WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:32
A.M. I AM CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBERS
KETTLE AND SAKA ARE EXCUSED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL? COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA. CHAIR
STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> THREE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. THREE PRESENT, TWO
EXCUSE. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON
THE AGENDA TODAY. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND
THE AGENDA TO HAVE THE BRIEFING
ON STATE AND TRIBAL -- STATE AND
CITY TRIBAL RELATIONS FRAMEWORK
THE FIRST ON THE AGENDA,
FOLLOWED BY THE TWO BILLS
RELATED TO SHELTER PROPOSAL, AND
FINALLY, THE GRANTS ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED AS AMENDED. HEARING NO
OBJECTION, THE ADDENDA IS
ADOPTED. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
RIGHT INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE
HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SIGNED
UP . CHECKING THE ONLINE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRANTS, WE HAVE
FOUR. ANTHONY, HOW MANY DO WE
HAVE THERE? SEVEN. WE HAVE UNDER
20. EVERYONE HAS UP TO TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK. AS YOU HEARD,
WE HAVE A VERY PACKED AGENDA AND
A HARD STOP. ANY TIME YOU GET
BACK ISN'T HURT BY BEING ABLE
TO PASS THE BILLS OR AMEND THEM.
WITH THAT, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
IS UP TO 60 MINUTES. SPEAKERS
CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED. IN PERSON
FIRST, AND THEN REMOTE. SPEAKERS
WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT. AS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT SAYS, PLEASE BE NICE.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. I
WILL CALL EVERYONE IN ORDER.
WITH THAT, WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BARB
ALL OF YOUR. FOR THE PAST FIVE
YEARS IN EXHAUSTING HEAT AND
FREEZING COLD AT THE HOPE
FACTORY, I BUILT HUNDREDS OF
TINY HOMES AND OVERSAW
OPERATIONS. IN THE PAST SIX
MONTHS, AS A CONSULTANT, I HAVE
SPOKEN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF ALL
THE MAJOR PROVIDERS SERVING OUR
NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. I HAVE TALKED TO
SEVERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS,
INCLUDING THEN CANDIDATE KATIE
WILSON. AFTER STUDYING THE
CURRENT PLAN BEFORE YOU, I CAN
TELL YOU WITH 100% CERTAINTY
THAT THIS PLAN IS SERIOUSLY
FLAWED. I APPLAUD MAYOR WILSON
FOR HER DOGGED DETERMINATION TO
GET SOMETHING DONE. LAST YEAR
OVER 400 PEOPLE DIED IN THE
STREETS. WE NEED TO LOOK AT A
LONG-TERM SOLUTION, NOT JUST A
BAND-AID FOR WILL COME AND GO IN
JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS. WITH
TWO SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCHES AND A
CALCULATOR, I FOUND OUT THAT
SEATTLE'S UNSHELTERED HOMELESS
POPULATION IS NOT THE 4500 AS
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SUGGESTS,
BUT OVER 7000. HOW CAN ANY PLAN
THAT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE STREETS
BE EFFECTIVE? THERE IS A PLAN
THAT SERVICES 7000 PEOPLE WITH
ONLY 1299 UNITS OF TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING. IT SHOWS THE LONG-TERM
OPERATIONAL COSTS, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS LAND USE COMMITTEE,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, IT
INCORPORATES SEVERAL PROJECTS,
TWO OF WHICH DRAWN GRANTS
PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN KNOW
ABOUT. THE PLAN FEATURES A
CRITICAL WAY TO COMMUNICATE
BETWEEN OUR NEIGHBORS ON THE
STREETS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
THE PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO MAKE
THEM ALL ACCOUNTABLE. THIS PLAN
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES
HOMELESSNESS IN THE FIRST TERM
OF THE WILSON ADMINISTRATION .
MANY OF YOU ON CITY COUNCIL HAVE
ALREADY SEEN THE PLAN. I WILL BE
HAPPY TO REVIEW WITH MAYOR
WILSON AND HER STAFF. WITH DUE
RESPECT, MY ASK OF YOU TODAY IS
TO TABLE THIS BILL FOR JUST TWO
SHORT WEEKS. GIVE US TIME TO
LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS. I
WILL BE HERE AFTER THIS MEETING
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT. IF FOLKS
WANT TO LINE UP JUST SO WE CAN
KEEP TICKING, THAT'S AWESOME.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM THE CHIEF
TRANSFORMATION OFFICER AT
THERAPEUTIC HEALTH SERVICES. I
AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THERAPEUTIC
HEALTH SERVICES TO LAND OUR
ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL
BILLS 121185 AND 121184.
THERAPEUTIC SELF HEALTH SERVICES
HAS PROVIDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SERVICES AND TINY HOME VILLAGES
OPERATED BY THE LOW-INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE SINCE 2021.
WORKING FROM A TINY HOME IN
THEIR ASSIGNED VILLAGES, OUR
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS
WORK ALONGSIDE STAFF PROVIDING
DE-ESCALATION AND CRISIS
MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE CODE OF
CONDUCT. AS A VISIBLE AND
ACCESSIBLE PART OF THE VILLAGE
COMMUNITY, ALSO LOWER BARRIERS
FOR MANY VILLAGE RESIDENTS WHO
HAVE BEEN HESITANT TO PURSUE
MENTAL HEALTH AT COUNSELING AND
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
TREATMENT, INCLUDING OPIOID
TREATMENT. AS PROVIDERS OF
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AT 10
BRICK-AND-MORTAR LOCATIONS,
ACROSS KING AND SNOHOMISH
COUNTIES, THERAPEUTIC HEALTH
SERVICES KNOWS FIRSTHAND HOW
HELPING THE MOST BURNABLE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES IMPROVES THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR
YOUR SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILLS
121185 AND 121184.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS MARGARET.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR STRAUSS
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS RIVERA AND
HOLLINGSWORTH. THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE TODAY. I AM FROM LAKE
CITY AND DISTRICT 5. I SUPPORT
THE LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU TO
ADD FUNDING REMOVE RED TAPE TO
CREATE MORE SHELTERS, MANY MORE,
WITH STRONG SERVICES IN EVERY
DISTRICT. I HAVE SEEN WHAT HAS
BEEN ACCOMPLISHED JUST FOUR
BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE WITH THE
NEW OLYMPIC HILLS TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE RUN BY LIHI. SEEING ALL
THE 44 HOMES FILL UP QUICKLY BY
SKILLED OUTREACH WORKERS HAS
GIVEN ME HOPE FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MANY YEARS THAT LAKE CITY IS
GETTING SERVICES THAT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE. OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE
SEEING IT TOO, AND WE WANT TO
HELP. THIS MODEL BRINGS PEOPLE
OFF THE STREET AND CREATES THEIR
PATH TO BETTER HEALTH, STABILITY
AND PERMANENT HOUSING. THE 24/7
STAFFING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND
SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL AND MUST
BE WELL-FUNDED. THE ONLY
CONCERNS I HAVE IS THAT WE NEED
MORE VILLAGES LIKE THIS, AND WE
NEED TO DEVELOP THEM FASTER.
PLEASE INVEST IN MORE SHELTER
UNITS FASTER TO MEET THE SCALE
OF THE NEED ACROSS THE CITY ,
FUND IT, BUILD IT, SUPPORT IT
NOW. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3
AND WORKETH THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE. I AM HERE
TODAY TO SPEAK AND SUPPORTED THE
LEGISLATION TO GIVE THE
FINANCING ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES DIRECTOR LEASING
AUTHORITY AND TO ALLOCATE TO
EXPAND DESPERATELY NEEDED
SHELTER CAPACITY GIVING THE FAS
DIRECTOR LEASING AUTHORITY WILL
ENABLE THE CITY TO PREPARE SITES
FOR SHELTER MUCH MORE QUICKLY
THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE AT LIHI
WORKING TO IDENTIFY AND PREPARE
LAND TO OPENING VILLAGES AND
SHELTERING MANY MORE PEOPLE .
THIS CHANGE CAN MAKE THAT
PROCESS GO FROM 7 TO 12 MONTHS
TO 3 TO 4 MONTHS. I ALSO SUPPORT
THE BUDGET LEGISLATION
ALLOCATING 4.9 MILLION TO
SUPPORT SHELTER ACCELERATION.
THIS WILL BACK PROVEN SOLUTIONS
THAT BRING PEOPLE INDOORS. WE
ARE IN DIRE NEED OF MORE SHELTER
THAT PROVIDES PEOPLE A ROOF OVER
THEIR HEADS, A DOOR THAT LOCKS,
A SPACE OF THEIR OWN, WRAPAROUND
CASE MANAGEMENT AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTHCARE WHEN NECESSARY. ALL
OF THESE THINGS HELP BREAK THE
CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS FOR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH COMPLEX
NEEDS. PLEASE TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE
SOLUTION AND VOTE YES ON CB
121184 AND CB 121185. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO ENDING
HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. I AM AN EMPLOYEE AT THE
LOW-INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE AND
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3. AS A
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, I HAVE
CHATTED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE
ACROSS THE CITY, WHETHER IT BE
AMAZON WORKERS, MICROSOFT
WORKERS, ADVOCACY GROUPS OR
STUDENTS ENGAGED IN SERVICE
LEARNING. AND ACROSS THE BOARD,
OUR VOLUNTEERS SEE THE NEED FOR
SHELTER AND KNOW HOW MUCH MORE
EFFECTIVE AND HANDSOME SHELTERS
AND TINY HOUSES ARE. THE ONE
QUESTION IS ALWAYS, WHY AREN'T
THERE MORE? THE ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION IS IN YOUR HANDS TODAY.
I AM ASKING THAT YOU VOTE YES ON
BOTH COUNCIL BILLS TO REMOVE
BARRIERS TO SHELTER EXPANSION
AND FUND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
YOUR VOTE OF YES IS A CLEAR
COMMUNICATION THAT YOU SUPPORT
SHELTERS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
AND BELIEVE THAT IT IS OUR
COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO
UPLIFT OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED WE
DESPERATELY NEED MORE SHELTER,
AND WE NEED IT FAST. YOUR VOTE
WILL DETERMINE HOW FAST THE CITY
CAN DEVELOP THE SHELTERS AND GET
MORE OF OUR NEIGHBORS OFF THE
STREETS. THIS IS A FIRST TIME IN
MY THREE YEARS HERE AT LIHI AND
IN THE CITY THAT I FELT HOPEFUL
ABOUT THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS
IN OUR CITY. MANY HANDS MAKE
HOUSING WORK. I HOPE YOU'RE
BELIEVE TO BE THE HANDS THAT
HELP PASS TODAY'S COUNCIL BILLS
AND INCREASE SHELTER CAPACITY IN
OUR CITY AND TO SUPPORT OUR
NEIGHBORS IN NEED AND THEIR
JOURNEY TO STABILITY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS MAD
AGAIN, FOLLOWED BY MARTHA.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. I
AM HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WILL
GIVE THE FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION SERVICES DIRECTOR
LEASING AUTHORITY AND TO
ALLOCATE FOR 4.9 MILLION MILLION
TO EXPAND SHELTER CAPACITY. IT
IS HEARTBREAKING TO WITNESS THE
UNSAFE CONDITIONS MY NEIGHBORS
LIVE IN EVERY DAY DUE TO A LACK
OF SERVICES AND SHELTER.
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IS A
SEVERE ISSUE PUTTING MANY LIVES
AT RISK DAILY. THIS LEGISLATION
WOULD BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION
THAT IS URGENTLY NEEDED. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF BEDS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES. HIGH
SUPPORT SHELTERS ARE ESSENTIAL
IN ENSURING THE UNHOUSED
POPULATION RECEIVES HEALTHCARE
AND CASE MANAGEMENT THEY
DESERVE, HELPING THEM GET INTO
AND STAY IN PERMANENT HOUSING. I
URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON BOTH
COUNCIL BILLS. THANK YOU FOR
USING YOUR POWER TO PROTECT
HOUSING AS A RIGHT FOR EVERY
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT. THE LAST
IN-PERSON SPEAKER. THEN WE WILL
TRANSFER TO REMOTE PUBLIC
SPEAKERS. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THIS MORNING.
I AM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
MANAGER AT LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE, A SHELTER , REST STOP
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER.
WE BELIEVE THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS IN SEATTLE MUST MATCH THE
NEEDS OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
HAVING WORKED IN NONPROFITS FOR
OVER 15 YEARS, IT HAS BECOME
APPARENT TO ME THAT PEOPLE NEED
TO BE SUPPORTED DEEPLY TO BE
CAPABLE OF TRANSFORMATION. THE
LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT A
SOLUTION. I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT
EXPANSION OF SHELTER BY
APPROVING THE 4.9 MILLION BEFORE
YOU AND ALLOWING THE FINANCING
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR TO
IDENTIFY AND SIGN LEASE
AGREEMENTS FOR PROPERTIES TO
ALLOW CITY STAFF TO COORDINATE
WITH PROVIDERS WITH THE URGENCY
NEEDED. THROUGH BOTH OF THESE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND DEEP
SHELTER RESOURCES, SEATTLEITES
IN NEED OF SHELTER WILL BE ABLE
TO FIND A BED AND SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES TO HELP REACH SAM STASH
SELF SUSTAINABILITY. EXPANDING
SERVICES AS QUICKLY AND DEEPLY
AS POSSIBLE TO SAVE LIVES.
THROUGH THE DECISIONS MADE BY
THIS COMMITTEE, SEATTLE WILL BE
ABLE TO PRIORITIZE DEEP
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO MAKE EVEN
MORE HIGH SUPPORT SHELTER
AVAILABLE. MEETING COMMUNITY
NEEDS IS MOST SUCCESSFUL WHEN A
WRAPAROUND APPROACH, INCLUDING
CASE MANAGEMENT, BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, SERVICES ARE INTEGRATED.
PLEASE MAKE THIS A REALITY BY
PASSING THE COUNCIL BILLS BEFORE
YOU TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING
TO MOVE TO ONLINE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS. DAVID HAYNES YOU ARE
NOT PRESENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO CALL IN NOW -- WAITING FOR
SARAH CLARK TO BE PROMOTED.
SARAH CLARK. I SEE YOU NOW. STAR
62 UN-MUTE. THERE YOU ARE.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR STRAUSS
AND MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS SARAH
CLARK. I AM HERE TODAY TO
TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THE OVER
2600 MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE
METRO CHAMBER IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF COUNCIL BILLS 121184 AND
121185. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK MARY WILSON FOR TREATING
THE HOUSING CRISIS FOR UNHOUSED
NEIGHBORS WITH A SENSE OF
URGENCY, CREATIVITY,
COLLABORATION AND COMPASSION THE
SITUATION REQUIRES. WE ALL
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR REGION HAS
BEEN IN A HOUSING AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CRISIS FOR MANY YEARS
NOW, AND THAT THE CHALLENGES
ASSOCIATED WITH MANAGING A
PROJECT OF THIS SIZE TO
COMPLETION ARE SIGNIFICANT. I
ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBERS STRAUSS AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH FOR
EXPEDITING THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS NEEDED TO REALIZE THE .
WE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO PASS
THESE TWO BILLS WITH THE SAME
SENSE OF URGENCY. AND WALBURN
REMAIN READY TO SUPPORT THIS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WORK, WE DO
HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
THE CITY PLANS TO SUPPORT THESE
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THE
LONG-TERM WITH THE NECESSARY
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. YOU SHOULD
CONSIDER REPRIORITIZING EXISTING
RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN THE
ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE
PROPOSED NEW UNITS TO ENSURE THE
CITY IS ACHIEVING THE KIND OF
OUTCOMES VOTERS WANT TO SEE.
THIS PACKAGE IS A CRITICAL NEXT
STEP TO MOVE UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS
OFF THE STREET THE SEATTLE, AND
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT TAXPAYER
RESOURCES ARE USED WISELY TO
SUSTAIN THE OPERATIONS THAT OF
THESE NEW UNITS. BUSINESS
COMMUNITY STAND BEHIND THE MAYOR
AND THE PROPOSED CITYWIDE
APPROACH. WE ARE READY TO
SUPPORT CITY LEADERSHIP WITH
THIS MONUMENTAL EFFORT TO MEET
THE MOMENT AND CHART A NEW PATH
TOWARDS OUR LOCAL RESPONSE TO
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS USING
THE AMPLE RESOURCES AT YOUR
DISPOSAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS GRACE,
FOLLOWED BY DAVID HILL. DAVID
HAYNES IS NOW PRESENT. RACE,
WELCOME. WE ARE PROMOTING YOU
NOW. THERE YOU ARE. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS GRACE.
AGENDA ITEM I AM PROVIDING A
STATEMENT FOR IS FOR PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILLS ENDING IN 84 AND
85. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I SUPPORT
EXPANDING SHELTER VILLAGES WITH
CASE MANAGEMENT AND BEHAVIORAL
SERVICES IN SEATTLE BECAUSE IT
IS AN IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY
PART IN SOLVING THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS IN SEATTLE. I HAVE SEEN
THE RESULTS OVER THE MANY YEARS
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH CAMPUS
SECOND CHANCE AS A CITIZEN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER. I
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR OVER 10
YEARS. SECOND CHANCE IS A
TRANSITIONAL TINY HOUSE MANAGED
BY LIHI, LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE. THEIR APPROACH OF
PROVIDING TINY HOUSE SHELTER
VILLAGES WITH ON-SITE SERVICES
WORKS . THEY HAVE THE DATA TO
PROVE IT. I SUPPORT AND URGE THE
COUNCIL TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
121185 CITY OF SEATTLE TO
ALLOCATE THE 4.9 MILLION TO FUND
SHELTER EXPANSION PLANS , AND
COUNCIL BILL 12118 FAR -- 12118
FOR GRANTING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES THE
ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND EXECUTE
LEASES FOR PROPERTIES. SO
SEATTLE CAN SUCCESSFULLY
CONTINUE TO HELP THE HOMELESS IN
OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GRACE. UP NEXT IS
DAVID HILL , FOLLOWED BY DAVID
HAYNES, WHO IS OUR LAST SPEAKER.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. I HAVE BEEN A SEATTLE
RESIDENT FOR 15 YEARS. CURRENTLY
LIVING IN DISTRICT 4. OVER THAT
TIME, I'VE WATCHED OUR
HOMELESSNESS GROW WHILE THE
COUNCIL HAS FAILED TO MEET THE
CHALLENGE WITH THE ACTION
REQUIRED. I'M HERE TODAY WITH
THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION TO URGE
FULL SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL BILLS
121184 AND 121185. WE BELIEVE
THAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT ,
JUST AS SAFE AND RELIABLE
TRANSIT IS A RIGHT. THESE BILLS
ARE A NECESSARY STEP TOWARD
PROVIDING THE LIFESAVING SHELTER
AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES OUR
UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS DESERVE. LAST
YEAR A MAJORITY OF SEATTLE
VOTERS ELECTED KATIE WILSON AS
OUR MAYOR BECAUSE OF HER CLEAR
PROMISE TO EXPAND SHELTERS AND
BRING UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS INSIDE.
YOU HAVE A MORE UNDEMOCRATIC
DUTY TO FULFILL THAT MANDATE. IN
A CITY OF SUCH IMMENSE WEALTH,
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ANYONE TO
BE UNHOUSED WHILE PUBLIC LAND
AND RESOURCES SIT IDLE.
EXPANDING THE AUTHORITY TO
EXECUTE LEASES AND FUNDING FOR
THE SHELTER PLANS IS ABOUT BASIC
JUSTICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE
EXPECT THIS COMMITTEE TO HONOR
THE WILL OF THE VOTERS AND MOVE
THESE ORDINANCES FOR. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID. AND NOW,
DAVID HAYNES. THIS IS OUR FINAL
SPEAKER. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU. STOP THE DELAY AND
IMPROVE THE ON-SITE SERVICES .
IT IS ONE THING TO ADDRESS DRUG
ADDICTION BY REQUIRING PEOPLE TO
FOCUS 24/7 IN AN AUTHORIZED
ENCAMPMENT. IT IS QUITE ANOTHER
WHEN YOU PRIORITIZE THE TOURIST
DISTRICT AND THE BUSINESS
DISTRICT AND ONLY HELP
SELF-DESTRUCTED PEOPLE WHO ARE
BOTHERING OTHER PEOPLE AND
DESTROYING THEMSELVES. AND ACT
LIKE YOU ARE DOING THE WHOLE
COMMUNITY A FAVOR BY WAREHOUSING
PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTINUING TO DO
DRUGS WE HAVE THIS COMING OUT OF
THE INDUSTRY WHERE THEY CLAIM
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO DRUGS
IN PUBLIC SPACES IN THE TINY
VILLAGE, BUT THEY FAILED TO
MENTION THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO
DRUGS AND SPREAD THEIR DISEASES
INSIDE THEIR OWN PERSONAL SPACE
AND INSIDE THE PORTA POTTIES AND
RUMMAGE THROUGH THE KITCHEN
TOUCHING OTHER PEOPLE'S FOOD,
OPENING UP YOUR BREAD WITH HER
DIRTY HANDS . YET THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE GETTING RICH WHO ARE NOT
QUALIFIED ARE HOARDING PEOPLE
MAKING LIFE A LIVING HELL FOR
INNOCENT HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO
HAVE TO PUT UP WITH A BUNCH OF
JUNKIES INSIDE THE TINY VILLAGE.
IT IS ONE THING TO HAVE AN
AUTHORIZED ENCAMPMENT AND ALL
THE SELF-DESTRUCTED REPEAT
OFFENDERS AND REQUIRE THEM TO
FOCUS ON THEIR DRUG ADDICTION
24/7 AND GRADUATE THEM TO A TINY
VILLAGE. IT'S ANOTHER THING
WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO HOARD 250
PEOPLE AND HAVE CASE MANAGERS
WHO LITERALLY ARE TOTALLY
UNQUALIFIED TO BREAK THE
ADDICTION OF SOMEBODY ELSE.
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU GIVE THE BIG
PHARMA ALTERNATIVE DROLL DRUG
AND BRAIN DAMAGING NARCOTICS. IT
IS SUPPOSED TO BE A ONE TIME OR
TWO TIME TRIAL , AND AS SOON AS
YOU GIVE THAT TO THEM, YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO FEED THEM HEALTHY
FOODS TO BREAK THEIR ADDICTION
TO GET THEM STRONG. INSTEAD
IT'S, WELL, WHATEVER ONCE A
DAY. THEY HAVE BAD MENTAL HELP
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BAD FOOD. AND
THEY DON'T DO THE PROPER
EXERCISES. AND THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE INTERACTING WITH THEM ARE
BECAUSE THE OTHER PEOPLE, THE
CONTRACT HOLDERS, THE
EXECUTIVES, THEY DON'T WANT TO
DEAL WITH THE. IT'S NOT FAIR
THAT THE EXISTENCE OF THE
EXPERTISE IS GOOD PEOPLE
ALTERNATIVE DRUG, JUST LIKE
AFGHANISTAN GIVING KIDS POPPY TO
SHUT THEM UP BECAUSE THEY'RE
QUITE. THERE IS A DING DISTINCT
EFFORTS -- DISTINCT DIFFERENCE
IN THE EFFORT
>> THANK YOU, DAVID. DAVID WAS
OUR FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT
REGISTRANT IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL.
SEEING AS WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS PRESENT, WE WILL MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. WE
AMENDED THE AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER FOUR, INFORMATION ITEM
2873, HIS FIRST ORDER OF
BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK READ
THE SHORT TITLE INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 4, STATE AND CITY TRIBAL
RELATIONS FRAMEWORK FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION. OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS FOR
PRESENTATION.
>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE AND BEING FIRST ON
THE AGENDA TODAY. WE HAVE OUR
DIRECTOR OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS, OUR DIRECTOR OF
TRIBAL RELATIONS, AND WE HAVE
PATTY HERE AS WELL. GOOD TO SEE
YOU. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU,
COLLEAGUES. THIS IS A
PRESENTATION THAT WILL PREPARE
US FOR SOME OF THE WORK WE ARE
GOING TO ENDEAVOR IN THE COMING
MONTHS. AND SO, WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE EXPERTS, SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS, TRIBAL LEADERS AND MANY
OTHERS COME TO OUR COMMITTEE
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
FRANCESCA. TODAY IS FRANCESCA'S
BRIEFING FOR US TO START
LEARNING BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A
LITTLE EMBARRASSING FOR A REALLY
SMART PERSON TO COME HERE AND WE
HAVE VERY BASIC QUESTIONS. TODAY
IS A GOOD WAY TO JUST ASK
FRANCESCA ANYTHING. WE ARE GOING
TO TAKE A CONVERSATIONAL STYLE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO HOLD YOUR
QUESTIONS. BUT WE DO HAVE A HARD
STOP AT 11:45. THOSE ARE THE
CONSTRAINTS. I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE,
DIRECTOR, IF YOU WANT TO
INTRODUCE THE TABLE, AND WE WILL
MOVE FORWARD.
>> SURE. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, CHAIR STRAUSS AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I AM
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. I
AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE,
FRANCESCA, WHO SERVES AS OUR
TRIBAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR. THE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS MANAGES ALL GOVERNMENT
TO GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS FOR
THE CITY AND ONE OF OUR
ESSENTIAL PORTFOLIOS IS THE
TRIBAL RELATIONS PROGRAM. AS
THIS COMMITTEE KNOWS, CITY
POLICY AND SERVICES HAVE
FAR-REACHING IMPACTS TO TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS . IT IS CRITICAL
THAT THE CITY RESPECTFULLY
ENGAGE SOVEREIGN TRIBAL NATIONS
AND GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIPS ON ISSUES THAT MAY
IMPACT TRIBAL INTERESTS. IN
RECENT YEARS, OIR HAS PRIORITIZE
REBUILDING AND EXPANDING OUR
TRIBAL RELATIONS PROGRAM TO BE
MORE PROACTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE
TO TRIBAL NATIONS. TODAY OIR
LEADS CITYWIDE EVENTS, SUCH AS
THE TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT AND
GATHERINGS, COORDINATES
ENGAGEMENTS WITH CITY AND TRIBAL
OFFICIALS, AND WORKS
COLLABORATIVELY WITH CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO IMPROVE TRIBAL
AND URBAN NATIVE ENGAGEMENT.
WHEN WE REFLECT ON WHERE WE HAVE
COME AS A CITY, IT IS CLEAR THAT
THESE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS ARE
RESULTING IN MORE AUTHENTIC,
EFFECTIVE AND DURABLE
RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS
GOVERNMENTS. YET WE KNOW THIS
WORK DEMANDS SUSTAINED
COMMITMENT ACROSS CITY
GOVERNMENT. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
LEADERSHIP. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS HAVE MODELED THIS KIND
OF SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO
CHAMPION TRIBAL CITY RELATIONS
FOR MANY YEARS. WE ARE GRATEFUL
TO HAVE COLLABORATIVE
LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS IN THIS
WORK. WE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE
TODAY TO BRIEF THE COMMITTEE ON
IMPORTANT AND INFORMS OUR
CONTINUED WORK TOGETHER. WITH
THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON TO
FRANCESCA. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE
INVITATION TO SHARE SOME OF THIS
CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION WITH YOU
ALL TODAY. IT WILL BE A
HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW. HAPPY TO DO
ANY DISCUSSION OR FOLLOW-UP AS
WE GO ALONG. AND AFTER THIS
ENGAGEMENT. I AM A CITIZEN OF
THE CHEROKEE NATION IN OUR
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS. I WILL START OUT WITH
OUR STATEWIDE FRAMEWORK AND GIVE
YOU A GLIMPSE AT WHAT THIS
APPROACH LOOKS LIKE. I FIND IT
VERY IMPORTANT TO START WITH A
QUOTE FROM JAMESTOWN TRAFFIC,
ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE UNITED
STATES. WASHINGTON STATE IS
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR OUR
APPROACH TO TRIBAL ESTATE
RELATIONS. THERE ARE SEVERAL
STATES TODAY THAT ARE LEARNING
FROM THE TRIBES OF THIS REGION
IN WASHINGTON, BUT THERE IS NO
STATE THAT HAS BEEN AS
SUCCESSFUL AS WE HAVE IN MAKING
EFFECTIVE, DURABLE AND LIVING
FRAMEWORK FOR THESE TYPES OF
RELATIONSHIPS. BEFORE WE GET
INTO WHO -- THE MECHANICS, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY
TRIBAL LEADERS HAVE CHAMPIONED
THIS WORK FOR OVER 36 YEARS.
THIS QUOTE FROM CHAIRMAN SAID --
SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE NARRATIVE
QUITE FAMILIAR TO US IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT. WHETHER THE STATE,
COUNTY OR CITY GOVERNMENT, TOO
OFTEN NON-TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ARE
UNFAMILIAR WITH THE POWERS,
RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. THIS LACK OF
AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF
THE TWO CYCLICAL
MISUNDERSTANDINGS, DISAGREEMENTS
AND OVERALL INEFFECTIVE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS
FOR ALL OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED.
FUNDAMENTAL TO THIS WORK IS
UNDERSTANDING THE PARADIGM
SHIFTS THAT CREATED THE PATHWAYS
FOR THESE POLICY CHANGES HERE IN
OUR STATE. ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
TRIBAL LEADERS FROM WASHINGTON
ARE KNOWN FOR CONSISTENT AND
IMPACTFUL ORGANIZING. THERE MAY
BE NO BETTER EXAMPLE TO LOOK TO
IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY THAN
THE EFFORTS OF THE '60s A '70s
WERE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES FOUGHT
TO PROTECT RESERVED RIGHTS TO
FISH, HUNT TOGETHER. THE PROTEST
AND CONFLICT BETWEEN STATE
AGENCIES AND TRIBAL MEMBERS ARE
NOW KNOWN AS THE FISH WARS. BUT
THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY BATTLES
THAT TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
COMMUNITIES WERE HAVING AT THAT
TIME. THEY EXISTED LONG BEFORE,
AND HAVE SINCE, FROM HEALTHCARE
TO CHILD WELFARE TO TAXATION,
MANY TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE
FOUND THEMSELVES AT ODDS WITH
STATE GOVERNMENT. TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE OFTEN IN THE
POSITION OF HAVING TO REMIND,
EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR
AUTHORITIES TO EXERCISE THEIR
SOVEREIGNTY AND
SELF-DETERMINATION. THE FISH
WARS MARK BASIC EFFICIENT
PARADIGM SHIFT AND OPENED NEW
OPPORTUNITIES TO FOSTER MORE
EFFECTIVE RELATIONS. FOLLOWING
THE SUCCESSFUL U.S. VERSUS
WASHINGTON LITIGATION, ALSO
KNOWN AS THE BOLTON DECISION, IT
AFFIRMED THE RIGHTS OF TRIBAL
NATIONS TO EXERCISE THEIR TREATY
PROTECTED ACTIVITIES, WE BEGAN
TO SEE POSITIVE MOVEMENTS TOWARD
SELF-DETERMINATION OF TRIBAL
NATIONS WITH INNER CITY AND
WITHIN OUR STATE GOVERNMENT. YOU
CAN THINK OF THIS POLICY AREA AS
A KEY MILESTONE IN FINDING
PATHWAYS THAT ARE ADVANCED
SOVEREIGNTY AND ENHANCEMENTS OF
TREATY RIGHTS. TRIBAL ESTATE
RELATIONS, IT IS NO ONE DOCUMENT
OR ACTIVITY, IT IS THE
CULMINATION OF MANY TOOLS THAT
COLLECTIVELY CREATE A FRAMEWORK
FOR PRACTICING MORE EFFECTIVE
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. THE
CENTENNIAL ACCORD AND THE NEW
MILLENNIUM AGREEMENT A WRITTEN
DOCUMENTS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ON
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS WEBPAGE. YOU WILL NOTICE
THERE ARE QUITE BRIEF IN THEIR
HIGH-LEVEL STATEMENTS, BUT THEY
GUIDE THE REST OF THE WORK AND
ASKED AS THE NORTHSTAR FOR
SHARED VALUES AND POSSIBLES.
OVER THE YEARS, THESE STATEMENTS
HAVE BECOME CODIFIED IN STATUTE
IN THE REVISED CODE OF
WASHINGTON THAT NOW INCLUDES
DEFINITIONS, STATE AGENCY
DUTIES, RULES FOR TRIBAL
LIAISONS AND TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS AN
ANNUAL MEETING THAT IS ALSO
KNOWN AS CENTENNIAL ACCORD. OVER
THE DECADES, STATE AGENCIES HAVE
CREATED DOZENS OF -- TRIBAL
LIAISON POSITIONS AND DEVELOPED
INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATION POLICIES
TAILORED TO THE SPECIFIC HOPE OF
WORK WITHIN THE STATE AGENCY.
ALL OF THESE THINGS HELPS CREATE
MORE EFFECTIVE PROTOCOLS AND
PRACTICES FOR ENGAGING WITH
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND URBAN
INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS ON TRUST
AND TREATY ISSUES. WHILE THE
WRITTEN AND DOCUMENTED EFFORTS
ARE ESSENTIAL TO ESTABLISHING
THAT HIGH-LEVEL FRAMEWORK, THE
REAL WORK OF INSTITUTIONALIZATIO
N IS BUILT THROUGH THE
INTERACTIONS OF STAFF AND
ELECTED OFFICIALS ON A DAILY
BASIS AS WE PRACTICE THIS WORK
TOGETHER AND BUILD OUR MUSCLE AS
A STATE TO TURN THINGS ON PAPER
INTO THE NORMS AND CULTURAL
PRACTICES OF OUR GOVERNMENTS.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, THANK
YOU, FRANCESCA . THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT SLIDE. IT LOOKS
VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, I WOULD
SAY.
>> SIMPLIFIED.
>> THANK YOU. IN YOUR OPENING
REMARKS, YOU MENTIONED THE
CENTENNIAL ACCORD IS AN
EFFECTIVE, LIVING AND DURABLE
DOCUMENT. I WILL SHARE THE
EMBARRASSING PART, COLLEAGUES. I
WOULD RATHER BE EMBARRASSED HERE
AMONGST OURSELVES THEN WE HAVE
THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FOR
YEARS AND YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST
LEARNED OF THE CENTENNIAL
ACCORD, THERE IS A REALLY BIG
SECTION OF THE STATE CAPITAL
THAT IS DEDICATED TO EXPLAINING
WHAT THE CENTENNIAL ACCORD IS.
NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I READ
IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS A POINT IN
TIME OR A ONCE A YEAR, LET'S
ALL COME TOGETHER AND SEE HOW WE
ARE DOING. RIGHT? IN MY
UNDERSTANDING OF IT, IT WAS MORE
BASIC THAT IT HAD OCCURRED AT
SOME POINT, AND THAT FROM TIME
TO TIME, WE CHECKED BACK IN.
WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT HOW OUR
DISCUSSIONS HAVE GONE,
FRANCESCA, IS YOUR ABILITY TO
SHARE HOW EACH OF THESE
DIFFERENT PUZZLES, PIECES OF THE
PIE I SHOULD SAY, ARE LEADING
INTO ANOTHER. AND SO, COULD WE
JUST SPEND A MOMENT WALKING
THROUGH THESE ONE BY ONE . THE
ONE THAT YOU HAVE PULLED OUT IS,
I THINK , IN A BASIC SENSE WHAT
I WOULD'VE GUESSED YEARS AND
YEARS AGO WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT
INFORMATION SPACE IN THE STATE
CAPITAL ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL
ACCORD. THAT IS THE CENTENNIAL
ACCORD PACT.
>> THAT IS THE BRIEF WRITTEN
DOCUMENT SIGNED IN 1989 AMONGST
TRAVEL -- TRIBAL LEADERS.
>> AND THAT WAS A POINT IN TIME
. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS
COME FROM IT IS WHAT IS
CONTINUING TO LIVE AND REMAIN
DURABLE BECAUSE IT IS FLEXIBLE
AND NIMBLE, YET STRONG. AND SO,
THAT IS WHERE WE COME TO THE
NEXT SLICE OF THE PIE, THE
CENTENNIAL CORD ANNUAL MEETING.
THAT IS WHERE , WHEN I WAS
READING THE INFORMATION DOWN AT
THE CAPITAL, THAT IS WHERE
EVERYONE COMES BACK TOGETHER.
HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THE
ANNUAL WORK? IS IT LIKE WHAT
WE'RE DOING HERE WITH OUR
TRIBAL NATIONS , SOME OF WHOM
CHECK IN REGULARLY? HOW DOES THE
ANNUAL MEETING WORK FOR
EVERYONE?
>> THE ANNUAL MEETING IS THAT
TOUCH POINT AMONG SELECTED
OFFICIALS FROM THE STATE CABINET
AND GOVERNOR, AS WELL AS TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES. IT HAS CONTINUED TO
GROW AND EXPAND AND MORPH OVER
TIME. UNDER GOVERNOR FERGUSON,
IT HAS GONE THROUGH ITS OWN
REVITALIZATION TO ENSURE THAT IT
CONTINUES TO BE AN EFFECTIVE
SPACE. SOMETIMES AS WE CONTINUE
REAL EXERCISES OF MEETING TO ME,
IT IS IMPORTANT WE REVISIT WHY
WE ARE MEETING AND THAT WE ARE
BEING ACCOUNTABLE IN BETWEEN.
YOU CAN THINK OF THE TRIBAL
NATION SUMMIT AS THAT PRACTICE
OF CONVENING ELECTED OFFICIALS
TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, OPEN
AND HONEST DISCUSSIONS, AROUND A
SHARED ROUNDTABLE, BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT OTHER PIECES OF
THE PIE EXIST TO HELP IN THE
TIME BETWEEN. IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT THAT THAT SOME OF IT
IS REPORTING OUT ON WHAT STATE
AGENCIES ARE DOING. BUT WHAT
WE'VE HEARD FROM TRIBAL LEADERS
ABOUT OUR WORK IS THAT WE ARE
NOT JUST COMING TO TRIBAL
PARTNERS SHARING WHAT WE ARE
DOING AS THE CITY, WE ARE
LISTENING TO NEEDS AND
PRIORITIES, AND WE ARE RECEIVING
THAT FEEDBACK AND INTEGRATING IT
INTO THE WORK , AND THEN WHEN WE
RECONVENE AGAIN, WE CAN SHARE
PROGRESS UPDATES. WE ARE MAKING
MEANINGFUL COMMITMENTS IN
BETWEEN. THAT IS THE -- THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT HAS DISTINGUISHED
SOME OF OUR WORK. CENTENNIAL
CORD FROM THE STATE LEVEL IS
GOING THROUGH A REVITALIZATION
OF THAT EFFORT, THAT INTENT, AS
WELL AS ENTERING OVER 30 YEARS
OF DOING THE WORK.
>> THANK YOU. AND SO, TO MAKE IT
NOT A WROTE MEETING TO MEET, IS
THIS A SINGLE DAY, MULTIPLE
DAYS? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING --
THERE IS MORE THAN JUST EVERYONE
GETTING TOGETHER. THERE ARE
BREAKOUT SESSIONS. WORKING
THROUGH THINGS. WORKING MEETINGS
AS WELL IS REPORTING OUT
MEETINGS.
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
EXPANSIVE NATURE OF STATE
GOVERNMENT, THE BODY OF WORK
WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITIES HAS
CONTINUED TO GROW OVER THE YEARS
AS MORE ISSUES HAVE BECOME TO BE
UNDERSTOOD AS IMPACT ON TRIBAL
INTERESTS. THE MEETINGS GET
LARGER AND LARGER. THERE IS
ALWAYS A NEED TO CAUCUS SINCE
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND STATE
AGENCIES. THAT IS TYPICALLY THE
FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OF THE
CENTENNIAL ACCORD THAT CAN TAKE
HALF A WEEK TO A WEEK DEPENDING
ON THE YEAR AND HOW IT IS
ORGANIZED. IT TRAVELS AROUND THE
STATE TO DIFFERENT TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES TO HOST A GATHERING
. AND THEN, AT LEAST ONE TO TWO
DAYS ARE WITH THE GOVERNOR AND
CABINET MEMBERS AND STATE AGENCY
REPRESENTATIVES , AND THE
DIALOGUE IS HAPPENING AROUND
THOSE IDENTIFIED TOPICS OF
INTEREST. EVERYTHING FROM
TAXATION TO GAMING TO HEALTH AND
SOCIAL SERVICES. IT REALLY RUNS
THE GAMUT OF EVERYTHING THAT OUR
STATE AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
HAND -- HAVE UNDER THEIR
JURISDICTION.
>> I'M GOING TO CALL IT
WEEKLONG MEETINGS. THE ANNUAL
CONFERENCE, IF YOU WILL. ARE ALL
29 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES
IN WASHINGTON COMING WITH
ELECTED LEADERS? ARE THERE
TRIBES FROM OREGON AND IDAHO
JOINING? YOU MENTIONED
DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE STATE
GOVERNMENT, BUT ARE WE BRINGING
THE DIRECTORS OF THESE
DEPARTMENTS, OR BRINGING
SECRETARIES ? CAN YOU TALK TO
THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPLY?
>> ON A FUTURE SLIDE WE WERE
TALK ABOUT THE ITERATION OF THE
PACK ITSELF. IT WAS NOT SIGNED
BY ALL THE TRIBES IN WASHINGTON
AT THE TIME IN 1989. SOME OF
THAT WAS A REFLECTION OF SOME
TRIBES AT THE TIME HAVING
CONCERNS THAT THEIR PRIMARY
RELATIONSHIP IS WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. AND THEY ACTUALLY
HOLD MORE POWER AND AUTHORITY
THAN STATE GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. AND SO, THERE WAS
MAYBE SOME HESITATION IN THOSE
EARLY YEARS AROUND, IF WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH STATE GOVERNMENT, IS THAT
SOMEHOW SUPPLANTING THE
PRIORITIZATION OF OUR ROLE WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? OVER
TIME, THAT FEAR HAS DISSIPATED.
ALL 29 TRIBES ARE NOW SIGNATORY
TO THE PACT. THERE ARE ALSO
ITERATIONS OF UNRECOGNIZED
COMMUNITIES THAT BECAME
RECOGNIZED TRIBES THAT LATER
SIGNED, AS WELL AS TRIBES WHO
HAVE ANCESTRAL INTEREST IN
WASHINGTON STATE THAT ARE
CURRENTLY LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE
STATE AND IDAHO OR OREGON. THEY
SIGNED THE PACT AS WELL. BECAUSE
THE VALUE OF THIS AGREEMENT
BECAME VERY VISIBLE TO TRIBAL
LEADERS . THE POWER OF HAVING
TRANSPARENT, AND ACCOUNTABLE
FRAMEWORKS OF COMMUNICATION ON A
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT LABOR
-- LEVEL IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN
WHAT HISTORICALLY WE HAVE DONE
AS A NATION OR STATE WHERE WE
ARE COMING INTO CONFLICT AND
DISPUTE OVER ISSUES. INSTEAD OF
TRYING TO AVOID LITIGATION AS
BEING SOLUTION POINT, SOMETIMES
THAT IS INEVITABLE, BUT
SOMETIMES WE CAN BE MORE
PROACTIVE AND HAVE STRONGER
RELATIONSHIPS TO UNDERSTAND EACH
OTHER'S ISSUES AND WORK IT OUT
PROACTIVELY.
>> REALLY GREAT SEGUE INTO THAT
NEXT PIECE OF THE PIE, WHICH IS
THE NEW MILLENNIUM PACT. HOW IS
THAT DIFFERENT?
>> ABOUT 10 YEARS IN . THE STATE
AND TRIBAL LEADERS DECIDED TO
REVISIT THE FRAMEWORK AND SAY,
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR
10 YEARS, WHAT IS WORKING AND
WHAT TO BE NEED TO INVEST IN
MORE DEFINITION AND REFINEMENT
AROUND? THE NEW MILLENNIUM
AGREEMENT JUST HELP SET SOME
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES THAT
WERE LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC.
HOW WE HANDLE DISPUTE
RESOLUTION, HOW WE CREATE
CONSULTATION POLICIES THAT
IDENTIFY WHO, WHEN AND HOW WE
ENGAGE WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES. SILICON
A LITTLE BIT TO THE MORE
GRANULAR PIECES. IT WAS A
REAFFIRMATION OF THE SHARED
VALUES AS WELL AROUND THIS
POLICY AREA -- ERA,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ACTUALLY
SERVED UNDER TWO GOVERNORS . SHE
WAS A KEY PERSON IN
CONCEPTUALIZING MUCH OF THIS
WORK IN HELPING CARRYING THE
LEGACY INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
THAT CASCADED -- I WILL KINDA
FINISH THIS OUT HERE . CASCADED
INTO HOW WE CODIFY IT INTO THE
REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON SO
THEY'RE NOT JUST EXECUTIVE
ORDERS, EXECUTIVE LEVEL
DOCUMENTS, THEY ARE WRITTEN INTO
THE LEGISLATIVE CODE, WHICH
HELPS GIVES THOSE AGENCIES AT
THE STATE THE AUTHORITY TO DO
THE WORK . THAT INCLUDED THE
STAFF TRAINING PIECE REQUIRING
THAT WASHINGTON STATE EMPLOYEES
HAVE ACCESS TO TRAINING FROM THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF NATIVE
AFFAIRS. SOME OF OUR CITY STAFF
IS TAKEN THAT TRAINING AS WELL.
IT ALSO CODIFIED WORKAROUND
DESIGNATED ROLES WITHIN
AGENCIES. THOSE TRIBAL LIAISONS
THAT ARE A PRIMARY POINT OF
CONTACT FOR HELPING AGENCY STAFF
AS WELL AS TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
ENGAGE IN ISSUES AND
CONSULTATION POLICIES, WHICH WAS
THE CODIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT HELP
US UNDERSTAND WHO, WHEN AND HOW
WE ENGAGE IN THE DISCUSSION.
>> THAT KIND OF JUST BLOWS INTO
THE STAFF TRAINING TRIBAL
LIAISON.
>> VERY BELATED.
>> I THINK IT IS REALLY CRITICAL
FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW AN
ORIGINAL AGREEMENT LED TO ANIMAL
CONVERSATIONS , UPDATED
AGREEMENTS, REVISED CODE OF
WASHINGTON, AND THEN STARTING TO
PERMEATE HOW STAFF ARE ON BOARD,
HOW THE TRIBAL LIAISONS WORK,
AND WHAT CONSULTATION PRACTICES
, HOW THEY ARE CODIFIED AND HOW
THEY INTERACT WITH EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME JUST
DIG INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE
DEEPLY. I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE
HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
THIS . EVEN STILL, EVERY TIME WE
SPEAK IN DEPTH, I AM LEARNING
MORE.
>> IT'S HARD TO PUT INTO A
SLIDE OR A FEW SLIDES, REALLY.
EVERYTHING WE JUST DESCRIBED,
TRIBAL LEADERS WILL OFTEN,
CHAIRMAN ALAN COINED THE TERM,
THAT PROGRESSION WE SHARED IS
EMBODIMENT OF THIS PHRASE OF HOW
WE KEEP AT THIS ERAS TOUR OF --
ITERATIVE EFFORT OVER TIME. I
THINK THE KEY THING TO NOTE HERE
IS THAT WHEN THIS EFFORT STARTED
IN THE EARLY '70s, IT WAS
ORIGINALLY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
AROUND IN ADVISORY COUNSEL.
PUBLIC ADVISORY BODY. WHAT STATE
AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS CAME TO
LEARN VERY QUICKLY IS THAT THE
FUNCTION OF A PUBLIC ADVISORY
BODY CANNOT SUPPLANT GOVERNMENT
TO GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORKS . SO
THAT IS SOMETHING WE LEARNED
EERILY ON AS A CITY. IF WE HAVE
A BODY LIKE THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT CAN HOLD A
PLACE FOR ELECTED TRIBAL
LEADERSHIP, BUT CANNOT SUPPLANT
ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIVIDUAL
NATIONS AND THEIR SOVEREIGN
INTERESTS. IT IS A GOOD PATHWAY
FOR MANY TYPES OF ISSUES, BUT WE
MUST ALSO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT PATHWAY. SO WHEN
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ BROUGHT
THIS WORKFORCE TO THE CITY IN
2020 AND 2021, IT WAS ABOUT
REVITALIZING BOTH CHANNELS AND
PATHWAYS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
LARGELY BECAUSE WE HAVE LEARNED
THIS AT A STATE LEVEL. YOU NEED
BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. SO THEN,
SUBSEQUENTLY, A FEW YEARS LATER
THEY DECIDED TO SPIT OUT TO THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS. THIS ALL STARTED AT AN
EXECUTIVE LEVEL UNTIL, REALLY,
IN RECENT TIMES WHEN WE STARTED
TO SEE IT CODIFIED IN THE EARLY
2000s. JUST THIS PAST SESSION,
GOVERNOR FERGUSON CODIFIED THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS INTO THE STATE CODE AND
ELEVATED THE POSITION TO A
CABINET LEVEL POSITION. SO
REALLY KIND OF CREATING THAT
DURABILITY. THAT HAS TAKEN QUITE
SOME TIME.
>> 54 YEARS TO GET TO WHERE WE
ARE TODAY. I THINK WHAT IS NOT
SHOWN ON THE SLIDE IS HOW THIS
PROCESS AT THE STATE LEVEL HAS
HELPED US HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL
TO START MIRRORING IT. I HOPE IT
DOES NOT TAKE US 50 YEARS TO
CATCH UP JUST TO WHERE THE STATE
IS. I KNOW YOUR GOOD WORK IS
HELPING US GET THERE FASTER.
>> LOTS OF LESSONS TO BE LEARNED
FROM OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
THAT HAVE REMAINED COMMITTED TO
THIS WORK AND THE ADVICE THAT
TRIBAL LEADERS HAVE BEEN SHARING
WITH GOVERNMENTS FOR A LONG
TIME. I THINK THAT BRINGS US
WELL INTO HOW THE CITY OF
SEATTLE HAS APPROACHED THIS
WORK. THIS IS MORE OF A
CONTEMPORARY FLIGHT ABOUT HOW I
SHARE ABOUT TRIBAL AND URBAN
NATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE
CITY. I OFTEN THINK OF THINGS IN
THESE THREE PATHWAYS ARE
BUCKETS. THE WORK CAME UP A LOT
OF DIFFERENT WAYS DEPENDING ON
THE PROJECT DEPARTMENT, BUT WE
DO TRY TO LOOK THROUGH A LENS OF
EVERY OPPORTUNITY HERE IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, IS THERE APPROPRIATE
PATHWAYS FOR GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT WITH
RECOGNITION OF TRIBES AND THEIR
INTERESTS, INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN
THOSE INDIGENOUS PRIORITIES,
VALUES AND PRIORITIES INTO
HIGH-LEVEL CITY DOCUMENTS AND
ADVISE ON DIFFERENT ISSUES, AS
WELL AS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT? WE HAVE RESIDENTS,
ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY
INTEREST GROUPS THAT ALL
REPRESENT OUR DIVERSE RANGE OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE IN THE
CITY, AND THAT IS ALSO AN
IMPORTANT ARM OF WHAT WE DO. THE
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
SPECIFIC WORK HERE AT THE CITY
HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 25
YEARS IN A FEW DIFFERENT
ITERATIONS. I FEATURED SOME OF
THE KEY MILESTONES FOR YOU HERE.
IN 2000, THE TULALIP SIGNED AND
MOU WITH THE MAYOR. THAT WAS THE
FIRST GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
AGREEMENT. SO AGAIN, LIKE
CENTENNIAL ACCORD, IT IS A
NONBINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN A
TRIBAL NATION AND THE CITY
GOVERNMENT, BUT IT WAS OUR FIRST
TIME KIND OF GOING THROUGH THAT
PRACTICE. FOUR YEARS LATER, IT
WAS RE-UPPED IN A FEW OTHER
TRIBES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT
PROCESS OF SIGNING INDIVIDUAL
MOUs. YOU CAN SEE MARY NICHOLS
IN THE TOP PHOTO SIGNING -- AT A
SIGNING CEREMONY WITH CHAIRMAN
OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE EARLY
2000. THE MOUs ARE STILL IN
EFFECT AND WERE LATER ADDED TO
2017. IN 2023 AND 23 FIVE,
YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE
TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT WORK. THAT
WAS THE NEXT ITERATION KNOWING
THAT A WRITTEN DOCUMENT CAN ONLY
CARRY US SO FAR. WE HAVE TO
BUILD OUR MUSCLE. THE SUMMIT
REALLY HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT
FRAMEWORK FOR US TO DO THAT
WORK.
>> THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
SLIDE FOR ME, COLLEAGUES,
BECAUSE WHEN COUNSEL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ TASKED ME WITH KEEPING
THIS WORK GOING , THERE WAS A
LOT THAT FRANCESCA AND I WERE
TRYING TO UNCOVER AS FAR AS THE
FOUNDATION IN WHICH WE WERE
STARTING FROM. OUR CITY HAS HAD
A HISTORY OF DESIRING ENGAGEMENT
, BUT NOT HAVING THE DURABILITY
AND THE LIVING ASPECTS TO IT. I
THINK THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
ASPECT THAT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
BROUGHT IN WITH THE TRIBAL
NATIONS SUMMIT. AND SO, EVEN IN
OUR GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION THAT FRANCESCA AND
I HAVE DONE WITH FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN OUR AREA,
THERE WAS A LACK OF
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE MOUs
WERE FOR OR WHAT THEY DO OR WHY
WE WOULD NEED TO UPDATE THEM IF
WE WEREN'T USING THEM. I JUST
TAKE THAT MOMENT TO SET US IN
THE PLACE OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY
SO THAT WE CAN BE BETTER
PREPARED TO MAKE THESE -- THIS A
LIVING AND DURABLE EXPERIENCE.
DID YOU HAVE ANY REFLECTIONS
FROM UNCOVERING THESE MOUs AND
WHAT THEY MEAN TODAY OR WHAT
THEY MEANT IN THE PAST?
>> THEY CONTINUE TO BE IMPORTANT
GUIDING DOCUMENTS. THEY HELP
BUILD THE CITY'S BODY OF
EVIDENCE AROUND THE CRITICAL
IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS, AND I
THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES TO REVISIT HOW
THEY COULD BE REVAMPED OR OTHER
SIMILAR TYPES OF POLICY TOOLS
COULD BE USED TO CONVEY THE SAME
TYPE OF HIGH-LEVEL EXECUTIVE
LEVEL PRIORITY SHARING OF OUR
VALUES AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE
WORK . AND THEN, THINGS LIKE THE
SUMMIT AND THE GATHERINGS AND
ALL THE WORK YOU ARE ALL ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THROUGH OUR
BRIEFINGS, THAT IS THE IMPORTANT
PROCESS THAT WE CONTINUE TO
BUILD AS CITY STAFF. THE TRIBAL
SUMMIT REPORTS HAVE BEEN ANOTHER
CRITICAL PIECE OF THE CITY
MAKING EXTERNALLY VISIBLE
COMMITMENTS, AND THEN REPORTING
OUT ON OUR PROGRESS. THAT WAS
SOMETHING WE BUILT INTO THE
ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK. WHEN FORMER
TRIBAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR
VISITED TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN
2021 AND 2022, THE PRIMARY
FEEDBACK WAS THAT WE CAN'T MEET
TO MEET, WE HAVE TO CREATE
MEANINGFUL WORK TOGETHER AND BE
ACCOUNTABLE TO EACH OTHER. IT
WAS IMPORTANT IF WE WERE GOING
TO GO DOWN THIS PATH THAT WE
CONTINUE TO BUILD MECHANISMS TO
MAKE IT IMPACTFUL. WE HOPE WE'RE
MAKING GOOD ON THAT EFFORT. IT
IS A LONG AND ITERATIVE PROCESS.
I WILL FEATURE FOR YOU A COUPLE
OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THESE
MOUs. THEY ARE ALL TAILORED TO
INDIVIDUAL TRIBES, BUT THEIR
PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO AFFIRM
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIP. IT IDENTIFIES
GOALS, LIKE RESPECTING TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY, ENHANCING AND
IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AND A
PROCESS FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
IT ALSO ADDS A FEW
IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES,
PRIMARILY THROUGH THE TOOLS AND
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE OF
DESIGNATED ELECTED OFFICIALS OR
THEIR DESIGNEES AND HOW WE WOULD
GO ABOUT CONVENING A MEETING
AROUND AN ISSUE DISCUSSING
DECISION-MAKING AND IDENTIFYING
DISPUTE RESOLUTION. IT IS ALWAYS
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IN THIS
WORK AS INDIVIDUAL GOVERNMENTS
DISPUTE IS A NATURAL PROCESS.
CONFLICT CAN BE A NATURAL
PROCESS. BUT HAVING THESE TYPES
OF TOOLS AND PROCESS CAN HELP US
TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. WITH
THAT, THAT IS OUR PRIMARY
FEATURE FOR TODAY. I KNOW YOU
HAVE A VERY BUSY AGENDA. BUT
HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ON THE LAST SLIDE, POP QUIZ
FOR ANYONE . I WILL BUY YOU A
COFFEE AT CITY GRIND IF YOU CAN
TELL ME THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
EITHER OF THESE TWO PHOTOS. THAT
GOES TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES BY THE
END OF TODAY. NOT A MOMENT , YOU
DON'T NEED TO PIPE UP RIGHT
NOW, BUT WHAT IS THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH OF THESE
PHOTOS? COLLEAGUES, BEFORE I
WRAP THIS UP, I WANT TO CHECK IN
TO SEE IF THERE ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS OR DIALOGUE , BECAUSE
-- AND I WILL PREP FRANCESCA TO
SHARE WITH US THE BACKGROUND OF
THE GENTLEMAN THAT IS COMING TO
OUR COMMITTEE NEXT MONTH WHO IS
A TRAINER FROM THE STATE ON THE
CENTENNIAL ACCORD AND HOW TO
PARTICIPATE AND HOW IT IS
WORKING. IF YOU CAN GIVE THAT
BRIEF UPDATE FOR OUR NEXT
MEETING, AND THEN I WILL TURN IT
OVER, COLLEAGUES. NOW IS A
CHANCE FOR US TO START DIGGING
INTO THE WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHEN
AND HOW BEFORE WE HAVE SOMEBODY
REALLY SMART BEFORE US -- WE CAN
LOOK A LITTLE DUMB, BUT NOT TOO
STUPID. OVER TO YOU, FRANCESCA.
>> WE HAVE EXTENDED AN
INVITATION TO GORDON JAMES OF
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS. GORDON LITERALLY WROTE
THE CURRICULUM FOR THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON ON MUCH OF THE
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
BACKGROUND THAT IS TRAINED ON
FOR ALL STATE AGENCY EMPLOYEES .
GORDON PROVIDED THE TRAINING TO
OUR CITY STAFF AS WELL. HE IS A
FORMER ELECTED LEADER AND HAS
SPENT MANY YEARS AS A LEADER IN
HIS COMMUNITY AND AMONGST STATE
POLICY WORK AROUND THESE ISSUES.
WE ARE EXCITED HE IS WILLING TO
COME AND CONTINUE THE
DISCUSSION. HE HAS A LOT OF
LEADERSHIP AND INVESTMENT IN
HELPING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
CONCEPTUALIZE HOW THIS WORK CAN
LOOK AT AT A LOCAL LEVEL, CITIES
AND COUNTIES.
>> REALLY GREAT. THANK YOU FOR
LINING HIM UP TO COME AND SPEAK
WITH US. THIS IS A REALLY BIG
DEAL. CALLINGS, ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS OR DIALOGUE AT THIS
TIME? FANTASTIC. SEEING NOTHING
FURTHER AT THIS TIME. I WANT TO
THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR COMING
DOWN. THIS WAS A REALLY
WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, ONE I
HAVE BEEN PINING FOR FOR QUITE
SOME TIME. I AM EXCITED THAT THE
COMPLEMENT IS FOR YOU,
FRANCESCA, FOR HELPING RESTART
WHAT HAD BEEN A BIT OF A STALLED
OUT PROCESS INTO BECOMING CLOSER
TO BEING THAT LIVING AND DURABLE
DOCUMENT. THAT IS THE NORTHSTAR
I ENDEAVOR TO SEEK WITH YOU SO
WE ARE ABLE TO HABITUAL LIES THE
PRACTICES OF CONSULTATION,
COMMUNICATION AND WORK TOGETHER
SO WE ARE NOT JUST MEETING TO
MEET EVERY TIME WE MEET THERE IS
A REALLY GREAT UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. IT TAKES
ALL OF US DOING THIS WORK
TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
>> WONDERFUL. WE WILL SEE YOU
NEXT MONTH. UNTIL THEN, WE WILL
TAKE UP THREE PRETTY BIG BILLS
RIGHT AWAY. THE CLERK COULD READ
ITEM 1, WHICH IS THE SECOND
ORDER OF BUSINESS, THE SHORT
TITLE UNDER THE RECORD. WE WILL
HAVE PRESENTERS COME ON UP.
>> COUNCIL BILL 121184,
ORDINANCE RELATING TO LEASES,
EXPANDING THE DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES' AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE
LEASES WHEN THE LAND IS USED FOR
TRANSITIONAL IN CAMERA PURPOSES
FOR BREATHING, DISCUSSION OF
POSSIBLE VOTE. PRESENTERS ARE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE, DIRECTOR OF
POLICY AND INNOVATION AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> WONDERFUL. GREAT TO SEE ALL.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE THREE MORE
BILLS BEFORE US TODAY. THE FAS
DIRECTOR SIGNING AUTHORITY,
WHICH AT THE LAST COMMITTEE WAS
PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE
FOLLOWING ITEM OF BUSINESS IS
THE BUDGET ACTION, WHICH I THINK
IS THE BIG ISSUE OF TODAY ,
FOLLOWED BY OUR GRANT
ACCEPTANCE, WHICH I HOPE
EVERYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO
REVIEW. I WILL SAVE MY COMMENTS
FOR THAT MOMENT LATER. WITH
THAT, WE HAVE THE FAS DIRECTORS
SIGNING AUTHORITY BILL BEFORE
US. I WILL PASS IT OVER TO -- I
DON'T KNOW -- I WILL PASS IT TO
TRACI, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF,
WHO IS STEPPING IN FOR JENNIFER,
WHO HAS DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK
FOR US. OVER TO YOU, TRACI.
>> I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY GO
THROUGH DESCRIBING BOTH BILLS
QUICKLY. AND THAT, IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER,
I WILL TURN TO OUR EXECUTIVE
PARTNERS . I HAVE FOLLOWED SOME
OF THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION
QUITE A BIT WITH JEN. I KNOW
SOME THINGS I CAN ANSWER TOO.
THE FIRST BILL IS COUNCIL BILL
121184 THAT WOULD EXPAND THE
LEASING AUTHORITY OF THE
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR
LANDS USED SPECIFICALLY FOR
TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS. UNDER
THE EXISTING CODE, THE FAS
DIRECTOR IS PROHIBITED FROM
SIGNING A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR A
SIGNAL BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR
OTHER FACILITY OF THE LAND
EXCEEDS 18,000 SQUARE FEET. THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION WILL
INCREASE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE
LIMIT TO 65,000 SQUARE FEET. IN
ADDITION, THE CURRENT CODE CAPS
THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT THAT
CAN BE PAID FOR LEASES AT $9.50
PER SQUARE FOOT. THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION WILL ALLOW THE FAS
DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE A PRICE
PER SQUARE FOOT CONSISTENT WITH
MARKET RATE. THE EXECUTIVE HAS
STATED THEY BELIEVE THE MARKET
PRICES ARE CURRENTLY RANGING
FROM PER SQUARE FOOT. THERE ARE
NO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> FANTASTIC. WANT TO TURN IT
OVER -- ANY QUESTIONS OFF THE
BAT? I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
DIRECTOR. IF YOU HAVE A
PRESENTATION, WHICH I SEE ON THE
AGENDA, THAT WOULD BE THE TIME
TO BRING THAT UP.
>> WE HAVE NO NEW PRESENTATION,
BUT I CAN PULL UP THE
PRESENTATION I GAVE AT THE LAST
COUNCIL BRIEFING IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THAT.
>> YOU DO NOT HAVE A
PRESENTATION THAT IS ABOUT THIS
BILL.
>> IT IS THE PRESENTATION WE
PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY. I AM HAPPY
TO PULL THAT UP AND REVIEW IT
AGAIN.
>> CORRECT. IT IS NOT ABOUT THIS
BILL SPECIFICALLY . IT IS ABOUT
EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> YEAH.
>> -- NO . IT IS ABOUT THIS BILL
SPECIFICALLY.
>> I SEE IT. SORRY. I'M GETTING
MIXED UP WITH ALL OF THE SLIDES
THAT APPEAR IN ALL OF YOUR
PRESENTATIONS. I THINK IF YOU
WANTED TO FOCUS ON EITHER -- IF
YOU WANT TO WALK US THROUGH
THIS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I
AM SEEING THIS IS STARTING TO
CAUSE A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONFUSION.
>> IT'S RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU.
>> SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. I
THINK WE WERE EXPECTING JUST TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS. WE ARE HAPPY
TO WALK BACK THROUGH THE INTRO
PRESENTATIONS WE PRESENTED AT
THE LAST COMMITTEE. IT JUST TOOK
ME A MINUTE TO GET IT UP ON THE
SCREEN. THANKS FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU. THIS BILL SOLVES A
PRIMARY ISSUE OF EXPEDITING WHEN
WE CAN DEVELOP AND CITE A
SPECIFIC TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
SERVICE PROVIDERS RIGHT NOW HAVE
TO NAVIGATE PERMITS, NEGOTIATING
LEASE TERMS AND FINDING LAND
SUITABLE FOR STANDING UP THE
SHELTER PROGRAMS. TYPICAL MICRO
SHELTER PROGRAMS EXCEED 18,000
SQUARE FEET . TYPICALLY, UP TO,
FROM 20,000 SQUARE FEET UP TO
55,000 SQUARE FEET. THAT TIME OF
IDENTIFYING THE PROPERTY,
NEGOTIATING THE LEASE , AND
DOING THE DEVELOPMENT CAN DELAY
7 TO 9 MONTH JUST IN SITE
SELECTION PERMITTING AND
NEGOTIATING LEASE TERMS. WOULD
YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE? THIS POLICY ALLOWS FAS
DIRECTOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN
SIGNING LEASE AGREEMENTS . IT
INCREASES THE SQUARE FOOTAGE
FROM 18,000 SQUARE FEET TO
65,000 SQUARE FEET. IT REMOVES
COST PER SQUARE FOOT CAP TO
ALLOW FOR MARKET RATE. AND
ENABLES THE CITY TO LEASE SITES
THAT INITIAL PREP WORK FOR NEW
LAND.
>> YOUR GOOD RIGHT THERE. IF WE
WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT LIE THAT
HAULS ALL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE,
THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR
THAT LITTLE BIT OF WRINKLE IN
OUR COMMITTEE. IT IS HELPFUL FOR
ME THAT FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING,
IF THEY HAD MISSED THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING, THAT THERE IS
A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH VISUAL TEXT
VIA AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE
CHANNEL, AS WELL AS OUR VERBAL
CONVERSATION. ABSOLUTELY. ANY
QUESTIONS ON THE FAS SIGNING --
THE DIRECTOR SIGNING AUTHORITY
BILL. THE ONLY COMMENT HERE IS
THIS CONVERSATION HAS BROUGHT UP
FOR ME THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER
PLACES -- THIS IS A VERY
NARROWLY CRAFTED BILL ABOUT
TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS , AND
THERE ARE MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS THAT ARE
NOT SPECIFICALLY TRANSITIONAL
ENCAMPMENTS. I WILL FLAG FOR THE
COMMITTEE AND FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC THAT I MAY BE BRINGING
ANOTHER BILL SIMILAR, BUT
DIFFERENT, THAT WILL ALSO ALLOW
US TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS IN THE WAYS THAT
ARE NOT NECESSARILY TRANSITIONAL
ENCAMPMENTS. THAT IS MY COMMENT.
AND THAT IS PART OF WHY WE
DON'T HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS
TODAY. SORRY. PUBLIC COMMENT WAS
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
I APPRECIATE YOU. HAPPY TO CHAT
WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING. WITH
THAT, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR -- IF THERE ARE NO
-- SHOOT. I'M GETTING ALL
WRAPPED UP. IF THERE ARE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I
KNOW JOY'S MOM IS WATCHING, AND
SHE IS GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT MY
GRAMMAR AS WELL. IS THERE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL? WE HAVE TO MOVE AND SECOND
THE BILL. NO FINAL COMMENTS. I
MOVED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 121184. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 121-1184. ANY FINAL
COMMENTS? SEEING NO FINAL
COMMENTS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS. THREE IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL BILL
121184 IS RECOMMENDED. THE
COMMUNITY RECOGNITION THAT THE
COUNCIL PASS AND WILL BE SENT TO
THE APRIL 14 SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. WE WILL MOVE ON
TO ITEM 2, THE THIRD ORDER OF
BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA. WILL THE
CLERK MOVED THE SECOND ITEM OF
BUSINESS. YOU CAN READ THE SHORT
TITLE. NOT THE WHOLE TITLE.
>> SHELTER BUDGET BILL. FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE
VOTE. PREVENTERS WITH --
PRESENTERS WITH CITY BUDGET
OFFICE, DIRECTOR POLICY AND
INNOVATION, AND COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> THANK YOU. ALREADY MADE
INTRODUCTIONS. IF WOULD LIKE TO
JUMP INTO THE BRIEFING OF THIS
BILL . THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE
POWERPOINT UP.
>> I WILL QUICKLY INTRODUCE THE
BILL. IT WOULD AMEND THE 2026
BUDGET TO PROVIDE SLI FIVE TO
SUPPORT THE CAPITAL AND
OPERATING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
STANDING UP AT LEAST 500 NEW
SHELTER UNITS BUT THE TOTAL
FUNDS IDENTIFIED BY THE
EXECUTIVE FOR THIS EFFORT ARE
$17.5 MILLION. LEGISLATION
APPROPRIATES TWO AVAILABLE FUND
SOURCES FOR THE EFFORT. THE
DOWNTOWN HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES TRUST FUND AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT THAT IS IN THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING FUND. THE REMAINDER OF
THE FUNDING NEEDED TO OPERATE
THE NEW UNITS HAS ALREADY BEEN
APPROPRIATED. THERE ARE NINE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS I WOULD BE
HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH WHEN YOU
ARE AT THAT POINT, OR IF YOU
WANT TO HAVE THE EXECUTIVE GO
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, WE CAN
CERTAINLY DO THAT.
>> FANTASTIC. ANYTHING YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE? I HAVE A FEW
COMMENTS I WILL MAKE BEFORE WE
GET INTO AMENDMENTS.
>> GOOD MORNING. CITY BUDGET
DIRECTOR. I THINK TRACI DID AN
EXCELLENT JOB SUMMARIZING THE
BILL. HAPPY TO GO INTO MORE
DETAIL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
ALSO HAPPY TO JUST LET YOU MOVE
ON TO THE AMENDMENT DISCUSSION.
>> THAT IS GOOD. I'M GOING TO
MOVE -- I MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121185.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 121185. BEFORE WE MOVE INTO
AMENDMENTS, I HAVE GOT SOME
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE BILL. I
WILL ALSO NOTE THAT I STILL HAVE
NOT HAVE MY QUESTION ANSWERED
ABOUT TINY HOME PURCHASES FROM
THE HOPE FACTORY IF FOLKS WANT
TO ADDRESS THAT IN YOUR COMMENTS
AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I AM GOING
TO MAKE SOME GENERAL REMARKS
ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE . OVER THE LAST SIX
YEARS, IT IS GOTTEN BETTER, IT
IS GOTTEN WORSE. THE CITY'S
ABILITY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
HAS GOTTEN BETTER SINCE THE
PANDEMIC BECAUSE WE CHANGED HOW
WE ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. AGAIN,
THE NAVIGATION TEAM LEAD WITH
POLICE, SOCIAL WORKERS SOMEWHERE
BEHIND, WE NOW HAVE THE UNIFIED
CARE TEAM LED BY THE SOCIAL
WORKERS WITH THE POLICE
SOMEWHERE BEHIND. EVERY YEAR IT
EBBS AND FLOWS DEPENDING ON THE
WEATHER OR DIFFERENT
MICROCLIMATES , YOU KNOW,
ECONOMIC CLIMATES WITHIN OUR
CITY. BUT WHAT I AM SEEING RIGHT
NOW IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS IS
SOMETHING I HAVEN'T SEEN THE
LAST FEW YEARS. WHAT I AM SEEING
ARE THAT THERE ARE STILL TENSE
AND PEOPLE IN THE PLACES THEY
HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST SIX
YEARS, AND NOW THEY ARE
RETURNING , PEOPLE ARE RETURNING
TO THE PLACES I HAVE NOT SEEN
THEM LIVING IN PUBLIC SPACES IN
THE LAST FEW YEARS. I AM
NOTICING THIS IN BELLTOWN IN
PARTICULAR. I'M NOTING THIS AND
DOWNTOWN IN PARTICULAR. I AM
NOTICING WE HAVE NOT MADE THE
PROGRESS I WANT TO SEE US MAKE
IN CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT. THAT IS NOT
NECESSARILY ON THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION. BUT WHAT I AM
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE
CHANGE I'VE SEEN IN THESE LAST
THREE MONTHS TO THE POINT WHERE
WE HAVE A STRUCTURE BUILT IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY IN BALLARD OUT OF
WHAT I COULD PRESUME WOULD BE
STONE OR MAYBE THEY WERE
PURCHASED MATERIALS THAT THERE
IS A BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF
OUR STREET THAT HAS A CHIMNEY .
THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE NOT
SEEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC. WHAT WE
ARE SEEING TODAY IS THAT WE KNOW
THAT WE NEED TO PASS THIS
BUDGET, THIS FUNDING, FOR US TO
BETTER ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ON THE HOW AND WHO WE
HIRE AND WHAT SERVICES WE ARE
SELECTING. BUT I GUESS THE POINT
I AM MAKING TODAY IS THAT WE
CANNOT SLOW DOWN WHILE WE ARE
MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS. WHAT
I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IS
THAT WE HAVE SLOW DOWN , AND ONE
OF THE REASONS WHY I AM
COMFORTABLE PASSING THIS
LEGISLATION TODAY WITHOUT HAVING
ALL OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED IS
THAT THERE IS -- THERE WILL BE A
COMMITMENT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER
TO IMPLEMENT THIS LEGISLATION,
THAT THERE IS A COMMITMENT WE
WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THE
IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED, AND THAT
THERE IS A COMMITMENT THAT WE
WON'T SLOW DOWN IN THE
MEANTIME. I KNOW THIS IS TRUE
THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS. I AM
SHARING THIS WITH THE PUBLIC AS
PART OF THE TRANSPARENT PROCESS
OF PASSING THESE BILLS. AND SO,
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP -- SOME
OF THIS IS ALSO THAT WE ARE
TAKING UP THIS BUDGET ITEM
OUTSIDE OF THE ANNUAL PROCESS,
BECAUSE FOR GOOD REASON , AS WAS
DISCUSSED IN THE LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING, WE DON'T GET TO SEE
THE TRADE-OFFS WE ARE MAKING FOR
THE ONGOING COSTS BECAUSE IT IS
OUTSIDE THE ANNUAL PROCESS. THIS
IS WHERE DIRECTOR GAVE US A VERY
GOOD RESPONSE AT OUR LAST
MEETING THAT WE WILL WORK
TOGETHER IN THIS UPCOMING FALL
PROCESS. THERE IS A LOT OF -- WE
ARE HAVING A MOMENT OF TRUST
THAT THERE WILL BE COLLABORATION
IN IMPLEMENTING HOW THESE FUNDS
ARE USED BECAUSE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS TYPICALLY OCCUR
DURING THE FALL BUDGET PROCESS.
WE KNOW WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL
NEXT FALL TO GET MORE DOLLARS
OUT THE DOOR. THERE IS A HIGH
LEVEL OF CONCERN ON HOW WE USE
THOSE DOLLARS , BECAUSE WE FEAR
NOT BEING SMART, NIMBLE,
FLEXIBLE AND CONSISTENT IN OUR
APPROACHES , IF SOMEBODY IS
HOUSED, THEY CANNOT PITCH A TENT
IN A PUBLIC SPACE. THESE ARE
THINGS WE BELIEVE ARE OCCURRING
TODAY. THIS BUDGET ITEM , YOU
KNOW, IT CREATES ONGOING COSTS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
TOGETHER , AND IT'S OKAY WE'RE
DOING THIS OUTSIDE THE ANNUAL
PROCESS ONLY BUT FOR THE
COMMITMENT THAT WE IMPLEMENT
THIS TOGETHER. SO THAT IS WHAT
SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS GET TO
. BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE
AMENDMENTS, I WANT TO CHECK TO
SEE IF ANYONE AT THE TABLE HAS
ANYTHING TO SHARE BUT I DIDN'T
ASK A QUESTION . BUT IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING,
YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO. IN ONE OF
THE PREVIOUS HEARINGS ABOUT
THESE BILLS, YOU ASKED A
QUESTION ABOUT HOW CONTRACTORS
PAY FOR TINY HOUSES STRUCTURES
FROM HOPE FACTORY. I WOULD LOVE
TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION HERE FOR
THE RECORD. AND SO, THIS IS
BEING DONE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY
TO THE HOPE FACTORY OPERATED BY
SOUND FOUNDATIONS NORTHWEST. AND
HAS A PRETTY DEEP PARTNERSHIP
WITH LEHIGH LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE. THE WAY THEIR
RELATIONSHIP OPERATES IS, LEHIGH
PAYS FOR THE LAND, THE RENT AND
PAYS FOR SOME OF THE STAFF AT
SOUND FOUNDATIONS NORTHWEST.
THEY FISCALLY SPONSOR SOUND
FOUNDATIONS NORTHWEST, WHICH IS
ITS OWN ENTITY THAT HAS SOUGHT
ITS OWN INDEPENDENT 501(C)(3)
STATUS. THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WORK
TOGETHER TO RAISE PHILANTHROPIC
DOLLARS THAT PAY FOR THE STAFF ,
AND THEY OFFER US THE TINY
HOUSES AT A SUBSIDIZED RATE. AND
SO, WHEN THEY CONSTRUCT TINY
HOUSES, DUE TO THE RELATIONSHIP
THEY HAVE THAT CREATES LOWER
COSTS IN THE RENT, AND ALSO THE
SUBSIDIES FROM PHILANTHROPIC
DOLLARS, IT COSTS ABOUT $8000
PER UNIT OF A TINY HOUSE
PRODUCED BY HOPE FACTORY. THEY
ALSO SELL THOSE UNITS TO OTHER
TINY HOUSE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING
SEATTLE CLUB AND . AND SO,
TYPICAL MARKET RATE AND WHAT IT
WOULD COST WITHOUT THE
PHILANTHROPIC SUBSIDY IN THE
RENT SUBSIDY WOULD BE ABOUT
$15,000-$18,000 PER TINY HOUSE
UNIT THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE
HOPE FACTORY. SO I HOPE THAT
ANSWERS THE QUESTION YOU WERE
SEEKING. JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE I HAD THE CHANCE TO PUT
THAT ON THE RECORD.
>> IN FACT, THAT CREATED MORE
QUESTIONS. I AM NOT GOING TO PUT
THEM ON THE RECORD AT THIS
MOMENT, BUT I WILL SAY I HAVE A
HIGH LEVEL OF DISCOMFORT IN THE
WAY WE HAVE BEEN AWARDING
CONTRACTS , BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN
FOCUSED ON NUMBER OF UNITS AND
NOT TYPE OF SERVICES PROVIDED.
TINY HOMES ARE GREAT FOR MANY
PEOPLE. THEY DON'T WORK FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO HAVE
A PARTNER. THOSE ARE PHYSICAL
LIMITATIONS OF THE BUILDING, NOT
SERVICE PROVISION. AND SO,
SEEING AS WE HAVE LESS THAN AN
HOUR LEFT, I'M GOING TO TAKE
THIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION .
I WILL SAVE IT FOR LATER. BUT I
WILL SAY THAT I AM MORE
CONCERNED NOW THAN I WAS A
COUPLE MINUTES AGO.
>> OKAY. WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT
IT. THIS IS JUST RELATED TO THE
CONSTRUCTION, NOT THE
SUBCONTRACTORS OF BEHAVIOR
HEALTH, WHICH I WILL PROVIDE A
SEPARATE ANSWER FOR AT A LATER
TIME.
>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE INTO AMENDMENTS.
WE HAVE A CONSENT PACKAGE OF
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE BRIEFED AT
OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING.
REMINDER, COLLEAGUES, ANYONE --
YOU CAN SPEAK TO THESE IN THE
CONSENT PACKAGE . BUT IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PULL IT OUT, YOU
MAY DO SO. TRACI, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO -- ACTUALLY, I NEED TO MOVE
AMENDMENTS ONE, TWO, SIX, EIGHT
AND NINE TOGETHER IN A CONSENT
PACKAGE.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO HAVE AMENDMENTS ONE,
TWO, SIX, EIGHT AND NINE . IF
ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL THOSE
OUT OF THE PACKAGE, WE WILL PULL
IT OUT OF THE PACKAGE. JUST
CHECKING . ARE YOU GOOD WITH
THIS?
>> WHAT THE PROCESS IS. YOU ARE
PULLING -- OKAY.
>> FANTASTIC. WONDERFUL. WE HAVE
MOVED AND SECONDED AMENDMENTS
ONE, TWO, SIX, EIGHT AND NINE
SPONSORED BY KETTLE, SAKA,
RIVERA AND KETTLE. TRACI, OVER
TO YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ .
>> I WILL BRIEFLY READ.
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
COSPONSORED BY HOLLINGSWORTH
WOULD REQUEST REPORT FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ON IMPLICATION
OF THE FIRST 500 SHELTER UNITS
AND A PLAN FOR HOW THEY WILL
ACHIEVE THE 4000 NEW UNITS
OVERALL. THAT REPORT WILL BE DUE
SEPTEMBER 14 OF 2026. LIMIT
NUMBER TWO, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. EXECUTIVE
WOULD BE REQUESTED TO DEVELOP
AND IMPLEMENT IS PUBLIC SAFETY
PLAN FOR EACH NEW SHELTER
INDICATING HOW TO KEEP THE AREA
SURROUNDING ANY NEW SHELTER
SAFE, CLEAN AND FREE OF
UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS, AND IT
WILL REQUIRE PROACTIVE
COMMUNICATION WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. IT SHOULD ALSO,
THE PLAN SHOULD BE CEMENTED TO
THE COMMUNITY ONE MONTH PRIOR TO
A SHELTER OPENING IN THAT
COMMUNITY. IT ALSO WOULD REQUIRE
EACH SHELTER PROVIDED TO HAVE A
GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT WITH THE
CITY. AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX,
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. EXECUTIVE WOULD BE
REQUESTED TO OPERATE AT LEAST
ONE OF THE NEW SHELTERS FOR
PEOPLE IN RECOVERY FROM
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER.
REQUEST REPORT PROVIDED BY
SEPTEMBER 14 TO INDICATE WHETHER
THEY ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT WOULD
REQUEST THAT NEW SHELTER UNITS
BE PRIORITIZED FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH THE NEW
SHELTER IS LOCATED. IT WOULD
ALSO REQUEST A REPORT TO THE
COUNCIL ON HOW PRIORITIZATION
WILL OCCUR BEFORE OPENING THE
FIRST NEW SHELTER. THE FINAL
AMENDMENT MUST SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WOULD
STATE THAT COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES
MAINTAIN EXISTING PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND
COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATING WITH
EXECUTIVE ON MAINTAINING THAT
HOUSING WHILE ALSO CREATING NEW
SHELTER UNITS AND ADDRESSING THE
STRUCTURAL BUDGET GAP.
>> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. I KNOW
THAT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND
SAKA ARE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S
MEETING. IS THERE A COLLEAGUE
THAT WILL SPEAK TO THESE ITEMS?
>> YEAH.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENTS
BY
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S
AMENDMENT I AM COSPONSORING
BECAUSE I ADDED SOME STUFF IN
HIS AMENDMENT, I JUST WANT TO
THANK HIM FOR THAT. IT
BASICALLY, AS HE WAS A, GOOD
GOVERNANCE. HIS TALKING POINTS
ARE GOOD GOVERNANCE AND MAKING
SURE THAT THERE IS A PLAN FOR
THE OVERALL COMMITMENT TO THE
4000 SHELTERS AND FIGURING OUT,
MAKING SURE THAT THAT REPORT IS
DUE IN SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE, AND
WANTED TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE. IS IT SEPTEMBER?
>> IT IS.
>> AWESOME. JUST TO HAVE A PLAN
FOR WORD WHICH HELPS THE
COUNCIL, AS WELL AS WE ARE DOING
OUR BUDGET PROCESS. IT IS
SOMETHING I SUPPORT. LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU,
CHAIR. YOU ARE THE CHAIR. THANK
YOU CHAIR STRAUSS. I CAN SPEAK
ON -- ALSO, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA'S AMENDMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY
REFLECTS FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY
FROM RESIDENTS, THAT HE HAS
HEARD THAT ARE NEAR EXISTING
SHELTERS . EXAMPLE WOULD BE CAMP
SECOND CHANCE. HE REQUESTS
EXECUTIVE TO DEVELOP AND
IMPLEMENT A PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN
AROUND NEW SHELTERS THAT
INCLUDES UPFRONT SAFETY
ASSESSMENTS, CROSS DEPARTMENT
COORDINATION, ONGOING
NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT , AND A
GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT PLANS.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA UNDERSTANDS
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS ALREADY
ANTICIPATING TOO MUCH OF THIS,
BUT THIS AMENDMENT FORMALIZES
AND CLARIFIES THESE
EXPECTATIONS. I JUST WANT TO
NOTE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD
NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS IN SEATTLE.
ONE OF THE MAIN MISSING PIECES
OFTENTIMES IS JUST THE
COMMUNICATION PIECE AND POINT OF
CONTACT FOR THOSE ENCAMPMENTS.
SOMEONE TO CONTACT THE SLIDES
THE COUNCILMEMBER OR POLICE OR
911. THAT IS KIND OF THE BIGGEST
PIECE IN THAT AS WELL. JUST
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH. WE HAVE HAD
AMENDMENTS ONE, TWO, AND NINE
ADDRESS. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS YOURS?
>> YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR. MY TWO
AMENDMENTS. ONE IS MAKING SURE
-- WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING . THERE ARE
SOME FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO
RECOVER FROM ADDICTIONS . IT IS
NOT ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THEM TO BE
IN A SHELTER WITH OTHER FOLKS
WHO ARE USING . AND SO, IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO SUPPORT
FOLKS THAT ARE GETTING TREATMENT
AND WANT TO STAY SOBER AND WANT
TO CONTINUE IN THEIR RECOVERY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR
MOUTH IS AND SUPPORTING FOLKS
WHO ARE TRYING TO RECOVER. SO
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE
THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE
SHELTERS IS A RECOVERY SHELTER
SO THAT WOULD BE SOBER SHELTER
SO FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO
RECOVER ARE BEST SUPPORTED. AND
THEN, ON MY SECOND AMENDMENT, IT
GOES TO , IT'S IMPORTANT TO
PRIORITIZE WHEREVER THESE
SHELTERS ARE BEING PLACED THE
UNHOUSED FOLKS THAT ARE IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE PRIORITIZED .
NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BUT PRIORITIZED
FOR SHELTER IN THAT PARTICULAR
SHELTER TO BE HOUSED IN THAT
PARTICULAR SHELTER. IT SEEMS
THAT IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
ABSORBING THE SHELTER THAT THEY
SHOULD HAVE A PRIORITY WHEN IT
COMES TO THE UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS
THAT ARE NEAR THAT SHELTER. IT
JUST MAKES SENSE. THAT IS WHAT
THESE TWO ARE. CHAIR, I WANT TO
MAKE SOME BROAD COMMENTS. YOU
TELL ME WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE
ME TO DO THAT NOW OR AFTER WE
PASS THESE AMENDMENTS.
>> COMMENTS ABOUT THE BILL, THE
UNDERLYING BILL? LET'S PASS THE
AMENDMENTS AND THEN COME BACK TO
COMMENTS ABOUT THE UNDERLYING
BILL AS AMENDED.
>> GREAT. UNLESS THERE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE TWO FROM
MY COLLEAGUES, --
>> FANTASTIC. I DO HAVE A
QUESTION FOR YOU, VICE CHAIR. DO
HAVE A QUESTION FOR TRACI ABOUT
YOUR AMENDMENT ON SOBER AND
CLEAN SHELTER, WHICH I FIND TO
BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE
ECOSYSTEM OF SHELTER AND
RECOVERY. IN THIS LAST YEAR
UNDER THE NEW FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE SEEN A
LOT OF FUNDING SHIFTS COMING
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
TRACY -- TRACI, CAN YOU GIVE US
A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW SESSION
MAYBE I WILL STATE MY ASSUMPTION
HERE, WHICH IS THAT THERE ARE
FEWER FEDERAL DOLLARS GOING TO
LOW BARRIER HOUSING AND SHELTER
. MORE GOING TO CLEAN AND SOBER
ABSTINENCE-BASED HOUSING AND
SHELTER . WE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
ARE NOW HAVING TO REPRIORITIZE
HOW WE ARE USING DOLLARS BECAUSE
OF THAT FEDERAL SHIFT. IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT, LITERALLY,
THE JURY IS OUT ON THAT. WE ARE
IN THE MIDDLE OF SEVERAL
LAWSUITS, I THINK. ONE IN
PARTICULAR, BUT SEVERAL , OVER
THE INTENTION OF THE
ADMINISTRATION TO TRY TO DO AWAY
OR MINIMIZE LOW BARRIER SHELTER
OR HOUSING IN PARTICULAR. IT IS
CLEAR THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS INDICATED INTENT TO WANT TO
SUPPORT MORE RECOVERY HOUSING
AND LESS LOW BARRIER HOUSING AND
SHELTER, BUT THE COURTS NEED TO
DECIDE THAT, ACTUALLY.
>> THAT IS A COURT DECISION
ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR AT THIS
FUNDING WHEN THEY COME OUT WITH
NEXT YEAR'S GRANT CYCLE , THEY
COULD JUST MAKE THOSE CHANGES
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GO BACK AND
REOPEN THE EXISTING CONTRACTS,
CORRECT?
>> I THINK THAT IS UNCLEAR,
ACTUALLY. THEY MAY BE IN
VIOLATION OF PROVISIONAL ACTION.
AGAIN, LITERALLY, THIS IS IN
FRONT OF THE COURTS TO DECIDE.
>> FAIR ENOUGH. I SURE HOPE
THERE IS CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT
ACTION. WITH THAT, THIS BRINGS
UP THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION.
COUNCILOR RINCK HAS BEEN VERY
ACTIVE IN HAVING THE COC FUNDING
CONVERSATION. I SHARE VICE CHAIR
RIVERA'S INTENT HERE THAT WE
NEED TO HAVE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES
OF SHELTER REPRESENTED IN
EXPANSION, AND JUST NOTING MY
CONTINUED OBSERVATION . IF THE
FEDERAL FUNDING IS SHIFTING,
THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING TO NEED
TO SHIFT OUR LOCAL FUNDING AS
WELL.
>> YES, CHAIR. REGARDLESS OF THE
FUNDING , WE NEED MORE RECOVERY
SHELTER IN SEATTLE FOR FOLKS
THAT ARE TRYING TO RECOVER. I
HAVE HEARD FROM FOLKS IN
COMMUNITY WHO FEEL THIS WAY. SO
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
SUPPORTING OUR FOLKS WHO ARE
TRYING TO RECOVER. FULL STOP.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON AMENDMENTS ONE,
TWO, SIX, EIGHT, OR NINE? SEEING
NO FURTHER COMMENTS, THE
AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENTS ONE,
TWO, SIX, EIGHT AND NINE ON
AMENDMENTS ONE, TWO, SIX, EIGHT
AND 92 COUNCIL BILL 121185?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> AYE.
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> UDUB.
>> THREE IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> AMENDMENT ONE, TWO, SIX,
EIGHT AND NINE HAVE BEEN
ATTACHED AND AMEND COUNCIL BILL
121185. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT SET OF AMENDMENTS
THAT WERE NOT BRIEFED IN
COMMITTEE LAST TIME. WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT
LONGER TO WALK THROUGH THEM. WE
ARE IN GOOD TIME RIGHT NOW.
10:50 AND WE HAVE UNTIL,
TECHNICALLY, 11:30, BUT WE STILL
HAVE ONE MORE BILL. THAT IS
WHERE WE ARE. WITH THAT, I WILL
MOVE AMENDMENT 32 COUNCIL BILL
121185. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO A MOUND COUNCIL BILL
121185 WITH AMENDMENT THREE AS
SHOWN ON THE AGENDA. TRACI,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A
BRIEFING? THIS IS A MEMBER
JUAREZ A MOMENT I AM SPONSORING
BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS
NOT ON THE COMMITTEE.
>> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REQUEST
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE
MONTHLY REPORTS ON INDICATORS OF
PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE AREA
SURROUNDING NEW SHELTERS. THE
REPORT SHOULD BE CEMENTED TO THE
COUNCIL OFFICE IN WHICH THE
SHELTER IS LOCATED. I HAVE PUT
THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF THE
AMENDMENT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR
THE PUBLIC'S ENJOYMENT.
>> THANK YOU , TRACI. I AM GOING
TO SHARE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
EMERITUS JUAREZ'S COMMENTS.
DESCRIBING THE AMENDMENT BEFORE
US. SHE SAYS IT IS THE
COUNCIL'S INTENT THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL PROVIDE
MONTHLY REPORTS ON THE SAFETY OF
SHELTER COMMUNITIES AND THE
SURROUNDING AREAS. IN
PARTICULAR, TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY AND MUST BE
PROACTIVE IN THIS ROLE.
HOMELESSNESS TODAY IS NOT THE
SAME AS IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO. WE
HAVE GOTTEN MANY PEOPLE OFF THE
STREETS WHO HAVE STRAIGHTFORWARD
ISSUES, AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE
REMAINING HAVE THE MOST COMPLEX
ISSUES. SAID ANOTHER WAY, THIS
IS MY WORDS, TINY HOMES HAVE
BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR
MANY PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, AND
THE FOLKS THAT ARE REMAINING
TODAY HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL
IN TINY HOMES. THAT IS WHERE I
THINK WE SHARE A GOAL IN
ADDRESSING THIS POPULATION. BACK
TO THE COMMENTS. THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD AID THE CITY IN
IDENTIFYING PUBLIC SAFETY TRENDS
AND EFFECTIVENESS OF TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES AND OTHER SHELTER
COMMUNITIES SO WE MAY ACT WHEN
THINGS ARE GOING WRONG. THESE
REPORTS WOULD BE PULLED FROM
ALREADY EXISTING DATA SOURCES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE CRITICAL INCIDENT REPORTS, A
REQUIREMENT OF THE CURRENT KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY PROJECT SERVICE
AGREEMENT, SCHEDULE WHERE
SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE REQUIRED
TO REPORT WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS
OF ANY HOMICIDES, SUICIDES,
UNINFECTED DEBTS, SEXUAL
ASSAULT, SEXUAL EXPECTATION OF A
TRIAL, PHYSICAL ASSAULT LEADING
TO HOSPITAL STATION OR CREDIBLE
THREATS TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY
OR HATE CRIMES. THESE REPORTS
WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE GOOD
NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS REQUIRED BY
THE CONTRACT , DATA FROM THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM RELATING TO
THE SHELTER , FIND IT FIX-IT
SERVICE REPORTS FROM THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE SHELTER AND
SURROUNDING AREAS, AS WELL AS
911 CALLS, INCLUDING CALLS FROM
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CARE
DEPARTMENT AND WHAT THEY HAVE
RESPONDED TO. THIS WILL BE
PROVIDED MONTHLY TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS BOTH CITYWIDE AND
DISTRICT BY DISTRICT . THAT IS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT EMERITUS
JUAREZ'S REPORT. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES? VICE
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO
THANK BOTH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR THEIR
PUBLIC SAFETY AMENDMENTS. I TOO
WAS CONSIDERING BRINGING
AMENDMENTS, AND WHEN OUR
COLLEAGUES -- THERE IS NO NEED
TO DO SO INDIVIDUALLY. BUT I
WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE -- YOU HAVE
HEARD ME SAY MANY TIMES FROM THE
DAIS, INCLUDING AT, I BELIEVE,
THE LAST MEETING, ABOUT MY
CONCERN AROUND THE PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE AS A
CONSEQUENCE OF WHERE SOME OF THE
SHELTERS ARE PLACED, MAINLY
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS
THAT CALM, INCLUDING DRUG
DEALERS, NEAR THOUGH SHELTERS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE, SADLY, A
CAPTIVE AUDIENCE. WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE SUPPORTING BOTH
THE FOLKS LIVING INSIDE THE TINY
HOMES, AND ALSO THE SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK THE
PUBLIC SAFETY PLANS ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT. AND THEN REPORTING
OUT ON THOSE PLANS AS WELL. I AM
ALSO GOING TO BE -- IN PREVIEW,
BRINGING SOMETHING TO OUR LAND
USE LEGISLATION RELATED TO
PUBLIC SAFETY. SO REALLY, AGAIN,
WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS
JUAREZ AND SAKA FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD RELATED TO PUBLIC
SAFETY. I COULD NOT
WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE MORE AND
WOULD WISH TO COSPONSOR IF I
COULD, BUT NEVERTHELESS, LOOKING
FORWARD TO PASSING THESE
THROUGH. THANK YOU.
>> WONDERFUL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS
AMENDMENT?
>> NONE AT ALL. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> I WOULD APPRECIATE COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ PROVIDING THE
SERVICE CONTRACTS IN THE ACTUAL
LANGUAGE FROM KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY. SHE
HAS A CONTRACT FOR A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE IN MY DISTRICT THAT, ON
PAGE 19 OF THIS CONTRACT,
OUTLINES THE CRITICAL INCIDENT
REPORTING POLICY, AND THEN AS AN
ATTACHMENT TO THIS CONTRACT,
THERE IS A CRITICAL INCIDENT
REPORTING POLICY AND TEMPLATE.
WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS IS
THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT EMERITUS
IS NOT REINVENTING OR
RE-CREATING THE WHEEL AND SIMPLY
ASKING FOR DATA THAT IS ALREADY
COLLECTED TO BE SHARED WITH
COUNCIL MEMBERS . THAT IS MY
MOMENT OF APPRECIATION. IF THERE
ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, I WILL ASKED THE
CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON
AMENDMENT THREE AS SHOWN ON THE
AGENDA TWO COUNCIL BILL 121185.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> THREE IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED. COUNCIL BILL 121185 IS
AMENDED AS SHOWN ON THE AGENDA.
I WILL MOVE AMENDMENT 42 COUNCIL
BILL 121185.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
121185 WITH THE AMENDMENT AS
SHOWN ON THE AGENDA. OVER TO YOU
TRACI, AND THEN I WILL MAKE
BRIEF REMARKS.
>> THIS PROVISION WOULD REQUEST
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO
COLLABORATE WITH THE COUNCIL TO
CONVENE A SHELTER ACUITY
WORKGROUP TO DETERMINE THE
ACUITY LEVELS TO BE SERVED, THE
SERVICES, THE COST PER UNIT TO
BE PROVIDED FOR THE FIRST 500
SHELTER UNITS AND ANY ADDITIONAL
UNITS CREATED BEYOND THOSE. THE
PROPOSAL SHOULD BE DEVELOPED
BEFORE ANY CONTRACT IS EXECUTED
WITH A SHELTER PROVIDER.
>> THANK YOU. THIS AMENDMENT
COMES FROM THE SPACE OF HEARING
SOME FOLKS FROM PUBLIC COMMENT,
WORKING WITH OTHER PROVIDERS,
AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE. I THINK YOU ALL
WOULD BE TIRED OF ME SAYING TINY
HOMES WORKS FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT
IT IS NOT WORKING FOR THE FOLKS
REMAINING ON THE STREETS. THE
REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE OF
HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO ME . I
AM NOT COMFORTABLE PASSING THIS
BUDGET TODAY THAT FUNDS ALL JUST
STRAIGHT TINY HOME VILLAGES THAT
ONLY HAVE A FRONT DESK CLERK AND
NO CASE MANAGEMENT. I HAVE -- I
WOULD HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH
THAT. WHAT I AM HOPEFUL OF, AND
WHAT I WOULD ADD URGENCY AND
VIGOR TO, IS OPENING ADDITIONAL
SHELTERS THAT ARE ABLE TO HAVE
FOLKS WHO ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS TO
HAVE THEIR PETS, TO HAVE THEIR
POSSESSIONS, TO HAVE THEIR
PARTNERS THAT COME WITH THAT
24/7 CASE MANAGEMENT WITH
MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT
AVAILABLE TO THEM SO THEY DON'T
HAVE TO TAKE TWO BUSES, PAST
THREE DRUG DEALERS, TO GET TO
THEIR CLINIC. WHAT I AM LOOKING
FOR IS, FRANKLY, A HIGHER COST
SHELTER BED THAT IS NOT
UNDERCOUNTING VOLUNTEER HOURS
AND DONATED LABOR AND DONATED
MATERIALS. WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR
IS A SHELTER SOLUTION THAT
SERVES THE PEOPLE REMAINING ON
OUR STREETS TODAY THAT HAVE THE
MOST COMPLEX ISSUES THAT CANNOT
BE SOLVED WITH JUST FOUR WALLS
AND A DOOR THEY CAN LOCK. THAT
REALLY ARE SOLVED WITH THE LEVEL
OF SERVICE PROVISION, CASE
MANAGEMENT, 24/7 CARE THAT IS
BEYOND JUST SOMEBODY SITTING AT
A FRONT DESPERATE I KNOW I AM
LOOKING AT ALL OF YOU. YOU ARE
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAS
HAPPENED IN THE PAST. I AM JUST
SIMPLY SHARING WITH YOU WHAT MY
OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FUTURE. HAD
WE HAD MORE TIME WITH THIS, I
WOULD HAVE SAID I NEED TO HAVE,
IN WRITING AGREEMENTS, THAT WE
ARE IN LINE. THIS IS THE MOMENT
OF, IF I WAS TO PAUSE AND DO ALL
THAT WORK TODAY, WE WOULDN'T
GET THIS MONEY OUT THE DOOR TO
BE SPENT THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS
THE MOMENT OF ME SAYING THAT I
APPRECIATE MAYOR WILSON AND HER
TEAM FOR SAYING WE HAVE TO MOVE
QUICKLY, WE HAVE TO MOVE NOW.
HERE IS THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO
DO IT. IN THAT MOMENT, I REQUEST
THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT THAT WE
WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY HOW
MANY MORE HIGH NEEDS COMPLEX
ISSUE SHELTER BEDS WE HAVE THAT
COME WITH THAT HIGH LEVEL OF
CARE, AND HOW MANY MORE SHELTERS
WE ACTUALLY NEED THAT JUST HAVE
A FRONT DESK CLERK. THE REASON I
MAKE THESE STATEMENTS IS BECAUSE
EVERY SINGLE SHELTER BED WE HAVE
CAN BE USED 2 TO 3 TIMES TO HELP
2 TO 3 TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE AS
COMPARED TO TODAY WITH A HIGHER
THROUGHPUT. THAT IS A
CONVERSATION I THINK THERE IS
BROAD AGREEMENT ON. I WANT TO
REALLY GET INTO THAT, BECAUSE
THERE IS NOT UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT
IN HOW MANY SHELTER BEDS WE HAVE
THAT WE NEED IN THE CITY TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR REGIONAL
NEIGHBORS PARTICIPATE MORE. AND
OR BUT, WHAT THERE IS AGREEMENT
IN TODAY IS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED
MORE SHELTER BEDS TODAY. WHAT
THAT HIGH-LEVEL NUMBER IS, I
DON'T THINK THERE IS UNIVERSAL
AGREEMENT. THERE IS AGREEMENT
THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING
TODAY. I APPRECIATE MAYOR WILSON
AND THE TEAM FOR KEEPING THIS
MOVING. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR
PARTNERING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE
IMPLEMENT THESE DOLLARS. THAT IS
THE INTENT OF THIS AMENDMENT.
COLLIES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? VICE CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. TRACI, ARE
YOU ABLE TO TELL ME -- I KNOW
YOU CAME INTO THIS LATER , SO IF
YOU CAN'T, PERHAPS, THE SPONSOR
CAN ADDRESS IT. WHO WOULD BE
PART OF THIS WORKGROUP, AND HOW
WOULD WE -- SINCE THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BEFORE ANY
CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED, HOW WOULD
COUNCIL KNOW WHAT THE WORKGROUP
DECIDED IN ORDER TO WEIGH INTO
WHETHER WE AGREE OR NOT ON THE
PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF THIS ?
>> SECTION 2 OF THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TALKS ABOUT WHO IS IN
THE WORKGROUP. INCLUDES HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, CITY BUDGET
OFFICE, KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY, SHELTER
OPERATORS, SHELTER SERVICE
PROVIDERS, COUNCILMEMBER OFFICES
AND CENTRAL STAFF. THAT IS WHO
WOULD MAKE UP THAT WORKGROUP. IN
TERMS OF HOW WE WOULD KNOW, I
WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE BECAUSE
YOU'RE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE
TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER. WHEN YOU
COME TO AN AGREEMENT, YOU ALL
KNOW WHAT THAT AGREEMENT IS. IT
DOES NOT ASKED FOR A FORMAL
REPORT IN THIS PARTICULAR
MOMENT. BUT I SUGGEST THAT YOU
ALL WOULD BE COLLECTIVELY MAKING
THE DECISION AROUND THE TABLE.
THAT COULD BE -- OR YOU ARE
THERE WITH THE DECISION BEING
MADE.
>> EXCEPT FOR NOT ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO
SIT ON THIS WORKGROUP -- THIS IS
WHY I ASKED WHO IS GOING TO BE
ON HERE. THANK YOU FOR -- I AM
JUST SEEING THIS FOR THE FIRST
TIME TODAY. IN TERMS OF, YOU
KNOW, WHO ARE THE SHELTER
PROVIDERS AND OPERATORS, OF
WHICH THERE ARE MANY. WHO
EXACTLY IS GOING TO BE ON THIS
WORKGROUP, AND WHICH COUNCIL
OFFICES ? AND BACK TO, BECAUSE
NOT ALL COUNCIL OFFICES I
IMAGINE WILL BE PART OF THIS,
HOW WILL OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
KNOW WHAT CAME OF THIS IF THERE
ISN'T A REPORT?
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. THERE
ARE SOME TERMS OF ART IN THIS
AMENDMENT WHICH SAYS THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL WORK WITH
COUNCIL. I THINK THAT IS
SOMETHING WERE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, MYSELF, COUNCILMEMBER
LIN, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WHO
ALL HAVE AREAS OF JURISDICTION
WITHIN THE SHELTER EXPANSION
CONVERSATIONS -- I AM NOT GOING
TO COME OUT HERE AND SAY IN
THESE TO BE ME, BUT I WILL WORK
IN COLLABORATION WITH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, WHO
LEADS OUR WORK DOWN HERE. THAT
IS WHAT IT SAYS IN COLLABORATION
WITH COUNCIL AS A DEPARTMENT ,
AS WELL AS WITHIN THEIR IT SAYS
COUNCIL OFFICES. SO IF COUNCIL
OFFICES ARE LEFT OUT OF THE
CONVERSATION, THAT MEANS WE
HAVEN'T DONE THE JOB CORRECTLY.
AS WELL AS, IT WOULD BE
CUMBERSOME TO FIND A TIME WHERE
ALL COUNCILMEMBERS COULD
PARTICIPATE. SO THERE ARE TWO
TERMS OF ART IN HERE THAT REALLY
FACILITATE US WORKING QUICKLY.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH
CAN HELP US IDENTIFY WHO THE
CORRECT SINGULAR POINT OF
CONTACT IS, AND THEN THE
ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK IS THAT
ALL COUNCIL OFFICES WILL HAVE
ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION AND
COORDINATION WITH COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF. ONE OF THE
REASONS I DID NOT REQUEST A
FORMAL REPORT IS BECAUSE, MUCH
LIKE OUR LAST PRESENTATION, THIS
IS INTENDED TO BE A LIVING AND
DURABLE AGREEMENT IN WHICH WE
GET INTO. YOU NOTICE I DON'T
JUST SAY THE FIRST 500 UNITS
THAT ARE PROPOSED WITHIN THIS
FUNDING PACKAGE TODAY, BUT THAT
THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS FOR
ADDITIONAL SHELTER UNITS BEYOND
THESE FIRST 500.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WILL SAY
THAT WE ALL HAVE AREAS OF --
THAT WE OVERSEE VIA COMMITTEE
MEETINGS. REALLY, THAT IS JUST
BECAUSE NOT ALL OF US CAN BE ON
EVERY COMMITTEE. SO I DON'T --
WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL
THE WORK THAT GETS DONE, WHETHER
OR NOT WE SIT ON A COMMITTEE.
THAT IS THE POINT I'M TRYING TO
MAKE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
FOR THE RECORD THAT BEFORE ANY
CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED, IF WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A WORKGROUP, AND
THERE IS WORK PRODUCT COMING OUT
OF THIS WORKGROUP, IT SOUNDS
LIKE, THAT THE REST OF US
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT AREN'T PART
OF THE ACTUAL WORKGROUP THAT
CAME UP WITH WHATEVER PLAN COMES
UP WITH, THE WORKGROUP COMES UP
WITH, THAT WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN. MY
GUESS THAT IS MY FORMAL REQUEST
RIGHT NOW IN PUBLIC FROM THE
DAIS SO THAT I KNOW THAT THERE
ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS, WE
ARE ALL ABLE TO EQUALLY WEIGH
IN. THANK YOU.
>> I THINK AND CENTRAL STAFF
EPISODE, WE CAN MAKE SURE
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE INFORMED OF
THE OUTCOME OF THAT WORKGROUP SO
THAT YOU ALL AT LEAST KNOW ABOUT
WHAT HAS BEEN DECIDED . TO WHAT
EXTENT YOU COULD INFLUENCE THAT
DECISION.
>> THAT IS WHERE I AM GOING.
THANK YOU, TRACI. I UNDERSTAND
AT SOME POINT WE WILL FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS
WORKGROUP, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
HOW DO WE ALL GET TO WEIGH IN TO
WHAT HAPPENS? WHAT'S COMES OUT
OF THIS WORKGROUP. THAT IS
IMPORTANT. I DON'T WANT TO FIND
OUT AFTER THE FACT THAT A
DECISION WAS MADE TO DO
SOMETHING THAT, PERHAPS, YOU
KNOW, THE REST OF US DON'T
AGREE WITH THAT WEREN'T PART OF
THE WORKGROUP. ANYWAY. I THINK
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
SPEAKING TO THE NEED TO MOVE
WITH URGENCY AND SPEED, I'M
GRATEFUL FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND
RECOMMENDING TO MOVE THE BUDGET
ITEMS DUE TO THE URGENCY AND
SPEED OF MEETING THE STANDOFF
SHELTER, I COULD SEE THIS
PARTICULAR POINT CREATING A
WINDOW IN WHICH WE WOULD
SLOWDOWN. AND SO, IF THIS IS
PASSED , I WOULD REQUEST THAT
THE COUNCIL WORK WITH US WITH
SPEED AND TO THE URGENCY OF THIS
CRISIS THAT WE ARE SPEAKING TO.
I THINK THIS WORKS WELL WITH
SOME PLANS AND ALIGNMENT WE HAVE
WITH PROVIDERS AND DEPARTMENTS.
THIS ISN'T ASKING US TO DO
ANYTHING THAT IS NEW WORK THAT
WE WOULDN'T BE PLANNING TO DO,
BUT WHERE I HAVE THE CONCERN IS
AROUND THE SPEED AT WHICH WE
NEED TO OPERATE TOGETHER. AND
SO, JUST ASKING THAT COUNCIL --
WE ARE WILLING TO WORK QUICKLY,
AND THAT WE CAN ALL WORK QUICKLY
TOGETHER TO MEET THE CRISIS IN
THIS MOMENT.
>> THANK YOU. YES, WE HAVE TWO
OPTIONS PRESENTED TO US IN THIS
VERY MOMENT. WE CAN HAVE THESE
QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE WE
PASS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, OR AS
WE IMPLEMENT TOGETHER. THAT IS
THE CHOICE. I GUESS I'M
CHECKING IN WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE NOW . WOULD YOU RATHER US
PASS THIS BILL TODAY AND WORK
TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT IT
TOGETHER, OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME
TO WAIT AND ENSURE THAT ALL OF
OUR QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED
FIRST?
>> MY SPECIFIC QUESTION IS NOT
EITHER/OR, IT IS A QUESTION OF
OUR WORK TOGETHER TO MOVE
QUICKLY AT THE SPEED OF THE
CRISIS. AND SO, IT IS NOT DON'T
PASS THIS, IT IS , AS YOU
CONSIDER PASSING THIS, NO WE
WILL BE TALKING TO YOU A LOT IN
SEEKING THE RESPONSIVENESS AND
THE TIME. I KNOW YOU ARE ALL
VERY, VERY BUSY PEOPLE. I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CARVING
OUT THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO DO
THIS TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU. YES, AT THIS POINT
IN THIS JUNCTURE, THE COUNCIL
HAS BEEN THE BODY THAT HAS MOVED
VERY QUICKLY. WE HAVE EXERCISED
TOOLS THAT ARE UNUSUAL TO HELP
SUPPORT THIS MOMENT IN CRISIS.
AS YOU HEARD EARLIER TODAY, THE
HOMELESS SITUATION IN MY
DISTRICT IS WORSE TODAY THAN IT
WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND SO,
THE QUESTION ON THIS AMENDMENT
IS , IF YOU ARE HAVING CONCERN
WITH THIS AMENDMENT, WE CAN
PAUSE TODAY, BUT WHAT I'M
HEARING FROM YOU IS A COMMITMENT
TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE IT IS
ATYPICAL FOR COUNCIL TO PASS AN
AMENDMENT, A BILL LIKE THIS,
WITHOUT HAVING THESE QUESTIONS
ANSWERED. THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE
OF THIS AMENDMENT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. I HEAR THAT LOUD
AND CLEAR. REALLY A COMMENT OF,
AS WE WORK TO DO THIS, WE ARE
HOPING TO STAND UP OPERATORS AND
PROVIDERS IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3
MONTHS. AND SO, THIS IS A
REQUEST TO WORK WITH US A LOT.
WE ARE HAPPY TO DO SO.
>> I THINK IT IS VERY TYPICAL
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO WORK WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON A DAILY
BASIS. WE WELCOME THAT LEVEL OF
ENGAGEMENT.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THIS BILL? THANK YOU. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
AMENDMENT 4 TO COUNCIL BILL
121185?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> THREE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, AMENDED AS SHOWN
ON AMENDMENT FOUR -- 4 ON THE
AGENDA. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MOVE AMENDED FIVE?
>> FIGURE. I MOVE TO MOVE AS
PRESENTED ON A MINUTE FIVE.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT
FIVE TO COUNCIL BILL 121185.
TRAGEDY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ
THIS INTO THE RECORD
>> THIS ASKED THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO UTILIZE SHELTER
AND SERVICES PROVIDERS WHO HAVE
EXPERTISE IN WORKING WITH THOSE
MOST DISPROPORTIONALLY IMPACTED
BY HOMELESSNESS WHEN SETTING UP
THE NEW SHELTER UNITS. AND TO
PROVIDE A REPORT ON THEIR
ABILITY TO DO SO BY SEPTEMBER
14, 2026.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO
MEDICALLY
>> THANK YOU, CHIRP WILL BE
REALLY QUICK, BECAUSE I KNOW
WE'RE GOING AGAINST TIME. THIS,
COLLEAGUES, WE KNOW THAT THERE
ARE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS
IMPACTED DISPROPORTIONATELY BY
HOMELESSNESS. I AM HOPING WE CAN
HAVE A MULTITUDE OF PROVIDERS BE
ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW SHELTERS .
BLACK POPULATION, 7% OF THE
POPULATION BUT 40% OF THE FOLKS
ON THE STREETS. AND SO, THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
DIVERSIFY SOME OF OUR PROVIDERS
DURING THIS PROCESS. THAT IS
WHAT THIS IS A REQUEST TO OUR
MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WE WORK
TOGETHER ON THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COME UP COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ANYTHING
FROM THE TABLE? WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
AMENDMENT FIVE TO COUNCIL BILL
121185?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> THREE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED
TO COUNCIL BILL 121185 HAS BEEN
AMENDED AS SHOWN ON AMENDMENT
FIVE ON THE AGENDA. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
MOVE AMENDMENT SEVEN?
>> THANK YOU , CHAIR. I MOVE TO
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121185 AS
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT SEVEN
VERSION 2.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 121185 IS SHOWN IN
THE AGENDA ON AMENDMENT SEVEN.
>> THIS IS VERSION 2 DISTRIBUTED
TO COUNCIL MEMBERS YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON. AND REPLACES VERSION
1 THAT IS IN -- ON THE SCREEN.
VERY MINOR CHANGES THAT WERE
MADE. THIS WOULD REQUIRE THE
HUMAN SERVICES TO OPEN AT LEAST
TWO NEW SHELTERS FOR FAMILIES
WITH CHILDREN , AND TO PROVIDE A
REPORT BY SEPTEMBER 14. THE ONLY
CHANGES TO THIS AMENDMENT ARE TO
CHANGE IT FROM WOMEN AND
CHILDREN TO FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN, AND TO PUT IN
REPORTING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THAT
SEPTEMBER REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU, KYLE LEGS. THIS
PRIORITIZES FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN. AS OF NOW, 2400
FAMILIES ENROLLED. THE NUMBER
FLUCTUATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
OFTENTIMES, INCREASES, NOT
DECREASES. MANY OF THE FAMILIES
ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN SHELTER
AND ACTIVELY SEEKING PERMANENT
HOUSING. I KNOW THAT WE GAVE
FLEXIBILITY TO THE EXECUTIVE. WE
UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION FOR THE
FIRST 500 SHELTERS. BUT WE WANT
TO PRIORITIZE FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN. REALLY KEY TO MAKING
OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. WHERE WE SAY
KEEP YOUR BABY SAFE, THE
COMMUNITY IS SAVE. OFTENTIMES MY
COLLEAGUES, I AM INUNDATED WITH
FAMILIES THAT ARE SEEKING
SHELTER THAT ARE BETTER WITHIN
OUR DISTRICT , AND THERE
SLEEPING AT DIFFERENT PARKS, AT
BUS STOPS, FAMILY HOUSES,
DIFFERENT PLACES. AND SO,
PRIORITIZING FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN IS REALLY KEY FOR US.
WE MADE THE MINOR CHANGE BECAUSE
WE HAD WOMEN WITH CHILDREN AND
OFTENTIMES THERE ARE FAMILIES.
WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HINDER ,
BE TOO SPECIFIC. WOULD LOVE YOUR
SUPPORT ON THIS, COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU.
>> VICE CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I
WOULD LOVE TO COSPONSOR IF
YOU'RE OPEN TO THAT.
>> YES.
>> I WILL SAY IN ADDITION TO
EVERYTHING YOU SAID, WE KNOW
FAMILIES ARE ALSO WITH THEIR
KIDS LIVING IN CARS. THEY OFTEN
GO UNDETECTED ON PURPOSE BECAUSE
THEY DON'T WANT TO DRAW
ATTENTION, BECAUSE THEY ARE
TRYING TO STAY TOGETHER WITH
THEIR FAMILIES. SOMETIMES THAT
IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BOYS WHO I
BELIEVE, TRACI YOU CAN CONFIRM
THIS, BUT AT THE AGE OF 14, I
THINK, BOYS CAN GO INTO FAMILY
SHELTER. THEY HAVE TO GO INTO
THE MEN'S SHELTER . I THINK IT
IS 14. BUT THERE IS AN AGE AT
WHICH THE KID, A SON, WOULD HAVE
TO GO TO A MEN'S SHELTER. THEN
IT BECOMES A FAMILY GETS
SEPARATED. THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS. I WANTED AT A
COUPLE OF POINTS . LOOKING
FORWARD TO PASSING THIS. THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. I
DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS. LAST COMMENTS,
ANYONE? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT SEVEN
TO COUNCIL BILL 112185?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH. VICE CHAIR
RIVERA. CHAIR STRAUSS. THREE IN
FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIZE. I
FLIPPED NUMBERS. AMENDMENT SEVEN
TO COUNCIL BILL 121185 HAS
PASSED. COLLEAGUES, THAT BRINGS
US TO THE END OF OUR AMENDMENTS.
WE WILL NOW SPEAK TO THE
UNDERLYING BILL. I DO HAVE
FURTHER COMMENTS, BECAUSE I
SHARE THEM AT THE BEGINNING. BUT
I KNOW VICE CHAIR, YOU HAD SOME
COMMENTS.
>> I. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST,
IN GENERAL, LET ME JUST SAY I
SUPPORT AS MANY OF US DO, TINY
HOME VILLAGES. IT IS INHUMANE TO
LEAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS ON
THE STREET. AND SO, FOR
TEMPORARY HOUSING , TOWNIE HOME
VILLAGES IS A MORE HUMANE
APPROACH. THAT SAID, WE HAVE
SEEN THERE BEEN A LOT OF
PROBLEMS AND SOME OF THE TINY
HOME VILLAGES AND FOLKS ARE ALSO
, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT, A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT
REMAIN UNHOUSED AND UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS AND TENTS ARE A LOT
OF THE HIGH ACUITY FOLKS THAT
NEED SERVICES IN ORDER TO BE
SUCCESSFUL. WE NEED TO HELP
PEOPLE, WHETHER IT IS ALCOHOL OR
DRUG ADDICTION, FENTANYL
ADDICTION, THEY NEED TREATMENT
AND THEY NEED SOBER HOUSING. I
JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, WHILE I
SUPPORT DOING , YOU KNOW, I
SUPPORT THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
AND DOING THIS SOONER RATHER
THAN LATER, I DO HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THE ABILITY OF US WITHIN
THIS CURRENT PROPOSAL TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF ENSURING THAT WE
HAVE THAT , THE SERVICES FOLKS
NEED, PARTICULARLY THE TREATMENT
SERVICES THAT PEOPLE NEED IN
ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL . AND
THEN, SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES WE CAN SEE ARISE BECAUSE
THERE ARE, SADLY, FOLKS TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
AS I SAID EARLIER, DRUG DEALERS
BEING NEAR . THEY ARE IN THE
ENCAMPMENTS. THERE ARE ALSO
PEOPLE SEXUALLY EXPLOITING FOLKS
IN THESE UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT IS NOT HAPPENING
IN TINY HOME VILLAGES, AND ALSO
THAT FOLKS OUTSIDE OF THE
VILLAGERS AREN'T TRYING TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE VULNERABLE
PEOPLE AS THEY ARE COMING IN AND
OUT. THAT IS TO SAY THERE ARE
DRUG DEALERS OUTSIDE OF THESE
PLACES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
CAPTIVE AUDIENCE. I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS PUBLIC SAFETY IN
PLACE TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS ARE
-- THE FOLKS THAT ARE HOUSED
HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES, THAT
THEY ARE ABLE TO -- WE ARE
SUPPORTING THEIR RECOVERY, THAT
THEY FEEL SAFE , THAT FOLKS
AROUND THE AREA ARE ALSO SAFE ,
AND THAT WE ARE NOT
INADVERTENTLY CREATING A
SITUATION WHERE FOLKS AREN'T
GETTING WHAT THEY NEED, AND IT
IS ALSO LEADING TO PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES. WE HAVE SEEN THIS WITH
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
AND THAT HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATE. I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE NOT CREATING THESE KINDS OF
PROBLEMS WHEN WE ARE CITING
THINGS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE BOTH PROVIDING A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE AND BRINGING PEOPLE
INDOORS AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE
PROVIDING SERVICES TO FOLKS SO
THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL. TRUE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE
MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT PERMANENT
HAVE -- HAVE PERMANENT HOUSING
AND HAVE SERVICES THEY NEED
SIMULTANEOUSLY IN PLACE SO THEY
ARE SUCCESSFUL. I UNDERSTAND THE
NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH , AS
THE EXECUTIVE SAYS, URGENCY . AT
THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE NOT CREATING
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND
THAT WE REALLY ARE HELPING FOLKS
AND NOT JUST PUTTING THEM IN
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES WITHOUT WHAT
THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. BECAUSE AT
THE END OF THE DAY, A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE IS BETTER THAN A TENT ON
THE STREET, BUT IT IS NOT BETTER
THAN PERMANENT HOUSING IN
GENERAL. SO THE GOAL ISN'T TO
HAVE PEOPLE STAY IN THESE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES FOREVER . THAT IS
ANOTHER CONCERN I HAVE. I HAVE A
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IN MY
DISTRICT. FOLKS ARE, THANKFULLY,
THERE AREN'T ANY PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES. FOLKS AREN'T GETTING
TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. AT THE SAME
TIME, THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING
THERE FOR YEARS NOW . NO
PERMANENT HOUSING INSIGHT FOR
FOLKS. THAT IS A PROBLEM. SO AS
WE ARE BUILDING THESE RESPONSES,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE SO THAT
PEOPLE ARE SUCCESSFUL, AND SO
THERE REALLY IS TEMPORARY AND
NOT PERMANENT . AND THAT WE MAKE
SURE THOSE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
REALLY ARE PROVIDING SERVICES.
THAT WE ARE NOT SAYING WE ARE
PROVIDING SERVICES, BUT THEN WE
ARE NOT. WE ARE SEEING THAT TOO.
THAT IS THE REALITY. THAT IS THE
TRUTH. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
IS NOT HAPPENING. I WOULD LIKE
TO SEE THESE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
SUCCEED. TO ME, SUCCESS MEANS
THAT PEOPLE LIVING THERE HAVE
WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL,
AND TO GET, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY
A PATH TO PERMANENT HOUSING. AND
WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING, MAKE
SURE THAT THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
IS SAFE. SAFE MEANS NOT HAVING
FOLKS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FOLKS
THAT ARE LIVING THERE. I HAVE A
LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE
PROPOSAL AS IT STANDS, BECAUSE
THERE ARE A LOT OF UNANSWERED
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS IS ALL
GOING TO WORK. THERE TRULY IS.
IN AN IDEAL SITUATION, WE WOULD
HAVE HAD THESE QUESTIONS
ANSWERED AND SOME OF THESE
THINGS FIGURED OUT BEFORE WE
MOVE FORWARD. HOWEVER, I ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF
UNSHELTERED FOLKS ON THE STREET,
AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A
SOLVE. PERFECT CANNOT BE THE
ENEMY OF THE GOOD. AND SO, I AM
SUPPORTING THIS , BUT LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE DETAILS AND
RESERVING THE RIGHT AT THE BACK
END IF WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES
THAT THE EXECUTIVE WILL WORK
WITH US TO DO SO, BECAUSE WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A
PLANT THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO
WORK . AND IF IT DOESN'T, WE
NEED TO OWN UP TO THAT AND DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WHICH IS
NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE DOES VERY WELL. WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HONEST
ABOUT THAT. AND EYES WIDE OPEN
AND TRANSPARENCY IS GOING TO BE
THE KEY HERE. THANK YOU, CHAIR,
FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE SOME
REMARKS BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE TO
ENSURE THAT THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES THAT WE STAND UP ARE
SUCCESSFUL.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WILL
BE BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW ,
HOPEFULLY, WE ARE OKAY ON TIME.
I WANT TO THANK MAYOR WILSON AND
THE ADMINISTRATION FOR
RECOGNIZING THE URGENT NEED TO
EXPAND SHELTER CAPACITY. THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT STEP. I ALSO
APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO ADDRESS
A GROWING CRISIS THAT WE HAVE
SEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TALKED
ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. I ALSO
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECTED
COSTS, ESPECIALLY FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH ACUITY
NEEDS , SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE
INDICATED THAT 48,000 PER BED IS
A MID-POINT ON THE ESTIMATE. I
KNOW WE WANT TO STAND UP 500 OF
THESE. AND SO, I WILL BE HAVING
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I
WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMITMENT
THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FUND
THESE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS,
AND WE CAN'T JUST STOP SERVICES
THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE
MONEY. JUST MAKING SURE WE ARE
TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE COST. I
THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE
COMMUNICATED VERY CLEARLY WITH
FULL TRANSPARENCY AS WE ARE
GOING DOWN THIS TOGETHER, THIS
PROCESS TOGETHER, WHICH FULLY
COMMITTED TO . BEYOND COSTS, WE
ALSO MUST ADDRESS THE TREATMENT.
I THINK RIGHT NOW IT IS REALLY
EASIER FOR SOMEONE TO RECEIVE A
HARM REDUCTION KIT THAN IT IS TO
ACCESS TREATMENT . THAT HAS BEEN
MY PROBLEM SINCE DAY ONE. I HAVE
SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. I HAVE LIVED
IT. I HAVE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER
STRUGGLE IN THE SYSTEM . WENT
FROM LIVING ON THIRD AND PIKE
INTO A SHELTER ENVIRONMENT WHERE
DRUG USE WAS STILL WIDESPREAD
AND VERY RAMPANT. THERE WAS NO
CLEAR PATH TO RECOVERY AND
SERVICES WERE LACKING. ONLY
CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO THAT SAME
CHALLENGES. TRAGICALLY,
UNFORTUNATELY, HE LOST HIS LIFE
IN AN ACT OF VIOLENCE IN THAT
VERY SAME SHELTER IN THE PARKING
LOT. THAT EXPERIENCE SHAPES MICE
PERSPECTIVE. GOING TO BE
SUPPORTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
THAT HAS SERVICES, THAT HAS
RAPID AMOUNT OF TREATMENT,
WHETHER IT IS MOBILE TREATMENT,
WHETHER IT IS -- WE HAVE --
SORRY. LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
MOBILE TREATMENT, OR WE HAVE
SOCIAL WORKERS . FOLKS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE REALLY CONNECTED
WITH PEOPLE ON THIS RECOVERY
JOURNEY AND A PATHWAY OUT OF
HOMELESSNESS AND OUT OF
ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER. WE OFTEN GO BACK AND
FORTH , IS A CALLED SUBSTANCE
USE OR ADDICTION. IT DOESN'T
MOVE THAT PERSON CLOSER TO
TREATMENT. WHATEVER WE CALL IT,
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
GETTING THE OUTCOMES ,
WRAPAROUND SERVICES, FOR PEOPLE
SO WE CAN GET THEM RECONNECTED
TO THEIR FAMILY. I AM GOING TO
BE ASKING HARD QUESTIONS WHAT IS
THE PLAN, WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES,
WHAT ARE WE TARGETING, HOW ARE
WE ENSURING ACCESS TO TREATMENT,
AND HOW ARE WE HOLDING THESE
SYSTEMS ACCOUNTABLE FROM DAY ONE
? I ALSO WANT TO MAKE THE
INFORMATION MORE PALATABLE FOR
PEOPLE. INFORMATION THAT IS
GOING TO BE SENT TO ME, WE WILL
MAKE CRAFTS AND LINKS SO PEOPLE
CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON
DURING THIS PROCESS. THAT IS MY
COMMITMENT JUST LIKE YOU DO WHEN
YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WE ARE
SPENDING PER KID EDUCATION WISE
IN ANY SCHOOL, MAKING IT
PALATABLE AND BREAKDOWN SO
PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND. I KNOW
KING COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY HAS A DASHBOARD, BUT
WE NEED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT
MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE.
THANK YOU ALL. LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS. YOU
HAVE MY COMMITMENT THERE AND ON
THE RECORD TO DO IT TOGETHER.
BECAUSE THIS IS VERY PERSONAL
FOR ME. THANK YOU.
>> ANYTHING FROM THE TABLE
BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT?
>> JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR YOUR TIME AND EXPEDIENCY IN
MOVING ALL OF THIS. I LOOK
FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU
ALMOST DAILY. ANY OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, I
LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING THOSE
OVER THE PROCESS IN THE COURSE
OF THIS WORK TOGETHER. WE HAVE
AN ACTIVE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM
WORKING ON THESE ISSUES AS WELL
AS GATHERING WHERE WE BRING
PROVIDERS TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT
HOW WE DO PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING
AND HOW WE ARE MAPPING OUT THIS
WORK. AND SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO
ENGAGING WITH YOU AND HOW WE
PLUG IN CENTRAL STAFF AND
COUNCIL INTO THAT WORK.
>> WONDERFUL. I WANT TO THANK
MARY WERE SEWN. THANK YOU AND
YOUR TEAM AGAIN FOR MOVING
URGENTLY TO ADDRESS THIS NEED. I
KNOW THE HOW WE STILL HAVE YET
TO WORK TOGETHER AND IMPLEMENT.
I WILL ALSO SAY NORMAL CAN BE A
REALLY LOADED WORD SOMETIMES. IT
WOULD BE NORMAL FOR US TO HAVE
DAILY CONVERSATIONS ON THIS. IT
IS WELCOMED AND DESIRED. I
OPENED THAT DOOR IN THAT WINDOW
TO YOU, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL IS
SITTING HERE, EVEN THOUGH WE
HAVE QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED,
WE KNOW THE URGENCY OF THIS
MOMENT TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT
OUR STREETS ARE , BECAUSE PEOPLE
LIVING ON THE STREETS IS NEVER
OKAY. AND SO, WHILE WE STILL
HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, WE KNOW
THAT WE CANNOT SLOW DOWN. THAT
IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY PASSING
THIS BUDGET AS QUICKLY AS IT HAS
BEEN TRANSMITTED TO US. WE KNOW
THERE IS STILL A COUPLE OTHER --
THE LAND USE BILL HAS GOOD AND
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT ARE
BEING ASKED AND ANSWERED TODAY.
I JUST SET THE STAGE FOR, WE
LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP
TO ADDRESSING THE MOST COMPLEX
NEEDS ON OUR STREETS, BECAUSE
THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE
MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. THIS COMES
FROM, AT OUR LAST COMMITTEE I
SHARED FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO I HAD
TROUBLE GETTING FOLKS INTO TINY
HOMES. TODAY THE PROBLEM THAT WE
HAVE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN
KICKED OUT OF TINY HOMES BECAUSE
THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. THAT
IS A DIFFERENT -- IN SOME WAYS,
IT IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE,
BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING MORE
ATTUNED TO THEIR NEEDS, THE
COMPLEX NEEDS, THE FOLKS
REQUIRED TO BE SOLVED , AS WELL
AS THE THROUGHPUT IS SO
CRITICAL. WE WILL GET 3 TO 4
TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE SERVED WITH
A HIGHER THROUGHPUT , AND THE
INVERSE IS THAT IF PEOPLE ARE
LANGUISHING FOR SEVEN MONTHS,
THEN WE ARE TURNING SHELTER INTO
HOUSING . IT IS NOT OKAY TO
ALLOW SHELTER TO BECOME
SOMEBODY'S DE FACTO HOUSING.
WITH THAT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON COUNCIL BILL
121185 ? AS AMENDED?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH. VICE CHAIR
RIVERA. CHAIR STRAUSS. THREE IN
FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. COUNTABLE 121185
AS AMENDED PASSES AND WILL BE
SENT TO THE APRIL 14 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. WE ARE
CURRENTLY AT 11:28. WE HAVE A
HARD STOP THAT SUPPOSED TO BE
OUT IN TWO MINUTES. MY
APOLOGIES. I AM USUALLY GOOD. WE
HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF ITEM -- THE LIGHTEST
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 3, GRANTS ACCEPTANCE.
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE
VOTE WITH DIRECTOR WITH THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE AND COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTING.
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TURN
IT OVER TO DIRECTOR, FOLLOWED BY
TOM MIKE CELL OF COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF . COLLEAGUES, I WILL SAY
THAT I HAVE REVIEWED THIS
UNCOMFORTABLE VOTING ON IT
TODAY. I HAVE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS THAT I THINK I KNOW
THE ANSWER TO . IT IS NOT WERE
SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS. BUT I
WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH THE
BUDGET DIRECTOR AFTER THIS
COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE MY
ASSUMPTIONS ARE CORRECT SO WE
CAN CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
WITH THAT, IT WILL TURN IT OVER
TO YOU TO WALK US THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. CITY BUDGET
DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. THIS IS
THE FIRST QUARTER GRANTS
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE. I WILL
MOVE RELATIVELY QUICKLY TO SAVE
TIME. I HAVE TWO SCREENS. I CAN
LOOK AT MY NOTES AND RUN THIS.
IF I GET CONFUSED, JUST LET ME
KNOW. ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH
THE OVERARCHING MISSION
STATEMENT FOR THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE. WHILE THIS IS UP ON THE
SCREEN, I WILL NOTE THIS IS THE
FIRST OF THREE ROUTINE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE BILLS THAT THE BUDGET
OFFICE TYPICALLY TRANSMITS FOR
THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION
EACH YEAR . THE FIRST QUARTER,
AT MIDYEAR AND THEN A YEAR AND
GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE. IN
ADDITION, DURING THE ANNUAL
BUDGET PROCESS WE WILL TRANSMIT
AN ANNUAL ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE.
THIS IS PASSED WITH THE ADOPTED
BUDGET. THESE ARE FOR
REOCCURRING BUDGET GRANTS WE ARE
CERTAIN WE WILL RECEIVE EACH
YEAR AND ARE PART OF THE ADOPTED
BUDGET PROCESS. AND THEN,
OCCASIONALLY WE WILL SEND
STANDALONE LEGISLATION FOR
GRANTS SPECIFIC IN NATURE AND
TIME SENSITIVE. THIS IS THE
FIRST YOU ARE SEEING THIS YEAR.
THE BILL SORT OF DOES TWO
THINGS. IT EXCEPTS GRANTS ,
EXCEPTS REVENUES, AS WELL AS
APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO SPEND THAT
REVENUE IF IT WASN'T ALREADY
APPROPRIATED IN THE ADOPTED
BUDGET . THIS PROPOSAL COVERS
THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 2025
THROUGH 2026 . IT EXCEPTS AND
APPROPRIATES APPROXIMATELY $4.5
MILLION OF GENERAL FUND IN FOUR
CITY DEPARTMENTS AND $32.5
MILLION INTO OTHER FUNDS ACROSS
FOUR CITY DEPARTMENTS. I WILL
NOTE THAT ALL GRANT MATCH
REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE DESCRIBED
IN SOME DETAIL IN THE CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO ARE MET BY EXISTING
APPROPRIATIONS. THERE ARE 32
GRANTS IN TOTAL . THIS SLIDE
REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHTS A FEW OF
THE GRANTS THAT ARE NEWER TO THE
CITY. I MENTIONED IN THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE THERE ARE 34
ITEMS. I WASN'T GOING TO WALK
YOU THROUGH EACH ONE. THERE IS
ALSO A SUMMARY IN THE CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO THAT PROVIDES SUMMARY
WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE . OVERALL, WE ARE
HIGHLIGHTING SIMILAR THINGS. I
WILL PULL OUT A COUPLE. 6.4
MILLION DOLLARS TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT . FROM THE
STATE, THAT PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS MOLD
IN THE APPLE HEALTHCARE PROGRAM.
THERE IS $5 MILLION TO THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
DEPARTMENT FROM THE STATE TO
SUPPORT EFFORTS REMEDIATING THE
LOWER DUWAMISH ONE OF MY
SUPERFUND SITE. THIS IS A FLAVOR
OF THE GRANTS OF THAT ARE
SUPPORTING CITY WORK AND HELPING
US MAXIMIZE LOCAL FUNDS. SO I
WILL STOP THERE PER CAPITA HAVE
MY COLLEAGUE ADD ANYTHING HERE
OR ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. GOOD
MORNING, COMMITTEE. CENTRAL
STAFF. DIRECTOR COVERED THE KEYS
CONCEPT IN THE BILL. THE ONLY
THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT THE
APPROPRIATIONS BE MADE BY THIS
HORNETS ARE NON-LAPSING.
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE BULK
OF THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT YOU
ALL APPROVE IN BUDGET BILLS AND
AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE
THESE ARE GRANTS. THE
PERFORMANCE PERIOD CAN EXTEND
BEYOND THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
THEY DON'T HAVE A LAPSING
PROVISION. SO THEY WILL CONTINUE
UNTIL THEY ARE EITHER ABANDONED
BY FURTHER ORDINANCE OR FULLY
SPENT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE GOT.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THANK
YOU, TOM. COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS
ON GRANTS? THIS IS THE FIRST OF
THREE OF THIS TYPE OF BILL THAT
WE WILL HAVE THIS YEAR . I DO
HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, DIRECTOR,
LATER. I THINK THEY ARE LIKELY
STUPID QUESTIONS. BUT THEY'RE
GOOD ONES ANYWAY. WITH THAT, IT
SEEMS WE HAVE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS. I WILL
ASK -- I WILL MOVE COUNCIL BILL
121187. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS
COUNCIL BILL 121187. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH. VICE CHAIR
RIVERA. CHAIR STRAUSS. THREE IN
FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL BILL
121187 IS RECOMMENDED TO BE
PASSED AND WILL BE AT THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON
APRIL 14 .
>> THANK YOU.
>> WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE . I
WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN
UPDATE. THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE
TUESDAY, APRIL 7 MEETING OF THE
FINANCE, NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE.
THE APRIL 21 MEETING WILL BE
CANCELED AS WE JUST HAD THE
SPECIAL MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO SO
WE COULD MOVE THIS BILL FASTER
AND FORWARD. WE WILL