSTART FUND 1619 00:56:17,941 --> 00:56:22,112 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. SWITCHING TO 1620 00:56:22,112 --> 00:56:23,146 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. I'VE 1621 00:56:23,146 --> 00:56:26,049 OFTEN SAID THAT WE HAVE A 1622 00:56:26,049 --> 00:56:27,484 REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM ON 1623 00:56:27,484 --> 00:56:29,686 OUR STREETS AND OUR LOCAL 1624 00:56:29,686 --> 00:56:32,522 STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, AND 1625 00:56:32,522 --> 00:56:34,491 THINGS LIKE BAYSIDE AND GLACIER 1626 00:56:34,491 --> 00:56:36,159 COMMONS, WHICH I'VE BEEN 1627 00:56:36,159 --> 00:56:37,694 SUPPORTING BECAUSE IT GOES TO 1628 00:56:37,694 --> 00:56:38,294 THE SAME POINT THAT DIRECTOR 1629 00:56:38,294 --> 00:56:39,095 KIM, THANK YOU FOR THE USE OF 1630 00:56:39,095 --> 00:56:42,766 THAT CONCEPT BECAUSE IT HAS SUCH 1631 00:56:42,766 --> 00:56:43,299 A DIRECT IMPACT ON PUBLIC 1632 00:56:43,299 --> 00:56:46,503 SAFETY, AS DOES UC, AND IT IS A 1633 00:56:46,503 --> 00:56:49,038 REGIONAL PROBLEM. AND THIS IS 1634 00:56:49,038 --> 00:56:50,840 WHY, LIKE I AND I DON'T KNOW IF 1635 00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:51,975 THIS IS PUBLIC, BUT KING COUNTY 1636 00:56:51,975 --> 00:56:54,611 IS GOING TO BE THERE. THEY'VE 1637 00:56:54,611 --> 00:56:57,113 ROGERED UP, THEY'VE OKAYED A 1638 00:56:57,113 --> 00:56:59,315 NEW LOCATION, TINY HOME VILLAGE, 1639 00:56:59,315 --> 00:57:01,785 AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED BECAUSE 1640 00:57:01,785 --> 00:57:03,887 IT IS A REGIONAL PROBLEM. WE 1641 00:57:03,887 --> 00:57:05,221 NEED THE COUNTY AND THE STATE TO 1642 00:57:05,221 --> 00:57:07,690 BE FRANK, TO BE SUPPORTIVE 1643 00:57:07,690 --> 00:57:09,359 BECAUSE THEY END UP BEING HERE 1644 00:57:09,359 --> 00:57:10,894 IN TERMS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN 1645 00:57:10,894 --> 00:57:12,996 CRISIS, WHATEVER REASON IT MAY 1646 00:57:12,996 --> 00:57:15,398 BE WEATHER, MENTAL HEALTH, 1647 00:57:15,398 --> 00:57:18,168 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, ADDICTION, OR 1648 00:57:18,168 --> 00:57:20,804 JUST LIFE ITSELF. AND SO THAT'S 1649 00:57:20,804 --> 00:57:21,571 KEY. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF 1650 00:57:21,571 --> 00:57:24,240 IT'S PUBLIC, BUT I'M WELCOME 1651 00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:26,342 THAT BECAUSE WE'VE NOT SEEN THAT 1652 00:57:26,342 --> 00:57:28,278 FROM KING COUNTY, PARTICULARLY 1653 00:57:28,278 --> 00:57:28,711 UNDER THE PREVIOUS 1654 00:57:28,711 --> 00:57:31,514 ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. 1655 00:57:31,514 --> 00:57:32,582 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ON CXR. AYE. 1656 00:57:32,582 --> 00:57:34,217 I DO BELIEVE BECAUSE IT IS A 1657 00:57:34,217 --> 00:57:35,618 REGIONAL PROBLEM, THAT WE HAVE 1658 00:57:35,618 --> 00:57:37,554 HAVE A REGIONAL APPROACH. I 1659 00:57:37,554 --> 00:57:39,222 RECOGNIZE THERE'S REFORM AND 1660 00:57:39,222 --> 00:57:41,791 CHANGES. BUT THIS CASE CONSTRUCT 1661 00:57:41,791 --> 00:57:43,460 ALLOWS US TO HAVE A VOICE IN 1662 00:57:43,460 --> 00:57:45,695 THAT REGIONAL EFFORT. AND AND I 1663 00:57:45,695 --> 00:57:46,963 THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 1664 00:57:46,963 --> 00:57:49,199 AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT DRIVES MY 1665 00:57:49,199 --> 00:57:52,335 POSITION. AND I LIKE TO THANK 1666 00:57:52,335 --> 00:57:52,936 BOTH COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND 1667 00:57:52,936 --> 00:57:53,870 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YOU KNOW, 1668 00:57:53,870 --> 00:57:54,938 PEOPLE TEND TO THINK THAT WE 1669 00:57:54,938 --> 00:57:56,472 DON'T WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE 1670 00:57:56,472 --> 00:57:57,974 LIKE, I'M THIS ON PUBLIC SAFETY 1671 00:57:57,974 --> 00:57:59,909 OR WHATEVER, BUT WE DO ON MANY 1672 00:57:59,909 --> 00:58:02,045 DIFFERENT AREAS. AND THIS IS ONE 1673 00:58:02,045 --> 00:58:04,247 THAT WE'RE DOING THAT ON 1674 00:58:04,247 --> 00:58:04,914 BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT 1675 00:58:04,914 --> 00:58:06,616 GOES BACK TO GOVERNANCE TOO, IN 1676 00:58:06,616 --> 00:58:07,617 TERMS OF EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE, 1677 00:58:07,617 --> 00:58:08,852 TO HAVE THAT KIND OF OVERSIGHT, 1678 00:58:08,852 --> 00:58:10,653 TO HAVE THAT VOICE, THAT SEAT AT 1679 00:58:10,653 --> 00:58:13,356 THE TABLE. IT'S REALLY SUPER 1680 00:58:13,356 --> 00:58:15,892 IMPORTANT. ON AFFORDABILITY. 1681 00:58:15,892 --> 00:58:17,527 I'M JUST GOING TO NOTE THAT. 1682 00:58:17,527 --> 00:58:19,529 SLIDE 11. YOU KNOW, FEDERAL 1683 00:58:19,529 --> 00:58:21,798 LEVEL INFLATIONARY POLICIES OF 1684 00:58:21,798 --> 00:58:22,332 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, 1685 00:58:22,332 --> 00:58:23,933 WHETHER IT'S TARIFFS, THE WAR, 1686 00:58:23,933 --> 00:58:25,468 THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, THE, YOU 1687 00:58:25,468 --> 00:58:26,703 KNOW, THE GAS FUEL PRICES, ALL 1688 00:58:26,703 --> 00:58:29,939 THE ABOVE THE INFLATIONARY 1689 00:58:29,939 --> 00:58:31,407 PIECES. I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE, 1690 00:58:31,407 --> 00:58:33,309 YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCT OF THE 1691 00:58:33,309 --> 00:58:35,144 BUDGET, PARTICULARLY IN THE OUT 1692 00:58:35,144 --> 00:58:35,912 YEARS. AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT 1693 00:58:35,912 --> 00:58:37,480 WE HAVE TO DO THIS KIND OF 1694 00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:41,351 LONGER TERM WORK. AND THAT WE'RE 1695 00:58:41,351 --> 00:58:43,720 NOT GOING TO BE MEETING THOSE 1696 00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:44,354 INFLATIONARY TARGETS BECAUSE OF 1697 00:58:44,354 --> 00:58:45,955 LIKE, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. 1698 00:58:45,955 --> 00:58:49,225 AND THAT COULD PUT OUR OUT YEARS 1699 00:58:49,225 --> 00:58:50,426 IN JEOPARDY. BUT WE SEE IT AT 1700 00:58:50,426 --> 00:58:52,095 STATE LEVEL, TOO, IN TERMS OF 1701 00:58:52,095 --> 00:58:53,196 PROPERTY TAX. I MEAN, THE COUNTY 1702 00:58:53,196 --> 00:58:55,532 IS NOW LOOKING AT SALES TAX. AND 1703 00:58:55,532 --> 00:58:56,666 WE OURSELVES, BETWEEN LEVIES AND 1704 00:58:56,666 --> 00:58:58,067 SO FORTH, HAVE DONE PROPERTY 1705 00:58:58,067 --> 00:59:00,103 TAXES. WE'VE DONE SALES TAXES. 1706 00:59:00,103 --> 00:59:01,671 WE HAVE THE UTILITY RATES 1707 00:59:01,671 --> 00:59:02,939 PIECES. NOW. WE HAVE DIFFERENT 1708 00:59:02,939 --> 00:59:04,874 LEGISLATION THAT HAS IMPACTS IN 1709 00:59:04,874 --> 00:59:07,510 TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY, GOOD AND 1710 00:59:07,510 --> 00:59:08,511 BAD. SO ON THE GOOD SIDE, WE 1711 00:59:08,511 --> 00:59:09,979 HAVE THE UTILITY DISCOUNT 1712 00:59:09,979 --> 00:59:10,780 PROGRAM. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, 1713 00:59:10,780 --> 00:59:12,749 WE DO HAVE OUR CHALLENGES TOO. 1714 00:59:12,749 --> 00:59:14,751 AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT 1715 00:59:14,751 --> 00:59:16,119 BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY 1716 00:59:16,119 --> 00:59:18,221 CONCERNING. AND IN TERMS OF THE 1717 00:59:18,221 --> 00:59:22,659 BUDGET, IT'S BEEN NOTED THAT IN 1718 00:59:22,659 --> 00:59:23,660 ORDER TO SQUARE THE CIRCLE, IF 1719 00:59:23,660 --> 00:59:25,528 YOU WILL, IN THOSE IN THE SECOND 1720 00:59:25,528 --> 00:59:27,397 BIENNIUM, YOU KNOW, MOVING OUT, 1721 00:59:27,397 --> 00:59:30,133 IT'S IT'S BASED ON A, I THINK 1722 00:59:30,133 --> 00:59:32,235 BOTH FINGERS, TOES, EVERY TOE 1723 00:59:32,235 --> 00:59:33,836 FINGERS ARE CROSSED THAT THE 1724 00:59:33,836 --> 00:59:34,904 INFLATION PIECE MEETS THOSE 1725 00:59:34,904 --> 00:59:37,140 TARGETS. AND I THINK THAT'S 1726 00:59:37,140 --> 00:59:38,875 OPTIMISTIC. AND I'M I'M 1727 00:59:38,875 --> 00:59:40,810 WORRIED THAT THAT MIGHT HAVE 1728 00:59:40,810 --> 00:59:42,979 BEEN TOO ROSY OF A HOPE IN TERMS 1729 00:59:42,979 --> 00:59:46,349 OF IN TERMS OF INFLATION. 1730 00:59:46,349 --> 00:59:47,383 LASTLY, ON COMMUNITY SAFETY, 1731 00:59:47,383 --> 00:59:48,818 AGAIN, WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO 1732 00:59:48,818 --> 00:59:49,752 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION. 1733 00:59:49,752 --> 00:59:51,654 I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 1734 00:59:51,654 --> 00:59:55,425 THAT WE DO THAT. AND THANKS TO 1735 00:59:55,425 --> 00:59:55,992 MY COLLEAGUES REGARDING THE 1736 00:59:55,992 --> 00:59:58,895 QUEER AND TRANS PIECE, BECAUSE 1737 00:59:58,895 --> 00:59:59,829 THAT IS THAT IS PUBLIC SAFETY TO 1738 00:59:59,829 --> 01:00:02,365 IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY 1739 01:00:02,365 --> 01:00:04,767 ASPECTS. AND, YOU KNOW, IN SOME 1740 01:00:04,767 --> 01:00:05,535 WAYS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TAKING 1741 01:00:05,535 --> 01:00:07,170 CARE OF THE LITTLE THINGS. IT'S 1742 01:00:07,170 --> 01:00:08,805 NOT LITTLE, BUT HELPS TAKE CARE 1743 01:00:08,805 --> 01:00:10,106 OF THE BIG THINGS. YOU KNOW, 1744 01:00:10,106 --> 01:00:11,541 IT'S THAT RELATIONSHIP. SO 1745 01:00:11,541 --> 01:00:13,076 IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO. AND I 1746 01:00:13,076 --> 01:00:14,344 JUST WANT TO FOOT STOMP AGAIN 1747 01:00:14,344 --> 01:00:14,877 BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN A 1748 01:00:14,877 --> 01:00:17,647 BRIEFING. YOU SEE. NOW THE LAST 1749 01:00:17,647 --> 01:00:18,881 THING, DIRECTOR KIM, I JUST HAVE 1750 01:00:18,881 --> 01:00:21,284 TO ASK BECAUSE I SIT NEXT TO 1751 01:00:21,284 --> 01:00:23,086 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. BUT I 1752 01:00:23,086 --> 01:00:24,454 REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, THE WORK I 1753 01:00:24,454 --> 01:00:25,989 DID ON BAYSIDE, YOU KNOW, SURE. 1754 01:00:25,989 --> 01:00:27,824 THAT THAT WAS THERE AT THE 1755 01:00:27,824 --> 01:00:28,691 BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, BEING THERE 1756 01:00:28,691 --> 01:00:30,226 WITH YOU AT GLASS YARD COMMONS. 1757 01:00:30,226 --> 01:00:33,229 I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF 1758 01:00:33,229 --> 01:00:34,030 PICTURES TAKEN, AND THEN, OF 1759 01:00:34,030 --> 01:00:36,466 COURSE, I WAS AT THE SUMMIT OF 1760 01:00:36,466 --> 01:00:37,967 CRIME SURVIVORS LAST YEAR. I'VE 1761 01:00:37,967 --> 01:00:39,802 ALREADY BEEN I'VE ALREADY 1762 01:00:39,802 --> 01:00:43,272 RSVP'D FOR THIS YEAR. NO 1763 01:00:43,272 --> 01:00:45,508 PRESSURE. HANNAH. AND THERE'S 1764 01:00:45,508 --> 01:00:46,142 ONLY ONE COUNCILMEMBER IN THAT 1765 01:00:46,142 --> 01:00:50,146 LAST SLIDE. AND IT'S 1766 01:00:50,146 --> 01:00:50,613 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1767 01:00:50,613 --> 01:00:51,547 -- CAN YOU CAN YOU EXPLAIN. 1768 01:00:51,547 --> 01:00:52,815 -- CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE 1769 01:00:52,815 --> 01:00:53,149 -- [LAUGHTER] 1770 01:00:53,149 --> 01:00:53,950 -- DEPARTMENT'S POSITION ON 1771 01:00:53,950 --> 01:00:58,621 THAT, PLEASE 1772 01:00:58,621 --> 01:00:59,088 -- THANK YOU FOR THE 1773 01:00:59,088 --> 01:00:59,422 -- [LAUGHTER] 1774 01:00:59,422 --> 01:00:59,856 -- FEEDBACK. 1775 01:00:59,856 --> 01:01:00,189 -- [LAUGHTER] 1776 01:01:00,189 --> 01:01:01,858 -- WE APPRECIATE YOU. 1777 01:01:01,858 --> 01:01:02,191 -- VERY MUCH. 1778 01:01:02,191 --> 01:01:03,359 -- THANK YOU. AND DIRECTOR. DO 1779 01:01:03,359 --> 01:01:04,894 YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? 1780 01:01:04,894 --> 01:01:06,262 -- THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO 1781 01:01:06,262 --> 01:01:08,464 NOTE ON THE BECAUSE I'VE HEARD 1782 01:01:08,464 --> 01:01:09,699 THIS COME UP A FEW TIMES, MAYBE 1783 01:01:09,699 --> 01:01:10,833 IN THIS ROOM, BUT ALSO IT'S I 1784 01:01:10,833 --> 01:01:12,402 KNOW IT'S IN THE MEDIA ABOUT 1785 01:01:12,402 --> 01:01:15,638 THE, THE, THE WHAT INFLATIONARY 1786 01:01:15,638 --> 01:01:16,639 FACTORS WERE APPLYING IN THE OUT 1787 01:01:16,639 --> 01:01:19,976 YEARS IN THE BUDGET OVERALL, OUR 1788 01:01:19,976 --> 01:01:22,512 FINANCIAL PLAN, LIKE OTHER 1789 01:01:22,512 --> 01:01:23,079 FINANCIAL PLANS IN PREVIOUS 1790 01:01:23,079 --> 01:01:25,148 BUDGETS, THE OUTYEAR PROJECTIONS 1791 01:01:25,148 --> 01:01:26,749 ARE BASED ON THE ECONOMIC AND 1792 01:01:26,749 --> 01:01:28,518 REVENUE FORECAST PRESENTED BY 1793 01:01:28,518 --> 01:01:29,886 OUR INDEPENDENT OFFICE. WE ALSO. 1794 01:01:29,886 --> 01:01:32,588 BUT IT IS. AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS 1795 01:01:32,588 --> 01:01:34,123 A ROSIER PICTURE FOR THIS YEAR 1796 01:01:34,123 --> 01:01:34,991 FOR INFLATION A YEAR AGO, WHEN 1797 01:01:34,991 --> 01:01:37,393 YOU ALL WERE ADOPTING A BUDGET. 1798 01:01:37,393 --> 01:01:38,895 AND WE HAD TO ADJUST TO THAT. SO 1799 01:01:38,895 --> 01:01:41,164 THERE IS ALWAYS SOME RISK WITH A 1800 01:01:41,164 --> 01:01:42,365 FINANCIAL PLAN. AND IT'S ALSO 1801 01:01:42,365 --> 01:01:43,800 WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT 1802 01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:46,202 WE ARE BUILDING THAT JUMPSTART 1803 01:01:46,202 --> 01:01:48,438 RESERVE, THAT COUNCILMEMBER 1804 01:01:48,438 --> 01:01:49,572 STRAUSS HAS BEEN THE CHAMPION 1805 01:01:49,572 --> 01:01:53,576 OF, AS WELL AS MAINTAINING AND 1806 01:01:53,576 --> 01:01:56,212 MAKING THE MANDATE, THE REQUIRED 1807 01:01:56,212 --> 01:01:58,381 AND TRANSFERS INTO OUR REVENUE 1808 01:01:58,381 --> 01:01:59,949 STABILIZATION FUND AND OUR 1809 01:01:59,949 --> 01:02:02,085 EMERGENCY FUND FOR THE GENERAL 1810 01:02:02,085 --> 01:02:05,855 FUND TO HELP MITIGATE. SHOULD 1811 01:02:05,855 --> 01:02:08,291 THOSE PROJECTIONS BE ROSIER THAN 1812 01:02:08,291 --> 01:02:09,859 THAN WHAT ACTUALLY COMES TO BE 1813 01:02:09,859 --> 01:02:11,561 AND WHY? WE'VE BEEN CLEAR THAT 1814 01:02:11,561 --> 01:02:14,764 WHILE THIS BUDGET MOVES, MAKES 1815 01:02:14,764 --> 01:02:15,231 HUGE STRIDES TOWARDS 1816 01:02:15,231 --> 01:02:16,632 SUSTAINABILITY, THERE IS MORE 1817 01:02:16,632 --> 01:02:17,667 WORK TO DO, AND I LOOK FORWARD 1818 01:02:17,667 --> 01:02:18,835 TO DOING THAT WITH ALL OF YOU 1819 01:02:18,835 --> 01:02:21,637 OVER THE COMING YEARS. 1820 01:02:21,637 --> 01:02:23,106 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1821 01:02:23,106 --> 01:02:24,273 KETTLE. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, 1822 01:02:24,273 --> 01:02:26,776 YOU ARE STILL ABLE TO DO RIDE 1823 01:02:26,776 --> 01:02:28,644 ALONGS AND MEETINGS ABOUT OTHER 1824 01:02:28,644 --> 01:02:30,012 TOPICS. IF YOU WANT TO ASK 1825 01:02:30,012 --> 01:02:31,814 ANYTHING OR IF YOU'RE BEING IF 1826 01:02:31,814 --> 01:02:34,117 YOU ARE DOING A RIDE ALONG IN 1827 01:02:34,117 --> 01:02:35,418 ORDER TO INFORM A BUDGET ITEM. 1828 01:02:35,418 --> 01:02:36,819 THAT'S WHERE THINGS GET A 1829 01:02:36,819 --> 01:02:38,588 LITTLE STICKIER. BUT YOU'RE 1830 01:02:38,588 --> 01:02:40,022 STILL ABLE TO DO ALL OF YOUR 1831 01:02:40,022 --> 01:02:41,124 YOUR WORK. BUT IF YOU ASK A 1832 01:02:41,124 --> 01:02:41,891 QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET, IT 1833 01:02:41,891 --> 01:02:45,328 HAS TO GO THROUGH SHAREPOINT. 1834 01:02:45,328 --> 01:02:47,530 WITH THAT COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 1835 01:02:47,530 --> 01:02:48,164 FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 1836 01:02:48,164 --> 01:02:49,665 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS. AND 1837 01:02:49,665 --> 01:02:53,269 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE 1838 01:02:53,269 --> 01:02:55,605 THIS MORNING. AND TO THAT POINT. 1839 01:02:55,605 --> 01:02:57,640 CHAIR STRAUSS. I WILL BE PUTTING 1840 01:02:57,640 --> 01:02:58,908 SOME QUESTIONS IN THE TRACKER, 1841 01:02:58,908 --> 01:03:01,277 BUT THIS IS OUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY 1842 01:03:01,277 --> 01:03:03,479 TO ASK QUESTIONS OF DEPARTMENTS 1843 01:03:03,479 --> 01:03:07,416 AND PUBLIC. FOR THE VIEWING 1844 01:03:07,416 --> 01:03:08,484 PUBLIC, FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. 1845 01:03:08,484 --> 01:03:10,219 AND WE NEED TO HOLD OURSELVES 1846 01:03:10,219 --> 01:03:11,120 ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. 1847 01:03:11,120 --> 01:03:13,022 AND WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT. 1848 01:03:13,022 --> 01:03:14,690 SO I'M GOING TO GO AS QUICKLY 1849 01:03:14,690 --> 01:03:17,860 AS I CAN ON MY QUESTIONS, BUT I 1850 01:03:17,860 --> 01:03:19,896 DO BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR 1851 01:03:19,896 --> 01:03:21,464 ME TO ASK THEM SO THAT THE 1852 01:03:21,464 --> 01:03:23,633 PUBLIC CAN HEAR AS WELL. ON PAGE 1853 01:03:23,633 --> 01:03:25,368 FIVE, I'M JUST GOING TO TRY TO 1854 01:03:25,368 --> 01:03:29,639 RUN THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS 1855 01:03:29,639 --> 01:03:30,306 POSSIBLE. THERE'S 600 CONTRACTS 1856 01:03:30,306 --> 01:03:34,577 AT HSD. I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT 1857 01:03:34,577 --> 01:03:35,878 THOSE 600 CONTRACTS ARE, SO 1858 01:03:35,878 --> 01:03:39,448 WE'LL JUST LEAVE THAT THERE ON 1859 01:03:39,448 --> 01:03:41,851 THE HUMAN SERVICES FUND THAT 1860 01:03:41,851 --> 01:03:43,152 FUNDS 29%. I THINK YOU SAID IN 1861 01:03:43,152 --> 01:03:47,290 YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I DIDN'T 1862 01:03:47,290 --> 01:03:48,824 CATCH ALL THE THE THINGS THAT 1863 01:03:48,824 --> 01:03:49,926 ARE UNDER THAT PARTICULAR FUND. 1864 01:03:49,926 --> 01:03:52,762 WOULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT WHAT 1865 01:03:52,762 --> 01:03:53,062 THOSE WERE? 1866 01:03:53,062 --> 01:03:56,265 -- SO THE HUMAN SERVICES FUND, 1867 01:03:56,265 --> 01:03:56,866 PRIMARILY COMPRISES OUR GRANT 1868 01:03:56,866 --> 01:04:01,304 FUND SOURCES. HOWEVER, THERE'S 1869 01:04:01,304 --> 01:04:01,804 ALSO FUNDING FROM OTHER 1870 01:04:01,804 --> 01:04:03,439 DEPARTMENT REVENUES THAT SUPPORT 1871 01:04:03,439 --> 01:04:05,441 OUR PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE 1872 01:04:05,441 --> 01:04:07,510 HOUSING LEVY AND SEATTLE CITY 1873 01:04:07,510 --> 01:04:09,979 LIGHT AND SCL FUNDING FOR THE 1874 01:04:09,979 --> 01:04:10,580 UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM. BUT 1875 01:04:10,580 --> 01:04:12,715 IT'S PRIMARILY GRANTS. 1876 01:04:12,715 --> 01:04:16,853 -- GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND 1877 01:04:16,853 --> 01:04:19,589 THEN ON PAGE SIX, I JUST WANTED 1878 01:04:19,589 --> 01:04:21,757 TO NOTE, AND I WANTED TO THANK 1879 01:04:21,757 --> 01:04:23,459 MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER 1880 01:04:23,459 --> 01:04:25,194 KETTLE FOR BRINGING UP THE PIECE 1881 01:04:25,194 --> 01:04:29,732 OF THE FUND SWAPS. BASICALLY, I 1882 01:04:29,732 --> 01:04:31,767 NOTED THAT A LOT OF THIS DEFICIT 1883 01:04:31,767 --> 01:04:33,236 WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY FUND SWAPS. 1884 01:04:33,236 --> 01:04:36,305 WITH THE JUMP START, AND THAT IS 1885 01:04:36,305 --> 01:04:38,140 APPROPRIATE. I WILL SAY, 1886 01:04:38,140 --> 01:04:40,243 HOWEVER, FOR THE RECORD, THAT 1887 01:04:40,243 --> 01:04:41,677 WHEN COUNCIL LOOKED AT THIS IN 1888 01:04:41,677 --> 01:04:42,745 PRIOR YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN 1889 01:04:42,745 --> 01:04:44,447 HERE, INCLUDING THE PRIOR 1890 01:04:44,447 --> 01:04:44,981 ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY 1891 01:04:44,981 --> 01:04:46,949 PROPOSED FUND SWAPS, THIS WAS 1892 01:04:46,949 --> 01:04:49,685 MET WITH A LOT OF RESISTANCE 1893 01:04:49,685 --> 01:04:51,254 VERY VOCALLY. SO AND I SEE THAT 1894 01:04:51,254 --> 01:04:53,556 THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS ALSO HAD 1895 01:04:53,556 --> 01:04:57,126 TO GO TO THE FUND SWAPS. IT IS 1896 01:04:57,126 --> 01:04:58,761 INEVITABLE. I UNDERSTAND WHY, 1897 01:04:58,761 --> 01:04:59,762 BUT I ALSO WANT TO STATE FOR THE 1898 01:04:59,762 --> 01:05:00,930 RECORD THAT WHEN WE TRIED TO DO 1899 01:05:00,930 --> 01:05:04,000 THIS IN THE PAST, IT WAS IT WAS 1900 01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:05,434 MET WITH QUITE A BIT OF 1901 01:05:05,434 --> 01:05:07,436 RESISTANCE. AND I THINK THAT 1902 01:05:07,436 --> 01:05:09,639 THESE ARE REALITIES. SO WHEN WE 1903 01:05:09,639 --> 01:05:10,640 HAVE TO PROPOSE THESE THINGS, 1904 01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:13,442 THIS IS WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN. AND 1905 01:05:13,442 --> 01:05:15,244 SO JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT, 1906 01:05:15,244 --> 01:05:24,954 FOR THE RECORD, ON PAGE SEVEN. 1907 01:05:24,954 --> 01:05:30,459 IT SAYS 113 MILLION TRANSITION. 1908 01:05:30,459 --> 01:05:33,129 SORRY, TRANSITION OF CONTRACTS 1909 01:05:33,129 --> 01:05:35,197 FROM KCRA TO HSD. IT DOESN'T SAY 1910 01:05:35,197 --> 01:05:37,133 HOW MANY THOSE CONTRACTS ARE AND 1911 01:05:37,133 --> 01:05:39,335 WHO'S DOING THAT WORK. SO I'D 1912 01:05:39,335 --> 01:05:41,137 LOVE TO KNOW IF YOU KNOW TODAY. 1913 01:05:41,137 --> 01:05:42,905 GREAT. YOU CAN TELL ME. IF NOT, 1914 01:05:42,905 --> 01:05:44,507 WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE 1915 01:05:44,507 --> 01:05:46,609 TRACKER. BUT. 1916 01:05:46,609 --> 01:05:47,610 -- YEAH, I THINK WE CAN SEND 1917 01:05:47,610 --> 01:05:49,345 THAT ALONG WITH THE TRACKER AS 1918 01:05:49,345 --> 01:05:52,949 WELL. THE WHOLE LIST. 1919 01:05:52,949 --> 01:05:55,184 -- OKAY. ON PAGE EIGHT, I'M 1920 01:05:55,184 --> 01:05:57,119 WONDERING ON THE ON SITE 1921 01:05:57,119 --> 01:05:59,989 SERVICES, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 1922 01:05:59,989 --> 01:06:02,325 TINY HOMES, EMERGENCY SHELTER OR 1923 01:06:02,325 --> 01:06:05,161 BOTH? WHERE ARE YOU LOCATING 1924 01:06:05,161 --> 01:06:06,696 THESE AND HOW MANY? WHAT'S THE 1925 01:06:06,696 --> 01:06:10,066 CURRENT VACANCY? I KNOW THERE 1926 01:06:10,066 --> 01:06:10,633 WAS A BIG PUSH, AND THIS IS 1927 01:06:10,633 --> 01:06:12,601 BEING TALKED ABOUT AS AN 1928 01:06:12,601 --> 01:06:13,903 ACCELERATOR, BUT I DON'T KNOW 1929 01:06:13,903 --> 01:06:15,604 HOW MANY TINY HOMES HAVE 1930 01:06:15,604 --> 01:06:18,341 ACTUALLY BEEN CITED SINCE 1931 01:06:18,341 --> 01:06:21,010 COUNCIL PASSED THAT THAT 1932 01:06:21,010 --> 01:06:23,312 LEGISLATION THAT THE MAYOR SENT, 1933 01:06:23,312 --> 01:06:26,215 SENT TO US IN AN EMERGENCY 1934 01:06:26,215 --> 01:06:28,584 CAPACITY. HOW MANY TINY HOMES 1935 01:06:28,584 --> 01:06:31,487 HAVE WE STOOD UP SINCE THEN? 1936 01:06:31,487 --> 01:06:32,989 -- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE ARE 1937 01:06:32,989 --> 01:06:34,223 LOOKING AT, I THINK, ALL 1938 01:06:34,223 --> 01:06:35,858 EMERGENCY SHELTER TYPES AS WELL 1939 01:06:35,858 --> 01:06:37,827 TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, MASTER 1940 01:06:37,827 --> 01:06:40,296 LEASE PROPERTIES, PHYSICAL 1941 01:06:40,296 --> 01:06:41,230 BUILDINGS, OF COURSE. AND THEN 1942 01:06:41,230 --> 01:06:43,032 IN TERMS OF SHELTERS THAT HAVE 1943 01:06:43,032 --> 01:06:45,201 OPENED UP THIS YEAR, TINY HOUSE 1944 01:06:45,201 --> 01:06:47,703 VILLAGES, WE HAVE THE BAYSIDE 1945 01:06:47,703 --> 01:06:49,572 SHELTER THAT OPENED UP IN JUNE, 1946 01:06:49,572 --> 01:06:51,941 BRIGHTON VILLAGE AS WELL OPENED 1947 01:06:51,941 --> 01:06:54,076 UP THE BELMONT VILLAGE AS WELL. 1948 01:06:54,076 --> 01:06:56,312 EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE ARE 1949 01:06:56,312 --> 01:06:58,014 LOOKING AT IN MID OCTOBER AS 1950 01:06:58,014 --> 01:07:00,049 WELL. CLOVERLEAF VILLAGE WILL BE 1951 01:07:00,049 --> 01:07:02,551 COMING ONLINE AND THEN THERE'S A 1952 01:07:02,551 --> 01:07:03,386 NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT I 1953 01:07:03,386 --> 01:07:04,854 MENTIONED THAT WERE KIND OF IN 1954 01:07:04,854 --> 01:07:06,789 DEVELOPMENT AND SLATED TO OPEN 1955 01:07:06,789 --> 01:07:09,458 EITHER END OF THIS YEAR OR 1956 01:07:09,458 --> 01:07:11,494 THROUGHOUT NEXT YEAR, OBVIOUSLY, 1957 01:07:11,494 --> 01:07:13,429 PENDING ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET. 1958 01:07:13,429 --> 01:07:14,363 AND WHILE THE BUDGET IS COMING 1959 01:07:14,363 --> 01:07:15,898 TOGETHER, WE ARE WORKING ON 1960 01:07:15,898 --> 01:07:17,733 THINGS TO KIND OF TEE THAT UP, 1961 01:07:17,733 --> 01:07:19,769 WHICH WOULD BE WHERE THOSE COULD 1962 01:07:19,769 --> 01:07:21,971 BE LOCATED AS WELL, AND TRYING 1963 01:07:21,971 --> 01:07:24,407 TO IDENTIFY SITES. 1964 01:07:24,407 --> 01:07:25,574 -- THANK YOU DEPUTY. AND THEN 1965 01:07:25,574 --> 01:07:28,344 WHAT IS THE CURRENT VACANCY AT 1966 01:07:28,344 --> 01:07:30,679 ANY OF THESE LOCATIONS? ARE THEY 1967 01:07:30,679 --> 01:07:30,880 FALL. 1968 01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:32,314 -- I CAN WE CAN PROVIDE THAT 1969 01:07:32,314 --> 01:07:33,249 INFORMATION. I THINK AS A FOLLOW 1970 01:07:33,249 --> 01:07:34,884 UP IF THAT WOULD BE. 1971 01:07:34,884 --> 01:07:36,018 -- GREAT. AND THEN THE LAST 1972 01:07:36,018 --> 01:07:38,354 THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THE 1973 01:07:38,354 --> 01:07:39,655 HOMELESSNESS. WELL, ACTUALLY 1974 01:07:39,655 --> 01:07:42,425 I'LL SAY TWO MORE THINGS. ONE 1975 01:07:42,425 --> 01:07:44,026 IS, YOU KNOW, I NOTED THAT LAST 1976 01:07:44,026 --> 01:07:48,130 YEAR WHEN WE WERE DOING SOME OF 1977 01:07:48,130 --> 01:07:49,632 THIS HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENTS, 1978 01:07:49,632 --> 01:07:51,867 THERE WERE FOLKS COMING TO 1979 01:07:51,867 --> 01:07:52,368 CHAMBERS ADVOCATING FOR 1980 01:07:52,368 --> 01:07:53,102 INVESTMENTS, AND SOME OF THEM 1981 01:07:53,102 --> 01:07:54,937 WERE IN TENT CITIES AND WERE 1982 01:07:54,937 --> 01:07:57,807 HERE FROM DENVER. I NOTED THAT 1983 01:07:57,807 --> 01:08:00,376 BECAUSE FOLKS ARE MOVING HERE, 1984 01:08:00,376 --> 01:08:01,911 DO WE WORK WITH THE OTHER CITIES 1985 01:08:01,911 --> 01:08:03,779 TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF FOLKS ARE 1986 01:08:03,779 --> 01:08:05,548 COMING HERE FROM OTHER CITIES? 1987 01:08:05,548 --> 01:08:08,217 IT'S MY OPINION WE SHOULD BE 1988 01:08:08,217 --> 01:08:08,751 WORKING WITH OTHER CITIES 1989 01:08:08,751 --> 01:08:10,286 BECAUSE THEN WE'RE ABSORBING 1990 01:08:10,286 --> 01:08:14,156 THAT. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF 1991 01:08:14,156 --> 01:08:15,491 FOLKS WITH NEED IN THIS CITY. 1992 01:08:15,491 --> 01:08:16,926 AND SO HOW DO WE PARTNER WITH 1993 01:08:16,926 --> 01:08:18,661 THE OTHER CITIES? SO THERE'S A 1994 01:08:18,661 --> 01:08:21,197 REGIONAL COMPONENT WITH MY WHICH 1995 01:08:21,197 --> 01:08:22,698 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, MY 1996 01:08:22,698 --> 01:08:24,100 COLLEAGUE JUST BROUGHT UP. 1997 01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:25,267 THERE'S ALSO THIS CITY COMPONENT 1998 01:08:25,267 --> 01:08:27,002 BECAUSE FOLKS ARE COMING FROM 1999 01:08:27,002 --> 01:08:29,472 OTHER CITIES AS WELL. 2000 01:08:29,472 --> 01:08:32,775 -- WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH OTHER 2001 01:08:32,775 --> 01:08:33,409 CITIES SPECIFICALLY OUTSIDE OF 2002 01:08:33,409 --> 01:08:36,779 KING COUNTY OR THE STATE TO TALK 2003 01:08:36,779 --> 01:08:39,648 ABOUT PREVENTION DIRECTLY AS 2004 01:08:39,648 --> 01:08:42,184 MAYBE A, A POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, 2005 01:08:42,184 --> 01:08:43,519 SOURCE OF PIPELINE. AND HOW DO 2006 01:08:43,519 --> 01:08:45,521 WE RESOLVE FOR THAT? THAT'S AN 2007 01:08:45,521 --> 01:08:47,356 INTERESTING POINT. OF COURSE, WE 2008 01:08:47,356 --> 01:08:50,426 ARE WORKING WITH KING COUNTY AS 2009 01:08:50,426 --> 01:08:51,927 WELL AS THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL 2010 01:08:51,927 --> 01:08:53,028 HOME SECURITY AUTHORITY, AND WE 2011 01:08:53,028 --> 01:08:54,530 KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO WORK 2012 01:08:54,530 --> 01:08:58,167 WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS IN THAT 2013 01:08:58,167 --> 01:08:59,301 REGARD. BUT THANK YOU FOR 2014 01:08:59,301 --> 01:09:01,103 BRINGING THAT UP. I ALSO JUST IF 2015 01:09:01,103 --> 01:09:03,105 IT'S OKAY, YOU ASKED A COUPLE 2016 01:09:03,105 --> 01:09:08,544 OTHER QUESTIONS. WE DID SUBMIT A 2017 01:09:08,544 --> 01:09:10,145 CONTRACT LIST THROUGH. WE HAVE A 2018 01:09:10,145 --> 01:09:11,480 SPREADSHEET THAT WAS GIVEN TO 2019 01:09:11,480 --> 01:09:12,181 CENTRAL STAFF. AND SO I KNOW 2020 01:09:12,181 --> 01:09:15,618 THAT THAT INFORMATION IS THERE. 2021 01:09:15,618 --> 01:09:18,120 OUR CONTRACTS ARE COMPLICATED. 2022 01:09:18,120 --> 01:09:19,321 AND I WONDER IF YOU WILL SEE ALL 2023 01:09:19,321 --> 01:09:21,123 OF THEM THERE, BECAUSE WE DO A 2024 01:09:21,123 --> 01:09:22,858 LOT OF WORK ON BEHALF OF THE 2025 01:09:22,858 --> 01:09:24,126 STATE. AND SO WE'RE NOT PASSING 2026 01:09:24,126 --> 01:09:27,496 THROUGH DOLLARS, BUT WE'RE 2027 01:09:27,496 --> 01:09:28,130 PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE WORK ON 2028 01:09:28,130 --> 01:09:29,598 BEHALF OF THE STATE THAT ALLOWS 2029 01:09:29,598 --> 01:09:31,267 AGENCIES TO BE REIMBURSED. AND 2030 01:09:31,267 --> 01:09:36,171 SO THERE ARE DOLLARS THAT WE ARE 2031 01:09:36,171 --> 01:09:36,805 RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOCATING. AND 2032 01:09:36,805 --> 01:09:38,407 THEN THERE ARE CONTRACTS THAT 2033 01:09:38,407 --> 01:09:42,678 WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SO THAT 2034 01:09:42,678 --> 01:09:43,779 AGENCIES CAN GET ACCESS TO THE 2035 01:09:43,779 --> 01:09:45,014 FUNDS. SO JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN 2036 01:09:45,014 --> 01:09:46,048 THAT. AND YOU WILL SEE AN 2037 01:09:46,048 --> 01:09:49,418 INCREASE, OF COURSE, FROM 2026 2038 01:09:49,418 --> 01:09:52,721 TO 2027 BECAUSE OF THE NEW 2039 01:09:52,721 --> 01:09:54,523 CONTRACTS. 2040 01:09:54,523 --> 01:09:57,092 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'LL LOOK 2041 01:09:57,092 --> 01:10:01,130 FOR THAT IN OUR TRACKER THEN ON 2042 01:10:01,130 --> 01:10:07,770 THE HOMELESSNESS SIDE AS WELL, I 2043 01:10:07,770 --> 01:10:09,104 NOTED THAT NOT IN YOUR SLIDES, 2044 01:10:09,104 --> 01:10:10,940 BUT IN YOUR BUDGET AND THE 2045 01:10:10,940 --> 01:10:12,775 BUDGET BOOK, THERE WAS A 2046 01:10:12,775 --> 01:10:19,381 REDUCTION TO THE U. C T TEAM, IT 2047 01:10:19,381 --> 01:10:26,889 LOOKS LIKE OF 352,000. TO THE 2048 01:10:26,889 --> 01:10:28,057 HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM BUDGET 2049 01:10:28,057 --> 01:10:30,793 PROGRAM. SO IS THAT A REDUCTION 2050 01:10:30,793 --> 01:10:33,729 TO UCT FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE? 2051 01:10:33,729 --> 01:10:34,997 AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE IS THAT? 2052 01:10:34,997 --> 01:10:37,433 AND THEN HOW WILL YOU DO THE UCT 2053 01:10:37,433 --> 01:10:40,102 WORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN ALL 2054 01:10:40,102 --> 01:10:42,271 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE RELY ON IT 2055 01:10:42,271 --> 01:10:46,609 TO HELP US WITH ENCAMPMENTS THAT 2056 01:10:46,609 --> 01:10:47,243 OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE CONCERNED 2057 01:10:47,243 --> 01:10:50,279 ABOUT. CAN YOU TALK TO ME A 2058 01:10:50,279 --> 01:10:51,947 LITTLE BIT ABOUT, WITH THAT 2059 01:10:51,947 --> 01:10:52,715 REDUCTION, HOW YOU PLAN TO DO 2060 01:10:52,715 --> 01:10:54,717 THE U. C T WORK? 2061 01:10:54,717 --> 01:10:57,419 -- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THE THE 2062 01:10:57,419 --> 01:10:59,788 REDUCTION IS ACTUALLY RELATED TO 2063 01:10:59,788 --> 01:11:01,857 TWO POSITIONS THAT PROVIDE 2064 01:11:01,857 --> 01:11:02,491 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ON THE U. 2065 01:11:02,491 --> 01:11:05,127 C, T CORE TEAM. SO NOT FIELD 2066 01:11:05,127 --> 01:11:07,329 OPERATIONS PER SE. AND THESE 2067 01:11:07,329 --> 01:11:08,697 POSITIONS, ONE OF THEM IS A 2068 01:11:08,697 --> 01:11:10,966 VACANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 2069 01:11:10,966 --> 01:11:12,401 ANALYST THAT PROVIDES SOME DATA 2070 01:11:12,401 --> 01:11:14,536 AND REPORTING SUPPORT ON THAT. 2071 01:11:14,536 --> 01:11:16,672 WE ARE FOLDING THAT WORK INTO 2072 01:11:16,672 --> 01:11:18,907 OUR EXISTING DATA PERFORMANCE 2073 01:11:18,907 --> 01:11:20,776 AND EVALUATION TEAM TO 2074 01:11:20,776 --> 01:11:22,077 FACILITATE THOSE FUNCTIONS. SO 2075 01:11:22,077 --> 01:11:24,146 WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY 2076 01:11:24,146 --> 01:11:24,713 PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATIONAL 2077 01:11:24,713 --> 01:11:26,482 IMPACTS FROM THAT. THE OTHER 2078 01:11:26,482 --> 01:11:28,083 POSITION WAS A STRATEGIC ADVISOR 2079 01:11:28,083 --> 01:11:31,153 ON THE CORE TEAM AS WELL. THIS 2080 01:11:31,153 --> 01:11:32,521 POSITION HAS ALSO BEEN VACANT. 2081 01:11:32,521 --> 01:11:34,857 AND WE WE DO ANTICIPATE 2082 01:11:34,857 --> 01:11:35,724 ABSORBING THAT WORK THROUGHOUT 2083 01:11:35,724 --> 01:11:37,059 THE REST OF THE CORE TEAM. AND 2084 01:11:37,059 --> 01:11:39,895 THEN ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP AND 2085 01:11:39,895 --> 01:11:41,330 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FROM HSD 2086 01:11:41,330 --> 01:11:42,898 STAFF NOW AS WELL. 2087 01:11:42,898 --> 01:11:45,434 -- AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE 2088 01:11:45,434 --> 01:11:47,236 POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 2089 01:11:47,236 --> 01:11:51,507 RAISED, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE, 2090 01:11:51,507 --> 01:11:54,877 WITH UCT HAVING BEEN UNDER THE 2091 01:11:54,877 --> 01:11:56,779 MAYOR'S OFFICE VERSUS NOW 2092 01:11:56,779 --> 01:11:57,646 FUNCTIONALLY INTEGRATED INTO OUR 2093 01:11:57,646 --> 01:12:00,249 WORK, THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL SEE 2094 01:12:00,249 --> 01:12:00,916 SOME EFFICIENCIES BECAUSE SINCE 2095 01:12:00,916 --> 01:12:02,518 THEY'RE A PART OF OUR TEAM AND 2096 01:12:02,518 --> 01:12:03,986 WE HAVE A DATA PERFORMANCE AND 2097 01:12:03,986 --> 01:12:05,187 EVALUATION TEAM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE 2098 01:12:05,187 --> 01:12:06,922 ARE SHIFTING THIS AS A PRIORITY 2099 01:12:06,922 --> 01:12:08,257 WITH OUR EXISTING GROUP. AND 2100 01:12:08,257 --> 01:12:11,960 THIS IS UNDER OUR CURRENT 2101 01:12:11,960 --> 01:12:12,728 EXPECTATIONS FOR THE TEAM. OF 2102 01:12:12,728 --> 01:12:14,697 COURSE, IF THERE IS MORE 2103 01:12:14,697 --> 01:12:16,532 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OR MORE 2104 01:12:16,532 --> 01:12:17,433 WORK THAT'S HAPPENING, THEN 2105 01:12:17,433 --> 01:12:19,168 THAT'S WHERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT 2106 01:12:19,168 --> 01:12:21,737 INCREASED NEEDS. BUT WE DID 2107 01:12:21,737 --> 01:12:22,171 IDENTIFY THAT THESE 2108 01:12:22,171 --> 01:12:23,372 ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE OF BACK, 2109 01:12:23,372 --> 01:12:26,041 BACK OF THE HOUSE WORK EFFORTS 2110 01:12:26,041 --> 01:12:30,412 SHOULD NOT BE FELT OUTSIDE AND 2111 01:12:30,412 --> 01:12:31,814 PARTICULARLY ON THE STREET 2112 01:12:31,814 --> 01:12:34,016 BECAUSE THAT TEAM IS PRESERVED. 2113 01:12:34,016 --> 01:12:35,551 THE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING IN 2114 01:12:35,551 --> 01:12:37,519 COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH OUR 2115 01:12:37,519 --> 01:12:38,153 CONTRACTED OUTREACH PROVIDERS, 2116 01:12:38,153 --> 01:12:40,756 THOSE THAT TALK TO YOU ABOUT 2117 01:12:40,756 --> 01:12:43,425 INCIDENTS, THAT TEAM IS LEFT 2118 01:12:43,425 --> 01:12:43,659 WHOLE. 2119 01:12:43,659 --> 01:12:45,461 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, AND I 2120 01:12:45,461 --> 01:12:46,128 UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, 2121 01:12:46,128 --> 01:12:47,663 BUT WE'RE TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM 2122 01:12:47,663 --> 01:12:50,199 THAT TEAM WHEN IN FACT, I'M NOT 2123 01:12:50,199 --> 01:12:53,202 SURE THAT TEAM CAN HANDLE ALL 2124 01:12:53,202 --> 01:12:55,137 THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING ON 2125 01:12:55,137 --> 01:12:56,271 THE GROUND. SO IF WHAT YOU'RE 2126 01:12:56,271 --> 01:12:57,606 TELLING ME IS THEY CAN HANDLE 2127 01:12:57,606 --> 01:13:00,976 ALL THE WORK, IT JUST LOOKS 2128 01:13:00,976 --> 01:13:01,577 DIFFERENTLY TO COUNCILMEMBERS 2129 01:13:01,577 --> 01:13:03,378 WHO ARE WORKING WITH 2130 01:13:03,378 --> 01:13:05,714 CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE CONSTANTLY 2131 01:13:05,714 --> 01:13:07,049 FLAGGING ENCAMPMENTS. AND WE 2132 01:13:07,049 --> 01:13:09,651 DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP 2133 01:13:09,651 --> 01:13:11,920 FOLKS COME INDOORS, IF YOU WILL. 2134 01:13:11,920 --> 01:13:14,056 SO IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE 2135 01:13:14,056 --> 01:13:16,859 HAVE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE FOR 2136 01:13:16,859 --> 01:13:18,994 EVERY ENCAMPMENT WE'RE SEEING 2137 01:13:18,994 --> 01:13:21,930 AND WE'RE NOT DOING IT. THAT'S 2138 01:13:21,930 --> 01:13:23,098 ONE THING. OTHERWISE, IT JUST 2139 01:13:23,098 --> 01:13:24,666 SEEMS LIKE, WHY WOULDN'T YOU USE 2140 01:13:24,666 --> 01:13:26,135 THAT MONEY THEN IF WE'RE NOT 2141 01:13:26,135 --> 01:13:28,570 FILLING THOSE POSITIONS TO DO 2142 01:13:28,570 --> 01:13:31,673 SOMETHING ELSE WITHIN THE U. C T 2143 01:13:31,673 --> 01:13:36,345 TEAM TO EXPAND THE ABILITY TO DO 2144 01:13:36,345 --> 01:13:37,412 THAT WORK? 2145 01:13:37,412 --> 01:13:38,413 -- I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT FOR 2146 01:13:38,413 --> 01:13:41,517 THE COMMITTEE, ONE, WE'RE NOT 2147 01:13:41,517 --> 01:13:43,118 SAYING I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS 2148 01:13:43,118 --> 01:13:44,453 SAYING THAT THIS BUDGET IN ANY 2149 01:13:44,453 --> 01:13:46,388 WAYS MEETS EVERY SINGLE NEED OUT 2150 01:13:46,388 --> 01:13:49,291 IN THE COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT 2151 01:13:49,291 --> 01:13:50,626 DEMAND FOR SERVICES IS HIGHER 2152 01:13:50,626 --> 01:13:52,161 THAN WHAT OUR CURRENT RESOURCES 2153 01:13:52,161 --> 01:13:53,128 ARE. THE REDUCTIONS TO THE 2154 01:13:53,128 --> 01:13:54,329 UNIFIED CARE TEAM THAT YOU SEE 2155 01:13:54,329 --> 01:13:55,464 IN THE HUMAN SERVICES 2156 01:13:55,464 --> 01:13:57,232 DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER 2157 01:13:57,232 --> 01:13:58,934 DEPARTMENTS, IS REALLY IN 2158 01:13:58,934 --> 01:14:01,069 APPLYING THE STRATEGY OF 2159 01:14:01,069 --> 01:14:02,137 RIGHTSIZING BUDGETS BASED ON 2160 01:14:02,137 --> 01:14:03,806 CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICE. SO 2161 01:14:03,806 --> 01:14:05,307 WHERE THERE HAS BEEN UNDERSPEND, 2162 01:14:05,307 --> 01:14:06,008 VACANT POSITIONS, THAT SORT OF 2163 01:14:06,008 --> 01:14:08,110 THING, BUT NOT IMPACTING CURRENT 2164 01:14:08,110 --> 01:14:10,179 LEVELS OF SERVICE, WE ARE JUST, 2165 01:14:10,179 --> 01:14:12,114 FRANKLY, IN A SITUATION WHERE I 2166 01:14:12,114 --> 01:14:15,484 HEAR YOU SAYING YOU WOULD LIKE 2167 01:14:15,484 --> 01:14:16,251 AN EXPANSION OF THE UNIFIED CARE 2168 01:14:16,251 --> 01:14:17,920 TEAM. THERE HAVE BEEN EXPANSIONS 2169 01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:19,321 PROPOSED TO OTHER PROGRAMS THAT 2170 01:14:19,321 --> 01:14:20,422 ARE JUST NOT SUSTAINED IN THIS 2171 01:14:20,422 --> 01:14:22,891 BUDGET, BECAUSE THERE AREN'T 2172 01:14:22,891 --> 01:14:23,926 RESOURCES AVAILABLE. IN ORDER TO 2173 01:14:23,926 --> 01:14:25,828 DO THAT, YOU WOULD NEED TO TAKE 2174 01:14:25,828 --> 01:14:27,429 ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM 2175 01:14:27,429 --> 01:14:29,431 SOMEWHERE ELSE. THIS BUDGET, IN 2176 01:14:29,431 --> 01:14:30,466 THIS CASE, IN THE HUMAN SERVICES 2177 01:14:30,466 --> 01:14:33,535 DEPARTMENT, PRIORITIZED REALLY 2178 01:14:33,535 --> 01:14:36,004 INVESTING IN GETTING MORE 2179 01:14:36,004 --> 01:14:36,972 SHELTER BEDS OFF OFF THE GROUND. 2180 01:14:36,972 --> 01:14:38,440 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NOT 2181 01:14:38,440 --> 01:14:40,943 QUITE THE RIGHT METAPHOR, BUT 2182 01:14:40,943 --> 01:14:42,711 ANYWAYS, IMPLEMENTING THAT. AND 2183 01:14:42,711 --> 01:14:45,147 SO ANY REDUCTION IN ONE AREA OF 2184 01:14:45,147 --> 01:14:46,648 THE BUDGET, YOU COULD SAY ANY OF 2185 01:14:46,648 --> 01:14:48,217 THOSE DOLLARS ARE SUPPORTING ANY 2186 01:14:48,217 --> 01:14:50,519 OF THE NEW INVESTMENTS, BUT IT 2187 01:14:50,519 --> 01:14:52,054 IS A SERIES OF CHOICES AND IT IS 2188 01:14:52,054 --> 01:14:54,389 NOT EASY. BUT I WANT TO JUST 2189 01:14:54,389 --> 01:14:54,890 HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS WAS 2190 01:14:54,890 --> 01:14:55,924 RIGHTSIZING BASED ON EXISTING 2191 01:14:55,924 --> 01:14:59,862 LEVELS OF SERVICE. 2192 01:14:59,862 --> 01:15:02,865 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR PANUCCI. 2193 01:15:02,865 --> 01:15:06,134 I WILL MY MY ORIGINAL COMMENT 2194 01:15:06,134 --> 01:15:09,004 STILL STANDS THAT WE NEED THE 2195 01:15:09,004 --> 01:15:11,273 UNIFIED CARE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO 2196 01:15:11,273 --> 01:15:14,176 DELIVER THIS SERVICE, BECAUSE 2197 01:15:14,176 --> 01:15:15,477 THE THE TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM 2198 01:15:15,477 --> 01:15:17,412 THAT, TO PUT IT TOWARD THE 2199 01:15:17,412 --> 01:15:18,380 HOMELESSNESS SHELTER. IF WE 2200 01:15:18,380 --> 01:15:20,249 CAN'T BUILD THINGS FAST ENOUGH, 2201 01:15:20,249 --> 01:15:22,684 WE STILL NEED TO, TO PROVIDE 2202 01:15:22,684 --> 01:15:27,890 THIS SERVICE. SO ON PAGE 12, I 2203 01:15:27,890 --> 01:15:31,193 WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE UTILITY 2204 01:15:31,193 --> 01:15:32,895 DISCOUNT PROGRAM EXPANSION. SO 2205 01:15:32,895 --> 01:15:35,530 IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE 2206 01:15:35,530 --> 01:15:37,766 TRANSFERRING USED TO THIS AMOUNT 2207 01:15:37,766 --> 01:15:39,268 THAT WAS COMING FROM THE GENERAL 2208 01:15:39,268 --> 01:15:41,603 FUND IS NOW BEING TRANSFERRED TO 2209 01:15:41,603 --> 01:15:44,940 THE RATEPAYER AT AT THE UTILITY. 2210 01:15:44,940 --> 01:15:47,042 AND SO THAT I JUST WANT TO STATE 2211 01:15:47,042 --> 01:15:48,944 FOR THE RECORD, AS A POINT OF 2212 01:15:48,944 --> 01:15:50,412 TRANSPARENCY, THAT WE ARE NOW 2213 01:15:50,412 --> 01:15:52,748 REDUCING, TAKING THE GENERAL 2214 01:15:52,748 --> 01:15:55,484 FUND THAT WAS GOING TO PAY FOR 2215 01:15:55,484 --> 01:15:57,052 THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM, 2216 01:15:57,052 --> 01:15:59,187 AND WE'RE SHIFTING THAT BURDEN 2217 01:15:59,187 --> 01:16:00,389 OVER TO THE RATEPAYER, WHICH WE 2218 01:16:00,389 --> 01:16:02,624 JUST HAD TO INCREASE RATEPAYER 2219 01:16:02,624 --> 01:16:04,026 RATES RECENTLY, AND WE WILL HAVE 2220 01:16:04,026 --> 01:16:06,828 TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. SO, YOU 2221 01:16:06,828 --> 01:16:07,896 KNOW, TO ME, THAT IS JUST LIKE 2222 01:16:07,896 --> 01:16:11,733 AN EXTRA BURDEN. AND I WANT TO 2223 01:16:11,733 --> 01:16:13,101 STATE FOR THAT THAT FOR THE 2224 01:16:13,101 --> 01:16:14,803 RECORD, TO SO THAT OUR 2225 01:16:14,803 --> 01:16:18,040 CONSTITUENTS ARE AWARE OF 2226 01:16:18,040 --> 01:16:23,211 WHAT'S GOING ON ON PAGE 15. 2227 01:16:23,211 --> 01:16:25,213 JUST AGAIN, THERE'S SOME 2228 01:16:25,213 --> 01:16:27,482 CONTRACTS HERE. 11 EXISTING 2229 01:16:27,482 --> 01:16:29,551 CONTRACTS. DOES THIS FUNDING 2230 01:16:29,551 --> 01:16:31,219 MAINTAIN THOSE CONTRACTS OR 2231 01:16:31,219 --> 01:16:32,254 EXPAND THEM? AND THEN I DON'T 2232 01:16:32,254 --> 01:16:33,689 KNOW WHAT THOSE CONTRACTS ARE. 2233 01:16:33,689 --> 01:16:36,992 SO HERE'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE I 2234 01:16:36,992 --> 01:16:40,028 WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THOSE 2235 01:16:40,028 --> 01:16:40,395 CONTRACTS ARE. 2236 01:16:40,395 --> 01:16:42,864 -- IT MAINTAINS THEM. AND WE'RE 2237 01:16:42,864 --> 01:16:44,199 HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU A LIST. 2238 01:16:44,199 --> 01:16:44,499 -- PERFECT. 2239 01:16:44,499 --> 01:16:47,436 -- THANK YOU. ALREADY SUBMITTED 2240 01:16:47,436 --> 01:16:48,537 THAT THROUGH THE SHAREPOINT. 2241 01:16:48,537 --> 01:16:49,638 -- OH GREAT. I HAVEN'T SEEN 2242 01:16:49,638 --> 01:16:52,274 THAT YET. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR 2243 01:16:52,274 --> 01:16:53,475 KIM. AND THEN OF COURSE, FOR 2244 01:16:53,475 --> 01:16:57,245 THESE CONTRACTS AND THOSE 600, 2245 01:16:57,245 --> 01:16:59,014 YOU DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT 2246 01:16:59,014 --> 01:17:01,116 OUTCOMES AND HOW YOU MEASURE 2247 01:17:01,116 --> 01:17:03,752 OUTCOMES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 2248 01:17:03,752 --> 01:17:05,053 THAT REALM. THAT IS IMPORTANT. I 2249 01:17:05,053 --> 01:17:06,722 KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2250 01:17:06,722 --> 01:17:09,324 BUDGETS AND MONEY, BUT IN TERMS 2251 01:17:09,324 --> 01:17:12,060 OF BEING ABLE TO JUSTIFY 2252 01:17:12,060 --> 01:17:13,595 CONTINUATION OF CONTRACTS, IT'S 2253 01:17:13,595 --> 01:17:15,931 REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW 2254 01:17:15,931 --> 01:17:17,299 THE OUTCOMES ON ALL OF THAT WORK 2255 01:17:17,299 --> 01:17:20,002 THAT WE ARE FUNDING THROUGH HSD. 2256 01:17:20,002 --> 01:17:24,139 SO I'LL SAY THAT I'D LOVE TO 2257 01:17:24,139 --> 01:17:25,474 HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE OUTCOMES AS 2258 01:17:25,474 --> 01:17:29,811 PART OF THIS BUDGET 2259 01:17:29,811 --> 01:17:34,316 CONVERSATION. AND THEN I HAVE 2260 01:17:34,316 --> 01:17:35,784 SORRY, CHAIR, ONE LAST QUESTION, 2261 01:17:35,784 --> 01:17:41,990 IF I MAY. AND I'M TOGGLING BACK. 2262 01:17:41,990 --> 01:17:45,761 OH, THERE WAS A PROVISO THAT 2263 01:17:45,761 --> 01:17:47,763 PRIOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON PUT 2264 01:17:47,763 --> 01:17:49,698 ON PUT IN ON TREATMENT. WE 2265 01:17:49,698 --> 01:17:51,667 ACTUALLY DON'T DO ENOUGH ON THE 2266 01:17:51,667 --> 01:17:53,268 TREATMENT SIDE, BUT WE HAVE A 2267 01:17:53,268 --> 01:17:55,303 LOT OF FOLKS THAT NEED IT. SO IT 2268 01:17:55,303 --> 01:17:58,073 LOOKS TO ME I'M NOT SEEING WHERE 2269 01:17:58,073 --> 01:18:00,142 THIS IS IN THE BUDGET. SO DID 2270 01:18:00,142 --> 01:18:03,679 THAT GET US? IS THAT INCLUDED IN 2271 01:18:03,679 --> 01:18:06,314 HERE? IT'S 2.85 MILLION FOR 2272 01:18:06,314 --> 01:18:08,216 TREATMENT SPECIFICALLY. OR DID 2273 01:18:08,216 --> 01:18:10,252 THAT GO AWAY IN THIS NEW 2274 01:18:10,252 --> 01:18:14,423 PROPOSAL FOR HSD BUDGET? 2275 01:18:14,423 --> 01:18:17,759 -- THE PROVISO IS FOR 2026. AND 2276 01:18:17,759 --> 01:18:21,630 WE ARE UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS FOR 2277 01:18:21,630 --> 01:18:23,865 TREATMENT. AND SO THAT IS 2278 01:18:23,865 --> 01:18:27,002 ADDRESSED. FORMER COUNCIL 2279 01:18:27,002 --> 01:18:28,770 PRESIDENT NELSON AND HSD HAS 2280 01:18:28,770 --> 01:18:32,174 BEEN EMAILING ON THAT. AND SO 2281 01:18:32,174 --> 01:18:33,575 WE'RE WE'RE LEANING INTO THAT 2282 01:18:33,575 --> 01:18:36,378 SPACE. IT REALLY IS A GOOD 2283 01:18:36,378 --> 01:18:38,447 OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE 2284 01:18:38,447 --> 01:18:40,982 ROLE OF THE COUNTY AND THE STATE 2285 01:18:40,982 --> 01:18:43,885 WITH REGARDS TO THE DEPARTMENT 2286 01:18:43,885 --> 01:18:45,087 OF COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES, AS 2287 01:18:45,087 --> 01:18:47,722 WELL AS PUBLIC HEALTH AND AND 2288 01:18:47,722 --> 01:18:49,891 THEIR LEADING ROLE IN THAT. BUT 2289 01:18:49,891 --> 01:18:51,693 WE'RE HAPPY TO USE THAT 2290 01:18:51,693 --> 01:18:54,262 OPPORTUNITY TO FILL IN THE GAPS 2291 01:18:54,262 --> 01:18:57,866 AND TO WITH WITH THAT PROVISO. 2292 01:18:57,866 --> 01:19:01,636 PILOT, THAT EFFORT. AND SO WE DO 2293 01:19:01,636 --> 01:19:03,905 HAVE A CONTRACT THAT IS FOR 2294 01:19:03,905 --> 01:19:05,674 TREATMENT. IT IT WILL IT'S NOT 2295 01:19:05,674 --> 01:19:07,242 PROVIDED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 2296 01:19:07,242 --> 01:19:09,111 SO THAT'S YOU DON'T SEE THAT 2297 01:19:09,111 --> 01:19:11,780 THAT'S NOT A CHANGE. IT'S JUST 2298 01:19:11,780 --> 01:19:13,315 IT'S THE FUNDS ARE ONGOING. AND 2299 01:19:13,315 --> 01:19:14,449 DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 2300 01:19:14,449 --> 01:19:16,051 MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE INTEGRATING 2301 01:19:16,051 --> 01:19:18,019 INTO THE SHELTER ACCELERATION 2302 01:19:18,019 --> 01:19:20,689 AND, AND EMPHASIZING JUST THE 2303 01:19:20,689 --> 01:19:21,723 FUTURE STATE OF THOSE EFFORTS? 2304 01:19:21,723 --> 01:19:23,058 CHRIS. 2305 01:19:23,058 --> 01:19:24,893 -- ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND I THINK 2306 01:19:24,893 --> 01:19:26,495 THE 2027 PICTURE FOR A PORTION 2307 01:19:26,495 --> 01:19:28,396 OF THOSE FUNDS KIND OF BUILDS ON 2308 01:19:28,396 --> 01:19:30,198 THE WORK FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR 2309 01:19:30,198 --> 01:19:32,501 AND LOOKING TO INTEGRATE THE 2310 01:19:32,501 --> 01:19:33,902 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE 2311 01:19:33,902 --> 01:19:35,137 USE TREATMENT SERVICES ON SITE 2312 01:19:35,137 --> 01:19:36,838 IN SHELTERS. WITH THAT, WE'RE 2313 01:19:36,838 --> 01:19:39,474 LOOKING TO CARRY THAT FORWARD IN 2314 01:19:39,474 --> 01:19:41,977 2027 AS WELL. AS MENTIONED, NOT 2315 01:19:41,977 --> 01:19:44,479 JUST BRING ONLINE A SHELTER WITH 2316 01:19:44,479 --> 01:19:46,581 CASE MANAGEMENT, PLACE TO SLEEP, 2317 01:19:46,581 --> 01:19:48,083 HOUSING, NAVIGATION, BUT THESE 2318 01:19:48,083 --> 01:19:49,184 ENHANCED SERVICES TO MEET THE 2319 01:19:49,184 --> 01:19:50,519 NEED OUT IN COMMUNITY. SO 2320 01:19:50,519 --> 01:19:52,721 LOOKING TO BUILD ON THAT IN 2321 01:19:52,721 --> 01:19:54,256 2027. 2322 01:19:54,256 --> 01:19:55,590 -- THANK YOU. SO WHAT I'D LIKE 2323 01:19:55,590 --> 01:19:57,659 TO SEE IS WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE 2324 01:19:57,659 --> 01:20:00,328 OF THIS FUNDING OR HOW MUCH OF 2325 01:20:00,328 --> 01:20:00,962 THIS FUNDING IS GOING ACTUALLY 2326 01:20:00,962 --> 01:20:03,198 TO TREATMENT, WHETHER OR NOT 2327 01:20:03,198 --> 01:20:05,033 SOMEONE IS IN A TINY HOME 2328 01:20:05,033 --> 01:20:06,835 VILLAGE OR EMERGENCY SHELTER, 2329 01:20:06,835 --> 01:20:07,536 BECAUSE WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE 2330 01:20:07,536 --> 01:20:08,570 ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE THAT NEEDS 2331 01:20:08,570 --> 01:20:10,138 IT, FOLKS STILL NEED TREATMENT. 2332 01:20:10,138 --> 01:20:12,240 WE COULD DO THAT EVEN IF THEY'RE 2333 01:20:12,240 --> 01:20:15,377 NOT ABLE TO, TO ACCESS A TINY 2334 01:20:15,377 --> 01:20:16,745 HOUSE. IF WE DON'T HAVE A 2335 01:20:16,745 --> 01:20:19,748 VACANCY. BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT 2336 01:20:19,748 --> 01:20:22,484 TREATMENT IS IN IN HOUSE 2337 01:20:22,484 --> 01:20:22,951 TREATMENT SOMEWHERE. 2338 01:20:22,951 --> 01:20:24,486 -- WELL, I'LL HAVE TO CONFIRM 2339 01:20:24,486 --> 01:20:27,355 HOW MUCH. AGAIN, I KNOW THAT YOU 2340 01:20:27,355 --> 01:20:27,989 MENTIONED A DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT 2341 01:20:27,989 --> 01:20:29,524 WHAT THE PROVISO IS ATTACHED TO 2342 01:20:29,524 --> 01:20:30,659 THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THEN 2343 01:20:30,659 --> 01:20:32,894 THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION FOR 2344 01:20:32,894 --> 01:20:34,196 SHAREPOINT. AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP. 2345 01:20:34,196 --> 01:20:35,564 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, BECAUSE 2346 01:20:35,564 --> 01:20:36,731 WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS 2347 01:20:36,731 --> 01:20:39,000 YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE AT 2348 01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:42,170 LEAST THE 2.85 AND TREATMENT 2349 01:20:42,170 --> 01:20:44,272 ONGOING. AND SO WHAT I'M SAYING 2350 01:20:44,272 --> 01:20:46,074 IS I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT. AND I 2351 01:20:46,074 --> 01:20:49,878 ALSO WANT TO KNOW, ARE YOU DOING 2352 01:20:49,878 --> 01:20:50,412 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS ON THE 2353 01:20:50,412 --> 01:20:52,480 TREATMENT FUND SPECIFIC 2354 01:20:52,480 --> 01:20:53,915 TREATMENT RELATED TO TREATMENT, 2355 01:20:53,915 --> 01:20:57,652 NOT A TREATMENT FUND, BUT 2356 01:20:57,652 --> 01:21:00,488 RELATED TO TREATMENT. GREAT. 2357 01:21:00,488 --> 01:21:02,691 THANK YOU CHAIR. I THINK THAT 2358 01:21:02,691 --> 01:21:04,192 COVERS MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. 2359 01:21:04,192 --> 01:21:04,492 THANK YOU. 2360 01:21:04,492 --> 01:21:05,660 -- FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2361 01:21:05,660 --> 01:21:08,196 WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH 2362 01:21:08,196 --> 01:21:08,763 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND THEN 2363 01:21:08,763 --> 01:21:09,431 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2364 01:21:09,431 --> 01:21:10,498 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 2365 01:21:10,498 --> 01:21:12,167 YOU, DIRECTOR KIM, FOR BEING 2366 01:21:12,167 --> 01:21:13,835 HERE AND YOUR TEAM FOR 2367 01:21:13,835 --> 01:21:16,304 PRESENTING THIS TODAY. FIRST 2368 01:21:16,304 --> 01:21:22,644 OFF, KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM 2369 01:21:22,644 --> 01:21:25,881 FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE SHARED 2370 01:21:25,881 --> 01:21:26,915 LEADERSHIP OF MY COUNCILMEMBER 2371 01:21:26,915 --> 01:21:28,483 COLLEAGUES AND THE COUNCIL AS A 2372 01:21:28,483 --> 01:21:30,619 WHOLE, CALLING OUT SPECIFIC 2373 01:21:30,619 --> 01:21:32,621 EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP EXHIBITED 2374 01:21:32,621 --> 01:21:33,855 BY MY COLLEAGUES IN THIS COUNCIL 2375 01:21:33,855 --> 01:21:36,791 AS A WHOLE ON VARIOUS 2376 01:21:36,791 --> 01:21:39,561 INITIATIVES, TALKING ABOUT THE 2377 01:21:39,561 --> 01:21:40,929 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR WHICH 2378 01:21:40,929 --> 01:21:41,997 WE THINK ABOUT AND CERTAIN 2379 01:21:41,997 --> 01:21:44,366 MEMBERS OF THIS BODY THINK ABOUT 2380 01:21:44,366 --> 01:21:45,734 VARIOUS INITIATIVES AND THE WHEN 2381 01:21:45,734 --> 01:21:48,236 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PIE 2382 01:21:48,236 --> 01:21:48,737 FRAMEWORK FROM COUNCIL 2383 01:21:48,737 --> 01:21:53,441 PRESIDENT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS 2384 01:21:53,441 --> 01:21:53,942 THE MOST SOPHISTICATED, 2385 01:21:53,942 --> 01:21:58,013 ADVANCED, NUANCED UNDERSTANDING 2386 01:21:58,013 --> 01:21:59,581 OF OF THE DYNAMICS AND HOW TO 2387 01:21:59,581 --> 01:22:03,418 BEST SHOW UP WHEN YOU'RE AT THIS 2388 01:22:03,418 --> 01:22:04,619 TABLE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO 2389 01:22:04,619 --> 01:22:06,788 THAT I'VE SEEN ONE OF THE BEST 2390 01:22:06,788 --> 01:22:09,391 THAT I'VE SEEN IN ALMOST THREE 2391 01:22:09,391 --> 01:22:10,558 YEARS NOW IN THIS ROLE, AND 2392 01:22:10,558 --> 01:22:11,893 CERTAINLY THE BEST THAT I'VE 2393 01:22:11,893 --> 01:22:13,929 SEEN, YOU KNOW, FROM A 2394 01:22:13,929 --> 01:22:15,030 DEPARTMENT THAT HAS PRESENTED AT 2395 01:22:15,030 --> 01:22:15,930 THIS TABLE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE 2396 01:22:15,930 --> 01:22:19,434 LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SO KUDOS. 2397 01:22:19,434 --> 01:22:23,371 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YEAH, 2398 01:22:23,371 --> 01:22:24,139 THAT'S, THAT'S A LESSON FOR, 2399 01:22:24,139 --> 01:22:27,475 FOR ALL, ALL OF THE 30 SOMETHING 2400 01:22:27,475 --> 01:22:30,278 DEPARTMENTS TO, TO TAKE A PAGE 2401 01:22:30,278 --> 01:22:33,448 OUT OF YOUR PLAYBOOK. SO THANK 2402 01:22:33,448 --> 01:22:35,817 YOU AGAIN FOR THAT. WANT TO WANT 2403 01:22:35,817 --> 01:22:37,852 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS WHOLE 2404 01:22:37,852 --> 01:22:40,855 KIND OF UNIFIED CARE TEAM 2405 01:22:40,855 --> 01:22:42,123 SITUATION. SO HIGH LEVEL, AS I 2406 01:22:42,123 --> 01:22:46,561 UNDERSTAND IT, THE 2407 01:22:46,561 --> 01:22:47,162 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL STRUCTURE 2408 01:22:47,162 --> 01:22:49,998 THAT WAS CENTRALLY COORDINATED 2409 01:22:49,998 --> 01:22:53,768 BEFORE BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AT 2410 01:22:53,768 --> 01:22:54,436 LEAST ON THE FUNDING ASPECT, ALL 2411 01:22:54,436 --> 01:22:56,271 OF THAT WORK IS GOING TO BE 2412 01:22:56,271 --> 01:22:58,139 SUBSUMED BY HSD. IS THAT 2413 01:22:58,139 --> 01:23:01,376 CORRECT? WITH THE WITH THE THE 2414 01:23:01,376 --> 01:23:02,877 EXPERTS FROM THE VARIOUS 2415 01:23:02,877 --> 01:23:04,079 DEPARTMENTS STILL SORT OF 2416 01:23:04,079 --> 01:23:06,648 REMAINING IN THE ROOM, PHYSICAL 2417 01:23:06,648 --> 01:23:08,216 AND VIRTUAL, SO TO SPEAK? 2418 01:23:08,216 --> 01:23:11,553 -- THAT'S CORRECT. 2419 01:23:11,553 --> 01:23:15,957 -- OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 2420 01:23:15,957 --> 01:23:20,362 AYE. I'VE BEEN IN SOME OF THESE 2421 01:23:20,362 --> 01:23:20,862 ROOMS BEFORE WORKING ON 2422 01:23:20,862 --> 01:23:23,298 STRATEGIC EFFORTS IN MY CERTAIN 2423 01:23:23,298 --> 01:23:24,065 STRATEGIC EFFORTS IN MY 2424 01:23:24,065 --> 01:23:28,470 DISTRICT, AND I FOUND IT VERY 2425 01:23:28,470 --> 01:23:30,939 HELPFUL TO, TO HAVE A 2426 01:23:30,939 --> 01:23:32,507 REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MAYOR'S 2427 01:23:32,507 --> 01:23:35,076 OFFICE THERE TO COORDINATE AND 2428 01:23:35,076 --> 01:23:35,710 PROVIDE DIRECTIONAL GUIDANCE AND 2429 01:23:35,710 --> 01:23:37,779 LEADERSHIP TO THE OTHER 2430 01:23:37,779 --> 01:23:39,180 DEPARTMENTS ON VARIOUS THINGS, 2431 01:23:39,180 --> 01:23:40,949 BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, AND THIS 2432 01:23:40,949 --> 01:23:43,318 IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE 2433 01:23:43,318 --> 01:23:45,253 LEARNED HAS EMERGED AS A BEST 2434 01:23:45,253 --> 01:23:46,254 PRACTICE, HAVE A SINGLE THREADED 2435 01:23:46,254 --> 01:23:49,424 OWNER MAYOR'S OFFICE 2436 01:23:49,424 --> 01:23:51,526 COORDINATING BECAUSE IT'S NOT 2437 01:23:51,526 --> 01:23:52,861 JUST HSD WORK OR, OR, OR, YOU 2438 01:23:52,861 --> 01:23:56,431 KNOW, ANY OF THE UTILITIES OR 2439 01:23:56,431 --> 01:23:58,666 SDOT OR WHATEVER THE PARKS, 2440 01:23:58,666 --> 01:24:00,402 IT'S ALL OF THE ABOVE. BUT, YOU 2441 01:24:00,402 --> 01:24:03,471 KNOW, I'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT 2442 01:24:03,471 --> 01:24:06,841 THERE CAN BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF 2443 01:24:06,841 --> 01:24:07,375 INTERDEPARTMENTAL FINGER 2444 01:24:07,375 --> 01:24:13,047 POINTING AND LACK OF SOMETIMES 2445 01:24:13,047 --> 01:24:16,051 LACK OF TAKING THINGS AS 2446 01:24:16,051 --> 01:24:16,851 SERIOUSLY AS NEEDED AS A 2447 01:24:16,851 --> 01:24:18,787 SITUATION WARRANTS. IF THE 2448 01:24:18,787 --> 01:24:21,890 DIRECTIVE WASN'T COMING DIRECTLY 2449 01:24:21,890 --> 01:24:24,793 FROM A CENTRAL CENTRAL AND 2450 01:24:24,793 --> 01:24:26,294 ACCOUNTABLE PERSON FROM THE 2451 01:24:26,294 --> 01:24:28,563 MAYOR'S OFFICE, THAT'S A REAL 2452 01:24:28,563 --> 01:24:31,332 CHALLENGE AND A REAL CONCERN. 2453 01:24:31,332 --> 01:24:35,236 AND THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED 2454 01:24:35,236 --> 01:24:35,804 ABOUT OPERATIONALLY. FROM A 2455 01:24:35,804 --> 01:24:38,039 PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THIS 2456 01:24:38,039 --> 01:24:39,374 PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, REVISION 2457 01:24:39,374 --> 01:24:43,878 HERE. SO TAKING A STEP BACK, CAN 2458 01:24:43,878 --> 01:24:45,046 YOU HELP ME BETTER IN THE 2459 01:24:45,046 --> 01:24:47,382 PUBLIC, BETTER UNDERSTAND THE 2460 01:24:47,382 --> 01:24:50,118 WHOLE PURPOSE GOAL AND, AND SORT 2461 01:24:50,118 --> 01:24:55,657 OF RATIONALE FOR THIS PROPOSED 2462 01:24:55,657 --> 01:24:59,294 CHANGE. 2463 01:24:59,294 --> 01:24:59,928 -- DIRECTOR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO 2464 01:24:59,928 --> 01:25:03,364 JUMP IN, YOU'RE MORE THAN 2465 01:25:03,364 --> 01:25:04,732 WELCOME TO. AYE. 2466 01:25:04,732 --> 01:25:05,900 -- I'M, I THINK I'M A LITTLE 2467 01:25:05,900 --> 01:25:08,970 BIT UNCLEAR OF WHAT THE QUESTION 2468 01:25:08,970 --> 01:25:11,639 IS. 2469 01:25:11,639 --> 01:25:11,906 -- YEAH. 2470 01:25:11,906 --> 01:25:14,109 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA TO BE 2471 01:25:14,109 --> 01:25:14,342 FRANK. 2472 01:25:14,342 --> 01:25:15,276 -- I'LL TAKE IT. IF YOU WANT TO 2473 01:25:15,276 --> 01:25:16,978 REFRAME THE QUESTION, THEN WE'LL 2474 01:25:16,978 --> 01:25:18,346 ASK THE COMMITTEE TABLE TO 2475 01:25:18,346 --> 01:25:19,080 ANSWER THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. 2476 01:25:19,080 --> 01:25:22,717 THANK YOU. 2477 01:25:22,717 --> 01:25:24,886 -- SO. SO SO REFRAME, I JUST 2478 01:25:24,886 --> 01:25:28,189 HEARD A CLARIFICATION. DIRECTOR 2479 01:25:28,189 --> 01:25:35,096 DIRECTOR KIM, ON MY ATTEMPT TO 2480 01:25:35,096 --> 01:25:37,332 TO SHARE OUT THE THE CURRENT OR 2481 01:25:37,332 --> 01:25:39,100 THE REVISED STRUCTURE OF UNIFIED 2482 01:25:39,100 --> 01:25:47,575 CARE TEAM. SO, SO WE'LL START 2483 01:25:47,575 --> 01:25:47,909 THERE AGAIN. 2484 01:25:47,909 --> 01:25:48,910 -- SORRY, I WAS A LITTLE BIT 2485 01:25:48,910 --> 01:25:50,445 UNCLEAR. I THINK THAT WHAT YOU 2486 01:25:50,445 --> 01:25:52,080 SEE HERE IS IN TERMS OF THE 2487 01:25:52,080 --> 01:25:54,949 UNIFIED CARE TEAM, I THINK I GOT 2488 01:25:54,949 --> 01:25:55,583 DISTRACTED BY WHICH SLIDE WAS ON 2489 01:25:55,583 --> 01:25:57,418 THE SCREEN. AND SO I WAS 2490 01:25:57,418 --> 01:25:59,320 MISSING. I WAS HAVING A MOMENT 2491 01:25:59,320 --> 01:26:01,089 OF DISCONNECT. I THINK YOU 2492 01:26:01,089 --> 01:26:03,091 YOU'RE YOU'RE DIGGING INTO THE 2493 01:26:03,091 --> 01:26:03,825 OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF 2494 01:26:03,825 --> 01:26:05,360 UNIFIED CARE TEAM, WHICH IS 2495 01:26:05,360 --> 01:26:06,761 REALLY AN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION. I 2496 01:26:06,761 --> 01:26:09,230 HEAR YOU ON WHAT YOU THINK, HOW 2497 01:26:09,230 --> 01:26:10,865 YOU THINK THIS SHOULD BE 2498 01:26:10,865 --> 01:26:13,268 OPERATED. WHAT I THINK IS THAT 2499 01:26:13,268 --> 01:26:14,569 THIS IS A REFLECTION, ONE OF 2500 01:26:14,569 --> 01:26:15,937 ONE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS 2501 01:26:15,937 --> 01:26:17,138 ENGAGED IN THIS WORK AND 2502 01:26:17,138 --> 01:26:19,541 CONTINUES TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP 2503 01:26:19,541 --> 01:26:21,476 AND TO. THIS IS REALLY 2504 01:26:21,476 --> 01:26:22,043 EMPOWERING THE DEPARTMENTS 2505 01:26:22,043 --> 01:26:23,511 BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS 2506 01:26:23,511 --> 01:26:27,115 THIS SHIFTING WITH IF, IF AND 2507 01:26:27,115 --> 01:26:27,782 WHEN THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATION 2508 01:26:27,782 --> 01:26:29,817 CHANGE IN A MAYORAL OFFICE, YOU 2509 01:26:29,817 --> 01:26:31,519 WANT TO HAVE CONTINUITY OF 2510 01:26:31,519 --> 01:26:32,086 SERVICE AND REALLY EMPOWER 2511 01:26:32,086 --> 01:26:32,854 DEPARTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO LEAD 2512 01:26:32,854 --> 01:26:35,456 AND WORK TOGETHER ON THIS WORK. 2513 01:26:35,456 --> 01:26:36,524 SO YOU'RE SEEING BOTH OF THOSE 2514 01:26:36,524 --> 01:26:38,259 THINGS. THERE CONTINUES TO BE 2515 01:26:38,259 --> 01:26:39,861 LEADERSHIP IN THE MAYOR'S 2516 01:26:39,861 --> 01:26:40,495 OFFICE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE 2517 01:26:40,495 --> 01:26:42,730 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND 2518 01:26:42,730 --> 01:26:45,433 OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND REALLY 2519 01:26:45,433 --> 01:26:47,001 EMPOWERING THE HUMAN SERVICES 2520 01:26:47,001 --> 01:26:47,969 DEPARTMENT TO LEAD ON THIS WORK 2521 01:26:47,969 --> 01:26:50,572 AND SUPPORTING THEM IN THAT 2522 01:26:50,572 --> 01:26:50,805 EFFORT. 2523 01:26:50,805 --> 01:26:51,873 -- DIRECTOR. 2524 01:26:51,873 --> 01:26:54,509 -- IF I MAY ADD, BEHIND THE 2525 01:26:54,509 --> 01:26:56,110 SCENES, THERE ARE INCREDIBLE 2526 01:26:56,110 --> 01:26:57,412 PEOPLE DOING THIS WORK LEADS 2527 01:26:57,412 --> 01:26:58,846 THROUGHOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT 2528 01:26:58,846 --> 01:27:00,648 DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY WORK VERY 2529 01:27:00,648 --> 01:27:02,383 WELL TOGETHER. SO, YOU KNOW, I 2530 01:27:02,383 --> 01:27:04,519 THINK PART OF THE WORK IS WE 2531 01:27:04,519 --> 01:27:06,087 OFTEN TALK ABOUT THIS IN 2532 01:27:06,087 --> 01:27:08,356 COMMUNITY, BUT AT THE CITY TO 2533 01:27:08,356 --> 01:27:09,424 THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE WORK 2534 01:27:09,424 --> 01:27:11,526 THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IS 2535 01:27:11,526 --> 01:27:13,194 CONTINUING. AND WE'RE VERY 2536 01:27:13,194 --> 01:27:13,728 FORTUNATE THAT THERE'S 2537 01:27:13,728 --> 01:27:16,831 CONTINUITY IN A LOT OF THAT 2538 01:27:16,831 --> 01:27:17,398 LEADERSHIP AND FOLKS ON THE 2539 01:27:17,398 --> 01:27:18,366 GROUND. AND SO THAT'S WHERE A 2540 01:27:18,366 --> 01:27:19,400 LOT OF THE WORK REALLY HAPPENS. 2541 01:27:19,400 --> 01:27:22,203 AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE TOO, 2542 01:27:22,203 --> 01:27:24,806 WHAT DIRECTOR SAID IS THE 2543 01:27:24,806 --> 01:27:26,040 MAYOR'S OFFICE IS NOT DIVORCED 2544 01:27:26,040 --> 01:27:28,710 FROM IT, BUT THEY ARE RESPECTING 2545 01:27:28,710 --> 01:27:30,044 THE DEPARTMENTS TO CARRY FORWARD 2546 01:27:30,044 --> 01:27:31,613 THE WORK. AND WHEN THERE ARE 2547 01:27:31,613 --> 01:27:34,282 FLAGS OR OTHER I MEAN, I MEET 2548 01:27:34,282 --> 01:27:36,017 WITH DIRECTOR ELLENBROOK WEEKLY. 2549 01:27:36,017 --> 01:27:37,085 SO CERTAINLY THIS IS A BIG 2550 01:27:37,085 --> 01:27:39,420 TOPIC. SO WE ARE ENGAGED CLOSELY 2551 01:27:39,420 --> 01:27:41,356 AND I DO FIND. AND PARTLY IT'S, 2552 01:27:41,356 --> 01:27:42,924 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LEVEL OF 2553 01:27:42,924 --> 01:27:43,524 CONTINUITY AT THE LEADERSHIP 2554 01:27:43,524 --> 01:27:44,459 LEVEL. THANK YOU FOR THE 2555 01:27:44,459 --> 01:27:47,428 COMPLIMENT THAT DIRECTORS ARE 2556 01:27:47,428 --> 01:27:48,896 ALSO LEANING IN AND WE'RE JUST 2557 01:27:48,896 --> 01:27:50,999 TRYING TO GET IT DONE. SO IF YOU 2558 01:27:50,999 --> 01:27:52,834 SEE ANY HICCUPS PLEASE GIVE ME 2559 01:27:52,834 --> 01:27:54,102 THE FEEDBACK AND WE WILL TAKE 2560 01:27:54,102 --> 01:27:55,169 CARE OF IT. 2561 01:27:55,169 --> 01:27:57,338 -- YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND 2562 01:27:57,338 --> 01:27:58,273 DIRECTOR PANUCCI, YOU'RE 2563 01:27:58,273 --> 01:28:00,575 ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THIS IS 100% 2564 01:28:00,575 --> 01:28:02,343 PURELY AN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION 2565 01:28:02,343 --> 01:28:05,279 WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE'S PURVIEW, 2566 01:28:05,279 --> 01:28:05,880 SUBJECT TO COUNCIL OVERSIGHT. 2567 01:28:05,880 --> 01:28:09,951 AND IN MY MIND. SO IF THAT'S THE 2568 01:28:09,951 --> 01:28:12,720 BEST WAY YOU THINK TO STRUCTURE 2569 01:28:12,720 --> 01:28:15,189 THIS CRITICAL BODY OF WORK RIGHT 2570 01:28:15,189 --> 01:28:16,991 NOW, I WOULD DEFER SUBSTANTIALLY 2571 01:28:16,991 --> 01:28:20,628 TO YOU. ALL THAT SAID, IT DOES 2572 01:28:20,628 --> 01:28:23,898 STRIKE ME AS BEING A A RADICAL 2573 01:28:23,898 --> 01:28:24,999 EXPERIMENTATION FOR THIS WORK, 2574 01:28:24,999 --> 01:28:26,634 GIVEN THE CHALLENGES THAT I 2575 01:28:26,634 --> 01:28:30,938 MENTIONED. AND SO THE, THE 2576 01:28:30,938 --> 01:28:32,607 SUCCESS OR FAILURE, AND I'M OPEN 2577 01:28:32,607 --> 01:28:33,675 TO TAKING DEEP SHOTS DOWN THE 2578 01:28:33,675 --> 01:28:35,643 FIELD, BUT THE SUCCESS OR 2579 01:28:35,643 --> 01:28:42,950 FAILURE OF THIS REALLY HINGES ON 2580 01:28:42,950 --> 01:28:43,584 COORDINATED EXECUTIVE DIRECTION 2581 01:28:43,584 --> 01:28:46,521 IN ALIGNMENT. AND SO WE'LL BE 2582 01:28:46,521 --> 01:28:48,189 CLOSELY MONITORING HOW, HOW 2583 01:28:48,189 --> 01:28:51,025 IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROPOSED 2584 01:28:51,025 --> 01:28:52,827 REVISION WORKS. BECAUSE TO YOUR 2585 01:28:52,827 --> 01:28:58,132 POINT, IT IS A IT IS AN 2586 01:28:58,132 --> 01:28:59,901 EXECUTIVE DECISION. SUBJECT TO 2587 01:28:59,901 --> 01:29:01,002 OUR OUR COUNCIL REVIEW AND 2588 01:29:01,002 --> 01:29:05,139 OVERSIGHT MY NEXT QUESTION 2589 01:29:05,139 --> 01:29:11,345 PERTAINS TO SOME OF THE 2590 01:29:11,345 --> 01:29:13,815 SHELTERING CAPACITY AND AND AND 2591 01:29:13,815 --> 01:29:16,784 LOCATIONS AND SITING. SO FIRST 2592 01:29:16,784 --> 01:29:20,888 OFF, I NOTE THAT THE PLANNED 2593 01:29:20,888 --> 01:29:23,624 OPENINGS. THERE ARE A FEW 2594 01:29:23,624 --> 01:29:25,393 PLANNED OPENINGS IN DISTRICT 2595 01:29:25,393 --> 01:29:27,228 ONE. FIRST OFF, THE CLOVER LEAF 2596 01:29:27,228 --> 01:29:29,864 VILLAGE AND THE GRASSY YARD 2597 01:29:29,864 --> 01:29:30,598 COMMONS BEFORE THE END OF THE 2598 01:29:30,598 --> 01:29:35,703 YEAR AND STRONGLY SUPPORT THE 2599 01:29:35,703 --> 01:29:39,273 GLASSY YARDS COMMONS IN 2600 01:29:39,273 --> 01:29:40,608 PARTICULAR, BECAUSE ME AND MY 2601 01:29:40,608 --> 01:29:43,978 OFFICE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY. NOW 2602 01:29:43,978 --> 01:29:46,047 OVER TWO ADMINISTRATIONS ABOUT A 2603 01:29:46,047 --> 01:29:47,181 YEAR AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO 2604 01:29:47,181 --> 01:29:48,649 YEARS ON THE GLASSY YARDS, 2605 01:29:48,649 --> 01:29:49,817 COMMON SITE ALONE, AND GETTING 2606 01:29:49,817 --> 01:29:51,953 THAT OPERATIONAL. SO REALLY 2607 01:29:51,953 --> 01:29:54,555 EXCITED TO, TO TO SEE TO SEE 2608 01:29:54,555 --> 01:29:57,225 THAT ONE COME INTO FRUITION 2609 01:29:57,225 --> 01:29:59,794 OFFICIALLY BY THE END OF THE 2610 01:29:59,794 --> 01:30:00,828 YEAR. BUT, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER, 2611 01:30:00,828 --> 01:30:05,366 THESE TWO ADD TO AN ALREADY 2612 01:30:05,366 --> 01:30:05,900 OVERREPRESENTED NUMBER OF 2613 01:30:05,900 --> 01:30:09,504 FACILITIES AND DISTRICT ONE AND 2614 01:30:09,504 --> 01:30:11,205 SO I WAS HOPING THAT THE 2615 01:30:11,205 --> 01:30:12,707 DEPARTMENT CAN TALK MORE ABOUT 2616 01:30:12,707 --> 01:30:15,643 THE PLANS FOR FUTURE SHELTERS 2617 01:30:15,643 --> 01:30:19,113 AND EXPANSION AND HOW MUCH OF 2618 01:30:19,113 --> 01:30:22,116 THAT IS BEING LOOKED AT FOR 2619 01:30:22,116 --> 01:30:26,521 OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2620 01:30:26,521 --> 01:30:27,155 PARTICULARLY DISTRICTS NORTH OF 2621 01:30:27,155 --> 01:30:28,956 THE SHIP CANAL, SO THAT THE 2622 01:30:28,956 --> 01:30:30,591 BURDEN OF SUPPORTING OUR 2623 01:30:30,591 --> 01:30:32,426 NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS IS SHARED 2624 01:30:32,426 --> 01:30:35,930 MORE EVENLY ACROSS THE CITY OF 2625 01:30:35,930 --> 01:30:36,197 SEATTLE. 2626 01:30:36,197 --> 01:30:36,931 -- ABSOLUTELY. I APPRECIATE THE 2627 01:30:36,931 --> 01:30:38,800 QUESTION, AND THANK YOU AS WELL 2628 01:30:38,800 --> 01:30:39,901 FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE GLASS 2629 01:30:39,901 --> 01:30:41,602 YARD COMMONS AS WELL. REALLY 2630 01:30:41,602 --> 01:30:42,870 LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPENING 2631 01:30:42,870 --> 01:30:44,605 UP AND THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE. 2632 01:30:44,605 --> 01:30:46,307 DEFINITELY. WE ARE STRIVING, I 2633 01:30:46,307 --> 01:30:48,309 THINK, TO FIND SITES THROUGHOUT 2634 01:30:48,309 --> 01:30:49,343 THE ENTIRE CITY. AS YOU KNOW, 2635 01:30:49,343 --> 01:30:53,247 NORTH SEATTLE AS WELL. THAT WORK 2636 01:30:53,247 --> 01:30:54,982 IS ONGOING AND UNFOLDING, AND WE 2637 01:30:54,982 --> 01:30:56,651 WILL HAVE A REAL STRONG FOCUS ON 2638 01:30:56,651 --> 01:30:58,219 MAKING SURE WE CAN PROVIDE THAT 2639 01:30:58,219 --> 01:30:59,687 KIND OF GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY AS 2640 01:30:59,687 --> 01:31:03,524 WELL. SO ALL COMMUNITIES IN 2641 01:31:03,524 --> 01:31:05,827 SEATTLE CAN TAP INTO THESE 2642 01:31:05,827 --> 01:31:07,261 SUPPORTS AS WELL. REALLY 2643 01:31:07,261 --> 01:31:09,964 CRITICAL. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN 2644 01:31:09,964 --> 01:31:11,299 THE PAST, WE WERE ABLE TO RELY 2645 01:31:11,299 --> 01:31:14,936 ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY THAT WAS 2646 01:31:14,936 --> 01:31:15,503 MUCH MORE AVAILABLE ABOUT A 2647 01:31:15,503 --> 01:31:16,838 DECADE AGO. IT IS A CHALLENGING 2648 01:31:16,838 --> 01:31:19,740 ENDEAVOR TO FIND SITES, IF 2649 01:31:19,740 --> 01:31:22,043 ANYONE KNOWS OF ANY SITES WE ARE 2650 01:31:22,043 --> 01:31:22,577 CONSTANTLY LOOKING, WOULD 2651 01:31:22,577 --> 01:31:24,412 APPRECIATE HEARING ABOUT THOSE 2652 01:31:24,412 --> 01:31:26,380 AVAILABLE TO TOUR THEM WHENEVER 2653 01:31:26,380 --> 01:31:28,583 AND BRING THEM INTO THE 2654 01:31:28,583 --> 01:31:29,984 CONSIDERATION YOU HAD MENTIONED. 2655 01:31:29,984 --> 01:31:32,320 IN TERMS OF JUST 2656 01:31:32,320 --> 01:31:33,588 CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION. 2657 01:31:33,588 --> 01:31:35,122 WE'RE DOING THAT AS WELL. ON 2658 01:31:35,122 --> 01:31:36,891 THE SHELTER WORK. WHEN WE HEAR 2659 01:31:36,891 --> 01:31:38,993 ABOUT SITES, WE BRING THEM IN TO 2660 01:31:38,993 --> 01:31:40,561 ASSESS IF THEY CAN BE VIABLE FOR 2661 01:31:40,561 --> 01:31:42,697 A TINY HOUSE, VILLAGE OR A 2662 01:31:42,697 --> 01:31:45,733 MASTER LEASE AS WELL. SO AGAIN, 2663 01:31:45,733 --> 01:31:46,367 WHILE THE BUDGET DELIBERATIONS 2664 01:31:46,367 --> 01:31:47,602 GOING ON, THAT'S WORK. WE, WE 2665 01:31:47,602 --> 01:31:49,437 REALLY WANT TO DIG INTO TO, TO 2666 01:31:49,437 --> 01:31:52,039 SET THE TABLE UP NEXT YEAR. 2667 01:31:52,039 --> 01:31:55,076 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. NO 2668 01:31:55,076 --> 01:31:56,878 FURTHER QUESTIONS, CHAIR. 2669 01:31:56,878 --> 01:31:58,946 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2670 01:31:58,946 --> 01:32:00,581 SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND 2671 01:32:00,581 --> 01:32:01,215 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, IS THAT A 2672 01:32:01,215 --> 01:32:02,583 NEW HAND? I'LL HAVE YOU GO LAST 2673 01:32:02,583 --> 01:32:04,252 AFTER EVERYONE SPOKEN ONCE. 2674 01:32:04,252 --> 01:32:06,454 THANK YOU. 2675 01:32:06,454 --> 01:32:08,289 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU TO 2676 01:32:08,289 --> 01:32:11,626 OUR PRESENTERS AND THANK YOU TO 2677 01:32:11,626 --> 01:32:12,860 THE COLLEAGUES. AND AND JUST 2678 01:32:12,860 --> 01:32:16,797 SORT OF FOLLOWING UP ON 2679 01:32:16,797 --> 01:32:17,665 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA LATEST POINT. 2680 01:32:17,665 --> 01:32:19,300 I DO THINK PART OF THE 2681 01:32:19,300 --> 01:32:21,936 DIFFICULTY WE FACE AS A CITY IS 2682 01:32:21,936 --> 01:32:24,772 THAT OUR CRISES CAN 2683 01:32:24,772 --> 01:32:27,008 DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT 2684 01:32:27,008 --> 01:32:29,877 CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS, CERTAIN 2685 01:32:29,877 --> 01:32:30,945 COMMUNITIES MORE SO THAN OTHERS. 2686 01:32:30,945 --> 01:32:37,718 AND IT IT BECOMES VERY ACUTE 2687 01:32:37,718 --> 01:32:38,352 AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WE WE KNOW 2688 01:32:38,352 --> 01:32:40,121 THIS, BUT I'LL JUST REPEAT, YOU 2689 01:32:40,121 --> 01:32:42,123 KNOW, AT LEAST IN SOUTH SEATTLE, 2690 01:32:42,123 --> 01:32:43,291 OBVIOUSLY LITTLE SAIGON, NORTH 2691 01:32:43,291 --> 01:32:44,358 BEACON, THERE'S THE SITE WHERE 2692 01:32:44,358 --> 01:32:45,927 WE JUST HAD IN RAINIER BEACH 2693 01:32:45,927 --> 01:32:49,530 AREA OFF OF A BEACON WHERE THERE 2694 01:32:49,530 --> 01:32:53,434 WAS A SHOOTING LAST WEEK. NORTH 2695 01:32:53,434 --> 01:32:55,937 RAINIER WHAT JUST IN TERMS OF 2696 01:32:55,937 --> 01:32:59,106 AND SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS, IT'S 2697 01:32:59,106 --> 01:33:00,041 NOT ONLY THE SHELTER KIND OF 2698 01:33:00,041 --> 01:33:02,410 SHELTER, OTHER FACILITIES THERE, 2699 01:33:02,410 --> 01:33:03,044 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. I 2700 01:33:03,044 --> 01:33:04,745 THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK 2701 01:33:04,745 --> 01:33:05,346 COMPREHENSIVELY WHEN WE TALK 2702 01:33:05,346 --> 01:33:08,115 ABOUT SORT OF OVER CERTAIN 2703 01:33:08,115 --> 01:33:10,318 CONCENTRATIONS AND OVERBURDENED 2704 01:33:10,318 --> 01:33:11,986 COMMUNITIES. BUT JUST IN TERMS 2705 01:33:11,986 --> 01:33:15,856 OF THE UCT WORK, CAN YOU SPEAK A 2706 01:33:15,856 --> 01:33:17,058 LITTLE BIT? AND, YOU KNOW, ON 2707 01:33:17,058 --> 01:33:18,759 THAT THERE IS THAT OPERATIONAL 2708 01:33:18,759 --> 01:33:19,961 SIDE. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S 2709 01:33:19,961 --> 01:33:22,964 ANY SORT OF BUDGET COMPONENT TO 2710 01:33:22,964 --> 01:33:24,332 THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER 2711 01:33:24,332 --> 01:33:27,835 IT'S SORT OF EQUAL BY DISTRICT 2712 01:33:27,835 --> 01:33:30,037 IN TERMS OF UCT OR WITHIN A 2713 01:33:30,037 --> 01:33:31,472 DISTRICT, IS THERE A DIFFERENT 2714 01:33:31,472 --> 01:33:34,375 WAY THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE 2715 01:33:34,375 --> 01:33:36,844 ADDRESSING ALL THESE DIFFERENT 2716 01:33:36,844 --> 01:33:38,679 HOTSPOTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 2717 01:33:38,679 --> 01:33:40,815 MOST IMPACTED COMMUNITIES ARE, 2718 01:33:40,815 --> 01:33:42,416 ARE GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT 2719 01:33:42,416 --> 01:33:44,051 THEY NEED? IS THERE A BETTER WAY 2720 01:33:44,051 --> 01:33:46,287 TO TO STRUCTURE IT SORT OF AT A 2721 01:33:46,287 --> 01:33:48,055 CITY LEVEL, OR SHOULD WE 2722 01:33:48,055 --> 01:33:48,789 CONTINUE TO KIND OF STRUCTURE IT 2723 01:33:48,789 --> 01:33:51,993 THE WAY WE HAVE? 2724 01:33:51,993 --> 01:33:52,994 -- YEAH, THANKS FOR THE 2725 01:33:52,994 --> 01:33:54,895 QUESTION. WE DO HAVE DISTRICT 2726 01:33:54,895 --> 01:33:56,631 TEAMS THAT WE'VE SET UP THROUGH 2727 01:33:56,631 --> 01:33:58,132 THE UCT THAT TRY TO SPREAD IT 2728 01:33:58,132 --> 01:33:59,667 OUT EQUALLY ACROSS THE CITY. AND 2729 01:33:59,667 --> 01:34:02,670 I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR HSD IN 2730 01:34:02,670 --> 01:34:03,504 PARTICULAR, JUST WE HAVE THE 2731 01:34:03,504 --> 01:34:04,972 MOST EXPERIENCE WITH THAT GOING 2732 01:34:04,972 --> 01:34:06,774 BACK YEARS. THE OUTREACH 2733 01:34:06,774 --> 01:34:08,609 COMPONENT, OBVIOUSLY HAVING 2734 01:34:08,609 --> 01:34:10,478 REGIONAL COORDINATORS THAT ARE 2735 01:34:10,478 --> 01:34:12,146 SET UP TO GUIDE EFFORTS WITHIN 2736 01:34:12,146 --> 01:34:13,547 EACH DISTRICT, AND THEN OUR 2737 01:34:13,547 --> 01:34:14,415 OUTREACH COUNSELORS TO SIT WITH 2738 01:34:14,415 --> 01:34:17,518 THAT IN THAT AS WELL. DEFINITELY 2739 01:34:17,518 --> 01:34:21,022 POINT HEARD ON JUST AREAS THAT 2740 01:34:21,022 --> 01:34:22,256 MAYBE NEED MORE FOCUSED WORK ON 2741 01:34:22,256 --> 01:34:24,658 THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, THE SHELTER 2742 01:34:24,658 --> 01:34:26,627 PLAN THAT PUT OUT TO CALL THAT 2743 01:34:26,627 --> 01:34:27,795 BACK AGAIN IS LOOKING AT WHAT 2744 01:34:27,795 --> 01:34:30,331 CAN WE LEARN FROM EFFORTS LIKE 2745 01:34:30,331 --> 01:34:31,899 THE PIONEER SQUARE WORK THAT THE 2746 01:34:31,899 --> 01:34:34,201 STREETS TO HOUSING WORK THAT 2747 01:34:34,201 --> 01:34:37,638 DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION PDA 2748 01:34:37,638 --> 01:34:39,106 ETHETS REACH WERE ENGAGED IN. 2749 01:34:39,106 --> 01:34:42,176 WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THAT? 2750 01:34:42,176 --> 01:34:43,611 SIMILARLY, THAT GROUP AND THE 2751 01:34:43,611 --> 01:34:45,746 UCT SUPPORTED SOME EFFORTS IN 2752 01:34:45,746 --> 01:34:47,281 BALLARD RECENTLY AS WELL. SO 2753 01:34:47,281 --> 01:34:50,117 WHEN WE KNOW OF AREAS THAT MIGHT 2754 01:34:50,117 --> 01:34:51,619 NEED KIND OF EMPHASIS OR 2755 01:34:51,619 --> 01:34:52,620 INCREASED SUPPORT, WHAT CAN WE 2756 01:34:52,620 --> 01:34:53,387 HOW CAN WE BRING THAT IN? I 2757 01:34:53,387 --> 01:34:54,922 THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE SOME 2758 01:34:54,922 --> 01:34:56,023 LEARNINGS WE TAKE OVER THE NEXT 2759 01:34:56,023 --> 01:34:58,225 COUPLE OF MONTHS. 2760 01:34:58,225 --> 01:35:01,529 -- OKAY. THANK YOU JUST FROM A 2761 01:35:01,529 --> 01:35:03,831 BIG PICTURE PERSPECTIVE, FIRST 2762 01:35:03,831 --> 01:35:06,534 OF ALL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BEEN 2763 01:35:06,534 --> 01:35:08,502 SUCH A HARD EXERCISE AND I KNOW 2764 01:35:08,502 --> 01:35:11,839 SO MUCH WORK WENT INTO THIS SORT 2765 01:35:11,839 --> 01:35:14,341 OF BUDGET OVERALL AND TO THE 2766 01:35:14,341 --> 01:35:15,276 SORT OF BIG PICTURE POINT OF 2767 01:35:15,276 --> 01:35:17,511 LIKE, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE NEED 2768 01:35:17,511 --> 01:35:19,180 THAN WE HAVE THAN WE CAN MEET 2769 01:35:19,180 --> 01:35:20,448 WITHIN THIS BUDGET FRAMEWORK. 2770 01:35:20,448 --> 01:35:21,882 AND, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD ABOUT 2771 01:35:21,882 --> 01:35:23,150 DIFFICULT THINGS FROM, YOU KNOW, 2772 01:35:23,150 --> 01:35:25,686 FIRE DEPARTMENT OVERTIME. AND, 2773 01:35:25,686 --> 01:35:27,354 YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF POLICE 2774 01:35:27,354 --> 01:35:31,325 OFFICERS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT 2775 01:35:31,325 --> 01:35:32,793 NEEDS. BUT CAN YOU SPEAK A 2776 01:35:32,793 --> 01:35:34,795 LITTLE BIT ABOUT SORT OF THE 2777 01:35:34,795 --> 01:35:35,463 HARD DECISIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD 2778 01:35:35,463 --> 01:35:38,199 TO MAKE, MAKE IN TERMS OF LIKE, 2779 01:35:38,199 --> 01:35:41,602 IF THERE WAS ADDITIONAL FUNDING 2780 01:35:41,602 --> 01:35:43,070 FOR HSD AND JUST A FEW OF THE 2781 01:35:43,070 --> 01:35:46,474 THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT. YOU 2782 01:35:46,474 --> 01:35:48,008 KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO A 2783 01:35:48,008 --> 01:35:50,277 FIREFIGHTER THIS MORNING AND 2784 01:35:50,277 --> 01:35:52,146 TALKING ABOUT LIKE, WE NEED 2785 01:35:52,146 --> 01:35:54,081 PLACES FOR, TO TAKE PEOPLE LIKE 2786 01:35:54,081 --> 01:35:55,983 LANDING SPOTS FOR PEOPLE IN 2787 01:35:55,983 --> 01:35:59,320 CRISIS AND JUST NOT A NOT, NOT 2788 01:35:59,320 --> 01:35:59,954 ENOUGH OF THOSE LANDING SPOTS. 2789 01:35:59,954 --> 01:36:02,823 AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE SHELTER 2790 01:36:02,823 --> 01:36:03,390 EXPANSION IS OBVIOUSLY ONE 2791 01:36:03,390 --> 01:36:06,460 COMPONENT OF THAT. PLACES LIKE 2792 01:36:06,460 --> 01:36:08,762 ORCA CENTER OR OTHER PLACES, I 2793 01:36:08,762 --> 01:36:10,798 THINK ABOUT SORT OF THE PAY 2794 01:36:10,798 --> 01:36:13,367 EQUITY, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING 2795 01:36:13,367 --> 01:36:16,170 LACK OF PAY EQUITY, GIVEN THE 2796 01:36:16,170 --> 01:36:18,873 ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE DEMOGRAPHIC 2797 01:36:18,873 --> 01:36:21,775 OF HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS BEING 2798 01:36:21,775 --> 01:36:23,677 DISPROPORTIONATELY WOMEN AND 2799 01:36:23,677 --> 01:36:24,178 OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE 2800 01:36:24,178 --> 01:36:25,312 DEMOGRAPHICS OF HUMAN SERVICE 2801 01:36:25,312 --> 01:36:27,381 WORKERS, I DON'T THINK THERE'S 2802 01:36:27,381 --> 01:36:28,983 ANYTHING IN HERE THAT REALLY I 2803 01:36:28,983 --> 01:36:31,252 KNOW THAT THERE'S INFLATIONARY 2804 01:36:31,252 --> 01:36:32,553 INCREASES, BUT I DON'T THINK 2805 01:36:32,553 --> 01:36:33,988 THERE'S A STRONG COMPONENT ON 2806 01:36:33,988 --> 01:36:37,758 THE PAY EQUITY ANY OTHER I 2807 01:36:37,758 --> 01:36:39,293 THINK, YOU KNOW, HEARD ABOUT THE 2808 01:36:39,293 --> 01:36:40,895 CONTINUUM OF CARE, CONCERN, 2809 01:36:40,895 --> 01:36:42,763 CONTINUUM OF CARE DOLLARS. I'VE 2810 01:36:42,763 --> 01:36:45,833 BEEN HEARING FROM NONPROFITS 2811 01:36:45,833 --> 01:36:48,769 ABOUT THE INCREASED NEED TO HELP 2812 01:36:48,769 --> 01:36:50,538 PEOPLE APPLY FOR BENEFITS, GIVEN 2813 01:36:50,538 --> 01:36:52,273 THE NEW AND MAINTAINED BENEFITS, 2814 01:36:52,273 --> 01:36:54,608 GIVEN THE NEW WORK REQUIREMENTS, 2815 01:36:54,608 --> 01:36:56,043 JUST I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A 2816 01:36:56,043 --> 01:36:59,246 LOT THERE AND CERTAINLY HAPPY TO 2817 01:36:59,246 --> 01:37:00,347 DO IT THROUGH SHAREPOINT OR HAVE 2818 01:37:00,347 --> 01:37:02,883 A WRITTEN RESPONSE. BUT I ALSO 2819 01:37:02,883 --> 01:37:04,518 JUST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE, WE HAVE 2820 01:37:04,518 --> 01:37:05,986 HARD CHOICES TO MAKE. I ALSO 2821 01:37:05,986 --> 01:37:06,620 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE 2822 01:37:06,620 --> 01:37:09,456 PUBLIC TO KNOW SORT OF WHAT WHAT 2823 01:37:09,456 --> 01:37:11,058 IS MISSING IN, YOU KNOW, THE 2824 01:37:11,058 --> 01:37:13,027 HARD CHOICES YOU'VE HAD TO MAKE. 2825 01:37:13,027 --> 01:37:16,697 SO JUST ANY SORT OF INITIAL 2826 01:37:16,697 --> 01:37:20,935 RESPONSE. 2827 01:37:20,935 --> 01:37:21,402 -- THAT WAS THAT WAS 2828 01:37:21,402 --> 01:37:21,735 -- [LAUGHTER] 2829 01:37:21,735 --> 01:37:24,939 -- ROBUST. THANK YOU. 2830 01:37:24,939 --> 01:37:26,540 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I THINK THAT 2831 01:37:26,540 --> 01:37:27,775 THERE WELL, ONE, THERE'S ALWAYS 2832 01:37:27,775 --> 01:37:29,877 GOING TO BE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. 2833 01:37:29,877 --> 01:37:31,445 SO YOU SEE, T IN ITSELF IS, YOU 2834 01:37:31,445 --> 01:37:33,480 KNOW, RELATIVELY NEW. AND I 2835 01:37:33,480 --> 01:37:36,116 WON'T GO TO THE HISTORY OF WHAT 2836 01:37:36,116 --> 01:37:37,251 I REMEMBER WITH NAV TEAM AND 2837 01:37:37,251 --> 01:37:39,053 HOPE. AND HERE WE ARE WITH UKTI 2838 01:37:39,053 --> 01:37:41,155 AND SOME ITERATIONS OF THAT. AND 2839 01:37:41,155 --> 01:37:42,723 THEN ALSO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH 2840 01:37:42,723 --> 01:37:43,891 THE CONTRACTS COMING BACK AND 2841 01:37:43,891 --> 01:37:45,626 THEN THE SHELTER ACCELERATION 2842 01:37:45,626 --> 01:37:47,461 AND WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, SO THERE 2843 01:37:47,461 --> 01:37:49,530 IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE GOING 2844 01:37:49,530 --> 01:37:54,902 BACK TO WHAT WE CAN CONTROL OF 2845 01:37:54,902 --> 01:37:55,936 HAVING THE SYSTEM WORK FOR THE 2846 01:37:55,936 --> 01:37:58,239 PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. AND 2847 01:37:58,239 --> 01:38:02,910 I THINK THAT DOES INVOLVE ALL OF 2848 01:38:02,910 --> 01:38:04,245 US, INCLUDING, DARE I SAY, THE 2849 01:38:04,245 --> 01:38:07,848 SAME WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. AND I 2850 01:38:07,848 --> 01:38:09,016 KNOW THAT THOSE COMPLICATED 2851 01:38:09,016 --> 01:38:10,684 ISSUES THAT YOU SPEAK TO 2852 01:38:10,684 --> 01:38:11,785 COUNCILMEMBER LIN A LOT OF TIMES 2853 01:38:11,785 --> 01:38:14,421 THAT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE OUR 2854 01:38:14,421 --> 01:38:15,890 OUTREACH OR SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT 2855 01:38:15,890 --> 01:38:18,759 THERE IS AN INTERSECTIONALITY 2856 01:38:18,759 --> 01:38:20,160 WITH THE CRIMINAL BEHAVIORS THAT 2857 01:38:20,160 --> 01:38:23,898 ARE HAPPENING. AND, AND I'LL 2858 01:38:23,898 --> 01:38:26,600 UNDERSCORE AGAIN THAT A LOT OF 2859 01:38:26,600 --> 01:38:29,236 THAT ACTIVITY, MAY OR MAY NOT 2860 01:38:29,236 --> 01:38:33,540 EVEN INVOLVE OUR BEING BEING 2861 01:38:33,540 --> 01:38:35,309 PERPETRATED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE 2862 01:38:35,309 --> 01:38:37,077 UNSHELTERED, THAT IT IS A RIPE 2863 01:38:37,077 --> 01:38:39,113 OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE 2864 01:38:39,113 --> 01:38:41,749 ADVANTAGE OF POVERTY AND SO I 2865 01:38:41,749 --> 01:38:47,921 THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 2866 01:38:47,921 --> 01:38:48,856 A LOT OF DISCUSSION. WE'RE 2867 01:38:48,856 --> 01:38:49,957 REACTING TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT 2868 01:38:49,957 --> 01:38:50,958 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL, AS 2869 01:38:50,958 --> 01:38:54,561 YOU SAY. BUT WE WE CAN BE MORE 2870 01:38:54,561 --> 01:38:55,162 STRATEGIC INTERNALLY WITH THE 2871 01:38:55,162 --> 01:38:57,564 RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. AND 2872 01:38:57,564 --> 01:38:59,300 SURE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A 2873 01:38:59,300 --> 01:39:04,705 WISH LIST OF EXPANDED RESOURCES, 2874 01:39:04,705 --> 01:39:05,306 CERTAINLY THERE'S PROBABLY 2875 01:39:05,306 --> 01:39:09,043 BOUNTIFUL IDEAS. BUT I THINK 2876 01:39:09,043 --> 01:39:10,577 OFFERING SOME STABILITY, DOING 2877 01:39:10,577 --> 01:39:12,246 SOME BETTER THINKING AROUND HOW 2878 01:39:12,246 --> 01:39:14,682 WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT CRIMINAL 2879 01:39:14,682 --> 01:39:16,150 ACTIVITY ALONG WITH OUR 2880 01:39:16,150 --> 01:39:18,552 UNSHELTERED FOLKS AND HAVING THE 2881 01:39:18,552 --> 01:39:21,422 APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY SHELTER 2882 01:39:21,422 --> 01:39:22,222 WORK WITH, WITH THE I KNOW 2883 01:39:22,222 --> 01:39:22,923 THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO SAY 2884 01:39:22,923 --> 01:39:24,158 THIS, BUT WITH THE RIGHT 2885 01:39:24,158 --> 01:39:25,159 SERVICES, HAVING THEM SERVICE 2886 01:39:25,159 --> 01:39:26,727 RICH IS GOING TO BE REALLY 2887 01:39:26,727 --> 01:39:28,862 IMPORTANT. THE ONE THING WE 2888 01:39:28,862 --> 01:39:29,930 DIDN'T TALK ABOUT EXTENSIVELY, 2889 01:39:29,930 --> 01:39:31,532 BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT OUR 2890 01:39:31,532 --> 01:39:33,100 SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CHANGES. BUT 2891 01:39:33,100 --> 01:39:36,537 AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'VE NOT 2892 01:39:36,537 --> 01:39:38,739 THROUGH KCRA, DONE A NOFA FOR 2893 01:39:38,739 --> 01:39:40,307 THEIR OWN INVESTMENTS. AND SO 2894 01:39:40,307 --> 01:39:42,609 THOSE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN 2895 01:39:42,609 --> 01:39:44,778 WITH KCRA, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME 2896 01:39:44,778 --> 01:39:46,046 TWEAKS WITH DIFFERENT PROVIDERS, 2897 01:39:46,046 --> 01:39:48,749 BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT SYSTEM 2898 01:39:48,749 --> 01:39:50,017 HASN'T CHANGED VERY MUCH. AND 2899 01:39:50,017 --> 01:39:52,286 SO I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER 2900 01:39:52,286 --> 01:39:55,189 OPPORTUNITY THERE TO, TO MAKE 2901 01:39:55,189 --> 01:39:55,889 IMPROVEMENTS. BUT YOU'VE YOU'VE 2902 01:39:55,889 --> 01:39:56,657 NOTED QUITE A BIT. IF I DIDN'T 2903 01:39:56,657 --> 01:39:59,793 RESPOND, PLEASE DO FEEL FREE TO 2904 01:39:59,793 --> 01:40:00,327 SUBMIT A QUESTION THROUGH 2905 01:40:00,327 --> 01:40:02,997 SHAREPOINT 2906 01:40:02,997 --> 01:40:04,665 -- THANK. THANK YOU. AND I'LL 2907 01:40:04,665 --> 01:40:09,837 JUST HAVE ONE MORE. BUT WHICH IS 2908 01:40:09,837 --> 01:40:10,604 JUST I'VE ASKED. CARE 2909 01:40:10,604 --> 01:40:11,438 DEPARTMENT, I KNOW THAT THERE'S 2910 01:40:11,438 --> 01:40:16,143 A LOT OF WORK ON TRYING TO HELP 2911 01:40:16,143 --> 01:40:18,145 PEOPLE AS THEY ARE EXITING JAIL 2912 01:40:18,145 --> 01:40:20,447 OR EXITING HARBORVIEW, WHO OFTEN 2913 01:40:20,447 --> 01:40:21,915 JUST RETURN TO, TO OUR STREETS. 2914 01:40:21,915 --> 01:40:24,218 AND I KNOW CHIEF BARDEN IS 2915 01:40:24,218 --> 01:40:25,953 WORKING ON THAT. I KNOW THE 2916 01:40:25,953 --> 01:40:28,355 COUNTY IS WORKING ON SORT OF THE 2917 01:40:28,355 --> 01:40:29,556 BREAKING THE CYCLE, AND I KNOW 2918 01:40:29,556 --> 01:40:31,959 THAT THIS IS NOTHING NEW. LONG 2919 01:40:31,959 --> 01:40:33,560 TIME WORK, BUT JUST WONDERING IF 2920 01:40:33,560 --> 01:40:36,864 YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS THERE ON 2921 01:40:36,864 --> 01:40:40,434 INVESTMENTS IN THAT IN THAT WORK 2922 01:40:40,434 --> 01:40:42,603 -- YEAH, I THINK I'LL JUMP IN 2923 01:40:42,603 --> 01:40:44,471 HERE JUST ON THE HARBORVIEW 2924 01:40:44,471 --> 01:40:45,038 RESPITE PROGRAM. THERE'S 2925 01:40:45,038 --> 01:40:45,706 OBVIOUSLY AN ARTICLE, I THINK A 2926 01:40:45,706 --> 01:40:46,907 COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK TALKING 2927 01:40:46,907 --> 01:40:48,909 ABOUT THE NEED FOR SHELTER FOR 2928 01:40:48,909 --> 01:40:51,645 FOLKS EXITING THAT PROGRAM. AND 2929 01:40:51,645 --> 01:40:52,946 I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO 2930 01:40:52,946 --> 01:40:54,148 TALK WITH THAT PROGRAM A COUPLE 2931 01:40:54,148 --> 01:40:56,750 TIMES THIS YEAR. THEY ATTENDED A 2932 01:40:56,750 --> 01:40:58,085 SHELTER SUMMIT THAT WE HELD 2933 01:40:58,085 --> 01:41:00,320 EARLIER THIS YEAR AS WELL. AND I 2934 01:41:00,320 --> 01:41:02,289 THINK JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE 2935 01:41:02,289 --> 01:41:02,856 WHAT DIRECTOR KIM SHARED, I 2936 01:41:02,856 --> 01:41:04,992 THINK THERE WILL BE SOME GOOD 2937 01:41:04,992 --> 01:41:05,626 OPPORTUNITY COMING UP. I THINK 2938 01:41:05,626 --> 01:41:07,361 WE HEARD EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH 2939 01:41:07,361 --> 01:41:10,764 SHELTER PROVIDERS, A DESIRE TO 2940 01:41:10,764 --> 01:41:11,231 KIND OF REINVIGORATE 2941 01:41:11,231 --> 01:41:12,633 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT COORDINATION 2942 01:41:12,633 --> 01:41:14,401 THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOST OVER 2943 01:41:14,401 --> 01:41:15,936 THE YEARS. AND I THINK THAT 2944 01:41:15,936 --> 01:41:17,671 PAIRED WITH THE RETURN OF 2945 01:41:17,671 --> 01:41:19,239 CONTRACTS AND THE JOINT WORK 2946 01:41:19,239 --> 01:41:21,008 WITH THE COUNTY ON THE THE NOFO 2947 01:41:21,008 --> 01:41:22,810 AS WELL COULD PROVIDE SOME WAYS 2948 01:41:22,810 --> 01:41:23,877 TO REALLY KIND OF OPEN UP WHAT 2949 01:41:23,877 --> 01:41:25,846 WE HAVE ALREADY AND SEE HOW WE 2950 01:41:25,846 --> 01:41:28,348 CAN EXPAND SOME IMPACT. SO 2951 01:41:28,348 --> 01:41:30,250 THAT'S, THAT'S THE HOPE I'LL 2952 01:41:30,250 --> 01:41:31,285 BE BRINGING INTO THE NEXT COUPLE 2953 01:41:31,285 --> 01:41:32,920 OF MONTHS AND NEXT YEAR AS WELL. 2954 01:41:32,920 --> 01:41:34,588 -- YEAH. AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO 2955 01:41:34,588 --> 01:41:35,722 WORK WITH CARE AND OTHER 2956 01:41:35,722 --> 01:41:36,857 DEPARTMENTS. AND SO THAT REENTRY 2957 01:41:36,857 --> 01:41:40,794 IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. 2958 01:41:40,794 --> 01:41:44,064 AND I BELIEVE IT WAS CONGRESSMAN 2959 01:41:44,064 --> 01:41:45,766 SMITH WHO PROVIDED SOME DOLLARS 2960 01:41:45,766 --> 01:41:47,134 TO CARE TO HAVE THAT WELD 2961 01:41:47,134 --> 01:41:48,135 CONTRACT. AND REALLY, THAT'S A 2962 01:41:48,135 --> 01:41:49,937 GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW 2963 01:41:49,937 --> 01:41:51,805 THAT'S WORKING. AND IS THERE 2964 01:41:51,805 --> 01:41:53,707 SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO TO 2965 01:41:53,707 --> 01:41:56,944 SUPPORT THE EFFORT, AND HOW DO 2966 01:41:56,944 --> 01:41:58,779 WE JUST COLLABORATE? 2967 01:41:58,779 --> 01:41:59,046 -- OKAY. 2968 01:41:59,046 --> 01:42:00,113 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2969 01:42:00,113 --> 01:42:02,683 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2970 01:42:02,683 --> 01:42:06,386 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU'RE UP 2971 01:42:06,386 --> 01:42:06,587 NEXT. 2972 01:42:06,587 --> 01:42:09,456 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 2973 01:42:09,456 --> 01:42:10,491 THANK YOU ALWAYS. DIRECTOR KIM, 2974 01:42:10,491 --> 01:42:12,025 I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR 2975 01:42:12,025 --> 01:42:12,960 LEADERSHIP AND GOOD TO SEE YOU 2976 01:42:12,960 --> 01:42:15,863 BACK HERE. DIRECTOR PANUCCI. SO 2977 01:42:15,863 --> 01:42:18,699 I WANT TO JUST START WITH GOING 2978 01:42:18,699 --> 01:42:20,000 TO KCRA AND THE OPERATIONAL 2979 01:42:20,000 --> 01:42:20,868 DOLLARS. I JUST WANT TO CHECK 2980 01:42:20,868 --> 01:42:22,703 FOR UNDERSTANDING HERE BECAUSE I 2981 01:42:22,703 --> 01:42:24,404 THOUGHT I HEARD TWO DIFFERENT 2982 01:42:24,404 --> 01:42:26,039 THINGS DURING THE PRESENTATION. 2983 01:42:26,039 --> 01:42:28,175 BUT WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE TRUE IS 2984 01:42:28,175 --> 01:42:29,543 THAT AS WE MIGRATE SOME OF THE 2985 01:42:29,543 --> 01:42:31,612 CONTRACTS BACK HERE TO THE CITY 2986 01:42:31,612 --> 01:42:33,514 AND HSD AND SOME OF THE 2987 01:42:33,514 --> 01:42:38,852 CONTRACTS REMAIN AT KCRA, WE ARE 2988 01:42:38,852 --> 01:42:41,922 IN OUR INVESTMENT IN KCRA, 2989 01:42:41,922 --> 01:42:42,456 INCLUDING THE OPERATIONAL 2990 01:42:42,456 --> 01:42:43,524 DOLLARS IN THE RESOURCES THAT 2991 01:42:43,524 --> 01:42:46,026 ARE STILL FLOWING THROUGH KCRA, 2992 01:42:46,026 --> 01:42:47,594 BUT THOSE RESOURCES ARE SORT OF 2993 01:42:47,594 --> 01:42:50,497 EMBEDDED WITHIN THE OVERALL 2994 01:42:50,497 --> 01:42:51,265 CONTRACT AMOUNT. IS THAT THE 2995 01:42:51,265 --> 01:42:54,368 CORRECT WAY OF STATING THAT. 2996 01:42:54,368 --> 01:42:55,602 -- I'M NOT A TECHNOCRAT? SO LET 2997 01:42:55,602 --> 01:42:57,871 ME GIVE IT A TRY TO SEE IF IT 2998 01:42:57,871 --> 01:42:59,072 THIS THIS MAKES SENSE IN A 2999 01:42:59,072 --> 01:43:04,578 DIFFERENT WAY. SO IN THE FUTURE 3000 01:43:04,578 --> 01:43:06,547 STATE OF KCRA, WE WILL EXPECT 3001 01:43:06,547 --> 01:43:08,982 THEY ARE. BECAUSE WE NEED THEM 3002 01:43:08,982 --> 01:43:11,718 TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE COC 3003 01:43:11,718 --> 01:43:14,788 CONTRACTS THAT ADMINISTRATIVE 3004 01:43:14,788 --> 01:43:16,990 FUNCTION. MOST COCS IT'S TIED TO 3005 01:43:16,990 --> 01:43:21,228 THE COC FUND, AND SO WE WOULD 3006 01:43:21,228 --> 01:43:22,429 EXPECT THAT TO BE WHOLE WHERE 3007 01:43:22,429 --> 01:43:23,030 THERE ARE COC DOLLARS, THEY 3008 01:43:23,030 --> 01:43:26,500 ALLOW FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND 3009 01:43:26,500 --> 01:43:28,135 INDIRECT COSTS TO BE ALLOCATED 3010 01:43:28,135 --> 01:43:29,736 TO THE OPERATIONS OF DOING ALL 3011 01:43:29,736 --> 01:43:32,206 THE THINGS TO SUPPORT THOSE COC 3012 01:43:32,206 --> 01:43:34,675 CONTRACTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, 3013 01:43:34,675 --> 01:43:36,510 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OTHER 3014 01:43:36,510 --> 01:43:37,978 IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS THAT WE FIND 3015 01:43:37,978 --> 01:43:40,614 REALLY HELPFUL FOR REGIONAL 3016 01:43:40,614 --> 01:43:43,116 EFFORTS AROUND SEVERE WEATHER, 3017 01:43:43,116 --> 01:43:44,184 AS WELL AS WITH OMBUDS, WE KNOW 3018 01:43:44,184 --> 01:43:48,021 THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT 3019 01:43:48,021 --> 01:43:51,491 IS GOING TO NEED TO BE 3020 01:43:51,491 --> 01:43:53,594 NEGOTIATED IN TERMS OF 3021 01:43:53,594 --> 01:43:55,362 UNDERSTANDING WHAT TURNING POINT 3022 01:43:55,362 --> 01:43:57,864 STRATEGIC ADVISORS, THEIR 3023 01:43:57,864 --> 01:43:58,465 ASSIGNMENT OF BUILDING OUT A 3024 01:43:58,465 --> 01:43:59,967 2027 BUDGET IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 3025 01:43:59,967 --> 01:44:02,869 KCRA. WHAT IS THAT BUDGET LOOK 3026 01:44:02,869 --> 01:44:05,205 LIKE? AND THEN WHAT IS THE SHARE 3027 01:44:05,205 --> 01:44:06,740 BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY 3028 01:44:06,740 --> 01:44:08,342 IN ORDER TO OPERATIONALIZE 3029 01:44:08,342 --> 01:44:10,077 THOSE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD 3030 01:44:10,077 --> 01:44:13,347 BENEFIT THE REGION, THE BUDGET 3031 01:44:13,347 --> 01:44:15,916 EXISTS WITHIN OUR PROPOSED 3032 01:44:15,916 --> 01:44:16,984 BUDGET. THERE'S NOT A LINE ITEM 3033 01:44:16,984 --> 01:44:17,985 THAT CALLS IT OUT YET, BECAUSE 3034 01:44:17,985 --> 01:44:19,386 WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT 3035 01:44:19,386 --> 01:44:21,188 INFORMATION. AND SO THAT WILL BE 3036 01:44:21,188 --> 01:44:25,459 WHAT'S COMING OUT OF OUR 3037 01:44:25,459 --> 01:44:27,294 HOMELESSNESS BSL OF 187 MILLION 3038 01:44:27,294 --> 01:44:28,962 IS THAT 184? OH, EXCUSE ME, I 3039 01:44:28,962 --> 01:44:30,264 JUST 3040 01:44:30,264 --> 01:44:30,597 -- [LAUGHTER] 3041 01:44:30,597 --> 01:44:32,766 -- BUMPED IT UP. SO. 184 3042 01:44:32,766 --> 01:44:35,035 MILLION. SO HOPEFULLY THAT 3043 01:44:35,035 --> 01:44:36,370 PROVIDES CLARITY. BUT WE EXPECT 3044 01:44:36,370 --> 01:44:38,839 TO HEAR AND LEARN MORE DETAILS 3045 01:44:38,839 --> 01:44:40,207 WITHIN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS 3046 01:44:40,207 --> 01:44:42,609 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY ALSO NEED 3047 01:44:42,609 --> 01:44:44,044 TO PLAN. THEY HAVE STAFF AND 3048 01:44:44,044 --> 01:44:45,078 THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING 3049 01:44:45,078 --> 01:44:46,580 THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS TOO. 3050 01:44:46,580 --> 01:44:47,748 -- JUST WANTED TO SHARE AS WELL. 3051 01:44:47,748 --> 01:44:50,283 A LOT IS MENTIONED ABOUT THE COC 3052 01:44:50,283 --> 01:44:52,886 FUNDS, OBVIOUSLY, WHICH IS 3053 01:44:52,886 --> 01:44:53,487 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO KCRA. 3054 01:44:53,487 --> 01:44:57,424 THERE ALSO IS SOME DEPARTMENT OF 3055 01:44:57,424 --> 01:44:59,893 COMMERCE FUNDS AND GRANTS THAT 3056 01:44:59,893 --> 01:45:01,261 KCRA MANAGES, AND SOME ADMIN 3057 01:45:01,261 --> 01:45:03,063 NEEDS THAT CAN BE SUPPORTED 3058 01:45:03,063 --> 01:45:05,866 THROUGH THAT FUND SOURCE AS 3059 01:45:05,866 --> 01:45:06,066 WELL. 3060 01:45:06,066 --> 01:45:08,802 -- OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I 3061 01:45:08,802 --> 01:45:09,670 THINK THAT'S THAT WAS THAT WAS 3062 01:45:09,670 --> 01:45:10,504 PRETTY GOOD FOR NOT A 3063 01:45:10,504 --> 01:45:12,305 TECHNOCRAT. SO THANK YOU FOR 3064 01:45:12,305 --> 01:45:13,106 THAT. DIRECTOR KIM AND I, I 3065 01:45:13,106 --> 01:45:15,375 MEAN, YOU KNOW, AS A CASE HERE, 3066 01:45:15,375 --> 01:45:16,276 H A GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER, I 3067 01:45:16,276 --> 01:45:18,445 THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO 3068 01:45:18,445 --> 01:45:19,446 CONTINUE TO SEE THE NECESSARY 3069 01:45:19,446 --> 01:45:20,480 INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 3070 01:45:20,480 --> 01:45:22,115 ONGOING FUNCTIONS THAT I KNOW WE 3071 01:45:22,115 --> 01:45:23,884 ALL BELIEVE IN ARE WELL 3072 01:45:23,884 --> 01:45:25,252 SUPPORTED AND WELL EXECUTED. SO 3073 01:45:25,252 --> 01:45:25,952 I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME A 3074 01:45:25,952 --> 01:45:26,720 LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY ON WHERE 3075 01:45:26,720 --> 01:45:28,689 TO LOOK FOR THOSE RESOURCES AND 3076 01:45:28,689 --> 01:45:30,824 WHERE UPCOMING INFORMATION IS 3077 01:45:30,824 --> 01:45:31,792 GOING TO BE. AND I WILL JUST 3078 01:45:31,792 --> 01:45:33,093 TAKE A SECOND TO COMMEND THE 3079 01:45:33,093 --> 01:45:35,095 DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S 3080 01:45:35,095 --> 01:45:36,897 OFFICE IN KCRW FOR THE WORK WITH 3081 01:45:36,897 --> 01:45:39,399 TURNING POINT, I'VE FOUND THAT 3082 01:45:39,399 --> 01:45:42,202 JUST TREMENDOUSLY USEFUL AND 3083 01:45:42,202 --> 01:45:45,505 WELL, WELL DONE. AND JUST 3084 01:45:45,505 --> 01:45:46,139 POSITIVE INFORMATION COMING FROM 3085 01:45:46,139 --> 01:45:47,974 THAT PARTNERSHIP. SO THANK YOU 3086 01:45:47,974 --> 01:45:49,009 FOR TAKING ON THAT CONTRACT. I 3087 01:45:49,009 --> 01:45:52,045 THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT 3088 01:45:52,045 --> 01:45:52,979 BEST PRACTICES AND IMPROVEMENTS, 3089 01:45:52,979 --> 01:45:53,947 AND I WILL SAY, JUST GAINED A 3090 01:45:53,947 --> 01:45:55,515 LOT OF CLARITY THROUGH THAT. I 3091 01:45:55,515 --> 01:45:56,683 WANT TO STAY WITH COC JUST A 3092 01:45:56,683 --> 01:46:00,120 LITTLE BIT LONGER AND ASK, YOU 3093 01:46:00,120 --> 01:46:01,521 KNOW, IN THIS BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY 3094 01:46:01,521 --> 01:46:04,925 THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO BE 3095 01:46:04,925 --> 01:46:06,760 DETERMINED AS WE WAIT FOR 3096 01:46:06,760 --> 01:46:07,294 DECISIONS COMING FROM THE 3097 01:46:07,294 --> 01:46:08,795 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. CAN YOU 3098 01:46:08,795 --> 01:46:13,533 SPEAK TO HOW HSD IS TAKING INTO 3099 01:46:13,533 --> 01:46:15,235 ACCOUNT POTENTIAL RISK IN TERMS 3100 01:46:15,235 --> 01:46:17,838 OF THIS BUDGET AND ANY ANY WORK 3101 01:46:17,838 --> 01:46:19,639 THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THE MAYBE 3102 01:46:19,639 --> 01:46:23,143 I'D USE THE WORDS PREVENTION, 3103 01:46:23,143 --> 01:46:23,643 BACKFILL OR SET ASIDE. 3104 01:46:23,643 --> 01:46:26,179 -- THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 3105 01:46:26,179 --> 01:46:28,014 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. THE. THERE 3106 01:46:28,014 --> 01:46:30,550 CONTINUES TO BE RISK WITH OUR 3107 01:46:30,550 --> 01:46:31,451 FEDERAL FUNDING. THAT IS OF 3108 01:46:31,451 --> 01:46:33,754 CONCERN, I THINK, TO EVERYBODY 3109 01:46:33,754 --> 01:46:34,821 IN THIS IN THIS ROOM, IN THE 3110 01:46:34,821 --> 01:46:36,223 BUDGET, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS 3111 01:46:36,223 --> 01:46:37,891 SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WAS 3112 01:46:37,891 --> 01:46:41,528 HELD IN HSD VIA PROVISO IN THE 3113 01:46:41,528 --> 01:46:43,430 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET THAT. 3114 01:46:43,430 --> 01:46:46,399 FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NOT HAD TO 3115 01:46:46,399 --> 01:46:50,270 ACCESS THIS YEAR IS CUT FROM THE 3116 01:46:50,270 --> 01:46:52,572 2026 BUDGET AND ADDED BACK INTO 3117 01:46:52,572 --> 01:46:55,609 FINANCE GENERAL, WHERE THERE IS 3118 01:46:55,609 --> 01:46:57,911 A FEDERAL RESERVE. SO WE ARE 3119 01:46:57,911 --> 01:46:59,613 CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN THAT 3120 01:46:59,613 --> 01:47:02,282 FUNDING THAT WAS SET ASIDE LAST 3121 01:47:02,282 --> 01:47:04,284 YEAR TO PROVIDE AT LEAST SOME 3122 01:47:04,284 --> 01:47:06,820 ONE TIME STRATEGY. IF THAT 3123 01:47:06,820 --> 01:47:08,321 FUNDING TURNS OUT NOT TO COME TO 3124 01:47:08,321 --> 01:47:09,322 FRUITION FROM THE FEDERAL 3125 01:47:09,322 --> 01:47:10,857 GOVERNMENT. SO WE'RE CONTINUING 3126 01:47:10,857 --> 01:47:12,659 TO PLAN IN A SIMILAR WAY THAT 3127 01:47:12,659 --> 01:47:15,195 THIS COUNCIL PLANNED LAST YEAR 3128 01:47:15,195 --> 01:47:17,297 FOR FEDERAL RISK OF LOSS OF 3129 01:47:17,297 --> 01:47:17,697 FEDERAL FUNDING. 3130 01:47:17,697 --> 01:47:18,365 -- THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. AND 3131 01:47:18,365 --> 01:47:20,600 THAT'S GOING TO SHOW UP IN THE 3132 01:47:20,600 --> 01:47:23,370 FINANCE GENERAL RESERVE BUCKET. 3133 01:47:23,370 --> 01:47:23,670 -- CORRECT. 3134 01:47:23,670 --> 01:47:24,771 -- FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH 3135 01:47:24,771 --> 01:47:29,142 FOR THAT, DIRECTOR. OKAY, THEN I 3136 01:47:29,142 --> 01:47:31,144 WANT TO TURN TO THERE WAS SOME 3137 01:47:31,144 --> 01:47:33,246 DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY ABOUT UKTI 3138 01:47:33,246 --> 01:47:36,750 AND, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE I 3139 01:47:36,750 --> 01:47:38,151 KNOW THERE WAS A SLY AND I 3140 01:47:38,151 --> 01:47:39,119 DON'T EXPECT ANYBODY TO HAVE 3141 01:47:39,119 --> 01:47:40,453 THE SLY IN FRONT OF THEM. SO 3142 01:47:40,453 --> 01:47:42,055 I'M JUST GOING TO, YOU KNOW, 3143 01:47:42,055 --> 01:47:43,223 SHARE FROM WHAT I WAS REVIEWING, 3144 01:47:43,223 --> 01:47:45,659 THE SLIDE THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED 3145 01:47:45,659 --> 01:47:47,227 TO COUNCIL THIS YEAR ON AUGUST 3146 01:47:47,227 --> 01:47:50,030 14th, AS I LOOK AT THAT AND I 3147 01:47:50,030 --> 01:47:51,598 LOOK AT THE DATA PROVIDED IN 3148 01:47:51,598 --> 01:47:53,333 TERMS OF REASONS FOR DECLINED, 3149 01:47:53,333 --> 01:47:55,769 OFFERS TO SHELTER, WHAT STANDS 3150 01:47:55,769 --> 01:48:00,507 OUT TO ME, YOU KNOW, THE LARGEST 3151 01:48:00,507 --> 01:48:01,141 RESPONSE FOR DECLINES ARE THAT 3152 01:48:01,141 --> 01:48:03,376 PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR PERMANENT 3153 01:48:03,376 --> 01:48:07,214 HOUSING. THE SECOND LARGEST IS 3154 01:48:07,214 --> 01:48:09,149 THE INDIVIDUAL REPORTS THAT THEY 3155 01:48:09,149 --> 01:48:10,417 ARE HOPING TO ACCESS PRIVATE 3156 01:48:10,417 --> 01:48:13,453 SPACE AND NOT LIVE IN COMMUNAL 3157 01:48:13,453 --> 01:48:14,020 SPACE. SO I KNOW THERE WAS 3158 01:48:14,020 --> 01:48:14,654 DISCUSSION JUST IN TERMS OF THE 3159 01:48:14,654 --> 01:48:15,555 SHELTER, THE SHELTER, 3160 01:48:15,555 --> 01:48:16,823 ACCELERATOR AND OTHER TRADE 3161 01:48:16,823 --> 01:48:18,291 OFFS. BUT I GUESS I'LL SAY ONE 3162 01:48:18,291 --> 01:48:20,694 THING I SEE WHEN I LOOK AT THIS 3163 01:48:20,694 --> 01:48:21,661 DATA REPORTED BACK TO US IS THAT 3164 01:48:21,661 --> 01:48:23,997 CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES 3165 01:48:23,997 --> 01:48:25,699 IN GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED IS 3166 01:48:25,699 --> 01:48:27,067 ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE 3167 01:48:27,067 --> 01:48:29,369 NEED TO MAKE IN CERTAIN TYPES OF 3168 01:48:29,369 --> 01:48:31,872 SHELTER, AND OUR LONG TERM 3169 01:48:31,872 --> 01:48:34,007 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO 3170 01:48:34,007 --> 01:48:36,209 ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCE 3171 01:48:36,209 --> 01:48:37,677 AVAILABLE TO MATCH THE NEEDS 3172 01:48:37,677 --> 01:48:39,145 THAT PEOPLE HAVE. SO THAT'S A 3173 01:48:39,145 --> 01:48:40,247 STATEMENT, NOT A QUESTION. BUT I 3174 01:48:40,247 --> 01:48:43,083 WONDER IF YOU CAN JUST SPEAK TO, 3175 01:48:43,083 --> 01:48:44,017 AGAIN, THE THE WORK AND THE 3176 01:48:44,017 --> 01:48:45,585 PROPOSED SHELTER ACCELERATOR. 3177 01:48:45,585 --> 01:48:47,254 WHAT I BELIEVE I SEE IS 3178 01:48:47,254 --> 01:48:48,521 ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE GAPS THAT 3179 01:48:48,521 --> 01:48:50,857 PEOPLE ARE REPORTING TO US. AND 3180 01:48:50,857 --> 01:48:52,259 INVESTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE 3181 01:48:52,259 --> 01:48:53,727 SO THAT INSTEAD OF SEEING THESE 3182 01:48:53,727 --> 01:48:55,629 DECLINES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE 3183 01:48:55,629 --> 01:48:57,197 MATCHES WITH WHAT WE HAVE 3184 01:48:57,197 --> 01:48:58,765 AVAILABLE, WHAT WE CAN THEN 3185 01:48:58,765 --> 01:49:00,600 OFFER, AND THEN SEE MORE 3186 01:49:00,600 --> 01:49:01,735 PROGRESS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 3187 01:49:01,735 --> 01:49:02,736 -- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND THANKS 3188 01:49:02,736 --> 01:49:04,204 FOR TAKING THAT. LOOK AT THE THE 3189 01:49:04,204 --> 01:49:06,339 SLI RESPONSE AS WELL. I THINK 3190 01:49:06,339 --> 01:49:06,873 REALLY IMPORTANT JUST TO 3191 01:49:06,873 --> 01:49:08,375 UNDERSTAND WHY FOLKS ARE NOT 3192 01:49:08,375 --> 01:49:09,576 ABLE TO ACCEPT THE OFFERS THAT 3193 01:49:09,576 --> 01:49:11,177 ARE PROVIDED TO THEM AT TIMES. 3194 01:49:11,177 --> 01:49:12,646 AND CERTAINLY THAT'S KIND OF 3195 01:49:12,646 --> 01:49:16,616 BEEN A NORTH STAR FOR THE WORK 3196 01:49:16,616 --> 01:49:17,484 NON-CONGREGATE PRIVATE SPACE IS 3197 01:49:17,484 --> 01:49:18,852 KEY. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE 3198 01:49:18,852 --> 01:49:20,086 INCLUDED THAT WE ARE DRIVING 3199 01:49:20,086 --> 01:49:21,888 TOWARDS THAT. I THINK IN ALL OF 3200 01:49:21,888 --> 01:49:23,590 OUR SHELTER PLANS LINED UP FOR 3201 01:49:23,590 --> 01:49:24,591 NEXT YEAR AS WELL. UNDERSTAND 3202 01:49:24,591 --> 01:49:27,093 THAT FOLKS DO WANT THAT PRIVATE 3203 01:49:27,093 --> 01:49:28,762 SPACE, AND THAT'S REALLY 3204 01:49:28,762 --> 01:49:29,296 CRITICAL TO BRINGING THEM 3205 01:49:29,296 --> 01:49:30,997 INDOORS. SO THAT'S A GUIDING 3206 01:49:30,997 --> 01:49:32,432 PRINCIPLE. I THINK UNDERSCORING 3207 01:49:32,432 --> 01:49:34,534 ALL THE WORK. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY 3208 01:49:34,534 --> 01:49:35,402 THE POINT OF THE SHELTER PLAN 3209 01:49:35,402 --> 01:49:37,537 TOO, IS NOT JUST TO STAND UP 3210 01:49:37,537 --> 01:49:39,873 THESE BEDS ALONE, BUT REALLY 3211 01:49:39,873 --> 01:49:41,508 WORK TO GETTING PEOPLE INTO 3212 01:49:41,508 --> 01:49:42,509 PERMANENT HOUSING SO WE CAN OPEN 3213 01:49:42,509 --> 01:49:44,244 UP THOSE BEDS AND SERVE MORE 3214 01:49:44,244 --> 01:49:45,946 FOLKS THAT ARE UNSHELTERED IN 3215 01:49:45,946 --> 01:49:48,214 THE COMMUNITY OBVIOUSLY, 3216 01:49:48,214 --> 01:49:49,849 THROUGHPUT IS A MAJOR CONCERN 3217 01:49:49,849 --> 01:49:53,587 GOING BACK YEARS. WE DO WANT TO 3218 01:49:53,587 --> 01:49:54,688 LOOK AT WHAT CAN BE DONE, MAYBE 3219 01:49:54,688 --> 01:49:55,989 WITH COORDINATED ENTRY, SOME 3220 01:49:55,989 --> 01:49:57,724 QUICK WINS TO PILOT AND 3221 01:49:57,724 --> 01:49:59,192 UNDERSTAND HOW TO HAVE SOME 3222 01:49:59,192 --> 01:50:00,493 INTENTIONAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN 3223 01:50:00,493 --> 01:50:02,662 THE SHELTERS. WE'RE STANDING UP 3224 01:50:02,662 --> 01:50:04,531 AND THOSE UNITS. AND THEN AGAIN, 3225 01:50:04,531 --> 01:50:06,533 TO POINT TO THE WORK AS WELL 3226 01:50:06,533 --> 01:50:09,002 WITH KC REACH CONTRACTS COMING 3227 01:50:09,002 --> 01:50:11,037 BACK NEXT YEAR IN THE FUTURE OF 3228 01:50:11,037 --> 01:50:12,072 REGIONALISM AS WELL. I THINK 3229 01:50:12,072 --> 01:50:14,507 WORKING WITH OUR REGIONAL 3230 01:50:14,507 --> 01:50:15,609 PARTNERS, COUNSEL, SERVICE 3231 01:50:15,609 --> 01:50:17,010 PROVIDERS AS WELL TO UNDERSTAND 3232 01:50:17,010 --> 01:50:18,478 WHAT SOME OF THOSE GAPS ARE AND 3233 01:50:18,478 --> 01:50:20,380 HOW TO REALLY BUILD A BETTER 3234 01:50:20,380 --> 01:50:23,316 BRIDGE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. 3235 01:50:23,316 --> 01:50:24,217 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'LL JUST 3236 01:50:24,217 --> 01:50:25,285 SAY, I THINK THAT'S REALLY 3237 01:50:25,285 --> 01:50:26,653 IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WHAT I HOPE 3238 01:50:26,653 --> 01:50:27,821 IS THAT IN THE COMING YEARS, 3239 01:50:27,821 --> 01:50:31,157 WE'LL SEE THESE NUMBERS GO DOWN 3240 01:50:31,157 --> 01:50:32,425 IN TERMS OF NOT JUST THE NUMBER 3241 01:50:32,425 --> 01:50:34,594 OF DECLINES, BUT SPECIFICALLY 3242 01:50:34,594 --> 01:50:35,428 THE DECLINES, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT 3243 01:50:35,428 --> 01:50:37,297 OFFERING AND WE DON'T HAVE 3244 01:50:37,297 --> 01:50:38,932 AVAILABLE THE KIND OF SPACE THAT 3245 01:50:38,932 --> 01:50:40,800 PEOPLE NEED ACCESS TO. AND SO I 3246 01:50:40,800 --> 01:50:41,901 WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU 3247 01:50:41,901 --> 01:50:44,437 CORRECTLY AS THE SHELTER 3248 01:50:44,437 --> 01:50:45,038 ACCELERATOR THAT THE AND THE 3249 01:50:45,038 --> 01:50:46,439 UNITS THAT THE MAYOR IS WORKING 3250 01:50:46,439 --> 01:50:48,808 ON ARE ALL FORGOT THE NUMBER 3251 01:50:48,808 --> 01:50:52,912 986. I'M CLOSE. OF THOSE 3252 01:50:52,912 --> 01:50:57,183 NON-CONGREGATE INTENDED TO BE 3253 01:50:57,183 --> 01:50:57,684 NON-CONGREGATE OPTIONS. 3254 01:50:57,684 --> 01:50:59,019 -- YEAH, WE ARE PUSHING TOWARDS 3255 01:50:59,019 --> 01:51:00,286 NON-CONGREGATE. EXCUSE ME, THERE 3256 01:51:00,286 --> 01:51:03,623 IS. IT'S CALLED ESSENTIAL 3257 01:51:03,623 --> 01:51:04,991 SHELTER IN THE PLAN THAT WE 3258 01:51:04,991 --> 01:51:07,227 RELEASED, BUT EXPECTATION THAT 3259 01:51:07,227 --> 01:51:08,762 WE CAN LOOK TOWARDS A 3260 01:51:08,762 --> 01:51:10,430 NON-CONGREGATE OPTION THERE AS 3261 01:51:10,430 --> 01:51:10,630 WELL. 3262 01:51:10,630 --> 01:51:11,464 -- OKAY, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. 3263 01:51:11,464 --> 01:51:13,333 THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. AND 3264 01:51:13,333 --> 01:51:17,404 THEN I WANT TO JUST GO TO A MORE 3265 01:51:17,404 --> 01:51:19,039 KIND OF GLOBAL QUESTION ABOUT 3266 01:51:19,039 --> 01:51:20,607 HSD BUDGET. JUST AS I'M LOOKING 3267 01:51:20,607 --> 01:51:22,308 ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND WE HAVE 3268 01:51:22,308 --> 01:51:23,977 FOLKS COMING IN FRONT OF US, ONE 3269 01:51:23,977 --> 01:51:26,379 THING I'M LOOKING TO UNDERSTAND 3270 01:51:26,379 --> 01:51:27,747 IS JUST OVERALL GROWTH AND 3271 01:51:27,747 --> 01:51:28,848 BUDGET OR REDUCTION IN BUDGET. 3272 01:51:28,848 --> 01:51:31,184 AND, AND THIS MAY BE ONE THAT WE 3273 01:51:31,184 --> 01:51:32,218 HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON. I KNOW THAT 3274 01:51:32,218 --> 01:51:34,421 ON THE SLIDE HERE. WHAT IS THIS 3275 01:51:34,421 --> 01:51:36,322 SLIDE FOUR? IT SHOWS, AS YOU 3276 01:51:36,322 --> 01:51:38,091 KNOW, GROWTH IN TERMS OF 3277 01:51:38,091 --> 01:51:39,859 COMPARED TO THE 2026 ADOPTED 3278 01:51:39,859 --> 01:51:41,327 BUDGET. BUT I ALSO KNOW, 3279 01:51:41,327 --> 01:51:43,163 OBVIOUSLY THAT THIS REFLECTS A 3280 01:51:43,163 --> 01:51:46,366 DIFFERENCE IN CONTRACTS AND THE 3281 01:51:46,366 --> 01:51:47,400 KCRA CONTRACTS. SO ARE YOU ABLE 3282 01:51:47,400 --> 01:51:49,936 TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE SHIFT 3283 01:51:49,936 --> 01:51:51,304 IN THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET YEAR TO 3284 01:51:51,304 --> 01:51:54,107 YEAR? IF WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT 3285 01:51:54,107 --> 01:51:55,208 THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 3286 01:51:55,208 --> 01:51:57,143 CONTRACTS THAT HAVE MOVED BACK 3287 01:51:57,143 --> 01:51:58,511 TO THE DEPARTMENT OR CONTRACTS 3288 01:51:58,511 --> 01:52:03,516 THAT HAVE LEFT THE DEPARTMENT 3289 01:52:03,516 --> 01:52:04,317 -- SO IT IS THIS IS, I THINK, 3290 01:52:04,317 --> 01:52:05,452 WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT WITH 3291 01:52:05,452 --> 01:52:07,887 LIKE TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE, THE, 3292 01:52:07,887 --> 01:52:09,055 THE MOVING TARGET OF THE, THE 3293 01:52:09,055 --> 01:52:09,823 DEFICIT NUMBER AND THAT SORT OF 3294 01:52:09,823 --> 01:52:10,924 THING, BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF 3295 01:52:10,924 --> 01:52:15,361 INS AND OUTS. THERE IS THE SO IN 3296 01:52:15,361 --> 01:52:15,929 TERMS OF CONTRACTS THAT ARE 3297 01:52:15,929 --> 01:52:17,363 LEAVING, THERE'S ABOUT $6 3298 01:52:17,363 --> 01:52:19,365 MILLION THAT IS LEAVING HSD 3299 01:52:19,365 --> 01:52:22,969 BUDGET BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE 3300 01:52:22,969 --> 01:52:23,770 CARE DEPARTMENT. AT THE SAME 3301 01:52:23,770 --> 01:52:26,106 TIME, YOU SEE, LIKE THE $6.5 3302 01:52:26,106 --> 01:52:28,608 MILLION INCREASE FOR HOMELESS 3303 01:52:28,608 --> 01:52:32,312 PREVENTION SERVICES IN THE 3304 01:52:32,312 --> 01:52:33,713 HOMELESS SERVICE AREA. IN 3305 01:52:33,713 --> 01:52:36,616 GENERAL, YOU SEE SOME REDUCTIONS 3306 01:52:36,616 --> 01:52:39,152 FROM ANNUAL KIND OF UNDERSPEND 3307 01:52:39,152 --> 01:52:43,022 IN KCRA'S CONTRACT, AND THEN AN 3308 01:52:43,022 --> 01:52:45,024 INCREASE OF $18 MILLION TO TO 3309 01:52:45,024 --> 01:52:46,559 SUPPORT THE SHELTER ACCELERATOR. 3310 01:52:46,559 --> 01:52:50,764 SO THAT KIND OF NETS OUT TO THE 3311 01:52:50,764 --> 01:52:54,134 ABOUT 5.8% INCREASE IN THE 2027 3312 01:52:54,134 --> 01:52:57,670 BUDGET, BUT IT IS PRIMARILY A 3313 01:52:57,670 --> 01:52:59,706 REFLECTION OF REALLOCATING FUNDS 3314 01:52:59,706 --> 01:53:01,808 WITHIN THEIR BUDGET AND THEN 3315 01:53:01,808 --> 01:53:02,442 ADDRESSING SORT OF INFLATIONARY 3316 01:53:02,442 --> 01:53:03,376 INCREASES. AND DIRECTOR KIM CAN 3317 01:53:03,376 --> 01:53:05,945 PROBABLY ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE 3318 01:53:05,945 --> 01:53:06,312 COLOR TO THAT. 3319 01:53:06,312 --> 01:53:11,284 -- JUST A KEY NOTE IS THE 3320 01:53:11,284 --> 01:53:12,152 CONTRACTS WITH KCRA THIS YEAR, 3321 01:53:12,152 --> 01:53:15,688 YOU WON'T SEE A BUDGET NUMBER 3322 01:53:15,688 --> 01:53:18,391 CHANGE BECAUSE THAT COMES IT 3323 01:53:18,391 --> 01:53:19,526 COMES TO HSD, AND THEN WE ENTER 3324 01:53:19,526 --> 01:53:22,662 INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH KCRA AYE. 3325 01:53:22,662 --> 01:53:24,063 AND SO THAT YOU WON'T THAT 3326 01:53:24,063 --> 01:53:26,166 WON'T BE A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT. 3327 01:53:26,166 --> 01:53:29,169 WHAT IT DOES IS IT INCREASES 3328 01:53:29,169 --> 01:53:30,370 POCKETS THAT ARE UNFUNDED, IF 3329 01:53:30,370 --> 01:53:32,338 YOU WILL, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING 3330 01:53:32,338 --> 01:53:34,040 TO USE EXISTING FUNDS IN ORDER 3331 01:53:34,040 --> 01:53:37,210 TO SUPPORT THAT WORK, TO MONITOR 3332 01:53:37,210 --> 01:53:39,479 CONTRACTS, TO DO THE, YOU KNOW, 3333 01:53:39,479 --> 01:53:40,046 FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, ET 3334 01:53:40,046 --> 01:53:41,981 CETERA.. 3335 01:53:41,981 --> 01:53:43,416 -- THANK YOU. AND THEN I 3336 01:53:43,416 --> 01:53:44,784 APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN I 3337 01:53:44,784 --> 01:53:45,819 THINK MY FINAL QUESTION HERE, 3338 01:53:45,819 --> 01:53:50,123 CHAIR, IS ON SLIDE SIX. I KNOW 3339 01:53:50,123 --> 01:53:51,824 WE HAVE THE THE FUND SWAP IN 3340 01:53:51,824 --> 01:53:53,059 TERMS OF JUMP START HERE, CAN 3341 01:53:53,059 --> 01:53:54,294 YOU JUST REMIND ME WHETHER 3342 01:53:54,294 --> 01:53:58,665 THAT'S ONE TIME OR PLAN TO BE 3343 01:53:58,665 --> 01:53:58,932 ONGOING. 3344 01:53:58,932 --> 01:54:00,967 -- THAT IS PLANNED TO BE 3345 01:54:00,967 --> 01:54:04,070 ONGOING? HOWEVER, WITH THE GOAL 3346 01:54:04,070 --> 01:54:06,206 OF A LONGER TERM GOAL OF 3347 01:54:06,206 --> 01:54:08,341 EVENTUALLY RETURNING MORE OF 3348 01:54:08,341 --> 01:54:10,877 JUMP START FUNDS TO THE ORIGINAL 3349 01:54:10,877 --> 01:54:11,511 SPENDING SPENDING CATEGORIES. SO 3350 01:54:11,511 --> 01:54:14,547 WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE FINANCIAL 3351 01:54:14,547 --> 01:54:16,282 PLAN FOR THE JUMPSTART FUND IN 3352 01:54:16,282 --> 01:54:19,752 THE IN THE BUDGET IS IN 29 AND 3353 01:54:19,752 --> 01:54:22,222 30, YOU START TO SEE THAT 3354 01:54:22,222 --> 01:54:24,390 ONGOING FUND SWAP REDUCE A BIT, 3355 01:54:24,390 --> 01:54:26,459 NOT SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT WE'RE 3356 01:54:26,459 --> 01:54:29,229 STARTING TO SORT OF SCALE THAT 3357 01:54:29,229 --> 01:54:30,830 BACK SO LONG TERM, THAT WOULD BE 3358 01:54:30,830 --> 01:54:33,132 THE INTENT IF RESOURCES CAN 3359 01:54:33,132 --> 01:54:34,100 SUPPORT THAT IN THE GENERAL 3360 01:54:34,100 --> 01:54:35,702 FUND. 3361 01:54:35,702 --> 01:54:36,803 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I 3362 01:54:36,803 --> 01:54:37,437 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I 3363 01:54:37,437 --> 01:54:39,005 KNOW WE HAVE MANY MORE BUDGET 3364 01:54:39,005 --> 01:54:39,672 PRESENTATIONS TO GO, BUT I WILL 3365 01:54:39,672 --> 01:54:42,942 JUST SAY, I REALLY I KNOW THERE 3366 01:54:42,942 --> 01:54:43,977 WAS HARD DECISIONS HERE IN TERMS 3367 01:54:43,977 --> 01:54:45,612 OF JUMP START AND THE GENERAL 3368 01:54:45,612 --> 01:54:46,679 FUND. AND WHAT I WILL SAY IS 3369 01:54:46,679 --> 01:54:50,850 THAT I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON 3370 01:54:50,850 --> 01:54:51,451 HOMELESSNESS AND THE NEED TO 3371 01:54:51,451 --> 01:54:53,620 HAVE A CONTINUUM HERE. SHELTER 3372 01:54:53,620 --> 01:54:55,421 BEING A PART OF THAT PERMANENT 3373 01:54:55,421 --> 01:54:56,256 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BEING A PART 3374 01:54:56,256 --> 01:54:57,457 OF THAT. AND I KNOW WE'LL HAVE O 3375 01:54:57,457 --> 01:54:59,525 TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT THOSE 3376 01:54:59,525 --> 01:55:00,660 COMPONENTS, OTHER COMPONENTS OF 3377 01:55:00,660 --> 01:55:01,794 OUR INVESTMENTS THERE. SO THANK 3378 01:55:01,794 --> 01:55:02,929 YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AND LOOK 3379 01:55:02,929 --> 01:55:05,198 FORWARD TO ENGAGING. THANK YOU 3380 01:55:05,198 --> 01:55:05,431 CHAIR. 3381 01:55:05,431 --> 01:55:07,233 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3382 01:55:07,233 --> 01:55:07,834 FOSTER ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE 3383 01:55:07,834 --> 01:55:08,635 COMMITTEE TABLE RIGHT NOW? I'M 3384 01:55:08,635 --> 01:55:12,672 GOING TO GO BACK TO 3385 01:55:12,672 --> 01:55:13,439 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND KETTLE, 3386 01:55:13,439 --> 01:55:14,040 BOTH SPEAKING FOR THE SECOND 3387 01:55:14,040 --> 01:55:17,010 TIME. I'M GOING TO ASK FOLKS TO 3388 01:55:17,010 --> 01:55:19,045 PLEASE BE BRIEF AT THIS TIME, 3389 01:55:19,045 --> 01:55:20,346 AND I MAY ASK IN THE FUTURE THAT 3390 01:55:20,346 --> 01:55:22,181 FOLKS JUST SPEAK ONCE. BUT FOR 3391 01:55:22,181 --> 01:55:23,783 TODAY, IF YOU CAN JUST PLEASE BE 3392 01:55:23,783 --> 01:55:24,450 BRIEF. I'LL BE QUICK. OVER TO 3393 01:55:24,450 --> 01:55:25,985 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3394 01:55:25,985 --> 01:55:28,121 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, I HAVE A 3395 01:55:28,121 --> 01:55:29,789 QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANTS 3396 01:55:29,789 --> 01:55:31,691 BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME FUN SWAPS 3397 01:55:31,691 --> 01:55:33,226 RELATED TO GRANTS, LIKE IN THE 3398 01:55:33,226 --> 01:55:35,695 AGING AND DISABILITY SPACE. SO 3399 01:55:35,695 --> 01:55:40,633 WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T GET 3400 01:55:40,633 --> 01:55:43,236 THOSE GRANTS? AND ARE THEY 3401 01:55:43,236 --> 01:55:44,537 FEDERAL STATE GRANTS OR COUNTY? 3402 01:55:44,537 --> 01:55:45,872 I DON'T. 3403 01:55:45,872 --> 01:55:48,074 -- SO FOR THAT PARTICULAR FUND 3404 01:55:48,074 --> 01:55:49,943 SWAP THAT'S RELATED TO COMMUNITY 3405 01:55:49,943 --> 01:55:50,576 LIVING CONNECTIONS, THAT PROGRAM 3406 01:55:50,576 --> 01:55:54,981 IS FUNDED BY A COMBINATION OF 3407 01:55:54,981 --> 01:55:56,015 FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS THAT WE 3408 01:55:56,015 --> 01:55:58,885 RECEIVE THROUGH WASHINGTON STATE 3409 01:55:58,885 --> 01:56:01,487 DSHS AS OUR DESIGNATION AS THE 3410 01:56:01,487 --> 01:56:02,956 AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR SEATTLE 3411 01:56:02,956 --> 01:56:06,659 AND KING COUNTY. AND BECAUSE OF 3412 01:56:06,659 --> 01:56:08,995 THAT, WE TYPICALLY RECEIVE THOSE 3413 01:56:08,995 --> 01:56:10,797 GRANTS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT'S 3414 01:56:10,797 --> 01:56:12,165 REQUIRED THAT AS THE AAA, THE 3415 01:56:12,165 --> 01:56:15,735 AREA AGENCY ON AGING, WE'RE THE 3416 01:56:15,735 --> 01:56:17,970 RECIPIENT OF THOSE DOLLARS. SO 3417 01:56:17,970 --> 01:56:19,138 WHILE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF 3418 01:56:19,138 --> 01:56:20,440 THERE WERE CUTS AT THE FEDERAL 3419 01:56:20,440 --> 01:56:21,407 LEVEL OR CUTS AT THE STATE 3420 01:56:21,407 --> 01:56:22,942 LEVEL, THAT THAT COULD BE 3421 01:56:22,942 --> 01:56:24,677 IMPACTED, WE HAVE SEEN 3422 01:56:24,677 --> 01:56:27,246 RELATIVELY STABLE FUNDING FROM 3423 01:56:27,246 --> 01:56:28,047 THOSE PARTICULAR GRANTS OVER THE 3424 01:56:28,047 --> 01:56:29,415 LAST FEW YEARS. SO I DON'T THINK 3425 01:56:29,415 --> 01:56:30,350 THERE'S A PARTICULAR RISK AT 3426 01:56:30,350 --> 01:56:32,352 THIS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. BUT 3427 01:56:32,352 --> 01:56:32,652 THANK YOU. 3428 01:56:32,652 --> 01:56:33,886 -- AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 3429 01:56:33,886 --> 01:56:36,589 BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE DID 3430 01:56:36,589 --> 01:56:39,325 RECEIVE THOSE. AND NOW THESE ARE 3431 01:56:39,325 --> 01:56:39,892 BEING MADE ONGOING BECAUSE 3432 01:56:39,892 --> 01:56:42,128 THERE'S DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, 3433 01:56:42,128 --> 01:56:43,663 FISCAL YEARS. AND WE HAVE AN 3434 01:56:43,663 --> 01:56:45,031 OPPORTUNITY TO SWAP THIS OUT. SO 3435 01:56:45,031 --> 01:56:48,034 FOR NOW, THIS IS GOOD. 3436 01:56:48,034 --> 01:56:50,203 -- FOR THE 27, 28 YEARS FOR THE 3437 01:56:50,203 --> 01:56:51,871 BIENNIUM, YOU MEAN. 3438 01:56:51,871 --> 01:56:52,805 -- YES. 3439 01:56:52,805 --> 01:56:54,173 -- YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU 3440 01:56:54,173 --> 01:56:57,977 SO MUCH. AND THEN CAN YOU JUST 3441 01:56:57,977 --> 01:56:59,345 THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION 3442 01:56:59,345 --> 01:57:01,381 ABOUT THE U. C T AND, AND I GET 3443 01:57:01,381 --> 01:57:03,616 ASKED THIS FOR CONSTITUENTS FROM 3444 01:57:03,616 --> 01:57:04,584 CONSTITUENTS. SO I'M GOING TO 3445 01:57:04,584 --> 01:57:07,620 ASK YOU ALL, WHAT IS THE 3446 01:57:07,620 --> 01:57:08,221 MAYOR'S STANCE ON CLEARING 3447 01:57:08,221 --> 01:57:15,128 ENCAMPMENTS 3448 01:57:15,128 --> 01:57:17,096 -- I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT 3449 01:57:17,096 --> 01:57:18,765 TO SPEAK FOR THE MAYOR ON HER 3450 01:57:18,765 --> 01:57:19,632 STANCE ON CLEARING ENCAMPMENTS. 3451 01:57:19,632 --> 01:57:20,700 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET CONTINUES TO 3452 01:57:20,700 --> 01:57:22,535 SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE UNIFIED 3453 01:57:22,535 --> 01:57:24,170 CARE TEAM AT THE CURRENT LEVELS 3454 01:57:24,170 --> 01:57:26,739 OF SERVICE. 3455 01:57:26,739 --> 01:57:28,207 -- THERE IS SOME REDUCTION, 3456 01:57:28,207 --> 01:57:30,710 THOUGH, SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED. 3457 01:57:30,710 --> 01:57:32,111 BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I GET 3458 01:57:32,111 --> 01:57:32,979 ASKED THIS QUESTION. AND SO I 3459 01:57:32,979 --> 01:57:35,381 NEED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER. SO, 3460 01:57:35,381 --> 01:57:37,850 ALI, PERHAPS YOU CAN GET THAT 3461 01:57:37,850 --> 01:57:38,284 ANSWERED. WE WILL. 3462 01:57:38,284 --> 01:57:39,318 -- WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU. BUT 3463 01:57:39,318 --> 01:57:42,188 I WANT TO JUST REITERATE THAT 3464 01:57:42,188 --> 01:57:43,389 THE REDUCTIONS TO THE UNIFIED 3465 01:57:43,389 --> 01:57:45,892 CARE TEAM IN THIS BUDGET ARE 3466 01:57:45,892 --> 01:57:47,593 APPLYING THE STRATEGY OF 3467 01:57:47,593 --> 01:57:49,162 RIGHTSIZING BUDGETS, WHICH IS 3468 01:57:49,162 --> 01:57:49,729 ADJUSTING BUDGETS BASED ON 3469 01:57:49,729 --> 01:57:52,398 CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICE OR 3470 01:57:52,398 --> 01:57:52,999 ELIMINATING ANNUAL UNDERSPEND 3471 01:57:52,999 --> 01:57:54,534 AND ELIMINATING VACANT POSITIONS 3472 01:57:54,534 --> 01:57:55,968 THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR SOME 3473 01:57:55,968 --> 01:57:58,171 TIME. EVEN IN HSD. ONE OF THE 3474 01:57:58,171 --> 01:57:59,639 POSITIONS, I BELIEVE HAS BEEN 3475 01:57:59,639 --> 01:58:00,673 VACANT SINCE MARCH, AND ANOTHER 3476 01:58:00,673 --> 01:58:01,707 HAS BEEN VACANT FOR MANY MONTHS 3477 01:58:01,707 --> 01:58:02,842 WITH AN OUT OF CLASS ASSIGNMENT 3478 01:58:02,842 --> 01:58:04,677 THAT HAS NOW BEEN MADE 3479 01:58:04,677 --> 01:58:07,713 PERMANENT. SO IT IS NOT. IT WAS 3480 01:58:07,713 --> 01:58:09,382 A STRATEGY IN ORDER TO PRESERVE 3481 01:58:09,382 --> 01:58:10,950 AS MUCH OF THE CURRENT LEVELS OF 3482 01:58:10,950 --> 01:58:13,252 SERVICE AS WE COULD ACROSS THE 3483 01:58:13,252 --> 01:58:13,486 BUDGET. 3484 01:58:13,486 --> 01:58:16,088 -- UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. ALI. I 3485 01:58:16,088 --> 01:58:17,056 THINK CONSTITUENTS STILL WANT TO 3486 01:58:17,056 --> 01:58:19,192 KNOW WHAT THE STANCE IS AND 3487 01:58:19,192 --> 01:58:19,659 WHAT'S HAPPENING. 3488 01:58:19,659 --> 01:58:20,493 -- AND IF I COULD JUST ADD A 3489 01:58:20,493 --> 01:58:22,862 LITTLE BIT OF FLAVOR ON, YOU 3490 01:58:22,862 --> 01:58:24,263 KNOW, BEHIND THE SCENES, WE WE 3491 01:58:24,263 --> 01:58:25,798 HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED TO CHANGE 3492 01:58:25,798 --> 01:58:28,100 OUR APPROACH TO THE WORK, EXCEPT 3493 01:58:28,100 --> 01:58:31,904 FOR WHICH I LOVE. THE QUESTION 3494 01:58:31,904 --> 01:58:34,106 IS, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS CAN WE 3495 01:58:34,106 --> 01:58:36,142 MAKE? AND SO THE TEAM ACROSS 3496 01:58:36,142 --> 01:58:37,543 DEPARTMENTS ARE REALLY EXCITED 3497 01:58:37,543 --> 01:58:39,846 TO BE ABLE TO LEAN IN AND OFFER 3498 01:58:39,846 --> 01:58:41,314 SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE 3499 01:58:41,314 --> 01:58:43,416 IMPROVEMENTS, BUT OTHERWISE, I 3500 01:58:43,416 --> 01:58:45,585 JUST WANTED TO UNDERSCORE WHAT 3501 01:58:45,585 --> 01:58:47,019 DR. PANUCCI SAID. 3502 01:58:47,019 --> 01:58:49,255 -- I APPRECIATE THE THE EXTRA 3503 01:58:49,255 --> 01:58:50,423 INFORMATION. DIRECTOR KIM. 3504 01:58:50,423 --> 01:58:52,291 THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE I 3505 01:58:52,291 --> 01:58:54,827 KNOW CONSTITUENTS ARE TRACKING 3506 01:58:54,827 --> 01:58:56,229 THIS AND ALSO I ALSO WANTED TO 3507 01:58:56,229 --> 01:58:57,997 SAY THE UC T TEAM, SINCE I'VE 3508 01:58:57,997 --> 01:59:00,333 BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST THREE 3509 01:59:00,333 --> 01:59:02,168 YEARS, HAVE BEEN REALLY GREAT 3510 01:59:02,168 --> 01:59:04,036 PARTNERS TO WORK WITH. I KNOW 3511 01:59:04,036 --> 01:59:06,005 THEY'RE CARING INDIVIDUALS AND 3512 01:59:06,005 --> 01:59:08,207 I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD 3513 01:59:08,207 --> 01:59:09,442 THEY HAVE HARD JOBS AND, AND 3514 01:59:09,442 --> 01:59:12,211 THEY. AND THEY DO SO WITH GRACE. 3515 01:59:12,211 --> 01:59:13,880 SO I WANTED TO STATE THAT MY 3516 01:59:13,880 --> 01:59:17,216 LAST QUESTION IS, I DON'T NOT 3517 01:59:17,216 --> 01:59:19,585 SURE THAT I POSE THIS QUESTION 3518 01:59:19,585 --> 01:59:20,153 PROPERLY EARLIER. MAYBE I 3519 01:59:20,153 --> 01:59:21,354 DIDN'T POSE IT AS A QUESTION, 3520 01:59:21,354 --> 01:59:23,222 BUT ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE 3521 01:59:23,222 --> 01:59:26,259 CONTRACT SIDE, I KNOW THAT YOU 3522 01:59:26,259 --> 01:59:28,261 ALL KNOW I'VE ASKED FOR AN 3523 01:59:28,261 --> 01:59:30,730 AUDIT OF THE HSD CONTRACTS 3524 01:59:30,730 --> 01:59:32,765 BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS HAD 3525 01:59:32,765 --> 01:59:34,300 ISSUES WITH THEIR HSD CONTRACTS. 3526 01:59:34,300 --> 01:59:34,967 IT'S ALL OVER THE PAPER. OF 3527 01:59:34,967 --> 01:59:36,969 COURSE, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING 3528 01:59:36,969 --> 01:59:38,471 ANYBODY DOESN'T ALREADY KNOW, 3529 01:59:38,471 --> 01:59:40,306 BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ALL 3530 01:59:40,306 --> 01:59:44,110 ARE DOING. AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND 3531 01:59:44,110 --> 01:59:47,413 THAT FROM THE COUNTY'S. THERE 3532 01:59:47,413 --> 01:59:50,449 ARE SOME ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE 3533 01:59:50,449 --> 01:59:52,051 HSD CONTRACTS THAT WE ALREADY 3534 01:59:52,051 --> 01:59:55,421 KNOW ABOUT. SO WHAT ARE YOU 3535 01:59:55,421 --> 01:59:56,889 PUTTING IN PLACE WITH THIS NOW 3536 01:59:56,889 --> 01:59:59,392 BUDGET? AND AND THESE THE 3537 01:59:59,392 --> 02:00:02,328 CONTINUATION OF THESE CONTRACTS 3538 02:00:02,328 --> 02:00:05,831 IN PLACE TO MANAGE FOR THE 3539 02:00:05,831 --> 02:00:08,034 ISSUES THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH 3540 02:00:08,034 --> 02:00:08,668 SIMILAR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY 3541 02:00:08,668 --> 02:00:10,636 AND CITY LEVEL. 3542 02:00:10,636 --> 02:00:13,206 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. I AM 3543 02:00:13,206 --> 02:00:17,310 AWARE OF THE REQUEST TO AUDIT 3544 02:00:17,310 --> 02:00:19,245 THE DEPARTMENT. AND BY THE WAY, 3545 02:00:19,245 --> 02:00:21,347 WE GET AUDITED REGULARLY FROM 3546 02:00:21,347 --> 02:00:24,850 THE STATE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE 3547 02:00:24,850 --> 02:00:26,352 ALSO AUDIT AGENCIES AND 3548 02:00:26,352 --> 02:00:27,620 PROVIDERS AS JUST, OF COURSE, OF 3549 02:00:27,620 --> 02:00:30,289 BUSINESS OF WHAT WE DO. AND I'M 3550 02:00:30,289 --> 02:00:31,924 HAPPY TO REPORT THAT EVEN THERE 3551 02:00:31,924 --> 02:00:34,226 WAS ONE THAT WAS JUST CONCLUDED 3552 02:00:34,226 --> 02:00:35,428 WITH THE STATE, AND IT CAME BACK 3553 02:00:35,428 --> 02:00:36,462 WITH NO FINDINGS. AND IN FACT, 3554 02:00:36,462 --> 02:00:39,632 WE'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO 3555 02:00:39,632 --> 02:00:45,304 REALLY HAPPY TO SHARE THAT THE 3556 02:00:45,304 --> 02:00:46,806 COUNTY'S WORK. AND THE REPORT 3557 02:00:46,806 --> 02:00:48,074 AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT 3558 02:00:48,074 --> 02:00:49,141 THEY'VE BEEN MAKING IS REALLY 3559 02:00:49,141 --> 02:00:51,110 IMPORTANT. AND WE'VE BEEN, OF 3560 02:00:51,110 --> 02:00:54,247 COURSE, READING AND MONITORING 3561 02:00:54,247 --> 02:00:56,282 ALL OF WHAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED 3562 02:00:56,282 --> 02:00:57,850 TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ALSO 3563 02:00:57,850 --> 02:01:00,252 LEARNING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE 3564 02:01:00,252 --> 02:01:01,420 COULD DISTINCT WHAT IS DIFFERENT 3565 02:01:01,420 --> 02:01:04,123 FROM US 3566 02:01:04,123 --> 02:01:06,025 -- COMPARED TO THEM, AND REALLY 3567 02:01:06,025 --> 02:01:07,126 LEANING INTO AND DOUBLE DOWN ON 3568 02:01:07,126 --> 02:01:08,995 OUR BEST PRACTICES, AS WELL AS 3569 02:01:08,995 --> 02:01:11,430 IDENTIFYING AREAS OF 3570 02:01:11,430 --> 02:01:14,200 OPPORTUNITY. THEIRS WAS A LITTLE 3571 02:01:14,200 --> 02:01:15,201 BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT THE ONES 3572 02:01:15,201 --> 02:01:16,235 IN QUESTION. SO THEY DID A 3573 02:01:16,235 --> 02:01:17,470 SAMPLE AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT 3574 02:01:17,470 --> 02:01:20,206 A PARTICULAR FUND SOURCE. 3575 02:01:20,206 --> 02:01:21,841 THERE'S THE REPORT IS LONG, BUT 3576 02:01:21,841 --> 02:01:23,709 ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I AM 3577 02:01:23,709 --> 02:01:25,011 PAYING ATTENTION TO IS HOW THEY 3578 02:01:25,011 --> 02:01:28,547 DID, HOW THEY PROCESSED 3579 02:01:28,547 --> 02:01:29,515 INVOICES. AND WHAT THAT LOOKS 3580 02:01:29,515 --> 02:01:34,020 LIKE. AND SO THEY DIDN'T. ONE 3581 02:01:34,020 --> 02:01:37,456 OF THE AREAS THAT THEY TRACKED 3582 02:01:37,456 --> 02:01:38,090 WAS THAT THEY WOULD PROCESS THE 3583 02:01:38,090 --> 02:01:41,927 INVOICE AND PAY, BUT THEN THEY 3584 02:01:41,927 --> 02:01:44,363 WOULD VERIFY THE, THE OUTCOMES 3585 02:01:44,363 --> 02:01:46,632 AND PROCESS THE VERIFICATION 3586 02:01:46,632 --> 02:01:47,233 AFTERWARDS, WHICH THEN WOULD, 3587 02:01:47,233 --> 02:01:49,135 YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND MAKE 3588 02:01:49,135 --> 02:01:50,336 SOME CORRECTIONS. AND SO THAT'S 3589 02:01:50,336 --> 02:01:53,539 JUST KIND OF OVERSIMPLIFYING. 3590 02:01:53,539 --> 02:01:55,341 ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES OURS, 3591 02:01:55,341 --> 02:01:58,177 WHICH YOU MIGHT SOMETIMES GET 3592 02:01:58,177 --> 02:02:00,146 COMPLAINTS ABOUT OUR INVOICING 3593 02:02:00,146 --> 02:02:01,580 PROCESS IS THAT WE, IT IS ALSO 3594 02:02:01,580 --> 02:02:04,083 REIMBURSEMENT, BUT WE VERIFY 3595 02:02:04,083 --> 02:02:07,119 BEFORE WE ISSUE AND APPROVE A 3596 02:02:07,119 --> 02:02:08,187 PAYMENT. SO SOMETIMES THERE'S 3597 02:02:08,187 --> 02:02:09,588 SOME GOING BACK AND FORTH 3598 02:02:09,588 --> 02:02:12,591 BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO 3599 02:02:12,591 --> 02:02:14,160 ENSURE THAT WHAT WAS INVOICED IS 3600 02:02:14,160 --> 02:02:16,462 WHAT WAS DONE. AND SO WE HAVE A 3601 02:02:16,462 --> 02:02:19,498 LOT OF THE DESK MONITORING. 3602 02:02:19,498 --> 02:02:20,733 THAT'S ONE. THE OTHER IS, AS I 3603 02:02:20,733 --> 02:02:23,536 MENTIONED, WE ARE AUDITED 3604 02:02:23,536 --> 02:02:24,937 FREQUENTLY AND WE CONDUCT AUDITS 3605 02:02:24,937 --> 02:02:27,807 WITH OUR AGENCIES. THAT'S A 3606 02:02:27,807 --> 02:02:30,710 PRACTICE WE HAVE RISK 3607 02:02:30,710 --> 02:02:32,745 ASSESSMENTS, WHICH THE DHS AUDIT 3608 02:02:32,745 --> 02:02:34,780 TALKED ABOUT AS BEING REALLY 3609 02:02:34,780 --> 02:02:36,115 IMPORTANT IN TRAININGS OR LACK 3610 02:02:36,115 --> 02:02:37,750 THEREOF FOR THEIR STAFF MEMBERS, 3611 02:02:37,750 --> 02:02:38,951 ESPECIALLY WITH A LOT OF NEW 3612 02:02:38,951 --> 02:02:39,752 EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE A LOT OF 3613 02:02:39,752 --> 02:02:42,088 THOSE POLICY AND PROCEDURES IN 3614 02:02:42,088 --> 02:02:43,255 PLACE. WE HAVE THOSE TRAININGS 3615 02:02:43,255 --> 02:02:45,958 IN PLACE, AND WE HAVE PROCESSES 3616 02:02:45,958 --> 02:02:48,928 BY WHICH WE IDENTIFY WHICH 3617 02:02:48,928 --> 02:02:49,862 AGENCIES ARE DOING GOOD WORK, 3618 02:02:49,862 --> 02:02:52,932 BUT THEY MIGHT BE HIGHER RISK IN 3619 02:02:52,932 --> 02:02:53,799 THAT THEY'RE NEW TO THE AGENCY. 3620 02:02:53,799 --> 02:02:57,336 THERE WAS A DIRECT ADD TO THE 3621 02:02:57,336 --> 02:03:00,106 DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'VE NOT GONE 3622 02:03:00,106 --> 02:03:00,673 THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS. AND 3623 02:03:00,673 --> 02:03:01,207 MAYBE THIS IS THEIR FIRST 3624 02:03:01,207 --> 02:03:03,109 GOVERNMENT CONTRACT. THERE'S 3625 02:03:03,109 --> 02:03:04,577 DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE 3626 02:03:04,577 --> 02:03:06,212 DETERMINE HOW MUCH MORE 3627 02:03:06,212 --> 02:03:08,080 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED 3628 02:03:08,080 --> 02:03:09,548 FOR AN ORGANIZATION. AND SO THAT 3629 02:03:09,548 --> 02:03:10,816 HELPS US TO DETERMINE, DO WE 3630 02:03:10,816 --> 02:03:13,219 NEED TO GO DEEPER AND SEND OUT 3631 02:03:13,219 --> 02:03:14,687 OUR AUDIT TEAM TO DO A FISCAL 3632 02:03:14,687 --> 02:03:17,656 REVIEW? DO WE NEED TO HAVE A 3633 02:03:17,656 --> 02:03:18,524 CONTINGENCY PLAN, FOR EXAMPLE, 3634 02:03:18,524 --> 02:03:19,592 AND SAY, YOU ACTUALLY NEED A 3635 02:03:19,592 --> 02:03:21,594 FISCAL INTERMEDIARY? BECAUSE 3636 02:03:21,594 --> 02:03:23,662 RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE 3637 02:03:23,662 --> 02:03:24,296 EXPERIENCE THAT WE NEED YOU TO 3638 02:03:24,296 --> 02:03:27,032 HAVE AND THINGS IN PLACE. SO, 3639 02:03:27,032 --> 02:03:28,868 YOU KNOW, WE, WE SOMETIMES MAKE 3640 02:03:28,868 --> 02:03:31,036 THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS WHERE WE 3641 02:03:31,036 --> 02:03:33,205 NEED TO MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES 3642 02:03:33,205 --> 02:03:34,273 FOR DIFFERENT PROVIDERS, BUT FOR 3643 02:03:34,273 --> 02:03:37,076 THE MOST PART, THE ORGANIZATIONS 3644 02:03:37,076 --> 02:03:39,912 ARE ALSO VERY SERIOUS ABOUT 3645 02:03:39,912 --> 02:03:41,714 BEING STEWARDS OF PUBLIC 3646 02:03:41,714 --> 02:03:43,482 DOLLARS. AND THEY WELCOME THAT 3647 02:03:43,482 --> 02:03:45,684 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND THE 3648 02:03:45,684 --> 02:03:48,020 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND EVEN, 3649 02:03:48,020 --> 02:03:51,190 HONESTLY, THE CORRECTIONS. MOST 3650 02:03:51,190 --> 02:03:54,226 ORGANIZATIONS, AS PAINFUL AS 3651 02:03:54,226 --> 02:03:54,827 SOMETIMES THAT IS APPRECIATES 3652 02:03:54,827 --> 02:03:59,231 THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR US 3653 02:03:59,231 --> 02:03:59,799 CONDUCTING THE APPROPRIATE 3654 02:03:59,799 --> 02:04:00,900 BUSINESS. SO WE CAN THEN FOCUS 3655 02:04:00,900 --> 02:04:03,102 ON THE CLIENTS RECEIVING THOSE 3656 02:04:03,102 --> 02:04:06,672 SERVICES. I DO WELCOME AN AUDIT. 3657 02:04:06,672 --> 02:04:09,074 I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE 3658 02:04:09,074 --> 02:04:10,910 ORGANIZATIONS UNDERSTAND THAT 3659 02:04:10,910 --> 02:04:12,444 TOO, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO 3660 02:04:12,444 --> 02:04:13,479 KNOW WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME 3661 02:04:13,479 --> 02:04:15,047 MISSING COMPONENTS. AND WE'RE 3662 02:04:15,047 --> 02:04:18,918 ALWAYS VERY MUCH WILLING TO MAKE 3663 02:04:18,918 --> 02:04:20,319 ANY IMPROVEMENTS THERE. SO 3664 02:04:20,319 --> 02:04:22,221 THERE'S THE FISCAL MONITORING 3665 02:04:22,221 --> 02:04:23,956 AND THEN THERE'S MONITORING TO 3666 02:04:23,956 --> 02:04:26,492 ENSURE THE OUTCOMES ARE BEING 3667 02:04:26,492 --> 02:04:28,093 ACHIEVED. AND THERE'S A LOT OF 3668 02:04:28,093 --> 02:04:29,228 EXPLANATION I CAN OFFER THERE 3669 02:04:29,228 --> 02:04:32,097 TOO. BUT ALL THE CONTRACTS HAVE 3670 02:04:32,097 --> 02:04:34,400 PERFORMANCE MEASURES. WE MEASURE 3671 02:04:34,400 --> 02:04:35,835 THREE DIFFERENT. WE ASK FOR 3672 02:04:35,835 --> 02:04:38,170 THREE DIFFERENT DATA POINTS, AND 3673 02:04:38,170 --> 02:04:39,471 THEN WE ASK FOR VERIFICATION ON 3674 02:04:39,471 --> 02:04:42,508 THAT. AND JUST TO OVERSIMPLIFY, 3675 02:04:42,508 --> 02:04:45,077 IT'S THE QUANTITY. HOW MANY OF 3676 02:04:45,077 --> 02:04:47,413 THE THINGS DID YOU DO? IT'S THE 3677 02:04:47,413 --> 02:04:50,850 QUALITY IN TERMS OF DOING IT 3678 02:04:50,850 --> 02:04:51,817 WELL. AND THEN IT IS THE IMPACT. 3679 02:04:51,817 --> 02:04:54,920 IT'S THE OUTCOME. DID YOU 3680 02:04:54,920 --> 02:04:56,055 ACHIEVE WHAT IT WAS THAT YOU SET 3681 02:04:56,055 --> 02:04:58,090 OUT TO DO? AND NOT ALL OF THE 3682 02:04:58,090 --> 02:05:00,359 CONTRACTS ARE THE SAME. YOU CAN 3683 02:05:00,359 --> 02:05:01,460 IMAGINE IT'S DIFFERENT FOR FOOD 3684 02:05:01,460 --> 02:05:02,728 WHEN YOU HAVE A LOW BARRIER AND 3685 02:05:02,728 --> 02:05:04,563 YOU WANT PEOPLE TO COME IN AND 3686 02:05:04,563 --> 02:05:05,197 GET THEIR GROCERIES AND BE ABLE 3687 02:05:05,197 --> 02:05:08,067 TO LEAVE, ESPECIALLY WITH 3688 02:05:08,067 --> 02:05:11,237 CONCERNS OF JUST, YOU KNOW, 3689 02:05:11,237 --> 02:05:11,804 PRIVACY AND NOT SHARING TOO 3690 02:05:11,804 --> 02:05:12,771 MUCH. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE FED. 3691 02:05:12,771 --> 02:05:17,676 WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK A LOT OF 3692 02:05:17,676 --> 02:05:18,277 REALLY PERSONAL, IDENTIFIABLE 3693 02:05:18,277 --> 02:05:19,445 INFORMATION THAT GETS TO, I 3694 02:05:19,445 --> 02:05:21,080 THINK WE WANT PEOPLE TO ACCESS 3695 02:05:21,080 --> 02:05:23,082 FOOD. SO THOSE METRICS MIGHT 3696 02:05:23,082 --> 02:05:24,316 LOOK DIFFERENT THAN, FOR 3697 02:05:24,316 --> 02:05:26,318 EXAMPLE, WHAT'S IN OUR VIOLENCE 3698 02:05:26,318 --> 02:05:28,954 PREVENTION CONTRACTS? DID THAT 3699 02:05:28,954 --> 02:05:32,358 AGENCY WHEN THEY GOT A CALL FROM 3700 02:05:32,358 --> 02:05:36,328 SPD? DID THEY GO OUT AND, YOU 3701 02:05:36,328 --> 02:05:37,630 KNOW, WORK TOWARDS MAKING SURE 3702 02:05:37,630 --> 02:05:39,832 THAT THERE WAS NO RETALIATORY 3703 02:05:39,832 --> 02:05:41,333 ACTION? AND THAT'S HARD TO 3704 02:05:41,333 --> 02:05:44,703 PROVE. BUT IF THEY ARE WORKING 3705 02:05:44,703 --> 02:05:46,505 IN PARTNERSHIP AND SHOWING, 3706 02:05:46,505 --> 02:05:47,072 DEMONSTRATING THE HOURS AND 3707 02:05:47,072 --> 02:05:48,841 BEING ON LOCATION, AND SPD 3708 02:05:48,841 --> 02:05:50,309 VERIFIES THAT THEY RESPONDED, 3709 02:05:50,309 --> 02:05:52,077 THEN THAT'S AN INDICATOR THAT 3710 02:05:52,077 --> 02:05:53,245 THEY ARE ON THE GROUND DOING 3711 02:05:53,245 --> 02:05:54,847 WHAT THEY SET OUT TO DO. SO 3712 02:05:54,847 --> 02:05:55,814 THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE 3713 02:05:55,814 --> 02:05:57,950 EXAMPLES. BUT WHEN YOU TALK 3714 02:05:57,950 --> 02:05:58,484 ABOUT ENDING GENDER BASED 3715 02:05:58,484 --> 02:06:00,786 VIOLENCE OR YOU TALK ABOUT 3716 02:06:00,786 --> 02:06:01,720 PREVENTION AND, YOU KNOW, 3717 02:06:01,720 --> 02:06:02,955 GETTING RENTAL ASSISTANCE OUT 3718 02:06:02,955 --> 02:06:04,623 THE DOOR, AND WHAT IMPACT THAT 3719 02:06:04,623 --> 02:06:05,658 THAT MAKES, THE METRICS ARE 3720 02:06:05,658 --> 02:06:10,195 THERE. THEY ARE JUST SPECIFIC TO 3721 02:06:10,195 --> 02:06:11,697 THE GOAL OF THAT INVESTMENT 3722 02:06:11,697 --> 02:06:11,897 AREA. 3723 02:06:11,897 --> 02:06:12,932 -- THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. AND I 3724 02:06:12,932 --> 02:06:15,200 THINK MAYBE WE'RE OPERATING FROM 3725 02:06:15,200 --> 02:06:16,835 DIFFERENT INFORMATION BECAUSE 3726 02:06:16,835 --> 02:06:17,469 THE COUNTY'S ISSUE WASN'T 3727 02:06:17,469 --> 02:06:19,605 ABOUT WHETHER THE SERVICES WERE 3728 02:06:19,605 --> 02:06:21,240 GOING OUT. IT REALLY WAS ON THE 3729 02:06:21,240 --> 02:06:23,609 FISCAL END. AND SOME DOUBLE 3730 02:06:23,609 --> 02:06:24,843 PAYMENTS, LACK OF RECEIPTS AND 3731 02:06:24,843 --> 02:06:26,078 THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND IN 3732 02:06:26,078 --> 02:06:28,647 TERMS OF FOOD, FOR INSTANCE, 3733 02:06:28,647 --> 02:06:30,316 TAKING IT AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU 3734 02:06:30,316 --> 02:06:32,151 STILL HAVE TO PRODUCE RECEIPTS 3735 02:06:32,151 --> 02:06:34,853 FOR BUYING OF THE FOOD, EVEN IF 3736 02:06:34,853 --> 02:06:36,455 YOU'RE RELAXING. SOME OF THE 3737 02:06:36,455 --> 02:06:38,257 THE SO THAT PEOPLE WILL COME, 3738 02:06:38,257 --> 02:06:39,758 YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE 3739 02:06:39,758 --> 02:06:40,926 REQUIREMENTS. SO PEOPLE WILL GET 3740 02:06:40,926 --> 02:06:43,195 THE FOOD. AND MY UNDERSTANDING 3741 02:06:43,195 --> 02:06:44,630 IS THAT SOME OF THOSE COUNTY 3742 02:06:44,630 --> 02:06:46,498 CONTRACTS ACTUALLY HAD SOME 3743 02:06:46,498 --> 02:06:49,134 SERIOUS ISSUES ASSOCIATED. AND 3744 02:06:49,134 --> 02:06:53,038 WE HAVE SIMILAR PROVIDERS. AND 3745 02:06:53,038 --> 02:06:53,706 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, YOU 3746 02:06:53,706 --> 02:06:56,408 KNOW, EVEN ONE OF OUR PROVIDERS 3747 02:06:56,408 --> 02:06:59,111 HAD SOME ISSUES. SO WE CAN 3748 02:06:59,111 --> 02:07:00,646 THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING TO. 3749 02:07:00,646 --> 02:07:02,915 AND THEN HOW DO WE HOW DOES NOT 3750 02:07:02,915 --> 02:07:05,284 WE, HOW DO YOU ALL, AS A 3751 02:07:05,284 --> 02:07:07,353 DEPARTMENT, MAKE SURE THAT 3752 02:07:07,353 --> 02:07:09,321 THAT'S NOT HAPPENING? 3753 02:07:09,321 --> 02:07:11,090 -- THANK YOU. SO THE REPORT FOR 3754 02:07:11,090 --> 02:07:12,791 THE AUDIT AND THE CORRECTIONS 3755 02:07:12,791 --> 02:07:14,760 HAD MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES. I 3756 02:07:14,760 --> 02:07:17,296 JUST HIGHLIGHTED ONE THAT IS 3757 02:07:17,296 --> 02:07:18,631 IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE TRACKING ON 3758 02:07:18,631 --> 02:07:19,264 HOW THEY CONTRACT AND HOW THEY 3759 02:07:19,264 --> 02:07:21,500 DO THEIR REIMBURSEMENTS TO 3760 02:07:21,500 --> 02:07:22,534 PREVENT. BUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING 3761 02:07:22,534 --> 02:07:23,569 ABOUT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND 3762 02:07:23,569 --> 02:07:24,636 THAT'S WHY OUR SYSTEMS THAT ARE 3763 02:07:24,636 --> 02:07:29,408 IN PLACE ARE CRITICAL. SO IF WE 3764 02:07:29,408 --> 02:07:30,442 DO KNOW AND IF WE HAVE LEARNED, 3765 02:07:30,442 --> 02:07:31,977 FOR INSTANCE, THAT THERE IS A 3766 02:07:31,977 --> 02:07:34,747 DOUBLE BILLING SITUATION, THEN 3767 02:07:34,747 --> 02:07:37,149 IT WARRANTS FURTHER 3768 02:07:37,149 --> 02:07:38,050 INVESTIGATION. AND OFTENTIMES WE 3769 02:07:38,050 --> 02:07:40,285 RELY I MENTIONED THAT WE DO 3770 02:07:40,285 --> 02:07:42,021 AUDITS OURSELVES. WE CAN DO A 3771 02:07:42,021 --> 02:07:43,288 COMPREHENSIVE FISCAL REVIEW, BUT 3772 02:07:43,288 --> 02:07:45,157 IN SOME CASES WE ACTUALLY 3773 02:07:45,157 --> 02:07:47,326 CONTRACT WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE 3774 02:07:47,326 --> 02:07:49,662 CLARK NEWBERG TO DO A FORENSIC 3775 02:07:49,662 --> 02:07:51,030 EVALUATION OR FORENSIC AUDIT. 3776 02:07:51,030 --> 02:07:52,564 THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. WE'VE 3777 02:07:52,564 --> 02:07:53,899 TRIGGERED THAT OPTION. WE WILL 3778 02:07:53,899 --> 02:07:56,135 CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I THINK 3779 02:07:56,135 --> 02:07:59,405 WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS TO 3780 02:07:59,405 --> 02:08:02,107 KNOW THAT IT IS THROUGHOUT MY 3781 02:08:02,107 --> 02:08:03,642 CAREER, EVEN WHEN I WORKED AT 3782 02:08:03,642 --> 02:08:04,710 NONPROFIT OR HERE AT THE CITY 3783 02:08:04,710 --> 02:08:07,646 FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS, IS THAT 3784 02:08:07,646 --> 02:08:08,680 WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE GOING TO 3785 02:08:08,680 --> 02:08:09,748 BE SOME ISSUES THAT COMES UP. 3786 02:08:09,748 --> 02:08:11,350 WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS HOW DO WE 3787 02:08:11,350 --> 02:08:14,353 RESPOND? AND SO YOU HAVE MY 3788 02:08:14,353 --> 02:08:16,555 COMMITMENT. THERE'S PLENTY OF 3789 02:08:16,555 --> 02:08:18,157 DOCUMENTATION. MY GOODNESS, WE 3790 02:08:18,157 --> 02:08:20,826 ARE THE QUEEN AND KINGS OF MEMOS 3791 02:08:20,826 --> 02:08:22,628 AT HSD, AND WE HAVE THOSE 3792 02:08:22,628 --> 02:08:24,096 DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND WE 3793 02:08:24,096 --> 02:08:25,264 MONITOR FOR THAT. THERE'S 3794 02:08:25,264 --> 02:08:26,832 DIFFERENT WAYS TO ESCALATE THE 3795 02:08:26,832 --> 02:08:28,467 SITUATION WHERE IT COULD BE 3796 02:08:28,467 --> 02:08:28,967 SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS 3797 02:08:28,967 --> 02:08:30,669 REPAYMENT, OR IT COULD BE 3798 02:08:30,669 --> 02:08:32,337 SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION. AND 3799 02:08:32,337 --> 02:08:33,872 WE'VE EXERCISED THAT. SO, YOU 3800 02:08:33,872 --> 02:08:37,476 KNOW, WE CARE VERY DEEPLY ABOUT 3801 02:08:37,476 --> 02:08:39,311 THE SERVICES. BUT MY NUMBER ONE 3802 02:08:39,311 --> 02:08:40,779 RESPONSIBILITY IS TO BE A 3803 02:08:40,779 --> 02:08:42,614 STEWARD OF FISCAL DOLLARS. AND 3804 02:08:42,614 --> 02:08:44,016 THAT ALSO COMES WITH JUST MAKING 3805 02:08:44,016 --> 02:08:45,818 SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT 3806 02:08:45,818 --> 02:08:47,753 APPROACHES WHEN THESE ISSUES 3807 02:08:47,753 --> 02:08:49,221 ARISE. AND SO IN THAT CASE, YOU 3808 02:08:49,221 --> 02:08:51,390 KNOW, WITHOUT SPECIFICITY. BUT 3809 02:08:51,390 --> 02:08:54,059 IF IN A SCENARIO LIKE THAT, WE 3810 02:08:54,059 --> 02:08:57,029 WOULD ABSOLUTELY MOVE QUICKLY. 3811 02:08:57,029 --> 02:08:57,696 AND IF IT'S WITH THE COUNTY, WE 3812 02:08:57,696 --> 02:08:58,497 WOULD MOVE TOGETHER. 3813 02:08:58,497 --> 02:08:59,965 -- YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, TO THE 3814 02:08:59,965 --> 02:09:00,899 POINT ABOUT THE FISCAL PIECE, 3815 02:09:00,899 --> 02:09:02,501 YOU CAN SERVE MORE PEOPLE IF 3816 02:09:02,501 --> 02:09:05,070 YOU'RE NOT HAVING ISSUES ON THE 3817 02:09:05,070 --> 02:09:05,704 FISCAL PIECE, BECAUSE YOU'LL 3818 02:09:05,704 --> 02:09:08,040 HAVE MORE MONEY TO WORK WITH. 3819 02:09:08,040 --> 02:09:09,374 AND THEN ALSO, I WILL JUST SAY 3820 02:09:09,374 --> 02:09:11,210 THE COUNTY TOOK SWIFT CORRECTIVE 3821 02:09:11,210 --> 02:09:13,045 ACTION BY DOING THAT, BUT 3822 02:09:13,045 --> 02:09:15,581 POSITION. SO THAT'S WHY I'M 3823 02:09:15,581 --> 02:09:16,715 ASKING YOU WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO 3824 02:09:16,715 --> 02:09:21,320 HAVE IN PLACE. IF. WELL, FOR THE 3825 02:09:21,320 --> 02:09:23,355 THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP THAT 3826 02:09:23,355 --> 02:09:24,790 HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE AND THEN 3827 02:09:24,790 --> 02:09:27,326 ONGOING. THANK YOU, THANK. 3828 02:09:27,326 --> 02:09:28,026 -- YOU, THANK YOU. 3829 02:09:28,026 --> 02:09:30,229 COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER 3830 02:09:30,229 --> 02:09:31,864 KETTLE, PLEASE. 3831 02:09:31,864 --> 02:09:33,398 -- CHAIR STRAUSS. I WON'T ASK A 3832 02:09:33,398 --> 02:09:34,833 QUESTION SO I DON'T GET IN 3833 02:09:34,833 --> 02:09:36,535 TROUBLE FOR TAKING TOO MUCH 3834 02:09:36,535 --> 02:09:37,436 TIME. JUST THREE THINGS IN TERMS 3835 02:09:37,436 --> 02:09:39,738 OF SOME OF THE POINTS RAISED BY 3836 02:09:39,738 --> 02:09:41,106 MY MY COLLEAGUES, I'LL START 3837 02:09:41,106 --> 02:09:41,740 WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. YOU 3838 02:09:41,740 --> 02:09:45,177 KNOW THE WHOLE POINT ABOUT UKTI 3839 02:09:45,177 --> 02:09:46,845 IS THE REASONS WHY AND SO FORTH 3840 02:09:46,845 --> 02:09:49,148 IS THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN 3841 02:09:49,148 --> 02:09:51,049 A IN TERMS OF NUMBER AND SIZE OF 3842 02:09:51,049 --> 02:09:52,718 ENCAMPMENTS OVER THE LAST SIX 3843 02:09:52,718 --> 02:09:54,253 MONTHS, WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING 3844 02:09:54,253 --> 02:09:54,953 IN A DIRECTION THAT HAS IMPACTS 3845 02:09:54,953 --> 02:09:58,891 ON PUBLIC SAFETY. IT HAS IMPACTS 3846 02:09:58,891 --> 02:10:01,560 ON ECONOMIC ACTIVATION THAT HITS 3847 02:10:01,560 --> 02:10:02,494 D7 ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND 3848 02:10:02,494 --> 02:10:04,763 THAT'S THE DRIVER. AND TRUST 3849 02:10:04,763 --> 02:10:06,465 ME, EVERY DAY I GET IT FROM MY 3850 02:10:06,465 --> 02:10:10,169 CONSTITUENTS. I SEE IT EVERY DAY 3851 02:10:10,169 --> 02:10:11,837 BECAUSE I'M ALL OVER MY 3852 02:10:11,837 --> 02:10:12,971 DISTRICT AND IT'S HAVING AN 3853 02:10:12,971 --> 02:10:13,639 IMPACT, AND THAT'S THE REASON 3854 02:10:13,639 --> 02:10:14,306 WHY IT'S BEEN COMING UP AGAIN 3855 02:10:14,306 --> 02:10:16,842 AND AGAIN. I WON'T ASK THE 3856 02:10:16,842 --> 02:10:17,509 QUESTION THAT SHE ASKED, BUT I 3857 02:10:17,509 --> 02:10:18,777 HAVE MY OWN IDEAS ON THAT. BUT 3858 02:10:18,777 --> 02:10:21,180 BUT I APPRECIATE THE POINT THAT 3859 02:10:21,180 --> 02:10:21,780 YOU MADE DIRECTOR KIM SAYING 3860 02:10:21,780 --> 02:10:23,916 THERE'S BEEN NO DIRECTIVE TO 3861 02:10:23,916 --> 02:10:27,352 YOU. SO THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED 3862 02:10:27,352 --> 02:10:27,953 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WAS WHEN HE 3863 02:10:27,953 --> 02:10:30,422 WAS SPEAKING TO EXPAND SHELTER 3864 02:10:30,422 --> 02:10:32,024 CAPACITY. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE 3865 02:10:32,024 --> 02:10:33,725 THINGS LIKE IN BUILDING OUR 3866 02:10:33,725 --> 02:10:34,293 PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN FOR THE 3867 02:10:34,293 --> 02:10:35,527 COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME 3868 02:10:35,527 --> 02:10:37,596 LAST YEAR, WE WERE BUILDING OUT 3869 02:10:37,596 --> 02:10:39,131 THE 26 PLAN. AND DEFINITELY BY 3870 02:10:39,131 --> 02:10:40,232 JANUARY 1st. AND IT'S HAPPENING 3871 02:10:40,232 --> 02:10:42,935 NOW FOR 27 AND ONE AREA THAT I 3872 02:10:42,935 --> 02:10:44,436 WAS GOING TO BRING LOOK TO AND 3873 02:10:44,436 --> 02:10:45,637 BRING UP, BECAUSE THIS IS 3874 02:10:45,637 --> 02:10:47,005 IMPORTANT TO THE THEME IN TERMS 3875 02:10:47,005 --> 02:10:48,874 OF PUBLIC SAFETY. ON ONE SIDE, 3876 02:10:48,874 --> 02:10:50,943 PUBLIC HEALTH, HOUSING AND HUMAN 3877 02:10:50,943 --> 02:10:51,577 SERVICES IS THOSE HICCUPS. AND 3878 02:10:51,577 --> 02:10:52,744 ONE OF THOSE HICCUPS IS THAT 3879 02:10:52,744 --> 02:10:56,081 PEOPLE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO 3880 02:10:56,081 --> 02:10:57,616 MAKE A DECISION. AND, YOU KNOW, 3881 02:10:57,616 --> 02:10:58,884 AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE 3882 02:10:58,884 --> 02:11:01,520 REALLY NEED A SOBERING CENTER. 3883 02:11:01,520 --> 02:11:04,423 AND I BRING THIS UP JUST TO 3884 02:11:04,423 --> 02:11:05,057 START FACILITATING THE IDEA FOR 3885 02:11:05,057 --> 02:11:06,258 THE CITY. I KNOW THERE'S A 3886 02:11:06,258 --> 02:11:07,359 COUNTY PIECE, BUT IN TERMS OF 3887 02:11:07,359 --> 02:11:09,661 HAVING US HAVE THAT ABILITY TO 3888 02:11:09,661 --> 02:11:11,363 CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY SO 3889 02:11:11,363 --> 02:11:13,865 SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A DECISION 3890 02:11:13,865 --> 02:11:15,534 THAT'S THOUGHTFUL AND THEN 3891 02:11:15,534 --> 02:11:16,168 REALLY ENHANCE THE OPPORTUNITY 3892 02:11:16,168 --> 02:11:18,937 TO BE SUCCESSFUL MOVING FORWARD. 3893 02:11:18,937 --> 02:11:20,906 AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO 3894 02:11:20,906 --> 02:11:22,241 I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK OFF 3895 02:11:22,241 --> 02:11:27,312 OF COUNCILMEMBER LYNN'S POINTS 3896 02:11:27,312 --> 02:11:27,880 ABOUT THE SHELTER CAPACITY 3897 02:11:27,880 --> 02:11:31,383 SLIDE. THERE. AND AND THEN 3898 02:11:31,383 --> 02:11:31,950 DURING COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 3899 02:11:31,950 --> 02:11:33,418 POINT ON THE BACK AND FORTH, 3900 02:11:33,418 --> 02:11:34,987 COORDINATED ENTRY IS SO 3901 02:11:34,987 --> 02:11:36,421 IMPORTANT. THIS IS THE REASON, 3902 02:11:36,421 --> 02:11:37,890 LIKE I PUSHED ON BASELINE 3903 02:11:37,890 --> 02:11:39,992 BECAUSE OF THE, THE HELPFULNESS 3904 02:11:39,992 --> 02:11:42,494 TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S 3905 02:11:42,494 --> 02:11:44,429 HAPPENING IN BELLTOWN DOWNTOWN 3906 02:11:44,429 --> 02:11:45,063 PIONEER SQUARE EVEN MAYBE BEYOND 3907 02:11:45,063 --> 02:11:46,798 A LITTLE BIT WITH CID, IT IS SO 3908 02:11:46,798 --> 02:11:51,403 IMPORTANT AND LAST POINT, CHAIR, 3909 02:11:51,403 --> 02:11:54,373 AND THIS KIND OF GOES TO THE 3910 02:11:54,373 --> 02:11:57,175 DIRECTOR POINT. PEOPLE ARE 3911 02:11:57,175 --> 02:11:59,077 ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE PAYROLL 3912 02:11:59,077 --> 02:12:01,313 EXPENSE TAX AS OF AS IF IT WAS 3913 02:12:01,313 --> 02:12:03,882 FROM YEARS AGO. TODAY'S PAYROLL 3914 02:12:03,882 --> 02:12:05,217 EXPENSE TAX IS TOTALLY 3915 02:12:05,217 --> 02:12:06,518 DIFFERENT. IT'S DIFFERENT. 3916 02:12:06,518 --> 02:12:08,220 IT'S NOT THE SAME, AND IT'S 3917 02:12:08,220 --> 02:12:09,054 PART OF THE LAW. AND IF WE'RE 3918 02:12:09,054 --> 02:12:12,591 GOING TO CHANGE IT, LET'S GET 3919 02:12:12,591 --> 02:12:14,026 FIVE VOTES. OTHERWISE, LET'S 3920 02:12:14,026 --> 02:12:15,327 TALK ABOUT IT AS IT IS, THE 3921 02:12:15,327 --> 02:12:17,729 PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX. THANKS, 3922 02:12:17,729 --> 02:12:17,963 CHAIR. 3923 02:12:17,963 --> 02:12:19,898 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3924 02:12:19,898 --> 02:12:22,434 KETTLE ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE 3925 02:12:22,434 --> 02:12:23,602 TABLE RIGHT NOW? ANY OTHER 3926 02:12:23,602 --> 02:12:25,904 COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE NOT YET 3927 02:12:25,904 --> 02:12:27,606 SPOKEN? I'M GOING TO TAKE THE 3928 02:12:27,606 --> 02:12:28,907 SAME AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I 3929 02:12:28,907 --> 02:12:30,108 ALLOWED EACH OF YOU, WHICH IS 3930 02:12:30,108 --> 02:12:32,878 QUITE A BIT. AND THEN I'LL TURN 3931 02:12:32,878 --> 02:12:37,549 IT TO YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 3932 02:12:37,549 --> 02:12:39,651 CAN WE START ON PAGE 177 OF THE 3933 02:12:39,651 --> 02:12:42,154 BUDGET BOOK THIS MIGHT BE PART 3934 02:12:42,154 --> 02:12:43,455 OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE 3935 02:12:43,455 --> 02:12:46,658 BEEN HAVING. SO WE HAVE THE HOPE 3936 02:12:46,658 --> 02:12:50,696 TEAM THAT WAS HSD COMPONENT INTO 3937 02:12:50,696 --> 02:12:52,130 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM. SO 3938 02:12:52,130 --> 02:12:53,732 COLLEAGUES, JUST THERE'S BEEN A 3939 02:12:53,732 --> 02:12:56,735 LOT OF BRUSH. BROAD BRUSH 3940 02:12:56,735 --> 02:12:59,071 STROKES. I WILL SHARE THAT EACH 3941 02:12:59,071 --> 02:13:01,540 DEPARTMENT USED TO SEND PART OF 3942 02:13:01,540 --> 02:13:03,008 THEIR DEPARTMENT TO THE UNIFIED 3943 02:13:03,008 --> 02:13:06,411 CARE TEAM THAT WAS HOUSED IN THE 3944 02:13:06,411 --> 02:13:07,379 MAYOR'S OFFICE, HSD COMPONENT 3945 02:13:07,379 --> 02:13:09,681 WAS THE HOPE TEAM, AND THE 3946 02:13:09,681 --> 02:13:11,416 REASON IT WAS HOUSED IN THE 3947 02:13:11,416 --> 02:13:13,285 MAYOR'S OFFICE WAS SO THAT TO 3948 02:13:13,285 --> 02:13:14,586 ENSURE THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS DID 3949 02:13:14,586 --> 02:13:16,755 THEIR PART. THIS IS NOT JUST A 3950 02:13:16,755 --> 02:13:19,491 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT JOB. 3951 02:13:19,491 --> 02:13:23,795 AND SO HEARING YOUR DESIRE TO 3952 02:13:23,795 --> 02:13:24,363 EMPOWER DEPARTMENTS IS WELL 3953 02:13:24,363 --> 02:13:26,732 RECEIVED BECAUSE YOUR LONGEVITY 3954 02:13:26,732 --> 02:13:28,934 IS SO THAT IT GOES BEYOND ANY 3955 02:13:28,934 --> 02:13:31,370 MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION, WHICH, 3956 02:13:31,370 --> 02:13:34,106 SINCE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, HAS 3957 02:13:34,106 --> 02:13:38,510 BEEN ONE AT A TIME THAT ALTHOUGH 3958 02:13:38,510 --> 02:13:41,980 IS CHALLENGING WHEN WE NEED 3959 02:13:41,980 --> 02:13:43,849 EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP BETWEEN 3960 02:13:43,849 --> 02:13:46,084 DEPARTMENTS. SO CAN YOU SHARE 3961 02:13:46,084 --> 02:13:46,918 WITH ME TWO? WELL, WE'RE GOING 3962 02:13:46,918 --> 02:13:48,320 TO GET INTO A COUPLE DIFFERENT 3963 02:13:48,320 --> 02:13:50,288 THINGS RIGHT HERE, HOW THIS YEAR 3964 02:13:50,288 --> 02:13:51,923 THAT HAS CHANGED. SO THE 3965 02:13:51,923 --> 02:13:54,426 EXECUTIVE IS NO LONGER PROVIDING 3966 02:13:54,426 --> 02:13:55,527 EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TO THE 3967 02:13:55,527 --> 02:13:57,329 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. OR MAYBE 3968 02:13:57,329 --> 02:13:59,164 THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING. 3969 02:13:59,164 --> 02:14:00,732 I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND 3970 02:14:00,732 --> 02:14:01,333 EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID 3971 02:14:01,333 --> 02:14:04,503 TODAY. SO IT IS EITHER IN THE 3972 02:14:04,503 --> 02:14:05,370 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, IT'S 3973 02:14:05,370 --> 02:14:06,037 EITHER IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR 3974 02:14:06,037 --> 02:14:07,439 IT'S IN THE HUMAN SERVICES 3975 02:14:07,439 --> 02:14:09,908 DEPARTMENT. THE EXECUTIVE IS 3976 02:14:09,908 --> 02:14:11,910 EITHER PROVIDING DIRECTION OR 3977 02:14:11,910 --> 02:14:15,781 NOT PROVIDING DIRECTION. THE 3978 02:14:15,781 --> 02:14:17,783 BUDGET IS EITHER BEING REDUCED 3979 02:14:17,783 --> 02:14:18,450 TO CURRENT STAFFING, WHICH WE 3980 02:14:18,450 --> 02:14:20,118 CAN COME BACK TO MOMENTUM IN A 3981 02:14:20,118 --> 02:14:23,455 MINUTE OR NOT. AND THEN I SEE ON 3982 02:14:23,455 --> 02:14:26,024 PAGE 177 THAT THE HOPE TEAM IS 3983 02:14:26,024 --> 02:14:27,125 CUT. THE NARRATIVE SAYS IT GOES 3984 02:14:27,125 --> 02:14:28,927 TO THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM. SO THE 3985 02:14:28,927 --> 02:14:31,229 LAST PART OF THIS QUESTION IS, 3986 02:14:31,229 --> 02:14:33,365 WHERE DO I FIND THAT? SO I THINK 3987 02:14:33,365 --> 02:14:35,033 THERE'S THREE QUESTIONS IN 3988 02:14:35,033 --> 02:14:35,267 THERE. 3989 02:14:35,267 --> 02:14:37,269 -- SO LET ME START WITH 3990 02:14:37,269 --> 02:14:39,805 LEADERSHIP. THE EXECUTIVE THE 3991 02:14:39,805 --> 02:14:41,206 MAYOR'S OFFICE CONTINUES TO 3992 02:14:41,206 --> 02:14:41,840 PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA 3993 02:14:41,840 --> 02:14:43,208 IN MANY AREAS ACROSS THE 3994 02:14:43,208 --> 02:14:44,342 COUNTRY. THE BUDGET FOR THIS 3995 02:14:44,342 --> 02:14:47,712 WORK, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT 3996 02:14:47,712 --> 02:14:49,714 DOING THE WORK DAILY HAS AND 3997 02:14:49,714 --> 02:14:50,282 CONTINUES TO BE WITHIN THE 3998 02:14:50,282 --> 02:14:52,684 DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. THERE WAS 3999 02:14:52,684 --> 02:14:53,485 A, I BELIEVE, A, YOU KNOW, A 4000 02:14:53,485 --> 02:14:56,888 DEPUTY MAYOR AND A I DON'T KNOW 4001 02:14:56,888 --> 02:14:58,356 WHAT THEIR TITLE WAS IN PREVIOUS 4002 02:14:58,356 --> 02:15:00,926 ADMINISTRATIONS, THAT SORT OF 4003 02:15:00,926 --> 02:15:02,360 PROVIDED THE CENTRAL OVERSIGHT. 4004 02:15:02,360 --> 02:15:04,463 THAT LEADER, THAT SORT OF 4005 02:15:04,463 --> 02:15:04,963 CENTRAL LEADERSHIP, HAS 4006 02:15:04,963 --> 02:15:07,099 TRANSITIONED TO THE HUMAN 4007 02:15:07,099 --> 02:15:09,234 SERVICES DEPARTMENT. BUT THERE 4008 02:15:09,234 --> 02:15:11,002 CONTINUES TO BE LEADERSHIP AND 4009 02:15:11,002 --> 02:15:11,603 DIRECTION FROM THE MAYOR'S 4010 02:15:11,603 --> 02:15:13,538 OFFICE. DIRECTOR ELLENBROOK, WHO 4011 02:15:13,538 --> 02:15:15,373 OVERSEES HUMAN SERVICES AS WELL 4012 02:15:15,373 --> 02:15:17,175 AS THE OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR 4013 02:15:17,175 --> 02:15:19,177 HUMAN SERVICES AND HOMELESS 4014 02:15:19,177 --> 02:15:21,480 LINDSAY GARRITY, CONTINUE TO 4015 02:15:21,480 --> 02:15:23,882 PROVIDE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP ON 4016 02:15:23,882 --> 02:15:25,050 THIS ISSUE AND MANY, MANY 4017 02:15:25,050 --> 02:15:28,587 OTHERS. SO THAT'S THE LIKE BIG, 4018 02:15:28,587 --> 02:15:30,188 BIG PICTURE IN TERMS OF I MIGHT 4019 02:15:30,188 --> 02:15:31,289 MISS A MIDDLE QUESTION. SO I'LL 4020 02:15:31,289 --> 02:15:32,591 RELY ON MY COLLEAGUES HERE TO 4021 02:15:32,591 --> 02:15:35,127 JUMP IN. THERE IS SOME TECHNICAL 4022 02:15:35,127 --> 02:15:36,361 WORK THAT HAPPENS IN A BUDGET 4023 02:15:36,361 --> 02:15:38,463 BOOK, SO I'LL JUST FLAG ON THE 4024 02:15:38,463 --> 02:15:42,534 HOPE TEAM BUDGET PROGRAM. THAT 4025 02:15:42,534 --> 02:15:44,669 WAS A BUDGET PROGRAM THAT WAS 4026 02:15:44,669 --> 02:15:46,872 DEFUNCT AS OF THE 2026 ADOPTED 4027 02:15:46,872 --> 02:15:47,806 BUDGET, IT CONTINUES TO SHOW UP 4028 02:15:47,806 --> 02:15:50,308 IN THE BUDGET FOR HISTORIC 4029 02:15:50,308 --> 02:15:53,311 REFERENCE. BUT SOMETIMES, AS THE 4030 02:15:53,311 --> 02:15:53,945 SORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE 4031 02:15:53,945 --> 02:15:55,614 OF A DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET 4032 02:15:55,614 --> 02:15:57,115 CHANGES, YOU SEE SORT OF A 4033 02:15:57,115 --> 02:15:59,584 PROGRAM GET COLLAPSED OR TAKEN 4034 02:15:59,584 --> 02:16:02,154 APART INTO MULTIPLE PIECES. SO 4035 02:16:02,154 --> 02:16:04,189 THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE 4036 02:16:04,189 --> 02:16:05,357 HOPE PROGRAM IN THIS BUDGET. THE 4037 02:16:05,357 --> 02:16:06,825 SHIFT IN THE BUDGET PROGRAMS 4038 02:16:06,825 --> 02:16:08,293 OVERALL, BECAUSE YOU SEE A 4039 02:16:08,293 --> 02:16:10,395 NUMBER OF PLACES ON THOSE PAGES, 4040 02:16:10,395 --> 02:16:15,267 YOU REFERENCED IS THIS YEAR, 4041 02:16:15,267 --> 02:16:18,837 IT'S COLLAPSING. CITY MANAGE 4042 02:16:18,837 --> 02:16:19,404 HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND KCRA 4043 02:16:19,404 --> 02:16:21,473 PROGRAMS INTO A SINGLE 4044 02:16:21,473 --> 02:16:22,340 HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM, BUDGET 4045 02:16:22,340 --> 02:16:24,209 PROGRAM. THAT THOSE THREE 4046 02:16:24,209 --> 02:16:25,877 PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN THE 4047 02:16:25,877 --> 02:16:28,446 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS BUDGET 4048 02:16:28,446 --> 02:16:30,515 SUMMARY LEVELS ARE HOMELESSNESS 4049 02:16:30,515 --> 02:16:33,285 PROGRAMS, UNIFIED CARE TEAM AND 4050 02:16:33,285 --> 02:16:33,785 CONTRACT OVERSIGHT AND 4051 02:16:33,785 --> 02:16:34,519 ADMINISTRATION. SO YOU SEE IT 4052 02:16:34,519 --> 02:16:38,023 SORT OF BEING MANAGED UNDER ONE 4053 02:16:38,023 --> 02:16:40,058 ONE PROGRAM AREA. AND THERE MAY 4054 02:16:40,058 --> 02:16:40,892 HAVE BEEN ANOTHER QUESTION. 4055 02:16:40,892 --> 02:16:42,427 -- WHAT PAGE IS THAT? SORRY. 4056 02:16:42,427 --> 02:16:45,030 -- THAT IS, I BELIEVE ON PAGE 4057 02:16:45,030 --> 02:16:54,039 ONE, 70. EIGHT. AND YOU SEE 4058 02:16:54,039 --> 02:16:55,774 LET'S SEE YOU SEE HOMELESS 4059 02:16:55,774 --> 02:16:59,811 PROGRAM ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 4060 02:16:59,811 --> 02:17:03,582 177. YOU SEE KING COUNTY 4061 02:17:03,582 --> 02:17:05,150 REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY AT 4062 02:17:05,150 --> 02:17:07,419 THE BOTTOM OF 177 THAT BLEEDS 4063 02:17:07,419 --> 02:17:09,387 OVER INTO ONE 70 AT THE TOP OF 4064 02:17:09,387 --> 02:17:11,056 178. AND THEN THE UNIFIED CARE 4065 02:17:11,056 --> 02:17:13,024 TEAM, THOSE ARE ALL BUDGET 4066 02:17:13,024 --> 02:17:15,527 PROGRAMS WITHIN THE ADDRESSING 4067 02:17:15,527 --> 02:17:16,094 HOMELESSNESS BUDGET SUMMARY 4068 02:17:16,094 --> 02:17:17,996 LEVEL. 4069 02:17:17,996 --> 02:17:20,665 -- FANTASTIC. VERY HELPFUL. 4070 02:17:20,665 --> 02:17:23,235 COMING BACK TO PAGE 160 IN THE 4071 02:17:23,235 --> 02:17:23,902 BUDGET BOOK, REPURPOSING BUDGET 4072 02:17:23,902 --> 02:17:29,975 FROM CLOSING SHELTER SITES, $4.9 4073 02:17:29,975 --> 02:17:33,245 MILLION. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 4074 02:17:33,245 --> 02:17:34,346 -- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK 4075 02:17:34,346 --> 02:17:36,681 THIS JUST CAME THROUGH THE 4076 02:17:36,681 --> 02:17:37,315 SHAREPOINT BUDGET QUESTIONS AS 4077 02:17:37,315 --> 02:17:39,184 WELL. THERE WERE UNFORTUNATELY, 4078 02:17:39,184 --> 02:17:41,286 TWO SHELTER PROGRAMS THAT CLOSED 4079 02:17:41,286 --> 02:17:44,456 OR ARE CLOSING IN 2026. SO THIS 4080 02:17:44,456 --> 02:17:45,790 THIS IS GOING TO BE TAKING THE 4081 02:17:45,790 --> 02:17:47,926 BUDGET THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH 4082 02:17:47,926 --> 02:17:49,561 THE OPERATIONS OF THOSE AND 4083 02:17:49,561 --> 02:17:51,229 BRINGING THEM INTO THE SHELTER 4084 02:17:51,229 --> 02:17:52,731 ACCELERATOR WORK TO STAND UP NEW 4085 02:17:52,731 --> 02:17:54,199 BEDS. 4086 02:17:54,199 --> 02:17:56,835 -- FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. AND 4087 02:17:56,835 --> 02:17:57,902 JUST WE'VE HAD MANY DAYS, AND 4088 02:17:57,902 --> 02:18:00,939 I'M GOING TO REPEAT DIRECTOR 4089 02:18:00,939 --> 02:18:01,973 BUSH'S REMARKS THAT ASKED THE 4090 02:18:01,973 --> 02:18:04,075 QUESTION. AND THE ANSWER IS IT 4091 02:18:04,075 --> 02:18:05,944 DOESN'T FISCALLY PEN PENCIL 4092 02:18:05,944 --> 02:18:07,912 OUT. I MAYBE THAT'S SHORTHAND. 4093 02:18:07,912 --> 02:18:09,414 APOLOGIES, DIRECTOR. THIS IS THE 4094 02:18:09,414 --> 02:18:12,150 SHELTER IS AN $18 MILLION 4095 02:18:12,150 --> 02:18:14,085 INCREASE. THIS IS A CHANGE IN 4096 02:18:14,085 --> 02:18:15,186 THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. SO JUST 4097 02:18:15,186 --> 02:18:17,122 THIS IS ME EDITORIALIZING, WHICH 4098 02:18:17,122 --> 02:18:20,659 IS THAT WE ARE TAKING A LOT OF 4099 02:18:20,659 --> 02:18:22,861 CUTS ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS, 4100 02:18:22,861 --> 02:18:24,596 ACROSS PROGRAMS, AND WE ARE 4101 02:18:24,596 --> 02:18:25,797 INCREASING. SO ON FRIDAY, WE 4102 02:18:25,797 --> 02:18:28,333 TALKED ABOUT CHARTERED 4103 02:18:28,333 --> 02:18:31,036 RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE ARE 4104 02:18:31,036 --> 02:18:33,338 REDUCING FUNDING FOR SHELTER IS 4105 02:18:33,338 --> 02:18:33,838 ABSOLUTELY AN IMPORTANT 4106 02:18:33,838 --> 02:18:35,140 RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S NOT 4107 02:18:35,140 --> 02:18:37,342 CHARTERED. SO I JUST HIGHLIGHT 4108 02:18:37,342 --> 02:18:40,311 THAT FOR US. I WILL SAY THAT IT 4109 02:18:40,311 --> 02:18:41,513 HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL GETTING TO 4110 02:18:41,513 --> 02:18:43,081 WORK WITH YOU AND THE HIGH 4111 02:18:43,081 --> 02:18:44,349 ACUITY TEAM THIS YEAR. WOULD YOU 4112 02:18:44,349 --> 02:18:48,787 BE ABLE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT 4113 02:18:48,787 --> 02:18:50,388 ABOUT WHAT OUR IMBALANCE IN 4114 02:18:50,388 --> 02:18:51,990 SHELTER IS CURRENTLY, AND WHERE 4115 02:18:51,990 --> 02:18:54,092 ARE WE GOING? AND I'LL MAYBE 4116 02:18:54,092 --> 02:18:55,727 START WITH THIS POINT, WHICH IS 4117 02:18:55,727 --> 02:18:59,564 EVEN SIX YEARS AGO, WE DID NOT 4118 02:18:59,564 --> 02:19:01,433 HAVE TINY HOME VILLAGES REALLY. 4119 02:19:01,433 --> 02:19:03,001 LIKE I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE 4120 02:19:03,001 --> 02:19:04,502 MAYBE, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT 4121 02:19:04,502 --> 02:19:09,541 TO STAND UP. AND WE HAD SO FEW 4122 02:19:09,541 --> 02:19:11,042 BEDS AT TINY HOME VILLAGES THAT 4123 02:19:11,042 --> 02:19:15,346 WE COULD NOT GET PEOPLE INTO 4124 02:19:15,346 --> 02:19:18,016 SHELTER. TODAY WE HAVE THE 4125 02:19:18,016 --> 02:19:21,486 PROBLEM OF PEOPLE HAVE ARE ON 4126 02:19:21,486 --> 02:19:23,888 OUR STREETS THAT WE THEY'VE BEEN 4127 02:19:23,888 --> 02:19:26,191 KICKED OUT OF TINY HOMES. AND 4128 02:19:26,191 --> 02:19:28,360 THIS IS. IT MIGHT SOUND BAD AT 4129 02:19:28,360 --> 02:19:29,661 FIRST, BUT THE REASON THAT I'M 4130 02:19:29,661 --> 02:19:31,796 SAYING THAT THIS IS GOOD NEWS IS 4131 02:19:31,796 --> 02:19:32,997 BECAUSE SIX YEARS AGO, WE 4132 02:19:32,997 --> 02:19:34,132 COULDN'T EVEN GET THEM INTO THE 4133 02:19:34,132 --> 02:19:34,866 TINY HOME IN THE FIRST PLACE, 4134 02:19:34,866 --> 02:19:36,601 MUCH LESS TO BE KICKED OUT. CAN 4135 02:19:36,601 --> 02:19:40,839 YOU TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND 4136 02:19:40,839 --> 02:19:42,907 WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS $18 4137 02:19:42,907 --> 02:19:44,676 MILLION? WHAT ARE WE 4138 02:19:44,676 --> 02:19:46,511 OVERSATURATED WITH AND WHAT ARE 4139 02:19:46,511 --> 02:19:48,313 WE UNDER-SATURATED WITH? 4140 02:19:48,313 --> 02:19:49,714 -- YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. AND THE 4141 02:19:49,714 --> 02:19:51,950 HIGH ACUITY WORKGROUP HAS BEEN 4142 02:19:51,950 --> 02:19:53,251 REALLY AMAZING WORK TO JUST BE 4143 02:19:53,251 --> 02:19:56,254 INVOLVED IN WITH, WITH COUNCIL 4144 02:19:56,254 --> 02:19:57,522 AND REALLY FURTHERING WHAT IS IN 4145 02:19:57,522 --> 02:19:58,590 THE SHELTER PLAN THAT WE JUST 4146 02:19:58,590 --> 02:19:59,657 SUBMITTED. I THINK WHAT WE'RE 4147 02:19:59,657 --> 02:20:01,726 MOVING TOWARDS IS JUST 4148 02:20:01,726 --> 02:20:02,861 UNDERSTANDING THAT, AGAIN, A 4149 02:20:02,861 --> 02:20:04,829 SHELTER CAN'T JUST BE THE 4150 02:20:04,829 --> 02:20:05,997 OVERNIGHT BED. IT DOES NEED TO 4151 02:20:05,997 --> 02:20:07,232 BE MORE TO MEET THE NEEDS THAT 4152 02:20:07,232 --> 02:20:10,235 ARE OUT THERE. OBVIOUSLY, 4153 02:20:10,235 --> 02:20:11,269 LOOKING AT THE POINT IN TIME 4154 02:20:11,269 --> 02:20:12,871 COUNTS THAT HAVE COME OUT IN IN 4155 02:20:12,871 --> 02:20:14,873 RECENT YEARS, A LOT OF 4156 02:20:14,873 --> 02:20:17,308 CO-OCCURRING CHALLENGES THAT ARE 4157 02:20:17,308 --> 02:20:17,842 UNSHELTERED POPULATION IS 4158 02:20:17,842 --> 02:20:18,676 DEALING WITH CHIEFLY, AS WE'VE 4159 02:20:18,676 --> 02:20:21,279 TALKED ABOUT, SUBSTANCE USE 4160 02:20:21,279 --> 02:20:23,114 DISORDER AND SERIOUS MENTAL 4161 02:20:23,114 --> 02:20:24,149 HEALTH CHALLENGES. AND I THINK 4162 02:20:24,149 --> 02:20:25,950 THAT IS WHY IT'S WE'RE TRYING TO 4163 02:20:25,950 --> 02:20:28,219 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EMBEDDED 4164 02:20:28,219 --> 02:20:29,554 ONSITE SERVICES TO MEET THOSE 4165 02:20:29,554 --> 02:20:31,189 NEEDS AT SHELTER. AND THE 4166 02:20:31,189 --> 02:20:33,558 SHELTER PLAN DOES OVERINDEX TO 4167 02:20:33,558 --> 02:20:34,459 KIND OF CORRECT FOR THAT AND 4168 02:20:34,459 --> 02:20:36,094 BRING THOSE ABOUT. SO I THINK 4169 02:20:36,094 --> 02:20:38,696 ALONGSIDE THE NON-CONGREGATE 4170 02:20:38,696 --> 02:20:40,231 OPTION, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE 4171 02:20:40,231 --> 02:20:42,934 THESE ENHANCED EMBEDDED SERVICES 4172 02:20:42,934 --> 02:20:44,569 ON SITE, AND THAT WAS REALLY 4173 02:20:44,569 --> 02:20:45,670 KIND OF TELLING. AND JUST 4174 02:20:45,670 --> 02:20:46,738 LOOKING BACK AT, I THINK ALL OF 4175 02:20:46,738 --> 02:20:48,940 OUR SHELTER INVESTMENTS TO DATE 4176 02:20:48,940 --> 02:20:50,441 AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN FUNDED IN 4177 02:20:50,441 --> 02:20:51,509 THE PAST AND WHAT'S NEEDED. SO 4178 02:20:51,509 --> 02:20:53,845 I THINK, I THINK THAT'S 4179 02:20:53,845 --> 02:20:56,848 DEFINITELY WHERE WE WANT TO MOVE 4180 02:20:56,848 --> 02:20:58,316 TOWARDS AND FOR FOLKS THAT ARE 4181 02:20:58,316 --> 02:21:00,185 BACK ON THE STREET WHO HAVE 4182 02:21:00,185 --> 02:21:01,619 SHELTER OR HOUSING CURRENTLY, I 4183 02:21:01,619 --> 02:21:03,354 THINK THAT IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE. 4184 02:21:03,354 --> 02:21:05,523 WE'LL HAVE TO JUST REALLY GO 4185 02:21:05,523 --> 02:21:08,960 INTO EYES WIDE OPEN RIGHT NOW. 4186 02:21:08,960 --> 02:21:09,561 AND I THINK WITH THE NEW 4187 02:21:09,561 --> 02:21:12,230 SHELTERS, WE WANT TO OPEN UP A 4188 02:21:12,230 --> 02:21:15,967 HIGH ACUITY KIND OF SHELTER, 4189 02:21:15,967 --> 02:21:17,068 CASE CONFERENCING SERIES AS WELL 4190 02:21:17,068 --> 02:21:19,838 THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHO IS 4191 02:21:19,838 --> 02:21:20,939 COMING FROM THE OUTREACH WORK 4192 02:21:20,939 --> 02:21:23,274 THAT OUR UKTI REGIONAL 4193 02:21:23,274 --> 02:21:23,842 COORDINATORS AND CONTRACTED 4194 02:21:23,842 --> 02:21:24,576 PROVIDERS ARE ENGAGED WITH. HOW 4195 02:21:24,576 --> 02:21:26,878 CAN WE MAKE THE BEST SERVICE 4196 02:21:26,878 --> 02:21:27,946 MATCH INTO THOSE SHELTERS? AND 4197 02:21:27,946 --> 02:21:29,914 THEN AS WE HEAR OF FOLKS WHO, 4198 02:21:29,914 --> 02:21:30,748 UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, MAY 4199 02:21:30,748 --> 02:21:32,617 HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL AND 4200 02:21:32,617 --> 02:21:33,651 BARRED FROM A SHELTER OR ARE 4201 02:21:33,651 --> 02:21:34,786 BACK ON THE STREET, HOW HOW CAN 4202 02:21:34,786 --> 02:21:37,222 WE KIND OF UTILIZE THOSE 4203 02:21:37,222 --> 02:21:38,389 RELATIONSHIPS IN THAT FORUM TO, 4204 02:21:38,389 --> 02:21:40,825 TO BRING THEM BACK INDOORS AND 4205 02:21:40,825 --> 02:21:42,694 GET THEM CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT 4206 02:21:42,694 --> 02:21:43,728 SUPPORTS? I GUESS ONE FINAL 4207 02:21:43,728 --> 02:21:45,396 POINT TOO, IF IT IS GOING TO 4208 02:21:45,396 --> 02:21:46,865 HAPPEN WHERE A SHELTER MIGHT 4209 02:21:46,865 --> 02:21:47,899 JUST NOT WORK FOR A CLIENT. AND 4210 02:21:47,899 --> 02:21:49,167 I THINK A BIG THING WE'VE HEARD 4211 02:21:49,167 --> 02:21:52,403 THIS YEAR IS A DESIRE AMONGST 4212 02:21:52,403 --> 02:21:54,472 SHELTER OPERATORS TO LOOK AT 4213 02:21:54,472 --> 02:21:55,073 WHAT A TRANSFER POLICY MIGHT 4214 02:21:55,073 --> 02:21:57,709 LOOK LIKE BETWEEN SHELTERS, AND 4215 02:21:57,709 --> 02:21:59,043 I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE 4216 02:21:59,043 --> 02:22:00,678 WANT TO BUILD OUT AS WELL. 4217 02:22:00,678 --> 02:22:01,846 -- THANK YOU. AND I HAVE TO SAY, 4218 02:22:01,846 --> 02:22:04,215 I THINK THAT THE UNDERSTANDING 4219 02:22:04,215 --> 02:22:06,684 AND IDEA THAT THERE IS AN IN AN 4220 02:22:06,684 --> 02:22:09,854 INTAKE LOCATION THAT CAN THEN 4221 02:22:09,854 --> 02:22:12,457 FAN OUT TO THE APPROPRIATE 4222 02:22:12,457 --> 02:22:14,359 ACUITY LEVEL IS A GOOD IDEA, 4223 02:22:14,359 --> 02:22:15,860 BECAUSE THAT COULD ALSO HELP 4224 02:22:15,860 --> 02:22:18,129 WITH THE TRANSFERS. THE. I'M 4225 02:22:18,129 --> 02:22:21,366 GOING TO REPEAT BACK IN A FEW 4226 02:22:21,366 --> 02:22:22,000 WORDS. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, 4227 02:22:22,000 --> 02:22:23,935 OUR CONVERSATIONS ARE IS THAT WE 4228 02:22:23,935 --> 02:22:27,572 HAVE ENOUGH LOW ACUITY SHELTER. 4229 02:22:27,572 --> 02:22:30,275 SO THAT'S OUR TINY HOME 4230 02:22:30,275 --> 02:22:32,877 VILLAGES AND WE HAVE BETWEEN 1 4231 02:22:32,877 --> 02:22:35,446 AND 3 MEDIUM TO HIGH ACUITY 4232 02:22:35,446 --> 02:22:39,150 SHELTERS CURRENTLY. IS THAT AM I 4233 02:22:39,150 --> 02:22:39,717 REMEMBERING THE POWERPOINT 4234 02:22:39,717 --> 02:22:40,218 CORRECTLY? 4235 02:22:40,218 --> 02:22:41,052 -- YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THAT IS 4236 02:22:41,052 --> 02:22:42,654 CORRECT. YEAH. AND WE CAN 4237 02:22:42,654 --> 02:22:45,456 PROVIDE THAT AGAIN AS WELL. BUT 4238 02:22:45,456 --> 02:22:46,824 THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING TOO. 4239 02:22:46,824 --> 02:22:47,058 AND SO. 4240 02:22:47,058 --> 02:22:49,427 -- AND SO AT THIS POINT, WE FOR 4241 02:22:49,427 --> 02:22:50,628 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT'S 4242 02:22:50,628 --> 02:22:52,564 SEEING SOMEBODY WHO HAS MENTAL 4243 02:22:52,564 --> 02:22:54,933 HEALTH OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY 4244 02:22:54,933 --> 02:22:55,833 ISSUES AND WONDERS WHY THEY 4245 02:22:55,833 --> 02:22:57,302 AREN'T COMING INSIDE, IT'S 4246 02:22:57,302 --> 02:22:58,002 BECAUSE WE LITERALLY DON'T HAVE 4247 02:22:58,002 --> 02:23:00,538 A PLACE FOR THEM TO COME INTO. 4248 02:23:00,538 --> 02:23:01,339 THAT'S A STATEMENT. YOU DON'T 4249 02:23:01,339 --> 02:23:02,674 HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT. AND 4250 02:23:02,674 --> 02:23:04,275 THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE 4251 02:23:04,275 --> 02:23:07,345 CHANGED. HOWEVER, WHAT I CAN SAY 4252 02:23:07,345 --> 02:23:09,213 IS THE WORK FROM THE UNIFIED 4253 02:23:09,213 --> 02:23:09,948 CARE TEAM THAT I'VE SEEN, YOU 4254 02:23:09,948 --> 02:23:13,084 KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT SINCE 4255 02:23:13,084 --> 02:23:16,187 BEFORE IT EXISTED UNTIL TODAY. 4256 02:23:16,187 --> 02:23:18,089 ONE OF THE CRITICAL ASPECTS OF 4257 02:23:18,089 --> 02:23:19,724 ITS SUCCESS IS THAT EVERY 2 TO 3 4258 02:23:19,724 --> 02:23:21,259 MONTHS, THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT 4259 02:23:21,259 --> 02:23:26,230 OF SHIFT SO THAT THE UNIFIED 4260 02:23:26,230 --> 02:23:30,001 CARE TEAM WAS CONTINUING TO 4261 02:23:30,001 --> 02:23:33,304 MODULATE, TO ITERATE WITH OUR 4262 02:23:33,304 --> 02:23:34,272 ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE NOTHING IS 4263 02:23:34,272 --> 02:23:36,074 STATIC. ONE THING THAT I'VE 4264 02:23:36,074 --> 02:23:37,141 HEARD, NOT ONLY HERE AT THIS 4265 02:23:37,141 --> 02:23:38,743 COMMITTEE TABLE, BUT FROM THE 4266 02:23:38,743 --> 02:23:40,278 MAYOR HERSELF DIRECTLY, IS THAT 4267 02:23:40,278 --> 02:23:41,913 THINGS WITH THE UNIFIED CARE 4268 02:23:41,913 --> 02:23:44,482 TEAM HAVEN'T CHANGED. AND I 4269 02:23:44,482 --> 02:23:45,917 FIND THAT TO BE A BIGGER PROBLEM 4270 02:23:45,917 --> 02:23:48,219 THAN ANYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE IT 4271 02:23:48,219 --> 02:23:50,722 MEANS THAT IT'S NOT ITERATING. 4272 02:23:50,722 --> 02:23:54,425 AND WHAT I'M SEEING RIGHT NOW 4273 02:23:54,425 --> 02:23:55,760 IS THE FOLKS THAT HAVE THESE 4274 02:23:55,760 --> 02:23:56,995 HIGHEST NEEDS THAT WE DON'T 4275 02:23:56,995 --> 02:23:58,096 NECESSARILY HAVE A PLACE FOR, WE 4276 02:23:58,096 --> 02:23:59,430 CAN COME BACK. SO I'M GLAD THAT 4277 02:23:59,430 --> 02:24:01,299 WE ARE CHANGING MOMENTUM IN THAT 4278 02:24:01,299 --> 02:24:04,902 WAY. BUT FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 4279 02:24:04,902 --> 02:24:07,171 THIS YEAR, I SAW STANDING IN IN 4280 02:24:07,171 --> 02:24:11,442 PLACE, STANDING IN MOTION, WHICH 4281 02:24:11,442 --> 02:24:12,744 DROPPED OUR ABILITY, DROPPED OUR 4282 02:24:12,744 --> 02:24:15,647 MOMENTUM. AND I HAVE SEEN OVER 4283 02:24:15,647 --> 02:24:20,551 THE LAST NINE MONTHS, STREET 4284 02:24:20,551 --> 02:24:21,152 HOMELESSNESS CONTINUE TO GET 4285 02:24:21,152 --> 02:24:25,656 WORSE MONTH AFTER MONTH. WHAT 4286 02:24:25,656 --> 02:24:28,993 NEEDS TO CHANGE FROM YOUR 4287 02:24:28,993 --> 02:24:29,594 PERSPECTIVE AND SPECIFICALLY? 4288 02:24:29,594 --> 02:24:31,996 ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE RUN 4289 02:24:31,996 --> 02:24:34,899 INTO IS THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO, 4290 02:24:34,899 --> 02:24:36,567 CLIENTS THAT WE KNOW HAVE 4291 02:24:36,567 --> 02:24:37,568 HOUSING, CLIENTS THAT WE KNOW 4292 02:24:37,568 --> 02:24:39,637 HAVE SHELTER. WE KNOW THIS 4293 02:24:39,637 --> 02:24:44,208 BECAUSE OUR OUTREACH HAVE FILLED 4294 02:24:44,208 --> 02:24:46,010 OUT THE PAPERWORK AND TAKEN THEM 4295 02:24:46,010 --> 02:24:47,478 TO THAT HOUSING AND SHELTER THAT 4296 02:24:47,478 --> 02:24:48,980 ARE SETTING UP TENTS IN OUR 4297 02:24:48,980 --> 02:24:51,983 PUBLIC SPACE THAT ARE CREATING 4298 02:24:51,983 --> 02:24:52,884 ENCAMPMENTS. AND WE KNOW THAT 4299 02:24:52,884 --> 02:24:54,519 THESE PEOPLE HAVE HOUSING AND 4300 02:24:54,519 --> 02:24:56,154 SHELTER BECAUSE WHEN THAT 4301 02:24:56,154 --> 02:24:58,356 ENCAMPMENT IS REMOVED, OUR TEAMS 4302 02:24:58,356 --> 02:25:00,558 ARE HELPING THEM BACK TO THEIR 4303 02:25:00,558 --> 02:25:02,493 HOUSE OR BACK TO THEIR SHELTER. 4304 02:25:02,493 --> 02:25:04,262 SO TWO QUESTIONS HERE. WHAT'S 4305 02:25:04,262 --> 02:25:06,130 GOING WRONG? WHAT DO WE NEED TO 4306 02:25:06,130 --> 02:25:07,965 DO TO CHANGE THIS? AND WHAT ARE 4307 02:25:07,965 --> 02:25:09,033 WE DOING FOR THESE FOLKS THAT 4308 02:25:09,033 --> 02:25:10,668 HAVE SHELTER AND HOUSING THAT 4309 02:25:10,668 --> 02:25:13,204 ARE SETTING UP TENTS IN OUR 4310 02:25:13,204 --> 02:25:13,538 PUBLIC SPACE? 4311 02:25:13,538 --> 02:25:16,074 -- YEAH, GREAT QUESTIONS. I 4312 02:25:16,074 --> 02:25:19,043 THINK WE DO WANT TO JUST KEEP 4313 02:25:19,043 --> 02:25:20,778 ITERATING AND IMPROVING FROM THE 4314 02:25:20,778 --> 02:25:23,815 UCT AND APPRECIATE WHEN COUNCIL 4315 02:25:23,815 --> 02:25:24,449 OR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE 4316 02:25:24,449 --> 02:25:25,616 AREA CAN KIND OF PUSH US IN THAT 4317 02:25:25,616 --> 02:25:28,186 REGARD AS WELL. I THINK THE KEY 4318 02:25:28,186 --> 02:25:30,688 PIECE FOR UNSHELTERED FOLKS IS 4319 02:25:30,688 --> 02:25:32,256 JUST HSD, THE HOMELESSNESS 4320 02:25:32,256 --> 02:25:33,725 DIVISION, STANDING UP THESE 4321 02:25:33,725 --> 02:25:34,325 SHELTERS AND PARTNERSHIP WITH 4322 02:25:34,325 --> 02:25:36,661 FOLKS AS SOON AS WE CAN. SO JUST 4323 02:25:36,661 --> 02:25:38,162 APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT FROM 4324 02:25:38,162 --> 02:25:39,630 THAT. THAT'S COME FROM COUNCIL 4325 02:25:39,630 --> 02:25:40,865 AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL. 4326 02:25:40,865 --> 02:25:42,834 I THINK THAT IS A NUMBER ONE, WE 4327 02:25:42,834 --> 02:25:44,435 JUST HAVE TO OPEN UP MORE BEDS, 4328 02:25:44,435 --> 02:25:46,204 AND I THINK ON THE PROCESS SIDE 4329 02:25:46,204 --> 02:25:47,038 OF THINGS, TOO, IN TERMS OF 4330 02:25:47,038 --> 02:25:48,539 WORKING WITH UNSHELTERED FOLKS, 4331 02:25:48,539 --> 02:25:50,541 WHAT CAN WE LEARN AGAIN, JUST TO 4332 02:25:50,541 --> 02:25:54,412 REFERENCE THE STREETS OF HOUSING 4333 02:25:54,412 --> 02:25:55,980 INITIATIVE, OBVIOUSLY, 4334 02:25:55,980 --> 02:25:56,614 ENCAMPMENTS, LARGE ENCAMPMENTS 4335 02:25:56,614 --> 02:25:59,150 CAN HAVE BIG IMPACTS ON SPECIFIC 4336 02:25:59,150 --> 02:26:01,085 COMMUNITIES. AND I THINK WE HAVE 4337 02:26:01,085 --> 02:26:01,919 TO RECOGNIZE THERE IS A NEED TO 4338 02:26:01,919 --> 02:26:03,688 GO A LITTLE MORE GRANULAR AT 4339 02:26:03,688 --> 02:26:04,522 TIMES THAN THE DISTRICT 4340 02:26:04,522 --> 02:26:05,957 APPROACH. SO I THINK THAT'S 4341 02:26:05,957 --> 02:26:06,991 SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO 4342 02:26:06,991 --> 02:26:08,826 FIGURE OUT HOW TO SYSTEMATIZE 4343 02:26:08,826 --> 02:26:10,261 THAT AND WORK WITH PROVIDERS IN 4344 02:26:10,261 --> 02:26:12,463 THAT REGARD. AND AGAIN, I THINK 4345 02:26:12,463 --> 02:26:13,731 THE COORDINATED ENTRY, THE PATH 4346 02:26:13,731 --> 02:26:15,166 TO PERMANENT HOUSING, WE, WE NOT 4347 02:26:15,166 --> 02:26:16,834 ONLY NEED TO GET FOLKS INTO 4348 02:26:16,834 --> 02:26:18,336 SHELTERS, BUT THEN GET THOSE 4349 02:26:18,336 --> 02:26:19,904 BEDS OPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 4350 02:26:19,904 --> 02:26:21,139 AGAIN. AND I THINK THE 4351 02:26:21,139 --> 02:26:22,507 INVESTMENTS IN THIS PROPOSED 4352 02:26:22,507 --> 02:26:24,308 BUDGET, IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES 4353 02:26:24,308 --> 02:26:25,710 THAT WILL BE AT SHELTERS, ARE 4354 02:26:25,710 --> 02:26:28,179 KEY TO BRINGING FOLKS IN AND 4355 02:26:28,179 --> 02:26:29,947 JUST REALLY MOVING QUICKLY TO 4356 02:26:29,947 --> 02:26:32,850 BUILD THE CONNECTIONS TO HOUSING 4357 02:26:32,850 --> 02:26:35,653 MORE FULLY. AND IN TERMS OF 4358 02:26:35,653 --> 02:26:36,621 FOLKS WHO HAVE SHELTER OR 4359 02:26:36,621 --> 02:26:37,588 HOUSING THAT ARE BACK ON THE 4360 02:26:37,588 --> 02:26:40,324 STREETS, I THINK THAT'S US 4361 02:26:40,324 --> 02:26:41,726 WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WITH OUR 4362 02:26:41,726 --> 02:26:44,295 CONTRACTED OUTREACH PROVIDERS 4363 02:26:44,295 --> 02:26:45,797 WHAT WHAT ARE THE AVENUES WE CAN 4364 02:26:45,797 --> 02:26:48,232 REALLY PURSUE TO JUST MAKE A 4365 02:26:48,232 --> 02:26:50,134 MORE LASTING CONNECTION THERE? 4366 02:26:50,134 --> 02:26:51,502 THE TRANSFER POLICY TO THAT 4367 02:26:51,502 --> 02:26:54,071 COULD BE A KEY ONE. WORKING WITH 4368 02:26:54,071 --> 02:26:55,173 PARTNERS AT THE OFFICE OF 4369 02:26:55,173 --> 02:26:57,375 HOUSING AND ELSEWHERE TO 4370 02:26:57,375 --> 02:26:58,910 UNDERSTAND ANY GAPS WITH 4371 02:26:58,910 --> 02:27:00,077 SPECIFIC HOUSING PROVIDERS TO. 4372 02:27:00,077 --> 02:27:00,645 AND WHAT COULD BE ADDED, I 4373 02:27:00,645 --> 02:27:03,281 THINK, IS KEY. IT'S A REALLY 4374 02:27:03,281 --> 02:27:04,549 DIFFICULT CHALLENGE THAT WE 4375 02:27:04,549 --> 02:27:04,749 FACE. 4376 02:27:04,749 --> 02:27:08,452 -- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. HEARD. BUT 4377 02:27:08,452 --> 02:27:10,221 I IS IT NOT MAYBE IT'S NOT A 4378 02:27:10,221 --> 02:27:11,956 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT 4379 02:27:11,956 --> 02:27:13,424 RESPONSIBILITY. IF THEY ALREADY 4380 02:27:13,424 --> 02:27:14,025 HAVE SHELTER AND HOUSING AND 4381 02:27:14,025 --> 02:27:17,094 THEY ARE LIVING ON THE STREET. 4382 02:27:17,094 --> 02:27:18,829 AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT 4383 02:27:18,829 --> 02:27:19,931 THAT THEY LOST THEIR SHELTER OR 4384 02:27:19,931 --> 02:27:22,200 HOUSING, IT IS STILL ACTIVE 4385 02:27:22,200 --> 02:27:24,335 WHILE THEY HAVE A TENT IN PUBLIC 4386 02:27:24,335 --> 02:27:24,569 SPACE. 4387 02:27:24,569 --> 02:27:26,737 -- YEAH, NO, TOTALLY. I THINK I 4388 02:27:26,737 --> 02:27:27,605 THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WE 4389 02:27:27,605 --> 02:27:29,540 JUST THINK WITH THE HUMAN, HUMAN 4390 02:27:29,540 --> 02:27:31,142 CENTERED, PERSON CENTERED, WE 4391 02:27:31,142 --> 02:27:33,077 WANT TO DO WHAT'S BEST AND TRY 4392 02:27:33,077 --> 02:27:33,678 TO HELP THAT INDIVIDUAL. BUT 4393 02:27:33,678 --> 02:27:35,112 YES, I THINK IT DOES AT TIMES GO 4394 02:27:35,112 --> 02:27:38,115 BEYOND HSD AND PUBLIC SAFETY 4395 02:27:38,115 --> 02:27:39,984 ISSUES. AGAIN, THAT MIGHT BE AT 4396 02:27:39,984 --> 02:27:41,452 PLAY OR A REAL CHALLENGE. AND I 4397 02:27:41,452 --> 02:27:42,887 THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU 4398 02:27:42,887 --> 02:27:45,156 SEE YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HAVE 4399 02:27:45,156 --> 02:27:45,656 DIRECT AUTHORITY OVER, 4400 02:27:45,656 --> 02:27:48,826 OBVIOUSLY, PUBLIC SAFETY MATTERS 4401 02:27:48,826 --> 02:27:49,460 AND TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR CITY 4402 02:27:49,460 --> 02:27:50,261 DEPARTMENTS 4403 02:27:50,261 --> 02:27:52,630 -- YEAH, NO, I AND I ASK THAT 4404 02:27:52,630 --> 02:27:53,231 QUESTION NOT BECAUSE I ALSO 4405 02:27:53,231 --> 02:27:54,398 AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO 4406 02:27:54,398 --> 02:27:56,033 HAVE A HUMAN APPROACH TO IT. BUT 4407 02:27:56,033 --> 02:27:57,501 IF WE'RE ASKING OUR OUTREACH 4408 02:27:57,501 --> 02:27:59,203 WORKER TO, TO WORK WITH THE SAME 4409 02:27:59,203 --> 02:28:01,539 PERSON EVERY SINGLE DAY TO GET 4410 02:28:01,539 --> 02:28:02,506 THEM BACK INTO THE HOUSING THAT 4411 02:28:02,506 --> 02:28:04,108 THEY ALREADY HAVE, WHEN THEY 4412 02:28:04,108 --> 02:28:05,042 COULD BE HELPING PEOPLE WHO 4413 02:28:05,042 --> 02:28:07,111 DON'T HAVE HELP. I'M JUST 4414 02:28:07,111 --> 02:28:07,979 THINKING FROM HOW ARE WE USING 4415 02:28:07,979 --> 02:28:09,747 OUR STAFFING? HOW ARE WE USING 4416 02:28:09,747 --> 02:28:12,149 OUR LIMITED RESOURCES HERE? 4417 02:28:12,149 --> 02:28:14,418 -- THANK YOU. 4418 02:28:14,418 --> 02:28:15,920 -- YEAH. AND THE $18 MILLION 4419 02:28:15,920 --> 02:28:17,622 I'M GOING TO BE REALLY BLUNT. 4420 02:28:17,622 --> 02:28:18,689 IF WE SPENT IT ON TINY HOME 4421 02:28:18,689 --> 02:28:20,858 VILLAGES, LOW ACUITY SHELTER, WE 4422 02:28:20,858 --> 02:28:23,761 COULD GET PROBABLY 2 TO 3 TIMES 4423 02:28:23,761 --> 02:28:25,363 AS MUCH SHELTER AS WE COULD FOR 4424 02:28:25,363 --> 02:28:27,565 COMPLEX OR HIGH ACUITY SHELTER. 4425 02:28:27,565 --> 02:28:29,800 AND I THINK THAT IT IS 4426 02:28:29,800 --> 02:28:30,401 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE 4427 02:28:30,401 --> 02:28:33,537 SPEND THIS MONEY IN THIS WAY. I 4428 02:28:33,537 --> 02:28:36,140 AM STILL WITH MY EYE TO 4429 02:28:36,140 --> 02:28:40,278 EFFICIENCY AND WHAT CONCERNS ME 4430 02:28:40,278 --> 02:28:42,747 IS THAT WE HAVE HAD SITUATIONS 4431 02:28:42,747 --> 02:28:45,416 THIS YEAR WHERE WE HAVE CITY 4432 02:28:45,416 --> 02:28:47,618 FUNDED, HIGH ACUITY SHELTER WITH 4433 02:28:47,618 --> 02:28:49,253 CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE 4434 02:28:49,253 --> 02:28:51,923 PRIORITIZED, WHO WE CANNOT 4435 02:28:51,923 --> 02:28:54,625 THROUGHPUT INTO CITY FUNDED, 4436 02:28:54,625 --> 02:28:57,328 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING 4437 02:28:57,328 --> 02:29:00,598 THAT HAS THE RIGHT WRAPAROUND 4438 02:29:00,598 --> 02:29:04,935 SERVICES. HOW IS THIS? 4439 02:29:04,935 --> 02:29:06,070 -- MAJOR FRUSTRATION. AND I 4440 02:29:06,070 --> 02:29:08,205 THINK THAT, AGAIN, NOT TO KEEP 4441 02:29:08,205 --> 02:29:08,839 POINTING TO COORDINATED ENTRY, 4442 02:29:08,839 --> 02:29:11,409 BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT 4443 02:29:11,409 --> 02:29:12,777 THAT CONNECTION, WHAT OTHER 4444 02:29:12,777 --> 02:29:13,778 CONNECTIONS WE CAN KIND OF BUILD 4445 02:29:13,778 --> 02:29:15,346 AND ENHANCE, BECAUSE THAT IS WE 4446 02:29:15,346 --> 02:29:17,214 DEFINITELY NEED THAT INTENTIONAL 4447 02:29:17,214 --> 02:29:19,383 CONNECTION WITH THESE HIGH 4448 02:29:19,383 --> 02:29:20,851 ACUITY SHELTERS TO BE EFFECTIVE. 4449 02:29:20,851 --> 02:29:21,819 WITHOUT THAT, THEY THEY WILL NOT 4450 02:29:21,819 --> 02:29:23,954 BE. SO WE NEED TO MOVE ON THAT. 4451 02:29:23,954 --> 02:29:25,957 -- AND I'M NOT ON THE HUMAN 4452 02:29:25,957 --> 02:29:27,291 SERVICES COMMITTEE OR ON KCRW. 4453 02:29:27,291 --> 02:29:29,460 SO MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE KICK 4454 02:29:29,460 --> 02:29:30,294 ME UNDER THE TABLE IF I'M OUT 4455 02:29:30,294 --> 02:29:32,630 OF OUT OF SCHOOL HERE IS 4456 02:29:32,630 --> 02:29:34,632 COORDINATED ENTRY IS JUST OUR 4457 02:29:34,632 --> 02:29:37,368 MERGING OF COUNTY SERVICES WITH 4458 02:29:37,368 --> 02:29:40,805 THE REGIONAL NEEDS. IS THAT 4459 02:29:40,805 --> 02:29:41,172 ESSENTIALLY IT. 4460 02:29:41,172 --> 02:29:42,673 -- IT'S COORDINATED ENTRY 4461 02:29:42,673 --> 02:29:45,209 REALLY MANAGED BY KCRA TO NOT TO 4462 02:29:45,209 --> 02:29:48,312 FACILITATE REFERRALS INTO OUR 4463 02:29:48,312 --> 02:29:48,913 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING 4464 02:29:48,913 --> 02:29:50,448 FUNDED PROGRAMS WITH CITY AND 4465 02:29:50,448 --> 02:29:53,150 COUNTY FUNDS AS WELL. CONTINUUM 4466 02:29:53,150 --> 02:29:54,719 OF CARE TO. SO I THINK THERE IS 4467 02:29:54,719 --> 02:29:56,287 OPPORTUNITY THERE TO SAY, HOW IS 4468 02:29:56,287 --> 02:29:57,955 THAT WORKING? WHAT CAN WE PILOT 4469 02:29:57,955 --> 02:29:59,423 AS WELL, MAYBE WITH SOME OF 4470 02:29:59,423 --> 02:30:00,157 THESE NEW RESOURCES COMING ON 4471 02:30:00,157 --> 02:30:01,425 AND THAT WOULD BE WORKING, YOU 4472 02:30:01,425 --> 02:30:03,094 KNOW, WITH THE KING COUNTY 4473 02:30:03,094 --> 02:30:05,996 REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY 4474 02:30:05,996 --> 02:30:06,263 AS WELL. 4475 02:30:06,263 --> 02:30:07,765 -- SO WE PROVIDE THREE QUARTERS 4476 02:30:07,765 --> 02:30:11,335 OF KCRA'S BUDGET. WE USED TO 4477 02:30:11,335 --> 02:30:13,804 THE COUNTY ONLY PROVIDED A 4478 02:30:13,804 --> 02:30:17,842 QUARTER, AND WE ARE LEFT IN THE 4479 02:30:17,842 --> 02:30:20,444 WIND BECAUSE OF THEIR POLICIES. 4480 02:30:20,444 --> 02:30:23,814 IS THIS ESSENTIALLY IT LIKE 4481 02:30:23,814 --> 02:30:25,649 WE'RE FUNDING AN ORGANIZATION 4482 02:30:25,649 --> 02:30:27,685 THAT MAKES POLICIES, THAT 4483 02:30:27,685 --> 02:30:29,587 CREATES INEFFICIENCIES? AGAIN, 4484 02:30:29,587 --> 02:30:31,856 IT IS AS SIMPLE AS CITY FUNDED, 4485 02:30:31,856 --> 02:30:33,591 CONTRACTED OUTREACH IDENTIFIES A 4486 02:30:33,591 --> 02:30:34,792 HUMAN BEING THAT NEEDS TO COME 4487 02:30:34,792 --> 02:30:38,229 INSIDE. WE PLACE THEM AT A CITY 4488 02:30:38,229 --> 02:30:39,797 FUNDED SHELTER. WHO PROVIDES THE 4489 02:30:39,797 --> 02:30:41,165 CORRECT LEVEL OF WRAPAROUND 4490 02:30:41,165 --> 02:30:43,267 SERVICES. WE CANNOT GET THAT 4491 02:30:43,267 --> 02:30:44,368 PERSON INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE 4492 02:30:44,368 --> 02:30:46,637 HOUSING, WHERE WE KNOW THAT 4493 02:30:46,637 --> 02:30:48,773 THERE ARE OPEN BEDS SIMPLY 4494 02:30:48,773 --> 02:30:49,440 BECAUSE THERE'S A BUREAUCRATIC 4495 02:30:49,440 --> 02:30:52,710 SYSTEM FROM THE COUNTY. 4496 02:30:52,710 --> 02:30:54,245 -- WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO 4497 02:30:54,245 --> 02:30:55,212 DIG INTO. AND I THINK I THINK 4498 02:30:55,212 --> 02:30:55,880 THAT'S PART OF THE WORK WE WANT 4499 02:30:55,880 --> 02:30:59,316 TO REALLY KNOCK OUT AND UNCOVER 4500 02:30:59,316 --> 02:31:00,684 WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN THIS 4501 02:31:00,684 --> 02:31:01,218 CHALLENGE WITH THROUGHPUT 4502 02:31:01,218 --> 02:31:02,219 THAT'S EXISTED FOR FOR MANY 4503 02:31:02,219 --> 02:31:03,120 YEARS? AND WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO? 4504 02:31:03,120 --> 02:31:04,355 OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, STREETS TO 4505 02:31:04,355 --> 02:31:07,091 HOUSING, A LOT OF FOLKS, I THINK 4506 02:31:07,091 --> 02:31:09,026 AROUND 70 INDIVIDUALS FROM 4507 02:31:09,026 --> 02:31:10,694 PIONEER SQUARE MOVED INTO 4508 02:31:10,694 --> 02:31:12,263 SHELTER OR HOUSING. THERE WERE 4509 02:31:12,263 --> 02:31:13,898 FOLKS IN SOME OF THE SHELTERS 4510 02:31:13,898 --> 02:31:15,066 THAT WERE CONNECTED TO THAT 4511 02:31:15,066 --> 02:31:15,599 INITIATIVE, LIKE THE STAR 4512 02:31:15,599 --> 02:31:17,067 CENTER, THAT WERE ABLE TO MOVE 4513 02:31:17,067 --> 02:31:21,238 FOLKS INTO PSH THROUGH A SMALL 4514 02:31:21,238 --> 02:31:22,473 TWEAK. THAT WAS A GREAT PILOT 4515 02:31:22,473 --> 02:31:23,240 FOR TWO MONTHS. I THINK WE WANT 4516 02:31:23,240 --> 02:31:25,910 TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE EXPAND THAT 4517 02:31:25,910 --> 02:31:27,645 FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME TO 4518 02:31:27,645 --> 02:31:30,314 THEN INFORM THAT REGIONALISM 4519 02:31:30,314 --> 02:31:31,916 CONVERSATION NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE 4520 02:31:31,916 --> 02:31:33,884 WE DO NEED CHANGE THERE. SO I 4521 02:31:33,884 --> 02:31:34,718 THINK THAT'S WORK WE HAVE TO 4522 02:31:34,718 --> 02:31:35,953 DIG INTO RIGHT NOW. I THINK 4523 02:31:35,953 --> 02:31:37,655 YOU'RE RIGHT. WE DON'T WANT TO 4524 02:31:37,655 --> 02:31:38,522 BUREAUCRATIC CHALLENGES TO GET 4525 02:31:38,522 --> 02:31:40,424 IN THE WAY OF JUST FOLKS MOVING 4526 02:31:40,424 --> 02:31:40,958 INTO HOUSING. 4527 02:31:40,958 --> 02:31:42,293 -- SO YEAH, THANK YOU. AND 4528 02:31:42,293 --> 02:31:44,929 BECAUSE THAT STREETS TO HOUSING 4529 02:31:44,929 --> 02:31:48,933 PILOT IS WHAT I GUESS SHOCKED ME 4530 02:31:48,933 --> 02:31:50,367 THAT WE ARE FUNDING ALL OF THESE 4531 02:31:50,367 --> 02:31:53,037 PROGRAMS. AND YET A DIFFERENT 4532 02:31:53,037 --> 02:31:55,439 JURISDICTION GETS TO CREATE 4533 02:31:55,439 --> 02:31:56,507 INEFFICIENCIES FOR US. AND I 4534 02:31:56,507 --> 02:31:58,209 SIMPLY, IF WE'RE SPENDING THIS 4535 02:31:58,209 --> 02:31:59,510 AMOUNT OF MONEY, I DON'T HAVE 4536 02:31:59,510 --> 02:32:04,682 TIME FOR THAT. SAID ANOTHER WAY, 4537 02:32:04,682 --> 02:32:09,153 I AM AT THIS POINT. I THINK 4538 02:32:09,153 --> 02:32:11,889 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE INVEST 4539 02:32:11,889 --> 02:32:12,523 $18 MILLION INTO SHELTER. I'M 4540 02:32:12,523 --> 02:32:13,324 CONCERNED AS TO THE FUNDING 4541 02:32:13,324 --> 02:32:17,695 SOURCES IN OUR BUDGET, AND I'M 4542 02:32:17,695 --> 02:32:20,965 AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE. 4543 02:32:20,965 --> 02:32:22,199 WHILE WE NEED TO SPEND THIS 4544 02:32:22,199 --> 02:32:23,934 MONEY WITH NO ADDITIONAL 4545 02:32:23,934 --> 02:32:25,669 EFFICIENCIES, IF WE ARE SPENDING 4546 02:32:25,669 --> 02:32:27,471 THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY BECAUSE 4547 02:32:27,471 --> 02:32:29,406 COORDINATED ENTRY IS CREATING A 4548 02:32:29,406 --> 02:32:31,375 BARRIER TO HOUSING THAT WE ARE 4549 02:32:31,375 --> 02:32:33,177 FUNDING IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE 4550 02:32:33,177 --> 02:32:34,512 HOUSING, I DON'T HAVE PATIENCE 4551 02:32:34,512 --> 02:32:37,348 FOR THAT. AND SO I SEE THIS $18 4552 02:32:37,348 --> 02:32:39,617 MILLION IS AN IMPORTANT STARTING 4553 02:32:39,617 --> 02:32:42,386 POINT. AND I ALSO SEE THAT THESE 4554 02:32:42,386 --> 02:32:43,020 EFFICIENCIES HAVE TO BE CREATED 4555 02:32:43,020 --> 02:32:45,456 BECAUSE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY BEING 4556 02:32:45,456 --> 02:32:48,225 ASKED TO SPEND MORE MONEY 4557 02:32:48,225 --> 02:32:50,227 BECAUSE THERE'S AN OUTSIDE 4558 02:32:50,227 --> 02:32:52,229 PARTY CREATING BLOCKAGES FOR US. 4559 02:32:52,229 --> 02:32:53,631 THAT'S A EDITORIAL COMMENT. NOT 4560 02:32:53,631 --> 02:32:54,732 ONE FOR YOU TO RESPOND TO. BUT I 4561 02:32:54,732 --> 02:32:57,701 JUST HIGHLIGHTED HERE ONLY THE 4562 02:32:57,701 --> 02:32:59,503 FIRST AND LAST THING I'LL SAY 4563 02:32:59,503 --> 02:33:02,273 ABOUT KCRW IS THAT I HAD A LOT 4564 02:33:02,273 --> 02:33:05,543 OF ISSUES THE LAST TIME WE SENT 4565 02:33:05,543 --> 02:33:06,644 CONTRACTS TO KCRW, AYE, AND NOW 4566 02:33:06,644 --> 02:33:07,545 WE ARE TAKING THEM BACK, THAT 4567 02:33:07,545 --> 02:33:09,713 THEY WERE ALL TO BE DONE IN A 4568 02:33:09,713 --> 02:33:11,782 ONE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME. I 4569 02:33:11,782 --> 02:33:13,717 SUGGESTED ONE AND A HALF YEARS 4570 02:33:13,717 --> 02:33:15,586 OR TWO YEARS. I'M FLAGGING FOR 4571 02:33:15,586 --> 02:33:18,155 YOU THAT I AM VERY CONCERNED 4572 02:33:18,155 --> 02:33:20,724 ABOUT HOW THIS WILL GO. I, AT 4573 02:33:20,724 --> 02:33:26,897 THIS POINT I, I AM STILL WAITING 4574 02:33:26,897 --> 02:33:29,133 TO SEE KCRW TO PERFORM ITS 4575 02:33:29,133 --> 02:33:31,235 DUTIES AS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. 4576 02:33:31,235 --> 02:33:33,470 SO NO LOVE LOST THERE. MY ONLY 4577 02:33:33,470 --> 02:33:34,572 QUESTION HERE IS I'VE SEEN IN 4578 02:33:34,572 --> 02:33:35,673 PIERCE COUNTY THEY HAVE. THEY 4579 02:33:35,673 --> 02:33:37,007 HAVE THEIR OWN VERSION OF A 4580 02:33:37,007 --> 02:33:38,309 REGIONAL SYSTEM WHERE IT WAS 4581 02:33:38,309 --> 02:33:41,679 PROPOSED AT LEAST, WHICH IS NOT 4582 02:33:41,679 --> 02:33:42,279 SHIFTING FUNDING, BUT SHARING 4583 02:33:42,279 --> 02:33:45,216 DATA BETWEEN DIFFERENT PEER 4584 02:33:45,216 --> 02:33:46,317 CITIES. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT 4585 02:33:46,317 --> 02:33:48,185 WE ARE CONSIDERING TO DO HERE IN 4586 02:33:48,185 --> 02:33:50,721 KING COUNTY? 4587 02:33:50,721 --> 02:33:52,389 -- I THINK THAT CERTAINLY COULD 4588 02:33:52,389 --> 02:33:53,023 BE SOMETHING WE CONSIDER, AND I 4589 02:33:53,023 --> 02:33:54,491 THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART 4590 02:33:54,491 --> 02:33:56,293 OF THE FUTURE OF REGIONALISM 4591 02:33:56,293 --> 02:33:57,528 CONVERSATIONS THAT COME UP AS 4592 02:33:57,528 --> 02:33:58,295 WELL. OBVIOUSLY, IT CAN'T JUST 4593 02:33:58,295 --> 02:33:59,730 BE THE CITY ALONE IN THAT 4594 02:33:59,730 --> 02:34:02,099 INSTANCE. SO WE WILL BE, I 4595 02:34:02,099 --> 02:34:04,969 THINK, CONTINUING OUR STRONG 4596 02:34:04,969 --> 02:34:05,502 COLLABORATION WITH DC AND 4597 02:34:05,502 --> 02:34:06,704 BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND THE 4598 02:34:06,704 --> 02:34:09,039 EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE AS WELL. AND 4599 02:34:09,039 --> 02:34:10,641 I THINK IN PART TO TAKE IN 4600 02:34:10,641 --> 02:34:11,308 LESSONS LEARNED LIKE THAT. WHAT 4601 02:34:11,308 --> 02:34:13,477 HAS WORKED ELSEWHERE IN 4602 02:34:13,477 --> 02:34:14,445 WASHINGTON STATE, ELSEWHERE IN 4603 02:34:14,445 --> 02:34:16,246 THE COUNTRY, AND WHAT CAN WE 4604 02:34:16,246 --> 02:34:17,314 PIVOT TOWARDS HERE? 4605 02:34:17,314 --> 02:34:19,583 -- THANK YOU. LAST QUESTION ON 4606 02:34:19,583 --> 02:34:20,751 SHELTER, AND THEN I'LL PASS IT 4607 02:34:20,751 --> 02:34:23,954 OVER TO DIRECTOR KIM. KIND OF 4608 02:34:23,954 --> 02:34:24,555 TEASING OFF OF COUNCILMEMBER 4609 02:34:24,555 --> 02:34:25,689 SAKA QUESTION, ALTHOUGH I THINK 4610 02:34:25,689 --> 02:34:27,825 MIGHT NOT BE FULLY INFORMED 4611 02:34:27,825 --> 02:34:28,959 ABOUT NORTH OF THE SHIP, CANAL 4612 02:34:28,959 --> 02:34:31,095 DISTRICT FIVE HAS AN 4613 02:34:31,095 --> 02:34:33,330 OVERSATURATION OF SHELTERS AS 4614 02:34:33,330 --> 02:34:34,832 COMPARED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE 4615 02:34:34,832 --> 02:34:36,867 CITY. I CAN AND MAYBE YOU 4616 02:34:36,867 --> 02:34:38,535 DIDN'T KNOW. I HAVE BEEN OUT 4617 02:34:38,535 --> 02:34:40,371 LOOKING FOR SHELTER LOCATIONS IN 4618 02:34:40,371 --> 02:34:43,007 DISTRICT SIX IN PARTICULAR, 4619 02:34:43,007 --> 02:34:44,808 BECAUSE WE SEE WITH VEHICLE 4620 02:34:44,808 --> 02:34:45,476 RESIDENCY, FOLKS DON'T WANT TO 4621 02:34:45,476 --> 02:34:46,377 MOVE FROM BALLARD DOWN TO SOTO. 4622 02:34:46,377 --> 02:34:47,444 FOLKS FROM SOTO DON'T WANT TO 4623 02:34:47,444 --> 02:34:51,015 MOVE UP TO BALLARD. ALL OF THAT 4624 02:34:51,015 --> 02:34:52,216 SAID, GLASS YARDS COMMONS HAS 4625 02:34:52,216 --> 02:34:53,817 BEEN, WHAT, THREE YEARS IN THE 4626 02:34:53,817 --> 02:34:56,120 MAKING? WHERE ARE WE AT? WHAT'S 4627 02:34:56,120 --> 02:34:57,421 GOING TO TAKE TO GET TO THE 4628 02:34:57,421 --> 02:35:00,891 FINAL OPENING? AND I SAY THAT 4629 02:35:00,891 --> 02:35:01,859 BECAUSE IN JANUARY I WAS TOLD 4630 02:35:01,859 --> 02:35:04,595 THAT IT WOULD OPEN IN APRIL. AND 4631 02:35:04,595 --> 02:35:06,597 JULY, THEN AUGUST, I'M HERE IN 4632 02:35:06,597 --> 02:35:07,331 NOVEMBER. WHERE ARE WE AT TODAY? 4633 02:35:07,331 --> 02:35:10,901 AND THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT. I 4634 02:35:10,901 --> 02:35:13,871 JUST SO ANYONE'S WATCHING ALL 4635 02:35:13,871 --> 02:35:16,307 25 PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT CHRIS OR 4636 02:35:16,307 --> 02:35:18,375 HSD FAULT NECESSARILY. 4637 02:35:18,375 --> 02:35:19,643 -- IT'S GOING TO OPEN IN 4638 02:35:19,643 --> 02:35:20,711 NOVEMBER. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE 4639 02:35:20,711 --> 02:35:22,079 PLANNED NOW. WE WERE, AS 4640 02:35:22,079 --> 02:35:22,713 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE MENTIONED, 4641 02:35:22,713 --> 02:35:23,914 THERE WAS A GROUNDBREAKING 4642 02:35:23,914 --> 02:35:25,282 CEREMONY THAT WE WERE REALLY 4643 02:35:25,282 --> 02:35:26,817 FORTUNATE TO GO TO. I THINK THIS 4644 02:35:26,817 --> 02:35:28,786 KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE CHALLENGES 4645 02:35:28,786 --> 02:35:29,987 OF JUST THE SITE SEARCHING 4646 02:35:29,987 --> 02:35:31,388 PROCESS. YOU CAN RUN INTO A 4647 02:35:31,388 --> 02:35:33,357 MULTITUDE OF ISSUES TO LOCK DOWN 4648 02:35:33,357 --> 02:35:34,625 SITE CONTROL AND DEVELOPMENT 4649 02:35:34,625 --> 02:35:36,393 ISSUES. YOU MIGHT RUN INTO. I 4650 02:35:36,393 --> 02:35:37,361 THINK UNFORTUNATELY WITH THIS 4651 02:35:37,361 --> 02:35:38,762 ONE, THIS WAS JUST IT TOOK A BIT 4652 02:35:38,762 --> 02:35:42,666 OF TIME TO GET THE THE SITE 4653 02:35:42,666 --> 02:35:44,368 LOCKED DOWN FOR THIS USE. 4654 02:35:44,368 --> 02:35:45,803 THANKFULLY THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF. 4655 02:35:45,803 --> 02:35:47,471 NOW. THE WORK IS UNDERWAY. WHAT? 4656 02:35:47,471 --> 02:35:48,972 WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ASSET IT WILL 4657 02:35:48,972 --> 02:35:52,142 BE WHEN IT STARTS UP 92 SPACES 4658 02:35:52,142 --> 02:35:54,678 FOR FOLKS LIVING IN RVS. BUT 4659 02:35:54,678 --> 02:35:56,847 YEAH, THAT THAT IS A GOOD 4660 02:35:56,847 --> 02:35:58,082 EXAMPLE. WE NEED TO KIND OF 4661 02:35:58,082 --> 02:35:59,983 BUILD TOWARDS HOW TO JUST BRING 4662 02:35:59,983 --> 02:36:00,684 SHELTER ONLINE FASTER. AND I 4663 02:36:00,684 --> 02:36:01,785 THINK PART OF THE WORK THIS 4664 02:36:01,785 --> 02:36:04,221 YEAR, JUST WITH THE SITE 4665 02:36:04,221 --> 02:36:06,657 ASSESSMENT PROCESS HAS BEEN 4666 02:36:06,657 --> 02:36:07,858 REALLY VALUABLE. THE LEGISLATION 4667 02:36:07,858 --> 02:36:09,660 PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR, ADOPTED 4668 02:36:09,660 --> 02:36:12,096 BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW FAS 4669 02:36:12,096 --> 02:36:14,331 TO ENTER INTO LEASES DIRECTLY, 4670 02:36:14,331 --> 02:36:15,632 HAS BEEN, I THINK, A BIG GAME 4671 02:36:15,632 --> 02:36:17,434 CHANGER. I KNOW A LOT OF PRIVATE 4672 02:36:17,434 --> 02:36:19,169 OWNERS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT 4673 02:36:19,169 --> 02:36:20,270 THAT. SO WE'RE LEANING INTO 4674 02:36:20,270 --> 02:36:21,238 THAT, ITERATING AND JUST TRYING 4675 02:36:21,238 --> 02:36:25,142 TO BRING THESE THINGS ON EVEN 4676 02:36:25,142 --> 02:36:26,510 FASTER. HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS 4677 02:36:26,510 --> 02:36:26,877 YOUR QUESTION. 4678 02:36:26,877 --> 02:36:28,045 -- YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S JUST HOW 4679 02:36:28,045 --> 02:36:30,414 DO WE GET IT? BUT IT'S NOVEMBER, 4680 02:36:30,414 --> 02:36:33,484 NOVEMBER. 4681 02:36:33,484 --> 02:36:34,118 -- WE'VE BEEN TOLD NOVEMBER. 4682 02:36:34,118 --> 02:36:36,120 -- EVERYONE'S TOLD NOVEMBER. SO 4683 02:36:36,120 --> 02:36:37,321 WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE DATE 4684 02:36:37,321 --> 02:36:39,089 ACTUALLY IS. LET ME COME BACK TO 4685 02:36:39,089 --> 02:36:40,157 THE BUDGET BOOK AND THEN I'M 4686 02:36:40,157 --> 02:36:41,024 ALMOST DONE. SO COUNCILMEMBER 4687 02:36:41,024 --> 02:36:42,259 RINCK, I'LL LET YOU CLOSE THIS 4688 02:36:42,259 --> 02:36:44,962 OUT. I'M ON PAGE 163 OF THE 4689 02:36:44,962 --> 02:36:45,662 BUDGET BOOK, BUT I'LL JUST SAY 4690 02:36:45,662 --> 02:36:47,898 IN OUR SEVEN YEAR LOOK BACK, 4691 02:36:47,898 --> 02:36:48,532 THIS IS SOMETHING I'LL FOLLOW 4692 02:36:48,532 --> 02:36:50,501 WITH CALVIN CHAO AND SCHWITZEN 4693 02:36:50,501 --> 02:36:54,471 ABOUT. I SEE THAT WE HAVE A NET 4694 02:36:54,471 --> 02:36:59,109 POSITIVE 99 FTE SINCE 2019. ONE 4695 02:36:59,109 --> 02:37:00,511 THING I AM UNSURE OF IS HOW DID 4696 02:37:00,511 --> 02:37:03,280 OUR SEVEN YEAR LOOKBACK ACCOUNT 4697 02:37:03,280 --> 02:37:05,549 FOR THE CONTRACTS THAT WENT TO 4698 02:37:05,549 --> 02:37:07,484 KCRA AND THAT ARE RETURNING? SO 4699 02:37:07,484 --> 02:37:10,387 THIS IS A FLAG FOR CENTRAL STAFF 4700 02:37:10,387 --> 02:37:12,322 THAT WILL. WE WILL WORK TO MAYBE 4701 02:37:12,322 --> 02:37:16,160 HAVE THIS AS A KCRA, AS A 4702 02:37:16,160 --> 02:37:17,694 STANDALONE SECTION OR OVERVIEW 4703 02:37:17,694 --> 02:37:20,497 FOR ONE YEAR, BUT IN OUR SEVEN 4704 02:37:20,497 --> 02:37:24,001 YEAR LOOK BACK, THE 4705 02:37:24,001 --> 02:37:24,802 NOTWITHSTANDING, WE'RE GOING TO 4706 02:37:24,802 --> 02:37:28,539 LOOK INTO THE KCRHA. TRANSFERS 4707 02:37:28,539 --> 02:37:31,241 AND HOW THEY SHOW UP HERE. BUT 4708 02:37:31,241 --> 02:37:34,244 FROM THE SEVEN YEAR CHANGES PLUS 4709 02:37:34,244 --> 02:37:37,714 $222 MILLION FOR 112% INCREASE 4710 02:37:37,714 --> 02:37:42,553 SINCE 19 SINCE 2019, WITH AN 4711 02:37:42,553 --> 02:37:44,788 ADDED 99 POSITIONS FOR 26%. 4712 02:37:44,788 --> 02:37:46,390 INCREASE IN STAFFING. ALL THAT 4713 02:37:46,390 --> 02:37:50,127 SAID, THE CAVEAT IS HOW DID KCRA 4714 02:37:50,127 --> 02:37:53,564 PLAY INTO THAT? BUT HERE ON PAGE 4715 02:37:53,564 --> 02:37:59,236 163, I HAVE ITEMS TRANSFER 4716 02:37:59,236 --> 02:37:59,870 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION 4717 02:37:59,870 --> 02:38:05,609 CONTRACTS TO CARE. BUT THEN. I 4718 02:38:05,609 --> 02:38:08,846 THOUGHT WE HAD. BUT THEN THE 4719 02:38:08,846 --> 02:38:11,582 INCREASED STAFFING FOR ENHANCED 4720 02:38:11,582 --> 02:38:12,115 COORDINATION OF VIOLENCE 4721 02:38:12,115 --> 02:38:14,184 PREVENTION SERVICES. AM I HAVING 4722 02:38:14,184 --> 02:38:15,619 COGNITIVE DISSONANCE? ARE WE 4723 02:38:15,619 --> 02:38:16,820 GOING OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AT THE 4724 02:38:16,820 --> 02:38:18,388 SAME TIME? ARE WE MOVING THESE 4725 02:38:18,388 --> 02:38:19,756 VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS TO 4726 02:38:19,756 --> 02:38:23,193 CARE, OR ARE WE KEEPING THEM IN 4727 02:38:23,193 --> 02:38:23,393 HSD? 4728 02:38:23,393 --> 02:38:25,028 -- WE'RE MOVING THOSE CVI 4729 02:38:25,028 --> 02:38:28,232 CONTRACTS TO CARE, AND WE'RE 4730 02:38:28,232 --> 02:38:29,566 INCREASING OUR CAPACITY AT HSD 4731 02:38:29,566 --> 02:38:32,269 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THE 4732 02:38:32,269 --> 02:38:34,805 BEST PARTNERS THAT WE CAN BE. 4733 02:38:34,805 --> 02:38:36,340 AND SO WE HAVE SUPPORTIVE 4734 02:38:36,340 --> 02:38:36,974 SERVICES AND PREVENTION. WE NEED 4735 02:38:36,974 --> 02:38:38,675 TO DO SOME COORDINATION WITH 4736 02:38:38,675 --> 02:38:42,179 CARE. SO WE'RE HAVING ONE FTE 4737 02:38:42,179 --> 02:38:45,649 COORDINATE OUR WORK TO ALIGN 4738 02:38:45,649 --> 02:38:46,583 WITH CARES WORK. PEOPLE BEHIND 4739 02:38:46,583 --> 02:38:47,317 THE SCENES NEED TO MAKE SURE 4740 02:38:47,317 --> 02:38:49,152 THAT THERE'S GOOD, SMOOTH 4741 02:38:49,152 --> 02:38:51,588 REFERRALS. THERE'S INFORMATION, 4742 02:38:51,588 --> 02:38:53,690 REFERRAL SERVICES THAT THE TEAMS 4743 02:38:53,690 --> 02:38:54,224 ARE TRAINING TOGETHER, ET 4744 02:38:54,224 --> 02:38:56,960 CETERA. WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON 4745 02:38:56,960 --> 02:38:58,428 A DATABASE. SO WE THAT'S THE 4746 02:38:58,428 --> 02:38:59,463 COORDINATOR ON OUR SIDE IN ORDER 4747 02:38:59,463 --> 02:39:02,599 TO SUPPORT THE GREATER EFFORT 4748 02:39:02,599 --> 02:39:04,067 AS, AS YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF 4749 02:39:04,067 --> 02:39:04,935 THE MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL WORK 4750 02:39:04,935 --> 02:39:06,436 THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S 4751 02:39:06,436 --> 02:39:07,671 WITH OUR EXISTING BUDGET, IT'S 4752 02:39:07,671 --> 02:39:09,373 THE POCKET THAT WE'RE ASKING 4753 02:39:09,373 --> 02:39:10,307 FOR IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT 4754 02:39:10,307 --> 02:39:12,509 WE CAN DO THAT EFFECTIVELY. AND 4755 02:39:12,509 --> 02:39:14,811 THEN THERE'S A DATA ANALYST TO 4756 02:39:14,811 --> 02:39:15,712 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE 4757 02:39:15,712 --> 02:39:17,247 OUTCOMES THAT WE NEED. 4758 02:39:17,247 --> 02:39:18,649 -- OKAY, I'LL HAVE MORE 4759 02:39:18,649 --> 02:39:19,583 QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL SAVE THEM 4760 02:39:19,583 --> 02:39:21,818 FOR SHAREPOINT. OKAY. JUST ABOVE 4761 02:39:21,818 --> 02:39:25,188 THAT, I SEE THE ONGOING FUNDING 4762 02:39:25,188 --> 02:39:26,924 FOR FOOD BANKS AND MEAL 4763 02:39:26,924 --> 02:39:28,425 PROGRAMS. JUST CONFIRMING, THIS 4764 02:39:28,425 --> 02:39:30,227 IS THE ONE TIME FUNDS THAT 4765 02:39:30,227 --> 02:39:30,861 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 4766 02:39:30,861 --> 02:39:33,730 PUT IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, OR 4767 02:39:33,730 --> 02:39:36,066 IS THIS THE SNAP RESPONSE 4768 02:39:36,066 --> 02:39:38,268 -- A NUMBER OF THINGS. 4769 02:39:38,268 --> 02:39:39,503 -- IT'S NEITHER. IT WAS THERE 4770 02:39:39,503 --> 02:39:41,004 WERE ONE TIME DOLLARS THAT THE 4771 02:39:41,004 --> 02:39:44,041 EXECUTIVE ADDED LAST YEAR. AND 4772 02:39:44,041 --> 02:39:45,442 SO IT'S NOT THE SNAP RESPONSE 4773 02:39:45,442 --> 02:39:48,011 AND IT'S NOT WELL, IT IT COULD 4774 02:39:48,011 --> 02:39:50,180 HAVE BEEN, I GUESS FOR MANY 4775 02:39:50,180 --> 02:39:53,850 REASONS LOOKING FORWARD OF ALL 4776 02:39:53,850 --> 02:39:55,118 THE FOOD ISSUES, INCLUDING SNAP, 4777 02:39:55,118 --> 02:39:56,386 BUT I KNOW THAT IT WAS THAT'S 4778 02:39:56,386 --> 02:39:57,688 NOT A PART OF LIKE A FEDERAL 4779 02:39:57,688 --> 02:39:59,523 RESERVE. SO I JUST 4780 02:39:59,523 --> 02:40:00,724 DISTINGUISHING THAT. AND IT'S 4781 02:40:00,724 --> 02:40:03,260 NOT THE COUNCIL ONE TIME ADDS. 4782 02:40:03,260 --> 02:40:05,996 -- SO THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN 4783 02:40:05,996 --> 02:40:07,431 COUNCIL PRESIDENT ADDED FUNDS 4784 02:40:07,431 --> 02:40:08,899 ONE YEAR AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE 4785 02:40:08,899 --> 02:40:11,134 ADDED FUNDS ONE YEAR. AND NOW 4786 02:40:11,134 --> 02:40:11,835 YOU'RE JUST CHOOSING TO MAKE 4787 02:40:11,835 --> 02:40:13,070 THIS ONGOING. IS THAT CORRECT? 4788 02:40:13,070 --> 02:40:17,641 -- YEAH. AND I THINK MY MEMORY 4789 02:40:17,641 --> 02:40:19,142 FOR MANY YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN 4790 02:40:19,142 --> 02:40:21,311 ONE TIME ADDS FOR FOOD BANKS IN 4791 02:40:21,311 --> 02:40:23,046 A VARIETY OF WAYS, SOMETIMES 4792 02:40:23,046 --> 02:40:25,315 PROPOSED BY THE EXECUTIVE, 4793 02:40:25,315 --> 02:40:28,218 SOMETIMES ADDED, PROPOSED BY 4794 02:40:28,218 --> 02:40:29,786 COUNCILMEMBERS, OFTENTIMES SOME 4795 02:40:29,786 --> 02:40:31,288 COMBINATION OF BOTH. IN LAST 4796 02:40:31,288 --> 02:40:33,824 YEAR'S BUDGET, THERE WAS ABOUT 4797 02:40:33,824 --> 02:40:36,026 $4 MILLION ADDED. ONE TIME IN 4798 02:40:36,026 --> 02:40:38,028 THE EXECUTIVE'S PROPOSED BUDGET 4799 02:40:38,028 --> 02:40:39,496 THAT IS MADE ONGOING IN THIS 4800 02:40:39,496 --> 02:40:41,865 BUDGET, AND THEN I BELIEVE THERE 4801 02:40:41,865 --> 02:40:44,835 WERE A COUPLE OF LINE ITEM ADDS. 4802 02:40:44,835 --> 02:40:46,470 AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO 4803 02:40:46,470 --> 02:40:51,508 IS BUILD A SUSTAINABLE BASE FOR 4804 02:40:51,508 --> 02:40:52,576 HSD INVESTMENTS IN THIS AREA, 4805 02:40:52,576 --> 02:40:55,312 BUT IT DOESN'T CAPTURE EVERY 4806 02:40:55,312 --> 02:40:57,848 ONE TIME ADD. AND THAT IS PART 4807 02:40:57,848 --> 02:40:58,815 OF THE CHALLENGE OF THE ONE TIME 4808 02:40:58,815 --> 02:41:00,751 ADDS AND THE UNSUSTAINABILITY OF 4809 02:41:00,751 --> 02:41:01,818 IT IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT 4810 02:41:01,818 --> 02:41:04,221 OUR ONGOING BASE IS. IT'S 4811 02:41:04,221 --> 02:41:04,855 SOMETHING I KNOW THE PROVIDERS 4812 02:41:04,855 --> 02:41:07,024 HAVE BEEN ASKING DIRECTOR KIM 4813 02:41:07,024 --> 02:41:10,494 FOR IS A STABLE BASE THAT CAN 4814 02:41:10,494 --> 02:41:11,061 THEN PROVIDE CLARITY MOVING 4815 02:41:11,061 --> 02:41:12,596 FORWARD SO THAT THIS DOES A 4816 02:41:12,596 --> 02:41:13,897 PORTION OF THE ONE TIME FUNDING 4817 02:41:13,897 --> 02:41:17,634 THAT WAS I, I HEAR YOU SAYING 4818 02:41:17,634 --> 02:41:19,069 THERE WERE OTHER COUNCIL ONE 4819 02:41:19,069 --> 02:41:21,004 TIME ADDS THAT I THINK ARE NOT 4820 02:41:21,004 --> 02:41:22,839 INCLUDED IN THIS 4 MILLION. 4821 02:41:22,839 --> 02:41:25,042 -- THANK YOU. THE REASON I ASK 4822 02:41:25,042 --> 02:41:26,710 IS WE ALL WANT TO PROVIDE MORE 4823 02:41:26,710 --> 02:41:31,381 FUNDING FOR FOOD, FOOD BANKS. 4824 02:41:31,381 --> 02:41:32,015 MANY DIFFERENT MEAL PROVIDERS, 4825 02:41:32,015 --> 02:41:33,083 SOMETHING THAT I HAVE LEARNED IN 4826 02:41:33,083 --> 02:41:36,753 MY SHORT TIME IN CITY HALL IS 4827 02:41:36,753 --> 02:41:39,990 THAT FOOD POLITICS ARE SOMETIMES 4828 02:41:39,990 --> 02:41:41,525 THE HARSHEST. AND SO MY QUESTION 4829 02:41:41,525 --> 02:41:45,862 HERE IS, AND THIS GETS BACK TO 4830 02:41:45,862 --> 02:41:46,930 OUR NORTH STAR INTENT, WHICH IS 4831 02:41:46,930 --> 02:41:48,699 THAT WE PROVIDE AS MUCH FOOD 4832 02:41:48,699 --> 02:41:51,768 MONEY FOR FOOD SECURITY AS 4833 02:41:51,768 --> 02:41:53,937 POSSIBLE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING 4834 02:41:53,937 --> 02:41:56,139 THAT PROVIDING FOOD IS NOT A 4835 02:41:56,139 --> 02:41:59,142 CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITY. AND SO 4836 02:41:59,142 --> 02:42:02,746 WE HAVE BEEN CAREFUL. AND AS 4837 02:42:02,746 --> 02:42:04,781 GIVING AS POSSIBLE IN THE LAST 4838 02:42:04,781 --> 02:42:07,250 NUMBER OF YEARS WITH OUR FOOD 4839 02:42:07,250 --> 02:42:08,418 MONEY, AS WE ARE CHECKING TO 4840 02:42:08,418 --> 02:42:09,453 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF 4841 02:42:09,453 --> 02:42:11,988 OUR OTHER BASES COVERED, AND 4842 02:42:11,988 --> 02:42:13,657 THEN PROVIDING AS MUCH FOOD 4843 02:42:13,657 --> 02:42:14,991 MONEY AS POSSIBLE, WHICH IS WHY 4844 02:42:14,991 --> 02:42:18,095 IT'S BEEN ONE TIME. AND SO MY 4845 02:42:18,095 --> 02:42:20,530 QUESTION REALLY GETS DOWN TO 4846 02:42:20,530 --> 02:42:22,099 WHICH FOOD IS THIS? LIKE THE 4847 02:42:22,099 --> 02:42:23,834 MEALS PROVIDERS? IS THIS JUST 4848 02:42:23,834 --> 02:42:25,669 FOOD BANKS? IS THIS YOUR SACK 4849 02:42:25,669 --> 02:42:29,639 LUNCH? YOU KNOW, SACK LUNCHES? 4850 02:42:29,639 --> 02:42:30,240 LIKE ARE YOU CHOOSING WINNERS 4851 02:42:30,240 --> 02:42:34,311 AND LOSERS AND HAVE YOU 4852 02:42:34,311 --> 02:42:34,811 CONSULTED WITH COUNCIL 4853 02:42:34,811 --> 02:42:36,713 PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 4854 02:42:36,713 --> 02:42:38,482 OR ANYONE ELSE FROM THE COUNCIL 4855 02:42:38,482 --> 02:42:40,016 THAT HAS ENGAGED IN THE FOOD 4856 02:42:40,016 --> 02:42:43,086 DISCUSSIONS OVER THE LAST THREE 4857 02:42:43,086 --> 02:42:43,320 YEARS? 4858 02:42:43,320 --> 02:42:45,555 -- SO WE HAVE 4 MILLION. 3 4859 02:42:45,555 --> 02:42:47,390 MILLION IS FOR FOOD BANKS AND 1 4860 02:42:47,390 --> 02:42:48,825 MILLION ARE FOR THE MEAL 4861 02:42:48,825 --> 02:42:50,894 PROGRAMS. AND WHAT THAT'S GOING 4862 02:42:50,894 --> 02:42:53,763 TO FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW IS THAT 4863 02:42:53,763 --> 02:42:55,866 FOR THOSE AGENCIES THAT HAD 4864 02:42:55,866 --> 02:42:57,501 THOSE ONE TIME ADDS IN 2026, IT 4865 02:42:57,501 --> 02:43:00,470 WILL FEEL LIKE IT'S CONTINUING 4866 02:43:00,470 --> 02:43:02,472 IN 2027. SO WE'VE NOT CONSULTED 4867 02:43:02,472 --> 02:43:05,242 ANYONE YET ON A REDISTRIBUTION 4868 02:43:05,242 --> 02:43:07,344 OF THAT. HOWEVER, THEY ARE GOING 4869 02:43:07,344 --> 02:43:09,780 TO BE SCHEDULED FOR A 4870 02:43:09,780 --> 02:43:11,248 COMPETITIVE PROCESS BECAUSE OUR 4871 02:43:11,248 --> 02:43:12,315 SMC SAYS DO IT EVERY FOUR YEARS 4872 02:43:12,315 --> 02:43:13,517 UNLESS THERE'S A REASON TO HOLD 4873 02:43:13,517 --> 02:43:17,721 OFF. AND SO WE WILL BE DOING A 4874 02:43:17,721 --> 02:43:18,388 PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT'S NOT 4875 02:43:18,388 --> 02:43:20,323 ANNOUNCED YET, BUT WHEN 4876 02:43:20,323 --> 02:43:22,359 CERTAINLY WE'RE FIRM WITH THE 4877 02:43:22,359 --> 02:43:25,896 SCHEDULE, THEN DEFINITELY WILL 4878 02:43:25,896 --> 02:43:28,565 CONSULT WITH KEY FOLKS ON 4879 02:43:28,565 --> 02:43:31,034 COUNCIL. AND I WILL SAY ONE OF 4880 02:43:31,034 --> 02:43:31,868 THE REASONS WHY WE HAVEN'T 4881 02:43:31,868 --> 02:43:33,103 ANNOUNCED IT YET IS BECAUSE WE 4882 02:43:33,103 --> 02:43:35,505 ARE ALSO IN CONVERSATION WITH 4883 02:43:35,505 --> 02:43:37,174 THE COALITIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT 4884 02:43:37,174 --> 02:43:39,709 WE'RE NOT FLOODING THE 4885 02:43:39,709 --> 02:43:41,144 PROVIDERS WITH MULTIPLE RFPS IF 4886 02:43:41,144 --> 02:43:41,778 THEY'RE PROVIDING DIFFERENT 4887 02:43:41,778 --> 02:43:42,879 TYPES OF SERVICES. SO IF THEY SO 4888 02:43:42,879 --> 02:43:43,914 WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE 4889 02:43:43,914 --> 02:43:46,349 THOUGHTFUL AND STAGGERING. THE 4890 02:43:46,349 --> 02:43:48,218 RFP. BUT YES, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY 4891 02:43:48,218 --> 02:43:48,485 CONSULT. 4892 02:43:48,485 --> 02:43:50,387 -- THANK YOU. DID THE MAYOR OR 4893 02:43:50,387 --> 02:43:52,522 CBO CONSULT COUNCIL PRESIDENT 4894 02:43:52,522 --> 02:43:53,990 HOLLINGSWORTH OR ANY OTHER 4895 02:43:53,990 --> 02:43:58,361 COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT THIS 4896 02:43:58,361 --> 02:43:59,062 -- WE TALKED TO COUNCILMEMBERS 4897 02:43:59,062 --> 02:44:00,063 WHO MET WITH US IN THE 4898 02:44:00,063 --> 02:44:01,198 PRE-BUDGET BRIEFINGS. WE 4899 02:44:01,198 --> 02:44:02,666 HIGHLIGHTED THIS THIS INCREASE, 4900 02:44:02,666 --> 02:44:05,502 BUT IT WAS TO MAKE A MORE STABLE 4901 02:44:05,502 --> 02:44:07,637 FUNDING FOR THIS AREA 4902 02:44:07,637 --> 02:44:09,706 -- OKAY. THIS IS JUST MY ASKING 4903 02:44:09,706 --> 02:44:12,475 BECAUSE THIS IS THE REASON THAT 4904 02:44:12,475 --> 02:44:14,110 WE WERE HAVING THE ONE TIME 4905 02:44:14,110 --> 02:44:15,912 CONVERSATIONS IN THIS REALM IS 4906 02:44:15,912 --> 02:44:17,180 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT 4907 02:44:17,180 --> 02:44:19,616 EVERYONE WAS SET AS TO WHAT 4908 02:44:19,616 --> 02:44:21,084 THESE STRUCTURES WERE. AND WHEN 4909 02:44:21,084 --> 02:44:22,986 WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IN 4910 02:44:22,986 --> 02:44:26,089 PUBLIC, IT NOT ONLY MISS ALIGNS 4911 02:44:26,089 --> 02:44:28,491 PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS, BUT AS 4912 02:44:28,491 --> 02:44:30,827 YOU HAVE SEEN AND I HAVE 4913 02:44:30,827 --> 02:44:33,830 EXPERIENCED, YOU KNOW, IN MY OWN 4914 02:44:33,830 --> 02:44:36,132 COMMUNITY THAT THE POLITICS ARE 4915 02:44:36,132 --> 02:44:37,534 REALLY ROUGH FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE 4916 02:44:37,534 --> 02:44:38,635 TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT 4917 02:44:38,635 --> 02:44:39,736 THEY POSSIBLY CAN, JUST TO MAKE 4918 02:44:39,736 --> 02:44:41,338 SURE THAT THEIR NEIGHBORS CAN 4919 02:44:41,338 --> 02:44:44,507 EAT. AND SO THIS IS AN ACADEMIC 4920 02:44:44,507 --> 02:44:47,210 WAY OF ME SAYING THAT I THINK 4921 02:44:47,210 --> 02:44:50,080 THIS IS A FOOD IS AN ITEM OF 4922 02:44:50,080 --> 02:44:52,315 DEEPER COMMUNICATION. JUST 4923 02:44:52,315 --> 02:44:55,619 GENERALLY, I'M GOING TO MOVE 4924 02:44:55,619 --> 02:44:58,421 ON. ONLY OTHER QUESTION THAT 4925 02:44:58,421 --> 02:45:08,164 I'VE GOT FOR TODAY IS. PAGE 165 4926 02:45:08,164 --> 02:45:10,734 NOTING THE CONTRACT INFLATION 4927 02:45:10,734 --> 02:45:13,503 ADJUSTMENT TO ALIGN WITH SMC. 4928 02:45:13,503 --> 02:45:14,571 CAN YOU SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT 4929 02:45:14,571 --> 02:45:20,043 MORE ABOUT THIS? AND THEN I HAVE 4930 02:45:20,043 --> 02:45:25,448 ONE QUESTION ABOUT UDP. 4931 02:45:25,448 --> 02:45:25,949 -- SO TO ALIGN WITH THE 4932 02:45:25,949 --> 02:45:27,083 REQUIREMENTS OF THE SEATTLE 4933 02:45:27,083 --> 02:45:29,185 MUNICIPAL CODE, THERE'S AN 4934 02:45:29,185 --> 02:45:30,954 INFLATIONARY INCREASE THAT'S 4935 02:45:30,954 --> 02:45:34,591 TIED TO THE CPI W. SO FOR 2027 4936 02:45:34,591 --> 02:45:36,092 THAT'S 3.8%. SO THERE'S AN 4937 02:45:36,092 --> 02:45:38,929 INFLATIONARY INCREASE OF 3.8% 4938 02:45:38,929 --> 02:45:42,032 ACROSS ALL HSD CONTRACTS WHERE 4939 02:45:42,032 --> 02:45:43,700 IT'S ALLOWED FOR THE FUNDING 4940 02:45:43,700 --> 02:45:44,668 SOURCE. WE HAVE A FEW GRANTS 4941 02:45:44,668 --> 02:45:47,137 WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO INFLATE 4942 02:45:47,137 --> 02:45:48,238 THE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT. BUT FOR 4943 02:45:48,238 --> 02:45:49,439 ALL THE REST OF OUR CONTRACTS, 4944 02:45:49,439 --> 02:45:51,941 IT WILL RECEIVE 3.8% 4945 02:45:51,941 --> 02:45:52,742 INFLATIONARY INCREASE. 4946 02:45:52,742 --> 02:45:55,011 -- THANK YOU. AND TO DATE, OUR 4947 02:45:55,011 --> 02:45:58,048 CONTRACTED OUTREACH ARE PAID 4948 02:45:58,048 --> 02:45:59,616 ABOUT 75% OF WHAT A CITY 4949 02:45:59,616 --> 02:46:03,720 OUTREACH WORKERS PAY. DOES THAT 4950 02:46:03,720 --> 02:46:05,488 ALMOST CORRECT? PRETTY FAR OFF. 4951 02:46:05,488 --> 02:46:07,524 LITERALLY. SORRY, NOT A GOTCHA. 4952 02:46:07,524 --> 02:46:09,159 AND I'M ALSO JUST DOUBLE 4953 02:46:09,159 --> 02:46:11,594 CHECKING MY GATE. BEST 4954 02:46:11,594 --> 02:46:11,928 ASSUMPTIONS. 4955 02:46:11,928 --> 02:46:12,929 -- I WOULD IF I COULD TAKE THAT 4956 02:46:12,929 --> 02:46:14,364 BACK AND LOOK AT IT JUST MORE 4957 02:46:14,364 --> 02:46:15,865 DEFINITIVELY. THAT WOULD BE 4958 02:46:15,865 --> 02:46:18,168 GREAT. BUT YEAH, I BELIEVE CITY 4959 02:46:18,168 --> 02:46:19,235 OUTREACH WORKERS EARN A BIT 4960 02:46:19,235 --> 02:46:21,271 MORE. BUT YEAH, I WOULD NEED TO 4961 02:46:21,271 --> 02:46:22,906 LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE FURTHER. 4962 02:46:22,906 --> 02:46:24,207 -- THANK YOU. PLEASE. 4963 02:46:24,207 --> 02:46:27,043 -- AND IF I MAY, THAT OUR 4964 02:46:27,043 --> 02:46:29,346 OUTREACH WORKERS DO SLIGHTLY 4965 02:46:29,346 --> 02:46:30,714 DIFFERENT BODIES OF WORK AS 4966 02:46:30,714 --> 02:46:33,016 WELL. SO IF THAT'S WORTH 4967 02:46:33,016 --> 02:46:35,018 ANYTHING, I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S 4968 02:46:35,018 --> 02:46:37,187 EXACT APPLES TO APPLES, BUT 4969 02:46:37,187 --> 02:46:38,688 THEY'RE THEY BOTH DO OUTREACH. 4970 02:46:38,688 --> 02:46:40,357 AND THEN THERE'S A PERIOD OF 4971 02:46:40,357 --> 02:46:43,360 TIME DURING POSTING PERIODS THAT 4972 02:46:43,360 --> 02:46:45,595 THEY ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED 4973 02:46:45,595 --> 02:46:47,464 CONTINUOUSLY TO. 4974 02:46:47,464 --> 02:46:48,398 -- THANK YOU. I MEAN, YES, 4975 02:46:48,398 --> 02:46:50,533 DIFFERENT BODIES OF WORK AND 4976 02:46:50,533 --> 02:46:52,035 OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING SOME 4977 02:46:52,035 --> 02:46:55,338 OF THE HARDEST WORK IN OUR CITY. 4978 02:46:55,338 --> 02:46:58,908 AND I, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT 4979 02:46:58,908 --> 02:47:00,110 THAT IF, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE 4980 02:47:00,110 --> 02:47:01,578 VEHICLE WORLD, I HAVE SHARED OUR 4981 02:47:01,578 --> 02:47:03,813 ONLY OUTREACH THAT IS DEDICATED 4982 02:47:03,813 --> 02:47:05,615 TO VEHICLES IS VEHICLE RESIDENCY 4983 02:47:05,615 --> 02:47:07,851 OUTREACH IN THE SALVATION ARMY. 4984 02:47:07,851 --> 02:47:08,918 WE DON'T HAVE CITY OUTREACH 4985 02:47:08,918 --> 02:47:11,121 WORKERS THAT ARE DEDICATED IN 4986 02:47:11,121 --> 02:47:12,555 THOSE SPACES. WE ARE RELYING ON 4987 02:47:12,555 --> 02:47:14,891 THESE OUTREACH WORKERS AND 4988 02:47:14,891 --> 02:47:18,061 PAYING THEM A WAGE THAT IS MUCH 4989 02:47:18,061 --> 02:47:19,596 LOWER THAN IF THEY WERE A CITY 4990 02:47:19,596 --> 02:47:21,131 WORKER, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE 4991 02:47:21,131 --> 02:47:22,298 DOING WORK ON BEHALF OF THE 4992 02:47:22,298 --> 02:47:24,467 CITY. SORRY, THIS IS NOT LIKE 4993 02:47:24,467 --> 02:47:25,869 THIS IS ME JUST KIND OF RIFFING 4994 02:47:25,869 --> 02:47:28,004 HERE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY 4995 02:47:28,004 --> 02:47:28,972 IMPORTANT THAT WE, IF WE ARE 4996 02:47:28,972 --> 02:47:30,106 ASKING THESE FOLKS TO DO THE 4997 02:47:30,106 --> 02:47:31,274 HARDEST WORK ON OUR STREETS, 4998 02:47:31,274 --> 02:47:33,109 THAT WE'RE ALSO COMPENSATING 4999 02:47:33,109 --> 02:47:35,278 THEM CORRECTLY. SO I APPRECIATE 5000 02:47:35,278 --> 02:47:37,347 THIS CALL OUT IN THE BUDGET. 5001 02:47:37,347 --> 02:47:40,316 LAST QUESTION AND STATEMENT HERE 5002 02:47:40,316 --> 02:47:43,686 IS THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM. 5003 02:47:43,686 --> 02:47:44,988 APPLICATIONS ARE RUN THROUGH THE 5004 02:47:44,988 --> 02:47:46,890 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE 5005 02:47:46,890 --> 02:47:48,691 HAVE HAD TROUBLE FOR A COUPLE 5006 02:47:48,691 --> 02:47:50,727 DECADES OF THE APPLICATION 5007 02:47:50,727 --> 02:47:54,764 PROCESS BEING EASY TO USE IN THE 5008 02:47:54,764 --> 02:47:56,266 FIRST PLACE AND TO RENEW IN THE 5009 02:47:56,266 --> 02:47:57,967 SECOND PLACE. I HAVE SEEN THE 5010 02:47:57,967 --> 02:47:59,702 DEPARTMENT MAKING CHANGES. ARE 5011 02:47:59,702 --> 02:48:00,837 WE STILL ON TRACK TO MAKING THAT 5012 02:48:00,837 --> 02:48:03,506 EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE, 5013 02:48:03,506 --> 02:48:05,909 AND IS THERE ANY GENERAL FUND 5014 02:48:05,909 --> 02:48:08,912 USED IN THIS? 5015 02:48:08,912 --> 02:48:10,547 -- THE SMART PEOPLE BEHIND ME 5016 02:48:10,547 --> 02:48:13,450 SAY WE ARE ON TRACK, AND MY 5017 02:48:13,450 --> 02:48:16,519 UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FUND 5018 02:48:16,519 --> 02:48:19,088 SWAP SITUATION ALLOWS US TO NOT 5019 02:48:19,088 --> 02:48:20,323 USE GENERAL FUNDS. SO I BELIEVE 5020 02:48:20,323 --> 02:48:22,959 IT IS BEING IN 2020, STARTING IN 5021 02:48:22,959 --> 02:48:25,495 2027, IT WILL BE FULLY PAID FOR 5022 02:48:25,495 --> 02:48:25,895 BY THE UTILITIES. 5023 02:48:25,895 --> 02:48:26,696 -- THANK YOU. AND THIS WAS PART 5024 02:48:26,696 --> 02:48:29,466 OF THE LAST RATE PACKAGE. IS 5025 02:48:29,466 --> 02:48:31,534 THAT CORRECT, DIRECTOR YES. YOU 5026 02:48:31,534 --> 02:48:33,670 JUMPING IN. 5027 02:48:33,670 --> 02:48:34,771 -- YES THAT IS THAT IS ACCURATE. 5028 02:48:34,771 --> 02:48:36,473 THIS THIS WAS ALL CONSIDERED AS 5029 02:48:36,473 --> 02:48:38,641 PART OF DEVELOPING THE RATES. 5030 02:48:38,641 --> 02:48:41,211 -- THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS 5031 02:48:41,211 --> 02:48:42,445 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WHO ARE ABLE 5032 02:48:42,445 --> 02:48:43,413 TO USE CITY LIGHT OR SPU, WHO 5033 02:48:43,413 --> 02:48:45,081 DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF 5034 02:48:45,081 --> 02:48:47,917 SEATTLE, CAN BENEFIT FROM THE 5035 02:48:47,917 --> 02:48:51,821 UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM. AND 5036 02:48:51,821 --> 02:48:52,355 THAT IS THAT IS WHY IT IS 5037 02:48:52,355 --> 02:48:53,490 IMPORTANT THAT THE GENERAL FUND 5038 02:48:53,490 --> 02:48:57,927 NOT BE USED IN THESE WAYS IS 5039 02:48:57,927 --> 02:48:59,662 BECAUSE WE. IF THE STARS 5040 02:48:59,662 --> 02:49:01,431 ALIGNED, WE WOULD BE SPENDING 5041 02:49:01,431 --> 02:49:03,233 GENERAL FUND MONEY TO HELP 5042 02:49:03,233 --> 02:49:05,969 SOMEBODY THAT LIVES IN SNOHOMISH 5043 02:49:05,969 --> 02:49:09,239 AND THAT I CAN'T DO TODAY. THANK 5044 02:49:09,239 --> 02:49:14,244 YOU. THANK YOU FOR GOING ON MY 5045 02:49:14,244 --> 02:49:16,546 30 MINUTE TOUR. COUNCILMEMBER 5046 02:49:16,546 --> 02:49:18,448 RINCK, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 5047 02:49:18,448 --> 02:49:21,551 LAST WORD. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 5048 02:49:21,551 --> 02:49:24,087 SECOND TIME THROUGH. AND THEN 5049 02:49:24,087 --> 02:49:25,955 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, LAST WORD. 5050 02:49:25,955 --> 02:49:26,256 THANK YOU. 5051 02:49:26,256 --> 02:49:27,590 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHAIR 5052 02:49:27,590 --> 02:49:29,859 STRAUSS. I APPRECIATE THAT. I 5053 02:49:29,859 --> 02:49:30,493 JUST I'M GOING TO BE REALLY 5054 02:49:30,493 --> 02:49:33,763 BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A 5055 02:49:33,763 --> 02:49:34,931 COUPLE OF COMMENTS, AND I LOOK 5056 02:49:34,931 --> 02:49:36,299 FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO ENGAGE 5057 02:49:36,299 --> 02:49:36,866 HERE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, 5058 02:49:36,866 --> 02:49:37,634 TOMORROW, WHEN WE HAVE THE 5059 02:49:37,634 --> 02:49:40,503 OFFICE OF HOUSING IN. BUT JUST A 5060 02:49:40,503 --> 02:49:41,137 FEW THINGS I WANTED TO SAY WHEN 5061 02:49:41,137 --> 02:49:42,138 IT COMES TO KCRA, BECAUSE I KNOW 5062 02:49:42,138 --> 02:49:43,806 WE HAD A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS 5063 02:49:43,806 --> 02:49:46,576 AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF 5064 02:49:46,576 --> 02:49:48,444 COC OF COORDINATED ENTRY, BUT I 5065 02:49:48,444 --> 02:49:50,513 DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL 5066 02:49:50,513 --> 02:49:52,282 HAVE CLARITY ON THE FACT THAT 5067 02:49:52,282 --> 02:49:52,916 BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT 5068 02:49:52,916 --> 02:49:56,853 COME THROUGH KCRA, YOU KNOW, WE 5069 02:49:56,853 --> 02:49:59,556 HAVE ABOUT 4500 FOLKS STABLY 5070 02:49:59,556 --> 02:50:00,490 HOUSED WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE 5071 02:50:00,490 --> 02:50:02,392 LIVING ON OUR STREETS. AND THAT 5072 02:50:02,392 --> 02:50:03,426 THAT'S JUST INCREDIBLY 5073 02:50:03,426 --> 02:50:05,528 IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S AN 5074 02:50:05,528 --> 02:50:06,162 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ROLE ACROSS 5075 02:50:06,162 --> 02:50:07,597 KING COUNTY THAT THE AGENCY 5076 02:50:07,597 --> 02:50:09,599 PLAYS. AND I KNOW THERE WAS A 5077 02:50:09,599 --> 02:50:10,333 LOT OF DISCUSSION AND CHAIR 5078 02:50:10,333 --> 02:50:11,467 STRAUSS, I REALLY APPRECIATE 5079 02:50:11,467 --> 02:50:13,369 YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL AS 5080 02:50:13,369 --> 02:50:16,339 COMMENTS AND THE JOURNEY, BUT 5081 02:50:16,339 --> 02:50:16,973 THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I 5082 02:50:16,973 --> 02:50:17,607 JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE 5083 02:50:17,607 --> 02:50:19,042 I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 5084 02:50:19,042 --> 02:50:20,176 CHALLENGES WITH WHEN I HEAR THE 5085 02:50:20,176 --> 02:50:21,844 CHALLENGES AROUND COORDINATED 5086 02:50:21,844 --> 02:50:23,580 ENTRY, I THINK THAT WE HEAR FROM 5087 02:50:23,580 --> 02:50:25,148 PROVIDERS. THERE ARE CERTAINLY 5088 02:50:25,148 --> 02:50:26,950 MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO 5089 02:50:26,950 --> 02:50:27,917 MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. BUT I ALSO 5090 02:50:27,917 --> 02:50:30,353 WANT TO COMMENT ALONGSIDE THAT 5091 02:50:30,353 --> 02:50:32,121 THAT WE HAVE VERY LOW VACANCY 5092 02:50:32,121 --> 02:50:34,190 RATES WHEN IT COMES TO PERMANENT 5093 02:50:34,190 --> 02:50:35,491 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. CAN WE CAN 5094 02:50:35,491 --> 02:50:36,326 ALWAYS GO FASTER. WE SHOULD 5095 02:50:36,326 --> 02:50:38,127 ALWAYS BE MAKING THOSE 5096 02:50:38,127 --> 02:50:39,228 IMPROVEMENTS. BUT WE ALSO KNOW 5097 02:50:39,228 --> 02:50:41,497 THAT WE ARE GETTING FOLKS INTO 5098 02:50:41,497 --> 02:50:42,832 THOSE THOSE UNITS. WHAT IS A 5099 02:50:42,832 --> 02:50:45,168 REALLY BIG CHALLENGE IS OUR 5100 02:50:45,168 --> 02:50:46,736 PIPELINE FOR PERMANENT 5101 02:50:46,736 --> 02:50:48,771 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND FOR 5102 02:50:48,771 --> 02:50:49,272 BRINGING NEW PERMANENT 5103 02:50:49,272 --> 02:50:50,940 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ONLINE 5104 02:50:50,940 --> 02:50:52,175 BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT 5105 02:50:52,175 --> 02:50:53,343 WE'RE SEEING WITH THE FEDERAL 5106 02:50:53,343 --> 02:50:54,510 GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE OF OUR OWN 5107 02:50:54,510 --> 02:50:55,845 SORT OF FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, 5108 02:50:55,845 --> 02:50:57,380 YOU KNOW, WE ARE REALLY SEEING 5109 02:50:57,380 --> 02:50:59,482 THE PIPELINE OF NEW PUSH START 5110 02:50:59,482 --> 02:51:02,518 TO DRY UP. AND THAT'S SOMETHING 5111 02:51:02,518 --> 02:51:03,119 THAT REALLY WORRIES ME. AND I 5112 02:51:03,119 --> 02:51:04,420 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE 5113 02:51:04,420 --> 02:51:06,422 THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST LIFT 5114 02:51:06,422 --> 02:51:07,924 THAT UP ALONGSIDE THE ONGOING 5115 02:51:07,924 --> 02:51:09,959 IMPROVEMENT WORK THAT WE NEED TO 5116 02:51:09,959 --> 02:51:11,127 DO AROUND COORDINATED ENTRY. SO 5117 02:51:11,127 --> 02:51:12,862 WE'VE BOTH GOT TO MAKE SURE 5118 02:51:12,862 --> 02:51:15,365 THAT WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE WHO 5119 02:51:15,365 --> 02:51:16,799 NEED THOSE SPACES INTO THOSE 5120 02:51:16,799 --> 02:51:18,568 SPACES AS QUICKLY AND AS 5121 02:51:18,568 --> 02:51:19,769 EQUITABLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I 5122 02:51:19,769 --> 02:51:21,838 WILL ALSO SAY PART OF THE 5123 02:51:21,838 --> 02:51:22,438 INTENTION AROUND COORDINATED 5124 02:51:22,438 --> 02:51:23,740 ENTRY WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE 5125 02:51:23,740 --> 02:51:26,643 SOLVING FOR EQUITY AND MATCHING 5126 02:51:26,643 --> 02:51:28,578 THE RIGHT PERSON TO THE RIGHT 5127 02:51:28,578 --> 02:51:29,646 LOCATION. AND AGAIN, NOT TO SAY 5128 02:51:29,646 --> 02:51:31,114 THAT WE'VE DONE IT PERFECTLY, 5129 02:51:31,114 --> 02:51:32,415 I'VE HEARD FROM PROVIDERS, BUT 5130 02:51:32,415 --> 02:51:33,516 I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU 5131 02:51:33,516 --> 02:51:35,685 KNOW, I REMEMBER THAT 5132 02:51:35,685 --> 02:51:36,619 CONVERSATION AROUND WHY 5133 02:51:36,619 --> 02:51:38,221 COORDINATED ENTRY WAS NECESSARY 5134 02:51:38,221 --> 02:51:39,389 AND THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE 5135 02:51:39,389 --> 02:51:41,958 SOME FORM OF THAT IN ORDER TO 5136 02:51:41,958 --> 02:51:42,592 JUST RECEIVE THOSE HUD DOLLARS. 5137 02:51:42,592 --> 02:51:44,894 SO I JUST WANTED TO REALLY MAKE 5138 02:51:44,894 --> 02:51:46,329 SURE I WAS READING THOSE INTO 5139 02:51:46,329 --> 02:51:47,230 THE RECORD SO THAT WE JUST HAVE 5140 02:51:47,230 --> 02:51:49,065 THE MOST FULL PICTURE OF BOTH 5141 02:51:49,065 --> 02:51:51,968 OUR CHALLENGES AND WHERE WE HAVE 5142 02:51:51,968 --> 02:51:53,803 SUCCESS, AND WHERE THERE IS REAL 5143 02:51:53,803 --> 02:51:54,637 SIGNIFICANT WORK TO DO, WHICH IS 5144 02:51:54,637 --> 02:51:58,174 IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE 5145 02:51:58,174 --> 02:51:58,741 INVESTMENTS TO GET NEW PSH 5146 02:51:58,741 --> 02:51:59,475 ONLINE. AND I'M SURE WE'LL TALK 5147 02:51:59,475 --> 02:52:00,476 MORE ABOUT THAT WITH HOUSING 5148 02:52:00,476 --> 02:52:01,344 COMING UP. THANK YOU FOR THAT, 5149 02:52:01,344 --> 02:52:02,779 CHAIR. 5150 02:52:02,779 --> 02:52:03,346 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5151 02:52:03,346 --> 02:52:04,447 FOSTER ANYTHING FROM THE 5152 02:52:04,447 --> 02:52:06,382 COMMITTEE TABLE? I DIDN'T GIVE 5153 02:52:06,382 --> 02:52:08,851 YOU A CHANCE TO REBUT MY 35 5154 02:52:08,851 --> 02:52:11,854 MINUTE JOURNEY, SO SOUNDS GOOD. 5155 02:52:11,854 --> 02:52:13,189 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HERE TO 5156 02:52:13,189 --> 02:52:15,124 CLOSE US OUT AND THEN WE'LL TAKE 5157 02:52:15,124 --> 02:52:16,859 LUNCH, BUT WE'LL GO INTO THAT IN 5158 02:52:16,859 --> 02:52:17,593 JUST A MINUTE. 5159 02:52:17,593 --> 02:52:20,263 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS. AND 5160 02:52:20,263 --> 02:52:21,230 ACTUALLY, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 5161 02:52:21,230 --> 02:52:22,231 COVERED SOME OF THE POINTS I WAS 5162 02:52:22,231 --> 02:52:23,733 GOING TO MAKE BEFORE I GOT INTO 5163 02:52:23,733 --> 02:52:26,235 MY FINAL REMARKS. I JUST WANTED 5164 02:52:26,235 --> 02:52:27,603 TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL NOTES 5165 02:52:27,603 --> 02:52:29,138 ON COORDINATED ENTRY, SO I'LL 5166 02:52:29,138 --> 02:52:29,772 JUST JUMP TO ONE IMPORTANT PIECE 5167 02:52:29,772 --> 02:52:31,374 THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO 5168 02:52:31,374 --> 02:52:32,575 CLARIFY ON THE RECORD, 5169 02:52:32,575 --> 02:52:34,944 FACTUALLY, IS THAT COORDINATED 5170 02:52:34,944 --> 02:52:37,780 ENTRY IS FEDERALLY REQUIRED 5171 02:52:37,780 --> 02:52:38,915 FUNCTION FOR A CONTINUUM OF 5172 02:52:38,915 --> 02:52:41,517 CARE. LEAD AGENCY. THIS HAS 5173 02:52:41,517 --> 02:52:44,120 EXISTED LONG BEFORE KCRA HAS 5174 02:52:44,120 --> 02:52:45,188 EXISTED, AND THIS, IMPORTANTLY 5175 02:52:45,188 --> 02:52:47,857 IS A FUNCTION THAT THE CITY OF 5176 02:52:47,857 --> 02:52:48,358 SEATTLE HAS NEVER HELD 5177 02:52:48,358 --> 02:52:49,292 PREVIOUSLY. THIS WAS HELD IN ALL 5178 02:52:49,292 --> 02:52:51,761 HOME. THE COUNTY ENTITY THAT 5179 02:52:51,761 --> 02:52:53,062 PRECEDED KCRA. SO I DON'T I 5180 02:52:53,062 --> 02:52:54,597 DON'T THINK IT WAS THE INTENT 5181 02:52:54,597 --> 02:52:57,700 TO MISCHARACTERIZE IT AT ALL 5182 02:52:57,700 --> 02:53:00,370 ABOUT COORDINATED ENTRY. WHAT IT 5183 02:53:00,370 --> 02:53:03,306 DOES, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE 5184 02:53:03,306 --> 02:53:03,773 ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT 5185 02:53:03,773 --> 02:53:05,174 COORDINATED ENTRY IS NOT 5186 02:53:05,174 --> 02:53:06,342 SOMETHING THAT KCRA IMAGINED UP 5187 02:53:06,342 --> 02:53:08,444 AND THREW TOGETHER, BUT RATHER 5188 02:53:08,444 --> 02:53:10,313 SOMETHING THAT IS FEDERALLY 5189 02:53:10,313 --> 02:53:11,714 REQUIRED FOR OUR REGION TO HOLD 5190 02:53:11,714 --> 02:53:13,516 IN TERMS OF FACILITATING THOSE 5191 02:53:13,516 --> 02:53:14,050 PLACEMENTS INTO PERMANENT 5192 02:53:14,050 --> 02:53:15,251 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. AND AS 5193 02:53:15,251 --> 02:53:16,352 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER NOTED, 5194 02:53:16,352 --> 02:53:18,354 THERE IS NOT ENOUGH PERMANENT 5195 02:53:18,354 --> 02:53:19,589 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO MEET THE 5196 02:53:19,589 --> 02:53:21,591 NEED. THAT MEANS THAT SOME FOLKS 5197 02:53:21,591 --> 02:53:25,395 WHO GO INTO COORDINATED ENTRY, 5198 02:53:25,395 --> 02:53:26,062 GET HOUSING, AND MANY DON'T. SO 5199 02:53:26,062 --> 02:53:26,929 ALL OF THAT TO SAY COORDINATED 5200 02:53:26,929 --> 02:53:28,297 ENTRY IS NOT WITHOUT ITS 5201 02:53:28,297 --> 02:53:29,098 CHALLENGES. I HEAR THE 5202 02:53:29,098 --> 02:53:30,500 FRUSTRATIONS UP HERE ABOUT HOW 5203 02:53:30,500 --> 02:53:31,467 COORDINATED ENTRY OPERATES. I 5204 02:53:31,467 --> 02:53:33,035 HEAR FRUSTRATIONS FROM PROVIDERS 5205 02:53:33,035 --> 02:53:35,238 ABOUT HOW COORDINATED ENTRY 5206 02:53:35,238 --> 02:53:36,706 OPERATES, BUT I JUST WANTED TO 5207 02:53:36,706 --> 02:53:38,107 CLARIFY THAT POINT ON THE RECORD 5208 02:53:38,107 --> 02:53:39,809 FOR TODAY MOVING FORWARD, 5209 02:53:39,809 --> 02:53:40,510 WELCOME EVERYONE'S ENGAGEMENT ON 5210 02:53:40,510 --> 02:53:42,645 HOW WE CAN IMPROVE A SYSTEM TO 5211 02:53:42,645 --> 02:53:45,114 BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THOSE 5212 02:53:45,114 --> 02:53:47,884 PLACEMENTS IN AN EQUITABLE WAY 5213 02:53:47,884 --> 02:53:48,651 IN TERMS OF CLOSING REMARKS, 5214 02:53:48,651 --> 02:53:49,919 COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 5215 02:53:49,919 --> 02:53:51,487 ENGAGEMENT. I DIDN'T THINK WE'D 5216 02:53:51,487 --> 02:53:53,923 GO THIS LONG TODAY, SO I'M 5217 02:53:53,923 --> 02:53:55,691 GRATEFUL, TRULY, FOR THE 5218 02:53:55,691 --> 02:53:57,860 QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AND 5219 02:53:57,860 --> 02:53:58,628 JUST YOUR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT 5220 02:53:58,628 --> 02:54:01,764 ON HUMAN SERVICES. COUNCILMEMBER 5221 02:54:01,764 --> 02:54:04,167 KETTLE JOKED EARLIER IN THE 5222 02:54:04,167 --> 02:54:05,401 PRESENTATION THAT HE WAS NOT 5223 02:54:05,401 --> 02:54:07,470 FEATURED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S 5224 02:54:07,470 --> 02:54:08,671 PRESENTATION. I HOPE IT WAS A 5225 02:54:08,671 --> 02:54:11,274 JOKE, BUT I WHAT I HEAR IN THAT 5226 02:54:11,274 --> 02:54:12,675 JOKE, RATHER, IS THE DESIRE TO 5227 02:54:12,675 --> 02:54:15,678 MAKE IT KNOWN THAT YOU STAND BY 5228 02:54:15,678 --> 02:54:16,846 OUR HUMAN SERVICES INVESTMENTS 5229 02:54:16,846 --> 02:54:19,148 AND SHOW UP IN COMMUNITY FOR 5230 02:54:19,148 --> 02:54:22,118 THEM. AND I KNOW I SAW YOU AND 5231 02:54:22,118 --> 02:54:23,286 CHAIR STRAUSS AT THE BAYSIDE 5232 02:54:23,286 --> 02:54:25,454 SHELTER OPENING. I KNOW I SAW 5233 02:54:25,454 --> 02:54:26,923 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AT THE 5234 02:54:26,923 --> 02:54:29,358 MAYOR'S INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON 5235 02:54:29,358 --> 02:54:29,859 THE SHELTER ACCELERATOR 5236 02:54:29,859 --> 02:54:31,994 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AT THE 5237 02:54:31,994 --> 02:54:33,963 FAMILY WORKS REOPENING OF THEIR 5238 02:54:33,963 --> 02:54:35,998 NEW FOOD BANK, COUNCILMEMBER 5239 02:54:35,998 --> 02:54:38,167 FOSTER AT THE NICKELSVILLE 5240 02:54:38,167 --> 02:54:38,768 BRIGHTON VILLAGE OPENING LONG 5241 02:54:38,768 --> 02:54:40,169 AWAITED, BY THE WAY, 5242 02:54:40,169 --> 02:54:41,270 COUNCILMEMBER LIN HAS 5243 02:54:41,270 --> 02:54:43,472 CONSISTENTLY SHOWN UP FOR 5244 02:54:43,472 --> 02:54:44,106 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION 5245 02:54:44,106 --> 02:54:45,475 PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY COUNCIL 5246 02:54:45,475 --> 02:54:46,742 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH HAS BEEN 5247 02:54:46,742 --> 02:54:49,245 A RESOUNDING CHAMPION FOR FOOD 5248 02:54:49,245 --> 02:54:51,280 AND MEAL PROGRAMS. COUNCILMEMBER 5249 02:54:51,280 --> 02:54:52,715 JUAREZ YOUR TREMENDOUS WORK WITH 5250 02:54:52,715 --> 02:54:53,950 NORTH HELPLINE. EVERYONE ON THIS 5251 02:54:53,950 --> 02:54:55,852 DAIS HAS SHOWN UP IN COMMUNITY 5252 02:54:55,852 --> 02:54:57,220 FOR PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE HUMAN 5253 02:54:57,220 --> 02:54:58,855 SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND I SEE 5254 02:54:58,855 --> 02:54:59,789 YOU ALL FOR THAT. AND I 5255 02:54:59,789 --> 02:55:01,557 APPRECIATE THAT. AND I HOPE THAT 5256 02:55:01,557 --> 02:55:04,093 THAT ENERGY CONTINUES BECAUSE 5257 02:55:04,093 --> 02:55:07,263 NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED TO 5258 02:55:07,263 --> 02:55:07,763 PROTECT HUMAN SERVICES 5259 02:55:07,763 --> 02:55:09,298 INVESTMENTS, ESPECIALLY DURING 5260 02:55:09,298 --> 02:55:12,201 THIS TIME OF NATIONAL TURMOIL 5261 02:55:12,201 --> 02:55:15,571 AND ECONOMIC INSECURITY AND 5262 02:55:15,571 --> 02:55:16,672 UNCERTAINTY. SO I WOULD JUST 5263 02:55:16,672 --> 02:55:18,708 SAY, ASK ANY PROVIDER RIGHT NOW 5264 02:55:18,708 --> 02:55:19,909 WHO'S WORKING IN THE REALM OF 5265 02:55:19,909 --> 02:55:21,010 HUMAN SERVICES, AND THEY WILL 5266 02:55:21,010 --> 02:55:23,546 TELL YOU THAT THE NEED HAS ONLY 5267 02:55:23,546 --> 02:55:24,981 INCREASED. AND IT REMAINS MY 5268 02:55:24,981 --> 02:55:26,148 FOCUS TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE 5269 02:55:26,148 --> 02:55:28,451 CAN TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS 5270 02:55:28,451 --> 02:55:29,685 DURING THIS TREMENDOUSLY 5271 02:55:29,685 --> 02:55:30,620 CHALLENGING TIME. SO I WANT TO 5272 02:55:30,620 --> 02:55:32,822 THANK THE HUMAN SERVICES 5273 02:55:32,822 --> 02:55:34,090 DEPARTMENT AGAIN FOR YOUR 5274 02:55:34,090 --> 02:55:35,992 CONTINUED WORK AND YOUR TIME 5275 02:55:35,992 --> 02:55:36,592 BEFORE COMMITTEE TODAY. THANK 5276 02:55:36,592 --> 02:55:37,593 YOU, CHAIR. 5277 02:55:37,593 --> 02:55:39,795 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5278 02:55:39,795 --> 02:55:42,398 RINCK. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, IT 5279 02:55:42,398 --> 02:55:43,866 IS 1223. I'M GOING TO SAY THAT 5280 02:55:43,866 --> 02:55:45,534 WE'RE GOING TO BREAK FOR AN 5281 02:55:45,534 --> 02:55:46,402 HOUR AND SEVEN MINUTES, SO WE 5282 02:55:46,402 --> 02:55:49,472 WILL BE BACK HERE AT 130. 5283 02:55:49,472 --> 02:55:51,440 PRESENT SDOT PRESENTATION WILL 5284 02:55:51,440 --> 02:55:56,279 START AT 1:31 P.M., WHICH MEANS 5285 02:55:56,279 --> 02:56:03,386 THAT FOLKS SHOULD BE HERE BY 129 5286 02:56:03,386 --> 02:56:06,122 TO BE ON TIME. I THINK THAT'S 5287 02:56:06,122 --> 02:56:07,290 ALL I GOT, SO WE WILL DO THAT. 5288 02:56:07,290 --> 02:56:08,691 AND THEN WE MIGHT TAKE A TEN 5289 02:56:08,691 --> 02:56:09,959 MINUTE BREAK OR JUST RUN 5290 02:56:09,959 --> 02:56:11,761 STRAIGHT INTO OED IN THE 5291 02:56:11,761 --> 02:56:13,763 AFTERNOON. THANK YOU EVERYONE, 5292 02:56:13,763 --> 02:56:20,569 AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK AT 129.