1 09:22:14,600 --> 09:22:16,536 >>> IT'S 9:32 A.M. JUNE9, 2026. 2 09:22:16,536 --> 09:22:17,703 I'M ROBERT KETTLE. WILL THE 3 09:22:17,703 --> 09:22:21,841 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? 4 09:22:21,841 --> 09:22:23,309 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 5 09:22:23,309 --> 09:22:23,910 >> HERE. 6 09:22:23,910 --> 09:22:34,454 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN IS RUNNING 7 09:22:35,722 --> 09:22:38,825 LATE. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 8 09:22:38,825 --> 09:22:40,827 >> HERE. 9 09:22:40,827 --> 09:22:45,765 >> SAKA? 10 09:22:45,765 --> 09:22:52,905 >> HERE. 11 09:22:52,905 --> 09:22:57,810 >> KETTLE. 12 09:22:57,810 --> 09:22:58,077 >> HERE. 13 09:22:58,077 --> 09:23:02,515 >> FOUR ARE PRESENT. 14 09:23:02,515 --> 09:23:03,816 >> LIN IS EXCUSED UNTIL HE 15 09:23:03,816 --> 09:23:04,450 ARRIVES. I LEARNED THAT LESSON. 16 09:23:04,450 --> 09:23:05,118 FOR TODAY'S CHAIR COMMENTS, JUST 17 09:23:05,118 --> 09:23:05,752 WANTED TO BRIEFLY SAY AND PASS A 18 09:23:05,752 --> 09:23:06,385 WORD OF THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUE, 19 09:23:06,385 --> 09:23:07,019 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR PUTTING 20 09:23:07,019 --> 09:23:09,188 HAD A GREAT MIX OF, YOU KNOW, 21 09:23:09,188 --> 09:23:11,157 PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE WORK OF 22 09:23:11,157 --> 09:23:12,158 GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, BUT 23 09:23:12,158 --> 09:23:16,462 ALSO FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE HAD 24 09:23:16,462 --> 09:23:17,730 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY 25 09:23:17,730 --> 09:23:18,898 ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED, AND, 26 09:23:18,898 --> 09:23:21,000 YOU KNOW, FIRE. WE HAD THE WHOLE 27 09:23:21,000 --> 09:23:22,635 HOST. IT'S HARD TO GET 28 09:23:22,635 --> 09:23:23,836 EVERYBODY IN THERE. I'M SURE WE 29 09:23:23,836 --> 09:23:25,671 COULD GET MORE, BUT WE HAD A 30 09:23:25,671 --> 09:23:26,839 GREAT REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE 31 09:23:26,839 --> 09:23:31,244 BOARD. I WANTED TO THANK HER, 32 09:23:31,244 --> 09:23:34,313 AND ALSO THANK DEPUTY MAYOR, AND 33 09:23:34,313 --> 09:23:37,016 ALSO THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR, 34 09:23:37,016 --> 09:23:38,718 THE CITY ATTORNEY EVANS, CHIEF 35 09:23:38,718 --> 09:23:41,087 BARNES, YOU KNOW, FOR SPENDING 36 09:23:41,087 --> 09:23:42,755 THE ENTIRE DAY THERE. IT SHOWS 37 09:23:42,755 --> 09:23:45,191 THE, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT IT 38 09:23:45,191 --> 09:23:46,993 IS BY THEIR PARTICIPATION. AND I 39 09:23:46,993 --> 09:23:50,263 JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE WILL 40 09:23:50,263 --> 09:23:53,566 LOOK TO BUILD ON THIS WORK THAT 41 09:23:53,566 --> 09:23:56,068 WAS DONE YESTERDAY IN SYMPOSIUM. 42 09:23:56,068 --> 09:24:00,406 I ALREADY TALKED TO CHIEF BARNES 43 09:24:00,406 --> 09:24:01,440 ABOUT HAVING HUNT'S 44 09:24:01,440 --> 09:24:02,108 PRESENTATION PRESENTED TO 45 09:24:02,108 --> 09:24:03,709 COMMITTEE AT SOME POINT OVER THE 46 09:24:03,709 --> 09:24:05,144 COURSE OF THIS COMMITTEE SEASON. 47 09:24:05,144 --> 09:24:09,382 I THINK IT'S THAT IMPORTANT. 48 09:24:09,382 --> 09:24:11,918 YOU KNOW, IN GOING THROUGH THE 49 09:24:11,918 --> 09:24:14,620 DAY AT THE END, I NOTED A FEW 50 09:24:14,620 --> 09:24:16,956 THINGS. I JUST WANTED TO RELAY 51 09:24:16,956 --> 09:24:19,392 THESE AGAIN. ONE IS, IN ORDER TO 52 09:24:19,392 --> 09:24:21,227 MOVE FORWARD, YOU NEED 53 09:24:21,227 --> 09:24:24,230 LEADERSHIP. AND, YOU KNOW, I 54 09:24:24,230 --> 09:24:26,032 MENTIONED THIS BEFORE RECENTLY 55 09:24:26,032 --> 09:24:27,433 IN CHAIR COMMENT. WITH FOLLOW 56 09:24:27,433 --> 09:24:33,673 THROUGH AND FOLLOWUP, IT MUST BE 57 09:24:33,673 --> 09:24:36,409 DEDICATED AND CANNOT BE AD HOC. 58 09:24:36,409 --> 09:24:38,878 IN TERMS OF THE COMMITTEE AND 59 09:24:38,878 --> 09:24:41,814 COUNCIL, WE NEED TO OUR PIECE, 60 09:24:41,814 --> 09:24:42,982 TOO. THE PROCEDURE AND FRAMEWORK 61 09:24:42,982 --> 09:24:46,652 WHERE WE ADDED A PILLAR OF THIS 62 09:24:46,652 --> 09:24:47,720 BEING GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION, 63 09:24:47,720 --> 09:24:49,388 PREVENTION, AND COMMUNITY 64 09:24:49,388 --> 09:24:50,189 SAFETY. COMMUNITY SAFETY IS 65 09:24:50,189 --> 09:24:51,624 IMPORTANT. THAT'S PART OF WHAT 66 09:24:51,624 --> 09:24:53,326 WE ARE DOING HERE, ALTERNATIVE 67 09:24:53,326 --> 09:24:55,428 RESPONSE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL, 68 09:24:55,428 --> 09:24:56,929 AS OPPOSED TO THE LEVEL WITH 69 09:24:56,929 --> 09:24:58,898 CARE AND THE ORGANIZATION 70 09:24:58,898 --> 09:24:59,665 SERVICE PROVIDERS, BUT WORKING 71 09:24:59,665 --> 09:25:00,333 TOGETHER WITH COMMUNITY BECAUSE 72 09:25:00,333 --> 09:25:02,902 AT THE END OF THE DAY, COMMUNITY 73 09:25:02,902 --> 09:25:04,737 IS KEY FOR THIS, FOR US. I 74 09:25:04,737 --> 09:25:07,707 MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A 75 09:25:07,707 --> 09:25:08,841 REGIONAL APPROACH. IT'S 76 09:25:08,841 --> 09:25:10,176 INTERESTING. WE TALK ABOUT 77 09:25:10,176 --> 09:25:10,943 SEATTLE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, 78 09:25:10,943 --> 09:25:14,113 BUT THEY ARE NOT SEATTLE PUBLIC 79 09:25:14,113 --> 09:25:14,847 SAFETY ISSUES. THESE 80 09:25:14,847 --> 09:25:16,515 INDIVIDUALS, LIKE WITH GUN 81 09:25:16,515 --> 09:25:22,788 VIOLENCE, BY THE WAY, THERE'S 82 09:25:22,788 --> 09:25:23,889 DIFFERENT TYPES GUN VIOLENCE. 83 09:25:23,889 --> 09:25:26,492 BOTH ARE DIFFERENT FROM NORTH 84 09:25:26,492 --> 09:25:28,194 AURORA. OUR GUN VIOLENCE IS NOT 85 09:25:28,194 --> 09:25:30,429 UNIFORM. WHAT IS UNIFORM IS THE 86 09:25:30,429 --> 09:25:31,664 REGIONAL ASPECT OF IT WITH 87 09:25:31,664 --> 09:25:32,465 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS 88 09:25:32,465 --> 09:25:34,400 AND GROUPS THAT COME IN AND OUT, 89 09:25:34,400 --> 09:25:36,068 AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE 90 09:25:36,068 --> 09:25:38,304 HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF AND ALSO 91 09:25:38,304 --> 09:25:39,372 UNDERSCORES THE FACT WE HAVE TO 92 09:25:39,372 --> 09:25:41,674 WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND THE 93 09:25:41,674 --> 09:25:43,109 STATE. I MENTIONED RECENTLY HOW 94 09:25:43,109 --> 09:25:44,343 THE STATE NEEDS TO PASS LAWS 95 09:25:44,343 --> 09:25:45,945 THEY COULD HAVE DONE IN THE LAST 96 09:25:45,945 --> 09:25:47,580 SESSION THAT COULD HAVE HELPED 97 09:25:47,580 --> 09:25:50,049 US. WE ALSO NEED TO WORK 98 09:25:50,049 --> 09:25:52,385 DIRECTLY WITH OTHER 99 09:25:52,385 --> 09:25:54,120 JURISDICTIONS. THE CITIES OF 100 09:25:54,120 --> 09:25:55,921 KENT, WRENTON, TUKWILA, AND NOT 101 09:25:55,921 --> 09:25:58,190 JUST THE COUNTY. I THINK THAT 102 09:25:58,190 --> 09:26:01,027 PARTNERSHIP IS KEY. AND THEN THE 103 09:26:01,027 --> 09:26:02,828 TWO LAST THINGS I NOTED 104 09:26:02,828 --> 09:26:04,864 YESTERDAY, ACTS OF HURT, AS 105 09:26:04,864 --> 09:26:05,898 SOMEBODY MENTIONED, AND COMES 106 09:26:05,898 --> 09:26:08,034 FROM HURT PEOPLE, AND THIS 107 09:26:08,034 --> 09:26:09,602 REALLY GOES TO, YOU KNOW, THIS 108 09:26:09,602 --> 09:26:12,638 IDEA OF ADDRESSING THE SCENE 109 09:26:12,638 --> 09:26:14,073 BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC 110 09:26:14,073 --> 09:26:16,242 HEALTH, HOUSING, AND HUMAN 111 09:26:16,242 --> 09:26:18,077 SERVICES. THE HUMAN SERVICES 112 09:26:18,077 --> 09:26:19,745 PIECE, THE HOUSING, AND PUBLIC 113 09:26:19,745 --> 09:26:21,580 HEALTH PIECE, AND BEHAVIORAL 114 09:26:21,580 --> 09:26:22,415 HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH, 115 09:26:22,415 --> 09:26:25,518 THAT'S WHERE HURT PEOPLE ARE. 116 09:26:25,518 --> 09:26:28,054 WE NEED TO BE WORKING THE 117 09:26:28,054 --> 09:26:29,722 CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT AREA AND 118 09:26:29,722 --> 09:26:32,224 PUBLIC SAFETY, OTHERWISE, WE 119 09:26:32,224 --> 09:26:35,494 WILL CONTINUE TO RUN TO 120 09:26:35,494 --> 09:26:38,030 STANDSTILL, AND JUST TO CLOSE, I 121 09:26:38,030 --> 09:26:41,000 SAID THIS YESTERDAY BECAUSE IT 122 09:26:41,000 --> 09:26:43,836 WAS STRIKING TO ME. WE HAD 123 09:26:43,836 --> 09:26:44,603 INDIVIDUALS FROM PHILADELPHIA, 124 09:26:44,603 --> 09:26:46,572 PEOPLE COMING IN FROM SOUTH BEND 125 09:26:46,572 --> 09:26:48,007 AND BALTIMORE, AND IT WAS REALLY 126 09:26:48,007 --> 09:26:50,810 A GREAT THING, AND AS A VETERAN, 127 09:26:50,810 --> 09:26:54,447 IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION THAT THEY 128 09:26:54,447 --> 09:26:59,385 SAID ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY 129 09:26:59,385 --> 09:27:01,987 HAVE MORE EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE 130 09:27:01,987 --> 09:27:03,923 AND TRAUMA THAN ACTIVE DUTY 131 09:27:03,923 --> 09:27:04,790 MILITARY PERSONNEL. WE SHOULD 132 09:27:04,790 --> 09:27:06,359 THINK ON THAT AND REFLECT UPON 133 09:27:06,359 --> 09:27:08,627 IT. AS I SAID TO THE GROUP AND 134 09:27:08,627 --> 09:27:10,296 SAID IN NORTH SEATTLE OVER THE 135 09:27:10,296 --> 09:27:11,831 WEEKEND, IT'S NOT RIGHT, AND 136 09:27:11,831 --> 09:27:13,199 IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. WE NEED TO 137 09:27:13,199 --> 09:27:16,235 MOVE ON. I JUST WANT TO TAKE TWO 138 09:27:16,235 --> 09:27:18,804 MINUTES TO SAY THANK YOU TO 139 09:27:18,804 --> 09:27:20,339 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR HER 140 09:27:20,339 --> 09:27:22,241 WORK WITH THE SYMPOSIUM. SO, 141 09:27:22,241 --> 09:27:25,378 THANK YOU. YES? 142 09:27:25,378 --> 09:27:29,582 >> MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU, CHAIR. 143 09:27:29,582 --> 09:27:30,950 >> YOUR COMMENT ADDENDUM. 144 09:27:30,950 --> 09:27:32,485 >> I APPRECIATE THE CHAIR 145 09:27:32,485 --> 09:27:34,186 BRINGING THIS UP AND ALLOWING ME 146 09:27:34,186 --> 09:27:36,655 A FEW MINUTES OR A FEW SECONDS 147 09:27:36,655 --> 09:27:39,258 TO ADDRESS IT. I CORRECTED 148 09:27:39,258 --> 09:27:42,094 MYSELF, SECONDS. JUST SO PEOPLE 149 09:27:42,094 --> 09:27:45,431 ARE AWARE WHAT THIS WAS, -- 150 09:27:45,431 --> 09:27:47,600 EXCUSE ME, IT WAS TO TALK ABOUT 151 09:27:47,600 --> 09:27:51,170 AN APPROACH WE ARE NOT DOING IN 152 09:27:51,170 --> 09:27:56,909 SEATTLE, BUT ONE CITIES LIKE 153 09:27:56,909 --> 09:27:58,711 PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE AND 154 09:27:58,711 --> 09:28:00,513 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, WHO 155 09:28:00,513 --> 09:28:01,981 PARTICIPATED IN THE SYMPOSIUM 156 09:28:01,981 --> 09:28:05,618 YESTERDAY ARE DOING. WHICH IS 157 09:28:05,618 --> 09:28:06,652 THIS FOCUSED DETERRENCE 158 09:28:06,652 --> 09:28:08,020 APPROACH, AND WHAT IT IS, REALLY 159 09:28:08,020 --> 09:28:10,122 IDENTIFYING IN THE CITY THE 160 09:28:10,122 --> 09:28:11,557 FOLKS WHO ARE CAUSING THE MOST 161 09:28:11,557 --> 09:28:13,626 HARM IN TERMS OF GUN VIOLENCE, 162 09:28:13,626 --> 09:28:15,561 AND THEN TELLING THOSE FOLKS 163 09:28:15,561 --> 09:28:17,997 WHAT DO YOU NEED TO STOP DOING 164 09:28:17,997 --> 09:28:19,565 WHAT YOU'RE DOING? AND 165 09:28:19,565 --> 09:28:22,101 PROVIDING RESOURCES, IF THEY 166 09:28:22,101 --> 09:28:26,705 NEED THAT, AND THEN, IF THEY 167 09:28:26,705 --> 09:28:28,007 REFUSE TO ACCEPT RESOURCES, THEN 168 09:28:28,007 --> 09:28:30,643 THEY -- THEN THEY GET A 169 09:28:30,643 --> 09:28:31,844 CONSEQUENCE. I MEAN, IN A 170 09:28:31,844 --> 09:28:33,779 NUTSHELL, THAT'S WHAT THE 171 09:28:33,779 --> 09:28:35,114 APPROACH IS. WE ARE NOT REALLY 172 09:28:35,114 --> 09:28:36,682 DOING THAT IN SEATTLE RIGHT NOW. 173 09:28:36,682 --> 09:28:39,518 WE DO DO A LOT ON THE PREVENTION 174 09:28:39,518 --> 09:28:41,287 AND INTERVENTION SIDE, SO I WANT 175 09:28:41,287 --> 09:28:42,688 TO APPRECIATE THE 176 09:28:42,688 --> 09:28:43,289 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 177 09:28:43,289 --> 09:28:45,724 THAT WERE HERE YESTERDAY, BUT WE 178 09:28:45,724 --> 09:28:48,727 DON'T DO THIS FOCUSED 179 09:28:48,727 --> 09:28:50,429 DETERRENCE APPROACH, AND IT WAS 180 09:28:50,429 --> 09:28:52,465 ONE DEVELOPED BY DAVID KENNEDY, 181 09:28:52,465 --> 09:28:53,899 OUT OF THE JOHN JAY COLLEGE IN 182 09:28:53,899 --> 09:28:55,534 NEW YORK. I THOUGHT IT WAS 183 09:28:55,534 --> 09:28:57,570 IMPORTANT FOR US IN SEATTLE TO 184 09:28:57,570 --> 09:29:00,039 LEARN ABOUT THIS APPROACH, AND 185 09:29:00,039 --> 09:29:01,974 THEN HEAR FROM OTHER CITIES. AND 186 09:29:01,974 --> 09:29:03,542 THE REASON THE OTHER CITIES WERE 187 09:29:03,542 --> 09:29:05,077 HERE, I FELT REALLY STRONGLY 188 09:29:05,077 --> 09:29:06,212 THAT WE SHOULD ACTUALLY HEAR 189 09:29:06,212 --> 09:29:09,014 FROM THE FOLKS THAT HAVE 190 09:29:09,014 --> 09:29:09,982 IMPLEMENTED THIS APPROACH. AND 191 09:29:09,982 --> 09:29:12,751 ALSO SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A 192 09:29:12,751 --> 09:29:16,055 DIALOGUE BETWEEN ALL OF THE 193 09:29:16,055 --> 09:29:18,257 PARTNERS, OUR PARTNERS TO THE 194 09:29:18,257 --> 09:29:19,825 CITY, WHO ARE WORKING AS 195 09:29:19,825 --> 09:29:21,227 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE SAID, WITH 196 09:29:21,227 --> 09:29:24,029 THESE ISSUES ON THE GROUND, LIKE 197 09:29:24,029 --> 09:29:25,865 THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, OUR 198 09:29:25,865 --> 09:29:27,600 CITY ATTORNEY, ERICA EVANS WAS 199 09:29:27,600 --> 09:29:29,235 THERE AS WELL, AND THE U.S., THE 200 09:29:29,235 --> 09:29:30,703 ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY WAS 201 09:29:30,703 --> 09:29:32,505 THERE, AND MANY OTHER FOLKS WHO 202 09:29:32,505 --> 09:29:34,340 ARE ACTUALLY WORKING IN THE 203 09:29:34,340 --> 09:29:38,010 SPACE, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY 204 09:29:38,010 --> 09:29:39,044 WERE HEARING THE APPROACH AND 205 09:29:39,044 --> 09:29:40,646 ALSO HEARING FROM THE CITIES WHO 206 09:29:40,646 --> 09:29:42,648 HAVE HAD THE GUN VIOLENCE ISSUES 207 09:29:42,648 --> 09:29:46,185 FOR EVEN LONGER THAN WE HAD. 208 09:29:46,185 --> 09:29:49,221 THIS APPROACH HAS LED TO 40, 50, 209 09:29:49,221 --> 09:29:50,990 60% DECREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE IN 210 09:29:50,990 --> 09:29:54,426 THOSE CITIES, AND TO ME, THAT 211 09:29:54,426 --> 09:29:55,027 WAS WORTH LEARNING ABOUT AND 212 09:29:55,027 --> 09:29:56,862 HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT. I 213 09:29:56,862 --> 09:29:58,731 DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE EVERYONE 214 09:29:58,731 --> 09:30:01,867 WHO IS THERE FROM THE PARTIES I 215 09:30:01,867 --> 09:30:03,669 MENTIONED TO THE COMMUNITY-BASED 216 09:30:03,669 --> 09:30:05,337 ORGANIZATIONS AND EVERYBODY 217 09:30:05,337 --> 09:30:07,506 STUCK AROUND FOR THE ENTIRE DAY 218 09:30:07,506 --> 09:30:09,341 BECAUSE WE ALL CARE SO DEEPLY 219 09:30:09,341 --> 09:30:12,011 ABOUT THIS, AND THEY ALL DO, 220 09:30:12,011 --> 09:30:13,479 TOO. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 221 09:30:13,479 --> 09:30:14,480 KETTLE FOR JOINING. I WANTED TO 222 09:30:14,480 --> 09:30:16,448 EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT 223 09:30:16,448 --> 09:30:17,950 THE APPROACH IS AND WHY WE WERE 224 09:30:17,950 --> 09:30:20,186 MEETING AND WHAT WE WERE 225 09:30:20,186 --> 09:30:21,620 LEARNING ABOUT, AND REALLY 226 09:30:21,620 --> 09:30:23,489 APPRECIATE THE FOLKS FROM JOHN 227 09:30:23,489 --> 09:30:24,590 JAY COLLEGE WHO CAME TO SPEAK 228 09:30:24,590 --> 09:30:27,826 WITH US AND TALK TO US ABOUT 229 09:30:27,826 --> 09:30:29,295 THIS APPROACH THAT WE CAN, AND I 230 09:30:29,295 --> 09:30:31,063 THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER IN 231 09:30:31,063 --> 09:30:32,164 SEATTLE. SO THANK YOU, CHAIR. 232 09:30:32,164 --> 09:30:33,365 MORE TO COME ON THAT. 233 09:30:33,365 --> 09:30:36,535 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, IF 234 09:30:36,535 --> 09:30:38,237 THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 235 09:30:38,237 --> 09:30:40,306 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING, 236 09:30:40,306 --> 09:30:43,309 SEEING NONE, THE AGENDA IS 237 09:30:43,309 --> 09:30:47,046 ADOPTED. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE 238 09:30:47,046 --> 09:30:48,047 HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 239 09:30:48,047 --> 09:30:48,847 COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO THE 240 09:30:48,847 --> 09:30:54,253 AGENDA OR IN THE PURVIEW OF THE 241 09:30:54,253 --> 09:30:56,155 COMMITTEE. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO 242 09:30:56,155 --> 09:30:56,422 WE HAVE? 243 09:30:56,422 --> 09:31:06,065 >> FIVE IN PERSON AND EIGHT 244 09:31:06,065 --> 09:31:16,375 REMOTE SPEAKERS. 245 09:31:18,677 --> 09:31:19,345 >> EACH WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. 246 09:31:19,345 --> 09:31:20,913 WE WILL START WITH IN-PERSON 247 09:31:20,913 --> 09:31:22,915 SPEAKERS. CAN YOU FIRST PLEASE 248 09:31:22,915 --> 09:31:26,552 READ PUBLIC COMMENT 249 09:31:26,552 --> 09:31:26,885 INSTRUCTIONS? 250 09:31:26,885 --> 09:31:28,687 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 251 09:31:28,687 --> 09:31:29,955 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 252 09:31:29,955 --> 09:31:32,925 FOLLOWING MANNER, UP TO 60 253 09:31:32,925 --> 09:31:35,461 MINUTES, CALLED IN THE ORDER 254 09:31:35,461 --> 09:31:36,061 REGISTERED. THEY WILL HEAR A 255 09:31:36,061 --> 09:31:36,996 CHIME AT TEN SECONDS LEFT. THE 256 09:31:36,996 --> 09:31:37,563 MICS WILL BE MUTED IF THEY 257 09:31:37,563 --> 09:31:39,732 DON'T END IN THE ALLOTTED TIME 258 09:31:39,732 --> 09:31:40,733 TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE 259 09:31:40,733 --> 09:31:41,333 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 260 09:31:41,333 --> 09:31:47,640 OPEN, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE 261 09:31:47,640 --> 09:31:49,341 FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. THE 262 09:31:49,341 --> 09:31:49,942 FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST IS 263 09:31:49,942 --> 09:31:56,081 BECCA, TO BE FOLLOWED BY TAMMY. 264 09:31:56,215 --> 09:31:59,918 >> HI. 265 09:31:59,918 --> 09:32:05,157 >> GOOD MORNING. 266 09:32:05,157 --> 09:32:12,831 >> SHOULD I BEGIN? 267 09:32:12,831 --> 09:32:17,336 >> MY DAUGHTER MADE THIS SIGN. 268 09:32:17,336 --> 09:32:21,940 IT SAYS 100 MATTER THE TOO. 100 269 09:32:21,940 --> 09:32:23,909 STREET. WE HAVE LIVED ON 100th 270 09:32:23,909 --> 09:32:25,010 STREET BETWEEN AURORA AND LINDEN 271 09:32:25,010 --> 09:32:25,577 SINCE 2013. AND ALL OF OUR 272 09:32:25,577 --> 09:32:26,211 IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURS ARE FEELING 273 09:32:26,211 --> 09:32:26,812 REALLY DISENFRANCHISED RIGHT 274 09:32:26,812 --> 09:32:27,479 NOW, AND SO I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 275 09:32:27,479 --> 09:32:28,547 THEIR BEHALF. SO UM ALL OF MY 276 09:32:28,547 --> 09:32:31,350 THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 277 09:32:31,350 --> 09:32:32,718 WHEN 98th STREET AND 102nd 278 09:32:32,718 --> 09:32:35,688 STREET WERE BLOCKED OFF, ALL OF 279 09:32:35,688 --> 09:32:37,756 THAT TRAFFIC WAS REROUTED TO 280 09:32:37,756 --> 09:32:43,262 100th . AND SO I AM HERE TO ASK 281 09:32:43,262 --> 09:32:46,865 FOR AN EQUITABLE SOLUTION THAT 282 09:32:46,865 --> 09:32:49,401 TAKES INTO ACCOUNT EVERY STREET 283 09:32:49,401 --> 09:32:50,736 WEST OF AURORA, NOT JUST THE 284 09:32:50,736 --> 09:32:57,176 ONES THAT HAVE BEEN THE MOST 285 09:32:57,176 --> 09:32:59,044 VOCAL. WE HAVE DOZENS OF 286 09:32:59,044 --> 09:33:03,482 CHILDREN ALONG 100th , AND LAST 287 09:33:03,482 --> 09:33:05,017 MONTH THEY FOUND SHELLCASINGS AT 288 09:33:05,017 --> 09:33:07,553 THEIR BUS STOP, AND IN RECENT 289 09:33:07,553 --> 09:33:09,555 MONTHS, THE SHOOTINGS AND 290 09:33:09,555 --> 09:33:10,189 TRAFFICKING HAVE ESCALATED. AND 291 09:33:10,189 --> 09:33:20,733 WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME. 292 09:33:25,104 --> 09:33:29,708 MY NEIG HBOR ANGEL, THE 293 09:33:29,708 --> 09:33:31,143 STRONGEST WOMAN I KNOW I WONDER 294 09:33:31,143 --> 09:33:33,011 IF THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE IT. WE 295 09:33:33,011 --> 09:33:34,813 TRY TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS 296 09:33:34,813 --> 09:33:36,982 BEST AS WE CAN. WE NEED 297 09:33:36,982 --> 09:33:37,750 INTERVENTION FROM THE CITY. 298 09:33:37,750 --> 09:33:38,550 >> THANK YOU. 299 09:33:38,550 --> 09:33:40,452 >> THANK YOU. AS A REMINDER WHEN 300 09:33:40,452 --> 09:33:48,660 YOU HEAR THE CHIME, YOU HAVE TEN 301 09:33:48,660 --> 09:33:53,232 SECONDS LEFT. NEXT? 302 09:33:53,232 --> 09:33:55,200 >> YOU CAN USE EITHER MIC. 303 09:33:55,200 --> 09:33:57,669 >> I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN 304 09:33:57,669 --> 09:33:59,471 VALLEY, AND I HAVE LIVED IN 305 09:33:59,471 --> 09:34:01,240 SEATTLE THE LAST TWO YEARS. 306 09:34:01,240 --> 09:34:03,675 ALTHOUGH I LIVE IN CENTRAL 307 09:34:03,675 --> 09:34:05,744 DISTRICT, I FEEL THAT THIS ISSUE 308 09:34:05,744 --> 09:34:07,012 IS MUCH LARGER THAN AURORA 309 09:34:07,012 --> 09:34:09,848 AVENUE. IT COULD BE ANY ONE OF 310 09:34:09,848 --> 09:34:11,049 YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS THIS IS 311 09:34:11,049 --> 09:34:11,917 HAPPENING IN. I HAVE HEARD 312 09:34:11,917 --> 09:34:14,853 EVERYBODY COME UP WITH A LOT OF 313 09:34:14,853 --> 09:34:16,355 TALK REGARDING GUN VIOLENCE, BUT 314 09:34:16,355 --> 09:34:18,290 THE GUN VIOLENCE IS A BY-PRODUCT 315 09:34:18,290 --> 09:34:23,562 OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON UP 316 09:34:23,562 --> 09:34:26,899 THERE. THEY ARE SELLING CHILDREN 317 09:34:26,899 --> 09:34:27,466 IN SEX SLAVERY. THERE ARE 318 09:34:27,466 --> 09:34:29,101 CHILDREN BEING BOUGHT AND SOLD 319 09:34:29,101 --> 09:34:31,503 IN THE HOTELS, RIGHT NOW AS WE 320 09:34:31,503 --> 09:34:33,105 SIT HERE, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND 321 09:34:33,105 --> 09:34:34,940 HOW AS A COMMUNITY WE ALLOWED 322 09:34:34,940 --> 09:34:36,909 THIS TO GET SO FAR OUT OF 323 09:34:36,909 --> 09:34:38,076 CONTROL THAT I DON'T SEE HOW 324 09:34:38,076 --> 09:34:40,412 YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO 325 09:34:40,412 --> 09:34:42,915 FIX IT. I THINK THAT THIS IS SO 326 09:34:42,915 --> 09:34:44,183 MUCH BIGGER THAN WHAT THE 327 09:34:44,183 --> 09:34:46,685 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS 328 09:34:46,685 --> 09:34:47,352 CAPABLE OF HANDLING. THEY SHOULD 329 09:34:47,352 --> 09:34:49,021 -- THEY ARE ALREADY IN DANGER. 330 09:34:49,021 --> 09:34:51,457 THEY SHOULD NOT BE PUT IN DANGER 331 09:34:51,457 --> 09:34:52,691 TRYING TO GO AFTER PIMPS THAT 332 09:34:52,691 --> 09:34:56,528 ARE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY 333 09:34:56,528 --> 09:34:57,796 QUIETLY. BELLEVUE HANDLED THEIRS 334 09:34:57,796 --> 09:35:00,299 LIKE THAT. THAT GUY WAS ARRESTED 335 09:35:00,299 --> 09:35:01,033 WITHIN HOURS, AND IS NOW FACING 336 09:35:01,033 --> 09:35:02,935 $5 MILLION BAIL. WHY ARE THE 337 09:35:02,935 --> 09:35:05,404 PIMPS ON AURORA NOT BEING 338 09:35:05,404 --> 09:35:08,707 SUBJECTED TO THE SAME THING? 339 09:35:08,707 --> 09:35:10,642 THIS IS -- I'M SO FRUSTRATED, 340 09:35:10,642 --> 09:35:11,643 AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I 341 09:35:11,643 --> 09:35:13,312 HAVE EVER BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK 342 09:35:13,312 --> 09:35:14,847 ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS 343 09:35:14,847 --> 09:35:17,516 PUBLICALLY. I AM A COMMUNITY 344 09:35:17,516 --> 09:35:19,651 SOCIAL WORKER, AND IT IS 345 09:35:19,651 --> 09:35:21,520 ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE 346 09:35:21,520 --> 09:35:22,621 HAVE MADE THIS COMMON PLACE. 347 09:35:22,621 --> 09:35:24,223 THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THOSE 348 09:35:24,223 --> 09:35:25,791 HOTELS BY CHOICE. IF THEY WERE 349 09:35:25,791 --> 09:35:28,126 IN THERE BY CHOICE, THEY WOULD 350 09:35:28,126 --> 09:35:31,730 NOT BE JUMPING OUT OF WINDOWS 351 09:35:31,730 --> 09:35:33,665 AND RUNNING INTO THE STREET 352 09:35:33,665 --> 09:35:35,634 NAKED, THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, 353 09:35:35,634 --> 09:35:37,936 AND IT TOOK FOREVER TO CATCH 354 09:35:37,936 --> 09:35:39,738 HIM. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME 355 09:35:39,738 --> 09:35:41,306 SPEAK. PLEASE STAY FOCUSED ON 356 09:35:41,306 --> 09:35:43,041 WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT. IT'S 357 09:35:43,041 --> 09:35:49,381 ABOUT CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING. 358 09:35:49,381 --> 09:35:59,925 THANK YOU. I DO NOT BELIEVE WE 359 09:36:08,934 --> 09:36:10,135 CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I THINK 360 09:36:10,135 --> 09:36:13,238 WHAT WE CAN DO INSTEAD IS TO 361 09:36:13,238 --> 09:36:14,106 MOVE THIS PROBLEM SOMEPLACE 362 09:36:14,106 --> 09:36:21,113 WHERE NOBODY IS GOING TO CARE 363 09:36:21,113 --> 09:36:25,284 ABOUT IT. AM I HAPPY WITH THIS 364 09:36:25,284 --> 09:36:27,519 PROPOSAL? OF COURSE NOT. IT'S 365 09:36:27,519 --> 09:36:28,720 CALLUS AND INHUMANE AND INJUST 366 09:36:28,720 --> 09:36:29,321 BECAUSE THERE'S BUSINESSES 367 09:36:29,321 --> 09:36:30,923 THERE THAT HAVE A RIGHT TO BE 368 09:36:30,923 --> 09:36:35,127 LEFT ALONE. I DO NOT LIKE TO 369 09:36:35,127 --> 09:36:38,830 THINK OF MYSELF AS A CALLUS AND 370 09:36:38,830 --> 09:36:40,732 INHUMANE PERSON. I LIKE TO THINK 371 09:36:40,732 --> 09:36:43,769 OF MYSELF AS AN ENGINEER. I SEE 372 09:36:43,769 --> 09:36:46,405 WHY PEOPLE CAN BE CONFUSED. THE 373 09:36:46,405 --> 09:36:49,574 ADVANTAGE OF A RED LIGHT 374 09:36:49,574 --> 09:36:54,246 DISTRICT IS IT'S ONLY 5231 FEET 375 09:36:54,246 --> 09:36:57,582 LONG WHERE AS AURORA FROM IS 376 09:36:57,582 --> 09:36:59,785 15,101 FEET LONG. SO HAVING IT 377 09:36:59,785 --> 09:37:01,620 IN THAT COMPRESSED AREA MAKES IT 378 09:37:01,620 --> 09:37:03,155 EASIER TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR 379 09:37:03,155 --> 09:37:07,326 THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE, 380 09:37:07,326 --> 09:37:10,329 THINGS LIKE, WARM DRINKS, CLEAN 381 09:37:10,329 --> 09:37:14,533 SOCKS, CONDOMS, NARCAN, FIRST 382 09:37:14,533 --> 09:37:16,268 AID KID, MAINTAINED TRASH BAGS, 383 09:37:16,268 --> 09:37:19,471 CELL PHONE CHARGING CABLE, AND 384 09:37:19,471 --> 09:37:21,373 MAYBE A PORTABLE TOILET. I 385 09:37:21,373 --> 09:37:23,075 DON'T THINK WE CAN WIN THIS 386 09:37:23,075 --> 09:37:25,277 FIGHT. WINNING IN MY MIND MEANS 387 09:37:25,277 --> 09:37:26,345 NOBODY GOES TO BED HUNGRY. 388 09:37:26,345 --> 09:37:28,113 EVERYBODY HAS HEALTH CARE. 389 09:37:28,113 --> 09:37:29,414 EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY REALLY 390 09:37:29,414 --> 09:37:31,049 CARES ABOUT THEM, AND DECIDING 391 09:37:31,049 --> 09:37:32,884 GUN VIOLENCE OR ENDING GUN 392 09:37:32,884 --> 09:37:34,086 VIOLENCE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN 393 09:37:34,086 --> 09:37:35,220 THE SECOND AMENDMENT. I DON'T 394 09:37:35,220 --> 09:37:40,993 THINK WE ARE HERE IN SEATTLE IN 395 09:37:40,993 --> 09:37:41,994 2026, CERTAINLY KING COUNTY 396 09:37:41,994 --> 09:37:43,061 ISN'T, THE STATE ISN'T, AND 397 09:37:43,061 --> 09:37:44,763 GOD HELP THE UNITED STATES 398 09:37:44,763 --> 09:37:47,833 COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE A 399 09:37:47,833 --> 09:37:49,768 CONVICTED FELON AND SEX OFFENDER 400 09:37:49,768 --> 09:37:51,169 AS PRESIDENT. IT SETS A BAD 401 09:37:51,169 --> 09:37:52,237 EXAMPLE. THANK YOU. 402 09:37:52,237 --> 09:37:56,575 >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] 403 09:37:56,575 --> 09:38:04,416 >> RICK TO BE FOLLOWED BY PETER. 404 09:38:04,416 --> 09:38:12,658 >> RICK? 405 09:38:12,658 --> 09:38:16,428 >> HI. I'M RICK. I WAS BORN AT 406 09:38:16,428 --> 09:38:17,362 SWEDISH HOSPITAL, HAVE LIVED ON 407 09:38:17,362 --> 09:38:18,764 102nd FOR 20 YEARS AND WATCHED 408 09:38:18,764 --> 09:38:21,600 IT GO FROM NOTHING TO WHAT IT IS 409 09:38:21,600 --> 09:38:23,735 NOW. TWO YEARS AGO I WAS HERE. 410 09:38:23,735 --> 09:38:26,671 THEY HAD RECENTLY RELEASED A 411 09:38:26,671 --> 09:38:29,307 VIDEO OF A SHOOTOUT ON 101st, 412 09:38:29,307 --> 09:38:33,145 AND IN THAT VIDEO ARE FOUR 413 09:38:33,145 --> 09:38:34,046 PEOPLE SHOOTING BEHIND A CAR, 414 09:38:34,046 --> 09:38:35,347 OTHER PEOPLE COMING OUT, AND 415 09:38:35,347 --> 09:38:38,950 SHOOTING AT THEM. NOW THERE'S A 416 09:38:38,950 --> 09:38:44,089 NEW VIDEO -- OF SHOOTING ACROSS 417 09:38:44,089 --> 09:38:51,897 AURORA. WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS? 418 09:38:51,897 --> 09:38:54,299 YOU SEE IT ON TV IN WAR. YOU 419 09:38:54,299 --> 09:38:56,668 HAVE A WAR ZONE ON AURORA. WHEN 420 09:38:56,668 --> 09:38:58,770 THAT HAPPENS AND THE CITY DOES 421 09:38:58,770 --> 09:39:01,073 NOT AID IT, PEOPLE PUT UP 422 09:39:01,073 --> 09:39:02,974 BARRIERS BECAUSE THEY ARE FORCED 423 09:39:02,974 --> 09:39:05,877 TO DO THAT. THE OTHER POINT, I 424 09:39:05,877 --> 09:39:11,183 HAVE TALKED TO MANY SEATTLE 425 09:39:11,183 --> 09:39:12,818 POLICE OFFICERS, MOST RECENTLY, 426 09:39:12,818 --> 09:39:14,319 LAST SUMMER, AT THE FREMONT 427 09:39:14,319 --> 09:39:16,321 FESTIVAL. THEY WALK AROUND, AND 428 09:39:16,321 --> 09:39:22,694 I WAS THERE WORKING, AND I ASKED 429 09:39:22,694 --> 09:39:24,362 MANY OF THEM, SEE, HERE'S 430 09:39:24,362 --> 09:39:27,999 103rd. I HAVE A PHOTO OF SEVEN 431 09:39:27,999 --> 09:39:28,934 PROSTITUTES STANDING IN BROAD 432 09:39:28,934 --> 09:39:30,569 DAYLIGHT RIGHT DOWN THERE. I 433 09:39:30,569 --> 09:39:32,771 ASKED THEM, WHY DON'T YOU JUST 434 09:39:32,771 --> 09:39:34,773 DRIVE BY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO 435 09:39:34,773 --> 09:39:35,640 ARREST ANYBODY. YOU DON'T HAVE 436 09:39:35,640 --> 09:39:37,442 TO SAY ANYTHING. JUST DRIVE BY 437 09:39:37,442 --> 09:39:39,344 AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU 438 09:39:39,344 --> 09:39:41,313 EXIST. AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID. 439 09:39:41,313 --> 09:39:43,548 HE WAS A TEN-YEAR VETERAN OF THE 440 09:39:43,548 --> 09:39:44,449 NORTH PRECINCT AND SAID NO 441 09:39:44,449 --> 09:39:50,522 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET 442 09:39:50,522 --> 09:39:52,457 ARRESTED FOR HARASSMENT. THAT IS 443 09:39:52,457 --> 09:39:53,525 THE ENORMITY YOU'RE UP AGAINST. 444 09:39:53,525 --> 09:39:56,094 THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY, I 445 09:39:56,094 --> 09:40:00,766 LIVED AND TAUGHT SCHOOL IN GHANA 446 09:40:00,766 --> 09:40:02,734 FOR TWO YEARS, AND I WENT TO 447 09:40:02,734 --> 09:40:04,136 EVERY SLAVE CASTLE ON THE COAST 448 09:40:04,136 --> 09:40:10,575 AND KNOW MY SLAVERY. WHAT YOU 449 09:40:10,575 --> 09:40:14,646 HAVE UP THERE IS SLAVERY. [ 450 09:40:14,646 --> 09:40:14,946 APPLAUSE ] 451 09:40:14,946 --> 09:40:16,181 >> THANK YOU. 452 09:40:16,181 --> 09:40:19,351 >> I'M PETER. A RESIDENT OF 453 09:40:19,351 --> 09:40:20,852 NORTH AURORA SINCE 2010. ON 454 09:40:20,852 --> 09:40:23,922 BEHALF OF NEIGHBORS ON NORTH 455 09:40:23,922 --> 09:40:26,158 AURORA, I WILL BEGIN WITH 456 09:40:26,158 --> 09:40:29,528 GRATITUDE FOR COUNCILMEMBER 457 09:40:29,528 --> 09:40:30,762 JUAREZ FOR PURSUING 458 09:40:30,762 --> 09:40:33,465 AUTHORIZATION TO CLOSE STREETS 459 09:40:33,465 --> 09:40:36,635 FOR PIMP GUNFIRE AND SAYING THE 460 09:40:36,635 --> 09:40:39,638 QUIET PART, GIRLS ON AURORA ARE 461 09:40:39,638 --> 09:40:47,179 REGULARLY RAPED ALOUD, AND TO 462 09:40:47,179 --> 09:40:48,280 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR AREA 463 09:40:48,280 --> 09:40:50,582 SUPPORT LAST SATURDAY AT OUR 464 09:40:50,582 --> 09:40:52,551 MARCH. WHEN ELECTED OFFICIALS 465 09:40:52,551 --> 09:40:54,452 APPLY THE PRESENCE, IT 466 09:40:54,452 --> 09:40:57,355 COMMUNICATIONS THEIR CONCERN AND 467 09:40:57,355 --> 09:40:58,023 AFFIRMATION. THE MAYOR'S 468 09:40:58,023 --> 09:40:58,990 ABSENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES TO MY 469 09:40:58,990 --> 09:41:00,225 NEIGHBORS, BUT I SHOWED UP IN 470 09:41:00,225 --> 09:41:01,626 YOUR PRESENCE TO RETURN THE 471 09:41:01,626 --> 09:41:03,728 FAVOR AND SAY I SEE THE EFFORT 472 09:41:03,728 --> 09:41:06,665 YOU'RE PUTTING IN. THANK YOU. 473 09:41:06,665 --> 09:41:07,732 NOW WHILE BLOCKING RESIDENTIAL 474 09:41:07,732 --> 09:41:10,969 ACCESS TO PIMPS IS ONE COMPONENT 475 09:41:10,969 --> 09:41:12,470 OF PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, 476 09:41:12,470 --> 09:41:15,607 IT RAISES CONCERNS FOR STREETS 477 09:41:15,607 --> 09:41:18,143 LIKE 100, WHERE I PICKED UP 13 478 09:41:18,143 --> 09:41:19,778 BULLET CASINGS IN ONE DAY LAST 479 09:41:19,778 --> 09:41:20,879 MONTH. MORE MUST BE DONE. THIS 480 09:41:20,879 --> 09:41:22,948 BRINGS ME BACK TO THE THEME OF 481 09:41:22,948 --> 09:41:25,350 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PRESENCE. 482 09:41:25,350 --> 09:41:26,751 NEIGHBORS HAVE PROPOSED 483 09:41:26,751 --> 09:41:28,920 EXPANDING POLICE PRESENCE BY 484 09:41:28,920 --> 09:41:30,722 OPENING A SATELLITE PRECINCT. 485 09:41:30,722 --> 09:41:32,424 THE BUILDING OWNER HAS OFFERED 486 09:41:32,424 --> 09:41:34,125 FLEXIBLE LEASE TERMS. I WOULD 487 09:41:34,125 --> 09:41:35,227 LIKE ASSURANCE OF FUNDING FOR 488 09:41:35,227 --> 09:41:38,797 THIS AND MOVEMENT TO SECURE IT. 489 09:41:38,797 --> 09:41:45,670 I'M ALSO AWARE THE MEETING WILL 490 09:41:45,670 --> 09:41:47,072 INCLUDE BUDGETS. I WOULD CALL ON 491 09:41:47,072 --> 09:41:49,975 THE MAYOR TO ENSURE THE POLICE 492 09:41:49,975 --> 09:41:52,043 CAN BE DEDICATED TO AREA DURING 493 09:41:52,043 --> 09:41:54,879 THE WORLD CUP ESPECIALLY. I ALSO 494 09:41:54,879 --> 09:41:57,782 ADVOCATE FUNDING A PROSECUTOR 495 09:41:57,782 --> 09:41:58,984 DEDICATED TO AURORA AVENUE. 496 09:41:58,984 --> 09:42:01,052 THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THIS 497 09:42:01,052 --> 09:42:03,121 NUANCED AND IMPORTANT 498 09:42:03,121 --> 09:42:05,390 CONVERSATION. THE PRESENCE OF 499 09:42:05,390 --> 09:42:07,158 THIS BULLET CASING FOUND BY MY 500 09:42:07,158 --> 09:42:09,294 11-YEAR-OLD IN OUR ALLEYWAY ON 501 09:42:09,294 --> 09:42:10,428 THE WAY TO SCHOOL WOULD SUGGEST 502 09:42:10,428 --> 09:42:16,868 TO ME THAT WE NEED TO GET 503 09:42:16,868 --> 09:42:21,706 MOVING. [ APPLAUSE ] 504 09:42:21,706 --> 09:42:24,142 >> THE FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS 505 09:42:24,142 --> 09:42:27,712 ANDERS. SORRY, I DON'T KNOW 506 09:42:27,712 --> 09:42:29,915 QUITE HOW TO PRONOUNCE THAT. 507 09:42:29,915 --> 09:42:30,982 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 WHEN YOU 508 09:42:30,982 --> 09:42:32,617 HEAR THE PROMPT THAT YOU HAVE 509 09:42:32,617 --> 09:42:42,861 BEEN UNMUTED. 510 09:42:44,162 --> 09:42:45,664 >> HELLO, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY 511 09:42:45,664 --> 09:42:45,997 CAN HERE ME. 512 09:42:45,997 --> 09:42:48,300 >> GO AHEAD. 513 09:42:48,300 --> 09:42:50,902 >> I'M A HOMEOWNER JUST OFF OF 514 09:42:50,902 --> 09:42:52,070 AURORA. DESPITE THE MESSAGES 515 09:42:52,070 --> 09:42:55,507 THAT THE CITY HAS REMOVED ALL OF 516 09:42:55,507 --> 09:42:56,207 THE NEIGHBOR-BUILT BARRIERS, MY 517 09:42:56,207 --> 09:42:58,243 STREET IS STILL BLOCKED BY THEM. 518 09:42:58,243 --> 09:42:59,611 BECAUSE OF THE BARRIERS, 519 09:42:59,611 --> 09:43:00,712 SANITATION WORKERS ARE NO LONGER 520 09:43:00,712 --> 09:43:01,980 ABLE TO SERVICE OUR STREET. I 521 09:43:01,980 --> 09:43:04,115 HAVE REACHED OUT ABOUT TEN TIMES 522 09:43:04,115 --> 09:43:05,817 FOR OUR GARBAGE TO BE PICKED UP 523 09:43:05,817 --> 09:43:09,187 A WEEK LATE. THERE'S BEEN NO 524 09:43:09,187 --> 09:43:09,854 RECYCLING SERVICE. THERE'S BEEN 525 09:43:09,854 --> 09:43:11,790 THE NARRATIVE WE ARE ALL SCARED 526 09:43:11,790 --> 09:43:15,260 AND DEMANDING THE STREETS BE 527 09:43:15,260 --> 09:43:17,963 BLOCKED FOR POLICE OR 528 09:43:17,963 --> 09:43:18,897 SURVEILLANCE OR CHOKE ZONES, AND 529 09:43:18,897 --> 09:43:20,198 NOW THE CALL FOR THE NATIONAL 530 09:43:20,198 --> 09:43:22,300 GUARD TO BE CALLED IN. THIS IS 531 09:43:22,300 --> 09:43:24,836 NOT ACCURATE. I FEEL SAFE IN MY 532 09:43:24,836 --> 09:43:26,938 NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE NEVER FOUND 533 09:43:26,938 --> 09:43:28,006 NEEDLES ANYWHERE. I REGULARLY 534 09:43:28,006 --> 09:43:30,942 WALK MY DOG AFTER MIDNIGHT 535 09:43:30,942 --> 09:43:32,377 WITHOUT INCIDENT. BLOCKING 24/7 536 09:43:32,377 --> 09:43:34,879 FOR AN ISSUE AN HOUR OR TWO A 537 09:43:34,879 --> 09:43:36,881 NIGHT IS NOT THE ANSWER. I HAVE 538 09:43:36,881 --> 09:43:39,017 NO DESIRE TO LIVE IN A GATED 539 09:43:39,017 --> 09:43:41,653 COMMUNITY. THE NEWS OF THE CITY 540 09:43:41,653 --> 09:43:42,487 BLOCKED STREETS TWO YEARS AGO 541 09:43:42,487 --> 09:43:45,323 WAS NEW INFORMATION FOR ME. THE 542 09:43:45,323 --> 09:43:47,592 CITY NEEDS TO DECRIMINALIZE SEX 543 09:43:47,592 --> 09:43:48,893 WORK AND OFFER EXIT OPTIONS 544 09:43:48,893 --> 09:43:50,261 BECAUSE DIVERSION ONLY WORKS IF 545 09:43:50,261 --> 09:43:52,364 THERE'S SOMEWHERE TO GO. MEET 546 09:43:52,364 --> 09:43:55,867 PEOPLE WHERE THERE ARE, FUND LOW 547 09:43:55,867 --> 09:43:56,401 BARRIER EMERGENCY HOUSING 548 09:43:56,401 --> 09:43:57,302 ALLOWING PEOPLE WITH THEIR 549 09:43:57,302 --> 09:44:02,107 CHILDREN AND PETS TO LOSE IF 550 09:44:02,107 --> 09:44:05,443 THEY SHOULD CHOOSE. SEX WORK IS 551 09:44:05,443 --> 09:44:06,311 IMPORTANT FOR CONSENTING ADULTS, 552 09:44:06,311 --> 09:44:07,579 BUT THOSE WHO ARE BEING 553 09:44:07,579 --> 09:44:09,214 TRAFFICKED NEED SUPPORT FROM THE 554 09:44:09,214 --> 09:44:10,548 CITY AND THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY 555 09:44:10,548 --> 09:44:13,118 ARE OUR NEIGHBORS AND PART OF 556 09:44:13,118 --> 09:44:14,352 OUR COMMUNITY. WITH REGARDS TO 557 09:44:14,352 --> 09:44:15,453 SURVEILLANCE AND CAMERAS, THE 558 09:44:15,453 --> 09:44:17,155 CITY OF SEATTLE DOES NOT HAVE 559 09:44:17,155 --> 09:44:19,824 THE POWER TO TOP THE FEDERAL 560 09:44:19,824 --> 09:44:20,425 GOVERNMENT FROM OBTAINING THE 561 09:44:20,425 --> 09:44:22,093 DATA ONCE IT EXISTS. THE ONLY 562 09:44:22,093 --> 09:44:28,700 SAFE GUARD IS NOT HAVING THE 563 09:44:28,700 --> 09:44:31,269 INFRASTRUCTURE. CAMERAS DON'T 564 09:44:31,269 --> 09:44:32,737 STOP CRIME. PLEASE DISMANTLE 565 09:44:32,737 --> 09:44:33,772 THIS -- SURVEILLANCE GRID AND 566 09:44:33,772 --> 09:44:34,739 USE THE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY HELP 567 09:44:34,739 --> 09:44:42,814 PEOPLE. THANK YOU. 568 09:44:42,814 --> 09:44:44,249 >> NEXT UP, WE HAVE KATE 569 09:44:44,249 --> 09:44:50,321 BALDWIN. 570 09:44:50,321 --> 09:44:53,725 >> HI. I ALSO LIVE IN GREENWOOD, 571 09:44:53,725 --> 09:44:55,527 AND I -- SORRY, BUT I COULDN'T 572 09:44:55,527 --> 09:44:57,162 DISAGREE MORE WITH THE LAST 573 09:44:57,162 --> 09:44:59,264 STATEMENT. I WANT TO START OUT 574 09:44:59,264 --> 09:45:01,299 BY THANKING THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 575 09:45:01,299 --> 09:45:02,667 PUTTING OUR ATTENTION ON PUBLIC 576 09:45:02,667 --> 09:45:07,906 SAFETY. IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AS 577 09:45:07,906 --> 09:45:12,143 YOU KNOW, GREENWOOD, GREEDWOOD 578 09:45:12,143 --> 09:45:12,710 AND NEIGHBORHOODS BORDERING 579 09:45:12,710 --> 09:45:15,847 AURORA ARE FORCED TO FACE SEX 580 09:45:15,847 --> 09:45:16,581 TRAFFICKING. ALSO THE HORRIFIC 581 09:45:16,581 --> 09:45:20,819 CRIMES THAT COME WITH IT. THE 582 09:45:20,819 --> 09:45:21,653 POLICE ESTIMATE 62% OF VIOLENT 583 09:45:21,653 --> 09:45:24,489 CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS 584 09:45:24,489 --> 09:45:25,590 DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE 585 09:45:25,590 --> 09:45:27,058 PROSTITUTION AND SEX 586 09:45:27,058 --> 09:45:28,760 TRAFFICKING. THE INDUSTRY HAS 587 09:45:28,760 --> 09:45:30,995 BEEN ALLOWED TO FLOURISH, ALMOST 588 09:45:30,995 --> 09:45:32,564 UNCHECKED ALONG AURORA, AND 589 09:45:32,564 --> 09:45:34,766 WOMEN AND GIRLS, MANY OF WHOM 590 09:45:34,766 --> 09:45:36,835 ARE UNDER AGE ARE FORCED TO 591 09:45:36,835 --> 09:45:38,236 ENDURE RAPE BY STRANGERS BECAUSE 592 09:45:38,236 --> 09:45:39,337 THEIR PIMPS BEAT THEM IF THEY 593 09:45:39,337 --> 09:45:43,007 DON'T, AND WE HAVE WATCHED IT. 594 09:45:43,007 --> 09:45:44,008 JOHNS CIRCLE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 595 09:45:44,008 --> 09:45:46,711 AND PICK UP GIRLS, AND SOMETIMES 596 09:45:46,711 --> 09:45:48,980 BOYS, AND BRING THEM TO OUR 597 09:45:48,980 --> 09:45:50,248 NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAVE SEX IN 598 09:45:50,248 --> 09:45:51,483 FRONT OF OUR HOMES, AND 599 09:45:51,483 --> 09:45:54,719 AFTERWARDS THE PIMPS TAKE THE 600 09:45:54,719 --> 09:45:57,589 MONEY. IT'S ESTIMATED THEY ARE 601 09:45:57,589 --> 09:45:59,491 EARNING $6,000 TO $7,000 PER 602 09:45:59,491 --> 09:46:01,092 PROSTITUTE PER NIGHT. IT'S 603 09:46:01,092 --> 09:46:02,660 LUCRATIVE. THEY ARE PROTECTING 604 09:46:02,660 --> 09:46:04,028 THEIR TERRITORY WITH THE GUN 605 09:46:04,028 --> 09:46:07,665 BATTLES THAT SPILL INTO THE 606 09:46:07,665 --> 09:46:08,199 SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 607 09:46:08,199 --> 09:46:08,833 NEIGHBORS FIND BULLET CASINGS 608 09:46:08,833 --> 09:46:11,169 NEXT TO BUS STOPS AS PETER SAID. 609 09:46:11,169 --> 09:46:15,673 THEY ARE CARVED INTO HOMES AND 610 09:46:15,673 --> 09:46:19,811 NARROWLY MISSED A SIX-DAY-OLD 611 09:46:19,811 --> 09:46:21,312 INFANT. INDIVIDUALS ARE FORCED 612 09:46:21,312 --> 09:46:22,714 TO LIVE VIOLENT EXISTENCES, 613 09:46:22,714 --> 09:46:24,616 FORCED TO BATTLE ONE ANOTHER AND 614 09:46:24,616 --> 09:46:25,984 ATTACK NEARBY RESIDENTS WHO ARE 615 09:46:25,984 --> 09:46:27,118 WALKING THEIR DOG OR WALKING 616 09:46:27,118 --> 09:46:29,921 HOME FROM THE BUS STOP. ONE 617 09:46:29,921 --> 09:46:33,391 RESIDENT WAS ATTACKED AND BEATEN 618 09:46:33,391 --> 09:46:35,093 BY HER OWN STOLEN CANE. JUST 619 09:46:35,093 --> 09:46:36,594 THIS LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, A 620 09:46:36,594 --> 09:46:38,263 COUPLE WITH THEIR DAUGHTER IN A 621 09:46:38,263 --> 09:46:40,131 WHEELCHAIR WERE ATTACKED BY A 622 09:46:40,131 --> 09:46:41,132 TRAFFICKED INDIVIDUAL AS THEY 623 09:46:41,132 --> 09:46:44,569 WALKED HOME FROM THE MARCH FOR 624 09:46:44,569 --> 09:46:45,937 SAFETY. THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG 625 09:46:45,937 --> 09:46:49,607 AURORA AVENUE ARE IN CRISIS. THE 626 09:46:49,607 --> 09:46:54,546 POLICE MUST BE AT FULL CAPACITY. 627 09:46:54,546 --> 09:46:56,347 PLEASE MAKE THIS A PRIORITY IN 628 09:46:56,347 --> 09:46:58,082 OUR CITY BUDGET OR THE CRIME 629 09:46:58,082 --> 09:47:00,385 WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD. PUBLIC 630 09:47:00,385 --> 09:47:01,853 SAFETY AT THIS MOMENT IS MORE 631 09:47:01,853 --> 09:47:03,555 IMPORTANT THAN OTHER ITEMS IN 632 09:47:03,555 --> 09:47:06,658 THE BUDGET. WE NEED THE CAMERAS 633 09:47:06,658 --> 09:47:08,226 ON. WE NEED PUBLIC SAFETY AS 634 09:47:08,226 --> 09:47:11,763 FIFA COMES TO THIS AREA. WE NEED 635 09:47:11,763 --> 09:47:12,997 A MOBILE POLICE PRECINCT, AND 636 09:47:12,997 --> 09:47:14,699 YOU MUST CREATE AND ENFORCE THE 637 09:47:14,699 --> 09:47:16,234 LAWS THAT ALLOW POLICE TO DO 638 09:47:16,234 --> 09:47:21,940 THEIR JOB IN ADDITION TO THE 639 09:47:21,940 --> 09:47:23,274 EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT ALLOW -- 640 09:47:23,274 --> 09:47:33,318 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE MELISSA. 641 09:47:33,318 --> 09:47:35,820 >> MY NAME IS MELISSA HOWARD. 642 09:47:35,820 --> 09:47:38,890 I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6. I 643 09:47:38,890 --> 09:47:41,392 WANT TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO 644 09:47:41,392 --> 09:47:42,126 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND THE 645 09:47:42,126 --> 09:47:43,995 REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. MEMBERS 646 09:47:43,995 --> 09:47:49,534 OF THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTED THOSE 647 09:47:49,534 --> 09:47:52,136 OF US WHO OPPOSE THE -- LET ME 648 09:47:52,136 --> 09:47:54,205 BE CLEAR. THESE THREATS ARE NOT 649 09:47:54,205 --> 09:47:54,772 HYPOTHETICAL. THE CITY OF 650 09:47:54,772 --> 09:47:56,641 SEATTLE DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER 651 09:47:56,641 --> 09:47:58,209 TO STOP I.C.E., THE FEDERAL 652 09:47:58,209 --> 09:48:00,011 GOVERNMENT, OR ANYONE ELSE FROM 653 09:48:00,011 --> 09:48:02,680 GETTING THE DATA ONCE IT EXISTS. 654 09:48:02,680 --> 09:48:03,481 FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE ALL 655 09:48:03,481 --> 09:48:04,582 WITNESSED THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY 656 09:48:04,582 --> 09:48:05,450 OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER 657 09:48:05,450 --> 09:48:07,485 THE CONTROL OF DONALD TRUMP. WE 658 09:48:07,485 --> 09:48:09,487 NEED OUR CITY LEADERS TO TAKE 659 09:48:09,487 --> 09:48:11,556 THIS VERY REAL THREAT SERIOUSLY 660 09:48:11,556 --> 09:48:14,225 AND TO STOP DOWN PLAYING IT. 661 09:48:14,225 --> 09:48:16,394 MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE SAY 662 09:48:16,394 --> 09:48:18,363 THE CAMERAS ARE NECESSARY FOR 663 09:48:18,363 --> 09:48:19,030 NEIGHBORHOODS EXPERIENCING HIGH 664 09:48:19,030 --> 09:48:20,632 LEVELS OF CRIME. I WOULD LOVE IT 665 09:48:20,632 --> 09:48:24,269 IF THE CAMERAS AND A.I. 666 09:48:24,269 --> 09:48:25,737 OPERATING SYSTEM FOR POLICE SOLD 667 09:48:25,737 --> 09:48:27,605 FOR MILLIONS DOLLARS MEANT THAT 668 09:48:27,605 --> 09:48:29,941 THE CRIME WE WANT AWAY, BUT 669 09:48:29,941 --> 09:48:31,643 STUDY AFTER STUDY SHOWS 670 09:48:31,643 --> 09:48:33,745 SURVEILLANCE DOES NOT CREATE 671 09:48:33,745 --> 09:48:34,912 SAFETY. LIKE MY NEIGHBORS HAVE 672 09:48:34,912 --> 09:48:36,881 SAID, WE HAVE SOME REAL PROBLEMS 673 09:48:36,881 --> 09:48:39,017 IN THE CITY. CAMERAS AND A.I. 674 09:48:39,017 --> 09:48:40,818 SOUND LIKE A CONVENIENT SOLUTION 675 09:48:40,818 --> 09:48:43,054 TO A DIFFICULT PROBLEM TO SOLVE, 676 09:48:43,054 --> 09:48:44,255 ONE THAT REQUIRES REAL 677 09:48:44,255 --> 09:48:46,491 LEADERSHIP IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY 678 09:48:46,491 --> 09:48:49,494 SOLVE IT. IT'S NOT SURPRISING 679 09:48:49,494 --> 09:48:50,028 THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD 680 09:48:50,028 --> 09:48:51,029 PRETEND THAT CAMERAS AND A.I. 681 09:48:51,029 --> 09:48:54,532 ARE THE PATH FORWARD HERE. 682 09:48:54,532 --> 09:48:56,734 SEATTLE AND THE COUNTRY ARE 683 09:48:56,734 --> 09:48:59,037 FACING REAL THREATS AND CRISES, 684 09:48:59,037 --> 09:49:03,641 MOST OF WHICH ARE THE RESULT OF 685 09:49:03,641 --> 09:49:05,610 THE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY. IT'S 686 09:49:05,610 --> 09:49:08,479 TIME LEADERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE 687 09:49:08,479 --> 09:49:09,280 THREATS. THOSE ORGANIZING 688 09:49:09,280 --> 09:49:10,348 AGAINST THE FOR PROFIT 689 09:49:10,348 --> 09:49:11,282 SURVEILLANCE STATE IN SEATTLE 690 09:49:11,282 --> 09:49:13,017 WANT TO SEE INVESTMENT IN 691 09:49:13,017 --> 09:49:15,253 COMMUNITIES, NOT IN CAMERAS AND 692 09:49:15,253 --> 09:49:17,155 EXPENSIVE TECH THAT ONLY CREATES 693 09:49:17,155 --> 09:49:18,489 MORE VULNERABILITIES. I CALL ON 694 09:49:18,489 --> 09:49:20,358 YOU TO END THE REALTIME CRIME 695 09:49:20,358 --> 09:49:23,127 CENTER AND PUT THE MONEY INTO 696 09:49:23,127 --> 09:49:23,995 COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PUBLIC SAFETY 697 09:49:23,995 --> 09:49:25,496 PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVEN TO 698 09:49:25,496 --> 09:49:28,833 ACTUALLY WORK. THANK YOU. [ 699 09:49:28,833 --> 09:49:35,640 APPLAUSE ] 700 09:49:35,640 --> 09:49:46,084 >> NEXT UP, WE HAVE ERIN 701 09:49:46,417 --> 09:49:46,617 GARDNER. 702 09:49:46,617 --> 09:49:49,554 >> HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS 703 09:49:49,554 --> 09:49:50,922 ERIN, AND I'M AMONG THE 704 09:49:50,922 --> 09:49:51,589 NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE NEAR AURORA. 705 09:49:51,589 --> 09:49:56,227 I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU 706 09:49:56,227 --> 09:49:57,729 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND OTHER 707 09:49:57,729 --> 09:50:00,064 CITY OFFICIALS WHO CAME OUT TO 708 09:50:00,064 --> 09:50:01,799 PROTEST. I ALSO WANT TO THANK 709 09:50:01,799 --> 09:50:03,301 THE MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE WHO 710 09:50:03,301 --> 09:50:06,304 TURNED OUT, THE VAST MAJORITY OF 711 09:50:06,304 --> 09:50:07,171 WHICH WERE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN 712 09:50:07,171 --> 09:50:08,806 THE NEIGHBORHOODS. I TALKED TO 713 09:50:08,806 --> 09:50:10,908 DOZENS OF THEM, AND WE ARE ALL, 714 09:50:10,908 --> 09:50:12,577 YOU KNOW, MOSTLY IN ALIGNMENT 715 09:50:12,577 --> 09:50:14,645 ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN. 716 09:50:14,645 --> 09:50:16,748 BUT FIRST, I DO WANT TO ECHO 717 09:50:16,748 --> 09:50:19,450 EVERYTHING TODAY THAT HAS BEEN 718 09:50:19,450 --> 09:50:21,552 SAID, ESPECIALLY BY -- EXCUSE 719 09:50:21,552 --> 09:50:24,122 ME, BY PETER, RICK, AND BECCA. 720 09:50:24,122 --> 09:50:26,491 ESPECIALLY PETER AND THE 721 09:50:26,491 --> 09:50:28,392 PROPOSED OPTION THAT HE HAD, AND 722 09:50:28,392 --> 09:50:31,496 ALSO I WANT TO ECHO WHAT THE 723 09:50:31,496 --> 09:50:33,931 WOMAN, AND I'M SORRY I MISSED 724 09:50:33,931 --> 09:50:35,666 YOUR NAME, BUT JUST TALKED 725 09:50:35,666 --> 09:50:37,235 EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE 726 09:50:37,235 --> 09:50:38,202 TRAFFICKING ON AURORA I WANT TO 727 09:50:38,202 --> 09:50:40,972 REMEMBER FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT 728 09:50:40,972 --> 09:50:45,410 KNOW, THE AVERAGE AGE FOR WOMEN 729 09:50:45,410 --> 09:50:47,812 GETTING INTO TRAFFICKING IS 14. 730 09:50:47,812 --> 09:50:48,679 THESE AREN'T INDEPENDENT WOMEN 731 09:50:48,679 --> 09:50:50,248 KEEPING THEIR MONEY. THEY ARE 732 09:50:50,248 --> 09:50:52,049 CHILDREN. A LOT OF THEM HAVE 733 09:50:52,049 --> 09:50:53,518 BEEN TOUCHED BY THE FOSTER CARE 734 09:50:53,518 --> 09:50:56,454 SYSTEM. A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN 735 09:50:56,454 --> 09:50:57,722 SEXUALLY ABUSED BEFORE THEY GOT 736 09:50:57,722 --> 09:50:59,023 PULLED INTO TRAFFICKING, AND SO 737 09:50:59,023 --> 09:51:02,593 I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF 738 09:51:02,593 --> 09:51:04,328 SYSTEMATIC ISSUES AT PLAY ALONG 739 09:51:04,328 --> 09:51:07,198 AURORA, BUT OUR IMMEDIATE 740 09:51:07,198 --> 09:51:08,533 CONCERN IS STOPPING THE BULLETS, 741 09:51:08,533 --> 09:51:10,067 BLOCKING TWO OTHER STREETS TWO 742 09:51:10,067 --> 09:51:12,036 YEARS AGO AFTER THE SHOOTING AT 743 09:51:12,036 --> 09:51:13,871 101st, THAT HAS SHOWN IT WORKS. 744 09:51:13,871 --> 09:51:15,273 IT'S A TEMPORARY MEASURE, WE 745 09:51:15,273 --> 09:51:17,341 HOPE, BUT WE NEED TO STOP THE 746 09:51:17,341 --> 09:51:19,377 BULLETS BEFORE WE CAN REALLY 747 09:51:19,377 --> 09:51:22,113 FOCUS ON TRYING TO FIX SOME OF 748 09:51:22,113 --> 09:51:24,048 THE LARGER ISSUES. I GUESS I 749 09:51:24,048 --> 09:51:25,716 ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE 750 09:51:25,716 --> 09:51:32,590 NEIGHBORS ARE EAGER TO WORK WITH 751 09:51:32,590 --> 09:51:36,994 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 752 09:51:36,994 --> 09:51:38,029 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, THANK 753 09:51:38,029 --> 09:51:39,630 YOU FOR PRESSURING THE MAYOR TO 754 09:51:39,630 --> 09:51:42,466 CLOSE THE STREETS. WE PICK UP 755 09:51:42,466 --> 09:51:45,937 THE BULLET CASINGS. WE PICK UP 756 09:51:45,937 --> 09:51:47,138 CONDOMS. THIS IS WHAT GRASSROOTS 757 09:51:47,138 --> 09:51:49,240 ORGANIZING IS. PLEASE REACH OUT 758 09:51:49,240 --> 09:51:52,543 TO US, KEEP US INVOLVED. WE WANT 759 09:51:52,543 --> 09:51:54,011 TO HELP. WE WANT TO GIVE VOICE 760 09:51:54,011 --> 09:51:55,947 TO THE GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN. 761 09:51:55,947 --> 09:51:56,480 >> THANK YOU. 762 09:51:56,480 --> 09:51:58,449 >> WHO ARE BEING SO ABUSED. 763 09:51:58,449 --> 09:51:58,749 THANK YOU. 764 09:51:58,749 --> 09:52:03,487 >> THANK YOU, ERIN. NEXT UP WE 765 09:52:03,487 --> 09:52:07,992 HAVE HOWARD GAYLE. 766 09:52:07,992 --> 09:52:10,094 >> GOOD MORNING. TODAY YOU WILL 767 09:52:10,094 --> 09:52:11,996 DISCUSS THE CHANGES TO THE CITY 768 09:52:11,996 --> 09:52:12,797 ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE 769 09:52:12,797 --> 09:52:14,432 OPERATIONS OF THE CARE 770 09:52:14,432 --> 09:52:16,067 DEPARTMENT. THE ORDINANCE CLAIMS 771 09:52:16,067 --> 09:52:17,068 THAT THE CITY QUOTE REAFFIRMS 772 09:52:17,068 --> 09:52:23,641 ITS BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF 773 09:52:23,641 --> 09:52:25,076 PROVIDING A DIVERSIFIED PUBLIC 774 09:52:25,076 --> 09:52:28,246 RESPONSE. A VITAL PART OF THE 775 09:52:28,246 --> 09:52:30,081 CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE, 776 09:52:30,081 --> 09:52:31,816 YET WHILE YOU DEBATE THE 777 09:52:31,816 --> 09:52:33,050 LANGUAGE AROUND CARE, THROUGH 778 09:52:33,050 --> 09:52:34,452 THE UNION CONTRACT YOU APPROVED 779 09:52:34,452 --> 09:52:38,222 AND THE POLICE THEMSELVES, THEY 780 09:52:38,222 --> 09:52:39,590 ARE RENDERING CURRENT STAFF 72% 781 09:52:39,590 --> 09:52:42,126 UNDERUTILIZED. THIS IS PART OF 782 09:52:42,126 --> 09:52:44,028 THE CONSISTENT PATTERN OF 783 09:52:44,028 --> 09:52:45,363 SEATTLE MAYORS AND COUNCILS 784 09:52:45,363 --> 09:52:46,964 SIGNIFYING ONE THING AND 785 09:52:46,964 --> 09:52:48,399 DELIVERING IN COMPLETELY 786 09:52:48,399 --> 09:52:50,701 DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO 787 09:52:50,701 --> 09:52:51,669 PUBLIC SAFETY. SIGNIFYING 788 09:52:51,669 --> 09:52:52,637 PROTECTION FOR NEIGHBORS AND 789 09:52:52,637 --> 09:52:56,140 REFUSING TO HAVE THE POLICE 790 09:52:56,140 --> 09:52:58,809 ACTIVELY PROTECT THEIRS AND 791 09:52:58,809 --> 09:52:59,944 EVERYONE'S FIRST AMENDMENT 792 09:52:59,944 --> 09:53:01,045 RIGHTS. SIGNIFYING POLICE 793 09:53:01,045 --> 09:53:02,146 ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE 794 09:53:02,146 --> 09:53:03,514 ORDINANCE NINE YEARS LATER 795 09:53:03,514 --> 09:53:04,482 PARTIALLY FAILED TO BE 796 09:53:04,482 --> 09:53:06,384 IMPLEMENTED IN LAW AND FULLY 797 09:53:06,384 --> 09:53:07,752 FAILED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN 798 09:53:07,752 --> 09:53:10,521 INTENT AND SPIRIT. WE SEE THIS 799 09:53:10,521 --> 09:53:12,390 WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 800 09:53:12,390 --> 09:53:14,125 POLICE ABUSE FOR CAL ANDERSON 801 09:53:14,125 --> 09:53:16,627 LAST YEAR AND THE REFUSAL OF THE 802 09:53:16,627 --> 09:53:18,829 COUNCIL TO HEAR FROM THOSE 803 09:53:18,829 --> 09:53:21,966 INJURED BY POLICE. WE SEE THAT 804 09:53:21,966 --> 09:53:23,634 WITH THE NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF 805 09:53:23,634 --> 09:53:28,572 THE MURDER OF THE BLACK PREGNANT 806 09:53:28,572 --> 09:53:29,607 WOMAN, KILLING HER UNBORN CHILD 807 09:53:29,607 --> 09:53:32,343 AND LATER THE MOTHER. THE 808 09:53:32,343 --> 09:53:33,477 LEGISLATION PASSED AFTER HER 809 09:53:33,477 --> 09:53:36,314 MURDER HAS LEFT US WITH A 810 09:53:36,314 --> 09:53:37,815 HORRIFYING LEGACY OF THE SPD 811 09:53:37,815 --> 09:53:40,818 KILLING AT LEAST 14 FOLKS 812 09:53:40,818 --> 09:53:41,586 EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH 813 09:53:41,586 --> 09:53:42,887 CRISIS WHILE HOLDING A KNIFE OR 814 09:53:42,887 --> 09:53:44,188 NOTHING IN THEIR HANDS. IF 815 09:53:44,188 --> 09:53:45,923 THERE'S ONE LESSON WE HAVE 816 09:53:45,923 --> 09:53:47,758 LEARNED FROM DONALD TRUMP AND 817 09:53:47,758 --> 09:53:49,927 THE CONTINUING GENOCIDE IN THE 818 09:53:49,927 --> 09:53:51,862 MIDDLE EAST, IT IS THIS, 819 09:53:51,862 --> 09:53:53,631 SIGNIFYING ONE THING AND ACTING 820 09:53:53,631 --> 09:53:57,868 TO THE CONTRARY DOES MORE THAN 821 09:53:57,868 --> 09:54:02,273 THE OBVIOUS HARM. IT IGNORES US 822 09:54:02,273 --> 09:54:04,141 TO THE PAIN OF OTHERS. TODAY YOU 823 09:54:04,141 --> 09:54:05,977 WILL CONTINUE TO PLACE ANOTHER 824 09:54:05,977 --> 09:54:08,612 BRICK IN THE WALL THAT DIVIDED 825 09:54:08,612 --> 09:54:10,481 PRETENSE FROM REALITY. 826 09:54:10,481 --> 09:54:13,718 >> NEXT UP, WE HAVE HANNAH 827 09:54:13,718 --> 09:54:23,894 FISHMAN. 828 09:54:24,996 --> 09:54:32,036 >> HI. MY NAME IS HANNAH, AND I 829 09:54:32,036 --> 09:54:37,375 LIVE AT LINDEN AND 98th. AND I 830 09:54:37,375 --> 09:54:40,644 AM COMING JUST TO EXPRESS THAT 831 09:54:40,644 --> 09:54:42,847 THERE IS NOT BROAD SUPPORT AMONG 832 09:54:42,847 --> 09:54:44,715 OUR NEIGHBORS FOR THE ADDITIONAL 833 09:54:44,715 --> 09:54:48,319 POLICE PRESENCE OR EVEN EXTREME 834 09:54:48,319 --> 09:54:49,520 MEASURES LIKE NATIONAL GUARD 835 09:54:49,520 --> 09:54:51,255 TROOPS THAT SOME HAVE PROPOSED 836 09:54:51,255 --> 09:54:59,096 AND SPOKEN TO TODAY. I JUST WANT 837 09:54:59,096 --> 09:55:03,167 TO EXPRESS THAT WHILE 838 09:55:03,167 --> 09:55:04,535 TRAFFICKING AND GUN VIOLENCE IS 839 09:55:04,535 --> 09:55:07,471 A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT IMPACTS ALL 840 09:55:07,471 --> 09:55:13,778 OF US, IT IS NOT THE CASE THAT 841 09:55:13,778 --> 09:55:14,345 INCREASED SURVEILLANCE, THE 842 09:55:14,345 --> 09:55:18,249 ENFORCEMENT OF THE SOAP ZONE OR 843 09:55:18,249 --> 09:55:20,284 ADDITIONAL POLICE PRESENCE WOULD 844 09:55:20,284 --> 09:55:22,219 BE DEMONSTRATED OR WOULD HELP 845 09:55:22,219 --> 09:55:26,023 RESOLVE ANY OF THOSE ISSUES. WE 846 09:55:26,023 --> 09:55:28,726 ACTUALLY NEED MORE INVESTMENT IN 847 09:55:28,726 --> 09:55:30,061 PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC 848 09:55:30,061 --> 09:55:31,128 INFRASTRUCTURE, HEALTH CARE, AND 849 09:55:31,128 --> 09:55:32,963 SUPPORT FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE 850 09:55:32,963 --> 09:55:35,666 PEOPLE IN OUR AREA. SO I JUST 851 09:55:35,666 --> 09:55:41,605 WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE DON'T 852 09:55:41,605 --> 09:55:42,139 SUPPORT ADDITIONAL POLICE 853 09:55:42,139 --> 09:55:45,376 PRESENCE IN THE AREA. CALMING 854 09:55:45,376 --> 09:55:47,478 MEASURES RATHER THAN BARRICADES 855 09:55:47,478 --> 09:55:49,046 WOULD BE WELCOMED. ONE OF THE 856 09:55:49,046 --> 09:55:52,116 MOST DANGEROUS TRENDS WE SEE IN 857 09:55:52,116 --> 09:55:57,088 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS -- AND NO 858 09:55:57,088 --> 09:55:58,722 SURVEILLANCE AND NO INCREASED 859 09:55:58,722 --> 09:56:00,558 POLICE PRESENCE FOR SOAP ZONES 860 09:56:00,558 --> 09:56:03,294 THAT TARGET THE MOST VULNERABLE 861 09:56:03,294 --> 09:56:04,862 PEOPLE RATHER THAN PROVIDE THE 862 09:56:04,862 --> 09:56:07,364 KINDS OF HEALTH CARE, HOUSING, 863 09:56:07,364 --> 09:56:09,667 AND INCOME SUPPORTS THAT PEOPLE 864 09:56:09,667 --> 09:56:10,334 ACTUALLY NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 865 09:56:10,334 --> 09:56:11,535 THANKS. 866 09:56:11,535 --> 09:56:19,043 >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE 867 09:56:19,043 --> 09:56:29,353 MICHAEL McDANIEL. 868 09:56:34,158 --> 09:56:36,460 >> HI. IT'S HARD TO GO LAST. OR 869 09:56:36,460 --> 09:56:38,762 CLOSE TO LAST WITH SO MANY 870 09:56:38,762 --> 09:56:40,598 PEOPLE. I THINK I'M GOING TO BE 871 09:56:40,598 --> 09:56:42,833 REALLY SHORT AND JUST SAY THAT I 872 09:56:42,833 --> 09:56:45,169 AM VERY MUCH IN SPORT OF THE 873 09:56:45,169 --> 09:56:47,104 NORDIC MODEL OR SOMETHING LIKE 874 09:56:47,104 --> 09:56:54,945 IT. I WOULD LIKE SEATTLE TO 875 09:56:54,945 --> 09:56:56,180 CONTINUE FUNDING SERVICES LIKE 876 09:56:56,180 --> 09:56:59,316 -- ET CETERA -- AND ALSO MAKE 877 09:56:59,316 --> 09:57:02,853 SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING THEM 878 09:57:02,853 --> 09:57:04,622 ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKING SURE -- 879 09:57:04,622 --> 09:57:11,228 AS WELL. I THINK THERE'S MORE 880 09:57:11,228 --> 09:57:13,697 SUPPORT THAN WE NEED FOR 881 09:57:13,697 --> 09:57:15,666 SOLUTIONS. ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN 882 09:57:15,666 --> 09:57:17,935 SERVICE, DIFFERENT FROM THAT, I 883 09:57:17,935 --> 09:57:20,905 ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT 884 09:57:20,905 --> 09:57:23,541 FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST 885 09:57:23,541 --> 09:57:27,211 LEARNING ABOUT THIS NOW, A 886 09:57:27,211 --> 09:57:29,914 COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHO WAS NOT 887 09:57:29,914 --> 09:57:32,483 A -- CERTAINLY NOT A NEW 888 09:57:32,483 --> 09:57:35,486 PROBLEM, BUT NOT THIS 889 09:57:35,486 --> 09:57:40,090 ADMINISTRATION VERSES THE 890 09:57:40,090 --> 09:57:40,925 PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION ISSUE. 891 09:57:40,925 --> 09:57:44,395 THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S ALL I 892 09:57:44,395 --> 09:57:44,595 GOT. 893 09:57:44,595 --> 09:57:45,396 >> THANK YOU. 894 09:57:45,396 --> 09:57:48,399 >> AND THAT'S UP WE HAVE DAVID 895 09:57:48,399 --> 09:57:54,338 HAYNES. 896 09:57:54,338 --> 09:57:58,475 >> WE NEED A NEW POLICE CHIEF. 897 09:57:58,475 --> 09:58:02,780 WE DON'T NEED A RACIST WOKE 898 09:58:02,780 --> 09:58:04,148 INTERPRETATION CREATED WHEN HE 899 09:58:04,148 --> 09:58:04,915 SHIFTED THE PARADIGM AWAY FROM 900 09:58:04,915 --> 09:58:07,384 THE WAR ON DRUGS AND ALLOWED 901 09:58:07,384 --> 09:58:11,222 CERTAIN COUNCILMEMBERS TO CREATE 902 09:58:11,222 --> 09:58:12,857 SPENDING PRIORITIES THAT 903 09:58:12,857 --> 09:58:14,658 ESSENTIALLY LEGALIZED SEX 904 09:58:14,658 --> 09:58:16,994 CRIMES. WE HAVE THE LEFTOVER BAD 905 09:58:16,994 --> 09:58:19,096 POLICIES OF THE PEDOPHILE ED 906 09:58:19,096 --> 09:58:20,931 MURRAY AND JENNY DURKIN. WE HAVE 907 09:58:20,931 --> 09:58:23,100 PEOPLE SHOWING UP AT THE TROUGH 908 09:58:23,100 --> 09:58:25,336 OF MONEY WITH DIFFERENT COUNCIL 909 09:58:25,336 --> 09:58:28,672 MEETINGS THAT HAVE THE EXACT 910 09:58:28,672 --> 09:58:30,140 SAME EFFORT TO RUN INTERFERENCE 911 09:58:30,140 --> 09:58:33,344 FOR CRIMINALS LIKE BLACK AND 912 09:58:33,344 --> 09:58:35,045 BROWN PEOPLE OF CRIMINALITY AND 913 09:58:35,045 --> 09:58:39,850 CUSTOM VIOLATIONS THAT YOU HAVE 914 09:58:39,850 --> 09:58:40,885 ALL ALLOWED. JUST CARE, PURPOSE, 915 09:58:40,885 --> 09:58:43,754 DIGNITY, AND ACTION USED TO BE 916 09:58:43,754 --> 09:58:45,089 CALLED THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S 917 09:58:45,089 --> 09:58:46,590 ASSOCIATION, SHOWING UP WITH THE 918 09:58:46,590 --> 09:58:48,592 POLICE CHIEF ACTING LIKE THEY 919 09:58:48,592 --> 09:58:50,194 ARE A LEGITIMATE ENTITY AND NOW 920 09:58:50,194 --> 09:58:51,128 WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 921 09:58:51,128 --> 09:58:53,264 EVERY TIME I HEAR MIKE STEWART 922 09:58:53,264 --> 09:58:55,733 AND OTHER BUSINESS PEOPLE TALK 923 09:58:55,733 --> 09:58:57,368 ABOUT HOW GREAT LEAD IS BECAUSE 924 09:58:57,368 --> 09:59:01,305 THEY CLEAR OUT THEIR FRONT 925 09:59:01,305 --> 09:59:03,374 ENTRANCE AND SWEEP THE BUSINESS 926 09:59:03,374 --> 09:59:04,275 DISTRICT AND FURTHER PUSH IT 927 09:59:04,275 --> 09:59:06,310 INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, I THINK 928 09:59:06,310 --> 09:59:07,845 OF BOYCOTTING THE BUSINESSES 929 09:59:07,845 --> 09:59:08,545 BECAUSE THEY DON'T SUPPORT 930 09:59:08,545 --> 09:59:10,080 THROWING PEOPLE IN JAIL AND 931 09:59:10,080 --> 09:59:11,548 MAKING THEM BREAK THEIR 932 09:59:11,548 --> 09:59:12,416 ADDICTION. THEY JUST WANT THEM 933 09:59:12,416 --> 09:59:14,652 OUT OF THEIR FRONT DOORSTEP. YOU 934 09:59:14,652 --> 09:59:16,353 WANT TO IMPROVE THE AVENUE, TEAR 935 09:59:16,353 --> 09:59:20,691 DOWN THE SLUMS AND STOP ALLOWING 936 09:59:20,691 --> 09:59:23,327 PEOPLE TO LIVE ON THE PARK BENCH 937 09:59:23,327 --> 09:59:25,029 NEXT TO THE DELIVERY TRUCK 938 09:59:25,029 --> 09:59:27,431 DROPPING THE METAL GATE. WE HAVE 939 09:59:27,431 --> 09:59:29,099 AN ENTRAPMENT THAT GOES ON TO 940 09:59:29,099 --> 09:59:31,568 CATCH THE JOHNS IN THE AURORA 941 09:59:31,568 --> 09:59:33,671 CORRIDOR BECAUSE IT'S THE WAY 942 09:59:33,671 --> 09:59:35,506 THE POLICE CHIEF RUNS 943 09:59:35,506 --> 09:59:37,041 INTERFERENCE FOR BLACK AND BROWN 944 09:59:37,041 --> 09:59:38,309 DRUG PUSHING PIMPS. IT'S LIKE 945 09:59:38,309 --> 09:59:42,313 THE CHIEF IS PULLING HIS TOOLS, 946 09:59:42,313 --> 09:59:48,619 SHOWING UP FOR SHINDIGS -- 947 09:59:48,619 --> 09:59:50,254 ENTRAPMENT TO GIVE THE HEADS UP 948 09:59:50,254 --> 09:59:54,358 TO THE REAL PIMPS AND THE 949 09:59:54,358 --> 09:59:58,095 PROSTITUTES AND NEVER -- 950 09:59:58,095 --> 10:00:02,833 >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] 951 10:00:02,833 --> 10:00:08,305 >> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO 952 10:00:08,305 --> 10:00:08,906 ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMEMBER LIN 953 10:00:08,906 --> 10:00:16,146 HAS JOINED US AND COUNCILMEMBER 954 10:00:16,146 --> 10:00:19,216 RIVE RA BRIEFLY EXCUSED HER TO 955 10:00:19,216 --> 10:00:19,850 ESCORT KINDERGARTENERS. BEFORE 956 10:00:19,850 --> 10:00:21,251 THEY COME IN, I WANT TO SAY, AND 957 10:00:21,251 --> 10:00:22,653 I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, IT'S 958 10:00:22,653 --> 10:00:23,987 NOT RIGHT, AND IT'S NOT 959 10:00:23,987 --> 10:00:25,923 ACCEPTABLE, AND I WANT TO ADD, 960 10:00:25,923 --> 10:00:28,859 HAVING A FATHER FIND A BULLET 961 10:00:28,859 --> 10:00:30,527 CASING FROM HIS DAUGHTER THIS 962 10:00:30,527 --> 10:00:32,296 MORNING IS NOT RIGHT, AND IT'S 963 10:00:32,296 --> 10:00:37,434 NOT ACCEPTABLE, AND PEOPLE ASK 964 10:00:37,434 --> 10:00:41,071 WHY ARE WE HERE? WASHINGTON BILL 965 10:00:41,071 --> 10:00:42,406 1265. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 966 10:00:42,406 --> 10:00:47,411 BILL, AND YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER. 967 10:00:47,411 --> 10:00:49,213 WE NEED OLYMPIA TO DO ITS JOB, 968 10:00:49,213 --> 10:00:51,315 THE COUNTY TO DO ITS JOB, AND WE 969 10:00:51,315 --> 10:00:55,052 NEED TO OURS AS WELL. THE 970 10:00:55,052 --> 10:00:56,086 60-MINUTE COMMENT PERIOD HAS 971 10:00:56,086 --> 10:00:57,755 EXPIRED, AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED 972 10:00:57,755 --> 10:01:00,224 TO ITEMS OF BUSINESS. MEMBERS OF 973 10:01:00,224 --> 10:01:03,594 THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO 974 10:01:03,594 --> 10:01:07,698 SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT OR 975 10:01:07,698 --> 10:01:14,671 E-MAIL THE COUNCIL AT 976 10:01:14,671 --> 10:01:15,272 SEATTLE..GOV. -- SEATTLE.GOV. 977 10:01:15,272 --> 10:01:16,740 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS 978 10:01:16,740 --> 10:01:24,014 ENDED. OH, OKAY. PLEASE CHECK IN 979 10:01:24,014 --> 10:01:25,949 WITH MY CLERK. AFTER THE 980 10:01:25,949 --> 10:01:29,453 MEETING, PLEASE CHECK IN WITH MY 981 10:01:29,453 --> 10:01:32,055 CLERK MR. LOWE HERE. ALL RIGHT. 982 10:01:32,055 --> 10:01:33,957 OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR 983 10:01:33,957 --> 10:01:38,128 FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE 984 10:01:38,128 --> 10:01:40,230 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM INTO THE 985 10:01:40,230 --> 10:01:40,464 RECORD. 986 10:01:40,464 --> 10:01:42,633 >> OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT CARE 987 10:01:42,633 --> 10:01:43,400 DEPARTMENT UPDATE ORDINANCE. 988 10:01:43,400 --> 10:01:46,403 >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE MR. 989 10:01:46,403 --> 10:01:47,271 JOHNSON FROM CENTRAL STAFF, AND 990 10:01:47,271 --> 10:01:48,839 I WAS GOING TO SAY PLEASE JOIN 991 10:01:48,839 --> 10:01:50,574 US AT THE TABLE, BUT YOU HAVE 992 10:01:50,574 --> 10:01:53,243 ALREADY DONE SO. FOR THE RECORD, 993 10:01:53,243 --> 10:01:54,211 PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND 994 10:01:54,211 --> 10:01:55,846 LET'S START THE BRIEFING. THANK 995 10:01:55,846 --> 10:01:56,046 YOU. 996 10:01:56,046 --> 10:01:57,014 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR KETTLE 997 10:01:57,014 --> 10:02:00,184 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 998 10:02:00,184 --> 10:02:02,820 FOR THE RECORD I'M TAMASO 999 10:02:02,820 --> 10:02:04,154 JOHNSON FROM CENTRAL STAFF. I'M 1000 10:02:04,154 --> 10:02:08,492 HERE TO PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE 1001 10:02:08,492 --> 10:02:11,328 DRAFT ORDINANCE OUTLINING CARE 1002 10:02:11,328 --> 10:02:12,095 DEPARTMENT CRISIS RESPONDER 1003 10:02:12,095 --> 10:02:14,565 DUTIES BECAUSE WE ARE DISCUSSING 1004 10:02:14,565 --> 10:02:15,933 THIS AS A DRAFT, THERE'S NOT A 1005 10:02:15,933 --> 10:02:17,534 BILL NUMBER, AND I WON'T BE 1006 10:02:17,534 --> 10:02:21,004 REFERRING TO IT BY THE BILL 1007 10:02:21,004 --> 10:02:23,340 NUMBER, BUT RATHER THE 1008 10:02:23,340 --> 10:02:25,209 ORDINANCE. SO IN SUMMARY, THIS 1009 10:02:25,209 --> 10:02:28,312 ORDINANCE IS DESIGNED TO UPDATE 1010 10:02:28,312 --> 10:02:29,947 THE SECTION OF THE SEATTLE 1011 10:02:29,947 --> 10:02:31,348 MUNICIPAL CODE THAT DESCRIBES 1012 10:02:31,348 --> 10:02:34,651 THE FUNCTION OF THE COMMUNITY 1013 10:02:34,651 --> 10:02:35,319 ASSISTED RESPONSE ENGAGEMENT OR 1014 10:02:35,319 --> 10:02:37,921 CARE DEPARTMENT, BY THE WAY OF 1015 10:02:37,921 --> 10:02:40,190 BACKGROUND, CARE UNDER THAT NAME 1016 10:02:40,190 --> 10:02:43,393 WAS CREATED BY ORDINANCE IN 1017 10:02:43,393 --> 10:02:45,062 2023. THAT DEPARTMENT HAD 1018 10:02:45,062 --> 10:02:47,331 PREVIOUSLY BEEN KNOWN AS THE 1019 10:02:47,331 --> 10:02:50,334 CSCC AND THAT WAS CREATED IN 1020 10:02:50,334 --> 10:02:51,802 2021 WHEN THE 911 COMMUNICATION 1021 10:02:51,802 --> 10:02:55,405 CENTER, WHICH IS THE CITY'S 1022 10:02:55,405 --> 10:02:58,509 PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT 1023 10:02:58,509 --> 10:03:00,210 FOR EMERGENCY CALLS WAS MOVED 1024 10:03:00,210 --> 10:03:03,814 OUT OF THE SEATTLE POLICE 1025 10:03:03,814 --> 10:03:05,449 DEPARTMENT IN 2021, AND THAT 1026 10:03:05,449 --> 10:03:07,251 CIVILIAN TEAM FROM THE 911 CALL 1027 10:03:07,251 --> 10:03:10,921 CENTER, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, 1028 10:03:10,921 --> 10:03:13,090 CARE WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1029 10:03:13,090 --> 10:03:14,458 2023. THE ORDINANCE THAT 1030 10:03:14,458 --> 10:03:18,295 ESTABLISHED CARE AT THAT TIME IS 1031 10:03:18,295 --> 10:03:21,665 NOW REFLECTED IN THE SEATTLE 1032 10:03:21,665 --> 10:03:23,534 MUNICIPAL CODE. THE MUNICIPAL 1033 10:03:23,534 --> 10:03:26,169 CODE GENERALLY DESCRIBES THE 1034 10:03:26,169 --> 10:03:28,138 FUNCTION AND PURPOSE OF VARIOUS 1035 10:03:28,138 --> 10:03:32,643 CITY DEPARTMENTS AT A LEVEL OF 1036 10:03:32,643 --> 10:03:34,811 DETAIL THAT IS SUFFICIENT TO 1037 10:03:34,811 --> 10:03:36,513 CONVEY THE DUTIES AND THE 1038 10:03:36,513 --> 10:03:38,615 OVERALL FUNCTION OF THE 1039 10:03:38,615 --> 10:03:39,316 DEPARTMENT, BUT GENERALLY 1040 10:03:39,316 --> 10:03:42,119 SPEAKING THOSE CODE SECTIONS 1041 10:03:42,119 --> 10:03:44,788 DON'T GET INTO GRANULAR 1042 10:03:44,788 --> 10:03:46,723 OPERATIONAL DETAILS WHICH ARE 1043 10:03:46,723 --> 10:03:49,726 HANDLED THROUGH EITHER FURTHER 1044 10:03:49,726 --> 10:03:50,761 ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OR POLICIES 1045 10:03:50,761 --> 10:03:52,963 ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF. 1046 10:03:52,963 --> 10:03:58,035 THE CARE DEPARTMENT AS IT IS 1047 10:03:58,035 --> 10:03:58,569 CURRENTLY CONSTITUTED 1048 10:03:58,569 --> 10:04:00,003 SUPPLEMENTS THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 1049 10:04:00,003 --> 10:04:03,240 SAFETY RESPONSE IN TWO WAYS. AS 1050 10:04:03,240 --> 10:04:04,308 I ALREADY DESCRIBED, OPERATES 1051 10:04:04,308 --> 10:04:06,910 THE 911 COMMUNICATION CENTER, 1052 10:04:06,910 --> 10:04:08,879 AND SECOND, THE CARE DEPARTMENT 1053 10:04:08,879 --> 10:04:11,448 FIELDS THE COMMUNITY CRISIS 1054 10:04:11,448 --> 10:04:14,418 RESPONDER TEAM OR CCR TEAM. IN 1055 10:04:14,418 --> 10:04:15,953 THE INTERVENING YEARS SINCE THE 1056 10:04:15,953 --> 10:04:18,255 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CARE 1057 10:04:18,255 --> 10:04:22,226 DEPARTMENT IN 2023, THE ROLE, 1058 10:04:22,226 --> 10:04:24,661 SCOPE, AND DEPLOYMENT OF THE 1059 10:04:24,661 --> 10:04:28,498 COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONDER HAS 1060 10:04:28,498 --> 10:04:29,666 EXPANDED QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY. 1061 10:04:29,666 --> 10:04:31,201 PRIMARILY THROUGH BOTH EXECUTIVE 1062 10:04:31,201 --> 10:04:34,438 ACTIONS AS WELL AS THE ADOPTIONS 1063 10:04:34,438 --> 10:04:38,542 OF SUCCESSIVE BUDGETS BY THE 1064 10:04:38,542 --> 10:04:40,243 COUNCIL, INCLUDING LAST YEAR. 1065 10:04:40,243 --> 10:04:43,280 THE -- AS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT 1066 10:04:43,280 --> 10:04:46,350 GROWTH, THE COMMUNITY CRISIS 1067 10:04:46,350 --> 10:04:49,586 RESPONDER TEAM GREW FROM 24 1068 10:04:49,586 --> 10:04:53,357 MEMBERS, 24 STAFF OR CCR 1069 10:04:53,357 --> 10:04:55,359 RESPONDERS IN 2025 TO 48, SO IT 1070 10:04:55,359 --> 10:04:59,696 DOUBLED BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND 1071 10:04:59,696 --> 10:05:02,733 THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. THE 1072 10:05:02,733 --> 10:05:03,700 CURRENT SMC SECTION DESCRIBING 1073 10:05:03,700 --> 10:05:05,402 THE WORK OF THE CARE DEPARTMENT 1074 10:05:05,402 --> 10:05:08,705 DO NOT NAME THE COMMUNITY CRISIS 1075 10:05:08,705 --> 10:05:10,874 RESPONDER TEAM. THEY SET OUT 1076 10:05:10,874 --> 10:05:17,047 FROM THE 2023 ORDINANCE SOME 1077 10:05:17,047 --> 10:05:18,482 SORT OF KERNELS AND SEEDS OF THE 1078 10:05:18,482 --> 10:05:19,950 DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK TO GO 1079 10:05:19,950 --> 10:05:23,820 FORWARD AND BE EXPANDED. AS IT 1080 10:05:23,820 --> 10:05:26,089 STANDS NOW, THE MUNICIPAL CODE 1081 10:05:26,089 --> 10:05:27,057 DOES NOT ACCURATELY OR 1082 10:05:27,057 --> 10:05:27,758 COMPLETELY DESCRIBE THE WORK 1083 10:05:27,758 --> 10:05:29,359 THAT CARE IS DOING ON THE GROUND 1084 10:05:29,359 --> 10:05:32,796 TODAY, AND THAT HAS BEEN 1085 10:05:32,796 --> 10:05:33,964 AUTHORIZED THROUGH VARIOUS 1086 10:05:33,964 --> 10:05:38,368 BUDGET ACTIONS. SO THAT IS THE 1087 10:05:38,368 --> 10:05:38,902 BACKGROUND SUMMARY. THIS 1088 10:05:38,902 --> 10:05:39,970 LEGISLATION, WITH THAT 1089 10:05:39,970 --> 10:05:41,605 BACKGROUND IS RELATIVELY 1090 10:05:41,605 --> 10:05:43,106 STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT WOULD AMEND 1091 10:05:43,106 --> 10:05:45,375 THE SECTIONS OF THE SEATTLE 1092 10:05:45,375 --> 10:05:46,743 MUNICIPAL CODE THAT DESCRIBE THE 1093 10:05:46,743 --> 10:05:49,846 WORK OF THE CARE DEPARTMENT TO 1094 10:05:49,846 --> 10:05:50,647 FIRSTLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE CCRT 1095 10:05:50,647 --> 10:05:53,216 EXISTS AS A CORE FUNCTION OF THE 1096 10:05:53,216 --> 10:05:53,817 CARE DEPARTMENT. SECOND, TO 1097 10:05:53,817 --> 10:05:55,519 DEFINE AT A HIGH LEVEL THE ROLE 1098 10:05:55,519 --> 10:05:58,388 AND PURPOSE OF THE CCR TEAM, 1099 10:05:58,388 --> 10:06:01,024 INCLUDING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF 1100 10:06:01,024 --> 10:06:02,659 THE CCR RESPONDERS, METHODS 1101 10:06:02,659 --> 10:06:04,861 THROUGH WHICH THEY NEED TO BE 1102 10:06:04,861 --> 10:06:06,663 DEPLOYED AND TO DELINEATE THE 1103 10:06:06,663 --> 10:06:09,533 WORK THEY DO AND DON'T DO, FOR 1104 10:06:09,533 --> 10:06:11,068 EXAMPLE, TO DESCRIBE THEY ARE 1105 10:06:11,068 --> 10:06:14,204 NOT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY 1106 10:06:14,204 --> 10:06:16,973 RESPONSE OF THE CITY THAT ARE 1107 10:06:16,973 --> 10:06:18,909 ENFORCED IN CRIMES OR ISSUING 1108 10:06:18,909 --> 10:06:19,543 CITATIONS TO CLEARLY 1109 10:06:19,543 --> 10:06:20,677 DIFFERENTIATE THE WORK THEY ARE 1110 10:06:20,677 --> 10:06:23,113 DOING FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE 1111 10:06:23,113 --> 10:06:24,347 DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE. AND 1112 10:06:24,347 --> 10:06:25,816 FINALLY, THE ORDINANCE WOULD 1113 10:06:25,816 --> 10:06:29,386 CLARIFY SOME OF THE 1114 10:06:29,386 --> 10:06:31,922 ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE 1115 10:06:31,922 --> 10:06:34,224 DEPARTMENT, NOTABLY THE COUNCIL 1116 10:06:34,224 --> 10:06:36,727 DURING THE 2026 BUDGET PROCESS 1117 10:06:36,727 --> 10:06:39,696 IN THE FALL FORMALIZING THE 1118 10:06:39,696 --> 10:06:44,000 TRANSFER OF THE CONTRACTED 1119 10:06:44,000 --> 10:06:44,901 ADMINISTRATIONS THAT HAD BEEN 1120 10:06:44,901 --> 10:06:47,270 CARRIED OUT PREVIOUSLY BY THE 1121 10:06:47,270 --> 10:06:48,305 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS OF 1122 10:06:48,305 --> 10:06:50,841 JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR, THE 1123 10:06:50,841 --> 10:06:54,745 CONTRACTS ARE BEING FACILITATED 1124 10:06:54,745 --> 10:06:56,346 AND ADMINISTERED BY THE CARE 1125 10:06:56,346 --> 10:06:57,714 DEPARTMENT. AND THIS UPDATE TO 1126 10:06:57,714 --> 10:06:59,182 THE CODE WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. 1127 10:06:59,182 --> 10:07:01,017 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 1128 10:07:01,017 --> 10:07:01,551 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 1129 10:07:01,551 --> 10:07:04,054 >> THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. 1130 10:07:04,054 --> 10:07:05,455 BEFORE GOING TO MY VICE CHAIR, I 1131 10:07:05,455 --> 10:07:08,525 JUST WANTED TO EXTEND A WARM 1132 10:07:08,525 --> 10:07:11,228 WELCOME TO, I THINK RYAN 1133 10:07:11,228 --> 10:07:11,528 ELEMENTARY? 1134 10:07:11,528 --> 10:07:12,429 >> BRYANT ELEMENTARY. 1135 10:07:12,429 --> 10:07:14,498 >> BRYANT ELEMENTARY. 1136 10:07:14,498 --> 10:07:16,800 >> IT'S IN MY DISTRICT. 1137 10:07:16,800 --> 10:07:18,068 >> IN DISTRICT FOUR. WELCOME TO 1138 10:07:18,068 --> 10:07:21,071 ALL OF THE KIDS AND TEACHERS AND 1139 10:07:21,071 --> 10:07:22,606 PARENTS THAT MAY BE ESCORTING, 1140 10:07:22,606 --> 10:07:24,107 AND WELCOME TO CITY HALL MORE 1141 10:07:24,107 --> 10:07:25,909 BROADLY. AS YOU CAN TELL, CITY 1142 10:07:25,909 --> 10:07:28,044 HALL IS DESIGNED TO BE OPEN. 1143 10:07:28,044 --> 10:07:29,846 IT'S BASICALLY ONE BUILDING TO 1144 10:07:29,846 --> 10:07:31,381 THE NORTH, AND THIS CYLINDER 1145 10:07:31,381 --> 10:07:32,549 CHAMBER HERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE 1146 10:07:32,549 --> 10:07:35,419 IS OPEN WITH LOTS OF GLASS. 1147 10:07:35,419 --> 10:07:37,254 THAT'S ON PURPOSE FOR 1148 10:07:37,254 --> 10:07:39,022 TRANSPARENCY PIECES, AND EVEN 1149 10:07:39,022 --> 10:07:42,058 WITH THE FIFTH GRADERS -- I MEAN 1150 10:07:42,058 --> 10:07:44,661 THE 5-YEAR-OLDS, SORRY, I HAVE A 1151 10:07:44,661 --> 10:07:45,729 FIFTH GRADER. FOR THE 1152 10:07:45,729 --> 10:07:47,197 5-YEAR-OLDS AND 6-YEAR-OLDS WE 1153 10:07:47,197 --> 10:07:51,067 HAVE. I WILL GIVE A SPECIAL 1154 10:07:51,067 --> 10:07:52,235 SHOUTOUT TO A 5-YEAR-OLD AT 1155 10:07:52,235 --> 10:07:53,170 HEART, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S 1156 10:07:53,170 --> 10:07:54,571 CHIEF OF STAFF, WENDY, WHO IS 1157 10:07:54,571 --> 10:07:56,706 HELPING IN THE PROCESS. THANK 1158 10:07:56,706 --> 10:07:59,609 YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MR. 1159 10:07:59,609 --> 10:08:03,213 JOHNSON, FOR THE OVERVIEW OF THE 1160 10:08:03,213 --> 10:08:03,847 DRAFT LEGISLATION. VICE CHAIR? 1161 10:08:03,847 --> 10:08:06,416 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, 1162 10:08:06,416 --> 10:08:10,120 MR. JOHNSON, FOR THIS 1163 10:08:10,120 --> 10:08:10,787 PRESENTATION, THIS OVERVIEW. I, 1164 10:08:10,787 --> 10:08:11,354 TOO, WANT TO START OFF BY 1165 10:08:11,354 --> 10:08:13,190 WELCOMING OUR KINDERGARTEN CLASS 1166 10:08:13,190 --> 10:08:15,926 AND THEIR EDUCATORS FROM BRYANT 1167 10:08:15,926 --> 10:08:18,361 ELEMENTARY. WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE 1168 10:08:18,361 --> 10:08:20,297 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA LEADING 1169 10:08:20,297 --> 10:08:22,632 EVERYONE IN TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1170 10:08:22,632 --> 10:08:23,934 TODAY. KIDS, WELCOME. REMEMBER 1171 10:08:23,934 --> 10:08:26,770 THIS IS YOUR BODY, YOUR 1172 10:08:26,770 --> 10:08:28,638 INSTITUTION, YOUR CITY HALL 1173 10:08:28,638 --> 10:08:30,907 BUILDING. WE WORK FOR YOU. 1174 10:08:30,907 --> 10:08:31,942 WHENEVER I GO INTO SCHOOLS, I 1175 10:08:31,942 --> 10:08:35,812 TELL -- THAT'S THE FIRST THING 1176 10:08:35,812 --> 10:08:39,749 I REMIND STUDENTS, YOU'RE ONE 1177 10:08:39,749 --> 10:08:41,918 OF MY 120,000 BOSSES, SO IT'S 1178 10:08:41,918 --> 10:08:45,355 AN IMPORTANT JOB, HONORED -- WE 1179 10:08:45,355 --> 10:08:47,757 ARE ALL HONORED TO SERVE YOU, 1180 10:08:47,757 --> 10:08:48,658 AND THAT YOUNG KIDDO THERE WITH 1181 10:08:48,658 --> 10:08:57,234 THE BLACK AND THE STRIPE, YOU 1182 10:08:57,234 --> 10:08:58,502 ARE INCREDIBLY PHOTOGENIC YOUNG 1183 10:08:58,502 --> 10:08:59,336 MAN. THE MAN WAS TAKING 1184 10:08:59,336 --> 10:09:03,106 PICTURES, AND HE HAD THE BIGGEST 1185 10:09:03,106 --> 10:09:05,942 SMILE. LOOKING GREAT. ANY EVENT, 1186 10:09:05,942 --> 10:09:11,114 WELCOME AGAIN, AND MY QUESTION 1187 10:09:11,114 --> 10:09:13,183 ABOUT THE ORDINANCE, THE 1188 10:09:13,183 --> 10:09:14,517 PROPOSED ORDINANCE, I NOTE THAT 1189 10:09:14,517 --> 10:09:18,521 ON SECTION -- THE NEWLY MODIFIED 1190 10:09:18,521 --> 10:09:20,090 OR NEWLY ADDED SECTION 1.4 OF 1191 10:09:20,090 --> 10:09:24,828 THE BILL KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE 1192 10:09:24,828 --> 10:09:26,496 INTERRELATION BETWEEN VARIOUS 1193 10:09:26,496 --> 10:09:29,065 KING COUNTY PROGRAMS AND 1194 10:09:29,065 --> 10:09:32,702 INITIATIVES, BUT DOES THE 1195 10:09:32,702 --> 10:09:34,437 PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADDRESS THE 1196 10:09:34,437 --> 10:09:38,308 ROLE OF THE CARE DEPARTMENT 1197 10:09:38,308 --> 10:09:38,975 VIS-A-VIS OTHER ALTERNATIVE 1198 10:09:38,975 --> 10:09:40,944 RESPONSE CAPABILITIES WITHIN THE 1199 10:09:40,944 --> 10:09:44,648 CITY OF SEATTLE ITSELF? 1200 10:09:44,648 --> 10:09:49,152 INCLUDING HOW THEY COLLABORATE, 1201 10:09:49,152 --> 10:09:49,786 FOR EXAMPLE, HEALTH 99 OF FIRE? 1202 10:09:49,786 --> 10:09:53,089 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, 1203 10:09:53,089 --> 10:09:54,157 COUNCILMEMBER. I WOULD DEFER TO 1204 10:09:54,157 --> 10:09:56,593 THE CHAIR IF HE WOULD LIKE TO 1205 10:09:56,593 --> 10:10:01,131 HEAR MORE ABOUT THE SECTION 1206 10:10:01,131 --> 10:10:02,732 DESCRIBING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH 1207 10:10:02,732 --> 10:10:04,100 COMMUNITY -- KING COUNTY 1208 10:10:04,100 --> 10:10:05,869 CLINICAL CRISIS AND BEHAVIORAL 1209 10:10:05,869 --> 10:10:10,140 HEALTH CHALLENGES. I UNDERSTAND 1210 10:10:10,140 --> 10:10:14,578 THAT IS INTENDED TO REFER TO THE 1211 10:10:14,578 --> 10:10:17,380 INTENDED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 1212 10:10:17,380 --> 10:10:18,615 THE CARE DEPARTMENT AND LIAISON 1213 10:10:18,615 --> 10:10:23,687 WITH THE COUNTY AND THE WORK TO 1214 10:10:23,687 --> 10:10:24,888 THE CRISIS CONNECTIONS CENTER 1215 10:10:24,888 --> 10:10:26,556 AND OTHER SUCH WORK. I WILL 1216 10:10:26,556 --> 10:10:31,361 DEFER TO THE CHAIR ON THE INTENT 1217 10:10:31,361 --> 10:10:33,330 THERE. TO YOUR OTHER QUESTION, 1218 10:10:33,330 --> 10:10:37,801 KNOW THIS DOESN'T GO INTO THE 1219 10:10:37,801 --> 10:10:44,240 WORK THAT THE OTHER PIECES OF 1220 10:10:44,240 --> 10:10:45,809 THE NONPOLICE RESPONSE OF THE 1221 10:10:45,809 --> 10:10:46,943 CITY VIS-A-VIS THE FIRE 1222 10:10:46,943 --> 10:10:48,778 DEPARTMENT. I THINK THE INTENT 1223 10:10:48,778 --> 10:10:52,015 OF THE ORDINANCE IS MERELY TO 1224 10:10:52,015 --> 10:10:54,718 ENSHRINE IN CODE THE CURRENT 1225 10:10:54,718 --> 10:10:56,620 STATE OF WHAT THE CARE 1226 10:10:56,620 --> 10:11:00,223 DEPARTMENT DOES, NOT TO DESCRIBE 1227 10:11:00,223 --> 10:11:04,160 THE LINKAGES OF FIRE AND SPD, 1228 10:11:04,160 --> 10:11:08,498 FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS STRICTLY 1229 10:11:08,498 --> 10:11:10,467 JUST DESCRIBING COMBINING THE 1230 10:11:10,467 --> 10:11:13,003 TEAM AND WHAT THE ROLE WITHIN 1231 10:11:13,003 --> 10:11:13,737 THE ECOSYSTEM IS. 1232 10:11:13,737 --> 10:11:19,843 >> YES, VICE CHAIR, THIS IS 1233 10:11:19,843 --> 10:11:21,845 REALLY TO CODIFY WHAT IS -- AND 1234 10:11:21,845 --> 10:11:25,448 BROADEN -- MOST PEOPLE THINK THE 1235 10:11:25,448 --> 10:11:26,750 NARRATIVE IS ALWAYS SPOG AND 1236 10:11:26,750 --> 10:11:29,119 CARE, BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE BEYOND 1237 10:11:29,119 --> 10:11:31,121 THAT. THE ORDINANCES NEED TO 1238 10:11:31,121 --> 10:11:34,290 REFLECT THAT. IT'S ABOUT KING 1239 10:11:34,290 --> 10:11:36,593 COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, THE 988 1240 10:11:36,593 --> 10:11:37,961 SYSTEM, THE CRISIS CARE CENTERS 1241 10:11:37,961 --> 10:11:39,429 AND SO FORTH, AND HAVING A POINT 1242 10:11:39,429 --> 10:11:42,032 THAT IS KEY TO THIS. TO THE 1243 10:11:42,032 --> 10:11:44,234 POINT OF THE SEATTLE FIRE 1244 10:11:44,234 --> 10:11:46,403 DEPARTMENT, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE 1245 10:11:46,403 --> 10:11:47,637 THE MEDICAL, MEDICAL PIECE, BUT 1246 10:11:47,637 --> 10:11:53,743 THERE'S TIMES WHEN THEY CAN'T 1247 10:11:53,743 --> 10:11:54,511 WORK THESE ISSUES. BEHAVIORAL 1248 10:11:54,511 --> 10:11:56,012 HEALTH, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S AN 1249 10:11:56,012 --> 10:11:59,115 EXAMPLE WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE 1250 10:11:59,115 --> 10:12:01,184 POTENTIALLY MOU WITH CARE AND 1251 10:12:01,184 --> 10:12:03,186 FIRE SO FIRE DOESN'T SEND THE 1252 10:12:03,186 --> 10:12:05,622 INDIVIDUALS BACK TO THE 911 CALL 1253 10:12:05,622 --> 10:12:06,823 CENTER, INSTEAD REFERS OR 1254 10:12:06,823 --> 10:12:08,792 ENGAGES WITH THE CARE 1255 10:12:08,792 --> 10:12:11,361 DEPARTMENT. SO THIS IS A 1256 10:12:11,361 --> 10:12:13,930 FUNCTION OF REALLY IDENTIFYING 1257 10:12:13,930 --> 10:12:15,732 THE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 1258 10:12:15,732 --> 10:12:16,132 PIECES WE HAVE. 1259 10:12:16,132 --> 10:12:18,101 >> IF I COULD JUST SAY ONE MORE 1260 10:12:18,101 --> 10:12:22,138 THING IN RESPONSE TO THAT, ON 1261 10:12:22,138 --> 10:12:25,442 THAT POINT OF ACKNOWLEDGING THE 1262 10:12:25,442 --> 10:12:26,476 COLLABORATIONS THAT CAN AND DO 1263 10:12:26,476 --> 10:12:28,978 EXIST WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE 1264 10:12:28,978 --> 10:12:31,848 PUBLIC SAFETY ECOSYSTEM, I WOULD 1265 10:12:31,848 --> 10:12:34,184 POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE 1266 10:12:34,184 --> 10:12:38,288 SECTION TWO WHERE THERE IS THE 1267 10:12:38,288 --> 10:12:43,426 NEW SECTION OF MUNICIPAL CODE, 1268 10:12:43,426 --> 10:12:46,096 3.1.05.164 CREATED SUB B OF THE 1269 10:12:46,096 --> 10:12:49,132 SECTION DOES DESCRIBE IN GENERAL 1270 10:12:49,132 --> 10:12:51,668 THE METHODS THROUGH WHICH THE 1271 10:12:51,668 --> 10:12:54,270 CARE CCRT CAN BE DISPATCHED TO 1272 10:12:54,270 --> 10:12:58,108 INCLUDE 911 CALL CENTER, AS WELL 1273 10:12:58,108 --> 10:13:00,643 AS REQUESTS INITIATED DIRECTLY 1274 10:13:00,643 --> 10:13:03,613 BY SPD, FIRE, OR OTHER 1275 10:13:03,613 --> 10:13:04,581 MECHANISMS AUTHORIZED BY THE 1276 10:13:04,581 --> 10:13:06,616 CHIEF OF THE CARE DEPARTMENT. 1277 10:13:06,616 --> 10:13:07,517 THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE CURRENT 1278 10:13:07,517 --> 10:13:11,855 STATE, WHICH IS THERE ARE MANY 1279 10:13:11,855 --> 10:13:14,491 WAYS WHICH CARE CCR RESPONDERS 1280 10:13:14,491 --> 10:13:16,826 CAN BE ACTIVATED. SOMETIMES 1281 10:13:16,826 --> 10:13:19,229 THROUGH THE 911 CALL CENTER, BUT 1282 10:13:19,229 --> 10:13:20,497 SOMETIMES THROUGH DIRECT 1283 10:13:20,497 --> 10:13:21,998 LATERAL, IF YOU WILL, REQUESTS 1284 10:13:21,998 --> 10:13:23,233 FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING 1285 10:13:23,233 --> 10:13:25,535 THE VARIOUS WORK THAT FIRE IS 1286 10:13:25,535 --> 10:13:25,769 DOING. 1287 10:13:25,769 --> 10:13:26,569 >> THANK YOU. 1288 10:13:26,569 --> 10:13:29,472 >> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR 1289 10:13:29,472 --> 10:13:33,309 COMMENTS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 1290 10:13:33,309 --> 10:13:34,611 >> OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER LIN? ANY 1291 10:13:34,611 --> 10:13:34,911 QUESTIONS? 1292 10:13:34,911 --> 10:13:38,481 >> YEAH, THANK YOU, CHAIR. 1293 10:13:38,481 --> 10:13:41,317 >> BY THE WAY, BEFORE YOU SAY 1294 10:13:41,317 --> 10:13:46,723 ANYTHING, THANK YOU TO THE 1295 10:13:46,723 --> 10:13:48,091 KINDERGARTENERS FOR COMING. 1296 10:13:48,091 --> 10:13:50,660 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M JUST 1297 10:13:50,660 --> 10:13:52,128 CURIOUS AS TO THE CARE 1298 10:13:52,128 --> 10:13:53,830 DEPARTMENT AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN 1299 10:13:53,830 --> 10:13:57,066 LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF THE 1300 10:13:57,066 --> 10:13:59,235 EXISTING LANGUAGE, SO NOT NEW 1301 10:13:59,235 --> 10:14:01,704 LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED, 1302 10:14:01,704 --> 10:14:03,740 IT TALKS ABOUT CREATING A NEW 1303 10:14:03,740 --> 10:14:06,476 INITIATIVE TO INTEGRATE THE 1304 10:14:06,476 --> 10:14:08,411 CITY'S VIOLENCE INTERVENTION 1305 10:14:08,411 --> 10:14:10,813 PROGRAMS, USING RESEARCH-BASED 1306 10:14:10,813 --> 10:14:12,182 STRATEGIES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE 1307 10:14:12,182 --> 10:14:14,317 INCLUDING IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC 1308 10:14:14,317 --> 10:14:15,051 AND MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. THIS 1309 10:14:15,051 --> 10:14:16,953 INITIATIVE WILL FOCUS ON A 1310 10:14:16,953 --> 10:14:19,722 NUMBER OF THINGS INCLUDING GUN 1311 10:14:19,722 --> 10:14:21,858 VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND 1312 10:14:21,858 --> 10:14:24,861 YOUTH PROGRAMS. I GUESS PART OF 1313 10:14:24,861 --> 10:14:29,465 MY BIG PICTURE QUESTION IS THE 1314 10:14:29,465 --> 10:14:31,968 ROLE OF THE CARE DEPARTMENT, AND 1315 10:14:31,968 --> 10:14:34,971 AS A NEW DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, 1316 10:14:34,971 --> 10:14:36,839 THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, BUSY 1317 10:14:36,839 --> 10:14:38,241 STANDING UP, SORT OF THE -- 1318 10:14:38,241 --> 10:14:41,377 TAKING OVER THE 911 CALL CENTER, 1319 10:14:41,377 --> 10:14:43,179 HAVING, YOU KNOW, A GREATLY 1320 10:14:43,179 --> 10:14:47,784 EXPANDED TEAM OUT IN THE 1321 10:14:47,784 --> 10:14:53,556 COMMUNITY. THE CARE RESPONDERS, 1322 10:14:53,556 --> 10:14:56,693 AND, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS, 1323 10:14:56,693 --> 10:15:00,063 IS PART OF THIS -- ARE WE TRYING 1324 10:15:00,063 --> 10:15:02,799 TO GET MORE CONTRACTS FROM CARE 1325 10:15:02,799 --> 10:15:04,467 SHIFTED -- FOR EXAMPLE HSD I 1326 10:15:04,467 --> 10:15:08,137 BELIEVE CONTRACTS FOR SOME OF 1327 10:15:08,137 --> 10:15:12,242 OUR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION 1328 10:15:12,242 --> 10:15:15,278 PROGRAMS AND ALSO, I THINK 1329 10:15:15,278 --> 10:15:16,412 CONTRACTS WITH LEAD. IS PART OF 1330 10:15:16,412 --> 10:15:18,281 THE IDEA TO SHIFT SOME OF THE 1331 10:15:18,281 --> 10:15:23,987 BODY OF WORK FROM HSD TO THE 1332 10:15:23,987 --> 10:15:29,626 CARE DEPARTMENT? I'M JUST A 1333 10:15:29,626 --> 10:15:30,960 LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU 1334 10:15:30,960 --> 10:15:32,695 KNOW, AGAIN, AS A NEW 1335 10:15:32,695 --> 10:15:35,198 DEPARTMENT, ALREADY HAVE A 1336 10:15:35,198 --> 10:15:37,634 SIGNIFICANT BODY OF WORK TO GROW 1337 10:15:37,634 --> 10:15:39,502 INTO, AND JUST THE 1338 10:15:39,502 --> 10:15:40,336 ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES OF 1339 10:15:40,336 --> 10:15:42,272 SHIFTING PERSONNEL OR CONTRACTS 1340 10:15:42,272 --> 10:15:43,306 TO A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. 1341 10:15:43,306 --> 10:15:47,911 >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT 1342 10:15:47,911 --> 10:15:48,578 QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. I WILL 1343 10:15:48,578 --> 10:15:55,251 SPEAK FIRST TO THE LAST PART OF 1344 10:15:55,251 --> 10:16:00,890 YOUR STATEMENT. SO THE CONTRACTS 1345 10:16:00,890 --> 10:16:03,893 FOR PDA AND WE DELIVER CARE 1346 10:16:03,893 --> 10:16:05,395 CONTRACTS ARE BEING ADMINISTERED 1347 10:16:05,395 --> 10:16:06,930 BY THE CARE DEPARTMENT 1348 10:16:06,930 --> 10:16:08,298 CURRENTLY. THAT WAS A CHANGE 1349 10:16:08,298 --> 10:16:09,766 MADE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS 1350 10:16:09,766 --> 10:16:10,867 IN THE FALL AND EFFECTIVE 1351 10:16:10,867 --> 10:16:12,969 JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. THOSE ARE 1352 10:16:12,969 --> 10:16:13,870 CONTRACTS THAT ARE BEING 1353 10:16:13,870 --> 10:16:21,444 ADMINISTERED BY CARE, AND THERE 1354 10:16:21,444 --> 10:16:23,212 WAS A STAFFING MOVE, ACCOMPANIED 1355 10:16:23,212 --> 10:16:24,681 BY THE FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TO 1356 10:16:24,681 --> 10:16:27,583 MOVE THE DOLLARS OUT OF HSD INTO 1357 10:16:27,583 --> 10:16:28,951 CARE. THAT IS THE CURRENT STATE, 1358 10:16:28,951 --> 10:16:32,922 THE CURRENT STATE IS DESCRIBED 1359 10:16:32,922 --> 10:16:38,061 IN THE LANGUAGE THAT IS ON THE 1360 10:16:38,061 --> 10:16:41,731 TOP OF PAGE FOUR. -- RELATED TO 1361 10:16:41,731 --> 10:16:43,633 THE DIVERSION AND REENTRY 1362 10:16:43,633 --> 10:16:44,267 SERVICES FOR THOSE AT INVOLVED 1363 10:16:44,267 --> 10:16:48,371 OR AT RISK WITH THE CRIMINAL 1364 10:16:48,371 --> 10:16:50,440 JUSTICE SYSTEM. THAT LANGUAGE IS 1365 10:16:50,440 --> 10:16:51,808 DESCRIBING THE OVERSIGHT 1366 10:16:51,808 --> 10:16:53,676 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LEAD, 1367 10:16:53,676 --> 10:16:54,777 COLEAD, AND WCD CONTRACTS THAT 1368 10:16:54,777 --> 10:16:56,713 CURRENTLY REST WITH CARE. IN 1369 10:16:56,713 --> 10:17:00,216 TERMS OF, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD 1370 10:17:00,216 --> 10:17:02,819 CALL THE LEGACY LANGUAGE, THE 1371 10:17:02,819 --> 10:17:09,959 EXISTING LANGUAGE, WHICH IS 1372 10:17:09,959 --> 10:17:13,229 CURRENT SMC315060A6 IN CURRENT 1373 10:17:13,229 --> 10:17:21,604 CODE, I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW 1374 10:17:21,604 --> 10:17:22,739 WHAT THE INTENTIONS ARE GOING 1375 10:17:22,739 --> 10:17:24,374 FORWARD TO MOVE OR NOT MOVE ANY 1376 10:17:24,374 --> 10:17:26,309 OF THE CONTRACTS OTHER THAN THE 1377 10:17:26,309 --> 10:17:28,811 LEAD CONTRACTS I HAVE MENTIONED. 1378 10:17:28,811 --> 10:17:31,447 I THINK THIS IS AN IDEA THAT HAS 1379 10:17:31,447 --> 10:17:37,186 BEEN RAISED IN VARIOUS FORMS 1380 10:17:37,186 --> 10:17:41,057 OVER THE PAST MANY YEARS. THE 1381 10:17:41,057 --> 10:17:43,126 BEST WAY TO CHARACTERIZE THE 1382 10:17:43,126 --> 10:17:45,528 CODE LANGUAGE WOULD BE THAT IT 1383 10:17:45,528 --> 10:17:47,363 WAS LANGUAGE ADDED THAT HAS 1384 10:17:47,363 --> 10:17:52,235 NEVER BEEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED OR 1385 10:17:52,235 --> 10:17:53,069 CARRIED OUT. SO POTENTIALLY 1386 10:17:53,069 --> 10:17:55,405 ASPIRATIONAL WHEN IT WAS ADDED, 1387 10:17:55,405 --> 10:17:57,673 BUT IT HASN'T BEEN REALIZED IN 1388 10:17:57,673 --> 10:18:03,312 THE SAME WAY THAT OTHER LANGUAGE 1389 10:18:03,312 --> 10:18:06,115 IN THE -- IN THE CITY CODE 1390 10:18:06,115 --> 10:18:07,450 DESCRIBING WHAT THE CARE 1391 10:18:07,450 --> 10:18:09,152 DEPARTMENT DOES HAS BEEN 1392 10:18:09,152 --> 10:18:12,121 REALIZED. AS YOU STATED, I MEAN 1393 10:18:12,121 --> 10:18:14,257 THE TWO PRIMARY FUNCTIONS THAT 1394 10:18:14,257 --> 10:18:15,258 THE CARE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY 1395 10:18:15,258 --> 10:18:17,593 CARRIES OUT ARE THE OPERATION OF 1396 10:18:17,593 --> 10:18:20,496 THE 911 CALL CENTER FIRST, AND 1397 10:18:20,496 --> 10:18:23,199 SECONDLY, THE FIELDING AND 1398 10:18:23,199 --> 10:18:27,770 MAINTENANCE OF THE COMMUNITY 1399 10:18:27,770 --> 10:18:28,905 CRISIS RESPONDER TEAMS, NOT 1400 10:18:28,905 --> 10:18:29,872 INSIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL BODY OF 1401 10:18:29,872 --> 10:18:31,307 WORK RELATED TO THE WORK WAS 1402 10:18:31,307 --> 10:18:33,209 ADDED IN THE FALL BUDGET, WHICH 1403 10:18:33,209 --> 10:18:36,813 IS THE OVERSIGHT OF THE 1404 10:18:36,813 --> 10:18:38,481 CONTRACTS THAT I MENTIONED FOR 1405 10:18:38,481 --> 10:18:40,983 LEAD, COLEAD, AND WE DELIVER 1406 10:18:40,983 --> 10:18:42,452 CARE, BUT BEYOND THAT, THE 1407 10:18:42,452 --> 10:18:44,287 EXISTING -- THERE IS SOME 1408 10:18:44,287 --> 10:18:46,556 EXISTING CODE LANGUAGE NOW THAT 1409 10:18:46,556 --> 10:18:50,393 THIS BILL WOULD NOT CHANGE, 1410 10:18:50,393 --> 10:18:51,527 WHICH TALKS, ANTICIPATES A 1411 10:18:51,527 --> 10:18:53,629 POTENTIAL FUTURE STATE AROUND AN 1412 10:18:53,629 --> 10:18:56,632 INCREASED LEVEL OF COORDINATION, 1413 10:18:56,632 --> 10:18:57,533 GUN VIOLENCE, COMMUNITY-BASED 1414 10:18:57,533 --> 10:18:58,434 INTERVENTIONS AS YOU MENTIONED 1415 10:18:58,434 --> 10:19:01,637 THAT ARE IN CODE, BUT THAT HAS 1416 10:19:01,637 --> 10:19:05,441 LARGELY NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED. 1417 10:19:05,441 --> 10:19:06,676 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 1418 10:19:06,676 --> 10:19:12,748 FOR THAT QUESTION. IT'S AN 1419 10:19:12,748 --> 10:19:14,584 IMPORTANT ONE, AND IT SHOULD BE 1420 10:19:14,584 --> 10:19:16,853 NOTED THAT WITH THE PDA CONTRACT 1421 10:19:16,853 --> 10:19:18,554 MOVING FROM HSD TO CARE, THAT 1422 10:19:18,554 --> 10:19:22,191 WAS QUITE SIMPLE, AND IT WAS 1423 10:19:22,191 --> 10:19:26,929 DONE. AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF 1424 10:19:26,929 --> 10:19:30,032 AN AREA THAT -- WE JUST HAD A 1425 10:19:30,032 --> 10:19:30,666 SYMPOSIUM YESTERDAY. WE ARE NOT 1426 10:19:30,666 --> 10:19:32,702 GETTING THE JOB DONE. THERE'S A 1427 10:19:32,702 --> 10:19:34,070 DEDICATED LEAD WHO HAS NOT BEEN 1428 10:19:34,070 --> 10:19:35,805 DEDICATED TO LEAD THE PROGRAM. 1429 10:19:35,805 --> 10:19:37,206 IT'S OUR JOB TO ENSURE THEY DO 1430 10:19:37,206 --> 10:19:39,675 THE JOB, AND I THINK THEY CAN. I 1431 10:19:39,675 --> 10:19:41,177 KNOW THEY ARE RELATIVELY NEW, 1432 10:19:41,177 --> 10:19:47,083 BUT IF WE DON'T DEMAND BETTER, 1433 10:19:47,083 --> 10:19:48,818 IF WE DON'T DEMAND THE RESULT, 1434 10:19:48,818 --> 10:19:50,419 WE DON'T GET IT. THANK YOU FOR 1435 10:19:50,419 --> 10:19:51,387 BRINGING IT UP. IT'S REALLY 1436 10:19:51,387 --> 10:19:54,123 IMPORTANT TO DO THIS. AS WE SAW 1437 10:19:54,123 --> 10:19:56,192 YESTERDAY, THIS MISSION AREA 1438 10:19:56,192 --> 10:19:57,059 BELONGS WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY, 1439 10:19:57,059 --> 10:19:59,395 AND TO BE FRANK, WE WILL GET 1440 10:19:59,395 --> 10:20:00,029 MORE ATTENTION AND OVERSIGHT 1441 10:20:00,029 --> 10:20:02,131 HERE THAN IT WOULD OTHERWISE. 1442 10:20:02,131 --> 10:20:03,699 THIS IS THE NATURAL HOME FOR IT. 1443 10:20:03,699 --> 10:20:07,203 SO WE JUST HAVE TO DEMAND THAT 1444 10:20:07,203 --> 10:20:08,905 CARE AND THE EXECUTIVE TAKE IT 1445 10:20:08,905 --> 10:20:14,844 ON AND CARRY IT OUT BECAUSE JUST 1446 10:20:14,844 --> 10:20:17,113 TO WISH IT AWAY, THREE YEARS 1447 10:20:17,113 --> 10:20:19,148 FROM NOW WE WILL HAVE A SIMILAR 1448 10:20:19,148 --> 10:20:20,316 CONVERSATION ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE 1449 10:20:20,316 --> 10:20:21,584 PREVENTION. THANK YOU FOR 1450 10:20:21,584 --> 10:20:22,451 BRINGING THE ISSUE. ANY OTHER 1451 10:20:22,451 --> 10:20:22,752 QUESTIONS? 1452 10:20:22,752 --> 10:20:25,788 >> JUST IF I COULD RESPOND TO 1453 10:20:25,788 --> 10:20:27,757 THAT POINT. I MEAN, I DO THINK 1454 10:20:27,757 --> 10:20:30,192 THAT, YOU KNOW, ON OUR GUN 1455 10:20:30,192 --> 10:20:31,561 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION WORK, IT 1456 10:20:31,561 --> 10:20:32,461 LIVES IN MANY DIFFERENT 1457 10:20:32,461 --> 10:20:33,462 DEPARTMENTS CURRENTLY, AND I DO 1458 10:20:33,462 --> 10:20:37,433 THINK THAT WE NEED A MORE 1459 10:20:37,433 --> 10:20:38,301 COORDINATED APPROACH. IT LIVES 1460 10:20:38,301 --> 10:20:39,635 WITH HSD. THERE'S THE 1461 10:20:39,635 --> 10:20:40,536 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, AND 1462 10:20:40,536 --> 10:20:43,673 THERE'S A TOUCH POINT WITH THE 1463 10:20:43,673 --> 10:20:46,609 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, EARLY 1464 10:20:46,609 --> 10:20:49,579 LEARNING WITH THE FUNDING, AND 1465 10:20:49,579 --> 10:20:51,647 OBVIOUSLY WITH THE POLICE 1466 10:20:51,647 --> 10:20:53,816 DEPARTMENT, CARE NOW, HAVING A 1467 10:20:53,816 --> 10:20:54,317 COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY 1468 10:20:54,317 --> 10:20:55,384 ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. I DON'T HAVE 1469 10:20:55,384 --> 10:20:56,752 STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT WHERE IT 1470 10:20:56,752 --> 10:20:57,954 SHOULD LIVE. I DO THINK THERE'S 1471 10:20:57,954 --> 10:20:59,255 A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE 1472 10:20:59,255 --> 10:21:02,024 BETWEEN SORT OF THE EMERGENCY 1473 10:21:02,024 --> 10:21:06,429 RESPONDER PART OF THIS WORK THAT 1474 10:21:06,429 --> 10:21:09,999 CARE DOES VERSES THE MORE DEEPLY 1475 10:21:09,999 --> 10:21:11,667 ENGAGED LONG-TERM KIND OF 1476 10:21:11,667 --> 10:21:13,035 COMMUNITY SAFETY WORK THAT SOME 1477 10:21:13,035 --> 10:21:16,372 OF OUR FOLKS DO. SO JUST WANTED 1478 10:21:16,372 --> 10:21:19,542 TO DISTINGUISH THAT I THINK 1479 10:21:19,542 --> 10:21:20,109 THERE COULD BE A DIFFERENCE 1480 10:21:20,109 --> 10:21:22,878 BETWEEN THE LONGER TERM 1481 10:21:22,878 --> 10:21:24,647 STRATEGIES VERSES THE MORE 911 1482 10:21:24,647 --> 10:21:25,548 TYPE OF EMERGENCY RESPONDER 1483 10:21:25,548 --> 10:21:25,982 WORK, SO THANK YOU. 1484 10:21:25,982 --> 10:21:27,350 >> THANK YOU, AND COMMUNITY 1485 10:21:27,350 --> 10:21:29,852 SAFETY IN A LOT OF WAYS IS 1486 10:21:29,852 --> 10:21:31,120 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE, BUT AT THE 1487 10:21:31,120 --> 10:21:35,658 COMMUNITY LEVEL, AND SO IT DOES 1488 10:21:35,658 --> 10:21:37,727 NEED TO BE NESTED WITH THE MORE 1489 10:21:37,727 --> 10:21:38,260 FORMAL GOVERNMENT WE ARE 1490 10:21:38,260 --> 10:21:39,662 RESPONSE AND THE LEADERSHIP WITH 1491 10:21:39,662 --> 10:21:45,368 THE EXECUTIVES TO HELP CARRY IT 1492 10:21:45,368 --> 10:21:48,204 OUT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 1493 10:21:48,204 --> 10:21:49,338 LIN. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 1494 10:21:49,338 --> 10:21:51,540 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WAS 1495 10:21:51,540 --> 10:21:53,643 LOOKING AT THE LEGISLATION, AND 1496 10:21:53,643 --> 10:21:57,246 THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, FOR 1497 10:21:57,246 --> 10:21:57,813 GOING THROUGH IT. MAYBE YOU 1498 10:21:57,813 --> 10:21:58,681 CAN'T ANSWER SOME OF THIS AND 1499 10:21:58,681 --> 10:22:03,185 WE HAVE TO GO TO CARE FOLKS. TWO 1500 10:22:03,185 --> 10:22:08,491 THINGS, ON THE 3.15060, WHICH IS 1501 10:22:08,491 --> 10:22:11,527 PAGE TWO AND PAGE FOUR, IN THE 1502 10:22:11,527 --> 10:22:12,194 SECTION ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AS 1503 10:22:12,194 --> 10:22:16,365 WELL, WE HAVE -- I SEE THEY 1504 10:22:16,365 --> 10:22:23,406 STRUCK COMPASSIONATE AND PUT IN 1505 10:22:23,406 --> 10:22:25,007 EFFECTIVE, ACCOUNTABLE. SHALL 1506 10:22:25,007 --> 10:22:27,309 INCLUDE OVERSIGHT AND 1507 10:22:27,309 --> 10:22:28,444 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CITY 1508 10:22:28,444 --> 10:22:31,747 CONTRACTS RELATED TO DIVERSION 1509 10:22:31,747 --> 10:22:32,381 AND REENTRY SERVICES FOR THOSE 1510 10:22:32,381 --> 10:22:34,317 AT RISK ET CETERA. I THINK 1511 10:22:34,317 --> 10:22:35,685 THERE'S TWO THINGS, AND I HAVE 1512 10:22:35,685 --> 10:22:40,723 A SECOND QUESTION IF I CAN, MR. 1513 10:22:40,723 --> 10:22:42,758 CHAIR. WHAT DOES ACCOUNTABILITY 1514 10:22:42,758 --> 10:22:43,626 LOOK LIKE? I MEAN THAT SEEMS 1515 10:22:43,626 --> 10:22:45,995 LIKE A BIG LIFT IN LIGHT WHAT WE 1516 10:22:45,995 --> 10:22:52,501 ARE DOING WITH THE KING COUNTY 1517 10:22:52,501 --> 10:22:53,736 REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY IN 1518 10:22:53,736 --> 10:22:55,604 CONTRACTS SO IF WE ARE TALKING 1519 10:22:55,604 --> 10:23:00,476 ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND CARE 1520 10:23:00,476 --> 10:23:03,312 AND CARE IS GOING TO ABSORB 1521 10:23:03,312 --> 10:23:05,347 LEAD, COLEAD, AND A BUNCH OF THE 1522 10:23:05,347 --> 10:23:06,015 OTHER ORGANIZATION CONTRACTS, IF 1523 10:23:06,015 --> 10:23:13,789 THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO 1524 10:23:13,789 --> 10:23:14,623 BE SETTLED, HOUSED, AND 1525 10:23:14,623 --> 10:23:15,591 ACCOUNTABILITY -- I'M 1526 10:23:15,591 --> 10:23:16,192 CONCERNED. MR.CHAIR, YOU MAY 1527 10:23:16,192 --> 10:23:18,828 HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ME AS WELL. 1528 10:23:18,828 --> 10:23:22,732 WHAT IF WE HAVE -- WHAT DOES 1529 10:23:22,732 --> 10:23:24,166 THAT ACCOUNTABILITY LOOK LIKE? 1530 10:23:24,166 --> 10:23:25,434 IN THE SENSE OF LIKE WHAT I 1531 10:23:25,434 --> 10:23:27,136 SHARED, NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE 1532 10:23:27,136 --> 10:23:29,705 SHADOW OF WHAT WE ARE DEALING 1533 10:23:29,705 --> 10:23:31,073 WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES 1534 10:23:31,073 --> 10:23:35,311 OF THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL 1535 10:23:35,311 --> 10:23:36,312 HOUSING AUTHORITY? I MEAN 1536 10:23:36,312 --> 10:23:37,680 THAT'S A LOADED WORD, 1537 10:23:37,680 --> 10:23:38,914 ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS IS A LOT OF 1538 10:23:38,914 --> 10:23:41,917 CONTRACTS AND A LOT OF MONEY. WE 1539 10:23:41,917 --> 10:23:42,952 DOUBLED CARE'S EMPLOYEES. WE 1540 10:23:42,952 --> 10:23:44,754 HAVE A LOT OF MOVING CONTRACTS 1541 10:23:44,754 --> 10:23:47,156 HERE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT 1542 10:23:47,156 --> 10:23:49,492 OF EMPLOYEES, A LOT OF ACTORS. 1543 10:23:49,492 --> 10:23:51,994 HOW ARE WE GOING TO MONITOR 1544 10:23:51,994 --> 10:23:54,730 THAT? HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? 1545 10:23:54,730 --> 10:23:56,398 I KNOW WE ARE CODIFYING THIS. IF 1546 10:23:56,398 --> 10:23:58,601 THIS IS ALL WE ARE DOING RIGHT 1547 10:23:58,601 --> 10:24:00,202 NOW, IS THERE ANY MORE THOUGHT 1548 10:24:00,202 --> 10:24:02,104 TO WHAT THAT MEANS? 1549 10:24:02,104 --> 10:24:02,972 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FIRST, 1550 10:24:02,972 --> 10:24:07,343 IT IS ALREADY IN THE LAW. THIS 1551 10:24:07,343 --> 10:24:10,045 IS ABOUT THE VIOLENCE 1552 10:24:10,045 --> 10:24:11,981 PREVENTION, VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER 1553 10:24:11,981 --> 10:24:12,214 PIECE. 1554 10:24:12,214 --> 10:24:12,481 >> RIGHT. 1555 10:24:12,481 --> 10:24:13,682 >> NOT THE BROADER -- YOU KNOW, 1556 10:24:13,682 --> 10:24:20,589 THIS IS NOT A HOUSING FOCUSED 1557 10:24:20,589 --> 10:24:23,559 PARAGRAPH. CAN I ADD, THERE WAS 1558 10:24:23,559 --> 10:24:25,094 A MISTAKE EARLIER, THE WORD 1559 10:24:25,094 --> 10:24:26,362 COMPASSIONATE WAS NOT SUPPOSED 1560 10:24:26,362 --> 10:24:27,463 TO BE REMOVED. IT WAS SUPPOSED 1561 10:24:27,463 --> 10:24:29,398 TO BE MOVED OVER. COMPASSIONATE 1562 10:24:29,398 --> 10:24:32,101 WILL BE ADDED BACK IN. I WANT TO 1563 10:24:32,101 --> 10:24:34,470 MAKE THE QUICK POINT SINCE YOU 1564 10:24:34,470 --> 10:24:34,837 REFERENCED IT. 1565 10:24:34,837 --> 10:24:35,871 >> I MUST HAVE AN OLD COPY THEN. 1566 10:24:35,871 --> 10:24:38,641 >> NO, IT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. IT 1567 10:24:38,641 --> 10:24:40,142 WILL BE FIXED BEFORE THE NEXT 1568 10:24:40,142 --> 10:24:40,409 MEETING. 1569 10:24:40,409 --> 10:24:44,313 >> OKAY, IT WAS STRUCK BY 1570 10:24:44,313 --> 10:24:44,580 ACCIDENT? 1571 10:24:44,580 --> 10:24:45,247 >> YEAH. 1572 10:24:45,247 --> 10:24:48,317 >> SO PLEASE, PLEASE ENLIGHTEN 1573 10:24:48,317 --> 10:24:49,585 ME MR. CHAIR THEN FOR THE 1574 10:24:49,585 --> 10:24:50,586 ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE OR WHAT YOU 1575 10:24:50,586 --> 10:24:51,053 WERE SAYING. 1576 10:24:51,053 --> 10:24:54,223 >> THIS IS THE FOCUS ON VIOLENCE 1577 10:24:54,223 --> 10:24:54,890 INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, AND THIS 1578 10:24:54,890 --> 10:24:55,858 HAS ALREADY BEEN IN LAW, AND 1579 10:24:55,858 --> 10:24:58,961 THERE'S BEEN NO ACTION ON IT, 1580 10:24:58,961 --> 10:25:02,031 AND AS WE ARE SEEING IN 1581 10:25:02,031 --> 10:25:03,199 YESTERDAY'S SYMPOSIUM, WE ARE 1582 10:25:03,199 --> 10:25:05,067 NOT GETTING RESULTS EITHER. 1583 10:25:05,067 --> 10:25:07,670 CONTINUING AS IS IS ALSO NOT AN 1584 10:25:07,670 --> 10:25:10,272 ISSUE. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THE 1585 10:25:10,272 --> 10:25:10,873 WORD ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT'S 1586 10:25:10,873 --> 10:25:12,274 WHAT WE NEED MORE OF IN THESE 1587 10:25:12,274 --> 10:25:16,078 BILLS AND OUR WORK AND 1588 10:25:16,078 --> 10:25:19,014 OVERSEEING WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE. 1589 10:25:19,014 --> 10:25:22,117 THE -- WE NEED MORE 1590 10:25:22,117 --> 10:25:22,751 ACCOUNTABILITY THAN ANYTHING 1591 10:25:22,751 --> 10:25:25,888 ELSE AND TO AVOID WHAT WE HAVE 1592 10:25:25,888 --> 10:25:29,291 BEEN SEEING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. 1593 10:25:29,291 --> 10:25:31,293 >> I DON'T EITHER. I DON'T 1594 10:25:31,293 --> 10:25:33,162 HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MORE 1595 10:25:33,162 --> 10:25:34,663 ACCOUNTABILITY EITHER, ALL 1596 10:25:34,663 --> 10:25:38,767 RIGHT. THE OTHER ISSUE I WANT TO 1597 10:25:38,767 --> 10:25:43,272 RAISE IS PAGE THREE. SO, AGAIN, 1598 10:25:43,272 --> 10:25:46,442 ON SECTION FOUR ONE WHEN WE SAY 1599 10:25:46,442 --> 10:25:48,544 MAINTAINING A COMMUNITY CRISIS 1600 10:25:48,544 --> 10:25:49,545 RESPONDER TEAM AS FIRST 1601 10:25:49,545 --> 10:25:50,713 RESPONDERS SUPPORTING THE 1602 10:25:50,713 --> 10:25:52,681 CITY'S RESPONSE TO PERSONS 1603 10:25:52,681 --> 10:25:54,450 EXPERIENCING CLINICAL CRISIS AND 1604 10:25:54,450 --> 10:25:56,118 OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, 1605 10:25:56,118 --> 10:26:00,256 AND THIS JUST MAY BE MORE OF A 1606 10:26:00,256 --> 10:26:01,323 WONKY LAWYER QUESTION, IS THIS 1607 10:26:01,323 --> 10:26:10,132 THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE LABELED 1608 10:26:10,132 --> 10:26:12,735 THE CCRT AS WHEN I SAY 1609 10:26:12,735 --> 10:26:15,371 LEGITIMATE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY 1610 10:26:15,371 --> 10:26:16,372 ACTUAL LEGITIMATE FIRST 1611 10:26:16,372 --> 10:26:20,042 RESPONDERS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, 1612 10:26:20,042 --> 10:26:23,579 CHAIR, SPD AND SFD, SEATTLE FIRE 1613 10:26:23,579 --> 10:26:24,413 DEPARTMENT, CODIFIED AS FIRST 1614 10:26:24,413 --> 10:26:27,182 RESPONDERS IN LAW ARE HELD TO A 1615 10:26:27,182 --> 10:26:28,817 HIGHER STANDARD FOR LIABILITY 1616 10:26:28,817 --> 10:26:32,388 PURPOSES. SO ARE WE -- IS THIS 1617 10:26:32,388 --> 10:26:35,691 JUST A -- ARE WE ACTUALLY 1618 10:26:35,691 --> 10:26:36,625 ANOINTING THEM AS FIRST 1619 10:26:36,625 --> 10:26:38,928 RESPONDERS LIKE WE TREAT AND 1620 10:26:38,928 --> 10:26:41,463 KEEP SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND 1621 10:26:41,463 --> 10:26:42,431 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 1622 10:26:42,431 --> 10:26:44,199 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE FIRST 1623 10:26:44,199 --> 10:26:45,534 RESPONDERS TO A HIGHER STANDARD 1624 10:26:45,534 --> 10:26:47,770 AND HIGHER PROTECTIONS BY THE 1625 10:26:47,770 --> 10:26:49,438 WAY, IF YOU ASSAULT THEM? SO IS 1626 10:26:49,438 --> 10:26:51,173 THAT WHAT WE ARE SAYING HERE? 1627 10:26:51,173 --> 10:26:54,009 >> YES, THEY ARE FIRST 1628 10:26:54,009 --> 10:26:55,945 RESPONDERS. WE HAVE CHIEF 1629 10:26:55,945 --> 10:26:58,080 BARTON. WE DON'T HAVE DIRECTOR 1630 10:26:58,080 --> 10:26:58,314 BARTON. 1631 10:26:58,314 --> 10:27:02,952 >> I KNOW I NAMED HER CHIEF 1632 10:27:02,952 --> 10:27:07,990 BARTON. I WAS THERE, SO YEAH. 1633 10:27:07,990 --> 10:27:09,391 >> THAT STANDARD NEEDS TO BE 1634 10:27:09,391 --> 10:27:10,993 MET. THAT GOES BACK TO THE 1635 10:27:10,993 --> 10:27:11,460 ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE. 1636 10:27:11,460 --> 10:27:13,295 >> IF I COULD ADD, IN A SENSE, 1637 10:27:13,295 --> 10:27:15,564 BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 1638 10:27:15,564 --> 10:27:17,099 IN MUNICIPAL CODE WE WILL BE 1639 10:27:17,099 --> 10:27:19,368 DESCRIBING THE WORK OF THE 1640 10:27:19,368 --> 10:27:20,970 COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONDER TEAM, 1641 10:27:20,970 --> 10:27:24,473 YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL WILL BE 1642 10:27:24,473 --> 10:27:26,976 AWARE, THIS IS WORK THAT HAS 1643 10:27:26,976 --> 10:27:28,677 BEEN UNDERWAY, BEING EXECUTED BY 1644 10:27:28,677 --> 10:27:32,114 THE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVERAL 1645 10:27:32,114 --> 10:27:33,549 YEARS, UP TO THIS POINT, BUT IT 1646 10:27:33,549 --> 10:27:39,288 IS NOT WORK THAT HAS BEEN 1647 10:27:39,288 --> 10:27:40,422 REFLECTED ACCURATELY OR 1648 10:27:40,422 --> 10:27:41,957 DESCRIPTIVELY IN THE CODE UNDER 1649 10:27:41,957 --> 10:27:44,727 THE FUNCTION OF THE CARE 1650 10:27:44,727 --> 10:27:45,594 DEPARTMENT. SO IN THAT SENSE, 1651 10:27:45,594 --> 10:27:48,430 YES, THIS IS BOTH THE FIRST TIME 1652 10:27:48,430 --> 10:27:49,465 THAT THE COMMUNITY CRISIS 1653 10:27:49,465 --> 10:27:51,700 RESPONSE TEAM WILL BE DESCRIBED 1654 10:27:51,700 --> 10:27:52,901 IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE, PERIOD, 1655 10:27:52,901 --> 10:27:54,603 AND IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME 1656 10:27:54,603 --> 10:27:58,974 THAT THEY ARE DESCRIBED AS FIRST 1657 10:27:58,974 --> 10:28:01,310 RESPONDERS. THE FIRST RESPONDER 1658 10:28:01,310 --> 10:28:04,880 LANGUAGE AND, IN FACT, ALL OF 1659 10:28:04,880 --> 10:28:05,881 THE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE IN THIS 1660 10:28:05,881 --> 10:28:07,750 ORDINANCE IS TAKEN FROM THE 1661 10:28:07,750 --> 10:28:09,418 LANGUAGE THAT THE CITY ALREADY 1662 10:28:09,418 --> 10:28:11,120 USES AND HAS USED TO DESCRIBE 1663 10:28:11,120 --> 10:28:13,856 THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY CRISIS 1664 10:28:13,856 --> 10:28:15,791 RESPONSE TEAM IN PUBLIC 1665 10:28:15,791 --> 10:28:17,660 STATEMENTS AND PRESS RELEASES ON 1666 10:28:17,660 --> 10:28:20,896 THE CARE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE FOR 1667 10:28:20,896 --> 10:28:23,799 EXAMPLE. IN THAT SENSE, IT'S 1668 10:28:23,799 --> 10:28:25,734 CONSISTENT OR A CONTINUATION OF 1669 10:28:25,734 --> 10:28:27,002 THE TERMINOLOGY THAT IS BEING 1670 10:28:27,002 --> 10:28:31,940 USED. I'M NOT AWARE THAT THIS 1671 10:28:31,940 --> 10:28:34,843 LANGUAGE WILL CREATE ANY NEW 1672 10:28:34,843 --> 10:28:37,246 LEGAL LIABILITY OR LEGAL DUTY IN 1673 10:28:37,246 --> 10:28:38,747 THAT SENSE. I MEAN, AS WITH 1674 10:28:38,747 --> 10:28:39,648 EVERY ORDINANCE, EVEN THOUGH 1675 10:28:39,648 --> 10:28:42,317 THIS IS A DRAFT, THIS HAS BEEN 1676 10:28:42,317 --> 10:28:44,887 REVIEWED BY OUR COLLEAGUES IN 1677 10:28:44,887 --> 10:28:46,355 THE LAW DEPARTMENT, AND LIKE I 1678 10:28:46,355 --> 10:28:48,991 SAID, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A 1679 10:28:48,991 --> 10:28:50,592 DEFINITIVE STATEMENT, BUT THERE 1680 10:28:50,592 --> 10:28:51,660 WERE NO FLAGS. I'M NOT AWARE 1681 10:28:51,660 --> 10:28:53,195 THIS WOULD MAKE ANY CHANGES TO 1682 10:28:53,195 --> 10:28:57,499 LIABILITY IN THE WAY THAT YOU 1683 10:28:57,499 --> 10:28:58,500 DESCRIBED, BUT TO REITERATE, 1684 10:28:58,500 --> 10:29:00,602 YES, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST 1685 10:29:00,602 --> 10:29:02,638 TIME THEY ARE DESCRIBED IN 1686 10:29:02,638 --> 10:29:05,240 MUNICIPAL CODE AS FAR AS I AM 1687 10:29:05,240 --> 10:29:06,942 AWARE AS FIRST RESPONDERS. 1688 10:29:06,942 --> 10:29:08,644 THAT'S ALSO BY VIRTUE OF THE 1689 10:29:08,644 --> 10:29:10,713 FACT THAT THE CODE CURRENTLY 1690 10:29:10,713 --> 10:29:11,447 DOESN'T DESCRIBE THE CCR TEAM 1691 10:29:11,447 --> 10:29:13,248 AT ALL. 1692 10:29:13,248 --> 10:29:18,153 >> ALL RIGHT, SO I GUESS MY 1693 10:29:18,153 --> 10:29:20,022 POINT IS THIS A FIRST RESPONDER 1694 10:29:20,022 --> 10:29:21,757 IS A TERM IN LAW, WE PROVIDE 1695 10:29:21,757 --> 10:29:23,425 PROTECTIONS AND HOLD THEM TO A 1696 10:29:23,425 --> 10:29:24,893 HIGHER STANDARD BECAUSE THEY ARE 1697 10:29:24,893 --> 10:29:26,662 IN THE PUBLIC AND ARE FIRST 1698 10:29:26,662 --> 10:29:27,996 RESPONDERS, AND THEY CAN BE, 1699 10:29:27,996 --> 10:29:29,331 I'M NOT ARGUING ABOUT THAT. I 1700 10:29:29,331 --> 10:29:31,800 GUESS MY POINT IS MAYBE DOWN THE 1701 10:29:31,800 --> 10:29:33,335 ROAD, WE START LOOKING AT -- 1702 10:29:33,335 --> 10:29:34,770 IT'S JUST BEEN RECENTLY IN THE 1703 10:29:34,770 --> 10:29:36,905 LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS WHERE WE 1704 10:29:36,905 --> 10:29:39,408 GAVE THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT 1705 10:29:39,408 --> 10:29:41,376 PEOPLE THE SAME PROTECTIONS THAT 1706 10:29:41,376 --> 10:29:42,845 WE GIVE SPD, IF SOMEBODY 1707 10:29:42,845 --> 10:29:44,012 ASSAULTS A POLICE OFFICER, 1708 10:29:44,012 --> 10:29:45,781 THAT'S THE HIGHER CRIME BECAUSE 1709 10:29:45,781 --> 10:29:48,283 THEY ARE A FIRST RESPONDER, AND 1710 10:29:48,283 --> 10:29:50,252 WE EXTENDED THE SAME COURTESY TO 1711 10:29:50,252 --> 10:29:52,488 THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT 1712 10:29:52,488 --> 10:29:54,656 WERE FIRST RESPONDERS ALSO BEING 1713 10:29:54,656 --> 10:29:56,558 ASSAULTED. IF WE ARE NOW GOING 1714 10:29:56,558 --> 10:29:57,926 TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT, AND 1715 10:29:57,926 --> 10:30:00,362 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE WORK 1716 10:30:00,362 --> 10:30:01,830 ISN'T FIRST RESPONDING, MAYBE 1717 10:30:01,830 --> 10:30:03,932 THAT'S SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD 1718 10:30:03,932 --> 10:30:05,434 THAT THEY HAVE THOSE PROTECTIONS 1719 10:30:05,434 --> 10:30:08,303 AS WELL. BECAUSE IF THEY ARE, IN 1720 10:30:08,303 --> 10:30:10,272 DEED, FIRST RESPONDING TO PEOPLE 1721 10:30:10,272 --> 10:30:11,874 EXPERIENCING CRISIS AND OR 1722 10:30:11,874 --> 10:30:13,108 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, THAT DOESN'T 1723 10:30:13,108 --> 10:30:14,610 MEAN THAT IT DOESN'T -- IT CAN 1724 10:30:14,610 --> 10:30:17,946 START OFF THAT WAY, BUT THAT 1725 10:30:17,946 --> 10:30:19,515 DOESN'T MEAN THAT SITUATION 1726 10:30:19,515 --> 10:30:21,016 MAINTAINS THAT PATTERN AND STAYS 1727 10:30:21,016 --> 10:30:24,753 THAT WAY IT'S JUST CLINICAL 1728 10:30:24,753 --> 10:30:27,222 CRISIS. IT COULD ACTUALLY -- 1729 10:30:27,222 --> 10:30:30,626 BEHAVIOR COULD EXPAND TO 1730 10:30:30,626 --> 10:30:31,693 ENDANGERING THE NOW FIRST 1731 10:30:31,693 --> 10:30:32,561 RESPONDER CCRT EMPLOYEE. THAT'S 1732 10:30:32,561 --> 10:30:34,296 MY POINT. I'M NOT TRYING TO 1733 10:30:34,296 --> 10:30:37,232 ARGUE WITH YOU. I'M JUST SAYING 1734 10:30:37,232 --> 10:30:39,234 IF THAT'S, IN DEED, A TERM A 1735 10:30:39,234 --> 10:30:43,038 LEGAL TERM, AND IF YOU DO ATTACH 1736 10:30:43,038 --> 10:30:46,408 OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO 1737 10:30:46,408 --> 10:30:49,211 SAY THE WORD, ANOINT A GROUP, WE 1738 10:30:49,211 --> 10:30:50,312 SHOULD PROBABLY EXPLORE THOSE 1739 10:30:50,312 --> 10:30:51,480 PROTECTIONS FOR THEM AS WELL. 1740 10:30:51,480 --> 10:30:55,551 THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS MAKING. 1741 10:30:55,551 --> 10:30:56,285 THANK YOU. 1742 10:30:56,285 --> 10:30:58,487 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1743 10:30:58,487 --> 10:30:59,188 JUAREZ. I AGREE. FIRST WE SHALL 1744 10:30:59,188 --> 10:31:01,056 SET THE STANDARD AND THE 1745 10:31:01,056 --> 10:31:04,960 EXPECTATIONS FOR THE STANDARD. 1746 10:31:04,960 --> 10:31:07,262 THAT'S THE FIRST POINT. TWO, TO 1747 10:31:07,262 --> 10:31:08,397 YOUR POINT, WE SHOULDN'T WAIT 1748 10:31:08,397 --> 10:31:09,665 FIVE YEARS TO GIVE THE SAME 1749 10:31:09,665 --> 10:31:11,166 PROTECTIONS WE GAVE TO THE 1750 10:31:11,166 --> 10:31:13,468 FIREFIGHTERS I THINK TWO YEARS 1751 10:31:13,468 --> 10:31:14,670 AGO. THAT'S DEFINITELY A 1752 10:31:14,670 --> 10:31:16,238 QUESTION WORTH FOLLOWING UP AND 1753 10:31:16,238 --> 10:31:17,639 MAYBE ADDING THAT PIECE INTO 1754 10:31:17,639 --> 10:31:20,776 THIS ORDINANCE NOW INSTEAD OF 1755 10:31:20,776 --> 10:31:23,512 WAITING A NUMBER OF YEARS AND 1756 10:31:23,512 --> 10:31:25,314 HAVING SOME INCIDENT HAPPEN AND 1757 10:31:25,314 --> 10:31:26,849 THEN RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT. 1758 10:31:26,849 --> 10:31:28,183 THAT'S A VERY GOOD OBSERVATION 1759 10:31:28,183 --> 10:31:33,188 AND POINT RELATED TO USING THE 1760 10:31:33,188 --> 10:31:34,523 FIREFIGHTERS AS THE EXAMPLE 1761 10:31:34,523 --> 10:31:35,958 HERE. MY TEAM WILL WORK WITH 1762 10:31:35,958 --> 10:31:36,992 YOUR TEAM AND CENTRAL STAFF AND 1763 10:31:36,992 --> 10:31:38,760 LAW TO WORK THROUGH THAT POINT. 1764 10:31:38,760 --> 10:31:40,095 I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 1765 10:31:40,095 --> 10:31:43,398 THAT YOU RAISED IT AND WE 1766 10:31:43,398 --> 10:31:44,132 ADDRESS IT. THANK YOU, 1767 10:31:44,132 --> 10:31:44,600 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1768 10:31:44,600 --> 10:31:48,503 >> MR. CHAIR, THE REASON WHY, 1769 10:31:48,503 --> 10:31:49,471 AND THAT'S WHY I LED WITH -- 1770 10:31:49,471 --> 10:31:51,707 KIND OF LAYING THE GROUNDWORK IF 1771 10:31:51,707 --> 10:31:54,042 WE ARE ANOINTING THE CCRT AS 1772 10:31:54,042 --> 10:31:55,110 FIRST RESPONDERS, THEN LET'S 1773 10:31:55,110 --> 10:31:56,345 GIVE THEM THE PROTECTIONS WE 1774 10:31:56,345 --> 10:31:57,813 GIVE OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS. 1775 10:31:57,813 --> 10:32:00,249 THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS LEADING 1776 10:32:00,249 --> 10:32:02,017 INTO WITH LAYING THE GROUNDWORK 1777 10:32:02,017 --> 10:32:04,419 TO DO THE FOLLOWUP QUESTION, SO 1778 10:32:04,419 --> 10:32:06,622 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 1779 10:32:06,622 --> 10:32:09,491 >> YES, UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU, 1780 10:32:09,491 --> 10:32:10,058 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I SEE 1781 10:32:10,058 --> 10:32:14,229 COUNCILMEMBER RHODE ISLAND VARY 1782 10:32:14,229 --> 10:32:14,997 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU 1783 10:32:14,997 --> 10:32:16,131 HAVE YOUR HAND UP. 1784 10:32:16,131 --> 10:32:19,101 >> I AGREE WITH MY COUNCILMEMBER 1785 10:32:19,101 --> 10:32:20,469 ON THIS POINT. ALSO, APOLOGIES, 1786 10:32:20,469 --> 10:32:23,872 I WAS GREETING THE FIRST GRADERS 1787 10:32:23,872 --> 10:32:27,142 FROM MY DISTRICT, BUT IN TERMS 1788 10:32:27,142 --> 10:32:31,880 OF THE CCRs, DO WE NAME IN THE 1789 10:32:31,880 --> 10:32:33,915 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE OTHER 1790 10:32:33,915 --> 10:32:39,521 POSITIONS WITH WHAT THEY DO 1791 10:32:39,521 --> 10:32:39,855 SPECIFICALLY? 1792 10:32:39,855 --> 10:32:41,690 >> UM, COULD YOU ASK IN A 1793 10:32:41,690 --> 10:32:42,057 DIFFERENT WAY? 1794 10:32:42,057 --> 10:32:44,192 >> WE ARE TRYING TO CODIFY THIS 1795 10:32:44,192 --> 10:32:50,632 SET OF EMPLOYEES IN THE SMC WITH 1796 10:32:50,632 --> 10:32:52,434 INCLUDING WHAT THEY DO, ALMOST 1797 10:32:52,434 --> 10:32:53,802 LIKE THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION. I'M 1798 10:32:53,802 --> 10:32:55,637 WONDERING IF WE DO THAT FOR 1799 10:32:55,637 --> 10:32:58,807 OTHER EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY? 1800 10:32:58,807 --> 10:33:00,442 I'M TRYING TO GET TO -- I'M 1801 10:33:00,442 --> 10:33:03,645 TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE 1802 10:33:03,645 --> 10:33:08,283 TRYING TO CODIFY THIS SET OF 1803 10:33:08,283 --> 10:33:11,353 EMPLOYEES AND THE SMC WITH THIS 1804 10:33:11,353 --> 10:33:12,487 LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY. 1805 10:33:12,487 --> 10:33:15,624 >> YEAH, THANK YOU, 1806 10:33:15,624 --> 10:33:17,392 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THAT'S A 1807 10:33:17,392 --> 10:33:19,528 GOOD QUESTION. AS WE WERE 1808 10:33:19,528 --> 10:33:21,830 DRAFTING THIS, WE WERE LOOKING 1809 10:33:21,830 --> 10:33:24,966 TO OTHER SECTIONS, 1810 10:33:24,966 --> 10:33:26,968 ADMINISTRATIVE SECTIONS OF THE 1811 10:33:26,968 --> 10:33:28,003 MUNICIPAL CODE. THERE'S A 1812 10:33:28,003 --> 10:33:31,840 VARIETY OF WAYS THAT DEPARTMENTS 1813 10:33:31,840 --> 10:33:33,342 ARE DESCRIBED. I THINK THAT THE 1814 10:33:33,342 --> 10:33:35,210 ELEMENT OF THIS THAT ATTEMPTS TO 1815 10:33:35,210 --> 10:33:39,982 MAKE THE CODE MORE CONSISTENT 1816 10:33:39,982 --> 10:33:41,149 WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IS THAT 1817 10:33:41,149 --> 10:33:45,120 THERE ARE NOT -- THERE ARE NOT 1818 10:33:45,120 --> 10:33:45,687 CURRENTLY OTHER DEPARTMENTS 1819 10:33:45,687 --> 10:33:48,623 WHOSE CORE -- ONE OF THEIR CORE 1820 10:33:48,623 --> 10:33:50,659 FUNCTIONS IS COMPLETELY ABSENT 1821 10:33:50,659 --> 10:33:52,728 FROM THE MUNICIPAL CODE. AS A 1822 10:33:52,728 --> 10:33:55,430 PRACTICAL MATTER, ON THE GROUND, 1823 10:33:55,430 --> 10:33:57,599 RIGHT AS I SAID BEFORE, THE TWO 1824 10:33:57,599 --> 10:33:58,867 PRIMARY THINGS THE CARE 1825 10:33:58,867 --> 10:34:00,802 DEPARTMENT IS DOING FOR THE CITY 1826 10:34:00,802 --> 10:34:03,739 AND IS KNOWN FOR AND THAT ARE 1827 10:34:03,739 --> 10:34:05,407 HIGHLY VISIBLE ARE THE 911 CALL 1828 10:34:05,407 --> 10:34:07,776 CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY CRISIS 1829 10:34:07,776 --> 10:34:09,411 RESPONDER TEAMS. I THINK IT'S 1830 10:34:09,411 --> 10:34:11,513 FAIR TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU -- YOU 1831 10:34:11,513 --> 10:34:13,448 KNOW, EVOKE THE NAME OF THE CARE 1832 10:34:13,448 --> 10:34:15,083 DEPARTMENT OUT IN THE CITY AND 1833 10:34:15,083 --> 10:34:16,151 IN THE COMMUNITY, THE FIRST 1834 10:34:16,151 --> 10:34:17,719 THING THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY THINK 1835 10:34:17,719 --> 10:34:21,390 OF IS THE CCR TEAMS, NOT 1836 10:34:21,390 --> 10:34:24,159 NECESSARILY THE 911 CALL CENTER 1837 10:34:24,159 --> 10:34:27,996 FUNCTIONS, SO IN THAT WAY, CARE 1838 10:34:27,996 --> 10:34:30,098 DEPARTMENT HAS BECOME SORT OF 1839 10:34:30,098 --> 10:34:31,566 SYNONYMOUS WITH THE CCR FOLKS 1840 10:34:31,566 --> 10:34:34,202 THAT ARE WALK AROUND AND 1841 10:34:34,202 --> 10:34:36,738 CODISPATCHED WITH SPD, ET 1842 10:34:36,738 --> 10:34:41,843 CETERA. SO THE INTENT OF THIS 1843 10:34:41,843 --> 10:34:43,745 ORDINANCE IS TO CAPTURE THE WORK 1844 10:34:43,745 --> 10:34:45,013 THAT THAT FUNCTION OF THE 1845 10:34:45,013 --> 10:34:47,682 DEPARTMENT DOES AT A LEVEL OF 1846 10:34:47,682 --> 10:34:51,686 DETAIL THAT IS BOTH SUFFICIENT 1847 10:34:51,686 --> 10:34:53,688 TO BE DESCRIPTIVE OF WHAT THE 1848 10:34:53,688 --> 10:34:56,258 WORK IS AND ALSO HIGH ENOUGH 1849 10:34:56,258 --> 10:34:59,094 THAT IT DOESN'T CREATE 1850 10:34:59,094 --> 10:34:59,928 CHALLENGES WITH THE PIECES OF 1851 10:34:59,928 --> 10:35:04,800 THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT 1852 10:35:04,800 --> 10:35:07,769 ARE TYPICALLY AND ORDINARILY 1853 10:35:07,769 --> 10:35:09,738 OPERATIONALLY CONTAINED IN 1854 10:35:09,738 --> 10:35:10,672 DIRECTIVES, DEPARTMENT POLICY, 1855 10:35:10,672 --> 10:35:13,241 AND MORE REGULATORY FORMS 1856 10:35:13,241 --> 10:35:15,177 OUTSIDE OF CODE. SO THE ATTEMPT 1857 10:35:15,177 --> 10:35:17,979 OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO SORT OF 1858 10:35:17,979 --> 10:35:20,916 THREAD THAT NEEDLE AND NOT TO 1859 10:35:20,916 --> 10:35:22,117 GET INTO OPERATIONAL OR 1860 10:35:22,117 --> 10:35:23,452 PERSONNEL JOB DESCRIPTION LEVEL, 1861 10:35:23,452 --> 10:35:25,854 BUT TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE WORK IS 1862 10:35:25,854 --> 10:35:27,756 AT A HIGH LEVEL AND CAPTURE THAT 1863 10:35:27,756 --> 10:35:29,424 CURRENT STATE RIGHT NOW IN THE 1864 10:35:29,424 --> 10:35:31,560 INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE 1865 10:35:31,560 --> 10:35:33,728 OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 1866 10:35:33,728 --> 10:35:35,330 >> THANK YOU, ALTHOUGH I DO 1867 10:35:35,330 --> 10:35:39,101 THINK THAT THIS IS A CERTAIN 1868 10:35:39,101 --> 10:35:40,602 LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY, MORE THAN 1869 10:35:40,602 --> 10:35:46,108 JUST GENERALLY THIS IS WHAT THE 1870 10:35:46,108 --> 10:35:48,944 CARE DEPARTMENT DOES AS A 1871 10:35:48,944 --> 10:35:51,146 DEPARTMENT, AND I SAY THAT 1872 10:35:51,146 --> 10:35:53,982 BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT IS NEW IN 1873 10:35:53,982 --> 10:35:56,885 NATURE, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO 1874 10:35:56,885 --> 10:36:00,355 FIGURE OUT. THEY DO -- ONE OF 1875 10:36:00,355 --> 10:36:01,823 THEIR MAIN, BIGGEST BODIES OF 1876 10:36:01,823 --> 10:36:04,659 WORK -- I'M TRYING TO FIND THE 1877 10:36:04,659 --> 10:36:06,061 RIGHT WORDS SO I'M NOT 1878 10:36:06,061 --> 10:36:07,562 MISREPRESENTING, IS THE 911 CALL 1879 10:36:07,562 --> 10:36:09,397 CENTER. WE ARE NOT DESCRIBING 1880 10:36:09,397 --> 10:36:13,935 WHAT THE 911 CALL TAKERS, ALL OF 1881 10:36:13,935 --> 10:36:18,974 THE FUNCTIONS THEY HAVE. BUT YET 1882 10:36:18,974 --> 10:36:20,408 WE ARE SINGLING OUT SOME OF THE 1883 10:36:20,408 --> 10:36:21,676 EMPLOYEES TO TALK MORE 1884 10:36:21,676 --> 10:36:23,245 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. 1885 10:36:23,245 --> 10:36:24,446 IF THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD -- AND 1886 10:36:24,446 --> 10:36:27,282 THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S OTHER 1887 10:36:27,282 --> 10:36:27,883 FUNCTIONS THE DEPARTMENT -- 1888 10:36:27,883 --> 10:36:29,618 BECAUSE SOME FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN 1889 10:36:29,618 --> 10:36:34,289 MOVED OVER LIKE THE DIVERSION, 1890 10:36:34,289 --> 10:36:36,925 THE LEAD, AND SO IF WE ARE 1891 10:36:36,925 --> 10:36:38,527 CODIFYING THIS IN THE SMC, WE 1892 10:36:38,527 --> 10:36:40,028 ARE SAYING THIS IS -- THESE 1893 10:36:40,028 --> 10:36:43,064 FOLKS ARE GOING TO FUNCTION IN 1894 10:36:43,064 --> 10:36:44,633 THIS WAY FOREVER MORE, BUT IF 1895 10:36:44,633 --> 10:36:46,635 THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD MAKE 1896 10:36:46,635 --> 10:36:52,173 CHANGES INTO HOW IT SETS ITSELF 1897 10:36:52,173 --> 10:36:53,808 UP, WE ARE NOW CODIFYING THIS, 1898 10:36:53,808 --> 10:36:56,778 WHICH IS WHAT I WE DON'T 1899 10:36:56,778 --> 10:36:58,647 NORMALLY DO THE SPECIFICITY 1900 10:36:58,647 --> 10:37:00,248 UNLESS WE ARE INTENDING TO DO 1901 10:37:00,248 --> 10:37:01,683 SO. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO 1902 10:37:01,683 --> 10:37:03,718 UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, WE DON'T DO 1903 10:37:03,718 --> 10:37:05,420 THIS FOR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS 1904 10:37:05,420 --> 10:37:07,589 I'M AWARE OF WHERE WE PUT THE 1905 10:37:07,589 --> 10:37:08,890 LEVEL OF THE SPECIFICITY OF THE 1906 10:37:08,890 --> 10:37:12,160 EMPLOYEES IN THIS WAY. USUALLY 1907 10:37:12,160 --> 10:37:13,628 DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY 1908 10:37:13,628 --> 10:37:15,864 TO -- IF THE NEED SHOULD ARISE, 1909 10:37:15,864 --> 10:37:18,967 REARRANGE HOW THEY DO THINGS IN 1910 10:37:18,967 --> 10:37:21,236 THE DEPARTMENT TO MEET THE 1911 10:37:21,236 --> 10:37:24,105 SERVICES AND THE NEEDS THAT THEY 1912 10:37:24,105 --> 10:37:26,474 ADDRESS. SO, AGAIN, I'M JUST 1913 10:37:26,474 --> 10:37:28,743 TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY 1914 10:37:28,743 --> 10:37:31,413 FOR THIS SET OF EMPLOYEES WE ARE 1915 10:37:31,413 --> 10:37:33,548 CODIFYING THIS IN THE SMC AND IN 1916 10:37:33,548 --> 10:37:36,151 THIS SPECIFIC WAY IN A WAY WE 1917 10:37:36,151 --> 10:37:38,820 DON'T DO FOR OTHER CITY 1918 10:37:38,820 --> 10:37:40,488 DEPARTMENTS. I GUESS I 1919 10:37:40,488 --> 10:37:41,790 UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING 1920 10:37:41,790 --> 10:37:43,191 TOMASO, ABOUT, WELL, MOST PEOPLE 1921 10:37:43,191 --> 10:37:45,260 WHEN THEY THINK OF CARE, THEY 1922 10:37:45,260 --> 10:37:48,296 THINK OF CCRs, YES AND NO. SOME 1923 10:37:48,296 --> 10:37:50,665 PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT, 1924 10:37:50,665 --> 10:37:52,867 YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE CCRs IN 1925 10:37:52,867 --> 10:37:55,937 THE CARE DEPARTMENT. I DO THINK 1926 10:37:55,937 --> 10:37:58,073 THERE'S A LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY 1927 10:37:58,073 --> 10:37:58,873 HERE CONTAINED SAYING WE ARE 1928 10:37:58,873 --> 10:38:00,775 GOING TO PUT INTO THE SMC THAT 1929 10:38:00,775 --> 10:38:02,577 WE DON'T HAVE FOR OTHER 1930 10:38:02,577 --> 10:38:03,812 EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY. 1931 10:38:03,812 --> 10:38:08,250 >> YEAH, IF I MIGHT. I MEAN, I 1932 10:38:08,250 --> 10:38:12,320 THINK ONE WAY IN WHICH THE CCR 1933 10:38:12,320 --> 10:38:13,188 FUNCTION OF THE CARE DEPARTMENT 1934 10:38:13,188 --> 10:38:15,557 IS DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE IT'S A 1935 10:38:15,557 --> 10:38:18,360 RELATIVELY NEWER BODY OF WORK. 1936 10:38:18,360 --> 10:38:22,030 IT'S PART OF THE FIRST RESPONSE 1937 10:38:22,030 --> 10:38:23,898 PUBLIC SAFETY ECOSYSTEM THAT THE 1938 10:38:23,898 --> 10:38:28,536 CITY HAS MADE OVER MULTIPLE 1939 10:38:28,536 --> 10:38:29,771 YEARS, COMMITMENTS AND 1940 10:38:29,771 --> 10:38:32,974 INVESTMENTS AND SO IN ORDER TO 1941 10:38:32,974 --> 10:38:34,843 ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE THAT WORK 1942 10:38:34,843 --> 10:38:36,845 AND TO DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM THE 1943 10:38:36,845 --> 10:38:40,982 MORE ESTABLISHED PARTS OF THAT 1944 10:38:40,982 --> 10:38:42,784 RESPONSE THAT ARE CONTAINED IN 1945 10:38:42,784 --> 10:38:44,386 FIRE AND SPD, FOR EXAMPLE, 1946 10:38:44,386 --> 10:38:51,159 THERE'S A WAY IN WHICH I THINK 1947 10:38:51,159 --> 10:38:51,626 JUST INTELLECTUALLY, 1948 10:38:51,626 --> 10:38:55,363 PRACTICALLY, THERE NEEDS TO BE A 1949 10:38:55,363 --> 10:38:56,164 LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL OF 1950 10:38:56,164 --> 10:38:57,532 DESCRIPTION SINCE IT'S NOT AS 1951 10:38:57,532 --> 10:39:00,502 ESTABLISHED OF A FUNCTION OF THE 1952 10:39:00,502 --> 10:39:02,370 CITY HISTORICALLY AS SAY FIRE OR 1953 10:39:02,370 --> 10:39:08,443 SPD. THAT'S ALL I WOULD SAY ON 1954 10:39:08,443 --> 10:39:10,512 THAT LEVEL, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, 1955 10:39:10,512 --> 10:39:11,946 WE HAVEN'T -- WE HAVE HAD, YOU 1956 10:39:11,946 --> 10:39:13,982 KNOW, I THINK I CAN SAY THIS. WE 1957 10:39:13,982 --> 10:39:15,583 HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE 1958 10:39:15,583 --> 10:39:18,753 DEPARTMENT AND THE EXECUTIVE AT 1959 10:39:18,753 --> 10:39:20,322 VARIOUS STAGES OF THE PROCESS OF 1960 10:39:20,322 --> 10:39:21,322 CRAFTING THE LEGISLATION. THIS 1961 10:39:21,322 --> 10:39:24,893 IS SOMETHING THAT IS COUNCIL 1962 10:39:24,893 --> 10:39:26,828 GENERATED. IT IS NOT EXECUTIVE 1963 10:39:26,828 --> 10:39:27,796 GENERATED LEGISLATION, OF 1964 10:39:27,796 --> 10:39:30,699 COURSE, BUT THE EXECUTIVE HAS 1965 10:39:30,699 --> 10:39:32,233 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT 1966 10:39:32,233 --> 10:39:36,705 THE LANGUAGE, AND WE HAVE NOT 1967 10:39:36,705 --> 10:39:38,273 RECEIVED SPECIFIC FEEDBACK OR 1968 10:39:38,273 --> 10:39:39,541 OBJECTIONS ALONG THE LINES THAT 1969 10:39:39,541 --> 10:39:40,141 YOU'RE DESCRIBING TO THIS 1970 10:39:40,141 --> 10:39:42,277 POINT. 1971 10:39:42,277 --> 10:39:44,679 >> LET ME ASK IT A DIFFERENT 1972 10:39:44,679 --> 10:39:49,484 WAY. WHY DO WE NEED THIS IN THE 1973 10:39:49,484 --> 10:39:51,019 SMC TO THIS LEVEL OF 1974 10:39:51,019 --> 10:39:51,353 SPECIFICITY? 1975 10:39:51,353 --> 10:39:53,288 >> UM, I'M GOING TO -- YOU 1976 10:39:53,288 --> 10:39:55,824 KNOW, I CAN SAY A COUPLE MORE 1977 10:39:55,824 --> 10:39:58,059 THINGS, BUT I THINK THAT IF I 1978 10:39:58,059 --> 10:39:59,894 CONTINUE TO TALK, I'M PROBABLY 1979 10:39:59,894 --> 10:40:01,830 GOING TO SOUND A LITTLE 1980 10:40:01,830 --> 10:40:02,697 REPETITIVE ABOUT IT. I WILL SAY 1981 10:40:02,697 --> 10:40:05,700 A FEW MORE THINGS AND DEFER TO 1982 10:40:05,700 --> 10:40:08,036 THE CHAIR WHOSE ABILITY IT IS TO 1983 10:40:08,036 --> 10:40:09,504 DESCRIBE HIS INTENT HERE. I 1984 10:40:09,504 --> 10:40:13,608 THINK ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT 1985 10:40:13,608 --> 10:40:16,945 IS THAT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT BODY 1986 10:40:16,945 --> 10:40:19,581 OF WORK THAT THE CITY HAS 1987 10:40:19,581 --> 10:40:22,851 INVESTED, BOTH THE MAYOR AND 1988 10:40:22,851 --> 10:40:24,652 SEVERAL MAYORS NOW, AND THE 1989 10:40:24,652 --> 10:40:27,188 COUNCIL OVER THE YEARS HAVE 1990 10:40:27,188 --> 10:40:29,357 AFFIRMED THE ADDITIONAL 1991 10:40:29,357 --> 10:40:31,025 INVESTMENTS. WE HAVE STOOD UP 1992 10:40:31,025 --> 10:40:33,294 THE CARE TEAM, CITYWIDE, AND WE 1993 10:40:33,294 --> 10:40:38,333 HAVE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF STAFF 1994 10:40:38,333 --> 10:40:40,802 FROM 24 TO 48 I GUESS YOU COULD 1995 10:40:40,802 --> 10:40:42,404 SAY FROM A GOVERNANCE 1996 10:40:42,404 --> 10:40:43,138 PERSPECTIVE. THERE'S AN 1997 10:40:43,138 --> 10:40:45,273 ARGUMENT IT MAKES SENSE TO 1998 10:40:45,273 --> 10:40:47,375 ENSHRINE AND DESCRIBE THAT, AND 1999 10:40:47,375 --> 10:40:50,078 IT'S HARD TO -- IT'S HARD TO DO 2000 10:40:50,078 --> 10:40:51,880 THAT IN A WAY THAT IS ACCURATE 2001 10:40:51,880 --> 10:40:54,349 WITHOUT GETTING INTO SOME LEVEL 2002 10:40:54,349 --> 10:40:56,017 OF DETAIL ABOUT THE SPECIFIC 2003 10:40:56,017 --> 10:40:59,120 FUNCTION AND ROLE OF THAT TEAM. 2004 10:40:59,120 --> 10:41:02,657 SO THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF 2005 10:41:02,657 --> 10:41:03,491 THE INTENT HERE. 2006 10:41:03,491 --> 10:41:05,660 >> I WOULD ADD, WE CAN SAY 2007 10:41:05,660 --> 10:41:06,427 DEPARTMENTS, BUT DEPARTMENTS 2008 10:41:06,427 --> 10:41:07,228 DON'T MEAN ANYTHING. THERE'S 2009 10:41:07,228 --> 10:41:08,430 ONLY TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT MATTER 2010 10:41:08,430 --> 10:41:10,165 HERE, AND THAT'S POLICE AND 2011 10:41:10,165 --> 10:41:12,434 FIRE, AND IT'S QUITE CLEAR THAT 2012 10:41:12,434 --> 10:41:13,434 SWORN OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS 2013 10:41:13,434 --> 10:41:15,637 ARE QUITE CLEAR IN TERMS OF WHO 2014 10:41:15,637 --> 10:41:20,442 THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR DUTIES 2015 10:41:20,442 --> 10:41:23,344 ARE. IT'S REALLY NECESSARY TO 2016 10:41:23,344 --> 10:41:24,712 DO THE SAME FOR THE CCRs, IN 2017 10:41:24,712 --> 10:41:26,481 ORDER TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT 2018 10:41:26,481 --> 10:41:30,118 THEIR ROLE IS WITHIN THE SYSTEM 2019 10:41:30,118 --> 10:41:31,519 AS MR. JOHNSON WAS NOTING, AND 2020 10:41:31,519 --> 10:41:34,122 TO SHOW WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT 2021 10:41:34,122 --> 10:41:35,290 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. WE HAVE 2022 10:41:35,290 --> 10:41:36,758 BEEN KIND OF TREADING WATER, 2023 10:41:36,758 --> 10:41:39,694 KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NOT MAKING 2024 10:41:39,694 --> 10:41:41,029 MUCH PROGRESS. WE HAVE TO DEMAND 2025 10:41:41,029 --> 10:41:43,164 BETTER, AND WE HAVE TO SHOW WE 2026 10:41:43,164 --> 10:41:44,899 ARE ALL IN ON ALTERNATIVE 2027 10:41:44,899 --> 10:41:47,168 RESPONSE. ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS 2028 10:41:47,168 --> 10:41:48,970 TO REALLY WORK THIS POINT, AS 2029 10:41:48,970 --> 10:41:51,039 YOU NOTICED, THANK YOU FOR 2030 10:41:51,039 --> 10:41:53,441 BRINGING IT UP. IT'S IMPORTANT. 2031 10:41:53,441 --> 10:41:54,309 WE EITHER HAVE ALTERNATIVE 2032 10:41:54,309 --> 10:41:58,446 RESPONSE, OR WE DON'T. WE HAVE 2033 10:41:58,446 --> 10:42:00,081 COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONDERS, OR 2034 10:42:00,081 --> 10:42:04,986 WE DON'T. THEY DO VERY 2035 10:42:04,986 --> 10:42:06,154 DIFFERENT JOB THAN POLICE. FOR 2036 10:42:06,154 --> 10:42:09,858 THOSE WHO WORK IN THE LABOR 2037 10:42:09,858 --> 10:42:12,160 RELATIONS COMMITTEE WORLD, YOU 2038 10:42:12,160 --> 10:42:15,797 KNOW, DELINEATING THE PIECES, 2039 10:42:15,797 --> 10:42:19,968 SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO MENTAL 2040 10:42:19,968 --> 10:42:20,602 AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS REALLY 2041 10:42:20,602 --> 10:42:22,704 IMPORTANT. IT ALSO APPLIES TO 2042 10:42:22,704 --> 10:42:24,706 FIRE, TOO. I HAD A DISCUSSION 2043 10:42:24,706 --> 10:42:25,707 WITH CHIEF SOMETIMES THERE'S A 2044 10:42:25,707 --> 10:42:28,009 HEALTH CALL THAT COMES THROUGH 2045 10:42:28,009 --> 10:42:31,913 FIRE AND DISPATCH, AND FIRE 2046 10:42:31,913 --> 10:42:34,682 ALARM CENTER, AND IT IS A HEALTH 2047 10:42:34,682 --> 10:42:36,918 PIECE, BUT THEY GO BACK TO 911 2048 10:42:36,918 --> 10:42:38,453 WHEN THEY COULD EASILY CONNECT 2049 10:42:38,453 --> 10:42:40,121 WITH CARE. CODIFYING THIS AND 2050 10:42:40,121 --> 10:42:42,090 BEING SERIOUS ABOUT MOVING 2051 10:42:42,090 --> 10:42:42,624 FORWARD WITH ALTERNATIVE 2052 10:42:42,624 --> 10:42:44,592 RESPONSE MEANS WE HAVE TO KIND 2053 10:42:44,592 --> 10:42:47,328 OF DO THESE PIECES, GIVEN THE 2054 10:42:47,328 --> 10:42:48,296 CIRCUMSTANCES FROM WHICH IT IS 2055 10:42:48,296 --> 10:42:49,564 BORN AND SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN 2056 10:42:49,564 --> 10:42:53,001 DEALING WITH OVER THE LAST FEW 2057 10:42:53,001 --> 10:42:54,802 YEARS, AND THIS IS ANOTHER WAY 2058 10:42:54,802 --> 10:42:56,938 TO KIND OF SOLIDIFY THE PIECES 2059 10:42:56,938 --> 10:43:03,611 AND SOLIDIFY THAT SEATTLE IS ALL 2060 10:43:03,611 --> 10:43:07,882 IN ON ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. 2061 10:43:07,882 --> 10:43:11,352 >> CHAIR, I WANT TO SAY FOR THE 2062 10:43:11,352 --> 10:43:12,453 RECORD, I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY 2063 10:43:12,453 --> 10:43:14,822 CARE AND THE FUNCTION OF THIS 2064 10:43:14,822 --> 10:43:16,357 RESPONSE, FIRST RESPONDER, IT'S 2065 10:43:16,357 --> 10:43:21,095 ALREADY IN THE SMC, SO IT LOOKS 2066 10:43:21,095 --> 10:43:21,896 LIKE THIS IS JUST ADDING A 2067 10:43:21,896 --> 10:43:25,333 CERTAIN LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT 2068 10:43:25,333 --> 10:43:28,670 WASN'T THERE BEFORE I THINK IN 2069 10:43:28,670 --> 10:43:31,606 AS FAR AS WE DO OFTEN WITH THE 2070 10:43:31,606 --> 10:43:33,274 SMC PROVIDE THINGS AT A HIGH 2071 10:43:33,274 --> 10:43:37,512 ENOUGH LEVEL WHERE OUR CITY 2072 10:43:37,512 --> 10:43:38,479 DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY 2073 10:43:38,479 --> 10:43:41,215 TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE SERVICES 2074 10:43:41,215 --> 10:43:48,056 OR TO THE FUNCTIONS IN ORDER TO 2075 10:43:48,056 --> 10:43:49,657 MEET THAT SERVICE. I AM NOT 2076 10:43:49,657 --> 10:43:51,025 SURE, AND WE CAN TALK OFF 2077 10:43:51,025 --> 10:43:52,493 RECORD, BUT I'M NOT SURE I'M 2078 10:43:52,493 --> 10:43:54,262 UNDERSTANDING THE NEED TO CHANGE 2079 10:43:54,262 --> 10:43:58,032 THE SMC FOR CARE TO ADD THE 2080 10:43:58,032 --> 10:43:58,900 LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY CONTAINED 2081 10:43:58,900 --> 10:43:59,667 IN THIS AMENDMENT. 2082 10:43:59,667 --> 10:44:00,268 >> WELL -- 2083 10:44:00,268 --> 10:44:02,770 >> I JUST REALLY WANTED TO STATE 2084 10:44:02,770 --> 10:44:05,607 THAT FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE WE 2085 10:44:05,607 --> 10:44:06,874 ARE MAKING CHOICES ABOUT WITH 2086 10:44:06,874 --> 10:44:08,142 THIS AMENDMENT PUTTING THAT 2087 10:44:08,142 --> 10:44:12,447 LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR THIS 2088 10:44:12,447 --> 10:44:14,716 CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES, AND 2089 10:44:14,716 --> 10:44:16,451 TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S PART, 2090 10:44:16,451 --> 10:44:18,086 IT DOES I THINK THEN SET UP 2091 10:44:18,086 --> 10:44:22,423 EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW ARE WE 2092 10:44:22,423 --> 10:44:24,792 GOING TO PROTECT THIS SET OF 2093 10:44:24,792 --> 10:44:25,727 EMPLOYEES? WHAT KIND OF 2094 10:44:25,727 --> 10:44:26,761 PROTECTIONS ARE WE GOING TO 2095 10:44:26,761 --> 10:44:29,364 AFFORD THEM IF WE TAKE THIS 2096 10:44:29,364 --> 10:44:29,597 ACTION? 2097 10:44:29,597 --> 10:44:29,964 >> OKAY, OKAY. 2098 10:44:29,964 --> 10:44:30,465 >> THANK YOU. 2099 10:44:30,465 --> 10:44:34,002 >> IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE HAVE 2100 10:44:34,002 --> 10:44:35,236 TO HAVE ANOTHER ORDINANCE TO 2101 10:44:35,236 --> 10:44:36,637 TAKE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE 2102 10:44:36,637 --> 10:44:38,106 OFFICERS OUT OF THE SMC. 2103 10:44:38,106 --> 10:44:39,340 FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS 2104 10:44:39,340 --> 10:44:41,809 ARE IN THE SMC. IF WE ARE GOING 2105 10:44:41,809 --> 10:44:44,312 TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT ALTERNATIVE 2106 10:44:44,312 --> 10:44:45,346 RESPONSE, BE TRULY SERIOUS ABOUT 2107 10:44:45,346 --> 10:44:47,515 IT, WE HAVE TO SET THE STANDARDS 2108 10:44:47,515 --> 10:44:48,249 AND THE EXPECTATIONS. THIS IS 2109 10:44:48,249 --> 10:44:50,184 PART OF THE PROBLEM WE HAVE HAD 2110 10:44:50,184 --> 10:44:51,652 THUS FAR IN TERMS OF NOT BEING 2111 10:44:51,652 --> 10:44:54,489 WHERE WE SHOULD BE WITH 2112 10:44:54,489 --> 10:44:55,690 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. THIS BILL, 2113 10:44:55,690 --> 10:44:58,192 OR ORDINANCE, NOT AMENDMENT, IS 2114 10:44:58,192 --> 10:44:59,961 FUNCTIONING IN THAT RESPECT. 2115 10:44:59,961 --> 10:45:01,095 JUST TO REITERATE, FIREFIGHTERS 2116 10:45:01,095 --> 10:45:07,535 AND POLICE OFFICERS ARE IN THE 2117 10:45:07,535 --> 10:45:08,936 MUNICIPAL CODE. OKAY ANY OTHER 2118 10:45:08,936 --> 10:45:13,441 QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WE ARE 2119 10:45:13,441 --> 10:45:14,976 GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK THIS. 2120 10:45:14,976 --> 10:45:16,878 WE HAVE WORKED WITH VARIOUS 2121 10:45:16,878 --> 10:45:18,346 STAKEHOLDERS, AND IT WILL COME 2122 10:45:18,346 --> 10:45:19,447 BACK TO COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, 2123 10:45:19,447 --> 10:45:20,615 EVERYONE, FOR THE DIFFERENT 2124 10:45:20,615 --> 10:45:24,886 PIECES AND TO HIGHLIGHT IT TO 2125 10:45:24,886 --> 10:45:25,386 INCLUDE THE VIOLENCE 2126 10:45:25,386 --> 10:45:26,654 INTERVENTION PIECE AND ALSO THE 2127 10:45:26,654 --> 10:45:28,589 PIECE REGARDING WITH WHAT WE DID 2128 10:45:28,589 --> 10:45:30,491 FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS IN TERMS OF 2129 10:45:30,491 --> 10:45:33,127 PROTECTIONS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS 2130 10:45:33,127 --> 10:45:34,829 AND THE LIKE. WE WILL WORK THESE 2131 10:45:34,829 --> 10:45:36,164 PIECES AND WORK THEM INTO THE 2132 10:45:36,164 --> 10:45:37,231 BILL AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO 2133 10:45:37,231 --> 10:45:38,833 THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NOW WE 2134 10:45:38,833 --> 10:45:41,335 WILL MOVE INTO OUR SECOND ITEM 2135 10:45:41,335 --> 10:45:43,604 OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK 2136 10:45:43,604 --> 10:45:45,707 PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM TWO INTO 2137 10:45:45,707 --> 10:45:47,241 THE RECORD? 2138 10:45:47,241 --> 10:45:47,909 >> SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT 2139 10:45:47,909 --> 10:45:58,119 FRAMEWORK. 2140 10:46:22,543 --> 10:46:24,712 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. 2141 10:46:24,712 --> 10:46:29,484 WILL YOU PLEASE HAVE A SEAT? AND 2142 10:46:29,484 --> 10:46:30,952 MR. WOLFF, IF WE COULD START 2143 10:46:30,952 --> 10:46:32,520 WITH YOU, AND THEN WE WILL WORK 2144 10:46:32,520 --> 10:46:34,989 DOWN THE TABLE IN TERMS OF 2145 10:46:34,989 --> 10:46:39,460 INTRODUCING YOURSELF BY NAME AND 2146 10:46:39,460 --> 10:46:40,862 ALSO BY ORGANIZATION. AND THEN 2147 10:46:40,862 --> 10:46:42,163 JUMP RIGHT INTO THE BRIEFING, 2148 10:46:42,163 --> 10:46:45,833 AND WE WILL GO STRAIGHT THROUGH 2149 10:46:45,833 --> 10:46:47,101 THE BRIEFING AND HOLD QUESTIONS 2150 10:46:47,101 --> 10:46:50,538 FOR THE END. STARTING WITH YOU. 2151 10:46:50,538 --> 10:46:55,510 >> PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING 2152 10:46:55,510 --> 10:46:59,981 US. SAM WOLFF, HE/HIM. PASSING 2153 10:46:59,981 --> 10:47:03,918 TO MY RIGHT. 2154 10:47:03,918 --> 10:47:08,289 >> I'M ELENA ARAKAKI. 2155 10:47:08,289 --> 10:47:18,232 >> I'M MARCUS JOHNSON. I'M 2156 10:47:18,232 --> 10:47:20,168 KAREN SALINAS. 2157 10:47:20,168 --> 10:47:25,006 >> I'M PAIGE KILLINGER WITH 2158 10:47:25,006 --> 10:47:25,239 REACH. 2159 10:47:25,239 --> 10:47:27,575 >> AND I'M MIKE STEWART WITH 2160 10:47:27,575 --> 10:47:27,975 BALLARD ALLIANCE. 2161 10:47:27,975 --> 10:47:31,245 >> WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE 2162 10:47:31,245 --> 10:47:32,346 SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT 2163 10:47:32,346 --> 10:47:35,516 FRAMEWORK OR AS WE HAVE BEEN 2164 10:47:35,516 --> 10:47:37,185 CALLING IT SNIF. BEFORE GETTING 2165 10:47:37,185 --> 10:47:40,354 INTO THE MECHANICS OF IT, I WANT 2166 10:47:40,354 --> 10:47:43,024 TO SAY, SO BASICALLY THE IDEA OF 2167 10:47:43,024 --> 10:47:47,028 SNIF, IT'S A FRAMEWORK AND SET 2168 10:47:47,028 --> 10:47:48,129 OF PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO 2169 10:47:48,129 --> 10:47:50,331 MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT FOR 2170 10:47:50,331 --> 10:47:50,865 SEATTLE'S NEIGHBORHOOD. 2171 10:47:50,865 --> 10:47:53,034 THERE'S A COUPLE OF KEY 2172 10:47:53,034 --> 10:47:55,636 FEATURES OF THE FRAMEWORK THAT 2173 10:47:55,636 --> 10:47:56,904 ENABLE THIS. FIRST, NEIGHBORHOOD 2174 10:47:56,904 --> 10:47:59,340 LEADERS, SOME OF WHOM ARE AT THE 2175 10:47:59,340 --> 10:48:00,474 TABLE TODAY, GATHER INFORMATION 2176 10:48:00,474 --> 10:48:02,009 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD STAKEHOLDERS 2177 10:48:02,009 --> 10:48:04,745 IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY AND 2178 10:48:04,745 --> 10:48:08,249 PRIORITIZE PEOPLE AND PLACES OF 2179 10:48:08,249 --> 10:48:08,883 COMMUNITY CONCERN. SNIF PARTNERS 2180 10:48:08,883 --> 10:48:09,951 WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE 2181 10:48:09,951 --> 10:48:11,953 SOLUTIONS AND PLANS FOR THOSE 2182 10:48:11,953 --> 10:48:13,955 COMMUNITY CONCERNS, WHICH ALLOWS 2183 10:48:13,955 --> 10:48:14,689 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS TO 2184 10:48:14,689 --> 10:48:16,791 COMMUNICATE THE PROGRESS BACK TO 2185 10:48:16,791 --> 10:48:19,694 THE COMMUNITY, WHICH CREATES A 2186 10:48:19,694 --> 10:48:27,568 FEEDBACK LOOP, CONDUCIVE TO 2187 10:48:27,568 --> 10:48:31,138 ONDOING INFORMATION -- ONGOING 2188 10:48:31,138 --> 10:48:31,772 INFORMATION. WORKING TOGETHER. 2189 10:48:31,772 --> 10:48:32,807 SNIF PARTNERS ARE A DIVERSE 2190 10:48:32,807 --> 10:48:36,143 GROUP OF TEAMS, EACH WITH 2191 10:48:36,143 --> 10:48:38,212 DIFFERENT TEAMS, WHETHER 2192 10:48:38,212 --> 10:48:39,480 DEESCALATION COMMUNITY OR 2193 10:48:39,480 --> 10:48:40,114 BUSINESS RESPONSE OUTREACH 2194 10:48:40,114 --> 10:48:40,715 INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT, AND THE 2195 10:48:40,715 --> 10:48:44,018 KEY IS ALL OF THE TEAMS DO 2196 10:48:44,018 --> 10:48:45,620 DIFFERENT THINGS WELL. WITHIN 2197 10:48:45,620 --> 10:48:46,621 THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT 2198 10:48:46,621 --> 10:48:49,657 FRAMEWORK, THE TEAMS WORK IN A 2199 10:48:49,657 --> 10:48:50,291 STRUCTURED COLLABORATION, EACH 2200 10:48:50,291 --> 10:48:53,027 WORKING TO THEIR STRENGTHS AND 2201 10:48:53,027 --> 10:48:55,029 HAVING A PLACE TO BE MORE THAN 2202 10:48:55,029 --> 10:48:57,965 THE SUM OF THEIR PARTS. I WANT 2203 10:48:57,965 --> 10:49:00,735 TO BE CLEAR THAT SNIF IS 2204 10:49:00,735 --> 10:49:01,769 FRAMEWORK DISTINCT FROM 2205 10:49:01,769 --> 10:49:05,606 LONG-TERM CARE STRATEGIES. 2206 10:49:05,606 --> 10:49:06,908 THINGS LIKE SHELTER, HOUSING, 2207 10:49:06,908 --> 10:49:09,076 LONG-TERM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2208 10:49:09,076 --> 10:49:11,412 SUPPORTS. IT'S MUTUALLY 2209 10:49:11,412 --> 10:49:15,116 BENEFICIAL WITH THE LONG-TERM 2210 10:49:15,116 --> 10:49:16,884 CARE STRATEGIES. BECAUSE OF 2211 10:49:16,884 --> 10:49:18,386 SNIF'S ABILITY TO PRIORITIZE 2212 10:49:18,386 --> 10:49:19,453 THE MANY CONCERNS AND 2213 10:49:19,453 --> 10:49:20,588 COLLABORATE AROUND CREATING 2214 10:49:20,588 --> 10:49:23,291 PLANS FOR THEM, WE ARE ABLE TO 2215 10:49:23,291 --> 10:49:27,094 UTILIZE THE RESOURCES LIKE 2216 10:49:27,094 --> 10:49:28,963 SHELTER OR HOUSING OR BEHAVIORAL 2217 10:49:28,963 --> 10:49:32,033 HEALTH STRATEGIES TO THE 2218 10:49:32,033 --> 10:49:33,200 GREATEST FELT IMPACT. THROUGH 2219 10:49:33,200 --> 10:49:34,568 THE COMMUNICATION LOOP, WE ARE 2220 10:49:34,568 --> 10:49:41,008 ABLE TO MAKE THE IMPACTS AS 2221 10:49:41,008 --> 10:49:42,243 POSSIBLE. THIS IS A GOOD FRONT 2222 10:49:42,243 --> 10:49:44,378 DOOR TO THE LONG-TERM CARE 2223 10:49:44,378 --> 10:49:45,012 STRATEGIES, AND COMING TOGETHER 2224 10:49:45,012 --> 10:49:48,916 AROUND HOW TO USE THE LIMITED 2225 10:49:48,916 --> 10:49:49,583 RESOURCES AND THE MOST IMPACTFUL 2226 10:49:49,583 --> 10:49:53,454 WAY HAS BEEN DOING THE MOST OF 2227 10:49:53,454 --> 10:49:59,226 WHAT WE CAN FOR SEATTLE'S 2228 10:49:59,226 --> 10:49:59,593 NEIGHBORHOODS. 2229 10:49:59,593 --> 10:50:03,130 >> GREAT, SO AS SAM SAID SNIF IS 2230 10:50:03,130 --> 10:50:09,904 NOT A PROGRAM, BUT IT IS A 2231 10:50:09,904 --> 10:50:10,571 SYSTEM. IT'S A COORDINATION OF 2232 10:50:10,571 --> 10:50:11,605 DIFFERENT SERVICES, RIGHT? IT'S 2233 10:50:11,605 --> 10:50:16,510 A PLATFORM IN WHICH MULTIPLE 2234 10:50:16,510 --> 10:50:17,111 ENTITIES CAN MEET AND PROVIDE 2235 10:50:17,111 --> 10:50:19,413 CARE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS 2236 10:50:19,413 --> 10:50:20,047 TIMELINE IS A NONCOMPREHENSIVE 2237 10:50:20,047 --> 10:50:21,582 GRAPHIC THAT HIGHLIGHTS A NUMBER 2238 10:50:21,582 --> 10:50:23,918 OF INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS AND 2239 10:50:23,918 --> 10:50:24,652 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER 2240 10:50:24,652 --> 10:50:27,054 TO FORM A FRAMEWORK, WHETHER 2241 10:50:27,054 --> 10:50:29,357 THAT BE THROUGH OUTREACH, CASE 2242 10:50:29,357 --> 10:50:30,524 MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY LIAISON 2243 10:50:30,524 --> 10:50:32,927 AND ROLES OF AMBASSADORS. YOU 2244 10:50:32,927 --> 10:50:34,795 WILL SEE IT STARTED IN 2017 AND 2245 10:50:34,795 --> 10:50:36,564 HAS CONTINUED NOW AND REALLY 2246 10:50:36,564 --> 10:50:37,798 LIKE MORPHED INTO SOMETHING VERY 2247 10:50:37,798 --> 10:50:40,334 BEAUTIFUL THAT IS WORKING ALL 2248 10:50:40,334 --> 10:50:43,938 AROUND THE CITY. SO OVER THE 2249 10:50:43,938 --> 10:50:45,606 YEARS, THESE PROGRAMS -- THESE 2250 10:50:45,606 --> 10:50:46,640 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS HAVE 2251 10:50:46,640 --> 10:50:51,045 DEVELOPED AND GROWN IN WAYS THAT 2252 10:50:51,045 --> 10:50:51,779 COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER. IT 2253 10:50:51,779 --> 10:50:53,080 FORMALIZES THE MUTUALLY 2254 10:50:53,080 --> 10:50:54,315 BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS BY 2255 10:50:54,315 --> 10:50:55,316 PROVIDING SPACES TO BE 2256 10:50:55,316 --> 10:50:57,952 INNOVATIVE TO COMMUNITY CARE 2257 10:50:57,952 --> 10:50:58,986 WHILE PROVIDING CLARITY AND 2258 10:50:58,986 --> 10:50:59,286 CONNECTION. 2259 10:50:59,286 --> 10:51:01,522 >> I WOULD ADD TO THAT, TOO, 2260 10:51:01,522 --> 10:51:03,391 THIS MODEL DID COME OUT OF THE 2261 10:51:03,391 --> 10:51:05,059 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DO CURRENTLY 2262 10:51:05,059 --> 10:51:07,294 HAVE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS 2263 10:51:07,294 --> 10:51:11,132 OR BIAs. IT WAS BUILT AROUND 2264 10:51:11,132 --> 10:51:11,732 FORMALIZED COORDINATION ROLES 2265 10:51:11,732 --> 10:51:13,834 THAT TEND TO SIT WITHIN 2266 10:51:13,834 --> 10:51:14,735 ORGANIZATIONS OF OURSELVES. IN 2267 10:51:14,735 --> 10:51:16,337 BALLARD, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR CLEAN 2268 10:51:16,337 --> 10:51:20,941 AND SAFE DIRECTOR LEADS THE 2269 10:51:20,941 --> 10:51:21,742 EFFORT. AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, I 2270 10:51:21,742 --> 10:51:23,644 PARTICIPATE IN MANY OF THE 2271 10:51:23,644 --> 10:51:29,016 MEETINGS, NOT ALL, BUT AM AWARE 2272 10:51:29,016 --> 10:51:29,984 AND PARTICIPATE REGULARLY, BUT I 2273 10:51:29,984 --> 10:51:31,619 THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO 2274 10:51:31,619 --> 10:51:34,288 MENTION HERE, WE THINK THE MODEL 2275 10:51:34,288 --> 10:51:35,723 IS ACHIEVABLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS 2276 10:51:35,723 --> 10:51:37,925 THAT DON'T HAVE BIA. WE DID THE 2277 10:51:37,925 --> 10:51:41,695 GROUND BREAKING WORK OF TRYING 2278 10:51:41,695 --> 10:51:45,299 TO GET THIS PROCESS AND THIS 2279 10:51:45,299 --> 10:51:46,100 PROGRAM WORKING CORRECTLY AND 2280 10:51:46,100 --> 10:51:48,936 PROPERLY SO THAT IT CAN BE IN A 2281 10:51:48,936 --> 10:51:52,506 WAY HANDED OFF TO OTHER 2282 10:51:52,506 --> 10:51:52,940 ORGANIZATIONS. MANY 2283 10:51:52,940 --> 10:51:53,574 NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT BIAs, JUST 2284 10:51:53,574 --> 10:51:58,279 AS LONG AS THEY HAVE GOT A GOOD 2285 10:51:58,279 --> 10:51:59,146 ASSEMBLED LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE 2286 10:51:59,146 --> 10:52:00,181 AND A MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE THAT 2287 10:52:00,181 --> 10:52:03,117 CAN SUPPORT THE WORK, THE KEY 2288 10:52:03,117 --> 10:52:04,885 HERE, REALLY, IS TO LEVERAGE 2289 10:52:04,885 --> 10:52:05,486 NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWLEDGE THAT 2290 10:52:05,486 --> 10:52:06,387 REALLY ALIGNS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE 2291 10:52:06,387 --> 10:52:12,827 OF THE GROUP THAT IS WORKING ON 2292 10:52:12,827 --> 10:52:14,028 THIS EFFORT. 2293 10:52:14,028 --> 10:52:19,133 >> SURE, THANKS. I'M GOING TO 2294 10:52:19,133 --> 10:52:21,268 PULL A MARK TODAY. IT'S BEEN AN 2295 10:52:21,268 --> 10:52:22,803 HONOR TO WORK WITH EVERYONE AT 2296 10:52:22,803 --> 10:52:24,271 THE TABLE AND MORE PEOPLE 2297 10:52:24,271 --> 10:52:25,706 SETTING UP THE FRAMEWORK OVER 2298 10:52:25,706 --> 10:52:27,942 THE COURSE OF -- WELL AS YOU CAN 2299 10:52:27,942 --> 10:52:30,077 SEE, SINCE EVEN BEFORE I TOOK 2300 10:52:30,077 --> 10:52:33,647 OFFICE. THIS HAS BEEN A WAY THAT 2301 10:52:33,647 --> 10:52:34,982 WE HAVE PILOTED IN THE 2302 10:52:34,982 --> 10:52:37,718 UNIVERSITY DISTRICT AND THEN THE 2303 10:52:37,718 --> 10:52:38,352 BALLARD NEIGHBORHOOD. WE USED 2304 10:52:38,352 --> 10:52:39,854 THE PILOTS TO CREATE THE 2305 10:52:39,854 --> 10:52:42,089 FRAMEWORK, THE POLICIES, AND THE 2306 10:52:42,089 --> 10:52:44,458 MECHANISMS, AND FROM THERE, 2307 10:52:44,458 --> 10:52:48,395 EXPANDING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, 2308 10:52:48,395 --> 10:52:49,196 CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 2309 10:52:49,196 --> 10:52:51,332 HAS BEEN OFF AND RUNNING, AND I 2310 10:52:51,332 --> 10:52:52,600 THINK IT'S PROBABLY TIME WE 2311 10:52:52,600 --> 10:52:58,572 INCREASE THAT TEAM TO HAVE THE 2312 10:52:58,572 --> 10:53:00,207 CASE MANAGER. IN LAST YEAR'S 2313 10:53:00,207 --> 10:53:01,642 BUDGET CONVERSATION BY WAY OF 2314 10:53:01,642 --> 10:53:02,910 EXAMPLE, WE WERE HAVING THE 2315 10:53:02,910 --> 10:53:03,811 CONVERSATION OF HOW QUICKLY DO 2316 10:53:03,811 --> 10:53:06,146 WE GROW THIS PROGRAM? BECAUSE IF 2317 10:53:06,146 --> 10:53:08,382 WE GROW IT TOO QUICKLY, IT'S 2318 10:53:08,382 --> 10:53:10,217 NOT SUCCESSFUL. IF WE GROW IT 2319 10:53:10,217 --> 10:53:11,585 TOO SLOWLY, IT'S NOT 2320 10:53:11,585 --> 10:53:13,287 SUCCESSFUL. THIS LAST YEAR WE 2321 10:53:13,287 --> 10:53:14,788 WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION OF 2322 10:53:14,788 --> 10:53:16,390 IS CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL 2323 10:53:16,390 --> 10:53:18,259 DISTRICT IN THE EXPANSION POINT 2324 10:53:18,259 --> 10:53:20,060 THAT IT SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN 2325 10:53:20,060 --> 10:53:21,762 OUTREACH WORKER OR NOT? WE SAID 2326 10:53:21,762 --> 10:53:23,197 LET'S TAKE THE NEXT COUPLE OF 2327 10:53:23,197 --> 10:53:25,666 MONTHS TO FIGURE IT OUT. MY 2328 10:53:25,666 --> 10:53:27,067 ASSESSMENT, IT'S READY TO 2329 10:53:27,067 --> 10:53:31,505 EXPAND, AND IN FACT, ALL OF 2330 10:53:31,505 --> 10:53:34,575 THESE DIFFERENT PARTS CREATE THE 2331 10:53:34,575 --> 10:53:36,310 UNITY THAT THIS WHOLE MODEL IS 2332 10:53:36,310 --> 10:53:38,312 ABLE AND READY TO BE REPLICATED 2333 10:53:38,312 --> 10:53:39,246 THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 2334 10:53:39,246 --> 10:53:40,748 >> THAT'S A GREAT TRANSITION 2335 10:53:40,748 --> 10:53:42,516 INTO SORT OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS 2336 10:53:42,516 --> 10:53:44,985 OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH WE WILL 2337 10:53:44,985 --> 10:53:48,155 NOT BELABOR AS PAIGE SAID. IT'S 2338 10:53:48,155 --> 10:53:48,789 SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, AND 2339 10:53:48,789 --> 10:53:50,558 WE COULD TALK ALL DAY ABOUT HOW 2340 10:53:50,558 --> 10:53:51,792 ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTS 2341 10:53:51,792 --> 10:53:53,827 WORK, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE 2342 10:53:53,827 --> 10:53:56,797 YOU HAD AN OVERVIEW OF SOME 2343 10:53:56,797 --> 10:53:58,866 CRITICAL KEY COMPONENTS THAT 2344 10:53:58,866 --> 10:54:01,435 MAKE THE FRAMEWORK HAPPEN IN 2345 10:54:01,435 --> 10:54:02,069 NEIGHBORHOODS. HANDING IT TO 2346 10:54:02,069 --> 10:54:02,403 YOU, MARCUS. 2347 10:54:02,403 --> 10:54:04,471 >> THERE'S TWO PARTS, 2348 10:54:04,471 --> 10:54:06,707 COORDINATION AND DIRECT 2349 10:54:06,707 --> 10:54:07,408 NEIGHBORHOOD RESPONSE. PUBLIC 2350 10:54:07,408 --> 10:54:08,309 SAFETY COORDINATOR LIKE MYSELF, 2351 10:54:08,309 --> 10:54:13,847 THE CENTRAL POINT OF CONTACT FOR 2352 10:54:13,847 --> 10:54:15,316 BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, SERVICE 2353 10:54:15,316 --> 10:54:17,718 PROVIDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND 2354 10:54:17,718 --> 10:54:18,319 OTHER PARTNERS. IDENTIFYING 2355 10:54:18,319 --> 10:54:19,286 REOCCURRING PATTERNS AND 2356 10:54:19,286 --> 10:54:20,187 DETERMINING WHICH ISSUES REQUIRE 2357 10:54:20,187 --> 10:54:22,022 THE MOST IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. IT 2358 10:54:22,022 --> 10:54:23,891 ALSO MEANS FOLLOWING UP WITH 2359 10:54:23,891 --> 10:54:24,992 INDIVIDUAL REPORTS, GATHERING 2360 10:54:24,992 --> 10:54:27,561 INFORMATION FROM ACROSS THE 2361 10:54:27,561 --> 10:54:29,363 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ORGANIZING 2362 10:54:29,363 --> 10:54:32,166 THAT INPUT TO IDENTIFY BROADER 2363 10:54:32,166 --> 10:54:33,901 PATTERNS RATHER THAN VIEWING 2364 10:54:33,901 --> 10:54:36,837 EVERY INCIDENT IN ISOLATION. OUR 2365 10:54:36,837 --> 10:54:38,405 AMBASSADOR TEAM PROVIDES THE 2366 10:54:38,405 --> 10:54:39,406 DAY-TO-DAY ON THE GROUND 2367 10:54:39,406 --> 10:54:41,475 COMPONENT OF THE WORK. THE 2368 10:54:41,475 --> 10:54:43,944 AMBASSADORS RESPOND TO CALLS 2369 10:54:43,944 --> 10:54:47,081 FROM BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, 2370 10:54:47,081 --> 10:54:48,182 PROVIDE REFERRALS AND 2371 10:54:48,182 --> 10:54:49,016 ASSISTANCE, AND MAINTAIN A 2372 10:54:49,016 --> 10:54:51,085 PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE 2373 10:54:51,085 --> 10:54:53,354 NEIGHBORHOOD. A LOT OF THEIR 2374 10:54:53,354 --> 10:54:54,088 WORK IS ADDRESSING SMALLER 2375 10:54:54,088 --> 10:54:57,958 ISSUES EARLY, CHECKING IN WITH 2376 10:54:57,958 --> 10:54:58,592 PEOPLE, MONITORING REOCCURRING 2377 10:54:58,592 --> 10:54:59,827 LOCATIONS, AND HELPING TO 2378 10:54:59,827 --> 10:55:02,363 PREVENT SITUATIONS FROM 2379 10:55:02,363 --> 10:55:04,331 ESCALATING. THESE TWO FUNCTIONS 2380 10:55:04,331 --> 10:55:05,165 CONTINUALLY INFORM ONE ANOTHER. 2381 10:55:05,165 --> 10:55:06,100 THE AMBASSADORS ADDRESS THE 2382 10:55:06,100 --> 10:55:08,569 IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND PROVIDE THE 2383 10:55:08,569 --> 10:55:09,970 PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR WITH A 2384 10:55:09,970 --> 10:55:11,038 REALTIME UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT 2385 10:55:11,038 --> 10:55:12,706 THE COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING. 2386 10:55:12,706 --> 10:55:15,676 THE COORDINATOR CAN USE THE 2387 10:55:15,676 --> 10:55:17,077 INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY 2388 10:55:17,077 --> 10:55:18,579 PRIORITIES, COORDINATE LONG-TERM 2389 10:55:18,579 --> 10:55:19,813 RESPONSES, AND ADVOCATE FOR 2390 10:55:19,813 --> 10:55:20,881 RESPONSES FROM THE APPROPRIATE 2391 10:55:20,881 --> 10:55:21,148 PARTNERS. 2392 10:55:21,148 --> 10:55:23,917 >> I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE 2393 10:55:23,917 --> 10:55:25,719 ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH 2394 10:55:25,719 --> 10:55:27,454 COORDINATOR, A STREET-BASED 2395 10:55:27,454 --> 10:55:29,523 POSITION. THIS POSITION SUPPORTS 2396 10:55:29,523 --> 10:55:31,425 COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO REDUCE 2397 10:55:31,425 --> 10:55:32,860 TENSIONS DUE TO UNMET BEHAVIORAL 2398 10:55:32,860 --> 10:55:34,528 HEALTH NEEDS FOR PEOPLE UNHOUSED 2399 10:55:34,528 --> 10:55:35,162 IN NEIGHBORHOODS. IT SUPPORTS 2400 10:55:35,162 --> 10:55:36,597 THIS WITH A DEEP UNDERSTANDING 2401 10:55:36,597 --> 10:55:39,733 OF THE NEEDS OF THE UNHOUSED 2402 10:55:39,733 --> 10:55:41,735 NEIGHBORS AND COLLABORATING WITH 2403 10:55:41,735 --> 10:55:43,070 SERVICE PARTNERS TO DELIVER 2404 10:55:43,070 --> 10:55:43,737 COORDINATED, SHORT AND LONG-TERM 2405 10:55:43,737 --> 10:55:45,305 INTERVENTIONS TO SUPPORT HEALTH 2406 10:55:45,305 --> 10:55:49,209 CARE AND SOCIAL ACCESS, SOCIAL 2407 10:55:49,209 --> 10:55:51,712 SERVICE ACCESS THAT CAN MITIGATE 2408 10:55:51,712 --> 10:55:54,948 THE NEEDS AND RESULTING 2409 10:55:54,948 --> 10:55:55,816 CONSEQUENCES. THE NEIGHBORHOOD 2410 10:55:55,816 --> 10:55:59,153 OUTREACH COORDINATOR CAN ASSESS 2411 10:55:59,153 --> 10:56:00,087 THE NEED FOR INTERVENTIONS. 2412 10:56:00,087 --> 10:56:02,389 THOSE INTERVENTIONS MAY BE ABLE 2413 10:56:02,389 --> 10:56:10,130 TO BE PROVIDED THROUGH CORD 2414 10:56:10,130 --> 10:56:14,668 MADED -- COORDINATED HUMAN 2415 10:56:14,668 --> 10:56:16,103 SERVICES. PAIRED WITH THE 2416 10:56:16,103 --> 10:56:18,706 COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION 2417 10:56:18,706 --> 10:56:25,212 STRUCTURE OF? , THE OR SNIF -- 2418 10:56:25,212 --> 10:56:27,448 CONDUCT CLIENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT 2419 10:56:27,448 --> 10:56:28,916 TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE CARE 2420 10:56:28,916 --> 10:56:30,651 PLANS, TREAGE TO DETERMINE THE 2421 10:56:30,651 --> 10:56:34,521 BEST FIT OR GAPS IN SERVICES AND 2422 10:56:34,521 --> 10:56:36,490 SUPPORT BACK TO PROGRAMMING 2423 10:56:36,490 --> 10:56:39,493 SUPPORTING OVER TIME EFFECTIVE 2424 10:56:39,493 --> 10:56:40,227 LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR CHANGE. 2425 10:56:40,227 --> 10:56:42,596 >> SO I AM GOING TO SPEAK A 2426 10:56:42,596 --> 10:56:44,298 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INTENSIVE 2427 10:56:44,298 --> 10:56:46,133 CASE MANAGEMENT ASPECT. THE ROLE 2428 10:56:46,133 --> 10:56:48,836 OF CASE MANAGEMENT IN THIS SNIF 2429 10:56:48,836 --> 10:56:50,404 MODEL IS A VITAL ASPECT AND 2430 10:56:50,404 --> 10:56:52,406 ALMOST SERVES LIKE A QUARTERBACK 2431 10:56:52,406 --> 10:56:55,542 FOR THE FRAMEWORK, SO THE 2432 10:56:55,542 --> 10:56:57,478 INTENSIVE CASE MANAGER IS 2433 10:56:57,478 --> 10:56:58,712 WORKING WITH THE COORDINATORS, 2434 10:56:58,712 --> 10:56:59,780 AMBASSADORS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD 2435 10:56:59,780 --> 10:57:01,248 OUTREACH AND BRINGING ALL OF THE 2436 10:57:01,248 --> 10:57:02,282 RESOURCES TOGETHER TO MEET THE 2437 10:57:02,282 --> 10:57:06,954 NEEDS OF THE CLIENTS ON A MORE 2438 10:57:06,954 --> 10:57:08,255 COMPLEX LEVEL, SO SOME OF THE 2439 10:57:08,255 --> 10:57:10,324 STUFF GOING ON WITH THE CASE 2440 10:57:10,324 --> 10:57:12,092 MANAGERS, WORKING ON MENTAL 2441 10:57:12,092 --> 10:57:12,960 HEALTH, HOUSING, WORKING ON 2442 10:57:12,960 --> 10:57:13,827 HEALTH, AND THEY ARE WORKING 2443 10:57:13,827 --> 10:57:15,028 WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY 2444 10:57:15,028 --> 10:57:17,965 ARE WORKING WITH THE BUSINESSES 2445 10:57:17,965 --> 10:57:19,466 TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW NOT 2446 10:57:19,466 --> 10:57:21,568 JUST THE INDIVIDUAL WE ARE 2447 10:57:21,568 --> 10:57:23,203 WORKING WITH IS BEING AFFECTED, 2448 10:57:23,203 --> 10:57:24,571 BUT THE NEIGHBORS, WHETHER THEY 2449 10:57:24,571 --> 10:57:26,140 BE HOUSED OR BUSINESSES OR BE 2450 10:57:26,140 --> 10:57:27,975 STUDENTS, AND ANY OF THOSE 2451 10:57:27,975 --> 10:57:29,977 THINGS ARE BEING AFFECTED SO WE 2452 10:57:29,977 --> 10:57:31,278 CAN IMMEDIATELY COME IN AND WORK 2453 10:57:31,278 --> 10:57:35,849 ON THE BEHAVIOR CHANGE WITH THE 2454 10:57:35,849 --> 10:57:37,217 INDIVIDUAL. SO AGAIN IT'S LIKE 2455 10:57:37,217 --> 10:57:39,987 BOOTS ON THE GROUND, KIND OF 2456 10:57:39,987 --> 10:57:40,621 COMING TOGETHER, WORKING 2457 10:57:40,621 --> 10:57:41,488 TOGETHER, SPEAKING VERY 2458 10:57:41,488 --> 10:57:42,356 FREQUENTLY ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL, 2459 10:57:42,356 --> 10:57:44,057 AND COMING UP WITH A PLAN THAT 2460 10:57:44,057 --> 10:57:47,895 IS GOING TO BEST SERVE THE 2461 10:57:47,895 --> 10:57:50,631 INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY AT 2462 10:57:50,631 --> 10:57:53,200 LARGE. AND THEN, I -- I WANTED 2463 10:57:53,200 --> 10:57:54,468 TO SHARE A STORY ABOUT AN 2464 10:57:54,468 --> 10:57:56,036 INDIVIDUAL WE HAVE BEEN WORKING 2465 10:57:56,036 --> 10:57:59,940 WITH IN THE UDUB AREA. SO THIS 2466 10:57:59,940 --> 10:58:02,042 INDIVIDUAL IS -- WAS UNHOUSED UP 2467 10:58:02,042 --> 10:58:05,779 UNTIL VERY RECENTLY. WE WILL 2468 10:58:05,779 --> 10:58:07,581 CALL THIS PERSON ZANE. ZANE 2469 10:58:07,581 --> 10:58:11,485 STOOD OUT VERY MUCH IN THE 2470 10:58:11,485 --> 10:58:13,587 CORRIDOR. HE WAS DOING MARTIAL 2471 10:58:13,587 --> 10:58:17,191 ARTS VERY PUBLICALLY. HE HAD A 2472 10:58:17,191 --> 10:58:19,359 LOT OF UNTREATED MENTAL HEALTH 2473 10:58:19,359 --> 10:58:21,361 NEEDS. AND THERE WAS JUST NOT A 2474 10:58:21,361 --> 10:58:22,095 COMBINATION WORKING FOR THIS 2475 10:58:22,095 --> 10:58:23,597 INDIVIDUAL TO GET THEM THE 2476 10:58:23,597 --> 10:58:24,965 ASSISTANCE THEY NEEDED. THE 2477 10:58:24,965 --> 10:58:25,899 NEIGHBORS WERE GROWING WEARY. 2478 10:58:25,899 --> 10:58:27,668 THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS A 2479 10:58:27,668 --> 10:58:28,569 DANGEROUS SITUATION. THEY 2480 10:58:28,569 --> 10:58:29,903 DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO APPROACH 2481 10:58:29,903 --> 10:58:33,040 THIS NEIGHBOR IN A WAY THAT FELT 2482 10:58:33,040 --> 10:58:34,274 SAFE. BUSINESSES WERE BEING 2483 10:58:34,274 --> 10:58:35,075 AFFECTED. PEOPLE WERE NOT 2484 10:58:35,075 --> 10:58:36,844 WANTING TO GO IN WHEN THEY WERE 2485 10:58:36,844 --> 10:58:37,811 SEEING THIS INDIVIDUAL, AND IT 2486 10:58:37,811 --> 10:58:40,614 WAS JUST KIND OF AT A STANDSTILL 2487 10:58:40,614 --> 10:58:41,715 WITH THIS PERSON. SO THROUGH THE 2488 10:58:41,715 --> 10:58:43,650 SNIF MODEL, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO 2489 10:58:43,650 --> 10:58:46,119 DO, WE WERE ABLE TO COORDINATE 2490 10:58:46,119 --> 10:58:48,822 THROUGH OUTREACH AND THROUGH THE 2491 10:58:48,822 --> 10:58:50,691 AMBASSADOR TO KIND OF BUILD A 2492 10:58:50,691 --> 10:58:52,826 RELATIONSHIP. WE WERE ABLE TO 2493 10:58:52,826 --> 10:58:53,460 SCREEN THIS PERSON INTO AN 2494 10:58:53,460 --> 10:58:54,161 INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT 2495 10:58:54,161 --> 10:58:55,562 PROGRAM THAT WAS ABLE TO HELP 2496 10:58:55,562 --> 10:58:57,564 THEM MEET THEIR NEEDS AROUND 2497 10:58:57,564 --> 10:58:58,398 MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, 2498 10:58:58,398 --> 10:58:59,566 ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, 2499 10:58:59,566 --> 10:59:01,702 AND THEN WORKING WITH THE 2500 10:59:01,702 --> 10:59:03,604 BUSINESSES AND THE HOUSED 2501 10:59:03,604 --> 10:59:05,105 NEIGHBORS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES, 2502 10:59:05,105 --> 10:59:08,108 THIS PENT FROM AN INDIVIDUAL 2503 10:59:08,108 --> 10:59:12,512 THAT PEOPLE WOULD AVOID IN THE 2504 10:59:12,512 --> 10:59:14,915 CORRIDOR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T 2505 10:59:14,915 --> 10:59:17,084 WANT TO INTERACT WITH HIM, 2506 10:59:17,084 --> 10:59:18,418 PEOPLE WERE ASKING HOW THEY 2507 10:59:18,418 --> 10:59:19,653 COULD HELP HIM. WE SAW IT 2508 10:59:19,653 --> 10:59:21,255 WASN'T JUST THIS ONE PERSON'S 2509 10:59:21,255 --> 10:59:24,224 LIFE THAT WAS BEING AFFECTED. IT 2510 10:59:24,224 --> 10:59:25,592 WAS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT WAS 2511 10:59:25,592 --> 10:59:26,693 COMING AROUND, AND THEY WERE 2512 10:59:26,693 --> 10:59:29,196 SEEING AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS 2513 10:59:29,196 --> 10:59:30,397 STRUGGLING GREATLY, AND ASKING 2514 10:59:30,397 --> 10:59:32,533 HOW WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND 2515 10:59:32,533 --> 10:59:35,502 FIND THE RIGHT COMBINATION TO 2516 10:59:35,502 --> 10:59:37,104 WORK FOR EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE 2517 10:59:37,104 --> 10:59:40,073 TO UPDATE EVERYONE THAT HE HAS 2518 10:59:40,073 --> 10:59:41,041 BEEN RECENTLY HOUSED. HE IS 2519 10:59:41,041 --> 10:59:42,776 STILL IN THE COMMUNITY, AND NOW 2520 10:59:42,776 --> 10:59:44,177 HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS 2521 10:59:44,177 --> 10:59:46,246 NEIGHBORS IS DIFFERENT. HE IS A 2522 10:59:46,246 --> 10:59:48,782 HOUSED PERSON, AND HE CAN HAVE 2523 10:59:48,782 --> 10:59:49,449 DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE 2524 10:59:49,449 --> 10:59:51,451 BUSINESSES, WITH THE PEOPLE WHO 2525 10:59:51,451 --> 10:59:53,987 LIVE THERE, WITH THE STUDENTS, 2526 10:59:53,987 --> 10:59:55,889 AND HE IS STILL PRACTICING 2527 10:59:55,889 --> 10:59:57,557 MARTIAL ARTS, BUT HE NOW GETS TO 2528 10:59:57,557 --> 10:59:59,760 DO THAT INSIDE OF HIS OWN HOME. 2529 10:59:59,760 --> 11:00:04,197 I THINK THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK, 2530 11:00:04,197 --> 11:00:06,266 IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THAT IT IS 2531 11:00:06,266 --> 11:00:08,902 NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL FOR 2532 11:00:08,902 --> 11:00:10,637 PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED. 2533 11:00:10,637 --> 11:00:11,572 EVERYONE HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO 2534 11:00:11,572 --> 11:00:13,574 ACCOUNT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 2535 11:00:13,574 --> 11:00:14,441 FRAMEWORK, AND THIS REALLY 2536 11:00:14,441 --> 11:00:16,643 ALLOWS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, AND 2537 11:00:16,643 --> 11:00:18,211 FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL, THEIR 2538 11:00:18,211 --> 11:00:19,513 SUFFERING FROM LIVING OUTDOORS 2539 11:00:19,513 --> 11:00:20,914 HAS CHANGED. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY 2540 11:00:20,914 --> 11:00:24,584 THAT IS STRONGER AND CLOSER 2541 11:00:24,584 --> 11:00:25,986 TOGETHER BECAUSE OF IT. 2542 11:00:25,986 --> 11:00:28,088 >> AS DESCRIBED, THE MODEL 2543 11:00:28,088 --> 11:00:29,456 ALLOWS FOR COMMUNICATION SO 2544 11:00:29,456 --> 11:00:32,259 EVERYONE IS ON THE PLAN AND CAN 2545 11:00:32,259 --> 11:00:33,293 WORK IN COORDINATION TOGETHER, 2546 11:00:33,293 --> 11:00:34,595 WHETHER A SHORT QUICK RESPONSE 2547 11:00:34,595 --> 11:00:36,530 IN A CRISIS OR WHATEVER HAPPENS 2548 11:00:36,530 --> 11:00:38,265 THAT DAY OR THE LONGER TERM CARE 2549 11:00:38,265 --> 11:00:39,933 PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT 2550 11:00:39,933 --> 11:00:42,336 PERSON DOESN'T GET SHUT OFF 2551 11:00:42,336 --> 11:00:43,337 FROM HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, FROM 2552 11:00:43,337 --> 11:00:44,338 SOCIAL SERVICE ACCESS, FROM 2553 11:00:44,338 --> 11:00:46,573 THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE KNOW 2554 11:00:46,573 --> 11:00:48,275 IN THE LONG-TERM WILL BENEFIT 2555 11:00:48,275 --> 11:00:50,444 THEM. AND THEN, AS YOU HAVE 2556 11:00:50,444 --> 11:00:52,179 HEARD, DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE 2557 11:00:52,179 --> 11:00:54,548 ROLES ARE PRESENT IN THE 2558 11:00:54,548 --> 11:00:55,148 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. SOME 2559 11:00:55,148 --> 11:00:56,583 NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE LAKE CITY 2560 11:00:56,583 --> 11:01:00,654 AND CAPITAL HILL ARE WORKING TO 2561 11:01:00,654 --> 11:01:04,257 BUILD CORE COMPONENTS AND 2562 11:01:04,257 --> 11:01:07,427 POSITIONS, AND SOME HAVE ALL 2563 11:01:07,427 --> 11:01:09,062 COMPONENTS BUT REQUIRE INCREASED 2564 11:01:09,062 --> 11:01:11,865 ACCESS TO LONG-TERM CARE 2565 11:01:11,865 --> 11:01:14,568 RESOURCES LIKE SHELTER AND 2566 11:01:14,568 --> 11:01:15,268 SPECIALIZED BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS 2567 11:01:15,268 --> 11:01:17,137 TO FULLY REALIZE WHAT THE MODEL 2568 11:01:17,137 --> 11:01:18,772 IS INTENDING TO DO. 2569 11:01:18,772 --> 11:01:21,575 >> ALL RIGHT, SO NOW I AM GOING 2570 11:01:21,575 --> 11:01:22,809 TO TAKE US VERY QUICKLY THROUGH 2571 11:01:22,809 --> 11:01:24,244 THIS SLIDE BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE 2572 11:01:24,244 --> 11:01:28,482 TAKING A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME 2573 11:01:28,482 --> 11:01:29,049 HERE. NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT 2574 11:01:29,049 --> 11:01:31,151 FRAMEWORK THE NIF IN SNIF IF YOU 2575 11:01:31,151 --> 11:01:33,086 WILL. LEVEL ONE IS ON THE GROUND 2576 11:01:33,086 --> 11:01:34,955 COORDINATION. ALL OF THE TEAMS 2577 11:01:34,955 --> 11:01:36,423 THAT HAVE DESIGNATED POINTS OF 2578 11:01:36,423 --> 11:01:38,458 CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER, FOR 2579 11:01:38,458 --> 11:01:39,192 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS OR 2580 11:01:39,192 --> 11:01:44,898 SITUATIONS, AND SO THIS WAY, THE 2581 11:01:44,898 --> 11:01:46,033 TEAMS CAN COMMUNICATE FLUIDLY, 2582 11:01:46,033 --> 11:01:48,235 AS ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES 2583 11:01:48,235 --> 11:01:49,803 ARISE. THIS HAPPENSEN A 2584 11:01:49,803 --> 11:01:50,837 DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. IN OUR OFFICE 2585 11:01:50,837 --> 11:01:52,806 IN BALLARD, JAMIE WORKING WITH 2586 11:01:52,806 --> 11:01:54,741 OUR AMBASSADOR TEAM AND ADAM OUR 2587 11:01:54,741 --> 11:01:57,044 OUTREACH WORKER, SO A LOT OF ON 2588 11:01:57,044 --> 11:01:58,612 THE GROUND COMMUNICATION, AND 2589 11:01:58,612 --> 11:02:02,449 THEN AT LEVEL TWO, WHEN AN 2590 11:02:02,449 --> 11:02:05,018 INDIVIDUAL'S SITUATION OR NEEDS 2591 11:02:05,018 --> 11:02:05,852 EXCEED THE COORDINATION, 2592 11:02:05,852 --> 11:02:07,287 POSSIBLE TO DO SOLELY ON LEVEL 2593 11:02:07,287 --> 11:02:10,390 ONE, WE BRING THEM INTO THE 2594 11:02:10,390 --> 11:02:11,024 NEIGHBORHOOD CASE CONFERENCE. 2595 11:02:11,024 --> 11:02:13,727 TEAMS DEALING DIRECTLY WITH THE 2596 11:02:13,727 --> 11:02:16,229 PRIORITY INDIVIDUALS, ADHERE TO 2597 11:02:16,229 --> 11:02:17,030 SPECIFIC INFORMATION SHARING 2598 11:02:17,030 --> 11:02:18,098 AGREEMENTS, COME TOGETHER TO 2599 11:02:18,098 --> 11:02:19,332 SHARE NOTES ABOUT THE 2600 11:02:19,332 --> 11:02:20,834 INDIVIDUAL, AND COLLABORATE TO 2601 11:02:20,834 --> 11:02:21,968 MAKE PLANS WHICH INFORM THAT 2602 11:02:21,968 --> 11:02:23,303 LEVEL ONE COORDINATION, AND 2603 11:02:23,303 --> 11:02:25,338 IT'S A LOT OF LEVEL ONE FEEDING 2604 11:02:25,338 --> 11:02:27,007 TO TWO, AND THEN BACK DOWN INTO 2605 11:02:27,007 --> 11:02:30,077 LEVEL ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT 2606 11:02:30,077 --> 11:02:31,044 COORDINATION GETS TRANSFERRED, 2607 11:02:31,044 --> 11:02:33,747 AND AT LEVEL THREE, NEIGHBORHOOD 2608 11:02:33,747 --> 11:02:37,184 ISSUES ARE NOT SOLELY RELATED TO 2609 11:02:37,184 --> 11:02:39,019 SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS. LEVEL 2610 11:02:39,019 --> 11:02:40,620 THREE IS AVAILABLE FOR 2611 11:02:40,620 --> 11:02:42,823 DISCUSSIONS, RELATED TO PLACE OR 2612 11:02:42,823 --> 11:02:45,058 LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD EFFORTS, AND 2613 11:02:45,058 --> 11:02:47,561 THIS, OF COURSE, IS VERY 2614 11:02:47,561 --> 11:02:49,896 GEOGRAPHIC BASED, AND WITHIN A 2615 11:02:49,896 --> 11:02:52,899 SMALL BOUNDARY LIKE THE DOWNTOWN 2616 11:02:52,899 --> 11:02:54,468 CORE OF BALLARD, THERE'S 2617 11:02:54,468 --> 11:02:56,002 SMALLER SUB POCKETS THAT ARE 2618 11:02:56,002 --> 11:02:57,437 INTENSE AT TIMES. IT COULD BE 2619 11:02:57,437 --> 11:02:58,672 THE BALLARD LIBRARY. IT COULD BE 2620 11:02:58,672 --> 11:03:00,240 THE OTHER AREAS IN THE 2621 11:03:00,240 --> 11:03:01,341 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THIS IS AT 2622 11:03:01,341 --> 11:03:03,877 LEVEL THREE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2623 11:03:03,877 --> 11:03:07,147 DISCUSS PLACES OF NEED THAT THE 2624 11:03:07,147 --> 11:03:08,782 OUTREACH AND AMBASSADORS CAN 2625 11:03:08,782 --> 11:03:10,383 COORDINATE AROUND WITH THE 2626 11:03:10,383 --> 11:03:12,219 NEIGHBORHOOD CARE COORDINATORS 2627 11:03:12,219 --> 11:03:13,787 AND DISCUSS UPCOMING EVENTS OR 2628 11:03:13,787 --> 11:03:15,021 OTHER ON THE GROUND DYNAMICS 2629 11:03:15,021 --> 11:03:16,056 THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING AROUND 2630 11:03:16,056 --> 11:03:18,158 THE CITY THAT WILL HAVE AN 2631 11:03:18,158 --> 11:03:19,626 IMPACT ON THE ABILITY FOR US TO 2632 11:03:19,626 --> 11:03:21,661 DO THIS WORK. AND THEN FINALLY 2633 11:03:21,661 --> 11:03:25,265 AT LEVEL FOUR, I THINK, WE HAVE 2634 11:03:25,265 --> 11:03:26,967 DONE A FEW OF THESE LEVELS, AND 2635 11:03:26,967 --> 11:03:31,872 I WILL POINT BACK TO IT EARLIER 2636 11:03:31,872 --> 11:03:34,007 IN YEAR, WE DID A SNIF SUMMIT 2637 11:03:34,007 --> 11:03:35,876 WHERE WE HAD FOLKS FROM ALL 2638 11:03:35,876 --> 11:03:37,377 ACROSS THE CITY WHO WERE THERE 2639 11:03:37,377 --> 11:03:39,312 TO HEAR A BRIEFING AND READOUT 2640 11:03:39,312 --> 11:03:41,648 ON THE WORK AND PROGRESS WE HAD 2641 11:03:41,648 --> 11:03:46,419 MADE AT THAT POINT. SO ALL SNIF 2642 11:03:46,419 --> 11:03:47,954 NEIGHBORHOODS DO MEET 2643 11:03:47,954 --> 11:03:49,122 PERIODICALLY TO SHARE BEST 2644 11:03:49,122 --> 11:03:50,490 PRACTICES, IDENTIFY SYSTEM GAPS, 2645 11:03:50,490 --> 11:03:54,394 AND DISCUSS THE LESSONS WE HAVE 2646 11:03:54,394 --> 11:03:55,095 LEARNED COLLECTIVELY. 2647 11:03:55,095 --> 11:03:56,596 >> THANKS, MIKE. YES, AS YOU CAN 2648 11:03:56,596 --> 11:03:58,899 KIND OF TELL FROM OUR OVERVIEW 2649 11:03:58,899 --> 11:04:01,334 OF THE DIFFERENT TEAMS AND TYPES 2650 11:04:01,334 --> 11:04:02,102 OF COORDINATION INVOLVED, THIS 2651 11:04:02,102 --> 11:04:03,603 FRAMEWORKS SORT OF BASED ON A 2652 11:04:03,603 --> 11:04:05,438 SERIES OF LEVELS WHERE EACH ONE 2653 11:04:05,438 --> 11:04:07,307 ACTS AS A PRESSURE VALVE FOR THE 2654 11:04:07,307 --> 11:04:08,775 ONE BELOW IT. IF WE GET A TEAM 2655 11:04:08,775 --> 11:04:10,744 IN FRONT OF THE SITUATION OR THE 2656 11:04:10,744 --> 11:04:11,645 PERSON, AND THEY CAN'T ADDRESS 2657 11:04:11,645 --> 11:04:13,113 THE NEEDS OF THE SITUATION OR 2658 11:04:13,113 --> 11:04:14,214 THE PERSON, THEY WILL CALL IN 2659 11:04:14,214 --> 11:04:16,483 THE NEXT TEAM. WE DO IT UNTIL WE 2660 11:04:16,483 --> 11:04:20,487 FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT LEVEL OF 2661 11:04:20,487 --> 11:04:21,788 RESPONSE NEEDED. THIS TYPE OF 2662 11:04:21,788 --> 11:04:23,523 PRIORITIZATION IS IMPORTANT IN 2663 11:04:23,523 --> 11:04:25,125 NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE CID WHERE 2664 11:04:25,125 --> 11:04:26,626 PUBLIC SAFETY AND DISORDER 2665 11:04:26,626 --> 11:04:28,695 CONCERNS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH 2666 11:04:28,695 --> 11:04:31,765 VERY LARGE QUANTITIES OF PEOPLE. 2667 11:04:31,765 --> 11:04:33,700 AMBASSADOR TEAMS IN THE CID 2668 11:04:33,700 --> 11:04:37,070 NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THE LAST YEAR, 2669 11:04:37,070 --> 11:04:38,271 HAVE ENCOUNTERED 1100 UNIQUE 2670 11:04:38,271 --> 11:04:40,106 INDIVIDUALS. THAT'S A HUGE 2671 11:04:40,106 --> 11:04:41,474 NUMBER. MORE THAN THE SHELTER 2672 11:04:41,474 --> 11:04:44,644 UNITS OUR CITY HOPES TO BRING 2673 11:04:44,644 --> 11:04:45,879 ONLINE THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, DATA 2674 11:04:45,879 --> 11:04:47,681 FROM ONE OF THE AMBASSADOR TEAMS 2675 11:04:47,681 --> 11:04:50,951 IN THE CID NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS 2676 11:04:50,951 --> 11:04:52,085 SHOWING THAT NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS 2677 11:04:52,085 --> 11:04:54,921 HAVE AN EQUAL PRESENCE IN THE 2678 11:04:54,921 --> 11:04:57,357 NEIGHBORHOOD. ABOUT 5% OF THAT 2679 11:04:57,357 --> 11:04:58,892 TOTAL POPULATION COMPRISES OF 2680 11:04:58,892 --> 11:05:00,827 ABOUT 40% OF THE ENCOUNTERS. 2681 11:05:00,827 --> 11:05:03,129 WHICH MEANS THERE IS A GROUP OF 2682 11:05:03,129 --> 11:05:04,631 PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE, VERY 2683 11:05:04,631 --> 11:05:06,866 FREQUENTLY, AND A MUCH LARGER 2684 11:05:06,866 --> 11:05:08,868 GROUP OF PEOPLE TO VARYING 2685 11:05:08,868 --> 11:05:10,770 DEGREES THERE LESS FREQUENTLY. 2686 11:05:10,770 --> 11:05:13,907 IN THE SUMMER OF 2025, WE HAD 2687 11:05:13,907 --> 11:05:16,576 SORT OF A SPECIAL PROJECT WITH 2688 11:05:16,576 --> 11:05:19,412 COLEAD, THE HIGH SUPPORT SHELTER 2689 11:05:19,412 --> 11:05:20,313 HOUSED WITHIN PDA. THE 2690 11:05:20,313 --> 11:05:23,583 ASSIGNMENT WAS TO USE THE 2691 11:05:23,583 --> 11:05:24,517 SHELTER CAPACITY FOR THE CID 2692 11:05:24,517 --> 11:05:26,653 NEIGHBORHOOD. IN ORDER TO DO 2693 11:05:26,653 --> 11:05:29,322 THAT TO THE GREATEST EFFECT, 2694 11:05:29,322 --> 11:05:30,123 COLEAD COLLABORATED WITH SNIF 2695 11:05:30,123 --> 11:05:32,659 PARTNERS NOT ONLY WORKING OFF 2696 11:05:32,659 --> 11:05:33,460 THE AMBASSADOR ENCOUNTER DATA TO 2697 11:05:33,460 --> 11:05:35,929 SEE WHO IS THERE THE MOST OFTEN, 2698 11:05:35,929 --> 11:05:37,230 BUT ALSO WORKING WITH BUSINESS 2699 11:05:37,230 --> 11:05:39,699 OUTREACH AND FRIENDS OF LITTLE 2700 11:05:39,699 --> 11:05:40,533 SAIGON, WORKING WITH OTHER 2701 11:05:40,533 --> 11:05:43,603 PARTNERS TO SEE WHO ARE WE 2702 11:05:43,603 --> 11:05:46,506 SEEING AND WHO WE COULD MAKE THE 2703 11:05:46,506 --> 11:05:49,342 BIGGEST DIFFERENCE FOR THE 2704 11:05:49,342 --> 11:05:52,545 NEIGHBORHOOD? AND SO THAT 2705 11:05:52,545 --> 11:05:53,713 SUMMER, 41 INDIVIDUALS WERE 2706 11:05:53,713 --> 11:05:55,915 CONNECTED TO COLEAD ALL 2707 11:05:55,915 --> 11:05:57,317 INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED AS HIGH 2708 11:05:57,317 --> 11:05:58,985 PRIORITY INDIVIDUALS FOR THE 2709 11:05:58,985 --> 11:05:59,486 CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL 2710 11:05:59,486 --> 11:06:00,720 DISTRICT. SINCE PLACEMENT LAST 2711 11:06:00,720 --> 11:06:05,992 SUMMER, WITH HAVE SEEN REALLY 2712 11:06:05,992 --> 11:06:08,328 GOOD OUTCOMES. 95% OF THAT 41 2713 11:06:08,328 --> 11:06:11,631 HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO RECOVERY 2714 11:06:11,631 --> 11:06:12,699 RESOURCES. 90% HAVE ACHIEVED 2715 11:06:12,699 --> 11:06:14,768 HOUSING RELATED OUTCOMES, AND 2716 11:06:14,768 --> 11:06:16,736 BACK IN THE CID, AMBASSADORS ARE 2717 11:06:16,736 --> 11:06:17,671 ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY, 2718 11:06:17,671 --> 11:06:19,339 COLLECTING DATA ON WHO THEY ARE 2719 11:06:19,339 --> 11:06:20,940 SEEING AND HOW OFTEN. THE GROUP 2720 11:06:20,940 --> 11:06:23,910 THAT WENT INTO COLEAD HAS HAD A 2721 11:06:23,910 --> 11:06:26,880 50% DECREASE IN ENCOUNTERS IN 2722 11:06:26,880 --> 11:06:28,281 THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL 2723 11:06:28,281 --> 11:06:29,249 DISTRICT. NOW OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL 2724 11:06:29,249 --> 11:06:31,718 IS NOT JUST TO HAVE PEOPLE NOT 2725 11:06:31,718 --> 11:06:33,253 GO TO NEIGHBORHOODS. LIKE PAIGE 2726 11:06:33,253 --> 11:06:34,788 SAID IN OUR CASE STUDY, THE GOAL 2727 11:06:34,788 --> 11:06:36,456 IS THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING 2728 11:06:36,456 --> 11:06:38,725 FOLK'S UNMET NEEDS, AND THAT IS 2729 11:06:38,725 --> 11:06:40,293 SOMETHING THAT CAN LEAD TO 2730 11:06:40,293 --> 11:06:41,461 BEHAVIOR CHANGE. THE OTHER 2731 11:06:41,461 --> 11:06:42,662 IMPORTANT PIECE IS WHAT 2732 11:06:42,662 --> 11:06:44,230 AMBASSADORS ARE SEEING WHEN 2733 11:06:44,230 --> 11:06:45,565 FOLKS ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 2734 11:06:45,565 --> 11:06:49,269 AND A LOT OF ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE 2735 11:06:49,269 --> 11:06:51,137 APPEARING HEALTHIER, ENGAGING IN 2736 11:06:51,137 --> 11:06:51,638 DIFFERENT BEHAVIOR, AND 2737 11:06:51,638 --> 11:06:54,274 GENERALLY HAVE LESS OF A 2738 11:06:54,274 --> 11:06:55,809 NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE 2739 11:06:55,809 --> 11:06:56,943 NEIGHBORHOOD. OF COURSE THIS IS 2740 11:06:56,943 --> 11:06:59,145 SORT OF A DROP IN THE BUCKET. 41 2741 11:06:59,145 --> 11:07:01,147 PEOPLE IS NOT A LOT OF FOLKS 2742 11:07:01,147 --> 11:07:02,649 GIVEN THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS 2743 11:07:02,649 --> 11:07:04,451 OF FOLKS IN NEED OF SUPPORT 2744 11:07:04,451 --> 11:07:05,819 THROUGHOUT SNIF NEIGHBORHOODS 2745 11:07:05,819 --> 11:07:06,920 AND OTHER SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS. 2746 11:07:06,920 --> 11:07:09,889 I THINK THAT WE WANTED TO LIFT 2747 11:07:09,889 --> 11:07:12,258 THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD 2748 11:07:12,258 --> 11:07:13,159 CASE STUDY SHOWING WITHIN THE 2749 11:07:13,159 --> 11:07:14,995 41-PERSON SCOPE, WE CAN MAKE A 2750 11:07:14,995 --> 11:07:17,764 DIFFERENCE FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS 2751 11:07:17,764 --> 11:07:20,767 AND NEIGHBORHOODS AT THE SAME 2752 11:07:20,767 --> 11:07:23,837 TIME. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO 2753 11:07:23,837 --> 11:07:25,138 IS BUILD THIS PRIORITIZATION 2754 11:07:25,138 --> 11:07:26,139 FRAMEWORK SO WHAT RESOURCES WE 2755 11:07:26,139 --> 11:07:28,008 HAVE MAKE THE MOST IMPACT AND 2756 11:07:28,008 --> 11:07:29,342 THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT RESOURCES 2757 11:07:29,342 --> 11:07:31,745 WE CAN PUT THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK 2758 11:07:31,745 --> 11:07:33,380 TO ACCELERATE THE WORK. THIS IS 2759 11:07:33,380 --> 11:07:36,950 AN ALL HANDS ON DECK EFFORT. I 2760 11:07:36,950 --> 11:07:38,785 WANT TO PASS TO ELENA TO TALK 2761 11:07:38,785 --> 11:07:41,554 ABOUT HOW WE ARE DOING SO IN 2762 11:07:41,554 --> 11:07:42,188 COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORHOOD 2763 11:07:42,188 --> 11:07:42,455 LEADERS. 2764 11:07:42,455 --> 11:07:44,157 >> THANKS, SAM. I'M GOING TO 2765 11:07:44,157 --> 11:07:46,559 TALK ABOUT HOW THE SNIF PLAYS AT 2766 11:07:46,559 --> 11:07:50,196 THE LOCAL LEVEL. I REPRESENT 2767 11:07:50,196 --> 11:07:52,265 LITTLE SAIGON. TEN SQUARE BLOCK 2768 11:07:52,265 --> 11:07:55,135 NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CID IN LITTLE 2769 11:07:55,135 --> 11:07:58,872 SAIGON RECENTLY HAS TAKEN ON A 2770 11:07:58,872 --> 11:08:00,907 HIGH NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS OVER 2771 11:08:00,907 --> 11:08:01,875 THE RECENT YEARS. FROM MY BUS 2772 11:08:01,875 --> 11:08:04,244 STOP WALK TO THE OFFICE, I PASS 2773 11:08:04,244 --> 11:08:06,279 MANY WHO ARE STRUGGLING, PEOPLE 2774 11:08:06,279 --> 11:08:08,048 OFTEN RELYING ON OR RESORTING TO 2775 11:08:08,048 --> 11:08:10,550 ILLEGAL THINGS TO JUST MAKE IT 2776 11:08:10,550 --> 11:08:11,484 THROUGH THE DAY. JUST WALKING 2777 11:08:11,484 --> 11:08:12,852 THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWS 2778 11:08:12,852 --> 11:08:14,521 THAT EVERYONE IS IMPACTED BY THE 2779 11:08:14,521 --> 11:08:18,658 LACK OF CITY INVESTMENT IN 2780 11:08:18,658 --> 11:08:19,559 HUMANE SERVICES AND HOUSING. WE 2781 11:08:19,559 --> 11:08:22,762 ARE STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF 2782 11:08:22,762 --> 11:08:25,165 IMPLEMENTING SNIF AT THE CID 2783 11:08:25,165 --> 11:08:27,400 LEVEL, BUT WE HAVE SEEN 2784 11:08:27,400 --> 11:08:28,301 PROMISING RESULTS. THE COLEAD 2785 11:08:28,301 --> 11:08:30,470 EXAMPLE IS JUST ONE WHERE PEOPLE 2786 11:08:30,470 --> 11:08:32,705 GET HOUSING AND HAVE FEWER 2787 11:08:32,705 --> 11:08:33,673 NEGATIVE ENCOUNTERS IN THE CID, 2788 11:08:33,673 --> 11:08:35,408 AND THE IMPACT ON SMALL 2789 11:08:35,408 --> 11:08:36,943 BUSINESSES HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT. 2790 11:08:36,943 --> 11:08:38,978 WE WORK WITH A LOT OF SMALL 2791 11:08:38,978 --> 11:08:40,880 BUSINESSES, AND THEY HAVE SPOKEN 2792 11:08:40,880 --> 11:08:42,348 HIGHLY OF THE AMBASSADORS. THAT 2793 11:08:42,348 --> 11:08:44,918 I CAN CALL THEM AND GET TIMELY 2794 11:08:44,918 --> 11:08:45,985 RESPONSES FROM THE OUTREACH 2795 11:08:45,985 --> 11:08:47,253 WORKERS ALREADY IN THE 2796 11:08:47,253 --> 11:08:48,321 NEIGHBORHOOD. SOME OF THE 2797 11:08:48,321 --> 11:08:49,622 BUSINESSES HAVE ALSO ASKED FOR 2798 11:08:49,622 --> 11:08:54,260 MORE COVERAGE IN CERTAIN AREAS, 2799 11:08:54,260 --> 11:08:55,895 AND AMBASSADORS HAVE BEEN 2800 11:08:55,895 --> 11:08:58,331 RECEPTIVE AND INCORPORATED THE 2801 11:08:58,331 --> 11:08:59,632 REQUESTS INTO THEIR DAILY 2802 11:08:59,632 --> 11:09:03,503 ROUTES. WHILE WE WAIT FOR CITY 2803 11:09:03,503 --> 11:09:05,338 RESOURCES, THE AMBASSADORS HELP 2804 11:09:05,338 --> 11:09:07,373 MITIGATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE 2805 11:09:07,373 --> 11:09:07,974 NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SNIF MODEL 2806 11:09:07,974 --> 11:09:10,243 TIES IN WELL WITH OUR NETWORK, 2807 11:09:10,243 --> 11:09:13,046 AN INITIATIVE THAT FRIENDS OF 2808 11:09:13,046 --> 11:09:15,515 LITTLE SAIGON HAS STARTED IN 2809 11:09:15,515 --> 11:09:17,417 2024 MEANING BEAUTIFUL 2810 11:09:17,417 --> 11:09:17,984 NEIGHBORHOOD IN VIETNAMESE. 2811 11:09:17,984 --> 11:09:21,354 IT'S WORKING TO CREATE SOME OF 2812 11:09:21,354 --> 11:09:23,389 THE BIGGEST PUBLIC SAFETY 2813 11:09:23,389 --> 11:09:24,591 CHALLENGES. IN THE SUMMER OF 2814 11:09:24,591 --> 11:09:25,525 2024, WE MET WITH COMMUNITY 2815 11:09:25,525 --> 11:09:28,228 STAKE HOLDERS TO LEARN ABOUT 2816 11:09:28,228 --> 11:09:28,895 CHALLENGING AND BRAINSTORM 2817 11:09:28,895 --> 11:09:30,597 SOLUTIONS FOR WHAT THE COMMUNITY 2818 11:09:30,597 --> 11:09:32,098 IS FACING. ONE OF THE MAIN 2819 11:09:32,098 --> 11:09:34,067 THINGS WAS THE REQUEST FOR 2820 11:09:34,067 --> 11:09:35,802 BETTER COORDINATION AMONG ALL OF 2821 11:09:35,802 --> 11:09:38,505 THE GROUPS WORKING IN LITTLE 2822 11:09:38,505 --> 11:09:40,440 SAIGON WHICH HAD BEEN DISJOINTED 2823 11:09:40,440 --> 11:09:40,940 PREVIOUSLY. THE SERVICE 2824 11:09:40,940 --> 11:09:43,276 PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD 2825 11:09:43,276 --> 11:09:44,177 TO BETTER ORGANIZATION 2826 11:09:44,177 --> 11:09:44,711 THEMSELVES AMONG THE 2827 11:09:44,711 --> 11:09:46,146 COORDINATION LEVELS OF SNIF, AND 2828 11:09:46,146 --> 11:09:49,148 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE 2829 11:09:49,148 --> 11:09:50,583 MAYOR'S OFFICE TO BETTER 2830 11:09:50,583 --> 11:09:53,219 COORDINATE ACROSS THE CITY 2831 11:09:53,219 --> 11:09:54,387 DEPARTMENTS. EVEN AS WE IMPROVE 2832 11:09:54,387 --> 11:09:55,321 COORDINATION, THE FELT IMPACT ON 2833 11:09:55,321 --> 11:09:57,490 THE GROUND IS SLOW, AND MANY 2834 11:09:57,490 --> 11:10:00,793 PEOPLE IN LITTLE SAIGON WILL SAY 2835 11:10:00,793 --> 11:10:01,694 THEY HAVEN'T NOTICED 2836 11:10:01,694 --> 11:10:03,363 SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES YET. WE 2837 11:10:03,363 --> 11:10:05,431 WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE 2838 11:10:05,431 --> 11:10:06,933 LONG-TERM CHANGE WITHOUT MORE 2839 11:10:06,933 --> 11:10:08,268 RESOURCES DEDICATED TO LONG-TERM 2840 11:10:08,268 --> 11:10:10,436 CARE. AS YOU SAW ON THE TIMELINE 2841 11:10:10,436 --> 11:10:13,006 EARLIER, WE HAVE HAD DIFFERENT 2842 11:10:13,006 --> 11:10:14,607 PATHWAYS OF GETTING HERE, AND 2843 11:10:14,607 --> 11:10:16,609 THE DIAGRAM SHOWS HOW WE ARE 2844 11:10:16,609 --> 11:10:17,710 THINKING OF WHERE DIFFERENT 2845 11:10:17,710 --> 11:10:18,945 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE AT. THE FIRST 2846 11:10:18,945 --> 11:10:19,145 LEVEL 2847 11:10:19,145 --> 11:10:22,348 >> BUILDING THE FRONT DOOR IS 2848 11:10:22,348 --> 11:10:23,416 BUILDING THE BASIC COMPONENTS. 2849 11:10:23,416 --> 11:10:25,418 LAKE CITY AND CAPITOL HILL ARE 2850 11:10:25,418 --> 11:10:29,222 INTERESTED IN GETTING STARTED IN 2851 11:10:29,222 --> 11:10:30,123 SNIF IMPLEMENTATION. THEY ARE 2852 11:10:30,123 --> 11:10:32,325 IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES, BUILDING 2853 11:10:32,325 --> 11:10:33,993 PARTNERSHIPS WITH SERVICE 2854 11:10:33,993 --> 11:10:36,329 PROVIDERS, AND COORDINATING 2855 11:10:36,329 --> 11:10:37,030 AMONG COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. AS 2856 11:10:37,030 --> 11:10:39,032 MIKE MENTIONED EARLIER OUR THREE 2857 11:10:39,032 --> 11:10:39,666 NEIGHBORHOODS HERE HAVE BIAs, 2858 11:10:39,666 --> 11:10:41,801 BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE 2859 11:10:41,801 --> 11:10:44,003 A BIA TO START IMPLEMENTING 2860 11:10:44,003 --> 11:10:46,639 SNIF. THE SECOND LEVEL, FILLING 2861 11:10:46,639 --> 11:10:49,275 IN THE GAPS. THIS IS WHERE CID 2862 11:10:49,275 --> 11:10:49,909 CURRENTLY IS. WE ARE OPERATING 2863 11:10:49,909 --> 11:10:56,783 SNIF BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL 2864 11:10:56,783 --> 11:11:01,387 COMPONENTS. WE ARE WAITING ON 2865 11:11:01,387 --> 11:11:02,021 DEDICATED COORDINATOR. I WILL 2866 11:11:02,021 --> 11:11:03,756 PASS TO MIKE FOR THE LAST 2867 11:11:03,756 --> 11:11:04,023 SECTION. 2868 11:11:04,023 --> 11:11:06,326 >> LAST SECTION FOR 2869 11:11:06,326 --> 11:11:08,394 NEIGHBORHOODS FUNCTIONING AT 2870 11:11:08,394 --> 11:11:09,862 FULL FIDELITY, THINKING OF THE 2871 11:11:09,862 --> 11:11:12,532 UNIVERSITY DISTRICT AND BALLARD 2872 11:11:12,532 --> 11:11:14,567 AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE NOW HAD 2873 11:11:14,567 --> 11:11:15,735 UNIVERSITY DISTRICT LEADING THE 2874 11:11:15,735 --> 11:11:17,403 WAY WITH AMBASSADORS ON BOARD 2875 11:11:17,403 --> 11:11:18,171 AND MARCUS' POSITION, AND THEN 2876 11:11:18,171 --> 11:11:20,440 WE WERE JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS 2877 11:11:20,440 --> 11:11:22,408 BEHIND THEM. NOW WE HAVE A STAFF 2878 11:11:22,408 --> 11:11:25,178 MEMBER DEDICATED TO CLEAN AND 2879 11:11:25,178 --> 11:11:26,646 SAFE SERVICES. WE HAVE AN 2880 11:11:26,646 --> 11:11:27,647 AMBASSADOR PROGRAM WORKING AND 2881 11:11:27,647 --> 11:11:32,385 VIABLE, AND THEN THANKS TO 2882 11:11:32,385 --> 11:11:36,522 COUNCIL'S SUPPORT LAST YEAR, A 2883 11:11:36,522 --> 11:11:45,965 SHOUTOUT TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 2884 11:11:45,965 --> 11:11:47,500 AND STRAUSS. AS OF MAY 1st, WE 2885 11:11:47,500 --> 11:11:49,602 HAVE A DEDICATED PERSON DOING 2886 11:11:49,602 --> 11:11:51,537 THAT. THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE 2887 11:11:51,537 --> 11:11:54,340 THE FINAL PIECE TO BRING TO FULL 2888 11:11:54,340 --> 11:11:55,775 FIDELITY THE PROGRAM, AND WE ARE 2889 11:11:55,775 --> 11:11:58,044 EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE ARE PRETTY 2890 11:11:58,044 --> 11:11:58,845 ACTIVELY WORKING TO JUST -- WITH 2891 11:11:58,845 --> 11:12:00,546 THE TOOLS AND THE TEAM AND THE 2892 11:12:00,546 --> 11:12:04,283 PEOPLE WE HAVE, TO TRY TO 2893 11:12:04,283 --> 11:12:05,952 CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM 2894 11:12:05,952 --> 11:12:07,220 EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE. I THINK I 2895 11:12:07,220 --> 11:12:10,390 JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 2896 11:12:10,390 --> 11:12:11,924 INITIAL PREMISE, TOO, OF -- IT 2897 11:12:11,924 --> 11:12:13,493 IS JUST SO COMMON THAT THERE 2898 11:12:13,493 --> 11:12:15,194 MIGHT BE A HANDFUL OF 2899 11:12:15,194 --> 11:12:17,063 INDIVIDUALS IN ANY ONE 2900 11:12:17,063 --> 11:12:19,098 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY 2901 11:12:19,098 --> 11:12:21,134 HAVING AN OUTSIZED IMPACT, AND 2902 11:12:21,134 --> 11:12:21,934 FOR WHATEVER REASONS, THESE 2903 11:12:21,934 --> 11:12:23,870 PEOPLE HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE 2904 11:12:23,870 --> 11:12:26,239 GAPS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE 2905 11:12:26,239 --> 11:12:28,174 SOCIAL SERVICES GAP, OR THROUGH 2906 11:12:28,174 --> 11:12:30,610 A CRIMINAL JUSTICE GAP. WE HAVE 2907 11:12:30,610 --> 11:12:34,347 ALL SEEN IT. WHAT WE KNOW AND 2908 11:12:34,347 --> 11:12:35,982 BELIEVE, IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER 2909 11:12:35,982 --> 11:12:39,319 ON A SMALL NUMBER OF 2910 11:12:39,319 --> 11:12:40,420 INDIVIDUALS, BEING ABLE TO 2911 11:12:40,420 --> 11:12:41,821 PROVIDE A SOLUTION THAT REMOVES 2912 11:12:41,821 --> 11:12:44,324 THEM FROM BEING DIRECTLY ON THE 2913 11:12:44,324 --> 11:12:47,493 STREETS, IT LOWERS THE TENSION 2914 11:12:47,493 --> 11:12:48,695 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND 2915 11:12:48,695 --> 11:12:53,633 INCREASES THE VIBES, THE GOOD 2916 11:12:53,633 --> 11:12:53,866 VIBES. 2917 11:12:53,866 --> 11:12:55,234 >> THANKS, MIKE. I WILL WRAP IT 2918 11:12:55,234 --> 11:12:56,769 UP HERE. YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD 2919 11:12:56,769 --> 11:12:59,038 A COUPLE OF THEMES THROUGHOUT 2920 11:12:59,038 --> 11:13:00,773 OUR PRESENTATION. SNIF IS A 2921 11:13:00,773 --> 11:13:01,874 FRAMEWORK IN PROGRESS, RANGING 2922 11:13:01,874 --> 11:13:02,608 FROM NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE LAKE 2923 11:13:02,608 --> 11:13:04,944 CITY WHO ARE ASKING FOR SOME OF 2924 11:13:04,944 --> 11:13:08,214 THE KEY COMPONENTS TO THE CID 2925 11:13:08,214 --> 11:13:09,749 WHERE SOME COMPONENTS ARE IN 2926 11:13:09,749 --> 11:13:11,584 PLACE. THERE'S A FEW MORE WE 2927 11:13:11,584 --> 11:13:13,386 NEED TO FUND AND BUILD, AND THEN 2928 11:13:13,386 --> 11:13:14,887 NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE U DISTRICT 2929 11:13:14,887 --> 11:13:16,489 AND BALLARD, WHO HAVE THE 2930 11:13:16,489 --> 11:13:18,324 COMPONENTS, BUT WE ARE WORKING 2931 11:13:18,324 --> 11:13:20,593 ON THINGS LIKE LONG-TERM CARE 2932 11:13:20,593 --> 11:13:22,462 STRATEGIES. SO MANY OF THE 2933 11:13:22,462 --> 11:13:23,663 SITUATIONS WE ARE CASE 2934 11:13:23,663 --> 11:13:25,131 CONFERENCING ARE PLACES WHERE 2935 11:13:25,131 --> 11:13:26,833 PEOPLE ARE UNSHELTERED. LIKE WE 2936 11:13:26,833 --> 11:13:28,835 SAW WITH THE COLEAD EXAMPLE, WE 2937 11:13:28,835 --> 11:13:31,504 SEE WHEN PEOPLE ARE PAIRED WITH 2938 11:13:31,504 --> 11:13:32,839 APPROPRIATE LONG-TERM CARE 2939 11:13:32,839 --> 11:13:33,940 RESOURCES, THEIR CARE PLANS MOVE 2940 11:13:33,940 --> 11:13:37,009 FASTER. SO WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO 2941 11:13:37,009 --> 11:13:39,212 DO IS CONTINUING TO BUILD THE 2942 11:13:39,212 --> 11:13:39,979 FRAMEWORK ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS 2943 11:13:39,979 --> 11:13:43,616 AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO ALIGN WITH 2944 11:13:43,616 --> 11:13:45,151 THE LONG-TERM CARE STRATEGIES, 2945 11:13:45,151 --> 11:13:46,185 ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE HIGH 2946 11:13:46,185 --> 11:13:48,054 SUPPORT SHELTER AS THE CITY 2947 11:13:48,054 --> 11:13:49,555 BRINGS IT ONLINE. THIS IS A 2948 11:13:49,555 --> 11:13:51,491 FRAMEWORK THAT IS NOT -- THIS 2949 11:13:51,491 --> 11:13:54,527 WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH OTHER 2950 11:13:54,527 --> 11:13:56,129 STRATEGIES. NOT A REPLACEMENT 2951 11:13:56,129 --> 11:13:57,230 FOR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT'S 2952 11:13:57,230 --> 11:13:59,632 WORKS, RATHER THE DEPARTMENT OF 2953 11:13:59,632 --> 11:14:00,933 NEIGHBORHOODS, SPD, CARE, AND IN 2954 11:14:00,933 --> 11:14:02,468 FACT OUR LEVEL THREE SNIF 2955 11:14:02,468 --> 11:14:04,370 MEETINGS ARE A PLACE WHERE OUR 2956 11:14:04,370 --> 11:14:06,139 GOAL IS TO EXTEND THIS LEVEL OF 2957 11:14:06,139 --> 11:14:07,940 COLLABORATION OF WHAT ARE ALL OF 2958 11:14:07,940 --> 11:14:09,842 THE DIFFERENT RIGHT AND LEFT 2959 11:14:09,842 --> 11:14:11,377 HANDS DOING IN THE SAME 2960 11:14:11,377 --> 11:14:14,046 NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE A 2961 11:14:14,046 --> 11:14:14,814 COORDINATED RESPONSE. AGAIN, THE 2962 11:14:14,814 --> 11:14:18,618 GOAL BEING DO MORE WITH WHAT WE 2963 11:14:18,618 --> 11:14:20,887 HAVE TO BENEFIT SEATTLE 2964 11:14:20,887 --> 11:14:21,421 NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, YEAH. 2965 11:14:21,421 --> 11:14:24,657 >> COULD YOU ACTUALLY GO BACK TO 2966 11:14:24,657 --> 11:14:25,825 THE SPECTRUM SLIDE, THE LAST 2967 11:14:25,825 --> 11:14:28,261 ONE? I WANT TO CALL THIS OUT. I 2968 11:14:28,261 --> 11:14:29,395 DIDN'T DO THE PROPER 2969 11:14:29,395 --> 11:14:30,663 INTRODUCTION OF WHY I'M SITTING 2970 11:14:30,663 --> 11:14:34,700 DOWN HERE. IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE 2971 11:14:34,700 --> 11:14:35,768 BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE THIS 2972 11:14:35,768 --> 11:14:38,771 TEAM FOR SIX YEARS. THIS IS A 2973 11:14:38,771 --> 11:14:40,406 GREAT SPECTRUM SLIDE. IT TOOK 2974 11:14:40,406 --> 11:14:41,607 THE BALLARD ALLIANCE AND THE 2975 11:14:41,607 --> 11:14:42,642 NEIGHBORHOOD THREE YEARS TO 2976 11:14:42,642 --> 11:14:44,177 BUILD THE FRONT DOOR, AND IT'S 2977 11:14:44,177 --> 11:14:45,912 TAKEN ABOUT TWO YEARS OF FILLING 2978 11:14:45,912 --> 11:14:51,184 THE GAP TO JUST NOW GETTING TO 2979 11:14:51,184 --> 11:14:53,386 FULL FIDELITY, AND BECAUSE WE 2980 11:14:53,386 --> 11:14:55,455 TOOK SUCH A METHODICAL APPROACH, 2981 11:14:55,455 --> 11:14:57,089 IT'S NOW FOR LAKE CITY AND 2982 11:14:57,089 --> 11:14:59,025 CAPITOL HILL FOR CID, I THINK IT 2983 11:14:59,025 --> 11:15:00,593 TOOK YOU A YEAR AND A HALF OR A 2984 11:15:00,593 --> 11:15:04,263 YEAR TO BUILD THE FRONT DOOR. WE 2985 11:15:04,263 --> 11:15:06,199 TOOK A THREE YEAR PLUS PROCESS 2986 11:15:06,199 --> 11:15:08,067 AND SHORTENED IT TO A YEAR. 2987 11:15:08,067 --> 11:15:09,669 FILLING IN THE GAPS WAS ANOTHER 2988 11:15:09,669 --> 11:15:10,803 TWO YEARS FOR BALLARD, BUT WE 2989 11:15:10,803 --> 11:15:13,239 MAY BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR A YEAR 2990 11:15:13,239 --> 11:15:15,508 FOR CID OR A YEAR AND A HALF. 2991 11:15:15,508 --> 11:15:16,909 THAT'S WHY I'M SITTING DOWN 2992 11:15:16,909 --> 11:15:19,245 HERE. IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO 2993 11:15:19,245 --> 11:15:21,981 THE CASE STUDY REALLY QUICK, THE 2994 11:15:21,981 --> 11:15:23,583 QUESTION ASKED, -- WHICH IS HOW 2995 11:15:23,583 --> 11:15:26,385 CAN YOU HAVE SUCH HIGH RESULTS 2996 11:15:26,385 --> 11:15:27,286 WITHOUT HAVING FULL FIDELITY? 2997 11:15:27,286 --> 11:15:29,355 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN 2998 11:15:29,355 --> 11:15:31,123 OPERATING AND WORKING QUIETLY 2999 11:15:31,123 --> 11:15:35,561 FOR MANY YEARS TO DEVELOP THIS 3000 11:15:35,561 --> 11:15:36,896 FRAMEWORK TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE. 3001 11:15:36,896 --> 11:15:40,366 AND IF YOU WANT TO CLICK BACK TO 3002 11:15:40,366 --> 11:15:42,335 THE NIF SLIDE, THE FRAMEWORK, I 3003 11:15:42,335 --> 11:15:44,070 WILL JUST SAY THAT THE REASON 3004 11:15:44,070 --> 11:15:46,005 THERE IS SUCCESS HERE, THE 3005 11:15:46,005 --> 11:15:47,073 COORDINATION IS FREE, WELL, NOT 3006 11:15:47,073 --> 11:15:49,242 QUITE FREE, AND THAT IS PART OF 3007 11:15:49,242 --> 11:15:50,710 THE STATEMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE 3008 11:15:50,710 --> 11:15:55,514 INTENT WE WILL RECEIVE LATER 3009 11:15:55,514 --> 11:15:58,484 THIS YEAR. COORDINATION ON A 3010 11:15:58,484 --> 11:16:00,586 REALTIME, EVERY WEEK BASIS IS 3011 11:16:00,586 --> 11:16:02,989 HOW ISSUES CAN BE MANAGED WITH 3012 11:16:02,989 --> 11:16:04,323 COLLABORATION. THIS IS A 3013 11:16:04,323 --> 11:16:07,460 SERVICES BASED APPROACH AT THIS 3014 11:16:07,460 --> 11:16:10,129 TABLE, AND IT MEANS A CRIMINAL 3015 11:16:10,129 --> 11:16:11,330 INTERVENTION SEPARATE FROM WHAT 3016 11:16:11,330 --> 11:16:13,032 IS GOING ON WITH THIS GROUP OF 3017 11:16:13,032 --> 11:16:14,867 PEOPLE, AND WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS 3018 11:16:14,867 --> 11:16:18,004 ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASSETS OF THE 3019 11:16:18,004 --> 11:16:18,838 TEAM, ACTUALLY CREATING THE WARM 3020 11:16:18,838 --> 11:16:21,007 HANDOFFS OUT OF JAIL, FOR THE 3021 11:16:21,007 --> 11:16:22,375 CLIENTS WHO NEED THE SUPPORT THE 3022 11:16:22,375 --> 11:16:27,647 MOST BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING THE 3023 11:16:27,647 --> 11:16:30,449 HIGHEST IMPACT, AND SO JAIL 3024 11:16:30,449 --> 11:16:32,184 WITHOUT A WARM HANDOFF CAN MEAN 3025 11:16:32,184 --> 11:16:34,253 DEATH FOR PEOPLE COMING OUT OF 3026 11:16:34,253 --> 11:16:36,489 JAIL, AND WITH THIS, THERE'S AN 3027 11:16:36,489 --> 11:16:37,790 IMPORTANT WARM HANDOFF THAT 3028 11:16:37,790 --> 11:16:39,025 ACTUALLY CAN MAKE SOMEBODY 3029 11:16:39,025 --> 11:16:40,660 BETTER. I SEE PEOPLE LOOKING AT 3030 11:16:40,660 --> 11:16:43,195 THE CLOCK. I WILL JUST SAY THIS 3031 11:16:43,195 --> 11:16:45,097 ALLOWS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CARE 3032 11:16:45,097 --> 11:16:48,401 FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND AS KAREN 3033 11:16:48,401 --> 11:16:49,902 SAID, CREATE EFFECTIVE LONG-TERM 3034 11:16:49,902 --> 11:16:51,070 BEHAVIORAL CHANGES, AND IT'S 3035 11:16:51,070 --> 11:16:54,206 SEPARATE, BUT CAN HELP WITH THE 3036 11:16:54,206 --> 11:16:57,543 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THANK 3037 11:16:57,543 --> 11:16:57,743 YOU. 3038 11:16:57,743 --> 11:17:01,747 >> ALL RIGHT, MR. WOLFF, THANK 3039 11:17:01,747 --> 11:17:05,618 YOU. AS POINTS WITH ASSISTANCE 3040 11:17:05,618 --> 11:17:06,218 FROM THE COUNCILMEMBER. YOU 3041 11:17:06,218 --> 11:17:07,653 KNOW, MAYBE AT LEAST THE TIE 3042 11:17:07,653 --> 11:17:10,523 SHOULD HAVE COME OFF, YOU KNOW, 3043 11:17:10,523 --> 11:17:12,558 SO YOU COULD BE IN SYNC WITH 3044 11:17:12,558 --> 11:17:13,693 YOUR COLLEAGUES AT THE TABLE. BY 3045 11:17:13,693 --> 11:17:15,861 THE WAY, WE ARE NOT DOING ITEM 3046 11:17:15,861 --> 11:17:18,331 NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA. VICE 3047 11:17:18,331 --> 11:17:19,699 CHAIR, ANY QUESTIONS? 3048 11:17:19,699 --> 11:17:20,733 >> YEAH, THANK YOU, CHAIR, FIRST 3049 11:17:20,733 --> 11:17:22,635 OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE 3050 11:17:22,635 --> 11:17:25,838 PANELISTS AND THANK YOU TO 3051 11:17:25,838 --> 11:17:28,774 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR YOUR 3052 11:17:28,774 --> 11:17:30,476 LEADERSHIP, AND YOU KNOW, 3053 11:17:30,476 --> 11:17:32,211 HELPING TO MAYBE NOT FOUND, BUT 3054 11:17:32,211 --> 11:17:36,515 GROW AND EXPAND AND SCALE THIS 3055 11:17:36,515 --> 11:17:39,452 MODEL OVER, ACROSS THE CITY, AND 3056 11:17:39,452 --> 11:17:42,288 WITH THE HEAVY FOCUS LOOKS LIKE 3057 11:17:42,288 --> 11:17:45,324 ON THE NORTH END, AND WOULD LOVE 3058 11:17:45,324 --> 11:17:51,163 TO -- I'M GLAD THAT THE CID IS 3059 11:17:51,163 --> 11:17:53,265 NOW REPRESENTED, YOU KNOW, IN 3060 11:17:53,265 --> 11:17:54,567 THIS. THERE ARE CERTAINLY 3061 11:17:54,567 --> 11:17:58,504 GROWING NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY, 3062 11:17:58,504 --> 11:18:02,475 INCLUDING IN MY OWN COUNCIL 3063 11:18:02,475 --> 11:18:06,479 DISTRICT. BUT THE CID CASE STUDY 3064 11:18:06,479 --> 11:18:09,415 SHOWS, I THINK ENCOURAGING 3065 11:18:09,415 --> 11:18:11,584 INITIAL OUTCOMES SO WHAT DO YOU 3066 11:18:11,584 --> 11:18:13,652 ALL SEE AS THE BIGGEST FACTORS 3067 11:18:13,652 --> 11:18:20,359 BEHIND THAT SUCCESS AND HOW 3068 11:18:20,359 --> 11:18:23,162 MIGHT THAT INFORM POTENTIAL 3069 11:18:23,162 --> 11:18:25,865 EXPANSION TO OTHER 3070 11:18:25,865 --> 11:18:26,499 NEIGHBORHOODS? INCLUDING SOUTH 3071 11:18:26,499 --> 11:18:27,600 OF THE SHIP CANAL? 3072 11:18:27,600 --> 11:18:30,269 >> I CAN SPEAK TO THE RESULTS OF 3073 11:18:30,269 --> 11:18:33,039 THE 41-PERSON COHORT FROM THE 3074 11:18:33,039 --> 11:18:34,507 CASE STUDY. LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR 3075 11:18:34,507 --> 11:18:36,208 EVERY PERSON, OF COURSE, BUT 3076 11:18:36,208 --> 11:18:37,476 WHEN PEOPLE ARE PAIRED WITH 3077 11:18:37,476 --> 11:18:38,778 APPROPRIATE RESOURCES THAT MEETS 3078 11:18:38,778 --> 11:18:40,079 THEIR NEEDS, IT'S DIFFERENT 3079 11:18:40,079 --> 11:18:43,115 FROM WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH 3080 11:18:43,115 --> 11:18:44,183 STREET-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT. 3081 11:18:44,183 --> 11:18:45,985 THE SITUATION, IF SOMEBODY HAS A 3082 11:18:45,985 --> 11:18:47,553 SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, THAT IS JUST 3083 11:18:47,553 --> 11:18:48,888 A PLATFORM FROM WHICH THEY CAN 3084 11:18:48,888 --> 11:18:51,690 WORK ON THE CARE PLAN THEY HAVE 3085 11:18:51,690 --> 11:18:53,659 MADE WITH THEIR CASE MANAGER, 3086 11:18:53,659 --> 11:18:55,428 AND IT ALSO MEANS THEIR CASE 3087 11:18:55,428 --> 11:18:57,997 MANAGER HAS A RELIABLE PLACE TO 3088 11:18:57,997 --> 11:19:00,666 FIND THEM. IT'S STILL A 3089 11:19:00,666 --> 11:19:02,201 NONLINEAR IN A UNIQUE TRAJECTORY 3090 11:19:02,201 --> 11:19:04,203 FOR EVERY PERSON. WE DO SEE, OF 3091 11:19:04,203 --> 11:19:06,072 COURSE, WHEN PEOPLE'S NEEDS ARE 3092 11:19:06,072 --> 11:19:08,274 MET, WE CAN BUILD THE PYRAMID 3093 11:19:08,274 --> 11:19:08,908 MORE QUICKLY. THE QUESTIONS 3094 11:19:08,908 --> 11:19:13,145 ABOUT WHAT DO WE SEE AS THE NEXT 3095 11:19:13,145 --> 11:19:15,614 STEPS FOR THIS? I THINK ONE 3096 11:19:15,614 --> 11:19:18,017 BEING 41, YOU KNOW, SPOTS IN A 3097 11:19:18,017 --> 11:19:19,885 HIGH SUPPORT SHELTER IS, OF 3098 11:19:19,885 --> 11:19:21,087 COURSE, A VERY SMALL NUMBER, 3099 11:19:21,087 --> 11:19:24,557 COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 3100 11:19:24,557 --> 11:19:27,326 OUT THERE, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK 3101 11:19:27,326 --> 11:19:29,562 IT'S WORK WE CAN REPLICATE AS 3102 11:19:29,562 --> 11:19:32,465 MORE SHELTER COMES ONLINE AND 3103 11:19:32,465 --> 11:19:34,366 MORE NEIGHBORHOODS BUILD THE 3104 11:19:34,366 --> 11:19:35,601 SNIF FRAMEWORKS. PIONEER SQUARE 3105 11:19:35,601 --> 11:19:37,937 AS AN EXAMPLE. YOU MAY HAVE READ 3106 11:19:37,937 --> 11:19:39,004 THE PIECE ABOUT THE SHELTERING 3107 11:19:39,004 --> 11:19:39,939 EFFORT THAT OCCURRED THERE. WE 3108 11:19:39,939 --> 11:19:41,407 ARE IN THE STAGE WHERE WHAT WE 3109 11:19:41,407 --> 11:19:44,210 ARE TRYING TO DO NOW IS WORK 3110 11:19:44,210 --> 11:19:45,311 WITH THE AMBASSADORS, ALLIANCE 3111 11:19:45,311 --> 11:19:47,113 FOR PIONEER SQUARE TO TRY TO 3112 11:19:47,113 --> 11:19:50,549 IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE LIKE 3113 11:19:50,549 --> 11:19:51,951 THE HIGH PRIORITY INDIVIDUALS 3114 11:19:51,951 --> 11:19:53,219 AND DO THAT CUSTOMIZED PLANNING 3115 11:19:53,219 --> 11:19:55,821 AROUND THEM? I THINK THIS IS A 3116 11:19:55,821 --> 11:19:58,324 FRAMEWORK THAT CAN BE ADAPTABLE 3117 11:19:58,324 --> 11:20:01,293 TO THE PLACE IN -- THE PLACE IN 3118 11:20:01,293 --> 11:20:02,862 EACH NEIGHBORHOOD'S TRAJECTORY 3119 11:20:02,862 --> 11:20:04,396 OF BUILDING THE COMPONENTS, BUT 3120 11:20:04,396 --> 11:20:07,166 ACROSS THE BOARD, IT'S BUILDING 3121 11:20:07,166 --> 11:20:08,467 THE PRIORITIZATION COMPONENTS TO 3122 11:20:08,467 --> 11:20:11,070 BE EFFICIENT WITH HOW WE DEPLOY 3123 11:20:11,070 --> 11:20:12,438 THE RESOURCES, THEN, OF COURSE, 3124 11:20:12,438 --> 11:20:14,240 HAVING MORE RESOURCES TO DEPLOY 3125 11:20:14,240 --> 11:20:15,574 THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK. 3126 11:20:15,574 --> 11:20:18,978 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND YEAH, 3127 11:20:18,978 --> 11:20:21,514 DEFINITELY FAMILIAR WITH THE 3128 11:20:21,514 --> 11:20:24,550 PIONEER SQUARE EFFORT AND PIECE. 3129 11:20:24,550 --> 11:20:28,387 THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE 3130 11:20:28,387 --> 11:20:30,189 NEIGHBORHOOD IF PIONEER SQUARE 3131 11:20:30,189 --> 11:20:32,324 ALLIANCE AND THE RESIDENT 3132 11:20:32,324 --> 11:20:34,860 COUNCIL AGREED FOR POTENTIAL 3133 11:20:34,860 --> 11:20:38,164 EXPANSION. SO, TOO, WOULD 3134 11:20:38,164 --> 11:20:44,203 GEORGETOWN IN MY DISTRICT OR 3135 11:20:44,203 --> 11:20:47,940 SOUTH PARK. I KNOW THERE'S 3136 11:20:47,940 --> 11:20:51,177 ADDITIONAL WORK BASED ON THE 3137 11:20:51,177 --> 11:20:52,578 TIMELINE. SOUNDS LIKE PREFERRED, 3138 11:20:52,578 --> 11:20:55,381 BUT NOT REQUIRED, DOUBLING DOWN 3139 11:20:55,381 --> 11:21:00,452 ON THAT INVESTMENT IN SOTO TO AN 3140 11:21:00,452 --> 11:21:03,122 EXTENT BIAs ARE PREFERRED, AND 3141 11:21:03,122 --> 11:21:05,724 EXPANDING TO NONBIA AREAS 3142 11:21:05,724 --> 11:21:07,026 INCLUDING THE VALLEY. IT'S NO 3143 11:21:07,026 --> 11:21:10,729 SECRET DISTRICT ONE HAS THE 3144 11:21:10,729 --> 11:21:12,565 HIGHEST NUMBER OF LIVED IN 3145 11:21:12,565 --> 11:21:14,600 VEHICLES BY FAR, NOT BY A 3146 11:21:14,600 --> 11:21:16,168 LITTLE. BY A LOT. GENERALLY 3147 11:21:16,168 --> 11:21:20,406 THREE TIMES MORE DEPENDING ON 3148 11:21:20,406 --> 11:21:25,444 THE REPORTING PERIOD. THE NEED 3149 11:21:25,444 --> 11:21:26,812 IS GREAT. AND THANK YOU FOR 3150 11:21:26,812 --> 11:21:28,414 ADDRESSING SORT OF THE ELEPHANT 3151 11:21:28,414 --> 11:21:33,986 IN THE ROOM THERE ABOUT THE 4%, 3152 11:21:33,986 --> 11:21:41,860 YOU KNOW, RATE, I GUESS, FOR IN 3153 11:21:41,860 --> 11:21:44,496 THE CID AMBASSADORS, 1100 UNIQUE 3154 11:21:44,496 --> 11:21:45,564 INDIVIDUALS ENCOUNTERED. 41 3155 11:21:45,564 --> 11:21:46,365 CONNECTED WITH COLEAD. 3156 11:21:46,365 --> 11:21:49,902 APPRECIATE YOUR, KIND OF PUTTING 3157 11:21:49,902 --> 11:21:51,403 ADDITIONAL COLOR AROUND THAT 3158 11:21:51,403 --> 11:21:55,941 DATA POINT. YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S 3159 11:21:55,941 --> 11:22:00,246 STILL VERY LOW OVERALL. HELP ME 3160 11:22:00,246 --> 11:22:02,414 BETTER UNDERSTAND THE -- WHAT 3161 11:22:02,414 --> 11:22:05,651 CONSTITUTES AN ENCOUNTER? IN THE 3162 11:22:05,651 --> 11:22:09,855 CID EXAMPLE, THERE WERE 1100 3163 11:22:09,855 --> 11:22:10,489 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS ENCOUNTERED. 3164 11:22:10,489 --> 11:22:12,591 WHAT DOES A TYPICAL ENCOUNTER OR 3165 11:22:12,591 --> 11:22:13,926 ENGAGEMENT LOOK LIKE? 3166 11:22:13,926 --> 11:22:16,061 >> WELL, JUST TO CLARIFY, 3167 11:22:16,061 --> 11:22:16,662 ENCOUNTERS LOOK DIFFERENT 3168 11:22:16,662 --> 11:22:18,297 BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TEAMS AND 3169 11:22:18,297 --> 11:22:21,000 SNIF. THE WORK OF OUTREACH AND 3170 11:22:21,000 --> 11:22:21,900 AMBASSADORS LOOKS DIFFERENT. 3171 11:22:21,900 --> 11:22:24,470 THAT DATA IS FROM THE AMBASSADOR 3172 11:22:24,470 --> 11:22:28,140 TEAM IN THE CID. THEY WILL GO 3173 11:22:28,140 --> 11:22:29,675 OUT AND BASICALLY PROVIDE LIKE 3174 11:22:29,675 --> 11:22:30,910 AN ONGOING PRESENCE FOR THEIR 3175 11:22:30,910 --> 11:22:33,178 HOURS OF OPERATION, WHICH IN THE 3176 11:22:33,178 --> 11:22:35,180 CID I BELIEVE IS EIGHT HOURS A 3177 11:22:35,180 --> 11:22:36,782 DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WHAT 3178 11:22:36,782 --> 11:22:38,851 THEY WILL DO IN THAT TIME, THEY 3179 11:22:38,851 --> 11:22:41,820 HAVE -- THEY ARE VERY WELL 3180 11:22:41,820 --> 11:22:43,255 TRAINED IN DEESCALATION. THE 3181 11:22:43,255 --> 11:22:45,457 DEESCALATION RELIES ON HAVING 3182 11:22:45,457 --> 11:22:46,292 RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE. SO 3183 11:22:46,292 --> 11:22:49,261 THEY WILL COME OUT WITH OUTREACH 3184 11:22:49,261 --> 11:22:52,097 SUPPLIES AND THINGS THAT GUARD A 3185 11:22:52,097 --> 11:22:53,365 CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY, AND 3186 11:22:53,365 --> 11:22:54,133 WHETHER IT'S RESPONDING TO 3187 11:22:54,133 --> 11:22:57,736 BUSINESSES CALLING TO LIKE HELP 3188 11:22:57,736 --> 11:23:01,073 WITH THE SITUATION, PROVIDE A 3189 11:23:01,073 --> 11:23:01,974 DEESCALATION, THEY WILL TALK TO 3190 11:23:01,974 --> 11:23:03,776 FOLKS AND GET TO KNOW THEM SO 3191 11:23:03,776 --> 11:23:05,978 WHEN THEY NEED TO DO THE 3192 11:23:05,978 --> 11:23:07,479 DEESCALATION, IT'S JOHN SMITH, 3193 11:23:07,479 --> 11:23:10,082 LET'S GO GET A CIGARETTE 3194 11:23:10,082 --> 11:23:11,517 BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP 3195 11:23:11,517 --> 11:23:13,953 AND KNOW THE THINGS THEY WILL BE 3196 11:23:13,953 --> 11:23:14,586 RECEPTIVE TO. BASICALLY THEY 3197 11:23:14,586 --> 11:23:16,221 TALK TO SOMEBODY IN THE 3198 11:23:16,221 --> 11:23:17,589 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY LOG THE 3199 11:23:17,589 --> 11:23:19,325 ENCOUNTER AND HAVE NOTES ABOUT 3200 11:23:19,325 --> 11:23:21,860 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ENCOUNTER. 3201 11:23:21,860 --> 11:23:23,028 SOMETIMES IT'S PROVIDED 3202 11:23:23,028 --> 11:23:24,330 OUTREACH SUPPLIES AND TALKED 3203 11:23:24,330 --> 11:23:26,732 ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING THAT 3204 11:23:26,732 --> 11:23:28,500 DAY. OTHER TIMES IT'S A 3205 11:23:28,500 --> 11:23:30,436 DEESCALATION. IT'S A LOT OF 3206 11:23:30,436 --> 11:23:31,637 DIFFERENT TYPES ACTIVITIES IN AN 3207 11:23:31,637 --> 11:23:34,673 ENCOUNTER, AND WHAT WE ARE USING 3208 11:23:34,673 --> 11:23:37,376 HERE IS LIKE A VERY BROAD DATA 3209 11:23:37,376 --> 11:23:42,748 POINT ABOUT WHO IS THERE MOST 3210 11:23:42,748 --> 11:23:43,615 OFTEN. AGAIN, INTENSIVE CASE 3211 11:23:43,615 --> 11:23:44,883 MANAGEMENT AND OUTREACH LOOKS 3212 11:23:44,883 --> 11:23:47,720 DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE 3213 11:23:47,720 --> 11:23:48,987 DIFFERENT GOALS AS PROGRAMS 3214 11:23:48,987 --> 11:23:51,991 >> QUICKLY FOR THAT. WE WILL 3215 11:23:51,991 --> 11:23:52,691 DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ENCOUNTER 3216 11:23:52,691 --> 11:23:54,093 AND SAW YOU TODAY, OR MAYBE IT 3217 11:23:54,093 --> 11:23:58,564 WAS A QUICK, HOW ARE YOU GOING? 3218 11:23:58,564 --> 11:23:59,865 AND ENCOUNTER IS A SUBSTANTIAL 3219 11:23:59,865 --> 11:24:02,267 LIKE CASE SOMETHING KIND OF 3220 11:24:02,267 --> 11:24:03,869 WORKING ON YOUR INDIVIDUALIZED 3221 11:24:03,869 --> 11:24:05,904 SERVICE PLAN WE CALL THEM, YOUR 3222 11:24:05,904 --> 11:24:08,307 CARE PLAN, AND MORE IN DEPTH 3223 11:24:08,307 --> 11:24:09,975 HUMAN SERVICES DISCUSSION. 3224 11:24:09,975 --> 11:24:13,245 >> THE DATA SHOWED IN THE SLIDES 3225 11:24:13,245 --> 11:24:13,946 IS SPECIFIC AMBASSADOR DATA. 3226 11:24:13,946 --> 11:24:16,582 >> I THINK THE VALUE OF THE 3227 11:24:16,582 --> 11:24:22,021 DIFFERENT DATA SETS IS TO 3228 11:24:22,021 --> 11:24:23,589 UNDERSTAND BECAUSE FREQUENCY IS 3229 11:24:23,589 --> 11:24:25,224 A MEASURE OF IMPACT AND 3230 11:24:25,224 --> 11:24:27,559 PRESENCE. WE KNOW THE PERSON IS 3231 11:24:27,559 --> 11:24:28,861 DEEPLY SYSTEM INVOLVED AND 3232 11:24:28,861 --> 11:24:30,729 VULNERABLE AND COULD IMPACT THE 3233 11:24:30,729 --> 11:24:33,332 COMMUNITY. IT'S DIFFERENT WAYS 3234 11:24:33,332 --> 11:24:35,401 OF WEIGHING THE IMPACT TO REALLY 3235 11:24:35,401 --> 11:24:38,370 UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE GOING TO 3236 11:24:38,370 --> 11:24:39,004 PRIORITIZE LIMITED RESOURCES. 3237 11:24:39,004 --> 11:24:40,439 >> I WILL JUST ADD ONE MORE 3238 11:24:40,439 --> 11:24:41,974 THING, TOO. IT'S A GREAT POINT, 3239 11:24:41,974 --> 11:24:44,510 AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE 3240 11:24:44,510 --> 11:24:45,911 ENCOUNTERED DATA NEEDS TO BE 3241 11:24:45,911 --> 11:24:48,447 BALANCED WITH THE OTHER PARTS 3242 11:24:48,447 --> 11:24:49,048 THE SNIF FRAMEWORK. BUSINESS 3243 11:24:49,048 --> 11:24:50,549 OUTREACH, AND DOING IT HAND IN 3244 11:24:50,549 --> 11:24:52,418 HAND AND WORKING WITH MARCUS, 3245 11:24:52,418 --> 11:24:54,386 WHO DIRECTLY TALKS TO BUSINESSES 3246 11:24:54,386 --> 11:24:56,355 AND WORKS WITH AMBASSADORS WHO 3247 11:24:56,355 --> 11:24:59,291 BUSINESSES ARE CALLING BECAUSE 3248 11:24:59,291 --> 11:25:01,226 IT'S THE QUALITATIVE PIECE THAT 3249 11:25:01,226 --> 11:25:02,628 MAKES US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE 3250 11:25:02,628 --> 11:25:03,529 NEIGHBORHOOD IS EXPERIENCING AND 3251 11:25:03,529 --> 11:25:05,230 HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE. 3252 11:25:05,230 --> 11:25:08,033 >> THANK YOU, NO FURTHER 3253 11:25:08,033 --> 11:25:09,201 QUESTIONS, CHAIR. 3254 11:25:09,201 --> 11:25:11,003 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 3255 11:25:11,003 --> 11:25:13,238 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU 3256 11:25:13,238 --> 11:25:14,807 TO THE PANEL AND THANK YOU 3257 11:25:14,807 --> 11:25:15,707 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR THE 3258 11:25:15,707 --> 11:25:19,445 WORK ON THIS OVER THE MANY 3259 11:25:19,445 --> 11:25:21,680 YEARS. EXCITED TO SEE THE 3260 11:25:21,680 --> 11:25:22,981 EFFORTS MAKING PROGRESS IN CID. 3261 11:25:22,981 --> 11:25:24,983 ONE THING I JUST WANT TO SORT OF 3262 11:25:24,983 --> 11:25:28,487 COMMENT ON AND WOULD LOVE TO 3263 11:25:28,487 --> 11:25:34,226 HEAR RESPONSE, IS, YOU KNOW, I 3264 11:25:34,226 --> 11:25:39,898 THINK WHAT MAKES SNIF SUCCESSFUL 3265 11:25:39,898 --> 11:25:42,000 IS THE DEEP COLLABORATION. I 3266 11:25:42,000 --> 11:25:44,169 THINK WE NEED COLLABORATION 3267 11:25:44,169 --> 11:25:46,405 AMONGST THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND 3268 11:25:46,405 --> 11:25:48,507 OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROVIDERS, AND 3269 11:25:48,507 --> 11:25:53,912 YOU KNOW, INCLUDING SPD, AND I 3270 11:25:53,912 --> 11:25:55,647 KNOW LEAD AND COLEAD WORK 3271 11:25:55,647 --> 11:25:57,850 CLOSELY WITH THE POLICE 3272 11:25:57,850 --> 11:25:58,984 DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW CHAIR 3273 11:25:58,984 --> 11:26:02,287 KETTLE, I HAVE HEARD YOU SPEAK 3274 11:26:02,287 --> 11:26:05,090 QUITE EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE TWO 3275 11:26:05,090 --> 11:26:07,259 MINDSETS, RIGHT? I DO THINK THAT 3276 11:26:07,259 --> 11:26:08,594 WE CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT 3277 11:26:08,594 --> 11:26:13,232 JUST THE CASE WORK, I THINK, 3278 11:26:13,232 --> 11:26:15,634 OBVIOUSLY CASE WORK IS 3279 11:26:15,634 --> 11:26:16,201 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, BUT 3280 11:26:16,201 --> 11:26:18,070 CASEWORK ALONE, THERE IS STILL A 3281 11:26:18,070 --> 11:26:19,505 ROLE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 3282 11:26:19,505 --> 11:26:21,607 SIMILARLY, WE KNOW THAT LAW 3283 11:26:21,607 --> 11:26:23,775 ENFORCEMENT ALONE CANNOT SOLVE 3284 11:26:23,775 --> 11:26:25,177 THIS CRISIS. I THINK WE SEE THE 3285 11:26:25,177 --> 11:26:26,745 BEST RESULTS WHEN WE ARE ALL 3286 11:26:26,745 --> 11:26:29,348 ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, 3287 11:26:29,348 --> 11:26:31,283 ALL COLLABORATING TOGETHER, AND 3288 11:26:31,283 --> 11:26:32,618 YOU KNOW, EARLIER WE WERE 3289 11:26:32,618 --> 11:26:33,986 TALKING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, AND 3290 11:26:33,986 --> 11:26:36,221 I DO THINK WE WERE SEEING BETTER 3291 11:26:36,221 --> 11:26:39,191 SUCCESS ABOUT A DECADE AGO WHEN 3292 11:26:39,191 --> 11:26:39,925 WE HAD REALLY STRONG 3293 11:26:39,925 --> 11:26:43,095 PARTNERSHIPS, AND I DO BELIEVE 3294 11:26:43,095 --> 11:26:46,665 THAT THE TARGETED ENFORCEMENT IS 3295 11:26:46,665 --> 11:26:48,167 -- OR TARGETED REFERRALS ARE 3296 11:26:48,167 --> 11:26:49,501 ALSO IMPORTANT, AND IT'S 3297 11:26:49,501 --> 11:26:50,569 SIMILARLY ON GUN VIOLENCE, A 3298 11:26:50,569 --> 11:26:52,571 SMALL NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE 3299 11:26:52,571 --> 11:26:53,939 REALLY CAUSING THE MOST IMPACT, 3300 11:26:53,939 --> 11:27:00,345 AND WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS OUR 3301 11:27:00,345 --> 11:27:01,847 RESOURCES ON THEM. SIMILARLY I 3302 11:27:01,847 --> 11:27:03,749 THINK WITH LEAD, THERE WAS A 3303 11:27:03,749 --> 11:27:05,050 STRONG PARTNERSHIP A DECADE AGO. 3304 11:27:05,050 --> 11:27:07,519 THAT FELL APART A LITTLE BIT OR 3305 11:27:07,519 --> 11:27:09,821 JUST SORT OF AFTER COVID, AFTER 3306 11:27:09,821 --> 11:27:11,089 SOME OF THE GEORGE FLOYD 3307 11:27:11,089 --> 11:27:14,660 PROTESTS, AND A LOT OF TURNOVER, 3308 11:27:14,660 --> 11:27:16,662 AND SPD AND WE WERE NOT FUNDING 3309 11:27:16,662 --> 11:27:20,465 LEAD AT THE LEVELS WE NEEDED TO. 3310 11:27:20,465 --> 11:27:21,733 I DO THINK THAT WE -- THERE'S 3311 11:27:21,733 --> 11:27:24,703 ALWAYS A NEED FOR THE GREATER 3312 11:27:24,703 --> 11:27:25,771 RESOURCES FOR CASEWORK FOR 3313 11:27:25,771 --> 11:27:27,172 HOUSING FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. 3314 11:27:27,172 --> 11:27:29,808 THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD NOT 3315 11:27:29,808 --> 11:27:32,544 BE COLLABORATING WITH LAW 3316 11:27:32,544 --> 11:27:35,080 ENFORCEMENT. THAT BRINGS, I 3317 11:27:35,080 --> 11:27:37,516 THINK, ITS OWN BENEFITS, AND 3318 11:27:37,516 --> 11:27:38,517 IT'S TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, 3319 11:27:38,517 --> 11:27:41,286 IT'S FREE, BUT SORT OF NOT 3320 11:27:41,286 --> 11:27:42,387 FREE. IT REQUIRES TIME, 3321 11:27:42,387 --> 11:27:43,922 COLLABORATION, EFFORT, AND I DO 3322 11:27:43,922 --> 11:27:48,026 THINK WE GET BETTER RESULTS WHEN 3323 11:27:48,026 --> 11:27:48,994 WE COLLABORATE AND AGAIN ARE 3324 11:27:48,994 --> 11:27:50,896 WORKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, 3325 11:27:50,896 --> 11:27:54,266 ANY COMMENTS ON JUST THAT ASPECT 3326 11:27:54,266 --> 11:27:55,534 OF THAT WORK? 3327 11:27:55,534 --> 11:27:58,503 >> I WILL JUST SAY, TOTALLY 3328 11:27:58,503 --> 11:28:00,138 AGREE, AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A 3329 11:28:00,138 --> 11:28:02,074 LOT OF CONVERSATIONS RECENTLY 3330 11:28:02,074 --> 11:28:03,976 WITH THE CID BECAUSE OF THE 3331 11:28:03,976 --> 11:28:05,944 DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION TEAM FOCUS 3332 11:28:05,944 --> 11:28:08,413 IN THE AREA, AND WENT TO THE 3333 11:28:08,413 --> 11:28:11,183 WEST PRECINCT A WEEK OR TWO AGO 3334 11:28:11,183 --> 11:28:12,851 WITH CAPTAIN GARTH GREEN AND 3335 11:28:12,851 --> 11:28:14,653 BECK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SPD IS 3336 11:28:14,653 --> 11:28:16,555 DOING, AND I THINK THE IDEA OF 3337 11:28:16,555 --> 11:28:17,956 THE SNIF FRAMEWORK WITH THE 3338 11:28:17,956 --> 11:28:24,029 FOLKS AT THIS TABLE, WE CAN DO 3339 11:28:24,029 --> 11:28:25,130 MORE PREEMPTIVELY, WHETHER IT'S 3340 11:28:25,130 --> 11:28:27,165 PARTNERS FLAGGING SOMEBODY WHO 3341 11:28:27,165 --> 11:28:28,333 IS GENERATING 911 CALLS AND 3342 11:28:28,333 --> 11:28:29,601 DOING SOMETHING BEFORE REACHING 3343 11:28:29,601 --> 11:28:31,603 THE POINT OF CRISIS, AND ALSO 3344 11:28:31,603 --> 11:28:33,171 SPD CAN REFER TO LEAD IF 3345 11:28:33,171 --> 11:28:34,840 THERE'S A POINT OF ARREST 3346 11:28:34,840 --> 11:28:35,641 NECESSARY. I KNOW THE 3347 11:28:35,641 --> 11:28:37,309 NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH TEAM HAS A 3348 11:28:37,309 --> 11:28:40,946 LONG HISTORY OF WORKING HAND IN 3349 11:28:40,946 --> 11:28:43,215 HAND TO HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES, 3350 11:28:43,215 --> 11:28:44,383 AND SO COLLABORATION IS BUILT 3351 11:28:44,383 --> 11:28:45,851 INTO THIS AT EVERY LEVEL. WHAT 3352 11:28:45,851 --> 11:28:49,187 YOU SEE HERE IS CERTAINLY NOT A 3353 11:28:49,187 --> 11:28:51,023 COMPREHENSIVE NOTION OF WHAT WE 3354 11:28:51,023 --> 11:28:52,691 THINK IS GOOD FOR THE 3355 11:28:52,691 --> 11:28:53,058 NEIGHBORHOODS. 3356 11:28:53,058 --> 11:28:55,594 >> I WILL ADD. I THINK IT'S ONE 3357 11:28:55,594 --> 11:28:56,962 OF THE PROTECTIVE LEVELS, THE 3358 11:28:56,962 --> 11:28:58,296 INFORMATION SHARING AGREEMENT 3359 11:28:58,296 --> 11:28:59,965 AND DYNAMIC AS THE FORMER 3360 11:28:59,965 --> 11:29:00,799 OUTREACH WORKER ON AURORA, 3361 11:29:00,799 --> 11:29:05,003 THAT'S HOW I STARTED IN THE 3362 11:29:05,003 --> 11:29:07,606 CITY, WORKING MY OUTREACH WORK. 3363 11:29:07,606 --> 11:29:08,607 MY CLIENTS WANTED JUSTICE AND 3364 11:29:08,607 --> 11:29:10,309 CARE AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE, BUT 3365 11:29:10,309 --> 11:29:11,943 THEY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW THEY 3366 11:29:11,943 --> 11:29:13,612 SHARE INFORMATION AND THAT GOES. 3367 11:29:13,612 --> 11:29:16,114 THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF 3368 11:29:16,114 --> 11:29:17,482 THE DESIGN, TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO 3369 11:29:17,482 --> 11:29:19,818 INFORMATION SHARE AND ALSO OFFER 3370 11:29:19,818 --> 11:29:20,619 THEM PROTECTION. THE 3371 11:29:20,619 --> 11:29:21,319 NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATORS, IT'S 3372 11:29:21,319 --> 11:29:22,821 NOT A SECRET THEY WILL BE 3373 11:29:22,821 --> 11:29:24,823 WORKING WITH THE POLICE, BUT TO 3374 11:29:24,823 --> 11:29:26,425 WHAT WAY? WHAT DOES THE 3375 11:29:26,425 --> 11:29:28,160 RELATIONSHIP LOOK LIKE THAT? WAS 3376 11:29:28,160 --> 11:29:29,828 REALLY THE INTENT BEHIND THE 3377 11:29:29,828 --> 11:29:32,197 LEVELS CARE. US AS THE HUMAN 3378 11:29:32,197 --> 11:29:34,533 SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE TO 3379 11:29:34,533 --> 11:29:35,133 PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY, 3380 11:29:35,133 --> 11:29:35,801 CONFIDENTIALITY, AND THEIR 3381 11:29:35,801 --> 11:29:37,402 RIGHTS TO HEALTH CARE, WHILE 3382 11:29:37,402 --> 11:29:40,238 ALSO MANAGING THE VIOLENCE THAT 3383 11:29:40,238 --> 11:29:44,876 THEY LIVE THROUGH EVERY SINGLE 3384 11:29:44,876 --> 11:29:45,077 DAY. 3385 11:29:45,077 --> 11:29:47,212 >> THANK YOU. 3386 11:29:47,212 --> 11:29:48,547 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 3387 11:29:48,547 --> 11:29:49,815 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO 3388 11:29:49,815 --> 11:29:51,817 ACKNOWLEDGE AND LIFT UP THE 3389 11:29:51,817 --> 11:29:54,186 BIAs. I KNOW A LOT OF THE WORK 3390 11:29:54,186 --> 11:29:56,188 COMES FROM -- AND THE REASON 3391 11:29:56,188 --> 11:29:58,423 THAT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, TALKING 3392 11:29:58,423 --> 11:30:01,293 ABOUT THE BIAs, THE AMBASSADOR 3393 11:30:01,293 --> 11:30:04,730 PROGRAM WAS BORN OF BIAs. DSA 3394 11:30:04,730 --> 11:30:07,733 HAS HAD THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. 3395 11:30:07,733 --> 11:30:08,967 EVERYONE KNOWS, DOWNTOWN, FOR A 3396 11:30:08,967 --> 11:30:09,935 LONG TIME. I HAVE BEEN 3397 11:30:09,935 --> 11:30:12,671 PARTNERING SINCE I GOT TO THE 3398 11:30:12,671 --> 11:30:14,473 COUNCIL WITH THE U DISTRICT, 3399 11:30:14,473 --> 11:30:17,442 DON, AND THE U DISTRICT 3400 11:30:17,442 --> 11:30:21,646 PARTNERSHIP WHICH IS OUR BIA IN 3401 11:30:21,646 --> 11:30:23,682 D4. MIKE STEWART, I KNOW YOU 3402 11:30:23,682 --> 11:30:25,050 HAVE BEEN -- WE WORKED TOGETHER 3403 11:30:25,050 --> 11:30:27,519 WHEN I WAS IN THE MAYOR'S 3404 11:30:27,519 --> 11:30:29,921 OFFICE WAY BACK WHEN. THE BIAs 3405 11:30:29,921 --> 11:30:34,292 HAVE BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL IN THE 3406 11:30:34,292 --> 11:30:34,993 NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THEY ARE 3407 11:30:34,993 --> 11:30:37,062 NOT JUST -- YES, THEY ARE THERE 3408 11:30:37,062 --> 11:30:38,330 TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT 3409 11:30:38,330 --> 11:30:40,699 THEY HAVE ALSO TURNED INTO 3410 11:30:40,699 --> 11:30:42,033 HELPERS OF THE WHOLE 3411 11:30:42,033 --> 11:30:43,602 NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE THEY ARE 3412 11:30:43,602 --> 11:30:45,203 LOCATED, AND IN THAT WAY, I'M 3413 11:30:45,203 --> 11:30:46,738 SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF THE 3414 11:30:46,738 --> 11:30:48,840 BIAs, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE 3415 11:30:48,840 --> 11:30:50,342 WORK AND THE COLLABORATION OF 3416 11:30:50,342 --> 11:30:53,378 PARTNERSHIP WAS LED BY THE BIAs 3417 11:30:53,378 --> 11:30:54,613 INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THE 3418 11:30:54,613 --> 11:30:59,284 NEEDS OF THE FOLKS WHO WOUND UP 3419 11:30:59,284 --> 11:31:00,986 IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE 3420 11:31:00,986 --> 11:31:04,689 BEING MET. I KNOW THE BIAs HAVE 3421 11:31:04,689 --> 11:31:07,259 HAD A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO THE 3422 11:31:07,259 --> 11:31:09,728 COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN BRINGING 3423 11:31:09,728 --> 11:31:12,197 IN LEAD AND COLEAD AND THE OTHER 3424 11:31:12,197 --> 11:31:16,134 -- AND THE OTHER PARTNERS, AND 3425 11:31:16,134 --> 11:31:22,107 AS WELL AS ASKING FOR RESOURCES 3426 11:31:22,107 --> 11:31:25,710 LIKE OUTREACH POSITIONS, WHICH I 3427 11:31:25,710 --> 11:31:26,344 KNOW LAST YEAR, I WAS SUPPORTIVE 3428 11:31:26,344 --> 11:31:27,712 FOR THE U DISTRICT TO PUT IN THE 3429 11:31:27,712 --> 11:31:29,548 OUTREACH POSITION, WHICH WAS 3430 11:31:29,548 --> 11:31:31,716 REALLY CRITICAL, AND I WILL SAY 3431 11:31:31,716 --> 11:31:35,821 THAT A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS 3432 11:31:35,821 --> 11:31:40,258 WHERE THE PIAs ARE LOCATED ARE 3433 11:31:40,258 --> 11:31:41,226 EXPERIENCING THE IMPACTS OF 3434 11:31:41,226 --> 11:31:43,328 FOLKS WITH HIGH NEEDS WHO ARE 3435 11:31:43,328 --> 11:31:45,463 NOT GETTING NEEDS MET. I VERY 3436 11:31:45,463 --> 11:31:46,598 MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR 3437 11:31:46,598 --> 11:31:48,033 COLLABORATION. I ALWAYS SAY WHEN 3438 11:31:48,033 --> 11:31:49,968 WE WORK TOGETHER, WE GET BETTER 3439 11:31:49,968 --> 11:31:51,603 OUTCOMES, AND THIS IS AN 3440 11:31:51,603 --> 11:31:53,738 EXAMPLE, AND ONE WE ARE SEEING 3441 11:31:53,738 --> 11:31:55,240 IN MY DISTRICT IN THE U DISTRICT 3442 11:31:55,240 --> 11:31:57,476 BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS WITH THE 3443 11:31:57,476 --> 11:31:58,877 OPENING OF THE LIGHTRAIL STATION 3444 11:31:58,877 --> 11:32:02,380 THERE, THERE'S BEEN ALSO A LOT 3445 11:32:02,380 --> 11:32:03,548 MORE FOLKS WHO HAVE WOUND UP 3446 11:32:03,548 --> 11:32:09,354 THERE WHO HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS. I 3447 11:32:09,354 --> 11:32:11,122 REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE. THIS 3448 11:32:11,122 --> 11:32:12,757 FRAMEWORK, I THINK, IS BORN OF 3449 11:32:12,757 --> 11:32:16,228 THAT NEED THAT AROSE AND THEN 3450 11:32:16,228 --> 11:32:18,630 ALL OF YOU WORKING TOGETHER WITH 3451 11:32:18,630 --> 11:32:22,734 THE BIAs, OF COURSE, TO ADDRESS 3452 11:32:22,734 --> 11:32:25,570 THAT NEED. AND SO I REALLY 3453 11:32:25,570 --> 11:32:26,605 APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S -- WE 3454 11:32:26,605 --> 11:32:29,975 NEED THIS IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS 3455 11:32:29,975 --> 11:32:31,576 AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, AND 3456 11:32:31,576 --> 11:32:33,445 I DON'T THINK THE ONLY REASON 3457 11:32:33,445 --> 11:32:36,248 IT WAS BIA LED, THEY TOOK THE 3458 11:32:36,248 --> 11:32:37,816 INITIATIVE, AND THERE ARE GREAT 3459 11:32:37,816 --> 11:32:39,050 PARTNERS THERE, BUT, YES, IT 3460 11:32:39,050 --> 11:32:42,187 DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIMITED TO 3461 11:32:42,187 --> 11:32:43,588 THE BIAs. THE IDEA WITHIN THE 3462 11:32:43,588 --> 11:32:44,990 NEIGHBORHOODS THERE'S A TEAM OF 3463 11:32:44,990 --> 11:32:46,391 FOLKS WORKING TOGETHER TO MEET 3464 11:32:46,391 --> 11:32:48,260 THE NEEDS OF THE FOLKS WHO WIND 3465 11:32:48,260 --> 11:32:53,064 UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE 3466 11:32:53,064 --> 11:32:55,100 MANY TIMES UNHOUSED AND HAVE OR 3467 11:32:55,100 --> 11:32:56,635 NEED TREATMENT OF SOME KIND, 3468 11:32:56,635 --> 11:32:59,037 WHETHER THAT'S MENTAL HEALTH 3469 11:32:59,037 --> 11:33:01,072 SERVICES OR DRUG ADDICTION OR 3470 11:33:01,072 --> 11:33:02,874 OTHER. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, 3471 11:33:02,874 --> 11:33:05,977 AND IT'S REALLY POWERFUL, AND I 3472 11:33:05,977 --> 11:33:10,048 AM VERY SUPPORTIVE, AND IT HAS 3473 11:33:10,048 --> 11:33:11,249 GROWN OVER TIME AS FOLKS HAVE 3474 11:33:11,249 --> 11:33:13,418 GOTTEN TOGETHER TO MEET THE 3475 11:33:13,418 --> 11:33:17,055 NEED. I WILL SAY LAST YEAR, I 3476 11:33:17,055 --> 11:33:21,493 ALSO PUT IN TO THE BUDGET THIS 3477 11:33:21,493 --> 11:33:22,928 ORCA POD, WHICH IS MEDICATION 3478 11:33:22,928 --> 11:33:24,262 SERVICES FOR THESE FOLKS WHO 3479 11:33:24,262 --> 11:33:28,400 WIND UP IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, 3480 11:33:28,400 --> 11:33:32,804 SIMILAR TO THE ORCA POD THAT THE 3481 11:33:32,804 --> 11:33:34,906 MEDICATION BAND THAT ORCA HAS 3482 11:33:34,906 --> 11:33:36,775 DOWNTOWN, SIMILAR -- A SIMILAR 3483 11:33:36,775 --> 11:33:39,077 SERVICE FOR FOLKS IN THE U 3484 11:33:39,077 --> 11:33:39,978 DISTRICT AND BALLARD AND UP ON 3485 11:33:39,978 --> 11:33:43,448 CAPITOL HILL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST 3486 11:33:43,448 --> 11:33:44,950 SEEING MORE OF THAT NEED IN 3487 11:33:44,950 --> 11:33:45,584 THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. ALL OF THAT 3488 11:33:45,584 --> 11:33:47,619 TO SAY I HAVE BEEN PARTNERING 3489 11:33:47,619 --> 11:33:49,120 WITH THE U DISTRICT ON THIS FOR 3490 11:33:49,120 --> 11:33:52,157 A LONG TIME AS WELL. I'M VERY 3491 11:33:52,157 --> 11:33:54,059 SUPPORTIVE. LAST YEAR IN THE 3492 11:33:54,059 --> 11:33:55,126 BUDGET, I ADDED SOME RESOURCES, 3493 11:33:55,126 --> 11:33:58,129 AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE 3494 11:33:58,129 --> 11:34:00,665 HAPPENING IN THE OTHER 3495 11:34:00,665 --> 11:34:01,132 NEIGHBORHOODS, TOO, 3496 11:34:01,132 --> 11:34:04,002 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THAT NEED 3497 11:34:04,002 --> 11:34:06,972 IT. IT REALLY IS A GREAT MODEL, 3498 11:34:06,972 --> 11:34:08,073 EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER, AND 3499 11:34:08,073 --> 11:34:10,475 REALLY MEETING THE NEEDS OF 3500 11:34:10,475 --> 11:34:11,943 FOLKS. I DO THINK COUNCILMEMBER 3501 11:34:11,943 --> 11:34:13,211 LIN, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE LEAD, 3502 11:34:13,211 --> 11:34:15,747 THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES POST 3503 11:34:15,747 --> 11:34:17,482 THE PANDEMIC, AND I WOULD LOVE 3504 11:34:17,482 --> 11:34:19,851 TO SEE LEAD DOING MORE OF THIS 3505 11:34:19,851 --> 11:34:21,686 AND ALSO WORKING WITH SPD 3506 11:34:21,686 --> 11:34:25,957 BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE WARM 3507 11:34:25,957 --> 11:34:28,059 HANDOFFS WHEN FOLKS WIND UP 3508 11:34:28,059 --> 11:34:28,994 HAVING A POLICE CONTACT. I KNOW 3509 11:34:28,994 --> 11:34:31,563 THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT 3510 11:34:31,563 --> 11:34:32,897 LEAD DO THE DIVERSION PIECE, AND 3511 11:34:32,897 --> 11:34:35,834 I THINK THAT CAN BE MUCH 3512 11:34:35,834 --> 11:34:37,569 IMPROVED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK 3513 11:34:37,569 --> 11:34:39,204 THE WARM HANDOFFS ARE HAPPENING 3514 11:34:39,204 --> 11:34:43,408 LIKE THEY SHOULD. AND I WANT TO 3515 11:34:43,408 --> 11:34:44,843 CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT 3516 11:34:44,843 --> 11:34:46,811 THAT AS WELL. IT'S JUST A 3517 11:34:46,811 --> 11:34:49,014 LITTLE BIT SEPARATE FROM HERE, 3518 11:34:49,014 --> 11:34:49,748 BUT NOT TOO SEPARATE. THE FOLKS 3519 11:34:49,748 --> 11:34:52,417 WIND UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 3520 11:34:52,417 --> 11:34:53,918 RATHER THAN DIRECTLY TO LEAD. 3521 11:34:53,918 --> 11:34:55,720 AND I KNOW SAM, YOU AND I HAVE 3522 11:34:55,720 --> 11:34:57,656 TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 3523 11:34:57,656 --> 11:34:59,090 THAT. I THINK WE ARE ALIGNED, 3524 11:34:59,090 --> 11:35:02,560 AND HOW DO WE HELP MAKE THAT 3525 11:35:02,560 --> 11:35:05,397 HAPPEN? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 3526 11:35:05,397 --> 11:35:05,630 CHAIR. 3527 11:35:05,630 --> 11:35:06,731 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3528 11:35:06,731 --> 11:35:09,801 RIVERA. I WANT TO THANK THE 3529 11:35:09,801 --> 11:35:13,371 ENTIRE TEAM TO INCLUDE THE LATE 3530 11:35:13,371 --> 11:35:15,073 ADDON, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR 3531 11:35:15,073 --> 11:35:15,740 COMING HERE. IT'S IMPORTANT. I 3532 11:35:15,740 --> 11:35:16,841 ALWAYS SAY A CHALLENGE THAT WE 3533 11:35:16,841 --> 11:35:18,777 HAVE IN THE CITY THAT YES, WE 3534 11:35:18,777 --> 11:35:20,612 TEND TO LOOK OUT FOR OUR 3535 11:35:20,612 --> 11:35:22,047 NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS, AND YOU'RE 3536 11:35:22,047 --> 11:35:23,381 DOING THAT, BUT WE DON'T 3537 11:35:23,381 --> 11:35:26,751 NECESSARILY LOOK OUT FOR OUR 3538 11:35:26,751 --> 11:35:28,153 NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS, AND 3539 11:35:28,153 --> 11:35:30,088 THAT IS KEY. BRINGING IN THE 3540 11:35:30,088 --> 11:35:30,722 NEIGHBORHOODS INTO THE PROGRAM 3541 11:35:30,722 --> 11:35:32,490 THE WAY YOU ARE IS REALLY 3542 11:35:32,490 --> 11:35:37,228 IMPORTANT, AND SO THANK YOU FOR 3543 11:35:37,228 --> 11:35:38,963 THIS. AND YOU KNOW, IT HITS THE 3544 11:35:38,963 --> 11:35:40,198 DIFFERENT PIECES IN TERMS WHAT 3545 11:35:40,198 --> 11:35:43,701 WE ARE TRYING TO DO. THIS IS 3546 11:35:43,701 --> 11:35:45,236 OBVIOUSLY THE SEAM LIKE I LIKE 3547 11:35:45,236 --> 11:35:47,505 TO SAY. IT'S ALSO SOME OF THE 3548 11:35:47,505 --> 11:35:49,941 OTHER AREAS IN TERMS OF, YOU 3549 11:35:49,941 --> 11:35:52,577 KNOW, BRINGING ON THESE 3550 11:35:52,577 --> 11:35:54,479 CAPABILITIES, AND I'M REALLY 3551 11:35:54,479 --> 11:35:57,182 INTERESTED IN PUBLIC SAFETY 3552 11:35:57,182 --> 11:35:58,683 COORDINATOR AND SAFETY 3553 11:35:58,683 --> 11:36:01,286 AMBASSADOR FROM MY OWN 3554 11:36:01,286 --> 11:36:04,823 EXPERIENCE WORKING WEST LAKE 3555 11:36:04,823 --> 11:36:06,091 KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD. I WON'T 3556 11:36:06,091 --> 11:36:08,259 BELABOR THAT BECAUSE WE ARE PAST 3557 11:36:08,259 --> 11:36:10,395 TIME. I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING 3558 11:36:10,395 --> 11:36:12,063 TODAY, AND I WILL CONCLUDE BY 3559 11:36:12,063 --> 11:36:14,165 SAYING WE HAVE REACHED THE END 3560 11:36:14,165 --> 11:36:16,301 OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. IF 3561 11:36:16,301 --> 11:36:17,969 THERE'S ANY OTHER FURTHER 3562 11:36:17,969 --> 11:36:20,305 BUSINESS BEFORE THE COURT? OR 3563 11:36:20,305 --> 11:36:21,473 THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN, 3564 11:36:21,473 --> 11:36:25,944 A LOT OF STUFF GOING